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Wit MAGA2IXE SECTION. NEW BERN. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1906. PAGES 1 TO 4- BEMHARDT'S ART IN DRESS GREAT SPLENDOR OF WARDROBE OF TEE WORLD'S GREATEST ACTRESS. Much Study Given to Make Each Gown Adaptable to the Hart Pre sented. Artist's Taste and Genius . Very Evident. What does Madame Bernhardt wear? During her engagement in this coun try, this question about the famous actress was asked by every weman unable to Judge by seeing tor herself, and the reply is the de ghted ex- HomaHnn . . , "Her gowns are simply gorgeous they are a part of her." i In the many plays presented, Bern hardt has S3 oppoi .unity of displaying a great variety of dresses, and thou- large theatres at every performance whenever she appeared, have stared at them in wonder, recognizing not only their perfect adaptation to the part presented, but also how much of Bernhardt's own taste and genius there was In them, - HER GENIUS FOR ' "SIGN. What is It? The gift displayed In this particular, is as characteristic of the woman as any other of the count lesg details which go to make her the public idol of all lands. Even those who did not understand the spoken language of the play, were full well able to comprehend that of the silk. satin and lace facing them over the flaming footlights. - This artist " has demonstrated to thousands, that a gown may be superior in lines and construc tion to the flimsy models sent over each year from Paris for our slavish following. Street clothes, of course, demand a certain amount of conven t tonality, in order not to make the wearer conspicuous, but since the Bernhardt engagement in their respec tive fashion centers, not a few devisers of costumes have declared their Inten tion of taking Indoor styles more ser iously. - HER EXAMPLE FOLLOWED. For those women whose incomes ad mit of certain, and extravagant expend iture for clothes, it is Just now consid ered wonderfully "smart" to furnish their own dressmakers and tailors with water-color sketches of models, speci ally drawn for them by famous artists, these sketches being, used solely for their own particular gowns. With the stage for a precedent, these fashionable dames have found it convenient to adopt its methods. For those who can not indulge in this fad, theater-going MADAME SARAH BERNHARDT. In Costume Worn In Her Famous "Camilla" Ball-room Scene, assumes an added phase of enjoyment to womankind. Sara Bernhardt's crea tion! are curiously Interesting from the point ot view that they serve as an ad vance courier of what may be accom plished by women who effect the hour glass figure aa that demanded by fash .. Ion purveyors. Her carriage is lofty, her chest is high, her waist line ample, and her bead well poised quite the reverse, you, will observe from the figure usually attributed to French women. But how unfettered Is Bern hardt's every action, and how splendid her movements! In other words, she has mastered so absolutely the art of dressing well, that once clothed, she ll utterly oblivions of her adornments, A UNIQUE INNOVATION. . Novel indeed is the hip swathing of all Mme. Bernhardt ! gowns and all her frocks are set up on classical lines. The bodices show waist lines either below her natural bust or well down on her abdomen, preferably the latter atvle as It rives her body mat nygi enio poise which every woman's better nature knows to be its proper setting for prolonged activity. - .: To demonstrate low Mm a. Bern hardt manages to make this audaci ous deviation from fashion's dictates attractive, it is well to say that she had specially designed a cuirass over which she has her maid wind yaros 01 soft ribbon which is finally tied in front with, an ornamental bow and long streamer' ends. This style is especially adapted to her, as it makes her appear taller, a point well worthy of Imitation! On this particular gown the hip swath ing ends in pailletted stole ends, drip ping with gold fringe. Her tiny feet are encased in marvelously fitting slip pers of cloth of gold, WONDERFUL BREAKFAST ROBE. The robe worn In the breakfast scene In "Magda" is worthy of study. It is a silver-encrusted lace creation over pastel blue, set up with wide shoulders and a swathing of pale blue ribbon, ending in large rosettes with stole ends in front A unlqi , but char acter-lending touch Is a miniature Em pire stole merely a patted line of priceless sable, which gives the frock. in its Empire draping, the much need ed long straight lines from neck to hem. , The sleeves, too, which are lace puffs, with forearms of transparent lace, show pale blue bracelets at their division, made visible only by the art ist's gestures, a subtle touch, but very pleasing. COSTUMES WORN IN "OAMILLE." Ravishing, indeed, are her "CanUlle" dresses! The first mystery Is in sil ver strewn gauze, wrought with a lat tice work of pink ribbon embroidery near the flare at the foot, this outer work of art being fashioned over let tuce - green satin souple. The hip swathing and stole ends are in the same tone, and she wears with extra ordinary grace a frosty pelerine of pale green chiffon, decorated with fetching clusters of blush roses. Another of the "Camllle" frocks re veals the French dressmaker's power of detail. The material is lustrous white satin, with raised embroidery in variegated, pink flowers with green foliage the corsage resplendent with well set gems. Another change to which she treats her audience in "Camllle" is a gorge ous half-fitting robe of white lace seml-flttlng princess is this model, the lace flecked with reddish gold figures, seemingly woven into the texture.1' Pale pink is the foundation, as Is also the hip lining. - HER "ANGELO" COSTUME. -In "Angelo," Mme. Bernhardt's dress, an Italian princess costume, is fashioned from gorgeous gold brocade. It Is set up on short-waisted, half-fitted bodice lines, with the long sweeping folds of the skirt attached. The mater ial is so draped aa to present an unbro ken straight front, from the tucker decorated corsage to the foot line Beautifully-' adjusted leg-of-mutton sleeves of gold brocade meet fitted fore arm coverings ot cloth of gold, the lat ter extending In shaped circular flares, well drawn down over the knuckles, ending Just a touch ot .ucblng to soften the effect A classic drapery of gobelin bine crepe, deftly touched with embroidery of deeper tone, accentuates the beauty of the ensemble. This cloak hangs In long straight lines over the gown, be ing but loosely caught together at the sides with tapestry blue cords and tas sels. With this is worn a dog collar of pearls. : . . Other feminine accessories, quite out of the ordinary, are the Jewel-studded eloth-of gold chatelaine bag, suspended on a long, dangling gold chain, and several plain linked gold chains TCrn in festoons over the corsage. JULY SECOND THE DAT GOVERNMENT HISTORIAN SATS REAL INDEPENDENCE IS NOT TEE FOURTH. Colonies Made Declaration Against EnglaiM Previous to Drawing His torical Paper.-final Signing oi Document on August Second. According to the opiftons of latest historical authorities both the school children of by-gone, days and those of the present time have been taught Incorrectly-as to the proper In dependence day of the nation. No one date seems to develop such excitable emotions as does the mention of the Fourth of July, but how unattractive would It seem if we were to state that the second of July Is the day of fire crackers, bombs and Roman candles. And yet, according to Mr. William H. Michael, Chief Clerk and Historian of the Department of State,, "The real In dependence Day Is the second of July." Since we bent over our childhood histories we have always had an idea that our fathers severed the ties with Great Britain on the Fourth of July, 1776, and we have had word of no less an authority than Thomas Jefferson, author of that hallowed Instrument, that ' the Declaration was signed on that date, on whose anniversary the great father of democracy died. But Mr. Michael says no, and for years he has toiled for his country beneath the same roof which shelters the sacred document; has had the nation's arch ives at his fingers' ends. INDEPENDENCE ON JULY 2. ' "The independence of the United States was declared by resolution on the 2d of July, and the adoption of the form of Declaration on the 4th of July was a secondary matter," says Mr. Michael. "It Is a little strange that more Importance was not attached to the 2d of July in connection with the Declaration of Independence. The res olution Introduced by Richard Henry Lee, was passed on that day (July 2, 1776). This was really the vital point the crucial Juncture." .The real act of independence, which Mr. Michael has had reproduced in fac simile, was then the Lee resolution declaring: . -' "That these United colonies are, and of right, ought to be, free and Inde pendent states; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved. ' SIGNED AUGUST 2. Concerning the actual date of. the Declaration's signing, Mr.. Michael says: "Mr. Jefferson In his account states that all the .members present except Mr. Dickinson, signed the Dec laration in the evening of the Fourth of July. The Journal shows that no one signed it that evening except Mr. Hancock andr Mr. Thomson. The Journal entry is: 'Signed, John Han cock, President, Attest. Charles Thom son, Secretary.' . On August 2, the Declaration, as engrossed under the order of Congress, was signed by all of the members of . Congress present1 What really did happen on July 4, of that year of years was the final adoption of a draft of the "form of announcing the fact to the world1 that independence had been decreed two days before. Jefferson had writ ten this draft in his Philadelphia apartments, consisting of a ready-furnished parlor and bedroom in the new brick house of Hyman Grabs, at the southwest corner of 7th and Market streets, "on the outskirts of the city." The Penn National Bank now occupy ing the site of this dwelling, is in the very business heart of Philadelphia. , WRITTEN LATH IN JULY. But the "original Declaration," which all pilgrims to Washington formerly gazed upon in awe and reverence, was not ordered written for more than two weeks after7 that long but unjustly hallowed July 4. On July 19, Con gress ordered that the Declaration be "fairly engrossed on parchment" and that "the same, when engrossed, be signed by every member of Congress.'? Some time within the next two weeks the beautiful pen work which thous ands of Americans have since mar veled at and admired was executed upon the great strip of sheepBkln now locked away in the Department of State at Washington. On August 2, 1776, Just a month after the real stroke of Independence this great sheepskin was unrolled In the presence of the Continental. Con gress, In Independence Hall, with the wording of the corrected draft It was carefully "compared at the table." This formality gone through with, It was spread out upon a desk and signed by all of the members of Con gress present Fifty of these fathers of the republic signed on that day. Six of the revered "signers,, did not affix their signatures nnttl later dates. George Wythe of Virginia signed about August 27. Richard Henry Lee, Virginia; Eldrldge Gerry, Massachu setts, and Oliver Woleott, Connecticut, did not sign until some time In Sep tember. "Mstthy) Thornton,, of New Hampshire, did not add his name nntll November, and Thomas McKeaa of Delaware, nrobably did not affix his, the final slmature. until five years later, or 1781. Matthew Thornton, by the war, was not appointed to Con gress nntll September, and did not take bis seat until November four months after the adoption of the Dec laration. Other - signers who were not members of Congress on July 2 or 4. were allowed to sign Ott August 2, the general signing day. These were Benjamin Rush, James Wilson, ueorge mobs, ueorge uiymer and George Taylor. JULY FOURTH. The Day of Days Among Uncle Sam's Sailor Boys. Uncle Sam makes the 'Fourth of July: a greater day among his sailors than even Christmas. Indeed. It is the-U118 Stost day ' relaxation and pleasure for Jackie in the whole year. The early ' secretaries of the navy established the custom and it has been almost religiously maintained Invio late through the long line of officials who nave succeeded them. Independence day belongs to the Jackie. His .superiors recognize that his life is In some respects a hard one. To him Is denied the ties of family, the friendships and all the other interests and diversions of life that make up the landsman's existence, so for this reason Uncle Sam believes that his sailors should have as many nonaays as possible. -To make Independence Day the big gest day of all .is to give the day a special significance which cannot fall In some degree at least, to carry its lesson of patriotic duty to those who serve the republic on the seas. ' Hence commodores and captains always plan to remain in port on July 4. Then, after dressing ship, fir ing the national salute, and brief patri otic services, the day is given to the men to enjoy as they see fit, discipline being almost entirely relaxed. The sports that attend the sailors on the Fourth, of July are ot a varied chap INDEPENDENCE HALL acter. Our naval service has, of course, become "affected to a consider-' able extent by the great outdoor move ment that has converted Independence Day into the greatest' sporting carni val of the year.- " , The Navy , Department has wisely encouraged this tendency,, and where ever an. open field Is available, the piece de resistance is a baseball game, sometimes between rival nines picked from members of the same ship, oftener between teams representing different ships and In some extreme cases between nines from separate squadrons who happen to be in ren dezvous near each other. Then there are track ' and field events. The fleet-footed wearers of the blue show how. fast they, can sprint Now Just what good this does them in their developments as fighters Is "not clear, for even had they the Instinct to flee and get over ground faster than a Duffy it would do them no good at the moment when the prow of the ship was heading tor a moist trip to Davy Jones' Locker. However, they run and throw weights, Jump and vault. If no aiiJat'.a fiW Is available, then I the rivalry must be confined to aquatic events, swimming ana rowing ram In extreme cases where It Is not pos sible to get ashore or the water con ditions preclude rowing or swimming, the Jackles test their prowess at box ing, wrestling, fencing, dancing and singing. ' Then the ship's larder Is drawn on for such extra delicacies as trans forms the regular :aeal into a banquet, and Mr. Jackie crawls Into his ham mock with the comfortable feeling that July Fourth is r. pretty big day after all, and that he is glad to be able to pass it in Uncle Sam's service. ; Bl&ek Emlr tlta Strongest. Black hair is stronger than golden tresses, and will sustain almost double the weight Recently a scientist found, by experiment, that it is possible to snsnend a weight of four ounces by a lnle hair, provided the hals be black. Blond hair will give way at weights varying according to the tint A yel low hair will scape support two ounces, a brown wilt . hold up three without breaking, while one of a "very dsrk brown will sustain an additional bait ounce, " ' ; I slissa-asssss-- -it III (r""' ':'V'TrTrr;;rriFr"' ' 1 IB I '-7. '-v? -:v;:-"-:: Copyrighted l89 - Synopsis of preceding chapters At early dawn the country inn was all alive. The archer was as merry aa a grig, and having kissed the matron and chased the maid up the ladder once more, he went out to the brook and came back with the water dripping from hla face and hair. "Hola! my man of peace," he oried to Alleyne, "whither are you bent this morning f" "To Mlnstead. My brother Simon Edricson Is socman there, and I go to bide with him for a while." The archer and Hordle John placed a hand upon either shoulder and led the boy oft to the board, where some smoking fish, a dish of Bplnach, and a jug of milk were laid out for their breakfast. ''I should not be surprised to learn, mon camarade," said the soldier, aa he heaped a slice of the fish upon AHevne's tranchoir of bread, "that you could read written things." ou pinoo 1 ji na(in3H ju um4wi uaeq BAq I Suisse,, 'pajaMSUB aq Tt would be shame to the good their clerk this-ten years." The bowman looked at him with great respect. "Think of that!" said he. "And you with not a hair to your face, and a skin like a girl. I can Bhoof three hundred and fifty paces AT PHILADELPHIA. with my little popper there, and four hundred and twenty with the great war-bow; yet I can make nothing of this, nor read my own name. "Why, It is written In the French tongue," said Alleyne, "and in a right clerkly hand. This Is. how it runs In our speech: 'To the - very powerful and very honorable knight Sir Nigel Loring of Chrlstchurch, from his very faithful friend Sir Claude Latour, captain ofhe White Company, chate laln of Buscar, grand lord of Mont chateau, and vassal to the renowned Gaston, Count of Foix, who holds the rights of the high Justice, the middle, ana tne low." -"Look at that,"now!" cried the bow man in triumph. "That is Just what he would have said. You come with me, mon gros Jean, and as to you. little one, where did you say that you journeyear "To Mlnstead.1 ' "Ah, yes! I know this forest-country well. We shall travel round with you tc Mlnstead, lad, seeing that It is little out 01 our way. As they passed the ; old church, wmcn stood upon a mouna at the left hand side of the village street, the door was nung open, ana a stream of wor shippers wound down the sloping path, coming- from the morning mass. Alleyne bent knee and doffed hat at the sight of the open door; but ere he had finished an Ave, his comrades. were out of sight round the curve of the path, and he had to run to overtake them. - -. - - What!" he said, "not one word ot prayer before God's own open house T How can ye hope for his blessing upon the dayf" , "My friend." said Hordle John, "I have prayed so much during the last two months, not only during the day, ut 'at matins, lands, and the like, when I eould scarce keep my head upon my shoulders for nodding, that I feel that I have somewhat overprayed myself." . ' "How can a man have too much' re ligion?" cried Alleyne earnestly. "It Is the one thing that avalleth. A man Is but a beast as he lives from day to day, eating and drinking, breathing and sleeping. It Is only when he raises himself, and concerns himself with the Immortal spirit within him, that he becomes In Very truth a man. Bethink' ye how sad a thing It would be that the blood of .the Redeemer should be spilled to no purpose." "Bless the lad. If he doth not blush like any girl, and yvt preaoh like the whole College ot Cardinals!" orled the archer. Tn truth I blushed that any one so weak and so nnworthv as I should try- to teach another that whir he finds It so passing hard to follew himself ' gsssy ' .L-S if! wit mm .By tUjfmr st end of this Installment. "Prettily said, mon gareon! Touch ing that same slaying of the Redeemer, It was a bad business. A good padre In France read to us from a scroll the whole truth of the matter. The soldiers came upon Him In the Garden. Iu truth, these Apostles of Hismayhave been holy men, but they were .of no great account as men-at-arms. There was one, indeed, Sir Peter, who smote out like a true man;, but, unless he Is belled, he did but clip a varlet's oar, which was no very knightly Jeed. By these ten finger-bones! had I been there, with Black Simon of Norwich, and but one score of picked men of the Company, we had held them in play. Could we do no more, we had at least filled the false knight. Sir Judas, so full of English arrows that he would curse the day that ever he came on such an errand." . The young clerk smiled at his companion's earnestness. "Had He wished help, he said, "He could have summoned legions of archangles from heaven, so what need had He of your poor bow and arrow? Besides, bethink you of His own words that those who live by the sword shall perish by the sword." "Now, youngster, let things be plat and plain between us. I am a man who shoots straight at hie mark. You saw the things I had with me at yonder hoBtel; name which you wCl, save the box of rose-colored sugar which I take to the Lady Loring, and you shall -have them if you will but come with me to France." "Nay," said Alleyne, "I would gladly come with ye to France or where else yo will, just to list to your talk, and because ye are the only two friends that I have in the whole wide world outside of the cloisters; but indeed it may not be, for my duty la toward my brother, seeing that father and mother are dead, and he my elder. Besides, when ye talk of taking me to France, ye do not conceive how useless I should be to you, seeing that neither by training nor by nature am I fitted lor tne wars, ana there seems to be nought but strife In those parts." Bethink you again, mon ami." guoth Aylward, "that you might do mucn good yonder, since there are three hundred men In the Company, and none who has ever a word of grace for them, and yet the Virgin Knows tnat tnere was never a jet. ot men who were In" more need of It Slckerly the one duty may balance the other. Your brother hath done with out you this many a year, and, as I (rather, he bath never walked as far as Beaulieu to see you during all that time, so ne cannot be in any great need of you." "Besides," said John, "the Socman of Mlnstead Is a byword through the forest, from Braroahaw Hill to Holmes- ley Walk. He Is a drunken, brawling, perilous churl, as you may find to your cost." "The more reason that I should strive to mend him," quoth Alleyne. "There Is no need to urge me, friends, formy own wishes would draw me to France, and It would be a Joy to me could I go with you. But indeed and indeed It cannot be, so here I take my leave of you, for yonder square tower amongst the trees upon the right must surely be the church of Mlnstead, and I may reach ft by this path' through the tvoocIb ' "Well, God be with thee, ladl" cried the archer, pressing Alleyne to his heart "I am quick to love, and quick to hate, and 'fore God I am loath to part Yet It may be as well that you ' should know whither we go. We shall now journey south through the woods until we come out upon the Chrlst churoh road, and so onward; hoping to-night to reach the castle of Sir William Montacute, Earl of Salisbury, of which Sir Nigel Loring Is constable. There we shall bide, and tt Is like enough that for a month or more you may find us there, ere we are ready " for our voyage back to France." It was hard Indeed for Alleyne to break away from these two new but hearty friends, and,so strong was the combat between his conscience and his Inclinations that he dared not look round, lest his resolution should slip away from him. r The path which the young clerk had now to follow lay through a magnifi cent forest of the very heaviest timber, where the giant boles of oak and of -beech formed long aisles in every di rection shooting up their huge branches to build the' majestic arches of Nature's own cathedral. It was very still there In the heart ot the woodlands. The gentle rustle of the branches, and the distant cooing of pigeons were the only sounds which, broke In upon the silence, save that once Alleyne heard afar off a merry call upon a hunting bugle and the shrill yapping of the hounds. He ' pushed on the quicker, twirling his -staff merrily, and looking out at every turn of the path for some sign of the old Saxon residence. He was suddenly arrested, however, by the appearance -of 4 wild-looking fellow armed with a club, who sprang out from behind a tree and barred hla passage. He was a rough, powerful peasant with cap and tunlo of untanned sheepskin, leather breeches, and galligaskins round his legs and feet "Stand!" he shouted, raising hie heavy cudgel to enforce the order. "Who are you whe wlk so freely . throurh the woodt" Whither would you go, and what la your errand T" "Why should I answer your ques tions, sir friend T" said Alleyne, stand ing on hla guard. ..." "Because yonr tongue may save your pate. What bant In the scrip T "Nought of any prioe." "How can X tell that elerkT Let me "Not I."- ' "Fool! I could poll yerj Vmh from limb llkra pullet Wouldat lose scrip , and Hfe tooT" "I will oart with' nalttur vriKnn a fight." r"X fight, qaotbaT A fight betwixt