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Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-30

crate circumstances when they meet at
public or social functions. difference
IN the estates OF the prosperous and I'M
prosperous will be less marked II there
be one gown that is accepted as suitable
for all occasions. Women will not be
enyious Of each others Polymuriel. A
Polymuriel viii be Polymuriel. That's
all.
Ny conception OF a universal gown is
that II be comfortable, becoming, and al
though not stiff, formal garment. / In
cline to two-piece gown. I think a coat
necessary. The color would be dark. The
fabric should be serViceable SO that it
may last from one season to another.
There might be slight alterations Of such
accessories as collars and gulmpes for
afternoon and evening wear. The cloth
should be OF neither too light nor too
heavy texture.
The Polymuriel. / hope. win end the
slavery TO changing modes. II will not
have TO undergo changes from season 70
season and year to year. II Is conceivable
that q Polymuriel may be worn and be
very presentable indeed. in Its third year
OF service. II win be so suitable for even
ing wear that no woman need again say:
my Great Kartt.tn pt~ht. Bn..-w.a
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rooms or restaurants chiefly for women,
and together they may wish 20 attend
lecture. or, escorted by their best young
men, go 10 a dance for an hour or two.
What kind OF garment will serve all these
purposes2
The clubwoman Is a factor In affairs OF
the world. In every city women are act
lively interested In civic affairs. In many
OF them women vote. A woman who has
these varied activities may go out in the
morning and not be able to return until
late In the evening. l have heard Mrs.
A. NJ. Palmer say she would be very glad
indeed II she could feel when she set out
In the morning that she was suitably
dressed for the rest OF the day. and for
any occasion that might claim her.
The woman In the home would be glad
II there were a garment so becoming and
intrinsically beautiful. that she might
wear II At home and that would be equally
appropriate a. . committee meeting at her
club. at a luncheon OF matinee, for shop
ping or even for the theatre.
The universal gown viii meet these
needs and others. II win remove the en-
harrassment and Danish the dividing line
between the rich and the persons OF mod
Coovrirht 1913 nv the Star Com,
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-30

~ OsTERED by prominent clubwomen,
and engaging the interest Of all
women who have heard or read
OF IL. and these are hundreds OF thou
sands, the competition for the PolymurIel
Gown viii close tomorrow.
On June Is the prize Of one hundred
and atty dollars. awarded for the best
design for practical gown suitable FOR
wear at any time OF day. or for any oc.
casion. win go 10 the contestant who has
submitted the design at once most beauti-
fuI and practical for all day wear and all
types OF women.
Mrs. Mildred tombstone Landone. who
originated the idea. has placed in the
bank that sum. II was she who christened
the garment that Is TO be. calling II the
Polymuriel giving II the combined names
OF her sister and daughter.
Mrs. Landone has as aides In her pro
ject Mrs. A. NJ. Palmer, the founder OF
the Rainy Day Club and in that sense.
inventor Of the rainy day skirt; Mrs. Flor.
ence Guernsey former president Of the
New York Federation OF Women's Clubs.
eighty thousand women strong; Rose
O'Neill. VINO invented the kewpies, and
William Chase, the famous painter. They
viii help her 10 select the most useful
and attractive gown 10 be worn BY the
average woman all day.
Mrs. Landone's ideas regarding such
garment she has expressed as follows, TO
this newspaper:
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y 1885, W SS& N
Becoming to
All Types
of Women
and Suitable
for Any Hour
or Occasion.

Il shall stay at home because I am too
tried to change" or 81 shall decline this
invitation because have nothing to
wear" She can wear her Polymuriel and
she will meet other women wearing theirs.
They will meet on common sartorial
ground.
The garment should be as beautiful az
possible, yet consistent with health and
comfort Possibilities for attractive vests.
collars and cuffs and girdles should not
be overlooked; for high or low neck, en-
broideries or laces or anything that APP
peals to the wearer. / have in mind a
garment built on feministic lines made to
conform TO our best aesthetic standards OF
beauty.
The adoption OF a universal costume
which is acceptable, will make a woman
healthier and will keep her young be-
cause Il will eliminate the distractions OF
changing fashions. II she knows her
Polymuriel "will do" for any occasion she
will not become a nervous wreck in try
ing 20 follow the will o. the wisp Of
fashion. II will lead, l hope, to a stan
dardizaticn of beauty in dressing. Now,
when a new style Is announced We gaze
upon IL in wonder aud rapture. Nothing
previous has ever been so engaging and
becoming. We hasten to possess or imi-
tate t. In twinkling there is a change
II has become ridiculous.
A thing that is ridiculous at one time
is ridiculous at all times. A garment is
either intrinsically beautiful OF is in itself
ugly. What q travesty upon our mental
habits when we are forced TO admit that
the person dressed in shoddy garments
but of the mode. wins our appreciation.
while the out-of-date garment. though OF
excellent quality. win claim only a de-
risive smile.
My hope for the Polymuriel Is that il
will have the same function as the "cut
away coat or the dress suit. It win be
honored. respected and welcomed every
where
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-30

(Above) Another coneep-
tlon Of a PoIymurlel That
Can Be Worn All Day
and by Any Type Of
Woman.
(5eIow) The Same Gown
Adapted for Evening
Wear.
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copvrisht lsls by the Star COMPANY britain
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1915-12-18
December, 1915
Fall Care of Orchards

peach twig-borer.
In addition to routine dormant-tree
spraying much good work may be done
in the control of orchard insects by OPP
erations during the leafless period. The
codling moth, the cause of wormy ap-
pies, passes the winter in silken cocoons
under scales of bark, in crevices and In
knot holes on the trunks and larger
limbs of the apple. Old trees especially
should be thoroughly scraped with a
dull hoe or similar instrument to de-
stroy the alternating codling-moth larva
The apple-tree tent caterpillar winters
in the egg stage on various orchard
trees, as the apple and peach, and es-
pecially on wild cherries growing along
fences or on waste land. The eggs are
placed in rather conspicuous dark-col-
ored belts or bands around the smaller
twigs- These are readily observed and
may be collected and destroyed without
much trouble during the work of pruning
or at other times. Very effective work
in the collection of egg masses has al
ready been accomplished in regions
where this insect has been excessivel,
abundant. In some instances it will
be possible to enlist the interest of
school children, was done in Michi-
gan during the winter of 1894. Prizes
were offered for the greatest number
of egg masses obtained, and the total
collected in this work amounted to sew
eral million.
The fall webworm winters in the pu
pal stage on apple and various other
trees. The flimsy cocoon is easily rec
ogniZed from the hairs of the caterpil
lar mixed in with the loose silk. The
cocoons occur in all sorts of sheltered
places, as in crevices, knot holes, under
bark scales, ETC. They should also be
searched for in trash on the ground
under boards, in rail fences, and in sim
liar situations.
Another insect of general feeding hab-
its is the white-marked tussock moth
which winters on fruit trees in the egg
stage The eggs appear as a frothy
the grayish silken cocoon from which
the wingless parent moth escapes. 1t
will be easy to collect and destroy these
pupe and egg masses.
Throughout the Middle West, and to
less extent elsewhere, the winter nests
of the leaf crumpler are conspicuous OBJ
jects fruit trees, especially ounce
pear, and apple. The larvae winter in
tough, horn-shaped cases to which are
usually attached several dead leaves.
These nests should be removed and
burned to destroy the caterpillars with
in.
The work of the buffalo tree-hopper
usually attracts the attention of the
orchardist, especially during pruning
This insect punctures the young twigs
in the course of its egg laying. the
scars later producing a much deformed
and weakened branch. Care should be
taken to cut out these injured twies
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ter, and early spring. Certain
destructive insects are held in check
only by spraying during the dormant
period of trees when stronger washes
may be used than when the trees are
in foliage Many insects of the orchard
spend the winter on the trees in the
egg, larval, or pupa1 stage, and their
destruction in the course of pruning or
other orchard work is practicable and
is of much Importance in keeping them
reduced.
Orchard scale insects as a class are
best treated after the foliage has dropped
from the trees. This work may be done
in late fall, during the winter when
the temperature is above freezing, or in
the spring before the buds swell to any
extent. Spraying of apple, peach, pear,
and other trees for the San Jose scale
with strong lime-sulphur or other suit
able wash is now very generally prac-
ticed by orchardists, and many persons
owning but small number of fruit trees
in the yard also regularly spray the
trees for the control of this serious in
sect pest. Lime-sulphur concentrate is
used in spraying for the San Jose scale
or made at home. The commercial ar
ticle usually has a density of 32o to
$40 as registered on a Baume hydrome-
ter, and in preparing the concentrate at
home effort should be made to secure
wash of about this density. Such con-
centrate is used at the rate of / part
to 8 or 9 parts of water. Only one
treatment each winter is necessary to
hold this pest in subsection, but the
application must be very thorough, coat
ing all parts of the twigs, limbs, and
branches. This work requires a spray
pump, and these may now be obtained
for work on almost any scale, and range
in size from the so-called bucket pump
suitable for work on a few trees in the
yard to the large gasoline-power outfits
employed in extensive orchards.
Certain other scale-insect pests which
may be present on the trees, as the
cherry scale, oyster-shel1 scale, etc., are
also pretty well held in cheek by this
annual treatment with lime-sulphur
wash The treatment is also effective
against the pearleaf blister mite, which
is universally present on pears and in
some localities is a very serious apple
pest. Certain destructive apple plant lice
winter in the egg stage on the apple,
especially on the newer growth, and
thorough lime-sulphur spraying. for the
San Jose scale undoubtedly results in
the destruction of many of these eggs,
though the treatment is not always suf-
ficient to obviate spraying after the in
sects have Matched and the foliage is
putting out In States, where the win
tiers are not too rigorous, the woody
apple aphis often maintains itself in
colonies here and there on apple trees,
occurring more especially around wounds
where the thinner bark is exposed. The
no Ok In,
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llspyright. 1914, sy NewspaDss
UnterD rise Associstiens
When Mollie and / arrived at
the hospital we found Jim Eide
there. !.
Jim blushed and seemed
ashamed of showing so much feel
ing. 1.-THE hospital is on my way
to the office and SO ! Just
dropped in" he said. Dear Aunt
Mary had come out of the anaes-
thetic but as she was suffering
great pain the nurse had given
her some morphine.
She hardly knew us. but she
seemed quite comfortable.
Mollie hurried away and Jim
waited with me until the doctor
came In. please don't let her
suffer, DOCTOR" l begged.
Indeed we will not" he an
swered.
"Can nothing be done, doctor?"
asked Jim.
Nothing" was the grave an
swer.
Jim swore under his breath.
81 suppose we cannot complain
when our friends die" he said.
"That Ia the great love OF nature
we're born, live while and
then we die, but it seems to me
that no terrible disease should
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MORE TALL CORN

Fred Stark OF Bismarck has
reason to believe he ia the cham
pion corn grower of Tacoma. On
city lot at East 65th and A
streets he has raised corn stand
Ing 8 feet inches high, with
ears a foot long. Fred's an
eighth-grader at Sheridan school.
If there's anybody in town with
bigger corn, he'd like to know it.
However, since Times story
about j. w. Walls nine-foot corn
at Spanaway started the discus
sion, there have been other
claimants to honors. Pat Far
sell, of the Milwaukee car shops,
so far seems to have about the
best of the argument among the
grown-ups. On his little tide
flats ranch he is reported by 6
friend to have corn standing ~
feet high
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LEGAL NOTICES.

SEALED PROPOSALS Will be re-
ceived at the office of the Com
missioner of Public Works, City
Hall, City of Tacoma, between the
hours of IL NJ. and p. NJ. on the
30th day of August, 1915, for fur
nishing labor and material for con-
walks on South 19th street from
IL" Street to Ainsworth Avenue,
Local Improvement District No
$50 according to plans and specid-
cations on file In the office of the
Commissioner of Public Works.
Amount of bond required will be
the same as contract price.
Proposals must be made on print
ed form furnished by said Com
missioner and accompanied by GER
tified check for FIVE per cent. of the
amount of proposal, made payable
to the order of the Clerk of the
Commissioner of Public Works.
Work to be commenced within
10 days after signing contract.
Work to be completed within 30
days after signing contract, but II
said work be not completed within
80 days after signing of contract,
said contract shall become void as
per specifications.
The successful bidder shall agree
to accept, at par, In payment oil
said supplies and work, any and NIL
Of the bonds issued in pursuance
|of Ordinance No. 61s7; and shall
have no claim whatever on account
thereof against the City OF Tacoma
except solely upon such bonds and
solely from the special assessmen
made and special fund by said Or
dinance created.
The Commissioner reserves the
right to reject any and all of the
bids.
OWEN WOODS,
Commissioners of Public Works
Aug. 23-z4-2B-26-z7. 1916.
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LOS ANGELES. Aug. a.
Does this girl look as II she
could make 30-foot dive off a
cliff into a lake2
She can and will do It In the
next new picture called PEN
nington's Choice" in which Fran
els X. Bushman will star.
She has a splendid physique,
and the talents required for sue
cess in the films. In preparing
for the big act in Pennington s
Choice" Miss Wolcott is going
through regular course of swim
ming and diving each day.
She maintains that It is essen
tial to keep everlastingly sin
trim" If expecting to do any
thing spectacular and win out.
"One can't afford to take any
chances when a whole picture de-
ponds on the success of a single
big feature. / always train for
spectacular feature as l inn
agine a man does for a boxing
bout"
BUT IT WAS A DREAM.
IF that is a dream give me
the same thing in real life," was
the laughing remark of one young
Tacoman, well known in the So
cial younger set and also as a
"lady's man." when he viewed
the motion pictures of "Niobe"
In which Hazel Dawn appears at
the Colonial theater for the last
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gard for the feelings of Others
Jim turned around so quickly
that his hands turned the wheel
and the car veered sharply. .'What
do you mean by that?"
"Just what / say. Women az
we'll as men have the desipe for
what you call times of 'unthink-
ing responsibility You know
plenty of women If you stop to
think who more or less demon.
strate that this 'unthinking ire
sponsibility' is not purely a mas
culine trait. Kitty Sr,sncer GER
tainly has to have an outlet for
exuberant vitality once in a
while, doesn't she?"
"She certainly does"
"Jim, the mistake that you
men, married and unmarried
make is that you never look upon
a woman as a woman. She Is
your mother, your sister, your
sweetheart, your plaything, your
wife. and each one of these stands
for a totally different thing in
your mind from all the rest of the
sex. Did you ever stop to think
that one mans mother might be
another mans wife, that wives
had once been sweethearts, and
the so-called 'playthings' We're rle.
cruited from all the classes into
which you have placed women
Potentially a woman can be
all of them"
"Margie," said Jim solemnly
you think too much about 1t. >
/ laughed well, do you
know, Jim, il | were a man I'd
keep my wife so busy with loving
me that | would not give her q
minute to analyze The situation
always thought that after Q
woman once loved you, she loved
forever.
That's another mistaken no
ton most men have of women
jim"
CONTINUED Tomorrow
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Confessions ofaWife

fasten itself on a dear woman like
Aunt Mary-her taking off should
! be painless at least"
The doctor said nothing, simply
( because there was nothing to say.
/ sometimes wonder why we poor
creatures have any hope at all
We have not yet reached the
plane of intelligence where we are
above the ravages of disease and
the sport of fate.
Here Margie Wauerly! You
must not get respondent. that
would never do. Only towards
lay down their arms and surren.
der. Life holds something fol
you still. l don't know what the
Waverly family, especially Dick
would do without you," said jim
when / said something like the
foregoing, as we were riding
down town in his machine.
wanted to stop at the bookshoT
and see Mary.
you need not flatter me, Jim
l don't really want that kind oil
comfort"
I'm not flattering you." he
protested earnestly II wish some
times you could hear Dick tall
about you. He thinks you are
perfect. He says, I tell you what
Jim, there never was az woman
like Margie.'
Perhaps it is because I am
unique that do not seem to quite
make him happy" / said, ant
then l could have bit my tongue
for / do not want anyone, much
less Jim, to think that Dick ant
are not happy.
why, Margie, Dick is happy
perfectly happy" he exclaimed
ut is you, my dear girl, whit
seems to be unsettled.
"Margie, will you let me sa,
something to you. dick is goot
chap as men go. love him better
than any other man / ever knew
l think he reverences you abov,
all women. He would not live
content without you, but he has {
strain of something in him tina
calls him always away-a strair
of unthinking responsibility thai
at times grows too powerful fol
him."
Yes. l know, Jim, Dick II
human, but l also know that hi
reverances are almost always fol
the dead, and / am still alive
Did you never think that? l, too
have that very human strain tha
would at times put all RESPONSE
bility behind me and please m,
own yagrant fancies without re
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should fail to do the work
On the city's promise to allow Stone & Web
ster to re-enter the power field in Tacoma and
also for the small consideration of franchise
across the 100000 Tacoma avenue fill at 9th
street.
The council wanted to give Stone & Webster
all they asked.
But Mayor Fawcett was the stumbling
block. He refused to hand over any more fat
plums to the power trust. And the propositions
have remained dormant ever since.
Now the council proposes to take over sew
eral thousand kilowatts of extra power business,
at rates scarcely higher than it costs the city to
manufacture juice.
If the threatened shortage comes this win
ter, with the increased load on the city s wires,
Tacoma will be in the hands of the Stone & Web
ster company. The city will either have to
obtain auxiliary juice from the power trust at
any consideration, or throw down the bars and
permit outsiders to supply the electrical demand
here.
1t looks as if someone wanted to tie up the
city light plant so that we'd have to ask the
power trust for favOrs.
The niger in the wOodpile may be only an
imaginary danger, but it would do the city well
to step cautiously before getting itself into pO
sition where it has to ask anything OF Stone q
Webster.
For the power trust is merciless.
And it's been trying to get Tacoma under it's
thumb for many long winters.
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MORE LABOR WAR
DUE IN ENGLAND

LONDON, Aug. 24.-Rulings
just made by Walter Runcimau,
president of the board of trade,
in regard to the labor situation
in South Wales probably will lead
to fresh disputes among labor
leaders, it Is said. Runciman
says the high wage scale is APP
plicable only so long as the pres
ent stringest conditions exist and
that they will be lowered when
conditions are normal.
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Personal


The young ladies of st. Pat.
riok's parish are planning q sum-
mer promenade for Friday even
ing at Waukato Heights, to which
they have invited all membsrb
Of the parish.
DR.. and Mrs. Burton Il. LEM
ley left today for a three weeks
trip to San Francisco, where DR..
Lemley will attend the Panama
Pacific Dental congress. They
motored from here to Flavel,
Ore. from where they will take
q steamer for California.
Tabitha society Of tho First
Swedish Lutheran will give an
nual outing this evening at Man.
zanita beach. Verona leaves mu-
nicipal dock at s D. m.
Notes of thanks are being sent
out by the board of managers
of the Children's Industrial home
to those who aided in the coun-
try fair.
MembeS of Mt. Tacoma camp,
No. 1913 of the w. o. W., cele-
brated the occasion of moving
into new quarters at the Eagles
hall last night by a series of
brief addresses, music and a spe-
cial four-round boxing contest
by the Meredith twins. Refresh
ments were served. w. l.. CAIRNS
and Aosco Stowell presided. Reg
Iular meetings will be held in this
hall on the first and fourth Mon
days.
The Puget Sound Homesteaders
will hold card and dancing par
ty at Eagles hall, Tuesday even
ing at 8 o'clock.
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DOESN'T SAY HOW
MUCH 1T TOOK OUT

According to information re-
ceived today at the local offices
of the Union Pacific railroad from
J. d. Farrell, president of the u.
p. system, the company expend-
ed in Oregon, Washington and
Idaho for wages, taxes, construc-
ton and other purposes incident
to the conduct of its business,
$15, 573,355.92. This Is the
equivalent of $5O,S93.3O for each
working day in the year.
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A FEWWORDs

Come upstairs and try on the
New Fall Suits on display-they
come In blue serge, grey and
brown mixtures, stripes and black
i'm the conservative or box back
models--also have a form fitting
model for the young man, with
fancy or plain silk lining. The
young mems suits sell 1918 and
up, and mems suits sell $500
and up. Don't let money keep
you from buying; ask us to ex-
plain our credit system. You can
wear the clothes while paying for
them. We guarantee satisfaction
and lit. No charge for aItera-
lions. Gateley's Clothes Shop,
Gross Block, 1126h Broadway.
Second Floor.