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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-15
Women Who Work

= HGSS NORA STANTON BLATCTI.
W 5ss d s'1 sso5oa s 85 dssS' q
Cornell University. YES elected
a member of the American Society of
Civil Engineers last year. She has
done work for the American Bridge
Company. and is now an Official on
the board OF water supply for the city
OF New York.
The town OF Norway. Ne. has
woman Justice OF the peace. a woman
undertaken. three female merchants. a
woman bank cashier. photographer, in
surance agent, physician, preacher of
the Gospel. and proprietor OF a weekly
newspaper.
At Hyannis. Neb.. there is a woman
blacksmith who makes the horseshoe.
prepares the horses hoofs. and shoes
the horses herself. Lincoln. Neb.. also
has an expert female blacksmith.
Mrs. Mary Diester. Of South ST
Louis, owns and operates a prosperous
saloon
The assistant United States district
attorney for New York city is a wom-
an, Miss Mary Grace Quackenbos.
Paris has women cab drivers. aud
there is a female veterinary SURGEON
in Berlin
San Francisco has the only woman
Sunday editor OF q newsps per in the
United States and Long Beach. Cal
has women policemen.
Colorado Springs also has wopser
policemen.
In Hobolen. n. j., girls have displaced
boys as telegraph and district mes
senRsrs. and other New Jersey towns
are making Ike innovation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-15

y = there is one part Of the wardrobe
more than another that particu
- lariy delights the feminine heart.
IL is the evening gown.
Evening gowns are so adorably fem
tnine-so frankly and completely friv-
olous. They arc things of fr0th and
sparkle upon which we can lavish All
the conceits sternly eliminated from
our daytime clothes. we move I'm
them 10 the musical swish" of silk
and satin and chiffon Innings.
And ] really consider the evening
gown OF today q peculiar thing OF
bS3Oty. II. perhaps. not a joy forever.
For Il is a day Of wide latitude in
dress, when IL you have "a style Of
your OEn" IL can be consulted with
the most happy results.
II you SO ia for long lines, with
adequately clinging and floating drap-
e-ies, then the modified Empire gown,
with Overlapping OF chiffon or some
similar sauzy material. gives oppor-
tunity for artistic effect.
II your Squire is a good one. then
the plain, eiose-fttIng skirt of satin,
trailing, ana worn with only the thin
nest petticoatS, the waist touched here
and there With lace and spangied
trimming, 10 the thing. The styles are
diverse, and yet either is quite smart
and quite correct.
But lines. lines. hnes.- They are tn
thines above al others to be kept fl
mind. The material matters not 81
much. the color no more, II the lines ar
but good. Happy are you II you posses
q dressmaker who realizes and keeps Il
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-15

Fence IN me evening. IN the sketch
marked CO. we have several shades OF
this seductive color worked into one
gown. Made Of chiffon cloth n a deli
cate shade-JuSt the shade or the early
marsh violets-it has a bordering around
the skirt Of paBae velvet uf a decided
violet. almost purple. This velvet il
also introduced on the waist. forming
the over-sleeves and outlining a surpiice
effect OF chiffon on the front An APP
pliqUe OF pansy passamenteie in vsri-
Gus shades OF purple. heads the hand
around the skirt. and these pansies are
appliqued on the velvet on the waist
Lace rufiies forming the undersleeves
and scant fall OF lace on the front OF
the waist supply the only other trim
ming on this singularly harmonious
gown
The vogue for oyerssirts. whlsb il
surely coming this way, is made mar
ticularly attractive in he Gowns L.
tered ID and &C.
While chiffon cloth Of paleet blue IVA :
employed in the dress marked "p ;, =
fine silk muslin, that inexpensive b,.t
dainty material would give an alniosf
equally good effect Ii is a dress Sn,ts q
oply to a slight figure. but a .islmtantc
OF giriish outline would look charynfts
in IT,
TIE quantity CIT neck outlined IN nns
white lace merges into the dropping
shoulder lines Of which the sleeVss are
a part The overskirt Is attached At
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-15

AT each side. The underskirt is long
ard fuu.
The gown "E" has an overskirt OF
quite another effect. for in this case a
wide piece Of embroidered and lace-in-
serted chiffon Is brought around the
skirt. narrowing toward the back and
tapping over from right 20 left at one
side at the back. The closing is suite
frankly there. and the effect Is rather
unique. Inc ufidc-skirt in this. ike the
gown first described. is long and full
The waist is a thing OF soft and in
definite lines Chiffon. embroidered and
inserted with lace. is brought up from
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-15

the waistline IN front under a large
flower, embroidered in shades Of blue.
Above this, across the waist. are laid
TWO shaped folds OF chiffon 10th, the
upper one descending 70 the skirt At
the sides and losing itself among the
fuliness there.
The Oversl1irt, edged With a wide band
OF the lace. hangs out in a loose Wiue
box plat. directly in tao center OF the
front-an arrangement which yau cor
see is quite impossible save for those
OF slim lines. This box plat effect is
repeated in the back. the overskiTt be
ing slashed up nearly 70 the waist line
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the waist line In front and. hanging low
over the arms, forms the sleeves. It
ends IN the back under big bow PLACED
at the waist. in front the chiffon :
folded across the figure and a banG OF
embroidery edges the sduare-cut neck.
In apricot color with touches OF palest
blue here and there. this gown IS real y
most delicate in both line and color.
A design suggesting the old time
''petticOat front is shown in the sketch
b But a very up-tO-date touch is
supp led in the modified kimcno Slew
and In the artful way in watch what
there is Of the waist and oyerskirt are
cut il one
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-15

mind their first i'm
portance.
All the z o W n 5
shown in the illus
trations are from
models designed by
past matters in the
art Of line-sO TO
speak. And though
chosen with the
thought of the pos
sibility OF their
being copied - save
one. perhaps-in in
expensive materials.
Trey have a distinc-
tinction OF effect
which only a de-
s,igLcr who - si:-.I
an artist can give
Sha.irs - Nlulft.
which are bein :
NJru nj all hOul =
OF the day. ar.
also much in evil
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-15

While all these gowns described are
dependent for their effect on their
hues Father than on the richness OF ma
terial employed. the dress IN the center
of the page. lettered "A" is not quite
so possible OF copying in an inexpensive
way. or course, ~ you can persuade
your grandmother Or Creat-aunt 10 lend
or give you some treasured bit OF old
lace-a wide houcce or y long-laid-by
shawl-then the sasS is an easy one.
But II your relatives e Their can't or
won't. then it would be vel 10 let this
gown alone. for, as my cd dressmaSer
used TO say. the lace is the making OF
it,
The skirt is plain one OF primrose
yellow liberty satin. without tuck or
trimming. The draPing OF satin swath-
ed across the waist and laid over the
shoulders is OF yellow of a deeper
shade The lace, put on in such a truly
striking way, is yellowed, tOo-with
age, we imagine, although even ia laces
art lends aid 20 nature in a wonderful
way nowadays 1t may, perhaps, have
had a rapid bath in strong tea. But at
any rate il tones beauti ally with the
rest of the costume
Depending from the vast are long
sash ends OF the deeper-tinted satin.
ending ia golden balls and fringe. Sold
balls are also suspended on gold cord.
dangling from the waist line and sway
ing with each movement CT the wearer.
The golden slippers which accompanied
this gown carried out the scheme OF
color but they ere an accessory which
should be attempted only by the woman
blessed with Cinderells-like feet.
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Evening gowns this year seem 10 be
more frankly loW-cut than ever Per
haps it's the entire absence or SOFTEN
ing rufhes or frilis that gives that I'M
preston. For evening waists are trim
med quite severely and fatty, and what
trimming there IS is more often than
not put on -up-and-doW
lines seem a thing OF the past.
II there is a part OF an evening gown
which does not cling closely. II is apt to
be at the waist line. although. Of course.
the sleeves are sometimes seen made OF
hoaung falls Of lace, and very grace
full and satisfying 60 the eye these are
But In sleeves for evening frocks. IT'S
apt TO be a case OF you pays your
money aud you takes your choice"
From the perfectly Tight-fitting sleeve
or lace. which ends abruptly Just above
the elbow through the varieties OF
sleeves composed 81 tulle and satin and
every known material suitable for even
ing wear. The dressmaker seems to have
exercised her ingenuity in gaining od6
effects You can have sleeves big or
little. long or short. although the long
transparent sleeve OF white tulle.
wrinkled almost 20 the finger dps, is
not seen much on tbis side OF the water
as yet.
skirts Of evening gowns are apt TO be
very long and clinging, with q suggeE-.
ton Of a paucity OF petticoats 80
in their folds. j. they are
satin, they are quite as IN
to be little trimmed, but IN
teriais. silk nets and chi6
namented with fat triq1
bands are still used on x
and are frequently an
the skirt iu front. grad
toward thr back rat
arorn6 r ~ 'f-ii
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-12-15

The petticoat is Of
chiffon, having for
ornament only a few
finely run tucks al
the foot. The over
dress is made OF
silk; both under
dress and overdress
a lovely shade OF
pink. SOFT and deli
cate. The simulated
belt is clasped in
front with an old
silver buckle and an
applique OF dull sill
yer borders all the
Oyerdress down the
fronts and outlines
the oddly designed
waist. The front OF
the waist is Of chif-
fols as are also the
wide loose IN Ter
SLAVES
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A-EYsnins Gown Of
Shades ,of yellow
with Original Ar
rsnsemsni Of Old
Lace and GsldeR
BslIs.
SH
and ChiEoa. Ar,
iiesHy CsHbined
with Enbroider
or ApEqus II Dull
SifveE.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-26
REBEL AGAINST RENTS
Thousands of Families WI Fight
East Side Landlords.

Nearly thirty thousand families on the East
Side will begin to-day strike against the IN
creased rents and will refuse to pay any money
TO the landlords until their demands for reduc-
ton have been met.
The movement is being directed by the SOCIAL
iet party. which has established headquarters IN
the I'd. 4th and 8th Assembly districts and mas
been distributing literature and sending out
speakers to show the East Sders that the high
rents unwarranted
Miss Pauline Newman, of No I'LL Madison
avenue, organized a number of women several
weeks AGO and they made house to house can
vass of the district. The returns show nearly
thirty thousand families who will rise against
the landlords to-day.
\ reduction Of from 90 to 80 per cent has been
demanded, and if the landlords refuse no rents
will be raid. mass meeting of tenants will be
held on Tuesday night at the headquarters, No
SO Grand street. IT is expected that the strike
will assume serious proportions in Ludlow, Hes
ter Monroe, jefferson and other streets in the
most crowded sections Of the Ghetto Two thou
sand persons attended meeting at Apollo Hall.
Clinton street. last Tuesday night and the land
lords were denounced from the platform in many
fiery speeches.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-26
NEW WAY TO CURE WASHERS" "
Southern Girl Wears Boxing Glove on Right
Hand and Knows How to Use 1t.

To protect herself against 'mashers along
Broadway a young woman who recently came
here from the South. adopted new method late
last night On her right hand she wore a four
ounce boxing glove, and several men who en-
countered her last night around 4oth street Will
have marks about their eyes to-day
Several weeks ago the young woman moNeo
TO this city and became a stenographer. She
boarded in 10th street, between Fifth anu
Sixth avenues and at nights recently she
visited Broadway. On several occasions men
stopped her and tried to talk.
Last night when she left her home she wore
the boxing glove. At 4Jth street man stopped
her Without a word the Southern miss with
drew her right hand. which had been concealed
in nuff, end drove a blow to the mans left
eve He howled and started TO run. Lieuten-
ant Edmund Leigh, in charge of the uptown
detective bureau. happened to be near by and
grabbed the woman who was laughing
What's the trouble?" Leigh asked.
Then she told her story and showed the gloved
hand
II gave him a beauty. and L guess that he
viii not insult any more women" she re-
marked.
Leigh could not catch the man and did not
detain her very long.
oh. I've hit several others before tonight, .
she said
New-York tribune., 1907-12-26
KILLED At HIS DOOR,.
Barber Shot as He 4nszcered kn0cE
Murderer Got 4scay.

Mariana Gaeto a barber living at NO ooo
East 2Sth street was called to the door of his
fat Yesterday shortly before noon, and shot 10
death His assailant escaped The ponce oe
lieve the shooting the result OF Vendet'a
of some kind The barber was married
Gaeto worked late in his shop on Tuesday
night He was still in bed yesterday when there
was a knock at the kitchen door Gaeto re-
sponded and TWO shots were fired The nrs'
went wild The second bullet entered the bar
ber's head above the eye.
After the shooting the assassin started down
the stairs. but, evidently hearing some one in the
hall below. turned and ran up the STAIRS. Johii
Frank the ianftor. who on the third floor
bea r1 the Shots and saw man carrying re-
voIver coming toward him. They srappled'
Frank was thrown and the unknown gained the
roof Arming himself with an iron bar the
ianitor took up the chase. hut when he reacheu
the roof the man had disappeared
Patrolman OHare heard the shots and called
an ambulance He then joined in the search FOR
tbe missing man The assassin had gone down
into No 3o4 East 18th street through the trap
door on the second floor OHare found re-
vOyer with two chambers empty.
When the policeman returned to the Gaeto
home he found a loaded revolver on the table in
the bedroom From this it believed that
the barber expected an attack from some enemy
Mrs Gaeto said she knew of no trouble that her
husband had had She did not know that he
had enemy.
Frank said the murderer was an Italian about
thirty-fve years old, and wore cap and long
oyercoat Bonanno Michele, thirteen years old,
of No ~ 1st street, said that he saw an Italian
running out of the house at NO. ia Ihe poy
was detained by the police. Mrs. Gaeto was
also detained. They believe that it is possible
she knows of some Black Hand threat ana g
afraid to tell of it
Services were over at the Carmelite Catholic
church. in East 2Sth street, when the shooting
occurred The Rev. Father McCabe hurried to
the house to render assistance. but when he ar
rived Gaeto was dead.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-26
W4TCHM1N BEATEN.
EmpLoye of Hotel Rutland Nay Die
-4ssaiIdnt Escapes.

SEEING Z cluD from watCnliian iii the dutei
nad man last night attacked the watchman and
engineer OF the building and after beating thel
INTO Inconsistencies, escaped With him at the
time was a woman who was employed IN the
hotel The watchman WAS taken to Flower HOS
pita in a serious condition.
So far as can be learned by the police the man
spent several hours on the seventh moor anu
walked down instead of using the elevator Be
hind him was the woman AS they reached the
ground floor they were stopped by Jacob Getz' OF
No. All East $50 street, the watchman The two
men got into an argument The man srabpeu
Getz's club and beat him with it.
Peter Shaw the engineer. of No 1o2 East lllth
street heard Getz call for help and hurried TO
rive aid hut the man knocked Shaw down and
then ran from the building. the woman going
with him.
The cries of the man attracted DR.. Charles
Kaufman, who is attached to Flower Hospital
After dressing the wounds of Shaw and Getz he
summoned an ambulance and Getz was taken to
that institution suffering from possible tract
,,sa Of the skull Shaw had cuts about the face
and head
Later the police of the West 41th street station
learned that the woman had been employed by
Mrs C A Won Cleve. but Mrs. Won Cleve did
not know her name
New-York tribune., 1907-12-26
POWERFUL DROPS OF WATER.

drop OF water. three four drops
lalhiis on the head. seems thing unworthy of
attention; nevertheless in China d slow and
linuous dropping of water the head has been
FOUND 10 be a method of torture under which
the most hardened criminal abjectly howls for
mercy.
when professor in the Sorbonne stated this
to his class the other day, of the students
laughed incredulously, and said it would take
good deal of that sort of thing to affect him
The professor assured him that even one
quart of water dropped slowly on to his hand
would be beyond his endurance. He agreed to
experiment.
A quart measure filled with water WAS
brought in, microscopic hole was bored in the
bottom. and the performance began, the pro-
fessor counting
During the first hundred drops the student
made airy remarks With the second hundred
he began 10 look less cheerful, then gradually
all his talk died away, and his face took on q
haggard, tortured expression. With the third
hundred the hand began TO swell and look red
The pain increased TO torture. Finally the skin
broke
At the i2eth drop the sceptic Acknowledged
his doubts vanished and begged for mercy He
could bear no more.-Tit-B
New-York tribune., 1907-12-26
TOBACCO MEN AROUSED.
Prepare to Fight Philippine Tariff
Bill an Congress

Hartford. Dec. > (Special)--ffe report 'a' an
ether Philippine tariff BILL On about me sam IL
s shat which failed get out OF the senate No"i
r,j,see two wears ago. after passing the f1ouse, ~
aI,ou, 70 be considered by the Ways ana means
r-onnittee Of the National House. has disturbed
the Connecticut tobacco men again Alfead$ Ii'i''
are under way for a deputation te go 10 "asii,iie
=. rs ,a,eat ,he effort mace by Colonel Phelps
Of Windsor and J. II. Pierce. of Enfield, as a CON-
ra5ftee from the New England Tobacco Growers
Association. to Try 10 convince The coihili'e7 Ia
sreaf harm To the tobacco interests OF the toii
octir1it Valley would result if this blli beeahie
law. 10.
The fight within the association over the matter
tVo years ago and which resulted in the deposlnS
Of President Frye Of body. after his conversion
TO the notion that the bil could do no harm 10 Tue
,,,,-ti,r;t tobacco interests. cannot come again III
tine same form because the faction which opposes
the bin is largely I'm the majority in the ots'tniHa
ton still but those who think with Mr. Frye are
FIRM in their opinion. They viii not permit the
aaarn1ists 10 do all the talking this winter
There is no reason to think that the Connecu'ul
Congressional delegation has changed IN IT'S dl'lsio
ON this measure which placed Congressman Hil
a;7,ue on the side of the bill and the others Con
gressmen against - in the House. and both Sen
a4ors onnosng il in their end of the Capitol There
was no chance for Senator Bulkeley to oppose lhe
bin rublcIv. for IL snothered IN committee
by Senator Brandegee's action
The feeling of the Connecticut tobacco men j.
that they have no market in the Philippines anu
could not compete there with the Sumatra wrapper
and they are afraid that tobacco would be shlIpeo
from this country and made Tito cigars by cheap
labor IN Manila 10 the injury both of themselves
and the cgarmakers. This end OF the question
aroused the cigarrna kers in this state generally
two years ago. and they are beginning TO prepare
sor action il again
New-York tribune., 1907-12-26
ALLEGED GROCERY THIEVES HELD.
Big Firm Troubled by False Orders, Leading
~. TO Loss of Goods.

TWO men, who said they were William Baker
Of No. S32 East 23d street (Oliye Tree 1nn), and
Charles Krause OF the same address, were ar
rested last evening by detectives and locked up
in the West 47th street station charged with
grand larceny by members Of a large grocery
firIn- with branch stores
According TO the police. this firm has been re-
ceiviag telephone orders for goods to be sent
o siineEent addresses, including those Of Miss
Helen AZ Gould and Harry Payne Whitney, de-
liveries 10 be made charge TO account" The
police say that shortly after the deliveries We're
made the men would appear at the addresses
and claim the goods, saying they had been de-
livered by mistake and the firm wanted them
back.
Yesterday afternoon the uptown detective bu
reau was called up by a servant in the home OF
William J. Sloan, No. . West SD street, who
said two men Were waiting TO take some
dered groceries away. The detectives rushed
TO the house and a short distance from it ar
rested the pair, with a big crate OF Christmas
dinner trimmings" in their possession.
The grocers say they have lost from $4,000 to
$4,000 worth of goods in this way in less than
q month
New-York tribune., 1907-12-26
MYSTERIOUS TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE.
Turpentine Soaked Rags Found Blazing in
the Cellar

Louis Frank, who has small dry goods store
on the main floor of the tenement house No.
206 East 9Sth street. discovered burning
of rags attached TO the gas meter in the cellar Of
the house last evening. When the firemen
reached the tenement they found that the blaz-
mig rags had been soaked in turpentine and had
been tied to the gas meter in the cellar and also
& pile Of kindlng wood in another part of
the cellar, several feet distant from the meter.
The house is occupied by dozen Hebrew fam
lilies and there great excitement when the
origin of the fire discovered. as il was said
that there have been several attempts to fire
the building within the last two or three months.
A woman was recently burned TO death in
the house ssxEs
New-York tribune., 1907-12-26
TO OBSERVE TRENTON BATTLE DATE
Princes of the Caliphs to Commemorate
Washington's Crossing of Delaware.

Trenton. Dec. 25-Preparations have been COM
pleted by the Princes of the Caliphs fer their
celebration tomorrow of the 13lst anniversary
of the battle of Trenton A parade VIII be held, IN
which members of the order from other parts OF
the state will participate, after which a reunion
will take place at Turner's Hall. where patriotic
speeches are 10 be made
At o'clock on the morning OF December IS. lI6.
General Washington, at the head of only twenty
five hundred men. crossed the Delaware River.
which filed with floating ice. and began a
march of nine miles to Trenton In a binding snow
storm The Hessians had spent the night in Christ
mas festivities. taken by surprise and made
little show of resistance Ona thousand OF the
Hessians taken prisoners The American
casualties two killed and three wounded while
the Hessians lost about forty killed and wounded.
This success. together with that at Princeton
January g. IN, revived the spirits OF the Ameri
cans and helped TO prevent the threatened d'snte-
grafton OF Washington army.