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The Dermott news., 1918-02-28

10 overcome him. But n hasty search
revealed that he had lost his knife In
the melee. And second thought gave
the letter was not everything To
know its destination would be impor-
tant. He had no time to think fur
Their. The messenger was coming
down the steps not stealthly, but clat-
terinC, with The ring Of nails In the
heels Of heavy boots.
Milky flung his long length into the
tonneau and there crouched. Il was
dark enough to conceal him. but Nix
by's was large body in small place.
However, the chauffeur only glanced
ut the car kicked tire with a prac-
ticed foot. and got in.
He headed for the open country.
Very soon his passenger knew that he
WAS in for long ride possibly. a cold
ride certainly. Within the city limits
the car moved decorouSly. but when
the suburbs were reached. the driver
put on all his power He drove care
fully, too rs one who must make haste
but cannot afford accident.
Milky grew very uncomfortable.
His long legs ached. The place be-
tween the shoulders where the con-
cierge had landed his powerful blows
puzzled. and he hated being puzzled.
He was unarmed, too. He disliked
that most of all.
After a time he raised his head. He
made out that they were going east,
toward the mountains, and he cursed
the luck thai had left his revolver at
home. Stlll he had no plan but to
watch. Two hours ride, at their pres
ent rate. would take them over the
border and into Karnia.
With squealing of brakes the ma
chine drew up ut the frontier. Here
was "A chain across the highway, with
two sets of guards. Long before they
reached II. u sentry stepped into the
road and waved his lantern.
Milky burrowed lower into the car,
and attempted TO look like rug. In
the silence, while the sentry evidently
examined a passport and flashed
lantern over the chauffeur. Milky
cursed the ticking of his watch, the
beating of his own heart.
Then came a clanking as the chain
dropped In the road. The car bumped
over it, and halted again. The same
formalities, this time by Karnian
sentries. Then the jerk following
hasty letting-in of the clutch, and they
were Off again.
For some time they climbed steadily.
his time. Then at last, at two o'clock,
came the steep ascent to the very
crest of the mountain, and falling
back. gear by gear, until they climbed
slowly in the lowest.
Milky unfolded his length quietly.
The gears We're grinding, the driver
bent low over his wheel. Very de-
liberately, now that he knew what he
was going to do, Milky unbuttoned his
tunic and slipped 1t off. 1t was a rash
thing, this plan he had in mind. rash
under any circumstances, in a moving
car--particularly rash here. where be-
tween the cliff and a precipice that
fell far away below, was only q wind
ing ribbon Of uneven road.
Milky. he waited his moment, and
then, with one singularly efficient ges-
ture, he flung his tunic over the
head. He drove q car
did Nikky-not his own, of |
course; he was far too poor-and he
counted on one thing-an automobile
The Dermott news., 1918-02-28
COUNTESS LoscHEK's SECRET MESSAGE CAUSES A LOT
OF TROUBLE FOR SEVERAL PEOPLE

of Lvonia, Ferdinand William
o
o
n which
chancellor
ILL., The chancellor
the kingdom which is threatened by
republic friendship of the neghboring
kingdom Karna secured by the Princess Hdwg
o
o a
King Karl
The Dermott news., 1918-02-28

things over. Probably never before in
his life had he deliberately done such
thing. He had never, as fact,
thought much ut all. 1t had been his
comfortable habit to let the day take
care of itself. Beyond minor prob
lens of finance-minor because his in
come was triiiing-he had considered
little. In the last border war he had
distinguished himself only when 1t was
n matter of doing, not of thinking.
But he was young. and the night
was crisp and beautiful. He took
long breath. and looked up at the stars.
After all, things might not be so bad.
Hedwig might refuse this marriage.
They We're afraid that she would. or
why have asked his help? When he
up, and his heels rang hard on the
pavement. Karl A hard man and
good king-that was Karl. And old.
From the full manhood of his twenty
three years Milky surveyed karl's al
most forty, and considered 1t age
IL was yPiNdi Vi " aCNiut
that he needed hard walk. He
translated most of his motions into
motion. SO he set off briskly. turn
ing into the crowded part of the city.
And here 1t was that Milky hap
pened on the thing that was to take
him far that night, and bring about
many curious things Not far ahead
of him two men We're talking. They
went slowly, arm In arm. One WAS
talking loquaciously, using his free
arm, on which hung cane, to gestic-
ulate. The other walked with bent
head.
Milky. pausing to light cigarette,
fell behind. But the wind was tricky,
and with his third match he stepped
into stone archway, lighted his
cigarette. buttoned his tunlc high
against the chill, and emerged to n
silent but violent struggle just ahead.
The two men had been attacked by
three others. and as he stared. the
lClua one went down. Instantly
huge figure of a man outlined against
the light from street lamp, cruuched
over the PROSTATE form of the fallen
man. Even in the imperceptible sec
ond before he started To run toward
the group. Milky saw that the silent
one. unmolested, WAS looking on.
\ moment later nc was in the thick
Of things and fighting sloriously. His
Soldierly cap fell of. His fair hair
briStled with excitement. He flung ont
arms that We're both furious aud
strong. and with each blow the group
assumed new formation. Unluekily.
great deal Of the fighting WAS done
over the PROSTATE form of Peter Nj
burg.
But disaster inglorious disaster.
waited for Milky. Peter Nihurg, face
down on the pavement, was grooming.
and Milky had felled one man and
was starting on a second with the fight
ing appetite of twenty-three, when
something happened. one moment
Milky was smiling, with cut lip, and
hair in his eyes, and the next he was
dropped like an OK, by blow from
behind. Landing between his shout
der blades. it jerked his head back
with IA snap, and sent him Keeling A
second followed. delivered by huge
fist.
Down went Milky. and lay still.
The town slept on. Street brawls
were not uncommon, especially in the
neighborhood of the Hungaria. Those
who reused grumhled about quarrel
some students. and slept again.
Perhaps two minutes later. Milky
got up. He was another minute In To-
eating himself. His cap lay In the
The Dermott news., 1918-02-28

gutter Beside him, on his back, lay
II sprawllng and stertorous figure,
with, so quick the downfall. cane
still hooked to his arm.
Milky bent over Peter Niburg.
Bending over made his head ache
abominably.
Here. mani" he said. 'Get upl
Rouse yourselfi"
Peter Niburg made an inarticulate
reference to a piece Of silk Of certain
quality. and lay still. But his eyes
The Dermott news., 1918-02-28

Tho crown prince and Prln-
cess Hedwio wait In vain for the
return Of Milky, whose dIsap-
pearance they arc unable - I'm
derstand. Watch for tho osset
lnstallmont
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-16

ded three times. the last time while
wording on an ambulance In tho Oct
oh"r revolution. We are trying v
rind he' Job. but II almost can not
ho done. No one wants to take an-
other person into the family because
1t II eans another mouth to feed.
Everyone is doing without a servant.
instead OF having several
The small amount OF poor bread
that We can &c. is grabbed up by our
girls--they are 80 hungry. | notice
IN the. class that In out OF work how
the girls are running down physi-
cally They are thinner and older
and look plnched. Even our COM
mittee members are aging percept-
hly Thc mental suffering that
many persons are undergoing is ter
rible."
Miss Boise In from Cincinnati,
Ohio After graduating from Smith
College she took postgraduate cour-
ses at the University Of Chicago and
Columbia University. She had
charge OF the Y w. c. A. clubhouse
Ht the Panama Pacific exposition and
was 3n duty on the Mexican border
IN iatG.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-16

Doubtless. where love was men
toned, the love that leads to mar
riage home and children was meant,
and the fact that the word was used
many times indicates that n the
thought OF happiness In loye ant
marriage still obtains In woman's
hearts.
A., curious fact appears In cen
nection with tho modernity OF the
general outlook. Religion, which
once would have led among the re-
piles. appeared but once In each
class. Two or three hundred years
ago the only emotional outlets
known to women were love and re-
aligiop. II the former failed they
entered some religious institution,
vowlng themselves to celibacy. In
this age the woman who finds love
is not for her turns TO business and
makes herself n factor in life.
The question of most interest Is.
what has brought about tho change
In the feminine viewpoint? Three
generations ago the love that leads
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-16
Shall Quality Or Style Govern W0nnem'S Apparel
THE zzSA SyAY KQRzRY zERESZNG MEW YORK EASAz0M

terial and workmanship, that will
last as long as economy demands
than to pay a fifth OF that price for
a ready to-wear gown that will fall
apart after few months service.
Opposing this ars(fment, and con-
ducting brilliant and usually sue
cesstul offensive, is another line,
made up OF those who insist that in
day Ike this women prefer style TO
quality and workmanship; that they
would rather pay somewhere in the
neighborhood of $50 for ready-to-
wear frock that Incorporates the
newest fashion features and gives
one a smart look even II II has to
be thrown away before long.
Several women adopt this meth
cd; They buy one high-priced gown
of excellent quality and workman
ship. and see 10 II that the frock is
not ultra -fash hionable; that It has no
glaring features which pronounce II
a frock OF the hour and not OF the
year. After this purchase they build
up the wardrobe with cheaper
frocks This Is necessary In hot
weather. One must have variety for
the sake OF cleanliness, II not CO.
quetry.
These women buy most OF their
gowns at the shops. They prefer 10
take advantage Of nsw stock at a
small price, rather than reduced
models at the same price, because
the latter are far from fresh and
must be sent to the cleaners. and
there is still the consciousness that
they have been worn by mannequins
daily for over Hiy weeks
1t has always been tho method Of
the woman on a small income. who
wishes to dress fashionably, 10 care
little for quality or workmanship
and spend all on style. 1t Is for this
reason that America presents the
most brilliant and dashing conglom-
Grafton OF young women In the
world. The shops cater to this i'm
mense crowd. which prefers five
gowns that are smart to one ad-
mirable gown that is conservative.
1t looks now as though American
women are to be divided into two
camps-those who put all their
money into one conservative. we'll
built gown that must last. and those
who now and then buy frocks that
have chic and that incorporate the
new fashion features.
And mind you, there will be poor
women in the first camp and rich
women in the other. Rich women
who have always given $3.50 for a
gown are now paying $50, with 81
for alteration: and those who have
never INDUCED in high priced
frock are putting all the eggs into
ono basket, going to a good place,
and dismissing the clothes question
from their minds for a season by
choosing one frock. which, from the
nature OF its workmanship, must
last.
All the straws point to the fact
that the former method will be the
most popular. We are restless ma
ton. We thrive on change and va
riety Put US into a standardized
costume of sack k-cloth and ashes and
our morale would break up like a
house OF cards and 20 drifting down
the stream of depression. Give us
what we need as nation--what all
young nations need-and we will do
our duty brilliantly and successfll lly
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-16
Heights to Which Cheap
Clothes Aspire.

America learned a good trick
from Paris when she arranged TO
have the best models instantly
copied In cheap materials. and some
times slipshod workmanship, to be
sold at small prices.
The Bon Marche the Galleries La
fayette and the Louvre, were the
great department stores of the world
to start this trick, and In so doing
they infuriated the exclusive set of
designers in Paris. Nothing can be
done about It, 1t has gone on for a
decade or more, and the great de-
signers have not been able TO make
any law TO prevent 1t or to stop the
traffic between subordinateS that per-
NIT II.
II Is amusing TO hear the tirade OF
sarcasm and indignation that
French designers direct against the
American stores for stealing their
models and selling them at low
prices, as II America was the only
guilty party. Right around the cor
ner from the Place Vendome. where
one pays 5000 for a gown, the Gal
cries Lafayette will offer cheap
copy OF II for S25. II the designers
cheapenlng of styles in their own
neighborhoed. how can they expect
to stop II three and six thousand
miles away?
1t is this trick over here, however,
that is the despair of the high priced
dressmakcrs and the delight OF the
shops that sell cheap clothes.
The dressmakers rest their in
creasing optimism concerning high
priced clothes--an optimism based
on the fact that the dreSsmakinE
business has not suffered since the
war-on the idea that women will
always need to be fitted for good
gowns, The average figure can buy
the cheap gown but the fasudious
woman cannot wear II because II
does not fit her. and the woman
who has q figure that departs from
the normal, cannot even contemplate
such a gown.
However, one must say this in
praise OF the cheap ready to wear
frock in America. It is cut on the
most exceptionally good lines than
can be expected at such a price.
Even the best workers Of the Caller
les Lafayette do not surpass, and
sometimes do not equal, the Ameri-
can cutters, who work by the hun
dreds on gowns that are sold by the
thousands. We must have an ex-
ceedingly good national figure. That
is the comment OF the foreigners
who see our women in the ready
to-wear. quick k-to-buy, smart-to-
look-at, cheap gowns that are sold
in every city on this continent.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-16

Cd that bars enough frocks to
change in, is one OF the gauntiets
thrown into the arena of discussion
wherever women are foregathered.
Another IS the question OF quality
versus style and still again, the ar
guInent turns toward whether It In
cheaper to buy ready-to- wear gar
ments from the shops or give the
seamstresses their high prices to
make over gowns.
There is no longer any question
OF exploiting ones clothes and con-
cealing the price: and therefore in
all the arguments that have been
taken up. by every kind OF woman's
club, as well as in those circles
which have heretofore been largely
given over TO society. the question Of
price and efficiency, of standardiza,
tion and variety, Of the American
product Az against the foreign, are
fought out with unusual skin and
discernment.
All OF this lifts the question OF
apparel on high economical plane.
II jerks clothes bodily out of the
lower strata OF mere coquetry. OF
the adornment OF thcp person for
reasons Of vanity, and of the eternal
desire to allure, into one Of high
strategy finance and efficiency.
1t Is on this plane that the ques-
tion Of clothes has always rested
in Paris. Underneath the most friv-
olous exterior the French woman
has always preserved a shrewd mind
concerning what she buys. The
reckless prodigality OF our spend
thrift manner Of buying CLOTHES has
meyer, been touched in any other
country.
We are still spending money. and
much Of It. on clothes. and we will
continue 10 do so as long az there Is
as much money in this country as
now. But our women have been un-
blinded. as 1t were, through catas-
trophe, and they pitch into the bat
tie of purchasing apparel with the
same intelligence and cleverness
that they show In grasping the food
question. Here's to a long continu-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-16
Women OF Moscow Verse
Of S&arvati0mS Manly Insane

Conditions I'm Russia are described
as so criicad that many women are
ending their own lives or becoming
Insane, because OF lack OF work aud
The fact that they face famine
Il know OF 'wo girls, friends ~ our
friends who committed suicide. and
two Of the best known young prpplo
In Russia. a man and a girl, have
gone crazy In the last two dnys," -"
writes Miss Elizabeth Boise war
worker OF the Y. NJ. G. A. IN Moscow
The schools are closed and the uni
Nersity, too. How peOpl" continue to
Iiyc | do not see, for these Is a CON
slant decrease in work ana even In
their terrible distress these people
have not yet come To the point where
they throw down their pride and do
anything.
Distress Is Terrible.
"More places are shut up this week
than last. am going out to see
some poor neighbors tomorrow with
one OF our committee women. | have
taken In temporarily n nurse, who
dropped on our doorstep tho other
night without a place to sleep and
no friends 10 go to. She has worked
four years In tho war and was woun-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-16
Z Q Y z
Dominant in Her Life

DR., Emerson, of the University Of
Michigan, questioning the co-eds in
one OF his classes as to their con
cept.on OF the most vital thing in
life, obtained a variety Of replies
Curiosity led 20 little inquiry
among the working girls and women
OF an office building. with view to
ascerta!Bing correspondence or
discrepancy OF ideals between college
girls sand those possibly less fortu-
nately placed. There was little var
lance, love and happiness predomin,
Ottng.
Love is a word susceptible of
many meanings. AS HallOwell Sut,
cliffe says, 1T stands equally for
the marsh lights luring men into
the bogs, and for the star shine that
beckons them to the Cleanly hills"
It rs the basis Of social uplift, an
avenue to useful life. and lnstru,
mental In making others happy
thus insuring personal happiness
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-16

ance Of this attitude, both in the
pantry and in the sewing-room!
This problem, which has been
presented to every woman durtng
the last six months as TO whether
she would buy a gown which lasts
and pay a big price for IT, or buy
one which she may discard soon and
at a much lower price, is Of high in
terest. 1t is settled by the individ-
uaI, and yet It is important TO the
mass,
There is an advocate for each side
In every crowd that foregathers TO
discuss the problem, and more 10 the
purpose, there are many advocates
for each side in the commercial
world.
The people who do exquisite work
are loud in their claims that it is
better to pay a high price for ma
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-16

rivalry between two women, the old
old rivalry between youth and mid
die age. brains and beauty. power
and vanity The Medici collar is a
symbol OF the history OF human ma
ture pressed into n few short, mad
years Of French life. 1t represents
what the Three Feathers Of Great
Britain represent 1t Is more than
fashion; 1t is the symbol OF dy-
nasty.
Now and then, it has flicked in
and out of fashion. II was taken UP
by other queens beside Catherine
and Mary: 1t was worn by debutan-
tees on stately gowns with trains
quarter OF century ago; 1t has been
maintained in a measure In half the
courts of Europe and II may be re-
vived this summer
II was made OF point lace, wired to
its EXTREMIST points and worn with
black satin dinner gown that was
guiltless of all trimming and re-
ceived its high light from a string
OF pearls 1t was also worn In a
black embroidered net gown dropped
over black satin with curious 1T
tie jacket OF black velvet fastened In
front, below the hip-line, with a
gllttering tassel.
There are ope1piece frocks creep
ing into the fashions that show the
Medici collar Of double tulle, hem
stitched at the edge. and there are
soft wolfe gowns over colored taf-
feta that have outstanding ruffles Of
white chiffon that are deftly and
carelessly held up by wires.
II pays to keep the eye trained on
new neckwear. and evidently. Paris
believes that something must be
done to get away from the ubiqui-
tous, half-low decolletage which has
prevailed for decade
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-16
WdistcOdt that Reaches to
the Knees.

Last January, the women in Paris
wore walstcoats OF fur, velvet. knit
ted wool and dyed homespun that
reached from the collar bone to the
knees, The heads OF dressmaking
houses. who are carefully watched
wherever they go, contributed to the
fashion for these accessories, by
placing them in their own suits.
America introduced few of them,
and she did not find even the short
waistcoat OF last February sue
cess. 1t was worn by few seq
ments OF smart women, fashionable
and questionable. rich and poor.
but the long wa~stcoat was treated
as an outcast. II was not even rec
ognized. But France persisted. and
the dressmakers In New York are
putting It into suits and frocks for
summer resorts. The prophecy runs
that II will be dominant feature
OF new autumn clothes. :.
In large bunch Of Paris photo
graphs that have come over, this
long waistcoat is repeated in many
fabrics on women who are snapped
as they 90 about their new and ac-
tive life. The sketches that come
over the big designers - heralds Of
what will be advanced h August,
show the long waistcoat also. II Is |
made in a different color from the
gown; 1t Is used for protection or for
beauty, and although 1t Is probably |
taken from the reign of Louis XIV. |
It has none Of the elegance or jaunt- |
iness OF its predecessor IL merely
looks warm and comfortable, or gay
and colorful
II is the longest waistcoat that
has ever been worn by woman 1t
was matched in length by those