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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
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"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
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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. Amid
freat laughter In court the recorder
rad this letter nloud:
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