Evening star., 1918-08-04
30clQ6,
Picked Up Here and There.

Mrs Belmont Tiffany. New York
society woman, now in FRANCE with
the American Red
MIS-. Tiffany in Cross, has been
Canteen Work. ana muluE fourteen hours hours
day in canteen Service with the
men of the American and French
forces.
War is such an ugly thing, such a
dirty. sordid thing" she said recently
speaking of her experiences. that at
least we should give our men warmth
we can. Picture to yourself fifty
dirty. tired men falling out of
cattle train. where they have been
cooped up two or three days with
detachment OF mules. eating and
sleeping with them. They have a
hot shower at the Red Cross can
teen. with plenty of soap and towels
given them, and then have a good
meal. waited on by cheerful. kindly
American girls. and. after playing the
piano a bit and writing letter home
they depart. Those people who have
given the money to do this work
would be very grateful If they could
only see.
TN the canteen proper tho girls in
their blue and white uniform look so
nice. and the food is SO good! You
can't think what it means to the men.
The first night we opened at p
We had $50 men at l o'clock. They
ate US out of house and home, though
it seemed a strange hour to cat. 1ney
carried off every magazine and paper
we had: they drank coffee and cocoa
and milk: they ate bread, butter and
jam. cakes and chocolate; their Of
ficers were fed, too, and finally the
major came and shook my hand over
and over again, and said they were
happier and less homesick than at
any time since they left America
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After emerging boldly into the pub
lie view q year or SO ago. ears seem
to have decided
Ears Again that they must .sn near
TO the Front. They would proba-
bly, have disappeared altogether were
it not that they serve as such an ex-
celIent raison detre for earrings.
Large pearl earrings or Jade balls
are smart, and look particularly SO
when the hair is worn high and
smooth.
Set a woman to making jewelry that
is best suited to setting on the femi-
nine couture and temperament. l
have in mind, says a writer in the
Chicago Herald and Examiner. very
clever young woman who spectalf2es
in jewelry that is appropriate Tor tne
occasion" strikingly becoming and
very moderate in price. She studies
the types of her clients and makes
the jewelry accordingly.
It IL a good example to the rank
and file of golfers that a player OF
such prominence as
D. vo,. James l. Taylor of
Brooklyn sh o u ! d
Own Caddy. voluntarily choose
to carry his own clubs these days.
when there is ample work of value to
tho nation to be done even by the
small boys. Mr.. Taylor has q light
canvas bag. and he remarks that he
enjoys the game fully as well with
out the caddy as with him. 1t was
noticeabl also two weeks ago when
walter ]. Travis was playing at Man
chester that he did not take caddy.
Eight months is not actually very
long time in the ordinary life Of .
man or = woman.
London May ou. n0waday'' .a y q. any
Turn Quet. seems to give an op-
portunity for greater changes and
more vivid contrasts than would
probably have been noticed II the
hiatus had occurred i've or six years
ago.
1t is lust eight months since left
Liverpool and crossed the ocean IN
order to learn something Of the feei-
ings and activities OF the United
letter writer in the San Francisco
Chronicle. 1t had been my hope and
desire to travel extensively through
out America. but circumsta nces COM
PEELED me to remain in New York.
which, after all, is a very good
.erandstand' position from which to
view the progress of any great world
W ide movement
NV first feelings on my return to
London are strangely mixed. l mad
returned once more to a realization
of its vastness, but I also feel some
place. There seem to be so few peo-
pie in the streets. The traffic seems
so inconsiderable: there are practi-
cally no automobiles to be seen
about. People move rather quietly,
and men, except those who are old,
disabled. or in uniform, are conspic-
uous by their absence. Also l have
been accustomed to see in the states
monstrous signs and advertise ments
that cover walls and boardings and
that are displayed on huge screens in
front Of public buildings. Here in
London the printed paper advertise
ment seems almost to have disap-
peared. There are a few bills con-
cerning war bonds pasted about on
convenient spaces. but their number
is few and their size Insignificant:
Nhey all seem to relate to the war and
war charities. and as far as 1 have
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