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Willmar tribune., 1906-01-03
Gibraltar Crumbling Awav.

It is not generally known that the
great rock of Gibraltar is tumbling
down-that it's crumbling, rotting
masses must be continually bound to-
gether with huge patches of masonry
and cement. Yet they who sail past
Gibraltar cannot fail to notice on the
eastern slope of the fortress enormous
silver colored patches cleaning in the
sun. These patches, in some cases 80
or 40 feet square, are the proof of Gi-
braltar's disintegration. Of thick,
strong cement, they keep huge spurs
of the cliffs side from tumbling into
the blue sea. Sea captains cruising in
the Mediterranean say that Gibraltar
has been rotting and crumbling for
many years, but that of late the disin-
tegration has gone on at faster rate
than heretofore. They say that the
stone forming this imposing cliff is
rotten stone, and that in q little while
the phrase "the strength of Gibraltar"
will be meaningless.
Willmar tribune., 1906-01-03
CONCERNING SEPAR RATF COArS

was adorned with gilt tracery, and
the hat worn with it had .crcwn Of
pale cloth-of-gold, the feathers the e1:
act shade Of the wrap. A beautiful
new shade in pink: is a flesh tint, this
probably will rival the fashionable
apricot, the pinky-yellow. 's-'
The evening wraps are lined in
se1f-color. There are some magpie ef.
fects, black over white. The design
here illustrated appeared in the Dry
Goods Economist, black Chantilly
lace over. white silk; the trimming
used, black silk braid and lace frills.
Spanish lace is making its way, and
no doubt ere long will. be well to
the fore. It is being shown not only
in black and white, but also there are
dyed Spanish laces. We always had o
weakness for the lace sacred to man
t1l1a of sultana, and welcome it back
again right gladly. There is nothing
prettier for an evening bodice than
a cream Spanish lace waist: the color
so soft and very becoming against
bare arms and shoulders.
Gray is liked for evening gowns as
we do not remember it ever before to
have been, and in the silky crepe de
chimes it lights up beautifully. An
empire gown Of gray musseline de
sole was brought to our notice, the
skirt bordered with embroidery done
in smallest Of gold spangles. Gold
and gray is an exquisite combination,
very Frenchy. Gray taffeta and vel
vet are combined with good results.
and here we will stop to mention the
approval given the taffeta silk bodice
of the newest velvet gown. Only the
sleeves of the silk bodice are OF vel
vet. It is revival of a fashion Of
some Is years back, appears to us a
bit dowdy and with very little to rec
ommend it. But many dame is
after novelty, and this probably has
been invented for such as seek the
novel at the expense of good style.
Lace hats continue to increase in
number, black ones not seen so often
as white. And speaking Of hats we
must mention charming small chap
eau we saw the other day, one of those
neat, low-crowned, turned-up evenly
on both sides affairs. The material
was silky felt, the color an exquisite
violet gray. The trimming was a
wide band of shaded violet messaline
ribbon wrinkled across the front, and
over one side climbed a great bunch
of violets. The effect was like the
posies, modest and simple and lovely.
This hat might be worn day or even
ing, and would look well with a long
cloak of violet chiffon broadcloth. It
goes without saying that it would be
just the thing for broadcloth street
suit.
Willmar tribune., 1906-01-03

The problems which have arisen in
connection with the building of the
Panama canal are many, and all do
not relate directly to- the kind Of a
canal to be built or how it is to be
built. In other words, there are 9TH
ers besides the members of the canal
commission who have knotty tangles
to unravel. Just now it is Gov. Ma
COON, who presides over the ten mile
strip along the canal route, and which
is American territory according to the
treaty made with the republic of Pa
mama, who is having troubles, and
when one considers the varied charac-
ter Of the people who go to make up
the population of the district it is not
to be wondered at.
The building of the canal has drawn
to the isthmus hundreds of the most
desperate characters from the turbu-
l9nt countries lying about. 1t is esti-
n Rted that there are now $4,000 labor
err, from all the fighting republics OF
Sodth and Central America, and every
island in the West Indies, together with
Italy, France, Germany and even Rus
sia and far-off China and Japan have
contributed their quota. And when
the actual digging is begun there will
be $4,000 laborers of all nations work.
ing and living in close contact in the
narrow strip, 10 by 42 miles in ex-
tent
With the peculiar racial habits and
tendencies to be found among these
people it is not at all strange that
questions should arise which require
more than ordinary discretion and
Judgment in deciding It must be ad-
mitted that the Same standard of eth
les which would be used in determin-
ing matters Of conduct in the United
States cannot be applied with inflexi-
BILE risOr in such district as the canal
zone, and just now Gov. Magoon is
face t., face with condition which
makes him realize that this is true.
Some few weeks ago when the news
papers throughout the United States
Willmar tribune., 1906-01-03

For evening wrap and the street
suit the long wrap is usually chosen,
but for dressy afternoon wear the
short jacket holds its own. We con-
fess we find long flowing skirt and
cloak with long flowing lines particu.
larly graceful; but we add that there
ia:sa lot of style to the short Jacket.
This year the short velvet coat is very
fashionable, and it certainly.As fetch
Ing with a skirt of adcloth; *wheths
ers the same color or not. One of the
costumes in highest favor at aarecent
gathering of Vanity Fair, was black
velvet coat worn with skirt OF blue
voile; the collars. cuffs and revers of
the coat of ermine. Another attract
i've costume had a broadcloth skirt
adorned with velvet trimming in
some fanciful arrangement, and the
short Elton was of velvet matching the
skirt trimming. One sees number
of short fur wraps, these not so good
as those Of velvet.
"A black panne suit, skirt and short
jacket, is a. good investment this
year; the short coat may be worn,
and very stylishly, with various
skirts. The season has offered moth
ing Of better fashion than certain of
the black panne suits.
Yesterday we saw pretty little
black broadcloth costume on young
girl, the skirt and coat both short.
Willmar tribune., 1906-01-03

30 A PRETTY EVENING WRAP.
The separate coat is seen at its best,
perhaps, in the evening wrap. Fash.
Ion now DEGREES that my lady appear
In q cloak that bears about it no util-
itarian suggestion, one evidently de-
signed for recreation hours. Most of
the evening wraps are light colored,
pale blue very 3 fashionable. And
cloths Of finest, smoothest quality ap-
pear to take lead in materials. AL
though lace wraps are much affected
by some, the fine cloths are as good
as anything the season has brought
forth. Crepe de chimes also are en-
ployed, a thick interlining used to
make them warm enough. One sees
some fur-lined cloaks, but not many;
they are as a rule relegated to foot
ball games and outdoor demands, not
for show in opera box and other. even.
ing affairs.
#One lovely pale blue wrap had a
deep border Of delicate gold embroid-
cry, the gilt not in the least snowy.
These deep bands are feature Of the
winter trimmings, and a late novelty
is the border of embroidered white
cloth. A very good pale pink wrap
Willmar tribune., 1906-01-03
sHORT VELVET COAT ATFAsHIONABLE

St1OHI VELVET CO<AI r fAo114ONao11N
The narrow girdle Of the jacket was
lightly trimmed in green broadcloth,
and the vest showed a bit Of green
The sleeves were short, they and the
open front disclosed white lingerie
waist beneath. The hat and veil were
Of green, the neck-piece and fiat pill
low mutf of Persian lamb. It was a
cold day, and the girl had to thrust
her thinly glad arms deep in the pill
low .muff.
Having spoken Of the short, con-
trasting wrap, we may now call at
tention to the short basque coat for
evening wear in color contrasting
with the skirt. It is quaint fash
ion, and may be very becoming; or it
may be made eccentric; it depends
much on the style of the wearer. An
excellent. model was pink-dowered
pale blue silk worn with petticoat
of white taffeta batiste. This takes
us backsto the days when grandmam-
ma was young.
When we speak Of short coats you
must not imagine we refer to cor
set-tight designs. BY no means, many
Of the briefer jackets are semi-dtting,
there are short empires, there are
countless boleros. : And even the
blouse is not wholly banished. We
should say it Is the three:quarter
wrap THAT goes in for the close At,
that jackets and evening wraps are
as 3 rule loose. But, IS we suggested
above, j, there IS no. absolute rule as to
the pedestrian costume one sees
3rn '3nnanySa my: WE'LL dressed woman trudg Lying
along Ia long automobile .togs, rain
proc EEpIrtoof and dust:pr oof:: then there IS
tbs Girl With the circular skirt and
5closs Jacket: and many q dium.
Tent skirt hall loose Jacket =
Willmar tribune., 1906-01-03

But be that as it may, th4 conditions
along the strip are surprisingly free
from disorder and crime. A newspaper
correspondent, who made the trip
among the labor camps at night re-
Gently, reported that Notwithstanding
the fact that it had been pay day at
many points there was almost an entire
absence Of drunkenness and carousal.
At Corozal there were few lights in
the big hotel where the white employees
live, and fewer among the laborers'
quarters near by. There was no noise
and apparently everybody was asleep.
At Miraf1ores there was not a light,
and at Pedro Miguel and Paraiso,
where there are hundreds of men, only
sound now and then from an accordi-
on or a-note of negro song could be
heard At Culebra, populous camp,
most of the quarters were as still as
death, and it was only nine o'clock. At
Empire, one of the largest camps on
the line, few laborers were taking
a parting drink at the canteen, which
the proprietor seemed anxious to close
UP. They were wel!-behaved, though
somewhat noisy. At Bas Obispo, Mata-
chin, Gorgona, Barbacoas and other
camps of unsavory memory from the
French days there were now and then
life and music and laughter, but no
disorder or unseemly scenes.
Such a condition of affairs reflects
much credit upon the chief of the zone
police force, Capt. George r. Shanton,
whose qualifications and training seem
to have peculiarly fitted him for the
task required of him. He was formerly
rough rider, having been captain of
Troon c, Torrey's rough riders, and
having been reared in Wyoming, he
has had a touch of ranch life and pos
sesses all the skill Of the cowboy with
gun and lasso and can ride anything.
He used to be with Buffalo Bills Wild
West show, and was known as the
liking of the cowboys" His giant sta
ture-over six feet of sturdy American
manhood together with his known
Willmar tribune., 1906-01-03

Sir Caspar is geniA and warmly en-
couraging, but he is sn6*. ..easy mark
Asrecent attempt to unload some *told
masters" on the museum, whose value
was put by the dealer at $4,000, was
met by q prompt return of the paint
ings, which were Judged good: copies
but not what was wanted by the mu-
scum. :. e.:
:. It was only IS years ago the museum
was started, started in a very small
way. Its present large proportions are
found inadequate for to-day's needs,
and the structure is to be greatly en-
larged. An addition in the way of a
north wing is to be built soon, and on
its completion a south wing will be:
added; the building will then have
frontage of 1000 feet on Fifth avenue,
But the museum as proposed in en-
tirety, will be four times the size Of the
structure after these wings are built.
The late Richard Hunt made plans for
a building covering eight acres of
ground, one of the largest buildings
ever designed by an architect. If the
building as proposed will ever be COM
.pleted it is difficult to say; some place
the time. for such completiQn Aats5e:
years. At present the work ITS .pfo-
;gressing in portions, the architects:car-'
rying out the designs of Mr., Hunt in
a. general way. A member of the firm
of architects that is to put up::the
north wing, compares museums abroad
with the Metropolitan as it would be
with it's additions, thus: almost all
European museums are made from old
palaces, and, therefore, not well ar
ranged for exhibition purposes. In the
Louvre, for instances, some of the
paintings are splendidly lighted, while
all of the statuary is miserably placed
in dark rooms and Corridors This
same condition prevails in the vatican,
another old palace, which was never
designed for exhibition purposes. In
fact, throughout France and Italy these
conditions are pretty generally found
Willmar tribune., 1906-01-03
Walters Wit,

"Ollie" James, representative OF
Kentucky, says that while he and
certain friends were studying the bill
of-fare in hotel on the New Jer-
sey coast q mosquito alighted on the
card.
It instantly lost its life by a quick
blow from the man holding the card.
its little carcass remaining on the
bill. With a smile the man pointed to
the remains and said to the waiter:
DO you ever serve these on toast
here?" <-.
They're on the bill, sir!" was the
witty retort of the waiter.-Nashville
American. -
Willmar tribune., 1906-01-03

Some day, we are promised by Sir
Caspar Purdon Clarke, our artists need
not seek the prestige OF the Paris salon
az they do now, for there will be
New York salon of highest standing.
Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke is the
noted Englishman that has recently
assumed the duties of director of the
Metropolitan museum in New York.
Sir Caspar won fame and knighthood
in building up the noted South Ken
s1ngton museum, art center of Eng7:
land, and when Gen. di Cesnola died
and the question arose as OF the right
man to take his place at the head of
the New lork art museum, Sir Caspar
was the man agreed upon. OF course,
good Americans asked if there were no
competent art directors in this coun--
try, 1t it were really necessary to 90
abroad to find some one for the post:
but the choice seems so generally sat
tsfactOry as to have hushed the patri-
otic outburst. Sir Caspar Clarke is. q
man of most enviable reputation in his
field OF work, and though he can count
his years up to almost three-score he
retains his enthusiasms, overflows with
energy. Under his rule great things
are expected for the Metropolitan.
And he frankly forecasts great things.
This is what this man of enthusiasm:
and experience declares, as reported by
a representative of the New York
Times:
"Already comparing favorably (the
museum) with the best of foreign art
galleries, it is on the eve of becoming
the greatest general institution Of the
sort On earth-superior to the South
Kensington museum as treasury of
paintings, eclipsing the great Cluny
museum (Paris) as storehouse of
carved woods, equal to any*European
rendezvous Of marbles and bronzes,
and quite overshadowing any existing
museum in SIZE" And the Times
writer adds: Last but notzleast, the
new Metropolitan director is ambitious
Willmar tribune., 1906-01-03


lishment of a New York salon which
shall rival that Of Paris" ::
Sir Caspar builds his hopes on foun-
dati0ns that appear of some certain
stability. He asserts that the Ameri-
cans are essentially creative people,
that while this faculty has heretofore
shown expression in great commercial
and engineering accomplishments,
gradually the people, with possession
of wealth and leisure, are evincing in
telligent and absorbing interest in the
arts. He calls attention to the sue
cess of American artists abroad, and
lays emphasis on the statement that
ere long they will be content to remain
at home, will not have to go abroad
in search of inspiration to the best
effort. And he asserts that our art pa
irons are not the ignoramuses the car
icaturist likes to picture, but that they
are becoming able to give expert criti-
cism of the really good in art. Their
long purses have got them good ad-
visers, they have not been slow in
taking instruction.
The Metropolitan museum has been
criticised severely and often as mu-
scum housing much spurious art, but
the new director tells us this may be
said of all similar places abroad. In
taking up his new work, the director
does not belittle what has been done,
speaks warmly thereof. He calls at
tention of the public to the museums s
rich treasures, he is doing his utmost
to make these treasures popular-that
is, to make people of all classes ac-
quainted with them. He gives this ex-
preston to his sentiments: I'm my
experience the best and surest way to
cultivate national appreciation for
good art is to familiarize the masses of
the people with the best creations. En-
courage them, do not antagonize
them" The museum is open to pho
tographers desiring to make copies of
celebrated creations, students are made
welcome who wish to copy the work
OF the masters.
In line with the policy Of making
the museum popular, known. to the
people, the following little story may
be told: A liveryman, whose livery
stables were located but few squares
from the Metropolitan museum, one
day overheard two of his drivers talk
ing about picture, "The Horse Fair"
they had seen over at the museum, and
the liveryman thought he, too, would
go and view the "big horse picture. I"
1t pleased him nightly; he had found
the way to a place where there was
much Of interest for him, he promised
himself to repeat the pleasure. !
Sir Caspar desires to stimulate the
artists of the country, and proposes
competitive exhibitions, some to be
held at the museum and many to be
held elsewhere. In time he expects to
see competitive exhibitions established
in every American city with a:zpopu-
lation of $4,000, and perhaps les$: The
Carnegie awards in the Pittsbufg art
competition have brought forth some
excellent work, and il competitive ex-
hibitions were to be scattered asMidely
as Sir Caspar desires, unquestionably
=a great stimulus would be given artists
the country over. It would seem the
/ zEnglishman after all Wa1 the right
man for this democrat
man with earnest belief 49, ||11lI.
aracY.o1. 1.art. 1lss<a ill.,
Willmar tribune., 1906-01-03

published the report that shipload of
women had been carried to the isth7
mus for immoral purposes it created
something of a sensation, and steps
were at once taken to ascertain the
truth concerning the matter. Upon
investigation it has been found that
the circumstances arc about as fol-
lows:
A shipload Of women were brought
from the island Of Martinique and
turned over to the laborers who had
come from that island and the island
of Jamaica, and made by the latter
their common law wives, in some cases
it being even claimed that they were
the women with whom they had been
living before in Martinique. The bring
ing Of the women 10 the. canal zone
was the work of those who have charge
of the hiring of the iaborers, and was
done with the purpose of making the
latter content to stay and work on the
canal. In fact it was stated that if
the laborers could not live upon the
lSthmuS under the same conditions
which surrounded them in Jamaica
and Martinique they would not re-
main.
1t ic contended on the part Of those
responsible for bringing the women to
the isthmus that there is no question
of immortality involved, for the woman
with whom a man is living is regard
ed as his wife without any marriage
ceremony. In fact these ..laborers de-
clare for two reasons they object to
ceremonial marriage. One is that it
costs too much, because Of the fee and
the better furniture and clothes the
woman would insist on having, which
would average about $65. The other
reason is that a woman who makes
good common law wife : thinks she
owns man after ceremony, and no
matter what she does he cannot get
rid Of her. To keep the upper hand
woman out of the house if she does
not behave.
AS soon as information as to the
state Of affairs reached the ears of
Gov. Magoon Immediately began in
vestigation, and issued orders to the
zone police to make canvass and re-
port the number of unmarried couples
living as man and wife. and to urge
such to get married as soon as possi-
BILE. Orders were at the same time sent
to the board of municipal judges, most
of which are composed of native Pan
amaaians, to cooperate with the po-
lice to the same end. 1t was then that
a peculiar and rather amusing compli-'
cation to the problem was discovered.
The secretary of the board replied that
it would do it's best, hut there was not
much hope of success for every mem
ber Of the board had wife but was
never married ceremonially and didn't
want to be.
But the American Judges on the 18TH
mus say it is impossible to recognize
such social condition as legal in the
naturally resultant cases that are mul-
tiplying in their courts, and that seri-
GUS trouble is bound to come, for all
the women brought over thus far are
not behaving well, and q good many Of
the men are showing indecision !: In
making q hpA choice Of q common
law spouse @%.3 sS4 I.
Willmar tribune., 1906-01-03

0 IL Is q day Of the costume, OF the.
tailored suit, and also it is the day
Of the separate wrap Which would
Indicate that this is q time OF lati-
*tude In Dress = ::
And it is a wide variety that bears
the stamp of fashion. But just now let
US confine ourselves to one garment,
4 ~ wrap to wear with various gowns.
Willmar tribune., 1906-01-03

"a rule that is not true of either the
British or the South Kensington mu-
scum in England. In the erection. of
the Metropolitan museum, it is almost
superfiuous to say, the chief attention
is being paid by the architects to give
the public building that will in every
respect be suitable for exhibition pur-
poses-the most perfect museum build
ing that can be designed.''
CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER
Willmar tribune., 1906-01-03
Battle Picture.

Thomas M. Henry, noted British
marine painter, has just finished a pic.
ture of the naval battle of Copenhagen,
April 2, 1901, which covers an area OF
80 square feet, and has on it 56 pounds
of paint. The Industrious artist wore
out SO brushes on it.