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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

Just sit down and figure up how
much a new frock like this will
cost you. Is 1t any wonder the
merchant and the dressmaker are
looking contented?
And it's all true. The order of
the coming fall styles is that we
carry Is pounds of clothes instead
office. The pannier was the first
step, and now we have beside the
pannier the wide and full pleated
skirt, tucked coats on which even
the sleeves are laid in deep folds
in order to use up material, and
girdles that are extravagantly full
all of which takes yards and
yards of fabric.
And petticoats! If we wear only
one. 1t must have at least ten full
ruffles on it. But to be really
fashionable we ought to wear at
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07
THE CHRISTMAS BURGLAR


/ am a bold, bad burglar.
What's more, / am a Christmas
burglar. That is, l make an an
nual crib cracking trip at about
that cheerful time of the year.
because then everything in my
line seems so plentiful. The job
this year was cinch, in spite of
the policemen on the beat. He
was 80 stunned that he forgot to
report the affair to the newspa-
pers. I'll have to tell you about
1t.
First let me say that Christmas
eve is bad time for a burglar to
be stealing across the floor of
CRIB in the dark; for one creak of
loose board, or collision with
Christmas tree is liable to start
some wee voice inquiring, els that
you. Santa?" Have you come.
st. Nicholas?" Or. one tread up
on squawking toy is sure to up
set the households nerves as well
as your own.
But last Christmas l got into a
fwo-story flat where everything
worked lovely. until crept mp to
tho upper hall front. Then I
drew back abruptly, as confused
voices broke from the other side
OF a door
This was disconcerting. New
ertheless. clapped my eyes on a
rack which stood near a hall win
dow. Ia the moonlight which
sfrsamed In ] observed hanging
there mans fur-lined coat and
cap. Now, It was q cold night
outside and It was showing hard.
SO IN q jiffy had made an un-
even exchange and started 70 re-
trace my way TO ths lower floor.
but hardly foot OF the way
traversed. when the door Of the
disc0rdank room burst l,Den and
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07
BY Cynthia Grey.

Women who are short and broad
as well, must be very careful In
having their frocks made up.
They look like caricatures in the
pleated skirt and cuirass bodice
of today, and much worse in the
princess gown of short length with
the low neck line, full sleeves and
hip yoke. If the short woman
only could be made to understand
that her length lines must not be
broken! But she will not under
stand, and like sheep she copies
because of an unconquerable de-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07
Dear Miss Grey:

Dear Miss Grey:
What is the fortieth wedding an
niversary? And what will make
my hair grow? e. e. H.
A.: ca The wooden wedding.
(2) Massaging the scalp with
the tips, not nails, of your fingers,
will increase the flow of the oil
glands, strengthen the growth of
your hair and free the scalp of
dandruff. Place elbows on table,
drop your head on your hands,
press the tips of your fingers to
the scalp, rub in tiny circles and
back and forth, moving the scalp
with them little. Work the en-
tire scalp in this way. Occasion
ally dipping the finger tips in
water and applying to The scalp is
a good thing.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07
GO TO SCHOOL
OR GO TO WORK
out in the great world with job.


big question
1t is big question for the parents.
the mother loses baby.
The the school and to work the mother
here
day boy
family and the world changes He begins fight that he will have
to all his lffethe fight for job.
There things school will do for boy and
there other things that school college do
In the first place isn't the arithmetic nor the geography
the spelling Latin geometry that the learns in school
that does him the real good.
thing him
apportoning his
intelligent perform will
TEACH HIM TO LEARN school discipline will teach him
how that wonderful machine which called the All
his skull will shall learn his brain
his mindas skilled workman his hands his tools
II the boy wants go back to school in order that he
his be
after schoothen school won't help him deal
either.
boy to quit scho he
pool theaer then the job do him much good
keeping him in school won't help him much either
IT'S UP TO THE BOY.
If he school then will dodge
him all the his life
discipline then he will probably be much than figure
In census and police statistics and will end amounting to and
probably less than he
But to all the
to learn mentally school
things boy go long
be taught by
teach himself Also education probably
little higher in the world of than he without it. But
schooling won't boost boy to the the ladder
won't keep him from slipping furnish him either
honest ambition
And lack of schooling keep
In him nourhed the
honest ambition.
So the problem S ths
1t isn't the school,;
whether g be a a failure.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07
TELL NE A @
LSIo !!A
MSSCHILDREN'Si
S~ PLAYTlNE

When DR.. Cook went out on the
ice in his sled to hunt the North
Pole, his eight big dogs barked
and ran with him on the ice. It's
cold in the land near the Pole, and
only the strong dogs can live there.
Did you ever hear of 1t as cold as
161 degrees below zero? That's
what 1t was there.
That was why the dogs pulled
the sleigh. On and on they ran.
DR.. Cook talked to them and
they understood every word he
said. Faster and faster they went
till DIR. Cook knew he at last
would find the North Pole, though
no one had been there. So he was
proud of his furry dogs. and when
they stopped at night he gave
them lot of fish to eat. Then he
crawled in his big fur coat and
went to sleep. All night long the
dogs lay in the sun-for the sun
shines all night there half the year.
In the morning the doctor got up
and the dogs jumped around and
barked and were soon pulling the
sled again.
Way out on the ice which was
all round them one of the dogs
|spied a big white bear.
The big bear growled and said
in bear talk: I'm hungry and I'll
eat that man." But the dogs UNI
derstood the great polar bear and
they barked so fiercely and show
ed such readiness to fight that
the bear crouched on an ice hill
and let the explorer pass.
So every day they ran on and
on hauling the sled that DR.. Cook
rode in. They saw queer little
Eskimo boys, dressed up in bear
skins, playing on the ice. Some
cut holes in the ice and caught
fish through the holes. They had
the fish for dinner.
There were some queer birds
that lived on the ice and when
they saw the dogs and the man
they all howled: "Ga-a-ah!
Ga-a-ah!"
They made a big noise, but
they couldn't hurt anybody be-
cause they had to stay where they.
were and watch the fish.
Then they saw some funny ami
mails that looked like lions only
they didn't have claws-only fins.
They wore fur that looked like DR..
Cooks fur coat and slid over the
ice with their fins.
But the dogs kept right on and
the bells round their necks rang
and the whip cracked and they
went faster and faster.
At last DR.. Cook looked through
a glass and looked again and then
stopped the dogs. They were tired
and so they lay down on piece
of ice where there was no snow.
Then the man looked again and
he patted the dogs and fed them
dried fish and then patted them
some more.
Then he got out flag and nail
ed it to a stick and then made the
dogs get up and go away. He put
the stick with the flag on it in the
ice.
"Here you dogs, get away" he
said. you are right on top of the
North Pole"
So the dogs were the first things
on the North Pole. And If 1t had
not been for them and their nim-
BILE feet the pole would not have
been found by DIR. Cook.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07
TT rs DISCOVERED
TWICE NOW

locating
than have making and what
lives sacrificed
timent in the pole.
Americans have Hip hip hurrah, America
feather national Bird
she
But what with It, Nobody will settle
prices thherward There nothing
so 10 franchises grabbed
n
scientists elsewhere
of things practical mankind things which
really
We substitutes present o
W. need
Mars neigh
There whole things upon
of heroes thought which
North
Whoop because the
fills
in the of practical
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

The short-skirted tailor-made
suit has never been so popular as
it is this summer. and it promises
still to be a success the coming
season.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

Leather chatelines will be worn
with tailored suits, the same color,
If possible, as the suit.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

Every girl and woman on the
face of the earth owns to a weak
ness for pretty slippers.
If she is a stay-at-home, she
wants them, anyway, for wear
with her dainty house dresses.
II she is a society devotee, she
is always looking for something
new in the line of footwear.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

Dear Miss Gray:
When is a good time to slip ger
aniums? MARGARET M.
A.: Now is the best time. Slip
them near the roots of the main
plant If possible, plant them in
sand. and keep pretty wet until the
roots are started.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

The Tuxedo collar or the flat
fancy small sailor collar is the
preferred finish for children s
coats this season.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

Pennsylvania dairymen advocate
use of tooth brushes for cows.
Why not present each bossy with
a nice silver-plated manicure and
toilet set and mirror?
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

Having recovered from the va
cation prostration, we may again
take up the question of sea level
or lock canal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

Black slippers are really the
proper thing for evening wear, tan
or white taking second place.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07
FASHIONS

The new scarf for evening wear
is made of the same material as
the gown.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

Chamois gloves are both stylish
and comfortable for morning and
afternoon wear.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

Dear Miss Grey:
What is there necessary for a girl
to do in order to hold man for
whom she has learned to care?
LOUISE.
A: Be simple; be pure; be your
own sweet self. little Louise, and
II he is for you and IL you are for
him. it will be SO. There is moth
ing that you can do which is I'M
natural which will attract lasting
love.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

Plumes on hats are trimmed
from the back instead of from the
front or side.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07
PLEASE MIfR
%LZ;E1.M MIZx
Dear Miss Grey:

Dear Miss Grey:
How can / remove car grease
from pink silk null dress with
out changing the color or having
to wash the dress? A READER.
;: Wash the spots In clear gas
oline.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

And here they are-note the
style and shape. Our ancestors
wore the same little square-toed
and high-tongued slippers many
years ago. Of soft kid, jet beaded,
in beautiful design, and surmount-
ed with velvet-run jet buckle
these slippers are the very smart
est fashion seen in footwear for
the coming SeaSOn
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

Str. Flyer win make special ex-
position trips DAILY. leaving &C.
attic $3.50 D. m. Tacoma ISIS. >
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07
SOCIETY and PERSONAL

The Minnesota league will en-
terrain at the Carlton hotel this
evening in honor of the Mime
sotans who are attending the en-
campment of re Spanish-Ameri-
can War Veterans. An invitation
has been extended to all former
residents of the Gopher state to
participate in the festivities and
large crowd is expected. An
interesting program has been ar
ranged. 1t will take place in the
lobby of the hotel.
A wedding of much interest in
Tacoma is that of Miss Florence
Baptie, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. Baptie of Seattle, to MIR. Dewitt
M. Evans of this city, which will
take place quietly Saturday even
ing, September IL, at the home of
the bride parents. Miss Baptie
is a graduate of the University of
Washington and since her gradua-
tion has been a member of the
faculty of the Sumner High
school. Mr.. Evans is a graduate
of the University Of California
He was a member of the Tacoma
High school faculty for several
years but is now associated with
Mr.. C. B. Comfort in the law busi-
ness In Tacoma.
One OF the most prominent So
|cial functions OF the week will
be the coming out party of Miss
Elizabeth MetcaH, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Metcalf, which
will be given Friday evening at
the Tacoma hotel. Miss Metcalf
is very popular and beautiful
girl and has Just returned from an
extended trip abroad. The affair
will be an elaborate one and dane
ing will form part of the even
ing's entertainment.
A board meeting OF the wom-
ans club will be held Thursday
at the home OF Mrs. ]. T. Flynn
at Steilacoom lake. Those at
tending will leave Tacoma on the
$3.50 car and ride to DeKoven sta
ton. Following the usual busi-
ness session picnic luncheon will
be enjoyed.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

One marriage in every 10 In
this country goes to smash via the
divorce court.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

'When a mans foot's in BAN
dages he allus likes ter hobble
round an show it to his friends.
When it's his face he wants ter
show 'em tn other feller's."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

The Woman's guild OF st.
Luke's parish will resume its regu-
lar monthly meetings, the first
being tomorrow afternoon at the
home OF Miss Marjorie Stallcup
on South q street.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

The North Pole is found
found twice in fact.
Peary has repeated Cooks
feat in the frozen north.
But now that we have dis
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

In honor of Miss Elizabeth
Thompson of Tuscola, Ill, who
is her guest. and Miss Mitchell OF
Seattle. Miss Florense Reith will
entertain this evening at an in
formal bridge party. Miss Thomp-
son Is a former school mate of
Miss Reith's and Is leaving Tor her
home tomorrow.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

Opals are the only jewels thai
cannot be successfully initiated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

Gov. Stuart of Pennsylvania
owns a secondhand bookstore in
Pennsylvania.
Manager: Miss Dash, will you
look up Champaign, ILL.,. and tell
me where 1t is?
Fair Stenographer: In Just a
minute-oh, here 1t Is. It's Just
about an inch from Decatur.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

what promises to be one Of the
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

most brilliant social events of the
week is the reception to the sap
anese visitors with which Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles H. Hyde will open
their home on North Tacoma ave-
nue. this evening. The invita-
tons are limited owing to the fact
that the visiting party is large.
Mrs. Hyde will be assisted in re-
!ceiving by Tacoma's most prom
inent society women.
The Women's Missionary So
ciety of the First Congregations
church will hold a special thank
Offering meeting tomorrow after
noon at the home of Mrs. w. G.
Wheeler, 307 Cliff avenue. There
will be two prominent speakers
during the afternoon, Miss Edna
Avery. who has recently returned
from New York, and Miss Grace
Wycoff of China.
In honor of Mrs. ]. Allen Fos-
ter of Washington, d. c., the
Woman's club will entertain to-
morrow afternoon at Trinity par
ish house from 8 to 5 O'Clock.
Mrs. Foster. who Is one of the
most prominent Eastern women
to visit the west this season, will
speak on the subject, Civic Work
in the Women's Clubs An invi-
tation has been extended to all
Tacoma club women and others
who wish to meet the distinguish
ed visitor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

When Japanese parents fail to
make a marriage match for their
children it is regarded as a dis
grace for all concerned.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

or course somebody had to do
1t. "Aeroplane speeders being
pinched by fly cops" Oh, flip
pie!
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-09-07

At this tirae of year some
half million American boys and
their parents are debating the
question as to whether to go
back to school this fall or to
cut loose from boyhood and start
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
CONFERR|NG ON LAW
De|iberation of President and
Congressional Leaders.
ANTICIPATE COURT RULING
Considering ACCESSIBILITY of Amend
ing the Sherman Anti Trust Act
to Make It Less Severe.

President Taft and congressional leaders
are still giving serious consideration to
the advisability Of attempting to enact a
federal incorporation law and OF amend
ing the Sherman antitrust law In adj
vance of a final decision by the Supreme
Court i'm the Standard Oil dissolution case
1t is understood that Mr.. Taft fears
that business generally will suffer if the
Supreme Court affirms the finding of the
circuit court in the dissolution Gaze, and
that he strongly favors what might be
termed "vaccination" of the body cor
porate by the administration of Legislative
remedy before the evil appears. On the
other hand, congressional leaders fear
such a course would merely supply am
munition to the opponents of the admin
istratton by giving them All excuse to
charge that the force of the Taft regime
is being directed toward creating a shell
ter for monopolies.
Presidents Reported Inclination.
If the President should submit his rec
concentrations coon after Congress recon
venes and should follow what is said to
be his present inclination. he would ask
for the passage of a federal corporation
honest business is menaced under the in
depreciation of the Sherman antitrust
act given by the circuit court decision in
the Standard Oil case.
While the Presidents view is shared by
the leaders named they recognize the
fact that there will be serious opposition
to any legislation apparently calculated to
narrow the scope of the Sherman law.
They believe that this opposition is so
strong that there would be a protracted
4 IL
would be the part of wisdom. therefore.
to await the decision of the Supreme
Court.
Mr.. Taft. it is said, has reviewed per-
sonally the evidence in the Standard Oil
case, with the result that he believes the
decision by the circuit court correctly in
terprets the law; If SO, he presumably ex-
poets that the decree will be sustained by
the Supreme Court. The understanding
Of those with whom Mr.. Taft has dis
cussed the case is that he could recon-
mend the enactement of a federal incor-
poration law without becoming amenable
to charge that he was seeking to pre-
judice the Supreme Court.
Belief of the Leaders.
That the present is An unpropitious
time to send such a message to Congress.
and that, no matter how cautious the
President might be in the wording of his
recommendation. a political issue will
certainly be made of it. is the opinion
Of the republican leaders. These leaders
do not all agree that the Supreme Court
will sustain the decision of the circuit
court without mitigating the force of
that Interpretation of the Sherman law.
They point to the fact that the Supreme
Court sustained the right of Congress to
enact the legislation contained in the
commodities clause of the Hepburn law.
but that IT did so in a manner such as to
make it virtually non-effcctive. 1t is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27

1t is a mistake to use much cleansing
cream on the face or to massage 1t with
out afterward applying an astringent
cream. A tissue builder of any kind Is
likely to soften the flesh. even though it
strengthens the Tissues. while massaglng
may, in a fashion. loosen Or make 1t
fabby. A well balanced astringent tight
ems without roughening the surface, and
closes the pores. thereby holding in the
nourishment that has been applied.
Precisely what the action of each
astringent may be depends wholly upon
the individual. and when suggesting any
I can only say that that its effect must be
watched. None is likely to do any real
injury from the fact that 1t must first
90 roughen the skin tina, the person using
1t would stop. but it Is in causing rough
ness and a cfapped appearance that the
preparation may prove disadvantageous.
Obviously one having very oily skin would
be less quickly affected than one whose
complexion was dry, so / can only give
several different formulas with the ad-
vice that the one best liked be tried, and
if the complexion becomes coarse it's use
must be stopped and another expert
mented with. None of these formulas IS
expensive.
One of them is made from fifty grams
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
SCHOONER LOON ARRIVES.
Survives Gale and Has Been Over
hauled and Reftted.

The old bay schooner Loon. which was
thought to have given up the ghost
when she was badly damaged in a gale
several months ago, has arrived in port
here and is lying in the Eastern branch
waiting until an opportunity presents
itself to sail for lower river point. After
being dismantled in the storm. the old
vessel was taken to Leonardtown, where
her hull was found to he sound. Her
owners had her overhauled and refitted.
and she has made a number of trips be-
tween bay and river points since the ac-
cident.
The Loon is among the old vessels i'm
service on Chesapeake bay. She dates
back into the early portion of the past
century. but exactly how old she is is
not known. The government records
show that the old schooner was in the
service of the United States prior to 1854.
and in that year she was sold to private
parties. rebuilt and put in commercial
service. Since that time she has been
carrying cargoes on Chesapeake bay and
its tributaries and IL is claimed that
she is good for many more years of act
i've service. The Loon is vessel of
eighty-two tons burden and halls from
Elizabeth City, n. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-27
BENNING AND VICINITY.

The Strauss Memorial Christian Church
held its annual Christmas entertain
ment Saturday evening. The program
varied from Rotations by primary class
to the appearance of Santa Claus. A
recitation by n. Keyser. j.. and a ballad
Of Christmas by Ada Milstead. were vel
rendered. The program was: Piano solo
Miss Ryan: recitation, ". keyser jr
recitations by H. Peacock. Hazel Rogers
Will Straus. H. Hancock. Ed. Hancock
j. Pitzer and f. Hancock. Walter Bur
CESS impersonted Santa Claus.
Walter Patterson of Pittsburg is home
after a visit to his son, r. y. Patterson
of 1873 Anacostia avenue.
Harry SHILLING of Anacostia avenue is
visiting in Baltimore.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. c. Grace of Silver
Spring. Md, are the guests Of Mrs. r.. "
Crump of Bcnning road.
Mrs. A. d. Skidmore of Capitol Heights
was hostess at dinner given in honor OF
her sister. Mrs. r. l.. Sampson of Seney
Ala. Among those present were Mr. and
Mrs. Reid. NJ. and Mrs. Allen. Mrs.
Foulois, Mrs. Brown and Mr. NJ. Cox.