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The evening world., 1900-05-09
Mrs..
PImMInaaoD'S
Is Friends

ss>o everywhere.
Every woman knows
some woman friend who
has bean helped by Lydia
e. Pinkhans's Vegetable
~Conpou8s. What does
this frienk say about II?
Read tho letters from
women being published In
this paper. II you arc
aiiing, don't try export
nsents. Rely on tho ~oiia-
bic.
Mrs. PiHkhan,'s greaf
nsed2cino has stood With
out q peer for thirty
y0ars.
Puzzled women write 10
Mrs. Pinkhans for advice
which sho gives without
charge. Tho advice Is
Confidential and accurate.
II has heipcds million wo.
mon. Mrs. Pinkham's
address Is Lynn, Mass.
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Ladies' Swiss Ribbed
Underwear.
Greatly R,d,esd Prices. Lsu than

Greatly Rsdseed Prices. Less than
Cost Of Material.
LOT This is an extraordinary bar.
rain that cannot be slulllsd for
double our sale price. There areiS
styles Of ladies' fine quality Swiss
Ribbed Vests, in white, eeru and
fancy colorS all trimmed with silk
ribbons and lace At the neck and
armholes. We have also Included
In this lot ladies' Wing. Sleeve
Vests; choice OF any, all sizes, IN.
Guiding extra large, ~
LOT This lot consists Of Ladies'
medium weight ribbed shaped
Vests and Drawers. made from
the finest Egyptiin cotton. made and
trimmed as well as any garment you
would ray 7se. for. We have them
N 4 variety Of STYLES, low neck,
hgh-n.ck, V-nsek, square meek. with
and without sleeves all sizes, inelud-
Ing extra large. These same goods
will cost you more than double this
ItlNt lAlst' lAAs ltuf SHoiAc' 10
Msla Fioof. 5sth s. ssetisa.
Girls Dresses.
Girls Dresses. In fancy checks, in
wool patterns, Sith cashmere blouse
fronts Of contrasting eolors iiekct
effect front trimmed with buttonS
4toH years, 40
Girls Dresses, In several styles.
some trimmed With silk and Others
with velvet, a nice assortment Of
Patterns ttoi4y years. 3.oS
Closing out the balance Of 0ins'
Dresses. IN The litest novelties,
with cashmere yokes, Of contrasting
Co'ofs. ruifle on shoulder trimmed
with tx briid ,nt insertions 4 to
- years, 3.9S
s.ron. Fisar. ss.s =, ssr,Io.
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Draw Belts, Acc.

The Sniirs Draw Bel,. maze Of excel
lent quality, heisy double fac. satin
ribbon any size, 4s
Other styles u Eriw 3e.,s With SER.
ing silver. gold. sil,tf-ph;sd nj
french gray ring hueklts and iin,y
hiek pi.ess, N.9j. o., ~ ard 90
Elastic Draw Belts
Latest Paris Creation. 1T snugly 1ouni
the~,bii specz, IS. 70 and a.
nsin saas. 5sk %. sss,,as.
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Corsets.

c. B. q Ia Spirite Summer Cor
sets, good strong net, corded bust.
'ij-ineh gsels, perfect fitting. top
trimmed With bes and ribbon, all
sizes, special prize, ~
Sonnette Summer corsets, very
low bust. straight 'front.'. iOiS Inch
steels, top and bottom trimmed si,h
lace and ribbon. %
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Mems and BOYS Apply
l5c. Collars at Zoe.
We Save You o0c. on a Dozen.
This is an sx;sllsnt o por;unity 10
buy your sop y o. collars Tor the
summef at a great saving,
This line Consists ot Tens and Boys
4.ply Collars. in ~ tie lts,t
shapes, IN wings, poke, Stllight
Standing and the 1oruLr high tufn.
down same grade sells everywhere.
under a dihsfeft brinj, At iic. ~
$40 per dozen. Our gfiee, 30 ma
boz. 500, or each 10
Mas Fisaf. M s. r.r'g
Mems Bat End Ties
in Square or Pointed Ends.
SOC. Values, De.
100 dozen Bat.End Ties, IN Slulr,
OF poin',d ends, made OF rich SILKS.
IN many tsiut iul patterns. including
ilull line OF polka dots, every HI. 5
worth Soc to-mofTos. choice Of
the lot. 20
Ma, 80, snA q, r--.
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better-so long as they likewise COM
NIT no social solecism, as, for instance,
wearing decollete gowns during the So
ciety morning" which lasts till at
night: arriving too early or staying too
late or course, the young ladies' must
be chaperoned, and, as In the selection
OF an ancestor much depends upon who
Is chosen for that place of unreQuited
espionage The chaperon must be one
who already stands high In societys
books, who has wealth and, OF course.
social position, and incidentally she is
supposed to keep a weather eye open 20
a possible future life consort FOR the
rosebud she protects II Is all perfectly
legitimate, certainly, and without the
attentive, watchful chaperon some
think society might fall 10 pieces.
There is also a fashionable time to be
seen at the show. and the arrival OK So
cietys leaders Is usually arranged to
take place between and 10 at night.
after dinners are well over and the way
is clear for an unbroken period OF en-
joyment 10 be carried into the wee
sma' hours"
To revert to the items Of expense and
show how possible Il Is TO run up pretty
big bills IN a short time. Aside from
the size OF his tailor's charge, which IS
a matter rather OF pride than depreca-
tlon with-hA-soclety young, man. there
viii be- IL he is a nonresident Of New
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be mentioned or conversing on ostensi-
bly, familiar terms with some dame OF
aristocratic lineage has set the seal OF
appreciation and success upon the brow
OF many a gallant and fair one hitherto
a laggard In the race for society favors.
To be az the horse show Is the eminent
ly proper thing In the opinion OF those
we'll up In the scale OF milionairedom.
Not to be at the horse show Is 10 argue
oneself as unworthy or industrious Of
the distinction oraved by most young
men now climbing the ladder Of social
ambition. He need not know a horse
from a handsaw, nor even affect horsy
talk or dress, but he should be a con-
noisseur OF feminine beauty, au fat In
dress, both male and female. and Wen
posted IN the small talk current In the
circle which he fain would join.
Society, then, IL the chief attraction
Of the horse show, and It has been de-
clared that II 1t were eliminated the
show itself could not be otherwise than
a failure II does not. however follow
that because the horse is the ostensiDle
attraction lovely woman need take Sec
ond place In truth, II would seem
that Jealous Of her prerogatlyes, she
has taken the reins In her hands and
asserted herself She may have In
mind the brutal saying that the man
OF a certain nationality--in this connec-
ton TO be nameless-holds first ln his
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iety all the time. A few seasons ago
for instance. there were two English
exhibitors gentleman and his WIFE
who had won 5000 prizes elsewhere and
confidently expected 20 sweep The
boards, but as they did not they made
the managers lives a burden and were
80 loud in their complaints that their
lamentations reached across the ocean
even to the ears Of British royalty
This did not, however prevent ths
coming over OF others. and this year a
special feature Of the show will be the
BrltIsher who Is to teach his American
cousins how 20 tool" a coach.
This allusion 10 horses by the way
Is a reminder that there are TO be some
OF these animals at the horse show. In
fact. every grade and kind win be rep.
resented. II is to be pre-cminently a
beauty show above all else a place for
the display OF fashion and feminine
loneliness, but the horse is 10 be there
just the same II for nothing more. %
prove that he imagines ne Is sim king
that he has not abdlcated. even though
the era OF the horseless carriage has
been inaugurated.
The first national horse show In the
United states opened IN New York city
on Mondoy, oct. 20, 1885, and whether
owing 20 the enhanced Interest In the
animal or TO American push and ener.
gy since then a tremendous change has
taken place IN the production Of blue
blooded horses. IL Is not long since this
country imported nearly all It's racing
stock. but today changing conditions
have brought the American horse 10 the
fore, and the war has indeed been taken
into Africa since he has carried on
several great events on the old world
race tracks.
No indeed, the horse has not lost the
place he always held In human afec-
ton, and he still relgns. The king may
be dead, according 70 the iconocastlc
automobiles, but there are still thou
sands to shout, Long live the king
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ing not only to be well dressed but
also to be de rigueur as to ones cos
tune
Speaking Of the men they must con-
form TO the regulations or lose cast for
ever. They must commit no costumal
soleclsrn, on peril Of future social ostra-
cism Many a young man lowering on
the verge OF swell society has had his
career marred by wearing the wrong
garment al the proper, Or rather. I'M
proper time, and his sole chance for
marrying the daughter Of millionaire,
whom perhaps for months he had as
siduously courted retarded by lack OF
forethought In dressing for the occa-
sion
As 10 the ladies'. unlike their untortu-
nate brothers and husbands who are
condemned 10 cut and color simply se-
we're and unadorning they may array
themselves like the lilies ana the tiger
lilies at that-the more brilliantly the
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|: The Great National Horse Show


~ \ BOUT this time" az the an
~ cient almanac maker was
4 wont TO say, look out for fair
weather with furry Of snow along In
the middle Of the national horse show.
This great mld-Noyember event the
sixteenth annual, is now "on' and ali
New York is agog over lis attractions
Madison Square Garden IS thronged
with horsy folk and others who are
not horsy, but have come TO see. admire
and crlticise those who are. But all are
dressed up 10 the limit and. IN fact.
seem to consider themselves as part Of
II not the whole show.
And, come 20 think Il over, the al
legged horse show Is not 50 much an
equine spectacle as a presentmsut OF
the redoubtable Homo sapiens." his
wife, daughters and sisters az their
very best-so far as they can be judged
eXteriorly by their costumes, Reading
the headlines Of the daily papers giving
accounts Of doings at the horse show.
one might be led 20 infer that. as stated
above, the horse himself was not in a."
with his lord and master
Beauty In Box and Ring" Dpaked
Out In Fine Array" Gorgeous Dis
plays of Millinery" "Dressmakers
Day at the show etc, bat not a word
about the noble animal supposed t0 Doe
the real center Of attraction be is
there, however. carefully groomei.
ready for the emergency that called
him from obscurity and made him the
chief object OF society's attention o..
was long ago accepted as au axiom
with the directors Of the show that the
horse without society would not be- a
highly successful drawing card The
beast was az! right IN his place. but
that place was by the side of beauty
or subordinated to the latter as fol.
to her charms, as was recognized by The
story tellers Of most ancient times
SO the FIAT went forth that society
was 10 take up the horse show. and s1-
ciety did 90 gladly and even with olarr-
~. This Is the reason why the national
show has been such a success from the
very start, 10 years ago. Society as Wa
all know, is more prone % be bored by
the mere fact Of existence than any
other OF the great divisions into which
the human family has been dinerenu-
ated Life at best, when a man or woe
man has nothing or little % DO. ls o.
great bore, and anything that win crr-
ate a diversion in Sos monotonous round
OF dressing and dining or chat win raise
q Ripple on the shallow surface Of It's
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Woshingtonlan dignity by having fl,
president when they differed mon, 'us
price of his lands Huh. ana ny, ,u1
f. would you hc if % tNan't Tor IN. u,,,e
der Gusts and her land and pige' '' ',,
] Ihat was a poser and it o. mon an y.
! ord that the president ansuer,.
But Dayy got the price he astSS ~
his land and that was AIN hs @, '',
Tor being a sort Of squatter k.ng ~
/ priority oy
Things have changed somewhat ,i,..
the palace" designed by Ar.ti,',s
| James Hoban after the Duke OF 49,
sler's seat In Dublin. fret reared I,.
posing front between what a.
PENNSYLVANIA avenue and the Potoms.
flats The great east room In ,,i,',
Mrs Abigail Adams hung the prssld'.,'
tlal linen to dry Is one of tbe So,
PLACES of the country, through v.btA
thousands upon thousands wand.r
wonder at its beauties OF pronoru.'
and decoration In place Of the rtoI'
oil lamps of her time and the wax CAM.
dies Of President Monroes. whi., TO-
festive occasions entailcd am expens. T.,
500 a night there are now hundred. ,,
electric lights. which az touch ,,,
il0od the whole mansion from c.it,.'. '
attic with mellow radiance. Noar,,. Nv
the rooms have been refurbishol .r5
decorated a dozen times al LEASE s,1
on the east room alone during tho A.
thur administration more than $500,
was expended before the Appropriate,
gave out.
The first mistress OF the White H5rss
probably to devote thought 10 the l..,,
flying of this national mansion ma,
famous Dolly Madison, the same i,..,.
woman who fascinated sons of v.,.
and diplomats and later cut the la.p,
Ing OF Washington from its frame ana
took II to place Of safety tsayips Do D.,
be seen today when the British MN.
dals burned and sacked our capitol ANA
executive mansion. During hon Dam,
residence OF ~ years in the Whit
House, FIRST as wife Of the secretary of
state, then as consort OF a president
she did much toward It's embelllshnar,
aside from bestowing upon Il the charm
Of her gracious personality.
Since her time several notable bits q,
refurbishlng and renovation have taken
place, none perhaps more thorough
than those under the direction of llrs
Harrison and Mrs. Hayes. whose nor.
traits adorn the walls Of the superbly
beautiful green room, Recently too. the
White House has been very thoroughly
done over under the supervision Of he
present mistress, who now that pr.sl.
dent Mckinley has been reelected. wul
have ample leisure to perfect her plans
for improvement. Fair women ana
brave men have resided here, the flower
OF American culture has blossomel
here and events have transpired with.
in the walls OF the White House that
have rendered II indissolubly associated
with the best IN our national history
since first President Adams and hts
wife held their famous housewarmlug
within It's bare and gloomy walls In No.
vember Of the last century's closing
year EDGAR w. TGTCOMB.
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York. the cost Of room az a swell no.
TEL not less than Sl5 flowers for his
friends and hs boutonnleres, 800.
meals as much more, tips az least as
much as the price Of meals, cabs TO any
amount and wines beyond reckoning.
But In return the young man gets "a
solid week OF hilarious enjoyment; he
reyels In luxury and basks in the
glances Of the richest. the handsomest
and the most utterly exclusive ladies OF
New York society. for the gathering Of
beautiful women az the horse show IS
declared 90 be unrlyaled always. and
there aie many ladies' Of upper tendon
who. II the alternative We're offered
them OF season at a fashionable re-
sort, a house in the country or at the
shore against a week at the horse
show would unhesitatiugly clutch at
the six days OF beauty worship al Mad
ison Square Garden. What wonder
then that the Garden during the short
season Of the horse show becomes the
cynosure Of all eyes-that is, all eyes
belonging 10 exclusive society and its
satellites
To be seen at the horse show IN the
boxes OF certain millionaires who might
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buildings had been occupied as the eX.
ecutiye mansion-two In New York and
/ two In Philadelphia. After General
George Washington had performed that
memorable and somewhat aIduous
! journey from Mount Vernon 20 New
York, where he was lnaugurated presi-
dent IN 1853, he lived for awhile In the
| Franklin mansion, az what was then
3 Cherry street, New York city, the
site OF which Is said to be now occupied
by pier Of the Brooklyn bridge. lie
afterward removed 10 the Macomb
mansion, at 80 Broadway. and there
continued 10 reside during his stay In
New York though a "paatial structure"
was erected near the Battery for the
express use OF the national executive,
but never officially occupied
Ia 1890 a site for a national capital
and presidential residence was selected
on the Potomac but by vote Of con-
gress Il was declared that the seat OF
government during the ensuing ten
years should be at Philadelphia. then
the heart Of the Union" The Penn
sylvania state legislature appropriated
100000 toward "a house and lot CEN
trally located IN Philadelphia. but,
though "a pretentlous building was
erected it was never occupied by a
president OF the United States. owing
TO the proposed eXactlon OF an exorbl.
tant rental When President Wash.
ingion removed to Philadelphia. he took
a house that had been built for Govern
or Richard Penn at 100 High (now
MarkeD street having as a next door
neighbour the great fnancier Robert
Morris, whom certain disgruntled New
Workers had pictured as a bird Of prey
flying away to Philadelphia with con-
gress In his talons
T. was a small house as compared
with his former residence at New York.
and Washington complained that not
only did he have to pay a very high
rental but that there was stabling for
only ~ horses on the property
President Adams was inaugurated at
Philadelphia and lived when there at
Bush Hin, the elegant seat OF rich
merchant named Hamilton. but Mrs.
ahNNiNa W Hn lhk ~ wen llthHtu Win lL
as she was with their residence In New
York, known as Richmond Hin stu,
all things considered, she seems to have
liked 1t better than the Washington
palace" to which they removed 100
years ago, when the federal capital
was transferred from Philadelphia 10
its present site The prospective ma
tlonal capital had been laid out ten
years before within that ten miles
square district OF swamp and woodland
granted the government by the states
Of Maryland and Virginia
The general locality had long been
known as being at the head OF nayIga-
ton on the Potomac but the only set
Element OF any consequence was the
small village Of Georgetown and the
environment was Of the widest de-
scription imaginable Poorly equipped
as It was. the White House was the on
ly federal building at that time nearly
in a state OF completion According 10
a letter written by Mr. Wolcott TO his
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wife, there IS but one good tavern
which Is about 40 rods from the capitol
and several other houses are Zoo process,
OF erection. but do not see how mem
bers Of congress can possibly sccur,
lodgings unless they WIN consent Il
live like scholars in a college OF monks
at a monastery 10 or 20 IN
one house and utterly excluded from
society You may look In almost any
direction over an extent Of ground near
~ as large as the city OF New York
without seeing q fence or any object
except brlckklns or temporary huts Tor
laborers."
As TO the executive mansion, he
wrote; IT Is nightly decorated aud
makes a good appearance, but Il Is In
very unfinished state. cannot but
consider the presidents as very unfor-
tunate men If they must 1--we IN
this dwelling Il Is cold and damp In
winter and cannot be Kept IN tolerable
order without an army Of servants"
Said the witty Gouverneur Norris
we want nothing here but houses ce..
lars, Kitchens, well informed men, ami
able women and other triles Of the
kind 10 make the city perfect.
Such was the nations capital when
President Adams and his wife made
their long and comfOrtless carriage
Journey from Philadelphia over what
were probably the worst roads IN
the world and after having lost
their way In the woods between
Baltimore and Washington, wandered
about In the City OF Magnificent Dis
tances for hours. until rescued from
their predlcament by an aged negro
and directed 20 their future domlclle
The only conspicuous object In the Will
dcrness was the still unfinished capitol,
which being set ON a hill. could not be
hidden but as there was a mile Of al.
der swamp between It and the White
House, with no trayersable road con-
Meeting the two. they had to impress
the services OF a guide.
Woods are all you can see, writes
Mrs Adams in a dolorous letter later
on. from Baltimore until you reach the
city. which Is so only In name The
vessel which has my clothes and other
matters probably the schooner with
the archives Of congress on boardl has
not arrived. The ladies are impatient
for a drawing room. have no looking
glasses but dWarfs for this house, nor
a twentieth part lamps enough 10 light
it, My tea china Is more than half
Six chambers are made COM
Portable; two are occupied by the Pres
ident [she always alluded 10 her hus-
band as the president with a capital
"P"l, two lower rooms, one for a COM
mon parlor and one for a leyee room
Up stairs there is the oval room lnow
the presidential library, which is de-
signed for the drawing room and has
crimson furniture"
This was the condition Of things at
the White House eight years after
President Washington had laid the cor
nerstone In 1892 In one OF Davy Burns
old fields bordering the Potomac Dayy
Burns, II will be remembered. was the
sturdy old ScotChman who shocked the
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HE TOLD HER.

The king Of Greece, although strongly
approving Of plenty Of physical exer'
else for women. yet has a distinct hor'
ror OF what he terms manly women
His majesty Is, as Is well known, al
ways fearless and candid In his opln'
ions, whether they be expressed TO man
or woman
Quite recently a celebrated court
beauty who is. however, considered
somewhat tropical" said 10 the pop
ular king: Your majesty, noticed
saw ne on my bicycle this morning
You noticed l dare say, that l was
wearing boomers Now, / want your
maiesty's candid opinion. How did
look In them?"
Ny candid opinion you want, mad
amp said the disguised king YES
you shall have II. You looked a periecl
fright madam
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estimation his horse next his dog. then
his wife This is a Islander Of course. but
wise and witty woman means that II
shall be frOwned down and has forced
man 20 declare Ia favor Of woman's
rlsht-io lead the procession. This may
be the raison d'etre Of the horse
merely to show OF beautiful wo.
men and their gorgeous frocks. their
many superlative qualities and their
evident superiority to all else in crea.
ton.
In glancing over the lists OF those
Who have been patrons and patroness.
es IN the past and OF those who are now
in their places one is impressed with
the changes that have transplred The
people most eminent IN the social swim
have always been prominent In the per.
sonnet OF the spectacular procession
but these are constantly changing. one
misses such once familiar figures az
Mrs. Paran stevens, Miss Pauline Wbit.
ney Mrs. Burden. Mrs. W. c. Whitney
Mrs. Hammersley and others who opce
graced occasions Of this kind with tbei,
presence. The place of director or pres.
ident OF the horse show Is no sinecura
for II Is one OF constant worry and any.
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OF housewarming There was no Off
cial proclamation OF the fact, and the
term must be taken literally rather
than metaphorlcally. for when Presi-
dent John Adams and his wife, rs first
occupants, entered the palace" on a
bleak day in November. 1900. It was as
cold and cherries as a harm.
Mrs. John Adams, the talented Abb
gall who has been pronounced among
the most remarkable women OF the Rev.
olutionary period, wrote a dear friend
Of hers on Nov. q that Il would prob
ably require at least 30 servants to
Keep the house In proper order, and
added with fine sarcasm that this
would be IAN establishment very we'll
proportloned TO the presidents salary"
II the powers that then We're would on