Evening star., 1918-04-07
Picked Up Here and There.

Picked Up Here and there.
TArft stamps, By the Wv, suddenly
have stepped into society. A novel icee
among patriotic women
Thrift Stamps is in the sfvins o. 'ne =
stamps as prises at
IN society. bridge parties. A vase
a piece Of china, q pair OF KID gloves VI
whatever had been the popular prize DO
fore, now is being replaced by the nttie
booklets of stamps. They're being useo'
too. as adornment for place cards
PERHAPS they won't quite conform to a
color motif as well as the dainty hand-
painted variety. but the idea Is most
patriotic one, and it's safe 10 say etsls st.,s
thrift stamp attached to the name caro-
than the little violet or kewpie, Tor IN
stance, Of other days.
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One home, at least, in this country
stands already prepared to open its doors
IL need be to
Miss Armour Prepares wounded .so,- SOL
for Wounded Soldiers. return from
.hroad and that is the homo OF Miss
Lolita Armour in Santa Barbara just
now Miss Armour, with her companion
Miss Biller, and a girl friend. Miss cara
Cary OF Chicago is at Coronado beacH,
after a motor trip to Del Monte ana o1ner
interesting places in California. me ia.e sos
winter the party spent in Pasadena. gu
ing to Miss Armours bungalow IN SANTA
Barbara in mid-February
The fashion for wearing furs in sum-
mar was 30 long in being adopted oy
American women
N. - a..xh French women.
you know, wore
Summer Of Furs. summ or furs
many seasons before they wefe taken
nm hsrs-that It Will also be long
time going. At least the fashion mas
not wan~d yet. F'urs are to be as much
in voRue this summer as last summer
and no doubt more women Will wear
them because they are more accus-
toned to the idea. There are some
conservative women, you know, VINO
been current for three or four seasons,
and some even more conservative VINO
don't take it up till 1t Is out Of date
Furriers have worked the art OF max
point. BY combining them with ch1f-
ION and other lightweight foundations
they have managed to keep them from
being bulky. Then In cutting the gar
ments for summer they keep before
their minds the fact that the gar
ments are not to be worn for cold
weather and hence do not make them
in designs that must be buttoned hign
at the neck. or closed at all. Tor tnat
One authority says ermine will be in
high demand. and another says that
ermine 10 not one Of the fashfonaoie
summer furs this season. But then
few Of us win be much distressed on
that score, for what with Red Cross
drives. and income tax and the rest
we scarcely have the kind of dress al
lowance that permits ermine
Among the furs that the most con-
servative experts predict for the sum
mer are mink, mole, squirrel, stone
marten, natural. nutrfa, kolinsky ana
sable. Moles are also given ploce IN
some lists and the fact Is that great
many Of the pelts that eventually be-
come Hudson bay sable have already
been turned into charming summer
wraps.
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The Dipsea trail. which every year
witnesses a race in which members of
the sterner sex take
Society part says the san sr.n,
:. CPf1AteIs. have the distinction of
being the place of a similar cross
country run this spring by members Of
the woman's Athletic Club. The date
chosen for this event is April II, and
already an immense amount Of interest
has been aroused in the affair.
Society boasts q number Of members
Of the fair sex who are past masters
in the art Of walking, girls and young
matrons who like nothing better than
long hike up hill and down dale. and
for the majority of the number the
trails Of Marin county are very ia
miliar. The Dipsea trail in particular
II taken constantly. although hereto
fore never on the run, but many a good
walker Is there to be found among So
eiety's members who thinks no more of
making that trip than another would
think Of walking half a dozen blocks.
For several years past walking parties
have been arranged for almost every
Portable for walking, and some there
are whom not even rain and wind
would keep home for second
y i
Do you know. says a writer in the
Baltimore Sun, that they have quite
Joke on several very
All That Glittera smart young girls
L Not Gold. Re,vsasra .saroons ~.
. great deal Just after Christmas? The
foreign officers stationed at Camp
Meade were Just beginning to come up
to Baltimore. There was just one Of
ncer who seemed to get in the inner
shrine. and he was picked out as the
most popular man among our visiting
soldiers" One Of the most exclusive
girls thought she would make this Of
hcer socially to the exclusion Of all
the others. Well. 1t y whispered that
he 10 the only man among the officers
who Is fake. and he has suddenly dis
appeared. and after all the fuss this
girl and her friends made over him
The other officers are all glad he has
aesn found out and cannot imagine
how an American. posing as a Cana
diAn-Brftish offcer, ever put over such