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Look at this eagle feather made of
violet velvets.
The velvet eagle feather stuck up. in
proud isolation. from a toque form all
sewed over with little violets. Another
such had Il lone cockade of heavy rib
bed ribbon. pleated, carmtne verSing
on the reddest violet.
In this story-which is not a fashion
story-au that Is admirable is due to
Lewis, and all that is not is due to me-
The greatest milliner of Paris must not
be compromised or misrepresented- How
could I take notes in those balls of light.
where innumerable maids of honor stood
patting their hair and pinkinS fheif
cheeks in front of vast mirrors, when not
answering, in low, sweet tones. the lore
most society women of Paris, who seemed
to have one set phrase: But you prom
ised me faithfully"
How keep promises to customers who
order three hats per day? 1t seems there
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worth 500 any day in Paris
so it is" said Miss -, for 1t Is A
real paradise. An imitation like it
would cost dearer There are not five
workmen in Paris able to turn them
out!"
1t worried me. Suppose there should
be a rush?
There is small danger.
who wants limitations said the
great man. Il have had these imita-
tions made, at considerable trouble, to
show that we Paris milliners are not
advocates of cruelty to beautiful wild
birds. The limitations are here. They
are beautiful and expensive-if Paris
women want them. But if they go that
far, to join the Americans and Eng
lish, they will scarcely wish TO per-
petuate the memory Of past destruc-
lions by the use of limitations"
Bah, limitations OF cruelty! But there
Is cruelty and cruelty. The rose-ringed
parroquet is the pest of East Indian
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agriculture: and the determination OF
95 per cent of the race-they multiply
like sparrows--would be a boon to the
struggling Indian farmer. I gather that
the ingenuity of the artistic "imitators
will be rather applied to the creation
of elegant "fancies" from ostrich, fowl
and such pest birds as the English and
French laws may admit from the colo
nies-fancies more beautiful. perhaps,
than any bird has ever worn. And
yet.
And yet. the thing has started, and
who can foresee where it will end?
Feather trimming may go out entirely,
it's associations being painful And
who. in America, is to discriminate be-
tween "fancies" from the rose-rinsed
parroquet and "fancies'' from the rosy
spoonbilla
Fortunately. we don't need to worry
about it at present" said Lewis You
can say that America has made a very
strong effect. AT this moment, yours
is all the victory. Summer hat trim
mings will be all in flowers, lace and
ribbons. The lace will be very fine
lace. The use of ribbon will be great.
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is blond and rosy and has never
worked for any one but Lewis. She
fetched out seal-colored picot lined
with satin, and it had two scrumptions
aigrettes which / saw at once were
subtly different and finer at the ends.
These are the real 1 said. you
almost fooled me with that toque.'
Both are fakes,' said Miss -. The
toque aigrette was just burnt ostrich.
and those of the hat "thinned pea
cock" She tried to explain it to me.
how they fine the feather out with
razor blades. then pull each sprig
over the dull back of knife
Munitions work. And there was
another little toque, cruel one.
draped entirely in apparent bird skin
say, the softest spoonful down-and
decorated with what I took for
crosse" or soft egret. Yet it was all
burnt fancy made from ostrich and
peacock.
And this imitation paradise?" I
asked her, lis it from the ostrich?'
1t nodded. grandiose, like black
flame, on a tricorne of black picot and.
had it been genuine, 1 would bet it
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by photographs, and that was the man
ner in which forced loans We're made.
ION many occasions" declared a New
York man who has owned and operated
a silver mine not far from Durango for
ten years. rebel leaders have come to
me and to other Americans either in
mining or other business in that vi
cinity and demanded loans. There Was
nothing else to do except fork over
While refusal might not have meant
death on the spot, any one stubborn
enough to disregard this command was
pretty certain to meet with serious so
called accidents a little later that might
even result fatally. OF course, these
levies are always declared to be loans
and we were given receipts or so-ca led
notes for same. which We're never worth
the price of the ink used in the sigma
ture.
Even if peace were declared in Mexico
today 1t would take several years and
probably longer for Durango to regain
her former prosperity. They do not
build in Mexico with the energy and
rapidity of the United States. The same
thing is true Of the other cities laid
waste by the rebels.
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are lots such. And they average SO
apiece. Do you think that even a rich
woman throws away a northumberland
fifty-dollar paradise? a few do. says
Miss -; but most of them send back
their furniture their aigrettes, their
paradises and their "crosses''-to be put
upon another hat So, once bought, the
same rare plunnes may serve two dozen
times. And so the average hat is $50
just as if there We're no rare, eXterminat-
ing feathers.
You mustn't count Sundays or fete
days" says Miss =, .'or days when
madame is not well. And on vacation
hats are ordered irregularly.'
All the same, the quantity of hats
which some women buy is fiabbergasting.
Where do they get the money? Often
times they don't pay all their bill, which
makes hats dearer for you and for me-
And from all this | gather that the great
milliners have not profited enormously on
paradises and aigrettes. The loss on one
unpaid eats up the profits of SIX paid
ones. And the wholesale price of the
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like the lady who gives her hat to
u poor relation. And it is astonish-
ing what can be done with ostrich and
peacock--if yuu are willing to pay TOR II.
Lewis is. undoubtedly. the greatest
man milliner of Paris. He is also
amiable and willing TO be advertised
] met him at a dancing supper at
Luchon. and he promised to show me
something absolutely unknown and
astonishing in imitation aiSrettes and
paradises-'as beautiful as the genu-
Inc and quite as eXpensive" At Biar-
ritz, where there is Lewis annex. the
great man had been summoned by the
Queen of Spain. He quit suddenly,
with III hats-I don't know how
many she bought. So ] saw the things
only last week, in Paris.
A magnificent colonies aisrette, all
black, on black toreador toque,
could not fool me.
You have a nerve to show the genu-
Inc first" i said.
But wait" replied Miss -. She
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For example, in the case of Durangos
most famous cafe-whatever good silver
was in it was taken away, together
with table linen for bandages, stores OF
then the rebels deliberately dynamited
the place until only the outer shell re-
manned. This was the celebrated Cafe
la Union The rebels did exactly the
same with other buildings.
One clothing house, the La fTancfa
Maritima,'' over which the French flag
was flying. was looted OF Its entire stock
and everything else of value. The
clothes were given out to the most ragged
of the rebels. and then the building itself
was dynamited until only the four outer
walls remained. But even with all this,
the French flag Remained flying at the
corner of the building. nor did the rebels
take 1t down. The loss to this concern
alone in stock and cash was nearly
million pesos, about half million
dollars.
An immense store owned by Spaniard
named Suiza was looted and then dyna-
mted until only a pile OF crumbled
masonry remained Another clothing
house, larger than that of the French
concern, was blown to bits after 1t had
been sacked.
Iron mountain, In the outskirts Of
Durango, is just what its name indicates.
a great mountain of iron ore. More
than 5000 men were employed there,
but when the rebels got through with
their visit In Durango all operations were
tied up because they had put the rail-
roads out of commission. Several squads
Of rebels marched to the station and
the freight yards, where they proceeded
to burn all the cars in sight; hundreds
of them: mostly freight cars. The steel
cars were taken by the rebels to use as
travelling forts. but the wooden cars were
burned on the tracks. Altogether in
Durango and its vicinity 100000 worth
of rolling stock was destroyed.
The rebels got many recruits, for
since they had destroyed the railroad
and put a stop to mining operations
many of the miners had to join the
army or starve. Throughout the next
day hundreds of refugees, whose prop
erty had been laid waste in the country
round about as the rebels advanced on
Durango. came struggling into the city
with their few belongings and camped
in the streets, the park and in many
other places.
Durango's fate was the fate of many
other cities and towns throughout that
portion of Mexico over which the rebels
advanced. There was one phase Of the
rebels activities that cannot be shown
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-01
Washing Oriental Rugs.

Oriental rugs can be washed with great
success.
First shake them thoroughly and get
them as free from dust as possible; then
spread them out on a clean floor where
they will have plenty of air and will not
be disturbed.
Dissolve one pound of good, pure wash
ing soap in two quarts of water; add TO
this a quarter Of a pound of borax. Stir
well and add a gal on of cold water.
Have a new, soft scrubbing brush. plenty
of clean. dry cloths. two pals of clean,
cold water. a large sponge and broad,
deep pan.
Pour some of the cleaning preparation
into the pan. Dip the brush into the
mixture and scrub about half the rug.
Wash off with the sponge and clean
water; then wipe as dry as possible with
the cloths.
When this is finished clean another
piece of the rug and continue till the en-
tire rug has had its bath, then dry it in
the air. Any rug or carpet that has fast
colors may be treated in the same way.
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ture fall into the street, much as a boy
would knock the underpinninS from his
castle of blocks and laugh in glee to see
it topple over. 1t was not necessary to
destroy these beautiful portales, as the
overhead stories were first looted and any
property left in them would have been
pretty much destroyed in the crash.
There was one building that was not
molested, and care was taken not to IN
jure it by dynamting buildings clos 4"
it. With rare discretion the rebels iept
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Id waste with IRE and dynamite,
-cuses and stores had been looted and
Tic property loss amounted to II. 10000
pesos. or 5000 900 ia American money.
n addition to this s1,500.0o0 in cash
and forced loans had been taken and
ne streets were full of refugees.
The Mexican rebels. or constitutional
ISIS, did all this with 6. 600 men in less
han twelve hours. Not satisfied with
simply footing. they destroyed nearly
all of the better business blocks in the
commercial district by means of dyna-
mite
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The rebels had begun TO enter Du-
-s,nso just before midnight. Detach-
rent after detachment had marched to
tne city by several routes and gathered
a railroad stations. About 1880 u
they began action. There was some
armed resistance and during the day
here were brief periods of sharp fight
ing and rapid exchange of shots.
After it was all over some $50 men had
been killed and as many more wounded.
For the most part the citizens beat
Tasty retreat to the outskirts of the
city. Storekeepcrs who attempted to
stand guard over their properly were
forced to leave the premises aud it was
rot long before the rebels were in sole
possession of most of the city
Various detacI,Inents were ordered
into the stores. under able leaders, in
order TO loot them. There were no ex-
pert safe crackers among these men.
nut whenever they found safe they
put enough dynamite under it to shat
ter it and. incidentally. q good share of
me building Further than this they
destroyed many costly buildings APP
parenuy solely through revenge be-
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I 10 o'clock one
beautiful morning
Durango, a city
of 10000 popula-
ton. situated in "a
valley at the foot
of Iron mountain.
III the heart of
Mexico, presented
d fairly prosper
Gus appearance.
NJ II O'Clock that
summer night the
y
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Since the courageous decision of
America. great change has come
over the London Chamber of Com
merce. and even the trade sentiment
OF England Admitting that egret
Herons have disappeared from Florida
at the rate of 100000 year-"so that
only a few pairs of birds now survive
Were and that the so-called garceros
preserves OF Venezuela and Colombia
are sinister traps of wauton cruelty.
The very importers confess the trade to
be "detesta BILE So is admitted to the
Wholesale destruction of the paradise,
the rosy spoonbill and many another.
Now, as to Paris. YOU know how it is
yourself: rich women hate to be ruled
by men in "a foreign land. Yet on the
other hand. they do not want to be
alone So they BEGAN by asking:
Can't these plumes be imitated?"
The devoted fowl came forth and of
fered-I will name the ostrich and the
peacock Both said: 1T doesn't hurt
much: 20 ahead to save the poor
birds. Peacocks even drop their tail
feathers on the lawn at certain epochs,
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ion story.
1t Is something
srander and no.
bier.
It is the rcla-
ton of Americas
triumph over a
principality an d
ponnp and throne
against which all
the governments of
Europe confessed
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Also in Despair.

From the Boston Transcript.
Bix-No one can be in two places at the
same time.
and in Jail
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carefully away from it. The reason Of
this was the fact that the Stars and
Stripes fioated from an upper window. 1t
was the American consulate.
While the rebels looted Durango be-
cause they needed funds, provisions and
other necessaries to carry on their CAM
paisn. there seemed to be no necessity
fui doing as much damage as they did.
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The results of the hearings have ro'
been published. but Premier Carl STAFF
has announced plans for the fertilization
of various inlets which form an important
naval station on the coast of Norrlani
and the building of six to eight semi
dreadnoughts. well armed and suitable
for use In the Swedish home waters.
This. however. has not satisfied the de-
mands OF The country. Complaint is made
that no plan has been adopted for IN
creasing the period of training for the
infantry, and that the demand for set
going navy has been ignored. Much OF
the liberal press is urging increased train
ing and the maintenance of the navy at
a standard of twelve respectable fighting
ships. Even the socialists are veering
toward the support of an increase In the
defensive forces.
The uncovering of several cases of Rus
sian espionage has increased the demand
for adequate defense. Even the rural
districts have become excited over the
question, and the farmers. who are not
greatly devoted to the idea of conscrip-
ton, ordinarily, plan to gather late this
month $1,000 strong. in Stockholm, to
demand better defensive arrangements.
This meeting will be the most impressive
Indication of the seriousness of the
movement, for these freehold farmers
are the backbone of the nation
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Ll1l 4cl NJ l IA 90 ~. 4. - - a. - - - =. =
,,,, Co.,.
rare pioi4es - ioi ,ilie9s l'u ",''
crooked franc i aaWaHs expensive -
! gather that they VIII return to rose
lace and ribbons with great 10Y.
,,,. o-i. go.
nero We e"s-iie oi4iF
GU see, flowers To-Day are Ji.st - ~
stve enough 10 Justify any price ana
,-os. =, q ba+ 10, v.s-s as., ,-
tinted roses deen'ed quite eleSa'''- '''t
% cents apiece Today an arti:icih rosa
more beautiful than nature. IL to r., q,
any corsaee can rost IN "a s. - ar
"a y, So. r,s,b,,, .,.,-,s,As .,...
-, .e,'u e. .t','s 20" - 90
~ = - ~ "''s' -
was a border of such ROSEBUD sar,aa-.
and a knot OF ribbon. Another. r. Ma
brown hserc very tiSht woven 70"
I,,'o, ~ r.th.', IA a., ..,,,',,,,,
and leave
SAY piquet, it's more elegant 49,
BOUQUET saio Ms -. DON N1n $"
costs NOR, - IT'S r'ifffiie0t ~ leT
suaset Any one can HsN2 a o'47 iei-
rut - nave PPiei' s'+ must - -
lewis
buI tneN red9, tneir zenith "4Hn ITO
nahuie id'" ana r'@39f. An. ore csr
nuS ldce ana ileneil HOW rave nv
me n r.. 70 ask - tor 4 mar torn cosi
i , ~ = WORT or rose earlatis ana 4
i4ppola V.taiu''
WIN M, lsii you. 1ry Tonrselt = pioa
Snu p4i,u tuAt 60 i'N'' make
Slnli ', hho. OF cahn'te oi riohori
iou - Sc tile'l, thei 'here are Turns of
iaiu WIZ ot'ia tN're worn women ~
sns rue hcyale concern ar. cnpahle -
.,,I 49, a Sel oa-iI ~ m ven
o.n i Cd" 'iiihoSt aPsHoaan 'ofili' hHt n"i
"Ah. the littlc and how far away
said Robert browning ar words g., -.
o@foc. r.. =. ,,,,,,,...S,.
- aPt'i p''i' ''eSs Np'.r'8-Aes.
diio you can ASK large pr ces for s"'l-
hats. I do not mention IN. desien AM
one can steal II
Wat ,.iit Il. -. - ,.,,..
-i' .e &C., W 'rR 'i''oF % TOW
nsrettes only the cream ttltIe 80
!dris. 90 NOT pun ribbon aisr'.ftes IN
the same cateeoTE-eNeri onc VIII he
sait.is !hthl- ! pc trlea can thrin 7il
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The assignment of Prof. klepffen of the
Univerity of Paris to fill the chair of
French learning founded at Dartmouth
College by Edward Tuck has been made
by the newly created office of universities
and schools. i'll connection with the min
istry of public instruction. and it is ex-
pected that the scheme of exchanging
professors with foreign countries will be
extensively developed. Professorships have
already been exchanged between France
and Germany, Russia, Roumania and
other European countries. as well as with
the United States.
The United States at present holds first
place in the number of professorship eN-
changes with France. and this will be in
creased during the year. Prof. Abel Lee
franc of the College de France has UNI
dertaken series Of lectures at the Uni
versity of Chicago. and he will be follow
ed by other French savants as "A result
OF negotiations between the new office
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cause they had met with armed re-
sistance. even though it was slight.
Many of the Mexican business blocks,
are noted for their portales. which con-
sist of extensions of the second story
over the sidewalk. and arcades of fine
masonry. Wherever these were found the
rebels seemed to take delight in explod
ing a few sticks of dynamite at intervals
along the supporting columns OF the ar
cade and watching the overhead struc-
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Foreign Correspondence of The star
PARIS January 81. 1914
Race betterment among potatoes is
promised by three French experts who
have succeeded in producing potato-b bear
ing plants from seeds. The leaders In this
new vegetable sex hygiene are NM. Sar-
tory, GraIiot and Thiebaut who declare
that many centuries of sexual cultivation
of potatoes has SO enfeebled the present
race of roots that they easily fall prey
to various potato diseases which a young
and healthy race OF plants would be able
to resist.
Potato seed planted in the ordinary
way fails to produce plants with potato
bearing roots. but the experts found that
in conjunction with certain ground musi-
rooms. the potato seed would produce as
desired. The mushrooms, by attaching
themselves TO the young plant, provoke
the formation of potatoes
The 1872 crops from sixty plants con
sisted of potatoes about the size of a
walnut. though some ran larger. The
best of these roots were again planted
in 1913. and it is announced that they
produced vigorous fruit-bearing plants en-
tirely free from any of the common
potato ailments. Much Importance is at
tached to the discovery, which not only
provides means of rapidly regeneratinp
the potato, but makes it Possible by
crossing ana selection TO develop a num-
Der of different varieties possessing ouali-
ues which 1t may be desirable to culti-
vate In the potato either from the COM
mercial or the alimentary point of view.
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themselves impotent-the invisible. intan-
: hle and brcod.ng power of styles.
We We're told it, We knew il. We saw It
ali the ricn women of the world, all
dreaming. longing and struggling for the
same thing But that Is nothing; the
good women also, charitable and self
sacrificing. tender of others: women of
brain and soul, great organizers great
capacities. the mobiles OF their sex, and
also Just MIC women who are makers OF
the home and all Woodworking girls-ail
mad to be alike. and marching, marching,
hreath'ess To keep up with the process
sion. marching all together. to the uu-
Heard commands of a mysterious invisi-
HE commander supposed to be with one
.@S III Paris and the other in New York.
suddenly a wireless message strikes their
souls IN Ausust-and they ali put on their
falt hats in the heat, Or iii February
they hear an UnuItered order-and they
'orne out in straw hats and spring cloth
Is,
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I'm the autocrat. with power of life
and death. explained the Car of Russia
apropcs OF tango. but / dare not buck
against the yelled prophet of fashion,,
All right.
The yelled prophet has received a jolt.
Rude, uncouth United States customs
examiners. boarding transatlantic liners.
tore out from beautiful hats the stunning
aisrettes and suave parad .ses that had
'ost their Wearers 5000. Or they said:
Madame. Will not modest Your hat il
YOU desire to send it back to Europe
where You got it. But America has pass
ID law protecting wild BIRDS, martyred
and eXterIninated for their plumage.
Every one knows all about il. What
GU do not know. perhaps. is Ensland's
admirable following of our example and
the way Frenchwomeu are upset to be
called ''cruel. y bill is before parlia-
rnent TO prevent the Importation OF
feathers used in millinery and obtained
from wild birds. often III circumstances
of great cruelty But it does not inter
fere with the unobiectionable ostrich in
dustry or the feathers of edible birds
fowl any more than does the American
law. And the dominions have presented
= petition to the colonial secretary beg
Si1s England 10 help them carry out
their own bird preservation laws by clos
ing the free market Tor Struggled skins
ami feathers which at present exists IN
London
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Similar Bill Is Intro
duced Into English Par
lament France Will
Have an Audubon Law,
but Will Scarcely Need
1t Fur and Velvet
Trimmings for Hats
Next Winter How
the Paris Milliners Are
Manufacturing lmita-
ton Feathers.
Srec7l C,,-r 4sroudcpce Of The STA
PARIS January 10. iHli
HIS &c uot fash
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Sr~ci7l Crrr4srcudcpce Of The Sta
PARIS January 20 lHli
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rare piumes il formidable Struggled and
crooked traffic is always expensive 50
I gather that they will return 10 rose
lace and ribbons with great COY.