Weekly journal-miner., 1918-03-06
TISSUE . PAPER HATS BRING
 $2,0OO CASH
GUESTS AT THE CASTLE HOT SPRINGS PULL A VERY INGENIOUS PLAN FOR THE BENEFIT OF RED CROSS SOCIETY.
(From Wednesdays Daily)

 number of ingenious women and lib- eral-rninded men. Certain of these women had been conferring together, and were silently planning to organ ize an ambulance fund.
 You know the old adage, When a woman will, she will, and you may depend on it. When she won't, she won't, and there's an end on it.' This time she willed.
 Another week had glided by mar velously, though the golf players had played and played, and held anothe, exciting tournament. The women knitters had knit and knit, till the good soldier yarn socks had piled up satisfactorily: bandages had been cut and folded, away up into many hun dreds.
 The wisest men and women like a little foolishness, now and then. Sat urday, the 23rd, was on. Something must be planned, out of the usual, to hold the crowd together for that eve ming, at least a starter for the women's ambulance.
 Yes, Mrs. George Maxwell, of Bos ton, invited a dozen of her friends tc meet at her bungalow that afternoon request, Bring your scissors and thimble." Each one arrived prompt ly, well equipped.
 Piles of bright-colored tissue pape, greeted them cheerfully. The hostess disclosed the plans. Three prizes were offered for the most stylish ladies' hats that could be created from the beautiful papers.
 At six the dinner bell rang. The tired habitues struggled in from their various out-of-door exercises. But, 'tis ever thus: there already began to be a mystery in the air. Ears pricked up. Eyes began to twinkle. Mrs. ]. R. Roosevelt had whispered, to several of her friends, "Please remain in the living room after dinner. There is to be "a millinery sale"
 "A sale of millinery" How fas- cinating. We all began to imagine the beauties we could treat our (sun- burnt) selves to. Would that I could tell you how the interest increased. but something must be left to the inn agination.
 Every chair in that long living room was filled, and more had to be brought for the standing-ups, for none must escape the unique enter tainment.
 MT. H. L. Williams was requested 10 act as auctioneer. He has dash of Irish wit in his make up, and he was not slow bringing it into full play
 Miss Reed, pianist, struck the chords of the grand march, and the pretty young girls, daintily attired wearing the stylish, vari-colored tis- sue paper hats, led by the versatile Mrs. Jeffries, came down the step: amid hearty applause, marching twice around the space prepared for them then halting.
 The fun began. The auctioneer an. nounced the conditions of sale ot hats to the men. The first sold wa: the first prize hat, which ran up IT price SO fast that uneasiness was fell that all would not be sold. It wa: knocked down to MT. Alex Dow oi Detroit, at a grand round price. The fine-looking tall cavalier arose as tho sweet sixteen approached, knelt tc receive the pink and white chapear as she took 1t from her own fair brow and placed 1t on his. He kissed hel hand and led her back to the rainbow circle.
 This was typical of each "sale, only each one created greater re. sponse than the one before. There IS no describing the beauty and low Illness of those modest, fresh girls the fun created by the earnest, witt, auctioneer; each sale over-toppine the last, until into the hundreds were reached. The men who purchased each a hat, had to wear it the eve ming.
 After the last hat was sold, which by the way brought $500, and Wa: purchased by Col. John Gordon Bat telle, then for variety, it was sug gested the selling of the hats back tc the ladies.
 Mrs. Frederick Jeffries, who wa: the leader of the girls band, was re quested to take the place of the auc tioneer in selling the mems hats of their heads, for which they had paiC so dearly. She proved genius, anC kept the merry laughs going, begin ming the first sale at five cents anC slowly creeping up, until quite a gooC sum was added to the already fabu lous amount.
 When all the hats had been solC and resold, MT. R. Neiwes counted the money in hand and read alouc the amount. It had reached over Sl, 400. Tremendous applause echoed through the building. To say th' whole entertainment was a scream