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Show MORN! VOL. DL NO. aTY OGDEN 84 WORLD-WID- E W"h - EXAMINER UTAH, SUNDAY MORNING, RlSta (All 1. more hrre March w lnerett and Importance 15.-T- . ap-- than the aanctlon new E by Mr. Haldane, the (itn eatab-o- f liberal Secretary of War, to the the Legion of Frontier- Apparently it a field of operu-to be the whole wide world, it, component part the Britishgapin' moat vigorous end plcturon the aurface In b' Ha ancra rorocit, aaff OtxaaiOT liwtR font Unfa ff iff 'w.llnws tk. N1 Inhablianta those of whom wrote: Therrt a legion that never was listed. That carries no colors or crest. But split In a thou .and detachments, Is breaking the road for the real. Of the beat men of this heretofore horde a new "wholly unauthorized army Is now to be formed, entirely ceqiie Kipling drilian In .orgaiiiutlon, unfettered by and say rsd tape, in time of peace, but ready, there la a wfeirver and whenever shindy, to take the field and tackle Ightlng Jobs for which the rough affords ul ready life of the frontiermachine-hide In fetter training than any army provide. Brauwe America contains better Moist then -- la found anywhere else jt tr.tkt WM14 fbr the formation of a 25, 150a. with that will afford excellent opportune ties for the employment of Just such a force, the romantic story at the founding at the Legion of Frontiersmen, Its plan and scope, will be at great Interest to American readers. The founder of tbi new army la Roger Pocock, an English gentleman rover, author and adventurer, who has spent man of the forty years of his life In hunting trouble and has been gorgeously successful in fludlng It. That la shown by bis thrilling book, "A Frontiersman.' which Is really his autobiography, and hla wildly exciting story, Curly, which Is based on his own .personal experience, among the robbers of, the Wild West. He baa taken part in several campaigns and has engaged in no less than thirty varieties of the damned fool trades, as he rails thrm, because we who serve In them get only a small part of our wage in cash, taking the balance in kind, in excitement, discomfort, adventure, plague, pestilence and famine, battle, murder and sudden death. It was at the Ravage Club that Mr. Pooork told me the story of the foundof From ter a men. ing of the the klr. Pocock Is one Personally ' gentlest of savages. Soft of speech, urbane of manner, there is nothing about him remotely suggestive of a daredevil, according to the popular no tkma of that type of character. That makes him all tne more interesting. It seta you wondering what It la in him, of which the outer man conveys no hint, that haa impelled him so often to go forth on the long trail and risk hla life, apparently Just for the sheer Joy of risking it. In civilized iife, he aaid, a mustache and trousera are held auffleient evidence of manhood. But to enter our ranks a mat) must first be Deith and with passed . by Dr. merciless certainty be tells the unfit to fall out. 80 we are trained men: yet those who have been through our training have usually born more or less da maxed. Having been out in (he weather, we are not pleaaing to the medlcel eye, for our moat alert hunters, needing four eyee In their taken to spectacle; our . have couta are apt to he gone at the knees; our fighters have been variously puuetnreA with small inns ammunition; imr rough riders have their in- buai-nea- England and endurance, make many at us medical- took to writing book. tiu all the ahile ly unfit. the idea at the Legion of Frontiersmen Mr. Pocock himself, though still a was ; simmering In bin mind. s fighting man, belongs 10 the On Christmas Etc, mm. he said, latter category, While chasing Lcui, 1 was silting In the Savage Club,' outRiel, the famous French-Canadis- n bored with myself aud with law, he had the toes of his right foot else, and I concluded that Iteverybody an high frosen off. time to begin the listing of the legion It was shout ten years ago that some that never was lieted.' To start a new Idea of enlisting the legion that nev-- army I bad twenty-thre- e good English was listed" first occurred to him. At that time he had temporarily abandoned hla favorite pastime of hunting for trouble on the outskirts of clvilisa-tion and was sojourning in London. I waa sharing rooms, he said, with a publisher and a chap who had late-- , ly started ait insurrection in Chins In the hope of getting himself made Em-- j peror, but was compelled to give up! the notion when he was caught with a All! shipload of arm, on the Yang-tie- . the filibusters In London used to gather at our rooms to spin yarns and drink punch. It struck me then that s club erf adventurers would he good fun. and that U might be extremely useful In bringing together the sort of men who could best serve the empire as guides, scouts and raiders In warfare. Nothing, however, came of It, and I started hunting trouble again as captain of a pack train in the West. Later, as a scout In Routh Africa dur- ' ing the Boer war, I happened to get punished for feeding grass to horse by an officer who didn't know that the g horse wae a animal. t I realised than that, we Frontiersmen were being put- - to wrong uses, and my subsequent, experience In the campaign strengthened that conviction. We had tumbled all over each other to take a band in the fight. Outnumbering th Boerk, we Frontiersietu-jui- i, sik g, p. men of the Euiplrt, Instead of beating them at their owa game, frittered sovereigns and some good American at soldiers cheek. away our strength-playing- , and Imitating Tommy.. It Is with no Obviously the first thing to be done grudge, but with loving admiration was to Inoculate others Uh the same that we own up now how well he knew Idea and set them to work to boom It. his business. But had we come, not Mr. Pooork found that on many men as amateurs but aa guides, aa scouts, at weight and Influence the leogons of as pioneers, as .borenien for flying the South African war had produced raids; with our. own. leaders and or- the same Impression as on him. Among ganization, our own methods, tools and the first to promise their help were weapons we might have done much to Mor ley Roberts, shle seaman and e bring the war to. a.' swifter, more de- novelist; Trooper Percy Burton, Hyne, deep sea fireman and novelcisive, more mecuiful .end. But It was the Boers who served as .frontiersmen, ist; Edgar Wallace, private aoldler and with the leader, and organisation, the war eorrespondraL; H. A. Uwynne, methods, tools and. weapons of fron- waeoorreapuqdieit and editor of the tier warfare, and. they peeved the value Standard. The Rail ot IsNimUte was first-clas- 1 I . grass-feedin- suai Cul-llff- 9 A been selected, but he haa qualifications that eminently fit him for the post apart from his .title. He is the only explorer who ever croased Arctic America and one of the few Amic explorers who never needed a rescue expedition. He is also an old Wyoming hunter and is accounted the beat horse master tracker in England. Fir Henry Beton-Karanother old Wyoming hunter, was made chairman of the Executive Council. Among other wbo gave their .hearty support to the movement and Joined the General Council were Admiral Prinee Ixrals of most democratic of princes and efficient of sailors; Admiral Bir Percy Scott, the man a 1th the rum ai ladysmlrh; General Bir John French, the English Sheridan of cavalry lewder; Irnhant of Brabant's Horae; Mike Rlmington. Ilia great Irish scout leader, and moat of the oilier generals of the South African war; Sir Reginald Hart, who won the Vtcioiia Cross in the Afghan campaign at 'TV; Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Captain Har-rda Wlndt, the explorer, and a boat of more or less famous men, representative of the tribe who have paved the oea with their bone and made the distant lands of the empire fertile with their blood. To the actual working, fighting frontiersmen out In the wilderness was left the creation of the plana by which they were to he leagued together In the service of the empire, Seventy thousand copies of a rough draft scheme were sent out to them for correction and amendment, aad the revising wm kept up so long ai practicable suggestions came In. By thla method, after the lapse of some mouths, a Scheme of organisation waa developed which possessed the great merit of reprcRnnting the views of the great majority of those consulted, its essential feature la the provision mede for the running of the show by frontiersmen themselves. The service for which we are especially adapted in war, aaid Mr. Pocock, is guiding, scouting and pioneering, rather than fighting, and the hind at training we need la not provided in any army. It la doubtful, too. If any army which trains men in the mass could make the best use of frontiersmen who are only useful in small details as specialists. For we are neither cavalry, Infantry nor artillery, and in any existing arm of the eervloe could r, y 1. What with of paintings In fashionable clubs and at known picture dealers, and Georges Pesuch aa Durand-Rutjie theater and tha tit with dinners, book haa been pretty opera, our week well filled up and tha day no kmger auflloea for nil wa want to do. Yet wa ara 'barely In March. What will tt he later on when everybody le In town, when neither the Riviera nor Algiers attracts ua, end wa have nqt tpe excuse of Len as n pretext for refusing Invitations? It will probably be nervous prostration lurking behind every door we open or abut. And the Inevitable solution will, be the rest cufe In June, with long houts of enforced alienee spent lylngon a couch looking nut on some fine mountain view In Bwluer-lan- d. The1 expiation la not dreadful enough to deter any of us from amusing o Creel vea now, and wo certainly do manage to get a good rime out of the present. After a morning spent in some congenial occupation email luncheons begin our day. .It la tha correct thing for the young matron to 'drive with her children, accompanied by a German or English governess, In her motor car toward II oclqck. It la almost tha only time In tha day when these society mothers see thgir children or have an opportunity of listening to their prattle, for they muat be home at half past 11. dress and be ready for a luncheon party df six or eight covers at 1 a luncheon which It is now the custom to serve, a 1anglslae, a few dlshea served rapidly.. Pretty cloth dresses bordered with fur and worn with abort richly embroidered boleros are the proper things for such occasions, although sometimes an empire robe ex-in soft, fine light colored doth la an ception, but the really elegant woman refuses to wear these loose garments during the day. Tha Jupe princess la, however; a favorite, made high like a corselet reaching Just above the bust. Over this la tba short bolero which hangs quits loons as a smart contrast to the tight fitting skirt. The effect Is stunning and seta off the figure to great coradvantage. A smart gown of the selet genre worn recently by a very swagger .woman was of black panne with .braces and girdle of silver and chenille embroidery over a blouse of ' Irish Iks On nins, out of ten of the smart wide tucks or walking aklrts on findslook like tucks. bias fold arranged to Often they reach from valst to hem and are of uniform width four or five I have seen several empire Inches. walking gowns made with these tucks, but as I frankly driest empire atyle for of the atreet I find this trimming out the femiplace. Apropos of walking, are Bole doing, nine pedestrian In the stunt aa you any in America, a few move along In the trotting Una. They In some mysterious wayit cannot be savors of called walking, and fioaUng the supernatural, bat moving really describee tha action most accurately. A subdued nets of black velvet la a mode of tha day after tomorrow. This carried very chle note Is charmingly OY ehlffon out on a gown af el . . SHADE 05 LACE. ex-te- vide for the security erf the empire. Since, however, no such proposal as ours had ever he a made before In the history of the world the enrollment In time of peace of a defensive army scattered over the planet - they were up against a difficult proposition. However, after some six months at negotiations, ws suoceffded In winning the good will of Die then Secretary of War, Arnold Foster, and everything looked bright tor the consummation of our hope when, five days later, the government fell and we had to begin all over again. We set to work on Mr. Arnold's successor, Mr. Haldane. We found him to be a profound student of military affair and a great administrator, who la probably demised to .be tbe great liberal leader of the future. On February 1 G he gave bis official sanction to our schemes, and we art free tq go ahead on our own lines. Asked how the schema of enrollment would be carried out, Mr. Pocock said: Every district in the world where there are Hritlshera contains some men who have keen service In the or at era. These we will bring Into contact and ask them to form a this clnb. We do not la a social, sport ing. athletic, ride, polo, racing or hunting club; 1U premise may be a palace, a pami .public house, or tents; Ha fund ls care-whethe- r LOSS UIIULIi tfei Lkim iff will be right of entry In lie Mae. These games will be eompetltfoni In uch matters aa shooting, wrestling, loading a pack borae, rough riding; rough driving, scouting and raiding, all of direct use a a training for war. The district games in each Mate or province will be played . for sweep-etakto find the champion teams. Such champion teams will, we hope, have transport and sustenance to compete in the region games for each regions aa Australia, Canada or the l'nlied Kingdom. Region champion teama will then be granted transport and sustenance to attend the Legion games held every third year la London. The expenses will Its met-- out of the gate money, the prises will be granted by ths executive, .and the purpose of uie garnet rain-swe- laoSw at es t (Conttaued 4a Pa fa 9 ' PARIS, - be useful must form a distinct arm, not man, treasurer and secretary, and It belonging to tho army bnt attached must subscribe to our mice before it while on active service with our become a command of (he legoa oC own organisation and appli- Frontiersman. The moat Important ances, our own tactics and ainucgy, command will be that In London, the iielpiug tba field force and ebedient to rallying center for our tribe throughthe general officer commanding. out the world. For the its The next Job to be tackled was headquarters will be No. present ff Adams offles the war ihe sanction of getting street. Strand. to ibe raising of an army wbuae conTbe main advantage of mem be stitution forbade any meddling with ship In (ha Legion at Pall Mall officialdom. Had it by auch an audactoua proposition been presented More the South African war it would have met with prompt aud conBut tempt uoua rejection, probably. that war, H would seem, baa waked up the war office to a much greater thin the British public le aware. The War Office. said Mr. Pocock, ha a bad name, but we found It composed of liberal, progressive, broadminded men. fully alive to their responsibilities, up to dale in every respect, and anxious to do their beat to pro- a March exhibition 15 A DEEP HABB05- FIVE CENTS E.H 909999999999999999999999999999999909999999999999 COAT PRICE ORGANIZATION OF FRONTIERSMEN AND ROUGH RIDERS. chk" C 'I-- ,h. L.... . t. . Ctfprriftt Girat Lflod-w- MARCH pkt 9 9 9 99 1140. Thera Is consolation In tha fact evolved In the ubiquitous corselet fashion. Thera is a folded blouaa of gray that tha shops ara keeping awfully good crepe de chine, and tha corselet skirt looking suits st a moderate price. The princess silhouette, which le Inbaa at the bark two long at raps of of tha skirts and cloth which mas over the shoulder dicated In and button down tha front of the skirt coats of tha moment, haa made tha Just below the waist Una. These atraps celntura of little account. Yet there ara about four Inches wide and edged ara any number of women who pride on each aide with a narrow line of black themselves on Uieir rhle who utterly velvet. A tie of two Inch velvet la refuse le part with the belt under any Buck women know the draped from ths shoulder seams of the consideration. blouse and crosses In an X effect at value of a well chosen belt aa a finish tha top of the doth bodice. There are to tha costume, whether It be the simsoft puffs of gray chiffon from ihe ple skirt and blouse arrangement which shoulder to elbow and beyond them Is completed by a smart patent leather or extremely tight mitten sleeves which suede belt or the gala toilet finished hang over tha wrists and tall In half with a deep swathed Louis XVI. corslet moons over ths hands. eeintutw. And for these devotees there Sheath aklrts are going to be with are few coats that do not admit of a ua again this spring. Indeed, I might belt being worn to bold the figure at with truth go farther and aay that the tbe back and aides. The belt and tha eelakln drew la already within aighL wearing of It are points In which one On tha stage and at some of the ultra must work out one's own modlstle salfaahionable entertainments lately have vation and be guided by Instinct. If appeared remarkable gowns loaded with Instinct tell us wa look best whenIt.well Irglittering paillettes. These Jupea are belted It is right, depend upon akin tight from waist to knees; at which respective of the promptings of Caahlan. we era bent upon keeping point they flats extravagantly to tha At present hem. At the moment froCka of this the lines of the figure unbroken, end, rut and good variety ara the notable exception, but given an aIrreproachable the few specimen that ara in evidence flgure.tla consummation devoutly to be have come to as on tha wings of the wished. Certain of the princess corselet skirts have upward lines of braiding nr wind which is gnMIng fashion1 bark. The art nnuvnu Jewelers are work- embroidery molding hips and waist, but Is not pleasing. ing hard to create an Interest In the tho effect haa Rumor gone forth that there are classical bandeaux and Jeweled ear taswho sels that recall tbe days of Cleopatra. positively left In the land women wlae enough to admit themselves At a reception the other evening I saw a a wonderful example of this art nou- elderly and who desire, moreover, veau on the bead of a Russian singer. knowledge of fashions suited to tho of fact, despite the It was a bend of filigree silver worn phase. Aa aofmatter lata years to Ignore adlow down on the forehead. At either disposition alxty-flv- e side, JusP below the ears, were dleks vancing age, the years between aa sarand eighty can be rendered of the same set with eeed pearls. From If met In a symthese disks depended several chains of torially satisfactory. spirit, as aweet seventeen. Tha pearls and three or four tassels finished pathetic real art of making an old lady's dreaa off with baroque pearl. Of course this curious Readdress a success Ilea In having It aa light aa could only be worn by special women. possible. To avoid the weight of plaits The fair Russian proved one of the an attractive trimming la affected, with chosen. Her rwldlsh hair waa dressed a tahllar cairled out in simulated tucks It Is very seldom that a figure Inst to drawn becomingly quite simply, being heed Its youthftil proportions, whether It all a bunch with her of up to the top or Inclined to embonpoint can be thin over the well forward of curls falling off successfully a perfectly plain this carry, songstress the way, bandeau. By should ho broken lines, from Jhe exart realm had a deliciously bodice. Themeffective ara those brought most pure contralto voles and accompanied and thewith fichu effects that Impart herself while standing at the piano. shout stout and breadth to the This poso waif a new departure, but a length to theshrunken. A little slim and very successful one. The accompanigoes a long way toward ment was very simple and very soft, that bolsters disguising physical defects. Another something like a ripple hsndn frequently made la leavup a recitation, and her notes.seemedis fatal mistakethat telltale portion of the It touch the exposed ing to unconsciously anatomy, tbe neck. The ordinary high doubtful whether this style of accomany save the collar la not enough to soften the lines. paniment would suit songa, but. In What Is needed la a full ruche to hide weirdly melancholy Kievmore sustained nature's unklndneas. Thla ruche may nothing tbla Instance lace waa required. The whole effect waa be either .of white chiffon, net or or fine, put on In a double very pfkited fascinating. unmistakably according to fancy. Dreaemakers and milliner, too. are single ypw connection with caps a welThen In so lofty in their prices that even the sense la the recome sign min. of artistic to a think have wealthiest patrons ends. The the of arturn a for lappet graceful longed ute before purchasing and ribbon lace Infinitesimal Of of to whfsps commit the not folly ticle In order that have been doing duty for these extravagance. Until lately moat women headdresses hare been replaced by the could manage one gown a year, at least of' soft, old tinted lace with mantilla' waa Thla dress maker. from a good ends' brought forward over the copied and Imitated in a variety of the ' So graceful and becoming shoulders. In thla and costume ways in other this' is that It will appeal arrangement 1W for It the worth manner waa paid simple, short skirted to all Hght'nilnded old ladies. Today even CATHERINE TALBOT. waikUiB gown, a costume trotteur, coat two-thlr- da iri . e JJl C0KSE1ET GOWN 07 BLACK PANNE VELVET, ' : J r i V. |