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Evening star., 1914-07-14
WHAT GIRLS MAY DO.
BY JESSIE ROBERTS,
Woman Pioneers Not Wholly of the
Past.

Past.
A girl only twenty-five years old.
Amelia Gavin of Wisconsin, has recently
taken up a claim of 800 acres in
Montana. 104 miles from the nearest rail-
way station. She is turning this wild
tract into a farm. Isn't that better than
spending your life at a cashiers desk
adding up columns of figures. or listening
to dull business letters dictated to you
as though you were a machine? Per-
haps not to many Of you. those who
have the city fever and must be in
crowd or don't think they are alive. But
like to think of Amelia and her kind
The pioneer women have not passed
from our history. No nobler women ever
great women who went side by side
with their men out into the vast west
ern wilderness to make homes for them
selves and their children in the gener-
ations before ours.
But today we have our Amelias. and
not so few Of them. women who go with
husband or brother, with woman
friend. or alone. into the waiting tracts
| of fair land, and who labor with courage
and enthusiasm and steadfastness Of
purpose to create homes. to turn the
desert into a garden.
twenty years from now, when Amelia
is in the prime of life. she will be able
to look out on a prospect that ought
to bring satisfaction of deep and thor
| ough variety. Her fields, her herds and
f1ocks. her good. substantial buildings,
| cortland and pasture, the fruits Of her
own work and planning and ordering.
Twenty years Of desk work may bring
you little pile of money in the bank,
judicious investment may have augment
ed this and leave you with no fear of
the VOLTS hungry snarl-but will you,
even so, not envy Amelia, pioneer?
Evening star., 1914-07-14
Comfortable HouseWork.
THERE are thousands of housekeeper
Il tal1 ar hl1

THERE are thousands of housekeepers
l who cannot take a summer trip. but
they can greatly improve their methods
of housekeeping First, free the house
of unnecessary articles to sweep. wash:
dust iron or move. Only the useful and
the beautiful should remain. A porch
may be made the greatest Of blessings to
the summer housekeeper if sheltered ny
vines. The Dutchman's pipe is fast
growing vine. and the moonV1ne and
morning glory make rapid growtn; IT, Il Do o
big tree in the yard, such as Smelling
peas. stringing beans, parins apples. ant and
divers other tasks which will suggest
themselves to the thinking housekeeper.
When work is finished. sit out on the
porch or under a tree. anywhere but m
doors, and don't forget the picnics: Don
tire yourself out by baking lot of Fancy
dishes. Make good. plain things Whlch
will he relished out of doors. Do moth
ing that is not absolutely necessary. once
in while take an entire afternoon FOR
sleep, reading, lounging under the trees
or resting in the way most helpful 70
you.
Evening star., 1914-07-14
WHEN you UNPACK.

| Vacation days are here, or else they
are coming. for the most of us And the
shops are SO full of alluring things for
the would-be traveller that the woman
who goes about with unwary purse
strings goes home with an empty purse.
Many of the things she buys perhaps
she can get along without But every
one who is looking forward to season
Of unpacking and disposing of a ward
fooe IN the cramped quarters of most
hotels and boarding houses would do
well to invest in a few wrink ke-saving
devices.
Hangers. Of course, come first The
sort that collapse are the easiest to carry
They are sold in sets of three six in
small leather cases not more than ten
inches long. But they can he bought
much cheaper without the case. So il
economy is your watchword buy them un-
covered.
1t is a good plan to take with You some
Of the big iron hooks or brass ones that
are screwed into the under side of closet
shelves, on which hangers can be sus-
pended. You could probably get permis-
sion in any hotel or boarding house to
screw these hooks into the under side
of the closet shelf. which in many cases
boasts only a few of these space-saving
hooks.
1t is a good plan to buy cheesecloth
or cretonne. with which to make cover
ing bags for your frocks to protect them
from dust. Measure two strips of the
fabric little longer than your frocks
and sew the two strips together in two
selvedge seams. Hem one end of the
cover and draw the other up with a shrr
string The shirrstrong end is for the
neck end of the frocks. and it should be
drawn on after they are on hangers and
the shirr string adjusted to the proper
size.
Covers of similar sort can he made
for hats. although huge paper bags or
sacks are perhaps the most satisfactory
sort. because they so light that they
do not crush the hats. But big bags Of
cretonne can be made to hold hats and
they keep them free from dust If there
Is plenty of hanging space pin the hat in
the bag through the fabric of one side
and hang by four stout strings
Some of the attractive speciality shops
and department stores sell delightful hat
stands-little standards made of two
pieces Of wood. papered with pretty wall
paper or enameled white or gray and
painted with gay flowers. These are not
very expensive and they are very con-
venient They are also made covered
with cretonne or with silk and gold net
Copyright. 1914,
Evening star., 1914-07-14

presentation Of things in the worst pos
sible taste"-caught the idea at once and
exploited the European workman's blouse
in the brilliant shades Of blue and pink
that We know so well. The neck and
wrists are shocked and there is a turn
| over collar of white linen.
You know the shape? Exactly like a
child's pinafore without belt, slightly
idea is to drop it over any kind of plain
reaches the knees.
1t is far more practical than the shirt
waist for the working hours. whether
they be in the garden. in the studio or In
the sewing room. There is no necessity
to give time to the difficult adjustment
of the two belts. skirt and blouse. that
| must be exactly tuned to each other to
avoid what the Creole calls The parting g
of the soul and body
Being Of OPAQUE linen. they do not need
an elaborate adjustment of fine lingerie
| beneath, which the transparent blouse
becoming. We have long been familiar
| with them in the studios and on the
| FRENCH workman. and it is strange that
busy women have not adopted them be-
fore for many kinds of work.
Parasols of Gingham.
| To match the blouse and the hat,
there is sunshade Of plaid gingham
made on a japanese frame. This has
become quite a feature with women who
live in the country and do not wish to
wear hats whenever they go out. 1t is a
rival to the japanese paper parasol, but
it Is easier to get or to make.
Another innovation for outdoor wear
! is the blouse of white duck or linen that
| goes over the head like college sweater
| and fastens at each armhole in the front.
There is sweater collar of bright-colored
linen with cuffs to match; also band
around the hips on the skirt.
Evening star., 1914-07-14

Taupe is and promises to be the favor
lite gray.
Evening star., 1914-07-14
BY ANNE RITTENHOUSE,
al Correspondence of The Star.


NEW YORK. July 13.-Each outdoor
activity has brought about its special
clothes We have things for tennis, for
motoring, for sailing. for golf, for the
steamer. Now We are to have special
things for gardening-not tools, but
clothes.
y man milliner on high-priced side
Street brought out a gingham sunbonnet
for which he unblushingly asked s25: this
was the first sign of the new movement
lie said he sold many of these country
ned pieces of headgear. but no one actu-
ally saw the SO pass hands. Let US hope
mat many women are not given over to
ahis exact kind of folly
Today. this same milliner Is showing
much prettier article; shade hat of
Einsham which can be worn with muslin
8rocks, with white linen skirts. colored
linen shirt waists and white tennis Shoes
The colors he chooses are blue and
white. red and yellow, black and white
pink and blue. The shape is straight
sailor without trimming. You can see
for yourself how attractive the idea is
Well. this was the beginning of the
desire for clothes suitable for the garden.
whether one went there to work or play,
and it is quite more fashionable to do
the former than the latter. To delve in
your plot of ground and to know all
about seeds and seasons is to be in the
movement"
Some women will laugh at the idea Of
dressing for the part otherwise than to
choose from the wardrobe the oldest and
least presentable skirt and waist and
shoes and stay in these until the digging
and cutting and planting is over. But
one should not laugh so quickly at the
idea of genuine garden clothes. for they
are fair to look upon, and they promise
to bring about quite a new style of work
ing costume.
Workman's Blouses for Women.
The modernists studios here-the men,
bers of which arranged that very clever
Evening star., 1914-07-14
Fireless Cooker for Fruits.

One of the precious possessions Of the
efficient housewife is her flreless cooker.
II is the verdict of all that it is labor
saver and a time saver
In the old days the ideal of every good
housewife was well filled fruit closet
The private fall exhibitions of this par
ticular line of endeavor used to be the
main event in many communities. and in
order to attain to the honored position of
winner in the competition for well filled
shelves many n woman has literally
boiled herself into a nervous breakdown
by bending over steaming kettles stir
ring bubbling sirups.
Now the time has come when the
efficient housewife may radiantly boast of
her achievements without having to go
through the ordeal of making of herself
q burnt offering as the preliminary sacri-
flee. All canning may be done with the
aid of the cooker. To quote from an au-
thority: "A special gain is found in can
Evening star., 1914-07-14
Your Hair Is What You
Make 1t.

Many people have completely
destroyed the natural beauty and
texture of their hair by using or
dinary soaps and shampoo prepara-
tions that contain harmful and in
furious alkaline matter. A con-
tinued use results in dry. brittle,
lusterless hair that cannot be
dressed in an attractive fashion.
To insure beautiful hair. it is
absolutely necessary to have a
clean. healthy scalp. There is no
better head wash than Cobb's
Shampoo, because Cobb's contains
no free alkali, or. in fact, anything
that would injure the hair or
scalp. 1t removes all excess oil
that destroys the luster, and
makes the hair naturally glossy,
soft and fluffy. 1t is easy to use.
lathers quickly, effectively cleanses
and beauties. Women who are
now using Cobb's Shampoo find
hair washing a pleasure. Get a
package at ODonnelFs or any drug
or toilet counter. 1t is very mex
pensive.
Evening star., 1914-07-14

gay colors, but the predomInating notes
at all fashionable gatherings are un-
doubtedly black and white
When cieverlv and artistically COM
bined even simple black and white cos
tunes, like the one of today's Sketch be-
come most interesting.
The material here was crepon. and was
called a casino frock by the house that
turned it out.
The blouse and tunic We're in white.
with a black stencil design bordering
the sleeve seams and the hem Of the
tunic. A wide collar of fine white
batiste turned away from the neck. and
the blouse fronts and sleeve ends had
pretty trimming of crocheted ball
buttons hung on cords. Another un-
usual note was the way in which the
black satin girdie was run through eye
lets in succession of oval-shaped
pieces of white crepon that formed a
belt.
The skirt was Of black crepon and
quite plainly made.
The symphony Of black and white is
equally marked in regard to hats. Dia-
dems of black chantilly, aureolas of
white tulle or net. mingle to form the
fashionable summer hats. Black and
white make up the smartest sunshades:
black and white meet in the luxurious
footgear. The black kid upper leather
Is often striped with white, and black
satin buskins are worn with white silk
stockings.
Evening star., 1914-07-14
A GOOD FERTILIZER
AND DISINFECTANT

TRY dust is a valuable absorbent.
- Gather it OF the surface Of the road
after long dry spell and store it in
boxes for future use 1t is good in the
henhouse II spread over parts Of the
hennery or barn daily. Wherever there
are foul gases and disinfectant is needed
this dry dust is useful. Mixed with
ground tobacco stems and leaves and
dry manure 1t makes an excellent fer
ttilizer, and Is worth a good deal in de-
levoping plants in a hurry.
Evening star., 1914-07-14
FOREIGN FASHIONS
FOR AMERICANS
BY LILLIAN E. YOUNG.

Special Correspondence of The Star
PARIS. July 4.-The union Of blac
and white is certainly a marriage de
ralson, for it is both practical and dis
tinsuishe,l. and tie fashion has lasted 50
long that every one is aStonished at 81
much conStancy in the realm of fashion.
which is always full of fantasy and
eager for novelty and change.
Black and white are the tones most
in vogue for elegant toilets Smart
women of the world are bound to have
white costumes. black costumes and cos
tunes in which both intermingle. Here
and there a brighter note seen, Sashes.
coates, hats and Sunshades are often OF
Bisbee daily review., 1914-03-08

sergeant. Back of him was Coroner Goldbercer, whom I had met in two previous cases, while the third counte- Dance. looking at me with quizzlcal smile. was that of Jim Godfrey. the Records star reporter. The fourth man wan policeman in uniform, who at q word from Simmonds took his staticn at the door.
 "What is it?" asked Godfrey.
 "Ju,t a suicide, l think" and un- iocked the door into the room where the dead man lay.
 Slmmonds, Goldberger and Godfrey stepped inside. followed and closed the door.
 Nothing has been disturbed" said. NO one has touched the body"
 3immonds nodded and glanced in quiringly about the room. but God irey's eyes, noticed. were on the face of the dead man. Goldberger dropped to his knees beside the body. looked Into the eyes and touched his fingers to the left wrist Then he stood erect again and looked down at the body, and as 1 followed his gaze l noted its
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nTr ELLIOT said as l took down the receiver of my desk
 phone in answer 10 the call.
 "ls that you. Lester?" ask
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CHAPTER |.
The First Tragedy.

"TTELLo| I said as took down
 the receiver of my desk
 phone in answer 10 the call.
 "Is that you. Lester?" ask ed Philip vnntine's voice
 "Yes. So you're back again."
 "Got. in yesterday Can you come up to the house and lunch with me to- day?"
 "I'n he glad to-" said and meant t, for liked Philip Vantine
 'I'I look for you then. about l:30" And that Is how it happened that an hour later was walking over toward Washington square. just above which. On the avenue. the old Nantine man. sion stood. lt was almost the Inst sur. vival of the old regimc for the tide of business bad long since oyerlOwed from the neighborinG streets into the avenue.
 Philip vantine had been born in the house where he still lived and declared that he would die there. He had no one but himself to please in the matter. since he was unmarried and lived alone. and he mitigated the increasing roar and dust of the neighborhood by long absences abroad.
 Vantine was about fifty years af age, the possessoy of comfortable fortune, something of connoisseur in art mat ters. a collector of old furniture. His reasous for remaining single fin no way concerned bis lawyers. position which our firm had held for many years. and the active work of which had come gradually into my hands
 He came forward to meet me. and we shook hands heartily.
 Its plain to see that the trip did you good" said.
 Yes" he agreed: ''I never felt more fit But come along. we can talk at table. There's little difficulty want you to untangle for me"
 l followed him upstairs 10 his study where a table laid for two had been placed near low window.
 'I had lunch served up here." Van tine explained. ns we snt down. De cause this Is the only really pleasant room left in the house"
 He paused and glanced about the room. Every piece of furniture ln V WAS the work of mnstor,
 "I suppose you found some new things while you were awayr said
 "Yes-and it's that 1 wanted t0 thlh to you about brought back nli or eight pieces i1l show tbom o you r,resenfly. They nr6 gll pretty good, and one is thing of beauty TVS more than thnt-ifs on absolutely unlaue work Of ert Only, unfoftn' nately. it Isn't mine"
 'It isn't yoursr
 "No. and [ don't know whose it e.
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stutud. more accurately than l had sone in the first shock of discover Ing it.
 1t was lying on it's right side. half on its stomach. with it's right arm dou- bled under 1t and it's left hand clutch lug at the floor above it's head. The knees were drawn up as though in a convulsion, and the face was horribly contorted. with a sort of purple tinge under the skin. as though the blood had been suddenly congealed. The eyes wcre wide open. and their glassy stare added not n little to the apparent ter TOT and suffering of the face
 The coroner glanced at Simmonds.
 "Not much question as to the cause" hc said. Poison. of course"
 "ot course" nodded Simmonds
 "But what kindT' asked Godfrey.
 'It will take a postmortem to tell that" and Goldberger bent for another close look at the distorted face. 'T'n sree to admit the symptoms aren't the uev0l oncs."
 told all I knew-how Parks had 2nncunccd q mans arrival, how Van. line and had come downstairs to. ectbcr, how Vantine had called me md fnaily how Parks had identified thc body as that of the strange caller
 'It9v long a time elapsed after farisS announced the man before you and Alr. yantlne came downstairsy 2" asked Goldberger.
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BURTON E. STEVENS
Copyright. 1913. by Burton E. Stevenson
PROLOGUE,

! U a literary miner were 10 ap- praise this story he would say of h:
 II pans ont O bfg percentage of thrills"
 There's poy dirf" in his nys- fiery story for every lover of an exciting toie and an interesting plot 1T is one of fhe master pieces of ifs author, who is q rec ognised ieader in he field of the defective story.
 Round q beautifully inioid cab inet dating from the days of Louis XTY which stands in q Fiffh apenue nlansion weapes q story of plot and counterplot mystery suspense and surprise. Jim Godfrey, shrewdest of re- porters, and the detective bu- reaus of New York and Parts are trying 10 unropei fhe infricotely enfangied ciews. And fhe read CT, foo, wil go along with heui, breathiess and absorbed, getting now hint, agatn coming up against q blank wall, unhi, like then. he comes 10 the amazing explanation. And the one who baEfes reporters. detectives and readers is Crochard, fhe inVinci- ble, q creation in detective fic- lion.
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begin at 10000 francs We mustn't seem too eager It's because I'm so eager that l want you to carry it thrcruh for me cnut trust myself"
 And the other endr
 There isn't any other end. Of course. strictly speaking. there is. be- cause my money isn't unlimited. but don't believe you will have to go over 100000 francA"
 1 gasped. e
 You mean you're willing to give ! SiO0.OO0 for this cabinetf" vantinc nodded.
 Maybe Il little more If the owner won't accept that you must let me know before you brenk off negotia- tions. But come and see it." He led the way out Of the room and down the stairs but when we reached the lower hall he paused.
 Perhaps I'd better see my visitor first" he said You'll find new pie ture or two over there fin the music room. I'll be with you in n minute" started on. and he turned through 2 doorway at the left. An instant later heard sharp ex- clamation: then his voice calling me. Lester. come herev he cried. ran back along the hall. into the room which he had entered lie was standing just inside the door.
 Look here" he said. with a queer catch in his voice and pointed with trembling hand to dark object on the aorr.
 I moved aside to see 1t better. Then rIy heart gave a sickening throb for he object on the floor was the body of | man.
 | It needed but n glance to tell me that the man was dead. There could bc no life fin that livid face. in those glassy eyes We stood for a moment shaken ns one always is by sudden and unexpected contact with death. 'Who is hep I asked at last "I don't know" answered vantine hoai Sely. 'T never saw him before" Then he strode to the bell and rang 1t violently. Parks" be went on stern ly as that worthy appeared at the door, ''what has been going on in hereT"
 "Going on. sir?" repeated Parks. with | look of amazement
 Then his glance fell upon the hud- dled body, and he stopped short, his | eyes staring. his mouth open. "Why-why." he stammered, that's the man who was waiting to see you. sir"
 "You mean he has been killed in this houseT demanded vantine.
 "He was certainly alive when he came in. sir" said Parks, recovering something of his self possession May. be he was just looking for a quiet place where he could kill himself. He seemed kind of excited" "Of course" agreed Vantine, with Q sigh of relief. that's the explanation. Only wish he had chosen some place else. l suppose we shall have to call the police. LesterF'
 'Yes," I said. "and the coroner. Sup ! pose you leave 1t to me. Wen lock up this room. and nobody must leave the house until the police arrive" Every we'll" assented vantine. visi. | bly relieved. 'T'll see to that" and he hastened away, while I went to the phone. called up police headquarters and told briefly what had happened
 Twenty minutes later there was a ring at the bell, and Parks opened the door and admitted four men.
 why. hello, Smmondsr' I said. rec, | ognizing in the first one a detective
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Princess Clementine of Belgium, 6 member of the Bonaparte family, has just given birth to a son who will be known as Louis Napoleon. Not only has she ,presented the Bonapartc family with a Prince Imperial, but has secured the millions of Empress Eugenie of France.
The evening times., 1914-01-08
sLENpERNEss.

The power of dress to tyansform a
uninteresting OF homely woman
phenomenal, though not generally uni
derstood Emily stevens. who's
graceful slcnderness and charmin
stage gowns are the subject Of nuc
comment. has this to say by way a
susgestion:
One must know how to wes
clothes. as we'll as what clothes
wear. You may not say. 'StanJ
straight and throw your shoulder
back il you wish your gowns to lool
WE'LL. because the ramrod figure M
longer is i'll fashion. Eeach womsl
must learn from her mirror how tai
she can afford to let out her waist o1
draw in her hips. 4
Certain fabrics add to or detracI
from height; and in the manipulated
of color lies a Ereat secret Of soften
ing hard features aud filing In hol|
lows. An unskilled dressrnalsAr will
insist upon frills and bouffant eject
for thin woman, and deck her iil
cries to give her breadth Yet ever.|
woman weighing more than l1tl
pounds is trying to reduce.
"A thin neck is not necessarily un 4
sightly-but for a. scrawny neck there
is no excuse. Massage and cold va
ter will work wonders. In the near
time a bit of tulle or a flower rithtlsl
placed will help.
The right idea is to make an asset
out of liability by transformina)
thinness into slenderness. The form
er suggests prominent bones and
scrawniness the latter a framework
delicately covered. Frills can be bet.
ter affected by a person Of avoirdu-
pois who has no long lines to cons
ceal by them. The slender woman
cannot afford to have her slenderness
by complex effect. Sim
plicity is her cue--sinuous. clinging
skirts and simple blouses." 8
Miss Stevens finds greatest success
in keeping to one-color effects. with
the character note--if one be nscess
sary-most carefully placed. She spgS
gests also that whatever the design
OF the dress one long line started
above the waist should be introduced,
as this Is PECULIARLY effective. For ex-
ample, a stole sash hung from . point
two or three inches above the waist
line. or a high-waisted skirt.