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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-14

ming has disappeared. to Judge from
are everywhere in view. Flat effects
unique hat. the form of which is made
means of bandeau The fiat is COW
vet and is faced with tiny bias rolls Of
lighter grey taffeta laid on in the man
ner of the mousseline de sole facings on
some rich hats of last summer. The
bandeau is likewise covered with tai
feta rolls and rich bouquet of tea
roses, with velvet foliage, the shades of
which blend artistically with the tens
Of soft grey, is fastened under the left
side. slightly tipping the hat. The fin
ish is effected by drapery of fine lace
which is caught around the edge of tn /,
crown, after the manner Of VEIL and
is tied into short loops at the back.
where it is fastened with a strass and
silver buckle. This form being novel,
as well as attractive, bids fair to be
initiated in other color combinations.
Fur hats promise to be as much in
vogue as last year, and are sometimes
trimmed with rich velvet flowers, huge
in size and equally unnatural in shades.
but chic cannot be denied them. Vel
vet is always the material par excel
lence in millinery, but it has this year
found rival in cloth, for cloth hats are
all the rage. 1t covers the buckram
hat form smoothly, and combines well
with all manner of trimmings, velvet
and fur being preferred.
FELIX FOURNERY.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-14

PARIS, Oct. BE it that the dress
makers have exhausted their ingenuity
in devising new styles or be it that the
styles and ideas of former seasons have
so pleased the followers of fashion that
they are loath to give them up, the fact
remains that the indispcsition to adopt
new lines is apparent everywhere. Those
who have looked forward to change
when autumn came were disappointed
agreeably disappointed in many cases
for they found that spring gowns could
well masquerade as new autumn ones,
and as the first forerunners of heavy
winter costumes are making their ap-
pearancc. we still see tight skirts. soft
blouse fronts. zouave jackets. and bell
sleeves. 4..
All these characteristics appear on
one of Roberts latest models designed
to compensate the most fastidious for
the curious stability of fashion. Vel
yeteen of soft dove grey shade is tn
material employed to make the gown.
1t has an underskirt of taffeta Of the
same shade and bordered with deep
founce of finely pleated taffeta. There is
tunic of grey velveteen cut in he most
approved bell form and fitted to the fis-
ure by means Of darts. The closing is
at the left side. and is hidden by mar
row roll of stone marten which extends
along the side and borders the scalloped
hem from under which the grey silk
plcating shows most effectively.
The bodice has a tight foundation OF
grey taffeta over which is draped finely
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-14
New Fall Costume by Robert of Paris

pleated liberty silk of the same shade.
A jabot ruffie of real lace covers the
closing in front and fastens at the high
silk. with a rich pin composed of a
huge amethyst wreathed with dia-
monds. A pointed girdle of stitched
The dainty bolero of velveteen is very
short and fits the figure snugly 1t
shows the same scallop effect and is
edged with marten like the skirt. Two
deep scallops form a double-breasted
buttons set with amethysts and small
diamonds. The short, light sleeve is
also slightly bell-shaped below the ell
bow and is finished with roll of
stone marten which forms a charming
contrast to the undersleeve of grey silk
yelled with pleated grey liberty silk.
Dark grey gloves and a dainty and novel
picture hat complete this toilette. which
is particularly suitable for a young lady.
The hat has the square crown. and the
upper side of the brim covered with grey
cloth and the brim is faced with tucked
and shirred grey liberty silk and filed
out on the turnedup side with q mon
ture of autumn leaves. The top of the
crown as well as the brim is edged with
stone marten and three grey plumes nod
over the left side. while clusters of
autumn leaves lend that touch Of bright
color which makes harmonious en-
semble.
Having arrived at the millinery field
it is most satisfactory to note that the
tendency to overload hats with trim
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-14
ONE ECONOMICAL MAN.
He Undertook to Give Points to Hi
Wife.

He Undertook to Give Points to His
Wife.
"You have told me that you were good
manager. Your father and your mother
and your aunts told me SO, and your neigh
bors told me SO. 1t looks nightly to me
as though / were the victim Of conspi-
racy. I've Just made a sort of an in
voice of your boosted economy. I find
half bushel of drug store walls out
bought is in them. l find half a dozen
kinds of paints in the barn, and they fur
nish conclusive proof that We have paid
for at least twice the material we needed.
The bread box is half full of remnants and
you have enough leftover goods Of all
kinds to stock bargain counter. II that's
economy l don't know what economy is,
and the husband who delivered the lee
ture absent-mindedly tossed his pipe
through the window as he announced that
he would put in couple of days fish
ing at the Flats.
I'll fix him." and the little wife posi-
lively ground her pretty teeth. On his re-
turn he had late dinner made up Of
fried bread, toast, and bread pudding. He
complained of being sunburned, and she
rubbed on some kind of decoction from
the drugs she had in stock that was
strong enough for a hair exterminator,
and made his skin curl like the leaves in
the sun after frost. OF course she was
sorry while he was tearing around like a
bear with thorn in its foot, but she
didn't look the part.
The next morning he walked into the
back yard. just to get air and gloat over
his possessions. He noticed heads at the
windows of all the neighbors. Some were
giggling and some were laughing long
loud, hilarious laughs. He caught the
focus of their several eyes. 1t was the
barn, painted III red. white, blue, green.
yellow, black, old rose. crushed straw
berry and all the conceivable tints Sc
cured by mixture.
At first he began to swear, long. in
tense, cultural oaths. Then he recalled
the bread dinner and the outward appli-
cation of liquid fire. The barn was right
in line. Now his wife holds a commits
sion to attend to all business at the
house without let or hindrance.
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A Dismal Failure.

81 don't think I'll try any more prac-
teal jokes on my wife. They don't pan
out we'll"
"Elucidate.''
'.You see. she has habit of hosting
the window in our room every night AS
/ usually go 10 bed last, she depends on
me to hoist 1t. Sometimes | forget 1t. and
then there's a wild squabble. Frequently
she wakes me up in the night and asks
me to see IL it is open. If don't she nags
at me until morning a night or TWO ago
| resolved to give her hard scare. l roll
ed I'D a lot of old newspapers into long
bundle and laid the package down By The
window. OF course she was asleep ard
didn't hear me. Then l opened the win
dow little ways and crept into bed. Some
time after midnight she nudged me and
said: Jim, I'm sure you didn't open that
window It's like q bake oven in the
room Get up and see.' So got up. went
to the window, and threw the sash as high
as it would go. AS did so l gave little
shrek and then flung my bundle down to
the walk below. 1t struck with dull
thud, and / lodged behind the curtain to
await developments. The room was 'ery
dark, and / couldn't see my wife. but l
heard her raise herself to sitting Yos-
ture. Then she spoke: Poor old Jim.
she quietly said, he's tumbled out OF the
window in his raggedest nightshirt. What
a spectacle he'll be when they find him in
the morning. Then she lay down again
and went to sleep" $50
What did you do?" ~
"Stood there like fool for minute
| or two and then sneaked into bed. '-Sleye-
land Plain Dealer.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-14

Mrs. Alec Tweedle, known in London
as the woman with the hoe" has just
arrived in New York.
In the subject of agriculture Mrs.
Tweedle is deeply interested. She was
one of the speakers at the Woman's Con-
gress in Paris last summer. her subject
upon that occasion being British Wo-
men in Agriculture Regarding the
present aspect of agriculture in England
Mrs. TweedIe says:
although British women are doing
much to try to improve our agriculture,
a great deal remainsNo be done. ANA
teur farming is thing of the past. To
make farming pay today it is necessary
to have good and well ventilated build
ings for the animals; to employ machin-
cry wherever possible because 1t is far
more reliable than the uncertain supply
of labor; to keep books in thoroughly
business-like way. and to look upon farrl-
ing as profession which must be sys-
tematically carried through and attend
ed to in the minutest detail.'
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-14
Cultured CANNES.

Fashions in dogs change from year to
year. The pug is obsolete. SO far as
smart women are concerned. Neither is
the poodle or the Maltese, the Skye or
the terrier, found in polite society.
French bulldogs and japanese spaniels
are now fashions favorites. Two Of the
prettiest-which means also two of the
ugliest-little French bulldogs in town
belong to Miss Elsie De Wolfe. Their
names are as Frenchy as their ancestry
Fauvette and Piquette.
Their owners insist that they have
souls. reason, unbounded affection and
faithfulness.
One of the rarest dogs in this country
Marion Hitchcock, wife of the traveller
after the old Chinese city.
1t was bought from eunuch belonging
to the palace of the Empress in Pekin.
and is supposed to belong to the Oldest
breed of dogs in the world. W. X. Van
derbilt has the brother of this queer lit
tie creature.
Mrs. George Law, the beautiful Ameri-
can widow, has a French bulldog that
has the most expensive trappings Of any
dog in swelldOm. When it goes for a
promenade with its pretty mistress il
wears collar and anklets of pigeon blood
rubies. set thickly on a plain gold band
These trinkets were made to order by a
celebrated Partisan jeweler and are said
to have cost 100000.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-14
WHAT CARE WILL DO.
Troublc-PrOOf Women Get the Best
of Life.

Care will kill cat.
But it does worse to woman. 1t
makes her ugly
1t Fuckers up accordion plaits between
her eyes and draws funny, scraggy little
railroad tracks across her forehead
When it doesn't do that it imparts a
hopeless aione-in-the- world countenance-
Que Vive in the Chicago Herald"
The thing to do is to give care a frosty
glare occasionally. Make up your mind
that you are not going to be miserable
just because something or other-or
everything goes wrong. Whenever you
feel the worrying fever coming on, go
and borrow somebody's youngster and
play circus. Cut out paper dolls. Make
chocolate Judges. Sit on the floor like
a tailor and sing like-like-well, sing
the best you can, good old-time songs
that you used TO sing when you were
young and foolish and laundering for
moonlight boat rides and all that sort of
thing. Just be silly. Relax. Let up the
tension. After half an hour Of restful
foolishness you'll forget half the misery
of winter without a tailor-made or a
fiat without steam heat or a longed- for
something that hasn't materialized and
never will.
like trouble proof women. They are
sort of human nackintoshes, from which
the downpour of life's mseries slip off
and away. This does not mean the wo-
man who shirks and lets others endure
the anxieties and cares. That's not it,
What am thinking about is the philo-
sophical lady who says: well, it's bad.
In fact, / ought to fret about it, but l
won't. ! might get wrinkle and some-
body else might see it and be made I'M
happy FL go and preserve that Lucent
basket of plums and perhaps I'll forget
about II"
Every little while we hear about some
new ism or something that tells us that
cur mental conditions bring this or that
or the other. Whether this is true or
not, the writer knoweth not. But she
does know that the natural born fretter
never has to nose around far to find some
thing to fret about. She can pluck her
worries right out of the atmosphere with
out budging half an inch. And the more
she frets the more fretting material ac-
cumulates, until she is simply swamped
with frctting to be done. So much so
that she probably never gets caught up
| and goes to her grave with her life work
OF fussing and stewing unfinished.
Too bad, isn't it?
Perhaps If she had been looking for
| things to smile about and laugh about, and
| tell to others and make others happy, she d
have been just as busy.
I Think how much happier she would have
| been.
Let care go on killing cats il it wants
| to.
Put on a mosquito netting OF mental
steadfastness and arm yourself with the
broomstick OF cheerfulness and let care 60
| whizziDg.
| man pers;;rmon."
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-14
MAN AND THE MAID.
Wise MIR. Mighels Has Settled the
Servant Problem.

man has written a book on the SER
want question. He advocates an army Of
girls" barracks in which they shall live,
drill room in which they shall be
trained, and a uniform in which they shall
look Stunning" He is an American
Philip Verrill Mighels-and he is doubt
less young and an optimist. He found
the servant question poser in TIE United
States but a problem in England, and he
has embodied his ideas on the subject in
love story called .Nella, the Heart of the
Army" Nella is woman who works, and
keeping no servants herself she has much
sympathy for the down-trOdden girl
She is shocked to find that decent girls
prefer to be ba-maids to domestic ser
wants, and determines to learn the rea-
son why. She establishes an employment
agency. Then she begins to sympathize
with the mistresses and to find the girls
ungrateful. She becomes a clerk in the
office of man of means. who is in love
with her, and with humanity for her
sake. Together they establish the
army" Their idea is to make trained
servants out of undsciplined and inefi-
cient workers, as soldiers are made out
Of raw, dog-eared material"
plan. 1t is the army's most efficient re-
cruiting officer Girls join in order to be
smart There are exceptions to this
rule. On one occasion the "drillmaster
had ordered the squad to lock up one re-
bellious soldier who repndated her uni
form and spat upon it, She had, of course.
refused to consider herself upder arrest
and to enter the guardhouse. Naturally.
tremendous fight had occurred when the
faithful five attempted to carry out orders.
1t was the first real battle which the ar
my had had to face. Under fire. of the
description OF that to which they were SUBJ
jected they acquitted themselves with
credit. After the brunt and shock the
prisoner was secure, but the darning nee
die and no little sticking plaster were in
reuusition The measure. as whole.
however, had a salutary effect on the NOR
ale OF the troops The army was sue
| cess, of course. after many vicissitudes.
| 1t grew to be 200 strong. The girls learn
| ed to stand straight. to cook, and sew,
! and scrub. They wound up by marching
| down the Strand-in full dress uniform
| on Lord Mayors Day.
The authors plan Of an army OF indus
try for women and girls, Of militarism as
| n solution of the servant problem and Of
a supporting barracks. training schoo
| and employment agency sounds pleasant
and practical. says the Commercial Ad
| vertiser." It reads very well-but will
servants give up the liberty and The
rights they love for the protection ant
privileges and benefits Of an army train
] ing?
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-14
THE SHAFTS HAREM.
How the Persian Ruler Lives When
at Home.

Much has been printed about the Shah
doings in Europe, whence he has Just re-
turned home. His life In Teheran is much
more interesting. since there he is not
hampered by the restraints OF Western
civilization.
Foster Fraser, the Englishman. who
rode bicycle around the world, has just
written this account Of one day at home
in the life of the Shah:
He rises early. performs his devotions.
has piece Of thin, pasty Persian bread
and glass of sweetened tea Then at
about o'clock he receives his ministers.
He Is slovenly in habit, and walks up and
down the room with his slippers flip-fiap-
ping; indeed, the story goes that the rea-
son he parted with his first wife was be-
cause she constantly complained he did
not wash himself. He dictates dozens Of
letters, hears dispatches read, consults
authorities, attends to every detail of
business.
Then he has his breakfast. All the
food is carefully prepared and prince
Of the royal house is responsible that
no tricks are played. Every dish as it
is sent from the kitchen is sealed, and
the seals are broken in the Shah's pres
eats alone. Formerly he squatted and
ate from big tray placed on the floor.
But since coming to Teheran he has
been persuaded to sit upon mattress
and eat from a table about foot high.
At first chintz cloth was on the table,
but he was told it would be much nicer
If he had white cloth, and so a white
cloth Is now used. Between fifty and
sixty dishes are served, but His Majesty
only touches two or three.
First he will eat creased rice, fol-
lowed possibly by chicken or some
two sheets of thin bread: and then. as
the ordinary Persian fare. Knives and
forks are things unknown at court. and
the King eats everything with his fin
gers-greased rice, mutton, and fruit.
His favorite delicacy is marrow. During
breakfast extracts from European papers,
chiefly French, are read to the Shah.
Following breakfast the Shah prob
ably has an hours sleep, and then, after
some glasses Of tea, he will amuse him.
self with working a little telegraph in
strument, playing backgammon with his
ministers (who are careful not to win),
setting and resetting plants in the gar
dens or taking photographs. l have seen
a number of photographs taken by His
Majesty, and some are really excellent.
Besides, he has a positive mania to be
taken in every conceivable attitude and
dress; he has even been photographed in
bed. l have seen photographs OF His
Majesty in uncomfortable Prussian mill
tary attire, and even in the garb Of an
English curate."
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-14
Fashion in ShrOuds.

So much time and thought are bestowed
on the question of how and with what we
shall clothe the living that the impress
sion of fashions for the dead never comes
into our heads, says the New York Her.
aid" Yet there are many women earning
their daily bread in New York by cater
ing to the fashions for those who have
passed into the bourne where it is COM
monty supposed there are no dressmakers
and no milliners.
All the casket companies down in Great
Jones Street employ women for no other
purpose than 10 study of tastes of people
in the matter of shrouds, and these
women will tell you that grave clothes
fashions are just as tickle as the fashions
of street clothes, or party clothes, or, in
fact, any other specially designed style of
garment.
The prevailing styles are followed close
ly. If large sleeves are the fashion in the
clothes of the living, why, then, the
shrouds must be and are made with large
sleeves. If skirts are stiffened with erin
oline or haircloth, so also is the skirt of
the shroud, and recently when trains were
so fashionable. there we're few shrOudO
made that did not have a long dip in the
back.
There is only one radical difference
nowadays between the up-to-d date shroud
and the up-to date gown, and that is that
the former always o,ens in the back.
To get rid of old-fashioned shrouds is
as dif1icult a problem among manufac-
turers and dealers as 1t is for the mer-
chant to dispose of out-of- date clothing
for those living. 1t is next TO impossible
for them to do 1t. although such goods are
often marked down to the proverbal
song. Indeed, so great Is the aversion to
IN old-fashioned shroud that it is rarely
possible to give one away. People seem
to have an instructive desire to have the
last dress Of their departed loved ones
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-14
THE MUSHROOM FAD.


Women Can Make Pin Money on
"Cellar Farms.''
Mushroom growing is said to be the lat
est fad that has attacked Baltimore, says
the Sun" and interesting stories Of the
success both material and financial, that
private growers of mushrooms are meet
ing with are being circulated. The eel
lars of brewing establishment no long
err in operation in the southwestern Sec
tion of the city have been converted into
mushroom farms by some enterprising
growers, and it is said that they are
yielding very satisfactory crops.
Besides these growers, who have gene
into the business on an extensive scale,
q number of women have started smaller
farms in the cellars Of the HOUSES in
which they live. According to the figures
given by Theodore Eckhardt yesterday.
these women farmers run fair chance
OF adding very considerably to their pia
money.
The yield from a ffteen-foot bed. Mr..
Eckhardt said. should be about ninety
pecks in three months. The ccst Of the
bed would be about $40. The mushrooms
would sell for Is cents a peck, bring ng
the farmer $3.50. making a gain CT $3.50
on the undertaking.
The things that are necessary for sue
cess in mushroom growing, according 10
Mr.. Eckhardt, are, first. the cellar in
which they are to be grown land this
must be SO arranged that the plants can
be kept at temperature of from 60 to 20
degrees; second. good ventilation. as
plenty OF fresh air is essential. Arrange
ments must be available also by which
the soil can be kept moist.
Good manure, rich in phosphate, must
be used to form the foundation of the
bed. which will be built preferably upon q
dirt floor. Two loads will be nece ssary
for a bed fifteen feet long. The mush-
room spawn can be procured in the shape
of bricks from the florists and nursery
men. The temperature of the bed must
be tested, and no planting must be done
until il is below ninety-five degrees. Then
the bricks can be broken in half-inch
pieces and distributed evenly over the
bed.
In eight or ten days white thread like
growth will begin to appear, and wher
this lis noticed the bed must be covered
TO the depth of onehalf to three-quarter.
of an inch with sandy loan. The beds
are built in conical shape, starting from
q base about three feet wide and building
up to about two and half feet high
with width of about ten inches en- top
A frame Of six-inch boards may be used
10 keep the bed In place.
The expenses will be: For manure. 81
labor. $3.50; six bricks of meshro On
spawn, 81; loan, $3.50.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-14
WIIhelmina'x Remark.

Royal tastes are not usually artistic
Queen Victoria is fond of good music,
but her taste in pictures and books is
said to be unworthy of a country so rich
in art and literature. The young Queen
Of Holland is a gifted artist and loves
fine paintings, always visiting the CALLER
les of every city she goes to. But music
WiIhelmina frankly dislikes. She goes to
concerts because she must assume an in
terest in everything, but she admits that
listening to operas bores her and she is
quoted as saying that she would rather
scrub than play the piano.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-14
Gratitude.

Young Lady-Give me one yard of-why,
haven't l seen you before?
Dry Goods Clerk-Ok, Maud. can you
have forgotten me? i saved your life at
the seashore last summer.
Young Lady twarmly)-Why, Of course
you did. You may give me two yards Of
this ribbon, please.-Boston Journal.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-14
The Rtval,s Opinion.

"You say that everyone. even the
most abandoned villain. has some good
IN him somewhere. DO you? Well, know
q fellow who's an unmitigated scoundrel,
without single redeeming trait"
Hello! I didn't know you had any rival
for Miss Dkrlington's vor.'-Harper's
0azar.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-10-14
N-here1It Hurt,

Nonsense, MI Smith," she said. after
rejecting him; you'll find girl at last
to love you. One Is as good as another,
so what's the difference?"
at isn't the difference in girls that
bothers me-" said he. mournfully; Its
their indifference" philadelphia Press.