Evening star., 1918-03-17
Picked Up Here and There.

Picked up here and there. milady
Aads many fads that fit in with her
sense Of the ap-
Knsff;no peo, propriate harmony
in connection with
Match Costumes. her present ehos-
On Observation-Disclosures, observes
writer in the San Francisco Chronicle.
Knitting bags are at present included
in the realm of fine art, SO perfectly
must and do they express either their
wearer or her occupation. The extent
to which this is being carried out
shows perhaps nowhere so much as ID
the southern resorts of fashion.
At Palm Beach it has been noted
and in southern California. too-that
even the costume for the day is dic-
tated usually by what sort OF knitting
big is to be carried. A usual fad with
an all-white costume or one OF SIN
gle color. is to wear contrasting knit
ting bag and hat to match. For the
ultra-smart the hosiery or spats re-
peat the same tone, even though 1t is
not possible to have the same material.
Again a girdle is fashioned of the ma
terial that forms hat and knitting bag.
The knitting itself dictates the kind
of bag TO be used, and that is the only
conformity that some women show. If
knitting for the Red Cross-as the ma
JO1lly dTe-tHt nag may bC HI thS
form of Red Cross. with one arm for
the yarn. and the cross sections to
contain the needles: or the drab and
blue sweaters for the service may be
carried about in bags that repeat those
colors.
One labors for the French wounded.
carrying knitting bag formed of the
tricolor. but at the Florida watering
place there is newer fad than any of
these. Miladys entire costume must
match her knitting; if she is at work
on the olive drab sweater she wears
costume military in its suggestion, and
her knitting bag also follows the same
idea; If of gray she has an infinite
variety of soft tones of that hue from
which to choose her costume.
In San Francisco the Superfuity Shop
brand-new we'd
BRIDES Sell ding gown. Soft.
shimmering sat
Wedding Gowns. in and tulle are
to be sold to increase the war funds
This is usually the first offering of the
brides to the Red Cross. The time has
come, it seems, for self-sacriflce.
~
Chicago has been hearing about the
most interesting club in New York.
now in its third year
Chicaco Wants of existence, which is
the most successful
One, Too. working out of an
idea Of an eating and meeting place
along simple and informal lines and
quite out of the question in the case of
the large social clubs.
It's called the Coffee House. and it's
for luncheon. tea and supper, giving
the members. mostly professional men,
an excellent opportunity 20 get together
in homelike surroundings in which in
Productions are not deemed necessary.
And the incest thing about the club is
fourteen words: mo officers. no liveries.
no tips, no set speeches, no charge ac-
counts, no rules"
Arthur B. Davies, whose exhibition Of
showing in Chicago. is a member, and
SO are Frederick MacMonnies. Paul
Dougherty, Paul Manship and Charles
Dana Gibson Architects, playwrights,
others who make up the clubs member !
ship.
: would that Chicago had one such, |
says the Chicago Herald New York has |
two. There's Heterodoxy. the movable
club for women. which meets triweekly. !
At first one interesting place and then
another, and asks of its members only |
that they contribute a bit of brightness
and gayety to the meetings. Ruth
Law is a amember. and so are Rose Pastor
Stokes and Elsie Clews Parsons, and |
all the breezy writer's and artists in the
metropolis. And the Coffee House is
the second. And surely that leaves
nothing to be desired in the way of
comfort and freedom.
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He was game to the last This is
what the men on RATS in an open sea
said of Lieut.. Stan
The Hero of the ton Frederick Kalk
when death claimed
soSoo SoHes' this brave young
officer of the United States Navy after
he had fought to save his ship and
then gone to the rescue of his men. we
read in the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
Lieut.. Kalk was the officer of the
deck Of the Jacob Jones when the de-
stroyer was torpedoed. When the
submarine was sighted he at once took
prompt and efficient measures sto
mAneuver the ship clear of the tor