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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-21

III HEN ELECTRIC LIGHTS GO OUT
" Is the time you mast need candles,
and II ypn have candles You must
needs have candlestieks TO hold them. ThinEa
are mighty uncertain these Wartimea. SO 20
be on the safe side you had best be sure that
your candlestiek Is ready for any emergency,
And when you 20 a-huntng eandlesticks lust
come up 10 the FBth floor and see the assert
mant that awaits you there. There are ear
dlestfeks Of all kinds. but those In mahOgsny
ana mahogany hnIsh are especially attractive.
NO matter whether you want single candle
stick or q branehed candelabra, You viii fnd
Il AeFe. And we are quite proud Of the ma
hOganydpish stick that Is pYfced al a cents.
A pair OF them would make a charming-and
usefgl-ght- For - cents you win and a
stick, candle. and shade eompleta. and you
choose from
other mahogany eandIsstieks and can
delabFas are priced pp TO SEQ each,
viii md many other ehsrFainy pieces o. ma
hogany There are bud and flower vases,
htted With glass holders. and the assortment
OF styles and sizes of mahogany cOmDotes,
with or without glass inner tTaya Is most
complete
You viii enjoy roaming about on the Fifth
floor, and you viii md many novelties theFa
from which to choose useful, Betyieeable,
practical and pleasing gifts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-21

the chance guest viii md them most com
Portable beds They one OF the furniture
tads Of the moment that commend themselves
by their usefulness as we'll as by their beauty.
and they are shown in many attractive styles.
There are day beds that copy old colonial
models with fluted columns and rounded head
and foot boards. Others have the popular
rolled ends Some are shown in cream
enamel, with punches OF pink roses painted
across the footboaFd. Ono in cream enamel
has the French swell fOOtbOard and Is OFna-
mentsd with carved garlands.
Sixth floor center
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-21

TN THE GIFT SECTION ON THE
MAIN FLOOR you will find many
= lovely and inexpensive useful gifts
Anv woman would like one of the wilma
Love" vanity boxes-small enough TO slip
into the purse, and dainty as bits OF colored
silk and gilt lace and wee ribbon flowers
can make them. Some have the tops COW
cred with Chinese embroidery in gold
threads They hold either powder or rouge,
and one style box is partitioned to hold
both. Tiny puffs fit into each box, and you
could scarcely find daintier small gift for
so or IS cents.
Hard-painted rules are new. They come
in focE and ward lengths, with their enam-
eled edge decorated with colored flowers.
Some have tassels tipping one end. Prices
are % cents to S1.00. Little folks would
like these rules, or they would be useful
adjuncts to work basket or sewing room.
Little celluloid rules, with dainty hand
painted flowers in pink or blue come at
tached to gift cards, all ready to mail in
their own envelopes, and make cunning
gifts for 25 cents.
Knitting-needIe tips are in many forms,
perhaps the newest are the little twin baby
heads, with rosetted caps, that come in gift
boxes at rs cents the set.
Bubble Blowers are Is cents box, and
Bubble Sets come in green boxes with han
dies, and in the box you will find pipes,
soaps, and rubber aprons, Sl.25.
Liberty Luncheon Sets-those sensible
sets of white enamel cloth with blue designs
that require no laundering, Just simple
wiping with damp cloth, are here at $1.75
the set.
Darning thread will never be misplaced
If Dinah, in her gay head handkerchief,
keeps guard over the black thread, and
Fluffy Ruffles with her pink ribbons guards
the white thread. They are rs cents each.
First floor. Eleventh street.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-21
"~ Wooowaro & Iotbrop
A New CIOes6 NJ
The New Neckwear
l. Most Attractive

Stock JabOts and lace in white and ecru simple
styles finished with lace and dainty embroidery touch
to handsome trimmed real 6let and exqstely hand
broidered. $1.00 to $19.5O each.
White Satin Tie Collars $1.0o and $50 each
New faneyhaped Collars of white satin, tucked
fine groups long roll shapes finished with white silk
tailor's braid $1.0O to $500 each.
Silk Crepe Collars variety of shapes in pretty color
combinations such and blue pretty braided embrOd
cred $50 to $3T5 each
Dainty Organdie Sets pin tucked. $1.00 each.
Georgee Sets in flesh white grey delicate
shades embroidered pretty contrasting shades
green, pink, blue $500 to $500 each
Vestees mostly in fine plated style with plain
plated collars having plated vest and men collar S225
to $500 each
Street F1ocF.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-21
The Fur Storage
Department

requests that those having furs and other
garments stored in our vaults take steps
for their removal before cold weather
actually sets in. With the one delivery a
day schedule now in force and the shortage
of help, it will be impossible to cope with
the avalanche of rush" orders. Better
still, call for your furs in person, thus
avoiding the necessity for delivery.
Receipts for storage should be pre-
scented at the Vaults Office, seventh floor,
F street front.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-21
An Umbrella Department
For Men
Just at G street entrance, main floor.

Just at G street entrance, main floor.
petely satisfying in its broad range of Styles answering
the needs of In manner that was never hitherto
possible. large stock of Fine Quality SILK Umbrellas
with assorted handles silver and gold trimming at prices
ranging from 500 to $1,000
We invite attention especially to these three
items
The Bit Rite 27-ineh Umbrella for men that
made Of American taffeta silk; tape edge; finish
ed with selected mission wood handles Pres, $aSa
Umbrellas Of extra fine American Taffeta. tape
edge, finished with assorted wood silver trimmed
handles, in size 2Sineh- Price, $35a.
Black Union Silk Umbrellas, in 2s-inch size
tape edge, finished with assorted handles silver
trimmed. Price, $500.
Main floor. entrance
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-21
Black Is Always In
Good Taste

Our Selection Of Black Dress Goods Is N1oSt NoPIee'
Silk and Wool Popln 40 inches wide S275 $500 and $OO
silk and Wool Henrietta 40 inches wide, $500 yard
Priestlys Tussah Wool AZ inches wide $500, $751; and
$500 yard. -, .ooo
Atwood Crepe Egypta A inches wide, $2GO yard
Granite Cloth, 40 inches wide, $500 yard o
Atwood French Serge 40 inches wide $780, $225 and SzbO
yard -, 49,.
Atwood San Toy a inches wide, $3.50 yard
Atwood Tamise, q inches wide, $3.50 yard.
AIl-yool Batiste, AZ inches WIDE $3.50 yard
Atwood Nuns Yelling, AZ inches wide. $3.50 yard.
Atwood PopIn, so inches wide, $500 yard .
All-yool Serge, so inches wide $275 and $780,
Atwood Panama, 50inch, SITS.
Atwood Serge, $3.50 yard.
Cravenetted Serge, inches wide. 400 yard.
French and Storm Serge 81 inches wide, $3.50 yard.
Allwool Velour, 81 inches WIDE $500 yard.
Gabardine 5Oineh, $500 and $500 yard
Tricotine, 50inch, $500 yard.
silk and Wool Roxans is a cloth that has kind of
sharkn weave and handsome; 81 inches wide; $500
yard.
Our Black Broadcohs unusually handsome with beau
tfu high uster sponged shunken ready make
nm: "a inches wide; $3.50, $500, and 500 yard.
Astrakhan for making stOes and trimming, AZ inches wide,
$1,000 yard. Second hoor G street
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-21
Some Frilly
NEW PETTICOATS
Have Just Been Unpacked

They are just the thing to wear under dainty d.
for evening and with handsome neglige.
Crepe de chine in pink and blue makes
an attractive style; the flounce is made of
horizontal strips of lace put together with
ribbon, with deep frl of lace at the BOTTOM
the under founce is of plated net, $500 each.
Taffeta makes charming petticoat with
deep frill of lace trimmed in narrow ribbon
frills, with an under hounce of plated chiffon,
$3.50 EACH.
Several handsome models come in black,
trimmed in lace and ribbon, at different prices
Third floor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-21
Embroidering Handkerchiefs
For Christmas
Should Be Given Your Earliest
Attention

This Christmas is to be a season of the
exchange of practical gifts, and handker-
chiefs viii be Of even greater Importance
than in past years. Orders should be
placed CIV for the, embroidering of hand
kerchiefs and other articles. The shortage
of skilled needleworkers is acute, and the
quantity of work they can turn out will be
very limited this season.
Art Needlework Dept. Second floor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-21
TEA CARTS ARE USEFUL GIFTS,

land who does not want one, no
matter whether she be in a mansion, with
servants at her command. or in the tiniest
apartment, where the tea cart may be used
as table, for many of the tea carts are really
tea tables on wheels, their dropped sides
can be raised. and form quite a convenient
sized table. Many also have a convenient
drawer for silver. As practically all have re-
movable glass bOttOmed serving trays, there
in one.
One very novel tea cart has, in place of the
usual bottom shelf, rack into which slip
four individual serving stands, just the thing
TO use whom serving afternoon tea TO four
guests. These stands have a kind Of double
deck" arrangement to hold the plate and the
cup and saucer, there Is no danger Of spill
ing tea on ones best frOck.
Tea carts come in all the popular woods,
mahogany, oak. and walnut as well in
dainty cream or blue enamel Many OF them
have the most old-fashiOned nOsegays painted
in gay colors the exquisitely grained
woods
There are also carts in the popular Japan
enamel-the handrubbed black eusm mel.
with such a soft tone, decor ated with char
acteFistic designs in duh gold.
Where space Is n matter OF consideration,
the tea cart Is most useful piece OF furni-
ture. for Il can be readily pushed into any
room, and readily pushed out OF the way
when not in use. Ask for them on the
Sixth floor. Eleventh street.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-21
Handsome
Scarfs
Of Seal Plush and
Crepe de Chine

Seal Plush Scarfs, both
in straight and shaped eff
fects, with and without
fringe. $500 to $1S.00
each.
Crepe de Chine Scarfs in
black lined with contrasting
colors-effective shades Of
rose and gold, and finished
with handsome silk fringe.
$3.50 and $3.50 each.
Street Floor, Center.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-21
Plenty of
WARM UNDERWEAR
For Babies and Little Foil

Little bodies must be kept and comfy in order
to be we'll and the soft undergament of cotton and
wool silk and wool will not rTate the most tender
skins.
Silk and Wool Bands, in all sizes, $l.O
Cotton and Wool Shirts 4year sze each
Silk and Wool Shirts $l75 $3.50 according size
Rubens Skirts that mothers like they
'front.' giving double thickness the abdomen
backCotton and Wool SIPS each Silk and Wool S75
Cotton and Wool Union Suits $5 each and up, according
size.
Silk and Wool Union Suits S375 $3.50 each.
Separate Drawers ankle knee length
EACH silk and WOOL SIPS
Outing Flannel Night Drawers, without
little who kick the off Plain and blue
stripe, to years. Sl,25; 1G years Sl5O.
Outing Flannel Gowns made with long and turnover
collars plain white pink blue striped annelette $l2
TO $500 each
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-05-24

cut high in the neck at the back,
which is characteristic of this seasons
coats. The skirt is plain, as it should
be, and is shorter than the modes of
the season AUTHORIZED concession to
the youthfulness of it's wearer.
The dress of navy blue satin is
somewhat complicated. The skirt is
in one piece, but has the effect of a
tunic caught up at the sides near the
bottom with satin-covered buttons.
The bodice gives the impression of a
short coat, open in front to the waist
line where it fastens with hook and
eye and is finished with two satin
covered buttons. 1t is cleverly ex-
tended at each side to form a panier
drapery over the hips. The ends of
the drapery are brought up to the
bodice at the back. The narrow,
shawl collar and long sleeves, extend
ed into flaring cuffs over the hand
and finished with small satin-covered
buttons, reveal expert designing. And
the wide, soft girdle on the front of
the skirt bears further witness to it..
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-05-24

Once upon a time-that Is before
the war-nothing ever presumed to
dispute the supremacy of the tailored
suit for street wear, and nothing will
ever outclass it. But tailored suits
require men to make them and in
France the men were gone to war.
So "the dressmaker's dress" came in,
the one-piece, daytime frock made it's
appearance on the street. We have
gone further now, as war has COM
PEELED economy, and we have two-in-
one frocks and daytime frocks that
are evidently made for street wear in
place of a suit.
Both a tailored suit and a daytime
frock for street wear are shown in
the illustration as examples of good
styles for young women. In the suit
the coat is made interesting by point
ed panels at the back and front, over
tapping pointed side pieces and fin
ished with rows of large bone buttons
in it's skirt. The sleeves are long and
white embroidered overcollar calls
attention to the fact that the coat is
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-05-24

To get to the cemetery, we had to
pass through the little shell-destroyed
village, where troops were hurrying
to and fro.
AS the funeral procession passed
these troops came to the attention"
and smartly saluted the dead.
Poor Pete was receiving the only sa-
lutte private is entitled to "some-
where in France"
Now and again shell from the Ger
man lines would go whistling over the
village to burst in our artillery lines
in the rear.
When we reached the cemetery we
halted in front of an open grave, and
laid the stretcher beside it. Forming
hollow square around the opening of
the grave, the chaplain read the burial
service.
German machine-gun bullets were
cracking" in the air above us, but
Pete didn't mind, and neither did we.
When the body was lowered into the
grave the flag having been removed,
we clicked our heels together and
came to the salute.
left before the grave was filled in.
| could not bear to see the dirt thrown
on the blanket-covered face of my COM
rade. On the western front there are
no coffins, and you are lucky to get
blanket to protect you from the wet
and the worms. Several of the Sec
ton stayed and decorated the grave
with white stones.
That night, in the light Of lonely
candle in the machine gunner's dugout
of the front-line trench l wrote two
letters. One to Pete's mother, the
other to his sweetheart. While doing
this / cursed the Prussian war god
with all my heart, and think that st.
Peter noted same.
The machine gunners in the dugout
were laughing and joking. To them
Pete was unknown. Pretty soon, in the
warmth of their merriment, my blues
disappeared. One soon forgets on the
western front.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-05-24

A machine-gun officer entered the
dugout and gave me hard look. !
sneaked past him. sliding and slipping,
and reached my section of the 'front.'
line trench, where was greeted by
the sergeant, who asked me, "Where
in - ave you been"
made no answer, but sat on the
muddy fire step, shivering with the
cold and with the rain beating in my
face. About half an hour later I
teamed up with another fellow and
went on guard with my head sticking
over the top. At ten o'clock I was
relieved and resumed my sitting posi-
ton on the fire step. The rain sud-
denly stopped and we all breathed a
sigh of relief. We prayed for the morn
ing and the rum issue.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-05-24
G.A~ 2zz,zaA
4 Il
New Shaded Red.

The new shade of red known as
Wilson red or Swiss red Is really very
taking, especially early in the spring.
1t ought to look well even in mid
summer at the seashore or in the coun-
try, but of course the favor in which q
color is held at this date Is no criterion
of the midsummer favor it may enjoy.
At all events, just now all sorts of
odds and ends are featured in this
clear new shade of red. Especially eff
fective are the many red beads that
shop keepers have dug up from some
forgotten corner and that manufacture
ers have rushed to the shops. They
are strikingly pretty with white blouses
and especially for the young girl.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-05-24
CHAPTER X.
"The Days Work."


was fast learning that there is a
regular routine about the work of the
trenches, although it is badly upset at
times by the Germans.
The real work in the fire trench
commences at shutdown. Tommy Is
like burglar, he works at night.
Just as it begins to get dark the
word "stand to" is passed from trav
erse to traverse, and the men get busy.
The first relief, consisting Of two men
TO a traverse, mount the fire step, one
man looking over the top, while the
other sits at his feet, ready to carry
messages or to inform the platoon Off
Ger of any report made by the sentry
as to his observations in No Mans
Land. The sentry is not allowed to
relax his watch for second. If he is
questioned from the trench or asked
his orders, he replies without turning
around or taking his eyes from the ex-
panse of dirt in front of him. The re-
mainder of the occupants of his trav-
erse either sit on the fire step, with
bayenets fixed, ready for any emer-
gency, or if lucky, and dugout hap
pens to be in the near vicinity of the
traverse, and if the night is quiet, they
are permitted to go to same and try
and snatch few winks of sleep. Little
sleeping is done; generally the men sit
around, smoking Tags and seeing who
can tell the biggest lie. Some of them.
nerhaDs with their feet in water, would
write home sympathiZing with the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-05-24

governor" because he was laid up
with cold, contracted by getting his
feet wet on his way to work in Wool
witch arsenal. If a man should manage
to doze off, likely as not he would wake
with a start as the clammy, cold feet
of a rat passed over his face, or the
next relief stepped on his stomach
while stumbling on their way to relieve
the septries in the trench.
Just try to sleep with belt full of
ammunition around you, your rifle bolt
biting into your ribs, intrenching tool
handle sticking into the small of your
back, with tin hat for pillow and
feeling very damp and cold, with
'cooties" boring for Oil in your arm
pits, the air foul from the stencil of
grimy human bodies and smoke from a
juicy pipe being whitfield into your nos
trils, then you will not wonder why
Tommy occasionally takes a turn in
the trench for a rest.
While in a front-line trench orders
forbid Tommy from removing his
boots, puttees, clothing or equipment
The "cooties" take advantage of this
order and mobilize their forces, and
Tommy swears vengeance on them and
mutters to himself, "Just wait until
hit rest billets and am able to get my
own back"
Just before daylight the men turn
to" and tumble out of the dugouts, man
the fire step until it gets light, or the
welcome order "stand down" is given.
Sometimes before "stand down" is or
dered. the command five rounds rap
Id" is passed along the trench. This
means that each man must rest his
rifle on the top and fire as rapidly as
possible five shots aimed toward the
German trenches, and then duck with
the emphasis on the 'duck"). There is
great rivalry between the opposing
forces to get their rapid fire all off
first, because the early bird, in this in
stance, catches the worm-sort of gets
the jump on the other fellow, catching
him unawareS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-05-24
CHAPTER TX.
Suicide Annex.

was in my first dugout and looked
around curiously. Over the door of
same was a little sign reading "Sui-
eide Annex" One of the boys told
me that this particular front trench
was called Suicide Ditch" Later on
I learned that machine gunners and
bombers are known as the Suicide
Club"
That dugout was muddy. The men
slept in mud, washed in mud. ate mud,
and dreamed mud. had never before
realized that so much discomfort and
misery could be contained In those
three little letters, M q D. The floor
Of the dugout was an inch deep in
water. Outside it was raining cats and
dogs, and thin rivulets were trickling
down the steps. From the air shaft
Immediately above me came drip,
I drip. Suicide Annex was a hole
feet wide, ten feet long and six
/, nigh. 1t was abou. twenty feet
below the fire trench; at least there
were twenty steps leading down to 1t.
These steps were cut into the earth,
but at that time were muddy and Slip
perry. A man had to be very careful
or else he would "shoot the chutes"
The air was foul, and you could cut
the smoke from Tommy's flags with a
knife. 1t was cold. The walls and
roof were supported with heavy square
cut timbers, while the entrance was
c+rop othopod with SoudhouS Mails bod
been driven into these timbers. On
each nail hung a miscellaneous assert
ment of equipment. The lighting ar
engagements were superb-one candle
in a reflector made from an ammuni-
ton tin. My teeth were chattering
from the cold, and the drip from the
airshaft did not help matters much
While I was sitting bemoaning my
fate and wishing for the fireside at
home, the fellow next to me, who was
writing a letter, looked up and inno-
Gently asked, Say, Yank, how do you
spell 'conflagration'?"
/ looked at him in contempt and an
swered that / did not know.
From the darkness in one of the cor
ners came a thin, piping voice singing
one of the popular trench ditties en-
titled:
Pack up your Troubles IN your Old Kit
Bag, and Smile, Smile, Smile"
Every now and then the singer
would stop to cough, cough, cough, but
it was good Illustration of Tommy's
cheerfulness I'm Ter such conditions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-05-24

In millinery, as in other things, the
seasons styles have gravitated toward
a. few types that have established
themselves and will last as long as the
summer lasts-and perhaps longer.
One may be sure of them anywhere.
Among them are wide-brimmed and
moderately wide-brimmed sailor
shapes, small hats that have sugges-
ton of the poke bonnet in their lines
and the cloche or drooping-brimmed
bell shape, with its brim a little wider
than In the beginning Of spring. These
persist among others that are almost
as popular; as small turbans and me-
dium-sized turbanlike shapes with spir-
tied brim lines and coronets. The last
Is a type that women of middle age
like best.
Plenty of variety appears in these
favored shapes in popular hats. One
does not look for eccentricities In the
shapes themselves; but in the trim
mings all sorts Of pretty whims find
expression, especially among street
hats. An example of this appears in
the smart hat with curled quill trim
ming that is shown in the accompany
Ing picture. This model has been made
in black and in several colors-each
hat all in one colOr-with brim and
side crown of caterpillar braid, facing
and top crown of satin. The quill
that trims it Is of the same satin and
is the spice of the creation. 1t departs
from the way Of quilts, leaving their
straight and narrow path to follow
willful spiral of it's own.
A beautiful wide-brimmed hat is
made of crepe georgette faced with
braid. The upper part of the crown is
covered with folds Of crepe and the
lower part with smooth band Of it
that makes a perfect background for
the tie of narrow MORE ribbon and
embroidered cak leaves that form the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1918-05-24

trimming. Large satin acorns express
a happy afterthought of the designer.
This hat would be pretty in sand-color
or gray or white for midsummer.
Black is the best choice for the re-
naming hat. 1t is Of lisere braid and
taffeta silk with a narrow collar Of
grosgrain ribbon. 1t is given a crisp,
military style by outstanding ostrich
feathers at the front. They are I'M
curled and brilliant and are set on with
q handsome Jet ornament.