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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22
NnFFNABIT.

Beau earnestly she isn't ex-
actiy pretty. bat she has THAT indefna-
bic something
Hagg 5impatientIv)- Yes. know.
Ny girls old man has piles az Il. TOO T.
Yale Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22
4 Baby Grand In.taad.

Through MISUNDERSTANDING yes-
terday il was stated in the Atlas that
Mr. and Mrs. n L. Jones were the par
ents Of a baby boy. Mr. Jones is nj
anist at the Alamo theatre and me
boy happened 10 be a baby grand plano
which he has purchased Monmouth
(IlIl Atlas.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

Orders for locomotives involving
total cost OF $3.50 Geo. placed in Amer
lean manufactures within a few DAYS
Indicate certain gratifying measures Of
preparedness Tor peace
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

II General LUdendorf is the real
boss Of Germany, as Berlin correspond
ents now iu Switzerland assert his
prominence may not be wholly due to
his great ability. The time may be
coming when some other eminent per-
sonage viii need scapegoat. and Lu-
deudorI may meet all the require
ments of d painful situation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

4 Chicago lawyer is suing the out
spoken Judge lands for SANDER be-
cause the court told a client OF the
lawyer 8 to 20 and get lawyer" The
plaintiff, perhaps, IS peeved because
Lands charged no Zee for his advice
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

Text Of National Daylight Measure
Now Before e. 5. Congress.
Following Is the text OF the day
light saviag bill introduced into con-
erass BIZ Representative william p
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

Don't Won miss the noise and the
hustle OF the city. now that YOU live
IN the country -
Not If I can catch nv train To
town Browning Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22
cE0RDs 80
Id I S C. 0 r d S
Our Once Comedians.

g"A 0AAA~~ 1"AAAS@AAhes
he dispatches say that the Aus
triau government is TO have the body
Of Emperor Francis Joseph removed
to escape shell fire.
Isn't likely that there is an error
in that stOry2'
How SOL
Hell FIRE is likely what is meant
4OU may or You may not have Ob-
served that Miss Chinn became a bride
in neighb0ring city the other day.
There can be no harm IN predicting
that there win be music in that family
Irgm the start
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

Is Rochelle salts. taken i'm o zIassfuI
OF NOT water before breakfast eVa~v
morning good ta purify the blood when
one has p.mples on the faee2 / was
fa@clnared three years ago and the
pimpies came out soon afterward. If
Aaswer-To begin with. pfmpIes. are
no sign "a impure or any other kind
OF blood And Ell they were. salts. Re
eael-e or any other kind. in no sense
purlhez the blood. All that IFS fshwife
gossip. Finally Of course vaccination
had nothing to do with it. Tau need
our monograph on pimpIas.
Sleeping in UHderclofhes.
Should children sleep i'm undergsr-
ments THAT they have worn ain dava
is st right to drink and use for cook
ing hot water from the hot wafer
tank connected with the city water
supply
Auswer-By ali means see that the
children uudress before going i'd bed
So FAR as health and hygiene gees. the
water from the heater is as good or
better than that from the faucet for
L1e neat may have destroyed pollution
and can have no Injurious effect
0iling the Twins.
1 read your column daily and find fl
tuli Of valuable Information. + don't
IKE to give my twins castor oil. Once
you suggested an agreeable substitute.
" III you please mention il again and
what would you suggest for babies
with coughs and colCsg CTrs A n
s.
Auswer-One good substitute isl
liquid petrolaCum. giving a baby a Ia
oiespOOnful Another is Aromatic
syrup of Rhubarb (calIed also gDlced
syrup of rhubarb1. in the same doses
Tor the same purposes as castor oil
For twins with q cough or "coId7
would suggest diagnosis by q. good
physician
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22
NOT so OTTER

My wife's bills have a queer way Of
doing"
How do you mean %"
ne more she contracts thebn the
more they expand. Baltimore Amsri-
can
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22
Injunction Against Joint 4 vrit r,

injunction Against joint A writ OF
temporary injunction was issued
against John Jochems proprietor of an
alleged booze joint" at Washington
ana Prairie streets. by Judge r D.
Let's in the Scott county district
court. The case was set for hear
Ing Feb. IS by the court. Jochems and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

Marriage Lioenses-Harry c. Lang
tlmm and Anna Kuhlmeier. both Of
Davenport, and Frank William schultz.
X r. No. 3, Davenport, and Pauline
Matilda Burmeister of Donahue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

SENATOR Landee has introduced in
the legislature q bin 10 change the
name Of the WaGert0wn hospital TO
the Moline state hospital. East Moline
characterizes this as nutty piece of
legislation inspired by her neighbours
ambition 30 put her brand on every
institution in the community East
Moline protests and says the name Wa
jertOWn is good enough for her.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

J. NJ C.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-02-22

MRS. Jones was I'm excellent tone
when sac sang Carl Hahn Rain
Song which was dedicated to Mrs.
II. p Drought of this city.'-Dallas
tTeXasj Musical. And the next day it
shoWered
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-27

with narrow. ruff1ed ribbons, each tiny
ribbon frill overlapping the next so
that the hat has soft outline and a
light, dainty suggestion. The ribbons
may be all in the same color, or one
may have variety. For instance, one
hat of this type is shaded from base of
crown to top in tones of plum, bur-
gundy, orchid, mauve and lavender.
Another hat has green and black rib
bons used alternately. with a small
but expensive ornament of jet and
green beads at the front. It is amaz-
ing indeed, what things may be done
with a hat-one scarcely could i'm
agine the various devices the milliners
have resorted to to obtain new and
striking effects. Handmade trim
mings are the rage; hand embroidery,
hand beaded medallions, hand
soutaching hand-paintings have
been pressed into service and one has
como to feel surprise at nothing one
sees in hat trimmings thisa year. A
lovely picture hat for midsummer, a
Maria Guy model, is Of latticed pink
straw-the brirn is Of straw, that is:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-27

when the summertime comes around.
The skin must be kept exquisitely
clean while it is going through the
bleaching process. C1ogged pores viii
retard the bleaching sadly, yet con-
slant scrubbing with. warm or cold
waters is dangerous if the March
winds must be faced every day. Give
the face a good steaming one night q
week and every morning battle it with
warm water and nip and pinch the
skin with thumb and fingertip to get
the blood circulating actively. Do not
use cold water on the face al this time.
Cold water closes the pores and the
object is just now to keep the pores
open While the skin is going through
it's spring bleach. If the complexion
looks grilny and dull scrub it at night
with face brush and warm water.
using a little dissolved CASTLE soap.
Then rinse in clear, warm water and
pat dry; the less rubbing the skin
has at this time, the better. There
will be no harm in. using a few drops
of astringent lotion in the water.
mornings, before one goes out into
cold wind.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-27

Il AZURE is meyer SO beautiful as
when CARRIED in her spring green
that delicate yellowish green
j - of opening leaves intensified by
the white Of the dogwood and the
clear yellow of the forsythia-the
first spring shrub to put out It's bios
SONS. But Nature seems to make her
self fresh and ready for her garb Of
yellowtsh green. She has been rest
ing and sleeping through the winter
under her warm coverlet Of snow; no
late hours and nerve trying gaieties
have Slapped her freshness and pro-
duced the pallor and sallowness with
which humankind must meet the
perenially recurring fashion for
green's and greenish yellows in the
springtime.
This year mustard is the shade of
shades-and If there is any tint more
greenly yellow, more yellowishly
green. one cannot remember what it
is. Mustard is trying to the best of
compilations; to the average COM
plexion, made alarmingly sallow by
winter late hours, rich food and lack
Of fresh air, mustard is cruel indeed.
This is the season when the red-haired
woman with the clear, dead white
skin is the envied Of all her sisters.
She and she alone can successfully
wear the greenish yellow shades that
fashion always DEGREES for early
spring. The black haired, black eyed
woman with a good deal of color is
neGt most fortunate. It is the brown
ish woman, with brown hair, brown
or blue eyes and skin tending toward
sal1owness who has the hardest time
of it and who must work most strenu-
ously to bring her complexion up to
the demands that will be made upon
1t by the smart spring colors.
March is the month to administer
first aid to the complexion and the
very best face bleach one can wish
for In ri9ht at hand in the spring veee-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-27
Spring Blouses Sweetly Feminine

~ HE woman who loves to be trim
and tailored may wear severe,
~ semi-masculine shirtwaists this
summer If she wants to-; no one will
say her nay. But the average woman
Is going to go in strong for the fas-
cinating, frilly blouses that are so
fetchingly feminine and, so enchant-
ingly becoming. They are made of
soft, fine fabrics, these ultra-feminine
blouses-of sheer organizes and bat
istes, of chiffon and the finest cotton
wolfe; and one must use quite a lot
of material to get the proper effect of
soft friIliness. The fullness is con-
trolled by many infinitesimal tucks,
run by hand, and these tucks appear
everywhere, across the shoulders at
back and front, around the sleeve and
up and down the sleeve; and often
the entire cuff or collar is made of
closely placed tucking, the material
being left untucked for an inch at the
edge, to form little frill. It is easy
to fashion such a blouse at home-al1
that is required is patience, for the
tiny tucks must be set with even
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-27

the whole crown is of pink taffeta silk
laid in tiny, hand run pin tucks set
with pink sewing silk Of precisely
matching shade. At the front of the
crown, and set rather high upon it,
is long-looped bow of narrow pink
ribbon hand-painted with violets, and
ends of the ribbon ripple off sideways
on the broad brim.
Soutaching Also Used.
Soutaching on straw is another
favored decoration; sometimes the
soutache exactly matches the straw
beneath, as in a Lewis hat of pale
gray hemp; and som etimes it forms a
contrasting effect. A wide brimmed
sailor shape of red hemp is closely
soutached all over in black and the
underbrim is faced with red taffeta.
sparkling jet ornament points up
ward at the front. This stunning hat
was selected to match a trousseau
frock Of red and white pussy willow
silk and the color scheme will be car
ried out with black pumps of var
nished leather and stockings of white
silk showing fine vertical stripes in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-27

stitches and the best result is obtained
when the stitches are set along a
drawn thread so that the tucks may
be perfectly straight and even. A
lovely blouse Of this type is made of
finest French organdie in pale blue
Front and back are tucked all the
way across the shoulders and the
blouse fastens down the front with
tiny white pearl buttons. Collar and
cuffs are made of straight lengths of
the organdie. closely tucked and
hemmed> at the edges, the little frill
being allowed to project beyond the
tucking, as described above. Diamond
shaped inserts of f1let lace are set in
the collar and cuff, the material cut
away underneath to give a sheer eff
feet. 1t is best to do the tucking
with sewing silk for cheap thread sub
stitutes are apt to fade out in a single
washing, spelling such a carefully
made blouse in most provoking way;
and, Of course, the blouse must be
matched perfectly with the thread
that makes the tucks and runs up the
tiny French seams.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-27
Cleanliness The First Re-
quireInent In The Spring Bleach
ing Process.

sliced beets-for lettuce leaves IN the
poultice and the skin will take on a
delicate rose flush just where you
want it. By this time you should be
able to wear any shade of green on
the silk counter-and look well in 1t.
The woman I have spoken of wears
silk blouse of pale green color about
the house, mornings, and tests her
complexion by it. Any skin that can
stand a green waist IN the cold, clear
Light Of morning, when the hair. is not
carefully coiffured and other cond1-
lions are against ones looking ones
best, can stand any color no matter
how weird and fashionable, later in
the day.
Staying indoors through the dusty
March days when the wind is high
and the air raw, is an excellent way of
bleaching the skin-but who wants
to be cooped indoors just as spring
is coming on? 1t is much better to
be out in all weathers, protecting the
skin carefully from strong sunlight
and nipping spring breezes with wells
and vanishing cream. Vanishing
cream is one of the most valuable
toilet articles on the market and every
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-27
Folding Kit Bag

n I'D you ever try to decide, before
HID a weekend visit, whether you
~ would carry a suitcase or a
travelling bag? The suitcase, of
course, holds all the clothes that will
be needed, but you are morally GER
tain you will want the smaller bag
perhaps to carry bathing suit or tennis
shoes to a>country club; perhaps to
pack with a few toilet belongings for
a continuation of the trip-the suit
case to be expressed on ahead, or sent
home. Or did you ever have to carry
an empty bag some distance to "bring
something home imp The folding kit
bag is a convenience that should be
in every household. Open, ready to
be packed it is a good looking bag Of
pliable leather with checked linen
lining, strong lock and clamps and a
single handle. Empty, it may be
crushed fatty together, folded over on
itself and tucked in an overcoat
pocket-or even slipped in q muff.
In the handsomer models, of soft,
pliable kidskin, with brass trimmings,
these bags make splendid birthday
gifts for the man,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-27

red. White footwear is evidently go
for in and outdoor wear and if any
definite color note is to be added to
the costume, it must be added by hat
and parasol- and, of course, hat and
parasol must match or at least har-
monte with each other. Smart as
white buttoned boots are with a blue
frock, a white hat worn with such a
costume would not be nearly as chic
as a blue or black one. This question
Of contrasts must be carefully studied
by the woman who wishes to look
smart, and now that the buttoned boot
is to be white, the hat must be more
critically selected than ever.
Lisere Straw The Favorite For
Summer Hats.
There are a host of fancy straws,
many of them handmade, and though
straw is by no means the most i'm
portant part Of summer hat these
days, it usually appears somewhere, in
the brim-at least underneath-and
sometimes in the trimmings. There
are innumerable small. striking orna-
ments made of straw which in their
vivid co1oring and smart shape con-
stitute quite sufficient trimming on a
hat of silk. There are bead orna-
ments too but these are better suited
to millinery for formal wear than the
sport hats, though one sees them
-a-plenty on the latter type Of mil
linery. Flowers promise to have a
great vogue in the midsummer mil
linery and several charming flower
effects-all from authoritative mil
lliners-are pictured. Milan and hemp
straws appear in the smart, severe
sailors for sport and travelling wear;
and by the way, these severe sailors
are to be extremely good style with
tailored suits of white tussah for
Lcountry club wear. Oddly enough, al
most any woman if she is perfectly
groomed, can wear one of these severe
sailors successfully. They are not al
ways as becoming as more feminine
! hats but they have a decided style
about them-provided always that the
rest of the costume is trim and tailored
enough to carry out the effect. Moth
| ing is more fetching on hot summer
day than a white tussah tailored suit,
white buttoned boots, stockings and
gloves and a plain, severe black straw
sailor hat.
Now for the charming models that
are pictured on today's page! They
are all summary hats-or at least late
spring hats with summary quality,
and are designed for wear with dressy
! frocks or coat and skirt costumes
| made Of silk or of mohair and worsted
mixture. For a plain. tailored street
costume the woman who aims to be
entirely correct in every detail Will
select a smaller hat Of silk and straw
with a knowing, sharp pointed orna-
ment and a little veil drawn under the
chin or floating about the face.
Of the formal type distinctly. is the
big hat Of blue lisere straw, looped
up at one side with three roses in
shades Of pink. Blue faille matinee
silk exactly matching the straw is
shirred on cords under the brim, and
the streamers are of gray MORE rib
bon The dropping brim of this hat
| makes a most becoming background
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-27
Hand Decorated Hats Promise To Be aCraze of Sum
mer Time Soutaching and Embroidery More
Fashionable Than Plain StrduD The Violet
Tuban Reabpears With Spring.

sweater and separate skirt costumes
for tennis and golf. All this is quite
wrong and perfectly absurd, of course,
from a rigid standpoint Of style cor
rectness, but what is fashionable is
likely to be right when it comes to a
seasons modes and it is a waste of
time to cavil at the vagaries Of fash
ion, or the customs of the younger
generation which after all-5will fol-
low its own sweet will where clothes
are concerned. .-, 10000
There is one type of hat, however.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-27

for the face and like many Of the new
models shows an upward tilt at the
back. Another large hat Of the for
NAL type is all in airy black. A hat
for restaurant wear this, light as
breath and graceful as a restaurant
hat should be. It is made of shirred
black tulle, the cording at the edge of
black satin. Tulle Is swathed round
and round the low crown and over
the fluffy bow of black lace, which
ILLS out the back Of the hat. It is
important that such an airy hat as
this be made Of good materials and
all the stitching should be done with
black silk-nothing. is so deplorable
as a cheap looking black hat intended
for dressy wear. When the swirl of
tulle has become limp fresh tulle may
be added without disarranging the
lace bow. The hat is exquisite with
a restaurant gown Of white soiree silk.
white lace and black net.
The Violet Toque.
For restaurant wear also is the en-.
chanting violet toque-and, of course.
the violet toque had to appear in
new guise for this season, .woman's
favor returns with the springtime to
N1OASL IdIS. one Will nave them and
the milliners, willy hilly, must bring
out something new and alldring in
this type of millinery with each spring
season. The little mushroom hat of
purple isere straw which forms the
basis of this model is built out in a
wing shaped crown, its edge defined
with violet velvet. Violets cover the
| crown over sides and the large, fiat
top and under the curve Of the top al
one side is tucked the inevitable pink
rose, an appointing rose stem adding
a new and piquant, touch. The reticuie
of vio2ets and violet-soiree silk is not
less alluring than the dainty chapean.
A very pretty little. hat Of corn
flower blue velvet with a puffed crown
of gold lace is evidently designed for
a blue eyed and golden haired maid.
The brim hasa mushroom curve that
fits down over the head and the crown
has the upward tilt toward the back
which Paris favors now. The fifth
hat is sport model, made of>fancy
straw with crown and upper briIn COW
cred with coarse straw in the FASH
/ ionabler crochet effect. The under
brim is of red hemp and the tailored
bow Of still another straw in cora
red color.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-27

which is kept sacred for formal sum-
mer occasions and which may not be
worn with any sport costume: and
that is the hat with streamers. Such
a hat is simply and solely a picture
hat and it is worn with fete gowns;
the dainty, diaphanouS gowns Of or
candle, chiffon or net which are con-
sidered suitable for garden parties,
summer restaurant dining and such
social affairs as country weddings and
lawn teas. Take the long stream ers
off such a hat and it may very pos
sibly and quite properly do duty as a
sport hat with sport frock\ of silk
material; but steamers and sport toy
gerry may not travel together-so de-
crees Dame Fashion.
. Ribbon made Hats Are Charming
There will be a great many small,
mushroom brimmed hats and some of
these are the daintiest things imagin-
able. Usually they are Of silk with
a modicum of straw appearing under
the brim-just to give the summary
touch.N Many of them have crowns
and upper brims covered completely
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-27
Ribbon-made Hats Are Charming.

reading or planning her weekly menus
or her new spring wardrobe. Even
If the mind is occupied, the two hours
relaxation of the body accomplishes
wonders in keeping one young and re-
freshed. The poultices, this woman
makes Of pieces of soft, old linen or
cheesecloth. Strips of cucumber are
laid on the, forehead and a strip of
cheesecloth bound around the head
to hold them on. Lettuce leaves are
curved over cheeks and chin and
bound in place by other bandages.
So long as the eyes are left free one
may read easily, but a recumbent po
sition must be kept, else the juice Of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-27

tables now appearing fresh and sue
culent in the markets. I know of a
woman who makes her winter tagged
complexion wonderfully freshsand fair
each spring by wearing pou1tices Of
lettuce, cucumber and beets on alter
nate days. spreading on a thick paste
Of potato pulp the days between. or
course. she does not run about the
house with her visage swathed in
vegetable poultices; that would Ger
tainly-be a little awkward. She wears
the poultices for two hours every aft
ernoon while she takes her after
luncheon rest-not sleeping, but lying
fiat on her back in her bed room,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-27

the vegetables will not stay where 1t
is wanted but will run down into the
neck. On the alternate days the po-
tato bleach is applied. This is very
easily made and if it will not make
your skin milk-white in two weeks
you are a candidate for face-skinning.
Boil large Irish potato in it's Jacket
and mash it, when boiled, with hot
water until you have a soft pulp.
Spread this pulp, cold, over the face
and allow it to dry on. Afterward
wash the face in warm milk and dust
with a little ta1cum powder. In a
week, when the face is fairly we'll
bleached out, you may substitute
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-03-27

woman should make a habit of using
it, Yet there are women who con-
stantly use face powder and other
cosmetics, who do not even know the
difference between cold cream and
vanishing cream. The latter is not. a
massage cream, and it is not helpful
as a skin food 1t is not as helpful
for a badly chapred skin as cold
cream; but as a skin protector it has
no equal Vanishing cream is with
out grease-it may almost be applied
with gloves on, SO dainty it is-and it
never shows on the skin. Applied be-
fore the face is powdered it will make
the powder stick and give the COM
plexion a much fairer LOOKOUT it is