The age-herald., 1898-08-30
The Pathetic Side to Patriotic Pads

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 The patriotic fads have run the gauntlet of everything from the flag on your sta- tionery to the embroidered photograph frames that all loyal-minded girls have gone in for this season. There have not been many homes here where if there was a dear boy in the army, that did not have his photograph framed in the national colors. The American and Cuban flags have stood out conspicuously on the white background, and in the center Is the young hero just as he looked that May day when he bade them goodbye, or he has probably sent home a likeness of himself, looking for all the world as if he had just re- sponded to the clear note of reveille. When he comes home and sees these photographs so beautifully framed, so carefully guarded, he will probably think of it as only a pa- triotic fad of the hour. It will hardly oc- cur to him that they have meant far more than this. He will not think that there has been pathetic side to the fads of the summer girl. But for the first time in all her gay life there is pathetic touch to her frivolities this season. Her hat pins and scarf pins enameled of brass buttons and American flags, the naval emblems that she has worn-all the insignia of battle and of the country have in their especial sig nificance been so far beyond the every day lads that come and go that they have had a peculiar glory, all their own.
 There is young girl here whose brother IS In the army, and she has gone in for the most intensely patriotic fads. Her lat est one is a patriotic fan which is not vet completed. On the undecorated side are pasted the names on tiny slips of paper of the naval and army celebrities the most famous battles on sea and land the dates. several American and Cuban flags, to say hotnihg or the American eagle, the names or the greatest American battleships A pic- ture Of the young woman who figured so conspicousuly with Lieutenant Hobson and other distinguished people. The entire ar rangement of the fan is really brief and convenient little history of the war, as the battles are arranged according to their dates and the naval and army men accord Ing | their rank. There is. however, a lit- tie inaccuracy in regard to the center of operations. It is not Manila, Santiago or any Morro Castles. The center of the fan has all the insignia of the First Alabama regiment, particularly those of the JJeffer- son Volunteers, and above, the American flag unfurled. Below there is a space re- served for See the Conquering Hero Comes."
 AA9ps9t Aps 9tasr gir! legs has pressserysa ths diary or the war, and so carefully has she pre- pared it that 1t is a perfectly authentic record. She confesses that it has been somewhat expensive, owing to the "extras" she was forced to buy and which she de- clares were waste of money. The papers In their accounts frequently continued their stories on the reverse side, which has neceS- sttated her to invest in two papers daily in order to have a complete account But she has been so imbued with a warlike spirit and so determined to preserve a rec ord that the news stands have grown wealthy. With feminine fads and fancies running in patriotic channels. there have been many aching hearts beneath it all. The colors of the country have served for numberless artistic fancies of the day. and blending them into pretty trinkets, has - whifed away the summer hours, but for those who have had loved ones far away, there have been many times when the bright colors took on blurred look, when somehow the stars and stripes ran together, as you thought of a tented field on the gulf coast or the day that he marched away.
 Now that the shirt waist forms an integral part of every wosDan's summer wardrobe, box for holding them without crushing them becomes a necessity. These may be made at home with a little inge- ity A soap or cracker box affords the foun- dation. This is covered inside and out with figured cretonne, using an interlining of any old soft material on hand. The cover Of the box is treated in the same way, then fast ened to the box with brass hinges. Brass handles complete the outfit, and the box Is an ornament to any bedroom. Sachet pow der of the favorite perfum may be tacked inside and the shirt waists will emerge from their hiding place crisp, fresh ana fragrant.