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and every sort of industry here are sup
piled by women, but with us there is no
similar condition. We have the poor and
the orphans and the aged and all that
come under the broad head of objects of
charity, but our idea of caring for them
is different 1t may be that we Latins
have larger families and few women with
us are without some male kindred who
will look after their affairs even if they
do not need actual support. So the reason
which women here advance for wishing
TO get into public affairs would not hold
at all to the south. Home avocations
they are in Europe. A girl can embroider
or make lace or do other dainty work
with her fingers and sustain herself
But then, as ! said. nature does SO much
that little is needed for support and the
problems are so different that there is no
standard of comparison.
We believe fervently I'm educating our
girls. and many Panamans send their
daughters to the excellent schools in the
United States. We are getting very good
ones of our own and have profited by the
worldwide movement to educate our
women to the utmost limit Of their ca
pacity. To make excellent men we must
have well educated. hEoad-gauge women
ing much OF our attention now in Panama
in our public school system and the va
rious civic projects which follow SO close
ly on the heels OF national progress
NlHIe. AiudQOT SOHS were leu
in this country. as was her nephew.
One of her sons was a graduate of
West Point and the other graduated in
medicine from Columbia College, New
York city. She is woman of deep piety
and she relies solely on religious train
ing to meet the encroachments OF vice
and unrestricted liberty.
IF 1 have a firm conviction on the
subject of what women can and should
do she said, ''it is in religious training.
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of white Shopkeepers say the really
we'll dressed men will use colored hat
bands. They say they will have shirt,
scarf. bordered handkerchief and hatband
to match.
goodly proportion of the dealers in
mems furnishings. all of whom take a
personal interest in the appearance oil
their customers. are rather bitterly De-
moaning the general prevalence OF the
demand of everybody, young, middle-aSed
and old. for checks in their suitings. As
one of them declared to the writer: with
every body wearing checks, there s not
chance in the world for originality
There's too much sameness. Worse than
all be dressed SO nearly identically alike
that they'll seem to be in uniform"
And there is truth in the dealers re-
marks. One sees checks everywhere,
black and white checks. black and red
checks. even black and green checks As
a result not a few dealers and tailors
have deliberately taken all checked goods
out of their display windows and sub
stituted other colorS. Just at present a
number of them are trying 10 force a GER
tain pearlish gray. and the color should
take hold. 1t is said TO he the very lat
est thing from London. and this alone
may serve TO make it popular. The only
apparent trouble with il is that il is So
light that it is certain to soil almost as
easily white flannels.
Speaking OF white fannels recalls the
fact that the common custom OF wearing
white trousers with dark coat is to be
largely replaced this summer by entire
siIitings of the white material. Among
the wealthy this vogue viii be an old. old
story. They have been having entire
suits made of White flannel or white serge
for good many years. With the man OF
moderate income. however. the custom
heretofore has been too expensive:
But now this objectiona BILE feature has
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repast We send fruit into this country
and especially bananas. in such wholesale
quantities that figures seem bewilderinS.
We have sent north for much but now
Panama is learning to provide for her
own necessities. The raising of cattle
10 supply the home markets is one of the
industries that will become of greatest
Importance. Cotton raising is also claim
ing great attention. and in this, TOO, We
will struggle upward until We become
among the great producers. In my coun-
try We have cotton crops all the year
through: III the most fertile belts four
crops "A year and in all two or three
at least Here in this country there is
but one cotton crop. and then ! believe
sometimes wet or cold weather will cause
great loss. Nature is very kind with us
and our future looks rosy.
Panama in which all Americans are
Interested and in which they seem to
possess sort OF couslnly connection,
is a country which offers many varied
aspects. according to Nine -Amador.
There is no peon class in Panama.
There poor people, naturally. ana
the line between the old aristocrats
and the gently born and cultured en-
lists there. as it does everywhere where
the influence of Spain is predominant.
But there is a large proportion Of
small land owners or land renters who
raise sufficient for their own wants
and who in a way barrier to
larger enterprises. They have made
money with so little exertion that it
is only when they are much in need
that they really put forth any energy.
TO show how far in advance of the
usual Latin republic is Panama the
charge daffaires is in touch with the
Rockefeller sanitary commission. The
same measures which have proven so
salutary in awakening the mountain
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appearance on the highways of Wash
ington this spring, London DEGREES TO the
contrary notwithstanding. One big rea-
son for this is that a goodly proportion
of our best dressed men have only re-
Gently gotten to the point where they
feel perfectly comfortable I'm the extreme
tight-titting styles that have been with
us for the past three years At first
ridiculous. When the stage OF rldicule
had passed. there still remained long
period of discomfort
And the mems shops all show that the
foregoing is true, For all the London
cdict you will find no peg-tops there.
Neither will you find any faring Skirted
coats. On the other hand, however. in
dications of a gradual yielding which
eventually will become absolute are to
be found in abundance. Whereas brief
six months ago it was all but impossinie
To find a. coat with the slightest particle
of padding in the shoulders, now more
coats have padding than have not. True
il is "A very small amount-scarcely no
ticeable-stll il is there.
From a symmetrical standpoint. too, il
surely belongs there. The coat built TO
rit the shoulders naturally, with the arms
hanging down. MAY have suited few
men. but very few Neither shoulder
nor sleeve can possibly fit as smoothly
as when tiny bit OF StiHenlHS anu
uadding is inserted.
As To the peg-top trousers. there is
slight veering in that direction, too
There is still a long ways TO go. but at
the same time IL is "A fact that the trous-
ers in the Teady-to-wear shops are much
more full in the hips than they We're
during the winter They are also bit
longer.
There is one large class by which the
return Of the peg-tops will be hailed with
deliGht-the college boy. Also, We MAY
expect the collegians To carry the style
10 extremes Ii probably Will not BE-
many months before the promenades OF
the city Will be thronged with members
Of the younger generation wearing trous-
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ers measuring twenty-fOur inches at the
knee and a scant sixteen around the
bottom-these, according to the leading
tailors, being the favorite dimensions of
the collegiate peg.
But for the older generation such eXag-
gerations Will, of course, be taboo. They
will follow the style but in moderation
and for the benefit of this class it might
not be amiss TO give the dimensions that
the city's leading tailors consider best
for peg-tops that will be in good form.
1t depends largely, OF course, on the
height and weight of the wearer. What
would look neat and dresSy on a heavy
man might easily look baGgy and absurd
on another of the same height, but less
averdupois. Taking the average man
a man about five feet ten inches tall, and
weighing in the neighborhood of l65 or
10 poundS-the tailors have informed the
writer that the trousers should measure
about twenty-one inches at the knee and
fun sixteen al the bottom. man
over six feet in height and of the same
proportionate build should have his
trousers made twenty-five inches at the
knee and sixteen and one-half at the
bottom. If he is very heavy he may
even stand a twenty-three inch knee
with the width of the bottom increased
to seventeen inches. If. of course. the
man IS undef nNe feet. ten. Tue Wlutn VI
knee should be decreased accordingly.
There is another style in suitings which
has been slowly creeping back into pub
lie favor for the past year. and which
bids fair this spring and summer to come
To crest of popularity. This Is the
norfolk. Ii is altogether different
norfolk from that which was the fash
ion some nine Years ago II has taken
that long for the cycle to revolNe.
Whereas the old norfolk was essentially
loose. even 10 the point of actual bag
sness the norfolk of today is neat tit
ting and trim.
The materials used in its making are
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a Japanese silk These will be certain
to appeal to those who like a touch of
the unique in their dress.
On the whole the prices Of waistcoats
are reasonable. You can, of course, pay
just about as much as you want. One
tailor informed the writer that he had
several customers who ordered WaistcOats
from him at SIS each. But this, for the
pecially when it is possible to get per-
fectly seruceable and ultra natty gar
ment ready-to-wear for as low as $3.50.
In a way there is one branch of fash
rather. going back to the primeval days
Of stuff that was homemade. The branch
referred to is the styles in shirts and
scarfs In the days when shirts and
ties Of most men were made by the good
wife, both were made of identically the
same material-indeed. out Of the same
piece" Then it was done partly as a
matter Of convenience and partly as
matter OF economy, Style probably had
very little to do with it. But today the
custom has become ultra ia shionable Go
TO the best shops and YOU WIFI find on
display shirt of fine striped silk and
on it will rest scarf Of identically the
same material. If the shirt is blue or
pink. so also will be the tie. Perhaps
the two did not come from exactly the
same piece but they surely look like
it. And the combination is wonderfully
effective.
The pink shirt is comparatively a new
thing this spring. There have always
been pink shirts. of course. but hereto
fore they have been regarded either as
too loud or too effeminate. The best
dressed men stunned them But this
spring a new shade of pink has made
its appearance: a pale. creamy pink: a
mere glance at which suggests the quin-
tessence of GOODNESS. Some of them are
of the solid color. but more have the
thnnest of white stripes running through
the design. making them look still cooler.
One shopkeeper is making rather fea-
ture Of these pink shirts. He has them
in a fine quality Of silk, with scarf to
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been entirely done away with. There 10
one large store which has just laid in
huge supply of flannel and serge suitings.
at the remarkably low price OF SIS for an
either pure white. or white relieved with
black or blue stripes of thickness rang
ing from pin width to nearly quarter
of an inch. But these wider stripes
TO destroy the cooiness Of the effect, but
they are also rather vulgar.
A brand-new summer hat has made it's
appearance in the shops. and IL is OF such
character that il is difficult to say wheth-
err II will be taken up and made the rage.
or hooted away as an absurdity. In this
day and age of the appeal of the freak.
ish, one cannot tell.
II is difficult to describe the new hat.
Perhaps an idea OF il can best he CLEANED
from the statement that il is made OF
cloth So thin that. held TO the light. one
can see through it, and that il is cross
between the knocka bout and the golf
cap. having some OF the main character
istics of each. The brim is curling and
of moderate width, made to be turned
down in front. when il has very much the
appearance of q golf-cap visor.
Like most of the other STYLES of today.
the hat comes originally from London.
although there are abundant American
limitations of the style, at about haff> ths
price of the imported article. The hat 10
as light as the proverbial feather. and,
in answer to the already mentioned pre-
vailing demand. the designs are almost
altogether I'm checks.
Unauestionably the hat has distinct
advantages on the side of comfort. IL il
50 light and airy that il cannot be any
thing but cool Also the checked de-
signs will matca very we'll with the
popular suitings. The price. too. has its
advantage one dealer offering the
American-made article for the almost
ridiculously low price OF Sl.39.
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Dor and their co-worker in the great in
ternational project of the canal.
Nine. Amador is of stately presence
and bears her years and sorrows with
dignity and grace. Though living apart
from the world of affairs. she is keenly
interested in all that concerns the canal.
In this. too her husband was vitality
concerned. well the welfare of the
entire section, the American territory
just much the republic which he
helped TO found. She has the success of
her young nephew, Senior lie Fevre. the
son Of a dead sister. much 10 heart and
she takes delight in the beauty and popu-
laritS OF young Senorita Ramona lie Fevre.
This young lady, who has given Wash
ington such pleasure by her graceful
dancing. was with her sisters educated
in the Convent of Notre Dame in Balti-
more. and has long been associated with
the social life of Washington. Nine.
Amador comes of a family identified
with the canal belt or the Panama dis
trict for several centuries. Her father,
DIR. Francisco de la Ossa. was chief jus
Iice of the isthmus al the time of his
death. Mime. Amador was born Maria
de la Ossa and lived always near the
present capital of Panama, receiving her
education from tutors and in the convent
there.
Though women of the Latin race
said Nine Amador. ARE not as a rule SO
concerned in public affairs. |, with scores
of my sisters in the new republic, take
keen delight in watching the national
development We are prosperous coun-
try as we'll as most beautiful and fer
tile one II would be impossible To CON
vey To those unacquainted with the
tropics how bountiful nature is and how
simple wants may be supplied by a
pleasant stroll in fruit grove. 1t is in
many localities merely to shake tree
TO get all that is needed for a simple
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matter as the years passed. Men enter
ed, worked in. and left the survey, while
1t still occupied the temporary rented
quarters" given it years before.
n 1903, ten years to DAY before the
act authorizing the new building was
passed Congress voted to purchase the
site for the proposed Hall of Records.
The site was the whole of square 49,
which lies between E and F streets and
18th and 10Th streets northwest. 1t is but
half a block from the Central Y. NJ. C. A.
building, one block from the State, War
and Navy departments and only two
blocks from the White House and the
executive offices.
Four hundred thousand dollars. or as
much thereof as might be needed, was
set aside to make this purchase OF a block
of land SO large that it was small es-
tate in itself. Title to the block was got
ten by the government for $:iDi 600, leav-
ing $4,000 of the fund unused. Then the
plan for the Hall of Records was ahan-
doned, at least so far as this particular
piece of ground was concerned.
Meantime on account of the fact that
the government owned the block. no new
houses We're placed upon it, and those al
ready there were not kept in the best of
repair. Then it was that the south half
of the block was taken by the children.
who began congregating there on warm
afternoons for their games. 1T was here
that some of the well known ball players
of Washington played their early games.
for the playground space is very liberal
and quite ample for game of regulation
base ball.
Then the Juvenile Court Of the District
was established here. in a historic old
building facing on F. street. The Juve-
nile Court. with Judge William De Lacy
at it's head, was organized here. Officials
of the court have not been informed as
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match, at S. The same shade and de-
signs can be had in less expensive ma
terial however. for $3.50.
Happily for the comfort of most of us
it can be authoritatively stated that the
custom of wearing gloves throughout the
spring is fast dying out-in fact, already
1t is almost completely gone. 1t has been
a quick death. Only last spring the
custom was on the crest Of the wave. 1t
cannot be said that it was ever truly
popular, but at the same time, for some
unknown reason, 1t was generally fol-
lowed.
On the other hand, though the fancy
bordered handkerchief. which during the
last two summers has been decidedly
passe, is coming back into vogue again.
All the better class shops have huge
supply of them on hand. the fancy bor-
ders being designed TO match the various
shirtings. Probably the return of the Dor
dered handkerchief is directly due 10 the
edict from London that coats shall have
outside breast pockets again this sum-
mer, a thing which. among the most
strictly dressed. has been taboo for more
than a year But. whatever the reason
they are back with us, and fashion de-
crees that they must be worn purely Tor
ornamental purposes. You can get them
either in silk or linen for 3 cents. and
the very finest quality costs only half
dollar.
Along with the bordered handkerchief
we may also expect during the coming
hot months return of the vogue for
fancy :lathands. After dropping almost
compile tely out of view, they are back on
brave display, in literally all the colors
OF the rainbow in a goodly plumber of
the most exclusive shops in town. But the
feverish designs that once afflicted our
eyes have happily gone for good Prac-
ticaIly all the bands are of solid colors.
or at the most the background is
lieved by = modest stripe or SO. usually
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Amador GUERRA Republic Panama

make visit 10 the canal belt either ~
official business AS mere sightBeers.
Many invitations We're sent her. but she
accepted only a few. 1t may be that
when she returns from Europe she NAV
make a longer visit in Washington and
mingle more freely in official society
Her tact and gracious bearing as a host
ess in the capital of Panama when she
was first lady Is attested by scores Of
people. She had the pleasure of being
the hostess of Mrs. Taft when the for
mer President as Secretary of War in
spected the canal. Mrs. Taft remained
with Nine. Amador and her daughters
while the President and the engineers
made an exhaustive scrutiny OF the work.
Social customs in Panama City are
planned on daintier lines than here. Nine
Amador is fond of flowers. and during
her residence flowers formed the key
note of every courtesy. Her pretty little
grandchildren were always in attendance
when exalted guests were received and
hey scattered flowers in the pathway
like rosy cupids of eastern scenes.
dies with lovely baskets overlooking with
the rare blossoms Of the south.
4
Every afternoon the first lady in the
Panama capital receives guesis-that is.
during the official season-and a band
plays splendid martial airs and soft-foot
ed, whiterobed retainers pass around
ices and sweets. while little girls nil
among the guests with their baskets OF
fruits and flowers. Former Speaker Can
non was always a delighted guest al
these amenities and he was a prime
favorite with the little grandchildren
Nine Amador's daughters are now in
France with their little children and il
is to be with them that she is making
her present voyage. Senior and Senorits
lie Fevre accompanied Nine. Amador 10
New York. where she is now the guest OF
some former Panama friends
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the monumental iNpe of office building
suffers none in dignity. and at the same
time allows plenty Of light. one of the
prime requisites where exact scientific
work is 10 be done
The officers Of the Juvenile Court have
yet received no intimatloR OF the 10
cation or the quarters they are TO occupy
when work starts on the new building
The court which IS one or the units OF
the judicial system OF the District, 10 in
these quarters on q lease which may Doe
terminated at any time by the Treasury
Department.
The ones to suffer most are the chill
dren. Who will lose the finest playground
in the city. The unfortunate part or the
affair. from the standpoint OF the play
ground committee. is the fact that there
vacant lot appears 10 be obtainable in
this neighborhood
I'VE have no plans for play
ground 10 take the place of the Gallinger
grounds. said f. S. Martin. supervisor OF
Fairgrounds. when asked concerning
plans by the District government for
one to take the place of the recently
opened Gallinger grounds. The Treas
ury Department gave as permission 10
use the grounds free until further notice.
They are used by the children from seven
of the largest schools in the city. and
approximately 300 children enjoy them
at one time or another. The nearest
Fairgrounds for the children OF that part
New York avenue and LIST street north
west. or the Mount Pleasant grounds,
either of which is more than a mile from
the Gallinger grounds"
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BY teaching the young 10 bow 10 the
proper authority is To give them splen-
did path to success. Here is where wom-
en- can be a pillar OF strength 10 the
state. ] have noted that those who are
menace to society through vice or
through socialistic tendency rarely bow
10 religious authority. for they have first
thrown off the parental Belonging TO a
church where the rules are stringent,
where certain code OF conduct is obllg-
atory. is a duty which | should like 10
see every mother Of A family enforce.
Indeed. if women would band together TO
compel their children TO attend SUNDAY
school. to belong 10 church societies ana
to join in the movements which mean
their moral training as Well social
advancement. q different aspect would
come over the face of the world.
firmly advocate religion not only for the
souls sake, but for the country and the
world at large.
Though she is still in mourning for her
husband. who died four years ago. Nine
Amador received much attention socially
while here Her nephew and niece gave
a dinner in her honor and invited the
diplomats of their neighboring countries
to Panama. One of the most enjoyable
of the fetes planned especially in her
honor was the dinner and reception given
by the minister from Peru and Nine.
PeZet Senior Pezet for several
years minister to Panama, and he form
ed a close friendship with President
Amador and the members of his family.
Nine. Amador was received by Mrs VIII
son. but, owing to her mourning. she did
not attend formal affairs at the White
House. With Senorita LIE Fevre. she called
on Mrs. Bryan and spent a pleasant half
hour with the chatelaine of the foreign
office
During her husbands incumbency Nine.
Amador met almost every prominent
American official. Few have failed to
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CantiC operation. INC JlNthlIt tVuTI y
the District : IL TIC crowded out Of MS
present home and an annex of the hu-
reau of insular affairs Of the War De
partment will have to scuTry about for a
new place Of abode
The children are morning because the
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LIVE Thousand Children

LIVE Thousand Children
l to Lose Their Playground
as Soon as Building Opera
tons Are Taken Up-Struc-
ture Will Be One of the
Finest in Washington-Geo-
logical Survey Has Needed
New Home for the Past
Twenty-six Years-Style of
Architecture to Be Used
Will Be Monumental Type"
Like Gigantic Modern Office
Building.