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The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

set autllo*it:e:,, that hooking; approach
ing tie ugly hourg!ass shall be per
mittcl.
Skirts ana short bolero jackets. OF
linen worn with lingerie blouses Of
handkerchief linen will be seen this
summer, as they were last, on the ma
jority of smart women. These little
jackets are 50 jaunty and convenient
that femininity is loath to give them up
The linen shirt waist suits have short
plated skirts that just clear the
ground. The waists are made either
with few plaits from the shoulders O."
with rather deep yoke. In either
case the shoulder line is short, and the
epaulet effect of last year is seen no
more.
Crepe de Paris makes the waist
shown in the picture. = 1t is side plait-
ed about a round yoke of lace. A
braided band joins the yoke to the full
part of the waist The three-quarter
sleeves have ruffies of lace between
braided bands" JUDO CHOLLET.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

some becoming fashion, with the in,
evitable sharply pointed girdle effect
in 'front.'
The satin Louis coats have made i'm
mense strides in popularity since their
introduction here a few months ago
from Paris.
the top or droop gracefully from the el-
bow.
The dress In the>cut is Of mushroom
lightweight broadcloth. The skirt is
simply trimmed with stitched strap
pings of CLOTH A small scalloped col
completes this very Frenchy costume.
JUDO CHOLLET.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26
MODES OF THE MOMENT.

Dainty Lingerie Waists Have Elbow
Sleeves-Du Barry Hoods.
Many Of the elaborate lingerie waists
have elbow sleeves which are also very
smart on dressy gowns. The elbow
sleeve is not thought consistent or good
style on plain shirt waist.
Such pretty sleeves can be made with
delicate materials, such as batiste,
null and nainsook, that it seems pity
not to show as much hand work and
lace as a long sleeve will accommo-
date.
\ favorite sleeve fc: the dressy sepa-
rate waist is composed of two or three
medium width puffs arranged above
deep cuff formed of narrow gatherei,
rutfies Of lace on transparent lining.
Colored silk waist slips matching Or
toning in with the skirt worn with it i,
a present fancy. For instance, deep
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

Fred F'rear, who plays EI;dji. the pri-
vate secretary i'll ":"i:l::n Of Sulu," is
responsible for the following:
Il started ont in t:?e rain one day last
summer and l!:,I lio u:lii rclla. l wor-
ried along dc!,ating whether to invest
in o.le o. not, 1t WAS deferred by the
thought that l already had three UNI
b"nl::ts kicking abort somewhere.
when I got II broadway l spied a
man I presumed to he Walter Law
renee. or stage manager. who was
carrying a fine silk umbrella It's mine
now he added fonlly as he ga2ed at
the WORK of art he held ia his hand.
AS soon as l say the man l pre-
sumed to lie Lawrence I was so over
joyet9 that rushed on him from the
rear and. shaping him hard on the
back. .excla lined. Look here. old man;
give me that umbrellav
The man turned, and. to my amaze
ment. l discovered that he was not
Lawrence, but some one l had never
seen before. was covered with con-
fusion and was about to apologize
when | observed that he was even
more confused than l. He hastily clos
ed the umbrella and pressed it into my
hand with the remark: II beg par
don. I didn't know it was yours and
vanished around the corner leaving me
standing in open mouthed astonish-
ment"
Aubrey Boucicault, who is a son Of
the late actor and playwright. Dion
Boucicault. Is living up to the family
name by writing plays and acting too.
He has a great admiration for his la
mented fathers genius and delights IN
"reminiscences about his sire.
Il remember, well.' he says. sitting
with my father in the Adams House IN
l.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

intervals and run with three inch rib
bon Of a soft make The threaded rib.
bon ties in square rosette at one side
Of the yoke.
1t Is to be a light season, the fashion
votaries all say. White will be plen-
tifully besprinkled with light colors.
Some of the strong shaded will not be
neglected. notably the wonderful new
red Paris is going wild over.
The dainty girls evening frock illus
trated is Of pink organdie. The. full
skirt has waved bands of crochet lace.
The bodice and sleeves are trimmed In
similar fashion.
JUDO CHOLLET.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

po'oA' A"Naoi IL
turning mems heads ever since the
singer was child.
This time it was John L. Sullivan,
who heard Miss Carus sing. He saw
her after her performance and said in
his most appealing tones:
Say, youse made hit wild me. VIII
you marry meT'
This laconic proposal appealed to the
humorous side Of Miss Carus' nature.
and she told the fighter that she conld]
only be sister to him. He was perl
sistent, however, and 1t was manyI
months before John was convinced thatl
bis case was hopeless.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

cision. its correctness and its unerring
method. First take your story and
cut it into clinaxes Of your acts Cut
your acts into situations. Cut your
situations into scenes. Say who the
scenes are by, what transpires be-
Or to be well shaken before taking
This was his recipe and his elixir for
a drama
Arthur Dunn Of 1.-THE Runaways' Is
said to have rather a sharp wit. Some
days ago he purchased q bool: from d
persistent agent chiefly in order to get
rid of the man. While the check was
being written the agent, feeling it in
cumbent upon him to make CONVERSE
ton. remarked: Il hear Jefferson de
Angels was robbed last week" THAT
so?" returned Mr.. Dunn without look
izg up. What did you sell him?'
Miss Emma Carus is a singer whose
voice has more than once turned the
heads Of her auditors. When she start
ed out on the stage she sang at
great concert one night and struck the
heart of a foreign count who CHANGED
to be in the audience. Several years
later she sang in the presence of
Nashville young man, who fell in love
with her at sight, or on hearing her
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

You Ever Came
Anigh.' l had reach
ed the refrain, and
a few moments
more would have
put me at my ease
and have restored
my self confidence.
~ nfortunately,
however. in my
nervousness / had
CHANGED to look UP
toward the gallery.
~
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26
FASHION HINTS.

India Musltns-BolerO Costumes VIII
BE High In Favor.
New india muslins are in the shops
fine and sheer enough to draw through
the traditional ring.
Bolero costumes are still in high fai
vor, and the bolero coats are more at
tractive than ever.
Some Of the handsomest white
blouses are perforated and buttonholed
and worn over black silk slip,
In the new spring coats the tendency
liz toward a rolling collar crossing low
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

embroidered linen Is formed into deep
Jokes, collars and cuffs, which are de-
tachable.
The pretty waist pictured Is OF orr
entail lace mounted over white china
silk slip. An odd little touch is given
the bodice at the waist line by rows
OF shirring beginning on each side OF
the slightly bloused front A fan OF
plated lace falls over the short puffed
sleeves, and the square neck is out
lined with folds Of violet ribbon caught
1t the corners with jabot Of lace fas-
tened with cabochon buttons made Of
silk. These silk cabochons fasten the
crossed ribbon gsrglle ard hands about
- slesvss. JUDIC cHOI4LET.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

lows:
Zone Of the popular table waters
here is Bartlett water. Everybody
knows about it. SO get Il laugh by
asking if two men who drink Bartlett
water VIII be a Iartlett pear
When the friend had thought the
joke over ard Ligestcl it he seat the
following Telegram to Mr.. DALEY:
"Your pear joke is a peach
Mrs. Frank Pi,sey, the dashinS
Young vile OF the liDrettiat, Is CANA
dian, 50 doesn't make TIE effort OF say
ing "c!cvator.'
In the rush hour at department
store she found herself wedgel in y
crowd.
"Nill you please tell me where the
lift is?' she gasped to ford, grinning
face behind her.
Sure miss" and a huge hand strUg-
gled upward and swept the wall space
grandly. This is the roight, and that's
the lift"
William Norris, the comedian and
character actor, who has recently Gre
ated many a laugh in Babes In Toy
land" is a very versatile performer.
but his first stage appearance IN
London music hail was not very en-
couraging. 1t was at the hour when
amateurs were tried. Mr.. Norris re-
lates:
II had vague impression Of vast
sea of heads confronting me, and then
started in to sing The Falsest Girl
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

by an immense sign. ten or fifteen
letters:
Gentlemen Will Please Not Throw
Trotters' Bones at Actors on the Stage
by 'trotters' was meant sleeps feet.
which sold for a sixpence and which
many Of the workingmcn in the audi
ence ate while waiting for the perform
ance to begin. I had gone as far as
The false never finished. The
awfulness Of the meaning in that sign
dawned upon me. Ny jaw dropped.
No words came from my paralyzed
throat My knees ratified together, and
my eyes remained fixed in a CLASSY
stare upon the fatal sign.
THE leader Of the orchestra, seeing
louder, but all to no purpose. a mo
ment Of perspiring agony ensued, when
the voice Of the stage manager called
from the wings. Come Off at once"
Mechanically l obeyed, and not mo-
ment too soon, for a shower Of bones
fell from the gallery upon the spot
where l had been standing a moment
before, and then followed roar Of
'Boosv like the enraged growls Of some
hundred wild animals.
"'You got Off just in time said the
manager. Now, quick, jump into this
cab. You can change your costume on
your way home.'"
Marie Dressler, who. has recently
made q hit in 'sThe College Widower."
had a hard siege with typhoid fever
several seasons ago. While she was
i'll her mother died. The physicians
kept the news from her. When the
young woman, who has made SO many
theater goers laugh. became GONZALES
cent it was necessary, of course, to
impart the sad intelligence to her, but
how to do 1t was the question.
Finally one night about five weeks
after her mothers death Miss Dress
Ter awoke with a shrek and sat up In
bed wringing her hands. The nurse
hurried to her.
Turn on all the lights" said Miss
Dressler quite calmly. land then come
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26


him discuss with
Mr.. Henry Guy
Carleton his meth
DDS of constructing
a drama. 1t sound
ed to me then like
a recipe from "A
cook b ooE - the
formula Of disnens-
ing a prescription.
I was young and
did not realize az I
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

N~~~~>~ SAA>~~~>~~~~~~ ~~~~~~s
extend the width is being employed
Around the hips they fit smooth.
The new silks are almost trimming
In themselves with their small checks,
shadowy figures and beautifully shaded
stripes.
Tucks viii be used on the new spring
gowns combined with lace and braid
Embroidery will trim silk shirt waist
dresses. This season the embroideries
are exquisite, dignif1ed and original
enough to appear with credit on any
kind Of gown.
The girls dress Illustrated is Of cham
bray. The full skirt is trimmed With
rows of narrow white i braid.
The odd collar on the blouse waist is
OF all over embroidery trimmed with
braid. The deep cuffs and chemisette
and narrow belt are OF the same EN-
troidary. JUDO CHOLLET.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

voice. He AFTER
ward committed
suicide "all for
love Of her"
Immediately aft
er this incident an
other remarkable
adventure befell
Miss Carus. Like
the preceding trou-
bic, this, too, was
brought about by
the voice which
has proved such a
GA b
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26
VANiTY'S VISIONS.
leather Elouses For Motor Wear.
Pretty Evening Skirts.

manipulated is truly wonderful. Blouses
are made of this material which look
as soft and pliable as silk. They are
tucked and are quite up to date in
every way. Fair chaufeurs find them
particularly fetching
Petticoats for evening get more and
more dainty and elaborate. Some Of
them have masses of shaded chiffon
frills. the deep top founce having an
applique of cherries cut out Of velvet.
The serious cultivation Of the waist
has set in, although it is promised, on
the word Of honor of several great cor
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

in 1.-THE Duke of
Killicrankie" the
conversation pro-
ceeGed thus:
Have you any
ambition IL your
profession that you
have not yet achiey-
ed I"
For the moment
Mr.. Drew appear
Ell to be amused at
the question.
THAT is certain
~ ,;(I;orc,' ~ kn 40
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26
GOWN OF BLUE SILK.

violet cloth skirt is worn with lin
gerie waist over q pale violet silk slip.
The girdle Is of several shades of
mauve ribbon.
Taffeta silk frocks will be very much
worn again this spring. They are made
in three pieees-skirt, waist and a
short coat on the bolero order Or with
long or short tailor made jackets. The
palmer models are trimmed with fiat
braid OF various widths. The more
elaborate gowns are stunning with
their adornment Of shirrings, cordings
and pufings.
Shot silks in the new colorings are
lovely and drape as gracefully as india
muslins. as-s
The attractive gown pictured is Of
bluet messaline silk. A panel and a
deep founce Of Irish lace ornament the
skirt which is slightly gathered about
the hips. A dainty little boIero is worn
over bloused front Of lace and has
about the neck lace collar. The
sleeves are short affairs OF the leg q
mutton variety
JUDIC CHOLLET.
q
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26
WHAT WILL BE WORN.
Modes For Tailor Nades-P1ain Full
Skirts In Vogue.

Some of the three-quarter coats but
ton almost to the throat, leaving only
space for 4 high linen collar and lace
jabot E;ut the most stunning Of them
have Il narrow Wui$tcoat of fine EN-
broidery in white and pale blue with a
line Of silver. When worn with stole
of erminc the effect is very smart
plain, falling in long, straight lines,
trimmed often with two OF three tucks
above the Lem or with rows Of exqui-
site silk braid.
In Tie new smart dress models the
sleeves are fitted with short shout
der after the Louis XVI. style. The
bodice is swatheI about the figure in
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

"Oh, fair"
Big audience"
mo, they weren't
big: l could lick the
three Of 'erl.
Mr.. Daley sprang
a joke in San Fran
cisco awhile ago
and in W t i n &
about it to a friend
in New York ey-
planned it as fol-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

GOWN OF ALMOND GREEN CASHMERE
on the figure and turning toward the
left.
Black satin girdles with long sash
ends are worn with dressy shirt waist
gowns.
lxed straws Of deep yellow tones
are shown among the first spring hat
models.
Bur and corn color are seen In all the
summer stuffs, particularly IN silks.
and light orange and pinkish combina-
ton with white are charming.
In checked material, both silk and
wooden. the old effects are missing. and
In their place come blurred designs
sprinkled over with tiny dots which
only show IN certain lights.
Many Of the airy materials, such as
gauze, mousseIine and organdie. come
this season with floral borders.
The smart gown illustrated Is OF aim.
ond green cashmere. The skirt Is or
namented with deep braided design
and fits quite smoothly about the hips.
Over q bIoused waist OF white chiffon.
d deep bertha OF cut embroidery
edged with green chiffon velvet The
smaller turnover collar 10 mounted
over the velvet. q tie Of which fastens
the bertha IN front Tie deep ceintura.
= of panne relvet.
JUDIc cHoLLET.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

marked after Il brief pause.
Undoubtedly, but have you:'
After carefully thinking the matter
over Mr. Drew said
Eyes. I thin. / Luve.'
"N'liat is it,
''To be a better actor
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

here and look me
in the face. I want
to ask you some
thing"
The nurse, sur
prfsed and appre-
hensive, obeyed.
Miss DRESSER look
ed her In the eye
and said:
There's no use
your trying to lie
to me, l know what
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

has happened. Mother is dead"
How did you guess, Miss Dressler 2"
cried the nurse.
Il didn't guess; I dreamed It Just
now. l went down to the house. Il
was all boarded up and deserted. /
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

long ago he attended matinee per
Torrance of one Of the dramatic pro-
auctions that did not ''score hi" as
the critics say. On coming out of the
theater he was accosted by friend.
"Been to the show, Peter? How was
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

Mr.. John Drew, who is in the fore
front of his profession. was recently
interviewed. After some conversation
relative to his liking for the name part
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26

broke in. The place was empty except
for a sofa lying In corner Of the
sitting room. Something was lying on
the sofa covered with a cloth. l rush
ed over to it and tried to wrench the
covering off it. l couldn't for Il long
time. Then finally l uncovered the
face. 1t was mother"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1905-03-26
Stories
OF the
Stage Folk

=" ETER F. DALEY is a come
~ dian who does not have to go
far to find jokes. They are al
- hic Not
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
MISS WOOD
WILL AGAIN
SUE PLAT1
New York Senator
Accused OF Breach
OF Promise.
Special dispatch to The Call.

RICHMOND. Va. Feb. IA legal
firm here has been employed by Miss
Mae C. Wood TO bring action against
United States Senator Thomas c..
Platt of New York, alleging breach of
promise. Several prominent New
York men and Government officials
are said to be involved. Their names
have not been divulged.
Miss Mae Wood left Omaha, where
she was a lawyer, for Washington, to
become a clerk in the money order
division of the postoffice- She is 81
years old and extremely attractive.
When Senator Platt married Mrs.
Lillian Janeway. Miss Wood threaten
ed to make trouble. and $4,000
damage suit against the Senator for
breach of promise was Instituted in
her. name. Later, Senator Platt de-
clared that the suit had been settled,
while Miss Wood in an interview de-
MED knowledge of the suit
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
STEAMSHIP
FOUNDERS.
IN A GALE
Crowded LifebOat
Fails to Reach
Shore.
Captain, -Four Passengers
and Many Of the
Crew Perish.
Loss of the Dsmara During a Binding
Snow Storm Off the Nova
SCotian Coast.

HALIFAX. n. S.. Feb. During a
raging and binding snowsorm which
has swept the Nova Scotia Coast for
the past twenty-four hours the ocean
steamship Damara of the Furnessia
line struck on the rocks at Mushuodo-
bolt, thirty miles east of Halifax, early
to-day and is believed to have foun-
dered with the loss of many lives.
The first officer of the ship, with
eighteen of the crew, escaped in one
of the life boats and landed at Pleas
ant Point after a terrific struggle with
wind and sea. Captain Gorst, mas
ter of the Damara; four passengers
and the rest of the crew left the yes
sci in another life boat. They have
not been heard of since and it is feared
that they have perished.
The occupants of the boat which
reached shore were utterly exhausted
and many of them were badly FROST
bitten. They had narrowing expert
ence. battling in the darkness for hours
in the open boats with tempestuous
seas on treacherous coast with the
thermometer registering 10 degrees be-
low zero and an Arctic blizzard raging
They landed on shore some time during
the day and reached the telegraph Of
flee at Mushuodoboit harbor tonight.
whence they wired the first news OF
the disaster TO the agents of the Fur
nessia line at Halifax. to which port
the Damara was bound.
The survivors say that the steam
ship struck at about 2 o'clock this
morning when the blizzard was So
thick that it was impossible to see
ships length ahead, on what proved to
be Mushuodoboit ledge. five miles from
the main land
An immense hole, through which the
sea poured in torrents. was smashed in
the bow of the steamship. The shock
of the impact awakened every one on
board and huge breakers swept the
vessel fore and aft. Life boats i'm
mediately were ordered over the side
and all hands left the ship.
1t is believed that the steamship
foundered quickly and small hope is
entertained by the survivors of the
wreck that the captain and other oc-
cupants of the missing life boat could
have successfully withstood the ex-
treme rigor of the weather prevailing
on this coast for the many hours which
have passed.
Tugs were dispatched from this har-
Dor tonight to search for the boat
and to locate the hull of the Damara.
The Damara left Liverpool on jan
uary "a for Halifax, by way of ST.
Johns, N F., and left st. Johns for
this port last Saturday. The names
of the survivors could not be learned
tonight, but it is known that all of
the crew were shipped in England.
The Damara was a schooner rugged
steamship of las tons net. She was
owned by C. Furness, Witty e. Co. of
Glasgow and was built in 1885 by A.
Stephens & Sons at Glasgow. Her
principal dimensions were: Length, 275
feet; breadth, 35 feet, and depth, %
feet
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-08
HOLDS Up
" BAD NAN
TO SC0RN
DenVerite DubS Bat"
MaSterSOn q Four
F'luSher.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

DENVER, Colo, Feb. Captain
James L. Smith, gun fighter" who
has spent sixty-seven years on the
plains and can pick off pennies at fifty
yards even now with his well-notched
six shooter, says that Bat" Master
son, who has been appointed a Deputy
United States Marshal for, the South
ern District Of New York, Is four
flusher. Here are some things Captain
Smith says:
Il want to go on record as saying
that Masterson is a four husher and
romancer. He makes his living. by re-
lating yarns which have no foundation
in fact. He likes to leave the impress
sion that he has killed a score of men.
I know of only one man who fell a vic
tim to his shooting ability, and Bat
potted him from behind woodpile. I
told him to leave Denver because he
was circulating false stories about me
and he went. / did not intend to
shoot him-only kick him out of town.
Bat is such an opera bouffe hero that
can't refrain from exposing him.
Why, he doesn't even know how to
handle a revolver. Whenever he ma
nipulates firearms he Is positive
menace to the innocent bystanders.
When Bat was in Tombstone, Ariz.,
the boys had much fun with him, ;"
Captain Smith continued. TT was a
pretty wild town and Bat was indis-
Greet enough to tell few stories about
what he had done in Dodge City. The
boys decided to try him out and one
night they made him jump out of the
window of a gambling house. He
didn't come back for revenge, either"
Local sports tell of an encounter be-
tween BAT" Masterson and "Reddy"
Gallagher, athletic instructor of the
Denver Athletic Club. "Reddy' is not
strong with gun" but he can 'han-
die his fists, and he undertook to punch
Bats" head off. The latter is said to
have wept before the irate pugilist
could be appeased.
1t is claimed to be a fact that Mas
terson left Denver after spending an
entire day lodging Smith. Captain
Smith is engaged in running down cat
tie thieves for big cattle companies