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The Washington herald., 1915-11-04

cHEEsE-ssw Yosk. new. per ID. 10: Cat, pss
N. R' swis doussrie. per H.. q; DO. f0rrin
LIVE PoULrRx-Hen. p.r ~. is.Is. roostsr..
pa TO-. ieaii: sprrs ducks. per H.. ltais sprins
ehicksns. per H.. Sail turkeys. pr H.. leco.
GREEN GooDs-Beans. per basket. 2sos
do. per bill, 2.so4kU; lima beans, per 1T. 3aB;
bests. per bunch. 2a,: cabbage. new per Dbl.
-; cantnloupes. per crate. Seals; carrots. pr
bunch. laiH; eaulifower per crate. 10 celery.
per doz 3a75; crate. 2ooz3so: eucumbers. per bas-
ke, LSea2oo; eymbiinss. crate. I0al0: eggplant.
crate. i.S54l-1; ksle. per bbL. ioaso lettuce per
basket T5ai.so onions, Der sack IolAzn okra per
crate. 75aloe: peppers. crate. 7ssLp; potatoss
per sack. lsoa200; Jams. l25al.0; sweet potatoes.
L5oal 70; tomatoes. nearby per box. I1oz2Ta
FRUITs-AppleS per Dbl. Loa4oo; pean, Dol.
Looss1o: erape.. Der has. Delaware. lzaH: Do.
Concord. loail: Do. Niagara i2z8; grapefruit. pr
box. 45oasSo: oranges. California. per box. L.ooa
ECO; PEACHES. Der crate, Tsal.so; pineapplss. per
LIVE sTocK-yeal caIsss. phns. ID. iial2:
DO. medium. per H.. igssii: do. new. Agi:
string lambs. per h., psss.
DRESSED GooDs-Dressed hogs. Der ID.
loaiog
HAY. STRAW. AND coRN-H.y. best timothy.
osu, per ton. 100: miIed. per ton. f1nsiLs;
straw. Per ton. Tcooai2-p: wheat straw. pr ton.
GU: corn. per bbi.. as; do. new. per bbl. 3oo.
sEEDS--Oorer. red. per ID. lsaZl; do, alsike.
per ID. Baif: do. timothy. Der bus. S8a1s6;
red top. per h. ieii: orchard grass. per bus.
l.aoaz5; blue grass. per bus. i.5; rye. pr bus.
In; wheat. per bus. -.
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COTTON MARKETS.

New York Nov. Cotton vas irregular today.
hut after showing weakness rallied, the md Of
the session approached. The close steady at .
net loss Of II to IS pointA
The market opened 10 to Is points lower in re
spUnse to Tuesdays weakness at New Orleans and
lower cables from Liverpool. After the call pTicrs
improved to within 5 to points Of Mondays close
for the active months Later . break followed
rTJmor that returns to the National Ginners Aso-
citation put the quantity turned out to October il
at 10000 bales. stop orders were uncovered on
this decline. which carried the important points 2
to points under Mondays close. This drop was
checked or 10 points from the bottom during the
noon hour.
In the afternoon the list again fell 10 the low
level Of the forenoon under . renewal Of local and
outside selling. based on reports Of easier spot
markets.. spot here declined IS points to n.sc
with sales OF 30 bales.
ST'ot at Liverpool was in good demand at a los
If . Joints cCmFared with Monday. Futures
there closed steady at net decline Of nalz:
points.
Port receipts for the day a. ss2 bales against
- rs bales last week and 81 SIS last year Exports
for the day aggregated Il n bales compared with
9sE 4 year aEp. Today's total included 57e2 bales
70 Great Britain 6,S5 to France and SO to
MexicD. CleaTanoes for the season amount to
100 bales against 27Ial - bales fdf the core
Spending period last season.
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GAS FEATURE ON CHANGE.
Prices Irregular with Tendency To-
ward Lower Levels,

Prices were irregular with a ten
dency to decline on the Washington
Stock Exchange yesterday. A demand
for Washington Gas stock featured
the session. After q total OF 100
shares of the stock had been disposed
Of at ~ 1-2, an odd lot of three shares
sold at ~ as. The quotation figures
were lowered from 721-2 bid and
73 1-2 asked. to ~ and ~ 1-2 respec-
lively.
Potomac Electric Power (first) per
cent bonds were bid up IA points to
1o5 IA, and the Consolidated IS
advanced Is of point to 80 rs
Later $4,000 worth of the Consolidated
Is brought 100.
Both the common and preferred
stocks of the Washington Railway
and Electric Company declined slight
ly. An odd lot of the common. sold
at S31-2. after which the bid price
dropped to SO. The bid for quotation
lots of American Graphophone per-
ferred stock advanced . IS points to
los is. A total of twelve shares of
the stock brought 10.
Other sales of the day consisted of
$4,000 worth of Washington Gas S
per cent bonds. at los rs; a 81 900
Capital Traction 5. at 106 Ia: ten
shares of Union Trust stock. 7atS12e;
eight share sof Washington Loan and
Trust. at $50. and ten shares of the
same stock at 2501-i r.
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKETS.

Chicago. Nor. 3-There Is . big drop IN the
wheat market When the shortages are considered
tnose who have put out short lines with the ex.
pectsuon q covering at lower prizes are likely 10
encounter many Obstacles Enormous Quantities Of
wheat in the Southwest are not only unit for de-
livery on contract but they useless for milling
PURPOSES and will have 10 be used foe feeding.
This has clrtailcd the movement in some sections.
although receipts at primary markets have at times
been as large as railways could handle The Epecu-
wheat too persistently.
Those who contrul December wheat at Chicago
also control IL y some Of the other markets. They
nave bought the December for shipment abroad.
"hetnT they viii be able TO secure much Of this
Grain Is question. The shortage hero IA away M
in the millions Of bushels and 81 Louis Is also on
deavoring TO even up It's position by bringing IN
wheat ms the -tnrasr there Is large and at Min
nespois and winnipeg there IL also q notable short
tage. When the size Of the crop is conSIdered the
increases In the visible supply Of the United States
Is quite snail and Disappointing Conditions sur
rounding the seeding Of winter wheat this fall are
more than likely To prove q help to the buIls
n. W. Snow. tha crop expert Say, that the
acreage seeded 10 winter wheat this fall showed
a heavy decrease from the sbnormaIly large area
Of the last crop the decrease being MARRIED in eT-
cry State Of Importance. That seeding is late both
to avoid Hessian hy and bscsuss Of excessive mos-
ture at the usual seeding date and Il still con
tinues In the Southwest and on the Pacific coast.
Wheat showed losses Of Z TO iLc today on sell
ing Of December b those who expect wheat to
come forward In time for delivery. There was
heavy buying Of December and May wheat By for
eisners here and at Winnipeg There . big
let-dO~n in the premiums for wheat the fl-
tures In the Northwest a. we'll a. In all the Other
markets
Cash sales Of wheat at the seabosrd to-day we're
0c.oop; 500 bushels Of velvet chat odd here TO
80 To storr. and lo.ooo bushels TO millen.
Corn closed kaikc lower and cats was OF &c.
Tbese Losses were largely In sympathy with The
break in wheat no great amount q selling prrs-
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COMMERCE AND FINANCE

noon a firmer tone developed and the
standard rails and industrials recovered
from the low points closing In many
instances with net gains. The war stocks
showed little resiliency and closed near
the low lever. Weakness of Bethlehem
Steel, which declined thirty-one points,
attracted attention and served to unset
tie confidence in the war shares. Con-
sentative brokers. however, report a gen.
eral switching of customers from the
war stocks into the rails SO that con-
tinuation of the upward movement is
expected.
fractions. on Rise.
The usual political advance" in the
traction shares following election day.
occurred today. Brooklyn Rapid Tran
sit rose more than three points. and
Third avenue nearly two points.
American Cotton Oil directors meet to-
morrow to consider the resumption Of
dividends on the common stock. The
writer learns that some of the directors
are In favor of the declaration of a mod
crate dividend on the common stock.
while others are not. although the COM
pany earned about per cent on the COM
mon shares in the last fiscal year.
The stock declined nearly points to-
day. Central Leather was slightly low
err, although the directors declared n
dividend of per cent. an increase OF
per cent for the year. Buying of the
stock was said to be OF the best kind and
In anticipation OF the beginning of pay
ments to shareholders on quarterly
basis.
The decline in CrucIble Steel of more
than points was a surprise, in view of
the statement of earnings for the last
fiscal year. which showed net profits of
8. 75075o against s1.ol5,oSs In the previous
twelve months. Surplus for the last fiscal
year was $S.07S.750 against a deficit of
T7S5.es1 for the previous twelve months.
Owners of the stock were more inter-
ssted IN the announcement by the COM
oany that contracts covering ell descrip-
lions OF steel intended for munitions
amount to not more than s17.oco, 900, of
which about half is for domestic manu-
lecturers.
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NEW YORK PRODUCE.

hiLLfEED-The market is quiet and uns-ttl.d !:
sprng brain in lo-pound Sacis. s2sozZ50. too
nSe; st-ndard middling. - .io19 %; winter wheat
IN m.pound sacks 10 arrive. S1.os2l50: city bran.
In bulk. 500; oil meal &s.5Oajaoo ton.
RYE FLOUR-Steady; stools are snail. Good to
choice new for November To December is quoted
at S.soasoo in sscks
CORNNEAL-Inactive and easisr; offerings light
kIn-oried for export, S.5S5.S. in sacks: coarse
meal in bags. Nt5xlIs
BUCkWHEAT FJOUR-Steady: moderate de-
nAnd Choice is quoted at s2ToN2so bulk
HAY-Receipts, 2oss tons; steady. good to choioe
scarce and s.lAble. Quote; New crop-prims tim
othy, N.J5aLlo; No. l timothy, SID: No.-2- S-soa
Is; No. J N-0zl.D.
SrRAW-Receipts. tons: firm. dealings nod
erzte No. l rye. 70 ccntA
P0RK-Steady: business modeate. Mess NT.Uz
I7.5o; family. s2L@a1oo; clear. SIs.sa2i.oo.
BEEF-Stesdy. trading Ia quiet Packet. 81 ga
IsOo; family. Sis-5oals5o; extra India mes Ssooa
g.oo; mes. sn.5oalsoo
LARD-steady: dealings arc fair. Prime West
en- 2g: refined Continent. 500; South Ameri-
can, 800; refined BranfiEn. IN kess. NLS: beet
stearine Il Gnts; lard tsarine, inactive, at lcs
cents
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WASHINGTON PRODUCE.

Quotations given below for large lots Of GOOD
marketable goods only. JobbeTs' prices are hiEher
Lower grades may be sold for less. Fancy goods
command higher prices.
PR0DUE MARKET-Receipts moderate: coodi-
ton hrm. Veal calves. firm Strong condition Of
turkeys felt
FRUITS AND vEGETABLEs-supply sufficient.
activity light. General quotations firm. Beans and
tomatoes advancing
BuTTER-Best prints. new, per h. -: tub. per
H.. y; process. per h., Is; under grade. creamery
per h.. 5A2s: st0EeSseked. per H.. IsGn
LARD-Tub. pure. per h.. u%al2; do, com
pound. per D.. Es- Cottonsced oil. per can. -.
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WAR Brides
SUFFERLO
Bethlehem, with Drop of
Thirty-one Points, Leads
Sisters.
RAILROADS In DEMAND
Erie Sells at New High Price at Open
ins-Baldwin. Crucible. and
Studebaker Drop.
RAILROADS In DEMAND

New York, Nov. 3-Except for the
war brides" which were substantially
lower. the general stock market display
ed a strong undertone today. following
early profit taking. Steel common was
slightly lower, owing to realizing sales.
but the railroad shares in anticipation
OF good October earnings, were in good
demand throughout the session.
The market opened strong, with the
rails conspicuous, Erie selling at a new
high price. The war stocks were heavy.
Baldwin Locomotive declining points,
Crucible more than seven and Stude-
baker eight points. This unsettled the
balance of the list. During the after
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NEW YORK CURB.

Mes foh. Nov. s-Asain lnternational Mercantile
Marine shares featured the outside market IN activity
and strength. The rest OF the socks while not very
senss. dispsayed tim tone. Marine common sold
A. rs. an advance OF ~ points frum the Close Of
Monday night. and the preferred reached q new
high record when IL sold at 5s,s up points o. So
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NEW YORK MONEY.

New York Nov. 3.-Can money opened at per
cent; high rer cent; low. * per cent: last per
cent; ruling rate. per cent renewals IN per cent.
The sustained interest in railroad stocks has
caused the demand for time money to shift further
from industrial TO railroad loans The bulk Of the
lending however. Is still industrial collateral at
about Z Per cent above the rates for mixed loans
which continue at ~ per cent for sixty days. q.
FER cent for ninety days per cent for four, Ave.
and sir months.
While trade conditions show general signs OF i'm
provement offerings Of attractive commercial paper
are still Light. compared with the prevailing de-
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WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE
Furnished BY w. b. Hibbs q Co.

81
washington Gas. ; at ~. 3 ut IN. Is at ~.
10 at tn. ; at Ia. 10 st IN. at ~.
Union Trust. 10 at 80
Washington Loan 4 Trust. at D0s. 10 at ZD4-
Gr.phophone preferred. at 10. at 10. 2 at
10. at Ito.
After call:
Potomac Electric cons g. s.ooe AZ 20
Washington Gas s.. LOO at IOs5s 500 at Io55S
Aom At io6is, Nysp At l057s.
Capdtal Traction 50. s. 300 At io6h.
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mand; and the volume moving y greatly restricted.
Ins u partscui.rs true Of the short-tins material.
Of which there Il great scarcity
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New York.
New Orleans.
NEW YORK SPOT COFFEE.

New York. Nov. S-The local spot market con.
tinued steady at TIC for Bio "a
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CONTINUED FROM PAGE SIX.

Is at the shoreham, preparatory to open
ing her Washington residence.
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National Theater.
Tuesday. Nor. =.
4U.
Prices. 500. S5,
go. $50. 500.
Boxes, S.oe
On sale At Droop..
18th and G.
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NJ. and Nine. Victor Ayguesparsse. or
the French legation. in Mexico City. ar
rived at Washington yesterday and are
at the Willard for a stay of two or three
weeks. Former Senator John c. Spooner
and his son. Mr.. Charles Spooner. who
arrived from New York yesterday and
Col. and Mrs. John Pitcher OF Edge
water. Nd. are also at the Willard.
DR.. Nson. Argentine Ambassador. was
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Liverpool.
Furnished by n. L. Carpenter & Co.
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The woman's Alliance Of All Souls
Church will be at home to members an
friends at an informal tea in the churcl
parlors at Fourteenth and l. streets to
morrow afternoon from Z until O'Clock
Mrs. Knaebel Is chairman.
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Mrs. c. Frederick Kohl. Of San
Francisco. has been Joined by her
mother. Mrs. C W. Cooley, of Warren
ton, Va.
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Mrs Arthur Macarthur has taken an
apartment for the winter at the Ontario,
where she will reside with her son, Capt
Douglas Macarthur. U. s. A.
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ahead ION low" and tried it all over
again-but the wheels still spun in
the oozy rut! Several times he
"choked" his engine and had to climb
out--white shoes-and crank.
To Mrs. Townbred. standing by the
side Of the road, 1t seemed a hopeless
task. And it was beginning to seem
that to Mr.. Townbred also when an
other machine came along from the
opposite direction and gave him tow.
OF course, once out of the rut the car
ran.
That Is. to be accurate, for abou,
three miles. and then something hap
pcncd. The machine "bucked" and
coughed most plaintively. And pres
entity one cylinder began to miss
every once in while, then another
so, a cripple, and full two hours
late, tho Townbred car finally limped
into the city.
"Plcasc, Ruthv.n," she begged
"please leave it al the first repair shol
md let's get lunch"
IAN right" answered Mr.. Townbred
meekly. Look at tn darn thing.
know ono, two blocks ahcad--if We
can make It,"
They did and the repair man prom
lsed the car by four o'clock. so that
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or course great Improvement over
the iron sorts If only the cook can be
kept from spelling it by greasing it.
THAT macaroni au gratin makes
the perfect food, rich in calories, and
far more sustaining than either 20
tatoes or rice, but that it is only prop
erly made when a cream sauce is used
with 1t. The sauce is made by plac-
Ing tablespoonful of butter in a
saucepan over the fire and when II is
melted adding a heaping tablespoonful
of flour. When this mixture has
cooked until it leaves the sides Of the
pan add pepper and salt and pour in
cold milk little at time. until you
have smooth and rather thin cream.
Cook until no taste Of -four Is left.
Then arrange layer of macaroni,
which has been boiled until very soft,
in the bottom of baking pan. pour
over a little of the sauce and cover
lightly with grated-not cut-cheese.
Add another layer of macaroni. the
remainder Of the cream sauce, and
more grated cheese. Cover the top
with breadcrumbs, dot with bits of
butter and bake in the oven until
brown
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"Please slow down, Ruthvin." eau
toned Mrs. Townbred. we're going
over bumps"
Huh! It's worse than this further
on" laughed Mr.. Observation-Disclosures
he thought. And then he added hasti-
ly, "That is, in bad weather. OF course
that little bit of rain we had last
night merely laid the dust"
Are you sure, Ruthvin?" asked
Mrs. Townbred plaintively.
lie was. But. alas. sudden turn
in the road and they found them
selves deep in Il mudhole, with the
driving wheels spinning and spinning
but the machine merely staggering
along. 1t wasn't soft. wet mudhole
con, my yes, there's distinction.
But 1t was one sufficiently dry and
pasty to have wheel ruts in 1t over
foot deep. And once n machine
gets into such ruts it is harder to turn
out of than-well--than the human
Kind.
The Townbrcd's machine had struck
just such ruts---and there 1t stuck
Mr.. Townbred gave 1t more gas" and
tho driving wheels responded. But
they could gain no foothold.
ooh! Ruthvin!" walled Mrs. Town
bred, as the more gas" got in its
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~ ii II lady OF uncertain age WIS puy-
ing bed II want" she said to
~ the ombrc-looking clerk" a bed
low to the ground"
"Certainly." answered the clerk
obligingly, and showed her a four
poster that required a step-ladder to
get into.
"Do you call that low to the
ground?" demanded the lady con-
temptuously.
The clerk sighed YEARLY as one
who is tired Of guessing the vagaries
of human nature, and led her to an
other.
TOO high" shifted the lady.
ITS the regular height. m'm," ven
tured the clerk.
Then the regular height is too
high" returned the emphatic shopper
Il could have the legs cut off two
or three inches." suggested the clerk
Then it would be out Of proper
ton"
Here's an iron bed that's low
said the clerk. and led the way to
ono that stood In a corner.
The shopper regarded this with
some interest. will YOU oblige me
by crawling under it?" she asked.
by doing wha-a-t?" inquired the
clerk. startled out Of his apathy.
by crawling under It," repeated
the lady crisply. IL must have a bee
that no burglar can get under and ii
you can satisfy me that you cannot
get under 1t l will take it,
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Idle saleswomen in that throng are
scarcer than pear-shapod pearls.
The shoes are oil that the advertise
ment painted them. They are of fine
leather and beautiful shape, but they
are the shoes of summer and autumn
approaches. You in your turn choose
pair and join in the search for some
one to fit them on you. But you have
70 wait ages before you receive any
attention at all. Having finally caught
your saleswoman, thereby mourning
the enmity Of your dearest friend who
wanted her first, she deals you a blow
which is indeed n facer. She measures
your foot and pronounces your doom.
MY dear Madame we have not q
single four A on sale" says She THAT
Is what may be called an average size
and we sold all of that number out
long ago. If you wore or
A now I could fit you out at once.
but as 1t is"
You go away sadly. You have
wasted an hour of valuable time, and
are still without bargain. You feel
that fate has made an invidious dis
tinction against you in that she has
made of you neither a giant nor a
dwarf.
1t Is the same thing with gowns and
blouses. In these departments little
women are buying gowns marked SEQ
for twenty, and big women are pur-
chasing blouses marked Si5 for ten,
but when the salesw oman learns that
you arc a perfect SO she shakes her
head sadly. IF you could only wear
a "A would let you have this beauti-
full coat for s15." she says.
But puff as you may you cannot
make OF yourself A, and so you go
out Of here too without a single treas
ure.
At the glove counter there are fves
and there are sevens, but not a single
six on sale at reduced rates.
Bargains, it seems. are not for you.
You are not fat and neither are you
Titania and so you will probably have
to pay regular price for your clothes
so long as you live. It's a veritable
tragedy!
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Years in comparison.
Also. he thought 1t would be Mighty
Nifty to come to an Office of a morn
Ing and Earn his money by sitting at
desk until Five-Thirty. He sort
Of Laid Out his Parents, too. for not
having given him an Education. But
outside Of that. his Job was All Right.
Now this set o. Y. H. to Thinking.
And the moro no Thought the more
he realized he wasn't having such a
Rough Time Of 1t after all. Presently
it began to Seep through his Dome
that the Muscles can work only SO
Many Hours and then they must Rest,
but that the Brain cannot observe any
Union Hours and Get Anywheres A
brainworker who figures his Labor by
the clock isn't a Brainworker at all
but Damphool: just as a Real La
borer who worked Right Along for
any old length of time would be a
Boob.
So. instead Of Cogltating about tho
time he spent at his Desk he began
| to think about what he was doing
with his Brain. And he began to
Wonder whether that Brain was al
ready working its Full Capacity or
whether II was Capable of Greater At
tainments. He decided 1t Was. And
right there he came to the conclusion
that Ambition and Endeavor were q
darnsight better than a Crouch and
Self-Pity.
So he Got Busy--with his Eye on
those Years Ahead.
Today. he isn't a Captain OF Indus
| try, nor O Pluto. He isn't even In
Business for himself. But he has got
n Good Position with a Salary that his
wife needn't Blush to mention.
And he is worrying These Days
about not having limo Enough in
which to do all the Things he wants
to Accomplish. He doesn't Labor at
all; he just Tends to his Business.
| Moral: Education Did II.
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that my grandmother had in her
trousscau sixty years ago. and they
are whole though somewhat yellow
from age"
To her left Is seated woman who
Is engaged in making a wonderful
tablecloth, all OF finest openwork en-
broidery. She says 1t will take her
full year to finish 1t but that when
1t Is completed II will be more beau
tiful than anything she could possibly
afford to buy and that 1t will set the
table off beautifully at dinner parties.
A row Of ladies in the immediate
vicinity are shocking frocks for theic
little girls, for shocking continues to
enjoy great favor. even the chcmises
of grown-ups being so ornamcnted
The pattern dress which ono of the
workers holds up for admiration came
from a great English shop and is of
palest blue nainsook. The yoke is
shocked and from 1t the little gown
falls in straight lines In the old-fash-
toned way.
OF course, tho myrlads of sweater
knittcrs still remain and the garments
they make are soft and warm. Tho
body of these is usually of some brigh,
colorcd wool, but the bands Gown
the front and the collar and cuffs are
of gray or white Angora wool, which
gives the effect of fur and is both
becoming and effective.
There was undoubtedly day when
the term fancy work. evolved IA mon
tai picture OF some entirely useless and
often very ugly article. But not to-
day! The woman who employs her
fingers with needle today is really
making something. She Is not just
passing the time. she is filling her
linen closet.