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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
Diary Of a Fashion Model

= By GRACE TEORNCLIFFE .

when 1t hung on chair. It is Of pale
orange orSandie trimmed with cream
lace ruf1es. A little dash Is given to
it by the Introduction of burnt orange.
The skirt is softly draped in two tiers
that reach to q little below the hips.
The bodice has deep point in front.
finishing a panel that runs from the
neck. The round collar of cream lace
has a burnt orange velvet bow in front.
The sleeves are short. ending little
above the elbow, and finishing in a fall
of cream lace ruffles.
The chief characteristics Of this very
individual gown are the drapi1g OF the
bodice and the upper part Of the skirt
The soft, deep ruffies of organdie fall
ing about the hips are very becoming al
most to any one. They round out curves
for the hipless girl and conceal any pos
sible defects of waistline which are SO
common even among women with the
most envied of slender figures.
The.,softly draped bodice has neither
pleat nor ruffie in 1t. but is allowed to
hang naturally from the shoulders. end
ing in tiny gathers at the waist. The
fat panel from throat to waistline ends
in a long point and thus gives little
needed stiffness where 1t cuts into the
hip draperies.
The rest OF the skirt falls in loose
gathers from underneath the hip
draperies. The absence of any trim
ming or pleat or panel of any kind on
this skirt helps to carry out the effect
of simplicity. The bodice and draperies
are set off TO greater advantage by the
skirts untrimmed simplicity.
1t Is in the hip draperies that skill
counts, and Madame makes of 1t fine
art. Curiously. the placing of the great
est fulness of the hip draperies not only
effects the figure at that point, but it
also changes the appearance of the
waistline a good deal. No matter how
charmingly curved is the waistline. if
you drop the hip draperies half an inch
below the right place the waistline be-
gins to look square and angular instead
of charningly rounded. On the other
hand, If the hip fulness is too high an
ugly chubbiness is given to the waist
and bodice.
What is the right point of hip full
ness depends on each individual figure
1t cannot be reduced even to general
average measurements. Madame always
makes a most careful point of hip dra-
peries-studyins the carriage of the
shoulders, the length of back from
neck to waistline. the length of arms,
for all these little things affect the final
perfection.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

The outer spongy bark OF the cork
oak, which grows in the south of
France and Spain. constitutes the sub
stance known as cork. This outer bark
Is periodically stripped OF the tree,
soaked for a time in water. and the sur
face subsequently, charred close to the
pores.
Australia which is IS times larger
than the whole of the British Isles, has
a population not exceeding that OF Lon
don.
Llamas are employed in transport
work in Peru. These animals work in
herds of about hundred, and each
carries load equivalent to a hundred
weight. After two weeks work each
llama has a weeks rest
Stellite, the harder-than-steel cobalt
chromium alloy that has proved so use
full in cutlery. is suggested as a partial
substitute for platinum for jewelry.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

"I don't believe in giving up hope
Until you see your friends embalmed or
cremated," she went on That's plenty
of time. And even then I wouldn't be
sure unless I had seen them die myself
Now. in your fathers case. it's utter
nonsense to argue that he must be dead
simply because this coin from a brace
let he had comes to you in this queer
manner. There are dozen ways in
which the thing might have fallen into
the hands of his enemies. Some trusted
associate who knew about it. may have
been in reality a spy upon him. What
an easy thing it would have been for
such a man to steal the trinket"'
I wondered duly If she believed her
own theory or was simply trying &c
bolster my courage I rather inclined
to the latter theory. for never before
had noticed such determined optimism
in my mother-in-law.
But I could not share her hopefulness.
II 1 accepted her theory that the nleE
next door were enemies who were trying
to rnislead me. then I could not get
away from the conviction that my
father was no more numbered among
the living.
But did accept her theory? This Yves
the question which confronted me tor
turingly. Upon one side of the argu-
rnent was my conviction that I had
known somewhere without his disguis-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

after the bitten flesh has been promptly
cauterized with nitric acid. it is practi-
cally a sure preventive OF this 1oo per
cent fatal malady.
The Pasteur treatment Is a vaccine, a
preventive. Nothing known to man has
ever cured hydrophobia, once 1t de-
veloped. Unless immediate injections of
these harmless vaccines are started
when you are bitten by a rabid animal
you can do nothing for the affection
Palsy of Throat.
Popular fallacies and misunderstood
ings about hydrophobia are the usual
"hand-me-downs"o of past ages. A mad
dog isn't crazy or "out of its head" 1t
is infected with deadly germs. which
will kill it in three or four days; which
will also infect any one It bites with the
deadly microbes
Another absurdity is the delusion that
there is no such disease as hydropnooid-
Just as there are atheists who oeieVe
there is no God, so there are misguided
minds who think there is no rabies. 1t
is useless to talk facts TO such persons
The last census showed that eS persons
died of the three-day fatal fnfectlon'
hydrophobia- Most of these were babes
and children. Yet the signs and symp-
toms of the 9S. all widely scattered and
unknown to each other, were those Oh
this one deadly ailment
To help to a better understanding OF
hydrophobia or rabies I give you these
facts exactly as they are:
While those 9s choked in the throes OF
this three-day disease-there is no in
sanity or madness to 1T, only slow
palsy of the throat-4625 other persons
bitten by animals erred on the sure and
safe side and received the Pasteur vac
cine injections. Perhaps some OF these
were bitten by animals that were well
and not infected, but since the Pasteur
NEGOTIATIONS are harmless and sure pre-
ventions, of the 1925 bitten the doubtful
were saved with the real victims.
Is Easily Preventable.
Rabies, then, is easily preventable. 1t
is a disease as distinguishable as small
pox or typhoid fever. 1t is always fatal
If allowed to develop. 1t does not cause
insanity or greatness, and all It's victims
die within a few days, whether man,
child, dog or chick.
The Pasteur treatment should be be-
gun as soon after receiving the bite as
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
ADVICE TO GIRLS
By ANNIE LAURIE

DEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
am Is. For long wilhelm
TACT. all winter-I have been going
around with boy of 10.
My mother Is society woman. and
believes in different classes She
thinks Just because this boy is not an
wealthy as we that he is not fit for
me to go around with. He comes
from very good family, only they
have lost a lot of money. I am moi
thinking of marriage, being too
young. but I like the boy immensely.
ana / hate to hurt his feelings.
My Daddy sides with me. but he In
In France. PEGGY
EGGY: am afraid. dear, that Won
are too young to go against YOU,
mothers wishes in the matter -
choosing your men friends.
know something about mothers ana
daughters. and it seems to me tbas
daughters frequently m.sunderstanS
mothers. II the young man is all tbsS
you think he is. I'm sure thai .n,,s
mother will not oppose his attentions
when you are old enough. However,
there may be some very excellent re-
son for her opposition which yo1, can-
not now recognize.
And. with Daddy in France. Won bsv.
a big duty-taking care of your rnotbs.
and trying to put less worry and rnors
real joy into her life. haven't you?
Annie Laurie t1iH tceIcon1e letter. ~
inquiry on subjects of feminine iutere,s
from young tconIen readers of this Dnper
and totu reply to them in these coiun,nH
Letters to Miss Laurie should ke "a
dressed to her. care this o1ics.
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IL Mrs. Mallard Bored7

her
to
a bit interested
lame
just of the attempt adjustment cond
rest,wo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
DEAR ANNIE LAURIE:

DEAR ANNIE LAURIE:
Is it proper for 1s-year-oid girl
to go out riding after the movies or
some other entertainment?
Is a girl unwomanly II the boys are
fond of her? She is real pretty. and
IL a great favorite among the girls
as well as the boys
is 1t proper and nice for girl to
receive a goodnight kiss once in a
While from one whom she knows real
vel! and likes real well?
TWO CUTE KIDS.
CUTE KIDS: OF course it isn't
proper, girls. and I am quite sure
I1ai you knew what the answer
z.culd be when you asked the question
! cung girls should be in their little beds
and getting their beauty sleep rather
taan being out riding, and it is never
wise to go riding with the boys at all
unless you are cha peroned, preferab bly,
by the mother or older sister of one of
The girls or some older woman known to
your parents
The fact that the boys are fond of a
girl does not make her unwomanly-
rather it might seem> that she is woman
", IL the popularity is of til. right sim
pie. friendly sort
Kisses, whether they are GOODNIGHT or
cood-afternoon kisses, are not permitted
by girls of good taste unless there is a
real enga cement existing between the
couple. 1t is very unwise to allow such
liberties. and the boys like you better If
YOU are dignified and truly womanly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
By ALBERT BARRETT sAYRES

you who know nothing Of the profess
sion of nursing do to aid? Here are the
ways:
Except in the most urgent Of cases
cases where life and death make the
demand so Imperative it cannot be de-
uied-those of us who do our fighting at
home should not employ trained nurses.
In the most imperative cases we
should make use of the hospitals. There
we or our loved ones will be better
cared for even than the most efficient
of trained nurses alone could care for
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
Helping Release Nurses.

The call for nurses to care for our
soldiers and sailors now and in the
days to come has sounded in almost
every ear But this call cannot be too
often repeated. In its tones is the
throb Of the highest patriotism, and
every aid that can be given to supply
nurses and more nurses is a national
duty that falls upon every man, woman
and child in the country.
How can the civilian help? What can
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

DR.. Htrshber0 sciH dns,1er questions
for readers OF this paper on medical.
hy1ienic and sanitation subjects that are
of general interest. He cannot oltuau,
undertake to prescribe or offer adujcs
for .sdtvtdud! cases. Where the subject
Is not of general interest letters tciH be
dnstoered personally. il stamped and
addressed envelope is enclosed. Address
ALL INQUIRIES to DR.. L. Z. Hxsh-
berg, in care of this Office.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

YDROPHOBIA, or rabies, is fatal disease trans
II nitted from animal to animal to by the
= bite the saliva of the rabid animal. The virus,
the invisbly small microbes, which carry the deadly
of hydrophoba thrive vegetate in the
throat and spinal cord of almost any animal bitten
These germs of hydrophoba, rabies, do not burst
forth in full bloom at the time the animal IS
bitten period of three weeks sometimes months,
elapse before they vegetate This is fortunate because
in this interval something may be done to stop the
deadly disease
In word. the immunity is produced by injecting
the bitten the preventive vaccine of Pasteur
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
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@ FLORENCE HOWARD

DON'T mind to
thrift
l. that's the
We help said
We all hated
bottle
little of old soft
a jify
THE best Of that this
IN the while
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

B. X. Q-Will you kindly give me
some treatment for rose fever?
A-Thfs IS a name for a group of in
fections or rather susceptibiIities of GER
tain persons to the extracts Of plants
and vegetation. There are a large num-
Der Of grasses. flowers. rag weeds, fruits
and vegetables which at certain sea-
sons of the year-in spring for some. in
autumn for others-makes them sneeze.
gives them watery eyes, asthematic at
tacks and other unpleasant disturb
ances. 1t Is plain from this that the
relief or cure is very difficult to find
because IN 100 cases every one may have
a different cause. One may be cured nv
moving away from the neighborhood OF
a back lot where weeds grow, while
others must go hundreds of miles awav
from their trouble. There are vaccines
now made of the pollen of many Of
these plants which seem to relieve some
persons. but. of course. it depends on
locating the precise pollen that fits the
particular individual.
c. c. Q-Please prescribe for erup-
tons on the leg.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

MY nother-in-law's manner was
MI truculent, militant, as she eluci-
dated her theory of the character
OF the men next door. But as her eyes
Tell upon my face. her mien abruptly
changed
What Is It. child7" she asked anxious
ly. and then I saw plying compre-
hension creep into her eyes even before
I answered her.
But, mother" I faltered, "if these
men are not representing my father.
then he must be dead or they would
never have had in their possession the
bracelet from which this coin was
taken"
Don't tell me you're one of those
people who give up as easily as that,
Margaret" she retorted, and there was
that in her voice which pricked my self
reSpect
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
WINIFRED BLACK xXBB d51G5Y ut-of-Place PEOPLE
1915

bored ducklings doesn't
bu
a who
lovely
claim
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20

7 COULD change my disposition by
changing my waistiine," laughingly
admitted Miss Joyce. as she tried on
= demure little garden frock that
Madame had designed for her.
Wear your waistline six inches above
where nature decided 1t, and you're
sweet innocence ready to be taken in
by the first mustached villain who
crosses your path. Drop that same line
to the hips and you're a vampire! No
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"What Do You Advise 2"

Upon the other side was my mother
ln-law's thoroughly logical argument
that the men for some purpose of their
own wished me to stay closely at home
for week or two. and purposed fright
ening me into needing their command.
Her comment upon the melodramatic
manner of their communicating with me
also bolstered her theory that they were
In no way representative of my father.
And yet-a little doubling voice with
In me protested that ought not to set
aside SO ruthlessly the possibility of my
fathers love for me providing just the
safeguards which these men claimed
had been thrown around me. Suppose,
after all. the man on horseback was in
reality some friend of my fathers. doing
his bidding?
L ran over in my mind every friend of
my fathers whom L had met casually
In the days before knew he was my
father. But not one OF the very few
men I remembered answered in any way
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actress could possibly play wicked part
In Dlrectoire gown nor feign innocence
in a clinging crepe de chine, whose
waistline was invisible to the eye. Now,
what have you to make me look de-
mure?'
Madame asked me to trot out a soft
little organdie frock that seemed to
breathe a character of its own, even
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
ADELE GARRISON'S NEW
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE


ing beard and foreign dress the younger
of the men who had rented the house
next door. The memory of his eyes with
startled recognition in them as 1 had
seen them in the taxicab next to mine,
Joined with my belief that I had seen
before the left-hand chirography of the
letter the japanese servant had handed
to me.
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DING MY BIT"
Suggestions Help Win the War

the case at home. Each hospital Is
equipped with the most modern methods
of treating and caring for every kind
of case, and every aid is instantly at
hand.
Becoming a Trained Nurse.
If you are a graduate of a womans
college or of high school you will find
the readiest assistance for which you
could ask in entering the profession of
nursing. The training courses have in
many cases been speeded up, and you
can become a competent nurse in
shorter time than ever before.
Enroll as a student nurse If you are
one of those who have always wished
to be a trained nurse. You may be able
to enter a hospital in this city. Or you
can enter the army school recently es-
tablished by the army in connection
with military hospitals.
The army school of nursing offers you
the opportunity Of nursing sick and
wounded men in military hospitals and
OF the same time of completing a course
of training to enable you to become a
graduate nurse.
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Being a Home Defence Nurse.

To prevent any serious shortage of
skilled nurses to care for those at home
every married nurse and those not now
engaged in active nursing or not for one
reason or another eligible for military
service. should join the Red Cross as a
home defence nurse If you are one of
these trained women you can do much
good beg serving a few hours a day or
each week nursing neigh bors in emer-
gency. and aiding in hospitals, dsspen-
saries, baby saving stations and similar
places where such assistance Is needed.
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Is She Out of Plaee7


listens quack she just lifts head without
feathers
Nobody thing with they afraid the
something
uncomfortable
n a chicken a
interested in Mrs Malrd aren't you? wonder what makes
belong all? she has been reading book written on
Higher
How Develop the Broader Life If she's just simply
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mud nice
fol
white 1t,
live the
please
to quackng.
Mallard
think they
Co. adding along and quacking doorously.
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There's a terrible time out

~ oOD gracious! There's terrible time out
( at the park The white malard duck has
~ a brood of white mallard ducklings-only
they are yellow just yet, yellow gold, and so
fuzzy that they look like little balls of fluff with
their fiery little black eyes and their queer, fiat,
self-important feet ------
They healthy little things and they would
have lovely time padding around the shores
of the lake. only the mother duck is strenuous
person She doesn't want to sit around in the lake
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nearly
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
Secrets Of Health and Happiness.
What Hydrophobia Really
Isl IowYou Can Prevent 1t

A. B.. M. A., M. D. (Johns Hopkins University
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-20
Answers to Health Questions

B. X OWL you kindly give m,
some treatment for rose fever?
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-23
NO UPPISHNESS ABOUT SIMS
American Admiral Acts as Guide to
Naval Wireless Operator
in London.

London.-There's nothing uppish
about Admiral Sims. Anybody who
has Joined the navy for the purpose
of helping lick the child killers looks
good to Sims.
Bill Swinger, former telegraph op.
orator, now q first-class wireless op-
orator, was plodding YEARLY about the
Grosvenor Garden district trying to
find some one who could talk United
States and direct him to navy head
quarters, when big man with red
dish beard stopped him.
He talked United States and soon
found that Bill was hopelessly lost. It
isn't everybody who is directed about
London by an admiral, commander in
chief of Uncle Sans warning navy.
md Bill is rather pleased to have the
honor.
Sims got Swinger's naval history in
few questions, then directed him to
his "home port" which happened to
b % GrosyenOr Gardens.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-23
JULIA WARD HOWE'S SALON
As Hostess 1t Was Said of Her With
Truth That She Delighted in
Contrasts.

When I think Of it believe that !
not call it so. nor even think of It as
such: yet within it were gathered
people who represented many and va
riOus aspects Of life. They were gen
uine people, not lay figures diStin-
guished by names and clothes. The
earnest humanitarian interests of my
husband brought TO our home mum
her Of persons Interested In reform.
education and progress. 1t YVES my
part to mix in with this graver ele
ment as much of social grace and
gnniHlity as / was able to gather
about me. I was never afraid to bring
together persons who rarely met else
where than at my house. confronting
Theodore Parker with some arch
priest Of the old orthodoxy. or Will
liam Lloyd Garrison with decade.
perhaps. of Beacon street danes. A
friend said. on one of these occasions :
"Our hostess delights in contrasts"
confess that I did; but think that
my greatest pleasure was in the les
sons of human compatibility which I
learned in this wise. I started. indeed.
with the conviction that thought and
character are the foremost values in
society. and was not afraid or asham-
cd to offer these to my guests. with or
without the stamp of fashion and Pc
sition.-Julia Ward Howe.
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-23
HINTS OF THE FASHIONS

BlOuses of georgette and silk her
sey are trimmed with embroidery. and
many of these models have choker
collars and elbow-length sleeves.
An exquisite hat recently seen had
a crown Of seal fur and a brim Of
metal brOcade ribbon.
AS winter advances the vogue OF
stocks and jabots increases, and MANY
very smart tailored stocks and daintilY
frilly jabots are ready in the shops for
the assured demand.
Accordion-plaited chiffon velvet com:
bined with plain velvet is used for
smart round turbans that are abso-
lutely devoid of trimming.
The ever popular. never out of fash
ion blue serge dress is with us again
this season. One particularly pleas
ing model is trimmed with embroidery
done In green, tan and a blue q tribe
lighter than the navy of the dresA
Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1918-11-23

London.-If anyone believes the
Yanks are inclined to be lenient to-
ward the Huns he needs only to take
a journey among the hospitals and get
the spirit Of the boys who have been
through the mill. They tell some pref
ty characteristic stories in the hos
pitfalls.
One of the officers, when asked
what was the general feeling Of the
boys. said:
"All you have to do is to ask one
or two of them to find out"
This story is told by one of the off,
GERS and vOuched for:
1--WE were going over. The first
blast of the machine guns got us pref
ty well. Then Jerry started over.
We met. In the move forward one OF
our boys was shot by German rifle
man. The boys chum, standing close
to me, saw the German who shot the
first boy. We then rushed. The Ger
mans began dropping to their knees
and calling 'Kamerad.' This boy,
with his chum lying on the ground,