The Belton Evening News. (Belton, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 262, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 8, 1918 Page: 2 of 4
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Concerning School Frocks for Fall
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Incident That Kept' Mr. Business Man Wondering
KANSAS CITYrl«-MP. HiisInesH Man was walkitlg nor Synth Orunil avciiuc.
hurrying back from his noon luncheon. Ho was on of those circumspect
Individuals who are kind to their fellow men, hut not given to heroics. Am he
WHERE IS
yommama?
passed u Ford a little (jlrl called to
bim. She wax crying.
"My mamma left me here and 1
am afraid she la lout," she said, wiping
her eyes with the hack of her hand.
"Won't you stop and talk to me?"
Mr. Business Man took u seat be-
side the desolate little figure. After
awhile he took her to a nearhy store
and bought her a sack of candy. Tbe
child aeemed greatly relieved at find-
ing such a friendly man und confided
In him that "mamma and papa didn't
live together because they didn't get along and that mamma had left her
there while she went to buy a new car."
For half an hour Mr. Business Man waited for tbe forgetful mother to
return. Soon the volunteer nursemaid excused himself for a few minutes
while be went to his place of business to explain be had an Indeterminate Job
"wished on him," and that U would be Impossible to say when be would be
hack. Then be returned to the Uttie girt In the Ford.
On* hour and thirty minutes after he had taken up his volunteer Job—
that was the time, for be kept track of It by his watch—a large motor car
drew up beside the Ford. Several persons were In It
"Come on, daughter," a woman la the back seat called.
"Why, mamma, I thought you were lost," replied the girl, climbing out of
the machine ahe was In.
"Oh. nonsense," answered the mother, allghtly Irritated.
Tbe second motorcar wblssed away, leaving Mr. Business Man wondering
■t tbe many kinds of mothers bo bad known. Tbe woman not even had
thanked him.
Couldn't Fool Youngster With Story Like That
NEW YORK.—There are children living on the East aide who have never
seen a blade of grasa or a tree. Their playground la the gutter, and their
Idea of a pleasure Jaunt is a visit to the hokey-pokey man on the corner. The
wan little faces have never been
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rilled by a romp over a green hill
/W-MAMie^n
?ir RAW* CHffKCn
A settlement-house lady wan tak-
ing a group of these Haat side children
for their first eutlng on an upstate
farm the other day. Happy as crick*
ets, (hey all frisked out of the day
c^ch and scampered Into the seatless.
long box wagon of the farmer who met
them at the depot.
Presently a stolid old hen wad lied
across the dusty road. "Aw—Mamie,
See tbe rawr chlckeu I" shrilled a swarthy little Italian lad. The box wagon
bumped along up a hot, yellow, rocky Indine. Then presently over on the
left stretched the cool beauty of a young pine grove. An Inarticulate murmur
of appreciation rose from the group in the bottom of the wagon. Then one
found the gift of expression and shot up an eager hand, the way Inspired ones
always do at school. "Christmas tree!" yelled a grimy little girl with one
tan and one black stocking.
"Naw!" squealed a pallid little chap of fiery eyes all garbed for his high
adventure In an old shirtwaist of his mother's. "Not on yer Ufe—see?"
He turned to the farmer for confirmation of his stand, picking out the
greenery with his radiant gestures.
"Them's pine trees, son," eullghtened the farmer, smiling benignly behind
his shrubbery of beard.
The little chap Intensified his scunnlng of the grove. Then the small
skeptic that lurks In all East side children came to the top with, "Aw—g'wan?
Where's the pineapples?"
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All tne long procession of maids,
from kindergarten tot to college girl,
will be fittingly clad this fall In alow
pie and substantial clothes. Whether
it la because of the war or for other
reasons, tbe new frocks for children
are unusually plain and they are the
forerunners of fall styles. It la un-
likely that anything very different will
follow them for they are tastefully de-
signed. School outfits may be got uq-
derway now with success assured since
all straws that show which way the
winds of fashion blow, point toward
simplicity of design as a dominant fea-
ture of coming styles.
Furthermore, It Is the part of pa-
triotism to make over and use agafn
all woolen clothes. Dresses that can-
not be remodeled for grown people will
serve In place of new goods for mak-
ing children's frocks and this con-
servation of woolen materials Is some-
thing to he proud of. At the right of
the picture above there Is a dark serge
frock for a girl of eight years or more
which has every requirement of a suc-
cessful school dress und suggests a
model for u made-over dress. It has
a plain bodice and plaited skirt. It
is brightened with white braid and
hus two very practical pockets. But
what will delight Its wearer more are
Its soldierly touches in the shoulder
straps und nurrow strait that extends
from the belt over the right shoulder
to the belt again. Any of tbe dark
cwlors In wool drees goods will look
well made In this wuy.
The frock at the left Is successful In
either wool or cotton. It Is pictured
made of plain chambray with bandings
and collar of white pique. Its new
features appear In the band on one
sleeve in the management of the col-
lar and In the slit pocket at the right
side of tbe skirt.
Serge and Georgette.
Very effective ore dresses of a com-
bination of navy blue serge and georg-
ette. A brand-new model In thla
combination Is made with a narrow
.skirt and a sleeveless Jacket of the
serge, having a full-length panel in
the back, (¿eorgette makes the sleeves
and fllls In the front in a sort of apron
effect, und this section Is headed in
brilliant colors, a fringe of beads
across the front of the apron, which
reaches to the knees, repeating the
color of the embroidery motif.
In Dyeing Anything.
Itemember, in dyeing anything, that
to get the best results the things that
you dye must be free from dirt. Boll
them clean In u boiler of water and
then rinse them thoroughly In cien
cold water.
Hand-Sewing on Undermuslin
Rum Fumes Intoxicated Crew of American Ship
BOSTON.—An American ship from a French port staggered Into f1fi!f <tharhnrg
receirtly and leaned up agnlnst a friendly pier. Just about the timé fhatrpeak ,n terms of _
onlookers were asking each other If It could be Its englnees that were hlc-l or the a,d that the Salvationists are
coughing, someone said: "Look at the
f «few! They look as If they're getting
Vltf —\(.¿J over a thirty days' souse party."
V/v "Aw, you ought to see our goat,"
one of the crew shouted hoarsely down.
"He's still three sheets In the wind
He's propped up against the port ral
now. Maybe he thinks It's a lam;
post"
Members of the crew were t
thirsty to talk any more at the m<
inent, but at the offices of the ownei
of the stewed ship her condition wt
explained. Ine vessel had always been perfectly respectable before Its la
voyage to France and return, It was stated. But Its downfall began when
left the West Indies for a French port a couple of months ago with a cargo
rum valued at abont 11,000,000 under Its belt.
As the rnm, which was Intended to henrten the pollus In the trenches, wi
In casks, the ship kept sober and respectable until It ran Into heavy weathi
Then some of the casks began to leak. In a short time more of them spri
leaks until rum was swashing around as generously as bilge water.
The fumes of the rum rose up from the hold and seeped through
noees, mouths, eyes and pores of the 35 members of the crew^nd the g<
After that, It was admitted, It was some party.
Mr. Curtis Is Going After Those Peach Preserves
DETROIT.—Although John W. Curtis, former saloonkeeper at 5.14 St. Antolne,
street, la Indignant because the police searched his place without a search
wanrant or any other document to Indicate their right In his home, he is most
put out because of the confiscation of
several Jara of peach presenes which r-rti ,ce
the officers thought was liquor.
Besides the preserves, the officer dfiQSD _ DlDifT N/Wt
took Mr. Curtía, two automobile tlrea fSxl ft. 3?j^
and a few quarts of liquor to a pre-
clnct station and kept them there till
Charles H. Jasnowski, prosecuting at>
torney, interceded. Curtía waa tl
brought before him, charged with
legal possession of liquor, and hound
over to the recorder'a court for trial.
It took tbe former saloonkeeper sev-
eral days to get his automobile, the police directing him from one police
station to another and from one garage to another. - •
George Kelly, attorney for Curtis, will ask Judge Wllklns to dismiss the
case against Curtis and return his peach preserves and liquor. The attorney
i that Curtis bought tMs liquor before the state became "dry" and that he
has a right to hold It until such time as he disposes of It, so long as he doesn't
violate any oI the provisions of the statute. He also asserts that the main
point In his argument will concern the searching of homes by the police with-
he "wir sell them
rendering so unostentatlonusly and
yet so very effectively. Let a she-
able body of troops move from one
station to another, and hard on its'
heels there came a squad of men and1
vomen of the Salvation Army. „ An'
army truck may bring them, or U
may be they have a battered Jitney
to move them and their scanty out-
fits. Usually thfcy do not ask tor help
from anyone in reaching their desti-
nations. < They find lodgment in a
wrecked shell of a house or In the
corner of a barn. By main force and
awkwardness they set up their equip-
ment, and very soon the word has
spread among the troopers that at-
such-and-such a place the Salvation
Army Is serving free hot drinks, and
free doughnuts and free pies. It
specialises In doughnuts, the Salra-
-MoP, te&y ta,.V fletM'i«!r-nn.r ñesaj^
Work among the pleasanteat of occu-
pations during the long, warm days of
midsummer. It is a good time in
which to make up undertnuslins and
grace the sheer soft materials that are
used these days for underclothes with
hand sewing and fancy stitches. These
harmonise with the dainty fabrics
used better than machine work.
Only lightweight and sheer weaves
of cotton and silk concern the maker
of underwear (n these times. The
choice llefl'oinong soft! washable silks
and satlnsV including much crepe de
chine and other wash silks, and
batiste, votton crepe and nainsook. In
silks, crepe de clilue Is the favorite and
In cottons, butlste. Both these ure
liked In light pink and flesh color as
Well as they are In white, and It Is
likely that the number of garments
made In pink exceeds that made In
white. The favorite finish for crepe
de c^lné Is Val or cluny lace, French
knots, hemstitching, line tucks und a
little embroidery. Recently consider-
able filet has been used In night-
dresses.
The long-sleeved nightdress appears
to be a tbing of the past. Of the two
models ahowu In the picture one has
very short kimono sleeves and the oth-
er Is sleeveless. The gown at the left
to of white batiste with s short yoke
- <—r-'
—
mude of filet lace and swlss embroid-
ery. The body Is hemstitched to a
piece of pluln heading. The fullness
In the skirt Is arranged In tucks, very
line and run In by hand and the skirt
also hen\stltche«| to the bending. No
sort of undermusllns may be called
finished without a touch of color In
ribbon that Is fashioned Into rosettes
or bows and ends. Pink satin ribbon
Is threaded through the beading In
this slip-over gown and tied In 'a
rosette with knotted loops and ends
nt the front. Small hows of It are
perched op each sleeve.
Crepe de chine In flesh color with
fine Val edging and Insertion makes
the simple gown shown on lhe# seat-
ed figure. . Parallel groups of verj
narrow tucks In clusters of four shape
the gurment above the waistline. The
beck and sleeves are finished with a
wide edging and a narrower Insertion
Is let In at the bust as shown In the
picture. An envelope chemise to
match engages the attention of Its
wearer. These garments of crepe de
chine are favored by many women be-
cause they launder so easily. Cotton
crepes are liked on this account and
do not require Ironing.
Against
Traditions
By JANE OSBORNE
(Copyright, 1 1S, by tha McClure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
When Justine Flanders consented to
open the Ited Cross drive In Bishops-
town. little did she realise that on the
Sunday afternoon set aside for that
purpose so many hindrances, both
trivial and Important, should conspire
to make difficult her getting off. Her
chauffeur's wife was ill and at the last
minute she had to send to the station
for a taxi; her innld forgot to press the
dress she intended to wear; she mis-
laid her purse, and a lift came off from
her favorite pair of shoes—Just the
sort of things that sometimes come to
mar the serenity of great actresses as
well as the rest of us. So Justine
Flanders was In no cheerful mood
when she started out and she wonder-
ed as she slammed her apartment door
Just why. she had consented to go out
to a little town like Blshopstown and
make an appeal for Red Cross aid be-
fore a lot of narrow-minded college
professors and ministers and country
folk. Still she had been asked espe-
dally by Dr. Taylor Holmes, the pres- ¡
Ident of .Blshopstown college, who told
her that the college men bad voted her
the most popular actress on the stage,
and he felt she could make a better
appeal than anyone else.
Tbe men at Blshopstown were Just
at an age when the emotional, but
never sentimental, acting of the fa-
mous red-haired actress left nothing
to be desired. As for Dr. Taylor
Holmes he had never seen the lady
either on the stage or off. He ad-
mired her as be admired anyone who
had ss definitely succeeded In the
achievement of a worth-while ambition
aa she had. He had set his heart
on becoming a college president, and
she on becoming a leading actress;
and at a little less than forty they
had both accomplished their ambition.
In so far. mused Taylor Holmes, they
were kindred spirits. In spite of this
conviction, the schoolman felt some
misgivings. While he didn't disap-
prove of actresses, he still retained
enough of the old Puritanic traditions
of the family to make him feel that
members of the acting profession
moved In a different sphere. His
stern old father had thought "play-
j and smiling lirst at him and then at
j the audience as though It was the
happiest moineut of her life. That did
the business. The same tactics had
done the business at other Red Cross
drives before, hut no one guessed that,
as far as Justine went, It was some-
thing that had been rehearsed care-
fully. Fifteen minutes later and the
sum equaled much of which
had come In from Individual con-
tributions from the students who
gave to the utmost from their lim-
ited bank accounts for the sake of
their Idol. Then the actress looked at
her watch, a little platinum disk on
her wrist, and said—It was of course,
part of the speech, but no one knew
about It:
"I'd stay and get another thousand,
but my train goes In five minutes and
if I don't get that train I won't get
home for supper. So good-hy every-
body, and Ood bless you."
There was a murmur running along
the seats behind the speaker. She
knew someone would take the cue.
Someone always did. The president
ro«e to go forward ; and his sister rose
and tugged at his coat tails this time
with great definlteness of purpose.
"Don't for heaven's sake ask her to
supper. It would ruin your reputation.
Mark my word, It would bé against
traditions."
But the president didn't mark his
sister's words of wisdom, and after
whispering to the speaker, she turned
and called exnltantly to her audience:
"Doctor Holmes has asked me to go
home and have dinner at his house, so
I don't have to get that train' at all.
Bully for Doctor Holmes. I'll hove a
chance to get a thousand more."
She did get the thousand' more, and
then she ánd the president and the
president's sister started home. Tbe
president drove his car and the two
women set In the seat behind. The
sister said nothing, and as a matter of
fact, the yonng woman who had been
so energetic and animated, now seemed
exhausted and drooped In her seat.
The president turned to lookset her.
She seemed paler than ahe had ap-
peared and, though ahe looked yonngr
er there waa less of purpose fulness la
her expression.
However, once In the president's
cosy, homelike study, with the pros-
pect of dinner at hand, her spirits were
revived, and while the sister busied
herself about the dining room—for
since that actress-person Insisted on
staying It was her duty to get the best
possible dinner—the professor stood
over the guest's chair and looked anx-
iously Into her face. He felt as If he
had known her longer than any other
woman In the world, and he felt, too,
as If during the few minutes of his
actors" were emissaries of the devil;
for his own part he merely avoided j sister's absence he ought to take her
them. No wonder, then, that as the tired body In his arms and tell her
time came for the Red Cross rally with
Justine Flanders as the chief speaker
and himself to Introduce her, he hod
some actual palpitations of the heart.
His maiden sister, who presided over
his household for him. had more than
pnlpltatlons. She frankly didn't ap-
prove, though she made an especially
elaborate toilet preparatory to the
meeting and consented to sit with
other celebrities on one of the chairs
on the platform behind the speaker.
"Of course," said the sister decor-
ously drawing on her black gloves as
she waited for her brother to crank
his cheap but entirely adequate mo-
torcar on their departure for the hall
where the meeting was to he held,
of course, we won't have to have
anything to do with her socially. I
hope she won't look Indecent," this
with emphasis on the "look" as If
there was no doubt whatever as to
the actress' actually being so.
The college president paid little at-
tention ,to his sister. He was divided
between steering a straight course be-
tween the ruts In the bad road that led
from his house to the hall, and re-
hearsing to himself the words of his
Introductory speech.
When the famous actress sat, smil-
ing and beautiful, on the plntform, no
one would have guessed that her de-
parture from the city had been frnught
with interruptions and distractions.
She did not have to rehearse her
speech, for It was the Identical speech
that had been given on all previous
occasions of the sort and she knew It
by henrt.
"I'd know her anywhere by her hair."
whispered someone on the platorm
seats.
"Well, at least she Is decently
dressed," conceded the president' sis-
ter to the professor's wife beside her,
and then there was a hush as the
president stepped forth to Introduce
the great actress.
Fully three mlnntes' cheering fol-
lowed before Justine began her talk.
There was not the slightest doubt of
the fact of the students' entire ap-
proval of their Idol. With such ovation
It was perhnps no wonder that her
talk was Inspiring and that she used
such powers of persuasion that within
ten or fifteen mlhutes $2,000 had been
subscribed to the drive fund. Presi-
dent Holmes could not have entered
more effectively Into It had his
own effort been «tudled and not
tbe result of a burst of actual en-
thusiasm caused by the magnetism
of the Titian-haired actress. He pull-
ed his check book from bis pocket and
signed a check with a flourish, which
he gave to Justine.
"How much was It for?" snapped his
slater, tugging at his coat tails. "I
wouldn't give her the satlSactlon of
getting all my contribution." And that
good spinster almost fainted when,
with a little shriek of Joy, the speaker
flourished the check and callfcd out, In
notes that might have been an Ama-
son's try: "A thonaand dollars from
President Taylor Holmes. Here's
Ood's blessing on the president," and
ben she had the president by both
that she was wonderful. Instead, he
told her very tenderly that she seem-
ed fatigued, and then pressing her hand
In his, thanked her for coming to start
the drive.
The president and the actress start-
ed out alone at nine for the train, and
It was at the actress' suggestion that
they missed the train and took a little
■country digression. And before they
hod gone half a mile the dignified pro-
fessor told the woman at his side that
he had fallen very much In love with
her. He told her he was telling her be-
cause he should probably never see
her again. It would be necessary In
their different spheres of life that their
ways should part, he said, but he
would always remember her as the one
woman In the world. "Frankly," he
said, "I could no more marry an ac-
tress that you would want to marry
and settle down here as a college pres-
ident's wife."
"I'm not an actress," came very
weakly, and then the hat was slipped
back, and with It the red wig ahd a girl
with light brown disheveled curls sat
beside him. "At the last mlnnte Miss
Flanders couldn't come. I am one of
the volunteer Red Cross speakers In a
small way, and I knew her speech by
heart. And when she couldn't come
to headquarters they sent me on as her
understudy. I Just borrowed one of
her red wigs. She hnsn't real red
hair, either, but no one knows that,
and so I Imitated her and said her
speech and—"
The college president forgot that
his car had stopped half way up a
slight embankment, whither It had
wandered of its own accord. He was
too much preoccupied In clasping the
girl at his side to his heart.
The funny part of It was that Blah-
opstown long remembered the visit of
Justine Flanders, buf they never did
find out where President Holmes met
the sweet, quiet little woman who be-
came his wife.
Flrit Fire Alarm In United 8tates.
The first practical trial of a fire
nlarm telegraph system waa made In
1851 In New York, but the plan was
much modified In succeeding years,
and as thus changed wns fully adopted
In some of the cities of the Eastern
states before put In regular use In New
Vork In 1871. In 1802 alone 24 patents
relating to flre alarms were Issued In
the United States. Among the patents
hitherto Issued have been combined
electric flre alarms and extinguishers,
combined flre and burglar alarms, a
combined flre alarm and time detector,
combined flre and police alarms, a
combined flre and telephone-telegraph
system, etc. The patents Include flre
alarm devices of several classes and
Comprise a wide variety In structuiv
and method of operation.
Hence Her Attitude.
"Flubdub's wife doesn't show him
much consideration."
"Probably she doesn't feel that she
owes him any."
"Seems her mother picked out her
'■me and wns beaming up Into his flics nal
husband for her."—Kaosns City Jour-
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