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New-York tribune., 1903-03-29
DROPPING


The wheel of fashion has brought back many
Of the modes Of the early Sos. even as. There
are founced skirts-modiied.~ of course. but still
distinctly hounced as were ones grandmother's;
the sloping shoulders and coarless necks from
which fall fchus and dropping capes. Short. very
short boleros suggest the still older Empire styles
and some Of the Paris costumers are showing a
decrease in length and increase IN fulness in
their latest skirts.
The new extra wide Paris fabrics have one. two
and three borders along edge. which, for gored
Shirts would have to be cut of and sewed on
again after the garment is made Such fabrics
seem to point to a revival Of the Empire skirt
Slashed and pleated boIeros and Etons are the
newest expression Of this portion Of apparel These
two are always distin gushed they should be.
however The bolero of the season Is short, loose,
and falls unconfined all around. while the Eton OF
the moment is close at the back and sides, often
snugly confined the figure by plain position
belt or girdle passing under the loose front Bo-
leros gradually growing shorter. while Etons
are taking on long stole fronts and position backs
The Bulgarian IS the latest in boleros and provides
for an attractive display Of the blouse worn be-
reath it. The body is short. plain sharp cornered
and collarless the sleeve wide slashed and flowing
like that OF the Hungarian military sleeve called
the Attila-
The newest in the Monte Carlo effects, which
still hold their own is the coffee Jacket very
one of the most comfortable and at the same time
dressy styles the summer will show. The smart
sacks. flny. fluffy. lacy things that give just
the light caressing warmth that cool breeze
makes desirable are really adjunct 10 the attire
and not the general ''extinguisher Of the toilet
which the oid-fashoned article always seemed
One of these wraps. of black glace. is covered
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

are used for coffee Jackets and Monte Carlos
enects. Though not new, Shantungs OF natural
pOngees are much in vogue this season, owing
chIehy to their serviceabIe qualities, probably.
Many new designs have made their appearance
the spring, polka dots. hgures, boureIres, etc
shown in ali degrees OF sartorlAl art some are
simply tailored, covered with lace and linen
or SIX embroidery. TasSels much larger sizes
and braids OF all widths and varieties especially
the zigzas ana rickrack sorts, are used as trim
mngs Piping Is seen everywhere well the
stitched sIrapping OF last season IN millinery
something on the order or the old faSnloned Don
nets is suggested and then thIs season, FOR
instance the little Monte carlo capllke affairs
the fine chips with tuIe strings Soft strings Of
becoming tints are an artistic nnish for The Erad
that the PurttanltSe lines Of
sweet simplicity are pronounced IN other depart
nents. some daring creators are venturlns bonnet
For new straws. richly colored mixtures aie tSe
thing, the fuzzy chysanthemum bradS and the
Roman plaid continuation Ioques are worn deep
a 8 brin large as to crown and nat as 70 Trim
ACROSS the crown aud changeabe ribbon in soft
shades 4 favorite with all Shapes and StrawS.
hops and fuchsils, honeysuckles and "0llmOiceS
showeTed over he spEins ShaPss. \ snail 1
mounted with artificial leaves. so nearly like real
as hardly e be dTeste6 IS aSo n9yey % gf me tas
pinkish brown in color. very dainty and though
Hats made wholly OF flowers and leaves are popu-
lar often a small flower such yiOleis or forget
me-nots forming the foundation with knots Of
here and there.
spring hat, and malnes is everywhere
ParasolS this season are considered more as an
artistic adjunct than necessity. and an outfit OF
ten fifteen. and even score. IS not regarded
as elaborate They are tashioned for al weathers
and times OF day. Tor ali costun ana occasions
almost for every mood. Handles are extremely long
as does The rat or wrap which they accom- paw
Some of the parasols whose price runs up into the
nneriShsbis and susceptible to the falling baromstSr
6s 70 The tint On the cheeks beneath them
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29
No RADICAL CHANGES IN FASHIONS FOR MEN,
SPRING STYLES so NEARLY FAULTLESS THAT THEY
ARE SATISFACTORY TO ALL.

Men who would not dream Of wearing white
waistcoat with a dinner coat III town think 1t
the proper thing when they are at Saratoga
Newport or in the mountains. They wear
white necktie, also, with their short coat, and
as to the straw hat, that has become quite the
proper thing, although the older boys can re-
member when a straw hat with evening clothes
would have been admissible Shaker knit
mittens at o'clock dinner. With the straw
hat, the white tie and the white waistcoat in
conjunction with the dinner coat, there was
nothing to stop the white socks, and they are
certainly much in place any Of the other
warm weather reforms"
Neckweer for epring and summer will be
neat rather than loud. and the shapes will be
like the materials. The two inch four-in-hand in
solid colors fancy stripes and small figures will
be worn until warm weather displaces it. Then
the wide end tie will have its day. The straight,
old fashioned string tie which has not been worn
for several years will be seen again II some
courageous manufacturers have their way. They
made large sample lines of these goods in widths
ranging from three-fourths Of an inch to one and
one-half inches in many colors, but it is safe to
predict that matter now hard they are
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

DROPPING CAPES And FLOUNCED SKIRTS AXE
BROUGHT BACK BY THE WHEEL OF FASHION.

with pin tucks. henstitching and fine black valqn-
cennes. and is lined with white glace- A collar OF
pale blue peau de Sole yelled with black applique
and medaIons Of blue and ecru applique with SOIL
accordion pleated chiffon ruched around the edge
and forming stole and tasseIs completes the luxurf-
Gus sack
In the long fitted capes and overcoats that cause
the heart of the modern woman to throb with Joy
the novelties follow lines OF the figure closely
at the back and sides while in front they are less
snugIy fitted. suggesting rather than fully reveal
ing They fail about half way to the knee. as
rule. closing with fly. They are usually OF covert
CLOTH strapped or tucked in long, simple lines. ana
travelling and general utility they are ideal
In the new Norfolk Jackets the sides alone are
belted. the front falling loose and having novel
pockets for the handkerchief and other tr11es-
Then of course. there the lace wraps. Of all
cuts and all sorts Of laces, chiedy. however. tne
coarse heavy threaded varieties
In skirts the very newest are noticeable for their
long lines the simplicity Of their construction, tos
real elegance OF their appearance Even when
nounces are added it IS in such way as 70 pre-
serve tho graceful unbroken flow Of the drapezS-
Just now skirts are still close at the top with Juse
a little more ease from belt to knee than shown in
seasons past Girdles and belts are growing wider,
especially the front, while many have pointed
tabled or position backs.
In fabrics. the sheerest Of weaves in fancy wool
lens as we'll as large assortment OF linens, cot
tons and silks used for tailored garments
Paris says THE American Ladies' Tailor" Is
etamine crazy Examines Of all weights, colors and
varieties are tailored into every kind OF garment
from capes to skirts The fabric IS used for
dressy costumes, shi-twaIst suits and general
wear. The clan plaid etamines are the extreme
novelties, and in Paris are being made up over oiua
or green tafeta drop skirts, which Intensity the
blue and green OF the plaid Bordered CLEANLINESS
too are worn on the other side. but have not yet
made their way here. to any extent
Mohairs are a serviceabIe fabric. now in high
favor especially the suitings shown in shepherd
checks stripes bourettes and dotted effects IN
the last named the Oxford mohairs. with SELF
colored dots. so woven that they can scarcely
be seen except as the folds are in motion are
the most popular Gray mixtures IN mohair pro-
vide cool looking costumes for travelling and out
ing wear and with the white weaves. many OF
which are soft as silk with a fine creepy surface,
make stunning shirtwaist sUits.
In silk world, plain taffetas have been rele-
gated largely the realm of drop skirt Innings and
so forth though some. chiefly the darker shades,
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29
LACE ON EVERYTHING.
Canes, Goats and PeLerines in Er-
Quisite DESIGNS.

The jaunty little Monte Carlo is the most chic
thing in evening hatdom. 1t is in all its
fresh and dainty Frenchness in the millinery de-
partnent Of James
IhMES M'CREERY & CO, McCreery & Co.
Nos. 81 and 66 West
Twenty-third-st. It inherits its name from Its
haunts having first appeared on the leaders OF
fashion in the favored resort and spread gradually
to Paris and thence over the seas In shape 1t FITS
snugly over the back and crown OF the head. with
quilting Of entirely around the edge for all
the world like the friil of an old fashioned cap
One fetching example Of the new style had the
entire crown covered with tiny forgetnne-nots and
a bow of twisted black satin ribbon across the
front between the two montures, that look like
horns of delicate pink roses. The Monte Carlo is
especially becoming to young faces, and Is much
affected by debutantes.
There is a new "boatshaped" hat. too. just max
ing fits appearance this season A design in cream
and ack at McCreerys is one Of the most stylish
things in the seasons millinery OF rough straw,
faced with real guipure. which is studded with
black straw dots. 1t has two splendid black pumes
that cross the top fatty from left to right, their
ouills held with a strapping OF pleated black
ttque more.
Hydrangeas of many hues In evidence in mil
Inery creations this season. and also for the COLI
fure and corsage In neckwear some exquisite bits
Of workmanship may be seen at McCreery's. Dainty
designs Persian ernbroderies. cobwebby creations
in tiny folds Of sheerest linen fagoted together with
fine lace. to be found in the neckwear depart
nent
The lace coats capes and pelerines at this store
are particularly handsome, and unique in style.
Combinations of Iaces in favor this season A
peIerine of deep linen foundation is mixture
OF heavy Cluny and Point Arabe. Yak and gupure
and nllet combine to make a most effective cape.
with long stole ends reaching almost the knees
Antique lace collars. deep to look Ike capeS.
are finished with heavy fringe two three
inches long.
Lace robes are worn more than than eyer, and the
quarter coats of Tenerie lace with flowing sleeves
are heavily embroidered with linen medsIlIons and
lightweight broadcloth coats for evening wear are
OF al! colors and covered req. With silk Rena'ssanes
One OF the most attractive departments in Nc
CreeFys that devoted to artistic furniture There
is a whole room fitted up bungalow fashion. Ia
which the fine reposefu things turned out by the
United Crafts shop show to best advantage The
fine shade OF soft gray green. the rich brown
tones such as in the wainsroling II old
castles are shown In the simple restful lines
Of really artistic furnishings; These, combined
with the rich tints of Spanish leather browns,
greens and reds make picture that lovers Of ths
really beautiful may well dslI9ht 70 ponder.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29
"JEs' so IT'S Red"

"Anv- coIor for me- jes' so it's red. wrote Eugene
ESeId. any color jes' it's red. is the cry Of the
springtime girl The annual spring eruption OF REQ
ha+e Ie raging and joyous looking creature is she
1,,bo snorts it. The flowers for actual spring wear
are delicately pale of hue, but for few weeks at
the end of winter before spring raiment is appro-
nriate the vivid. fameIike occupies niche all by
Itself Nothing could prettier in itself for low
.riny March or teary April day than a swagger
black tailored gown topped with hat OF this de,
6oueTs seen on these hats, but the bri is of self
toned velvet or taffeta or malines or Chiffon with
q Ha4 crown of velvet flowers and foliage. Some
times the crown is glowing bed Of ribbon. shad-
ing artisticalIy from rose to brilliant crimson and
headgear.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29
IT'S simplicity Of outline and

IS simplicity of outline and
aborateness Of detail that
are the chief characteristics
Of the seasons garb. from
hats to the higher heels that
are Of late making their ap-
pearance. Long, clinging lines
are the keynote Of coats and
skirts jackets are trim and
collarless. with primly belted
waists and quaint shoulder
capes and stoles. A certain
sort of primness is the height
Of style, and TO be alto
gether smart one must look
as oId-maidish as possible.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29
FASHIONABLE

FASHIONABLE New York
tailor was asked a few days
ago by one Of his good Gus
toners. rs this cloth i'm
ported ?"
No" answered the tailor.
eft is domestic: but 1 charge
YOU no more on that ac-
count"
The answer was character
is1ic Of the spirit which per-
vades the trade as to i'm
ported and domestic fabrics.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-29

-,,,ebed the string ties will not displace the
eare end and batwing articles, of which ha ber-
deeh4rs show large and well selected lines.
The Tomahawk., 1903-07-16
WILLING TO REPEAT.
Young Hunter Captures Something
More Than Game on One of
His Expeditions.

On the Kronprinz Wilhelm, one moon
light May night, young man and girl
We're discovered making love. The news
of this discovery spread among the pas
sengers, and many a joke was cracked,
says the Kansas City journal. But SEN
ntor N. B. Scott. Of West Virginia, said
III the smoking-roon:
There is nothing to laugh at here. In
hocent love-making is natural in the
young This fact was well brought out
by an adventure that happened to a
friend Of mine, years, ago, in the noun
tains of West Virginia.
The young man was hunting. He came
to a lonely cabin, and, being thirsty, he
knocked at the door for drink. The drink
was handed to him by girl so charm
ing That, with a smile, he said:
"Would you be angry if should Of
Ter you dollar for a kiss?
",No, SIR the girl answered, with a
$50 my friend took the kiss, and then
he gave the maiden the dollar. She bal
anced it in her hand a moment. She
knitted her pretty brows in perplexity.
So. What she asked, shall do with all
why. anything you please, my dear,
said my friend.
"'Then,' she murmured, Il think I'll
give it back to you, and take another
kiss"
The Tomahawk., 1903-07-16
STARTING 1T RIGHT.
This Woman Was Superstif1Ous About
Having Thirteen Stamps on
Her Package.

GLOW much postage will this pack
age require?" asked woman at the
window of the Ravenswood postal sta
ton, relates the Chicago Daily News.
Thirteen cents" was the answer.
"Just exactly 1922
eyes"
..Think it would 60 all right?"
"Sure!"
"Wouldn',t it go for II cents?"
ono, madam"
Hadn't I better put ID cents on IT."
"What for?"
Thirteen is unlucky, you know.
Wouldn't it, get lost?"
Scarcely"
wouldn't it be sure to fetch up at the
dead-letter Officer"
Hardly"
"Some pilfering clerk would steal it,"
"Uncle Sans clerks are honest"
"Well, that may be, but I'm not going
to start that stuff away from here with
hoodoo amount of postage sticking to
it. The address would rub off, it would
get smashed in the mail, even if it didn't
roll out Of the car and get under the
wheels. That's not all. If the woman
to whom it is addressed discovered that
1t came to her home for l3 cents, she'd
find fault with the goods, be cross for a
week, and finally throw the whole thing
into the fire. Here's another cent; make
it IA and start it right"
The Tomahawk., 1903-07-16
HERO OF THE SHIPYARD.
One Man Was There Who Knew What
to Do and He Fearlessly
Did 1t.

The heroes, are not all dead yet, al
though we may not hear so much OF
them in this strenuous age. The Phila-
delphia Telegraph prints the story of
a man who risked his life deliberately
to save a fellow workman whom he did
not know even by sight. The hero's
name is James Stein. He is foreman
of the Triggers in a big shipyard in
Philadelphia When he was praised for
his courage, he exclaimed: "Pshaw!
What's the use of making somuch talk
about it? did it to save the compcn
a lawsuit" The story is as follows:
A boiler weighing Ga tons, was about
to be lowered into the hold of a steam
ship in the big shipyard. The crane in
use, which can lif.. {: weight of 100 tons
as easily as college girl lifts wood
en- dumbbell, was swinging its great
arms towards the monster boiler, IS
feet in circumference. Perched on the
top of the boiler was workman, a
poor Norwegian who speaks little Eng
lish and understands less. His back
was toward the crane. He did not see
it. nor did anyone else until it was
within two feet of him. If the arm
of the giant crane struck him it would
crush him as hammer would an egg
shell, or brush him off. Twenty feet
below was the ground, strewn with
Jagged pieces of iron, to fall on which
meant serious injury, if not death.
The workmen below saw the danger
and shouted. The Norwegian turned
halfway round and saw the crane COM
ing. 1t was death either way, and,
paralyzed with fear he: collapsed.
At this critical moment, when ev-
ervone else had lost his head. one man
was there who knew what to do, anG
did it. Although he was 20 feet away
when the impending doom over the
man was first seen. he cleared the
space in less than two seconds and
stood amid the jagged iron.
Jump for your life! It's your only
cbance." be cried. and braced himself
to catch the falling man, while the
crowd held its breath. The two men
came together with an impact so gcea t.
that both were picked up unconscious,
but both recovered.
1t was an example Of cool grit, clear
Judgment and prompt action.
The Tomahawk., 1903-07-16
DANDELION.

Etarry-rayed, an da heart of gold.
Looking up to the sky, ~
A lifted face to the sun and rain,
A smile to the passer-by;
Wayside warder, sentinel flower,
What is your password-say?
You know the seasons you tell the hour
And you hold title in sun and shower,
To a simple right-of-way.
You have sisters inside the garden WALL
Tended with human care;
They grow up graceful and fair and tall
But naught of your freedom share.
Their beauty is hid from the vulgar gaze
They pine in a whiting ease;
But you-you are light of the loWly ways
You shine on the common, you star the
braes;
Boon-comrade of the breeze.
A lifted face to the rain and sun.
Eyes moist with the morning dew,
A nod and smile for every one,
And the joy of living for you.
Starry-rayed, and a heart of gold,
Planted by Gods own hand;
Too poor you are to be bought or sold.
Too free to forsake the healthy void;
Star-fiower of No Mans Land.
Walter G.. Howden, in hambers' Journal.
The Tomahawk., 1903-07-16
New Wheat Fields in Southwest.

What would you think if told that the
unirrigated sections of Western Kansas,
Eastern Colorado and Panhandle of Texas
can be counted on to produce 100000
bushels of wheat annually? Yet that is
what a government official predicts with
reference to a new variety of that cereal
imported from Russia, known as maca-
roni wheat. Recent experiments, as re,
ported to the industrial department. Of
the Santa Fe, show that this plant -four
ishes best where the rainfall is less than
Is inches a year. The yield per acre is
equal to that of ordinary wheat, and the
price received is about the same.
The Tomahawk., 1903-07-16
BRAIN WEIGHT AND GREATNESS
Evidence Adduced That There Nenlly
Ii u Relation Existing Be-
tween Them.

Within the last few years the impress
sion has gained ground that the weight
of a mans brain gives little indication
of his mental gifts, says the New York
Tribune. 1t has been suggested that
there might be some relation between
the thickness of the layer of gray
matter which is believed to be asso-
ciated with the higher functions, and
the quality of the owners work. 1t
is sometimes conceded that the num-
Der of convolutions,. or small lobes,
which are revealed by post-mortem ex-
animation may also have a good deal
of significance. But that weight alone
is important has been questioned. 1t
has been pointed out that the brains
of IDIOTS are often as heavy as those
of sages and poets.
DR.. Edward A. Spitzka, of this city,
in recent number of the Philadelphia
Medical Journal, discusses the ques-
ton in an interesting fashion. He de-
clares that many Of the brains of i'm
beetles and criminals that have been
referred to in such comparisons were
unnaturally enlarged by disease, and
therefore did not prove anything. He
insists that only healthy brains ought
to be considered. Again, in a NUM-
Der of instances the brains of really
great men had shrunken considerably
in consequence of wasting sickness in
the last year or two of their lives, and
did not fit the skull. The marked size
of the cavity, though, would give some
hint of the original size When prop
err allowance has been blade' for such
alterations. DR.. SpitzKa is convinced
that the testimony is decidedly In ia
vor of the old doctrine.
Several other influences affect brain
weight. Stature and build, nationality
and other factors enter into the prob
lem. DR.. Spitzka does not consider
these, though he has deemed it neces-
sary to remind his readers of them
He makes up a table containing figures
for 90 well-known men. At the head
of the list stands Ivan Turgenieff, the
Russian novelist, whose brain weighed
2,O12 grammes, and at the foot F. j.
Gall, anatomist, who is credited with
only 1,19S grammes, though his skull
had capacity of 1862 grammes. The
table shows an average of 1,473
grammes, which is from rs to 1925 more
than the weight of the average Euro
pean brain.
Carrying his analysis further, the
writer says that the greatest brain
weights on the whole are exhibited by
men devoted to mathema tics and other
exact sciences, while natural science
comes next, art, literature and phi
losophy third, and "men of action" in
politics and military affairs rank
fourth. That classification might be
considerably altered, however, if the
weight of these mems bodies at the
most active periods of their lives were
known, and if the percentage of brain
weight to avoirdupois were ascer-
tanned. Such data seems to be unavail-
able now, but if it were secured in the
case of men now living, and whose
brains have been bespoken, the world
might get more accurate idea of the
professions in which brain weight
counts for the most.
The Tomahawk., 1903-07-16
Didn't Get Through.

4 rebuke that a sentry ofs one Of the de-
partments administered recently to the
Russian ambassadors coachman.
The coachman, it appears, wished to
drive his masters carriage along road
way that for some reason was barred.
When the sentry refused to let the car
81 drive" he said, rs Russian min
ister"
IT can't help it," returned the SEN
''Let me trough" persisted the coach
man. "My master is re Count Cassini,
re ambassador extraordinary and minis
ter plenipotentiary Of re czar of all re
''Frenchy," said the SENTRY" 81 wouldn't
let you through even if your master was
a free-born American citizen. Boston
Post
The Tomahawk., 1903-07-16

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The Tomahawk., 1903-07-16
SQueIched.

Feline amenities show themselves
most forcibly at committee meetings.
There was one of these latter gath
cred together to discuss a charity
bazaar. The chairman smiled sweet
ly upon the artists wife, and said:
you'll get your husband to let us
have some little thing of his for tho
art table, will you not, Mrs. Mahl-
stick?'
"We1l, you know husbands are not
always easily managed, my dear"
"Ah, but take him after one Of
your nice dinners and then put in a
word for our worthy cause-but. re-
member. we are not allowed to have
anything which sells for over S25."
"Indeed!" and Mrs. Ms eye
brows went up alarmingly: "then
perhaps he'll induce. one of his pupils
to dash off something for you"-N.
Y. Times.