Ri BRIDAL ATTIRE REAPy TO 8E BOUGHT Width and Shortness of Skirt Are Now Matters of Moment. A WHITE PANSY BOUQUET Silver Embroidery Is in High Favor — The Lovely Tulle Veil. ■prs ESPITE the many yards herI I aided as possible for skirt measurements, the average U J bride will vritliont doubt decide on a modest three or four yards as a skirt measurement, just as she unhesitatingly compromises on five inches from the gdonnd as the best length for a skirt. The trained dress that is short in trout to show the dainty feet and ankles Is a novel note in this season's styles, and because it is the fashion to wear short dresses it does not look painfully odd, but decidedly attractive. One bridal bouquet is of white pansles, grown very large and specially for this purpose, with a lovely large tulle bow over which falls u shower of pansles, and there are pansles caught at Intervals In the floating ends. The white net used with satin in one bride's gown is heavily embroidered in silver and forms a good part of the dress. A long tulle veil is fastened "with a wreath of pleated tnlle. Another charming bridal robe Is a delightful combination of charmeuse and TRY TO MURDER GARZA Troops Attempt to Assassinate Provisional President of Mexico. Washington, D. C., May 9.— An attempt to assassinate Boque Gonzales Garza, the Convention Provisional President of Mexico, was made today by troops led by General Barona, former military commander of Mexico City, according to dispatches reaching here tonight from the Mexican capital. Barona's troops were repulsed after severe lighting, with losses to both sides. LOSE 30,000 WAR SHELLS Customers of Westinghouse Company Had Them Aboard. Pittsburgh, May 9.— Twenty thou-, sand shells, made by the Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, and consigned to Europe,., were on the Lusitania, according to an authentic report. The shells, ranging in size from three to three and one-quarter inches in diameter, and from 14 to 16 inches in length, were part of an order being filled at the Westinghouse plant for England. The shells were shipped from the Westinghouse plant April 28, and were valued at approximately $100,000. The loss will fall on the country ordering them, the company's responsibility ending when the goods were delivered to the European agent. Good Ice Pick When making Ice tea or cool drinks af any sort in the summer, chopping !he Ice Into small pieces Is quite a task, and big pieces of ice are not nice in a tumbler, and to meet this emergency why not make yourself one of the new ice choppers shown In some shops that can be easily copied at home. Buy from the hardware store a dozen good, long, strong nails with line points — heavy wire nails are best. Then take a square piece of wood and drive the nails through the board. Take another piece of wood and lay on top of this, covering the heads of the nails, and screw ihe second piece on A small handle, such as one buys onto this second piece of wood to give one something to get a grip on, and there you have an ice pick that will break lee into small cubes in a very few minutes. Of course the number of nails depends on the size of the pieces of lee, and the number used must therefore lo settled by the housewife, since any number may be driven through the wood, from enough to make the Ice almost crushed to just one or two. If you want regular crushed ice, make one of these :• c- picks with the nails very close together, then put the ice in your woo ien^ chopping bowl and ou will nave a bowl of crashed ice tor the Invalid or to bank around can- ■ ..tloupe or for decorating some cold OUT-OF-DOOR Dlffi ROOMS EASILY MADE A delightful idea In summer is to have a pergola breakfast room. Have, if possible, a French window opening from the dining room on to the pergola to facilitate service, and If it be practicable to have a service window between the pergola and pantryOver the pergola you will find wild grapes grow very luxuriantly when •..■ell started. The wistaria will, of course, be lovely, too, for although It takes a good while to start it is well worth waiting for. Some pink roses will be charming growing up around the posts. Since the roof Is open a rug is not to -be recommended, but wire or even wicker chairs stand the rain perfectly, and there are certain wooden ones that the joiner will recommend.

A LOOK AT THE EXCHANGES i Varied Gleanings From the Columns of Our Contemporaries. The Lusitania. The attack upon the Inisltaola was far irore brutal ard barbarous than the sod- ; den shelling of nr. Inhabited town, which iluoiighout modem times has been prou: :ted by all tbe laws of warfare. There wus u probability. « htcb quickly became u certainty, that ooiy a smell portion of ' the I.usitanlr.'s vast aurt comparatively j helpless cotupatiy would escape— out this appalling prospect m- not allowed to da cut the merciless crew that rent the crowded Cunarder to lier dootn. lti all probability by the direct command of the imperial Government. There Is every apparent indication that her people drowned, not by a young and reckless lieutenant of a roving under-sea boat, but by the deliberate mandate And responsible act of the German Admiralty, man way of malting war. It is the spirit of Attila, the Hun, translated Into the twentieth century. Britain ami America are afike its victims. A Time for Calmness. Flora Tile Sew York Son. There are times in a nation's life when triotism than patriotic talk. This is not the day on which to search the dictionary for white-hot adjectives to inflame a public sentiment that will make harder the Administration's task. All Americans of undivided allegiance are behind the Government at Washington; but that should not mean that loyal Americans are behind their Government to push It to precipitate action, to force its hand in any way, to lash it with vehement demands and passionate counsel. Let us all count ten, or a hundred, or a thousand, If necessary, before giving full expression lo the indignation and impatience that All our souls. We shall be no worse for it; matters may be much better for it In the long run. This advice about pausing and counting before uttering applies to everybody, including former Presidents of Ihe United States. As for the "Americans" of divided allegiance, those- who are today discovering reasons for partisan satisfaction and even for personal joy In the horror of Friday's non-combatant death list. It strikes us that the time Is peculiarly opportune for silence and selfexamination on their part. The Murder of American Citizens. Scores of Americans were murdered yesterday on the high sens, by order of the German Government. Men and women, citizens of the United States, traveling peaceably on a merchant steamer, have been sent to their death by the deliberately planned act of Emperor William and his advisers. Only a few weeks ago President Wilson, in a message to the German Government bearing every evidence of sincerity and statesmanlike repression, declared we would hold Germany to a strict accountability for the loss of American lives, whether on vessels of a belligerent nation or not. In the face of that warning our national honor has been outraged, every effort has been made by the German Embassy, acting under orders from Berlin, to discredit the Administration, and now, as Anal evidence of contempt and utter disregard of human rights, many American citizens have been murdered. Notwithstanding political differences or internal dissensions, tbe country is a jnit in its belief in the patriotism and moral strength of the Presdent. If the right of the American people to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is anything more than a cheap claptrap foremost champion of human freedom and the rule of law -is not a sham but a splendid reality, then must we protect Would Make a Hun Biush. Germany ought not to be left in a moment's doubt how the civilized world regards her latest display of frightful- :«?** it is a deed for which a Hun liaiL-uiy jctaie apologize. speak of . ... iiul< tlitii 3 jr. 1 • rc'.i-s ..t war, in :!.e face of - >ch - . ' -.i.- .-iie murder on lew- or Li. - a:..! f -.- low of God Have been alike upon. There is in!,,.'., i- - -i I"- t of warning barled But -. •' - I. !!.:.« t: Haod send . .. «... .i.._- -.mis the Bipper w..u- :.!>• i.ei'..:!.; h-.tcr* la the police. m; b -i cauls as « i'.il beasts, g tin i - .i.o to defend :;<:n ma i-iei.: hi- gl-en to underw"; no-e utali ll the tribunal Whatever tl.<* fit ..ne revolt is Ul.\ The blow at bxuaulty. at civilization. hard as It hits the world, hits Germany harder still, its effects will be .-urn illative. They will grow wherever there Is response to impulses other than which are wolfish, bloody and ravenous. They will convert Prussian, if not and a reproach. For the Von Tirpitz to i.l.ist ^ name as ^long as^ anything Fair Warning. The Springfield Republican, which is not a Kepublican newspaper, thinks too much is being taken for granted about 1 sues a warning that if the reactionaries

; MARY §k FULLER IS FASCINATING UNIVERSAL STAR In Elaine Sterne's Emotional filnvDrama "THE GIRL WHO HAD A SOUL"

Clare W eldon Makes an Excellent Suggestion

Clare YVeldon makes the excellent, suggestion that the stock companies could serve the cause of intelligence in no better way than by placing on the boards during the usual commencement period the great English classics, in order that the students might be afforded j an opportunity to see visualized the "One remembers what one sees rath--r than what one hears, thanks be," Miss V.'cldon piously declares. "We are using the stage for nearly everything these days, and why not to apply the guaga be brought to ihe attention of t'ha^wilTbe moit effective? j now textbooks in ali schools where the . English language is taught, and in no ' better way can the beauties of our lan- ' students than by a prop r stage pre. - ' en ration of the plays of Shakespeare and other masters of the English lan- j guage. "Of course, I assume that art'sts will '

| be chosen to present these plays who ' verely by some English and French critics for what they are pleased to I term our 'shoddy language.' Maybe ! they are right, but to be candid I have not seen evidence of such literary transgressions as they are pleased to charge. "At any rate, the English language needs encouragement, and the stage, the pulpit and the editorial pages of the daily newspapers and the magazines and other periodicals seem to be the only props to it at the present time. "If we could establish a season of real educational drama — and by educa- | tional I do not mean dramatic educai tion. but rather literary education — . are sure to reap would repay us for our ; effort." And as Miss Weldon has won the : distinction of being one of our most conscientious and intelligent artists we j may reasorabiy accept without ques-

Husbands Should Help to Entertain Wives Guests

Every woman, of course, knows | that having invited a guest, it is her . business to c-ntertain the visitor. The | latter' must display a reaiiness t o | making herself agreeable, but after | all the major part of the burden rests ! on the hostess — though the visitor I may make it hard for her, or easy, j Reciprocity is the rule in social mat- , But the fact remains that the! put herself to much trouble and not a little expense, and have her efforts; negatived by the man of the house, | who also acts as an extinguisher so ■ far as the visitor, at least, is con-' corned. The wife may be ^accustomed j "r indifference, but the guest is not and it reacts upon her, making her Now why should not the husband gracious — when his wife Is entertaining? T"e assumes the position of "head'

| of the family." How much it adds te the satisfaction of the guest if th« head shows a pleasure In her presence, and Mw. vastly It assists the- wife In I her task; To Invite a guest to dinner. ] and have the man of the house confine | his conversation to inquiries concern- ; ing her preferences as to the anatomy ! of the chicken and complaints about | the cooking doesn't develop in either wife pr guest that comfortable feeling | that should accompany a good dinner. Many a- woman dreads to extend hos- ] pltality to her friends because she can1 not predicate her husband's state ol mind and consequent behavior on the , occasion. A man may possibly have a right to inflict his moods on his wife, ; but he should realize that merely cri dtnary courtesy requires him to refrain from passing them along on her guests. DIDN'T KEEP A GOOD WATCH "Confound those restaurant signs!" "What's the trouble now?" "While I was watching my hat and coat, some one stole my watch." — I

I A Batch of Smiles

At the Lambs' Club one night ai player whose conceit is in inverse ratio to his ability, j r— — — — . ~ was complaining j — ' "What do they say?" asked Collier. "That's just It — they don't say anything about me. I tell you, there is a conspiracy of silence against me. ' What would you do?" "Join it," advised Collier.— Lippin- j The Rev. James Hamilton, minister, of Liverpool, while on holiday in j Scotland, had a narrow escape from drowning. Accom- . panied by a boy, .. — — . | Vfr.^ Hamilton was ^ ^ j lost' haiar.es. and, being encumbered ?j with heavy wad- ffey : ing boots, had 1 jr ! great difficulty in L 2 keeping his head above water. Finally he managed to get back to the shore, although in a very ex- j hausted state, and said to the boy: > "I noticed that you never tried to help me." "Na," was the deliberate response, "but I was thinkin' o't."

control the organization and the nomination. the Democrats will win easily. The Republican notes that a definite reeesYOrk, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colosuccess too soon forgets the people. Senator Borah has issued the same warning, and Theodore Roosevelt has

I "Doctor," said the sick man, "the | other physicians win suitat on^°t^ iff.'" replied the docto' 1 fldence in him "but t h e autopt will show who was r'ght." Beth Franklyn went to a Broadw: | starting a home for | | _ I When she told the jyo-. Ja H?* tion ho answered: |f|f~l fj K ' j "Fine! There is a 'V'fl ■ h. JB* tors III this town I » I will disable as soon as you are ready for them." A teacher observed what shi i thought a lack of patriotic enthi I ba'Tl6should think," was the logical reply^ of Thomas

made it clear that the Republican party need not expect his support if It follows the leadership of the old-time bosses. Where the Republican party stands will be shown by the platform and the candidate in 191G. We fancy that Boss Renrose and Boss Barnes will have as little to say in the Republican National Convention as Boss Murphy. Boss Toggart and Boss Sullivan will have in the National Democratic Convention. Or less.

as it WERE f In the olden days John Smith got his picture in the papers because he admitted that he had been cured of something. Nowadays Will Rockefeller et ill. get theirs in because they Insist that What a great railroad director, tor non-subpenalng purposes, Typhoid Headlines of Twelve Short Weeks Ago CITY IX THE GRASP OF BLIZZARD! HOMELESS SUFFERING IN THE STREET! : MERCURY FALLS' TO ZERO; COAL FAMINE IS FEARED! Under the Rules Derby," said the Serious Citizen. •'But," objected the Human Hiatus, "he can't wear it until September." Written at Very High Noon Pour down, old sun, get heated and then hotter, Beat in the panes and fill the rooms with dread; Bum till you quell that wild young turkey-trotter Who dances every evening o'er my Mrs. Anna Katamachka, who has been married only a month, told the judge in a Jamaica court that she couldn't remember her name. Nor will she have any advantage of ut five minutes after the present uniting. "Bee Swarm Interrupt# Senate Debate." — Headline. Come to sip honey from the Hps of J. Ham Lewis, perhaps. Regarding a Rumor If Huerta's gone and run I envy him his fun; Far out at sea, it seems to mo, The breezes cool the sun. Written During the Eclipse Come, utter gloom and thiclcenint dark, Fill street and house and greenisi park; Cast your grim pall, all black aim solemn; It helps to fill a hot day column. FRANK M. O'BRIEN. GERMAN STORES WRECKED Windows Broken and Contents Scattered by Liverpool Rioters. Liverpool, May —The torpedoing of the Cunard liner Lusitania roused illfeeling against the Germans here to fever heat, and a number of shops owned by Germans were wrecked today. . Windows were broken and the contents ' of the stores were scattered about the streets. Fifty policemen who were c called out made 20 arrests, but the e rioters were so violent in their efforts to rescue comrades that the police were , forced to use batons to quell ttie disturbance. The attacks upon the stores f were renewed tonight. Most of the " rioters were women, in on# of them t relatives of the sailors of the Cunard i Line. Several shops were wrecked and I the contents piled in the streets and burned. A large number of arrests were made, f although so many police have • joined ' the army that the Liverpool force is now hardly able to cope with the outbreak. If the Germans would whip the French it would help them out a lot. It doesn't do them any good to whip the Russians. — Florida Times-Union. Household Truck

During this past spring a young housewife whoee maid had left her •trained her wrist, and. In consoluence, found the work very bard to do, even with a woman coming In to "I was always carrying buckets or wanting to," she says, "or else I wanted to move a chair, or a kettle, or a plant, and it seemed to me that In setting or clearing off the table I bad to walk miles because I could carry so little. Then my son, who is clever with his hands, made me what he called 'mother's home truck.' "It was really a discarded roiling board that I had formerly used for rolling out pies and things. It was of good stout wood and he bored a hole at each corner setting In a castor taken from an old bed. These rolled easily, and with a cord attached I could draw the Improvised wagon al! "1 used to pile dishes and buckets and to the other without any trouble. Since thin I have found it valuable. I move furniture on it, pile curtains and rugs on it to be token out and shaken, and the maid says it spares her many a backache because now she doesn't lift the pall of water about but puts it on the truck and draws the truck about 2 "In itself ihe truck !e light enough tP be carried from one floor to anothar clothes baske;, elo'.hes pin bag and rope are drawn out Mondays very aaaily." PETTICOJTS ARE NOW MADE OF WASH SILK Wash silk petticoats are a useful addition to any wardrobe, be it 11mTitey are made in somewhat heavy silk. Silk and cotton, so-called tub silk, is almost as durable as heavy all silk material and Is more durable for petticoats, at least, than cheap all silk. The petticoats are made in striped pattern with scant bias flounces at the bottom. They can be worn with any light street costume. One of violet and white in narrow stripes could be worn with tan. green or violet outside skirts; one of tan and white would find many uses, and more decided colors would be useful to wear with a few frocks.

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Daily Fashion Talks BY MAY MANTON WITH THE FASHIONABLE BOLERO NO garment is more fashionable than the bolero this season. Here is an exceptionally smart frock made of striped taffeta with plain which shows it used most effectively. The skirt is just wide enough for grace and comfort. Here, it is trimmed with the material cut on the bias together with bands of plain color and there is a sash of the material

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wound around the waist, but of course, that feature can lie varied to suit the individual need. _ The all silk gown an exceedingly fashionable one and a serviceable one as well, but this is a design that can be used in a number of different ways. It would be pretty to make the bolero and the skirt to match with the blouse of a different material as taffeta with crSpe de chine or linen with fine lawn, or the blouse and the skirt could be made of one of the lovely cotton crepes of the season with just the bolero_ of silk worn over it, and taffeta naturally would lie chosen in some bright picturesque color. The finish on the skirt can be a hem or an applied band, folds or rows of velvet ribbon or indeed anything that may suit the fancy. Plain colored taffeta for the skirt and bolero with rows of velvet ribbon trimming the latter and the blouse of crepe de chine, chiffon or some such material would make a very handsome costume. Among the new summer fabrics is a cotton crOpe in broche effect and it would be charming for the bolero ana the skirt in one of the fashionable yellows or blues with the blouse of white in either a fine cotton crOpe or voile or handkerchief lawn. Any sash, girdle or belt that is becoming _ For the medium size will be needed for the blouse and the skirt gX yds. of ma-

8607 Bolero Costume, 34 to 42 bust. terial 27 in. wide, . . &X yffs* 36, yds. 44 wide, for the bolero will be required 1 yd. 27 in. wide and for the trimming iji yds. of additional material 27, 36 or 44 in. wide, and 2 yds. of plain material 27 in. wide. The May Manton pal tern 8607 is cut in sizes from 34 to 42 in. bust measure. It will be mailed to ai y address by the Fashion Department of this paper, on receipt of ten cents.

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