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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
NEW WAY WITH A RUFF.

Women are quite used by this time TO
the tight pleated ruff that fits up against
the neck. They have seen it and worn
new thing, however, is to have from
three to six inch closed wired 'pIeating
OF filet ret or lace rut into the coat.
This is used on Directoire coats that
have no collars. The ruff is basJcd IN
around the neck and down the front,
and ends at the dTst button. Il is
quite effective.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
ANTIQUE COLLECTOR
EA~Y TO SNINDLE
Woman With Bee" Should
Stay Away From Shops
If She Would Be Safe.

The woman who has once acquired
the collecting bee, usually finds il viru-
lent; she should shun antique shops as
she would plague-infested house
The man who sacrifices his children
TO his CUps" is more in prominence,
but not less a fact than the collector
whose family may go hungry If thereby
she could raise funds for a piece OF old
mahogany or china
The collector who prides herself on
breeding a taste for art in her com
munity is more often breeding takers.
To tell the difference between the real
thing and its modern reproduction takes
skill beyond the average collector; bat
as long as you stay fooled what's the
odds.
The collector who is happy is the one
who is trusting before buying and never
shows her ''hnd" to cOnnoisseurs later.
The danger point OF that 'aitIe
knowledge" is never more costly than
when possessed by a woman with a
rage for antiques.
Most collectors are as easy to fool
as to the real character of their
choice as IS the man in love.
Do not brag that no one can ever
fool you with an imitation. It IS
putting temptation into the way or
the dealer to prove the exception.
Most collectors soOthe their con-
sciences by talking OF their "fnds'
as good investment The returns
from ones money are just as GER
tain as the peach crop in a season
OF late frCsts.
The woman who can AFFORD artistic
fads can find few greater pleasures
than in the study and search for an
tiques no matter what the special line;
for one of limited purse as well put a
lighted candle in a haymow and Won
der at burnt out crops.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
.CHIVALRY IS ALIVE
AMONG AMERICANS
Despite Nervous Age Men
Have Gentle Manners
as of Yore.

The old stories Of the Holy Grail
bore the essence Of chivalry because
they recognized that through the soul
Of a woman a man can sometimes be-
hold his God, or, at least, a far-off
fringe OF splendor from worlds un-
mapped, says a writer. And because
this is the true spirit Of ehivalry,
whose most picturesque manifestation
was in the middle ages, no innovations
of modern times. no reversal of the
occupations of men and women, no
dusty prose OF a mechanical age can
ever destroy g.
Thanks to high heaven, who created
people to love and admire and be
glad in each other. chlvalHy SIN -four
ishes on the earth. though the forum
IN which 1t is embodied differ from
those earlier ones, as the dress Of to-
day differs from the old knightlv ar
NOR. American men are q high
pitched, hard-driveu creation. and
when they are racing for a ferryboat
10 catch which may mean a gain of
hundreds they cannot stop 10 kiss
tn nand OF the lady who waves her
pima paraSOi at them. But doubtless
II they were pinned down 10 IL they
would confess that their leisure mo
ments were the more blessed because
or mat same lady or another equally
charming
II is undeniably true that the gen
eFai rush and scamper of a highly
nervous age are not conducive 20 those
gentle manners which embroider lie
all over and hide its gauntness. hut
manners are OF the heart and SOU.
ana the composite soul Of American
men manages 20 remain. despite the
reign OF mdteTialism, kind, generous
helpful 10 the weak, and susceptible
OF mat enchautmeuU which is deepesr
near the hearth IRE, and haunts TN
presence or the woman whom Il loves.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
RACE DECADENCE
is DUE TO DIVORCE
DR.. EllwoOd Declares Race Will
Soon Become Extinct at
Present Rate.

with, or before, the end Of this cen
fury the American family and Amer
lean civilization viii pass away If the
divorce rate continues to increase as II
has done during the past twenty years. -
said DIT. Charles a. EllWOOd. who holds
the chair Of sociology at Missouri TTnf-
VerSlty, in an address recently.
They have already entered a state of
trtghtful decadenCe eQUaled only bv
the generalization OF the old Roman
empire. ] do not make this sensational
statement without the statistics 20
prove my stand. The American public
today is confronted with the question
OF whether or not It will continue 10
exist Divorce is a far greater peril 10
the people of the United States than
the much talked OF race suicide "
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
DEPENDENCE UPON
OTHERS IS MISTKE

Depending on others is like a cake
minus baking powder; you can always
count on a fail down
The girl who does IL herself need
never lose beauty sleep wondering if it
be done.
AS we'll put faith in the weather with
invitations out for a garden party as to
feel dead certain OF others doing that
promised task
What you do yourself may not be
we'll done. but, at least, you are of the
anxious bench
As well count on the unboned laced
collar to cling back of the ears as get
the dependent habit.
Knowing how TO do things yourself
and doing them makes YOU as indif-
ferent to the whims Of others as a dead
beat TO debts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
QUEEN CARRIES FORK
INTO THE BALLROOM

During one OF the court balls given
by Queen Victoria, when the Queen
and other royalties had been in 10 sup
per, the Queen in a fit of absent-mind-
edHess. instead of taking up her fan
from beside her plate, carried on a
large fork.
Her majesty actually got well into
the ballroom before she discovered her
mistake. and the prince c0nsort AT once
took away the somewhat alarming
weapon, The Queen took the Incident
with very good hum0T, and laughed
heartily at her novel substitute for q
fan.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
MlLADYS STOCKING
MUST MATCH GOWN
Must Also Be of Silk Is Fiat
Long Since Sent
Out.

Word has long since come from Paris
to the effect that the stockings must
be of silk and match the gown. That
is a discouraging bit of news, for the
price of silk stockings In this country
is not what it is in Paris. OF course
we have the mercerized variety, when
wears far better and looks almost as
we'll" but she of the slender income
who wishes TO be strictly "A la mode
must economic somewhat On other
triffes if she wishes to obey the latest
dictate from the center of fashion!
But they must also match the gown,
This viii necessitate having not zone
to wash and one TO wear" but one pair
for every gown, possibly one for every
day in the week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
SASH FOR MANY FROCKS.

You viii not be in il if you do not
wear sash this winter They have hit
the public in fun force and are to be
seen on street suits as well as on ball
gowns. The economical girl cannot af-
ford 10 own sash for every frock. so
she chooses one in black or white satin
that viii do duty on several occasions.
To get the best results with this she
makes ii up on boned foundation:
otherwise. II viii soon become stringv.
Besides making the foundation a good
lit with featherbone, it is we'll supplied
with hooks and eyes.
The outer part is then adjusted firm
". but so loosely as not to nave a stif,
Tsady-tied look.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
SANTA CLAUS DREAM
GIVES CHILDISH HOPE
Little Girl Already Writes
Old Kris in The
Times Care.
SHE WILL GET VISIT
FROM REINDEER
And a Doll Carriage, Skates, a
Pretty Doll, and a Lot of
Nice Fings.

An anxious little heart has even now
begun to hope for the coming OF Santa
Claus. The childish signature which is
attached 10 her first letter TO good old
Kris KTingle, looks very much like
Mary Fox" and IL appears she lives
somewhere in Twelfth street northwest.
However, while doubt may exist IN
the mind Of the editor Of this page as
TO just what the little ones name and
address are. il will have no place in
the heart of the white haired old friend
OF the worlds children, for Santa has
the keen eyes which belong to those
of reindeer land and the big instinct
of heart that leads him straight TO his
little friends, no matter where their
home.
A Lot Of Fings.
So it has happened that this little
tot has sent her letter in care of The
Times, and while she Is hoping for all
the good things which she has asked
him to bring. Santa Claus is looking
right over her shoulder at this page,
and making note OF those toys which
he believes viii make her most happy
She asks for a desk, a bOOkcase-WhiCh
shows she means TO study hard in the
years that are TO cOme-a doll carriage,
a tricycle., pair OF skates, some books
again the suggestion that she Is not
going to play all the time-sOme hand
kercbiefs, some stockings. a pretty doll
a trunk, a slate and pencil a pair OF
gloves some ribbon pair of shoes
some baby pins, and a pair of leggins
Old Santa Claus Will not have 10 do
much thinking for this little girls
Christmas gifts, for she has saved him
the trouble.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
FreGHairFOOd
FREE SAMPLE BOX
TO PROVE ITS WORTH

The old time theories Of the medical world
Fave been upset by the discoveries Of the
famous Chicago Racteriologist, Prof. :, H
Austin, who has demonstrated that the cause
o. badness and falling hair Is a micro
bf ciilus which grows in colonies al the roots
Of the hair ana consumes the food provided
by nature for the hair itself, thus causing
q % starve 10 death and fan out.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07

London's smart world is always a mat
ter of interest, but Lady Auckland has
awakened the widest interest by being
quoted as advising American girls 20
marry American men, The pretty APP
probation Of a titled foreigner for the
attractive qualities OF American men
Is interesting in the extreme.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07

Lady Auckland, one Of the most bril-
liant members OF England's exclusive
social set, arrived in this country re-
Gently with her young son, Frederick.
who it is understood, will be educated
in the United States.
An expression OF any kind touching on
American society from a member Of
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
THE FASHIONABLE SERGE
BY May ManiOn

Serge IN all its
weaVes is being
much exploited this
season, but the
herringbone sort Is
especially smart
and makes useful
as well as attTac-
tive costumes. This
one IS trimmed
with braid and vita
buttons and the
color IS one Of the
new rich blues,
while the trimming
is black. II could
be varied almost
indefinitely, how
ever, or the coat
could be finished
with stitched edges,
while the Teyers,
cuffs and collar
were OF velvet or
Of ribbed silk and
the skirt could be
left plain or could
be trimmed with
bands Of the ma
teriai. Again. the
coat could be cut
of and made short
er II something
very jaunty is de-
sired, and the
sleeves allow a
choice Of the full
or three-quarter
length. All the
seasonable suitings
are appropriate,
from broadclOth 20
hOmespun, b u [
nothing IS at once
more fashionable
or serviceable than
the serge illustrat-
ed The Skin is a
circular one that
can be made either
with or without
seams over the hips
and il is laid in in
verted plaits st the
front and again at
the back.
For the medium
size will be re-
quired. Tor the long
coat. I yards Of
material q. 81
yards A. or pa
yards 50 inches
wide: for the skirt
6Iz yards a. ! yards
A. or 81 yards 81
inches wide. if
made with o u [
seams over the
hips but = Tor any
reason these are
. advisable. 81 yards
a or q inches
wide viii be need
ed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07

The delicious flavor of "Salada" Tea
is largely due to the care used in the
cultivation and preparation, and to the
fact that II is packed in sealed lead
packets, which prevents its coming in
contact with articles that would affect
its faYor.-Advt
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
Homemade Pumpkin Pies

more delicious than any you have ever
tasted. Also MinCe and all other faVOrite
kinds, delivered direct, zoe eacn. Home
made Mix Bread. sc. Holmes Bakery. LIST
and = sts., phones Linen. 1440 and 1441.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
LOCAL MENTION.
Kairomel sirup, Sc Per Can;

kalIOmeI olIup, &C PeT Oan5
Postum, Igc; Grape Nuts, Ike; Indian
Corn Starch, &c; Fish Roe, 1215c; u.
Mail Soap, Sc; Old-Tme Soap. 81; Ma
pies WaInuJs. loo; Brazil Nuts, 12IkG;
Layer Figs, Zoe; Dates &c. J. II. d,
Pyles' Stores.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
o'Neil at the Academy.

L. S. FLAMES O'NeiI, the actor. was
at the Academy TheaJer a number Of
seasons ago. within ten years.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
TINES READERS
QUERIES ANSWERED

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ed by telephone. Call Main 500 and
ask for The Times Bureau OF In
I formation.
This department is conducted with
the desire to give Information, and
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Questions relating to minor person
aliues OF the stage. repubushing of
poems or quotations, or the solving
o. mathematical problems.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
Cleveland's App0intee.

r, J. T.-Gr0ver Cleveland, while
President. appointed COlOTed man a
Mr.. Trotter, postmaster at Charleston,
s. c.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
Blanche Rings Work.

constant Header-Blanche Ring was a
co-star with Jefferson De Angels and
Alexander Carr in the musical review,
The Great White Way" last season.
This was produced at the Casino Thea
ter New YORK. on. October 7, 1907.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
]. Richard RiggIes, eaz 9th st. NV.

John Lucal Metropolitan Paint, 81 so;
Moor's AIurescO for walls, &c ID. Glazing
promptly attended to.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
Mrs. Surratt's Home.

q. y M--Alrs. Surratt resided at o.!
u street northwest, at the time OF
the assassination of President Lincoln.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07

Welsbach Lights Order Direct, Mail OF
Phone. we do not lave canvassers.
1904 c. c. A. Muddiman & Co., GIG 18th.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07
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Call "Main $3.50"
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OF Inform alton

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stage, republishing of poems or
quotations, or the solving of mathe-
NAUTICAL problems.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-11-07

Renovated (. p HinzeI & Co, 4ss
Eaine ave. sW. Phone NJ. 2025,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24

the first seven years he caught 573
out of the COZ Games played, or all
but "a games.
In the ~ consecutive years dur
ing which he played in the Ma
tional league Charley Bennett
caught 7S6 games and his average
for the IL years was .944. His bat
ting average for the IL years was
.262. He led the league catchers
in 8 of the II years, was second
twice and sixth once.
The percentage figures of .91S
made by Charley Snyder of the
Louisville team in 1877. headed the
list OF catchers until 1890, when
Charley Benefits .944 in S5 games
placed him in the lead. This work
was done under the old method OF
bare-hand catching When the
gloves came into vogue in the
decade of the 90s, catchers' per
centage figures were largely in,
creased, Frank Powerman heading
the list in 1907 with a percentage
of 800.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
ORIENTAL SEER

In the very heart of the city, It's
Sprague av.. the Baldwin House,
Kiron is the man of today. He is
world-famous COR the many predic-
tons he has maze and have come
to pass. He tells your name, tells
when and whom you will marry.
He seems to reach the secrets of
ones very soul. Truthful are the
words that come from his lips.
Would you like to know as to
changes. travel, love, marriage,
law, old estates. wills, deeds. lost
friends. mines, real estate, patents,
investments. divorces, sickness; as
to whether you will receive a let
ter: If your husband, wife or sweet
heart is true? We will say, see
Kiron He hastens marriages, set
ties lovers quarrels, unites those
who are separated, develops per-
sonal magnetism, teaches the East
Indian method of fascination. Low
fee $1.00. Cut this out and bring 1t
with you. Remember the name.
KIRON THE GREAT. It's Sprague
av. Hours 10 a. m. to s p. III.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
keep 4 DIGGING!
IT'S the jinks!
The links is here;
The CHASTITY jinks!

If there Is one disappointed man
in town today It is Rasty Wright,
who yesterday couldn't pitch
worth cent. 1t was Ladies' day.
Rasty had been heralded as the
pitcher who would bust up the
hoodoo And Rasty was betting
markers that he would bust it, too.
Then his arm stiffened up. While
the torrid zone atmospheric con-
dition continued, Rasty was In
great shape. Then 1t rained. Once
Rastus had as tough case of ma
laria as ever happened. When 1t
gets cold he gets the shakes. He
didn't get the shakes yesterday,
but he was all out Of whack. He
couldn't find the plate at all.
Another thing which did much
to give Butte bases was the weird
decisions of Umpire Frary. Ralph's
shoes were loaded and he must
have worn binders, too.
But all the excuses won't get the
game back. Spokane lost 2 to 7.
Here Is Rastys record: In 2-3
innings he threw two wild ones,
walked six, gave four hits and
struck out four resulting in six
runs. In the last Of the fourth Ga
=, laski was sent in and put stop
\tO the slaughter. He walked two,
held them down to two hits and
one run.
Clafin. whom Spokane traded to
Butte. was in great shape and>had
so much speed Jack Clynes aban-
doned his big stick for lighter
one that he could swing faster.
But the change didn't do any good.
Clafin allowed only four hits,
struck out seven and walked four.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
As to Mr.. Frury

Lucas, head of the Northwestern
league, is certainly afflicted with a
dime museum disposition in the
matter of umpires. His celebrated
Mr.. Black has been abolished fin.
ally, but Frary Is dear to him still
Take a man too downright lazy to
look alive, give him an indicator
let him lug lump of egotism into
the diamond as big as sod house
and you have the Frary style OF
umpire. The natural process of
evolution is that he quickly be.
comes too ossified even to turn his
head, condition beautifully dem.
onstrated yesterday.
Frary let an Outcast go a couple
Of feet beyond second, get tagged
there and remain running, simply
because Frary didn't have emery
enough to watch the play. A lit.
tie later he repeated the offense
on third, letting a runner stay who
got off the base in getting up while
the baseman had the ball and was
tagged. Frary too tired to look
over toward third. An Outcast com.
ing home was out by yard Same
thing, Frary too tired too look.
Naturally all this was disastrous
to the team, but when Hulen pro-
tested Frary came to long enough
to drive him off the ground. He
then retired into his customary
trance.
This sort of thing is nothing new
so far as Frary is concerned. 1t
has been the season rule, but yes
terday it probably cost Spokane the
game when game was badly
needed. Butte's first day here was
rather a heartbreaker for the visi-
tors because of Frary, although 1t
can be said without bias that
Frarys real specially is distribut-
ing lemons to the Indians. That is
one of the few things he seems
to really enjoy 1t appears to most
easily harmonic with his shiftless
performance of drawing an UNI
pire's salary under false pretenses.
Lucas either doesn't know good
umpiring from none at all or Frary
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24

Miss Kingsbury as Lady Macbeth
shared this in lattering and de-
served proportions with the star,
The display of dramatic passion in
which she conceives the assassina-
ton Of the king and drives Mac
beth to the deed calls for no COM
parison. The demand made ON his
support by Mantell permits of no
symptoms of weakness and en-
counters none IN his leading wom-
an. There is no implication of
weakness in the balance of the
caste intended. especially in Cor
don Burby's Banquo, Francis Nc
CHM as Macduff and Malcolm by
Guy Lindsey. The opening per-
Torrance was handsome intro
duction to Hamlet" tonight and to
Richard the Third" tomorrow
evening.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
AT THE THEATERS

! father, three daughters and son
who. when together, form the big
gest aquatic act on earth. Miss
Finney is a charming young lady
and works in The water as though
that were her natural element.
She possesses many trophies won
in natatorial contests of long dis
lance swimming, diving, remain
ing under water and various other
forms of aquatic sport. Her father
is one Of the greatest swimmers,
both practical and fancy swim
ming being in his line.
The Finneys, as the guests OF
Nose Oppenheimer, president of
the Washington-Columbia Theater
Co., visited Liberty lake yesterday
and showed something of what
they could do when not limited to
the small proportions of tank.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
Great Bass Fishing at Clear
Lake

Elmer Staley. who is camping
with his people at Clearview, on
Clear lake. yesterday caught a bass
weighing seven pounds.
Say. what's the use staying
hemmed up in the city all the sum-
mer when you can get fishing like
that so close to Spokane? It's fine
and cool out at Clear lake. too.
Many people are buying Clear
view camping lots. You can't af-
ford to let the opportunity to buy
slip when you can get lot for $40.
Statesmen will be on the grounds
all day Sunday. or by calling at the
Office, IT'S First av.. across from
the Pacific hotel, you can get de-
tailed information. "**
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
PlASTINO OUT ON
$4,000 BOND

The preliminary hearing of Sam
Plastino. accused OF running Amy
HulversOn, age II, was set by JUS
tice Hinkle for July 81. Bond was
fixed at $4,000. Attorney Kimball,
who represents Plastino. asked for
lower bond. Deputy Prosecutor
Webster asked that 1t be increased
to $4,000, The attorneys engaged
In wordy war for few minutes
until the court called them down.
Webster said he did not propose
to be implicated in allowing Plas-
tino to escape IN a paltry bond of
a few dollars. He stated that
Plastino had been mixed up in
similar cases before.
Kimball wanted the bond set at
$1,000, but Justice Hinkle decided
this too low anl added 81, 900.
Plastino secured his brother
James and Antonio Scarpello as
bondsmen and was released.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-07-24
AMATEURS TAKE IN
TWO new TEAMS

The Occur d'Alene team was ad'
mitted to the Amateur league at q
meeting of the directors last night
The resignation of the Hardwood
team was accepted. The Cheney
team was also admitted in place OF
the Shattucks. Thus the Amateur
league of only about a year has
become an interstate league, with
every promise Of success.
The Brown Pharmacy team is
scheduled to play Cheney on Sun
day.
The Occur d'Alene team will
play the Merry Widows, a woman's
team, at Occur d'Alene next Sun
day. After this game the Armory
will play the Red, White & Blues.