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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-17
(BY ASSOCIATED PREsE.3

E,ONDON Sept l7.-Along ninety mile front the
1iyer Asne which was after one OF
the most spectacular and river CROSSINGS
made BY an attacking force under s11re. 4H
Far the last two days there have been sporadic at
tacks both sides along line oue aceolal - ~
diced anite results Both sides have suffered enor
nousy week and the present pause undouDtediy
Pefroerad reports that flower Of the German corps
detached East Prussia is agaln nuIrylg
back to and Stockholm learns that sen
era Won Hnderbeg with the victory against the
Russians the East froner mas Deen urgently
summoned to command the western army
GRUESOAEE DETAILS OF BATTLE
Something the horrors of modern warfare is ind
bv the hesitancv with which the authorities discuss
the loss of the the Alsne Stor
5es are enough ruesome
stals 1s5ta. lesR
With s gny s anade e
form ns9n with ths fourth army tns
ii MARCH TOWARD WARSAW
The Petrograd military critics express the belief that
the GeIInans having recognized the strateg1e lzmpoI
away from that region and begin march on W aIav thus
forestang Russian offensive Berlin from that dlrec-
The servians Montenegrins continuing their
provinces and are optinnistcaly planning march on
Budapest
which with the heavy that have reached
them probably total the neghborhood of men,
alton north the line quite 80 miles long
there ample for successes on one part OF the
tled feVerSeS elSeWnefe OefHanS are III
selected positions with strong endorsements rushed
Consequently tins great battle
be of the most decisive and momentous OF the war
There IS no confirmation Of the reported German
abandonment Of Lege but it would not be
the opinion observers London the Germans
quit Belgium altogether there truth in the report
that the of the has become the decisive
point in the German and that Germany will be con-
tent the present maintain defensive attitude in
the west.
to decisive the future. Should these
tries take the field against At Is argued
h1 o1h 17C and
Germany would be thrown entirely her re
repel the Muscoyite hosts thus strongly
sinforeed.s
Italy have called her reservsts to the colors
and to be on point of occupying Avona order to
safeguard her interests in the Adriatc
SPEAKEA sY FELLOW
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All les OCCUPY RIVER - :s::EE
LEDGE AFTER ATTACK .: 8; q: q;
ITALIAN RESERVlSTS
IN FRANCE CAL LED FOR

LONDON, Sept. IA despatch
from Paris says that the Italian re-,
servists in the French capital have
been called for September %. They
believe, the despatch says, this means:
Italy's entrance into the war.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-17
ROHsH RELEASED /.

L. r. Rousi who was arrested wed
3nesday AFTERNOON on charge Of being
drunk, was RELEASED late that day
when message arrived that his wife
was seriously III He was given
lecture by { the ief asId sprol
fsed to cut &c o1Eicat ia beverages
in the FUTURE IS
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-17

JANE LEW FIRE LOSS.
Baltimore and Ohio
and contents. $4,000
No insurance.
Mrs. Hettie Bailey
building ....... 1000
Insurance. 81 200.
Peoples Feed Com
pany, store. ware
room and stock .... 1900
Insurance. $500.
o. A. Smith. restaur-
4 No insurance.
Wells Fargo Express
Company .......-. 200
No insurance.
Jean Curtis, barber
shop zoo
Jean Curtis. pool room 600
No insurance.
j. J. Bailey, stock in
feed store 500
No insurance.
Total insurance. $4,000.
Total loss. $500. $3.50 1
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But the sporsdice Attack. From Both
SiCIes lie Last Two Days Have
Not Produced Any Def
mite Results
,lAssociated Press Bulle etin.

PARIS Sept. 1.-THE Germans are slowly g1Vllnlg
81 the reaf battle that today all along the
line HE river Asne according to Official
made ia Paris this afternoon.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-17

The frigate bird holds the record
among aviatorss 1t reaches a speed
OF 200 miles an hour.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-09-17
Fire Of Unknown Origin De-
stroys Four Structures at
a Loss of $3.50.
BUCKET BRIGADEs FUTILE
Freight, Baggage and Express
Packages Are Lost With the
Railroad Property.
JANE LEW FIRE Loss.

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AND
ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE NEW
COATS ARE SHORT NOW AND :
OF BLACK SATIN CLOTH
oRNA-
SATIN SKIRT THE HAT OF BLACK
VARIED THOSE OF THE
=, : o.
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will have to be lowered to normal, or mil
lions will be lost. =
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girls are told to work out in color any
designs, i'll any colors. that they fancy.
In this way Poiret gets some Of the eff
fectfve, almost. startling combinations OF
form and color which distinguish the
MARITIME silks.
Perhaps in our effort not to appear
primitive we have got away from our
taste for color.
But what about our men? Surely they
are as sophisticated, as far along on the
road to civilization, as we. Yet don't they
like bright color?
If the solicitous daughter. anxious to
cheer and refresh her tired father, dons
a dainty new black frock for the even
Ing, he will probably not notice the frock,
however grateful he may be for her gay
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fashion of the moment for this place or
that place, and the personalities who ex-
plot clothes and who gossip about them
it is he, or she, who brings home what
is new and what is best for the Ameri-
cans.
1t is too early to speak with any
authority on what we will adopt OF these
fashions during the latter part of March
There seems no doubt that short coats
will be featured. They will be loose and
made on the skeleton plan which is
minus padding or stinening. This form
of, coat replaced the built-up coat some
seasons ago, and its power has been
growing stronger instead Of weaker. In
It's present form it is little more than a
negligent bolero that falls from the
shoulders in folds and has long sleeves
that are fitted to the waists.
Skirts are narrow at the bottom. free
at the knees, and full at the hips. There
is no introduction of fitted SKIRTS that
outline the figure. Whether or not the
full skirt is a sop to the manufacturer.
the outsider does not know. but II Is
certain that all complaints on the part
Of the manufacturers nave ceased
AS far as one can tell there is general
satisfaction ALI round regarding the
amount of material to be used In clothes.
The dressmakers have neither lowered
nor raised their price according to the
fabrics that they used. The only per
son who suffered was the man who sold
the woven material. and he speedily bal
aneed affairs by charging unusual prices
for his work.
The gossip here is that the season has
been a poor one. This is the echo of
what we heard all winter in New YORK
and Washington. The dressmakers are
ardently wishing for more orders from
Americans but in the meantime 1t is said
that the French are not buying clothes
as they did
Gossip gives many reasons for this.
but no two agree. Those who. since De-
cember. have been representing American
houses saw the lack of new clothes
among women.
Gossip also reports that only two or
three houses here have had a successful
winter, which is another echo from New
York. "a
There must be something wrong about
values when a famous house can sell
gown for $50 that was originally priced
at $500, and telephones to patron who
would not accept gown at $500 that
, she could have it at 500.
The small dealer suffers first under the
cruel tax Of high prices: the producer
suffers last. No one is suffi ciently IN
formed to be a prophet on this subject.
but, speaking with 'woman's intuition,
should say that something has hap
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-01

Spring gowns made Of black silks are
fashionable.
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lard with the new .geometric. designs in
evening colors. the kind of tiaipg We have
obtained from MARITIME and the Vienna
workshop. t,.'s~,.
is an exploitation OF pasteile shades such
as we have not seen during the years
that oriental coloTs have dominated.
One sees the recrudescence Of old
French styles in. the rutf1es. the powdered
hair and the panniers: and the new
couture which is brushed up straigh,
from the middle of the forehead and be.
hind the ears. with. ringlets on the
temples, is an admira BILE adjunct to the
tinged gowns with their stlHened over
skirts and bodiccs Of flne old lace. III
Regardless OF the details which I have
given you, there is a feeling in the air
over here that the so-called marquise
styles are arriving. 1t is not to be a
change which will be strictly felt by
June.
Here are some of the straws that show
the quarter from which the wind is blow
ing: The hair, the high couture with the
five points of beauty strongly marked or
the forehead; the decided pannier or
house gowns: the, rush OF Powered and
figured fabrics: the skirts of lowered
silk over petticoats made from ruff1es OF
lace: the huge slittering buckles on the
is high at the back and widens well
toward the arms In 'front.'. the popularity
of the pastelle shades.
One of the newest bodices for house
wear has a high back with standing
square collar of lace. continued in wide
square lines across the bust. and dotted
with single rhinestones Embedded in small
bows of SAKE blue velvet.
A year ago Raul Poiret showed full
skirt which had two slasifes at the side
through which the feet slipped. The
front and back of the skirt were seWed
together at the hem. : =.
-Callot has brought out the same skirt
five months later and it Ms being ex.
plotted. Whetheror not it is: a success is
difficult to tell. Those who are shocked
at the immodesty Of modern clothes/will
probably raise their hands in, horror, bu,
they may be informed that no, stsirt we
have ever worn since this garment was
invented for women Is 70 modest
Volurninous folds cover the hkure and
as the slashes at the side are held to
the ankles by elastic bands there Is no
possible way for woman to display any
thing more than her feet. She is liter
ally sewed up In arbag, yet she can step
into the street car without displaying
an inch of her ankle.
There is no reason whatever against
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-01
why so somBER?

We have heard a great deal lately
y" about, the mad riot Of color and
the barbarfc brfiliance Of the prevailing
| mode. Doubtless there have been some
startling color schemes launched by the
Paris dressmakers and -heartedly
Initiated by American fashionabTes.
But. after all, aren't We American wom-
on q .somber. lot? Look down the busy
shopping street or over q crowded re-
ception room or through your own ward:
robe-and what do you see?
Black, black Nblack-blue 90 raven hued
that you cannot tell It from black. by
gaslight-gyay. not the soft, becoming
gray Of our Puritan great great great
grandmothers. but a leaden color that
seems 10 be trying to look as nearly black
as It can and not actually do It. And now
there 10 brown-staid brown, the CO or Of
mud and tree trunks, is predicted to be
coming into prime favor for spring.
Why, is it? ..-.,.
and know that coIors that show no soil
wear longest? Or Is it because we feel
that In dark colors We look slendefer.
let's conspicuous or, perhaps, more emil
ueutIy respectablee
There il delightful American woman
now living in Nice, France, who, though
she IL past sixty. and says SO frankly,
delights in wearing colors-rich. becoming
blue, fuil-blooded, dark red and purple
that matches tho pansy blossoms. In
Nice, even In the staid English colony
where she lives. she is looked upon as
most grandmotherly sort Of woman, most
disntaed and In an things conservative.
She returned to visit in her old home
in upper New York state last summer
the very year when American writers
made the most to do about the mad riot
Of color that scanned to be threatening
the hearths and homes Of the land. On
the first day in her old home her hostess
gave q little afternoon tea In her honor
to which were invited old friends who
mothers IN their native town. .
The lady from Nice wore a gown Of
deep asure which toned wonderfully well
with her snowy locks.
She looked about at her old friends and
breathed deep sigh Of sympathy.
What bereavenents they must have
suffered" she exclaimed. Had all their
husbands and children been taken from
them. she wondered? For each and every
one was dressed In black and wore a
black hat, and, Of course. they all wore
black shoes and stockings, and. probably.
black petticoats. too. For were they, not
women of good taste and refinement and
were they not sixty or more?
: - - ''~--'r- r 49, - $500
When the lady from Nice learned that
they were not all In first mourning she
breathed a sigh Of relief. But she did
not remain long in her old home. The
blackness there depressed her.
It is s.id that primitive people-sypsies.
American Indians and Italian peasants,
for instance-like bright and glazing col
or In faet in the house Of MARITIME in
Paris, where Paul Poiret directs the max
Ing Of fabrics young, untutored peasant
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French society Is out OF town to a
large extent. 1t is on the Riviera or in
its chateauS preparing to take possession
of Paris at Easter time. But the the
aters are running and the opera and
there are crowds of fashionable folk here
from all over the world buying clothes
for Egypt and Nice and Blariitz They
are lunching in the Ritz on the Place
Vendome. and all that part of French
society that is here is taking its walk in
the Bots. with its children. and their
hoops, at noon, and driving there be-
tween ) and 4. Just before the tea hour
the Rue de la Paix is crowded with
fashionable women lettering in and out of
the shops. At the tea hours one sees
the world that must be amused drinking
tea to the sound Of the fiddle and the
patter of feet. .-
The women whose names spell aristoc-
racy are not lending their presence to
the dance in the tearoom, but no one
misses them, for all the rest of the world
crowds in the doors between the hours
of and I.
Paris is as dance mad as New York.
1t is here that the tango is danced and
the one-step. Robert is the master here
and Castle in New York. Here the dan
cling is snuous. deliberate, graceful: there
it is rapid, alert and often awkward.
Americans will never dance the Argen-
tine tango and France will never dance
the Castle walk.
Nothing shows more sharply the diff
ference in the national characteristics Of
Europe and America than the dances
they prefer in this epoch of dancing.
=
There is little Else in the air. but COS
sip about dress wherever the American
commercialists are foregathered. They
crowd into every moment all the infor-
nation they can concerning clothes. and
yet the clever ones get it from the tea
rooms. lunchrooms, places Of amuse-
ment. the opera and Bots, as much as
they do from the salons Of the dress
makers.
1t is interesting to see the difference in
the methods OF the Americans who are
buying clothes over here during these
two weeks for the entire American ma
ton. Some realize their responsibility
so ardently that they are rapidly bscom-
ing nervous wrecks and Will drop into
their berths on the steamers like limp
rags when the first week Of March ar
rives Others look upon 1t as an excel
lent way to gather all kinds OF informa-
ton and it is possible that they reap
the greater harvest.
In the buying of clothes, as in all other
vocations of life, entire familiarity with
the tributaries. which flow into the main
stream is an asset OF great value. The
buyer who PUSHES from one appointment
to another. who sits in the salons from
10 until / and from until 6, and goes
home to make notes and tumble into bed
at 8 o'clock is often the one who ie
least informed when the two weeks are
over.
The only way to know about clothes is
to see their effect upon people and be-
come absorbed with the manner in which
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-01
How to Treat Your Gloves.

WHEN fastening a glove always but
w ton the second button first. This
removes the strain from the wrist button.
Never pull at the finger ends when re-
moving gloves. Draw them wrong side
out from the wrist and allow them to re-
main until cooled before turning them
again. Do not roll gloves into n ball. Al
ways spread them out fiat and draw III"
fingers into shape. Dark gloves have the
effect of diminishing, while light gloves
increase the apparent size Of the hand.
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women adopting it and this would be
good for American women- because of
sneir active life. 49,, =. -.
It is good that in such a fashion the
average onlooker would not discover its
eccentricity. II he made any comment
It would be anent the modestN OF. the
garment. -... .-.
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the fashionable folk apply them, and
such information Is not gained in the
salons of the dressmakers.

There lis far, too much buying over
here by men and women who are capable
Of doing their work. but only their work.
To them Paris is closed book outside
Of the four or five quarters in which new
clothes are sold to American buyers.
1t is this concentration OH the one
subject before them that results in our
getting 50 many of the clothes over
here. You cannot trust the Judgment
of these people. because they have no
outlook, no familiarity with the powerful
Nocial influence that surrounds these
clothes. Their one object is to get what
they have to get and then go home.
1t Is the buyer who knows Paris and
its people and the strangers in it and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-01

manners. But if she wears an old frocll
and ties about her waist a new sash OF
gaudy Roman stripes. or sticks red rose
in her hair, he will doubtless comment Oh
her charming appearance.
For true it is that the masculine half
Of mankind likes gay and dashing color
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-01

All of which is far away from the
fashions Of short coats and full skirts,
isn't it?
That comforting bit of news was
thrown in at the beginning Of this dis
cuHsien to allay the fears Of those who
do not wish a change. There 10 also
much talk of Scotch plaids and Roman
stripe ribbon and many, many rlfaes Of
tinted ribbon apd corkscrev skirts; and
immense belts with ornamental bows.
There is poti1ing in these runnors to
startle, and yet there IL much in what
is being tentatively brought out as an
attractive change from what We have
worn through the winter.
There is an Ottoman silk and q fou-
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o
THE SPRING THE coRKscREW EFFECT OF THIS SKIRT
A
FIGURE IN SUCH WAY THAT 1T GIVES THE
MADE OF
Blue sATINwIcI BY THE WAY HAS BEEN BY NO MEANS REPLACED
THE BODICE is
MADE HELD OVER THE RIGHT SHOULDER WITH
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the floors of the places where dancing
and tea are combined. You can see the
head of nearly every important firm in
America that buys women's clothes. hur-
riedly crossing the Place Vendome, rush
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TO CLEAN OLD HOUSES.

no You remember what Nathaniel
- Hawthorne says in THE House OF
the Seven Gables'-that each gene alton
| is entitled to new houses, that old houses
are tainted with old ideas and unpleas
reminders Of their past? That is just the
way every housekeeper feels when NOV
| ing day comes. and she must that
her family gets comfortably settled ir a
new abiding place that has before that
time been the home of somebody else.
Moving is bad enough at best, but it H.
surely more difficult when the house to
be moved into is old than when il is
new. However, intelligently directed
cleaning will do wonders to freshen up
old and dingy rooms and 10 remove any
stains or spots that have been carelessly
left in rooms that have been refurnished.
If mortar or paint has been spattered
on the window glass it can be removed
with boiling hot vinegar, applied with
heavy CLOTH and after the paint OF NOR
tar is entirely removed the windows
should be washed in the regular manner.
If there is choking odor of fresh
paint in the house 1t will be largely ABB
sorbed by pals tubs or jardinieres Of
water containing each handful of hay,
which should be left in the rooms which
have been painted Tor twenty-four hours.
Grease stains can be removed from the
floors by making a mixture of a quarter
of pound each of pearl ash and Fuliers
ash and quart of boiling water This
should be spread on the floor and left
there for tUenty-four hours, and then
the floor should he washed with hot
water in which washing soda, little OF
1t, has been dissolved
If any of the drains from sinks ami
wash basins seem to be clogSed they
can be cleansed with washing soda.
lot of il should be crumbled into the
pipe and then bubbling, boiling water
should be slowly poured over 1t. This so
luton will clean the pipe from grease.
and if il seems still clogGed a plumber
ence of solid srIbstances-hair or dust or
bits of paper or cloth.
Any enameled surface-ilke SINK or
wash basin or bathtub-can be effectualy
cleaned with gasoline, rubbed on with a
wooden cloth Soap and water in when
there is a little ammonia are usually el
fective in cleaning enaneled surfaces pht
if they are badly stained the gasoline
will be found better.
Brass that is badly stained can best
be cleaned with one of the regular brass
pastes 1t can then be polished with
flannel and a little whiting if 1t WAS in
an especially bad condition. Nickel can
be cleaned with whiting and vinegar. il
it is too badly stained TO be cleaned with
hot water. which really ought TO keep
nickel in good condition.
Zinc can best be cleaned with turpen-
tine. ANY amount of rubbing with the
usual cleansing powders may be unavail-
ing in the case of zinc, but turpentine is
effective.
I, tho doors and windows and drawers
stick rub their edges with soap.
If hinges Of blinds or doors squeak
anoint them by means of a chicken feath-
er dipped in any sort OF oil.
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ing up the, Rue de la Paix, seated at
the tables in the Sans Souci in the
late afternoon where they can watch the
latest steps in the tango as taught by
Robert. and dotted over the colossal ball.
room of the Magic city where the Du-
cues are dancing their exquisite Max
ike; which they imported from Rio.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-11-30
WE MAY SELL TO EUROPE.
No Violation of Neutrality to Fur
nish War Material.

In response to inquiries Robert Ian
sing, acting secretary of state, has Civ
en- out a statement containing the adj
ministration's Interpretation of the law
regarding the shipment of contraband
articles from the United States To coun-
tries now at war in Europe. The state
ment says:
1T should be understood that, gen
orally speaking, a citizen of the Unit
ed States can sell to a belligerent gov
eminent or its agent any article of
commerce which he pleases- He is not
prohibited from doing this by any rule
of international law, by any treaty pro-
vision or by any statute of the United
States. 1t makes no difference wheth-
err the articles sold are exclusively for
war purposes, such as firearms, ex-
plOsives, etc, or are foOdstuffs. cloth
ing, horses, etc, for the use Of the
army or navy of the belligerent.
Furthermore a neutral government
is not compelled by international law.
by treaty or by statute to prevent these
sales to a belligerent. Such sales;
therefore. by American citizens do not
in the least affect the neutrality of the
United States.
ut is true that such articles as those
| mentioned are considered contraband
| and are, outside the territorial juris-
diction of a neutral nation, subject to
seizure by an enemy of the purchasing
| government, but it is the enemy's duty
| to prevent the articles reaching their
! destination, not the duty of the nation
| whose citizens have sold them"