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itAre Two Kinds of People in the World Now, Those
7ho Go and Those Who
' War Chest Giving
t-,T 3 o'clock this mornlnp the Ger-
L nrtana laid down d barrage. At
'the sector culeted down."
lJa Is Just part of a war dispatch
gi ai ranoom irom one 01 innny.
Hakes you stop and think. How
l.how Infinitely tired must be the
jk'who stand between the world and
wman oarrase ai a o ciock in me
nlnj:.
pty . lnflnltely Indebted Is every
".wtman and child In America to
t'soldler who stands between them
I-a- German barrage at 3 o clock
ne morning.
; i hfTHERE are onlv two kinds of neonle
ir A. In the world today those who go
gi.arid' those who do not go. The world
V, -,ia""fc Jul Ull lucui. xuustr iij hu
: Jte.ce drowning and dying In the mud
ft Bt France for the glory of It. Some of
.' Jhose dearest to us have paid this
i P)fle, already. That was their bit the
,; kul-,tald out for them.
, 1JKj:J!rhose..who do not go are asked to
plWNMIUUm VW hll. 0U,.,.U. b W. .lib 1U1
' !?d3ft? V.'?-' i.' t.t !.-... t.A Wo. rh..i i..
gfr(W,'.WOV Hb Lino nine lire ,m Clival in
.IF.&lrl. tnv t9A linn Him frnm tlif.un
; if$Jround Philadelphia who do not have
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'-il is a. lime inr every mmi uuu vvumuii
B'M u BU VII HI J quiet, turner uuu iifiuio
fil. lit their responsibility In this war,
rii"1 -I'Here Is one way of figuring It out.
rVVi we money you nave ur ever inii-jt-1
u ' tqTMiavo Is not worth what the boy
iiTaffc'y wno "'e 'n '"e m Handera,
Rest Robes for Leisure Hour's
A Daily Fashion Talk by Florence Rose
ii,'rnHE rest robes, the intimate little
4 'Jijhalf dresses which we don when we
Jt''BA enjoy a few leisure moments, arc
V Ut' present In the limelight more than
C" Hbey'have been for many ears. In
U these days when all women are busy.
2S''lther with war charities or with paid
.kHvos'tlona, the daytime costume Is neces
t&mr1Iy extremely plain In design and
KfSfknpretentlous In color ; but after a busy
ix . flv ' when one may relax at home, the
l ? '''ttvtvlUvA nt inHutfflnfr nne's taste in
. Ll'these more tunefully colored gowns is
Vfky no means consiaereu an exiravu-!i'?;'mtnce.'
; ('' There Is a great variety of these rest
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Ji TQoes, so inai one iimj cwij iii i"
f;. individual taste and pocketbook. Kor
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XMtRose. wno wisn
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" the boudoir, there are the loose
ere are the loose.
minr affairs,
and then again, there
8'emlflttlnir numbers with belts or
wa.VfoKlthe woman who wishes to
V&xvrObe wore on tne lines or a.
i,',!arid.,ytt one that answers the
&e' of' a' rest gown.
ere' are; also elaborate models that
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iieserye mc uur. ul icakuwii, leim-
lt-OI me vogue oi many years uku,
m women donned this sort or gar-
,ft;jiBtf0r their "at-home days, when
f, . , 1 Hiar Jrt rrri tea themselves from the
table.
Is one of these dignified robes that
artist has depicted, and which may
B j,7" DBj.Bi;uB"a"U E H"UIV"1 J liuunt
f'.j' ffown. The original model was made of
Si-rln mptenr.
The front, as you
iiiailpilB surplice and fastens on
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the right
it .. BUKnt. lilts xuniicoa nciu jusi c
above the
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'a nmok4iiia aim vu .no iikiii diuc v. 1111 an
; .ii'ofHiynent resembling Chinese embrold
,,eri'V?tie of these ornaments also holdw
I IJIJJtJW-material at the back.
? t i'.TheJback Is draped up at the center
'' iuw'Wrms a train. The sleeves of this
I; are wonny oi your aiieiuion.
fire made of a beautiful-toned pink
in and cut in such a wav that the
ted.end3 twist in a manner that
inug one oe a corascrew, ana mere-
'i;(add weight to the ends of the
jre&'and the chiffon forms its own
lllrleB are solicited and may be
restffcd-care of this newsnaDer.
,S.fc'SfCopyrItht10J8. by Florence note)
r, ,Ss Still Needs Stenographer
.jjuracne united states Uovcrnment Is ptlll
Sr,lSklnff for stenographers. The War De
p:.irtment, which takes the largest num- '
bt'liZr.'.of aDnlieants. navs Sltnn :,l ihn
L' .VjdrWnnlng with an advance after three
f IjietttanUis' satisfactory service to $1200.
r-juivii service examinaiions are required,
v;tWl mey are not dimcuit and consist in
copying irom rougn orart, copying rrom
?lafn coDy. snelllne. letter writlne Den-
''isanahlp and arithmetic. I
THE WOMAN'S EXCHANGE
Tnnivs Tivnmrjirs
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i ItfnlX'At what time of the day do the rreat-r-'A,
g-kw'' et numter of street aeeldenti occur?
,"-.- in rnmt city in ne liiiiki Mate h mere
Vv ' . "an airplane defenne corps composed of
JryV womenr
'UB.WhAt effect doc lemon juice In the
,-t-- rlfiBlnr water bate on the hair?
ililWben apple to be lmkcd, are peeled.
? '"" Ji what will prevent their upreudinc all
1 U.r oter In the pan?
mM niiai arc ihiihiuts uciinvnitTj,
TtSSsfU'lien frtiliM anil Tesefnhlea are belnr
unefl. now run one jauge- wnen mer
are ufflclently dry?
Wants "In Flanders' Fields'
Page!
-'.i-'rieat Madam I huve
the nrst two linen
A poem in mv mind and cannot remember
t real of It. I heard It recently. Can you
'o' me out? The lines are:
' .fJl'In Flanders' fields the poppies blow
T"Btween the crosses, row on row."
1P ItEADKU.
i-roem you refer to Is "In Flanders'
a ' ana was written oy v oionei jonn
ae. a physician, wno aiea recently
die front. The lines are as follows:
Flanders' fields the popples blow
een tno crosses, row on row,
'mark our Dlace. and In the sky
larks still bravely singing fly.
nearu amia me guns ociow.
e the dead. Short days ago
ed. felt dawn, saw sunset glow.
and were lovea, ana now we ne
Flanders' neias.
i our .Quarrel with the foe.
ffrom falling hands rwe throw
-be youra to hold 11 nign.
reak faith with ua who die.
all not uleeu tho' doddIcs grow
n Flanders' fields.
(f These Cheese, Croquettes
Utar of Woman' Pace:
Mfidam -I ithould IlLn to Jlnd a new
V 'u.ln .ha... tt.k nrln.ln.l .fish
Lai. Da rou know of any rood
it I can ust HOUSEWIFE.
-jrou -ever tried cheese cro-
J l ney suunu cry soou ana are
I to make. The reelne la aa
f'Three tablespoonfuls butterine.
urter cuoful of flour, two-thirds
lif milk, two eft yolks, one cupful
( flicea. one-nan cupiui graiea
I., 'one-half teaspoonful aalt, one-
A.4uarirwinftil nenner.
: tiii butterine In a saucepan; when
Mlted add tna nour ruDoea to
ivaite witn a nine or me mint:
i Mat nf the milk gradually: cook
minutes, oems carerui not. to
I the unoeaten yoixa ana stir
mixed,' .then add the grated
aaon: ia mo cuccao nie.us.
tD fire, iroid in tne pieces
Do Not Folks Must Base
on This Thought
Wp you and 1- will never he able to
pay In full. The least we can do Is
pay In part to our last penny.
Here Is another way of figuring It
out. Recently I heard a successful
business man talking about the income
tax. He said, "Why. I am virtually
working for the Government. This
war Is taking everything."
This brings to mind once more the
soldier, the sailor or the marine. They
have laid down their Jobs, well-paying
Jobs In many cases; they have cut
short or at least Indefinitely Inter
rupted their business careers to work
for the "Government." As privates
are very plentiful In the army the
salary is not one that would naturally
lure a man from his business career.
Who Is giving most, then, In a busi
ness way?
There Is a third thought. It is well
to decide Just who H the "Govern
ment," In whose name we do so many
things. The Government, we havedis
covered since we have learned to value
our country, is simply YOU and MIC!
Pn
THE soft warm sunshine of
'ranee sleep the American soldiers
who laid down their lives for the mil
lions of friends they had never known.
It la necessary that i-ome must die.
But there are concrete things that will
save the others. The War Chest sup
plies these things.
It should not go easy with the con
science of the man or womar who
iuuii u, ucai u,u ui unw uinu m me
pleadings of the greatest mother in the
world ut tills time the War Chest.
This little rest robe i more or less
of an informal tea i;own. It is of
blue crepe meteor, brightened with
little ornaments that resemble
Chinese embroiden. The sleeves
are a lovely surprise, beautifully
toned pink chiffon, with delightfully
novel corkscrew ends. The model
is simple enough surplice with a
fastening on the right side; the
back is draped
Letters and ouestfoas aubmftted to
thta department must be u--ittoi on on
eide o the paper only and staned with
the name of the writer. Special Queries
hkt those oiven below are iniited. It
is undertootl that tre editor does not
necessarily indorse tie nenftmeiit ex
pressed. All cotnmh atlons for this
departmt should be nddmird ns tot'
lows: TI1K WOMAN'S KXrilANOE.
Been In g fublfo Ledger. Philadelphia. Pa.
"I Can't" and Slackers
To the Editor of Woman's Page:
Dear Madam There is no doubt that
in thla war America haa thousand of pa
trlotlc women. Hut there l aluo no doubt
that we do have slackers Yea Blacker 1
think they are as bad. perhaps worse, than
tho men-alarkera and there t are more or
them. I will repeat a Utile lonversatlon 1
heard eslen1ay on the subject.
"Do scu know, they won't sell me flour
at th atore without substltutea!"
"They cant The men at tho tront have
to have It. We women ought to eat the
aubatltutea." ....
"Oh." this in a complalnlne tone, "i tnma
It's not fair. I can't eat cornmeal. It makea
me a!ck."
"Humph! I nueaa Mr Hoover'd rather
you'd be alck than our boys."
"I don't care. I can't."
It makes my blood boll as I think of air
boy, aacrlrlclnc their Uvea, who would have
to l" without because of these slackers.
"1 can'l." women or America, uo juu
say thatt Do you mean It? Would ou let
the boys so without for your sake Would
you be ruled by the Kaiser? Would vou have
us loae thla war? "No, Indeed."
You say It But do you mean It? Think.
If tho boys aren't tourlshed properly
ou will be ruled jy the Kaiser. Not only
you, but thousands more. Just because ou
"can't" cat substitutes. You can and you
must.
Kracs up. Fall In line and inarch off with
the "savers." Mhow the men you wilt w-in
the war. And say "I can."
PATBIOTIC WOMAN.
Very well nut. If some of us can. all
of us can, and the more quickly and
willingly American women Join the "I
can" corps the sooner and more easily
our army will win the war for ug, and
It Is not true that cornmeal makes
people sick.
No Army and Navy League
7"o .Editor of Woman's Pooe
Dear Madam Could you please tell me tn
your columrt In the Evesiso Lamia the ad
dress of the headquarters of the Army and
Navy Lea sue and what branches of work are
taken up In this league by younx womenT
M. If.
t think you must have several
names confused when you say "Army
and Navy Lague." There Is a Navy
League at til South Eighteenth street
and a National Ladles' Auxiliary Army
arid Navy Union at U2S Arch street.
The members of the Navy League knit
and make all kind of comforts for th
men In the navy, and there la alto a
gIam In .wlralesa. If vou jwrlte to Mrs.
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The Least That We Can Do
The War Chest's scale of giving
Is very much slmplllled and docs
not look so formidable when the
amounts arc reduced to days, Kor
Instance:
If a man earns $1000 a vear. he
gives the War Chest nine cents per
day.
if a man earns J2000 u year, he
gives the War Chest twenty-two
centn per day.
If a man earns $3000 a year, he
gives the War Chest thlrtj -three
cents per day.
If a man earns $4000 a year, he
gives the War Chest fifty-five cents
per day.
If a Viian earns $3000 a year, he
gives the War Chest slxty-nino
cents per day.
If a man earns $6000 a yeai . he
gives the War Chest ninety nine
cents per day.
If one considers what a soldier
or a sailor gives to his eountrv .
these percentages to be ghen by
those who stay nt home certainly
look, as one man said yesterda,
"the least that we can do."
Three Wheatless Breads
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On account nf the extreme necessit
for rigid conservation of wheat until
the next harvest, the food ailmlnts
tratlon has sent out special recipes that
will help patriotic women to put an
entire wheatlfss schedule In thtir
homes
The recipe listed tielnw is for baking
powder loaf bread. You do not need
elthtr wheat or yeast for the loaves and
et they tan lie cut into slices and
toasted.
One method serves for each recipe '
It follows: i
Mix the melted fat, liquid, syrup and
egg. Combine the liquid and well-mixed I
dry Ingredients. Hake as a loaf In a
moderately hot oven for olio hour or1
until thoroughly baked.
Nuts, raisins or dates may be added
if desired.
These are all the formulas:
Oat nnd Corn I'lour Ilreail
Three-fourths cupful nf liquid, four
tublesiionnrule of fat. four tablespoon
fuls of syrup wo epgs. sl teaspoonfuls
of baking -ovvder. one teaspoonful of
salt, one and onp-thlrd cunfuls corn
flour, one cupful of ground rolled oats
Corn Dour and Ilurkwhent llreud
One cupful of liquid, four tablespoon
fuls of fat. four tahlespoonfuls of syrup,
two eggs, six teaspoonfuls of baking
powder, one teaspoonful of salt, one and
nne-thlnl cupfuls of corn Hour, one cup
ful of buckwheat.
Ititrle.v mid Oat Itrrud
One cupful of liquid, four tahlespoon
fuls of fat, four tahlespoonfuls of syrup,
two eggs, one teaspoonful of salt, six
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two cup
fuls of barley flour, one cupful ground
rolled oats
Tested Wartime Recipes !
I'Ml ltUqur
Two cupfuls of flaked fish, one-half
tupfiil of cracker crumbs, two cupfuls
of milk, one tablespoonful of nut butler.
I'or thl-i any good white fish mav be
used cod. halibut, whltctisb. It should
be boiled end flaked so that there are
two cupfuls of it when it has been picked
apart and freed from bits of bone and
skin. Put the fish In a saucepan with a
quart of boiling water and salt and pepper
to tastp . simmer gently for half an
hour When you set the fish on the fire
add the finely powdered cracker crumbs
to the milk in a double boiler and let
this stand at the side of the stove, with
boiling water in the outer vessel, until
you are readv for it. At the end of the
half hour stir a heaping tablespoonful
of nut butter Into the fish, put the
soaked crumbs and inilk with it. see that
all Is very hot and send to table. Pass
sliced lemon for the benefit of those who
wish the aci touch with their fish
This Is especially good made either
with canned lobster or salmon when the
fresh fish Is not to be obtained.
Mother's Magazine
Vegetarian Itroth
Cook three ounces of barlev with one
Hid one-half quarts of water, two or
three peppercorns and one teaspoonful
of salt for one hour. Lrain barlev liquor
Into another saucepan, add two tahle
spoonfuls of the cooked barlev and one
ounce each of finely diced carrots, tu-- .u.
onion and celery. Then add onc-lulf
cup peas Cook until the vegetables are
tender. Add a little butter. If desired,
and one teaspoonful finely chopped
parsley and serve hot.
YESTERDAY'S ANSWERS
I Three women members of Mute I.eU
liture In the tnlted Mutea lire lr.
tiraie Struttoll-Alre. member of the
I tub lloue of Ite-tiri'M-ntuthe: Inn
1'. Wllll:init. of the House of Kepre
sentntlvcs In UAshlnctniii Mrs. Mangle
A. Hi-.lhnwiiy. of the House of Itepre
sentntivei in .Montana.
2. The KmiiresH Kugenle, who N now
lilnct-two aeuri old. was the wife of
NuiHtleon III and omc lanpres of
France.
3. The high girdle. In most' te-nmlng to the
short woman, as It makes her look
taller.
I. Ill making war bread from wheat siitihtl
tutea add a cupful of mashed pota
toes. This keeps the hre.id molntt It
will not crumble and kill stay, fresh
for a long t'lme.
.1. llrushes should he dried with their
bristle down. 01licrwie the water
runs down Into tne wood mid rots It.
6, Cslng ii rurrrnnih to scale a flh make
the tak easier unil le disagreeable
than when u knife is used.
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A rare combination nf
good taste with smartness in
style and finish such as La
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France shoes possess may
always be enioved. for
perfect comfort is de
rived from a perfect fit.
Thitmtdel sf La Praatt Shaei !
in all lialluri, all tises, all uiiithl.
ran, uhUi, tray and Hack,
Tie a feat to fit Feet
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WOMEN LEARN
New York city women arc attending the most novel school in the world a serie- of courses that teaches them
how to vote. IS'o class of women has failed to respond. Above are shown two apt scholars poing llirouph the
ropes. In the circle is Mrs. John Blair, serretary of the Woman Voters' Council of the New York city Wonun
Suffrage party. Under the leadership of Miss Mary Carrctt Hay, the partv's "lios," Mrs. DIair has undertaken
llie work of supervising these schools of citizenship
NEW YORK SUFFRAGISTS BUSY TEACHING
WOMEN OF THE CITY HOW TO USE BALLOT
Classes Held in Theatres, Tearooms, Factories, Banks, Department Stores and Every Place
Where Daily Bread Is Earned Hippodrome Girls Proved Avid and Apt
Pupils; Came Back for More
IT'S a long way from tho ballet to the
ballot. Almost as far aa Tlpperary !
Or is it?
Mrs. John DIair, secretary of the
woman voters' eouncij of the New York
city Woman Suffrage party, has settled
that question once and for all.
It's Just well, ten steps from the bal
let to the ballot, she will tell you. And
Mrs. Ulair knows. Jt was she herself
who went down to the Hippodrome in
New York city to teach the Hippodrome
girls how to vote.
And here is her answer:
"It isn't any further from the ballet
to the ballot than it takes to step out
of jour dress.ng room and get out in a
call Into the most novel classroom In the
world a place where you are taught to
be a citizen "
The girls al the Hippodrome have
taken av ull.v to learning the big mighty
business of citizenship. When Miss
Mary Harrett Hay, "boss" of the New
York city Woman Suffrage party, an
nounced that a specially appointed com
mittee sliuuld undertake to reach all the
women of the great big city and teach
them how- to vote hopes ran high In
the suffrage party. Hut in some cases
the hopes were quavering Women who
earn their living tossing smiles to
the crowds are apt to he skeptical. The
thousands of girls employed In factories
are apt to be skeptical, too.
lint the quavers have all gone out A
their hopes. The brilliant results
achieved since .he citizenship classes
went into effect are nothing short of
marvelous. The surfs rushed In where
those less inspired with a cause might
have feared to tread. Instead of wait
ing for the girls to como to suffrage
headquarters they went to them. At
present in the fifth month of their edu
cational campaign, they are holding
lines out to leach every woman In the
city. There are classes In department
stores, In restaurants. In tearooms, in
banks. In the offices of large corpora
lions, in the Red Cross. In the Y. W. C.
A . In ladies' specialty shops. In fac
tories, in fact, In every place under the
sun or moon where young or old women
are apt to earn their dally bread or
merely to congregate for other purposes.
The Job undertaken by the suffs Is
colossal. But the results are measuring
up to the Job. Nothing attests to this
more than the fact that it Is not the
women who have been working for ean
for the vote who are interested in the
classes, but the new woman to whom the
vote has ineatii absolutely nothing It
the pabt It seems that everywhere
women, and particularly young women.
are anxious to peek behind the scenes in
the Government.
You may Imagine that Mrs. Ulalr.
head school teacher, has a rather busy
time of It. Well, she is not doing the
MBKffw Ii d.vv cue Z.3U m
yiHV Yvi Tweed-O-Woola Next Season Will Be Jf
JHHIL Hk- $3? to m H f
MmW'P V&$S. 'Tijese colorful and heather mixtures that aro re- yTSV '
ZmkmkWmlt 0 duced are our regular models. In fact they are SS?
sWSttf " vS9. coming In even betteiythan our first shipment.
HOW TO VOTE IN UNIQUE SCHOOLS
work alone, of course. A staff of paid
teachers whoso salar.es are supplied bj
the department of citizenship of the city
party acts as an adjutant corps.
In some instances where there are a
large number of glrli emploed under
one roof It has been possible to get the
head of the educational or welfare de
partment of that particular concern to
give the courses. This has been done by
having the educational head take a spe
cial teachers' course In citizenship her
self and then pass It on to her girls
Thrte thousand new voters have been
reached under one roof in this way as
many voters as many a small town
boasts of. The tinio allowed for the In
struction has been advanced bj em
ployers "This is a hopeful sign. ' Mrs. Blair
says, which, of course, is true, because it
means business men on the w hole have
acknowledged the righteousness of citi
zenship for women and are lending It
their support.
The course whicli teaches women to
vote lasts for six weeks. The woman
voters' council does not for an instant
believe that six weeks of sketchy re
view of political bcicnoe will turn out
finished voUrs. t
Time and time the superior men have
taunted the buffs.
Why. a baby could vote, they say.
Why do you have to teach the women.
And It isn't very much use to remind !
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oumnmr rr cur V IVvlMr 'Sf ! 1
are now z? . . mwsnim&r' '?&m
ready :mMiSBLwSr ! i
2 .i:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimi' SUBmfMMSmmmmw M
Sprinu IT Summer
?& 1 Millinery B Dresses
l l I Now $10 J $io ' ;
AVi Wt ffntiO Tfoilnnotl All CH-Un
y I Tweed-O-Wool Suits to j
these wiser beings that voting is not
merely putting a cross on a piece of
paper and then going out to talk things
over in front of the b.uher slu.it It's the
planning and the peering Into the possi
bilities of parties, of candidates and of
results that follow in their wake that Is
the real business of citizenship, accord
ing to the National New York City
Woman Suffrage party.
The main objective of the parly is to
marshal all women for the vote next
tall. The uj es of tne .vorhl will then be
turned on their State and by the Judg
ment of New York women in politics
then will be molded the judgment of all
women In politics.
For Porch I'illows
Among the wash materials which are
Ubed for porch pillow covens are the
Japanese towelings. These can now be
bought In other shades than the usual
blue and white. Brown and white, cool
green and white and gray and white
offer plenty of variety and chance for
setting or matching a color scheme.
They wash beautifully and are very rea
sonable. Kor the round mats, which
many porches require whete the porch
steps are used for seats, stenciled oil
cloth is unusual. The advantage of ar
oilcloth cushion in either black or white
Is that it can lie wiped off with a damp
., ol
dew, niack burlap stenciled makes an
attractive porch pillow, too.
,'ioin or leu out overnigni in storm or
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Alice Kent and the Day's Work
The Story of a Business Girl Who Would Not Fail
fly MAHT11A KEELEli
Copyright. 105, biz Public Lcdocr Company.
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T'M GIAD you've come.'
exclaimed
Miss Hrooks. the V. W. C. A. em-
nlovment secretarv. as I entered her
ofllce. "I was Just going to write ou."
My face must have lighted up with
hope, for Mlfs Brooks raised a warning
hand and smiled a bit sadly as she said,
".Vow, don't Jump nt conclusions, my
dear girl. If there were anything else In
sight, wouldn't be suggesting this. Hut
If you want to tiy It, it may tide jou
over this hard spell. Anyway, there's
no harm done." I was wondering what
on earth could make her take this tone
and also look so serious when she nl
layed my curiosity by asking, "Did ou
ever think of canvassing?"
The question called up visions of the
peddlers who sometimes stepped Inside
the gate at grandfather's, though they
never succeeded In selling any of their
wares nor even, for that matter, enter
ing the house The very sight of a ped
dler's cart I dreaded as much as I fear
ed and also longed to listen to a
ghost story. This sentiment was due to
Aunt Jane's attitude On the first sign
of the approach of even the most harmless-looking
Itinerant merchant or un
offending canvasser mv relative, whose
eagle eye missed little of significance, in
variably ran to fasten all the doors nnd
then started for the cellar, dragging
me along with her. Xo matter how- loud
the knocking for admittance, nor how
i long It continued, we remained below- un
til Aunt Jane, through the medium of
a cellar window, had made sure the
! coast was clear.
j Once I ventured to Inquire the reason
1 for this f to me) strange procedure and
i was lnformed that persons w-ho went
from door to door, even if they pre
! tended to sell things, were In reality
i "no better than tramps and a pack of
thieves. All thty want," Aunt Jane de
clared Impressively, "is to get the lay of
the land so they can conic back some
ADVENTURES
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FOR KNITTING BAGS
Measurements Are Printed on
the Back A June Frock
and a Wicker Chair
TTAVi; ou seen the new rulers for
3 knitting bags
They arc the aver-
age foot rule of wood, hand-painted
j with gay flowers and leaves nodding
I across the front, and a tassel, which
takes its colors from the flowers, adorns
I one end. But the real attraction of this
ruler Is the hack, on which Is printed
all the bewildering measurements of
scarf lengths, sweater sleeves and all
those other measurements which are so
difficult to keep in one's head. It Is a
great temptation and a practical boon
to the knitter and the price Is only fifty
cents.
It isn't very often, is It, that you find
just the pink crepe-de-clilne combina
tion you were seeking for $2 05? Of
course, the one you want to tuck away
In the hope chest must be unusual.
Well, the adventuring one found "
unusual one at just that price. It Is
topped with a three-Inch banding of the
mateiial with line tucks running around.
And the shoulder straps aie also of the
tucked crepe de chine, with a row of
hemstitching on either side instead of
the usual ribbon straps.
June time is coming, when one once
and for all moves the parlor to the
front porch That Is why. just now, the
mind turns to wicker chairs One of
the new wicker chairs whhli looks, oh!
so comfortable, has the right arm made
very broad, with shelves between seat
and arm rest. These shelves are most
convenient in which to stow away that
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OUR MAY REDUCTIONS
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Offer limitless possibilities of superlative
modes, for the immediate selection of women
of fashion, who desire to serve their country
by the application of thrift.
TpULORMADE SUITS.
PLAIN TAILORED AND DRESSY STYLES
$35 $45 $55 and $75
Coats and Capes
RICH MATERIALS BEAUTIFULLY LINED
$30 45 $50 and $65
Smart Day Presses '
EXQUISITE AND CHARMING MODELS
$35$45$55 to $75
AND
StreetandDressHats
HAND TAILORED AND HAND
DECORATED
$l5$lgand$25
dark night and make off with the valu
ables, If they don't murder tho family
In their beds." Small wonder, then, that
my only answer to Miss Brooks's In
quiry was a doleful negative!
"I mean canvassing for books," she
went on to explain, "Wiser folks than
u have done It before now. A man
who represents a firm of Hoston pub
lishers called hero this forenoon and
asked us to recommend some suitable
person preferably a young lady to
take the agency for a handsomely Illus
trated volume called "I.Ives of our
Presidents." The publishers who are
getting out this book have an excellent
standing, I am told, though I must con
fess I never heard of them before ; and
the agent made a good Impression, too,,
except that he talked until we thought
we never would get rid of him. Not
one of us tn the office could do a
stitch of work. He would probably
have stayed right here till tho middle of
next week except that, luckily for us,
he had an appointment In St Albans
i for 2 o'clock today, that compelled
! him to leave town by the noon train.
j "Hut he Is coming back tomorrow to
tell us the rest of It, the story of his
! life, etc., and to engage a representative
for this territory. It seems they don't
I try to sell In towns the size of Belllng
I ton, but lie says the surrounding
Icountty Is "rich soil'"
All this time I had stood with down
cast head. "I don't know," said Miss
Hrooks, giving me a searching look,
"whether ).ou have enough self-confidence
to make a good canvasser and
I told the agent that I hadn't the least
idea whether you would even consider
such a Job. But I did tell him that ou
were very eneigetlc and that you needed
work He seemed Interested, took your
address and said he would call on you.
Now- you Know just as mucn about It
as 1 do."
(CONTINU'i:0 TOMORROW)
WITH A PURSE
magazine or In which to discard that
sewing or knitting if company comes up
on the porch unexpectedly. The pi ice is
not prohibitive.
And June time mukes one think mora
and more of summer frocks I discov
ered ono particularly "charming. It Is
of sheer summery material of very small
lavender and white polka dots. The
skirt Is made with a fold o about three
or four Inches- in width and the bolero
waist has vest and cuffs of sheer white
organdie, with hemstitching and plcot
edging of lavender. The price of this
cool little dress Is $13.50.
1 For the names of shops where arti
cles mentioned In "Adventures With
! a Purse" can be purchased, address
i Kdllor of Woman's Page. Kv'K.NINO
' I'fin.ic- 1, unar.it, or phone the
Woman's Department, Walnut 3000.
A Popcorn Sweet
Top the dried corn in a regular popper
or a covered Iron frying pan. shaking
vigorously and taking care not to let It
burn. A cup of dried corn vv.111 make
three quatts when popped. It Is good
mixed with a little salt or melted butter
and salt
To make a sweet of it combine with
syrup. Boil together one cupful corn
syrup and one tablespoonful vinegar
until a slw diops harden in water. I'our
over the popped corn while the syrup
Is hot. This amount of syrup will cover
three quarts of popped corn. As soon
as the mass Is cool enough to handle
greaso the hamls well and form Into
balis.
Cuticura
For Baby's
Tender Skin
All druggists; Soip 26. Oint
ment US ami 60, Talcum 26.
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