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shabby dress, 1t is so snug and warm,
and then, too, it comes in so well when
one must don light gown in the day
time. But we should add that suits
are very much the fashion, also, and it
is difficult to choose between the long
coat and the short-coat suit; let becom-
ingness decide the matter for the in
dividual. One is about as fashionable
as the other. =,
Fur trimmings are in use as they
have not been for long time, in fact,
Paris has carried the fur trimming to
ridiculous extreme, putting it on
the sheerest of materials. Lace and
fur are combined very prettilyi as
trimming, the one sets off the other;
but we do not fancy gauze frock
loaded down with brown fur. The
dark furs are very smart, and dark
fur-lined cloak with an immense white
collar is sometimes seen. Muffs are
larger than ever, that my lady may
thrust into their warmth her cold
wrists and arms, barred by fashions de-
cree.
We are extremely fond Of the ell
bow sleeve for summer wear and for
house gowns in the inclement season,
but are far from approving of the risk
of it for street dress in winter. No
matter what substitute is made, under
sleeves are apt to slip down and the
cold creep in at the hiatus. A, whole
sleeve, anyway, is warmer; but not all
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What Dame Fashion Allows Us

untrimmed, its lines are long, it is re.
freshingly simple. Get one by all
means if you can.
About waists. There seems to be
for these, save for the ones intended
to be shirt-waists and nothing more, a
general inclination to have a fluff of
white about the neck; 1t may extend
down to the waist line, it may only
come to the bust line. We like the ac-
companying design very much, and
would call attention to the pointed lace
collar, the pretty sleeves.
There is tendency to try the short
wasted effects, but we doubt If they
will attain the vogue here they have
attained abroad. Still, very good au-
thority prognosticates that we are to
have many of them when presently we
have got used to their oddity, that it is
a mere matter of time before we shall
cease to consider them odd. The same
authority seems assured that the
princess gown will remain with us two
or three years at the least. Maybe;
but it will have to be an adapted
princess, a boleroed and generally
fixed-up one.
Peacock feathers are very fashion
able, but they cost much money and
we are called upon to see inferior inns.
tations that are anything rather than
attractive, A hat Of black velvet is
trimmed with two breasts of peacock
feathers, and worn with this is black
suit with collar and cuffs IF velvet en-
broideries in peacock reathers. Or
perhaps the collar and cuffs are of pea
cock green or peacock blue velvet, this
a smart touch to the costume.
ELLEN OSMONDE.
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sons, but little interest has attached
to any Of the games played. The asso-
citation game in the west has been
given a wide berth by the schools and
colleges, having been fostered only by
those who were of recent English ori-
gin or who had played the game in
either England, Scotland or Canada.
The tour of the English socker team
through the United States late last
summer gave a wonderful impetus to
the game, which many football loving
Americans have already decided to call
better game than American college
football. The action of the University
of Chicago seems most wise, for the
death of the present slow, grinding
game appears to be only few years
off. The game as it is played by
American colleges now is interesting
to only those who have Affiliations with
one side or the other. The man who
goes to see a "game" stays away
when another is played. This feeling
has taken a firm root and is spread
ing rapidly. The recent attempt on
the part of football men of national
prominence working in cooperation
with President Roosevelt to attempt to
make the game more open was in re-
ality the first death knell for American
football as it is played now. American
colleges may never adopt the associa-
ton game, but ten years hence they
will be playing game more unlike
the present game than it is unlike
the socker style At socker football
match, and many of them are attended
by from 1000 to 5000 people right here
in Chicago, enthusiasm usually runs
high from start to finish because of
the action that can be seen in every
play and because, too, of the rapidity
with which the game goes along.
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The Modes of the Winter

viii listen to the dictates OF reason, IL
seems sometimes as though women
were a particularly unreasoning crea-
ture In the matter Of dress.
But let us leave sermonizing alone,
and turn to consideration Of some late
modes that are not markedly capri
cious. The accompanying illustration
represents one Of the approved styles
for an evening wrap, an Empire even
ing coat Of the better sort, where the
waist, line is not too tight, does not
give hampering look. 1t is always
well to trim the line where yoke and
skirt meet, and the design in this
model is very good, true-lovers' knots
Of silk braid or soft ribbon. A pleas
ing choice for this garment would be
fawn colored cloth lined with pink
silk, the collar of dark fur, deep lace
frills at the sleeves.
A charming costume imported from
Paris is of gray bengaline ornamented
with several rows of self-colored chit
fon velvet. Worn with this is long
Directoire coat of Empire green velvet,
the green and the pale gray very beau
tiful together. The hat is green vel
vet with a silver-embroidered gray
crown and the trimming a couple of
shaded green plumes.
Repeatedly we have sung the praises
Of the wiry, dust-shedding, durable,
mohair petticoat, and again would add
word in its favor. The shops are
showing novelty in the mohair pet
ticoats, very pretty plaids, and these
promise to be decidedly popular. Some
Of the weaves are combined with silk,
but they will not wear so we'll. An et.
fort is made to bring the Jersey top
petticoats to notice, and they are very
good for the woman of over avoirdu.
pois.
ularity, and lace waists are well
esteemed, those of baby Irish and
Cluny in great demand. With the
lace hats so fashionable this year,
the lace waist is especially good for
theater and restaurant wear. In fact,
lace waist is an excellent invest
ment for the economical woman to
make, it being suitable for both after
noon and evening wear. can do duty
for very dressy occasions and equally
we'll for less elaborate affairs.
Hats, we rejoice to say, are not the
exaggerated things 1t seemed earlier
we were to have foisted upon US; they
are moderate in size and one can have
them modestly and satisfactorily
trimmed. There is liking for the use
of foliage and flowers, and this is to
be commended, the posies help to
tighten the streets in the gray days
Of winter. We saw such pretty hat
worn by such pretty girl the other
day, a hat that undoubtedly was got
ten up for fraction Of the amount
involved in the creation" we had just
been examining down at the shop of
fashionable milliner; it was black
felt Of medium size, and one of those
turned-up equally on the sides affairs
that bring out good profile SO well.
1t was trimmed with some folds of
black velvet, and then at one side ex-
quisite small damask roses wreathed
themselves from the hair up over the
brim and were fastened against the
crown. 1t was so trim and charming
and would do duty generally.
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,sher had frequently told wilkins what
an easy matter it would be for him
to rob the bank.
What to do with the money after he
had secured it, to avoid suspicion, both
cred him. and for its investment and
handling he took Wilkins into his con-
fidence. On the morning after the rob-
berry, Mrs. wilkins related, her hus-
band came home with his pockets
stuffed with money, several thousands
of dollars in bills of dInerent denomi-
nations and gold coin. He was some
what under the influence Of liquor at
the time and did not know where to
hide the money.
"Well, Lige has done the job," he
said. "and this is my share of it"
Finally the money was hidden in a
torn sofa at their home, and from this
place it was taken as each needed it,
from time to time-a fortune in their
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complicatne Christmas.

Edward Box writes, in the Ladies'
Home Journal, that there must be some
radical and growing departure from the
right and best way of celebrating Christ
mas when each recurring year we hear
a larger number of men saying: Well,
I'll be truly thankful when this Christ
mas business is over And they are led
to this remark generally by seeing their
wives, mothers, sisters or daughters
reach Christmas day utterly tired out,
with the prospect of siege Of illness as
soon as Christmas is over. And it must
be confessed that this state Of affairs
exists in thousands Of homes. Women
themselves frequently acknowledge
their satisfaction when the day is over.
Now, there is always something wrong
when we make o burden Of our pleas
ures. And If one Of our sources of pleas
ure in the calendars greatest gala day
is derived from fseling Of thankful
ness that 1t is over, there is something
aes;ew either in the way we prepare for,
or spend. the day."
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Inrougn the early
stages of his career he was regarded
as the most dangerous of the under
dogs" Only old-time ring followers
can tell the number of fights Choynski
almost won, yet did not Choynski
learned much from Peter Jackson,
whose sparring partner he was and
with whom he at one time travelled
in an Uncle Toms Cabin" show. He
met Jim Corbett three times besides
the exhibition. Probably the most IA
nous of these fights was the one on
the barge when the two Californians
met at Benecia, Cal. This was a fight
brought off with great difficulty and
Corbett wore the two-ounce gloves and
Choynski skin-tight. The fight went
q rounds. Choynski was badly cut up
and Corbett had scarcely a mark on
him. Choynski invaded Australia and
won and lost in two important fights,
winning from Joe Fogarty and losing
to Joe Goddard, the barrier champion,
who afterward made this country his
stamping ground" After followed
fights with Jack Fallon, Mike Boden
and Dan Creedon, spared Kid Mccoy
in New York and Bob Fitzsimmons in
Boston. His fight with Fitzsimmons
was to have gone eight rounds in Bos-
ton. Up to the third the men were
fighting about even, and in this session
Choynski almost had Fitzsimmons out.
Fitzsimmons was down to the floor
from right to the jaw for nine Sec
onds, came up and clinched, and had
the better of the rest of the round.
Choynski was practically out in the
fifth, when the police interfered. This
fight more than any other illustrates
near he came time and again to get
ting the best of them. The fight with
Tom Sharkey in San Francisco, which
he lost, is another case where Cho-
ynski assisted in starting man to the
top ranks by the experience he handed
out. Sbarkey is the man who came
and went while Choynski was still
fighting. Other men who did the same
can be named by the score. Choynski
got a draw with Sharkey in 1898 in
San Francisco. This fight with Cho-
ynski led up to the Fitzsimmons fight
for the sailor, which Sharkey won on
a foul in the well remembered Wyatt
carp decision. After losing to Snarkey
again in four rounds and Peter Maher
by the knockout route, Choynski came
upon the coming Jeffries just after the
big fellow had fought his 20round
draw with Gus Rubin. Choynski went
the same route to the same decision
with Jeffries. Here he was again as
sisting in putting the finishing touches
on a conner of high class, who after
ward needed every bit that he learned
then and afterward from Tommy Ryan
and Billy Delaney. From then on
Choynski was rated as man who had
overtrained.
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liked for street wear. The tailored
suit Of the day is an advance on that
in fashion some ten years back. Not
now do we have the shelving hips, the
conspicuous bust, the sharp curves" !"
No; the present tailor-made girl is
svelte and graceful, does not advertise
plumpness. With the beautiful cloths,
the beautiful eoloring, the ladies' tail
ors are doing themselves proud this
year.
Another feature or the day is the
separate coat of severe simplicity. To
be sure, we have the separate coat of
extreme fussiness, but the plain wrap
dedicated to utility is the one we are
considering; that big, comfortable
cloak that will have the most wear
Of any wrap possessed this winter;
good for lonS walk in the driving
snow, able to stand rainy, muddy
day. In its making the best Of woods
must have been used, in its cut a tail
sr's skill brought forward. But 1t Ia
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told the story Of how he had taken the

told the story OF how he had taken the
money from the bank vault.
He had been around so long a.
Janitor that he had learned much about
the mechanism of the va ault locks. He
was satisfied that he could allow him
self to be locked in the vault and then
work himself out again.
This is what he did on the night Of
the robbery, using as his tools only an
ordinary wrench and screwdriver OF
a common kind. When Cashier Kalb
and Vice President Micheal were pre-
pairing that night to close up the bank
Bowsher slipped into the vault unob-
served and was locked in. By unfast-
ening thumbscrews and bolts to the
inner. and outer doors he worked his
way to the bank office again within a
few moments after the officers left it.
With the combination to the inside
safe he secured the money, then, fixing
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WOMAN CAUSES ARREST OF THE GUILTY men
Divorced and Neglected Wife of Accessory to
Deed Unearths Evidence Which Leads to
Their Punishment-How National In
stitution at Lima. O.. Was Plum
dered of Over $4,000 Seven
Years Ago-Officers Long
Suspected of TAX
ing Money.

Seven years ago the American ma
uonal bank at Lima, O., was robbed OF
$1S,2S2, the money having been taken
from the vaults sometime between Sat
urday night and Monday morning, but
just when and by whom was unknown
until the last few weeks. Now, Elijah
Bowsher, the trusted janitor of the
bank at the time of the robbery, and
Thomas K. Wilkins, an insurance
agent at Lima, are behind prison walls
in the penitentiary at Columbus, O.,
serving out sentences of seven and five
years respectively, for the crime, the
former as principal and the latter as
accessory, both convicted on pleas of
guilty in open court and sentenced
without a trial. ...
The story of the robbery and the
final detection of the guilty reads like
fiction. 1t is more interesting, because
true, than any of the novels ever writ
ten by 'Old Sleuth," the famous detec-
tive author.
Discovery of Robbery.
The fact that the bank had evidently
been robbed was first made known to
the cashier, Gus Kalb, by Janitor Bow
sher on the morning of Monday, De-
cember 26, 1898, then a holiday be-
cause Christmas of that year fell on
Sunday. He went to the home of the
cashier and informed him that he had
found the door of the bank vault open.
An investigation followed and the
robbery was discovered. The only sus-
picious fact, however, when Cashier
Kalb entered the bank that forenoon,
was that the outer vault door was
open. The inner door was bolted Sc
curely, the time lock apparently not
having been tampered with and the
mechanism of all the combination
locks working properly. How had the
robbers secured an entrance? This
was mystery that it has taken seven
years to unravel.
Cashier Kalb, with the vice presi-
dent of the bank, N. L. Michael, had
locked the vault doors and the safes
the Saturday night before the discov-
cry Of the robbery, setting the time
lock to run down on Monday noon, ap-
parently defying an entrance until
then.
When the cashier pulled the outer
vault door open on that fateful Mon
day morning nothing within indicated
that the other locks had been manipu-
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If not the work of skilled profession
al burglars, the robbery must, so it
was reasoned, have been done by the
bank officers, and during all these years
the cashier and vice president, Mr..
Kalb and Mr.. Michael, have been un-
der the ban of suspicion. Their names,
spotless before, were tarnished unjust
ly with the crime of theft.
Officers Suspected of Crime.
Immediately after the robbery the
Pinkerton agency and score of pri-
vate detectives, some of them paid and
others influenced by the large rewards
offered, went to work on the case. Fol-
lowing the clue that it was the bank
officers that did it, Cashier Kalb and
Vice President Michael were arrested
and indicted by the grand jury.
While the cases against them were
afterwards dismissed because of lack
of evidence, they were believed by
many to be guilty.
Finally Bowsher, the janitor, was ar
rested. Nothing, however, could be
proven against him and he was re-
leased and the Lima bank robbery con-
tinued mystery that baffled solution
on the part of the best detective talent
of the country.
Arrest Due to Woman.
1t remained for a woman, neglected,
divorced and scorned-refused the
money that, in part, had quieted her
tongue-to unearth the evidence that
led to the arrest of the guilty party,
Janitor Bowsher and her husband,
Thomas X. Wilkins, an accomplice in
the crime. This woman was the di-
vorced wife of Wilkins. Ten years ago
she was society woman at Lima, the
daughter Of a leading railroad official.
She was pretty and accomplished
and, until some years after her mar
riage to Wilkins, did not know what
want was. Wilkins was the son of a
real estate dealer at Lima, a man of
considerable wealth, and at the time of
their marriage had but just been ad-
mitted to the practice of law and had
a promising future.
During the first few years of their
married life the young couple lived in
luxury in one of the handsomest resi-
dences in Lima. But, as they do in
so many married lives, the days of
neglect and abuse came and then Mrs.
wilkins sued for and obtained a di-
vorce. Then. denied the payment of
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Modern Animals.

'Tt is a great mistake to conclude
that it is law of nature that recent
animals are all small and Insignificant
as compared with their representatives
in the past" says a scientist. 'That is
simply not true. Recent horses are big
ger than extinctones, and much bigger
than the three-toed and four-toed an
cestors of horses. Recent elephants
are as big as any that have existed.
and much bigger than their early ele-
phantine ancestors. There never has
been any creature of any kind-mam-
NAL, reptile, bird or fish-in any geo
logical period we know OF so big -
some of the existing whales"
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possession, and yet it did not bring
them happiness.
In a few years the money was all
gone. Finally, for neglect and cruelty,
she obtained divorce from him, leav-
ing soon afterward to reside with an
Uncle near Fort Wayne, Ind.
Within few months wilkins fol-
eDces were patched up and they lived
tc gether, only to be separated again
by his dissipation.
He returned to Lima Thither she
followed him, vainly endeavoring to
get money for her support. 1t was then
the blow was struck that made her re-
solve to tell all.
Plan to Secure Evidence.
The story she told Deputy Sheriff
Erect, while presenting a strong case,
lacked the convincing proof necessary
to secure conviction. The deputy
sheriff reported the matter to William
Klinger, the prosecuting attorney of
the county, and it was then the plan
was formed to entrap Bowsher and
Wilkins and secure evidence tina.
would convict them on their own testi-
mony, and in this act Of the drama
Mrs. Wilkins was to play the star
Fart.
With the knowledge she possessed, it
was not a hard matter for her to ar
range meeting with the two implicat-
ed men. The meeting was held in a
house at Lima which she was tempor-
srily making her home. It was fixed
UP previously by the officers for the
meeting and arranged so that they
could hear the entire conversation be-
tween the three without being seen.
1t was a story and a half house. A
hole was cut through the ceiling above
the room in which the meeting was
held, the lath and plastering being re-
moved, but leaving the paper on. This
was, however, perforated with small
holes so as to allow the sounds from
below to come through. Located in
this garret, one could hear a conversa-
.tion held in the room below.
In this garret previous tn the meet
ing of Mrs. Wilkins with Wilkins and
Bowsher three men were concealed,
Deputy Sheriff Freet, Walter M. Scott,
the court stenographer, and a private
detective. Each of them had mega
phones. They could hear distinctly the
slightest whisper, and the court stem
ographer could transcribe every word
of the conversation.
Immediately after the arrival Of
Wilkins and Bowsher, Mrs. Wilkins re-
newed her plea to Wilkins for his pay
ment of the monthly alimony allowed
her; by the court in the divorce pro-
ceedings. Both men were given to un-
derstand that this must be paid.
Then began a discussion between
Bowsher and Wilkins as to the abili-
ties of each to pay and what they had
done with the stolen money.
How Robbery Was Executed.
At last the payments of the alimony
seemed to be arranged by Bowsher
agreeing to fix 1t, and then Mrs. Will
kins, for the benefit of the auditors
in the garret above, guided the con-
versation into narration of how the
robbery was planned and executed.
''Tell us, Lige," she said, "how you
did the job at the bank. I have often
wanted to know" And then Bowsher
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Amid all the eccentricities and dis
comforts inflicted on suffering woman
kind, every season there shines forth
the fact that goodly number of WON
en- are constant in moderation, to quiet
dress. And these few words are to
bear witness that the present year is
marked by much good taste, by right
ideas of dress.
There is nothing really more at
tractive than the excellent lines of
the strictly tailored gowns now SO well
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OeClQou DOOSC ny
the action Of the
University of Chi
C a g o. G o a C h
Alonzo A. Stagg
is to give the
game a thorough
trial at the Chi
cago institution.
Certain universi-
ties in the east:
have had organ
lied teams for
two or three sea.
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Elbow sleeves are to have a con-
tinued vogue, those adhering to the
style during the days of ice and snow
getting around the unseasonableness by
having undersleeves made for all the
short-sleeved garments. Wraps, even
those Of fur, bend to this caprice, and
even in the ready-made departments
the dealers provide short-sleeved cloak
and Jacket, an under sleeve as a rule
accompanying the higher-priced ones.
Often the extra sleeve will be of a diff
feren material, say silk when the wrap
is Of cloth, and the effect is very good,
it looks as though the silk waist were
peeping from under the wrap.
The separate long cloak is in high
favor, it will charitably conceal a
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longest DeIore the
p u b Ii C in the
fighting ring, has
d e S e r t e d t n .
squared circle for
the staid occupa.
ton Of travelling
s a ] e s m a n /.
Choynski has long
been regarded as
a trial horse" for
champions, and is
better known for
his defeats than
for his victories.
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Gus KNLR

her alimony, and denied money from
Bowsher, she resolved to tell the Sc
cret she had kept so many years.
Janitor Is Accused.
Her story was told to A. L. Erect,
the deputy sheriff at Lima, who, of her
own volition, she took into her conf
dence. She said that Bowsher commit
ted the robbery and that Wilkins was
an accessory before and after the fact
Her story. in substance. wasSthat Bow
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His Favorite.

First Insurance Maguate-What b
your favorite theatrical production?
Second Insurance Magnate- Othss
Peoples Money" = Baltimore Amer.
ican-
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lated. Nothing appeared to be disturb
ea. Yet when the inner vault was
reached and the safe opened the $1S,-
1892 placed there the Saturday night be-
fore was gone.
Who had taken it?
1t seemed ridiculous to accuse Bow
sher, the janitor, of manipulating the
burglar-proof locks and then placing
them again in the condition they were
when found
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SPORTS AND
THLETICS

Joe Choynski, the veteran pugilist,
who claims the honor of appearing
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The growing popularity Of socker
football in America has been given a