The Sunday Oregonian., July 01, 1917, SECTION FIVE, Page 9, Image 69

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AT this time of the year the store
otter a. large assortment of straw
shapes at astonishingly low
prices. The average woman
looks at these hats and thinks one
might be a real bargain If she Just
knew the right trimming to put on It
and how to do It. I've selected a simple
little shape, which you will be able to
duplicate In black, white, or almost any
color, and I am going to tell you how
you can use It as & foundation for a
CLAIRE'S RIDE IN 1778
CLAIRE was only 10 years old when
the great Declaration of Inde
pendence had been signed, yet she
was heart and soul with the new re
public, and eagerly looked forward to
the day when she could be of some
assistance to her country, and to the
great George Washington.. When, her
father and her brother John went off
to fight with General Washington's
army, she breathed hard and clinched
her little fist at the thought that she
must remain at home, but home she
stayed and found much to do there in
the way of comforting her mother and
helping her to spin and sew.
It was about noon one Autumn day
In 1778 that Claire's mother was
taken suddenly ill, and the poor child
was at her wit's end just what to do
for her. She attended to her per
sonal comfort and then suggested
Aunt Cynthia, who lived on the next
estate, a distance of 15 minutes' walk
from her home.
"Cross the field, dear." called her
mother as she was leaving the house,
hut Claire was sure she had heard
her mother groan, and as she hastened
away she decided to run through a
nearby woods and so lessen the dis
tance by five minutes. The girl knew
no fear as she swiftly walked under
the dense trees, and her only thought
was to hurry her aunt back at once.
Birds were sinsing overhead, tut
there was little joy in Claire's heart.
They had not heard from the father
and brother for a long time and now
her mother lay sick. Suddenly she
heard voices and at the sound of
Washington's name she stood stock
still. A man's voice was saying:
"We'll get him sure tonight!" Then
he laughed a half drunken laugh and
continued: "Neither he nor his men
think our boys are so close, but they
will get the surprise of their lives,
eh ?"
His companion laughed a hoarse
laugh as he said: "It Is a good 12-mile
ride from here to the Warner house.
She Rode All' Unarmed, and She Rode
AU Alone.
mart hat """"WHoII
The crown is three and one-half inches
high and the brim, which droops ever
so little, as do all this year's, is two and
one-quarter inches wide. The trimming
consists of a ruching of changeable
taffeta, gathered over two cords, and a
wreath of small flowers.
A. piece of silk out crosswise that Is.
from selvedge to selvedge seven inches
wide and thirty-six Inches long, is need
ed for the trimming. See that both long
FOR
'My Child. Voo Have Done Vnnr Coun
try a -Noble Service Today."
where they are stationed, and all the
able men in these parts are away. They
couldn't get help even If they knew.
It is high time that the rebels are
brought to their senses. We'll land
our biggest fish tonight or die in the
attempt. "Then as the red coat raised
a half-empty bottle to his lips Claire
breathlessly crept away, nor breathed
freely until she saw her aunt's house.
She knew no fear for herself, but all
her dear ones were in danger, and she
seemed so small and helpless.
When Aunt Cynthia heard the news
of her girl's illness, she tied on her
uonnet ana nastenea back over the
field to Claire's home. The child
talked about everything but the awful
news she had Just heard, and this she
thought wise to keep to herself until
her mind was made up just what was
best to do.
Mother was soon made easier through
the aunt's and Claire's assistance, and
then the girl excused herself from the
sick room. She then flew to the stable,
and, untying the old horse, she Jumped
on his back and was off. To see Claire
riding the animal was nothing new to
the people along the road, but many a
one wondered why she tore along at
such a breakneck speed. She knew the
Warner house well, for Mr. Warner had
been her father's best friend before
he had been killed In this war.
Like young Lochinvar In the poe
she stayed not for stick and she
stopped not for stone. She rode all
unarmed, and she rode all alone.
Twelve miles in a train may not
seem long to you, but over rough
roads with a slow horse and a heart
full of misgivings made Claire think
the distance very great.
Fearlessly she turned her horse Into
the lane that led up to the Warner
homestead when a man came from be
hind the bushes and pointing his gun
at her. he cried: "Who goes there?"
"A friend of Washington." answered
the young rider, "and I must see him
at once."
"Not so fast, my precious," said the
man not unkindly, shouldering his
TIIE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND,
edges are straight with a thread and
then ravel one-half inch on 'each edge,
leaving a fringe of the threads of a
single color. Join the seven inch edges
and gather the silk over two three
sixteenth Inch cords at a distance of
one and one-half Inches from the fringe
on either edge. This cording should
be long enough to Just at snugly around
the crown. The upper ruching stands
up prettily around the top of the crown
and the lower edge lies with a little
rifle. "Who are you and what is your
precious message? Did the British
steal your best dodd or ?"
"My name Is Claire Mason, and my
message is for Washington's eas only."
The rebel saw how serious she was,
and stood aside while she dashed up
the path to the house. Beside the
name "Mason" gave him confidence,
because both father and son of that
name were distinguishing themselves
under this great leader.
Claire sprang from her horse and
literally Jumped Into the arms of her
father, who was guarding the porch.
"Father," cried the excited child, and
as she burst into tears, her father be
came alarmed.
"What's wrong at home? I hoped to
see you and mother tomorrow morn
ing. We are in hiding here for the
night. How did you know where to
find me?"
Then his little daughter gave a de
tailed account of what she had heard
in the woods, and her father paled.
"If what you have heard is true we
are in mortal danger and you have not
come a moment too soon. Thank God
for your bravery, and for your timely
warning. Come and tell. General Wash
ington."
Her story ended, Claire took the
hand held out to her and a glow came
over her as he said: "My child you
have done your country a noble service
today, and we will not forget your
brave act."
"I must hurry home now or mother
will miss me," she said, kissing her
father.
Calling a guard, Washington com
manded Claire to be escorted home,
and the happy child didn't realize un
til next day, when sitting around the
warm logs she heard her father say
to her mother, "but for Claire's warn
ing we would all have fallen into the
hands of the enemy," that a little girl
at home could frequently be as useful
to her country as a big brother in the
army.
A July Hero.
A TRUSTED friend of George Wash
ington, Thomas Jefferson and Ben
jamin Franklin was our great naval
hero, John Paul Jones, otherwise known
as the "wizard of the briny deep." He
was born on July 6, 1747, and died July
18, 1792.
At the age of 1 2 he went to sea and
visited America several times. In 1773
he settled in Virginia, and when our
war for independence broke out two
years later he accepted a command in
the Navy. In 1777 he was sent to
France to take a more Important com
mand, and in 1779 he sailed to the Eng
lish coast in his ship "Bonhomme Rich
ard, and had a long and bloody com
bat with the Serapis and was victor.
This won for him fame, and Louis
XVI presented him with a gold-hllted
swor and decorated him with the mil
itary order -of "Chevalier." In 1786 the
American Congress voted him a gold
medal for his services.
In 1788 Chevalier Jones entered the
Russian service with the same zeal as
he fought for America, and he was ti
tled "Russian Admiral."
He died in the prime of life, and
some years later Napoleon Bonaparte
asked one of his Generals, "How old
was Paul Jones when he died?"
"About 45, sire," came the answer.
"Mon Dieu!" exclaimed the Corsican.
"If Paul 'Jones were alive today France
would have an Admiral now."
He was buried in France, but his
body was brought over to America on
July 23, 1905, and in April of 1906 he
was laid to his final resting place in
the Naval Academy la Annapolis.
THE
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fullness on the brim. Fasten securely
with stitches, long on the wrong side
and small, hidden In the gathers, on the
right side.
If you can And Just the color scheme
you want In a made up wreath of
flowers all you will need to do will be
to fasten It in place. But if you can't,
buy tha flowers In small bunches, sepa
rate them by unwinding the wire stems,
rearrange them to suit, fasten again
with your wire, and sew them in place.
YOUNG I
A FLAG ANECDOTE
WE all know that the first Amer
ican flag was made on June 14,
1777, and set up at once as the
standard for Liberty and Independence
here in the United States, but It was
not until five years later in December
that our emblem was first hoisted In
England.
There lived In England at that time,
in the year 1782, an American artist
by the name of John Singleton Copley.
He was so popular for his portrait
work that even King George, who was
not very fond of Americans on ac
count of being engaged In the Revolu
tionary War with them, used to visit
the artist's studio and have his chil
dren's pictures painted. It is no won
der, then, that any American visiting
London would want Mr. Copley to
paint his picture so that he could take
it home as a souvenir. An American
by the name of Elkanah Watson
called on Copley and sat for his por
trait. The work was nearing comple
tion when the artist said, "It Is lime
that we thought of an appropriate
background. What shall It be?"
"Make it a ship bearing to America
Quiet Games for the Fourth.
DO YOU know that you can have
packs of fun on the Fourth with
out danger and without noise? To be
sure, firing off crackers and bombs Is
exciting, but this kind of fun does not
pay. With the best of intentions it is
almost impossible, to go through a
"firecracker" Fourth of July without
some burns on hands or body to make
the day unpleasantly remembered for
a long time.
There are quite a few good patriotic
games that would be enjoyed by you
and all your neighborhood friends if
you will only take the trouble to play
them. Try this one:
Stick flags in the lawn to form the
words "Fourth of July," and then
blindfold each one of your guests in
turn and ask him to see how many of
the flags he can pick up in a minute.
You must also announce that each flag
that he tramples on or breaks will be
worth a forfeit. At the end of a min
ute you tap a bell and, after giving
his forfeits, the bandage is removed
from the player's eyes and he must
replace the flags In the ground.
After every one has had a turn, the
game of forfeits can be played, and the
tasks should be as patriotic as possi
ble, such as singing or reciting national
hymns or stories.
Draw the figure of Unci Sam on a
sheet, leaving off the hat. Have pre
pared a number of paper hats, one for
each guest, and the game Is to put the
hat on Uncle Sam while the eyes are
blindfolded. This is like the old game
of "donkey" and Is just as much fun.
A noisy game is played something
like "London Bridge Is Falling Down."
only when the player ts caught under
the bridge he Is asked: "Which camp
do you prefer, Washington's or
Howe's?"
The two forming the bridge have
previously decided on their names, and
they will tell the caught one back of
whom he is to go. When all have been
caught and placed, then begins the tug
of war, and the side that succeeds In
pulling the hardest is the victorious
side.
A flag race Is lots of fun. . Strew tiny
flags along the path, and give each a
teaspoon with which he must try to
JULY 1, 1917.
If the color of the bat you have chosen
is becoming to your complexion you may
leave the underbrtm Just as it is. But
if there Is a doubt in your mind as to
the effect, put in a facing of the silk.
Cut a strip thirty-six inches long and
two and three-quarters inches wide, al
lowing one-half inch to ravel for the
fringe. Gather the other edge and .
fasten In at the headslze. Tack the
other edge evenly and invisibly. Just In
side of the fringe, to the brim.
the news of her Independence," an
swered Watson.
The artist thought for a moment
and then shook his head. "Sky and
water would make a poor setting for
your powdered hair." Then, after a
little more thought, he said, "I will
paint a dark curtain drawn back from
a window, through which can be seen
a ship bearing at her mast the colors
of the new nation.'
This suggestion met with Watson's
approval, and the artist began at once,
and completed it all but the flag on
the ship. "I will leave that go to
the very last, as the King's feelings
might be hurt when he comes here to
morrow." A few days later was the 5th of
December and the King made his great
speech before Parliament in which be
formally recognized the United States
as a free and independent Nation. Our
two. Americans were there to hear him
say it and after that they lost little
time in hastening back to the studio to
complete the picture. With a few mas
terful strokes of his brush, Copley
made the Stars and Stripes float from
the painted ship, and thus was hoisted
the first American flag In England.
pick up the flags and carry them to a
goal. The most successful one should
I receive a souvenir in the shape of a
silk. flag.
Clrcnlt-nidcr la Japan.
Christian Herald.
We are In the upper room of .the neat
Japanese home. We have fallen flat
on our faces and exchanged greetings
One V love.
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If you are fortunate enough to pick up
this shape in a nice white ml lan braid
you can make a hat suitable for wear
with your summery little dresses or
white skirts and shirt waists.
You will need some white faille ribbon
about Ave or five and a half inches wide.
Fold one edge over and draw it softly
around the crown, fastening securely in
the middle of the front. Cut two pieces
of ribbon, one sixteen and one eighteen
Inches long. Ravel both ends of each
PEOPLE
In the deliberate and considerate man
ner of the East. Beside me, the Cap
tain sits on his heels, a feat which I
admire the more after trying it for
ever so brief a time. In the middle of
the clean mat floor a small stand sup
ports an ugly kerosene lamp, the one
Jarring note in that dainty home. Be
hind the stand sits the Japanese pastor,
and In front of ft sits the church treas
urer, both on the floor. In recognition
of my foreign training I am allowed to
sit on the window sill, a silk cushion
having been placed there for the pur
pose of the good housewife, who. after
seeing everyone comfortably settled,
had bowed to each in turn, kneeling at
a distance and almost touching her
forehead to the floor, and had with
drawn with the cheerful resignation of
the Japanese wife.
Shadders.
Our new house is way up wonder
On the hill near City Park,
And I tell you it's a wonder
When I'm up there after dark.
It's scare y way the shadders
Chase me everywhere I go
Up and down the workmen's ladders,
In and out and thus and so.
All the boards just keep a creakln"
Every single step I take.
And behind me comes a sneakin
Something cold that makes me quake.
Reckon -t's because the winders
And the doors ain't finished yet.
That the spooks as black as cinders,
Vv'hisk about and never set.
But just one thing keeps me thinkin',
Keeps me 'wake all night, about
When it's finished, will the slinkin'
Things be in the house or not?
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piece. Fold one edge of both pieces
down, having them laid together with
the sixteen inch piece on top. Arrange
directly across the front of the side
crown in a semi-box plait effect. Fasten
with invisible stitches and place two
pearl headed pins so that they seem to
hold the ribbon in place.
Nothing is so smart on the white
xnllan hat as white faille ribbon this
year, and you can't go wrong If you ar
range it in any tailored effect you fancy.
Thomas Jefferson Gives
Advice.
WAS It not strange that Thomas
Jefferson, the famous writer of
the Declaration of Independence, should
have died on the Fourth of July, the
day he helped to make so great?
This day, that of all days, must have
been a sacred anniversary in his heart.
But after the stress and struggles
through which he had gone in patri
otic work. It must lave been a beau
tiful satisfaction to have seen ti..s great
free Nation held In honor by all the
world.
Here Is some good advice that
Thomas Jefferson has handed down to
you through all the years since 1776:
See how many of these rules you can
put Into every-day practice.
1. '"When angry count ten before you
speak; if very angry count a hundred."
2. Nothing is troublesome that we do
willingly."
3. "Never spend your money before
you have earned it."
4. "Never buy what you don't want
because It Is ;heap."
6. "Never trouble another for what
you can do yourself."
6. "Take things always by the
smooth handle."
7. "Pride costs more than hunger,
thirst and cold."
8. "We seldom repent of having
eaten too little."
9. "Never put off until tomorrow what
you can do today."
10. "How much pains the evils have
cost ub which have never happened."
The New Fourth.
Better accept the new principle, boys:
Better pet used to a Fourth without
noise;
Better line up with a sensible cause;
Better begin to abide by the laws.
All the old customs are wiped off the
slate:
Cannon and crackers are now out of
date;
The people are down on such dangerous
things.
And tired of the trouble the use of
them brings.
Besides It's much nicer, as everyone
knows.
To have your full number of fingers
and toes
And the fun hardly pays you when,
maybe the prize
Is a lot of singed hair and two powder
burnt eyes.
What are you to do then? Why play to
be sure.
There's plenty of games that will pleas
ure secure.
Parade If you want to when no shoot
ing's done
A broomstick will prove Just as good
as a gun.
Make sand-forts and top them with
flags, if you like;
Play baseball, run races, or go on a
"hike."
There's no end of safe things you'll
find you can do.
And, best of It all. you'll he whole when
you're through.
Reason Eaeun-h.
Boston Transcript.
"Strange how Mrs. Woodby Swell
man hates everybody who is in trade."
"Nothing Btrange about it. People
don't usually love .their, creditors, you
know."