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22 LATE SUMMER FASHIONS. bOME EAIILY FALL HISTS FOR SCHOOL GIRL AND MATROX. The NVrll Fitting Pottlront—Green 1* No Longer the lU'lt;uinK Color. The Nevnrt Veiling*. Some new pin-dotted wools, not greatly unlike French barege, are very pretty. With bright or sombre back ground, these delicate stuffs are ranked among the first autumn ma terials, the flexible weaves admitting ail the fine tucking so fashionable this cummer. Especially are they adapted to school girl wear, and when combined with narrow ribbon, put on shirred or plain, the effect of them is extremely girl ish. Sometimes a plain color is used with the spotted material, this put on in three inch bands, solidly stitched with silk matching the dots. ‘ A charming school frock for a girl of sixteen was in one of these new wools, red dots on a blue background. The band trimming was of plain red stitched with blue, three rows showing on the back of the skirt and some tabbed pieces forming a round yoke and cuffs for the blouse bodice. The model of the skirt was very odd. The front breadth was perfectly DAINTY SCHOOL GIRL EFFECTS. plain, the back box-pleated from a point just below the hips. The three bands, which held these down at the top. were pointed at the ends. * Cloth in solid colors is seen on other school girl frocks, shaping- odd collar and cuffs on mottled and checked tweeds. Scarlet is a brilliant note with many dresses, and white garnishings are more than ever used. Avery novel little gown, shown by a shop famous for juvenile wear, was in brown and white checked tweed, with a white cloth collar and cuff bands. Plain blue bunting realized another neat frock, #iis one depending almost entirely upon tucking for ornament, while the daintiest novelty challtes ■were made up to have a fetchingiy French air. In truth all of these youthful cos- NOVELTY CHALLIE3, tumes seemed only simplified editions of adult fineries. The same details distinguish the wear of sixteen and thirty both matron and maiden sleeves bulging in great puffs below the el bow; all the family bodices running to blouse effects, and skirts for all ages blooming with middle trimmings as you might say. That is, the new Jttpe decoration Is between the belt and the hem, at the hip quarter or lower down. Only really little-girl skirts are trimmed directly at the bot tom. Apropos of the blouse bodice. It Is to be more worn than ever, say the big dressmakers—the little ones don't count—with an increased exaggeration of looseness. "Notice, ’” says -no gified artist of the needle, “how he French woman’s bodice is worn, ; and dilate on the ad vantage ot a *. 'ldled carelessness. The true Parisian always looks as If her costume were Impromptu, but she displays the art of the great painter in choosing her combinations; and especially does she know that easy unconfining bodices make her slimmer and dantier.” In descanting against over-elabora tion, I'alix, that high priest of divine 'simplicities, once said: "Beware of this sin,” adding that over-dress prompted to even the untrained observer, a dry ness of effect. Dryer than bleached fishbones, he vowed, was the taste of all "the unfortunate English.” As to the Americans they were better — “um-ah-oui”—a little better; but not yet perfect. Returning to school girls, delightful little tea jackets are being turned out for maidens in their teens, the after noon tiffin being now a most pleasur able feature of boarding school life. At these 4 o'clock gatherings, to which on Saturdays come outside 'guests, plain dark skirts will be bego.yed bv dainty tailed-bodioes in gay silks, with knots of narrow ribbons or velvet, and batiste or chiffon embroideries. A fetching model in these pretty jacket-waists is called the Vassar. One design in this was made in striped Pompadour silk, pink and blue against a white background. The shape of the jacket savored of the late Louis designs, the untrimmed tails ending, as did the coats of that class, where the vest began. Gathered flounces of ecrue embroidered making the deep collar and frills for the elbow sleeves A narrow be't of black ribbon velvet held the waist in at the back, droop ing bow3, caught with blue enamel buttons, finishing it at the sides. The same ornamentation showed above the flounces of the sleeves, and the neck was cut out round and edged with a band of black and ecrue embroidery. If silk cannot be afforded the figur ed zephyr flannels, in delicate tints, will be found very pretty materials for these tea-jackets. The thin striped ri!>- bons seen on every bargain counter will trim them tastefully, and cheap net laces will mount them to points of astounding glory. For outdoor school petticoats, black brilliantine lined, with light-weight scarlet flannel is a dominant material with winter skirts, which are made in narrow gores and trimmed at the bot tom with corded or tucked flounces. Indoor petticoats are better in thin- ner, unlined textures, and good mate rials for these are the black and col ored glorias seen on all sides. Few petticoats are seen with the yokes once considered essential for a trim fit. The tops of all the new ones are gored sharply into the figure, the front and sides fitting without a wrinkle; the back breadths arq drawn in with ribbons run through sltirrings. This may not seem important informa tion, but upon such trifles hang all the laws of the prophets of Fashion. When you get the petticoat on you will see the value of this small st-.-d i;> the wayside, which 1 trust may not fall on stony ground. The petticoats gored to the waist hang properly, and those suspended from yokes do not. In the night robe department pajam as, in colored pongees and tinted flan nels, are to be had for girls of all ages. A dating departure, maybe. SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. AUGUST 17. 1002* from the soft traditions of our sex. but since Fashion vows they are Just the thing we must welcome them, I suppose. For young children, and old er girls who catch cold easily, they are without doubt good things; but if the choice should involve consump tion leave me the holy “nightie" of my infancy. Merely to think of its pos sible decline gives one the cold creeps. There has been a lamentable fall In enthusiasm for the vivid shade of green so much worn this summer. When the craze first fell upon New York to satisfy the demand for eils in this color ordinary chiffon, selling by the yard and at exorbitant prices, was used for them. Then green veils, with blue dots appeared, imitating the plumoge of the parrot, these selling anywhere from $6 a piece. When all the world was well green ed. enthusiasm cooled and prices droo ped, till a week ago a smart veil in this tint could be had for 17 cents. Yesterday a dozen bargain counters were heaped with many pure limp green ghosts inscribed with the belit tling legend 12V4 cents! Such Is the fickleness of Fashion, and the unwis dom of the too believing manufactur er. In Paris, it is said, the curtain veils with floating scarf ends at the back never have been much worn. The most modest veils are the werest wisps of tulle or molines net, • covering the top of the nose orrty. Often they match the hat and costume in color, so that it is no uncommon thing to see a gra cious vision swim towards you masked with violet blue, or brown. But this is hardly for the ordinary mortal a hap py fashion. The white maline veils, barred with black, are not advised by humane mil liners, though every shop in town now shows them. They are very aging, say these charitable ladies, while, of suf ficiently delicate, the one-color veil3 are rejuvenating. Mary Dean. —Mrs. Joseph H. Choate, wife of the United States ambassador at the court of St. James, is an excellent photogra pher and watercolor artist and is also proficient in music and languages. FOR EVERY Price SI.OO CUTICURA SOAP, to cleanse the skia of crusts and scales and soften the thick* ened cuticle, CUTICURA OINTMENT, to instantly allay itching, inflamma tion, and irritation, and soothe and heal, and CUTICURA RESOLVENT PILLS, to cool and cleanse the blood. A SINGLE SET of these great skin curatives is often sufficient to cure the most tortur ing, disfiguring, itching, burning, bleed ing, crusted, scaly, and pimply skin, scalp, and blood humours, with loss of hair, when all else fails. Mill ions of People Use CTticcra Soap, assisted by Cctici'RA Ointment, for preserving, purifying, and beautifying the skin, foreleansing the scalp of crusts, scales, aud dandruff, aud the stop, ping of falling hair, for softening, whitening, and soothing red, rough, and sore hands, for baby rashes, itchlngs, and chatings, and for all the purposes of the toilet, bath, and nurs. erv. Millions of Women use Ccticura Soap In the form of baths for annoying irritations, inflammations, and excoriations, or too free or offensive perspiration, in the form of washes for ulcerative weaknesses, and for many sanative, antiseptic purposes which readily suggest themselves to women. Cuticvra Resolvent Piles (Chocolate Coated) are anew, tasteless, odorless, eco nomical substitute for the celebrated liquid CUTtci-r.A Resolvent, as well ss for all other blood purifiers and humour cures. In screw cap t inis, containing U) doses, price 26c. Seld throughout thr world. So*i>, Oistmsft. mc.fu.ua.Ji, hrituh Dssoti itf-i*. ChsrtorhouM ita ' 1., ados. French bsuoti S Kite and la Psts, Pans. po! tsa Osio cmw coa-. Sols Prana, Baslaa, Uli WOMEN COLONELS NOT RARE IN EUROPE . They Are All of High Social Rank and Include Most of the Empresses, Queens and Grand Duchesses. "Whem the kaiser ieves, he first makes colonel.” This parody on an an#ient saw aptly describes the present policy of the Ger man Emperor In dispensing royal fav ors among women. Time was when a post of honor in the imperial house hold or a jeweled order was the fem inine badge of royal favor. To-day it is a commission in the German German army, with its glittering ac companiment of full uniform. The command may be honorary only, but It carries with it not only the insignia of imperial preference, but certain privileges in which a woman of mili tary ancestry fairly revels. The kaiser is no faddist. His most trivial moves in affairs of state, if fol lowed to their source, lead eventually to the fountain head of his adminis trative policy—the army first, last and always. So it Is not improbable that there is method in his appointment of women to military posts. Since the day of Joan of Arc, the sight of a wo man a-horseback in the full panoply of war has been sufficient to rouse enthusiasm in the most phlegmatic soldiery and to stir the latent loyalty of peaceful citizenship. An Imperial Woman Colonel. At the very head of the military women stands the empress herself. No more popular officer, no more dashing soldier is there in all the German army than Augusta Victoria, and familiar as is her appearance at the head of the famous Pasewak Curasiers, she never fails to receive an ovation at the hands of the loyal Berliners. When she leads her regiment in review before her war lord, the kaiser, she wears the showy regimental uniform of white wdth red facings, the scarf of Order of Hohenzollern, and the famous three cornered hat, with large, drooping heron's plumes. Neither is her maj esty satisfied to appear on parade only. She is at heart a real soldier, ac- iV- W U/\ | j [ , VASSAR TEA JACKET, companies her regiment to the annaul parades, watches its drills, frequently visits the men in their barracks, and calls upon the officers in the regi mental casino, there to discuss affairs, large and small, connected with her command. Until recently the Grand Duchess Victorio Milita of Hesse shared mili tary honors and popularity with the empress. Perhaps the most enthusi astic of all the lady colonels, she com manded by title the noted “One Hun dred and Seventeenth” Infantry regi ment. Nor did she allow the acting colonel to rob her of her duties and privileges. She was seen almost daily on the parade ground when her regi ment was at work, on which occasions she wore the undress uniform of the German, army colonel, dark blue coat, red collars and cuffs edged with blue, and a heavy skirt, a peaked cap with red band, sword belt and knotted epaulettes. At parade and reviews she headed her men in all the glory and pomp of full dress uniform, her hel met topped with plumes and strapped under her chin, a tasseled belt, and, among the medals and jeweled decora tions which covered her breast gleamed conspicuously the Order of the Red Eagle. Lost Her Colonelcy by Divorce, It was at the kaiser parade in Ham burg that she reached the pinnacle of her fame, for on that occasion his ma jesty sent his personal adjutant to es cort her into the imperial presence, where she was publicly congratulated on the magnificent appearance of her command. Then cante her divorce from her husband, and in keeping with his policy of distributing military hon ors, the kaiser signified his disapproval of her conduct by depriving her of her regimentals, and her monograms and arms were removed from the regi ment's equalettes. But the withdrawal of royal favor has not taken away her popularity. She is not only a magnificent rider, but an accomplished whip, and her appear ance at the Frankfort races on Sunday afternoons invariably causes a demon stration. Recently she drove out to the course, preceded by a couple of outriders, and handling the reins with consummate skill over a matched team of five grays, two leaders and three at the poles. On the box at her side sat her sister, the crown princess of Rou mania. The latter presented a daintily feminine picture in her summer finery, hut the duchess sat erect in true military pose, which accentuated her strong, rather masculine face. Hilling Women Who Are Colonel*. Other women of royal blood who have been honored thus by the Kaiser are the Empress Alexander of Russia, who is colonel of Germany's Second Regiment of Dragoon*, the hereditary Princess of Kaxe-Meinengen, who coat mantis the Second Grenadiers, the Crown Princess of Greece, the Em peror's sister, who has an infantry regiment; and Princess Louise, duchess of Connaught, who has the Dragoon regiment, known as “Von Arnim, No. 12.” The Queen of Wurtemburg is col onel of the Uhlan Regiment, "Konig Wilhelm I;” the Princess Wera of Wurtemburg,who was a Russian grand duchess, the Uhlans “Konig Karl,” the Princess Charles of Prussia, the Twelfth Regiment of Dragoons; the Princess Albert of Prussia, the Twen ty-fourth Infantry; the Queen Regent of the Netherlands, the Fifteen West phalian Infantry: the Grand Duchess of Baden, the Fourth Regiment of the Grenadier Guards; and the Dowager Queen, Margerite of Italy, a Hessian Tagen (Rifle) Regiment. Perhaps of all this list none is de stined to more general popularity among the soldiery than the Duchess of Connaught. Educated under the eye of her father, the famous Prince Fred eriche Charles, the “Red Prince” of the Franco-German war, she has the mili tary spirit strong within her. From childhood she has been a fearless rider, and now sits her horse with grace and dignity, as one born to the saddle. Al ready one of the most active, earnest and prominent of the lady colonels, when her husband, the Duke of Con naught, becomes commander-in-chief of the British army, he will find In his wife a help-meet whose sympa thies fie entirely and undividedly with his work, and Tommy Atkins will have in the wife of his commanding general a true and never-failing friend. Willielminn a Colonel. While the Prince Consort of the Netherlands, the Duke of Mecklenburg- Schwerin, is merely a lieutenant in the Germany Infantry, his royal wife, Queen Wilhelmina, commands one of the crack cavalry corps, a present from the Kaiser on her eighteenth birthday, when she ascended the throne of Hol land. What with a military husband and a regiment quite her own, the young Queen takes an intense Inter est in her army. While at one of her country residences previous to her ill ness, she received word that a regi ment was approaching on a practice marej). Immediately she called for her horse, mounted and galloped down the road to meet the dusty, travel stained troops. Saluting the colonel, she placed herself at the head of the column, and led it past % her husband and Queen Emma, personally giving the word of command for the salute. At another times she reviewed her army when fully 20,000 soldiers of all arms were present, and as their young Queen rode on to the field she evoked an almost frenzied enthusiasm among both soldiery and people. It was at first decided that on this occasion she should appear in the uniform of a general in the Royal Horse Guards, dark blue with gold facings, epaulettes and the other insignia of rank, but her majesty vetoed the proposition and wore the simpler costume of a white amazon riding habit with- the regulation tall, black hat. The death of Victoria left Wilhel mina the only reigning woman sover eign in command of an army. The present queen consort of England, Al exandra, was at one time a superb horsewoman and disulayed a deep in terest in military affairs, but of re cent years she has not been seen on horseback, to the great regret of the loyal Tommy Atkinses. Though there are innumerable lady colonels, only two women In the world may wear the three-cornered chapeau and the four stars and stripes of an admiral. These are the Dowager Em press Pagniar of Russia and the Queen Olga of Greece, who owe their honors to the late czar. The Empress Dag mar is an admiral in the Russian navy, while Queen Olga is attached to the Russian Mediterranean Squadron. The latter, who is passionately fond of her sea. uses her yacht as often as other ladies call for their carriages, and she has also passed the necessary exam inations to secure a sailing master's certificate. She often commands the royal Greek yacht, the "Amphitrite.” and she is certainly better equipped A do,e ot the ►jOSTtTTEjIC mesTwffi sharp* 1" CELEBRATED the appetite. stomach a Constipation QJTyC’ZFS • nd Mtlari *’ ■ I I fkm A trial will cob - fnuat jro”. for the rank of admiral thanmany of her sister sovereigns are qualified for their military duties. While it is said that the American women are of all their sex the most progressive and the most exacting In the matter of having their abilities in all directions publicly acknowl edged, there is but one woman colonel In the United States, and hers is a sort of courtesy rank. This is Miss Mamie G. Morris, lieutenant colonel and aide to Gov. Candler of Georgia. Miss, or rather. Lieutenant Colonel Morris hails from Chattanooga, and her appointment dates from a formal visit made to that town by the chief executive of Tennessee’s sister state, during which Miss Morris did much to make it pleasant for the governor and his staff. A STAGE STRUCK GIRL. By C. B. Lewis. If it hadn't been for a tin peddler who came that way once every month Hattie Baker, daughter of farmer Baker, two miles out of the village Cedarville, would have been content with her lot. Her lot, as her father and mother figured it, was to help do the housework until Ebemezer Bingham asked her to be his wife and took her away to his own farm. He had been courting her for a year, and from the way he stood around on one leg and sat down on the edge of chairs there was no doubt that he was in love and would eventually manage to blurt out enough of his feelings to make himself understood. It was the tin peddler who changed the even tenor of things. On one of his calls he caught Hattie mimicking old Mrs. Rolison, and he promptly told her that she was born to be a great actress. On another he heard her whistling, And he as sured er on his sacred honor that Mary Anderson couldn’t beat It. Again when she recited a few verses of a pathetic poem for his benefit, he slap ped his leg that his language might be all Italics and said: “Girl, your place is on the stage. You've got the true gifts of an actress. As little Eva in “Uncle Tom's Cabin” you’d sweep the country.” Hattie had never seen the outside of a theater, but she had seen the pictures of a few actresses and had ideas. At “I HAVE BEEN ROMEO. AND I HAVE BEEN LOVED. I HAVE BEEN RICHARD, AND I HAV FOUGHT!" first she only laughed at the peddler, but when he continued to flatter she began to think there might be some thing in it. He clinched the matter by bringing along with him one dt*y a traveling doctor, whom he had picked up a couple of miles away. The t. and. was selling pills, salves and kidney cures, and he had once been in love with a chorus girl. His judgement might therefore be accepted as sound. It happened on this day that the mother was away and the father work ing in a distant field, and Hattie had opportunity to recite, sing, mimic and pose. At the end of an hour, when the t. and. and the t. p had eaten up al the pie and drank up most of the milk In the house, the t. p. turned to the t. and. and said: “Well, doc, have I discovered a dia mond or not?*’ “Wonderful! Wonderful!” gasped the t. and. as he looked around for custards, turnovers or other good things to conquer. “Yes, sir, she’s got the true dramatic gift. She’s a Modjeska over again. Her way of hunching up that left shoulder of hers and giA-ing a little kick with her right foot at the same time knocks Sarah Bernhardt colder’n cabbage. With two boxes of my wonderful Red Salve and a proper amount of ambition she will climb to the top of the profession with in two years—to the too, sir." Three days later Hattie astonished her mother by expressing a desire to go on the stage, and, of course, her mother was shocked. When the news was communicated to the husband and father he was also shocked, but the shock didn’t render him speechless. On the contrary, he spoke right out and said: “I never heard of such nonsense, and I don’t want to hear of it again. You must be crazy to get such an idea in your head " Hattie didn’t talk back, but opposi tion acted upon her as it has on hun dreds of other stage-struck girls. She became more certain that she was a budding dramatic jewel and the out side world was pining to receive her with bouquets as big as beer kegs. The tin peddler got himself into jail for passing a .ounterfeit bill and couldn’t encourage her further, and the travel ing doctor passed on into the sta’le of Wisconsin to find other customers in want of his wares, but Hattie did not let go of her ideas. On the contrary, she clung to them and encouraged Them, and one day it was her luck to read in the county paper that an Uncle Tom's Cabin company would open for a .veek in a town fourteen miles away. Here was her golden opportunity. It was no use to attempt to reason with her fathe- and mother, and as for Ebenezer he was “sot" agin actresses. The woman who walked a wire rope at a circus had playfully kicked hts hat off as she finished, and he could never forgive the "profession" for the way the audience roared at him. She hadn’t a cent to her name, but the tin ped dler had told hr that Maggie Mitchell started out on her career by walking thirty- miles over corduroy roads She wouldn't have to walk over corduroy. It was a good road, with few hills, and she sought to travel it in one night and lie playing Little F.va the next. Battle Baker'didn’t h*ve much time to think things over. She made up her /nind what to do when washing up the Kidney Disease Kills Its Victims Numbered by the Hundreds of Thousands. Kidney disease should be attended to at once, for almost 90 per cent, of our unexpected deaths of to-day are from that cause. Dr. David Kennedy’s Fa vorite Remedy is the only sure cure known for diseases of the kidneys, liver, bladder and blood, dyspepsia and chronic constipation, it is marvelous how it stops that pain in the back, relieves the necessity of uri nating so often at night, drives away that scalding pain in passing water, corrects the bad effects of whiskey and beer and shows its beneficial ef fects on the system In an Incredibly short time. George L. Smith, foreman of the Holley Manufacturing Company's Works, Lockport, N. Y„ says in a re cent letter: ”1 have used Dr. David Kenne dy’s Favorite Remedy with the most beneficial results. I was troubled with gravel and kidney complaint very severely, it bothered me a great deal, and have found great relief from its use, and cheerfully recommend it.” All druggists sell Dr. David Ken nedy's Favorite Remedy in the new’ 50 cent size and the regular SI.OO size bot tles. Sample bottle, enough for trial, free by mail. DR. DAVID KENNEY CORPORA TION, Rondout, N. Y. Dr. David Kennedy’s Golden Plasters strengthen Muscles, remove pain any where. 15c each. dinner dishes, and half an hour after the family clock had been wound up that night she was on the ilghway with a bundle under her arm and vis ions of stage scenery dancing along the fences. During the first mile she was exultant. Applause and bouquets W’ere awaiting her at the end of her journey. During the next she was only certain that she would begin at a sal ary of SIOO per week. At the end of the third she found herself wondering if the t. p. and the t. and. could lot pos sibly be mistaken in their estimates of her. They were eating pumpkin pies and drinking milk all the time they were talking, and perhaps some of their compliments were meant for the pies. She was in a state of doubt when a human figure appeared before her on the roadway and a human voice announced: “Fellow Thespian, from! Thespian ville. What dost thou here in my kingdom!” Hattie gave a scream of affright and ran into a fence corner and the un known slowly followed her and ob served : “If mine ears do not deceive me ’tis the voice of one belonging to the gent ler sex. What ho, maiden fair or home ly—are in distress? If so my purse and my sword are al thy service, and thou shalt not have appealed to Richard Carfax In vain.” "Please, sir, I’m only a girl!” replied Hattie as she began to cry. “Only a girl! Only one of earth’s fairest flowers. Maiden, what dost thou here? Art looking for a knight to right thy wrongs? If so, he stands before you.” "I’m on my way to Charlotte, and— and I’m dreadfully scared!” she whim pered. “Fear not, and tell me thy tale of distress. I have been Romeo and I have loved. I have been Richard, and I have fought. While at the present moment I am without an engagement, owing to the jealously of the ‘heavy,’ and I must e’en niake my bed under a tree and solicit food of the generous hearted, no maid with tears in her eyes shall call upon me in vain.” Hattie was scared of the darkness, the hour, the tramp and of her own foolishness, but between hysterical spells of crying and laughing she man aged to make the “weary” one, ac quainted with the situation. When he had got the story he shook his head in a solemn way and replied: “Truly, thou hast not got the sense of one of thy father's pullets in thy head, but ’twas ever thus and ever will be.” “But the tin peddler said I would make a great success,” she sobbed. “The dealer in tin, of which I have not a stiver, is a varlet to the core, and did he but stand before me his ears should pay the forfeit,” replied the disengaged. ’’And the doctor said so, too.” “Aye! hut there was pie at stake-a pumpkin pie of a rich brown color, and hearing a taste of ginger to tickle the palate. Maiden thou mayst churn and wash dishes and sew carpet-rags and make soft soap. Thou mayst weed the garden and feed the chickens and en courage the young calves to grow. Thou may*t sing and whistle and mimic, and thou mayst spark with thy Ebenezer, but hear me when I say that thou mayst never act! Come on whilst I restore thee to the paternal roof!” "Am I to—to go back home?” “Thou art." “And—and never bp Little Eva?** “Never, ’till time shall he no more. There's more fool girls than the stage can take care of now, and thou shalt not be added to the number." He was a tramp, but he was also a man. On the way back he came down off his pedestal and talked plain Eng lish, and he talked it to such a pur- Contmucd on Page Tweet; - Hire*. _