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GIRLS OF ALL
: stem vfelpllfe lm0'
Peace" surrounded by the allied
the auspices of the V. M. C. A. Girls
PLEASURE
Nice, the henutiful resort on France's Mediterranean coast, hus resumed
Is thronged with pleasure seekers.
DECORATIONS ON THE MAINE MEMORIAL
View of the anchor memorial of the battleship Maine In Washington, on
the twenty-second anniversary-of the blowing up of that ship in Havana har
bor. The decorations were given by President Wilson, the Spanish war vet
erans and the Cuban minister.
CANADIAN ARTILLERY ON SNOWSHOES
Weitern Newspaper Union v Jlf
Members of the Canadian Itoyal
Citadel of Quebec.
ASSORTED BRIEFS
Wolfskin makes the best parchment
for banjos.
Women now possess full suffrage
rights In 21 countries.
Underdone beef Is said to be the
favorite dish of the. king of Spain.
NATIONS IN PEACE FETE IN JERUSALEM
anil friendly nations in the great peace fote In Jerusalem recently held undci
of all nut Ions residing there participated In the tableaux.
SEEKERS ONCE MORE THRONG NICE
artillery on snowshoes in front of the
Roasted spiders are considered a
delicacy In New Caledonia.
Import duties on butter yield the
British government an estimated an
nual profit of more than $15,000,000.
A man employed by a London firm
of pencil makers has worked on the
same machine for sixty-three years.
11 J LA CIA
Its status as a guy social center and
HE DISAGREES WITH LODGE
Dr. Hideo Klmura, noted Japanese
scientist, disagrees with Sir Oliver
Lodge, claiming that the "will within"
creates the "spirit" manifestations,
all of which are due to the subcon
sciousness of the mind. "Death Is
merely a form of subconsciousness,
such as sleep," says Doctor Klmura,
who adds that "immortality of the
soul may be willed from within." He
offers, by means of subconsciousness,
to win the prize of $5,000 offered by
Doctor Rinn by producing a spirit.
r0 Deficiency Irreparable.
Deficiencies are misfortunes, but
they are not irreparable. Demosthenes
was a poor stammerer who wanted to
tell the world the great thoughts strug
gling within him. Instead of worry
ing about his weakness in speech he
began practices that would remedy the
evil. The world now calls him the
sliver tongue of Greece. At a local
debating club one night a certain
young man was down for a speech.
He rose to his feet and became petri
fied at the sound of his own voice
saying, "Mr. Chairman." The crowd
laughed and then began to taunt him.
Soon some one dubbed him "Orator
Mum." That was the limit. He Just
forgot where he was and gave the
fellow "a piece of his mind." The re
sult was that he became one of the
best speakers the country has ever
produced.
Making Them Envious.
"Been eating cloves, eh?"
"Just camouflage, my dear. I did
that to make some of the fellows think
I'd had a drink."
I t si ' T
BOTH SLIGHTLY IN ERROR
Physician and Lovesick Youth Were
At.k Too Quick to Jump
Conclusions.
There'a a certain physician In Los
Angles who admits the Juke's ou hint
Incidentally, he will shortly lose Ills
nnUKliter. lis tells It this way:
"I was lu my study when the dour
was flung open and in came Jack. 1
know him well, and Just a glunce told
me that he was fur from being his
usual self. Indeed, he looked positive
ly ill.
"Wlthotil waiting fur him to speak
I coimiienct'rt an examination. Ilia
heart was fluttering, his brow was
fever heat, his pulse was racing.
"I sprang toward the phone, crying
over my shoulder, 'You're a case for
the iiospltul, young mnti.'
"'Sure,' he admitted ; tut you
might have let nie ask you first I'
"'Ask me what?' I denuuided In as
tonishment.
" 'I want to marry your daughter,
he snld, mill then I renllxed that I
had made the wrung diagnosis and
that lie hud misconstrued my refer
ence to the hospital." Loa Angeles
Times.
HISTORIANS HAVE NOT SAID
Of Course There Is Just a Possibility
That Mrs. Patrick Henry
Was Unsympathetic
They were having one of the usual
family quarrels over his having been
at a meeting at the Commercial club
while she was "at homo all alone and
so lonesome."
"You don't wish me to have any city
or country spirit, either," lie finally
told her hotly. "1 wonder where our
country would be today If all the men
who have lived In It had stayed at
home and petted their wives all their
off hours as you are wanting me to do
for you?"
"Well, the women always suffer,"
she retorted. "Public men never have
time to appreciate their wives and
sympathise with"
Then ho Interrupted her. ' "Oh, that
cry for rympathy" (he was angry
now). "I suppose that It's a notion
old cry. I Imagine that while Patrick
Henry was at the Virginia legislature
muklng his famed speech, 'Give me
liberty or give me death,' that Mrs.
Patrick H. was at home walling, 'Give
me sympathy or give me death.'"
Indianapolis News.
Shakespeare Down to Date,
Justice Wayne, dramatic actress,
finds an explanation of the question as
to why Shakespearian plays seldom
win financial reward In what she
terms Shakespeare's Inability to give
his productions catchy titles. She sug
gests a repertoire of the bard's plays
rechrlstened to meet popular demands
for stimulating titles. She suggests
"How Could Vou, Juliet t" as more ap
propriate than plain "Romeo and
Juliet." She also would substitute
"Call of the Flesh" for "The Merchant
of Venice;" "Strangled In Bed" for
"Othello ; ' "The Nutty Princess" for
"Hamlet;" "Henry, Whom Do Vou
Love?" for "Henry V;" "Big Dick" for
"Richard the Third;" "The Knife" for
"Julius Caesar" and "Moonlight and
Honeysuckle" for "Midsummer Night's
Dream."
The Cheerful Exterminator.
On moving Into our honeymoon
apartment we discovered that It was
sadly In need of the services of an ex
terminator. With a bride's Ignorance
of apartment bouse life and the club
by ways of the cockroach, I regarded
this as a personal disgrace, and took
great core to keep It a profound se
cret from our friends.
One day, while exhibiting my shiny
new kitchen equipment to a girl
friend, I answered the back-door buz
zer, and there was the exterminator,
inquiring In a loud, cheerful tone,
"Well, how are the cockroaches?"
The situation reduced my mind to
such a pulp that I babbled, "They're
well, thank you I" Exchange.
The Bite That Failed.
As- a rule the relations between
Russians and Japanese soldiers In Si
beria have been friendly enough. But
at a town on the Transiberian railway,
which bad Just been freed from the
foul tyranny of bolshevlst rule, a Jap
anese soldier haled a big, staring
moujlk Into the presence of Ills com
manding officer. "What has he been
doing?" asked the colonel. "I gave
him a cigarette," said the soldier,
"and then be tried to bite me I" Kiss
ing, even between members of the op
posite sexes, Is not a Japanese cus
tom, -
Enormous Demand for Furs,
Siberian' furs are almost entirely
shipped In the raw state. Very few
furs are sent abroad, the exceptions
being Tibetan lamb, tnufftln (plucked
goat skin), and a few other varieties.
The great demand for furs In all coun
tries and the keen competition In the
trade has sent up the prices of raw
furs to figures unheard of a few years
ago. Sables have enormously Increased
In value, due to the short supply and
the closure of the Russian sable mar
kets. Port of Shanghai.
The port of Shanghai does perhaps
40 per cent of the entire foreign trade
of China, and of the total Imports of
Shanghai for the year 1918, the United
States furnished about Id per cent
Chinese Industries which are prosper
ous are cotton spinning, shipbuilding
and flour milling. Railway projects
command attention.
FOR HEAVY BLOUSE
Satin and Weaves of Velvet Are
Exceptioro 'y Smart.
Sheer, Dainty Mai .-Is Have Not Loet
CaeteLlnguie Blouses Popu
lar tir Spring.
Tho blouse of heavy fabric not
necessarily isnlly heavy, but In any
event lucking Hie transparency of net
or georgette- Is one of tho favorites
of the winter season. Among lite
materials fim.red, satin timl the vari
ous weaves of velvet nro exceptional
ly smart. In omphiiKUliig this fancy
for the heavy blouse, however, It must
nut bo understood that the sheer,
dainty mod. 'Is of ce, net, georgette,
etc, have In any wny lost caste, Tho
heavier iimnIoI have merely been add
ed, giving even grenter variety to the
alreudy lovely display.
The skitch shows a very smart
bluuse. which may bo developed at
tractively In velvet with bend or wool
embroidery lu contrasting color, or In
sntln with metal, silk or wool em
broidery as tho trimming. The blouse
shown Is waist length and finished
with a suft, crushed girdle of self fab
ric, twu long frlngo-tlpped panels dis
tinguishing the Mouse front. The
slightly (lured elbow sleeves are fin
ished with the embroidery, and the
neck has a piping of self rubric.
Another exccptlonnlly smart blouse
recently seen was of terra cottn col
ored satin, cut straight sod lung
enough to reach Just to the hips. The
blouse was trimmed about the lower
edge, the short sleeves and tho square
open nock with Bulgarian embroidery
In an nttr.u'tlvo blending of colors.
A smart and severely plain ensscquo
blouse shown In one of the emurt
shops recently was of navy crepe do
chine. It was cut ns straight and
plain as a Chinaman's shirt, reaching
Just to the hips, ami was finished at
the lower edge with two big lucks,
each approximately nn Inch and a
quarter wide. Tho elbow sleeves were
similarly treated and the open neck
Modish Suit Blouse.
was finished with a three-inch-wldu
accordion plaiting of self fubrlc. Nar
row tie ends of the crepe de chine
were attached at either side, at the
normnl waistline, mid were loosely tied
at the back.
An unusual-looking garment also re
cently displayed In the blouse depart
ment was a slipover blouso of knitted
silk in Roman stripes, recommended
for southern resort wear with a sport
skirt of white.
For spring, according to present In-
USE FOR THE OLD BLOUSES
Worn-Out Garments May Be Trans
formed Into Numerous Articles
of Apparel.
Old blouses make numbers of pretty
and useful things after they can no
longer serve for waists. A pink pussy
willow taffeta blouse will muke a love
ly girdle for a white net party frock,
a dainty boudoir cap, a most becom
ing fuclng for an evening lint, or If a
delicate shade It will make a fetching
camisole to wear under some new
blouse.
If the silk has begun to slit folds
can be laid In a girdle or In an under
hat brim so the worn part will never
show and the silk will many times
do remnrkably long service used this
latter wny.
An old rajah pongee blouse thnt had
been worn and washed till It was fad
ed looking was dipped In deep rose
dye and It made a most Jaunty sports
hat, covered over a buckram frome
with heavy cords edging the top and
bottom of the crown nnd the brim.
Cable cord, covered with bias strips
of the material, was sewed In a de
sign, fiat effect, on the sides of the
crown and the hat was complete. '
A biscuit-colored crene de chine
waist was dipped In coffee to give It
more tone and from the whole parts of
the blouse enough material was res
cued to cover a small toque. Inch
folds, running vertically, were laid
around the sides of the toque and a
loose blouse of silk on the crown gave
a stylish tarn effect to the hat.
The collar and front of this blouse,
which was all In one piece with a
hemstitched border, and the cuffs were
SMART DESIGN FOR WINTER
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Brown duvetyn, the most wanted
material for winter, Is cleverly used
In this attractive suit The choker
collar Is of beaver. Tan braid lends
an original tone to the skirt
(Mentions, lingerie Mouses will be very
popular. The frilled model of sheer
cottons and handkerchief linen are to
be well In the lead.
THE NEWEST NOTE IN BAGS
Moire Velvet to the Forefront; Beads
Still In Favor; Miser Bsgs for
Tailored Suits.
Moire velvet Is being used fur a
number of the newest handlings, In
combination with shell frames. The
bead bags are made In couihlnullon of
bends and velvet, for the woman who
does not want the former variety.
White metal Is being used fur frames,
also, In the less expensive bugs. Japa
nese brocade Is lu high favor, and Is
often made Into envelope purses, their
edges bound with gold metal. Cro
cheted miser bags, handmade, lncrust
ed with steel binds In midnight blue
and belgo and blue, are smart with
he trim tailored suit.
WORTH KNOWING "
Tho hot boiled potatoes Intended
for codfish balls should be put through
a potato rlcer.
When basting velvet, use sewing
silk. When tho stitches are removed
there will be no traces.
Use rhubarb Instead of apples for
mince pies. This Is much to he pre
ferred even when apples are plentiful.
When putting a hem In a garment
If a piece of cardboard Is cut the re
quired width, It may be slipped along
and the task quickly and evenly ac
complished, as It saves the constant
handling of the tape measure, and
there Is no fenr of the hum being un
even, as the cardboard Is rigid.
cut from this wnlst, to be used to give
a new touch to another dress. Thus
vestee and cuff set of tnn crepe do
chine will look well on either a dnrk
brown or navy blue wool dress.
Children's School Clothes.
The two-piece smock of middy and
skirt outfit Is very practical for school
wear for tho girl of eight to twelve
years, nnd such a costume may be
a really economical one, as It Is al
ways possible to buy remnants or
short ends of fabrics that mny bo
combined In this way. Wushalilo mid
dles ore worn all through tho year
with plain or plaid skirts, and a frock
combining plain skirt nnd plnld taffeta
or serge blouse Is very sniurt.
A Gown From Paris.
A new evening gown from Pnris has
nn entire bodice made of small flowors
sewed on net. Even the shoulder
strnps are flower garlands, nnd more
garlands stray-down into tho tulle
draperies of the skirt. The skirt Is
black tulle and the bodice Is covered
with brilliant red geranium petals. An
other frock of this sort has a draped
skirt of orchid tulle nnd the bodice Is
made of violets sewed so thickly to slli
ver net that only the flowors show.
Buttons on Baby's Bonnet.
Instead of having to rip the stitches
from baby's bonnet-strlnirs everv ttma
you wash them, fasten them on with a
little pearl button; then nil you have,
to do is to'unbutton them, and this
laves considerable time.
Black and White Checks.
Black and white checks mako
smart lining for a cape.