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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11

President Martin Van Buren,, like
several of his predecessors, was wild
over. On the day that he took up his
residence in the Executive Mansion,
Washington society voiced its regret
that there would be no mistress of
the White House to lend feminine tact
and charm to state functions.
The President himself, wished that
he had a daughter to add graceful
womanly touches to his home, and,
addressing his elder son, Abraham, on
the morning of the first official ball,
said:
"You have spared no effort to make
tonight's ball a brilliant success. am
most grateful to you for so ably re-
lieving me of the responsibility of pro-
viding the entertainment. But, my
son, regret that there's no mistress
Of the White House to dispense the
hospitality Of my home; to every one
of our feminine guests it will be evil
dent that we're keeping bachelors
hail."
Mr.. Abraham Van Buren,, who was
his fathers right-hand man, glanced
at the artistic decorations Of the East
and Blue rooms, and recalled the min
ute directions given to the head chef,
and smiled to himself. He was con-
fident that his fathers idea of fem
mime efficiency, charm and tact was
exaggerated. One could get along
quite nicely without women.
In the home of Mistress Dolly Madf-
son, within a stones throw of the
White House, a young debutante from
South Carolina, was dressing for her
first appearance in Washington soci-
ETY.. She was pretty Angelica Single
ton, but lately a pupil of a seminary
in Philadelphia. The dainty South
Caro1inan was tucking a bouquet of
pink tea roses in the corsage of her
white frock when Mistress Madison
appeared in the doorway and smiled
lapprovingly at the beauty Of the Vi
sion before her.
You're as lovely and as fresh look
ing as the roses at your girdle, my
child. Many buds have I presented
at the White House, but none were
fairer than you. Captivate the Presi-
dent and Maj. Van Buren, and my
happiness will be complete, for both
gentlemen are well worth any beauty
admiration
At this moment a servant appeared
to announce that the carriage was
waiting at the door.
Angelica Singleton hastily threw q
pink satin cape about her shoulders
and followed Mistress Madison, her
cheeks glowing with excitement at
the thought that she would soon meet
the President.
Maj. Abraham Van Buren,, in his
uniform of blue and gold, moved
among the guests assembled in the
East room, doing his best to make
each one enjoy the ball. In turning
away from one laughing group to
join another, his eyes rested upon the
face of a young girl who stood at the
/ further end of the room. Her bril-
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11
ETIQUETTE

A good domestic will answer the
door bell promptly and will reply civ.
lily to all question asked by a Wis.
itor.
MISS X.-I do not agree with you
that the young man you have been
going with is gentleman" He
evidently is we'll aware that you are
very fond of him and his conceit is
getting the better of him. He in
tentionally humiliates you publicly
when he taunts yo1 in the presence
of other people with his attentions
to other girls, and no girl Of spirit
will endure such treatment. You
had better transfer your interest to
some more worthy object, since
there is no hope that a. man who
would be guilty of such caddish be-
havior will ever be worthy Of sin
cere affection.
K-One of the things a young
man has to learn is never to lounge
in the presence of ladies, especially
if he is in the house of the lady in
his company. Never put your hands
in your pockets nor sit with crossed
legs when making a social GalL
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11

much too TALL" was Madame's criti-
cism, so I changed the silver frock
for one of pink satin and cream
not embroidered in gold.
This model was made with a foun-
dalton of flesh satin with an over
dress Of the embroidered net. The
skirt was gathered about the waist
and had a deep border of the gold
embroidery which extended to the
knees. There was very little flare
to the lines and the straight-up- and
down effect was accentuated by a
loose panel Of embroidered net, which
hung from the shoulders at the back.
EITHER Of these models are becom-
ing. Bring the frock of blush-rose
pink taffeta with hip draperIes ana
try it on Miss Corbin. I have bunch
that it will, be exactly the frock for
her"
This frock was favorite of Mari
anne's, who had been the model when
it was fitted. 1t looked very well on
Miss Corbin, for the side draperies
which were extended quite far be-
yond the hips, made her appear less
thin.
The bodice consisted of a high
draped girdle of pink pussywi1low
taffeta and long, wide sleeves of chif-
fon to match. The sleeves were at
tached to narrow shoulder straps OF
taffeta. A touch of contrasting color
was effectively introduced on both the
bodice and skirt in the form Of Nat
tier blue ribbon strapping, which were
used to outline the shoulder straps
the sleeves, the deep folds Of the
umbrella" draperies, the apron tunic
and to form the girdle. The latter
was fashioned of three strips of rib
bon, which were clasped in front with
small, rectangular shaped buckles OF
blue enamel.
The skirt was quite wide and hung
in deep folds from the waistline to the
hem. Umbrella draperies were ar.
ranged at the sides, the deep, pocket.
like openings being outlined with sill
pipings. A short apron tunic of chit
fon added a coquettish touch Of trim
ming to the frock.
Since that frock looks so well OF
you we'll allow you to have it," Mad
anne smiled. But the skirt might b,
trifle longer-if you have time t.
wait I'll have Miss Wesley make thu
alteration; it will take only a few
minutes
Miss Corbin declared she wasn't il
a hurry, so I trotted away with tn,
frock as she was thanking Madam
for letting her have so charming
model.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11
SU MMER FURS
TO Be VOGUE
AGAIN

The fashion for wearing furs in
summer was SO long in being adopted
by American women-F'rench women,
you know, wore summer furs many
seasons before they were taken up
here-that 1t will also be a long time
going. At least the fashion has not
waned yet. F'urs are to be as much
in vogue this summer as last summer
and no doubt more women will wear
them because they are more accus-
conservative women, you know, who
never do take up a new idea till it
has been current for three or four
seasons, and some even more conserv-
ative who don't take it up till it is out
OF date.
Furriers have worked the art Of
making furs for summer down TO a
fine point. By combining them with
chiffon and other lightweight founda-
lions they have managed to keep them
from being bulky. Then in cutting
the garments for summer they keep
before their minds the fact that the
garments are not to be worn for cold
weather and hence do not make them
in designs that must be buttoned high
at the neck, or closed at all, for that
matter. Hence capes and scarfs that
hang from the shoulders and touch
but lightly in front have been de-
vised. Sometimes these are shoulder
scarfs containing much fur, it is true,
but devised to hang off from the
shoulders like Sir Walter Raleigh's
cape and stay in position in front,
held perhaps only by means of cords
Of chiffon finished with balls or tails
of fur.
AS to the kind of furs that are to
be popular there is such wide diver
sity of opinion among those who
ought to know that we must frankly
conclude that no one really knows
verv much about it. While one fur
rier SAYS that fox is a back number,
another says that white fox will have
an active season. The fox that IS
worn, it is safe to say, will be MADE
I'D in fiatter shape than it was two
seasons $50. when it came in for such
a great vogue
One authority says ermine will be
in high demand, and another says
that ermine is not one of the fash
ionajb1e summer, furs this season. But
then few of us will he much dis
tressed on that score, for what with
Red Cross drives and income tax and
the rest we scarcely have the kind OF
dress allowance that permits ermlne.
Among the furs that the most con-
SENTATIVE experts predict for the sum-
mer are mink, mole, squirrel, stone
martin, natural nutria, kolfnsky and
sable. Moles are also given place in
some lists and the fact is that a grea
many Of the pelts that eventually be-
come Hudson Bay sable have already
been turned into charming summer
wraps.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11

Miss Corbin gayly and abruptly en-
fered the studio this afternoon and
announced simply:
1--WE come to take away your very
ovelIest evening gown"
THAT all depends" laughed Mad
hme. ut depends upon whether our
oveliest evening frock happens to be
particularly suited to your style of
beauty. If you promise to be less con-
fident and to assume a humble, by
Hour-leave' air, we'll let you try on
some of our frocks. Then, Claire and
4 will sit as Judges and decide which
pr the models you shall have. Now,
eome along-if you're willing to abide
by our decision-to the fitting room"
One Of our most elaborate dance
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11

dear His smile is for you, not for me-"
answered Mistress Madison with twin
king eyes, for she was born match
maker.
The graceful, vivacious beauty from
South Carolina captivated the gallant
young officer, who lost no time in
proposing fer her hand.
And one New Years day, at the
public reception, President Van Bu-
rem proudly presented his new daugh-
ter-in-law as the Lady of the White
House.
Maj. Van Buren, watched his beauti-
full wife as she cordially greeted the
many hundreds of guests who came
to shake hands with the President,
then turning to his father, he whis-
pered:
"You were right, we needed fenin-
inc charm and tact properly to dis
pense the hospitality of the Home Of
the Nation
And Washington society said that
the Van Buren, administration was
sure to be social success. With
charming Angelica Singleton acting as
mistress of the White House this was
assured.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11
SLEEVES NOW.

The only sleeve eccentricities of the
present time are very mild ones
Evening gowns from having no
sleeves at all, have taken to having
long angel clouds of tul1e that float
downward from the shoulder and, it
would seem, help to fight the coal
shortage by keeping their wearers
warm by a mere shadow of fabric
Anyway, it is eminently becoming
and very much of a relief after too
many bare arms. The single film
of chiffon or tulle confers a. softening
effect on arms that are too thin as
well as those that are too fat-both
of which have Jared but i'll during
the reign of the sleeveless evening
frock.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11
incidents in the Lives OF
World Famous Women
Angelica Singleton Changed the Ideas OF PRESIDENT
Son About Women and Ruled the White House
~. Bv ELOISE HARRINGTON

liant, laughing eyes met his for an
instant, then her gaze shifted to the
elegant looking dowager at her side.
Maj. Van Buren, was enchanted by
the beauty of the yonng girl, who
seemed to attract all eyes. How Won
derful it would be to have her at all
of the balls and receptions! She would
make the dullest affair brilliant
success. He must know the lovely
stranger who came with Mistress
Madison. And as he started to cross
the room, Angelica Singleton whisper
ed excitedly to her hostess:
"Who is the handsome young Off
GER who is smiling at your"
s"The Presidents son, Maj. Van Bu<
rem, You have made a conquest, MI
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11
To BLEACH COTTON

When a petty cotton or linen gown
becomes too faded for wear, why not
buy some chloride of lime and bleach
it out? One housekeeper weighs her
cloth to be bleached and allows one
pound of the chloride of lime to seven
pounds of cloth. She dissolves the
lime in pail of very hot water and
then strains that into a tub containing
pals of hot water. Then she fills
or partly fills, another tub with plain
hot water and dips the cloth to be
bleached into that, being sure that
1t is thoroughly wet. Then she wrings
it out lightly and puts the cloth into
the lime water, leaving it in that solu-
ton for about twenty minutes. Lastly,
she rinses it thoroughly in several wa
tiers, four or five usually.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11
Birthday Bio-Briefs|
FAMOUS WOMEN.
| To Parents and Teachers-Get
Your Children to Read This
Instructive Daily Feature.
QUEEN CHRISTINA.

One Of the most remarkable wom-
en- who ever occupied throne was
Queen Christina, of Sweden, who
died 229 years ago in Rome. She
was the daughter Of the great Gus
tavus Adolphus, and for a time ruled
wisely. She was a deyotee of the
fine arts, spoke eight languages and
was the patroness Of literary men.
Refusing marriage, she had many
lovers, and also found recreation
1gom the cares Of state by ballots In
which she herself danced, in a cos
tune which cannot be described, be-
cause there was not enough to de-
scribe. At twenty-eight she aban-
doned LIutheranism for Catholicism.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11
DIR: KATzoFF TO SPEAK.

DR.. Simon L. Katzoff will address
the members of the Young Mems
Hebrew association Friday evening at
their rooms, ISL State street, on
Tolerance in Fraternal Life" DR..
Katzoff is a member of many fra
ternal and welfare organizations and
has previously spoken before the as
ISOLATION.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11

and went to Paris, after renouncing
her throne. Later she attempted to
recover it, but failed, and was unsuc-
cessful in her attempts to gain the
throne of Poland. She caused to be
barbarously murdered in her own
presence one Of her lovers. She
found three hours of the twenty-four
sufficient for sleeping. She was in
her sixty-third year when death end
ed her revels
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11

frocks is of silver metallic cloth, and
knowing Miss Corbin's fondness for
sumptuous clothes, 1 tried this model
On her first.
THAT frock is dreadful looking on
Miss Corbin. She's too slender to
wear anything so tightly fitted. 1t
gives her the appearance Of being
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11
GARDEN APRON.

The best garden apron is of strong
canvas with deep pockets like a shoe
bag for gloves, trowel, Irvine and
shears. The apron should not be too
long, else it will get under the knees
as one works on the kneeling pad
before the garden beds. Unbleach-
ed canvas with bindings and strap
pings of red plaid bingham makes
an attractive apron.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11
Reliable Recipes
HOW TO COOK CHEAP BEEF

Buy pound of bottom serving
with in
When all
little
a
sides the onion when
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11
PERSONALS

MIR. and Mrs. Percy p. Anderson of
Fairfield avenue have returned from
Atlantic City, N. J., where they have
spent the past week.
Charles H. Armstrong, Jr., has re-
turned to Choate School in .WaEing-
ford after spending the Easter recess
with his parents, MIR. and Mrs. G. III.
Armstrong, at their home on Brook
lawn avenue.
Miss Helen Campbell of Brooklyn,
N. Y, has been spending several days
with her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Camp, in Stratford. Miss
Campbell is also a niece of Mrs. w.
E. Haligan.
DR.. Harold Owens of Ba1num ave-
nue. has received his commission as
first lieutenant in the Medical Corps,
lU. s. R. Lieutenant Owens is to
spend a short time at the Rockefeller
Institute of New York to study med
ical research. From there he will go
to Waco, Tex, at Camp Macarthur,
where he will continue this work.
DR.. Owens graduated in the class OF
1911 from the Bridgeport High
school and from McGin University
in Montreal, Can, in 1915. He was
assistant patho1ogist at the Royal
Victoria Hospital in Montreal and up
to the time he entered the service he
was surgical inferno at Roosevelt hos
pital.
| Mrs. W. H. Ham Of Pip North ave-
nue. and daughter, Miss Clara Ham
who have been spending the Easter
vacation in Boston, Mass, have re-
turned to their home in this city.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11
Smart Millinery
BLUE LISERE

Among the novelties large hat of blue
embroidered with
while the lower side Of the brm
puff With this
pleatsd and black mane blue
Ito o
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11
BARNARD STRAW

o
finishing
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11
OLD FASHIONED PANDOWDY

Line earthen pudding dish with good thick pie crust
half light brown is hes IT, Spice with aspce which
little salt busting flour thcken Juice
the
i'll dome hot
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11
DROOPY SHAPE


and omitted in black finished off with piping
grain ribbon elongated
front.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11
CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM COOKIES


powdered vanilla
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11
Diary Of a Fashion Model
By GRACE THoRNCLIFFE

She Learns Why Umbrella" Draperies are Becoming
to the Slender Girl
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-04-11

at St. Peters church at o'clock this
morning when Miss Helen Margaret
The interior journal., 1918-08-13

Seizure of four more enemy-owned
corporations with total capitaliza.
tion in excess Of s2,0OO,O0O was an.
nounced by A. Mitchell Palmer
Alien Property Custodian. The com
panies will be sold at public auction,
Army officers see in the allied vic
tories in the Aisne- -Marne sector and
in Picardy a gigantic turn of the
tide which will force the enemy back
to his old lines before the winter
sets in. Some declared that one OF
the decisive moments of the war
perhaps the beginning of the final
battle, was rapidly approaching.
The interior journal., 1918-08-13
BIG FLUOR SPAR MINE

Byrd 4 Drake, Of New York City
who have recently purchased from
the Dean heirs their 200 acre farr.,
near Cummin's Ferry, on Kentucky
river, for $4,000. have now gone to
work on active preparations for hucr
spar mining and milling. Col. T. T.
Dean will be their labor foreman,
and he was in Harrodsburg Monday
looking for hands. The Nicholas
Vile Construction Company will at
once begin the erection OF camp
buildings to take care Of 80 work
men. The company's plan is to place
in operation $3.50, 900 worth Of ma
chinery, which has already been pur-
chased. Like the Chinn mines the
new company will ship their products
by river to jacksonville, Ind. where
they will be placed aboard cars. The
three veins opened on the farm are
very rich in pure fuor spar. Mr..
C. f. Rankin, of this city, is the at
torney. II is Mr.. Deans understand
ing that this fluor spar will be utiliz-
ed in making poisonous gases for the
government. With the addition Of
this new mining enterprise, it will
place the number Of men in Che
county employed in that line of work
at a very considerable number
Herald.
The interior journal., 1918-08-13
INsrpIous HUN PROPAGANDA

Encouraging the feeling that the
war will soon be ended, now that the
Yanks are in the field in force and
taking the offensive, Is one Of the
most insidious and effective forms Of
present day Hun propaganda. And
almost every day you hear IL, in most
cases unconsciously being put forth.
For the average person who ad-
vsnces this idea, and possibly really
believes it. Is unconsciously playing
the Hun game.
He is just as unconsciously a Hun
victim; one who is later to be rudely
awakened, disappointed and possibly
disheartened.
Which is exactly what the Hun
propagandists desire,
The end Of the war isn't in sight
by any means.
Only in one short sector along the
Swiss border is the fight on German
soil.
Germany still holds nearly all Of
Belgium. a great broad section Of
Northern France, thousands Of miles
Of Russia. and her control of the
Balkan is absolute.
Before the end can come all this
must be wrested from her.
The finish must be fought out on
German soil!
Uncle Sam isn't deluded. Neither
is England nor France. Nowhere is
preparation for greater effort than
ever before diminishing.
Uncle Sam is planning right now
to raise $4,000, 900, 900 for the next
years war expense. Planning to in
crease the army to 100000 men.
Getting ready TO carry the fight
home TO the Hun.
So don't be deceived by this Hun
inspired talk of an early finish. Don't
throw up the sponge before he
reaches the Rhine.
Whenever you hear talk Of this
sort, explain what it means.
And meantime strengthen your
savings account for the Fourth Lib
erty Loan.
The interior journal., 1918-08-13

Allied troops are entering Russia
to help and not foot of territory is
desired, the Russian people are told
in a declaration published at Vladi-
vostok, Murmansk and Archangel by
British Representatives. 1t is stated
that there is no intention of impos-
ing a political system upon Russia,
which must work out its own form Of
government
The interior journal., 1918-08-13

DR.. NJ. J. Skiff has sold his office,
in the Abdo Essi block, and his resi-
dence on East Water street. to DIR.
Ballou, and he and his family expect
to move to North East, Pa, where he
owns farm. The deal was consum-
mated last week and a part payment
was made to bind the bargain. DR.
Skiff is to store his household goods
in the residence Of J. II. Kraemer
and remain here longe enough to get
affairs settled and DR.. Ballou and
family will move here soon from To
ledo. DIR. Ballou was located at
Graytown for a number of years
where he is very highly esteemed.
While we regret indeed the loss of
DR.. and Mrs. Skiff and Thelma from
our citizenry. our best wishes go
with them. We extend the hand Of
hearty welcome 70 DIR. Ballou and
his family.-Ottowa County Expon-
ent, Ook Harbor, o.
The interior journal., 1918-08-13

Twcnty-eight thousand defective
raineoats were rejected . in New
York warehouses where Federal
graft probers are reinspecting the
garments, more than half Of which
have been found defective. A num-
Der Of employees, one United States
army officer, and seventeen manufac-
turers face Federal charges as the
result Of the investigation and COM
plants Of Gen. Pershing that the
raincoats sent the men in France
were of poor material.
The interior journal., 1918-08-13

Secretary Baker Friday proposed
new draft regulations under which
the Government would do the select
ing rather than the men. Mr.. Baker
said men with dependents often hes
itated through patriotic motives to
ask for deferred classification. II is
to obviate this that the proposed reg
ulations are urged. Mr.. Baker dis
cussed the situation Friday with the
Senate Military Committee.