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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
DRESS FOR $500.
So Former Chicago DressmakeT De-
clares, But Many Spend Larger Suns

So Former Chicago DressmakeT De-
clares, But Many spend Larger Sums.
.'The styles this fall are unusually
smart-nOt more expensive than other
fau styles. but expensive enough. Ie
VIII be possible Tor a society girl 70
dress very neatly on say. $500 a year, %
said a former leading dressmaksr OF
Chicago.
According 10 this authority. Mrs. Ar
thur eaton IS the most splendidly=
dressed woman in Chicago society. and
spends the most money on clothes. Mrs.
Potter Palmer, she declares, spends
about 81, 600 a year on her wardrobe.
Mrs. Palmer buys many costly gowns
abroad" said the former dressmaksrs
but 1t may surprise many OF her friends
TO know that most OF her clothes are
made in her own home. Mrs Palmer
is a woman OF good taste and can direct
the making Of her own gOWas. She buys
her patterns OF high-priced firms and
then employs some little dressmaker
that nobody ever heard of 70 make ghs
clothes. know a little Swedish and .
little German dressmaker who 90 most
OF Mrs PaImer's sewing IN her home
under her supervision. and turn out
many a gown which gets the credit In
society OF having come from Paris.
This way of doing Is not unusual
among society women. Mrs. Grover
Cleveland does it. and the late Mrs. VII
liam c. Whitney OF New York, did u
also. It saves money. but requires the
best taste In the women who are 10 wear
the gowns. Not all women who have the
money could practice It."
Mrs. Elisha Miller is credited with
spending $1,000 a year for clotEess Mrs.
John W. Kiser. $4,000 Mrs Stanley Mo
Cormick. $4,000; Mrs. II. c. Taylor.
S. 600, and Mrs. Cady NJ. Jordan, s.. 500.
There are not haIL q dozen women In
/ New York who spend $4,000 upon their
clothes" the an hority continued. Il
think the average Chicago society wOm-
an spends as much on her clothes as the
average New York society woman.
should say the average woman i'm So
cieuy I'm Chicago spends from $3.50 TO
I 81 600 q year upon her clothes
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
That OCTOBER MOVING
4 THING or HORROR

and frame Of each before Il goes up, also
TO look at Il with a critical eye Tor the
straight line. In spite OF the fact that
handling and fixing viii soil and dis1lg-
ure most things, the experienced mover
adheres TO the plan Of cleaning every
thing before Il leaves the old home for
the new, rather than afterward. no
other way so certainly lightens the labor
OF removing. But, whether the cleaning
be given first or last, given IL certainly
must be 10 every single thing II you
want the new abode TO please you with
its fresh note, and TO cheer you with its
variety. In doing this We make the
period OF house moving a household
passover-nealthfUl, searching, whole
some. And taken thus it cannot but
make for good.
one good rule for all packers to re-
member Is TO avoid hollows; to Ill up
every. corner; 10 pack tightly 70 stand
everything on it's side rather than on the
fat: TO keep smooth surfaces together.
and not TO spare the wrappings- Old
newspapers make excellent wrappings.
as do also straw. hay, shavings, paper
silk. and cotton waste. Drawers, re-
moved from the chest, make capital
boxes if wrapped over after being filled.
with pieces OF carpet ana OilclOthi they
are easily carried, and the chest by itself
IS no trouble at al, whereas a packed
and locked chest of drawers is a dread.
Do not pack away all the household
linen, pillows. and blankets into trunks.
but use them all as padding and wrap
pings they viii not harm If some out
side waterproof covering protects the
whole package
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
How the Duchess D 'Uzes and Countess de
Castellane Take Chases Through
Meadows and Orchards.
Try to Be Careful of Gardens in Crossing,
But Have Servants to Follow and
Settle Damages.

erect They do not double up and
cramp the organs Of the body
The Duchess Dues. who is one Of
the deetest runners Of the society WO-
men on the continent. lays her good
health 20 this sport. She runs an hour
a day If possible, and INDUCES in e
health chase every week. The duchess
wears a pair Of tan shoes and brown
stockings. Her skirt is a short brown
corduroy, and her waist IS a white
sweater. She wears a soft felt hat. and
her hands are protected with gantiets.
In running, the duchess stands almost
erect, taking the stone fences by leap
ing on top Of them and down on the
other side She has been known 10 take
a barred fence three feet high without
difficulty. This IS not a difficult feat
for an athlete, but let any society Wo-
man try It and see where she VIII land
While running. keep the chin up. and
the head back. and the shoulders
squared. If possible, take deep breaths
into the lungs Don't get out Of wind.
II you yourself getting Windeds
stop short until you get your breath
After you get used 90 running Il e
no harder 90 walk on a run than TO
walk slowly The little running 5og
trot is very easy TO learn and very
easy 20 keep up
You can trot for an hour as easily
as you can walk
Practice Deep Breathing
AS a preliminary 20 running practice
deep breathing. stand by the window
II YOU have a pure air window-and
take deep breaths- Fiji your lungs fun
and throw back your shoulders. It is
the very finest exercise for the lungs
IN the world.
For reducing the weight the cross
country health hunt e. the best thing
that ever was There Is nothing that
compares to Il IN any way. You re-
duce your weight; you benefit your COM
pIexion; you increase your appetite and
you gain strength in your lungs and in
your muscles all at once. It IS the best
/ known exercise. better than the bicycle,
/ better than anything else in the world.
But here is one caution. DO not ran
/ across a marshy country. nor where the
air IS filled with the pollen OF flowers,
which carry the germs Of hay fever.
} Choose a clear air and let the day be
/ cool and cloudy II possible.
/ To start across country for q run 10
/ the pouring rain Is one OF the fashion
/ able diversions Of Lakewood that ultra
/ fashionable spot where New YOrk's mill
! lionafres 20. Of a dull afternoon. when
I the rain Is coming down In torrents and
/ nobody knows what 20 do, al put on CID
/ flannel skirts and sweaters heavy shoes
Z and felt hats and start for a run, often
in the blazing lightning and the deafen-
iign thunder. An hours run brings ali
( hack home. ready for dry clothing, and
IN splendid trim for dinner.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
AT OPENINGS.
Little Points Especially Notable About
the New Hats.


the New Hats.
First, their color. All the hues Of the
rainbow flash from half a dozen hats.
Plain blacks or duu grays are mighty
scarce.
Rich and deep red-browns, like ma
hGgauyf and bright yellOw-browus, Ike
terra Gotta. are worked for ali they are
w0rth-and that's a good deal when
some French milliner is the workman.
A browuish green, which is like iii
descent bronze, has wonders done with
IL ia SILK. velvet, and shaded plumes.
An enormous quantity OF beaver dyed
every known color IS used.
Velvet hats are many and the biggest
part Of thCm arc shirred somewhere
about their makeup.
silk is shirred. too. and looks delight
fully Old-faslioned and ueW-WhiCh IS
one and the same thing
Ore OF the queerest new trimmings Is
chiffon braid. which is merely chiffon so
kn0tJed and frayed and frazzled that It
looks like the shaggy coat OF an inhabi-
taHt of the zoo"
MaTabouu Is new as q hat trimming
and is soft delicate, shaded, and Won
derfuIly pretty.
Quantities OF ribbon are used, the soft
satin kind iu draped and shaded folds.
and the sitter silk kind in heel rOs-
cites, cockadess and little bows.
Velvet and sIlk-coyered buttons stud
brims or fasteu the CenJers IF these ro-
settles.
Buckles are used. also jet beads, pearl
beads, and leads I'm colors.
Plenty o. hats have brim Of one color
and crown of another. the plumes and
ribbons combining these two colOrs.
Grotesque shapes won't count, since
they won't last but high crowns are
certain since there's scarcely a low one
20 be seen O. the openings except a few
Tam" crowns, which are heightened by
erect trimming.
Plumes and rolls of the hrim have
veered around TO the right side on most
models.
Beautifully shaded ribbon shirred on
as "a brim facing is one Of che incest
ueWuesses.
II seems that any color you fancy
most, any material you happen 90 have
and any shape that suits your face, may
( DE combined into an approved winter
hat. provided only an artist has the
combining.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
Benefits to Be Derived From Introduction
of This Interesting Pastime If Rules
Are Observed.
Best Time for Exercise Is During Light Rain,
But Avoidance of Marshes Is
Strictly Enjoined.

deal OF appetite after the long run over
the meadows and through the woods
If your are nutting this fall, or away
TO the woods for q holiday, why not in
dulge In a chase. There is what is cali
cd a paper chase which is a little differ
emf from the sport generally known UNI
der that name but which is very good
fun.
IL rs wei known that there is nothing
quite as health giving as a run IN the
woods. And, for those who want TO get
thin and, so. obtain health and beauty
here is "a description Of a paper chase as
given by a society woman who stopped
from Friday to Monday at the country
home OF the American Countess de
Castellane, who was Miss Anna Gould.
of New York,
Chase After Game.
eve started out after . o'clock to
chase the game across country. 1t was
q little like hare and hounds and some
thing like a paper chase, but a little
different from either.
'The game, "a slip Of a boy about six
teen years of age, started ahead carry
ing a bag filed with confetti. The bits
of paper were small and OF many colOrs.
As he ran he scattered the pieces In
haudfuls on the ground. on across
country he dashed, occasionally taking
cut a handful and throwing it 10 the
winds. tt was caught by the breeze and
tossed here and there. sometimes flying
away if caught by a zephyr. so that it
was really dimcuIt 10 follow the train.
again. as the boy ran throwing out
haudfuls of the tiny bits of paper, the
paper would fan IN a little heap, as II
/ I'm a calm, and there il would lie and the
l trail would be worse than ever TO find
/ But usually there were a few stray bits
and we would catch them cleaning in
I the sunshine and dart on.
Out With Health Hunters.
"Our chase began by going through a
/ vegetable garden and over a fence.
Then We struck an orchard and ran
! through It. Beyond the orchard was an
/ other fence. then came a COW pasture,
wide. and with a running stream. Then
+ came a very high, wide stone fence
/ then q steep decline which woun6 up in
/ a country road On the other side OF
I this there was another pasture, and
after we had crossed another stream
we got into the deep woods.
! THE people Of the neighbOrhood were
very obIiging 10 AS and let us 60
I through their pastures, and cross their
/ vegetable gardens and scale their walls
| without protest. We were careful @
I destroy as little as possible. and after
/ the chase a servant was sent around
/ with a purse TO compensate those whom
we had damaged.
eve ran as fast as We could go foi
] two hours. following the bits OF paper
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Ioay Re.toIe. HeLh

take the train home. a stop az a con-
veuient tavern gave them such refresh
ments as they needed.
But those who run must run BY rule
n they are going 10 benefit by IT, II
viii not do 20 run until you are all out OK
breath and red On the face Such run
ming brings nothing but exhaustion and
palpitatiOu. You must run correctly.
The person who runs IN the wrong way
viii have lame muscles and a tired feel
ing. The run viii do a thousand times
more harm than good But the one who
runs IN the correct way viii come back
feeling fresh. A run over the golf course
IS nothing at all in the way OF exercise
compared 70 a good cross country run
Rules for the Hunt.
Here are some OF the rules for a
health hunt:
Wear easy shoes that bend IN the feet
but do not slip nor rub. Before you
start be sure 70 ease your shoes This
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
ENGLISH CORDlHuITY
Peculiar Way Of Making Guests Feel
at Home.

Peculiar Way OF MAKING HuS119 @o~-
at Home
III YOU go 40 visit at a house for
the rrst time where everything is very
F---g7ier Won know o" said a popular
young bachelor. land are received Win
irdfnerence. If YOU are ushered into
roor, where there is lot OF men and
women whom you do not know. VINO
nav no attention 10 you, and 70 whom
V-ou ara not introduced H. in short you
feel entirely out OF it and inclined 10
take French leave and so on just say
fr -ourseIf that this is only the very
latest English way of making q guest
feel at home. and that you are reaily
treated with distinction In having u
taken for granted that you are 10 the
manner born. and know how 20 take
care of Yourself
..The first afternoon j arrived at Mrs
TiUtou's," he continued 81 found tne
house party az tea ia the hall Mrs T.
received me Iauguidly. and then turned
10 the lady next 20 her and continued
=ome interesting conversation. In when
thew evidently had been engaged when
] entered All the people there were
distinctly OF her set. and as i am a
newcomer iu social life IN New York.
z did not know one or Lle4 except tt
SIGHT after a glance at me they paid
la attention 10 me whatever. and was
faft standing awzWardly alone. Al
erst felt as i have described-rhat IS.
so indignant and so aWkWardiy out oI
the swim chat seriously contemplated
walking out Of the room and out or the
house. Then remembered that i had
been told 10 was the newest fashion Of
making guests feel independent, and
that I'd was up 20 me 90 make all adj
vauces. Well, fortunately i am not
shv. so 7 plunged in. sauntered up ID
the best looking woman, and said
hoped she would not mind playing tht
Good Samaritan 10 "a stranger. she was
very gracious and NICE and drew ont
OF two men into the conversation. Somt
aIIusiou was made 90 horses "a subject
iu which j am wei up, and when w
went on 10 dress for dinner i felt quit,
comfortable. Ny hostess. too. i FOUND
later. uas both kind and cordial when
directly attacked her. IA fact every
one there was nice, and I ended by eu
toying myself immensely. New HOrl
Tribune
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
The Worlds Fax.

A woman had rather DE judged by the
STYLE on her pompadour than the size OF
her cerabruul.
A girl with a fourteeu-iuch waist who
can smile cheerfuuy would be a great
heroine iu a better cause.
Girls who wear the other kind have 20
laugh 10 think how ignorant men are
when they make Jokes about carriers
A woman likes datteEy ass "a child likes
SUGAR 0E irs bread-suTead ou thick.
III women could vote. only candidates
with nice hair and good pFolies would
stand any show.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
Using Old Lace.

A rapid and easy way Of embroidering
and one which enables a woman to use
up odds and ends Of old and new lace.
especially in floral design, is TO cut the
leaves from She net foundation ana APP
ply on a cotton, wool, or silk gown.
Work over the design, covering the fg-
ures wei. with embroidery silk or mer-
cCrized cotton. The result is excellent
The embroidery stands out wen and the
LACE pattern answers the same purpose
as "a stamped design. and I'm most cases
is more attractive than the conventional
patterns found an the shops.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
By MARIAN MARTINFAU.
THE health hunt is the latest thing
I'm society here and abroad.

@HE health hunt is the latest thing
I'm society here and abroad.
The ladies OF France have
fore been noted for their 1.-The
beautiful feures. such q thing as
stout lady is about unknown i'm society
The French Eraude dame is slender as
q reed. graceful as a willow, 1.-the as
efrL She is a creature who suggests
youth and who carries with her no I'M
Dression of accumulated tissue.
The English woman at forty Is apt 10
be fat and fair and the American Wo-
man may be inclined 10 plumpness. bul
the arande dame OF France is as slender
MS she can be. She has kept her glrilsh
figure. though not even she could al
was tell YOU how she has done H.
French woman, on being asked now
~ was that at forty she weighed only 10
mounds. replied: 81 drink no milk. You
Americans live on milk drink no
water with NV meals I do not eat pas
fries after nay dinner. and I get up early
In the morning
Made Her Young.
To these things the middie-agea
woman attributed her beautifully youth
r,,1 0eure and her waist, which was the
waist Of school girl. Her neck was
slender and her throat was long ana
fair.
Bug the ladies Of France have another
method OF keeping slender. and TINS is
by cross country Tunning- Tennis ahl
rolf. the automobile ana the bicycle sil
amount 10 nothing as a fashionable pas
time compared with the health hunt
across country.
Cross country running is very dlI1efelI
from cross country walking. In the lat
1ar case you start out with companion
ror q long walk, which extends over sew
eraI DAYS. and maybe weeks. You take
with YOU a hand satchel and you make
your stops when you are weary. But
with cross country running lt Is very ol--
fsreur. The sport partalkes more OF the
nature OF a chase,
Women who live on a farm or who
have country places, OF who go away on
rfrnfcs. OF nave access TO the woods of
an autumn afternoon can indulge IN q
cross country chase with a great deal If
pleasure and benefit
Health Hunt With Countess.
The Countess de CasteIlane has a
chase every Saturday at her country
ulaca. Here she invites guests FOR the
Weekend. rom Friday 10 Aolaags anl
here, On Saturday afternoon, the chase
is held.
The Duchess q UZes. leader OF trench
society. is very fond OF the cross colln-
try health hunt, but she starts II OF
zerv early in the morning and all are
back for a j. o. clock luncheon or iale
breakfast. which is eaten with great
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
The Latest Earrings.

A pair Of earrings seems now TO be
an essential ornament as the finishing
touch of d fuli dress toilette This Is
not TO be maryeled at. nor is il sur
prising that the long drop earring
should be i'm demand. The loyeliest pair
of drops seen lately were made OF
round diamonds instead of the elongated
pear-Shaped ones that have been mod
ish Each ornament was composed OF
two diamonds separated by invisible
chains and tipped beneath with pear
snaped emerald
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
PROBABLY ovEREsTIMATED HIM

why Is Judkins' wife 50 Jealous OF
his stenr era pherg'
Well cOu see, Mrs. Judkius was his
stenograp Eer before he married her and
she doesn't believe any woman can re-
sist Judkins. Chicago RecOrd-HeTald.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-10-09
WHAT THE STORES OFFER
DISCRIMINATING BUYERS

Gracious me-" said the girl in rust
color. We're going TO be 'dlrectoire,' all
right. All one needs is a crook and a
greyhound. with ones rufies, 20 feel
like a Gaiusborough print"
And some stately paths and a
lover"
''Oh, / don't know. men don't go with
rufnes. One dresses for women Did
you see the French gowns shown at
Ay'sT Weren't they dreams2 have
looked until my eyes toe In. ] am all
shesitated up, as the matinee girl says,
10 know what on earth II shall be one
thing IS certain, we do seem bound 20
continue C0pper-COiOred, and j do love
that Every woman VIII be having cop
per-COlOred hair this winter % 60 with
her gowns. one moment / Incline to-
ward blue. the next champagne uuLs,
and then greeu.-
You couldn't have green hair"
Everything Comes High.
-snlyl There is something about a
green plume swept across the front OF
a directoire hat that perfectly thrills
me. I think IL shall be green. Plumes
come high, but, then, so does every
thing else this winter one can't be
cheap and be direcJOirish!'
I've decided on mlue-
You haven't" The TuSU-COlOrcd girl
dropped on TO a seat at the glove cOun-
ter, a picture OF mingled astonlshmenl
ana envy. Dear me. You always did
know your own mlnd.'
s-to be IAN Nine Blank says tan
VIII b. much worn ii is TO have a vel
vet coat. short and Iul, with lace JaDOl
and h0uHces and q cloth skirt. Don
you think that viii be smartE Then
. am going 20 have tOque with = touch
OF eTmiue, also one OF the new high
crowned hats with white plume
"Oh. you viii be dream. Wei.
ElEID4E must decide upon something
come 0n5 let us hunt up the velvets
/ Dear mel ~ o'clock, and haven't gone
use talking. we shall have 10 come
down 90 one Of Blanks z5-cent break
fasts in the morning IN order TO be on
I the ground then maybe Wen get some
thing done
September Hats.
I Eive-doIiar, ready-tO-wear hats, veT5
/ good ia design. were noted In Il well
/ known shop, The taiioTmade new felts
/ in various toque and tuFban shapes. ar,
/ trimmed with gagged yelVets. and D
{ soft silks, with the addition Of wings
I Hemmed velvet ruchings are enecuV'
] trimmings.
/ one oil the most becoming septembel
1 hats is OF nut brown felt OF mOdeTat,
I hrlm, soft crown of chiffon, and a bunch
I OF ostrich UPS Of lighter shade.
/ The day OF the lace blouse was uevsl
more an hand Indeed the most beau
Uful Of odd blOuses are all on the me-
/ or lace order. a lovely blouse was seer
/ Iu one Of the French shops coutrivel
Z ~ white NaIeuCieuues lace. with heavg
/ iusets of Irish point medalious. Tbs
] blouse was reasonably priced al S25.
/ Point d'esprlL blouses are also I'm evi
/ -erce EerE much h0uuced and Eer
|Iaeey Ees-da belts and reseda glove
I are shown a reseda shade suede belt
with dull gold buckle. IS "a pretty tgucl
! WllE auy bJlcT0ed gown.
Fashion is trying all sorts of freak
lsh fauCies i'm wells. The veil never wa
I more iu evidence or more beautiful
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-02

st. Petersburg, Nov. 2S.-Accoro-
ing to the best information obtain
able. the Zemstvo memorial is stiii
under consideration at Tsarskoe-
selo. Emperor Nicholas is said 10
he under no illusion regarding tne
gravity of his decision and is giving
the memorial the most careful anu
most earnest consideration. BY some
he is represented as greatly concern
ed and grieved over the situation'
both at home and abroad; to be
weary of the war and unrest in the
interior. ready to welcome any non
orable means to bring the war 10 a
conclusion and anxious to remove the
cause for discomfort and secure tran
ouilitv at home. The influences sur
rounding him, however are SAID 10 oe
almost entirely hostile to conces-
sions. The statements made in these
dispatches several days ago that Inc
revolutionists had announced truce
nending the decision of the govern
ment on the question of convoking
sort of elective national assembly 10
mass upon the Zemstvo program Is
confirmed from several quarters and
fear is expressed that IL the whole
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1904-12-02
TO CUT OFF BOYS HEAD.
Contemplated Act of West virginia
Feudist.

Huntington, w. Va, NOV ga
community across the river from
Yorksville was the scene OF 1atal
fued between the family of John WAL
lace and the Curry brothers. Mrs
Wallace fired into a crowd that was
attacking her house and fatally woun-
ded Thomas Curry. The curry
crowd then seized the brother OF Mrs
Wallace, bound him hand and loot ana
laid his head upon log. One OF the
Curry brothers was about to decapi-
tate the boy when Wallace fired into
the crowd and dispersed them. Inc
Curry crowd later resumed their at
tack when Mrs. Wallace was shot
twice. 1t is estimated that about 5oo
shots were exchanged and that III
members of the mob were badly IN
jured.
The Wallaces finally escaped, Mrs
Wallace riding to Louise, KY, and Civ
ing the alarm, and Wallace escaping
to Yorkville.