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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06

ture, would look well. It resembles a
branch of fine twigs with snow cling
ing to them, or the frost on win
dow pane.
An all-velvet hat at the right has a
brim OF medium width and a soft
crown. Everyone is familiar with os-
trich wreathS. The flues of the feath-
ers used in this one are long and
slightly curled. Their Scanty arrange
ment gives the wreath a flOwerlikc ap.
pearance. 1t looks much like the beau
tiful ragged chrySauthemums which
appear along with 1t in the fall. 1t
terminates in two standing half plumes
at the left, back of the shape. These are
placed back to back as if to brace one
another up while they still maintain
that ostrich plumes are the best Of
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06
GET RID OF THE SQUEAKS
Annoying Noises That Are Frequent
Even in the Best-BuiIt Houses
Can Be Stopped.

There are very few houses which
do not have floors that are always
squeaking as persons walk over them.
Such squeaking is very annoying, and
many different suggestions have been
made to remedy the nuisance, but, GU
riously enough, only few of the sGg-
gestions have proven of any real
value.
Many persons think the squeaking is
caused by the flooring boards not be
ing properly nailed, but in most cases
this is not the case at all.
The tongues ard grooves of the mar
row boards do not always fit togeth-
er exactly tight, and little pressure
on either side Of the crack and be-
tween joints, where the boards are
nailed, will cause the boards to spring
slightly. causing the disagreeable
sdueaking sounds,
The best remedy for a squeaky 400.
is to apply little liquid glue to the
cracks. This can be done by dipping
thin strip of metal i'll the glue and
inserting carefully in the crack at the
point from which the sound comes.
knife blade can be used to ap.
ply the glue. Simply dip the point
in the glue and insert in the crack.
Move the blade about slightly TO re,
move the glue and make it stick to the
flooring. where 1t will dry in a short
time and stop the squeaking
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06

mer. AS a rule colors are subdued. by
comparison with the bright and often
violent color-contrasts in summer
skirts. But this does not signify that
they are dull.
The Introduction Of cross bars of
white or black on fabrics that show
color contrasts in plaids or checks
gives them life and sparkle. Pipings
of plain color matching the cross
bar, add happy touch in the finish of
their skirts. This Is apparent in the
skirt pictured.
This model Is made with the front
cut on the straight of the goods and
the back on the bias. Both pieces are
attached to fitted yoke cut on the
straight and piped with plain white to
match the cross bar. The yoke Is ex-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06
City Of MaIacca.

Malacca is not a city Of empty
houses, for the Malays and poorer Chi
nese have joyfully moved into any &C.
commodations they found vacant; but
it is distinctly q city where many Of
the houses have seen their best days
There Is an old cathedral built by the
Portuguese overlooking the city. The
roof has fallen In and tropic insects
scuttle up and down the walls. BY day
1t Is given over to dust and ghosts.
but when darkness settles over the wa.
ters, they light a great lantern in the
old tower, and mariners steer their
course by the mark Of the ancient
church. There are two explanations
Of Malacca's present sleepiness. The
political economists say that the trade
has gone to Penang and Singapore, but
there are some who will tell you the
story of st. Xavier. That good man,
who worked doughtily for the faith in
the Orient, tried to convert the people
Of Malacca, but they proved obdurate,
At leaving the saint shook the dust of
Malacca from his shoes, and 1t has
never recovered since.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06

tended into tab at each side, defined
by large white pearl buttons. The
waistline is slightly raised, dispensing
with belt of any kind.
The skirt shown IS cut to iustep
length. but this greatly added length Is
an innovation that is in the expert
mental stage. It detracts from the skirt
both in comfort and smartneSs. The
chances are that skirts will make some
concession to the new mode as to
length, but good sense will not extend
them below the ankles. The shorter
skirt IS cleaner and better looking.
Two pretty rebels in the realm of
fashion have successfully detied the
law that hats shall be untrimmed, or
almost without trimming. They are
pictured here, making room for soft
feathers In abundant ornaments. Then
decorations, in both cases, are made
of ostrich feathers. But all the feath-
ers that grow apparently are used for
the small, exQuisitely made trimmings
that milliners are applying to hats of
velvet or felt or velours. These "rna-
mentS, like those Of bead and silk EN-
brOidery, and tinSel and metal hraids,
are fiat and they cling to the shapes
as if to effacc themselves. But they
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06

! bite from Austria-Hungary's domain
the rich region known as Transylvania,
with an area of 1000 square miles.
Passes on West Frontier.
From Verciorova in the southwest,
where the Danube rushes through the
kazan defile out of Hungary and be-
comes the southern boundary Of Rou-
mania, to that point in a nOrtheasterly
direction where the three frontiers of
Russia, Roumania and Bukowina meet
is 300 miles in an airline, but following
the crest of the Carpathians along the
devious international boundary be-
tween western Roumania and eastern
Hungary the distance is more than 900
miles. This line Is pierced at several
points by passes and swift-fowing riv-
ers which break through that rocky
wall; but, generally speaking, the
mountains, which are known as the
Transylvania Alps and which at some
places attain an altitude of more than
5000 feet, form great rampant for
Hungary, as the eastern slopes into
Roumania are much more precipitOus
fertile Hungarian plain.
The most famous breaks In this
mountain wall are the previously men,
toned Kazan pass, which Is also
known as the Gorge Of the Iron Gates;
the Roteturn pass, which follows the
depression Of the turbulent Aluta riv-
err; the Borgo and Predeal passes.
Railroad engineers have taken advan.
tage of these natural gateways through
the rocks one Of the most important
railways being that which connects
the Roumanian capital, Bucharest,
with Budapest, via Temesvar. 1t en-
ters Roumania through the Kazan de-
file.
Roumania touches the northeastern
corner of Serbia for a distance Of 20
miles below the Iron Gate, the Danube
forming the boundary line. To the
east, beyond the Serbian frontier town
of Radievatz, the broad reaches of the
river constitute the dividing line be-
tween Bulgaria and Roumania. The
northern (Roumanian) bank Of the
great waterway is largely fen land,
presenting a most desolate aspect. Nu-
merous islands dot the bosom Of the
swift river, whose waters turn the
wheels Of many floating watermills
moored along the bank in this part Of
its course. Some twenty miles north
east of the Bulgarian railroad junction
city of Rustchuck the international
boundary ceases to follow the river.
but breaks sharply to the southeast,
reaching the Black sea at Baltchik.
The northeastern boundary of Rou-
mania is the River Pruth, which rises
in the Carpathians beyond Czernowitz
and flows in a southeasterly direction
into the Danube ten miles below the
important Roumanian city of Galatz.
1t separates the province of Moldavia
from the Russian province of Bessara-
bia, a natural boundary of $50 miles
From the confluence of the Pruth with
the Danube the larger river is the
Russo-ROumanian boundary to the
Black sea. The Roumanian frontage
from north to south on this great In
land sea exceeds 100 miles.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06
A Defense of Poetry.

Poetry Is the record of the best and
happiest moments of the happiest and
best minds. We are aware of evanes-
cent visitations of thought and feeling
sometimes associated with place or
person, sometimes regarding our own
mind alone. and always arising unfore-
seen and departing unbidden, but ele-
waiting and delightful beyond all ex-
preston; so that even In the desire
and regret they leave, there cannot
but be pleasure, participating as 1t
does in the nature of its object. 1t Is,
as it were, the Misrepresentation Of
diviner nature through our own; but
its footsteps are like those of wind
over the sea, which the coming calm
erases, and whose traces remain only
as on the wrinkled sand which paves
t-Percy Bysshe Shelley.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06
JEALOUSY ANDLOVE
THEY ARE QUITE DISTINCT AND
SEPARATE ATTRIBUTES.
Idea That There Can Be No Love
Without Large Admixture of JeaI-
ousy Is Not by Any Meana
Well Founded.

The prevailing Idea appears to be
that there can be no love without
pretty large admixture of jealousy, and
that, conversely, almost every case Of
jealousy springs from some misguided
love affair.
Whether this idea is the right one
or not Is decidedly open to question.
Ideal love affairs preclude jealousy al
together, and where absolute trust and
confidence exist there is no room at
all for the green-eyed monster.
It Is only when the course of true
love ceases to run smoothly, or where
the passion Is an unlawful one, that
jealousy creeps in like a canker at the
root.
One curious attribute of the jeal.
Gus woman who plans to sweep her
rivals out of the way is that she gen
orally shows a marked lack of brains
in her methods. Jealousy Is popular
ly supposed to arouse a diabolically
clever ingenuity In the breast Of the
jealous fair one-but, as matter of
fact, II seldom does anything Of the
sort.
In my opinion, jealousy makes wOm-
en- do the most stupid things in the
world Not only does it blunt all
their finer feelings. but at the same
time 1T causes a curious confusion of
mind, which fails to take the proper
grasp Of consequences and which Ia
utterly illogical and childiShly reckless
in its workings.
One has only to glance at the daily
papers to see this fact practically Illus
trated. The schemes Of the jealous
woman are the most childishly imma-
ture in the world, and in almost every
case fall to pieces and bring speedy
retribution on her own head. For not
alone does the victim suffer. The
worst generally comes upon the plot
ter herself.
Love very often does bring a GER
tain amount Of jealousy in it's train.
But at the same time it Is entirely up
to ourselves to curb those feelings and
to keep them from outward and visible
sign of expression.
Moreover, it is perfectly true that,
although love generally does admit of
jealousy, the latter can exist and -four
ish pretty successfully without love.
A woman may be desperately jealous
Of the attentions which a man pays
to another woman without in the least
loving that particular man.
Jealousy may spring from hurt
pride, or from baked hopes, or from
as frequently as 1t springs from love.
Therefore, in the last analysis, we
may most assuredly claim that jeal-
ousy and love are two distinct and
quite separable affairs.-Philadelph
InnyIirer
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06
Artist ExceIs In Making SpIInts.

Here's an artist who attained fame
by deserting her art. She is Miss
Grace Gassette of Chicago, and Cen
eral Joffre has just received her at his
headquarters, the first and only Amer.
lean woman he has SO distinguished.
Miss Gassette is known as the painter
Of portraits fine enough to be hung
in the Paris Solon, but it was not for
that that General Joffre received her.
1t was because, leaving her art, she
devoted herself to inventing devices
to make wounded soldiers more COM
Portable. So many ingenious splints
did she contrive to make war victims
easier that French surgeons asked her
to write a textbook on the subject.
Not long ago she went to the front
to Introduce a new surgical bandage,
and General Joffre, hearing Of it. ex-
pressed a wish to see the clever young
American woman.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06

faith in ME made many things pos
sible. Tell her that the reality was
more beautiful than the mirage
a strange message" She tried to
laugh. but the laugh shook and broke
off. Il shall endeavor to remember" "
''My comrade will thank you. ma
dame"
He saluted and turned to 20. But
on the threshold of The wide-open win,
dows he halted. He seemed to be look
ing at something, and suddenly, to her
angry amazement, he stopped and
picked up 4 silver frame from the brc-
a-brac on the low table.
What are you doing?" she demand
ed imperatively.
He faced her with an ease and de-
cision that startled her.
who is this. madame?"
Are you mad: Shall | have to re-
port you to your colonel"
She glanced at the photograph which
he held toward her Against her will.
forced by an indescribable fascination.
her eyes rose again to his face. And
suddenly the pulse stood still, drowned
in rushing food of incoherent ter
rors.
THAT was my brother
She used the past tense for the first
time with that deadly sense of convic-
ton. The legionary unfastened his
tunic and drew out something. which
he laid quietly on the able beside her
Then this belongs to you" he said
simply.
Mechanically she took up the little
locket and opened It. Inside was the
thing she knew that she would find.
her own minature-a valueless, ama-
flourish effort done in her schoolgirl
years for her adored comrade
Il knew him as Philip Grey,
madame. He gave it me nearly two
years ago-when he was dying"
"TheD-he is dead|'
He made a grave pityjng movement
Of assent.
He was my friend. madame He
belonged to my company. He was not
strong. and one day out in the desert
he gave way. He went mad, think
mad with exhaustion and thirst He
disobeyed orders, and they gave him 4
double burden. He broke down. and
they left him out Therein The desert" "
How long agoi"
As | Linre satd-reagIy twQ years,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06
Use an Empty Drawer.

For the woman who must press an
occasional waist. IN empty drawer in
verted. is Il capital ironing board. The
wood ut the bottom of the drawer, be-
ing unvarniShed, tells no tales of the
use to which it has been put. Where
q writing desk is lacking, an empty
drawer. inverted and then partly re-
placed, furnishes a roomy fiat space
for writing materials. The second
drawer of the average bureau is about
the right height for this purpose
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06
Flea peadlier Than Tiaer.

| read an official report when In
Bombay that during the preceding year
tigers had killed 1000 persons in India
You shudder at the fearful ravages Of
this king of jungles. But at the very
time l was in Bombay the tleaS were
killing 800 persons every week in that
one city alone. Nevertheless the anti
cruelty crank would almost Jail you
for daring to kill poor, little, inno-
cent flea. Those fleas were riding up
on the backs of rodents and depositing
the devastating bubonic plague in
thousands of homes throughout India.
The insignificant and negligible thing
called a flea yesterday has today re-
placed sthe tiger and the deadly cobra
as the vast menace to 3OO00O,OOO souls
in India.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06
The Red Mirage
A Story OF the French Legion i'm ALgers
By L A.. r. WYLIE
lAll sishts reserved. The Bobbs- =. errill Co.
By I. A. r. WYLIE


| mazda met must be delivered at once
I will keep watch while madame is
gone
She nodded He had sent for her. She
| was going to him. Nothing mattered
| now. She had waited long enough.
| The little fragile chain of self-co1ftrol
had snapped. She was going to him
how, cost what 1t would. Yet out
| wardly she was quite calm as she
pushed aside the curtains. Only the
uneven color of her cheeks might have
betrayed her.
"Yes?' she said interroga6vely.
The legionary standing against the
light turned and capped his heels to-
gether
"a letter, madame, to be delivered in
your hands,
ST thank you" Her voice sounded
gentle. graciously courteous. She tore
open the letter with steady fingers.
"Will you take back message from
me?'' she asked.
"Such are my orders, madame"
"Will you tell Colonel Destinn
Yes"
is that all madame?'
That is all"
Yet he remained motionIess, watch
ing her.
Madame, l have another message.
1t is for another lady-a Mademoi-
selle Gabrielle, who is Madame's COM
paniOn.'
From whom"
From 3 comrade who dies at day
break
She caught her breath inaudihly.
The pulse stopped for a moment. In
the full course of her reckless purpose
something gripped and held her-a
poignant suspicion, an emotion that
was like jealousy.
"Mademoiselle Gabrielle is not here"
she said slowly. 'If you give me the
message l will deliver it,
''It Is verbal
Il will deliver it exactly"
He looked at her She did not like
his face. There was an imperturb-
able arrogance in his eyes which Of
Tended her.
The message is simple one. My
comrade said to me: Tell her that her
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06
Maybe Eoy Was Riuht,

Donald, a boy of ten, had gone out
to a part of town distant from his
home to observe the wonders on the
show ground. including the free exhi-
bitions given after the circus parade,
and as a consequence missed his noon
meal at home, for which his mother
reprimanded him gently, and suggested
that he would have to eat cold din
ner.
"Oh. don't worry" replied the lad,
loftily. Charlie and me stopped at
n during jnnch.''
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06
In WOman'S Realm
Separate Skirts in Almost Any Number of Models Are Feature of
the Season. as Their Popularity Never Seems to Wane-
TWO Millinery Models That Are Somewhat Diff
ferent From the Ordinary.

are too brilliant to be lost sight of.
The hat at the left of the picture has
q crown of velvet and q brim Of felt.
1t is one Of many two-color shapes.
There are various color combinations,
and occasionally a light and q dark
shade of one color are combined in this
way. On almost any of them a spray
Of fancy ostrich, like that in the pic
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06
Sailor Bands Match Dress,

The manui>h sailor is observed IN
many Instances and varieties, although
the canoticr shape, with slightly
dropping wide brim, was seen in larger
numbers. The most interesting note
about the sailors Is the band, wide or
narrow, according to the fancy Of the
owner. hut made OF t:p same rnnte"iai
az thE dres2.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06
Asks for "Movie" Censor.

The Madrid Society for the Study OF
!inquents has petitioned the Spanish
government to create q censorship of
moving picture films. as it declares
that q number of the criminal often
ses committed nowadays by the youth
of the Spanish capital are directly
traceable to the portrayal of crime In
seF'us rtetpre drsnaa
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06

The separate skirt. like the shirt
waist, seems to return every season.
Like perennial flowers, 1t IS sure Of q
welcome. Among the new models for
fall and winter there are many made
Of plaid and barred woolens, q good
number In plain fabrics, and few
stripes. This is simply reaction from
the all-prevailing stripes Of midsum-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06
Laces for Underwear.

Lace is always the fashion on under
wear, but the different kinds of lacPs
go in and out of style. At present tilet
lace and Irish crochet are the smart
laces, but the fine valencieunes laces
nre so beautiful they have a permanent
place of their own.
The edgings, insertions and medal
lions are used alone or with hand en-
broidery, the latter. Of course, adding
incalculably to the loveliness and value
Of the underwear. In evening under
aaar aihbons, buds, chiffon flowers and
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06
His Burdens,

1--WE got big notion to quit the no.
lei business :" declared the landlord OF
the Petunia tavern. "What with pro-
visions higher than cats back and
climbing every minute, and the drum
mers yelling like starved dragons for
the best on the market, and guests
kjel,inE about this, that mid ~" other
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06

like skeletons having fits on tiled
floors, and the young ladies that kind
ly consent to wait table for me squab-
bling like catamountS over the merits
of their respective fellers, and such as
that, it is enough to eradicate a person
clear out of his mind. And what's
worse than all the rest is the way the
lead pencils go. Every day or two l
buy new one, and next thing n guest
registers with it and then puts it in
his pocket. and l have to buy another.
and live on the savings in lead pen
cils!"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06
Nobility.

1t is manifest that the powerful peo.t
pie of this world are by no means nec-i
essarIly noble, and that most modernH
kings, poor in quality, petty in spirit, |
conventional in outlook, controlled and
limited, fall far short Of kingship. New |
ertheless, there is nobility, there ISL
kingship, or this earth is dustbin and
mankind but kind of skin disease
upon planet. The aristocrats are not
at the high table, the kings are not
enthroned, those who are enthroned
are but pretenders and simulacra, !
kings of the vulgar; the real king and
ruler is every man who sets aside the
naive passions and self interest of the
common life for the rule and service
of the world.-H. G. Wells.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-10-06

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