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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-16

; Possible for Women of Moderate (
Means to Look Like a French
Fashion Plate.

A woman primed with knowledge OF
the subject made it clear the other day
that it is possible nowadays for wo-
men of moderate means to look like a
French fashion plate without running
in debt or borrowing from the house
keeping account.
Personally" she declared, 81 know
women who put up sartorial appear
ance likely to make country cousins
stare for less cash than the country
cousins spend for plain, behind the
style clothes. They give lot of time
thought, and study to the question
using all the means denied to former
generations of women, including first
and foremost the paper model.
In Washington there are plenty of
women who do not know how to use
the means provided for getting a styl-
ish costume at small cost, who never
dream of possessing gown copied
from an imported model.
81 myself was like that till calling
one day on a friend l found her sur
veying an elaborate paper reception
costume in colors displayed on Il
dummy figure.
THE costume, she told me, was a
copy of a French model exhibited a
few weeks earlier at an = street open
ing. 1t was cut to her measurement.
pinned together. and sent home at a
charge of s.. The woman who took
her order told how much material to
buy and named materials which would
cost less than those used in the i'm
ported model, although giving about
the same effect.
My friend had engaged work-by-
the-day dressmaker to come for two
days at a tax of IS, and She had al
lowed $25 for materials, making
total, as she announced with great glee,
OF less than $40 for an almost dupIi-
cate of a costume marked 5000 at the
opening. The style was an exact du-
plicate, which in her opinion was the
main thing.
Duplicate of Imported Model Insured.
Until l saw the paper costume | did
not know that such a thing could oe
had, although there are now two or
three places here whose principal bus
mess is turning out paper patterns of
French styles, both in regular sizes
and to measurement, the latter costing
s. more
The next day ordered a paper
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-16

Representative Macon, at dinner
in Washington, condemned taking,
says the Philadelphia Ledger.
IAN explorer especially should not
fake" he said. Explorers adventures
ere so incredible, anyway, if one #
them takes to taking how shall we be-
lieve the rest?
In fact, the difference between the
true and the fake explorer is very
hard to distinguish. It's like the diff
ference between economy and vaga-
bondage.
The man who lives on almost moth
ing, you know, is an economist, while
the man who lives on nothing is a
tramp"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-16

John w. Sickelsmith, Greensboro,
Pa, has three children, and like most
children, they frequently take cold
1--WE have tried several kinds of cough
medicine he says, but have never
found any yet that did them as much
good as Chamberlain Cough Rene
dy." For sale by all dealers.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-16
PARTIES GOING TO REUNION
SECURE BERTHS AT ONCE

Called meeting of Camp Sumter
for 10 a m, April 26th. All yeter-
ans, Sons and Daughters, who want
me to engage quarters for them in
Little Rock, or who want berths on
train must report their names to me
at once. H. T. DAVENPORT,
Commander.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-16

New York, April Livery day 80
dour-faced men can be seen going ~
twos and threas into Madison Square
Garden, where Barnum & Bailey's
folks, human and otherwise, are stay
ing these days They are the Gowns.
And why" demanded curious lay
man. buttonholing one Of them the
other day, why are YOU so saturine
Why don't you sm.leo"
Because answered the clown,
with deep gloom, Il am gay during
working hours. B eng saturnine is my
only form OF relaxation. You don t
mind, do you? And, anyway" he went
on with even greater melancholy, YOU
never saw a clown smile in your life
He doesn't have to. The grin IS paint
ed on him, for fear, / suppose, that ae
might loaf on the JOB and look serious
when the whole audience was laugh
ling and saying, Amt he ccmical?'"
Like Wandering MinstrelS.
No, the clowns never, never smile
You will see thighs clearly if you DROP
in some day to watch a rehearsal and
see the circus in its shirt sleeves
While the acrobats and animals are
| plung.ng about in the rings you be
come aware, from time to time, 81
small groups of persons, coatless ana
dusty and commonplace enough. wan
dering around the oval They make
strange gestures, meaningless because
/ the prophecies are missing, and now
and then, in a casual sort cf way and
apparently without animus, they
knock each other down They are the
clowns rehearsing.
Il am a clown admitted Fred
Egener the other day when a reporter
caught him on his way for a chat with
his tanned geese, who share stellar
honors with him when the big show
is on. Il think clown is just like 4
wandering minstrel of old He has tc
make the rounds of the oval, doing his
stunts again and again, and trying Il
catch the eyes (he cant possibly catch
/ the earsJ of the people in the audi
ence. A theatrical comedian has his
audience penned up before him, and
they either have to watch or go rc
sleep, but our audiences have plenty
of other things to look at, and you've
got to work to catch their attention
It's hard work, clowns life"
When Clowns Work.
But that the clowns do get the at,
tention, particularly of the children
is gracefully admitted by the circus
owners, who go down deep in theil
/ pockets to buy the fun. The Older
patrons can appreciate the skill o.
daring displayed in the rings, but thu
waves of glee are inspired by tht
clowns, who work hard for them The
are not allowed to obscure the activ
tiles in the rings, however, and TIL
sound of a certain whistle brings then
all to a standstill, so that no eye ma,
be distracted from something of par
ticular Importance in the center .
the arena. Their acts are poured i.
between for good measure, and ar,
allowed to proceed in riotous fashio,
when the setting is being shifted, 0.
for a moment or two while the eques
TRANS pause for breath.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-16

A man who falls down stairs and
doesn't break his neck thinks it was
because he was so smart about the
way he did it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-16

1t isn't difficult for a woman to
break into the martyr class; all she
has to do is to get married.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-16
CIRCUS CLOWNS NEVER
LAUGH WHEN OFF DUTY

The clowns are the busiest people
in the whole circus. The stars in
spangles, the wonderful folk Of the
.trapeze. and the dashing riders, who
hang by their teeth Or dive through
the air, can cone out and be applaud
ed and disapyea~ into private life
again bekind the scenes. 1t is not so
with the clown His performance IS
continuous from the time the band
strikes up until he has ridden the
finish of his burlesque of the animal
race, made up perhaps as a monkey
or dodo. He rehearses every mora
ing to keep in practice and to keep W
with the times. When he isn't rehears-
! ing or performing his own act he is
likely to be found serving as the hind
legs Of the trick donkey or the front
legs of the educated giraffe. And
when he is doing none Of these things
he is scratching MS head in a wistfl
pursuit of some rev idea that vii
please the ringmaster and bring dow:
the house.
+ Carries His Properties.
+ The clown has to carry his prope!
ties with aim Ike the strolling player
and some wonderful properties the
clowns have this year. One of then
wanders around with his own Atlantic
Ocean, so labeled in case you Shout
not recognize it, and from this h
yanks large fish, and into this h
disappears. waving bare toes, anl
reappearing from time to time tt
splutter water for yards about. Egen.
er, of the geese, focsakes them from
time to time, to make rounds with hi.
own rainstorm, which spouts absurd
" out of the very umbrella whic!
, protects him from it,
Those geese of Egener's accompany
/ him at times, each hitched to a tin!
gig and racing for all they are worth
which ISN'T very much, though yol
mustn't Eell Egener that. He is i'm
mensely proud of what comedy the!
possess, for he says he had to worl
hard to pound it into them
When once they learn a trick" h
says, they never forget it, and that i!
one comfort Ny hardest work i
training pigs. for they have even les!
sense. 1t took me all winter to traiI
my pig to squeal at the right time
and I am growing gray with the con
slant fear that he will miss his cue.
Egener's pig makes a round of tn,
arena, embraced in the clowns arm
and squaling furiously. This is large
/ ly because a milk bottle is held tan
Italizingly out Of reach, but every nov
and then, when the refreshment i
, furnished the squeal drops into a CUR
gle of contentment.
A bunch of the clowns this year ar
doing suffragette act, that involve
skirts and a rad by the police. FINAL
the patrol wagon arrives, and tn
whole chgat-ering party is thrown j
and rushed off, while the Japanes
acrobats take up the general attea
ton, and the clowns prepare to com
in and be absurd again at the mex
interval. Harry La Pearl, the Glow
who was married at the Garden las
year, wears the harem skirt TIL
season.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-16

Never be too sure of anything, cs-
pec,ally if it's a sure thing.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-04-16

Tell man he has brains, and
straightway he'll show how many
kinds of fool he can be.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-09
Excise Reform.
To the Editor Of The Star:

To the Editor or The star:
l approve the suggestion of the Dis
trict Commissioners to separate the
excise board from the District assess
ors. To place the granting of hotel
and saloon licenses in the hands OF
the judges is the best solution OF the
vexing subject OF too many saloons In
the city. / think our judges. who arc
superior men. are in better position
to pass on the question tnan any
others who could be selected 1t Is
suggested that in providing for the
granting Of a license to corner sa-
loon the names Of property owners
on both streets be secured. Might
there not also be some other improve
ment upon the regulations in regard
to saloons which abut on parks and
reservations and situated on angles
formed by intersecting streets? e
have some very striking examples OF
such locations. Cannot the same Kind
Of law or regulation be enacted for
Washington which is in force some
other cities, that of stopping the rush
ing of the growler and women enter
ing saloons? The rushing of the
GROWER is one of the greatest evils
to which our people are subject. From
that as the starting point have re-
suited more Police Court cases. and
even murders. than any other one
cause.
The dimes ard nickels go with
the can and deprive those dependent
upon the meager income of prooer
food and clothing. have in mind
can no less than five or six times
each day. and she is without sufficient
clothing for herself or family.
w. S. DUFFIELD.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-09
Personal to River Men.

Capt. George w. Torrey. known here
as master OF the schooner Massasoit.
which brought ice to Alexandria In the
past summer. has been promoted to the
command Of the five-masted schooner
Magnus Manson, the largest vessel Of the
Benedict-M Mason Marine Company's fleet
of New Haven. Capt. TOrrey Is one Of
the youngest masters in charre of a five
masted coasting vessel in the Atlantic
coast service. The Manson Is now at
Philadelphia loading coal for Portland
Me.
Capt Phillips, master of the schooner
J. II. Hargraves, In port here discharg-
ing lumber. has gone to Baltimore to ar
range charter for his ship. and to spend
day or two while the vessel Is unload
ing
Capt. Frank Taylor. junior member Of
A. j. Taylor & Bro, tugboat owners of
this city. has gone to Baltimore to look
after the interests of the tug nj Mitchell
Davis. in service at that port.
William Dancer. purser of the steamer
Trenton, has entered the service OF the
Potomac and Chesapeake Steamboat Com
pany and is on the steamer Wakefield.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-09
is BURIED WITH HONORS.
Military Funeral for Lieut.. Col
Augustus S. Nicholson.

Full military honors marked the funeral
today OF Lieut.. Col Augustus s. Nichol-
son. a distinguished officer OF the Marine
Corps. who died at his residence, IFS n
street, Monday afternoon. He was eighty
one years of age and began his military
service in March. 1917. He was brevet-
ted for galantry at the battle OF the
City OF Mexico in that year while lie was
but seventeen Years of age. and was APP
pointed by Gen. Scott provost marshal
over third of that city.
Religious services were held at 81
Johns Church. at the corner of 10Th and
III streets. at ~ o'clock. and We're largely
attended by members of many of the old
families OF Washington. AT the conclu-
sion OF the services the flag-draped. flow
er-covered casket was borne from the
church by eight non-commissioned marine
officers and placed on the artillery Gals
son. while the Marine Band played the
hymn Nearer. My God, to Thee and the
escort. consisting of a battalion of ma
commanded by Maj. Thomas c. Tread
we'll. commanding the marine barracks
In this city. The line of march was by
way Of PENNSYLVANIA avenue and 18th
street to oak Hill cemetery. where the
burial took place with religious and mill
tary ceremonies
The honorary pallbearers were Gen. w.
y. Biddle. L. $. NJ e.: Gen. q. e. Good
Joe. L. :. Nj. C.. retired: Gen. Frank g..
Smith. l.. :. a., retired; Rear Admiral
Thomas III. Stevens. L. s. N. retired
Ger. Benjamin n Roberts. L. s. A. re-
tired: Col. Charles q. McCawiey. L. S. NJ.
G: Capt. Robert G.. Carter. t. :. A. re-
C.. and Edward McCauley. formerly OF
the Marine Corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-09
RICHARD GOODMAN DEAD.
Well Known Lawyer Passes Away at
Villa at Lenox, Mass.

Friends in this city of Richard Good
man of Lepox, Mass, have received word
Of his death Tuesday at his villa, the
Yukon at that place. after short illness
with pneumonia. Mr.. Goodman was grad
uated from Amherst College in 1869. and
from Harvard Law. School in 1871. He
practiced his profession in Boston and
later in New York, with Edmund Ran
dolph Robinson.
Mr.. Goodman was noted for the many
brilliant entertainments given at his villa
in LenoX and was also well known In
social circles in most of the eastern cities
and abroad. He was son of Richard
Goodman. long prominent member OF
the New York bar, who died about twenty
years ago.
Mr.. Goodman's mother. who before ner
marriage, was Miss Electra Woodbridge
Cheney of South Manchester. Conn. died
at Yukon seven years ago at the age OF
eighty-two. At her death her son inner
tied the villa. which was built in ldSo.
Mr.. Goodman never married. lie leaves
two sisters, Misses Resale and Lillian
Goodman, both residents of LenoX
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-09
Boy Accidentally Shoots Girl.

Evelyn Penn. fourteen years old daugh-
Ter OF W. VI. Penn OF J24 Sd street north
west. was accidentally shot in the neck
yesterday afternoon by Leon .erthe'mer,
sixteen years old. of 5s04 Park Heights
avenue. Baltimore. At the time Leon was
shooting at a target with small rifle
N the house of relatives of the Baltimore
boy, at 907 eth street northwest
After receiving first-aid treatment AT
the PEG, les drug store, Massachusetts
avenue and 9TH street. Miss Penn was
taken 10 the Emergency Hospital Sur
geons found that she had not been dan
gerously wounded.
Policeman Beauregard detained Wort
heimer until his relatives furnished Sc
curity in the sum OF 500 for his future
appearance in court should IL be reQu red
The shooting was purely an acciden, ne
police say. and they are satisfied that
there VIII be no prosecution of the boy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-09
FELL IN CREEK WITH POSTUM.
District Surveyor Hazen Has Thrill
ing Experience.

The story of how he slipped from the
peeled surface of a small tree that eN-
tended over creek and fell in water
almost to his neck, but rescued him
self and live possum that he was
carrying in a bag. is related to Dis
trict building officials by NJ. c. Hazen.
District surveyor, who returned from a
weeks hunting trip on his farm at
Nokesyille. Va.
Mr.. IIazen brought the trip to a close
with a big possum hunt last night.
Four fat specimens OF the marsupial
tribe were bagged. according TO the
surveyors story. During Mr.. Hazen's
trip he was visited by several Wash
fngtonians. among them being Engi
neer Commissioner Judson. Henry u.
West and Charles West All accounts
agree that four dozen birds and seven
ty-five rabbits. in addition to the
possun. were slaughtered during the
weeks outing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-09
SAYS HUSBAND is CRUEL.
Mrs. Sarah Letter Sues for q Limited
Divorce.

Alleging cruelty and drunkenness. Mrs.
Sarah Letter has filed suit for a limited
divorce from Max Letter. to whom she
was married in Russia in April. 1892
There are two children. aged sixteen and
twelve years.
On one occasion when she demonstrated
with her husband for sending their son
to get him whisky. Mrs. Letter says. her
husband threatened TO kill her. About
two years ago. when they We're living at
Niagara Falls. n. Y. the wife declares,
Letter struck her, and. pushing her
against a clothes horse. injured her Sc
verely. October :s last. she AYERS. he
knocked her down, and. holding a kitchen
knife In his hand. threatened 10 kill her.
Although her husband is engaged in
the commission business and makes from
SO to 800 a week, the wife tells the
court during the past eleven months he
has given her only $40 week for the
support OF the family.
Attorney Charles IL. Turner represents
the wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-09
DINNER AT COSMOS CLUB.
Social Meeting Of Sons Of the Ameri.
can Revolution.

Col. William b. Thompson. president OF
the Sons of the American Revolution;
William V Cox. Justice Thomas IL. An
derson, A. Howard Clark, Philip L. Lar
ner. Commander John III. Moore, John
Paul Earnest, Henry W. Samson, VIII
liam 4. De Caindry, Col. Gilbert {. hnif-
fen and Rev. Thomas :. Childs were
speakers at the dinner given in the Cos
mos Club last night to the board of man.
ace,nent and the cha rmen Of committees
of the Sons OF the American Revolution.
Others present were Paul Hrocnett. Al
bert ID. Spangler. John Il. FenWlc<, sell
den NJ Ely William l.. Marsh. Sidney l.
Resselievre Francis IL Parsons. Albert
j. Gore. Col. Frederick G. BRYAN. Com
missioner E. g. Moore Frank Il. Martin,
George c. Maynard. Henry L. Holden,
Frederick d. Owen, John g. Greenawait.
Edgar Il. Stocking, Rear Admiral =. w.
Baird Zebine Moses, William z. Parks,
DIR Fran is ]. Wooddnan. DR.. Eowin A.
Hill and William II. Somerveil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-09
NEW NORMAL SCHOOL.
Plans Completed for Georgia Avenue
Building to Cost $4,000.

Plans for the new colored normal
school on Georgia avenue have been
completed and will be submitted by
Municipal Architect Snowden Ashford
TO the fine arts commission today or
tomorrow. 1t is expected that bids will
be called for early next month but it
Is unlikely that the building will be
completed before year elapseS.
The building. which is to contain
about ~ rooms and cost x1S0,OO0, Is of
Tudor design. 1t will occupy nearly
the entire space of 2O0-foot square
site and will be constructed of brick.
stone and terra Gotta.
The board OF education is now in pos.
session of the plans for the colored
manual training school which is to be
erected ON o street, but has not noti-
fled the municipal architect whether
they are acceptable. This building is
10 contain eight rooms and cost ap-
proximately $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-09
MANY GET GOOD DINNER.
Annual Feast Provided by Bell Home
Managers.

Hundreds of persons dined yesterday
and today between the hours of noon and
2 o'clock. 9th and + streets northwest,
where dinner was given under the aus
pices Of the board OF woman managers
of the Episcopal Home for Children in
Anacostia. formerly known as the Bel
Home.
The dinner is an annual affair served
under the patronage OF the women of all
the Episcopal churches of the city. and
the proceeds go for the maintenance of
the .Anacostia Home. where hundreds or
dependent orphans are cared for.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-09
EUCHRE PRIZES GIVEN.
Four Hundred Contestants for Hon.
ors at Carroll Institute Hall.

Forty-five prizes were awarded success
full players last night at the second an
nual entertainment and euchre Of Will
liam b. Gushing Camp, No. 30. Sons of
Veterans. at Carroll Institute Hall. More
than 100 persons were present. The pro-
ceeds will be applied to the relief fund
of the order. Mai T.. r.. Campbell was
chairman OF the committee on arrange
ments, and T. A. Lange was master of
ceremonies. They were assisted by Silas
E Robb, commander OF Gushing Camp.
The twentieth anniversary of the camp
will be celebrated December 10. when
many high officials Of the Sons of Vet
Grams will be In attendance.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-09
BRUEN HOME BAZAAR.
Specimens of Handiwork of Girls
and BOYS Are Shown.

blotters. penwipers and other fancy needle
work made by the girls of Bruen Home
and specimens of the handicraft of boys
in the manual training classes we're dis
PLAYED at the annual bazaar of the chill
dren of the home, 1900 o street, opened
last night.
Mrs. H.. p. Viles. wife of former Con-
sui General yiIes, cooperating with Mrs.
Elizabeth Fieck. matron OF the home, Is
RESPONSIBLE for the bazaar. Small paint
ings By Mrs. Viles were on exhibition.
The azaar closes tonight after ses-
sion between and 10 o'clock. The pro-
ceeds will aid in the maintenance OF the
home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-09
EXCURSION OF MOOSE.
Members Of Columbia Lodge Will Go
to Baltimore This Evening.

\ large delegation of members of Co.
lumbia Lodge No. l26, Loyal Order OF
Moose, will make an excursion to Balti-
more this evening, where its members Will
be the guests of the Baltimore lodge at
the opening of the new club home OF the
latter The Washington party will leave
at o'clock on a special electric train
from 18th street and New York avenue
northwest
The committee of Columbia Lodge hay-
ing the arrangements for the trip In
charge is composed Of Emmett l.. ADAMS.
chairman; Frank Cummins and J. w.
Considine Among the officers of the To-
cal lodge who will make the trip are M.
T. Pines, dictator: w. j. Anglin. vice
dictator; Z. NJ. Van Ness. past dictator;
Luke Ludlow, secretary, and Philip Kron-
hein, treasurer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-09
Over $4,000 at Food Show.

Oriental ideals of feminine loneliness
are expected to distinguish the attendance
at the food show at Convention Hall to-
night. All women who can weigh in at
10 pounds or more may go through the
trunstile without ticket or money, by in
vitaticn OF the mana GENE mt. 'Bald-head
night" last night brought out the people.
There were 11..4i tickets taken up az
the gate Ii was the largest attendance
SO far at this years exhibition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-09
School to Receive Banner.

Commissioner Judson is to make the
presentation at the Mount Pleasant play
ground tomorrow afternoon ut $50
O clock, when the Hubbard School will
receive q banner for having won the
highest aggregate number of points IN
the interscholast.c games held during the
last few weeks or those grounds. Miss
b. l.. Pattison, principal Of the Hubbard.
School. also will speak. Miss Aldine Dent
will receive the penlant for the school
Miss Flrence Kent. director OF the
grounds. will be in charge Of the program
and give brief address.