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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-18

home of Mr.. and Mrs r. X. Bruner, on
East Jones street. The last meeting be-
fore Lent will find the clu5 rs the guests
of Miss Ellen West AT the home Of her
father, Cart ~ ". West. on 1ilI>boro
street.
The Wednesday Afternoon Euchre
Club met on Wednesday afternoon with
Miss Alice Stronach. Mrs. William West
won the prize gold stick pin and Miss
Helen Primrose the consolation prize.
Besides the regular membership of the
club there were present Misses Angela
McGaull. Mamie Dowd. OF Durham. and
Sallie Gotten, Of CcottCnGale. The club
held Il business meeting ON FriCly after
neon with Miss Hal. Morson
Vt Durham on Thursday Miss IaIIa
Ruth Carr entertained the Young La
dies Club 1T Somerset Villa. 1t was
in kceriHg with Miss Carr reputation
a 4 charming hostess.
The luncheon given in Durham Wed,
nesday afternoon by Miss Nellie Fuller
il honor of Miss Carrie Bacon. Of At
laGta ia. who IS Il guest Of Miss
Ella Ptay, was one Of the most de-
Eehtful scc.,l events of the year Miss
Fuller entertained with grace and the
occasion was Il delightful one.
Married Feb. 11th at Aberdeen at
$3.50 p. IN. by Rev. Chas. H0,. Dobbs
Mr.. William r.. EtkoU. Of the Moore
county Railroad ANA a native Of Scot,
land, TO Miss Heij9 Elise LarseW. L ma
tive Of Sweden.-Carthagc Blatc.
Invitations have been issued to the mar
riagc of DR.. W. l.. STEELE, Of Rocking
ham, to Miss Fannie Wood. which is to
take place at her brothers, Mr. Chas.
Woods, February 2S.h, 1900 at II
O'Clock, Louisville, \. {. DR.. Steele
is the well and fayorably known dentist
Of Rockingham, and the bGide-elect is Il
daughter Of the late Rev. NJ. l.. Wood,
who was for four years pastor Of the
NJ. f. church at Rockingham
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-18

Tickets on sale for Gala Day al South
ern Pines. February 10th and DIST. good
to return until February 10Th, inclusive.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-18

On Thursday evening Miss Crudup
entertained at cards at the home o.
Mrs. V. b. Moore in honor Of Miss
Elton Crudup, Miss Lizzie Kittreil
and Miss Kate Leach. The guests were
seated at six tables AT which six handed
euchre was played. The affair proved
most enjoyable 10 those present.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-18

Vt Durham on Thursday Miss Lalla
Ruth Carr entertained the Young La
dies Club at Somerset Villa. 1t was
in kceTiHg with Miss Carr reputation
as Il charming hostess.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-18

McGhee entertained the FOrtnichtly Rr
view Club. The guests were elegantly
entertained by Mrs. McGhee and Were
served most delightful refreshments TIL
subjects under discussion were Katherine
OF Russia and Elizabeth Of England
The papers were read by Mrs. Robert
Strong and Mrs. JOsephus Daniels.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-18

Mrs Joseph L. Pogue entertained tho
klondike Club on Friday afternoon a.
her elegant h0me on Fayetteville street.
The first prize an elegant handkerchief,
was won by Mrs. Plummer Bachelor,
and the booty by Miss Sallie COtlca. OF
COttendale. Elegant refreshments Were
served to Mrs Pogue's guests. who cen
sisted of young married women and Il
few Of the unmarried women Of this
city
Evening star., 1900-10-06
The Shirt Waist Man in London.

from the Sketch.
Men with blouses! That Is the very latest
of the late things which: the masculine
mind overwrought by the stress of the alb
normally hot weather which the summer
has produced In the United States, has
evolved. They do not call the garment the
blouse over there. however, for blouse
exists not in the vocabulary of Uncle Sam
and his wife Shirt waist is the phrase
used to denote the garment. which, In all
its severe SIMPLICITY fher b4Iaced and be-
ruffled into the daintiest wear, decks the
person of English woTaa nhUDd and her Ed
ropean sisters. Having. annexed so many
articles"of maseuline attire. H,'was onlyin
the ma ture of qutd pro quo that mar
should borrow the ShirtTwafSt'' of his Sis
ter, having noticed how becoming it was,
and how exactly 1t was suited to the con-
ditions of a thermometer soaring into three
figures, for it is not only decorative in
itself. but is worn. coram publico. uncov-
cred by any coat or jacket. p
Something of a sensation was created
when the first few men appeared on the
streets coatless and waistcOatless although
1t is by means uncommon to see men
walking about New York in the summer
with Jacket. not where jacket ought to
be, but carried over an arm. Still greater
was the sensation when these men entered
the best restaurants and theaters! They
had to suffer the fate of all pioneers and
innovators for they We're incontinentiy re-
fused bodily sustenance at the one and
mental pabulum at the other Not for long
however. for the common sense of the ma
ton. extending through the overheated cit
les of the Union, acclaimed the new idea,
and people wondered why men had swell
tered in vest and jacket before when so
becoming and cool a style could be evolved
merely by discarding them. Now the
"shirt-waist'' man Is an institution, and
next summer, If all goes well, and we again
get what the Americans call "a heated
term" We shall no doubt, have him among
u.s. and thus owe another debt of gratitude
to our kinsmen over the sea, to add to the
many causes for thankfuness they have
given to civilization and to us. Nowadays
we follow the Americans in so many things.
Evening star., 1900-10-06
THE GREAT IDEA
WRITTEN FOR THE EVENING STAR BY JOSIAH FLYkT AND
FRANCIs WALTON
Copyright. 1900. by Mcclure. Phillips & Coz

perated a great many other people, who
bat for him would have lost their souls
but once or possibly not at all, into losing
them twice over, but every bent on
saving his own soul is bound to think first
of himself and to regard other people and
their souls as details in the landscape. His
great achievement was the creation of
police force that did not know how to
wink Edwin Cowles' inability to wink
| giorified all his remaining abilities in
Mayor Renshaw's eyes, who begged him to
sacrifice himself on the altar of civic duty,
which was Cornvillese for accepting an
appointment as chief of police. Mayor
Renshaw said that neither he nor his SUBJ
ordinates should take tithes from the har-
vest of sin and shame, and Edwin Cowles
sacrificed himself. Both played their des-
, tined part in the realization of the Great
Idea
Then was the city of Cornviiie delivered
into the hands of the three bad men, who
opened 1t as their oyster. and that was
their destined part in the realization of
the Great Idea. "Fritzie' Cannes with
his sure thing enterprises, reaped a har-
vest which he had never supposed Cornville
could produce He had thought that the
town had done its utmost as sporty"
community under Mayor Barwood's open"
administration, but he learned that a town
Is never 50 gullible as when reform at
tempts to tell it that it ''shan't" 'Soapy"
Wadlow and "Frenchy'' Latane made SINH
lar agreeable discoveries. Pocket books
were. perhaps. no more numerous than
in Mayer Barwood's day, but they "came
up easier, as 'Soapy' put it, and he and
''Frenchy" dipped" deep with impunity.
Evening star., 1900-10-06

q patched and battered figure. decrepit
old man. wild-eyed and wiid-haired.
It's only drink I want" repeated the
beggar as he shuffied along at Barwood's 8
side. You see t I'm no har-I don't want
nothin to eat. I want a drink. 1t only
costs dime, boss."Y'
They had reached a stretch Of field
through which Barwdod was wont to make
short cut to his home, and as he left the
sidewalk and turnedsintQ the field-path the
beggar suddenly straightened himself. DROP
ped the whine Of hts voice, and. tapping
Barwood farniliarly on the shoulder, said:
Il say. Mr.. Attorney, handiover that agree
ment that you made for me with Eng1ar."
A fortnight later Ruderick was discharged
from the Cornville force for drunkenness
and Incompetence. The expectations he had
raised when Chief Cowles engaged him he
had not fulfilled. Upon his discharge he
paid a visit TO Chicago. where he keeps a
safe deposit vault, in which he placed
among other things the agreement which
Judge Barwood had obtained for his un-
known client. This was the finishing touch
in the realization of the Great Idea.
Evening star., 1900-10-06
LIGHT AS A CURE FOR MEASLES.
Experiments Show That Sunshine
Will Alleviate the Severity of Disease
From the Chicago Chronicle.

Experiments Show That Sunshine
Will Alleviate the Severity of Disease
| From the Chicago Chronicle.
Recent experiments indicate that the sun
may be potent remedial agent in the case
| of persons attacked with smallpox, scarla-
| tina and measles. These experiments were
made by DR.. Finsen of Copenhagen and
| DR.. Chatiniere of st. Mande, and novel
were they that they have aroused good
deal of discussion among the members Of
the Academy of Medicine in Paris.
DR.. Chatiniere short time ago treated
twelve children who had measles according
to this new method, which is scientifically
known as phototherapie Red light was the
only cure which he used, and this he made
serviceable in the following manner: On
the windows of the sick rooms he hung red
| curtains, and on the table near each bed he
placed a lamp which gave forth red light
He acted thus because he felt satisfied that
the irritation Of the skin in cases of mea-
sles Is due to the chemical rays Of the solar
spectrum. or, in other words. to the ultra
violet rays. and not to the so-called caloric
or heat rays. If this were not SO, how ac-
count for the fact that the pustules and
scars are especially deep and marked on
the face and hands, which are the very
parts of the body that are most exposed to
the solar rays? The result showed that he
had not erred in arriving at, this conclu-
sion. His little patients rapidly regained
curtains and red lamps is being extolled by
many physicians.
Impressed like Dr. Chatiniere. by the fact
that the influence Of the solar rays Is espe
cially manifested on the faces and hands of
patients, Dr. Finsen conceived the Idea of
subjecting persons suffering from smallpox
to the influence Of ultraviolet rays. which
reached them after the light had been fill
tered through thick red curtains. The re-
suit that the little vesicles or bladders
gradually disappeared and the patients did
not suffer from the customary fever, and,
Furthermore, were not pockmarked. The
ultraviolet rays. indeed, in the case Of
these patients produced practically the
same effect as the red light in that Of DR..
Chatinieres the most notable tokens of
their efficacy being the absence Of fever
and restlessness and the gradual disappear
ance of the eruptions before coming to ma
turity. 1t was also noticed that the rays
had a marked effect on the maladies in so
far they affected the bronchial tubes.
DR.. Finsens method of cure has been in
troduced into France by DIR. Larat and Is
being used not only in cases of smallpox.
but also in cases OF certain forms OF skin
diseases ~ 5 -
Evening star., 1900-10-06

down the right side Of the skirt and long
mock buttonholes of green silk. nnisned
with tiny ball buttons of green crystal,
simulate an opening at hip and hem Ths
same decoration appears on the front OF
the blouse-shaped waist, but the character
of the costume is given by the high Collar
wrist bands and footing of silky lynx skin
Against the soft dark green the sunny black
fur is displayed to marked advantage, ana
the hat that is worn with this is a round
brimmed, high-crowned shape of black
English felt, bound with lynx fur on the
brim's edge and adorned in front with the
outstanding blue black pinions that are
made fast to the crown by diamond
shaped buckle Of wrought greenish gold.
In interesting contrast to this suit ara
the two cloth gowns in the double-column
sketch. The one to the left is of dead-leaf
brown French broadcloth: the skirt laid in
side piaits that are stitched fiat to the
knee. Oblong nat ornaments. wound with
brown silk braid. are fastened at the bot
Ing. The bolero coat of broadcloth has Its
pointed revers and cuffs OF darker brown
panne than the goods itself. while girdie
OF the panne is drawn under the bust, at
the base OF tucked skirt front of pale
gold taffeta- A toque of brown panne,
showered over with ostrich plumes. COM
pletes this sober but none the less COM
mendable autumn suit.
The dress to the right is a severely SIM
pie study in red. A warm russet red serge
with a wiry nap Is one of the most fash
ionable fabrics brought out this year.
There is a thread of black or brown usu-
ally woven in with the red wool that mod
ifies agreeabfy the autumn leaf tint, and
Evening star., 1900-10-06
Paper for Different Rooms.
From the Pittsburg Press


Especially prepared papers for bath rooms
have a glazed effect and a surface that can
be washed like paint. They closely resem-
Bile tiles. being in tile patterns, and many
OF them having the designs thrown up in
relief. These papers are good for nuresr-
les, because of the readiness with which
they can be cleaned. If one cares more for
the children's entertainment than for the
artistic effect, a room that will be un-
falling source of delight can be papered
with pictures cut from illustrated papers,
the larger more distinct and striking fig
ures being used for the upper portion. and
those with more detail below. The children
will make up stories without end for the
pictures.
In the matter of light, If one has a room
facing the south, she doesn't want yellow
paper. Save that for the north room. Dark
rooms can be lightened perceptibly by the
use of light papers. Those in which there
Is likely to be a glare can be toned down
by the use of neutral colors on the walls.
Large designs never should have a place
on the walls of small rooms. An indistinct
or well-mingled design is better than one
that stands out too vivfdly, as one will not
tire of 1T nearly so soon.
Many papers can bs matched in chintzes
and cretonnes. but ordinarily 1t Is more
satisfactory to use Idraperies contrasting
with the paper. This, ,dhowever. Is a matter
Of individual taste and conditions.
Evening star., 1900-10-06

lief. is not" said the lawyer. This looks
to me like fishy business
81 do not offer you the beard az re-
tatner: offer you the bills"
And the voice in which you offer them
is so far from being your own that You
make me doubt whether the bills. however
gen-u-ne, are gen-u-inely yours. l say
again, this looks like fishy business"
You seem to be a person of some pene-
tration," said the visitor.
IF you had not thought SO before you
came you would not be here" said the
lawyer.
so long as you do not know my real
beard and my real voice. l don't care how
we'll you know my false beard and false
voice. AS for the money, you may take II
or leave it.
.And that's soon said." replied the law
yer laying the bills on the table between
HIM and his client, with a. gesture tnat
neither took them nor left them. Try
seat he said, standing before an open hre
and toasting a costume which was ostenta-
tiously provisional. Take off your coat ana
hat and make yourself at home
Judge Barwood had good gray eye with
q twinkle in it. and the accent or MS lnVi-
tation was jocular.
II am much more comfortable with them
on; the room is cold" said the visitor
The thermometer on the jamb of the door
registered in the full gasdght 73 degrees.
Just so," said Barwood appreclauVely;
land now about the business"
THE business is the height of simplicity;
L nave stolen $D,tt, LOT peTSottdI Ie<iSohS
object to any ones attempting to pursue
me and to take away the money.
The visitor also had a good gray eye.
Also the accent of his announcement was
the least in the world jocose.
"And that's a very natural objection, too
said the man of law. THE plainest way to
avoid it is to send the money back.
IF I had been looking for the plainest
way 1 should not have had to come to your
honor for advice. I could have found the
plainest way myself.
The two pairs of good gray eyes looked
into one another with appreciation.
Il repeat" said the judge, that this looks
like a fshy business. And what Is very
much to the point in an affair of this mag
nitude, that bundle of notes on the table is
too small to be looked at without discom-
fort"
THAT bundle Of notes is not a small fee
for listening to me tell you that l have
stolen $4,000 That is all 1 have asked for
it. When you have told me how to keep
the $4,000 the bundle on the table will be
bigger"
1t would have to be great deal bigger"
Would it set limit to it's bigness If the
man out of whom the $4,000 comes had
done you dirt?'
There were not a great many men in
Cornville from whom $50, 900 could be lifted
Evening star., 1900-10-06

here the heavy prickly surfaced serge show
skirt panel, vest. sleeve caps and cuffs
Of brown face cloth that is so deep in color
the French call 1t the tone of coffee
grounds. Straps and large smoked crystal
buttons. trimmed with gold. break the ex-
panse Of brown both on waist and skirt.
Simple Lingerie.
White underwear had arrived at a point
OF such extfavagant ebaborateness that a
reaction was sure to set in. Women who
take pride in possessing the most exquisite
wardrobes of lingerie use very, very little lace.
A little real Valenciennes Is esteemed but
something better is ruff1ing of finest batiste
that is edged with scalloped buttonhole
work. Not even the most accomplished
laundress can do lace to look well and wear
WELL and vulgar limitations are too easily
attained, SO the most costly and elegant
bridal trUusseaux e: show all the night
dresses, petttcoat hounces and edgings on
chemise and knickers finished with a sim
pie fine line of needlework
In one box of bridal things lately shin
ped from New York house, famous for
Its fine underwear, the lingerie was made
all Of delicate white French batiste and the
founces and frills were of an exquisitely
soft and delicate cotton goods, called wash
ing chiffon. OF course, these ruffies were
cut in double scallops or points and button
holed. There was scarce a half-dozen
yards Of lace on the five dozen costly gar
ments and that used was handmade Val
enciennes, very narrow and Of the simplest
pattern.
Neither linen nor. silk are worn in prefer
ence to fine cottons by French women who,
however. still cling, for outdoor wear to
the silk petticoat. A deep accordian- -pIait-
ed ruffie with a heading and footing Of
narrow silk ruching, the edges of which are
pinked, is the most approved autumn pat
tern for a simple serviceable street petit
coat Extremely pretty ones of dull red
green. mauve and Yale blue alpaca. made
on the above described mode, are now ap-
pearing and are by many women worn in
preference to the silk skirts that are rather
too crisp for the prevailing style of gown,
and besides one alpaca skirt outwears two
or three silk ones, and looks clean and
fresh until the day 1t goes down to it's rag
bag grave. MARY DEAN,
Evening star., 1900-10-06

silk passementerie that is laced together
with fine threads Of gold. while gold SOU
tache outlines the edges of the heavy pas
sementerie design The revers are faced
with a black satin that is shot with gold
threads and the vest is a cascade of gold
threaded chiffon, falling over white satin.
Thrifty women, whose last years coats
are far too good to Justify the purchase of
new ones, are ripping away all the old braid
and buttons, and substituting gold galloon
and beautiful indeed Is some Of this gilt
tering braid: 1t is manufactured in shaded
gold, in dull gold, green gold and antique
gold-in fact, in score of tones-and is the
only decorative agent we have yet seen
that is able to dissipate all our interest In
and admiration for the paiettes of honor
able service and memory.
An Exquisite Ball Dress.
In proof Of this let the reader glance at
the picture given of smart new evening
gown. There we have a cream white peau
de cyque. or swans skin silk, garnished
with an embroidery of golden roses Foli-
age and blossoms are done in gold, but the
first shows in stems and leaves tinge of
green. and the blooms are made of ruddy
rough gold. At the top of the decolIete
gold braiding and down from the right
shoulder to the waist line extends a gar
land of pink silk roses with small green
velvet leaves.
The fate of the cloth gown is not yet de-
cided-that Is to say, whether braid or fur
or stitching shall have the upper hand in
its ornanentatiOn. The tailors and dress
makers busily experimenting with all
the three above mentioned mediums and
their efforts are attended with decided sue
cess
Cloth and Fur Gowns.
An almost ideal arrangement Of cloth and
fur is pictured. as especially suitable for a
slender blonde young woman, who can
gracefully carry a skirt of the modfsh
length. A soft watercress- green lady's cloth
is the material Of skirt and waist line
Of stitchings, In lighter green silk, runs
Evening star., 1900-10-06
Quite Possible in Making Old Clothes
Like New.
RATHER 4 CHEAP FASHION WINTER
Smart Styles for Street Gowns and
Evening Wear.
MONEY CANBESPENT,THOUGH
Special Corrsspondence Of The Evening Star.

NEW YORK October 8, 1900.
There Is going to be nothing new in the
building Of coats this season. A good Elton,
long Jacket or capped coat left over from
last year can ruff1e 1t with the newest Of
the new and never be found out or identi-
fed as a warmed-over luxury Wide revers
sometimes faced with lace over satin, high
collars. long sleeves, with no gathers at the
shoulders, and jabots down the front where
the revers turn back. are all Of them ia
miliar features that seem only to have been
revived from the camphor trunks. Short
fur Jackets Of astrakhan, Persian lamb or
broad-tail have not lost one particle OF their
prestige, and full-skirted carriage coats Of
Evening star., 1900-10-06
A Veil Roller.

From the Lnodon Express
This Is charming and useful toilet ac-
cessory and IL daintiiy made will be a de-
lightful present.
Take a slender stick or bamboo about six
teen to eighteen inches long. Roll thick
ness Of wadding evenly round it till it Is
about three inches In diameter.
Cover it with any pretty light color silk,
which may have the owners name embroid-
cred on it. and finish the ends by drawing
up the silk with a narrow heading.
Nearly every one has a favorite sachet
powder, of which some should be scattered
on the wadding previous to covering the
stick.
Wells wound round on this roller will keep
fresher than If folded or placed In sachet
or box.
Evening star., 1900-10-06

the empire form are evidently going to
make another dash for the popularity they
just missed last winter. These last are a
trlfie shorter in the skirt than we remember
them to have been. Just below the knees
is where the hem of the gray, brown or
green surtout appears, and numbers Of
small shoulder capes and exceeding fullness
In the skirt are apparently to be distinctive
Evening star., 1900-10-06
The kiss at theoDoor.

4 W. Gray in the Newark Daily Advertiser.
In the days Of the lance and the spur,
When the hero went forth to the fight,
Oft he carried q token from her
Whom he worshipped as loyer and knight.
And when fierce surged the battle around.
And when close pressed the merciles foe,
twas that token that drove OF despair
And gave victory's strength to his blow.
Not(a hero Of kMghthOod am ],
But warrior In fndustry's strife,
Whers the lance that WELD 10 my pen,
And the ladye serve ID. my wife.
Yet Q token l carry each day,
Full AZ precious 40 any Of yore,
And 1t stovtens my heart fot the fray
Ills my loves morning kisS at the door.
For his faith will the martyr endure.
By the sunset the artists inspir'd.
At the blast Of the bugie and dfe
= the soldier to gallantxy fred.
But whatever may others fxalt,
For myself shall ask nothing moro
A. prompter to worthieets deeds
Than the kiss that get at ths dso0L
Evening star., 1900-10-06
In n Dilemma. ..

From the New York World
Governess-"Who Yves thebwisest man?"
Little Dick-"Solomon."
Goyerness-"correctsi nanae the wisest wo-
Little Dick latter rheditation)-" II I
say you ma will get Angry and If l say ma
you will get So" ~ a. -