Tank Aim s at the T op of
Pikes Peak
NEW SPRING HATS
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Headgear Displays More Trim
ming Than in the Past.
Bright Colors and Gay Flowers Are
Used in Profusion on Many
of the Models.
Paris has said the word and hats
shall display more trimming this sea
son, In consequence, than they have
fo r many days past. Women had
grown accustomed to the lint o f line
and nothing more and they liked It,
but they have bobbed over to the new
style and'the streets are a-bloom with
colors that are bright and flowers that
recall the duys of the Enster bonnet.
It is hard to say whether the hats
are large or small or medium sized,
for there are samples o f each size and
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Climber in preliminary test before attempting to scale Pikes Peak, which
Is 14,000 feet high and always snow covered at the top. The start was made)
from Colorado Springs on behalf of the Victory loan. Similar tanks made
demonstrations all over the country to aid in putting the loan over the top.
Waste Not
"C le a n -U p " Movement Rewarded
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Most Stupendous Literary
Work in History of World An Exquisite Creation o f Moss Roses
The first European encyclopedia
was probably the work o f Abulphara-
glu, tlie first volume o f which was
published 070 years ago. T o the Chi
nese, however, belongs the credit of
having originated the encyclopedia
idea, and Chinn boasts o f having the
largest o f these. The Great Encyclo
pedia o f China Is by far the most stu
pendous literary accomplishment in
(he history o f the world. The work
o f compilation has been carried on
for centuries, and has engaged the
labors o f over 2,000 scholars.
The
“ Yung-Lo-Ta-Tien,” as the work is
called, comprises over 22,000 sections
and Is bound in 11,000 volumes, each
half an inch in thickness. The work
contains n total o f 017,480 pages. The
volumes when laid flat one upon an
other form a stack o f books 450 feet
high. There are only a few complete
sets o f this gigantic work in exist
ence. The first English encyclopedia
was issued In 1020, nnd the great
French one was published in 1751 nnd
succeeding years. Tlie Encyclopedia
Rrltnnnlca was first published by W il
liam Smeiiie, in 1771.
Nestling in a Field of Sunrise Pink,
and a Trace of Delicate Greenery.
shape— the small ones being by far
the most popular fo r this time o f year
when the winds are likely to blow a
gale and when veils are necessary to
The definition o f waste Is apprecia
keep the hat anywhere near the place
bly narrowed by the war which the de
where it naturally belongs.
partment of commerce, In conjunction
They are summer hats with which
with the national “ Clean-Up and Paint-
we are concerned, but straw, the sum
Up” campaign bureau o f the suvings
mer hat materiui, seems to be the least
division
tlie United States treasury,
considered this season. There are hats
o f silk, hats o f satin, hats o f rib
has declared on the city dump. That
institution is a notorious prodigal.
bon, hats o f feathers, tints of flower»,
How extravagant are its destructive
but few and fa r between are the hats
methods, says the Philadelphia Ledger,
o f straw.
Is demonstrated by the government’s
Tlie flower hats are, perhaps, the
plan to exchange W ar Savings stamps
most successful because they have
for sufficient quantities of "trash”
¿lbout them most o f the feeling of
' gathered together as a result o f th#
spring. A whole bunch o f flowers set
spring housecleaning.
on top o f n lady’s head speaks most
Old paper is especially valuable.
eloquently o f the change o f the sea
son. And then the flower lints are
Tlie practice of burning it on the dump
done in such a charming manner just
has been a glaring example o f Am eri
now, with their little blossoms sewed
can extravagance. England was cured
flat to the shape nnd the shape hug
of tills sort o f wanton destruction dur
ing the war. The opportunity of the
ging the form o f the head. The lit
tle veil that ties It all together is Just
American housewife Is now at hand.
the touch which makes the whole com
She can augment her collection of W ar
plete.
Savings stamps, make the cellar neat
Em broidery which has found its way
and nt the same time aid the govern
Into most of the dresses which one
ment If she deals with the “ Clean-Up”
sees nowadays, has taken n foremost
agents who will visit her.
plnce in tlie making of hats. A French
The individual who will venture to |
hat that has reached these shores Is
call anything "worthless trash” nowa
made o f nnsturtium-colored satin—
days is likely to be 'way off in liis eco
I ’ll no be denyln’ that wimmen are fool one o f those nasturtium shades—
nomics.
ish. God Alm ighty made 'em so to match
and It has a narrow, straight brim
the men.—George Eliot.
with n full, rather puffy crown that
As Animals of Earth Grew
Is embroidered nil over the surface
Good Things for the Family.
Smaller So Did the Humans Cold boiled rice may be served in With a winding design o f black silk
various ways, making most nppetlz- embroidery. The brim Is faced with
That the human rnoe, like the nni- Ing dishes. Served with siloed bana black satin to Improve the effect.
ninls of tlie world, was In prehistoric nas nnd cream n most wholesome nnd
A little bonnet lint Is made all of
times of marvelous size Is n theory delightful dessert Is the result.
blue forget-me-nots sewed closely to
that has been advanced by many stu
gether. It lias long streamers o f the
dents of antiquity. It was, however,
narrowest of black velvet ribbons that
Rice With Parsley.
only the French orientalist, Ilenrion,
Cook rice as usual until tender, then tie coqaettishly under the chin o f the
member o f tlie nendemy, who fixed ex season well with butter nnd finely person who is fortunate enough to be
act sizes for the earliest members of minced parsley. Serve with steak In able to wear It.
the race, declaring Adam to have boon place o f potato.
When the hats are made o f straw
122 feet 9 Inches tall nnd Eve 118 feet
they bravely adopt color ns their chief
0.75 Inches, lie also gives n table say
excuse fo r being. One which came
Spring Dish.
ing that Nonh was 103 feet tall, Abra
Take young onions, carrots and peas, from Paris, too, is a brilliant salad
ham, 27 feet ta ll; Moses. 13 feet t a ll; cook until tender, add while cooking a green with a broad brim that is turned
Hercules, 10 feet t a ll; Alexander the little chopped salt pork well browned. up at tlie back and trimmed there
Great, 0 feet tall, nnd Julius Caesar, 5 Just before serving add enough milk with a bow o f wide velvet ribbon of
feet tall. This proves, according to his to serve ns a sauce with tlie vegeta tlie same color.
theories, that grent men are not all bles. Season well nnd serve hot.
Indeed, ribbon bows are the thing
big men, nnd also proves that as the
to do this season. Some stick straight
animals of the eartli grew smaller, so
up Into the air, others droop to the
Parsnip Fritters.
did tlie humans, until today the man
A very nice fritter, nnd one that may lowest possible point, while still oth
who Is more than six feet tall is con lie given to the person who will not ers stand straight out on either side
sidered nbove average height.
ont parsnips ns usually served. Cook adding to the breadth o f the lint.
the parsnip until tender, mash nnd sea
son well, then drop by tenspoonfuls COTTON LINGERIE IN FAVUR
Members of Supreme Court
Into a fritter hatter nnd fry in deep
and Where They Came From fat. Dram on paper nnd serve hot.
Serviceable Garments Are Made on
Simple Lines With Little or No
The Supreme Court o f the United
Beef Rolls.
Lace Trimmings.
States at present consists o f Chief
Cut thin slices o frou n d steak into
Justice Edward P . White, o f Louis oblong pieces, place a spoonful o f snu-
Lingerie made of cotton materials
iana, horn In 1845, appointed In 1910; snge meat on each nnd tie up with a
Associate Justices Joseph McKenna, string. Dredge with salt, flour nnd has ngaln found favor In exclusive nnd
o f California, born In 1843, appointed pepper nnd brown In a little hot fat. high-priced styles. When cotton went
In 1898; Oliver W. Holmes, o f Mas Place In a cnsserole with a cupful or up In price the difference between the
sachusetts, born In 1841, appointed in more o f broth. Simmer for two hours. cost o f silk nnd cotton garments be
1902; Wllllnm It. Day, o f Ohle, born When ready to serve, take off the came negligible.
Silk, therefore, because o f Its prac
In 1849, appointed in 1903; W. Van strings and serve with the sauce
ticability and ease o f laundering, grew
Pevnnter, o f Wyoming, born In 1859, poured around the rolls.
In popularity till it began to be made
appointed In 1910; Mahlon Pitney, of
In tailored styles for everyday use, and
New Jersey, born In 1850, appointed in
Codfish and Macaroni.
1912; James C. McReynolds, o f Ten
Brenk Into Inch bits a bnlf (Aipful Its position o f aristocracy was some
nessee. born In 1802, appointed in o f macaroni, cook nnd cool. Add one what «undermined ns n consequence.
1914; Louis C. Brandeis, o f Massa cupful o f flaked codfish, put In layers. While fancy models are still featured
chusetts, horn In 1850, appointed In In a buttered baking dish, sprinkle In crepe de chine and georgette, the
1916; John H. Clnrk, o f Ohio, born in with salt, If needed, and pepper, a bulk of the demand Is for serviceable
1857, appointed In 1916.
little chopped onion nnd milk to mois garments made on simple lines with lit
tle or no lace trimming.
ten. Bake until brown.
On the other hand, with the Increas
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ing perfection o f the design o f the
Swedish Cabbage.
FACTS AND FANCIES
Boll until tender n dozen lenves o f Philippine hand-embroidered and fllet-
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cabbage. Drain nnd fill with the fo l trlmraed garments, nnd with the ad
By net of one state legislature SS lowing m ixture: One pound o f beef vent o f batiste as a delicate cotton
soldiers and sailors In the active
chopped fine, one egg, two tahlespoon- material for lingerie, many o f the new
service o f the United States are
fuls o f cream, pepper, salt nnd pars high-priced and exclusive models are
exempt from the payment o f iji ley to season. Bub the dish with the o f these types.
poll tax.
cut side o f a clove o f garlic, mix well,
A Yarn H int
Money spoils some men, but
then roll a leaf nround a spoonful o f
With ynrn still at a premium It li
that's n risk everybody is per- £•: the mixture, tying It nnd trimming the
feetly willing lo run.
►nds neatly. Place In n baking pan an economy to ravel up the old
A successful man Is entitled £i with a pint o f stock or hotter and wa stretched sweater and knit it over
to less praise than the mau who :i ter. Rnste nnd bake for a half hour again. I f you do not wnnt to wash
makes another effort after each
or until the meat Is tender. Scree or dye the yarn you will be puzzled
with the sauce poured round the rolls. how to mnke It smooth enough to work
failure.
The strings should be removed and the with. There Is a simple process for
The would-be actor who con-
you to follow. Wrap it In a towel of
gravy thickened before serving.
alders himself a budding genius
old cloth and put It In a steamer,
Is apt to strike a frost the first £:
colander, or double boiler over boiling
time he appears In publle.
water. The steaming freshens It so
that It looks like new.
by Government
Back Yard Orchard Sure to
Bring as Good Returns as
Does the Vegetable Garden
The hack yard orchard will make as
valuable a return for the average fam
ily as does the vegetable guyden itself.
Everyone who puts out a garden can
just us well be growing a small home
orchard in it, according to J. C. W hit
ten o f the University o f Missouri Col
lege o f Agriculture. The cultivation
given the vegetables is just what Is
required by the young trees.
Select
apples,
cherries,
plums,
peaches and pears o f varieties that
w ill furnish u succession from the
early Richmond cherry, which ripens
in May, to the late-keeping apples, like
Ingram and Lnnslnghurg, which keep
until the following May. One tree of
each variety Is enough.
Apple trees should be planted 25 to
30 feet upart ench way, and plum and
peach trees 1C to 20 feet apart. One-
year-old trees should be selected for
planting, nithough in the case o f the
apple, sour cherry and ppar two-year-
old trees will usually transplant suc
cessfully If they have hot grown too
large. The trees may be planted either
in fall or spring. They should be set
Just about as deep ns they stood In the
nursery. As soon as they are planted
the tops should be pruned back some
what.
Fruit trees should be given as thor
ough cultivation ns corn or vegetables,
at least until they reach bearing age.
Any kind o f garden vegetables, or
strawberries, or other small fruits,
may be grown between the tree rows.
If a rank-growing crop like corn grows
higher than the trees one row should
be left out, preferably north nnd south,
In the tree row, so that the fruit trees
will not be shaded until they are well
established. Low-growing vegetables
or berries may be planted as close to
the trees as desired.
FOR SPRING SUITS
K-
Peplum Blouse Is Regarded as
the Newest Thing.
Georgette Most Used Fabric— Soft
Satins Popular fo r Semi-Sport
Blouses.
W hile the long smock, costunli or
peplum blouse fo r spring Is the most
Interesting member o f the blouse fam
ily just at this time because it Is
the newest thing, it cannot be said
to be the actual lender, notes a fash
ion authority.
The smartest shops
show groups o f these long blouses In
co^nfetion with the re^ilur line, but
conservative waist length blouses
have a larger sale. Georgette is the
most used fabric and soft satins are
very popular fo r sport or semi-sport
blouses.
The sketch shows a smart little
blouse that may be made o f soft
satin, georgette, cotton voile or fine
handkerchief line#». One o f the at
tractive features o f this blourfe is the
front finish, consisting o f a wide vest
formed by a panel o f pleats or tucks
in the center a plain section on either
side o f this and inch-wide pleated
frills. This vest arrangement appears
This vest Is o f gray kumsl kumsa
and valencler lace and Is a splendid
creation.
It la worn with a very
smart blue trlcotine, braid bound, and
long rolling collar.
OSTRICH PLUMES IN FASHION
Dots Miller Arrives Home
From Army Duty In France
and Joins the Cardinals
African Bird Once More Comes Into
His Own— How Hats Are Being
Decorated.
A fte r spending nearly a year and a
half with the marines in France, Dots
Miller, one o f the really capable ball
players o f the m ajor leagues, lias ar
rived home. H e attended a few ban
quets and then hiked fo r St. Louis
to join the Cardinals.
M iller was one o f the first ball play
ers to enlist and saw service almost
M other’s Cook Book.
Semi-Tailored Blouse for Spring Suit.
Dots Miller.
from the time the American fighting
forces got Into action. When M iller
Huggins managed the Cardinals he
said once that there were only two
men on his team he would not trade
and- botli were named Miller, mean
ing himself and Dots Miller.
Sun the Universal Clock.
But It Was Always Wrong
From the beginning'the sun was the
universal clock, nnd the universal clock
was always wrong— that is to say,
twelve o’clock today was not exactly
the same ns twelve o’clock yesterday.
But the sun hud to serve ns a clock to
most people,until little more than a
hundred and fifty years ago, when pub
lic clocks took the place o f sun dials
nnd watches began to be comparative
ly common.
Doubtless one o t the
earliest forms o f getting somewhere
near the hour wns by length o f shadow,
an upright stick or spear, or even the
erect form o f the time teller himself
serving ns a natural gnomon. Even
today, all over the far East, the only
clocks In many, and, Indeed, In most
places, is the shadow which Is ob
tained after one or other o f these
methods.
Creed That May Well Be
Applied in Life Each Day
T o live content with small means:
T o seek elegance rather than luxury
nnd refinement rather than fashion:
To
be
worthy,
not
respectable,
wealthy, not rich : T o study hard, think
quietly, talk gently, act frankly. To
listen to stars and birds, to babes and
sages, with open h ea rt: T o bear all
cheerfully, do all bravely, await occa
sions, hurry never: In a word, to let
the spiritual, unbidden nnd uncon
scious, grow up through the common.
This is to be my symphony.— Wllllnm
Ellery Channlng.
Smaller Farms.
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Ok
In France, Germany, Holland and
even In Great Britain to n slight ex
tent, there has been In the last half
century a decentralization o f agricul
ture. The number o f small farms has
Increased Instead o f declined; and at
the same time the peasants have
gained In prosperity nnd ease o f life.
In our own country a similar Incrense
In small holdings has occurred. The
average farm has been reduced In
size from 203 acre« to 138 acres.
V E S f POPULAR FOR SPRING
to splendid advantage when worn with
one o f the new spring suits, with coat
flaring open In front.
Comparatively few o f the spring suit
coats or jackets are 'so arranged that
they may be fastened In front, al
though the m ajority are equipped with
buttons nnd buttonholes, nnd simu
late a fastening. Some do fasten with
one or two buttons nnd button-holes,
some have buttons nnd loops, so that
the fronts o f the coat or jacket are
not quite drawn together, and many
flnre frankly from neck to low er edge.
F or this reason great attention must
be paid to the blouse, unless a num
ber o f separate vests are to be ar
ranged fo r every suit.
The lingerie blouse, according to
present Indications, Is to be very fash
ionable during the spring nnd summer.
Voile is the fnbrlc preferred and plain
white ns well ns flowered, checked
and striped voile Is featured. Plain
pastel shades also are quite smart.
I f they are entirely hand-made, these
little cotton blouses are very dainty.
Ostrich feathers are coming into
fashion as fast as spring g a t h e r .
One thinks o f them more In relation
to winter than summer, but the milli
ners do not allow their Inspirations to
be hampered by the calendar.
The long, heavy plnme Is used evefl
on straw hats, hut the m ajority o f
milliners prefer to mnke what they
call fancies. They use wheels and
cockades and buckles o f ostrich flues.
They shred the long feather and use
the fringe over the brims o f hats, qr
they make a shower o f It, like drip
ping water, over the crowns. What
ever they do, one feels the power of
the African bird once more. H e has
come Into bis own.
There has been an effort to replace
the plumes by roses, but ns fa r as the
season hajj gone the flowers are more
talked about than seen.
t r t r f r f r C r M r t r t r t r f r f r lr t r ir ^
Through the
Looking Glass
B y E V E L Y N N E S B IT
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One o f woman’s exclusive preroga
tives is the right to have the blues.
A great many o f
us dote on the
p r i v i l e g e , and
spend hours in
c o m p a n y with
perfumed
hand
kerchiefs,
hours •
in a dim, dark
corner, moping by
ourselves. N ever
does tlie world
appear
more
gloomy
than
when
we
look
Upon It from that
WHEN MILADY HAS HER REST dim, dark corner.
I f v,-e w ere lit
Should Have Comfortable, Looie and tle children some
Flowing Robe, Allowing Free
one would have
dom of Movement.
the right to spank
us fo r Indulging
Health rules all prescribe rest pe In this privilege. But being grown
riods as Indispensable to a woman’s up, we may make ourselves and others
day If she wonld maintain her mental miserable and uncomfortable without
vigor and physical elasticity and pro hindrance. W e may even Invite sym
long to Its proper limits the very capac pathizers to participate in our feast
ity fo r activity In which she so prides o f sniffles and tears.
herself, and, Indeed, upon which she
But stay a moment. See the de
may be depending fo r her livelihood.
licious wrinkles that creep up our
The ability to relax completely nnd
at will, and to remain so fo r a short noses and Into our cheeks. See the
time, is an art, but one that can be dork circles under our eyes and the
cultivated, providing the effort to at cold welcome we give to hubby when
tain it be persisted in by habitual he comes home at night tired and
overworked.
Those are the after
practice.
A prime essential to this rest pe effects that are sure to result from
riod, as every truly feminine soul will this feminine pastime.
W e are then no better than the in
attest. Is suitable habiliment.
In
this connection— which might, how toxicated man who stumbles home
ever, be said o f every sartortnl connec from the ginmlll. And It all comes
tion— It suitably Includes comfort and as a result o f foolish self-indulgence
grace. T o be comfortable the robe that Is no more praiseworthy than the
trust be loose, flowing, allowing full self-Indnlgence o f the drunknrd. F or
freedom o f movement, and complete yon know we have not been sorrow
ing. Sorrow does not creep Into the
relaxation to the mobile muscles.
We
But this looseness o f line and free dim, dark corners and mope.
dom from restraining bonds is not In have merely had the blues.
compatible with grace W i comeli
Drop yonr bines, ladies. They are
ness.
On the contrary. If treated a pose. Get out o f your dim. dark
right. It is conducive to both.
corners— the sooner the better— and
Ornaments Are Gay.
Summer ornaments are to be gay,
and those fo r next fa ll and winter
brilliant. It is promised. Not really
on the market yet are dress accesso
ries made with rhinestones. These
will be seen in designs upon velvet
bands and run over at either side
upon a fine net which allows them to
blend Into the material o f the gown
without too strong a contrast.
look Into the sunlight. Open the win
dows wide and breathe deeply. Wntch
the glooms fade away.
And If It
happens to be raining, all the better.
Inhale the delicious smell o f the sky’s
tears. I f that’s not enough to chase
the bines, get out Into the open fo r
fifteen minutes, rain or shine. Get
some oxygen Into yonr stupid lungs,
and then buckle down to some real,
Uve work. Ton’ll mark the difference
at once.