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The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

The emanagementof the Lochridge Dry Goods Company announces a change from the old firm name of Lochridge Dry Goods Company to oThe:Duke-Magruder Dry Goods Company
 It will be remembered that G. L. Lochridge, founder of this company, sold his interests on January 2, 1917, to the present owners, who have until this time operated under the old firm name.
 No change is made in the management of the firm or officers, and it will continue to be the policy of this company to keep the stand ard of it's merchandise and way of doing busi- ness up to those of the larger cities
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

H. w Storey of the Storey-Lauck Motor Company, went to Cove on Wednesday to do repairing on the Kelsey skinner car.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

NIr. and Mrs. J T. Miller Of, the Oden community rcturncd1rsto Mena Tuesday from Durant Ok where they had been with relatives since the first of the year. They started for their home "Wednesday morning, going as far as Egger with the mail hack.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

Roger Lane came in from Tulsa Ok. to spend few days with Mena friends. when he will go to Cove and other points. He just recently recovered from a rather serious at tack of measles, and since has not returned to work
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

A. c. Bratcher left Tuesday for
 Heavener and other Oklahoma
 points to buy more mules and horses
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

B. Lilies and ]. M. Lambert were in from Rig Fork Monday. making the trip in a buggy, tho they found after starting that the roads were in fine condition so that they nIiaht have made the trip by auto.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07
New Firm Name Announced.

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The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

Mrs. A. N. Weddell, mother of Mrs. W. A. Finks, arrived Tuesday from Windsor, Mo-, for a visit of two or three weeks with Mir. and Mrs. Finks.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

F. 0.6Yeakey, the Stars repre- sentative at Hatfield, spent a few hours in Mena Tuesday. a
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

W. SS.-
 D. E. Rodgers, who for several months has been in the employ pf J. B. Goss. left last Monday for his former home in Havana, Ark, vhere he will again be located. Mrs Roa- gers and the children had precee4- ed him as far as Thomasville, Ok, where they visited with Mir. aud Mrs. Walter Stay. 5s -W.S.S.-
 Col. A. J. Sommers and Mrs. Sonl4 mers. living on Stilwell Heights, were made happy by the receipt of the word that LeIaoy Locke, son of Mrs. Sommers, had recently be- come half owner of newspaper plant in Atchison county, Missouri. Colonel Sommers is an sold-time newspaper man. -W.SS.-
 Judge J. I. Alley returned Tues day from Mt. Ida. where he had been to attend the session of the Montgomery circuit court. The court, after converting, adjourned until next August on account of the DItAdItIlCt VI bICdSltS III iuA bt section of the county and the con- sequent inability of jurors. witness es and litigants to attend.
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 Twice within the last few weeks the home of MT. and Mrs. F.. R. Ly- man has been saddened by death On January 1. 1918, E. s. Lyman. father of Mr. Ed, passed away at the home of MT. and Mrs. Lyman while here from Oberlin, o. on 3 visit. Just 2i days later. Mrs. Edna Lyman, wife of ]. J. Lyman, eldest brother of F. H. Lyman, died at tue family home in Oberlin.
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 Price Parker came from poteau Ok. Tuesday to spend the remain der of the week with his mother and brother. He has about decided ta close out his business in peteau and if he does so he will be under i the necessity of seeking Q new lpca- tion. It will interest Nr. parkers friends to learn that the baby born at the time of Mrs. parker's dAati just short time ago is gettins along nicely under the care of Mrs R. L. Reece, sister Of Ar. Parkef
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

Mesdames w. E. Hungatc and P n. Moody of the Grannis branch of the Red Cross spent Wednesday .an Mena with the ladies of Mena ciiap ter taking instruction in cutting and making the hospital garments They came in Tuesday afternQon and returned home today.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

I. A. Hatfield, called from Heav- stier last Friday on account of the death of his mother, Mrs. J. Nj. Hat field, at Shady, returned home Sat- urday evening.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

Bert Linam and family have moved in from Mountain Fork and MT. Linam has taken employment with the Kansas City Southern in the Mena yards.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

F. M. Cecil and Son. ,0rrin, and A. J. Barber of .yandervoort were business visitors in Mena Wednes- day.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

Col. c. M. Latimer and Walter Nance conducted public sale Mon day for A. k. Poison on the c. l.. Emery place west of Mena.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

Mrs. Ethel Wilson, who had spent a few days in Mena with Mir. and Mrs. w. P. Harman, left Tuesday for her home in Kentucky. having decided, however. to return te Aiena later to make her home. ,,zss-
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

B. A. Duncan spent Monday night at bedside of his grandson, Clifton Hilton. near Nunley, who is danger ously i'll with pneumonia. He came to town for a short time Tues day and then went back to join the other members of the family who are with the sick lad.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

'lDr. p. R. Watkins reported the
 birth of a son on Monday to Mf, and
 Mrs. Fred Berger. % rs
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

J. R. Murray, living out On Route NO. 2 from Hatfield was a business visitor in Mena Monday. He was ae- companied by Travis Manley.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

, Little Miss Grace MeClain, who had been at the home of Mir. and Mrs. T. R. Jones since her mother was taken to Kansas City to under go an operation for appendicitis, left Sunday for DeQueen, where she will be at the home of her pa fnrpaI orandnapautS
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07
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The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

Nena friends have received the announcement of the birth of a daughter on February 1 to MT. and Mrs. Mark Griffin in Port Arthur. TaY
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

MT and Mrs. R. F. Richmond and ;. $. Richmond of Nella, Scott coun- ", spent Monday in Mena to get supplies. "
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

B. A. Duncan spent last Sunday at Nunley at the home of his dangh- ter, Mrs. Hilton, where lis grandson. Clifton Hilton, is sick with pnel- monia following an attack Of meas Ics. Mrs. Duncan and daughter, Miss Dove, have been at the sick bed for several days.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

MT. and Mrs. A. E. Poison and children, who for the last two years had lived on the c. L. Emery farm west of Mena, left Tuesday for Da- koma, Ok, where they expect to locate.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

R. R. Miller, in from Hatfield Oh Saturday. reported that all hands had been busy on the ranch during .the recent cold spell. He is feed ing 75 head of cattle and i7 head of horses and mules, which not only keeps all hands busy but takes a Iot of feed.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

w. P Underwood and daughter, Miss Maggie, from near Hatfield, were in Mena Tuesday night as the guests of Mir. and Mrs. w. Homer pigg. Mir Underwood is an Uncle of Mir pieg.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07
PERSONAL NOTES

Y. b: Cox went to Heaveaer Mon- day afternoon on a business trin returning home Tuesday afternoon.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

Il. F. Morphew and Van Free of big Fork were among the, farmers rom the east end in Mena Tuesday to get supplies. as
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

tMr. and Mrs. R. l.. fleece and daughter, who for the last several months have been living in Nash vile, Ark, where MT Reece was in business, stopped in Mena one day last week while on the way to Po- teau. Ok. where1hey are again go- ing to make their home.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

F. B. Rall came in Saturday from Isahell. Kas., to look after his real estate interests in Mena. He had bought the Ernest Hopper cottages on Janssen avenue and Seventh street. in turn had sold them to j.. IT. Williams, who came to Mena from Cleveland Ok. Since Mr Will lianms death Mrs. Williams desired to return to Cleveland. 30 Mir. Rall bought back the properties. Mrs. RaiI will come to Mena soon, and
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

A. K. Fretz. after an absence of six weeks which he spent in Okla homa returned to Mena Tuesday, having made an overland trip from Oklahoma City, coming by way of Tulsa.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

Mrs Victor Roberts and baby went 10 Opal Monday to spend two weeks with Mir. and Mrs. ]. F. Standridge. parents of Mrs. Roberts.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

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 Uncle Bob Edwards. who had spent the winter with his daughter, Mrs. Horace Chambers, and other relatives in the Ink neighborhood, is in Mena to spend a few days with MT and Mrs. Jess Tow, and with friends.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

J. I. Turpin. in from Egger Mon day reports since the recent death of Mrs. Turpin, he and his son and daughter are making their home with his parents. Mfr. and Mrs. s. l.. Turpin, so that the children might be under the care of their grandmother.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

Miss Sadie Jones, who had been home for a little over week while her mother was in Kansas City with Mrs. Arthur McClain, left Sunday for Fort Smith to resume her stud ies in Draughon's business college.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

Word came "Wednesday that MT and Mrs. Will Lott, living near Yoeana, had lost their child. less than a year old, having died from the effects of measles.
The Mena weekly star., 1918-02-07

Mir. and Mrs. T. A. WiRton went to Hatfield Monday to spend a day with Mrs. Carrie Whipple and family, re- to Mena Tuesday afternoon. They spent Sunday at Heavener. where Mir. Winton had an offer of a job, but he has about made up his mind 10 remain in Mena.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-30
NO EXTREME FEATURES USED
New Fall and Winter Clothes a..
Marked by a General Air
Of Simplicity.

In viewing the new clothes for tsl
and winter one is struck by the sb
sence Of extreme features, and also b
the general air of simplicity diSplayed
COlors are quiet, browns. blues snd
black predominating, with here ui
there demure costume carried out j
gray or taupe. Even embroidery hI
been subdued, and although in a fed
cases bright-colored wool or silk 1
used, the general tendency is tOWali
gray and beige, or a soft cOppery ID
that is new and most attractive.
As inevitable as the season itself I
the serge street frOck, and its VAN,
tiOns are many; so, while at first glala
there is a slightly mOnOtOnOuS eFa
in the costuming of the women Vi
now throng the smart restaurants sd
shops, a closer inspection reveals
individuality in the arrangement
certain new details of trimming, r
the cut of the neck or fashion
sleeve. To keep to the fad Of uSinga
little wool as possible there are man
clever combinations of fabrics and %.
is inclined to feel that this rule, u
stead of hindering, has been an aid 4
the creative abilities of designers.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-30

shades being used with very good eff
feet. If desired, the fabric of the
gown may also be in color, and the
frock be a genuine rainbow affair.
A foundation of sheer silk should be
used for the dress, and 1t may be made
a slipover by running an elastic in at
the waistline. Two or three ribbon
straps hold II In place over the Shout
der, and ribbon girdle with long ends
circles the waist.
A dress Of this kind is easy TO make
and may be very inexpensive. Spend
ing great deal of money on a dance
or evening dress is never really neces-
sary and at present il is poor taste.
There will be few formal evening
functions during the coming winter
season, and the simple dances sched-
uled call for simple cOstuming.
An allover lace dress is always
pretty, and many lace dresses are be-
ing featured for the coming season.
Extreme simplicity is the rule in de-
signing these frocks. Frequently the
OONiSC - Hcicig a Nluc ElIulG VI Sin
or satin topped by frill or yoke of
lace and with short lace sleeves. The
skirt may be a single length of lace,
or it may be formed of two or three
lace flounces. A ribbon sash or girdle
finishes the dress.
Ribbon trimming Is extremely pop
ular this season. Plain bands of rib
bon are used on frocks for both day
time AID evening wear. and hbbon
flowers, bOwknOts, etc, appear on in
Vulnerable evening dresses of sheer
materials.
Very narrow "baby" ribbon is often
knitted to form cuffs and collar for a
street suit or frock, and the knitted
ribbon sweater has been worn for
months. During the summer II was
merely a sweater, now II appears as
sleeveless vest to be worn underneath
the suit jacket
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-30
NEWEST FASHIONS ARE CHI
Late Styles Are Regarded as M'i
Practical Than They Have Been
in Recent Years.

Taking it all in all, the new fashiOn
are more attractive and at the san
time more practical than they ha7
been in years. Here are few saleI
characteristics:
Belts are either soft and drapd q
fiat and straight. One Paris fcd
has belt made Of a strip of inch-W1
braid with the ends crossed and falI1
in short tabs. The most graceful Sss
is of satin, with fringed ends.
The new color is henna, sOmetna
called rust color. All the browns W
be fashionable and certain shades
green. Gray is much liked for Stre1
costumes and taupe and gray make
smart combination. Every other ID
ner gown is black.
A yard and twelve inches will
enough width for the fall skirt-f %
wishes to be extremely smart. MOI
conservative taste may increase y
width as far as a yard and three-qu-l
ters-no more than that is permits
by fashion.
Sleeves must be tight as one q
stand them, with small armhOleS az
the wrist provided with buttons %
loops or other fastening devices
that one may get into the sleeve VIZ
out a struggle.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-30
METAL AND COTTON THREAD
Combination Is Effective and Affords
Charming Variations; Suggestions
for the Needlewoman.

There Is an increasing vogue for
combining metal thread with silk, wool.
or cotton embroidery. 1t is tremen-
dously effective and capable of such
charming variations. Here are some
suggestions for the needleworker who
Is interested in the unusual.
Say. suppose, you have some "solid"
work in silk. cotton or wool. You don't
know how very effective it can be made
by an outlining in either gold or silver
thread. The idea can be further car
ried out by adding French knot CEN
tiers to the flowers Of the same.
Where the embroidery is done en-
tirely in outline, and particularly If 1t
be the heavy wool or cotton kind,
COUGHING In metal is a mighty success
full addition. In fact, If the wool or
cotton embroidery isn't already done.
try COUGHING it on with the metallic
stuff and just see if it isn't vastly
more decorative.
Another suggestion for introducing
the metal Is to whip stitch" the other
thread with il. Wool whipped On the
bias, spiral effect is the most fascinat-
ing thing ever.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-30
BITING NAILS, CHEWING LIPS
Dishauring Habits Easily Acquired,
Young Girls and Older Women
Being Among Offenders.

One of the most unwhOleSome and
disfiguring habits is the biting of the
nails and chewing the lips. All ages,
too, are represented, since wee chill
dren, young girls and older women are
among the frequent offenders.
Chewing the lips, extracting bits of
skin from the lips. or biting them is a
habit which tends TO disfgure the
mouth by making it larger and pulling
it out Of shape. Thus the expression
of the face changes for the worse. This
habit is easily acquired and grows
apace. Some persons Immediately
start to bite their lips as soon as they
are engrossed in a book or with work
in hand. Facial distortions are often
grOteSque, though the offender is to-
tally unconscious of the attention he
is attracting.
While this practice of drawing the
lips about does not improve the face,
IL is not in the same class with biting
the nails, which admits thousands Of
germs directly into the mouth, hence
to the stomach and intestines, and so
on into the blood.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-30
Marrow Ribbons on Hats.

Not only are narrow ENTHUSIASTICALLY
half an inch to an inch wide-belng
used more or less In making hats for
women, but on both popular-priced and
expensive models gold or silver ribbons
Of the same widths ere employed as
trimmings. Either they are drawn
around the crown and finished on In
soft bows or streamers or they are
fashioned into flowers laid fat on the
brims or around the crown These
trimmings are said to be especially ef-
tectiye when worn on dark hats
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-30
LACE ON TIE CURVED EDGE
How to Overcome the PerpIexins Task
Of Putting the Straight Ma
teriaI In Place.

Have you often been troubled In put
ting straight lace on a curved edge?
You have been If you have ever tried
putting cluny, for instance, on the out
side edge of a big round centerpiece.
This Is an easy way to overcome
the difficulty. Roll the lace in little
tight roll. Wind 1t tightly about the
center with a stout thread. Then dip
the straight edge in water to about
half the width of the lace. Let II dry
and you will find piece of lace ready
shaped to your liking. You see what
happens is that the straight edge, be-
ing wetted, shrinks, and so can be
easily adjusted to the curved edge Of
the centerpiece.
II you have any new table linen
or cotton, mayhap-to hem, try this
method. Trim such edges as need
trimming and then run them through
the machine hemmer. with a fine
needle, unthreaded. This will crease
the hens with perfect evenness and
will also punch holes through the fab
ric with the unthreaded needle. Then
you can turn the hem back and over
hand the hens through the little holes
with the least expenditure of effort
Remember in many heavy materials
that must be laid in plaits and then
pressed that pins can be used to fas-
ten the plaits into position until they
are pressed. Then, as you press. take
out the pins and press the material
into position. You can do this with
less marking than basting thread
heavy enough to hold the fabric makes.
OF course If you want TO you can
use the heavy baSting thread and snip
1t and pull 1t as you go along.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-30
FROCKS or PELTRY
Gowns for Street and Evening
Entirely of Fur
Soft Kind Of Material, superimposed
on Silk or Satin-kinship to
Ancient Costumes

In Paris they delight in medieval
gowns of peltry. In such cOstumery
there is not only the determination to
be unique, but to be warm. We. at
the apex of scientific civilization and
hygiene, observes a fashion writer.
have been cast down into the dSpths
of medieval discomfort and disease
through the failure of mechanical Or
ganization during the war. We thought
the world forever free from plaques,
but we have been visited by one which
spread over a world and gathered in
it's victims as did the dread plaques Of
a century ago. We who had ceased to
think that hunger and cCld-bOth ele-
mental diSasters-could ravage our
health, have been face to face with
both. over three continents. No Ion
ger did only the poor and dirty, those
easy victims of all disasters, pay the
final penalty; but those who had for
over a century considered themselves
immune through the adoption of all
that science and health demanded.
Was il not natural, then, that. under
the accumulation of the catastrOphes,
women should turn To the kind of ap-
parel that kept their far-away ances-
tors cOmfOrtableT At least the French
women must think along this line, for
they have provided themselves with
evening gowns and street gowns made
entirely of peltry. Ii is a soft kind of
fur trshfnh L. nGaH and l. sr,V,,s4yv,-
posed on silk or satin; but it produces
a strong kinship to the costumes of the
year one.
When the gown of fur Is not worn
there is new kind of huge fur hat
which is supposed to furnish the warm
touch. 1t has a cart-wheel brim and
is usually devoid of trimming. Only
the oval, slim face can permit it. It
is not the hat forNthe average woman,
but 1t is new, and therefore desirable.
There are also wraps that give more
weight than warmth-a high quality
In a cOvering-and which are fash
Joined somewhat like the dOlmans of
Victorian days. They have Obliterated
the uglineSS of that period and devel-
Oped a smart appearance. They con-
tribute to the need for economy in ap-
parel, for they allow the usage of
One-piece frock, and even the fall or
spring tailored suit. In sealskin, bea-
yer. mOleSkin, they are at their best. A
collar Of another peltry can be added
If it is considered desirable. There
are women who are NOT haDny in a
garment that is left unadOrned.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-30
CAN YOU DRESS !
ON SIPS YEAR?
Question Is Answered in Figures
by the Federal Bureau Of
Labor Statistics.
FAsTEN DOWN SPINAL COLUMN
New Fashion for Froeks and Coats Re-
VlVed From an Old one-Skirt
Lines Must Follow Lines
Of the Body.

New York.-Since the days of the
Roosevelt administration in Washing
ton depressing statements have come
from the social center aDent the cost
of being we'll dressed Depressing for
the reason that they were SO appall-
ingly low. Nothing so produces dis
couragemeut In humans. writes fash
ion authority, as to be told that they
should and can accomplish a desired
result on a sum of money that they
consider almost too small for the pre-
liminarieS
You as a woman know that full well.
What would reduce you 10 greater rage
or a feeling of utter hopelesSness than
to be told by the head of the family
of the amazing achievements of an
other woman in regard TO money. 10
clothes. and to food?
You have done your best with your
allowance, of that you are sure. Such
is the feeling that surges in every
woman's mind and heart when Wash
ingtOn informs US, infrequently, what
can be done in our own chosen line of
work at slight expenditure of money.
Now, when ashingtOn-thrOugh
the bureau of labor statistics, not
through the White Housewives as
the average cost of being well dressed
the following figures. one feels like
giving up the whole problem of how to
look well ON little. The total yearly
allowance for dress of these women
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1918-11-30
APRON DRAPERTEs ARE SMART
Tablier ls Really Only a PaneI-Ar-
ranoement to Be Much In Evil
dence This Winter.

Apron draperies appear on so many
things that they may be considered
a distinct fashion. They may be short
or long and they may or may not have
the. slightest connection with the dress
proper. 1t is as If one had really
added an apron Of brocade or mar
quisette or satin to the dress one is
wearing.
Sometimes they begin at the neck
and hang straight down well below
the hips and are caught in only with
the narrowest of string belts. Again
a hem is folded back on the bottom
Of the drapery, as in a peasants apron
and bright-hued embroidery Is added
in. criss-cross stitches.
In effect the tablier is really only
a panel such as appeared on summer
frocks. As this arrangement is to be
much In evidence this winter 1t Is
wen to note that any sort Of fabric
can be used to develop II. With vel
vet the gold and silver brocades. with
a banding Of fur, are very smart. As
no fullness Is seen on the bodices this
season, most Of them being Of the
basquelIke plainness Of the Civil war,
the apron tunle may begin at the col
lar as a waistcoat spreading out at the
walstiine, from which IL falls free. Nov
and then the tnnic tablier buttons In
the back or, again it is set In quite
apart from any relations to either back
or frout-