Evening star., 1938-05-01
Fifty Years Ago
In The Star

A distinct change in feminine styles
was forecast by the following In The
Star Of April %, 1888:
Recamler Gown "The Recamier
Versus Bustle. gown, which prom
ises to come into
vogue as a result Of the production of
La Tosca' in Paris, is a direct stroke at
the hustle and every person of taste will
be glad to see that atrocity driven from
the field. 1t never had a hold upon
fashion more deserving than that which
any freak has upon popular fancy for
the moment. It is, moreover, libel
upon nature. Nearly every style Of dress
bears some obvious relation to the lines
of the human figure, either to make the
legs look longer, the shoulders broader
the waist smaller or something of that
sort. In none Of these cases is
hideous deformity initiated. But how
essentially inartistic the hustle is may
be judged by considering how few women
would be willing to be formed by natures
hand in the shape that the hustle gives
to them. And yet the same woman
whose sensitive soul would be narrowed
at the thought of such permanent mall
formation will tie a wire frame or wadded
sian dressmaker has decided so. BY all
means let the hustle die the death, and
welcome the. Recamier, or any other
novelty which will give 1t its crowning
blow. No man, Of course, would under
take the hopeless task Of eliminating the
hustle as long as the ladies felt driven to
its use by the stern requirements Of
fashion, but In view of the new edict OF
Paris on the subject one Is permitted
to take courage and to hope"
~ ~
"The idea, now under discussion, Of
utilizing the immense force which goes
to waste in the falls Of
Niagara Niagara Is not new one, by
powsr any means" says The Star
'" of April 26, 1888. "A dozen
years ago restless inventor from Con-
necticut developed a scheme, on paper,
so perfect that all the scientific men to
whom it was explained agreed that it
was undoubtedly good thing; but when
capitalists were approached on the sub
ject they were frightened away by the
cost of the undertaking. Another and
later project was set on foot by some
manufacturers Of Lockport, N. Y, who
wanted to cut canal from the river
above the falls to their city with
descent approximating that from the
level of Lake Erie to the level of Lake
Ontario. Thomas Evershed, however, at
once raised the question why the water
should be carried 20 miles across the
country to gain a moderate descent
while the river was falling 166 feet per-
pendicularly at the falls. and the ma
chinery for communicating power could
be set up almost on the spot. He has
now wrought out his plan in detail, sub
mitted it to the State engineer and re-
ceived his approval and finds that the
expense Of the whole plant will be less
than a quarter million dollars, which Is
not alarming in view of the gigantic
interests involved. His scheme briefly
summarized contemplates tunnel bored
from the river above the falls to a point
some distance below them and conveying
the water from the higher level to the
lower with an overwhelming force: The
mills to be supplied with power will be
built along the line of the main tunnel
and of several lateral branches, which
1t is proposed to run between it and the
river 1t differs from any that has been
invented heretofore by just reversing the
order thereof and bringing the mills to
the water instead Of conveying the water
to the mills; and the inventor has pro-
vided against marring the grandeur OF
the scenery by putting his group OF fac
tory sites where the buildings erected on
them cannot be seen from the falls or
the village of Niagara"