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The Washington times., 1905-02-05

guarded by a forIoidding looking chaper-
on as he would display for the girl
whom he may talk TO and fiirt with 9
mitch as he pleases
Used as a Foil
Besides, what Il beautiful foil to the
fresh-lookins girl With pink checks and
a retrousse nose was tie withcred cid
clIaperon with the 42-inch waist. EY-
crytbing is beautiful or ugly. by COM
parison. and a pretty young girls
charms are doubled by comparison
with the faded maturity of the dear old
ehaperon. Wise -nammas understood
the value of this and completely sacri-
feed themselves 90 their daughters in
tereStS. They knew how 70 lead the
conversation in-1 channels where Mira
bella could talk interestingly: they knew
how TO bring these about 50 that Mira
bella should find herself seated at the
piano at the right moment IN fact.
they knew how to transform them
selves into effective settings In which
the little bud Shone to the very best adj
vantage. Nowadays Mirabella. must sit
in the drawing room with the lights GO
ing a full blast and nobody asking her
to play. and nobody helping her over the
stony path of conversation, and nobody
guarding her like the dragon at the gate
of the enchanted palace.
Indeed, d girl without a chaperon is a.
commonplace d person in the fairyiand
of love as a princess without dra gcn
might be i'll the real fairyland
The Washington times., 1905-02-05

has four ends. A big silk knot is tied at
the back of the belt. Then four ribbons
all hang different lengths and each is
finished with handsome knot of rib
bon tied round in ball shape about the
size of a tiny apple This makes
smart finish for an evening skirt.
The wide ribbons are so terribly ex-
pensive that one reads about them and
despairs Of purchasing. Yet when rib
bon is cheap. as does sometimes happen,
it 10 well worth ones while to buy.
One can strike a ribbon bargain and
lay It away confident that the time and
the day will come when the ribbon will
come in good.
At very fashionab BILE dance the other
evening there were sashes worn of pom
padour ribbon which is that creamy
ribbon with great pink flowers printed
upon it. Then there were art nouveau
ribbons with enormous flowers indicated
ali over the ribbon, great ragged flow
ers. of conventional! design and scarcely
clinging to the flower shape at all.
The striped ribbons with stripes of
satin. stripes of silk and heavy white
velvet stripes are seen. but they are
rare and expensive and are less used
than the lighter grades of ribbon. The
stripes make handsome trimmings and
are very pretty as sashes and bands
around the foot of the skirt.
One of the neatest trimmings consists
of a wide piece of satin ribbon gathered
along each edge. This forms a very
handsome putting; and another ribbon
treatment shows a handsome piece Of
satin ribbon gathered along the upper
edge and used as a rufffe, either edged
with lace or with fringe. 1t can be
lustrous or plain, Just according to ones
| preferences.
! Embroidered ribbons are very dainty
and they afford an abundant opportunity
| for personal endeavor. A young modiste
| who supplies novelties to her customers
| said: II keep three girls embroiderine
| ribbons. One is a skillful Japanese en-
| broiderer and can do birds and those
queer Oriental shrubs which are exquisite
| in the embroidery colors. Another is q
| flower embroiderer who works all day
! on daisy chains and rose designs. And
| the third paints and emhroiderS. work
/ ing in combination. and using an occa
| sionaI silk flower to help out. The silk
| flower is pressed into the silk and stitch
| ed in place 1t is applied and made as
| pretty as possible with touches of hant
| work -
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
A Chapter on Pink.

How Dame Fashion loves to dwell
upon pink. She uses it in so many forms
and always with such good results. She
takes mink roses, blushingj enough to
have remained in the garden, and brings
them out in splendid array for evening
wear The new picture hats show great
punches of pink roses massed on the
front of the hats. while at the back there
are feathers that trail off down the hat.
touching the hair ard the back of the
neck.
handsome winter outfit included a
hat of rough felt caught up with mass
of pink roses at one side Ihey were ua-
conventional roses, irregular. almost
ragged, beautifully tinted and delight
full i'm their natural appearance. A SINH
lar bunch fastened the boa at the throat
and there were pink roses upon the
muff.
Pink forms the connecting note be-
tween winter and summer. One touch of
pink turns a wsntry costume into a
summer. one. making one believe that
spring and spring styles are not far off.
The Washington times., 1905-02-05

ii is tied high and then twisted into an
immense figure eight, which IS spread
all over the back of the head. lew wo-
men have the hair for this and there
must be worn q switch mixed with the
natural hair. The bigger this switch
or artificial hair the better, for fashion
DEGREES that the hair shall be as album
dant as can be managed. After it Is
spread out upon the back of the head
and pinned with many pins. it is dressed
with ribbon ornaments and combs.
The number of combs worn this season
quite puzzles an amateur. Just how and
where to wear them is q mystery. There
is one rather pretty comb arrangement
which. when completed. shows 3. hand
some coil in thc middle of the back Of
The head. Around this are set four
combs inclosing 1t, and forming a hollow
square. The combs must be silver. or
gold, or jewel set to match the jewels
of ones costume.k
The popularity of the ribbon flowers is
fully brought cut in the manner of hair
arrangement. Ribbon violets looking
precisely like new and caught into the
| nair at one side. after the Alice Roose-
welt fashion. are seen at all afternoon
functions And vioIets are arranged all
along the top of the couture, where they
| look from the front like q bed of yi0Iets
growing upon my lady's head
A pretty idea was carried out along
the violet line The violets were ar
| ranged upon the top of the head and
through them were set little DearI-head-
| ed pins, which looked something like
drops of dew. They made a pretty con
trast to the violets. and were also in
sharp contrast to the color of the ladys
| hair, which was as black as night
Many coiffures are planned for the
| brunette which shows them off so well
, For her there is the feathery aigrette
the wonderful pearl comb, the ropes OF
pearl wound around her pornpadour an6
| coiff, and she also has a, very fine choice
of coiors. light pink, pale blue, and
corn color.
| The blonde couture is a waved one
usually low in the back of the neck
and worn with or without curl 1--WE
| are using the curl a great deal" said {
| hairdresser. And it is becoming Il
many. But those who prefer the higf
| couture are asking for hair ornaments
| tall aigrettes. bird of paradise feathers
and bows of siIvered ribbon rather thar
! the neck curl.
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
Wrist Bags and Fans.

The tiniest. daintiest little handpainted
fans in pale coiors are carried and when
one reads that a copper king paid s., coo
for the hand painting on a single fan
one feels that the day of handsome
triffes is here.
The wrist bag has taken very impor-
tant position in dress and is carried with
the dinner gown 1t is made entirely
of beads which are worked into it to
show punches of roses upon q pearl-coI-
oref field. and there are bead bags which
show houses and trees and all sorts of
pretty scenes. The clasp is of gold But
otherwise the whole bag is beaded. 1t
can be oblOng. square, or very long And
there are narrow bags which seem built
to hold a fan.
The evening colors. judging from the
latest Paris importations. are delicate.
though not sufficiently so to be called
pastel. The pale tans and the pale grays
and all the light tints of lavender are
seen. And one sees the light cream
tones worked and combined with other
and deeper tints. Very few evening
bodices are made all one tone, and the
rule is for three and four tints. The
pure all white bodice is handsome But
| it is rather trying now that two and
three coIors are so elegantly combined
| made Of cream colored crepe de Paris
| 1t was one of those elaborate things that
! proclaim II was made in Paris" Yet it
F, was q domestic waist. It's high stock
| and transparent yoke were of tan col
ored lace, blcached almost to a cream
| and through this lovely lace web ,here
were drawn coIored stitches. The pat
| term was a simple one, merely a web
i bling, and the colors were pink. A pink
! ribbon was run through the front and
| at each side there Were knots of pink
| ribbon with long ends. And yet an
other touch of color was shown In a
bow of brilliant wine color which was
mixed with pink and fastened at the
| side of the girdle.
An evening bodice of lavender Orien-
tai silk was trimmed with many smock-
| ings into which white was worked 4
| deeper shade of lavender was brought
into the yoke and stock design, while
pink bows trimmed the shoulders. One
can combine pink and lavender so pref
tiIy.
The evening bodice is always a ques-
ton with those who go to card parties
for ones waist is so much in evidence
And with the bodice comes a thought OF
the sash and the girdle. sfor no waist IS
complete without one or both of these
| And, when It comes to a question OF
the SASH all things are done and al
things accomplished. 1t is a fact that
d certain woman who owns Il little vel
vet dress of light gray has, by clever
management, conrived to have Dozen
gowns The light gray velvet skirt
makes ii very nice accompaniment TO al
waists and bodices, plain and dressy
And the sash, by being varied, changes
the color of the whole.
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
Must Conform to Scheme.

In the beginning 1t must conform TO
the scheme of dress IL the dress be of
the 1890 period, the couture must be
tossed up very high and fastened with
a handsome Empire comb. The Empire
combs come at all prices and, when
YOU learn that q wealthy steel man
bought one at $500 for his wife, you get
some idea of how these combs run. 1t
was high backed. rather square in shape
and set with jewels.
with the Empire or Josephine couture
one wears one of these very tall combs
set well Up at the back of the head In
addition 10 this there Is the comb which
Is set low In the back and is pushed
deem into the hair to hold up the little
locks at the back of the neck. Dame
Fashion will also allow TWO side combs
If o..e really wants them.
The neck curl is immensely becoming
and many there be that wear 1t. 1t
can be worn down the back in 1850 style
on il can be brought front TO sort OF
frame the face. The 1850 couture Is one
that S. very distinctive. The hair is
parted and Is combed UP on each side
over roll II is slightly pompadour. 1t
is then carried back over the head and
down in the back of the neck and bun
died into q net or rolled in a big roll.
There is an extremely pretty couture
which is being worn by women who like
the low coiff The hair is rolled low in
the back of the neck in a fig Ire some
what resembling the bun. band Of
ribbon with rosette upon each end is
strapped across the back of the head
and the rosette stands out smartiy back
of each ear. This. too, is pretty and
KTD7Ft.
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
. Trifes of Pearl and Gold.

There are also handsome pearl col
lars, for pearls are favorites. consisting
of rows and rows of pearls with many
pearl loepings around the neck The
popular pearl is the fish skin, looking
exactly like the real, and costing very
small fraction of the price of the real
The rhinestone collars are very snowy,
and one sees a few of them, But fancy
leans toward the pearl strings, arranged
with mathematical precision around the
throat and secured with a handsome
CLASH at the back. And next to this
| comes the Oriental necklace, made OF
| colored stones and dull gold
| One of the favorite ornaments for
| evening is a cross, which can be made
| of gold. or of silver, or of some other
metal wa coIored stones set in. Never
was the cross half as popular as neck
ornament, and women who nave saved
! the old-fashoned gold crosses can bTlhs
them out and have them set with colcr-
| ed stones. or can wear them plain.
| 4 lovely gold cross was set with anne
| TWISTS of purple, so natural that they
looked real, yet, if true, they would have
cost A ransom. There were twelve OF
them in the cross arranged so that stone
touched stone.
| Pords of velvet COR those who have Nc
! ieweled necklace. are much worn around
The throat. They are wide and are worr
very snug At the back there is set z
! handsome pin, and in front there is an
other pin, or pendant is arranged upor
the velvet. Many women to whom neck
IIaces are not becoming are wearing these
hands of black velvet and similar ones
| aro,,pd the wrists The effect is strik-
ingIy pretty with bodice of bright
| colors.
There are French touches which. give
| a great deal of chic TO ones evening
gown. One of these is the tiny handker
chief VITA a flower embroidered iii tht
! corner in c,lors The bit of linen shoult
he very line and not much larger thar
n yoman's hand. In the corner there
should be a blue flower, a pink or {
green to match ones evening gown.
This tiny thing can be slipped in thu
| corsage in such way that only its bi
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
BROAD WAISTS POPULAR.

This is the hour of the woman with
the pinch waist. Take up any fashion
plate of two years ago and compare it
with Il fashion plate of 1900 Note the
broadening of the waist line Every
article of dress, from the girdie TO tina
gathered skirt and the pleated over
jacket, has a tendency to make the
waist look big. Broad sashes and girdles
extending almost to the bust line cer-
taInly give the effect Of a bigger waist
than did the narrow belt, which we
pulled down into a pin point far al
it would so. Full biouses. big sleeves.
and pleated skirts all enlarge the ap-
pearance of the figure, so that the waist
has to be let out in order to be in pro-
portion with the rest of the woman.
1t is glorious moment for the health
culturistS, and il is magnificent chancs
for the girl who abominates stays to
fling her corSets in the trash bag Dame
Fashion must be getting cd, since she IS
going in for comfort instead of for
beauty. She has stopped doing SO many
reckless things that she did in her
youth She has stopped dyeing her
hair. pinchiug her feet. wearing her
hat on one side. and, best OF all, she has
done away with her wasplike waist and
her ironbound corset. every steel OF
which was a big nail in the fashionable,
woman's coffin.
All hail! the girl of the 22-inch wassti
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
Elaborate and Fetching
Tricks in Dressing
the Hair.
The Roll in ANY Shape
Has Attained Great
Popularity.
Pretty Neck Trimmings
and QUAINT IrIhes
in JeWelry.

OF embroidery and its rim os lace will
show This oid-fashioned idea was re-
vived by the Countess Cassini, who is
ever ready with a French touch to give
grace to her costume.
1t is such year for little things.
One looks with amazement. not untouch-
ed by admiration. at the charming lit
ties which go TO make up the mickies.
There is the very lonas and extremely
slender chain upon which hangs the
diminutive fan. The little feather fan
is out Of favor for the nonce. though one
does see it carried by fashionable wo-
men But by far the most popular fan
is the satin fan, hand painted and dane
ing with maids, or smiling with roses
i and garden flowers. These little satin
fans are made upon silver sticks and
sticks Of ivory and are nowhere near as
long as woman's hand
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
By AUGUSTA PRESCOTT.

TT AVE you seen the picture Golf
II is the very latest thing in
the world of dress and is worn
whenever there is any occasion for it,
The days of the early English queens
are surely being revived. for many of the
picture coiffures are so elaborate that
enc actually begins to crimp the day
before. And others are so complex that
one must work upon them for three
hours as upon a court head dress. Eth
e. way the structure is SO handsome
that one hesitates to pull it down at
night.
The triumph Of picture couture was
reached by Miss Alice Roosevelt, the
other evening. She wore her hair in a
large twist IN the back spread out upon
her head and slightly fattened. IT
reached from the crown TO a point very
low in the back OF the neck. There
were no jewels but fastened high in the
hack there was a big bouquet Of ribbon
vioIets which hung down upon the pref
ty lavender stock which the President s
daughter wore 1t was prettfly fetch
ing couture which caught the eye OF
all present.
1.-The picture couture" said modiste,
lis one that matches the gown. And
quite right she is. Viewed from fash
icnabls standpoint. the couture must
match the gown in one Of several ways
or in all
The Washington times., 1905-02-05

As an example of how the French use
pink can be cited an instance observed
recently. The wearer was the wife OF
n rich American in Paris, shopping She
carried a mink muf and her boa was
mink. Both were I;.:1d with pink liberty
satin. The nuff chain was geld with pink
stones set into it, and there was a bunch
of pink roses in the side of the toque.
which was a made affair of brown
silk
The fluffy pink sill pettfcoat, the soft
chiffon roses in pink and delicate pink
silk shirt waist-showing when the fur
coat is opened-these give one a hint of
The Washington times., 1905-02-05

how to introduce this soft. pretty tone
into the costume of the winter months
The French are running greatly TO
brown combined with the sea shell tones.
One sees so many soft golden brown
waists, Light enough for evening. with q
deep pink lace yoke, or a yoke of tan
lace run with pink ribbons And one also
sees long, closely curIed ostrich feather
boas of white shading to pink upon each
end The effect is amazingly pretty.
Don't forget this soft hue If you are
planning your wardrobe and don't for
get that it gives the one touch necessary
to make your outfit fine.
The Washington times., 1905-02-05

A blue liberty belt. arranged in a wide
crush around the waist. can be tied in
the middle Of the back and finished with
long ends which are knotted here and
there to make a very decorative sash
At the back of the belt there is a big
fat knot Then the ribbon IS tied in
beautiful bows half way down the skirt,
while ends hang low and long.
There is a fancy for the sash which
The Washington times., 1905-02-05
The London Couture.

The London couture is so immense
that women are hesitating just little
about DOMINIC it. for it has artificial
look. The hair is combed pompadour in
the front and is thrown up over huge
roll, where it lies all little curis and
deep waves. At the crown of the head
The Washington times., 1905-02-05

r y AVE you seen the picture Golf
. fure?
II is the very latest thing in
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-04-22
Irrepressible Beers.

Commandant Jan Louw. the Boer Of
ficer who refused to hay down his arms
when his fellow countrymen surren-
dered to the British and who fled to the
Longberg mountains, on the borders of
German West Africa. with his band of
burgher fighters. has been successful
ly resisting the combined English and
German forces in South Africa for
more than two years. In June. 1902.
when the Boer army capitulated. Louw
fed with only about 300 men. Within
the first year. however. this number
was increased to 1000. and today he
is said to have combined force of
5000 sturdy warriors under his COM
mand. Many Beers still believe that
their country can be reclaimed. and
many Of them look to LOW as the man
who will start the next rebellion. There
exists an understanding among Beers
and their sympathizers that the next
uprising will be In 1905. and it is also
stated that $4,000 men have agreed to
respond to the commandments call
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-04-22
Sir William Was Then Plain "Bill.

William &. Van Horne, one of the
worlds great railroad men, began his
career as a telegraph operator in Chi
cago He rapidly rose to high places in
railroading, and In the early eighties
he had attained such u reputation in
the business that Lord Strathcona, the
financier of the project to construct the
Canadian Pacific railway. selected the
young American as general manager
and chief of the building operations.
He was so successful in this work and
rendered such important service to the
Dominion of Canada In pushing the
railroad across her vast expanse to the
Pacific ocean that in 1896 Queen Victo-
ria knighted him. Prominently en-
dowed with common sense and humor.
he ia not the man to take his knightly
honors too seriously. Shortly after re-
ceiving his title he exclaimed to a
group Of friends:
This Sir William business Is very
fine, but I'd like to hear what the boys
down in Chicago will have to say about
1t. They used to call me just plain
Bill."-Success Magazine
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1905-04-22
WHAT MAKES HER POPULAR.

The American girl Is admired and liked
at home and abroad because she is the
happiest, usually the healthiest and friend
alive to everything beautiful and good in
existence. Mrs. I.angtry has said that the
American woman has little to learn from
her English sisters.
DIR. Pierce. the specialist in women's dis
eases, of Buffalo, N. Y, advises simple ex-
ercises for women, preferably in the out
door air. But many women are confined
to the house and their household duties or
their business confines them to poorly ven
tilatcd rooms
If a woman suffers from a headache, a
backache, a sensation of irritability or
twitching and uncomfortable nervousness,
something must be wrong with the head or
back she naturally says. but all the time
the real trouble very often centcrs in the
womanly organs. In oS per cent. of cases
the seat of the difficulty is here. and
woman should take rational treatment for
its cure. The local disorder and infamma-
ton of the delicate special organs of the
sex should be treated steadily and system
atically.
Backed up by over third of century of
remarkable and uniform cures, a record
such as no other remedy for the diseases
and weaknesses peculiar to women ever
attained, the proprietors and makers of DIR.
Pierce Favorite Prescription now feel fully
warranted in offering to pay $500 for any
case of Leucorrhea, Female Weakness Pro-
larsus. or Falling of Womb which they
cannot cure. All they ask is fair and
reasonable trial of their means of cure.
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A Wonderful Memory.

1t has often been said of DIR. Richard
Garnett Of the British museum that
there is no question of research one
can put to him that he cannot answer
This fact" writes Harry Furniss,
was demonstrated to me by friend
OF mine. who had spent years investi-
eating an obscure subject of which
but very few people have any knowl-
edge at all. He searched for months
in continental libraries for some infor-
nation OH one particular point without
effect. Coming to London. he asked
DR.. Garnett If he could put him on the
track. We have only one book in the
museum replied the doctor. touching
upon that will send for it, You
will find all you want ON page o30.'"