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The Washington times., 1919-11-26
Smart Skirts
de Luxe
.NE smart shops are showing

TIE smart shops are showing
new and unusually smart
skirts to accompany the love
" blouses. Separate skirts are fea-
tured this season for outdoor sports
wear, for tfotteur, and then there
are the dressy skirts that form the
better half of q pretty afternoon
costume. Long skirts, short skirtA
scant ones and full ones are all rep
resented among the newest o1er-
ings.
BLACK crepe de meteor may be
pleated into a graceful skirt for
dressy wear. One model is Parisi-
enne in its brevity, but very full
In its selection of accordion pleatA
A rather broad girdle OF the mate
rial wraps about the hips. Worn
with an exquisitely dainty blouse
OF flesh georgette. it makes > most
fetching costume VI
This model might also be effec-
lively developed in taupe colored
crepe meteor, and IL combined with
an overblouse OF the same shade.
embroidered in brick red beads.
what more could be desired for at
tractive afternoon attire?
But II your heart is in outdoor
sports and you must heed the lure
OF the links. you will need one of
those dashing plaid Killed skirta
Big orange blocks, toned down with
blacks and browns. are favored for
separate sports skirts, and are in
deed striking when worn with a
black slip-on sweater and orange
tam.
Honey colored homespun makes
a more conservative though none
the less charming sport skirt. This
is cut on semi-circular lines to in
sure becoming flare, allowing
plenty OF freedom of motion. TO
give this skirt distinction novel
pockets buttoned in dark brown
were introduced on the hips. With
this skirt one selects plain wolien
golf socks and low tics.
The business girl who wants .
skirt that is different to wear with
her tailored blouse will be inter
ested in clever model of gray
and black woolen mixtures. The
only trimming is black stitching
out there arc rows and rows Of 4.
around the hips to simulate a yoke
A panel of the material is buttoned
up the front and a narrow belt. OF
the material is crossed at the from.
and buttoned.
Another smart skirt combines
black satin with navy blue tricotine-
The lower part of the skirt is hut
toned to the black satin yoke a.
each side, front and back. A mar
row belt of the tricotine finishes the
top.
This last model lends itself won.
derfully will to remodeling an old
skirt by combining ii with satin.
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
Much Less Trouble

Above her grim. determined fses.
the lady in the front row OF the
pit wore a large. well-feathefee
hat. Mutters behind her grew t.
cries OF rage. but she paid n
heed.
At last an attendant approaeAet
her.
Madam" said he, II really muS
request YOU TO. remove your hat
1t is interfering with the view OF
the gentleman behind you"
.Dou you mean that weedy ffttts
creature?" asked the lady. xs With
feathers s-swinc. she turned and
eyed the complainant
THE gentleman behind you the
attendant corrected her. courte-
ously.
The lady settled herself sgats
into her seat
81 think" she said. IN q tone OF
decision.< that you will end n
easier and pleasanter to remove
him."
The Washington times., 1919-11-26

been coming in since November 2.
Therefore, in giving the prize. /
shall select the letter with the earl
lest postmask. which was 2:3o p. m.
November .. Another letter was
mailed the same day, but not until
s p. m.
The winning letter follows:
DEAR ELIZABETH LATrIMER:
Here's how 1 make boys blouses and
my aprons from old shirts: 1 take all
the mems shirts that are worn around
necks and sleeves, rip up, turn shirt
with the tail part to come at the top.
then ! lay my S-year-old pattern on
old shirt and cut perfectly good
jacket from an old shirt, as you can
cut both sleeves and collar from the
sleeves.
l have also taken the backs OF mems
shirts and made small aprons from
them. i have also made little chill
dren's aprons from old shirts by usfns
same as the jackets
take all the mems old pants that
are not too much worn, take the larger
part OF the pants. cut one pair to fit a
boy years. while the bottoms of the
pants will make nice little pants to fit
or 4 year old.
took a-pair OF my husbands pants
that were torn in the seat, ripped them
up, then by taking the front OF the
legs / scanned the side seams up.
had little boys coat pattern to fit a
3-year-old boy. 1 cut the back of the
coat fro mthe larger part of the pants
legs I had scanned up; then the other
two pieces OF the legs cut the fronts;
the very bottom OF the legs cut the
plain sleeves, and still there were
scraps enough to make collar. /
bought one emblem, eight brass but
tons, put four on each side of coat,
and no one knew but what the child
had a new coat, as i turned the pants
before / made the coat, and the coat
only cost so cents.
took a dress skirt OF blue serge
cleaned and turned 1t; got some red
braid and made a little sailor suit to
fit a 4year-old, and 1T only cost Is
cents. MRS. +. w. SMITH
$50 S. Pitt street, Alexandria, Va
The Washington times., 1919-11-26

ana trimmings with cold water and
let them simmer for half an hour.
COOK the onion in the fat for five
minutes, then pour it into a stew
pan. Parboil the sliced potatoes for
nVe minutes; then drain, and add
layers or fish and potatoes to the
rat and onion in the stewpan. Sea.
son each layer with salt and pepper.
strain the liquor in which the fish
bones have been cooking over all.
and cook for about twenty minutes
until the fish and potatoes are ten
der. Then add the scalded milk. II
desired thicker, sprinkle a little
cornmeal between each layer of fish
and potatoes.
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
Planked Finnan
Haddie Dinner.

small finnan- punches Of young
haddie carrots
/ can Of spinach or potatoes
] onion
Lay small, plump fnnan-haddie
Cor half Of large one) in a pan,
cover with cold water and bring
slowly to the boiling point. Simmer
gently for twenty minutes. Re-
move, drain and lay flesh side up on
an oiled plank. Brush over with
olive or peanut oil, sprinkle with
pepper and cover with thin slices of
onion. Place under the broiling
flame of the gas oven and cook un-
til the onion is Drowned. Have
ready the potatoes, boiled, mashed
and seasoned; the carrots, scraped
and boiled in saltnd water, and the
spinach, heated, cut fine, seasoned
and the water pressed out Make a
border OF potato around the edge Of
the plank, pressing it through
pastry tube or arranging with a
knife and spoon. Lay the carrots
across 1t at regular intervals,
points out and fill the space between
border and fish with the spinach.
Return to the oven until the potato
is delicately Drowned.
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
The Rhyming
Optimist
BY Aline Michaelis.

THERE are beds of many spe-
cies. beds of brass and iron
and wood; beds that you can
take to pieces. beds that few have
understood, beds most strangely
complicated, made to hang upon the
door; also beds that seem created
to make sleep return no more.
There are folding beds in numbers
for the man who has no dread and
does not object to slumbers taken
standing on his head. There are
mattresses of cotton, mattresses of,
felt and fur, and still others, very
rotten, stuffed with asphalt, L infer.
But of many beds I've tested in a
sleepy-head's career. you have all
the others bested, feather bed of
yesteryear! Happy thoughts come
ever thronging when the first Fall
days appear; but they bring a bit
of longing for that bed of yester-
year. when the frost that touched
the pumpkin and that turned the
naples red also drove the husky
pumpkin to the good old feather
bed. Gee! but 1t was wide and
ample. soft and yielding, full of
sleep; later beds seem but a sample
Of that bed onto which I'd creep.
Twas bed of large dimensions,
dignified. rotund, serene; boudoirs
now would need extensions IL that
bed were on the scene. Sometimes
/ could fall to weeping thinking of
its soft embrace, but alas, tits not
in keeping with a small apartments
space. 1t would elbow all the ta-
bles, tread upon the chiffonier; IL
would tower to the gables, crowd
ing the electroiler. 'Tis a droan
am resigning, happy dream Of days
long dead: but i never will cease
pining for that good old feather
bed
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
Baked Salt Fish.

cupfuls OF salt pint OF milk
fish, fIaked egg,
cupiui5 OF cold or Tablespoon
mashed potatoes fuls of drIppinrs
Soak the faxed fish in cold water
overnight, or freshen the fish by
boiling up several times in fresh
water usually three times is suffi-
cient. Then simmer until tender.
Drain off the water. Mix the potato
with the milk, eggs, fat and season.
ing. Add the fish, turn into
creased baking dish and bake for
half an hour
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
The Work ShirkerS.

The lesson which had been chosen
for the afternon had been with re-
gard to the, Second Commandment.
and the pretty Sunday school each
Ell was extremely pleased with the
manner in which her discourse had
teen listened TO. Nov. Timothy
Hoops, tell me II you have any idols
in this country" she asked one OF
the brightest OF her class. ''oh. yes.
teacher" came back the quick reply.
"our dads been idle ever since A.
raistice Ds-, and uncle Was sdlAhs-
fore that"
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
Salmon au Gratin.

make sauce of two tablespoon
RUS or butter Substitute, two of
IIour and two cupfuls Of milk
When boiling, smooth and thick like
cream, put in half a can Of salmon
oroken In small pieces. Turn this
INTO small freproof glass casseroles.
cover the top with bread crumbs
ana grated cheese and bake until
brown on top.
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
Saving Money in the Home
Little Tricks For Women
in Household Economics
Bv ELIZABETH I.ATTIMER
By ELIZABETH LATTIMER.

After Il big Thanksgiving dinner
has made a considerable hole in
yor pocketbook, you may welcome
some re<ipes which are quite in
expensive and do away almost en-
trely with the purchase of meat.
Cut them out and save them until
after the holidays.
The Washington times., 1919-11-26

Active Ds"mbrrshiB In a citizens
assocfatiOn> II our nearest approach to
the exercise of actual Anne. ican citi-
scnsAiD to which IL il a logical step
ping s40ne.
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
Mems Old Shirts
Become House Aprons.

The suggestions as to making
vorn-out shirts Into aprons have
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
Prison Walls
of Worry
By Hrs. Wilson Woodrow.

Dear Hrs. W Wopdrow--wfii you please
tell me how TO stop worrying Ny
and ! am afraid that IL 10 true. try
my best TO be cheerful and happy. but
" doesn't 40 much GOOD. In Fpste Of
myself. ! am blue and depressed snu
constantly fearing that semethsng bAd
10 going TO happen TO me or TO those I
love. / do not want % 60 on THE
way. and would like you 10 Tell me n
there Is anything can dc 10 Improve
position to- worry 10 growing on me.
Ny health In good and srv my fnAB-
ces- Thanking you very much for AAy
advice you can sims me. sincsrsiy:
IN other words. my dear L. W
you want to get out OF the
prison that you yourself have
builded. Well. In the first place
don't think that you have some
dreadful task before you. and that
stone by stone and with innate
labor you will have TO tear down
those dreary walls In which you
have enclosed yourself. 1nstea4
just quietly but firmly determine
10 transform your prison into .
palace. Why not7 All things are
possible.
Why are you condemning your
self to Imprisonment for lifer
Surely you are no< superstitiout
enough to believe that there ID
some malign power in the univerve
which sentences you TO misery.
And why do you worry Because
you have formed the habit OF doing
SO. And now " is the easiest
thing in the world for you to foit
low the line Of least resistance ans
keep on
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
Fish Chowder.

1-3 pound OF fish uuart of sliced
.apiespoonfuls OF potatoes
drippings medium onion.
cupfuls Of milk chopped 6ne
Skin and bone the fish and cut
u into inch cubes Cover the bons
The Washington times., 1919-11-26

TyO-MORROW'S THANKSGIVING day and are
happy and do not have work and remember things
to be glad about
Morning only is thankful for turkey "cranbeddies
and draby the dectable fragrance Of
small body's nose
Noon remembers FLANDERS felds and 1.-THE crosses
row. and glad soldier boy does lie there but
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
Meat Pies.

Meat fles.
A good way to use a little meat.
Have you ever used rice. cornmeal
mush or hominy for crust? This
is less work than a pastry crust
cupfuis OF cooked II teaspoonful of
cornmeal, rice or pepper
hominy pound Of raw meat
1 onion or leftover meat
cupfuls OF tomato cut up small
l tablespoonful of " teaspoonful of
fat salt
The Washington times., 1919-11-26
Look on the
Bright Side.

DEhkuk S10e.
But this minute take the stand
that you are going to wipe anxiety
on the slate forever. and begin to
form the habit OF looking on the
bright side, and expecting the mott
delightful things to happen.
OF course ~ In easier satd thmn
done, but anything In this vogco
can be accomplished by per-tG
ence. When you fall down hng&
don't begin to moan and -. y
am worrying twice ~ much - 4
did before I tried not TO worPy
Take IL lightly and admit: II have
had another awful worrying spE(A.
but what OF IT.. I'll make Q frel
start"
Quote Browning to yourself: u
hold we fall to rise. are bafled -
fight better. sleep to wake"
And keep on, no matter II. Ike
the frog in the well. you seem -
fall back three inches every ttuS
you climb up two.
Napoleon once wrote 70 ~
brother Henri: II have seen With
pain that you represent everytht1r
to yourself on the black side TAxS
a resolution and stand By II wiaA
your whole strength
1t was my sad fate to - ehro0D
recently with a woman who vteVW
life through the darkest OF beup
glasses- There is- reasoo ~
1t, for she has everything that 0ooo
persons desire But u tAs 50
shines, the glare hurts her sy04
And II II ratna, she ID AFRAID ~
win take cold She doesn't want u
talk Of snything bat DoFbsl 81
depresgdng subjects, and she go
the words "horribla. ~dreaAeul.G
awful" more times than ! weld
like to count
We drove Through the WUo13
one of those lovely. son Ooe0oo}
days when the world Me- n 4
dream of beauty: and all sAe ooul1
say about IL was that the astuu6
always made her feel % sd u
depressed her unutteraAly q -
falling leaf and fading tree =
every side
tried to cheer her - - pooue
ing out the triumphant scAr3otD aal
golds Of the mapieG The 0ngusne
cent russets Of the oak iaaveA u
wistful blue of the sky. Bet -
replied that her chauffeur ~ q
very reckless driver and aiout Aa1
Sccs anu tnc pIOO8OitO00 WOfV GmDx
we would never get home a5svA.
Spend Instead
Of Conserving.
I'm glad she couldn't psaA my
thoughts i was wenasring W.
IN q world where brave 0sa haA
tossed away their livss Win hSAS
high heroism. this perfectly trivial
woman should spend all her tine
In attempting to preserve her @Goq
unnecessary carcass?
People always get like hss NAso
they begin to conserve. insteaA of
spending. ! am not speaking e
money. but OF interests and esthas-
slams. In other words, they esn-
ter their thoughts upon themselves
They are always bothering ah00k
their health. and whether they
should or should not eat this er
that: or they are ieaping about ter
fear there is a draft somewhere
And they are always ai.sag. me
people who are Invariably wonder
ing IL they are not going to nals
a mistake by following this pat1
instead OF that one. stand forever
halting at the crossroads and newer
get anywhere.
II is better TO make a dosen mis-
takes than one hesitation What
are mistakes anyway Merely
milestones that mark out growth
And who are we that we should
expect to strike twelve AL the time.
when the wisest and greatest of ths
ages have frequently hit thirteea:
The Washington times., 1919-11-26

afe home again Noo greatefu for VICTORY
and LOVE.
And "Nght"-Nght is softly thankful for calm hearts
where emotions Lie quiet last for Plenty Peace UIETUDE
NELL RRINKLEY
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
NO X H
Omaha World-HeraId-

shameful as the Omaha riot was, it
would be less serious if it were an
isolated case. But it is not. Riots,
for this cause or that, are occurring
with disturbing frequency all over the
land. The particular excuses on
which, they are based have existed
before, when no riots resulted. The
tendency to riot can be ascrbed only
to q general breaking Of the moral
fibre of the people, which seizes upon
first one excuse, then another, for ex-
preston. That is the thing which the
people of Omaha have to consider, no
less than the particular incidents of
the Omaha trouble"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
And Strikes
% Y" Found Jobs for
26,i43 E~-Solsliers

IS = MPLOYMENT for 26, ,143 re-
~ turned soldiers has been OBJ
A-< tanned to date by the East
ern Department of the T.
NJ. {. A. alone. according to an an
nouncement by the National War
Work Council. Assistance also has
been given lo.64g in obtaining work,
while thousands have been aided in
obtaining the government allotment.
in recovering mileage and in many
other ways
Similar service is being performed
by the several other departments OF
the "E.' The Eastern Department
includes only the states of New
York, New jersey. Pennsylvania.
Mary and. Delaware. Virginia. West
Virginia and the District Of Column
bia.
Two hundred special demobilizs-
ton secretaries are al this task in
the cities of the Eastern Depart
ment "ith fifty secretaries who
operate in the rural communities.
They have the cooperation Of local
committees and business men. The
men placed by the rural secretaries
are not included in the 26.l33.
This work was begun Immediately
after the armistice was signed. when
the National VA Work Council
met in Atlantic City to plan recon
struction. ard particularly TO look
after the need OF caring for dis
charged soldiers and sailors
If the man has no vocation the
~" helps him make a choice and
provides the necessary training The
special secretaries Of the Eastern
Department have already advised
25,2Si as to what pursuit to follow
and have placed 400 IN the War
Department Vocational College. The
"Y' itself conducts lectures and
classes on industrial and business
subjects
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

OrQCTly government
4 VA Such is the question
raised by the American
press since sporadic outbursts' in a
dozen American municipalities with
in the last few weeks.
Lynchings and mob uprisings that
have occurred with startling rapid
ity in widely separated sections Of
the country are regarded to a
great extent as harbingers of con-
ditions that might we'll cause alarm.
They are seen, for one thing, as in
dicators of an increase in crime.
which, statistics disclose, has quin-
tupled in tbe last thirty years and
has met no permanent check.
The race riots of WASHINGTON,
Chicago, Knoxville, Omaha, Mont
gomery, and Elaine, Ark, stand
out in the news Of mob actions.
Those at Montgomery and Elaine
are the most recent. The news
papers see the Omaha riot, however,
as the most deplorable and the
most amazing of all race troubles
that have occurred in years.
A symposium of press comment
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Seattle acknowledgements

"The Omaha incident, we rather
think, is the beginning Of the end Of
that sort of thing.
Zone can very easily see how this
mob business will end. One conspicu-
Gus example Of quick retribution will
bring mob leaders to a realization of
the risk they run. There never was a
lynching mob that was not composed
of cowardly rabble, with only the
courage of the pack hunting a lone
victim. A squad of soldiers sends
them scurrying like rabbits"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
S o U T H
Atlanta Constitution

again the spirit of mob violence
has hurled defiance into the face of
decency and law, and again the South
looks on-not as participant, but as
a aghast, our regret Of
what has just taken place in Omaha
being softened only by our thankful
ness that there is no danger of any
such enormous manifestation of gross
barbarty and lawless frenzy occurring
in our section"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Boston Transcript

"'The spirit of mob rule, however
prevalent, does not dominate the United
States. Intelligent Americans, almost
to a man, are behind the order which
makes Immediately available for deal
ing with riots, and mob outbreaks, the
armed forces of the United States"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Wayside Points
Of Vie70
Thanks for the Ad. Champ

Thanks the Ad, Champ
Champ Clark advised the mush
of cornmeal in sympathy-Natonal Republican.
lyhe
going 0 deveop-Toedo Blade
Poet and Dramatist
At least the world should dAnnunzo
world polics.-Chicngo Daily Meas.
DO 1t 10 Others
And the Golden Rule
accepted ALL 1t takes hog
Lincoln (Nebrasko)
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Hartford Courant-

"Within couple OF days a negro was
lynched in one American city, mayor
nearly lSnched, 81 100000 courthouse
burned and many persons killed and
wounded, by crazy mob, while in
another community two negroes were
lynched and in still another fifty
armed men were securing a woods for
another negro. This did not all occur in
the South Nebraska in the West, Ala
bama in the South and New Jersey .in
the East are the states where the mobs
operated. The disease of lynching,
once so nearly confined to the South
seems to be spreading Is it to become
epidemic? q
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Louisville Courier-JournAl-

"The riots in Chicago, Boston, Wash
ington, Omaha and a few other place
they have been sporadic-have test.
ed the patience Of the upright citizen.
The War Department is wise in its
measure. 1t paves the way to reveal
to American mobs that the American
government has abdicated none of its
lefty functions and has no intention
of doing so in favor of lawless agita-
tors and criminals"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Los Angeles Times

Omaha is paying the price of per-
mitting defiance Of the law to be
preached and practised within her
gates, of permitting gathering of
vicious elements, Of suffering men to
be taught that trade union is greater
than the Union of the States. Expe-
rience has proved that an affinity exists
between the walking delegates and the
reds"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Des Moines Register

"The colored people as whole are
useful part of every American COM
munity. They are industrious, they
are not a burden on anybody, they are
patriotic, they are trying to improve
themselves and their position, they
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Chicago Tribune

"The Omaha riot seems to be even
clearer and narrower in its meaning
than the recent race riots in Wash
ington and Chicago. If the first re-
ports reaching us are true in their
emphasis, it VT series of attacks
upon white women which inAamed
certain classes until they foamed into
the wild mob which defed control.
This is the race instinct at its deepest
and most ungovernable stage.
"But the Omaha riot ought also to
be looked squarely in the face from
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12

have no more than their reasonable
percentage Of criminally inclined.
They are here and they will continue
to be here"
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Here and There

American silk factories are now
turning out products worth @ovv'-
100000 yearly, against S25o.oOO.Ooo
at the commencement of the vaf.
In 1900 our output of silks WAS OIL.
500, 100000.
What is SAID to be the largess
herd of buffalo in the world +
$500 hcad-is to be found in the
Buffalo National Park. at VAIN
vr,.;, ~ w i~,e -
New-York tribune., 1919-10-12
Reactions TO Domestic NeWs
Decrying the Mob Rule Spirit

on the Omaha and other race riots
follows, classified under "North"
and "SonthD