davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12

%AA OST OF THE HATS that are
making their bow these early
spring days are small, smart
" q = models suitable for wear with
tailored suits and frocks-and COM
Portable for wear under wells while
March breezes blow. And that it is
going to be a blowy March is a fore
gone conclusion. Big winds will be
needed to dry up the earth, frozen
many feet deep during an unprece-
denied winter and now many feet deep
with mud as spring thaws begin. Ma
ture takes care of these things and
March gales are as inevitable as a bit
ter winter was after the unusual dep
relations of squirrels on corn patches
last summer. There are big hats
aplenty waiting for soft April days
and SO pretty are many of them that
one can hardly wait for April to wear
Them but for March the small, COM
pact, extremely chic chapeau, That
seems to be Fashions dictum.
Hats That Support Wells Gracefully.
When one buys hat these days the
veil question is an important factor of
choice. Wells are the sine qua non of
GOlISCI uI6aSlnB LUZ Tic SII6GL anu Tic
hat that looks we'll yelled is the hat
that the milliner, may hope to dispose
of earliest. AS matter of fact al
most all the spring toques and turbans
look well with wells and the small,
round hats that are suggestive of little
Jack Tar caps with turned up brims,
are admirable as background for cir
cular, floating wells. A hat of the sort
Is pictured-under one of these circu-
lar wells - one of the new milan
double-brim shapes that are delight
fully light on the head. The crown
of soft hemp is almost covered with
roses in shades of pink to mulberry
and the floating veil over the hat is
sheer and black, with q ramage pat
tern at the edge and delicate trailing
design over the face. Another of
these little double-brim models is of
dark brown milan with conical
crown covered with fatty applied
chrysanthemums in shades of yellow
and brown. The circular veil worn
over this hat is brown.
yellow Hats In Vogue.
There is a strong tendency toward
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12
Smart, Severe Tailored Hats in
Eccentric Shapes.

Unusual enough to deserve special
note is a visored poke which suggests
an exaggerated jockey cap, the brim
shooting far out in front and turning
up closely at the back. This hat Is of
chenille straw, the visor brim faced
with velvet. A dogtaiI quill is poised
at the front, the curving end Of the
dog tail ''wagging", one might prop
erly say, beyond the visor brim. An
other smart tailored hat of black 1isere
straw is in what is called the walking
shape, with high, square crown and
narrow brim that curls up bit at
each side, like the brim of mans dress
hat
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12
Dogtail Quilts Have Pedigreed Curl
Waterproof Feathers That Will Not
Mind Sea MiSts --Severe Walking
Hats With Rolled Side Brim.

yellows and orange tones in spring
millinery; probably because browns
and tans are SO popular in costume
now. Very smart indeed is a SOM
btero hat of orange mutton straw with
bronze straw braid facing the brim.
The peaked crown-not really peaked,
but bent that way by the two deep
dents at either side of the tops
thrust through with long, dashing
whip quill that extends six or eight
inches beyond the crown at one side,
a menace to some masculine eye in
crowded street car, truly; though long
suffering man has learned to be very
wary of these projecting trimmings on
feminine hats. Whip quilts are only
less fashionable than dogtail quilts,
which are attenuated affairs of strip
ped ostrich with the curving end that
one always looks for in a pedigreed
pups tail. Hats are SO smart in them
selves with their stunning shapes and
combinations of straw, or straw and
silk, that one of these quilts is all the
trimming needed to give the final
touch. Such a hat is correct with the
tailored street suit, or semi-sport suit,
"Au SIlCS oil the new Shapes SeLJle
far over the head, almost hiding the
eyes, even the severe, quill-trimmed
styles are becoming to most faces.
Brush Trimmed Turbans Smartly
Military.
Small, extremely chic turbans of
glossy black lisere or fancy straw have
outstanding brushes of stripped ostrich
and very little ribbon to make a con-
trast with the sheen of the straw.
Sometimes the brush is placed at the
back of the turban, sometimes directly
in front, rising high above the face in
military effect; but always the hat it.
self settles far over the forehead and
eyes. If the hair shows at all. it
shows only over the ears and cheek
and there are convenient "ear-puffs"
of artificial hair which may be added
to the couture before the hat is dom
ned, giving the pretty, youthful effect
of wavy locks hiding the ears Unless
the natural hair is very thick and
wavy it is difficult to bring it down in
these charming ear-puffs - and have
any left for the top of the head-so a
good many more women are resorting
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12

Flat lines and undeveloped figures are
the thing, and such lines can be pro-
duced in really well developed figures
only by loose clothes that do not push
the flesh out of place. Over loose,
girdle corset a suit on modish straight
lines and cut amply enough at the
shoulders, falls gracefully and makes
it's wearer look a good deal simmer
than would a more fitted garment
showing curves of the figure conspicu-
ously
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12
THE. SPRING SILHOUETTE DEMANDS A LOOSE CORSET

OF course, the girdle corset of
elastic webbing or loosely woven
mesh, is not sufficient support for a
large figure. The support is offered
by the brassiere-a very essential item
of dress. Some women wear two
brassieres, a figure-centrolling one I'M
der the corset, and 4 brassiere of light
and dainty material over the corset,
in lieu of camisole or ordinary corset
cover. For more slender women one
brassiere, donned over the corset. is
enough.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12
ADJUSTABLE ENDS TURN THE
COUCH INTO A SOFA.

~HERE IS ANOTHER AID to lux
n ury for the furnished-room
IN dweller or the small apartment
49, dweller This is the form of ad-
Unstable wooden ends that fit around
the top and bottom framework of an
ordinary cot bed, giving it quite the
look of luxurious davenport during
the day. With pillows ranged along
the wall at the back of the couch, and
more pillows piled against the wooden
ends, ones humble cot bed takes on
new and desirable appearance, giving
the effect of substantial sofa and ban
ishing any suggestion of sleeping quar-
ters from ones living-room-by-day. The
davenport ends come in dark satin
finish or in dainty enamel finish. so
the couch may be made to accord with
q mission room or pretty boudoir.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12
SPRING BULBS NOW.

~HE LONELINESS of poisoning
~ bulbs in sunny window is out
- of all comparison with the small
- amount of trouble involved in
raising the delicately beautiful flowers.
For half a dollar one may purchase
pottery bowl containing two or three
bulbs and all that is necessary is to
keep the bowl filed with water. When
the bulbs begin to grow it is surprts-
ing how soon they attain height, and
flowers begin to unfold. Hyacinth,
narcissus, daffodil-they are all ex-
quisite harbingers of spring and bloom
ing on a table in a sunny window they
give a charm to indoors that is indie
scribable Lily Of the valley may be
raised indoors also For about q dol
lar may be purchased a pot of the
right sort of soil with dozen lily Of
the valley pipes all reaAx e AMA
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12
And High Heels.

metal oxfords, too, with taupe or dark
gray tops. Gunmetal, taupe or brown
silk stockings, matching the cloth part
of the oxford, will be permissible with
these; but white or light colored silk
stockings, though they have been worn
this winter with dark boots, would
give very awkward effect indeed
with oxfords, breaking the line at the
ankle and almost certainly producing
a clumsy appearance.
There are very good looking laced
boots and oxfords in mannish style, of
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12

- IGHER BUSTED CORsETs had
"a a brief popularity during the
recent reign of fitted bodices
= and f1aring petticoats, but wom-
en- now have gone back to the loose,
very low girdle corset which is after
all the most comfortable corset as
well as the one favored by Fashion
just now. The new silhouette is slen-
der and youthful. Curves anywhere
are disastrous when materials must
be skimped for wool-conservation
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12

the coat front is buttoned at the waist
line and the bright silk vestee shows
in the opening, the spotless pique col
lar turning over coat collar and revers.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12

just trifie over the hair at the back.
These little hats, designed for restau-
rant and matinee wear, are prettiest
in white; but they come also in flesh
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12

n needle is a strange looking con-
"a traption that would have bewil-
~ dered great-grandmother, one
feels sure; but then great-grandmothe
probably never dropped stitches. She
had plenty of time to turn off the fam
lily mufflers, ear-tabs and socks, where
as her great-granddaught having
hurried through the process of learn
ing to knit, feels that she must &C
complish several sweaters and other
knitted garmens every month to keep
up with the fashionable wartime pace.
The new knitting needle is a sort of
boomerang affair-it curves around
and ends at its starting point. In
other words, It is circular, its pointed
ends meeting where the circle is cut
through. The needle is made of am
Der composition and is extremely flex-
ible. One knits perfectly easily with
the ends while the stitches, pushed
around the circle as one proceeds, are
never in danger of slipping off and
being dropped"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12

with the very long, slim lines just re-
ferred to, and heels covered with the
slipper material; satin brocade Of rich
texture.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12


servation; it is absolutely necessary
just now to bestow little attention
also upon wearables. If one does not,
all the pretty things in the shops will
be snapped up and ones spring ward
robe will soon have that sad behind
look which is SO discour-
aging to the spirit when bright spring
days begin to demand fresh wearables
In other words:
1.-THE time has come, the walrus
said, to talk of many
things;
Of shoes and ships and sealing
wax, of cabbages and
kings. :"
Whatever sealing wax has to do
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12

"BSORBING AS WAR TIME
k questions are; concentrated as
the feminine mind is on relief
~ Is work knitting and fond con-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12
KnitWithO neNeedIe

HHE NEWEST. SORT of knitting
needle is a strange looking con-
traption that would have bewil-
, dered great-grandmoth one
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-12

E<AA OST OF THE HATS that are
making their bow these early
spring days are small, smart
u u + models suitable for wear with
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-01-18
CHAPTER VII.
Each In His Own Trail.

CINCE nothing in this world is abso-
y lutely immutable = the human
emotions least of all perhaps
Billy Louise did not hold changeless
her broken faith in Ward. She saw it
broken into fragments before the evil
dence of her own eyes and the frag-
ments ground to dust beneath the
weight of what she knew of his past
things he had told her himself. So she
thought there was no more faith in
him, and her heart went empty and
aching through the next few days.
But, since Billy Louise was human|
and woman-not altogether becauseI
she was twenty-she stopped after
awhile, gathered carefully the dust of
her dead faith, and, like God, she be-
gan to create. First she fashioned.
doubts of her doubt. How did she
know she had not made a mistake,
there at that corral? Other men wore
gray hats and rode dark bay horses;
other men were slim and TALL and she
had only had a glimpse after all, and
the light was deceptive down there tn
the shadows. When chat first doubt
was nodded and she had breathed into
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-01-18

she read. She slid the little heap o
odds and ends to the middle of the bed
: crushed the clipping into her palm ant
went out stealthily into the immaculat
, kitchen. AS if she were being sHiat
: upon she went cautiously to the stove
) lifted lid and dropped the clipping il
where the wood blazed the brightest
She watched it flare and become moth
ing-not even a pinch of ashes; the
clipping was not very large. When Il
was gone she put the lid back ant
went tiptoeing to the door. Then she
ran.
Phoebe was down by the creek, sc
Billy Louise went to the stable
through that and on beyond, still run
ming. Farther down was grassy
nook-on beyond the road. She went
there and hid behind the willows,
where she could cry and no one be the
wiser But she could not cry the ache
out of her heart nor the rebellion
against the hurt that life had given
| her. If she could only have burned
memory when she burned that clip
ping, She could still believe and be
happy if only she could forget the
things it said.
Phoebe called her after a long while
had passed. Billy Louise bathed her
face in the cold water of the Wolverine,
used her handkerchief for a towel and
went back to take up the duties life
had laid upon her. The doctors team
hifahad fo 10 1fOht hn
drove, and the doctor was standing in
the doorway with his square medicine
case in his hand waiting to give her
few final directions before he left.
He was like so many doctors-he
seemed to be afraid to tell the whole
truth about his patient. He stuck to
evasive optimism and then neutralized
the reassurances he uttered by empha-
sizing the necessity of being notified if
Mrs. Macdonald showed any symp-
toms of another attack.
Billy Louise ran into her own room,
grabbed a can of talcum and did not
wait to see whether she applied it even
ly to her telltale eyelids, but dabbed
at them or the way to her mothers
room.
doctor says you're all right, NOM
mic; only you mustn't go digging post
holes or shoveling hay for awhile"
mo, 1 guess not % Her mother re-
sponded unconsciously to the stimula-
ton of Billy Louise's tone. 81 couldn't
dig holes with teaspoon, I'm that
weak and useless. Did he say what it
was, Billy LouiseT' The sick are al
ways SO curious about their illnesses.
"Oh, your lumbago got to scrapping
with your liver. 1 forgot the name he
gave it, but it's nothing to worry
about" Billy Louise had imagination,
remember.
81 guess he'd think it was something |
to worry about if he had it." her moth |
er retorted fretfully, but treasured new
by the casual manner of Billy |
Louise. Il believe 1 could eat a little
mite of toast and drink some tea" she
added tentatively.
"And an egg poached soft if you want
t, nom. Phoebe just brought in the
,ggs." Billy Louise went out humming
lnconcernedly under her breath as if
she had not care beyond the proper
,oasting of the bread and brewing of
he tea.
One need not go to war or voyage to
he far corners of the earth to find the
;tuff heroes are made of.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-01-18
A Heroine of War.

Nine. Maitre, wife of the deputy for
Saone ct Loire, is one of the most he
roic figures in France today, says
ILLUSTRATION.
From the beginning of the present
war Nine. Maitre has lived the life Of
soldier with the Alpine Chasseurs.
She has been foremost in every battle
with the regiment to which she has
attached herself. Many a time she
has been wounded when on her
errands of mercy. Like a soldier at
the front, she was in the thick and
thin of it, not needing the hail Of bull
lets or bursting shells.
Fortunately her wounds were slight,
and not to hamper the surgeons at
the hospitals she retired to her own
home to nurse her injuries. For her
heroic services she was well rewarded.
having received many decorations,
among them the Croix de Guerre.
with silver clasps. =
The chasseurs were Transcend to
the Flanders front, and one day while
busy on the battlefield shell splinter
injured her on the forehead just over
the eye, which made it necessary for
her to be brought to a hospital, where
she could be under constant observa-
ton. Her she was frequently visited
by civil and military officials, and as
a reward for her heroic deed she was
decorated with the cross of the Legion
of Honor.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-01-18
Filters End Strike.

During the recent strike of mechan-
les in the airplane engine factories at
Coventry, England, fleet of army air.
planes flew from their aerodrome in the
west of England and circled over the
town, scattering through the streets
thousands of leaflets appealing to the
strikers to return to work. Later In
the day a chaplain attached to the
naval air service in France flew from
the front of Coventry in seaplane, ar
irving with an appeal from the men Of
his air squadron to the strikers to go
back. The strike was settled the fol-
lowing day.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-01-18

it the breath of life so that it stood
sturdily before her she took heart ant
| created reasons, whole company o.
them, to tell her why she ought to give
| Ward the benefit of the doubt. She
remembered what Charlie Fox had sait
about circumstantial evidence. She
| would not make the mistake he had
made.
So she spent other days and long
wakeful nights. And since it seemed
impossible to bring her faith to life
again just as it had been, with the
glamor of romance and the sweetness
of pity and the strength of her own in
nocence to make it q beautiful faith
indeed, she used all her innocence and
all her pity and little of romance and
created something even sweeter than
her untried faith had been. She had a
new element to strengthen it. She
knew that she loved Ward. She had
learned that from the hurt it had given
her to lose her faith in him.
That was the record of the inner
Billy Louise which no one ever saw.
AS Oily LOulSt III utl littlC WIN
knew went her way unchanged except
In small details that escaped the no.
tice of those nearest her. A look in
her eyes for one thing; hurt, ques-
tioning look that was sometimes re-
bellious as well; a droop of her mouth
also when she was off her guard: sad,
tired little droop that told of the weight
of responsibility and worry she was
carrying.
Ward observed both the minute he
saw her on the trail. He had come
across country on the chance that she
might be riding out that way, and he
had come upon her unawares while
desert from the height they had attain
ed in the hills.
"'Lo, Billr' he said when he was
quite close and held himself ready to
meet whatever mood she might pre-
sent.
She turned her head quickly and
looked at him, and the hurt look was
still in her eyes; the droop still show
ed at her lips. And Ward knew they
had been there before she saw him.
"Wha's molla, Bill?" he asked in the
tone that was calculated to invite an
of her troubles.
"Oh, nothing in particular. Nom |
mics been awfully sick, and I'm al
ways worried when I'm away from the |
'anch for fear she'll have another spell |
while I'm gone. The doctor said she
night have any time. Were you head
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-01-18
Billy Louise is soreIy troubled
in her suspicious of Ward. He
is puzzled by her apparent COOL
ness, and later offers help.
(To BE CONTINUED
To Remove Smoke Stains.

This suggestion will be beneficial to
housewives who have not the conven
fence Of electricity or the modern gas
fixtures. Frequently the ceiling above
an old-fashioned gas jet becomes dis.
colored from smoke and heat. The
discoloration may be removed if q
layer Of starch and water is applied
with piece of flannel. After the mix
ture has dried it should be brushed
lightly with a brush. No stain or
mark will remain.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-01-18
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add l OF. Bay
Rum, small box of Barbo Compound,
and u OF. of glycerine. Any druggist can
put this up or you can mix it at home at
very little cost. Full directions for max
ing and use come in each box of Barbo
Compound. 1t will gradually darken
streaked, faded gray hair, and make it soft
and glossy. 1t will not color the scalp, is not
sticky or greasy, and does not rub off. Adv.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-01-18

The fellow who has 5000 in the bank
is just that much richer than the chap
who has to borrow IS from his neigh
Dor, but expects some day to have
fortune.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-01-18
BILLY LOUISE DISCOVERS THAT HER LOVE FOR WARD
IS DARKENED BY SUSPICION THAT HE is CON-
NECTED WITH SOME BAD MEN

Synopsis-Marthy Meike, pioneers,
bare living their Wolverine
creek the of Idaho Their neghbo the
MacDonads living several miles have daughter Billy Louise
DID,
Billy
with Marthy
interesting invited
night the Macdonald ranch Ward Warren and Billy Louise be-
dies body without
discovers
of
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-01-18

Philadelphia may compel truants to
go to work in factories.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-01-18

Fame at the cost o. honor is ready
bought.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02
TWO THINGS THAT WERE NEW
Traveller Learned Something Concern
ing Delicate Surgical Operation
and Peculiar Form of Anesthetic.

1t is a Montreal physician who tella
the following:
"Some time ago happened to spend
the night in country town in Eng
land, and it happened that there was
stopping at the same hotel an timer
ant eye specialist.
eve drifted into conversation, and
during the course Of the evening he
told me of some of the marvellous OPP
erations he had performed on the eye.
One case in particular he spoke Of that
caused me considerable establishment,
for / didn't know, / confess, that the
operation had been successfully per
formed. He said he had recently TAX
en- out patients eye scraped the back
of it and returned 1t to its proper
place. The patient, he said, was never
trouble by bad eyesight afterward.
"That was difficult operation, doc
tor said !.
eyes said he, II was
II suppose you found it necessary
to employ an anesthetic.'
ayes, 1 did, he admitted.
"'What anesthetic GiG you use, doc
tori j persisted.
".Uh, well, unless you are familiar
with such operations you probably
wouldn't understand If l were to tell
you. But-well, it was shaped some
thing like a SPOON explained the emil
nent specialist"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02

Instituted the
boatswains.
good timer
of the division
valuable
the division head
talking half
reshlooking
cottage division
the bureau for the investigation
of Mustered aren't we?'
"Uea enot Comea
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02

drought. Many express packages Con-
tanning booze and addressed to this
city have been rifed recently. Theft
of booze somewhere in transit is be-
coming an exceeding common occur
renee, and the express companies are
being hard put to it. An official of one
of the big companies admitted that at
least one in every twenty-five pack
ages containing booze turns up for
Washington delivery either empty or
with a portion Of its contents gone.
Tn all sl1ch cases fha cxnrpSS cornnan n.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-05-02
AIMS or ALLIANCE REVEALED
Testimony Shows That German Re-
servists in United States were
Urged to Invade America.

Methods employed by the German
American alliance to influence leglsla-
tion and elections were exposed at the
hearing before the senate judiciary
committee on the bill for the revoca-
tion of the alliances charter.
The chief witness before the COM
,o,ttee was 2. H. Rabbit, official trans