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The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-14


to public critcsm and it has suffering
and arvatonn others it png genty and its slogan has be-
come 81 am better than you
The worlds universal trend sefshness.
selfshness part Of its creed has become all absorbing qualification
is the only god And the selfish wreck of noble
soul.
Had sympathy and less criticism had love and less
social distinction and haughn the world
and abe place Sympathy evidence progress eliminates
sectariansm and
evidenced everywhere about the lack of and the prevalence
selfshness know that civilization going backward
have lost the feeling that prevailed
years ago.
Nowhere in the world social inequality marked than here in
the United States We speak of the equal creation of this
land OF freedom and equal rights all and treating
those whom p to call the lower classes with all the naughty da
with all the selfish which marked the darkest periods
worlds history.
What need is less of less
We need contact society the classes which beneath
refinement realize that each of has right
associates realize that perhaps take
the world whole regardless of standing education
meet all with pleasant smile and kindness
and sympathy to all.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-14
THE LAST DITCH

The soldiers formerly members of the Twenty fifth Inan
who discharged without honor the United States
of their alleged participation the Brownsville
y their alleged participation in the Brownsville riot their
dshonor their graves, they have virtually lost their last fight
against order dschag them The Senate committee
military affairs which for has been investigating
the finally decided that its opinion the order ius
fable.
decisive evidence of guilt brought before the
nothing the presumption which the order of dismissal
upon this final decision of the
Nearly every soldier who Bownve the time of the a
before denied anything with
the affair of other evidence lay and expert tended to
from the men the stain of guilt.
people of Brownsville
guilt upon soldiers the color which they
fair in their recta before the President and the committee shaped
the decision of the committee
soldiers guns Brownvie
shot but because they Negroes In
proven guilty charges laid against they
guilty Negroes The supposed
h made the uncertain the absence
convincing proof their guilt and thus their
charge.
well remember that this vcation of the
made by President Roosevelt and promulgated by Secretary
War Taft brought about largely by the aid of Southern Demo
Lodge Massachusetts, and those other Republican
the who represent for all policies
the administration supported soldy by Democratic mem
while Foraker Ohio and Senator u Pont of Della
the last for that fair toward the Negro which
justice and the nations highest honor would warrant
Whether the report of the committee the Senate will be made
the further struggle the result forecast
Foraker has already introduced bill renstate all
those Negro soldiers who innocent of the charges AS
practically includes ALL the real of the bill will
ish food for statesmen for time to
political of the present Senate agitation will be learned
later
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-14

most important OF all
questions now confront
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-14
THE GROUCHES.

people great kick up
the question and difficult determine whether
should have not local option through
making hazardous the question whether shall have
whiskey AT the time there great going
against This divided way taking things demozing
say the least.
Why can't these three troublesome whiskey and
lemonbe down together they always have been hereto
n this and other communities?
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-14

The social evil Il use the term in more
general sense than it is usually appled), is a
far greater evil in this country than the
drinking habit. 1t is true that the lower
forms of the social evil and intemperance
in drinking are allied evils; they go hand
in hand The social evil, in all its phases,
is such a delicate subject to handle that it
seems impossible to educate the people to.
ward righteous living in this regard
We can educate regarding tuberculosis
and alcoholism, but the people must for OBJ
vious reasons, remain ignorant upon this
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-14
New York
and
Her
Problems
By DR.. NICHOLAS N. BUTLER,
President Columbia University.

is of letters, artists and commercial and financial leaders, that
will strengthen the right of the be
capital field of this true than the publishing
Thousands of books
broadcast from here each the world bearing the
of New Yorks judgment and point of view
Capital cities most critics of themselves Their and
their evils and ugness that outsider would
observed The situation, capital
people who live in think important places naturally boast
Capital cities dsproportonate
bes and duties Their population heterogeneous and their
lens correspondngy New York. with the
population city in the world has the difficult problems
the population OF New York increasing at the rate
will be- before the end of another generation
pie Certainly the territory Immediately surrounding the
of New York Bay will within that time people
gathered together
With city of so in sight the pressure
problems government, and living
and Now is the time for boad-mnded
the future Now is the time to plan railway ter
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-14

New York is the capital of the United
States.
1t has long since succeeded Philadelphia
and Boston as the pre-eminent city of the
country.
As great as is the commercial and fnan-
cial Importance of New York, it is not those
factors alone that make the city capital.
1t is the representation of particular quail
ity in its population that is the real cause
of its pre-eminence.
The result of the magnetic power of New
York to draw the best from everywhere to
itself has given to it large group of scen-
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-14
Greatest
Sin
of the
Age
By CARDINAL GIBBONS.

mOSC IIIPUTta taII UI dII
questions now confront
ing the American people than ever before The
very existence of the nation depends upon the per-
sonal conduct of each man and each woman. Both
have responsibilities that neither can shirk. Seri-
GUS living on the part of people must take the
place of frivolous tendencies, if the nation is to
thrive and continue to be happy There is no in
auence among mortals powerful for good aS the
relations between the sexes.
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-14
Modern
Society
1t Is Selfish
1t Is Exclusive
1t Lacks Sympathy
By RABBI VICTOR CARO-.
Milwaukee.

)DERN socetytoo refined to touch the sick and the poor
with 5Ofoot pole; modern socey-dshng its charity
through the agency of its servants society," killing all of uni
versa sympathy has brought the world the verge social
crisis because of its supeou method of looking down upon
those whom it peases to consider ''beneath it,
You worship the almighty dollar, you make of those
that have acquired that dollar beings greater than
tyrannical society has resulted And the tyranny of
The Colorado statesman., 1908-03-14

the future. Now is the time to plan railway ter
mnals, dock systems, great public buildings, and
that which above all else will require the best
thought that be given to it, the establishing
of strong but elastic form of government that
will harmonic and unity the many elements of the
city.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-26
q The Merry Heart In Woman Goes All the Day

that it is invisible. The shirred silk
elastic with the fancy bow is no longer
in good taste.
The SpieL and Span Style.
Tailor mades show the influence of
the empire styles in a marked degree.
There is no waist line to the coats,
which fall absolutely straight and fit
without ripple across the hips and
back. The skirts are very scanty, and
where they are not extended above the
waist line a wide belt of the same color
is worn with them.
The new petticoats are in many
cases made with jersey tops to give
smooth fitting hips, and when this is
not the case they are made of soft
silk and gored most carefully so that
they button down the back.
If a woman is naturally untidy in her
dress. she should wear the. simplest
costumes possible. A tailor made is
easiest to keep spick and span. The
waist can be Numbered and cleaned,
while the straight lines of the coat are
not easy to rumple. A fancy dress, on
the other hand, is a constant pitfall to
the unwary girl who is not ''particu-
lar" Guimpes have q way of rising up
in the back and looking most untidy.
Braid and trimmings get ripped, and
jabots and sash ends badly adjusted
are enough TO ruin a HaqulI creation
If your clothes are too much for you,
Nine. Careless, wear simple ones, but,
oh. be spick and span, with. every
button Sewed on and every hem even.
The Merry Heart Goes All the Day.
The woman who philosophers in this
world is struck by many things.
For instance: This world is divided
into two classes, those who are alive
and those who are not. They ought to
be separated from each other by a
great partition, but unfortunately this
does not exist
The quick and the dead are allowed
to mingle, even to marry. We gods!
And why is this? Oh, it's a wise dis
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tears" as old fashioned preachers
would have us believe. 1t is strenu-
Gus. healthy, busting place where each
person has a certain work to do, and
if that work is carried out as was
intended the reward is happiness.
Degrees of Plainness.
And now 1 am serious. I believe in
this world where things were meant
to be beautiful. we were intended to
keep bright and shining the talent"
OF personal loneliness. Why were we
made pretty otherwise? And a great
number of US were made attractive in
deed. Why are good looks SO often the
outward sign of good health. of a wise
and temperate life, well balanced
mind . juGicious use of the other tai
ents God gave us? 1 am not writing
merely of pretty faces, for in these
DAYS a pretty face is not a very i'm
portant thing after all. How much
more beauty lies in a hundred and one
directions, I have knack of admiring
plain people so much and enjoying the
doing of it, but admit it depends upon
the right kind of plainness.
So cheer up. you who read this. The
world is pretty good place after all.
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its absence. Yet we find the latest
silhouette charming because it is the
latest, and the newest fashion is al
ways our ideal of beauty, while the
discarded mode. dipping down below
the horizon to take its place among
the "have beens," is voted ugly and
condemned.
The line of beauty, as we all know,
is no longer curved; the straight one
from the shoulders downward is the
coveted one, and embroideries. braid
ing and trimmings are all arranged in
square designs to carry out the con-
ventional effect. Frills are no more
synonymous with frocks, and it is evil
dent in all this studied straining after
simplicity, which to be successful
means expensive workmanship and a
master hand to carry it through, the
ideal is to get away from the common
herd, to secure the distinction by at
tention to line.
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Evening wraps form an interesting
study. They are either built on the
lines of the old Roman tOga, falling in
sumptuous folds and loose ends, one
of which can be thrown over the
shoulder for extra warmth just as the
Roman did in the brave days of old, or
they are fashioned like a priestly vest
ment, with straight back and narrow
fronts and enriched with embroidery
that outshines their ecclesiastical pro-
totype. The close fitting redingote
belted in satin is one of the newest of
the new outside wraps.
The tailored costume at it's latest is
expressed in coarse serge, and the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-26

way to win out in life? Consider it.
If you want to be bright, go with
bright people, don't waste your time
with a lot of conventionally stupid
persons. If you are quiet in your
tastes and want to stay SO, why try to
keep up with a noisy, fashionable
crowd that tires you to death? Tell
me who you go with and / will tell
you what you are is one of the few
true proverbs that have been written.
'Tell me how you do things and 1 will
tell you what you can do is also a
truiSm.
1t is by these ordinary things of life
that you can size a person up and
make very few mistakes in doing it.
There is a new religion nowadays
which may be combined with any
creed you may happen to practice, and
that is the religion of common sense
common sense in food common sense
in self control, common sense in deal
ing with the world, common sense in
dealing with your own self.
Common Sense Religion.
Any number of bright men and wo-
men are writing and teaching these
things.
They are trying to show us that this
world is happy place when once we
understand it and fashion our lives in
a sensible way according to our in
dividua1 needs. 1t is not vale of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-26
THE NEW LINEN COLLAR.

The change that has come about in
fastening blouses in the front instead
of the back has been almost fmper-
ceptible but the change in collars has
been made overnight.
Isn't it the irony of fate that ne
sooner does fashion arrange it that wo-
men can have comfort in a blouse that
fastens in front fashion also arranges
it to twist the collar around ana
fasten it at the back?
The comfortable turnover linen COL
lar now meets at the back. fastens in
the ordinary way, except that its edges
must be brought together with hooks
and eyes or bar pins. There is no
opening in front. and a large bow or
jabot or other kind of ornament IS put
at the front.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-12-26

/ perfect cut. The large fur turban ano
the immense muf are the proper finish
to such a tailored costume. The mara
bou turban has already fallen a victim
/ to popularity. 1t put in an appearances
here. there and everywhere and is now
avoided by the exclusive elegante. The
large hat is adorable in its sweep
\ ing curves. and, robbed of it's high
1 creNn, which in the summer made
/ it a monstrosity, it no longer looks
ridiculous when seen with a moder-
ately large brim. 1t is at it's best
trimmed with long uncurled ostrich
/ plumes or skillful drapery of satin
or velvet though. as I am forced to
record what is absolutely newest, I
must mention the bands of fur which
7 envelop the crown and sometimes
! form the entire hat and make of it not
/ so much a thing of beauty al weari
/ ness to the flesh with its weight and
/ heat.
1 The New Diversion.
/ Now. what do you think is the latest
! amusement, or. as the French say.
nouveau jeu? 1t is to find out what
was worn a century ago, exactly date
for date hundred years back. What
was generally the fashion is of course
easy to decide, every woman knows,
but to describe accurately and in de-
tail a toilet of that distant past is not
so simple. 1t must not be a style OF
yesterday or even of tomorrow. 1t re-
quires study. research and erudition- A
carelessly copied or fancifuIly imagined
toilet would ruin your reputation for
elegance What you have must be au-
thentic This trick of authentic dress
ing is amusing, but grows tiresome if
carried too far. 1t is, however, the
newest fad, and we may notice its Eff
fects everywhere. do most sincerely
hope this craze will soon yield to an
other craze less learned and, let me
speak my mind, less boring. For in
stance, you meet friend who is in the
swim while you yourself are not ex-
actly there-you are ignorant of the
new trick. the nouveau jeu, in fact
and the following dialogue takes places:
Good morning. dear. How are your
Your Tallien is lovely"
Glad you think So"
'I do, indeed"
"You know. darling, of course. what
made most sensation on Nov. 10. 1882
Really. you don't say so! No-r'-
"On Nov. 10, 1903 there were few
redingotes in velvet because they spoilt
the effect of the cashmeres, which were
so much in vogue then. The redingote
was just a trihe shorter than the
white petticoat showing beneath it.
The hats were yellow, yellow toques or
cdpoteS- what nave seen diSo ID a
pistachio colored hat and sort OF
small corset'-corset is the word used
worn over the dress, not unlike the
masculine spencer and which slips off
like a shawl
well. 1 am not a small corset but
will slip off all the same Goodby,
dear"
And off you slip, wondering whether
your friend is in her right senses or
not. And there lies the beauty of this
nouveau jeu. 1t is perhaps witty; it is
certainly startling.
CATHERINE TALBOT.
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Az M&
New York.
PRETTY TRIMMINGS.
New York.

Italian cut work, used in large, bold
patterns marks the graceful outlines
of many very handsome jacket suits.
In style the cut work shows irregular
lines and block work set in medallion
shapes and odd designs.
Another trimming on sheer dresses
is furnished in nuns tucks. This is
very pretty for a trimming on a thin
afternoon dress. Just as neat and
much more noticeable is the new ar
rangement of color upon linen calling
gowns. on one white dress was a
front panel effect made entirely of blue
floss. Three bands encircled the skirt.
also embroidered with floss. and the
narrow yoke outlines and slit sleeve
caps showed the same pattern in min
iature
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worn over colored tailor mades with
big black hat the effect is stunning.
A new neckpiece has been invented.
1t Is called the devil" 1t is made
of black satin, lined with red silk. In
form it is very odd, eight cores ending
in points; top and BUTTON flare out to
fit the neck and shoulders. This is
long enough TO form shallow yoke
effect and high enough to reach the tip
OF the chin. The whole effect is very
smart
Coarse net much on the order of that
used for window curtains is all the
rage 1t is used for waists, guiInpes
and even whole dresses. The last are
trimmed with bands of net, embroid-
cred heavily with floss or soutache
Irish lace, both the real and the inn
itation. is dyed in variety of shades,
gray being the most popular. 1 have
seen a dress of gray Irish lace most
beautifully combined with cloth panels,
hand embroidered. These were drawn
straight into a short WASTED effect of
the gray lace draped to one side with
big buckle The hat which went with
this was of velvet, covered with gray
plumes, and the coat of lace and cloth
had a collar and cuffs of chinchilla- OF
course the boots worn with such a
dainty toilet were of gray suede.
In evening dresses the sleeves almost
disappear. They take the form of
mere caps, often transparent ones, and
fashion demands that the gloves worn
with them should be of suede of ex-
actly the same shade They should be
The longest length drawn up as tightly
possible and held in place by means
OF an elastic band sewed into the upper
edge Of the glove in such a manner
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ARTS, Dec. 12-Of course al
- Paris that can possibly
crowd in will be at the early
solemn high mass at Notre
Dame as usual this conaing New
Years morning. And a glorious serv-
ice it is. an uplift for the soul The
entire month of January, beginning
with the first day of the year, is a
strenuous time for the Partisan, a
time of great social activity, for it is
absolutely obligatory that each and
every member of family shall pay a
formal visit to the grandparents. sis
tiers, cousins and aunts of his or her
particular line. Presents, too, are on
this first day of the incoming year ex-
changed among the grownups, the
children having received theirs at
Noel. Good resolutions even the
stranger within the gates is supposed
TO make, and perhaps the most self
sacrificing remuneration for fenininity
is going to be the resolve not to in
dulge in any more fascinating winter
frocks- And. apropos of clothes, "A
great change has come over the spirit
of dress since last New Years day
Then we were content to regard as
new fashions that differed little from
their predecessors. Now we have ex=
ecuted a complete volte face and have
reached back a hundred years or more
to the somewhat alarming. yet wholly
delightful, modes of the directoire
winch we have adopted almost in their
entirety 1t remains to be seen
whether We will prove more faithful
to them than did the tickle bellies of
the end of the eighteenth century
who soon abandoned them for the
classic lines of the empire We on
our part have reversed this order: we
have passed through the empire
Vogues first and so have arrived finally
at their starting point. AS to what
Will follow, who can tell?
Changes In Styles Since Last Year.
Since last New Years our skirts
have narrowed to infnitesimal width.
our waists have mounted higher and
increased in size, our sleeves closely
define the arms and shoulders. our
hats have descended lower and lower
over our foreheads and ears, and our
collars have raised themselves to
what Dominic Sampson called pro
digious" heights. Such is the bald
outline of the fashionable silhouette
The cutaway coat, though much
longer in it's skirts, and the short
trotteur skirts are still with Us for
utiiity's sake but every other modish
detail has altered almost beyond rec
ognition. Every other Corsa ge. for ex-
ample. shows the inevitable guimpe
and the square Byzantine empiece-
ment with wearying monotony. and
the evening frocks are creations that
depend on mastery draping for smart
effects
So inSistent is the capricious god
dcss of fashion in suppressing any ex-
ubcrance in our outlines that it seems
as if there would be little left to re-
mind US of the feminine form divine
Hips. bust and shoulders are all sub
United to the alternating process,
while the waist best achieves the de
sired effect by being conspicuous for
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If you are at present doing some
thing you were not intended to do, il
you are stru ggling with some mode OF
life or work utterly distasteful, of
course you are not happy. You can't
be. But find out what you are most
adapted for and do that thing whether
it is making a home. taking care of a
family or shaping career. You'n soon
discover that life is anything but
desolate spot or an antechamber to
the other world where one simply
means and waits. On the contrary. it
is filed with beauty and with interest.
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BABY RoNNErs.

Time was when only all white was
allowed for the wee baby's bonnet.
Now the youngster can wear a blue or
pink bow even at the age of two
months.
Rosettes are often used instead OF
bows. and these are over each ear. The
strings remain all white, very soft and
without starch. They are made of null
and edge with a bit Of fine lace.
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for one moment
the supply of
black lynx can
equal the de-
nand. Anyway,
it is all very
pretty. whatever
IL is. The nuffs
are of the rug
order, lined with
Shirred silk. dec
Grated with the
head and paws.
The StoleS are
wide, on the col
lar order, orna-
mented also with
heads and tails.
VIII an these are
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patterns still lying In that upper
drawer?
One day you are full of ambition.
You talk as if the world was already
yours. The next you are lying on the
divan nibbling bonbons and reading a
silly novel. Do you think that is the
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coat is practically covered with braid
ing and the short skirt so narrow that
it is slit up the side for a few inches
to give greater ease in walking. The
SmarteSt suit 1 have seen recently of
tailored type had a redingote sug
costing a soutane or caSsock, abso-
lutely plain and tight fitting, molding
the body from shoulders to feet with
only one or two rows of buttons down
the front for ornament and a deep
leather belt worn very high wasted.
Such simplicity requires for its COM
plete success a perfect figure and a