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The Detroit times., 1916-12-01
No. 52-LEARNING.


When q girl realizes that she
does not know everything she has
a, a matter OF fact acquired her
first real wisdom.
A few DAYS after I had lunched
With Mrs Hen ierson. Mr. Colby's
sister, ! went 20 spend week in
her home in on OF the smart sub
urbs This was my first fight
~ AN atmosphere % real culture
and breeding thus far in my life
my acquaIntaaCes my fugitive
friendships. had been formed among
young men whom had met In
more or less unconventional ways.
Even Mr. Colby, who had treated
ne with respect and now with
ONE real interest and courtesy,
Lad come to know me from having
seen and admired me when | was
dining in restaurant
The few girls ! had met since |
! ad begun TO make my way in the
world were eithe- the girls who bad
worked in Silbersteins with me or
their friends. saleswomen in some
OF the expensive specially shops on
the avenue, aspirants for fame in
the moving picture world. or show.
GIRLS IN some current musical com;
edy Az frst 'hese young women
Lad seemed verv elegant 20 me,
their manner OF dress we'll worth
copying Then as wider vision
had opened before me. ! had begun
- realize there was something ex'
sggerated In the heights OF their
heels and the lengths OF their skirts.
or the angles OF their hats: some
thing which set them apart from
the quietly dressed young persons
who were the sisters or wives Of
the men | knew.
began 10 feel there was a world
might not enter; a quiet well reg
ulated, daylit world, quite difer.
pnt from my own more hectic night
life. Naturally. because this was
the world denied me. had fixed
nay eyes upon II lonsingly Now at
last. told myself in Mrs Hender.
pons home was TO catch a glimpse
cf A.
My frst awakening came al tho
q.ation. I had expected Mrs. Hen
dcrson 10 meet me when got OF
,he train. But / hiighted with my
handbag IN my hand and AZ
glanced over the crowd saw no 10.
mlliar face, stood still on The
platform, at loss. Then man
came toward Ne and touched his
Int,
Are you going 10 Mrs Hender-
ron'p7" ne asked,
assumed ~ once that this vus
some friend who had been sent 10
meet me because Mr.. Coiby's sister
was. for some reason. unable ~ do
So
'Yes." ! Answered pleasantly
How do you do Do you know
here Mrs HENDERSON 80"
The man took my bag from me
This way, Mits" he said The
motor is on the other side ~ he
. alton"
My face famed scarlet az real
The Detroit times., 1916-12-01

FESTUS WADE
TO SPEAK HERE

Festus J. Wade president OF the
Mercantile Trust company and the
Mercantile National banhl ot st
Louis. whose career has been event
ful will be the principal speaker al
the annual dinner Tuesday evening
in the Detroit Board OF Commerce,
OF the Alumni association Of the
University OF Detroit
The Rev Joseph Herr OF Detroit.
an6 President BIwin DENLY, Of the
Board of Commerce., will also ad
drets the Alum nj members
The enrolment OF the Universit,
ot Detroit is now 100,
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LITTLE STORIES FOR BEDTIME.
Danny Meadow Mouse Plans Castle.
Copyright IOiG by +. w BurgesAJ

regular castle ! must get Nanny
Dad move over lero az once. Ne
che can get al us IN here, and "
will never have tL 20 outside unless
we want TO. because there Is food
enough right here TO last Us all
winter We can climb up 10 the
top and look ont when we want TO,
and see our neighbors without be
ing seen. We haven't even got to
hather grass 20 make bed Of. for
'he covering Of this delicious food
can be torn up and will make the
incest kind OF bed. do hope
Nanny will be willing 10 come She
has got to- Danny said this last
very Armly
Then he remembered the narrow
escapes he had had getting there
Would II be as dangerous getting
home and then back there again =?
He didn't mind so much for him
self. but there was Nanny 10 think
OF For long time he sat there
thinking IL all over. planning the
wonderful castle they would build
In that shock of corn wondering IL
Nanny would reslse 10 come. trying
20 think OF some way 10 make the
journey safer Al last he made up
bis mind. lie would start for home
6t once He wouldn't tell Nanny
thing about tn dangers OF the
journey. but only about the wonder
ful place they would have, the gold
IN castle Of his dream So watch
ing until he was sure the way was
clear. Danny Meadow Mouse start
cd for home
The Detroit times., 1916-12-01

military garments, have sketched
this model in tobacco brown duve-
tyn with brown martin trimming
The coat is in the popular length.
cut with parel in front under
which the narrow belt is stitched.
Novelty buttons add a bit OF trim
ming. and the ornamental collar
may he fastened up like a muffler
beneath the chin.
The Detroit times., 1916-12-01
chartIer Victim OF Mean Joke.

Ed Charlton. clerk IN the city
assessors ONCE. who writes poems
IN the Frcnch Canadian dialect,
FOUND parcel IN his desk Wednes-
day marked. Ono turkey-paid Z"
Id didn't know just whom 10 thank
when he fret picked up the bundle
from which pro'ruded turkeys
neck and "drum-ticks. On open
'ng &c. ~ found Al old typewriter
cover loaded with all the useless
articles lying stound the Office.
II or Chartier'1 ce-owrkrrs enjoyed
% good laugh. htt I'd doesn't think
ia 40 much of Joke. when you
consider The price % thc gobblers
The Detroit times., 1916-12-01
QUAKES RECORDED
IN CLEVELAND

CLEVELAND. Nov. S0-Three
distinct earthquake shocks about
5000 miles distant from Cleveland
were registered last night by in
struments at ST lgnatius college
here Tney came at 1925, 1927
aud l1:05 p. m.
The Detroit times., 1916-12-01
BY BETTY BROWN

There's now graceful curve
where once there was rigid line in
our 'trotter" suits. Tho many OF
the new tailor mades" are fash
ioned Russian blouse style. some OF
the best models are belted in Ike
q military mans coat To show
how good looking are these semi
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inches But repeat the exercise
continuously Stretch hard each
time and yoJ will soon touch the
floor with your finger tips
BY constant practice YOU will be
able 10 touch the floor with your
palms Then you will be- ready to
try the next step IN this exercise.
First bend forward, touch the hoor
with your palms, then raise your
self on your toes, stretching 10 keep
your finger tips TO the floor With
your finger tips still on the floor
lower your heels, then raise. lower
etc.
Resume erect posture slowly. Re
peat the exercises three or four
times 4 day
Constant and regular exercising
is absolutely necessary 10 get re-
suits
The Detroit times., 1916-12-01

So sensitive electrical apparat
Us invented by q French scientist
that t. will detect the presence OF
one part Of hicromate Of potash in
100000 600 parts OF water
The Detroit times., 1916-12-01

DALLAS Tex. Nov. 80 The
Magnolia Petroleum company to
day announced IN advance in all
llght crude oils 20 81 barrel al
the wells, effective az enee, Heavy
crude Wss advanced te - cents a
barrel.
The Detroit times., 1916-12-01

iohn sclshy an ia'n pUiuia, ~
Ford city, were nned s54e6 hy Mac
rrate Alfecd Nicl WrinesiHy foi
attempting td smuggie liquor 'utp
anada They were rrcs "a Tues
ty ulgm on fhe WalkertINa ferrf
l1ck by Customs Onlcer William
leighton. q
The Detroit times., 1916-12-01
Watch for Times
Annexation Issue

Watch for next Saturdays
Issue Of The Times. II will
tell the story Of annexation
and It's meaning to Detroit.
II will contain a carefully
and accurately prepared pic
ture story Of the most
talked-of city in America
GREATER DETROIT
Order your copies now,
The Detroit times., 1916-12-01

Next story Danny and Nanny
Meadow Mouse Move.
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No Change in Styles Has Any Eff
feet on the Demand for
These Garments.
TOO SERVICEABLE TO GIVE UP
Those Made in America Fully Equal to
Any Sent Over by Partisan Design
ers-Nariety of Materials for
Froc<s is a Feature
of the Season.

New YOrk.-The people who make
and sell blouses are complaining today
and the demand for these garments Is
falling off because the One-piece gown
has been found so satisfying, and the
tOp-coat so comfortable. So they are.
The coat suit was only intended as a
strictly street garment, but it has been
adopted as a costume that serves all
purposes, until one retires for the
night, and from the way that hundreds
of women wear it, one feels they are
deprived of actual happiness By hav-
ing to discard it when the light is
turned off.
A falling off in blOuses is always
threatened as each season advances;
and each season sees them selling like
peanuts at a circus. Whatever one
wears, one is brought up on the tradf-
ton that a certain number of blOuSes
are necessary to happiness; they fit
in where other garments fail to salts
fly. The men who make them, and
nothing else, in New York, say
they cannot take another order for six
months, and that for six years they
have not had a breathing spell even
between the seasons.
Smart women who used to order
their blOuses from Paris, because of
the exquisite needlewOrk. have found
this method made almost impossible
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If your daughter were in Sid
ney's position now, would you
fear DR.. Max Wilson's influence
over her, or would you be glad
she had such a friend in the hos
pital?
(TO BE CONTINUED)
SOME NEW TESTS OF DEATH
italian Scientist Has Made Public
Methods for Determining When
Life Is Ended.

An italian scientist describes the fol-
lowing three new methods of determin-
ing the cessation of life:
''The INST is the ether test. A drop
of ether is instilled into the cOnjunc-
tival sac of one eye. If this is fol-
lowed by a reddening of the conjunc-
tiva it affords proof that the circula-
ton is intact and that life is still pres
ent. The other eye is used as control.
"The second test consists in the sub
cutaneOus injection of fiuorescin.
which, if the individual is still living,
is soon followed by yellowish color
ing of the Skin and mucosa. The con-
junctiva and the mucous membrane of
the mouth, and particularly of the
frenum of the tongue, show this cOlOra-
ton most distinctly. A negative result
is obtained in cases Of marked slowing
or enfeeblement of the circulation.
'The third test consists in direct ex-
plOration of the heart by means of
stylet. This is introduced through a
small incisiOn in one of the intercOstal
spaces. Any movement in the heart is
communicated to the stylet."
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NEW DISPLAYS SHOW STYLE
Any Woman Careful in Selection of
Materials Can Dress ModishIy and
BecominqIy This Season.

A woman dressed modishly but con-
servatively for the street looks uncOm-
monty well this season, and even the
more extreme tailored lines of the rath-
er severe type are distinctly attractive.
AS for the afternoon and evening
clothes, only the woman with innate
bad taste can fail to find something
both becoming and mOdish in the new
displays.
There are smart plainly tailored suits
meant for wear with fur sets or with
out. The best of these are not built
upon the extreme lines, but following
the new silhouette at respectful dis
tance, they are the best-loOking plain
tailored suits that have been seen in
many a day. They are not shapeless,
neither are they given over to excres-
cences. There are gracious curves in
them, but they do not fit tightly at the
waist nor flare too radically over the
hips uor q! the skirt bottom. The skirt
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Of the church and watched the car go
CHAPTER v.

"And So" K. lie MOyne. ''yOu liked it
all? 1t didn't startle you?"
"Well, in one way, of cOurse-yOu
see, 1 didn't know it was quite like
that: all order and peace and quiet,
and white beds and whispers, on top
you know what 1 mean-and the
misery there just the same. Have you
ever gone through hOSpital?
K. LIE MOyne was stretched out on
the grass, his arms under his head.
For this excursion to the end of the
street car line he had donned a pair
! of white flannel trousers and belted
Norfolk coat. Sidney had been di-
vided between pride in his appearance
and fear that the Street would deem
him Overdressed.
At her question he closed his eyes,
shutting out the peaceful arch of
leaves and the bit Of blue heaven over
head. He did not reply at once.
"Good gracious, l believe he's
asleep!" said Sidney.
But he opened his eyes and smiled at
her.
"Pve been around hospitals little. l
suppose now there is no question about
your going?"
"The superintendent said 1 was
young, but that any protegee of Doc
tor Wilson's would certainly be given
chance"
'It is hard work, night and day."
do you think I am afraid of work?"
"And-Joe?"
Sidney colOred vigorously and sat
erect.
"He is very silly. He's taken all sorts
of idiOtic notions in his head. l haven't
promised to marry him."
"But he thinks you mean to. If you
have quite made up your mind not to,
better tell him, don't you think? What
what are these idiOtic notiOns?"
Sidney considered. ''For one thing,
he's jealous of you!"
81 see. OF course that is silly, al
though your attitude toward his sus-
picion is hardly flattering to mel"
He smiled up at her.
81 told him that had asked you to
bring me here today. He was furious.
And that wasn't ALL"
"NOY
"He said I was flirting desperately
with Doctor Wilson. You see, the day
we went through the hospital, it was
hot, and we went to HenderSOn's for
soda water. And, Of course, Joe was
there. 1t was really dramatic"
X. LIE Moyne was daily gaining the
ability to see things from the angle of
the Street. A month ago he could have
seen no situation in two people, man
and a girl, drinking soda water to-
gether, even with a boy lover on the
next stool. Now he could view things
through Joe's tragic eyes. And there
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Blouse Remains High in Favor

life, and the designers, falling in with
the scheme of simple things, invented
those twelfth century frOcks that were
worn for nearly three centuries by
their ancestors.
In Homespun Effects.
Callot has taken up this homespun
in the weave that Is like that spun
in India and worn by the Hindus, and
she has embroidered it in the
palm leaf design which was fash
ionable under the reign of NapO-
leon. Other designers have built the
homespun into severe frocks that hang
straight from the shoulders and are
girdled in below the waist with silken
cord knotted at the ends.
But the woman who chooses such
a frOck, while she will have the sat
isfactiOn of knowing that it is in the
first fashion, must keep we'll in mind
that it's opportunities are limited. 1t
will not serve for the theater, the res
taurant or an afternoon reception or
card party. 1t is also heavy and
warm under a tOpeOat, and only gives
it's full need Of value in those sea-
sons and in those climates that permit
it to be worn in the open with nothing
additional but a set of furs. By the
early spring, it may be in high favor.
Satin Leading Other Fabrics.
On the other hand, satin in thick
weave seems to offer itself as fab
ric for the majority of activities that
fill up the life of the American wom-
an. It can be stretched far enough to
take the place of a coat suit if one
must be economical.
The dressmakers are using it for
morning frocks worn by schoolgirls,
for afternoon occasions that range
Middletown transcript., 1916-12-09
a Haven't Promised to Marry Him."

was more than that. All day he had
noticed how inevitable the cOnversa-
ton turned to the young surgeon.
Sidney'S active young brain, turned
inward for the first time in her life,
was still on herself.
Mother is plaintively resigned-and
Aunt Harriet has been a trump. She's
going to keep her room. It's really up
to you."
ITO me?'
ITO your staying on. Mother trusts
you absolutely. 1 hope you noticed
that you got one Of the apostle spoons
with the custard she sent up to you
the other night. And she didn't object
to this trip today. Of course, as she
said herself, it isn't as if you were
young, or at all wild"
In spite of himself, X. was rather
startled. He felt old enough, God
knew, but he had always thought of it
as an age of the spirit. He rose to his
feet and threw back his fine shoulders.
"Aunt Harriet and your mother and
Christine and her husband-tO-be, what
ever his name is-we'l be a happy
family. But, warn you, if ever hear
of Christine's husband getting an apos-
tie spoon"
She smiled up at him. "YOu are
looking very grand today. But you
have grass strains on your white trou-
sers. Perhaps Katie can take. them
out"
Quite suddenly K. felt that she
thought him too old for such frivOlity
of dress. 1t put him on his mettle.
"How old do you think I am, Miss
Sidney?"
"Not over forty, I'm sure"
"Tm almost thirty. 1t is middle age,
of course, butt is not senility."
Clearly the subject of his years did
not interest her vitality, for she harked
back to the grass stains.
'Tm afraid you're not saving, as you
promised. Those are new clothes, aren't
| they?"
'No, indeed. Bought years ago in
England-the coat in London, the
trousers in Bath, on a motor tour. Cost
something like twelve shillings. Awful
ly cheap. They wear them for cricket" "
That was a wrong move, of course.
Sidney must hear about England; and
she marveled politely, in view of his
poverty, about his being there. Poor
Middletown transcript., 1916-12-09

In the midst of the confusion, Wilson
stood giving last orders to the inferno
at his elbow. AS he talked he secured
his hands and arms with a small
brush; bits of lather few off on to the
tiled floor. His speech was incisive,
vigorous. At the hospital they said his
nerves were iron; there was no let
down after the days work. The in
ternes wOrshiped and feared him. He
was just, but without mercy. To be
able to work like that, so certainly,
with so sure touch, and to look like
Greek god! Wilson's only rival, a
gynecologist named O'Hara, got re-
suits, too; but he sweated and swOre
through his operations, was not too
careful as to asepsis, and looked like
gorilla.
The day had been hard one. The
Operating-room nurses were tagged.
Two or three probatiOners had been
sent to help clean up, and a senior
nurse. Wilson's eyes caught the nurses
eyes as she passed him.
gayly. "Have they set you on my trail?"
With the eyes of the room on her,
the girl answered primly:
'T'm to be in your Office in the morn
ings, Doctor Wilson, and anywhere I
am needed in the afternoons"
"And your vacatiOnY
II shall take it when Miss Simpson
comes back"
Although he went on at once with
his conversation with the inferno, he
still heard the click of her heels about
the room. He had not lost the fact that
she had flushed when he spoke to her.
The mischief that was latent in him
came to the surface. When he had
rinsed his hands, he followed her, car
rying the towel to where she stood
talking to the superintendent of the
training school.
Thanks very much, Miss Gregg" he
said. Everything went off nicely"
He was in a magnanimOus mood. He
smiled at Miss Gregg, who was elderly
and gray, but visibly his creature.
'The sponge list, doctor"
He glanced over it, noting accurate
ly spOnges prepared, used, turned in.
But he missed no gesture of the girl
who stood beside Miss Gregg.
"All right" He returned the list.
"That was a mighty pretty probationer
brought you yesterday"
Two small frOwning lines appeared
between Miss HarrisOn's dark brOws.
He caught them, caught her somber
eyes too, and was amused and rather
stimulated.
''She is very young"
"Prefer 'em young" said Doctor
Max. 'Willing to learn at that age.
You'll have to watch her, though. You'll
have all the internes buzzing around,
neglecting business"
Miss Gregg rather fluttered. She
was divided between her diSapprOval
of internes at all times and of young
prObatiOners generally, and her allie
glance to the brilliant surgeon whose
word was rapidly becoming law in the
hospital. When an emergency Of the
cleaning-up called her away, doubt
still in her eyes, Wilson was left alone
with Miss Harrison.
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is wide enough for perfect freedom
yI,ifhouf oI11rocinocc

is wide enough for perfect freedom
without clumsinesS.
This sort of a suit will call for more
cleverness on the part of the tailor
than does the straight, shapeless Nor
folk sort of model, which with many
variations has been so popular. 1t. will.
too, call for more shapeliness on the
part of the wearer. A disinclination to
give up q comfort which has, with
fashions encouragement, led to utter
ly careless, unbeautiful and unhealth-
full slOuchiness Of figure, will preserve
certain percentage of tailored CO.'S
tunes cut on the loose, straight lines,
and the high-collared models are a hap
py compromise. But where q CIR,
passes wearing one of the new tailored
suits with it's trimmer lines and more
pronounced curves adDliring glances
follow her, and in time :he leaven will
work.
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MIXED MarrIaoe,

The types will often play pranks
with what a reporter tries to say-as,
for example, in this extract from an
English newspaper: 'The bride, who
was given away by her father, wo1
dress of pale bridegroom. She was at
tended by the hat, and carried a bou'
quet, the gift of the pink taffeta silk
and a large dark-bIue bridegrOOms
two little nieces." No wonder, says
London Opinion, the large dark-blue
bridegroom turned pale!
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POTATO EMBARGO OFF.
Agricultural Department Expects

Agricultural Department Expects
Canadian Crop To Lower Price.
Washington.-The first step of the
Department of Agriculture toward a
policy expected to reduce prices on
food. staple was taken when the en-
barge on Canadian potatoes was or
dered lifted. Shipments of potatoes.
1t was explained, must be certified by
shippers to be as sound as is COM
mercially practicable and to contain
no more than 10 per cent. of tubers
showing traces Of disease.
Middletown transcript., 1916-12-09

The Pages-that is, Sidney,
her mother and her Aunt Har-
riet-take X. LeMoyne, a strange
young man, as a roomer because
they need the money. The addi-
tion to the family is mutually
satisfactory and presently Sid
ney, who is eighteen, finds her.
self one evening telling LeMoyne
that she doesn't believe she will
marry Joe Drummond, her child
hood sweetheart, after all. In
stead, she decides to become a
trained nurse-noW that Aunt
Harriet has opened a dressmak-
ing shop downtown-so she goes
to ask DR.. Max Wilson, old FAM
lily acquaintance, to get her into
the hospital. And this X. Le-
Moyne, he's lovely and polite and
all, but there's something dread
fully mysterious about him.
Suddenly whole new phase of
life opens upon Sidney. Just
read about it in this instaIIment.
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Emit Iuice Used in Milk.

Juice Of the fruit Of the massaran-
duba tree, found plentifully in Brazil.
is used in many neighbOrhOOds in
place of cows milk. 1t is sweet TO
the taste and milky in appearance, but
after "a hours it turns into an elas-
tic mass similar to rubber in its raw
state. The fruit possesses nourishing,
pectoral and emollient properties.