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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-29
From Baseball to Boches"
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4 S all the world knows, Americans
L n like to move fast. The world is
only just beginning to realize that Amer
leans generally have pretty good idea
of where they're going. It's true of our
armies, when the Hun sows his dragon
teeth on good American soil; and it's
equally true of our most truly American
story writer's.
Mr.. Witwer writes rafting good base-
ball and boxing stories. 1t is our misfor-
tune not to know many Big Leaguers in
a personal way. 1t is therefore and cor
respondingly our privilege to escape hav-
ing to express an opinion upon the fdel-
ity to fact of Mr.. Witwer's representa-
ton of them in fiction. They suit us
mighty well just as he trots them out
for inspection.
For one thing they make us confess
that the Britons who accuse us of having
a language of our own may be right
they even make .us hope it; though We
reserve the right to question the indict-
ment's correctness Of specification. A
wonderful speech is theirs. Sometimes
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-29

ideas advanced in it and not chiefly in
the story. This is true of Joan and Peter.
No apology is necessary then for discuss
ing the ideas rather than the incidents Of
the tale. They are many and seldom new.
Peter, apparently unacquainted with
the Finite God so carefully explained in
Mr.. Weiss last book, originates Deity
who has an out Of the way little Office,
who created the world but declines to ac-
cept responsibility for it, who insists that
the burden is upon mankind of bringing
the world out of the middle into which so
many are convinced it has fallen, but
who also insists upon exercising an annoy
ing prerogative of dropping monkey
wrenches into the running machine.
Oswald is embittered- by the feeling
that the older generation has betrayed the
younger and that in this war the young
men are paying blood usury for the
Middle of their fathers, particularly for
the educational Middle of England's last
fifty years.
Mr.. Wells is still saturated with the
recollection of Sir Edward Carson and
the threat of an Ulster rebellion. He sees
it as an expression of Lawlessness. He
also sees this war as a somewhat more
gigantic expression of the same Lawless-
ness. And between the two expressions
Of that Lawlessness he is able to see no
distinction but that of size.
But a good many will think Mr.. Wells
entirely wrong. a good many will fancy
themselves able to detect between the acts
Of Sir Edward Carson and the Kaiser, be-
tween the threats of the Ulster Cove
nanters and the outrages of the Imperial
German Government, differences in kind
as well as in mere size or enormity.
A good many will be unable to feel
Oswald's rage at the older generation.
Many of the young men who lay down
their lives to-day like to feel land quite
genuinely that they are doing it for
something better than the blunders of
their fathers. A large number of them
are honestly convinced that they die to
save their little sons
A good many will be left entirely I'M
fascinated by the shapely headed Petah's
personal God, the "Old Experimenter."
To men in the front line trenches the
knowledge that there is somewhere an Old
Experimental is of very little comfort,
But the faith that there is somewhere an
Infinite, a Merciful and a Just God-that
is faith in which man can fight and
conquer, and die if need be.
Conclusions.
Mr.. Wells has written in Joan and
Peter a long and intensely interesting
novel which goes mych further back than
Dir. Britling but gets no further forward
indeed, does not get SO far. Aside from
the recital of offences and an elaborate
inquisition into the outlines therefor his
new book has no historical, philosophical
or even speculative worth. As novel Of
English life of the last twenty years Ia
has considerable pictorial value, though
there is much deliberate exaggeration. As
a presentation Of ideas it is profuse, fire.
quently unfair, sometimes offensive-and
nearly always little stale. AS a pro-
gramme for the future it is hopelessly
vague and, except along Mr. Weiss old
lines, entirely unimaginative.
JOAN AND PETER: THE STORY OF
AN EDUCATION. BY H. G. WELLS
The Macmillan Company. $1.75.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-09-29
Thomas L. Mason

A book that will make one
laugh is godsend these days.
Here are more than $50 pages
of mirth provoking stories.
The book should be taken in
small doses, as it is highly
concentrated. Doses may be
repeated frequently, however,
with beneficial results.
Two hundred and Best
'"e"'y SeoraeS Tor Short
$l.OO net. Stories
The evening current., 1918-07-19
Huns Flee from American Fire
German Crown Prince Desperately Rushes in Reserves to
Help Right Flank while FrenchAmercans Push Advantage

WITH AMERICANS ON NISNE,
AND MARINE. July ID.---I'y Assoc
lated Press.-THE TROOPS OF
GERMANY No LONGER STAND
FEARLESSIH BEFORE ANiEIiI-
CANS. ONE OF THE GREATEST
SURPRISES fOR THE AMEiiI-
CANS ~ THE OPENING or THE
OFFENSINE WAS THE FLIGHT
OF rHE GERMANS BEFORE THE
ATTACK. ONE or THE TOWNS
TAKEN nv AMERICANS LAST
NIGHT WAS VIERSEY, % MILES
SOUTH OF SOISSONS. ALSO
LuTEIY No RESISTANCE WAS
ENCoUNTERED AT VIERSEY or
IN THE NEIGHBORNiG VILLAGES
TAKEN. TOWNS NORTH AND
SOUTH WE'RE ALSO TAKEN IN
CARRYING OFT THE PLAN TO
sTRtIGHTEN THE ENTIRE LINE
on THE sOIsSONS-CHATEAU-
THIERRY FRONT. NJ TWO
VILLAGES ~ THE SOUTHERN
PORTION or THE LINE THE
HANDS or CLOCKS WE'RE STOP
PED By SHELL FIRE At I;i5
The evening current., 1918-07-19
INDICATING THE TIME THE
ALLIES STARTED BOMBARD-
MENT THURSDAY MORNING.
by Associated Press.

BN Associated Iress.
With Americans In France. July
18th, six y. M.-With nightfall of
the fourth day of battle east and
west Of Rheims, feeling of con-
ildlence perNRdes the Allied lines.
After eighty hours or assault the
enemy's offensive has seemingly
failed, and he II Still behind the
obIectiVes set for the first day.
While the American force en-
gagged la the present battle is small
II comparison with the otal Allied
strength. u may be sald u ~
greater than any participating In
the battles Of the Ciyil War.
Americans hold firmly the plat
eau southwest of Soissons, where
Thursday Germans made the first
organized counter attack which fall
ed. This was one of the hercest
of the struggles. The battle ragged
southwest of Soissons for some
time and resulted In the Germans
rctreating under rain of American
gunhre.
The evening current., 1918-07-19
Americans Continue Moving
Forward.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
With American Army on the
Marne. July 19.-French-A American
troops continued their advance be-
tween Scissors and Chateau-Thier-
ny and are now moving forward
favorably. This morning the
Americans continued 10 make gains.
Last night the enemy rushed up
large force OF reserves from the
north. hut his expected counter at
tack has not materiallzed up TO this
afternoon.
The evening current., 1918-07-19
French Make Zig Gains.
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
London. July French have
gained from two to four miles
everywhere on a twenty-five mile
tween the Aisne and Marne. ac-
cording to reports here, French
have captured several thousand
prisoners and twenty guns.
The evening current., 1918-07-19

Paris. July 49, Official state
ment Issued says, Between the
Aisne and Marne our troops. sur
mounting the resistance 0f the
enemy which increased by the ar
rival OF reserves. realized progress
at the close Of yesterday. The big
battle continues with violence on
the whole front. West OF RheImA
and south or the Marne our troops
yesterday retOok HontvisiOn and
threw the enemy In the outskirts
OF Oeuilly North OF the Marne
We progressed 10 Roi wood ana
Courton wood and carried our line
a kilometer westward. On the
north the Italians have taken Mout-
In and Arder"
The evening current., 1918-07-19
Germans Claim IN Over 10000
Prisoners Taken.
By Assoclated Press.

Paris. July I9.--"Homme Libre"
without intending to divulge the
number OF prisoners and guns cap
tured. says that fully the equlval-
ent OF the number announced by
the GermDns as captured on July
Is. The Germans claimed then
thirteen thousand prisoners.
The evening current., 1918-07-19
Isnker Relieves sois~ons Taken.

Washington. July While
no announcement OF the capture Of
the city OF Scissors has reached
Washington. Secretary Baker said
the fall OF the city seems indicat-
ed by dispatches.
The evening current., 1918-07-19
pershings Confirms Report.

Washington, July 10 pershing's
cOmminQue yesterday confirms the
press reports of the complete sue
cess of yesterdays attacks between
the Aisne and Marnc by Americans
anu FIehch, AELN
The evening current., 1918-07-19

BY Associated Press.
LONDON. JULY iO.-ACCORD-
ING TO ADyICEs HERE FRENCH
AGAIN ARE ADVANCING AND
PROBABLY THE GERMANS
WILL HAVE TO MAKE 4 READ
JUsTMENT IN THEIR LINE UN-
LESS THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY
THROW BACK THE FRENCH.
by Associated Press.
AMERICANS AND FRENCH ARE
AGAIN ADVANCING ALONG a
LINE FROM THE AISNE TO THE
MARINE, WHERE THURSDAY
WAS LAUNCHED A COUNTER
OFFENSIVE or LARGE PROPOR-
TI0Ns. 49,
GERMAN RESERVES ARE BE-
ING HURRIED TO MEET THE
THREAT AGAINST THE ENEMY's
RIGHT FLANK IN THE SOIS-
SONS, CHATEAU THIERRY,
RHEIMS SALIENT AND ARE EN-
GAGGED ~ 4 STRUGGLE WHICH
RACES WITH GREAT VIOLENCE
ALONG THE WHOLE FRONT.
The evening current., 1918-07-19
British Transport sunk.
BY Associated Press.

London. July l9 The British
transport Borunga was sunk by u
submarine. the admiralty announc-
ed No casualties
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-07-04
TIMELY NOTES OF FASHION

New scarfs are made of tulle in bril-
liant shades, edged with spangles and
beaded designs in bright colors. Some
times the irregular border at each end
of the scarf Is as much as IS inches
deep in places.
Straw embroidery is used on some
of the smartest hats. The vermicelli
straw is set on edge and applied In the
designs wished for. A shade darker
or sometimes a contrasting color to
that of the hat is used.
Applique figures are good deal used
on children's frocks this spring. They
are cut of cretonne sometimes, or out
Of hand-blocked linen, and applied to
a linen frock. One big fruit, for In
stance, will be used on one side of the
child's skirt. Sometimes these figures
are slightly cut out, silhouette fash
ion, of colored silk or linen and ap-
piled to the frock.
por-ats have rather definite place
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-07-04

severed. 1t is no longer wheat coloreG.
II goes into every dyepot that is man
aged by the American manufacturers,
since we have begun to stand on our
own feet in the dye business.
The milliners have invented a curl
GUS and complex treatment of wheat
after 1t comes from the dyepot in red,
blue, yellow and green. They put it
through some trick of magic In the
back rooms, and it energies as first
cousin to an aigrette or as half-sis-
ter to an ostrich feather.
Along with the wheat go peoples.
The two rest together on one hat with
an amiabie grace. We have great
open, scarlet poppies from Spain and
England, and when they are not used
with wheat they encircle black hats or
yellow ones which have streamers of
black velvet ribbon.
Copyright, 1918. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-07-04
Sleeveless CSat in VOGUE.

The combination Of the sleeveless
coat with long semlmilitary cape in
suits, which is one Of the late spring
style developments, Is meeting with
general approval throughout the coun-
try, according to reports from several
New York manufacturers. That the
cape on these garments is detachable
is thought to be one of their most de-
sirable features. This combination is
also being made up for wear with sep
arate skirts, and seems to be very
popular with women in many sections.
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A Whole Page of Interest to Women


the neckwear Which lift you to the
pedestal of prettiness or throw YOU
down into the ditch of ugliness. There
are immense, sweeping brims in fash.
ion which you may choose If your face
needs softening and irregular lines.
There is an ultra-smart hat which
leads the way. 1t is made of pleated
strawberry georgette crepe faced with
black straw, with wide band of straw
encircling the crown. Wherever il
goes this hat is copied in various col
ors and worn in the afternoon.
Those who feel that the brim must
hide the forehead and nearly eclipse
the eyes may still cling to the mush-
room shape, which is permitted in the
best society; and those who feel
thrill Of happiness at the mere men,
ton of English garden hats may 20
In for this particular type of pietur-
esqueness with the realization that they
are striking the absolutely new note
in this summers fashion.
1t was Jeanne Lanvin who brought
out the huge Organdie hat with its rose
on the brim, and since then the Amer
lean designers have tumbled over them
selves in their effort to introduce chif-
ron and organdie hats made in pastel
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-07-04
.FADS lover There"
ReViving Skirt With Ankle Slit
The Sugar ChateIaine.
Scarce Sweet-Tin Helmets With
Brims of Straw.

The wool shortage works out differ
emily in London and New York APP
parently, for word comes recently that
English women are reviving the skirt
with an ankle slit. Skirts must of
necessity be of scanty dimensions, and
one simply cannot wear a skirt that is
only a yard and half wide and hope
to walk with ease. Hence the slit,
states a fashion correspondent. Five
years ago the slit skirt was undoubt-
eddy merely a freak of fashion. We
didn't have to wear such narrow
skirts. But now, apparently, it has
come back in London as a matter of
necessity, if not of actual patriotism.
Here, of course, we manage, as we
think, more cleverly. We combine wool
with silk and other fabrics in a way
that makes it possible to have the
minimum of wool in our frOcks, with
out a skirt so narrow as to make the
slit inevitable.
During the sugar shortage last win
ter there were some hostesses who
added a line bearing the words
"Please bring your own sugar" to their
cards sent out to invite friends to aft
ernoon tea. At least one woman,
who was particularly frank, resorted
to this device when her own sugar
supply had been reduced to zero. But
that is so long ago, and SO remote now
Is any actual famine In sugar, that
we have forgotten all about it. 1t
seems now as if wheat was the only
thing that we had ever had to con-
serve. However, in France, and to
certain extent in England, sugar is
still a scarce article. In parts of
France there simply isn't any. 1t isn't
a question of conservation there, for
how can you conserve that of which
you have positively none2
When there is any sugar it is priced
as were costly spices from the Indies
priced in the days when to seek
short route to such prizes was sufli-
cient incentive to make Christopher
Columbus brave the unknown seas.
French people never knew how much
they liked sweets until now. And
among the most recently pIouuCSu
"vanity" accessories for the fashion
able wOman's chatelaine is a tiny sugar
case. 1t is carried to tea parties. Pre-
sumably, the woman fortunate enough
to have supply Of sugar profits
thereby and drops it into her own tea,
while those about her go without. Or
perhaps she takes the sugar box with
her so that she may share her good for
tune with those with whom she drinks
tea.
Just why the women Of England
should feel constrained to wear tin
hats it is hard to see. Surely there
is no demand for straw in war work!
So in using tin they are not effectin&
any sort of conservation. These he'll
NETS are made in all sorts of colors,
and, strange to say, are extremely
light-really lighter than the average
crown made of straw. The tin helmet
is combined with brim Of straw OF
fabric. to make hats of various shapes
and sizes.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-07-04
NEW SPRING HATS
ToOFFsET GOWNS
Women Economize on Other Ap-
nareI but Must Have Latest
Head Coverings.
WIDE BRIMS TAKE THE LEAD
o,oroette Crepe a Substitute for
s.raw-Wrapped Turbans Worn
With capes-organdie With
Lace Ruffles at Edges.

New York.-The reformers who ar
one against the buying of hats as well
oo gowns are arguing against human
nature. A woman may economize on
onv other part of her apparel, but the
change of season sets her whole ma
,ure throbblng to get new head cover
ngs declares a prominent fashion au-
thOrlty.
When the black of winter may be
exchanged for the flowers of summer
the tide of purchase sets in, and the
current runs strong. Hats we must
have. They may be part of new cos
tunes, or they may be accessories to
redeem and enllven old costumes, but
we must have them.
A good deal is said by the reformers
1ese days which we wish could be
left unsaid. 1t is difficult to approach
this matter without suggesting that
MANY of us are not sincere and that
our patriotism, fine and strong as it
nay be, runs away with our tongues.
One feels that 1t is well that there Is
no earthly wartime judge before
whom we must all come, who puts our
talk In one scale and actions in the
other.
Hat With BrIm Replaces Turban.
France and America have each seen
the fitness Of the brim that shades the
eyes at a time when the sun pours
straight down, instead of obliquely.
The turban is, after all, the between
season hat. 1t is not entirely elimi-
mated from the scheme of things, but
1t has yielded first place to the larger
hat. The high crown, however, has
not given way to the low crown. There
are the new sailors which, with their
high crowns and three-inch brims,
threaten to Overrun the continent like
swarm of locusts.
These are both cheap and expensive,
well draped and badly draped; they
are in midnight blue, black, beige and
red; they are made of rough straw,
and although they are excessively
smart they have a hard, unyielding
line. On the hard face they are ugly;
In juxtapOsitiOn to a small, coquettish,
frail face they are alluring.
Mind you, the hard, stiff brim is not
the only one. If it were, thousands of
women would give up the struggle to
be good looking, for the woman who
realizes that a hat makes or mars her
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-07-04
OF Military TYPE
Jersey, Gabardine, Serge, Cotton,
Crash or Linen Materials.
Coat-SmaII, Close Reefed Hat
Should Re Worn.

For travelling, especially on n long
trip by motor, a suit like that in the
sketch would be an admirable selec-
ton. 1t may be developed in any one
of number of fabrics, such as jersey
cloth, gabardine, heavy serge and 9th
er procurable wool materials, and cot
ton khaki cloth, crash or linen. Khaki
colOred gabardine was chosen for the
suit as designed. 1t is decidedly mill
tary in cut and finish. 1t is made with
two coats, one the suit coat proper
shown on the figure, the other top
coat that is virtually full length, and
in cut and finish an exact replica of
the short suit coat.
The skirt, ankle length, buttons at
the side front, and the sleeves, as will
be noted are finished with a row of
buttons from wrist to elbow. A small
close-reefed hat should be worn with
suit of this type, and of course the ac-
companying blouse should be plain and
mannlsh. Washable satin and crepe
de chine are excellent selections for II
tailored blouse, as these materials
launder well and easily, and of course
do not rumple as quickly as linen or
most of the cotton fabrics.
Suits have been tremendously popu-
lar this spring, the strictly tailored,
plain models perhaps leading in sales.
Elton Jackets have had a variable ca
reer. They started off with q rush,
slowed up a little, and then gained
new momentum. 1t is interesting now
to note that one of the style leaders
of America, who is especially well
known as a pace setter in tailored
suits, announces that he will offer
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-07-04
Population Congestion.

According to the most reliable esti-
mates the population of our globe In
1913 was 1,631,517,00O. Two-thirds OF
this total Europe, 44s,O00,000; India.
800 100000; China proper, 926,OOO,OOO {;
Japan, without dependencies, $1,000
OOO) are concentrated upon less than
one-seventh of the earth's surface.
The eight largest cities of Japan
(1913) are: Tokyo, 100000 inhabi-
tants: Osaka, 1,226,O0O; Kioto, $4,000 {;
Yokohama, $4,000; Nagoya, $4,000;
Kobe, 379OOO; Nagasaki, 10000; and
HIROSHIMA, $4,000.
Korea, whose population was not
exactly known before its annexation
to Japan, had, in 1913, population Of
15.458000. o.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-07-04
FURNISHINGS FOR THE PORCH
Summer Cushions, Among the Most
Important ConVeniences, Should
Be Made to Withstand Service.

II is time to think of summer fur
nishlngs, especially those for the porch,
with which even the most humble
house is now supplied. Service is the
first requisite of the summer cushion,
because it must withstand dust and
rain and general hard usage. For this
reason heavy dark materials and wash
able ones are to be recommended.
Among the wash materials which are
most attractive are the japanese tow
elings. These can now be bought In
other shades than the usual blue and
white. Brown and white, cool green
and white and gray and white offer
plenty of variety and chance for set
ting or matching color scheme. They
wash beautifully and are very reason
able.
For the round mats which many
porches require where the porch steps
are used for seats, stenciled oilcloth la
unusual The advantage of an oil
cloth cushion In either black or white
is that 1t can be wiped Off with
damp cloth or left out overnight In
storm or dew.
Black burlap stenclled makes an at.
tractlve porch pillow, too.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-07-04

mltcfr the general scfreme OF your
room.
This scarf may be stamped on linen,
If you can afford that luxury-or dolly
cloth, cotton rep, lawn, batiste, crash
toweling or linene. 1t will not be hard
to do this stamping yourself; merely
repeat the design on each end of the
scarf. In this way you can make it as
long as you like, and should you not
want an 1S-inch width you can reduce
it to 10 very easily by removing the
last row of squares on each edge. The
design remains exactly the same, but
not quite so wide.
Now as to treatment, you will find
colors the best choice instead of all
white. Let the squares be outlined
with the color you want to empha-
size. Note that the intersections OF
these lines are interrupted by clus-
ger of four small single stitches of am
other color and knot of third color.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-07-04

1Sut and Black Hat for Afternoon.
- Is Made of Straw and Georaette
nepe and Has an Evenly Turned
Omn Srlm. The Trimming at the
''ek Is Broad and High.
A.. Is the one who knows how to
tbe e's. All the good-looking gowns In
mo- s world cannot affect the eyes, the
"nd tha skin IT is the hat and
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1918-07-04

etons again in the fall and believes
they will be more popular even than
this spring The eton suit unques-
tionably saves fabric. He thus bases
his prediction of coming demand for
the eton on the belief that fabrics
Will be scarce and higher in price
next season. This particular American
costumer discredits a recent Paris pre-
diction that long suit coats will be
vigorously pushed to the front next
season.
Fall fashions at present are pretty
much guess work and as q matter of
fact fashion is so variable every sea-
son that 1t is pretty difficult to keep
pace with 1t.