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GIRLS OF ALL NATIONS IN PEACE FETE IN JERUSALEM
BOTH
SLIGHTLY
IN
ERROR
FOR HEAVY BLOUSE
DESIGN
SMART
FOR
WINTER
Physician and Lovesick Youth Were
At.k Too Quick to Jump
Conclusions.
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There'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
a
ly ill.
"Wlthotil waiting fur him to speak
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.
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Peace" surrounded by the allied anil friendly nations in the great peace fote In Jerusalem recently held undci
the auspices of the V. M. C. A. Girls of all nut Ions residing there participated In the tableaux.
HISTORIANS
PLEASURE SEEKERS ONCE MORE THRONG NICE
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-olcry. 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.
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Nice, the henutiful resort on France's Mediterranean
Is thronged with pleasure seekers.
DECORATIONS
ON
coast, hus resumed Its status as a guy social center and
HE
THE MAINE MEMORIAL
DISAGREES
WITH
LODGE
Satin and Weaves of Velvet
Exceptioro 'y Smart.
Sheer, Dainty Mai
CaeteLlnguie
lar
tir
Are
Have Not Loet
Blouses PopuSpring.
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 exceptionally 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 added, giving even grenter variety to the
alreudy lovely display.
The skitch shows a very smart
bluuse. which may bo developed attractively In velvet with bend or wool
embroidery lu contrasting color, or In
sntln with metal, silk or wool embroidery as tho trimming. The blouse
shown Is waist length and finished
with a suft, crushed girdle of self fabric, twu long
panels disfront. The
tinguishing the Mouse
slightly (lured elbow sleeves are finished with the embroidery, and the
neck has a piping of self rubric.
Another exccptlonnlly smart blouse
recently seen was of terra cottn colored 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
frlngo-tlppe-
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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
Moire Velvet to the Forefront;
Still
Shakespeare Down to Date,
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 suggests a repertoire of the bard's plays
rechrlstened to meet popular demands
for stimulating titles. She suggests
"How Could Vou, Juliet t" as more appropriate than plain "Romeo and
She also would substitute
Juliet."
"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."
In
BAGS
Beads
Favor; Miser Bsgs for
Tailored Suits.
Justice
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. Crocheted miser bags, handmade, lncrust-ewith steel binds In midnight blue
and belgo and blue, are smart with
he trim tailored suit.
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The Cheerful
WORTH KNOWING
Exterminator.
moving Into our honeymoon
apartment we discovered that It was
sadly In need of the services of an exterminator. With a bride's Ignorance
of apartment bouse life and the clubby ways of the cockroach, I regarded
this as a personal disgrace, and took
great core to keep It a profound secret from our friends.
One day, while exhibiting my shiny
new kitchen equipment to a girl
Modish Suit Blouse.
On
View of the anchor memorial of the battleship Maine In
Washington, on
the twenty-seconthe blowing up of that ship in Havana haranniversary-obor. The decorations were given by President Wilson, the Spanish war veterans and the Cuban minister.
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buzfriend, I answered the
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.
back-doo-
CANADIAN
ARTILLERY
ON SNOWSHOES
Dr. Hideo Klmura, noted Japanese
scientist, disagrees with Sir Oliver
Lodge, claiming that the "will within"
The Bite That Failed.
creates the "spirit" manifestations,
As- a rule the relations
between
all of which are due to the subconRussians and Japanese soldiers In Sisciousness of the mind.
"Death Is beria have been friendly enough. But
merely a form of subconsciousness, at a town on the Transiberian railway,
such as sleep," says Doctor Klmura, which bad Just been freed from the
who adds that "immortality of the foul tyranny of bolshevlst rule, a Japsoul may be willed from within." He anese soldier haled a big, staring
offers, by means of subconsciousness, moujlk Into the presence of Ills comto win the prize of $5,000 offered by manding officer. "What has he been
Doctor Rinn by producing a spirit.
doing?" asked the colonel. "I gave
him a cigarette," said the soldier,
"and then be tried to bite me I" Kiss
r0 Deficiency Irreparable.
even between members of the opDeficiencies are misfortunes, but ing,
sexes, Is not a Japanese cus
posite
not
they are
irreparable. Demosthenes tom, was a poor stammerer who wanted to
tell the world the great thoughts strugEnormous Demand for Furs,
gling within him. Instead of worrySiberian' furs are almost entirely
ing about his weakness in speech he
began practices that would remedy the shipped In the raw state. Very few
evil.
The world now calls him the furs are sent abroad, the exceptions
sliver tongue of Greece.
At a local being Tibetan lamb, tnufftln (plucked
debating club one night a certain goat skin), and a few other varieties.
In all coun
young man was down for a speech. The great demand for furs
tries and the keen competition In the
He rose to his feet and became petri
fied at the sound of his own voice trade has sent up the prices of raw
a few years
saying, "Mr. Chairman." The crowd furs to figures unheard of
have enormously Increased
laughed and then began to taunt him. ago. Sables
Soon some one dubbed him "Orator In value, due to the short supply and
Mum."
That was the limit. He Just the closure of the Russian sable marforgot where he was and gave the kets.
fellow "a piece of his mind." The rePort of Shanghai.
sult was that he became one of the
The port of Shanghai does perhaps
best speakers the country has ever
40 per cent of the entire foreign trade
produced.
of China, and of the total Imports of
Shanghai for the year 1918, the United
Making Them Envious.
States furnished about Id per cent
"Been eating cloves, eh?"
Industries which are prosper"Just camouflage, my dear. I did Chinese
ous are cotton
that to make some of the fellows think and flour milling.spinning, shipbuilding
Railway projects
I'd had a drink."
command attention.
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Members of the Canadian Itoyal artillery on snowshoes in front of the
Citadel of Quebec.
ASSORTED
BRIEFS
Wolfskin makes the best parchment
for banjos.
Roasted spiders are considered a
delicacy In New Caledonia.
Import duties on butter yield the
British government an estimated anWomen now possess full suffrage nual profit of more than $15,000,000.
rights In 21 countries.
A man employed by a London firm
Underdone beef Is said to be the of pencil makers has worked on the
same machine for sixty-thre-e
favorite dish of the. king of Spain.
years.
was finished with a
accordion plaiting of self fubrlc. Narrow 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-lookingarment also recently displayed In the blouse department 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- u
g
USE
FOR THE
OLD
BLOUSES
Garments May Be Trans
t
formed Into Numerous Articles
of Apparel.
Worn-Ou-
"
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 accomplished, as It saves the constant
handling of the tape measure, and
there Is no fenr of the hum being uneven, 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
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 always possible to buy remnants or
short ends of fabrics that mny bo
combined In this way. Wushalilo middles ore worn all through tho
blouse.
year
If the silk has begun to slit folds with plain or plaid skirts, and a frock
can be laid In a girdle or In an under combining plain skirt nnd plnld taffeta
hat brim so the worn part will never or serge blouse Is very sniurt.
show and the silk will many times
A Gown From Paris.
do remnrkably long service used this
A new evening gown from Pnris
latter wny.
has
An old rajah pongee blouse thnt had nn entire bodice made of small flowors
on
sewed
fadnet. Even the shoulder
been worn and washed till It was
ed looking was dipped In deep rose strnps are flower garlands, nnd more
into tho tulle
dye and It made a most Jaunty sports garlands stray-dohat, covered over a buckram frome draperies of the skirt. The skirt Is
with heavy cords edging the top and black tulle and the bodice Is covered
bottom of the crown nnd the brim. with brilliant red geranium petals. AnCable cord, covered with bias strips other frock of this sort has a draped
of the material, was sewed In a de skirt of orchid tulle nnd the bodice Is
sign, fiat effect, on the sides of the made of violets sewed so thickly to slli
ver net that only the flowors show.
crown and the hat was complete. '
crene de chine
A
Buttons on Baby's Bonnet.
waist was dipped In coffee to give It
Instead of having to rip the stitches
more tone and from the whole parts of
everv ttma
the blouse enough material was res from baby's bonnet-strlnicued to cover a small toque. Inch you wash them, fasten them on with a
folds, running vertically, were laid little pearl button; then nil you have,
around the sides of the toque and a to do is to'unbutton them, and this
loose blouse of silk on the crown gave laves considerable time.
a stylish tarn effect to the hat.
Black and White Checks.
The collar and front of this blouse,
Black and white checks mako
which was all In one piece with a
hemstitched border, and the cuffs were smart lining for a cape.
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 lovely 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
biscuit-colore-
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two-piec- e