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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-19

and, therefore, come within the range Of
things that one cannot be seen in too
often without suspicion OF penury or pow
erty. This new fad is going to be
great boon to the shoemakers. It has
come to stay. People will never go back
to the same old plain Jane shoes again,
and SO the shoe shop will before long
rival the most exclusive milliner's or
dressmakers, establishment"
Stockings, sharing the new life OF the
shoes, have become most extraordinarily
dressed up" A few samples of some
of the newest styles are shown on this
page. together with pair of embroid-
cred shoes. One of the most curious
phases of the stocking fad for the Spring
will be the child's Sock or expensive
lace. It's top will reach half way to the
knee and there will be a very wide and
very expensive and very dainty lace
parachute" The models OF this stock
Ing call for mo stockings from the para
chute to the knee" On the bare calf
beauty spots are placed. These are al
ready being made by the thousands and
come In all kinds OF colors and are
shApcu just Ilhe the Olu beauty Spots, eX-
cept that they are iarger-circles, hearts,
crosses and so forth. This is admittedly
an extreme style, especially when it is
taken In combination with the short
skirts which are coming In.
Another interesting new stocking is
called the "May-pole." These stockings
have dozen or so initiation pearls or
semi-nrecious jewels sewn around the
calf Real pearls can be used II II is de-
sirabie. These stockings, with the
stones in gayly colored ribbons. each one
ending In an artistic, iewelled pendant,
cost anywhere from twenty dollars up
into the hundreds
Still another style az elaborate is THE
Lovers Of embroidery sewn into the
silk. The ends Of the ribbons fall almost
down to the ankle. These knots OFFER a
large field for fancy decoration and ax-
penditure.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-19
Can You Imagine a
'Drugless" Drug Store?

as a whole, in that It will act in a measure
to restore the writing Of prescriptions by
physicians rather than offiee-dispensing; az
result. the public will receive better pro-
lection, and the practice Of pharmacy will
be on a much higher plane than It is at the
present time.
But even in the face of such arguments
as these many druggists will he reluctanS
to give up the dignity which goes with the
holding Of diploma in pharmacy and of a
license from the State 10 compound RENE.
dies for all sorts OF ills
II the druggist abandons the sale Of drugs
he can no longer lay claim to the title OF
druggist or pharmacist. He sinks from the
dignity Of a profession to the level of n
tradesman.
~ And II the drug store no longer dispenses
drugs what Is II to be called? Among the
eewildering variety of goods in which IL
deals there is none except drugs which diff.
ferentiates 1t sufficiently from the depart
mens store and other retail establishments.
Although there may be no profit in the
prescription department 1t is undoubtedly
that which brings great many customers
10 the drug store. They come primarily to
have prescriptions allied and whife waiting
for them they buy soda water, cigars, candy,
toilet articles and other things which they
would otherwise probably purchase at an
entirely different class OF store.
From the standpoint of the average family
dwelling far from the commercial centre
Of the city. the corner drug store with
it prescription department would be sadly
missed. Suppose the family doctor, SUM
moned IN haste. needs to have his pre-
seFiptien filled in = hurry Not only Is II
= considerable distance to the nearest pre-.
seriptten pharmacy. but to telephone q pre-
aoription is unsatisfactory. and the chance
Of It's speedy preparation and delivery 4
matter OF distressing doubt.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-19
TRAILING" Example of the
New Stockings.

other things entirely apart from drugs
that they suggest turning the prescrip-
tion end of their business over to phar-
macists who would devote themselves ex-
clusiyely to that branch.
II these ideas are carried into effect 1t
will soon be as absurd to think of trying
to get a prescription filed at your drug.
gist's' as at your butchers or grocer.s,
What we have long called drug stores" will
be as drugless as a church.
From the iobber's point of view, accord
ing to writer in Weekly Drug Markets. the
average prescription department is a source
OF expense rather than Of income In fact.
a Chicago iobber goes so far as TO assert
that 1t would be good thing for the trade
II the prescription business could be separs
ated from the other business and operated
as It is In the downtown districts Of bis
city by exclusive prescription pharmacies.
Another Jobber. representing q different
section or the country. predicts that It would
appear to be only a question OF time before
the distinctively neutrality-suspicious. win
replace the prescription department OF the
average drug store. In his opinion such .
division would be beneficial TO the business
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-19

angs we're the last to come under the in.
fluence. And then. quite recently, some
one made great discovery.
D why, here are Womens Shoes" he or
she exclaimed. Here are from sixty
square inches to 200 square inches that
are horribly plain. Let US see what we
can do to liyen them up"
For years shoes have been simply
shoes. They have been made in prac-
tically one way, In either black or tan
leather, and every shoe has looked more
or less like every other shoe.
But Immediately after the discovery OF
their possibilities the shoes of last Fall
blossomed out into a variety of colors.
There we're green shoes and blue shoes
and red shoes, and combinations of all
colors in shoes.
Working on this line the shoe design
ers became more and more ambitious.
The fruits of their labors are beginning
TO show in the windows
Most of the new shoes are made of
costly and heavy fabrics. Upon this
fabric-some of them velvet, some of them
silk-are embroidered intricate and beau
tAlul uSSlBuB. luSbS designs run the
gamut from flowers TO NEUROLOGICAL
monsters. The embroidery in some cases
covers the shoes, including even the
heels themselves. Other shoes are en-
crusted with semi-precious stones. Others
are curiousiy woven with ribbons. The
whole effect is nothing of the shoe as we
know It, with the exception of the shane,
Their prices range anywhere from $40
up to 5000 q pair. In some the embroid.
cry is so heavy and so high that the fric-
ton Of the skirts In walking will make 1t
look old after few days OF wear.
But this is not the only thing that will
encourage women to bug the new shoes"
said manufacturer. "A woman who
-can afford to buy a $3.50 pair OF shoes is
the kind Of woman who does not want
to wear the same dress more than half a
dozen times. The shoes are Just as dis
tinctiye as the most distinctive dress
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-19

ITO 8 ay
thata
- d T ug
store Is a good
place to buy
anything but
drugs is get
ling to5be more
than Joke.
Already some
druggists are
finding them
selves.so busy
selling conf@-
tionery, so da
water. toilet
articles and
multitude Of
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-19

THn newest and most expensive
fashion fads that have evolved this
% closeto-Spring season are the
dressed Up" shoes and stockings. While
stockings began a year ago to be more
than merely a covering OF shapely legs,
shoes have Just come into their own. The
stockings, however, keeping pace with
the shoes, are blossoming out into the
most extraordinary ornamentation and
establishment
The new Dressed Up" shoes are en-
broidered from heel to toe, and from sole
to the very tip Of the upper Some Of
them, besides being embroidered, are
1ewelled. Others are hand-peinted. Still
others are made up of different colored
strips of expensive and heavy fabrics.
The whole intent is to make the shoe "a
thing OF beauty" and take it out of the
sordid, commonplace. unitarian paths
that 1t has trod for practically centuries.
The re-discovery Of the shoe as a dec
Grafton win probably be like the discov-
cry of gold mine, so far as the shoe
makers and shoe sellers are concerned.
The expensive ornamentation or women
has been increasing steadily throughout
the last twenty years. Dresses have be-
come stranger, more elaborate, and what
some have termed "frenzied." Stock
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-03-19

The
Lovers
Knot
Stockings.
with
JeweHed
Ribbons
That
Hang
Down to
the Very
Tops
of the
2APFSA@
or
Shoes.
The sun., 1916-11-29
The Unanswered "Why:"

Nobody who knows the Seventh
Regiment doubts the patriotism Of its
members. 1t Is therefore interesting
to ponder the views Of one soldier of
the Seventh, as reported in the Ere
ming Post:
"The next time I go down to Mexico
or n other place I am going to be sure
that there Is a good reason for II. ] am
not fond Of improving Texas real estate
or building roads. II the move was one
intended to kill the National Guard 1t
has succeeded beautifully. and that is
the light in which most OF the men look
at t."
Even the warmth OF a fine recep-
ton Mt his home coming did not make
the guardsman forget the puzzle of
his going away and being kept away
10 many months.
Perhaps some member Of the Adj
mInistratiOn who knows the answer
to the puzzle will reveal the secret
sOAe day.
The sun., 1916-11-29
HePaldPy for AvistOPs.

Aviation experts are impressed by
the complaint Of Miss RUTH LAW, who
recently flew from Chicago to New
York, that 1t was impossible for her
to identify from n high altitude the
cities and towns beneath her. She
found that no method yet devised
enabled her to assure herself that n
lUpulOus centre she was approaching
possessed IN aviation station at which
she might alight. 1t Is hard, she dis
covered, for II fiier even close To the
ground to make use Of n code book
that couples numbers or letters with
the names Of places beneath an avla.
tors chosen route.
Would not the ISL Of symbolism,
the employment Of n kind Of aviation
hernldry, solve n problem that must
be overcome before air navigation can
become rs popular as nutomOblling?
Though the name or number OF n
town cannot be plainly @ from
IN aerOplane, IA heraldic device, con
strurted upon n large scale, would he
visible from a lofty height.
Circumstances have consplred to
make the above suggestion feasible.
The crude beginnings Of what might
he called local blazOnry have long
existed In this country. To illustrate
the possibilities Of the scheme sug.
The sun., 1916-11-29

eested, let us take, for example. the
city Of Troy, N. Y. A gigantic collar
and pair Of cuffs raised above It's
aviation station would serve to give
even the least intelligent birdman
his bearings. A huge bag Of salt
could put syracuse on the aviator's
map. A bottle Of beer for Milwaukee.
n plate of beans for Boston. a huge
terrnpin for Baltimore, an automobile
for Detroit. I'M oak tree for Hartford,
Conn.,, a big blue football for New
Hnven,>Conn., a large phonogruph for
Orange, N. j.. are among the heraldic
devices that suggest themselves as
applicable to the scheme.
Would 1t not be admirable for Amer.
lean aerOnauts to establish ut once
a College Of Town and City Her.
aldry for the Encouragement OF Avia-
ton? An alliance between local pride
and the needs Of airmen could he
easily accomplished, and the thou
sands Of c and women who are
anxious to fly away from Chicago ut
the earliest possible moment would
not he confronted by certain n
ing difficulties that hampercd Miss
RUTH LAW In her recent aerial es-
cape from the Lake City.
The sun., 1916-11-29
THE PRUNED LOBSTER.
Its Forester Reports HIS Experiment
In . Grove Of Crustaeesus.

To n EDITOR Dr. THE SuN-Sir. To
reduce the high cost Of living I have
evolved a new scheme. It Ia a we'll
known biological fact that II a lobster.
by accident or fell design. lose a claw,
another will In time replace the lost
member.
IN my Bronx estate. which is the
most westerly OF West Farms. / have
established a herd Of Holsters. They
are quickly becoming Injured to local
hardships. and bid fair to become
arithmetical experts. to the extent Of
multiplying rapidly.
Each day I clip n claw apiece from
several Holsters. thereby securing a
delicious dish for the evening repast.
In time I shall have claws for sale, and
in time my little pets will have new
claws ready to pluck.
All. however. IL. not beer and .kittles.
My neighbor keeps chickens. one OF
which seemed to like Holsters. She got
out OF bounds. and although she did
her best. the lobster ate her. had to
sell him for a chicken lobster. The
gallery OF other n%eighbors being present,
the welkin was duly rung. hurrahs being
as usual employed for the purpose. No
body said aught Of the saving clause.
Getting n little tired OF claws myself.
l decided TO kill the old leader OF the
lobster herd and have a whole lobster
for once. So | shot the PULL. He was a
crouch anyway. Perhaps he was the
guy who put the crust in STAGE
RICHARD +. READ.
NEW York, November IS.
The sun., 1916-11-29
Ths Attempt 70 Place On Embargo
on rOOdstu0s.

II Is now certain that when Con-
gress meets an attempt will be made
10 place an embargo on fOodstuns.
Certain features Of the situation
ought to be clearly understood In I'D
vance Of this attempt.
II an embargo Is enacted II must
be done solely because a condition
confronts us. and not IN behalf Of any
economic theory whatever. An en-
barge will be justified only II 1t shall
be shown ~conclusively that we have
exported or are in danger Of export
ing more than our surplus crop Of
wheat or other fOOdstuffs. and have
not or are in danger Of not having
enough left for our home needs.
An embargo on fOOdstuffs Is nh net
Of extremity inevitably attended by
serious consequences not clearly to he
~foreseen. 1t will not be justified by
any theory Of price reductions ar by
any e%xtraneous aim. such as n desire
for reprisal against British interfer-
ence with our mails. An embargo
may not have the effect Of lowering
prices. and 1t may injure more per
sons than 1t helps. 1t may be totally
disastrous to some Of our people while
affOrding only slight relief to those 1t
benefits. 1t may cause a future re-
duction Of supply that will bring still
higher prices.
II the farmer finds prices unduly
lowered he will not trouble to in
crease crops which pay him no profit.
Furthermore. the wage increases now
being granted by many employers
throughout the country r going some
wny to enable consumers TO cope with
higher prices.
To dissipate uncertainty and to as
certain the facts which alone can
Justify or condemn an embargo policy.
the Department Of Agriculture and
the Federal Trade Board should i'm
mediately be directed by the President
TO set to work Mt gathering and pub
fishing n complete census Of food sup
plies throughout the country. II the
facts ms, disclosed show II present or
imminent shortage 1t will probably he
best not to enact out and out embar-
goes but to restrict only 80 far as is
absolutely necessary the export Of
fOOdstufs.
The power to restrict exports is
vested In Congress under the COM
merce clause Of the Constitution, but
may unq~uestiOnably be delegated by
Congress. just rs control Of interstate
commerce has been delegated to the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Congress should, II necessary, dele
gate this power either to the Federal
Trade Board or to Il commission cspe.
cially formed by 1t.
The sun., 1916-11-29
Little Rays Of Hope for the Tired
StRaphangeP.

The sections Of one Of the Seventh
avenue subway tunnels under the East
River were Joined yesterday, and It.
Is expected that the other tunnel Of
this line will be completely bored in
n month. Next summer these tubes
will be ready for final equipment.
Just west Of the City Hall the way
farer may g the progress Of that
other great hope, the Broadway line.
The entrance, down to the last non
slip step, Is ready for the rush hour
of that glorious day when the upper
West Side shall be reached with
hardly a turn.
1t Is a long and weary while. even
for the most patient people in the
world. On Monday 1.4O8.OOO persons
travelled In a subway built for half
a million.
What n day the dry OF the three
tubes will he. Every person who can
afford to should do his best to live
until that day ONE
The sun., 1916-11-29
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
Al Appeal 10 New Workers. to Save
Dlana's Home.

To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir. As
o know. I am going to sell Madison
Square Garden on December s at public
auction, and It occurred to me tina the
city might make use Of a piece Of prop
erty as well known and as centrally To-
Gated as this. understand there Is some
talk about a municipal market, and this
property could be used for this and other
city purposes, and rented at other times
during The year for conventions, horse
shows n other amusements for the
people at large. In this way the Garden
could be made a paying proposition. 1t
might also be used for a training school
for the police. fremcn and other city
departments.
think the property will be sold at q
very reasonable figure. and It IL a pity
New York city with all It's fine hotels
and great population should not have one
grand. centrally located hall Of this kind.
Nearly all Of the other prominent cities
In the United States have them. why not
the greatest city Of all?
think II the city gave one-haif and
there was a public subscription for the
other half Of. say. from 81 TO s. each
by all citizens, hotel men. &C.. II might
appeal to the general public to preserve
this centrally located Garden.
Civic pride should not be dead here.
BRYAN L. KENNEDY.
New York. November 81.
The sun., 1916-11-29
A Neglected Menace 10 Children,

Several years ago TIE SrN called
attention To the danger m~enncing chill
drcn from open fires. We quoted sta.
tistics from the journal Of the Amer.
ran Medical Association. showing that
during five years i5S children, from
one year up, were fatally burned. 1t
Is noteworthy that while at the age Of
one to four casualties were slightly
o frequent among boys than girls,
double the number occurred In girls
between four and five years Of age
nnd four times ms many girls between
h'e anu ten were killed, and almost
six times rs many girls between the
nges OF ten and twenty. This fact Is
clue to the difference In clothing. In.
'~identally the lesson il impressed that
girls and boys should wear the san,e
KIND OF clothing In their early child.
hoou' when at play, and that tue
The sun., 1916-11-29
JUDGE HOOKS DECISION.
SHOULD Have Given Reasons. hut May
Not Have Been Hssty.

To II EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: /
heartily concur in your able editorial
article In 80 far as !ou say Judge Hook
should have given his reasons for the
decision in the case Of the Adamson law,
but ] do not concur in the other criti-
cisms OF the honorable Judge.
1t is proper in every case for the
court TO give reasons for the faith that
is in him and the basis OF his decision.
But | can see no ground whatever for
a criticism of the decision as being hasty.
for the simple reason that Judge Hook
may have been, like many other Judges
and lawyers. So thoroughly convinced
that the Law is unconstitutional tina il
required no prolonged consideration.
! have been from the very day the
President signed the .Adamson act salts
fed that the Supreme Court would he
obliged to say that the act on one ground
or another was IN conflict with the Fed
eral Constitution. m 50 expressed MY
self In a New York newspaper.
JAMES c. JENKINS.
New YORK. November IS.
The sun., 1916-11-29
BELGIUM.
on American Indifference 20
On Enslaved Nation.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir: Is
II possible for any American with a
heart TO enjoy the coming festivities.
Thanksgiving and Christmas. in view OF
the present calamity in Belgium?
No matter where our sympathies are
IN this world war. can we remain in
different at this wholesale deportation
and Punishment OF Belgians from their
country? Is 1t not u duty 10 protest
In mass meetings?
While we are sitting by the Preside
in our homes thousands OF families are
being cruelty separated because their
bread winners refuse 10 work for their
country's enemies.
sometimes imagine that 4, Is all a
dream my love for America drives me
to doubt the truth OF our Indifference
But 1t Is reality, and while little Bel
GUM Is in mourning we here are worry
ing whether Mayor Mitchell will permit
us the usual revelries on Sunday and
Monday night OF the coming new year.
JONAS LiPPMASN.
NEW YoRk. November IS.
The sun., 1916-11-29
A. T. STEWARDS PICTURE.
The Merchant Photographed ut Sara.
toga for the Ste~reoscope.

To II EpfroR OF THE SuN-Sir:
What's that? A.. T. Stewart never had
his picture taken? Wrong. and I know
IL. In the summers OF 1876 and 1877 7
was working in the leading Photographic
studio at Saratoga Springs. and I
printed and finished hundreds OF the
then popular ~stereoscopic views. The mer-
chant prince was in every one OF them.
In those days Of the slow wet collodion
plate II was some stunt to grab things
which are now SO easily secured by the
quick dry plates inc quick working
lenses. Just the same the great mer-
chant was photographed. sitting at the
end Of a group on the veranda Of the
Grand Union Hotel.
Just what year the prize was secured
/ cannot say but at that II was con-
sidered a scoop n the prints had a
great sale. The photograph was recog-
nizable to all who knew Mr.. Stewart.
Among collections Of old stereoscopic
views OF Saratoga Springs some one
must have one. II. 3. KELLER.
UREA, November 81.
The sun., 1916-11-29

prUFOrgeU.
We are led to these remarks by a
recent circular Of the North Carolina
state Board Of Health. which reports
that during the last year 1872 babies
burned to death In that state.
The same tragedy is being %reenacted
this winter, according to the news
papers. which report one child's death
from burns almost every day. These
are classed ms deaths from prevent
able causes," according to the State
Board Of Health, In whose Judgment
this II too great a price In baby lives
to pay for this form Of carelessness.
The practical good sense Of this
Southern board Of health. which has
been hitherto alluded to in The Sun.
Is evidenced from the recommends.
ton Of a baby PEN constructed Of
light material. that would keep the
child OF the AOor. clean and comfort
able, and would permit freedom and
exercise and the free use Of It's limbs.
This pen. the construction Of which
Is clearly described, could he moved
from room to room, allowing the
reOther to do her work In full view Of
the child. The use Of n fender for
open fireplaces Is not recommended.
In Its stead wire netting secured to
fireplace Is advised.
Happily this ena does not exist
any great extent In cities.
The sun., 1916-11-29
THE WHALER CLASSICS.

Ex.Presldent Roosevelt Examines
Certain Loose Statements About
the Utterances Of the Profane Cap.
tain and the Profane Mate and
Draws . Precise Distinction Indis.
peasable 70 the Trpth Of History.
To THE EDrToe or THE SuH-Sir. 1
regret to say that your correspondent
who o o exception to my quotation
about the statement of the New Bed
ford whaling captain to his mate has
COMPOUNDED two classics, committing a
fault analogous to that OF c~onfounding
Virgil's ASneid with the Georges. 1t
was the mate of a whaler who. after
a time Of stress with whales, stated
that all he wished from the captain
was "see-vility"s and that Of the
damndest commonest kind; whereas
1t was on another and entirely differ
ent occasion that the captain OF a
whaler addressed a refractory mate
with the statement that "Ail want
from you is silence-and damn little
of that"
1t Is a matter Of profound regret to
me 10 see the New Bedford Mercury
falling from grace in such fashion as
to ignore even the fact that these are
two totally distinct stories. For the
Information Of the New Bedford Mcr-
curry will state that while l cannot
myself claim whaling ancestry. yet
that my children number both Collins
and Starbucks among their forebears.
The two anecdotes are as I have given
them; but I am not able TO state with
precision who among the four charac-
tiers were Collins and who were Star
bucks.
Nantucket papers please copy.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
OYSTER BAY. November %.
'1n some versions this Is pronounced
with the long i-'sI.vility."