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Smart Neu; Arrfuals
Make Dress
Business Hum!
and "There's a Reason"--They
Surely are Beautiful
Embroidery -inul braid are jised
to a i-oiiwideralile extent.,' which
makes' this splendid dress, ;jut
received, oik- of the most .stylish
of tlie season.
Tfc can be bad cither in i'iim
all-wool serge or rich taffeta.
foliar can be worn open as
well as cjosed an admirable
costume for street wear.
Dresses with the .apron front
and Hie s unvested bustle are fea
tured in nil1 stocks.
Rome new arrivals, both in sere and silk,. war
rant your inspection.
E. E. KIRTLEY
. LADIES' READY-TO-WEAR
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BRITISH WOMEN
JNAWARBASI
'"Grannies" Now Wear Overalls
and Put in Time Sewing.
ALL ARE DOING THEIR BIT
The "Society" Butterfly of the Past
! Has Become the National Bee of the
I Present The Bashful "Flapper" Is
j Now an Alert Young Woman Who
Beguiles' Shillings for Charitable
I Purposes. J
! The war hns wrought great changes'
upon the occupations, vocational and
otherwise, of the women of Kngland.
A picture of the new order of things
was Riven recently by Margaret Bell,
writing in the London Dally Mall. She
says :
"Boarding houses are full today, hut
the alms and conversations have taken
on a different tone. The uncertain
lyears arc disguised under a uniform,
tlie Incomes are augmented by war
activities, the trivial gossip has turned
into serious discussions on the ways
nnd means to do the utmost for tlie
country In Its present need.
' "The 'society' butterfly of the past
has become the.? national bee of the
present, nnd busily hums her way I
(among fields of service which are not
lulways fields of clover. '
j Old Women In Overalls.
' "Rone are the grandmothers who
,once assumed the role of elderly nd-
Ivlscr and were content to leave actual
.practicalities to the married daughter.
:The one-time gray satin or black lace
ihas found a temporary haven on some
obscure shelf, and the overalls nnd
veil of a sewing sisterhood arc sufll-
icient evidence that granny's present j
role Is not only an advisory one. ,
i "The shy 'flapper.' with errant pig-,
italls and a keen appreciation of choco- j
lute Ice cream sodas hns given way to
tthe alert .young woman who beguiles!
shillings for charitable purposes andj
, evinces practical Interest In the rou-j
tine of house nnd kitchen maiding. j
' "The woman of no especial charm
jnnd limited menns. whose hours were
'snont in nlannlnir how to make laeeed '
L.,t .,.,.- .,, f1...1c Hmn tn nti.A ll.r,
ibenefit of her experience to unfledged
Ihousewlves who ore launching their i
first barques on the sea of domestic
duties.
' Discards Her Lethargy.
"The struggling governess still
.struggles, but the rays of her pedagog
ical searching are not all focused on
iher own work. On days when she Is
'not employed In others' houses she
'does gratuitous service among the
workwomen's children who play In the
jgutters outside her home,
"The war has transformed the
lethnrglc woman who never left her
Iboudolr until the sound of the lunch
con gong came pealing up the stairs
'nnd announced that her first activities
were about to begin. She has discard
ed her lethargy, as she used to discard
lier last season's hat, and may be seen
any morning hurrying nway to some
office or canteen, even before the milk-1
ninlds' carts have left the streets.
' "Gone, toO Is the lncnpable house-1
wife who once boasted of her Ignorance
Of culinary things. The kitchen is the j
Held of her operations today and ra
tional living Is her hobby." !
f THE FLAG, YOUR J
FLAG AND MINE I
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By FRANK BRANAN.
(Of the Vigilantes.) ,
'. Azure blue of the fur-off sky,
Starry sweep of a nation's eye, .
Emblem of glory that cannot die
The Flag, your flag and mine.
Crimson stripes of heroes' blood,
(Kresh with u never-fulling flood)
Sacred, unsullied, unfurled to God
The Flag, your flag and mine.
"WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS mark
an epoch In our NATIONAL LIFE."-T-Secretary
HcAdoo. ,
WILSON AS POTENTATE
Gypsies Turn, to President When
Deadlocked on King.
Wrangling Over Election of Successor
; . to Late Ruler, They Adjourn With
out Making Choice.
Berkeley, Cal. The Gypsy world has
a new potentate. He Is President
Woodrow Wilson. To him flrteen hun
dred representatives of the wandering
tribes have pledged their fealty.
Assembled to elect a king, they have
split up Into factions and are wrangling
over the candidate who shall succeed
his late Majesty Alexander, who died
several months ago at Sacramento.
But while undecided ns to whom
they should choose to pledge their al
legiance, the Gypsy delegates are unit
ed in tlie admission that no matter how
strong may be their attachment to
kingly rule, they and their sovereign
tenis, started their automobiles,
"checked out" at their hotels nnd
purled.
JACKIES MUST SPRUCE ' UP
Those Qlvan Shot Lve Must
Properly Pressed and Must ..
Havs Money. .
Grent Lakes, 111. Orders Issued by
Lieut, t'om. A. O. Wllhelra. drill officer,
specify that Jucklen granted shore
leave hereafter shall wear only regula
tion blue clothes and "pancake" hat.
.And the ..clothing worn .iiiqst be clean
Jand unwrlnkled.
The order bars the following: Gray,
brown anil blue nonregulatlon sweat
:ors and mufflers. Such articles of
Iclothlng may beworn If tucked out of
islght untlttr regulation garments.
; Watch cups nr barred.
Under unother order no man may
go ashore "broke." He must convince
,hls commanding nlllcer that he has
euough cash to tuke him to and from
,tho station. . -. ;
; The clothing order is the result of
jmauy juekleg appearing In Chicago and
other nearby cities -in nondescript
clothing. ' i . -
PROVE MERIT AT SHOP WORK
Women Are Better Substitutes for
' Skilled Workers Than Untrained
Male Laborers. .
Sacramento, Cal. Women proved
better war-time substitutes for man
skilled In sliopwork than tbe average
untrained male laborer, according to
P.. 11. Potter, general storekeeper for
the Southern I'uclllc company. Exper
iments with eight young women put at
work sorting scrap Irou, cleaning bolls
and familiarising themselves with sim
ple machinery have convinced Potter
that should further raids be made upon
his forces he will be able to keep going
on an efllclent basis by employing
women. 1
tnnst bow to the president of the Unit
ed States.
" In automobiles, In Pullman palace
cars, In buggies and wagons and old
"prairie schooners" the Gypsies came
from all parts of the country. For
weeks they have been loitering jn
northern California.
Queen Mary, widow of the late king,
objected to the balloting for his SUC'
censor, claiming that she wns entitled
to rule. The necessity for having n
male hand at Hie helm wns pointed
out. Then there arose Michael Adams,
sixteen-year-old nephew of the de
ceased sovereign, but the leaders pro
claimed Mm but a boy.
"A man must rule," become theli
slogan.
"Woman has (he vote. Why should
woman not reign?" said the queen,
-Agreement was Impossible, and the
Gypsies decided that there could be
no lawful selection of a new ruler un
til the body of good King Alexander
should repose In un appropriate muuso
li'tiin. A lnrae detegntlon packed their
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Sunday One porkless meal;
evening meal whciatleas.
Monday One porklesB meal;
uso no wheat. :
Tuesday Usa no pork; even
ing meal wheatless,
Wednesday One meal;
less; use no wheat,
Thursday One meal
less; evening weal wheat
less. Friday One porkless meal ;
evening meal wheatless.
Saturday Use no pork; even
ing meal wheatless.
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