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The Washington herald., 1912-02-11
FoRlTHE PARTY FRocK.

It is Just Httio dlfncnlt. as many
mothers WIN agree, to get on the beaten
track where quite little girls party fFOelS.
are concerned and. at the same time. avoid
falling into noo.s.too advanced to be se-
counted childish
Particularly IN view are girls ranging
In age from nine to eleven years. or there
about. and perhaps the original sugSss-
tion. Of a tansta frOck win meet the case.
The slightly fulIed skirt is mounted On
to the Inevitable Magyar bodice. and both
are simply trimmed with bouIllonnees Of
the sllk. tiny knot Of roses in the form
OF wreath making break at the lefl
SIDE OF the waist
White or any very. very pale colors&
moussellns tafrsta may be nss4
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be separate, for they also can be left of
as the weather grows warmer, and yet
the coat of itself win be satisfactory; The
costumes Of ratine have been smart this
season, and while the material is too
warm to wear late in the spring a ratine
costume is good investment now. as the
fabric is bound to be- fashionable again
next winter. 1t is SO closely woven and
50 soft and light that it is almost ideal to
wear, and. best of all, is a material that
is easy to ft-s.point worthy of consider
alton
Velvet and cloth gowns trimmed with
fur are extremely smart and the wool
back satin brocade and uncut velvet
gowns are most becoming, made in the
present styles. with the wide bands Of
fur. One piece gowns are most popular,
but the coat and skirt with separate waist
have TOO firm hold upon the affections
Of the women in general to be put aside
in favor Of any new scheme. Taifeta also
is combined with fur just as later, it wiz
Be combined with cloth ana satin, and this
the clever woman realizes Accordingly
she studies these late winter designs to
copy them for her spring outfit.
+
Fur and Fur Trimmed Garments.
Fur trimmed and all fur motor and
evening wraps win b worn for many
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L a F E 5 T

the sleeve. though exaggeratedly long
quite full and loose. with high waist line
and broad black belt fastened with a
buckle in front. The gown Is fastened
in front. fashion thai dres1makers dis
like. but that appeals .irresistibly to the
majority of wOmankind.
The broad revers are Of satin. with
theavylace or braiding, while the full rjabOt
Of white lace can be worn with high
stock collar of transparent net or lace. or
without collar. The latter viii not be
becoming. however, as cloth and braided
,revers are hard and trying even to the
freshest complexion.
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F A S H 1 Q N 5

A rather light embroidery without any
open work Is used on some of the hand
soonest os the gold stockings
Fos street wear buttoned boots witA
coloFed tops continue to be extremely
smart. The boots with white tops arr
much used. but persons of quieter tasts
prefer those with either tan. gray or
dun light brown top. a color. something
between olive and gray. which is most at
tractive..
In silk stockings for street wear thos'
in two tones of silk are among ths
newest importations. These are in deer
-eolors. blue shading to green. red SHADING
10 blue. purple shading to brown, &c
There is no embroidery on these stock
ings. except that some of them hsvt
clocks. bot they are woven in a ribbed
design, so that the effect of the change
able eolors is quite decorative.
Many women still continue to weal
pumps in the street. especially in ths
afternoon. but among women who feel
uncomfortable when their ankles are so
exposed in cold weather there has been
a return to the button boots. even on oe-
casions when afternoon dress is worn.
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weeks to come, and the brOcade and fur
cloaks are as magnificent as ever Lace
and chiffon combined with velvet and
trimmed with fur are to be seen 10 some
Of the newest evening wraps, and there
are some new lines to be noticed. also that
gold braiding and embroidery play a
most important part. The same eeat now
made in these heavier materials can be
taken as model fOrsatn. chiffon or soft
finished silk, and marabou can be substi-
tuted for the skunk or fox trimmings, and
there are hounced silks and satins among
the remnants that win make the most
effective of opera cloaks on the same lines
as those now shown in velvet snd fur.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-11
BY MRS. A. T. AsHMoRE,

HE constant effort to keep up
with the question of dress re-
quires inexhaustible energy and
unfaiIing courage. No sooner is
-- the effort Of gathering together
the winter wardrobe completed
than the task of selecting the spring outfit
begins, and with snow and ice everywhere
must the thinnest of materials be selected
and all preparations for hot weather be
started. At the same time the woman
who loves clothes-and what attractive
woman does not?-cannot fail to have a
delightful "thrilP' of excitement over the
new importations. the dainty spring mod
els, displayed so temptingly in midwin-
ter $50
Now that it is the accepted custom for
so many people to so South, there are
many more summer fashions exhibited
weeks in advance than was formerly the
case, but often these advance fashions
are designed for the Southern trade and
are not to be relied upon as the only ones
to be selected to COPY for the spring and
summer outfit. So that it requires care
full judgment and cultivated taste to order
wisely.
This year there are ainumber of uA-
usually attractive models exhibited that
are worthy of notice. Silk is to be a
most popular material and there are many
most attractive silk gowns, made in black
and colors.
Very charming in its simplicity is a Nat
tier blue silk gown with double skirt,
loose wnist and one large reyer of finest
embroidered muslin, with round collar
and cuffs, of the same embroidery. The
gown,is made in one piece. lsin6t bOned
and is to be worn over q, fitted lining or
brassiere. Two details of the spring and
summer fashions worthy of note are the
uubOned one piece gown and the fine hand
made separate so that they can be easily
laundered.
Ratne has been the fashionable ma;
embroidered collars, cuffs and reyers,
terisl of the winter. and while it is too
warm 10 wear ate in the spring, there are
different weights Of it andit is to be used
for many smart skirt and coat costumes.
The present trend of fashion is appar-
emily to make every womsn look lhrger
and shapeless, and one of the latest mod-
els in a ratine costume has apparently
been most carefully CONSTRUCTED on such
lines. The strs'ghl round skirt is white
at the upper part. but the lower part is
Of black and white stripe. the stripes IN
bsyadere style instead of perpendieular.
The coat is loose from the shoulders and
is finished with fine same bayadere effect
"a black and white stripes 10 look well inl
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out pleats or fulness. The bottom Is
finished with a shaped aOunce. which is
daintily embroidered in white.
Thin silk petticoats are worn by those
who cling to. fashion traditions and COM
promise by choosing a skirt& that fits
closely to the figure and does not show
any outlines through dress skirt of the
narrOwest cut. italian silk mesh makes
an excellent body part for such a petit
coat and wide rufie or pleating of thin
silk Is suitable trimming.
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and the hand embroidered velvet or tulle
bands are smart and becoming. the EN-
brOidery small rhinestones, worked in de-
signs copied from the real stones. A
band of tulle with jewelled slides or with.
out the slides and tied in bow at the
back is not new style. but is stiIl fash
iOnable. A broad tulle scarf. white or
light color, draped over the shoulders is
a new fad. but this is more suitable to the
low cut gown than to the cOllarless or V
shape neck.
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EVENING GOWNS,

4 rNT Is near At hand. and the season
Cor dances win soon come to az end,
but there win be endless opportunities
to wear the superb evening gowns that
have only lately been ordered to take the
place. Of thOse that have done duty through
the earlier part Of the season These lat-
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this costume requires an almost perfect
figure and that the costume shall be made
by an artist tailor or dressmaker. But
it is one of the popular models, and when
smart leaves nothing to be desired.
A light weight cloth costume or gown is
most satisfactory for the early spring,
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IrALIAN SIX pETTIcoATs

Despite the "no -petticoat" fad now
raging there are women who cannot give
up this bit of lingerie when gOwned for
the evening, and in order to wear only
the thinnest skirt underneath an unlined
silk or satin dress they choose sheer
linen and have the skirt cut to fit with
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high, bnt there is no collar and the lining
Of the waist Is cut away under the lace
or net yoke.
To many women this is asfar more un-
becoming fashion tIIan:the low gown, and
there are many methods resorted to to
o6viste the difneulty. The, dog collar of
pearls and diamonds is fayOrite fashion.
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New Theatre Gowns.

Theatre gowns have become all-impor-
tant, and the low cut waist is now ac-
cepted as the correct fashion. But, while
ball gowns are sometimes worn at the
play when there is to be an entertainment
of note that evening, theatre gowns should
be simpler in design and not cut so low.
The square or v shape neck Is more suit
able, and the gown should not be SO elab.
crate as the one to be worn at the opera
or a ball. The fashion Of a plain satin.
preferably a shade, with the upper part
of the waist Of light or white, is extremely
popular, and very smart models have been
lately turned out on this order. the light
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bad as shabby winter clothes. Con-
sequentIy it is well to taks advantage
Of the attractive winter fashions now to be
purchased at such reductions. And be it
known there are wise women who contend
that this is the time of all others TO pur.
chase not only evening gowns and furs
but. above all, smart street costumes, the
very latest designs from the best houses.
that were not shown to the multitude at
the beginning of the season.
Fur trimmed coats are much smarter
now than the an fur coats. which are
now more used for motor and evening
wraps. The fur trimmed skirts viii soon
have to be discarded. but the removing of
the fur around the hem of the skirt Is all
sufficient. The fur collar and cuffs should
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and there are some smart models on this
order that later viii be copied in satin.
silk or crepe de Chine. A graceful and
effective form of pastel cloth has --.ue
novel deians .hA dirt hsins LONG and
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LATE WINTER DESIGNS.

lNH HILE it is certainly advisable
N to prepare the spring outfit well
w in advance, it is also advisable
" not to neglect the dress of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-01
CONTINUED on Page TwO.)
STRENUOUS LIFE
Fist Fight During ROOsevelt's
North Carolina Speech.
Taft Man Champions Colonel
Against Band of COEIegians.

Salisbury, Oct. 1.-E. c. Duncan,
Republican national committeeman
from North Carolina, was attacked by
Col Roosevelt in speech here.
THE primaries in North Carolina
last spring I won" Col. Roosevelt
said
Carrying counties by to 1, TO
1 and even ten to one, the nations
committeeman Mr.. Duncan took part
in stealing tile nomination from me
Mr.. Duncan was not engaged in high
way robbery. 1t was not as nervy as
that, it was the sneak thief business" ."
At Hickory fifty students from Le-
more college gave the college cheer
Wilson. Wilson on the end.
That's a fine cry to keep up the
spirits of the side that ought to lose,
Colonel Roosevelt shouted.
A man in the crowd shouted: ST m
Taft Republican, but L want a square
deal for Roosevelt You college boys
have got to keep STILL
Boys Colonel Roosevelt called
out, you are long on noise but you're
just a little short on intelligence
The students continued cheering until
Roosevelt champion tried to force one
out of the crowd. The student hit him
in the face. Others Joined in. Just
then the train started and as Colonel
Roosevelt inst signt OF the crowd the
Taft Republican aid the students
were still pummelling each other. Col.
ton frC m central . EASTERN tire at
Asheville and thinking he would be
in the town all hour ami 20 minutes
he remained in his stateroom Outside
there was a crowd which the colonel
did not wish to disapnoint. He arose
hastily. slipped OH such garments as
lie could d in a tex sec,r.:s and
went out TO the ilGtiorin TO wave
gCodby TO the crow:
No one had seen the colonels hasty
exit The rest of the party was asleep
and the porter te lleAn told that th4
colonel, too, was sleeping and no one
should be admitted: 10 the car. Ha
locked the door IS the train dew out.
Colonel Roosevelt rang the bell. The
porter. mindful of his orders let the
he'll ring and kept away from the
door. Colonel Roosevelt kept his fin
ger on the bell - five minutes then
gave up. At the next station 20 min
utes later a trainman found him and
opened the car door.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-01
HE is CONFIDENT.
Judge Thompson Expects $4,000 and
Is Sure of $4,000 Over Stubbs.

Judge William H. Thompson of
Garden City, declared today that ne
will be disappointed if he does not de-
feat Governor Stubbs for the United
States senate by a majority in excess
of 25,000 and claims that he believes
his majority over Stubbs will reach
10000 or $4,000. Thompson has open
ed headquarters on the second floor
of the New England building and will
prCba bly, spend large portion of the
month in Topeka.
But few early speaking dates have
been arranged for the Democratic
senatorial nominee and he will make
much of his campaign in company with
the speakers to be sent to Kansas by
the Democratic national committee.
Thompson will leave tomorrow fo-
Belleville where he will join the Bry-
an party and will spend two days and
three nights with the Bryan special il
the Fourth, Fifth and Eighth dis
tricts. Saturday Thompson speaks in
Emporia. Next week he will accom-
pany the Wilson special in Kansas and
will later make the trip through the
Fourth and Seventh districts with
Champ Clark. His Emporia engage
ment is the only definite speaking date
now arranged and it is probable that
Thorn pson will make but few speeches
during the remainder of the cam
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-01
U. S. District Attorney Has
Been East on Business.
Declares Roosevelt Sentiment
on the Wane.
TAFT is GETTING STRONGER
The Able Kansas Lawyer Fears
That Wilson May Win.
Some Interesting Federal Court
Cases at Wichita.

Harry ]. Bone, United States district
attorney, who spent the summer in
Colorado, then went to Chicago, Cin-
ciHHati, Washington and New York, hrs
returned to Topeka, and summed in
a few brief words his observations con-
corning the political situation in the
unst.
N cach of the four cities vhero
spent she 'in'e,' he declared l. tie
Roosevelt rIovealol.I is falling G"vyn.
Sentiment for Mr.. Taft is increasing.
talked with representative voters ev-
erywhere, and they all held the saE4s
opinion. In New York the latest polite
cal joke is that the name Bull Moose
party should be changed to Bum
steer party they insist that's the
kind of deal T.. r. is giving them.
New York is Mr.. Roosevelt's home town,
hut there's no hope of his carrying il.
General opinion has it that Roosevelt
Will succeed in doing nothing more than
to divide the Republican vote.
Il believe the majority OF sentiment
says that Mr. Wilson's chances fOt
election are remarkably good.
THE Bull Moose is done for. IL
seems to me there is even less ell
thusiasm in Topeka than there was
when l went away"
Mr.. Bone has been attending the
meetings of the federal court in wich-
ita. and reports that the most inter
esting case tried was the acquittal Of
Warren d. Vincent, postmaster at Hois-
irgton. Mr.. Vincent was charged with
robbing the mails of a registered pack
age worth $1,000 The case was brought
forward last year, but hung over un-
| til this term Of court.
The postmaster claimed that the
package had disappeared before II
reached him. then displayed a hole in
! the bag to prove it. The attorney
contcnded that the hole was too small
! for the package to pass through; that,
therefore, the bag had been opened
I with key. Lack of circumstantia1
I evidence led TO the acquittal of the
postmaster, who is to be under close
surveillance, nevertheless, for an In
I definite time.
! oasA-that-attracted a bit OF
attention was one brought against
/ Paris x. Plunkett. and his step son-in-
/ law, Noah G. Wilhite, both Of whom
We're charged with counterfeiting and
| exchanging bogus five dollar certih-
! Gates Wilhite pleaded guilty Plum
| kett did not. The money was made
| circulated, and discovered in Hutch
| inson, the prisoners home town.
No sooner had Plunkett been ex-
amined and acquitted than he was
| rearrested- d-snatched back in the
clutches of the law, so to speak-and
| charged with the same oCense. perpe-
| trated in Kansas City, Mo. His case
viii be tried later in the Missouri dis
/ triCt court.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-01
Fifty Men Placed on Trial at
Indianapolis
As Defendants in Famous
Dynamite Conspiracy Case.
ONE OF ACCUSED MISSING
And the Mcnamara Brothers
Are in Prison.
Arrangement Grew Out of Los
Angeles Times Tragedy.

Indianapolis. Oct. 1.-Stationed with
in rail in the small court room where
they occupied almost half the space
the defendants charged with completely
in the Mcnamara dynamite plots
were placed on trial today before fed
eraI judge Albert B. Anderson who Or
dered called consolidated case No. 3,
the u. S. vensus Frank NJ. Ryan. ct al
Whoever participated with the Nc
Namara brothers in the series of dyna-
mite and nitroglycerin explosions which
preceded and followed the wrecking of
the Los Angeles Times building, Oct.
1, 1910, when 21 persons were killed, the
government hopes to disclose in the
trial which begins today.
At the head of the list of defendants,
who thus are brought into court ex-
actly two years after the Los Angeles
disaster, are;
Frank H. Ryan, president of the
International association of Bridge and
Structural IronworkerS.
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CONTINUED on Page TwoJ
Wake BLOWN UP
Steam Chest ExpIOdes on Tor
pedO Boat Destroyer.
Lieutenant Morrison Killed
and Eight Others Injured.

Newport, R. l., Oct. Lieut.. Dom
aid P Morrison was killed and eight
men injured today by the explosion of
the steam chest on the torpedo boat
destroyer, Wake.
Lieutenant Morrison entered the SER
vice from Missouri in 1902.
The Wake was launched at the yard
of the Fore River Shipbuilding company
at Quincy. Mass, November 3, 1910.
She is a sister vessel of the destroyers
Perkins and Sterrett. and has a dis
placement of T42 tons. Her complete
crew is so men.
The accident occurred off Trenton 6
reef lightship while the Wake was
preparing for her second quarterly trial
The seriously injured were:
Lieutenant Robert l. Montgomery
of the destroyer Tanning; E. B. Craw-
ford, gunner's mate of the destroyer
Patterson; the umpires named to watch
the tests and the foreign members of
Wakes crew. ]. w. Rumps, machinist
mate. first class; H. L. Wilder, ma
chinist's mate first class; D. S. Kel-
ley, chief machinist mate; ]. Delaney.
first class fireman: w. E. Kraus, oiier
and F. B. Conway, oiler.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-10-01
HOT AND COLD NEAR The THRONE WOMEN IN REPLY
Kansas Suffrage Leaders An
swer Topeka Mans Reasons.
Say They Cannot Afford to Ig-
more Public Questions.

The headquarters of the Kansas
Equal Suffrage association today an
swers the fifty reasons why Topeka
man is against suffrage. Quoting
recent article in the State Journal, the
women write:
Editor Topeka State Journal. Topeka,
Kan
Dear Sir: In your issue of Sep
tember % you quote letter from "a
we'll known Topeka man. which ad-
vanceS $50 reasons against woman
suffrage. Plunging into this eagerly
on the supposition that here at last
was an anti" who had found some
thing new to say against political
equality we were disappointed to see
the fifty reason shrink to two, name
Iy: Cd Do you girls desire to give
up home ?" (and here are enumerated
the things that are supposed to make
home dear); and CD ''could you think
of surrendering home life for =. q.
the responsibilities of citizenship upon
such conundrums as?" (and here are
enumerated all manner of legilation-
past present and to GOMEZ
Boiled down, therefore, the matter
in the two columns of space awarded
to this letter resolves itself into two
questions which are not even perth ent.
Because, of course, those women who
vote now in Kansas on school and
municipal questions do not ''give up
home life" 30 do SO, as every sane man
knows-why should voting for nation
al and state officers be different? And
no male voter has made Up his mind
on that chaotic list of subjects be-
cause no one man could do that and
attend to his own business He elects
presidents and senators and congress-
men to do Just that thing for him,
contenting himself with making up his
mind upon the platform submitted by
the various parties, and the qualifica-
tions of the nominees for carrying
these platforms out. But if any party
platform contained the list of ancient
and future as well as present legisla-
ton enumerated in that letter, it
would swamp the party.
Women can no longer hOnorab bly,
and humanely ignore the public ques-
tions therein mentioned, which refer
to sister women. Indeed such child
labor laws as we have, laws limiting
hours for women workers, etc, ETC.,
have been enacted chiefly through the
passionate persistence and pity of pub
lie spirited women, as Jane Adams
can explain to "the well known man
from Topeka" 1t was of her that
Ambassador Bryce, the distinguished
author of 1.-THE American Common
wealth." said: THE greatest citizen
of America is Miss Jane Adams of
Chicago.
However, If her Progressiveism Of
tends the political sensibilities of ''the
well kown man from Topeka" let him
take a leaf out of the notebook of Mrs.
.aFoIIette. who is now campaigning
throughout Wisconsin for woman suf-
frage. RespeclIuIIy yours,
Headquarters Kansas Equal Suffrage
Association.