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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22

In the effect Of the bridal party how the
bridesmaids are gowned, and 1t is really
worth while to pay lot of attention to this.
Again, it must be remembered that picur-
esque effects and gaudy colorings can be in
dulged in. for after all it is the effect of the
gowns from distance that is to be thought
of. Liberty satin is a good material for
bridesmaids gowns, and any color from
white to bright pink is Fashionable A maid
and pages are all fashionable in the bridal
party, and, in fact, the more people there
are the more imposing is the spectacle. Pale
yellow in the autumn is favorite color for
bridesmaids gowns, while pink in the DIFF
ferent shades from the palest to the deepest
rose is always satisfactory. Blue is charm
ingly dainty and fresh looking, and blue
chiffon or satin for bridesmaids gowns is
always in style.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22

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sidered the regulation attire for a
fashionable wedding gown that to
conservative minds II seems incredible there
should be anything else possible. Dame
Fashion has however, learned many new
rule OF late years. and she is clever enough
TO recognize that no longer are her follow
ers to be tied down to hard and fast laws,
but that there must needs be more than
an exception to prove the rule. and conse-
quently there is infinitely more variety both
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22

red afternoon gown made princess had
guimpe and long under sleeves of chiffon
to match. The frock was trimmed with
narrow bands of cording of red silk and
rows Of featherbone. 1t was taken In at
the waist in narrow tucks. which were let
out above and below the waist to form the
fullness.
Plaids are also most fashionable this year
for many purposes. For school frocks
plaids and checks In wool are highly suit
able and for afternoon frocks plaid silks
and plaid poplin all most desira BILE.
For school the plaid materials are made
up In plated skirts and plated waists, the
lower part OF the sleeves also being laid in
piaits. Such frock needs no garniture
except, perhaps, girdle Of black velvet or
black satin or of some plain color of the
plaid, and straps of the same on the collar
and cuffs Very large Scotch plaids are
fashionable. but so also are checks. Among
these the red and black. blue and black
and green and black decided checks are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-22

licious pastries and tarts. Good roast beef.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24

of steel and fire that tired. She shuddered
at the harsh grow when Pietro dragged lever
and changed the gearing for the hills. linen the
thing dashed up each incline faster than the last
while houses, cliffs, trees and people swan before
her eyes in a wild and whirling medley through
wells of dust.
The terrific nature of this ancient woman s
experience was entirely missed by her companions
The Englishman had imagination and merely
felt virtuous self-denal in going so slowly upon
his guests behalf; while Pietro's interest centered
in hope that his grandmother might observe and
aDDreciate~tle immense skill with which he was
conveying her at twenty-five miles an hour to the
home of her youth.
Poor Gacinta screamed once as they began to
descend the hill into La MortOa then she sank to
the bottom of the car on her knees put her elbows
upon the seat and prayed. In this attitude she
remained motion1ess while her grandson drove into
Ventimig1ia, Numbered over the ROja Bridge,
turned presently into the valley. of the Nerva and
rushed along beside the river. None noted the old
woman in this 1owly position as the car fled past
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24

maritime Alps; behind was petrol fou1ness an
smother shaking of fists and cursing squealing AID
kicking of mules, shrieking of women, howllrg
children and barking of dogs.
Foster, much bored by the sowness Of ta.-
progress, looked at his watch and shouted. PASTE
faster! The old lady IS accustomed to It r.-'
So Pietro nodded and slowed down only when
team or cattle or sudden right-anged turn g.. .
river bridge made decrease Of speed necessary. .-
began to be fired with the romance Of his er..F
mothers pilgrimage, and increased the pace accord
ingy. The ancient woman appeared calm v
she knelt and clutched the edge of the car; for
even had she travelled on the wings Of a bird. Il
other emotions than those of the place and
vanished past must have fallen from her t--
sixty years she returned to the wonderful hone
her childhood, and the years fell away as qu.s.-.
the intervening miles diminished. The ra1..r
of her return nothing to her, but Only
the terrific fact of it.
Nervias valley extended in spring glory, and
the rivers glittering water, shrunl low made
a network over the wide and sandy mouth Greet
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24

found it all! the place is only round the corner!
And when you come to think of it, it's better fun
to see YOUR blessed old home while you're alive
than to be buried in it when you're dead-eh,
Giacinta?"
The motor crept slowly to the steps and Pietro
Vellano dismounted
You might go there any day, any hour, old
lady, continued the Englishman.
Impossible, signor l Old and it is far far
off ! do not know how far after sixty years; but
to my old heart it is far off as my grlhood
and my bridal and my two little boys-both
dead now, though they men before they
died place in a dream, signor-a place beyond
the snow"
It's miles this side of the snow. By Jove! why
not?" Another of his inspirations had sud
denly flashed into Harold Fosters head He found
himself face to face with an idea
Not for sixty years, you say, Glaclntaf
NO indeed. And yet l hope and hope that
before the end"
Come over and speak to Pietro, grandmother
Your grandson has something to say to YOU
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24

The chauffeur, like a craven image; the owner
looking ahead through ridiculous goggles; the roar
of the wheels; the eternal grunt, grunt of the
hooter-was all that any man saw or heard From
the moment of that weird and warning veil behind
some corner and the sudden apparition of the FLYING
car to the time when it Numbered past and van
ished behind the dustcloud that leaped at its heels
the startled peasants might scarce count twenty.
In front was peace and the purity of still valleys
and raVncS that mUrmured to the echo of the river
and served as setting for the mighty foothills of the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24

reeds bent and rustlcd beside
the way; the terraced hills
opened their gray hearts to- the
road as it wound into them.
and the automobile painted
forward under long ridges If
naked vineland and amid GEN.
tie hills hidden to Their crowns
in the silver-gray of the olive.
Winding, turning, lea--g,
painting, the car dashed ahead
toward mountains that were
still feathered with the last
SHOWS of winter. Every turn,
every bend, of the road md
glittering fall of the river, every
mountain and hamlet and old
ruined aqueduct or broken
bridge, opened a Easement IN
the old woman's memory and
let in light; every hill and rale
touched her heart and told a
tale of maidenhoOd.
She watched intent1v. and
strained her eyes and her mind
upon remembered things as
they unfolded. grew, stood 1t
hand, swiftly sank away.
Campo-Rosso was passed nd
Dolceacqua reached She saw
the bridge and the dim, froHr-
ing mass of a ruined castle
whence dead-and-gone p.ras
had ruled that land. The
SHOWS grew nearer; IN iua--1-
alton her ancient nose sr- /
the remote forests Of the
she saw the goat-herds. she
remembered the perilous r lis
and steep edges OF stone ln-t
her young feet had press. IN
the springtime. when her ..-I
was in her lovers and the e
was not more free Then r..l
her aged soul there fe.. inc
spirit of religion and the Ill
to prayer. Her lips moved,
but her eyes missed nc..-.
The car reeled and iolted %
swayed over a spidery hr
high above the river.
Giacinta knew no more
Beyond the next great str
stone and mountains.
Pigna, and from that
Castel-Vittorio. lifted ur.-
proper pinnacle of Mount "
came swiftly into her ken
Perched amid the
precipices, a harmony OF d..
hues and faded walls bere.-r
bleached tiles, clustered like
honevcomb or the SHADOW
gray and glittering fabric wo.
en- by worms and spiders, I'll.
upward to quaint high-Pitchei
overs. Dwarfed by the In
ntains, Swallowed by precipios
orests of pine, reduced by tte
tours of the cragS TO a me-.
of tiny dolls dwellings .-
rom the crown of the hilIsiC
: aloft. Infinite age marS,|
.preSsive face, a spirit Of e'
md knotted network of crunl
roofs bent under weight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24

sell flying and the air striking like ice upon her
face For long time she kept her eyes shut
then suddenly the great leaped at the hill that
rises out of France into Italy, and the traveller
was over the frontier and in her mother country
before her shattered grasped the fact of half
that had happened
A sensation as of being slowly petrifed overlook
her. Her nerves ceased to throb Her first terror
at this adventure gave way to Indifference She
felt like mouse under cats paw The motor
was live monster in her imagination-a creature
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-09-24

Your grandson has somethir
The ancient woman APP
preached the car, and held her
garments about her as though
she feared danger.
Jump in and talk over the
back of his seat to him" said
Foster. 1T won't bite you;
it's tame. Pietro must not
leave the wheel; but you can
listen to him there. Let me
help you up
Il bless you this day, Pietro
Ve1liano!" said his grandma
Their. Il bless you, and know
right we'll that you are a good
boy because you do not go
to England, and do not forget
your promise to lay my bones
in Castel-Vittorio."
While she spoke a door was
banged behind her, and as the
old woman turned and pre-
pared hastily to dismount, she
found herself enveloped in
huge coat of fur. 1t COM
plete1y covered and smothered
her. A lock or two of white
hair with a red handkerchief
tied over it, a Wrinkled face,
brown as a coffee-bean, and
two frightened black eyes star
ing out of a mass of gray VOLTS
fur, was all that could now be
seen Of Signora Ve1liano,
For mercy's sake, let me
down." she cried.
No, no! We're off-just
little run to Pigna.'
"Pigna-Pigna at the foot
of Vetta! 1t is a long. long
journey-sixty years long. I'M
possible, signor! | pray you-
such an old womanl 1t will
kill me- Pietro, | command
you not to move, by your
mothers memory! 1t shakes,
it trembles!"
Go ahead" said Foster.
Don't rush it, or she'll be
frightened. She wants to see
Castel-Vittorio, in the Nervia
Valley. Then she jolly we'll
shall see it. Sit here, old lady,
and think of your home, and
shut your eyes and your mouth,
to keep the dust out"
So that strange pilgrimage
began, and the ancient felt
something under her gather
itself together with the strength
of two hundred men and spring
forward impatiently as though
alive. A hum as of a thousand
angry hornets burst from be-
Dpath her GiaCiu+a fa1+ bo,
The Washington times., 1905-07-23
TIE Dekebrukg0 E1E.

Never was daughter more devoted. or
murderer more pttiless, She sympa-
tEized with his groans, and prepared his
food with her own hands
She experimental in other people
She killed many against whom she had
no grudge. simply in her desire TO learn
ana perfect herself 1t was the Gus
tom in those days for the lady Of the
manor 10 feed the poor of the country
side. With her own fair hands she
made them poisoned biscuit and dis
tributed them broadcast and watched
the effect Her pigeon pies were famous
In the neighborhood-aud fatal 10 a
number OF canaiIIe whom the fin. lady
never saw, She offered her maid. Fran
coise Roussel, some special dainty as =
treat. The maid became very sick. but
she recovered. and the lady told her
lover he must make his poison stronger.
Eventually the father died but then
II was found that he had left most of
his fortune TO madames two brothers
and it became necessary TO Kill them.
To this end La Chaussee. a dependent
OF St Croi2, was introduced into their
household as servant to the elder. He
began at once with poisoned wine. but
he OVerdid if The wine was so bitter
him Of trying 10 poison them. He ey-
amined the goblet and apologized, ex-
planning that a valet had used the glass
in taking some medicine, and had not
washed it thoroughly. Hence the bitter
taste.
After that he was more cfrcumsnncf.
but he continued in his efforts TO poison
the brothers 1t took months. but per
severance won the day. and they finally
died
1t was evident that they were being
poisoned, but no one knew whom 20
suspect The elder during the last days
of his life felt It lire in his stomach
which seemed TO be consuming its very
substance. on being opened his ston7-
ach was found to be black and falling
TO pieces, as if it had been put on a large
fire, and his liver was burnt up and
san&rened. ~ Pleasant record that. of
an autopsy in the days of the great
Louis,
The Washington times., 1905-07-23

crude affair. Tt was done al the insti-
CATION of the Countess OF Essex and her
lover Lord Rochester, afterwards Earl
Of Somerset and Il great favorite Of
James 7. OF England. Sir Thomas had
acted as gO-betWeen in the affair be-
tween Rochester and the countess. But
when she obtained n divorce from her
husband and Somerset proposed to
marry her, Overbury demonstrated
seriously. He knew the lady too well.
But his remOnstrance brought down on
him the enmity not only of the lady
but Of Somerset as well. An intrigue
landed OYerbury in the Tower. and there
plot involving half dozen keepers,
apothecaries. doctors. etc. was hatched
10 Kill him The methods were crude.
they simply filled him up with poisons
OF all sorts, so that one acted as an
antidote for another. and it took months
TO do what could have been accomplish
ed decently and scientifically in a few
hours. All concerned were brought to
trial, and all the small fry were execut-
ed. The big fish escaped. though they
lived in retirement and disgrace.
But these were days of violence and
intrigue, when human life was held
The Washington times., 1905-07-23
Recalls Italian PoIsoners.

Certainly the scheme suggested Of
killing off ones wives by inoculating
them with the deadly microbes of dis
ease brings poisoning up to date, even
II the Indirect method, via a common
or garden cat does carry one back TO
the legends of the Borgias, and other
medieval poisoners. who are supposed
to have dispatched their victims by
deadly inoculations Of the domestic
animals about them.
To the popular mind the BorgIas are
the type OF the medieval poisoncrS.
the archheudS of history.
They were q fine race, the Borgias-
but they had no morals a race Of rare
physical strength and beauty, distiu-
guished by intellectual force, strong,
ruthless wills. and absence Of con
science TheiI pitt. 5-.,=9 one of pas
sion unbridled. and unchecked crime
IT WAS the license of this period.
however. that made possible Il little
later such a career as that of the in
The Washington times., 1905-07-23
penied Cat Story.

Carlton explains that the eat had a
sore over one eye; that Mrs. Carlton
rgbbcd salge on il with her bare fingers,
aud that shortly afterward similar
soTc developed ou her right arm. and
IN spite Of every precaution and the best
of care tctanus developed and his wife
died. Another version has il that the
cat bIt or scratched Mrs. Carlton, in
.oeulauug her with tetanus, But she is
said 90 have denied the cat story alto
rrthcr-or at least as having. so far as
Fbe knew. any bearing on her sore.
There certainly was q sick eat.
Thc death at the time was regarded
as suspicious The coroner wanted to
Investigate. bat the woman's family ap-
poarcd satisfied The insurance com
pauy asked a few questions and paid
che Insurance. The physicians who cared
for Mrs CaFIton-that sore was receiv-
Ing attention from January until March
~. when she died-testlhed TO its being Of
4,o aerious Importance not swollen or in
Hus way Ia a condition 70 cause anxiety
until about March l = tetanic condition
Developed in the neck muscles, and the
patient was taken 10 the hospital.
Carlton himself Is a mystery lie is
described as "a man Or average height
slaHderly but compactly built, cr dark
hsif. dark eyes. and smooth shayer.
Ffis forehead IS nigh and there are Ia
Fl the bulRes commonly aseFiDeG ~ fhr
- ematician or the ehcmls. The
syes 4rs rather deep set aud bFiEhf buf
fHsv ISGk straight . you tie newer
ern4= excited as he speaks nf Ii!s cnse
ais roiee Is low pitched and Bis only
gesture as he talks IS an occasional lit
The Washington times., 1905-07-23
A Convenient Weapon.

1t IS now known to ne a solution OF
white arsenic But In those days.
when the science of chemistr-- was in
its infancy and analysis a process prac-
t1caily unknown. If was a deadly weapou
and freely distributed. In fact. most
Italian women Of fashion had il in their
dressing tables, as a matter Of course
II was 50 convenient when one wished
TO remove a rival from ones path
when one loved somebody eIse.s rus-
band, OF when somebody else paid nm
Que attention TO ones own. Ave, il gvas
very conyenIcnt-and at that period nr
chemical progress not at all comnro-
missing, In her old age Tofania rctired
70 convent bat she was dragged from
it to thc rack, where she confessed mar
her brand of the Mama of ST Nicbo-
las mad in its day Killed at least ga
people,
In the time of Pope Alexander VII
there was an unusual number of youp,,
widows in Rome. The authorities ,.a,n
mysdfied by the death rate amone Tho
husbands of young and beau1ifI,I
women. They failed suddenly and diad
The epidemic was awful. FINALLY aided
by the priests, the authorities uuaar+bed
q society Of young married women hand
ed together under the leadership Of an
Old woman. Hieronyma Spara. TO rid
themselves Of obnoxious husbands If
was noticed that old Spara had a r,.
maTkable faculty OF foretaIIine death
The entire organization was imprisoned
Some, including Spara, were DubIicI,,
hanged some whipped. and some ban
ished
One of the most notorious pairs of
poisOners III history Hourlshed in France
II the time of Louis NV. They were
Nine. La Marquise de BriuvilIiers and
y. ie Colonel de Saiutc-CrciX. and the
foundation of their entire Infamous
stock i'll trade was the aqua torania al
ready alluded TO.
Marie Marguerite d'Aubrav. In, p.o-
man was until she married tho Mar
Guis de BrinVilliers- Colonel de g
CroiX was AN adventurtr Of un,znov,n
family. believed 20 be the natural eo,,
of noble house. He came into NTp7a
de Brinvi1Hers life first as a friend or
her husband, whom he soon suDDlanred
in her esteem. The affair became so
scandalous that her father secured ,,
lettre de cachet and mad 81. Crofx IN
the Bastile for a year OF two His
daughter he took home. and she settled
down so quietly ana proved so CON
tented and docile and attentive 10 the
old gentleman's wishes that he con-
ciuded he might as well release her
The Washington times., 1905-07-23
AN ARMY CAPTAINS CRITICISM.

The time has gone by when the safe
" of this country in time Of war should
depend on a civilian at the head of the
navy as well as the army" said a cap
tain of She United States army at the
Grand the other day. THE present heads
of our army and navy are, Of course,
able and intelligent men, but they can
not possibly have the knowledge of
naval and military matters such as Ad-
nnirai Evans and General Chaffee pos
sess in their respective branches.
1t is altogether absurd that no mill
tary and naval qualification should be
considered necessary Tor these posts,
which entail upon their respective heads
the real management and control of the
army and navy.
In Europe no civilian is chosen for
minister Of war. for instance. except in
England. Elsewhere he is always an ex-
perienced soldier, capable of dealing
from past training with large bodies Of
men ana knowing the ms and outs of
army adnlinistra ton. New York Globe
The Washington times., 1905-07-23
Carton aaaEhe N6na0u kokboD7He Is
Znp4pea.
Charges Preferred Against Frederick E.
Carlton Recall Terrible Crimes
of Medieval Italian
POiSOners.
POiSOners.
EnPNP Pea.

7 7 Is not merely that he is charged
with killing two of his wives and col
lecting insurance on them that
makes the case Of Frederick E
Carlton, now held IN Raymond street
jail. Brooklyn, interesting. If that were
ali the public would say What, only
tv-o?" and pass on with a shrug. 1t is
the diaboltcal cleverness and up-to-date-
ness Of the method charged against him
that has arrested public attention.
Matrimony and murder, and then more
matrimony and more murder for IN
surance is becoming rather a common
occurrer ce. Hoch, recently convicted in
Chicago. probably holds the record But
Hoch's methods. while they were eff
fcctive, were not artistic. Cartons, ac-
= eording 10 the charges made. were.
II the suspicious entertained by the
relatives of Mary German Carlton. his
latest wife. are true. Carlton has taken
step beyond the widest dreams of
The dime novelist Certain II is that
The authorities have been so startled
and impressed by the testimony brought
forward that they have ordered the
body cxhumed and the whole matter
thoroughly Investigated Carlton ex-
presses satisfaction that such an investi-
CATION IS TO be made and laughs al the
whole extraordinary story.
And the story certainly is extraordi-
nary. Both of Cartons wives died of
tetanus. or lockjaw. a recognized dis
ease. and one which physicians find il
very hard TO combat Both of them
married him after Il very short ae-
quaintance; both We're insured in his
favor shortly after marriage The first
of these was a Miss Jennie Smyith.
daughter OF Henry Smyth, of 81 Grant
avenue, Brooklyn, Carlton married her
late in August. 1893. Soon after she
was insured for S2.000. In May. while
they were boarding in Washington, Mrs.
Carlton died of tetanus. induced by step
ping on needle which stuck up IN
The mating il their room.
The next Mrs. Carlton was a Miss
Mary Corn of go Bridge street,
Brooklyn He @. her in the July fol-
lowing his wifes death and married her
about = month later She was insured
for s., GOO and died in March. from teta-
mas also. Tetanus seems to be cpl
dcmic among Cartons wives. In her
case it Is suspected that the cat was
inoculated with a certain deadly virus
that produced q disease known among
0ailors as "faTcy," and that the virus
of the sick animal was injected into
the blood Of Mary German Carlton
Anyhow she died on March 10. at the
Long island College Hospital. tetanus
having resulted from mysterious in !
feetion la the right arm
The Washington times., 1905-07-23

cheap, and chemistry and chemical
analysis We're anything but exact
sciences. Poisoning has alwZys natur-
ally appealed more to women than
to men. when they had enemies TO re-
move. It needs no strength of hand. no
unwaverinS presence of mind face to
face with the victim; it Qlakes no noise.
spills no blood; it is quiet, undemon-
strative a tidy sort of death-so far
as murder can be. It is almost elegant.
But the days when poison could 20
undetected are past, 1t is not that
murderers knew too little. they knew
loo much PoisOns. as such. are easily
detected. The poisons ,of the ancients
mentioned by Plutarch, QuinuilIian,
Thecpkrastus, and others, are prepara-
uons of aconite. hemlock-chief1y vege-
table poisons which are SO easily recog-
niZed today that il is almost folly 10
try TO uSe them. The mineral poisons
are comparatively modern in use.
Morphia and strychnine belong TO the
nineteenth century.
If a man would poison successfully
nowadays. he must do it as Carlton Is
suspected of having done it, by intro
ducing disease into the system.