The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-19
To Avert Frauds by
Iradesmen

/ give let 10 b. q pair of standard scales.
/ handsome enough TO be an adoTnment
20 your kitchen. Then keep them in
evidence and see that they are used
for everything that is bought. You will
save that bride nice sum Of money
! in the course Of a year"
How many women own scales. or
| if they do. Use them Only three of the
women addressed weighed their food
purchases. and 20 all that talk on the
shortage in weights and measures it
was revelation
Do you know that there is a crusade
on IN the interest of the economical
I houseWife2 That many cities have
government officials whose sole BUSH
ness is 20 see that the buyer is not
cheeted through the use of short-
weight scales and measures?
H. is very easy for a tradesman who
wishes to be dishonest to fool his pub
7 lie DO you know that out of hum
bred bushel baskets taken at random
/ in a certain city market only one
/ held a bushel2 That a quart berry box
may be made TO hold much less than a
/ quart by squeezing the sides slightly?
/ That quart bottles especially those with
! round bottoms. rarely hold more than
! SIX gills2 That scales. even standard
/ scales can be mani ulated-not in your
/ favor-by putting your meat near
/ one edge or by incOnspicuOusly resting
7 a hand on it, That tape measures
are unreliable. and even counter meas
ures are subject 60 question at times?
Get standard liquid measure. and
! derry measure, standard peck baskets
and standard weights and yardstick.
! These are now prepared under govern
rnent supervision. and are accurate.
SO equipped. weigh or measure every
thing you buy as soon as 1T enters your
house, preferably while the dealer IS
still present. Some women owning ac-
curate measures insist on the dealers
using them for their measurement.
If there be discrepancies, report
| them at once. The chances are your
dealer may not know it, and will be
glad TO learn his measures are moor
rect-thus making HIM liable to arrest
and a heavy fine. If another discrepancy
| follows report it again, even third one:
after that act
| The average woman when she finds
: she is being willfully cheated transfers
her trade nd says nothing ABOUT IL.
! That is almost criminal softness. Otner
| housekeepers are being cheated from
your coyardice-
| The commissioner quoted says 1t Is
up to the women to make their crusade
| succeed. The housewives who keep a
! strict watch on their weights and meas
! ure and see to it that dishonest trads-
men are warned first and arrested later
are doing real sevice to the community
The woman who would help in this
! crusade must use common sense ana
not jump to conclusions. She should
not be too quick to condemn trads-
| men Mistakes viii happen ana sne
must give the benefit of the doubt
The measuring should not be left to
ignorant servants. who may easily be
suborned by dishonest dealers 1t does
not take much time 20 do your own pur-
chasing, and TO measure or weigh IL
when ered.-Exchange
I A birthday PARTY.
In arranging a birthday party it is a
good idea TO carry out the entire plan
| with the birthmonth flower and color,
and have the zodiac sign as d crest on
the invitations. If 1t rs lmposslole 20
get the real flowers, the artinclal Hlnd
can be used with plenty OF crepe paper
/ for furthering other decorative scnemes-
( Do not put the paper on the table, put
/ arrange 1t in festoons above the tanie
/ To present a canopy, with dropping
| flowers and ribbon streamers at eacn
| table decoration. Get white flowers and
tie with the astral colors-
Spring Suits.
For spring which. from the early
dates of Easter, will be pushed forward
d little this year. the styles have been
generally decided by the leading de-
signers Suits and separate coats viii
be the first to which attention Will be
directed, and they win fully reward the
| eager searcher after new things.
The length of the spring-suit Jacket
will be influenced by the general de-
sign Cutaway models will be longer;
/ and the simple tailored suit VIII be
| wrist length"--whi is about twenty
seven inches on the average-sized
| woman.
| The skirts will show no material in
crease in width but it will be there for
| the convenience of walkers Slight
! drapings and pleated panels viii be
used with fuIIness at the top of the
skirt This latter feature gives an easy
line at the back. preventing the IN
I slightly spanning which was so eVloent
| IN the tight skirts last year.
Elton and bolerO effects VIII be very
strong. and promise new becomingness
To slender women The short, dumPy
one who doesn't tell her weight any
more should shun these short coats
| The noticeable feature is the ieniency
Of the coming STYLES. Ali types Of hg-
ures should be given a modistic cnance
70 appear at their best
| Wraps for Evening.
Every wardrobe should possess q
! wrap suitable for wearing over the thin
evening frocks. This season hnds those
fashioned Of brocaded velvet and satin
! far in the lead these are provided WITH
an interlining which makes them warn
enough for the coolest night When
bordcred with bands OF fur and last
ersd with large buttons OF enamel ofN
ened with large buttons OF enamel or
rhinestoneS. they are pcEleNe eAa-H P-eS
OF the designers art
The mantles have grown IN WIDTH
since last season. and hang IN loosei
barrv folds from the shoulders tre-
ioucnfIv they show panniers. though
NAM are drawn rather tightly about
the heels.
| Fur nantes for those who can aford
them are favored BY fashion chin
~h.ua brcit-cn~antz. ermine. SADIE.
rool.-f-fn and caraCui. covering Woe
range OF prices. may be had ~ those
who admire them -
Tho tafincSs erminc mantle, WITH tne
COLLAR and GUYS 81 a dark fur. = espo-
cialiv popular in che nigh priced models
Ancient FmbroIdcricS-
Thr HIGHER art rccdieWork u De-
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fe-cs- fn embroidery should be cncour-
aged 49,. - -
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f.nft..r.fr iu fnr priceless la0t-ti e
.shI Ht-...I .r tN- museums. THOSE Nno
emo. anlnE artistic nccclework are
f-4rr.atfrE fhr designs created during
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