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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26


 At last nights meeting of the Board of Building Commissioners permits to erect buildings as follows were asked for
 William Orterlund, tvo-family frame dwelling, west side of Main street
 Jacob Levy, two six-fami1y frame dwellings. west side of Bostwick ave- nus-
 Edward Duhfgg, two-fan1ily frame dwelling. east side F'airlawn avenue.
 Edward Duhigg, two-family frame dwelling, west side of 'Harborview ave nue-
 Edward Duhigg, frame addition, north side of No. 95 Growers avenue.
 Warner Bros, frame shed, south side of Whiting street.
 Warner Bros, frame shed, south side of Whiting street.
 Samuel Greenbaum, cement block garage, east side of LeSko Court
 Joseph Krytzzuski, one story frame addition south side of No. 439 South avenue
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26

Sophie M., widow of George W White died last night at her home No. 23O9 Main street. She was 8t
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26

The Tufts Glee and Mandolin club attracted a large attendance at their concert in Universa1ist church hall last evening, for the Universalist Wo- mems club.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26

Mrs. George G. Goulden, president, was toastmistress at the annual lunch con of the Kings Messengers of the noon.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26

Prof. Irving d. Vining of Columbia
 University; delivered an interesting lecture at the Y. M. C. A. last even ing on the subject of influencing men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26

Mrs Mary J. Stowe, died yesterday at her home, No. 316 Newf1e1d avenue after four years illness with paralysis. She was 68 years of age and is surviv- ed by three daughters, Mrs. George B1ackman, Mrs. Thomas Harvey of New Haven, and Mrs. Walter Ellison of this city. Two sons, Walter W. and Arthur D. Stowe also survive.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26

Mrs. A. E. Lavery. secretary of the Authors club, has been chosen as a delegate to the convention of the Fed eration of Women's Clubs which will meet in South Manchester, May 22-24.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26
NEWS ABOUT TOWN

and Samuel H. Harris lodge, I. O. o. F., are tied in the interIodge pinochle tournament. The Konckapotanauh tribes team defeated Court Marina, and the Harris team beat the W1owon1- pon players last evening. The tie will be decided next Friday evening".
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-04-26

Mrs. Ann Eliza Booth, daughter of the late Abram and Mary Patterson Gould of Southport, died this morn ing in her 90th year, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George F. Cook, No. 479 East Main street. She leaves besides her daughter, Mrs. Cook, two other daughters, Mrs. Lisbona of Yonkers, N. Y, and Mrs. Charles Os- born of Stratford, a son, Henry D. Booth, residing at No. 226 Wells St., this city, alse survives.
The San Francisco call., 1913-11-10
3 Little Bobbie $ Pa g
Bv WILLIAM F. KIRK
r HAY are having CRATE success

~ HAY are having CRATE success
i with our Mothers Club, sed Ma
to Pa last mite. We have cain
to the conclusion that the club is a
grand success. a thing to wich we
can point with pride to. Ma sed
Well, sed Pa, as long as you deer
gurls get together & agree that your
club is the whole wunderful works.
/ doant see how thare can be any
stopping you. Long may you rave
Thare isent any raving about our
club. sed Ma. 1t is formed for a
CRATE & good purpose. & its results
is far reaching. We are taking up
skool work moastly. We find out
from our children wen thay cum hoam
from skool wich children at skool
needs better bringing up than thay
are Citing, & then we go G. talk to
those children e. try to teech them
better manners.
Marvellous, sed Pa In other words,
yOu al 2 iHdhinS plS ied6uo BOSSlpS
out OF yure own children in order to
tell other mothers how thay shud
reer thare own offspring. That is
woman's club all over & over, sed Pa.
If you are going to have a mothers
club, why doant you find out yure-
self sum litte1 kids that is orfans &
be a mother to them. How do you
think the mothers OF the other chill
dren will feel wen thare children tell
them that sum nice strange women
is teeching them how to hold thare
fork wen thay eet?
You newer fall in with any of the
idees that us wimmen has. said Ma.
No. sed Pa, / confess that I don't
fall in with them or fall for them, but
it seems too bad to think of all the
wasted energy in this world. Think
of all the reel good a lot of brite
wimmen could do in this wurld if
thay wud stop picking flaws with
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Copyright. 1904. b,
on diamonds than I. go to him and
ask his opinion"
Mr.. Isaacstein is right" interposed
Philip. NO one else owns diamonds
like mine. No one else can obtain
them. I have robbed no man. Give
me my diamonds and let me co.
The inspector laughed officially. He
gazed intently at Philip and then
sought illumination from the Jews
perturbed countenance. but Isaacstein
was moodily examining the contents
of the paper and turning over both
the stones and the soaps of iron with
an air of profound mystification.
"Tn tell you what" said the in
spector, jubilantly, after a slight
pause. I'VE will charge him with be-
ing in unlawful possession of certain
diamonds. supposed to have been
stolen He has given me a false
name and silly address Park lane.
the young imp said he lived In"
"A man in your position ought to
be more accurate" interposed Philip.
II did not say / lived in Park lane.
I told you I intended to buy a house
there"
Seldom, indeed, were the minor
deities of the police station bearded
in this fashion, and by callow youth.
But the inspector was making the
copperplate hair strokes which had
gained him promotion, and his brain
had gone back to its normal dullness.
"I win Just see If we can not bring
him before magistrate at once" he
said. addressing Mr.. Isaacstein. Can
you make 1T convenient to attend the
court within an hour, sir? Then we
will get a weeks remand, and we
will soon find out
"A weeks remandr Philip became
white again, and those large eyes of
his began to burn. What have
done"
silence, Search him carefully and
take him to the cells"
The boy turned despairingly to the
Jew
Mr.. Isaacstein," he said, with a
you let them do this thing? You are
rich man and well known. Tell
them they are wrong
But Isaacstein was wobb1ing now
in a renewed state of excitement.
What can l do. boy?" he vocifer-
ated. almost hysterically You must
say where you got these stones, and
then, perhaps, you can clear up
everything"
| Philips lips met in a thin seam.
Il will never tell you," he an
swered. and not another word would
he utter.
| They searched him and found moth
| ing in his pockets save a key, a
! broken knife, some bits of string
neatly coiled and a couple of buttons
He spent the next hour miserably in
| a whitewashed cell. He refused some
coffee and bread brought to him al
IL O'Clock. and this was the only SEN
tient break in a wild tumble of con
/ f1icting thoughts. The idea came tc
him that he must be dreaming-thai
soon he would awaken amidst the IA
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A TRAGEDY OF LONDON

! cold. there were black circles under
her swollen eyes. she had lost all her
pretty color. and her skin looked sal
low, framed in the cheap white fur
she had twisted round her throat.
And to think he had ever found her
pretty!
dor" he repeated; why, walt de-
Gently at home till / come. of course
No sensible woman ever runs after a
man. It's about the last way to make
him run after her. Go home and pow
der your nose. for heavens sake. and
make your self look pretty. I'll try
and look in some time, but I'm very
busy just now"
Walter" she said, and laid a de-
tanning hand upon his arm as he
strove to pass her. Her voice was a
prayer. You will come. won't you?
Remember. you're all have in the
world now" A tear rolled down her
cheek under her spotted veil. Every
thing!'
He stared down at her In a kind Of
weary disgust.
That's right, make a scene in the
street." he told her, contemptuously
This is life. my dear. not stage
drama. Do you expect me to fall on
your neck in Piccadilly and say I love
your oh, go home, do, and get some
sense into your head before come"
He hailed passing taxi, crawling
like a big green beetle along the curb
in search of fare.
You will come?">
He heard the faint whisper breathed
out to him again from the depth of the
taxi as it drove off. and answered 1t
from the depth of his heart to the
pavement: Not If 1 know 1t. Jove,
what fool I've been." he added to
himself as he turned away. II should
have finished of that affair in the
GUNNER. Second editions of the same
love episode are always a mistake.
III write to her tonight"
VIII you always love me?' asked
the woman.
Same old story" the sparrows
chuckled.
But not the same girl" The gera-
NUNS were craning red necks.
Women are such fools" The wind
popped round the corner suddenly
Now. that last years girl--did ever
tell you what happened to herr" He
whispered Importantly. There was q
great rustling of leaves.
How disgusting!' The geraniums
turned their red faces primly to the
sky.
You can't believe all you hear"
said the beech tree. languidly.
Fact" said the wind. severely. Il
saw her myself under street lamp.
She was all fur and feathers, and
there was lot of red stun on her
mouth"
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Do You Know
That

Some idea of the enormous sums
spent by society women in Chicago on
personal adornment may be gathered
from figures which were given at the
half yearly convention of the Chicago
Dressmakers' club the other day. Ac-
cording to these statistics several OF
the leaders of society spend no less
than $4,000 a year on dress. while 100
OF the women who form the elite OF
the city are said to have a yearly ex-
penditure of $4,000 apiece. Ten. thou
sand others spend a mere trifie Of
$4,000 per annum to deck themselves.
In brief, enough money is spent in the
year at their dressmakers'. etc.. by So
ciety women there to build no fewer
than five super dreadnoughts.
nippers were used by the guests at a
wedding at Harlesden the other day
to form an archway for the bride and
bridegroom to pass under as they left
the church. The bridegroom, Fred
erick Vigurs, is sheet metal work
er, and the tin hats, ranging in shape
from the shovel crowned lid" to the
topper" were worn by the men with
whom he worked
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but 1 feel that his is passionate
love. The second is a man OF ster-
ling character. 20 years my senior.
His habits are good. he is even
tempered. and l know that the
love he holds for me is true.
/ am perfectly contented in the
company of either, so do you think
that II should marry one or the
other / would be happy? am an
excellent housekeeper, and have
made a study of economy, make
my own clothes. etc. I have been
an orphan since very young, and,
having been thrown in contact
with many people OF different ma
lures. feel that would get along.
AS for love, does everybody get
1t? / feel immune. MAY.
Everybody gets 1t, and the fact tha
you have not felt 1t is sufficient rea
sol why you should not marry eithe
OF these men. Believe me, my dear
when you really love you will know
no doubts. The woman who loves
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Edward ]. Clode.
mfliar surroundings of Jobnson,s
News. To convince himself that this
was not so, he reviewed the history
OF the preceding "a hours. At that
time yesterday he was going to Fleet
street with a capital of ninepence to
buy quire of newspapers. He re-
ihenpered where he had sold each Of
the hve copies, where he bought a
penny bun, and how he came to lose
his stock and get cuffed into the bar
gain for rescuing a girl from an over
turning carriage
Ihen his mind reverted to his fixed
iesulse 10 hang himself, and his
sloiiu preparations for the last act
"a MS young life's tragedy. Was that
Where the dream started. or was ~ a
whole thing definite reality naadS
ing only stout heart and unfalter-
ing purpose to carry him through
triumphantly2 Yes That was n
be strong and brave and all will ha
weIl with you" Surely his motbar
had looked beyond the grave whan
she uttered her parting words Per
maps, II he lay down and closed ~.
Eyes ne would see her He always
noped TO see her in his dreams but
never was the vision vouchsafed to
MIN. Poor lad, he did not under
stand that his sleep was the sound
sleep OF health and innocence. when
dreams, IL they come at all. are but
grotesque distortions of the simnIe
1acts OF everyday existence. Onlv
once had he dimly imagined her pres
ence, and that was at a moment
which his sane mind now refused to
resurrect
Nevertheless, he was tired. Yield
ing to the conceit. he stretched him
self on the wooden couch that ran
along one side of his narrow cell.
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Always

<<DROMISE." said the woman
clinging to him. that you will
love me always"
why. of course I WILL" said the
man, as he kissed her.
did you hear that?" giggled the
sparrows In the shrubbery.
Il hear such a lot." said the beech
tree. nodding her copper head dis
dainfully, so that all her leaves shone
like brand new pennies in the sun
shine.
She's dressed in blue; the girl he
said that to last year wore white"
| The geraniums craned their red
necks from their flower bed beneath
the dining room window.
| Women are such FOOLS" grumbled
the wind. rushing past and rudely
tearing a handful OF leaves from the
beech tree to send scurrying like
frightened mice down the garden
path.
The first sign of autumn" said the
girl, as one fiuttered like a stain on
to the lap of her blue gown. She
sighed. 1T has been such a happy
summer, / don't like to think of IL
ever coming to an end"
| "All things come to an end" re-
turned the man. seriously. looking al
his watch.
"Except-except love-" she whis-
pered, and raised her radiant eyes
to his.
He patted her cheek. "Oh. that. OF
course" he agreed.
He rose from the rude bench on
which they were sitting.
Lunch time. Cora" he said briskly
.Come along; am starving"
Surely it can not be 1 o'clock" she
said. surprised. rising; ''the time when
I'm with you goes so quickly" she
confessed, shyly.
He laughed indulgently. What q
little fool she was. but charmingiy
pretty
"Ah. that's so like a woman" he
told her; but man. my dear. was not
meant to live on bread-and love
alone. There are times when a chop
appeals to him far more than kiss
n
Now listen to me. Cora. His voice
was. cold and cutting as the winter
day. There has got to be an end Of
this simply won't have you fol-
lowing me about, waiting for me out
side my club; never heard Of any
thing SO ridiculous"
but you promised faithfully to
come last night" said a piteous voice
'and the time before. too. it was the
same. Why. you haven't been near
me for more than a week. What am
to do?"
dor" he eyed her distastefully.
Heavens! How she had changed. Her
| nose was Redeemed at the tip by the
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thare sisters & all join in & achieve
sumthing? Why, sed Pa, jest imagine
a bunch of men having Fathers
club & deesiding to look up lot OF
tuff kids & talk the place of thare
parents / wuddent want to pick out
a tuff boy & start telling him how
much his parents is at fault, sed Pa.
The trubbel with that wud be that
tuff kid usually has tuff father, &
he mite cum around to see me. l am
no fiteing man, sed Pa, am a man Of
peace, & / find all the trubbel neces-
sary for any one man Wen ! mind my
own bizness & raise my own child
That is the trubbel in this wurld,
sed Ma. Everybody wants to avoid
trubbel. Thay set back & mind thare
own bizness wen thay ought to be
using thare superior intelligence In
teeching the lowly & ignorant how to
live.
That is all bunk. sed Pa. Let eecn
man & eech woman teech themsel1s
how to live. Thare never was man
whose superior Intelligence was 80
CRATE that he learned how to Iced
perfeck life The saim goes for the
fair sex, sed Pa, only moar. ! say all
peepul shud say to themselfs Wen
thay see wrong bringing up & wrong
habits around them, am going 10
pay all my attenshun to how ! live
my own life, & make it so good a HE
that other peepul will pattern after II
& then in time Iced good lives too.
Is that yure theery? sed Ma. Then
why dident you ever practice IT!
You wuddent RELY advise all the
yung men to live as you lived, wud
you. sed Ma.
Now see here. 1 sed, this has gone
far enuff. / thing Pa is rite & now
we will talk about Mister Sulzer or
sumthing. & then Pa and Ma lafed
& sed 1 guess Bobbie is bringing us
up.
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EVERYBODY GETS 1T
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

] am young lady Of 23 years
of age. but not particularly good
looking. but have very cheerful
disposition, which has won for me
many friends. have no desire TO
be married. for have too many
married friends whom I know in
timately, and prefer my own
care free life to the constant
''wrangle" they apparently are in.
These same friends assure me
that although differences arise.
they feel that they are a great
deal better off than am, because
] have to go to business every
day. They argue that when am
older and less attractive my
friends will drop me for new
faces and will be very lonely.
/ have two friends Of whom |
am fond, but can not say that /
am in love with either. One is q
year my senior, has a good dispo-
sition, many friends and a good
position. He claims to love me,
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THAT Is IMPOSSIBLE
,EAR MISS FAIRFAX:


am deeply in love with a
young man of my age. We had a
quarrel. for which neither he nor
was to blame. He speaks to me
when we meet on the street.
have seen him with few girls.
but still love him and can not
take to any other young man.
would like to keep his company.
MARGARET.
Two never quarreled unless one. Of
both, were to blame. A "blameless'
quarrel Is impossible.
n your love justifies you in beine
humble, write him note telling HIN
you were to blame and a. sorry. I,
he refuses your attempts at recon,
ciliation. am sure 1t will be for YOU
best good to forget him.
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You Can Begin This Great Story
Today By Reading This First

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Rich family
.
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the boy
Philips
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Aduice to the Louelorn {, sz az41s1ea sA1sgAz

and marries. is happier than the
woman who remains single Love has
way of lessening all burdens.
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RAILWAY TRAVEL
Fast Electric ~
Trains for A
Sacramento, ~

PftfBburg and East OF Bay Point
Baggage Carried ON All Trains.
Leave Key Route Ferry Daily
200 A. NJ. 900 A. NJ, 1910 A. NJ. 1920
p. NJ. 800 r. NJ. 4:4O P. NJ, 7:40 p. NJ.
sThe 300 A. NJ. has parlor observation car
Connects for Pittsburg-Stops Solano City. 4:40
P. NJ. traip runs through to Marysville. Colusa,
0roville and Chico. Sacramento frst stop.
For Concord, Bay Point and way stations
leave daily TAO A. NJ. IL 20 A. NJ, 1:40 p. NJ.
400 P. NJ. 5:15 P. NJ. 7:40 P. NJ.
An additional train for Concord and way sta
tfons leaves 600 p. NJ. 5:15 p. M. train runs
daily except Sunday through to Pittsburg.
Oakland, Antioch & Eastern Railway
Key Route FERRY. Phone Sutter 2339.
Call Franklin SJ0 Red Line Transfer Co.. or
Oakland 4447. Peoples Express Co. and railroad
tickets will be delivered when baggage Is called
for at hotel or residence.
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M NETHERILANSs LIE! I;..I. 9,s:., HsO'Y!I,E s'1 !,E

This route offers exceptional opportunity Tor Auto
mobists to reach all points the Sacramento River
Collnsvie Emmaton, Rio VISTA Isleton, Ryds. Walnut
Grove. Vorden. Courtand, Carksburg Sacramento
except Sunday arriving Sacramento ZOO D. m Stopping
at all points en- route. Leaves Sacramento 300 p m
daily except Sunday, arriving San Francisco ZOO a. u
No stops en- route.
Steamer Modoc or Apache. leaves San Francisco "a
noon daily except Sunday. Leaves Sacramento 1000
a daily except Sunday; stepping both WAYS at al
points en- route. Arriving time San Francisco and
Sacramento indefinite account fruit season.
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UNION TRANSFER COMPANY

UNION TRANSFER COMPANY
AGENTS collect baggage and checks on trains or boats
soushern Pacific Company and deliver baggage to resi-
dekcs They are authorized to check baggage direct
from residence.
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LOCAL FERRY TRAiNS-ELECTRiC SERVICE
Via Oakland Pier

LOCAL FERRY TRAiNS-ElECTRiC SERVICE
Via Oakland Pier
To Oakland 18th ST.. and Berkeley, via Shattuck Ave.
and Ellsworth ST. -Daily-From 600 a. m, and
every twenty minutes until $40 p m, inclusive; then
900 o40, 1920, LOO IL 40 p m. IL 90 and 20
Additional boats Saturdays and Sundays only, $40
D. M. 9.20. 1000. 1040 and IL 20 D. m.
To Berkeley via California Street or Albany via Ninth
Street Llnes.-Daily 900 m. rs 20. $40.
100 m and every twenty minutes until $40 p. m.
inclusive; then 900. $40, 1920, 1lC0 Il40 p. n.
1920 and 120 a. m. Additional boats Saturdays and
Sundays only $40 p. m, 920 1000, 10.40 and ll2O
D. m.
To Oakland, Washinqton-Broadwa East Oakland.
FruityaIe and Merose. via Seventh St-Daily-From
600 m, then every twenty minutes until 20 p m.
inclusive: then 9O0 $40. 1920 l1.00. ll.40 D. ;.
1920 and 1.20 a. Additional boats Saturdays ard
Sundays only, $40 p. m, e20, 1000 lO40 and llSO
d. m
To Havenscourt. Daiy-Frcm 500 a. m. End every
twenty minutes unit IL 40 p m, inclusive; then $50,
600 II 40 p. m. Saturdays and Sundays only $40.
1000. 1040. IL 20 p. m.
To Outton Ave.-Daily 90 a. m. 620 90 200. 720.
Z40. 500 $40. go, 1000. 10.40. 1120 a. m. 1900
p. m I2,40, 90 200, 2.40 $40. 400 5.2c, 4.4o,
500. 80. $40. 600 $40. $40. 40, $50 eco.
Horseshoe to Oakland. Washington Broadway. Frpae,
Alameda. North Side.-Daily-Fro 600 a. m, 1920.
GAO, 700, 7-20 74O, S00 $40, $40 am: then 400
pm 4-20. 440, 500, $40 $40 600 6-20, Gao, ZOO
and TAO p. m.
To Ssonshurst (steam Serice)-f600 1910. t7zo.
1900. 1000 q m. Il 20 p. m, t20O. 1890, 800,
400 800 s5 40 and f6 % D. m
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Continued Tomorrow
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Via Alameda Pier
To Oakland. 18th and Franklin Sts.-
6.15 GAS a. m. and then Is and 45 minutes past the
hour until 745 p. NJ; then $50, 9.15, 1000, i045,
80 D. m and 1915 g. m.
To Alameda. North and South Side
615, GAS q. M, and then 10 and IS minutes past the
hour until 7.45 p. M; then $50. els, 1000 io45.
III 80 d. m IL Is and LOO A. m
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OAKLAND HARROR FERRY

AUToMoBIIES. MoToRcYclEs AND VEHICLES
From San Francisco. South End Of Ferry Building, for
Broadway Wharf, Caklandr-From GOO a. m. daily,
and every half hour until 9O0 p. m. inclusive then
1880 D. m, 1000 p. m, 1880 p. M, .l100 .. M.
1900 mdn. 100 am. From Broadway Wharf. Oak
land. for San Francisco.-Frcm LIS a. m- daily and
every half hour until 845 p m inclusive; then t9l5
pm, '945 pm. tl0.15 p.m '10.45 p. m. '1l45 pm.
l2.45 am.
for Morning. Daily Q for Afternoon.
tSunday excepted. tSunday only.
xGrndaua and Mnndaua rniu
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Now Read On
9 q q

Copyright. 1900. by Edward ]. clode.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-11-30

60 their tability-the old principle
Of the Romans-decorum. But they
should be worn and made according
to one other principle-logic.
In my work have always tried to
be logical. l conceive an idea. or get
4 suggestion which 1 think will work
out well, and I carry it out to Il
logical conclusion. People tell me
that the gowns 1 create are entirely
different from the designs of other
makers. Ii they are different it is
because they are logical. They are
designed and executed without COM
promise with any fad or fashion.
That is one reason why my dresses
are unusual and in advance Of the
prevailing mode. The so-called harem
skirt, for example, was developed to
Its logical conclusion. 1t proved
somewhat of revolution when first