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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-12
HOUSE & HERR MANN
Seventh and Eye Streets

The basic principles of service rest on quail
ties that can be relied upon-in assortment that
truly reflects the best designing thought of the
time - and places such merchandise before
you at prices that represent keen determlna-
ton to be actually lowest.
In every one of these features we qualify.
And we 90 further to the extension of
credit for convenience Credit" is a much
abused woodland the ordinary use of it does
not comprehend in theory nor practice what it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-12

" ~ dES
This Store Meets Every Requirement Its Service to YOU
Seventh and Eye Streets

and woman is entitled We are extending to
YOU in retail way-exactly the recognition we
and all other merchants strive to enjoy in the
larger wholesale way.
Credit is the bulwark of the individual-the
corporation-the nation. It's the estimate in
which we are all held by others. And we hold our
customers in high enough esteem to grant them
this accommodation = not as a favor = but as
their commercial right.
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skirt had stood alone the discussion
about it might
X-Ray Skirt have died
Follows the Others mos sneedilv

followed by the all but transparent
bodice, by the abandonment OF the petit
coat and last summer, by the X-ray
skirt. (Of course. only the extreme
styles. the top of the mode, are being
considered They are. however. typical,
for all of the ready-made garments at
least, are but notifications and adapta-
tons of these extreme nodes.
Girls began to be sent home from
school because their skirts were slashed
or their waists too thin. The clergy be-
gan a nationwide crusade against I'M
modest dress. And this is the furore OF
debate and argument now on. On the
other hand the styles have their de-
tenders. The slashed skirt is praised
because il is neat. il gives freedom OF
movement. and If worn with n proper
petticoat, it cannot be called immodesf
1t is a noteworthy fact that its chief de-
tenders do insist upon the petticoat.
No less person than Miss Jane Adams,
whose pre- eminence in the struggle Tor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-12
universal mode for oil but formal

As the skirts were lifted from touch
ing the ground. their cores decreased
in number. the circular skirt passed
into memory and gradually the Skin {
became narrower and narrower. FL
nelly, in the natural order of things.
its narrowness decreased to ughtness
and then was the hobble skirt
Now, the hobble skirt was caprice.
1t was not utilitarian. IT prevented
women walking freely, made boarding
street car an adventure of doubtful
outcome. and generally was an i'm
pediment to pedestrianism. But its
lines were good For the slender
woman and young girl. 1T furnished
me proper silhouette Not desiring to
abandon its good lines. but yet insist
ing upon the inherent human right
OF walking, the hem of the skirt
was slashed. Horror of horrors. One
might have thought that never before
bad an ankle been exposed, The press
and pulpit numbered. but the dress
makers went on slashing skirts and
the women wearing them They had re-
gained the power 10 walk.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-12

social betterment is universally &C
knowledged defended the modern styles
on the ground that they are simple
and give the necessary physical freedom.
But none is more insistent than she that
freedom in mind and not any desire TO
increase or accentuate the sex appeal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-12

Two women came together on a corner
near the market-of a Saturday morning
The one in badly Numbered white looked
like any other small-waged daughter of
the people. The one in foulard that
began well. but went wrong in the wear
ing, was so large-framed and strong
armed that she might have bowled over
the average man-person every day in the
week And twice on Sunday.
Unfortunately for this impression. how
ever, she had the appearance of having
lust come out of a ring in which the
laurels OF war had gone to the other
party. One Of her really fine eyes-Irish
blue-was blackened with what looked to
be charcoal, but was doubtless fist. \
welt ridsed it's red way across one cheek.
and a handkerchief around the neck
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-12

4 man with a fishing pole sat on he
river bank near the Atchson water
works intake.
How MANY have sou eauSht2' sofne
one asked him.
When I get another III have one 10
replied.-kansas City Star.
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them nearly every day. Every year, for
instance, | find that the National Mu-
scum has opened for me a vast new
feld-and for inexpensive, enjoyable and
historically interesting outside trips.
There is but one Mount Vernon-and
look at the combined charm of ocean.
land picturesqueness and patriotic thrills
YOU get out of a visit to Norfolk and
Fort Monroe. Why, il is worth travel
ing across every state in the Union TO
see the batteships in Hampon roads.
Europe the Ear west and every other
tourist-beaten trail L know about are
worth following once or twice, but for
unfaiiing interest. give me Washington
every time. And all the time.
The splendid thing about this boost is
that il comes from an intellectual WON
an of practical sense. experience and
professional high standing, who knows
what she is talking aut.
And who isn't paid TO toot horns.
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$$l8.7755

If you will only make criti-
cal inspection OF the arrange
ment you'll find this model of
Cabinet is the greatest labor
saver-is most practical in its
design and thorough and COM
piete in construction. Such d
price has never been quoted be-
fore.
Solid Oak, Golden Oak Finish with
nickeled zinc table top, that slides
back and forth as required; the flour
bin has removable sitter; bread and
cake boxes are of sanitary metal con-
struction; beneath are bins and COM
partments-and in the top "a White
enamel cupboard conveniently ar
ranged.
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WOMEN'S WEAR.
V.-The Trend of Fashion.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

Are hoopskirts coming back? Or will
women discard skirts and put on trou-
sers? O.. VIII they obey the mandate Of
NJ Paul Poiret and wear both?
Are the prevailing styles sensible. Civ
ing greater freedom of movement and
liberty of breath to the women who wear
them? Or are they essentially immodest
their ostensible simplicity merely being
device TO reveal the figure and ac-
centuate the sex appeal?
These are questions that are being
asked in the maelstrom of discussion
now raging about the fashions. The,
Indicate tremendous and radical differ
ence of opinion. and at the same time
suggest that the subject is hardly worthy
Of discussion, because the present mode
is so ephemeral that ii may be displaced
tomorrow by radically new and entirely
different STYLES.
New fashions arc born of a curious
wedlock. One parent is Utility and the
ohcr Caprice The fashions, be sue
cessfui, must partake of the qualities of
both. The modern mode may be said To
have had its beginning with the ntroduc-
ton OF the narrow skirt-the much dis
cussed hobble- Now, the hobble skirt
NSio tiliiu VI tdpFlCS, out IL also
closely related to Utility
Fashions in womens wear change with
such rapidity that ii is necessary to com
pei ones mind to take the backward trail
in order to find any explanation for the
style of the moment. Do YOU remember
a dozen years ago when women wore
skirts or tremendous width and of great
length. sweeping the pavements as they
walked along. and exercising an uncom-
mon degree of agility TO prevent tripping
on their own skirts2
Do you remember how the long wide
skirt fell from its high estateq Ii
was sanitary
Long, Wide Skirt triumph. Won.
Falls Into Disfavor. 81 We're told
skirts should not be used as a aub-
stitute for strest-sweeping machinery
In bad weather the trailing skirt was
so quickly soiled that women rejoiced
when the style-makers granted them
the favor of the short skirt for wear
In. bad weather. 1t was called the
rainy daisy" and created almost as
much comment as its slashed success
sor of today. But ii was so much more
comfortable. so much cleaner, that
soon shortiength skirts became the
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Split Skirt Marks
Trend of the Times.

correctly speaking, the splitting OF the
skirt is the unconscious practical
manifestation of the trend Of the time.
and an unofficial announcement to the
world at large that women no longer
dress for the delectation of the male
eye alone. Whether il is for his good
or for his bad. they have announced
themselves as determined to have a
reasonable amount of comfort and
freedom. They have cast off responsible
ity for the real or alleged lure of their
arms and their legs. and have become
human beings The slit is little
declaration of independence all by it.
self.
$50 il seems as though II We're up to
the men to get the habit of seeing women
dress comfortably and naturally, and IL
their minds are in a normal, healthy
state, they viii see nothing objectionable
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Mrs. Lillian Woodward Street, dress

Mrs. Lillian Woodward Street, dress
maker of national reputation, in recent
d d res in
Sums Up Defense Chicago. sum-
Of Modern Fashions. defense Of the
modern fashions. She said:
when one walks down Michigan ave-
nue. one wonders by whose edit the petit
coat was banished Was it by the hose
makers, SO that their wares could show
to greater advantage? / am Just old
fashioned enough to believe that modesty
is womar's greatest charm. and so long
the public exhibition of h'.ed hosiery
is considered immodest. | believe we
should recall the petticoat from its ban
ishment and at least wear it with muslin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-10-12

aese freaks of fashion We're manifest
) vulgar, unnecessary and unsightly
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A colored couple stood on curb the
other day, watching the soldiers go bv.
The woman was lastly gowned, with
pompadour from which every ripple had
oeen patent-combed. and a complexion as
golden as pumpkin blossom on vine.
The man, equally prosperous in appear
ance must have considered that so pa
triotic an occasion called for loyalty of
sentiment. for, the band stopped its
drum beating and took up tune he re-
marked with an emotion that The elias
sizes would define as top-1oftical:
Il cert'nly was cut out for a solier,
Miss Dele. My heart always beats double
time when / hears that national anthem"
Nothing to the incident. of course.
Nothing in the world, only-the band hap
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to me sometimes that that duck would
talk If 1t could. It's got bright,
knowing eye and fine greenish- blue
feathers, with gray speckled down under
its tail feathers"
To fight for ones country and to suffer
for 1T through the rainy days of half
century, and to have nothing better than
a fowl for ones intimate comrade must
have touched the woman for she showed
her work aside and asked with real
heart interest:
WHAT kind of a duck is it,
a stuffed duck, ma am
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"A hard stubborn Cold that
hangs on, is broken up by
Humphreys "SeVentV-sevenn
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This is the twentieth century. and
women have passed out of the veil
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But this was not all. If the slashed
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Do you remember how the long, wide
skirt fell from its high estateq II
New-York tribune., 1913-05-26
FARRAGUT POST ON DECK
Old Naval Heroes Turn Out for
Broadway Tabernacle Service.

Don't give up the ship'-the motto OF
Farragut Naval Post 5l6 G.. A. R.
was exemplfed last night at the Broad
way Tabernacle. when fell crew re-
ported in uniform and white gloves TO
show that some OF those who fought Tor
the Union on the sea are still on deck
ready and able TO obey the call OF their
commander Sherburne c. Van Tassel.
The men of Farragut Post and OF the
Monitor Association Of Naval Veterans.
of Brooklyn. occupied peUs on the main
floor of the church and listened TO SER
mon by the Rev. Charles l.. Jefferson.
Farragut Post is the only one In the De-
partment OF New York whose member
ship is composed exclusively OF veterans
of the Civil War who served in the navy.
Commander Van Tassel's order 10 attend
this service contains the following verse:
Every yCar We are marching slower;
Every year are STOPPING lower;
Every year the Hitting music
Stirs the hearts of older men.
Every wear the flags above US
Seem 10 bend and bless and love U.S.
As " grieving for the future
VII u We Will never march again.
New-York tribune., 1913-05-26
TRIBUTE TO "SUNSET cox"
Letter Carriers Association
Holds Memorial Service.

Memorial services in honor Of the mem
ory Of Samuel Sullivan C'Sunset'D Cox
were held yesterday In Carnegie Hall,
under the auspices Of the New York Let
ter Carriers Association. Empire Branch.
Sc. y. A. l. G. The Peoples Choral
Union. consisting Of two hundred voices.
under the direction OF Edward G.. Mar
GUARD. volunteered It's services.
Chief Magistrate William @. McAdoo
was the principal speaker. He said In
part:
Il am glad 10 be here on this occasion
for ! believe that the letter carriers are
the most faithful body OF employees OF
the government. That these men, after
twenty-five years. meet to do honor ana
give thanks 20 the man who did no more
than he thought to be his duty toward
body Of men who then needed champion
speaks well for this association.
Other speakers were |. l.. Allen, senator
lanes +. MARITIME. William +. Kelly ana
REPRESENTATIVE Thomas l.. Reilly OF
Meriden. Conn. The latter during inc
services accepted diamond ring gi'
for his wife, presented by the Letter Car
riers' Association.
New-York tribune., 1913-05-26
FLAG MARKS GRANTS PEW
Generals Old Seat Vacant at
Metropolitan Temple Service.

General Grant was the topic OF Frank
Moss. Assistant District Attorney. last
night al a memorial service at the Met
ropolitan Temple. 18th street and Seventh
avenue The Rev. DR.. John Wesley 1ill.
formerly pastor OF the Temple. intro
duced Mr.. Moss, and the latter's son.
Arthur Bruce Moss. appointed pastor or
the Temple at the last conference OF the
Methodist Church. took part IN the ser
vice.
General Grant used TO attend the Met
ropolitan Temple. and the pc" ne occu-
Iied was vacant last night out of respect
for his memory. being marked by haS
The Rev Stephen Merritt who was the
undertaken at the burial of General Grant
was in the audience.
Mr. Moss said the mistakes when
brought about the civil War were large
Iv mistakes of the intellect General
Grant had faith In his country, confidence
In its people and love for God. added
Mr. Moss Whether he was the great
est general does not concern me any more
than | am concerned whether Lincoln was
the greatest statesman. They both were
men whom God called to perform certain
duties. which they did simply and well.
General Grant was the least proud
man that ever lived. ! have received
more comfort and announcement from
his life than from that Of any other
man. lie was not afraid to acknowledge
that he was afraid
New-York tribune., 1913-05-26
BROOKLYN DEAD HONORtD
Many Organizations Join IN e.
A. R. Memorial.

A parade and memorial exercises were
held Yesterday afternoon by the Army
and Navy Union in honor Of the soidlers
hurled I'm the national cemetery at Cy-
press Hills. Brooklyn.
The ranks OF the Grand Army men
were pathetically thinner than they were
even a short year ago. The old soldiers
hair seemed whittier and their frames
bit more bent But the old spirit was
in evidence throughout the march OF TWO
and one-haIf miles 10 the burying ground
from Bushwick and Gates avenues.
Thousands of persons watched them
go by
The parade was reviewed by General
John G Eddy. 22d Brigade. New YORK
National Guard. Ex-senator r. h. Gled-
hill was in charge of the ceremonies at
tho cemetery. The Rev. Father kiley'
of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament
pronounced the invocation. The orator
of the dav was George McAneny. Bor-
ough President Of Manhattan The Kew.
Floyd Appleton, Of St Clements PROT
estant Episcopal Church, gave the oehe-
diction There were dirges and nauohal
airs bv regimental bands and singing Oh
patriotic songs.
New-York tribune., 1913-05-26
GIBBONS AT DEDICATION
Cardinal Assists in Services at
St. Agnes's Church.

Cardinal Gibbons assisted yesterday in
the dedication OF 81 Agness Roman
Catholic Church. Hoyt and Sacke''
streets. Brooklyn. Monsignor James ,.
Duffy. rector Of the church. Is a lifelonS
friend of the Cardinal Much attention
was attracted to the dedication owing
to an unfortunate happening Of dozen
years ago.
Father Duffy had just completed pay
ing of the debt on mis- new ohurch' "neh
i'm the summer Of 1901 lightning struck
the steeple and the building was burned
10 the ground. He and his parishioners
Immediately set 10 work TO rebuild. and
the present church building was put up
in sections as money could be collected
At the services Yesterday morning the
Right Rev Charles T. Mcdonnell. bishop
of Long Island. dedicated the church,
tho Cardinal said the mass and Blshop
O'Connell preached the sermon.
New-York tribune., 1913-05-26
TEN THOUSAND PRESENT
AT HIGH MILITARY MASS
Navy Yard Scene of Impressive
Ceremonies-Musical Pro-
gramme Feature.

A high military mass. attended by ths
pomp and ceremony of uniformed troops.
waving banners and blare OF martial
music, was celebrated yesterday morning
before a congregation Of ten thousand
people i'm the campus of the New YORK
Navy Yard. The ceremony was under the
auspices OF Gloucester Camp. D. Spanish
War Veterans. and Long Island Chapter
Of the knights Of Columbus.
Behind the altar. constructed on the
parade ground and decorated with flowers
and palms the balconies Of the naval bar
racks were hung with pennants and bunt-
ing. Many OF the congregation found
places on these balconies 10 view the
imposing array OF the clergy and the
thirty religious and military organizations
drawn up on the field below.
AS In the former navy yard celebrations,
Lieutenant Colonel John 4. L~jeune'
/. s VI. e.. commandant ~ the Marine
Corps. was I'm charge of the formation on
the parade ground. The grand marshal
vas Past Commander Alfred \. Mitchell.
who was ass sted toy Past Senior VICE
Commander John Fitzgerald. Past Adju-
taut william McCauley and Past Com
mandant william u Keating. National
Commander in chief Maurice Simmons
and his stan. stationed on rcvie" NJ
stand Al Fort Greene Park. reviewed the
parade as IL entered the grounds.
The New York Police Band played fo'
an hour while the DELEGATIONS were arriv-
ing and forming TO await the religious
.
Gus fif- and drum corps. music was fur-
nished also by the Marine Corps Band.
a choir OF one hundred voices. under
the direction OF Arthur :. Somers, sanS
the music of the mass.
The Rev. Or. John = ch dwick, chap
lain OF the battleship Maine when she
was sunk I'm Havana Harbor. and now
president Of St Johns Seminary. at Dun
woodie. y Y. who celebrated last year $
mass. was master OF ceremonies. The
other priests officiating were Monsignor
Connolly and the Rev. W. H. l. Reaney'
L. s. y. chaplain OF the Utah. Mon
signor Edward ". McCarty. rector OF
ST Ausustlne's Church. Brooklyn.
preached the sermon.
Father McCarty's words were tribute
10 the men Of 81 and 90. who marched
10 war for what they believed 10 be a
lust cause. and the expression Of fer
vent hope that war would soon be 2 thinB
OF the past.
The Star Spangled Banner" sung by
the choir and accompanied By the Police
and Marine Corps bands, ended the ser
vice.
After the mass Major General George
+. Elliott Camp 3S. United Spanish war
Veterans. escorted by battalion or
marines and the Marine Corps Band.
marched TO the Navy Hospital Cemetery
where memorial service was held for
the sailor dead.
New-York tribune., 1913-05-26
THIN BLUE LINE HEARS
MARTIAL MUSIC AGAIN
War Veterans Totter Through
church Portals and Then Dec
orate Comrades Graves.
1HRONG AT ST. PATRlCK'S
yormer Chaplain of the Ill
Fated Maine Delivers Ad-
dress-Services at
St. Johns.

That thin blue line. totterirg through
,burch portals all day long yesterday.
- the strains Of martial music, was a
aserent sight fifty years ago. Then
they we're stalwart young men, the
pgbt of battle in their eyes. the firm
,.solve to do or die in their bearing.
II vas the flower of American man
hood. ire sisuble. uncOnquerable.
# was different Yesterday. The uni
FIRMS were no longer blue. but faded;
tho sabres that once flashed in the rays
n the sun were dull. tarnished. the
,sces once ruddy with the blood of
,outh we're now scanned and wizened
Nth the passage of threescore years
and more. From beneath old military
ans wh.sps of sparse. white hair blew
in the May wind Half a century back
and those white LOCKS were auburn,
brown or black.
Yes. a great chance had come over
that thin biue line IN the passage of
ffty years but there were some touches
of similarity Those upon whom age
had laid a dttalning hand felt again
the thrill of .ood ,oursing through
their veins II was not the call TO bat
lie that caused their dim eyes to
sparkle as with youth nov. IT was the
memory Of other days. the knowledge
Of the deeds t-ey had accomplished in
the past.
Through the citys streets. thronged
with Sunday raG RS. gay with wom-
ems brilliant llUmage. the heroes of
Yesterday wonded their various ways
TO church and cathedral Some more
hardy than others, lent a helping hand
10 their fellows And others again.
though rheumatism racked their aged
Joints. felt the in renee Of the martial
music. IT was as wine 10 them; they
forgot inhrmities forgot the hardShips
Of old age, forgot all, except that brass
bands were L ding them and that the
battle-scarred flags of hallowed memo
~ once again huttered over their
heads.
other men Of war took part in the
Memorial Sunday worship. The veter-
ans Of the war with Spain, men OF
middle age now. marched cheek by
jowl with their fathers who had bat
tied for their country's flag before
them Every man was there to honor
the memory Of comrades who had
fallen by an enemys bullet or beeO
laid low by the devastating hand Of
disease
1t was a picture Of war and its grim
sccoutrements, set in a framework OF
peace.
ST. Patrick's Cathedral opened its
great doors TO several hundred veter-
ans, who listened to an address by the
Rev. John P. Chidwick, former chap
lain Of the ill-fated battleship Maine.
other hundreds marched to st. Johns
Cathedral and listened 10 memorial
services, and almost every church on
the upper West Side, in Harlem and
The Bronx welcomed those who had