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DIAMOND MAKERS SECRET.
Lemolnes Latest Account OF His Process,
Given I'm Courf. = : ~ :


| Given I'm Court. -
PARIS, May ls.-Henri Lemoine, the
pretended diamond maker, told what he
said was his secret tn court yesterday
at his trial on charge Of swindhng. An
unfeeling Court smiled at him, but he
acted as il he fully felt the gravity Of the
situation..
Il am sounding the death hnel OF the
tdiamond. and appeal not to ju stice but
to science he said.
Then he took pencil and drew plans
OF his electric furnace and his crucible.
! 30 that the Court might follow his e1-
plantations. 49,.
The furnace is composed OF three con-
centric cylinders fitting into one another.
tho exterior cylinder OF wrought iron, the
\ second Of compressed carbon and the
third OF compressed freproof porcelain.
The electrodes are introduced into the
cylinder by two openings at the ends %
that the arc is exactly in the centre Of the
apparatus. ..
Tho crucible is the real triumph OF
Lemoine, he declares. He carefully drew
1t for the Judge and described 1t as
cylinder made OF iron with aSdouble cover
OF lead affixed in a melted state. Into it
he puts chemically pure iron filings. car
bon OF sugar and mercury. It is to the
use Of mercury that Lemoine attributes
his success as compared with Prof
Moissan in making diamonds.
When the crucible ia placed in the fur.
mace the electric current must be turned
on progressively in such a way as to melt
the lead covers. Then as the arc forms
lkh oh t~a .v,1N u~l t1ff
limit Of internal pressure is reached owing
| to the boiling of the mercury. This point
| attained, the current must be maintained
for several hours. The carbon Ia thereby
dissolved at a very high pressure and
under the necessary temperature.
impressive tones. that the size Of the
crystals formed is in proportion to the
length Of the firing. To cool the ma
terials merely cut the current OIL and let
them cool by Themselves"
| Iemone explained that he had st1Idi ed
Moissan with great care and had dis
covered that the reason why Moissan
had only succeeded in obtaining ex-i
tremely minute crystals was that he had
not been able TO keep his materials At =
very high temperature and pressure
long time. BY the use OF mercury Le-
moine said he produced an internal pres
sure analogous to that produced by
nature in the mines. - ~ :.
Tomorrow probably my invention
will be likened to ColImbus's egg he
concluded Everybody will be ready 20
say he could have found it out himself;
many will say ] have copied my process
from theirs. However that may be am
sure of its vAlue and / regret that have
been compelled to reveal 1t to-day
Lemoine. who IL a copsunifnate actor.
sat down with the air Of a man deeply
wronged by a hard world. -. o.
The Court adjourned the case till June
IA at the request Of Maitre Labori, Le-
moine's advocate. Presumably Lemoine
wishes to give science plenty of time 70
test his secret.
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BAGGING AT THE KNEE.
Mems Trousers Not the Only Garments
Thus. to Get Out OF Shape.

Mems Trousers Not the Only Garments
Thus to Get Out OF shape.
.It may have been often printed in the
fashion news but that never see. and so,
said clipper brother Claude. 4this is
spang fresh news to me, that the skirt
OF sisters new spring suit Is bagging at
the knee. o.. ...,e
THAT mems trousers bag in that way.
10 notorious. in fact baggy trousers have
long been a subject for the jokesmith to
exercise his wits upon. as they have long
been TO their wearers a source Of grief.
No man likes to have his trousers bag at
the knee and there have been told stories
of men particular about their apparel
who when in their finest attire declined
to sit down for fear they'd get their
trousers out of shape there. and it cer-
tainly is a common thing to see men, on
sitting, hitch their trouser legs up a.
little. to take the bagging strain Oh the
part that commonly comes over the knee
and to lessen the bagging.
$50 men have always had trouble with
their trousers in this way, but that women
could have trouble Of such sort with their
skirts had never dreamed, for we're not
skirts 80 voluminous that their folds
could be shifted and arranged at will,
to prevent their getting out of shape?
Well, il seems that the close fitting skirt
of the present day is so scant that It cam
not be this loosely disposed or shifted
about one must sit in it as it is, and thus
woman comes TO have a new experience
and to get some faint glimmer OF one Of
the most trying troubles Of men.
1T makes me smile to hear sister ~ to
mother that the skirt of her new spring
suit has already begun TO bag at the
knee"
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young woman who takes q party over
to Europe every year gives the following
advice on the subject Of steamer togs:
-iTst a. sesenost comes.a comfortable
steamer rug. which you must buy. beg,
borrow or steal. As an additional deck
comfort little pillow that fts mugly
behind the ears is good thing to remem-
Der to take. IL you do not want to bother
to take the pillow. chintz slip that vii
fit over berth pillow that may be taken
from the statcroom will do
The steamer. hat Is naturally one OF the
most trying articles to decide abt,ut
unless you are fortunate enough 20 bs os
the sort who say We'll. you look like guy
anyway on board a steamer, so what's
the use?" Naturally that simplifes mat
ters immensely, and IL you feel that way
really your husbands old camping. hat
or your brothers cap. even q worsted
abomination or q so-called fascinator, may
do; but for the oman who takes pride
in looking we'll under the most trying
circumstances careful survey OF the
shops harvest in this class Of merchandise
may not be amiss
She will have to take plenty Of time
about 1t, she will have to remember that
her shair will not always be ooifYnred a.
daintily Al il is when she tries the hat
on, and that 1t is absolutely necessary that
she study in addition to it's becomingnees
its adaptability to wind and to reclining
in steamer chair, which necessitates q
brim that will not break in the back.
The automobile hats ofIer many good
models for this purpose, and many OF
them made Of pliable straw or out in the
back are unobjecsionable. The down.
ward sloping brims covering the hair
are desirable, and at price ranging from
IS to $40 one may find very swagger hat
that will do to wear on many occasions
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osities in the way. Of ostaoombs. tombs,
cathedral vaults and other places where
the damp floors arc often the cause directly
or indirectly Of afflictions In the way
Of coughs and colds,
American women do not care for the
foreign made shoes, and 1t Is well to re-
member this and 60 prepared for every
emergency. Two pairs Of shoes will
take traveller through the summer
trip and one Of these at least should be
very comfortable. A pair OF shippers
for dress up occasions Is desirable, The
steamer shoes should not have high
heels.
Dinner on board some Of the ocean
liners is moro or less Of q function when the
weather Is fine, and for this It Ia well to
be prepared with an extra gown not Of
the tailor made order. Any dinner dress
will do. but the lighter weight It is the
easier to pack and the less space it will
take.
For the Mediterranean trip the white
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before put them in cream and the mush
rooms had been in boiling water. We
then had a cold sirloin roast sent In from
French restaurant, spring peas anc
cold asparagus salad That with fruit
and coffee completed the meal, =.
There were some novelties at this
bachelor dinner to give 1t the character
that bachelor host is expected to irnpart
There were no salted almonds. but in Their
place the Drowned and salted corn that u
voted 1t delicious and were enthusiastic
over the tiny pretzels served instead oi
toasted crackers with the cheese.
More elaborate was the menu prepared
by another bachelor host who had q
somew hat more elaborate establishment
He had only six at dinner and began the
substantial part Of the meal with fresh
kept In the oan but II had been put In q
dish OF crushed ice. There was cold
chicken boIillo lon IN cups, for the night was
warm. and the chatting dish course was
shad roe cooked with crab meat. The shad
roe had previously been boiled and then
broken into pieces and put with the crab
meat into cream and butter along with
appetizing. dish, Asparagus cooked Ia
Italian style followed this course, and the
women found the novelty great success
After the asparagu has been boiled II IL
taken from the water and laid on q thick
porcelain plate. II Ia salted and peppered
and then Parmesan cheese Is poured over
the green tips, The dish Ia put into the
oven long enough to allow the cheese TO
melt to the consistency OF q Welsh rabbit.
Then melted butter Ia poured over the
whole. IL cannot be said that the aspara-
gus gains much In favor by tho combina-
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BACHELOR DINNER MENUS
MUST BE UNUSUAL TO PLEASE
WOMEN GUESTS.
This the Season Of the Year When the In.
,,tations OF the Unmarried Man Are
Most In Demsnd-A Transpianted
Chop House Meal That Found Favor.

citations OF the Unmarried Man ARE
Most In Demsnd-A Transplanted
Chop House Meal That Found Favor.
The half season, as the French describe
these eeks OF spring, is time especially
we'll suited 10 the bachelor dinner, and
by this is not meant the kind Of bachelor
dinner that precedes a wedding. The
bachelor dinner that the women enjoy
is held in the mans own apartments.
There is an air OF mystery about this kind
Of fdinner thnt appeals with special potency
10 the priInInest Of womankind.
II the bachelor is wise he will limit his
dinner to six. and not under any circum-
stances invite more than eight. An inti-
rara atmosphere is indispensable to the
success Of such gathering. The charm
n the bachelor's dinner should lie in It's
complete unlikencss TO any other kind
q dinners that the women present are
IikcIy to attend. They know they will
eoo beautiful plate at Mrs. Van Snorters.
got beautiful orchids at Mrs. Clutchem's
aud get good food almost everywhere
they 90; 40 the bachelor need not strug-
GIo especially 10 givc his guests any OF
these things.
In tho first place the bachelor need not
have any complete cooking appliance
:" pleas" his guests. A kitchcnette or
house in which some OF the food Is sup
Piled will enable him TO entertain IL =
way 10 delight the women. With what he
c1n have sent in and find already pre-
p7r"d the bachel or can get along with
only sone means Of heating the coffee and
t"epng certain dishes warm until they
Arc needed, There are few places that
lack such modest facilities.
i had six TO dinner the other night
said bachelor who has only very small
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that you might think, and consequently
their Use need not be scoiTed at by the
woman who designs to MI every inch OF
available space with strictly utilitarian
articles. As long as you wear them
make them az attractive as possible.
the wearing helping to avert toothachee
and neuralgia and keeping the hair dry.
These bits OF lace and ribbon can easily
be made at home. or il bought nearly
any price may he paid. depending on the
fineness OF trimming.
One charming bit Of perfumed satin.
hand embroidered. with real lace edge
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gowns OF duck. linen or other material
are very nice and they are not amiss on
any ship although the preference seems
to be for a crepon. figured silk or en-
broidered linen in some fashionable
color Blue is always a good color on
shipboard.
A safety pocket for money and valu-
ables Is absolutely requisite, and chamois
pouches are to be preferred with good
clasps and plenty Of room. These are
usually worn under the skirt and are
fastened to belt; the same styles may be
found in linen or some cotton material,
and are of course cheaper
The careful traveller takes her own
soap. The matter OF underwear is again
to be decided individually, but many
travellers claim TO be able to get along
with three complete sets; these are OF
course easily added to. but q wool or
partly. wool combination suit Is strongly
advised.
Point blank tho question is put by many
travellers still in their preliminary ar
rangcments as to what the outfit for the
summer tour which will take from two
to three months IL going to cost. and the
question II Of course impossible to answer
depending a. II docs on tho simplicity
or luxury studied BY each individual
With the expenditure Of 500 in addition
to what you may possess you may buy
al tho necessary accessories in which
the wardrobe 10 deficient. Even lese
than that may be found to be sufio oient
One woman interviewed said that she
made q presentable appearance and
showed an itemized account amount
ing in all to s2s, but she started with a
fairly large equipment and counted on
presents to ali the gaps.
The question OF excess baggage cannot
be too strongly emphasized. You have
to pay and pay heavily for every piece
outside Of handbags, and the joke that
every Italian laborer in his native country
wears an American trunk strap to keep
up his trousers is fast losing its point,
for the American traveller becomes
more wary every year. eliminates the
superffuous and is learning lots OF pack
ing and economic tricks from the trav-
ellers OF experience.
The travellers checks furnished for a
small commission by nearly all the
stea eamehip lines are OF course the sim
plest method OF taking money. They are
insured as far as possible against loss
and arc available in even out Of the way
places. 1t is said by the several agents
that the face value will be refunded on
any returned after the European trip,
but 80 far as could be learned II is seldom
that the companies are called upon for
this special act Of courtesy.
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kitchenette for cooking purposes. 1and m
fairly certain they enjoyed themselves
They gave every indication OF liking the
food and then they stayed until after 2
o'clock playing bridge. had a married
couple for chaperon, two girls and one
other fellow.
Il carried out the plan OF giving the
women what was sure they would not be
likely TO get anywhere else. So when
they started TO drink their cocktails they
found ripe strawberry crushed in every
one of them. When l led them into the
dining room think they found something z
to surprise them there. We started right
in with steamed CLANS. In front OF every
plate was a saucer and a pot Of melted
butter which was a little Favored with
mustard.
stretching almost across the table and
within easy reach Of every guest was a
large round waiter. Watercress had been
laid over the bottom of It until It formed a
green bed On that the steamed clans
wore piled TO the extent OF about hun
dred and hall! Every person helped
him or herself directly from the waiter
1t may be that women do not like steamed
clans, but il seemed that they had as
many shells 10 their credit as men when
the time came to take away the plates.
'Ihad the waiter from the house to serve,
and he picked up the great round waiter
with as much ease as he did plate, Un-
der this was the plate glass that covered
the dining table; so all he had to do was TO
put in the centre Of the table the dish that
was TO servo as our dessert, and mighty
appetizing il looked all during the meal.
II was n large bowl OF cracked ice con-
tanning sliced strawberries, pineapple and
orange. and aTappetizihs finish IL was for
the meal
"Of course there's got 10 be some sort
OF chatting dish iuterlude to bachelor
apartment dinner, and ] had already
prepared for this. II was a compound
Of sweetbreads. mushrooms and breast
Of chicken, and must say IL was good.
II did mix II myseK had the sweet
breads parboiled and carefully cleaned
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OUTFIT FOR A TRIP ABROAD
NEEDS or THE WOMAN WHO
IS GOING TO EUROPE.
spec1al Provision This Year for the Peach
Basket Hat-Iittie Comforts on ship
hoard -. the best Hat, Footwear
and Clothes for Her TO Take Along.

One Of tho most important problems
that the Europe going woman has TO face
mis- sumner is that Of tho peach basket
ba, What to do with 1t and howp
You might "a we'll try to pack grand
risno or a gramophone in steamer
trunk as a peach basket hat. OF course
.o- answer to The puzzle is, wear 1t,
but you know how a woman loves to wear
hsr special love of hat through Scotch
ms,s and those exesperating showers
that make Paris and London seem bent
on destroying everything Of American
importation. Wearit? Never!
4 woman will do any thing rather than
that, and in consequence the shopkeepers
have put on the market an interesting
line of hat trunks especially adapted
for the seasons needs, Not only one but
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nuts and other details intended to impart
TIE true chop house flavor 70 the dinner
Perhaps the change was little bit start
ling, but the women pretended to like II
all, They could not have. helped liking
the coffee, which was made by the host
in his own coffee machine. and would have
delighted the most exaoting visitor.
Women dearly love tho bachelor din
ner snid man who has frequently given
these little entertainments in his own
rooms, and the feature that has most to
betw cen them and tho ordinary dinner b
which women are invited. have seen
elaborate meals turn out complete fail
ure because the host tried 70 initiate an
ordinary dinner party, while have known
q simple meal Of beefsteak and mush.
rooms, with tho real bachelor Apartment
atmosphere, to be = great SUCCESS. The
host must keep the bachelor idea Away
In mind -
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pear serve only for two persons but
1t makes delicious salad and comes
appropriately at the end Of rather light
dinner like this. This host contented
himself with giving his guests fresh straw
to have been luscious without the pow
dered sugar and the whipped .oream
favored with coenac, into which the
guests we're expected to dip them by the
stems. which were left undisturbed.
In payment for this meagre dessort the
host MIXED them wonderful pousse cafe
which had all the clearness and certainty
OF BARRIERS pole. .,
quoting because tho chaperon. who hap
pened TO be younger than either Of the
two unmarried women at this dinner,
insisted that she would not como unless
the host gave . regular mans dinner.
Tho kind thcy have In those chop houses
that we'Jo not even allowed to enter,
she said: .uniess We have . dinner like
that ! won't come. and VII speak IN such
= girl I know Of will be allowed BY her
mother to show her face in your apart
mont with any chaperon."
30 this host set out to give the women
guests the sort Of dinner they Rad never
eaten before. They had TO begin with
CLAIMS baked In the shell with . piece Of
tTlGn DdCOn ONoT tno Op, anu tIll1 was
followed by a wonderful ish salad that
is the pridc Of Q downtown restaurant.
He had II sent uptown cold-it is made
In such bulk even In the restaurant that
IL Is heated as II is ordered-and the
women were divided in their enthusiasm
over thir and the pilot biscuits that were
served with Il.
For an entrAe they had tiny sausag ages.
lamb kidneys and pototoes fried together
and II was fortunate for the host that the
weather was cold enough for his guests
to enjoy such heavy food. There was
nothing heavy about the chicken pie,
which was "a tender as 70 pastry as In
respect Of the fowls be had made the
chop house chef put into the pie. All
this dinner had been prepared at tho
chop house he frequented and sent by
one Of the walters, almost ready to serve.
at the stove Of the kitchenette,
He carried the meal consistently throu Oh
by having q deep apple pie with Stilton
cheese for dessert.
Then there were tiny tobies Of ale at
every plate, pulled bread. pickled wal
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fairly good rug may be obtaiped. One
very handsome rug Of black and white
with a scarlet thread was shown at $40.
This was Of vicuna and was considered a
bargain
1t is rarely that the finest rugs are shown
unless specially asked for. These are
OF Scotch importation. with all the tartan
devices. and the prices are correspond
ingIy high. S25 being conservative esti-
mate, but II you have the money to spend
a good investment. and you cannot real
ze how much value there may be In one
OF these until the imported variety has
been enjoyed, Its softness. beauty Of
coloring and warmth making all others
seem sadly inadequate.
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Paris Adopts Tailored Hats.

FTOH vogue =" ~ p
The chapeau taileur is having an as
tonishing vogue in Paris. So great il
the demand for this particular kind of
headgear that the leading Paris designers
and even those whose specially until
now has been the elaborate hat ex-
clusively do not disdain to devote some
Of their attention to it. "a.
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OBEYED THE TRAFFIC RULES.
Laundry Delivery Bsy Whs CarefuIly
observed the Police neSulatisns.

The laundry firms boy wheeled bis
delivery cart carefully to the curb 10 front
OF a house and then opening up the top
OF Il took out a package The man who
happened TO be Watching was surprised
to see him cross the street to the left
side with the package. After the boy
wheeled on tho cart.
:Why didn't you stop your cart on the
same side OF the street al the house you
were going to'' the onlooker asked the
boy.
1TrafYic rules said the boy Had to
leave the cart on the right hand side OF
the street pointing west
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Town Pump. VIII Yield CIDER to A

Canal Dover eovrss pom denoe Pihsbvrc Sun
Cider pumped from q big odstsrn will
auench thirsts at Zoar after next fell.
The cistern. whose wall Ia Of cement.
hss q e.psssstty Of 100 barrels and is ISe.tsdd
OUT and 1. VIZ b h.d 4 x!th ;sHp's, IaiSs;
ysars ago, when the zoaI Qommupist 50:
oiety was In existence. wlth the advent OF
the Rs a9;. iossLoptieen az The os!Aenf deter.
free 10 al % Who care SIC 10 work he ssndss. "
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Whether or not you shall include rain
coat in the equipment for a short Euro
pean trip is question. It, will be
useful many times undoubtedly. In lieu
Of the rancoat great many travellers
prefer the loose tourist coat. which pro-
tects from the showers and may be worn
at times when the rainooat could not.
The raincoat problem, discussed at
length with another tourist agent Of the
feminine persuasion who advocated its
inclusion with many arguments. led to
the question Of overshoes or rubber, tips.
which according to t his authority are
absolutely necessary if you are doing
Europe from the guide book point Of view.
which means visiting underground curl
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1909-11-20
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estabieclmiento de Ia caiia de San
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nando slls elegantcs aparadores con
10 mas atrayente que la rnoda de El
ropa y America brinda al refinado
giisto dc los pueblos del nucvo con
tlnentc. Todo objcto de utilidad 4
fantasia para gabinctes, saIas, dor
mltonos, comcdoreS; para an regaip
dc pnfuaS, OnomdStic0 q AnO .Nue
10, como para niontar ana casa II
recien cdSad0S, SC encucntra en- Ia ca
sa que tlenc por norma poder ofreccr
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elegante y bucno que produce la in
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