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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

A typical winter wrap is illustrated,
and it will be observed that 1t shows
the tendency to get away from the
straight military effects Of last season.
which were rendered intolerably common
place by cheap limitations in the shops In
the spring. 1t is in pure Louis XVI.
style, and makes one think of the pom
derous furniture coverings Of an earlier
day, so heavy and rich is the brocade
Of which the wrap is made. The drap-
cry and border of veritable curtain cord
increase this suggestion. The wrap is
of pink satin brocade, showing a fes-
TONED pattern in mauve shades. The
broad collar and cuffs are Of violet vel
vet edged with typical Louis XVI.
trimming Of mauve satin.
The fashionable folk who subscribe
for boxes in the grand tier rarely occupy
them a whole evening. They drop in to
see and be seen. en- route for more Inn
portant festivities, for the horse show.
though still patronised by the ultra smart
set, is not the social event 1t once was.
and few of the fashionables would sub
NIT to being bored by sitting through
every performance. They begin to ap-
pear about $50, when the throng of
sightseers is at its height, and after
an hour or SO spent in the boxes. or in
visiting about from box to box. they
fit on to more exclusive gatherings.
Some OF the fur evening wraps, care
lessly flung across chair backs, are won
derful This year ermine Is particularly
fashionable and entire wraps are made
of this costly pelt, the unspotted. or
tailless ermine being used, with border
trimming showing the small black
brushes. White coney is next best, IL
one cannot afford ermine, and q dark
beauty, a recent international BRIDE
will be seen at the horse show in full
length cloak of white coney bordered all
around with white fox-a most rare and
expensive fur.
Many Black Gowns VIII BE Evil
dent.
Black evening costumes are q feature
of the season in Paris and will be well
represented in the boxes during horse
show week. superb black chiffon and
let costume is illustrated this beautiful
gown having been sent over from Paris
especially for this event. chiffon tunic
heavily weighted with jet beads and
paillettes hangs over a second layer OF
plain chiffon and beneath is frock OK
pale gray satin-the costume being In
tended for a young widow just emerging
from mourning. vandyked patterns. done
with the paillettes and jet beads, give
slenderness to the hips and these van
dyked motifs are repeated at the lower
edge Of the long jetted tunic. With this
handsome yet simple gown will be worn
an evening hat of pearl gray MORE silk.
heaped with willow feathers Of the same
delicate shade.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

operators and flashed by wire to every
Eastern city to appear in the next morn
ing's news.
The Boys and Girls in the After
During the afternoon hours, when the
pretty ponies are being put through their
PAGES on the tanbark. the boxes are filed
with the little folk of society-the future
leaders of New York's fashionable set,
and the fresh, frankly interested faces of
the well-dressed, well-groomed and WELL
bred boys and girls are exceedingly pleas
ant to see.
Box parties of young girls, well chape-
roned, are also a feature of the afternoon
sessions, and most of these parties have
been preceded by luncheon at the home
of the young hostess. Very quiet frocks
and hats are the rule In these jeune file
assemblages, but the fashion student will
find much that Is interesting in this raj
ment, designed oy master hands and re-
plete with the simplicity grace and ele-
gance or character that an aristocratic
young girls garb should show.
Quiet Dressing Marks Afternoon
Sessions.
Younger wonderland that in New York
means all women under 50-will wear In
the afternoons at the show tailored suits
of rough diagonal or homespun, jauntily
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

hose embroidered with dashing yellow but
tercups or deep blue bachelor buttons.
Then there are jewel embroidered stock
ings with horseshoes. buckles and the like.
set with colored jewels. all done with silk
on the gossamer stocking weave. Bridal
stockings of pure white show embroideries
OF hly-of-the-valley to match the brides
bouquet, and there are even costly hose
with medallions of priceless lace set In
among the embroidered motifs
The general extravaganza of dress this
season shows itself also In the boots tn
tended for wear with afternoon costumes
OF velvet and satin. Time was when a kid
or cloth-topped patent leather boot an
swered all requirements of this sort. Now
one must have a pair of exquisite boots
built to order to match each costume
There are white boots embroidered on in
step and vamp with Jet beads; there are
bronze boots embroidered with gilt beads.
Black boots embroidered with jet beads
and laced with white ribbon are particu-
larry chic with black costumes An inno-
ration this winter for dressy wear is the
laced boot, heretofore buttoned models hav-
Ing been given the preference for all dress
up occasions. These laced boots are most
dainty In cut and fashioning and have
lgnf turned soies and slim, pretty heels
They are finished with embroidery, beading
and other fancy devices and sometimes
have tassels at the top to add daintiness-
High shoes, laced at the side, have made
an appearance after a generation of OBJ
Hvion. and other novelties are gold leather
boots with kid tops, colored cloth boots
with silk tops, and kid boots with silk
underlays beneath slashings in the kid
For street wear black footwear is now
more correct than tan. and dull calf boots
trimmed with perforations or 'broguing."
and patent leather boots with calf or cloth
uppers are in good taste. Even these
street boots show the little extravaganza
and eccentricfties of style that mark more
dressy footwear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

next week. and most of these frocks are
built along the new Russian lines-that is,
with smocks or tunics over an ankle
length skirt. This year the Directoire
skirt will not sweep over the dusty boards
Of the promenade, for the Paris mandate
is short skirts for all afternoon cos
tunes
The Russian tunic does not in the least
suggest the princess gown of a season
so ago. The new costumes may be-and
usually are-all in one piece; but a belt
is one of the salient features of the
Russian dress, and the knee-length tunic
is usually belted in at the waist. near
il in some fashion. These TUNES are of
the frock material or of contrasting
fabric Chiffon tunics over rough wool
frocks have been introduced by Cheruit
and bid fair to have a tremendous vogue.
Dressmakers have been building most of
these afternoon Horse Show frocks of
light wool and silk mixtures of the
soft. crepelike permo stuffs.
Another Russian feature is embroidery
and these embroideries are different from
any other sort in their bold and daring
designs and colors. The crudest shades
are used and are marvelously blended
into harmony by the introduction Of
black lines and motifs. gown of blue
trated. This gown has a cuirass bodice
of silver net laid over green satin and
this cuirass is half covered by pima
fore of the cloth, which extends over
shoulders and bust and slopes downward
below the hips and ut the back. where
1t is held by a section of the cloth en-
broidered in red, green and darker blue
silks. More of this embroidery appears
bodice and sleeves and the yoke and
undersleeves are of dotted net. This
costume has been built for matron who
will chaperon two young daughters at
the horse show, and the skirt is slightly
longer than the abbreviated models for
more youthful women.
Gorgeous Evening Wraps on
Parade.
1t is at the evening sessions, however,
that one enjoys the full brilliancy and
significance of the show. Then the Gar
den. with its ten thousand lights, with
fiuttering decorations, with jewels aglea m
in the boxes and swaying mass of
rich fabrics, furs and feathers In the
promenade. is a memorable spectacle.
This season the CLEAN of silks and satins
will be augmented by splendid brocades
and scintillating metallic trimmings. Both
the Russian and the Louis modes which
fighting for supremacy in Paris now
distinguished by extravagant rich
ness of materials, and such embroideries,
such jeweistudded garnitures, such let
and bugleweighted chiffons, such heavy
yet silken soft brocades and yelvets have
never before been seen as this years
opening pageant of the season will bring
forth.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06

for it would seem a pity to discontinue
an event as significant in social and sar-
tortal interest as the annual show In No
vember. Nc business show promoted for
merely advertising purposes can ever, no
matter how artfully devised in its decora-
ton and aristocratic environment. take
the authoritative position of an event ar
ranged entirely In the interest of amateur
sport and bringing in fashions and furbe-
lows merely as an incident.
That fashion during latter years has
taken place paramount to sport, as far
as the horse show Is concerned. cannot
be denied; but the fact remains that this
event exists and is arranged each season
for the glorifcation of the equine rather
than the feminine, and the horse and his
equipment are not only the raison d'etre,
but also the sina qua non of the big
show at Madison Square Garden, and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-06
A New York Social Ira
dition Smart Tailored
CARDS for Afternoons
Russian Type ofFrocks
the Rule New Evening
Wraps in Louis Style.

FTER a lengthy controversy, the
powers that be have finally de-
cided that there is to be a 1909
horseshow, and this is surely q
affo. for crnnornI k.l.4io..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-14
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After the summer is past and there are no more hot, stuffy days, this is the time when fat people should be thinking about reducing their weight and should stop making the fat that IS such burden to them. The best way Is the one about which so much has been said and written this past year. This way is the Marmola way
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-14
About Servants of old. A L. LII


 Many manners and customs curi- ously close to thoee of the present day come to light as the Babylonian cuneiform tablets are translated in the Archaeological Museum of the University of Pehnsylvania. The existence of trade unions and know ledge of the principle of the keystone arch and the laws of geometrical and gently been demonstrated beyond peradventure of a doubt Some facts of less scientific interest, but never theless interesting, have turned up in the translations now being made. For instance, in the Susa temple (Mesopotamia), household servants were paid in figs, dates and measures of grain, owing to the paucity of silver and gold coins. There are nu- merous cases on record of dockings for lateness, one servant excusing on the ground that a princes procession de- layed his. Another explained his late ness on the ground that the mules upon which he had been wont to ride from the river gate up to the palace kitchen were loaded. and he had to wald. Another servant excuses his standardization on the ground that he knew the superior who gave the orders was about to be removed, any way. and thought 1t did not matter. The most enthusiastically feminine situation was the boycott organized by the royal boudoir girls against the chief lady hairdresser because she in- sisted on locking up the queens teweled hair clasps and would not let the girls wear them when the oueen was not using them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-14
HISTORICAL.
Mrs. Basil Duke

There has occurred two mournful events in U. D. c. circles--the inter- ment of Mrs. Addison Hayes. who was Miss Maggie Davis. at Richmond. and the death of Mrs. Basil Duke in Louis vile. 1.St
 The latter removes from our midst one of the most pfcturesqhe figures and charming personalities that ever adorned Southern society. A woman who in appearance was still beautiful when past the 60th mile stone-not beautiful for an old lady, but beauti- ful for any age-incredibly so as all will testiy who have seen her moving gathered around her at the Reunions and Conventions. Her cordial manner and gracious bearing will long be re- membered by those who had the
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-14
Cradle Of the ,Copfet,rr,cv.

A very delightful meeting of the Cradle of the Confederacy Chapter, U. D. G.. was held at the residence of Mrs. W. B. Kelly on Wednesday af- ternoon. After the meeting was called to order. and the minutes and re- ports heard. the business of the day was dispensed. A committee was named to meet with Dr. owen at the Capitol for the purpose of selecting the designs for the historical tablet to be placed in the Exchange Hotel by this Chapter. It was decided to serve refreshments. all the Chapters acting together, to the veterans on the night of the 17th. A letter was read from Captain Powell relative to the coming reunion, and all the members agreed to strive to make the occasion happy one for the Boys in Cray" Enjoy able readings were given from South
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-14

breadfruits of Hawaii. the euealypti of Australia, and the hardy perennials of the frozen north.
 On ground that once only raised weeds and tares are roaming cattle to supply the flesh meats of our ta- bles. the descendants of herds that pastured on the plains of Iran and the valleys of the Punjab and the Ganges. Our great American bird, the turkey, thought to be indigenous to our soil. first had his home in the land between Euphrates and Tigris.
 Mind Like Other Products.
 As the products are improved by cul- tivation. so 1t is with the mind. Edu-' cation brings the seeds of thought that have been produced by the noblest masters 1 nthe arts and sciences and industries in all ages and all lands and sows them In our midst to spring up and frucitfy in accordance with the care we take in their cultivation.
 Men nave done wonderful things without educaton. as we understand it. Lincoln, though not what the world would call an educated man. never would have entered the temple Of fame had he not worked and toiled to assist his natural gifts in bringing out those qualities which brought him to the foremost rank of statesmen and made him the wonder and marvel of suc- ceeding ages.
 The school or the college does not stamp "finis" on educa ton. The clos ing exercises of these institutions are rightly named commencement" The graduates are only commencing the real education of the world. The scho ool and the college have simply taught the students how to study and all the tasks lie before them. The fields of knowledge are as bound- less as the fields of space and they produce all kinds or crops. Gather into your granary what will prove useful and lasting. what will Sustain you in the combat of life. and make you a soldier brave and worthy of your mission upon earth.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-14
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-14

November meeting on the afternoon of the sri. In the chapter room, with q large number present.
 After the reading of the ritual. a number of the Confederate choir, who are also members of the chapter, sang My Old Kentucky Home,
 Our Daughters are actively interest," ed in completing this fall. the work at Soldiers Rest" in our city ceme- tery. and after general discussion. 1t was decided that the contract for fencing the plot should be awarded at once--the committee having already given the contract for placing grave stones at the unmarked graves
 After this work is completed and paid for our chapter expects to be more active in the general work of the Alabama Division.
 The Mary c. Pickens chapter, our childrens' Auxiliary. will hold its first meeting on Friday afternoon of this week, in the chapter room. And we hope soon to report a very enthusias- tic auxiliary. under the able leadership of Mrs. L. H. Clark and Miss Ellie Huston.
 Sophie Bibb Chapter Report.
 The chapter held It's regular monthly meebng on Wednesday afternoon at the residence of the president, Mrs. A. J. Bowling. 109 North Jackson St. Among the important matters attend- ed to was the raising of sum by voluntary subscription from the mem bers, for the Camp Lomax Memorial arch. A call for aid in furnishing re- treatments for Camp Fire" during the coming reunion of the State Veterans. met with ready response. the chapter contributing it's full quota by voluntary contributions, every true Daughter of the Confectionery" feeling It more of privilege than a duty to assist in entertaining the veterans. The following ladies were appointed ny the president as a committee on decorations, to aid in beautifyink the city for the occasion: Mrs. M. D. Bibb. chairman; Mrs. George Raoul, Mrs. Kirkpatrick. Mrs. D. Bowling. Mrs. Frank Fillmore. Mrs. Bibb Graves, Miss L Wright. Mrs. Forbes, Miss Cozart and Mrs Brannon.
 Mrs. Frank Fillmore, chairman of the committee for returning the Palmetto fias now in our chapter archives, to the company of South Carolina Veterans who bore it at Sumter. was authorized to have the relic with the frame in which 1t has been encased. crated and shipped at the expense of the chapter to the Claremont Rifles. or Sumter, S. C., by whom it will be placed in the Department of state Archives and History at Columbia. While the chapter regretted very much to part with such a valuable relic, they felt that it fairly belonged to the men who fought under it, and after all, south Carolina was as much a part of the Confectionery as any of us-and a very big part in proportion to her size. A motion of Mrs. Fillmore that the secretary be instructed to write let ters Of thanks to MT. Cartwright, of .ne kress Co, MT. +. J. Cramton. and Mir. Moore, for courtesies shown the ladies of the chapter while running their booth at the fair was unanimous ly adopted.
 E. F. Andrews,
 Corresponding Seeretarv
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-14
UNITED DAUGHTERS
 OF THE CONFEDERACY
Nasao.al Diressery.
ons'.i orsa. Aiasa.. Dirs.ss.-

National Directory. i President- General Mrs. Cornelta Branch Stone. l421 Ave. ?. Galveston Tirst Vice Prssident- -Gsnsrsl-a1rs Martin g. Willard. Wilmington. N. g.
 Second Vice dent-Qenerai--nrs' ], Third Vice President -Generat--Mrs IL. c. Hall. Dardanelle. Ark. Recording ary-General--Ars Andrew r. DowdelL COG Avenue A. corEsspondlng sseresary. osnstasl,, ], Jacksonville, Fla. Treasurer r-eensral--Mrs. l.. Eustace Registrar-G r-General--Mrs James o' Can't, Jefferson City. Mo. Historian -Gsneral--Mrs Endsrs nop- insoH. lis Third Street sousn' Hicn- custodian Cross of Honor--Mrs. l. Fl. Raines. sos puffy Street. Esss sa- vannah. Ga.
 { AIabsma state Diyisis.. Honorary President--Mrs. Virginia Clay-Clopton, Huntsville.
 ss.s ssfs.'asssss: S s ass: AssaEa N Second Vice-Prssident--Mrs Ellen Pessr. Eaca5ryc 5Tycs. Tgscai9ors. ,sc1l3omr. r T Pride, Pride Station.
 Corresponding secretary--Mrs. Bibh Grave5, Montgomery.
 Treasurer-Mrs. L. A. Bashtnsky, Troy.
 H,storian---Mrs. Alberta Taylor. Resistrsr-Mrs. E. W. Christian. Mo. bile.
 Recorder of Crosses--Mrs. T. A. Rountree, Birmingham.
 Chaplain-Mrs. E. B. Webb. Talla. dega.
 Editor-in-chief--Mrs. B. B. Ross Auburn.
 Historical Editor--Mrs. Alberta Tay- Tor Huntsville.
 Associate Editor--Miss Toccoa Co., sart III Moulton street. Montgomery
 For Chapter Secretaries. |
 Unless the following rules are ob- served, in the preparation of your re- ports for the official columns, 1t will De impossible to print those reports.
 l. Write only on one side of the paper.
 2 Write legibly, as sometimes neither the editor nor the devoted newspaper man can read the fashion able scrawl."
 Two reports came in this week writ ten on both sides of the paper-the editor would not dare let the news- paper man see them--but the editor cannot afford the time to copy reports
 CHAPTER REPORTS.  Florence Chapter.
 The Florence chapter held its
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-14
A rIngrant offender.

The Birmingham News has had a vigorous calI-down by leading citizens Of Birmingham who have wearied of the stale islander that, because they are not suporting the proposed con of a bunch of ambitious politicians. they are to be classed as allies of the whis- key interests" promoters of the sa- loon" and friends of riot andrdisor- der =" That sort of thing. the usual Argument of bigotry run mad, has been doing duty in three or four Southern states for several years, and the ac- ton of these Birmingham business men has got to stop. The Birmingham News has been a fiagrant offender and Is get. ting its dues
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-14

Florence Chapter. The Florence chapter held its
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-14
Ground in GIn.

Gr0uno Tn Ghh.
 Anderson. S. C.. Nov 1s.-Calvin Bowden. son of oJseph H. Bowden. a well known farmer. met a horrible death last night when he was caught nj the shafting at his fathers gin. One arm was torn out and there were few bones in his body not broken.