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AN ATOM A SMALL WORLD.

In paper concerning the functions of the
minute electrical charges in the chemical combi-
nation of atoms, delivered by Prot. William AL
bert Noyes of the University Of Illinois, before
the National academy at Washington, he said that
for century the atom the ultima thule of
snallness for scientists. Now they know that
each atom is complex system similar to our
sun and its planets, that is, with central body
and from to a hundred smaller bodies revolv-
Ing around 1t. The differences between hydro
gen, oxygen, iron gold. radum, etc. are all in the
electrical charge Of the central nucleus and in the
number and arrangement Of these little satellites
of their atoms
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UNAccoMMoDATING WELLS,

In the desert of western Australia there are
wells which yield water only at night Before
the water begins to flow, weird hssngs and the
sound of rushing air may be heard The phe-
nomenon is believed to be due to a change in the
form of the rocky channel through which the wa
ter flows and to the extreme change in tempera-
ture between day and night which occurs In this
region The kissing Is due to the escape Of air be-
fore the advance Of the water.-Popular Science
Monthly.
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not help It, AS thought had chance win his love and didn't wish
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love"
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the himself the Pe home Mrs Pe called
Pel home Miss Livingson jumped
"Oh look at the pretty cop Now
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know
ment"
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until he had
the good old o. s. A.
his worldly in his
difficulty movehe
and his old His savings he had tucked
o
On preceding visit he had selected lodging at the sansamon
knocked
n
tecive Segeants Joyce and Smith Of the police.
its
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police recovered the body.
A letter addressed to the "City
Authorities" was found in the mans
clothing. 1t is believed financial diff
equities had prompted Kesl to take
his life. The letter read in part:
''My house is gone-so is the
money. About the latter I wouldn't
care, because I could make it again,
and make 1t honest, too. But what's
the use of suffering?
Il knew couldn't last very long,
70 I've been giving my money away, {
name gave many and many a dollar
contributed to all good purposes. My
have not seen them for 25 years.
"Hurrah for Uncle Sam; free Bob,
Cevna, Nora and the whole worlds de-
ITO b with the kaiser"
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girl who said she wanted to see Mrs.
Pell at once. She rose and bowed very
formally when Mrs. Pell entered the
room a few minutes later.
"My name, madam" she said, "is
Bertha Livingson, nineteen years old,
unmarried, living in 25 East Ninety
ninth street. Do you recognize this.
MADAME
She held out visiting card upon
which was engraved alfred Duane
Pell. d. D."
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t0OuRHt 1OT ne ms ITS OTu sHOeS DUCK
also the 1886 he had cached In one
Of them.
Joe came from Austria few years
ago to the land Of liberty. He soon
found he was at liberty to work on
the railroads as construction Ia
borer and he has been juggling ties.
handling shovels and driving spikes
with more or less freedom ever since.
It was a fond notion with Joe that
some time he would bring his wife to
America. Recently he revised his
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mentioned MI. mitchell mas peen
prospector in California, with resi-
dence here. Then one day, all Of
sudden like, he realized his love was
not dead, and forthwith he sent query
to Mrs. Katherine Gordon. 4Ol6 North
Pauline street.
"Will you marry mel" he asked.
At 4 :30 o'clock yesterday after
noon the knot was tied by Elder r. f.
Mallott of the haywood Church Of
Christ Mr.. Mitchell has Fl mysterious
manuscript which he calls 1.-The Crater
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Asks why Waltz" When One Feels Loves Impulse

os waiting 30 before proposing to the sweetheart
advice speed up During the 80
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Authorities Had to Disturb This Young Girls Plan

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Fftythd a
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Chose Festive Season to Give Up Lies Struggle

pleasantly
nplun1 dintai The
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Thrilling Battles mn u
Boats ReueaAed BY Records
of The Macy Department
BY RALPH D. PAINE,

RE American armed merchant ships
really sinking any German submarines?
If you care to believe the waterside
rumors and fo'castle yarns. one OF these
deyilish marauders Is rammed or blown
up on every voyage across the Atlantic.
In saloons where merchant seamen
seek haven and pound the bar with
hairy fists strong liquors magnify the
tales and one concludes that rho Eais
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at the side OF the neck. and the
U shaped decolletage of the end OF the
eighteenth century, with It's modesty
piece OF lace.
We have gone through a season Of
medieval severity in the neckline.
Women have aided nature which made
them ugly or cheated nature which
made them beautiful by going about
without any softening effect at the
neck. by wearing coat collars of heavy
homespun unrelieved by white. and by
the use of V shaped lines OF heavy
velveteen and crepe which fashion
kept unadorned.
There were few women who looked
their best in such severity. To-day
collars return slowly. There are still
those who tell you they are not smart.
but at the exclusive houses there is a
tendency to put precious lace on the
new neck line. 1t Is not a v shaped
neckline; 1t is a deep U which calls
for softening outline and an ex-
tremely soft arrangement of lace or
tulle across the bust.
The Queen Anne decolletage which
hugs the side Of the neck and runs
down into a narrow L shaped opening
is extremely smart, and 1t is banded
with fur and then filled in with fine
folds of silk net.
There Is a disposition by some de-
signers to make a double neck line,
and this they do by a subtle arrange
ment Of thin fabrics. One designer
has turned out a remarkably brilliant
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gown of RASPBERRY chiffon which has ,
deep u shaped decolletage outlined
with chinchilla, which swings the chR.
fon with the movement Of the figure
as though 1t were necklace. Beneath
1t and hugging the bust is a bodice
with a rounded decolletage.
There will be an oblong Rena,~.
sance neckline that reaches from
shoulder to shoulder, cut on a tish,
satin bodice, and over that will bs
swung a looser bodice of colored chit,
fon or tulle which is high at the bach
and has a long, rounded line in front
that drops to the waist.
Black and seal brown velvet after.
noon gowns have the Queen Anne
decolletagv. which follows the exact
line where the neck is placed on thu
body until 1t gets to the collarbone
where 1t dips into a straight open
space half way to the waist. This
Is outlined with fur. Again, Il NAV
be outlined with Venetian point.
The delta decolletage is considered
the most becoming Of all for evening
wear. Get out any picture Of ELI.
abethan times and you will see what
Is meant. In that gorgeous era tina
women wore jeweled piece Of open
net over the shoulders to the base Of
the neck at each side, and then thu
decolletage spread downward and
outward 10 the armpits.
Take this change in the necklins
seriously. 1t will govern the clothe,
OF the next few weeks
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delta decolletage was invented, and II
ran along with another neckline that
exposed all the chest and half the
shoulders, and then, as IL by a sud
den spasm OF prudery, hid the neck
and ears by an immense ruff.
When James l. come to the throne
his queen introduced the very decol-
lete, tight bodice with its immense,
fiaring collar OF wired lace at the back,
and when Charles /. allowed Henri
cite Of France to lead the fashions for
his court there was the low, round
neckline that dipped well downward
in the back and was finished with Il
deep Vandyke collar that extended
over the sleeves.
RevivaIs Are in Sight.
In the picturesque days OF Queen
Anne women introduced the low,
square cut decolletage, guiltless of col
lar. which our women have worn for
two decades; and in the middle Of the
eighteenth century, In the Georgian
era, women used simple decolle.age
in a rounded V outlined with a
wrinkled handkerchief as n part of
their street attire.
Running the mind over this slight
summary of historical changes in the
decolletage il is easy to see that we
have done nothing new; but here is
what we are going 70 do at the imme-
diate moment; revive the delta OF the
Elizabethan times. the deep square Of
Queen Anne, with It's tight, high line
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vember IL lights a thousand sparkles
OF inspiration in the minds of those
who make clothes, and so we look for
ward to marvellous season in the
spring.
In the meantime Americans have
not been idle. We. co. have had our
tremendous surge OF JOY. We cele-
brated. as did Paris. We went mad
and were proud of 1t. The American
designers put out new ideas in clothes,
although they did not change the con-
tour. But they gave us a host Of new
Impressions in apparel. and out OF
these have come minor changes which
are only called minor because they
are small in size, but which are sig
niflcant, to all those who follow the
fashions.
The change in the neckline is per-
haps tho most important. One has
belief in herself when it comes to cut
ting a new kind OF neckline. She feels
that a good pair OF scissors may be
the medium OF Transforming an old
gown into a new gown by the simple
process of turning an oblong neck into
a round one, a square one or a u
shaped one.
Rapid Change I'm NeckIines.
All history is filled with rapid
changes in the neckline. and so far
we have not had anything new. We
have rung the bells of history all over
again. That is all.
When Edward II. was King OF Eng
land the women wore the georgette,
which wrinkled about the neck and
spread outward over the chin and the
back OF the head. This was intro
duced to fashion n few years ago
through a dancer and her clever de-
signer. 1t Is still worn by women who
go motoring. and they make It OF dark
blue crepe or yelling rather than Of
white satin.
When Richard II. was king, his
French queen brought over the
fashion of the low neck, and so, after
centuries. women dropped the neck
band Of the gown from chin to collar
bone. When Elizabeth was Queen the
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DINNER USED
TO SHOW ALLIED FEELING

Perhaps the old English mince pie
contained more meat than ours. At
any rate 1t was used more as a SUBJ
stitute for a meat dish and less as q
dessert. 1t was sometimes the main
course Of the Christmas eve supper
Italian Stufnng Economical.
From Italy. the land that knows SO
well how to get along without meat
how to extend the meat flavor to
vegetables and pastes. and so make
use of little meat we should do
well to choose some part OF our Christ
mas dinner. Here is the recipe for
delicious stuffing for chicken or
turkey, used in Italy:
First, melt a tablespoon Of Dip
pings in a frying pan, and In this
fat fry two small link sausages,
and the giblets Of the fowl until
brown. Then add a cup Of water
and simmer until the sausages are
cooked. Now strain off the broth
over cup of fine crumbs Of bread
from the inside of the loaf, and re-
move the skins of the sausage.
Grind the sausages and the giblets
in meat grinder, with eight or ten
roasted and skinned chestnuts,
four or five mushrooms (dried,
washed and soaked. If desired).
Now mix with the softened bread
crumbs, season with salt, pepper
and nutmeg, and it is ready to put
in the fowl.
From Italy also comes this delicious
dish of celery. Use the outer stalks
OF the celery. Remove the stringy
parts and cut the stalks into lengths
Of three or four inches. Cook these
in little water until tender, and then
drain. Dry as thoroughly as possible.
and roll each in -four, seasoned with n
little salt and pepper. Now saute
each piece carefully in hot fat, until
both sides are brown and crisp. Serve
very hot.
Italian Fish for Christmas Eve.
Here is the recipe for an Italian fish
dish that is served on Christmas eve.
The recipe calls for carp, but it can
be carried out with any other white
fish.
Clean and scale the fish and
cut it in medium slices. Fry 1t in
fat. with little chopped onion,
salt, pepper, minced parsley and
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ming gown or the smartest of new
furs.
Primal Feeling Coming Up.
Therefore. don't you see It is the
fundamental. instructive. primal feel
ing coming to the surface? As long
as this exists in human nature the
dress raformers who wish to reduce
the whole world to a uniform will send
their cry into the wilderness.
This started out to be an article
detailing certain new fashions that
have risen to the surface since the
world took crepe from Off its heart.
Uniforms will soon be a thing OF the
past. There is much work to do. ire
mendous reconstruction. and we have
to carry on" With the wounded and
those who are industrially helpless.
There are fashions aplenty. and from
now on they will intrigue the world as
they have not done for over four
years We do not expect any ex-
traordinary change before the French
exhibitions OF new clothes to the
American buyers the middle Of Feb
ruary. These clothes will be brought
across the ocean and shown in this
country in March.
We shall expect a new contour to
the figure, eccentricities galore and a
thousand and one fantasies that will
interest and delight, for France is
ready to create in a spirit Of hysterical
eladness. She has created twice a
year since the war broke out under
the sound OF the guns and with death
in her streets. and in that she has
shown the courage that is France.
Spinning New Fabrics Already.
Already her mills are spinning new
fabrics. her designers are clearing
their brains for action. her midinettes
are coming from the munition fac
tories back to the sewing rooms her
artists who were left after the carnage
have come back to offer designs to the
dressmakers. The utter abandonment
OF Paris and France to Joy since No
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A LTHOUGH the Food Admins
n tration has urged us to spread
\ our Christmas board with
home produced foods. still there is no
reason why We should not introduce
in our holiday bill OF fare some Of tho
same sort OF dishes that go to make
the Christmas feast for our Allies
Roast Pig for Christmas.
In place of the old time boar's head,
"his foaming tusks with some large
pippin graced'-for long the greatest
of all Christmas dishes in England
they have come to regard the roasted
pig as the most appropriate Of meats.
Though. TO be sure, there is no objec-
ton to the Christmas goose. the sir
loin and a peacock.
To have a delicious roast pig get
one that Is from three to four weeks
old. 1t should he rinsed and wiped
dry. rubbed with salt. pepper and
sifted sage, and then stuffed with a
dressing made as follows:
A quart OF fine bread crumbs,
three tablespoons of shortening,
one chopped apple. one chopped
onion. pepper and salt to season. and
enough milk to make the right con-
sistency for stuffing
After stuffing sew with n stout
thread, as you would a fowl 1t is
better to place clean stick in the
mouth to keep 1t open, and if you
roll the ears and the legs in waxed
paper 1t will keep them from burn
ing or drying. 1t should be baked
in a hot oven, being basted from
time to time. Allow about two and a
half hours for the baking.
Serve in large platter, suhstitut-
ing for the stick rosy apple. and
garnish with a necklace OF cram
berries.
Mince Pie Really English.
Although We Americans are fire.
quently accused of being the champion
pie eaters of the world, we get our
! mince pie honestly from our old Eng
lish ancestors, 1t was more frequently
known as Christmas pie and is the
very dish referred to in the lines OF
Withers:
Without the door let sorrow lie,
And II. for cold. he hap to die
Well bury him in Christmas pye.
And evermore be merry.
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and drab of mind. Even a convict
might regard his prison with more
cheerfulness If he could change his
garb.
The very interest that the world
takes in clothes and which the dress
reformers pretend to ignore, or wish
20 eliminate. is evidence of the fact
that they know so much about it that
they can constantly contend against it
by the quoted word. Their interest is
merely expressed in a different tan
gent. The other women express theirs
through the purchase and exploitation
Of new apparel.
There are thousands Of men who in
sist that the mania for uniforms
among the women who are doing war
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uniform for the first time. The best
Of them will strut a bit. and we
women folk help them to strut. The
uniform is not only the symbol OF
their patriotism. but there is a tickling
touch of personal appralsement about
it,
Now, the same Is true concerning
women. They have never had a
chance 70 wear uniforms in the his
tory OF this country. and they have
every reason to deserve a country's
gratitude and appreciation Of the
splendid part they have played in the
war; but they have taken as much
coquettish interest in their uniforms
and the attention given them as in
the exploitation OF the loveliest eve
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New Decoetage Striking Feature Of Latest Styles, While
Colors Are Used Rampantly in Gowns of All Kinds
MANY New Fabrics Being introduced

consistent in considering dress too un-
important to pay any public or private
attention to it they would refrain from
reading the written word about 1t. 1t
would also be well for them to realize
that human nature, singly and in mass,
would resent the absence Of all beauty,
coquetry and triviality in dress, and
that IL a law could be passed that would
compel II, would become uninspired
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work is the top notch Of vanity. 1t is
useless for the women who wear them
to point proudly to themselves and say
how little they care for clothes in
wartime. There's not a single grain
Of evidence to bear out that attitude
OF self-abnegation.
Men are conscious OF this because
they are conscious of their own innate
and excusable vanity in putting on a
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thyme. When II Is Drowned on
both sides add a cup Of white
wine for every two pounds Of FISH
and cook ten minutes. Then put
the fish in the oven and cook for
half an hour, or until very tender.
Now add a cup Of chopped al
monds and dried currants, mixed,
and cook until the currants are
soft, adding stock IL it is not
moist enough.
If you do not use wine in cooking,
you can use stock to which a little
good vinegar has been added, instead.
This should be served in q deep dish.
What We Get From France.
France. renowned as the home OF
good cooking, can give us many sug-
gestons for our little Christmas din
ner Of the Allies. Indeed. we had per-
haps better plan our menu, drawing
such famous dishes as we can from
other allied lands, and then III in
the deficiencies with French dishes.
If we wish. I'VE can have a French
hors d'9uvre to begin with Tiny
rounds or oblongs of toast spread
with a paste of some sort-anchovy
or some domestic fish paste-and then
garnished with quartcred olives or
thin slices of egg white, or Crumbled
yolk of egg, or even bits of parsley,
might we'll be served.
And, of course, nobody makes bet
ter soups than the French. Perhaps
their hearty peasant soups-that is to
say, the pot-au-feu that the peasant
housewife keeps simmering over tho
fire and serves as the main course ut
many a meals as delicious a. any
of the more formal soups Of France
For 1t is, after all tho talent for
blending possessed by the women Of
France that gives such superb flavor
to their soups.
For a Christmas feast however,
perhaps nothing could he better than
one of the clear French soups, like
bouillon or consomme.
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II you wish to include a dish from
Belgium in your Christmas menu try
this method OF preparing sweet pota =
toes. called a Belgian sweet potato
PURGE:
Boil four large sweet potatoes
and mash them: add two beaten
eggs, ono tablespoon of butter. ono
OF brown sugar and half a cup OF
milk. Then add a quarter OF
teaspoon of cinnamon and put the
mixture in huttered baking dish
Bake until brown.
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A SUBSTANTIAL bathrobe is es-
~ sential this winter if you are
= to be comfortable. Indeed a
good warm bathrobe may often be the
means of keeping you from contract
ing n cold. For never are you so sus-
ceptible to chills as when you leave
n hot bath and go into a cold bedroom
You can make an admirable bath
robe by buying n blanket for the pur-
pose and a paper pattern.
Perhaps no place is II so necessary
to keep warm as II is right in your
own bedroom. There are lovely bou-
doir robes of heavy corduroy, some of
them padded and then lined with silk,
that are truly comforting. They are
not so warm as fur, but they are warm
enough, even in the chill bedrooms
that we have TO look forward to this
winter
Then, too. there must be warm bed
room slippers. Well enough are the
tiny satin mules OF other days-in
other days. This year the heaviest felt
slippers, reaching we'll up on the
ankles, are desirable. Those trimmed
with fur are additionally warm. But
these felt slippers are scarce and eX-
pensive. However, they can be had
Moreover. If you have an old, partly
worn pair of these slippers you can
have them resoled and you can even
bind the top with ribbons or sew on Il
littla hand Of marahOu
II you don't want to use wool for
your own personal comfort you will be
delighted with the new quilted under
coats that can be worn under a suit
or coat. Made of pure white satin,
they are especially dainty and appro-
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Rice From Japan.

II you serve turkey or chicken on
Christmas, a delicious dish of rico i9
an admirable accompaniment Now,
nothing could be better than plain
boiled rice, prepared according 10 our
best Southern methods, but just fo-
sentiments sake We might try tins
Japanese rice dish:
Boil one cup o. rice. Then aii
three chopped shalOts, ono teaspoon
of soy sauce ana a little salt. Pour
out on n dish and cover W,'h
chopped hard boiled eggs and
sprinklins of minced parsley and
salt and paprika.
Thin slices of smoked salmon arc
an added japanese garnish, but when
the rice serves as an accompaniment
OF fowl this is unnecessary
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pirate for white blouSeS, but in some
OF the bright colors in which they are
made they are really more interest
ing.
They were first called beach shawls
and now angora scarfs or brushed
wool scarfs, as the case may be. but
one at least is almost a necessity in
the wardrobe OF the woman who
wants to appear well dressed on n
reasonable income With one Of these
light weight. warm scarfs you can
face cool days I'm Il medium weight
tailored suit. They are worn folded
over and allowed to rise smartly up
around the neck and item brought
down in front and confined by a belt
leaving the fringed ends to drop over
the front of the coat midway to the
knees, Sometimes they are OF the
same color combination as the angora
woollen gloves ana sometimes too a
jaunty tam or overseas cap Is part OF
the outfit.
There are also interesting little jaek-
cts cut from this same angora fabric,
sleeveless jackets. bound about the
edges and armholes with wide colored
braid. These too have jaunty overseas
caps to match.
You can buy n pattern for making a
mum and collar set, and of one of the
lovely new fur substitute fabrics YOU
can really make a striking set The
collar can either be made in the form
Of stole, OF small collar that fits
snugly about the throat or of a roll
ing collar. If you wish you can buy a
mum foundation already made, which
needs only covering, It is even lined
But OF course II you wish you can add
a more expensive lining than the sub
stantial satin that CONF in II.