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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-03
ART STUDENTS
BEFORE: COURT j :. |.
Studios Of League Searched and
Secretary Placed Under III
Arrest.
Associated Press.)

10Y <ASSOclkhtC%l fIleS5'
43a NEW YORK. August 2.-Upon a war
rant sworn out by !, Anthony comstock.
secretary Of the Society for the Suppress
sion Of Vice, the studios OF the Art STU
dents League, one Of the most noted art
schools In America, were to-day searched
and the bookkeeper. Miss Anna robinson,
was placed under arrest. It was charged
by agents Of 1.-THE society that the repro
auctions OF figures in the, nude, Sontained
in the fall catalogue which the league
was about to Issue, were OF an Immoral
character. A patrol wagonload OF the
catalogues was seized and taken to the
Police Court as evidence. Magistrate
Mayo adjourned for q further hearing
on August 7th the charges against
Miss Robinson, the only person placed
under arrest. Is Il t}1G
Il The pamphlet seized by the society's
agents Is the one issued regularly each
fall to- prospective students, and shows
pictures Of the work turned out by the
students of the school. The Issue Is
styled 1.-THE American Student Of Art"
and specimen pictures are such as are,
seen In any art studio or museum. In
the book there are but two pages devoted
TO the nude.
u The Art Students League maintains In
No. els West Flfty-seventh Street studios
and appointments for instruction In fine
art No question has ever been raised
before as to the character C. the pans
phlets issued or of the art exhibited.
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Soothing the Celebrity. D

5is.'I am requested ladies and gentle
men" suayely said Colonel Handy Polk,
addressing the beauty and chivalryi OF
Torpidsville In the Grand Old Commons
wealth OF Arkansas, assembled to enjoy
the third In the Lyceum Courses series
Of entertainments. ITO Introduce to you.
In a-er-h'm!--few well-ohosen words.
the distinguished gentleman who will
ah!-edify us upon this occasion. man
whom we all know 80 well BY reputation.
whose name is a household word from
one bound OF this broad land to the
other, whose delicate satire has amused
and entertained the whole nation. whose
wealth Of humor Is the laughing link be-
twixt the Month and the South, and.
er-ah l-well, have now done 80, and he
will-er- er-now do 90, In dies and gem
tlemen, thank you for-But. ah-h'm!-
Cunning to the celebrity by the way,
what did you say your name VASE
Puck, 85 4.
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SPROUs'G|vEN
E|GAT'|'E|| [: !: IN A.
For Killing 81 Conrad Z, Boyd,
Cement Works Foreman,
in June.
iAy NOTORIOUS sPERADo
----- ~ 81; h
He Would Have Been Ly1cl,cd
but for Timely Arrival
81 Sheriff.
(speclnl 70 rhe Times. 5 spa 4 tc 81,

gf5sf Especial to Tho {yI1tneB-DispntCh.) F5f,Gs
u TAUNTON, VA, August 2.--The Jury
In the case OF Crank sprouse. who has
been On trial I In the Circuit Court for
eight days charged with numbering Con-
rad Boyd on June 9th last, gave him
eighteen years In the penitentiary. His
co,lnsol will ask for an appeal Ri
Frank sprouse u q notorious Desperate
OF asprouse Hollow, " which Is a few
miles from Tordwick. where the, largest
cement plant IN the South is located. Con-
rad Boyd was d foreman In one OF the
deartments, was young married man
and leaves a wife and small child. 81
b ssprouse had been working mt tho CO.
unent plant but had been discharged or
stopped work "a few days before the
shooting III. gi9 55,ggt IA HI III IKE
ss!i3 It seems that sprouse held soma malice
against Boyd and on the morning of the
5shootin, sprouse rod BY the oommissary
4 on his wheel. Boyd, 2who was sitting
on the platform eating strawberries re-
marked that he had a notion to throw
/ them in Sprouse s face sprouse remark
Z ed /: you will have to show me. ~ He
I then went to the Store. bought five 3s-
callbre cartridges and returned. There
Sprouse in the collar and led him to the
platform and told him to go on home.
sprouse started Oh. loaded his revolver,
and when a short distance from the plat
form Boyd rushed d him and Jumped on
4 his back, when Sprouse began to shoot.
Boyd was shot three times In the abdo-
men and died In q few minutes. a few
minutes before the shooting there was "a
lively rock battle between the two. l,'s
s After sprouse had 81 emptled every
chamber in his gum he started to run,
and was pursued by q posse, which, as
sprouse Expressed himself, "shot at me
OH every jump I made" Finally some
one ran out with 9 shotgun loaded With
buckshot and wounded sprouse in three
places. The first man OF the posse to
reach sprouse liter he fell ran up to
I him and stood 81 on his, neck, until the
Others arrived: sfB Il Is
a He was arrested. and but for the timely
arrival OF the &sher1t Il from staunton, he
would have been lynched.
Sprouse has twice broken out OF the
Augusta county all here, and remarked
on the witness stand with a smile that
5i:lswas an easy job to- get out. The
last time he bFoke jail he only had eight
days to serve, and later returned and
served the balanos Of his time.
q Boyd was a powerful man, and It was
testified to. In u court that he had killed
one man and severely cut another, and as
saprouse was az sma1 mar, ninetee years
told, he claimed to have shot Boyd In self
defense.
& The case has created o great deal Of
Interest the courtroom being crowded
each day during the trial, which has
been going ON for a week.
4 The Commonwealth was represented by
Mr.. Richard s. Ker, assisted by Mr.. g..
d. Undertake Jr.. and the defense, by
Mr., Charles Curry and Captain J. L.
.Bumgardner. "A Isl 3t3 q,
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4.5 WAS INEVITABLE.
Rate Of Speed Cause q; of Great CT eat
III ,5! Salisbury Wreck. III IN
DIV AssoIated \ Press. } \

4l7igR M (Ey AEso0ated Press q vi
S8 LONDON, Aug,lsa 2. Presiding at the
shalf-yearly meeting OF shareholders OF
the London and Southwestern Railway to-
day Sir Charlie Cotter said that the
cause or the disaster at Salisbury ] July
! to the Plymouth express, resulting In
the loss of over score OF lives. VIA
unlike many others, not shrouded 5;sal In
mystery. The schedules were so arranged
as to allow the trains to run through
Salisbury well under thirty miles an hour,
OF which every engineer was aware. For
some reason not ascert ainable, the en-
glne0 OF the wrecked express ran his train
over sixty miles an hour. at which speed
e. disaster was Inevitable. Up to the time
Of the Salisbury disaster the companygh had
not lost a passenger since January, i, 1882.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-03
Al PRETTY i WEDDING d
IAMET 4. o. ] CHURCH |.l.|. ] il
Miss Sallie katherine spessard
Bride Of Thomas Goodwin
Maury. Il M
Especial to Tho Times Dispatch.)

SALEM, v Az, August g "A very pretty
wedding was solcHnizod this evening ut
the Methodist Church, where Miss Ssallie
Goodwin Maury ~ were 4 united. sathe cere-
mony being performed & by Rev. David
Bush. assisted by S$ Rev. u n Il. 81 II. Joyce.
OF Backsburg. o 81
sister of8the bride, was maid &of honor,
and DR.. 4 Simpson, OF r Richmond. acted
as best man. DR.. N iris. NJ O. }. q Den.
init 8and Judge Nomt II were Bitsh ers nd
Miss Claudine re uson presided at the
organ. 5s
The bride 1 Is a daugh ter Of the late
Major M. p. spessard I, of Craig county
a 4 Major spessard was made e II capt n of
q 8f company OF volunteers from Craig
was afterwards promoted ito ma or..i He
was With Picketts e! vision at g tvs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-03
Norton,-.sSc,az,lr,,o,e..

"a iE3 Especial to The Times Dispa tchj \, M
+ .SCEiATHAM. VA August 2.-nIss Mat
tie Florence Scarce, OF near Mount Gross,
and Mr.. Albert N. Norton, IT near Whit
ONCE Nv ednesday, \ Rev ". RI CASTOR, OF
the Chatham Presbyterian Church. off,
clnted The office was Allied with friends
OF the contracting parties. among them
many Chatham people. n 4, II
After a short stay In town the happy
pair departed tor their home. several
miles In the country, where they will re-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-03
IL. TAFT TO SPEAK.
Will Aid 1'I.i !: in light a gainst Labor
III Maine Il 3s 3ss5 y
.'7E (Rv Associated I Press. ) !.

~. - tRv AHsociated Press. l35 "a
WASHINGTON August 2-Seoretary
Taft will assist In the Maine campaign
by delivering at least one speech in Rep
Eresentative Littleheld's district earlyS#in
September The avowed purpose OF or
tganized labor to defeat Mr.. Littleheld be-
cause Of his attitude toward measures
which the erican Fedora ton of Labor
supported, is focusing attention upon
Maine. It has alread y q beer annopncetl
that Speaker Cannon, who also has been
singled out for labor opposition, Will;
assist Mr.. Littledeld in his campaign.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-03
Railway Car1rnle en- Strike
ll333 3 by Associated Press d "

5.53( by Assoclate Press.)
MACON, .,f Aug ,lst "a general
strike Of car work ers on the Central Of
Georgia Railroad was ord cred o-daySSb BY
the Brotherhood OF r Railway Carmen
#t " m edition to the members OF the
5brotherhood a few painters. round housc-
men and others are involved. gs About 300
men are affected ny the II strl keS a ns$ Cos
Slumbus and "a tlantn, Ca, and ChattA-
snoogna y Tenn sS
"a The men demanded increase les ofsiI5g2s y ~
cents an hour for the men IN TIL coach,
shop, ten cents a day for the freight syard
carpenters. ten cents d. d ay b for 4 he mill
men who run mach Ines and fifteen cents
a day for the caboo semen. sf{si iss
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-03
ATTEMPTEDHROBBERY..
Burglar Bores Hole il, in Safe q q
$sl Dietz Printing Company. n

The Deitz Printing Company, at Twelfth
and Franklin Streets, was entered We'd
nesday night by Q robber. and !. an at
tempt made to drlll g way into the safe:
The man was evidently scared Away
aooompiishing his work and k:.ly taking
. a FEW small articles. The building was
entered BY q holo being cut through q
glass and the latch to the door being
The attempt was discovered by Mr..
August Detz yesterday morning. and
the matter put In tho hands OF tho police.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-03
makes CHARGE 81 Remains.

1-IT Especial to The TInes- DFs3Atah.JI .-1.. Y.
NORFOLK, VA, August 81 Charles G.,
Lewis father OF Harry Lewis, q youth
who shipped aboard 6 the barge Annie
name Of jack King. who died Mt St., Wins
cents Hospital recently, and was buried
IN Elmwood Cemetery by the Marine Hos,
nital Service authorities, arrived here to-
day to arrange for the transfer OF the
BODY OF his son to Burlington. s'} n
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-03
I Roanoke Association.

Especial to The Times-D p, spatoh.)
VA. August 2,--The Roa-
noke Baptist Assoc tlon, composed OF
a few each In the counties OF Henry and
Halifax, Will meet with Greenfield Church
near Chalk Level, this county, on Tues
day after the second Sunday In August,
Baptist Association will meet In Danville
on Friday, the 10th, Good weather pre-
vailing, both will be largely attended
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-03

ignation and appointed Mr.. Thomas a.
Lynch, of Tasawell county, az clerk az
thu Senate until the next session OF the
legislature, when the clerk Will be for
mally elected by that body. 5gi / 4
p Mr.. Lynch Ia we'll known In Richmond,
where he has many. friends, and II his
friends both In his home county and In
this city will be glad TO hear Of his
sppo ntmsat n !. NJ NJ ~ -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-03
Youp11g Irby Acquitted.

Ira Irby, who was arrested u few days ago
upon warrant sworn out by.a woman char e.
in POLICE Court yesterday Young Mr. Irby
showed BY testimony that he had not COM .,.n
mtted any wrong, and that the warrant W srs
sta nd Ing, asi5 liI35 gti3t8 g4E
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-03
Washington Affairs.

(From Our Regular Correspondant,)
appointed: stewartsVIlle. Bedford eoun-
~, Samuel F.. Harris, vice a. y, Dick
North Carolina. Oin. Iredell county,
Thomas n. shoenlake, vice Cora B,
Stack removed, 1, All A III .lS
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-03
APPOINTS Mr.. LYNCH
CLERk0|F THE. SENATE
,Tazewell Politician is Well
known in His County and in
Richmond.

Soon after the I'D journment Of the last
Legislature, which elected Colonel Joseph
Button Insurance commissioner. he tens
dered his resignation as clerk of the
Senate, a position that he had occupied
for about ten years, Governor Swanson
held the resignation In allegiance until
yesterday when, after the induction Of
Colonel Button into the office of Insur-
ance Commissioner, he accepted the rss-
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-03
Personals and Briefs.

Rev. George TT. Ray passed through
the city yesterday, returning from Ma
nassas, where he went on the slst Of
July TO assist In laying the corner
stone of a Masonic Temple, near the
battle field.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-03
/ The Operation a Success. a

operated upon for appendicitis at the
Virginia. Hospital yesterday afternoon by
Dr. Mel Lean The operation was an en-
tire success, and the speedy recovery or
Miss Watkins Is hoped tor. 4;
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-03
Grocery, Outing.

E9'rhe seventh annual outing Of the re-
tail tgrocers will be hel & next Wednesday
at Ocean View. It is expected that two
train loads Of people WI i take the trip,
committee on amusements has arranged
all sortsFof features. and q baseball game
will be played between the sdrummers and
clerks. = greasy pig contest will also be
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-03
.N0RF0lKMAh ELECTED
Will MEE7'|N NORFOLK
slR Assoclated Press

98s,..33 S(Ry Associated Press ~
tional Jobbing Confeotloners, Association
to-day elected these officers: President,
IL. H.. Bark sdale. Norfolk, Val; First
Vice President. George r. Robinson. Bos-
toni Secretary Ale5. MeLoWell, Y, ILLS
Norfolk, Va. twas chosen aA HE next
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-03

The train will leave over the Norfolk
and Western at 8 o. clock, returning at Z
20 clock In the evening. 3E lN5 s!..lI
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interment oakwIo,oud Cemetery

Thursday morning; az
\ her residence, 10 W. Clay Street. -'-fs 3,
MARSHA LI, p, RlJ RIO !,
otlce rs funeral MAJ % announces
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Land Of the Sky
Ashevine, N
Spec ial Excursion
August 4 9th, 1906,
Southern Railway.
Southern Railway.

T,ckets on sale for all regular trains
August 18TH, Good to return on any res
fular train up to August sdth, tnclnslye,i
a splendid opportunity 70 visit ths Nortn
skv and the beautiful, Sapphire G'oun-
~ Tow rate side trip tickets on sale
at at Aaheyile to the various nearby attrno-
tive points. 4. y. M n
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EXTENSION OF TT1NINN y HUlyNk'5
VERTE, e. q Q, RAILWAY, M N
Enectiya July sssh, G, 8 g, train No
,l5. leaving Richmond q so AZ N, VIII run
through to Ronceyertes w. Vas, GA dai'y az
cent sunday, arriving Ronoeyerye a;tS
{P. NJ, instead Of only to Clifton lioTge.
stopping az prime pal stations weas \ q
e'llSton Forge, !ss3 "a AMI
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DEATHS

FAIRI.AMB,- Died August I'd, 1880
O'Clock. at the residence Of his father,
1113 Brook Road. w. ~ b. FA1RIlANlR,
4 eldest son of e, r. and Henrietta
Falrlainh. 55g ,9s n .Fs
a& (Friday), AtIcsUsT sd. at 4ao +, NJ.
from Clay Street NJ, H.. Church, Friends
! and acquain tances arc invited to at
tend, .ii n u a; IN
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-03

81 Mr.. Maury4 Is q photographer-on Of
the best In tho State. This photo Of Miss
spessard Is his work, and represents her
In q touring oap Il ffS l5$2
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03
Begin Again 'roday.

Emerson sald he was an endless ey-
perllhthter with no past at his back.
ms Is the secret Of finding every day
new ana delightful. TO be bound down
by what TRANSFERRED yesterday, to as.
sumo that things must certainly be so
because they have always been SO. is
to limit life to narrow confines. Tbs
Joy ol existence is to tackle every day
as fresh problem. Who knows what
II may bring forth? Nothing prevents
US from living it IN an entirely new
way, MS If yesterday had never been
ana tomorrow We're not. TO be ham.
pereu by no precedent. cowcd by no
rear, Is to strike out OH fresh trails
and find lew delight daily. E1cl,u,ipn
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03
The Standard Supply
Company, Inc.

NO. 26o8 Huntington Avsnua.
J. White Chandler. R. H BrushWood,
President. Secretary.
j. p. Gayle, Treasurer.
Don't forget che place where youscap
buy studebaker Wagons Of
every style.
We carry full line OF Runabouts,
Surveys, Top Buggies, Grocery War.
ons. and many other spring Vehicles.
Harness and Horse Furnishings. Har.
ness Repairing n special feature
good work assured.
Farm Implements, including The toi.
lowing well-known makes: oliver Chill
Plows, Deerlng G. Mccormick Movers
and Rakes, Disc Harrows, Disc Guilt.
VatQrs' farmers Friend Corn Plant
ers, Planter juniors, and many others
Agents for Austin-Western Road
Machinery, Armour's Fertiiizers-bot-
tom prices for CASH.
The biggest line ever offered tn our
city. Call and look 1t over before
buying. We want your business.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03
ALPINE AVALANCHES.
Shese Deadly snowslidcs Are Often
Started bJ u sound.


There nre many kinds OF uvaanches.
There are the powdcry avalanche, the
creeping variety, the glacier avalanche
md others. When tile sun strikes upon
the illimituble snow fields aud the snow
begins to move the muss IN its descent
gathers weight and force, tearing away
ruurmUus rock masses and millions OF
tons Of soil. until at length With u
noise like thunder. il expeuds Its fury
on the level floor of Il valley where de-
tehSeless villages may be.
great avalanche of this kind has an
Invisible fOrcrlnner almost as deStruc-
tive us itself. This is the terrific hurri-
cane caused by the mir it displaces. 1t
Is no common sight to see giant trees
llprooteu, broken and twisted the
boughs wrcichrd from the trunk,
leaves and needles clean stripped from
The twigs and the very tops wrenched
from Il lhrcll forest before ever the ava
lanche itself has struck the wood.
II Is OH still days When II lighted can
die Will hardly flicker in the icy air
that tile danger Is greatest. The snow
has been falling quietly yet heavily for
several days anu hus settled OH precip-
itous slopes above the village 10 nn i'm.
nense depth lt'needs bur the slightest
and almost imperccptible cause to set
! 1t III motion. Hnd the wind been blow
| ing 1t would never have umussed 10
such depths. but would have Slipped
down In lesser quantities. On such
days Tie position mules the bells OF
his team; the father will clIide his child
Tor slanililg the door. Three enor-
nous aralancles We're once started In
Switzerland merely by tile sounding of
the "Visl,' or the first bell for church
service. bird ;lightlilg. an icicie fall
ing from II rock the monster be.
gins his downward rush Villagers
sometimes try 10 bring down ava
lhhclies at an advantageous time by
hiring of guns or even by shouting
WOman's Home Companion.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03
RAID ON LOTTERY MEN
Secret Service Agents Make Manu-
Big H'1's
TONS Of TICKETS ARE SEIZED
Hundreds of Business Men Along
the Atlantic coas. are implicated
in the Gigantic swindIs-Arrests
by the Wholesale are to b. Made.
iBY Assnciated pressl


NEW YORK, May 2.-The stimuli
taneous raids in New York, Phiia-
delphia, Wilmington, Del. and Glou-
ce&ter, n. j.. on the headquarters of
the Honduras Lottery, the continue
iion of the Louisiana Lottery, i'm
plicates many business men, and has
struck hard blow at the lottery
concern, which may lie put out of
business. Hundreds of arrests are
20 follow the raids.
II is reported that warrant has
been issued among others for the
arrest OF John NJ Rogers, president
OF The John NJ. Rogers Press Com
pany. of Wilmington, where two
tons CT lottery tickets were found.
The raids were made by Secret Ser
vice Operator Donoghue.
When the Louisiana Lottery was
forced ont OF existence Rogers. 1t Is
alleged, took control OF the Whining.
ton end.
Operator Flynn and three deputy
hi'i ahiia Ill new York seized the al
iesed dressmaking establishment OF
Mrs. l.. Dugan, at TIC Seventh Ave.
nue.. this city. There one box of lot.
terry ticket plates and two boxes
holding about 1000 tickets each.
were taken
In Gloucester Operator Griffin of
Philadelphia, with the other secret
service men. raided Rogers Drill
works. There four boxes OF lottery
Ticket plates were seized. Half an
honr later Operator Donoghue. with
United States deputy marshals, clos.
ed in on the Rogers Press Company
OF Wilmington, and the building was
put under guard.
In every city along the Atlantic
coast, from Boston To New Orleans.
business men are at present enpar-
ed in backing this Wonderfully nroC.
table enterprise. and their arrest is
but a matter of time. These busi.
ness men who in many cases hold
nigh social position hold stock in tho
lottery. There are more than 2 O0o
agents employed in this work, as
well rs door-to-door canvascrs. All
these are, it is said, scheduled for
arrest.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-05-03
OLD ROMAN WAYS.
Beauty Births. Perfumes, Toilets and
Cruelty OF The Women.

Cruelty OF The Women.
women OF ancient, luxurious Rome
used to cut parsley aS II mouth cleans sr.
Honey boiled in wine and unIseed was
also sweetener Of the breath, and
pastlis OF myrtle were employed for the
same purpose. Silver tongs and knives
were employed In caring for the nails.
10 woman of social eminence cut her
own finger nails. Those who hud nos
skilled slaves employed BARRIERS. Per-
fection in these respects was one OF the
thirty beauties attributed to Helen of
Troy Great pains We're bestowed on
rue rect, FOR 1t Wus considered that the
breeding was betrayed by them as eas.
lily as by the hands They were always
much IN evidence, the sandals worn not
hiding them. Long, tapering fingers
We're highly priced. Various kinds of
herb decoctions were emp.syed to beau
tify the fingers. Pliny gives recipes for
removing any undesired substances
from the nails.
Asses milk contributed to the white
ness Of the woD,eu's skin It was so1ass,
times poured into the bath and the
whole body laved in 1t, and sometimes
the hands and fuce were sponged with
1t from a silver basin, the soft linen
towel completing the process. The hair
was deicatcly scented. and all kinds of
washes and burnishers were applied to
It. IL took many slaves to bring the
tresses Into the classic bands or high
pyramids which We're the fashion at
various times. Perfumes were not only
applied to hair, hands, clothes and the
person generally. but pervaded the
rooms, Which were hung with garlands
anu decorated with blooms OF mans
kinds. The dresses Of Roman matrons
were made brilliant with various proc
esses OF pressing and smoothing, ma
chimes being employed for the purpose.
Enough most refined In the duties OF
the toilet. the women OF that day were
barhar1c In their cruelty. Woe be to the
poor slave who failed to follow her mis-.
tfess' command. She was whipped by
uhe public tiagellator If she did not fan
prey 10 the personal fury Of her mig
ucss, VINO would hurl at her victim tir;
mirror or anything else at hand and
would hot disdain to pierce her tender
mesh with the long. ever ready. huirpin
II nails, teeth and hands were not suf,.
Client. Chicago News.