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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

overlapping frilIs on the hem. This ar
rangement is always becoming TO 4
stout girl. The slender young woman
should have her Princess gathered
closely about the waist line, and should
trim the skirt with horizontal tUcks.
lace, folds. or bands.
The very tall girl will look well In a
double and triple effect skirt. having in
sertions of bread bands ard all sucn ar
engagements. The upper skirt. tucked
into the belt and cut into shallow points
below the knee 70 meet a deep, full
flounce, is a good model trimming as
fancy indicates. Another. equally be-
coming, is a full skirt with self-bands
first pintUcked. then set in at intervals
outlined with a little griuing OF the
material If sheer. as NULL or with silk
folds, ii such goods as wolfe IS employed
Waists for this type OF girl should be
fun and fluffy. a jumper frock worn
over a very fluffy guimpe being es-
pecially good.
Belts must be wide. end the short
bolero gathered into a loose girlde OF
band Will be found very becoming.
\ bolerO of chiffon worn over a soft
silk frock. viii be most effective; the
sleeves simple short puffs, meeting long
gloves A slightly tull skirt gathered
into the sbelt and tucked on the bottom,
each tuck edged with a little frill, is
popular model and ore generally be-
coming, the bodice being designed 70
suit the wearer. The average girl may
choose the round Dutch neck and have
the full lower portion Of the waist tucked
horizontally 10 match the skirt, while
her plumper sister may adope TIE same
style, hut add bretelles or suspenders
by way OF breaking the line Of the
tucks around the body.
Bowknots OF ribbon. lace, or braid are
always popular decoration for skirt.
An excellent model for this garment to
be worn by girl unduly stout is made
in seven cores. each one forming a
trihe box pleat- In mohair a bOWknot Of
ribbon or braid may decorate the lower
edge Of each pleat
The waist would be in surplice effect.
with tied bows on the shoulder and flur-
tering ends sewn down to the waist.
back and front. Lingerie will be the
pretuest for the chemisette and white
ribbon for the belt. The sleeves could
be capes in bell effect. each trimmed
with a bowknot and OVERLAPPING puffs of
lingerie Such a frock would not only
he smart for the graduation. but would
come In for so much practical wear
afterward, besides being so uncommon
Grammar school graduates must come
IN for share OF attention as well as
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26
Odd Necklaces With Stones
to Match Costumes Much in Favor

finished with drops. resembling a solid
tassel OF mOther-Of-pearl and is. more
properly speaking. for evening wear
than those previously described Plump
women Will ind this rope style very Ce-
coming. for the chain Is passed around
the neck and tied once very loosely IN
Ger the chin Tire ends reaching the bust
IN irregular lengths. Longer chains vill
extend as far as the waist line Though
a simple ornament, ii seems really to
perform its mission. producing the relief
ana all the decoration necessary
Dos collars have just none C their
popularity, although they are regarded
as mere Of a winter necklace than one
for summer wear. The pink coral dog
collars, barred with diamonds. are ex-
iremely effective, although the strands
Of pearl so connected will never 90 out
Of fashion This is no reason, however,
for believing that such necklace may
be worn unfortunately alike by dark
and fair. tire sallow and the clear white
or creamy skin.
A pearl necklace placed close 10 a SAL
low throat will only increase its yellow
ness. while the very opposite effect will
be the result II worn next to the creamy
or clear ivory skin. In this case Ihe
Wilderness win be intensified BY the prox
unity Of the pearls. Given a proper tint
OF skin. then pearls may be worn with
equal success by blonde and brunette.
Semi-precious stones are preferred 10
mock jewels, although the latter in
good imitation viii often cost more.
MoOnstones. amethysts, and topaz are
very effective set in dull gold. while
their soft luster viii as a rule prove far
more becoming TO the average woman
IMAM the greater brilliancy OF the dia-
mona or the ruby, which in nine cases
out or ten actually destroys any bright
ness OF eyes or complexion. or at The
least deadens it.
lherS are some women who cannot
wear successfully even the softest shades
OF precious stones. and so this type
should select one Of the quaint necklets
OF old gold or Indian silver, a string OF
duii amber beads or one in pink coral
set with duh gold. So great IS the diver
sity OF designs and colOTings IN neck
laces that the selection Suiting alike
taste and pocketbook. IS comparatively
an easy one. but a woman must take
care that the decoration OF the neck
snail be IN keeping with the costume
A string Of beads viii be appropriate
worn with a plain tailored waist For q
very dainty lingerie blouse any OF the
pretty slender gold pendant necklets, the
stones selected with regard 10 personal
taste. viii be pretty finish, while some
thing along the same line. but more or
nate will be chosen as an ornamentatiOn
for gown that is. termed full dress"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

their elder sisters. However. as these
little women average from twelve 10
fourteen years Of age. they are not apt
10 be particularly difficult to dress sue
cessfully. pretty simple styles and dainty
materials meeting all their needs.
The hOuncing and demi-fiOuneing in
nainsOok makes up into charming COM
mencement fToCkS. the wider flOuncing
being chosen for single skirts worn by
stout maidens and the narrower for the
baby bodice meets the skirt under a soft
sash and the neck is cut in Dutch effect.
finished by a ruftie of narrow embrOid-
cry Little pun sleeves confined by lace
bands complete a charming >frock
Another good model designed for
plump little girl was bodice and skirt
laid IN triple box pleats arranged TO re-
Semble a Cne-piece dress. The material
is cream wolfe. and on the lower edge Of
each pleat is white silk applique. The
only other decoration Is a handsome col
lar of cream batiste. setting on perfectly
fat from the slightly low Dutch neck,
Just exposing the plump throat, APP
pliQUed and lace trimmed, a soft frill
trimming the outer edge. A narroW
cream ribbon closely defines the waist
line and ties in bows and ends a little
to the LETT. The sleeves are simple puffs
underlying the deep collar. This frock
could be attempted at home, and so
might those Of the fiouncing, with every
chance OF success.
Smaller girls will wear white stock
ings and white slippers with large rib
bon bows, and white gloves, OF course.
Older graduates are preferring the
plump styles Of shoe, with the fiatter
bow Of buckles.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

II HE frOCk for commencement eEer-
cises Is just now the subject of
absorbing interest both TO girl
graduates and their mothers.
and many discussions must take place
and plans be made often. only to be
frustrated. before the all-important
question IS finally decided.
Correctly speaking, the dainty gown
should be extremely simple in style, but
TO this many girls object preferring
something, If not exactly elaborate. then
at least prettily trimmed. So far as
this is concerned. there is no reason
why such personal taste may not be
graunod, but the immature Judgment Of
the giEl should not be allowed to over
rule her elders if her demands will ex-
coed the dictates Of good taste.
Material IS the first consideration. and
certainly there is a wide field for seIec-
ton. If economy IS a factor. then the
bet results will be obtained by choosing
such goods as cotton wolfe. batIste or
lawn. Next in price come thin aIbatross.
nuns yelling. and fine briHiantine. and
these three. perhaps. lay greater claim
to pracdcability. as well as suitability.
than any other suggested fabrics.
More expensive. appropriate clothes
are China silk messaline. null. and silk
muslin.
- trimmings here are lace. ribbon,
fancy braid. satin. Or silk folds. chiffon,
and net. the choice depending upon the
kind CT material used in the dress il
trims. All-over lace combines we'll with
voile. yelling and albatross, fancy white
fiber braid being the prectiest ornamen~
tation for any OF the hrilliantines.
Lawn. Swiss. both plain and dotted. ba-
tiste, and China silk call for such laces
as Valenciennes and Mechlin. Null and
silk muslin frocks will 'depcnd largely
upon lots of shirri2g, fire tUcklng. and
hand needleworlt for their success, and
it might be said that these fabrics
should not be placed in the hands of
the amateur dUessmakers. for their de
velopment requires the utmost skill. or
the result will surely be a disappoinr-
rnent.
STYLES and models are the next ieonsid-
Grafton. and these vary quite as much
as the materials. A girl of medium
figure may safely choose, the Princess
adopting any form Of it that she pre-
fers- The maiden of plumper build may
still wear this mode. if she will run
vertical lines of lace down the skirt.
The prettiest finish is to bring two little
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

Artistic novelties for-the neck are as
much in favor this spring as they were
last summer. and there seems 10 be q
perfect craze just now for odd necklaces
end styles that match gowns with which
they are worn
A model of this kind Of jewelry that
is popular is a slender neclllet Of gold
with pendant OF -colored stones Many
women buy a stock Of these TO have one
that VIII match every gown in their
wardrobe
The newest precious or semi-preciOus
stone used in these pieces is a pear
shaped section OF pearl or drops Of
mOther-of-pearI, and as this will not con-
Ilict with the color of the dress worn
bids fair to come into popularity. The
chain. supporting such pendant is ex-
ceedingly fine. as. indeed, are them
jority OF these necklets. A little gold
hlgree work is attached 10 the middle
of the chain and one or three pearl
drops depend from H.
Another necklace that VIII be much
worn IS like a thick gold rope. its ends
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

the taffeta silk pettHoat has rungs
II wasn't so long ago that the rustic
OF a silk petticOat was music IN our
ears. The swish OF a silk-lined skirt
gave the ordinary woman more moral
support than stainless conscience
But that is now e thing OF the past.
Instead. of having a wardrobe fun OF
SILK skirts rivaling in hue the colors OF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

the rainbow. We have drawers full OF
white petticoats. They come TO Us
from France. each tied up with its own
perfumed ribbon, lots and lots OF them,
and Of all degrees Of elaborateuess.
For wear with our street gowns and
later with tailored linen clothes, we have
me lawn, with buttonholed edge and
perhaps a little delicate .torchon lace.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

mean on view or on sale at the stalls.
But Tie floor was dusty and our
gowns were light, and so. Of course, we
had 70 hold them UP. and equally. Of
course, frills and ruffies, the daintiesJ
and dlmiesu we're much IN evidence.
And all the frills and ruffles were OF
the lingerie description. For the knell or
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26
by hrs.
.hoLIy RnIckerbockeI

UZZLE. How many cents did
Paul Morton's pockets. contain
when the flower girls OF the Ac-
tress' Fund fair got through with
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26

A-Miss Gwendolyn
Burdens Simple
Frock Of White
Point d'Esprit and
Lace Worn a, the
Actors Fair.
B-Mrs. James Spey-
ers Dress Of Grace
full Lines and Ef-
feehve Trimming.
C-Striking Gown Of
Natter Blue Satin
Worn by Mrs. Aus
ten Gray. ..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-05-26
Graduation Frocks This Year
Made on Extremely Simple Lines

IT. HE frock for commencement exer-
Cises Is just now the subject of
absorbing interest both 10 girl
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-03
BULLOCK COMMISSIONERS
See No Need Of Raising Tax vaIua.
 tiOna.

See No Need Of Raising Tax vaIua-
 tiOns.
 Union Springs Herald.
 Monday it was rumored that the county commissioners would not sus- tain the recommendations of the back tax commissioner. and the rumors wereSnot without foundation. nor ere sons for their position. The, Herald here presents the condition which has prompted the action at Monday morn ings session of the board. when the following resolutions were adopted:
 Be 1t resolved by the commissioners court in session
 First, That as court represent ments are as high as they should be;
 Second. That taking the compara- tive assessments from the auditor s report, Bullock county shows as one of the highest. not a county adjoining compares favorably with 1t. except Montgomery. which is higher.
 Third. That In our opinion our peo- pie are bearing more than their lust share of the burdens. and conditions do not justify general raise of our taxes;
 Fourth, That in taking this action we do 1t with a full knowledge or the powers of the tax commissioners and action. and increase our taxes:
 Fifth, That in so doing burden will be saddled upon our people. whicf we believe to be unfair; unjust ano out of proportion to a large majority of the counties of the State;
 Sixth. That our relation with oui tax commissioner has been uniformly pleasant and we know he has done his full duty in a conscientious way without fear or favor.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-03

under consideration. If The Ad1erti- Ser will consider the significance of this fact: that company or corpor- ation, that secures the water power franchise At Muscle Shoals. does rot enter the field where cheap. conn modity exists, and by a combination, or purchase of control. making that product scarce and consequently high in price. In other words, a company isting. developed and tangible product. would from day to day enhance by charging the people an exorbitant price. The fact is. that the growth. condition of wealth at Muscle shoals creasingly valuable every year. The company that transforms the power at Muscle Shoals. purely from its own in7 vestments and efforts brings into our ed. namely, power. so cheap as to give birth to new industries and thereby adding something so new and import ant that transform the country and known and impossible, and 1t does this without exhausting any store of nat. ural wealth. Another li,nitation on the price or charges for water power controlled by a monopoly" is founded on the fact that the. market for this power, whether on the banks of the Tennessee River. or at remote points 10 which portion or the power may be electrically transported is in the heart of one of the great coal produc- ing districts of the United States-the Birmingham district. Therefore the price of cheap coal is the natural and governing limitation upon the price which the power company can charge for power.
 The law of Congress nor the State Legislature could make safer or bet ter limitation than that.
 Yours truly,
 William Richardson.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-03
REVERSING OF POSITIONS AND
 SUSTAINING THE ABOLITION DOCTRINE

of Southern mon under the Constitu-
 To the principles of the UAion-Fed- eral Government and State govern pie of the whole South were devoted. and they went to war in order to form that same kind of government for themselves. under the name of the Con. the Confederate states, in a very few respects departed from that of the United States. and 1t provided Tor a Supreme Corut and inferior courts. up government. in which each State. while a member of the Confederacy. could defy at will the interpretation of the organic law. as put upon 1t by the of the working of the Government was that whore Federal questions were i'm volved, if presented in an inferior Confederate Court. they should be ap- Supreme Court when organized. and so also if such questions were pre- scented in a State court they should be brought through the highest court the end that there should be one final arbitcr of all such questions. The right CT a State. while remaining in the Union. to defy the enforcement of of Calhoun. President Davis himself. in his works. expressly denied anyl such right of the State while remaining in the Union, and advocated secession upon the broader ground of the in- alienable right of the people of the States to set up a government of their own. which the Southern States insist ed they had not surrendered by enter ing the Union.
 Our Confederate fathers never dreamed of basing government upon the idea that parts of 1t at their pleas ure, could nullify the decrees of their courts. or prevent their enforcement. because the executive of State dis agreed with the court. They intended to follow the remedy pointed out by Chief Justice John Marshal, and that was to take appeals from such dects- ions. which must be obeyed. until re- versed by the higher court. Students of the history of this country know that the evils of the days of the confed. eration, when there were no national courts to enforce the provisions of the articles of confederation, were one of the main causes, aside from the neces- sity of better protection to trade and commerce. which led to the formation of the present constitution of the Uni- ted States. Does any one wish to SC back to the miseries and confusion of the colonies, under the weak, discor- dant and jarring government of the confederation?
 A Student of Our Institutions.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-03
The Messnge from Mars.

Chicago Record Herald.
 On July message was received from the plateau of the Peruvian Andes whither an astronomical expe- dton had been sent by Harvard to study Mars at it's present proximity to our own little planet, telling the eX- pectant scientists that Mars canals had been photographed" That intelll- gence was not as thrilling as 1t might have been, since nothing was said about the kind and character or the Fercival Lowell himself, "the Martian, , telegra phed to Cambridge that he ana aon an d5s eana nad GPson Fms is truly glorious news for astronomers, logi- clans and sociologists.
 we e think w we know about Mars and our neighburs of that red planet IS supposed to depend on the, question whether the canals. so-eaiied. seen now on there are physicists who assert tha' optical illusions of q we'll known ae scription account for the whole Iuss s ; about the Martian canals. Nov II aits ts evidence of the photographlc Plate shall definitely corroborate that oi tho the telesccp, and the assisted eye, 1he doubttug Thomases will be confoundeo and the existence of the .wondeftul en- H gin"erng feats so fascinatihsiy ue .r4Ard by Lowell and other Mar,la :, cnthuS.asts will have to be accepted as
 :lt,Sffa'Sq Nor t. tn"t all ia'' if Mars has a sys tenn ot doub4e canals, oasess lrrisa eiUn ,aa, of intelligence and suPernh1tumaai skill And if it has such inhapitanls 5 there are philosophers ike Lesttl Ward and s@mi-romantic soclolosists and astronomers liRe Flammarlon te build up a whole fabric of inferences about the history, the politics, the h ian Buage, the marriage laws Snq snia, not, of our fellow citizens of the solai
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-03
SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1907.
SOME HOTNESs.

Of late some of the Texas papers have been trying to work up senti- ment. or create a belief that the Gar den of Eden was located in that State. The claim has not been received with that degree of enthusiasm that waJ plainly hoped and expected. The Texas newspapers, even. were not en- unused and plainly wanted to be shown before committing themselves to such a thoroughly improbable proposition.
 But if they have failed to draw any support to their Edenic theory soE of the reportssfrom that State lead us to think that it wouldn't be very diff hcult to find people ready to agree that a portion of Texas was for some thing like a week the location of an- other much talked of place. and one which we are taught to believe is the direct opposite of Eden. so far as eli mate goes. The region affected was in the neighborhood of Dallas, and at the hottest period the temperature was IT in the shade and 179 in the sun. That was some hotness. and then some more. and The Brooklyn Eagle thus reasons about 1t:
 Science has not yet come forward to tell us why the sun has shone with greater heat on Texas than on other places even to the south of it. Per haps 1t will tell us in time that :un spots are the reason. and that Old Sol has swallowed up the particula" star which kept watch and ward over She fortunes of Texas. Perhaps science may explain that the fearful heat of 179 degrees was reached through 1e- culiar meteorological conditions. But the suspicion Is growing that it ,s to be properly explained not on scientific basis, but upon the fact that the bot tied up wrath and heat of Senator Bailey has been let loose without dis cretion. He was singularly and sus piciously calm under the charges that Imperiled his return to the Senate. The point of danger of the suppression of his services to the Democracy having passed. he may have removed the stopper from the bottle.
 We don't consider it fair or just to try to shove 1t all off on Bailey. He can make things warm, especially for his opponents, but we hardly think ha could elevate the temperature so much as that calls for, We rather incline to the opinion that some of the Texas bad men turned themselves loose about that time and place and thus boosted the thermometer If it were not that. it must have been Mars making a target of that portion of the earth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-08-03

Editor The Advertiser:
 Are we not going off on catch phrases In discussing the issues which seem
 likely to arise in the railroad lftiga- ton? Did we go to war in 1861. on the issue that, the Federal Courts should not enforce their orders, where they decided State law violated the constitution of the United States. until and had been affirmed there? Such a thing was never dreamed of. We of the south insisted, and the Supreme Court of the United States always sustained the contention. that the decrees md orders of the Federal Courts in such matters should be obeyed and respect cd. until reversed by the Supreme Court of the United States.
 The main cause. though there were others deeper under the surface. which finally brought on the war. was the refusal of the free States to allow the Federal Government. through it's courts. to execute effectively the fugf- did their best. Whenever their efforts were resisted by State authority ar mob violence, the Supreme Court sus- tained the rightful. authority of the Union. and President Buchanan backed it up by the Federal military. The President and the Federal courts alike were denounced in tho North as usur per- of States Rights, and enemies of the people Older persons, conversant with those stormy days. remember the negro named Sims, who was returned by the order of the Federal court at Boston to his master. when the slave had to be escorted through Boston Commons by regiment of marines. Pas sion at the North was greatly in. famed, and the John Brown raid at Harpers Ferry faally kindled the fire.
 The large Union element at the South acquiesced in separation as the only remedy-because resistance to the Con- stituton of the United states and Its laws. as expounded by its highest trt- bunal. effectively defeated the rights