Evening star., 1916-08-13
Picked Up Here and There.

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IN Lille. ters
The location 10 one that can be
reached easily and quickly by those
most needing the aid of the organise
tion, says the Chronicle of that city,
and there Is q most surprising. not to
say startling. need for attention to
every kind OF wearing apparel
Let II not be thought for a moment
that this, being q woman's activity. is
. solely for the alleviation of women's
torn and tattered garments. The club
is fully as keen to the interests of
men, vino. IN their state Of forlorn
bachelor or w1dowerhood, are de-
pendent on kindly fate to look after
their mending. Since last Monday sii
ter street, the male applicants for sar-
torial relief have been many, and now
. that there is also a wide. conspicuous
sn0sr.S sn0w tSs m,nisterins @ % angels Of the
needle. and have left their haoiliments
for patches and darns, or Whatever mas
! been wanted
!; The club not only attends to homely
necessities, but employs experts in the
mending of fine laces, rugs and articles
of decoration. Friends otherwise IN.
clined have also focked to the life ana
/: prosperity of the club: some have DO
mated portieres for partitions. chairs,
tables and sewing stands. Water and
gas rates are supplied at nominal
! TO have taken the Mending Club to
! its heart to keep-and 1t surely mis-
long-felt want among busy business
women.
on hearing Of 1t, said few days ago:
..San Francisco, as usual. is ahead OF
her sister cities. London, Berlin ana
Paris are full Of such clubs, but nave
in hnd
a place where I could have mendfng
done, and now we are the first city In
the United States to open such an en-
terprise."
drinks at noon for her workers, who
bring their lunches and who are as
much in need of the employment now
being provided them as the populace is
of being "sewed up"
We have some strange surprises dur
ing these busy war times. and although
We are not now
An Imitation supposed to pay
any special at
ions decrees, as matter of fact the
vagaries and varieties OF Nine. la
Mode are to be observed everywhere.
Today. as 1 was coming along Pfcca-
dilly. says a London writer in the Bfr-
mingham Age-Herald. 1 passed girl
. who wore a very good though discreet
imitation of the kilt of the Argyll and
: Sutherland highland regiment. To be
/ sure the kilt. instead of ending above
bare knees as in the genuine masculine
article. came Just to the tops of her
neat white suede boots with patent
leather toes, but as in the case OF the
real Scottish kilt, the pleats were
pinned down the right side with huge
steel safety pins. while punches OF DARK
! green ribbons futtered from waist to
hem. She did not wear a sporran. but
her dark green cloth Jacket was cut
like a highlander's regimental coat.
: and she wore a Glengarry cap, edged
with tartan ribbon and bearing silver
badge. very jauntily on one side OF her
head. The dress was SO beautifully
cut and so admirably carried out that,
, least outre: also the girl was pretty
: An imitation of soldiers clothes In
woman is seldom successful. and never
desirable, but / almost forgave this
bonny. bright blue-eyed> damsel her
highland costume
Innumerable charming little parties
are being given these days for the girls
who are to be
Change in the august brides.
Style of Showers. seems to he an
August weddings
Showers. fortunately Tor the purses
of the friends of the bride-to-be. are
becoming quite passe. according to the
Seattle Times. Though they are un-
doubtedly nice for the girl who Is
going to furnish her own home. they
nevertheless become regular bugbears
for the girl that has to give her pair
of silk stockings for shower on one
day. an aluminium kettle for another.
towel for still another. and any one
of a large number of clever things
that an enthusiastic hostess may think
Of for every day In the week.
AS long as the same girls are nearly
always present at these parties for one
bride -to-be. this becomes a downright
hardship. For after she has stretched
her purse string as far as she can,
probably including a party which she
must give herself she must then pur-
chase a suitable wedding gift. too.
Nowadays. the parties are altogether
delightful. The close friends of the
Of bridge. or they are asked to come
and stitch dish towels or some other
equally inexpensive thing. and instead
of each party being looked at askance
by the loving friend who still feels
her strained pocketbook each one is
greeted joyously as another time for
all the girls TO get together before one
Of them leaves on that unknown voy-
age called matrimony.
~
A bevy OF girls gathered last week
for one of these parties and were privi-
legged to take peep
The Brides at the wonders con-
.Yy., tanned in the hope
AAoPe oneS'' box" OF the hostess.
This box had been begun for it's owner
by her mother when she was but a few
weeks old and had been constantly
added to ever since.
A hope box, for the benefit of the
uninitisted, is intended to be the re-
ceptacle and storehouse for many and
various treasures against the happy
time when its owner shall go to the al
tar as a bride. In IL are placed all
manner of the most exquisite linens for
the future household, all beautifully
hand hemmed and embroidered with the
initials of the owner. Piece by piece
each article is added until the full set