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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-25

What More in Keeping With a Sizzling
July Day Than Nice Woolly
tOx About tile Throat!

ded n negative. style is style, and for
its devotces no sacrifice is too great.
The brown fox boa remained.
II imitation is s.ncerest fiattery, then
the white fox should he as vain as the
showgirl whose press agent stands in
well with the art departments. No
one. Frank Tinney not excepted. is as
much initiated as the sharp nosed
creature of the n~orthland who wears
the white coat in order that the hunter
may not see him against the snow Of
his native land. White cats, goats,
sheep, woolly dogs. all creatures that
SO much as remotely resemble Mr..
Reynard. fall In with the designs Of
the fashion caterer.
To follow the white fox fad costs all
the way from s1.s5 to $500. according
to the elasticity OF the bankroll. The
real, honest truly white fox is Just
about worth his weight In diamonds.
The girl who possesses the skin Of a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-25
Maybe the Summer Girl Can Explain
These Paradoxes That Are Too
Subtle for Mere Man.

trimmed chiffon or a CONNECTION Of
tullc and skunk?
Flowers and ribbons and all those
dainty garnitures should be left for
winter veal. In the summer by all
means give us something heavy.
As n further evidence that We will
be cool at any cost, consider woman's
shoes.
A few summers back she wore the
thinnest and softest Of too slippers,
dainty kid or satin affairs ornamentcd
with beads and bows. No slipper that
showed more than an inch or two Of
leather above the sole was considered
worth a second glance. There had to
be O pair Of slippers to match every
gown, and deliberately embroidered
stockings to harmonic.
The summer girl OF 1915 would
scorn these sandal slippers. Nothing
like that on her shoe trees! To he
strictly up to the minute she must
wear boots-preferably Of patent
leather.
Il don't know why they had to
choose patent leather" sighed one un-
happy victim of the fashion jolters.
Even in the winter patent leather
shoes give the effect of wearing mus
tard plasters on your feet. Add to
this the summer heat and the hot
pavements and you have a combina-
ton that Is going to foster a race of
grouches."
III they keep 1t up we are more
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-25

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some OF me prcit"st g4r.s IN the
world are IN the Fo!.'"s. question 1t as
YOU may, the lact remains that these
girls are NOR" or less arh!trators OF
styles in hair dr'S''n-. They seem
L" possess Il Nind "' W'.rd 'n"tln'' IS
u "hat VIII become them best
"Of ours that Is their b sincss, -
utilize every point Of beauty to the ut
most. | believe you could page the
entire ranN of the rOllics chorus VITA
out finding half a dozen pieces Of frl =
hair. Already their coifures are go
ing copied along broadway ana Sc:,s
carried back Ivy visitors to their nome
towns and cities.
Time and money that used To IL,
spent ON rats and puffs and braids
and the Xix. ar, nov given IN caring
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-25

Recently | was coming IN on the
South shore Of Long Island on "A broad
and smooth road. out of a road zoo
yards or more ahead OF me turned
into the main highway an automobile
with all the marks OF ar ancient vim
tagc and "A neW driver AZ tn" wheel.
| came along on the right side IF the
road. expecting the other man 10 turn
TO his right and pass me.
As If there was a mognet on the
front of my machine as ! stecred
nearer the curb the nose Of his ear
f nowcd mine. Finally | was right
up against the curb. Even then | felt
sure he would pass mo - the right, as
he nnN had the entire road except for
one small slice only as wIdc as the
beam Of my car from the curb. He
selected that space. When within ten
feet of me he veered sharply in front
and ran his machine into a tree,
There was no chance to avoid n col
lision and my car struck his front
wheels. The effect was as damaging
rs a German torpedo on a liner. Both
his front wheels were knocked loose
from the aged frame. four tires blew
GU with an explosion which made
You think the car might AVE been
loaded with ammunition and the hood
was stove in. 1t didn't look like an
automobile at all.
backed my car out from the debris
and found that only a brace between
the two front springs had been bent.
The driver WAS a German, "pesged" by
his Weber and Fields accent OF
course he was in the right, as are all
Germans in all controversies. \ man
who had seen the miNup said:
Take my name as "A witness and
drive on. That guy don't know how
to handle "A car"
But the German mounted my run
ming board and made dire threats Of
sticking with me until | got wherever
! was going. | told him he would stick
to the running board until we got out
of the town and then he would alb
sorb "a punch and be Knocked loose
from II at n point where lie could not
complain about assault, lie weakened
II quit.
Again | u"ls crossing Staten Island
with a friend named Willis. A biz
car came laundering along behind us
and passed so close hat ii Grazcd IA
mud guard. This narrow escape up
set both Willis and myself consider
ably.
Il don't know how YOU feel about
IT," said Willis to me, but If this were
my car | would certainly tell that fell
low what | thought of him when WI
catch him III the ferry at Perth AM
boy. There might have been II widow
and two half orphans back in Flushing
now If he had come half an inch
closer to u.s."
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are laced or buttoned up the inside or
back to somewhere about midway bo-
tween knee and ankle. There Is II
second slip on model with "a turned
back cuff that has been adapted from
the Russian. This model was I'M
doubtedly first worn in tho vicinity Of
the north pole. where II must have
been very useful. ON the streets OF
New York in July II Is as useful as m
oil stove is to n stokcr.
Where is the old fashioned girl who
and rose wreathed leghorns? What
has become of the flower strcwh
muslins and the bloom laden bonnets7
Whittier went the lady fair who
fastened a knot of pansics behind rer
ear and nuttering lavender ribbons
on her dainty dimity frock?
She has gone into the limbo of the
past. more's the pity. To-day she
wears swishing t%affetas. severcl%
tailored suits Of silk or serge. coats OF
queer cuts and colors. In July she
preens before the mirror in hats Cf
velvet or felt. She has stolen lie
Tam o. Shanter from the skating girl
and carried it to the roof gardens and
beaches.
In January she wears the latest
headgear of thin straw. With all tho
flowers that have been so truly
initiated as to fool nature herself %
choose from. the present summer
finds the fashion followers thinning
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-25
DEVICES JOY RIDERS OF TO-DAY DISPLAY

a dentists chair. carefully balanced
on the back part of the frame.
This was evidently the nursery de-
partment and was heavily laden with
two youngsters who were strapped In
as they used TO strap in the driver of
the fire engine before the s~elf-starter
replaced the drop harness in the de-
partment. The owner of the vehicle
was undoubtedly a dentist through the
week and a plain hopper on Sundays.
lie hoped he would get somewhere and
back before Monday and he able to
screw his dentist chair off the motor
cycle and onto the floor of his Office
before his first patient arrived.
His prospects appeared to be very
bad when last seen, for the motor
cycle was weakening at every puff,
and 1t looked as II some one would
have to endure a toothache on Monday
If that chair was all which stood pc
tween him and relief. 1t hadn't the
air OF expecting to report on time for
dentist duty.
The road was fairly crawling with
machines which looked as if they
might grow up to be automobiles
some day If properly cared for, but
there Is more room per capita in The
subway during the rush hour than in
these small cars. 1t is unfortunate
that the stoutest passengers always
appear to have to ride in cars which
haven't grown up. and then they have
so many accessories 10 carry along.
Perhaps the diminutive car makes the
passenger look more corpulent.
All the passengers wea their Cog
giles and busters and wells and most
Of them have a tough time of 1t be-
as backseat drivers. Perhaps the
reader would like to get a definition
Of a backseat driver.
The sex is generally feminine, and
the inspiration is a combination of
fear and hope. The backseat driver
| takes It upon herself TO do all the
duties OF a chauffeur except, OF
| course, run the car, which is a minor
matter.
She endcavors TO push her French
heels through the floor every time she
thinks the car should he stopped In
the imaginary motion Of applying The
brakes. But the most confusing habit
of those chronically addicted to back
seat driving Is signaling with the
hands as II to stop or turn "A corner
L.
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the rear one Of these cars loaded with
the average family of backseat drivers
is as confusing as trying 10 select the
prettiest girl in the Xiegfeld Follies.
The occupants of the back sea have
the INDIGESTION of a chameleon placed
on plaid and hands usually stick out
in every direction. indicating 1t may
change its mind and course and even
back up at n minute. Judging by
the semaphores in the back seat the
automobile is as uncertain in Its in
tentions as the m~illionaire's daughter
who is trying to max up her mind
whether TO elope with the chauffeur or
d social gangster.
There is another strange phenome-
non about the possessOrs OF these la
dies and misses styles in automobiles.
The new owner believes his ca Is faster
than any other on the road AMI al
ways chooses the middle OF the road
as the proper place to drive. II you
desire To pass him II Is necessary TO
take to the gutter and TO u the
risks or the waving ah0 pointing
hands If he backseat drivers IL Is
frequently dlfhcult TO oiscrimiha'e De.
tween conversational gestures ana
road directions.
The conversation or one or THESE
owners Is characteristic Always ne
refers to MS contrlvahce as my car
or my motor. we approached one
of them on the way home from cong
Beach.
Your tail lights out warned a
passing chauffeur to the possessor OF
the painting pippin.
You don't need any tall light with
this car he promptly replied Moth
ing's going 10 pass us from behind
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-25
Everythin Abroad
Now From the High
Priced Foreign
to the
Home Made Cycle Car

There were four or Ave occupants
in the car and we were outnumherei.
So To make our points stick against the
allies We slipped a couple OF tire on"
in our coat pockets. We then asked
the driver of the machine, on when
the new paint still %glistened, whether
he picked up his knowledge of auto
mobile driving in "A correspondence
school. From that point we went IN
and gave him complete opinion of
his prowcSs as an amateur chauffeur.
II was what he needed, for he stayed
carefully behind us the remainder OF
the way to Princeton and never once
essayed to pass. II one (as we say
at Harvard and in London) is to win
these arguments and II II is to be
a good automobile driver n must
carry a convenient vocabulary and
he able to lick them quick.
Another thing. Very few women
are good automobile drivers, especially
In a pinch. Blu they think they are,
AS they believe they would he good
voters They contribute 10 make travel
in a ear about New York one Of the
u tattllfl "a Z ANs w ~ -
straight line is based On the shape OF
a corkscrew.
But what's the use? Let's go out
ana crank up the old hivver and take
our chances. There's n machine born
every minute now, or a shade oftener
and l.. r. Barnum or George NJ. Co
han, or whoever it was, underestimate
the birth rate when he declared sixty
suckers were born every hour. That
record has to be beaten in order thai
the manufacturers, both home and
factory. may have folks enough Il
drive them.
You ~ course know about the
owner Of the putting pippin who took
out the party for "A Sunday excursion
and his clutch. or rather the puifinl
p,ppln's clutch, Vas slipping, go thai
most of what little power there wa
leaked before II arrived at the bach
wheels.
This is a long ride remarked one
member of the group.
Il never saw 1t so long before" re
Piled the owner. at has taken u!
ten minutes to get by that tree"
lie should have poured kerosene IL
his clutch. or preferably bought a new
car.
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products. which cannot be found IN
any automobile catalogue. the roads
are becoming cluttered up and dan
gerous on Sundays and II is seldom a
trip can be made along any we'll trav-
e.led highway without e~ncountering
the debris of a collision. ON this par
ticular Sunday on the way To Long
Beach We came across the wrecks OF
two cars and the disabled front part
Of another. The machine crippled in
the front was OF a larger cal!bre and
breed, while the smaller ones were sis
ters under their hoods and, for want ~
a better name. may be called fivvers.
These two fiivvers had attacked the
bigger car in front and had disabled
it, but in so doing they had shattered
their w machinery and were pied
up in the road. AS We passed the
scene Of the wreck we shouted:
Was any one hurt?"
Two" replied a blase native with
out emotion. much as the hardened
peasants OF France must speak OF the
battle losses along the western front.
These Long Island natives are hard
ened to the mishaps Of Automobiles
wv Ao' ~ u W PasSVS AAtN
do not see some one carried off to a
hospital and an automobile made fit
for the scrap heap.
The laws of this State provide that,
II a nan owns a car he may drive Il
himself without passing n eXamina-
, ton as to his efficiency. The general
tendency Of a purchaser as soon as he
buys a car is to endeavor to emulate
Barney Oldfield OF Ralph De Palma,
This is not only dangerous to the
driver himself and the passengers of
the car who will risk their lives to roll
on rubber tires but also 10 other more
conservative owners on the road. The
results are seen in the lists Of automo-
bile accidents printed in the news
papers on Monday mornings,
1t was not long < that | saw a
car on the road which looked like an
old buggy propelled by the works of a
phonCgraph. Its driver was doing n
very complete Job OF occupying the
entire thoroughfare. This condition
could be corrected by s~tricter require
ments as to drivers. especially owners
who manipulate their own care: pro-
fessional %chauffeurs are forced &c
qualify by an examination.
I The ordinary man when he first
takes hold OF the wheel OF n car and
gets caught In a tight place in traffic
is like the bather who can swim a few
strokes but loses his head as soon as
he is hit by a wave and gets n MOUTH
full Of salt water. The new driver
forgets and needs the book of instruc-
lions to find out what to do to avoid
an accident. He usually pulls the
wrong lever and there is AN accident
In which old Mr.. Innocent Bystander
Is q sufferer.
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has no cause to fear the rivalry OF any
woman. The white fox places her
among the principals in the summer
fashion show.
but ambitious girl who bought her
neal fox at the bargain counter of a
Fourteenth street department store.
See how her lips curl with scorn at the
makeshift OF her sister-the make
shift with the telltale curl in hair
that should be perfectly straight. All
the world knows that no respectable
white fox aver wore q curly coat. Yet
there are alleged foxes with coats that
kink up on a damp day like the wool
on a pickaninny's head.
However, it is just as reasonable to
blame the furrier for this little fiction
as II would be to abuse the jeweller
for making imitation pearls. II all the
white foxes extant were herded to.
sether they would not make enough
summer scarfs TO supply Broadway
alone. moi to mention adjacent fashion
able highways and those cities which
follow In New York's example, even to
the extent OF wearing furs in July.
Another nifty summer notion Is the
silk sweater trimmed in fur. And to
| think hat the sweater was once a sane
garment that took the place Of the old
fashioned knitted woollen comfortable
and wristlets' As long as II was a
strictly masculine adjunct 1t remained
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-25
Has Passed When
the Auto Fan Can
Stand on the Curb
and Call Off the
Makes as They Pass
by JOHN \.

w yHEN the automobile first
w found it. place anenr tn.
w best sellers it used to be a
favorite diversion Of sportsmen to
glide along the road and call off
tn, various breeds OF car. In those
days the trick was not difficult. but
now automobiles are quite as plentiful
as white fox furs In summer, n
much more difficult to identify. espe-
clally the home grown ones-automo-
b!les, not furs.
Ingenuity has marked the growth Of
the motor. Every one who owns any
sort OF contrivance which can bs
coaXed along the Dad takes 1t out OF
the moth balls on Sunday and starts
somewhere. Some get there, but a
great quantity of them stop by the
roadside in such a way as TO block thS
highway very effectually. II Is a dis
tinction around the neighborhood II
New York to walk on Sunday AMI
really makes a man conspicuous, as 1t
does a girl to go abroad without a
white fox fur In these days Of the
white fox and the near white fox
The careful ~chronicler carries a note
book and lead pencil. Here are some
of the contrivances seen along the ROAD
between New York and Long Beach
last Sunday:
one motor cycle staggered along
staggering Is right, for the owner evil
IDENTIFY started out believing ne had a
touring car, and the protesting motor
cycle was doing its best to make good.
Alongside OF the rotor cycle and gin
gerly attached to 1t ambled a basket
ARRANGEMENT on two wheels which. o.
closer examination. was seen to have
many of the features Of a baby car-
riage. In this were seated two youns
ladies' heavily upholstered In busters
goggles and dust. while appended to
the sweating and suffering cycle was
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-25

w YHEN the automobile first
\A/ found its place among the
best sellers 1t used to be a
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-25
ny JANE EINON.

III are SuIiliIltI lulS9
\t/ The answer to this i'm
W portant question of warm
weather fashions "a the same as
the answer to that equally impor-
tant query, why is a string and how
long"
80 matter how YOU answer 1t. the
fact remains with us-vcry much with
rs-summer furs are.
To be perfectly modish the summer
elrl OF 1915 must swathe herself In
fox. white fox II possible, but in
case no white fox is available, cinna-
mon brown will do.
Nothing could be more in keeping
with a sizzling July day than a nice,
woolly. white fox scarf pulled across
the shoulders and caught up tight
around the neck. Here Is real COM
fort. with the thermometer hover
ing around 100, what could be more
sensible. what more provocative Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-25
'oolness and calm than a fluffy, fuzzy

eoolness and calm than a fluffy, fuzzy
fur neckpiece?
And yet there are cyrics who dare
to say this is not an age OF reason.
Let the scoffers come &c New York
and mark well the metropolitan maid
ana her modes. Summer furs. Here
Is the answer to their doubts. Let
them gaze upon the fox clad summer
girl and forever hold their peace.
What DO you think" remarked a
keen observer of the feminine a month
or so ago, II was crossing Forty
second street at Broadway to-day and
! saw a girl who wasn't wearing a
white fox fur"
How that poor girl must have SUI
fered, conspicuous as she was in the
crowd, one can only guess she was
q visitor in town, innocent Of fash
ions latest little prank, and that she
remed!ed her lack OF proper apparel
the she reached q fur dis
pensary.
New York has had plenty of foolish
feminine fancies in the matter of
clothes, No season has been without
it, sartor!al brainstorm. But never,
never in the history Of dressmakers
with fevered imaginations, did folly
touch the apex until some one started
the summer fur style. There are no
higher heights OF absurdity.
The other evening, in a Broadway
Restaurant. where extremes OF style
are AZ their EXTREMIST, a pretty giri
WaS dining with her summer cavalier
Electric fans were whirrlng at top
tpect. Ice melted in the glasses as
fast rs 1t was dropped there. Walters
looked as II they had been spending
t"e last half hour in a Turkish bath
Clothes stuck to chairs or seats, and
DISPOSITIONS were considerably frazzled
lnS pretty girl dincd on. Around
he' throat, and wound so high that II
concealed ner chin, was a brown fox
boa, Pulled far down over one cal
and tilted slightly to show the other
WIS a broad orywn felt hat, A white
Corduroy skirt and Jacket completed
U.s. G.-rmii.- midsummer eutft.
Secure IN her own smartness she
Nited ICED consomme up over h en-
c!rc.irg fur and at intervals rubbed
d powder puff over her fevered face
which was the exact shade Of a broilet
oaoy lobster. Her cavalier leaned for
ward, one could see he was suggest
Tug that she might be more comfort
s'e II she removed her furs.
But the girl smiled swectly and nod,
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The fur trimmed evening Eown Is
hN no means new, though the fashion
experts tell us 1t is smarter than ever
before. And why not? Could any
thing look cooler in the midst Of the
amazing antics of "A fox trot than n fox
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-01-11
COMPLAINS TO COURT
Of 2ND ST. TRAVEL
Unsatisfactory Facilities Owing to
Excavations For New Sub
way, Constable Reports
WATCHING TIPPLING RESORTS
Police Chief Says He Has Eye on
Certain Class of Room
ing" Houses

Complaint of the unsatisfactory ia
cilities for travelling in South Second
street owing to the excavations for the
new subway was made to the Dauphin
County Court this morning at the
opening Of January quarter sessions by
Constable George W. Charters. of the
Second ward.
The constable reported that for a
distance Of at least 200 feet south of
Mulberry the street is torn up: that no
provisions have been made for people
or teams to travel across Mulberry
street, and that the passageway in
Second street is cut off in such a way
that pedestrians and teams must reach
points above Mulberry street by way
of Front.
The city authorities, it is under
stood. are at n loss for remedy, as il
was practically decided that the Sec
ond street job should not be started
until the Front street subway was
open for travel. Trolley cars have
been using the Second street subway
for several weeks and pedestrians are
doing so at their own risk. The con-
dition can hardly be changed, il is be-
leVed, for several months. Some hotel
men and merchants in the vicinity of
Second and Washington streets had
been considering legal steps to obtain
at least temporary footway up Sec
ond street but no action has been
taken as yet.
Other road problems raised in the
oonstables' quarterly reports included
the fact that the hill a mile west of
GratZ is impossible and not wide
enough for travel and that the road
leading from the Oberlin hotel to At
ticks avenue. Swatara township. is in
need of repair.
Watching DiSorderly Houses
In reporting upon conditions of the
city Colonel Joseph =. Hutchison.
Chief of Police. called the courts at
tention TO the fact that several tippling
or disorderly houses are known TO the
department. but sufficient evidence to
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