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10 SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1008. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON, THE LATEST BY JUDIC MODISTIC MATTER1 New Way to Wsar Jeweled Pendant Hand Worked Cravats Lovely. An Idea that Is novel as veil as pretty Is a neat little bow tied la front, with a jeweled pendant hung from U : center. . : ; Striped and shaded velvet hats in light and dark gray and black, with ana huge feather swathing the crown a PBxrrr otorblocss SM8. pattern of thfs orerblouaa la cut fat six aisea from 33 to 43 lnchea butt meas ure. Send 10 cents and the number (3368), and the pattern will be promptly for warded to you by mall. and falling gracefully over the shoul ders, are making their appearance, and they are very chic and new. The little band worked cravats are lovely, and they are useful where one finds one's neck too low or too unfin ished. They come in ecru, cream or white lace, and they are finished with lace ends and a touch of color. Some of these lace cravats have a little red In the shape of coral disks worked into the lace. . Many of the new spring gowns are trimmed with leather, and the most delicate tones of suede are band em broidered and used for trimming upon neck and collar. Belts are embroid ered to match, and the wide crush of satin has come back and is holding its own against the wonderful fitted gir dles that are offered to match cos tumes in all colors. This Jumper, or overblouse, Is worn ever plain waists or with gulmpes, Hps and the like. If made of the tame material as the skirt, it tends to give the Impression of a whole cos tume, which always looks more dressy than a separate waist and skirt Cap and puff sleeves are Included in this pattern, the use of either being entire ly a matter of personal fancy. JTJDIO CHOLLET. FRIBBLES OF FASHION. Hand Embroidered Collars Vary . Smart White Silk Waists. Medium height collars, hand em broidered, are very smart The latest are turned over the band, though plain linen standing collars are accepted for ahopilng and traveling. The crochet- A PLAITED SKIKT 3794. A pattern of this plaited skirt may be had in six sizes from 22 to 22 Indies waist measure. Bend 10 cents to this of fice, giving number (3794), and the pattern will bs promptly forwarded to you by mail. . ; ., ed four-in-hand of coarse, open mesh Is dressy and Is worn with white linen man tailored shirt waists. White taffeta shirt waists severely tailored are very smart for wear with plain cloth suits. Little diamond shaped corset shields are now offered In the shops. They are lined with rubber, washable, and are covered with batiste, silk or naln- i sook. They are attached to the corset just under the arms, where the friction between the outer clothing is often not only unpleasant, but sometimes disas trous, especially to full figured wo men. These trifles are easily attached to the corsets and are supplied with an understrap by which to secure taem. FASHION NEWS CHOLLETE Fl&ited sktrta are becoming to the majority of figures, and this accounts for the wonderful popularity of those models. On the seven gored skirt shown the single plaits are stitched to yoke depth, but are pressed flatly, so that they keep their shape to the lower edge. This skirt clears the ground when worn and la suitable tor a walking or general utility modal S2k folds) are used tor trimming. JTJDIO CHOLLET. A FAMOUS DETECTIVE The Rise, the Achievement: and the Fall of M. Vidocq. GREAT FRENCH POUCE SPY. His Career as a Coiner, a Burglar and the Associate of Thieves He Knew the Secrete of More Than Half ef the Criminala In Paris, "The fellow has made his escape by the roof r A little band of Parisian police bad paid a surprise visit to a mean, dirty house In one of the most disreputable parts of Paris. It was about 3 o'clock In the morning when an officer tapped at the door and demanded admittance of the trembling person who opened it. Slipping past him, they crept swiftly and noiselessly up the rickety stairs to the door of a room, opened it and rush ed In. But the bed in which they bad expected to find their man was empty. He must have heard them stealing up the stairs and escaped by the window. The officer in charge of the party looked out In the darkness he could distinguish nothing. But the man must be there. His clothes still lay be side the bed. where be had cast them down when he had retired the night before. Some of the most daring of the offi cers crawled out after him, while oth ers went for ladders to reach the roof from the street. The man must be caught! He was found at last. Crouch ing down and seeking to hide himself among the chimney stacks, the officers pounced upon him. A short time later he was before one of the chiefs of the police. "Good day. M. Henri," he said, ealut lng the stern looking official. "Some one has once more betrayed me into your hands. "You are accused of being In league with coiners and passers of bad mon ey," said the official. "What have you to say?" "Only that I am innocent monsieur, though the people In the house where I lodged were guilty of such prac tices. I bad the honor of calling on monsieur some time back and of say ing that I could put it in his power to clear Paris of such scoundrels." The man the officers had found upon the roof and who addressed those words to the police official was one Vidocq, a man destined to become fa mous as one of the greatest detec tives of modern times. Vidocq had been concerned for years past in all manner of rogueries. He had received various terms of Impris onment He was regarded as one of the most dangerous of the hundreds of criminals that threatened the hon est citizens of Paris. He was daring, full of resource, a man of marvelous physical strength and audacity. Upon two previous occasions his accomplices had, knowing how much the police val ued his capture, betrayed him Into their hands. This was the third time Vidocq had so suffered. Two could play at that game. "M. Henri." said Vidocq, "make me COUGHS IKING THE fob THROAT nn FOR LivJbiljiJ lJUkDkzJ U ljUII U PnEVEflTS PHEOOOnifl I had the most debilitating cough a mortal was ever afflicted with, and my friends expected that when I left my bed it would surely be for my grave. Our doctor pronounced my case incurable, but thanks be to God, four bottles of Dr. King's New Discovery cured me so completely that I am all sound and well. MRS. EVA UNCAPHER, Grovertown, Ind. PrSca 50s and $1.00 ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED I Trial Bittli Frea Charles one of your njrents. and 1 swpnr to put you n possession of the secrets of half the criminals In Paris." The offer was a tempting one. for the Piirlslun police were then bnfljed by criminals of all descriptions, and Pnrmtnna wore crying out for war ptlktent trunrdltms, "We will see," replied the official, A short time later Vidocq found him self in prison, condemned to serve a sentence of eight years. Rut that mis erable convict sentenced to that terri ble sentence was really a police spy. He was popular with the other con victs and learned all their secrets, Each night be used iu his cell to write out an account of the discoveries he had made during the day, The report was dispatched to the chief of the po lice and proved remarkably useful. One day the criminal world of Paris was amaxed and joyful over the mar velous escape of Vidocq from prison, They received htm with open arms. Aa a matter of fact, the authorities had come to the conclusion that Vidocq could be much more useful to them outside than tu that grim place. His escape had all been planned. Vidocq returned to his associates as a hero. In fact, he was a pr a spy with the keeneat eyes, the most alert ears, the most subtle brain, to learn all the vil lainy going. It was wonderful what IU luck be gan henceforth to dog the criminals of Paris. All their plans came In some mysterious manner to tne ears or toe police. Was It Vidocq who betrayed tbemT Some of them were so con vinced of It that at last Vidocq found It necessary to disguise himself and act the part among them of a now band In crime. A consummate master of disguise, he went among them, still unsuspected. In his new role- He was certainly one of the most useful fellows that the police had ever had as an ally. Vidocq," said M. Henri to him one day, "we must find that fellow Foe sard, the man who has escaped from the prison at Brest. He Is in Paris, hiding somewhere, nis lodging Is in a house In a bystreet near to a market place. And there are yellow silk cur talfls to the window of his room. In the same bouse there lives a woman with a humped back. That Is all I can tell yon about the fellow-all I have been able to learn." It was a vague clew to work on. Vidocq, anxious to distinguish himself, set off. A window with yellow cur tains, a woman with a humped back! For weeks he walked about Paris set retting for inch a window In a bouse In which lived such a female. He found It at last The hump backed lady was a seamstress, and Vidocq made himself so agreeable to her that he quickly learned all about the lodgers In the building. Fossard nnder another name, of course tenant ed a room at the top of the bulldl How was he to be got at! He was a man of prodigious strength, a man who had vowed he would never be takeu alive, a man who always carried Ore arms, ready to slay any one who might seek to take him. "Such a man Is best taken in bis bed. M. Henri," suggested Vidocq. The only difficulty was bow It was to be man aged to take him so. Fossard. In spite of his being such a desperate criminal, was a bit of a fop. He used to keep a bottle of eau de cologne in bis room. Tbat scent was to prove his undoing. It is not the only occasion that perfume has proved disastrous to criminals who have in dulged In it, A few nights later, wheu Fossard was In bed and fast aBleep. he was awakened by a Jtlmld knock at his door. Calling out to know what he was disturbed for. be beard a tim orous child's voice In reply. It Inform ed Fossard that the kuocker was poor little Louis, the nephew of a woman on the next floor who had been taken very ill and who had sent the child to beg M. Fossard to lend her his bottle of eau de cologne. Fossard groed round for the bottle and with it In his hand threw open the door, Vidocq and his helpers were on blm In an In stant " "The moat terrible man in Paris" such became the description among tfliKT s n n ft9?! WONDER WORKER I DR.".. KIN COUGHS ARID COLDS I 1 SOLD AMD GUARANTEED BY Rogers & Son, Druggists the dangerous classes of Vidocq, now a recognised agent of the police, He was not regarded with favor by members of the detective service, Thoy might well, Indeed, look askance at a man with such a record. "I have uuver caught any criminal who more deserved Uuprlsonnieut than M. Vidocq," protested an Indignant of ficer to M. Heart one day. But Vidocq was too useful to be hastily set aside. Never had the crim inals of Paris such a bad time as they were uow enjoying with Vidocq In the detective force. .. lie organised the first really clllcleui detective service on the continent. The task of selecting twelve assistant was confided to him, Vidocq chowe the majority of them from the cleverest thieves he knew. Those that had been pickpockets he made wear gloves. It was Impossible for them to Indulge In their former bad habits while wearing uiose rasuiouaoie articles. Tall, of magnificent physique, with what Is known as an "open" counte nance, with large twinkling blue eyes and a mouth that seemed to be ever ready to break Into good natured laughter, Vidocq waa perhaps the last man In the world to be taken for a de tective. "I always regretted," he declared once, "that my duty prevented me from cultivating a mustache, but It would be a sad hindrance to my disguising my self. I had to give the Idea up, Crlm Inala would have got to know that mus tache of mine." So he remained a close shaven man to the end of his days. Perhaps there never was a more energetic dtsgulaer than Vidocq. He relied upon his ihar- velous facility In making op to utterly bewilder the professional criminals he had to deal with. In one day's hard work he assumed no fewer than twelve wholly distinct disguises ! He went, when he waa not la dis guise, constantly armed. A pistol lay ready to his hand In a pocket of his handsome clothes, and a dagger was concealed in the front of his coat At the end of ten years' service be retired. The news spread all over Paris. Vi docq, who bad made the police of Paris more feared than they had ever been before, was actually In the bands of the police! He bad after his retirement from the force established a private Inquiry of fice, and clients of all kinds flocked to him. Then be opened an agency for the protection of shopkeepers and mer chants against fraudulent customers. He bad as many aa 8,000 customers on his books when the police arrested blm, and he was now accused of hav ing In many cases become the ally of the very people from whom he was supposed to be protecting his custom ers. He was found guilty and sen tenced to eight years' Imprisonment When be at lost got the conviction re versed Vidocq found himself a ruined man. One of the attractions at a place of entertainment in London years ago was M. Vidocq. The great detective had taken to the stage! Enormous au diences came to see the strange man, who related his extraordinary experi ence and seemed like a dozen differ ent men upon the stage by bis marvel ous quickness in changing his appear ance. One day in 1857 a white haired, fee ble, mumbling old man lay dying In a bed In the garret of a house In a miserable Paris street. lie was Vidocq, the marvelous detective! Helpless. In poverty, dependent on the charity of friends. th. once terrible man lay there awaiting tne approach of death. Al most his last word, according to one who attended on him. were, "You are tny prisoner."-London Tit-Bits. Why Hs Wei Excused, At the PuhMn city sessions one morn lng a Juror pmyed to foe excused and aid he had a doctor's certificate that he was not fit to serve. lie handed up s closed envelope to the recorder, who fonnd It contained a letter from a well known Dublin medical man. 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