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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-18
Richmond and Petersburg Electric Railway,

Cars leave corner OF Seventh and Psr!X
Streets. ManeSe.tef every hour eon me IoHt,
Limited cay. 6.f p. NJ. daily, except SUNDAY
Cara leave :etsssbnrF x foot 9e 10 sy ie:ss p.
n, Last car Ii:io r. ", Limited car 7;lb = =.
NJ. daily. except Sunday. p,.h.f
Al cara from PeterahurE connecuhS H'".
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-18
The Veterans for New Or
leans Leave Richmond
1890 Noon Monday,
April 23d.

g The sveteranssof Richmond and vicinity
have definitely arranged to leave Rich
mond at@12:30 noon Monday. April 23d.
via SOUTHERN RAILWAYS Special
Pullman and coaches will be arranged
for their accommodation, going through
from Richmond to New Orleans without
change. This arrangement will only re-
uulre one night out, rs they will arrive
In New Orleans at sis F. NJ. Tuesday,
April gath.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-18
PULLMAN ,PARLOR CAR SERVICE
BETWEEN RICHMOND AN o WASH

BETWEEN RICHMOND AND WASH
lNGToNE ON TRAINS NOS. SO
AND A3.
Commencing April 18th. Pullman parlor
cars will be operated between Richmond
and Washington daily on train leaving
Main Street Station sos r. NJ. md train
arriving Main Street Station a;l+ T. III.
W. p, TAYLOR,
aj Traffic Manager.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-18

-. Atlantic Coast i!tte, com
.S'M Ainhrlcah sf1teltcrs com.
lniHU Anna "a mated COPPER 49,.
l,N Amer. Car ana Foundry.
lW Amer, Car and Fo,in., pfd
m American Cotton Oal.......
~ American Tobacco, pfd.,.
lU American Can ...u.t......
American Can. pfd........
$500 Amer. Locomotive, conn.,.
Amer. Locomotive, pfd..
1909 American Sugar ...,i,.....I
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-18

SPOT cotton closAd 10 points higher: MD
ding uplands. ll.oo; mddlnE sulf. u 10; sal le
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-18
RICHMOND xToCE xARKE1.

Richmond Va. April II. 1905,
4& SALES AT BOARD.
Virginia Centuries-5,0h) at 95H; 200 at a5k.
vIrg MIA Carolina Chemical CO, preferred-lo
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-18

Bonds were steady. Total'sales. par
value, $4,000 United States. new Is
declined. IA per cent. on call. Total
sales OF stocks to-day were sa5, 400 shares.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-18

Prime mercantile paper, SIZE @ s per
cent. Sterling erchanite easier, vat
1880 a. 4s5.45 for demand and at s4.s2,T'5
{ q $3.50. for sixty-day bills. Posted
rates, s4.s3 a As3 IL. and sAS6 q 4.s6 1-2.
Commercial bills s4.S2 IA q 4.sa 3-s. Bar
silver, s47-s Mexican dollars. 80.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-18

NEW YORK, April 17.-Money on call
easier, a az per cent; ruling rate,
ga a 4. closing bid, 2 1-2; offered, at
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
Women Swimmers and Water Athletes
Some Interesting Examples Among Those Who
Have Achieved Distinction Of This Kind -

we'll did she answer to his teaching that
at fifteen years of age she won the
New South Wales championship 100
yard dash in 1 minute 26 1-5 seconds.
In the same series of contests she won
the one mile championship in 81 min
utes and IS seconds. No girl of her
age has eQualed these records.
Her record long distance swim was
made in June Of this year-twenty-six
miles down the Danube from Vienna in
10 hours and IL Misunderstanding
quicker time than any woman had
previously done In fact, hers is the
longest swim on record for 4 woman
the next best being one of twenty miles
down the Thames river by Miss Beck
with, an English girl
Miss kellerman's most famous swim
however, was her attempt to cross the
British channel a year ago. The dis
lance is twenty miles and for gen
erations to swim across it has been the
aspiration of water athletes among
men. Many have attempted it. only
one ever ucceeded-Captain Matthew
Webb. an Englishman. thirty one years
ago. His record stands. The only one
woman who ever tried for it was Miss
Kellernaan. Her father accompanied
her in a boat and gave her some kind
of nourishment every half hour
Except in the China sea the toughest
water steamers are apt to encounter is
found in the swift. frothing current Of
the channel that separates France from
England. Persons ordinarily seasick
proof weaken before that churning
fountain of nausea, yet bravely stepped
forth into it in the gray dawn at Dover
one morning last summer Annette Kel-
lerman. worlds woman champion long
distance swimmer
The water was spiteful. even more so
than usual. The sea ran high. the wind
was against the swimmer and little
cross waves. the kind that turn one in
side out and upside down. kept strik-
ing her and making her body bob
around. The girl, strong as she was
became deadly seasick. 1t is an ex-
perience that long distance swimmers
sometimes encounter. Five hours An
nette Kellerman stood UP to the kick
ing, striking out. shooting ahead proc
ess, covering a third Of the twenty one
miles between her and the shores of
France Then she called to her father:
I'm SO sorry, dad, but I must come
out. I'm so ILL.,
But she believes and others believe
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

equal her in grace and physical power"
Wnen IL comes to fancy swimming
and doing water stunts" there is per-
maps no woman in civilization who ex
GELS Lady Constance Mackenzie Rich
aroson- Lady Constance has made
DIVES from height thirty feet above
the water. Three years she held tbe
ladies' challenge shield of the T.ond sllo
Bath club This is an organization Of
men and women who are devoted to
swimming practice. IN order to win
the shield the contestant must demon
strate her skin at the breast stroke at
spring board and high diving. floating
and at two kinds of fancy swimming
Inc competitions take place in presence
or an audience of England's bluest
Dlooded set even sometimes including
royalty Lady Constance, six feet tan.
magnihcently built. graceful as a hird
and beautiful of face. ENJOYS strons- 81
1ects- IN dress as in deed. At one of
the Bath club contests her tall. splen-
old figure appeared in snug fitting
tights SO near the color of her ex-
quis1te pink flesh that. really, one could
hardly tell where the silk ended and
the pink flesh began. The British mat
ron shifted, but Lady Constance won
the prize
Championship swimming, however. is
olAiy oHe OF the ScOtchWOman'S athletic
accomplishments. She is one of the
best Women golf and hockey players in
Great Britain. She can ride almost as
well as a western American COW girl
and is as good a rifle shot as the
daughter of Field Marshal Roberts.
Lady Constance is a slayer of big game
in both Asia and Africa
The belief prevails among several
famous women swimmers that woman
can beat man in long distance tests.
They claim that she has more steady
endurance. Indeed, this summer in
England swimming contest for a
prize took place between some teams
Of young men and four girls, and the
girls easily got the shield. Their
names were Miss Garrett Miss Bryant
Miss Davis and Miss Clausen.
Meantime there are some girl swim
mers in the United States just dying
to give Miss KelIerman a try for the
worlds swimming championship on
the woman's side of the house One of
these. Miss Elaine Goiding of Bath
Beach, Brooklyn, some time ago issued
a challenge to the Australian to swim
a long distance contest with her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

If interest IS lacking otherwise pic
lures could be shown of the different
wives of millionaires dressed simply as
they appear on the street, and this ST
lent testimony to the power of quite
ladylike dressing ought to work Won
ders, both mentally, morally and phys
icalIy, to carry the idea to its furthest
extreme.
But forgive me for wasting your at
tention with my philanthropic schemes,
besides I have an engagement to go
sailing in a thirty footer, managed by
the wife of the owner
Taking my life in my hands? Not
bit of it! Very few up to date wo-
men nowadays that cannot sail their
husbands boats better than they can.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
In careIess Attire.

This does not seem to be a dressy
summer in the best sense of the word.
Yesterday 1 was at the Casino and l
marveled at the simplicity. nay. more.
at the sloppiness. of some of Newport s
elect. One sees at this fashionable re-
sort the worst hanging white linen
skirts in the whole country. [ do be-
Heve. Some of the debutantes, tall
and overgrown. with that lead pencil
figure which prevails in the younger
smart set. have their skinny white
wash skirts a good Two inches longer
in the back than in the front. and. /
am sorry to say. have seen more than
one soiled pair of white stockings and
shoes worn in conjunction with a
priceless hat and parasol of hand en-
broidery. the general effect being top
ped off by a morning gown rumpled
from much tennis playing.
In other words. it seems to be a case
of the smarter the sioppier."
The plain sheath fitting princess
gown of hand embroidered batiste is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

HE greatest beauti1er is per
feet health.
The girl who goes in with
enthusiasm for varied outdoor
thletics win look when she is forty
dozen years younger than her mother
id at the same age. The kinds Of open
az exercise to choose depend on in
aYidual taste and surroundings. The
;irI or woman who is near the seashore
II close to a lake or river viii be down
fght wicked if she does not become a
God swimmer and oarswoman. She
viii neglect noble opportunity, and
lature viii take revenge on her in the
hape Of deteriorating health and good
ooks.
Swimming and rowing belong to-
ether. and the girl who gets the most
ut of life by the water side viii prac-
ice both. To put on a bathing suit
nd row awhile till one is well Iinbered
p. then anchor the boat and dive off
or a cool swim is something that would
i've thrills" to a goddess.
But swimming must be done in earn
st to get any good OF it. No dabbling
n the water il & bathing costume built
or show VIII answer any useful pur-
rose. The worlds woman champion
ong distance swimmer, Annette Keller
nan, does not wear corsets and shoes
md stockings and a mbersOme skirt
md neck chains and bangle bracelets
md paddock charms when she goes into
he water. She has contrived for her
competitive swims a suit of bathing
lights that weighs only two ounces
3efore entering the water for a long
distance swim she rubs her body with
mixture of lard and rosin. Continued
tapping of water into a persons eyes
while swimming initiates and swells the
ids and produces what is called swim
ner's eye" a distressing ailment To
prevent this Miss Kellerman wears
,ver her eyes a pair of goggles fastened
o a silk head covering.
Annette Kellerman is an Australian
sirl, now about twenty years old. Her
ather is one Of the most noted swim
ners in New South Wales. and he
rained his daughter when she was a
title girl He accompanies her in her
winning contests the world over. So
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
oLDER THAN THEIR HUSBANDS

Many present day royalties have
married wives older than themselves,
though the length of years between is
not in any case very great King
Haakon Of Norway is three years
younger than Queen Maud; but while
he looks rather older than his age, she
inherits her royal mothers faculty for
appearing younger than she is. Prin-
cess Margaret of Connaught was born
ten months in advance of Prince Gus
tavus Adolphus. now her husband; the
German emperor is about three months
younger than his consort while be-
tween the ages of Prince Eitel Fritz of
Prussia and his bride Duchess Sophie
Of Oldenburg, lies q period OF four years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

Perfect figure to near color combina-
that type Of goton- ton at Newport
this season in wells is a white chiffon
covering close to the face and a red
dish brown hat veil allowed to float
over it.
This gives rather a muddy" effect
but don't you care-the common people
are not likely to adopt it, and that's
the main thing.
Speaking of the common people. how
ever, it is one of the sad but sure
things that they are becoming more
and more fond of bright, cheap things
These things are not inexpensive either
"a glance in the windows of the cheap
shops viii prove that-and they are
so impractical that one laundering de-
stroys them.
Why is it, viii you tell me that the
poor girl who can only afford one sum
mer gown has that one made of cheap
pink cotton with machine made eyelet
embroidery and lots of lace (?), cot
toning and already raveling around the
neck and sleeves2
She might have for the same price
a little gown Of white material simply
trimmed, but perfectly washable. which
with wash" hat, wash gloves and
white canvas shoes would make her
look very much more the way Mrs.
Moneybags appears on the lawn of her
Newport villa, if her object is the in
tensely American one of wishing to
look as near alike that millionaire
leader of the smart set as possible.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

Miss Golding is only sixteen years
old and could swim well before she was
seven She has practically been raised
on the water. Men swimmers cannot
beat her, hardly any woman can equal
her. When only twelve years old
Elaine Golding swan New York bay ir
a race with another girl. They started
at Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, aim
ing TO cross the Narrows, but the tide
bore them away down to the quaran-
tine station. The swim took hours
and 5 minutes. and at the finish the
little Golding girl was a mile ahead.
Florence West, another Bath Beach
girl, would also like to try her powers
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

tell it to him in order that he might
console her, and after much persuasion
she proceeded Il thought I was walk
ing down the street and 1 came to a
shop where there was a large placard,
Husbands For Salei' You could get
beautiful ones for $500, or even for
$1,000, and very nice looking ones for
as low as fifty" Did you see any that
looked like me?', he asked. Lots" she
replied, with a sigh; tied up together
and sold at dime a dozeni"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

against Annette Kellerman. Miss West
says plainly that the best American
swimming records for endurance have
been made by women and that in her
contests she has found women harder
to beat than men. Hannah du Bots. a
California girl. not long ago at Santa
Barbara swan two and one-quarter
miles without stopping. Nora Stanton
Batch has swum Cayuga lake, nearly
three miles wide.
Do you know what swimming does
for you? a few days ago a young wo-
man was being measured for a new
gown What makes you so full here %
asked the dressmaker, laying her hand
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

not n6lp Won F9W6-
dering- To tell you the honest truth.
one ought to have a perfect figure in
order to wear that severe. type of gown
neither too thick nor too thin. but
Just 'twixt and tween.
Last spring in Paris the sheath ht-
ting princess gray broadcloth, with no
trimming whatever. was the ultra dis
tingue thing. and my dressmaker
writes me from New York that the
vogue viii strike this side of the water
IN the fall. and she wants to know
whether I viii have such a costume
myself to combine with gray furs and
a toque with silver buckles and 4
twist Of pale turquoise blue.
win 7? Wen It depends. for a plain
fitted gown is never a cheap acquisi-
ton, for it demands the most skilled
ting and putting it together
In the meantime I turn the idea over
to you.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

The attractive little summer model
illustrated is designed for chnd's
dancing frock. 1t is carried out in
fine spotted coin white NULL The full
skirt is trimmed at the edge with a
band of English embroidery. The
fchu collar is outlined with the same
trimming. which also forms the turned
back cuffs of the puffed sleeves. The
vest is finely tucked and striped with
inch wide lace insertion The deep
girdle is of blue taffeta, and the buckle
is a pretty example of blue enamel
work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

she had a fair chance to win, only for
the chop seas.
Miss KeIlerman is five feet seven
inches in height and weighs lao pounds,
muscle, every bit. In long distance
swimming she uses the double overarm
stroke. ]. A. Jarvis. the famous swim
mer. says of Miss Kellerman:
Not only is she undoubtedly the fin
est woman swimmer. but in my opinion
there are few male swimmers who can
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

upon the. girls chest just in front of
her arm. why, I've measured hum
dreds of women and 1 never saw any
body so plump and firm. Most women
are thin here" The explanation was
that the girl was a swimming enthusi-
asst
Among American girls are some row
ing crews of no mean accomplishments.
Famous in aquatic sporting circles is
the annual regatta at Smith college.
Girls along the southern California
coast have numerous boating clubs.
San Diego's finely developed girl crews
are notable.
MARY. GOULD LYLE.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

serve for your own selves. if you don't
believe mel
And yet this prematurely gray dam
sci says she has no chancel All. my
friends. marvel at her sagacity in so
putting the case so as. to influence the
susceptible male hearts of the jury
Had she merely stated that her beauty
was gone damages would have been
comparatively light. some of the jurors
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

well at all with
such cucumber
ing head wrap
pings is a mys-
terry, but, any
way, the fash
ionable oculists
are reporting
new cases of
eye trouble
daily, and these
a r e c a u S g d
q doubtless by
this frantic eff
fort to be both
beautiful and
athletic at the
same time.
The favorite
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

is now just as careful as she was care
less formerly and goes about swathed
not merely in one, but in two or three
wells.
Wrapped in these like an oriental
princess, she INDUCES in tennis, boat
ing, autoing and all such athletic
sports. How she manages to do Them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
a SUP OF The TONGUE

At a private dinner the soup had
been brought on. and the hostess was
apologizing for it. Il am afraid you
VIII find it seasoned too highly. Mr.
Jones'" she said Il tell Susan every
day OF my life not to use so much salt
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

the latest thing
but I must say
I don't care for
it when it is
worn by the fiat
ch 2 s t e d bean
pole type of
wo m n, and
yet, to pass to
the other ex-
IRENE, when I
saw a costume
Of this severe
q description be-
ing made for
the plump and
rather too ma
tronly figure of
young Mrs. Glen
Collins [ could
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

most the masculine sympathy, backed
by the masculine conceit that every
woman must of necessity be dying to
be proposed to and that the absence of
such a proposal would mean Iife's
direst calamity to her.
Did the lady recover heavy dam
ages from the heartless railroad com
pany?
Well, rather!
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

HAVE just read Of an enterprising
woman who sued a railroad com
pany for damages She was so
badly frightened in a train col
ision that her hair turned white, and
low she says she looks like an old wo-
nan and her chances of matrimony are
sone forever.
This is the age of hair dyes. when
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
WHY So MAS SAD

At the breakfast table a man found
his wife in a depressed frame of mind.
My darling" he said, what is the
matter?'' Il have had such a horrible
dream" Her husband begged her to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

thinking she had none in the first
place, perhaps, but she states that her
chances Of being a married woman
have flown forevermore. Terrible loss
and one calculated to stir to the utter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

and pepper in her cooking. but it
doesn't do any good Pardon me, it's
very nice" the guest fastened to as
sure her. ITS exactly Susaned to
seat my taste!"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

every third woman docs" her locks.
and there are no grandmothers left by
-eason Of the influx Of auburn haired
60 to the Casino at Newport and OBJ
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11

When 1 read of east side lectures on
the buying and preparing of food am
IN thorough sympathy, but why does
WEapped in these she inaaLaes IN tennis.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-08-11
Tan Now UnfashionabIe.

Gone is the day when a tanned com
plexion like unto shoe leather was the
smart thing for the summer girl. She
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-04-15

this method of embellishing ones beauty:
 "Exereise II.-Startng with the mouth shut thrust out the lower jaw as Tar as possible and while holding it there draw the lower lips and ajacent muscles up toward the nose. Try to make the mp touch the tip of the nose. Bring all the muscles around the shut eyes as close together as you possibly can. Then try to open the eyes without succeeding. DO this until the muscles are tired
 "This stretching of the chin muscles takes away double chins and fills out hatchet ones. By concentrating numer- ous muscles around the eyes, it broadens noses that are too thin between the eyes and fills out sunken eye sockets and takes away puffs
 Tt Is better to do all the exercises gently at first In this way possible rup- ture of small facial blood vessels will be made impossible. Making these faces also develops the neck and throat. filling them out when scrawny and hardening them so as to render them less liable to disease.
 "The chewing muscles also will be made stronger so that thorough mastication will be materially aided and that in turn, will contribute to better digestion and as- similation of food. The exercises will cor rect excessive paleness as well as the other extreme of violent blushing.'
 The professor makes out very strong case for his pet plan Almost too strong, in fact For when he says as he does that after using these exercises ''sunken eyes, hollow cheeks and abnormally thin noses will disappear" one feels inclined to put up with the features one happens to have, rather than to have them dis appear without perhaps leaving even a wrack behind