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poetical temperament. and could enter
into the same spirit on any subject
Statistics go to show that there is one
divorce for every ten marriages IN lhls
country and to this terrible record must
be added the cases of those who live
together simply for appearance sake anu
to avoid a scandal, and 1t would seem as
though marriage was blessing 10 lew,
a curse to many and great uncertainty
to all. Is the marriage game worth the
candle?
When We take into consideration the
many discOrdant unions We are almost
forced to indorse the words OF the Ola
woman, who said Il would not give my
single life for all the double ones ever
saw"
But. then, again, We must not forget
that the old woman had no matrlmoh al
experience She may have enjoyed single
bliss but of double bliss she knew moth
ing. and no one can be an authority with
out knowledge.
Ouida, the great novelist, said: "A
young man married is man that's mar
red but she too, was confirmed oio
maid and knew nothing about it. At any
rate while there may be instances to
CONFIRM her statement. there are great
deal more to COMPUTE it. Many young
man has been made. not married, by mar
riage.
Disraeli said: "Ali women should marry
and no men,, and yet he himself was
happily married
Getting married is like going to war
YOU must make up your mind to submit
10 anything that may happen. but most
people think nothing is going to happen
or, at any rate, nothing worse than not
to be married at all.
We hear much about single blesscdness
in regard TO the men, how the bachelors
enjoy themselves and get the most out OF
life. while the poor benedicts have to
shoulder the cares Of the world and lead
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lives Of drudgery and misery.
But the bachelors life is not all en-
joyment, nor that of the benedict all
drudgery. Often the situation is reversed.
True, the former. in most cases can have
more luxuries than the latter, as he has
only on himself to spend his money.
while the other has the responsibilities Of
a wife and household. but despite the lux
ureS, the gay time and the boosted lib
erty, bachelors happiness is never COM
plete. while that of the married man is
often complete in the love of wife and
children, as far rs happiness can be COM
plete on earth. Franklin said bach
elor was like the odd half of pair of
scissors.
The marriage entered into for cOnven-
fence, for money, Or some other merce-
nary design is almost sure to become a
failure and entail unhappiness and mis-
cry. The marriage entered into for the
sake of love, based on mutual affection
and regard, irrespective Of wealth or sta
ton. rank or worldly consideration. gen.
orally is a success and brings blessings
and happiness.
Our social chariots should be attached
perience have proven that the only per-
manent arrangement In the social order Is
love between man and woman.
When marriage is cOnSummated in love
it becomes the worlds civilizer the home
cabinet where is devised and planned all
the great and good things of earth. II
remolds character, brightens prospects
arouses ambitions, gives purpose to life
doubles joys and divides sorrows.
Contrast the happy married state with
that of the most boosted bachelorhood
and the one falls far short of the other.
Though the bachelor may be surrounded
by companions. he is very lonely, jour-
neying onward to the grave unsolaced.
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of this panel is the washerwoman over
skirt effect 4 novelty in this overskirt
is the introduction of an immense pink
satin sash, which ties in bows and long
falling ends at the back where the over
skirt ends.
For evening gowns and wraps there
is a wonderful assortment of TRIM
mings Jet is perhaps the first favor
ite, and jet fringe reaching to the bot
tom of the gown or wrap is frequently
introduced. This style of trimming
was seen in beautiful evening din
ner gown of yellow satin, built on the
cuirass style The vivid contrast in
the yellow and the handsome jet trim
mings was very striking and effective.
Some Of the jetted and embroidered
designs follow out the medieval de-
signs OF the costumes, and are knights
in armor, falcons, lions heads, hawks.
armored heads and coats of arms. The
let used is of the hollow variety. and
thus does not weight down the gown
in the least.
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no gentle hand Oh "oiiiali
to give him loving care, no sweet Noioes
of children to cheer him in his hours OF
gloom, no one to bring sunshine anu
scatter flowers in his path.
Many dash into matrimony untnihhlhs
of what is before them. The fear OF
being stigmatized odd maid has caused SEQ
many a good woman to throw her NE
and prospects away on some WoItniess
fellow. unworthy of any woman's love
The state of any old maid is to be
preferred to that of the unhappy married
woman who has buried hope in the grave
of disappointment and sacrificed her love
on an unhallowed altar.
Jennie said father to his daush-
ter, tits solemn thing to be married
II know that, father" returned Jen-
ME, but it is solemner to be single.
Better. much better, to be blessed sin
gle than cursed double.
Marriage is the best state for man and
woman under the right sort of circum-
stances
Every blessing can be turned into a
curse, like the rope in the hands of the
man who said: This is good rope, |
will hang myself with it"
There are many i'll matched among us.
This fact should be sufficient to make
men wise and women cautious, but, in
spite of all the wretchedness that thrills
in the cry of the unfortunate, there Is
still a degree of blind fckleness on the
subject that is alarming.
We see ill-mated pairs rushing into the
temple of Hymen, May leading December
nm to the altar for the SAKE of gold. the
Howers and fragrance Of May whitening
and diving in the cold breath of Decem-
her. We see the gilded roue, whose very
touch is defilement. pIedging his unhal-
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lowed vows to the pure maiden, who. like
a lamb to the slaughter, has been sold
ID purchase some empty title or gain
some meretricious end.
What an account those parents viii
nave TO give on the great accounting
day who sell their daughters and sacri-
flee their purity on the blackened altar
of lust
Marriages which fail are usually en-
tered upon with rashness and irreVerence.
its sanctites and obligations, its FAR
reaching possibilities and periis rot con-
sidered and those who seek relief are
usually suffering the penalties OF haste.
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In costumes of the Louis type many
handmade trimmings OF the dress ma
terial are employed. such as fiat ro-
settles and ruchings. Another popular
fad is a trimming of artificial flowers,
which crosses the bust diagonally like
Nathier's famous portrait of the daugh-
ter of LOUIS XVs daughter
All afternoon reception gowns are
finished with high collars, for the bebe
and Dutch necks are no longer fash
ionable for day wear Indeed, In Paris
these collarless gowns never obtained
the popularity they have gained here.
Attractive ruffs and neckpieces for
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types from which choice may be made,
give every woman chance to get some
Thing that will harmonic with her own
coloring.
In the silk department the newest cry
is the showing of changea ole effects In
chiffon taffetas and satins. One finds
wonderful assortment of colors. a combi-
nation OF blue and violet being the smart
est. Some extremely attractive materials
for the fashioning Of evening gowns for
dinner. opera and theater wear. well
a s receptions. are the Jacquard silks. These
new silks came into being with the pres
ent mode of Louis styles and are easily
built into stunning costumes and wraps.
Other soft and pliable stuffs are satin and
satin meteors and messaline silks. There
is hardly a material in the market which
expresses the present styles more grace
fully than the lovely bordure vo!ies
brought out this season. These voiles
come in skirt widths and are wonderfully
effective when used in pann;er drapery
effects as are also the soft permo fab
RIGS, a combination OF worsted and mo-
hair which comes In most lovely colorings
Many of the little evening wraps are of
light and airy materials. equailnS m
thinness the gowns themselves, and one
wonders where the wearer is going to get
any warmth at all out of her evening
clothes this season. Others ana more
sensible wraps are of velvets which are
again in nigh favor. These velvet wraps
when trimmed with Persian trimmings, or
jet in ats various assortments. are eN-
rremely handsome. The lining chosen
with an evening cape has much 10 do
with the effectiveness Of the garment, and
usually a contrasting color is chosen, har-
monizing with the outer material.
For the little house gowns foulards are
being used and the shops are filled with
offerings In polka dot and kindergarten
foulard patterns. Stripes have begun to
appear ia many of the silk designs and
Persian stripes in pompadour effects will
be much used for dinner gowns IN Louis
Nv styles.
Yellow shades are favorites for even
ing wear. All the prune and plum shades
have revived for the winter and are par
ticulariy smart when made into evening
gowns and wraps of the soft materials.
With the wonderful offerings In the tex
ture and fabrics, color and color combi-
nations. it should not be difficult mat
ter for any woman TO find something TO
suit her pocketbook and her complexion.
that it should be an easy matter for the
t.L L.
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ATRIMONY has
been defined as a
state in which
those who are in
want to get out
and those who are
out want to get in.
Marriage is an
experience and We
can know nothing
without experience.
An old DrOverb Of
Gaelic origin. says:
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feathers and various other attractive
combinations are also used. These gay
little wraps are fascinatingly becoming
and are quite the fad for theater ana
restaurant wear
There is again the hint of the sash
as a trimming. The Minerva sash is
one of the latest sash effects. This is
:, drapery over the hips with ends fall
ing at the side In Paris certain OF
the smart establishments are making
the sash of the color in note In the
costume Cheruit does this and her
sashes are frequently formed of one
long loop of two ribbons in contrasting
tones caught under fiat rosette.
The new raw silks are woven with a
,nI,ph finish that makes them look at
first glance like some new genre of crepe
de chine. They are beautiful and will be
Very effective i'll reception gowns and
theater dresses.
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HE woman who Is
fond of dress is in
her glory when she
is selecting e v e n
ing gowns and
wraps, for it is in
this field that she
may let her imagi-
nation run riot III
color and labora-
ton. Materials,
trimmings and as
sortment of style
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Pauuin cape out this season is made
of white crepe meteor. with trimmings of
block velvet ribbon and heavy jet ornf--
ments. The lining is of emerald green
crepe de chine. The fullness of the cape
falls in pannier-like drapery, and the
snug fit of the deep yoke emphasizes the
,lraped fullness which hangs from the
woke in masses of folds. Velvet ribbon
is arranged in collar across the back
and falls over the front of the cape.
A smart evening gown built of meteor
silk in dull gray has panel OF cross
t,Icks from the decolletase to the bottom
of the skirt, and starting at either SIDE
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Far off fields are green meaning that
in the distant perspective the verdure
seems green and tempting to the eye, but
that when reached the fields are as dull
and brown as those left behind
Edmund Burke said that every care
vanished the moment he entered his own
house. driven away by the smiles and
welcome of his loving wife.
Gladstone said: .AH that am ! owe
to my wife"
Benjamin Dsraeli made q similar state
ment. \ nobleman, who had no
better taste or grace than to eNpostulate
with him for always taking his wife
with him, said can't understand it. for
you know you make yourself perfect
laughing stock wherever your wife goes
with you Disraeli fixed his eyes upon
him very eXpressively and said: Il sup
pose you can't understand it, for no
one could ever in the last and widest
excursion Of an insane imagination sup
pose YOU 10 he guilty OF gratitude.
The Brownings led an idyllic life, one
long dream of happiness from beginning
TO the end. They were both of the
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and mahogany. apricot pink and violet.
pearl gray and deep nile green, c1el blue
and old gold. pale blue and argent, and
so on.
Ones opera cape this season must be IN
an entirely different style from the coats
designed for wear in the daytime. Even
ing wraps are fashioned of more beauti-
full stuffs. and are adorned more artis-
tically with embroderies and other trim
mings They are in burnoose and other
ornamental effects, quite voluminous In
style. or are rarely artistically draped
scarfs. One of the latter wraps recently
seen at smart function was of vivid
pink satin. with trimming of three-inch-
wide strips of taupe marabou. rms
combination was stunning in effect.
Wraps with wonderful draperies, contain
ing yards and yards of goods resemble
the panther draperies and overskirts of
the costume itself White wraps and
black wraps may be worn with anything,
and sometimes strong color contrasts are
introduced in the Innings of these white
or black cloaks
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FASHIONS AND FADS.

Shawls may be worn this winter
Color is used in the coming neckwear.
Couue feathers are to be very popular.
Satin and silk hats are with US again.
Large jet buttons viii! be used on coats.
The shepherdess shape hat is going TO
be worn.
Younger girls still cling to the wind
sor tie.
Crochetted buttons are more in the
STYLE than ever.
Black satin revers and cuffs are TO
remain in style.
The all-black hat still retains much of
its popularity.
Zibeline, serge and the cheviots are
pOp,lIar for coats,
The military cape is much used for
driving and motoring.
Bronze slippers are quite stylish for
evening houseWear
The SO popular empire green has
found its way into footwear.
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Evening wraps are frequently So simple
that it should be an easy matter for the
woman with limited income TO study
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THE Latest Cry From
j Paris in Gowns and
Wraps-Cuirass Pannier and
Other Louis Styles the Favor
ties The Hooded Circular
Cape Very Modish - Smart
Gowns of Satin Meteor
Wonderful Lightweight
Wraps of Satin and Marabou
Fascinating Art Displayed
in Combination of Trimming.
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No 5
LOUIS XVI FRocK 90
DESCRIPTION OF THE
FASHION PHOTOS ABOVE

TN choosing her separate coat the sensl-
i BILE woman will be sure to get some
thing that is sufficiently heavy TO make.
up for the flmy texture of her evening
gowns This smart coat may be used for
afternoon or evening, and it will form an
ideal winter wrap for opera. dinner or
tbeater wear The collar comes well up
around the neck, the sleeves are long ana
the coat reaches within few inches OF
the ankles 1t is fashioned of broad
tail and can be afforded only by the
woman blessed with much OF the Woriu
coin Such a coat designed for wear WIN
light-coored dresses should nave liihhs
Of white. cream or a delicate color.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-03
By DR.. Madison c. Peters.

ATRIMONY
baop IofipaI a
New-York tribune., 1909-07-07
RELIGION AND PATRIOTISM.
Opening Day of Long Island Assembly Marked
by Eloquent Addresses.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: rhe quiet village Of Stony Brook. Long Island
ffty-three miles from New York awakened
yesterday By the strains of sweet music which
came from "A spacious which had been erect
ed on the grounds Of the Long Island Associa-
ton an institution organized year two
and which controls upward of three hundred acres
Yesterday was patriotic day The patrotic-re-
ligious service Vas in charge of the Rev. Dr. John
+. Carson. pastor Of the Central Presbyterian
Church Brooklyn. and president OF the associa-
tion. The musical services were led by the choir
OF the Methodist Episcopal Church and addresses
were delivered the general subject of religious
patriotism by the Rev. Thomas w. Campbell, Of
Brooklyn, manager OF the association. the Rev DR..
David @. Wylle pastor of the Scotch Presbyterian
Church New York. and by Dr. Carson Not for
long time has an audience listened addresses
which contained more good common sense-ad-
dresses in which patriotism and religion were min
ged in such proper proportion.
In the evening DR.. Carson conducted the services
at the Methodist Episcopal Church and DR.. Wylie
preached a sermon on The Cost OF our Redemp-
ton to a congregation which filled the church.
In his sermon DR.. Wylie made reference TO the
numerous attacks which have been made. in
cent years by German rationalistc critics the
citadel of Christianity and while maintaining that
ministers and teachers should be well informed
with respect TO these matters. spoke in a hope
full and even optimistic strain. with regard to the
outcome He believed that the citadel often
storned would stand. H. NJ. ".
Stony Brook. July s, 1909.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-07
SMALL MEANS TO 4 GREAT END,

A recently made contract for the supplying or
quantity of radium contains a noteworthy sug-
gestion of the relationship between the almost
immeasurably small and the almost immeasur-
ably great. This contract is one which Lord
Iveagh and Sir Ernest Cassel have made with
British mining company for the relatively
enormous quantity of seven and half grams
OF pure radium bromide
Seven and half grams of most other com
modties would he a quantity small as to he
negligible and the conveying" of it world
scarcely amount TO petty larceny. But such
quantity of radum bromide is really enormous,
in value. It is more than seven times larger
than any quantity ever ordered before. the iarg-
est previous order having been for only single
gram. Seven and half grains are tie eqdlVa-
lent of a little more than quarter of an ounce
The price which is 10 he paid for this supply
of radium is truly bewiderng. when cOntrasted
with the amount OF the mineral 1t is at the
rate of four pounds sterling. or about $50 a
milligram or $4,000 gram That means
$4,000 for the supply which is To be furnished
under this contract. or about $4,000 an ounce.
II may be added by way of reminder that 10
produce the stipulated amount Of radium bro
mide will require from five TO seven thousand
tons of the pitchblende residues obtained from
the manufacture of uranium, twenty or thirty
thousand tons Of chemicals and perhaps hun
dreds of thousands of tons of water. III opera
tionS lasting for several months.
This minute but costly supply Of radium bro
mde is to be presented by Lord Iveagh and SIR
Ernest Casse to the Radum Institute Of Lon
don which is under the direction of Sir Fred
eric, Treves. ard which will he ready about six
months hence to receive cancer patients and ap-
plv the curative energy which radtum is be
Iieved 10 possess in fighting and may hope
in vanquishing one of the most dreaded and
most deadly of all human ills.
New-York tribune., 1909-07-07
HIS BORROWED PLUNES."
Mrs. George COrnzcaIlis- Vests Play
IN London.

London, July 6.-Mrs- George CoFnwaIlis-WssL
who Miss Jennie Jerome. OF New Tork
launched her first play this afternoon AT the Hicks
Theatre II is a society comedy, entitled -Eis
Borrowed Plumes.'' The house filed with per-
sons prominent in society. most OF whom
women Mr. COrnwalIis-West and the authors tvo
sons, Winston and John. occupied a box. Ellen
Terry and party Of guests also were present.
were Earl and Countess De Grey, the Duchess of
Marlborough. Lord Charles Beresford. Mrs. KeVpel
and Lady de Battle
Mrs 'COrnwallis-West had the advantsss OF the
finest possible acting and mounting. which made
the most OF her play. The gowns were Gorgeous
and the hats maTveIs OF size. Mrs Pat Campbell
took the principal part-that Of literary woman.
whose husband. also with literary ambitions. loved
another woman OF the adventures type The hus-
band was played by Dawson Millwa7d and the adj
ventures by Gertrude Kingston Henry Ainley
took the part OF the man who loved the heToins
and tried TO persuade her TO leave her faithlsss
husband The borrowed plunes were Play
which the husband crib5ed from his wife's manu-
script OF novel which the adventures, unknown
to him. had stolen. The story centred on this in
cident. and the heroine's efforts 10 win back her
husbands love were clsverly portrayed by Mrs
Campbell. The critics. however, say the action Of
the piece is SLOW.
Mrs Cornwailis- West said to-day that II the play
successful she would write q political drama
New-York tribune., 1909-07-07

will do So though not probable. Then, some
have assumed the Cabinet would resign or
would dissolve Parliament and appeal to the
country for a mandate TO mend or end the
House of Lords We should greatly doubt It's
doing anything of the sort, for the reascn-lIa
for TO other, though there are several others
that such course would be interpreted as an
admission of the legal power Of the Lords 10
regulate the fiscal affairs of the kingdom and to
amend budgets and finance bills at their pleas
ure which the Commons have consistently and
persistently denied. The House of Commons
has always contended that since all bills for the
levying of taxes or the granting OF supplies
must originate with it, such measures must not
be amended by the Lords but must be ac-
cepted or rejected without change, and in recent
years the contention has been made that they
must not be rejected but must be accepted by
the Lords That is TO say, fiscal legislation Is
held to be the exclusive function Of the Com
MONS with which the Lords have no right to
meddle The Lords have never conceded these
claims but have held to the theory that they
have equal power with the Commons for the
amendment or rejection of fiscal bills when once
they have been framed, passed and sent up 10
them, though they practically never venture TO
act upon that theory.
The last serious effort of the LOrds>to assert
authority over fiscal legislation was nearly half
q century ago. Inc commons lHeil ptiSetu d bLiA
for the repeal of the duty on paper, separately
from the budget, and the Lords rejected that
bill while they passed the budget. All that hap
pened was that the Commons waited until the
next year. when they incorporated the duty re-
peal bill into the general tax bill itself, and the
Lords then passed it, and since that time the
Commons have followed the practice of includ-
ing all taxes and repeals Cf taxes in single
finance act Now. If the Lords should take the
practically unprecedented step of rejecting this
wears finance act and thus defeating the budget
proposals ii is to be assumed that the Com
mons would not concede their legal power TO 90
So hy appealing to the country, but would rather
treat them as Illegal or uSurping obStructlonlSts
and would let the old budget stand for another
year borrowing whatever money was needed to
cover the deficit and throwing all blame for
that necessity and for the resultant confusion
uDon the House of Lords. Har-spltting dlalec-
ticians may demonstrate as best they can IN
what respect that would be refusal or
failure to admit the legal power Of the Lords 10
amend or reject money bills. The leaders of the
Commons are reported 10 be convinced that II
would imply such a refusal and would there
fore sustain the contention of the Commons
But obviously there would be no constitutional
crisis involved in that method Of ending the con-
troverSy. or if there were, Ii would be thlnS
not of the present but of the future-at nearest
a full year away.