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Show THE SAUNA SUN, SAUNA, UTAH LOVELY LACE-LADE- N HATS OF LACE OR simplicity Is the best policy TnAT apply to miladys daytime ap- parel, but It docs not, this season, extend to ber wear for slumberland and her dainty undergarments. While the practicality of tailored lingerie is recognized, and the well appointed wardrobe should always Include a dependable supply, still when It comes to present prevailing sentiment, fancy Is turning to underthings whose encbnnt-- By ALFRED SORENSON N TUB United States naval ! - shlp-of-w- world-famou- s nre the new summer hats which express themselves In lacy effects. Not only is lace Itself ascendent In the realm of millinery but lacy straw, or In other words, lace made out of straw, Is one of the charming ideas exploited tills season. The revival of Tuscan lace straw la one of the very happy happenstances Its of millinery for this summer. imparts to dressy quaint lncc-wor- k Ilall no name occupies a of Fame more prominent niche than that of Stephen Decatur whose heroic and daring deeds Illumine the pages of American history and have been told In many a thrilling tale. Born In Maryland In 1789, our hero was given the name of Stephen In honor of his father, Commodore Stephen pecatur, who not only played an Important part in the War of the Revolution, but In the war with prance commanded the Delaware, carrying twenty guns, and In 1800 was In command of a squadron of thirteen vessels. ' It was but natural that the boy should have a longing to follow In the footsteps of his father, 'on whose ship he made his first voyage. When his desire for a naval life became known to Com modore Barry that officer secured a mldshlpmun's warrant for him and started him on his adventurous and brilliant career, lie began his service when he was eighteen years old under Commodore Barry on the frigate United States. It was on this ship that young Decatur became acquainted with James Barron, then a lieutenant, at whose o 'hanijs he was to meet his death In a duel twenty-twlater. years Jh frigate United States was sent to the jWeit Indies, and Decatur, having made good," kwas soon promoted by Commodore Barry to a lieutenancy, provisionally, and the appointment was confirmed by President Adnms. While on his Jseeond cruise Decatur performed an act of great bravery. A member of the crew, who could- not 'swim, fell overboard, and Decatur without a moments hesitation leaped after him and supported him until a ships boat came to the rescue. While his ship was temporarily In the harbor of Philadelphia Lieutenant Decatur was assigned to recruiting duty. Several of his men, whom he had enlisted, deserted and took service on an India merchantman. lie demanded their surrender, but the first officer not only refused to deliver the 'deserters but grossly Insulted him. Thereupon Decatur .laid the matter before Ids father, who told him to demand an apology, and, If denied, then to send a challenge to tight He acted accordingly, and an apology being refused he Issued a challenge, which was accepted. Decatur told his friends that he did not Intend to kill the officer, but would merely wound him In the hip. ,The duelists met In a secluded spot on the banks of the Delaware and exchanged shots. Decatur, jwho escaped Injury, kept his word. He winged his man In the exact spot where he hod said he would. When the brief war with France was ended the navy was reduced, but Decntur was retained with other lieutenants. In 1801 he wns asthirty-sito the Essex, commanded by CapL William signed Balnbridge, nnd while cruising In the Mediterranean the ship put Into the port of Barcelona for a brief anchorage. The boats of the Essex while going to and from the shore at night were halted by the officers of a Spanish doing police duty In the harbor. Decntur called on the proper officer and presented a remonstrance. Beirig treated In a most discourteous manner, he declared he would not let the matter drop. The next day he visited the Spanish ship, but was unable to find the officer tylio had Insulted him. Upon taking his departure he left a message, couched In very hostile language, for the offending Spaniard. On reaching shore Decntur made a thorough search for him, being determined to call him to account The officer kept under cover took a hand In until the Spanish captain-genera- l the afTalr, nnd with the aid of Captain Bninbrldge prevented a duel. In the summer of 1S02 Decatur was promoted to first lieutenant and was assigned to duty on the frigate New York, commanded by Barron, who had risen to a captaincy. The ship sailed for the Mediterranean, cruising In that sea for several months. When war was declared against tin Algerian pirates, who were raiding American merchant vessels and demanding large sums of money for Immunity, which the Uplted States refused to pay although other nations "came across with the required tribute and thus bought the freedom of the Mediterranean, Decatur was given command of a brig and sailed to join the fleet at the scene of trouble. It was In the harbor of Tripoli that Decatur engaged In a most perilous adventure that made nnd caused his nflme to be him Indelibly written In the annals of brave deeds. The frigate Philadelphia, running on a rock while In pursuit of a pirate vessel, was captured by the enemy, nnd CapL William Bainbridge and the entire crew were taken prisoners. Captain Balnbridge managed to send from his prison an apparently Insignificant letter to Commodore Treble In the harbor of Syracuse, and Treble, suspecting that It concealed a matter of Importance, held It against the flame of a candle which exposed a message written in lemon Juice. Captain Bainbridge suggested that a party of men, under trusty officers, be sent Into the harbor of Tripoli and either retake, or burn, or blow up the Philadelphia, which the pirates had refloated, repaired, nnd manned for action. Commodore Treble promptly acted on the suggestion and issued a call for volunteers. Decatur and other valorous officers at once offered to lead a party and carry out the plan of attack. Decatur, however, was given the command owing volunteers to his priority, and with seventy-fiv- e from his ship, the Siren, embarked In a fifty-tox LINGERIE; LACY STRAW XTlTfaZ)Q7& JTZPJZ&r ketch fpr the harbor of Tripoli. This little vessel hnd been captured from the Tripolitans a few weeks previously by Decatur and had been renamed the Intrepid. With her intrepid crew she proved true to her nnme. She carried a large supply of combustibles, explosives, and cutlasses. Under cover of the night of February 1C, 1804, the Intrepid was rowed directly to the Thiladel-plil- a and made fast. Decatur gave the order to lioard the vessel, and his men climbed to the deck. The Tripolitans were taken completely by surprise nnd were mowed down, one after the other, by the Americans with their cutlasses. The onslaught wns terrific and merciless. More than twenty Tripolitans were killed at the first attack. Seeing resistance useless, some of the survivors Jumped overboard and were drowned or killed by the Sirens boat crew, who had followed In the wake of the Intrepid. Others hid in the dark recesses of the ship. The capture of tho Thtla-delphwns accomplished In ten minutes, and In less than half an hour she wns a mass of flames. Decatur nnd his.bnnd of heroes escaped amid a shower of shot and shell from the shore batteries nnd returned to Syracuse harbor two days after their audacious exploit. Not one of the fearless adventurers was killed or wounded. Nelson, the distinguished English naval commander, declared It the most daring act of the nge. Upon receiving Commodore Treble's report nnd recommendations congress rewnrded Decatur with a sword and a captains commission. Six months after the destruction of the Phlla-delphDecatur, In command of a fleet of gunboats, began a serief of five attacks on the Tripoli harbor and batteries. One of the gunboats, In command of Decatur's brother, Lieut James Decatur, engaged tn a battle with a pirate craft whose commander surrendered. As the lieutenant was about to take possession the treacherous Tripolitan captain shot him In the head, and he fell back Into his boat dead. Taking advantage of the stunning surprise and excitement of the Americans the corsair rowed rapidly away. Captain Decatur, on hearing of what had happened, gave chase nnd soon overhauled the fugitive boat ITe climbed on board with ten men nnd singled out the murderer of his brother. He was a gigantic Turk, but undaunted by his size and defiant attitude, Decatur attacked him with all the vigor at his command nnd succeeded In killing him. Thus did he quickly avenge the murder of his brother, a bright young man, whom he dearly loved. Following the Tripoli battles Decatur was placed In commund of the frigate Constitution, which became famous as Old Ironsides, nnd Is being carefully preserved as a glorious memorial of the pioneer nnvy. The next year Decatur sailed for home, and In 1808 was promoted to commodore and assigned to the frigate United States as his flngship, on which he had made his Initial cruise in the service of his country. In the War of 1S12 Commodore Decatur captured the British warship Macedonia after a most desperate battle, and for this brilliant victory congress presented him with a gold medal. In 1S15, when In command of the TresidenL he encountered the Endymion off Long Island nnd a fierce fight followed. Ilis men fell thick and fast killed and wounded; his ships spars and rigging were shot to pieces ; the vessel was almost dismantled; finally her battery was silenced. The defeated, dropped out of Endymion, virtual action when other British vessels came up and prepared to put an end to the Iresident by opening fire. Seeing that further fighting was suicidal. Commodore Decatur surrendered to the British squadron not to the Endymion, which had been, severely punished. He handed his sword to Commodore Hayes who returned it at once ns a token of his appreciation of the gallant fight that the Tresident's commander had made. Decatur was paroled on the arrival of the British squadron at the Bermudas and wns sent home. A court of Inquiry Instead of criticising Decatur praised him and his officers nnd crew, the verdict leing they were worthy of the highest commendation. Five days after the peace wirti England, was announced the United States declared war against the bey of Algiers, whose pirates had captured an American merchant ship, the Edwin, nnd sold the crew ns slaves. In two fiercely contested battles with the enemys navy, whose squadron outnumbered the American fleet, Decatur captured two of the best Algerian vessels, and at once headed for the harbor of Algiers with the intention of attacking the shore fortifications. When the fleet came in sight a messenger with a flag of truce Invited Decatur to come ashore to consider a treaty. lie refused and insisted that a treaty, in compliance with his ia la demands! should be Immediately signed. In less than three hours it was signed, sealed ana delivered, and the American prisoners, together with $10,000 indemnity for the capture of the Edwin and her cargo, were immediately handed over. A few weeks later the feet sailed for Tripoli and Tunis, both having violated their treaties and obligations of neutrality. They quickly complied with the terms dictated by Decatur, who received the acclaim of all Europe for breaking up the piracy that has been so boldly carried on by the Expressing Trend of New Lace Trims. Barbary states. Soon after Decaturs return to the United Ing colors and enrichment of lace behats that touch of the exquisite which is so dear to the feminine hearL At States he was appointed a member of the board speak a of navy commissioners,' his colleagues being ComAs to the colors most in favor at the garden party and formal summer modores Rodgers and Forter. It was at this time moment It seems as if certain shades scenes, one beholds the Tuscan straw that the real trouble between Barron and Decatur cf blue are In the lead, such as turpicture hat exploited as it has not originated. quoise nnd the very new nnd popular been for many and many a season In 1807 Barron was in command of the ChesaUdo blue. Nile green nnd peach are past. Oue of the entrancing lacy Tuspeake when she was ordered to heave to by the also well liked. Brides are mostly can straw hais, a Paris creation, by r British Leopard to be searched for choosing either white, cream or some the way, is pictured in the lower left deserters, the English claiming the right of searef one or the other of the new pinks for corner of this group. It has a banding of pastel satin. It is Just such although there was no treaty to that effect. Bar- their trousseau lingerie. ron refused the demand, but made the mistake of extreme types as this which are ao Not oniy is lace lending Its beautinot getting ready for action. The Leopard fired fying presence to a generous degree, swering the call of picturesque suma broadside and continued firing for ten or fifteen but it is most ingeniously employed mery frocks, for hats to wear with shots struck the ChesaTwenty-tw- o minutes. them, which shall accent the spirit It refuses to confine itself to conven members tional yokes nnd herns, but Inveigles of ultra-charnnJ femininity. peake, killing or wounding twenty-on- e It is interesting, too, to discover that of the crew. Barron himself was wounded. The itself into the scheme of things in most Tuscan braid has also entered the Chesapeake, owing to unpreparedness nnd conunexpected and whimsical wnys. fusion, was unable to fire more than one shot, In some instances the garment is so realm of sports millinery. To be sure, not in such emphatically lacy a form when Barron lowered his flag. Four men, charged lacy that it almost if not quite be with being English deserters, were taken over to comes a proposition of ns the dressier modes adopt, hut nevertheless the openwork theme Is exthe Leopard, which then sailed away. lace and material. There is a tenBarron was brought before a court of inquiry, dency .to applique motifs of lace in pressed In a discreet and appropriate of which Decntur was a member. Although the an elaborate way, cutting out the ma way. There is the smart vagabond court found Barron only partially to blame for terial from underneath. sports lint shown in the bottom oval the surrender of his vessel, It sentenced him to it, too, is of Tuscan straw, being an A new note Is sounded in that deep The finding ns to Bar- ecru laces often take the place of tire open patterned braid sewed row and five years suspension. ron's personal conduct virtually acquitted him usual white or cream. These darker row. No transposition toned laces are of cowardice In these words: If hats are not ot lacy straw, then employed not only for of the specifications, or any other modification the pastel-colore- d but they they are very apt to be all of lace. garments, lace makes of the charges themselves, will alter the opinion trim white as well. Especially effecDaintiest of white r of the court as to the firmness nnd courage of the tive are the ecru laces on white satin the hat beautiful, as shown In the accused, the evidence being clear and satisfac- and this combination is proving pop group at the top to the left. Cloches of lace like this one nnd similar to tory." sets. ular for bridal Ilis senter.ee expired five months after the The garments in this picture express the one with the ribbon trim centered . breaking out of the War of 1S12, but Barron, who was In Europe, did not return to the United States until after the declaration of peace. He but then decided to apply for reinstatement, when his petition came before the commissioners . Decatur refused to recommend favorable notion. The principal ground of his objection wns that Barron lmd not returned to take part in the war. Barron, who was reinstated, took exception to certain remarks made by Decatur, who refused to retract but did everything In his power to restore the friendly feeling that had existed between them. A long correspondence followed, but Decatur stood firm. In his replies to Barrons letters he persistently denied that lie bore any Between you .and. me." animosity against him. Decatur wrote, there never has been any personal difference, but I have entertained, and dc still entertain, the opinion that your conduct ns the Chesapeake, an officer, since the affair has been such ns ought to forever bar your readmission to the service." This stinging rebuke sank deep into the heart of Barron, who finally challenged Decatur. They This met on March 22, 1820, at Bladensburg. small village, in the immediate vicinity of Washington, was the scene of the battle between the and became Americans and the British in 1S1-a famous dueling ground. CapL Jesse Elliott acted ns second for Barron nnd Commodore seconded Decatur. Just before the duel . Barron said to Decatur that he hoped to meet him in the next world, nnd to be better friends than I have never been your they had been In this. enemy, replied Decatur. The two men took their stations at eight paces, the distance being shortened two paces owing to the fact that Larron was simiewhnt nearsighted. At the exchange of shots both were wounded In the right hip. Decatur Is reported to have forgiven Barron, but he said that he could not forgive tl.ose who had urged hitn to Would to God you had said this take his life. yesterday, replied Barron. Decatur died within a few hours and was deeply mourned by the enSome Pretty Summer Hat. tire nation. Unswerving loyalty to his country was the outstanding principle of his life. It was the trend of the new lace trims. The to the left are representathe of tlm very latest in millinery. nightrobe to the left is silk, while in Decatur who gave utterance to the famous sentimatechosen is the voile destructible They are of beguiling loveliness, site ever be ment: My country may right. buL lace chniHuuix which fashion is combination. these chemise for the rial or niv wrong, country! right nnd their vogue is sweep waistaccent the models of these Each highlighting offsoon and became senior Barron recovered, the country very ing throughout icer of the navy in 1S30, but never again was in line. It is difficult to imagine anything rapidly. active service. He lived to be eighty two years JULIA BOTTOMLEV of nge, but never fully won back the respect of in the nnme of millinery more lovely, than btnio ctflufiil ap mnre the public which he had once held. super-lovelines- s. man-of-wa- hnif-nnd-ha- lf -- Bain-bridg- e |