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then looped back and under. and the
arms are passed through these two loops
when the gown Is put on. The back OF
the corsage is much lower than the front
and is built up with soft folds Of tulle
Worth bodices cannot owe their exc
pense to the amount of material used.
There is merely foundation lining OF
flesh pink satin or silk which goes In a
straight line around the figure well be-
low the arms. Over this are caught bits
of tulle or metal lace with q cabochon
or strings of rhinestones. That 10 all.
It may sound easy to do. but IL 10 NOT.
When one tries to manipulate a handful
Of fiimsy material and ropes OF Jewels
one must be an artist to get a good
effect And since the second empire tho
house of Worth has known exactly what
to do with this combination. sa
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lions Of the lovers Of that dear. foolish.
stilled time, and. a. Fanny yearns and
prays for. "Evelina. or Young Lady's
Entrance into the World" becomes the
sensation Of the day; Its anonymous gu a ~.
Joshua, DR.. johnson. Richardson and
every other luminary of the hour-is
finally discovered" to be Fanny Burney.
and as her novel Is the greatest since
T lie LINZ all is forgiven . by her father s,M
basking in the refulgent glare of her lit
erary limelight. Fanny meets Rauxzini.
who has just returned to London. Elated
with success and proud Of her ability to
nonentity he must have supposed her to
be. the girl greets him joyfully. but, alas.
she Is no longer q shrinking violet, or a
hidden pearl. and so-but 1t would never
do to even hint what happened next.
History and romance Intervene their
lights and shadows on every page and
the book Itself is as cleverly attractive
as It's companion. The Jessamy Bride" "
THE TURNING OF GRIGGsBY. BY
Irving Bachelor, author Of Keep
ing Up With Lizzie" etc Illustrat-
ed by Reginald Birch. New York:
Harper & Bros.
In this new story. just a. In Keeping
Up With Lizzie" Mr.. Bachelor has an eye
to the way in which our limitations. work.
ing overtime at the expense Of our orig
inality and independence lead US both as
individuals and communities into q never
ending game Of following one or another
sort Of leader. This is the story of
keeping up with Daniel Webster" The
little Massachusetts, town Of Griggsby.
one. was still absorbed in living up to the
tradition Of Webster. Now this tradition,
whether In every particular based upon
truth or not. was q fiery eloQuence Of ora
tory, an uncomfortable enthusiasm for
rum and lofty and imposing PERSONAL
ity Therefore, the entire male population
of Griggsby. initiating the dress. the walk,
the gestures the voice Of Daniel Web
ster, went about mounting stately. sonor-
GUS phrases with the outgoing breath. and.
on the incoming tide, absorbing prOdigious
quantities of rum. Daniel Webster had
put Grggsby In a bad way indeed. way
which Mr.. Bachelor amplifies In his own
delicious vein of satire and humor. Some
thing. obviously, had to be done for
Griggsby. This Something" with a sub
tie turn toward the present woman rising
and revolt. Is put into the hands of a girl
as the leader OF q movement calculated
to lay these ghosts Of Daniel Webster. to
waken Griggsby, to reform 1t, and to
move II up into the active present
lONo StOIy VI wow CH8iAAO eooiAcIy 8oeS
pleasantly along with this still more So
Der business of bringing q turn to Griggs-
by.
STEPHEN MARGINS WAY. By Harry
Herbert Knibbs. author Of Lost
Farm Camp" illustrated by H
Weston Taylor. Boston: Houghton
Miffln Company.
A lumber camp crowding up toward the
Canadian line places this fine out-of-
doors adventure. Back Of the camp. and
far beyond 1t, stretches wilderness OF
unbroken, snow.bound forests threaded
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With September an " Month"; The Oyster Season Opens

trees. But just the same they do: and
persons living adjacent to such places.
instead Of being compelled to dip down
normally resides simply go into thu
groves Of oyster-bearing trees and pluck
as many as may be needed.
Along certain parts Of the Florida coast
groves Of mangrove trees grow In the
grow there. At high tide, during the
oysters spawning season. the spawn
drifts against the down-hangine limb
roots OF the mangroves adheres. develops
into baby oysters, and these infants go"
into real. man-size oysters. They grow
in clusters. sometimes as large as
washtub. and other times the size OF
foot ball.
To gather these oysters one goes into
the mangrove swamps at low tide. picks
out the clusters that strike his fancy, and
cuts OF the down-hanging limbs. oysters
and all. Surely better way Of gather
Ing them than by means Of tongs thrust
down into the water. because the gath
erer OF tree-growing oysters can always
see Just what he is gathering-he doesn't
have to make a blind grab down into the
ooze Of an underwater oyster bed.
Last week the first good -sized ship
ments Of oysters from the big down
the-b bay beds came to washington. All
summer 1t has been possible to get
BEEN large; probably because the de-
mand wasn't large. either. The oys-
ters that came In last week were from
beds owned by private indiviauais; VINO
does his melon patch or his orchard.
Rerinning tomorrow. however. the
laden oyster sloops with their cargoes
mentioned wild oysters-wf1l begin to
arrive at the wharves. and tho season
will be on In earnest.
TonFers and dredgers have been lined
uD. waiting for the opening OF ths
real season--the one established by
law. rather than that one based on
the eighteenth letter Of the alphabet
and at the earliest crack Of dawn Sep
beds In which Mr. and Mrs. Oyster and
their family live. to tear the evil
looking shells with their deiightsoms
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lematic IL Miss Bertha will be among
the buds. Her mother prefers an
other year Of study. but whether she
@ to the she !, 20
be decided. The fourteen-year-o Id
boy, Wilbert Felt. returned to To-
peka after a brief vacation here In
Washington.
washington offers excellent subst1.
tutes." said Mrs. Thompson, "for boys
left behind: but the first long residence
from your home city Is always an I'm
portant episode. Ny husband has the
honor Of being the youngest in SO many
different avoeations that take vast
pride in my only youngest. which Is being
the youngest President Of the Woman's
Relief Corps ever elected In Kansas. q
position / still hold. I was only nine
teen and had but recently taken on the
honor of matrimony when ! was chosen.
take deep Joy In the work and shall
think wistfully Of It many times before
/ can go to Garden City again. I am
also a member Of the Eastern Star and OF
several literary and card clubs. These
last have much to lure me here, and
then the fascination Of life in general is
SUFFICIENT to tempt one not to repine. l.
delight In reading, and with the excel
lent opportunities right at hand. 1 have
laid out ambitious plans; whether they
materialize or not will be hard to pre-
dict"
Senator and Mrs. Thompson spent the
early spring In a hotel. but are on the
lookout for a home. Their own pleasant.
roomy home in Garden City they pro-
pose to maintain and to occupy as often
as consistent. Mrs. Thompson spent all
Of May and June I'm Washington and
then returned home to attend the school
exercises of her son and daughter. She
made only brief visits after June. at
one time bringing the second son to see
the wonders of Congress.
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settlement 10 French, and as French to-
day AZ It was 500 years ago. It Is the
story Of hardy fishermen and OF simple,
uneventful lives. The whole is deiight-
ers Of 1t toward q more Intimate &C
quaintance with this heart Of the Gaspe
country.
Lighton. Illustrated. New York:
d. Appleton Co.
Billy Fortune tells his own story here
in the large and loose speech commonly
offered and accepted as the wild west
way Of making exchange of ideas. Billy
Is a Wyoming cow-puncher whose knowl-
edge Of the vagarious moods and man
ners Of womankind is so sketchy as to
entangle him In continuous series of
unsubstantial hopes and elusive visions.
But. unli'ae the majority, he is able to
find a consolable side to even his own
disappointment in love, from each of
which he, with becoming spirit, turns
away to seek another shelter for his
of amusing comedy and genuine good
fun. Billy moves like the stored bee
from flower to flower. so to speak. sus-
tanned In this Eighty and unfruitful
course by the philosophic notion that
in the wandering itself lies Joy that
has the dull fixlty Of mere matrimony
beaten to a finish. A breezy story of
the cowboy country. as well as day
by-day record Of Billy Fortunes own
peculiar concerns.
THE CITY OF PURPLE DREAMS.
Chicago: F. G. Browne & Co.
Why purple" dreams? A battered
black-and- blue. with its subsequent mot
tie Of greenish yellow, yellowish green.
cnppnSfS a
color scheme for dreams" that could
night-ride any city SO tormentingly as
to make 1t produce in this fantastic
fashion. Chicago is accredited with this
adventure wherein a tramp passes to mill
lionaire and almost to mayor with swift
ness incredible, and through situations
and circumstances wholly unbelievable. A
predatory note explains that the book.
though unsigned, is written ''by Chi
cago author Of reputation" If this writ
ing reputation be fair one. the author of
the 1.-The City Of Purple Dreams shows
plain good sense in not signing this par
ticular product OF his invention.
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The ,s Business Features of Engineering rract'es
Kempe II. R Engineers Year Book fse 1919.
Taylor. F: y. Manual Of Owl Engineering
Drawing and Surveying.
Adler: A.. 4. The Theory Of Ensineerins Draw-
:, Rsss,as Fl ana D'rns' L A. Elements
Milford, A. c. Boundaries and Landmarks.
Perriso. O. o. E. Mechanical Drawing. SAB.
P427m.
Structural Engineering.
American School Of Correspondence. Chicago.
Building Code lsii p.; SEAA%s7 o-,,.,c Method
by Influence Lines for Bridge and Roof computa-
Coo Cooper Theodore General Specifications for
Steel Highway and Electric Railway Bridges and
vladucts. 1909: sDX-C7s6. sn,,
Hool. O. A. The Elements Of Structures sDu'
Trrel,. Fl. G. Artistic Bridge Design. SDU-
1856
Decorative Trades.
Kelly, A. A. Expert Calciminer. SIG. Ke9se.
Kelly, A. A. Expert PaPsrhanser SIC hssS;
Kelly. A. A. Expert Wood Finisher. SIR
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Heating and ventilating.
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Meier ILL.,; k0n s9 xi Mechanics Of Heating and
.f Pierce. E. R. Rrsesie.l Manu-, q Steam and
Hot-wster Heating. 1871. sJH,P6i3p ,ru
Sa0sm.
Sewage and Sanitation.
America, ar, TssS9 Of .s Chicago
Study OF Town Air. SKAS-C6e36
Fuller. @. W. Sewage Disposal. sKU-Fsses.
Goodrich. w. F. Modern Destructor Practice
New York, n Y. Metropolitan Sewerage Com
mission. Present Sanitary Condition OF New
Sewage Sludge. SKY-SeSs.
Electricity.
Collins. E. F. Commercial Electric Testing
Durein. W.. a: Electricity; Its History and
Houeh. r. H.. and Boehm. W. n. Element
ag. Principles Of Electricity and Magnetism
Weber, W. l., ed: Handy Electrical Dictioa
Ships and shipbuilding.
Atwood, e. L.. The Modern warship. SOL
corbin. T; "; The Romance Of Submarine IN
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Talbot. E. A.; Steamship Conquest Of III
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Road Construction.
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STL-D63m.
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as much 10 the point. It il, also, delight
iul story-fresh. strong. real!stic-with
the distinction, to say nothing of its other
exceilencies, OF presenting to readers one
OF the finest girls that ever lived either
In a book or out Of it.
VILLAGE LIFE IN AMERICA. 1852
1S52s Including the Period Of the
American Civfl War: A: Told In
Caroline ss' co~ sf ni sssss,s'' WITH
an Introduction by Margaret %.
Sangster. New and enlarged edi-
ton. New York: Henry Holt &
Co.
This record Of girls life from child
hood to marriage possesses the frank
truthfulness Of q mirror that reflects the
In which she lived
Caroline was lovable little body. and
no Walpole could have exceeded the hu-
morous impartiality with which she set
down" the people around her, from ner
delightful grandparents and the promi-
friends tn Nm ano pser who takes care Of
our horse and the Methodist Church.
Budding womanhood and the civil war
give wider range to the chronicings
which take on national and romantic IN
terests that reach far beyond the VII
!age home. Readers whose memories 60
back to the early sixties will especially
enjoy the illusions to gone-by styles
War prices arc terrible! paid $3.50
today for q hoop skirt" Il have Carl
baldi waist. q zouave jacket and a bal.
and poke bonnet. and learns "a new
game called croquet-" "All the girls
wear newspaper bustles to school now
and Anna's ratified today and Emma
Wheeler heard 1t and said: What's the
news. Anna?'" Anna is Caroline's
a. the
dear recorder died after her book was
In type, she lived to see fashions wheel
In tho matter OF buttons:
Grandmother says that when Aunt
Gl0rianna was married In 1S4S it was
the fashion for grown women to have
their waists fastened In the back" Old
time photographs Of once famous divines
singers and lecturers, with soldiers, semi
naries and churches intersperse the In
terest Of the text.
"EVELINA", An Old
fashioned Romance. A Companion
Book to 1.-THE Jessamy Bride" BY
F. Frankfort Moore. New York:
George H. Doran Company.
Garrick has a star part In this novel of
the England Of his day. while Sir Joshua
Reynolds, DR.. johnson and other i'm
mortal personages add their fame to Miss
Fanny Burney's romance. As the young
est and only insignificant member Of DR..
Burney's musical family. the heroine wins
the love OF a Roman singer. whom che
fears to marry because of her unworthi-
ness to mate with SO brilliant character
Rausxini pleads for the announcement OF
their engagement. but Fanny. having Sc
cretly written and printed q novel. which.
Of course, was a most unladylike thing
to do, mysteriousIy postponed their ro-
nance for three months In the hope that
the book may give her q reputation In
some measure worthy Of his own. He ao-
cedes to the wish Of his pearl hidden
away from the sight Of man in dim sea-
cave" his violet and other exaggera-
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, girlhood, but about ten years ago re-
moved to Garden City.
Senator Thompson is a native Of In
diana but he came to Kansas in his youth
and is now Loyalty devoted to his adopted
state His wife is a native Kansan some
thing of which she is very proud. though
she is equally proud of the splendid colo
NAL stock from which she Is sprung. Con-
sentative, almost judicial In her attitude
toward public questions, Mrs. Thompson
has been in every sense factor IN the
extraordinary career of her husband.
Her fathers influence was. OF course,
, not to be discounted, but from the
be ginning it seemed written that Sena-
tor Thompson should be a favorite Of
the gods SO many incidents loom up
in his public career. For instance, ne
is the only democrat ever elected in
his district, district which Is larger
than the state Of Connecticut and COM
prises the most populous and impor-
tant cities in Kansas and he was the
youngest Judge ever elected in the
elected in any state. being just thirty
four years Of age. He held his posi-
+ ton on the federal bench until called
to the honor Of representing his state
was author of many judicial reforms
which gained him attention through
out the legal world as q progressive
and practical leader In his party.
MRS. thompson mas never 1OIIOWeO
her husband in the actual study Of
law. but being interested In public
questions she pOred over all the en-
| actments wherein the welfare Of chill
dren and of girls were involved. She
expects to devote part Of the winter
| with those who watch such pending
laws. and any part which she may take
| n the annual descent on Congress will
be along these lines.
| OF the three children. only Miss
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BOOK REVIEWS.


OF JOHN 's
George Macaulay Trevelyan. late
fellow OF Trinity College. Cam
bridge illustrated. Boston
Houghton Miffiin Company.
- nee in long time there APP
pears a man Of so ample and
sympathetic a nature as TO en-
body, in place of the self-cen-
tered view held by the average
individual. the feelings and desires and
needs Of great groups OF men. IL to this
power be added experience, knowledge.
sagacity and force then the man be-
comes the representative OF the Ideals
az d community. the leader of move
ments pointed upon the realization OF
these ideals. such a man is John Bright.
TO understand the present movement 10
ward democracy in England. to rightly
estimate its direction. - volume. It's
coal one should not miss the study Of
John Brights life. for TO him more imam
10 most men. as much as to any man.
are the character and strength OF this
movement due. An unsurpassed oppor-
tunity 10 make the study opens with this
authors life" of John Bright, biog-
raphy which offers not only many
sided view of the man himself but gives
also complete picture of the modern
democratic movement In England. Many
elements enter into Mr.. Trevelyan s
splendid equipment for this work. Here Is
fine scholarship applied to the spirit
and uses of history. Here is firm,
large hold on the economic, social ana
political forms and meanings OF the
present, with a keen evaluat.on OF the
reckoning forces operating within them.
Here Is, besides. an intimacy with the
behavior OF common human nature,
with the sources of character, the
liant, we'll balanced study of the private
life and public service of John Bright.
together with a mastery summary of the
paramount issues faced by England
within the last three-quarters of CEN
fury.
THE LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN
PAUL JONES. BY Mrs. Reginald
de Koven. Illustrated. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons. Washing
ton: Woodward & Lothrop.
For a hundred years and more, romance,
adventure. history, biography. critical es-
say and poetry have busted themselves
with John Paul Jones. These. together,
have created a half-historic. ha1f-legend-
airy hero out of this flashing soldier of
fortune this bold sailor of the seven seas.
And Just now, through the celebrations
and ceremonies so recently attending the
transfer of John Paul's body to America,
public interest In this intrepid fighter of
the revolution is stirred anew. To meet
such a revival of interest. a new crop of
John Paul literature is hurr5 ing into the
book market Much of il is merely the
old tales refurbished. Now and then a
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poor bay farmer or fisherman who has
not his own larger or smaller oyster bed.
poor and meager thing II the oyster did
not figure 30 largely in It.
Terrapin. In these degenerate days, may
be anything from mud tn: tie to a snap
per. Canvasback duck. to one who
knows the devious ways Of chefs IN he
come a delusion. a snare and a roseate
memory. But nothing can masque as an
oyster and get away with 1t: an oyster
Is an oyster. and 1t Ia nothing more or
less. CLAIMS cannot be served as oysters.
and neither can any other shellfish that
inhabits the briny deep. 1t simply can't
Therefore IL the lover Of the oyster safe
against all base limitations of the zeal
thing. You may fool him. with sherry,
sauces and condiments. into taking a mai.
lard AZ canvasback-though, to be sure
several grains OF the salt Of suspicion
will enter into the equation-and the
same means may almost make him be-
ueve that whatever kind of turtle the
menu says II terrapin really Is. But
never think you can deceive him as tn
oysters-you can't do It.
To that man whose knowledge of ovs-
ters Is confined to stews. or to the armor-
plated fried oyster Of commerce, much
has been denied. He never knew the
gastronomic delights Of an oyster roast.
where bushels of the bivalves are taken
fresh. navory and swapping their shells
from the salt water, roasted In those
shells over . heap Of g.owing Goals on a
sandy beach. pr1ed open. and. dipped in
melted butter. are swallowed, a delight
that lasts all the way down.
To such q man. with a normal capacity
Of perhaps q hxlf.dozen fried" q peel
Of oysters 90 roasted and garnished is 3
mere appetizer. Roasted oysters are like
watermelons: you never seem to be abb
to get enough. Steamed oysters. served
in q gooey sauce Of melted butter. salt
pepper. and various condiments. are goot
in their way: the trouble Is that tn,
sauce, which should be a side issue, 4
mere by-product. - It were, is given tor
great prominence.
1t is asking a great deal OF credulity e
expect q reader to believe that there arr
places In the United States. or along tn,
edges Thereof. whore oysters grow q