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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-16
Should Quality Style Govern the American Womans Apparel?

by every kind of women's club, as
well as in those circles which have
heretofore been largely given over to
society. the. questions Of price and
riety, of the American product as
against the foreign, are fought out
with unusual skill and discernment.
All of this lifts the question, of ap-
jerks clothes bodily out Of the lower
strata of mere coquetry. Of the adorn-
ment of the person for reasons of
vanity and of the eternal desire to
allure into one of high strategy,
finance and efficiency.
1t is on this plane that the question
of clothes has always rested in Paris.
Underneath the most frivolous ex-
terror the French woman has always
preserved a shrewd mind concerning
ity of our spendthrift manner of buy
ing clothes has never been touched
in any other country.
We are still spending money. and
much of it, on clothes, and we will
continue to do SO as long as there is
now. But our. women have been un-
blinded, as it were, through catas-
trophe, and they pitch into the battle
of purchasing apparel with the same
intelligence and cleverness that they
show in grasping the food question.
Here's to long continuance Of this
attitude, both in the pantry and in
the sewing room!
~
This problem, which has been pre-
scented to every woman during the
last six months, as to whether she
should buy a gown which lasts and
pay a big price for it, or buy one
which she may discard soon. and at
a much lower price. Is Of high inter-
est. 1t is settled by the individual,
and yet it is important to the mass.
There is an advocate for each side
in every crowd that foregathers to
discuss the problem. and. more to the
purpose, there are many advocates
for each side in the commercial world.
The people who do exquisite work
are loud in their claims that 1t .is bet.
ter to pay a high price for material
and workmanship, that will last as
long as economy demands, than to
pay fifth Of that price for q ready.
to-wear gown that will fall apart
after a few months service.
Opposing this argument, and con-
Quoting a brilliant and usually sue
cessful offensive, is another line, made
up Of those who insist that in a day
like this women prefer style to quail
would rather pay somewhere in the
neighborhood of $50 for ready-to-
wear frock that incorporates the new
est fashion features and gives one a
smart look, even il it has to be
thrown away before long.
Several women adopt this method:
They buy one high-priced gown OF
excellent quality and workmanship.
and see to it that the frock is not
ultra fashionable: that it has no glar-
70 which nrnnnnnca il
frock of the hour and not Of the year.
After this purchase they build up the
wardrobe with cheaper frocks. This
is necessary in hot weather. One must
have variety for the sake Of cleanli-
ness, il not coquetry.
These women buy most Of their
gowns at the shops. They prefer to
take advantage Of new stock at a
small price, rather than reduced
models at the same price, because the
latter are far from fresh and must be
sent to the cleaners, and there is
still the consciousness that they have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-16
Hemstitching.

n pEMSTITCHING is high in favor in
~ the daintiest Of summer under
wear. 1t forms lovely finish-a
finely hemstitched hem is more dur
able than one lace edged, and quite
as filmy and attractive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-16
BY ANNE RITTENHoUsE.

~ W. VI the several olSSusSioh'
N which have been thrown into
u " the modern hour which
~ breeds discussions as field
does mushrooms-is whether it is bet
ter for woman to- look for quality
or for style in her clothes?
The argumentative. and problemati-
cal side of the clothes is by no means
a small issue in the work of winning
the war No woman has a soul so
dead that she does not want to con-
eentrate her efforts in the right di-
rection and to bring to all the minor
phases of life. which she may have
heretofore waved away with a care
less gesture, the deep thought and
high efficiency which the hour de-
mands.
Once upon time the talk of clothes
turned only to fabrics, shaping. access
series and colors. This was enough to
gossip about, and it gave the public
and the dressmakers a lively time
But we have gone upward-or down
ward, whichever one wishes to call it
in series of spirals to another
the discussion of what is good or bad,
what is cheap and nasty as opposed
to what is cheap and worthy in wom-
ems apparel. Intelligent women, and
otherwise, find that the gauntlet of
argument thrown into the arena is
who has voice, and the problemati-
cal side of wartime appareling
makes an enlivening discussion that
puts scandal, society and love affairs
in the background.
4 +
Surely no one. not even the most
intense war worker. can object to the
emphatic fact that the pros and cons
of what to buy in clothes are as
worthy of attention as the subject of
what to eat.
Those who cry out for a STANDARDIZED
tion Of dress, for the wearing of one
gown till it drops from the body, for
variety and picturesqueness in ap-
parel. should look well into their own
dining rooms and kitchens to see if
they carry out these convictions in
the food that is served.
1t is foolish to say that it is i'm
possible for a human being to eat
food that has no variety and no at
tractive serving, but that it is per-
fectly possible for a woman to dis
card all the finer parts, of dress and
cease to care how she looks One
method might be deadening to the
appetite, therefore reacting on the
health of the body. while the other
would be deadening to the mind and
would surely react into mental and
moral depression and ineptitude.
This very question of uniforms, of
lack of variety in clothes, of a method
that bars enough frocks to change in.
is one of the gauntlets thrown into
the arena of discussion wherever
women are forepathered
Another is the question of quality
versus style; and still again, the argu-
ment turns toward whether il is
cheaper to buy ready -to-wear gar
ments from the shops or to give
seamstresses their high prices to
make over gowns.
There is no longer any question of
exploiting ones clothes and conceal
ing the price. and therefore in all the
arguments that have been taken up
New Britain herald., 1918-12-23
because of the impossibility of obtaining
 8ood milk at all times and in all places

(which are destroyed by ordinary cooking) preserved intact.
 To good rich milk HORLICK added the valuable extract of Mailed Barley and Wheat, containing all the nutrition of these grains, and reduced them to powder form, with perma- nent keeping qualities, and soluble in water. It was found that by the action of the Malt fernents on the milk, it's digestibi1ity was markedly increased over ordinary milk, so as to render it easily assini1ated by the weak stomach of the infant, the irl- valid, and the aged.
 This well balanced milk food was thus perfected, which third of century's experience has amply proved capable in itself of supporting infant and adult life.
 This new milk food HORLICK named Matted A1ilk; it has proved a boon to thousands upon thousands, from infancy to old age, of every race and cline, and is to be found in every city in the civilized world.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-23

2 NERVOUS to 1883 it was neces- F sary to add milk to all prepared X foods for the infant and invalid, in order to make a properly balanced diet But it was difficult and often impossible to obtain good milk in cities and tropical climates.
 The vital problem of how to supply reliable milk for people of all ages in any climate that would be avail able at all times, was finally solved by HORLICK of Racine, Wis, U. S. A., after years of labor and ex- pertinent.
 HORLICK discovered a process or reducing fresh milk by careful evapo- ration in a vacuum to a powder form, which contained all the valuable con- stituents of fresh milk, would keep indefinitely in any climate, and yet be soluble in hot or cold water.
 This was the first time in history that milk was reduced to powder form, soluble in water, retaining it's natural qualities when dissolved, and with all the valuable Vitaz77ir7es
New Britain herald., 1918-12-23

To the North and South I oles
 Horlick's Matted Milk" writes Captain Peary, was always on the firing line; no field party was dispatched without it, and it never failed to make good prompt ly and satisfactorily" Captain Amundsen, discoverer of the South Pole, writes: Our way to the pole is Uttered with boxes stamped Hor1ick's,' giving full evidence of the liberal use made of your splendid Matted Milk" Also taken by SteHansen and the Scott polar expedition.
New Britain herald., 1918-12-23

A blessing to the aged Nutrition with digestibility makes Hor1ick's Matted Milk the ideal food for the aged. Maxi mum nourishment with mini" mum tax on the digestion
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01
EMPIRE

In view of the several great murder
cases that have held the attention Of
the entire nation even in these days
when war news usually chokes out
everything else, 1.-THE Guilty Man."
presented by A. III. Woods, is an ex-
ceedingly timely and intensely inter-
esting production. The play is pre-
scented at the Empire theatre today
and tomorrow.
Many parallels can he drawn be-
tween it and the case of a fragile
little woman recently tried for the
murder of her husband. The case is
altered somewhat in 1.-THE Guilty
Man." however, for, in the picture, it
is a daughter who murders her STEP
father to save her mothers life and
is tried by her own father, who has
never been willing to acknowledge
her.
Ringing on the question of whose
is, in reality, the responsibility for
the crime, the girl having been driven
to it in view of the environment, the
circumstances which have surrounded
her life, and her mother having been
driven to placing her in that position
by the desertion of her father, the
answer is seemingly given in the title
THE Guilty Man. although there has
been much discussion on the subject
Gloria Hope as the daughter and
Vivian Reed as the mother, as vel
as William Garwood as the prose
cutting Attorney" have contributed
largely to the notable success of the
picture.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01
PLAZA

The sublime Nazimova comes to the
Plaza the latter half of the week in
her great screen achievement, 'Rev-
elation,' a seven-act super-production
from the Metro studies.
1t was in war Brides that Mime.
Nazimova discovered she could act
before the camera. Revelation has
been written in such a. way as to give
full sway to the superb emotional
abilities of the great Russian, and the
broadcast possible scope to her new
found powers. The more powerful
the play the more marked has always
been the triumph of this wonderful
actress and this exceptional produc-
ton should prove the sensation of the
present season.
In addition to the picture the
usually strong vaudeville bill has been
arranged.
Hello Japan" a comic operetta
with Jack Claire and bevy of
charming show girls, will head the
program and three other "coTking'
acts, including Earle and Sunshine, a
pair of pretty and talented young
women, offering To-day and Yester-
day; Mclaughlin and Evans in songs
and jolly patter, and Louis Leo, q
versatile entertainer.
A Drew comedy, "a Youthful At
fair" which. by the way, is the last
of these comedies to be offered or
account of the return to the speaking
Istage of the famous team, will be
shown with a Christie comedy.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01
TASHUA AND LONG HILL.

Harry Swezey has sold his place to
Mr.. Trip, the station agent at Step
ney. Mr.. Swezey went to California
some time ago and his family Will
soon leave here . join him.
The funeral of c. Frances, wife of
Irving Smith was held last Tuesday
afternoon from her late residence,
North Main street. Long Hill. Burial
was in Mountain Grove cemetery.
Mrs. Howard Randall has recently
returned here from st. Vincent's hos
pital and is now doing nicely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Kaechele are
moving into the place purchased by
Mr.. Goldstein. "
Mr.. and Mrs. Coombs and family
moved last week into the Fohrenback
place in Monroe.
Mrs. Miles Wakeley and twin
daughters returned home from ST.
Vincent's hospital last Monday and
Wednesday the smaller twin passed
away.
carl Kaechele has recently pur-
chased a Ford and Charles Hunger
ford a new bicycle.
charles B. Seeley of Tashua is very
i'll at the home of Edward Gillette
where he went to attend dairy meet
ing Friday night and was stricken
with hemorrhage of the brain just as
he started his car for home. He is
clared for DR.. Gardner of Bridge
port and a trained nurse.
A six weeks course singing schoo
began April 10 at the gym.
Herman Walter, father of Ottc
walter of Long Hill has opened ~
| earaae which was known as Cutler
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01
WHAT'S GOING ON In THE WORLD
OF THEATRES AND AMUSEMENT
POLI'S

A last opportunity will be presented
at the Poll theatre today to see THE
Shrapnel Dodgers in their sensational
reproduction Of sights and scenes be-
hind the trenches. Real heroes from
the front, every one of these men
knows the fighting game and has lost
some member of his body or some of
the senses through his devotion to
country. In the act they present at
Polls, not only is an intimate view
given of life behind the battle lines,
but they also sing and otherwise en-
terrain.
On the screen Mabel Normand pro-
duces howls of laughter in her latest
photoplsy of laughter and love,
"Dodging a Million" From the err
rand girl in a millinery establishment,
overnight she becomes the petted idol
of the hotels and the fashion marts. 1t
is a comedy similar to Brewster S
Millions" in it's laugh-making posi-
bilitieS and Miss Normand has taken
advantage of every trick known to the
comedy stars.
The sixth episode of '"The Eagles
Eye" is a sensational record of Ger
man plots to disorganize shipping and
industry in America. Hearst-Pathe
news also returned to the Poll screen
shows many interesting current
events.
Deldas and limo give water coloring
it's glory through electrical devices
Gaylord and Lancton, two girls with
pep, have a novel travesty on stage
life. Schwartz and clifford, two fun
- sters of the most modern type, keel
the comic side before the audience
for Is minutes and George Brown
and his company of walkers offe,
amusement and an exhilirating exhi
bition of pedic skill.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01
LYRIC

Scoring a success second to none
that has ever fallen to the Poll Play
ers during the present season, 1.-THE
Brat" the laughing comedy sensation
now playing at the Lyric theater, is
drawing record breaking attendance
AS was the case on Monday night
every seat was again taken last night
and judging from the large advance
request for seats for the remain
ing performances a similar recep-
ton will be rendered this wonderful
production.
This is the first time that 'The
Brat" has ever been produced by a
stock company and Bridgeport is
given an opportunity of seeing at
popular prices what thousands of
others paid top prices to see. Miss
Warda Howard, who is easily the
center of attraction, excels as 1.-THE
Brat" Her technique and talents are
given full sway and like the versatile
actress she has proven herself to be
since coming to Bridgeport she IS
taking advantage of the opportunity.
Perhaps never before has 1.-THE
Brat" been given the Interpretation
presented by Miss Howard. With
dialect most realistic and her every
action such as one. might expect from
a real "brat'' of the streets, the Poll
| Players leading lady is alone worth
the price of admission.
She is ably supported by the entire
cast, chief among whom is Dudley
Ayers, the leading man. Mr.. Ayers
also has an entirely different part
from what he has been accustomed
| to playing, but he carries off the role
il elegant style. The others are cast
for important. parts and all are en-
titled to the well merited applause
which is given them.
| Next week the Players will present
Vincent Lawrence's greatest success,
'"Take Chance" which was built by
him for laughing purposes. The
week following the Poll Players as
sisted by a chorus of beautiful girls,
will present a musical comedy which
is as we'll known as anything that
has ever been produced on any stage,
Every Good Eddie" This is the
first time anything of this magnitude
has been attempted by stock COM
pany but there is little doubt but that
they will score a success similar .
what has been given them in other
productions.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01
Observation-Disclosures
LITTLE BENNY'S
NOTE BOOK
! Observation-Disclosures
BY LEE PAPE

Me and pop was taking wawk be-
for suppir, and I sed, Pop, do you
think if we kepp wawking long enuff
we wood Wawk all the way Ground
the werld and come back in ixac1ly
the same spot?
WY yes, 1 shood think there wood
be about one chance in 1870 billion, sed
pop. WITCH jest then a drop of waiter
fell on my nose, and 1 sed, G, pop, I
felt a drop on my nose, it must be
raining.
That question you jest asked me
was enuff to make it rain for munth,
sed pop, however, don't think its
raining.
| Well, a drop went on my nose, sed,
and pop sed, Did it look like rain?
and L sed, I dident see it.
| Well, did it feel like rain? sed pop.
Yes sir, I sed, and it tasted like
rain, too. WITCH it did, on account of
going in my mouth wen it bounced off
my nose. And jest then it started to
come, down hard as enything, and me
and pop quick ran up in sumbodys
lvestibule anG started to wait for it to
stop, pop saying, Its only a shower,
anu SuOW6TS utfS1 1coL NSAy AOAp0 VI
elts they woodent be showers.
And me and pop kepp on waiting a
long vile and it kepp on coming down
jest as hard, and I sed, G, pop, I'm
hungry.
I'm jest as hungry, sed pop, we will
wait 5 more minnits, and if it hasent
stopped by that time its no shower
and may never stop, and we will
make g. dash for home. And we wait
ed more minnits and it hadent start
ed to stop yet, and pop sed, NOW Tor
the dash. And we started to run
home, getting soaking wet, amid jest
as we got half way there wat did II
do but stop raining. And we wawked
the rest of the way, me saying, II
must of bin a shower after all, pop.
Let the subjeck drop, sed pop. AND
wen ma saw US she sed, My gray
shiss, sutch sites, wy on erth d1den1
Iyou run in a doorway or some place!
If YOU wait till I change my clothes
I'll give you a ritten explanation, sec
pop. And we went up stairs and pu1
on dry clothes, and so did I, and Their
we came down and ate suppir, POI
not looking all rite agen till about the
dizzert.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01
Last McEnelIy Visit.

The last visit for this season of the
Singing McEnelly orchestra will be
made to the Colonial ball room in
Fairfield avenue, Monday evening
and promises to attract the biggest
crowd, and be one of the best times
of the winter This popular orches-
ira will soon take up work in an
open air summer resort, and will not
be heard here again until next fall.
The McEnellys have proved wonder
fully popular in Bridgeport because
of the excellence of the music, being
always up to date, and generous in
response to requests for more. They
will come Monday with number. of
specialties, all of the latest music, and
expect big crowd. The usual pop
ular prices.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01
Guilty Souvenir Night.

Serpentine and souvenir night will
be observed at Quilty's in the Colo
NAL ball room, Fairfield avenue to-
morrow night. The dance of the
serpentines will be repeated, and
every person attending will be given
2. handsome souvenir. The serpen-
tines are fun-makers for every one
Murray's orchestra will furnish the
music. there will be a large attend
ance and a good time. Only the
usual popular price Of admission.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01
BELGIANS SEND
PROTEST TO HUNS

Washington, May Am official
dispatch from Holland says the Tele-
graf publishes a letter sent by the
Belgian senators and deputies to the
governor general protesting against
the treatment of Belgians. Many of
the population, some of them under
16 and others over SO years of age,
have been taken from their homes to
the Flanders front or to the north OF
France to work while exposed to
bombs and shell fire.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01
WEST END

The appearance of Madge Kennedy,
who became a screen star almost over
night in Nearly Married" a picture
version of the famous stage comedy
by Edgar Selwyn, is a combination
that should prove a most successful
attraction when shown at the West
End theatre tonight.
Madge Kennedy is the same capable
young coincidence whose work sup
plemented the laugh-provoking situa-
tons of Margaret Mayo's screen YER
sion of Baby Mine" and made that
photoplay one Of the really pro-
nounced hits of the year.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01

garage.
The Misses Helena and Sara Beers
were Friday guests of. Miss Royden
of Devon.
Mrs. Elliott Beardsley fell on the
sidewalk one day last week as she
was going into D. M. Reads store,
Bridgeport, and broke a bone near
the hip. She is resting comfortably
at the Galen hospital.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Clark and
daughter, Miss Beatrice, have lately
returned to their home in Long Hill
after spending the winter months in
the South.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01
WISE AND OTHERWISE

Confidence is expressed that Con-
gress will thoroughly realize the need
of more army cantonments about the
time the big influx of the new draft
arrives with their suit cases.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01

No compulsion is placed on the peo-
pie who can buy Liberty Bonds but
won't. Also they are perfectly free
to leave the country at the earliest
possible moment.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01

While great things are expected in
the shipbuflding line from Charley
Scwab, it is Officially denied that he
can start a $50 ton vessel in the morn
ing, and have her all done at $50 PM
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01

Boston loan boosters turned fire.
bugs, set Liberty cottage afire and
sold bonds while the city department
extinguished the blaze.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01

A special course in shipbuilding and
marine transportation will be intro
duced in the Delaware State College
next September to aid the govern
ment.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01

1t is denied that the German soldiers
aren't well fed, as they always take
pains to fatten their cannon fodder.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01

The Senate confirmed the nominal
nations of eight major generals and
Is brigadier-g generals.
Fffty-one American soldiers Just
back from the front were received on
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01

Another excellent use for the beef
steak you get now, is to make armor
plate out of it.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01

The people who spend two hours
reading about the war are frequently
completely discouraged, but those who
get out and work on surgical dress
ings for that length of time feel very
cheerful.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer. (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1918-1924, 1918-05-01


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