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The Washington times., 1909-08-08
Slender and Beautiful
How stout People Regain a Perfect
Shape.

When a person Is too stout and con-
templates special treatment in order
to regain slendeness and beauty Of
form, there IS one vital recommended
ton 10 he borne ia mind DO nothing.
take nothing that might possibly be
detrimental TO health and strength
That means. do not go IN for fasting:
avoid violent exercising; but take plenty
Of rest and enjoy rational meals.
With this eXOTdium We will proceed
10 give the fun recipe of the prepara-
ton, for reducing weight 10 normal and
restoring slendeTness and beauty, which
Is now IN vogue everywhere: p o. Mar
mola, = o. Fluid Extract Cascara Aro-
matte, and SO OF. Peppermint Water
ANY druggist will make up this pre-
scription or supply the ingredients 10
mix at home. Take one teaspOonful Of
this harmless mixture after each meal
and at bedtime This truly scientific
remedy acts benehcislly o. the whole
organism. restoring vigor, appetite, di-
gestiye power; renewing the blood and
rebeautfyine the complexion. The re-
duction leaves no wrinkles; and there is
a splendid redeveIopment Of muscular
hber.
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FACING HIS INQUISITOR.

A GREAT deal has been written Of
"A Thaw's conduct when on trial.
He is said to have dictated to his
counsel. to have seemed Indifferent TO his
fate, TO have been absorbed in papers
when, important testimony was being
given, TO have written voluminous notes,
10 have jOked with seeming reckIessness
Wita Mr.. jerome, Notwithstanding the
latte-'s clear purpose TO lock him with
tie insane for life; TO have strutted.
and 70 have given the general impress
sion OF instability of mind II these
things were true of the earlier hear
ings-and there is strong testimony that
they were not true-they have been
undeniably absent from this
Thaw is keenly interested in his own
case. as YOU or I would be. He fol-
lows # as Mr.. Jerome follows his.
without always fixing his eyes on the
witness. Like Mr.. Jerome, or any one
else. he can sort papers or make notes
while listening TO the testimony. His
colloquies with the prosecuting attor-
ney are certainly not discouraged by
that official and TO all appearances
they are only sallies between two men
who do not desire TO be personal enc
mics. and have Yet faced each other
In a struggle for great prize through
several months
The Washington times., 1909-08-08

Harry Thaw went to his mothers side
when she gave way to her emotions
on the witness stand There was. in
deed. a show of the tdeepest affection
between the two. Mrs Thaw whisper
cd In her boys ear IN answer to his
ihuttered comfortings, and the son look
ed up from her toward the attornes
who had put Mrs. Thaw on the stand
IN his interest Wait till tomorrow. -
he said in q low voice. Then q little
louder as though he thought the coun-
sci had not heard, Wait till tomorrow. g"
But Mrs Thaw regained her self
possession and had her son sit beside
the jury box. In a moment she was
teiling-to illustrate that he was onlv
an ordinary bahy-that the outoursfs
ot temper, TO which some reference had
been made, we're no more than the
enid resentment against being laugh
ed at when he said his name was
Amy was sitting beside Thaw
when this was told and looked down
at him to say of his mother:
That's pretty hard"
Il don't believe she minds telling
this he answered. She's all right
now. / think"
And then he tod NE how another
child in tire neigbborhood had said: IT
can't understand a thiEgle thing that
Hawy Thaw thays."
Mrs. Thaw seemed to hear. because
she turned and the two smiled at each
otner in spite Of her tears. II made
us feel. we who looked OH, as though
we had been listening at a keynote.
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Proves BLOOD
Thicker Than Water"

Alice Copley Thaw is young woman
in her twenties, attractivey, but not
superiority gowned. vim a face full like
her brothers, and a heart wholly loyal
10 him Once or twice every day she
would lean forward and call IN a whisp-
or Harry" HeF brother would look
about quickly. lean toward her, catch
her suggestion, and then apparently put
il into effect The two presented a real
ization Of that loving friendship which
exists oftener on basis Of blood re-
Iationship than some of us are inclined
TO believe. She and her brother 10
have followed all the trials, have kept
close TO Harry Thaw, and have not per-
mtted any detail OF the testimony. no
matter how low # seemed to drag down
their brother (and some OF It has taken
him down pretty far, TO ALLEVIATE him
from them.
II has already been told as news how
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cOuntenance commonplace enough.
with an impulsive. schoolboy sort of
responsiveness and openness as its chief
charm.
But Of the things We anticipated
Of red eyes and swollen lids, Of the
look Of sour beer and burnt cigarettes
there Is none Of it save the sensgaiity
so plainly written in the mouth It
is a face one can associate with Joy
rides" and seif-indulgence. But it Is
hard to find the rake-heu in it, or muir
der-or insanity.
Seems Undaunted
By Adverse Evidence.
On the day before one Of, the ex-
perts for the government had testi-
ned explicitly that he believed Thaw
to be a hopeless victim OF paranoia.
The cross-eXamHaation had not shaken
him in that position. SO. this morning
all the reporters leaned forward from
the jury box to ask what he thought
Of yesterdays testimony. "The best
day yet" answered Thaw with a smile
and quick dart Of the brown eyes to
the face Of every man in the group.
He was manifestly hopeful; perhaps
he was bolstering hope in his own
breast. But there was nothing cock
sure in his manner, nothing Of the
smart Aleck we had been led to ex-
pect. And his voice was decidedly
pleasant, rather full, hbrous essen
TALLY masculine, and not at all stacy.
Through his occasional talks with me
they were brief because the sheriff
disapproved of having him meet any
newspaper men for any reason-and
through day after day OF this hearing
the countenance Of Harry Thaw i'm
pressed itself. as nearer and nearer
gauge of his personality. The other
signs are not specially revealatOry. His
fingers are Iong and he works them in
sorting papers or running through the
pages of the trial records as one of
nervous activity. His coat is buttoned al
the bottom only and the shirt and tie
disclosed are not those Of a man ac-
customed to country clubs as much as
those OF a humdrum professional man
not too attentive as TO his attire.
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er, an ideal gentleman, a social favor
lite, an individual worthy Of great pO-
litical distinction. Finally a change OF
personality may result. and the patient
announces himself as titled. or a direct
descendant of Christ
Decisions Held
With Great Presidency.
tAll decisions" read on Mr.. Jerome
are held with great persistency, and
butt out into a coherent system, which
is an essential Characteristic OF the
disease There is never genuine
insight into the disease chat is to say,
on the part Of the patient. The mem
DRY f. well retained, and judgment. ex-
Cept az biased by the decisions, is un-
imps:red All sooner or later be-
come arrogant. proud, and dognatie.
''Ip conduct the patients appear quite
rsrmaI for a considerable time. Some
x hem, LONG before the real nature Of
their disease becomes evident, attract
attention by their eccentricities. N re-
action 10 the decisions they attempt to
call public attention to their persecu-
ton by writing newspaper articles and
issuing pamphlets. Very often they
apply to the police for protection. FIRE.
quently they assume the offensive and
take the matter of vengeance into their
own hands. Not infrequently the first
striking evidence of the disease Is a
murderous assault upon some one The
paran 5Iac is for this reason the most
dangerous OF all insane.
THE course of the disease is protract-
ed The patients usually are
quite orderly In some cases the
disease may seem to be at a standstin
for years.
The diagnosis depends upon the slow
onset. the characteristic, coherent. and
systematized decisions of persecution
with retrospective falsifications of mem
DRY. often associated with a change Of
personality. unclouded consciousness. CO.
herent thought, and absence OF mental
deterioration for many years. The prog
nosis of the case is very poor, as no
case Of genuine paranoia ever re-
covers"
This is a long quotation, but its rela-
ton to Thaw is highly important.
''He." continue the two doctors with
reference to the patient. sets aside all
business In order to carry on the
struggle. solicits sympathizers, and de-
aounces those who do not side with him.
Hearsay and bits of knowledge gath
cred at random are cited as evidence
in his behalf. and money is squandered
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undoubtedly IN the mutual attitude Of
Thaw and his kin while in this court
Of Westchester county. Through all
the proceedings his white-faced mother
sat directly behind him Next to her
sat his sister, Alice. formerly the
Countess of Yarmouth. Beyond her
We're ThRw's brother, Josiah, and his
wife. These four and a number Of In
laws and close friends were an IN
wHvering reinforcement of sympathy
for the "relaeor' through every move
ment Of the hearing.
Has Not Look
Of the Patric an.
One noticed at the outset that the
Thaw countenance was not patrician
The family has the look Of having been
long accustomed to large means. They
wear their plenty Unostentatiously. But
they are not aristocrats of the blood
Mrs. Mary COpley Thaw is an erect
old lady filled with that love for her
child which makes the mother THE
hottest thing alive" She sat hour after
hour, now leasing forward to whisper
to her son, now looking down at Mr.
Jerome with fixed indignation, now Of
fering suggestions to ner boys counsel
She took the stand twice IN the course
of the hearing, both times 70 contradict
fatty the testimony of the witnesses for
the State In several instances these
contradictions involved also the direct
denial of her own evidence at former
hearings. But she did not hesitate and
Mr.. Jerome did not crOss-question her.
10 her manifest disappointment.
Twice the venerabl~ woman broke
down. She was speaking Of the death
Of her husband in one instance While
she sat there, holding her fan before
her face. her body shaking. and her
white-crowned head leaning forward, a
victim OF il all and yet helpless to pre-
vent a single step In the long tragedy
she seemed to embOdy a strange re-
versaI Of the old. Old doctrine as to the
sins Of the fathers. Those in the court
had had training in self-cOntrol through
this trial Yer the spectacle OF that
mother, pleading for her boy" made
women sob e. erywhere In the room and
every man either blink to hide the tears
that made him ashamed or look as
best he could out of trimming lids.
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Seems a Fighter
Eager For Freedom.

Most OF the New York papers were
publishing while I was in White Plains
accounts Of Thaw's "blanched face,
his trembling hands" his complete
collapse. Well, ] was there. and
watched the "relator," as he is called
in these proceedings at least as closely
as any one else, and I did not see any
Of these things. What / did see was
a young man fighting for his freedom;
and ali the nervousness displayed, all
the keenness Of look. all the hope and
disappointment, all the twirling Of a
pencil through the fingers were ex-
actly what was 70 be expected Of any
normal human being under such a
strain That was all
Some uncoverinE Of personality lay
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Makes Impression
Even Upon the Court.

(ContInued on ID -
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Without Bravado Thaw
Wages His Fight to Es-
cape Relentless Fate.
CONFLICT RACES
AROUND "PARANOIA"
Prisoner Handicapped by Own Eff
forts TO Escape Penalty
For Murder.

in the pursuit OF justice to the most ex.
treme limit He cannot abide BY the
ultimate decision after all the usual
means of justice have been exhausted.
The patient is irritabls and
often becomes greatly excited in con-
versatiOn. although at the same time
priding himself on his ability 10 exer-
else self-controL = Consciousr ess re-
mains unclouded. Memory is well pre-
served: in fact 1t IS often surprising to
see with what accuracy he is able to
quote from law books. There is
a great tendency TO monoton0us reDe-
tition Of the decisions. One seldom
misses them in even a short converse
ton"
Finally the books says this:
There is no insight into the cendi-
ton On the other hand the patient is
often encouraged in his belief by the
fact that there are always many men.
and not a few physicians. who will tes-
tify asSto his sanity
Makes Impression
Even Upon the Court
As these sentences came forth-i in Mr.
peculiarly pleasing, reedy
tones, the effect was sensational Even
the learned Judge Mills, who is hearing
the case, was visibly impressed. It
SEEMED as though the author must
have had Harry Thaw in mind.
10 wonder II seemed So He did For
the American edition of this work does
not altogether conform with the Ger
man edition. Many of the Thaw details
are interpretations by the American
editor, and that editor was one Of the
experts summoned by the state against
Harry Thaw. This is not TO charge DR..
Continued on Fifth Page)
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ticuiar statement and so we shall read
IL at some length. It was read 10 the
court by Mr.. Jerome from a work called
Clinical Psychi1tfy," compiled from
the seventh German edition Of work
by Emil KaleFeiiu, 'Lehrbuch der
Psychlatrie." by an American, DR.. A.
Ross Diefendorf, now professor at
Yale.
Definition
Case Hangs Upon.
Says Herr KarepeHn according to DR..
DiefendorD:
The disease is uncommon, cOnstitut-
ing cnly TO 4 per cent Of the cases adj
mitted to insane hospitals. Men are
more often afflicted than women The
disease begins between the ages Of
twenty-five and forty. 1t develops on a
defective constitutional basis. either con-
genital or acquired. defective heredity
existing in a very large percentages of
the cases. Peculiar traits and eccen-
tricities may be recognized early in life.
the patients being moody. dreamy or Sc
elusive. Some show perverted sexual
instincts, or marked aptitude for
study or mental activity in special, lin
bright; others have always been highty.
Exciting causes occasionally form the
starting point of the psychosis. such as
an acute Illness, excessive mental stress,
shock. business reverses. deprivation
and disappointment.
THE development Of the psychosis is
very gradual, extending sometimes
over years. ard Is usually so insidious
that the disease is in existence long be-
fore 1t is recognized. The first symp-
tom 70 be noticed j. that the daily men
tai or manual labor becomes more dis
tasteful and Htsle affairs at home or
in the shop cause displeasure and arouse
suspicion. The wife seems less atten-
tive, the children less loving. shop
mates less friendly and the Overseer
more stern. The accidental absence OF
the morning greeting, or imaginary
slight on the part of a close friend, sets
the patient to thinking that it cannot
all be accident He becomes distrust-
full. He leaves his employment
go Items In the paper indicate some in
trigue. -" some daily passer always
lights his cigar or coughs when near;
men similarly dressed always meet him
when near the sans corner, or are shad7
owing his footsteps. Any doubts as to
an evident purpose in all this are SOON
er or later dispellei by remarks acct
dentally overheard. In this way false
interpretations gradually assume greater
prominence, and the resultant persecu-
tory decisions are constantly increased
and aggravated
These decisions, the authors go on to
say, may only assume the form of an
exaggerated self-impoTtance. The pa
tIent considers himself especially re-
noWned in his profession fine lawyer.
an excellent teacher. an interesting talk
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THAN A SANE MAN,
is LAYAAN'S VIEW
Common Sense Judgment
Formed Without Aid of
Intricate Analysis.
HISTORY OF CASE
is SORDID STORY
Popular Conception Due Largely
To Distorted Portraits and
Instructive Repugnance.
Continued from First Page)

have been years so exceptional in ex-
perience that they may well have made
over even such a figure as the Harry
Thaw OF our mental picture. But the
man whose sanity is in question is the
Harry Thaw of today and we have been
advantaged in the study of him this
past week.
Something of the quiet OF the last
chapter of a long novel marks this hear
ing. From the great city OF New York
the cane has been transferred to the lit
tie town of White Plains. The roar OF
elevated railways. of an endless process
sion of trolley cars and teams, the dust
of thousands of feet scraping hard
pavements. the crowd pressing against
lines of policemen. have given way 10
the general stiffness and occasional sur
prise Of noise Of a village with one
business street
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-28
Monument to Dead Horses.

Pictures of this monument are being
sold in great numbers, mostly among
army officers. though the animal-loving
public is also buying them largely.
The first horse monument ever
raised by public subscription consists
of an oblong pile of granite on the top
of which are two figures-a life-sized
bronze horse and kneeling soldier
offering the animal It's food. The fig
ures are beautifully executed. The
granite base of the statue serves a
utilitarian purpose by forming fine
drinking fountain, both for man and
beast, huge granite block being hol-
lowed out into trough, into which
water flows from three spouts in the
form of lions heads.
On the base of the monument is the
significant inscription; The great
ness of nation consists, not SO much
in the number of its people, or the
extent of its territory, as in the extent
and justice of it's compassion"
The services of horses in the South
African campaigns were quite as es-
sential as those of men. Many of the
baieico NciS SoNdHs chEubtihSheSs anu
troops had to be moved rapidly from
one part of the country TO another.
Enormous numbers of horses were
requisitioned from all parts of the
world, and the mortality among these
animals was very great, though there
are no definite figures at hand.
The monument to these gallant
steeds" has been raised by small sub
scriptions from all parts of the British
empire; large portion of the funds
coming from various humane So
cieties" and from officers and men in
the army
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-28

The first costume is dainty little
bodice in silk spotted voile, to match
the skirt. The fullness. back and
front. is gathered into band Of in
sertion: an opening is made at the top
of the deep armhole, the rucked sleeve
coming from underneath 1t, and being
finished at the elbow by band of in
sertion. Satin ribbon, the color of
spot. forms the waist-band. and is
loosely knotted in front with ends left
hanging.
Materials required: One and one
half yard vole AZ inches wide. yards
insertion. 21a yards satin ribbon.
For the second simple dress.
coarse black filet net is employed, and
is worn over pale gold soft satin; the
skirt fits plainly round the hips, and is
trimmed at the foot by fold OF net
headed by a band of gold passemen-
ferie. Passementerie heads the pret-
fily shaped top OF bodice, to which the
net is gathered: the short rucked
sleeve Is finished by passementerie
at the elbow. soft, black satin rib
bon is brought round the waist, and
loosely tied at the left side.
Materials required: Nine yards net
AZ inches wide, yards passementerie,
g yards satin AZ inches wide for foun-
dation. 3ia yards satin ribbon.
White muslin-de-soie. with a blue
and green sprig printed on it, is chos-
en- for the charming design shown in
the third picture; the skirt is high
waisted. and trimmed with strips of
insertion. the two center strips being
taken to the top flounce. the others
only half way; the deep fiouncc is set
to the skirt BY heading. and trimmed
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-28

general in the Taft cabinet. is law.
yer of this city and member of the
firm of Strong G. Cadwallader. In
Martindale's American Law Directory
he is given the highest rating which
it is possible to obtain in that work.
Mr.. Wickersham is what is known as
an office lawyer who works out the
big problems in litigation while his
colleagues carry out the program in
court. Ever since work began on the
New York subway, eight years ago,
he had charge of the legal questions
involved. From this post he resigned
some months ago. He was also attor.
ney for the receiver of the Knicker-
booker Trust Company. Mr.. Wicker
sham graduated from Princeton uni
versity in 1880.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-28
SCHEME OF pANsy DECORATION
Charming Novelty for the Next Lunch
con You May Give.

decoration for luncheon that is
seldom seen. yet which may be made
very charming, is a low silver bowl
filled with pansies in all colors If the
stems are not specially long. a piece
of wire netting can be placed over the
top of the bowl and the pansies stuck
in il.
The effect is enhanced If the bowl
is set on a large round mirror sur
rounded with border of small ferns
At each ptlte have a small pot of
growing pansies, which may later be
given as souvenirs. These look we'll
IL the pots are set in small paper cases
made of stiff cardboard covered with
silver paper.
Should there be guest of honor,
her plants may be larger than the 9th
er. or the case can be small silver
iardiniere.
The candle shades should carry out
the predominating tones of the
pahsies. Silver candlesticks should be
used If possible. Effective shades can
be made of white paper garlanded
with artificial pansies.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-28

by two rows of insertion near the foot.
Insertion also edges the bodice, and
trims the center back and front and
the sleeve which Is cut in one with the
remainder of bodice; several pin tucks
are made on the shoulder front and
back of bodice. also the sleeve. Emer-
aid green velvet bows are sewn be-
tween the insertion down the center
of front; the waistband is also of vel
vet
Materials required: Twelve yards
81 inches wide, 20 yards insertion,
yard velvet.
The next Is an evening bodice of
fine cashmere and spotted net Allan
tic green Is the color of the cashmere
with cream net, wide tuck is made
on each shoulder, and three on each
sleeve; fold of black satin is laid on
the inside of cashmere, and also edges
the top of net, which fills In the center
of front; the under-sleeves are also of
net finished by band of insertion
Materials required. One yard cash
mere 4S inches wide. l u yard net AZ
inches wide, " yard satin AZ inches
wide.
Peacock blue Rajah satin is EN-,
| ployed for the elegant dress shown
last. The overskirt, which is brought
up towards the lee. side, is edged with
black satin laid on in Greek key pat
tern, so also is the foot of the under
skirt, and the edge of bodice, where
| the satin is finely tucked and set to it;
folds are arranged on the outer side
of sleeve, a black satin sash is taken
round the waist. caught up under the
buckle at the left side and the ends
left hanging; they are edged with
| handsome fringe
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-28
secret Of pyelna Lost

Chemistry, one might imagine. is the
science which has, perhaps, made the
greatest strides during the last five
or six decades. Yet modern chemists
can not compound such dyes as were
commonly used when the great ma
tions of to-day we're still unborn. Now
and again It happens that searchers
after antiquities come across frag.
ments of fabrics which were dyed
thousands of years ago, and they aro
astonished by the wonderful richness
of the colors, which, despite their age
are brighter and purer than anything
Of the modern kind.
The Elbert County tribune., 1909-01-28
Fleur-de-Lis Buttonholes.

When the fashions for ornamental
0uttonholes began it was argued that
they would run the gamut of shape
They are now doing it.
From the straight buttonhole made
of satin, velvet and braid we now have
all manner of designs up to the fiuer.
de-lis which Is put on dressy frocks
whether they are made in blouse or
coat suits.
The shape is quite attractive and
adds a striking finish to an otherwise
plain costume. Care must be taken
not to dab many on injudiciously for
the tendency to-day is to overtrim
Use these buttonholes as trimmings
Do not add them to other varieties.