The Oregon daily journal., April 21, 1907, SECTION FOUR, Image 42

THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING.. APRIL 21. 1907.
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Main on the
O ther Planets
The Dinner Go wri
of Taffeta and
Tulle Which Mrs.
PhiLIy lig Wore
at the Closing
Night of Metro
politan Opera
Hous$ Was the
Striking Costume
of That Week.
Thc Very Latest and
Most Correct Notes in
the Smart Build of a
Blouse.
t n
OT to know "Mr PhlL" Lvdig
la to argue oneself . unknown.
K.r dash, her saucy beauty, h.r
Abandon to th. pollt. Joy. of our
m naturally allow u an that
jleaalng UtUa familiarity. 80 w. al
waya caU h.r Mr a, PhiL, and w. all
wonder what aba la going towear next.
Iter utter defiance of all cut and dried
dicta of faahlon makes Mrs, PhlL unique
la ber pollt. world. She U beautiful
and dark and Spanish. And In dreas aa
in deportment ah. la always brilliant,
daring, piquant. To watcb out for Mra.
rbll'a neweat creation In clothe la ona
of the atnueementa of what ope con
veniently oalla "the 400."
. To be aura it was a bit Ill-natured of.
Mra. Fish to say of Boldlni' portrait of
Mra. Lydlg that "It looked like Venus
rising out of her clothes." But Mrs.
J'hlL baa beautiful Ions lines and das
Bllog shoulders and every one knows
It. Boldlnl merely was Immortalising
ber radiance, . v ':
There's nothing like having a style of
elgns between the scallops.
Tb gown- was built la the draped
princess style which Mra Lydlg affeeta,
and the bodice, with Its wld girdle,
melted Into the skirt lines as though
the gown war all la ona piece. The top
r, i w -' ' ' ' ,V ., ffJ ear 7 VfassV .3 V I aMI 'y'- aa" , . -a m. " 1 T" '..VI rr. i-esrTv aB eg. . f , -).-,', , " am Mm . i ' 1 1 '
iirsx fA jts!sh tiJIiii-"
ii'ar iL
Mra. Lydlg knows bar style, and for VwVA- yl t ..U A . U W ; ' X JS5!5r v'-
rlng wear affect, a certain draped. . AvUV4 a " vA 1 WA !4 Vy :
cllngtii.- type of gown which seta to ;. I mA V ' ) V w&&'?'J-'(&4i "
perfection the fine lines of her figure. ' VV5i5 ' ' ATMy WW fm V ) V VxN : A A ' Vt'!f'W-n '
i'ew women can wear gracefully a gown W;rJ$f , . . V. ' Vl 1. Uv v 1 ' ,..
f th. sort in which Mra. Lydlg P- AVH4v3' ' ? M WAWV WW J f 'Al U W. ' ' Jlfet4A :v'
pear at"tha opera a few night ago. OMT . WS ! 11 WW W, V 7 X VX :i ( '-
and which is reproduced upon this pag TA 'r M if " AA VAV. 1 1 1 I A Vf VWv "A V ' NLi JT f J it.fw ' ' ' M5'"?-
for th benefit of oar readarav who'ea-. " Cl;-' - ' i1 iiWAW ' 1 1 Vv V
fcy oiamliilnc It. gmthw aa oscaUent Idea , v? ' ' ' WXyvW I W VV 0Cv ' '
of what constitutes art In dress. ; ' l"1 ' .V,:' . AM VViV Illl VA.X Sv : : 'V-
Everybody remarked that the color - . iVrftMiAr : tv .. i ' It V V WW.. lllMV ANl. S5tM.'V .
Hid not light up well at night, and ap- ;
. peered too ' sombre for the opera, al
though Ideal for a dinner gownwhich
It really la. The color la green, of a . -clear,
bright grass color, charming In
: the Illumination of a dining table or a
hou.e, but a color wbloh Immediately ;
lost lta Tltallty and' became sombre In '
the mora 4tmly lighted opera house.
Oreen Is a favorite of and very becom
ing color te Mra. Lydlg. With one-'
jrreeni costume, which she wore a sea- ' .
on ago, she quite startled beholders . '
"with the novel effect of her glinting
jrreen malachite heela.
Tb gown ah wora at the opera was
cif green taffeta, draped with tulle of.
the tint color, daeoratatl with a anas.
tried design. In several shadea Of green trou" the flgnr. with, an affect that .
epanglea and sequins. Th spanglea were ' earUInly bewitching aud very char
arranged la linea and festoon of flow- acterlstia of Mra. Lydlg.
era, with mora elaborate pattern In '' Tn 'Ia" th bodlea turn upward,
scallop, around the bottom of the tulle th PPr one raatlng upon tb bottom.
wklrt. showing fan-.haped apangled de- ol w,a "ana or goia laoa stretched
acroaa the front of the decolletage and
resting upon fold of whllt tulle which
barely show above tb gold. Tulle out
line th back of tb bodice and serve,
as shoulder straps.
Little high sleeve mad of ere.eed
of the bodlea, which was square la the '0,d of Un optn ov.r puffs of white
decolletage, was entirely t of - tulle, tulJ butterfly bows of tulle stand
ppangted and drawn quit full across UD rom shoulder. Upon one aleevo
the bodlo lining. From beneath the arranaed a bow of thlcKy twisted
Jft arm a spray of big green taffeta PM velvet In wired loops, while upon
flower, fell across the bodice in slant the other is placed a big American
to the bottom of th girdle on the oppo- beauty rose with a half blown bud
aite side. The same line waa carried drooping down upon the . tulle. Upon
out In the back. Below the, flowers. side of . the bodice a twl.ted bow
The Taffeta and Tulle Dinner Costume Which Mr.' rhll Lydlg Wore at the Cloning Performance of the Metropolitan Opera, aed
One of Mr. Phil Lydlg'g Stunning Opera Goirns, Front and Back, la 8ewl Simple Black Satin. . .
on tb. left side of tn bodice, tb taf
feta waa stretched bias In fitted folds.
extends from the top to the bottom, on
, large loop running to the top and two
The bodice was finished with little high- finishing the bottom. These loops are
tending puffed . aleeves of spangled
arreen tulle. Near the .bottom of the
front of the skirt the big green taffeta
flowers war repeated.
The taffeta skirt bung closely to tb
figure at the top and fell out In lovely
ripply effect around th bottom. Over
It chiffon wa bung to soften th effect
of the taffeta as seen through th tull
overdrew. At the bottom '. a knife
pleated chiffon ruffle fell over a similar
on of taffeta edged with a chiffon
ruchlng. ,,.-.-,.. ,.. , ,, ......
Mra, Lydlg wore a green aigrette In
rev dark hair and
made long and very narrow, carrying
out the long linea of the gown,
t No better Illustration could b had of
th. fact that it does not. take a lot of
trimmings ,to make a dressy gown, for
this simple drees of black, with It
touch f gold and rose color and it
frosty rim of white tulle, had an air of
distinction About it which many a richly
garnltured sown might seek for In vain.
The artlstlo modist can work wond-
ors with a small bow and a wisp of tull
and with thee almpls device, ah can
glv a cachet and charm to a gown
which at one proclaims It a work of
tacks down each side, allowing the cen- In the back th bodice . Is ' fastened
ter to form a full puff. This is trimmed down the middle of the puffed panel,
with a lace lattice similar to the one which resembles the one In front, only
on th collar. The puffing overlaps it Is slit down the middle and joined
very prettily down the middle. ;.wlthlnvlslbl book underneath.. - .
Sleeve of filmy dotted net are The feature of th blouse, however. Is
trimmed with appllqued lac designs Its drapery of pal blue. This i. t
and a band of transparent lac aur- broad piece of blue chiffon bordered on
round the lower portion of th puff, it both edge with an embroidered hem in
wavy outline enhancing the beauty of white designs of raised embroidery. It
th effect This lace sleeve Is miffed
over on of chiffon and I finished with
a deep ouff trlmroed with a lac lattice
upon chiffon and an embroidered chif
fon band around the bottom, which ter
minates abov th elbow.- ..i
la laid over th shoulder and the top
of the sle.v and 1 caught looaniy at
apart, extend the length of the drapery
in a tuoked stripe over an Inch in
width and of extreme delicacy of ap
pearance. The outer aide of the blue
strip Is shaped under; the ' arms and
seamed up so that th upper part fall
ov.r th lac. puff like, a short kimono
sleev that merges on - the under side
Into a loose blouse. The arrangement
of this loose drapery of pale blue la
most effective. It la really the blouse.
gowns In evidence. Positively vry
other woman had on a spangled gown
and these glowed with all the color of
the rainbow. Not on the aama woman,
of course, but the effeet ef oontraatlng
? towns of glittering spangle upon yel
ow and white, pink and blue and erlm
aon and green net waa quite beautiful.
. This aeaaon's ' spangled gown ar
wrought In mora airy and delicate pat
terns and Incline to floral and shell ef
fects, with empire wreathe and Louis
XVI garland. The spangle usually rp-
around her neck
airier and doa enllar at Maria ftta art.
affect or th whole ooatum wa on of Th dainty, diaphanous feloua la a
handsome simplicity and tb.re waa no very Important garment In every wo
eontrastlng color to break the ton of man' wardrobe, for it aocompanle so
th gown. , many varletlee of gown. The bloua
Another effective evening gown worn sketched for thla page llluatrate what
recently by Mra. Lydig la really atar- th "400" ar wearing la thla Una, and
tling In lta simplicity. The skirt la Just I think It wonderfully attractive. It
a long flowing on of black satin, mad charm lie as much In tb delicate hand
In the new Prcooll style, with the funny twork upon it a upon lta general out-
ironi gore mar, is ao narrow at th top Una. Th tuck on th over drapery are
and so aharply widen toward the bot- no wider than th mlddl ef a pin and
torn, giving that adorable floppy, ripply ar all run by hand. On marvela bow
jimva io me sown wmcn ta an tna rage human finger oan wan anything so
although It Is an sheer that the fitted
the belt both In the back and front.' ona beneath Is quite distinct in outline.
The chiffon drapery la tucked lta entir ' Aa I glanced about the opera house ' resent aome on dominant color scheme,
width across the shoulder with tiny during th close of th season, I waa with ether colore mingled In th deeiga
tuoka which, la two group of Intervals Impressed with th number of 'spangled to lend it brilliancy. - .
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News from the Shoe Shop -The Influence of the Short Skirt- ;
. , The Vogue of Tan Footwear -- The, Cloth Top Boot - Hosiery
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liv Paris at present. Not a speck ef
any sdnrnment mars the wonderfully
graorful line of this trailing dress,
wlilch mergee Into the draped bodice as
thnueh a part of It. giving a decidedly
r rlnccsa etlect te th drees. The bodice
! rut s'lusr In the decolletage and I
.I'.twJ cmsewis. .ad fastened la the
tiny In tuck and keep them In aucb
van lines.
' Tb blouse 1 made of whit chiffon,
fitted to the figure and draped with
pal blue chiffon. A atock and aquare
yoke are made of transparent lan and
embroidered ehlffon. A tiny frill edge
xna icp or the etock abov. an embrot
H4 a In point ef th. folds, hidden first dered border, which I repeated around
en one side, thea on th ether, beneath
m bodice drapery, ao that one marvel
!,re any potat ef f natenlng occura.
1 I r enema te be a anemUas piece of
.ua dtaaa la crosswlat falUa cloly
Its lower portion. A diamond-shaped
lattice la traced around the middle of
the etock with narrow Wee. below the
BTisre lace yoke a panel of pale blue
cUiffoo U tucked, la tloy, crosswise
III! .ho business ha undergone
a wonderful revolution In the
past few aeaaoni," remarked
th affable aaleaman In an
xcluatv Droadwav ahoo one
day 1. at week, "and w attrlbut It
solely to th short skirt which women
Amerloen women ar - now wearing.
"Tou , madam." continued thla
communicative person, "with these
short skirts women must of necessity
wear good shoes, and not only good,
but smart shoes. Th old long skirt
was a menace not on'y to health and
cleanliness, but th aho business
w.11. Women bought one pair of street
hoe In those days where they now
buy three and four. "Why shouldn't wo
advocate the ahort skirt'
And from present lndlestlons it look
aa though the vatneet bopea of the
hosstaA war to bo fully, r sallied. .
Pari continue to wear long skirts,
a doubtless sh aver will. Th Parla
lenn doe not take to th ahort-sklrted
ooatum, knowing that It doe not b.
com h.r a It docs the American
woman. - who for one ha failed to
emulate the promoter of th world's
fashions. " - . .
I It because w like th comfort of
this ahort skirt. r, fashion-bound a w
ar, appreciate the ultra smartness of
the abbreviated skirt length In company
with th moat faaolnatlng footwear w
have ever seen? Methlnka the latter
reason Is all too true, but of course, w
appreciate its comforts, too.
Tsn footwear wa worn all winter by
mart d re sera with aeverely tailored
anits of dark aergea and natty Engllah
suitings. Young girla especially af
fected thla atyle of footwear, and now
tbat spring Is her ana summer not fax
off, th tan walking boot and pump ar
enjoying a vogu which , promise to
ovsrahadow that of sornn II year ago,
when tgn shoe wer firat Introduced.
' Many of th walking boot ar high-
ll-bulton. they- call them, Juat aa they
aay 10-button glovta, . The cloth-top
boot la a novelty. The suede top is like
wis new, and will doubtless take bet
ter than the cloth top becauan of tta
wearing qualities. These novelty top
ar a shade or two darker In tone than
th vamp of th aho and ar matched
with nn atlk or cotton or Hale hoalefy.
Th nw pump ar distinctly in
thlr trimming of the tlnleai leather
bow, whloh tak - the plsc of laat
year's large flat bow of rlhhon or
leather. Bom models are flnlsh-d with
a narrow brald-lika beading edge, while
other ar almply stitched around the
dga, Tlpi ai seen, but th plain,
round-pointed to I th better style.
This model Is seen In black and color
such a represented 1n th dres fabric
ef the season. .-. -
Natty shiny find dull kid button boot
are topped with cloth In black and whit
striped paturn. whit grounds with
black stripes and black ground with
Whit stripe. Thee ar mad speci
ally to meat th demand which baa fol
lowed th popularity of trlpd tailored
costumes. Large whit button ar
seen on some of thea boots, but the
being more or lesa ronaplcuou. ar
passed by In favor of thoee with black
button.
Aalde from tan, colored aho bav
lost casta with women of refined last
and Individuality In dre. their place
bfflng iiaurped by the patent kid boot
with black dull hid. top or top matching
In color th material of th drasa. Such
By Oarrett P. Bervlas.
(Copyright, 10OT, by Amsrlraa Journal Kxamlnar
THK question of the weight, sls
. strength, etc., of man If remove)
to th. other planet, ha. lately
attracted much attention, and I
. la alwaya intereatlng In lta bear1
ing on the greater problem of the hatu
liability of that other world, i It may
therefor, b' worth while to dlaouat
briefly certain consideration afferaaei '
the oondltlnna In which one of ua Would I
find himself on th moon, or alara, oi
even on th sun. ' .
. Th Chang of weight, or, what l
virtually the earn thing, the change ir
the fore of gravity, would be perhapt
th moat atrlklng phenomenon. Th
force, pf gravity on th surfac of
planet la measured by two thing i
firat, the total maa of th planet; see
ond. lta radius.. Thus It Is easy to cal-.
oulata the fore of gravity on any
planet aa compared with It fore oi;
th earth.
Tak Jupiter, for Instance. The
mas. of Jupiter 1 117 time that Of the
earth,' and if it were no larger than
th earth, bodlea on It surface would
be SIT time heavier than th sam
bodlea on th earth. ' But tb diametei
and th radius of Jupiter are abou
eleven times greater than thos of to
earth, and since th fore of gravitatlo
of a planet varies inveraely aa th
sonar of a radius. It follows tha
bodies on th aurraee of Jupit will.
a far a distance from th cntr o
attraction affeeta their weight, be 1
time 11. or 111 time lesa heavy than
upon the earth. But, owing tflrvlujilJJ
tar's Inferior mass, this would be k4
times heavier. To get the actual weight!
w divide 1T by 121. the guollent J.I2
representing the ratio ef tha weight of
a body on jupKer to that wnion it
would bav on th earth. . .
'In other word a, a pound weight re
moved from th earth to Jupiter would
there weigh about two pound. and,.ix'
tenths. On th sua a pound weight,
would weigh more than IT pounda Oni
th moon it would weigh only on sixth
of a pound. , On Mara it would weigh;
II-10Q of a pound, ota. 1
' Suppose w-tak for a unit of com-!
parlsnn a man six feet tail and weigh
ing 100 pounda Put bint firat on th -aun.
His weight would beoom 1.400
pounds, a burden that b could not u
Dear. n would simpty pa cru.na t
down by hi own ' avolrdupol ' and at
bast could merely crawl slowly- about y
jiR a snail.
On the other hand, put him en th
moon and ho would weigh only II
pound. . while hla muscular strength
and activity . would simply transform
him Into an engine of astonishing me
chanical power and an athlete of mar
vellous ability able, for Instanc, to
Jump over a fair alsed houae. or to
outstrip a locomotive In a race.
. On Mar ' M would weigh only Tl
pound, and hla activity would aleo be
proportionately Increased, although It
would b much lea phenomenal ther
than On the moon.
But It la not probable, from what
w know of the growth of organism
on the earth, that men dwelling on
other planets , would have the sam
Dhysloal stature aa hr. - Their ls
would vary with th fore of gravlty-r
th large planets having small Inhabi
tants, and th small planets large Ones.
Let us again adopt a unit of com
parison. Let It be th weight of th
Individual. W have seen that a 0tt
pound maa would weigh only It pounds
on the moon and MOO pounds on the
suu. "We want to have him weigh 10
pounds wherever he Is. For this pur
pose w must vary bis ' in aeoord
with th variations of gravity.
Now. th maaa. a weight of any1 body
depend upon It . cubic contents, and
varies with tb cube of any principal
dimension. A alx-foot nan on th aun
wetgha 1.400 pounda wa wish to give
him .a statur which will reduce his
weight to th 100 pounds be was ac
customed to on tha earth, r Th eun'e
surfac gravity I IT times as great aa
th earth's. To reduce our man to such
a bulk that this fore will have only
on twenty seventh a much mass to
act upon w must reduce each of ,th
man'a principal dlmenalons by the cube
root of 17. Th cube root of 17 la S.
We take tb height of the man than
and divide It by I, tha reducing it
from feat to I feet. - All hi other
dimensions will come down In propor
tion, and w shall Had that our two.
foot man on th sua wigh 100 pounds.
Neat w take him to the moon. There
he is about ela time toe light for hla
als. In order to bring him up to hi
regular too pounda weight on th moon
. . . . . . I. 1 H .u. 4
we must maa mm erww ......
proportion ef th eube root ef six.
whloh la somewhat more than one and
eight tenths. W wlU call It Just that.
Then we multiply hi Six feet of height
by on and tght tenth and ha become
bout It feet v inene in neigm ana
broad and thick In proportion. With
these dimension h wlU onUnu te
bring down th seal en the. moon
his old flgure tOO pounda ;
And ao as for th other planeta, ae
niutrtd In th picture. It may be
added that th height of a 100-pound
man ea Mercury would be t fts en
Venue, I f t I Inch; on Jupiter,
feet Inch; en esturn, - xeet; oo
Uranu and Neptune, ach about jtTSt
I . Inch,' Cerea, shown In th picture,
I on of th astarolda, only about 400
miles In diameter. .
A eurlou thing la that, although In
going to heavier worlds. Ilk Jupiter
and th oun. th weight eould be di
minished, as already explained, by di
minishing th statur In proportion to a
th root of th Increased fore of gravi
tation, yet tne man . wouia not do as
strong and aotlve aa a man of the sam i
weight on th earth, because of the de-,
crease In the its of hla muscle in pro
portion t hi w sight
vn tn otnr nana, in going to lighter :
worlds, Ilk th moon end Mare, tha
man would gain In strength, because .
hla mnaeles would be larger In propor ¬
tion t hi WAIght.
shoe are for dressy afternoon wear
only. I.
The new hoalary I not modest aa
It shoe eompanlon. tripe and even
check ar represented In . a goodly
number ef design and coloring calcu
lated to rival th dra fabrics wbloh
way aim to oonaon witA In tb jura
mer ooatuming. iw.
Blaarr a om ef these Affeeta1 ma
be, thy will not be conspicuous in th
wearing, for tbey ar Intended to ac
company th high walking boot, leaving
th sher, plain Hal te tb company of
the low pump or oxford. i '
Women aa Railroaders. .
From th Kanaa city Journal.
The number of womn emDlovad on
th Bnaalan railway la lncreajiln.
Aooordlng to th latst return, there
are now working on the it Russian
tar railway no fewer than 1 1,000
women aa gatekeeper, clerks, telea-
rapher. eto. Th average wage varies
from 110 -to ltl ruble yearly (, to
170). Tb xtrmee ar great Thus
th woman clerks reeelv on an aver a
from 450 to 410 ruble or about tiio,
while th women attending at th sta
tion ar paid only 40 ruble or about
til I a year, In addition to fre lodg
ing and a few xtra. -