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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-06

certainly dressed as youthtully as
they do today. Old pictures show
them decked with lace and ribbons
and wreath OF roses with gold leaves
IN their false hair.
Heavy gold chains were n novelty
OF the time and are among the most
Treasured OF heirlooms OF today.
Necklaces set in amber. topaz. sap
phire. or pearls, with long drop ear
rings 10 match. were much in vogue.
The beaded bags. so fashionable
now, are but an old style revived.
Then as now there were no pockets
in the dresses, so a reticule. or
beaded bag. was carried which con-
tanned Z handkerchief. a fan, small
change and an essence bottle. The
average price paid for knitting q bag
was Ave dollars. Some quaint old
bags were designed with pictures OF
horses, barns. houses, c. urches, trees
and flowers.
The shoes for evening wear were
little fat slippers OF the white or
rose colored kid with very pointed
toes. The right and left IN shoes
were only introduced In 1900. and
shoe polish a little later. Previous
TO this a mixture was used on shoes
which invariably ruined the bottom
OF the rrock
Shawls played an important part
In the scheme of decoration; one pos
sessing a valuable shawl was envied
by all others. AS the dresses were
OF such sheer materials and cut very
low. these became an absolute neces-
sity to the wardrobe There was a
certain art in the wearing OF them.
and much personal taste was exerted
IN studying which was the most ele-
Sant and becoming way to drape the
shawl. Indian shawls were beautiful
as we'll as expensive. Canton crepe.
soft silk with borders which were
very bold in colors and design, were
much sought after.
The sleeves OF the dresses were
very short. a mere apology for
sleeves, and whom long cloves were
worn they were wrinkled so as to
cover very little of the arm below
the elbow. About this time short
gloves were worn as a novelty OF the
season. Home made gloves were
made OF linen or 'prekale. Often
long detached sleeves were finished
at the hand in a sort OF mitt.
We talk of the e1travagances OF
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-06

gowns we see In the cabaret shows.
In description Of brides gown
we read, "Ali the clothes worn by
the bride might have been put in my
pocket. Her dress was Of muslin
richly embroidered, of extremely fine
texture. Beneath her dress che wore
but single garment"
All the dresses worn at the Christ
mas season were Of the sheerest ma
ter1als, even for street wear. The
ladies must have felt considerably
chilled, dressed in muslins in Deem
Der
In the year 1911 many of the
fashion plates show full ball gowns
With pantalettes. Horrors! Are we
going to revive that old style? Only
the other day l read an ADVERTISE
ment Of THE New Pantaletted
Dresses" An evening dress described
in fashion magazine Of 1913 has
long pink satin trousers to the ankle
edged with three ruches of pink and
white. Over these Is a scant pink
satin chemise dress skirt, edged with
the same ruches
Another fashionable evening dress
a few years later is described as fol-
lows: "a blue silk petticoat suf-
ficiently short to display a pair of
white satiE trousers, finished at the
bottom with blue silk fringe and
made very loose. The corsase Of
white satin was cut as low as DOS
sible around the bust and orna-
mented with narrow lace trimming"
AS late as 1921 the Lady's Maya
zine gave the information that "fe-
male children all wore, in winter,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-06
CURIOUS DUELS.
cer,eats In Which, the Weapons Sc
ieeted Were AvaIanchss-

tccSeG Were ASslarcnes-
An extraordinary duel was fought
near Mont Blanc I'm France. Two
young men who had fallen in love with
the same girl arranged to light a duel.
with nature n decider OF the result
Selecting a part Of that mountainous
district. many thousand feet up. where
avalanche> are known 10 fall AT fra
qurnt intervals, the lovers agreed 10
take il in turns 70 stand for a given
time in the III 81 dangerous spot that
could Ne found The idea was that
when one was Killed by an avalanche
The other should he free 10 propose
10 the girl whom they both loved. In
this case the ideA became fact.
This is not the only Instance on rec
ord OF a duel ny avalanche few
years ago two latlians. named Guetta
and Sorato. decided 10 test fate in this
manner. and also for the love OF
woman.
For three mornings they tempted ns.
turc. hut nothing serious happened. ON
the fourth day Guetta was knocked
down by "A falling avalanche. but not
much hurt Then 4, was that their
1000 supply gave out. ana they return
ed home 10 get some more. Ry this
time the police had come TO hear ot
their strange duel. and threatened them
both with imprisonment. SO the un
daunted rivals settled their differences
I'm another and le>s adventurous way
They drew lots for their lady love
Sorato won. and after Guetta had left
the village he was married TO the girl
Of his choice London Answers
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-06

Let us take a peep at the modes of
yesteryear, and try to picture how
The ladies were gowned at Christmas
time one hundred years ago.
The empire gowns were the most
prominent feature Of the time In
the empire gown there was 80 little
Of the waist that the skirt formed
nearly the whole dress. The dancing
frocks were always short, nearly
above the ankles. Indian muslins,
Canton crepes, gauZe, and nets were
the most popular materials. Great
stress was laid on the draping OF
gown. A lady was not spoken of as
being we'll dressed but as being
beautifully draped." The skirts
were very scant fitting, never meas
uring over three yards around the
bottom, and were so tight clinging
that very few undergarments were
worn. There was a great Irregular
fty in dress, just az we are partial
to the one-sided effects at present.
The gowns were often slashed or
Topped up on one side-hey must
h""e had a certain similarity to the
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-06

The hats for evening wear were
orten or white satin trimmed with
scarlet feathers. Straw hats also
we're worn at Christmas time as we'll
as IN July and were generally tied
do"n with a crimson silk handker-
cnief. Imagine a green willow bon
net trimmed with orange colored
gauge ribbon and black and white
feathers tied down with a crimson
silk handkerchief. The poke bonnet
appeared in 1904 and was much ridi-
culed. Then sunbonnets and Quaker
bonnets were very popular
1t was quite the fashion to wear
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-06

the present age. but when We read
the description or the materials worn
by the ladies who lived in the early
part OF the last century, we must
admit that they also must have had
extravagant notions. for they seemed
10 have liked nearly the same things
that interest US. When ii comes 10
items OF fashion, well. there really
is nothing new under the sun but
that which has grown old enough" -
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-06

hats at INDOOR affairs and even to
carry muffs. AS for fans, they were
an Indispensable adjunct to the toll
cite and much study was given to
the way to carry a fan. Artificial
flowers were used il clusters to trim
the skirts and bodices. II natural
flowers were worn. the camelia was
much favored. Flowers were also
worn In the hair arranged In loose
ringlets.
Rouge and pearl powder was used
by maids and matrons. In fact the
matrons of fifty years Of age most
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-06

EARS may come and years
may go but the despot
Goddess of Fashion always
reigns supreme, though she
may change her tickle mind
many times within a year.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-12-06
SILVERWARE is MUCH APPRECIATED

As family gift nothing will be appreciated by her than
Siverwae 1t useful present and will always be
beed by the recipient We carry exceptionally large stock
select fromyou will find all of the we'll advertised patterns
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-18

Street in Atlanta start every few minutes Men and
rush wildly catch each train that leaves the Termi
nal Station Passenger Station and the part
of minute.
Every to his home and hurre away every day
Every employee every child hears all day long the word
Hurry
There peace except those staring
in the cradle or doing in old age
And even the poor baby the cradle hurried from
one bottle to another and from bath to another
And old worried by the hurry that around
At She top of page picture of every in this
world who amounts anything
you haven little driver seated up behind you the
dashoned hanson cab driver sits up behind his horse
not among those that count.
Every one inside of his skull power that drives
him And the power too weak force him hurry and
struggle wearing himself if necessary he is among the
failures.
The question that every should ask himself he feels
the lash fall upon his shoulders is:
What is driving me? Am well or badly driven?"
The only good driver the little driver this picture
AMBITION The harder he drives you the better and the far
Their drives the better Your legs and lungs get
tired your may beat and your head become weaed But
you will the end though be in the grave reward
for all the driving that ambition does.
There other drvers-oupidity, sefshness, vanity
thing get the right kind of driver and then
go far and fast as you
This little driver sent Christopher Columbus across the
ocean, Peary the North Pole and Scott to die
at the South Pole
He the little unknown clerk who will be the big
ten years now drives the already big long
middle age who without need doing ten mems work at the
head of great business enterprise.
This little demon drives the millions Of mothers whose
bon for their children every sacrifice welcome
you harnessed up like the in the picture you
not going anywhere in particular
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-18
No Man So Low He Can Not
Be HumaniZed

According the Warden of Joliet Prison, in Illinois,
system will day be in in penal nsti
tuition this country The Warden Edmund M Allen, and
methods already attracting world wide attention
1t he who established free speech among convcts
innovation which many prominent penoogts look at
askance But Allen declares conspes
Kicking he says lis American trait and convict feels
like human being when he has chance to kick to his hearts
content"
Allen put his honor system in force when he turned loose
his first gang nearly three months ago There not gun
in the camp and Governor Dunno impressed with the work
doing the way they do that he has agreed
their sentences days for each thirty days of
work.
Allen not only abolished the silence rule but he substituted
uniform for the hated stripes and introduced baseball into
the various departments Convcs who fans have
the privilege of boxing and wrestling SO Allen regarded
a friend by the big population of Joliet
Is the humanzng process worth while? All has to do
to put oneself in the convc place Sing Sing has prison
paper called The Star Hope The method of Warden Al
len is better the kind hope he deals in something tangible
This is the way eliminate crime sodden
he not be humanized
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-18

MO citizen has a right to stay
" away from the polls. The
sin OF doing nothing is the
deadliest Of the seven deadly sins.
We can no more neglect the plain
duties Of citizenship than we can
refuse to pay our debts. Indeed,
the discharge of the duties OF
citizenship is in essence the pay
ment Of a debt, a debt the more
sacred because one which only
honor can enforce. Our comfort,
our safety. our liberty, the edu-
cation Of our children, the we'll
being of the home, the priceless
boons of religion. have been won
for us by the unhonored toll Of
the obscure, the silent and the
dead. It is dishonest TO accept
and enjoy blessing for which we
have not labored while refusing
to contribute share Of unselish
service TO the common stock. A
man who can say, 81 am not
interested in politics" and means
by this that he is not interested
in the good government OF his
city, ought to be ashamed OF him
self
Il Is pleasant to observe how
the salvation of American cities
proceeds apaCe, In 1895 | was 4
guest in the home of Major
Bond, the most famous of Amer
lean lecture agents. l observed
that the drinking water on the ia
Bile was from Michigan or Mary
land or somewhere else, and in
my untraveled ignorance | asked:
Have you no waterworks in Jer-
sey City?' His answer staggered
me, il came like a blow in the
chest. To this hour l recall the
impression made upon me by his
calm, matter of-ract reply; "Of
course. But YOU see, every city in
America has been run by thieves"
This was eighteen years ago.
There is not a man or woman in
America who will assert to-day
that all our cities are run by
thieves"
Mr. Josiah Strong's book. The
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-18
To Vote Is a Duty, Not a Privilege
By THE REV Q. F. AKED, DID, IL, D.

Challenge OF the City" was pub
lished in 1907. He quotes what he
describes as a warning OF James
Bryce. He says that q few years
ago as a company of Americans
were about TO sail for the United
States MIR. Bryce said to them:
Go back to your splendid world
across the sea: but don't you
make failure of it. You can not
go on rs years more in your great
cities as you have been doing.
Don't you do it. II you do, you
will set us Liberals back in Eu-
rope 800 years"
This may or may not be a fair
report of Mr.. Bryce's words, But
in his own monumental "Ameri-
can Commonwealth" the problems
of city government are discussed
at length. The new and revised
edition of 1910 repeats the ter
rible summing up of the original
work published 20 years before:
There is no denying that the
government OF cities is the one
conspicuous failure of the United
States"
None the less Mr.. Bryce re-
fuses to take a pessimistic view
OF the future, His final words
upon the subject are:
"All this is discouraging Yet
no one who studies the munich
pal history of the last decades
will doubt that things are better
than they were % years ago. The
newer frames of government are
an Improvement upon the older,
Rogues are less audacious. Good
citizens are more active. Party
spirit is still permitted to domi-
nate and perVert municipal poll
cies, yet the mischief It does is
more clearly discerned, and the
number OF those who resist il
daily increases. In the increase
of that number and the growth
Of stronger sense Of civic duty
rather than in any changes OF
mechanism lies the ultimate hope
for the reform of city govern
ments,'
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-18
Victories of Violence Are Transient
By Ebert HUBBARD

TERE is thought, penned in
II kindness, for Mi-Lady Mil
liant by one who believes in
her Cause, but who deprecates
her methods.
The victories of violence are
transient.
Things done in hate have to be
done all over.
And she who smears hand-rails
with tar, puts muriatic acid into
mail boxes, places bombs in an
art gallery, burns hay barns,
smashes windows, defies the po-
lice, and is taken to Jail, must
face the consequences OF her mis-
deeds, just as If she were a male
man.
Two wrongs do not make a
right.
Even though the woman wins
by violence, her victory is bought
at the price Of her womanhood
Righteous wrath is often an
excuse for bad temper.
Hatred of the wrong soon yields
a diminishing return.
We become like the thing we
hate-aye, more, we are the thing
we hate.
Mi-Lady Militant hates the
tyranny of the male. Granting
that this tyranny exists, it has
grown up out Of the centuries,
and has been fixed in the ages by
usage. 1t was old when Abraham
bartered with Laban for Rachel,
and was a habit when Ruth
CLEANED the fields of Boaz.
American women have been
wise in not resorting to militant
methods.
Fighting men acquire the fight
ing face,
The termagant grows to look
the part.
Her dominant attitude becomes
one Of supercllious contempt, not
love. Eventually she is unloVing,
unlovely and ENJOYABLE, and the
fighting attitude, continued, will
disrupt any home, for when fight
ing becomes a habit an excuse
for fighting is easily found.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-18

Carlyle hated the wrong; En-
erson loved the good. Which man
would you prefer for a neighbor
need not be asked.
The persistence Of Mi-Lady
Militant and her perfect willing
ness to sacrifice herself for the
good of the Cause is beautiful Just
in the degree that you admire
martyrdom.
But please remember that mar
tyr and prosecutor shift places
with lightning like rapidity.
He who Is willing to suffer and
die for a cause will make you
suffer and die for the same cause
if he gets the chance.
Law protects the life and prop
erty of women, but not so much
as it should.
This applies also, in degree, to
men.
But to repudiate the law, be-
cause the law does not do all II
might, and resort to anarchy in
order to win a legal victory, is
playing the part of mental de-
fective or a minor
Harm must follow such tactics
since it supplies in itself an ar
gument why women should not be
allowed to help make laws. The
ability to abide by the law Is the
test Of fitness for citizenship. Be-
fore you are fit to give orders
you must show your ability to
take them.
To shoot up the law is no bet
ter than to shoot up the court
house. II incendiarism is right,
where shall 1t cease?
The fact that a woman Is a
woman does not license the crime
of arson, nor make window
smashing part of holy war.
Great reforms require great pa
tience on the part of those who
would bring reformation about
When you ask for voice in the
making of government, your
voice must not be keyed too high,
lest, mayhap, you inspire fear as
to what may happen when you
acquire the power for which you
seek.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-18

q chance. Your old pal, Senator
J. Ham Sandwich.
Doc Cook, who gumdroppeo
through Greenland. demands
Congressional investigation, al
though Congress knows no moro
about the pole than he does.
Sir George Paish, an English
economist says the cost or nv
ing is going down. We must De
looking at it upside down then.
Paterson, IN. j. man washing
clthes for his wife fell on tn.
tub and broke two ribs. Now, II
he had been in a saloon
Huerta is said to be fully pre-,
pared for war. His cellar is fllleo
with champagne.
Eggs 80 cents a dozen in tina
East. Wouldn't mind being hen
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-18
Current Comment
-FOUR eATTLEsHlPs NEEDED"

(F'rom the Washington PostO
Three battle ships and possibly
four will be recommended in the
annual report of the Secretary
of the Navy, according to all in
dications. Four will be none too
many. The addition would not
mean that we were increasing our
naval program. 1t would merely
mean that we were repairing the
negligence of the past, when Con-
gress, instead of appropriatins
for two battleships, in accord
ance with the national necessity
appropriated only for one.
The Democratic party provided
only one battleship last year, and
only one the year before. II faith
is to be kept with the people, four
must be provided this year TO
make up for the deficiencies OF
the past. The blows at our navy
delivered by Congress, have not
caused our stock to go up in the
opinion of the nations of the
world.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-18
"EXPERTS AND THE CUR
RENCY."
(F'rom The Washington Evening
Starr

(F'rom The Washington Evening
Starr
The hearings before the SEN
ate committee have been very
Illuminating, both to the politi-
cal and TO the business world.
They have justified themselves a
thousand times over. The men
who have occupied the witness
chair, so to say, have been worth
attention. and have had attention.
And the members of the
Senate committee are still learn
ing. How long the COM
mittee will be engaged with the
experts is not, and probably could
not be, stated. But there should
be no hurry. Even experts re-
auire time. They can not lick a
currency measure into shape
while you wait; and what they
will now tackle has been rendered
the more difficult by the bungling
manipulations of a score and
more confident amateurs looking
and pulling six ways for Sun
dny
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-18
Bv John TEMPLE GRAVES

tn HE return of William F.
McCombs from Paris with
the rejected French AM
bassadorship on his hands brings
once more to the front the prac-
teal exclusion of high class
Americans from important diplo-
matte posts unless they are rich
men.
Mr.. McCombs is not now in a
position to be compelled to de-
cline the French Ambassadorshi
but 1t Is an open secret among
his friends that his essential rea-
son in the beginning for refusing
this dazzling honor was because.
the salary Of s17,500, Joined to his
own income, was not deemed suf
ficent for him to fill this place ac-
ceptably.
In other words, through long
process of elevating rich men to
foreign missions, we have come
to the sorry pass that no Amer
lean of whatever social or moral
caliber either can or thinks he
can represent the interests of his
country at the seat of a Euro
pean Government upon a yearly
income of $4,000!
Dollar" Diplomacy.
Our boasted democracy is a
sham so long as this condition of
affairs Is permitted to exist in
our diplomatic history.
This is the real discreditable
dollar diplomacy" OF to-day. 1t
is the diplomacy that is not per-
mitted to exist at all unless it has
a surplus of dollars to gild its
existence.
I do not intend to reflect upon
any American holding a foreign
post under our Government to-
day But I distinctly challenge
the records that for two decades
the multi dollar has been well
nigh the indispensable prerequi-
site of the foreign Ambassadors
and Ministers of our country. l
have in mind more than one of.
these in time past who had no
other possible qualification for
international diplomacy beyond
the capacity to spend an ample
income lavishly in the gilded pal
aces of Europe Men absolutely
without training or natural gifts
have been rewarded for personal
political service by these most
representative positions in all our
Government.
The Present Purpose.
I honestly believe that it was
the purpose and desire of the
present Administration to destroy
as far as possible this money ba-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-18
STARS AND STRIPES

Dear Spindle-You're on for a
junket to st. Petersburg. Moth
ing at all to do buy meet the
swells and hit ne nobby restau-
rants. You won't have to stay in
st. Petersburg, Therell be no
amba ssadoring to do; all ex-
penses will be paid; so you can
take nice little side trips to meet
the Kaiser and to see fast life in
Paris. Twill be quite a nice
change from Peoria. OF course,
you'll quit in a year and give one
Of the other original supporters
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-18
- A LOST LOVE X
BY WILLIAM r. KIRK.

IT HE wine Is spilled drunk by the thirsty ground.
And gone forever from the lips that burned;
There is no more that can be newly urned;
No vintage half rare is ever found.
The glass is broken into brittle bits
Scattered upon the dusty banquet floor;
The empty bottle over near the door
Is cobweb-sealed where the gray spider fits.
The garlands grotesQuely dead and dry
As mummied tresses in an ancient tomb;
Like ghostly sheets they rustic in the gloom
When memory's searching zephyrs hurry by.
For It has been (as it shall bel
That glorious loves have persisted at high noon
That bounding pulses desden with the swoon
Which lowered once above Gethsemane.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-18
Worry and HURRY.

These Are the Watchwods and the Disease of Our Age
Copyright, 1879
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-11-18
John Temple Graves
Writes on
The Democracy OF
Diplomacy

Our Boosted Democracy is a
Sham, He Says, So Long as
Americans Have an Idea That
They Can Not Represent This
Country at Foreign Courts on
Yearly Salary of $4,000.