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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17

ing at the bust, with bouquet of the
black velvet and gold-flecked roses at
the left side; and diamond necklace
Is TO be sewn down the square opening
on the right side from the shoulder till
1t meets the brooches in the center.
n third is entirely black There is
an overslirt of the corselet description
composed OF crepe de chine elaborate
~ embroidered in iridescent blue and
silver sequinS. 1t is cut into n point
at both back and front. The under
skirt With its sweeping train is of &C.
contemplated chiffon. The corsara
Is also of chiffon embroidered round
the decolletage and dropping slightly
over the top of the skirt The upper
portion of the sleeves is formed of
lattice work of black velvet ribbon.
embroidered with sequins. This ends
on level with the decolletage, and
from there hang full puffs OF chiffon,
held in at the wrist by tiny cuff.
All of these are model gowns for
spring and summer wear that are
shown by leading New York houses,
and offer but a foretaste of what the
summer season at the watering places
is to be.
Very lovely and dainty are the
summer tones that are being offered
to us. Reseda green and porcelain
blue, that delicate shade known as
Wedgewood blue from having been
chosen by the great potter for much
OF his best wares, and the palest Of
heliotropes or mauves are shown in
crepe de chine, foulard and wolfe.
As TO the dainty muslins and batistes
already displayed, they are exquisite
in coloring and patterning. We have
all the pretty designs of our grand
mothers back again; chine blurred eff
fects, and clear patterns of clusters
of gay blossoms thrown on a plain
ground, and crinkly surfaces full Of
lights and shades, are all here. Flow
cred muslins seem wondrous cheap at
shilling or tive yard; but, since they
are so delicate and will never endure
the laundry, may not prove so mex
pensive in the end, for the detail Of
dressmaking grows ever more COM
pick and therefore costly.
Lines of lace and demonstrations Of
embroidery seem necessary further to
adorn the most delicate and charming
of fabrics.
Tucks and frills are endless. The
newest sleeve is one series of loosely
falling frills all down the arm, and
the skirt is arranged with two dozen
tiny frills to match.
ELLEN OSMoNDE
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running through nay head all morning
like the hum of harps, so that I've
, scarcely been able to do my work-and
you sang it as Sapho might have sung.
brooding dreamily over the wine-dark
lonian sea!'-mercy on Va, Jack, but
how eloquent you used to get, and so
delightfully."- classical in your illusions,
tool"
"Boshl" he snorted, Intellectually at
tempting to read his paper upside
down.
Now, dearest, don't you ever make
the mistake of dreaming that shan't
be able TO get on famously with your
dear mother, for l shall. She may be
little set in her ways, but it shall be
my aim and my pleasure to be uni
formly gentle toward her, as a son-in-
law should" she continued. with n
rollicking little laugh at the close of
the quotation. "Humphl And poor
mamma hadn't been in the house three
hours on the occasion of her first visit
to us before you were-er-well. lust
scrapping like everything!"
MY dear, can't you see that Pm max
ing frantic effort to read my news
paper?"
She was silent for space, chucklino
at intervals as she went over more Of
the letters, and then she began again.
And l want to have it distinctly
understood beforewe are married that
you are to have the handling of all the
money-that's the only way fellow
ever manages to save anything" she
resumed, taking up still another let
ter
He jumped up, threw down his paper
damned his hands into his trousers
pockets and scowled.
Look a-here, my dear" he ex.
claimed, why do you keep such driv-
cling truck as that about you for, any
way2"
"Why, Jack, they are your letters,"
she said, surprised, and clutching them
tightly.
A bright idea seemed to strike him
"Whatu you take for emp" he in
.quired Of her.
She bit her lip and reflected.
well, do hate to part with them
honest, jack" said she, "but saw a
lovely spring jacket down town to-
day for only $2s, and"
The jackets yours-you can get IL
to-morrow-now gimme those let
ters," said he, reaching out for them.
She handed them over, and he promnt-
ly cbucked them into the open 0rats
fire.
And he is fondly imagining at the
present moment that she gave him all
OF those discriminating letters, as Il
wers. but, says the Washington Star.
she didn't She held out about 40 of
them, and If she doesn't use them To
swing" him for e sealsldn by the time
the cold weather comes around again
81 will be q caution.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17
WHAT SOME NAMES MEAN.

THE following table gives the meaning, Of
the names OF the principal Highland clan,
in Scotland:l
h'lntosh; the son OF the first.
MDonald; the son of Brown Ewes.
M'Dougall; the son of Black Ewes.
MOnnechy or Duncan; the son OF
Brown Head.
M'Gregor; the son of a Greek man.
M'Cuithbert; the son of the Arch.
Druid.
M'Kay; the son OF the prophet.
M"Taggart; the son of the priest.
Mcleod; the son Of the wounder.
M'Lean; the son of the lion.
Mkenzie; the son of the friendly
one.
Mlntyre; the son of the carpenter.
Campbell; crooked mouth.
Cameron; crooked nose.
Stewart; his stay or support.-Liver-
pool Post
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returns, has population of 1850, 900
persons, of whom 100000 are either
foreigners or provincials.
In the town of Passaic, y. j., two lit
tie girls have had fines and costs en-
tered up against them to the amount
OF $S7.25 for the crime of keeping pet
robbins in cage.
The eye Of a fly is so constructed as
to bring the entire horizon within his
circle of observation: fact which ex-
plains the extreme alertness of these
insects in escaping attack
In order 10 prevent suicides on the
Central London railway the company
has removed the planking at its va
r1ous stations between the central rail
and the line next the platform. Any
one who jumps in front of train,
must, it is stated, fall into the recess
thus formed.
The house built by Gen. George A.
Custer in Topeka, Kan, in 1865 is being
torn down to make room for mod
ern residence. The walls of one of
the rooms is decorated with notes and
figures made by Custer while planning
his campaigns against the Indians.
The Chirl1au Scherif, or Hall of the
Holy Garment, is the most sacred place
In Turkey, for it shelters the mantle
OF the Prophet Mohammed, his staff,
his saber, his standard, and, among
other relics, two hairs from his ven
cradle beard, which are inclosed in a
casket Of gold.
No city in the world has so many
statues and monuments as Paris, and
every day sees a new project for a new
statue or bust. 1t is curious to note
in this connection that a large pro-
portion of the famous men honored
in this way came TO their end by vio-
lence in some form or other.
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of them were then partly sufTocated.
The second floor was by this time I'M
tenable, and Mrs. Presspisch ran O the
third floor
The firemen had not yet arrived, and
the heat and smoke were becoming
unbearable. Mrs. Presspisch con-
Guided that her only chance of es-
cape was to rush to the rear and de-
scend from the window 20 the adjoin-
ing roof. She bundled the youngest
child in a blanket, and, with the 9TH
ers strung behind her, rushed through
the smoke to the rear. Then the widow
first and the children in turn jumped
to the roof below, where the neigh
bors took care Of them
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them like vest; the front is very
pointed, and the back short to the
waist.
Another equally splendid ball gown
Is In white tulle over white satin,
studded profusely with gold paillettes
and trimmed up to above the knee at
intervals allround with pointed sprays
OF black velvet roses and buds-wide at
the feet, narrowing to the top--in-
erusted with lace and spangled with
gold. The corsage is plain and tight
lifting, but is draped across with a
scarf of white chiffon going from
shoulder to waist at each side, cross
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17
FOREIGN BREVITIEs.

A japanese family of five can live ON
less than eight dollars amonth.
The final census returns show thar
the population of India is 294, 266, 7o1.
The automobile mail cart is gradual
~ displacing the horse-driven vehicle
In France.
A French pianist played for 81 hours
and four minutes and then went in
sane.
Most of the hotels in Egypt and AL
gierS are in the hands Of Germans, and
most of the servants are Germans, too.
Venezuelan coffee planters get only
one-third the price they used to receive
before Brazilian overproduction ruined
the market.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17

w first opportunity to study
the DEGREES of Nine. Fash
ION from the standpoint of what is
being worn rather than what the
Shopkeepers tell US will be worn, we
are In position to add or withhold our
approval of the spring and summer
styles as we see fit.
There are some who viii not APP
prove, but who viii blindly follow re-
CARELESS of whether the prescribed
styles are becoming to them or not.
They are of the class to whom we are
seldom indebted for anything that is
either new or novel.
1t is never-ending source of amuse-
ment to me to watch the faithfulness
which large community of women
blessed-or is it the reverse? 1 won
derby only an average share of mo-
dlstic understanding follow to the
last letter the proclaimed dictums Of
La Mode. Not for their souls
sake dare they deviate so much as a
hairs breadth from what the shops
set forth, or fashion cbroniclers de-
clare. To them the laws so announced
are those of the Modes and Persians.
And yet if they did but know, or, know
ing, realize how some Of the finest in
spirations and most brilliant modistic
successes that have ever been, can be
directly traced to accident. possibly
accident based on necessity! As wit
ness the once world-renowned Jersey.
Now that universally adopted gar
ment, l can vouch, from personal
knowledge, emanated from a family
OF rowing girls, who had the courage
OF their opinions and calmly. in de-
-hance of all written laws. got them
selves into mems woven jumpers or
Jerseys, and, hey, prestol produced a
vogue.
Fashion, for the most part, may be
hkened to q stone thrown into a still
pond, round which gradually widening
eddies or rings form themselves, to
be eventually emerged in the far dis
lance into the whole body Of water
once again. Wherefore who knows
but we may all be some embryo fash
ion creators. Believe me, it is never
well TO despise an individual inspira-
ton.
1t is curious 60 see fashions return
Ing on themselves so rapidly as they
have been doing lately. The big sleeves
of the evening coats are perhaps ac-
counted for by the pufiings and plait-
ings that undersleeves may possibly
possess. But the return of the Rus
star blouse form is not so readily ex-
planned. Here it is to be seen, how
ever, just the same as IL was when il
was amidst us before. some four or
five years ago-the full sleeves set into
a rather deep cuff, the fastening up
the left side ana the trimming there
only, with the bloused effect falling
over belt, and a short basque visible
beneath the waistband. This style is
being made in corded silk for spring
outdoor coats, Velvet, again, is not
too much for chilly windy days, and
this is constructed for outdoor or in
door wear in the Russian shape also.
The trimming is usually Jet, or let
and steel, or tiny gold bead embroid-
cries. Fancy galloons in the subdued
tones and get rich colors of the ma
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17
DOG SAVED FAMILY.
Housed HIS Mattress, and She
Dragged Out Her seven Children
just I'm the Nick OF Time.

A big shepherd dog, pet of Mrs.
Presspisch, widow, of Baltimore,
saved her and her seven children from
being burned to death at her home on
Stricken street early the other morn
ing.
The dog had been barking furiously
and jumping against her bedroom door
for little while before Mrs. Press
pisch was aroused from her sound
sleep. As she opened the door a great
volume of smoke rushed into the room
and the blazing stairway cut Off all
escape to the street.
Mrs. Presspisch awakened her chill
dren, who were sleeping in adjoining
rooms. This was no easy task, as two
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city, and remark sarcastically that
such condition of things is disgrace
to modern civilization, adding that no
place but Chicago would permit it.
All this may be true, but there is
reason for Chicago's pail of smoke. 1t
pours out every day in the year from
the chimneys of 19,2O3 factories rep
resenting 256 different lines of in
dustry.
In point of numbers of establish
ments in the various industries the
more common trades have the major
1ty. For instance, there are SCI estab-
hshments devoted to blacksmithing
and wheelwrighting, 1919 boot and
shoe shops, no bakeries, 1,0S9 carpen-
ter shops, 1904 custom tailoring estab-
hshments, s74 factories for the man
ufacture of mems ready-made cloth
ing, LAG dressmaking establishments.
AL foundry and machine shops, 421
millinery establishments, 1854 house
and sign paint shops, III plumbing es-
adjustments, 594 book and job print
ing offices, 354 newspaper and period
zeal printing Offices, 437 tin, copper and
sheet iron shops; 79s cigar factories
and sos watch and clock repair shops.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17
He Collects Coins

Your uncle is miser, isn't hep"
S-s-sh! After he's dead we NAV
call him miser, but while we're hon
ing to be remembered in his will we
prefer to speak of him as a numis-
matist with erratic and original
ideas. He certainly is great on col
lecting coin-any kind of coin with
out regard to date or design
Brooklyn Eagle.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17
A Rad ureak

Hostess Ito guests, who have to
spend few days)-We're so glad
you've been able to come, Mrs. Gush-
lngton; but 1 do hope we are going
TO have better weather, or I'm afraid
you won't enjoy yourselves much.
Miss GushingtoR-0h,b but, my dear
Lady Boreham, we didn't come here
To enjoy ourselves. We came to see
you.-Punch.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17
Overheard I'm AngoI Co..,

Halo, youngster. What are you
doing in the city?"
oh, I'm in the stock exchange
now"
What, boy like you? What are
you going to do there?"
Try to earn an honest living
Really! Well, you ought to sue
coed; there's no competition. Bull
Zionist.
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Soc a CIenr Recnrh

Lawyer-Are you acquainted with
the prisoner?
Witness-I've known him for 90
years.
Lawyer-Have you ever known him
10 De a disturber of the public peace
"ltness-Well-er-he used to be-
long to fife and drum corps.-N. Y.
Weekly.
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Physical PeculIari,,o.

They say" he said, more for the
purpose of starting conversation
than anything else, chat American
girls have large feet"
Yes" she answered, "and it is he
coming pretty well known that some
or the American boys wear very
small hats. "-Chicago Record-Herald
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Handled with Great Cnre

No document has ever been handled
with more caution by the senate en-
ployes than the petition signed by 372
lepers, presented the other day by Sem
ator Foraker. Some of the clerks
asked for tongs, while others demand
ed gloves. The petition came from the
leper settlement in Hawaii The Pc
titioners prayed that the settlement
be not made a national Ieper colony.
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The Mnmnn,. -.

Poor womanl She works hard all
day and then she's up nearly ali
night with the babies"
What's the matter with her hns-
oandP Why doesn't he help herP"
"OI he puts in all his time ap;tat-
Ing for an eight-hour day for the
working man."=Philadelnhin p
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the value Of the stock of two Of the
greatest railway companies Of the
| northwest with their thousands of
miles of trackage and thousands of
cars and locomotives and vast quanti-
ties OF real estate, yet the capital stock
of Chicago's manufacturing industries
represent more than this; to be exact,
they represent 1884, 0oO,6 esq.
The first thing the citizen OF Chicago
wants TO show you when you visit the
city is the stock yards and the meat
packing establishments, and yet, If we
consider money invested, the meat
packing establishments are not the
largest thing of which Chicago can
boast. In point of capitalization the
four gas factories, of which the Chi
cago citizen can find but one, heads the
list with the enormous total of S69.-
546,S76. Following the gas interests
come the slaughtering and meat pack
ing establishments with combined
investment of 500, 766,46s. These are
the two big things from the point of
money invested in the city. After them
the total drops to. $50, 356,16s, which
represents the value of the foundry
anu machine Shop investments, $780,
o25,s55 invested in agricultural imple-
ment factories, $25, SAL invested in
the manufacture of Intoxicating
liquors, S24,271,764 invested in iron
and steel industries, 1861, 529 invest
ed in the manufacture of malt, Sl4,-
4Sl,s75 in the manufacture of railroad
cars and locomotives, aside from that
invested in the same line by the rail-
way companies; SIP, 54O,43o invested
in book and job printing offices, S12,-
991,669 in the manufacture of mems
ready-made clothing, $l1,216,1s5 in
electrical industries, $9,13s,os3 in mu-
steal Instruments, Ss,014,498 in furni-
ture factories, $7,74O,5 SIS in newspaper
plants, and from these figures on
down TO those of few hundred.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17
In n Roundnbout wax.

Did he call you hog?"
We'll, not in specific terms, but
think that what he said justified mo
In hitting him."
What did he ssyP"
Il can't remember the exact words,
but he pointed to an advertisement %
mud baths and suggested that was
the kind of fellow who would take
to them naturally."-Chicaeo Post.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17
noern sim an m. F,o,a

Col. Sir Vincent Sheffield, who has
just returned from South Africa,
stated in speech at Eaton that when
he left from so to 90 commanders Of
about 200 men each were still IN the
field, or in all 10000 TO $4,000 men.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17
His Only BiII.

Doctor" said the convalescent
man, 81 owe my life to you"
well, you may keep it," coolly 20.
piled the M. d. Just hand me $50 for
ten visits and Wen call it square,
Chicago Daily News.
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SCRAPS OF INFORMATION.

Hard times in Germany are said to
have caused large diminution in the
consumption OF wine and spArituous
liquors.
The Royal society of England has
ofncially decided that women are not
eligible for the degree of Fellow Of
the Royal Society.
Paris, according TO the --latest census
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17
Wrong Was Right.

Biggs-You say Brown is enjoying
very poor health. Don't you know
that is incorrect?
Boggs-Not in this case Brown is
never happy unless he has something
to complain about.-N. Y. Herald.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17
Hone for Cora

Oora-Paul told me last night that
he wouldn't marry the prettiest wom-
an living.
Fannie-Then your chances Of get
ting him ought 70 be very good
Tit Bits.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17
Appropriately placed

Our amateur minstrel show, Nil,
men" Gnu
You don't say? Who are they ?"
Ones a Phrenologist and the 9th.
er's chiropodist-"
indeed? Now, all you need is a
belt manufacturer for middleman."-
Philadelphia Press.
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Sensible Folks

Mrs. Van Upperton-Yes, nv ances-
tors came over on the Maylower.
Mrs. Suddenrich-HOw foolish of
themi Mine waited for ten-dav
boat.-Brooklyn Life.
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Two Tyres of Promotey-

NO honest statesman ever doomed
Some plan for public benefit
That some shrewd schemer did not seek
10 make profit out Of it.
washington Star
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Perfect Acoustlos.

1 Gladys-Are the acoustics good in
your new church?
Ethel-Yesi The members Of the
choir complain that you can hear ev-
cry word of the sermoni-Puck.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17
Nearly Broke.

Shelby! How obsequious! They
evidently know that we're on our hon
eymoon,
He-But not that we're on the return
trip!-Puek.
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The Fortunes of Mnr

Erawtord-1 didn't know he was
SICK when he went to Florida.
Craoshaw-Neither was he. He 0ot
SICK down there trying TO make his
orange grove pay.-Jud0e.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17
The Reason

He-Why were you so nervous while
I proposed?
She-I was so afraid some one would
interrupt.-Chicago American.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-05-17

ger OF ms being
disappointed in the size of Heaven
should he ever get there. There is
one thing, however, that is of suffi-
cient size to satisfy even the large
idead Chicagoan, and that is the ANIMAL
value of the manufactured products Of
the city, represented by the figures
$SSs,7S6,s11, into which it put raw ma
terials valued at $53s, 4O1, 562.
Let us glance for a moment at the
heaviest items in this great total in
which Chicago glories. Again we must
turn TO the Strengthening and meat
packing industries for the first item. an
item which constitutes one-fourth ~
the whole sum, $24s, 81, 997, of which
S211, 606,743 is paid for raw materials
No wonder the Chica goan shows everv
visitor the stock yards and its indus
tries. From this sum we must drop To
44,561,o71, representing the value of
the foundries and machine shops; $780,
O94,310 represents the value of the
mems ready-made clothing; $s1, 461. ia
the value of the iron and steel prod.
ucts; $is,536, 1854 book and Job printing.
SIS, 10s,0s5 railroad cars made outside
of railroad construction shops; s1o.-
466,9s7 mems custom-made CLOTHING.
$15,954, 527 masonry work, and on down
to industries In which the annual prod
uct represents value Of less thar
$50
The cost OF production Of ChicaOo's
factory product per year, including sal
aries OF officers and office forces, wages
Of mill operatives, raw materials and
miscellaneous expenses, is $751;, ESQ. sac,
leaving a difference between selling
value ofproduct and cost Of production
of $1O4, 529,77
WRIGHT A. PATTERSON.
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HlO~n LIN

simkins-My uncle lost his life last
week in an explosion.
I1mkfns-So? Wife OF boiIeY;-
Chicago Daily News,
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Hewitt-Gruet Is very popular with
the widows.
Jewett-Yes; he doesn't seem 20 be-
anybody's first choice.-Judge.
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what she Liked H...

Mother-Well, Mary, wha4 do you
ike best in going TO school2
| Mary-Comin' home.-Gixfs' Gem
'penion.