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have given a ffllfp to the midseason
trade In clothes which the greatest
optimists could not have foretold. So
every one drinks to the health of wool
conservation.
It is well that this thing has hap
i,ened. for the midseAson French
clothes were not plentiful enough to
create a strong wave of Interest on
the 2art of the public, and the an
nouneement by the Pennsylvania rail-
road that It will remove IT'S two Florida
specials will curtail all southern pleas
ure travel to such an extent that the
Palm Beach season cannot be held up.
at the present moment. as an incentive
to buying new clothes.
However. the dif,aculty in getting suf-
fcient coal to heat the large houses
Of the well-to-do In the north may
cause them to go to a temperate cli-
mate. Already the very rich are talk
ing of spending the winter on house.
boats in southern waters. At present,
II is a tossup as to whether or not
the northerners will stay north
Upon this decision a great deal OF
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Fashions and Fads.

New fur stoles are very long
Ribbon hats are still in fashion.
Velvet handbags are very large
Nishtgowns are being made of voila
Wide Chinese sleeves remain in favor.
Gingham-trimmed voiles are the latest.
Coat sweaters arc three quarter
length.
Crepe de chine and chiffon are COM
bined.
new deep garnet 10 known - Will
son red.
Short mandarin coats are likely to be
adopted.
Batiste promises to rival voile for lin
gerie b1ouSes
Bands OF wool embroidery trim tai
lored dresses.
Chenille braids are being used for
spring hats.
White linen is promised for vests in
navy blue suits
Most costumes now are expected to
serve many uses.
It is thought the coming season will
be a white one.
Charming soft turbans are made OF
brocade and fur.
Angora yarn is used for embroidery
on satin gowns
Lingerie blouses repeat the style fea-
lures OF silk blouses.
The silhouette remains slim despite
pleats and draperies.
Your 1abot of net should be embroid.
cred with bright wool
Jumpers are now being made with
panels back and front.
organdie and batiste are used to trim
Georgette crepe blouses-
Black velvet handbags with steel
beads are always good style.
The hat is q very important part OF
the informal evening dress.
Brick red and navy blue is one of the
chic color combinations.
Canvas bags worked with Indian
beads are new and very smart.
Very deep collars Of pleated tulls
are frequent on afternoon gowns.
Tiger skin Is being used as edging
for skirt. coat and as lining.
Narrow tan ribbon will trim a blue
serge dress with great charm.
Novelty Shetland sweaters are trim
med with bands Of knitted silk.
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sends New Mid-Season Gowns to Promote Trade

ments OF women wore II constantly az
a becoming and useful garment
Personalities are never good form.
and yet IT may be within the bounds
of good taste to say that a dressmaker
IN New York turned out sixteen of
these blouses for Miss Anne Morgan
when she was bound for the devas-
tated regions OF France TO do her won
derful bit.
The garment in its new shape pre-
an efficiency garment. II may be made
of any material. worn over any kind
OF blouse. and it drops Imply over n
separate skirt.
Three OF these have come over from
Europe in the way of sketches TO show
how determined the French are to
wear them. They are of black vel
veteen, plaid velours and Burgundy red
relseteen, and two are low in the neck
and one quite high. Two OF them have
semi-sleeves, mere armbands that drop
four inches below the shoulders, and
and ornate way, always subscribing to
the Jeanne Lanvin trick of going In
and out through buttonholes and under
pleats
Lanvin has made this minor fashion
as dominant as she die pockets and the
farthingale.
There are other bodices that arc
nothing but sashes. but these are used
mostly for the evening. They have the
good taste to go with oriental skirts.
which means those that are tucked
under and fastened to a narrow. short
lining, for the big. bias sash is oriental
at its source.
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story of courage unbelievable on the
part of all. of heroisms looked upon in
the light of the days work. of splendid
companionships, of heavenly friendli-
ness-of a thousand things. each of
which Is fit to embody an epic story of
old. 1t is. withal. a cheerful story.
There appears to have been nothing SO
bad. so horrible. about the war that this
boy. or another. could not come out
with something on his face that was
meant, at least. to do service as
smile Private Peat had a good time
telling this story. going back over the
with it. in fact. that he seems to forget
his audience in the absorptions of past
experiences. This is the reason. one
judges. why he has succeeded in tell
and thrilling story. one that stands
out from many Of the books on this
subject that so swarm about readers.
THE NOTEBOOK OF AN INTELLI-
GENCE OFFICER. BY Eric Fisher
Wood. author Of '"rhe Notebook of
Attache." etc. Illustrated New
York: The Century Company.
The unsatisfactory character Of this
book is explained. probably. by the
fact that it Is Notebook" One Is
inclined to forget this when he is fret
ting. because Mr.. Wood is forever ap-
quite getting up to where 1t is. For
instance. one has the promise Of seeing
Lloyd George and Northcline. among
others, and of hearing them say things
that for some reason one expects to be
illuminating. revealing. And there is
a very real to-do of approach. Then
the door opens, MIR. Wood passes in
and the reader is. left on the outside.
the door shut in his face, so to speak.
1t may be that this Ia the practical
working out Of censorship, military
precantion. 1t may be that this book
hold 5ottings only. IT may be that MIR.
Woods service in diplomatic roles has
caused him to over-emphasize the cere-
moniai attached to g. situation. rather
than to seize boldly upon the situation
itself There are. however. redeeming
chapters In this book on getting ready
to get ready to do something. AZ an
example. there is the very clear and
informing chapter on The British
Postal Censorship One finds a great
deal OF valuabls fact hero. Then. too.
, when Mr. Wood really goes to the front
he appears 10 shed many OF his over
weighted ideas about non essentials.
Over there he gets down to business
better. and whsp the young man does
get down to business he is clear and
virile and worth while. When he re-
covars from beiHR diplomat he will,
Wathont doubt, bs frst-ratc 'intelli-
gencs ohlcer' His expanded notebook
VIII by that time be mn considerable as
some Of his Jottipgs are already VAL
uabie.
THE POsTMAsTER's DAUGHTER, BY
Louis Tracy. author Of -The Terms
OF surrender" etc. New York: Ed
ward J. clode. publisher.
Out from the mystery Of an obvious
case of foul play Mr.. Tracy draws three
| lines of suspicion. each Of which he fol-
| lows up-turn and turn about-in a
! manner sufficiently adroit to engage
| tho undivided attention of detective
story readers The small town in which
the crime In committed Immediately be-
comes forcing ground OF suspects.
Scotland Yard, In the person Of two
Of its shrewd and astute agents, moyea
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down into this quiet corner of England.
1t Is upon the methods of these two
exponents of that renowned institution
that the story depends for its excite
ments, as one after another of the sup
posed clues is tested and abandoned
until one. the faintest of them ALL ieadsl
to the solution of the mystery If one
have any dsssatisfaction at all with
this generally well managed invention,
1t lies in the authors tendency to Gre
ate complications, remote from the case
in hand, and for the sheer enjoyment
of disentangling them. rather than to
rest content with such involutions as
are, manifestly, an inherent part of
labors. a little too much, the meth
DDS of detection, and the reader feels
the strain of this overwork. However,
the writer makes no pretense of EN-
p1oyIng the scientific brand of detec-
tton methods. His demand upon him
self is not more exacting than that of
telling a readable story. one that Is
calculated to carry the reader forward
upon current of interesting incident.
This objective he gains in sufficiently
good shape to leave him still margin
of fair achievement
MISS MILLIONS MAID. BY Berta
Ruck, author of His Official Fl
ancee," etc. illustrations by Z. c.
Caswell. New York: Dodd, Mead
& Co.
As a prologue to this little comedy
Nine. Fortune floats upon tho stage,
twirls on her toes, fiuffs UP her finery
and firts her wand toward the two
mnidens in the wings. whereupon.
sooner than one could say Jack Rob
inson." the two change places--the
kitchen wench becoming Miss Millions.
while the former mistress assumes the
role of Miss Millions maid. After this
bit OF sleight of hand the story gets
ahead chiefly by way of the fore-seeing
plans employed by the maid to frus-
trate the designs against Miss Millions
money-bags on the part of rabble OF
fortune hunters. 1t is as amusing-the
story-as 1t is unbelievable. Not very
wide. and not very deep, 1T. neverthe-
less. skins the top off from alto
gether unplausible situation with an
air Of grave sincerity. much as a child.
announces soberly and conyincingly
that he ''f1ewed up into great big tree
and picked the moon right out of the
sky" or gives solemn assurance of
some other equally astonishing exploit.
A dfverting half hour lies in the to-do
that evolves a couple of love stories out
Of the windfall of Miss Millions sudden
fortune.
THE PAINTED WOMAN. BY Frederic
Arnold Hummer, author of The
Brute" etc. illustrated by George
w. Gage. New York: w. J. Watt
& Co.
Ruccaneering is the prime business of
this romance. The Spanish Main and its
border of tropical lands make the set
ting of the colorful adventure. A sober
young Puritan, a trader to these parts,
and a beautiful maiden of high degree
enslaved by a pirate band become the
center of interest and concern here.
Schemes of rescue. made and thwarted.
In the midst of a wide and fitting va
rtety OF menace and hazard, sweep this
story onward in 4 maze of intrigue on
the one hand. and. on the other, in a
swift succession Of bold and heroic &C.
tfons. ln fheme and manner and at
mosphere the tale goes back to the
Evening star., 1918-01-06
Reviews of New Books

THE SECRETS OF POLAR TRAVEL.
By Robert E. Peary. Illustrated
from Photographic. New York: The
: Century Company.
pHIS Is record Of fact. though
the facts themselves are Of
nature to make the sober mar
ration read like q Viking ad-
venture In one sense, the
book in hand is continuation of "'The
North Pole" wherein this writer out
lines his system OF arctic exploration
In q topical scheme that 10 now known
- the "Peary system" The purpose Of
the present book is to elaborate in
Practical detail the various points Of
this system. points that cover the
equipment of an expedition and reach
out from these interesting initial re-
Quirements to the dangerous and ex-
acting adventure itself. The writer
sets out with the plan of polar ship
building. showing the peculiarities of
this kind of craft. The ship ready, he
describes the method Of selecting men
suitable for such an unde, taking, in
Guiding In this an inventory of the
supplies and other equipment needed
I9r the enterL ,se. He draws a graphic
clothing that is used and the quarters
that shelter the explorers Again, he
points out the resources of this remote
region. showing how these may be
atAde to contribute to the success OF
efctic explorations Exciting incl
Dents Of ice navigation and sIedre
trayeifng are added to the general mar
<etive as important and thrilling parts
" the great enterprise The general
ADd substantial appeal of this theme
lts practical avenues of approach. the
authentic quality Of the disclosure to-
gsther with its vigorous and spirfted
style. make together a story of strtlf-
OVER JAPAN WAY. By Alfred NJ
Hitchcock. New York: Henry Holt
& Co.
The world is just 30 big 1t has been
explored. more or less And miles of
book shelves, packed with travel books.
bear witness to the fact that--up and
down, across and back-it has been
Written about over and over again. A
new travel record Is. therefore, COM
PEELED to depend, for its appeal. on
something beside the pure information
tnat II may have to give. And that
something is--nine times out OF ten
the personality OF the writer himself.
ana It u at just this point that Mr..
Aftchcock may step confidently Into
the open without fear that any reader
OF -Over Japan Way" will be abs 10
accuse him of the common besetments
that overtake-and overthrow-the
majority Of writer's on travel themes
Over Japan Way" has not a single dull
Rage In II. nor heavy one. nor any
page turned OF by the essential peda-
gogue. bent on teaching one "all about
Japan. 1t never gets OF Its own track
20 include within its straight and sim
pie course some pretentious inlook upon
Japanese subtleties and oriental pro-
clivfties. The effect OF this treatment
At the hands of . very vside-awake OBJ
server. who IL. also, capable Of 1ull en6
Evening star., 1918-01-06
MILK BY THE DROP
FOR STARVING BABIES

TFrom Polish sources Mr. Schuette has received
these highly tragic instances of starvation nnd
a terrible Indictment of the German cnnquerors.
who have robbed the land of its richest fruits
and now seek to throw the blame for the starva-
tion and misery upon the allies. the ground
that they refuse to send help to Poland
BY OSWALD f. sCHUETTE.
Especial Correspondence of The Even
ing Star and Chicago Daily News.)
BERN. Switzerland, November 20
For a century and a half Poland has
been praying for independence. Today
1t is praying for bread. Daily the
death roll of Poland grows. Daily the
record of its dead children sounds like
the casualty list from battle front Of
fensive. The price of a shell would save
the lives Of ten children. The price of a
cannon would save 1000. The price of
battleship would save a nation. But
somehow help cannot reach them, for
to send food or medicines or clothing
might interfere with deep-laid political
and military programs.
Not only are the children of Poland
dying. Half of those left alive have tu-
berculosis. The other half may have 1t
tomorrow. The death rate in the con-
gested centers now is almost twice the
birth rate. But that is the record of
the summer months. Cruel winter is
at the door. Bitterly cruel is the Polish
winter
Here are some pictures of destitution-
in Poland today.
SceneAA Jewish school in Warsaw.
Once. 1t was a wagon barn. but the
frame walls began to sag. The wind
and rain and sleet beat through the
cracks. It wasn't a good place to leave
wagons. So q schoolmaster
rented It for his little school Rapgh
Evening star., 1918-01-06

days when treasure seekers sailed the
southern seas. when no man had rights
except the one who could take them
loud. swashbuckling days, whose crude
barbarities. seen through the long vista
of time. have softened to smooth and
picturesque outlines. The chief dis
tinction of this tale Is not SO much.
after all. the love of John Barton and
Ramona de Lara, as it is the consistent
and plausible reproduction of the at
mosphere of that particular time and
place.
Evening star., 1918-01-06
By ANNE R1rTENHousE.

E1HE psychological effect Of the
New Year on the trade OF
women's apparel is perceptible
q even to the most careless on
locker.
The trade sings the refrain OF one
of our popular war songs, DO Some
thing, Do Something. Do What You
Can An appeal must be made to
the public. It cannot be made with
any success on the sound and con
servative basis of selling clothes to
those who need them as a protection
from winter cold. That particular
kind Of trading long since ceased to
exist. Exploitation. stimulation and
advertising are necessary during each
month of the year except October and
May. in order to lure the coin from the
purse of the public.
This month OF January witnesses the
annual performance of stirring stunts
to keen tho women interested In the
question of apparel. Heretofore the
traders have had two excellent pegs on
which to hang new clothes at this time
of the year-the exodus TO Palm Beach
and the incoming Of. midseason French
fashions.
But this January the trade has added
a third peg to the row on which the
two others were placed. They have
had sop thrown to them by the gov
ernment in the nature Of request to
make gowns out of as little wool as
possible, and they have pledged them
selves in a body to keep within the
four-and-one- -half-yard measurement
Tor suit or gown.
This third peg was an actual stim-
ulus to production. It offered a broad
white way to exploitation. 1t fairly
bubbled and seethed with advertising
ss s eagerly .ss "a pI sss
Of a statesman Is caught UP by the
multitude and made part Of an appeal
to war.
Propaganda, propa ganda IL the
clothes. Each man jumped to his scis-
aors. his pencil and his material and
went to work to beat all his COM
petitors IN producing a costume to
say, with a spreading. arrogant ges-
ture. This Is the ultimate pinnacle on
which art and economy can stand en-
twined."
II have made a gown from one and
ene-ha1f yards Of worsted." said a
famous 5th avenue designer. "and 1t
is good to look at
II hope the woman is" said the
listener.
"oh. 1 have added other materials"
quickly explained the designer '"rhe
Gown does not affect the minimum OF
visibility
The frock had to be brought down
from the workrooms to prove the point
that its wearer would not break the
law of economy In wool or that of
proper drapery. It was Of black
woolen material. made with a bodice
that became a bib in front and 4 long
panel in back. fastened with bone but
tons from neck to heels. The under
slip was Of pleated black satin. with a
sash of itself that tied loosely over
the wide sandwich back
This 10 only one example out Of
hundreds that are being offered
Exploitation IL the life OF the trade
In women's. clothes. When the gov
ernment Joined hands with the traders
IN heiping them over a serious situa-
fion there was joy in the land OF an
parei. On every side we hear Of eff
cheney blouses. economy gowns and
conservation suits. Each firm assures
us that less than three yards Of wool
y employed in each costume, because
the nrm is too patriotic to withstand
the appeal of the government.
Evening star., 1918-01-06

The traders are trying to 60 the gov
ernment .one better" and not even
reach the maximum measurement of
four and ons-ha1f yards per suit. Ap-
peals were made by the French am
nAssador to the French government
that the Paris designers do not put any
more than the American allotment of
wool into their new gowns, In order
that the patriotic American traders
would not be offended and refuse tc
exploit gowns that look disloyal
individual designers insist that no
WOOL should be used in the new clothes.
They confine their acceptance OF 1t to
embroidery made from ends OF yarn
that cannot be used for knitting.
We are shown remarkable street
frocks and, restaurant gowns which
depend for their color and brilliancy
Evening star., 1918-01-06
THE PUBLIC LIBRARY.

The following list, arranged by sub
iects. includes some of the latest addi-
tions to the Public Library.
The lists which appear in this column
each Sunday are reprinted, at the end
Of the month, in the library's monthly
bulletin. Copies of this may be obtained
free al the library, or will be sent by
mail for 15 cents year.
European War
Er43f
Fosdick. II. e. The Challenge Of the Present
Crisis. Fa0z9-F7s3c.
Goltz. Horst Won der. My Adventures as a
German Secret Agent. Fso7s H74sm.
hay, Ian. pseud. All in 1t. F3079-H328a.
Headlam, ]. W. The German Chancellor and
the s, Outbreak of the War ,,l% Fso79 % %ns4Ag.
Heron. G. D. The Menace Of Peace F3079-
B43sm.
Hin. D. J. The Rebuilding of Europe. Fao7s-
Is5rr.
Eolrnes. E, G. A. The Nemesis Of Docility.
F3G79- H73sn
.Huard. Madam +. W. My Home in the Field
of Mercy. Fs073- 3-HsG4me.
Kellogg, V. l.. Headquarters Nights. F8079.
k2S5h.
MeDougal Grace. A Nurse at the War.
Maequsrrie. Hector. How to Live at the Front.
Mortimer. Maud. A Green Tent in Flanders
Murray Gilbert. Faith. War and Policy.
out of Their Own Mouths. Fso7e-ouss
Rogers: Lindsay: Americas Case Against Ger
stobart. NJ. A. B. The Flaming Sword in
Serbia and Elsewhere. F3O79-st63f.
Theta" pseud. War Flying. F3079-T -T34sw.
Vosnjak. Bognmil. Bulwark Against Ger
many. F5sv934.
Waddington. Madam NJ. A. X. Ny War Diary.
Fo079- 79-W115m.
waidstein. Sir Charles What Germany is
Fighting For. F3079- W144w.
The War and the Spirit Of Youth. F30T3-
w193.
Wood. r. r. The Notebook Of an Intelligence
Officer F3079- -Ws55ni.
Zhabotinskii. V. E. Turkey and the War.
F3078-Z82t.
European History and Travel.
Ashley. R. L. Early European Civilization.
piekie. ;. T; Germany. 1912. G47-Dssss.
Europe. 1250-1450. F303-Em37.
Hare. Christopher. pseud. Great Emperor.
Charles v. 1519-155s. F474-H22s.
Herbert. Sydney. Modern Europe. 17s9-1914.
Home. G. c. Yorkshire Coast. 1915. G45Y-
H753yc.
Law. E. T. A. Engiand's First Great War
Minister. F454sL41e.
Lethbridge, Mrs. NJ. c. and A. B. The Soul Of
the Russian. G54-L586s.
Merry. W. NJ. Two Months in Russia July to
September. 1874 G64-M55st.
Mnsson. $. 9. Sicily. 1911. G35S- -M977s.
Rags, Ionsdale and Mrs. L. N. Venice. G3Sv-
scaiererana. WOLF ves. Austria,Hnsau.
F56-Sch3s. ....-.--.---
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benches and rougher tables furnished
! the equipment. The light comes in
| from little windows, high up near the
ceiling. The wind comes in through
every crack. There is no stove. No
i heat. The youngsters shiver chronical-
! ly they labor over their Talmud.
Only one is lucky enough to have a
pair of shoes and his toes are peeping
out. 1t is l pm. A visitor comes in.
Il thought YOU said you have thirty
six pupils
Il have"
| "I can count only twenty
The others are at home for dinner.
| when are these going?"
They are not going.
And you?"
Il also am not going
| why not?"
There is no dinner at our homes. SO
we stay here
How long?"
From in the morning until at
night.
And No Medicine at Hand.
scene-Hospital waiting room. crowd
ed with patients waiting to be exam
ined. Worn and fearful mothers bring
their children to see II something can't
be done to save them. Mothers have to
carry eight-year- children. whom
years of starvation have left too weak
to walk The doctor shakes his head.
Only one medicine can help" Is It
some rare drug, some priceless les newly newly
would have that in his laboratory.
II am sorry-only one medicine can
save your child-that is soup-but We
haven't any here.
Same hospital; sixteen-year -old girl.
The physician presses his fingers upon
her ribs. The ribs break. A new dis
ease-adult rachitis. Three years Of
starvation have weakened the bones
Any remedy? Yes-soup. But there Is
none.
A Thanksgiving DayP
Scene & Glorious sunshine. Crisp
winds. Snow whirls along streets
White tablecloths. Sizzling brown tur-
key. Chestnuts in dressing. Crimson
cranberry sauce Richest golden sweet
potatoes; a whole menuful of other deli
cacies. Pumpkin pies. for instance.
This is a Thanksgiving day dinner in
Chicago.
The one in Warsaw is different. Hun
cry line. Ragged men. Women. Chill
dren. armed with buckets. Shivering
in a cold storeroom, waiting for the
daily distribution of soup. Hot, at least.
Each gets quart. They call It soup.
This is what is in it: Twenty-Five gall
ions of water for everv 100 portions.
Fourteen ounces nf meat five and one
half pounds Of potatoes That is one
seventh of ar ounce of meat and nine
ounces of potatoes each. The latter
CONSTITUTES the daily per capita allow
ance OF pc -atoes. Besides. each gets his
daily bread-card allowance of five
ouncea Of bread. This is not dinner: it
is whole day full of meals But each
person may eat It at one time and go
breakfastless and supperless. Most OF
them do.
Scene Snow on the wind-swept
street. An old man pushing a cart The
wind bites through the remnants of his
clothes. His shoes are almost gone
His beard is white. He walks slowly
heavily and falls He makes no attempt
to rise, An Ambulance is called "A
physician revives the h,np figure.
Have tasted nothing for three days.
There is nothing we can do; he needs
food. not medicine" Comment of an
other old man back in the crowd: why
did they revive him?"
Scene--Same' street. Same glorious
sunshine. Children hurtytng to school
Evening star., 1918-01-06

in the hope that enough people win go
south to speed up the midseason bust
ness.
A number of the Importers have re-