THE SUXDAT OREGOXIAX, PORTXANI), MARCH 12, 1916.
GORGEOUS COSTUMES MARK BALL OF
SOCIETY OF BEAUX ARTS IN GOTHAM
Hotel Astor Is Scene of Gay Function, in JVhich Participants Seek to Portray the Splendor of Ancient Egypt and
Bygone Days in India Miss Charlotte Delafield, Costumed as Lotus Bearer, Is One of the Sensations.
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a military air. Cheeky looking forase
caps worn over one ear. Solemn look
ing helmets, reminiscent of those ;
French ones guaranteed to make the
bullet Intended for the wearer deflect
and hit another man Instead. I wish
they could make them cushion off and
hit the man who fired the bullet.
An occasional glance at a stray copy
of the Ladies' Home Journal makes me
open my eyes in wonder and amaze
ment. None of those short flaring
skirts have yet come my way. One
could not easily squeeze between the
cots In a. ward in skirts like those!
Iron crosses, red crosses and bras
sards with various devices upon them
are the principal feature if you are not
wearing all khaki. The rest of one's
costume Is merely background.
The sailor boy has Imparted lots of
Inside facts and secrets of the British
navy to me in confidence. Facts they
may be and facts they may not be, but
such as they are I will not publish
them abroad. They are awfully Inter
esting and thrilling, too.
Bed Made Military Style.
The ex-soldier felt he could sleep
better If he had his bed made military
style. Of course I knew just how that
was and made It for him. Unfortu
nately he had not a chance to test Its
powers ot giving him sleep: because
it had to be undone and made civilian
style, almost at once, by order of the
ward nurse. All beds .must look alike
to her. Military style Is tight, and
civilian style is loose.
I have not been to church for ever so
long. There is no time in hospital on
Sunday until one is too tired to go.
I tear my soul will be getting as dilap
idated as my soles very soon.
I suppose airmen do go to heaven
even If they don't look it. I wonder
If novice airmen "alr-pups") do not
sometimes feel like the young woman
on the boat "Captain, Captain, stop
the ship; I want to get out and walk!"
It must be an uncanny feeling to be up
in tne air tnousanas of -feet for the
first time.
They are quite thick in the sky all
over England now: they are Dartly
responsible, probably, for the darkness
at night. They must obscure the moon
and stars. I daresay they will crowd
out the birds soon. The starlings and
crows do a lot of grumbling about it
already. They say the British air
planes congest traffio up there. Bird
indignation meetings con often be seen
ori any lawn, oussing and discussing
the aviator nuisance. Their seafaring
brothers, the gulls, have been very
public-Bpirlted from the first in the
way they have openly denounced the
sea-plane to its face. They fly above
a submarine in flocks and look down
through the water at it. if submerged,
and shriek out a lot of very rude
remarks indeed. I expect it even an
noys the worms very much to be un
ceremoniously cut in pieces by en
trenchment tools out there in France
and Flanders.
February 11 My brave little appen
dicitis boy is better. He now says
cheerfully, "My pain does not hurt me.
nurse."
BROWNSVILLE WOOLEN MILLS KEEP
MONEY HOME BY MEETING DEMAND
J. L. Bowman Sees $7,000,000 Trade Going From Northwest to Chicago Tailors and Builds Up String of Stores
and Dealers to Handle Business at Home.
Miss Charlotte Delafield, of New York, as Lotos Bearer
In Beaux Arts Ball.
David Wagstuff, of Tuxedo, N.
High God ot India.
NEW YORK, March 11. (Special.)
Of the many exotic social af
fairs that have attempted to
thrill the effete East, the Ball of the
Gods, one of the two triumphant social
functions of the Society of the Beaux
Arts, at Hotel Astor, New York, Febru
ary 11, was perhaps the most auspi
cious. One writer describing the event
said: "Picture a conglomeration of the
most beautiful colors; scenes which are
almost beyond description: the days of
ancient Egypt with all its pomp and
glory; the splendor of India of a by
gone age; a saturnalia which has never
before been witnessed all this and
you have a mental picture of the grand
ballroom of the Hotel Astor for the
second great social function under the
auspices of the Beaux Arts Society."
Miss Charlotte Delaneld. of New
York (Social Register), was costumed
as a "Lotus Bearer" of Egypt and she
was one of the many sensations. The
men in the social and artistic set were
not to be outdone. One of the partic
ularly original was David "Wagstaff. ot
Tuxedo, N. Y. (Social Register), who
was Siva, one of the high gods of
India. There was an entire Hindu di
vision and he was one of the outstand
ing characters In it.
Two thousand persons, representing
the elite of society and art and coming
from every state In the Union almost,
attended. In all the assemblage,
whether the Individual played the part
of a god or goddess, priest or priestess
or whether they were there simply as
the lowly vassals of the great each
wore a costume of the most fantastic
conception. There were Greek. Hindu
and Egyptian divisions, the costumes
representing a bygone age.
NURSING IN ENGLISH HOSPITAL NOT
CONTINUAL ROUND OF UNALLOYED JOY
Children as Brave as Wounded Soldiers and Sailors War's Effects on Fashions Marked, but Evening Dress Is
Far From Fashionable "Battleship Gray" and "Submoreen" Petticoats in Style.
BY EDITH LAXYON.
SOMEWHERE IN ENGLAND, Feb.
Feb. 10. (Special.) I am still try
ing to improve my knowledge by
going to the infirmary. Last week I
spent a good deal of my time in the
children's ward.
" The children are usually uncommonly
dirty when they come in and uncom
monly clean when they go out.
I know because I scrubbed four of
them one night.
The children rather liked me to give
them baths because I had a little more
time to devote to them than the other
nurses. I let the babies frivol a while
with their celluloid dolls or a big toy
bwan, which is the joy of the ward.
A beautiful big rocking-horse and
a fat, stuffed elephant stand guard
over the array of cots down either
side of the - ward. A huge fire burns
in a big fireplace at one end. The
bathroom, scene of many strenuous
scrubs, opens off -the other end. In
front of the fire our "littlest baby"- is
luxuriously bathed every night in
splendid isolation. Our littlest baby
just now is an exceedingly plump per
aon. most attractively and intricately
creased. Poor little thing. Her head
is all done up in bandages.
The rocking-horse reminds me of an
Incident which occurred in London
Hospital. A sister there, who is a
friend of mine, let down the side bars
of a little boy's cot to tuck him up
comfortably for the night. Near by
stood a splendid model camel which the
children can ride on. I believe it was
a present from the Queen.
Child Afraid of Toy.
The little boy sobbed piteously all
the time and she. could not think what
was the matter with him until at last
he blurted out, "Oh, sister, do shut this
ere gate or I'm afraid that there as:
will get into my "bed!" - - . .
One dear little boy of ours was op
erated on for appendicitis a few days
ago. In spite of the weary hours of
Buffering afterwards he neither- cried
nor moaned.
If he was asked how he felt h
merely said resignedlyt "My pain hurts
me. nurse." He never once forgot to
say "thank you" politely for any little
attention.
He Is happy today with a small toy
cannon his mother brought him yester
day, because, you see, he is going to
be a soldier after a while. A small
hero not yet In khaki. Some of the
children are very sweet and they can
laugh and chatter just like other lit
tle ones. I had an orange and two
pieces of butterscotch presented to me
this morning, gifts I gratefully- ac
cepted and put back again when my
grateful patients were not looking.
Dinner time is a busy hour in the
dren's ward because so- many of
them have to be fed. It took six or
seven nurses to get around. I often
fed a dear little brown-eyed girl called
Kathleen. She is only two, but her
facial nerves are paralyzed and her
poor wee mouth will only hold very lit
tle at a time. They hope to cure her.
Helpless Cripple Jokes.
I also often fed a railway man In the
rcen's ward. He has been so badly in
jured by an express train that he has
no hands to feed himself with. He is
utterly helpless, but pretends it is quite
a joke to have to be fed. Tie brave
spirit of these Injured men Is simply
wonderful. Another man in the same
ward was bitten by a horse with
tetanus and has been injected with the
serum. I should hate to have a lot of
Ftuff like that injected in my spine. 1
Still worse, however, should I hate to
have lock-jaw.
I have dressed his finger several
times. He always keeps a critical eye.
on my proceedings and sometimes gives
a word of encouragement if my bandage
turns out extra decorative.
They all know I am a pupil from the
militatry hospital and give me friendly
hints. Some of them offered themselves
as victims for me to practice bandaging
on in odd moments. I sometimes won
der if I shall ever get this hospital
smell off again. It certainly is cling
ing andil sometimes wake up In tne
night imagining it.
Iodoform predominates, hut It is a
conglomorate mixture of infections and
disinfectants. It seems to wrap you up
and tuck itself in all around you and
you cannot get away from it. After
several baths In some deodorcnt it
seems to disappear, only to turn up
lying in ambush in some forgotten
handkerchief or other.
Amputation Scene Shunned.
I could not screw my courage up to
see a leg amputated the other day. A
leg seems such a big piece to cut off
and throw away.. The R. A. M. C. -men
viewed it and felt very superior in con
sequence, in tact they said it was
a very enjoyable sight. Technically
speaking, of course. I did not tell them
why I did not attend the operation. I
simply said, with dignity, that I was
tiusv in the' children's ward.
This evening I am to 6ee a case of
skin-grafting.
There are a great many operations
today. They go on continuously from
3 P. M. until midnight. I begin to
watch at 5 P. M. and go on watching
until I am too tired to watch any
longer. .
Mv civilian patients take a great in
terest- in my -military ones, and send
messages to the soldiers when I go to
see them. They . solve intricate puz
zles and send over to each other.
They are all in agreement that they
would rather be cnatieo than sympa
thized with. They like sympathy
wrapped up and concealed in deeds,
not brazenly presented in open words.
The other day I heard a neat reply
from a wounded fsoldier to a gushing
sympathizer. He was wounded in the
head and. on being asked how it hap
pened, said the wound was caused by
a bursting shell. "Oh:- said tne lady
"Did; it hit you? Oh, no, ma am. re
turned the patient, "It just crawled up
my back and bit me in tne necls:
Monpltal Hard on Shoes.
Hospital work is certainly hard on
shoes. I wore two pairs absolutely
into holes right through the soles in
two months. Several other pairs are
getting thin. My ordinary, every-day,
peace time clothes are not wearing out
at all, as they are having a holiday.
When I get a chance to wear them
out I shall be decidedly behind the
times as far as the mode is concerned.
Fashions are unfashionable in Europe
at present and you are in the style if
you're out of style.
One -of the principal London theaters
of the West End goes out of its way
to advertise "Evening dress optional,
but unfashionable. Dress, such as it
is. all has a very martial tendency.
Battleship gray dresses worn over
submorsen" petticoats and trimmed
with gun metal buttons. All hats have
SENATOR JONES WARNS ALL
"Hyphens Must Stand Prepared to
Defend Flag," Is Advice Given.
PHILADELPHIA, March 3. A warn
ing to foreigners who come to this
country that they must cherish no di
vided allegiance to the country of their
adoption, and that they must be pre
pared to give all to the United States,
should occasion demand, was given by
United States Senator William L. Jones,
of the State of Washington, at the ban
quet of the Sons of Veterans' Club here
recently.
The affair took place at the Hotel
Adelphia and was the most successful
banquet ever held by the organization
United States Senators, Congressmen
Judges, heads of patriotic orders and
delegations of visitors from nearby
points were present as guests.
Besides the speech by Senator Jones,
there was an address by Senator Pen
rose, in which he asked for proper pre
paredness for' this country and called
the attention of the diners to the, fact
that had the -Government been properly
prepared at the beginning of the Civil
War the conflict would have been ter
minated within a few months.
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Wkut Made-to-Order and Ready-to-Wear Suits Are Cut Out From Measurements Sent in by the Dealers.
$50 for Drinks Squares It,
MINNEAPOLIS. March 3. "If you
spent $50, I don't believe the saloon
keeper suffered much loss," said Judge
W. E. Hale as he placed NorVe Myr
hagen, 26, and Christ Torp, 22. on pro
bation, following their trial on the
charge of having passed $350 in worth
less checks on J. E. Lundeen, saloon
keeper at 1107 Washington avenue
North. Both testified they had J50 be
tween them when thy went to the
saloon. They said their homes are in
Montpolier, N. D.
FIFTEEN years ago J. L. Bowman
took over the four retail stores
operated by the Brownsville
Woolen Mills. He did hut a retail
business for more than a decade and
then he realized the opportunity that
lay in this part of the country for
the development of the sort of trade
in which he is now specializing the
manufacture of garments to furnish
his own retail stores that now num
ber six. and to make made-to-measure
garments for clothing dealers in seven
of the Pacific states.
Not more than two years ago Mr.
Bowman, who is now the president of
the Brownsville Woolen Mills, that in
cludes all the corporate interests, retail
and wholesale, began the manufacture
of made-to-order garments. His ac
tivities along that line were for a time
confined to his own etores and then
his field widened.
Lanter Quarters Required.
His former location on Third and
Stark streets proved too small and
now he has moved and is Just begin
ning to become established in the new
Woolen Mill building, southwest corner
of Third and Morrison streets. The
building has been remodeled at an ex
pense of more than $15,000 by the
Corbett estate, and has been renamed
the old nameCambridge block being
discarded.
In his new quarters Mr. Bowman will
occupy the entire four floors. On the
first and second floors will be the re
tail department, for the sale of ready-to-wear
garments, and for the display
of woolens that will be made to order
for the retail trade.
The third and fourth floors will be
used as the workrooms, and Mr. Bow
man asserts that when his plant is In
full swing he will have a capacity of
600 suits a week, employing approxi
mately 200 skilled tailors.
97,000,000 Trade Is Sought.
At the present time, and although
he is not firmly established in his new
quarters, he is employing 100 men and
women in his tailor shops, and all these
are kept busy with the orders that
come in from clothing dealers all over
the Northwest.
Mr. Bowman has taken a 10-year
lease on the property, in which he is
fast becoming established.
"There is just as good a field here
for the manufacture of clothing as any
place in the country," says Mr. Bow
man. "The mild Winter climate allows
of work all through the year. Seven
millions of dollars is spent by people
of Oregon, Washington and Idaho each
year with Chicago firms that specialize
In made-to-order suits and overcoats.
That money is available for the prop
erly conducted industry here on the
Coast.
"Our store is the only one of its kind
on the Coast. There are many of them
in Chicago and farther East. A num
ber have been sta-. ted west of the Mis
sissippi, bnt most of them have failed.
The reason is that during the dull sea
sons they are unable to employ their
workmen and are practically idle at
least three months of the year.
"Dnring the dull months I will make,
and have so far, made suits and other
garments for my retail trade during
the dull season. In this way I stock
up the retail stores during the dull
season and am able to keep my regular
employes, all skilled tradesmen, the
entire year. Working -upon that basis
I will be able to make my business
pay."
Mr. Bowman says the industry in
which he is now engaged should pro
vide employment in not many more
years, for 10.000 skilled tailors. He in
vites competition, and says' that the
field is broad and the opportunity
large. He expects to have increased.
his business in less than two years to
a "million-dollar-a-year" business. Ha
says it is here and development is all'
that is needed.
Machinery and Employes Up-to Date
By the time he expects to have "a
million-dollar-a-year" business he will
have dealers in all the states west of
the Hocky Mountains handling hls
samples and sending orders for made-to-order
clothing. He will have en
larged his business so that his samples
will be at the disposal of at least 1000
dealers.
The machinery with which the new
workrooms in the Woolen Mill build
ing are equipped are of the latest. He
has bought labor-saving devices, de
spite the expenses attached to theftr
purchase, and has installed them with
a view to making the maximum output
of his factory as high as possible.
Many of the skilled tailors in his
establishment were brought from Chi
cago. He has provided rest rooms for
the men and women, in which are found
reading matter and other means for'
their diversion.
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