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The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-31
Fr0cks and FYiIIs
for Weekend FroIic
What to Take and How to Pack 1t.
The Summer Travelling Frock.
BY KATHERINE ANDERSON.

BY KATHERINE ANDERSON.
The weekend house party is one Of
the few days of the rich which can be
copied with success by those of us
whose incomes are considerably less
than 10000 a year.
The weekend custom had its origin
in England, where the royal family is
often entertained from Friday till
Monday or Tuesday by favored titled
persona es. Presumably, his majesty
is occupied with affairs of state during
the interim.
The millionaires living near New
York were the first to adopt the Gus
tom on this side of the water. Even
those men whose fortunes are of in
ternational fame are slaves to Wall
street. and join their families at the
fashionable resorts only on the week
end. To this fact is due the gathering
of congenial parties from Friday until
Monday, and the centering of social
functions on those nights.
Then men and women who had no
summer homes discovered that a
weekend visit to some resort, or the
home of suburban friends, sent them
back to the city refreshed and ready
for another week of work. Now the
humblest of clerks and workers in
the commercial centers leave the city
when the shops close at twelve on
Saturday and do not return until Mon
day morning.
The up-to-date girl who figures on
a number of weekend invitations
prepares for the summer campaign
accordingly. If she is to be the guest
at a home where the social life is ex-
ceedingly gay and where the run of
dinners, dances and garden parties
never ends, she will count among her
most necessary possessions, a dress
hamper of wicker, lined with canvas,
in which gowns are imported from
the other side. These are admirably
suited for carrying summer frocks and
will call down upon the guests head
the blessings of the servants at the
home she visits.
Next to this the steamer trunk may
be used, and if the home life is in
formal, or if the girl goes to some
quiet resort for a restful time, she
uses a Japanese dress-suit case, or
telescope of strong but light wicker,
which is infinitely to be preferred to
the heavier suit case.
Wherever she may be going the
travelling suit is first to be considered.
This should escape the ground all the
way round and display a smartly shod
foot. Hosiery and low-cut shoes
matching and a tailored shirt waist
should be worn with this suit. The
fine lawn blouse, with it's 1880 bertha
of hemstitching and lace, is for the
hotel piazza, not for the train.
If she is to visit family whose
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gored skirts and simple frill and fold
and puff trimmings used on these ac-
cord best with such revived styles.
Longer summer wraps, especially
those intended to protect the COS
tune, lean largely to white and cream
pongees. The loose coats strive for
a picturesque grace, the bottoms often
showing charming arrangements OF
frills, and the wide sleeves falling
short enough to display elaborate I'M
der ones. Handsome embroideries are
used on these coats. sometimes in
contrasting colors. sometimes in the
tint of the coat, and the whole cut
Of the better garments is very dash
ing.
With all these loose wraps lace
wells draped fussily about the hat
brim and falling behind in becoming
cascades. are much seen. Often the
veil and the hat are in the same color.
a stylish and effective scheme when
the tint is one suiting the wearer
especially well.
But in carrying this out hydrangea
blues had better be avoided by pale
blondes. as we'll as light shades of
red or gray. For such persons a black
veil is always best. and the new lace
ones, with their rich borders and
floating ends, have a Spanish air vast
" becoming. These wells are so fem
mime and coquettish in quality that
the wearer falls into the same weak
nesses when sporting them. and 50
becomes, as it were. to the manner
born. 1t is very difficult to be hard
and mater-of-fact in soft and woman
ly raiment. and only TO wear one of
these wells and carry a little carriage
parasol that bends at the handle is to
be created over again.
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end visit should ascertain how her
hosts live in summer. There is moth
ing more embarrassing than to accept
an invitation from a hostess who per-
sists that I'VE live most informally.
in camp STYLE" and then for the guest
to find evening dress at dinner where
she expects to meet with cheviot and
shirt waists among the women, and
flannel and duck among the men.
In fact, it is always safe to take
into the japanese hamper a pretty
summer frock with a detachable yoke.
A dimity or an organdy made with
Dutch neck and a tucker of finest
hand work. will meet this want. as
a frock which shows a moderately low
neck is in better taste for summer
than the decollete frock which is de
riguer in winter. The young girl
should confine her weekend wardrobe
almost exclusively to wash materials.
barring her travelling dress and a
white mohair. The matron or dow
ager may have a silk frock for driv-
ing and dinner, but even with ad-
vaneing years wash materials are in
better taste
If the men of the party are on hand
only at night, women guests will find
a pretty negligee comforting. but it
must be so beruff1ed and lace
trimmed that it is little removed. save
in the lines on which it is built, from
an elaborate afternoon gown. These
are worn only in the bedroom, or in
the hostess's morning room.
In the matter of shoes a medium
weight tan Oxford will serve both
for travelling and country walking, and
II only one pair can be carried for
dress. black is the safe choice. These
should be high-heeled pumps, or strap
slippers, and they should be worn with
sheer black silk or Isle stockings. The
girl who dresses all in white will need
white shoes, and must have an extra,
pair in case of an emergency.
Suede Isle gloves are best for trav-
cling and if you are not sure about
the dinner custom of your hostess,
take with you a pair of the new chan
lilly lace mitts, elbow length. AS a
rule, however. even the formal sum-
men dinner does not demand gloves
Have with you an ample supply of
hairpins, handkerchiefs, fresh stocks
and smart belts. extra dress shields
and reliable cold cream or complex
ion lotion. These things are not al
ways easy to obtain out of town, and
high prices are charged for them
Mohair and sicilienne make satisfac-
tory summer travelling dresses, and
the box-pleated skirt, f1aring from
point just above the knee, grows in
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Women Who Succeed by
Doing eye Nexte Thynge'

Many discouraging articles are writ
ten about the failure of young women
who go to the large cities with big
ambitions, little money and less ex-
perience. They are always pictured
as giving up the struggle and return
ing to their native heath, experienced
and more contented women. But the
history of women who snatch success
from apparent failure has never been
written.
If the truth were told, in every large
city there are scores of successful
women who started out with very
different plans for their future. Fail
ing in this ambition they adopted the
old English motto DO Ye Nexte
Thynge" And at the next thing they
have succeeded beyond their eXpecta-
tons.
Two bright Western girls, having a
superficial knowledge of art but I'M
limited hopes and ambitions. arrived
in New York with the idea of opening
a studio and painting portraits and
miniatures They found the market
crowded with similar workers who had
what they Observation-Disclosures and
to nothing and faced the prospect Of
utter starvation without a murmur.
They were determined not to go back
home.
Some one suggested to them that
there were decorative fields yet I'M
developed and one of these was the
making of artistic lampshades-not
monstrosities in crepe paper and fluted
silk, but the real Louise and Marie
Antoinette affairs. The two artists
searched museums and libraries for
designs, and invested their last money
in the most exquisite of satins, plush
es beads and other materials, from
which they built lampshades on ar
tistic lines, which they painted them
selves. These were at first sold
through a Woman's Exchange, but in
time the girls were able to open
studio and work only on orders.
They made everything, from big
shades for piano lamp to the dainty
and exquisite designs for the dinner
table candle, and their patronage is
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Summer NegIigees
and Easy TffIes
American Women Become More and
More Luxurious in Negligee Attire.

If ever there is a time when a
woman's thoughts turn toward negli-
gees it is in summer, and never before
has there been offered such variety
of loungng robes. kimonas and dress
ing sacks, TO say nothing OF the little
accessories which go with them.
In the smartest Maison Blanc there
may be noticed decided leaning
toward the two-piece negligee, other
wise the exquisitely trimmed and rib
bon-run petticoat with a bouffant
dressing jacket to match. Some OF
these are so ornate that they should,
more properly speaking. be termed
coffee jackets
The directoire lines are making their
influence felt even in negligee, and
many OF the china silk matinees have
deep pointed collars of all-over en-
broldery. edged with hounces and ia
bot vests. composed entirely OF the
flouncing. The skirts are fiounced al
most to the waist and trimmed with
beading and ribbon. In china silk, in
sets of lace and ribbon ruching are
employed, wonderful medallion effects
being thus produced.
A pretty two piece negligee can be
evolved from the lawns now being
sold for ten and fifteen cents a yard.
Twelve yards will make a skirt, with
iounces. and a loose semi-fitte dress
ing sack. edged all the way around
with a narrow rlf1e. The sleeves
should be loose. good quality OF
imitation valenciennes lace edging can
be bought al 30 cents a bolt to finish
of the ruffies. With a bow OF rib
bon at the throat this makes a dainty,
restful gown.
A girl who makes her own gowns
recently bought a pretty remnant In
pale blue and white dimity az II cents
yard. with quantities OF lace bead
ing for a trimming The Empire waist
line was outlined with beading. through
which ribbon. Of the same shade OF
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frills gathered through the middle.
and parasols bordered with vast spots
in contrasting hues. but knows them
only as French novelties But in
Paris the charming details having
been suggested by the dainty clown of
the nursery rhyme they become ef-
fects Pierrot: for ancient fashion
books have not been the only things
consulted this season for ideas on
dress.
A costume Pierrot has been import
ed by a leading firm for one Of societys
bellies. Made of silver gray taffeta
cherry velvet trimmings give the quiet
hue tone and dash. The short skirt
which. except for the apron. is entirely
fingered. is fitted at the hips with
small, close tucks. A narrow frin
trimming, gathered three times
through the middle. forms. with twelve
velvet rosettes. charmingly quaint
decoration. Smaller rosettes dot the
full bodice at appropriate points. and
chemisette and undersleeves Of white
spotted net are becoming details
Girdle bias cherry velvet boned high
at back and front.
A tricorne hat trimmed with the cher
~ velvet, and gray taffeta pararsol.
bordered with a bias and disks Of the
same complete the stylish IL somewhat
startling get-up.
Velvet figures so Importantly I'm the
seasons trimmings that the wonder
IS why this convenient decking is not
more often and more lengthily dis
cussed in widths varying from the
bebe size 70 four inches. black ribbon
velvet is with lace the chief decora 81
tion for bright frocks in diaphanous
textiles. In ppings and bias forms
II appears on foulards veilings and
canvases, the smarter gowns calling
for mirror qualities satin fine.
Scarlet ribbon velvet is used with
fetching effect on "A fouard frock I'm
red and blue. whose lines are charm
ingly girlish. At the shoulders and
hips stirring FITS the soft material 10
the figure. and an undulating hat OF
red chip. trimmed solely with a
large red bird, tops the whole
correctly.
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night, when he was called out sud-
denly, more out of curiosity than any
thing else, she accompanied him n ~
house of mourning. She proved a def
assistant, and when the obseduies were
over and the head of the family calIaS
to pay the undertaker's bill. he nar-
ticularly thanked the latter for tba
services of the assistant, who had heer
so comforting to the women of hig
family. MS
This gave the undertaken an idea
and the struggling girl a trade. She
became first his assistant and then
his partner. and it is a grave uuAs-
ton whether she ever returns to the
profession which was her original am
bition.
A girl of more than ordinary
knowledge who had been employed in
the small library of her home town
went to larger city with the ex-
pectatiOn of securing a position in
library famous the country over. bu+
she faced a regulation of which She
knew nothing. All Librarians emnloz,-
ed at this particular institution must
have college degree. This the girI
did not have, but not for worlds
would she have gone back to her
home town, acknowledging defeat. par
ticularly when the position she had
formerly held was satisfactorily filled
by her successor.
While struggling with the problem,
she heard a fellow boarder rennarl,
that he dreaded the mornings worlt
in the reference room at this sama
library where the girl had hoped n
secure a position. The young girl
longing for something to do to tenn.
porarily Danish her anxieties. offered
to do the work for him. explaining
that she had held a librarians posi-
ton at home. The man hesitated, but
finally consented, and gave her LIST
of subjects on which he desired in
formation.
That afternoon the girl called AZ
his office with her notes neatly ar
ranged. the very subject matter he
wanted skilfully tabulated. The man
was assistant editor on a struggling
magazine, but he knew many men
who held more important positions
He spoke of the girls work to his
acquaintance, and she received other
orders. To-day this young woman has
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from the very rich all over the ooun-

from une very rIcn all over the cOun-
try.
These two girls are largely RESPONSE
BILE for the vogue of the bead fringe
in lanpshapes. They are now studying
architecture and furnishings of the
most artistic periods, and have long
since buried their ambitions of por-
trait painting in the more remunera-
tive one of lampshades.
Another young artist from small
country town came to a large city with
the expectation of doing Illustrations
Editors turned down her work with
painful regularity, informing her that
it was neither decorative nor pretty to
look upon. One editor bluntly told her
that her work was so ugly that it was
funny. The girl, instead of being dis
couraged at this remark, took heart.
1t would be better to be successful and
funny than starving and serious She
lacked the keen humor peculiar to a
cartoonist, but she had a knack of
drawing absurd angles. She made the
acquaintance of an advertising firm,
and one of the best known characters
on the bill-boards to-day was design
ed by this girl. who also writes the alb
surd little verses which accompany the
advertisement. She commands an in
come which many successful illus
traitor would envy.
young woman who went to Chicago
with the intention of practicing medi-
cine found the competition too strong
for her She had neither the acquaint-
ance which bring quick returns to the
young physician nor the money with
which to build UP the acquaintance.
She was too proud to return home and
build up a practice in her native town:
besides. she had entered upon this ca
reer against the wishes of her entire
family.
Things were looking rather bad for
her when she became acquainted with
the family of an undertaken, and one
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members go In heavily for athletics
the skirt of her travelling dress should
be one which she can wear with a
shirt waist and a stitched linen hat
on the golf links. or on the water. II
her friends 60 i'm for automobiling.
then she should by all means take her
silk or cravenette dust-coat with an
all-enveloping veil. The travelling
dress will answer for the morning
walk on the beach. and shirt-waist
suit OF linen or silk is always a de-
pendable article for the weekend trip.
Pure white dresses are hardly advis-
able for such a visit, unless a trunk
Is taken. and a is often hard 20 get
ones baggage on arrival AZ the sum-
mer resort IN the hight OF the sea-
son.
The young woman who receives for
the fret time az invitation for a week.
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SO. with the summer fading, pluck
We roses while we may. Years may
come and go before we are again soft
in dress. and we may soon even have
cause to regret the period that has
Powered so prettily. In a very few
weeks more the last rost of summer
will be in the garden, and then good
by to floating frivoities, for autumn
styles il is predicted, are for the
most part TO be plainly tailored.
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How to Decorate
for Porch Parties
Given on Verandas and Decorations
Are Made Especially for Them.

Almost All Summer Functions Are
Given on Verandas and Decorations
Are Made Especially for Them.
The popularity of porch parties
grows apace each summer, and this
year breakfasts, luncheons and dinners
are all given on the veranda- After
noon tea is served there quite regu-
larly; card parties are not uncommon
porch events, and for afternoon recep-
lions there is no prettier background
for the dainty summer dresses Of the
hostess and her receiving party than
well-appointed porch.
When the grounds surrounding the
house are large, the porch is not
screened, but if the house stands
rather close to the street there is Ak
least pretense of screening the func-
ton from the curiosity of the passer-
by. The woman who does not care
to invest in the expensive venetian
blinds or the split bamboo screens,
painted with gay designs. must tax
her wits to find a substitute. II only
one end Of the porch is next to the
erect, and she owns a couple Of BAN
boo or head portieres. she can utilize
them. If she is not fond of portieres'
lleu she must LuTn 10 OdIllS 4NdNu4N
for assistance.
The summer woods will furnish her
with a screen which will save the feel
ings of herself and her guests and ad-
init air. One woman gathered trailing
vines of every description from the
woods and through the good offices
of neighbor added to the vines
plentiful supply of honeysuckle. On
the roof. of her low porch she STOOD
rows of tin cans filled with moist
EARTH into which she thrust tha vines
and let them fall over In front OF tne
porch in a fiuttering, leafy screen.
The punch table was wreathed IN
honeysuckle. and great bouquets OF one
same flowers were set in Jardinieres ~
the side OF the steps.
A hostess whose home was neoI
woodland rich In bosky dells, use1
ferns. Under the eyes she ouiH :
grill Of heavy, dark green cord an
from the grill TO the floor Sie
stretched strands Of the cord 70
which, on both sides, were fastener
with bits Of wire ferns Of every o.
scription. They were not masssd 20
closely, but gave the effect Of team
cry screen. They were hung the mo-
lng Of the function, which ocoutIeu
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an office in a New York skyscraper
with five high school graduates in her
employ, who may be seen daily at the
various libraries. The young woman
herself handles only the more inn
portant and intricate work.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-20
She Was Stuck on the Place.

A strange thing happened in this
village recently during a lull in the
heavy rains, and it happened to one
poor, lone hen, and caused her owner
to gaze and wonder in establishment.
This particular hen in question has a
brood of about twenty chickens which
she is forced to scratch for and shell
ter from hawks and do other things
that are necessary for motherly hens
to look out for when chickens are
young
Well, it happened that one morning
the rain stopped for a few hours and
the ground was exceedingly soft and
susceptible to the pedal extremities of
all kinds of walking creatures, espe-
cially hens. Mrs. Hen started out to
scratch for few choice worms and
bugs.
About an hour later her owner
came into the yard and saw her
scratching on the ground and sup
posed she was covering her chicks
from some passing hawk. He went
up to her, but she did not start. And
good reason, too; she was stuck in
the mud up to her feathery breast
The man, of course, extricated MRS
H from her embarrassing position
and she hustled back into the barn
to wait until the ground dried
Biddeford, Me, Record.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-20

used about every known remedy that
is said to be good for kidney COM
plant, but without deriving perma-
nent relief. Often when alone in the
house the backache has been so bad
that it brought tears to my eyes, The
pain at times was SO i-tense tiat
was compelled to give up my house
hold duties and lie down. There were
headaches, dizziness and blood rush
ing to my head to cause bleeding at
the nose The first box of Doan's
Kidney Pills benefited me so much
that l continued the treatment. The
singing pain in the small of my back.
the rushes of blood to the head, and
other symptoms disappeared"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all
dealers. so cents per box. Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-20

you are not thinking of making
any new business deals, are you?
Here is a very important typewriter
letter." said Bub, who was sorting the
mail finging the missive across the
breakfast table to his sister
Natalie knit her pretty brows.
Must be an advertisement" she COM
mented. How disappointing, when l
expected a letter from Mr.. Wander
beck"
She languidliy opened the stiff en-
velope and then a cloud darkened her
eyes.
This was the letter:
Dear Daintiness-I am rushed with
business, my two partners being i'll,
which must account for this method
of communication. 1 know that you
care to hear from me, and hatter my
self that you would rather receive a
line in this unconventional way than
none at all.
81 think of you constantly and the
fact that 1 shall be unable to run up
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-02-20
WAS EQUAL TO THE OCCASION.
Minister Turns Apparent Predicament
to His Advantage.

Rev. F. w. Sanford, leader of a new
sect at Shiloh. Me-. that threatens
to exceed in numbers Dowie's army,
tells a story of Presbyterian minis
ter.
This minister" says Mr.. Sanford,
was making a tour of Maine, preach
ing each Sunday in a different church.
1t happened that on one particular
Sunday he had no new discourse pre-
pared. This, however, did not bother
him. Would he not be among strange
people?
1T CHANGED, however, that when he
arose in the pulpit he saw a number
of last Sundays congregation seated
in the front row. A delegation had
come to hear him again, intending, if
he pleased them, to offer him the
incumbency of their church.
What was he to do? He suspected
the cause of the delegations visit, and
he wanted to please them nightly
An inspiration came to him, and,
frowning down upon his hearers, he
began:
Dear Friends: / have beer much
panied by a report that has reached
me. 1 preached last Sunday, as you
know, in Shiloh church. Well, l have
been reliably informed that the good
people of Shiloh took .dmbrage at my
discourse. They questioned it's ortho-
doxy. How am l to reply to them
| How am l to defend myself? But one
| way is open to me. In order to refute
| this baseless charge from Shiloh l am
| going to repeat, sentence by sentence.
and word for word. tho sermon
| preached there last Sunday. Give me
l pray you, your attention, and see il
/ you can find in my sermon single
| unorthodox thought."-Chicago Rec
| Ord-Herald.