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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-05-05

through or on fy. And topping the III.
re coat IL d hat Completing the brief
SKIRT are boots.
The hat IL a bell shape or Cloche, as
the French term them This Il Il sort Of
a glorihed combination Of the mushroom
md poke. 1t is yet well back on rhe elab.
crate eoifnre aud In an effort 10 preserve
her balance the wearer carries her head
wen forward. vita the peculiar crane.
Ike movement Of the neck Introduced by
sirs, Patrick Campbell when she visited
'hese shores some years ago bnt unrlI
how never generally adopted on thlg eldc.
The hat " bcfeathered. ~ pogsegs one
or the feaihered hats OF Che season ~ 10
mutely declare oue's self plutocrs,,,
Never before have there been guch Won
derfully beautiful feathers. sendlcR. 10
say, the price accpTds Win the beauty.
One might obtain a fowertriinued nat
OF something IKE Il moderate price, lince
howers cannot well run beyond d certain
| quality Bat The length aud breadth II
me plNmes, aud the vide. fui! nucg. are
things thht caunot be Initiated. FIRST In
FAVOR come the casgDwafy plnnies. tie
| very acme OF all that is dtsIrabIe at prek
snt second place iB accorded the ROYAL
y 'SEficn' lheEe are scores Of other iGaiil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29

High School. to whom Pasadena is
greatly indebted for many artistic set
tings, gives a most interesting de-
scrfptfon of the decorating Of cars, IL
Illustrating especially a skin hand with
the time and labor involved. At the
outset some idea is conceived by which
the celebrating of the vehicle perfectly
harmonizes with the costuming. Wheth-
er it be French. English, American or
any other national portrayal. the pc
riod of powdered hair and lace ruffles
is best, because delicate colocing in
cheaper materials Is more easily OBJ
tanned than medieval richness, necessi-
itating velvet and gold, besides being
more comfortable in the wearing.
When one of the eighteen outriders
takes his place by the tally-ho and
doffs his cooked hat with it's swinging
ostrich plume. who realizes that on this
New Years day his satin leggns and
silken coat are lined with cheesecloth
and that the gentle blush on his court
ly face is caused by the stiff tarletan
stock raking across his throat as he
bows low?
The day before the fete seveaty-f FIVE
boys and girls are kept busy from
sunrise till sunset gathering towers
from gardens, parks and fields. There
are roses from bushes covering roofs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29

realization that this Is 1907 percolate
through your dear old cerebrum.
Father-What right have you to talk
that way to
Elicia-Cheese it, father. Take a green
car and tell the teacher I want you home
early.
S:ster-This is too much to-
Elicia-Come in, it's sandy bottom.
Spring that stuff on the Charlotte Russo
that you had a half-nelson on in the par
lor last night. He looked soft enough to
eat with a spoon.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES L
Elicia-Am I unfurnished in the fifth
story, granny, or didn't l just hang up
Days handicap?
Mother-Elicia, / command you to
Elicia-" Silence! she cried. with a sig
nificant glance at the duke. Then with
ing varlets and babe them make ready
her coach and siX.'-Mother darling,
sneeze. sneeze. you have dust In your
attic.
Father-rhis is my house and shan't
Elicia-" This insolence," said the duke,
flicking his cigarette ashes upon the grape
fruit" Did you forget something. father
dear, or did the teacher send you home to
get your face washed?
Sister-Why don't you send her from
Elicia-Is tha-a-at so! Oh, there's moth
Ing to 1t. There's a strike in my power
house and my fywheeIs tangled up with
the generator. For a min-u-ett methunk
1 had Ira1ded you package of blue-la-
beled sedative powders. But twas not
such. Get on the sidewalk. you're block
ing the traffic. Give the cop your name
and number, duck the crowd. go in the
drug store. brush yourself, take lemonine
powder and call a cab-call cab. 1t
was bad bump, but you're all right now
you're all right now.
Mother-Well-
Father-If-
Sister-I-
Grandma ther-When--
Elicia-The sopranos all right but that
was bum bass note, Dad. Now heark-
en- parties: hearken! Your little Elicia
is plumb nuts about this word mill. but
her wind amt what it was and she's
going to her corner. It's me to the vanity
shacks this am. for cargo Of beauty
trimmings. That William lad you had
handcuffed under one candlepower in the
deception room yester eve. sis, handed
me the meaning mitt while you were
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ceives a penny. all working for the
pure love of the undertaking.
Seven days before the gala event the
line Of march is laid out, and Dlen are
sent about the streets to decorate every
telegraph pole with flags and palm
leaves, Gay pennants of the official
colors, crimson and white, are conspic-
uously displayed on every hand, and
the merchants particularly vie with
each other in decorative rivalry. Apart
from this business competition. 1t must
be borne in mind that substantial prizes
are offered for this feature, and thus.
after all, the labor is well worth the
effort
But in spite of all the efforts of the
merchants. town officials and private
individuals to gayly decorate their city,
the show is the thing. Here busy fin
gers have been. keeping at It. brains
have been racked for new designs and
ideas; hearts are beating with anxious
fiutterings for the judges expected
awards; and to gain the coveted first
prize much time and hard work must
be spent.
Prof. Leroy D. Ely, principal of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
LESSONS IN SLANG-FJRST AID TO THE AMBITIOUS.

tering each other around our block that
we expect to get raided. Blow around
some eve and I'll let you pick out some-
thing. Auf wiedevoir!
Buying Shoes.
Elicia-How much to take home yon
lingeree blouse.
acknowledgements -forty-nine.
Elicia-What have you got to sell here
Saleslady-Heres a swell thing for
twelve-sixteen.
Elicia-You gave me the wrong number,
Central
Saleslady-Want something cheaper?
EIicia-Discovered!
Saleslady-We amt got 1t. (To ford
woman with orange-colored haD. Any
onea waitin' on you?
Florid woman-I want some black
Elicia-Get in line, get in lineup stage
for you. When / get through with this
under my biceps it'll be your turn.
Florid woman-I beg your pardon, are
you addressing me?
Elicia-You are on the right car, but
ing you I'd lose all liking for myself for
letting you play on the street in that fire
and flames exhibit.
Florid woman You impertinent
Elicia-Mercy me. It's alive. Boy. bring
that fire extinguisher!
Florid woman-Why-how-w
grrr-!!!
Elicia-Ding, Fires out CTo saleslady)
Say, my brother knows a guy that once
handled one of John DIS fiippers. Don't
that qualify me to enter a bid for your
kind attention?
Saleslady-I thought you was finished.
Which is it you wish?
Elicia-Sure you have time? Far be it
from me to wish to make you break any
dates merely to oblige so humble a patron
of these works as your affecsh.
Saleslady with hauteur)-Might I in
quire watchoo want?
Elicia-When you get out of that auto
and remove/those opera cloak and tiara
the common-peepul would like to ask
whittier it can purchase drapery for it's
chaste person. Are you all set? Where is
the peek-a-boo exhibit?
Saleslady (coldly)-Other end of the
aisle.
Elicia--Thanks for those kind words,
Duchess de Frozen Face. 1t must be all
to the grand not to need dress protectors
even in summer. Say, take a tip from
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tend with opposition that makes pikers
of Savanarola and the other old-time
veteran myrtyrs. Every time she hands
out fresh one somebody around the
house is sure to take a crack at her in
tellect. If she comes back with hair
trigger reply her worth to the COM
munity at large is placed in question.
Should she still stay in the ring and land
something good for the third time. her
finish as an original Dorofiora sextet
party is prophesied.
Her only chance then is to stack up
such varied assortment of New Speech
quips and phrases that she can stay
right by the job until all opposition is
silenced in very wonderment at her eff
cheney and put to rout through inability
to cope with a mentality so keen in the
come back. Our purpose is to offer her
some ideas upon which she may elabor-
ate at will. These we have systematized
and scheduled for daily usage, arranging
them in conversational form.
Lesson lat the breakfast table:
>Mother-You are late, Elicia.
Father-Why can't you get here or
time?
Observation-Disclosures was a gin
Elder sister-Really, there seems no rea.
son why
Elicia-Turn it off, you give me the
billydips.
Mother-Eliciai
Father-What?
Sister-Such language!
Standardization / was a
Elicia-Aw. fade. parties, fade. Slip Us
the oleo. please. granny.
Grandmother-Do what?
Elicia-Deal out the grease, produce the
bread lubricator-aw, pass the butter!
shocked silence. Get braced for a strong
sally.)
Mother-Really, Elicia, you must stoI
using that shocking slang. 1t is disgust
ing.
Elicia-Don't make me laugh, sick as
am. When you and the rest of this pre-.
historic push get hep to the fact that SLANG
is the real American language and quiz
harpooning little bright-eyed me there will
be much glee had in these parts. Nov
forget that frozen face and climbing eye
brow thing and leave me throw this lay.
out of ham-and under my peek-a-boo with
out any more of this Hague conference
dope.
Grandmother-When>I was
Elicia-Sure! When you were--but yo,
amt. SO forget that reminiscent daily
ing with early A. d. dates and allow TIL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29

chasing ice water for him. and slipped
me a biu to a honk-hack scouting tour
for this cleaning. He stacks up like a
dingy deuce to yours-affecsh, but as they
say in Bosting-"it Is masculine and
wears trouserines. so leave us be thank
full for small favors." He put over that
aifalfared gag about falling for me be-
cause I was there with the short-arm
comeback" His language is somewhat
old-fashioned, but refreshing in COMPARE
SON with the Swiss Family Robinson dia-
logue sprung on me in my home circle.
Auf- wiedevoir. scouts. Don't take any
leather currency or change amy twenty
buck bills for strangers.
The young student should give this les
son particular attention. 1t will be seen
that In the ability to come back strongly
and without hesitation lies world of
power. Practice along these lines with
the application of the creative faculties
will soon make the girl student adept in
the art of putting the family circle into
state Of coma. Succeeding lessons will
be by way of preparing her for luncheon
parties, shopping tours, matinees, din
ners and evenings with the transient
main-squeeze.
LESSON NO. 2.
TN our first Lesson in Slang we endeav-
ored to place before the young girl who
l. is DESTROYS of becoming the pastry
around the house. an object lesson in the
line of conversational acid drops to be
passed around the breakfast table to the
home folks in order to make her worth
fully appreciated 1t will be our purpose in
this, the second lesson, to present her
with a sample bunch Of New Speech that
might be used with advantage during a
shopping scout through the city's klepto-
maniac incubators.
To better illustrate the pertinency Of
the language we have arranged the lesson
in dialogue. as in the first lesson. The
student is given the nifty handle of Elicia,
as before, and various everyday char
acters are introduced as feeders. We have
tried to place ourselves in the position of
these extraneous characters, and let them
say just the things that we should expect
them to say under the circumstances. The
student may expect slight variations in
the come-backs. but If she Is there with
the agile cerebrum she should get away
with the band playing. OF course, there
is chance that the third party may
throw a remark or something at her
that leaves an opening for some original
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29
LESSON NO. 1.

- LANG-as the American language
is contemptuously called by those
- highbrows whose cerebral cavities
when In contact with new idea are as
a brick wall to tennis balls the out
growth of years of endeavor on the part
of the American public to break away
from tradition and build up on the
groundwork of the mother tongue" d
racial speech. embodying the principal
clements of American character-terse-
ness humor and illustrative aptness. Its
growth has been remarkable, considering
the unfriendly attitude of certain parties
in the educational and literary world.
Its use has spread to the hidden-most,
long-grass communities. and there is
well-defined movement to bring the New
Speech (as We prefer to style IT'D into
the public schools. 1t may not be long
before 1t becomes a major study in all
educational institutions.
Unfortunately a too careless and pro-
mscuous usage of the New Speech has
given rise TO certain abuses which must
be checked before Ii can be expected to
find favor with the long haired Young
parties are so apt to queer themselves
with their conservative elders by spring
ing New Speech words and phrases Of
dubious sound without adding the eX-
PLANTATION necessary to complete under
standing on the part of the uninitiated.
This is lamentable and ii is with a view
toward remedying this evil that we are
offering these Lessons in Slang" Our
object is to train the young in the proper
use of the New Speech so that the elder
ly passe ones may realize that slang
is not a mere habit. a vulgar corruption
of language. something to be tabooed and
its opponents bawled-out, but national
institution. here to stay and flourish and
increase in aptness and efficiency until
the books of Henry James are called for
at the Carnegarages a couple of guilds
hence and read as specimens of an acute
form of English once almost epidemic
in this country.
To the young girl at home we offer
our first lesson. Few of the opponents
or the New Speech have n harder time
getting away with their dope without
horrified hand raisings and verbal wal
lops at their character She has to con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29

me. will you kiddo? Brush that fly of
your beak before it slips up and breaks
leg and sues you for not cleaning the
ice from your premises. So long. Tell the
duke I'm sorry / missed seeing him.
Gentlemanly salesparty-Boot or OK.
ford?
Elicia-Nothing doing I want t, incass
my twinklers in set of those lOw-necked
tan pumps.
Gentlemanly salesparty-What size?
Elicia-Ssh! It's dark secret. Number
2-triple A.
Gentlemanly salesparty Cremovlng old
shoe)-Are you getting these for yourself
or your little sister?
Elicia-Something doing; l can feel It.
I-can-feel-it. Listen to muh. Evening
Breeze. If you have any thought of try
ing to kid little, wise me. exile it. exile it.
You may be high card in your village
and the life of your boarding house; all
the skirts on your block may dope you AS
the guiding star and stack their curls the
way you like. but to me you are plus
9 minus with the rim off.
In the Shops.
Gentlemanly salesparty-EXcuse me.
miss. ! meant no offense by my gentle
pleasantly upon your mistake as TO the
size of your shoe. If i understood you
correctly. you said No. triple A. My UNI
seemly display of facetiousness was due
to the fact that this old boot of yours is
marked No. &C.
Elicia-Do you think you are handing
me information? / am perfectly hep To
the fact that have been shutting around
for moons in a pair of brogans Quilt for
some beamy, bluff bowed, seagoing Swede
pillow-puffer, but I'm done. This solid
comfort gag is fine around the house. but
when it comes to floating down the pave
in two pairs of feet cases. stuff'S on, and
l declare myself out of the reform
movement. It's better to hear some cor
ner comedian say. They're pretty. but
bet they hurt" than to have to stand for
the opening bar of that old refrain. Take
Me Back to Chicago Town" So II YOU
figure that you can't crowd my stilt-tips
into No triple AS, be a gent and don't
break ii to me. Just produce the goods
on the invoice figures as closely as pc9-
sible and let me duck these parts--limp-
ing but lightsome. Many a tortured toe
supports a naughty heart.
Our next lesson will take Elicia through
a luncheon party and matinee engage
ment.
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of houses; carnations from borders in
dicating walks and driveways, and ge-
raniums from hedges separating gar
dens. Thirty thousand or so blossoms
are carefully arranged in tubs Of water,
and five hundred long strips of smilax
are suspended in regular order from
the walls of some great barn. Co.'S
tunes have been completed materials
have been collected and work now be-
gins
Boys cover the bed of the tally-no and
its five seats with great wire frames
and the wheels with wire nets. Up
right standards, each terminating in
iron scrolls, are placed at the foar cor
ners of the vehicle. Cambria is then
wrapped around the running gear, cor
responding with the prevailing color
of the costumes. Smilax is woven
into all the meshes of the wire and
twisted about the iron scrolls and
aXles.
I
Then comes the work OF filling in every
inch of space with the new mosaic art de-
signs inlaid with flowers. Should the
background be filed in solidly with white
flowers, then designs are wrought out on
this in pink, red or yellow. Soon a pro-
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expression or surgical treatment, but we
hope the fair student will be of the stuff
that triumphs though the night is very,
very dark. and father has sold his auto
mobile to buy rum.
On the Street Car.
Conductor-Fare, lady.
Elicia-Sure. faint heart.
Observation-Disclosures?
Elicia-Slip us a strip of boards.
Conductor-How many out?
Elicia-One, and the sacks are full.
The register-Br-r-ring.
Girl Friend-Why, you dear old thing.
where on earth are you going, and I'll
bet I'm going the same place. saw them
yesterday. and vowed I'd come down this
morning and get one before they are all
gone
Elicia-Shift your clutch, shift your
clutch, sweet one; you're on that high
speed again. Give us your claw, birdie.
It's bundles of joy to switch my thirty
twos on your diagram When did you hit
the burg, and have you made good that
eight-year-old threat to cop provider?
Girl Friend-I got in yesterday. and oh,
dearie, I'm engaged to three of the cutest
things you ever saw. One goes to Yale,
the other to Harvard and the other to
Elicia-Lovely bizz-I have an extra one
from Cornell you can have, and you
ought to be able to sidetrack sisterine' s
western COLLECTION. Keep on ana you ii
make the all American.
Girl Friend-How about you, dearie?
Elicia-Groggy, but still on my feet and
sparring for the gong. If some dare
devil with short-range lamps doesn't hap
hen along pretty soon and stake his all on
this layout I'm going to HE me to an
opticians, stake myself to pair of blue
goggles. buy parrot and a pack of cards,
and go it alone.
Girl Friend-oh. don't despair. "If at
first your
Elicia-If you spring that awful gag on
me I'll hand you a bent forefinger. 1t i'll
behooves a charter member of the Ancient
Order of Patient Walters to make a jocu-
lar pass at one SO nearly young as low
ingly yours. Leave me tell you, Huffy
Fluffies. that when / am quite through
with this girlish-glee campaign. and all
set for whirl on the wedded-bliss merry
go-round I can get aboard without use of
ropes. The guy that runs the ring ma
chine is my friend, and will slip me the
brass washer any time I choose to ride
That despair act of mine was kid. for
I've got SO many Loch:nvars, Nick-Car-
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Copyright by c. P. Hendrick)
" OR nineteen years on the first day
l. OF every year the people of Pasa-
dena. Cal. have commemorated
the birth of a new cycle of time
by a day of rejoicing and welcom-
ing. in recognition and appreciation OF
the bountiful gifts of nature enjoyed by
all southern California in general and
The Crown of the Valley in partlcula-.
Pasadena the beautiful. the progress
sive the city of civic pride, nesting in
the foothills of the Sierra Madre. within
sight of Mount Lowe and Mount Wilson,
is aptly described as the hub of Califor-
MIA When the balance of the country is
in the firm grip of King Frost and his
snow-covered court, here the orange and
lemon groves are seen in all their green
\ and golden splendor: here the flowers at
tain marvellous growth and beauty. with.
a bewlldering mass of color and blend
ings: here the doors and windows are left
standing open and myTiads of feathered
songsters fit through the air. and old
Father Time approaches no neare- than
. the tops of the mountains, in plain view
OF the city.
With country such as this with an
all-year-round climate making 1t possible
10 work or play out of doors nearly every
day of the year with perfect comfort,
a celeb-ation-a celebration unique in
character and famous the world over for
originality of method.
When you come to think of a grand
floral parade some five miles in length,
each vehicle or entry being decorated with
the real article flor no artificial means are
permissible) you. can form some idea of
the wonderful interest taken in the fete.
But no amount of\descriptive matter can
portray the coaches solidly covered with
roses violets and carnations; automobiles
hidden beneath their mantle of flaming
geraniums or snow-white lilies; phaetons
and pony carts, miniature chariots, floats,
novelties. equestrians, marching clubs and
bands. all passing through arches of col
ored buntings. smilax and evergreen fes-
toons, in glory of dolor. music and en-
-pendiSffNf -a{ some thr4e hundred thousand
dollars Sm9ll wondet is it that the rail-
roads btSS<some fort ~ to fifty train loads
OF people Nnto the city, and the electric
five to- hY&dred thousand for the day, to
say nhtbsngj of the hundreds of winter
yisitorS-<esfstering from every state and
Fom~ every foreign country, all drawn
Pre- by this most wonderful and artistic
~ -
ltts impossible to give a complete idea
as ID the work entailed. not only in get
ting LAP such q Tournament, but In seeing
that ids run through without a hitch. 1t
has been very rightly said that it is
divided into three chapters with a preface
and an epilogue. The preface is the
months OF hard work performed by the
president and officers of the Tournament
OF Roses Association in awakening and
renewing interest in the annual event; the
days an4 ntEhts of work spent by those
participating In gathering flowers. plan
ming and making costumes and decorating
through the cold last night of the old
year. that the first bright mornng5of the
new might dawn in roses and sunshine.
The first chapter Is the floral parade in
the morning; the second the Roman char
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-29

Our next lesson will take Elicia through
luncheon party and matinee engage
ment.
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Copyright by c. p. Hendrick.)
4 OR nineteen years on the first day
! of every year the people of Pasa-
dena. Cal. have concentrated
the birth of a new cycle of time
Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-14
FINANCE COMMITTEE ABIDES
BY MUSHET'S JUDGMENT

Without stopping to inquire into the
legality Of the demands after City Au-
oitor Mushet pronounced them irreg-
ular the councils fl anee committee
yesterday voted to refer a bunch of
thirty-two to the city attorney.
The city auditor is collecting these
irregular demands from all departments
and they are ling up in Mr.. Hewitt's
office.
Last week the city attorney ruled
that all demands bearing acquisitions
issued after supplies have been pur-
chased are illegal.
Similarly Mr.. Hewits rules that no
city employe has a right to charge for
extra work done while he was in the
service of the ci,.'. This will wipe out
a number of claims for rervices as
notary public Sled by some employees.