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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-23
By MARIAN MARTINEAU.


~ HE Princess of Pless is the most
beautiful woman in England.
! Here are her good points as
they we're enumerated for a club
Of women banded together TO study
hearty
Her neck is long and ezquisitely
arched.
Her skin is pure pale cream, neither
white nor yellow, hut a cream-of-milk-
Her expression Is remarkably sweet,
alwayS pleasant. never scowllng-
Fer teeth are the very perfection OF
beauty and she shows them without APP
bearing 70 DO So Her red lips are al
"ays slightly parted
She IS very graceful and has a sim
Eularly pretty way Of turning her head.
The above are the best points ia a
woman whc VIII be known IN history as
the loveIest woman of her day. Long
,-c--T from row ID win be tod that the
Princess NJ Piess, daughter Of Mrs
CoEuVlllis West. was a famous beauty
az the court in the beginning Of The
twentieth century.
IL is impossible that so lovely a wo-
man could toe without certain beauty
laws and certain beauty rules Her pref
tiness while perfectly natural-au her
own, as they say-is nevertheless of the
finished type Her couture is always
perfect. her hands are exquisite: her
skin is beautifully groomed and soft as
velvet, and there is a certain perfection
which an once strikes the eye.
Hers Is not the haphazard beauty but
the beauty OF the lady OF the world. the
Erande damei
IL was said Of AIRS. LangtTy when she
first came up 70 London from the Isle
of Jersey that she was a natural beauty.
She IS handsome, said the Prince Of
Wales. on seeing her for the hrsI time.
''0ut she win be much better looking
when she is more finished
And she was Mrs Lsngtry- with her
1-angtry coil. her Paris gowns. her per
feet manner. and her wonderful poise
which she afterward acquired. was a
much more beWitChing parsonage than
Mrs Langtry the plain and simple Ills (.
How a Princess Keeps Pretty.
And so IL IS with the Princess Of
Pless. AS the perfectly groomed lady
OF the world she is pIettier than though
she were a haphazard beauty. The nat
ural beauty. the pretty woman who
cares nothing for her looks, the woman
who is pretty just because she cannot
help It, 81 the beauty that viii fade
early She takes no care OF herself. and
she VIII become a Wrinkled old woman
when the more cultured beauty is SIN
young
But the lovely Frilcess OF PIess VIII
hold her charm. Here are her beauty
rues. as given out by one who knows
her well.
The princess IS a FIRM believer In the
laws OF hygiene, Her mother, Mrs
CORVALLIS West was a great beauty,
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gray material can be evolved. short OF
black.
Plum shades also mulberry. win be
found in high-class cloths. and are espe-
ciauy suitable for middle-aged women.
Browns OF ali shades and in all mate
rails are the dsrnier cri in Paris. the
chestnut and golden tones leading at
present, but shades OF wood brown IN
both light and dark as wei as those
shadiugs an the way between, are the
coming shades. Never before within rec
objection has there been such a call Tor
browns. AS browns are TO lead IN
fashions fancy this autumn and winter,
the repetition Of caution IN choosing
shades may well be repeated. Ia select
ing browns they should be placed near
the hair. and any shade that deadens its
color and luster should be respected
For Auburn Locks.
Reddish browns are Tor people whose
hair is that color but the shade chosen
should be- q little less bright and dark
thau the hair Golden browns for the
goldeu-broNn locks. but more subdued
than the hair, are the thing. While for
deep, pure brown C0inures that peculiar
SHADE OF ashen brown. as rare as It Is
beautiful-and ashen only Ia that when
certain lights strike IL threads OF silver
seem 70 appear-the clear. pure brown,
showing neither red nor golden tones,
but hint of olive or castor are the
best.
In costumes several shades Of the same
color. rather than contrasting colors m
trimmings, are now being made up by
the modistes OF the fashionable In Paris.
The trimmings are usually Of the lighter
shades
Net garments in organ pIait designs In
black and colors and sprinkIed with
spangles have been imported for triu-
ming Che skirts Of evening gowns.
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"If anything just makes me dead
tired said the bachelor girl, giving
vicious slam 20 the book she has been
readin@ cit IS when these women who
have been cared for and coddled al
their lives by devoted fathers, brothers
and husbands set up and air their views
on the working woman. the Independent
woman or whatever they choose TO call
her. If they don't Crlticise her they do
what she resents even more. pity her.
What be- the name OF common sense do
they know about her. anyway, when
they aren't able no see two steps be-
1oud their own comfortable dOmiciIesE
Naturally the woman who works for a
living IS too much occupied with that
problem 20 sass back so these domestic
autocrals have IL all their own way.
NOW. in this story I've just been
reading recent and really clever piece
OF writing, the author queries as 10 how
FAR the ONCE propluquity and sympathy
81 employer and woman assistant is fair
10 the woman AZ home, adding The free
woman erraut goes out. equipped Cor
the days contest with ali her best
points accenruated- The woman do
rlesuc may have been up all night with
a sick or restless child. in addition 10
either unavoidable burdens that serve
% trs her. Can she Doe at her best. trim.
uauieured. and as faultess IN hair and
gown when her husband leaves for MS
once as the woman he finds there2 Is
NOT this very contrast a challenger
There would any woman who had
ever achieved business life or had it
thrust upon her recognize herself i1
that description III nay best points are
accentuated by shaving in a dingy Office
an day. by beiug too tired 10 sleep at
night doing my odd sewing and mend
ing al daybreak. swallowing a boarding
house breakfast iu doubIe-qulck time
and making a desperate dash for Grain
or a trolley. Why an i can say is
shouldn't want 10 see the worst ones
brought out. 'Faultless in hair aud
gown. indeed. Heaps Of time and
money we have TO spend on hair and
gown
Suitable attire Important.
no friHs and furbelows and pretty
house gowns for as We must not
be overdressed nor underdressed; we
must strike the golden mean some
where in those severe. inconsDlcuous
garments whose only possible saving
grace lies in their being made By
hish-priced tailor AS for that SYM
PATTY and pT0pinquity busiuess-thls is
about ghe size Of IT.:
Enter ar MoncymakeF. He says 90
his secretary: 'Adoruin'. Miss Jones
Got that orueF from b. & c. YETI MOI
Well let me know as soon as it comes.
That letter from the Piuchback Com
pany was mlslaid yesterday; don't Ter
such thing occur again. please Here,
take these memoranda and copy them
out in good shaDe-I want them by 20
@ clock And Miss Jones says meekiy.
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thing but = success missionaries having
worked among the Hopi or AIoH tribes
for thirteen years and lu all that time
LheE have accomplished little.
Miss BlggaFL Us native OF New i OK
ana a real American, with abiding love
Tor her native land she la, perhaps
one Of the foremost students Of George
Eliot s. works leCruriLE boz this country
She is q student OF Dion RoucicauH. and
reader and trainer j. H, Roberts. AS
an erhnOiUEa=L she has made a study
of many peoples during her recent jour
ney around the world. four years hay
inc been devoted 20 this work IN study
and travel.
Miss Riggart speazlng of her deep
study Of GeOrse E,tiot, says III is her de-
sire 70 bring out the social ideas and
moral truths contained i'm the works of
this great author Social purity she
said, "Eheu properly presented, has a
place on the public rostrum OF today
that has been usurped bE the many who
have badly presented a subject that has
often shocked rather than helped the
listener
A Fortune in a Voice.
Mrs. Margaret Lovejoy Weber is SUI
pervlsor of music in Drake University,
and director OF Plymouth Cougrega-
tiOnal choir. the largest vested choir in
Iowa While Mrs. Weber's educational
training has had much 10 do with bring
ing the success which is hers today.
still IL is quite probable it would only
have carried her as far as the piano
stool and the music roll Without the
natural talent which is hers IT is doubt
ful IL the baton or a director would
ever have reached her hands.
At the early age of eight years. when
her feet could not touch the f0Or when
seated at the piano and when her voice
was "a mere childish treble, AIrs. Weber
began the study OF piano and voice. At
..r .e.H. Id.
church choirsl and her voice has been
heard In an the largest churches of this
city. Mrs. Weber is happiest and at her
best when conducting "a magnificent
chorus from 4n OTaL0Ti0. She is a tan
anu stately woman, and her dignity is
never more evident than when She is on
the platform. baton I'm hand. directing a
chorus o. $50 voices. Mrs. Weber,
prauo.
The Plymouth Congregational choir is
the largest vested choir iu the State of
Iowa and 10 has won a welI-deserved
fame. hundreds are turned away FOR
want OF room whenever Mrs Weber has
prepared "a musicale FOR pres eutaLiOn,
she VIII present the Messiah and
Elijah during the coming choir year.
I'm 1885 Mrs Weber's husband died.
leaving his widow and several small chill
dren to battle with the world alone.
Heretofore Mrs. Meber's musical career
had been followed In desultOry way,
more as a form or amusement than as a
means OF livelihood. Now it was 10
prove her salvation iu "a time OF adver-
Siry. Eiuckily she went 20 work uu-
dauuted by the dark future. and
strengthened by the thought of the chill
dreu's faces sheltered by the old home
which was stil leIt her. and By the
kindly sympathy of her many friends
The enViabie place Airs. Weber today
holds iu Dies Muiuts musical circles tes-
tines 10 the outcome OF I-l plHCky and
courageous lsHt for home and Htue
ones.
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Lovely Princess Of Pless 1mparts Some of
the Secrets Which Enhance Her
Natural Charms
She Believes That the Benzoin Bath Is the
Finest Beauty Bath That a Woman
Can Take

and she taught her daughter the value
of beauty baths. When tired 10 death
she takes a bath in tepid water. and
into the bath she dashes enough bath
vinegar 10 be very stimulating. At
other times she takes the bath Of the
South. the perfumed bath, made frag-
rant with benzoin. This is the bath
which Amelie Riyes made famous. You
take a tub ana hH it with water and
then add d sufficient quantity of benzoin
10 make IL milky. This bath is very
stimulating, and IL possesses the re-
markable quality of building up the con
stituu0n while it reuews the senses. The
woman with a tired headache can take
a Denzoin bath and be all right It is
the greatest beauty bath that ever was
The princess also takes a bath of bath
vinegar, which is made by pouring
white wine vinegar over rose leaves
and leaving the whole a day TO ripen.
Take the contents of q pint Jar OF rose
leaves, empty them in q deep gallon
crock and cover them with two quarts
If white wine vinegar. Add about ten
drops OF pure ammonia. This makes
an excellent lotion for the bath. Throw
a cup of ID in Jub Of water
The beautiful Princess Of Piess is one
of the believers fin open air-that is.
outdoor air. She never closes her win
dows al night. and all her sleeping
rooms are arranged with what is known
as cross ventilation.
If YOU want to ventlate your room it
F is not enough TO open the window.
/ You must open another window so that
the current can blow through. This
makes a cross ventilation.
A certain woman who occupied
I snail room in the house was determined
( 10 have fresh air. and goodly supply
+ OF IT, So what he did she do2 She
! opened her window wide every night
from both the top and the bottom. But
stiI the air supply was not sufficient
How to Ventilate Your Room.
+ after thinking some time she hit upon
1 a better scheme She had the door re-
moved. and in its place she had Stat
+ door fitted. This STAT door afforded
splendid ventilation, and the room
/ was deliciouslv cool all summer. Even
in the winter il is well ventilated
+ I'm the winter, when the house is stuffy,
/ The ventilation is perfect. for there is "a
steady current ~ air through the lattice
/ door
+ And so if IS Interesting 10 know that
beautiful women do not despise fresh
+ air. They know It's great advantages
and its great benefits 10 the system.
l The pretty woman who breathes good
air win he twice as pretty, and VIII hold
/ her beauty much longer than though she
/ neglected the air supply Of her rooms
: IL is said of the Princess OF PIess that
I she IS the most hygienic woman ~
/ London Her rooms are always deli
/ ciously wei aired Here are fegg
I of her household regulations, for. though
T a very beautiful woman. she is none
7 the less a good housewife. She has an
/ English WOmau's regard for her home.
/ ia her town house there are no car
I pets and all the rugs are OF the thin
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IN the slack and passed the buoy and
what slack J had over the side 90 my
husband .lI5L ia me small boat II was ms
task then 10 haul 10 the line, hand over
hand, and play the FISH until 10 became
exhausted. liza the meantime my only
duty was 20 avoid losing him IN the
dense fog which had been settling down
ana was now thicker than ever.
A Dangerous Enemy.
CT kept lacking and jiblng around him
ana hoping that the FISH would not
strike the boat. IL was not long before
i could ten By the rapidly stacking line
that the sWorddsh was getting unpleas-
autly close. The next instant nay hus-
band leaped upon the thwart, and. with
cut warning, the animals huge sword
tender across its width and through the
opposite side.
~ saw 8Ir Latham jump on the
sword as IL lay athWarL the boat I'm an
endeaVor 20 break il and release the
craft but his purpose served In dit-
fereut fashion The fish, attempting 20
free himself raised the boat partly out
Of the water. but as ne turned himself
On a grand effort TO thrash boat and
all, the sword snapped short just Tor-
ward of the nose, and the swordusu
disappeared The tender was by this
time fuI of water. but my husband stay
ed I'm on, fearing the returning fish. The
buoy To- soon began running out ana ir
was 6Viaeut that the nsh was diving. AS
the hne passed over the bow it became
f0Uled IN the forward strap. Ia mo-
ment IL ran taut and the boat went
down. Dow foremost. NY husband was
obliged TO 90 overheard then and struck
out for the Sylvia.
ttThe tender reapDeared almost at
once, and as nay husband was hampeTed
by boots and oiiskius / was i'm fear that
he would encounter the Infatuated sword
fsh before reaching the sloop. Just af-
ter Mr. Latham had come over the side
hand over hand. ou rope / threw him,
we saw am angry flick of the animal 8
tail as the now Weit-speut nsh. made
hnaI desperate effort To reach his eue-
ave drew the expiring FISH 20 the
the killing iron. Then we fastened a
strap around mis- hukes and hauled him
aboard on the main throat haniards. re
was 10 feet S inches long over all and
weished $50 pounds minus sword. fms
and tail"
Bee-Raising Industry.
To enc familiar with the care of bees
it is surprising that more women so not
attempt 5ee-keepiug as means Of earn
ing money. TO many the word "bee" is
associated with thoughts OF wild ehases
with tin pans and COW bells after abb
scsHdlnE sWaruls. and later nursing inc
Vulnerable painful stings. With the
modern method Of caring for bees
sWaTmiEg is largely done away with
and there U.s. little danger of stiugs.
IHere are many reasons why bee-keep-
ING as money-making occupation.
should appeal strongly 10 women. The
work rs Hight, there Is no para of III "a
woman OF ordinary strength can not do.
EXCEPT 10 carry the hives into winter
quarters and set them out on theIr
stands aEalu in the spring. There Is
no dirty or disaEreeabIe work abouf 5r
as there is about poultry-ra5 using OF
gardening. To is "a healthfuI 0ccuuatf0u
Though not requiring great amount 8f
attention one VIII uucOusciOusly It.
drawn uut OF doors 10 note when the
hrst pussy willows or aIders blossom 81
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when the bees begin TO M the tiny
'oa skeIs on their legs with pollen,
which ls the food Tor the larva-baby
bees
Bookkeeping can he carried on almost
any where whether one has a home OF
aer own or not, or whether IL be ia city
Tetz, on the rat roofs of city buildings,
IN CUTDul-uluEs. iu boats which travel by
night in small back yards-iu fact. all
most ans pace where there IS room 10
set a hive, and there are few localities
where bees cannot be kept at profit II
rightly managed.
Although there are certain tasks 10
Dc attended 20 an certain times, the
work ls not continuous A forenoon OF
afternoon, once a week. given 10 the
work during the busy seasons, would be
all that ls necessary TO care for large
number OF hives when one has become
thoroughly acquainted with the work.
Two hives are ali a person should be-
gin with one can learn as much from
one or two hives as from a dozen. but
it as better 20 have no more than one
hive until one has learned 20 winter
them safely.
A Woman Fruit Grower.
That Mrs. Platt, OF New York, is "a
woman OF more than ordinary force OF
character is shown by the enterprise
she IS conducting in Florida independent
of her husbands aid Visiting the South
with him number of years ago she fell
lu love with a particular orange grove
LEat she passed one day.
How I would love 20 own that prop
eTty.. she exclaimed.
"Oh. yes- it's very pretty" admitted
her unlnterested husband, hut II
wouldn't pay. There's no money I'm II,
"Neu ] believe ] can make it pay,
replied the high-spirited woman,
The idea remained with her and took
possession OF her. Before long she had
transferred "a part Of her own money
[r0m another Investment TO the pun
chase of thai Florida orchard Deter
mined TO prove 10 her skeptical hubby
chat her venture would pay, shd began
ia thorough study OF orange culture
even mastering the subjects OF soils and
fertilizers, and took personal charge or
the business mauasing tho work of the
plantation by wire. Likewise she learn
al the mysteries OF bOoEkeep ping and be-
came her own commission merchant an
New York city the result being Iudt
many a Gotham millionaire eats her
oranges once a. year Mrs Fldtt goes
South 10 superintend improvements and
faIairs ON tug place The result OK an
tHis personal attention is that the grove
does DAY. and very handsomely. even an
seasons OF frost when an the surround
.rg orchards arc losing money. and the
estate iustifiea the name she 0estOWe ed
upon III, Paradise.
Author, Orator, Entomologist.
Miss AIaybeue Biggart. d. A.. OF New
York "a young author, pulpit orator, and
zthuoIogist. occupies a decidedly unique
position. An elhuologist OF note, her life
is given up 10 work among the Moki
and Navajo Indian tribes OF ARIZONA
and New MeXico. she having just COM
uIeted tour of the reserya lions iu those
territories Miss EiEgIrE thinks the
Navajo has bright future and is con
udelt that the 5000 of these people viii
eventually become am Important factor
m tHe southwest Iae religious eff0r.s
among the Indians she describes as any
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permanent Of Is degrees. while the Eng
fish home never gets warmer than 90
degrees
You Americans look as though you
had had been stewed said a visiting
EngIishmau, looking into the faces OF
a group Of pretty American women.
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SezpeHf Necklaces.

Serpent necklaces are rather smart
again, and are Of so large a size that
Jhey advertise themselves quite patent
Is, lying over the shoulders with the
head and tail crossed in front blazing
ruby tongue and eyes dinerentiating
the beginning from the end
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Oriental descriptiou-rugs that can be
taken out each week and shaken
There is very little bric-a-brac in the
house. The Few pieces are handsome
costly ones, but there are no dangling
ornaments She believes in a thorough
busting every day.
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The princess keeps her house very cool
Very few American women could live On
the temperature OF an English home.
The thermometer is kept very little
above So all winter. and sometimes it
drops below The average American
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-28
PLANT and DAM
COST Sl,500,OOO
PAPER MAKING MILL AT GRAND
RAPIDS STARTS.
All the Machinery Operated by Elec-
trica1 Power, Each Machine Having
, Its Motor =, Capacity Is $4,000 Tons
OF Print Paper Daily - Power
Available for Other Purposes.
Special to The Journal.

Grand Rapids, Wis, May 2S.-The
huge plant of the Consolidated Water
Power and Paper company is COM
pleted and the machinery started to-
day. There are ten wood grinders
that will turn out 10000 tons of wood
pulp day and two huge 'tBeloit" 13O-
inch paper machines that will make
$4,000 tons of print paper day. This
plant is one of the most modern in
architecture and construction in the
west and is absolutely fireproof, be-
ing Of solid brick, iron and cement.
There are eight horizontal turbines
which will each develop 1000 horse
power under a tWenty-fve-foot head.
The feature that makes this mill diff
ferent from all other western paper
mills is that all of the machinery will
be operated by electricity, each machine
being run by motor. Superintend-
ent Oberly says more uniform and
practical power has never been found.
The Consolidated company will sell
1t is estimated that about 5000 horse
power will be available. This will be
a great inducement for concerns want
ing a convenient and cheap power to
locate here.
Manager George wv. Mead closed a
large single paper contract a few days
ago with the Los Angeles Times-Mir-
ror, it being for 5000 tons of print
paper q year.
This plant and the 1,3O0-foot dam
cost approximately $1,500,000. The
GERS are: President, r. McKinnon;
vice president, w. D. Conner; treasur-
er, I. P. Witter; secretary, George w.
Mead.