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t: ' 71 - . . i FASHIONS OF THE MOMENT. 'f L'MPTUOUS! sumptuous! M Jr sumptuous! What I tell TO you three times must be SpV true, and this Is the word which best expresses the new silks dedicated to cor onation year, writes our special London correspond ent. Eighteen-carat gold, the most artistic of de signs, and the finest of fiber go to the making of tho multi-colored silken brocades which we shall delight to honor, and which will, no doubt, with equal fervor, delight to honor us In the coming season, which ha3 almost come. Simple designs In gold, some what oriental in effect, are Interwoven opon foundations as soft and pliable as gauze, yet thick and solid enough for the making of frocks unllned. in contrast to this thero Is a very much entangled and very elaborate pattern with flowers entwined on waving lines of gold, and thero are further conven tional and floral devices In gold and silver on dark or light foundations. The special attraction of most of the I new silks Is their double width, and for the contrivance of the straight, narrow frock It beseems us to ac knowledge this gratefully. Crepe de chine is again an established favorite, either plain or printed, or interwoven with gold, and gold plays its part on gauze, and on grenadine, and on charmouse. Altogether, when you come to Investigate a selection of the silks of the hour you will cordially indorse my verdict that sumptuous is the one and only possible descrrptlon. What we shall do with these silks remains to be seen, but, of course, they are primarily dedicated to tne service of the court train or tc the evening dress of our greatest demand, for we are to foot it merrily In 1911. On the whole It will be an economical purchase, the gown of good silk, since It may be relied upon to outwear the gown of muslin or chiffon by at least a dozen times. A tunic and bodice of one of the brocades opening at one side of the front to show an under skirt of lace, and made with a short walsted bodice with a little lace about the decolletage, with sleeves and bod ice cut in kimono fashion will repre sent the most patronized style, further elaborate possibilities being supplied by flat or round gold cords and tas sels. This reminds me of a strange coif fure which was my neighbor at the theater the other night. ThlB was a flatly rolled turban of hair with a thick gold cord resting about an inch above the eyebrows and terminating In two tassels above the left ear. The effect was definitely curious and al most as definitely Turkish. Fashion is hot with the Oriental spirit. All the best theater cloaks are of Oriental embroidery, bordered with fur for the present, and liable to be denuded of It at any moment, while much favor Is still shown to pine-patterned cotton as a foundation for day blouses veiled with nlnon. Far newer than this latter, however, are the pat terned nlnons which are inspired by the work of the Roumanians and the Russians; and for our hats and wraps wo seem to have sought and found in spiration In the great little Corslcan, for the upturned brim, tho cockade, and the shrouding mantle with Its military decorations all savor of Napo leon. Very pretty these new coats are, too, and when diverging from the straight path they permit themselves gold, and black, and red braid, and gold buttons, and a lining of crimson. Thero Is n deal of crimson in the market, indeed red, white and blue are conspicuously loved, separately and together, and what could bo bet ter or more suitable for the moment? An excellent dark red dress that 1 have seen designed for spring wear is fashioned with a short bolero and narrow tktrt piped on to It well above the usual waist linn, a round, turn down collar of Roumanian embroidery, very tight long sleeves cut In one with the bolero, which has a vest of white muslin with a soft plaited frill at one sldo and a collarband outlined with black satin buckled with gold In the center. A dark red Tegal hat trimmed with a blnck cockade with a group of blue beads In the center fin ishes this most admirably, and to be worn with it has been purchased a long coat of black lined with red, with epaulettes of black braid and small gold buttons. Talking of long coats remind me of a mpltal specimen in raven blue satin which I met yesterday. This was cut in one with its sleeves, the sleeves being rather wide at their base, while the trimming down the center of the front was formed by squares of Ori ental embroidery Jn different shades of blue, and on every edge was a bind of braid, and turned down at the neck was a small collar of white Irish lace, and the lining was of bright blue, a color which was again repeated on the brim of the turban toque of black crinoline which crowned all these charms. Turban toques bearing crinoline crowns and Btraw brims held with feathers or flowers or bended orna ments are to have much vogue, and pretty they aio too, and comfortable at that, while to the short woman they grant height, since they are very nar row, and the tall on that account must not adopt them as millinery for the matinee. From the eouth. whence the new modes come, I hear of toques of rosee and lilac with hovering butterflcs, ano of bright cerise toques gay with pur pie birds, and there are also rumore of simDle tailor-made tweed frocke made in checks, and crowned with narrow pyramids of flowers. Again I have news of ntnon scarves hemmed with flowers. These last I feel I could cheerfully dispense with, finding the soft satin scarf of black lined and fringed with a color, su premely becoming and engendering as much warmth as desirable when the fur boa need no longer be a circum stance of our necessity. The satin scarves are not so long as those of laf vfnr and there seems to be a notion prevailing that one should be supplied to match every satin or mus lin frock. The tweed coats and skirts are best without such addenda, but plain-faced cloths may well be bo treated, but It would seem that silks are to have it all their own way, and for everyday occasions the short dress made of soft satin will enjoy consid erable patronage; and floral musilns, and crepe de chines, and foulards, will only stand in the background un til May Is an established fact. After all there will be so many oc casions to wear so many frocks that the thrifty will doubtless hide their heads In the country, sing hey for the simple life and enwrap themselves in printed cambric and take earnestly to sport, or gardening, or even needlework. Apropos of needlework, the industri ous may find much excuse for their labors In the popularity of bead trim mlngs which are to be bought ready- JSll if r LAWYER NEARLY HAD SCRAP Managed to Keep Half Block Ahead of Squiggs, Who Ran Three Blocks in Twelve Seconds. "I near had a scrap this morning.' a slender, young lawyer whom you wouldn't surpect of being belligerent confided. "Who with?" we asked, with no re- sard for grammar. "JImmie Squiggs. I guess I spoke hastily to him. Anyhow, he got the idea that I wanted to lick him. "Well, what did he do?" "He took it on the run. Honest, he lid three blocks in about twelve sec onds, before I could say a word." "That's going some for a big man like Squiggs." "Ain't it? And it didn't do him a bit of good. I was a half block ahead of him every step of the way! ASTORIA'S BIG CENTENNIAL Pageant Will Open August 9, Close September 9. Aviation Meet, Regatta, Battiesmp Fleet, Fireworks Spectacle Are Arranged Fop. A Preference. 'After all," said Mrs. Oldcastle, as they were returning from the picture gallery to the drawing-room, 'I think my preference Is for Boticelli." Well," replied her hostess, "I can't say tnat mine is. ror me 11 uon i seem that there's anything to beat good old-fashioned rawsberry Jam." . "Gaby." In a Jingle which appeared In this department yesterday morning Man el's Parisian flame was referred to as "Galby." "Tout le monde" knows that her first name Is Oaby. It was written that way, but a printer gave Qaby "1." FOXY. First Bad Boy Let's put a mouse in teacher's desk. Second Bad Boy No, let's put some heese In her desk and the mouse will come of Its own accord and we won't be blamed for it. old this B-r-r-rl I feel a hundred years evening," she said. "You don't look It," the other wo man replied. "Thank you." "Not by at leapt sixty years." Then the cold wave arrived. Giving Him a 8tart Doctor Now that I've set your hus band on his feet again, you must see that he gets more exercise. Patient's Wife All right, doctor; this bill of yours will help. He'll be terribly exercised when I show it to him. made at prohibitive prices under the best circumstances, and may yet be accomplished in a manner that will lead to triumph, by the skilled ama teur with a nice eye for co'or. There are several bead shops In town nowa days where every variety of bead and bugle definitely French and indefinite ly Oriental may be discovered, and amongst my recent investigations haB been a length of black and green bro cade with the design carefully fol lowed out In dull gold bugles and some red and blue Oriental beads, with a result that was surprisingly effective and bore no hint of home manufacture. Of course it is easy enough to contrive the many-beaded devices which decorate the latest mil linery, and the beaded tassel may be calculated to bestow an air of ele gance on quite Inexpensive straws. The illustrations shows a little even ing frock In silver-gray voile on trans parent silver turquoise embroidery, touched up with turquoise Jewels. ' A Sly Fellow. "In Ohio a widow and a widowei met when selecting monuments for their lost mates and fell in love." "Quick work on the part of Cupid." "Yes, indeed. He must have been posing as a cherub on a tombstone." Faults. "It was Carlyle, I believe, who said, 'The greatest of faults is to be con scious of none.' " "Somehow that doesn't strike me as being as bad as to be conscious of faults and not care." The Idea. "What has become of Jinx?" "I shook him." "Why?" "Too old-fashioned. Insisted that while I was engaged to him I should not be engaged to any other man." A Narrow Escape. "Junks used to say that he aspired to literary recognition." "Yes." "Did his dream ever come true?" "No. Luck was with him and he went to writing ads." Early Betrothal. Under the headline "Infant Be trothals" the American Hebrew tells of two patients of the Jewish Mater nlty hospital. In New York, friends of long standing, who "happened to in crease the population of the world In that building by a boy and a girl on the same day. They had often ex pressed the determination to make a match between their offspring and the occasion seemed so propitious that little Leonard Barnett and tiny Ra chel Marcus were betrothed to each other In the presence of the staff be fore either of them was a day old. Unfortunately, love laughs at such bonds and the very fact of their being tied together in this unceremonious way may turn them against each other. Fortunately, at present th betrothal Is merely a pious wish and has no legal validity either In Jewish or American law. Favorite Seat. Friend Why do you do your sew ing at this window in the air shaft? You can't half see. Mrs. De Piatt No, but I can bear beautifully. Salvage. Hotel Proprietor Was there any thing of value in the trunk of that fel low who Jumped his bill? Clerk I 6hould say so. It was full of our linen and Bilverware. Juda. Heaven His Only Chance. "He is always sighing for a mansion in the sky." "No wonder. He lives In a town where residence property Is $90 a front foot." con- Climatic Conversation. "The otuuer u always a venlent topic of conversation." "I don't think so. You are so often compelled to think twice In order to select polite phraseology." Explained. "How Is it that you are back at the office? I thought you said you wanted a day off to enjoy yourself." "So I did, but my wife wants some ribbons matched." Inflated. "Pa, what is an optimist?" "An optimist, my son. Is a man who thinks he Is famous because a bill county Eends him to the state legislature)." (By John Day.) Astoria, Oregon. An even hundred vears ago April i&, ion, me buuu shin Tonauin, owned by John Jacob Astor. sailed into the mouth of the Columbia River, rode over the bar and anchored ten miles up the river in a cove opposite what has now become Astoria. The "Tonquin brought the first white man to the great Oregon country which at that time embraced all the land from which the states of Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho have since been carved. It is in celebration of this settle ment that the Astoria Centennial was projected. The pageant will be opened with simple ceremonies on August 9. The public opening will be the following day and the Centennial will continue for thirty days, or until September 9. The legislature of the state of Ore gon appropriated $50,000 toward the expense of the Centennial. Clatsop County made a special tax levy which brought $25,000 additional funds to the committee; Col. John Jacob Astor, of New York City, donated $10,000 to the cause and the business men of Astoria contributed $50,000. Additional subscriptions from the transportation companies and Port land business men have brought the available sinews of war up to $150,000. Tourists from all parts of the United States will be able to travel to the Astoria Centennial at reduced railroad rates and stop at all the prin ciple places of interest en route. This centennial celebration is the only official exposition on the Pacific Coast this year and offera the following at tractions: Pacific Coast motor speed boat re gatta with $12,000 in cash prizes, last ing one week September 4 to Sep tember 8, inclusive. At this regatta the free-for-all championship will be decided and $5000 is the prize money for this one event alone. Practically every coast city will enter a boat and craft will be entered from Peoria, 111., and several boats are expected from the Atlantic seaboard. The displace ment boat championship will also be decided at this regatta as will su premacy in the fishing craft classes, sail rigged hulls, sculling contests, tub races, canoe races between various Indian tribes of the northwest and such features as are usual at western regatta tournaments. The manage ment of the regatta Is In charge of the Astoria Motor Boat Club, affili ated with the Pacific Coast Interna tional Motor Boat Association, the officers of which will direct the con tests. Glenn Curtiss will have an aero plane and an hydro-aeroplane exhibi tion lasting four days of the third week of the celebration. Mr. Curtiss is under contract to fly over land, seas and rivers, starting from the surface of the Columbia River, run ning at a speed of at least thirty-five miles an hour down to the mouth of the Columbia River, rising from the water without mechanical aid, circle over the beach to the Gearhart Hotel and return to the starting point, fly ing in the air overland. From the opening of the centennial to the close there will be two fleets of battleships in the harbor, one de tailed by the United States govern ment and one from the pick of the British squadron. In addition the South American republics and China and Japan have promised to detail battleships to the scene of the centen nial and participate in land and ma rine pageants. The Gearhart Hotel has been se lected as the scene of the' great naval hop which will be given in honor of the officers of the various battleships. The Gearhart Hotel is within a short distance of Astoria and right on the Pacific Ocean. It is an ideal place for social functions and the centen nial committee will have many social functions at this hotel. General Finzer, head of the Oregon National Guard, has decided upon As toria for the scene of the annual sum mer encampment of the Oregon Na tional Guard during the continuance of the Astoria Centennial. Necessary arrangements are now being made by General Finzer and ..his staff to work out tne details of the encampment, and the United States War Depart ment has ordered the artillerymen and the artillerymen of the militia to report to the forts adjacent to As toria for annual target practice dur ing the centennial. Officers from the national guard of the various states will be invited to participate in the evolutions .and ob serve the work of the combined na tional guard and the United States regulars who will be assigned to As toria for war practice. Gearhart beach, the scene of the big coast automobile race meets an nually, will be the mecca for the motor car speed experts during the celebration. The beach is wide and miles In length so that all the races will be straightaway events, allowing the best possible time. Washed by the ocean tides until the sand is packed as bard as stone, this beach offers Ideal advantages for motor car speed contests and arrangements have been perfected for a carnival of speed merchants which will Include all the top notchers in the profes sion. This meet will be in charge of the Automobile Club of Portland and the Northwest and will be officially sanctioned. The Oregon Development League has selected Astoria as the meeting place for the annual convention of the 118 cities holding membership in the league. C. C. Chapman, manager of the promotion bureau of the Portland v. aeiini rinh In secretary of the Oregon Development League and he has already perfected the program nnVontin .which will decide upon the policy to be followed in the development of Oregon for the next year to come. . -.a "Early Days of Astoria or the De- iL Tnnn.lln" is the title of a pyrotechnical display which will Jl f nature nf An. be orrerea mBui, , - - t. during the centennial. This pageant will have a ballet of onn jwofim vaudeville artists and it)J Af.'O" 1 ' numerous sDecial features to complete a two-hour entertainment. This en tertainment will be built upon the water and is to be one of the big fea tures of the centennial. It is the first time that any big fireworks spectacle has ever been attempted upon the , n i i j. tt lt, water, dui me development ol tue fireworks business is such now that success is assured. Eight different conventions will be In cocci nn diirlnc tho centennial Cele bration, including the school teachers' state Institute, to whicn national edu cators have been invited for a week. The teachers will have a school ex- EflrnTbis Suit iriOne Hour! ggi Toarprofluforftnhoarorlwo uth ffprMOtttiff ot our fret taHonua boat pay rtjf ipcifti Biad-t9 mount o it few you tb hand torn eft. 4h mcMt rtjlishViDd the moit duxabli vwnuuto. Jurt sNhow two or tfart oi your frianda lha JtanplM of osr Oat wool uiUDga, uvketwo or lorwor tanftDdyoalucraM waniii. loa ew i Mil ttt vrawv. Oar 00 bcMdtlfcu Minplsi crwto enlwtioa whinwi Shown. NootfcrcrMwiuch materials at till price bafor. Yoatakanorisk. YfcferTthiiii-il hipped on appro!, I bjtctto24 FT"'- . "wi ; H 1 ' ft JOHN JACOB ASTOR Whose fur trading expedition founded Astoria an hundred years ago. hiblt and discuss educational matters of today and a century ago. It is a big feature and numerous social fea tures are planned for the entertain ment of the teachers who will attend the convention. As it is an official state affair all the teachers of the state will be compelled to attend un less prevented by sickness, so that it is bound to be a representative meeting of educators. Special allegorical floats are being constructed for a series of land parades which will be different In character each week. These floats will be fully as magnificent as those used at the annual Rose Festival at Portland, and the school children will be drilled to participate in the exer cises by the order of the board of education. Specially interesting will be the op portunity for visitors to witness the fishing for salmon at Astoria. There are more than 3000 salmon fishing craft at Astoria and the salmon fish ing season will be open until August 25, allowing the visitors to see how the mighty salmon is caught and canned. These monsters weigh as much as 70 pounds and average about 20 pounds each. Salmon which weigh 49 pounds are numerous and it is an excellent opportunity to see how mil lions are made out of the salmon catch every year. The governors of the various states will be invited and a number have already accepted Invitations to be present on special days set apart for the respective states. With their military staffs they will be royally entertained and add greatly to the social life at the centennial celebra tion. Altogether, the Astoria Centennial is to be a fitting climax to 100 years of prosperity which has come from the founding of this city by the sea by a trading party sent from New York by John Jacob Astor. mi w u ii m - uky I W I UMJuua. wan' uminstioa. CuVVmn tri foods on nt mutt bo tatiabad with Wo Pay Exprasa en tvorythlnj; Ton can nndarMll varybody. Got Cloths for your frlsnds at last coil maka- wholstalar' s. Jobber' and rs sail aaaiers sronci. ma snaans ini wallest, clasnsst anil nicait business In AmerfoaJ A Blf Butlnsss that omrs tbaa doubtos your aarnlnp. Wt want ym to rspressot na now. Don't wait antll soiMhaij slaa tosas tfalscnat bullosas. Mo atpartesas Moasaary. warunutn Toasurportmiio witb N aamplaa of thalataitwMfwt .febrtoaaad ftelort, aosomtaiy rre. in ;ouwan(tniBfwtumsj oraar aui t aaa id i ramarttD ly aaay swim f iklog bualaasathat wlUanaka you riant 4 itai or wtwr mtiiM is uaatoaaaarifMT' a wall alotttasanda bajbusloass. iti PARAGON TAILORING COMPT, Dept. 34, Chicago. Ill TO MAKE DEVONSHIRE CREAM ( Let Milk Stand Until a Good Head of Cream Rises, Cook to Boiling Point. A reader who was interested in a recipe for making Devonshire cream has kindly written as follows, regard ing method of procedure: "I used to work in a dairy at home where De vonshire cream was one of our spe cialties. The way we made ours was to let the milk stand till a good head of cream rose 'on It. Then we lifted the tin containing It onto a copper boiler of water, hot, but not boiling, and let It simmer until done. In this way, the cream is made sweeter, though good results can be obtained either way. One advantage in water scalding Is that you cannot burn the cream as you might with stove scald ing. Care must be taken not to have the milk tin too full or It will sink. The water must be of sufficient quan tity to float the milk tin. Our copper was generally built in a house, but in my opinion where a stove Is used a large deep pan filled with water would answer the same purpose." MottMS will find Mrs. WlnrtoWs Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use foi their chUOl'ea luring the teething period. Same Sort of Language. "I'm afraid we'll have to cut that man's acquaintance," said the woman of strictly correct ideas. "Yes," replied Miss Cayenne. "He uses the same sort of language that wa pay two or three dollars a aaat to hsar at a theatre." No Use for College Education. Willis Why don't you put that cek lege 6on of yours at a trade? Glllis (sadly) What could I trada aim for? Judge Colts Hustle for Feed. I believe we would get better re sults If we would change our practice of raising colts. Many farmers permit colts to run with their mothers un til they are put on the market, says a writer In an exchange. Many times they become very thin and emaciated during the winter, especially whan snow is quite deep. A good plan, It seems to me, would be for us to give hem some feed the first year. I be lieve that in the course of a few years his will be done. More Territory. "I envy you," says the very thin man. "I wish I had your weight. Here I am, a skinny, dyspeptic crea ture, suffering half the time with stomach ache!" "Envy me!" chuckles the very fat man. "Why, what If you do have the stomach ache half the time? Think what a little bit of a stomach ache you can have. Now, when I have the stomach ache it amounts to some thing." life. Forgivenl We can even take a charitable view of the time taken daily by the type writer girl for the arrangement of her hair. Her fingers are congested by the work of writing, and tired by contact with the hard keys of her machine; and the different feeling of her hair, and the little plays and movements of her fingers in adjusting it, are a dis tinct stimulation and relief. Paul W. Goldsbury, In AtlPTitic. !t Cures While You Walk. Allen's Foot-Ease is a certain euro for hot, sweating, callus, and swollen, aching feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price 25e. Don't aeeunt any substitute. Trial package FKEK Aildress V lien 3. Olmsted, Le Hoy, N. Y. Not to ue (nought Cf. "My dear," he feebly said, after they had permitted her to go to him after the operation, "I shall not re cover. They think I will, but they are mistaken. I feel it. I am go ing to die." "No, no, John!" she cried. "Don't say that! .You mustn't die! I haven't a thing that is fit to wear to p ' - Pain and Swelling seldom indicate in ternal organic trouble. They are usually the result of local cold or inflammation which can be quickly removed by Hum lins Wizard Oil. Greateti i y in Life. Neither rich furniture, nor abund ance of gold, nor a descent from an Illustrious family, nor greatness of au thority, nor eloquence and all the charms of speaking, can produce so great a serenity of life as a mind free from guilt, kept untainted, not only from actions, but purposes, that are wickc Constipation causes many serious dis eases. It is thoroughly cured by Doc tor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. One a laxative, three for cathartic. The iviodune btone. The "Real Moabite Stone" is a black basaltic block, unearthed at Diban in 1868, by Rev. F. A. Kleiv, 3.8 feet by 1.2 feet in dimensions, which coptalns 34 Hies In the Phoenician language. These chronicle the result of Mesh a King of Moah, from Ahab King of Is rael. At least two replicas of this valuable stone have been made, but the original is still In the Louvre i Paris. TRY MURINE EYE REMEDY for Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes auunranuiateaiuyeiids. Murine Doesn't Smart Soothes Eye Pain. Druggists Sell Murine Eve Remedv. T.inniH 9?;,. 50c, $1.00. Murine Eye Salve in Aseptic Tubes, 25c, $1.00. Eye Books and Eye Advice Free by Mail. Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago. Mixed Metaphors. The famous commingling of meta phors beginning, "I smell a rat; I shall nip him in the bud," has been surpassed. According to Punch a Yorkshire paper writes: "We hope Mr. Atkinson will keep his word and with the ability he has always hown tear to shreds and tatters the sub terranean methods of the clique which at present rides the high horse." hiiiiQi "I have been tuinir funnia f T jomntt, with which I have been afflicted for twenty years, and I can say that Ca carets have given tne more relief than any other remedv I have rwr tri4 t .k.n certainly recommend them to mv friends mm ucuig i iney are represented." 4nos. vjuiaro, Elgin, IlL Ptaant Pa- bl. Potent. Tmsta Good. 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