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Evening star., 1909-04-25
Mrs. Taft Makes Tea.

Mrs Taft is conducting a veritable
salon these days in the dainty blue room
OF the White House, and those who feel
entitled to pay their respects to the
Presidents wife and to take friends along
find an open door. There are the lightest
OF refreshments and everything is as in
formal as possible. There is the delight
full golden Japanese tea, very mild and
fragrant. each cup made to order. Mrs.
Taft lived in the orient long enough
to master the fine art of making tea.
She brews the drink deftly. She uses
a tea ball given to her by the Civic
League OF Manila. 1t is OF filigree and
exquisitely chased. With the tea ball
and boiling water Mrs. Taft mixes
thick sirup of sugar, to which q few
drops of lemon juice are added. The
result is exhilarating. Chips of nuts
or sticks Of sugared cakes are served
with the tea instead Of sandwiches or
layer cake or buttered toast. II is 5
o'clock tea and nothing more, but the
spirit of good will that animates the
company is inspiring.
For spring and summer automobile
costumes a new beautiful material that
is sure to have immense vogue has
the appearance of the finest silk. is rain
and dust proof. and is as light as the
proverbiai feather 1t has the appear
ance OF fine silk and is made in all the
fashionable shades.
Evening star., 1909-04-25
Dernier Thing for the Hair in Paris

Marie Antoinette. the style Lamballe. the
maidenly effect of the martyred and he
roic Elizabeth. All wear the fat curis
the chic women of the day have borrowed,
and at many a grand ball the entire Golf
feur Of one Of these poor martyrs is faith.
fully copied.
There is q good deal of talk In foreign
papers Of the dyes employed In Paris, but
here natural-tinted hair is the vogue.
Blonde hair, especially the dyed shades
which foreigners so often display in the
street. is by no means sought after
though. naturally, genuine blonde hair 10
always glorious. Even II the locks Of
other heads are only indifferently tinted,
the elaborate dressing and pomades and
brilliantines used give always a charming
look. When dye Is employed a bright
warm shade OF chestnut seems to be the
tone desired: nevertheless. the gray-eyed.
pale-faced woman. whose brown hair Is
all but ashcn, is the beauty OF Paris.
Often, when dressing hair streaked at
the tenpies with gray, the coiffeurs use a
pure white powder. for powder and white
hair are both fashionable in Paris.
Indigo is put In the water which sham
poos gray hair or hair all white. this
producing the same dazzling effect that
bluing does on yellowed clothes. In fact,
the wash tub blue is the very thing used,
ana it IL declared to be entirely harmless.
Evening star., 1909-04-25

nished. but dull and tarnished. Through
them is slipped fiat bow Of panne velvet
ribbon in a shade OF bronze that entirely
tones In with the slipper.
AS for the white shoes of the coming
summer. they will be of the usual linen.
canvas and kid varieties and many VIII
be high boots, although the white beaded
tie will be popular. OF course they will
be hot and unreasonable. just as the
darker models are, but the same rules
I've promulgated for the dark boot will
hold good with the lighter colors.
Heels are of the Cuban variety and
the very Frenchy type. but the latter
are only permissible on dressy slippers
for indoor wear. And apropos of the
evening shoes. many of them are as
dainty as the gown worn when the
minuet was the dance of polite society.
Shoes Of white satin are worked in
pompadour garlands, wreathS of seed
pearls and turquoise appear on pale blue
satin slippers. emeralds on green and
amethysts on those of mauve shadings.
while black and yellow are embroidered
in gold and carry enormous buckles OF
brilliants. All evening slippers match ex-
actly the gown worn with them.
So many women object to patent leather
shoes because they have an unfortunate
habit of cracking, but this misfortune
may be prevented by rubbing the shoe
during the first few weeks wear with
little milk olive oil or vaseiine. Kid
and patent leather may be cleaned with
little cream put on with a sponge and
polished with piece Of soft flannel. Be
Evening star., 1909-04-25

Eleven is the time for the morning call
and 3 for the afternoon one.
Unless she is engaged TO marry the
visitor. a prudent girl does not see him
too often alone, and if his intentions
have not yet even been expressed by
his manner it is wise for the lady 10
avoid all sign Of trying TO bring him to
the point. Somebody in the family may
ask him at last what his attentions mean,
but the girls only safeguard against this
embarrassing moment is to hide her own
possible expectation. A simple, kindly
manner Is the one to employ toward all
men who are simply friends, and TINS
never under any circumst ances includes
kissing. decent man expects only 10
be kissed when he is loved, and the vul-
gar habit of more or less promiscnous
kissing is likely to bring nice glris
name into 1disrepute.
Never call casual masculine acquaint-
ances by their first names. The tender
Bob" or Dick" is only for the friend
OF lifetime. In the same spirit exact
the handle of Miss for your own name.
AS to going out with men, IT Is not
thought exactly the thing to accept IN
vitations which do not include a third
person as 'chaperon. But since small
towns and country districts are not SO
eXacting as the city in this manner,
visit to church or any place of amuse-
Evening star., 1909-04-25


her the place. She was head and shoul-
ders above her competitors in excellence.
There was a fierce dispute. of course
and then one old doctor exclaimed: The
girl won. The girl should have it,
And that is how in time DIR. Mary
Crawford became house surgeon of Will
liamsburg Hospital, New York city,
But before she reached the position
she had TO serve her term as ambulance
surgeon in one OF the toughest dis
tricts OF Greater New York. Night after
night she was aroused from the sleep
of absolute exhaustion. In five minutes
she was dressed. and three minutes later
she was In the Gathering ambulance
that turned corners at breakneck speed.
while she clung to the straps for dear
life.
And where did these calls-at mid
night. at and o'clock in the morning
take her? To saloon fights. TO fires, to
scenes OF murder. Nice work for a well
bred charming woman-eh, what? And
that is Just what little DR.. Crawford Is.
Don't imagine six feet of sturdy woman
hood: she is nothing OF the sort. Figure
10 yourself a slender. grlish figure clad
IN a loose fitting white jacket and skirt.
she looks as IL she had just been play
ing tennis instead of spending hours In
the operating room. Her blond hair Is
soft and pretty, and her eyes are full
of humor. No wonder all the people
OF her district adore her and call her
NV her first name.
Evening star., 1909-04-25

blue. and IL he is he wiz, respect her all
the more for her scruples.
Look out for the rough edges which
proclaim as much disrespect as bad
breeding, for by her friends Is woman
known. Never let a man who Is not
your husband. father or brother sit in
your presence with his feet reposing on
the nearest sofa or chair. for gentle
man keeps these members on the ..oor
in the presence of ladies. Never allow
him to pass you in the street with only
a finger carelessly lifted to the hat brlrn
or with a still more insolent nod. The
hat must come entirely off his head. and
If the gallant who so salutes a girl Is
accomplished In courtliness he will SUBJ
tly make the bow express not only re-
spect, but delight In the meeting. AS
the woman must bow first, except in
case Of old friends, the bow of the man
is one Of qualification at notice. The
sweet head which has just bent to him
so graciously tells him that he Is very
desirable person. the equal of we'll
brought up girl.
The hour for masculine callers diff
fers in city and small towns. In a large
city the caller makes his appearance be-
tween half-past and o'clock in the
evening. In the country he may come
as early as half-past l. and a morning or
afternoon. call is quite in the books.
Evening star., 1909-04-25

self. For lives there woman who ever
had her pedal attachments equipped with
out trying on at least a half dozen diff
ferent makes, sizes and styles of shoe be-
fore she actually buys pair for prob
ably $3.9s or ends the trial with the ver-
dict: TN go back to KS and get the
kind of shoe I've been wearing for years.
You know she adds. with a concilliating
smile at the salesgirl. they seem to mt
my feet better than any you have" 1t
took this woman just exactly one hour
possibly to dome to this conclusion. And
fit her feet, indeed!
Very likely there was not shoe among
the lot tried on that was fit, rejected
as miles too big or perfect gunboats :"
No, the average woman will positively
Evening star., 1909-04-25
Invisible Bandeaux.

There are nearly q dozen carefully
shaped bandeaux used to properly
perch the spring hat upon the feminine
head. and this does not include the varied
shapes that the adroit milliner invents
on the spur OF the moment to keep one
of the new bucket-shaped hats from
settling down over the entire head and
face of her customer. But now the
bandeau Is denied. We are told that
hats must be pulled we'll down over the
head and face" Yes, they must indeed
be worn down. but internally taey are so
large that the bandeau is surreptitiously
admitted by our friend the milliner.
Bless her. What would We women do
without her?
Yes, the bandeau still exists, but it is
not to be seen. There is to be no evil
dence that it is inside of cur spring
hat.
Evening star., 1909-04-25
Feeding

the needlessness of wrinkles, admira bic
argument for the simple methods of their
partial IL not entire dispersal. For one
must not expect to remove all the traces
of lifetime of neglect. Eternal vigil
lance is the price of beauty. and so the
naughty wrinkle must be taken in hand
at very early age. 1t must be spanked
and fed soothed and forced nightly into
submission to heart and mind.
Give a bad child full reign from the
time he is born, won't he conquer your"
says one medicine woman astutely. So
take your wrinkle in its infantcy. Be-
gin its training today.
A little preliminary talk is necessary
for this subject. for all information on
Evening star., 1909-04-25
Wrinkles to Overcome Them

and its effects on the expression OF the
eyes alone Is something to be dreaded
like the tiger in the jungle. Who mas
not turned away some time from tne dis-
tress of hideously worried eyes and
face scanned by fretting over petty an
noyances? For great grief seidom
leaves these ugly traces, being ratner
ennobling in it's shadow. They result
from the trashy. everyday nonsense about
the butcher, the baker and the candle
stick maker; the foolish fume over
clothes: the envy of the neighbors OK
and ass and all that is hers. In fact.
nine times out Of ten. 1t is foolishness
which is god mother to the wrinkle. Rup
the seam out of your heart first and then
look to your face.
The feeding process of eradicating
wrinkles begins in this way: The skin Is
washed in warm water and then the line
persistently pressed apart with the fingers
while olive oil is poured In. Not one
drop alone. but sop after sop. and with
each one, massage. whose strokes run
away from each side of the line. A
nightly half-hour consumed with this
rite will show increasing benefit. and
when the sacrifice to Hebe Is over press
the line again apart and apply thin
piece OF court plaster, something over the
size of the blemish. Ordinary plaster IS
Evening star., 1909-04-25
Footwear Must Be Correct and Decidedly Smart

careful not to soil the lining when clean
ing shoes.
When travelling 1t Is capital plan
to keep shoes in bags with the trees
inside, each bag of different color. with
a description OF the shoes embroidered
on the outside so they may be dis
tinguished in a minute. Even at home
dust penetrates to ones shoes, and all
evening and patent leather shoes should
be kept carefully covered from daylight.
CATHERINE TALBOT.
Evening star., 1909-04-25

Il dERE ought TO be
a high seat in
heaven for sales
people in shoe
shops. The re-
quirenents of the
position demand
the disposition Of
an angel. the tact
Of a successful
diplomat and the
persuasive powers
of BeelZebub HIM
Evening star., 1909-04-25

every way. Indeed. one plain clothes
man practically saved her life. She was
in the station house sewing up the head
Of drunken man. while the detective
stood by. watching. Suddenly the patient
lashed out viciously with his foot and
would have given the doctor knockout
blow II the detective. quick as a flash.
had not drawn a blackjack from his
sleeve and struck him on the knee.
That all her services nave not met
with such ingratitude iS shown by the
story of the old tramp who. after his
head had been sewed up by the doctor
graveIy fished cut dime and quarter
from his rags, and after long. hard
look at the quarter. put 1t back and tipped
her with the dime.
Speaking OF ingratitude. the worst case
a drunken husband home to his wife
near the break of day. This was sheer
kindness of heart, because II the man
had stayed on the street he would have
been arrested.
But did the wife thank DIR. Mary?
Not she. She poured the vials of her
wrath in three languages and demand
ed why In of something and or
something else she had to see more Of
her husband when she saw enough of
him already.
And the doctor fed.
It is through scenes OF this nature
that DIR. Mary has gained her experience.
and now. as the dignified house surgeon
of the big hospital, she reaps her re-
ward. But what an ordeal. my friends.
and what nerve and courage 1t took to
60 through such ordeals.
DR.. Mary Crawford Is a Cornell grad
uate OF the class CT 1904. incidentally
she has won honors in athletics. She
can row a shell as we'll as any man
and play basket ball and base ball in
highly creditable manner.
She intends to make surgery her pro-
fession in life rather than plain medicine
There is nothing like surgery she
says.
But what about the nerve II reQuires?"
Nerve is simply knowledge she an
swers. with the calmness that comes from
experience. KATE CLYDE.
New York.
Evening star., 1909-04-25

IMAGINE, il you
can, a young wom-
an I " e Mt y-f o u r
years OF age de-
feating thirty-five
men in a medical
examination fo T
the post of inferno
in a h spit a |.
How's that for
brains?
T h e examining
hoard had to give
Evening star., 1909-04-25

had received from her hands quieting
hypodermic.
Another man who had bad case OF
horrors was 30 rude a. TO grab the doctor
by the throat, knocking her down In the
ambulance. She would have been thrown
to the street but for the Intervention OF
Evening star., 1909-04-25

Here comes Molly they cry. and
you can detect the affectionate pride In
their tones.
whether the atmosphere OF Williams
burg Is too enervating for the foreign
element don't know. but Dr. Mary has
had to put in the ambulance an extra
Evening star., 1909-04-25
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J1rl

the elaborate use Of lace with this will
please persons who care for highly orna-
mented effects. Any fine lingerie ma
terial Is suitable for the style. as well as
dotted and plain swiss. figured and plain
organdy, etc. The materials needed are
twenty yards of lace insertion. one and
a half OF edging and about thirteen OF
the dress material
With all airy textiles an underslip or
petticoat and corset cover OF lawn or thin
silk is worn. This necessary background
may still be In a contrasting tint, but the
o11e-tone effect is considered shade more
elegant.
have left very important word for
the last The gowns given are TO DEM
onstrate the fact that the majority Of
the wash frocks are belted at the normal
waist line. Occasionally a fine lingerie
dress shows the short waist. but It's gran
deurs define plainly that II is thing for
the cleaner Empire and directoire modes
are distinctly tabooed for inadequate ma
terials. which all cheap wash goods are
Lovely little belts. which go elegantly
with plain white linen frocks are I'm dres-
den and watered ribbons. the vines and
bouquets Of the former being bright with
color. c. III. or enameled buckles clasp
these and the width OF the belt is about
two inches. These belts are easily made
at home. but remember that q delicate
ribbon needs to be stiffened and lined.
Though quite possible with palmer
frocks skin belts are not greatly ad
mired. unless Of some soft kid. rich with
embroidery. The gown material shapes
most OF the belts which are not OF rib
bon. and certainly the fad is as eco
nomical as it is neat MARY DEAN.
Evening star., 1909-04-25

q policeman.
But the worst case of all was woman
Trust our sex to get real ''dippy" when
once started! This creature stood in the
middle of the street airily swinging her
baby by the ankle when the ambulance
dashed up. She objected to having her
Evening star., 1909-04-25

o you feed your
wrinkles and culti-
vate a bland ex-
preston? These are
questions all good
beauty doctors are
likely to ask nova
days.
In every great
city sanctum dedi-
Gated to the charms
OF woman there is
incessant talk OF
Evening star., 1909-04-25
Woman Bess Thirtvfive Men and Becomes House Surgeon

parental rights curtailed. She whipped
every policeman who interfered and bit
DR.. Mary through the hand, but In this
case, as In every other, the cool-headed
little surgeon won out.
The police have been DR.. Mary's best
friends, and they have helped her in
Evening star., 1909-04-25

ordinary number Of maniacs. Naturally
they rebel, and trouble ensues.
In one case the man thus afflicted
was keeping five men busy when the
doctor arrived. She directed them how
to tie him up. and he was tucked away
as harmless as bale of hay after he
Evening star., 1909-04-25
Laurel Wreath Hair Ornament.

Beauty as we'll as achievement is now
crowned with laurel The dark green
glossy leaves are used in artificial form
TO make coronets for evening wear. On
reddish or golden hair the leaves are
specially effective. though these green
hair ornaments are becoming TO DARK
women also. Often the leaves are touched
with sparkling rhinestone dewdrops IL
very charming fashion.
Evening star., 1909-04-25

. AM going to limit the theme OF this
little etiquette talk to motherless
girls, and I will tell you why. The
word decorum, when applied to the
conduct of the softer sex, implies
the proper attitude it must display to-
ward the stronger. and being without the
guidance of her most natural protector,
her mother, a girl so placed is forever In
danger Besides there are several prec-
ious little ''motherless'' letters to be an
swered more fully than can be done in
private correspondence. though each Of
these writers has already had her secret
word.
1t seems unjust to make the sweeping
assertion when there are SO many well
bred men in the world. but taken as a
species. man represents girls most
serious peril
Evening star., 1909-04-25

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
NEW YORK. April o3, 1909
Evening star., 1909-04-25

muslins and ginghams fall in soft W1lted
folds. and some embroidered webs seem
as grand and bewitching as those once
worked in hand frames and lying now In
museums to show dead beauty's thrift
and taste.
In truth, 1t is a season for fine hand
work, so doubtless many little home
made gown Of the day will also be
labor of love.
The models employed for the gowns
are not always entirely becoming. for we
cannot all look like narrow saints upon
cathedral fronts. Then. too, the thinner
OF the summer materials seem to call for
amplitude. generous skirt breadths with
flowing f1ounces. bodices with looser
sleeves than are now worn. and untold
coquetries In the way of lace and ribbon
adornments. For since slimness is the
rage-though the wide skirt threatens
there must be no superf1uous bulging.
Only soft materials shape the finer
frocks and every line from throat to hem
of skirt must go toward the look of
skimpness. Trimmings lie fiat, shape
waist and skirt fronts, and are inserted
In bands whose very Joins seem made
with glue.
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And yet the right woman is a saint in
these narrow, restrained modes, and so
of her alone I will tell today. But the
situation means that one must cultivate
ardently all knowledge Of her very own
type and when in doubt choose always
the thing midway In the scale Of dazzle
ment. 1t Is far wiser to be a little be-
hind fashion in becoming dress than
Evening star., 1909-04-25

He is not always to be blamed, alas.
Willful. f1irtatious maidens come in for
their share In what is put down to his
discredi,. Fair woman has broken
hearts as a child would the plaything
of an hour, and less experienced ones
Evening star., 1909-04-25

HE wash materials
supplied for sum-
mer frocks are most
charming. There is
a riot Of pale flower
colors. sweet peas,
buttercups. roses.
carnations. trellis-
ed vines, slim stripes
and checks. Board :
like linens lie be-
side linens almost
z o s g a m er fine:
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-12-30
Tho Noise Habit.

A personal experience first showed
the writer the possibility Of state OF
affairs where the habit Of noise could
become as fixed as the habit of drug.
Waking one night in the quiet Of a
country house far from other habita-
tons, suddenly heard the starting of
the hot air engine which pumped the
water-chug, chug. chug, chug. l lay
listening to its monotonous vibrations
and wondering at the unusual hour
for pumping until l fell asleep. The
next night the sound was repeated.
On mentioning the matter to my host
he confessed that he could not sleep in
the quiet Of the country; that the sud-
den change from the roar Of a great
city to the silence Of the woods was so
great as to cause him real suffering.
As his only way to rest he would leave
the house in the middle Of the night,
start up the pump and, lying down in
a nearby hammock, find sleep brought
him BY the lullaby Of the hot air en-
CINE. That man recognized that he had
the noise habit and finally conquered
it.--Hollis Godfrey in Atlantic.
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HAUNTED ALASKAN ISLAND.

Ghosts Of Russian Exiles Who Died Of
-,' Starvation or Torture.
To the south and west Of Kodiak.
distant about 100 miles and forming
one Of the Semidi group. Is the island
Of Chirikof. the haunted island of
Alaska. -
Enshrouded for a great portion of
the time with almost impenetrable fog.
this lonely isle is an object of terror to
the natives. who claim it is haunted
by the ghosts Of Russian exiles.
The natives will not go near the is
land, saying it means certain death to
invade the canny confines. and there
are few men in the far north who have
the temerity to test the truth of the
many and weird tales told of this for
bidding and barren island.
Shipmasters and sailors passing the
place assert that the agonizing cries of
Russian exiles sent there to starve or
die by torture are sometimes heard
on quiet nights, while the clink of
chains and the sound Of blows are tes-
titled to in an affidavit by white man
who once attempted to remain there
for week and who nearly lost his
reason.-Tanana Tribune.