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The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-29
Cause of Explosion.

Cause of Explosion.
The explosion, which occurred in
the kitchen, vas due to the increased
pressure in the mains at this point,
which probably forced the gas through
a weak valve and into the hotel.
All of the injured were removed to
the Marion hospital or to the Soldiers
Home hospital. The hotel had 20
rooms, but all of them were not occu-
pied. Most of the injured are oil
workers employed in fields between
here and Gas City. The building was
destroyed. The loss is estimated at
$50, 900.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-29
Tragedy in Texas.

San Antonio, Tex, Jan. 20.-In a fit of
anger Everett Bourne, a crippled rail-
road fireman Of this city. Monday night
shot and killed his wife and his mother
invlaw, fatally shot ". S. Beatty, his
wife's s~tepfather, and then, standing be-
fore a mirror. he committed suicide.
shooting himself through the heart.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-29
DcathWof Bi.hon nn5I.v

New York, Jan. 23-Bishop Thomas
Underwood Dudley, of Louisville, KY,
died here Friday Of heart disease.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-29
During III sessions o h Social Economics Club, in Chicago, u
u n referred to only weive times.

~, was unable to do anything to save
the building. The known dead could
be seen in the burning building and
their bodies were rapidly cremated.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-29
Dowie Nafls far Aus1raIia.

San Francisco. Jan. 22.-John Alex
ander Dowie, with his party from the
east. sailed for Australia on the
steamer Sonoma yesterday.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-29

London, Jan. 21.-A dispatch to the
Pail Mall Gazette from Berlin declares
that the correspondent is in a position
to announce positively that it has been
decided at st. Petersburg that Japan's
wishes shall be met in such a way as to
secure the maintenance Of peace. The
dispatch adds that the only question
is whether Russia shall declare her
decision TO Japan alone or to all the
powers interested in the solution of the
far anCtarO r,1octinp
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-29
Famous Historian Dead.

Chicago.Jan 2I-A dispatch says that
Dir. Herman Edouardv Won Hoist, the re-
noWned historian, scholar and independ-
emit political fighter Of America and Ger
many, who was the first professor and
head OF the department Of history ut the
University Of Chicago, died yesterday at
.Ereihurg In Baden.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-29

Paris, jar. 22.-It has been earned
In official quarters that the interna-
tional peace commission {having it's
headquarters at Berne), which is an
adjunct OF The Hague arbitration tri-
bunal, has sent a circular note to the
powers asking for the adoption of
means to secure a settlement of the
Russo-Japanese controversy. The note
has received serious attention from
some of the governments, including,
1T is understood, that of Washington,
which has taken steps to learn the at
titude of the foreign governments to-
ward the proposition.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-29
Attncks Ceasinw.

st. Petersburg, Jan. 21.-The attacks
on Japan in the Russian press are ceas-
ing. The newspapers print prominently
reports TO the effect that the acute
phase is passing, and they continue to
assert that mediation is unnecessary.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-29
Japan May Wait.

London, Jan. 21.-Whether or not
Japan will insist to the bitter end on a
treaty recognizing Chinese sovereign
ty over Manchuria the foreign office
does not know yet. 1t thinks the
japanese themselves will not decide
until after the delivery Of the Russian
reply, which is scarcely expected till
next week Great Britain has not yet
taken steps to appoint consuls at
Mukden and Antung.
The Aberdeen Democrat. (Aberdeen, South Dakota) 1???-1909, 1904-01-29
france Is Neutra]

Berlln,S Jan. 22.-The German gov
eminent has'become privy to the fact
that France, declined: to give Russia
any assurances or armed help, should
war, be the outcome of the far eastern
differences, ever should Great Britain
aid Japan. 1t is understood here thai
Russia asked France to define her po-
sition in the contingency of Great
Britain actively participating in a
japanese Observation-Disclosures, and that
tbs French government replied:
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06

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ornate and openly extravagant--is the
thing. White and pale cloth gowns
are seen. but they are so burdened
with the rich laces mentioned and
show such q lavish mingling with 9TH
er materials that they can scarcely go
by the name. White rabbit fur
achieved with ivory cloth a very rare
conceit, consisting of a short fiounced
skirt and 1aunty Jacket, worn over a
white muslin waist embroidered in
colored tinsels.
Panne velvet is a common mixture
with cloth, rich laces and chiffon COM
bined composing the major part of the
bodice. and gem buttons OF enormous
size giving a glittering touch at points.
Not, surely, since the days OF kings
nave buttons been so splendid as now,
but they are very expensive, and to be
eTrective they can be used only ia linn
tied numbers. Tho larger and more
wonderful sorts are employed as bust
ornaments, or two OF three trim a fam
cy belt OF sotne gay and charming va
riety. The medium-Bised buttons are
often placed In a corset-deep line at
the back or front OF a wide girdle:
button-set rosettes and bows held by
buckles OF brilliants are used in the
same way. The majority Of the smart
bodies fasten at the back, and all
sleeves OF importance effect or sim
ulate the prevalent shortness, though
a number longthen the three-quRrter
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06

must set in. Already the madness for
elaboration has resulted in effects far
too fussy and anything but becoming.
For day wear. cloth is as ever the
material par excellence. for cloth ad-
mits of both simple and elaborate ef-
fects and is an admirable background
for the rich furs worn. Some cloth
frocks designed for smart wearers are
made after short skirt and 1aunty
jacket models. The vest Is the strik-
ing feature, for the most brilliantly
colored kid is used, and this Is further
stiffened with splendid embroideries. A
number of cloth and velvet gowns
these materials combined. or made up
separately-show laces whose heavy
qualities suggest the material itself,
for they are all dyed the same color
and display bits of the gown stun. The
velvets used are either OF the panne
or chiffon variety; FURNISHED surfaces
are the thing and the puffs and cord
trimmings employed require softly fall
ing texture. The silks used for a num-
Der Of the self-trimmed dresses are also
sntin-smooth in finish and OF uncrush-
able softness. Magnihcently rich coll
ors are shown in thehe. One exaui-
site point in a gown ef old-red MESA
line was lace yoke aud undersleeves
embroidered with shaded white and
red chrysanthemums. Such silk dresses
are shown for Horse Show matinees
with a recommendation toward match
ing hats and sedately oolored furs. To
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06

For some years the New York
Horse Show has brought winter fash
ions on this side of the water to =
crisis, deciding whether or not the
smart gown is to be exquisitely simple
or lavishly ornate. For months ahead
sack Europe for the choicest ideas,
and the moment these are publicly
displayed the points in fine winter
clothes are fully established.
This year all Of the luxurious ten
denotes of a very luxurious period are
to be exploited, some of the evening
things taking on courtly grace and
richness. In these gowns. which are
the main feature of the shows fashion
parade, may quaint effects in old
English and French portraits are
either faithfully copied or modified to
suit more modern tastes.
The directoiere fashion of the petit
coat in one texture, and train and bod
ice in another, has given charming
suggestions for skirts in rich lace,
whose back breadths and bodices are
of beautifully lowered silks. Jeweled
buttons variously employed go with
such gowns. whose waists are girdled
high and the fullness of whose three
quarter sleeves is confined to the upper
part. A number of coats are made of
the ARREST laces and many a button is
set with real gems.
A Reaction Against SpIendor.
Though these costumes are more
lovely than words can picture them. it
looks as if a reaction against splendor
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
Earring Revival
Is in Full Swing

The annual horse show in New
York City ushers in radical charges In
jewelry 1t may be said that in the
boxes surrounding the great ellipss is
usually set the seasons pace In gems.
jewelers. claim that the sensation OF
the jewelry trade this season will be
earrings, not the barbaric pendants
Of other countries, but priceless single
gems set in the tiniest screw mount
ings.
The extravaganza of the season is
black matched pearls, and a prominent
society woman will appear at the
Horse Show wearing a pair the size
of a pea, for which she paid $4,000.
The black pearl at first sight looks al
most dark as gunmetal, but at closer
range reveals all the colorings of the
opal and white pearl combined, and
sheds almost as much sparkle as a we'll
cut diamond
Twelve thousand dollars is not a
large price to pay for well-matched
pair Of the white pearls, and some of
the screw earrings in the large single
pearls are as big as a grape. Several
pairs of diamond screw earrings which
will be seen at the Horse Show were
priced at $4,000, and one eccentric
matron will wear a diamond in one ear
and pearl in the other. In the lower
priced earrings an old fancy shows
large pearl with a small diamond set
above it, giving the effect of an acorn
few carved, round corals of per-
feet coloring are being made up to
wear with the costume de style. No
opals are offered in earrings and such
gems as emeralds, sapphires and
rubies are made up to order only for
wealthy women who can afford to
wear earrings to match their frocks.
Stage women and others who like
pronounced effects are using cluster
settings in the ears in such stones as
emeralds surrounded by pearls or by
diamonds. These are made up in the
same forms as the jeweled buttons
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06

when she curls up on a couch to read
or rest. Such treatment ruins the
hang of the skirt. If the tired stenog-
rapher or clerk will remove her Of
hce raiment directly she reaches home
and don pretty house dress, she will
md that some Of her business worries
viii fall away from her with the man
nish skirt and coat.
Do not economic on the office raj
ment. If you pay good price for your
tailor-made suit, 1t should last you
an entire season. and, with some
slight alterations at the hand of a
competent tailor, It will carry you
through a second season, or at least
into a second winter.
smooth Finished Manish Mixtures.
This year the smooth-fnished. man
nish mixtures are in high favor for
tailored suits. A vest of contrasting
color, not too light. may be intro
duced, or a snug, semi fitting, double
breasted coat, somewhat suggestive of
Norfolk jacket, Is equally within
Dame Fashions laws. The sleeves are
plain and snug-ntting. The skirt
should be built on strictly tailored
lines. no ruffles or shirrings, and II
trimming is used at all, IL should
be In the form of strapped seams or
very FIAT, olossly-woven braid, which
will not hRrbor dust. This skirt
should clear the ground BY at least
two inches.
With It should be worn q tailored
hat, with no ostrich plumes or how-
ers, but a breast Of coo pompom may
be used for trimming. Many we'll
dressed women In business wear a
rather stiff felt hat OF good quality,
trimmed with bands and big rosetten
OF ribbon, or velvet Of the same shade.
n a girl elects 10 wear wash shirt
waists. then abe must do one OF two
thinEs-wear between her coat and
the short-waist a sweater or vest or
else have eli her house and street
dresses made IN corresponding weight.
Steam-heatod Offices make wash shirt
waists desirable. but many girls take
serious chances with thsir health IN
changing the weight OF their gowns
when not engaged IN business.
Pretty wash Waistinas.
Tho pFettiest wash waistinas ~
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
By MARY DEAN

go with a very superb chinchilla set
was shown a gown in gray messaline
embroidered in white wood-fiber silk,
which accomplishes the most striking
ornamentation and is much used.
Many Gst-UDs VIII Be Simple.
Many a Horse Show get-up, how
ever, will doubtless be comparatively
simple, for there are numbers of
smart cloth listers to be seen, suffi-
GENTLY dashing TO accord with a chic
turban or tricorne. One which would
be splendidly effective with a black
gown and hat was Of glistening
French cloth in a pale burnt-onion
tint. The mannish little collar and
turn-back cuffs of this were Of black
velvet, and the ulster was the usual
loose affair, belted at the back An
other very effective cloth coat COM
prised full skirt and gathered bodice,
to the close belt of which the skirt
was deeply shirred. The collar and
cuffs Of this were of velvet in the same
shade and the garment looked ad-
mirable over a black frock.
When it comes to evening dresses,
the subject of suitable attire for the
equine reception cannot be so easily
dismissed. During the day much lee
way is allowed, though the truly fash
ionable always wear something spe-
cially designed for the show But in
the evening her costume takes on a
new Significance for then the social
quality, which despite many draw
backs the show has managed to re-
tain, is at it's hight.
Riot of Color the Rage.
Last season the smartest tollettes
ran toward a certain delicate simplic-
ity, and the preference for white
amounted almost to a furore This
year it is just the opposite. and color
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
EXtraVaganceS
For the Bureau

The constantly recurring task of
polishing silver mounted toilet articles
has caused the girl shopper in PARTON.
lar to hunt up less troublesome
mountings. Miladi Millionaire goes
in for complete sets in tortoise shell
or royal copper. Quite as effective
on dressing table, If less sunnptuouA
are the exquisite new things in pale
colored celluloid, in such tints as baby
blue, coral pink, delicate green, corn
yellow and a delightful heliotrope.
These are quite plain, but . decorated
affect in celluloid shows a white back
ground with raised Dutch figures in
color. The designs are exceedingly
quaint and some idea OF the price
may be gained from the fact that q
godd-sized hand mirror mounted in
this fashion can be secured for $3.50.
What is known as silver-g1lt is also
employed this year for mounting toilet
articles. It is a clever imitation Of
gold and wears very we'll. It WIN
please the girl who likes all things
in keeping, as candlestioiz come to
match the toilet articles.
Painted boiling cloth has been re-
vived for delicate pin cushion covers
and for making handkerchief and veil
cases. The rage for chiffon and silk
flowers has also invaded the dressing
table decorations SO that California
peoples, roses and peonies made in
silk to represent the natural flower
can be opened to receive handker-
chiefs, jewels or stray buttons.
Peaches and other fruits are so per-
fectly initiated that they can be used
for fancy pins, and they give a bright
ening touch to the dressing table.
One of the prettiest and most salts
factory of the washable cushion COW
ers consists Of two circular pieces Of
white linen with q cluster roses.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06

ruchings of ribbon, and a touch =,
panne velvet. If the waist is to he
worn very frequently, by all means
get white, as it will come from The
cleaner looking like new, while a deli
cately tinted waist fades with escb
cleaning. With a white waist. have =
touch Of color in stock and gird1s
such as orange, sapphire-blue or
mauve.
The new crepe albatross is the pref
TEST material imaginable for your
slnple house dress, and it can he
bought as cheaply as 80 cents a ward
II You want a loose garment, choose
the Empire styles, and have softening
lace at the throat and one the sleeves
Your Sunday tailored suit with the
light waist will do for the church re-
ception to which you refer and vour
tailored skirt with a bright colora5
blouse, that is not too tight, is whar
you need for the bowling party.
Personally, L think every girl should
have an evening dress, however sim
pie 1t may be. This winter beauty Of
the evening dress is largely a matter
or handwork and trimming. and It is
really less expensive than a snartly
tailored suit where the shopper navs
for lines and finish.
ASECBss
An inexpensive evening dress 1.
made from net inset with lace medal.
lions, which in turn are surrounded
by tiny ruchings of ribbon. Have tha
bodice cut low-neck and short-sleeved
and then have made an extra quinn
of the same material with a SHRED
yoke and mousquetaire sleeves, tight
lifting at the wrist and finished with
a ruohing of the lace. This you can
slip under the bodice of your dancing
dress if the function is not formal
enough to demand decollete.
Less expensive would be an evening
gown of crepe yelling, as it can be
lined with silk-finished lining, HAVING
a ruff1e Of taffetas. This may be trim
med with lace insets or ruff1ing. and
plenty of French knots in self-tone. or
one of the striking colors so popular
this year. Every girl should learn
how to make French knots, as by
their help she can beautify the simple
gown; which should be fitted by
competent dresSrnaker.
For wear with her best street gown
the business woman may have an all
velvet hat trimmed with the beautiful
silk and velvet roses so popular this
season. They are almost as expensive
as feathers, but more durable and
more novel.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06

used so much this season on velvet
frockn.
Some OF the Oriental shops are
showing pendant earrings in oId-fash-
Toned silver and gold with odd settings
of gems, and the antique shops are
also setting forth their quaintest offer
inge In earrings. If the rage for cos
tunes of certain periods should con-
tinue jewelers. predict that the pendant
earrings, much be-Jeweled, may re-
turn, but as the appearance of very
few women is improved by the use of
the long pendants, they are not likely
to become highly popular
The making Of imitation gems has
reached such a state of perfection that
some Of the new screw earrings In
single imitation pearls which can be
bought as low as IS pair are really
very effective, ana can be hardly de-
teoted from the real. save by those who
are posted in gems.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06

many charming toilettes in chiffon vel
vet, encrusted with rich lace, or else
trimmed with shirred cordings. Such
antiquated trimmings are much EN-
ployed, and their taffetas or velvet
covered writings are seen on many
lace frock, and upon the high-orowned
character hats worn with the Louis
and Directoire gowns in the matter of
trimmings, chiffon, which has come to
be impossible for entire gowns,
achieves the most marvellous results.
Upon the satiny messaline silks
species of embroidery is accomplish
ed by shaded chinons one mauve
gown showing a vine OF violet vista
ria, and another in pale gray. with
jessamine, closely applied. Chiffon is
also inserted as puhings in the heav-
lest cloth and velvet, and SO much is
the wedding of the fragile and solid
admired, that II is quite possible to
hang . chiffon velvet skirt from a
lace hipyoke.
As to Horse Show millinery the Mt
ting thing all depends upon the gown
TO be worn. For the elaborate Louis
and Directoire models. many Of
which show the decolletage permissi-
Bile IA the boxes. headgear is OF equal
Importance. Picturesque high-orown-
cd shapes Of white lace sometimes
have a crown-ba OF sable or ermine.
and rich feathers and magnificent Jew
81 ornaments. other high-crowned
hats in pale lacas viii be there,
wrapped with soft ribbon in many
shades OF a delicate color, the whole
tying at the left in little butterfly
bows.
As usual, the display OF diamonds
may be expected. All the points Of
the smart new tollottes call as well for
quaint ornaments, miniature brooch
es bracelets, necklaces looped in the
ol9 way. and the big feather fans
which Paris 10 now sending over.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
Advance Styles for
Horse Show Week
Everything Effects and Styles for the Great Show
Which Opens the Fall Season.
Week

cut with close bits OF lace or exquisite
undersleeves.
The Newest of Coats.
The newest of the coats proper are
all of lace, though many in white and
tinted cloth are still seen. The
lace models are mounted on chiffon in
terlinins which billow luxuriously at
the bottom. A half dozen or more
webs will be shown in one garment
and Irish lace is a word frequently
heard though many of the coarse
webs, so called, are merely fine imita-
tions.
Nantes of the dolman variety are
also shown in these laces, but these
charming wraps, the vogue for which
is steadily on the increase, are hand
somer in solid materials. Two SPLEEN
did models in textures favored by
Partisan makers are shown with ap-
propriate gowns. One of orange vel
vet with sable band and an embroid-
cred lace collar superbly sets off
gown of mauve taffetas and guipure.
The second is cloth with pelerine
sleeves and a rich embroidered band
trimming. II falls in the old dolman
lines which are now initiated by
wraps in the richest fur, for the
change in bodice sleeves makes the
untitled shoulders in wraps an abso-
lutte necessity.
Flat ermine stoles, such as were
worn last year, only longer and wider,
are shown by some Of the furriers for
Horse Show use, and ernine and
white fox the skins especially recon-
mended for the lovely mauves and
violets and grays which so largely sue
coed white for evening wear.
-
In these wonderful tones are seen
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-06
Odd New COnceitS
in Cushion Tops

An effect OF life may always be
given to the one-oolor room by the in
PRODUCTION OF a sofa-plllow OF some
brilliant or positive oolorinE. For the
green room. the light or porcelain blue
pillow, for the ivory-tinted room a
scarlet pillow. ana for the blue room
a bronze cushion or the sunshine OF a
golden yellow pillow. these are artls-
tic touches.
The distinctive feature which the fail
shopper finds IN this never too plento-
Gus house-furnishing, ~ the use OF
enormous taHseh at diagonal ends 70
finish the heavy rope cord around tho
edge. The bigger the tasaols the more
IN vogue the pillow, and though. TO-
gether with tho cords. they oan b had
lcontlnued en- Page Twenty-thrso.)
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1t is always a pleasure to answer
such letters as this, and as there are
hundreds of practical women looking
for practical suggestions, it deserves
more attention than personal reply
under the stamp which the writer has
sent. No woman should ever allow
business to absorb her so utterly that
she neglects the question of clothes,
for it is not only her privilege but her
duty to make herself attractive.
The outfit described in this story is
intended for the woman of large sal
airy. Modified and simplif1ed, it should
suggest less expensive raiment for the
girl of small salary.
Office Clothes and Home Clothes.
First the woman in business should
keep her office or store clothes entire
ly distinct from those she wears at
home. This will do much to rest her
nerves as well as preserve her ward
robe. Nothing is harder on a smartly
tailored business suit than for its
owner to keep it on in the evening