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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-11

So far as the dead and wounded are
personally concerned. the Mexican
war of kites and crows" is as seri-
Gus as the war in Europe.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-11
John Judges Her by Her Clothes.

John Montgomery says he can't
understand why the artist ever named
that picture September Morn. He
says it looks to him more like Eve
than Morn.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-11

In the exposure Of social lion as
a professional loan shark real life
puts over another one on anaemic fie-
ton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-11

Once in a great while you meet a
bright woman who successfully boasts
OF the skeleton in her closet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-11
women TELL HOW
THEY BEAT men
UMATILI4A ELECUON CONES As
ENTIRE SURPRISE To MALE
CANDIDATES.
Didn't Even Know a Feminine Ticket
Was In the Yield Until late After
noon Of Election DaN--AwakeninS
Then was TOO Late.

TMATILLA. ore. Dec ll.-Sinee
the election of last Tuesday when an
all-woman ticket was elected. the
how and the why" has been the chief
topic Of conversation. some people
know good deal about the plot
and others are just finding out all
about g.
Z. +. Starcher, present mayor, and
c. G. BrownelL councilman, the two
political powers Of Umatilla in the
past. are dazed. They do not know
how il happened and what has dazed
them most is the fact the mayors
wife. Mrs. Laura J. Starcher, was
elected mayor over her husband, and
Mrs. c. G. Brownell was elected 10
the council. and neither of the two
husbands knew their wives were run
ming until . o'clock in the afternoon
Of election day, When they woke up
il was too late.
'T didn't know a thing about it un-
til the afternoon of election day"
said Mayor Starcher, Il felt secure
enough but I got busy at once. Every
where I went among old adherents
found they had voted for my wife,
and l though; all the time they had
voted for me-
Some of the men in Umaulla are
not quite so honest about it. They
are the wise ones and know how it
happened. but the women are still
keeping quiet, letting their husbands
surmise how they were beaten at their
own game. But murder will out"
as they say. and this is how it really
happened, according TO good author
ity:
The present administration had
been letting city affairs run along the
lines of least resistance. Laws were
slackly enforced. city improvement
was at a standstill and Umatilla was
rapidly retrograding back into the
sagebrush stage of years ago,
Someone made up their mind to
change things. The women officers
elect diselaim knowing who. but it
is whispered that the power behind
the throne was Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Merrick
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-12-11
Card Party Caucus.

card PaFJy CAUCUS.
A card party, to all outward APP
pearances was held at the residence
Of Mrs. c. G. Brownell a short time
ago. The members of the feminine
ticket were invited and quietly in
formed during the evening they had
been selected to administer TO the
ills of Umatilla. A line of campaign
was quietly talked over and the Ia
dies got busy.
And Mayor Starcher. City Auditor
Hull and Councilman c. G. Brownell
allowed election day to approach, and
in their ignorance of what their wives
were doing. feeling secure. No ticket
was brought out. no ballots printed.
They believed they couldn't be beaten
Some men said the women were
electd because. Mayor Starcher and
Auditor Hull were so "cock-sure'' of
their power But the ract remains, a
change of administration was needed
for Umatilla if that town is to grow,
the need was realized and the wom-
en- of Umatilla arose to the occasion.
Business Administration Promised.
Umatilla viii be given a business
administration and a progressive ad-
ministration. said Mayor-elect Laura
]. Starcher. We believe the women
can do many things and effect many
reforms in this town that the men
did not dare do. We propose to re-
place the electric street lights. which
4ho vrrra~4 ,ar,iristrot5or rap,ouad
clean up and improve the streets. lay
sewers and do everything we can to
improve the physical and moral
health of Umatilla. We shall enforce
the laws strictly.
We have not decided upon our
marshal Ian appointive office, but
that official will be a woman. also.
We will not leave the enforcement of
our laws to any man, because past ex-
periences has proven the laws will
not be strictly enforced. If there Il
occasion for work that our woman
marshal cannot perform, we will ap-
point a deputy for the occasion. But
Umatilla Is peaceful and We antici-
pate no trouble from that source.
New official Family.
The feminine ticket elected con-
sists Of Mrs. Laura J. Starcher, may
or: Mrs. Bertha Cherry, auditor:
Mrs. Robert Merrick, treasurer. and
Mesdames H. c. Means, c. G. Brow
nell, stella w. Paulu and Gladys
Spinning. councilmen.
Two mm councilmen, Al Stevens
and C. G. Brownell, hold over; bu:
judging from the attitude Of the wo-
men. their power will be sadly lin
tied
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Early Spring Waists.

A MONG new waists are seen many
~ button n-back styles in georgette
crepes. AS a rule, the front of such
a waist is much trimmed and the col
lar is high. Attractive ones are trim
med with metal or silk embroidery or
outlined in handwork. The upper por-
ton of the waist in yoke effect is
usually trimmed in this way. as well
as the bottom of the sleeve. Some
times a slit is made in the front of the
waist or. on either side in pocket effect,
which is ornamented with metal or
silk embroidery with frill of lace
falling in cascade effect from the cen
ter.
Collars on these waists are novel.
One of the newest follows the line of
the chin to the edge and is made con-
siderably lower in the back in ordinary
high collar height. Other high collars
fare from the neck, while still others
are in turnover style with a slight
opening in the front.
The majority of waists are in semi
blouse designs opening in front, espe-
cially those of lingerie, crepe de chine,
silk and georgette crepe. The latter
material in white, pastel shades and
brilliant colors is one of the most popu-
lar materials for spring. Crepe de
chine, wolfe, batiste, linens and taft
feta in both plain and fancy effects are
also seen. Among darker waists are
green, Joffre blue and rose. Smart
waists in colored linen and sheer cotton
materials are trimmed, as rule, with
touches of white.
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Wash Materials.

WERY sheer fabrics are used for
dresses and waists, and heavy
goods for skirts and suits. Separate
skirts are made of basket woven
stripes, Bedford cords, gabardines,
piques of various sizes in white and
black. poplins, cords of every kind.
especially in wide wales and cotton
corduroys.
Among sheer waist materials the
stripes resemble the silk striped goods
in light colors. Awning stripes are
still considered very smart for waists.
Noiles for waists include allover en-
broidery, silk stripes, cords, pure white,
printed goods, wide stripes. hairlines
in colors, etc. There are voiles in very
light delicate plaids and drawnwork
stripes and checks in colors and plain
white and cords and embroidered
figures Narrow borders promi-
nent. For instance, there is a white
border with a narrower one of color
on a check of two shades or white
and color.
Colored printed flowers are on white
checks, as are also woven roses, large
and widely spaced. Clusters of hair
lines in one to three colors are divld-
ed by a widely spaced solid color or
white stripe.
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APRONS DAINTY AND USEFUL

, three cores, each gore terminating with
a decided notch. Trim all outlines with
a scant ruffle of inch-wide lace. En-
! broider a dainty design with white
| floss in the center panel and decorate
each side panel in smaller pattern. The
band and strings may be in one piece,
daintily hemstitched.
dainty apron may be made of blue
and white lawn. Make the apron as
you would an ordinary kitchen apron,
only smaller, trim it with ribbon bead
ing and run blue ribbon through the
| beading. A pocket should be added,
with a tiny blue-edged handkerchief
tucked in it.
A little round apron is made of white
linen, buttonholed all around in plain
blue floss, with a spray of blue forget
me-nots worked across the front. The
beading sewed across the top for the
ribbon is plain. Many aprons made of
china silk have just hens turned down
for the ribbon casing, and are very
pretty without being much trouble to
make.
Large sized handkerchiefs can be
turned to account in making an apron
of good size for Homework, yet of
such dainty appearance that il need
not be DOTTED for visitors. Use two
handkerchiefs; cut one in half straight
across and sew the cut edge to the
other one. Cut off the opposite border
of the whole handkerchief and turn II
70 account for the band. Cut the re-
ilidIlliIS nail VI lHt Iibo
bib and pockets, and, if possible, ar
range also for shoulder straps.
A good style for a kitchen apron is
a gored skirt with ten-inch ruffle on
the bottom. This is not only an addi-
tion in looks, but is very practical. for
it flies out when one walks and pro-
tects the bottom of the dress skirt
from brushing against the stove, and
anything that drops from the table will
be sure to land on this ruffie. This
apron is intended only for kitchen
wear. Sew a loop on the belt to hang
the apron on the pantry door.
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checked taffeta skirt. One of the most
startling house gowns that has been
invented for children which was worn
as page costume at smart wedding.
had a skirt built of many ruffies of
white silk net, topped by short, white
satin bodice with slight shoulder straps
of tulle. The gown was an exact rep
!ica OF the most fashionable frock that
is being worn by young women OF
twenty. and yet. 1he interesting fact
about il was that the dress was def
inftely youthful. The addition of a
few pink rosebuds, a pair of flesh pink
socks and heelless. white satin slip
pers with ankle straps took all the
sophistication away from the frock
Even the new top coats for young
girls are borrowed directly from the
sport coats of their elders. There are
blue serge military ones, with capes
and belts trimmed with gold braid. and
there are raglan coats made of rough
worsted fabric with a high-waisted in
stead of low-waisted girdle.
The milliners have kept up with the
dressmakers in devising new kinds of
things for children, and one of the new
straw hats to be exploited in the spring
has a tulle crown through which the
hair shows As a rule. quantities of
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Black velvet coats do not appeal to
the majority of mothers as a feasible
garment for the spring unless one lives
out of the temperate zone. No one
objects to velvet for the months of
February, March and half of April in
a vast portion of the United States, for
these are the weeks in which warm
clothing is needed, as a rule.
AS an accumulation of the change
that has taken place in Juvenile clothes,
there is a new frock advanced as the
most correct model for spring: it is
made of brown gabardine embroidered
in yellow, with a yellow satin blouse.
The use of this fabric and this color
Is unusual in children's clothes, and it
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Bread and Cheese Pudding.

a MIXTURE of two tablespoonful
81 of grated cheese and one of butter
is used for spreading the bread. over
this pour a custard made of one egg.
cup of milk. little salt and little
made mustard. After standing for
half an hour, steam the pudding over
boiling water for half an hour. or I'M
til the custard is set.
This cheese pudding finds a use for
the odds and ends of dry bread which
are apt to accumulate, also for rind
ends of cheese. which should always
be grated as fast as they accumulate.
as for some reason grated cheese does
not mold as quickly as pieces. Stock
can be substituted for the milk, and
the liquid should do no more than
saturate the bread. If the bowl in
which it is steamed is well buttered.
the pudding can be turned out upon a
dish and will then keep its shape. This
is good and substantial luncheon
dish.
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Handbags of Fabrics.

srHE newest theater bags are ruffled,
corded and ornamented with bead
figures and bead fringe. Some elab-
crate black velvet bags are heavily
embroidered in gold. They are In bas-
ket shape, with little flap covers of
the velvet caught down at the side
with a strap of the velvet embroidered
in gold. This bag has a draw cord
made from twists of gold thread.
There are cravat- shaped bags of silk,
jetted and beaded and silk bags in to-
bacco-pouch shape, and full round bags
with ruffied tops scalloped like the
petals of a flower and stffened at the
edge with bead or jet embroidery.
There are also gathered bags made of
taffeta in two colors. the under por-
ton of one color and the deep ruff1e of
a contrasting shade. Black with a
vivid color is also used.
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Spring CoIors.

rr HERE are nine prominent shades Of
blue-three SAKE blue, two mid
night blues. marine blue and three
grayish and three greenish blues. Pur-
Piles commence at lilac, deepen TO anne
thvst, and on to three prunes. the last
being nearly black. Amethyst and
prune shades are very smart.
Among reds are the soft rose shades
that resemble a modified watermelon
pink of a deep tone. There is also
slightly yellow coral, light cardinal.
geranium and petunia shades.
The greens are very handsome, IN
GLIDING emerald, leaf shade and nile.
! Taupe gray and light pearly gray VIII
be worn. and several beige shades
Dark brown will be conspicuous ny
its absence, the darkest shade being "A
tobacco shade. There are light golden
shades more golden than tan, that sus-
gest summer days.
The coming summer Will be big
white and cream season in SUITS,
waists, skirts, hats, gloves, hose. shoes,
spats, coats, wells, etc. This universal
white will be varied by the soft bril-
liant shades mentioned above.
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The New Tunics.

NNANY of the new dresses have the
6v4 overskirt extremely full and al
most even in length with the UNDER
skirt In other models the tunic is
long in front or at the sides, with
rounded, pointed or cascaded outline
in the other sections. Some of the new
tunfcs are trimmed with small ruffies
or have groups of tucks. large or
small. as a trimming. Frequently the
material is different from that of the
underSkirt in weave or color, or in
both. The broken skirt lines supplied
by the shaped tunic of uneven length
give a very graceful appearance to the
stout woman.
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watch tower from horizon to horizon,
one cannot help but feel astounded at
| the current phrase that runs through
American life. intimating that France
has not turned out anything new since
| the war began.
| There are thousands of people who
believe seriously that there have been
no openings in Paris for year and
half, that the designers are dead or
serving In the war or in the hospitals,
and that the American buyers do not
cross the ocean to bring home new
clothes.
A great many people think this. and
they. in turn. are astonished and quite
thrilled when the situation is explain
ed to them and when they are made to
realize that Paris and its outlying
mills have been as busy as hive Of
bees, constantly building, destroying
and rebuilding the vast honeycomb of
ia shions.
They have not sat still in their
trenches. for one moment, these de-
signers. but they are constantly on
the offensive. marching, asserting and
taking by surprise the commercial
world
There are some who put down the
change in children's clothes to Che
ruit and Lanvin. both of whom are ex-
perts in this field of costumery. Their
houses were turned over for the de-
signing of new things for American
children more than the French chill
dren, for they well realized that there
was little money to be spent in Eu-
rope on juvenile costumery.
Many of the new things arriving In
this country have been met with more
establishment than approval. but. like
all fashions and many other changes,
familiarity has brought acceptance.
The general acceptance of a change in
children's fashions has not yet set In.
and it is too early to prophesy whether
or not the revolution will be far-reach-
ing.
The duty of the reporter is to outline
changes in clothes. and no one of us
can fail to see that interesting things
are happening in Juvenile attire. There
are always enough mothers to indorse
any novelty, and already quite num-
Der of children are wearing the new
clothes with quite an air of daring and
brilliancy, which seems to be a strong
characteristic of the young these days.
1t is foolish to assume that young chill
dren do not have love of clothes, and
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felt the upturning hand of the French
dressrnakers in almost every form of
dress-in shoes, sporting apparel, UNI
brellas, raincoats. negliges and lingerie
there has been prolific output of nov
cities
Wherever there has been chance
for change, for substituting something
new for something old. for replacing
some object with a more original OBJ
ject. the canny and capable French de-
s!gner has put in fine touch
Everything in the entire world Of
feminine apparel has been influx Be-
hind all this momentum was necessity.
The American commercial world was A
firm ally Of the French commercial
world in this twisting and turning and
swIrling of fashions since August 1914
Threading the mazes of all the tortu-
Gus turnings of fashion, or looking
down upon them from the observer's
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| Mn HERE are dainty. lacy little things
II called fancy aprons, which a
woman wears whenever it is her
purpose to look attractively domestic;
the tea apron. which is round and
trimmed with lace ruffie or embroidery
the sewing apron. which has a peck 1t
across the bottom. or else big generous
pockets on each side; the plain apron
for elderly ladies, which is twenty
eight inches long and without pockets;
the maids apron, which is sixty inches
wide and thirty-nine inches long: the
apron for the manicurist, which is
pointed and has three cute pockets; the
nursemaid's apron, which has a bib
and bretelles: the hospital nurses
apron, which is thirty-nine inches long
and seventy-two inches wide, and is
reversible, having pocket on each
side.
Then there are the aprons designed
for the maid of the chafing dish, black
lawn aprons for the girl clerk and work
aprons of Bingham and light prints OF
many styles, with or without sleeves
and with or without pockets.
Flowered and figured muslins, or
candies, silk mulls, white figured or
dotted organizes. the sheerest quail
ties of handkerchief linen and cross
barred muslins are all suitable for
the fancy apron. Soft silk, and even
different kinds of net, combined with
the dainties lace. and sometimes rows
of ribbon connecting the lace run
through the edges and even finished
with cross and floss stitches or the her
ringbone stitch, are all used for the
trimming.
X
A very pretty apron is made of white
batiste or handkerchief linen cut in
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fastened down the front. These have
already spread to children's fashions
and are considered quite smart for
in itself that ideas have changed.
1t has never been considered correct
for a girl of this age to wear anything
that resembled a coat suit; the shirt
waist was not for her, and even in the
little Scotch suits the skirt is raised
high above the waist line and fastened
to slim bodice which has long sleeves
which may be made of fine white mus
lin or china silk. This gives it some
thing of the air of the David Copper
field suits that small boys have worn
for two or three years
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Children's Clothes Change From Oldtime Simplic

tulle are not used in Juvenile hats, al
though miles of it have been employed
everywhere else. The fashion for col
ored worsted flowers has crept into
small hats, but many of the critics
have regarded it as more suitable there
than anywhere else.
The fashion really began with chill
dren's hats, but it was taken up at once
by adults and became a feature of last
winters fashions. Flowers of pink or
blue worsted look very well on white
felt hats for youngsters, and they
should be kept as an integral part of
Juvenile millinery.
or course, the present fashion for
shocking spreads over into youngsters
clothes, and the brilliant smockA of
colored satin and crepe de chine have
been initiated in small frocks. Entire
frocks of pale yellow or blue and rose
colored china silk are shocked at the
shoulders, the wrists and the hips, the
latter holding the fullness into the
figure and obviating the necessity of
belt.
Summer frocks of fine muslin or or
CANDY Will have shocking of cambria
thread with no other ornamentation
used but a bit of lace at the wrists and
neck.
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Braiding for Spring.

G ITCHING, braiding. appliaueA
~ heavy Partisan stitching. chain
stitch. embroidered sections. such as
collar, cuffs, belt, front of short Jacket
or waist. panels. bands of silk or chif-
fon, covered with heavy stitching, In
close-set rows, using coarse silk. are
all to be used. Trimmed skirts will be
much worn: the outside hem, in con-
trast, on street suits, with collar and
cuffs of the hem fabric, but the Jacket
have embroidery in ma
chine or handwork. not the skirt hem.
Very heavy silk embroidery is used ON
broadcloth coats.
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shows that we are tending away from
the conventional theories of what
should be worn and dipping into the
region of the unknown. It is quite
true that the tiniest youngsters have
worn wooden clothes when no attempt
was made for fashion and only COM
fort and health were considered; but
whenever there was even the smallest
altar to fashion raised in the sewing
room. small children were kept to
washa BILE materials.
Another new frock for children that
is quite different from the ordinary
and shows the new movement toward
originality mas a tight fitting bodice
of blue velvet with a blue and white
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discretion IL mother would take cog
nizance of this fact, and. II possible,
consult the youngster in the choice of
her clothes and in the wearing of them.
Very often the young brain has a good
idea of what the body can wear. and
the child has a knowledge of values
and comparison through going with
other children of it's age.
There are few punishments inflicted
on the young which are more serious in
their results than that of making a
child go to school dressed in manner
that brings about the jests of its play
mates No real boy has ever wanted
to be made into little Lord Fauntle-
roy nor a Scottish highlander. To do
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grown in other countries, and do not
require such long cooking
To prepare them, take a cup of the
Egyptian lentils and soak overnight
then cook in water to cover until ten
der. Add three grated onions, table,
spoonful of minced parsley, teaspoonful
of thyme and enough bread crumbs to
make a stiff mixture.
Turn out on large plates and flatten.
Cut into eight triangular portions and
shape like small outlets. When cold
dip in egg and crumbs and fry in deep
fat. Serve with mint or tomato sauce.
small piece of macaroni inserted in
the end of each outlet to simulate a
bone adds to the realism of the outlet.