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panels which add grace and dignity
to the costume. This gown Is of tur-
quoise blue satin-not baby blue or
ciel blue, mind you--veiled with black
chiffon and the velvet panels at 'front.',
sides and back of the skirt, are of
black velvet. A tunic Of black net
bordered with cut steel embroidery
falls in uneven length over the skirt
forming a short train at the back.
Much white has been introduced In
the bodice which is of black velvet and
steel embroidered net with sleeves and
deep yoke of accordion plated white
chiffon over white tulle. The sash is
of robins egg blue satin, its single
end weighted with a steel bead tassel.
The coiffure shown with this evening
gown for middle-aged woman Is
charming. The hair has been pow-
dered slightly to render it soft and
fluffy and is arranged in. low pompa-
dour across which is laid a band of
silk matching the hair exactly and
embroidered with steel beads and
rhinestones. An osprey aigrette at
one side adds the essential dignity.
Footwear May Be Coquettish.
Both of these gowns hide the feet,
an excellent thing for the gown Of
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in Paris, has been selected for today's
chat. because it is SO, we'll suited to
the elderly woman, and Is SO admir-
able when arranged with gray or
white tresses. In the days when
powdered hair was in vogue the very
high, pompadour arrangement pre-
vailed. The locks we're drawn back
to show the forehead and piled on top
of the head, sometimes a veritable
tower being built on top Of milady's
Uranium. There were special vehicles
for women in full dress, with extra
high tops that gave room for the
towers of hair in fashion; and two or
three hours were required to dress a
woman's hair for ball The high
couture is always more stately than
the low one and the higher the hair
is built on top of the head. the more
impressive the effect. A pompadour,
sweeping back from the forehead, de-
mands a high arrangement of hair
at the back and though tho coiffure is
not mounting to extreme height as
yet, the hair Is being built up above
the crown when the front locks are
drawn away from the face in con-
formity with this invariable rule in
hairdressings.
The pompadour coiffure pictured to-
day has another feature that makes 1t
excellent for gray locks; 1t does not
require great wealth of natural hair.
The knot on top of the head may be
made Of artificial hair and the natural
tresses. waved and drawn up to this
knot will show themselves off to very
best advantage. The hair must abso-
lutely be waved, if not naturally curly,
for straight locks. drawn thus severely
back from the face, would be apt to
give a hard. unbecoming line. especial
ly to face past the bloom of youth.
The softer and looser the wave is, the
more becoming will be the effect and
anything like tight crimps or frizzes
must becarefully avoided. The pictured
couture shows soft ripples produced
by the process Nof water-waving"
which is accomplished by binding
tight bands OF ribbon or tape around
the head after the hair has been
shampooed and partially dried by fam
ming. After the ribbons are. fastened
around the head, about an zach apart,
the hair IS pulled up and lccsened in
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,or white nair with an iron without
idiscoloring it. Do not try to go
through the agony of sleeping in
curriers'" but put them in the hair
on arising and wear pretty boudoir
leap through the morning hours. BY
luncheon time the hair should be quite
sufficiently waved, for remember,
very loose, soft wave Is called for
Just ripple that breaks the harsh
smooth line of straight locks.
This pompadour couture is made
without aid from rats or transfer
mations; its aim being to show the
contour of the head and to make the
head appear as small and aristocratic
as possible. First, comb all the front
hair forward over. the face and draw
the side and back locks into loose
twist at the. crown of the head, taking
care not to drag the soft waves tight
ly anywhere. While holding the
twisted ends in one hand. use the hair
brush with the other, coaxing all short
ends over the ears and at the nape
to take the trend of the longer locks.
After pinning the ends securely high
on the crown, apply little ,brillian-
tine, with a SMALL soft brush. to the
short ends so that there may be no
struggling wisps to mar the perfect
line of the coiffure.
The knot Is now to be made, high
on the head and back, toward the
crown. If the natural tresses are long
and thick enough to make this knot,
we'll and good; if they are not, twist
the ends and pin tightly into q little:
wad and over this place soft knot
made with an artificial switch, keeping
the idea of soft looseness always in
mind. Last of all, the front locks are
to be drawn backward, off the fore
head and their ends twisted softly
into the knot at the back. Before
drawing up the front hair, hold the
head downward and brush the waves
lightly until they are loose and fluffy;
then with q toss of the head and an.
upward motion Of both hands, throw,
them backward. disposing the waves
of hair in such manner that the part
tngs over the temples---where the hair
was first divided-will be completely
hidden. If the front locks fall apart
In q natural part or "cowlick" at one
Bide of the center, 1t will not matter
md the effect may be even more be-
coming than a straight-arou pompa-.
dour. There is small "cowlick"
parting of this sort In the couture pic-I
tured. 1t will be noted that thought
the forehead is revealed, the ears are
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too many times to need recounting
here. OF one thing the woman of
middle age should be extremely care
ful-and that is, her choice of colors.
1t is folly to believe because baby
blue suited one at twenty-five when
there were golden glints in the hair.
that baby blue is ones color now that
the locks are almost wholly gray. Vel
low, for example, Is a shade almost
universally becoming with gray or
white hair. yet many women who
could not put on yellow in youth avoid
1T in later years when 1t would be
really flattering. Browns and tans
are deadly with white or iron gray
hair and no woman whose hair has
turned gray should allow herself to
sit or stand against a brown back
ground for moment longer than she
can help. Green, on the contrary, is
ideally beautiful with gray or white
hair. 1t may be INDUCED in to hearts
content, provided 1t is green lacking
a strong yellowish cast. Navy blue is
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usually becoming to the gray-haired
woman and peacock blue is especial
ly becoming. Pink should never be
worn except in the boudoir though the
deep shades of rose and plum are ad-
mirable. Gray is dangerous unless
softened by white about the face and
the same rule holds good of black;
but black and white may be worn ad
libaturn.
Velvet A Material To Conjure With.
The soft richness of velvet in al
most all shades but pale blue and pale
pink, make this fabric the ideal one
for older women, and formal costumes
should include some touch of velvet,
If velvet is not used for the whole
gown or tailleur. A pleasing costume
of black velvet, softened artistically
with lace, is pictured. There is great
dignity in the simple lines of this
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handsome gown. 1t makes no at
tempt at youthfulness, blu. it has
charm and good style--much more,
valuable attributes in a gown for the
fifties. The skirt, long enough to trail
about the feet, falls in full folds,
though the bare is obtained by cir
cular cut rather than by gathers and
a panel trimming of braiding, carried
down from the bodice, suggests the
princess line. The bodice is Of white
lace, partially yelled with black chif-r
fon-always lovely combination with
white hair-and in the fiat bow of
primrose yellow silk at the corsage'
a charming touch of color Is intro
duced. At the neck there is a wired
lace collar which leaves the throat
bare In front and string of pearl
beads falls over the bodice front.
Velvet has been introduced into the,
evening gown in the form of long
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} HE woman with a beautiful fore
head is now to have the privi-
lege of showing 1t. For years

At head is now to have the privi-
lege of showing 1t. For years
~ the forehead has been in
fashions bad graces. Only an inch of
1t above one eyebrow has been per-
united to show, and though this has
been a welcome style to women whose
foreheads were not over-comely it has
been an unfortunate mode for those
blessed with truly beautiful brows,
broad, smooth and not too high or
too low for classic perfection. And
because the forehead has been hidden
i-veiled always with low-drawn waves
lof hair--it has been more or less neg
Elected. Small use, II seemed, to waste
valuable time out of busy day in
massaging and collaborating a part
iof the anatomy continually covered
np. and therefore the poor forehead
mas paid the penalty of neglect-un-
less it was brow with youths unim-
paired fairness. It's skin has grown
sallow and perhaps fine lines or even
wrinkles have formed themselves
across 1t. or up and down between the
eyes. So the revelation of the fore
head will mean a good deal of time
and trouble t. many women, now that
fashion again commands the pompa-
dour.
This new hairdressing, now the rage
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puffs between them and when the
drying has been completed and the
ribbons removed, the loosened hair
will retain the curving ripples in
which 1t has been held. The water
wave" takes some time and can scarce
~ be accomplished without the aid
of second person-usually a maid
or professional coiffeuse-who binds
on the ribbons and then pulls out
the waves between them with a comb
or long hatpin, but when we'll done.
this Is the most natural and beautiful
artificial wave that can be procured.
Next to the water wave" q wave
made with hair-curlers OF some sort
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partly hidden. The whole arrange
ment Is very delicate and gives re-
finement and an intellectual quality to
the face. If desired, single hand
some pin or comb may be thrust into
the hair at one side of the knot, but
such couture should not be broken
In line by bandeau, fiiet or other
ornament, and the soft effect will be
ruined If a net is bound over the
waves of hair.
Gray hair must be kept scrupulous-
ly clean, not only for the sake of its
color. but for the sake of its quality
After the tresses turn gray. some OF:
the natural softness and luster is lost
and the locks have a tendency to sep
arate and form struggling wisps and
ends. Wash the hair once in ten
days at least. using only fine white
soap, and rinse in many waters, the
last blued little. Between washings.
sponge, dipped In alcohol. may be
passed over the hair occasionally to
keep It -textured, soft and funny.
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is recommended in preference to the
wave made with hot iron. The lat!
ter sort lasts but a short time. II donel
loosely enough to be becoming and,
natural. and it is difncult to wave gray
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New Redingote Styles Excellent for Matronly Fig
>ures -Furs An Important Dress Adjunct The
Colors That May Be Worn With Gray Hair
Evening Gowns Must Be Soft and
Never Severe = Footwear
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-29
Didn't Need the Hoe.

Some time ago hobo meekly tapped on the back door of a suburban home and asked for something to eat. The good housewife responded that she would feed him on the back step along with Fido provided he was willing to earn the meal by cleaning out the gut ter.
 The tramp agreed. and when he had eaten his way through several sand wiches the housewife came out with a reliable looking hoe.
 You needn't have gone to that trou- ble, madam. ".said the hobo. "I never use a hoe in cleaning out gutter"
 Never use d hoe." sad the woman. "What do you use, then. a shovel:'
 "No, madam," sweetly replied the hobo, starting for the back gate, my method is to pray for rain. '-Boston Advertiser.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-29
Notice of Forfeiture.

To G. A. Brown, his heirs and ad-
 ministrators and to all it may con-
 cern:
 You are hereby notified that we have expended during the years 1912, 1913, and 1914, the sum of three hun dred dollars ($300.00), lawful money of the United States, in labor and improvements, upon your one-slxth interest in those mining claims lying and being on Mineral creek, in the recording precinct of Valdez, Alaska, which are known as the Monte Carlo group consisting of the Monte Carlo, Monte Carlo No. 2, Monte Carlo No. 8, Monte Carlo No. 4, Monte Carlo No. 5, Monte Carlo No. 6, the location notices of said claims being of record in the office of the commissioner and recorder, at Valdez, Alaska, pages numbered 322, 323, 325, 326, and 327, of Book Min ing Records, in order to hold said claims under the provisions of Sec tion 2324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, concerning annual labor on mining claims, being the amount required to hold said lode claims for the period ending Decem- Der, 1914.
 And unless within ninety days af- ter the completion of the publication of this notice, to-wit: within ninety days after the 9th day of May, 1915, you contribute your proportion Of such expenditure incurred in perform ing said annual labor and improve ments, which is the sum of three bundrod dollars (SS00 OO) VOLT inter- est in said claims will become the property of your co-owners, who have made the required expenditure, by the terms of said sec+ion.
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 4th day of February, 1915.
 MIKE BARRETT.
 JULIUS JUNGHOLM.
 Last publication May 6. 1915.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-29
New Year Calls In China.

New Year calls are the custom in China, and you have to pay them in festive attire of silk or satin.
 These fine clothes tsays Archdeacon Moule in the Chinese People, can be hired, the price being gradually lower ed as the hours of the first six days pass by. We complained once of the very late arrival of caller, who should have been among the first to salute Us. He replied that money was scarce, aud he was obliged to wait for the cheapest day to secure a fine robe already donncd and dotfed by q dozen of others. During these ceremonial! days the whole community seems to give itself over to indiScrlnnate gam bling. d practice illegal and condemned both by Chinese law and standards ot morality, but winked at during tlls season.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-29
BATTERED SCAVENGERS.
Crows as Track Cleaners and Gulls ao
 Government Workers.

Governfnent WoFkeTSs
 As uniuue a crew of track cleaners and police as could be found anywhere is enlisted in the service of the South ern Pacific railroad. The members are neither Americans nor foreigners. It is a crew of crows.
 The big black. birds built their nests near Uornbrook. Ore, on the northern division of the road. They have be- come fat and sleek living off the gen erosity of tourists and of dining car employees.
 When the trains arrive at Hornbrooli the crows leave their roasting places and circle about the depot. AS the linn iteds pull out the birds follow them for five or six miles. Scraps are thrown to them, and they devour every bit polio ing the tracks and acting as scaven- gers. The section hands and other em ployees of the road realize the value of these birds and keep them from being molested. Trains crossing the Great Salt lake are followed by sea gulls, the latter, like the crows. feasting on scraps thrown from the diners.
 In similar way the great lakes are patrolled by white winged gulls. The government protects them, appreciat- ing the work they do in following the ships or lowering over the fishing grounds and keeping the waters free of pollution.-C Chicago Inter Ocean.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-29
Notice of Speclar Meeting of the Stockholders of the Valdez Electric Company.

Notice is hereby given that spec ial meeting of the stockholders or the Valdez Electric Company, will be held at the offices of the company, in he town of Valdez, Alaska, on Thursday, the 22nd day of April, 1915, at the hour of 2 o'clock, in the after noon of said day, for the purpose or considering the question of increasing the capital stock of said company, from its present capitalization, name ly twenty-five thousand dollars, di- vided into twenty-five hundred shares of the par value of ten dollars each, to the sum of one hundred thousand dollars, which shall be divided into one hundred thousand snares of tie par value of one dollar each. Also authorizing the company to amend It's articles of incorporation, so that It's indebtedness may be increased to sum not to exceed fifty thousand dol lars, with full power to issue bonds in payment of all of it's indebted ness, and to mortgage or otherwise hypothecate it's property or any part thereof, for the purpose of securing such indebtedness. Also authorizing the company to amend it's articles of incorporation, so that it may acquire by purchase or otherwise water rights, water power, and the lands incident al thereto, and that it may reduce the number of its directors from seven to three.
 And you are hereby notified to be present at said meeting either in per son, or by your regularly authorized proxy or attorney in fact for the pur- pose of considering said questions.
 This notice is hereby served on you by publication thereof, in the Valdez Daily Prospector, newspaper published at Valdez, Alaska, which
 is the principal place of business of said company. Said notice will be published in said newspaper for eight ! consecutive weeks, beginning with the
 issue of February 24th, 1915, and end,
 ing with the issue of April 21st, 1915 Witness our hands as directors of
 said company, this 23rd day of Feb
 ruary, 1915.
 F. M. BOYLE,
 E. E. RITCHIE. w. M FINICAL, GEO. J. LOVE,
 Directors.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-29
Notice of Election.

Notice is hereby given that Gen. eral Municipal Election will be held in the Town of Valdez, Alaska, on the sixth day of April, 1915, for the purpose of electing seven members of the Common Council, who shall hold office for the term of one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified; also one member of the Valdez School Board who shall serve as director for a term of three years and until his successor is elect ed and qualified.
 The Town Hall has been designat- ed as the polling place for said cleo ton.
 Said election shall commence at 9 o'clock a. m. and shall continue un- til o'clock p. III. of the same day, without closing the polls.
 F. F. ASHBY,
 Town Clerk. Publications March s, 15. p. 29.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-29
NOT MADE BY STOCKS.
House Noises at Night That Sound
 Like Ghostly Footballs.


 Like Ghostly Footballs.
 In old houses the boards and joists forming the floors are often in some what unstable condition. Many floors are permanently bent with the traffic of generations. Others are still under going the warping process. It is easy to imagine floor which is in q perfect ly ripe condition for the production of ghostly sounds.
 During the daytime the timberS get bent with the weight of the various in- mates of the house walking to and fro, but the noise and hustle of the day drowns the starting and creaking which goes on until the floor has recOv- cred it's natural position. as it is bound to do in time, wood being of an elastic nature.
 When, however, the stiffness of night comes on, these little intermittent movements may become magnified into mysterious footsteps, according to the imagination of the nearer. l myself live in house the landing of which exactly illustrates my argument. Some hours after all are in bed the sound as of one stealthily creeping along the landing is heard-loud enough to star tie a light sleeper into wakefulness. "Whos that?" has often been the eX- clamation, but by good sense the nat ural explanation has as often been ac- cepted.-LOndon Times.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-29
FAMOUS DIAMONDS.
The CuIlinan In the Rough Weighed
 One and One third Pounds.

Until 1905 the largest diamond known was the Excelsior, found 1n 1893 at Jagersfonten by a native while loading truck. It weighed 973 carats and was cut ultimately into ten stones weighing from thirteen to sixty-eight carats. All previous dis coveries were surpassed in 1905 by the finding of stone weighing 3,O25M carats, or one and third pounds, Ill the Premier mine in the Transvaal.
 The Transvaal government bought this stone and presented it to King Edward, it having become known as the Cullinan diamond. In 1908 it was sent to Amsterdam and there cut into nine large stones and a number of small ones. The largest one weighed 5l6E3 carats and is the largest brilliant ill existence. All are of the finest quality and fiawleSs.
 The Kohinoor in it's earliest known state weighed 1SGH carats, but was later cut to 10G.
 | Other famous diamonds, some from Brazil, some from India or Borneo, others from Kimberley, are the Star of the South, weighing 2541a carats; the Regent or Pitt diamond, weighing 13G carats after several cuttings; the Daryal-nur, weighing 1SG carats, in the possession of the Shah of Persia; the Tiffany. weighing 12512 carats; the Nlc- toria, weighing 1SO carats and cut from d stone weighing 457 carats.-Ex- change.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-29
Notice To Creditors.

In the matter of the estate of George HWsen, deceased. Notice is hereby given by the un- dersigned, administrator of the es- tate of George Hansen, deceased, to the creditors thereof, and to all per sons having claims against said es- tate, to exhibit the same with the necessary vouchers, within six months after the first publication of this no- tice, to-wit, within six months after the 24th day of February, 1915, to said administrator, at the office of Donohoe & Dimond. his attorneys in said matter, at Valdez. Alaska, the same being the place for the trans action of the business of said es- tate.
 The date of the first publication of this notice is the 24th day of Feb ruary. 1915.
 A. S. JENSEN. Administrator.
Valdez daily prospector., 1915-03-29
Notice of Filling Final Account and of
 Hearinu Thereon.

iuVISOu.
 In the United States Commissioner Court for the Territory of Alaska, Third Division, Valdez Precinct. In the matter of the estate of Dan S. Kain, deceased. No. 146. Notice of filing of final account and of hear ing thereon.
 Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of March, 1915, S. Blum, the administrator of the estate of Dan s. Kain, deceased, filed in and present ed for settlement to the above-named court his final report and account of his administration of said estate, and that Thursday, the 20th day of May, 1915, at the hour of two o'clock in the afternoon, at the court room of the above-named court, in the Town of Valdez, Alaska, has been duly ap- pointed by the above-named court as the time and place for the settlement of said final account and the hear ing of objections thereto.
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 18th day of March, 1915.
 s. BLUM,
 Administrator of said Estate. Donohoe & Dimond attorneys for administrator. :.... .t..
 First publication March IS, 1915. Last publication April 8. 1915.