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The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-29
CONTRACTS WERE
LET LAST NIGHT
The Additional Station to be at
10th and Jones.
Contracts Lot for Two New Chemical
Eugines-Aerial Truck TO BE
Improved.
Contracts Lot for Two New Chemical
CITY sTENoGRAPHER PROPOSED

A meeting OF the joint fire commit
tee of the general council was held
last night and IL was decided to estab-
lish the additional fire station for the
south side at Tenth and Jones streets,
and the Mayor closed deal with the
whittemore Agency for the ground
for $500.
Last night the contract for two new
chemical engines, and alterations TO
the aerial truck, was let to the Sea-
grave Company, of Columbus, Ohio.
at an aggregate cost of $500. The
new engines are to b. here within
ninety days.
The truck will be changed in such .
manner, according to the agreement,
that tine aerial ladder can be raised in
a,,few seconds, and only two men will
be required to man it.
The contract for new storage bat
terry lCI CoutIbl StutlOu WINS t't w WV
Gsmewell company at cost Of ell
6s5. The contracts will have to be
ratified.
The work Of remodeling the build
ing at Tenth and Clay streets will be-
gin at once, and that Of erecting q
station at Tenth and Jones will begin
as soon as bids can be Secured. The
plans used in building the department
at Fourth and Elizabeth will be used
for the one ct Tenth and Jones.
The insurance men are very much
pleased to see the city officials so ac-
tive in the work of improving the fire
fighting facilities but say that the 20
per cent. increase will not te taken
of until every recommendation has
been complied with sosfar as they.can
learn from headquarters.
Alderman Gus Singleton will short
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-29
Many Merchants are Ready to
Take Space on Exhibit Streets.
Contract For Music and Arch to be
Let This Week, Probably
Tomorrow.
BUSINESS OF THE COMMITTEE

The Carnival Executive committee
held q meeting last night at Hotel
Lagomarsiuo, andl transacted consid-
cradle business.
Today the booth committee 10 to
start out. 1t is composed of Messrs.
H. O. Rhodes, Jake Wallerstein and
Harry Meyers. and its obje ct is to get
as many merchants as possible to take
space on the exhibit street. The priv
ilege Of displaying or disposing Of
their wares will cost them nothing.
The only cost will be for the construc-
ton of the booths, which will be low
err than the merchants could do it
themselves because the contract is let
in whole.
Mr.. George Inrgam, the well known
contractor, has been awarded the con-
tract for building the big fence and
the booths.
1t was decided to hire one band in
the city. Which one it will be is left
to Messrs. q. r. Davis and Charles
weille. who compose the committee.
This band, with the band Of eighteen
pieces furnished by the carnival COM
pany. will be sufficient, it is thought.
The contract for the big entrance
arch will be let this afternoon or to-
morrow by the same committee, and
will 20 to either Alex Mcconnell or
Bob McCune.
Mr.. Harry Johnson, chairman of
the ticket committee, has ordered the
tickets for the week, numbering many
thousands.
A letter has been received from Mr..
Joe Conley, who made many friends
while. promoting csrnivals In Paducah
in recent years, stating that he would
be mighty glad to "get back home, u
and that he had the best attractions
on the roed this year. He is director
of the whole Mundy Company and his
many friends here will be pleased &c
see him again.
There are some things yet to settle
in connection with the Palm Garden
or German Village" but it has beer
definitely decided to have vaudeville
show in it, as usual.
The site has been definitely decided
on, as stated several days ago. 1t II
at 12tb and Trimble streets. Anoth
er meeting will bs held Thursday ev
eping, probably, to consider othel
matters.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-29
OFFICERS ELECTED
MR.. j. K. ENGLISH CHOSEN
PRESIDENT OF THEATER
COMPANY.

Mr.. James e. English has been
elected president. J. O. Flournoy vice
president and George O. Wallace SEQ
rotary of the English Theater com.
pany, recently organized here. The
election was held yesterday and the
company is preparing to at once build
the new theater at Henderson.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-29
". B. MCPHERSON a sG1T

ly introduce in the board Of alder
men an ordinance creating the posi-
iion Of official stenographer for the
city. whose duties IL shall be- to do
all the correspondence for the city.
There is a great deal OF this origi-
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-29
THE BEST COUGH SYRUP.

s. L. Apple. ex-Probate Judge, OF
tawa Co., Kansas, writes: This is
TO say that / have used Ballard q
Horehonnd Syrup for years and that
do not hesitate to recommend it as
the best cough syrup have ever used. "
25c, SOC, 81. 90. Sold by Dubois Kolb
& Co., Paducah, KY.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-29

Attorney W. NJ. oliver will go to
Evansville tonight on business.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-03-29

mating In various offices from that
Of mayor down, and each has 10 DO
his own.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-28

figure to show dimly through these lace
curtains, which are likewise made by half
fitted coats.
The shopper also sees among the more
fragile wraps lace tippets which are
scarcely more than collars with undulating
fiounces at the edges and scarf fronts.
These and all scarf-shaped wraps are dis
tinct reminders OF 1890 styles, and such eff
fects becoming to sloping- shouldered
types.
In Parchment Hue.
Still another beautiful wrap in mantle
style is of 'drap parchemin," a parchment
hued cloth of satin fineness. A model dis
played guipures of wool lace in the same
shade. run with green velvet This was
passed through lace about the shoulders to
produce a capuchin effect. and similar
bands drew the great sleeves into the wrist.
Adjusted coats, in blouse form, of taffeta,
satin and peau de sole, are often lined
throughout But the doublings are of the
thinnest possible quality, and fluffy sleeve
effects and white vests give them Hghtness
and elegance.
The sleeves OF the fancier wraps are of
many varieties, and the daily leaning seems
toward increase of size. Narrow killings
at the bottom of bell hounces show on
many, while the wide arm covering of
another taffeta coat. finished with a simple
putting. will owe it's splendor to founcing
white undersleeves.
Simple trimmings are employed m many
novel ways upon the silk blouse coats and
others of thin cloth. some of which are
provided with tails becoming to slim fig
ures. The cloth coats themselves, especial
ly those which effect any sort of a fit while
producing look of great elegance, are not
as practicable as the looser silk models.
Nevertheless certain of the French makers
are making strong effort to introduce
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FANCY WRAPS AGAIN
Have Returned With Old and
New Glory.
DRESS AND SERVICE
ALL SORTS OF MODELS FOR ALL
AGES SHOWN.
Few Are Intended for Warmth, and
Most Are Just for
Show.
DRESS AND SERVICE
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special Correspondence of The Evening star
NEW YORK. May 20, 1901
The tailor gown, with its accommodating
coat, was for long time responsible for
the disappearance of fussier summer wraps.
But this costume having emerged from its
prim chrysalis into a winged thing OF wide
sleeves and wonderful trimmings, the fancy
wrap has returned to cover lacy waists and
hang over angelic skirts
Numberless are the materials of these
charming summer coverings, whose primal
intention, however. is plainly not one of
warmth. Unlined taffeta is the ground prin-
ciple of many, and this is often so beauti-
fed with quillings, laces and narrow vel
vets that 1t can be readily seen that the
garment is mainly an excuse for another
coquetry. But the delicately tinted and
gauzy textures of the day give them a
raison d'etre, and the loose styles disguise
bad figures: and to the elderly woman, to
whom a wrap of some description is indis-
pensable-who never, indeed. winter or
summer goes without one-theyGre posi-
tive boon. AS to their lack of warmth,
were they heavier they would lose much OF
their charm for a butterfly lightness of
effect really distinguishes the most fetching
models.
Loose styles on. the mantle order-some-
thing that falls no farther than the waist
are often fabricated almost entirely of lace
with only enough silk ribbon or satin to
give body to the web. Front and back the
side pleats or killings fall in pointed kiH:o-
ma fashion, with the thin Innings confined
to the yoke and a portion of the sleeves
An elegant freak OF fashion is for a good
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to the bathing shoes. If the harmless edge
of wave should catch you much the
better. A little dash of salt water cannot
do any harm, even though you are forbid
den to plunge in. You need not be afraid
of taking cold from this dash so long as
you keep up the exercises AS soon as they
are over and the glow begins to subside
you must remove all damp clothing before
you suffer from It's cleanliness. Combined
sea water and perspiration meeting cold
breezes may have dire results.
A Safe Habit.
1t IS a weH-known fact that sitting or
lying on warm sand is much safer than on
the earth. When the earth has been thor
oughly dried ard heated It, too, makes a
good couch, but It is far more treacherous
than sand on account of an underlying
dampness. A physician who has made him.
self famous by his treatment of nervous
patients often prescribes nothing for case
except several hours daily spent in lying
on summer beach. The patient is given
no pillow; he must lie full length on his
back, stretching arms and legs to their
fullest extent under the cover of an afghan,
for the weather is seldom warm enough for
any one to lie down without extra covering
Did you know this? The heart beats more
slowly when the body is in PROSTATE posi-
ton; blood flows more quietly; SO the nat
ural warmth is lesseued and artificial
warmth must be resorted to.
Open up your beach performance with a
few somersanlts and handsprings. If you
learned in your early youth to turn these,
it will be easy to revive your knowledge
now. If not, don't delay the accomplish
ment any longer little tumbling in the
warm sand should make new woman of
you In at least one sense of the phrase.
The thrusting exercises are good for the
biceps. You must first understand fully
what the primary thrusting position is. The
fists are tightly clenched and drawn up
against the shoulders so that the thumb
1;ac ai-rcf fho CHI dor and fla Ia
little finger is forward. This position causes
the elbows TO project forward. The upper
arm lies horizontal. on a level with the
shoulder; the forearm bends backward and
upward, ending with the fist the Shout
der.
Go Moderately at First.
From this position as a basis, all the
thrusts are made. The forward thrust
throws the arm straight out in front with
tremendous force The outward thrust
throws the arm straight out at the side
When you try this you will notice that a
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Dainty Desserts.

Peach Betty.-Sprinkle a layer of but
tered breadcrumbs in a buttered baking
dish. Cut peaches in quarters and put
them over the crumbs. Sprinkle with
granulated sugar. Continue with alternate
layers until the dish is fun. Have the
buttered crumbs on top. Bake il a mod
crate oven twenty minutes. Serve with
sweetened cream.
Chocolate Cream.-Mix five level table,
spoonfuls of cornstarch, half a cupful of
sugar and a pinch of salt. Rub smooth IN
one-third of a cupful of milk, add two
cupfuls of scalded milk, stir and ccol over
hot water zen minutes. Melt one and
half squares of chocolate and add IL 10 the
cornstarch mixture, stirring until smooth
Add whites of two eggs beaten stiff and
one tablespoonful of vanilla. Turn into
mold, put on ice and serve with cream.
Bitter Almond Corns tarch.-Put one pint
of milk in a double boiler: rub two level
tablespoonfuls OF cornstarch smooth in
little cold water and add 1t TO scllding
milk. Stir until thiclsened. Beat the yolks
of two eggs, add two tabIespoonfuls of ma
pie or brown sugar to the milk and corn
starch, flavor with bitter almond extract
and turn into a pudding dish. Beat the
whites of two eggs stin with two table,
spoonfuls of powdered sugar. Spread this
over the pudding and brown slightly in
the oven.
Cottage Pudding.-Mix two level tea
spoonfuls of baking powder in one- cup
full of -four; cream two tablespoonful OF
butter. add half n cupful of sugar and
one egg half a oupful of milk and q
pinch of salt Add the -four beat well.
turn into cake tin and bake twenty-five
minutes in a moderate oven. Serve with
chocolate sauce made by melting three
ounces of chocolate over hot water a half
cupful of sugar and a half cupful of boil
ing water. Stir until dissolved, then flavor
with a little vanilla.
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THE QUEST OF BEAUTY
Oalisthenics in the Sand
Gym" Are Necessary
BEACH EXERCIS ES
A FINE SERIES IS HERE DE-
scRIBED.
The Health-Seeker Will Find Them as
Useful as SWIM
ming.

Written for The Evening Star by Katherine Morton.
If you are summering at the seashore you
must not depend on swimming alone for
exercise. There Is no turn half in the
world that can compare with stretch of
warm. smooth sand, over which the bracing
salt air sweeps. Find such spot. and
there go through your daily calisthenics
storing up two lungs full of sea air, pair
of rosy cheeks and any amount of good
cheer.
These beach exercises may be taken after
the swim, before the swim or at any other
time. If you plunge first you will find that
these are warming, although not especially
intended for that purpose, are some
others described in another article. They
are both relaxing and stimulating, and IL
you are inclined to feel a chill upon enter
ing the water it will be an excellent prac-
tice for you to go through few of these
motions at that time. 10 brace the whole
system against the cold waters shock. If
you are thoroughly timber and warm you
will make friends with the ocean at once.
If for any reason you are stopping near
the ocean without taking advantage of 1t
you need this sand gymnasium all the more.
Go through the performance as close to
the waters edge as you dare. Put on the
full bathing costume for the purpose, even
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A Suggestion for Girls.
From Harper's Bazaar.


"A girl whose father is "old and stricken
In years. has grown of late more and more
to take the place of the son he never had.
10 act as his right hand in business. The
man Is the owner of large fruit farm
whose work is simple but extensive and ex-
acts much superintendent. AS his health
has begun to fail gradually, the daughter
mas taken something. and then something
further and further, of his duties upon her
self, until now she looks after the place,
the sowing and wedding, the grating, the
tendance of the fruit. and. IN the season.
personally watches every shipment sent
from the great establishment to fill its
orders. She is working almost unconscious
~, and without thought save of the inn
mediate future, into lucrative business
that when, as in the fullness,of time must
soon come. her father is taken from it. viii
descend to her without clash or detriment
TO It's interests She will find herself openly
what she is now In all practical workings.
the man OF the family" and will be en-
sition. is ~
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GRADUATION GIFTS
CoMMENCEMENT DAY SOUVENIRS
HAVE INTRINSIC VALUE.
Shirt. Waist and Buckle Sets Popular
Gifts for the Sweet Girl
Graduate.

Commencement day without a bank of
floral offerings would be worse than the pro-
verbal performance of Hamlet without
the melancholy Dane. yet all indications
point to a more durable form of graduation
day souvenirs. The shops report an I'M
usual demand this year for commencement
day gifts Of considerable intrinsic value,
of lasting quality and affording place for
monographs and dates.
From fashionable jewelers. comes the in
formation that the ten-dollar gold piece will
be largely used as a souvenir of the memoir
able June day. 1t is polished until free of
the government stamp, then engraved on
one side with the recipients initials and
on the other with the date of the COM
mencement exercises. 1t is then attached
to watch chain for young man, or to
a slender, tight-fitting neck chain for the
girl. The chain should be worn above the
stock, like tiny gold beading and the
gold piece takes the place of brooch.
Another popular mech chain for fair grad
yates is a tight-fitting string OF pearls,
fastened with clasp which has a pearl
for the center, encircled by birthstones.
A graduation day bracelet for young
girl is inset on the top with tiny, OPEN
face watch, and the date is marked on it's
face.
Shirt waist and buckle sets are popular
gifts, and here the extremes of prices meet.
A new design in shirt waist sets shows the
lucky four-leaf clover in sterling silver for
$40, while a simple buckle set in pearls is
offered at $3.50.
Commencement fans are ridiculously
small, recalling Madame Pompadour styles.
They are of ivory and spangled gauze,
measuring not more than six inches from
end to end. They are attached to fine link
chains of gold set with birthstones.
A pretty and always acceptable gift Is a
card case. Cases come in delicately tinted
feathers, silk, plain or lace-covered, and
most extravagant of all. In sterling silver
and gold, the monogram In fligree and the
date in tiny birthstones These metal card
cases are duplicated in styles to please
masculine tastes. opening just like the or
binary leather card case For the women.
they are usually hung from fine link
chain.
The pins are set In birthstones, suspender
clasps in figree with the date, watch
charms and small penknives, to fit in pocket
cases set in stones. or to be suspended
by link chain from the watch like a
charm, are gifts for the young man.
Books are always appropriate for gradu-
ates of either sex. and special graduation
bindings In white or delicate feathers are
offered with the suggestion that the recipi-
ent's name and the date will be STAMPED
on the cover In gold lettering, or in the
small metal letters used for purses and
bags.
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find an Isolated spot you can have the bene-
fit of them in the open air. If this is i'm
possible why not erect simple tent? You
will have the good of the bare sand under
the canvas and certain amount of sea
sir and sunshine will reach you. A little
tent gymnasium on the beach-what could
be more fun?
Let Your Hair Fall Loose.
Incidentally, let your hair fall loose, ex-
cept during exercises where It needs pro-
lection. This advice is not for the beach
girl alone. Wherever you are taking your
outing your hsir, too. must have a vaca-
ton. 1t Is tired of hairpins curl papers,
braids and coils. 1t wants freedom. 1t
needs the sunshine to brighten its color.
For the sake of the hair strongly believe
In going without hat often, but I trem-
BILE to make this statement when l think
of the letters concerning tan. freckles and
sunburn that will pile up my desk.
When women once come to realize the
charm of the nut-brown maid they will
invest more hours in wholesome basking
and squander fewer in the cold cream bat
tie.
For the girl who carries this bask;ng the
DRY too far the following mixture is recon-
mended to soothe severe case of sunburn:
One-half cup of elder flower water, one-half
cup cucumber juice Choose ripe eucumbers
and strain the juice) one cup rose water,
one drachm pure alcohol, one-half teas
pooh pOTdcic aclU tpUWueI)f % drops tlnc-
ture benzoin
Useful Suggestions.
An old-fashioned remedy for tan is made
of one-haf pint new milk, one-half ounce
white brandy one-fourth ounce lemon juice.
Boil and skim Apply twice a day For
freckles mix one pint rose water, one ounce
alum, one ounce lemon juice. Wipe cold
cream off il you have a strong tendency to
super1uous hair--howeyer, good cold
cream seldom produces down, as the mod
ern preparations are made with that in
mind. Wash the face with cold water in
the morning,
Eyebrows and lashes may be thlckened by
persistent of the following: Two ounces
red vaseline, one-esghth ounce tincture can
tharides 10 drops oil rosemary, Is
drops oil lavender Do not let the
mixture get irto the eyes. Apply every
night at first, gradually less often. For the
face use the following skin food: Melt to-
gether ounces sweet almond oil, 2 ounces
cocoanut oil. 2 ounces lanoline. l ounce
spermacetf, ounce white wax Take from
the fire when melted and beat until nearly
cold adding gradually drops tincture BEN
xoin and finally 2 ounces orange flower
water The massage motion for crows feet
Is CIRCULAR outward and upward, hut, as !
have often said believe that You should
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but silk forms the material of many. For
really useful wear-traveling, hard driving
and out of town excursions of any sort
a tailored coat of some durable texture is
the most sensible choice well as the best
taste. This may be of covert, cravenette,
OF brillantine, three-quarter length or
shorter, and perfectly loose or half
fitted. The short covert sacques are liked
by many women for everyday shirt waist
use. They are worn with black skirts and
hats, which give the relief requisite for the
rather hard plainness and unbecoming
shades of brown and sage. Without this
treatment many a poor maid, who has
spent her substance for her coat. finds her
self undone.
Trimmed Coats Liked.
Because of their more ready becoming
ness trimmed coats are preferred by the
majority, even if prejudiced portion of
the world refuses them countenance. Black
taffeta is a popular material, but few
novelties are in tan, red and blue taffeta,
with loose styles in both black and color
for favorites. Narrow black velvets and
simple braids trim number prettily, with
sometimes the velvet inclosing disks or
squares of lace on the handsomer gar
ments
Other coats are stitched and tucked in
many ways but however plain a model
there is generally a relieving band of white
at the neck. This is often in coarse linen,
self-colored white, and treated on
black coats with black. Sometimes it is of
silk, softened in the same way, and show
ing edges of pale blue or red. In fact, it
looks often as If almost any bit of color
may be used about the neck of a dark
coat; and the other trimmings are SO SIM
pie and the models as well, that one often
wonders why more of these coats are not