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10 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, : PORT LAND, SUNDAY -. MORKlJG, JULY 21, ; 1918. gown that wu.tht Troduct of a clever designer, and It surely turned our Ideas about suite toper turvy. ; The coat was split up the back as well as the front.' It was worn over a Ions cuirass blouse, the kind that fains In, Importance every day. The blouse was made of a richly embroidered tri cot in blue, black " and dashes of dull reed. , It . did " hot, clin tightly to the figure, but outlined it more than usual. Over It buns the, loose blue serge coat, opening in a deep V In the 'middle of the front and the back. It was closed at the neckline and-had a collar of the material and the skirt was exceedingly narrow-and short. ; By the way,' It is wise for any woman who orders a new suit today to see that the- skirt, has a sUable hem. for t the new order to the shoemakers, given by the government, which- demands 'low shoes for -the duration of the war. may change the skirt length. . - : 4 I doubt IC, The .length may e changed but .it will -not be because of the low shoes,)-for gaiters, 'which are made of fabric, may be as high, as desired, and women prefer them to high boots. Wei may also adopt the French fash ion of wearing serviceable Oxford ties with straight , heels and rounded toes. The bootmakers say they , have more orders for these today than ever. With such shoes, the average woman does nor care whether her skirt is eight or ten inches from the ground, unless she is given to suffering from exposed. ankles. ' 4- 2 iSJJi!??! 1 ' ' f V i J S Pat O'Brien Writes of His Exp enences Designers Of Dress Heed Times By Anne Rltteanonse pARIS Is never handicapped in creat- ting fashions by the action of other 'designers. That is why she is powerful. America has always suffered under this handicap because she has followed Paris. "She has never been Inclined to risk the exploitation of fabrics, fashions and colorings that were not sponsored . by J wllllng save, but a most expert, in telligent slave. In her very following of : Paris was the extaordlnary inclination , of 1 whole continent toward good and fashionable dressing. It Is said of us that we acknowledge 'the best In every nation and bring it to our shores. For this we have been - whipped 'with scorn and lashed with ridicule, but it .seems an exceedingly good process of cultivation for a young nation like this. We know the best , In every department of art. science and literature. If we are compelled to put v bur knowledge to practical use, we at least have the best to go on. We are not ignorant. 1 The time has come for this experi ment, as we all "inowf and the observer thinks that a few, medals of honor should be distributed to those who have gone "over the top" in designing clothes in this country. It took great com ' mercial courage, and it required a sound , knowledge of the American public. Here are two anecdotes which ac centuate the point. They happened a doien years apart. Mme. Paquin saw , several bolts of checked silk in a man ufacturer's hands. Neither the weave, the - coloring- or the design was in , fashion, to quote our own phrase. The manufacturer complained that he had no call for this quantity of material and that he would sell it for about a frano and a half a yard. Mme. Paquin took it all. went to her salons on the Rue de la Palx, turned the cheap check silk into an alluring frock of her - own design, and then wore it at Trou . ville-by-the-sea. She made the frock. the design, the color and the fabric fashionable. Everyone wanted to wear what she wore. She sold every inch of . ' : the material at a price that brought ' her unmeasured profit pn the trans--. action. Last month an American designer was looking over the stock of a lace Importer. "Nothing new," said the im porter. "Here I am hejd up with about 60 Spanish lace scarfs which I bought at a venture, thinking 1 could distribute - then in the trade in America, but no , - one took them. The one answer is that they are not tn fashion. . ' The designer said that if the tm ' porter would give him one. he would .;, turn it Into a gown that would sell all . the other scarfs, on condition that he , . received a commission on their sale. . The bargain was closed. The gown was designed. It sold immediately. It rwaa copied so, fast that ihe other 49 scarfs melted away like flakes of soap - 1 in hot water. Spanish lace was offered as a first fashion. m . That is a good example of the change that has come over the American mer- 1 chant and the American designer. We no longer have to ask what In the fash - ion. but are probably enabled to make the fashion for our own continent. Another departure from the fashion , as laid down by Paris this year, Is the ..-wearing of black. This Is not for mourning, but for street, luncheons, . dinners and the theatre It is- really not a good fashion, and those who cry for the morale of a na- ' tion, which merely means the upkeep of tts optimism in the highest form, would prefer to see this a season of gayer colors. There will probably be . enough mourning in the land, and our millions of soldiers do not wish to see " all the women garbed in black. It does not make them look upon life with 1 more Joy. However, we have started on a career of black , for this summer season, and y only the Individualists depart from it, It is a condition for gratitude that we .have enough "rebellious souls to Insist - upon blue, pink green and yellow as " a contrast to the moving procession . of black- Jet, taf fetatulle. satin, pearles nd Jersey. ' . " Another ' fact about this season for black, for which we are truly grateful is the extreme manner In which it is oresen ted. There is nothing gloomy - or depressing In the way It is handled. '- Onlv the color-Jtself strikes a somber note. 1 Bu color is always the note of victory, the sounding of the symbols of - " a deed well done, and ss the psychology - of the masses is : the most important hinr nf the hour, we should become students' of this peculiar science pf the . mind and exploit u 10 me greatest ' ' It might be wise , for us to follow , in riotaii the psychology of the general of the allied armies. General Foch. -One who knows him well,' says that General Foch thinks that?tp bp- gloomy is to mAmit that matter has conquerea spim Hopefulness, Is ' first In his creed r for ' victory, , He believes that depression is a confession, of Intellectual - weakness Irvin Cobb Popular Writer for British All Americans in England have been struck by the currency there, as evi denced on the booksellers' shelves, of the works of Mark Twain, and have been impressed by what presumably Is the great esteem in which he is bdrne In England. .There is then particular point In the recent declaration from London that "Irvin Cobb is Mark Twain's log ical successor." And Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton announce that "in re sponse to- many requests they will publish shortly some of the works of Irvin S. Cobb, the great American nov elist and humorist. , who has Just come from the states on an important mis sion." -UTWITTINQ the Hun." Just pub- VS llshed by Harper A Brothers.' is the title of Lieutenant Pat O'Brien's book which tells the absorbing story of his marvelous escape from Germany. It Is one of the impossible fairy" tales of this war which have happened. Through all the pages we feel the spirit of . fearless youth (Lieutenant O'Brien Is In . his early twenties) "rejoicing as a strong man" in his game with danger. It was a year ago. in May. 19 IT. that Pat.. O'Brien an American cltisen In the British Flying corps, after training tn Canada,' sailed for England. In August he was a full-fledged pilot engaged dally In aerial combats at the front. On the seventeenth of that month he was taken prisoner by the Germans, and the day before Christmas he arrived, a free man, freed by his awn intrepidity, in London. In those five months he went through enough to satisfy the most greedy seek er of excitement. Even into that one dav. the seventeenth, was crowded a movie drama df sensations. "I killed two Huns in a double-seated machine In the morning." he says in "Outwitting the Hun," "another In the evening, and then I was captured myself. I may have spent more Eventful days in my life, but I can't recall them. ' 1 if "s it 'ft :. y .::-': .-.. .' .jl- I ., :. TV: . . .. .. . r , v. y y . .- m it. r- "a -J-wsv 4 Dr. Holt's Book in Musical Comedy The fame of Dr. L- Emmett Holt and his little book. "The Care and Feeding of Children" has penetrated to the musi cal comedy stage. In the spring success. "Rock-a-Bye Baby," a song "According to Dr. Holt" is one of the hits of the evening. Every man and woman in the audience knows what the ballad Is about. tight away. Above The Belgian soldiers started the fashion tasseled caps. . This bit of head covering is made of thin- black velvet with a soft crown. Therr is a rosette with tassels of chenille hanging at'' the side. Below The frock on the left, reviving the. minaret of Paul Poiret, is made from strands of glittering jet and the outswlnglng tunic is handed with blue velvet ribbon. The narrow skirt is made of chiffon with loops of jet at the hem. On the right a Spanish lace scarf is turned into a dinner gown. This is a narrow black satin skirt with wide box pleated back and the surplice bodice and apron front arranged by one scarf of black silk Spanish lace mounted over thin cloth of ' silver. and will lose more.' battles of every kind than any other single cause. Mind power, thinks General Foch. can snatch victory out of the arms of defeat as well as the coming of unexpected rein forcements. He said during a battle that no man need ever be tired at a crisis if. he manages his mind right. One of -his great maxims is "Resist the Irresistible." and another favorite maxim during his long life In the thick of things was "Victory is a thing of the will." e e It Is quite probable that Foch will go down into history as a maker of epigrams, for the wise student of this man" and his tactics is garnering up his brief and vivid sayings. It would be well for us in' America to not only let him direct our soldiers, as he ? is doing, but to let him direct our mind, our temperament and our- outlook "on the war. ', - There is no getting beyond the sen tence that "victory Is a thing of the will." It is this psychology that we should work upon, and the constant clerfrlng of the black does not help to- wara a more brilliant expression of the will and the spirit. Therefore, If we must wear black gowjns, : even though we are not in mourning, let us - have them as gay as possible. In one of the most glittering exam ples, built for the stage, the minaret tunic of Paul Poiret's invention has been revived in a sllzhtlv modified form.' It is built of velvet ribbon and clashing strands of let. it Is easy to realize that taffeta has come into its first summer fashion although the popular mind does not re- gara u as one of the lovelv wmm of the world, because It is plentiful. There Is no trouble-about getting all the taffeta one .wants, and it In that we model our wardrobes for the near future on the materials that can be bought :in this country In sufficient quantity to correspond to our needs. The conversion of non-essentials Into war resources Is going on merriiv .. wisely. It takes thought of th inm. vlduali and It i-also. takes thought of the nation. A member of the war In dustries board who is mapping out the continent Into a checker-board tivlty In order to bring about this trans formation ; in the business world, is araeni in aim oeuei that the individual will not suffer. - People will not be turned out of work in mass Wn government plants? will be given all the wors. : The new and great Idea which must be carried out if we are to live, is that everyone be kept at work in the pe culiar field of labor in which he is skilled, and there is enough to be .done for the- government in every form of labor to keep each individual at the task for which he is educated and in which he can make his wage. Even though the Individual is cared for in the practice of the conversion of non-essentials to . war work and we must admit that this is the great and important thing there is no doubt-that the process will leave " us high and dry as far as variety of resources is con cerned. There will be no encouragement to experiment in materials, fashions or colors from now on. We must wear what we can get in quantity, for com merce will not be allowed to take up the labor of skilled men for such , ex periments. - . . There is no .thought of economizing in our purchases of -clothes to the ex tent of destroying the ability of the skilled person to earn a living wage, but mere is a demand, and there soon wilt be a necessity, for us to conserve our caprices. We must wear clothes in ma terials , and colors easily produced tn tnis country, , and through this means will come the standardisation of fashions. Thia does not mean that we will dress alike; it means that we may dress with more variety than ever before. But we can't say that we don't like taffeta and that we want : oomethlng - newer. We must take taffeta if there Is plentyiof k, ana tnen make the best of iit. Much can be done with this material that will result In a1 gown out of the ordinary and , conspicuous : for charm and cleverness. If you could have seen a woman who came into a restaurant for dinner wearing a certain black taf feta - gown, you ; would have been con vinced in the twinkling of an eye. that the fabric, matters nothing if the de signer has cleverness - , . .: , v ; ( The skirt was made of narrow ruffles that extended from waist to ankles, each ruffle edged with a white silk cord. The hem was excessively narrow. .. The foun dation for these ruffles fitted the figure like Sheath. There was s bodice. straight and simple, and the ma I or nart of It was a yoke with short sleeves which war braided with white cord tn sv fan tastic deBlgn. At the side of the waist was deep pink satin rose with green velvet leaves. The slippers and stockings were green. There was nothing demure aeoui mis DiacK taffeta gown. , 4 Blue serge is a fabric that will always IN THE NEW MAGAZINES The August American The August American Magazine leads off with "The Story of the Yankee Kid, which Is an account of the exploits of Harvey Johnson, a 14-year-old Kentucky boy who has fought in the trenches of Europe. "Seven Good Things Coming Out of the War" is by Dr. Frank Crane, the famous editorial writer. Charles Edison, son of Thomas A. Edison, has written 'an article called "My Experi ences Working for Father," In which he tells some new stories of Thomas A. Edi son. Baroness Huard is the author of a war article called "How Would You Like These Germans in Your House T Booth Tarkington has written a splendid arti cle called "Using the Kaiser ;" Fred Kelly tells "What Kinds of People to Trust in Money Matters." and Dr Rose says, "You Don't Naturally Get Fat as You Grow Older." The theatrical article this month is by and about Billle Burke. George M. Reynolds, the Chicago banker, tells "Why the Decisive Man Wins Out." and "Making a Splurge for the Neighbors" is an anonymous article on living too high. The fiction contains stories by such well known authors as Jack Lalt, Ellis Parker Butler. Will C. Beale and Francis Lud- wig. Holworthy Hall s new serial con tinues and the Interesting People and Family Money departments are as inter esting as usual. August Cosmopolitan Miss Mary Carolyn Davles. talented daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Davles of 74S Greenwood avenue, Portland, whose- rise in the field of letters has been rapid since her graduation fro.n Washington high school tn 1910, has a poem. "God, Be Uoou to Her, feature '1 in the August Cosmopolitan. The theme of the short bit of verse Is a soldier's plea for his mother and the poem. which with its attracUve decoration, occupies two pages. Is Illustrated by W. T. Benda. 4 " .-" A striking picture by E. Rosset-Cra nger, which is one of the gems of the first "Salon" of the war, which is Paris' reply to the. Jeers of the Huns who fancy they have thrown the French capital into a panic. T" Swinnerton's Latest Novel IT IS, of course, notorious that many of England's finest writers received their first recognition, and for long tnetr oniy lumunuai ujjii. v t , United States. Meredith and Browning ' are perhaps the names that moat reaotiy come to mind as those of English writ ers who are conspicuous examples of this singular phenomenon. And today the writers in 1 ngland who culUvate the moat distinguished literary art are not better known, if they are even as popular, at home, as they are in Ameri ca. That is. with one exception. And that is the curious case of FranK swinnerion. Writer Gives Trapper's Tale Of Sacajawea ACAJAWKA (Bird Woman) to whose memory etvnd a statue In Port, lend city park, is remembered as the brave and resourceful Indian woman who guided Lewie and Clark across the Rocky mountains and through to the Pacific coast. James WlUard Schults. author of a half dosen excellent Indian stories, has written In "Bird Women" the story of Sacajawea. as he had It a writer whose talent is hailed by his , from an old trapper and an Indian local colleagues as among the very nrst woman, both of whom had her story and finest of our day ; and who so far. mysteriously enough, has had but a very indifferent success over here. This has been a pity, but it Is a situation which, happily, Is not likely much longer to endure. With the publication of, "Nocturne" (George H. Doran company). Swlnner ton is presented in a book which can not possibly escape mldespread atten tion. This novel marks the summit of the author's art so far. It is In Itself a source of exquisite delight to any mind remotely clalmtng intelligence. And as an earnest of things to come. It has a value well-night sensational to those who in any degree have at heart the progress of the art of fiction. The simplicity of the conception of "Nocturne" is most arresting, and Us achievement as a work of art is the more startling In that the author has forced himself to work within extremely difficult limitations. There are in the story only half a dozen characters, and the entire action occupies little more time than the story takes to read. The events described, to be exact, occur In the space of a single night from P- ro. till the next morning. Five or six characters, men and women, each play a definite part in a story which moves with dash and spirit, and which Is a character study of a brilliance difficult to match within the whole range of mod ern fiction. Objector to Draft Overcomes Scruples Sunset for July The natural Mexican distrust of the United States . is being cultivated by every device of practiced German in trigue. Through the corrupted Mexican press our neighbors to the south are be ing systematically .misinformed about American intentions and condiUons. An account of this Insidious propaganda ap pears in the July issue of Sunset mag a. sine. An American who has spent year in Mexico goes to the -root of this lm portant problem. July Popular Mechanics A variety of timely topics Is to be found In the July Popular Mechanics magazine. ' The articles, 296 In number, are made interesting and easy to under stand by S81 illustrations. The para mount Importance of ship tonnage at present gives Increased value tp any pro tective device. A unique apparatus to save ocean, vessels from sinking, after being torpedoed, has aroused Interest be cause of the performance shown by mod els In recent demonstrations. ' The device consists pf a steel disk, with coie-shaped buckets attached. Lowered in the vicinity of a hole in the ship's hull, the lnrushing water would carry the end bucket through the opening so that the disk could be pulled into place over the break. Another Invention that protects the radio. In case a ship Is tor pedoed, consists of coll springs interposed between the opposite ends of the antenna and the masts, lengthening the aerial au tomatically in case the masts are sprung. A new electric dubbing machine and msAt fjrilnff fallrino- tnnl km nw art. I way dltioas to the many devices for speeding ( beg two copies of your book-plate from Sacajawea'a own Hps.' "Mr. Schults relates how In the early sevenUes he himself went from New York to Fort Benton. Mont., where he met Joseph Klpp. the most noted Indian trader of the Northwest, and his mother a full-blooded Mandan Indian woman. It was from them that he secured the narrative that he presents in his latest book. The method of telling Is eon yersa tlonal, even colloquial; but in the ap pendix are quoted passages from the . official Journey of the Lewis and Clark expedition which substantiate the facts which Mr. Schultz has dreaaed up tn semi-fiction form. This is the final tribute of the explorers to thisdaunt less young woman : "She has born with a patience truly admirable the fatigues of so long a route, encumbered with the charge of an infant, who is even now only 1 months old. We therefore paid Charbonea'u (Sacajawea' husband! his wages, amounting to fSOO.M In cluding the price of a horse and lodge purchased of him. Reasonable rates for the services of twoguides for a year and a half!' "The book is Illustrated by drawings by Mr. Schults' son. Hart Merrlan Schults. or "Lone Wolf." as his mother's Indian people call him. f Boston : Hough ton. Mifflin Co.: price $1.60 net) N.Y. Critic Declares Rebecca West Genius a Rebecca West. English womsn whose .articles In the New Republic and recent novel. "The Return of the Soldier, have Lewtston. Pa , July Id. After having i attracted much appreciative attention In hidden out In the Seven Mountains be- this country. In a symposium In the New yond his home near Belleville almost J York Sun on the most significant book continually since last September to es- i of the year, awarded that glowing prise cane the draft. Seth 8. Yoder. an Amlsh to Mary Webb s "Gone to Earth, pun- man, suddenly came out or ms noie sna snnounced 'that he had overcome his conscientious scruples and was ready to go to camp. No charges were preferred against him as he was sent on his wsy. Here Is shown one of the new blac commonplace. The skirt is a seri sflk eord and cut in peg-top fash k taffeta" oowns that is far from e of small ruffles edged with white ion.- " ' -. -. w V- ' ' ' .'' ! i ' '' ' bo with us, as far as the manufacturers and the war board can look ahead. Now, what are we going to do with ft to lift it out of the commonplace? - . - It is usually midnight blue, and. given sv few yards of it in this color, the de signers do not want to sit down and turn it out into insignificant frocks and. In conspicuous suits, As an' evidence that they do not intend to rematn in a rut, they have already designed costumes of this average,' routine material which make one gasp.,-";.-.': .. .. .. ; , A woman who came to a "defense" luncheon one day, ore a blue serge Second Printing : ; Order Is Planned -. "Keeping Our Fighters Fit For War and After," by Edward Frank Allen, for which President Wilson" has- written- special prefatory statements, has gone into a second printing less taan a month af ter publication. - f . ' Book Plate Exhibit The art room at the Central library Is forming a collection f interesting book-plates which are being exhibited In the second floor rotnrda at the library and Miss Isom will be glad to receive duplicates of others not in the collection. There must be many desirable book-plates belonging to Port land people that have not found their into the library collection. May llshed In the United States by E. P. Dutton Co. "The year's discovery." she says, '"hsa been Mary Webb, author of Gone to Earth.' he Is a genius, and I shouldn't mind wagering that .she Is going to ba the most distinguished writer of our generation." An stmoephere of mystery, at least In thia country, envelopes the personality of Rebecca West. The only things that are known sbout her are that Rebecca West Is not her real name,1 although It is the name under which she receives her mall at two English addresses, that ahe is one of several sisters and that her sympathies sre pas sionately with the working people. : up shipbuilding. to add to the art room collection. Summer Fashion Thoughts NY sort of embellished shoulder scarf s is- ah accessible accessory to our ess. these days. Glass fringe is one of the newer touches -to add charm to scarfs of colored tulle and net. Gray and black are a smart combina tion, in cloth and satin, or in silk and serge. . Some , touch of color, of course. is needed to emphasise this combina tion and give a a bit of dash. Oriental embroidery, in silk or beads. Is a touch used sometimes by the discriminating dressmaker. K. , Fins pin tncks are a noticeable fea ture of some of the cloth costs that are a part of two plec suits of fine fabric Soft sport hat of "ribbon In all the be coming shades of blue. rose, green end yellow are worn at beach and country summer places. ' . A very effective hat worn recently by a well dressed young woman was made of navy .blue Georgette crepe. Over it was stretched a network of deep pur ple fringe. : The Junctures of the dif ferent strands of-fringe were empna sized with a small, dull brown wooden bead.;i'; -., :-y. : ... '- Lace is still much used In fine linge rie, and -the finest of real filet Is used with - charming . effect. It wears well, too, and tn these days when we try to buy with wisdom, we think a bit about the durability of our lingerie. , ; ' . '.Some of th'e nw"aU enveloping capes lof silk Jersey are lined with silk In vivid contrasting color. Cerise ts used, for instance, in a cape of bisctit color. orange yellow in one ef gray, and a green lining in a cane of dark blue. Where are our new blouses going to open? Nobody knows, of course., but just now there ts a tendency toward acceptance of the blouse that opens at the side. ' And although . some of the new blouses show collars, still "most of them are of the cellar! ess variety with a rolling effect at the back. American women have found this line Infinitely becoming, and they are Insisting on Its continuance with a perseverance that la really commendable. Short neglige course, are fea tured, but some of the very attractive new rest robes of Georgette and chiffon and tulle show long trains, sometimes fan shape, sometimes simply long ends of the fabric trailing at the back. Dark sleeves are shown in some 1 of the attractive new blouses of tan Georgette drape. For the woman al ways watching for some practical touch in new clothes, these blouses ap peal mightily. For the dark sleeves. be It remembered, do not show soil so quickly as light ones. It is, a rather gloomy thought to remember that they probably really do become soiled al most as quickly as do white ones, but if you must wear a blouse for a con siderable stretch of tune on a long railroad Journey, for Instance, or all day long doing. Red Cross work, that may be a bit ; dusty you feel - far fresher- at the end of the time in dark sleeved blouse than in a light one. Raise Rabbits and Own Your Home Oakland. CaL. July 20. (X. If. 8.) Tb Oakland real estate board has- recently completed an Investigation In which It was discovered that any housewife can buy a home with the revenue derived . from raising rabbits in the back yard for stock and market purposes. . To prove-that it Is possible they have hired a rabbit specialist and win fur nish expert advice to any one wishing to buy a bungalow on such term a. A . pamphlet has been Issued giving the de tails and plans for a miniature farm that would give the best results. . Hair Under Arms Iliraiefe '.' r resss-rtmsr hmtr fross ststds tfce surss ttfceew Is stotlklBc mm ! svs t PeMhseU. the ertstauU It ts wmm&r for tstas mmm ass tm tlko eet mm eg sJewt mw9T. ? Domraote 1st wssr saeweis-ss) tor sir . xresm Ac all astiec FKeE aeadle U V .Uf, St WSJ J