BEAUTIFUL COSTUMES
USED IN MIKADO
THE STAGE SETTING AND COS
TUMING TO SURPASS ANY
THING HERETOFORE.
Much interest among the mem
bers of the Mikado cast and chorus
has been aroused by the beauty and
excellence of the costumes furnish
ed by Director Robinson for this
production. Nothing so gorgeous
has ever been seen here in any
of the previous productions and all
the credit for the excellence of
the materials used and the design
ing and artistic decorations is due
to Mrs. A. B. Edmonds who select
ed all the materials and designed
and made every costume used in
the opera. Those who have used
the costumes usually furnished by
costumers for such productions will
appreciate the difference between
them, and the neat, new outfit to be
used here for the first time- In an
opera like the Mikado much de
pends upon the stage setting and
costuming effects and no expense
has been spared to make this a most
gorgeous and spectacular affair.
The embroideries and decorations
on the robes of the Mikado, Kati
sha, Nanki Poo and Ko Ko are im
portations from Japan and China
and accurately represent the char
acter of each in his or her sta
tion.
Don’t fail to secure your re
served seats early for Monday and
Tuesday evenings of next week.
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By painting periscope tubes with
parallel stripes representing the
colors of the spectrum it is report
ed that the United States Navy De
partment hopes to make these mem
bers of submarine craft invisible
to an enemy. It is thought that
when refracted the colors will ap
pear as a white ray, practically In
distinguishable at a distant.
LADIES’ EAGLE CLUB
ENTERTAINED YESTERDAY
Mrs. Ed- Sloven and Mrs. A.
Groot entertained in honor of the
members of the Ladies’ Eagle Club
yesterday afternoon at the home of
the president, Mrs* Groot- Besides
the regular members, Mrs. James
Dickson, Mrs. Sherd Shock and
Mrs. Perry Jenkins were invited
guests, who enjoyed the delights of
the afternoon provided by the two
hostesses.
POOR GEORGE.
There is a report that is being
circulated about town that George
is having a - of a time these
days- It’s only a day or two ago
that some one scared the life out
of every patron of that place while
at dinner. Some one dropped a
brick, or something, through the
skylight. The thing came down
with a lot of broken glass, and
George made a rush to catch the
culprit, but found nothing there.
Yesterday, he tied his boat to a
pile with a loop knot. Then the
tide came in, the higher it raised,
the tighter the loop got; and in no
time the pesky boat was swamped
with a new engine in it and every
thing spick and span- He is busy
todav cleaning up. Poor George!
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THE LIFE SUIT.
The life belt of the ocean liner,
while it ‘will keep a wreck victim
afloat indefinitely, is not so much
of a life-saver as its name might
indicate. For instance, it does not
prevent its wearer from freezing
to death in the open sea and it
doesn’t provide any means whereby
he might escape starving to death.
T. E. Aud of Herdon, Va., how
ever, has invented a life-saving suit
which, while a little more difficult
to get into than an ordinary life
belt, has all modem improvements
such as fireless heat and meals at
all h<#urs.
The suit, which is waterproof,
fastens at the neck with a rubber
band and clothes the entire figure
save the head.
MRS HATCHER AND MRS.
GEORGESON COMPLIMENTED
A large and brilliant reception
was given last Tuesday aft cm.'.on
by Mrs. B. L. Myers and Mrs
M. Spaeth in honor of two eVsting
niished visitors now in our city, Mrs.
Cornelia Templeton Hatcher, Ter
ritorial President of the W. C. T.
U., who is on her annual tour tiilu
Alaska, and Mrs. C. C. Georgescu.
Territorial Recording Secretary of
the W. C. T. U., who is accompany
ing Prof. Georgeson on a trip to
the States.
Mrs. Myers’ pretty home vas
the scene of the reception, and the
receiving rooms were fragrent and
dainty with spring blossc’"- and
potted plants- About, thirty • or
more guests were entertain ■am
the hours of 2:30 until 5 c l. ck
Sewing, delicious refreshment: '■nd
animated conversation were tl c fea
tures enjoyed at this ch. . ling
function.
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WILL GO TO CALIFORNIA.
As soon as school uloses Mrs.
Ella Engstrom will leave for Cali
fornia to attend the summer ses
sion of Stanford University. She
will teach art, Design and Biology
in one of the high schools of Sac
ramento during the coming year.
Mrs. Engstrom is a graduate of
the Bellingham High -School, What
com State Normal, Acme Business
College and the University of
Washington. She has studied art
in the Polytecnique Institute, Scran
ton, Pa. She goes to her new posi
tion highly recommended by her
former teachers
ANOTHER POPULAR DANCE
SATURDAY NIGHT.
At Redmen’s Hall. Yes! These
dances are sure gaining in popu
larity. Everybody likes them. The
kind of music you like by that
two piece combination, up-to-the
minute, and plenty of it. We’ll have
a floor manager there to see that
you all get acquainted- Yours for
a royal time
PARENT-TEACHER MEETING
A VERY INTERESTING ONE
Quite a large number of interest
ed people attended the Parent
Teacher meeting held at the school
house last evening, and enjoyed a
program of • unusual excellence
The piano duet by Mrs. Alexander
A. Brindle and Mr. Pennell so beau
tifully rendered, was Gottschalk’s
radient “ Radieuse.” Mr- Weigle
gave an exceedingly good and in
structive talk on Nature Study, and
suggested that the children of Ket
chikan be given the advantage of
taking this up; that there would be
many opportunities offered during
the summer for excursions through
the woods, when some one versed
in this very interesting study could
take the children and teach them
the lore of the woods, plants and
bird life. This is a suggestion that
if taken up, will prove of inestim
able value to the children and there
is no doubt but what a great many
of the grown ups would enjoy it
too.
Mrs. Collins is such a delightful
singer, that one cannot hear her too
often, and in her selection last
night, “Sing, Smile, Slumber,” by
Gounod, she gave her audience the
greatest pleasure. The numbers by
Mrs. Harvey Stackpole and by Mrs
Parker, owing to illness, had to be
omitted to the regret of those in
attendance
After the program, a short time
was devoted to general discussion.
The meeting was adjourned by the
acting chairman, Mrs- Dobbs, who.
in the absence of Mr. Geo. Rounse
fell, did the honors of the meeting.
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Felds’ is now located next to the
Customs House.
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
Fresh Olympia Oysters, Dungeness
Crabs and Shrimps at thi Fish
Market today. (adv-)
Ladies’, Men’s and Boy’s suits
and coats at Field’s.
_^ ^ m.—.a.
NOTHING TO HOLD *
THEIR STOCKINGS
PARIS, May 18—The “Gaulois”
says: "The scarcity of rubber in
Germany is so great that the gov
ernment has forbidden the manu
facture of garters. The Gretchens
haver loudly complained against
this order and have even voiced
their indignation in mass meetings.
“The women of the wealthier
classes wear garters made of elas
tic snake hides, but these are very
expensive, and the women of the
middle classes have to use ordinary
ribbons, while the poor fasten their
stockings with strings. In the
streets of Berlin one can always
see dozens of girls and women
whose stockings have slipped down
over their shoes-’’
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WOMAN GETS DIVORCE
FROM “KISSING KID”
KANSAS CITY, May 18—Mrs.
Nellie M. Kangley, a much-kissed
wife, was granted a decree of dN
vorce in the superior court yester
day, from John P. Karfgley, who
was in this case, the “kissing kid-”
Mrs. Kangley testified that from
the time she had been married a
year ago until they seperated in
February, she had been showered
with kisses by her husband. She
objected to being overkissed.
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LONG DISTANCE TALK.
SAN DIEGO, May 18.—Long dis
tance telephone communication was
established between the Point Loma
naval radio station and Washing
ton. Commander Yinchell convers
ed with navy department officials
This was the second demonstration
here in two d.^ys of the use of the
telephone in the national prepared
ness test of the country’s system of
wires. Communications also were
established with the naval stations
at Mare Island, Bremerton, Chicago
and the national capital.
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We do fine job printing. 1
TO-NIGHTI
At the GRAND
Wed.-Thurs. May 17 and 18.
William Fox
PRESENTS
THEDA BARA
In Alexandra Dumas’ Masterpiece
“The Ciemenceau Case”
WITH
William Shay, Stuart Holmes
and all Star Cast
A Fox Feature in Six Reels
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May Sale of Men’s and Boys’ Clothing '
Men’s fancy Scoth Cheviots Suits in fancy brown mixtures, club checks, blue mix
tures and plain blue satin lined serges. All sizes, 36 to 44 chest measure, $13.50
Men’s Pants Boys’ Suits
$1.75 heavy whip cord Pants HP
Sizes 32 to 42, waist measure $4.50 Russian, Buddy Tucker and
^ mm Junior Norfolk suits made of Blue
$2.50 heavy work pants $1 Serge, Brown Serge and fancy Cash- 0 0 n A
Sizes 52 to 40, waist measure <J>1 .VO mere cloth in sizes 5 to 8 years at $3*50
$3.50 heavy cashmere pants ^
Sizes 32 to 42, waist measure $ fcUtl Vf $6.00 and 6.50 Norfolk Suits made
$4.50 and $5.00 wool dickey and worsted Q G A of fancy Cashmere and strong wor- J £ /V
pants. Sizes 32 to 42 waist measure steds in sizes 8 to 17 years at . . .
Business suits (or thebus- I <T>I Q D„n 14/1 „ A" alteraterations made
iness man and English 1 lit DU 11 ITICULI It Free of charge by an ex
styles for the young man THE STORE THAT SELLS FOR LESS_pert tailor _
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KETCHIKAN, : : ALASKA .jjl
KETCHIKAN CIVIC" CLUB. 1 ’
i Meets every first and third Tues- 1 * '
day evening at 8 p. m-, at the Coun- (jj ;
cil Chambers. All women interest- 2 >
ed in the welfare of our city are II
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Sure! |!
Where Can I Get Them? |;
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What are they called? f j
The “ACME” I
The Batteries with the heavier Zinc casing, |:
higher Amperage and Voltage. • |
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