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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-24

side of the house is used only for
sleeping and in case of rain. At all
other times the family lives on the
porch, and in cities where houses are
built with any Veranda room at all the
porches are turned into summer living
rooms. This custom is responsible for
some specialties in veranda furniture
Where the veranda is deep and well
screened from storms the vogue in
furniture shows mission frames, with
upholstery in the softest and most
supple of Japanese mating. The colors
of Japanese mattings are effective
on the porch, and the flower de-
signs are particularly popular. Next
to the mission furniture, rush. rat
tan and wicker ware are popular.
The tea cart, once supposed to be
for the very rich alone, is quite COM
mon this summer in rush ware, highly
glazed. II can be bought as low as
four dollars. 1t rolls on wheels, and
has a tray protected by a ledge. The
cart. with two tiers, can be bought
at a slight advance in price. 1t is
not used exclusively for afternoon
tea. but when the family de-
sires to eat the evening meal
on the porch il is used to
/ wheel the service and the viands
from the dining room TO the
veranda.
An accompaniment 10 the tea cart
is small. three TERED table, with
the shelves growing smaller, one
benehth the other. and the largest
one is no more than eight or nine
inches i'm diameter. 1t is used
for holding plates for sandwiches
and fruit
The fancy Of the hour which win APP
peal TO the owner of a well-cared for
dog, is a porch kennel built of rush
ware TO match the furniture. This sets
fiat on the floor. without any bottom,
and has a hole just large enough for
the dog 10 creep in
For the large ferns, rubber plants
and oleanders dear TO the housewife,
the pale blue majolica jardinier. in a
conventional pattern. is particularly
popular. II comes with a tabourette
10 match.
japanese mating and Algerian rugs
are used for porch floors. and the for
mer makes fine porch cushions. The
newest thing ia a porch screen that
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-24
Garden Party ToiIettes
Are Very Diaphanous
They Also Show New Developments S Especially Regards
Bust Line and SeeVesbons Much Favored for These Airy

To the maid or matron summering
at stylish resorts one or more garden
party toilettes are an absolute neces-
sity. Even if these have been Ions
provided, the perishable textures and
faint colors employed require by Au-
gust some new addition or refurbish-
ing. At this moment it looks to the
dressmakers as if all the world of
garden party frocks were being over
hauled. If old ones are not sleeked
up. new ones are being made, for the
festival of green lawns, tea cups and
innocent punches will continue far
into September.
Afternoon is the usual time for
these fashionable outdoor gatherings,
which, even if clustered about hotels,
have a social stamp, and which are
celebrated by frou-frou toilettes, brim
hats laden with flowers and lovely
parasols. They are likewise held fire.
quently at night, in which case the
costumes take on an evening charm,
spangles and silver and gilt bTaids re-
placing quieter trimmings, and every
body seeming beautiful under Japan
csc lantern moons.
For both day and night diaphanous
textiles are materials favored, but
along with printed nets and painted
mulls, embroidered swisses and like
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-24
FirSt=Aid Garments
For Busy rlothers
Ready-toWear Frocks and Suits at Reasonable Prices Are
the Things for Mothers Who Find Wardrobes Running
Low in the Dog Days-The Russian Blouse and
One-Piece Suit Are Popular for Girls
By KATHERINE ANDERSON.

With the coming of the dog days,
there comes also to the most wise and
provident of mothers the realization
that the supply of clothes provided for
the younger members of the family
was not sufficiently generous. Frocks
which she counted on as being most
durable have yielded to the poor laun-
dry work inevitable at the average
summer resort, or have met with some
of the accidents common to the aver
age youngsteT. She recalls with dis
may the weary hours put into tucks
and frills by herself and the family
seamstress, and she turns with relief
to ready-tO-wear garments. All her
fine theories about the cheapness and
durability of homemade garments
vanish, and she yields to a longing for
rest, and to the fascinations of the
manufactured garments.
In midsummer the. bargains offered
at shops dealing particularly in chill
dren's garments are amazing. The
shopkeeper breads above all things the
tremendous changes in children 8
frocks from one season to another.
and he slashes prices with a ruthless
hand.
The three most pronounced vogues
in children's ready-to- wear suits this
year are the suSpender dress and the
Russian blouse, one-piece suits for
girls and the two-piece suits for boys.
Suspender dresses are the most prac-
t1cal little garments for active girls
that have been seen in many a day.
They launder acceptably, can be
evolved from remnants, and offer an
excellent opportunity for making use
of the little waists whose skirts have
been torn by the girl who is a bit
hoydenish.
The suspender skirt generally has
a front gore, shaped neatly into the
waist, and the rest of the skirt is
plain and full. For the slender child
no gore is necessary, the plain, full
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-24
By MARY DEAN.

as skirts, as if they We're the finest
ornaments in the world. But in the
number of yards employed they are
often prodigally lavish. for they are
frequently seen in graduation sizes
and in prodigious quantities.
A garden party gown of black
French yelling fashioned for an Au-
gust festival is decked with taffeta
bouilloness (puffs) in two sizes. The
fun skirt is put in the belt with hip
tucks, the wider puffs going round.
The smaller ones. aided by black
satin ribbons, deck the trinity fitted
corsage delightfully."- and an edge Of
point. d'Alencon shows under the
founces of the sleeves.
The hat worn with this toilette is a
masterpiece in French taste for the
entire get-up is the achievement of a
great Partisan maker. White chip
forms the shape, which is trimmed
with a big black rose, and draped
with a long veil or azure tissue.
Another gown with taffeta trim
mings and veil decked hat is Of nois-
cite, wolfe, with the skirt and sleeve
borders of velvet in the same brown.
The taffeta is used in tiny skirt frills.
with the rolled hens sewed on the
right side. The hat is Of blue chip,
with thre tea roses and a long chir-
fon veil in the exact color of the
gown.
The bigness of artificial roses is a
market coquetry with summer head
gear. Since it is the fad to use the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-24

will keep out the rain is heavy denim
or canvas, colored all the outside to
match or tone with the paint of the
house, while the inside shows paint
ings in scenic effects such as golf and
fishing parties. Near the top in the
center is a brass tablet which reads:
Its better to smoke here than here
after" and around the inscription are
little cartoons showing men, in out
door attire, smoking.
When the porch is turned into a
sleeping room. as often happens on
warm nights when extra guests arrive,
the swinging berth is attached by four
chains from hooks or staples in the
veranda roof. This is like hammock,
large enough for a grown person to lie
full length, and it is built from heavy
canvas, with stout boards instead of
Stats. over this is stretched a COM
Portable mattress, and the canvas en-
closes the berth all the way round with
net ventilators, so as to admit air and
also keep out mosquitoes. At the top
and bottom ends are deep pockets like
those on a sleeping-car berth for
clothes.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-24

an excellent foundation upon which to
work. The cover is of fine linen, with
simple finish of hemstitch, but with
no open work to admit dust to the
surface beneath. Her toilette set is
of white china, with a scalloped edge,
btu there are no raised figures to hold
the dust. If she cannot afford Hav-
Hand, she has pure white celluloid.
This set includes a brush and comb
tray, powder and salve boxes and a
ring tree. For her hatpins she has
one of two holders. If she wants to
stand the holder on the bureau she
selects one of those which looks ex-
actly like a slender fower-petal vase
If she wants to hang it against the
wall, ii looks like funnel, with one
side fat to hang smoothly against the
wall paper These hatpin holders are
among the desirable novelties of the
season, as the rage for pins to match
different hats is a feature of the sum
mer girls equipment.
Girls are learning to hang many
little trinkets on the wall around their
bureau, as this prevents the accumu-
lation of litter on the bureau and
saves wearisome busting. For in
stance, a girl has a good-sized kew
rack in some dainty enameled wood
or light metal hung on the right side
OF the bureau, from which swing a but
ton-hook. glove buttoner a shoe
horn and extra shoelaces.
Pretty pincushions are also made to
hang on the wall. particularly
pleasing device shows a pair of Gin
derella slippers. which may be made
from Kid or silk and stuffed with cot
ton or bran. For the pins the cover is
Of silk, and on the side devoted TO
hairpins the cover is crocheted in fine
zephyr.
Another convenience for the summer
girl who Is away on her vacation IS
"A pin sheet siX-inch strip of silk
OF the ordinary width is first covered
with sheet wadding and then with six
inch sash ribbon Of a contrasting col
or. The softer silk side is studded with
pins, stuck In just as they are when
bought IN the paper. There are rows
Of safety pins IN various sizes, pearl
headed pins. smaller pins with various
colored heads 20 match different neck
wear, and common black and white
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-24

webs, thin silks treated to button
hole embroideres, or "pinkings' are
observed. With these silks. many of
which are in taffeta and in the rose
pinks and bright hues formerly fash
ionable, embroidered batistes are Oft
en- employed for vests, blouses and
undersleeVes.
The soft creams and whites of the
batistes tone down the somewhat
screaming colors, and the wide skirts
and 1880 treatment of shoulders make
such gowns delightfully."- reminiscent
of ancient days.
In fact. we are falling more and
more under 1880 influences. until il
looks as # the fashionable silhouette
would soon entirely change.
Already the bust line is perceptibly
higher. for corsets of the latest cut
are made with this intention, while the
waist curve is rounder and all the
bodice fitted with an ever-increasing
tightness Lastly, the flatness at the
upper part of sleeves is creeping
lower. while the bottom bgness is
plainly modifying, which looks as II
the enhancing arm coverings we now
possess have reached the zenith OF
their glory.
From now on we may expect them
TO fade like the blossom on the vine
or the rose in the garden. though the
flexible wires now placed IN the bot
tom Of many a skirt foundation sug-
gest a stay of size in this direction
The crinoline, that bouncing accom-
paniment to full sleeves, may never
return in its completeness, but its in
fluence is certainly felt in these fragile
wires. without which the soft finish
of skirt bottom would create an un.
graceful drop
Some OF the daintiest fances Of the
season are encountered in the garden
party costumes smart women are
wearing and continuing to order
Quantity charming effects in soft
mulls, veilings and other pliable mate
rails are made by trimmings which
speakingly recall the frocks of dead
ancestresses. Bias puffs OF silk or vel
vet demurely ornament other textures
as n, as In the old days. two gowns
had been turned into one. They arc
frugally skinny. too. these old puffs
often with a frilly edge each side.
and they are put upon bodies as well
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-24

moisture, sun and laundering better
than Galatea cloth. 1t comes in pref
ty stripes, usually some dark color
on white or natural-toned ground
and also in pin stripes of white on
gray-blue oX-blood red. and brown
For more dressy wear there is Of
fered most reasonable Russian
blouse suit for girls from six 10
twelve years of age, in natural, heavy
unbleached linen, trimmed with Rus
sian embroidered bands, showing self
tones and white. A bishop sleeve of
moderate size is gathered into a cuff
of the embroidery. and the neck Is
also finished with an embroidered
band. The belt may be of the same, or
of white leather
For girls from five to ten the one
piece frock with the shaped farine
skirt and pronounced waist line is wei
liked. This may be developed in ali
the stout wash materials, and is a
tritie more tailored in it's effect than
the loose Russian blouse affaN II
is generally laid in box plaits. FROM
and back with the opening in the
center of the back. These plaits are
stitched down to the waist line. from
which point they flare. A belt of the
material is slipped through straps, and
II the frock is to be worn in the af
ternoon, sash of soft material NAV
be substituted for the belt. pref
ty little frock on these lines is offered
in gray linen crash, with white linen
collars and cuffs, and a string tie
of dark blue, to match the blue EN-
broidery on the chevron. Such a lit
tie frock may be worn to the break
fast table and for the morning parade
on the board walk. When the young
ster is ready to dig and play in the
sand, the linen collar and cuff set and
the pretty silk tie may be removed.
and it will be found that neatly An
ished throat and sleeve bands. with
touch of white braid. turn it into
an acceptable dress in which to play.
Sailor frocks have not been. downed
by the newer vogues, and the modif-
cation of the hour is the removal of
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-24

skirt, with gathers neatly distributed,
being preferred. The belt of the skirt
and the straps for the shoulder should
not be too wide, or they will give the
child bunchy look, neither should
they be trimmed, for the palmer and
simpler the suspender dress the more
becoming it is and the better it will
fulfill its mission.
In wash goods, cheviots, madras.
mercerized linens, cottons, ginghams.
chambrays, zephyrs and piques all
make up into satisfactory garments.
There is a great demand for natural
toned gray and ecru linens, as they are
best suited for wear at the beaches.
For chilly days, there are suspen-
der skirts in fine checked silks and
woods, and a heavy mercerized cotton
that can hardly be distinguished from
silk. For wear with these there are
trim little REFERS in the same material
and boleros finished with braid or
narrow ribbon stitched on in triple
rows.
The gimps or little shirt waists to
be worn with suspender frocks are
almost invariably of plain white.
with plaits or tucks for decoration,
and perhaps a tiny ruffle of embroid-
cry at sleeve and throat. They are
more effective if the tucking and
line than If showing a yoke
effect.
For morning wear. there is nothing
to equal the Russian blouse suit in
brown Holland linen, finished with
white stitching. All the weight is
thrown on the shoulders, and the
opening is on the left side. These
one-piece frocks may be laid in elab-
crate box or side plaits, but are most
practical when finished with a couple
OF plaits running down from each
shoulder. A belt is not necessary.
but If one is worn at all ii must be
very narrow and run through stitched
straps. Belts of patent leather in
various colors, no more than half an
inch wide, are worn with the long
wasted effects seen in ready-to-wear
frocks.
For active girls and boys there Il
nothing that will withstand wind
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-24

the shield. with it's band of linen
around the throat. A very. pretty de-
sign in white duck has a touch of
navy blue in the collar and cuffs
IN the embroidery on the sleeve, and
IN the soft silk tie which finishes off
the open V-shaped throat. For cool
Gays an embroidered shield may be
introduced, but there is growing
tendency to have youngsters open
throated and cool in sailor frocks.
Beach fashions grow more and
more sensible, and after breakfast
many a happy child is Invested of
her smartly tailored morning cos
tune and enveloped into a good, old
fashioned play apron.
These are built somewhat on
Mother Hubbard lines, with roomy
yokes, simple bishop sleeves, and full,
plain skirts falling from the yoke. They
are offered in chambrays. striped ging
mans ana zephyrs. and are big saving
IN laundry bills, being utterly without
trimming, even of braid.
New designs in wash braids, with a
touch of embroidery on shield or chev-
ron, IN plain colors or colors mixed
with white, are favorite methods of
trimming the emergency, ready-to-
wear trock. Little lace, embroidery
or tucking is seen. Common-sense rules
- wv AdCtOIys as well as the nome
Workroom, when IL comes to morning
frocks.
Very few petticoats are shown fsT
small summer girls. boomers havins
taken their place so generally that they
are oHered for sale in all the shops
Iwo-piece suits are prime favorites
with small boys. and they are most
practical in neutral tones of tan or
gray. They come also in the most
delicate of tints for afternoon wear.
A eherub-like boy of 5, with straight
yellow hair, appears each morning al
4 well-known resort in brown Holland
men, but in the afternoon he emerges
radiant in pale blue suits of fine linen
with pale blue socks, black patent
leather low shoes with straps. a black
leather belt and hat TO match. He is
known locally as Little Boy Blue, and
rs one of the picturesque features Of
the board walk and piazza brigade.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-24

pins all arranged in groups. At one
end of the sheet is sewed two ribbons
which match the lining silk. and the
summer girl can roll up her sheet like
a housewife" and pack it I'm her bag
when travelling. At the hotel she fas-
tens 1t up ON the wall by means Of
two stout pins or fine tacks stuck
through the corners.
Among the toilette conveniences
which she will find essential for the
summer may be mentioned the rubber
complexion brush. which looks not un-
like bath mttt, and slips over the
hand. The use Of this brush Is much
better than constant application Of
powder 70 the face. II Is used dry
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-24

on the face, and Is particularly sue
cessful in improving an oily skin Il
can be washed, but must be dried be-
fore using again.
A bottle Of good talcum powder for
the arms and hands and one of face
powder will be needed, also a reliable
lotion for freckles, a little bowl OF
almond meal and an atomizer filed
with toilet water. The girl who has
trouble In keeping her hair in share
at the shore or mountain resort VIII
find the occasional use OF brilliantine'
which can be purchased at any hair
dressing establishment, most helpful
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-24
Sanitary Bureaus
For Summer Girls
Exit Frills and Enter Simplicity in
Furnishings-SOme of the New
Toilette Conveniences.

The summer girl is just now going
in for the sanitary bureau. Primeval
simplicity-if there is such a thing in
the modern toilette-and pristine
freshness are the fad. She has put
away all the beribboned and lace
trimmed appurtenances which mark
the winter fashion of her dressing ia
BILE; neither is there decorated china
nor silver to be polished. but every
thing about her is pure white and
washable.
A dresser of white enamel furnishes
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-07-24
P0FcheS Furnished
As Living Rooms

Verandas Are Furnished as EIabo-
rately as the Indoor Apartments.
The furnishing of a country or SUI
burban home has been greatly simpli-
fed of late years by the architects who
supply commodious porches. The in
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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-08-25
VioIatOrs of Game Laws.

For killing a bull moose near Won
tilly, few miles from Crookston.
Dennis Fortier was fined $50 and
costs, after pleading guilty to the
charge preferred by Game Warden T.
II. Elliott. The moose had strayed
from the Thief river timber. A fish
erman in St. Peter was fined SS0.65
with an alternate Imprisonment in the
county jail for forty days on a charge
of selling four black bass out of sea-
son. The fisherman chose to go to
Jail. This is one of the heaviest fines
ever. imposed at the instance of the
game and fish commission for selling
four fish. The fine was imposed in
accordance with the recent decision. of
the State supreme court that the mag
nitude of the offense is measured by
the Jnumber of fish or game illegally
caught or killed.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-08-25
LICHTNINC'S WORK.
Lightning Strikes r. w. Freer's Res
idence in Greenbush and Does
Some Damage.
Prof. Shaw Places the Damage to
Wheat Crop in Northwest at
Forty Per Cent.

During the storm last Saturday
night lightning struck the residence of
r. w. Freer of Greenbush and dam
aged it about $3.50. 1t was between
nine and ten O'Clock and Mr. and
Mrs. Freer had retired. There was a
fearful crash and Mr.. Freer got up
and looked out of the window to see if
he could see the results of the light
ming anywhere, but he could not see
any fire, and was about to go back
to bed when he looked into the adjoin-
ing room and found the room afre.
He then saw that the lightning had
struck his house and had gone down
through the kitchen roof, into the room
over the kitchen and that the bolt had
passed along on the telephone wires
inside the house and had burned them
Off. A big hole was made in the roof
and the lath and plastering in many
places about the house was badly
damaged. AS the bolt passed within
a few feet of Mr.. and Mrs. Freer they
consider themselves lucky that they
escaped as fortunately as they did.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-08-25
THE WHEAT RUST.
Prof. Thomas Shaw Places Damage to
Northwest Crop at Forty Per Cent
A Minnesota Estimate.

Prof. Thomas Shaw Places Damage to
Northwest Crop at Forty Per Cent
A Minnesota Estimate.
Prof. Thomas Shaw has been in
speeding the wheat fields of the north
west and he estimates the damage from
rust at forty per cent. OF the Mime
sofa crop he says:
"With reference to the crop of Min
nesota, more definite report is pos
sible, but not so full as with reference
to North Dakota. From Crookston
to St. Vincent on the line of the Great
Northern road is ninety-one miles.
Between Crookston and Warren and
around Warren, the heavy crop is
badly smitten, putting it under ten
bushels per acre and considerably un-
der that amount, while north Of War
rem the crop improved toward the
Canadian line, SO as to put the average
pronouncedly over ten bushels per
acre. as high probably as twelve Or
thirteen bushels. From Crookston to
Moorhead is sixty-eight miles. The
wheat is badly struck along this line,
and much of it will not average more
than six or seven bushels per acre.
From Moorhead to Willmar is fifty
eight miles. The average will in
crease from say eight bushels at
Moorhead to fully eighteen bushels at
Willmar, and from Willmar to Mime
apolis the wheat crop is beautiful, as
it is also in Southern Minnesota. But
so badly smitten is it in the eastern
portion, which is truly the wheat Sec
ton, that it will not be safe to esti-
mate the whole crop over nine and
one-half bushels. Taking Mr.. Jones'
figures for last year as the acreage
for this year, viz, 100000 acres,
this would give Minnesota a crop of
100000 bushels, against 81, 900,
Mr.. Jones' estimate for last year.
These estimates will put this years
crop for the three states at 100, All, 500
bushels. Mr.. G. Fl. Thornton's esti-
mate last year was 175, 376, 900 bushels,
including Macaroni. The above esti-
mate does not include MacarOni. AS
there was straw enough in each of the
three states for eighteen bushels an
acre, it is safe to conclude these
states have together lost more than
100000 bushels by the shrinkage."