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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-12

to the fertile brain of the genius who
presides over the great house that
bears her name.
have spoken to Mme Paquin,
whose unseen presence is felt through
every fiber Of the firms gigantic OPP
erations. To her is due the adorable
mise-en-scene that gives such relief to
the exhibition where familiar life-like
scenes have the haunting charm of
reality.
The lingerie OF this house is far
famed. for it surpasses in beauty and
artistic merit all that can be imag-
ined--the empire nightgowns are 30
embellished with lace and embroidery
that not one inch Of the linen ground
work can be seem
Mme Paquin Il really an artist in
every sense Of the word. She has .
wonderful eye for scenic effects. as
well as being gifted with q sense OF
detail which renders her creations
quite perfect.
The Lever de Madame" at the Brus-
sells exhibition shows us how lingerie
can be glorifed. The dainty night
gowns and saut du Its are most fas-
cinating and much encrusted with
lace
1t Is marvellous how natural wax
women can be made TO look. and the
life size dolls are almost - natural
as creatures Of flesh and blood.
The wonderful scenario" at the
Brussels exhibition. with IT. back
ground OF golden yellow and IT. pink
s.la des. IL all Nine. PaQuin's own DE-
signing.
/ saw some dainty new tribes at
Paquin,s In the guise OF cache corsets
made entirely OF lace and Soutiens
gorees so dainty and light that they
are luxury for summer wear. = they
take the place Of corsets.
Nightgowns are ideally pretty with
thin empire bodices frothed with ttny
valenciennes lace. while the saut De
lit and the peignoirs mark the tran
sitions and transformations of the
petted children Of luxury. tor one must
be rich 10 indulge Ii such costly cob
webs Of lace and linen!
We are reminded Of Engiand's
mourning BY many Of the gowns seem
1t Paqnin's. where the pretty imam
neduines parade the lofty flower laden
rooms ii the Rue de d Prix.
Oua exquisite model ! noted Vas ~
xray-the faintest silver gray silk yel-
vet with 4 silver embroidered skirt oe
e,l,.v hlark mile. over which Wne =
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-12

PARIS.-Dresses for the Grande
Guinzaine, dresses for our fittings. for
seaside or Casino. Dress for anything
and everything is the order Of the
day!
Madame la Parisienne Is at the ze-
NTH OF her 'Fievre de Toilette" and
she is up betimes to rush of to her
tailor for the smart little costume
which can no longer be called ''trot-
teur." considering that we can hard
ly walk in it, and to her coutouier for
those flower petal gauze frocks in
which she realizes all the charm of
her fragile personality!
AS to the heads of the great houses
they are now rushing off for a brief
holiday before that terrible period of
creation" which they subject them
selves to during August and part of
September
1t is in the silence and mystery of
those closed doors that the new fash
ions are devoted-the Paris fashions
to whose tune the world must dance
for centuries have gone to create the
artists In dress whom Paris alone can
boast OF possessing.
The exhibition of Brussels and the
coming exhibition of Buenos Ayres set
many of the grandes maisons into q
fever of anxiety.
Paquin's exhibition In Brussels is a
marvel whose artistic beauty is due
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-12
SPIDER ON THE FACE VEIL
Latest Freakish Novelty for Wom1n's
Adjournment Which Has Been
Offered by Paris.

The spider beauty spot veil IL the
latest novelty offered to women. OF
course 1t originated in Paris. II II =
copy Of spider in black chenille and
is posed outside the veil. It IL almost
an inch and half In diameter. The
veil Is worked In imitation Of : spi-
der's web.
The wells which have been popular
this season so far have been d1sdgur-
ing enough with their leaves. insects.
birds. aeroplanes and scarlike cot.
ventional patterns as part Of the mesh.
but they all sink into insignihcAnce
beside the web veil with its spider
adornment.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-12
Nonroyal Headoear.

One Of the attaches Of the American
embassy at London tells story
wherein Michael Joseph Barry. the
poet, who was appointed q police mag
istrate in Dublin. was the pfincipel
figure
There was brought before him "A
Irish-American. charged with sue-
picious conduct The ohlcer making
the arrest stated: among other thjnss
that the culprit was wearing Re
publican hat"
Does your. honor know Whist that
means?' was the inquiry put 70 the
court b the accused's lawysr.
TT may be" suggested Barry. that
IL means hat without = CROWN
Harper's Weekly.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-12
BasebaIl ana Grandma.

remember being on q Chicago
street car, says Ellis Parker Butler,
Ia Success Magazine, sitting beside =
nice old lady in mourning. year or
20 ago. She was nervous and kept
glancing at me. and then glancing
away again. It made me uncomfort-
able. thought she took me FOR q
pickpocket Or some other bad man.
Finally she could contain herself NO
longer. She leaned over. Excuse
mi" she said. -but have you heard
yet how the Cubs game came Out?''
/ hadn't, and her face fell. but u =
moment she saw q possible opportunity
Ter consolation. well" she asked,
can YOU tell me who they are put
ting IN the box today?" How Vas
that Tor ! sray-h1ired grandma! In
Chicago they ali talk baseball from
tie cradle ia the grave. Up 70 three
o'clock Ia the afternoon no one talks
about anything but the game Of the
day before. From three o'clock or the
Only subject is the game that = be-
ine nlayed. The school child who can
not add two apples plus three apples
ana make Il fiye apples with any cer-
tainty ok correctness can figure cut
lthe standine of the Chicago Mines VIII
|one hsnd And 1 pencil that will nallse
! aark only when 4 = held stralkhf
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n tried all kinds of blood remedies
-, failed to do me any good, but I
WV WIZ found the right thing at last. My
I Wv was full of pimples and black-heada.
wv ,ssr taking Cascarets they all left. / Am
n aaSanning the use of them and recon-
. ssnding them to my friends. I feel fne
hen I rise in the morning. Hope -
..vs chance to recommend Cascareh. "
NED C. Witten, Is Elm St., Newark, N. j
Peasant Psl.tsoss:; rose 49, ss: =, SGD
w ~ ne. Never sold In bulk. The eenu-
y. tabiet stamped c c. Guaranteed e
sn Of yea nooey eae6
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-12

AcIOr--l nave Uecn IN your company
now fol two years, and / think It's
time had an increase in salary. Man
ager-All right, you can have the
parts in which there - eating
Fliegende Batter.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-12
The Better Wav

sc,0a uue - Formerly when Miss
nv sol was asked to sing she would
10y oh, l can't"
Mo- -but She doesn't do that now.
find ,.e-No; she let's the audience
~ II out for themselves.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-12
Try nURlnE EYE REMEDY
For Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes
and 0RANUlATED EYEIlD8
Murine Doesn't Smart Soothes Eye Pain
stuned celery.

Make paste OF RoQuefort cheese,
butter, pepper. salt and dash Of
paprika.f Take the heart from fine
head of celery and fill the followed
stalks three inches up their Length
with the cheese mixture
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-12

Red, Weak, Weary, wateFy Eyes.
EMheved By Murine Eye Remedy. Try
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suilne Eye Remedy Co.. Chicago.
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Real Charitable.

battered Theodore = 'Scuse me,
len but amt got scarcely a rag t.
ae back. Kin yous help me out?
AND Lady-Certainly. You'll find
ue rag bag behind the door In the
S0odnouse. Help yourself.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-12
To Break In New Shoes.

Always shake In Aliens Foot-Ease,
4 powder. It cures hot, sweating, ach-
ing, swollen feet. Cures corns. ingrow-
ing nails and bunions. At all drug
gists' and shoe stores. Csc. Don't ac-
cept any substitute. Sample mailed
FREE. Address Allen 8. Olmsted. Le
Roy. N Y.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-12
Corn Ensilaoe for sheer.

Corn ensilage can be fed to sheep,
but be very careful II It IL at all sour.
Nothing gives better results than
clover or alfalfa hay and tmnips, with
! small quantity Of mixture II wheat
hran. oats and OIL meal
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-12

u thought Quickly.
,, "nat is a totem pole?" his wife
h.. .otem POLE" he said, thinking
s is the rail-or pole-on which
t,o ssO'ecuonable citizen Is ridden-or
u-out of the community
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-12

Mothers viii nhd Mrs. WinslOw'a
Soothing Syrup the bast remedy to use
for their children during the toothin9
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-08-12

yoaoua 49,
No. <lssGs =
&aeee all 49, q
Made - 1lup $500
~ - ~ eser> -
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ADUen1yn, 4.
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ney has shown herself a woman of rare
ability. 1t is seldom that the business
sense is found in a woman of such ar.
tistic temperament as hers, but she
has proven herhelf to be one of the
cleverest American business women
by the ever swelling millions she has
piled up. She was left $4,000 600 by
her father and husband, and this
amount has been doubled two or three
times through her own financial op !.
erations.
1t was with keen business acumen
that she some years ago realized that
the social section of Washington must
be greatly expanded in order to accom-
modate the ever increasing numbers of
people who were f1ocl1ing there and
building homes, She conceived a du-
plicate of the fashionable Dupont cir
Gle and Sheridan circle a little farther
out She bought the unimr roved prop
erty thereabout and built her own
fashionable residence in the midst of
it. This residence cost s1,000,000 and,
beirg designed by Mrs Barney herself,
set the pace for the new subdivision.
Soon her friends began to take little
Journeys out to see the new residence
She was always on hand to expatiate
on the beauty of the site, and soon she
had sold her lots and. what is more.
hal gotten orders to build houses for
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of the clever Mrs Barney. wearied by
societys 2.rtifice and dogmatic religion,
should eagerly embrace this new
wrinkle in religious belief. With her
daughter, Alice, the sculptress, she sat
at the feet of the master for years and
studied the mysteries of his teachings.
Lost to social sight. she learned to
last and pray and conquer herself.
Whether the Bahaists saw the advan-
tage of American millions or not is
hard to say, but certain 1t is that Mrs.
Barney was welcomed and taken into
the very innermost secrets OF the faiths
She was made high priestess of the
order and later sent out as mission
ary into the great west Returning to
Washington, she set about converting
her society friends to her strange new
belief Her dramatic sense and artistic
nature enabled her to bring great
charm to the process of conversion, and
many OF the social leaders are said to
nave gone over to the new religion
Mrs. Barney set up sort of Point
Iona In Washington in school or
Bahalsm. where Persian priest
teaches the rites and principles to
number Of neophytes- Mrs. Barney
pays all the bills for this school and
carries on regular campaign In re-
cruitlng students for it.
In the commercial world Mrs. Bar
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and with him came to the capital in the
early nineties.
While the leaving of the nude statue
practically in the open street was per-
haps the most daring act of Mrs
Barney's unique career. 1t is not the
most original and unconventional. An
undoubtej leader of Washington So
ciety. Mrs. Barney contributed to the
cut and dried routine of social life at
the capital much of spice and interest
Her dinners and entertainments resem-
BILE tabled feasts of oriental legends
and the Arabian nights. The favored
guests to these Lucullan banquets are
driven to the million dollar studio
house designed BY Mrs. Barney herself.
which is the home of this clever
woman. They see a roomy mansion OF
the Italian renaissance type that gives
out little hint of the beauties inside.
Ushered in, the first sight that greets
the eve IS a vestibule carved out of
sandal wood, which cost $4,000, and
which fills the house perpetually with
its fragrance. The woods of India con-
tributed this The guest then passes
into a great banquet room walled in
ebony, against the blackness of which
stand out priceless tapestries repre-
senting the loves of Daphne and Chloe.
The replicas of walls Of fallen Pompeii
are in evidence and the classic myths
run riot everywhere, for this is fairy
land
The house is but a she'll to hold its
furnishings. II was designed and built
about them instead of their being fitted
into 1t. And they were the result OF
a life's study on the part of a most
gifted woman
In the midst of this richness on a
raised divan covered with crimson
Pa In, =
fed Greek robe of shadow silk, the
secret of the dyeing of which is her
own, receives her guests reclining as
did the noble, Roman matrons of old.
When dinner is served it is brought
in by Indian servants, the guests like
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her friends there arrer ner. own de-
signs. The wealthy wyeths OF Phila-
delphia. the Francois Berger MoranS
of Virginia. the Norman Williams. dia-
mond miIlionaires of South Africa, were
among Mrs. Barneyss customers who
built million dollar residences which
she designed. Presently real estate
woman had walked off with one OF the
biggest plums that the Washington
market had ever offered.
Encoura ged by this success. Mrs.
Barney has taken up embassy. building
as a speciality. For the Latin delega-
tions she builds concrete villas and
spacious marble palaces with the patios
to which they have been accustomed
Teutons get the sturdy stone mansions
that spell homeland to them. and to
the embassies from the far east she
contributes the oriental color and Sc
cIusion that makes, the homesiek Mon
gelian forget his. isolation. All this is
vastly profitable. but she does not ad-
nit the commercial spirit back of It,
oh. no. indeed; all this is done in the
interest of art and for the artistic bet
ternent of the national capital. for why
should not Washington be made the
most beautiful city In the world?
A Woman of Letters
AS. a poet anJ playwright Mrs. Bar
ney has proven that she has a talent of
no mean Jegree Her verse has all
the fervor and beauty of SaphO, with
much of the grace of dfctioh that dis
tinguished the Athenian writer But
it is as q playwright. that Mrs Barney
herself believes that She has the post
talent. When Washington society is
anxious to get UP a play or a series
of tableaux for a pet charity, the call
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r. HAT element OF washington So
ciety which is so interviewer
with politics as to be national
and international in its scope. is
again agog with the doings of the
cleverest member it has ever boasted.
Mrs. Alfred Clifford Barney. from the
vantage point of Paris. has gotten
Washington again by the ears. This
time the thrill is not from the intro
ouction of the religion of Bahai nor
the dances OF the far east, nor the
spending of millions in architectural
richnesses Of taste. nor the solution of
the prison problem. though in all these
Mrs. Barney has reveled.
Washington awoke some days ago
and found on the lawn Of Mrs. Barney's
unoccupied fashionable residence, the
Deserted Ariadne" This was the
nude statue of a woman IN repose,
magnificent in its outlines. a MASTER
piece in its execution. Washington
being but an overgrown village in the
character Of its citizenship and there
fore somewhat prudish, declared itself
shocked and Mortified. The populace
came TO see the statue and with it came
friends and acquaintances of the fam
fly. From these the report spread that
the statue had been done in Paris by
Miss Laura Alice Barney. the sculptress
daughter OF the clever Washington
society leader. and that the younger
daughter. Miss Natalie, had been the
model for its making. The fact OF
these young women having grown UP
largely in Washington lent color and
interest to the story. Capital society
has talked Of nothing else for fort
night.
1t developed that the statue had been
placed on the lawn so that the weather
might give it a certain tone that is
artistieally desirable, and with no
thought Of starting tongues to wag-
ging. But right merriIy did tongues
wag nevertheless. And the statue was
draped by the chief Of police. kid
naped bF mischievous boys and borne
into nearby public square. photo
graphed and variously and morbidlv
viewed. Mrs. Barney has cabled her
disapproval and denials of the claim
that her daughter was the original
OF the statue But withaI. the weather
ing of so magnificent a statue has had
the effect Of calling to the public mind
the other novel and eccentric feats of
this accomplished woman and a sum
ming up OF them shows tally OF
originality and cleverness to Mrs. Bar
ney's credit that has rarely or never
been equaled.
Society's Fairy Godn1other
Mrs. Alfred Clifford Barney is tho
fairy godmother OF Washington society
and her home is its fairyland. She is
the most original of Americas society
women. Unlike many of her dilettante
sisters Of society, she has the quality
that leads on to accomplishment of
the things which they merely attempt.
Born in the lap of fortune, daughter
Of the late Albert Pike of Cincinnati
a millionaire member OF that city's
Four Hundred. Mrs. Barney's lifelong
pursuit has been that of knowledge
and she has sought from the fountain
sources the world around Even in
those early days. when she was the
belle Of Cincinnati. she was noted for
her originality and early tendencies
were heightened by many years in Eu-
rope and later study in the far east
she married Albert Clifford Barney. the
millionaire manufacturer of concrete,
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wise reclining about the room in the
style of ancient Rome
Dame rumor has 1t that after dinner
Mrs. Barney often dances for her
guests some of the weird and serpen-
tine oriental dances that she has also
given so successfully in different cos
tune in her charity theatricaIs Often
private theatricals are after dinner fea-
lures and always noted artists of
voice and instrument are on hand to
entertain the distinguished gatherings.
Invitations to Mrs. Barneys dinners
are as sought after as invitations to the
White House. and diplomats say sub
rosa that here is the home of them all
in Washington, where an entertain
ment that is worth while may always
be expected
The mysticism In the nature of Mrs
Barney is shown even in this, her social
side. But religiously she is even .more
interesting. To be sure, Mrs. Barney
came originally from good old Presby-
terian stock, but early in life the lack
of color in this religion caused her to
leave 1t. She tried other faiths in
Christianity, engaged in their good
freely to them. Still, she says, her
spiritual nature was unsatisfied. While
travelling through Persia some years
ago she met a priest of Bahai the mod
ern religion of that country, follower
of the prophet Bahai who claims for
himself divinity and the right to lead
mankind.
Introducing a New Religion
Bahaism is what might be called a
civic Christianity. The good in all re-
ltgions is indorsed. but man is taught
by the eastern doctrine that he can not
live to himself. that he must relieve
the suffering and sin OF the world and
that he must further the progress of
education. Besides this rumor sayeth
that many old world secrets of sorcery
and mysticism are taught by the cult
1t is small wonder that the eager mind
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MSS l. AURA ALIC
3 Ar NEZ
TAE S0A~ RESS

goes out 20 Mrs. Barney. She responds
writes the play stages it, drills the
players, furnishes the costumes, acts
as stage manager on the great night.
and, IL necessary, and It usually Is
necessary. takes one of the star roles
herself. Last year she wrote The Man
in the Moon" a fantastic tale. which
was capably given by society actors
and realized many thousands OF dol
lars for local charity. Then she ar
ranged series of historical tableaux
for -Seighborfo0J house, in which the
biggest men and women In the nation
took part. With rare tact she endeav-.
ored to get each actor from some
family of traditional connection with
the part
Naturally charitable, Mrs. Barney is
a phflanthropist OF the first water
But she believes In helping others to
help themselves and always insists IN
cooperation on the part of those aided.
While in Persia some years ago, for
instance. she happened upon an ancient
secret of dyeing silk IN shadow coIOrs,
glorious variations of the rainbow. She
bought the secret from the native
dyer, took IL to Paris and had an emf
nent French chemist experiment with
1t after her own idea Finally she dis
covered a dyeing secret by which silks
can be given shadows or tints that
graduate from the tone color to its
most infinite variation. The silk Is made
to look as il it is alive with light, and
where it has been used on the Stage IL
has done away with excessive sta ge
lighting. spOtIigbts and other crude
methods of making the dress OF a
dancer express the moods OF her dance
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A PhilanthrOpic Inventor


When Mrs. Barney returned to Wash
ington with her discovery she did not
sell this priceless secret to manufac-
turers as she might have done for a
good sum, but she took it down to
Neighborhood house and gave it away
to the social settlement there, so the
poor mothers and children from Europe
who understand such artisan arts would
be encouraged and helped toward
money making through the secret. SO
at Neighborhood house they have beenN
dyeing silk and selling it to. the rich
OF Washington and other cities on a
cooperative plan and the poor mothers
and children of the slums are getting
the profit
So successful has Neighborhood house
been with the shadow dyeing that Mrs.
Barney has organized a committee OF
which Mrs. Taft is a member, to see
about putting the plan before various
settlement houses throughout the cOun-
try. Thus the clever artistic skill %
the European peasant women who have
come to grief in this country viii not
be lost but turned to good account.
Another notable philanthrOpic move
ment fostered by Mrs. Barney IS that
of taking prisoners out Of unhealthful
confinement and setting them TO work
on government lands raising foodsturs.
A Successful Mother
Nor is Mrs Barney any less remark
able as mother than In other re-
spects. She has two daughters who
are no less clever than she. Miss Laur>
Alice Barney the modeler OF the statue
that has created the recent sensation In
Washington. is not only a sculptress,
but an artist as well. She has many
paintings hanging on the line OF the
Paris salon and is a prominent and
To be sure, she is now giving most OF
her time TO the teaching OF the new
religion from Persia. but her work as
an artist is still being carried on.
Miss Natalie Barney. the alleged sub
ject of the statue that has set Wash
ington aSog. is a poet and is also deep
" interested in Bahiaism- Both OF the
young girls have been given large i'm
comes by their mother and maintaix
separate households in Paris in which
bizarre and artistic moods have full
sway.