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To Pronounce Lusitania.

The first trip of the Lusltania has
aroused no little discussion as to the
pronunciation Of the ships name,
many ~well-versed speakers insisting
on giving it the sound of L~usitannia,
to rhyme with Britannia. Ameri-
cans, however, should have no diff
Guilty with this fine old Latin word,
as its "a" is sounded like the "a" in
fate" and the name rhymes correct
ly with our own Pennsylvania. Cam
pania, Lucania and all other words
with the single IN" r similarly pro-
Observation-Disclosures Record.
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The Old WAY and the New.

The young lady from Boston was
explaining: Take an egg" she said,
land make a perforation II the base
and a corresponding one IA the apex.
Then YOU apply the lips to the aper-
ture, and by forcibly inhaling the
breath the shell is entirely discharged
of it's contents"
An old lady who was listening ex-
claimed:
at beats all how folks do things
nowadays. When 1 was a gal they
made a hole in each end and sucked"
Judges Library.
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are piped with very narrow velvet,
the color being one Of the new orchids
that are constantly increasing in ia
vor. MarQuisette, Yelling and all
similar materials are, however, quite
as appropriate as the silk and either
lace, embroidered net of some pretty
light weight contrasting plain mate
rial can be used for the chemisette
and under sleeves.
The blouse is made with a fitted
lining on which the yoke, the front
and the back are arranged. There
are tucks at the shoulders, and there
are box pleats that extend for full
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Pink Carnations as Trimming.

Spikes of creamy pink carnations.
looking so natural that one could al
most catch a Whit Of their fragrance,
were used in the trimming Of one
hat. and a huge mushroom leghorn
shown by the same importer had Il
scarf and back BOW Of very broad
light blue ribbon. and at intervals
around the crown stiff punches OF
wood violets. primiy encircled b.
their foliage, nestled among the soft
folds of the scarf.
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Examinations For ChaUneurs.

A motor car Is the most easily
controlled means of conveyance which
exists, and II handled with only q
small regard to moderation will cover
many thousands Of miles without do
ing the slightest harm to anyone. It
is the human element which intro
duces the risk. The Royal Automo-
bile Club would do a great work
were it to introduce a bill to ParIia-
ment making it imperative that a
man should pass a practical lest be-
fore being allowed to dr. on the
Misunderstanding Illust:, ed.
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Folds and TuckS.

The bias folds and the deep tucks
still hold sway. and are seen every
where on cotton, linen, silk and wool
costumes, and while those of gradI-
ated widths r often noticed. the tide
Of favor seems to have turned to-
ward the bands. folds and tucks Of the
same width, and either two OF three
as preferred.
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Fancy Blouse Waist.

The fancy blouse is always in de-
mand and is ever taking on fresh and
fascinating forms. This one is dis
tinctiy novel and is adapted to all the
pretty materials Of the incoming sea-
son. 1t would be equally charming
in lightweight silk aud wool, and, as
we are promised an Increased number
of both, it will find many uses. In
the illustration chiffon taffeta is
stitched With be!ding silk, and is
combined with lace, while the edges
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Flowers On Hats.

IN spite Of the fad for placing
most Of the trimming toward the back
OF the hat, many Of these aureole
shapes have howers massed at the
front, just behind the backward roll
ing brim, and. perhaps, though not
necessarily spraying backward and
sidewise over the crown, while a scarf
is twisted softly arcaGd the crown.
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Our Unseen Sun.

No n has ever seen the sun. This
is not an epigrammatic pleasantly,
but the cherries scientific truth. A
series of %concentric shells envelops
a nucleus of which we know absolute
ly nothing, except that it must be al
most infinitely hotter than the ferc-
est furnace, and that it must amount
to more than nine-tenths Of the total
solar mass. That nucleus is the real
sun, forever hidden from us.-Lon-
don Pail Mall Gazette.
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FURIOUS M ON CHILD.
Itching, Bleeding Sores Covered Body
Nothing Helped He--Cuticura
Cures Her in Five Days.

"After my granddaughter Of about seven
years had been cured of the measles, she
was attacked about a fortnight. later by a
furious Itching and painful eruption all
over ner body, especially the. upper part Of
it, forming watery aud bleeding sores, es-
pecially under the arms, of considerable
size. She suffered a great deal and for
three weeks we. nursed her every night,
using all the remedies we could. think Of.
Nothing would help. We tried. the. Cuti-
cura. Remedies and after twentg-four hours
we noted considerable, improvement, and,
after using only one complete set Of the
Cuticura Remedies, in five consecutive days
the little one. much to our Joy, had. been
entirely cured, and has been we'll. for a long
time. Mrs. T. Ruefenacht. r. Ed. 8, Bak-
ersfeld, CAL, June Is and July 20, 1906"
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Quaint Caiscs Appear.

1t is odd to see these little capes
bobbing up in the fashion world as
serene!y as though they had not ap-
peared two years ago, and failed ut
terry to make any impression upon US.
Somehow, now, though, they seem
particularly appropriate as accom-
paninlents to the quaint turn OF fash
ions generally.
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Hard On the Gun Trade.

Shooting is shunted from the lead
ing position it nee held at country
houses, and is run hard by motoring,
golfng, hunting, fishing and racing
as r%ecreative occupation In the coun-
try. All this tells hardly upon the
gun trade.-County Gentleman.
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Curious and General Fact.

The American is a man Of broad
interests. There are men inland who
never saw the ocean who could hardly
sit still until they heard If the Lusi-
tania had broken the record.-Wash-
ington Times.
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Seen at a Wedding.

SIVII ~ q "CUUIHb'
A gray mousseline de sole gown
worn by an elderly woman at an out
of-town wedding was trimmed with
a sort Of drawnwork and fringe, and
was almost entirely covered by a long
coat of gray embroidered net. The
hat was trimmed with peoples.
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length at frout at,l back, these last
terminating il: :";Ets and being ar
ranged IN uny 'sh;on In combina-
ton with strai. the material. The
double sleeves make a notable fea-
ture and are eminently graceful.
The quantity Of material required
fer the medium Size Is three and
three-quarter yards tWenty-one.
three and one-Quarter yards twenty
seven. M and five-eighth yards forty
four inches wide. With two yards OF
ail-oYer lace.
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Pardon Promised.

God hath promised pardon to him
that repenteth, but He hath not prom
ised repentance to him that sinneth.
st. Anselm.
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Stitch Finish Preferred.

Coats bound with braid, though
stylish, have become common, the
best makers %preferring to finish the
edges with several rows Of stitch
ing.
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0PINS[T7FERfESTa0N0MN IS 5

New York City,-The tasteful
breakfast jacket IS one Of the most
satisfactory garments any woman can
possess. 1t means comfort as we'll as
daintiness during the morning hours;
it affords relief from the high collar
and cuffs Of the regulation shirt waist
and If we'll selected is apt to to be X
tremely becoming. This n a be
made as illustrated. with the V
shaped neck and elbow sleeves. or
high with a sailor collar and long
sleeves so that il becomes adapted
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At the Foot End,

ALAS, 1 am at my wits end" ex-
claimed the monarch, as he was uneX-
pectedly kicked by the court jester
Bohemian.
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GadOOkS!

Although endorsed, the good
knight vowed that he, odds hobs, was
still uncoWed.-Pittsburg Post.
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A Striking

Until Christianity shows a strong
er grip on Christians it only playa tag
WITH th3 world.
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Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, ~softens the gums, reduces indamma-
ton. allays pain, cures wind collie. 25ca bottle
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New York absorbs annually about $780,
600 cases of canned corn.
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both to present needs and to the fu-
ture colder days. AS illustrated, the
material is Indian linen with the yoke
of tucking and trimming Of embroid-
cry, but there are a great many SIM
liar washable materials that are liked
by women who prefer such at all sea-
sons Of the year, while there are also
innImerable lightweight flannels,
albatross, cashmere and the like, that
also are we'll adapted to the design.
For the present and for many weeks
to come pretty dimities, lawns, wash
silks and the like, are perhaps to be
preferred to everything else. but the
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FITS, St. Vitus' Dance, Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by DR.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. 81 trial bottle and treatise free.
DIR. H. r. Kline, Id, 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa
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Monkeys are remarkably keen Of sight,
but deficient in sense of smell.
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Glass made into microscopic objectives
is more costly thar gold.
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Color more goods Brighter and faser coiors .asn any other dye: Ono
can dye aDy garment Without ripping apart. Waite FOX free oook'et
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PUTNAM FADELESS DYES

ckage coDrs all ahers. They dye In cold water Letter than any nrrt III TT; ~
to Dye, Beacn and Sz Colors MONROE DRUG Coz quincy ''ue'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-16

TWO NICELY FURNISHED ADJOINING RMS.
for two gentlemen; good central location VI
cinity Of Thomas Circle preferred rates mod
crate: permanent. Address Box 162. Stnr Office.
ROOM n AN APARTMENT, NOT TO EXOEm
ONCE de1h-Ste
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EEBEnMANN 4 HAwN. 1908 F ST.
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WINDOWS. HOUSES AND OFFICES CLEANED.
MODERATE PRICES. LEON L. CAHOON,
ACME WINDOW CLEANING CO..
921 @ ST. NV. PHONE MAIN 71t9.
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vertising are almost
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THE D1STRICT OF
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On before the eleventh day Of November A.
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never dreamed of setting the world Alright; and
when talked can't to them to see how they would
take IT. they looked at me in bewilderment, then
laughed and exclaimed:
be beautiful and good; TO he true wives and real
mothers. Isn't that enough for a mere woman?
Some women there are even in Turkey, who
would fan emancpate themselves from the
chains of ancient custom and range themselves
an equality with their lords. In a paper on
"Suffragettes of the Harem' Mrs Brown de-
scribes a meeting at which various DANES OF
the Turkish aristocracy discussed in more or
less absurd fashion the question of freeing
themselves from the tyranny of the brute man.
The sketch is somewhat lahore d and lacks the
air of vraisemblance.
Protest we must con~'ude, is far from the
nature of most Turl-.-l The reader
will gather that, according to the lights vouch-
safed by the author, they have not much to
complain of She shows the stately figure
of the pacha stalking about his Oriental para
disc, benignant, kind full of understanding
and sympathy, very just in his dealings, Il mar
vel of consideration, handsome and gallant,
and distinguished in manners as in public SER
vice When he sees that the first wife suffers
at thought OF the coming of the second he sub
mits in affectonate silence to a delay in the
new nuptiaIs until madame thinks better Of It
and is willing to receive No with ssterly
gentleness Sometimes if we may accept as
true the most serious tale in this volume. he IS
so devoted to his wife that he will not hear II
second one, and dies of grief upon her grave
The utmost indulgence compatible with seclu-
sion is meted out by the lord Of the harem TO
his household. In the unusual event oi the
fourth wife's inability tc get on with the other
three he kindly sets up for her separate homo
and a separate retinue. AS for clothes and
jewels he is lavish. The Bosporus is still there,
but nothing is said Of boustrngs and sacks
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13

with the fresh petals Of roses. In this atTnos-
phere Of physical cleanliness and luxurious
comfort move exquisite beings whose beauty is
rivaiIed in attractiveness by the unseliish
tenderness of their hearts. There may be four
wives in the household, but discord is rare The
first wife is represented a noble dignificd
woman upon whose wisdom and kindness the
other wives rely with respect, mingled with de-
voted affection. She may have had her sor-
rows when the second wife arrived upon the
scene-"My heart knitted to the middle
said one OF these lades-but patience, habit and
maternal love generally enable her TO conquer
her natural rebellion and turn herself into
kind of protecting angel to all the family.
The authors first harem visit was to the two
wives Of an agreeable pacha-two cheerful
Young women whom she describes as mot very
different by nature from many commonplace
American friends | have. whose lives are spent
with dressmakers, mancures, masseuses, and in
various frivolous pursuits" She adds:
Except for the absence of men I Fht almost
have been visiting an American household. What
difference existed 70 the advantage OF the
Turkish girls. They entirely natural ana
sDontaucOuS. They did not pretend to bc anything
that thcy were not. They were as happy ana
merry as little brooks. whose usefulness was
limited. but who at least had no aspirations TO
ms for rivers. They good mothers and made
one man hlissfuIIy happy. They read a lot OF
for the sake Of culture" They took everything
ilttatUroIIv There was unWhulesUmc iHtrOSpec-
tinnEthat horrible attribute of the average half
educated European and American woman. ihey
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13

in mystery. Where else has mortal man ever
left the secret of genius? Unfortunately, how
ever the contributors to a series Of monographs
are generally expected to be more explicit-your
series is nothing if not a short to editica-
ton-and We fear that the influence of this
circumstance has reacted upon Professor Har-
Ter rather more than he would perhaps be will
ing TO admit. At any rate, he leaves the i'm
rression of a biographer who has set out to
explain Sainte-Beuye instead of artfully Turing
i'm 10 speak for himself. of enthusiast who
las somehow suffered a certain measure of dis
EIusionment he has gone along If he had
,rained anything in the process anything that
served to clarity and enrich our knowledge of
trrde As it is he leaves the author Of the
.Causeries'' where he found him, save that he
would make him a little less lovable One re-
calls the passage in the journal" OF the Con
courts: When / hear Sainte- Beuve. with his
little phrases touch a dead man, 1 think ! see
a swarm of ants invading a corpse; he cleans
lp a glory in ten minutes and leaves the Illus
t-5ous gentleman only a neat skeleton" Though
rofessor Harper quotes that ''revoltng
image" and though he is constant in cordial
appreciation. il is impossible not to feel that
t-,ae perilously near to cleaning up a glory"
Il IS not that the portrait is untruthful, but
tat the painter lacks initiation into the very
heart Of his subject. His preoccupation is with
traits indubitabiy authentic. but not the traits
Which do most to vivify Sairte- Beuve as a mas
ter in criticism
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13
SUBSTANCE AND FORM.
The Quarrel Bet1ceen Them IN the
Work Of UiLIiam Blake.

WILLIAM BLAKE. BY Basil de SeIincourt Illus
trated- l2mo. PIP VI, 29S Imported by Charles
Sglbn5r's Sons
If one may judge from the literature that has
been rapidly rising around the life and works
e William Blake, the composition Of a book
about him Yresupposes admiration too intense TO
uc critical. Few Of cur modern cults have been
mere Indifferent than this one to the laws Of
proportion, the standards OF discrimination. All
The more welcome, therefore, is Mr.. De
Selincourt's monograph. he is sealed Of the
tribe Of Blake, ii is true, but he is far from
being blind TO the defects Of his idol. On the
contrary. he writes with a wholesome franBness
and is especially servceable, inasmuch as he
tries his best to get at the truth. The trouble
with most Of the bicgraphers OF the visionary
poet and artist is that they start with a con-
viction of his eminence and turn their hacks
on those principles which ininical to his
fame Mr.. De SeIincourt makes it his first
business 10 see Blake precisely as he was and
esl hews perfervid dCgmatism TO the final
value Of what Blake actually achieved. Though
l.. rightly says that the central word about
Blake can never be a word Of depreciation" he
does not pretend that il be. on the other
hand word Of wholesale Iaudation.
The truth is that Blake was a stammering
child Of genius. Through long stretches he
could battle overwrought obscurites and then,
in d moment OF illumination he could give forth
a burst of the purest poetry. Take him, for
example. in the mood Of lyric like this Of
Loves Secret:
Never seek tell thy love,
Love that told be;
For the gentle wind doth
Silently, invisbly.
told my love I told my love
I told her all my heart.
Trembling. cold, in ghastIy fears,
All she did depart,
Soon after she was gone from me,
A traveller by,
Silently. inVsiby:
He took her with a sigh
Blake wrote often enough in this vein for US
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13

their art to which they had given too little heed
before But his work on the whole is marred by
the too easy substitution of the hieroglyphic
method Of a mystical shorthand, for the true
artistic preseutrnent" He dealt in symbols with
an fmpetuos.,- leaving out Of account the i'm
rnutable requirements Of pictorial design What
the great artists in ali ages have considered only
a loyal adherence to the truths of nature he dis
dajned as savoring of "the sordid drudgery of
facsimile representations Of merely mortal and
nerisbiney substances" Painting, in his opinion,
no less than poetry or music, "exists and exuits
in immortal thoughts" but he differed from the
masters in believing that immortal thoughts
could get along without immortal form Thus
his coDcepticns while often Indicative Of deep
noetic emotion and fine instinct for beauty,
arc as often so defective in composition, drafts
,,ansbip color and, indeed, all the elements OF
art that they survive only as memoranda as
chips of his workshop
His thick and thin admirers viii deny thlS
ae Mr. De Selincourt remarks, within the
charmed circle ito pronounce work Blakes Is
to pronounce it not only interesting but lmpor-
taut." This writer is more judicious, and ne can
nraisa Rlake without losing his head. Ii ms
hook is favorable in its conclusions it is because
n resolves itself into Interpretation Of Blake
snrit which is to say, OF the nobility and joy
orsnees of a great soul he makes his reacer
acquainted with Blake's atmosphere ana leaves
him to test the drawings and poems for himself