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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21
For the Dressing Table.


Powder-puff boxes have expanded to
enormous proportions. To meet the pres
ent demand for large ones some of the
silversmiths have resorted to salad bowls
around which is placed a silver rim. Or
there are jars designed especially for the
purpose, of silver, with large puff made
to fit closely. These have no cover and
are very unlike the odd one seen In a GER
tain shop This unique bowl is almost as
large as a rose bowl and Is of plain I'M
decorated glass. 1t has a lid, rather than a
cover, since it fits down into the glass
bowl, whose rim projects fully half an inch
above. There is a ring In the center of the
lid by means of which 1t may be raised
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21
Don't Talk About It.

If you are not well, don't talk about
1t. To do so only exaggerates your con-
seriousness Of physical discomfort. Also
1T casts a shadow of gloom over other
people They grow hesitant about ask
ing you how you feel. 1t gives them cold
chills to be continually told that you are
mot very WE'LL or mot so well' or about
the same"
Probably you've said these things SO
often that you say them now as a matter
of course. 1t seems incredible to you by
now that you should ever feel really well,
because you've unconsciously made q
habit to be ailing.
Do you know that a good deal OF this is
Imagination? If you braced up and told
people cheerily that you felt tiptop, nine
chances in ten you would feel tiptop pretty
soon. You'd forget the ailing habit
And after ALL what great difference does
1t make to any but your nearest and dear
est If you don't feel well? Suppose you
are even hampered by downright physical
Ills? Your work must be done just the
same 1t can't be? What nonsense! OF
course It can.
Consider the splendid people who have
conquered desperate ills in order to get
their work done The woman who has
something to do doesn't have time to COM
plain of not feeling well.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21

collar are unlined and the collar is outlined
with the palest shade of pale blue velvet
ribbon. II might be thought the pleatings
of cloth would be all too heavy. but they
are SO closely pleated and the cloth itself
so light in weight that they seem no
heavier than the silk. while being of the
cloth they make more evident that the
waist and skirt are part of the same cos
tune. The jacket for this costume is on
identically the same lines as the waist, save
perhaps rather longer, and made without
the yoke Of lace. it comes higher in the
throat. The model can be changed by out
lining the bands with narrow velvet of q
darker shade. but then 1t is understood
that all the original models are changed in
one way another.
The corselet skirt. with or without bands
over the shoulder. the bands now with
bretelles forming half sleeves. is again
seen in the winter models. The separate
waist to wear with such a gown is Of lace
or embroidery and Is made less simple in
design-quite on the guimpe order-but as
the season advances the heavier laces are
used in preference to the lighter ones that
were fashionable all summer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21

little broadtail strap. The cuff was of
stitched deer, over a cuff of broadtail The
collar was also of the stitched deer over
broadtail collar. 1t was a very high turn
over, fitting snugly around the throat
To wear under these coats for the fall
and early winter touring the proper thing
is stout frock Of English suiting, cheviot
or heavy winter serge. The plaids, invisi-
BILE and otherwise, heavy big checks and
mixed suitings are still very popular, but
the newest fancy is for stripes. OF course,
the design must be largely selected with
reference to the topcoat with which 1t is
to be worn, and If the coat is noticeable
plaid or stripe the frock would best be OF
plain cloth or Of an invisible design. 1t
fitting bodice of this heavy material is
comfortable and even necessary for cold
weather motoring, even In comparatively
warm climes. There are women, however,
who cannot bear heavy tight fitting waist,
even in the coolest weather.
To some extent silk shirt waists may be
Of use for such persons. But the costume
made entirely Of cloth is undoubtedly more
modish. Oddly. enough, also, it is more
stylish when made of cloth different from
that used in the coat. The three-piece
suits are proper for more dressy occasions.
But motoring requires that the heaviest
possible cloth, such as would be quite i'm
possible for frock be used for the coat
Besides, the difference in design between
the coat and the skirt adds a chic note to
the costume that is lacking in three-piece
suit.
The passion for long skirts which is now
SO rampant in every other class of wom-
ans dress has also reached to the motor
costume. The skirts are none of them
worn as short as has recently been the
fashion, but some of them, even Of the
very heavy cloth, are made to sweep the
floor all around.
There are, however, many skirts made of
round length and many which clear the
ground decidedly, and these seem much
more sensible than a long skirt in such
heavy cloth. OF course, there is not the
same need for short skirt as in walking
but still in getting in and out long skirt
is awkward and is apt to make the wearer
seem so. One very decided feature of the
new fashions that is really worth noting is
that the long skirts are entirely without
trimming around the bottom, while the
short skirts have stitched bands or lines of
braid Nothing is uglier than a long skirt
Of this heavy cloth with elaborate trim
ming. The beauty of the folds is entirely
destroyed by 1t. A short skirt, on the con-
trary, acquires a certain style and finish
from fiat trimming short distance from
the bottom.
For headgear nothing is more practicable
than the fur or fur-lined hood, which may
be worn over the cap of leather or cloth,
or it may be close-fitting. 1t is best, how
ever, to have it large enough to wear over
the leather cap, as then it may be kept for
very cold weather and merely pulled on
over the other cap.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21
A Bridesmaid Dress,

Chiffon cloth in a cream shade is a good
material made in princess style with shir-
ring at the waist and the skirt series of
tucks beginning just below the line of the
hips with quite narrow one, and increas-
ing in width as they descend. The gathers
cease before they reach center front, leav
ing a narrow plain panel. Arrange a bit
Of dainty lace over pale pink at the waist
line of the panel, suggesting belt, and
strap in with pink velvet and tiny buckles.
Slash the top of the gown to display a yoke
of lace over pale pink, strapped as at belt
between the slashings. If you turn the
edges in neatly no finish will be necessary,
and do not add anything full or fluffy
about the shoulders.
Make full puff sleeves, first tucking a
good deal, bringing into lace cuffs, if you
like pink and blue combination, line the
lace with one, using the other color for the
strappings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21
Up-to-Date Rings.

outrun all others in prevailing fashion.
One is the large single stone, about which
setting is to be seen other than tiny
brilliants running down on the finger band;
the other is the antique ring of curious
and exquisite workmanship.
The mistake, however. which many WON.
make in the wearing of these rings is
that they do not consult their becoming
ness to the hand. A ring should be as care
fully and individually chosen as hat
Fat, dmply hands, or those that are
short and thick set. look infinitely better
without rings of any sort.
1t is the long. slender hands that can
best stand large rings; even bony, thin
ones, SO long as they have a look of white
ness and delicacy, can wear them with adj
vantage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21
Baby's Short Clothes.

When making babys short clothes
mothers will find it great saving if they
will do the two following simple things:
Make the neckbands of the dresses a trif1e
larger than necessary, then draw very nar-
row tape through. and when making the
sleeves cut them a little longer than re-
uuired and sew two horizontal tucks be-
low the elbow If this is done. as baby
grows and his little arms lengthen the
tucks can be let out and the string around
his neck need not be tied SO tightly. In
this way the little dresses will last much
longer without being outgrown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21
A Necessity for the Stage.
From Pearson's Magazine.

One must have one of two things for the
stage, beauty or personal charm, and the
greater of these is personal charm, because
1t lasts longer than beauty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21

The cloth waists resemble so closely the
Jackets that 1t is quite possible in the
warmer days to wear the gown without the
outside coat. trusting to fur or feather boa
or stole for the extra warmth that may be
required. AS can readily be understood
there is much to recommend such a fash
ion, for every woman delights in being
smartly gowned in the autumn, and de-
lights all the more when she has succeeded
in securing her costume some time in ad-
vance.
In spite of the new cloths being SO much
lighter in weight, and consequently more
possible to wear under coat, there are
many women who prefer still lighter
waist, and then a fancy silk or satin, chf-
fon or chiffon cloth is chosen. BY fancy
silk or satin is not meant Powered or
figured design. but some of the countless
new weaves that are always being brought
forward. Louisine and novelty silk or
satin called marQuisette are both popular
and can be found in shades to exactly
match the cloth; then with trimmings of
the cloth. the waist seems quite as though
part of the same material Chiffon is
delightful material to wear and, although
a pleated chiffon waist could scarcely be
called a new style. II is again to be seen
in many of the smartest costumes. Chit
fon cloth is another old favorite that ap-
pears again, and while chiffon itself is good
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21

"a most carefully planned, cut and
4 ~ studied SO that each is perfect in
detail. while at the same time In
harmony with the rest Of the gown. Elab
crate effects are still most popular and the
trimmings on both skirt and waist often
cost far more than the material or even
the making. Although the customer is al
ways told that expensive laces and orna-
ments have an intrinsic value and can do
duty on more than one gown, it is extraor-
binary how rarely they are found possible.
But this is not an age of economy-rather
an age where lavish expenditure is the fad,
so that the demand for lavishly trimmed
gowns is practically unlimited.
This season fashion has ordained that
the three-piece costume be worn, skirt,
waist and coat to match, each and all
elaborate the separate waist that Is al
ways in style being relegated to the more
severe style of tailor-made coat and skirt,
and even then the waist Is on the elaborate
order of lingerie and lace. the really plain
shirt waists finding use only with tennis or
golf gowns.
1t is extremely difficult at first glance to
distinguish between the coat and the waist
of the reception gowns this winter Often
they seem to be precisely the same
lines, or are so fashioned that they seem
indissolubiy mixed. For instance, the
sleeves of the outside coat would be quite
unfinished in effect were 1t not for the
sleeves of the waist showing beneath. In
front, the coat-or rather jacket, for the
short jacket is the favorite model for a CO.'S
tune of this descrption-would seem al
most crude were 1t not for the trimmings
on the waist, while the broad girdle or en-
broidered bodice makes all the difference
possible in the finish of the back
Dressmaking would seem to have reached
high degree OF perfection when it is pos
sble to wear a Jacket over such deliberately
trimmed waists as are now popular, but
1t has attained it. and the results are won
derful. Lace boleros and collars velvet
boleros and points-flat trimmings, to be
sure, but all taking up room-are popular
trimmings. while the waists In many in
stances are of cloth velvet to exactly
match the material OF the skirt. Time was
and not so long since, that 1t was thought
impossible and certainly most uncomforta-
bic to wear a cloth waist under cloth or
fur coat. Now, by using thinner lining and
with unlined yoke and Short sleeves with
unlined lace cuffs. If elbow sleeves are not
becoming. a cloth waist Is not too heavy
for really cold weather Then, Also there
are more weaves of cloth to be had that
are as light in weight almost satin,
while in truth all the most fashionable
cloths are light in weight and fine in tex
ture.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-21

LII the different parts of the fash
ionable costume of today are
most carefully planned, cut and
. studied SO that each is perfect in
detail. while at the same time In
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
Rents and Skyscrapers
Going Up in Company
Forty Thousand Year for New York
Store % Feet Square.

New York, July 8-The $4,000 a
year which is to be paid for the use
OF the ground floor in the new build
Ing at the southeast corner of Wall
street and Broadway is said to break
the record for New York rentals. The
store in question being only % feet
square, every foot of i IS area will
bring in $5102 annually, and the to-
tai sum represents more than twenty
times The value of an average Wall
street lot a century ago.
That astute ana rar-seeing realty
investor, John Jacob Astor," said an
official of the Trust Company of
America, whose duties in connection
with the affairs of that great cor
po:ation require him to keep
thoroughly informed as to real estate,
would have laughed to scorn any
person who should have told him in
1906 that such values would obtain in
1906 SO near the site of his little
Street Office; and yet he was account
ed foolish by his contemporaries
when he disposed of a lot on Wall
street for $4,000 Supposed to be a
low price, and bought eighty lots so
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
WATER POWERS OF NORTHERN
WISCONSIN

Great Development Shown m Recent
Years.
In no state are water powers
destined 10 be OF greater Importance
than in Wisconsin. The developed
water power has increased from &c..
700 horsepower in 1870 to $4,000
horsepower in 1900, but so far as
Known on no important river in the
state has all the available power
been developed In a paper by l.
IS. Smith, Just issued by me United
States geological survey, as water
supply and irrigation paper No. 1856,
are discussed the developed and I'M
developed water powers in the drain
age basins of Fox, Menimonee,
Peshtigo, Oconto, Wolf, Wisconsin,
Black. Chippewa, and st. Croix rivers,
and on the streams tributary to Lake
Superior This report. which may
be obtained on application TO the d.
rector Of the United States geologi-
cal survey at Washington, contains
prohles OF all streams that have been
surveyed, all available information
regarding stream flow, and descrip-
lions OF conditions at points where
power Is developed or available.
The United States geological sur
vey is now making additional sur
veys of streams in cooperation with
the state of Wisconsin. This work
Is In charge of Professor L. S. Smith
During the present fiscal year the
state and the United States geologi-
cal survey have each allotted $3.50
to this work, which is being pushed
as rapidly as the available funds per.
nit Its extension will depend upon
further cooperation and appropria-
tons by the state.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18

largely to the fact that their grand
father had faith enough in the fu-
ture of New York TO pay $500 each
for some eighty odd lots comprising
the block bounded by Fifth and Sixth
avenues and Forty-second and Forty
third streets. Today the land, which
is divided between the doffmans and
Mrs Gerry. is appraised at s7,33S,000
Among other prominent realty hold
ers We find such names as Hammers
ley, Potter, Gallatin, Cutting and
Gilsey, and, of more modern origin.
Crimmins, Hoe, Bowling. and Claf1in,
Isaac Clothier of Philadelphia and the
late Marshall Field of Chicago.
Two corporations, intimately con-
nected with the old names and with
the history of Manhattan, stand out
among the realty holders. They are
Trinity Church and the Sailors Snug
Harbor Trinity, which existed even
when New Workers were Dutch
burghers, continually received gifts of
farms of value The boundaries of
the Trinity property have changed
much with the years, but the origi-
nal church plot as first granted ran
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
EDUCATIONAL BILL.

The following is a synopsis of the
new educational bill introduced in
the British parliament and now un
der discussion there:
l. A single type of school.
2. No elementary school to re-
.ceive a penny of public money unless
it becomes a provided Tor public
school within the meaning of the act.
3. Complete public control
4. DETERMINATIONS religious
teaching in all schools alike.
5. All teachers to be appointed by
local education authority, without re-
ligious tests.
give religious teaching.
Z. Sectarian schools to be rented
by education authorities.
8. Facilities" in present non-pro-
vided Cor denominationaD schools
only
On not more than two mornings a
week;
In time not reckoned as school
hours.
When demanded by parents.
At expense of denomination.
BY teachers chosen by the denomi-
nation and not by the ordinary staff.
g. In non-provided schools, in towns
and populous places ito meet special
ly the cases of Jews and Roman
Catholics), extended facilities" for
religious teaching in school hours,
when demanded by not less than
four-ffths of the parents, may be
granted by the education authority.
TO- NO sectarian teaching in exist
ing council schools, either in or out
of scnool hours.
IL No parent required to send child
to school during time CT religious in
struction.
II. National education council for
Wales.
10. Exchequer grant of a million
a year to meet cost of renting pro
vided schools.
IA. Commission of three to ex-
anime trust deeds and arrange
schemes for transfer of provided
schools, where difficulties arise
is. Power to borough, urban, and
district councils to request delegation
Of powers of local administration
from county councils, with appeal to
board Of education-whose decision
shall be final-if refused.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18

5iuer as the despised sandwich nan.
After entering the theater there is
usually wait of an hour and half
to two hours while the management
hang out huge signs-"Pit Full" Cal
lery Full"-in the hope that it may
lead to Stalls Full" House Fur' in
regular progression.
The practice of hiring messenger
boys to hold a Place until the doors
opened, grew to such proportions and
was so palpable cruelty that public
protests have been made against the
practice.
Once inside the London theaters
the hat question is a burning issue.
The management usually makes an
appeal for the removal of he2dgear.
At matinee every woman wears her
hat, and almost without exception Dos
lively refuses to remove it, even when
requested, while at night no lady
would think of wearing a hat to thu
theater at all-but fashion rules. not
consideration. At a few theaters the
management will make feeble at.
tempt to aid an objector to a hat, but
it is the exception.
During one of the performances Q.
the Greek tragedy OF Electra" at the
Court theater, where the audience was
supposed to be most cultivated and
enlightened, the play was stopped by
a hat contest. A woman in the stalls
had on a huge dropping affair of the
Sir Joshua Reynolds period. It was
as large as a goOd-sizeC parasol, and
effectively cut off the view of a num-
Der of persons Ia the rear. A brave
woman Immediately behind, who had
no possible chance of seeing the stage,
asked politely to have the hat re-
moved. No shall not" was the
reply. Then a clergyman vent down
and begged the man accompanying the
woman 10 use his authority to have
the hat removed. mo, I shall not
whereupon one of the managers was
the curtain went up, a dozen people
rose to their feet and shouted, Hat
off or leave-hat off or return our
money. For five minutes the actors
stood quietly in their places and
waited, while the demonstration went
on. Then the man accompanying the
large hat got up and walked out The
tumult increased; and in minute or
two more the woman leisurely walked
out also. By this time most Of tho
audience were on their feet, while the
Greek chorus stood silent on the stage.
Immediately the offender left. the
audience settled back in perfect ST.
lence and the play went on. The man
agement declared they had no legal
right TO eject the woman, that in such
cases the audience had to settle its
own difficulties.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
Our Foolish Alphabet.

Why, think of It.! We've not even a
reputable alphabet; the letters are all
tangled up. is when it isn't Y,
and more than half the time Y is doing
duty for I. S is sometimes 2. G is ].
and poor C is always either S or K.
We've got four distinct ways to ex
press the y sound-gn. pm. KIN, and n:
four WAYS to write the terminal sylla.
bic "er"---e-r, ar, or, and i-r; and FIVE
ways TO sound the letters o-u-g-h--uff,
awf. ow. 90. and o. And there are no
rules, Each Of the myriad cases must
be separately hammered into stu
dents head. And this is work for
babes MARY Bronson Hartt Ia
Womaus Home Companion.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-07-18
PROGRESS IN MEXICO.
The Country Under Diaz's Rule Has
Become Powerful.

become Powerful.
Today, under the rule OF President
Porfrio Diaz. all is changed. Rail-
ways and te,egraphs have penetrated
every section of the republic, and what
"es a quarter of a century ago a
loosely linked federation has become
one of the strongest and most cen
tralized governments in the world,
says the Atlantic. Power has been
placed In the hands of this remark
able ruler and he has used it wisely
and in a paternal spirit for the good
# all classes of Mexican citizens.
Rapid transit, popular education and Il
strict vigilance exercised over the
states has transformed Mexico. One
brain and one win have swayed the
destinIes of the country and the ef-
fects of well-understood and steady
purpose are manifest in the marvellous
and substantial progress of the nation
The elimination of the professional
politician and the demagogue has been
accomplished and the services OF
every man of energy and intelligence
have been enlisted for cooperation
with the president in his work of mod.
ernizing Mexico. No man of genuine
ability escapes being drafted into that
great army of MeXicans who are
guided by the modernizer of his coun-
try. Lawyers of eminence, bankers,
educators, engineers, all men of Gre
ative, of executive force, have been
sought out and utilized. The work
of Porfirio Diaz has been the creation
of strong, solvent and efficient nation
within the space of life remaining to
a man who attained supreme power
at the age of AZ years. He has had
no time to waste in useless debate.
This much should be known, If the
record of even one year of Mexican
is to be understood.