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The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11
By MARY DEAN

Beginning with materials, it seems
to be the etiquette of the pretentious
places never to call rainproof textures
"cravenette." Materials are either
rubber or shower proof silk or show
er-proof cloth. If you ask for a rub
Der coat for foot wear you will be
stared at as If you had just proposed
to break one of the Commandments.
Rubber rain coats, you are told, are
only worn en- voiture Gn vehicles).
and to wear one out walking would
be serious indescretion. In other
words, although a superb driving gar
ment, the rubber coat is considered
fast on foot.
Shower Proof Cloths in Gray.
The shower-proof cloths are thought
to provide the neatest and most prac-
teal wear and the iron grays long
seen are much approved. But the new
weaves differ entirely from the old
ones. Instead of the former plain
surfaces, there are hair stripes, little
checks and fancy plaids. The buttons
of such coats, and of other trim, neat
models, are made of the same mate
rial and are very small. Except in a
modest trio upon the sleeve, perhaps,
they are often not seen at all, for a
number of the single breasted coats
close with fly fronts
A new and dashing model on this
order is the usual loose sacque, cut
with the yoke and upper part of
sleeves in one. To the long shoulder
caps thus formed big puffs are stitch
ed, the Tapped seam which attaches
them proving quite ornamental around
the arm. The design has a slot seam
at the back, fitting it slightly into the
figure. The coat is silk lined to the
waist, and some of the sleeves are pro-
vided with silk under ones, whose
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11
The Rain Goat Is Now
a Thing Of Beauty
The Automobile Has Evolved he Shapeess Into
Shapes of Surprising Style and Grace.

The automobile has had much to do
with the evolution of the rain coat.
Presenting once a shapeless cut and
surface of Indifferent black, this old
protective garment has within recent
seasons taken on surprising beauty.
All the good cuts have now the en-
veloping looseness of garments for
motoring. but they are 'shapely to an
astonishing degree, and certain coats
of extra generous lines seem really
splendid on large, fine figures.
The new rain coat is not, as was
the old one, of sombre and unbecom-
ing hue. The richest colors dis
tinguish coats for day use, and for
evening wear there are rubbered silk
coats as delicately tinted as opera
wraps. These last are especially gen
erous in cut, with great flowing or bag
sleeves made to cover the biggest
under one, and pointed and circular
cape collars which hide necessarily
clumsy shoulders.
White Evening Coats.
Some Of the most charming Of these
evening coats are all white, with white
velvet collars, though there are deli
cate violets and gold and white striped
designs which seem equally dressy
Upon a pure white rubber coat mar
row piping of black may match the
velvet collar, and this is thought to
be a smart combination. Another
evening novelty is in pale blue and
white, with a blue velvet collar and
huge pearl buttons.
Importers declare that such coats
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11

for ornament. and a breast and hip
patch pocket.
Other little rainy-day gowns de-
Vised on somewhat similar lines and
shown by this tailor might be worn
at any autumn outing. for they have
a golf or mountain look. Soft alpine
hats, plainly banded or swathed with
wells or leather scarfs, were shown to
go with them. Sailor hats Of the same
shower cloth as the dress. with patent
leather trimmings. were also seen, as
well as the ordinary black patent
leather sailors worn by many horse.
women.
But as to the rain-day hat, any
thing fairly simple and compact may
be worn. The main thing necessary is
security against the never weary
winds. Enveloping wells come in
smartly for this purpose-chiffon wells
long enough to bundle the head and
hat and throat In introducing these
wells the automobile has done wom-
an a great service. They are ex-
tremely becoming and are worn any
and every where.
Several Of the good tailors an
nounce their intention Of making W
practical walking costumes from
shower proof woOls. A model a. one
place showed the round pleafed skirt
and long. loose coat with belted back
introduced IN the summer This de-
sign. which is becoming very popular.
is shown In regulation walking suits
IN al manner of stout materials.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11

clothes. Both of my boys had even
ing clothes as soon as they began TO
go out, for every man who expects TO
succeed in life should know how TO
dress well and carry good clothes with
ease.
I'VE average a dinner week, but
these are simple affairs, with only
slight elaboration of our regular din
ner menu. and the children take turns
in issuing the invitations
GAS the girls are working and ike
to keep early hours, we do not give
many late evening affairs, but one
Sunday night in each month we are
at home That means that any of
our friends. young or old, will md
us home if they choose to drop in for
chat We have simple refreshments,
hot chocolate and small cakes, or tiny
sandwiches and tea in cold weather,
weather turns warmer. The girls take
turns pouring and the boys are eX-
pected to make themselves agreeable
to guests, whether young or old.
1T must be very jolly" sighed one
of the country cousins.
Aunt Bess nodded her head. She
was riding her hobby now in earnest.
A Social Start for the Children.
Half the world of mothers does not
know the Importance of giving child
rem social start. They think that
because the family income is not large,
or the home paIatial the task is hope
less. Society is only for the rich,
they argue. They sit up nights to
make fancy frocks for the girls, they
scrimp and save to pay for piano les
sons, they sacrifice themselves to give
the children a week at some summer
resort, but they go right up in the air
if child asks to have a friend over
night, or a few girls to lunch.
20, can't you take them to a
matinee instead?' is the wall, and so
the children find their social life at the
theater or on the street corner or in
the public parks. And, by and by, the
pretty daughter may marry a well-to-
do man and find that she knows moth
ing of her social duties as his wife,
or the boys may become successful
business men and find themselves face
to face with the problem of taking a
course in social training when they
reach middle age.
We mothers wouldn't neglect
sending the children to Sunday-school
or to the dentist, but we let them
work out their own social salvation,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11

proof silks in rich Scotch plaids, black
and white, and brown and white.
Plaid and striped woods compose 9TH
ers in forms highly suggestive of the
old ulsters. for these textures are not
rubbered at the back. as are the silks.
For this reason the simple wool mater
ials are preferred by many as being
cooler than the rubber-treated woods
and silks, and there is no denying that
such models hang better than do the
others. There is "a crumpled and creas-
ed look about the silk garments, as if
they were occasionally used for night
gowns. but this does not detract great
ly from their elegant appearance,
The plain woods in ulster-like cuts
are of less aristocratic pretensions, but
they are trim. stylish and more rea-
sonable in price Three coats, respec-
lively in plaid, checked and diagonal
woods, are offered at the popular price
of $22 each. A shoulder cape is shown
by two dealers. that OF one oddly in
Guiding the front in the cut of this de-
tail. The moderate-siZed sleeves of
both are in coat shape. with square
turn back cuffs. The high storm collars
are made to look as well down as up.
In number of these less expensive
coats. both loose and half fitting, a
Norfolk betting of the back is feature,
and big pockets are set in the sides.
The Rainy Day Dress.
The lainy-day dress is an innova-
ton in storm garments. 1t is a short
skirted Norfolk coated costume
charmingly becoming to youthful fig
ures. A tailor of reputation declares
that several smart women have order
ed such dresses for walking, in the
usual shower-p proof textures. A de-
liciously dainty suit is of gray and
black stripe, with only heavy stitching
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11
Social Funds in
Family Circles

New Way of Solving the Problem of
Entertaining on a Small Income.
How to Start and Spend the Fund
to Best Advantage.
80 you see. by the time John has
put a dollar in the savings bank and
half a dollar in the social fund. his
salary is about gone" said Aunt Bess.
1.-The social fund.- What's that?"
inquired an eager voice on her right.
Aunt Bessie Merrill had come up
from Chicago to visit her country
nieces and nephews, and she was Civ
ing them all the news about their city
cousins. two boys and three girls. who
were self-supporting, or nearly so.
One of the girls was a teacher in the
public schools. another held a clerk
ship and third was a stenographer.
The boys were employed in big
wholesale establishments.
Haven't you heard about our So
cfal fund? 1t has been a family insti-
tuition for four years, and we couldn't
keep house without it. Each of the
children contributes TO it in proper
ton to his or her salary, and l add a
weekly amount from my housekeeping
allowance. Then, when we entertain,
we draw on this fund for the refresh
ments, or the added expense, if it is
a dinner, and you would not believe
until you have tried the plan how it
reduces friction in the household.
Here in the country, where peo-
pie drop in Unexpectedly and in in
formal fashion, entertaining is not
such a bugbear as it becomes in the
city where small flats and high prices
for food present many difficulties. And
where families work on salaries, they
must figure carefully, for once your
expenses get beyond the salary limit
there is no catching up.
Takes Close Figuring.
I'm many families of small incomes
the question of entertaining is always
under discussion, and pretty sharp
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11

and it is not fair to the child. A few
less ffills on the best frock, few less
theater tickets and little more enter
tanning around the family table will
balance matters better.
A Child without Social Training.
There is nothing more pathetic
than the child who has grown up
without any social training and who
works her way up to position where
she is forced to mingle with people
VINO have had such advantages. I buy
my daughters calling cards and sta
tlonery just as I watch for bargains in
clothes. i see TO it that every mem
Der of the family circle is prompt to
acknowledge favors and Invitations
and TO make dinner and party calls. 1
want my boys to know how to escort
lady TO the dinner table, as well as 10
carve the fowl served upon IL.
Il hope that every one OF the chill
dren viii some day have a happy home
OF his or her own and know how to
preside over H. Some Of my dearest
enemies call me a maneuverang NAM
ma, and I'm proud OF the title. / be-
lieve IN the social as well as the edu-
cational and financial campaign"
That's very well for your family,
Aunt Bess," said big. square, shout
dered Jim, who had Just finished his
course ~ the district school. and had
been given fourth interest In his
fathers fine farm. But Allie is the
only one OF us who "a earning money
the Oldest sister was teaching school
IN the next toWnship-"and what
would do with a swailow-tailed
coat2"
That's true, but YOU have q very
neat sunday suit, and ala you ever
mink what pretty compliment a.
would De 20 Allies friends who visit
her occafionaiiy n you put on that
cut each eYenlng FOR tel7 I'm sure
they would ail 80 away and say what
p nice brother Alice Merrill has,
name Accomplishment
"And al for q fund. Why. YOU have
ilff AZ good things A. plf in 81
money ouf Hif|f haFo 10 time fo
Nofk afonr9 hone. bui heff ~ Bees
iconnuusd % faFe qNsniy-fhrssl
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11

discussion, too. If there is a big din
ner one night for guests, all the rest
or the week the family must live on
scraps or the cheapest of fare. When
l was young girl 1 lived with an
aunt who was very kind to me-
dressed me beautifully, sent me to
hear good music and fine lectures, and
gave me lovely birthday presents, but
whenever l wanted to bring home a
young friend for a meal there was
trouble.
The memory of those wrangles
over entertaining was so strong that
as soon as / was married / started a
little social fund of my own, and as
fast as the boys and girls began to
earn salaries 1 had them contribute
This was not entirely because your
Uncle John and ] felt that they ought
10 help but because it gave them all
a sense OF responsibility and placed
them In the position Of actual hosts
and hostesses.
Each OF the three older children
contributes dollar q week 10 the
fund. and 50 do l. while the two
younger each give half a dollar On
- a week we can do considerable en-
pertaining 90 the course OF a year. Last
year We had a little over when SUM
ner came and the children divided IL
ptANefn mem 4gf spending money on
their vacations.
Twice a Year Parties.
Twice o year we give what we call
parties, that Dr.. we have a number Of
young people ln Tor dancing and
games, ana serve formal refreshments.
The three older children entertain
their friends at one party ana the two
younger ~ ne second, but 80 nvc are
pff1ent 80 each parry This brings
shout % community ~ social interests
that On go0l a. aef in luy family Fars
ftf9isrlY ir bIa clfiff, boys ard Girls
make friends outside fhe family. fIf-
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same efs enc even mothers A. uof
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The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11

AT the Summer Resort Here!
shouted the excited guest, i've been
robbed in this hotel" "Gwan," whoop-
ed the clerk with a big black cigar,
frescoed shirt front. and cut-glass pin,
don't begin to holler afore yer bill is
made out. Detroit Free Press.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11

The marriage 81 Count Herbert
Bismarck and Countess Hoy0s took
occasion thai the Kaiser took . step
which has been described 40 zone ~
fhe falseEf stems ~ be iife-a ffep
equivalent 90 The maleYolenf bgYcctt-
ting - fhe Bismsrcka" ~ order ~
bic majesty count Capr1 fhe new
chancellor, wrote A. Prince TeHfF
German nmbaaaaGor AZ fierra
should fhe Prince ffN-rhancfi ~
his family make any tUpruanl ~ 500,
prey f0nnnf ycurErf ~ r1rFsuflonnl
~ bf observed 10 flo aan ~ fhr go.
paEHF meg nfa fnHf nif mn trf q
NN tate ~ nQilef ~ fle HflanF
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11

The Sultan of Turkey has seven
ty-one titles, and on the parchment
containing them are the words: LAS
many more as may be desired can be
added to this number" Among the til
ties are abdul Hamid, the Eternally
Victorious" THE Eternally Smiling
THE Eternally Invincible," "Distribu-
tor of Crowns to the Heroes Seated on
the Thrones" and Shadow of God on
Earth"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-09-11

The directoire hat shows a high
crown, brim flat on the right side,
flaring on the left and bent down in
the back to meet the soft soil or
bun" in which the up-to-date girl
knots her hair at the nape of the
neck. The true directoire hat is trim
med very high in the front with
plumes or flowers, but the tailored di-
rectoire does away with all high
trimming A stylish model on this
The Press., 1904-11-16
USE or PERo~....- ,..1NOUN
why the Uncultivated Appear Al
-. ~ava IN M TalIrAnHAnR SELF.

why the URcWltivated Appear Al
ways to BE TallkiAHgOf Self.
All the uncultivated appear almost al
ways to be talking about themselves,
but it. is easy for a superficial observer
to exaggerate the extent to which this
Ia the case. For instance, IL you dis
cuss with cultivated man a question
Of morals or the wisdom or rectitude Of
any particular line Of conduct. he will
tell you what he thinks right or what
b thinks wrong or what STRIKES (hiza
al wise or foolish, with very little use
Of the personal pronoun. He can see
the situation from the outside. But II
you discuss 1t with an upeducated man
he is incapable Of this detached atti-
tude of mind. The uneducated man can
only picture the circumstancesrtO him
self by picturing himself In the midst
Of them. What he thinks right and
wise is, no doubt, often. great deal
better and wiser than what he would
actually have done. Such and such q
thing was wrong; l should not have
done it." he says, or: "Such and such
was foolish. Now, had it been me,
should have done SO and So" To the
sophisticated listener he gives an Inn
preston of appalling self righteous
ness and even perhaps of Hypocrisy,
but the impression Is a mistaken one.
He argues in the vocative case, because
it is the one in which he can most cas-
lily express himself.
Some people, it must be admitted, at
tract condolences from those who have
no weakness for making them. We are
not alluding to those persons who by
a method Of deft cross questioning
manage to abstract Information with
which they have no business. Such
information is not confded by it's orig
inal owner, but stolen from him. or at
least wormed out of him. The people
we mean have that in their face and
bearing which makes all the world
at home with them. Whoever meets
them may know that they are incapa-
BILE of giving a snub or rebuff to any
one WHO claims their sympathy, be he
never SO silly. They go, about the
world unarmed and unafraid and, to
give human nature it's due, unhurt Un-
consciously, it is they who make the
first confidence, telling those who see
them, even for the first time, that they
are sympathetic and detached. and as
shrewd as they are harmless.-London
Spectator.
The Press., 1904-11-16

The German club will hold . dance
at their hall on Westford. avenue Sat-
urday evening. with music by Jor-.
The Press., 1904-11-16
NEW ZEALAND GEYSERS.
Among Them Ii Said to he the Bis.
gest SpOuter In the World.

Among Them Is Said to he the Big
gest SpOuter In the World.
Yellowstone park is reputed to have
the most magnificent geysers in the
world, but their reputation is based
upon the statements of travellers who
have never been to New Zealand and
who know nothing of it's natural Won
ders
Leaving Auckland by a fast express
train, a journey of eight hours brings
one to Rotorua, where may be seen the
most splendid geyser which is proba-
bly, to be found anywhere in the world.
To give one some idea of the magni-
tude of the geyser ! need mention only
the height of some of the surround
ing objects. Over the Inferno crater"
which contains a seething lake Of wa
ter, Is a small shelter shed $50 feet
above the plain. The surface of the
water in the geyser basin when at
rest is about forty feet below this
plain. The height of the eruption
must often be about 800 feet. This
is by no means exceptional Higher
''shots" have been recorded | have
myself seen a shot computed at 1900
feet. Some months ago the area of
the basin was measured In a small
boat by Mr.. Buckeridge ana II guide.
They found that the area is about two
and q half acres, from which it may
be inferred that this geyser may well
be called the largest in the world.
The geyser plays about twenty-five
times each month, Is very erratic and
gives no warning when 1t Is about to
erupt The theory is advanced that
the basin. is somewhat like funnel
and that when the water and stones
are elected the larger stones return
and Jam in the neck, thereby choking
the outlet, so that an enormous pres
sure Of steam must shift them. When
the pressure is sufficiently great to
blow out the Instructions ii naturally
would eject water to a great height
The theory, however. is at best rather
fanciful.
This geyser is not the only one to
be seen in the vicinity. Others may
be mentioned. such as the POhutu.
Wairoa. Feather. Papakura and 9th
ers, besides mud volcanoes.-Scientitic
American. -9
The Press., 1904-11-16

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The Press., 1904-11-16
A HRAvY LoAp-To lift that losd a,

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write this to show how we'll the remedy
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The Press., 1904-11-16
FAMILIAR HOSPITALITY.
The Way Villagers I'm the Orient El
tertain Passing Stramgers.

The Way Villagers I'm the Orient E1-
tertain Passing Strangers.
The villagers who entertain the
stranger In their houses naturally
enough expect him to talk to them, for
thus only can he give them the return
they anticipate for their hospitality.
AS q general rule they will accept no
remuneration for the food and shelter
they give, but they do expect payment
for the feed OF the animals.
The conversation one has to carry on
with the host and the other villagers
who drop In to see and pay their re-
spects to the stranger is entertaining
and even amusing as long as one is q
novice. in the country, because it Is
unsophisticated prattle, such as one
must have heard in Europe in the mid
die ages. One unfailing topic Is the
rotundity Of the world, the negative
side. of the question being always de-
Tended. They cannot believe that the
sun remains stationary, for why should
they disregard the evidence Of their
own eyes. which shows them that 1t
does move across the vault of heaven?
They ask you how much tribute your
countrymen pay to their padishah
(whom we wrongly call sultan). whose
foot is upon the neck Of all nations, as
they firmly believe. They inquire NIL
nutely into your business at home and
your reasons for travel In their coun-
try, etc. They handle with childlike
joy and amazement your rife and re-
volver, your knife, pen, pencils, your
helmet and clothing, and the women
can never have enough of feeling and
fondling your socks. which are more
evenly and closely knit than their
backwoods homemade article.
One must submit to an examination
Of this kind wherever one stops, often
several times a day. Finally it pals
on the traveller unless he is gifted with
the patience Of Job, and from that mo-
ment he tries to avoid village hospital
ity. A further reason for such avoid
anee Is the fact that the acceptance Of
the hospitality Of villagers makes 1t
impossible for the traveller to put into
durable form his road notesof the day
while matters are still fresh in his
mind For the scientific traveller or the
archaeologist this is Of the utmost mo-
ment Now, among Turks writing In
the house Of your entertainer would
simply be impoite and a boorish re-
turn for the hospitality, but Arabs re-
gard the man who writes or draws as
q spy, and will not permit it at ALL
]. r. 8. Sterrett In Harper's Magazine.