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Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
ORCHID ICE CREAM COMMON
II Does Not Bear That Arstocratc
Title but Goes by the Very Pie
beian Name of Vanilla.

Very few of us would ever think of
ordering orchid ice cream without a
little tremor Of the pOcketbook, for
everyone knows that the orchid is the
most expensive of flowers. But there
are thousands of persons who eat Or
child Ice cream daily. Although they
probably have not been aware of the
distinction, it is none the less fact.
OF course the ice cream is not ordered
by the aristocratic name of orchid.
On the contrary, it bears the very pie
beian name of vanilla
There are said to be no less than
$1,000 varieties of orchid scattered
over the earth All of them have the
peculiar artificial beauty and the
haunting OdOr that seem inseparabe
from this flower, which looks almost
as though it were a product of an un-
healthy condition in nature. OF all
these $4,000 varieties, only one has any
practical value, and that is the one
from which vanilla comes. The plant
grows abundantly in South and Cen
trail America, and has been transplant
ed to other tropical countries, where
1t Is now flourishing
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
WILL TRAIN CITY MANAGERS
Course Which Is First Of the
Kind in This Country.

Kansas is preparing to establish In
its state university four-year course
in city management. the first Of its
kind to be established in the country.
When q man, or a woman either, Is
graduated from this course he will
have had thorough training in every
department Of city affairs except poll
tics, and will go out to help run cities
as trained man goes into factory
or business. Prof. F. w. Blackmar,
who is head of the economics depart
ment and has been instructed to pre-
pare the details of the course, had this
to say concerning the need for such
school:
"No man can manage business un-
less he has thorough understanding
of it's nature. The man who manages
city ought to be as experienced as
an engineer, or a teacher. Why can
not universities train men for manag-
ing cities as well as 1t can for other
professions? That is what we propose
to do. The course of study for train
ing city managers should be about one
half the ordinary classroom and lee
ture work and the rest laboratory in
vestigation into the actual needs of
operation"
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
TO WEAR ON COOL EVENINGS
Wraps That Will Be Needed Now
the Days Are Shortening.

One of the pretty novelties for
house and porch wear is a decorative
cape to throw over the shoulders.
In these days of all too thin dress
tops, and the consequent disappear
ance Of sufficient underclothing over
the chest and back, such wraps are
necessary on cold days or in the chill
Of the summer evening.
One Of these capes is made of about
two yards of wide pink and white
striped material, with V cut out of
the center of the back so the stripes
come in points together and the mate
rial thus becomes slightly draped. The
lowest fold in the back is weighted by
q Chinese tassel; so are the front ends.
The cape is lined with plain pink
China silk.
Another cape to wear over the thin
topped waist or dress Is cut from a
shorter piece of cloth-about one and
aaeiialf yards.
This scarf is lined with a contrast
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
Paris Presents
Various Designs

New York.-This Is vastly exciting
time in the fashion zone. 1t is not
alone exciting because women want
new clothes for q new season, but for
the more important reason that COM
merce in this country is entirely en-
tangled in the industry Of clothes.
A question as to what will be worn
is supposed to concern itself with wom-
ans vanity. Never was there such a
foolish conclusion. The question of
what will be worn is inextricably
mixed up with the lives of millions
of industrial workers in this country,
and upon It's judicious adjustment de-
pend the bread and butter, the happi-
ness and the ability to be free from
nervous depression of thousands of
men too old or too young to fight and
thousands Of women who have not the
leisure to offer their services to war
relief.
1t Is curious thing that the woman
who wants to know, even through an
assumed indifference, whether her coat
and skirts arc in fashion, should be so
densely ignorant of the vast ramifica-
tiOns Of fashions into the innermOSt
recesses of American life.
No one laughs at fashions in Paris
No one takes them lightly. Every one
regards them as a supreme branch Of
French industry that brings welfare
to millions. Each artist takes his or
her designs for new clothes under seri-
GUS consideration, and the state ac-
cords them the merit or demerit that
they deserve.
Now, what have these great de-
signers done for America this season?
That is the leading question among the
the dressmakers, the mil
lions Of woman workers in the in
tlustry of clothes. the mills, the manu-
facturers. the importers and the ex-
porters.
We know that the styles for the |
autumn have been settled, but the
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
WATER VESSELS FOR CHICKS
Protection of Some Kind Should Be
Arranged to Keep Dirt Out Dur
ing Summer Months.

The drinking fountains which will
do for chicks during the cool spring
months, when germ life is less abun-
dant, will need watching, scaldinc and
cleansing by summing. during the hot
months. If they are the kind into
whic! the chicks climb with their feet
put :. brick in, if nothing better of.
fers. Shallow milk pans or deep pie
tins make good drinking fountains. if
protected from the chicks. Some breed
ers have a wire platform, on wire legs.
which they put over the pan, and the
chicks drink between the wires. 9th
ers use slat or cover the center of the
pan. In the house where chicks are
large enough to reach up or fly up, put
the drinking vessel on a shelf.
Whenever the vessel is filled. rinse
it thoroughly. Fine dust settles in the
bottom of any vessel, and this in time
becomes Shiny and germ-laden. Atten-
ton to the cleanliness and the placing
OF the drinking vessels is great help
towards keeping the chicks well.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
PRETTY Exterior Finish Effects.

Beveled siding, shingles and brick
are used to finish the exterior of many
houses now. The combination of these
materials does not produce a patch
finish, but they harmoEize beautifully.
The brick are used in the foundation
walls from grade to the sills, and in
the porch railing wall.
The sides of the house are finished
with beveled siding up to the second
floor, and with shingles the rest of the
way to the roof. If the shingles are
stained some fairly dark tint and the
beveled siding is painted some light
color or white, with the window sash
dark, the effect produced is very
pleasing.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29

! from the Cossacks of central Russia,
In direct contrast to these short, bril-
liant Slavic clothes, she has put out
a most dignified evening gown. The
skirt Is quite long, but without q train,
aRd the belt Is nearly over the hip
line. The top part of the skirt has
the tightnesS Of the days of the Renais-
sance, and judging by the many things
that Lanvin is doing as we'll as other
French dressmakers, it looks as though
the loose blouse in any form will soon
belong to day that Is done.
This is not startling news to the
American woman, because the smartly
dressed young women have been
adopting the tight bodice and the long.
tight sleeves in their summer clothes.
even making them of gingham and
especially of jersey cloth.
Lanvin also exploits the large waist
coat in various materials, to be worn
under a coat suit and to serve as q
blouse or jerkin when the coat is re-
moved.
The hats she produces with these
gowns are often small of brim. She
clings to the Russian effect, but she
mas introduced a small edition of the
Continental worn by Lafayette and
Washington.
(Copyrlght. 1917, by the Mcclure NeWspa.
per Syndicate.)
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
When God Probes

God loves us too much to let what
would hurt us stay with us. So, be-
cause of this love, he himself is will
ing to hurt us in order to save us from
the greater hurt. Probing Is done In
order to get rid of something that
would injure. And so, as Prebendary
Webster has said: "Do not be afraid
OF Gods probing. He never wounds
except to heal. He never humbles ex-
cept to exalt. Do let God deal with
you; do not be afraid of his probing"
Most of us have been afraid of it; we
may be dreading it just now. We shall
not fear if we remember what kind of
love is back of it: that all-sacrificing
love that died for us on the cross. So
we can safely, gladly let ourselves 20
utterly into his hands and ask those
nail-pierced hands to do with us what
they will. Then he can begin to show
US his love as we may never yet have
known the meaning Of love.-Sunday
School Times.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29

masses do not know what each de-
signer has done and what each great
fashion establishment has sponsored.
To begin with, Paul Poiret has again
opened his house, to show models.
That interesting little sign that went
up over his house on the Avenue
d'Antin, which was also placed on
many other doors, saying that the
place would be closed until the end
Of the war, has been taken down.
France may have foreseen a long war,
but her people felt that things would
come to crisis before the fourth year
broke
WaistIne Below Normal.
Poiret is always important; there
fore, what he shows is of interest. To
begin with, he features the waistline
which Is dropped below the normal,
in the Oriental manner. There Is very
little that would ever appeal to Poiret
in the first and second empire fash
ions. He is strongly barbaric in what
he does. He has a genius for fabrics.
He knows the art of weaving and dye
ing better than most artists in Paris
do, and he has special places that work
out his ideas. Therefore, he has been
able to make frocks in the new kind
Of plush which will be very hard to
get in this country, but which will be
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
Particeps Criminis.

Into a Chicago police court man
was hailed charged with the theft of
an umbrella.
"What have you to say for your
self?" asked the magistrate. "Are you
guilty or not guilty?"
"Well," said the accused, "T guess
l am one Of the guilty parties, Your
Honor. The umbrella had the name
OF M. Barker on the handle, w. T.
Morgan stamped on the inside Of the
cover and l stole it from this man
here. whose name is Higgins. Case
and Comments.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
A Reasonable Supposition

The farmer alleged a freight train
Of the defendant company had hit one
of his mules. Nov, Mr.. JONES'" said
the attorney for the corporation to the
aggrieved party, who occupied the wit
ness stand, will you kindly tell the
court whether or not your mule was
CT the track, the property of the de-
fendant, when hit by the train?"
well, sir" replied Mr.. Jones, 81 didn't
witness the occurrence, but 1 suppose
things must have been about as you
say. This was a pretty bright mule
and reckon if that train had took out
after him in the woods which fringe
their track there where he was killed
he would have got behind a tree
Macon Telegraph.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29

ing color and has no dressmaking be-
yond catching the material together
under the arm by pert little taffeta
bow and curving the hem from there
down to the center front and back.
Still another model is closed and
goes on over the head, buttoning on
by two buttons aad loops on the
elongated slash down over each shoul-
der. This can be made of chiffon
cloth or satin, and there is no open.
ing Tor the arms except two big circu-
lar holes, cut in the sides, to which
wide applied satin cuffs are added
winch form sort Of short sleeve.
The hem of this slip-over, which
comes almost to the knees, is cut full.
but is gathered in slightly to seven
inch band of the satin.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
Trade DEVELOPMENT Profitable.

The competition Of cities to secure
trade for their manufacturers, whole
salers and jobbers is particularly keen.
The development of package car serv-
ice, the expediting of merchandise, the
extension of trade territory through
cooperative effort in shipments and
the covering Of districts, the quick ad-
justment of claims, the generating of
enthusiasm for certain communities
as trade centers-this work is vigor-
ously and persistently carried on by
chambers of commerce, with field sec
retaries, trade magazines and trade
trips, and the money spent in this
work returns a hundred fold in new
accounts and increased orders.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29

desired because 1t has been featured
by few of the great French dress
makers. The fabric is difficult to de-
scribe, because 1t owes everything to
its manner of weaving.
Poiret uses an unusual amount Of
black and white and brings back
quantities Of black and white jet Law
ishly arranged on frockS with Slavic
or Oriental tendency.
His evening gowns feature the high
line at the neck, which he has always
sponsored. His wife, beautiful woman
who wore his clothes better than any
one else. always adopted the evening
gown which showed only two or more
inches of the neck and dropped in
flexible line to low belt.
POiret will never give up the skirt
that suggests Turkish trousers. 1t is
almost as much a symbol Of his work
as the flat, red rose that he used in his
MARITIME house decorations. He does
not object to the separate bodice OF
velvet that forms part of the evening
gown, although he has watched good
many other dressmakers use it since
he invented it nearly half dozen
years ago.
Lanvn Is Slavic.
There have been so many things In
common between Paul Poiret and
Jeanne Lanvin for so many years that
some dressmakers have insisted that
they are related or that the houses
are commercially connected. The per-
sonalities of these two designers in
France are as different as can be, even
beyond the fact that one is woman
and one is man.
Therefore, it is not surprising that
while Poiret clings to the sumptuous
effects of an exotic past, Lanvin also
continues to hammer upon the anvil
Of Slavic and Russian fashions.
She has gone to Serbia and Rou.
mania for inspiration and probably |
draws color, line or a suggestion
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
Aid in Threading Needle.

If you are troubled to thread
needle take white envelope, stick the
needle through, draw it down until eye
is visible and you will thread the
needle like magic; the white surface of
the paper sets the eye into relief as if
it were magnified. An envelope is
better than paper, as it holds the
needle more securely.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
Retail Interests Benefited.

Through chamber of commerce work
the retail interests in community are
brought together to work together for
Improvement in local methods of mer-
chandising, for investigation and
elimination Of "fy-by-night" concerns
and fraudulent advertisers. Credit bu
reaus are often maintained, and truth
full advertising is thing insisted
upon. Universal trading conditions To-
caily are considered and worked out,
not only for the protection of the re-
tail stores, but for the protection Of
the Customer.
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Useful for Mendina.

A smooth. thin board, IS inches in
lengh and 6 inches wide at one end,
tapering to 2 inches at the other, is
great help in the sewing room. Slip
yokes, sleeves, trousers legs, etc., over
it for mending or patching. 1t Is far
more satisfactory than a darning ball
for darning the legs of stockings.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
S. PER DAY EASILY MADE
Sound Logic.

Mamma said five-year-Old boy
the other day, aren't there any other
senses 'cept hearing, seeing, feeling,
tasting and smelling?"
mo, my child" answered the moth
er. "It is usually considered that these
five are enough"
"Well,' said the little one, with an
air of deep conviction, 81 s'pose talk
ing would be called sense if there
wasn't so much nonsense about it,
PearsOn'S.
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Good for Him.

One Indianapolis woman is in favor
of the war-and what it means to GER
tain folk. She wrote to Harry B.
Smith, adjutant general, urging that
'if the draft board calls for any more
men, l wish you would see that they
call for Cher husband)."
Then the letter gave his address and
his registration number.
"He is stout and healthy and doesn't
do any work, and 1 think it would be
good for him." the letter concluded
Indianapolis News
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
The Karat.

The weight used by goldsmiths in
gauging the quality of gold apart from
the alloy-namely, karat-is derived
from that of the seed Of an Abyssin-
ian karat-fiower, which, being exceed
ingly uniform in size, were employed
in weighing gold and precious stones.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
House Numbers on curbs.

The house numbers at Pasadena,
CAL, are placed on the curb in front
of each residence, conspicuous num-
bers being placed on white rectangle.
At the street crossing the names Of the
streets are painted on the curbs.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
All Acted AEout Same,

care you sure he Is crazy, doctor"
"You are his wife; you ought to
know" "But I've been married twice
before, and I thought he acted about
the same as the others. Life.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
MOTHER!

Have you ever used MOTHERS JOY
SALVE for Colds, Coughs, Group and
Pneumonia, Asthma, and Head Ca
tarrh? If you haven't get it at once.
It will cure you.-Adv.
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29

Dora, I am go
ing to clean some
things in gasO-
line. Don't light
the stove until
I'm through eau
toned Helen. ...
Il was just go
in to put OH an
iron for them
dOilies," grum :
bled Dora, who
never took an or
der without some
objection.
2xuvy ~
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
Cruel Hint.

"Are those field glasses any good?"
Indeed they are; you can even see
Bob's new mustache with them on
clear days"
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29

Here two evening
dinner frock
that turns into pockets and there
IN ragged points the ankles the
embroidered the lower sleeves yellow
bodice finished with loose band
lace Of purple
Middletown transcript., 1917-09-29
NOTHING SO EFFECTIVE AS ELIXIR
RABEK For Malaria. Chilla & Eeyer

Chief Of Police, J. W. Reynolds, Newport
News, Va, says: at is pleasure to recommend
BAbek for chills and fever. Have used it when
necessary for 20 years and have found no remedy
as effective" Elixir Babek so cents, all drug.
gists, or by Parcel Post, prepaid, from Koczew.
ski d Co., Washington D. c.
a Good Move-Babek Liver Pills.
50 pills Is centa
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-30
LORD NoRTHCLIFFE oN THE U. s.

Lord Northcliffe, British journalist and empire watchdog, writes in the Metropolitan for May on "A Friendly Talk About Your Out-of-Date Govern. ment," referring to the United States.
 Northcliffe says the British gov ernment represents all classes of the community better than the American government, and makes some good points in substantiating his claims.
 After mentioning long list If men prominent in the British govern meat who arose from the common people-including Premier Lloyd George, Welsh commoner without college education-he remarks that the British government can be busted by the people at any time if its poli-j cies do not conform to the will of the
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-30
WOODEN SHIPS FAIL.

One of the early ideas of America, conceived as soon as it entered the war against Germany, has been dis carded. This was the belief that some 5000 wooden ships, built in hurry and small enough to insure slight loss per ship sunk, would prove a match for the submarines.
 The idea that has taken the place of small wooden ships is that small steel ships will be just as effectiv ! and, if standardized, can be con- structed just as quickly. They will constitute more lasting merchant marine after the war ends. also, which might have influenced the goH- ernment in looking with favor upon their construction.
 Whether wooden or steel, however, more and quicker action is needed, There is evidence that there is too much talk and not enough move.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-30
BANQUET IN REUNION 0F OLD CLASSMATES 
Graduates of Annunciation Academy Gather at Alma
 Mater For Yearly Feast

With J. Frank Franey acting in most capable manner as the toast master, and with 5 members and guests of the organization at the tables, the annual banquet of Annun- citation academy alumni was held last night, at the academy.
 The arrangements for the yearly gathering of the former pupils of the academy had been perfected by the committee of the alumni, and when the dinner guests arrived, they found the tables most tastefully arranged, displaying the alumni colors of blue and white, and decorated with An nunciation lilies and beautiful swe t peas. ug '. 5nf
 Music by the Annunqiation academy orchestra was 8 delightfully."- pleasing feature of the evening, and the fol lowing program of toasts was carried out.:
 Welcome address, Mrs w. D. Jones, Small Cheek and Great Welcome"
 Greetings to Alumni" Miss Annie Bedding, Standing with Reluctant Feet. Here the Brook and River Meet"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1917-05-30
NO PLACE FOR kAlSERlTES
 IN IT c

There is no place, except the pris- ons, in the United States for the kaiserites.
 The people who are eXerting them selves in opposition to compliance with the selective draft act are dan gerous. They are either sympathiz- ers-pefhaps agents of the Prussian gcvernment-or persons of warped ideas. In either case, they constitute menace, and should be placed where they can do no harm.
 This is no time to tolerate speech or action that is disloyal to the United States. At this time people are eith sr Americans, or they are enemies of the country.
 The worst harm that most of those urging resistance of the draft act will do is to get some foolish follower of their advice thrown into prison.
 Make no mistake. The man ove: 21 and under 31 years of age who at tempts to evade regist; ation will be prosecuted by the fede, al authorities. And any who may conuive at evasion will also be prosecuted.
 Not all who register will be drafted on the first call. Less than one out of 20 will be required to make up the number desired on the initial sum- mons.
 The sensible, safe and patriotic thing for every man subject to regis tration to do is register on June 5.
 Any person who advises otherwise should be reported to the authorities. Uncle Sam will do the rest.