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W re have become amazingly good
wv natured. We have been per-
suaded 10 put up with incon-
veniences and discomforts all because
1t was put to us that IL we did we
were helping can the Kaiser" and if
we didn't 1t meant that we were
slackers
Well, now that william Hohenzol-
lern Is nicely in the cold pack
he was canned" according TO the
most scientific and efficient method
are we going to go on being so good
natured? 1t really has been a painful
strain for some OF us. For w lie
yet we arc still assured that the lob,
though done. is not paid for and that
we would not be truly patriotic II we
let up in our zeal. But after that
what them
Is our good nature going to he so
indelibly part OF our nature that we
won't want to give IL up then? Or
are we going to lay il aside with our
service flags and the food conservation
pledge card, the knitting needles and
the rule for corn mullins
We take n dozen rehuffs that once
We ask for more sugar at a rcstau-
rant and we are not even given a
stone. We suggest another pat of
butter-only we ought to have known
better. Per APPS there Is no butter
with our order. Well, we may not he
Informed on the latest food regulation
and we question not,
II must be admitted that for a great
many people the world Is more
pleasant place To roam in since women
have taken 10 taking things thus as
they come. And we really have lost
little by our excursion into the field Of
good nature.
| But still we wonder-will It last =
Or after the smoke and storm OF bat
tie have subsidized will we go on
worrying ourselves over the little mis-
takes that used to take so much of
our energy and thought?
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-05
Many Novelties of Dress in the Shops

Petticoat ruffles Of taffeta. attrac-
lively made in plain and two toned
silks, are sold for $3.50 and smaller
prices. These ruftics are all ready To
stitch into place on the bottom OF
Il foundation pettIcoat. This is an
easy task for the home dressmakcr,
as the only difficult thing about a
pett!coat Is the tucking and plcating,
pink!ng and shirring Of the ruffle
II you have perhaps an old petticoat
from which the wnrn ruflie has been
ripped you can put one of these new
rufiles In place In short order.
Angora sets, consisting OF muller
and cap, are sold for 1895. The little
caps NJ snugly about the face. Some
Of them are perfectly pain, Depend
inE for bccOmingness on the softness
OF the fabric. the cut of the cap and
the colora CT The dyes. Others have
little pomp1ns or tufts OF f-ii GO pei kcd
snartly at on side, Many ~ these
cps are shaped IKE overseas cops OF
military origin. rne sca-fs to- this
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-05
Recipes for TASTY Sauces

and beat until II tegins 70 thicken.
Then add half cup of boiling water.
beating constantly. Let il thiCken
for four or five minutes, beating
constantly.
WHITE MAYONNAISE, - Add
half a cuptul Of stiff whipped
cream or half Of a white of an egg
beaten very SIN after the usual
yolk and oil and acid mixture has
been accomplished.
GREEN MAYONNAISE.-Pound
water cress. or parsley. TO a paste
and add the mayonnaise mixture
with n little lemon juice.
HORSERADISH SAUCE. - Mix
two tablespoons OF freshly grated
horseradish. the juice of n sweet
orange and three tablespoons OF any
good salad dressing.
CELERY SAUCES crape the
stalks and cut into pieces half an
inch long and let them stand in cold
wtter for about half an hour. Place
in boiling water and cook until ten
der; then drain off the water. and
dress with butter, salt and milk, and
thicken with a little flour.
Gravy Is no more than a good meat
stock sauce. And meat stock sauces
are often served with vegetables
Many of us who would raise our hands
in horror at the thought of pouring
gravy over our potatoes partafe ap-
prec!atively OF a French dish Z, par
ships and gravy-that is. a thickened
stock sauce. We also eat little potato
balls praised in stock.
SO IL Is the clever cook who learn.
to rely on meat stock to give appetiz'
ing flavor to even the humblest oil
our every day vegetables.
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Victorian Roses in VOGUE

up a fashion with sufficient enthusiasm
to popularize il criticism dies ont
Now the roses OF Bulloz were q
satin, and possibly that is why tho
fashion did not get good grip on TIA
public. The new roses are u wo,
and their tuxtaposition to serge. We.
lours and velveteen is beyond crit
cisn.
There is no difference between tte
roses for a frock and those for
cushion. They all belong 10 the We
torian era. They are made OF cslor,l
wo-,~; they are crude in shape thsv
do not deceive any one into t..'
that they took nature as their patt
They splash about in rather an awh.
ward way Oh skirt, on 4 rs!- 9:
sleeves. or at the end Of a string be-.
And Yet VIC like them.
When the world found that the con
servation of wool was a necessity AMI
that only three and half yards would
be allowed for a frock the world II
stantly took wool as a luxury AMI
brought it into prominence.
Such is tho misChlevous way ~
French designers. IT Sma,ks w.
those childish and witty pranks th1-
tie Bclgians kept W for four year,
under German domination. such us,
wearing macaroni in their hats WhoH
Italy joined the war and the Germ
Government forbade any celebration
or pinninc scraps OF paper on tha
larels Of their coats and allowing ther
to stick out of all their pockets durir
the different anniversaries at the hr
ginning of the war.
So when the designers couldn't us"
wool for clothes. in a spirit Of 1u"
mischief they poured It out as ON.
mentation but II was "A mischief fhr
did not interfere with the ConScrya''..
OF wool.
Colored roses may be made 70.
odds and ends OF crewel. TIL 'o-'
little: but the dressmakers Lad n
cor science in asking a good price f.~
them. Sometimes they arc 'sed g.
hollyhoCks in green and red CROWNS
around the border OF a blue se-2e
frock gives the observer q S,1"', ~
a group OF red, blue and yellow roses
at the back OF a bellshaped Goa. e'~evA
or above the waistline on "'lr"
/ velveteen waistcoat Is attractive
We are tired OF those woollen rose'
or our hats, so few milliners would Ne
: 80 conscienceless as TO advise M
| type Of ornament to an u0verr
woman; but on frocl1s they have -"
same prestige that they haVa 70 la
I on sofa cushions.
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IN HERE used TO be a successful
cooking school teacher who
said that good cook was
we'll started when she could mako
a smooth white sauce. For this
sauce was the foundation O: many
dainties of the table-or all sorts Of
sauces, of baked omelets and souf-
ries. of cream soups.
II, added TO her ability TO make a
good cream sauce-or white sauce or
roux--a cook can also turn out a
dozen other sorts Of sauces. she has
passed into the ranks of success in
her own particular line.
one class OF sauces comprises tho
butter sauces. These are useful for
both meats and fish and vegetables.
MAITRE DHOTEL BUTTER Is
used to spread over broiled steak
or fish. To make it, cream two
tablespoontuls of butter, add slowly
half a teaspoonful of salt. an eighth
tablespoonful of lemon juice and the
same amount OF minced parsley.
PARSLEY BUTTER can be used
with vegetables. To make II. cream
three tablespoonfuls OF butter and
add a tablespoonful of lemon Juice.
the same amount of minced parsley
and half a teaspoonful of salt.
HORSERADISH BUTTER is good
with cold meat and It Is also delicious
to use when making meat sand
witches. To make 1t. cream two
tablespoonfuls Of butter. add two
OF freshly grated horseradish. n
tablespoonful OF thick cream and
half teaspoonful OF lemon Juice.
Keep II on the ice.
GREEN BUTTER is for use with
Ash, To make II, boil and drain an
eighth of a peck OF spinach and
press 1t through sieve and then
/ through cheesecloth. Beat quar-
ter OF a pound of butter to a cream,
add the spinach, two tablespoonfuls
Of mixed parsley and two teaspoon
fuls of minced capers.
Then there are the white sauce
I sauces-the sauces with roux OF
white sauce made of flour, milk or
water and butter as a foundation.
CAPER SAUCE. - Add drained
capers to white sauce. This is ap-
propriate to boiled mutton and to a
boiled whitetish.
PARSLEY SAUCE.-Add chopped
/ parsley TO white sauce. This may
! be used on potatoes, with boiled
white fish or caulihower.
EGG SAUCE is made by adding
chopped hard boiled eggs to white
sauce This is served with boiled
fowl as well as with boiled fish.
HOLLANDAISE SAUCE. $3.50 Boil
three teaspoons OF vinegar with
three peppercorns until reduced to a
teaspoon and a half In saucepan
mix together the yolks OF four eggs
with two and a half ounces of hard
butter cut in small pieces. Add
pinch of salt, n pinch of grated nut
meg and the vinegar. Stir con-
stantly over boiling water with a
wooden speen until smooth Strain
into another saucepan and put 1t
over hbt water again, beating con-
stanty. Add. little at time, two
: and half ounces more OF hard but
ter cut in bits and teaspoon OF
thick white sauce. When very light.
take from the fire. ilpd add a little
lemon Juice a teaspoon.
EASIER HOLLANDAISESA SAUCE.
Beat to a cream half a cup of but
ter and then add the yolks of two
eggs. the Juice OF half a lemon. a
pinch OF paprika, half a teaspoon OF
salt. Place in bowl over hot water
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-05
r THAN ARE POST WAR GOWN
Brocades Lend Themselves to Joyous
Styles and Even White Is So
Treated as to Be Transformed

the South, or really to start women
into a new trend Of fashion at the turn
or the season. are cut on those SQUARE,
shapeless lines that Cabot, Cheruit and
Doucet strove to make popular elk
months ago.
The sports suits which are ser,
South have the square Cheruit coat
with its many pockets and loose. un-
combining sleeves. and there are or,
piece frocks cut after the manner NJ
the Callot gown which resembles mott.
ing so much as a coffee sack.
Some of these robes are beltless a,
the house of Cabot intended its gown
to be; but that is too difficult a fashion
for the tall, broad shouldared Amert-
can. If she does wear 1t one has A
ridiculous desire to slash the hem q.
1t, gather the two parts into a ruff,
at the ankles. and behold circrs
clown. With the rulfled collar at thu
slightly round neck the illusion WOW
be quite complete.
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less gowns to Southern resorts, but
there is something very unusual in the
manipulation of white for the present
season. One gown of white silk Is
embroidered with brown pussywillow
design especially suggestive of those
Southern swamps where the all brown
stalks grow in such profusion. The
gown itself Is cut straight and slim.
with an exceedingly narrow hem, and
the embroidery is done SO softly and
gently, one might say. that 1t does not
present a startling contrast to the sur
face on which 1t grows.
There is a white velvet gown for
afternoons under the warm Southern
sun which is made more brilliant by a
black lace hat. q black parasol and
black satin slippers worn with white
silk open work stockings,
1t is obvious that the Americans will
try to exploit the boxlike silhouette
launched by Paris last season, for
many Of the new gowns arranged for
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IL the Victorian roses are n

A LII the Victorian roses are not
y on sofa cushions Some of
4 \ them ornament frocks. This
is a new idea, cribbing a colorful trick
from the interior decorators and ap-
plying 1t to open air clothes. The re-
suit Is effective. Every woman does
not like It, but those who do care
for 1T carry It off with skill and re-
ceive admiration.
It was Bulloz who started the idea
Of padded colored roses on blue serge
frocks. His scheme for coloration was
followed in a more or less hearty man
ner in this country, until Jet appeared
us the best ornamentation for serge
gowns and then the Colored roses
fell out. There is a question in the
minds Of many who take dress seri-
ously as to whether II Is good taste to
put either Jet or roses on so common u
cloth as serge; but II the world takes
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-01-05
RESSMAKERS insist upon tat
feta as the fabric for the rest
nf The sansnn M nnn Lnnms

REssMAKERs insist upon taft
l. feta as the fabric for the rest
of the season. No one knows
whether the attempt will succeed All
colors are brought out in this silk ana
it will be advocated for evening as
well as for afternoon wear. Shaded
taffeta in pastel tones for dining and
dancing is considered very smart IN
deed. Rushing taffeta frocks made in
eighteenth century fashion. with gar
lands Of roses, with square decollrtage
outlined by lace and finished with "A
crumpled. wired collar at the back and
with elbow sleeves are exploited for
the hours after I o'clock as better than
froCks of satin or velvet.
Trains have returned to fashion and
dancing is being taken up again by
a swirl of young and middle AGED
women. The world has always danced
when peace prevailed. SO dance gowns
We're ordered by the dozen as soon as
the night OF darkness turned into the
dav OF sunshine.
And vet at this very moment long.
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cadc, untouched 10y crystals but
heavily lined with cloth OF silver,
which keeps II in place. Truly 1t is a
sumptuous affair.
II Is nothing unusual to send color
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The train is rounded at the top. at
tached to the bodice just under the
shoulder blades. and slopes outward
and onward till It spreads on the floor
like a peacock's tail. II is OF the bro
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a matter OF course that nobody Won
dcrs at them Still there are lovely
white ones, and some women will never
like anything but pure white hand
kerchief. So, too, some women will
never like anything but a pure linen
handkerchief-the prevalence OF crepe
de chine and dimity in the handker-
chief world notwithstanding.
Black dots on blue form the decora-
tive scheme of rone Of the daintiest of
the new handkerchiefs. The dots form
an irregular border, widening at the
corners, where they are interspersed
with "A few bits OF embroidery done in
white cotton threads.
Black handkerchiefs, that IL hand
kcrchlefs with black centres, are often
seen, They have borders OF color, usu-
ally printed in blocks. or checks or
stripes, These handkerchiefs are a hit
startling, even TO the eve used to hand
kerchlefs of all the colors OF the rain
bow--for OF course black isn't in the
rainbow.
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TIMELY HINTS ABOUT DRESS

tight skirts ana trains have appeared
II is true that the swirluG width of
material called tram is arranged 50
that it can he hooked up on the skirt
or slipped over the arm by loop of
metal or bead embroidery, bat the
short. full skirt which came in with
dancing j. considered quite ont Of
style. However, women will not lind
the narrow skirt as difficult To dance
In as when an American first brought
the ragtime steps from France, for we
have diminished the speed and the
length Of those steps in dancing so
that N" best dancers rarely move
their feet far from each other.
II all the public dances as the best
dancers do. In tho correct Synropatod
way. the tight skirt will 10 no bar to
plea sure
Among the interesting bits Of news
in the world OF clothes is the return
Of covert cloth. II is made up into
suits. not frocks The coats are cut in
box shape unlike those many scanned,
fitted ones that We're once worn with
dark blue skirts and considered the
top notch OF fashion
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price are not very wide, but they are
VIDE enough ~ serve as mufIers.
Wool muiilers are an almost neces-
sary part Of the womun's winter cos
tune this year. Certainly the woman
who motors or walks much in cold
weather will not be comfortable with
out one OF these woollen scarfs. They
are sold, machine knitted. in colors,
for s.. One. with a gray drab back
ground, Is finely striped at the ends
with bright green and blue. What
ever the color scheme It is always well
carried out
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the figure. and the cuirass bodice, very
low front and back. Is furnished silver
net wonderfully embroidered by hand
in a massive design OF furnished silver
and large rhinestones.
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T~ HERE IL no doubt that the sign
ing Of the armistice opened the
\ lid to q box OF butterflies. In
the form Of gayly dressed women they
have nuttered into the sunshine Of
peace, and the vivid colorings splash
about in social life.
No woman Il proof against aluring
clothes. There are thousands Of women
who think they are and who argue and
reason and protest against this seduc-
ton. But II Is there, Have you ever
known a woman who said that she
cared nothing for good looking clothes
and yet spent two hours on her toilet
and found several hours a week In
which to overlook gowns?
1t Is foolish to deny the pleasure
able impeachment that women care
for clothes, There are women who do
not carry out their secret desires
there are hundreds who whenever
they try to curry them out make a
dismal failure; there are others who,
in the press and whirl Of activities,
have no time to permit their minds to
dwell upon what they like In costum-
cry and no time to change their wishes
into frocks.
But the feeling remains in every
woman's heart that she would like &c
be we'll dressed.
So runs human nature. Why try to
make out that It Is different? It's q
very glorious thing, after all, this hui
man nature, and 1t doesn't hurt US tC
acknowledge the defects and cracks in
il. Who was 1t who said that hun an
ity was far more fascinating and lov.
able than II was human?
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At this season OF the year there is an
especially good chance to show ones
self off in bright hues for the Southern
season beckons. and even those who
have not the money, the time or the
inclination 10 drive in the Georgia
woods, to dance at night in the Geov-
gia clubs, TO swim in Palm Beach
waters or to frivol in the Cocoanut
Grove can still follow the trend Of
fashion that Is launched for these re-
sorts.
There is nothing startlingly new in
the silhouette that need frighten one
away from the clothes one possesses,
but all the signs of the moment induce
one To believe that the Orient Will
again rule i'll the contour OF the figure.
Nothing else could explain this definite
change in the drapery OF the skirt 1t
has tilted upward in back for a year:
it now tits up in front.
American and French designers
Joined hands in making gowns that
were reminiscent OF the 1880 period.
and even though our insteps were COW
cred our heels were exposed. To-day
even our street frocks wrinkle against
our heels and show our insteps. Even
ing gowns show the ankle and part
OF the leg in front.
There is definite change in the line
Of the drapery as it goes around the
figure. It no longer goes upward
toward the spine but drops down at
the spine and goes upward to the front
of the waistline. There IS no longer a
hustle in back or a bow, but there Is
an immense medallion OF clashing
beads, or a huge ornament made Of
crystals and silken cords TO catch the
drapery in front.
Reminiscent of the Near East.
Ono sees old Egypt. and the ha
zaars OF Delhi, when these new gowns
flash across the eye, and ones memory
fiickers back to the history OF BABY
lonia- The street frocks have none OF
the undulating movement Of the Baby
lonian and Egyptian eras. 1t IS true,
hut thew do 49, ---~ - rom the newly
established silhouette. Their drapery
drops downward in the back. and It Is
usually a drapery of folds. which Is
the primitive way of managing fabric
on the human figure.
only In the most severely tailored
suits do the smart women permit a
short skirt. and the cleavage between
The French fashions and tho American
ones In this respect has never been
bridged.
1t is whispered by those with high
knowledge % o~airs in Paris that the
smart houses over there length
ened their skirts for the approaching
American trade in February. They
realize that the American did not &C
cept the very short skirt in its we'll
dressed set, for they We're confronted
with the fact that the clothes they
sent here last autumn were not bought
until they had been heightened.
1t did not need the impetus of the
revival OF Southern gayetv to bring
about the recrudescenco OF splendid
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Ostrich fans come IN every concciv-
able size now from one small enough
almost TO hide in the palm to one
large enough to hide its holders face
and shoulders, They are in lovely
colors, and the plumes are half curled
in such way rs to make them as
soft and fcathery MS one can imagine
plumcs could be.
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coiored handkerchiefs are so much
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GOOD NATURE NEAR END9

W re have become amazingly good
wv natured. We have been per-
suaded TO put up with incon-
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-16
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LODGE NEWS :
q - D y =


At special meeting Of Cpluabus
Tent No. 2, Order Of the .MAceabees
If the World held last Wednesday
night nine were elected to member
ahip in the tent and other business
il Importance transacted.
Mr. E. H. Palmer of Meridian,
State Commander Of the Order, was
present and delivered an enthusiasts
ic address. The following were
elected to membership: Messrs. Frank
satton, D. L. Murray, c. Colburn, J.
ii. Damon, Jr., Howard Jewell, Will
Jam d. Vaughan. F. d. Wooten,
lanes P. Feds, Thomas Hodges.
The following were indicted into
he mysteries of the order; Messrs.
crank Patton. ID. L. Murray, c. Col
burn, and James r. Feds. The meet
ing was presided over by Mr.. John
7. Richards and Mr. ]. F. Perkerson
5fficiated as record keeper.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-16
RURAL cARRIEh ExAMINATIoN

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an exanlir
nation for the County Of Lowndesr
Miss. to be held at Columbus on
December 10, 1919 to fill the position
OF rural carrier at Artesia and va4s
cancies that may later occur on rural
routes from other post-offices in the
above mentioned county. The ex1
animation will be open only to citi-
zens who are actually dorniciled In
the territory of a postoftice In the
county and who meet with other re4
nuirenents set forth in Form. 1917.
Admission Of women will be limited
70 the widows Of U. S. soldiers,
sailors or marines who are physically
DISQUALIFIED for examination by reas-
ON 81 injuries received in the line
If military duty. This form and APP
nlieatien blanks may be obtained
from the offices mentioned above Or
from the United States Civil Service
Eimntission at Washington, y. =.
Applications should be forwarded to
the Commission st Washington at the
earliest practicable date.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-16
SHANE" CAMPAIGN WINS.

NEW YORK, Nov. l2.--Mahy Of
the striking pressmen who returned
to work this week succumbcd today
TO "shame" committees sent out by
Union No. 81 and rcjoincd the walk
out As a consequence settlemdnt Of
the strike in the printing trade seem
cd as far away as ever.
I'VE are determined that no work
shall be done in any printing shop in
Greater New York until the employ
ing printers comply with our de-
mands,' the unions secretary said, A
announcing "thc shame campaign.
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odd Fe;Iors.

Only routine business was trans
acted at the regular weekly meeting
Of Union Lodge No. 80, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows. last Monday
night. All members are urged to be
present at the meeting Monday night.
1t is planned to put on degree work
and to transact other business of i'm
portance. The attendance Of all
members is urged.
The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-11-16

chapter in Jackson during the State
Conference which assemblies this
Fall instead Of in the Spring as here
tofore, were: Mrs. Dabney Lip
scomb, Mrs. T. w. Hardy, Mrs. B. L.
owen, Mrs. R. E. Johnston and Miss
Anna Banks.
The handsome service flag which
will adorn the Honor Roll at the
Court House is q gift from this chap
ter.