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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-15

Velvet and Velvet Cuffs. Skirts de-
signed With cluster nlaits. Coat
lined to waist with Taffeta. A
model forming nm ideal "nll occa-3I
sion" suit, being service cOQ<n
able yet essentially drcssy 2 & Os'OU
A H3AN . S ONE MANN sHs
STYLE IN GREY WoRsTED lIn-.
gvlslble plaId) Very hobby 3O-inch
length Coat with notched collar
OF purple velvet; fastens double-
breasted style, with buta5,ls Of
purple velvet; the skirt Is FASH
Toned OF box aS plaits, forming
panels. The coat is satin COO EO.
lined. 3..,... pa VscV
NOVELTY SUIT IN BLUE
z PANNE cHEVlOT. a very nttrac-
two Empire model: Its 2s-inch
Coat is cut collarlcss and fash
Toned with a. vest in SILK vel
vet; the trimming Is Of silk braid
applied in inlaid effect about collar
less and shoulders, also Mt the cuffs
and patch pockets, Tho, skirt Is a
new circular model. braid trimmed
at foot. Cont lined with can mn
s;ttll f''' -. '',y''tt
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National Toilet Co., Paris, Tenn

casion will be signalized gby Ethe dignity
and grace that have always characterized.
executive matters under Mrs. Montague's
regime. III 4 II n y2s III 5is&
The mansion, IN it's day, has Witnessed
many notable gatherings. is$5 History will,
repeat itself once again when Mrs Mon
tugue ard the women Of Richmond gather
to welcome the wife OF the PRESIDENT and
to sustain the prestige Of their native
state for ready and sincere cordiality and
hospitality.
Mrs. Montague will be assisted in$re
ceiving bySa few Of her li,t!flnte friends
lit being deemed most eXpedfent@to limit
the size OF tho party doing the llonors. y
@Qlt is needless 10 say that the company
will be brilliant, in so far rs elegance in
toilets so. The mistress OF the Virginia.
State mansion, who always displays fine
taste III such matters, will set tho pace,
which others will be quite ready and
willing to follow. X
Miss PENIS Engagement.
Mr.. and Mrs James G. Penn, Of Dam
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-15

Z HaH Il y j "a 4
TcHEVloT SUITS, in black and
navy; semi-fitting box-coats, but
ton double breasted style; notched
collar. OF velvet, lined with satin. 4
Plated skirts, composed co 60
OF nine cores Y = : 'Ov
q STYLISH SUIT OF NOVELTY,
MIXTURE, the coat cut 90 inch I
length, buttons through and Is fash
Toned Princess style with plaits on
front and bac that run from shout
dor seam to bust line. Very fun (
plated skirts. The coat G17#En
IS satin lined to waist. - NV
BRoADcLoTH SUITS, in black,
blue and green. Coats cut In the
stylish sO-inch length, full tight Z
fitting models with strapped seams.
an inlay OF velvet on the shawl
collar trimmed with braid and but, q
tons, with corresponding treat
nent at cuffs. The skirts are
plated models, fashioned cox m
OF twenty-one gores, 9aO'VV
HANDSOME SUITS OF PANA. 4
MA, In dark blue and black; the
5o-inch Goa t is n glovc-fltting model
made with shawl collar Of Panne
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-15
THE SNADlNoLA GIRL
Formerly advertised md sold as

No change in formula or packagc. The
name only has been changed to avoid
confusion, as we cannot afford to have
50 valuable prep pare "a ton confused with
any other. NJ al II Z.
8h,lADINO14A is guaranteed, and money
4 Y will be refunded In every case where
1t fails to remove freckles, pimplcs, liver
spots llar-discoloratoi1s, Ri Black heads,
sdistigurlrg eruptions, elc.g The worst
cases in 20 days. Leaves the skin clear
soft healthy and restores tile beauty Of
Youth
Price 90 cts. and $500, Sold In each
city By all leading druggists, Of. by mall.
Frcpared only by {S az PCS q. + FIX II
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-15
Headquarters for
W0men's Goats.
Many Extra Values.

What we wish to impress most enphahcally IN TINS
section is our ability to excel in vauegivln Prlce-
ang) For 50 early in the season, such values as we
note here are most unsua but nothing succeeds like
and our success in this section acquired Dy
lust such values as these The margin Of prof s small
exceedingly sob the volume Of sales brings Up most
satisfactory average.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-10-15

g0h!$stnr Of stars. oh. light Of light,
God grant his }crownlng dear delight
That fen-lcss through his hollndloss blue
.SNl-. --r,iis,r soul l,as-s sail-wlth you!---
Z NJ 5ARG.&NEEI' HUME I3R1SBANE, in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02
THE PATIENT CAMEL

The patient camel is the subject Of re-
port to the State Department by United
States Consul Masterlon, at Alden, Arabia.
ut would be hard" said ne, "for a person
living in any other city in the world to
conceive just what an indispensable anil
NAL the camel is to the prosperity and well
fare of Alden and this part of Arabia. Even
in the ordinary work done by horse in
any other place or country the camel is
always used here; in fact. except for draw
ing carriage, 1T completely takes the place
of the horse. The camel is used for haul
ing produce in carts, for carrying freight
and other articles, and for drawing the
sprinkling and water carts. 1t makes
comfortable riding animal, and at a feast
its flesh, of all meats, is considered the
best. But il is a means of ransporta-
lion and as Il beast of burden in passing to
and from the interior of Arabia to Alden
that it becomes indispensable, and IL is
altogether probable that without IL Alden
would have never become the great dis
tributing point 1t now is. Articles shipped
from here toIpoints across the Gulf of Alden
are also transported by camels into the
interior of the African continent
The amount of the burden varies accord
ing to the distance to be carried and to
the size of the animal. In carrying goods
to and from the wharves to the different
warehouses, a few miles, camel will
carry a load of from 600 to 800 pounds, but
for long journey from one-third to one
half of this amount is considered camel
load"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02
FLOATING NAVY YARD.
Miniature Repair Shop for Cruisers and
Torpedo Boats.

What Is described as "a miniature float
ing navy yard" will be launched into East
river at New York In few weeks. For
several months work on this strange craft
has been pushed at the New York navy
yard. and IS now nearing completion The
design and construction OF the structure,
the nature and purpose OF which have
been guarded as a secret, are credited 10
Naval Constructor Baxter. When The craft
IL completed the United States navy will
be In possession OF floating repair shop.
the ike Of which the world has never seen,
and one which. according to the officials
at the navy yard. will make il possible 10
repair second-class cruisers, gunboats ana
torpedo boats and torpcdo-hoat destroyeTs
in the bay of Tompknsville. the rivers,
or in any place where there Is water deep
enough &c anchor I'm safety.
The floating navy yard is about I'D feet
long. 40 feet wide, and will draw about
feet of water. 1t Is built entirely OF stee,'
and every inch Of Sp, ce has been ut Ized.
At one end viii be a big steam dcrrrk.
capable of lifting twenty tons. while at the
other end will be the boilers tina: VIII fur
nsh steam to operate dynamos. air COM
pressors and the derrick. Amidships VIII
be the navy yard proper.
Practically every machine used In repli-
work will be installed somewhere IN mis-
space. including Il miscellaneous aSSort-
ment Of electrical and pneumatic atheS.
drills slotters. shears. punches. etc.
The apparatus VIII be capable Of taking
off the smaller guns and Of making minor
repairs to the superStruCture and Interior
of great ships There is nothing pertain
ing 70 the smaller craft except hoe be-
low the water line that the little navy yard
cannot attend 10. The roof will be lifted
with a number Of big skylights. which caS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02

big ishters cuts dat big hard heart out
an leaves de gills an de body. Da's what
we calls kyrvin' EN-.
Nav sub, I tell yu d'aint no ishters
beats desc yer Hampton Bars. Dey's de
ishters we gifts long in de summer on de
boats from Norfolk. Ketch' EN-, say like
Friday mornin', an load en- Friday night,
an next mornin' you's settin yere eatin
EN- on de shell pile. But eff yu's got ter
ship EN- up town why dey keeps better
any yuther sort. Deys big, too. L know
dey's plenty sold fer LynnhaVen Bays, an
dey's plenty sold for Blue P'ints, too. All
pens on what size de gem men likes EN-.
Mans de time Use been wOrkin' in de bar
an had ter break my back wifi a order an
git fresh ones cause dey was biGgern a
half dollar. But I pick EN- right out de
same bar'l He! he!'
1t Is said that the cold storage business
has not made very much change in the
oyster trade in Washington. What change
there is comes principally in the early fall,
when there may be a good many oysters
on the wharf, and they must be sold be-
cause they are pershable. Then some of
the big houses buy them and keep them
in cold storage at a temperature just a
couple of degrees above freezing, where
they are quite good for as much as three
months At the end of that time the
chances are they are scarcer on the mar
ket and can be sold at a considerable ad-
vance.
OYSIGIS Oh lIG w die
But the oyster IS getting scarcer on the
public beds. Boats that a few years ago
used to come up to Washington with a
cargo OF go or 400 bushels may now
come with three or four hundred or even
less. Oysters are perishable freight, and
a beat captain must make time and come
UP and sell his whole cargo. whatever 1t IS,
before the oysters first put into the hold
have time to get old. One consequence of
the smaller loads is that oysters have IN
creased in price remarkably. Oysters that
could be bought a few years ago for ~
to 30 cents a bushel now cost from 90 cents
to a dollar. The boat owners have less 10
sell and must get more to pay for the trip
The wholesaler has to pay the wharf price,
and ultimately it has to come out of the
pocket of the consumer. Still, the man
who can eat 40 cents worth of raw oys-
ters on the wharf. shucking included at
- cents a bushel, has pretty good appe-
| lite.
There Is not much in the way of rivalry
| on oyster shocking records IN Washington
| The records are made here. not in shuckins
| by the bushel, but by the gallon after they
| are shucked. There is one man on the
| wharf who has record of gallon shucked
| "oa the strainer' in sixteen minutes, and
another who Is said to have Shucked thirty
gallons in a days work.
But any one who wants to look into the
| matter of records can do 1t on the ground
| for himself. The main thing that interests
| the citizen of Washington Is that oysters
are getting Scarcer and higher all the
time, and that the nominal season Is rap
idly drawing to a close, 50 that he really
won't get the best oysters after the
months with the r" have gone from the
calendar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02

crown prince in the company of the Bava-
rian princesses were taken and these
caused a lot of trouble.
In every one of the photographs the
crown prince was shown standing or Sit
ting next to Princess Rupprecht of Bava-
ria, whose husband will in the natural
course Of events one day ascend the Bava-
rian throne. Princess Rupprecht is a most
fascinating young lady and it is well known
that she does not live on the happlest terms
with her husband, so that her close asso-
citation with the crown prince during his
visit to Bavaria was much noticed and
many false conclusions were drawn. One
of the photographs showed the crown
prince arm in arm with Princess Rupprecht
while others showed him sitting next to
her in various attitudes more or less ten
der and affectionate. The photographs
were perfectly harmless and there was
nothing in them to suggest that the crown
prince had forgotten his duty to his hancee.
but Duchess Cecilie's jealous disposition led
to trouble so that for time the course
of true love ran far from smoothly.
Indignant Taxpayers.
Some discomfort has been caused in Ger
many by two circumstances connected with
the approaching marriage of the German
crown prince. Duches Ceciles rousseau
has been ordered principally in London,
Paris and Vienna, and only a very small
portion of the orders for the articles of
clothing required have been given to Ger
man firms. Duchess Cecilie naturally de-
sires to have the best of everything, and
this only be obtained in the English,
French and Austrian capitals, where far
more good taste in such matters is preva-
lent than in Berlin. German ladies are
VIGOROUSLY badly dressed and Duchess Ce-
ellie desires to avoid this characteristic of
the majority of German wives, with the
result that grave offenSe has been given TO
those branches of German trade which
hoped to supply the whole of her trousseau.
The other cause of discomfort is connect
ed with the presents which many city
councils in various parts of Germany have
thought fit to prepare for the crown prince.
Unmistakable hints were given by the min
lister of the interior to the elected munich
pal representative assemblies throughout
Prussia that tokens of loyalty in connec-
ton with the crown princes wedding would
not only be welcomed but would be ex-
pected in Berlin as a matter of course, SO
that all those municipal councils which
were susceptible to official influence imme-
diately proceeded to vote sums of money
for wedding presents. This procedure pro-
voked indignant protests in a number of
towns, where the taxpayers stated that
they saw no reason why their compulsory
contributions to the public funds should be
used for the purpose of giving wedding
present to their future emperor.
In several towns public meetings were
held to protest against municipal funds be-
ing used for this purpose, and at VandS-
bek a bold citizen brought legal action
against the town council. which he accused
of Incorporating the sum devoted to the
purpose of wedding present for the crown
prince. This citizen demands that the law
courts shall declare the vote of the town
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02

be removed at WILL and through which nrd-
nance and parts of ships can be lowered to
the shops.
The floating yard will not be self-propel-
ling but will have to be lowed. The craft
is practically non-snkable, and can be
towed anywhere and for any distance by
any steam vessel.
The vessels of the North Atlantic fleet will
begin to arrive in northern waters from
the south soon after the craft is launched,
and the floating navy yard will begin
work at once repairing the smaller cruisers
and torpedo boats. 1t is claimed that he
floating navy yard will pay for It's con-
struction and equipment within four
months. In a year or two floating yards
may be scattered along the Atlantic, gulf
and Pacific coasts. and at the principal in
suIar ports. especially the Philippines.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02

peror and his advisers have not shut their
eyes to the fact that she does not possess
all the qualities which they considered es-
sential to the position 1t is true that she
will fulfil their expectations in regard to
financial matters, because her grandfather,
the Grand Duke Michael Nicholaivitch of
Russia, has promised to make her his heir
ess and he is a man of fabulous wealth.
The grand duke will present his grand
daughter with a substantial dowry on the
day of her wedding. so that she will bring
her husband a big fortune, combined with
the certainty of colossal legacy at a date
which cannot be postponed much longer,
for Grand Duke Michael Nicholaivitch is al
ready seventy-three years of age
Duchess Cecelie is also Protestant. but
here her qualifications end Although she
herself appears to be a healthy girl. and
although she lives a rational life largely
devoted to outdoor sport and exercise, she
comes of a stock which is so unhealthy that
the gravest fears must be entertained for
the future of the Hohenzollern dynasty.
Her father was consumptive, and for many
years of his life was in such delicate health
tnat he was obliged to spend the greater
part of the year in enforced exile in the
Riviera or in the mild climate of Italy and
Sicily He died of consumption, and his son,
the reigning grand duke of Meckienpurg-
Schwerin. who is Duchess Cecilies brother,
appears to have inherited the germs of the
terrible disease The grand duke. with his
pale emaciated features and sunken cheeks,
has the appearance or man doomed 10
cor sumptiYe decline into an early grave.
The Duchess Cecilies mother, Grand
Duchess Arastasia, is so delicate that she Is
quite unable to spend the winter in Ger
many and migrates to the south OF france
from the beginning of November until the
end of March.
Duchess Cecilie herself has never yet
spent winter in Germany, but, like her
mother, remains in the south OF France I'M
til the severe winter weather prevalent In
her north German home is over. All these
indications point to the unavoidable conclu-
sion that the health of the future German
empress will give rise to much anxiety. A
great change will be produced In the Gus
toms of the German court and in the social
life of the German capital If the German
empress spends the winter months of the
year in the south of Europe instead of in
her own country, and all sorts of political
and general consequences Will result from
the innovation, which will certainly not be
popular among German people. Even II
duchess Cecilie, as we all hope, escapes the
family, there remains the grave danger that
she will transmit the tendency to her chill
dren, and that the ruling family OF Ger
many will become infected with this insld-
ious disease.
An Embarrassing Affair.
Another grave objection to the choice OF
Duchess Cecilie as the wife Of the German
crown prince was the embarrassing affair
in which her mother, Grand Duchess Anas-
tasia was involved early In 1903. A state
ment was published in the newspaper press
of nearly every European country that
Grand Duchess Anastasia OF Meckienburg-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02
Copyright. 1905. by Curtis Brown
acia1 Correspondence of The Sunday Star.


BERLIN, March 10. 1905.
Pretty Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-
Schwerin was not selected as a suitable
wife for the German crown prince until
many other candidates for this exalted posi-
ton had been passed in review and rejected
by the German emperor and his advisers.
1t was no easy matter to find a princess
who combined all the qualities necessary
for a German empress 1t was felt that the
German crown prince must have a wife who
is robust and healthy, SO that she will per-
petuate sturdy and vigorous Hohenzollern
stock 1t was also felt that the future en-
press must be in possession of large prl
vate fortune because the German crown
prince will not inherit much money from
his father.
Although the German emperor's official
revenues ought to be ample for his require
ments, and although his private means
are considerable-they cannot be compared,
however, with those of the emperors of
Austria and Russia-the kaiser is poorer
than he was at the beginning of his reign
because he has invariably spent the whole
of his income and little more besides. 1t
is an open secret that the German emperor
has raised loans on various occasions, so
that it can be well understood that the
family finances are not in the most prosper
Gus condition. The crown prince will suffer
financially from the fact that he has five
younger brothers and one sister, all of
whom must be provided for by the emperor
out of his own private means.
All these circumstances combine to make
it essential that the wife of the German
crown prince should be a princess possess
ing a large private fortune. In addition to
the requirements of health and wealth it
was necessary that the selected candidate
should be a Protestant, and it was, of
course essential that she should be young
1t was extremely difficult to find princess
who fulfilled all these conditions, because
it was found that those who enjoyed rO-
bust health had no money, and those who
were certain to receive satisfactory dowries
were weak, sickly maidens and unfit to be
the ancestreSses of future German empeT-
ors. Those who fulfilled both these condi-
tons were either Roman Catholics or Ortho-
doX Greeks who had conscientious objec-
lions to changing their religious beliefs
for matrimonial and political purposes.
Although Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-
Schwern was finally selected as the best Of
all the possible candidates, the German en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02

council TO be null and void and shall sem
teRce the members Of the town council to
contribute the money out Of their own
pockets The outcome Of the trial is await
ed with keen interest.
At Sandal der Elbe public meeting
was held to protest against the wedding
present being given to the crown prince,
and of the speakers stated that the
local authorities had reduced their annual
grant of twelve dollars to the poor and
destitute Of the district to FIVE dollars in
order that the difference of seven dollars
might 81 toward the crown primes we'd
ding present. 1t was stated that this re-
duction OF the charitable grant had been
made as the result of a strong hint given
by higher authorities. and considerable in
tigna;ion was expressed. Similar OOjec-
tons To wedding presents TO the crown
prince on similar grounds have been eN-
pressed in other German towns aud VII
lagos. creating an III feeling which In the
interests of the crown prince himself and
the HohenzolIern dynasty must be deeply
regretted GEORGE WEISS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02

TITS IS the beginning Of the end of the
oyster season The Potomac has been
s'..1ed OF its winter Ice and the temporary
Embargo ON the oyster boats has been rails
Rj Toward the end of April, however, the
Lots VIII cease TO come up to Washington,
I'D from That time till the LIST Of Septem-
Lr there VIII Dc an interval when you can
e oysters if YOU call for them at a good
r..au1nt, but when they Will not be
feature In The food supply OF the city
Legally there IS no closed season LOT
O. s.rrs i'm Washington. Inc Old lied ABOUT
Tie months with the r. still persists to
certain extent. and II about marks the be-
,.......- aud avn NJ tra sa,e,, 81 far as
=. 49,, 80, oct
l-llt Is "H'. l'"t i'll Ir'I',S you an -
oysters here any time, and can eat them
s.rary any time. though they are better in
..,f ,,.,fb.r rra, at a1, other season
Co., 7 49,. -. ..,.-,,,.- ,, ,,,,
..'' .'0.l-i ...'iI Gtt -. -! - 49,
nm ,..- IN e. ~, - "'o 7-''''7
".''l4' anu "-'i'' 'i INC '''i''
Oyster Dealers Statement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02

does yu?" said an amiable old uncle to
Star man who was loafing around the
wharf.
The Star man did not. He had eaten
lurcheon and he was not hungry, but UNI
der the lee of the big shell pile listened
found himself, without exactly knowing
low, seated on a well-polished bench and
absent-mlndedly absorbing the fat. trans.
lucent oysters off the half shell as Pete
deity slid them over onto clean barrel
head
Nav sub, nav suh" said the old man
as he skillfully Clipped the edges of the
shells and placed them with mechanical
regularity on the barrel. "'Taint no place
where yu kin git ishters like des right
here. 'Taint many gem men kin eat NOR n
a Peck nowadays, but 1 opens fer de old
cdp'n right along. an I tell you. mon. he
sub. mans de time I seen him come down
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-02
New Shades Try the Completion.
ON the New York Pres.

From the New York Press.
Burnt onion, the color that played havoc
with many a complexion last season, Is
with US still. but masquerading under the
name of apricot. This and russell green
vie with each other for popularity. They
are extremely trying shades to the average
complexion, but the oracles of Paris insist
they must be worn. So worn they will be.
even If women make frights of themselves
in so doing.