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The Colorado statesman., 1907-01-12

of which bordered the band of panne
at the top. The bolero fastened across
the front with trimming of black silk
braid and tiny buttons, and is bor-
dered all round by a band of panne
striped with braid, as on the skirt
The sleeves, which reach half way
between elbow and wrist, have SINH
lar trimming of panne and braid with
buttons at the back, and the severity
of the little coat is relieved by hang
ing motifs of the blaick braid in front.
The smart military collar of blue
panne is finished at each side by a
touch of Oriental embroidery in green
and mauve, relieved by tiny gold
cord.
The second costume pictured is of
petunia cloth, and, as will be seen,
the skirt is perfectly plain, except for
the panel effect in front given by a
line at either side of narrow velvet
buttons. There is line of the same
velvet round the bottom of the skirt,
above several rows of narrow tucks
in the cloth, which gives finish to
the skirt without detracting from the
desired effect of simplicity. The cloth
bodice is somewhat full, and falls over
a deep draped belt of petunia silk; it
opens in front to show a vest of white
lace of a most original kind, with
raised flowers in high relief. The
fronts of the bodice are ornamented
with velvet buttons, which also adorn
the full cloth sleeves to the elbow,
where the beautiful lace is again
shown, as it is in the cuff, which comes
we'll below the elbow and is edged
with a band of velvet. A narrow
band of the same velvet edges the
high collarband of lace, and is most
becoming in its effect against the skin.
To go with this charming gown is a
hat of petunia velvet, the brim very
wide at one side, where it is turned
up with an enormous bow of satin rib
bon, while velvet roses in all shades
of petunia and tulle adorn the wide
crown.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-01-12
eKllMDgO71E OTTDO0P cOgTIZZsES :

To the outside world there seems to
be no method in the changing kaleido-
scope of fashion. A string of inno-
vations is madly adopted, to be drop
ped again as quickly, and fashion re-
solves itself into an everlasting race
after the newest ideas, and the very
latest expressions thereof But this is
on the surface of things. At heart,
fashion remains faithful to the period
that has inspired her for quite a sea
son or two, otter more. Only one pc
riod no longer suffices her We have
two or three, and with glorious incon-
sequence we mingle Empire and Louis
XVI, Directoire audacities and 1880
occurrences. Just a glimpse of the
one, a note of the other, all is forgiven
when results are as charming as they
are to-day.
A new fancy in smart gowns is to
have the short sleeves made of chif-
fon or lace, no matter what the ar
rangement of the rest of the corsage
may be. There is band at or Just
under the elbow of the velvet or what.
ever the material of the gown is, but
Tie pun VI tilS SlteNt lOp dDOV6 LD1tf is
entirely, or all but so, of delicate
fabric. 1t has a rather odd look at
first; it seems as if the maker of the
gown had run short of stuff for her
sleeves-but on the contrary, it is a
fashion of the moment, and marks a
good modistes production-not, of
course, that all the sleeves are so con-
structed, but that the idea has not yet
penetrated beyond the best designers.
The costume to the left in our large
Illustration is made of bright navy
blue herring-bone cloth, the herring
bone stripes being about half an inch
wide. In the skirts the material is
cut on the cross, the stripes meeting
in central seam in front A deep
hem of the material is turned up at
the bottom with a line of stitching,
and above this is band of blue panne,
six inches wide, perpendicularly
striped with black silk braid, line
The Colorado statesman., 1907-01-12

colors, but they give the best effects
when combined with silk beaver in
shades of grey-blue or peach"
Cocks feather in somber shade of
dead black" look exceedingly chic
on pale blue felt hats, handsome bows
of black satin ribbons being arranged
at one side of the curved brim and
underneath, resting ON the hair, one
or two pure white camelias.
Hat pins never were a more prom
inent feature of the headgear than
they are now. Instead of being tucked
away as much out of sight as possible
behind folds of trimming, the hatpin
of the hour is aggressive and seeks as
much display as may be. There are
some with big heads looking like Dres-
den china that are much used; and
other popular ones are imitation tor
toise shell. Some excellent simula-
tions of flowers, especially of the
large czar violets, are made, and form
good finish to folds of velvet in har-
monizing colors.
The handsome umbrellas and para
soils of the season have never before
been in such variety and beauty. espe-
cially in handles. Crystal is popular
both for trimming and for whole han
dies and there are beautiful things in
carved ivory set in gold, in jade, in
lapis lazuli, etc. Handsome black
handles are of polished black onyx
with narrow encircling bands of cut
crystal and particularly chic umbrel.
las have slender polished wood han.
dies merely capped with gold in which
is set single cabochon stone cover.
ing almost the entire end and showing
only narrow rim of the gold. Hand
wrought balls of gold or silver Oh
slender polished wood handles are
also very smart and handsome.
A novelty among the fine silk um.
brellas is one in heavy black silk with
a thIee-inch hem of color, all of the
most fashionable colors being repre-
seated
The Colorado statesman., 1907-01-12
Generosity.

Rebecka, aged five. who CLAIMED a
handsome heavily-bearded young man
"a neighbor-for a sweetheart, was
asked by young lady if she would
not give her claim also on the young g
man.
NO" said Rebecka, positively. 'T
want him all to myself"
But won't you give me a part of
him-just little bit?" pleaded the
young lady. You see, haven't any
sweetheart"
We'll" answered Rebecka, deliberat-
ing, and somewhat softened by the
appeal, you may have his whiskers." :"
-Harper's Weekly.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-01-12
LEFT THEM BOTH GUESSING.
Trick of Traveller That Caused Cool
ness Between Companions.

Trick of Traveller That Caused Cool
ness Between Companions.
Courtesy always pays" said Nine.
Rejane, the French actress, to an in
terviewer. "If we are courteous to
people, they like us and they try to
help us. If we are discourteous to
them, they hate us and oppose us.
1.-TWO women occupied a compart-
ment in railway carriage with one
man, a stranger. They were extreme
ly rude to this man. In whispers that
he could overhear, they criticised his
costume, his figure and his manner.
He, to be revenged, did a singular
thing.
"The blackness of a tunnel envel-
oped the car, and under cover of the
darkness the man kissed the back of
his hand loudly and repeatedly. Then.
when the train entered the light again.
he looked from one woman to the
other with a significant smile.
They exchanged glances of sus.
picion.
WAS 1t you he kissed?'
No, of course not Was 1t your
"And neither lady would believe the
others denial, and each, in her inmost
heart, was offended to think that the
man had chosen her companion in
stead of herself to kiss. The man
looked cool and complacent. When,
finally, he rose to go, he said, lifting
his hat with a jocular air:
Have no fear, ladies'. / shall
never tell which of you it was"
The Colorado statesman., 1907-01-12
BOWLING is STRENUOUS WORK.
In Fifty Games Man Lifts Total
of Six Tons.

Bowlers declare that it is moro
severe physical strain to bowl fifty
games than to play one game of foot
ball. 1t does not seem as hard, of
course, to shoot balls down an alley
as to tackle 200 pounds of live beef,
but it is the game that makes the
work easier and the results far more
satisfactory.
The fifty games to be rolled is equal
to 500 frames or innings for each
bowler, in this number of frames, not
figuring the added balls for strikes
in every tenth, there would probably
be an average of 160 strikes. For
strikes the bowling ball is handled
once, and for the 300 spares twice,
a total of $40 times that the ball is
sent down the alleys.
regulation bowling ball weighs 16
pounds When handled $40 times the
total weight is 13,440 pounds, or more
than six tons.
The time in which the 50-game
match is to be played is variously esti-
mated at from six to eight hours.
Figured at seven hours, which is
about the maximum and conservative
estimate, it will be seen that the bowl
ers handle the weight of nearly seven
tons at the rate of a ton an hour, or
more than 300 pounds every minute.
The runway over which the bowler
moves to the foul line is nearly 20
feet in length, and the $40 times ih
which each delivers the ball makes
total of nearly 1900 feet. To this
must be added the further distance
to the ball rack, to the seats of the
players and possibly to the mahogany
for bowlers have been known to
crook an elbow for other things than
delivering a ball-adding enough IL
distance to make a grand total o.
more than five miles of pedestrian
work in the seven hours on the alleys
The Colorado statesman., 1907-01-12
The Other Side of the Case.

you will admit that man in pub
lie office ought not to devote himself
to money making
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum;
but at the same time l call attention
to the fact that no one gives a man
rebate on either the luxuries or the
necessities of life simply because he
happens to be a patriot"
The Colorado statesman., 1907-01-12
A Slender Theory.

why are the best instrumental mu-
sicians unable to play by ear?"
Il suppose" answered Miss Cav
enBe, 'it must be because no one with
really sensitive ear could endure
the terrific din of constant practice"
The Colorado statesman., 1907-01-12
The COLLEGE Widow.

Let me see, was 1t you or your sis-
ter l was engaged to when was here
at collegeT
Il really don't remember. 1t mu.
have been mother.'-Stanford ChaDs
raj.
The Colorado statesman., 1907-01-12
Some Important Dress Accessories

In the millinery world it becomes
hourly more and more evident that
cocks feathers are enjoying
The Colorado statesman., 1907-01-12

I. Dinner blouse In delicate tinted
mousseline-de-soie, with square
of guipure as vest, and friIls
edged with ribbon.
2. Corsase in pink Messaline, with
bands of Oriental gold and color
ed embroidery, and collar and
cuffs Of dark wlne-colored velvet;
lace vest.
triumphant reignl They are to be
sssn on felt hats of all shapes and
The Colorado statesman., 1907-01-12
What Were Life Without Its Dreams

What Were Life Without Its DreansY
Take out of life those blissful drows.
ing moments when the youthful orator
has foreseen himself holding multi.
tude in the hollow of his hand, NOV
ing them to laughter or tears at will.
or even by the sheer power of his elo.
quence compelling a jury to free tho
confessed murderer; deprive the coun-
try girl, trudging her way to school.
of the vision of an entire court, includ
ing both OF their gracious majesties,
bowling before her loveliness; bar even
the wretched player of golf from con-
juring before the eye of his mind
perfect game, stroke by stroke, made
with such grace, power and precision
as to be regarded by thousand on
lockers as truly marvellous; rob
statesman of his mental picture OF
countless generations reverently hold
ing his memory as that of the greatest
of the great; steal from the composer
the anticipation of slipping shyly from
his high chair while the great house
resounds with fitting applause of he
most impelling opera ever written;
take from the girl in the choir the
weekly vision between hymns of the
ultimate triumph of voice and beauty;
and what is left but husks of life? To
actual achievement, and to even
dreary realism their due; but not less
appropriate to the reverie of life than
to the sleep of death is the exclama-
ton of the poet,
What dreams may come
George Harvey in North American
Review.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-23
TADS PLAYED SANTA
SOCIAL SETTLEMENT YOUNG,
STEERS BENT ON GIVING.

CHICAGO, December 23.-Twelve sturdy
little fellows with patched trousers and
needing gloves and overcoats, but with
faces rosy. clean and happy, passed out OF
the Northwestern University social set.
Element house yesterday. The tallest snd
the happiest declined to let any one else
touch the bravely decorated Christmas
tree that he bore in his arms. The others
were loaded down with baskets, contain-
ing a turkey. ham, Pies, cake with
raisins in it, two pecks Of potatoes. celery.
and other groceries. warm clothes. shoes
and a sled for a ten-year-old boy.
.'They could not wait" said Mrs. H. e
vittum, head resident of the social settle-
ment who went along. They have
bought these gifts with their own money.
and there won't be any harm in a little
premature celebration where were going"
Lit Up the Tenement.
For this was an errand of charity that
had been planned for weeks. All the boys
are from poor families of the neighbour
hood. The procession halted at mean
and crowded tenement house. The boys
stopped at the first fiat back, where sad
woman was peeriug from one Of the mar
row windows in the three little rooms.
When the door was opened the ten-year-
old boy for whom the sled was intended
knew the leader. and made his way for
ward quickly on his hands. He lost his
legs a year ago while picking up coal
along the tracks. A young woman OF
twenty, a tuberculosis patient, looked up
from a cot and beamed with delight when
one of the boys handed her the cake with
the raisins in it, and something for her
to wear.
An old and infirm woman received a
warm red shawl. There were presents
for everybody. The boys placed the gayly
decorated tree in one corner, and then
left at once without waiting for any
thanks.
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A FAIRLY PROSPEROUS LOOKING: CP0MD OF RETUPNlNc
1rT1GRANTS

| December at the time when the Christ
| mas homeward rush was greatest. oroRe
| all records for number of passengers car
ried in the steerage by one ship.
in the steerage for Mediterranean ports,
the bulk of the number naturally being
| foreigners.
Several hundred tons of freight had to
| be left behind to make room and berths
were made up between decks.
None of the swarthy enthusiasts OBJ
jected to discomforts or criticised the &C
| Communications. They were content with
anything as long as they could once see
| themselves safely embarked on the steam
| err that was to bear them to the place
about which had clustered all their fond
est sentiments of twelve-month
But not all the home-goers Travelled IN
the steerage. The greater percentage of
those who made uo this section Of the
complement of the liners were Italians.
Yet there were also Italians a-plenty in
the first cabin and saloon divisions.
The ability to make money in the new
world has been astonishingly developed in
the Tuscans More than one olive-skinned
son of the land of smiling skies has
pushed his possessions into the seven
figures.
vendors the first accumulation has been
used to buy a house and launch them
into real estate. at which they succeeded
wonderfully. With frugality imposs-
BILE to an American they can live on sums
so small that almost every dollar of profit
becomes part of the capital
And like SNOWFALL the pile once start
ed rolls onward. gathering size at every
revolution.
Rich Italians by the hundreds travel
homeward for the Christmas holidays to
spend Their days in the simpler surround
ings of other times and dazzle old-time
relatives and neighbors with their new
found wealth.
In the superior accommodations were
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Three Skaters Drowned.

PITTSFIELD. Mass, December o.
Henry Norris, aged sixteen; Henry Ano,
aged twenty, and Miss Alice Moziener.
aged seventeen, were drowned while skat.
ing on Onata Lake yesterday.
Although the lake was only frozen to q
thickness of two inches several hundred
people took advantage Of the fine weather
to enjoy the first skating of the season.
Young Norris and a boy named Suttle
were skating together when the ice broke
beneath them, Norris sinking alone in
about forty feet of water. Suttle chung
to the edge of the ice until rescued.
While the police were endeavoring to get
the body of Norris boy Informed the
oficers that he had seen a man and
woman break through the ice at the other
end of the lake.
The police went to the spot indicated,
and found Amos hat floating on the sur.
face thereby confirming the boys story.
The hat was identified. and later it was
learned that Ano had been skating with
Miss Moziener. 10. .--z-----. -.
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lOIHER AND CHILD GOING
BACK TO ITALY. FOR THE
CHRISTMAS TIDE

revolution of tho wheel told OF the jour-
ney started and the first step made to-
ward home.
Those who cannot go are not the least
moving part of the picture.
On any dock they can be seen. Women
with yellow handkerchiefs bound around
their heads. bidding goodbye to sons or
brothers. and undergoing double grief
the loss for time of loved relatives ana
almost equally poignant, the deprivation
of chance TO see the old home.
In all the ships it is notable that the
percentage of men IS all out or proper
ton to the number of women who make
the trip.
This is explained by the fact that the
italian husband, brother or father is the
pathfinder
When his dreams first turn longingly to
the new world he is filled with DOUBTS.
He is willing to make the experiment him
self. but how does he know that the new
country will be loved of his wife. his
mother. his children, his sisters More
over, suppose fortune does not favor him,
and he finds himself in new country.
where all are strangers to him. with a
whole family on his hands whom he can
not support.
Better go alone and investigate. Better
make the experiment and suffer the hard
ships himself before exposing his women
1t will be lonesome. he will often be UNI
happy he reasons, but 1t is worth while.
So he makes his start. leaves them be-
hind, and comes alone to the new world.
Naturally as soon as his success war;,
rants he Is going to bring them all over,
and the sentiment of Christmas makes It,
the ideal time toward which to strive. |
Perhaps half of the men who travelI
across the waters at Christmastide Will
come back with their happy families
couple of months later.
Among the homegoers Is another large
class who cannot stand the winters In
this country. They are laborers who work
in Uncle Sans domain for nine months
of the year and then return to Italy for
three months of idleness and comfort
with their families. Most Americans,
would find it hard to keep life together
on what these laborers earn, but so great
is their genius for living on nothing that
in nine months of street cleaners wages,
for example, they earn enough to pay
steerage passage home. take back few
presents, and live in ease through the
winter months. Many of them arrange
to get back their jobs when they return
in the spring. %.
Italians preponderate in this Christmas
homeward procession, but there is also q
good number of Swedes Russians.
French, particularly of the thrifty peas
ant class Russians, Danes, Scotch and
Irish.
For years alarmists have been deplorin8
the volume OF immigration turning to-
ward this country and seeking to find
means of stopping it. 1t may be conso-
lation to them to know that for one
month in the year Uncle Sam sends
abroad in the steerage more than he gets
back.
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ulation who want to spend the
Christmas holidays at home.
For the last three weeks every out
going steamer has carried it's huge quota
of those who left Europe to make a bet
ter living here. but who at the holiday
season find = themselves unable to resist
that home going impulse that is not the
least beautiful feature of the Yuletide.
The desire to see fathers and mothers,
brothers and sisters, the old home
sights. to worship once more in the
church that saw their christening and
marriage, there is an irresistible magnet
here that draws all nationalities back to
the first place they called home.
Never before has the rush been so
great. Apparently in the midst of the
present business depression the thrifty
foreigner has escaped almost unscathed.
His profits have been made mainly in
retail business. and his capital has not
been invested in the uncertain ways of
the stock market What he has earned
he has kept and increased. and no cloud
mars his pleasure as he books his passage
home.
In New York in one day eight. steam
ers sailing to the eastward carried more
than 1900 steerage passengers.
In the last six weeks every steamer
sailing from New York. Boston. Bal
timore, New Orleans and Charleston
has carried more steerage passengers on
most amazing reversal of the usual or
der.
Every transatlantic liner was booked up
for at least a couple of weeks in advance,
and the steamship President Lincoln. sail
ing from New York in the first week of
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situations. he pays his taxes. he is good
citizen but the sunshine of his native
southern country is too thoroughly in
bred, is too completely part of his fiber
for him to forget his beloved Italia.
All year long he works with the ambi-
ton to get enough money to return to
spend either Christmas at home or per-
haps to remain over in the softer cline
till the spring, thus escaping the rgors
of the American winter.
On every steamship for the last six
weeks could have been seen hundreds
of these eager gesticulating Italians.
crowding the decks from bow to stern,
greeting friends with noisy enthusiasm,
hailng with joy the preparations for de-
parture and finally cheering when the
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also clustered in numbers thrifty Ger
mans and English, the flower of that
immigration which comes from Europe
to aid in the development of Uncle Sans
domain.
Proportionately fewer Britons and leu
tons go home for the reason that being
the ideal type of immigration they grad
ualy become absorbed into the life of
their new home till eventually it replaces
to large extent in their affections the
place left behind.
The Americans tongue is the English
mans tongue. The German in this coun-
try speedily ADOPTS it as his. But the
Italian is slower to throw off the old
speech and put himself in the current
of the new life. He bows to our in
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crossing the bridge. to the Manhattan
terminal, and when abreast of the Man.
haitian anchorage the trolley pole slipped
from the wire. The motorman slowed
down that the conductor could adjust
the pole. Directly behind the car was
the other car of the same line. No. 1890,
in charge of Motorman Leonard Berger
and Conductor Michael Duffy. Berger at
tempted to slow down, but his air brakes
would not work. Meanwhile the car gain
when it crashed into the forward car
with such force that all the passengers
were thrown about and the windows
broken.
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1t saves you money.
That's queer thing to say of soap.
But it's true Of Fels-Naptha.
How? Simple as A, B, c.

How? Simple as A, b, L.
Clothes cost money. When you boil
clothes you weaken their fibre just as you
soften meat or vegetables by boiling.
Hard rubbing wears them out.
When you wash clothes with
Fels-Naptha you neither boil nor hard
rub them. Fels-Naptha does the work
far better in cool or lukewarm water in
half the time and bother
Your clothes will wear twice as long
if washed with Fels-Naptha. And they'll
be cleaner, whittier and sweeter after every
washing than you could get them in any
other way.
All that's required is to follow easy
directions on the back of the red and
green wrapper. Be sure and get the
genuine Fels-Naptha.
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HURT IN BRIDGE CRASH.
Twelve Occupants Of Stalled Car
Are the Victims

NEW YORK, December 23.-A dozen
persons were injured last night on the
Williamsburg bridge in collision between
two crowded cars of the Ralph avenue
line. Both cars were on their way to
the Manhattan terminal. and when the
crash came panics in both cars followed
Car 1893. in charge of Motorman julius
Sauer and Conductor Charles O'Brien, was