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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

(From the indianapolis Journll)
Isabel Well. accomplished good deal down
town today.
Arabella-Does your new coat fit niccIy9
Isahel-oh, haven't found out yet; but kept
seventeen clerks from selling me coats that didn't
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

(From the Chicago Tribune.)
LET me see." said the man at the desk. plus-
ing with his pen in air. 'who was the author Of
Twice Told ralesT !"
''Chluncey Depew. wasn't it?'' suggested the
man at the other desk
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

lFfoin Puneh.)
Boy-You are going to igh, against the Eng.
lish, aren't you, Captain Brown2
Captain Brown (indignantyl-Figh the Eng
lishl What on earth put that into your headG"
Boy-Why. daddy said you were h0rrid Boer.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21

(From the Philadelphia Record.)
The Enthusiast-Beautiiull Exquisite Her
voice has matchess timbrei
The Realist-TimbTe! 1t sounds to me like .
whole sawmill.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
Identification.

From the indianapolis Prcss)
Wickwire-Look here. this is the fourth time
this morning you have been in here asking for
the price Of meal.
Dismal Dawson-Yep. am the absent minded
beggar, don't yc know.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-01-21
THE RURAL mail SYSTEM
Progress Made in the Experimental
Free Delivery Service.

u Is Now Operated From 3S3 Distrib-
uting Points. the Routes RadintinE
Over Fort,-one states and 81 Terri
tory-oppositiop to the Project.
Tests of the Travelling Postfiice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21

hats became a nuisance. So the lord
chamberlain issued an order that no cap
larger than the pattern exhibited in the
lord chamberlain's office could be admit
ted"
Mrs Stephrey's dress hat is the way
that one br0ad-brimmed sample CT early
century millinery is labeled in a picture
This hat was of Zine horsehair. white in
color, lined with pea green sarsanet silk
and with much sarSanet wrapped around
the outside. About the face Were disposed
some lunches of pink flowers and foliage
with ribbons of white taffeta. and much fine
lace. One long feather of ostrich in a
white shade, hung over the shoulder and
three others were disposed about the brm."
This does not sound SO unlike the descrp-
today.
There is a hat made of a continuous twist
of straw in a roll that is not unlike the tur-
ban that Dolly Madison immortaliZed when
she was mistress of the White House. This
poke bonnets carry one back to 1890, when
gowns. and wore white stockings and black
prunella slippers without heels Then there
is a shape that might stand for the Mob
Cap" of the days following the French
revolution, and another that Mary Stuart
might have worn, and an odd little c0nfec-
ton that might have graced the head OF
the other unfortunate queen, Marie AntOin-
cite Some of the shapes pretty. and
many Of them are absurd. perching on the
apex of the crown as though they had no
real abiding place, but:
pretty dame
Though numbered by hat that's horrid.
Ones look must go
To what's below,
And not to what's above the forehead
Beauty is queen-depend upon tt
No matter what its gown or bonnet"
ISABEL WORRELL BALL.
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Napoleon in a chapeau after this pattern -
and as she spoke madame set them along
the table in a row, till The Star reporter
began to feel as though lot of decapitated
heads were winking and blinking under the
bewildering array of millinery.
I'VE do not try to originate now" re-
marked madame, further. I'VE just copy:
sometimes from one period, sometimes
from another, and then we adapt the style
to our own uses This season we are 60
ing back to the first Of the century and a
little before, sometimes getting a touch OF
1880 into some of our hats
Mixing the Periods Up.
And that accounts. The mixing of the
periods does, for the remarkable array of
any old-timed millinery that one meets up
with In an hour on Connecticut avenue:
That build Of bonnet; whose extent,
Should like doctrine of dissent,
Puzzle church-doors to let it in
as Tom Moore said of the bonnets of his
day.
That there were extremes of fashion in
the last century many things besides pic
lures go to show. For instance, in the
Parish Vestry," a publication put out by
the church in I'LL, is an advertisement
church in the new-fashioned hoods, are
desired to be there before divine service,
lest they divert attention" If they fused
that way about a hood" what must they
have said to the hats Of the day, which
were fearfully and wonderfully made?
A court chronicler says of a society wo-
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imitation of the old-eash:oned poke. The
front of the bonnet is made of ribbed pique.
trimmed with a lace edged. fluted rufile,
finished with ii nOuched back of lawn and
a short plated cape at the back
For early spring many children are wear
ing tie short coats instead of those fluffy
affairs of ribbon. lace and soft silk or light
cloth The short coats made in bright
colors and trimmed with gold or silver but
tens are very smart and serve to keep the
little bodies warm as well as the longer and
more clumsy ones.
Rut No Marked Change.
Now that the summer frocks are being
made NJ for the little ones. every mother
is anxious to know what is the accepted
cut. There is very rarely any marked
change. as in the case of adult fashions
Pretty ginghanls. khaki fabrics and piaues
are open to choice for hard service gowns
These frochs are very pretty, finished with
the wide collars and guimpes which chill
dren are now wearing. Indeed. the collars
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
What Fashion Commands All Must
Meekly Submit.
Is YARDS OF FLUFFINESS In A bat
But There Are Many Other Styles
to Choose From.
EARLY CENTURY HEADGEAR

Written for The Evening Star.
Fashion is a tyrant," asserts the bold
man.
La mode est I'm tyran les mortels re-
specie responds madame and then what
will you have?
After review of Easter ckapeaux one
is inclined to respect madame's opinion If
fashion was not a tyrant no one could pos
sibly respect her edicts. By actual count
she has prescribed forty-three styles or
modes" for head coverings. Forty Of
them would not pass muster for a burlesque
bal masque a year hence, but fashions
edfcts are as unavoidable as the laws of
the Modes and Persians, and SO fair
women wear the monstrosities, and the
charm of their personality makes them pas
sable. A hundred years from now the alb
SuTdity of these modes will strike the seeker
after oddities just as forcibly as the modes
OF century gone strike us now and vet
odd to note, the present styles are modelled
along the lines of those worn when the
century was young, and the old world set
the pace for the new.
AZ bonnet makers the other day
Whlte hat was on exhibition. 1t looked
like series of rolls of some white stuff
and might possibly have been crammed in
a half bushel measure, while it was not
unlike one in shape. How many yards
OF chiffon is there on that hat?" inquired
L ne CldT reporter.
Fifteen yards. and it is forty-six inches
wide, was the ready response. Fifteen
yards of material, forty-sx inches wide.
W0uld, If 1t We're calico or lawn or plain
silk, make two dresses for a woman five
feet eight inches tall, and leave material
for remodeiing the dresses.
Only Il Part Told.
THAT is not all the material on the hat.
volunteered the mi:liner woman TT has
under the chiffon two yards of liberty silk
twenty-five inches wide, two yards of Tus-
can straw about sixteen inches wide, a half
yard of panne velvet in a bow and then
there is the beautiful egret, which costs
%, and the frame is of silk-covered wire"
resembled a sheet twisted around a loaf
of bread, was valued at $45.
Then here Is this magnificent Rem
brandtesque hat of black chiffon. 1t has
about twenty yards of 46-inch chiffon on it
and seven large ostrich plumeS beside the
panne velvet bows and the buckles 1t is
darling cheap, don't you know, at $35.''
Dare you give your secret away as to
who models the styles and how they are
suggested. If these crazy creations could
be dignihed as suggestions?" was the next
question.
Madame replied readily, but with a dis
approving expression on her mobile face.
All. yes; l spend three months of the
spring and fall seasons abroad, seeking new
and jaunty styles. This big black one that
have just shown you is patterned after
a Rembrandt portrait in the Louvre
Madame Maintenon wore one like this La
Nalliere Swallowed her pretty face under
one much like this. Josephine captivated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
LATE PARIS MODES
Stunning New Effects in Tailor Made
Gowns.
PASSING OF THE BOLERO JACKET
Styles for the Little Folks Show
But Few Variations.
LACE UNDERsLEEVEs AGAIN

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star
PARIS, April q 1900.
Spring weather of the finest has brought
us out many stunning new tailor-madc
gowns in the parks and along the prone
nades on sunny afternoons. Studying these
one is forced to note the gradual retire
ment of one very useful bit of mantua-
making art--he bolero jacket. Once no
gown was modish without some variety of
this jacket to grace its bodice outlines. But
the long basque is suppIantinS it. a garment
of directoire-like CIT and an exceeding
great snartness in shape and fit. The bolero
useful and wIthal so graceful that
there is no doubt that its final retirement
will be brought about slowly and reluctant
ly. The worn frock that has. thanks to the
good offices of the boIero, bloomed again as
a new garment is too favorabIy in the men,
cry of womanknd 10 make its retirement
unregretted.
The leaves in the Champs Elysee are in
pretty advanced stage of development owing
to the favorable weather are having,
and even the very early exposition visitors
are likely to see Paris in coat of green.
Everybody is DOMINIC his best company
smile. and every pension is redolent of paint
and calcimining-
Chiidren's Fashions.
Amid all this hurry burly of preparation
II Is interesting to note that the little fOlkS
are the only ones who seem calm and I'M
disturbed by the visitors and the great
events that are before them. Spick and
span in their new spring garments. they
emerge from their winter shells OF furs and
fuzzy cloths arrayed in scrupulous toilets
Ia Paris. playing as carefully ever
with hoop and ball lest they should spot or
crush the immaculate costumes. There is
nothing on earth like the SNUG neatnesS of
the Partisan children of the better class:
one can neverfancy them red and disheveled
like ordinary babies. one imagines St.
Peter must have handed them down from
paradise composed and smiling in lace
trimmed robes that never needed any after
care The little dressed-up dolls are to be
sure. many of them models of sweetness
as well as patterns OF fashion, which lat
ter. of course. is the only point of view
from which l am here TO criticise them.
The smaller children are still wearing the
little pain caps that never seem to change
much in design. although, of course they
do Just at present they are ornamented
with rows of tucks alternating with rows
of stitching or embroidery insertion.
Prettier Than Ever.
Sunbonnets are more elaborate than ever.
They are made of lawn, plain and figured
Of organdie and swiss. and are trimmed
with Fittings or lace edged frills. The bon
nets are very pretty and serviceable and
are often made Of coarse. light straw COM
bined with some fluffy material like NOUS
seiine de sole. chiffon or lace A bow
perched airily on the front of the hat gives
that touch OF chic without which no Pa
risEian headgear is in good form
one of the oldest Of the sunbonnets is an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21

with silk stitching and held in place by a
silver buckle. The deep square collar opens
at the throat with pointed reveres Of green
velvet The little cap of green is surmount-
ed by single quill, held to the side Of the
cap by a cut steel buckle Long leggings
of green are fitted over the chubby legs.
Very similar to this was a long coat, al
most like a smock. The deep, close fitting
collar was bordered with band of velvet.
Just beneath the collar. fastening the coat
to the left side of the body, was a single
large button. Leggings to match the coat
were worn and a jaunty four-cornered cap
In which were set two quilts.
Russian Blouse in Favor.
For Paris the Russian blouse is very
much the vogue - everything Russian is
very much favored, for Russia is looked
upon as the good friend and ally of France.
Sailor costumes always natty; they
look well on most children and are beloved
of the urchins, not enc of whom but longs
to be real sea rover; therefore indulgent
parents ever favor them, and the shopkeep-
ers are compelled each year to rack their
brains for patterns for the nautical
costumes.
One of the novelties for madame's wear
Is the undersleeve favored of our grand
mothers and recalled by the heirlooms of
lace undersleeves safely laid away in san
dalwood boxes in chests of old-fashioned
CiOtHeS many sleeves on the spring gowns
have the sleeve the same material as the
costume, reaching to the elbow. From this
to the wrist is an urdersleeve, sometimes
of accordion plated mousseline de sole and
sometimes of plated silk of tucked
satin. 1t Is made close fitting as posi-
BILE, and at the elbow the oversleeve usually
meets it with some such ornamental device
as a faced rerer or cleverly put on en-
brodery. Some of the sleeves fit the hand
like a mitt, but regarded bit pro-
n TO
sleeves are still much worn. and so are
epaulets to relieve the severe plainness of
the ttght-ftting sleeves at the shoulder.
Pretty Tribes, These.
Parasols are Gaintier than ever. The
handsomest ones of the summer are clever
ly inset with ornamental pieces Of lace and
bands arranged in ornamental patterns.
Flat patterns seem TO be smarter than the
fcunced and frilled chiffon affairs. Silks in
different shades, trimmed with lace or set
with cordings, tuckirgs or appliques, are
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are very often made separate from the cos
tune in order that they may be worn with
another GresS If need be. The neck is
usually cut fairly low and when a child
has plump or pretty arms the mother very
often prefers TO make even its morning
gowns sleeveless. AfternooNfrocks are of
swiss, lawn or Organdie. the skirts plainly
trimmed with a deep. stitched hem. lnser-
tons of lace or embroidery are very seldom
used fer the heading of the hem.
For little boys all manner of picturesque
costumes, modification of the CARDS of other
days. are fashionable. Notably pretty is a
Robin Hood costume of dark green made
with d little coat of dark green coming to
the knees. and with a low set belt outlined
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Evening cioaks.

evening cloaks get more and more elab-
crate every day. The newest are made with
sutcheo plaits. after the same. style as the
skirts. These plaits are stitched to below
the hips, then allowed to flow out toward
the base, Ice Is the latest color, and is a
rather deep shade Of cream with green
nnt IN II. Many OF the evening cloaks are
nnished on with sashes with heavy fringed
enas, ana hoods Lined with bright colored
are being ornamented in -uke--manner,
though what purpose hood on tea gown
Is supposed to serve one finds 1t difficult
to imagine.
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sanet si.ke to trim them, to say nausht OF
the great plumes and the lace and the
howereS. since the head dress has become
most enormous, SO that they are cuFled
like the coat of my ladye's paodle." the
British censor had again To interfere. A
series of music meetings" was being
given in Westminster Abbey, and the big
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handsome and costly, although they are to
the uninitiated quite simple in appearance.
Lace combined with hand-painted panels
are among the most eXtravagant devices
for parasol covers One must see these
pretty trifies to appreciate their beauty.
Sara Bernhardt's success in "L'Aiglon'
will bring us surfeit of fashions for that
period. While Sara is not the arbiter of
fashion that Rejane is. still her taste holds
authority, and particularly in the case of SO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21
HOUS UsD$ HINTS

April is usually the month chosen for the
washing of the winter slAnkeas. Choose
warm, sunny day, when No other household
duty will interfere. Rip6fr the. bindings of
ribbon If there are any:s and If you regard
your strength, cut every paif' Of blankets
apart at the end when theyn are folded.
When they are washed and died the ends
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21

He might have been a poet of today, so
far as his observations go, for red is the
predominating color. In the ages that have
passed, many efforts at sumptuaTy legisla-
ton have been made, but without much
result. In 15I1 England passed some sIlmp-
tuary laws meant TO encourage English
manufactures and to discourage eXtrava
gance in millinery. Parliament made a law
that all above TIE age of six years, except
the nobility and other persons of degree
should, or Sabbath days and holy days,
wear caps of wool manufactured in Eng
land In 1903 the censor of Great Britain,
Isaac Rickerstaff, issued the following man
Gate: THE censor having observed that
there are fine wrought ladies' shoes and
slippers put to view at great shoemaker
shop toward St James end of Pail Mall.
which create irregular thoughts and de-
sires in the youth of this realm; the said
shop keeper is required to take In these
eye sores or show cause the next court day
why he continues to expose the same; and
he is required to be prepared particularly
to answer to the slippers with green lace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21

blanket stitch. This will last through sew
eral annual washings. Make a lukewarm
suds of ivory or white borax soap. Do not
use brown soap, this contains rosin,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21

embroidery should always be Ironed on
Ine wrong side to bring out the design.
II should be thoroughly dried.
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Dishes that have become brown from
baking may have the stain removed by
soaking in strong borax and water.
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great and popular success as Rostand's
play. CATHERINE TALBOT
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man of the period n71D: "A lady of this
place had some time since box of the
newest ribbons sent down by the coach.
Whether Vt was her own malicious iDyen-
ton. or the wantonness of a London mil
liner. l am not able to inform you. but
among the rest there was one cherry col
CURED ribbon consisting of about half
dozen yards, made up in the figure of a
small head dress" Just now ii takes from
seven to ten yards of ribbon to make up
in, the figure Of small head dress
In 1900 a poet wrote of the modes:
.'Befold the bonet upon NV heade,
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and blue heels" In like manner the dis
play of elegant examples of caiashes,
hoods and other vainglorious headgear'' was
prohibited.
In 1877, when hats got so big that they
resembled a washtub with brim, and it
took las much as a score of yardes of sar-
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''Rehold the hoaet upon NV heade,
A starving color of scarlet red
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speaking OF nolasses, 1T is of interest to
formed for an important part Of the dietary Of
SCI Parr, who lived to be 1852 years old.
me other eomestiblestt to which he chung
quite as faithfully We're garlic and butter.
The Coconino sun., 1900-09-15
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION
For the Nomination of Candidates for
 County Offices.

HEADQUARTERS OF THE REPUBLICAN CEN
 TRAIL COMMITTEE OF CoCoNINO COUNTY.
 FLAGSTAFF. ARIZONA. September l. 1900 '
 A delegate convention of the Republicans of the county of Coconino is hereby called to meet in the Courthouse. in Flagstaff Arizona at 10 o'clock a. m on Saturday, Sep tember 20, 1900. for the following purposes
 1. For the nominating of county officers, as follows: One member of the Territorial Coun- cil one member of the Territorial Assembly, Probate Judge, District Attorney, Sheriff, Treasurer. Recorder Surveyor and two mem- bers of the Board of Supervisors.
 }. For the selection Of Ia County Central Com mttee to serve for the ensuing two years.
 3. For the transaction of such other business as may regularly come before the convention.
 The basis of representation in this convention will be one delegate for each fifteen votes or fraction thereof cast for R. H. Cameron for sheriff at the November election of 1898.
 Upon this basis the several precincts of Coco nino county are entitled to representation as follows:
The Coconino sun., 1900-09-15

presented by voter who - resident of the county from which the same is issued.
 All railroads have been asked 10 make d reduced rate for this conven- tiOn and if no such rate is in force tiOn. they should lake receipts for money paid and the matter can prob- ably be arranged ar Phoenix for re turning free.
The Coconino sun., 1900-09-15

No precinct shall be represented in the said convention except by bona fide resident thereof.
 Primaries will be held in the above named precincts between the hours of o'clock and 9oclock p. m on Tuesday, September IS. 1900. Members of the local committee of the respec- tive precincts are requested to arrange for the holding of such primaries.
 By order of the Republican County Central Committee, c. M. FUNSTON, Chairman.
 c. A. BUSH, Secretary.
The Coconino sun., 1900-09-15

earnestly desired, as well as the pres ence of representative Republicans from every part of the territory.
 CHAS. R. DRAKE. Chairman. J. KNOX CoRBETT, Secretary.
The Coconino sun., 1900-09-15
Republican Territorial Convention.

HEADQUARTERS REPUBLICAN TER
 TORIAL CENTRAL COMMIT TEE,
 Tucson, August 22, 1900. )
 To the Republican Party of Arizona: A convention of delegates of the Re- publican party of the Territory of Ari- zOna is hereby called to meet in the City of Phoenix, at 10 a. m. on Sep tember 24. 1900. for the following pur- poses:
 l. The nomination of delegate to Congress.
 ,. The selection of Territorial Re publican Central Committee.
 3. The transaction of such other bu>i- ness as may properly come before it.
 The basis of representation will be one delegate for each fifty votes and for every fraction of votes over twenty-five cast for Hon. Alex. o. Brodie for dele gate to congress in November. 1898: therefore the representation will he as follows:
The Coconino sun., 1900-09-15

Wm. Friedlein, the plumber. is pre- pared to place water meters in posi- tiOn al a reasonable cost.
Gilpin observer., 1900-10-25
Increased Earnings of d. g. II. G.

Denver, Colo. Oct. 23.-Both the Den
yer 4 Rio Grande railroad and the Rio
Grande Western railroad show big in
creases for their financial reports for
the second week in October. For the
week the Denver ~ Rio Grande's net
earnings We're S252,S0O an increase of
S34, 200 over the corresponding week
Of last year. Since July l the net
earnings have been S3,i47 200, an in
crease of S5GS. 700 over the correspond
ing period of last year.
The net earnings of the Rio Grande
Western for the second week In Octo-
ber were S115.2OO, an increase of S27,-
300 over the corresponding week of last
year. Since July l the net earnings Of
the road have been S1,iG2, 2,401, an in
crease of $215.4S7 over the correspond
Ing period of last year.