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The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-20

nishings have been SO much used on
hats. and the bulls eyes, and crescents,
and balls seen are in many colors.
Straw ornaments in black or white,
however. are most in favor and it is
not uncommon to see them combined
with tulle and spangled nets. Sixty
five cents will buy spiky prickly half
balls, in deep yellow. which put on a
black hat are convincingly stylish.
Sometimes a fiat brim will show a
number of shallow ones, modist ex-
crescences much admired. Straw
buckles, with jet trimmings, are
French novelties.
Going back to the gowns-sapphire
blue etamine is the basis of a suit
for the seashore girl. To be worn,
perhaps. with a sailor lat A band
triI1ming of string colored lace-the
grayish Irvine shades the stylish
trimming, this forming on the bodice a
stole collar, edged with a tucked bor-
der of the etamine. The front and
back of the bodice is tucked, and lace
bands finish the puffed elbow sleeves.
The skirt flare is made by the cut,
the band of lace and tucks below the
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-20
HALF HOLIDAY GOWNS.
THE WOMAN WHO WORKS IN An
OFFICE.

Fashions ENtraVaSaRces Arc Not
for the Half Holiday Giri-Hov TO
BE Up-to-Date Yet Not Over-Dress-
ed-PIain Directions for Artistic
and Not Too Expensive Gowns.
So extravagant are the fashions now
adays that bread-earnjng women com
plain Of the impossibility of finding
effects which combine smartness with
good taste. For the Saturday after
noon jaunt, not having time for a
change of costume. they put on in the
morning gowns which are all right
in themselves for the pleasuring in
prospect. but which are entirely un-
suited to the requirements of business
life. Then aside from the annoying
attention which these too-fxy toilettes
involves they are often in textiles and
colors which win not stand the wear
and tear of half-holiday needs. Be
fore the day is over they have taken
on wilted air, crisp ribbon bows are
crumpled, thin laces torn; and when
the clock strikes twelve, so to speak,
the fine young woman of the morning
returns to her abode like Cinderella of
the faily tale.
Having received many requests for
designs in this especial quarter, one of
New York's most enterprising mer-
chants is just now Offering for sale a
vast number of simple yet effective
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-20

ton was ruined. Her friends anxious
ly inquired wherefor: Automobiles"
she replied. Automobiles, in conjunc-
tion with women. Far be it from me
to doubt the inherent superiority Of
our sex or so completely to forget my
self as to look with admiration on Man
as a class; but when it comes to auto
mobiles, he is 1t. Women have no
business tearing round streets in rae
ers. No, they don't run over anybody,
but one always expects them to-. 1
have been on the verge of nervous
prostration all summer. Never tell me
that a woman can manage one of those
huge, putting engines, even with man
alongside, and to race around without
the shadow of a man as they have been
doing all summer at Newport is I'M
canny and positively unciVilized. I'm
going somewhere else next year If they
don't stop"
The speaker was right in saying that
it was bit uncanny, and she was only
one of many who thought that most of
the society women of Newport would
manage to blow themselves up before
the year 1900 had run to its close: but
nobody did blow UP, and here they are
in 1902. still running the great ma
chimes with their own fair hands. In
large cities one does not see so much
of this, but at Newport and other fash
ionable country places it is distinctly
the thing for a woman to assume COM
plete charge of her auto, and to run
it at such speed as the law allows.
One of the first society women to
bring over a machine and have her
chauffeur teach her how to be quite in
dependent of his services was Mrs.
Hermann Oelrichs This was early in
the summer of 1901 from which time
the automobiles already in the United
States may be dated. Society is ever
on the watch for something new, and
it Immediately became obvious to the
bored woman of fashion that here was
a chance for. a sensation somewhat
new. 1t became common to see women
tearing along the Ocean Drive (ten
miles) in their own machines, unat-
tended. There is, of course, no reason
why women should not run their ma
chimes; it is safer for them, on the
whole. than to drive a pair of spirited
horses, but it gave the newcomer
shock.
Among the most devoted admirers of
autos was Mrs willie" X Vanderbilt,
Jr Her husband is far and away the
most enthusiastic auto racing man of
this country. When his Red Devil won
the famous race at Newport it was
generally conceded that the credit was
due rather to him than to the maker
of the machine. Mr.. David Wolfe
Bishops machine was admitted the
faster but Mr.. Vanderbilt dared run
his at a greater speed round the curve
and won by risking his life Mrs.
Vanderbilt early caught her husbands
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-20
GOOD LOOKS IN SUMMER.

The Healthy Woman Is the Pretty
Woman-Nature's Regulations for
Summer and Winter-The Beet
Trust as n PhiIaathrOpy-PIai Di-
rections for Eating in Summer.
The great majority of women have
been taught the lesson that should
health and good looks have the rela-
ton of cause and effect to each other
No woman can be called good looking
who has a bad complexion, and no
woman who is in perfect health viii
have one. AS complexion, good or bad,
is largely the result of a correspond
ing quality of digestion, it is of the
greatest Importance to regulate the
diet, eating and drinking only those
things which are easily transformed
into the necessary substances of The
body.
Different seasons demand different
dieting, if health and comfort are be-
ing sought. Not only the instincts of
human beings in this matter, but the
provision that Nature makes, different
foods, being more accessible by pro-
duction and price at different reasons
of the year, points to the advisab ility
of changing the bill of fare as summer
comes around. In winter, when the
bodily heat needs keeping up, game is
abundant and easily tracked. In sum-
mer, when the main object is to keep
down the temperature, vegetables are
cheap and profuse, and the strength
can be kept up by making these a
large part of the meal. The fresh
vegetables, lettuce, tomatoes, beets,
etc, reduce the bodily temperature and
yet contain nourishment, and fresh and
cooked fruits are always wholesome.
Eggs are, as every one knows, very
nourishing and form desirable sum-
mer food. Milk is a food in itself, and
contains all the qualities needed to
support life; some physicians resort to
its exclusive use in particular cases.
The best hot weather foods are CO.
reals, fresh vegetables ripe fruit, eggs
and milk. For the sake of variety,
fish can be used, but great care must
be exercised to see that it is perfectly
fresh. Salt fish should be entirely
avoided during the hot weather, as
also should cheese, which is hard to
digest and not particularly nourishing.
Some diet specialists claim that no
meats should be eaten in summer,
with the exception of lamb AMI
chicken, which contain great nu-
triment, but not much heat
ing property, and that the
usual meat dish could well be replaced
by one of fresh fish. A bin of fare for
which is generally claimed first place
in summer is as follows:
Breakfast-Oat meal and milk.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-20

tucked at the upper portion the bish-
ops sleeves puff into plain wrist bands.
Apropos of merceriZ~d linen, which
you know is a mixture of linen and
cotton, the smartest wash petticoats
of the hour are being made of it. In
the delicate colors this glistening
weave has almost the look of silk, and
if the skirts are made sufficiently full,
tucking and cheap torchon laces will
give them a very fetching air. The
fullness is required by the fact that
the imitation linens have but little
body, and in the scant shapes the
skirts stink unbecomingly The fiounc-
ing should all be cut on the straight
and heavily tucked. Another good ma
terial for practical summer under
skirts is brown or black pongee. Cool
as cool these are, washing like hand
kerchiefs, and emerging from the tub
as good as new.
| Three half holiday frocks of uncom-
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-20

costumes They go under the alluring
head of ''half-holiday suits" and
though many of the models are still
deal too elaborate for the purposes
for which they are intended a careful
search will result in finding the right
thing.
For sea-shore jaunting all the gowns
were in wool, and in colors which the
salt air would not be likely to affect.
On the other hand. country frocks We're
in wash materials, linens, ducks,
ginghams, cheviots and piques. with a
gratifying absence Of white every
where.
white soils too easily said the
obliging and sensible saleswoman. And
as autocrat of the occasion, I will. add
that a white gown of any sort is dis
tinctly bad taste in a business office.
Black is always effective, and soft
quiet tints, if properly made up. more
stylish than any of the conspicuous
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-20

knees only suggesting the prevailing
tiounce.
a Russian blouse costume, also of
blue. for a small girl is shown by the
childrens outfitters. Many blue serge
and black silk braid are the materials
of il.
one more suggestion for a seashore
lady. and one more for a little miss,
complete the weeks gowns.
4 band strapping of unusual effec-
tiveness distinguishes the grown up
costume. a very effective toilette in
dark blue wool. The collar and under
sleeves are made of figured silk in
black and white. and suitable detail
would be a white silk parasol.
For the children white is always
good. and Just now the makers of
small fry wear are turning out some
very pretty frocks in snowy buntings.
Some of these little suits are worn
with a new shape in sailor hats.
For those who prefer even palmer
frocks than are here described. .
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-20

jacket suit of black serge or broadcloth
win provide endless peace for the half
holiday jaunt. The shirt waists which
must be worn with these. are almost
universally becoming, and with a
change of stock and gay veil draped
about the brim of a sailor hat one may
be transformed from the busy bee into
quite butterfly.
When you go for your stock ask for
the "Tauting Groat@ This horsy neck
piece. which was first worn by the
sporting gentry of the English betting
rings. is the very latest caper in neck
wear. Made in many wash materials
this stock folds over Ascot fashion
with short wide ends.
A Coronation belt of black walrus
leather stylishly accompanies the
Tauting Groat. The fire gilt buckle of
this suggests the crown of Great Brit
ain. hence the title Mary Dean.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-20
IN SILKEN CHAINS.

Courtesy Is the Flower of Civilian
tion-Deference and POIiteness Be-
tween Husband and Wffe-Manners
Are Lesser Morals-Frou n Home
Where Rudeness DyyeIIs, Love
Flies.
The man who. after a rude remark
to lady, begged her pardon, saying
he had thought it was his wife, was OF
the kind very apt to be agreeable when
outdoors and disagreeable when at
home, the man who not only has never
profited by the old fable of the sun
and the north wind, who has failed TO
perceive that courtesy is the flower OF
civilization and the essence of Chris
tianity, but who has never learned that
in the long run it is a good paying
investment. No man can hope to re-
tain his wife's affection. if she is much
of woman, who constantly ottends
her sense of propriety and outrages
her feelings by his rudeness. she
looks with envy at the woman whose
husband listens with the appearance
of pleasant interest when she speaks
sees always that she is well serVeo'
taps on her bedroom door before nc
enters, by his own Difference obhses
that of others: and in the absence Oh
courtesy, and its visible evidence oI
appreciation, she ends by dethronlhE
the demigod that every woman's nus
band is to her in the beginning, hoiu1
ing in his place an ideal with small
resemblance to himself as the tnlhs
she would have liked for the guardldls
of her home, always little sauuehe
by realization of the impossibil1ty OF ITO
actual existence, and inevitably
garding her husband from a plane u
personal superiority.
A corresponding disregard for Hei
best happiness is shown by the W.
man who allows herself to treat heL
husband with disrespect, who orean
in upon his remarks, directs upon nm
her ridicule, points out his deficlenGie9.
and complains of him to others. 1ha.
woman's husband, after a while, MUS
feel a deadening of sensibility so 10.
as she is concerned; she may nave q
partner, she no longer has IoFel;
And, meanwhile, she she has lower a.
her own standing; for, after all II -
her husband; and if it is not true tn@'
as the husband is the wife is, new
theless the wife takes her rank hoI-
and through him; and if he is so pr 5I,,
a thing, moreover, it is SUPPOSE
the most in the way of husbands ina
she could attain. -,
Manners, said Aristotle, are tile rs
ser morals; and to one who seafC.iI
there is a moral and a reason beil III
every principle of their code. Ia
offender against their code is coilslr
cred boor because he breaks u9 zee
that which refines and sweetens ~. -
and now here is this code so Vlthl
in the intimate relations OF the +ba
ried, where it stands forever III .inh
way of that rough familiarity when
breeds contempt. aha
There are individuals who have tba
singular notion that attention 70 on
minute matters OF politeness ~ md
eral is a confession of inferiorlD Il
that. as between husband ana We'd
is a silly superiority. A man y &c Is
| of being thought luxurious W.
Continued on Page Twenty-one'
The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-20
WOMEN AND AUTOMOBILES.

own Maehine-Mrs. OeIrichs, Mrs.
Vanderbilt and other Society WO-
men Dispense With Chauffeurs-To
BE Very Smart One should Possess
Six Automobiles.
young woman who had been spending
the summer at Newport came back to
town and announced that her DISPOSE
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-04-05


guests had all departed, there Wcr"
mono left but the brid" and groom, ana
tn" brides father and mother. 1t was
hed-tim" aud Dad and Nom had retired.
Now be it known that all four of these
inmates w"r" afflicted Ill the mouth.
Hubby had gotten into bed and hirdi"
was trying her level best t" blow out III"
candle, but every TIM" that Sh" wouId
max" Il dear NTH" putt S"" would blow
her right ear and not touch the flame.
Then hubby got up and he blew his lrit
ear Then Nom was called. and she
blew h"r chm nut lh" hight remained.
Then Dad was called, and he nearly blew
his nose of. aud h" got very wrathy and
h"iSlcd the window and ihr"" the candI"
th"r"trom. Nnd when INDY cam" to TINS
point, ne did tn" same ANA how W" "id
make IN" pretty girls scream while an
other light was being procured by kISSn"
their rosy chc"NS.
/ r"coIrct i'll passing from Mr.. toWIcrS
to MI ha%aIrrc's while crossing Il gully
tn" writer was carrying dead loads OF
hog and tody and somehow his right fore
leg @ot hooked in his left hind leg and
away h" went with Detective WI! Jones
on top. II" fell across his IittI" single
barrel gun. and when he got up ana pick
cd mp In" NTH" Jade, 10 ana behold 1t had
formed Il complete letter |" Then oscar
tn" young villain SAID 1t was the very
thing W" wanted, for IN" writer could
shoot around the corners with II. Hut
tn" serb" 'ld not intend I" do any corner
shooting with tn" foWin@ piece III It's
present shape. ana he tossed 1t in the
gully. and hHStcurd to the front with the
Jolly boys Our last stop was mt dear Oh
l'IIIy Jones :, and IN" Eiichcn table nat
"roancd all night long under its heavy
weight Of Christmas cheer for III" Ola
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-04-05
A MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE.


many years previous u ''' 'i'"'''7 W
this narrative, it was the costume OF the
vounr mon of T2lkton and vicinity to gc5
+a,o+,,or +,,o riobt hororo Christmas and
:,
90 the ro"'loS I'll inc ''"r oi'' I'''@''''''H
Of Upper Elk Neck. We invariably band
cd at Little Elk, and al about twilight
,,,.,,,,,,, ..,Il;oa ro.th in ,,,ost or +hn
many goo" '"''i|N sure I" '' ''""" at NV
hOSpitablr homes of those VINO | am
about TO mcntfon-AIr. LETTERS. Mr.. VIM.
~ ra,.. NJ. n,,,r,. L,E Iiors,p Do,c
snort bliIF f""I'r' ME- ~ '""i'So''' Nl''
y. LarZalcrc; and by tn" time we had
rot this far. if was twilight Christmas
; nut ,..,,,;.., ~ rr,is+n,.,.
'''o' INNS M
Eve Shoouh@ ma nee" 'ar'''H u" i"'
many years. but when the ONIONS of III"
rrco+ Civil War dorl;curd the thraSh-
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thal the Joyous IFaclI'' S'oPPNd Tor inc
most of the jolly boys hardened to the
tnrIibIn screams of thc American EAGLE
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their precious lives Il living sHcriiCc right
on tbo altar or our nlorious ronntrv and
..,,
we '""'' ""'" "''''''' ''''''''
The historian VIII pa"N" JuN' mere I"f
short season. that he may set mp his hero.
and l.rov. that those of my rr,drrs who
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mcr viii he drh@Ht"d, because am about
to throw the harncSs on the row >rdato
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SHE J"N' "'''' ''.'''' "'''' u ''''' ',''
dear old form "uiSld" OF just nan IN"
cgg-nog and Hpplr-tody rs ne housed on
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30
INSURED CHILDREN DIED
OF ARSENIC POISONING.
Philadelphia orope Bafned In At
tempt to Solve Mystery Surround-
Ing Death of Two Little Ones.

Philadelphia. Pa, Nov. 29.-Two small
children of a poor man named Williams re-
Gently died under suspicious circumstances
They were poisoned with arsenic. Their
! lives were insured for $500 each.
A third child died last January with SINH
lar symptoms and was insured for the same
amount.
These are the facts so far established by
the police. the Coroner and the insurance
companies. who are working together to
solve this strange poison mystery. and their
progress points to a most sensational de-
movement.
Coroner Dugan learned from the report
| liams and her 3-year-old sister Josephine.
who died within a day Of each other. were
killed by poison.
While the Investigation has been in prog
ress two other children of the same family
have been Ill and treated at the Children's
Hospital.
John and Emma Williams of Vienna
street are the parents of the children. both
Of whom were seized with commissions after
they had eaten a breakfast Of oatmeal,
cream and bread with the rest Of the fam
lily.
Doctor Levy. who attended them, dag
nosed the. case as poisoning OF some sort,
probably due to ptomaines. Another doctor
was called in consultation. but Annie VIII
liams died OH October q.
The doctors thought the case so suspicious
that they laid the facts before the Coroner.
was in the house questioning the parents,
the other child died in great agony.
The facts disclosed by the autopsy made
the Coroner decide to have a chemical ex-
animation. with the result that arsenic was
found in substantial quantities.
As there was no arsenic In any Of the
medicines given to them, and the under
taker had sworn that his embalming fluid
contained none. the police questioned the
parents to learn II 1t had been possible for
the children to get hold OF any arsenic ut
home.
They learned nothing, however. to throw
any light on how the little ones got the
poison into their systems.
When 1t was found that both children
had been insured. the death Of Laura. a
child Of II years, who died rather suddenly
in January, was recalled.
She was also insured. and the doctor who
attended her, upon being questioned, re-
ported symptoms similar to the ones shown
by her sister.
Coroner Dugan then decided to have her
body exhumed.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-11-30
THREE BROKERS INDICTED
BY FEDERAL GRAND JURY.
Methods of the Brooks brokerage and
Commission Company Taken
Into Court.

Major Hugh c. Dennis. Thomas ". Gar
land and Charles H. Brooks. who were at
one time connected with the Brooks Broker
age and Commission Company. were arrest
ed Yesterday morning at the instance OF the
United States postal authorities on the
charge of using the mails in furtherance OF
a scheme to defraud.
The charge involves the methods OIL the
Brooks Company, now a defunct ofsahl1a-
ton. the books of which, the Federal OH
Gals saw. show that thousands or customers
sent money to them for investment ~
grain: that no transactions took place, anu
that fcw confirms can be produced.
The trio were arraigned before Judge Al
ams of the United States District Court,
who fixed bond at $1,000 each. DENNIS anu
Garland furnished the required security I'M
mediateiy. Shortly after. Brooks, through
his attorney. Judge Bond, arranged ior oai
and was released t
ments aga!nst the brokers Friday evening.
The case against them had been woIkea u
by Post ONCE Inspectors P prss;as anp of the
Riaito Grain and Security Company. In tne
Rialto building; Garland Is IN the cIoah
nectsd with the National Securities Com
Major Dennis and Garlan} ca:'are that
Yrndss last Gdm maS; ' they suppose Supposed that it was
Conducted along legitimate lines. but after
ward found rregula ties. DENNIS AYERS thas
he undertook to remodel the c2naracter oi
the FIRMS business. and that finally he dis
solved the Brooks company and started tne
Rialto Company as an entirely separate anu
new concern. W. d. Mahaney, secretary OF
the Rialto Company. stated positively ina.
no connection exists between the flaito anu
the former Brooks Company.
Garland said that he ic0hirat an ,ltcrese
in the company last May, but sold out IN
July, and now has nothing to do with the
Rialto Company. He denied that, TO ms
knowledge, money was received from Gus
toners without a consequent actual trans
action in grain. He said that the business
had been OF the bucket shop" character,
and had not infringed the law.
Brooks and Dennis both say That the pres.
emit indictments are the result or unpleasant
relations between them. Brooks states that
he procured the information upon which the
indictments are based. Dennis says that, at
the time of the split between them. Brooks
had threatened to ruin him.. All express no
fear of the indictments.
The charge Is based upon circulars alleged
to nave been sent out by the Brooks Com
pany. One of these circulars contained
sworn statements of the profits made by In
yestors. From one statement the reader Is
given to understand that a customer in
vesting 500 netted $3.50 in two months.
Chief Post Office Inspector Dice states
that the full nature of the evidence against
the three men cannot be made public until
the trial, set for January 6, 1903.
Dennis maintains a suite at the Planters
Hotel and is the owner Of the RED Devil"
the So, $50 automobile. in which he recently
suffered injury by collision with a furniture
van.