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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-14
Jail is an Eyesore.

The Jail, as we call it, has been an
eyesore and a disgrace to Winchester
for the past ten years and more of a
disgrace to the County Judge and
members of the Fiscal Court in whose
power it lies to have it removed for
not doing so before now. Not long
ago ! was told by one of our
citizens of the kind of Jail building
we had and l could not believe that
such a place really existed in our city
until | paid the place a visit (which
was my first one and | hope it will be
the last until we have a new one)
and was convinced for myself.
After my visit and inspection of
the place | can say without fear of
contradiction that nowhere in the
State of Kentucky is there a more
unsightly, unclean, or delapidated
Jail building than the one we have or
one that is i'll a more undesirable To-
cation.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-14
NOWHERE IN STATE
MORE UNS|GHTlY JAIL
Citizen Writes of Conditions and Ur-
ges Removal of Old
Jail.

To the Editor of The News:
| have noticed in the columns of
your paper the past few days some
comments on our Jail from some Of
our citizens and suggesting that it
be removed to some other part of the
city which | think is a good move
ment towards the identifying of
Greater Winchester and one of the
best movements that has been started
in recent years and one that should
not be dropped until it has been car
ried out.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-14
For Mayor.
]. A. HUGHES

We are authorized to
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WATCH FoBs FOR EVERY DAY WEAR

II HE art of living on time is one
which cannot be acquired too early
in life, for a sense of true proportion
is one of the rarest and the most valua-
Bile attributes which girl or any one at
all, in fact, can possess.
Although some are born with keener
time sense than others, still this can be
taught, but only in one way-that of
never allowing ones self to be without a
watch or clock close at hand. A good, re-
liable timekeeper-whe it be of gold
or silver, cost less than dollar or be
finest Swiss mechanism is of no conse-
quence-is constantly being consulted,
often only half consciously, perhaps, but
once the habit is formed of always wear
ing a watch it will be noticed that en-
gagements will be kept with far greater
reliability, and unpunctuality will be a
thing almost of the past. When not quite
sure Of the exact time, it is often at
tempted to squeeze in another engage
ment between two already supposed to
be close together, but if there is a watch
at hand to consult, which states plainly
that there is but little spare time, or per-
haps none at all, after filling the former
engagement few can dare to attempt to
insert another.
AS habit is everything in this life, and
as the habits formed early viii remain
firm twice as long as those made in later
years, every school girl should be pos
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sessed of a reliable timepiece that she
may acquire instinctively sense of pro-
portion in time as well as the habit of
unfailing punctuality. The most attrac-
tive way of wearing a watch during
school hours is on leather or ribbon fob,
the watch held snugly in the belt. The
majority of principals in the schools OBJ
ject to the wearing of long jewel chains,
as they do also, and quite naturally, to
every kind of jewelry that is not abso-
lutely necessary, and in this category
come even the short gold chains worn
about the neck, holding the watch sus-
pended on the front of the bodice. Long
ribbon chains with tiny jewel or gold
slide and catch for the watch are pretty
and attractive, but even these are apt to
catch Unexpectedly on the back of chair
or a door knob just when one is in an
especial hurry to get from one class to
another. A watch worn on a pin makes
pretty ornament, but no watch can be
expected to run well unless it is held
snugly in the belt OF pocket.
The hunting gold and leather fobs
fashioned like a horses bit are popular
for everyday wear, and the ribbon fobs of
black or colored gros grain are always
smart In summer the catch and orna-
ment of the fob may be changed each
day to ribbon which corresponds with the
color of the gown or the ribbons worn to
relieve the white waist and skirt This
last carried out in gros grain or satin rib
bon in the pale shade of pink, blue and
green is most attractive.
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New Way to Use Photographs.

TT GIRL who is fixing up bedroom in
IA new home or redecorating an old one
can get most original effect by hav-
ing a row of photographs around the
room, just as a row of tiles is sometimes
put above a wainscoting. This is a bit
Of decoration that can be done by the
owner herself and can be arranged en-
tirely according to her own taste.
If the room is furnished in blue or any
color with which the blue will go it is best
to use blue prints. They must be of a
uniform size, the most convenient being
the ordinary -four by FIVE" of the small
cameras. If girl takes photographs her.
self she will have no trouble in getting
all she wants, but if not she will probably
have plenty Of friends to supply her with
Photographic records of their summer
vacations. 1t will give an added interest
to arrange the pictures in groups given by
different friends.
The pictures should be tackled or pasted
to the wall all around the room, about on
the level with the eye; then blue gimp
Ior narrow ribbon must be tackled straight
around at both top and bottom of the row
and pieces of the gimp up and down be-
tween the pictures. The whole effect will
be like tiles
Another very attractive arrangement Of
photographs can be used where blue will
not tint the color scheme of the room. In
this case, fasten hand of linen Of the
desired color around the room at the
4
top and bottom. Have the photographs
the usual gray or brown prints and fasten
them on the linen with brass-headed
tacks, leaving little space between them
and also having the linen band somewhat
wider than the height of the pictures.
The linen makes a specially pretty back
ground for the photograph
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Of the new low collars the most eifec-
tive are, of course, those of Irish lace,
either round, square or V shaped. These
are, however. the most expensive, and IN
the embroidered, lace trimmed handker-
chief linen there are many extremely
pretty designs from which to choose.
The girl to whom the low collar is I'M
questionably becoming and whose allow
ance Is none too large had best commence
now to get ready her stock of these SUM-
mer collars. First she had best ransaCk
the old piece boxes, for if she is at all
clever she can do wonderful things with
combinations of stray bits of lace. There
are no two laces which cannot be put to-
gether with good effect, and many ex-
ceedingly pretty collars are made with
alternate strips of two different kinds of
insertion joined by shaped strips Of finest
linen. A collar, like yoke on gown
requires to fit smoothly. so that in max
ing one of these low collars it is best to
fit 1t first over good paper pattern. Pat
terms of all shapes and sizes can be
bought, of course, but it is an excellent
plan to buy first one good collar which
fits well and to cut the others from that.
Although the low collars are apt to be
fastened only with a pretty brooch or
often only hook and eye or button and
thread loop, it will be found great inn
to have good sized ribbon
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For the Afternoon Tea.

COLLEGE, girls who make practice
of frequently giving luncheons and
teas in their own apartments find
their labors greatly mitigated by the use
of small two burner alcohol stoves. These
stoves are of japanned metal or nickel
and have lamps of such large fame that
they will rapidly cook anything that is
put into chatting dishes or saucepans of
an ordinary size To keep the plates and
various dishes hot while some other por-
ton of the collation. is being served there
are extension warming stands, of copper,
nickel or brass, provided with alcohol
lamps of moderately sized fame.
Two quart capacity sar- ovars of brass,
decorated with beading or quaint carv-
ings, are employed for coffee making, and
alcohol instead of charcoal is used.
Afternoon tea outfits are of copper, in
odd shapes, set upon r'~'- or beaded
trays In polished brass are round trays,
of antique finish, upon which are set a
pear shaped cream pitcher and sugar
bowl and a long nosed kettle with
wicker covered handle
In copper, nickel and brass come after
noon tea stands, composed of three trays
of graduated sizes set one above The
other.
Flat, oblong shaped silver trays are used
to accommodate the slices of lemon used
in Russian tea, and there are short ham
died, two tined forks with which to serve
them.
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G 0 comfortable in warm weather are
the collarless waists that, when this
style of dress is also becoming, there
is the greatest temptation to adopt it for
universal wear. There is time and
place for everything, however, and the
collarless shirt waist may look most
charming on tennis court, but is assured
ly incorrect for town wear. However.
fashion has permitted this mode of fin
ishing a shirt waist to become popular
Although the Buster Brown cellar may
be exhibited in every showcase where for
merly high, stiff boned stocks were on
view, still, unless girl has an exception
ally short and pretty throat she will look
smartest with the old fashioned style Of
high collar on her school waist.
In the country, however, the low collar
is more in keeping, and is now destined
to be worn widely throughout the warm
months. On some few of the new waists
the collar is attached at the neckband.
and Is of the same material as the waist
itself-plain linen or embroidered batiste.
1t will be found, however, more conven-
lent to have the collar separate, SO that
the entire bodice will not have to be laun-
dered whenever a fresh collar is desired
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SOCIAL AMENITIES FOR
THE SCHOOL GIRL

# HERE is nothing which society more
thoroughly condemns than artifci-
atty, and the person whose manner
portrays affectation is at once condemned
as Inbred. For affectation indicates self
consciousness, which is never admirable,
though sometimes great allowance must
be made for it, as in the case of those
afflicted with supersensitiveness and en-
barrassment, both of which require great
persistence to overcome.
We would all have far prettier and
more charming manners if we would only
take the principles of kindness and con-
sideration strongly to heart; for these mo-
tives would always prompt us to do the
right tbing-and when we are truly bent
on doing the right thing instinct shows
MS the way, but knowledge of good man
ners teaches us the most gracious way Of
doing it.
Embarrassment is a most distressing
thing, not only to ones self, but to those
about, and every effort should be made
to overcome it. 1t evinces itself in all
sorts of unpleasant ways and makes a
girl appear most awkward when she
should be at ease. A common expression
of it is in the inability of some girls to
take their departure from room in which
several persons are assembled. Most
girls can enter room gracefully, and
even those who are little nervous man
age as rule to successfully conceal it.
But entering room in friends house
where there are already persons gathered
or a room in your own house in similar
circumstances is very simple matter,
for there are well defined social rules for
these occasions and you know precisely
what to do.
If it is in your own house, for instance,
you know that you shake hands with
every one present, and then, whether they
are your mothers friends or your own you
exert yourself to make yourself agreea-
bic to them, and otherwise perform the
duties of hospitality toward those under
your roof If in another's house you are
entering a room in which there are few
or many persons, you know that etiquette
requires you to recognize and greet first
the hostess. When you have done that
yon shake hands with the others If you
know them well, but merely bow if you
know them formally, the bow sufficing,
too, when you are presented to those you
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@ TCIR~ A VA N r c Ks IN
! IODDAIN.TY g. OIL GINAL DESIGNS

pers and stockings. Black patent
feathers or white look equally well, but
all should certainly be the same, and
here is a second question for class COM
promise.
Again the matter Of sleeves has a far
more important bearing on the effect of
the class as a whole than would be
thought possible by any one who has
never attended class commencement.
Tradition has barred the wearing of
gloves on commencement day, and the
gowns with short sleeves look far from
attractive beside those finished with long
sheer cuffs. Long sleeves are Of course
most fashionable at present for all
gowns save those finished with collarless
Jokes, and with the Dutch neck one sees
about an equal number of short and long
sleeves. A collarless yoke is delightfully."-
comfortable in warm weather and if at
all becoming is. extremely pretty for a
simple summer gown. 1t is not neces-
sary, however, for frock finished with
a Dutch neck to have the elbow length
sleeve, so that unless the majority favor
it long sleeves had best be decided upon
for all. No gown with high collar
must have short sleeves, and there will
undoubtedly be many in the class to
whom a collarless gown is unbecoming.
Although the Dutch necks are so popu-
lar at the moment, still whenever col
lar is worn it must be unusually high,
preferably straight, and be boned and
fitted to perfection.
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waist dress, which makes the most at
tractive and the most appropriate com
mencement gown, for it may embody at
once an exquisite daintiness and perfec-
ton of detail with an appearance of ut
most simplicity.
Handwork for sheer fabrics as or
candle and batiste is almost essential,
and gown would be better absolutely
untrimmed than adorned with countless
rows of tucks or of lace insertions all of
machine work. Cheap lace too is the
greatest mistake, and the smallest piece
of real lace or good imitation will make
a handsomer gown than will yards of
poor lace. This year, when all gowns
are so extremely simple in effect, there
is no excuse for quantities of machine
tucking and cheap lace.
The average gown of sheer texture will
be improved with a ribbon belt and long
sash ends. The new Directoire belts that
reach very nearly to the natural waist
line, being straight all around, not sloped
up in the back as formerly, are extremely
pretty. These fasten in the back a little
to one side in a soft loop, from which long,
carelessly knotted ends hang down to
within few inches of the hem of the
dress. On the lawn and mousseline gowns
soft satin or taffeta ribbons are equally
pretty. With several sashes of different
colors the effect of the gown can be
altered when desired, as it is worn
throughout the summer.
1t has been found most satisfactory on
the whole to make gowns of sheer texture
all in one piece, the joining at the waist
being disguised by band of embroidery
or lace. Some few are made with waist
and skirt separate, the bodice terminating
in tightly fitting one inch band, to which
the skirt is hooked in several places.
Unless it is desired to have two waists, a
high and low cut bodice for the same
skirt, it is infinitely better not to separated
the two parts of the dress.
As a graduating class is viewed as
a whole, each member being an indi-
vidual to her friends and relatives only,
it is a pity that many of the minor de-
tails of the girls gowns should not be
planned more in unison than is gen
orally the case. Were this done an in
fnitely better effect would be the re-
suit. In regard to the length of the
skirt, for example, there seems always
to be the greatest divergence Of opinion,
yet this is detail which does much to
make or mar the whole picture of the
class as it walks to the platform to take
part in the commencement exercises.
In many instances a girl dons her first
train on her graduation day, and this is
a delightful time to select. Others still
prefer to wear gowns just
clearing the ground until the winter
when the formal debut in the social
world is to be made. The result is a
most awkward picture of two girls
walking together, one with an enormous
length of train, while the others skirt
reaches barely below her ankles. 1t
would really be well for the president
Of every graduating class in every school
0r college the country over to call a
meeting and bring before the members
his question. All might cast their
votes as to the length of skirt they de- !
sire to wear and a compromise could
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you rise that the eyes of every one are
turned on you. The others are probably
not noticing you at all, and if they are
you wish them to think well of your man.
ners, so show your knowledge of good
form by making a graceful departure.
When you are ready to go, or it is time
you should go, move directly to your
hostess, give her your hand and make
some pleasant but brief remark by way
of farewell. Then, turning from her, say
good morning or good afternoon, accom-
panied by a bow, which includes the
others about, and pass out of the room.
Once you have started never loiter. Do
not stand in front of your hostess in a
hesitating way as if having said adieu,
you did not know how to get away from
her, but show your good breeding by
moving on and out with self-possession
and grace.
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do not know, this being now the fash
ionable form of salutation in presenta-
tons.
To take ones departure from room is,
however, quite another matter. and often
a terror to the inexperienced, for here
initiative has to come into play, and self
reliance and the ability to gracefully pro-
pei yourself out, which some persons find
so difficult that they never if they can
help it take their departure alone, but
always covertly watch for some one else
to make a start and then make their
adieus under the shadow of another's
wing, or else wait to depart when there
is a general breakup of the party.
An exit should not be difficult and never
will be if you do not allow yourself to be-
come self-conscious and imagine when
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New Hat Holder.

IT AKING care of hat when one is
not wearing it is always some
trouble, and putting it away in hoy.
from Which it must be taken out every
tlne one wants to use it, seems a great
bother, especially when one is in a hurry
various hat holders have been con
trlyed, some useful and some not much
OF a success, but the best one yet seen
OF heavy wire, the bottom being larger
round than the crown of hat and the
top much smaller.
girl can buy these spiral wire holders
and make them look very pretty ana
dainty herself. The wire must be COW
cred with ribbon to match the closet III
tlngs. The covering is done by fastening
tom end Of the wire, then winding the
ribbon closely around the wire ali ina
way to the top Each end should be fin
ished with a bow. The closets should he
furnished with as many of these holders
as its owner has hats in use.
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A P A @ E
F O b
M | 5 5 { )
TRADITIoN has kept the gradua.I

TRADITION has kept the gradual
ton dress, like the bridal gown,
white, and surely custom has done
wen in this instance, for one would have
TO travel far to view a more lovely picture
than is made by the senior class at any
school or college commencement, the
sweet girl graduates in their SOFT cool
white frocks making sight good indeed
to look upon.
But while custom has placed the we'd
ding dress and the graduation gown in
the same category-has demanded, in
other words, that they should be of white
as emblems Of simplicity, purity and
vouth--it has given to each distinction
and individuality Of its own. While the
bridal gown shall be of satin and real
lace Of textures as priceless and as rare
AS are procurable, the gown for the girl
graduate must in every way typify the
rharm of simplicity. 1t must be of sheer,
delicate fabric, not heavy satin, and its
adornment, while of lace and embroid-
cry perhaps, must be of kind that is
not TOO rich or costly. While the bride
represents all of joy and happiness in
life. the girl graduate has vet to learn OF
pleasure outside the attachments in the
schoolroom.
Commencement and graduation frocks
we're never more fascinatingly pretty than
this year, and the graceful, clinging lines
Of the gowns of the present season are
destined to lend to the final school and
college exercises an unwonted charm.
Long WASTED s'panier'' costumes may bel
upon as in the autumn. Unquestionably
this will be the style of gown that will
be fashionable in few months time, but
the summer gowns still show soft, cling
ing effects, which. moderated from the
modes of the early winter, are singuiarly
becoming to all Of slender build. Another
point which enhances the beauty of the
newest frocks of organdie and silk
mousseline is the increased length of the
waist line-not yet quite normal, but
sufficiently long to be universally becom-
ing and to give a peculiarly good line
about the hips, with the long train skirt
to add considerably to the stature of the
wearer.
1t would be Impossible TOT sneer SUM
mer materials to be made up with the
narrow clinging lines of the cloth gowns
of last winter-the effect would be
most awkward-but bands of insertion
and even Of tucks and plaits are now
so cleverly added that there will be just
enough fulness and flare to be becoming
without any suspicion of full waist be-
ing given OF the newest skirts many
show gathering and shirring below the
belt, but, strange to say, this trimming
seems to increase the width of the skirt
little, if any. The art of having the
under petticoats most carefully fitted
has been learned at last, and it is doubt
full whether this will ever be forgotten,
so that even when the ''paniers" really /
come in once more there will be no effect
of exaggerated width about the hips. The
Importance of having all under skirts
perfectly fitted cannot be too strongly
for even for the most slender
figure an enormous difference in the fit
and hang of the gown will be made by
the under skirt fitting well or i'll.
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There is little or no blouse to the thin
gowns this year, all fitting with unusual
trimness. In fact, one thing that must
be guarded against in the clothes for
young girls is the tendency OF the
straight narrow lines to produce an
overangular effect that is far from be-
coming Never were there so few ruff
fes or founces of any description upon
the gowns as at present, and the long
tight sleeves all make toward the same
goal of excessive narrowness. There
are, however, caps at the top of few
Of the new sleeves; others show cape
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effect of lace or embroidery that will
often make a gown of sheer material
more becoming.
The materials most popular for gradu-
alton gowns which have been proved
the most attractive are all the sheerest
so called wash materials-or gandie, fine
lawn, French null, batiste, crystalline,
&c. Chiffon and net both make exqui-
sitely pretty gowns, but require certain
degree of elaboration that rather takes
away from the desired effect. 1t is the
so called lingerie gown, which term COW
ers as wide field as does that of shirt
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pear more favorabIy than any proceed
ing her year will not fail to bring up
this matter.
Another point is in regard to the slip