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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1912)
IN TOUCH WITH FASHION What'Young Persons' Are Wearing French Girls Are Trained to Choose Such Clothes as Become Their Years NEW YORK. In Franco la Jeune Fllle finds herself a per son of vast Importance when she reaches the age of her de but Until then her maman has selected all her gowns with artful kill and good taste, and the tutelage has blazed the trail well for the fll lette. Thenceforth she Is fully capa ble of taking care of her own clothes. With a groundwork of ceaseless ichoolln- In modes and colors, she looks upon the choosing of her dresses each season ' as the foremost of her life's duties. She does not fly off at tangents In the matter of styles. Oh, no! That she leaves to her American sister, 'who has leBs training and a greater fickleness In clothing, having never learned thoroughly the lesson that simplicity Is the keynote of correct taste. The American mother has much to learn from the French ma man, who, with fewer dollars perhaps, has the fundamental principles of dressing as a fine art at her fingers' ends. In the wardrobs of the young Parisian of good breeding, In short, showiness and display have no part, j Parisian Harmonies. ' The main lesson she has learned, to be sure is that individuality should stamp every garment. Style is arbi trary In general, but flexible in de tails, and the French girl knows enough not to follow the transitory fashion that tends toward the gro tesque. In Paris one would stare at a gown of long, unbroken lines, with large stripes running perpendicularly, on a young woman of noticeable tall noss and attenuated frame. Astonish ed glares would be the reward of the spectacle, so often seen In this-country, of the woman who has long rince passed the "plump" stage, but Is still rejoicing in frills and furbelows that make a veritable Mother Bunch out of her. Consider the craze that young wom en have developed for wearing black hereabouts. What possesses them? Do they Imagine it is becoming? Will nobody convince them that girlhood Is the time for bright, vivid colorB that color and brightness belong to youth? Why can't they realize that primal, brilliant hues have the chief charm in the years before gray hairs show them selves? They should leavo black to BLACK PATENT LEATHER BELT U8ED WITH THIS FROCK. Finishing Touch That Will Add Much to the Toilet their grandmothers and dear old aunt ies, for whom It is appropriate how belt some of those grand-dames and aunts, wanting to look younger than they really are, seek the very radiance which would be fitting for their som berly clad young relatives. But some day we may learn from the French In all matters of taste Just as we have learned from them piece meal. In their footsteps, we have for gotten, most of us, the old-fashioned breakfast whereat was gathered the entire family, no member of which thought of eating until after the say ing of the blessing. The new genera tion takes Its dejeuner In bed, If it can. The dainty boudoir cap, with ' ' . j If Hi toll' IpfiSi IjPf 1 the matinee to match, has come Into Its own. Beneath it refractory locks can be put out of sight, and unsightly crimps and curlers be securely hidden away. Among the most popular ma terials for these caps Is organdie. Others are French dimity, and lovely ones come In real lace, oveT silk. A "boudoir outfit" on view In one of the shops shows the cap made of sheer barred dimity, with a hand-embroidered wreath of pink roses and forget-me-nots around the crown, which Is gath ered Into a band of Swiss embroidery beading and finished with a frill of cream lace. Over each eye are two adorable bunches of satin hand-made pink roses and forget-me-nots. The matinee, with a skirt matching It many of them are being shown with skirts has pink crepe de chine for a foundation, and bands of tiny thread lace, put in by hand, unite with a bunch of flowers caught in the throat ribbon to create a wonderfully attrac tive effect. New Trotteura for Girls. After breakfast, we have our morn Ing walk, If we are the young woman, DAINTY SMOCKED FROCK FOR YOUNG GIRLS. Soft Material Lend Itself Well to This Treatment who, as aforesaid, would do well to take their lesson in clothing art from the French. And apropos of the walk, one thinks of the trotteur, or coat suit, for street wear. Dark blue rep serge is the favorite material this spring for trotteurs. Some of them have black braid trlmmlnes and ball buttons made of the same goods. There Is always, or should be, a touch of vivid color to lighten up the other wise sober costume. Turkey red, Az tec green, and orange yellow are used ior mis purpose, and a suggestion ol the same enlivening .color used on the skirt Is given to the hat selected to accompany the suit. The new trotteuri exhibited for spring wear are adorned with a plastron itlrdle which Is a tri- umph of genius on the part of the jrrencn modiste, and makes a strong appeal because of the slender, arlrl- ish lines it gives to the figure. It may be remarked, Incidentally, that what appeals only to the woman reared In the world of French rasnion is likely td have a broader field of popularity here for reasons already indicated; the New York wom an advanced In years Is forever hunt ing ror something too young for her, and the Frnrh nrmtrtoF holna- a ow er tradesman, is none oo slow about letting her have what she wants nrtpn one hears the wise student of things sartorial remarks upon the facility with which the Paris fashion-former markets In America the styles for which he cannot find rendr nnta at home. Undoubtedly this state of af- rairs in nis business Is due to the American lack of that discrimination which distinguishes the women of his own city and country. Smocked Frocks Popular. But to return to the dalntv clothin. needs of that young woman who took ber forenoon walk In a trotteur: For afternoon wear the smocked frock Is decidedly popular nowadays. It la also "the thing"- for an Informal dance. Made of satin voile, or soft pliable taf feta, Its expensiveness will prevent It from becoming over-popularized, and hence it will remain fashlonabl among the spenders. It is made, ol course, In one piece, with the round skirt coming Just to the ankles.. Th smock forms a yoke effect on the skirl this effect, by the way, is one 01 the few really novel additions to tht style for the spring of 1912. Alsc the smocking defines the waist line and rues up to a high-pointed girdle. The yoke Is either round or square and Is formed of the smocking, as it the cuff at the elbow. LittleOnes OPTICAL TOY QUITE AMUSING Can Easily Be Made by Using Piece of Cardboard With Two OJecta on Different Sides. How many children know what a thaumatrope Is? Very few, by that name. But most of them hare seen thaumatropes. The dictionary says that a "thaumatrope is an optical toy depending for its action upon the per- The Juggler. plstence of an Image on the the eye. On opposite sides are depicted two objects or retina ol of a disk different so that parts of the same object when the . disk is rapidly around -a diameter the two pear to be seen at once and ages are combined." Thaumatropes are ' not make. Just cut out those twirled sides ap their im- hard to pictures, Reverse Side of the Disk. paste them on opposite sides of a cardboard and twirl.it by means of the string as shown also in the illus tration, and you will have a thauma trope. READ HUCK FINN UNDER BED Alabama Man Relates Difficulties He Underwent to Absorb Mark Twain's Well Known Book. Crawford T. Ruff of this city had an experlenco while reading riark Twain'a famous "Huckleberry Finn" which probably was never duplicated by another admirer of Clements. "It must have been more than thirty years ago," said Mr. Ruff, In relating the story to a party of friends, accord ing to the Montgomery Advertiser, "when I was a small shaver. Only a limited number of copies of the book appeared with the first edition. Only one dook came to the little town where I lived, but it sufficed for, the entire populace. The book went' the rounds, from neighbor to neighbor, and finally landed in our home. I was so absorbed in the first chapter that I wanted to finish it all before anv ona else In the family started on It "There was an old time bedstead In our borne. The headboard was two or three feet from the window. The cov ering dropped to the floor on either side, so as to conceal me from 'view, except from the rear. I would crawl under the bed with Huck Finn, face downward, and with my head near the end of the bed so the light from the window enabled me to read. In this way I finished the book before' any body else in the house got it" An Electric 8carf Pin. Perhaps the smallest electric motoi In the world is in the scarf pin of D. Goodwin of McKlnney, Tex. He is a skilled watchmaker and recently he constructed the motor, which Is so small that a 10-cent piece will cover It It weighs only nine-one hundredths of an ounce. The front of the motor is of highly polished gold and the com mutator and segments are of the same metal. Mr. Goodwin wears the curi osity in his necktie and It makes a very attractive decoration, the nature of which can only be discovered1 by close inspection. Capt. Kldd's Grave. Most children know the story ot Capt. Kidd, the pirate who "sailed and sailed," but few children, or grown folks, for that matter, know that there is a grave in the quaint old city ot Savannah that is said to be the rest ing place of this "bold Bailor man." The tombstone was erected In the night and no one seems to know any thing about It There Is no Inscrip tion on It, nothing but a circling ser pent on all four sides. r Q I ' . y " ' " " SELECTED FOR preme Court vacancy came as a surprise, and did not become known until the night previous to the nomination, and then it was discussed only among some of the president's closest friends. Unusual efforts were made to guard the secret. Judge Pitney has already made a politics as congressman and president HELPS COOK AND SERVE MEAL Girls emnloved in thn Outlook of fices held their heads hi eh the other day and regarded with a somewhat su perior air the other girls in the same Duiiding In New York. No less a personage than Miss -Ethel Roosevelt took luncheon with them in their com bined dining room and kitchen on the second floor. . Miss Roosevelt not only said she en- Joyed the luncheon, but she also had a 101 or run waning on herself and helping to cook things of the sras stoves. She wae no stranger to the it uutiook girls. She attended their Christmas party, and she knows of them by their first names. Miss Roosevelt did not sav what Jtime she would arrive. Thirty-five of the girls have their luncheon at 12 b'clock and the others at 1. Tbe .Outlook company furnishes sugar, tnilk, butter, tea and coffen and ni the room and stoves, as well as "Irish xuary," wno takes care of the room and washes the dishes. The girls go buy their food, then britfg it back and KING GEORGE and queen at tbe time ot the coronation. At once a matter of etiquette arises namely, that should the king and queen make such an after-coronation visit, the president of the United States would be expected to in turn r I a I f T AnInn oriil 4 Vi a jit Via Fnmrtoan s n T tola aftAt hla in n nmn Trn .m. er such a thing would be approved by the American people is v$ry doubt- ..1 .A n.AaMn o a onnri Viaa AVav nmaaaA tdn A i)nnU HAS MILLIONS Probably In the history of philan thropy no woman has done more for charity than Mrs. Russell Sage, who, since the death of her noted husband, has been spending millions In the cause of humanity. Most of her work has been accomplished through .the Russell Sage Foundation, the scope of which embraces a wide and worthy field. The movements helped 'by the foundation are as follows: The antl-tuberculoBls campaign, the movement for public recreation, the placing out and man agement of children in Institutions, the medical inspection ot schools, the propaganda In behalf of children's school gardens, the propaganda for the prevention of blindness, especially among children, and the encourage ment and extension ot charity organ izations. These are not the only charities that have occupied the attention of Mrs. Sage. She has given large sums to the furtherance of education in this "Ti17, .The p!;lnc,,pa,, "n,ver8lte8 eroua. tuur'ues ot ner nome ty, Syracuse, have been most gen- SUPREME COURT The nomination of Mahlon Pitney, chancellor of the state of New Jer sey, to be an associate justice of tbe United States Supreme Court was sent .to the senate the other day by President Taft He will succeed the late John M. Harlan of Kentucky. The president also nominated Ju lius M. Meyer of New York city to be Judge of the United States district court for southern New York, and Ferdinand A. Geiger of Cassvllle, Wis., to be district Judge for the eastern dis trict of Wisconsin. The statement that Chancellor Pit ney would be named as the successor of Justice John M. Harlan was made at the White House subsequent to a call by John W. Griggs, former attorney-general of the United States, and a delegation of New Jersey lawyers, all of whom spoke of Judge Pitney In the highest terms. The fact that Mr. Taft would likely select Chancellor Pitney for the Su name for himself In state and national of the New Jersey state senate. out to markets and grocery stores to cook it themselves. MAY VISIT U. S. That the plan to have King George visit the United States this year or next will be submitted to him soon seems assured, though in official cir cles not a word Is being said aloud on the subject There is a feeling in court and co mical circles that such a visit. it practicable, would present many very desirable leaturea. But there are many difficulties in the way, not in superable, but presenting for the diplomats and the statesmen a task that they regard as prodigious. As is Understood here, the plan would contemplate a visit by both king and queen to Washington, Just as, according ; to ancient usage, the newly crowned sovereigns are re quired to pay their respects to the rulers ot the European states. ; This custom might in effect be . described as the returning of the .calls made by the heads of other ' countries or their representatives nnnn'tho FOR CHARITY have each received large endowments. V . A : ll
