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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-08

little ruche OF the crepe encircling
the handle, though often she carries
a Brighton coaching parasol. A vel!
OF all crepe Is usually the style when
in mourning for husbands, but often
for a father or a mother. a veil now
falls only a short distance below the
shoulders. There are soft wells, mar
row in effect, made OF a silk and wool
material, and often they drape close
little bonnet. These may have seal
loped edge, finished in a buttonhole
stitch worked In silk.
The length, the texture and weight
OF the veil depend greatly upon the
will and wish of the widow herself.
but love for a long veil that hangs grace
fully in back is one OF the traits OF
the Eternal Feminine. Take the little
May queen of New York's east side.
How she walks on air, with her veil
OF mousQuito netting floating around
her shoulders, on her way to Central
Park! Take, too. the Queen Of Rou-
mania, who always wears pure white
vel hanging In heavy folds from her
head, whether at home in the pal
ace or out driving. The widow, she
too, has much secret satisfaction In
her veil, when her head droops mourn
ful'y, showing a classic profile. The
poor grass widow with her bit OF red
tape has no such sartorial consolation.
So IL there be freedom of choice
even In first mourning then the mid
summer widow, who Is tightening the
habiliment OF sorrow, how ripping"
she may be. She wears all white or
all black, rather than any OF the old
time maybe, zebra or Dalmatlan ef-
fects. Even the first year she is a
decorative. not a depressing, member
OF society. and during the second sum.
mer she Is dangerous, perhaps.
Just see the midsummer widow In
the morningl Mere man would hardly
know ii was mourning In the morning.
Her white null gown may be>trimmed
with bands OF pique. She may wear
a little frock of untrimmed diInity.
or any simple white material. finished
with footing, beading. scalloping or
hemstitching. There must, however,
be no lace. IL she chooses TO wear
white with touches OF black, she may
have a frock with narrow black rib
bon In two rows circiing the waist,
run through wide beading and falling
in long ends in the back. The bla *
ribbon also circles the neck. which Is
collarless and round. This Is the In
genue style that belongs by right to
the midsummer widow.
Then, with the shirt waist made OF
wash tulle, and with narrow pleats.
she may wear four-in-hand tie made
OF dull Jet beads. and as pilable as
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ton-thes& high picture boots, so that
silk. | hardly recommend 1t. She
can also buy\tn dull jet a heavy cross
on which a wreath Is coiled in tomb
stone style and hanging from heavy
jet chain. | positively condemn it.
In dull jet, she may have a tiara, a
cardcase, bracelets-in fact, anything
she sees in bright jet, for the shop
keeper has a process whereby the
glitter Is removed. The bracelets are
like those worn by women before the
war. They slip over the hands (separ-
ating without clasps) and above the
wrist they expand into big oval
thai contains black cameo. From
dull Jet, as life grows brighter, the
widow goes to Jet that glitters, and
in the center of lockets and other or
naments large amethysts are often
set No diamonds should be worn
ever in the last stages OF mourning.
Intuitive refinement should indeed pro-
hibit their use. Pearls are sometimes
worn even In the first weeks OF deep
mourning, but diamonds are like a
blatant torchlight of vulgarity.
In the morning. or In the afternoon,
the midsummer widow may have
hats of many varieties Black grain
and black fruit are often seen. Wheat,
however, is too suggestive OF q coffin
sheath. Black oats. without any other
trimming. | saw on a hat that came
from Paris, and also dull black cher
ries, hung singly In circle from the
top OF the crown SO that they dangled
gayly. That the very fruits OF the
earth have turned black Is, perhaps,
what the French designers intended
to suggest for the widow The Amer
lean widows black oats are, however
In no way symbolical She kears them
because they are graceful. No reference
TO the wild oats OF the departed is IN.
tended. The majority OF the black
hats for the widow are OF the harlotte
Corday variety TALL ingenue in effect),
made OF frills, chiffon, crepe, net and
maline, and often with many cordings.
The widow with an ample counten-
ance, like that OF the Hon. william II
Taft, always chooses the bebe hat she
Is the widow OF the "hipful." hopeful
sort, who always tries 10 get into the
hipless skirt. From all hats, II made
OF black materials, no matter how
girlish they are In shape, a widows
veil may hang. and many smart mats
made OF black crepe are faced with
pure white crepe.
For a morning In town. when she
comes TO the city TO do her shopping,
the midsummer widow will wear. per
haps, a saucy little jacket OF silk over
a gown that has puffed sleeves OF
crepe that are only elbow length. Her
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-08

gloves, OF course, are black suede. At
the elbow there will be wide cuff OF
white linen with black line, and she
wears a turnover collar to match. The
little silk jacket where ii opens 1ften
shows a Vshaped guimpe of white
crepe. The material for gowns in
tended for general wear are Chichi-
nette, Melrose, which is a combination
OF silk and wool. marquisette and pa
tiste, which Is practically an old fash
Toned nuns yelling. OF all the silks,
peau de sole Is the most becoming,
while heavy gros grain silk. which has
been In style for at least ten years,
always carries with 1t the thought OF
the heavy. respectable widow OF the
one time conservative Gramercy Park.
But the sweet midsummer widow
emulates the pure white lily style. She
has a love for dead white silk. She
chooses armure, poplin, China and
india silk. Even In light mourning.
however. her gowns are never Trim
med with lace. She may have null
and chiffon on which floral design
is embroidered in silk-white flowers
on white ground, however, and black
on black. Sometimes In the evening.
instead OF being the lily. she wears
soft, dull black. In clinging chiffon
over dull silk, and with a Cleopatra
like glrdIe of dull jet beads. she Is
slender. mysterious and fascinating.
Her colffure ornament may be OF ivy
leaves of maiden-hair ferns, but,
whether OF flowers OF of foliage, al
ways in dull jet. Her midsummer
evening cloak is OF silk and cashmere
interviewer and trimmed with bands
OF black silk embroidery. II is n ma
terial woven only in Rome. No lining
adds to its weight or warmth.
Then, OF course, there Is always the
naughty widow, who will go to mid
summer dances with rhinestones set
in the high heels OF her mouse. gray
velvet slippers. She 10 sure to be the
widow whose handkerchiefs were
three quarters black in the beginning.
though she wore petticoats OF purple
silk from the very first. Mrs Hermann
Oelrichs, with her raven black hair.
and black eyes that sparkled all the
more because her Jet jewelry was dull,
always wore velvet petticoats. though
never the ieweled slippers or the dar.
ing picture boots.
Picture boots In midsummer are
more fetching. however. than picture
hats. | know one midsummer widow
who wears pure white picture boots
with black heels. They are emhroid.
cred with jet beads in a design at each
side. They always lace-neyer hut.
there may be space for elaboration at
the sides above the ankles. The black
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beians cry" l think she meant when
any one is looking.
But true IL Is that even the widow )
tears must drop discreetly, because
when your blood is blue your tears are
never salty. Just few fresh water
tears denote greater dignity in grief.
Even a little handkerchief, four inches
square, to tuck in her glove, Is often
carried by the midsummer widow. II
Is both adequate and good style. Have
the borders, OF course, II you like, but
they are not absolutely necessary
Neither could our eagle-eyed gran
MES now tell by the length OF even the
veil how long a widows husband had
been dead. Once upon time IL was
a symbol much like the obi (the sash
around the kimono) worn In JapaL.
Among the Japanese the obi tells
whether woman Is married or single or
whether she is a legal or natural
widow. But the veil worn by the wild
ows in America Is no longer a symbol
In dress governed by fixed laws. IL
reveals more, however, than 1t did be-
fore; IL illustrates a woman's own per
sonality and character. Hitherto 1t
denoted only the rules OF fashion.
When we try TO peak correctly
Chough we in the smart set need not
be grammatical IL only our AS have
the true English accent) we find the
rules upon which all authorities agree.
These we accept, and personal judy
ment governs the others. But nova
days she who wishes TO mourn cor
rectly would fail 10 find even two au-
thorIties who agree in regard to SO
much as two or three rules. So here
is proof that everything tends to ban
ish barbarous mourning clothes, for
instance. the other day. In New York.
driving UP FIfth-avef, | saw a buxon
widow above whose beaming face were
heavy folds OF nuns yelling, making
her head Qbout the size OF that OF a
Turk with Els turban. She had thrown
her veil back to free her face. Her
husband died just the week before.
but she had not lived with him for full
fifteen years. Then another widow
drove by. Her husband, with whom
she had lived. and whom she had loved
since the wedding day died not long
ago. but her veil fell from a smart hat
with a brim. ID had two box pleats
OF crepe with net between the pleats,
and her slort face veil was OF the
same combination, Her parasol that
day was OF gros grain silk with a
bias fold OF crepe bordering II. and
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-08
VOWED NOT TO WORRY;
SHE DIED AT TOT

CHICAGO, Aug. S.-A full century
and seven years OF life without q
single moment OF worry is ended and
Mrs. Anna Miskus Is dead at the home
OF her grandson, julius Anixeter. Al
though one hundred and seven years
old, Mrs. Miskus had full possession
OF her faculties until the moment OF
her death. She was prominent as
settlement worker. She is survived by
40 grandchildren.
When only a child in her native
home in Maryneple, Poland. Mrs. Mis-
kus took a vow never to worry, and
to this she attributed her longevity.
This vow she kept, although she had
many trials. Through II all she
maintained a smiling attitude. and
" In smile on asr face she entered
eternity.
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may she have her maid hold a scarlet
parasol over her head. Oh, no. But
she does have scarlet cushions In her
boudoir. in her drawing-room and back
OF her head, when she listlessly re
clines In her streamer chair-goipg
abroad 10 forget her trouble. Y she
can. Tfcr SUMMER fancy work always
requires the manipulation OF vivid
scarlet materials. Cleyerly she raises
the scarlet fancy work TO her face. or
course. there are the widows who al
ways pine. Even In our set Know
one. To such as these the world Is all
rue without the roses. But such as
these are studies not IN fashions but
in psychology. It's the widow with
the artfuI eve. the gay little mid
summer widow whose fads are orig
inal and cheerful It's better 10 have
rhinestones in your heels than tears
forever In your eyes. No longer liquid
grief and terrifying mourning clothes
are in style.
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No Longer the Tyranny of Mourn
ing Dress. Crepe in Terrifying
Ouantities Out of Style. Either
Ill Vhite or Ill Black Takes
the Place of Bkack-and-Whf
For Secondary Mourning.

I1l HER UP, and forever Danish
the premortem purchase OF
mourning clothes, and even in
" post-mortem buying you may
do very much as you choose.
Not much longer will the terror Of
heavy crepe be added TO the burden
OF sorrow Witness the proof
thereof! A straw, for example. may
show which way the wind blows, and
SO may wee bit OF handkerchief.
How those black.bordered handker-
chiefs made one SILVER!
Our mothers and grandmotkers
were able to tell just how long a Wild
ow's husband had been dead by the
width CT the border Cu her handker-
chief. II vas redur3l. ! believe one
eighth az an inch 81 a tue. Now.
iLsteat OF q black -bordered handker-
chief, just a sweet bit of pure white
linen (and usually dry with a small
monogram Is carried. Dry, | insist.
because we. OF the world OF fashion,
are supposed never to cry. IL we be-
long to good families, such as the
Knickerbockers, though Chollie, Of
course. is still alive, and | can't say
what form my sorrow might take.
might need a bath towel for my tears.
Mrs. Eleanor Glyn said. that only pie.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-08
CAME WITH APOLOGY
TO SHOOT FRIEND
TITUS, SORRY TO AWAKEN CAR
MAN TO DIE, WAS TIRED OF
SEEING HIM AROUND.

John, have come around
here to shoot you. II is little
late to disturb you and you
have been a good friend Of
mine for many years, but have
begun TO get tired OF seeing you
around, and l have decided to
kill you.-From Pleasantries Of
Capt. Titus.
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IF SOME ONE HAS NOT
TOLD YOU

And you have not read about
it, notice this now: All tickets
reading via the Wabash, Grand
Trunk and Michigan Central
Railroads between Detroit and
Bualo, are honored on d. q
b. line steamers. Remember
that.
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are not TO be too conspicuous.
II. perehapce, she have a love Cor
vivid crims0ns. or scarlets. and really
looks ugly without them. what may
she do? Not like the the olive-com-
plexioned heroine in Ouida's novel
forced 20 wear mourning) who M.
ways carried a scarlet-bound book.
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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-08

"A Gown of White Null with
White Braiding and Bands of White
Pique for Trimming. White Straw
Hat Trimmed with Black Oats.
Brighton Coaching Parasol Of Black
Silk with Long Leather Loop on
Handle.
B-A Blouse Of Washable TuIle with
Four-in-Hand Tie Of Dull Black
jet.
CA Suit Of Black Silk with Waist
coat of White Crepe.
D-Veil Of Silk and Wool. Light in
Weight. and with Scalloped Edge
Embroidered with Silk.
E--Veil Of Crepe and Net Attached
to a Charlotte Corday Hat.
F-Evenins Gown Of Chiffon Over
Dull Silk with Egyptian Cirdle OF
Dull Jet.
boots are embroidered with steel or
gun-metal and, perhaps, a few rhine
stones, and have lacings OF white silk
OF course, the midsummer widow who
is looking forward" should wear
them If she wants them, for some OF
the girls and even the married maid
ems" have their coats-of-arms embroid-
cred in gorgeous colors on the tips OF
their slippers.
high picture boots and such long
Iaa F.t M ha1x h.. xrsf1
overs (and other lady-folk's hus-
bands) are always at her feet. Long
laces have the picture boots, and men
are PROSTATE at her feet.
She is the same midsummer widow
she who has the picture boots-whO
has all her trunks refined with violet
silk. All tho fittings Of her travelling
bags are OF the turtle ebony. brown
ish black wood that looks dead back
from a short distance. All the APP
pointments OF her desk are also OF
turtle ebony The PAD is deep purple,
and the ebony covers OF the inkstands
have her monogram In dull silver let
ters. This turtle-ebony is tremendous
ly important when she travels. The
naughty widow, She knows why. IL
pronounces her an American widow
which, on the Continent means far
more than even being the Merry
Widow" from Rounlania Turtle
ebony can seldom be purchased In
other countries. Only in America is
this brownish- black wood--dedicated
to the needs OF the widow-easily OBJ
tainable.
Then. besides her rosc-colored glass
es, worn druing the time her clothes
are black, 50 that she herself may not
be too blue she must have a lorgnette
OF gunmetal set with pearls, each no
larger than pin head No matter how
much she can see with her naughty.
naked eye, she needs her lorgnette,
for digpiiied and death-dealing pres
entation or the acid fruit that is the
oid.maid cousin OF the orange In
Japan. the baby-girl begins early TO
learn the language Of the fan. In New
York the baby-girl is given lessons in
the nursery in regard To the language
OF the lorgnette
And how about the poor kiddies.'
say You. the children OF the widow
Well. after she buys some new collars
for her Pomeranian or her bulldog
(these must DO OF black seal cr ~
black lizard lined with purple silk)
she then perhaps, considers the chill
dren. II Is most important to decide
what will be most becoming 90 her
not 20 them. Usually she decides 10
Eeyc them In all white. but with black
belts and ties. For many reasons they
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-12
ELECTRIC CAR ON A TOUR
Makes Trip from Elkhart Lake, wis,
to Omaha in Good shape
and Time.

Demonstrating the utility OF the Woods
electric car for cross-country purposes,
Carl ]. Metzger, sales manager Of the
Woods Motor Vehicle company and S. H.
Peterson arrived in Omaha yesterday even
Ing from Elkhart Lake, Wis. in one of
these smooth-running little automobiles.
They came by way of Chicago and through
northwest Iowa, where the roads are not
noted for their smoothness and drove into
Omaha able to tell their local agent, II. u.
Frederickson, that they had made the en-
slightest mishap.
This is the first time a cross-country
trip has been made in an electric car
said Mr.. Metzger, but l am satisfied II
will not be the last time. 1t was an eN-
pertinent, but we have proven that the
electric car is equal to tine average strain
OF such a journey and from now on you
may expect to find them used for such
tours. They nave the solid rubber tire, the
tire Of the future and are highly adapted
for long touring.
80 much interest has been aroused over
this little journey of ours in an electric
car that a German paper, away over in
Europe. has been publishing long articles
about 1t. 1t is a matter of the utmost IN
come of our trip has been watched eagerly.
I'VE go from here to Lincoln and return
through Kansas and Missouri. We shall
stop with Mr.. Frederickson for a couple
Of days"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-12

three sons and one daughter, and one of
jor general in the army. Abraham Lin
these sons, Frederick d. Grant, is a ma
coin had four sons, Robert Todd Lincoln,
who became secretary of war under Pres
idents Garfield and Arthur. alone surviv-
ing to maturity. President Johnson had
two daughters, Martha and Mary, Martha
presiding over the White House during
the frequent illnesses of her invalid
mother.
President Arthur was a widower, and
his sister presided over the White House.
He had two children living. but his first
child, a son, died in infancy. President
Van Buren, also was a widower. He had
five sons. two OF whom were Abraham.
whose wife presided over the White
House. and John, who was known as
Prince John" President Taylor had a
son and two daughters. of whom one
married jefferson Davis.
President Pierce had three sons, two
of whom died in infancy. and the third,
a boy OF 10, was killed In the presence
OF his parents in a railroad accident two
months before his fathers inauguration
as president. President John Adams had
a daughter and three sons, President
Monroe had two daughters and John
Quincy Adams had several children. Pres
ident Jefferson had five children. two OF
Kinley's two daughters died while very
young-Boston Globe.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-12
SOME WHITE HOUSE FAMILIES
william Henry Harrison Had the
Largcst, COnsistinE of Ten
Children,

There has been times IN American his
tory when an advocate Of large families
could not have cited the household of
the White house as an example, for small
families have been the rule in the White
House and the census taxed in more than
one administration would have been
obliged to report, No family"
Yet only two bachelors have been elected
to the presidency, and one Of these,
Grover Cleveland, changed his condition
by marrying before completing his first
term. James Buchanan in his youth was
a party to a romantic love affair, and
after the death Of the young woman he
appears never to have though of marry
ing.
1t has been said that few presidents
had what President Roosevelt would call
large families. William Henry Harrison
had the largest; He was the father of
six sons and -four daughters. He was the
oldest man ever elected to the presidency.
Hayes and Garfield had the next largest
families; in the Hayes family were born
eight children, and in the Garfield family
seven, a large number in each case grow
ing to maturity.
President Grant had four children.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-12
MAN WITH BULLET IN HIS BACK
Tells Conflicting stories of How
the Wound Was
Received.

With a bullet in his back, a man giving
his name as George Kelly and saying that
he lived ANY old place. was arrested
Thursday afternoon by Detectives Dona-
hue and Mcdonald and booked at the police
station as a suspicious character. His
wound was examined early in the evening
by Police Surgeon Smith, who said that
the bullet was lodged under the left Shout
der blade and was not in a dangerous place.
According to the statement made by
Kelly TO the police. he was shot last Mon
day in Denver by a woman, but a tele-
gram TO the authorities at that city failed
to elicit any information that would sub
stantiate his assertion. 1t later developed
that Kelly had consulted DR.. Kalal in the
~latter's office in the Karbach block and
had told him that the wound had been
received in a fight with some men at Dem
yer.
The Omaha police believe that both
stories Kelly is telling are Inaccurate, and
they surmise that he may have been i'm
plicated in a burglary or other similar
case and received a shot in the back while
escaping, An effort will be made to find
out the real location and particulars OF the
case. and Kelly is being held pending an
Investigation
Kelly evidently is a laborer OF medium
height and dark complexion. and IL prob
ably about 25 years old.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-12

Bee want ads produce results.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-09-12
SHEATH GOWN is UNPOPULAR
Even the Importers Criticize the
Taste of Women who VIII
Wear II.

Corset strings ten yards long and short
gloves are the two features of this sea-
sons styles that are actually established,
according TO Miss Elizabeth A. c.. White,
president OF the ssmak Protective
association, who talked on the new fash
ions to 800 dressmakers from all parts of
the country at the opening session of the
associations convention in Masonic tenn
Pile, New York, Monday afternoon.
Miss White exhibited something like forty
Paris gowns, all different, and when any
one asked her which was the latest style
her invariable reply was:
They all are. There never was a sea-
son when the styles were so unsettled and
changeable. In fact. a we'll dressed woman
can wear anything this year except a
sheath gown
1.-The sheath gown Is not Stylish" she
added. 1T cannot become popular. II was
not originated by any of the important
houses in Paris and has never been worn
by persons of refinement. There are many
variations of the directoire costume in
vogue, but the tight fitting skirt, especially
the form slit up the side. is not at all
correct.
only one characteristic prevails in al!
this seasons styles. That is the extremely
long sleeves. covering the hand. The short
glove is the thing, OF course. AS to the
new corsets-well. they are adapted TO
making the figure resemble a telegraph
pole as nearly as possible. For that pur-
pose they are extremely long, and IL takes
ten yards of string to lace them properly.
A slender woman can wear them. Stout
women cannot entirely eliminate their
curves-they must simply do the best they
can