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black and white. The most stunning costume was that of 
Nirs. Henderson Weir. She wore white trousers daintily 
ruffled in net, a black satin swallow ‘tailed coat, white 
beaver hat and carried a black and white striped cane. 
Mrs. A. Felix du Pont had’ one of the most attractive 
costumes—a black net with short full skirt, the whole 
dotted with fluffy white pompoms. Mrs. Pierre du Pont 
wore a white satin costume trimmed with black fur, and 
Mr. du Pont, black and white striped satin trousers with 
biack satin coat. 
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Edward T. Stotesbury, Mrs. Charles B. Coxe and 
Miiss Florence Heppe were among those having boxes 
last night at the performance of “Pagliacci” in the Acad-- 
emy of Music. This was followed by the “Dance of the 
ivrenees,” both given by the Philadelphia Operatic So- 
GIGty. 
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Dr. and Mrs. Walter Jackson Freeman were hosts at 
a dinner in honor of Miss Helen Agnes Smyth last week 
when the Fortnightly held its cotillon in Horticultural 
hall. 
The change of a generation-in human nature ts infin- 
itesimal and then some, Now it is the bright red auto- 
inobile, second-handed, for which Indians are trading 
away their valuable lands; nothing but a twentieth cen- 
tury bead. 
RAPSHOOTING for women is the subject of an inter- 
esting article in a recent copy of the Philadelphia Pub- 
lic Ledger by Peter P. Carney. He says that: 
Five years ago the women who were prominent as 
trap shooters could be counted on the fingers of both 
hands—and at that some of the fingers would be in idle- 
ness. 
There are thousands 
“scatter gun’ and 
‘Theretarey1ust 
women 
Conditions are different now. 
of women who are proficient with the 
ardent devotees of “the sport alluring.” 
as many Dianas of the traps now as there are 
golfers. This is a broad statement, but it is true. 
Woman loves and admires the best there is in the 
world. She loves the great outdoors just as much as the 
imembers of the stronger sex; she loveswthe suri,” the 
mountains, the stream and the open forest. She enjoys 
the pleasure of outdoor recreation in which she can par- 
ticipate with her sweetheart, husband or children. Many 
of the outdoor pastimes are too strenuous for women. 
Trapshooting isn’t a strenuous pastime. It is the ideal 
outdoor sport for the fair sex. Jt is a sport that lends 
all the pleasures, minus all the disturbing elements asso- 
ciated with field shooting. 
Trapshooting isn’t a fad. It isn’t a sport in which 
any particular section of the country leads or sets the 
pace. Women are not taking to the traps and firing at 
the “blue rocks” because it is the fashion; they are be- 
coming interested in the sport because of its beneficial 
effects. They want to remain young. © Annie Oakley, 
known in private life as Mrs. Frank EF. Butler, and for 
more than a score of years the greatest woman shot in 
the world, says no other recreation will do so much 
toward keeping women in good health as trapshooting. 
Ii keeps them young, interested and enthusiastic. Mrs. 
Harold Almert, of Chicago, the women’s a'vateur cham- 
pion of America, became a devotee of the “scatter gun” 
because she wanted to participate in the same sports as 
lier husband and children, and she is never happier than 
when she is with them before the traps. 
These are only a few of the wonderful shooters in 
the ranks of the women, If you at any time see a squad 
of women carrying gun cases do not jump at the con- 
clusion that they are militant suffragettes. Far from i 
aheycare just American women going out for a days a 
pastime at the great American sport—trapshooting. 
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POMER: ANIANS have held their own through many — 
battles for supremacy as pet dogs. The little Pom’s_ 
individual “style” easily makes it ‘‘the toy of the day.” 
Starting first as a general favorite in England his popus— 
larity has spread throughout the fashionable world and — 
he a today, the acknowledged pet in dogdom. Long be- 9 
fore he became so popular “his breed was found in many 
yarts of Europe. Although his origin is uncertain it me 
supposed that in prehistoric times the Samoyades, in mi-— 
grating from their native land into Pomerania, a pro-— 
vince in Prussia bordering on the Baltic sea, took their 
dogs with them and that these became the progenitors «of 
ihe present Pomeranian or Spitz. However uncertain the 
nare and origin may be it is an assured fact that the little © 
Tellow possesses a make- -up which miniature rivals in dog- 
dom lack. 
One does not have to go to New York, London orm 
elsewhere to find the best in their line. Right here on~ 
the North Shore are seen some of the most fascinating 
and characteristic of the breed. And the North Shore 
also supports some Pomeranian kennels which cannot be — 
surpassed. Here the cunning little dogs can be seen from 
earliest puppyhood to their mature erowth. ; ;. 
Pomeranian admirers seek for certain points in the > 
cog. In appearance he should be compact and well-kmit.” 
A fox like face and head, keenly sensitive erect ears, and | 
an expression of brightness and intelligence should mark | 
the active little fellow. As to color we like fim™ besas 
when he is black, white, brown or chocolate, sable, blue- 
and gray. His coat must be profuse and cover the whole 
body in its silky fineness. This forms his undercoat and 
inakes a bedding for his outer coat of longer hairs which — 
have a stand- off appearance like a frill around his neck 
end forepart and also feathers his hind legs, corresponding — 
in fluffiness to the tail. These wonderful tails mark the ~ 
little Pom and add to its “style.” They are turned flat | 
over the back and spread out in a rich profuseness of — 
hair, and frequently are known to touch the head and 
spread over the neck ruff. The little fellow’s nose is an 
important item. It should be black in black or white 
Poms. In other colored dogs a brown or liver- colored | 
nose is allowable, but it must never be parti-colored and | 
never be white to be considered good style. These “toy 
Pomeramians” range in weight from 3% to 8 pounds. | 
"o the devoted possessors of the little creatures the scale 
of 100 points adopted by the Pomeranian Club of Ph 
Gelphia may be of interest. The coat receives 25 points 
general appearance 15; body, tail and color, each 10; head 
eyes, ears, nose, neck and shoulders and legs score” oy 
Meredith Nicholson, in that recent delightful book, 
“The Poet” dwells upon the endless fascination of tennis. | 
Qf the many girls who play capital tennis, he singles ot 
th ose who show. the snappy stroke with the racket and 
“make a champion look well to her knitting,” and adds, 
“You know how pretty a girl is on a tennis: court,—the 
is, a graceful girl, all in white,—a tall, fair girl Ww 
fluffy ‘hair: a very wide-awake girl, who can make 
smashing return or drop the ball with maddening ea 
just over the net with a quick twist of the wrist.” His 
ideal girl is “lithe, eager, sure of hand and foot—one wh 
delights in the outdoor life.’ “If we would all get ou 
under a June sky with our troubles we’d be a good de 
Lappier. It was a bad day for the human race when it 
roved indoors.” . 
