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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-16
 Model from PaYolS with aDraped ParsI4y collaro and Ru55lanL LIne5 that are GroaCet'ul
thing less distinguished than silk in


 its seams!
 The smart little shantung suit il- lustrated is stitched in rows with green silk, the buttons are of green composition and the collar, turning over a wide, stitched collar of shan tung, of green faille matinee. This separate silk collar is a new idea and a good one. It adds note of contrast which is valuable in trimming, and it protects the jacket collar of light-col- ored material. The shantung suit IS accompanied by buttoned white boots with the new low tops, for as skirts grow longer boot-tops grow lower. What use in matching silk stockings carefully to the costume if they never, never reveal themselves?
 Two mohair suits are numbered among the illustrations today; one a model in dark blue with very interest ing bell sleeves, and the other, of green mohair and worsted mixture, with a Paisley collar Neither of these suits show the barrel skirt, which has not yet taken America by storm, though one should be on the lookout for it by March first Most of the new spring suits over here have simple, straight skirts, gathered or pleated into the belt and falling just over the top of the buttoned walking boot. The blue mohair suit has a pleated skirt, the green model skirt of gored shape, slightly gathered at the belt! The blue suit is trimmed with Roumanian em- broidery motifs, set under the ma terial and the jacket is slashed at either hip to show an underlay of silk pjeating. The bell sleeve with it's dainty frill of white scalloped null is especially pretty, and there is nar- row, ripple collar of the scalloped null
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bottom, in the center of each circular side. Black silk sofa pillows, orS cushions as one calls them, these days
 are especially fashionable and the black cushion fits into the color scheme of almost any room. For a brown library or living room, have cushions of deep gold silk, with one cushion of black silk and perhaps one of deep blue if there is blue vase or anything else in the room to echo the blue note. Do not decorate sofa cushions with embroidery or gold braid but allow plenty of silk for each cushion cover; for the more shirrings, cordings and shirred tucks there are, the better. If a day-bed is very wide, one or two large, square cushions of dark-colored velour may be placed against the wall at the back and the shirred silk cushions posed against them
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and usually with some sentiment ex- pressing the sorrow of those who mourn it's loss. ,A
 Many of the monuments are really very handsome and costly; one in marble and granite for instance, erected in memory of a spaniel whose replica in marble crouches on. the granite shaft. The cost of burial is from $5 to $10, depending on the size of the animal, and the price includes boxing, shipping and interment. One must obtain burial certificate just as in an ordinary cemetery. Not only, dogs, but cats and even baby lions lie at rest under the trees in this unique cemetery, and the grounds are care- fully cared for, many of the graves showing flowers and shrubs tastefully arranged. There are folk who may sheer and scoff at the idea of this cemetery for dead animals; but those, who have had the service and great love and self-sacrificing devotion of a dog through the years of it's life, can not but rejoice that these faithful friends, much loved and often deeply mourned, may now be honored with resting place of dignity and per- manence.
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kingdom of sport this year. At any rate all striped parasols\ are called sport parasols, and band-trimmed parasols are supposed to be for formal use. In a department store window where several new parasols are dis played this week, is very striking blue and white model-a parasol that will stand out by itself in any crowd because cf it's color. The blue is a wonderful peacock blue, polka dotted with white and bands of it are set into the white taffeta parasol cover from edge to center, each band be- coming narrower as it approaches the top. The handle is of black wood with a huge silk tassel in the peacock blue
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-16
CONCERNING SOFA CUSHIONS

IA EXT to lampshades, sofa cushions h have perhaps as much decorative
 U A value as anything that goes in a room. Furniture may be old-fashioned
 and bric brac may be of that trying early Victorian sort that is best rele- gated to- the top shelf of the store room, but lampshades and sofa cushions, if smart and up-to-date, will do wonders in transforming living room or drawing room. Just at pres ent the fashionable lampshade is not bell-shaped, but mushroom shaped, rather flat than deep and with a slope of about sixty degrees instead of the sharp forty-five degrees that used to be the mode. These shades are of gold colored, deep blue or rose hued silk with silk fringe-bead fringes on lamp shades seem to have gone out since beads have attached them
 selves to costumes. When a room is lighted at night the lanlpsbade is the
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~HERE seem to be two opinions A about spring tailored wear The
 French couturiers insist that it
 shall be entirely frivolous and fanciful, and the American manufac- turers believe that simplicity and graceful Ines-and- rather mannish effects-are going to prevail. All of which goes to show that every woman had better provide herself with two new spring suits; one in the gay and coquettish Parisian style, and the oth- er-for sport and knockabout wear of chastened. strictly tailored type.
 You will want to hear about the Paris tailormades first. One always does-whether or not she decides to follow Paris absolutely. or will adapt her spring wardrobe to American needs by adopting more conservative American modes. Every French couturier has brought out tailored spring suit, considered in his, or her. estimation a pattern model for the coming season. Many of these suits have features in common, though ev- cry model shows some note of indi- vidual and personal genius originating in the mind of it's creator. For ex-
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born coquette can accomplish wonders
 with huff, or lorgnette, or even la teacup The observing Englishwom-
 an may have been right though one
 hates to admit it; the average Ameri-
 can woman carries a parasol as though
 she must because her costume de-
 mands it. and not as though she en- joys it particularly. The truth is that Englishwomen of the fashionable class
 lead a parasol existence-as one might put it-for many months of the year. They spend but a few months in town perhaps only a few weeks during the season; all the rest of the time they live in the country. Garden par ties and other affairs of the kind take place frequently. Even afternoon tea is enjoyed dout-of-doors-and the Eng | lishwoman has no shaded porch in front of her dwelling. She steps di- | rectly from the house to the lawn, OF to- a sunny terrace, and catches up a sunshade from the hall table as a mat
 ter of habit. The Englishwoman's s l sunshade is a part of her personality:
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son, so great is going to be the vogu of white boots and pumps.
 MOhair Suits Have High Favor.


 of white boots and pumps.
 Mohair Suits Have High Favor.
 The French couturiers have pro- nounced mohair among the super fashionables this season-though for the matter of that, Paris always favors this fabric for spring and autumn wear. This season, however, it bids fair to be especially smart and some of the daintiest skirt and jacket suits from Paris are of mohair. The plum shades, Burgundy and even good old fashioned garnet are appearing as spring favorites and all the tans and soft putty shade seem to be well liked. Navy blue, the immemoria1 color for spring suits. will be hard pressed it seems, this season, by the tans, the putties and the plums. A Martial Armand model in tobacco brown mohair and worsted mixture has a short jacket with a belt placed high, in Empire effect, and revers that fall in draped effect from a double breasted front opening. The skirt is pleated and has no trimming, but the jacket is elaborately stitched with sew ing silk in a darker brown shade, the blocks of stitching crossing and in- terSecting to make an intricate pat tern. Silk stitching is a very fash ionable trimming, even more fashion able than Roumanian embroidery or soutache embroidery, and one can hardly have too many rows of the stitching on a tailored jacket. It must be done in contrasting shade to show up we'll, and a rather heavy silk must be used; much heavier than that used for the seams of jacket or skirt. And of course, no tailored suit that counts itself among the elect, will own to any
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most conspicuous thing in it and meagre lampshades are poor economy if one desires to give ''tone" and a modern suggestion to ones rooms.
 Next in importance to lampsshades come sofa cushions. The old style, square pillow, fat and ample, set back against the wall on a couch is no longer the thing. In fact, couches are not much usod in up-ro-date living rooms, and, of course, never in draw ing rooms. In place of the couch there is a long davenport or armed sofa. And the pillows will conform to modern style standards. '. Set against the ends of the sofa or day. bed will be long rolls covered with silk, the ends shirred under rosette and finished with tassel For the center of the sofa there are round. flat pillows with the silk covers shirred and drawn under rosettes at top and
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An HOnOred Grave fOrf
 the MOurned Canine

"BOUT fifty miles from New York
 H City there is an unusual sort of cemetery-a last resting place
 for pet animals. No beloved Fido, Towser or Ming Chang need go to an unmarked grave or be left behind in rented back yard when the fam fly moves to another dwelling, but may lie in state under as expensive a headstone as a fond mistress cares to erect. And it is mistresses and not masters, nine times out of ten, a care taker at the cemetery declares. who buy the lots and erect the headstones, all of which are inscribed with the name of the beloved pet thus honored
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Walking sticks too, which might very well be grandpa's except for the frivo- lous silken reticule swinging from the handle which reveals to the sartorial- ly elect that this is the sport stick" of modern, twentieth century young woman, are carried. Sport sticks are considered extremely swagger, par ticularly when kerchief reticules are attach he'd tO them
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or long ago an Englishwoman of
 high rank, visiting at Newport,
was asked to express ar opinio

" oA about the relative characteristics of England and American women in the matter of style,
 "Oh, Americans are smarter,' as~ serted she, '1 am ready to admit that. Their tailored wear is cut better; their afternoon frocks have more grace; their accessories are more Parisian- and undoubtedly they wear their clothes better. But American women do not know how to carry parasols- ''sunshades" was the word this lady used-"they carry a sunshade, open, with affectation; and closed, as though it were more or less of burden. They certainly do not appear to the manner born-with sunshades, and really, they miss an enormous opportunity for CO., quetry in their clumsy handling of them."
 And truly, the parasol is one of coquetry's chief handmaidens. The fan is another-though, of course, a
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-02
RUSS FIGHT ON WIDE FRONT
Berlin Reports Battle Along the
Stripa Line.

Berlin Reports Battle Along the
stripa Line.
Berlin, July 2.-The Russian troops
In the eastern theater of the war have
opened heavy attack on the Germans
along the Stipa front. They stormed
the German positions along an 1917
mile line, but, according to the official
German report, met with heavy losses
and were forced to retire.
This was the most extensive attack
delivered by the Russians since the
revolution.
The official report says:
"Army group Of Prince Leopold Of
Bavaria-The ~Russian government,
having been constrained to yield to the
pressure Of the leading entente pow
ers, part Of the army has been induced
to attack. After destroying fire last
ing all day against our positions on the
upper Stripa as far as the Marayuvke
powerful attacks by the Russian in
fantry on a front Of about thirty kilo-
meters (181a miles).
"The storming troops, who sustained
heavy losses, were compelled every
where to retire by our defensive fire.
Nocturnal attacks, into which the
Russians also were driven without ar
tillery preparation by the entente lead
ers, were unsuccessful and broke down
on both sides of Brazezany and near
ZwyZyn
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-02
3 WAR PRISONS FOR U. S.
Captives Will Be Paid and Will Be
Forced to Work.

Washington, July 2.-All war pris-
Oners, whether military or naval, are
TO be placed in custody of the war de-
partment. The adjutant general of
the army will have general control
through five bureaus.
Three war prison barracks have
been established, at Fort Mcpherson,
Ga; Fort Oglethorpe, Ca. and Fort
Douglas, Utah. Each is commanded
by colonel Of the regular army.
Officers who may be made prisoners
will be allowed pay Of officers Of the
corresponding grade of the captors'
government.
Enlisted men who are prisoners are
to be given the same medical atten-
ton, pay, clothing and quarters as are
allowed United States soldiers.
AS the number of prisoners In
creases, the adjutant general will, un-
der the authority granted him by para
graph of The Hague convention
authorize employment of these prison
ers on public work for individuals and
upon their own account.
Wages of prisoners go toward Inn
proving their condition, any balances
remaining to be paid them on their re.
lease after deducting cost of mainte.
nance
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-02
VERDuN BATTLE
ENDS IN DRAW
Both the French and Germans
Abandon Position Near
Deadman Hill.
CHANGED HANDS 5 TIMES
infantry Attack on French Fort OF
Avocourt FaIls-BritIsh Continue
to Make Progress in Their
EncircIement of Lens.

Paris, July 2.-French and German
troops were engaged In lively fighting
west Of Dead Mans hill in the Verdun
sector.
The position changed hands five
times and was finally abandoned by
both sides.
A German infantry attack on the
French fort Of Avocourt failed. Sur
prise attacks on the Aisne and Cham
pagne fronts also were repulsed by
the French.
The official statement issued by the
French war department says:
I'm the region east of Reims our
first lines were submitted to violent
bomhardment in the early part Of the
night. Strong surprise attacks direct
ed by the Germans in the region east
of La Pompelle, north and northeast
of Prunay, caused the attackers seri-
Gus losses and gained nothing for
them.
Lost and Retaken Five Times.
"On the left bank Of the Meuse ar
tillery fighting continued intense in
the region Of Avocourt wood, Hill 3O4
and Dead Man hill. An enemy attack
on the Avocourt fortified position
broke down under our fire.
"West of Dead Mans hill lively fight
ing took place around one of our ad-
vanced posts, which was lost and re-
taken on five different occasions and
finally abandoned by both sides. The
position was completely destroyed by
artillery fire."
French Loss Heavy, Says Foe.
Berlin, July 2.-The official report
issued by army headquarters says that
the French lost heavily in attacks east
of Cerny and that the Germans then
stormed the enemy lines, with success
full results, taking more than 66O pris-
oners.
British Tighten Grip on Lens.
London, July british troops con-
tinue to make progress in their en-
circlement Of the French mining town
of Lens. The official statement from
the British headquarters reports the
capture of German defenses on half
mile front along the north bank Of the
Souchez river, southwest and west of
Lens.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-02
CAR LEAVES RAILS
WITH RESUL TANT DEATHS
j. S. AMhzES FRANCE
Pershing's Army Surpasses All
Expectations.
General Pershing Absolves American
Correspondents of Premature An
nouncement of Troops Landing.

Paris, July 2.-The French press
astic greeting to the American troops,
the announcement Of whose landing
was permitted for the first time.
The Journal des Debats, in an edi-
tOrial, says:
"The grand democracy of the new
world does nothing by halves. 1t en-
tered this vast conflict in full con-
sciousnss Of the ends to be attained
and with full resolution to neglect
nothing in attaining those ends.
What we witness today in the ar
rival Of the Americans on French soil
is magnificent proof of this fact.
1.-TWO months and half after the
Americans entered the war their hardy
troops arrive in solid lines upon the
European front, and it is not lsod-
est advance guard as the most hopeful
hardly dared to expect. On the con-
trary, the forces which have just land
ed on, our shore surpass anything
which could reasonably have been ex-
pected within SO short time.
"The material they bring is on the
same abundant scale as their troops"
The Temps dwells upon the youth
vigor and military aspect Of the Ameri-
cans and the completeness of their
equipment.
Gen. Jehn J. Pershing returned to
Paris after a two days inspection OF
the first United States troops en-
camped at French sea base.
The general received the American
correspondents and made this state
ment:
II wish to compliment you gentle
men for being on the level by recog
| niZing that Americas interests are
greater than the interests of the pa
pers you represent. BY some means
which the intelligence department has
| under investigation, one report Of the
landing of our troops was made public
before the landing was completed
thereby endangering the lives of the
| men still at sea on transports.
"I am glad to say that report die
not eminate from an American CORE
spondent. Fortunately, no harm result
ed, but much could have resulted.
do not believe the American public will
condemn you gentlemen for you have
shown patriotism and common sense
The landing was effected with unusual
facility
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-02
NEGROES RIOT At E. ST. LOUIS
Kill Detective and Wound Another
Troops Called.

st. Louis, July 2.-Detective Sar-
geant Samuel COppedge was shot and
killed, Detective Frank WOdley re-
ceived wounds from which he is ex-
pected to die and Patrolman Earl
Hobbs and Harry Walker were seri-
ously wounded early today when at
tackled by a mob Of $50 armed negroes
on Bond street, east of Tenth street,
in a resumption of race rioting in East
st. Louis, HI
Coppedge, Wodley and Hobbs were
shot while they were riding in an auto
mobile in response to call telling
them that the negroes were arming
again and forming in mob.
Two companies Of federalized Ma.
tional Guard were called to the scene
Chicago, July "A bomb explosion
partly wrecked building at $500 Ma
ryland avenue, occupied by negroes,
who ascribed the attack to prejudice
on the part of white persons in the
neighborhood. No one was injured.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-02
Advice for. J usbands.

Most words of wi dom that fall from
the pens of eXper on the subject of
love are writer Tor women. Appar-
emily these ntt sermons are written
with the idea A t only mans love is
worth keepir. ind that woman's can
not possibly ist.
We are tc! that man must never be
bored by t ling domesticities, but In
stead be acouraged to talk about his
business and so on. Why should 1t
be add, ;sed to one sex only?
Why lot say to husbands: Remem-
Der that women are women and that
their great need Is for love. Love is
their vocation, the thing they do best,
their greatest need in life. Why should
the wife be expected to listen admir-
ingly to the husbands tale Of routing
Of a commercial rival when he does
not show an equal courtesy when she
describes her experiences Of the day?
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-02
Solving a Golf Problem.

1t was the Office of the great sport
ing paper, and the golf editor was TAX
ing a holiday. In his absence the in
Qulries from readers which the golf
ing man answered through his CORE
spondence column were handed to the
racing editor.
(Which is the better course" asked
an ardent follower of the royal and
ancient game, ito fuzzle ones putt
or to fetter on the tee?"
The turfman tilted back In his chair
and smoked five cigarettes before TAX
ing his pen in hand. Then, when he
had come to a decision on the weighty
problem, he wrote as follows:
"Should player snaggle his iron,
1t Is permissible for him to fuzzle his
putt; but better plan would be to
drop his guppy into the pringle and
snoodle it out with niblick."
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-02
FILM U. S. MEN IN ACTION
President Orders Camera Men to the
Front in France.

Washington, July president Will
son has commissioned William A.
Brady to mobilize the movies. Official
camera men will accompany United
States troops TO France; others will
aid the food administration. In his
letter to Mr.. Brady the president says:
'It Is in my mind not only to bring
the motion picture industry into fullest
and most effective contact with the
nations needs and to give some meas
ure of official recognition to an in
creasingly important factor in the de-
velopment of our national life. May 1
ask you to organize the motion pic
ture industry In such manner as to
establish direct and authoritative CO.
operation with the committee on pub
lie informatiOn2
WOODROW WILSON,"
The Watertown news. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1917-1919, 1917-07-02
IS BUILDING OF MANY HUES
ST. BasiPs Church in Moscow Con-
structed With View to Avoiding
All Symmetry in Color or Form.

The Kremlin, perhaps the most ia
nous spot in Russia, stands on Krem-
lin hill, nearly in the center of Mos
cow. The mill is roughly triangular
In shape and nearly a hundred feet
high, though it seems even higher.
looming above the city. The walls of
the Kremlin circle the hill and the
golden domeS of the churches within
may be seen above them from almost
any part of the city.
Entering the inclosure through the
Sunday gate, you find yourself facing
two monster bronze figures of aspect
disconcertingly fierce. They are images
Of the two men who drove the Poles
from Moscow 300 years ago, and have
been gratefully remembered ever since,
although their methods were somewhat
crude and merciless, as perhaps be-
fitted their time. The average visitor
gives small thought to these two
bronze figures, however, for at the
end of the square beyond them is one
of the most startling bits of building
that Europe holds.
This is the church of st. Basil, an
amazing mixture Of every form and
color that the imagination Of the archi-
tect could evolve. 1t is hard to call
it ugly, and it is certainly not beauti-
full. Every hue of the rainbow is rep
resented on it's walls, though rich reds
and colds predominant. Every one of
it's numerous domes and towers is of q
different shape and size from It's fel-
lows. 1t is sort of architectural
nightmare, and yet 1t is undeniably ef-
fective. 1t is perhaps the only build
ing in the world constructed with q
careful view to avoiding all symmetry
in color or form.