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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-09
CHIMES GovERNoR MURpEREp.
Head Of Province Of Nganhwei Shot BY a
Student.

Hankow, China, July 9.-The governor
Of the province Of Nganhwei was mur-
dered yesterday BY student. Accom-.
panied by director Of police, the gov
ernor was about to enter q school at
Nganking, capital OF the province of
Nganhwei, when several shots were fred
at the governor, three bullets inhicting
mortal injuries Tic director Of police
seized the assassin and decapitated him
On the spot. No further disturbances
have occurred.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-09

Powerful Japanese statesman
and ex-leader Of the Progressive
party, who urges his government
to assume a firmer attitude toward
the United States.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-09
GLIMPsEs or FASHION.

Entrsmea Ia Headgear-cold and oil
YER on Black Lace.
There is no doubt that headgear Is
getting bigger, hi feet, It is assuming
bewildering proportials IN some in
stances. Big white and black lace bats
nre very becoming especially when
trimmed with a single feather.
Little velvet bows are playing q most
important part iii the dressing uD OF
the new gowns
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-09
IrALIAN PRISON OFFICIALS HE1p.
Charged With Having Extorted a False
Confession From a Suspect.

Rome, July 9.--The criminal court
has ordered the prosecution Of Signor
Doria, the director Of penitentiafies, and
another high official on the charge Of
having extorted false confession from
Pietro Aeecleyto who was convicted OF
attempting the life Of King Humbert, on
the evidence thus obtained Acecleyto was
sent to prison although protesting bis In
nocence, where be afterward died.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-09
EnoIand and Grain.

1t would take 1o,50O,oOO acres 10 pro-
duce the amount Of grain which Eng
land yearly imports from abroad.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-07-09
FLEET GOES
TO PACIFIC
To Get Balance Of Power On
the Sea.
DECLARES ADM. DEWEY.
We Must Dominate the Pacific Adj
miral Tells Of Fleet Plan Work
Beng Rushed in the
Navy Yards.
DECLARES ADM. DEWEY.

New York, July Git is for the pur.
pose Of seizing as quickly as possible
the balance Of sea power in the Pacific
that the mammoth battleship fleet is
to b. sent around the Horn. declares
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02

with pride by her mother. An old pair
OF woolen curtain hung at the win.
dow-a pair sent up stairs when the
front parlor was done over and. they
seemed too shabby for the frst deor;
the table was covered by another dis
carded article of fringed woolen; tbs
washstand. in an aicove. was con-
cealed in similar fashion. I did not
wonder at the I'll health OF the young
girl. The family doctor said ic was
case OF nerves. He never suspected
the curtains.
sIn simple town or country houses
white woodwork is to be preferredx
and when there IL a wainseoting on
white wood a most interesting addition
Is made TO the simplest OF bed cham
bers. The ugly walnut Of many old
fashioned town house bedrooms - 70
be avoided: where II exists II should.
II possible. be painted The impression
IL makes rome Of heaviness and gloom.
the wood seldom being beautiful
enough to justify It's preservation.
Paneled walls. like those Of old Euro
pean houses. are another matter. The
woodwork to which I refer IL that
which Is found in the city house OF
former day. when expensive wood.
preferably walnut, was used ~ ands
about the doorways and windows and
cherished as the best evidence OF the
owners opulence. Houses In Fitth
avenue once regarded with pride by
the monsyed magnatss who dwelt there
and now used as tailors' fitting rooms
are filled with this sort OF decoration
when a guest room Is to be ar
ranged extra care is required. In the
furnishing OF the guest room there -
greater need for the exercise OF taet
than in any other room OF the house
Nowhere else does q hostess reveal her
self so plainly as in the arrangement
of her guest roons-not In her plans
for dinner party. nor IN the selection
of flowers or other details OF enter
tanning
Guests on a visit are IN reality at
the mercy OF their hostess. and al
though we should train our children
to carry all the necessities OF their
toilet with them. even their writing
materials. still now and then guest
starting or In a hurry forgets some 4
thing. or going to spend Sunday only
has hesitated about taking q trunk
suf1ciently large TO hold her posses
sions. Then. too few visitors wish 70
bother their hostess about the coming
and going of the trains or the mails.
or for glove button or shoe string
The tactfuI hostess should prepare for
emsrSencisas
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room suggests in the way of personal
habits, reflnements and niceties OF life,
more than particular interest in it
excites no surprise, since discussion
OF its appointments involves questions
not only OF beauty and fitness. but OF
health and rounded development a.
well. The man woman who has no.
slept we'll IL the man or woman who
cannot work we'll, and though an abil-
fty to sleep well depends primarily upon
certain mental repose there are many
of US who cannot get that repose in
uncongenial or unwhoiesome surround
tnSs- The stuffy effects which are pro-
duced by heavy hangings or thick car
pets would keep some awake all night
A thousand odors seem to lodge in
theni--stale. prontiess suggestions of
other days. when the sun was not al
lowed to shine nor any breeze to blow
upon them. could almost fancy my
self surrounded by former denizens OF
the room, persons with whom ] should
not have a sympathy I'm common
Neither could I sleep with maroon
on the walls, and many patients coa-
valescinE from fevers have told what
mental tortures they endured when
forced to study from their pillows two
vines that would not meet or some geo.
metricat figure that went on repeating
itself indefinitely. There are women
who will lie awake all night unles-,
as they express II. they can feel the
sunlight in the feathers under their
heads. and who insist that their pill
lows shall be summed all day, first on
one side. then on the other.
Some doctors will not rest in rooms
containing any furniture. except the
bed and night table-no carpet, no
hangings. no upholstered things being
permitted have sometimes been
tempted to compare the bedroom to
some secret chamber OF the so,.l. where
the individual retires for the refresh
ment which shall enable him to meet
whatever difficulties his position may
entail. For that reason 1t seems to me
that. like water or air. meant for the
refreshment of man. II should suggest
q perennial purity. And certainly this
has been the ideal OF all advanced
civilizations-whatev their customs
or the exigencies Of particular climates
the question OF the freshness and
daintiness OF the sleeping apartments
has never been neglected 1t might
seem unnecessary to accentuate with
such persistence the need OF exercising
. like care among ourselves, except
that We see the subject so often neg
lected remember . young gfrPs
bedroom into which was once ushered
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THls looks TNEORrxAI. AND DISPLAY
PRETTY ARMS 10 Af>NANTAGE~.

bows can be vastly improved, ana then
II the owner OF these elbows will spend
some time before mirror trying vart-
Gus poses she will see what it means.
to make the most OF her elbows.
Sometimes a woman does get an un-
expected sight OF herself as she sits
in restaurant where mirrors are plen-
tiful, and the chances are that she -
not particularly pleased with what she
sees The gown she thought fitted so.
admirably shows unfamiliar wrinklss
and punches and g the position into
which she has uneonscfousiy fallen -
by no means the one TO show her off
to the best advantage And her ell
bows and arms. Surely she neyer
dreamed they were so prominent and
unpieturesque. But the mirror reveals
them as they. look to others and the
thought is not pleasant. $500, 3
There is character as well as grace
and beauty in the way a woman leans
on her elbows when she knows how 60:
manage them. and the character poses
are frequently worth having conveyed
to canvas. Some of them are artistic.
in every detail, and they are difsren-
enough from the average ordinary pVse,
to make the women who knew enough
to appreciate them eager to. initiate
them. But il is better to be natural.
and individual, even il it rs ever so lit.
tie, than to look and be just like hun
dreds OF other women though IT. never
pays for women to be eccentric. s.s, f.
There are many ways by which she
owner OF angular elbows can disguise,
this physical defect. She need not have+
the points exposed and she need npt
make them prominent. Chiffon and lace
are wonderful aids in the hidingot uls-
slightly elbows. The idea rs that IL ell
bows are TO continue TO occupy such 2
prominent position in society they.
should be educated and cultivated 70
the highest extent. ~.
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awkward and unattractive poses when
they lean on their elbows?" asked one
woman who has learned to use her ell
bows as cleverly as she does smile
or a nod of the head. There is no
need of making a fright of yourself
and emphasizing all your bad points,
elbows included, when you are sitting
at the luncheon table. You can look
pretty and coquettish, young and
graceful instead of angular and
wrinkled when you lean on your ell
bows. Did you ever study. the women
you see in restaurants" went on this
fair inquisitor. Did you ever notice
how. the woman with double chin
rests her head in her palms when she
puts her elbows on the table and thers-
by wrinkles her too full chin into a
hundred unbecoming creases, and then
she invariably turns the bad lines of
her arms and hands to her vis-a-vis?
That's q grave mistake and you say TO
yourself that she is stupid. And she Is.
She ought to know that when she has
passed the youthful stage she ought
to be mighty careful how she tampers
with her chin and not only invites
wrinkles but exaggerates those she has
already. Let her learn to touch just
the tip OF her chin II she will rest her
head on her hands. The palm is al
ways very warm. and this heat does
not have a highly beneficial effect on
the skin or complexion.
Let women study the good lines OF
their hands. Very few OF them realize
The San Francisco call., 1907-06-02

9" T Just this time nearly every
woman is thinking about chang
ing her house or apartment, OF
renodeling it. or building new
house, or at least renting one for the
summer. II IS the season OF busy
household thought for house keepers.
There ss no part OF a house OF really
much more Importance than the sleep
sng rooms They are only rivaled IN
Importance by kitchens. Dining rooms,
living rooms. libraries and psrlors are
secondary.
In an interesting and Informative
volume entitled Homes and Their
Decoration" published by Dodd, Mead
e. Co. the author. Miss Lillian Hanil-
ton French, reveals q lot of practical
ideas OF how to combine the artistic
and the comfortsble in bedroom fur
nishings. She tells some common sense
secrets that housewives will be rejoiced
TO learn.
1T always astonishes me-" says Miss
French, ito discover people who can
have their own way about things, con-
tenting themselves with bedroom and
bath, when they might, il they choose.
have dressing rooms. boudoirs or
UlCLEluk
in the country with acres on which To
build and money with which TO do tae
building. will often prefer one large
bedroom tn which they can sleep. dress,
read and write. sew in the morning and
3 lounge in the afternoon, to a series of
smaller rooms in which these occupa-
fions may be carried on separately. II
seems 10 rpe even the sentiments that
cling about tie mothers room might
be preserved, IL the young sons aad
daughters found her busy with her
needle In q pretty boudoir rather than
IN the room IN which she must per-
form the ofices of the toilet as well
we all know some OF these bed
rooms. filed with bed. bureaus, BABY
cribs and dressing tables, rocking
chairs and lounges, bookcases and ths
family photographs and souvenirs. And
we know. too, how spotiess and meas
and sunny they may be. how full o.
cheer and pleasant memories. But
whenever I see one OF them my sym
pathy always goes out 70 the husband
SO small portion Of II seems left fol
him
The Self-Segregation of Father
sSornetiraes when / think how mer
ere showed about In their own houses
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head on the knuckles. If the hands
are allowed to follow out the arch
thus formed they bring out clusters
of wrinkles at the wrists and the line
from elbow to elbow is so bad and so
jarring that 1t would spoil the pretti-
est face smiling above 1t. But II the
wrists are permitted to slip together
then the wrinkles disappear and the
hands take on very graceful curves
This is what might be termed con-
versationai pose. About 10 out of
every IL women lunching in restau-
rant will fall into this position when
the menu has been planned and there
is time for a pleasant chat
A lot OF fair lunchers have a little
way OF talking with their fingers when
their heads are propped up by their
elbows. The pose is an excellent one
to show Oft ones collection of rings,
and pretty fingers never look better
than in tho conversational pose. BY
the same token, ugly ones never look
worse. If they are thin and scrawny
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do not wonder at the popularity OF
clubs. Now and then some bold father
will venture a room for himself and
with that art undeniably his, OF making
his own particular quarters comfort
able, he will provide himself with
delightful study or library. At once 1t
becomes the most popular room in the
house; the young daughter begs 1T for
tea in the afternoon; the children
bring their books to his sofa In the
morning; his wife's workbag lies on
his table, her family letters among his
legal documents. and whenever she
wants a quiet chat with some of her
intimstes she takes her visitors into
his den. where the atmosphere IL al
ways one of comfort and repose.
"I knew a man OF letters once He
lived in town in three story brick
house, with his wife and child. He
earned his living by his pen, but he
had TO do It in this way: After break
fast he was permitted the dining room
to write in; when the maid appeared to
set the table for luncheon he gathered
together his papers and went upstairs
to the guest room; IL that was occu-
pied-and 1t generally was--he took
refuge in corner of his wife's bed
room. When she was busy there he
wrote where he could.
'Of course II you nave not money 10
do as You choose the case is alto
gether different. II you must live in
the conventional high stoop house, or
in an apartment where you are always
cramped for space, no question OF night
and morning rooms can be raised. Az
to the small flats and apartments that
are going up on every side. / never
escape a pang OF sympathy and regret
as ] think of their tenants. Family life
in it's better sense cannot exist I'm them
and it's semblance is only to be OBJ
tanned at the price of eternal compro-
mise. They may mean protection from
the weather, a shelter in which to eat
and sleep. but personal liberty and this
possibility OF privacy in them do
not exist. There is moral danger. az
well as discomfort, In cramped quar-
ters, although the capitalist with
money TO invest In paying propsrties
gives the question scant consideration
The bedrooms OF dats and apart
ments must be treated In . different
way from those OF even small houses
The luxury OF dressing rooms. for In
stance. will be quite unknown unless
the apartment is of the most ex-
pensive sort When q dressing room
does appear, the feat has been accom-.
plished; you may be sure, only by ths
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bons to match. Ribbons, however. are
absolutely interdicted in bedroom un-
less the owner Is able to replenisf
them whenever they are mussed or
soiled. Faded hnery.' / once heard an
old lady say, is a SIM. Sometimes
am inclined to believe the dear old lady
was right.
Another effect may be produced
when the walls are white-and white
walls in a bedroom, by the way. come
into life now and then with an ire
sistible quality of refreshmeJIt-by
chintz hangings, bed trimmings and
slip covers for the chairs and cushions.
Anatclisn cottons are always satisfac-
tory. Armures, scrims, cotton damasks
and taffetas lend themselves for diff
ferent effects. Charming results may
be accomplished with some cent now :
cred muslins trimmed with white cot
ton ball fringe, or with rufiles OF the
same Ordinary denim, costing is
cents a yard, is not to be despised.
neither is cIeesecloth nor silkoline. In
fact. there is an endless variety from
which a choice may be made. No wool
drapery should at any time be per-
mitted. Embroidered hansings. dam
asks, satins and brocades. while per-
missible In bedrooms of palatial dwell
ings, are altogether inappropriate
In small apartments and mark the
owner as a person of questionable
taste.
ITO be properly appointed the beds
should have holsters. not pillows. un-
der the cover. A difficult problem is
touched upon here. In houses having
ample closet room pillows can be con-
cealed by day, and bomters made OF
hair or pasteboard or papier mache
can be brought out. But closet room
sufflcient for the hiding of pillows all
day is never found except In apart
ments that rent for $1,000 or $4,000 a
year-apartments that to all intents
and purposes are only houses grouped
for convenience under one general roof
ut is almost impossible when dis
cussing the appointments OF bedrooms
in apartments to Insist upon the pres
ence OF certain articles as essential
Questions OF space alter almost every
condition. Ths bed we know to be %.
sential. and no consideration should
ind,,ce any one to use . folding bed. In
q fat. as has been said so often. the
supreme EFFORT should be to keep AZ faI
as possible to the traditions OF house
avoiding makeshifts and preserving the
dixnfties In whatever you do. The bu-
reau, dressing table. night table and
reading table, the washstaAd. ward
robe. couch and chairs Should AL b
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they seem to o-ersnadow arms and
face almost to the extent of overshad-
owing the luncheon, and unless the
nails are perfectly cared for their de-
fects in manicuring proclaim them
selves aloud.
For some reason it is not considered
good form to rest the elbows on the
table at dinner. The formality OF the
function does not harmoniZe with the
informality of the pose, and so most
women draw a line here. They may
prop themselves up with their elbows
at breakfast and at luncheon, in fact
most of them sit through the entire
meal with at least one elbow thus en-
ployed. They write with the left hand
used as support for the head and
they read with their elbows occupying
a prominent position. But at the din
ner table, especially when it Is for
NAL and dress affair, elbows are less
in evidence, though it Is we'll known
fact that a woman who possesses ex-
Quisitely nodded arms displays them
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that her hands are easier to tell wo-
mans age by than her face. For one
thing. they are generally allowed 70
grow old naturally. Very little care
In given them In comparison with that
lavished on. the face and. despite we'll
manicured nails and smooth skin, the
telltale evidences are there. For in
stance. even young women have a
series of wrinkles at the wrist on the
outer side, and this is the side they
invariably turn to the world and they
turn 1t when the hand is bent in such
a position that the wrinkles look deeper
and closer than they really are. A
woman who smokes a cigarette In the
part she plays on the stage does it so
daintily and gracefully that every wo-
man in the audience then and there de-
cides that cigarette smoking cannot
be altogether bad. The fair smoker
looks so captivating that you forgive
her the vice. If vice 1t is. When she
was complimsnted one time on the
graceful position in which she held the
cigarette--it seemed to be a perfectly
natural and careless one-she replied,
Don't you suppose / know it is grace
full? Haven't / studied every line of
the hand and fingers until know how
to get the best curves and poses? And
it was worth the time she took to
learn the trick of smoking gracefully
and prettily."
The elbow brigade ought to devote
the same time and study to their
poses II is not necessary to sit with
the shoulders hunched up until the
blouse draws across the back and the
waist line pulls itself out of place
Angular poses can and should be
avoided. One of the favorite positions
is to clasp the fingers and rest the
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sacrifice OF an extra bedroom. Ordi-
narilsLsverything must be crowded into
one room, or, worse still, crowded out.
An apartment bedroom, when it does
nQb open on a shaft, and when it Is
Large enough to sit in at ALL and when
a living room and parlor are not pos
sible, must be used for much else be-
sides sleeping. You must dress In It.
and when you do not have exclusive
use OF the bathroom you must keep 4
washstand, with its pitcher and basin.
in view of visitors, and not irfrequently
you must keep your sewing machine
not many feet away from your bed.
When YOU fnd yourself compelled TO
do this 1t is better to hire your machine
by the month, as you hire your gas
stoves by the year, combining your sew
ing to stated intervals. In large cities
this is possible, the rent of a machine
being low. Every effort should be
made to keep the sentiment of a bed
room intact. Proper as this is In Ill
places. 1t becomes imperative in a fiat,
where every room is on one floor, and
the properties OF one room to encroach
upon those OF another to the detrinient
of them all.
Paper or Paint?
"Thers are an endless number Of
pretty and cheap papers to be found
those showing large flowers, however,
are not to be thought of for small
rooms. Paint, in many instances, is
better than any paper. and IL you know
enough about mixing colors to direct
tho ordinary painter. or IL you are sure
OF your workman's appreciation of
tones, painted walls. which can be
wiped down at intervals, are strongly
urged; for, unlike house. an apartment.
IL apt to have had a succession of ten
ants before you moved in, to say moth
ing OF others now separated from you
by flight of stairs only. The possi
bility. therefore. of having your bed
rooms perennially freshened should be
preserved at all hazards.
"A small bedroom, especially when
1t opens on q shaft, may be made dainty
and attractive by white woodwork and
walls, IN enameled bed and white fur
niture. white curtains at the windows
and white trimmings for the bed. II
. color IL desired It may be added in
several ways. A colored rug may be
introduced-one of plain green or red
nlling: or the white curtains and bed
spread may be trimmed with q border
OF chintz. the mirror framed with 1t,
or the curtains may be tied back with
color, and the small pillow have RIB