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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-12-11
no PrOhibit Sunday BuIl Fightu.

The Institute of Social Reforms of Spain has decided to ratify the abso- lute prohibition of bull fights on Sum day throughout Spain. This resolu-s tion is considered as the coup do grace to bull lighting, as bull fights on week davs would not pay the promotera
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-10
VIVID COLORS ONE OF THE
SEASONS FAVORITE WHIN1S
Pale and Delicate Blues and Grays Give Way to
Dashing Reds and Green's

brilliant. is much chosen for touching
off gowns and hats. The American
Beauty red and peony tints are equally
becoming to blonde and brunette; dull
CID rose shades are steadily gaining in
favor
Burnt orange peeps out very fire.
quently. though being so suggestive OF
heat, proves better choice for winter.
The girl in purple, before the summer
is over, WILL no doubt be in the lead
When one speaks of violet and purple,
there are "A score Of colors and tints
which loom UP for consideration. There
are reddish, blush. and pinlSish tingcs
which may be detected In the violet,
lavender heliotrope, plum, pansy. and
fieur-de-lis shades, making the mention
of this royal color susceptible 10 many
varied uses.
The white frocl1 should be touched OF
with a color; the woman in white no
longer holds undisputed sway. White
IS sufficiently neutral to combine at
tractlVely with almost any shade.
BlaclI-and-white comes In Tor It's
share Of mild approval, and Is usually
combined with another shade of me-
dunn tone.
The amber or corn shade y last year
IS used with captivating effect on GER
tan tints Of champagne, pongee. linens.
bisques. and brown. but is seldom seen
entlrely by itself
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Banbu1y Cakes.

The fashionable pastry cook pointed TO
a round cake. about four inches in diane
ter and an inch thick. 1t was made OF
pastry, and II was filled with currants.
"a Banbury cake he said. The kind
they make in the English town Of Ban
bury. ! am introducing them here, and
l hope that they VIII become popular.
These cakes have kept Banbury IA
nous for 500 years. Ben Jonson. as far
back as 1914. wrote in one of his plays
about a Banbury man. who was baker
but he does not dream now and see
visions; he has given over his trade.
out of n scruple he took that, in spiced
conscience, those Banbury cakes he
made were served 20 bridals. maypoles,
morrises. and such profane feasts and
meetings.
Samuel Beesley was the great Ban
bury cake baker of the last Gentry. In
one year he sold 1850 twopenny cakes.
From one OF Beesley's descendants !
got his recipe. and the Banbury cakes
that i sell in America are the same
as you would get II you went all the
way 10 Banbury for them. New York
Evening Telegram.
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wrists. 1 like to handle the foils be-
cause it makes my arms. hands, and
arms strong. without making them too
muscular.
Sarah Bernhard considers daily
practice with the foiIs an absolute es-
sential to the preservation of her youth.
She practices with anybody who will
take up the foils.
Here are Bernhardt's reasons for
fencing. and. then, will give you mine
Bernhardt told an interviewer that she
had taken up fencing because it might
be necessary some day in her art upon
the stage. Later she kept at 1t because
IL made her hands white. She had a
tendency 70 show big veins on the back
of the hands and fencing kept the veins
away. so to speak. IT seemed TO restore
the circulation ard make the hands nice.
Why This Girl Fences.
Bernhard fences because fencing
improves the shape of the back Il was
afraid OF that awful middle-aged back,
said she, land noticed that the backs
of fencers were always nice and fiat"
- TO have a pretty back ought to be
worth something TO the woman who
wants TO be attractive. The woman
is ruined. Those awful humps of fat
which come so soon TO the middie-aged
woman will be kept at bay always IL
woman will put on a suit, pick up
foil and lunge and plunge with It,
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What Girls Should KHow.

To make good bread.
To cook all kinds Of meats. vegetables
and fruits
To make the incest buckwheat cakes IN
the world.
To cut and make her own dresses.
To care for milk ard make good but
ter.
To sweep a room and never neglect the
corner or the spaces behind the doors
To make the beds ut for king 70
sleep in.
To read and enjoy the papers OF the
week, especially those published Tor
TO get ready for company if mother
is away from home or unable Tor any
reason to do it herself.
To read and speak in public II eai'eo
upon. o,..-,,-
To be well enough posted in the every
day doings of the world TO talk OF VIRUS
about them whenever necessary.
To read good books and 10 kno" them
when she sees them
To keen her own room IN ofueI
To tell a man when she sees MIN ana
waste no time with those who are not
worthy the name. -,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-10
THE HOUSE THRONE.

The latest indication of luxury in the
home is the Introduction of the throne.
an idea which has been borrowed. like
many others from the Far East. IT is
a great improvement over the stereo-
typed coy corner.
The throne is especially desirable in
a room where there Is a high window
commanding good view. Monotonous
lines will thus be broken. and the win
dow be made useful.
The first step in the securing Of a
house throne is TO erect a platform OF
the desired height and size. If more
than eighteen inches high, steps lead to
the platform. When finished. the plat
form IS carpeted or has a rug thrown
over it, The latter is usually considered
better, as IL admits of cleansing with
less trouble than the carpet.
A box couch upholstered with good
springs, Is then set on the platform, ana
over this an artistic drapery of tapestry
is thrown. Bright colored cushions 10
harmonic with the draperies and rugs
help TO make the corner attractive.
The high window beside the couch IS
curtained with a soft silk. chintZ. or
velvet If the latter is used. it will
also make good porueres 10 hang over
a pole in front OF the throne. The por-
there's not only add to the artistic effect,
but will be found useful when any menu
Der of the household wishes TO take a
siesta A quantity of cushions on the
platform, a set of book shelves with
books. and, If space admits, tea table,
add 10 the corners attractiveness.
A high window is not an absolutely ne
ceSsity. A throne seen recently in a
living room was arranged In a dark
corner for a coy retreat. 1t was uphol-
stored in red and green, and the colors
frightened the entire room. AS there
was no window. a frieZe OF red velvet
was stretched about the corner of the
wall and framed on this was a frieze
of the phophets in black and white eff
feet.
A big drop electrolier. with shades of
green and red. was swung over the
couch so that the occupant could read
in the evening. The cushions were OF
velvets and soft bright colored silks.
This idea can be carried out in ac-
curatc Japanese. Turkish. East Indian
or any Oriental effect, at comparatively
small expense. The cushions, 10 be ORR
entail, must have their corners punched
in.
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little lavender and thyme and two
dozen cloves and broken stick of Gin
namon. This 1 strain in weeks time
for the bath. 1t is very fine as a bath
vinegar.
Occasionally I make beauty bath,
using a quart of vinegar and adding to it
an ounce of benzoin. This Is added TO
the bath. a little at a time.
Then have q milk of cucumber bath
which is good. I take four cucumbers
ard cut them up In quart of water.
1 let them simmer half an hour and
strain through a filter. To this l add
an ounce Of benzoin A little of this is
very excellent as a bath. II makes the
skin firm and soft and gives it a luster
Exercise Main Thing.
But continued this girl, laughing
~, while bathing is a great deal as a
key 70 muscular development, it is not
the whole thing. not by any means. The
next thing is exercise and 1t is hard 10
overrate this. I would not give up
my exercise for anything in the world.
l take an hour of it every day and
sometimes 1 get Il early and sometimes
it Is late before get Il, but am sure
&c get II some time during the day.
I have different WAYS Of exercising.
Ny favorite one Is with foils. I find
that this is an exerciss which makes
you graceful as well as strong.
- 7 like it because it makes the wrists
strong. 1 am naturally weak in the
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-10
NEW WRINKLES IN Half
SLEEVES AND CtiEMSETTE
The Girl With the Limited Wardrobe Welcomes
These Graceful Accessories

| An exquisite gray wolfe afternoon
gown had half sleeves and tucker OF
white chiffon overlaid with gray silk
ciuny. and a gray crepe lie chine
showed a tucker of Irish point all over
and pointed half sleeve r1fles OF the
same lace.
For Surplice Waists.
For surplice waists laid in folds.
pretty contrast is afforded by a chemi-
settle or vest OF plain embroidery or
lace, and a tight fitting half sleeve TO
match. the upper sleeve being made IN
PUFF and edged with a fioupce. A
slrpIice waist shown IN champagne
messaline had a chemisette and half
sleeves. plain and smooth fitting. OF
Spanish lace over chiffon.
The tucker and half sleeves must be
fitted as carefully as the blouse proper.
and the junction of blouse and tucker
must be carefully concealed When the
blouse is made from transparent ma
terial, tucker and sleeves must be
basted in. Where the tucked blouse IL
not transparent, the tucker may be
made on an abbreviated waist pattern.
which is cut OF and hemmed Just below
the arms eye. This keeps the tucker
III place.
L tucker and half sleeves are not
fulled, but are made of tight fitting all
over lace or embroidery, TO be worn
under an Opaque material like linen and
silk, it viii pay 10 make them on a fine
avn waist lining. The blouse then
! slips down over them, and no hooks or
/ basting is necessary to keep them in
PLACE. The 1904 styles are loose ana
voluminous. but never SLOPPY" or I'M
=
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Drop to One Knee.

tempted and who lives on delicacies
will gain In flesh She will have a pasty
complexion, she will be weak In the
muscles and her feet will ache. 1t is a
necessary bodily protest against the
way the stomach is being treated
Few women can sit down to the
ordinary table and enjoy good meal
And this is because few women are in
q proper state of muscular development
The beautiful woman is generally
Il woman who can eat nearly anything
that is set before her; she can take any
exercise that is offered; she does not
have headaches and she feels trim and
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-10
THE SUMNER WASHTuB.
Some Methods of Economizing in the
Washing.

In season remarkable for the amount
OF trimming and handwork on wash
gowns. there are still some women who
Will not immediate themselves on the
altar Of fads and fashions. They are the
ones whose summer win include relief
from the strain Of keeping up appear
ances, and instead of supplying the fam
lily with dainty frocks. beruffied and In
set with lace. they are making the most
of dainty collars and the many mate
rails which do not require ironing.
The mother who likes 20 see her chill
dren clad fresh and clean once or per-
haps twice day may yet have pity on
the one maid upon whom the weight OF
ironing would fall. or she may not wish
to increase the family laundry bill by
the addition of many white frocks. 1t
seems as if the looms had never worked
more generally TO the advantage Of such
housewives.
One woman with. a family of small
children is having their morning dresses
made from crinlkled seersucker with de-
tachable collars and belts Of white linen.
The latter only will be starched and
ironed. The dresses and suits Of seer
sucker Will be hung out TO dry with
lines of the goods will hang lengthwise.
They Will not be starcheo and only the
collar and cuff bands VIII need smooth
ing off before the garments. fresh and
sweet smelling from the drying in the
sun, will be hung In the closets.
Little Ironing Necessary.
Another mother who likes to see her
two little daughters dressed in white
and pale colors has made some simple
but dainty froclSs Of cotton crepe in
white, pale blue. and pale pink. These
must not be ironed. but shaken several
times during the drying process. If made
with shirred, round skirts they keep
their shape admirably. and with pretty
berthas or 1880 collars make dainty af-
ternoon frocks.
If these gowns are trimmed with lace
ii must be of a heavy variety. imitation
torchon or Irish point, which can be
pulled in the process of drying. Insert
ing Is better for this use than edging.
4 number Of housewives discard table
cloths entirely in summer, using plain,
hemstitched plate doylies and a center
piece TO match. Tablecloths take great
strength and much heat in ironing, while
the doylies are mere play by compari-
son. Some women go so far as TO en-
ploy paper doyiies in simulated Mexican
drawnwOrk or lace.
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American beaches and mountain re-
sorts Will glow with brilliant dashes of
color this summer. which are not the
works Of nature alone, but of the smart
dressmaker as well.
Pastel shades are almost entirely passe.
Vivid and radiant dashes of color are
the hallmarks OF the fashionable sum
mer wardrobes. The gamut of this new
color fantasy is run from the moment
the butterfly dons her morning gown
until she casts of her danci furDe-
lows.
No one can deny il. there was something
very fascinating about the soft. opal
escent pinks, blues, greens. and misty
grays. and a good-loOking girl couldn' [
help but make a picture. II her nsodistc
had been clever. But the wearing of
these becoming shades was not entirely
a primrose path
or course, the electric lights would not
harm their delicate beauty. but the IN
relenting rays of summers sun was
less kind. In an incomparatively short
time the little color originally there was
no more. and the result was a hopelessly
faded garment fits only salvation being
the dyers tub.
Innovation in Color Treatment.
In the place of the one color. sweeping
from the footline TO the crown of the
turban, or all white. which was thought
70 be the acme of dress perfection a
short time ago. color relief is introduced
In many fetching guises.
Very frequently the same shade or
darker tones. for trimming purposes. are
employed TO advantage, the effect being
richer but less chic. perhaps. than a de-
cided contrast of colors. The former
style IS more exclusive for the reason
that there IS usually some difficulty In
procuring a thoroughly artistic match IN
the blending OF the same colors. whereas
IL Is a simple matter to place blue or
red on white or green on a champagne
tint
Cuffs. collars, scarfs. trimming.
bows. tcolored embroideries, dyed laces.
buttons. belts, and various other modes
OF garniture are used to effect the de-
sired contrasts.
There Is an economical side TO the sit
uation which enables a frock or coat
suit Of linen. wolfe. cloth, or muslin TO
be variously trimmed for certain occa-
sions, by making the accessories pre-
viously named adjustable.
Care in the Juggling of Colors.
In the Indulgence of these new whims,
care must be exercised 10 keep tactfully
away from the poster effects, which
frequently occur In the use of vivid
eolors. unless they are intellectually
handled.
Brilliant parrot green L. giving away
10 apple and tea leaf greens to some
extent. Only brave woman will faunt
this daring shade. The duller greens
look remarkably well on certain browns
and champagne tints. < pale though
dull shade OF green is very attractive
on dark blue; stitching. too, adds much
10 these contrasts.
The new shade of blue is employed on
an astonishing number OF colors and
tints.
There are several shades of red which
one sees at various smart afternoon
and evening functions. Vivid poppy
red is slowly retiring in favor of the
rich AIRY and wine shades: cerise, less
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" I fence. not because shall ever want
TO fence on the stage. not because am
afraid of getting fat, but because want
to be graceful. notice that those who
fence have nice graceful figures. The
handling of the foils seems to give one
certain amount of body balance. You
can bend further backward, after you
have learned to fence. and you can bend
further forward. You learn the trick
of side-stepping and you learn all sorts
of graceful movements brought out by
the parry thrust
% i fence. too for an appetite. I like
TO be hungry at my meals. I don't want
to be ice cream-and-cake hungry. but
hungry all the way through. l like TO
be able to eat my dinner and enjoy IT.
don't want to depend upon seasoning
and condiments, dainties and pastry for
my food supply
Should Eat Plain Food.
Few women can eat plain food. The
plain bake, broil and boil is not good
enough for them They must have some
thing dainty. something tempting, some
thing sweet. something out Of season. or
out of the ordinary-or they cannot eat
That is why so few women have
good compilations. They must eat pas
try and sweets, they must have dain-
ties. they must have what is called
knicknacks. or they do not want any
thing at all.
8 The woman whose appetite must be
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cit always. That is the woman who is
beautiful. the woman who is admired.
q TO judge of beauty don't look at the
young girl. All young girls are beautiful.
They have a fresh. bright look which
alone is worth more than all the beauty
In the world. But look at the woman OF
forty. How few beautiful women there
are of that age Yet there Is no reason
why a woman at forty should not be
in her full bloom.
Exercise. develop your muscles.
take care of your skin and You viii
be handsome. That is the best advice
TO beauty seekers
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-07-10

Among the graceful accessories for
summer costumes which came in with
the 1880 fashions none have been more
eagerly Welcomed than half sleeves,
chemisettes. and fuckers But for the
vogue of old-fasihoned names and styles,
the latter would be called detachable
yokes. but the tucker is quainter and
more appropriate to the sloping shoulder
lines and voluminous skirts.
BY the use OF fuckers and half sleeves
the summer girl with a limited ward
robe can convert her party gown into
just the right thing for a garden party
or porch tea. A young girl who can
boast as an heirloom some exquisitely
fine duchess lace edging has just com
pleted such a set for use with an Or
CANDY frock. The gown itself has a del
icate rose pattern. The skirt is shirred
and the blouse has a Dutch neck, out
lined with shirring. which runs down in
three rows on the pulled elbow sleeves.
With sash OF pale. soft pink ribbon,
tied in butterfly bows at intervals on
the long ends, this gown is just the
thing for an evening hop.
For an Afternoon Gown.
For an afternoon function its young
owner has evolved the tucker and half
sleeves of pure white organdy and the
duchess lace. The half sleeves are
formed of three graduated flounces, each
run in three hand-worlked tucks an
eighth-of-an inch wide and edged with
lace. The tucker is shirred to follow
exactly the lines of the shirring on the
blouse, each cording being outlined by
the lace. held loosely. but not gathered
too full, and the lace also finishes the
top of the soft. crush collar.
For linen dresses. the most suitable
fuckers and half sleeves are those made
from finely plated lawn. edged with
valenciennes or Oriental lace Some
times insertion is also used above the
hem. but the general effect suggests that
the dainty accessories will tub beau
tifully
For wolfe and canvas frocks. nets of
every description are desirable for half
sleeves. They come in pure white,
cream, and ecru or natural color. with
ldccs to match. Finely tucked and ac-
! Gordon pleated Brussels net or point
d esprit are most popular and clean
beautifully Both Valenciennes and fine
torchon Iaces are used for edgine the
net. Oriental lace is pretty. but does
not always launder well, and the heay-
lin, point de venise and point d'alencon,
are employed If the half sleeves are To
be worn with summer fabrics of heavier
weight.
A More Elaborate Frock.
For the elaborate frock of summer
silk or mousseline there is nothing
more effective than a tucker and hall
sleeves of reDousse lace, a net top witt
graduated dots. Plain or appliqueC
chiffon is combined in dancing dresses
with all-over lace or net
A charming dinner dress, TO be worr
by young matron. was OF iierre all.
over, with a jacket showing three-quar.
| ter bell sleeves The under sleeves
were puffs of chiffon. laid i'm tucks ar
inch ard a hale deep, and the tucker
was of shirred chiffon. The shi ring.
ran up and down from the deep yoke
line TO the top of the collar, which gave
the wearer a remarkably slender Iooi
| and sloDing shoulder line.
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AN ANTIQUE VASE.

An inmate Of the poorhouse at Nantes
an old man. while digging IN the garden
recently unearthed an antique vase
decorated with paintings and contain
ing two thousand gold pieces Of the
CaIlo-Roman period. The vase will be
sent 10 the Louvre in Paris, and the
coin. estimated 10 be worth today $4,000.
will be divided among the finder and his
fellow -paupers-
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Vinegar for the Bath.

Then there Is another very invigo-
rating bath. I take a quart OF vinegar
and add lump OF camphor TO II about
the size OF a walnut. Into this 1 put