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Evening journal., 1915-12-10

DESCRIPTION OF PATTERNS
ssIs with Perforated Rasting Line
and Added Seam Allowance) Coat
in Norfolk Style, "a to AZ bust.
S7o6 with Perforated Basting Line
and Added Seam Allowance) Plated
Skirt with Yoke, "a to 81 waist.
s757 Belted Coat for Misses and Small
Women, 10 and Is years.
Ssss Four-Piece Plated Skirt for
Misses and Small Women, 10 and IS
years.
$500 with Perforated Basting Line
and Added Seam Allowance) MILDLY
Blouse for Misses and Small WSnen,
10 and rs years.
S7Is-A with Perforated Basting Line
and Added Seam Allowance) Three
or Four-Piece Skirt. 10 and rs years.
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at the sides to form a deep burnou.
plat at each hip and caught at the
front and back with bunch OF silver
roses. The bodice forms a deep v
at the front and another at the bacl;
and the edges arc outlined with gold
and silver embroidery IL Is withoue
sleeves, absolutely simple and plain.
but extends over the skirt as do many
of the season.
Dancing frocks continue to be quits
short, but there is a notable tendency
toward the use OF trains for evening"
and for dinner costumes.
Street costumes show coats Of many
lengths A notable one from the hous
Of Doeuillct again, is made Of a soi
beige suiting. heavier than serge, yet
with something Of the serge weave
The skirt is circular but with SCAR
az front and back and gathered at tn,
top, below the yoke Il is edged with
a band Of kolinsky fur and there Is an
inset pocket in each front Of the skir.
that is outlined with embroidery OF
rich braid. The little coat hangs per-
fectly straight and loose from the cir
cular yoke and extends just to th'
hip-line. IL also shows the inserte
and embroidered pockets and il fin
ished at its lower edge and at the
wrists with bands of fur. The collar j.,
exceedingly high but happily for com
fort, open at the front, Of cloth with an
over-portion OF the fur Let us hops
that we will have a cold winter for
street collars arc so exaggcratedly high
they arc so often made Of fur that any
thing less than intense cold would
mean not alone discomfort but danger
since ovcr-hcating OF the throat is one
Of the conditions to be avoided Il
health is TO be maintained. A smart
little suit Of black chcviot shows a
plain, much Jared skirt and plain
coat that flares abundantly from the
hips. but Is finished with one Of thes,
drapcd collars and wide cuffs OF gray
caraoul, and wherever street costume
arc to be found, these high collar.
exist. Occasionally, they are open
at the front and when that Is the case.
it means relief, but fur about the
throat certainly is a feature Of th,
new designs.
Evening journal., 1915-12-10

nELIED coats ma ke a most inter
x csting feature OF the autumn and
- winter styles and they arc to be
found in almost limitless variations.
] lcrc are two examples, one in simple
h 1rfolk style, adapted to general wear
N hilc the other can be made a dressy
odcl adapted to afternoon needs, or
q simple one as 1t Is made Of one ma
icrial or another, treated in one way
or another. In the illustration the
Norfolk coat and the accompanying
skirt are made from checked gabar-
dine and gabardine, besides being
fashionable, is a durable and most
satisfactory material. The coat is
quite novel. for the pockets are fin
ished with laps that are turned over
The belt. The skirt is made with plaits
az each side and is Joined 10 a plain
yoke. and this yoke forms point at
each side which meets the center of
The plaits. il is very effective model
and also a simple one and the entire
costume is one adapted to the needs
Of the home drcssmalker. Suitable
materials arc many, but gabardino and
serge may safely be said to take first
place, although fricze is being much
used, but the plaid and checked gabar-
dimes are distinctly new and in every
wav attractive. The second costume
Is designed for Young girls and for
small women with girlish figures. In
Evening journal., 1915-12-10

Muffs are really fascinating. In
many instances, they are made N
20 match the special costume and IN
of material trimmed with the fur. \
For the street suit Of chcviot Just
mentioned. is fascinating one Of
black faille, full and soft and
finished with double ruffies at
the ends, and with caracul bands
set under these frills to finish
the openings, while they are really
most delightful tassels Of gray fur with
black ribbon and silver braid that
gives a most fascinating finishing
touch. As a matter Of course, the fur
muifs will be much used, but those
made Of material for the special cos
tune with which they are to be worn
also are TO have great vogue, and, in
many. instances, they are exceedingly
beautiful. A set. consisting Of toqus.
a muf and neck piece, seen to-day, ii
for example. made Of brown velvet
combined with rich and heavy gold
lace, and with the brown costume, it
makes a most exquisite effect. Melon
shaped mufs are having great vogue
too and the melon shape lends itself to
materials with singular SUCCESS, while
for ths more dressy muffs, all sorts
Of fancy arrangements, rufles, frills
and what-nots are greatly in vogue.
A charming one is, for example, made
entirely OF scant ruffies, Of grosgrain
ribbon. edged with satin, while at the
center, there is just a little strip OF
gold lace ribbon edged with one inch
wide skunk fur. There is a close 6t-
ting toque or turban to match with
the same bands Of gold ribbon edged
with the fur set around the brim and
above and below it, a plating Of the
grosgrain ribbon with the satin edge
and to give a final touch, Of quaint
ness. the hat is held by band Of the
gold ribbon which passes under the
chin and IS finished at the left side
with a fiat little bow.
Evening journal., 1915-12-10
LATEST FASHION NOTES

TILL. Paris models are here and on
exhibition. Such wonderful
effects of color. such marvellous
handling of materials and such cvi-
dcnce OF infinite taste and discretion,
it would be difficult TO describe. There
is nothing radically new, il in fact
IL is amazing TO note that when the
first impression is that of beautiful
novelty, analysis reveals the fact that
there are wonderful adaptations
without number, variations of many
sorts but that there is nothing really
radically new in these French designs
To be sure, We shall be broad at the
hips, drapcd skirts have returned. but
we have had evidence Of those for some
time. There are a great many plain
bodices, but the feature that makes
the greatest impression upon the OBJ
server is the wonderful power OF pro-
ducing novelty with a comparatively
limited number Of actual designs
The straight, gathered skirt. for eX-
ample, appears so variously treated
and rendered SO wonderfully beautiful
that it is hard 20 realize that il Is one
and the same. An exquisite evening
gown, is made with that skirt of rose
c1lored chiffon overlaid with the
richest gold lace 60 knee depth. An
afternoon costume Is OF brown velvet
with chiffon and shows the skirt
straight around the bottom and
straight at the top but cut out at
sides and back to reveal a succession
Of deep N-shaped insets Of the chiffon
and cut off al the front to allow yoke
Of the thinner material. A fascinating
irock for a young girl, sent over by
Jenny, is of tatieta with a straight
skirt shirred to form It's own girdle and
trimmed with two narrow plaitings of
of the silk, set one az about knee depth
and one over the hips. An evening
gown from Doeuillct Is made Of salmon
colored rose silk with still the gathered
skirt, but in this instance, bound az It's
lower edge with silver braid and worn
with a low little bodice. pointed over
the skirt az front and back and adorned
with silver embroidery, and wherever
one turns there is some such effect TO
be seen. The skirt that is full in one
way or in another and open at the
front 20 reveal a narrow portion Of a
skirt beneath, also is a lavoritc and
wonderfully beautiful too in the French
models. An exquisite costume is made
Of gray faille, combined with chiffon
Of the same color, embroidered with
silver and arranged over pink chiffon.
The skirt is very full, aid in a success
sion Of narrow plaits at the belt which
meet at the back and form a narrow
box-plait over each hipi q Is iust
Evening journal., 1915-12-10

THE MILDLY blouse that is shocked
in place OF being simply gathered
and which is supplied with ample
pockets, makes one Of the most fash
ionable simple garments Of the season.
This costume shows it made OF
white serge, worn over a skirt OF blue
and trimmed with blue. Ii is exceed
ingly attractive and il is exceedingly
practical, but the whole costume can
Of course be copied in blue serge. or,
the shocked MILDLY could be copied
in serge or crepe de chine or in any
suitable material. TO be worn over an
odd skirt and one Of crepe de chine
isgreatly liked for such use. 1t is made
up both in white and in blue. The
skirt is in three pieces with the front
edges hemmed and over-lapped
Evening journal., 1915-12-10

For the 10 year size the MILDLY will
require. So yds. Of material ~ in.
wide. s4 yds 50. 5 yds.44: Il pre-
ferred, it can be cut in a shorter
length. For the collar, cuffs and
belt will be needed. y yd. p in. wide;
for the skirt will be needed 4 yds. p
in. wide, s19 yds. 50 or a.. s1t yds.
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Evening journal., 1915-12-10

$500 with Perforated Basting Line
and Added Seam Allowance Blouse
with or without Shoulder Straps, 60 to
40 bust.
S7Ss with Perforated Basting Line
and Added Seam Allowance) Five
Piece Skirt. % TO 81 waist.
Evening journal., 1915-12-10

rCHE simple plain shirt-waist to be
worn with a separate skirt makes
one Of the most useful costumes
in the wardrobe. Both the models
illustrated are among the best 70 be
found and give the very newest fca-
lures. The blouse is a quite plain one,
with novel pocket and collar that can
be buttoned up closely or rolled open
with the fronts to form small rcvers.
Here, il is finished with straps over
the shoulders, but it can be made with
plain seams il preferred. The skirt is
cut in FIVE PIECES with the front edges
hemmed or Tapped In the illustra-
ton, they are stitched together 20
convenient depth and closed invisibly
above, but many women like to use
buttons and buttonholes for the
closing In the illustration, the skirt
is made from one Of the new crepe
gabardines and the blouse is made OF
white cotton voile showing a mer-
cerized stripe, but you can Of course
use any suitable materials, and for the
blouse, crepe de chine is much liked,
handkerchief lawns arc being exten-
sively used, pongee is a good material
and thin taffcta is much in vogue,
while the skirt is adapted to any ma
terial that can be made in tailored
style.
For the medium size the blouse will
require 3L yds. Of material 27 in.
wide, "a yds 50, Is yds. ~; for the
skirt will be needed. 494 yds. 27 in.
wide, rs yds "A or 81. for material
without up and down, but II there is
figure or nap. 6I4 yds. 27 in. vide. 81
yds. either A or 81 in. wide will be
needed. The width at the lower edge
is 2s4 yds. The blouse pattern No.
$500 is cut in sizes from 50 to 20 in.
bust and of the skirt. No. S788, in
sizes from "a TO 81 in. waist measure.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-07-01
THE PENALTY Of
CARELESSNESS
BY S. w. Inglish,
Fire Prevention Expert.

Every time you hear the cry OF
Fire." you can be almost absolutely
safe in thinking that someone has
been careless. Fires don't happen.
They are the inevitable result OF
combinations of preventable things.
When analysed to the last equation
it will be found that carelessness is
the root whence spring nearly all
fires.
What a penalty industry pays to
carelessness! Fire is the great de-
stroyer. The wealth of generation
can be wiped out in but brief hour.
Why not fight fires before they
start? Why not so conduct your
habits and so keep your premises
that when the fire demon wants to
offer your savings as a sacrifice he
will pass you by, just as those OF
Egypt Of old were passed over when
the sign they had been told to place
over their doors, were seen?
Too often when those who are
responsible from fire cry out they
are the victims of bad luck, they are
but paying the natural penalty for
their own carelessness.
II you want to keep down your fire
insurance rates, wage eternal war
fare against those things that ever
breed fires.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-07-01
AN AGRICULTURAL COUNCIL
BY T. N. Carver,


Professor of Economics. Harvard University
Every city has its chamber OF COM
merce or it's Board of Trade. The
purpose of such an organization Is
to study economic and business op-
portunities of the city and promote
enterprises which will help to bu1io
the city. Does any one know OF a
good and sufficient reason why ev'
cry rural neighborhood ought not
have a similar organization?
in Germany they already have such
organizations They are generally
called the "landwirthschaftsrath" or
agricultural council. Some students
of the problem of rural organization
are strongly of the opinion that sucn
an agricultural council is necessary
before much can be done for the bet
tering of rural credit or the market
ing of farm produce. There is no
object, for example, in having more
capital in a farming neighborhood
unless the farmers know without any
guess-work just how to use that capi-
tai SO as to increase the production
and the profit of their farms. If all
the leading farmers of neighbor-
hood would lay their heads together
and talk over the situation and study
the opportunities for new investment,
they would be less likely to make
mistakes than IL they work secretly.
as separate individuals.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-07-01
A DIVINE COVENANT.

God Almighty gave Eve to Adam
with the pledge that she would be his
helpmeet and with this order of COM
panionship, civilization has lowered
to its greatest heights. In this rela'
tionship, God has blessed woman and
man has honored her and after four
thousand years of progress, she now
proposes to provoke God to decoy
man by asking for suffrage, thereby
by amending an agreement to which
she was not a party.
Woman, remember that the lsraelite
scorned divine covenant, and as a
result wandered forty years in the
wilderness without God. Likewise
man should remember that it is q
dangerous thing to debase woman by
law. Rome tried lowering woman's
standard and an outraged civilization
tore the clothes off the backs of the
human race and turned them out to
roam in the world naked and un-
ashamed.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-07-01
TAINTED POLITICS
BY Peter Radford.

This country is suffering more from
tainted politics than from any other
malady at the present time. There Is
scarcely a campaign speech made,
platform demand written or mea-
sure enacted into law that does not
carry the taint of personal gain OF
some politician or political faction
thereof.
There is more blue sky In cam
paign promises of many politicians
running for Office than was ever con-
tanned in the prospectuses of the bold
est promoters of chimerical business
schemes There are more secret COM
binations formed by politicians In the
name of "My Country" than were ever
formed under any and all other
aliases. There are more political re-
bates hidden in the phrase BE 1t en-
acted" than were ever concealed un-
der any and all other disguises.
The inordinate thirst for political
power and unrestrained passion for
mastery has caused more distress In
this nation than the greed for gold,
and it ought to be regulated by law
No business combination ever pursued
their competitors as relentlessly or
visited more heartless cruelty upon
their customers than political party
that seeks to make junk Of an in
dustry. or cripple business for party
success, through tariff measures, po'
litical supervision and ofttimes de-
structive legislation. Many political
platforms are as alluring to the voter
as the story Of the rainbow with It's
pot Of gold and their consummatlon
about as far-fetched. Self-gain is the
first law in politics. There are many
men in office today who, II they
could not shake plums off the tree OF
American liberty or cut melon taken
from Uncle Sans commissary, would
have less desire to serve the public.
The country is surfeiting with patri-
OTIS, who will bare their breast to bull
lets in defense of their country, but
there are few men in public life who
will bare their breast to voters or run
the gauntlet Of party disfavor In de-
fense Of agriculture or industry NO
representative of the people, who Will
permit personal prejudice to dethrone
Justice, party success to disfranchise
reason or the rancor of a political
campaign to influence judgment can
render capable service.
The preservation of our prosperity
depends upon wisdom, courage and
honesty in government, and the Amer
lean voter should seek these attri-
butes as implicitly as the Wise Men
followed the Star of Bethlehem and
they will often be found to rest over
the stable; the plow or the stan OF
the Shepherd. The surest cure for
tainted politics and machine rule Is
fresh air and sunshine and these I'M
portant elements are most abundant
upon the farm, and when farmers,
bankers and merchants are elected to
membership in legislative bodies, much
of the trouble in government will dis
appear.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-07-01
A JOHNSON CITY
MANS EXPERIENCE
Results Tell the Tale

Can you doubt the evidence of this
Johnson City woman?
You can verify Johnson City en-
dorsement.
Read this:
Mrs. Annie E. Dingle, 900 W. Main
St., Johnson City, says: MY back was
in such bad shape that | could hardly
get around and l had severe pains in
my sides. l was subject to dizzy and
nervous spells and the secretions
from my kidneys were not only filled
with sediment, but were also irregu-
lar in passage. Nothing did me any
good until / procured Doan's Kidney
Pills from the Whitehouse Drug Co.
In three or four days, they removed
the misery in my back and continued
use fixed me up in good shape"
Mrs. Dinkle gave the above account
of her experience in December 1910
and on March 10, 1915, she said: Il
have never had need of Doan's Kid
ney Pills since previously recon-
mended them. The benefit they
brought has lasted"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Dinkle had. Foster-Milburn Co.
Prop, Buffalo, N. Y. Adyt.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-07-01
URGES APPROPRIATION FOR
EAST TENNESSEE NORMAL

The pressing need for dormitory
and the need for
library building were the items most
stressed in the report of the commit
tee which each year investigates the
needs of the East Tennessee State
Normal school. The committee urg-
es that state appropriation for the
school be advocated The work be
ing done in this school and the care
of the buildings and the grounds was
commended by this committee, which
also lauded the president and faeul-
ty for their untiring efforts in the
school work.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-07-01
CIVILIZATIONS
GREATEST TRAGEDY

Extract from article by W. D. Lewis,
president Texas Farmers Union, op-
posing womans suffrage;
I'VE are willing to Join in every eff
fort to elevate woman but will assist
in none to drag her down The de
scent of womanhood is the most awful
tragedy in civilization. AS she sinks
she may, like the setting sun, tint the
horizon with the rays of her depart
Ing glory. She may tenderly kiss the
mountain tops of her achievement
farewell; she may, like the sinking
sun, allure the populace with her
beauty as she disappears for the night
but when she steps downward, the
earth is as certain to tremble and
plunge into darkness as death is to
follow life"
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-07-01
RHEUMATISM
DISAPPEARS
Miss Davis Gains ~ Pounds While
Taking Three Bottles OF
Tanlac.
MEDICINE ACTS LIKE
MAGIC, "SHE SAYS"

Before | began taking Tanlac |
only weighed seventy-six pounds. |
now weigh over one hundred pounds
and am gaining every day. was the
truly remarkable statement made a
few mornings ago by Miss LaRue
Davis, residing at 210 Glass street,
East chattanooga, Tenn.
Miss Davis was very happy per-
son, indeed, when she called at the
Live ard Let Live Drug company's
store for her third bottle of the med
icine ond seemed highlp pleased at
being able to find it in Chattanooga,
Continuing she said:
Il bought my first bottle a short
time ego in Case City, Ind, and it
helped me so much l have continued
useing it since. Ihave always been
very delicate, and for hte last few
years have sucered almost continu-
ally frAm a very bad form of stom-
ache trouble and rheumatism. Isuf-
fered great deal from my joints and
limbs. My kidneys also must have
been affected as l sugered a gret deal
with pains in my back.
II rarely ever had any appetite
and simply could not relish anything.
What little l did eat always disagreed
with me and any food seemed to fer
ment and cause gas and swelling in
my stomache. In fact, everything !
ate seemed to poison my whole sys
TEN, as the rheumatic pains were
dreadful You caneasily imagine
Row felt, as 1 only weighed seventy
six pounds and / was so thin looked
perfectly awful. I was also terrible
nervous and had headaches a great
deal and seldom ever got good
nights rest. This was the condition
was in when l began taking Tan
lac, but just look at me now. My ar
pearance is changed so one would
hardly know me to be the same pei
son.
"Oh l feel so different now, even
my complxion has improved. My az
petite is good I can hardly get
enough to eat and everything seems
to agree with me. I no longer suffer
from dyspepsia and those terrible
pains are all a thing of the past. Ir
fact, l am enjoying the best of health
and feel just dandy. Tanlac is sin
ply grand, and / can truthfully say
is hte only medicine that ever die
me any good. l would not take any
thing for what it has done for me
1t has acted more like magic thar
medicine in my case and gladly rec
omend it to my friends.
Tanlac, the premier preparation
which is producing such remarkable
lesults, is sold exclusively in johnson
;ity, ly Gregory Drug Company.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1915-07-01
RURAL SCHOOL TERM
SHOULD Be EXTENDED
BY p. p. claxton,
u, s. Commissioner of Education.


In most States school days for
country children are fewer than for
city children. The average length OF
school term in cities of the United
States is one hundred and eighty
five days; in rural communities one
hundred and thirty-eight days, dlf'
ference of forty-seven days. In some
States the difference is much greater
than this average. In many counties
the average length of the rural
school term is less than one hun
dred days, and in some districts 1t Is
less. On the other hand, in the
States of California, New York and
Connecticut, the country schools are
In session one hundred and eighty
days in a year, and in several other
States almost as long. The country
schools of Rhode Island are in ses-
sion one hundred and ninety days IN
a year.
If all children are to have an equal
opportunity for education we must
even up the school terms Of the
country and give to all country chill
dren at least as many days as are
now given to city children. One
hundred and eighty-five days OF
schooling a year for all children will
not be too much. There are coun-
tries in which the schools, both for
city and country, are in session from
two hundred and twenty to two hun.
dred and fifty days. or more in the
year. American children need as
much education as those Of any 9TH
er country, and this applies to the
rural as well as urban districts.