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The Washington times., 1905-04-09
Approaching Festival IS Celebrated Later
Than Usual This Year, and Gowns
Worn That Day Will Show the
Summer Styles

bertha of the gray foulard. This is
very French gown.
I'VE have many calls for pink and
black dresses, and it looks as though
our summer resorts would blossom forth
in handsome combinations that suggest
the French woman and her chic.
Here are some of the French com
binations we are making. and L will
rame them in the order Of their ele-
gance and beauty.
"A soft black taffeta, trimmed with
pink peau de cygne-
"A beautiful black mohair, trimmed
with pink checked taffeta and pink
enamel buttons.
"A blue summer silk with many pip
ings of pink and with blue rufiies.
beaded with friIlings of pink, with a
tiny quill of black in the pink frillings.
I'VE are making white dresses to be
worn over white silk slips, and we make
many a beautiful black lace to be worn
over white and even over flesh color
| One of the handsomest dresses of the
season is a black, transparent gown, for
which we have made an underwaist OF
fesh-colored taffeta and q drop skirt OF
the same material, thus setting off tie
! black lace in the most exquisite man
ner. And we are making other French
| gowns, but these are the most conspicu'
Gus IN their pretty combinations.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09

for the materials will seem new to you
and the way of making them quite
novel
One of the most charming evening
dresses at one OF New York SWEETEST
functions. cost the whole Of half a dollar
q yard 1t was of clouded mousseline-
The foot of the skirt was in a deep
shade of crimson. but the color gradual
Iy changed until it became a faint pink
at the bet lire. 1t was trimmed with
fiounce Of precisely the same stuff
and there We're rows and rows of shir-
ring around the 5tit line. The waist was
made in the same manner and was shir-
red and ruched no other trimming is
needed upon a gown of this kind
Many of the evening stufTs are Of sc
| elegant pattern that to trim them
would spoil them. A mousseline which
| was covered with Dresden roses had its
| roses so arranged that they formed &
| rattern. They were larger around the
| foot of the skirt, gradually growing
| smaller toward the belt line With such
| a skirt nothing was possible except J
| wide girdle of lemon color TO match the
roSe..
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
The Skirts Of Easter.

This is to be an Easter when you can
wear the box plated skirt If you please
or the s1irred one. You can wear the
skirt which is fitted front and sides and
back, or the skirt which flares all the
way around. Even the very tight cling
ing skirt is permissible
AS to the length of the Easter skirt
authorities differ. There are those who
say It should just dip upon the street.
But this means holding il up and. TO
hold up a full plated or shirred skirt is
difficult If the skirt IS long, tight-fit-
ting and narrow, it can be held up in one
hand in the old style. But TO hold up
the very full skirt is one OF the hardest
things in the world.
.'The most popular skirt" said a wo-
man who designs fashion for the fash
.onable set, "is the one that swings
clear OF the street. This skirt just shows
the shoes and il Is the smart woman
who wears shoes to match her dress.
..One of the loveIiest Of all the Easter
dresses designed this season is gray
foulard trimmed with blue, with pip
ings of black and white. There is ful
skirt. which swings clear of the stree
and around the foot there is an opef
work arrangement. Sits are cut up IKE
fans and the opening is laced with RID
bons. The waist Is made of steel biu'
taffeta and there is a wide plastron ant
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
Olden Time Games Revived
To Add Grace to Exercise

grace at any point, as the heavy games
often do Very little strength can ba
gained from it-thiS must be understood.
If You are looking for broad shoulders
you must go in for tennis or golf or
something similar. OF course. there Is
a slight sxpansion caused by the motion
of the arm and shoulder in the nSht
toss but il is insufficient to build up tissue
Ve any great or noticeable extent. Bun
YOU are forced to a gracefully curved
movement OF the arm which VIII heip
YOU toward these motions that you are
aiming 10 gain as habit The vfo-s
isntly athletic girl should supp!emens
some of her harder exercises with th1ass
for she is in danger or becoming mascIA
line otherwise
Hoop rolling is c game now advocated
for girls in fear of too stout hlpS- IN
effect. the results 10 the figure ara
about the same as golf, vigorously play
ed. The quaint minuet dance promises
10 be in vogue this summer at lasn-
ionahle American resorts. Its steps ana
sweeping bows are SO low that cancer
cannot pass through them without rer@
/ feet noise II is far easier TO be graco>
/ fuI when moving quickly than Slowlys
| So take lessons in the minuet- Betwee6
lessons practice the bows ana the steps
/ in your own room before the mlrror.
/ The girl who can dance the m1nuet weu
should be able TO enter any drawing
room with case and grace She viii be
SIRE of her footing so to speak She
SKILL be able to stand still without look.
ling distressed which Is the hnal test OF
Iself-controI Did you ever give yoursen
this test? Can you stand before room
! fun OF people with many eyes upon you
| and let YOUR hands fail easily at your
/ side?, II you feel the need or some
| thing for your hands to fidget with. OF
if all Your muscles become rigid, tnon
YOU still have much TO learn
The Washington times., 1905-04-09

but the wrist puffs looked very well at
the shoulder, whe.l they had been ads
justed, for they Were big and could be
eighty stiffened With taffeta lining.
Easter Will show many q gown with
wide bertha of needIework, extending
cut over the shoulder. 1t Will show
many an adjustable yoke of silk, inter
I.Eed aud .rimmedf with lace, TO be
thrown around the shoulders. something
like a shoulderette. AnG Easter "lil
show many handsome color combine
tions.
But the pretty feature of the Easter
dress is it's simplicity. Taffeta, soft
or glazed. or the old-fashioned dull,
stiff taffeta is taken and made up into
pretty street dresses along the same
| lines as the summer lawn. The India
silk dresses and the china silk are also
made up in this manner. and one can
jIoook for charmingly pretty spring and
summer effects.
| 1t is quite easy to make up an Oriental
| silk dress, choosing one with small
figures One Will want a little plain ma
terial and then one will need a very
little gold or silver cording and some
ribbon.
The rufhed styles are the best ones for
the Oriental silks, for, being very soft,
they must be trimmed to stand out fiuf-
lilly. They must be made with full skirts
land many ruffles, and there must be a
heading lined with silk and one will
lwant silk vests and pretty silk cuffs
and silk stocks and silk girdles.
The dressiest India silks are the deep
blues and the deep greens or the browns
flor the deeper me color in Oriental
makes the better the results p These
silks can be made with drop skirt. OF
la petticoat to match, and with the most
Ielegant girdles and the most elaborate
stocks.
A girdle that Will be worn with many
a summer silk is the wide ribbon girdle
Handsome pompadour ribbon, maybe
twelve inches wide,5 is shirred in front
land boned. This front is fastened with
, hooks, which are covered with tiny bows
OF narrow satin ribbon In the back the
gIrdle is slit open and laced with rib
bons, which are tied in little knots. Tht
effect Is as pretty as can be.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
What Easter Will Show.

Easter will show a very wide range Of
spring and summer silks. which will In
clude some very handsome and very
prettily colored louisines, and there will
be taffetas, foulards, thin mofre silk,
chameleon silks. and many of the cheap
er shaded varieties, among which may
be counted the half silk and half cotton
goods.
Easter will show many pretty gowns
built of materials that have not been
seen prominently in many moon. There
will be the merino dress, which, IN its
glossy elegance. is coming out as
handsome dress fabric, and there will
be the soft and always pretty cashmere
and the voile. One can do a great deal
with cashmere, merino, and voile, and
one can select sufficient number Of
pretty shades for a gown in each of
these materials without getting tired of
them. They differ SO from each other
| Easter will bring out many a dress
| which LOOKS like taffeta, but is really
not tafeeta at all. In this list can be
mentioned the gowns OF poplin, of mo-
i hair. and Of brilliantine. These three
*uatursals are so good and SO well known
| that thsv hardly Iced a word said in
their favor. In the siciliennes and the
| briliiansines there are new colors and,
so. I'D to the most expensive Irish pop
lin. on, can always find a new color and
| always be suited as to texture and price.
| They say that poplin wears forever
and gnales petticoat afterward, which
NAV explain it's unprecedented sale as a
gown for rich and poor alike. A woman
far too rich to count the pennies bought
a ripe, rich brown poplin the other day
and. to trim it. she purchased some very
handsome Spanish lace dyed brown
With this she added certain very hand
some enamel buttons Of brown velve
for the finishing Of the girdle and thu
making of pretty rosettes.
The rosette idea Will be carried to ex
tremes in the Easter dresses. Velve
rosettes are SO easy to make. and 81
pretty when done, that one Is tempte'
to go in quite on the wholesale. The.
take the little stripe of velvet and, afte
shirring them into rosette shape, the.
plant a pretty enamel button in the mid
die. This makes a handsome ornament
or course such a rosette is only to b
fused as a trimming but, for the front
of double breasted silk coats, for reyers
for collars and for the head of skir
fio,nces, nothing can exceed the beaut
OF the handsome rosette.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09

that will be seen in plenty of Easter
Sunday. There are ribbon ruffles made
by gathering strip of ribbon through
the middle. Pull the puckering string
until the ribbon is nicely shirred. Then
sew 1t on the skirt with one little ruff
fie standing up and the other one lying
down.
Then take wide ribbon OF the hand
some variety, pompadour, plaid, and
wide satin ribbon, and, shirring It on
one edge, use it as a ruffle all by itself
AT the head of this ruffIe there can be
qufl1ings, or pipings, or even a lace
ruchipg.
Tiny dainty little trimmings will be
much seen and ribbon and lace will
mingle together in the most intimate
manner. There is a rufffe as wide as
your finger is long. which is repeated
| many times upon a summer skirt. 1t
| is made by shirring ribbon and lace
together and letting them fall as a
double founce, the lace over the rib
| bon.
| Ribbons as lacings will be much seen.
| Deep cuffs. almost as deep s the elbow.
will be slit right up the back and a
| piece cut out. This opening viii be laced
with ribbons. And the same with tho
bodice, which will be slit down the
front and the entire front laced with
ribbon. The stock will be laced up on
| each side of the neck and there are
yokes that lace There are summer
skirts that are laced from the belt right
down to the hem of the skirt
| There is one pretty style which will
be liked by the woman who desires
| something striking. 1t consists simply
in facing or binding the skirt with q
bias band of silk which should be
almost finger deep around the hem OF
| the skirt. This wide silk skirt bindine
should match the gown and should be
as elegantly finished as it IS possible
for a woman's tailor to accomplish
If you are the owner of an attic chest
Tummage, now. through it for ole
sleeves. You will want a pair Of sleeve:
dating back fully forty years and maybe
further. You want sleeve that is Duff
ed at the shoulder like the sleeves worl
in the days when Mrs. Mckinley wa.
the first woman of the White House am
, like the sleeve which Mrs. Langtry pop
ularized. 1t is as big as a pillow cas-
right at the shoulder but as yet it i
not crinolined.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
The Sleeves of Easter.

This sleeve is a sort of leg omutton.
But it is shirred on the inner side in
that very old-fashioned way. And
around the wrist it is trimmed with a
ruching OF silk trimmed with lace. while
a lace ruffie falls over the hand You
have seen those fussy, beautiful old
sleeves, surely. in paintings, if not in
the attic.
Sleeves that bag at the wrist are not
as fashionable as they were, though
they are still worn. But, to make them
fashionable, one can rip them out and
turn them. Il ripped my sleeves out OF
my gown and turned them around, put
t.rg the bag at the shoulder" said a
Lretty girl, displaying a smart sleeve
They needed a little fitting" said she
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
Marie Antoinette Gown of Peachblow Pink Louisine.

med with shirrings and ruffies, outings
and box pls;tings. all of which take
great deal of material.
The great majority of the gowns are
self triTmed, and this makes a differ
ence. also, for one must have the ma
terial with which TO trim and, when
there is a petticoat of the same. there
is still further call for goods Twenty
i've yards OF talfeta is no unusual thing.
and more is needed # a long-sleeved cor
set coat is made. or petticoat and an
extra pair OF shorter sleeves 10 be put
in when hot weather comes.
The taffeta shirt waist suit viii be i'm
rnensely popular, and three shirt waists
go with each taffeta or foulard.
For the first time in her career Mrs
! Lily Langtry has cone out In a shirt
waist She gave a small luncheon al
her apartments in the Savoy Court TO
the women of her cast in Mrs. Derings 5
| Divorce" And her costume or this oc-
| casion consisted OF q shirt waist and
| skirt. They We're frankly a separate
waist and skirt. and, though exquisite,
there was no attempt at a costume.
The Lily wore white lawn shirt wafs,
set with insertion OF three different
kinds. The sleeves were on the hsgsy
order. with the fullness below the ell
bow. sThe top OF the sleeve was shlrrea
/ into the shoulder in big, fun style. Be
! ing very slender. she can wear this style
OF sleeve. Her waist was puffed, great
puffs of fine lawn being set IN the yoke
| end down the front. She wore n wide
needleworl girdle, fastened down IN
the front with fancy stick pins. \ flow
cred ribbon was fastened low around
The waist and finished with a handsome
white crystal buckle in the middle OF
,he back. The skirt was a light gray
ladies cloth. made round with tucked
hips.
The majority OF the shirt waists OF
the season are made with very fancy
sleeves, giving an opportunity for n new
sleeve chapter. One of the prettiest of
sleeves is a needlework coat sleeve with
a white lawn shirring around the top.
The white lawn is gathered in the mid
Ole and sewed TO the back of the sleeve
to simulate angel wings. They are small
and dainty and pretty.
1t was the Countess of Suffolk who
! came into London the other day to Sc
lect from a set of handsome black and
white embroderies which were Offered
for sale in shirt waist lengths. The
countess, who was Miss Daisy Letter
purchased half a dozen OF beautiful thir
black lawn pieces. embroidered In white
f There were the most delicate vines run
, ming through the black lawn, which wa'
, so transparent that you could see YOU
hand through 1t.
, There is a great tendency his season
: to wear the very fine and very thin
black lawn and to make it up Yer,
q elaborately all trimmed NTH hand EN-
nroidery. To show it Oft the better 1T 1
+ worn over a white underwaist, which
: also heavily embroidered.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
Gowns Will Be Very Full.

Zone should make half a dozen OF
these laced girdles," said Il girdle max
er, for they are so necessary this sum-
mer. One must have a cream colored
one, trimmed with pale pink satin bows
and one must have a black one. and, of
course, an all white one. Then there
come the big Powered ribbons, the plaid
ribbons and the marvellous novelties
which are worn this year. They cost a
great deal of money. but they make the
most attractive girdles.
1t takes a great deal of material to
make a gown this season, and the guam
tity, if bought by the yard, can best
be gauged by the clerk who is selling
the goods. Take his advice, be it six
teen yards or twenty-five. for skirts are
wide and need material. Sleeves are
voluminous at the shoulder, blouses are
| full across the bust, and many of them
! are shirred, and the entire gown is trim
The Washington times., 1905-04-09

NJ Iss ALICE ROOSEVELT will
NH wear steel gray cloth gown
IVY Easter Sunday, with trimmings
of blue and girdle of pur-
pie. Her hat will be pansy hat ana
she will have little light cloth Jacket.
Fifty smart Washington women will
come out in spring suits. Yet what will
Easter prove in the way of fashions, af-
ter all?
Nothing at all. Handsome gowns will
be brought out and put away again TO
wait for warmer weather. But, as for
declaring the summer styles, one cannot
depend upon Easter Sunday.
Still Easter is late this year, and,
whereas it was too cold last season for
anything at all in the way of spring
finery. it may be that real summer
gowns will blossom forth If the day is
fine, and that Dame Fashion will be seen
in her true colors.
II the dame does come out she will
show you lovely soft taffeta silks in
very fair shades, ashes of rose, London
smoke, pearl color and steel blue. And
she will show you these same suits,
made up in new styles, just the thing
for elegant wear, Easter Sunday Or any
other time.
i
STYLES of the summer-that they are not
appreciably different. One makes ones
evening gown precisely as one makes
ones day dress, the only difference be-
ing in the fabric and in the trimming.
The general style of making is the
same.
A lovely steel colored taffeta with a
suggestion of pink IN it was built with
a deep and very full 1ounce around tho
foot. The head of the founce was
gathered three times and above 1t was q
little ruching The ftounce was shaped
and was much fuller in the back thar
in the front, thus noting a return to the
Spanish f1ounce. The skirt itself was
laid in little side plaits around the belt
The waist Of This gown was in blouse
shape puffed i'll the front and puffed IL
the back The sleeves were immenslI
full upon the shoulder and shirred OF
the inside, one Of the very pretty ney
styles of sleeve. Deep lace ruffies fin
ished the elbows, for the sleeves wer
quite short.
One of the brides of Easter will wea
on Easter Sunday gown which is mad
of foulard, rather a summery stuff, bu
very nice for early spring. Under it sh
will wear a poplin petticoat, beautiful
trimmed with lace and ruffies. for pop
lin somehow gives body to a foular
skirt.
This skirt is made with many ruff1e
one above the other, each with its pip
ings. and each one trimmed with
smaller ruffie. Around the waist -th
skirt is box plated front and sides
with the plaits stitched fat to the hip.
but faring quite full below.
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
Easter Ribbon Trimmings.

Easter will bring out many q ribbon
trimmed gown. for it Is a season when
ribbon trimmings will be much seen. 1t
is very smart thing to make a gown
of summer stuff, poplin. taffeta, foulard
Or India silk, and to trim It with ribbons
until it bears the French stamp of ele-
gance.
Here are some Of the ribbon trimmings
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
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The Washington times., 1905-04-09
Other Gowns of Spring.

If YOU go into the shops TO buy an
evening or a dance gown the chances
are you will be wonderfully surprised
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
By AUGUSTA PRESCOTT.

nr Iss ALICE ROOSEVELT will
NH wear steel gray cloth gown
VH Easter Sunday, with trimmings
The Washington times., 1905-04-09
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1905-01-27
Ordinance No. 81.

The following ordinance was passed by
the Mayor and Council Of Rockville, on JAN
uary 10, 1906:
Be II enacted and 1t is hereby ordered by
the Mayor and Council OF Rockville, by
virtue OF the powers vested in 1t by the Act
Of 1888, Chapter 389, OF the General Assem-
bly, Of Maryland.
That on and after this date II shsll not be
lawful for any person or persons 10 ride,
drive or propel any automobile, motorcycle,
electric carriage or any other vehicle or con-
trivance, propelled or moved by any motive
power other than horses or mules, along,
upon or over the streets, lanes or highways
OF the Town Of Rockville, or on or upon
any part Of them or any Of them, at rate
Of speed exceeding six miles an hour.
And be 1t further enacted, That any per-
son or persons violating the provisions OF
this Act shall, upon conviction before any
Justice of the Peace having Jurisdiction, be
fined not less than Ave dollars and costs nor
more than twenty-five dollars and costs, and
shall stand committed TO the Jail Of Mont
gomery county until such fine and costs be
paid.
By order Of Mayor and Council:
CAREY KINGDOM, Clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1905-01-27
Anti.saloon League Meeting.

The annual meeting Of the Montgomery
County Anti. Saloon League will be held ct
the Christian Church, In Rockville, on Sat.
urdsy, February 4th, 1905. Executive Com.
mittee will meet promptly at 10 o'clock. The
morning session, commencing at II o'clock,
will be devoted to hearing reports Of com.
mittees. election Of officers, and the general
transaction Of the business Of the League.
The afternoon session will be taken up with
addresses by prominent temperance workers.
All organizations, churches, Young PEG.
ple's Societies, Sunday Schools, W. Q. T.
US, Co., are requested to select delegates
TO attend this meeting.
The delegates are expected to bring their
lunch with them. The ladies of Rockville
will furnish coffee, and have secured Hicks
old store room as the place where lunch will
be served.
All citizens Of the county interested In its
welfare, and the ministers Of the Gospel, are
cordially invited TO attend.
By order Of the Committee.