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HOUSE.

HOUSE.
Met at noon.
Controller Bay charges finally. dismissed
BY investigating committee
Sugar trust inquiry continued with evil
dence that "the trust IS disposlng OF
some beet and cane factory holdings.
Free raw material doctrine attacked
in speech by Representative Burgess OF
Texas.
Preparation Of appropriation bills be-
gun.
Investigation OF entire Interior depart
ment proposed by Mr.. Graham of Illinois.
Debate on Sherwood bill to increase
pensions Is resumed.
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The National Capital
Saturday, December ., 1911.
SENATE
Saturday, December 9, 1911

Not in session; meets ? p. m. Monday.
More witnesses for the defense heard
at Lorimer inquiry.
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tempei ature and precipitau0h depar-
lures from the normal:
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-02
Something New for a Bridge
Prize.

The devotee Of bridge always apprs-
ciates some article which may be used
in connection, with the game, and the
winner Of a first prize Will be nightly
pleased with a bridge supper set, to be
used on the occasion OF a bridge evening
at her own home. The bridge supper
set includes square tablecloth and four
napkins, the tablecloth being a yard or
a yard and a quarter wide-that is, OF q
size to fit with one Of the small card
tables used for bridge playing. In the
corner of the tablecloth and in one corner
Of each napkin is embroidered one OF the
four card Symbols heart. diamond,
spade OF club-the figure being outlined
with stem stitch and the center filled in
closely with tiny knots. Around the
black or red figure may be embroidered q
little wreath OF leaves OF some similar
device in white. Two of these sets, Tor
a two-table bridge evening. make a very
pretty and acceptable gift for any
hostess.
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Tests for Antiques.

y little practice will enable even an
inexperienced person to tell the differ
ence between genuine antiques in furui.
ture and those OF recent manufacture.
Or course. the art OF reproduction In
furniture has been carried to such q de-
gree that at times even experts may be
deceived, but the pieces calculated to do
This are not apt to come within the scope
If the average buyer.
The difference between old and modern
mahogany is very marked If the two
are brought into strong electric OF sun
light. Old has depth of color which
new never has, and the word depth is
used advisedly.
The wood after it has become seasoned
with time and not by art looks deep.
There Is the same difference that exists
between satin and velvet. One can look
down into the pile of velvet, while satin
on the surface.
The color Of new mahogany seems on
he surface, even when the wood has not
been painted or stained. woman who
will put an old and a new piece together
n strong light and study the difference
s not apt to be taken in later by takers.
Another way Of knowing old furniture
by careful inspection of it's construc-
ton. II 1t is a reproduction there will be
-Ome new. unstained wood somewhere out
f casual sight. The inside of the draw
rs in a bureau. for example, will sug-
sest those fresh from the shop. 1t is
rue that this may be done In patching an
Did piece. but in the latter case there
will be only small bits Of new wood or
only one large piece, whereas in the re-
production there will be much.
Brasses and silver. whether stamped or
hand wrought are easily told by feeling
with the fingers. When stamped. no mat
ter bow carefully done, the edges are
hand wrought there iS smooth round
ness of the edges which is unmistakable
once it is known.
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. the simple length of ribbon tied in bow
at the back and with two ends floating
over the skirt, which has represented the
traditional manner of sash arrangement.
The new sashes are adjusted to make
the figure look as slender and as tall as
possible. The ends fall, one over the
other, to the bottom Of the dress, and
| the bow. instead Of spreading wide at
| the waist. Is arranged in loops. one above
the other, to raise the waistline a trifle.
An Illustration shows one of the new
| sashes. made Of wide, rather heavy rib
bon printed in morning-glory pattern
on d striped ground. The girdle part of
the sash is laid in folds at the waist. and
the three ends, falling one over the other
-, at the back. are cut in points and weight
ed with gold cord.
Sometimes the sash falls only to the
hip, or to the. knee. the three or four
short ends being sharply pointed and
falling one over the other in this graceful
panel effect.
Quite different from this panel sash is
the Japonaise sash, which French cOu-
! turiers are putting on gowns intended
for very slender women. This Japonaise
sash has a broad. soft bow tied like a
big obj" which the japanese girl wears
! over her kimono. The broad ribbon passes
around the waist. above the natural
waistline, and the bow at the back is as
wide as the girdle portion. the tops of the
! big loops touching the shoulder blades
! There are no sash ends beneath. Some
| times this big bow and girdle are made
| of chiffon over gold gauze. sometimes of
| satin with a narrow pleating all around
the edges, but ribbons make the prettiest
| bows. and the new ribbons are SO mar
velously wide and SO beautifully supple
| that they seem not ribbon at all, but
! material by the yard.
| The coiffure band, worn by the pretty
maid in the panel sash picture. shows
another fashionable use of ribbon. Two
| bands of the ribbon encircle the head and
! the petals of the flower are made also of
| the twisted ribbon. Ribbon flowers are
! some OF the ribbon roses used on chill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-02

mer and these coatS-the models. at least,
designed by French coutourierS-are in
finitely graceful with broad, roomy Shout
der lines and one front fastening across
the other with single button or orna-
ment almost at the hip. The bottom of
the coat is usually rather narrow and the
new notion is TO have the front corners
slightly rounded up.
y Y
A lovely satin coat by Redfern was
brought over last week for wear at New
port this summer; for so elaborate is the
dressing at this resort nowadays that
there is little difference between the even
ing gowns and wraps worn at Newport in
August and those used in town in the
winter-always excepting the fur trim
mings
The Redfern coat is Of American beauty
colored satin and falls quite straight and
plain from the bust. where a broad band
of gold embroidery joins it to a black
satin yoke. This yoke extends outward
to form the hugh sleeves and the agold
embroidery follows the line of division.
extending also out over the sleeve and
giving the upper Part Of the garment a
very vOluminouS look, which contrasts
smartiy with the narrow effect at the
bottom.
Though the pongee motor coat has
never been improved upon in feature of
practically for summer automobile use,
there are delectable wraps this year built
Of Snow-white fabrics, and Of these per-
haps the coats of white serge, with
touches Of color, are the smartest. There
| are also cream white wool coats with a
| texture like kid, so beautiful is the
| weave, and there are stunning coats OF
! white mohair made very smart with
white braid and big white pearl or fiat
metal buttons
| The pongee coat illustrated has collar
and cuffs of bright green silk, one of the
most fashionable trimming colors this
season, and this green shade is repeated
In the embroideries on the small turn
over collar and q portion of the cuff. The
lines Of this coat are particularly good.
and the garment has the graceful slope
| inward below the bust, which is almost
impossible to secure in a ready-built gar
ment The panama hat, has two green
wings, and with such a coat and hat, OF
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New Use for Oatmeal.

OATMEAL is a safe remedy for soiled
~ suede gloves in white, pale tan or
gray shades. To clean the gloves draw
them on and plunge the hands in a
small basin Of oatmeal, rubbing them
we'll. especially the finger tips, the
knuckles and the wrists with the meal.
and scrubbing the more soiled portions
with clean nail brush. Finally, they
should be busted with piece of soft fan
mel. Wash leather gloves require yellow
soap and water. the latter warm, but not
too hot. They should be dried on the
hands or on wooden trees, in the sun or
close to the fire. Like fiannels, the
quicker they dry the better.
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A Practical ,
= PonSee coat for rIotoP Use

softeSt, limpest white liberty satin, with
Innings of equally soft, limp satin in
delicate color. the colored fabric appear
ing also in the lining OF a deep hood
at the back of the cape. These capes
are better for between dances than the
airy scarfs which offered no real protec-
ton over bare shoulders.
Some of the long chiffon and satin
scarfs are caught in deep loops, ike
capuchin hoods at the back. in very
graceful effect. Others are shaped like
little mantles, but the straight. long
scarf of gauZy material will be as popu-
lar as ever. 4 type OF little wrap or
mantle which promises to be a favorite
for wear over dressy gowns is illustrated.
This charming wrap is made OF soft
white satin and the shape suggests a
quaint dolman style. The fluffy border
trimming adds much to the beauty Of
the wrap.
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HELPS AND HINTS.

and then wiped Oft with cloth to
show the natural grain.
Care Of the Teeth.
THE teeth must be brushed after
each meal, and If the mouth is
rinsed out in the morning with some
lotion and water and before going to
be kept in a healthy. antiseptic con-
dition. One should go to dentist at
least twice each year to have the
teeth examined and cleaned. for then
no serious trouble can come, White.
even teeth are wonderful addition
to beauty. With dentistry in it's pres
ent state of development decayed and
misshapen teeth are utterly ineXcus-
able.
Maintaining the Youth.
LOW often one hears the remark
/ from the cynical or incredulous
woman that the appearance of age
cannot be prevented by attention to
the complexion, the throat, the care
of the hair or the use of the many
little helps that science and study
have brought to light! These main
tain that to attempt it is to have the
appearance of persons on the stage. 1t
is doubtful If any class of people lead
lives so calculated to damage good
looks. 1t is certain that no class as a
whole keep their good looks SO long.
and they are noted for the care they
everything, in fact, that helps them to
keep their youth and beauty.
The woman who thinks she can do
nothing to retain her good looks is MAX
ing sad mistake. and one which she
Will surely regret when it is too late
to mend 1t, or. If it can be mended
at all. with the most strenuous efforts
There Is beauty quite apart from
youth-the beauty of the mature
woman woman in Many an Of the best
reached the height Of their beauty
until they were over thirty-five years
Of age. The dew Of youth and a COM
plexion OF rose, 1t must be admitted,
sometimes combine in a face that is
unmoving. irresponsive. utterly lacking
In that expression which goes to the
making of a perfectly nodded visage.
To Clean Muslin.
p RAN is used for cleaning and stiffen-
- ing. To make bran water, tie a cup
full OF bran in muslin. put this into two
pints OF water In q clean saucepan and
simmer until the water feels glutinous.
Leave the muslin loose, to allow the bran
to part with it's gluten. A second and
even third water may be taken off the
bran In the same way. Bran has no de-
effect on colors and seems to act
as an absorbent and to
stiffen the article slightly.
1t is most useful for colored embroidery
Or artwork of any kind. Bran water is
sometimes employed for the washing Of
cretonne with a colored background. The
article is washed in the bran water,
rinsed, wrung, rolled in a cloth and then
roned on the wrong side. The cretonne
ID better II slightly dried before the iron
ing process takes place.
Water Drinking.
TO insure a clear. healthy skin water |
should be taken freely between
meals and not at meals. A glass of pure
water, not iced. taken upon rising and re-
iring, with six or eight glasses between |
meals, aids In washing the system Of i'm
>urities and also prevents wrinkles. An !
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White Motor Goats the Fad Gorgeous Colorin6s
in Some Paris Evening Wraps White
Liberty Satin CapeS for Debutantes-
Another Scarf Summer Promised.

woman whose wardrobe includes CO.'S
tunes for occasions Of a ceremonious or
festive character.
Every Paris couturier makes a point of
turning out each season something en-
tirely new and Characteristic in the way
of an evening wrap and usually the new
est Redfern or Worth or Cabot wrap
model is recognizable at a glance. This
year the wraps are more beautiful than
overland more sumptuous-and the cou-
turiers seem TO have Outdone themselves
in gorgeous and picturesque effects.
The American social season lasts from
Thanksgiving until Lent; but at this sea-
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Now Is the Time to Start the Win
dow Boxes.

Now Is the Time to Start the Win
dow Boxes.
TT is surprising how few Americans.
] cooped up in city houses and apart
ments take advantage Of the possibilities
of a fiower-flled window box. Street
after street in London is made spring
like and beautiful by these windo"
boxes, which are as necessary to the
Londoner's happiness as awnings are to
ours. Window boxes may be purchased
ready made. or carpenter will make
one FOR a trifling price. The best way Is
to have the box filled and planted by a
florist, and the resulting bloom Will De
low and a comfort all through the sum-
mer. go.
Individual Chatting Dish Favors.
XIERY attractive little place favors for
luncheon party are tiny chaflne
dishes. which may be bought in the TOY
department and sometimes In the favor
department of the large department store.
These little chatting dishes are not prac-
teal cookers Of course. but OH the dinner
or luncheon occasion they may be hiled
with small candies and later may be
used for incense burners.
Sink Drain Clogged.
A SMALL continuance for cleaning the
4 \ sink pipe when it becomes clogged Is
q piece Of rubber hose with a coupling on
one end to screw into the faucet. Insert
the other end into the clogged pipe. turn
the water on with full force and In a mo-
ment or two the pipe. will become clear.
The stoppage in the kitchen sink can be
controlled to a large extent by keeping
a sink strainer in place and pouring all
fluids through 1t into the sink. A bit OF
washing soda placed in the grating from
time to time with boiling water from the
kettle poured through will be Of great aid.
Keep Bandages in the Home.
A BOX Of bandages should be kept IN
"A every household. 30 that IN case OF
an accident they will come in handy.
Bandages should be torn from strong
cotton cloth and wound tightly until need
ed. They should be Of various widths
and not hemmed. Have also supply OF
stout narrow strips to be used in tying.
1t is advisable to put all these bandages
when made into medium oven Tor
short time to sterilize them. Then put
them in q hot wide-mouthed preserve
tar. screw on the lid while all are still
place.
Beautifying the Girls Bedroom.
THE low ceiling Of girls bedroom
! looks pretty when calcimined a
pure white. The paper Is hung the fun
length Of the wall. and there is a mar
row white moldtng as finish at the
ceiling The woodwork should be
given three coats of white paint and
then two Of enamel. The bed and
dresser can be treated in the same
manner. This gives very dainty ap-
pearance.
An old table can be whitened and
become nice dressing table. with IN
oval picture frame or mirror hung
above it. It Is best to stain
the floor a golden brown. Burnt sienna
and yellow ocher with oil and turpen-
tine, should be applied with q brush
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other beauty recipe is to eat two, instead
Of three, meals each day.
Some authorities advocate going with
out breakfast, while others contend that
the evening meal is entirely unnecessary.
But two plain meals day have been
found by many to eliminate sallowness.
biliousness and dyspepsia and to reduce
corpulency. II the stomach is rested the
overworked liver and other organs obtain
a corresponding relief. Hot breads and
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course. a green chiffon veil would add tn
finishing touch.


finishing touch.
Less striking in color suggestion, but
quite as attractive from style stand
point, is white serge coat with revers
SO broad that they turn back as far as
the shoulder, dropping in graceful points
at either side of the front. These wide
revers are slashed here and there, and
a facing Of rose cloth shows In the open
ing, the white material appearing to be
caught down on the rose facing with
lines of tiny, fiat gilt buttons. On the
front of the coat and on the large pock-
cts are huge. fiat gilt buttons. Two of
these buttons are also placed at the back
on either side Of the rather high waisl
line
A similar coat, with blue cloth facings.
| shows chevron ornaments made Of iri-
descent crystal beads. Equally chic is q
biscuit-colored mOhair coat with facings
of black MORE silk and pipings of ve.y
light green. This coat has fiat, nickel
buttons.
ionable this year as they were last, but
| most of them are frankly intended to re-
veal the gown beneath. the dressy, dark
| chiffon or net wrap giving the light lin
! SeIle Ut IdCc LUCK d uuucu LlOIc IOTHldi
effect than it would have if worn with
out the outer drapery. A wrap of this
sort. made of heavily embroidered black
chiffon, is illustrated, and the black and
white combination of wrap and frock as
repeated in the large picture hat with
it's white plumes and airy black tulle
| scarf. THIS wrap u.s. of course, the merest
apology of an outer garment, having no
sleeves. and being really no more than a
| tunic, draped over the white chiffon and
| lace fr0ck The four DOinfS nf the N
are weighted with black cord tassels.
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| arrangements of ribbon loops which trail
off the side Of the hat like ostrich plumes.
Another way of using ribbons this sea-
son is In streamers, many Of the picture
! hats having long velvet ribbon streamers
at the back, winch trail over the sh0ul-
der most becomingly.
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are already being planned. and there will
be special performances Of opera which
will demand utmost elaboration and rich.
ness of dress.
So the cOuturiers are working night and
day. and not the least important OF Their
creations Will be the evening wraps
turned ont for coronation time. Some OF
these wraps are already completed. and
many of the models have been sent to
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- NE feature of dress there is
which has always a royal well
come from womankind when 1t
returns to favor after a period
OF osracism. That Is the sash.
If all the world loves a lover, every wom-
an loves sash. There is something so
innocently young and appealing in the
sash. with its long ends hanging in child
ish fashion down the back. that no woman
can resist it-even, mOre's the pity, the
matron of forty and embonpOint
II more than three-quarters of a yard
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ribbon is shown in a photograph, and a
large satin rose, made of white ribbon
with green leaves and stem.
Another photograph shows two of the
new ribbon. girdles with ends falling at
the back-Or at one side as one chooses
to arrange them. One of these girdles
has buckles made OF pleated ribbon, this
pIeating being attached over the ribbon
covered ovals Of cardboard. On the other
girdles are slides made of ribbon wound
over cable cord. and the girdle is thread
ed in and put through similar slides.
Pleatcd ribbons are eXtravagantly used
on the spring hats and, provided che pos.
sesses a smart straw shape all the trim
ming necessary will he coaple of quilts
thrust through cabuchon of pleated rib
bon. enormous bows Of wide, soft -
bon are placed across the backs OF some
Of the sailor shapes and there are also
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son, in England, everybody is in the coun-
try and it Is not until May that the storm
boardings are taken down from the great
town houses and preparations are begun
for the brilliant stretch of weeks follow
ing the presentations at court.
This year, of course, the London season
will be more brilliant than ever because
of the coronation. All kinds of recep-
tons, dinners, balls and other festivities
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Today there is sketched little suit of black
and white material for spring The broad which
the entire front of the jacket become large sailor collar
the The of these composed of black and
white silk medallons black satin background Two bias
bands of the striped material border the and collar and
make them douby effective owing the bias stripes running
opposite directions The tnc which bordered by single
bias band folds black underskr With this
shape of rough black straw trimmed with
white roses
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The empire styles are decidedly pron1i-
rnent in evening gowns. In many forms
the empire line--is suggested. Motifs,
cords. straps, flowers and sashes are
excellent means to this end.
4 noticeable feature in some of the new
parasols is the fancy form in which the
feS'ue end of the stick is cut. This end
Is somewhat prolonged and is shaped like
an elongated bulb at the base. 1t tapers
away for about two inches and ends
with a tiny ball at the tip.
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NYBODY may wear
a coat. Only the
prosperous h av e
need of wraps.
T h ere ore, the
graceful evening
wrap, which is ap-
propriate only for
carriage wear, has
come to be num-
bered among the
luXurieS r t h e r
than the essentials
;sessed only by the
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many condiments will produce facial
blemshes. and this proves tina. little
care in eating is worth all the attention
that can be given IL.
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ZheH&TDZT W
+%2I5b0ng/\6W

dren'S hats and on the new old-tiIney
bonnets are exQuisitely dainty-and Won
derfully natural as we'll.
A cluster Of moss roses made of pink
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All shops are showing beautiful exam
Piles of striped silks. The most popula y
patterns are those which show the use
of black in combination with another
color, white or a bright shade.
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of ribbon are required to go around the
waist sash should be avoided and of
course. the slenderer the waist and the
more ,Pirlish and undeveloped the figure
generally the more becoming the sash
This year sashes are to be very fashion
able. but the new arrangements have
smartness and chic never possessed by
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Young girls in their first season have
been wearing over their light evening
dresses, at Palm Beach and other winter
resorts, voluminous capes, made of the