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Middletown transcript., 1916-09-02
FADS AND FASHIONS

A pretty blouse is of handkerchief
linen in white dotted with delicate
color
Blouses of contrasting color are now
favored for dressy tailored suits of
silk.
White georgette crepe, heavily en-
broidered in color, is delightful for
blOuses.
The transparent hat with under-brim
trimming is the latest fancy of mil
linery.
A cabinet to keep card recipes in is
a great convenience for a young house
keeper.
If going on u picnic or long auto
mobile trip, fold bungalow apron
over the lunch basket. 1t will then be
handy to put on when you spread the
lunch.
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LABOR'S HOLIDAYS
OF CENTURIES AGO
Workmen's Guilds Of England
Had Unique Methods Of
Celebration.
Labor Day Parades In This Country
Are No Longer Popular With the
Organized Workers-First One
Held In 1884

Since 1882, when the Knights Of La
Dor resolved to hold their parades on
Labor day. that holiday has been kept
before the public in various localities,
Gntil now almost every state has fol-
lowed the example Of Colorado by
making the first Monday in Septem-
Der legal holiday. The idea Of pa
radlng on that dag has, however, lost
popularity with labor organizations, as
the holiday is celebrated In many
forms Of recreation by the several
million strong army Of wage earners
who live by the exercise Of brain or
Drawn. One day each year is therefore
set apart for workers of all classes to
relinquish labor and pursue the enjoy
ment Of their individual bent. When
there Is such diversity of sports ev-
cry man demands his choice as to
whether he shall spend the day at
fishing, baseball, motoring or become
an excursionist.
Nothing commends the good old
days as strongly as the accounts Of the
feasts and festivals of the old English
craftsmen, who kept certain holidays
in revelry or ceremonious pageant
even before America was discovered.
In the present century 1t is almost
impossible to imagine the influence of
some of these old guilds Of workmen,
or to comprehend the occupations in
which they were engaged. No longer
is there any demand for horners, who
engaged in making cups, spoons and
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Municipalities Need Power.

Thomas Adams, English city-plan-
country, emphasized the necessity Of
proper legislative steps to give NUM-
cipalities power to carry out town.
planning schemes. He pointed out
that, to have a successful application
Of restrictive regulations, there must
be cooperation between the owner and
the municipality. eff you leave the
control of your building development
until the buildings are up, the owner
is not going to submit to restrictions
which will take away his property. If
you go to him 10 years before, he will
join you in the proper health regula-
tiOn which will help him to properly
control and restrict the property so
long as you restrict everybody else in
the district accordingly"
In closing, Mr. Adams said: "SOme-
body said yesterday that you, in Amer
lea, have no war. Have you not? You
have got war with potential degrade
ton and slum life just as we have in
Europe, and you have to fight it. You
have war with all these difficulties that
breed preventable diseases; with those
difficulties that always confront US. l
want to appeal to the American Civic
association to be up and doing. Not
only let it be said that this hemisphere
is place where there is liberty and
freedom, politically speaking, but it is
also hemisphere of home"
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Iy assume the obligation resulting
from the management Of this great ma
tional event.
''The time has arrived when high
way conventions should have more of
an official character. There should be
a good-roads meeting in every town
ship in the United States at least once
a year, held under the charge of the
chief highway official Of the township.
There should be at least one county
meeting held every year iii each cOun-
ty, under the charge of the county en-
gineer or the chief highway official.
There should be one state meeting I'm
each state each year, under the
charge of the state highway commits
sion. Then the local automobile clubs,
the good roads associations and others
could cooperate in these conventions
as their interest AID location war
ranted. The township, county and
state meetings should be held before
the national meeting, so that at each
Of the smaller gatherings delegates
could be named to so TO the national
convention, which in reality would be
q great good roads schOCJ, lasting for
one week or two weeks in the city
of Washington, under the charge of
the most important highway official
Of the country, namely. the federal
authority in charge of governmental
expenditure"
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GOOD
ROADS
FOR PROMOTING GOOD ROADS
Suggestion Made by Chairman Oiehi
for Great National Congress to
Be Held in Washington.

Enthusiastically the time has ar
rived for a great national road con-
Tess to be held once year in the
( national capital under federal govern
ment direction asserts George G.
Diehl, chairman of the American Au-
tomobile association good roads board.
''This gathering in Washington
would be under the auspices of the
United States Office of public roads
and rural engineering of the depart
ment of agriculture" continues Mr..
Diehl, "and the event could be made
most comprehensive in its scope; there
could be q complete exhibit of road
machinery and road materials; there
could be sample construction of vari-
Gus kinds of highways; road schools
could be conducted for state, county
and town engineers, and various tech
nical phases of the work could be set
forth by trained experts who would
gladly attend such great gOod-roadS
event.
''Thcn there would come the interre-
lated phases of road travel, and road
transportation. Undoubtedly the de-
partment of the interior, because of its
national parks, would set forth the
scenic attractions which are under
government supervision. Various states
would be given opportunity Of adver-
tising their attractions.
"The good-roads board believes in
state highway conventions which are
generally called for u specific purpose
in the endeavor to concentrate the eff
forts of road enthusiasts for definite
ends. These state meetings are Of in
calculable value, for the state is the
political subdivision which must carry
on by far the greatest burden of future
road construction and maintenance.
with the vast amount of funds be-
ing expended throughout the country,
the government of the highway depart
ments is becoming largely a question
of scientific management, and it is be-
lieved that if the county were the
smallest unit of administration greater
efficiency would result. The numerous
state good-roads meetings converged
into a great national congress once a
year, held in the national capital, it
is believed would be the best way oil
handling the changed highway situa-
ton, and the government could proper
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LABOR DAY IS FOR ALL
1t Is Not Intended for Any Class, but
for Americans En-
Masse.

Men Of labor came to America in
the Mayhower. A printer and car
penter signed the Declaration Of In
dependence. George Washington, the
whole world knows, was a surveyor at
one time in his life. Lincoln was no
more than a day laborer. Andrew
Johnson was a tailor. William How.
ard Taft, after leaving college, was q
newspaper reporter at So a week.
Roosevelt. it can be fairly said, was
a cowboy once.
A working man, by a strict defnl-
ton, is zone who earns his living By
manual labor"-otherwise, at tasks
employing his hands. Farmers are
working men and clerks in stores and
Offices must be, under the meaning Of
the dictionaries.
Actually, Of course, anyone who
works is working man. Labor day,
consequently, is not for any class. but
for Americans en- mass.
The following are but a few Of the
thousands Of instances where great
men Of today began their successful
careers by working with their hands !:
Secretary Lane of President VIII
sons cabinet learned the printers
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CITY LOOKING INTO FUTURE
BiIIboards and Such Disfigurements
sternIy Prohibited in Prosperous
California Town.

We have one city with sufficient
civic pride and backbone to say that
no billboards shall be erected within
her limits, and that one is Inglewood
a small city with great hopes and am
bitions. 1t already has civic center,
starting with a flve-block park system
fanked on one side by a grammar
school and a modern up-tO-date high
school second to none, and on the 9th
er side by city lands reserved for &
city hall, fire house, etc, that in time
will give InglewoOd a centralized city
government of a rare combination o.
beauty, usefulness and economy in 50
far as municipal plan is concerned.
More expenditure is needed on tff.
park system and great Improvement
could be made in the appearance OF
both building and grounds of the gram,
mar school. With this granted, this
little city is we'll toward the head of
the list in municipal improvements.
and when that new city hall is built
will Outrank any place of like pOpu-
latiOn known to the writer. And shC
is deserving of the greatest praise for
keeping out the offensive billboard,
which desecrates every landscape in
numbered with one. Here's to a city
council with the right sort of nerve
Los Angeles Times.
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nTOWNl5
M HELPS
"SLUMS" OUTSIDE OF CITIES
Country Districts May EIave Their
Share if Proper Regulations Are
Not Observed.

When we read or hear of slums we
almost invariably think of the back,
crowded, dirty and perhaps wicked
districts in the large cities. It seems
that there are rural slums. When
the American Civic association held
its convention it outlined a campaign
of attack on the rural Slum as it ex.
lists both in the village and in the open
country. The campaign is q part of
a wholly new movement for country
planning which is intended to supple
ment and strengthen the work of city
planning which the association has
been carrying on with success for some
years.
The civic associations information
department speaks of the rural slum
as if it were something newly dis
covered. 1t is true enough, as we al
ready have suggested, that most people
do not think of sIuns of having exist
ence in the country, but that they are
no strangers there has been known
to some students of sociological con-
ditions for a long time.
There are rural slumS to be found
in plenty in country districts where
"good government" is supposed to rule
the day. Slums spring up about the
pens of the blind pigs" These places
are, perhaps, more of a menace to the
country youth than the slums of
city are to the city youth. Because
il some places there is a lack of more
wholesome attractions, the country boy
is led to seek what he thinks are rec
reation and entertainment in the
plague places nearest at hand.-Chi-
cagO Post.
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but for the sake of change we like
different methods. Toward the end
of the season after the first enjoy
ment has passed and the fruit IOSeH
some of its fresh flavor is the time
to use 1t in combination with other
fruits or foods.
A most delightful dessert is a peach
canape. Cut round of sponge cake,
soak in a rich sirup of peach juice
and sugar and on top of the cake
place a very ripe, peeled, half Of n
peach. Top with whipped cream and
garnish with chopped pistachiO nuts.
Baked Peaches.-Peel, cut in halves
and remove the stones from the de-
sired number of peaches; fill the cav
ity with sugar. a bit of butter and
place them in q baking dish; add a
little lemon juice and water and bake
until soft and serve on buttered tOast.
Peach SaIad.-Peel and halve the
peaches. arrange on lettuce and fill
the cavities with minced nuts. Serve
with French dressing in which a lit
tie chopped celery is used. Take three
tabIespoOnfuIS of oil, one of vinegar.
a dash of cayenne and a teaspoonful
of powdered sugar, mix well with an
egg beater, adding salt to taste. then
stir in tablespoonful Of finely
chopped celery and cream.
Peach Pie.-ThiS is delicious; bake
a crust and fill it with well sugared
sliced peaches that have been stand
ing an hour or more; cover with
whipped sweetened cream which has
been favored with almond very light
ly; serve we'll chilled.
Peach TrifIe.-Arrange slices of
sponge cake in alternate layers with
sliced peaches in q glass dish. Pour
over a custard, using two eggs, a pint
of milk, sugar and aavOring to taste.
Cover with a meringue and serve well
chilled.
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Workl

horse hangings worked in silver and
gold, and in the prOfusiOn Of flowers
decorating the wagons in fioatlike eff
feet. In recent years railway cOmpa-
MES that conduct transfer business
brewing concerns, spirit merchants and
other wealthy business companies
have contributed to the success Of
these professions, and have been rep
resented at the great feasts held after
ward. Popular speakers were most
loquacious in giving good advice to
the carriers.
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Lono Canes.

Trimming for the long capes of taf-
feta is delightfully."- varied. One rose
pink cape seen recently had a collar
and cape edged with a narrow roll of
ostrich, of rose color, with occasional
fronts of white. An emerald green
silk cape had a second waist depth
cape This was trimmed along the
lower edge with three spaced rushes
of the green silk, the edges finished
with q picot. The cellar was large
ruche. The cape hem was simply a
facing fold of the silk, with Il piping
on the upper edge.
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window panes from the horns of
cattle; nor Is there but little demand
for those whose business 1t was to
dislOdge chimney SCOT. Even the tin
ker who went from place to place
mending pots and pans for housewives.
and who passed them down to sue
ceeding generations, has disappeared.
There is no industry today, however,
except perhaps that of building air
ships. but was represented in some
crude way In the labor Of the crafts
men, and If honesty and quality Of
work are considered, our hats must
be off to those men Of old.
That Labor day In europe today is
the LIST day of May is probably the
outcome of this day having been cele-
brated by many of the old craftsmen
before the age of invention. Among
other merrymakers, the chimney
sweeps spent a frolicsome Mayday
and In some localities still keep up
some of their old customs. In former
times LondOn's chalk-faced chimney
sweeps carried shOvels and brushes
as they paraded the streets dressed IN
cheap finery and decked with strips
OF gilt and colored paper. To them
no Mayday was complete without a
May dance, and when they could have
a "Jack-in-the- Green" a fiddler con-
cealed In wicker framework covered
with leaves and flowers, their Joy was
complete.
The beribboned milkmaids who
danced on the same day also aspired
to have music at their jollifcation, and
often marched behind COW with gilt
horns in procession. On that day
these rural workers borrowed silver
cups and tankards, which they hung
around their milk-pails, decorated
with ribbons and flowers. Such at
tractive paraphernaIla helped them in
collecting coins from their customers,
before whom they danced.
Partly to secure holiday and part
Iy to increase their funds. the Friendly
Society of Carriers also celebrated the
1st of May with a procession. In coun-
try places the carriers, with their wag-
ons and horses gay with ribbons,
stopped at the numerous public houses
and at homes. At every stop those
within were under obligation to give
ribbon to help In the decoration of the
carts.
OF all carters' professions those of
Liverpool became the most elaborate,
and continued In favor long after the
old guild passed out of existence or be-
came absorbed by the Company of
Carriers of the present day. The RI
valry among those taking part in this
livery procession exhibited itself In
the new suits of the drivers. the elab-
orate decorations. the coats of arms of
the wealthy team owners, the velvet
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Landseape Backgrounds.

Every garden in which a house
stands should have background. This
is generally accomplished by planting
trees along the rear line and along
the sides up to point opposite the
rear end of the house. In small yards
slender trees are advisable, and if the
space is much restricted use but two
trees, one in each corner and connect
and flank with tall shrubs. With a
good background it is much easier to
build a good picture in the remainder
of the premises.
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Boudoir cspes.

An interesting rumOr from Paris has
it that for the lady of leisure who
likes to sip her chocolate or coffee
abed there is new little cape made
Of silk, or cretonne. or linen in pat
tern and cOloring to match the wall
paper or hangings of the bedroom.
The cape is thrown about the semi
nude shoulders while the wearer par
tnkes Of her simple breakfast. There
is less bother in the adjustment of the
cape than in the putting on of the
usual negligee. 1t is likely that the
boudoir cape will become popular with
American women of the leisure class.
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Stockings Grow Scarce.

Just word of advice may not come
amiss in these last days before the
biggest sales of the year. The price
of stockings, silk, Isle, and even cot
ton Is steadily and alarmingly increas-
ing. It is even now difficult to procure
certain kinds of stockings. Drop
stitch white silk and Isle hose are
not to be found at all at many of the
shops and compromise must be made
with the French drop stitch which is
said to be less durable. If one is
lucky enough to find ones favOrite
hose, there is no doubt that buying
liberal supply will be a real economy.
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When She sews.

A big cretonne work basket for the
needlewoman is made in such a way
as TO disclose its contents at a glance.
The top Is made over wide-Open hoops,
and wide Ioaps of the material show
pins, needles. punchers, chOchet
needles. and all the paraphernaIia of
the craft. The bottom of the basket
Is made Of willow, which wears beau
tifully. The idea is to drop the bas-
ket down beside ones chair instead
Of holding ii in the lap.
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Silence Cloths.

Far better than either the felt or
quilted silence cloth is the one of
asbestos. This cloth protects the ta-
bic top not only from the spots made
by hot dishes, but also from stains
and damage done by hot liquids being
spilled. The cloth is waterproof as
well as heat proof. 1t is, of course,
lintless and is finished with neat
binding. It is made in halves. each
consisting of three strongly bound and
hinged sections. 1t does not warp,
and may be folded and put in the side
board drawer when not in use.
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For Thin Cheeks.

To make thin cheeks plump rub
skin food in with the following move
ments: To treat the right cheek the
thumb of the left hand just beyond the
corner of the mouth on the left cheek
as a brace. Make rotary movements
upward and outward, beginning at the
corner of the mouth and making three
dlverging lines of manipulation over
the cheek. With the right hand treat
the left cheek. About six times oves
each cheek is sufficient
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MARKS CHANGE IN STYLES
Increased Fullness Gives an lndica-
tion of What the Fall Costumes
Are 20 Be Like.

The Introduction of fullness into the
fall models is the most marked fea-
ture of the change in styles. This coat
is an example of the sort of costumes
that viii be seen on the fashionable
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Remedy for Feet Rurnlnn..,

Buy five cents worth of tannin at
the drug store, put it into an empty
powder box. Shake little into your
stocking every few days and you will
soon forget yOu were ever troubled
With burning feet.
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PEASANT DESIGN MAY BE SAID
TO HAVE PREFERENCE.
In All Sorts of Materials It Has Proved
Popular, and Undoubtedly Has
Come to Stay-Cape for
Motoring.

The Victorian capes which were
ushered in last February with 1910
and 1870 hats to match. did not sue
ceed, but the Victorian shoulder scarf
that wide piece of fur which looked
like a position collar slipped to the
top of the arms, has been entirely
successful.
But the peasant cape has outdOne all
others. 1t may be short or long, of
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avenues this season. The model is
fashioned of softly finished dark green
brOadcloth trimmed with velvet in a
still darker shade. The silhouette is
clearly defined in this modish coat.
The hat is Of a shade to match the
trimming and is adorned with a small
feather.
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Set a Good Example.

Drag the roads adjoining your farm
and set good example to- our neigh
bors. A few hours spent now in fill.
ing up the ruts and leveling the sur
face Of the road will be worth much
when marketing time comes.
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CIlll Ol IIl0 ulihillS VI
recipes there is no end"
and yet there is really
nothing new under the
sun. Food combinations
which are passed on
from one to another as
original may be found
verbatim in some pOpu-
lar cook book, so that a
truly new recipe is as
rare as a perfectly sat
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tulle and ermine, or of black satin
faced with blue, with a hood that
stretches across the shoulders built Of
the two cOlors.
Wherever possible, the dressmakers
use a contrasting color as a lining,
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Nu.4 MAA ~saQ
Very comnustibIe.

81 see where the Greek king faint
ed at the sight of the fire around his
palace"
"Well. so would you, if you had been
in his place. It's no joke to have a
fire in Greece in the house."
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Needed a Rest.

Green-I have been working night
and day for the last two months
Brown-Because why?
Green-In order to 2 get enough
money to pay for weeks vacation in
.lhe country this summer.
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PEACH WAYS FOR PEACH DAYS
AS the peach is abroad in the land
a few of the various ways of serv-

ing them is q
knowledge worthy
of possession by
the housewife who
delights in variety
in her dietary. We
will ell agree that
the incest way of
serving any fruit
is usually fresh,
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Only Busy Men Have lime.

If you are too busy to keep up the
road in front of your farm, you ought
to have more work to do. so you would
Be still buster, for you know that only
busy men have time to do anything
worth while.
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Independent Of all principle, evil
speaking always spoils the manners OF
a woman
Every woman has some witching
charm
If she be not proud or captious
Joanna Baillie.
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tSfed person.
AS rhubarb is cheap, is easily grown,
and when one has q small garden spot
a few plants will yield all one needs
for the table it is evident that too
much has not been said in its favor.
One method of canning it for win
ter use to be made into pies is very
simple-prepare it by removing the
peeling and cut in bits, then fill fruit
Jars as full as it can be packed in, and
turn in the cold water from the tap or
pump until it overflows and all the
bubbles Of air are expelled. Put on
the rubber and cover and seal as usual.
OF course it Is hardly necessary to
state that the Jars should have been
well sterilized, the ruhbers dipped in
hot water and the tops well scdlded to
make the sterilization complete
Rhubarb Jam.-Cut the rhubarb in
lengths and choose the stalks that
have a good red color. If cut very ear
ly in the spring it need not be peeled,
but later the skin becomes tough.
Cover the cut rhubarb with an equal
weight of sugar and let stand over
night. For each three pounds of fruit
add a thinly sliced lemon. discarding
the seeds. Cook half hour after be-
ginning to boil, then simmer for an
other half hour. At the last add a
small quantity of shredded, blanched
almonds and put in jars for winter
use.
A most delightful combination for
those who are fond of ginger is four
pounds Of sugar to five pounds of rhu-
barb. the juice and rind of three lem
0ns and small jar of preserved ginger
with the sirup. Add cupful of water.
cut the ginger very fine and cook slow
ly an hour. Put into jelly glasses and
seal as usual.
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Din Posts in Tar

Before setting posts. dip the ends
in hot tar; this will add six o. eight
years to their life and the saving win
be an item worth considering.