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The Detroit times., 1911-04-18
The Evolution of Woman AttIre

The noticeable changes In woman's
dressing that have taken place are
the reflections. as In a mirror, OF the
different steps in the development OF
the fair sex. Given prominent
Period In the history of women, the
dress OF the men OF the time, and
one can guess fairly accurately the
costume OF the women.
In the ancient nations that reached
high state OF civilization, woman at
tained In several cases an equal foot
Ing with man. Wherever this hSp-
pened, the dressing is quite similar
The Egyptian woman Gig. u, for in
stance, wore tunic exactly like the
mems, only aer sash was tied.
The Greek women wore most beau
tiful flowing gowns, deliberately fig.
ured and bordered, at one and the
same time both simple and complex.
The full long skirts and general album
dance OF material OF figure 2 may
have been inconvenient. but the cos
tunes were extremely picturesque
and probably entirely satisfactory
considering the climate and the needs
OF the time. The women of the east.
ern countries had a similar tunic,
more deliberately ornamented in rich
patterns and confined at the waist by
a girdle. The women OF Rome dressed
very much like those Of Greece.
After the Fall of the Roman empire
in 1896, some form of the tunic. or
oh d
and hood prevailed up until the Nor.
man conquest In 1865. The most
marked change previous to this period
was the development of the sleeves,
which fitted closely down the whole
length OF the arm and then continued
on abnormally until a knot had to be
tied In them to prevent stumbling
over them, or else they terminated in
a bag or pouch at the wrist.
With the advent OF the Normans,
the men inaugurated their extrava-
CANT era OF dress, but IL took about a
century for the women to forsake
their old simplicity. The sleeves
again became elongated and were
made Of a different color from the
dress, then the hair was braided in
long plaits that hung down the back
or over the shoulder and was often
incased in a silken sack. finished with
a tassel at the end. The gowns be-
came immoderately long.
BY the latter part Of the thirteenth
century the tunic had changed to
waist with loose sleeves
and long trained skirt The exces-
sive amount OF cloth used IN the cos
tune caused harsh censure from the
monks and satirists. In the four
teenth century the ladies had started
out fairly on their career OF extrava-
gance. Figure wears a long gown
covered by tight-fltting upper tunic;
she seems very proud OF her gloves.
Her headdress has grown very ex.
IRENE, being arranged In a net with
two streaming contoise.
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Now neck and neck with the mas
culine element In ostentatious dress
ing, the women pass the men by
adopting head-dresses of such huge
size that II is hard to believe they
were ever worn. Figure head-dress
was actually worn and many even
more extreme.
The skirts became very volumin-
GUS, fastened at the waist with wide
belts of contrasting color. The waist
was open at the neck and had tight
sleeves with huge turn-back cuffs.
Tall steeplechase hats with soft flow
ing scarfs of gauze, though grotesQue.
are artistic in comparison to the
horned affairs so much worn by figure
8.
When the great vain Queen Eliza
beth ruled In England, another
marked change took place in the style
of women's dressing. The very high
waist line dropped to a very long
pointed one, the stomacher came into
vogue, the sleeves grew tight and
long. and a great run Of terrible pro-
portions adorned the neck. while the
skirt became stiff and round like a
bee hive with slit up the front.
showing a richly embroidered petit
coat. Gig. g..
But the hoped petticoat continued
to spread until In 1740-1745 1t could
The Detroit times., 1911-04-18
The CRUELTY OF RloIcuLlNe CHILDREN.

When I'm big. announced Sylvia,
81 am going to lecture"
Before the last word was out there
was a shout from her brothers and
sisters.
You lecture, Sylvia? Huh, you'd
look well on the stage with your
pigeon toes"
What would you say? Folk have
to be born smart TO lecture
"Sylvia's going TO be lecturer. he,
he, he" and so IL went on, this storm
of ridicule unchecked by the foolish
parents. Sylvia left the table in
tears, and was scolded by her mother
for being cross. But that was not
the end Poor Sylvia was leased and
tormented for weeks, and her am
billions ridiculed in the presence OF
every visitor. until she became sullen
and silent
Sylvia grew to womanhood. and did
become a lecturer. and a good one,
but to this day she will refuse 10
speak IL any member OF her family is
I'm the audience.
II am awkward and III at ease in
the presence OF my family" she says,
because of what they made me suf'
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stretch no further II took a royal
command from George Nv. to abolish
these enormities. AS the skirt grew
more modest in size, the head-dress
once more grew more daring. until II
reached the height of three feet.
Feathers, ropes OF pearls, gauze trim
mings. ribbons and artificial flowers
were loaded upon the head.
The French revolution caused a
great change in the style OF dressing
Now a woman wore her hair rather
becomingly, her dress had low neck,
short sleeves and sane waist line,
and her skirt was full. though not ex-
IRENE. A little later the return To
the classic brought in the empire
gown, with its short skirt, high waist,
low neck and short sleeve. This last
ed until crinoline came into vogue
again, which then held the floor
throughout the middle of the nine
teenth century.
You who cannot recall can fancy
the appearance of figure z. Hell
basque was very tight and uncomfort
able and so was her skirt, but the
extra material In her train, held way
of from her body in set folds anc
ruffles by stiff crinoline bustles, am
ply made up for the scantiness else
where. While wearing this mos,
fashionable "Grecian Bend" as the
The Detroit times., 1911-04-18

fer from ridicule as a child. | can
never do my best or appear to ad.
vantage when any Of them are pres
emit"
Don't you know many cases OF the
kind? ! do; l know one splendid
woman who hates to be where any
OF her people are.
They have made me feel all my
life that | was fool" she declares.
They cannot expect me to be happy
or at ease among them"
There is a bit OF barbarism in chill.
dren that makes them ridicule their
brothers and sisters, and many un.
wise parents permit IL unreproved,
without realizing the lost confidence
and diffidence and actual suffering
that IL causes. firmly selieve that
many a life has been spoiled just be-
cause child's confidence In itself has
been destroyed by ridicule.
II children are awkward, don't tell
them so; put them where they can
see grace and be taught to acquire IT,
We need all the confidence we can
muster up In ourselves and others
Don't ridlcule anybody or anything
II Is wicked and useless. add does un-
told haxy-~
The Detroit times., 1911-04-18

LOS ANGELES, Cal, April IL
Mrs. w. l.. Walls, OF Los Angeles, says
she can box a little.
A. G. Cockerl. also OF Los Angeles,
says Mrs. Walls can box-quite some.
Cockerl ought to know because he
appeared In police court recently and
his appearance convinced the court
officials that his opinion of Mrs. Walls
pugilistic ability was based on fact.
Cockerl made the mistake Of wink
ing at Mrs. Walls and saying, oh,
you kiddo" on the street Mrs. Walls
planted her fist on Cockerls Jaw. Be
fore Cockerl recovered Mrs. Walls
The Detroit times., 1911-04-18
GOOD WORD FOR THE PRUNE.

We are told that there is danger
of corner in prunes. Whereat the
thoughtless will smile and the unre-
generate scoff.
The fact Is, the prune has suffered
unjustly because IL has been posed
with those time-worn properties of
the humorous stage. the goat, the UNI
brella, and the mule. The alarm clock
has endeavored to crowd itself into
this motley group, and so has the pro-
fame parrot, but the model prune is
there entirely against its will.
The prune has its failings like all
the rest OF us, and 1t has its good
points too--like a few of us.
Anyway, don't you believe all you
hear In its disfavor
Thank you, another small helping,
please.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-18
iov. Osborn Says Russell
Didn't Get Square Deal

sAULT STE. MARIE, Mich, April
l7.-Gov. Osborn who arrived here
Saturday evening for the purpose OF
spending Easter with his family. in
speaking today OF the action OF the
legislature relative to Marquette pris-
on said that he had more confidence
IN the legislators than they had In
themselves.
In the adoption OF the minority
The Detroit times., 1911-04-18

report the legislature had passed ex-
parte judgment without going into
the merits on the case. that testimony
not having been given and forgetting
the great good accomplished by War
den Russell and the class and char
acter OF the criminals with whom he
had to deal"
The governor said that he expected
to appoint the commission asked for
by the warden to investigate the pris-
on.
Gov. Osborn will leave this after
noon for Lansing.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-18
JssELL' 5 FOES TO
RY TO |MPEACH
/. HIM, TUESDAY
B. Straight, Minority Leader Of
lvestigating Committee, Calls
Conference of Anti Russell
Members of Legislature.
solution To Gust Will Be Intro
duced II Gov. Osborn Does Not
Change Position.
lFrom a stan Corrs.pondeno.

tFrom "a star CorrespondenD.
'ANSlNG, Mich. April l7.-An at
lpt to impeach Warden Russell
| probably be made In the house
borrow. A meeting OF anti
'sell members has been called by
,. Straight OF the investigating
lmittee minority and a resolution
impeach the warden will probably
introduced as result.
he impeachment resolution will
deferred until Osborn returns from
500, tomorrow. The minority
mbers express the hope that he
! had change OF heart as to re-
ling Russell.
majority OF the house can bring
.rges Of Impeachment. The charges
aid be tried by the senate after ad.
rnment, and require a two-thirds
jority for removal. SANFORD.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-18

The council committee on streets
went out. Monday morning, to look
at several buildings alleged to be en-
croaching on city land. One of these
is barn in the vicinity of Moran-st.
and Forest-ave., which is said TO be
encroaching IA feet on the alley. A
new factory building being erected
on Merrick-ave., between Fourth and
Greenwood-aves., encroaches one foot
over the street line, according to ad-
joining property owners.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-18

mode was called. woman he'd oo
walk something like q kangaroo. vI<1
her hands held up An front and hoT
entire body thrown forward NJ . pro,
carious angle. The waist Of this drooo
was rich tan, the skirt was . very
bright cerise and the parasol = d.
licious peacock blue. There was moth
ing masculine about this costume any
way.
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countered with left. To make a thor
ough job Of 1t, she beat Cockerl over
the head with an umbrella. chased
him across the street, and then had
him arrested.
Cockerl was fined s25 or rs days in
Jail. He pleaded guilty to MASKING"
Really, the two jabs gave him
did the work. and didn't need the
umbrella, but | was mad" she ex-
planned.
II used to box with friend, and
I've practiced some with my husband.
While I'm not exactly scientific
boxer, | can use my fists pretty we'll"
The Detroit times., 1911-04-18
Baptists To Have Banquet.

The Detroit Baptist City Mission
will hold it's annual meeting and ban
quet In the North Woodward Baptist
church, tomorrow night. The meeting
will take place at $3.50 and the banquet
will start at 1880. The chief after
dinner" speaker will be c. A. Curtis,
superintendent of city missions, Cleve-
land, ..
The Detroit times., 1911-04-18

Charles l.. Schramm, administering
OF the estate of John Schramm, Is
wears old, filed suit against the city of
Detroit, Monday for $4,000 damages
for the death Of his son. Schramm al
leges his son was electrocuted April
Q. 1910, by a broken guy wire on From
tenac Boulevard, attached to pole
belonging to the city for electrical
lighting purposes.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-18
ALL AROUND THE HOME.

Ernesti Di Luisi. l5-year-old girl.
has invented turntable which. liked
to vehicle. enables Il to reverse I'm
mediately.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-18

Pierre Prier, the French aeronaut,
established a new record April IL,
when he made a continuous flight
from London to Paris, a distance OF
$50 miles, in three hours and So min
utes. This is better than a mile a
minute. Prier established new records
for distance In cross-country flight
and for speed in a continuous flight.
He left London at 81 D. m. and was
in Paris at 5:35 D. m. He used a
Bleriot monoplane.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-18

Stories of erotic love. with false
ideals and standards which so many
girls read, do as great harm az the
bandit books some boys sneak out OF
the house to read.-New York City
Librarian.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-18

The widows-4S-of Berwick. Pa.
have formed an organization 70 So
cure suitable husbands for them
selves.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-18

Blind since the first month OF her
life, Miss Leila Holterhoff. OF Los An
geles. dances. swims. rows. rides
horseback and q bicycle. 5ne mas .
teachers diploma In Latin. speaks
fiaently and writes French, German.
Italian and Spanish, and has q work
ing knowledge of Finnish, Hungarian
and Dutch. Within the past two
years she has appeared In concert In
the great music centers Of the world
all made possible by mothers de-
voted instruction.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-18

The value OF love sinks under mod.
ern conditions of work. which drains
the vital forces, excluding the people
OF the present day from love, not
merely from the possibility of realix-
ing II in marriage, but also from the
possibility of fully experiencing it,
Ellen Key, Swedish Reformer and
Writer.
The Detroit times., 1911-04-18

What is the good of bringing up
my son properly while there il So
loon on every corner to tempt him?"
woman recently said to me. And !
replied: 4 wish to bring up my son
so that even were there a saloon In
the same house with him, II would
not be a temptation to him. Mrs.
Annie Nathan Meyers, Author and
Lecturer.
Gilpin observer., 1911-08-03
CONDENSED RECORD OF THIS
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
sAYINoS, q o IN q 8, ACHIEVE.
MENTs, SUFFERlNGs, HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
w ESTE ERN.

Bubonic plague, transmitted by
ground squirrels, has appeared in Cali
fornia, and caused one death thus far.
The forest fires on the slopes of the
San Barnardino mountain range in
California is spreading steadily both
to the eastward and westward.
When the public schools began a
new term, thirty-six thousand boys and
girls of San Francisco crept like snails
unwillingly to school. San Francisco
IS probably the only city in the
United States where school children
are hailed back to their desks in the
middle of July.
AS the result of a storm of wind
and hail which swept over the vicinity,
two persons are known to have been
killed, score injured, and practically
every business house in Abeline, Tex,
is more or less damaged. A number
of residences were also wrecked. The
town is in darkness.
Gilpin observer., 1911-08-03
Pueblo Man Kills Bandit.

Pueblo.-Steve Gregor. as he en-
tered the gate leading to his home,
was attacked by two highwaymen.
who demanded him to throw up his
hands and give over all the money he
had, amounting to $400. Gregor
lodged two shots fired by the high
waymen, and, whipping out his own
revolver, shot one of the men through
the mouth and in the left breast. kill
ing him instantly. The other man
broke and ran and eluded the officers.
Gregor had closed his saloon little
after midnight and was returning
home. The highwaymen held up four
other persons earlier in the evening
and secured over 500 In money and
two gold watches. To show their ap.
probation of his act in killing one OF
the highwaymen, residents of the
neighborhood in which Gregor lives
are planning a celebration.
Gilpin observer., 1911-08-03
BABY'S HAIR ALL CAME OUT

When my first baby was six months
old he broke out on his head with little
bumps. They would dry up and leave
a scale. Then it would break out
again and 1t spread all over his head.
All the hair came out and his head
was scaly all over. Then his face
broke out all over in red bumps and
1t kept spreading until 1t was on his
hands and arms. l bought several
boxes of ointment, gave him blood
medicine, and had two doctors to treat
him, but he got worse all the time.
He had 1t about six months when a
friend told me about Cuticura. sent
and got bottle of Cuticura Resolvent,
cake of Cuticura Soap and a box of
Cuticura Ointment. In three days
after using them he began to i'm
prove. He began to take long maps
and to stop scratching his head. After
taking two bottles of Resolvent, two
boxes of Ointment and three cakes OF
Soap he was sound and well, and never
had any breaking out of any kind. His
hair came out in little curls all over
his head. / don't think anything else
would have cured him except Cuti-
cura.
Il have bought Cuticura Ointment
and Cuticura Soap several times since
to use for cuts and sores and have
never known them to fail to cure what
| put them on. Cuticura Soap is the
best that have ever used for toilet
purposes" (SigneO Mrs. F. E. Har-
mon, r. F. d. 2. Atoka. Tenn. Sent.
10. 1910. Although Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are sold everywhere, SAM
pie Of each, with 32-page book, will
be mailed free on application to "Cuti-
cura," Dept. 16 l., Boston.
Gilpin observer., 1911-08-03
Blq Park Project Started.

Grand Junction.-The largest prof.
ect on the western slope this year,
has been started and will be rushed to
completion. Water from the Little
Dolores and East creek will be con.
veyed in a canal seventeen miles long
to the 10000 acres OF dry farming
land in the Big Park section at cost
of not more than $25O.0O0. Water will
be flowing on the land in time for
crops next summer at cost per acre
Of only $3.50. This Is the cheapest
water on the Western slope.
Gilpin observer., 1911-08-03
Government Claims seepaee.

Gunnison-Through filings made in
the state engineers office, the United
States government served notice to
individuals and corporations that it
lays claim to all the seepage and waste
water from the canals and bitches in
the Gunnison tunnel project. The
government says it can utilize this
water and save at least 100000, and
it doesn't propose to let private par
ties and corporations reap benefit
they are not entitled to from the 1900
feet of water it is bringing to 10000
acres of arid land in the Grand val
ley at a cost of $4,000,000 or more.
Gilpin observer., 1911-08-03
Strawberry Growers Facing Loss.

Steamboat Springs-A shortage of
strawberry pickers has put local grow
ers in bad plight and it is estimated
that more than 1000 crates of Iipe
berries will probably go to waste un-
less pickers can be found. Neither
the association or growers have been
able to find pickers to harvest the
crop. and in an effort to secure more
help the growers have advanced the
price to pickers "a cents per crate.
Gilpin observer., 1911-08-03
FREE LIST BILL
PASSES SENATE
ORIGINAL HOUSE MEASURE VOT.
ED DOWN BY TIE
VOTE.
VERY SLIGHT CHANGE
AS AMENDED BY SENATE BILL
PASSES BY VOTE OF
4s TO 80.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


Washington.--Th Senate by an
other remarkable coalition Of Demo
Gratis and Republican insurgents
passed farmers free list bill after
voting down the original House meas
ure so closely that one more Demo.
cratic senator would have changed the
result and left the entire revision is
sue squarely before the President.
1.-THE unholy alliance" as the combi-
nation of the Republican wing and thu
Democratic party has been called
swept aside host of amendments, vot-
ed down by a tie vote the original
House measure and then carried by y
surprising concentration of strength a
measure differing from the House bill
only in comparatively unimportant par.
ticulars.
Now the bill goes back to the House
and Democratic Leader Underwood Of
that body confidently asserted that it
will be finally agreed to in confer
ence between the two houses and sent
10 fTeSlQenL IdIC.
1t is not certain that the House
will insist on a conference, for many
prominent Democratic representatives,
believing that the bill has not been ma
terially changed, are urging that the
House accept the Senate bill without
controversy and rush the first of the
tariff measures up to the President.
81 think the bill will go to Presi-
dent Taft" said Leader Underwood.
II am not sure it will be sent to
conference; 1 certainly see nothing to
prevent the two houses from reaching
an agreement upon its final FORM"
Had Senator Bailey of Texas voted
with his Democratic associates, or
had Governor Hoke Smith of Georgia,
as the new senator-elect from that
state, been on hand and voted with his
party, the free list bill would have
passed the Senate unchanged, ana
could have been in the hands of Presi-
dent Taft now.
Mr.. Bailey announced that he hoped
the privilege of casting the deciding
vote would fell to him in order to
onOW ulo OPpooilioh. boNSihoi
has insisted all along that he would
not leave Georgia at this time to as
sumo his seat in the Senate.
The House free list bill was beaten
on tie vote of 80 to 39, was then re-
considered, changed by compromise
amendment offered by Senator Kern
of Indiana, and passed as amended by
a vote of as to 80.
Originally the bill provided that
meat products, flour and cereal prod
ucts, from all countries should be ad-
mitted free into the United States.
The Kern amendment provides that
this free admission shall apply cnly
to meats, flour and cereal products
coming from any foreign country
with which the United States has a
reciprocal trade agreement and which
shall admit from the United States
free of duty cotton, corn, wheat, oats,
horses, cattle and hogs"
1t is admitted that this provision
applies only to Canada, after the new
reciprocity agreement shall have be-
come effective.
Gilpin observer., 1911-08-03
Man Given Life Sentence.

Canon City.-John Smith, in the
Fremont County District Court, was
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree for killing Dominick Mangino
near Portland, in this county, on the
night of June 14th. His punishment
was fixed at life Imprisonment.
Gilpin observer., 1911-08-03
Texas to Regulate Liquor.

Austin, Textile first step of the
special session of the Legislature to-
ward stringent saloon regulation in
Texas was taken when a Senate COM
mittee reported favorably resolution
for closing saloons from at night un-
til in the morning, 10-mile law and
a quart law. The resolution was in
troduced simultaneously in both
Houses.