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THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-SAITJIIDAY, MARCH 16, 1901?.
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Fashions
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New York, Mnrcli 10. Variety Is the
most RtrllUtiB feature of nil clepurt
ments of dress, nml In i-speclnlly no
tlceable nmotiR the tailor Rownis, which
foimcily were illstlnRulplicd for sim
plicity and undcvlatlnR limitations as
to BtylPH.
All that Is lovcrscd, however, and
tho ptoblcm of chooslnp a model for
your tailor piwn Ik almost as perplex
Iiir iih tho neckwear vailatlons. It Is
Impossible to cot forth any one eharnc
tcrlstlo as a leader, slncu there are ho
muny Btyles: but tho little postilion
back, variously shaped. Is distinctly
one of the features, while tho Kton
coat, minus both collar and levels, M
another one.
Kowb of Mltchlng. rows of biald and
narrow bunds of embroidery, aie tho
modes of finishing tho edges of these
veiy desirable little routs, which will
be shown to the best ndvantuRo In
Ilirbt-coloied cloths worn over n dainty
lawn blouse. Various modulations of
the stralRht AIrIoii collar appear on
other new Uton Jackets with a half
double-breasted front which turns back
In revere effect when the Jiwkt Is
upon. A turnover collar which extends
Into stralirlit tabs down either side of
the front Is one vntlety. This sort of
tnb fiont Is Fcer, nfjaln on some of thp
short boleros where tho tab extends
below the Jncket
Thp postilion Is nttached to tho back
of some-of the Ktons which meet the
waist 'Inc. Apalr. the coat has a belt,
or a setnblanrp of a belt, from which
this little appendage falls, and It taken
the form of a narrow slde-plalfed frill,
or two nnnow tabs, possibly supple
mented by shorter overlapping? ones.
One tab three Inches wide, directly In
the center of the buck, is another form
decorated with braid.
An Idea which Rives variety to your
costume Is a detached belt and postil
ion combined, which can be worn or
not, as you fancy. It Is simply one
form of belt to wear with a shirt waist,
and with stock to match It Is very
pietty, made of embroidered velvet.
KTON JACKETS.
.Some of the, Eton jackets have a de
tached helt of the same material cov
ered with stitching. It rounds down a
little directly In tho center of the back,
Is pointed slightly on both edges In
front and fastens to the Jacket with
one hook only underneath tho back. It
adds a becoming length to the Eton
Jacket, which, by thf"vay, reaches al
most to the waist line and curves up a
little at the center seam In tho back.
One veiy novel jncket is quite short
at the sides, pointing down a little
deeper at cither side of the front, and
has what Is called a shield back cut
In one piece of the width of tho shoul
ders at the top nnd shaping down to
a narrow rounded point two Inches be
low the waist line. It laps over tho
sides of the Jacket, of course. Is finish
ed on tho edge with stitching, and Is
aUnebed with a buckle to a wide
'iflnped belt of silk, which slopes down
" to ordinal- belt width In front.
Kevcis I'nd collais are plain or fancy,
as you wlhh, covered with either em
broidery or stitching, nnd one pretty
dailc blue serge suit shows rovers and
collar faced back with taffeta silk of
the same color, and finished on the
edge with nn Inch wide fancy blue
build dotted with white pin spots.
Some of the funcy jackets have tho
elbow slecM's with undo! sleeves of the
Mime m.iteiial, but tho popular sleeve
fur the more simple form of tailor
uivhH is the ooat sleeve, which fUms
a little In bell shape at the hand. In
the adv.ince models for spring cos
tumes the undersleoves are quite small,
but all tho predictions for sleeves In
the thinner gowns, to come Inter, In
dicate a laigcr, moio puffy undersleeve,
or one quite plain and fitting tho arm
tiusely. A gauntlet cuff falling partly
over tho hand Is substituted for tho
straight round cuff, while for the thin
gowns a frill of lace Is added to the
riurow straight band with a dainty
f nd most becoming effect.
MODEL SKIRTS.
rikli ts for tailor gowns nro fashioned
In various ways, but tho model which
Is said to prevail In Tarls Is the circu
it fcklrt with tho circular flounce. It
fits the hips closely and tho fullness
In the back Is confined with Inverted
plaits, two small box plaits, or one bos
plait lapping toward the center on
Ither side.
For thin, as well as cloth gowns, tho
ilrcular flounce Is very populnr, es
New Spring
Ideal Patent
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FOR LADIES.
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pecially In tho ono deep width round
ing down n little narrower In front.
Tho pretty flare around the feet Is de
manded -and every attempt bo for to
do away with this has failed utterly.
There Is a skirt, mado ty the tailors,
which has tho appe'aranco of being less
full than any wo have seen for soma
time, but It Is duo more to tho careful
cut of tho circular flounce than to any
very perccptlblo difference In tho ex
tent nround. The flounco Is shaped so
that It seems n part of the entire skirt
rather than a separate piece, and two
very narrow box plaits confine tho fufr
ness at the waist line.
Tho seven gored skirt Is also used in
cloth, each Beam covered with rows of
stitching. A skirt which has a pretty
flaro shows live half-Inch tucks from
waist to hem stitched In down tho
back, so that they have the appear
ance of plaits. Yoke tops, extending
Into a front breadth, are also seen
uniong the tailor models, but tho skirt
below Is set into the yoke plnln, not
plnlted or gathered as In tho thin sheer
mateilnls.
IN T1MMMINOS.
Every Imaginable variation of tilm-
mliig Is applied to the flounce of the
thin gowns whether It Is circular or
straight. It Is tucked, cut In scallops,
or tab-like divisions with numerous
frills peeping out underneath; It Is
trhnined elaborately with applique de
signs of lace, and whatever tieatment
It receives, thu one object In view
seems to be the pronounced Hare
nround the hem.
Sashes of all kinds and descriptions
will be a feature of summer dress. A
novel combination worthy of mention
Is ono sash end composed of a breadth
of moussellne de sole knotted at the
end and twice nt Intervnls above with
a companion end formed of several
strands of narrow Wack velvet ribbon,
either knotted together u little way
from the end to fotm a tassel, finished
with tiny gold togs.
French knots are quite ns popular as
ever as a means of trimming, with tho
difference of using heavy instead of
line silk. On gauze materluls they ato
very effective.
As EaBtcr is almost upon us It may
be well to consider some of the new
hats of the season. There Is a turban
In black tullo latticed nil over with
narrow strips of yellow stiaw. The
straw strips are bent fantastically with
a very graceful effect. The model con
sists apparently of two big puffs, one
of which forms the crown, the other
the brim. At one side Is an upstand
ing bow of tulle edged with straw. Two
black quills rise from this bow.
A toque in bright tilue straw of fancy
weave has loops of black satin ribbon
bristling all over It. The loops are In
serted In tho straw something like
scales and are most In evidence nt the
sides, where they supply the needed
breadth. This turban fits very snugly
to tho head almost like a enp, in fact.
The employment of the loops Is a de
elded novelty. In front, a rosette and
high-twisted loop of the ribbon vary
the outlines, with three long curving
quills to keep them company. Tho
quills follow the shape of the crown in
their backward sweep.
THE POKE.
Our old friend, the poke, In a modi
fied, twisted sort of shape, appears
'this spring In colored stiaw of a very
rough weave, with three extra folds
as a finish to the edge. The whole Is
a successful compromise between the
old-time round hat nnd last year's at
tempt at a poke. There Is such a hat
ery much tip-tilted t'J ono side and
with a crown not unlike a tam-o'-shantcr
In effect. Hound this crown Is
twisted a fold of black velvet, tho
stiaw being a wuim maioon. At ono
side of the velvet fastens with a buckle
of pnate. In fiont, a )arg chou in
silU the sanio maroon ns the straw,
llse.s high and full. Against the hair
beneath tho upturned brim nt the left
side Is more silk masred picturesquely.
This hat has a particularly youthful
air about It, but It Is Intended for
adults.
The round hat of tho coming season
might better be called the broad hat.
Iirfadth Is Its distinguishing trait.
Every device that trimming can sug
gest Is called Itno play to achieve this.
"We noticed a straw hat with low crown
that a few months ago would have
been high and a broad curving brim.
Tho straw Is black: the drapery of
white, black-spotted, well wired and
corded. Great rolls of the drapery at
either side enhance the broad effect
and, proportionately, diminish the
height. A single black quill curves
round one side In a way to add to the
breadth both In fnct and In effect.
Tlie VUkktiiiru national park will toon lie coin,
plcte at far a tho acquisition of ..(! is con
rcrncl. It will comprise in all 1,231 acres. It
U propooed to Niton; all military features that
marked it in the ttrugglc of lSu).
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! HER POINT OP VIEW !
IV WE ever think about Mormon wo
men at all It Is likely to bo with
a sigh of pity. 'Toor things!" we
say. "What a time they must have
even if tho law says they may have
a husband apiece when there are
enough to go round." Naturally they
must be happier when their husbands
are restricted from marrying any more
girls, each ono younger than the last;
for oddly enough, tho revelation docs
not seem to como that a man must
have a middle aged and faded woman
sealed unto himself when there are
young and blooming ones In the vicin
ity. For to the women at least Mormon
Ism is surely a religion nnd what Is
a woman without some religion, how
ever feeble her hold upon It may beV
If she believes hard enough In the rov-
elation of Mormon that a plurality of
wives Is" important In the scheme of
salvation, the meie fact of having nn
undivided husband Is not as unmixed
a blessing as perhaps It seems to us.
whose religion tnkes a different course.
So the Mormon woman probably has
her troubles even If polygamous Mr.
Roberts was frowned upon und told
to go nnd stnnd In the corner, other
wise Utah.
That they aie looking for moie
tioublo Is evident from an item In a
Salt Lake Mormon paper which Is n
unique and dally visitor to this olllce.
These women yenrn for more bother,
apparently thus for having been free
from some that nllllcts their so-called
more enlightened sisters of tho east.
their yearning tnkes the form of a
desire for parliamentary dexterity.
They have suddenly decided that It
would be well In their phllantluoplo
sessions nnd club meetings If they hud
some knowledge of parliamentary
rules.
Now In this end of the wot Id theie
Is a growing suspicion that some of
our women know entitelv too much
nbout parliamentary rules. For In
stance there was thut convention of the
Daughters of tho American Revolution.
The more parliamentary usage they
wielded In the recent sessions nt
Washington the worse they scrapped,
the more tearful were the eyes, the
more complete was tho nerve collapse.
Finally they fell to scratching and al
most hissing and spitting like so many
111 bred cats, and yet their forefathers
"fit" and bled and died In the Revolu
tion. Possibly the forefathers of some
of the sciatchlest ones were coiiiii.tn
farm hands, or wood choppers, when
thut alarm from Lexington lang out.
There surely couldn't have been olll
cers enough to give title to all Ihesj
sputtering pln-wheely women who con
tinue the "nttlng" today. Perhaps If
these daushtois knew or ued a little
less parliamentary effect they might
be mora civil nnd less envious, ar
logant nnd assertive.
Hut to leturn to our muttons, or
rather to our Moimous; these good
(mentioned women have suddenlv de
veloped a longing to be able to say
"Madame President" at the ciirioct
time und to abuse each .'vcorulinr to
the polite rules laid down by dishing
or some other well meaning but tire
some person. Perhaps they have been
reading about the V. A. It. and can see
certain advantages in u similar pro
llclency. The funniest pint of the
whole procedure Is that they pio
ceed to quote Joseph Smith, who
Is said to have declared In f ivoi of
observing patllumcntnry uiles when
ho formed his tlrst series of seraglios
at Nnuvoo. So the dear Mormon wo
men huve voted In a certain society
meeting to uppi opt lute a sum of money
toward taking ten lessons In parlia
mentary usage, naively warding off
any problematical adverse criticism by
the explanation that their lellglon
teaches tho belief that "all knowledge
gained on earth makes each mote
fitted to enjoy the blessings of heaven."
Now, Just how a knowledge of parlia
mentary rules Is going to give any
peculiar fitness to a Mormon lady to
participate In tho Joys of the better
land needs a diagram to explain.
To Judge by the way some women
use their parliamentary knowledge on
earth, there will be no urgent demand
for Its privileges In heavenly spheres.
There are some organizations of wo
men that make about as much use of
parliamentary rules as they would
of the resplendent cuspidors In the
state senate. Not that these two are
to bo compared, only to Illustrate the
utter absence of even the most formal
regulations. I know of one organiza
tion which probably has done more
good in the coutso of Its history than
half the women's clubs In the land
considered together, and In strenuous
moments the members are apt to all
talk at once more or less vociferously,
They do not address the chair In par
ticular, but everybody and each other
In general. Instead of saying "Madame
President" they are prono to preface
their remarks with "I think thus or
so," and "Don't you believe It would
be a good plan?" etc., and they vote
lilt or miss nnd make and unmake
amendments in tho frankest, most un
conventional fashion, and tho piesl
dent beams mildly and placidly on
them all, and deftly lends them back
to the point and finally and lastly they
nro sure to agree like so many cuddling
kittens, and to go trotting off lillthely
and amiably to their several homes.
Not that this Is an nrgument against
tho use of parliamentary rules; quite
tho contrary. I have no sort of doubt
that if tho organization in question
had till these yeais conducted Its de
liberations according to Cushlng or
something equally dldactlo In Ideas,
much valuablo time might have been
saved nnd more than ono mistake, tho
result of careless methods, might havo
been avoided, but I do question
whether tho beautiful relations, tho
amicable, broad-minded consideration
each for tho other in these many care
worn years, tho gentleness, tho unaf
fected heart Interest in the work
would have been always placed first.
For some occult reason the martlnet
llko application which women are upt
to mako of parliamentary rules seems
tho source of endless discord and bick
ering In their gatherings. Whether tho
Inherent contrariness of woman la un
consciously excited by an attempt to
make her do anything according to
law and order, as laid down by some
body else, or whether the nervous
strain of trying to keep herself in and
everybody else In order according to
these rules and at the same tlmo havo
her mind on tho business at hand, Is
too much for her delicately adjusted
temperament, certain it is that morn
turbulence, more harsh words, more
disgraceful scenes are recorded from
assemblages of women, where the
strictest regard Is paid to parliamen
tary rules, than to those where the
iautnomy is a iruie easy anu the mode
of procedure la a sou of go-as-you-please,
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Thousands of People
Have visited our store during the past week, and thous
ands of pairs of shoes were taken out. We have got to
gether the remaining lots of Men's and Women's Winter
Weight Shoes with a view to
Pushing Them Out Bodily
(if the price will do it.) We want to clean out the stock
and will not carry on this sale one day longer than nec
essary. We like to sell our new Spring Stock, of
which a great many pairs are among this lot and
will have to go at
FIRE S Al E
PRICES WHILE THEY LAST.
For Thursday, Friday and Saturday we make a
Special Drive in Men's and Women's House Slippers,
worth from 50c to $5.00, at your own price.
Lewis, Ruddy, Davies & Murphy
330 Lackawanna Avenue.
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JONA LONG'S 80V.
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Store News from Four Departments
For Saturday Shoppers to Profit by
Women's Shoes
By way of introduction to the
new styles constantly arriving
in our shoe store: Black vici
kid, button or lace, patent leath
er or kid tips new English
or model toes. Considered
good value at nrk
?L,.on. now q2.UU
Men's Shoes
Box calf, vici kid and satin
calf. The best of their kind in
the various leathers. A well
made and thoroughly guaran
teed shoe for all
kinds of hard wear P
Groceries
A grocery price list is always
interesting: doubly so when
prices arc right and qualities
best.
Prunes Fancy Santa Clara
5 pounds 2.1c
Prunes Extra large Cali
fornia, per lb 12c
Raisins Fancy three crown
loose muscatels, .'I lbs. . . 2."c
Sardines Clause Sander
son smoked l!5c
Sardincs Large can, spe
cial 12c
Chicken, Mackerel, in wine
sauce, choice delicacy,
per can 20c
Chocolate Premium, one
half pound cake lfc
Cocoa Caracus, one-half
pound, square tin 2;$c
Mushrooms Extra small
first choice 2.1c
TEAS Finest of Young
Hyson, Gunpowder
Oolongs, Japans, worth
7." cents 48c
C O F F E E Guadarili
Brand Dutch Roasting,
process or combination
of private estate, Java
and genuine Arabian
Mocha, :t lbs $1.00
Seeded Raisins, large pack
age 9c
Pine Apple chunks, packed
where grown, at Singa
pore l-"c
Malt Breakfast Food, 2 pkgs 2.")c
Jonas Long's Sons
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JON AM LONQ' 0V.
Boys' Clothing
You can't get too many pairs
of pants for the boys. When
prices arc low is a good time to
lay in a supply.
Boys' Pants, best quality of
domestic corduroy, extra well
made, taped seams and patent
waist bands, sizes ! to in years.
Good value at fill cents, .
now 43C
Make a little man out of your
boy by buying him one of those
fancy vests, double breasted,
open front, in all the newest
plaids, checks and neat figure
effects, sizes 8 to 15 years.
75c and 98c
Men's Furnishings
Special display of quarter
Neckwear for men, everything
in the line that is new and up-to-date.
Graduated Four-in-Hands,
Reversible Four-in-Hands in
plain and fancy colors; Tccks,
Band Bows and Club House.
You'll recognize some fifty cent
silks in the lot, all to go
at each 25C
Colored Shirts for the coming
season will be more popular
than ever. Plaited bosom, at
tached cuffs will be worn some;
detached cuffs, however, will re
ceive the best support.
Have just opened a handsome
assortment of Negligee Shirts in
Madras. Black and white stripes
arc the most prominent and will
probably be the best sellers, al
though plain blue and ox-blood
will be close seconds, a
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