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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Oldest Horse in Maine.

Penobscot county claims the Oldest
horse in Maine, if not in the country.
His name is Tommy Foskett. He is
AZ years old and there is no question
about his age.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
The Deacon's Opinion

Eyes. subj" said the colored brother,
dat boy is so fond er tradin' dat vely
believes dat eff he wuz in heaven, en- dey
let him come back fer holiday, he'd sell
his return ticket en- trus' ter bein' blowed
back by CT MISUNDERSTANDING Con-
stitutiop.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Up-to-Date Comedy.

al split drink of schnapps on me coat
last week alretty. und holdings took
Oudt der spot yet"
"Ah, ha! Dot vas der schmile vot
yondt come off!"-N Y American
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Couldn't See.

Francis mother had sent him to the
butchers one day TO find whether he had
pigs feet" Francis soon returned with
this statement:
81 could not see. He had his shoes
on."-Little Chronicle.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Occult Assistance.

Mack-What on earth did you go to
that clairvoyant woman for?
Kate-I wanted to find out why l
never can get any shirt waists made
to fit.-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
His Taking WAYS.

well with the girls?'
'Oh, he has camera, and his pic
lures are all tiattering. "-Philadelphia
Bulletin.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Too Busy to Quarrel.

Men who mind their own business
are too busy to quarrel with their
neighborS.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Wars Horrors.

Mrs. Highmore-Isnt war dreadful
thing?
Mrs. Gaswell-It's perfectly horrid.
The papers were so full of ii this morn
ing that they only had room for ~
or six lines about my party last night.
Chicago Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Another Customer Lost.

Mrs. De Painter-This stuff won't do
at all, and you will have to take 1t
back. 1t doesn't harmonic with my
complexion.
New Clerk (convincingly)-But
madam, it harmonized with the CON-
plexion you had when you selected it.
IN. Y. Weekly.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Found Him Quite Slow.

He's very fast young man."
mot at all. He's very slow"
Evidently you don't know how he
spends his money"
Perhaps not, but / know how he pays
his debts. catholic Standard and
Times.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Practical Economy.

Arthur, dear, don't you think it's
rather eXtravaeant of you to eat but
ter with that delicious jam?'
mo, love; economical. Same piece
of bread does for both ."-Tit-Bits.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Row in the Jones Flat.

Mrs. Jones-It's queer that baby
doesn't talk. She's almost two years
old and she hasn't spoken word yet.
Mr.. Jones-I know, dear, but do you
ever give baby a chance?-Boston
Transcript
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Impossible.

He can compose sonatas, suites
And symphonies even, maybe
But he's quite at loss when his wife re-
quests
That he'll compose the baby.
philadelphia Bulletin
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Defined.

Dad" said little Reginald. what is
a bucket shop?"
"A bucket shop, my son." said the
father, feelingly, "a bucket shop is a
modern cooperage establishment to
which a man takes a barrel and brings
back the bung-hole. Town Topics.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Economizinr ON a RUG.

Mrs. Hichurch-It's a shame every
thing I've got is worn out.
Mr.. Hichurch-You forget. dear; that
prayer rug i bought you doesn't show
any sign of wear yet.-Yonkers States
man.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Greatest Of All Pain.

A mighty pain to love II IL,
And tbs a pain that pains to miss;
But Of all the pains the greatest pain
1t is TO love and love in vain.
-What-to- Eat
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Hard to Do.

Nothing turns mans hair gray so
quickly as trying 10 please a woman
who doesn't know what she wants.
Chicago Daily News.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
An Insinuation.

Miss Elderleigh-I suppose smokeless
powder will reveal the horrors of war?
Mr.. Knox-Yes; but il will never be
able to conceal the ravages of time.-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
British SHORTS

Statistics tell us that more than
10000 British men and women go out
hunting every Monday morning.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Last Resort.

When everythings closed at the clubroom
And the curtain is down at the show, too,
There's no place like home, take my word
fort,
When there's no other place you can so
to.
-Baltimore News
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
For the Lambs on ,Chanp

The burnt child does not necessarily
dread the stock eXchange-N. O..
Times-Democrat
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
A Certain Indication.

Mrs. A. S. Piring has recently opened
a bank account for the first time in her
life
How do you known"
''She has just given her next door
neighbor a check for 35 cents. "-Wo-
mans Home Companion
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Music.

No more the songhird doth delight
The ears OF sordid men.
When eggs are dear they'd rather hear
The cackle Of the hen.
Star.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Sent Home by Immigrants.

Figures recently published in Chris
tiania show that the amount of money
sent home from the United States by
immigrants from Norway last year was
So, 7S0, 900.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07

Customer (who has fallen downstairs)
Help! I've broken my leg!
Floor Walker-Yes, sir; you'll find
clutches, bandages, etc, on the fourth
floor front.-Heitere Welt.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Valuable Hen.

Why is a dead hen more valuable
than live one? Because she will lay
wherever you put her.-Farm Journal.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
A Public Reader.
ham-He doesn't look it.

Church-That young man is a public
reader.
Gotham-He doesn't look it.
well, he is, just the same; he goes
around and reads the gas meters every
month. Yorker Statesman.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Definition.

"Pop?"
Yes, my SON."
Whats an argument?"
tits what they use when they
haven't got proof Cleveland Leader.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
MAKES MEN VIGOROUS,
Valuable Prescription by Which Any
Man Gan Make His Own Remedy
to Cure Himself at Home Sent
Free to ALI Write for it.


For the return Of that youthful i>eling of
manhood a prominent Detroit ply sicisn and
savsnt is in possession of a receipt hic,I he has
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Young Friend.

A wise man never tells a woman
that she reminds him of an old friend
A- <ScNS susHs
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-05-07
Letting Him Down.

Il suppose" said the timid suitor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
Hints for Dressing the Hair.

Hairdressing has gone through many
evolutions since the fashion of scraping up
the hair from the nape of the neck first
came in. Many women have found this
fashion so comfortable and so easy to ac-
complish without the aid of a maid that
they have adhered to it in spite of all the
changes of fashion that have decreed first
one thing, then another, from the planting
of the knob on the crown to the center of
the back of the head and from there to the
nape of the neck, which is surely the most
natural, If the most uncomfortable, of
fashions. Now the decree of La Mode is
that the hair shall be rolled over per-
pendicularly from the neck to the crown
of the head, a comb with a curved-over
ornament being placed in this roll. But
this mode is far from being artistic and
cuts off the proportions of the head to the
face in manner that Is quite at variance
with all the laws of beauty. Some faces
are softened by fashion of pulling down
a meche of hair in a puff over the fore
head, and certainly this fashion obviates
the doubtful wisdom of cutting ones hair
In a fringe" Nothing spoils the hair more
than the "tongs." The French fashion,
therefore, of the low, full waved meche of
hair In It's natural length simply held in
place by combs is by far the most rational.
The hair should be frizzed slightly on the
reverse side before turning up the ends
under the comb, and II carefully disposed
by clever fingers 1t need not have the heavy
appearance that Is the case when mex
perienced hands are responsible for the
couture. The sides, of course, are pulled
pose the combs in sufficiently slanting d.
rection Often the combs are placed too
upright, which gives q wrong movement
to the lines Of the hair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
SLEEVE SUGGESTIONS
By Its Share and Size It's
Newness is Told.
THIS SEASONS VINTAGE
THE PUFF HAS GONE FROM
WRIST TO SHOULDER.
The Smallest Tailor Effect is the "In
Croyable"-odd Colors
Together.
THIS SEASONS VINTAGE
Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.


NEW YORK, October Is. 1904.
Without doubt the salient feature of the
smart gown is the sleeve. Recent changes
in arm coverings are very marked, and 1t
would not be an eXaggeration to declare
that some of the old bishop sleeves are now
put in upside down. The heavy puff which
once hung at the wrist of all sleeves for
dressy toilettes is entirely set as de. In
loose enveloplng wraps whose sleeves must
accommodate others, the baggy puff above
the cuff may appear. But the character
coat, which is the thing of the hour, re-
quires a sleeve either mannishly close and
long or one that is loose to exaggeration at
the upper portion and suggesting an elbow
length in its arrangement.
The sleeve most in demand for the mo-
ment Is made In two parts. The fullness IS
caught up to effect, at the upper arm. a
complicated and becoming putting, under
which. little below the elbow energies a
forearm piece that is almost skin tight
This glove-like section in the dresSier toll
cite Is deliberately trimmed, tiny ruffies of
fine lace between little twists of the Ve'Vet
trimming forming a notable example. With
such a sleeve the bodice invariably is adj
justed closely front and back, and is in the
pointed form which requires no girdiing. 1t
is worn over the skirt, which is very full
at the bottom and shirred or pleated at the
top and the wearer, if she is very up-to-
date, presents the stiff, high-shouldered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
Tested Southern Recipes.

Chicken GumbO.-Fry a tender chicken
after sailing, peppering and Touring the
pieces. Put the chicken in a pot half filled
with cold water. Fry two large sliced
onions and one quart of sliced okra with
one tablespoonful of -four and pour into
the soup In which is a pinch OF red pepper
and boil all for three hours. Serve with
dry. boiled rice.
Umbalayou "a creole dish).-Fry brown
one onion, small slice of ham and one
small chicken; this dish can be made
equally well with either of the three fol-
lowing meats. viz, three large slices of
ham or one quart of shrimpes or one dozen
pork sausage links. Add to any of these
one large sliced tomato. Throw i'm two
cups of rice and cover with water. Salt to
taste and put in quarter of a teaspoonful
of curry powder, one bay leaf and a pinch
of thyme. Cook until the rice is done.
Pilleau.-Boil a hen until tender. Into
four cups of rice put little red pepper and
teaspoonful of powdered sage or thyme
Salt to taste and boil until the rice is done.
Now put the hen in and cook about ten
minutes longer. Place the hen on platter
with the rice piled all around il and sprigs
of parsley to ornament the dish.
Boiled Rice.-One cupful of washed rice
two cupfuls of water, one teaspoonfuI Of
salt. Boil in an ordinary covered stew
pan uHtl IL Dolls over. Let stand twenty
minutes at the back of the stove, then re-
move cover and let dry out for ten minutes
Serve at once.
Tapioca Pudding.-Soak two cupfuls of
tapioca until 1t swells and is soft Add
three cupfuls of sugar, one can of peaches
and the yoks of five eggs. Bake until 1t is
set like jelly. Put on top of the pudding a
meringue made of the beaten whites of the
eggs mixed with two and n half tablespoon
fuls of sugar. Return the pudding 10 the
oven and slightly brown.
Sponge Cake Waffles.-A delicacy for the
supper table is made by taking an ordinary
sponge cake batter and baking it in waffle
irons. Dust the waffies with powdered
sugar and serve at once or else let them
stand until they are cold and eat with
whipped cream.
Sally Lunn.-Into one quart of flour put
one teaspoonful of salt and two teaspoon
fuls of sugar and beat together with one
pint of sweet milk. Add the yolks of two
well-beaten eggs and another pint of flour
In which two teaspoonfuls of baking pow
der have been mixed. Add the whites Of
the eggs quickly, beat hard and bake i'm
mediateIy in a moderate oven When a
good brown and the bread no longer sings
remove from the oven. dust with sugar
and serve
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15

finished velvets are sometimes SO elaborate
ly combined as to divide the costume into
two parts. Upon the cloth bodice are bra-
telles, a deep girdle, sleeve puffs and ro-
settles of the velvet; the upper part of the
circular skirt is of cloth, and a deep velvet
fiOCnce, oddly applied, forms the lower per-
ton.
The manipulation of the gown material
for the trimming of dressy frocks Is a
very interesting feature of the seasons
styles Innumerable quaint effects are ac-
complished through the scissors and needle
alone. and If pains are taken the result
is eminently gratifying. The little doubl.
and gathered roSettes, held down with a
contrasting button of some sort, are de-
lightful decorations for the front Of a
bodice when used in limited numbers. They
aad the putting, put on in straight AMI
fancy ways, shirrings over cords and Lound
frills, likewise open way to elegance with
out great cost so that the dressy fruck
may in the end be of reasonable expense
In fact, it is the plain costume which is
by far the most costly this season, for
piainness requires the handsomest textures
and the most correct cut and make all
of which can be done only by high-p priced
fingers.
Then with the fussy toilets. charming
effects can be gained by contrasts of color
which is a way of using up bits of odd ma
.erial, and by putting several sorts of lace
tc gether il a yoke and cuffs. For example,
a rale pink silk bodice has lace yoke APP
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15

plteo with batiste medaiiions and trimmings
Of faint mauve velvet. Mauve 10 very
fashionable color this season. but Il 10
mainly used on other colors. and In the way
of light trimmings-in delicate velvet rolls
such as headings for lace bodice frille, for
the centers Of rosettes, etc.
A CeTemonious Gown.
A pale blue poplin gown which win be
worn for ceremonfous occasions this win
ter showed bias skirt frills. quantity bound
with vioiot panne. The taffeta lining was
also violet, and the hat to be worn with
the costume was OF blue felt, with violet
crown band and paradise plume.
1t Is quito an extravagant fad to have the
hat for these elaborate gowns match e1-
actly In color. and II this can be attained
only by using the gown material, the
scheme is none the less fine. Several cloth
gowns, velvet trimmed and turned out by
f1rst-class makers. have brim or toQue-
shaped hats in the same materials. But
they are made superb with ostrich feath-
ers and jeweled ornaments. or else little
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15

tips and two large velvet roses to match.
Felt hats with merely two or three such
roses In the same tone for decoration are
not BY any means the least attractive Of
the new models. Roses are provided for
this purpose in all the fashionable felt coll
ors. and are exquisitely made. II they do
not take upon themselves the natural col
ors OF the flower they are preferably nat.
ural In form, the one adopted being that OF
the big giohular rose just before 1t is quite
full blown. They are generally asked for
u dark green. brown. Bordeaux and other
deep reds.
Silk Models.
Some hats covered with dull thick silk
Of the peau de sole order are to be seen.
and probably will be more or less worn
smart Is required.
One, Of which I took note, had the silk
arranged fiat over a greater part of the
wide brim and then in fine folds at the
edge, each fold having little bias of vel
vet beneath. Mignonette green was the
color chosen for the silk. the velvet being g
few shades darker. The silk was arranged
In reverse box pleats round the base OF the
crown, so as to puff up very full over It's
top edge. The only trimmings was beau
tiful gauze aigrette, dyed to match the
shades of silk and velvet.
Feather Braids.
The new braids made of gummed plumage
are coming into very general use. In Oil
ferent shades of dull yellow and orange
they are particularly effective for trim
ming brown felt and velvet hats A me-
Diminished hat in cigar-brown cloth felt
has a band of this feather braid sewn
around the edge. Underneath it is lined to
within a couple of inches Of the border with
velvet Of the same golden orange tint,
which is also used to belt round the domed
crown. A pair of brown ostrich tips out
side and two brown velvet roses in the
bandeau under the brim complete the trim
ming.
Strings for Bonnets.
Strings of thin satin are by no means ex-
ceptional, and make an effective finish to
picture hats. Black liberty strings are at
tached under the brim of black velvet
hat, and knotted together once, so that the
knot rests on the wearer's right shoulder.
This hat has the brim somewhat raised on
the right side, while curving down in the
brim. The trimming consists of loops of
the ribbon, each plated into the shape of
a dahlia petal, arranged in two halves,
embracing two-thirds of the crown, Joined
by a handsome cut steel buckle of shield
shape, and plume of ostrich tips placed
rather far back.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15

shades, has sleeves in immense double
puffs, ending few inches below the elbow
Beyond this point the white sleeves OF the
under bodice are allowed to show. Another
gown similarly fashioned, was supplied
with close forearm section, Stimulating an
under sleeve.
Touch of Style.
Sleeves are shortened and foreshortened,
and the moment a sleeve is too long 1t loses
in style. Loose-sleeved Etons. ulsters, rain
coats Of the latest cut all halt short OF the
wrist to give a glimpse of some under CO.
quetry. Still, so many are the methods OF
achieving effects that sleeve too long In
a ready made coat is no very great objec-
ton. Across the forearm of loose, wide
cuffed models three or more little tucks
will be stitched, while close sleeve may
be tucked with ease under the cum.
With the puffed elbow styles the forearm
section is admired most when long, and the
wrist portion Is sometimes cut to mt over
the hand like mitten.
The waist adjustments of coats and
gowns are as opposite as the styles IN
sleeves. The directoire and empire coats,
a number of which are seen. hang as loosely
at this point as night dresses. The skirts
of such coats are heavily pleated into yokes
of various novel cuts, and somehow many
of the loose styles are as becoming ire
quently to the plump as to the lean. with
the close-fitted coats 1t is quite another
thing. These call for figures more than
slim at the waist, hips and bust, In order
to effect the willowy grace these ralher
trying styles demand.
Lavish Trimmings.
For very slim figures some of the fitted
coats run to a cape-like arrangement OF the
shoulders and huge and novel buttons, two
of which may be placed at the waist line.
French cloth, as smooth and glossy as
satin, is used for the majority of these coat
gowns, which may be seif-trfmmed or
decked with the elaborate garnitures Of
the season. Never were passementeries,
embroideries and applications more law
ishly used and never were colors more rich
and subtle.
Odd contrasts are everywhere seen. Snur
brown kid vests and trimmings are the
audacious features of semi-tailored frocks
in any hue; and with old French green,
which is a shade as gray as green and n
very modish color, sapphire blue is CON-
bined frequently. A reception gown IN
this soft, sage-like tint is trimmed with
deep chenille lace. in which, at intervals,
the rich blue family shows. The deep tai
feta grdle is in two shades of the sap
phire and the lower portion of the sleeve
shows tiny outstanding ruff1es of OYSTER
white lace.
The colors of the dressier cloth gowns
are in themselves most beautiful, many
shades of rose and dull pink being treated
with passementeries in several of the same
tints.
With other cloth gowns the new highly
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
How to Wash Blankets.

Take one-half bar of good hard SOAP.
shave 1t fine and pour over 1t one pint of
boiling water. Stir until 1t forms thick
jelly Add one tablespoonful of powdered
borax and two tabespoonfuls of household
ammonia. Add this mixture to tub Of
tepid rain water to which has been added a
tablespoonful of borax. Stir well and put
in the blankets. allowing them 20 remain
one hour. turning them frequently. Run
them through the wringer and rinse well in
clear water. Hang In the sun to dry. Do
not rub them with the hands. Shawis and
wooden dresses may be washed by this
method.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-15
FOR WOMEYs WEAR
Favored Shapes in Hats for
the Winter.
FANo1fUL CREATIONS
MoD1sH coLoRs IN FASHIONABLE
MILLINERY.
XXI n
Tall Crowns a Feature Of the Current
C>zs~- p,>ofd fxlv
FANCIFUL CREATIONS
Tall Crowns a Feature Of the Current
season-Feather Braid, Strings
and Other Accessories.

From the Millinery Trade Review.
At length, as It would seem. after much
persuasion, and feeling Of the pulse of pop
ular Endorsement, 1t may safely be averred
that hats with tall crowns, dividing choice
with those having medium-low and wide
low crowns, have come to stay" for the
current season at least.
Although 1t may not be that they are in
vested in exclusively for dressy wear, re-
liable milliners incline to the opinion that
the large and the very large hats with tall
crowns will be accepted by leaders in the
mode among fashionable women, mostly for
the high dress of the afternoon promenade,
or the park carriage drive. To support this
theory it is to be remarked that the large
hats, with tall crowns, have all brims more
or less capricious in contour and adjust
ment, thus suggesting more or less elabora-
ton in trimming; whereas the large hats,
with wide low crowns, have mostly fiat,
simple brms and frequently run into the
lines Of the sailor hat.
A very sumptuous model In large hat,
with a tall crown given the shape Of that
of the cadets cap, and brim widened out
and lifted high at the left side and narrow
ed at the back, Is covered smoothly with
royal velvet in dark olive green. Laid over
the front and sides of the brim Is rich
figures of crushed strawberry color; from
the front around the right side sweeps
very full green ostrich plume mounted with
tufts of marabOut tips, and holding up the
brm at the left side is an ivory white plume
of ostrich and marabout tips.