The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 216, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 14, 1914 Page: 3 of 4
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THE LAMPASAS DAILY LEADER
IEWARE OF EXTREMES
[VERAGE WOMAN MUST USE
CARE IN PURCHASING.
Jobtumes That May Be the Height of
Style Not Certain to Suit Every-
body—About the One-
Piece Suit.
If a woman cannot go about with a
fell-filled puree or an elastic charge
Jccount, she might have the one-piece
tocks made at home, or by the little
|ressmakers who are becoming scarce
the large shops throw out such a
number of ready-to-wear clothes
small prices.
She alone can be the judge of what
Of suit is the best to buy, but she
beware of the overlong coat and
overlong skirt. If the skirt were
the silhouette would be ex-
same as it has been for five
with the long plaited tunic
model for evening, of black velvet,
with a girdle of rhinestones and ft
black jet ornment on the skirt.
GREAT VARIETY IN BLOUSES
Velvet, Rhinestones and Jet.
fer a narrow underskirt; but the
[•biters of fashion have widened the
?m and taken the width from the
[ps, and eliminated drapery and given
a straight line from the nape of
jir neck to the turn of our heel,
oken only below the knees.
The' dictum that calls for a very
[ort walking skirt is being widely
lllowed and it is a convenient and
Imfortable fashion, but it can be over-
}ne in a conspicuous way. A woman
|h gray hair and large hips looks at
worst in a skirt cut off at her shoe
is, no matter whether her ankles
well covered with smart shoes or
. The thin, angular woman should
careful about the length of her
frt, and, in fact, any woman who has
dignity to preserve should watch
I’efully every eighth of an inch that
iressmaker is taking off the hem.
ifter the length of the skirt is de-
le#, pay attention to the length of
coat, also to its flare. While the
Ig coat with its circular'*peplum is
furedly the most fashionable, there
many types of short skirts that are
style. There is a revival of the old-
lioned covert cloth coat with many
is at the back, cut away in the
Tt, with a high turnover collar; it is
rn with a plaid skirt of brown and
low or a skirt of its own fabric,
are is a Callot model made of this
)ed cloth which is having a good
Ll of success.
The best reason against giving a
price for a coat suit this winter
that a one-piece gown is the de-
^d garment for all indoor occasions,
le was when the jacket and skirt
different blouses served for all
day hours, no matter whether or
the occasion was social, but this
|ter the elaborate one-piece frock is
jdedly the choice for any indoor
ision that begins after twelve
)ck.
skirts of these frocks are not
Jhort as the skirts for street wear,
fe of the..smartest houses advocate
irt that just clears the floor, while
mrse there are others that cut the
ts off at the shoe tops. We seem
|ave a mania for short skirts which
probably been brought about
[ugh dancing, but I noticed with in-
3t that certain famous houses are
fng the other kind of skirts,
le can choose any color for a one-
frock today. Dressing for the
le is not governed by any of the
that once controlled it. Frocks
[worn that sometime Beem more
kble for a dinner party than a
leon, or for a dance than an after-
game of bridge, but the tendency
[winter to bring the material high
le shoulders somewhat offsets the
fashion.
ick is again a favorite color, but
blue has invaded even this field,
[root red is a fashionable tone and
1 blue touched with black or with
is worn. AH the brilliant shades
came in with the war, and there
dimunition of their popularity,
illustration shows a Worth
Buyer Has Wide Choice of Designs
In This Most Popular of the
Season’s Garments.
Blouses are being sold at present
more than any other article of toilet,
and nothing is too thin. Every day
in the week sees a change in the shape
of the blouse, and, strange as It may
seem, there are as many shapes as
the days in the week. One is in the
finest of white veiling, with a printed
design in colored roses, edged with
black. This blouse is kimono shaped
and falls loosely about the figure,
opening at the rifeck with a narrow
kilting of the material that joins down
the front with invisible button holes
and buttons. The same plaite^.trim-
ming finishes the sleeves at the wrist.
Another is an organdie muslin, the
most popular of all the materials for
blouses this season. It is veiled with
a small bolero in strawberry muslin
braided in the same color. The white
underbodice is finely tucked to below
the shoulder, wrhere the plain muslin
joins the tucks with a “jour.” The
collar is starched, and the bow Is in
soft black silk.
GROWNUPS PLAY WITH BEADS
Green Glass Jars on the Tea Table
Serve to Hold Handsome Col-
ored Ones for Madam.
Smart French women. are not con-
tent to wear beads on their clothes
from morning to night. Beads fasci-
nate them. Taking advantage of this
fascination, Martine introduced beads
by the hundred for French women to
toy with, stored in great jars of trans-
lucent green jade. So now in the
boudoir of the fashionable Parisian
women, there is a huge jade jar by
the side of the tea table. And this
jar is almost filled with beads of every
color in the world. While the hostess
talks to her guests over a cup of tea,-
she dips her hand into the jar, fills
it with beads, looks at them, and lets
them slip through her fingers.
It is lots of fun, say the French
women who have acquired the bead
habit.
Sometimes a big electric light bulb
is sunk in the bottom of the jar and
the rays of its light shine through
the myriad colors of the glass beads
with a charming effect.
ONE OF THE NEW FUR FADS
N EXPEDITION to Mt. Wilson
Is no small undertaking. The
mountain is 5,887 feet in
height according to the geo-
detic survey. The altitude is
usually given in round numbers as
6,000 feet, which is a pardonable ex-
aggeration. The trip involves a climb
of 4,000 feet—vertical—which la ac-
complished in a tramp of nine miles
from the terminus of the Sierra Madre
cars of the Pacific Electric system.
This is called the Sierra Madre trail
and is usually taken by foot passen-
gers or by those who choose to make
burros or mules do the fatigue work,
writes W. H. Knight in the Los An-
geles Times.
But there is besides a so-called auto-
mobile roadway, of greater length and
easier grade. It was built and is kept
in good repair by the Carnegie institu-
tion for the transportation of building
material and also to bring up supplies
to the astronomers, for although the
latter devote their time to the contem-
plation of the heavens and seem to be
dwelling in far-off celestial spheres,
yet they are actually human and have
cravings that can only be satisfied by
consuming things' of terrestrial
growth.
Observatory Will Be Massive.
Up this Carnegie road 200 tons of
steel have been transported for the
construction of the new mammoth ob-
servatory which is to house the great
100-inch reflecting telescope, and be-
fore the observatory is completed that
gigantic building will consume an ad-
ditional 600 tons of structural steel.
This will include the grand dome 100
feet in diameter, whose topmost point
will be 120 feet from the ground. It
will be by far the most massive build-1
Stole of skunk,
what wider than
worn.
This model is some-
has been previously
Fancy Holiday Paper.
New and handsome shelf paper and
decorating paper for Halloween,
Thanksgiving and Christmas has made
its appearance. The crepe paper for
Halloween celebrations appears in
combinations of black cat, witch and
pumpkin figures. For Thanksgiving
the turkey, Pilgrim, pumpkin and corn
styles are seen. In Christmas crepes
the holly, Santa Claus, reindeer and
poinsettia designs are to be had. Shelf
papers and shelf fringe, as well aa
paper napkins and sets of paper
dishes, come in lovely patterns and
colors.
dent, and doubly appreciated, for
there was not a trickle of water on
the whole route.
But the scenery was magnificently
grand. There were fascinating views
of Alpine peaks, some of them wooded
to the summit with giant pines and
spruces, others bastioned by granite
crags which pierced the clear blue sky,
and on either hand deep verdure-clad
canyons leading off through Intermin-
able vistas to other lofty mountain
ranges. And a special charm of these
beautiful scenes was their endless
variety.
At four o’clock, when the sun began
to throw long shadows from the mag-
nificent peaks across the dark can-
yons belo_w, one of the party ex-
claimed: “Why, yonder is the tower
telescope on the distant summit of
Mt. Wilson,” and it was still three
miles away. At last, after ten miles
of strenuous hiking, the camp was
reached, and though all felt well paid
by the fine scenery they had enjoyed,
they were dubious about recommend-
ing the ridge trail to other pilgrims in-
quiring about the route.
Glimpse of Delavan’s Cemet.
At 3:30 a. to. young Baumgardt, who
is an enthusiast, summoned the en-
terprising members to rise and get a
glimpse of Delavan’s remarkable com-
et, which has now been visible to as-
tronomers for many months. It is mid-
way between brilliant Capella and the
Twins. Though but dimly visible to
the naked eye it is flashed out with
great beauty in Baumgardt’g powerful
binocular telescope, and has a broad
comb-like tail, but had then developed
any long streamers.
Presently the comet began to fade
in the approaching dawn and then
UNTIL MIMING
,Sure!y God Has Provided Tomor*
row to Finish the Work J
of Today. i
I This life is inadequate. It breaks atl
the climax. When we are about to
reach the summit of all our desires the
clouds settle around us, the path is lostj
and we lie down by the wayside to rest
—rest till God shall send the morning
But if there be no morning, the$'‘we
rest with the height of our hope urn
reached, with no awakening to the
dream of our being. If we are to
climb the height shall we not enjoyi
ithe vision? If we are to plant the
vineyard and ^cultivate the vines shall
we not enjoy the fruit thereof? God’ft
purpose is that the babe shall grow
to its maturity; but man, what about
his maturity? Shall he see no tomor-
row to carry forward the initiative of
today? Life is but a tangle of broken/
threads, a refuse heap of odds and1
ends if this be all. Where is the com-
pensation if there be no afterwhile
wherein we can weave these broken,
threads into a divine pattern. We are
creatures of a moment. And will God
scissor off these ' bright ambitions,
these heart yearnings, these beautiful
aspirations and decree that they shall
perish unfulfilled?
What are the years of a three-score
pilgrimage to carry forward the
things we plan for? Must all these
victories and defeats, these toils and1
triumphs end at last in a narrow crypt
with its white marker, to be in time
moss-grown and forgotten? We have
seen the graves of those whose dream3
were as bright as any, uprooted by'
predatory swine, and the little plot
where they lay a jumble of vagrant
weeds and vines. And do we all come
to this at last, we whom God has made
but a little lower than the angels? The
soul of man carries its own guaranty
that it is immortal, and that the faiths
which it cherishes, the love which en-
nobles each passing hour are but fore-
gleams of an endless life when we
shall reach the heritage of the immor-
tals, and the good begun on earth will
be carried forward to its consumma-
tion. We are exotics here, soon to
be transferred to our native clime,
where the wintry blasts of sin shall
not harm, where no blight shall reach,
the blossom of our love, and, in the
day that has no sunset, the soul un-
marred shall grow to its complete-
ness.—Exchange.
PROPER USE OF THE SABBATH
Shirtwaist Novelties.
Shirtwaists of white organdie, to
which are attached men’s waistcoats
of white pique, with pockets at the
waist line and flat silver buttons, are
a novelty that deserves attention.
ing ever planned for, and devoted to,
astronomical use.
The members of the Astronomy club
climbed the trail under the direction
of Secretary Thomas P. Smith. Mr.
Baumgardt, son of B. R. Baumgardt,
lectured, and his friend brought up
two fine portable telescopes which
proved of great service on the moun-
tain.
But there was another party whose
adventures are worth noting. It was
conducted by Vallette L. Benedict.
The members of this little group ven-
tured over another trail which proved
to be full of surprises. They went
up the Mt. Lowe electric road to Al-
pine Tavern, 5,000 feet elevation, and
from there started for Mt. Wilson by
one of the standard forest trails along
the dividing ridge.
Long and Tiring Hike.
An optimistic signboard near the
tavern reads "six miles,” but who could
suspect that it meant by air line, as
the aeroplane flies? After hiking along
their serpentine course for two hours,
alternately climbing steep grades and
dropping to lower levels, they came
to another sign which read “five and
one half miles.” Overcome with the
humor of the situation, they settled
in a shady nook, opened out their
noon lunch, which was washed down
with a bottle of Bryan beverage
thoughtfully provided by the presl-
the rty adjourned to Echo Rock to
witness the novelty of a sunrise over
the San Antonio range of mountains.
A level stratum of cloud resembling
molten gold adorned the summit. Sud-
denly a rim -of translucent silver and
then a sphere of pure undazzling light
rose as if it were a gigantic bubble
issuing from the cloud. Words fail
to express the exquisite beauty of the
scene. It well compensated for the
toilsome climb of the previous day
and the broken slumbers of the morn-
ing.
From Echo Rock the party went
over to the snow telescope, which lies
prone, 100 feet in length, along the
edge of the cliff. The sun’s rays are
directed into it by an ingenious mech-
anism of two plane mirrors. The
image of the sun, projected on a screen
visible to all, is seven inches in di-
ameter.
Next they visited the great tower
telescope near by. The massive double
tower—one within the other to pre-
vent vibration of the inner one—rises
150 feet from the ground where its
four steel columns rest on piers which
reach down to the granite base of
the mountain. Beneath the surface
is a pit 78 feet in depth at the
bottom of which there is a chamber
where the temperature is practically
uniform, and the results of observa-
tions are accurately registered.
Christian Sentiment Can Do Much to
Regulate Observance of the
Holy Day.
We urge Christian people who would]
keep and pass on to our newer citi-
best elements of Sunday—its
chance for rest, its opportunity for
quiet worship, its freedom from bois-
and demoralizing activities—to
study the Sunday problem of their re-
spective communities. This should be
done not simply from the point of view
or of legal enactments,,
or permissive, but from'
the point of view of the moral and
spiritual welfare of the large hetero-
geneous urban populations.
We do not believe in the commer-
cialization of Sunday by noisy assem-
blages that disturb the peace of neigh-
borhoods and interfere with the wor-
ship of God in his sanctuary, in letting .
the rich man play golf and forbidding
the poor man to play ball or in any-
thing that demoralizes and exploits
the people on the day which God
meant should rest and re-create them
physically, intellectually and spiritu-
ally. On the other hand, every sum-
mer Sunday holds at least fifteen day-
light hours when thousands of persons
whose homes are not attractive, who
do not own carriages and automobiles,
who have few inward resources, are
likely to follow the crowd. Even if
they go to church once or twice, as
they ought to do, even if they sleep,
late and spend more time than usual
at meals, they still have much leisure
left on their hands. The temptation
to loaf on street corners or to carousel
In questionable resorts is strong.
Some recreation of the right sort is.
essential.) At this point we believe the
influence of Christian sentiment
should be felt in determining as far as
possible the character of amusementsi
and diversions and in overseeing wliat(
takes place in public resorts.—The*
Congregationalism
Your Father's Business.
You cannot spend all your days iuj
making pincushions, or reading)
newspapers, or loitering in club/
rooms, and yet be happy. If you pro-,
fess to follow Christ, this is not at
Christian life. It is not a conscien^
tious, and so it cannot be a comfort-
able life. And if the pincushion or
the newspaper fail to make you hap-
py, remember the reason; very good
as relaxations, ever so great an
amount of these can never be a busi-
ness, and "wist ye not that you should
be about your Father’s business?”—
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Vernor, J. E. The Lampasas Daily Leader. (Lampasas, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 216, Ed. 1 Saturday, November 14, 1914, newspaper, November 14, 1914; Lampasas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth897066/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Lampasas Public Library.