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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-08
Leesburg and Vicinity.
correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence me star.
IEESBI-RG Va. June :. 1905.
& Thornton Nichols died at his home in
Iinco II. Va. last Wednesday of apnplexy.
Two sons. TT. Henry j. Nichols and Mr..
Arthur G.. Nichols of Washington, d. C.,
survive him
Miss Belle McGill departed Saturday for
Washington. where she attended the we'd
ding of Mrs. Helen G.. Tally to George c.
Minnigerode. Miss McGil will leave
Washington today for Bar Harbor, Me-.
where she will spend the summer.
Miss Helen Wise has had as her guests
the past week Miss Graham. Mrs Todavin
and Walter Humphrey of Salisbury. Md.
Mrs Walter Taylor and children Of Nor
folk Va. are VISITING Mr.. Taylor
mother. Mrs. Powell Harrison of this
town
Miss Laura Harbaugh of Washington
las been visiting Mrs. K. b. Wildman at
Winduver near here.
MIS-. Joseph Fague and Miss Julia
Smith OF Washington have been guests OF
the Misses Shafer of this town.
Mrs. Clay of Washington has returned
TO her home in Washington after visit
To relatives here.
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Soft She'll Crabs Small and Scarce

The catch of hard shelled crabs in the
lower Potomac is on the increase. On
every trip of the river steamers they
bring up barrels of them from Nomini
creek and points below to dealers here.
Soft crabs are scarce in the Potomac.
and the few that are caught are small
and bring but low price on the mar
ket. The bulk of the soft crabs on sale
come from Annapolis and other bay
points and sell at prices ranging from
80 cents to 10 cents per dozen II the
crabs are large they command even
higher prices.
During the latter part Of th.s month
and early in July the Irab season on
the Potomac will be in full tide. Unless
conditions are different from past years
the crnstaceans will be caught by the
thousands and shipped to this city
daily. 1t Is stated that the muddy fresh
water. caused by the rsins In early
May. invading the salt water at the
lower end Of the river Is in large
measure responsible for the late ap-
peardRce Of the crabs in large numbers.
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EVANSVILLE HAPPENINGS.
Sermon at Agricultural College
General and Personal News.


Special Correspondence Of The Star.
EVANSVILLE. Md. June 8. 1903.
Rev F. A. Baer. rector of St. Paurs
parish. Woodville. Prince George county.
preached the baccalaureate sermon to the
graduating class of the Maryland Agri
cultural College yesterday afternoon. The
subject of his discourse was Chris
tan Lead Arship" The college chapel
was crowded with officers Of the
college and their families. the stu
dent body and many visitors from the
surrounding neighborhood. Last Friday
evening the annual german of the senior
and junior classes Of the college took
place. The dance was led by Capt.
Charles w. Sylvester Of Denton. with Miss
Mildred NJ Barnes Of Washington. Those
present were President and Mrs. r. w.
Sylvester. Profs. Close and Richardson.
Mrs. Benton. Mrs. Bailey. Mrs. Hayden
and Mrs. Allison, and the Misses Beal.
Walters. Mcdonnell. Blundon. Lyon,
liar. Walker. Speer. Benton. Bowen.
Fighter. Nicholson. Granfield. Clements.
Giacchetti. Bennett Meek. Helmuth and
Mudd and Messrs. Brice. Byrd, Brough-
ton. Cooper. Firor. Long. Mackall. Para
dis. Reeder. Rufrner. Sylvester. somer
Vile Warren. Wilson. Lowery. Allison.
Burroughs. CODY. Coster. Gorsuch, Mas
lin. Mayer. Turner and Tausky.
Clarence Alexander Smith, brother in
law of Capt. V. w. Du Val. died at the
Iatter's residence here Saturday, after
brief illness. Decease was stricken with
paralysis Thursday evening and never re-
gained consciousness. Funeral services
were held at the house this morning, Rev
Henry Thomas. rector Of St. Matthew's
parish. off1ciatins. The remains were
taken to Baltimore and inferred In Green
mount cemetery in that city.
Memorial services in homer OF the late
Capt Wallace A. Bartlett were held yes
terday afternoon In Firemen's Hall,
Brentwood.
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BUTLER AMES DENIES
Disclaims Connection With
Florida Convention Tickets.
STRIPPING CONTRADICTED
Always Opposed to instruction OF
Delegates.
CONFIDENCE IN JUDICIARY
Representative Public Men United
in a Memorial to Chicago
Convention.

LOWELL. Mass, June S.-Representa-
tive Butler .Ames. who arrived at MS
homo here from New York yesterday
gave out a statement last night regarding
the charge made before the republican
committee at Chicago that he was respon-
s. BILE for the alleged use of forged tickets
of admission to the Florida state con-
vention.
Mr.. Ames declared that he had nothing
whatever to do with the tickets. either
with receiving them or their distribution,
and that the statement credited to j. NJ
Stripping regarding the matter is "un-
qualifedly not true.
The statement of Representative Ames
says in part. regarding the Florida con-
.vention:
1T was notorious that with the ma
chinery Of election entirely in the hands
OF the federal offfCeholderS they had. IN
many instances. entirely prevented an OPP
portunity for the pubic's preference at
the election of the delegates In number
of such cases the outraged public held
reflections where the voters overwhelm-
ingly expressed their choice for uncon-
trolled elections and for anti-admnistra-
ton delegates
even a hearing. and only those who could
be controlled were to he allowed admis-
sion to the convention hall. At meeting
of some of the regularly elected white
delegates who did not believe In federal
control OF elections l had the pleasure of
being present. The question arose as to
how the delegates were to get into the
convention and I think l remember say
ing that as they had collected the Gre
dentials they would have to issue tickets,
and no one without ticket could get In.
MY suggestion was that II the tickets
were necessary for admission to the con-
vention hall. then those who were en-
titled to admission should procure them.
This proved to be a correct guess. Inc
Taft managers had arranged that no one
without a ticket should enter the hall.
Left Before the Convention.
Il did not get the tickets nor do know
who did. l heard afterwarj they were
obtained at printing office in st. Angus
tine. l left for the north before the con-
vention. / was given to understand after
ward that at this convention The dele
gates were five or six to one in favor Of
oreker
II was then and have been since then
opposed to instructions of any kind for
delegates to the national convention. hav-
ing at heart not a personal interest for or
against Mr.. Taft. but for the good of the
party. This belief l share in common
with some of the most prominent republic
an leaders. According to the newspaper
reports | am accused by Col Stripping Of
handing him tickets used in gaining 8d-
mission to the convention. This is I'M
qualifiedly not true. l had not thing what
ever to do with the tickets, either with
securing them or with their distribution.
and l cannot believe that Col. Stripping
ever made any such statement"
roNrrnrn1r YNY n,ur royrprS
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Puritan Entertains Visitors.

The big United States monitor Puritan
the training ship of the naval battalion
Of the District of Columbia National
Guard is the great point of interest in
the harbor on 4 Sunday evening. Open
house is kept aboard ship and visitors
are welcome. Hardly a Sunday passes
that the ship is not crowded all through
the visiting hours.
The men on duty take much pleasure in
showing visitors over the ship. They go
everywhere from the bridge to the en-
CINE and boiler rooms. away dawn in
the bottom of the hun. and seem TO be
much Interested in all they see.
The Puritan several years ago was con-
nected with the shore by wooden walk
way built out to within a short distance
of the ship and connected with il by
float and gangway. Yesterday the beau
tful weather brought a large throng to
the river, front and the Puritan was
crowded all the afternoon.
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NEGROES WANT FAIR PLAY.
Action of the Republican National
Committee Denounced.

CHICAGO, Ill. June s.-Negro Politi-
clans of the republican party are circulat-
ing petitions among the members of their
race. protesting against the decisions of
the national republican committee by
which negro claimants from several
southern states were denied seats in the
republican national convention. Meet
ings were held in every negro church in
Chicago last night. denuncatory speeches
were made and resolutions were adopted
demanding constitutional rights for
negroes
DIR. W. A. Clark Of Philadelphia. presi-
dent of the Constitutional League. is in
cluded in the movement, also Gurley
Brewer Of Indiana and Gilchrist Stewart
of New York. They reported last night
that nearly 5000 signatures have been
procured To petition for fair play that
will be presented to the national COM
mittee.
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CITY Pest Office May Receipts.

Postmaster Barnes Of the city post Of
flee has prepared the following statemen;
of the receipts of the Washington post
Office for May: Sale of stamped paper.
sas $3.50: second-class postage. $319s. 50:
third class postage paid in money!.
SaI7 -: surplus derived from sale OF
stamped paner in fractional lots. S3O.41;
box rent So).i9: sale Of waste material
S2os.22I Total, $1cJ .934 y.
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Each steamer can carry from 90n IN
ilHs tons Of cargo and steam eleven and
twelve knots. They leave New YORK
every fortnight ard stop first AT .;inea-
pore, Where they arrive in about forty
GAYS. From there they 60 To Manila t,fty
GAYS from New York and then to Yoko-
mama, Kobe and Dalny or ether ports az
Sording TO their cargoes
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Boy Bitten by Fathers Dog.

Robert Murray. nine years of age. son
OF John Murray of Twinins City. was bit
ten on the left arm by a dog belonging to
his father last eevninE about o'clock.
The boy was taken to the Washington
Asylum Hospital for treatment ana .he
dog was killed by Policeman jackson.
The conduct Of the dog during the pas,
two or three days. II Is said, has caused
fear 1t was going mad.
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was put overheard SATURDAY.. and is at
Arundel Cove being made ready to re-
turn &c service.
The Apache will. il is expected. pay q
visit to this city within a short time
This will be the first time the vessel has
ceen in this part of the Potomac river
in about a year.
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Lighthouse Tender Maple at Work

The lighthouse tender Maple. the larg-
est vessel In the lighthouse service feet
on Chesapeake bay. completed repairs at
a Baltimore shipyard Saturday and re-
turned to service under the command OF
Capt. Amy. She is making an inspection
tour among the lights and buoys on Ches-
apeake bay and its tributaries. and is ex-
pected to come up the Potomac before
she returns to Baltimore.
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Revenue Cutter Apache Coming Here

The United States revenue cutter
Apache. hauled out on the marine rail-
way at a Baltimore shipyard TO be cleaned
and painted under water in preparation
fn- summer cruising on Chesapeake bay.
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Anty Drudge-"Is there anything get YOU downtown
Mrs. Weary: am going shopping this afternoon.
Mrs Weary-"What! Shopping washday! Why, I've just
got nv clothes ready for the line.
Antv Drudge-"And mine all ironed I'm bit tired,
either. III spend the afternoon at the bargain counters.
If you had washed the FelsNaptha way YOU could join
me-
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CHAPTER w.

- 'BRIEN drew open the door, and
Crawford entered. AS he did so
Nora. who had made her way
upstairs again. came down in
all the glory of fresh pink bows
and ribbons She had been sorely tempted
TO don her Sunday clothes. but had not
dared to do so. fearing her mothers dis
pleasure.
Come roight in. sor, an welcome"
said O'Briep Wolfe, this is Mister Craw-
ford"
Crawford barred his head and bowed to
her. then bowed to Nora. with a smile
of recognition.
Its an honor to know We, sor" said
Mrs OBrien. graciously.
Then. indicating Nora with her thumb,
she added.
we've already seen me baby"
Baby. Oh. mot her, the idea" ex-
claimed Nora. abashed. while the visitor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-15
ailored Stripes in the
New Suits

REALLY seems that the tailors are
At last learning how TO use their
material SO to show off the
good points OF their customers as
much as possible. This change in
their attitude is shown in the new
suits in which stripes are used to
show off TO better effect the figures
of their wearers. In wolfe suit In
tended for the very tall and very
slim woman the stripes are very con-
spicuous. and around the skirt are
two four-fnch bands. arranged SO that
they cut the height Of the wearer in
half; while the coat is trimmed with
narrower bias bands of the same ma
terial. ali of which gives the figure
every possible benefit of doubt and
greatly decreases it's height. while
adding to its breadth.
A remarkable suit is made of wolfe
in a less obvious stripe, but it's Pc
ouliarity is that the stripes = run
neither up nor down. nor round and
round. but dlagonally on the skirt
This makes the back seam a combi-
nation OF straight and diagonal
stripes. and gives to the whole dress
the appearance OF rather odd toga.
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Our | etter F rom aris

1eta or satin; while others are maue Of
tine cloth with pockets.
The 'vraie Persistence is mourning
her fluffy petticoat. that was so recently
dear to her heart: but. Of course. where
sheath skirts are the "dernier cri."
such frothy daintinesses must be sacrt-
need on the altar of ia ugne"!
returning from the daily drive In the
Bols de Boulogne was a charming fig
mouSlne motors that are such favoriteS
with lies grandes Danes
She was dressed in a wolfe striped in
shades Of palest heliotrope, the coat
quite long and cut away on vest Of
platinum gray heavily embroidered in
heliotrope and silver. while her hat was
on the left side, a Ia Rembrandt, the
crown nearly covered with heavy head
ed mauve and heliotrope carnations.
gray tulle. She made a charming pic
ture against the background made by
the beautiful Place de la CONCORD;
In the latest fashions from the city
where style is born there are no re-
markable features. end there is nothing
the women of this country.
Spring hats are always a source of in
terest. and the ideas suggested today
are good. Cerise is becoming to the av-
erage person, provided she has not au-
burn hair, and every one will be glad
to hear that the enormously expensive
fancy feathers and plumes have been
superseded by ornaments of straw.
The idea of making aigrettes Of f1ow-
ers like fOrget-me-nots and rosebuds is
quite new. and, when wound in and out
with tulle, they should be most attrac-
tive.
Waistcoats Of chintz or cretonne are
within the reach Of all, and they might
readily be bound with black ribbon or
the leftover pieces from the dress.
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PARIS, March j.
"HE hat shops OF Paris are be-
ginning to bloom like some
beautiful garden in the tropics.
Somber grays and quiet browns
have no place among the glazing colors
of the season. of which the most popu-
lar are cerlse and ruby red. Ihere are
and trimmed with huge roses. There
piled high With american Beauties. and
there are huge fiat sailors In cer1se
tiny wings. Other ''chapeaux' In ruby
red are adorned with long. pointed tai
feathers OF some exotic bird. always
placed in the front of the hat.
Then there are aigrettes-not those
feathery affairs, but homemade deco
rations formed by long loops Of ribbon
standing up Straight; there are aigrettes
of roses arranged one above the other,
and there are aigrettes Of lace or little
flowers.
The 'haute noblesse' are now appear
although small toques have been her
aided and are frequently seen, those
women who prefer large hats are wear
ing them Of more gigantic size than
ever.
The ''mondaines" who are not yet
ready to wear summer straWs have
donned hats and toques of pleated NOUS
seine de sole, finished at the left side
or an aigrette of either the hussar or
Magyar variety.
The Parisienne's fancy for large hat
pins grows apace. and the latest is the
'dollar" size-huge. unwieldy affairs OF
blond tortoise shell or amber inset with
gold.
That other accessory of perfect cos
tune. the Waistcoat, pursueS it's trium-
plant course and for early spring it is
being made OF old-time chintz, framed
in rather broadly stitched bands of tai
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Fads and Fancies in Belt
Buckles

II Eft buckles are seen In all
n styles. but the present taste
- seems TO run 10 designs that
lvaItS look Ike BUCKLES. not dool-
I..tes or dinner plates. as was the
lad some time ago.
The square. round and oblong
shapes are all popular. though the
square ones of medium size are seem
lasiy tie most favored
IBe newest are decorated vita
l,tt,d engraving in intricate design
10th gold and silver showing the
same decoration. There are also ma
Cnine- engraved ones. not SO eXpen-
sl>e. Dut most attractive and looking
not unlike the outside OF the watches
our fathers and mothers priced So
much
Much depends on the figure of the
locke. A small round waist loses
half ITS curves if hidden by the large
bulky array OF gold or silver seen on
some individuals. while the small
C.tinIy ornament is lost to sight and
It's effectiveness gone If the figure be
large and massive. Let the lady OF
SIZE wear the buckle of majestic pro-
portions. If it be worn at all. trusting
that in admiration for the ornament
The critic may overlook the contour
Of .he belt 1t fastens.
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The Empire Hat

FASHION has for some time taken
r. to its bosom empire designs for
both costumes and jewelry and
they have been also admitted to the
sacred precincts Of millinery. for the
empire crown is the latest. and in a
model made of tulle 1t was most eff
fective.
The rim was rather wide. slightly
turned UP in front. the color modore.
the. new brown. and the tall. round
empire crown was simply draped with
folds of the tulle. while from the left
side three plumes Of the same shade
formed the only trimming
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are of braided broadcloth. but II the
dress is of broadcloth they are of en-.
broidered silk or velvet. The jumper
is made in the form of two bands which
extend from the waist line over each
shoulder. while a piece across the front
over the bust holds them in place. A
belt around the waist fastens on the
left side. with a single end. which
hangs almost to the hem of the dress.
where it finishes in tasseE When these
are made of broadcloth they are quite
remarkable in their effect on the figure.
at the same time they are a vast i'm.
provement over the peculiar contrap-
tons worn year ago, which SO close
~ resembled suspenders that almost
every woman was regarded as being
guilty of petty larceny.
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" HE hats shown for this spring
all have totally different char
acteristics from those of last
year. This Is only natural, OF
course, but we were not prepared for
the violent and radical changes.
Last summer hats were all on the
most decided mushroom shape; some
were turned decidedly up in the mid
die of the front, but all crowns were
low. Now crowns are four inches or
more in height, hats turn up perpen-
dicularly on the side and the trim
although flowers, feathers. autumn
leaves and aigrettes of all sorts will
be used on dressy hats.
A new feature Of the spring hats is
the ruff1e of lace. which is fastened
under the crown and hangs over the
hair. AS to size. there seems to be no
change.
Ruby and geranium red, strange to
say, are both seen on spring milli-
merry. while peacock blue. combined
with black, is also employed by the
smartest "confectioners." It seems
hardly likely that such warm colors
as these can hold their popularity.
for they are both suitable only for
cool weather.
A large picture hat of black chip is
trimmed with large jet buckle. hold
ing in place two long black plumes.
The hat is something on the mushroom
shape, but it also has few Gains
borough lines. while the lace ruffle on
the hair makes it most becoming.
A walking-hat in green straw is
bound in black satin and trimmed
with green straw pompons. It is very
odd in shape and shows the gradual
stages by which the milliners lead
their patrons from the mushroom.
The picture hat at the corner of the
page is done in shades of ruby red.
but it has no special feature except
the very high crown. while the little
mushroom hat next is intended to
wear with pongee suit, and is OF
golden brown chip. trimmed with odd
golden flowers. 1t is small. this tail
ored' hat, and has every line that is
usually becoming to the average per-
son.
The panama trimmed with long
quilts is most attractive and would
be suitable worn with linen and fan
mel suits. The panama is the most
beautiful straw we have, not except
ing neapolitan. which, by the way.
seems out of favor this year. although
the French will never ignore it en-
tirely.
A smart and piquant hat is that Of
black straw. It's crown is surrounded
by fancy band Of the palest apple
plume is of the same shade. It is GER
tainly most attractive and suits well
a certain type Of girl
The large hat of leghorn shows the
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is with or without a circular ruffie.
but great care must be taken to see
that the lines are parallel and ar
ranged at a becoming distance apart
In the next model. intended for
dress of lighter material-silk crepe
hide the seams are made Of soutache
braid. ribbon or footing The latter is
especially good if slightly shirred on
each side. or ribbon No. 11s may be used
In the same way. The bowknots are
made Of the shirred material and the
lower and upper lines of knots must
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but they may be used or not, as pre-
ferred. For this 1t is necessary to buy
material to match the skirt or some that
tones in with the color scheme. A con-
trasting material or braid would not be
very good.
On the next skirt. however, If ma
terfal is not procurable the false
tucks might well be OF wide soutache.
This skirt is built something on the
order of an overskirt or triple over
skirt. and It is therefore at the top Of
the present fashion. The false tucks
Of this model may be used II the skirt
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be divergent toward the back In .
light dress the footing would look
charming II IL were dyed to match the
material, for then II would tone In with
the whole and not call attention to the
alteration.
The three models given today are
all of them suitable for summer cos
tumes-linen. cheviot. messaline In.
deed, the long, unbroken lines are
most becoming to the average wom-
an, SO If she uses these new models
for alteration she will have no pangs
of regret that last years suit was not
made this year.
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dress be discarded because it is cut In
nine pieces instead of two? II that
can be done. why cannot the circular
ruffie be hidden?
The easiest way to hide seams is
by the application Of false tucks, and
When these are put in correctly they
do much to make the dress becoming.
For cheviot or other cloth dress
graduated tucks are fastened on each
SIDE or the seam and curved on the
hem of the ruffie at the bottom. Some
times braided designs of soutache
hold the tucks together and in place.