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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-06
LATEST FASHION NOTES
from the FASHION CENTRES

nERHAPS there is no more notable
feature of the French fashions
: than the element of surprise that
is to be found in great many of the
models. Apparently the idea Of prac-
ticability has taken firm hold on the
designers, for they are showing us
wonderful costumes that suggest many
possibilities, and what is known as the
convertible gown constantly is ap-
pearing in new and interesting varia-
tons. When American women have
really learned to realize that French
designs are put forth for their ideas
and to catch the eye Of the American
public and that refined women abroad
do not 60 upon the street clothed in
extreme fashions, we will get only
good from the displays, for they are
replete with suggestion and there is
scarcely model that could not be
copied in suitable material and so
modified as to be Of genuine service.
The idea of the convertible model, for
example, is exploited in some rather
startling effects, but nevertheless the
design is of great value. A notable
example is made with long redingote
of black velvet, and as first seen upon
the wearer, there is apparently a
black velvet skirt beneath. The coat
is buttoned up we'll about the throat,
the sleeves are long and altogether
it is q charming street costume. When
the coat is removed, however, the
gown is discovered to be of cream
colored ottoman silk, with a low
bodice deliberately embroidered in jet
and trimmed with silver lace. The
explorer dubs the costume the com
mutors' suit, but some way, we can
hardly think of the commuter coming
to town for day Of various occupa-
lions in white ottoman silk evening
gown, even if it is covered by black
velvet coat. There surely would be
times before six o'clock when the coat
would be over-warm and one would
be glad to open it at the throat, but
II only decollete gown be worn be-
meath. the condition might become a
little awkward. but we can modify
that idea and we can conceive Of a
hundred different costumes built upon
similar lines that would be in every
way serviceable and suitable. A
brown broadcloth redingote and gown
Of brown inarquisette. chiffon cloth
or crepe de chine finished with hem
Of brown cloth on the skirt and made
in dressy afternoon style, would be
OF inestimable value. 1t could with
perfect propriety be worn upon the
train at any hour Of the day, would
be quite dressy enough for the lunch
con, photography or for the hotel
dinner that is to be followed by the
theatre and the woman who must
economic in the matter OF time as
we'll as in money, would realize the
value. In fact, there are numberless
suggestions to- be worked out from the
one idea. A fashionable costume of
ottoman silk in less pronounced color
ing than the white and with an after
1oon in place Of an evening bodice.
would be very beautiful and now and
gain. some one NAV like an evening
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-06

n 1OvEMBER really means the
IN opening Of the winter season and
the opening Of the holidays which
always brings great many demands.
Here Is group showing most attract
I've costumes of various sorts. The
season is a most interesting one and
remarkable in many ways. While
there are a number of extreme styles
shown. the costumes that have been
accepted by the best dressed women
are very charming in line and treat
ment as well as in material, and there
10 a general, practical condition pre-
vailing that makes very definite
appeal.
Way over to the extreme left OF the
picture is shown a most attractive
afternoon gown. 1t gives the surplice
bodice that is one of the newest and
best liked and also skirt shaped at
the lower edge. Since surplice closings
and shaped skirts make notable and
important features, the dress is especi-
ally worthy Of note. Here, it is made
OF faille silk with trimming OF narrow
fur banding. On the next figure, is a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-06
"A GROUP OF SIMPLE DESIGNS EASILY MADE AT HOME

simple street suit of the sort that can
be utilized for great many different
occasions and which is very easy to
make at the same time that it shows
the very newest features. The loose
coat is held in at the waist line by a
girdle or sash or by belt. In the
picture, the material is crepe gabardine
with trimming Of fur, but this is
suit that can be made from such wool
material to be worn in the morning
or from silk to be worn in the after
noon. Faille silk treated in just this
way would make an exceedingly hand.
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some effect The other two coat suits,
those at the center Of the group, are
one made of broadcloth and one, of
checked tweed. Each one is service
able in its own way and both ma
terials are fashionable. The plated
coat with the plated skirt is Of especial
interest perhaps because plaits are
appearing in every possible way, while
the Norfolk costume is of the thor
oughly serviceable sort, the value Of
which every woman recognizes at a
glance. For indoor occasions, silk is
having great vogue, but there are also
a great many lovely wool fabrics and
great many that combine silk with
wool. The gown Of spotted silk
trimmed with plain and with fur
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gown with coat to match; it would
allow OF a trip into town in time tor
the hotel dinner and to the opera and
OF suitable dress for all three occasions.
On the whole, the convertible costume
is to be met with enthusiasm, for it
is valuable idea and one that each
woman is free to put to her own use
A charming model, much less extreme
than the velvet with white satin comes
from the house Of Cheruit, has the coat
and the bottom Of the skirt of black
wool velvet. relieved only by an ermine
collar. The gown, beneath, however,
of pale blue satin is real one-piece
costume in princesse style with half
low neck. Transformation is the
name which the French designers
apply to such costumes and assuredly
it is we'll deserved.
1t is to be a season of coats and a
great many long coats are to be orn.
whenever such IS the fact, gowns OF
various sorts can be worn beneath
A very charming model exploited by
noied house, is made of brown broad
cloth and supplied with two little
bolero jackets. The broadcloth skirt
is circular, trimmed handsomely with
bands of silk braid and there is
plain little bodice of soft brown silk.
One bolero to be worn over this bodice
is of broadcloth to match the skirt,
simple and plain, suitable for the early
hours Of the day The second is Of
heavy lace embroidered with gold,
rich and drcssy in effect. and it is so
small it could almost be carried in
silk wrist-bag, yet by cha angling from
one jacket to another the gown would
be completely transformed and with
out any considerable effort it would be
possible to pass from the morning of
shopping to the restaurant dinner
and theatre and to we'll dressed
throughout the entire day. A per-
fectly simple young woman's gown,
made in the favorite style, with yoke
and straight hanging gown below, is
velvet with a belt and this belt is Of
rich and handsome banding. 1t can
be adjusted Just above the belt to give
the Empire effect, it can be adjusted
at the natural waist line to give an
other result and it can be adjusted
over the hips and from all these sug-
gestions it will he seen that the con-
vertible or transformation idea is
abroad. Whether or not the need for
economy induced on the other side
by war conditions has had anything
to do with the fact, it would be inn
possible to state, but that it has many
possibilities and can be put to so
many uses that it should be OF great
value, is beyond dispute.
Broad hips and broad shoulders are
conspicuous in ali the dressy costumes,
they are designed for after
noon or for evening wear The skirts
are draped and lifted and treated in
one way or another to give the effect
and the sleeves are pulled and trimmed
below the shoulders in every conceiv-
b1a wav
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banding makes a good example II
the way in which silk is used. The.
plain bodice with the full skirt makes
feature also and is exceedingly
smart, while as matter OF course
the design can be copied in any ma,
terial that may be preferred and
treated in various ways. By making
the tucker with a round neck. the
bodice becomes somewhat more
dressy in effect, and if liked, the
sleeves can be cut in three-quarter
length and still finished with the
flaring cuffs. The young girls cos
tune on the next figure is literally in
one-piece for bodice and skirt are cut
in one. held in at the waist line by
means of belt. The pockets with
the trimming straps on the bodice
to match are exceedingly interesting
and quite certain to please the girls.
In the illustrations the frock Is made
Of striped serge with trimming OF
velvet.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-06

- iris always like the dress made
I in sailor style and they are very
- generally becoming. This one
is adapted to all the simpler ma
terials that are used for girls dresses
serge, wool crepe chiffon broadcloth
and the like and also to such wash.
able materials as are used throughout
the year. Here, it is made OF gabar-
dine with trimming OF broadcloth and
ahe combination OF materials is both
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-06

an attractive and fashionable one.
The box-plaits give becoming lines to
the figure.
r IERE are two costumes that are
quite sure to interest the
= mothers. The boys suit is
very new one, showing certain dis
tinctive and interesting features, and
the coat is exceedingly smart in all
its lines. at the same time that it is
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-06

,hl,,u hlv comfortable 7, ran sc
made either to cover the .t,N,k he
nealh or a little shorter il liked in.t the
cellar can be turned up ,,.aa.t
throat or rolled open: conset,a-nt. It
i. adapted both to the cold ,Lv, I'd
&C The n,ilder ones The bor'- ii, s
shown here is made from >. b
cheviot with trimming Of bra, +
aud that combination Is grcnI j,
vogue. bur tt viii be found .u!. ID
to all seasonal le materials h ma scs
up most attract,vely in SIR &c ana the
like and such materials are always
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-11-06

good for serviceable suits. Velvet
and velveteen make up charmingly
for the more dressy ones and for the
very little boys, such washable ma
terials as linen and galatea are much
in demand. The coat can be made as
it is on the figure or with an applied
yoke. The coat is one Of the simp
as we'll as one Of the smartest Of the
season. 1t is just a plain garment
with belt to hold the fulness, but
the treatment is good one and th<
lines are all fashionable, while the
shaping Of the collar, the cuffs and the
belt gives an exceedingly up-to-date
touch. In the picture, the material is
black velvet with white fox fur, but
the model is good one for every sea-
sonable rnaterial-for the simple
cloths as well - for the handsomcs
materials
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22
ATLANTIC LEAGUE TO
try NOVEL SCHEDULE

Fans who have been predicting the
demise of the Atlantic league, along
with the passing of several other minor
baseball organizations, owing to the
baseball war, were dealt a knockout
blow when the league magnates decid
ed to play the coming season. How
ever the league will be divided into
two sections, the north and south, and
at the end of the season the respective
winners will come together in a series
for the pennant.
1t was also decided to play baseball
only on Saturday, Sunday and holidays
during the coming outdoor season.
How the clubs will be able to retain
their players with this unique system
remains a mystery. A request will be
shortly sent to the National Associa-
ton of Minor League Clubs that the
league be permitted to retain its fran
chise by playing on the three named
days.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22
FRANK NEWELL SMITH.
Brother of Mrs. Herbert E. Harris of
This Town Died of Apoplexy.

Frank Newell Smith, 90. for the past
Il years well-known business man of
Turner's Falls, died Friday night in De
troit, Mich. He was stricken with paraly-
sis Dee. - and in February went to De
troit, accompanied by his sister, Mrs.
Prouty, for treatment in a sanitarium
He was native of Somerset (Nt), a
son of Ora, jr., and Miranda Smith. He
received his educational training in the
schools of Bennington and Chesterfield, n.
H. He married in November, 1915, Ad-
die NJ. Hopkins of Westmoreland, n. H.,
who died five years later. He was past
grand of Robert lodge of Odd Fellows in
Aver, Mass, where he lived several years.
He leaves one son, Clarence o. Smith of
Detroit, and four sisters, Mrs. Emma 5.
Proutx of Turner's Falls, Mrs. Q. w
Sawin Of Gardner, Mrs Herbert L. Harris
of Brattleboro and Miss Laura Smith OF
Providence, R. I. The funeral will be held
in the home in Turner's Falls tomorrow
afternoon at , o'clock
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22
THE WoMAN's PEACE PARTY.
Article by Miss Mary r. Cabot OF
This Town in The Advance.

In the current issue of the Advance,
published in Burlington is contained a
short article by Miss Mary R. Cabot
of Brattleboro stating the growth and
purposes of the Woman 5 Peace party
The article is as follows:
The Woman s Peace party has al
ready become of national Importance.
Branches have been formed in 10 states
and organizing forces are reported in
Il Others
The main object of this party is to
awaken and educate the people to the
realization that war is not "A meces-
sity and that the civilization of the
future, II we are to have any. must
and can be based on law and order.
The future of human life has been
the prime work of women as mothers,
nurses, teachers, and they are now
rising above the old acceptance of
wholesale destruction of human life as
means of settling the disputes of
nations, to consider instead the meth
| DDS of the fulfilment and conserva-
| ton of human life.
/ The inception Of this great work is
not due to the women of the United
| States, primarily, but to women who
have suffered in various ways. the con.
! sequences of the present terrible con
! tlict in Europe and who have turned
for help and counsel to their sisters OF
/ the new and more democratic world.
The Woman's peace party is char
acterized by the simplicity Of its or
ganiZation which is only . slender
! thread as it We're, to hold togethcr the
members and to make practical al
active peace propaganda. 4 tentative
program is presented as foundation
to be developed or changed by sugges
tion and discussion.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22
Sandwich Fiction.

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The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22
Sporting Ne.Us
Notes.

Notes.
Spasm No. 3 of Roller Bailey is now
in progress. Who's going to stage
this boxing match?" And where?
Springfield goes on the map in Au-
gust when the national amateur row.
ing regatta will be held on the Con
necticut river there, on Aug. Is and
ID.
Albert D. Sturtevant of Washing
ton, D. c., a Sheffield senior, is cap
tain of the Yale varsity. crew, sue
ceeding Denegree, who resigned by ad-
vice of his physicians from all rowing.
Owner George NJ. Cameron of the
New Haven club of the Eastern asso-
citation declares his belief that it
would be the sanest policy to abandon
baseball this year. He is not alone in
that belief either in the Eastern as
ISOLATION membership or in the mem
berships of several other minor
leagues.
Two more of the athletes of Wor
cester academy have been found tt
have been over age in the competition
in Boston, where that team won frs
place and has since been disqualified
Shay, who won the 300-yards event
has been disqualified and the team
standing has been lowered to fou
points
Capt. Kennedy of the Dartmouth
freshman track team, was spiked Sal
urday by another runner and a ten
| don in his ankle was cut. 1t will keel
him off the track this term. He wa
Capt Stanley c. Fitts's predecessor q
| captain of the Worcester aeaden
Itrack team and the fastest quartz
mile runner Of the Dartmouth fresh
man class.
Eddie Goodridge. who is known 4
Amherst and in the Twin State eli
cult as a corking good left handed frs
baseman, has been shifted to tn
/ pitching corps of the Amherst team
| Goodridge. in the Harvard game las
season, went in after the regular me
had been knocked all over the lot an
held the Crimson hitters well. Yet
may prove a ease of spelling goo
first baseman to make Il third rat
college pitcher. Goodridge once pitcl
ed for Fitchburg high school.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22
PACING MARKS ARE LOWERED
In Forty nine Years Records Have Been
Reduced 26l2 Seconds.

The recent sale of Directum l., the
pacing champion, for sum said to be
close to $40 900 brings to mind the re-
markable gain i'll speed made by the
side action racer in recent years. A
study of the records from 1866 to 1915
shows that in this period of forty nine
years the mile records made either i'll
competition or against time has been
reduced from 2:211a to 1:55, 4 gain Of
twenty-siX and one-half seconds. Di-
rectum I. holds the race record of
/ IS, made at Columbus, o., on Sept
20, 1914, and Dan Patch the against
time record of 100, made at St Paul
on Sept. S, 1906.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22
HERE'S A RACE
NOT OF BASEBALL.

Johnny Evers watches with
peculiar interest the work of
Frank Schultz, his old team
mate, for he and Frank are COM
petitors in race, or, rather, an
endurance contest.
"Of the old Cub machine Frank
Schultz and myself are all that
are left in big league baseball"
writes Eyers, "and Frank has to
go some to beat me out.
''I don't mean by this that 1
think Frank is slowing up or 60
ing back in any way, because 1
don't, but 1 just take this means
of challenging him to n race for
the honor of being the last mem
Der of the greatest baseball ma
chine of all time to pass out
: from under the big tent"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22
UMPIRE AS DRAWING CARD.
Ryan Goes Back to Texas League Be-
cause He Is Popular.

Did you ever hear Of n league hiring
an umpire as a drawing card? Well
that's what happened to Gerald Ryan.
who used to guess them in the A. A
Gerald used to play ball in the Texas
league long ago and made quite a rep.
This season he's going back to the
Texas league as chief umpire at the
highest salary the league ever paid
because they figure Gerald is so well
known he'll draw them in.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22
cleveland,a New InfieIder.

Joe Birmingham of the Cleveland
Indians says he has the best infield
recruit in the country to fill Napoleon
Lajoie's shoes in Joe Rodgers. who has
played second base for the Portland
team of the Pacific Coast league for
the last three seasons.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22
JAMES REMAINS A BRAVE.
StaIings' Star Slab Artist Checkmated
by Employer-Joins Braves.

Smiling Bill James has reconsid-
cred his intention of hopping" to the
outlaws-for the present at Ieast-and
has joined the Stallings squad at Ma
con, Ga. James desire for a larger
stipend than that which his Boston
contract called for actuated his longing
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22
Not Surprised.

The street-car conductor examined
the transfer thoughtfully, and said
meeklv: This here transfer expired
an hour ago, lady"
The lady, digging in her purse after
a coin, replied: . No wonder, with not
a single ventilator open in the whole
car!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22
BENDER IS GOOD SHOT.

Indian Pitcher Breaks 100 Straight
Targets In Philadelphia Event.
Chief Bender, the Philadelphia Ath-
letic's famous pitcher, who will play
with the Baltimore Federal league nine
this year, broke 100 straight targets in
q Philadelphia club shoot.
In previous trials he broke 81 and 81
out of 100.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22
BILL JAMES, BRAVES CRACK PITCHER, IN

BILL JAMES, BRAVES CRACK PITCHER IN
ACTION.
TO leave o. g., and he probably would
have been grabbed up by one of the
Federal league clubs had not Owner
Gaffney of the Braves warned the
Feds off
Unfortunately for James financial
ambitions, his contract is one of those
Iron bound" affairs that we are hear
ing so much talk about in baseball cir
cles these days. The loss of James
would seriously injure the chances OF
the Braves this coming season.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22
Carving Power.

She-Are the Howlers very high
toned people?
He-High -toned2 l should say they
are. When they quarrel you can hear
them two blocks away.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22

Many Athletes Turned Out at Stanford.
Stanford university athletes that were
turned out of the track, baseball and
rowing squads number 271.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22

4 New York youth has gone into
the business of furnishing his blood
for TRANSMISSION purposes at $50 q
quart. He has earned $500 in the last
four months.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22
A Government Job.

Politician Congratulate me. my
dear, I We won the nomination.
Wife (im surprise) -Houestly2
Politician Now what in thunder
did YOU want to bring up that point
for kansas City star.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22

Cityman-'' How many servants do
you keep?' Suburbanite-" About one
! out of Is. Buffalo Express.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22

Spain contains more than il,500,000
Scres of unproductive land
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1915-03-22

Moving picture men have followed
Stanley's footsteps through Africa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04
Increased Appropriations.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Servicel
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4.-Instead OF
pairing down expenditures in view OF
treasury deficit, the senate commerce
commission reporting the rivers and
harbors bill today increased the house
appropriation S4,4s9.S00. making the
total $3S.627,SS0.
Some of the increases were: Savan-
nah harbor. s375.00O: Trinity river,
Texas, from $4,000 to 100000: Red
river, 100000 for improvement below
Fulton, Ark, and $4,000 above Fulton
to Washita river; Ouachita river,
Ark, and Louisiana from $4,000 to
s39S,000: Arkansas river from $780,
900 to s2S7.5O0: ship canal connecting
waters of lakes between Chicago, Du-
luth and Buffalo. $4,000; Mississippi
river from mouth Of Missouri to Min
neapolis from S1.2o0.o00 to $1,000, 600;
Gray's harbor and bar entrance, WASH
ington, for maintenance OF north OF
jetty, $56o,o0o
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-04
Bowling Teams to Compete.

PEORIA, H., Feb. 4.-More than
500 five-men teams will compete in
the American bowling congress tour
nament here in March, according to
word received by local tournament OF.
ficiaIs from Abe Langtry, the secre.
tary. Langtry says unusual interest
is being shown in the Peoria event
and he expects a list that is likely to
equal or surpass the record of six
hundred teams at Chicago
E. J. Ryan Of Detroit, president OF
the A. B. c., writes that the larges,
delegation that ever left Detroit for
a similar event will come to Peoria
At least fifty teams are promised by
Charles NJ. Baker of st. Louis, mem,
Der OF the executive committee, Ed
win H. Meyers of Indianapolis and
William E. Kelly of Ottumwa, Iowa
write that they will accompany biz
delegations. A special train will bring
st. Paul and Minneapolis bowlers.