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The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-08-20


parents Az Az -Remey. and wife and
other relatives.
Mrs Clyde Pullins returned Satur-
day from Richmond and Lancaster,
where she has been visiting for sew
eral days with friends.
Mr.. John Carroll Kelly is at home
for a brief visit to his mother, Mrs.
M. S. Kelly, from the Great Lakes
Naval Training Station.
Mr.. Gilbert II. Satterwhite visited
his mother and grandmother here one
day last week before going to Camp
Taylor to join the army.
Circuit Clerk J. II. Blount and AS
sistant, Miss Anise Hunt attended a
meeting of circuit and county clerks
at Lexington the past week.
Mrs. d. II. Bush and children left
this week for Des Moines, Iowa, to
be with her husband, DR.. d. II. Bush,
who is in training at Camp Dodge.
DIR. j. X. McKenna, brother of
DR.. p. X. McKenna, was visitor
here yesterday, making the trip
from his home in Minnesota in his
automobile.
David w. Chenault, who has been
stationed at Camp Taylor, has been
transferred to Portland, Me. He ex-
poets to be sent on overseas duty in
the near future.
DIR. and Mrs. James w. Prewitt
and son, Clifton, and Mr.. and Mrs.
John Robinson and daughter, Mar
garet left Sunday for a motor trip
to Chautauqua, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mute Lukins
and children, of Louisville, motored
to Mt. Sterling Saturday enroute to
Olympian Springs. They made a
short visit here to relatives.
Mr.. Joe A. Jackson, of Winchester,
but who has been connected with the
government secret service for sew
eral months past spent the week end
with his cousin Tom G. Prewitt.
The following young gentlemen
left Friday to report for duty in the
Navy at the Great Lakes Naval
Training Station: Clifton McCor-
mick, Leland HASTE and Leonard
Payne. rH-
Mrs. D. U. Lipscomb and daught-
ers, Misses Sarah Winn and Mary
VIM, who have been spending the
summer with Mrs. Sarah E. VIM,
have returned to their home in Nash
vile, Tenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifton Thompson
accompanied by Mr.. Thompson's
mother, Mrs. Malcolm Thompson,
motored to Mt. Sterling Sunday
evening. Mrs. Thompson, ST., re-
manned for visit to relatives there,
but Clifton, Jr., who has been in Mt.
Sterling for several weeks, returned
with his parents, bringing with him
his young cousin, VIM. Thompson to
be his guest for a time.-Lexington
Herald.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-08-20
BIG CATTLE SALE

Sharp Bros, of Sharpsburg, last
week sold to Henry S. Caywood, of
Bourbon County, 26O head of 1850
pound export cattle for a price
which Melted $5O,449. ~
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-08-20
BIRTHS

On Sunday night to the wife of
w. r. Purkins, a sOn-Jessie Rich
ard. Mr.. Purkins is one of the pop
ular employees of Mr.. Clay Miller,
and is receiving the congratulations
of many friends.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-08-20

for the Navy. a.,r~ 4sr
DIR. and Mrs. Knox are in New
York for the remainder of the
summer. 49,. nj -... ..
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-08-20
LETTER FROM ROLAND HENRY

The following letter from Roland
D.. Henry, who was wounded in
France July Goth. will be of much
interest to his many friends and
relatives in this section. The news
that his injury is no more serious is,
indeed gratifying to the folks back
home:,,
France.
July 25, 1918.
My Dear Mother and Dad:
Well, | guess by this time you
think l have been killed or something,
but such is not the case. l know you
think l have neglected writing but
such is not the case for we have
been on the go so much here of late
that have not had a chance to write.
l received your last two letters, how
ever, and was so glad to hear you
and Dad were as well as usual, also
received Morals and Clay's letters.
Have misplaced the letters though
and so l can't answer any questions
you asked. | am now in a French
was wounded in ac-
ton on the Goth. | suppose though
that you will have heard about me
through the War Department long
before this. Do not be alarmed about
me though, for it is nothing SER
a piece of shell in my
right leg just below the knee. The
French certainly know how to take
care of one, for they have had so
much experience. Don't know how
long will be here but do not think
more than a month. l was sorry
that l could not get into an Ameri-
can Hospital, but as l could not
will make the most of it as it is.
| suppose you have been following
as pretty closely in our recent OPP
srations, haven't your We've been
doing some telling work on the
'Dutchmen." We have good "chow"
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-08-20
AT CAMP DANIEL BOONE

The following party left this
morning for a weeks outing at Camp
Daniel Boone: Mrs. Ben r. Turner,
Misses Matte Pinney, Louise Barnes,
Emily Hazelrigg, Frances Hazelrigg,
Nancy Clay, Ruth Darsie, Irene Nc
Namara, Henrietta Greene, Eliza
beth Coleman, Catherine Earl Van
arsdell, Louise 0'Rear and Frances
Turner.
This week is High School Girls
week and at least a hundred girls will
be in camp. The camp is under the
auspices of the state Y. W. C. A.
Miss Harriet Rogers, of North Mid
dletown is the physical director of
the camp. -'
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Col. A. W. Hamilton has been quite
i'll for the past few days and will
leave shortly for a months rest.
Mr.. Lee Orear who has been quite
i'll for the past few weeks is improv-
ing slowly and his many friends will
be pleased to learn that it is thought
that he will shortly be on the road to
complete recovery.
Mrs. w. w. Eubank, Jr., who has
not been we'll for some time, will be
taken to Mayo Brothers Hospital at
Rochester, Mimi, today, where it is
hoped by her many friends that her
suffering may be relieved.
Mr.. Albert Eubank, who has been
quite ill at his home near Kiddville
for the past few months will be
taken to Rochester, Mimi, today
where a thorough examination will
be made at the Mayo Brothers Hos
pital and an operation will prob
ably be performed. Mr.. Eubanks'
many friends and relatives are hope
full that the noted surgeons may be
able to relieve his sufferings and
restore him to health.
w. s. s.
For Rent
Several desirable rooms on North
Maysville Street.
If. MRS. JOHN SCOTT,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-08-20

While the selection is large get a
panama or straw hat at reduced
prices at r. E. PUNCH & co.
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-08-20
For Rent

Several desirable rooms on North
Street.
If. MRS. JOHN SCOTT,
The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1918-08-20

New sweet potatoes at Vanars-
dell's.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10
Venus Herself Acknowledge the Need of AGrdle''
ToMake Her Figure Look Its Best Art and Skill
In the Modern Corset That Supports Yet
Does Not Restrict the Figure

HE VERY BASIS of that i'm
portant contamination called
"the fashionable silhouette" is
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10

difference in price is usually repre-
sented in the wearing qualities of the
corset and, of course, in the luxury
and beauty of materials and trimming.
Made of supple, flexible stuff and with
the least possible amount of boning,
the modern corset supports yet does
not construct the figure. Its wearer
may lounge in a. low chair, stoop to
adjust her bootlace. even sit on the
floor or the grass if she chooses with
perfect comfort, yet when she rises
her resilient corset has regained it's
supple, graceful lines and is a perfect
support for her costume, however
formal the latter may be. All this is
achieved by utmost skill, utmost pains
in the designing and building of the
modern corset. And there is no long
er any arbitrary "modish' silhouette
to which the poor body must be made
to conform by means of whaIebones
and strong lacings. The modish sill
houette is the natural silhouette, and
the more nearly a corset can make it's
wearer's figure approximate the per-
feet natural figure, the more perfect
a corset 1t is.
Good Corsets Subdue Imperfections
Not every woman, of course, has a
beautiful natural figure. But a right
ly selected corset-and one rightly
adjusted-can do a great deal toward
making a poor figure better; it can
subdue imperfections and make the
most of good points, and can effect
wonders with wrong proportions.
Physicians who used to rail against
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10

corsets-when tight stays and 'lac-
ing were in vogue-now recommend
corsets even after operative cases,
provided-and this is an important
point-the corsets are put on correct
ly. A well-known physician of Boston
in recent lecture said: 'I think
certain physicians would be better &C.
cupied tBlling women what kind of
corsets to wear than in condemning
all corsets."
How CorSets Should Be Put On
Even the finest figure can be
pushed out of shape and its silhouette
spoiled by wrongly adjusted corsets;
and even the comfortable loose corset
of modern make can be worn in a
way that may do serious injury to
organs of the body. Expert corset
filters are familiar with the laws of
hygiene and with the structure and
anatomy of the body. 1t is always
well to have. corset fitted to your
figure when you make yodr purchase,
and fittings are not charged for when
corsets of good quality are bought
The laces should always be loosened
before corset is put on, and it should
be put on very loosely and pulled well
down on the figure, especially at the
| back. Then after fastening the gar
tiers, pull in the laces little at the
waistline; then below, then above the
waistline, keeping the lines of the
back steels perfectly straight. The
corset should be just snug enough to
be felt at the hipS-not over the
| diaphragm.
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wasp-like waistline, bust pushed up
almost to the collar bones, and pro-
truding abdomen. denominations in
deed were these Victorian stays
which not only squeezed in the vital
organs but pushed them out of place
No wonder the women of this era
were languid and delicate, no wonder
exercise and athletics were not fash
ionable for the fair sex, and no won
der the daughters of those women of
the Victorian era have in their middle
life filled the private rooms of the
hospitals during the past twenty years
with physical infirmities that demand
ed more or less serious operations
One of the pictures today shows a
belle of the Victorian era, dressed in
a handsome silk of the kind that used
to stand alone" and laced, evidently
to the last point of endurance in
wasp-waisted, high-busted "stays" of
the period. Very dainty is she-very
feminine to be sure; but what vigor-
Gus, active girl of 1918, comfortably
and gracefully clothed, with every
muscle supple and free, would change
HGE SllAOueIlS LOT the elSnIeen-1nCn
waist of this lady of her grandmama s
time?
Modern Corset Has Reached Perfec.
ton
Like millinery, corset making has
become not so much trade as an
art. Even cheap corsets are sc
cleverly designed and cut that they
produce the proper silhouette and
| give right lines to the figure. The
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10

vacation days. Now all these belong
ings can be tucked into the capacious
knitting bag at the days start and
produced as needed with no necessity
for a dash upstairs. So the big bag
is not likely to be discarded for sum
mer use; it is too valuable boon
companion
With the formal costume however,
the big, cumbersome bag-femininity
has decided-makes itself too obvious.
1t robs the costume of part of its
effect and is not conducive to chic in
the general appearance. 1t is, more
over, not really necessary to carry a
dozen and one things about with one
when one is dressed for a matinee or
for a lecture or for calling. All the
bag need hold is ones knitting-and
perhaps a wee vanity outfit and a
small purse
Perhaps the fact that most women
are knitting socks, these days, instead
of sweaters, has something to do with
the diminished size of the knitting
| bag. Not only are socks more needed
than sweaters by the soldiers, but the
socks are more interesting to make.
| And there is still just little distinc-
ton about being able to do socks. 1t
marks one as an advanced knitter
and an expert at the art. Some WON
en- keep two socks going always; one
at a point where it may be worked
upon when complete attention is not
needed, and another sock progressed
to that point-the. heel of course
where it is safest to tackle the knit
ting in the quiet of ones home.
A very smart sock bag, of the very
latest shape and style, is pictured; a
knitting bag this, quiet modish and
up-to-the-moment enough to accom-
pany the last word in spring costume
The bag is made of velvet, with a
lining of soft, supple straw, and the
grape decoration is decidedly new and
intriguing. The general description
(velvet and straw and grape-trimmed)
suggests a hat does IT not2 And in.
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StageF Fashions of theMonth

drops to the hem of the skirt. The
only relieving touch IN this smart
black costume is given by bright steel
buckles on patent leather pumps 4
tailored suit worn by Miss Cooper in
the second act is of tan gabardins
with a perfectly straight coat in
1nger-tip length, over an equally
straight skirt With this tan suit Of
utmost simplicity, a black hat tilted
up at the back and carrying ten small
black wings. and a flaming red fox
animal scarf are particularly dhshing.
The most brilliant stage costumes of
the spring season have been worn in
Miss Ethel Barrymore's new play at
the Empire Theatre. '"The OF
Chance" as the play is called deals
with modern English country house
life-as it was before the war, rather
than as it now is. In the play there
is Fascinating temptress and as ev-
erybody knows a stage tenptress al
ways wears the most perfectly stun
ming and alluring clothes. Miss Rous-
silon, who plays the part of the
temptress, leaves nothing to be de-
sired in the way of costume and her
clothes-as well as her acting-are
very satisfying. But in this play, I'M
like Happiness" stunning costumes
fall to the lot of the star. In the
first act Miss Barrymore wears gray
pale gray crepe de chine and
gray fox animal scarf; her pumps and
slippers match the gray frock. But
instead of being demure, this soft
gray costume is dashing because of
its accessories. A parasoI Of black
chiffon with a red handle and a black
lisere hat with two gorgeous birds of
paradise effect the dashing note.
In the second act Miss Barrymore
wears an evening gown of black tuI1e
and jet, and a superb wrap Of Amer.
lean Beauty velvet
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TELL THE, PRETTY frocks in
Happiness" the play written
for Laurette Taylor by her hus-
~ = band, ]. Hartley Manners, fall
to the lot of somebody beside the star.
Miss Taylor, as Jenny, the dressmak-
er's assistant, has no opportunity to
exploit stunning fashions except as
she carries them about in her en-
ployer's bandbox. In the last act,
however Jenny-now risen to sue
cess and comfortable circumstances
through her own efforts and by her
unfailing belief in her lucky star
wears rather notable frock, a
chemise-frock of dark blue serge,
which is the most business like and
the neatest tailored affair that could
be imagined; the frock, par excellence,
of the successful business woman.
The skirt-which by the way is
rather long, falling well over the
ankles, has panels of accordion pleat-
ing and the chemise-like upper por-
ton with it's straight lines that yet
curve artfully to the figure, is slashed
at the edge into deep square scallops
that fall over the hips. 1t has a
square neck opening framed by a fiat
collar of white lingerie material
edged with the crispest of tiny plisse
frills; and cuffs to match fit closely
around the wrist, finishing the long,
tight sleeves.
Miss Violet Kemble Cooper, how
ever, wears in Happiness plenty of
compelling clothes. One, creation
brought by Jenny the dressmaker' S
errand girl in capacious bandbox, is
of gold metallic cloth and rhinestones.
The bodice is draped to the hips and
more drapery on the trailing skirt is
outlined with rhinestones. Bands OF
rhinestones form the shoulderstraps,
Another frock worn by Miss Cooper
is of black satin and cloth and clever
ly combines an eton jacket and a
Watteau pleat at the back which
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tory or hology-eXcepting perhaps
Cleopatra-decided that her perfect
figure would be more perfect-or re-
tain it's PROJECTIONS longer-if sup
ported by what she called "cestus,"
which was a sort of girdle. The poet
Homer relates how Juno, envious of
Venus, borrowed her "cestus,' in the
hope that it might impart to her own
charms the allurement of the goddess
of beauty.
Catherine de Medicf, of France.
wore probably the severest corset in
history-and made all the ladies of
her court adopt it too. It rose as
high as the throat and was made of
thin steel pierced with little holes so
that velvet or silk could be sewed over
it. Catherine was an ardent devotee
of fashion and, herself loathing what
she called thick waistline, she forced
the unfortunate ladies of her court
to lace themselves into these painful
steel Corsets, In GATHERINGS opinion
a waist measuring more than thirteen
inches from front to back was hope
less from a standpoint of style or
i beauty. The virgin Queen of Eng
land, Elizabeth, also invented her own
corset, and though it was not quite
as bad as GATHERINGS it was bad
enough-made of heavy, unyielding
fabric and closely ribbed with stout
bones. Even the courtieres adopted
this type of corset and wore it under
their velvets and laces. No wonder
extreme dignity and conventionality
marked court manner in those days
with everybody laced from throat tc
hip in rigid harness of steel and can
vas!
Distorted silhouette OF Victorian
Days
Almost as bad as the rigid, straight
up and down lines of the middle ages
was the silhouette of the Victorian
era, with its distorted proportions, it,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10

deed, the new knitting bags are apt
to be of millinery materials for most
of them are travelling mates with
spring hats. In this velvet bag the
straw lining does not run all the way
down-it is rather a facing to give the
millinery suggestion-and the lower
two-thirds of the lining are of soft
silk, a material much less apt to catch
instray loops of worsted.
Pretty little bags for carrying half
finished socks, are made of wide rib
bon and heavy canvas cross-stitched
in conventional flower pattern The
embroidered canvas makes the lower
half of the bag and the ribbon the
upper half, and the ribbon is shirred
over bracelet hoops of bone or amber
composition.
One of the summer vacation bags
recently seen was a capacious reticule
that embodied the ''red. white and
blue" This beach bag was made of
blue canvas strips with center strip
of white canvas. The strips are criss-
crossed with darned threads, the blue
strips in red; the white strips in blue.
Blue cords draw. up the bag, and to
emphasize the color scheme, clusters
of fame red peoples are caught at
either side where the bag is shaped
by shirring.
1t is a very good idea to put few
snap-fasteners along the inner edges
of the knitting bag-at the side open
ings. When a bag is lifted it's con-
tents settle to the bottom and may
be safely carried about; but when the
bag is thrown down. small articles
are very apt to work their way out
through the apertures at the sides and
the closed snaps prevent this, Re
grettable as it seems, sneak thieves
have been known to slip predatory
hands into knitting bags, in crowded
public conveyances, and the protection
of the snaps may guard you against
loss of purse, or gold thimble or some
other valued trinket carried in the
| bag.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10
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- EXT TO FASHIONS in neck
81 wear, nothing changes with
"a more astonishing rapidity than
\ II fashions in knitting bags. Bag
styles are here today and gone tomor-
row; new ideas are picked up and
initiated and then passed on into OBJ
livion. Now it is the big bag suspend
ed from hoops; then hoops diminish
to bracelets; bracelets give way to
cord drawstrings; drawstrings in turn
yield to strips of material extending
upward from the bag. Every woman
who sees new bag must have one
like it and a bag mode seems to
spread like wildfre. When you OBJ
serve a woman in the subway sitting
with bent head and intent gaze and
an. absorbed, abSent-minded express
sion of eye, you will usually discover
that she is enthralled with a new con-
ceit in knitting bags, carried by some
other woman, and is mentally register
ing copy of it in her mind Day
after tomorrow she, herself, will fare
forth with just such bag-for knit
ting bags are very easy to copy and
one that will not be duplicated before
it has been "out" a week.
And last years knitting bag is
intolerable from style standpoint,
quite capable of spoiling-in a crit
ical feminine eye-the smartest new
spring costume. Just now the favored
knitting bag is small, rather than
large. The monstrous affairs which
women lugged about last summer are
rather out of date and are not carried
with tailored or formal street cos.
tunes though they are permissible
with summer morning frocks and
sport clothes. Before huge knitting
bags came into fashion the woman
whose room at the summer hotel was
| up on the third floor, spent O good
deal of time running up and down
stairs. fetching magazines, needle
work, poeket-camera, and Other
! things that promote the pleasure OF
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10

is for knitting materials; the small
one for purse and similar belongings.
An admirable summer knitting bag
has a folded parasol tucked into a
pocket of the lining. A picture of
this bag is presented. No woman can
manage with perfect grace both a
knitting reicule and parasol. yet
woman is loathe to give up her par
asol, now that she and the knitting
bag have become boon companions,
So it is very pleasing to have ones
sunshade at hand in case of need, fold
ed compactly and tucked into a com
partment of the indispensable bag.
Another contraction. is the knitting
bag that turns itself into a parasol
by manipulation of concealed
springs and strings. Over her arm,
it appears TO be-and is-a bag cap
able of holding her knitting. Turned
inside out. it becomes a very present
able sunshade with a gay cover and
wooden handle.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10
AuGratin SetSMake
Charming Gifts

~ITHER THE bride-to-be, or the
weekend hostess will appre-
ciate half dozen dainty au
~ gratin dishes of white, heat
proof china with silver plated frames,
the set packed in a satin4ined box.
There are SO many ways of using au
gratin dishes, and served in this al.
Turing way, many a leftover becomes
a dainty de luxe. or in other words, a
delicious entree 1T for a special course
at a formal luncheon. Creamed SAL
mon, or any creamed fish, macaronf
and cheese, oysters scalloped with
cracker crumbs, welsh rarebit, sweet
breads and mushrooms, chopped veal
in bechamel sauce-dozens of things
can be served economically IN the
pretty little an graHn dishes which
make trifle seem such a lot, when
the entree is brought in as a separate
course between hot bouillon and salad
courses. The heat-proof china recep-
tacles can be set in the oven without
injury and ones entree course may be
prepared early in the morning and
popped into the oven just before the
luncheon guests arrive.
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down her nose at the other warm
and rather breathless women whom
she met. But-when few of
those whom she had scorned
looked back the better to ad-
mire her charms they were amazed,
yes and delighted, to see that each OF
her silk stocking was ripped just above
her shoe in the back and that from
these long rents two dusty heels pro-
truded.
Totally unconscious of this contre-
temps, however, the naughty maiden
went her way and if she heard any
chuckles behind her she probably took
them as a tribute to her charms an6
felt even prouder than before.