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The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-06-15
WONDERFUL STAMP COLLECTION
Which Is Visited BY 100000 Admir-
ing Persons Every Year.


The fact that nearly all men at
some time in their life were stamp
collectors is said to account for the
popularity of the official stamp COL
lection of the United States postoffice
department maintained in connection
with the postal museum in Washing
ton. Postoffice department. officials
say 100000 men call every year to
see the museum stamp collection.
The postoffice department muse
UNI is not by any means a new insti-
tuition, but many notable additions
have been made to it in the last wear
Consequently it is now quite full of
interesting objects. 1t contains al
most everything from a lock of
Charles Guiteau's hair to models of
the big battleships of the navy. but
by far its most interesting feature
according to the officials in charge,
is the stamp collection. Few visitors
miss that sight, and many hobby
ists' spend hours porting over it.
Uncle Sam as stamp collector
is a most signal success. He not
only has a complete set of his own
stamps, but complete collection
from every other stamp issuing coun-
try in the civilized world as we'll
His collection is valued by the de-
.partment at 100000, but stamp
dealers say it would demand a figure
many times that sum if placed on
the open market for sale.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-06-15
A WEALTHY BRIDES DRESS
A Creation" That Is Dream" and
Cost Many Thousands
of Dollars.

The gown which Mathilde Town
send of Washington will wear at her
marriage to Peter G. Gerry has been
shipped from Paris. There are many
things about it that are interesting.
The train alone, it is said, cost $15,-
900. 1t is a superb example of mod
ern point lace, and is of exquisite
workmanship. The entire exterior of
the costume is composed of point
d'Alencon, which is considered by
connoisseurs as the most artistic and
most daintily ornate of all fabrics.
The train falls from the shoulders
with a shawl-like effect. The under
structure of the gown is of white
satin, yelled in the finest of mousse
line de sole. Partisan costumers say
that the gown has two other inter
esting features. First, the corsage
is cut very low, like the gowns for
royal brides in Europe. Miss Town
send has set the wedding hour at 4
o'clock, and she assumed that it
would be proper to wear such a gown.
Secondly, the skirt is of the ultra
fashionable cut, having decorations
and garlands. The gown was or
dered by cable, and the story is that
only As hours were spent in the
actual making.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-06-15

more impressive than the one that
is fading in the west now.
The gallant old boy travelled in the
steerage, and found it to his liking.
He will go west on an immigrant
train, as he does not believe in the
expensive frills of travel He does
not speak any English, but he has
hopes that he may learn enough to
talk the American language to his
great-great-grandson before he is put
away under a stone on which there
will be inscribed the declaration that
he was the most ancient pioneer that
ever tackled farming in the wild
West.-New York Sun.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-06-15
IS CHILD WHITE OR CoLoRED?
A Case That Washington Court
Has to Decide.

That the color line is not pecu-
liar to the south has been freshly
illustrated in Panama in the election
for members of the national assem-
bly,, and in Washington, where the
District of Columbia supreme court
has been called upon to decide wheth-
er child with one-hundred and
twenty-eighth part of negro blood in
it's veins is white or "colored.
In Panama the white party won.
In the District of Columbia case the
decision is pending. In the latter in
stance child whose great-great-
grandmother was an octoroon was
denied the privileges of the school
for white children. The experts fig
ured out that her blood was 1928
parts white to one part colored, and
the court was called on to say if she
was barred by that one part.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-06-15
INDIANS DON'T SWEAR.
Don't Abuse Their Children, Says
Guardian of Young Red Men.

Don't Abuse Their Children, Says
Guardian of Young Red Men.
From the Des Moines Register.
The father-in-law of three hundred
Indian children! This is the remark
able task which Dave Guyette, a
former Iowan, but now a resident of
Muskogee, Okla, has faced.
Prior to the granting of statehood
TO the combined territories of Okla
homa and Indian Territory under the
name of Oklahoma it was necessary
under the law for all minor Indians
to have a guardian who could give
bond, make contracts, leases, etc.
Mr.. Guyette, after failing to OBJ
tain farm at the opening of the
Cherokee outlet settled at Table
quah, the capital of the Cherokee
Nation, in 1898. Acting as the
f1duciary officer of trust company
Mr.. Guyette was appointed by the fed
eral court the guardian of more than
300 Cherokee children.
Speaking of his experiences in his
parental capacity Mr.. Guyette, who
is visiting in Des Moines, said: I'm
til the advent of statehood I was
about the busiest individual in these
United States. A family of 800 chill
dren with their mothers can lead a
person rather strenuous life. I
was necessarily often in the homes of
these people, and must commend one
feature of the life of the Indian wo-
man to her white sister, and that is
the fact that children are never given
corporal punishment.
I never saw a Cherokee mother
strike her child, scold or punish it
in any way. She might neglect the
child, but abuse it never. She
couldn't possibly swear at the child.
Whatever the provocation, as there
are no swear words in the Indian
language. Even when they learn
English Indians don't swear"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-06-15
ORCHIDS WORTH 100000
Greatest Exhibition of Rare and Ex-
pensive Plant ON View
in Boston,

BOSTON, Mass.-Boston recently
held the greatest exhibition of orch
ids ever known. Half a million dol
lars worth were on show.
Between 1000 and 5000 species
were shown, and nearly every color
was seen, of which blue was the
rarest. Usually the flowers have a
sweet, heavy perfume.
Most of the snowy sorts were i'm
ported from the wild parts Of Gen.
trail and South America, Africa and
Asia.
Importation began less than 100
years ago. Today millions are in
vested in collections; there are maya
zines which deal exclusively with
orchids; great books have been writ
ten and national societies formed.
The first variety was Cattleya la
biata (the same now sold by florists,
named after Mr.. Cattley, al English
collector). The discoverer failed to
make plain where he had found it..
and for years afterWard there was a
quest for another like it. The quest
was at last successful.
Lady Slipper an Orchid.
For many years an orchid known
to grow in Tibet was eagerly sought.
The only ones Of its kind in Europe
had died. Finally the Younghusband
expedition sent a small shipment to
England. There was great rivalry,
and many people paid $500 a plant.
few days later second shipment
arrived, and the price dropped to S25.
Some can be bought for as little
as $3.50, but others are regarded as
being worth $4,000 each. One sold
at auction recently in London for
$4,000.
There are several firms in the
United States which do nothing but
import and grow them
Many notable people have had a
weakness for orchid-raising, the most
notable being Joseph Chamberlain.
AS a corsage-fower the orchid has
the great virtue of keeping fresh a
remarkably long time Looked at in
,that light it is not so expensive, even
lat $40 a dozen.
The common lady slipper of our
woods is an orchid. One of this
genus, Cypripedium spectacle, is the
best hardy orchid for outdoor cult
walton,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-06-15
Marvellous Discoveries

Mark the wonderful progress of
the age, Air flights on heavy ma
cnlnes, kilograms without wires, ter
rlDle war inventions to kill men, and
that wonder of wonders, DR.. Kings
New Discovery, to save life when
threatened by coughs, colds, lagrippe
asthma, Group, bronchitis, hemor.
images, hay fever and whoopipe
cough or lung trouble. For all bron.
chial affections it has no equal. II
relieves instantly. It's the surest
cure. James M. Black of Asheville
N. c., R. No. 4, writes it cured him
OF an obstinate cough after all othel
remedies failed. soc. and S1.OO. a
trial bottle free. Guaranteed b,
Dawson Drug Co.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-06-15
COOK SUES PEARY FOR $4,000
Says Commander Owes Him For Bear
Skins and Other Polar Products.

According to the Lokal Anzeiger,
DR.. Frederick A. Cook, the arctic
explorer, has instituted suit in the
Berlin courts against Commander
Robert E. Peary. The paper says
that Cook seeks to recover $4,000
which he alleges to be due him in
payment for bear skins and other
polar products delivered to the COM
mander
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-06-15
HIGH COST OF DYING.
Some Straight Talk on Snowy and
Expensive Funerals.

A Washington, d. c. preacher the
other evening gave his congregation
some straight talk on the foolishness
of snowy and expensive funerals.
with the high cost of living on the
one hand,' he said, "and the high
cost of dying on the other mankind
is, indeed, in financial straits" He
would supersede flowers for the dead
with smiles for them while they are
living, and have carriages call often
er for the living for a pleasure ride
rather than call many carriages for
rides to the cemetery. The safe
and sane" funeral the preacher said,
was one of simplicity and dignity,
without show and without unneces-
sary expense.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-06-15
A Dreadful Wound

From knife, gun, tin can, rusty
nail, fireworks, or of any other ma
ture, demands prompt treatment
with Bucklen's Arnica Salve to pre-
vent blood poison or gangrene. It's
the quickest, surest healer for all
such wounds, as also for burns, boils
sores, skin eruptions, eczema, chap
ped hands, corns or piles. Csc. at
Dawson Drug Co.'S.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-06-15
J INK OF BenevolenCe.

The acretary of state has granted
a charter to the Bank Of Benevolence
in Randolph county. The capital
stock is fixed at $4,000. The fol-
lowing are among the directors of
the new bank: P. E. Reese, J. D.
Crozier and E. r. Wood.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-06-15
Don't Get Run Down

weak and miserable If you have kidney or blad
der trouble, dull head pains, dizziness. nervous
ness, pains in the back. and feel tired all over
get package OF Mother Gray's Australian
Leaf, the pleasant herb cure. It never fails. W.
have many testimonials from grateful peonlf
who have lsed this wonderful remedy As a reg
ulator il has no equal Ask for Mother Grav',
Australian Leaf at all druggists or sent b,
mail for so cents. Sample FREE. Address Tn,
Mother Gray Co., Leroy, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-30
A Combination Of Black
and Silver Lace by I'RdvenieI'

to be COMPOUNDED at all with the harsh
scarlet often called by this name. Over
this fiame-colored satin frock hung what
its French maker called "a chemise
tunic" of white chiffon cloth which came
only as far as just below the hips. There
were no sleeves and the very pronounced
were outlined by string of priceless
pearls. Just below the bust the "chemise"
was girdled by bit of pearl trimming.
This daring costume was said to be an
exact imitation of gown worn by a
French actress and beauty at the open
ing of "Chantecler"
The extravagantly decollete effects of
all French evening gowns now call for
corsets built very low at the top, though
the bottom of the corset comes far down
over the hips and thighs in the manner
of all models of the past two seasons.
Some of these evening corsets are scarce
ly more than girdles above the waist, a
boned strip of elastic webbing passing
around the figure loosely. yet firmly, in
the manner of a fitted girdle. 1t is not at
all an unusual sight to see an evening
dress, even on a girl in her first season,
revealing the back quite to the beltiine.
though as a rule the front of the bodice
Is built higher, often not showing the
curve of the bust at all. or having veil
of tulle over the shoulders.
Very few evening costumes now show
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terials. the decoletage being really a
modest one and the soft folds of pink
chiffon we'll covering the shoulders.
A lovely little gown worn by youth
ful matron on the same evening was of
blue chiffon and was strikingy simple
tunfc of the chiffon crossing the bust
in surpIiCe fashion and falling over the
skirt to the knees in front from where it
sloped downward to cover the slight
train at the back. The backs of the tunic
also crossed in surplice style, but the
crossing was quite at the waist line and
the pretty, bare, dimpled back was visible
to this point. Around the waist was
sash of black velvet ribbon which was
held at one side OF the back under
round turquoise ornament. and from this
the ends of the velvet heavily weight
ed hung below the knees
Everything mat hangs must hang
limp. That is the unforgettable mandate
Of the couturiers. Skirts are so narrow
and so straight that they are not at all
graceful for dancing, unless they are
short enough not to catch on the heels:
and all girdle and sash ends hang per-
fectly straight, with weights sewed in the
bottom to keep them from flying and thus
spelling the silhouette of the costume.
This classic effect is sometimes carried
to an extreme AT a recent wedding
which took place in the evening one OF
the guests-a woman who sets many fash
ions in this cOuntry-wOre straight,
clinging frock of satin in the softened
flame color which is the real Partisan
chantecler red, and which Is a shade not
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the ordinary sleeve, set into an armhole.
This sleeve may be present, but 1t is COW
cred and disguised in some manner by
Swathing folds of net or chiffon, or by a
fiat bodice trimming that runs down the
arm. In many cases sleeve and bodice
top are cut all in one in the new seam
less shoulder effect, the lower half of the
corsage being of some contres sting ma
teral, like satin. Fichu effects of tulle,
chiffon soft liberty silk are much ia
vored by the French dressmakers, and,
as has been mentioned earlier on this
page, these fichu effects open in deep VS..
almost to the waistline at the back and
to the curve of the bust In front.
A lace gown illustrated shows this
draped shoulder effect. a fichu Of very
soft satin ribbon being carried over the
shoulder from front to back Of the bodice
and entirely covering the joining Of bod
ice and lace sleeve drapery. This lace
gown is typical of a style now in great
vogue-that of the black lace tunic over
satin of contrasting shade In this
instance white satin has been used for
the foundation gown, two varieties OF
chantiIly being used-one as a border to
the allover lace pattern which forms the
tunic There is a fold of black net over
the shoulders to give airineSs to the black
ribbon drapery, and little pure Whlte
uerre lace is introduced in the decol-
letage and on the sleeve. The coinure
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-30

though, Of course. plain shell pins and
bands are the only sort permissible FOR
daylight wear The round headed pins
pictured are of silver. set closely with
rhinestOnes.
Silver barrettes are illustrated, two
with pert little bows Of tulle attached
to the pin portion and rhinestone and
pearl ornaments fastened above the
tulle. One of these coquettish bows Is
Of black tulle and is intended for blond
hair: the other is of silver gauze and
would look best with dark tresses. The
third barrette is a very handsome af-
fair, set with fiery rhinestones, and
may be used also in coronet effect
across the front of the couture.
From the head to the feet is a long
jump, but it is simply impossible to
talk for even a moment about evening
costume without getting on the subject
of the fascinating footwear therefor.
See de real gold slippers" was the
enthusiastic exclamation whispered
breathlessH and audibly by one Of the
admiring observers gathered about the
awning at a big 9th avenue dance this
winter, and everywhere one saw slippered
feet coming down carpeted steps, or trip
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-30

nightly promenaded in the bathrooms and
corridors of the great hotels is hardly
conceivable TO those who did not witness
the magnificence of the evening frocks
worn this winter. One expects some
thing of this sort at the opera and takes
the exquisite frocks and gorgeous wraps
which trail out of the foyer into the car
riage vestibule a matter of course, hut
IL is at such assemblageS of cosmopolitan
Americans as gather at Palm Beach, At
lantic City and like resorts that the OBJ
server is impressed with the splendor of
state that is, of sartorial state-of the
womenfolk of the multi-milionaire.
Rarest laces and gold and silver trim
mings costing up to $40 yard are COM
bined with exquisitely soft, flowing sat
ins, embroidered gauzes, regal velvet and
layers of chiffon, one above another.
There are chiffons, too. draped above
cloths of gold: there are tunics of flmy
stuff weighted down with incrustations
OF beads and jeweIs so that they cling
like wet bathing suits to slim figures. AL
ways the erect of the new evening gowns
is clinging, and the more of the figure
lines that can be revealed the better
seems to be the opinion of the French
couturiers. The revealing effects are not
confined to the decolletage, which, it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-30
TYPES OF NEW HOSIERY FOR DREssY WEAR
Notes and Novelties.
Where Is the chantecler Fad Going

Where Is the Chantecler Fad Going
to Stopp
. OoSTERS are now roosting upon US
from the top of our hats TO the in
steps OF our stockings. and there is not
an article of dress which does not display
this emblem of the sensational French
play. Our frocks are embroidered with
chanteclers; SO is our lingerie; so are our
stockings. Our handbags have chan
tecler clasps; our belts chantecler buckles.
Our jewelry takes rooster form and
even our stationery is emblazoned with
chandeliers instead of crests. Our para
soils have rooster handles and lively birds
decorate the silk panels in embroidery
effects. Not even rare laces are exempt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-30
Flatiron for the Summer Boarder.

Flatiron for the Summer Boarder.
@HF woman who has deplored the
i now almost universal use OF eiectrlc
light instead of the friendly gas, when
nermitted the heating of curling iron OF
messing iron in happier days. has 1ound
a new way of getting ahead OF the hotei
management with an electric ATTACHMENT
that may be clapped on 10 'he socket Oh
electric light in a twinkling. This
attachment used right side up, is a small
1atiron which presses neckwear frilis,
handkerchiefs and the like TO perfection
turned upside down and htted into 1T
Tie nickel stand. the hatirCn becomes a
stove and there is a small pan for heat
ing water which just fits on top. The
curling iron is not forgotten. either. and
this fits into a groove in the hatsron stove.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-30
q EuzzZZEDN 6EzZZZEY
III: &AeC OZzTZZzQE

ping into waiting carriages or hmou-
sines there were the cleaning gold slip
pers, with silken hose of such luster and
beauty that the ankles, too, seemed
clothed in gold. At Palm Beach and at
Atlantic City one noticed more velvet
slippers than gold. and the dainty vel
vet pump with high heel and delicate
turned sole promises to be exceedingly
smart with summer evening frockS.
With these tricksy velvet pumps-always
black, by the way-are worn thin black
silk stockings with embroidered inStepS
or allover lace patterns.
ChantiIy lace effects are particularly
fashionable, and the silk hose are SO
wonderfully fine that the appearance is
actually that of lace upon instep and
ankle. Hand-embroidered silk stockings
are very expensive, ranging from IS to
500 the pair, according to the design, but
the woman who can embroider may have
beautiful stockings at very little cost.
Tiny rosebud and forget-me-not patterns
are the daintiest, and there are leaf spray
and bowknot effects that look well in
self-color embroidery. Black lace but
terfies and other motifs may be
with good effect, great care being taken
to secure the edges firmly with button
hole stitches that the silk stocking
may not ravel away from the lace me-
dallion.
With a pink frock and pink slippers
pink silk hose embroidered with rosebuds
are worn: with a pale blue frock, blue
slippers and forget-me-not embroidered
hose. The yellow dress has stockings
embroidered with buttercups. and the
lavender dress, of course, Is accompanied
by violets embroidered on lavender
ground. Beautiful bridal silk stockings
are embroidered with lily of the valley
sprays. among which are set motifs Of
real lace.
With the revival of old-fashioned curl
ed coiffures, the coquetry Of the fan Is
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being taken UP by society bellies, and
curls and a fan may Guido even the
havoc that a mantilla and fan are well
known to accomplish The very smartest
fan just now is Of red gauze, with a
dashing chantecler painted on the pam
els, and the sticks are of shell inset with
fiecks of gold. Big, slow-moving fans OF
matrons and these fans are particularly
graceful and are usually very expensive.
Younger women prefer the small, ffutter-
ing fan which may be welded readily in
a hundred lively and coQuettish ways.
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Nothing Too Costly for American Women-Daring
French Effects in Flesh Co1ored Fabrics
Lace the Fad Smart Partisan
Capss Like Huge Bags.
Capss Like Huge Bags.

must be confessed. is usually appallngly
low, but the whole gown is made to fol-
low the plastic lines of the figure like
one again thinks OF the bathing suit
idea-damp fabric
Two costumes of this revealing charac-
ter were exhibited by dressmaker noted
for his eccentric and original effects at
the opening of the Rostand play in Paris
earlier in the winter Both these gowns
We're worn by very young and slender
women with undeveloped, girlsh figures.
and there seemed little attempt at corset
ing of any kind. One gown was of semi
transparent gauze, beaded in dull gold
and bronze. 1t hung over slip of flesh
colored silk which was so scant that its
wearer could scarcely step. The heavy,
clinging costume defined every youthful
curve of its wearer's figure, and the long,
close sleeves came far down over her
finger tips. The decoiletage was modest,
and was outlined with a curious bronze
trimming The companion gown, made
exactly in the same fashion, was of black
gauZe beaded with jet and hung over i
black slip 1t was not as startling, how
ever as the gold costume over a flesh
colored lining.
Another daring effect was a gown by
Redfern. The material was white en-
broidered chiffon with wonderfully en-
broidered fiounce at the foot. Just below
the waist line there was a jeweled girdle
and from this up the white chiffon was
draped over nesh-colored lining, which
merged invisibly into the pink chiffon
which covered the shoulders and arms,
this little pink chiffon. bodice top being
separated from the white embroidered
bodice by ceinture of coral-studded
gold. which passed beneath the arms and
bust At little distance the wearer of
this gown seemed to be unclothed. save
for the white chiffon, from the waist up;
yet this effect was merely suggestive and
was achieved entirely by the use of ma