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Tor this garment but the latest models
show such generous combinations of lace
that they are really half lace. Irish lace
and guipure, fine and closely patterned
are the popular kinds. but Venetian lace is
also used and the Russian laces "a well,
the last especially good with N. tinted
cloths
A wide insertion directly up tho hacl; of
the three-quar,er coats is one pet fancy,
and with plaits down either side the effect
is very good indeed. The loose cut and
modes of trimming give some of these gar
ments a very clerical look, which j. much
admired and very swell if properly carried
out
The glossy zihelines in lgh, colors make
charming evening coats On" model in a
pinkish white is n good example, with a
sort OF shoulder scarf or cape with long
stole ends made of velvet in deeper shade.
The cape part takes the form of a capuchn
hood and Is edged with squirrel. which also
lines and edges the stole ends A deep
cape Of handsome cream g,ipura lace falls
below the hood, and thu flowing sleeves
have turn back cuff OF velvet edged with
fur, above and below which there i, a band
Of lace, the lower one forming a clH.
Some of the cont sleeves have a sort ur
dolman effect beginning in plats some.
where underneath the cape al the back
In the fawn colors the zibcliner are hraui-
full. and there is thing in tho wav Of
chifons and laces too dciicat. to combine
with them. one coat model OF this material
is cut in circular form with very LARGE :, eve,
Of lace and chiffon, over which a very large
cape falls. A collar Of Venetian lace with
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day An applicant for a place as valet
brought excellent letters Of recommends
ton and had so many that the prospective
employer had not read them all.
Just As he was about to toll the servant
that he would take him ON, the man was
iniudicious enough to remark that lie had
seen the gent leman before.
Il saw you often last winter al the house
whore worked, he said Il was Mr.. As
valet then
suddenly tho prospective employer re-
called that hr had seen tho man before, ana
that the friend referred To had dischaf ged
for continued small thefts mort accom-
plished servant,
Have YOU a recommended ION from Mr.
A., the man was asked
He had There Was no mention in " OF
his especial weakness.
II did not seem possible this would he
the Same pArson. But tho employer asked
the mans name and went to the telephone.
He quest oned his friend about the man and
the answer came back that the man was
a good servant, but n thief.
'tvervl ody knows TINT who ever had
him." the explanation cont ,nued. He's
a good man. but he can't lelp stealing litt 10
things.
BI, his references from various men
more or lass well known wero quite silent
on hat point.
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Dryden. too. il not proof against the
charms of the female foot and walk:
In length OF train d"sccnds her sweeping
gown.
And by her sra ccful walk the Queen Of Love
IL known
The mention of the foot in poetry has
often been used purposely TO express rev.
erence, as when Ben Jonson declared that
his love for his mistress was so great that he
would adore the foot, and If slipper was
left of would kris II, too Every one u
familiar with his highly poctical:
And where she went the flowers took thick
est root.
As she had sowed them with her odorous
foot
Or a similar reference by Prtler
Whcre'rr you tread. your foot shall set
The primrose and the violet.
That fascinating combination Of lowell
ness, arrant coquetry and rigid virtue,
Nine Recamier worshipped her own beauty.
Ii is on record that she preferred dinners to
any other form OF entertainments not for
the sake of the pleasures of the table, but
because her feet, which were not pretty,
were hidden and her exquisite hands ana
arms we're we'll displayed.
She was a coQuette to the last. keeping
up her platonic hirtations till the day of her
death, and she lived 20 be a very old woman.
Awonian's foot. when perfect, is followed
out well. both inside and out, With high
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Romans. beautif full feet are those which are
large enough To carry the body most grace
fully. The ancients admired a stately
carriage Latin poets speak of the gait
of heir beauties rather than OF their feet
Shall | he tried in this manner" says
Juno. II, who walk the Queen Of the gods?'
In tho "lIiad," Homer paid homage to
Thetis, the silver-foor cd Queen and Paris,
when making choice among the many
beautiful maidcns brought before him,
did not forge- the attractions Of their feet
Their gait he marked. a. gracefully they
moved
And round their feet his eve SAGA "ious royed
Poets and romancers have ever Taved
over the beauties Of the human foot di-
vine How beautiful are thy feet with
sandals. q Princes daughter" was the
greeting Of the bride in Solomon's Song,
and in spite Of the rich adornments of Jul
dith's dress her sandals "raviShed the
eve" Of Holafernes. their buckles being
studded with precious gems. fashion
which later was forbidden 10 the Roman
matron,
Petrarch sdmires in his Laura her walk
above all else. He counts il chief Of her
four principal charms.
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4 BYUTI NAN COMING HERE.
Count Robert de Nontcsquleu rs lie Was
Seen In Paris.

Count Robert dc Montesquieu. who is
10 come here To lecture later in tho winter,
should he the most interesting of the for
cign literary visitors. from spectacular
viewpoint At loast, If the descriptions Of
his appearance that have already reached
this country are accurate
when ! saw him last in Paris" said a
New Yorker who has Inst returned from
Europe. he was the daintiest thing ] had
laid my eyes on for many day. He had
the most poetic blond locks and n com
tlryi0n that was "A work of art so deli
cately combined were the shades of white
and pink.
He il 10 proud Of hi, beauty that scarcely
a year passes without producing q new
portrait ~ him by some noted painter
After Whistler had put him on canvas
along with the famous cane that did such
effective work at the Charity Bazar fire,
he was painted by Boidini and Gardara
and the pictures were exhibited AZ the
Salon.
Il have heard that he is de- conded from
the d'Artagnan family, which supplied
the hero of Dumas's romance. IL that he
true. hc mus, resemble the women Of the
race. for he is little like the swashbucklng
gliarlsman.
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striped around with graduated rows 81
gray satin ribbon from either side Of the
front. where there il a double box plat
down The entire length. These pla's are
embroidered IN two shades Of gray and
white.
A double box plat alSo extends down the
back and embroidery forms the cape ef-
fact. \ rather unusual combination is a
coat of white zibaline with "A deep collar
and stole ends of perforated white cloth.
For tho woman Who can afford only one
coat there j. not hing quite equal 10 black
cloth trimmed with silky braid, ta-scl de-
coraiions, pass"rhcnterie chains and frogs
Emhroid'rioS combined with applique VEL
vet designs are also used.
The short loose coats are especially smart
for young women and may he white or
black, or any tint YOU choose. They are
made circular shape and al.o with two box
plaits down the back ard front. White
Sllk braids are pretty on the white cloth
models
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POINTS OF The PERFECT FOOT.
IT SHOI I'D NOT BE roo SMALL,
FOR one THING.
Cur, ~ and Hoiiows TO he Considered
Why Nine. Recamier Liked Dinners
Lovely Feet OF n Present.Day Beauty
The Bathing and Apple Tests

A great writer once said The vanity OF
woman dies hard"
Foolish man! II never dies at all, and
of all the prides there is none so hard 10
subdue a. that a woman takes in her little
feet and trim ankles
Little feet, however, are a deformity. or
rather feet too small to harmonic with
the figure are. Better that the foot be too
large, ii shapely, than too small.
Think of a Juno who stands feet inches
and tips the scales at $50 pounds lettering
TO and fro on number OF number feet! She
should have n number foot at the very
least and number would not be out OF
proportion.
To Judge by IL .atas OF the Greeks and
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instep, short heel and long, straight toes,
slightly spa,ulate al the ends
This il the type Of the most beautiful foot,
II L., on the whole. a foot not frequently
seen in its perfection. for often one or the
other element Of beauty is wanting. The
rarest point Of beauty is the following OF
the out side of the foot
II used 10 be that shoenakers laets
we're made upon the Greea principles.
but now n hump is made ON the outside
Of the last, just above the point where the
slight hollow should be
II any one would convince himself that
the hollow on the outside Of the foot IL
rare. let him watch The prints that seaside
bathers leave when they step on dry
plank walk Most of such footprints
show greater OF smaller hollow on the
inside Of the foot. hut nearly every. one
shows straight. wet mark on the outside
That water could fow under the arch
Of the foot, withour wetting II, Is an old
rule where feet are concerned. That
the foot has an arch, under which an apple
could be rolled. is said OF one well-known
beauty of the present day
She IL so proud Of her lovely feet that
she has them pilot ographed in every pos
sibe wey-in twentieth century slippers,
in sabots, skates. Louis Quinze slippers.
japanese and Russian shoes. She has
also any number OF plaster casts showing
every graceful curve and dimpl"
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mer expressed in the cloth coats, but IL is
the kind which costs no end Of money,
usually, and anything really cheap is the
thing you do not want at any price
just for the moment long evening coats
are rather oversha dowed by the long cape
like garment which envelopes the whole
figure. II is made both with and without
sleeves and of cloth, velvet, lace. and ac-
Gordon plated crepe de Chine
Pale green crepe de Chine forms one
evening wrap. with simulated hood Of
green velvet trimmed with fur and lace
The lining is Of white satin, with an inter-
lining OF white chiffon. The full flowing
sleeve, plated like the rest of the garment,
has an undersleeve of chiffon and lace
Opera cloaks, too, are made entirely OF
chiffon in three killed flounces edged with
a narrow band of fur, or narrow silk fringe.
and surmounted by handsome lace cape
falling to the waist line in the back
Such gauzy material seems rather in
congruous when you consider that the
garment Is intended to supply some de-
gree of warmth. but it is interlined and
wadded around the shoulders until il has
al the virtues of a thicker fabric, barring
the service
White crepe de Chine coats. lined with a
color and trimmed with lace and fur, are
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GIVE HER 1 SHOWER PARTY.
4 New Form Of Entertainment for the
Engaged Young Woman.

tn" mania for parties which shall he
remuncrative in some degree i, continually
breaking out along new lines, suggested by
modern ability To create plausible excuses
for presenting gift-. And these parties
are made 50 insiiiously attractive and
the real object il 20 cleverly hidden that
you never give 1t a thought bcyond your
own dcsir' 80 contribute Your share.
After all. II l. the gambling instinct in
Us. that l'.tic sneaklng desire for reward,
however dilninutive it may be, which adds
zcst 10 any amusement. II il H. all on a
small scale. quit" innocent of any real
greed, people are all the more ready 10
overlook this spirit.
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SERl ANTS REFERENCES.
Two Eases Illustrating an Amiabic Weak.
ness Of EmplO,

When Howard Gould admitted on tho
witness Sand that he had given his dis
charged valet letter Of recommendation.
Mandatory in character, he confessed to
having done sonnet hing which about every
other employer docs, !, may be due 10
softhcartedness or the desire TO got rid Of
him as easily as a. possible, hut whatever
the reason il. employers are often con-
scienccless in the way they recommend
servants.
An instance OF this occuiied the other
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they do keep a high grade of goods and
charge big prices
This il expected, and persons who are
not Obliged to evonomi2o pa'ronizc tho
best places, irrrspcc' i've Of the or q cent =
difference in price BIT the dealers have
taken advantage nf this and since the
recent r~c in the prir" of beef they have
allowed their ambitions TO cause them
to set prices on foods which arc nothing
short Of oNtortionato.
Al many Of the shops visited in the
last few days. tomatoes were charged for
al such high price pound that one good
sized hot house tomato cost Is or 20 cent
CIc,mbers were II and - cents apiece,
ordinary tomatoes were cents apiece and
lettuce and other groon salads, labeled
hot house SCARED TO 20 and % cents
while II IL true that there are often
sudden fuct nat ions In the price Of Z obs,
the prices in these markets seem always
to Increase Last week by travelling a
block furt her east or west one could get
the same things AT reduction Vi 8 and
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WRAPS OF CREPE And LACE,
(LOAKS ron EVENING WEAR
WARMER THAN THEY SEEN,
Gauz> Materials In New shapes and Highly
Observation-Disclosures and smooth Cloths
Also tsed-Plenty Of Possibilities
% Expense IN These Garments.

The evolution OF the coat is becoming
more and more interesting as time goes on
and gradations of elegance multiply: but
Just where and wha, We are being led I'D to
is problem However. progress seems
10 be the order and every fresh model in
coats. capes. or wraps of any sort, promptly
suggests netting else little more elab-
crate and expensive than its predecessor
Evening cloaks are the things which ex-
cite your wonder and admiration. the things
to dream about and long for. but there is
nothing lacking in any branch of this de-
partment of dress, except simplicity and
economy There may be some Of the for
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perfect dreams; but what Is still more
ella borate Is the long coat Of black and
white lace, combined As carefully as II
II were an evening gown. One of these
Is shown in the illustrations supplements
bv deep collar OF heavy cream lace. fur
and silk
Another style Of dressv coat is made
OF lowered silk with white ground. over
which falls plated white Brussels net
trimmed with lace. Squirrel fur il the
nnish Squirrel and ermine combined are
elegah; on gray crepe de Chine
plush which looks very much like
nanne Is also used for evening wraps. but
whatever material you have, whatever
shape YOU choose, the one objective point
IL the shoulder cape. A series of capes.
each one little longer than the other and
one deep cape, touching the waist line at
the back and rounding up very much
shorter in front. are the prevailing styles.
One Is as good style a. the other the deep
cape being especially nice in handsome
lace
The latest evening cloak Is. however.
much more cumbersome than the graceful
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there arc fashionable dressma kers. milf
ners and dentists and they have their eli.
entele and their regulations MANY women
who employ professional marketer insist
on having their things from these shops
The fashionable dealers hav" gained a
namf for having only the best wares and
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stole ends is the finish. The zibelin" cape,
like he whole garment, is lined "th white
brocaded silk
First among the illust rations is kimona
shaped coat Of pale blue cloth with woke
shoulder effect made Of embroidery on the
came cloth, and blue braid is III" finish.
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A capn-llko garment Of white cloth shows
squirrel bands. with knitted silk fringe b'-
tween, tasseled ornaments on ends of fur
and chiffon frills down IN" front.
The third model j. of lowered silk and
Brussels net and fur Then We hay"
white coat, with sable and lace blue cloth
with black embroidery and black velvet
knot and ends in front; and 10y gorgeous
lacc coat decorated With lots of mnivcr
fur,
A iabot Of white chiffon SGT into IN" lace
collar ia tho featur, Of white cloth cape.
Cream white fllct lace trims white cloth
very prcttily and you 500 It on three quar-
ter coat, set on all around the edges and
around the shoulders, below close stand
ing collar.
one novel idea il long gray cloth coat
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Who Read "The Sum"

Persons with money, and brains to spend
II wisely. Therefore. II you've 6nythinr
70 sell that's "orth buy ing. advertise 1t IL
THI SvN.-Adp.
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1 WIDOW GS IEtRN.
Nantucke cts Oldest Woman Inhabitsnt Dead
at p1.

Nantucket's oldest woman inhabtant
died the other day She was Aunt Sarah
Bunker aunt to all tho island
She was "a and had lived for ninety
two vearS in the same house. Her father
built il and moved into n when she was
years old.
Mrs Bunker was widow siXty-eight
years Her husband, Elisha Bunker, Was
harpoonnd on the whale ship Milo and
was lest AT .ea IN 1874, within "A year after
his marriage. HE bride never remarked.
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The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-10
Hoofs and Horns
Ranch and Range

Three years ago it would have been
impossible to have in Ell Paso such
an exhibit of cattle as will be here for
the carnival" said a prominent com
mission man. ITO old stockmen the
coming show WI. be a revelation. 1t
is quite wnderful 10 have the River
side Hereford people bring all the way
from Nebraska, two thousand miles
away. their herd worth way up in the
thousands, simply for show purposes.
and with no thought of competing for
a prize What has done it? Simply the
marvellous development in the breed
ing of fine cattle. It's growth in this
country is almost beyond belief, and
where, five years ago, we were import
ing fine cattle to improve our herds.
America Is now actually exporting her
fine cattle to improve European herds.
The breeding has resulted from utili-
tartan efforts to fatten cattle at an
earlier age than before. And it has
been successful that where, before,
two year olds were sent out OF this
territory to be fed a year for market
and three year olds. now yearlings are
sent out to be sold in one year. The
same result is accomplished in two
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-10
Regulating a Clock.

1t Is not. cf course, possible to seize
hold of the hands Of Il clock and push
them backward or forward tenth or
twentieth part Of a second. which is
about the limit Of error that is allowed
Mt the Greenwich observatory. so an
other method is devised Near the
pendulum magnet Is fixed. II 1t Is
found that the pendulum is gaining
either TOO fast or too slow. current
Of electricity is switched on. and the
little magnet begins TO pull at the metal
as it swings tn and fro. 1t only re-
tards or accelerates the motion by an
infnitesimal fraction of second each
time. but II keeps the operation up.
and In few thousand swings the
tenth or the twentieth part OF the al
most invisible error Is corrected, thus
making the clocks keep step" at the
proper instant OF time.-London News.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-10
SOUTH BIsBEE COMPANY.

The South Bisbee Copper mining
and rownsite Improvement company
will hold their annual meeting in Bis
bee on January 14th. At this meeting
an important matter will be presented
to the stockholders of the South Bis
bee company. At a recent meeting of
the Board of Directors, held in Los
Angeles on December 10th, resolu-
ton was passed favoring the issuance
of bonds on the properties of this COM
pany. At the same meeting a motion
was made and carried instructing the
secretary to mail copy of the resolu-
tion to stockholders, together with
such information concerning the fin
ancial condition of the company, the
development work on me p operty
and the uses to be made of the money
derived from the sale of the bonds as
would be OF general interest to stock
holders. 1t is proposed by the Directors
to authorize a bonded Indebtedness of
the South Bisbee company for $780,
000 payable twenty years thereafter
and bearing interest at the rate OF six
per cent per annum. and that the
bonds be secured by mortgage or
trust deed OF all the property of what
ever nature franchise and corporate
rights now owned by the company
Bisbee Review.
The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-10
An ADe ReDIy,

A certain queen of Hanover once up
on time when travelling stopped ut an
inn called the Golden Goose. She re-
retinue and receive such entertainment
as was needed and for the same was
charged 300 thalers.
On her departure the landlord be
sought her with obseQuious Difference
90 favor him with her patronage on her
return.
"If you desire that. my dear man."
replied her majesty, you must not
again take me for your sign"
Flowers In the Pulpit.
"If you want some nice flowers"
Faid the man with the red muStaclIe.
lust go to church on Sundays. and
you'll find them on the altars No
matter how hard up a church may be-
and how closely it may count Its cH-
penses in other directions. it scid3A
economies IN towers.
''It is not The blg churches alone :ha'
scorn TO stint themselves in flowers
The little chapels whose parishionr.s
are certainly not rolling in wealth
and where every penny is held at It's
par yahie likewise provide splendid
floral offering to gladden. the eyes OF
pastor and congregation. OF course.
In good many less pretentious houses
Of worship beautiful effects are OBJ
talned from the artistic arrangement
Of rather piebeian blossoms. but In most
churches flowers that are really fine
End expensive are used the year round,
and the flower committee often finds
that altar decoration is the biggest
item on its list Of expenditures.
THE selection of pulpit flowers is
generally left to the discretion Of the
florist. who Sends the bouquet every
Sunday morning shortly before service.
Occasionally. however. the chairman
OF the flower committee gives him tin
as to the favorite flower of the pastor,
and when making his selection he
tactfully lears that preference ia
mind. New York Times.