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the manufactures Is hurrying and sour
rying to them, praying every inch of
the way that the energetic scraper and
pastepot have not been there before
him. Once he has seen it, the pattern
is carefully guarded in his minds eye,
or better still. he takes a bit to. make
certain and then rushes home as fast
as he can get there to duplicate it be-
fore any one else cap place it upon the
market
The average person who walks idly into
a shop and asks to see draperies and hang
ipgs little realizes what an amount Of
time, patience and skill is expended to
obtain the patterns that are so quickly
placed before him and what an immense
amount of money 1t takes to gain posses
sion of few new designs. The poppy
pattern that is hung up for inspection,
Tor instance, is done in beautiful olive
greens, delft blues and dull, deep red.
And, mind you, these days one thing calls
Tor another, and wall paper is rarely il
ever exhibited alone. There must be a
cretonne to match. for too many charm
ing effects have been produced in the line
OF window drapery. counterpancs and fur
niture coverings to permit its decorative
qualities to be forgotten for moment.
Who designs all these patterns and COM
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bines all these colors? They don't grow
on bushes ready to be picked on at pleas
ure; neither do they come from set fash
ions that are sent over from the Continet
by the shipload. No. The manufactures
reaches out for the very best that he can
Lay his hands on, and that very best
means artists who stand at the head OF
applied art and who are known the length
and breadth of the land for their origin
atty and individuality.
Who but man of skin and schooling
could turn out the beautiful papers that
are such an exact imitation of old brown
leather? The picturesque Spanish and
Moorish scenes are represented, and even
the ravages and wear and tear of ages
are added 80 deft1y that it takes one well
versed in papers to tell whether they are
real or only clever copy. The old Dutch.
with its lively blues and its quaint bits of
landscape, are found visiting with gorge
Gus Turkey. and even Marie Antoinette
has stepped down and is to be found in a
delicate Powered Louis XVI room.
Instead of growing scarcer and scarcer
such hangings are to be seen more and
more, for they are daily becoming cheap
er and more within the reach of the or
dinary householder. OF course, those
Large decorative designs are only for
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homes whose rooms are large enough
to permit the pattern to show itself OF
at its best, but there are scores and
scores of pretty hunting and golfng
scenes that are made for the cottager
who revels In a 2x4 den.
For reception-room and q boudoir
Louis XVI hangings and draperies seem
the most appropriate, for if you win re-
member. they had their origin in the
court life of the day and were the ex-
preston of the philosophy that was try
ing tn vent itself at that time
Louis XIV was King in every sense
of tho word. He ruled to the best of his
ability and tried to make his domain
as prosperous and his name as great as
the Caesars of antique Rome AS a con-
sequence his style was solid and substan-
tial, patterned more after the classical
standards of the Romans than anything
else.
The next King was Louis XIV and be
was known the world over as a spend
thrift His every act was an extrava-
gance and he surrounded himself with
Rocco style. which is about as elaborate
and SNOWY as one would expect il to be.
Following him came Louis XVI. a King
with good intentions. but withou. the
will power to back them up. France
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Expensive7 Exceedingly so, but the
craze for novelties has reached the
place where anywhere from two to
twenty dollars a roll is not considered,
and when design is exclusive and
specially made it easily runs into the
thousands for single room.
1t would. perhaps. be easier to tell
what has been eliminated from the
hangings than what has been chosen,
for precious little from the expensive
tapestries used in time castles to
our own old-fashioned colonial days
has been stricken out as valueless and
useless One thing more startling than
another has been devised until even the
rag carpets of our grandmothers have
been carefully and faithfully copied
and hung on the wall as a bright and
shining example of quaint and
charming effect
Everything and anything seems to be
Mt The massive weathered oak dining
set is framed in an old-time mission
setting and the solid mahogany of our
forefathers is set among knights brave
In their armor, prancing off on high
stepping steeds to break lance with
the first foe. The castle with its his
toric moat is there, and so faithfully
have these beautiful hangings and
papers been made that even the lady
fair has been placed in a window wav-
ing a dainty kerchief to her sworn lord
and master.
Unfortunately there are few, If any,
old painted walls in this State, for
California was not out of swaddling
clothes when 1t was all the rage to I'LL
the manor houses with hunting scenes
or to decorate the walls with curious
paintings that represented trees. rivers.
houses, people. in fact anything that
caught the fancy OF the illustrator. But
there are q few such homes left and
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Answers to
Correspondents

COUNTRY GIRL photograph Busi-
ness)-There are many galleries IN this
city and they will take new hands to
learn the profession As a rule. II
takes from six or eight months to n
all the little tricks that make ona
skilled at it, but If you can afford it
you can make rapid advances and be
rushed along IN the business by paying
SIS This includes a course OF three
months training. and IL you are not
proficient in that length OF time you
may remain longer until you are ready
10 take position Many times the
galleries are glad to retain the girls
they have trained, for they know the
ins and outs OF that particular gall
lery and can work In harmony
with It I would not advise you to
take up the profession OF a model for
it Is very trying and does not pay wen.
either. One month you might make q
fair living and go hungry the next. for
there are not enough positions nor
enough call for modeIs IN this city to
really make it worth while. II you
lived at home and used your earnings
for pin money It would Be another
question, bat as 1t Is I should advise
you to give up the idea entirely.
A SMART COSTUME (Cecilel-n
you want something quite new and un-.
usually smart In shirt waist costumes.
suitable for many occasions, get q
heavy white Shantung or natural col
ored pongee silk and trim with stitch
ed bands OF violet taffeta and Just
touch OF point de venise lace on the
collar and cuffs Cut the skirt on the
new seven-gored. box-plaited order.
which has a plait over each seam and
In the center OF each gore The shep-
ing gives a most perfect ut about ths
hips without unnecessary bulk. Stitch
each plait, near the edge, to ffounce
depth and let the plaits flare out pref
tily in round length at the foot OF the
skirt. A clever idea Is expressed in
placing a band OF taffeta one inch
wide even with the edge Of the skirt.
for it affords a pleasing trimming as
well as protecting the white silk from
soiling. Three more bands, each a
trifie narrower than the one Just be-
low, are placed above the one on the
edge Of skirt with a space OF one inch
between each Tia fourth or top
band is only one-haR inch wide. As
sociate a box-plaited shirt waist with
this skirt and stitch the plaits in
waist and sleeve to match the skirt
Make the deep cuffs and collar OF
point de venise lace, having narrow
graduating bands Of taffeta to corre-
spond with the skirt decoration and
complete the waist with a crush belt
of heavy white ribbon Get a hat OF
pale violet straw and trim with white
roses and a smart touch. Of violet and
black ribbon to give character to the
whole. OF course, a violet silk para
sol is Indispensable. with medallions OF
lace to match that used on the cos
tune. Don't forget to have the shoes
and hosiery of just the softest shade
Of tan The clever girl will embroider
violets on the instep OF ths aafny
ha8e.
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was cverburdened with .axes and both
the aristocr4cy and the commons were
agreed that the simple life of the Greeks
was the one and only thing to b tired
after the reign Of the extravagant prede-
cessor. So every one took up the simple
life theory and did their best to put it
into actual practice They dressed as
simple shepherds and shepherdesses. but
while their clothes were fashioned the
same in every particular, they succeeded
only in playing at the simple life, fol
certainly no one ever heard OF rustics
In silks and satins and high-heeied boots.
Out of this new pastoral play came
the dainty Louis XVI furniture Dainty.
/ say, because other word seems to
fit it half as well To be sure, 1t is a
combination OF the old and the new, but
such a charming one that 1t has lived
through all these years and still CO.
quotes and firts as 1t did In the time OF
Louis and his dainty Queen Marie.
OF charming effects there is no end and
dull must be your wits If you cannot dis
cover some means of imparting a touch
of originality to your home, no matter
how limited your pocket-book may be
You may not be able to have stained
glass effects or to have your rooms
paneled in soft velvets. but certain it
is that you may possess a dainty treIlis
with vines climbing about here and there
through lattices or any OF the thousand
and one conventional designs that are
robbed OF their severe look by an ava
lanche Of roses, chrysanthemums and. In
fact, almost any other flower or fair size
and pretty colorings.
And speaking Of coloringz. by the way.
reminds me- Whatever you may select
be careful az to the tones. for no matter
how beautiful the fabric may be, much.
after all. depends on the shades and
whether they harmonize x not
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n Ne OF the chief worries that bobs
up sereaely TO confront the house
holder year after year and with
renewed force is the proper cover
ing and papering of walls
Certainly wall papers are necessity.
but they are also a nuisance and it is
only after q deal of experience and
annoyance that you are able to select
one with any degree of comfort and
seeming intelligence. OF course, if you
care nothing whatsoever about choos-
ing furnishings so that they may dis
play bit of individuality, it is simple
enough to hire some one to furnish or
.refurnish your house, as the case may
be, but if you are half way interested
you will in all probability think that
there is nothing more difficult under
the shining sun than 60 select paper
as roll after roll is unfurled and held
up for your inspection.
The first and primary thing to de-
eide is the color scheme. That once
out Of the way the rest should be com
paratively easy The size of the room
and its use is the next thing to worry
over, for the figure must depend en-
tirely on the amount of space to be
covered. For instance, a small room
would look about like q closet il a
big design were plastered over its sides.
and room of large dimensions would
apparently increase in size if the figures
were wee or even of a self-toned effect.
The third and all-important question
TO consider is the furnishings of the
room itself The pictures that are to
he either r,.do
by the wall, so it is quite necessary
10 remember that water colers and
etchings show up much better in
plain covering and oils on small de-
sign, and TO remember, too, that the
color of frames often makes marked
difference in the tone of the room.
II you are ever in doubt play trumps
as it were, and then only burden your
mind with the one thought that trumps
in furnishing means but one thing:
plain. solid styles and exceedingly
simple withal- In the majority of cases
this is the best idea to follow out, for
the result is nearly always satisfactory.
In fact, could il very well be otherwise? !?
1t is something like a tailor-made
frock. Its very plainness obviates all
possibility of displaying bad taste
But remember that while the ingram
paper will keep out an immense amount
of bad decoration, it in itself is not any
more a decoration than is a plain cal
cimined wall. 1t is immensely useful
and can very easily be made exceeding
ly pretty by merely adding an ingram
freize. which, by the way, has been
fashioned for the very purpose of add
ing a decorative quality to the some
times too plain wall.
While plain walls are always pretty
and soothing and useful. they are not
always the fad OF the hour. though
there is no getting away from the fact
that they never go out as forcibly and
as quickly as elaborate designs done Ia
striking effects with the figures IN bold
relief. But be that as It may. the fact
remains that just at present all sorts
or contrasting shades and all condi-
tions OF quaint hangings are not only
belng used but are the fad OF the hour.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-30
END OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
Treasury Department Estimates the
Deficit at So, 800, 900.

Washington June 29.-The following state
ment of the operations of the Treasury for the
fiscal year ending June 80. 1909 was made
public to-day:
The government fiscal year ends tomorrow
The Treasury deficit for the year will be APP
proxirnatel sd 500 600. This amount IS SUD
ject to slight but not material change Inc
last report of the Secretary of the Treasury estl
mated a deficit for this fiscal year of NIo,VuOooo
The actual deficit exceeds this by s6,'rOu,Uoo
The receipts for the fiscal year have been
about sob 900, 600. S2G00.0eu more than the re-
ceipts estimated by the Secretary OF the treas
ury in his last report. The expenditures nave
been S.,67, 900. or about sSoooooo more tnan
was estimated. The month of June just closing
shows a handsome surplus of nearly Al.oouooo
and reduced the deficit from Soh0ooo0o TO
So, 100000
A comparison of the receipts of this hscal
year with those of the preceding year shows
remarkably small changes. Customs receipts
for the fiscal year 1904 were approving teiy
S262 000, 600: for this year approximately Szoi,-
500 1000 Internal revenue receipts for l9o4 were
S232. 100000 for 1909 ooo .e o ms Miscei
laneous receipts in 1914 were S7otoVooV' III
1908, S4S, 900 600
Comparison Of the expenditures OF the Two
years shows wider variations civil ana mis-
cellaneous expenditures in 1901, eXcludlns pay :
rnent for the right of way for the Panama Cahal
ard the loan to the Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
tion COMPANY were S132, 100000: this year they
were S141, 2OO, 0tU, increase or Slo,UUoWoo, vi
which more than half is increase IN the postal
deficiency War Department expenditures IN
1904 were S1153O 600: this year. SID 4OO0oo
an increase of ST, 100000. Navy department
expenditures in 1904 were $102,So0.OOO TINS
wear SIT 100000 an increase OF Sl4,9ooVoo
Indians. in 1904. So 400 600; in lgoo
ments in 1904 S142, 100000; in 1903, Sl4l,foo,-
600 a decrease of 81 .o00000 Interest payments
were the same for the 4wo years, S245ooooo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-30

President McCurdy, who made the request for
this investigation. would say nothing about 1t
yesterday. but the following statement was au-
thorized by one of the officials:
The investigation of this company by the State
Superintendent OF 1nsuIanoe, begun at the re-
quest of President McCurdy, will be as thor
ough ii is possible to make it The request
for the investigation was prompted by de.
sire on The part OF the officers of the Mutual
Life to have the exact status of the company
made cieGrly known TO the public.
The life insurance atmosphere has been SO
befogeed by the troubles III the Equitable that
many persons are laboring under the impress
sion that others of the big companies are in the
same position as the Equitable We decided that
the best way TO convince the pubic to the con-
trary as least as far as the Mutual Life is con-
csrned would be to have Mr.. Hendricks make
searching investigation. If he finds everything
all right the public should know it. If ne hnds
anything wrong. that knowledge snail De equaily
the property of the public.
Since the airing of the troubles in the Equala-
Bile we have received many communications
from our agents In various parts OF the country
telling us that it becoming more and more
difficult to secure business on account or the
growing dstrust of the people against all lie
insurance companies, and we decided that the
best and quickest way TO do away with this
notified all of our agents that the Investigation
is to be made, and that. no matter what the OUT
come is the public shall be fully Informed or It.
1t is said that the investigation will be quietly
conducted, and that little of it will he made
known to the general public until Superintendent
Hendricks has his report completed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-30
ECHO OF LETTER WHEAT CORNER.
Suit on Note for $4,000 Alleged To Be Due
from 1898 Transactions.

Joseph Letter, the Chicago hnancier, who tried
in 1888 TO corner the wheat market was the de-
PENDANT in a suit, the trial of which was begun
Yesterday before Justice MacLean, in the Supreme
Court II was brought by William F. Zeller
broker of No WaI-st., assignee of the now
defunct firm of Allen, Greer Zeller, which for
merly did business in Chicago to recover s52-
09I 81 with interest being the amount of pronais-
sorry note executed by Letter in 1885, to that frin
The note was payable three years after date ana
bore per cent interest -,
Letter makes answer that he gave the note with
valid ton; that at the time he gave
If he was engaged in buying wheat for his famous
corner and that he employed the firm of Allen;
of the speculation accounting had in 1898 showed
that he was indebted to the firm TO the amount OF
go O2I az He asserts, however that the books OF
the firm which showed him indebted 70 il to the
amount named were false and fraudulent and
known to be fraudulent by the plaintiff. to whom
the business of the concern assigned.
The case went over until the first Monday in Oc-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-30
GITES CREDITORS HOPE.
Spellissy Declares Stockholders Are
Liable for MiddIeton,s Debts.

There now appears to be some chance for the
creditors of Willoughby Middleton. the ex-reai
estate man. to get back some of the money invested
under his direction David A Spellissy, the lawyer
engaged in the work of investigating the muoole
left by Middleton, has found that under the laws
of the District of Columbia, where the NeW-fork
Realty Corporation was incorporated. stockholders
are responsible for the liabilities of their corpora
tions if their stock not paid up In fu
Mr. Spellissy says he has found evidence that
many of the stockholders have not paid UP their
accounts in full.
He entered judgment and issued an execution
yesterday against the corporation on benal1 ot
three of its employes-Miss Bessie Page, William }.
VESSEL and Charles H. Powells-who have as
signed the salaries due them to s. r. IAash. Inc
amount is only s2S7 but Mr. 5pellissy Goes hot oG
lieve that that be obtained from lne s.ne
of the furniture of the company ms 1urni Ire
was placed in a storage house some Tune dso ny
the secretary, Miss Grace Williams: -,
I'm the judgment is not satlsned IN iHiI,
ceiver will be applied for said Mr. Spelnssy yes
fenaay He viii follow UP all the assets ana mo
rights of the corporation. There may then pc
some chance of all the victims getting some IellIl
on their investments The receiver VIII oerhah n
the 100000 worth of $1,000 gold bonds from the
Knickerbocker Safe Deposit Company, and VIII IN IA,
oure into all dealings between the corp
and the Knickerbocker Trust Company the Flou.,oo
Exchange Bank and the Lawyers fltie ihSui ailSe
COMPANY of New-York. He will be aole TO eA-
anime witnesses under OATH
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-30
GOVERNMENT CARE IN INSURANCE.

Portland Me- June ss.-laddresses by speakers
Of prominence were heard at the concluding session
to-day Of the National Association of Supervisors
of state Rants Justice Lucilius a. Emery. OF
Ellsworth senior associate justice OF the Supreme
Judicial Court of Maine spoke on Governmental
s,,pervIsicn of Business" He said in part;
The startling revelations In the MANAGEMENT OF
the affairs of the Equitable Life Assurance Soei-
ev exciting most disturbing fears in the minds OF
millions of people depending on their life insurance
r,niscies for ire comfort of their families and their
ty-,, old age are evidence Of the need OF govern
mental control 4 business thus affecting the well
fare IF millions Is not a private business
think that the right OF the government TO coInpei
men 10 be honest and careful In their private deal
tngs is now recognized Its duty 10 so compel VA
come TO be recognized more than now.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-30
TRADE IN CHICAGO.

IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE'I
Chicago June 29.-Wheat trade was lively To-Day
and the course of the market irregular 1t was
very strong the latter half of the session, anc
closed / cent higher than it DID the day before
The Russian trouble at Odessa was the STAPLE Vi
the bull information 1t raised the question VI
possible stopping of grain shipments from That
mort and in that respect helped oats as well as
wheat Russia being the largest shipper OF oats IN
the world Corn was for sale in heavy quantities.
more especially for July. and that oehVefy cioseu
sc lower the September losing from sc 10 nc
Oats gained from &c to 14c Fro"siohS e
easier at slight decline
Improved weather made the market Tor wheat
easier at the opening. Northwest and foreign
news however, more serious, especialiE Tue
Odessa trouble and this gave the market strenetn
Local receipts were four cars and shipments l4Vp
bushels Estimate for tomorrow one car july
o,osad az qo1lc after selling as high s27sc, and
as low as eos.c. September closed at so1sc' Inc
highest was Sel4c and the lowest &c
Corn opened weak and lower, with heaVy pressuie
TO SELL and this the condition OF the iharhe'
most of the forenoon County acceotances were
on liberal scale insuring good receipts for Few
DAVIS Local receipts were $40 cars, of Which 1ei
cars were contract and 217 900 bushels OF the same
quality were transferred from private houses
shinments were 1000 bushels f1stlnlate ior 10
morrow. 5s4 cars July sold from 56c down to
80 closing at 55asc The range of September
was from 551kc down 54isc, closing at 5412c'
Oats opened easier in sympathy Win "eaAiie
in other grains and heavy selling by Cuoahy
brokers A good, active trade was transacted. ne
ceipts 107 cars with lo4 cars es.i a'eu .o-
- orrou SHIPMENTS were 275, 900 bushels. After
selling as high as 33c and as low as S19sc to Sl%s :
July closed at S214c September sold from "o9sc TO
sos.c up to 317sc, closing at Sl9sc'
Provisions rule dull and easy on the lower hos
market There was some scattered selling at the
'+at hut these offerings We're readily picked IN
nv the C,udahy interests and prices hrIned up But
later. at the advance, commission houseS had rest
ing orders to SELL and the above named al d1 T
level September pork sold from SO % 10 slY IL
off to si2 s71a. and reacted 10 s1S SEPTEMBER sra
ena from, 81 as up to 81 so and off 10 the former
n1ces September ribs sold from 81 OLA to 50 up 10
IS O21s and eased off TO 81 20 It,. :. ~
wards were sc 10 10c lower
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-06-30
NAY MEAN RATE VAR.
Reduction of Michigan Central 10
Be Net by Other Roads.

Chicago June 2s-Reduction of passenger rates to
the East was promised to-day by the Michigan
Central Railroad which fled notice with the Inter
state Commerce Commission that July it will
sell tickets between Chicago and Eastern points at
the differentia rate awarded it by the board of ar
bitrators
1t is said that the Grand Trunk will meet the
new rates of the Michigan Central by putting IN
rates of SIG first class and SIS second class from
Chicago to New-York July /. AS the matter
now stands the rates over the Michigan Central TO
New-York will be SIS and ST. and 81 less over me
Grand Trunk, Erie and Wabash The rates OF the
three latter roads viii not apply. however over the
cept any differenal business except from the Mich
igan Central.