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stitches made OF heavy white silk
adorn the crown, and q single row I'm.
ishes the brlm-edse. A band OF velvet
ribbon confines the crown. and but.
terfly of white crystal beads suggests
bit of frost painting. This is q beau
tiful and unusual development Of the
picture hat. f-si
Suited to the matron IS well as "a
the younger woman, the sailor hat oi
white corduroy and satin. faced with
black velvet, is Of the sort that may
be worn anywhere. The upper brim
and top crown are Of corduroy. and
the side crown 10 covered with satin
laid in folds. Odd, new ornaments oi
beads and curvins ribs of feathers. OF
"feelers." as they are called. are ap
piled to the crown. anI
JULIA BoTTo.llEY.
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Now that industry has become fash
ionable and everyone is knitting or
crocheting or doing some sort OF
needlework. the evidences Of the
'ikeep.busy" fad blossom out in all di.
rections. The family. from baby to
grandma. revels in pretty things in
the way OF dress accessories, and the
house is decked cut with fine spe-
clmens Of needlecraft.
Among the most successful Of all
the articles knitted or crocheted. baby
bonnets. hats for little girls. and bou-
doir caps and hats for grown-ups tes-
tify to the adaptability OF this kind Of
work to headwear. Baby bonnets.
either knitted or crocheted OF silk,
have long been among the coveted
luxuries that each mother manages
somehow to secure. They are very
durable and very beautiful. Crocheted
headwear is somewhat expensive, and
one must either have the time and
knowledge Of the work required, to
make It, or be prepared to pay the
price which elegant. handmade things
Will bring. ~.
The small knitted hat OF silk, shown
In the picture is moderately priced at
four or five dollars. 1t is knitted OF
heavy silk thread In cream color, and
consists Of . cap which covers the
crown OF the head. and a frill Of lace.
knitted Of the same silk as the cap.
It is finished with tassel made of the
silk.
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activities the police made elaborate
preparations to trap tho malcontents.
On March Of this year they seized
two young anarchists. Frank Ablano
and Charles Carbone. In the act OF
setting of a second bomb in st. Pat
ricks cathedral. The capture was
most dramatic. being rrade In tho
midst of church service. The po-
lice had been stationed all over the
interior of the edifice. some dis
guised as scrubwomen and others as
ushers. A young detective who had
wormed his way into the anarchists
confidence was there obviously as
their confederate. and the bomb plant
ers were allowed actually to Sght their
fuse before they were arrested and the
fuse stamped upon.
Among the numerous unexplained
mysteries is the bomb received
through the mails by Judge Otto Ro-
salsky in his homo on Riverside
drive March 16. 1912. II, vas meant
to explode on opening. but something
went wrong In the mechanism and the
Judge was not injured.
The famous bomb expert Of the po-
lice department. Owen Egan. was
summoned to take charge OF he bomb,
and while he was examining 1t in the
Judges library It went on. badly In
iured Egan's hands and shattering
much of the furniture in the room.
Another sad and mysterious case
was the death of Ida Anusewitz. a
stenographer who was killed Decem-
ber l2, 1918. by the explosion of an in
fernal machine she received in the
mail OF her employer. the president OF
a bottling company. ....
On February 2, 1918. Mrs. Madeline
Herrera was killed in her home in the
Bronx by the explosion Of bomb
which her husband had picked up in
the vestibule. On February 3. 1912.
Mrs. Helen Taylor was almost Instant
ly Killed by a bomb contained in a
large cigarette box which she received
from q uniformed messenger in her
home at No. l03 West seventy.sev-
ehth street.
An attempt was made to explain the
Rosalsly bomb and the Herrera and
Taylef murders by the activities OF
Henry :. Klotz. city craftsman.
Attention was directed to him when
he was fatally injured while expert
menting with explosives in his home.
but these three mysteries remain un-
solved.
Gamblers wars were q fruitful
source of bombs before the murder OF
Herman Rosenthal by Charles Becker
and his accomplices, but of late the
gentlemen of chance have been less
active.
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Fascinating boudoir caps are made
BY crocheting heavy silk thread In an
open design. They are shaped like
the caps made for infants. and nm.
ished with crocheted shell or seal
lops about the edge. Ribbon is run
In them about the face and across the
back. II nts the cap to the head and
decorates 1t at the same time.
Crocheted hats are made Of silk
fiber. chenille. or wool. and are very
smart for motor wear, for travelling.
and for the street. Fine wire Is used
in shaping them. and they are made
by professional workwomen who un-
derstand how to conceal the wire In
the crocheted stitches.
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men. who needed diversion when
there were 30 few passengers aboard.
Nevertheless. things happened a.
the Arabic was going down the Mer.
.sey and into the German war zone
around the British Isles that inspired
the ordinary neutral passenger to In
fer that the Arabic Was preparing to
protect herself against the attacks Of
German submarines.
=, Passengers noted that sand bags
had been piled high around the steer.
ing gear to protect 1t from possible
shell injury. Passengers also re-
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Heights residence section.
Anarchist bombs are usually more
spectacular than those Of blackmafl.
ers. Churches. courthouses. the resi-
dences of men of wealth and position
are their targets. A bomb was found
at the door of Andrew Carnegie's ine
mansion upon Fifth avenue few
weeks ago. All well-to-do citizens are
being forced to employ bodyguards.
In the fine districts east of Fifth ave-
nue. the dwellers on block often club
together to hire an armed night pa.
troll. This is protection against bur.
glars, but the growing danger OF the
bomb crank has caused the guards to
increase in number. ..5..55
Only an Insignificant percentage OF
bomb crimes result in arrests and
convictions of the perpetrators. Plant.
Ing q bomb seems about the safest of
outrsges. The bomb itself Is almost
aiwnyb'so shattered that the fragments
are useless as clues.
Even where the bomb does not ex-
plode Il is seldom useful as evidence.
On the morning of November II. 1914,
the fuse OF bomb sputtering under
a bench in the Tombs police court
caught the eye Of Policeman George
l.. OConnor. He started forward
and grabbed the bomb. which had
only three inches of fuse visible, and
started for the doorway. He tried to
rub the fuse out, and failing in that.
he jerked the insulated fuse from its
fastening in the heart of the explo-
sive. The bomb consisted OF two
pounds OF mixed black and smokeless
powder and about thirty loaded car.
tridges.
O'Connor's quickness and pluck
probably saved the lives, Of Magis-
trate John Campbell. his wife. and
many spectators in the courtroom.
The placer Of the bomb was never de-
tected.
Z This bomb was connected in the
minds Of the police with four others
of the same year. On February an
.unexploded bomb had been found in
the church OF st. Bouwe-
rie after the anarchist Frank Tannen-
baum and his followers had spent the
night there, having been fed and re-
ceived a comfortable place to sleep.
On October IA bomb exploded in
beautiful st. Patrick's cathedral,
wreckinE several pews and breaking
memorial window. On October IA
the rectory of the Catholic church of
st. Alphonsus was damaged by bomb
placed outside. In the church the
preceding winter more than 1870 of
Tannenbaum's followers had been ar
rested and later they were sentenced
to the workhouse in Magistrate Camp.
bells court. On November IL the
fine new Bronx county courthouse was
injured by = bomb. apparently meant
for County Judge Gibbs.
In this connection also should be
mentioned the premature explosion Of
bomb July S. 1914. In the nest Of an.
archists in upper Lexington avenue.
which wrecked . tenement. killed two
men and woman high In anarchist
councils. and injured several other
persons.
The anarchists attempted to give q
magnificent funeral for these mar.
tyrs." but were sQuelched BY the po-
lice.
With this revelation Of anarchist
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So Departed the Colossus.

The remains OF the Colossus Of
Rhodes have been dispersed beyond
possibility of recovery. or even of trac.
ing. 1t stood for little more than half
a century. and then. In 224 B. c.. was
overthrow by an earthquake. The
Rhodiars raised from benevolent out.
siders large sums Of money for its res.
toration. but divided the fund among
themselves. asserting that the oracle OF
Delphi had forbidden them to set It
up again. So there the ruin lay until
672 A: D.. when the Saracens sold It to
. Jewish merchant. who loaded 800
camels and went away-literally-with
the brass.
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form Of . diminutiye carp or sucker.
and adapted to be worn a. an append
age Of watch chain Or a. badge or
carried In the rocket. a ribbon II
wound on : rollst e drum u q icurnalsd !!
in the hollow ho1y u thbsdl Nice. and:
in practice, II besrs Photographic or
other pictures of psrsons, Landscapes
or other things. or is provided with
printed matter Of any desired charac-
ter, fS
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marked that as the Arabic steamed
down the Mersey she towed q raft on
which there was an upright. resem-
bling q periscope. and that tho gun
club made up Of about twenty men,
took turns at blazing away with Lee.
Metsord rides. good but long out OF
date. at tho upright. The lounge
steward made record shooting at
the upright. r
After the liner got into the open she
new . kite from the stern. and the
rihe club had some aerial prsctice.-.
New York Sun.
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START GUN CLUB At SEA
stewards on orsat Liner Given Some
Target Practice at Kite and

The frst transatlantic gun club that
ever bored evanescent holes In the
western ocean has arrived by the
White Star liner Arabic Captain
Finch said that the club was really
not q serious proposition: that It had
been organized chiefly to occupy the
minds OF the stewards and able sea.
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eaby's Everyday Dresses.

To make everyday dresses for baby,
purchase white washable crepe. Make
the little garments plain. with .
sleeve that goes to the neck. Few
seams are required and but one but
tonhole. Time and labor are saved
in laundering. too. as no ironing ID
.needed. HH5 i.s ~
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DEVICE FOR a WATCH CHAIN
DiminutIvs Carp or Sucker Arranged
by Recent invention to es Worn
~ Charm Or In Pocket.

The Scientific American In describ-
ing a toy or amusement device in
vented by b. o. Wakefield of Rogers.
Ark, says:
This invention IL a toy or amuse-
ment dovice. having preferably the
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EW YORK Is the healthl'
est big city in the world.
One pest, however. Fa,
ther Knickerbocker bat
ties against in vain-ths
bomb planter. While COM
parative statistics are
lacking. 1t Is cafe to say.
that NO great metropolis
approaches this one In
ifa hla ck record Of cease
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and barkentine brig and brigantine have
been recalled into commission and the
coasIwise foreand after and three, four
and five stick schooners are IN tue
oversee trade.
Before this the steamship, passenger,
express and tramp, the steamship fast
and slow. and the steamship big ana
small had practically put the salllpe
fleets out of business. Those sailing
ships that had not already been forced
out of the carrying trade seemed
,,oomed To 90. But the lnternment OF so
much of the steamship tonnage OF the
world and the conversion of So much cr
it to war purposes have made this emer-
gency call on the surviving sailing shlps
and on those retired sailing ships Whlch
could be put into commission
The displacement of the sail by the
steam engine has gone on rapidly. IN
1910 the British sailing tonnage was
2,GS0,330 and the steamship tonnage
was 1890 For twenty years they m
creased side by side. and in 1851 the
sailing tonnage was i.2o4,36o ana the
steam tonnage 454.33o. Then the IN
crease of steam tonnage was bv leaps
and bounds, while the sail tonnage de-
clned so that by 1850 the i1sures sho"
the steamship tonnage of British reg
lister to be 2.723.41o and the saiilns
tonnage 1881, G40 In 1900 the steam
tonnage had increased to 7.2o7hlo ana
the sailing tonnage had declined TO =
O96.49O In 1912 British ship tonnage
was 1O.992,O73 steam and 9o2.ilS san:
This change in the ratio OF steam anu
sail is shown in the commercial ha'les
of all nations.
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combustion, and consequently the pres
sure exerted in the gun. could be con
trolled by COMPRISING the the-Sra!ned
powder previously used into larger
grains of greater density. The rate of
velocity of combustion was found TO
diminish the density of the powder
increased. The increase iii the size OF
the grain diminished the surface m
famed and the increased density dInIn-
iShed the rate OF combuSt ion. so that IN
the new form the powder evolved less
gas in the first instants of combustion
and the evolution of gas continued as
the projectile moved through the bore.
by these means higher muZZle We
locities were obtained with lower maxi
mum pressureS. To obtain a progress
siVely increasing surface the peri orated
grain was proposed and the prlSmatlc
form as the most convenient for build
ing into charges. Powder was there
after made into grains of size suitable
to the gun for which intended, the
small grained powder for guns of small
caliber and large grained powder for
the larger guns, the powders of regu-
lar granul;tion, such as the cubical
hexagonal and sphero-hexagonal. came
into use and finally for the larger guns
the prismatc powder in the form oil
perforated heXagonal prisms.
"A still further advance in the I'M
provement of powders was brought
about in 1856 by the Introduction OF
smokeless powders. These powders are
chemical compounds ana not HlecHaHi-
cal mixtures like the charcoal powders,
they burn more slowly than the char
coal powders and make practically no
smoke.
In the manufacture of the numerous
forms of nitro powders there are among
the nations various secret formulas
that are supposed to be secret, though
some powder-making experts dlscredlt
the suggestion. If these so-calle'i Sc
cret powders actually exist they diHtr
only slightly in degree from the other
combinations of the same chemicals
Many of these powder variants nave
peculiar names, as lyddite, cordlte, 'eX-
plosive b. in the English service; me
Unite shimose, rubruite, ecraSIte, tri-
nitro phenol and tri-nitro-toiuol.
The shell-fillers in percussion Shell
such as dropped from aeroplanes or
Zeppelins or thrown by howitZers and
field guns and also used in hlgh-eX-
plosive shrapnel are generally OF ricrlc
acid, tri-nitro- phenol or tri- nitro-toluol-
The former is formed by acting upon
phenot with nitric acid and the latter
is formed by acting upon toluene with
nitric acid.
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Still Rincs True.

TDA TARBELL, the s"ci"l"sist ana
u social historian. was talking at the
Colony Club in New York about some
of the remarkable statements ti'a' mao
been made before the COMMISSION on
industrial relations.
ITS all very fine" Miss Taroeil saiu.
ITS all very fine. indeed. At the same
time the story about old George SUN
rings fairly true.
LAS old George was curfycohiplhs d
big bay horse his boss, muitlmlliloh-
aire, stopped on his way through the
mill yard and said:
Hello, George"
.'Heilo, Mr. Brown said George, cur
rying away. ~,
The boss puffed good-naturedly on
his twenty -five-cent cigar. Iheh nc
said
How goes it, George:
Fair to mddlin.' George answered.
Fair to middlin'.' ,-
There was Il pause. Suddenly George
said:
Me and this here boss. Mr.. Brown.
me and this here boss has been a-WorK,
in tor you steady for seventeen years.
"'Well, WE'LL: said Brown. remembering
a little guiltily Georges seven dollars
a week Well well,' he repeated. And
| guess you find you're both pretty
highly valued-hey, what. George"
We'll, said George, we was poth
took sick last week and they got .
doctor for the boss, but they Just
locked my pay"
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FIRST AMBASSADOR
TO THE BRITISH ISLES

edge of the water heard of the matter,
rode down. rescued the Russians. and
sent word to London of the stranded
guest from the court of the car.
Everything that Russia had sent eX-
cept her good will and the papers in
the pockets of her ambassador were
destroyed. These papers had had many
an escape in their wild journey across
the seas that We're steely blue and
singing with the blasts that swept
from polar skies, where stars were sill
yer instead of mellow gold Queen
Mary sent Laurence Hassey, lawyer.
and George Gilpin. with money and
every travelling luxury obtainable, to
bring Napea to London. The two es-
where the new diplomat was royalty
entertained by the queen regent anf
afterward accompanied on the road to
London by Lord Hume and 500 Scotch
men, all on horseback.
When within twelve miles Of the city,
and on the 27th day of February in the
afternoon, eighty merchants. riding out
of London. met the cavalcade from the
upper borders and presented in most
formal fashion to the Russian bearer
of good news and future interchange
of commerce and friendship substan-
tial gifts. A few miles farther in an
other group of horsemen, merchant
adventures of Russia met the small
IL,
where the new embassy was now to be
instituted. the nobility, with a retinue
300 strong, greeted and made welcome
the brave Napea, who had struggled
with death and seen death all about
him. and almost given up his own life
to reach England and do the bidding of
his emperor.
After the lord mayor had formally
given greeting to this first and roman
tic-adventured ambassador the queen
and her consort received and gave him
audience. his letter from the car was
read with keen interest, and it was not
until Nav that osep Napea was allow
ed to attempt the return trip to Ivan
Vasilvich, with word of a successful
mission. With him. as a gift from the
crown. he took four live lions for his
emperor. and safe in the hold of his
sturdy English vessel lay the papers
that Russia was to cherish, affirming,
as they did. acquiescence to the wishes
of Ivan concerning the fraternal and
commercial relations between England
and Russia
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BOOKS RECEIVED.

THE KAISER, 1Ssa-t9I4. by Stanley
Shaw. Ii. u. With a new chapter
dealing with the war New YORK
The Macmillan Company.
AUTOMATIC PISTOL: Together with
Information on Handling the Duel
ling Pistol md Revolver. BY waiter
Winans. New York: G.. p Putnam
Sons.
THE AMERICAN GIRL; Her Educa-
ton, Responsibility, Recreation ana
Future. BY Anne Morgan. New
York: Harper & Brothers.
THE NEW GERMAN TESTAMENT;
Some Texts and n Commentary. .y
Anthony Hope Hawkins. New YORK:
u. Appleton & Co.
HOMERIC SCENES, Hector's Farewell
and the Wrath of Achilles. BY John
Jay Chapman. New York: Laurence
j. CONNIE.
BRAVE CITIZENS - HEROES OF.
PEACE. by F. J. Gould, author OF
"Victors of Peace" etc. With intro
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of the International Arbitration
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POLICE PRACTICE AND PRocE-
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inspector in charge of the Training
School of the New York Police De
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| One wonders. since this appears to be
| his special field, what he Will do when
Homeburg and Siwash and the rest of
| them all folde-rol-ed UP in moder1i i'm
provementS.
| Franklin Wadleieh Chandler. pro-
lessor and dean in the University
of Cincinnati. New York: The Mac
milan Company.
Certainly no other branch of litera-
ture is receiving much attention to-
day as the drama. Young writer's
have rushed into play-making and ac-
knowledged masters of the art have
bestirred themselves ane Critics are
devoting the lions share of their time
and attention to a consideration of the
theater and the play. 1t is supposable
that this concert of interest has fo.
its object the education of the people
ito the possibilities of this public m
stitution. The book in hand con-
tributes substantially to the movement
for better understanding and a truer
appreciation of the stage. 1t Is. III lne
first place, 4 readable study of informal
bearing, calculated to appeal I" the
general reader. 1t is. moreover. an en-
ceptionally well organized survey of
the subject. concrete in its demonstra-
tionS and devoted only to those lea
lures of the drama that are signlfcant
and revealing The writer's plan is
novel one. He presents the subject
by way of the themes that commonly
enter into dramatic literature. For IN
stance, he selects one or another phase
of the social problem-marrlase, d.
vorce, the new woman in Wedlock. the
wayward wife, or husband. and so on.
To this theme, whatever it may be, he
brings the dramatists of every nation
ality who have contributed most ell
GENTLY to it from every point of view.
To cite familiar illustrations here he
brings Ibsens "A Dolls House and
Brieux's damaged Goods" to bear
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-HE special exhibition of landscapes
ii in oil by Ben Foster of New YORK.
y which opened in the Corcoran
Gallery of Art Friday. will undoupteo-
iy prove one of the most interesting
and beautiful of the many "one-man
axbihitions which have been seen in
Washington.
The display, which comprises thirty
,,,vases is installed in the northwest
gallery ON the second floor, the same
room in which Senator w. A clark
private collection was formerly shown.
Mr. Foster stands in the first rank
of American landscape painters. ne Is
National Academician, a life member
of the National Arts Club. member
of the New York Water Color Club, the
American Water Color Society, the Ma
tional Institute of Arts and Letters ana
various other organizations. He en-
Joys long and distinguished ise VI
honors and awards. and is Represented
in the permanent collections OF most Oh
the important public galleries and mu-
seums in the country, including the
Corcoran Gallery and the National Cal
lerv in Washington, the Metropolitan
| Museum, the Pennsylvania Academy,
| m. Art Institute of Chicago the 81.
! Louis Museum. the Brooklyn lns1l1ute
! Of Arts and Sciences ana tne LuAeii-
, bourg in Paris
| The present exhibition is exceedingly
representative. A number OF the PIC
| tures were painted in and around the
J.itcbfield hills in Connecticut, where
MI. Foster has a summer home ana
studio; others depict landscapes in Cal
ifornia. little marines on the racine
coast or on the coast of Maine-a Wloe
variety in theme and locality
Two of the paintings included IN ,ns
exhibition, Sunset in the l1ltchhelu
Hills" and Late October Moonrlse.
both rarely beautiful works, belong 10
the permanent collection of the Cor
coran. and are already well known TO
those who frequent the gallery. Inc
"Eyening in the Hills" is beautifully
rendered. a canvas depicting stream
in the foreground with pine trees IN
the middle distance. and sloping mis-
beyond midsummer Twilight is
strongly painted and represents plt
of omen country, with late evening
sky over distant mountains. The. ROAD
Through the Woods is picture whlch
reaches the lesson OF perspective IN d
very simple and direct way. "Octobers
close. is a large canvas suggesting 10
some extent his painting entitled &c
rober Morning" shown IL the recent
tc,temuorary exhibition at the Cor
coran Gallery LAS the Moon Comes
DER the HilI'' is d particularly able
york. perhaps one of the best of the
many fine paintings from Mr.. roster
brush. a canvas of convincing force