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The Washington times., 1917-11-08
COMMANDER OF
ALCEDOCABLES
NEWS OF SAFETY

BALTIMORE. Nov. s.-Lieut. Com
mander William T. Conn. jr.. OF the
United States patrol ship Alcedo. has
cabled news OF his safety to his faith
er. William T. Conn. of 500 East Pres
ton street.
The father had been informed ear
lier yesterday that when the AIcedo
had been sunk by the Germans that
his son and twenty of the ships crew
had lost their lives.
Mr, Conn. who has been loud in his
denouncements of atrocities OF the
Germans, is very proud of his son.
He said he would have accepted calm
ly any fate that would have come the
boys way, as long as he was lighting
Autocracy, the enemy OF the world.
The Washington times., 1917-11-08
Gertrude Hoffman Says
She Can't Wear More and
Still Be a Greek Nymph

CHICAGO. Nov. S-"Now. really.
good people. do you expect me to ap-
pear in an overcoat and golashes
when l am representing a Greek
nymphS"
Thus did the delectable Gertrude
Hoffman reply today to allegations
Of the Women's Church Federation
that she is not sufficiently camou-
raged during her appearances at a
local theater.
To the charge that she appears
nude below the thighs" Gertrude
replies that hundreds OF our best
people are appearing daily similarly
sans clothes at the Florida and Cali
fornia beaches.
The Washington times., 1917-11-08
OLD TIMERS TO TRIM MENU.

Cooperating with the Food Admin.
istration in its campaign against un-
necessary consumption Of food. the
ASSOCIATION OF Oldest Inhabitants Of
the DlStrIct or Columbia Is making
plans today TO substitute a IIcbt
luncheon for its annual Anniversary
dinner on December :. This will he
the associations nfty.second annIver.
sary meeting.
The Washington times., 1917-11-08
DEATHS.

Frnnk d. Ford 50 yrs. an NJ 1t. NV.
John T. BlumeT Is yrs. Wash. Asy. Hos.
Mary r. Wilcox So Providence Hos.
Mary jackson. - yTs., Providence Hos.
Samuel Perkins. e. yrs, Providence Hos.
William II. Holmes. a. yrs. Garfield Hos.
John II Morgan ~ yrs IN0l Conn. RVs.
Thomas Shelton. 81 yrs, Cssualty Hos.
AleXand Hunt. - yrs lli y IT. re.
Marie A Liftrll NJ yTs IUI Port ~ NV.
Mnry =. donaldson 70 yrs GnOi Gs ave. nv
John W. Barnett. Il yTs.. TIhsrcrl' usis Hos.
Columbia Leonard Is yrs. l60s VT ave NV.
Rachel Herkley. p 47s It NV
Mary johnson so Yrs 1893 Sth II. NV
Percy Montgomery, = yrs.. Iss d St sW.
The Washington times., 1917-11-08
MarrInEr Licenses.

Allen Sherbrrne. T. Fort My.r. vp
Mary Mccarthy. .. The Rev. Howard y
Downs
Ernest Marounrdt. ID OF New York 49,,
The Rev John n J-nfrss
Wirred e. Baker g.. and Alice l.. Sr.,d ~
both Of Cary'F Brook, Va Tie Rry IvII
Ham Il. ? al naE'u.
IsaUieI l.. Lockwood =. and Ella Z VIZ
.Innls. :6 both "f WHsh.ustuu. u. . 'rh.
Rev l. q Baker
Eurlr 3 TUt,r. i. Of Cleveland. pIjo ~,
o. The Rev j j Muir -
Wnlter = K0ttz. p. Of CLiraro III ,,J
Mary Shir,er. 20. OF R!d~way. ont, c.
The Rev Hugh r. Stevenson;
EdEar Il. Lake. ~, OF Washington. n n
The Washington times., 1917-11-08
CAPT. RIDER HAeeARo KILLED

LONDON, Nov. S.---Capt. Rider Hag.
gard. nephew of the author. who Icft
o bank in Montreal to join the Prin.
cess Pat Regiment. fought in the sec
ond battle al Npres. once inya!idei
with frozen feet. once wounded. and
aGhtinE ever since. was killed ON Oc-
tober 30.
The Washington times., 1917-11-08
CORPS SELECTED FOR
CARE OF U. 5. DEAD

To sec that the graves OF our soldiers
"over there will not be unmarked will
be the work OF a new corps recently Or
ganized under the direction OF Major
Pierce. chaplain Of the army.
This corps is composed OF fifty-siK men
and includes undertakers and embalm-
ers. Their work will be to Identify the
dead. prepare the bodies for burial and
mark the graves. Major Pierce did SIM
liar work during the Spanlsh-AmerIcan
war and the Philippines insurrection.
The Washington times., 1917-11-08
GOVERNMENT WORKERS QUIT.

BOSTON. Nov. S-One thousand me-
chanics employed on Government con-
struction work at the navy yard and
the Federal appraisers stores, in this
city, at the Marine Hospital. in Chelsea,
and the Watertown Arsenal have gone
on strike today
The Washington times., 1917-11-08
U-BOAT LOSSES
DECREASED BY
NEW FOG BOMB

LONDON, Nov. s.-The British ad-
miralty's report, showing only eight
merchant ships OF 1900 tons or more
sunk by mines or submarines last
week marks a new low record, but
does not do away with the fact that
the submarine f. grave menace.
The numb 'hmarines today
operating pean waters is
greater t. lime since unre-
F'ricted sui. warfare was be-
- - last wiz, Il is likewise true
.the-e are rO-e merchant ships
europe aters than at any
aeri r' ~ offering more
r.r and Austrian
/ ats
one OF T. irultIes ships
have encou .s. laking a safe
passage Z '-i -. zone at night
was the ina i'!tg 90 sce the submarine
ha'nre the TORPEDO was hred. This
= partially relieved by the use
,pmLs." which are said to
Ie snip from the submarine
-.-IIE a fog about the vessel so
black as TO approximate total dark
ness.
1t is said that the shipping board
Is contemplating making the use Of
the fog bomb compulsory.
Thomas A. Edison is said to be per-
fecting a sound device for the detec-
tIon of torpedoes. which will enable
officers on the bridge of vessels pass
ing through the submarine zone to
hear torpedoes when, owing to wealth
er conditions, they cannot be seen.
The Germans are steadily pushing
the submarine into other waters. and
the danger area is becoming greater
daily.
The Washington times., 1917-11-08

ROME. Nov. s.-Total Italian ship
ping losses from submarines during
the past week, says the official re
port, were two steamers under 1900
tons and three small sailing craft
The Washington times., 1917-11-08

PARIS, Nov. S.-French shipping
lost two ships during the last week
by mine or submarine. One was a
vessel OF more than 1.6OO tons. and
the second was of smaller tonnage,
according to the official report.
The Washington times., 1917-11-08
DEATHS

HooPEn,At New York city. on November q
lsl' JULIA A. HOOPER. widow OF Jos.ph
bonlamin Hooper, in sIIty-seventh wear
etery. Thursday. November M n, e"
McRIMMlE-Departed thl. M, the -tb d.v
OF NoNs"beF, 1871, AZ Providence Uospitaf
MAMIE McKIMMIE Gn.s TsrL.rI o.;
Lay Hill. Md. '''' VI
Notice Of funeral h.r-a f,.r ,-,,,, -
daughters reuid. nee, ms Newton s,rss,
rorthweEt. soet
The Washington times., 1917-11-08

1915 EMILY r. p
Funeral from her late resid,pce Itna
Ho,th NapiIol street. Friday morning at
o'clock. Intermsnt Mount OIIyst Csr1s.
terry -
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26
Current Events are Apt to be Reflected
in the Fashions of Any Given Time
By May Manton

livery student of fashions knows
that styles are colored, if not
largely influenced by current
events and sometimes by events that
are scarcely national not alone inter-
national Importance. Before the hor-
rors of the war the theatre was the
potent element in Paris, and in spite
of conditions there is tendency to
turn in that direction for suggestions
and for idea. On this side of the sea
we have been hearing considerable
talk about the barrel skirt. 1t is not
graceful garment, it has a great many
objections. 1t has been tried in
previous seasons and it has not been
found satisfactory. The attempt at
revival is easily traceable to the Revue,
now running at one of the Paris
theatres. Evidently, it is something
OF an extravaganza as plays of the
sort are sure to be, and, as a matter
OF course, tendencies are to be exag-
gerated. In the shortage OF other
inspirations, the Paris designers have
seized upon the very extraordinary
barrel effects that are to be noted in
the costumes seen upon that stage
and many of the advanced models
seen here give evidence of the idea.
How far they will succeed is an open
question. They are not being met
with enthusiasm as yet, and. as
already stated, assuredly they are
not beautiful. Better by far are the
skirts that are broadened at the hips
by means of bones or by trimming
or by treatments of some such sort
without giving that extreme hooped
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26
All Forms of Embroidery are
Fashionable.

All Torms OF Embroidery are
Fashionable.
Unquestionably, embroidery is to
continue its favor through this and
into the coming season. The advanced
models show very free use of the finish
and beads and metal threads and
threads of silk and of wool all are to
be noted. Simple stitches seem to
be the preferred ones and great many
gowns are simply finished with designs
carried out in what we know as the
running stitch or the simple plain
stitches that are used for seams, taken
evenly, and that stitch can be used
IN plain lines or over braiding design,
but as matter of course, if braidin2
pattern is used the dressmaker must
be clever enough to work over tissue,
not to transfer the design to the cloth
otherwise there will be transfer lines
apparent to spoil the effect. 1t often
astonishes one how much effect can
be obtained by the very simplest little
bit OF embroidery, just running stitch,
Tor example, makes the most marvellous
effects and repeated rows of machine
stitching have been utilized to make
really distinctive finish for a tailored
costume. Exquisitely dainty gowns
show the edges outlined with en-
broidery and it is notable that there
are almost no fine stitches used for
this work upon gowns. The fine
needlework is largely reserved for
underwear. An attractive costume
OF chiffon shows border, for example,
of little daisies and their leaves. They
arc worked in what we know as lazy
daisy stitch, but really individual
touch is obtained by using threads of
floss for the stitches and putting a
single long stitch of heavy silk at the
center of each leaf. Soutsche braid is
largely used not alone upon gowns
but upon hats. One sees very charm
ing hats for wear with the summer
costumes made of crepe de chine with
the crown and brims richly braided
with soutache and straw braid is
applied over similar patterns to make
a pretty trimming. In every way is
the shortage of usual garnitures over
come and in fact obscured. for it is
only those on the inside, those who
have occasion to study such things,
who realize what lies behind these
simple embroideries and braidings and
the like.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26

cloth in plaids, showing such rich colors
asblack and orange and worn over skirts
of plain color. They are exceedingly
beautiful and they are in every way
distinctive. Unquestionably, the silks
are attractive, they are dainty and they
are summer-like, but perhaps the fact
that there is nip of frost in the air
here, makes the wool appear a little
more suitable at this writing. A very
beautiful costume shows plated skirt
of plain white wool gabardine with
typical sports coat of rose colored
khaki kool with collar and cuffs of
the skirting material. 1t is exceed
ingly handsome and it is brilliant
enough to satisfy the most exaeting
taste.
In Season and Out of Season.
The one great drawback to this
sports idea, which seems to have
taken the world of dress by storm,
is the tendency to overdo, and to
wear out of season as we'll as in season.
If the brilliant colors could be reserved
for the handsome materials all might
be well, but they are duplicated in
cotton and they are cheapened and
here in this big city at least. we will
see limitations of the handsome cos
tunes worn upon the streets for
shopping, for walking and for all sorts
of occasions where they do not belong.
AS matter of course, they cannot be
attractive. The fact of their brilliant
coloring renders them suited only to
the background of open spaces of the
seashore or of the mountains or to the
country club for which they are de-
signed. Worn upon the crowded
street with one jostling another and
in the shops and in places of the sort
they are simply bizarre. Let us hope
that the lesson of suitability will be
taken to heart.
Utility Costumes Modelled After
Those Designed for Sports.
What are to be known as the utility
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26

costumes are made much on the lines
of those designed for sports, but Of
wool jersey in plain colors and of
gabardine and of similar materials.
They really are ideal for travel, for
shopping and for the general business
of life, and they give all the simplicity
Of the sports idea without the brilliant
coloring. A most attractive one is of
warm grey wool jersey with just
touch of white on the collar to give
relief. Jersey cloth is constantly ex-
tending its usefulness. 1t is very
attractive material, it takes beautiful
lines and folds and some of the cleverest
designers are using it for simple after
noon gowns as we'll as for street cos.
tunes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26

The afternoon gown that is shown
away up in the right hand corner
exemplifes the favor shown char
meuse. The entire gown is made of
that material with trimming of a
wonderful Paisley crepe that makes a
very fascinating contrast.
The young girls frock shows a tunic
OF still another sort for it is open at
the front suggesting the favorite
Redingote idea. The frock is made
with the skirt of straight embroidered
net houncing and with the under
bodice to match while the tunic and
the over-bodice are of tulle through
the meshes of which the design of the
lace appears. The frock is all white
but the girdlc is in a bright shade of
cerise.
Straight skirts are always pretty
Tor the. younger girls and sometimes
they are made all in one, sometimes
in sections or hounces joined one to
the other. OF course they always can
be used for flouncing or bordered ma
terials and there are simple embroid-
cred nets that are beautiful. A plain
net could be finished with picot edge
and worn over colored slip to be
very charming and dainty. or it could
be embroidered with little design
run in and out of the meshes.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26
Latest Accessories

IL q &c OI ASSS OOO1 IL y
Muff chains of two inch velvet
ribbon with discs embroidered in bril-
liantly colored beads serving as slides.
Hat bands of ribbon painted, some
in flower effects, some in country
scenes.
Hosiery for wear with sports cos
tunes of white silk with narrow YER
tical stripes embroidered in green.
Shoes with colored vamps and uppers
of white kid painted in pink roses and
other flower effects.
Boudoir caps of Paisley crepe with
frills of white lace that are dainty AID
attractive.
Chemisette of net and Of organdie
that are cut in one with stock collars.
the sections necessary for it held to-
gether by tiny lace entire deux. The
upper edges of the collars are scalIoped
and finished with narrow lace frills
Sports hats of Panama straw, the
crowns of which are embroidered in
scattered motifs worked with heavy
silk floss in bright colors.
Draw string bags of soft grey crepe
de chine with a two-inch band ol
Oriental embroidery at the center oil
each.
Gloves that extend we'll over the
wrists Of white kid faced with black
and laced together at the outer edges
from the wrist upward.
Neck girdles of black velvet ribbon
with small flowers embroidered If
beads, some steel, some Jet, SOM
white, some colored.
French mules tor the boudoir made
Of Japanese silk.
Sports coats of white Angora clotl
with borders of brilliant colors. a,
orange and green and blue, each strip,
approximately two and one-half inches
Z in width.
Silk stockings for wear with evening
costumes that are inset with net richly.
embroidered in beads.
Hair garnitures of black tulle in the
form Of Spanish fans that are designed
to be arranged at the back of the heaG
to make the best effect.
MILDLY blouses that seserve their
name only because of the MILDLY
closing. They are made of fine French
crepe, they are open over the hips
below the belt and the lower edges
are finished with dainty embroidery.
Wells that are of comparatively
simple, plain mesh over the face, but
are finished with elaborate borders
of soutache or other narrow braid and
arranged over the hats,
Automobile foot muffs of leather
lined with sheep-skin and finished at
their edges with bands Of nutria.
Hats of straw with convertible
brims, that is, with outer brims OF
crepe or silk or other material that
can be attached or detached as occa-
sion requires. OF necessity the change
from the narrow brim to the wider
means a complete Transformation.
Exceedingly smart shoes that arc
made with leather vamps but with
cloth tops, also low shoes with toes of
kid and sides of cloth.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26
The Needs of the Family
are Considered Here

'HIS is a season at which new
designs are sure to appear.
Women who appreciate such
matters are on the keen outlook to
learn Just what will and what will
not be fashionable for the coming
season. Tunics are to be extensively
worn both for afternoon and for even
ing costumes and usually they are
worn over simple circular or semi-cir-
cular skirts of moderate fullness, the
idea being to make contrast between
the width of the skirt and the width
of the tunic.
Crepe dc chine is a pronounced
iavorite for afternoon gowns and it is
combined with satin and with silk and
with various materials of such sort.
For evening occasions, lace is liked
and net and all the diaphanous ma
terials over the richest silks and satins
and sometimes over brocaded silks.
The evening gown that is shown in the
illustration is made of lace over a
heavy satin, but the same model would
be good for silk net over a brocaded
silk or over a silver lace or over any
material of such sort. The metal bro
cades and the metal laces are greatly
IN vogue and are very beautiful. The
bodice OF this gown is especially note
worthy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26

effect at the lower edge that always
suggests the awkward walk. We may
have something of the barrel sug-
gestion later, but it is doubtful if it
will take any considerable hold and
for the moment at least we may look
only for notifications of the idea. In
the hands of the expert designers, the
effect can, of course, be made attract
i've to certain extent. A very beau
tiful gown from noted Partisan house
is, for example, of grey crepe de chine
with guimpe of grey chiffon. The
skirt is full and slightly draped to
suggest the barrel idea. The over
bodice is made with big arm-holes and
is prettily full over a little vestee.
The sleeves are quite novel at the
wrists, forming loose plaits that are
weighted with silver tassels. The
collar Of the guimpe which is of the
chiffon is embroidered with silver and
the silver reappears at the front at
the neck edge. The girdle which is
wound twice around the figure and
simply knotted is of grey faille en-
broidered with dull gold motifs. 1t is
very beautiful gown, not even the
suspicion of the barrel idea can rob
it of its grace, but the idea is one that
must be handled by an expert to get
a good result.
The Empire City Sees Costumes
of Various Sorts.
With large parties going South to
enjoy the balmy suns of Florida and
equally large ones going North to
seek the snappy cold of the Adiron-
dacks, extremes meet here in old
h. Gotham. We have seen silk sports
"a costumes until we are a bit weary
's2 and the wool which is, perhaps, de-
- signed for the North and the early
days of the Spring in intermediate
climates, makes greater appeal
from the standpoint of elegance.
Very beautiful coats of the loose
sports order are made of soft woody
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26

The two little girls dresses are sug-
gested for quite different needs. The
very dainty little frock shown at the
right is adapted to crepe de chine and
to Ceorgette crepe and to chiffon
and also to soft finished taffeta and
it is pretty for dancing school and for
parties. The more severe dress is de-
signed fo- aft1nnog waa<.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-02-26
The Party Frock
in Its Newest STYLES

n TO MATTER what the season of
" the year new party frock is
likely to be needed for the
younger contingent dances as freely
and as often as does the older contin-
gent and dancing can be relied upon to
create demand for fresh toilets as
promptly if not more promptly than
any other exercise known. There are
very charming ones shown in the illus
tration, some for the older girls and
some for the younger girls, and they
give suggestions for materials and for
treatments that will be helpful.
Before long we shall be thinking OF
commencement frocks and these same
dresses viii be good for that use. The
pointed tunic that is shown on one
dress is made of taffeta and the over
bodice is made of the same material,
while the under-bodice and under
skirt are of pretty net, and you could
hardly find more charming costume
for the girl of sixteen or eighteen. You
could copy it in any color that you
may like but in the illustration the
material is rose color with white and
with little silk roses used as garnitures.
Flowers of the kind are greatly used.
they are very pretty and they give a
color note that often makes the dis
tinction of the costume. They are
found in silk and in ribbon and in
chiffon. You can use lace Aouncing
for this dress Just as it is on the figure
but the net is very dainty and the
edge of ribbon weights it Just suffi-
GENTLY while it makes durable finish.
Taffeta and simple lace makes as
pretty a dress as any that could be
offered, but you could, OF course, vary
the silk, or you could use a crepe if
you like lighter effect, Crepe meteor
is good for it gives satin finish and
is not very lustrous. 1t is essentially
youthful and a little more brilliant
than the duller crepe.
The two little girls dresses are sug-
gested for quite different needs. The
very dainty little frock shown at the
right is adaDted to crsDe da chine ood
The evening world., 1917-12-07

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The evening world., 1917-12-07
W|FE'S DARE MADE
HIM SHOOT, SAYS
JEALOUS HUSBAND
Mrs. Carpenter Shot Down IN
Crowded Street-Pfobably
viii Recover.
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Carpenter told the polio. TO-DAY.
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.lfs' Elizabeth. NJ No iosa ws.h,,,
ton Avenue. The Bronr
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The evening world., 1917-12-07
Hose for Men

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black, white or eolop; reinforced
heelsi double soles, 29c pair,
"Nu-Toe" Thread SIX Socks
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payne; relntorcedsheels and double
coles, 3Sc pair.
cash mere Socks-Heavy
weight or medium weight, natural
gray or black, Soc pair,
BLo0rlingdaIes'-Main Floor.
The evening world., 1917-12-07
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