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PATHS Good Looks.

England's most famous singer, Nine
Patti. although over sixty-three years old,
still enjoys the best of health and good
looks. Her beautiful rose-pink complexion.
which has ever been her most striking at
traction, she attributes to fresh air. care
full dieting and rain baths With respect
to the latter curious recipe she says.
by all means let the rain beat against
your face as often as you have a chance
The rain has wonderful freshening effect
on the pores of the skin or course. You
must otherwise wrap UP well to prevent
taking cold.
Nine. Patti takes over three hours daily
exercise in the open air, which she con-
sders should be regular feature In the
daily life of every woman.
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to frocks of every description. A full, but
terGy bow in supple ribbon of some deep
tone usually matching a high girdle is en-
ployed to grace white lingerie bodices just
above the bust line and gives much the
look Of a corsage bouquet. Should the
lace or embroidered trimming of the waist
pass in fichu fashion over the shoulders.
crossing midway between throat and waist,
this bow effect is particularly charming.
Bow ornaments for sleeves are another
dainty fad which the girl who likes eX-
periments in dress has evolved. Delicately
tinted ribbons in velvet or souple satin are
tied around the cuffs of elbow sleeves of
thin white waists. These end in dinky
bows and spread out like tiny wings just
at the elbow joint. Where lace rufies trim
the elbow sleeves tiny bow of velvet rib
bon, with without brilliant button, is
tackled on one of the outside folds of each
fril, while similar little bows grace the
front of the waist.
With the very short puffed sleeves which
Invariably complete sheer froeks in princess
style two or three tiny bows of inch-wide
satin ribbon perch one above the other on
the outside of the puff. Where the one
piece dress fastens up the back several of
these same bows rest like sunshine butter
flies and give the soft, simple frock the
only colored trimming of which it can
boast.
Suspended Girdle.
While we are on the subject of ribbons
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-14

fore the footlights with a sudden illness
apology.
But ii apples, pears and sweetmeats are
bad. oranges, lemons and other acid fruit
have virtues to compensate. These fruits
by their acids and other properties, have
an antiseptic influence on the throat and
stomach. In addition, they act as sstrin-
gents and tonics TO the vocal cords, in
ducing the blood vessels to shrink and re-
duee the eyersuppiy OF blood The doctor
declares that a person with a harsh-speak-
Ing voice or one whose tones are hoarse
or thin and piping, will find immediate i'm
plenty of oranges, lemons or lines. The
prescription is to eat one or two OF the
oranges or tomatoes each day IL you nave
but little trouble. IL your throat is in very
bad condition or fails to respond. then eat
as many as you conveniently can without
inJuring your appetite for meals.
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Fine Handiwork Of the New Queen.
NJ to. he
Written for The Star

In common with the majority OF her sex,
whether princesses or ordinary mortals,
Dona Victoria. the new Queen OF Spain,
has a pet fad. II is that of making dainty
handkerchiefs. Little inconsequent affairs
OF the sheerest linen with tiny inset
embroidered border. her royal monogram
in one corner. and sometimes, by way of
finish. an edging of rare Yaienciennes or
Mechlin scarcely more than a third of an
inch wide. All the handkerchiefs in her
trousseau are hand made, and all except
the priceless lace ones that have come to
her as gifts or heiriooTns partake of these
general characteristics
That is why the society girl on either
side of the Atlantic has gone daft over the
little embroidered mouchoirs that have just
come into vogue. These dainty trifles are
made of the finest linen imaginable. soft
and filmy as India null, and the needle
work which decorates them Is OF the In
finitesimal order, which means much ex-
penditure of time, skill and eyesight.
The Initial or monogram. which III worked
In one corner. is just as tiny as the rest
OF the decoration. rarely being more than
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-14

tailored linen and silk suits Since then
they have gained steadily but surely in pop
ularity until today little toque with a
summary gown looks peculiarly out of date,
and every woman who ever possessed
leghorn is resurrecting 1t from her box or
millinery supplies and trimming 1t up to do
service through the remainder of the hot
weather
Imported models In these large hats are
indescribably effective. and they enhance
the charm and beauty of a face as no other
headgear does. Though osprey is by all
odds the favorite trimming, roses are en-
ployed with wonderfully happy effect and
are very commonly seem On one of the SIM
plest of the large hats band OF large
yellow roses surrounds the crown of wide
leghorn shape. and mass of cream white
tulle rises above them, giving the erect or
a very high crown. A dropping bow or
black velvet ribbon is caught on the ban
deau, which lifts the hat slightly on the left
side and the loops reach almost to the neck
At the Back.
Underbrim trimmings which nearly con-
ceal the back of the couture are distinctive
of the seasons smartest millinery while
the introduction Of black with coiored
trimmings is essentially Partisan and con-
seouently very much in vogue. Net scarfs
and figured chiffon wells are also very
much in evidence on flower trimmed leg
horns. the ends hanging in jabot or stream
err effect over the back of the brim.
kink in fashionable millinery which
promises to become a vogue In the fali Is
the massing of tule at the back of hats
the color of the tulle matching as nearly as
possible the color OF the hair on which 1t
rests. regardless of the color of the hat
or its other trimmings. This is rather a
neat device which does away with the need
of an exaggeratedly pulled coiffure The
tulle itself seems to be part of the hair
dressing and the tilted chapeau rises from
1t at any angle which may please the NIL
liners artistic eye.
But hats do not comprise the only sum-
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range ITOH S-z 10 foV
New Dust Coats.
A shop celebrated for its admirable motor
styles displays some excellent models In
summer dust coats. Coarse pongee. in tan
and color, rajah silk and mohair are ma
terias of these, which are SO loosely made
that fit is no anxious matter. But in all
of the new motor garments there Is
change from the first order of things. which
made automobile wear only a hideous and
complete Disguise Though nlghtgown loose
the long coats have yet a charming CO.
quetry. with the pale and gay colors anu
pretty trimming methods employed, for
handsome yoke and vest effects are seen.
With one of these coats. which are all
enveloping, and a suitable veil, correctly
worn, motor get-up is accomplished cas-
lily and the Smartest gown protected for any
sudden jaunt
The disposal of the veil entirely concerns
its shape; the long unshaped ones needing
to be worn one way and the made ones an
other, though big chin bows and floating
ends are features of all. Into the made
wells. which may be OF chiffon or chiffon
wolfe. and which eucircie the hat and In
close the head in species of bag the mica
eye protector is often inserted, this forming
a little mask. With the unshaped Veiis
which are generally tied across the hat
and under the chin Dolly Warden fashion.
separate goggles or kid masks with specta-
cles are seen, and some of these trappings,
formerly so ugly, are really now coquetttsh
Some black kid masks seen. which had
quite a carnival air, were finished with lit
tie falls of black lace, white lace showing
upon others of pale blue, rose colored and
gray kid.
The Straw Tams
straw tam oshanter, very much fat
tened at the back to accommodate the veil
is new thing in motor headgear. This is
trimmed at the two sides in even motor
fashion. with headlight" knots of ribbon
or closely massed roses of the small hedge
variety. the flowers showing prettily and
becomingly with the bordered Dolly Warden
wells worn with such styles.
Apropos of motor things, and to return
to coats, many of the rainproof silk rag
lans are bought for other use than motor
wear. Colors of the majority of these are
radiantly gay, and checks, plaids, stripes
and French dots are patterns seen, the
coats made always with eye to the sud-
style and general finish Those in the more
sedate tones and patterns are carried for
travelling, and used for ordinary driving
on chill lowering days.
Naturally, with motoring much the
rage. and in reach OF almost all women
of any pretention to dress. costumes for
other sports do not get so much attention.
still the outdoor girl must have her golf
or hOcky frock, and so perSistently has the
French eleganteF chung to the bicycle that
interest in that admirable machine is re-
vived in modish circles. Let the world say
what 1t Will, when not carried to excess,
bicycling Is an admirable exercise, and
well-dressed and graceful rider is always
at advantage Some very swagger little
frocks of French make are seen at a num-
Der of the stylish out-of- town places many
OF the fair maids who wheel carrying auto
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mer novelties. Wraps come In for their
share of faddish cuts, and we have In the
illustration one of the most characteristic
and individual light. loose cioaks which has
been seen in many a year. 1t is built In the
very thlnnest, most souple quality of broad
cloth IN an amethyst shade, and heavy
white guipure is employed to outline the
bodice effect. 1t is designed especially for
evening wear and will furnish model for
many of the smartest theater wraps of the
fall.
For daytime wear the faddish wrap is the
cloth bolero in some bright shade of cloth
Peculiar dead shades of red blue and green
appear in these abbreviated coats. They are
unusually chic and jaunty as finish for
finely striped silks and muslins. These
hair-stripe effects. by the way. represent
the tip of elegance and refinement In hot
weather frocks.
Another wrinkle In bolero coat effect Is
the introduction of a dark shade of ribbon
through the openings in the lace which
edges the cloth or silk or linen This rib
bon energies from the lace Just at the bust
line and Is shaped into a splashing bow
which holds the little coat together In
front
Finishing Touches.
And this brings US to the coQuettish and
effective ,,sa NJ rihhonS n fbtshine tnuch
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title of serene highness must not be ad-
dressed as sir or ma am" but as
prince" or princess
A letter TO the sovereign must begin thus:
His MAJESTY the king and below the
single word sir The conclusion of the
letter would be worded somewhat as fol-
lows: Il have the honor to submit myself
your majesty's most humble and devoted
servant" etc, A letter to the Prince of
Wales should begin thus: ITO His Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales" on a lower
line Sir" and then the letter would be
proceeded with.
When the king and queen play bridge or
any other round game money fresh from
the mint must be provided, and when any
game of cards new money is usually sup
piled
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fine straw sailor plainly banded, topping
these appropriately. A little coat which
goes admirably with them Is a loose hip
tlength box shape called the Chesterfield.
covert. or OF hunters red or green cloth,
though the latter shades are generally re-
served for country riding.
Many to Choose From.
For those who prefer the more feminine
styles. one skirt has much the appearance
| of short walking skirt except that some
Isuperliuous fullness at the back is looped
when standing. Other skirts are skinny.
really species OF capes for the closing is
made after the horsewoman is seated by
buttoning long shaped end over the RICH.
knee Skirt coats. tightly fitted and with
close mannish sleeves. accompany these, as
well as high silk hats. the usual riding boots
and gray or buff leather gauntiets
+ AS 20 material, Il is noticed that the
smartest women have prediction for
fine black serge or bToadcloth. with cut and
tailoring without flaw. So eSacting, in
deed. IS fashion upon these points that the
making of riding habit IS most serious
matter fer all concerned From four to six
fittings are required by all first-cIass max
erS and after all but the last two the habit
is completely taken apart and put together
again Then TO many women the riding
habit. from its Very simplicity, is more be-
coming than any other costume. and the
accomplished equestrienne knows the value
OF the ut and comfortable thing.
Still there are many riders who are forced
by motives of economy To buy ready made
habits. and for such : few current prices
may be useful. Fitted side-saddle habits
/ may be had in cotton covert and tan linen
ffrom SIS up. The same styles in black,
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the new. suspender girdle which savors dis
tinctly OF empire modes must not be for
gotten. The folds of silk or ribbon are
Joined In a buckle between the shoulder
blades and are then brought down snugly
around the sides TO the front of the waist.
Here they form deep bodice point precise
ly like the ordinary girdle and are orna-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-07-14
Flowers tn Rooms.

Growing plants and cut flowers in pro-
fusion should never be permitted in bed
room2 for these exhaust the air which Is
required by the sleeper. Many a headache
or attack of nausea in the morning may be
accounted for by plants and flowers being
allowed to remain In the room all night.
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..sirp to the king.

From the Ladies' Field.
The queen is addressed as .ma'am" by
all the members of the upper classes. the
term your majesty being rarely used ex-
cept ON formal occasions. The king, the
Prince OF Wales and all the other English
princes are addressed as "sir." Yet for
eign princes and Processes bearing the
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New Dust Coats.

brown. gray, blue or green serge and cloth
range from SO to $50.
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Finishing Touches.

And this brings US to the coquettish and
affective use OF ribbons as finishing touch
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Caring for Clothes.

Caring properly for ones clothes makes
an appreciabls addition to thsir term Of
The Delta independent., 1906-05-18

In prehistoric days Vesuvius was
probably twice as high, the top having
| been blown off centuries before the
eruption that destroyed POmpell. Since
the year 1851 Vesuvius has never been
wholly at rest. In that year $4,000 lives
were lost. The clouds of steam that
came from the rush of water into the
hot mass below the surface condensed
and fell in a boiling rain that scorched
everything with which it came in con-
tact The very sea drew back the skirts
of its dark blue robe and then swept
forward again far beyond its old limits.
The last of the great convulsions be-
fore the recent one occurred in 1877.
Then, like this one, there was great
lava flow, together with throwing up OF
burning rock and the fall of ashes upon
the surrounding country.
Vesuvius is one of a group of similar
mountains in the Mediterranean Sea,
its comrades being -Etna, Stromboli
and Vultano, which last gave the name
to all mountains of this kind. That, in
turn, was called after Vulcan, the god
who made the armor for the fighting
deities of the ancient world and forged
the very thunderbolts of Jove himself.
His workshop was under Mount !Etna.
There the inhabitants of the hillsides
heard him shaping great masses OF
iron with his terrible hammer stroke
while the nameless slaves of the forge,
dimly imagined creatures of that old
day, blew the gigantic bellows and held
great bars in place. while the master
worked. The Greeks with even their
learning. did not inquire into the scien-
titic reasons for the mighty utterings
of the mountain; they knew what the
awful roar of those volcanic mountains
meant. And our wise men, with their
figures and books, know little Of what
is going on in the fiery caverns under
the earth's thin crust.
Nature soon heals her scars. AL.
ready. we are told in dispatches. spots
of green have appeared on the black;
ened sides of Mount Pelee, and it will
not be very long before the olive and
the vine and the clustering villages
will find their way back again to the
stones of Vesuyius
The Delta independent., 1906-05-18
TO RENEW OLD MISSION.
San Juan Capistrano Will Live Again
After Long Years of Silence.

All who have heard of the picturesque
old Franciscan Missions of California
will be interested to learn that San
Juan Capistrano, the most poetic Of all
these ruined structures, which contrib
ute so much to the foreign look OF ''our
Italy" is soon again to be made the
centre OF religious activity, and that
after nearly century of neglect its
buildings are to be restored to their
original estate.
This mission is on the railway line
between Los Angeles and San Diego,
and by reason of being visible from
the railroad is to Eastern travellers per
haps the best known of all California
missions, except Santa Barbara and
San Gabriel, which are among the
regulation sights for visitors to South
ern California. With the restoration
of San Juan Capistrano and the re-
sumption of residence there by the
Franciscan Brotherhood, it, too, will
no doubt soon become a tourist resort.
The first year of the American In
dependence saw work begun upon this
ancient edifice in what was then vast
wilderness, inhabited only by Indians.
The site is in lovely, sequestered val
The Delta independent., 1906-05-18

given my infant son to my younger
brother James, who will bring up
my son as his own.
Thus it may come to pass that the
descendants Of Nigel, my son, may be
passed over in the right of succession
by the descendants of Richard, the
eldest son of my younger brother
James, who stands well in the eye OF
Cromwell the regicide and renegade
And that this be true. and that
Nigel, supposed younger son of James
kingscote, of Kingscote Manor, be
really the eldest son of Nigel Kings
cote, eldest son of Alaric Kingscote
father of Nigel and James and there.
fore heir to the Manor of Kingscote,
its hereditaments, messuages, and all
that do thereto appertain, and his
seed hereafter him, If SO be there
should be any. L do most solemnly
swear and protest in the presence of
witnesses. To which I do set my
hand and seal this sixteenth day OF
March, one thousand six hundred AMI
forty-seven.
Signed: Nigel Kingscote, In the
presence of Rupert Mainwaring.
knight Banneret of Mainwaring Hall.
in the County of Berkshire, and
Anselm Wolf. Priest"
The parchment huttered crisply
from the girls nerveless hands.
'Damaris." cried Alaric hoarsely-
"Damaris!" Coherent speech he could
not find.
The girl raised her head.
at is true-It is true!" she said
brokenly. I'VE. father and !. are the
usurpers! Kingscote Manor is yours,
and we are-paupers!"
mot paupers. dearest. but partners.
answered Alaric. and in his eyes there
was that which told her how Kingscote
love stood wind and weather as
steadily as Kingscote Oak.
Squire Kingscote now sleeps with
his fathers In the little Berkshire
churchyard. But ere he died his de-
clining years were frightened by the
generous forgiveness OF "the undesir'
able poor relation.
A young and sturdy sapling oak now
fourishes on the spot where stood
the ancient tree true symbol OF the
lasting power OF Kingscote luck and
Kingscote love.-Answers.
The Delta independent., 1906-05-18
Smoke Two-Miles High.

AN enormous volume of black smoke
rises to height of two miles above
the crater" he wrote. ''lncandescent
masses Of stone are thrown up 5000
feet. A continuous southeasterly wind
carries the ashes over Naples, which
Is SO completely enveloped in darkness
that for three days our communications
by sea have been cut off.
Il lisSures have opened far below the
cone. emitting many streams of lava,
one of which has completely destroyed
,he town of Boscotrecase, which had
10000 inhabitants. Another has reached
the outskirts of Tore del Greco. Others
have destroyed thousands of acres of
fertile cultivated land, with farmhouses
and stock.
THE great cone of Vesuvus col
lapsed with awful laundering and
flames, and the cable railway, the OBJ
servatory and the large hotel near it
were all totally destroyed. The lava
carried vast masses of burnt stone and
sulphur on it's surface like dross on
melted lead, and nothing was visible
toward Boscotrecase but endless acres
Of dark scoriae, broken here and there
by the greenish curling smoke of sui
phur.
AT one point we found great pine
tree. torn up by its roots and turned
to 'black charcoal; the air was almost
unbreathable; the heat intense. The
faces of the people who crowded upon
the edge Of the arrested stream ex-
pressed terror of exhaustion from re-
cent panic.
The Delta independent., 1906-05-18
THE OLD WELL IN THE COURTYARD

for twenty-five years longer, no at
tempt seems to have been made by the
padres to restore the church edifice,
and it and its adjoining buildings and
cloisters have remained to this day an
imposing and beautiful ruin. Touched
gently by Times hand. dignified in out
line and rich in color, it is replete with
subjects for the artist and is the ad-
miration of every traveller. With the
restoration of the buildings the in
tention is to create here a college for
the priesthood as at Santa Barbara,
and to make of San Juan Capistrano
an important factor in the work of the
Roman Catholic Church in Southern
California.
The Delta independent., 1906-05-18

ley, which. beginning back in the can
yons of the coast range, winds among
grassy knolls and great treeless hills
out to the Pacific, upon which it opens,
three miles west of the mission. With
the aid of the Indians, over whom the
padres exerted both temporal and spir-
itual dominion, the Franciscans cstab-
lished here the most pretentious of all
the California mission churches. In
stead of being constructed Of the GUS
tomary adobe brick of the country, it
was built of stone, laid out in the form
of Latin cross, with great, cloistered
quadrangle adjoining. Here, besides
administering to the spiritual welfare
of the Indians and gathering them into
the fold of the church, the fathers set
them to the care and the cultivation
OF the land, which yielded great wealth
Of cattle, sheep, grain, grapes and
The Delta independent., 1906-05-18
Feeble Attempts of Man Useless.

when the stream of fire threatened
Boscotrecase soldiers dug a wide ditch
across its patch in the hope of divert
ing it's course, but the molten stream
advanced like colossal serpent of fire,
turning it's head to the right and left
as snake does, but keeping its general
direction toward the fated town. 1t
was not till it reached the first house,
sending up great showers of sparks,
that the people finally fed for their
lives.
Il saw men, women and children, and
infants whose mothers carried them at
the breast or in their aprons. Dogs,
too. and cats were on the carts, and
sometimes even chickens, tied togeth-
er by the legs, and piles of mattresses
and pillows, all white with dust under
the lurid glare. We ourselves could
hardly breathe"
This dispatch corresponds exactly In
detail to Plinys letters. The same
flaming mountain and shaking earth
the same sitting smoke and ashes, the
same terrifying darkness and the same
helpless, distracted crowd stretching
vain hands to their gods for succor
Originally Vesuvius was in the form
of a single cone. Later eruptions have
broken down the southern side of the
original crater, leaving the northern
semi-circle, which is called Monte
Somma. A smaller central cone had
grown up within the ancient ruin. II
ia this inner cone that had Its top
blown of. Before the recent eruption
fhe height OF the mountain was about