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New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
MONGOLIA IS SUNK
 IN SHALLOW WATER
Tips Of P. and 0. Liners Masts
 Pr0trude Above Sea

Sydney. Australia, Sept. 14.-Sur- vivors of the sinking of the Peninsu- lar and Oriental Company's steamshi D Mongolia by a German mine off Bonn bay on June 23 have arrived here with further details of the disaster, which cost the lives of about 20 white persons and Lascars. The survivors stories Indicate that the mine was one placed by the German raider Wolff. The Mongolia sank within 20 minutes. in water so shallow that the tips of the masts remained unsub- merged.
 Australians on the vessel included Brigadier General Sir Robert McC. Anderson and Lady Anderson of Syd- ney; Major Norman Robertson and Mrs. Robertson of Sydney and Jus tice Booth of western Australia. Gen. eral Anderson had been on military duty in England and Major Robert son in Egypt. They agreed that had the Mongolia struck the mine at night instead of midday the loss of life would have been heavier.
 .''The wireless apparatus was shat tered by the explosion and we. were helpless" said Sir Robert. Al though the lifeboats had everything aboard-biscuits and water-demand- ed by the board of trade regulations if we had been unlucky enough to have been out for some days there would have been a greater number of deaths
 There were two deaths in my boat. One of these was from burns. Life boats sh ould be equipped with hos pital chest and frst-aid outfit, and I think a proportion should be fitted with engines With ordinary life boats it is not always possible to reach a man in time. We had one poor chap taken by a shark"
 51 Adrift in Gale ..
 When we took our places where our lifeboat should have been." said Mrs. Robertson,' there was none. Tt had, not been launchd because it's crew had been killed in the engine room. Some passengers and others tried to launch it but were driven off by escaping steam. which was worse than the explosion. The captain called to us to get into another boat. As three of the men were getting into this boat their fingers were caught in block and taken off. In entering the boat someone knocked out the rudder and sail, so there was noth- ing for us to do but drift about. Then a monsoon sprang up and there were 51 of us in a. boat intended to hold 46. After having drifted ten hours we managed to attract the attention of a coolie boat by hoisting a woman's white underskirt flag wise on an oar"
 Justice Booth said that the whites, including several women, and the Lascars were crowded into the boat in which he and Mrs. Robertson were He added: We had a number of hadly-wounded men with us and no medicine chest. There were no white officers in our boat no white sailors and no one to direct us or tell us what to do. It was luck more than anything else that we were not all drowned.' In this boat as in others, wounds were bandaged with pieces of feminine underwear.
 The Mongolia's Lescar crew were criticised by the passengers. "They rushed the boats," said Sir Robert Anderson, "and their next act was to rush the biscuits They would not row, put up sails Or do anything else"
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
yENTR.Es TO WHISTLE.

Alvah Ventres, The Berlin Black smith" who is matched to meet F. Ivan Kid" Benjamin of Plainville in Turner hall Saturday evening Octo- Der 6, will tackle Jack Raymond of Boston, claiming to be the middle weight champion of New England, at the Berlin fair tom evening. The match will be to a finish, winner take all. The bout will start at S:3O o'clock.
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14
xz4AANS u<AH6 R4R1D FIRE 6UN1641N57 AV57R1N3.

All of the accounts of the fighting 'on the Austro-Italian border tell of he work of the Italian artillery. While the heavy work is done, of .ourse. by the huge guns transported with so much difficulty up the noun ain sides which form the most
New Britain herald., 1917-09-14

dlf11cult battle-ground in Europe," the rapid fire guns like the one in the picture have their honorable share Tn the lighting. This depicts Italians serving mitrailleuse or rapid fire gun.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11
WHITE FRoCKS FOR STREET
Revival Of Muslin, Wolfe and Chiffon
New and Unexpected Feature of
Seasons Fashions.

It is difficult to remember when
| white frocks were worn on city streets
in the summer as they are now. The
revival of muslin, wolfe and chiffon In
| dead white, with the addition of a huge
straw hat to give color to the costume
through its chaplet of flowers, is a
| striking note this summer, says a New
York correspondent.
The checked and striped ginghams,
the wool jerseys, embroidered in col
ored or metal threads, the Scotch plaid
skirts with coats of solid color, are fea-
lures of fashion with which we have
been familiar since May 1, but the re-
vival of white frocks for all the af-
fairs that are taking place in the
dty's life is something quite new and
unexpected.
Along with these white gowns are
launched allurlng ones Of Powered
muslins, Irish dimities and figured
voiles. At any one of the smart res
taurants at the lunch hour a large ma
jority of women look as If they were
dressed for garden parties. Short
skirts, slightly draped flounces, over
skirts, simple bodices and cape collars
Of muslin are exploited in the kind Of
lowered design which we associate
with tea under the trees.
Sashes in pale blue, citron, hello
trope and deep yellow have come back
into the picture of clothes. They are
made of satin, t~affeta, and, often, Of
chiffon. They are wrapped around the
waist once or twice and tied in the
traditional bow and ends at the back,
or looped in Easter fashion at the
side.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11

The most remarkable event Of the
present season was the great "Foire
de st. Sulplce," organized by the Fran
co-American Committee of the "Se-
cours de Guerre." This wonderful fete
was held in the courtyard of the old
Seminaire st. Sulpice and it attracted
immense crowds, says Italia De VII
liers, a Paris correspondent.
Some of the dresses worn at this
notable fete were lovely. None of
them were really elaborate or intri-
cate in design, for 1t Is not considered
correct nowadays to wear elaborate
gowns, but the outline of the moment
is essentially picturesque and becom-
ing. Fragile materials and long,
straight lines made all the beautiful
women look like goddesses.
For example, take the exquisite cos
tune by Worth which was worn by the
Contesse de Chabrilan, and which !
have sketched. The material Of the
quaint, short-waisted dress was soft
white tussor silk and the long coat was
composed of white silk jersey cloth and
pure white wolfe.
The border of jersey cloth "a rich
ly embroidered in the same silk on the
transparent voile which formed the
loose sleeves. With this costume a
fat-brimmed hat in leghorn straw was
worn and a little bit of rich color was
introduced on the band which circled
the high crown in the guise of a cluster
of ripe cherries.
I want you to pay special attention
to the outline of this wolfe and jersey
cloth coat. 1t is one of the latest mod
els of our greatest dressmaker and II
indicates the styles which will prevail
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11
NEW USE FOR GIRDLE NOW
Not Designed, Like Those of Other
Days, to Hold Material in Posi-
ton About Waist.

There are interesting examples
where the belt has a fringe, or at least
a fringe attempt, made of hanging me-
dalllons or coins of graduated length.
In this there is a resemblance to the
girdle of the chatelaine, from which
hung the keys of the castle or the more
humble dwelling, betokening the sta
ton of the wearer of the girdle.
There is this difference between the
girdles of other days and those Of the
present: The former were meant to
tighten in the material about the waist
and to hold it In position and prevent
the lower part of the garment dragging
on the ground.
Now the girdle does not touch the
waist at all, but is posed below it and
has no mission whatever as regards the
adjustment of the dress material. Its
object is to accentuate the long lines
now popular, and SO long as 1t does
this In a manner to enhance its own
decorative quality nothing more is re-
quired Of 1t.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11

Of calico, but the greater number were
entirely naked to the waist. The faces
and bodies of the men were, almost
without an exception, Enthusiastically
painted, the predominant color being
deep red, with occasionally a few
stripes of dull clay white around the
eyes and mouth. , The squaws,
of which there were about twenty,
were dressed very much like the men,
and at a little distance could hardly
be distinguished from them. Among
them was an old, superannuated crone,
who. soon after her arrival, had been
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11
DRAIN PIPE UMBRELLA STAND
Great Convenience Where Space Is
Limited, and Can Be Made At
tractiVe When Treated Properly.

A %drain-plpe umbrella stand is no
new idea, bat a stand of this kind is
a great convenience in a small hall
where there is no space for a larger
article, and also a drain pipe is not
expensive to buy.
The sketch shows a pipe treated In
a novel and very pretty that
will appeal to those who are artistical-
ly inclined, and, incidentally, decorat-
ing drain pipes in the way illustrated
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11

during the coming autumn and winter.
absolutely straight lines and the
sleeves are quite loose, the fragile ma
terials of which they are composed pre-
venting any appearance of heaviness.
This model would be lovely copied
in black silk jersey cloth and black
wolfe, or in deep blue charmeuse, with
dull silver embroideries and blue crepe
de chine.
The hat shown in this sketch is one
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11
PRIMITIVE DECORATIONS

Townsend, an early Western trav-
eler, tells that one day he met about
a hundred Indians of the Sac tribe.
"They were dressed and decorated in
the true primitive style, their heads
shaved closely, and painted with alter
nate stripes Of fiery red and deep
black, leaving only the long scalping
tuft, in which vas interviewer a guam
tity of elk hair and eagles feathers.
Each man was furnished with q good
blanket, and some had an underdress
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11

learn from his easy lope the proper articulation of the hip joints. From the
birds W. may learn the flying rhythm, and n sings as on flies. There are
many animal rhythms that we might study with much profit"
Miss DuFour was n of three speakers at the Arts club lawn party the
others being ossp Perahma, Russian portrait painter, and Edwin Calow,
singer
The talk of Mr.. Peralma contained as much patriotism as art, and he
made frequent reference to the bonds of fellowship uniting this country and
the lev Russia.
"This Arts club is a wonderful cradle of progress" said the Russian, "fr
capitals. Washington is the great ideal which stands for liberation Of op
pressed peoples. America has gone into the wal to help humanity, to see
that these great ideals do not perish"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11
Ostrich Trlmmlna.

Now there is a big fad for ostrich.
While ostrich has always been in de-
mand more or less, sometimes for a
fan, a boa or trimming for a hat,
there has never been a time within
years when the feathery product of
the ostrich was e upon hat, shoulder
cape and bag all at the same time.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11
LINES ARE SIMPLE

Of the latest models. You will notice
that the crown is quite high and large;
also that the hat is practically un-
trimmed. This model in fine felt will
be a feature of the autumn season.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11

might prove a remunerative occupation
for the spare time of anyone who is
proficient in painting flowers.
The exterior Of the pipe is first COW
cred with cream-colored or white en-
amel, and then the floral design al be
painted upon it with oil colors. The
pipe from which the sketch vas made
was decorated with iris; only the side
which is visible need be painted upon.
There are, of course, many other
suitable floral designs that might be
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11
Intense Heat Makes Life Miserable at Capital

and heavily, forging history So fast are events moving and with such ur
gency that never in Washingtons history was so much work being done at
such high pressure.
Great capitalists and manufacturers u around from office to office in
their shirt sleeves, enthusiastic a 8 boys. Thwarted, puz1edlooking con-
gessmen go angrly along, mutterng to themselves, with their constituents
following. What kind of government institution is this-without congress
sonal patronage?
The Willard, the shoreham, the Raleigh look like the Hotel Astoria in
Petrograd during the war. The same military men in American, Russian,
Belgian, French, English uniforms-the same gentlemen with something to
sell to the government.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11

he oom beyond" The boy rose,p picked up his suitcase, and walked into the
next room. He a embarrassed.
Mr.. Aswel called the head waiter. Then he called all the'waters in the
room. He demanded apologies from the waiter and from the head waiter,
and the latter he sent scurryng after the sailor with a invitation to return
and be served.
"And serve him in proper style" shouted Mr.. Aswen. "Give him every
thing he wants, and then give lie the bill"
The boy was a recruit. He IA N his way to join his ship somewhere
on the Atlantic" He had only a few minutes 20 catch his train, he said, and
had merely dropped in for a cup of coffee. He politely declined the invita-
ton of Mr.. Aswen to be his guest at dinner.
"Lookee here" said the Louisiana member, to the waiter, don't you ever
do that again. You caused mi t, lose my temper for the first time in four
years"
The waiter promised he never again would permit himself to be caught
doing anything that could be construed a a reflection upon the uniform of
the navy or the army.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11

ways Ut IHt Cut, lHt IL6
frog, the bear, and the birds.
"All the world is rhythmic except
man." said Miss DuFour. "He alone
is out of harmony, and the rhythmic
dance is the way to put him in tune.
We should go to the cat to learn to
loosen the bones of the spine; to the
caterpillar to learn to curl up and I'M
curl from the center; to the frog to
learn the proper articulation of the
leg.
owe shorld 90 To the hnnr to
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11
To Save SILK Hose.

Before wearing silk hose rub a little
wax on each toe and heel, where the
wear comes, and repeat after each
laundering-so treated silk hose wear
we'll as cotton.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11

a generous sprinklng, but the first full force of the discharge took a colored
porter in the eye. A grandmotherly woman who wanted to see all the fun
and yet not suffer herself had the quick wit to open her umbrella and use it
Indian fashion q a shield.
In attempting to direct the hose at the burning awning the young man
turned 1t directly at a group gazing down from a window.
Then he let it flop back and it knocked a cigar out of the mouth of a
customer just coming from the cigar store. When he had finally exdngushed
the incipient blaze he a nonpussed as to how to shut off the flow and in
juggling the extnguisher gave himself an inverted shower bath, which he
took with a sangfrod that pleased the crowd, and he got a "hand"
But there was one person in the crowd that couldn't see anything funny
in the incident That wa a summer girl, whose gorgeous purple silk hosiery
were well sprinkled. She threatened to tell the police.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11

The Babylonian bricks were more
commonly burned in kilns than those
used at Nineveh, which were sun-drled,
like those Of the Egyptians,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11

presented with a broken umbrella. The
only use that she made of it was to
wrench the plated ends from the
w~halebones, string them on a piece of
wire, take her knife from her belt,
with which she deliberately cut a slit
of an inch In length along the upper
rim of her eur, and insert them in It."
Youths Companion.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11

trenched In the awning In front OF a
cigar store and was throwing up quite
q little smoke.
Dashing out of the door of the
cigar store came one of the clerks,
carrying n of these patent fire ex-
dnguishers that go to work as soon
as its top is turned where the bottom
usually is. In his haste, gripping the
top and bottom, the young man hap
pened to turn the extingulsher owe
and the fun began.
The crowd that had gathered got
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11

The coming Of the fall season brings
with It a stunning array of original
and smart afternoon costumes, Of
which the one shown above is the most
attractive.
The dress Is Of gray georgette CON-
bined with dark blue satin trimmed
with dark blue beading. The combina-
ton Is striking and most pleasing to
experienced eyes. The hat is Of blue
velvet with a facing Of gray gourka
feathers.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11

response from the management, saved
the situation. Mr.. Aswell, with a
party of friends in the restaurant, saw
a waiter order from the dining room a
boy not more than eighteen years old,
who vas wearing the uniform of a
United States seaman.
The boy had entered. the dining
room by the main entrance. He de-
posted his suitcase by the side of a
table and sat down.
The waiter approached him quick
ly, and said 1.-THE lunch counter is in
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11
Statesman Resents Insult to Nations Uniform

" AR clouds hung low and threateningly over the dining at the Wash
w ington Union station at the dinner hour. The firm diplomacy Of Repre-
sentative ], 3. Aswel Of Louisiana: howeyer. which met QUICK and favorable
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11
Arts Club Stirring Things Up at Washington

r HE Biblical injunction to Ego to the ant thou sluggard, consider his ways
4 and be WISE" has been improved on by Elise DuFour,. interpretive dancer,
who, In a brief talk to the Arts club: advised her auditors also to consider the
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11
Patent Fire Extinguisher Played No Favorite:

r HE experiences of Charlie Chaplin in the movies didn't have anything OF
i an Incident o Fourteenth street between G street and New York avenue
A cigarette butt, careessy thrown from an upper window, had become In
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11

used, and pink roses and green leaves
would look very pretty upon a cream
background.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1917-08-11

HE use of spies in war is as
old as war itself. The mod
ern German elaboration of
espionage, in time of peace
as well as war, among
neutrals as well as enemies,
is rather a reversion to type
than a step in progress, says
q writer In the Philadelnhia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-20
MOST OF NEW MEXICAN
CONSTITUTION APPROVED
Assembly to Change One Article So
as to Make Gen. Carranza Eli
gible at Coming Election.

QUERETARO. Mexico. January 20
The articles in the new constitution deal
ing with the presidency have been APP
proved by the constitutional assembly
with the exception OF the article which
provides that the president cannot have
been in the active service of the gov
eminent for ninety days before cleo
ton. This article was set aside with
the understanding that 1t be voted on
with a supplementary article explain
ing that the provisions did not apply
to the coming elections because of the
peculiar status of Gen. Carranza. the
first chief of the constitutional army.
The articles approved provide that
the president must be Mexican-born.
more than thirty-five years of age;
have lived in the country a year be-
fore the election, with no official con-
nection with any religious sect, and
be not a minister of any sect. and that
he be ineligible for reelection.
A man chosen to I'LL an unexpired
term cannot be elected for succeed
ing term. and an acting president can
not be elected for a succeeding term
II he is in office sixty days before his
election.
Congress must choose a president in
the event OF death or absence or a
vacancy from other causes and II con-
gress is not in session a permanent
commission shall choose a president
ad interim until congress can assem-
BILE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-20
FIXES MINIMUM STRENGTH
OF NATIONAL GUARD UNITS
Chief of Militia Bureau Announces
They Are to Be Equal to Those
of Regular Army.

According to a circular just issued by
Gen. william A. Mann. chief of the
militia bureau of the War Department
the minimum strength for units of the
National Guard will be the same as
that prescribed by the act of Congress
approved June 3. 1916. as set forth in
general orders No. so, War Depart
ment, September %. 1915. for the mini
mum (peace) strength of like units in
the regular army.
For such units of the National Guard
as are unable to obtain at once the
minimum strength prescribed for IKE
units of the regular army the mimi
mum strength, until June 30. 1918, Will
be as previously set forth.
On and after July 1, 1918. all units OF
the National Guard will be required to
maintain the minimum strength re-
aured for like units of the regular
army.
The maximum strength at which Ma
tional Guard organizations in the
United States shall be maintained IN
time of peace shall be the minimum
(peace) strength of the regular army
Particular organizations in the United
States may be authorized by the Secre-
tary of War, upon application to the
militia bureau, to be enlisted to the
maximum strength authorized by the
act of Congress approved June ). 1916
National Guard organizations estab'
lished outside the continental limits O.
the United States are authorized Il
maintain maximum strength.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-20

visit his grandmother during the
Christmas holidays. He is now at the
age of ten and has an appetite of
prodigious size, and his folks are in
constant dread of his eating himself
into a state OF paralysis. AS the orig
inal masticating marvel with the mas
todonic nav he holds his own in all
Juvenile contests for expert trencher-
men and when it comes to asking for
more, oliver Twist was but piker.
Upon the return from the home of his
grandmother Harry, fell i'll. and was
Immediately set down as having:
First-Pneumonia.
Second-Appendiciti
Third-Scarlet fever.
Fourth-Bilious attack.
Wise physicians bowed their heads
over him and read thermometers which
they stuck into his mouth at intervals.
His fever ran up to untold heights and
his mother was worried. Several dag
noses were made, but finally the youth
did his own diagnosing. and this was it:
Mother. l wish we were so rich we
had turkey every day. Up at grand
mas they have turkey all the time and
for breakfast Jennie brings in buck
wheat cakes in a stack that high lin
dicating large proportions-about a
foot and a halD, and grandma and
Aunt Helen and Uncle Norris they al