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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-08-21

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Coming Events.
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bination of white chiffon. crossed by very
wide sections OF white chiffon. having large
sprays of flowers in dull blue on them.
Narrow bands to match were used on the
bodices and across the sleeve puffs
The shapes in hats for the coming year
are far more artistic and better suited 10
ell faces and coiffures than those OF 1900.
which reveled in fantastic and trying mil
linery effects.
Sizes also vary Large hats are so much
easier to trim, and sIIIartly at that, than
the small ones. They are also more uni
versalIy favorites, being much more soften
ing to the face than the small hat, the
latter emphasizing angularity OF face and
prominence of features. The small hat TO
look well must be smart. Large hats, no
matter how handsome and how artistic,
never have the smartness of the well-buiit
small chapeaus.
Most of the crowns are higher than in
1905: some are decidedly high. But as the
very high crown suits no one, they are
not likely to make much Roadway, and Il
slight increase in them is not to be de-
plored
Black hats will certainly be much In cvi-
dence and as the all-black hat is most uiI-
attractive unless it has distinction in shape
and materials II is very apt to degenerate
into a hopelessly commonplace affair in the
hands of the average milliner and worn by
the average woman. In hats, as in every
thing else that is black the materials and
trimmings should be of the best quality
possible to the purse, and unless the purse
is prepared to meet the demand for this
result. some other color should be selected
There will be many coiors that can be
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a printed pattern These borders are used
for trimming and on heavy linen they are
perfectly lovely, not only in fine white
handkerchief linen. but in all the delicate
shades of blue. pink nile green and mauve.
broidery. but great care is taken to preserve
an unbroken line and fiat effects in adoru-
nlent. Therefore, bows and Fittings are
taboo. The robe gown is beloved OF the
home dres5maker. for in It's semi-fuiShed
state little work and fitting are necessary
: TO bring Ii to a successful finish Hats,
parasois and shoes carried out in lingerie
effects accompany the gowns when smart
ensemble is desired.
Many corselet skirts have braces that
contrast with the delicate transparency ~
the blouses worn with them. This idea is
especially attractive. since the Old-taShiou-
ed blouses quite separate from the skl.L
have by degrees lost their vogue. Il Is 4
pity, for nothing was more comfortable-Uot-
oriy for travelling, but always and every
where. The fashion for dresses with braces
IS responsible for the craze for diapha-
nous corSages OF lace and embroiderat
muslin. Perfect marvels in this line are
being created entirely composed of Nens-
tan point insertions alternating with en-
brodered muslin or strips Of gathered mus
lin arranged like broad ribbons. Coarse
insertion with meshes like hsherman's
net constitutes another modish trimming,
and in connection with lace the MectAg
variety is likely to usurp the pinnacle OF
popularity recently accorded to valer-
ciennes. CATHERINE TALBOT.
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trimmed with a great mixture of other
coloriugs that will be handsome and fash
ionable as well, and the woman with
moderate purse need not fear to purchase
them. one hat that sets off to adj
vantage is worth dozen that do not.
In flowers all varieties and coloTs are
seen, and the pansy in all its varied color
ings-and many with which nature never
painted them-are seen everywhere.
Ferns are rather novelty, not that they
have not been used before, but that they
are now shown In variety and in both the
artificial and the natural forms in guam
titles. They make an especially graceful
trimming.
While ostrich pIumes in all shades and
sizes are to be extremely fashionable, whole
birds Of any sort are quite in the back
ground. but quilts both artistic and Won
derful are shown and are the trimming
best suited TO hats for ordinary wear.
Tulle In quantities will be used on sum
mer hats. and 1t is very light it renders
the hat much easier on the head 1t Is not.
however, durable, and il IS well to match 1t
and keep several yards on hand so that
when it loses Its freshness It may be re
newed either 10y the maid or by miiiner
The latter Will do this sort of renewing
very cheaply.
Much Of the trimming is TO be massed on
the crown. and for certain hats this mode
is ideal. but on others everything should
from the artistic point of view be laid on
the brim.
The right-side trimming Of hats is in
creasing in vogue, although from the very
first a few daring souls adopted it on GER
tain hats, these hats usually being from
Paris.
A French hat recently received by a New
YORK woman is of medium size The
crown is Yeddo straw in pale mauve. 1t IS
trimmed high at the right side with a clus-
ter of tiny pale yellow roses, with reath-
cry spray Of fern at one SIDE next the
crown The brim Is of mauve-c covered wire
covered with fine plaitings Of mauve ma
lines, and the Outermost wire of all is out
lined with tiny shaded Parma viOets
There is a bandeau. high at the back, that
tips the hat well 70 the fore. This bandeau
is covered with three shades of nrauve tuIe
chous. The hearts OF the chous are OF the
deeper shades and the outer ones OF the
palest. A large spray-not bunch-of vio-
lets is caught in these Chous to the left OF
the center back.
Another hat imported also for another
young matron. is a light yellow Tuscan
straw having dome-shaped crown set in a.
wreath OF shaded yellow roses with tiny
sprays of white hlacs showing irreguarly
here and there. This hat is lifted at the
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"Look Pleasant. Please. 1"

From Mothers Magazine.
This Is the photographers request, but
f is good advice for everyday life 1t IS 20
easy to get a little scowl fixed. or To Ter
the corners of your mouth draw down, even
when you feel comparatively good-natured.
Some time when you are particularly busy.
and Interested in your work, get up and 60
to the glass, being careful to keep your face
in the same expression you were weariEs
| have tried it and been surprised 10 see
that I could look so stern and forbiddlug
when l did not feel so. When you reaIze
that your lips are COMPRISING and your
features hardening. relax them and look.
pleasant. Vanity, is It? Maybe so. but It
is a Christian duty to make yourself rs
attractive to others as possible, especially
TO those OF your own family. Children
particularly like 20 see a bright, cheerful
face. and 1t is possible to wear one even
when suffering physically or mentally. Ana
It pays.
Haven't you met people on the street
who looked SO happy that you felt as II
they must have just heard good newsE
It's pity though, that We oftener meet
sour faces. You are walking along and
you see Mrs. G, whom you know to be
a lovely Christian character, yet she looks
as cross as a bear. Probably she is only
preoccupied. or perhaps worried. but II only
she could catch sight of her own face.
1t isn't easy always TO look pleasant when
all the children at once want something
different, when meals must be on time ana
the baby wakes up inopportunely but II Is
possible. You perhaps know people who 90
til know some.
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Special Correspondence % The Star.


NEW YORK, March 0. 1905.
W millinery flowers promise TO be more
worn this summer than In several
years. but for spring plumes, espe-
Ill cisuy ostrich plumes, viii be in the
lead. and this not only for the great
class who have money TO buy what they
like but no special claims to fashion. but
also to the women of the exclusive and
fashionable sets.
In ostrich plumes of contrasting coiors
to the hats or their trimmings as well as
those matching either, or both, as the
case may be. will be smart What the deal
ers purchase the public must wear whether
Understandable or not because no one
can make certain plumes colors or hat
materials ut a moments notice IN order
to emphasize differences Of caste in fash
ions votaries.
In +lat materials almost everything Is
used from the Leghorn, Yeddo. Milan and
criT ol!ue or horsehair TO frames covered
AS well as trimmed with tulle or lace or
embrulderles-
The hats worn by the Misses Margaret
r{sau4aU and Kathryn Fisher as attendants
IN fE- wedding Of Miss Alice Clifford Agnew
20 Henry Fisher were fetching examples OF
ono of the latest forms Of the crinoline hat
THESE hats were round as to hrims and
crowns. the latter perhaps an inch and a
half high They were set on bande3us and
were tilted slightly to ,he front and. quite a
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SUMMER FRocKs OF LINEN EMBROIDERY CHIFFON AND SILK

half hidden among the folds of nousseline
de sole disposed upon lace hat. An inno-
walton that is sure to be short-lived is the
wearing OF zeal flowers on theater and call
ing chapeaux. Parma violets on a silver
gray toque, a camellfa on a golden brown
one and mauve orchid with deep blue are
considered very chic.
These flowers are kept fresh by sealing
the ends of the stems with wax. But to
come back to more practical creations, a
stunning spring model of the bowler shape
is of a peculiar pinkish red coarse straw.
Stuck at the left %side is a large round
bunch of Shaded pink roses The crown
is banded with russell brown velvet. All
black hats promise to be much worn during
the coming months and through the sum
mer. A charming model IS of black erin
In the modish directoire shape. Around the
tall, square crown is deep band Of vel
vet, and the brim which rolls gracefully
at one side is softened with folds of ma
line a long black ostrich feather curls
over the hair at the back and a second
plume falls over the crown toward the
hair A smart addition is long paradise
feather. For evening wear toques of col
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Madame Fashion. 1t Is always the MILL
ners who first beguile us. Even before the
winter is over there are hats of straw and
tulle or taffeta to entice us from the vel
vets and fets we are well-nigh weary or
wearing. A new hat Is such stop gap In
revitaliZing winter costume while one is
making up her mind as to the fashion OF
the Spring wardrobe Some OF these denli-
season hats are in pretty satin chip straw
and others In the familiar straws which we
have seen time and again. but now manipu-
lated into such cunning designs. Indeed,
most of the straw manipulating is delight
fully pretty. For example, a chapeau is of
transparent crinoiine and solid straw COM
bined and cleveriy Unanswered into the
semblance of wings and draped bands.
This mixing of solid and transparent straws
viii be a feature of the tailored toque type
of millinery.
The utiiitarian hat that is immune to
showers has taken great charms, al
though not parting with a-shred of Its use
fulness. And, of course, the hat fowery is
gayly dsperting itself in the Rue de la
Pafx and at the Bon Marche alike. But
there is a world of difference IN the crca-
tons Cold and silver flowers and foliage
will be discreetly worn. SO will a single
gold rose perched Jauntily on the edge of
the hat brim SILVER anemone or two
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Two-toned effects IN grays. browns and
greens are very good. and bid fair 20 bs
first favorites Some OF the newest wear.s
show invisible hair lines shadow checks.
crossbar designs and broken Iiaias
The summer silks are deliciously fresh
and lovely. both in weave. color and de-
sign Pompadour effects continue TO he
favorites of the manufacturers. For con
servative tastes there are the TesuiatiHg
patterns. with interlacing rings. small dots.
to-datc buyer will Scorn these and purchase
sheeny silks with hues OF the rainh"w,
from sunrise to thunderstorm effects ~
tone.
Rajah silks were tested last summer
and found all that ones fond fancy could
expect. and this year they appear IN Sky
different colors. II IS case or pay your
money and take your choice. Indeed, 80
good and durable are the rajahs that
one might choose bilndfolded.
For more formal toilets there Is new
silk called banzai that IN softness ari'
filmy texture suggests null Taffetas are
Just as charming and deceptive as ever
beautiful In coloring and finish. but d.
ceivlng as to their staying qualities. TIL"
best known taifetas in price and colo
gangs aft TO shreds with Il few wearinRS
as to the condition of the silk when it
comes from their rejuvenating process. TIL"
summer cottons run the wool and si.h
for outing costumes has a colored horg
resembling Russian embroidery only the
closest observation shows the deception "t
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over the face The veil is hemstitched.
1t Is impossible to give directions as TO
the handling of the drapery A girl Is
either born with the art will have to
depend upon her powers of observation and
imitation to supply the deficiency.
1t is really funny the tricks some of the
inohensiYe striped materials are playing
At close range they disclose soft two-toned
effects, but at long distance horrible zebra
like stripes are brought TO view, and for
this reason one often sees in the magazines
a group of women making a vista of one
of the aisles and staring, as one might
suppose into space. Women buyers often
insist upon a corner of the shop window
being draped with the striped fabric, while
they cross the street to get the effect.
a view through opera glass brings out
astonishing results. AS a precaution against
wearing a gown that makes one feel like
a scarecrow take plenty of light, time
and thought in the selection.
Tight, hard finished cloths are taking
the place of broaGcloth for tailor costumes
This material is ideal for service, having
just enough springy quality to keep it In
shape to abjure wrinkles and shed dust
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whether he had taken bridge into account
as an occupation, for there is no doubt
that the game has in these days become
the natural refuge of the mentally inert.
the dull and the bored In spirit. He agreed
with me that any hobby was a line thing,
and that the woman without a fad of some
sort was rarely pleased with herself or
ANYTHING else Full of indefinite rest
Iessness. she is not capable of concentrat-
ing her mind on any one subject. MY
friendly cynic accounted for this deficiency
by the fact of a woman's brain being a
thing of muddle and chaos, while mans
brain was set out in compartments as 1t
were, and that when one compartment IS
in use the others are tidily tucked away.
For instance, when q woman is reading
a paper she is really thinking of her inter-
view with the COOK, and when she ls inter-
viewing this awe-inspirtng female she for
gets to order the dessert i'll her agitation
over last weeks butchers Dill She re
members the dessert at the lecture on
Gothic architecture, which she attends in
the afternoon, and in the middle OF n po-
litical discussion her thoughts. by some
marvellous process known only TO the rem
mime mind wander Off In tie direction OF
wall paper for the nursery or pale blue
chiffon for the Smiths dance" As part
ing thrust the critic pitytngly murmuFed:
Poor thing, No wonder womens brains
wear out earlier than mems; they outrage
them so merclessly.
But let me talk of more agreeable things
Already we are saying: The spring Is
here" The days Iengthening and we
are hearing of springtlme hnery from
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ored sauze spangled with gold or silver
and trimmed with little pompon roses with
out foliage worn. They are wonder
fully smart. and the dainty period of Louis
xV's reign seems likely to reappear with
these slightly theatrical. but truly fen1l-
nine headdresses. Some attractive Paris
ians elect 10 appear az the theater in big.
black choux of ribbon from which a single
long black feather escapes. curling around
the head. II is original and very becom-
ing. A fad that has just been started on
the Riviera and will have full sway this
season is the Irritation veil IL is made OF
chiffon, either white or a delicate color
to match the hat Two and a half or
three yards are required for its compile
ton according to the way II Is adjusted.
Instead OF going over the face to be drawn
to the back, the old order is reversed and
the folds brought from the back to the
front when the face is covered. In the
manner of bringing 1t around Hes it's deadly
fascination. The coquette will do II most
effectively by gathering the long folds so
they win hang loose and gracefully. The
drapery. IL desired. may go over the crown
of the hat, making bow in front. When
arranged in this way the ven really forms
a trimming. An end is brought around
each side of the hat brim, ending on
the crown at the back. The long end that
hangs Is caught where required and brought
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the top, but taperlng in coat-sleeve fashion
to the wrists. These are also plated and
braided. With this Miss Pulitzer wears an
extremely large broad brimmed hat in the
same shade as the cloth of purple felt or
velvet 1t would be a Gainsborough were
it turned up at either side, which II is not
This hat IS raised by a bandeau covered
with purple tulle and slants a trifie down
to the right side, the left side being raised
by the bandeau a little higher than the
right side Around this hat are the crispest
tufts OF purple tuile in box plaitings, and
caught here and there in the tulle, but
forming q line straight around the base
Of the crown are rosebuds IN metallic finish,
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PARIS FASHIONS.
Special Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS February "a 1909 |

Special Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS, February "a. 1909.
~ OESN'T Madame b look
- worn to a frazier" asked a
man whom / had inyeigied
into drinking a cup of tea
with me at the Ritz. apropos
of a Partisan society woman who was
comfortably slipping her IS O'Clock" at a
neighboring table. Lent. tired natures
sweet restorer. will be here in few days"
ventured in reply. To which nippant re-
mark my cavalier took no heed. but ram
bled ON more to himself than to me: 1.-THE
average woman's life Is q perpetual routine
Of doing nothing and doing 1t very half
heartedly. Here and there you meet wonl-
en- of wonderful nergy-professional won,-
en- working far harder than any man, So
ciety women deyottng their lives "a the
cause Of philanthropy. literary women
writing with their very lifeblood-but these
are in the very small minority. The daily
record OF the fnnUmerable thousand con-
sistS of a little housekeeping n STUNNING
of the newspapers and magazines a large
amount of shopping theaters, dinners, the
changing of costumes and-bed." At this
crucial, point l interrupted by inquirtng
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The [ aides Luncheon
A Boon to Women
BY MARGARET E. sANGsTER.

Copyright, 1906, by Joseph b. Bowies.l
AS the bright spring weather sets our
pulses dancing and wakens sluggish blood
to a quicker flow in our veins, the social
instinct reasserts itself. We want some
form of festivity that suits the season
something that may be enjoyed in the day
time when every shower passes of with
rainbow and the sunbeams glitter on new
leaves and budding flowers.
A majority of the womens clubs and pa
triotic societies have chosen the spring as
their tine for anniversary occasions. when
danes and daughters rally at central
point of conveyance and when all sorts of
questions are discussed with the frankness
and good temper that at present charac-
terize parliamentary conferences of women.
Too much cannot be said in praise of what
the woman's club has done for the home
in giving wives and mothers a congenial
outlet for energy superfuous IN house
keeping, and In furnishing them with an
interest keen enough to cheat domestic
life of monotony. Added to this, women
have had an advantage worth pricing In
the lessons they have learned in Self-con-
troll in tactfuI address and In the art of
putting personal wishes in the back
ground. as they have convened in their so
cial clubs.
Indirectly. all this is a great benefit In
home life, where suayity, gentleness and
cheerfulness solvents of many trouble
some problems.
What has all this to do with the meal
distinctively known the ladies' lunch
con? The answer is familiar enough to
those of who have had now and then
the great pleasure of participating in the
annual feast of great convocation of wo-
men like Sorosis or the Fortnightly or the
Wednesday morning or any other gather
in women young and old
~ be a New England society or an
aiunlnae association or some otner assem-
blage that Invites one to its tables in the
middle of the day. The program Is
usually the same. The president and ex-
ecutice committee. with the guests OF
honor, receive an hour before the time for
dies are arrayed in the glory of their finest
gowns. Most of them cannot resist the
temptation to retain becoming headgear,
and the effect of 200 or 300 brand new
spring bonnets is that of field of varie-
gated bloom. Everybody looks fresh and
mother not less than the dainty maid re-
Gently a debutante, few women have
the courage to appear with only the adorn-
ment of their own beautiful hair, but the
woman without something In the line of
millinery on her head is exceptional This
rule. let it be noted, obtains as generally
at a luncheon of any formality in private
house where the guests are limited to a
few, as In the larger and more public func-
tons.
Doubtless the reason for this is found
In the fact that luncheon presupposes some
thing else at later period In the day.
1t is usually over at an hour in the after
noon admitting of further engagements on
The part OF many ladies.
The menu of course, includes delicate
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robes. apparently Of chiffon over white.
These robes had narrow shirriugs or cords
the Hight In the church was not strong
heading deep the Spanish hounces Of the
skirts and these cord effects also appeared
around the tops OF the bodices and on the
sleeves.
The matrou Of honor. Mrs Edgar Auch-
fuClosS wore a larger hat Of white Crlno-
line and lace trimmed. with Il long white
ostrich plume her costume being a com
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DIT to the right. rising high at the left side
but not excessively so. Folds Of blue tulle
the color Of the hats We're fastened inside
of the brims, and under the brims at the
left. dropping over the hair, We're two small
ostrich plumes. also blue, rising along the
side Of the crown also at the left. and
dropping forward and slightly over the
front brim on each hat was single ostrich
tip Soft folds OF blue liberty satin ribbon
were wound around the crowns and formed
on each hat "a single large chou at the left,
where he tips started.
These hats topped charming dun blue
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In No Danger So Far.

From the Stafford tKan) Courier.
lot OF counterfeit $40 bills are reported
to be in circulation in this part of the state.
A force of clerks has been busy several
days examining the ten spots in the Cour-
ier's till. but so far no bogus ones have
been found.