The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-04

thoughts and words when he was asked
to give veOt TO some of them through Z
literary and not a political channel shaped
themselves into hgurativs form.
Modes this year are much more severe
and on palmer ines--Tm speaking Of
muck raking Of course--he ihterPolated
in an aside. They are with fewer screens
and less pronounced than those. say, Of
/ 1908 or 1908.
There has been a gradual quoting Of
styles In the literature Of agitation. a re-
preston Of mOdish effects. and coloB are
scaling down from the crimson OF 1905
to mAuves and grays, and very small
checks are more fashionable now than in
the days that Mr. Mcclure invented the
FIRST Merry Widow hat to be talked throtl gh
by all the young men and women Of the
cheaper magazines.
Il think on the whole Il IL no longcr
fashionable 10 try 10 change the eco
nomio system Of the country; We arp
going In for politics rather than economic
efects'
The speaker Interrupted himself for
a moment 10 gaze earnestly out Of the
window. Convinced that the attendants
were not removing the Sowing bowl
from its green retreat but merely re-
plenishing IL he settled hack again in
comfort
Initiative and referendum. which by
the way are not horse medicine. have
taken the placs Of the ineauitable dis
tributiOn % wealth; We are going In for
Al Aa-.as aaaaH thu shnFe
ballot and other purely political reforms
which lack pronounced effects and the
cheap manner Of the styles in the middle
Of the past decade 81 years.
I think also that the gay and sDmN-
what gorgeous trimmings OF ornate omni-
science are passing. There seems 10 h.
a distinct movement for sombre quAlia-
cations. neGationa and expectations which
indicate the permanent setting Of new
style In the millinery Of our profession.
sOf course there are persons who still
wear the gaudy plumes Of the trust buster
the large rhododendrons and hydran-
geas. the aigrettes and pompons Of the
earliest PERIOD Of the Terror. hut these
persons are a little outTe and are IN gen
eral iroWned upon by the more fastidiOus
and eHectual 81 the cult
A. this point the Alfalfa Sage vas again
interrupted this time externally. While
a dignihed. speCtacled. frock coated in
dividual testified 40 70 how he and his
wife read and profted by. not 10 say en-
loved. A Certain Rich Man COmpl-
ments were exchanged leaving the
litt6rats'ir ~ agitation a triae a. loss
a. % hls hearinEs
Then you think Undertaking Is getting
safe and sane?' The question was by way
~ reminder
The peaceful smile came back a. the
Fmnorian picked m the lost thread
Hardly safe and sane. hut Indicating
a desire - get away from tho ha-sher
Methods ~ treatment which we're ~
striking and distinct but which have
since become ~ modern ewes ~ garish
and unpleasant he replied
= notice that my fellow raker, VIZ
Stafens Ia working out plan " political
redemption for Boston and h adding
thoss 0uiet. tailored effects that are
getting noticeable among our best
rakers Miss Tarbel's new suit n plain
uurufied dissertation on the tarih, with
an accompanying house dress u be-
coming pearl gray about the American
women
mir Baker chooses the simple con-
venti0nal black u the cloister and has just
published q book on churches In which he
has muck raked them with = camelhair
brush and polshe cd them On with a cha
mos skin with q dash here and there II
lavender talcum powder very sweet
4 should say on the whole the design
II the profession IL imbued with suspicion
amounting almost n open distrust Re-
Gently excursions into burglary and arson
and authorization have become popular
with a new and unschOoled legal branch
~ the profession just breaking into no
toe
aIfAfew more safes are tempered with
and . few more Ofices looted nv lawyers
feel sure that the regulars n our pro-
Iession will have 10 make q public express
sion of disapprOval of some new and
questionable modes; they display entirely
tOo much Ot the figure They may he
all right for courts Tor the rostrum. but
they have no place in the swell serenity
81 books -
The professor was again interrupted.
this time nv a bevy 81 other professors
moro tightly and regularly attached ~
the university and it, confines. who
brought word that the hour n hanqueting.
intellectual and otherwise, drew near.
Moments were precious. - the visitor
hurried n the big point
What about the return ~ Roosevelt3'
he asked what effect will hia coming
have On the summer modes'
Roosevelt. Who 10 the Grand Old Rake
81 the AmalRATnated and Arhiable Order
81 MuckrakeFa. sets his own styles. was
the aOlemn reply. -All she boys. in
cluding Mr.. Hapgood. Mr.. Collier and
Mr. Ridgw Az. are dying 20 - what
new effects h. will bring hOula in his
trunks We think h talked most h@auti- !
fully through his new Egyptian bonnet I
this week. and We arr simply perishing
with curiosity % 80 what he will give
ua for fall and winter wear
You may h. SURE Il will be sounsthIng
effective -
Az thia point Mr. White fastened !
M 10 relieve the aags II his gAtHilly lined /
hood and other academic reEABa and |
start him on % the luncheon. he looked /
~ the hood almost tsagfully; Il het1ksn4d /
that q the next such gathering the mystic /
letters ". A. would have 20 ~ squsezed |
In between william Allen white and /
: Emporia.' But after moment he /
4 believe We can ct q good pair ~ /
Dants for little Bill out Of that, said the |