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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1906-06-27

Aanawha Presbytery has an enterprise in
Christian Education and Missions of great i'm
portance, which may well ask the attention and
aid OF our people in a much wider field The
Presbyterial Academy is at Williamson, a town
now OF 5000 population, the key to a large and
neglected section. 1t has four teachers and had
nlhely-elght pupils last session. From the Older
scholars there were seven additions to the
church, and one of its late scholars is at collepe
candidate for the ministry 1t wants dormi
tories that 1T may take boarders from the sur
rounding counties, and friends of means may
make fine Investment here, with profits in the
elevation OF many homes for all time to come
Some smaller gifts are needed school furniture
bedroom furniture, additions to the library, an
encyclopedia, English and American classics
and Plano. You can communicate your gifts
or your purposes to Rev. c. F. Myers or to w.
b. Morrison, Principal, Williamson, West Va
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Dr. Chapman, the well-known evangelist in
addressing the Northern Assembly ON behalf Of
the committee that directs his work, said "Tbis
committee does not believe in superficial evange
ism, emotlonalism or ephemeral movements
OuC III soul-winning church, in evangelists
especially called to that work and in q chnrcl
vide awake all through, at morning and even
ing services and at prayer meetings" He here
places well balanced emphasis ON the. relative
duties of the pastoral and the evangelstic Offices
lie believes that active, vitalized churches are
inc oest preparation for gathering harvests of
souls under the special organization and testi-
money OF scrptural evangelism; for the Word
makes provision for evangelists as well as for
pastors and teachers. DR.. Chapman assured his
hearers that after large experience he could
testify that it was the simple old-fashioned COS
pei OF Jesus Christ and that alone, that had
power to move multitudes and to save and rc
generate guilty and perishing souls SO we are
ever recurring to tie triumphant declaration of
the greatest evangelist Of all the ages. that tho
gospel us the power of God unto salvation 70
everyone that belieyeth" Our age needs the
mghtiest agency in the universe to upift if
and that agency is the simple, old-fashioned
gospel presented to men in demonstration Of
the Spirit and Of power"
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The Rev. Archibald Currie a member Of tine
Presbytery of Orange, died on Sunday, June II,
1906, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. DIR.
II. p Lacy Hampden-Sidncy, Va He had
reached the venerable age Of eighty-nine years,
and like full, ripe car was gathered into the
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In a sermon, by DR.. Alexander McLaren,
published years before the discovery of the
X Ray, we find this striking metaphor, which
seems kind of prophecy of that discovery in
science, as well as an impressive illustration
of solemn truth. "Just because, if we are
Christians we stand nearest to God, we are sur
est to be searched through and through by the
light that streams from Him, and to have every
flaw and corrupt speck and black spot brought
out into startling prominence" The X Ray
has been a wonderful aid to the medical pro-
fession in the discovery of the nature of disease
and bodily injury. So the scrutiny of him who
searcheth the reins and hearts may be invoked
IN the words of the Psalmist, "Search me, oh
God, and know my heart; try me and know my
thoughts, and see if there be any wicked way
In me, and lead me in the way everlasting"
Such searching prepares for that final test when
He will bring every work into judgment with
every secret thing"
The design of Christian training as termi-
mating on the individual, is the creation and
perfecting of character. Where moral inirmity
turks, character is correspondingly enfeebled
Where moral corruption exists, there infectious
germs are being distributed to the faculties of
the soul, the sources Of its activity. The search
light of living truth reveals hidden sources
Of moral poison, and provides for their elimina-
ton. The renewed life aspires to being clean
and strong and beautiful. To this end the soul
needs an inerrant revealer of the things that
enervate and deform, that these may be expelled
from the domain of a spirit whom the truth
makes free, and whose destiny it is to be per-
fectly renewed CATER the image Of Him that
created him.
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RICHMOND, VA, JUNE Fl, 1906.

ing for the spiritual well-being of themselves
and their children and little promise of service
to others.
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This Week.

This Week.
Prophecy IN Parable.
The ART OF READING
MEMORIES OF PALESTINE.-Dr Horton
NAMoZENE CHURCH-Dr McIwaine.
APOLoGETIO PREAoHING.-Re j. M.
MiLldr.
CoMMEN CEMENT - SOUTHWESTERN PRES
BYTERIAN UNIVERSITY
FINALITY OF EXPERIENCE.
COMMENCEMENT WASHINGTON AND
LEE UNIVERSITY.
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used in place Of the lowered ribbon or
mingled with it, but such trimming detracts
from til catchst Of such models and the
dainty colorinG is adornment enough.
More ornate coats of ia ffeta after the
order OF one pictured on this page. have
an Empire chars cter, being shirred In
several close shirrings just below the bust
line and hanging in full folds from there
to the hips or below Ruches Of taffeta
are usually the trimming for such models
and in the more dressy coats embroidery
Is introduced into collar, revers or waist
coat.
The treatment OF the ruching in the model
of the sketch was particularly successful
and along the centre Of each ruche ran
an interviewer chain OF cut broadcloth
matching the silk in color. The fronts
were faced with cloth and embroidered.
Short draped coats of broadcloth with
loose, vague sleeves falling In with the plaits
OF the coat body, are made in white or in
the soft pastel tints and untrimmed save
for a wide soft scarf Of ribbon or gauze
folded about the neck and knotted in front
after the fashion already noted in con-
nection with certain taffeta coats.
A good model Of the type was in chalk
white cloth, embroidered In whit 9, and
had a very supple scarf Of apple green
silk gauze; and another. shown by the
same importer, was Of light blue broad
cloth, piped with folds Of blue and lavender
and with a wide scarf Of mousseline ribbon
shot in blue and lavender.
Rose, Of the exquisite shade usually
designated as French rose, Is used for the
little silk coat to be worn over muslin
dresses and would be charming in con-
nection with one OF the lovely hats in this
same ro2o. which are a feature Of the new
millinery. Coral pink, too, is to be worn
in coat and hat with sheer white frocks,
and the strawberry and raspberry hues are
not ignored by the coat makers.
One Of tls most belu'ifl! colts in a
particularly admirable collection of French
wraps is a rather long, skilfully draped
mantle ooat in raspbo rry tafeta, cloth
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q large majority Of the models Of elbow or
three quarter lengths, the tailored sepa-
rate ooat is often long Of sleeve. Only the
short caraco or paletot models OF tailored
fms harein variably made with short sleeves,
but many Of the draped or mantle coats
have a loose sleeve that fal Ia in with the
coat fnlness and adds to the cape effect.
Some very jaunty coats falling well over
the Hips but ranking with the short coats
have cleyerly cut short capes or p%elerines
and ~three-quarter sleeves and are either
lifted closely or plated and girdled. On
suoh coats one sometimes sees the incroya-
bio revers and collar.
Loosely fitted coats Of the overooat type
made in English mixtures and tailored In
mannish fashion are used not only for motto
wear but also for rough service Of all kinds
and the belted back tourist coat IL still
called into play for similar use.
Among the many short loose coats OF black
broadcloth and of silk, either tafteta or
MORE, which abound in all the coat depart
ments and threaten to be lamentably COM
mon before the season progresses far upon
it's way, there are a few which by virtue Of
certain little touches hav a note OF ele-
aanoe wanting in the moro commonplace
models. One such coat, shown in a Twenty
third street house, was in the finest al black
broadcloth and out more in the form Of a
short loose paletot than Of the much abused
pony coat.
1t fell to the hips and was 30 plated on
the shoulders that without being shapeless
it achieved considerable fulness. Black
elk braid about two inches wide trimmed
the cloth and on the fronts were superb
buttons OF cut steel. These buttons and a
line Of creamy embroidered batiste which
showed in a narrow frill around the neck
and down the fronts and which had a little
steel dot applied in the centre Of each Of
the scallops Of its edge, set the coat aside
from the inexpensive and ordinary models
at once, and gave il a decidedly dressy
effect, despite its servioeable character.
The black silk coat Of the bolero and short
loose coat order has been taken up en-
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are trying to sorne figures, and In their
moot picturesque form, are not practical
for general wear.
For carriage and evening wear the
draped, capelike effects are extremely
.Yaosful and charming, but not one woman
cut Of q hundred oan wear such a cloak
On the street, and the simpler, more severely
tailored models will be retained for street
use.
Coats OF the box and the caraoo lines
are offered in b~roadcloth and in covert
and have attracted favorable notice from
women In need of a separate street coat
for rough and ready wear; but the uni
vefsal o. acceptance Of these models has
made them overoommon, and unless there
10 some distinguishing detail upon such a
model to set it aside from the multitude, it
lacks individuality.
A covert coat is always q covert coat
and provided II il made OF good material
and by q good tailor 1t il always accepted
a. q smart garment for certain uses. The
old model with fitted back and straight
~ 'front.' holds its own and though the
ready made models strain after originality
By adding odd Bt-apping and peCuliarities
Of out the best tailors counsel absolute
severity IN such q coat. the cut and finish
aione being trusted 70 give the necessary
cachst.l
Abix modsLmodsrately short and eithsr
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although they are not 30 extreme in shape
and material as the model of the sketch
and are better suited to the average woman
and to the average toilet. Naturally some
concessions In the matter o. frock and hat
must be made if n Il" to wear-a Second
Empire wrap; but some Of the rlehed and
frilled peleri ess and mantles turned out
this spring by the makers who are pushing
Eugene ideas are charming garments to
accompany any fluffy summer gown.
A pelerine Of rose pink taffeta made with
a wide fringed frill falling back from the
neck and running around the crossed fronts,
which are fastened to the folded girdle by
forming a little basque below the girdle
and running from shoulders to waist in
the shirred back, is a creation of O Paris
maker, and has q frilled sunshade of the
same pink taffeta and a leghorn hat trimmed
in pink ribbon and shaded pink roses to
accompany it.
We have seen also a pelerine that was no
more thar a wide folded fchu Of some sort
Of rather heavy pink silk gauze, crossing
in front and brought around to the back
in achu fashion and bordered by frills Of
the gauDe over frills Of lace. This wrap
was wide enough to fall well over the Shout
den and almost to the elbows, and was
as dainty and airy and frivolous a thing
for veal with a lingerie princesse robe as
could be imagined.
Tussor and the other silks Of the pongee
class will be in favor for the dust coats,
which have become an attractive as we'll
as a serviceable item of woman's ward
robe since the advent Of the automobile
made the matter of protection from dust a
vital Issue. Automobile coats need a
chapter Of description all their own, and
shall hav We 1t; but many Of the mart dust
coats OF silk are intended as much for car
riage travelling, &c, as for motoring, and
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heavier lace, Of silk, Of velvet ribbon, OF
chenille, DC. Very handsome coats OF
black Chantilly are made over white, yelled
in either white or black chiffon and trimmed
in many bands OF black velvet ribbon. A
Beer model Of this class was hghtened by
coral velvet embroidered in steel finishing
the neck line and forming an odd little
waistooat only a few inches long and but
toning with buttons OF cut steel.
Valenciennes also Is popular for all lace
coats of4he full draped kind and is often
made up in transparent style, falling in full
folds from an Empire waist line or from the
shoulders, lined only with chiffon, and some
times not even with that. There is, Of
course, no warmth in such a wrap, but Is is
a flmy and graceful thing, looking especially
well over a prinoeese gown and giving the
added piquancy OF a cloak to a summer
toilet without adding weight uncomfortable
on hot summer days.
Irish lace is as we'll liked for coat purposes
as ever, the baby Irish usually forming the
foundation Of the coat but almost covered
by striking raised motifs in Irish crochet.
A undermined version Of the old time Span
ish lace is another material liked by the
cloak designers and there are combination
laces of valen ciennes and Spanish that are
very effective for coat use, having body
and firmness yet being light and sheer.
Evening coats in cream lace with wide
bands or lounces Of heavier cream lace
whose design has been worked over in gold
thread were shown during the winter, but
reappear in new guise now, and the eve
ming coats formed Of ~fiounoes Of airy lace,
chiffon and flower garlands are legion.
This sort of wrap lends itself particularly
well to the draped and flowing mantle lines
Of which mention has been made before,
and there are innumerable evening coats
Of soft silk in light hues made on these
same mantle lines and trimmed, as are the
little short coats, in delicate colors, with
ruchings of the silk and with lace.
Enveloping capes of chiffon taffeta In
rose or light blue with oapuchin hood and
shoulder drapery Of lace and silk ruching
and futtering scarf ends Of lace in the front
are oharmingly youthful and useful and
are not necessarily expensive, though for
the imported capes Of this kind high prices
are asked.
Green silk coats, long or short and in all
the popular styles, have a considerable
vogue, and are attra ctive in combination
with the lingerie frock which is to be 80
generally worn this summer. Loose little
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III dressed; but in this e~xtravsgant age
the woman who makes any p%retence Of
being correctly dressed orders coats and
other wraps, az she orders her gowns, for
various occasions.
Where Is the woman, even in the small
town, who does not make shift to obtain
some sort Of evening wrap, if she occupies
any sort of social position? Yet not so
many years ago an evening cloak. dedi-
Gated solely to such purposes, was quite
outside o 'the ordinary woman's calcula-
tons.
All OF which does not affect the fact that
the coats of the coming season are to be
uncommonly pretty, and, in many cases.
uneommonly expensive. Since femininity
will be e~xtravagant, let us be thankful that
the extravaganza runs in a groove OF
beauty. There must be sotace ever for the
husband who pays the bills in a conviction
that the ohiffons have actually fulfilled their
decorative mission.
The first thing that will strike the observ-
ink student of clothes who looks over the
display Of imported wraps-which means
the wraps of authoritative s~tyies-this
spriDg will undoubtedly be the marked
tendency toward mantle and shawl shapes.
The Second Empire ideas which have in
spirtd the movement have been modified,
OF course, and the results are, in a majority
Of tho models, admirable; but there Is no
dAnying that these Second Empire models
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fun from the shoulders TO a point about
eight inches below the waist line in front,
but slopes away to a length deeper by
several inches in the back.
A soft fringed ruohe of the silk, borders
the coat and a wide soft lowered ribbon
in oolorfng ~harmonizing with the tafreta
is folded about the neck inside of the ruohe,
and knotted at the breast with floating
ends and loops. Description does not do
justice to the dlintiness and charm of
these coats and worn over sheer summer
frochs they will be altogether delightful.
OF course there are many notifications
Of this idea and scarfs Of lace are often
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Enthusiastically, because Of the practical
merit of such a separate garment; but, save
in unusual models, such as that just described
in cloth, it will be too generally worn to
be truly modish, This little black coat
with the skirt Of black and white suiting
is intrinsically attractive but too obvious
to appeal to the fastidious.
A collar Of beautifully embroidered
batiste or linon and a waistcoat Of the
same; with the black a %sbuttoning in
straps across this ~waistooat, add much
to the elegance of one of these black, short
coats and there are to be seen, too, some
piouant little models, in black silk or cloth
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double Breasted or with fly front, ia made
in covert ard sanctioned by the fashion
arbiters, but is distinctly youthful in APP
rearanoe and not suitable to all figures.
Ordinary coat sleeves, long and Of moder-
ate size, with stiRening to hold the fulness
out slightly at the shoulder, are the thing
with the covert coat, and though elbow
sleeve models are sho wn in the ready
made garments they will not te accepted
by the woman with a sense Of the fitness
OF things.
This question Of the sleeve is a puzzling
one just at present and while the bolero
sleeve of the Goa t and skirt costume is In
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shoulder capes and ~pelerines, jaunty boleros,
mantelets, paletots and long loose wraps
are all shown in the Empire and emerald
green tones, and also in the new apple
green, which is striking but promises to be
very much the thing later in the season.
We have seen an exquisite frock ofcreamy
embroidered batiste deliberately inset with
lace and accompanied by a sleeveless coat
of apple green taffeta trimmed In green
silk fringe to match the silk. The coat
hung loose from the shoulders in soft plaits,
and on each shoulder was a bow Of the
silk, made from a five inch strip and tied
with several loops and ends, half falling
from the shoulder dowH the back, half down
the front.
From under these bows, which were set
we'll out on the shoulders, emerged the
frock sleeves. composed entirely Of lace
frills and reaching only to the elbow. A
hat prepared for wear with this costume,
which was bought by a we'll known New
York woman, was a large affair OF white
chip trimmed in swathing folds OF apple
green tulle and an enormous green egret.
AprOpos of fringe, which is Of Second
Empir date, a sketch is given to-day 81 one
Of the amus ne little mantles Of chenille
and lace, which were mentioned several
weeks ago, on this pa &c, as having been
worn at Monte Carlo, during the very last
days Of the season, before the Riviera
crowds turned their faces toward Paris.
The mode is too radical to win any general
favor, unless there should be a long rim Of
Second Empire modes, which is not proba-
BILE, in this day Of rapidly veering fashions;
hut the quaint little nantes have an old
fashioned charm ard recall the \belles of
Eugenie's court
Therc arc, too, short wraps Of silk and
otASTs Of Eco that suggest the same period,
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and mousseline. The color is possible only
with white or with a few pastel tints, and
this model would be an impractical thing
for general use, but for the woman who
can afford to have u coat for every costume,
il she cares to do so, the coat would be a
tremendously chic possession.
Pale biscuit, fawn and gray coats are
numerousin cloth and in silk, but more often
in the former, and the tendency is toward
one tone effects, with perhaps g dash of
vivid color at the throat. EHsvy lace,
dyed to mstch the cloth, cut work, %braiding,
embroidcry-al these arc called in to
ornament tho handsomer coGts Of light
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the number OF these general utility models
is large.
A three-quarter coat Of Tussor, in a bright
biscuit that was almost buff, loose fitting,
but not full, and with a high Directoire
collar, scarf, cuffs and buttons Of black
moirt, is one of the most attractive coats
Of this severe sort shown by a 6Jm noted
for It's motor and driving coats. The gar
ment has the hip seam and double breasted
front OF a mnnnish paddock coat, but Ia q
very dainty and feminine affair.
Pa%risians arc wearing for motoring and
driving and over certain types Of costumes
at the spring races, coats of cloth exceed
ingly severe and what might vulgarlv be
called sporty. and or a good figure these
race coats are extremely chic. The cloth
coat reproduced here is a good example Il
the class and is as modish in its way ae the
cape coat of Tussor, which has also been
selected for reproduction and which has been
a particularly successful model in Paris,
since launched by o popular actress in a re-
cent play y .
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cloth, but the lines and folds ere the i'm
portant thing, and it is long since real
genius in handling folds and drapery had
20 good q chance TO shine in the cloak
makers trade a. it has now.
IICad maie lace coats of the most elab.
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Of the demi- Empire type, with a short waist
line marked by strapping or braiding and
q tiny frined basque, reaching only to a
point just a trihe below the natural waist
line. ...
The coat fastens with one Or W orna
mental buttons across the bust and below
falls a full jabot of handsome lace, which
fills in the front and shows a little all around
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MANY COATS NEEDED.
One Not Enough for the
Woman Of Fashion.
SECOND EMPIRE IDEAS seen.
Gowns Of the Bellies Of Euscnie's
Court Initiated.

The Coats OF the Coming Season UBconi.
monty Pretty-The Moties Trying TO
Some Figures, Though-COvert Coats
and Loosely Fitted Goats for Rough
UsAge-Tareta the Material Chosen
fer Most Attractive Imported Models
Charming Little Goats Of French
Rose 70 He Worn Over Muslin Dresses
5 Handmade. Lace Coats Plentiful.
The day OF the winter coat is behind
us and the separate coat Of lighter weight
b becoming, an important consideration
With the well dressed woman, though the
costume coat is meeting her first needs.
This season, more than ever, the impos-
GbiHty Of getting along with one all around
separate wrap is to be demonstrated
There was a haIcyon time when the
woman Of slender dress allowance bought
aIcoat and wore it to mill and to meeting
without feeling that she was shockingly
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the bottom Of the coat. There is here
sketched a good model of this class, but
much variation OF detail is possible.
Taffeta is the mat, rial chosen for most
attractive imported models in light shades,
such as peach blossom, delicate blue of
the cisl or the hyacinth shading, or coral.
In its most common form this coat hangs