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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

"HE stores are now full of beautiful
remnants of all sorts and lengths
of lace and embroidery, and many
dainty and useful articles may be made
from them. It only takes little thought
and ingenuity, and glance through the
stores and fashion magazines to see what
the newest touches are in neckwear, fancy
articles. etc, to be able to concoct many
pretty things from odds and ends of lace
and embroidery. If you happen to have
some bits of real or good imitation lace
in your possession, every scrap, however
much it may be torn. may be used to
good advantage if mended first, by being
neatly transferred onto the finest net and
sewn to this through paper, afterward
tearing the paper away. Any pieces, how
ever small, may by skillful fingers be
turned into articles of beauty.
Rich looking little doilies may be made
from pieces of lace and embroidery, both
in round and oblong shape. They should
start from circle of embroidery, edged
with lace insertion, the border beyond
being formed of fine pieces of work and
lace with lace edging for finishing. The
oblong ones are shaped by filling in the
corners with scraps of lace.
The strip is brought to the required
length with embro:d derry and lace insertion
laid across the sides, extended with lace
and a band of embroidery, and lace at
the edge. The same treatment makes the
most satisfactory pincushion covers, with
a delicate color showing through.
Most delightful caps for babies may be
fashioned from unprized trifies in the
wav of muslin and lace scraps. No one
looking at them when completed could
believe they We're ever anything but one
uniform whole. Also the little fanciful
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

I ficacious and much handler to use Keep
half dozen on hand
A hot plate wrapped in paper and a
SOFT towel will retain heat until the
proper articles can be secured. Old mag
azines heated in the oven make a good
substitute for a hot-water bottle. They
mold the heat nearly as long and can be
used under the back. where hot-w water
bottle would not lie well,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

with the drapery and hem lifted in front.
although the undercurrent felt by those
who watched for Inducements instead OF
judging by the surface was running
strong the other way. Even yet the
fashion is not popular or overwhelming.
but 1t is here and it is the definite change
for the near future.
At the same time that trains are being
furthered for use on street afternoon
gowns, evening gowns show the whole
rounded ankle and the train is of fungus
growth that chambers over the gown and
waves away from it, but does seem to
belong to Ii.
Skirts with coats are unusually short.
which is good idea for summer, as
they show off the excessively smart foot
wear of the season. Certainly these alb
breyiated garments were not an i'll wind
for the shoe and hosiery trades. Has
there ever been such display-by wom-
ems shops-of fanciful shoes and stock
ings? The "colors of the rainbow has
ceased to be phrase suitable to describe
the colors Of today in any part of wom-
ems apparel. The arc of promise is COM
monplpace in it's glow against the cos
tunes Of women. The less fashionable
she is the more gorgeous does she be-
come. until she seems more like a Tur-
ner sunset and tropical jungle mixed.
II the doctrine of Pythagoras be true,
then surely some Of the modernS were
once birds Of paradise in former life.
Think of this, that the spring season
offers thirty-five colors in hosiery. Among
these are Chinese yellow, gilt, artichoke,
strawberry, mustard hussar blue. Nell
rose, burnt orange, silver, ta"nished gold,
empire green, Wedgewood blue and
Roumanian rose. and as for the variety
Of fancy black and white weaves there is
no word to use but endless.
Shoes are necessarily in more subdued
fhor CT 1,,,<<
than thirty-five varieties Colors have
been projected into shoemaking that We're
once only considered for gowns. Think
of bright rose suede boots with patent
leather uppers for street wear: build up
the whole fashion for shoes on this sug
gestion.
The cubists and the futurists in art
have invaded the fabric world, probably
not of their own desires, but because the
designing Of cloth has become an artist s
occupation in Europe. and it was natural
they should turn to all forms of art, new
and old, for inspiration.
Paul Poiret used some of these silks
for Innings to his jackets and wraps last
year and he had them made in the Vienna
workshops by which name they are
known-the Wiener Vert Staette silks.
but the silk mills at Lyon are turning
out quantities of the Cubist patterns and
colors and the American shops are filled
with them.
X X
They are gorgeous and crude. but not
as crazy as the canvases of this new
school of artists. for a picture by any
one of them intended as a child play
ing with doll might easily be mistaken
for crazy quilt made by our economi-
cal ancestors The creed of these artists
is that everything-woman, beast or flow
| ers-is merely length, breadth and thick
ness and they simply present each thing
| to you in this way. which is an explana-
| ton that does not explain; but If you see
a silk that looks like a crazy quilt just
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

label is challenged Ine doors VI Tic
Paris dressmaking houses have been bar
ricaded and guarded as the palaces OF
George against the insufferable suffra :
gette.
Ugly words in French. German and
English have been passed. Trade jour
nails have taken up or rather projected
the rumpus into the midst of the nom
combatants. and it looks as though the
innocent We're to suffer in trade as in
war
1t is too exhaustive to incorporate into
a news story of new clothes. but briefly
1t is a mighty war, with the American
woman at the bottom of it. She will not
be dressed like her neighbor if she can
help 1t; she violently protests against a
uniform. And the people who are doing
battle for her are the powerful French
designers, who are re ally protecting their
own interests.
In brief there is to be a copyright on
q dress creation, as there is on books
and plays and music, and If the fight is
won. then 1t will be dangerous to pirate
gowns. If they are copied it must be
with the permission of the creator, and
the copied article must have the Label Of
creator
And sooner or later there may be a
law against it, laugh as you will, for that
American public thought it an easy plan
to reprint a foreign book without per-
mission from the author and without
paying royalty, but all of you remember
the protests of Dickens and Thackeray
on this form of piracy when they toured
America
There is an unpublished story that
when Mr.. Thackeray was begged by the
Young son of we'll known publisher to
tell him if he had ever been a pirate,
the creator of Becky Sharp winked at
his host to soften the tang of his an
swer and said: Your father is the great
est pirate j ever saw.
Today it is dangerous to copy In this
country. Credit must be rendered unto
Caesar, and tribute, too, but the French
dress designers do not ask for royalties;
they demand, however, the original price,
which is not very steep, considering that
1t embodes an idea as well as wonderful
fabrics and skill in cutting and assem-
bling that is only equaled by a bare half
dozen of their copyists in America.
The American dressmaker asks as much
for copy of Cabot gown as Cabot
asks for the original, but it is the best
an American woman can do, for If she
bought the gown in Paris she would lose
on the transaction, because of the duty on
1t.
WE'LL to prevent wholesale copying of
their best creations the French design
ers have held secret conferences and
then made their war public. Cabot was
the first to take her troubles into print.
by paying for space in which she printed
the exact numbers of her gowns sold to
American dealers and the names of those
dealers. She preferred to sell to dress
makers and retail shops and not the
wholesale houses, because the former
could not turn many copies into the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

many. The only disadvantage is that its
present designs and coloring. while lovely
and alluring, do not lend themselves to
street usage.
There are fascinating gowns for sum-
mer of lace and embroidered net, both
of which are economical purchases for
they serve in all seasons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

back and is punched up at the end of the
spine, lifting the hem with 1t, so that
skirts are slightly shorter in back than
front.
AS they are still narrow there is a slit
in the front to give grace in walking.
This feature, which was once derided
and looked at askance, is now accepted
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

wv comes the test
concerning import
ed French clothes.
Never has there
been such a war
carried on in the
open between the
great French de-
s;gners and the
AmeMAp copyist.
E X po S ure has
been in the air.
cry foreign
rTyI,o IonrS nf fhp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

Possibly the most suggestive feature that
differs from what has been is the uplift
al the back. You know how universally
the skirt drapery has been brought up
to the front and the hem shortened over
the ankles?
Well, the new idea is opposed to this;
the drapery has a decided hike in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

she left Paris to catch the steamer, and
a week after that buyer had sailed.
1t would seem that the fight had been
for a principle rather than for the keep
ing dark of any wonderful new style.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

look wise and call it cubist. That's what
we all do.
But a little of this fabric goes long
way, so IL you love peace OF mind after
you have bought the spring wardrobe
don't get a garment of slch fabric. Use
it for collars and cuffs. for a lining, for
girdle, not a Turkish sash, and for tiny
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

The boys built a dolls house with win
which they cut and fitted, painted the
outside walls, papered the inside walls
and made flight of stairs, doors and
balconies. They painted the floors, fash
toned rugs out of scraps of carpet and
made furniture. They did the painting,
vanishing and upholstering with en-
thusiasm and real ability.
The little girls, as soon as the house
and net curtains for the windows, silk
portieres for the doorways, chintz covers
for the bedroom chairs. linen for the din
ing room and bed clothes, towels and
wash cloths. They crocheted bedroom
rugs from strips of colored cloths, and
when these were done they dressed
family of small dolls to occupy the
house.
Work on this house was allowed only
on stormy Saturdays. so it was not fin
ished for several months. By the time it
was done each child had learned much in
the way OF manual dexterity, and each
child looked back on the time spent in
construction and furnishing with happi-
ness.
A contest of some sort makes rainy
hours pass quickly. For example. have a
doll-dressing contest in which boys as
well az girls can take part. Supply small
china dolls. which can be bought for
cents apiece. and are three or four
inches tall. Give each child four sduIa req
of colored tissue paper of whatever colo4-
he chooses, three pins. three inches OF
coiored Irvine, a needle and half yard
OF thread.
Suggest that the children dress the dolls
In characters from Mother Goose. Robin
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

The new glove handkerchief are in
white and colors, lace edged and hand
embroidered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

a white crepe dechine blouse is eff |
fectively trimmed with scarlet bullet but
tons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

THERE were once two little girls
who looked forward win longing
to rainy Saturdays. Sometimes on
Friday night. when the weather was too
sparklingly clear to make rain POSSIBLE
In their bedtime prayers beseeching a
sudden change in the weather.
The reason for their liking for rain on
the one play day when they were home
from school was that rainy Saturdays
were always crowded with things to do"
Their mother. fearful lest their especial
holiday might be dull when the weather
prevented out of door play, always plan
ned for their indoor amusement, with the
result that indoor fun was preferred.
Every child who is busy is happy. In
activity breeds restlessness, nervousness
and resulting naughtiness; activity ends
In content.
X
To begin the day, unless the weather
is very bad and the children are young
or delicate short walk is beneficial
when they are protected from damp
ness. Another short walk at o'clock in
the afternoon stimulates appetite and a
desire for sleep.
After the morning walk is finished the
childs day of activity should begin. Real
manual training may be given to boys
and girls Saturday morning. For the
latter this training may be in the form
of a lesson in cooking, bedmaking, dust
ing or other household arts. The boys
can work at a tool bench, can expert
ment. under proper guidance with electric
wires and batteries, build animal
houses, mend furniture, whitewash the
cellar or attic walls.
In one household, where there are both
boys and girls of varying ages. the mother
hit upon happy plan for rainy Saturday
mornings-a plan which brought delight
TO the children and trained their minds
and fingers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

!. Card boxes, varying in size from those
large enough for only one pack to those
holding many. are made in leather, metal
and wood. One made Of leather has
compartment just big enough to hold
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

Leather covered address and note books
of tan suede show stenciled designs in
soft colors. They sell near 80 cents
each.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-05
HART Is HOME
FROM ENGLAND
FARGO MERCHANT WAS IN LON
DON DURING THE OCCASION OF
THE KINGS BIRTHDAY AND SAW
THE TRooPING OF THE CoLoRs
AND MANY INTERESTING SIGHTS.

10
Ben Hart, who arrived home a day
or two ago from a trip across the wat
ers, had a very pleasant time and en-
joyed every minute of the time he was
away from the city and saw all there
was to see in the time he had to spend
in sight seeing.
He left Fargo May 8 and reached the
other side, landing at Southampton
where he stayed until the usual for
malities of landing We're gone through
with. Then he went to London, where
he stayed for a day or two and thence
Lor to Paris, Rotterdam, Holland. He
Belfast and spent considerable time
there. He also went to Dundalk and
from there went to bonny Scotland
and visited Glasgow and Edinburgh
and at the latter place he made quite
a visit. for it was here that he spent
the most of his time. He had the good
fortune to be in London on the kings
birthday which was June 3, and saw all
of the sights and ceremonies incident
to the celebration, as well as the troop
ing of the colors which was a most in
teresting sight and well worth the
visit and which greatly interested Mr..
Mart, for he had been a soldier.
He paid a visit to the house of Lord
George, which was the scene OF some
of the disturbances of the suffragettes
and while there was watched over by
several policemen, for all were in
spected who visited the vicinity at all.
This was on Downing street and was
a sight that was worth seeing.
He experienced no seaSickness and
enjoyed every minute of the time he
was away, but remarked last evening
that he was glad to get back to Fargo
and business nee more. "a
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-05

and retailer. AS to the feeder. there
Is nothing in the article to show how
long he fed the steer, but a steer
bought for $19.25 at present prices
would be a yearling, while one sold to
the packer at $84 would probably be
a three year old So that it Is sheer
nonsense to talk about the steer
bought for $19.25 as if he weighed the
same as the n sold to the packer.
The feeder may have fed him one
year., two years., or three years and
there is no means of telling whether
MS profit was e~xhorbitant or not.
Coming to the retailers profit we
find that the retailer claims that $2O.73
OF his profit is the cost of doing BUSH
ness, leaving him a net profit for him
self of only $5.45, and that he further
claims that a trife over half of this
cost of doing business, say about s11
in this case is cost of delivery. Sc
far as [ can see, the only item which
could be affected by the tariff is the
Item OF the packers net profit, atnoun-
Ing to $3.50 and don't you think Thai
that is a mighty small item on which
to base any such article as you pub
lished?
Yours truly,
j. F. Callahan.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-05
ARGENTINA APPROVES
PRESIDENTS COURSE

Christian Science Monitor: In a re-
cent editorial La Nacion of Ruenos
Ayres, n of the leading nevspasoer
of the southern continent, voices IT'S
approval of President wilson's atti-
tude In the recent Guatemalan fnan-
cial complication. That the state f:e-
partment positively declined to inter
vene in favor of Guatemala with the
foreign office in London La Nacion
regards as a certain proof of the sin
certify of President Wilson's reversal
of dollar diplomacy and as an earnest
of his loyalty in future dealings with
the Latin-American republics. Since
the friendly intervention of the United
States had been asked by Guatemala
herself, the state department in Wash
lngton. he paper thinks, might very
Well have seized the opportunity to ex-
tend its influence, under the egis of
the Monroe doctrine, in a very definite
manner, thereby turning Guatemala
practically into a financial dependency
OF the United States. Resisting the
temptation to revert to CONTINENTAL
Imperialism, President Wilson also
taught the South Americans "a salu-
tary lesson to proceed exclusively on
their own responsibility in the matter
Of international financial obligations.
1t must be gratifying for the new
administration in Washington to see
lOW readily anu unreSerVedly its Lat
in-American policy is acknowledged
and appreciated by Influential news
papers. There is something in the tone
of that editorial which seems to point
to the possibility of genuine
tion between the United States and
the leading republics Of the south, 10
the matter Of Pan-American policy.
especially with regard to information
al complications over the smaller ones.
Not that such a cooperation had not
been attempted in the past with posi-
bly, a fair measure of success. but the
impression has never been that the
Latin partners were at all eager to join
the power of the north,
There are well informed persons In
Latin America as in the English
speaking countries who view the visit
to the United States Of DIR. Lauro Null
Ter, the Brazilian minister of foreign
affairs, in the light Of an international
event considerably TRANSFORMING In
Importance that which. nominally at
least, gave rise to it. viz, the South
American voyage Of the then secretary
Of state, Mr.. Root. 1t is not possible
at this time to place an accurate esti-
mate on this return visit, but it is diff
ficult to see how it can do otherwise
than work i'm the direction of that
Pan-American cooperation which
with the opening Of the Panama canal
must become a foremost problem ot
the age.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-05
Richard lie Gallienne Writes Of
Experiences in Changing London

London Daily News: find it an
unexpectedly strange experience to be
in London again after ten Years in
New York. / had no idea 1T could be
so strange. or course, there are men
to whom one great city is as another
commercial travellers, i~mpresarios,
globe trotting m~ilIionaires. Being none
Of these / am not as much at home in
ST. Petersburg as in Budapest; in Ber-.
lin as in Paris; and whist once \
might have enyied such plastic cos
mopolitanism, / am realizing this last
day or two in London, that, We're such
an accomplishment mine, 1t had been
impossible for me to feel as deeply as
I do my brief reincarnation into a city
and a country with which ! was once
SO Intimate, and which now seems SO
romantically strange, while remaining
SO poignantly familiar.
II NV home was once this London
this England-in which ! am now
writing; but nothing so much as being
in London again could have made me
realize that my home now is New
York, and how long and how instinct
lively. without knowing it, / have been
an American. 1t Is not, indeed, n a !
New York and America more than
I love London and England. In fact
London has never seemed SO wonder
full to me in the past as she has SEEM
ed to me during these few days of my
wistful momentary return to her
strange great heart. But this very
freshness of her marvel to one who
once deemed that he knew her SO we'll
proved the completeness of my spirit
ual acclimatization to another land. J
seem to be seeing her face. hearing her
voice, for tho first time, while, all the
while, my heart is full with unforgot-
ten memories, and my eyes have scarce
the ~hardihood to gaze with the decor
UNI befitting the public streets on
many a landmark of vanished hours.
TO find London almost as new and
strange to me as New York once
seemed when I first sighted her soar
ing morning towers, and yet to know
| her for9an enchanted ghostland; TO be
able to find my way through the
streets-in spite of the new KingsWay
and Aldwych!-with closed eyes. and
yet to see her, 1T almost seems for the
first time; surely7it lis a curious, all
most uncanny experience.
The EngIishman Abroad.
Do I find London changed? ! am
asked. I have been so busy in redis-
covering what A had half-forgotten, in
finding novelties in things ancientIJ
familiar that the question lis one that
I feel hardly competent to answer. For
instance, I had all but forgotten there
was 50 noble a thing in the world as
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-05
suicide BY
HANGING IS
ATTEMPTED

Minot, N. D., July 5.--Tom Gaffney,
the Jamaica ginger inebriate arrested
by the police, attempted to commit
suicide by hanging himself in his cell
at the city Jail. -
The attempt was discovered and
frustrated by the police before he had
time to do himself any harm.
He is believed to be insane and will
be examined by the county insanity
board.
The suicidal attempt occurred early
Wednesday evening. Gaffney tore up
one of the blankets in his cell and
making a rope of it fastened one end
to the bars at the top Of the cell.
Before he had time to place the
moose around his neck, however, the
police discovered him, as a close
watch was being kept for fear he
might attempt something of the sort.
Everything with which he might
possibly kill himself was then care
fully removed from his cell.
1t was supposed at first that Gaff-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-05
ToMMYs SOCIAL DAY.

I'm tired of gilt an glare an glitter,
Ice cream, cake an sc much fun,
Then more ice can an pink ic,
trimmin's
Fore the others more'n begun,
Tired Of watchin' circus faces,
Lookin' ever at the ring.
Cheerin' on the best performers,
Yellin' for the newest thing.
Grinnin' smiles that smile forever
When you're feelin' most alone.
Geei I'm sick of fuss an feathers,
Guess Til dodge an run fer home.
Detroit Free Press.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-05
oNTERTMENT
A wife. good and true.

Al wife, good and true.
And a baby or two.
Al welcome for friends at the door,
Some roses In bloom
Just to scatter the gloom.
Now tell me, what man can have
mors2
* home that is sblest
With contentrlent and rest,
This is mine when the long day is
Ger.
Love and laughter await
There for me at the gate.
DO you think. MI. Rich. YOU have
more2
Detroit Free Press.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-05

effects Of his Ginger jag' but he
seems to be growing worse, instead
Of better, although he has lucid in
t~ervals, i n one of which the police uc-
ceeded in discovering his name.
At other times however, he seems
possessed Of unreasonable fear, be-
lieving that some one is trying to
lynch him. ,