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The evening world., 1919-02-27
, ERHAPs the new frock you bough,

ERHAPS the new frock you boughi
the other day with so much
pleasure is now disappont-
ment. It seemed so very attractive
when you first saw it in the shop, the
material was so handsome, the style
OF the garment suited your figure and
the color was so pretty that you can
not understand just why it is 80 un-
becoming TO you.
Nine chances out OF ten II Is be-
cause you have not a touch OF white
at the neck. 4 color worn close about
the throat, especially any dark or
vivid shade. brings into undue prom
inence all tho lines and shadows in
flattering. This touch OF white usu-
ally takes the shape OF some sort OF
a collar. II may be one OF the new
long. narrow collars that look 30 well
with the V shaped neck OF blouse or
frock, or IL the dress is made with
one OF the newer round necks some
times all that is necessary is a fold OF
wash satin or net basted in all around
it. or a collar that stops at each side,
leaving the centre material. where
there Is often braiding or beading, un-
covered. Any OF these devices will
soften the neck wonderfully and will
often make an unbecoming frock into
q becoming one.
some OF the newest collars Of lace
or net are made with very attrac-
tive little vest attached TO them.
This Is great boon for the thin
woman who does not care for the
new high necked blouses. but likes
the comfort Of the low necked va
riety. Naturally the woman with a
perfect neck, that is neither too long
nor too short, that is mother
scrawny nor yellow, but has all its
bones and snews well covered with
firm white skin can wear anything
she chooses for it will be certain to
be becoming. Unfortunately the ma
jority of us are not blessed with
netkS Ike lulSi SO II btnObNtS llS 10
take little trouble 10 make our
frocks suit US. But these new col
lars with vests will solve all prob
lens for the woman with thin
neck, for she can pin the points of
the collar together until the promi-
nent bones ana hollows are covered
with a becoming Glm Of lace.
A collar and cuffs made OF organ
die and embroidered in a very simple
design with the new washable wool
In colors makes an absolutely new
and very smart and becoming finish
for the neck. Such collars can be
purchased ready made or they can
easily be made az home by any
woman VINO is at all clever with
her needle, II is always best to make
yourself a pattern before attempting
TO cut out any collar, as then you
are certain that II really fits you.
Cut the pattern from an old news
paper or piece of old muslin. And
cut but one half OF the collar on a
told, that is. fold the paper in the
cenure before cutting and then when
yos open It out you will be sure
The evening world., 1919-02-27

this distance. with so little hope OF
seeing you TIL war Is ended. grow
afraid lest my imaginings should
overlay the person you arc really.
You know how 1t often is with old
masters when they begin to fade;
some lesser man takes in hand to re-
store the masters work and alters
the whole sincerity OF what was in
tended. want you to be so perfect
in my memory that | stand the risk
OF making you inhuman.
At first, when | fell In love with
you, | almost resented your intrusion !;
not that you did actually intrude for,
even up to this day, you have not so
much as raised your little finger. II
stopped writing for any reason, |
should no: hear from you again. You
are like La GioConda in your smiling
aloofness. You lure without effort
and are silent
want you In such childish sort
of way to-day--nOt the way In which
"A man usually wants a woman. It's
the feel of YOU | need. the protection,
the security-the sure knowledge that
! am yours, whatever happens.
There's verse OF Matthew Arnold's 1
remember; | used to rather sneer at
him when read It. but now / under
stand:
Come 70 me In my dreams. and then
49, dAy I shall lss veil agaiu.
lp then tue nlght viii more than pay
The hopslrs longing OF the DAY
] suppose If you had met Matthew
Arnold the moment after he had writ
ten those lines he would have looked
self-contaIned and icy To the outside
world no seems always to have ap-
pcaIed u perambulating refrigerator.
And yet he could cry out like that-llke
a child who has wakened IN the night
and is lonely.
A child who has wakened in the
night and Is lonely! That's what /
am. was asleep. You stole to my
bed and reused me. and now you'y >
gone away It's you | want-the feel
OF your hands touching mine In the
darkness, ana your arms about me,
" | give way Ike this / shall be
tolling you, ana | must not tell. 1
must forget as you have, perhaps. I
must cNternalize myself-sce myself
A. | am mere, unimpurtant cog
IN "A vast machine which IL struggling
for the worlds redemption. some
one who. without altering the course
OF nations may be dead tomorrow.
A man muddy, unwlshed, unpleasinR.
sitting In the chaos OF an old battle
h"ld and doing his inhnitCslmal share
My share! That's what / must re-
member. II you stop me from doing
my share, you must be forgotten.
There are other men here who might
remcmber--meu with wives ana
swcethearts and children. None oS
~ must weaken; mono OF Us must re
member. We must go forward and
a. ways forward, dragging In our guns
al lIH l.Fan
cheap fOr the cause in which we neht
defeating hell even though We have
10 do II with our naked flesh.
And yel--what use does prctense
serve' I'm each ~ our hearts there's
a little boy who whimpers in his bed
and pushes back the darkness with
his puny hands. That may be. but
thank God, our faces are stern.
(To Be Continued.)
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return-the crimson rtpplcs of what
was left of IL; men without hands,
or eyes or legs. lSnping. carried on
stretchers, hurried IN the ambu-
lance. | think the most poignant
thing you've told me Is OF the man
without lips who pressed your dress
against his bandages In gratcfulness.
Could | see you / should md you
changed, you say: the sleepless nights
have done their work. expect I
should find you changcd-as metal Is
tried in the furnace.
SO your friend at last has had her
desire. | shall never forget the sharp
whisper, like "a sob stifled. In which
she said. IL wish | had married my
man" Since her lover was killed in
action, she was always thrusting for
ward, nearer and nearer to the zone
OF danger. She must be happy now
that she has shared his end. Don't
you think there was "A touch OF con-
science in her obsession? Perhaps he
had asked her to marry him before
he went and she refused him, II
seemed to me like that. II was fine
OF her to protect the dying poilu
with her body from the falling shells.
Fine and fruitless, As YOU say, he
would have died anyhow. The sheer
waste fulncss OF her death makes 1t
the more heroic.
she did not look that type OF girl.
She impressed me at first as being
hard and managing and selfish:
there was too much drive In her
character. Probably she wasn't al
ways Ike that, The one and only
time that she betrayed her inner
gentleness was when she said. If
wish | had married my man. You
may call war damnaole, "A vile misuse
OF Courage-thcrc Is nothing too bad
that can be said about II. And yet,
AS nothing else does, it teaches Us
how to die for our friends, 1t has "A
kndCk, which peace had never
learned OF unCovering the splendor
In commonplace persons.
And now you're again IN compare
tive safety. wonder how COM
paratke. You're once again nursing
refugee babies behind the lines.
Little Castor, you say, Is your favor
ite. He's six days old, mas The face
OF an old man of eighty ana the most
heavenly blue eyes. You live IN an
old Casernc and ITS drcudfulIy
draughty and most horribly unsani-
tary," and you're territ.caiiy happy.
Shall tell sou a secret? When
was with you IN Paris / made up my
mind that you wouldn't stick at this
HbAh ~ was Wv Nbhn ~ NV " NlltIl
you spoke Of going up the line" that
you hadn't the foEgicst notion of to
what you were goinE, You looked 80
delicate, 20 fran, so beautiful. You'd
never had To work In your Ito. You'd
been dressed and conveyed from
point 10 point, and hadn't the least
conception OF tho patience that 4
takes to do anything well, There was
an expansive lOoh OF Innocence about
you that one doesn't associate with
the ghastly knowledge OF battle
fields, You hadn't realized the horror
OF the Western Front-no, nor tho
glory OF lt, YOU had too complete an
air OF rest. OFTEN as I sat beside YOU
al a theatre or IN a cafe the thought
would come TO me, "How will all
these men, who are laughing and en-
toying themselves, look in six months
Iime7" | could Zee them lying out IN
The evening world., 1919-02-27
FEBRUARY ESSAY CONTEST.
Subleeti "Weleome home.v


Ten prizes Of four Thrift Stamps
Che equivalent OF 1900 viii Be
awarded each OF TEN Klddle Kiub
members, ages from six TO fifteen
inclusive, who write the best compo-
sitlons on Welcome Home"
A certificate from the teacher OF
parent OF the contestant, saying that
the composition Is original TO the
best OF their knowledge and has not
been copied. must accompany each
composition.
Compositions must be written in ink
and must not exceed one hundred and
nifty 05O) words.
Contestants must state NAME,
AGE, ADDRESS and CERTIFICATE
NUMBER.
Address Cousin Eleanor. Evening
World Kiddie Klub. 63 Park Row,
New York City.
Contest closes tomorrow. Feb. 1S
The evening world., 1919-02-27
AnsUers to Questions.
syvJHAT is the difference be-
w tween an agent and q

SaleSTlan 1t. II. u.
The development OF the two
terms agent" and salesman" in
modern business usage is rather
peculiar. Strictly speaking. every
person who sells Is an agent---a per-
son who acts for another. Every
salesman is an agent. but every
agent is not a salesman. An agent
might act for some one else, under
orders or instructions. and yet not
specifically sell anything for that
some one else. The first point in
the development OF the term agent"
then, is that an agent Is not neces-
sarily a salesman.
To-day, the term "agen" is used
mostly to designate those persons
who sell goods direct to the consum-
or from house to house or from Of
flee 70 office. Many people thus
selling merchandise are inexperi-
enced, so that agent has also come
TO mean an inexperienced salesman.
The experienced consumer salesman
resents being called an agent-he is
"A salesman. We speak Of insurance
agents or book agents. but when we
do this, we are usually referring to
the man OF by-gone generation VINO
was not a salesman but a pest. the
present day high class purveyor oil
books or insurance is a salesman oil
the highest order.
An agent, in tho strict sense OF the
term, being a person who represents
some one else and who acts for that
some ono else under definite orders
or structions-without any display
OF initiative, of definite thought or
action-lt follows that agents are
under limitations and handle them
promptly. without waiting to ask
somebody else what to do. lie goes
on the emincntly proper assumption
The evening world., 1919-02-27
LITTLE SOLDIERS MAeculno

Little soldiers we viii be
Marching on to victory
Under our own banner,
Always fighting for the right
Doing good with all our might.
by ESTHER MAY MULLENER,
aged fourteen years. Perth Amboy,
n. j.
The evening world., 1919-02-27
Making a Dress
Becoming
By l. Leslie Gordon

to have each side exactly alike. These
collars are simply finished on the
edges with hemstitching in colored
wool and have an embroidered de-
sign at each end.
The evening world., 1919-02-27
y ! VBy Roy Griffith %~

NudL IL 10 DeNNeT 10 Hldhe TnlSldhS
once in a while than to do nothing
at all.
The salesman sells: the agent can
vases or solicits. The salesman is
experienced, trained; the agent is
frequently inexperienced. The sales
man acts on his own initiative; the
agent is. by definition, under re-
strictlons.
Statesmen are frequently the VIC
Tins OF nerves" The most highly
strung men are often the best sales
men. II. II. w. writes that some
times he can go in to interview a
bank president with all the conf
dence in the world. and then, per-
haps, he'll lose his nerve when he
attempts TO talk to some other man
in a much more humble walk of life
1t has him worried. He hasn't been
in the game long.
This is very common difficulty.
remember times when l was posi-
lively AFRAID to talk to a prospect.
No reason for IL. lie might be Of
humble station in life, but l felt that
just couldn't face him. other
times / could talk to anybody-no
matter how big or pompous or i'm
portant they were. When I'd get one
OF those spells of nameless. unrea-
sonable fear I'd just lay off work for
the day. 1t was just a case OF nerves.
I'd go 10 a ball game or read a book
and forget about 1t. Then. later. I'd
80 out again with the regular "pe D."
1t is nothing to worry about. II. II. w.
Ii is merely a signal that your
vital forces are at a low ebb when
YOU get one OF those fits OF fear.
Just lay or for awhile and rest.
You'll get over 1t.
G. G. RI would advise YOU 10
accept the proposition made Vou nv
the firm you mention. Ii is A good
firm and the proposition is a good
one.
The evening world., 1919-02-27
I MEMORY OF THEODORE
ROOSEVELT.

Tho world mourns for their loss.
kEr Theodore Roosevelt has passed
away.
He was "a true American,
The truest In his day.
He will never be forgotten
As long as our country stands,
The evening world., 1919-02-27
His Luck Changes at Last
and He Finds a Letter
From the Girl
SYNOPSIS or PRECEDING CHAPTERS.

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The evening world., 1919-02-27
CHAPTER WI.

n - mind is full OF YOU to- day.
nN ! have been trying to re.
lVH member your face. the tones
OF your voice-ail the things
that make you you so essentially. At
The evening world., 1919-02-27
CHAPTER VI.

"A last letter, and a long let
IA Ter l found 1t at the guns,
"A when got back from up
front this morning. It's ex-
sctly the Kind OF day when one would
expect his luck to change. The skies
The evening world., 1919-02-27
MOTHER.

NJ is for the music OF her giadnesS
q means SHE'S the only Joy know.
T are times when she is full OF sad
ness,
IL means Home. the only place she'ri
go:
T. is for her eyes. with gladness
shining.
II stands for the Golden Rule, you
see:
Put them all together. they spell
Mother.
A word that means the world to me.
BY BERTHA LICHTENsTEIN.
twelve years, New York City.
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Cousin Eleanor's Klub Kolumn

Not only by America. but he is also
Honored by other lands.
Theodore Roosevelt worked hard
And for himself won fame.
He was both Governor and President
And all the world honors his name.
by JULIENNE wARsHAw, aged
eleven years. Albany. N. Y.
The evening world., 1919-02-27

G. G. RI would advise you TO
accept the proposition made YOU py
the firm you mention. 1t is A good
firm and the proposition is a good
one
The evening world., 1919-02-27

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ham, but in past days | wasn't
so very unlike him. If At comes
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The Washington times., 1919-04-24

The announcement of the Simpfed Spelling Board that
500 newspapers and considerable number Of educational
institutions have adopted the revised spelling of twelve
words is interesting.
These are the words and the spelling which has the
official Endorsement of the board:
Tho Thoro, Thru, Program Oatalog, Dema-
cog, Altho, Thorofare, Thruout Prolog Decalog,
Pedsgog.
you sufficiently interested in the plan good way
to memoze these words would be to how short SEN
tence you write that will employ all twelve words once
The practice Of writing short sentences will be excellent
even if you forget the new spelling.
We think spell by sound. As matter Of fact the
eye has much to do with spelling than the ear
We spell word out loud and are not sure Of it. We
write it down and are much more certain.
There is more opposition to new dmpEhed spelling
because it oends the eye-doesnt look ngh-than from
any other reason.
Reforms Of any kind which offend custom or habit are
hard to promote
People will continue to spell words the hardest way and
to carry useless mental burdens until they shown that
another way viii them time money effort or all
three without materially changing their habit Of doing
things.
The old congress Shoe with elastic In the sides would
thousands Of years Of time spent in acng buttoning
the worlds Shoes but peoples tastes do not incline that
way
The human mind is queer thing. We complain of the
Obsnacy Of the mule # the muss hear Us and under
Gtand as thsy must smile to thsmsetyeA
The Washington times., 1919-04-24
Sweet-Smelling Barrage
Keep the Flv OH His Own Side of No Mans Land.

The United States Public Health Service announces
that we have with Us today
Anopheles MOSQUITO which carries malaria
Aedes mosquito, which carries yellow fever.
Coote with military traning) which carries trench
fever
Same with or without military training which carries
typhRs fever.
Flea, which carries bubOnic plague.
Hookworm very much attached to man
TH.
And the greatest of these is the fly
The mild weather of the past winter has been very
favorable to insect e has promoted the breeding OF
these dangerous pests many Of which have survived and
deposited eggs which, Matching now, will reenforce the
"holdovers in marvellous numbers.
Mamma Fly for instance lays $50 eggs at time, and
repeats at intervals Of six days during her five weeks Of e
Experts on insects this year have started war on the
fly on a new tack
Basing their advice the conclusion that any odor
pleasing to man is offensive to the fly and vice versa they
tell how to put up perfumed baTrage about babys milk
and fathers pudding
Take five cents worth of oil of lavender mix it with
the same quantity of water put in stOmizer and spray
it about the where flies wont to congregate
Spray the walls of the dining Spray the table nsn
the curtains, and the rugs.
If lavender recalls too vividy the old smelling salts
days. you may obtain the result with geranium,
mgnOnette heOtrOpe white clover hOneysuce or hop
blossom.
French scientists tell US that the fly has an intense
hatred for anything blue Rooms decorated in blue tns
viii be Stunned. A blue tablecloth might help.
IT, in spite Of precautions the marauders get into the
house and refuse to drink hy poison burn some pyreum
powder The fumes put the insects into state Of coma
but they of this soon and must be caught asleep
brushed from the walls swept up and be effectively dis
posed of.
However you keep things neat and clean and sweet
smelling about the house. the yard the Woodhed and the
barn. the hy is not likely to foregsher in great numbers
about you and yours.
Clean things seldom have odor attractive and pleas
to the fY which delights in mussng about in dirty,
disease breeding garbage pals and other refuse reCeptacles
Many a man made his reputation a fighter by the
safe and simple process Of letting his opponent get
enough to strike.
This form of tactics is especially good in battling the
bug.
Don't wait to fight him after he gets inside your trench
Keep him the other side of No Mans Land by barrage
of cleanliness
The Washington times., 1919-04-24
By EARL,G GOODWIN.
These Victory Boads May Cause You q SaeriRee-But
Beat Them For An Investment

Two men were at luncheon in the grill room Of big
hotel here. One of them said to the other:
CT am going to figure out how much money I
in the next five years and BUY THAT MUCH VICTORY
BONDS"
Perhaps it was patriotism; perhaps it was the knowL
edge that the Victory Bond is the best investment
offered. Perhaps it mixture of both Anyhow, his
determination viii help put Washington the top again
with its quota.
Washington-the VOTELESS National Capital always
finishes the head of the column We are going to
continue in the company of nation beater Our twenty
millions going to be subscribed because every Wash
ngtonan is patriotic American. Every Washingtonian
sees daily who went abroad and offered their bodies a
shields against German bullets We're not going to let
THOSE men do that much for country without show
The Washington times., 1919-04-24
Teday.

IO0ays
Dance-RichRFd ]. Hardin Camp No. z
Department OF the District of Columbia
United Spanish War Veterans, Pythian
Temple. 1919 Ninth street northwest
p. m
Meeting for the Advance
ment OF Cooperative Enterprises. auuI-
torium, Public Library, Ninth ana h
streets northwest. p. m.
heetinE-Kentucky State Association
at Thomson school, Twelfth and i streetS
northwest, p. m.
Dance-Hecht Company Mutual Beneu'
Association, in Arcade ballroom, p. m
Debate-April prize debate Of George
town University School Of Law Ia"
school auditorium, S:3O p. m.
Meeting--Credit Mems 8ectien OF heI-
chants and Manufacturers Association
HarVey's Restaurant, Eleventh and Pehh-
sylvania avenue northwest, 6:3o p. m
Reception BY Howard University
Alumni Association, Washington Branch
Meating.-Study Club, Washington Cen
ter of the Drama League. Board OF Trade
rooms. Star Building, p. m.
Heeting-District CsmmAndery, NaVai
and Military Order OF the Spanish-AmcTl-
can War, Army and Navy Club. p. M.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Society Of WASH
ington, Thomson school, Twelfth and i
streets northwest, p. m.
AsstlnE-Rit Carson Pest, No. p De-
paFtment Of the Potomac, @. 4. r., @. A.
r. Hall, 1411 Peunsylvania avenue north-
west, 5 p. m.
The Washington times., 1919-04-24
Beatrice Fairfax Writes of the Problems Pitfalls
Especially for Washington Women

whose conversation they cannot
tolerate. Do you remember the
Gibson picture Of q few years ago
-PuzSle"-hnd the woman whose
husband Ia telling the stoFy?'
Needless to say these ladies do not
help their husbands to the White
House, or a place at the peace Ia
Bile or any place where the mighty
are assembled. For you have got
to believe In the ragout absolutely.
70 have 1t turn out q success. If
you expect it TO fail and have your
mind set on failure, its pretty sure
to turn out that way.
However, Be Sure Of the Gift.
How to make a man succeed
though married to him, is merely a
domestic adaptation of the modern
progressive school idea. You find
out your mans natural bent then
you urge him to it with might and
main. If he is mad to paint pic
lures it is fatal to urge him to
practice law. Nor do you encour-
age a man with a taste for land
scape gardening to run a movie
palace." Find out his talent,
then hold him to it, beg, borrow
or hypothecate your life insurance
to get the necessary cash to help
him develop his gift, only be sure
Of the gift before you do any
thing rash.
Don't forget that there are a
number of restless souls who on
hearing the. staggering sums paid
to highly successful short-story
writers, recall that they often
made high marks in composition
when they went to school. And
see no reason at all, why they
should not become stars of maga-
zinedom. Do not. l beg of you,
hypothecate the life insurance out
Of respect for this genial trance.
For many are called to write short
stories, but few draw checks.
There ought to be some substan-
tial evidence, in the way of ac-
ceptance, that the short story
urge" is not wholly a "pipe
dream" before anything drastic in
the beg. borrow or steal way is at
tempted.
A very genuine test pc TO
whether your good mans gift is
real, or merely a hankering for
something outside of the daily
grind is, what does he do with his
leisure? Does he employ every
available second at his chosen vo-
cation? Or Is it all in a pleasant
state of tu+dIity, i. E.. an agree
able after dfnner "pipe-dream."
When he has time, he will write
the greatest American novel, paint
a masterpiece, or seriously go into
the study of politics and econ
omics. If his gift is genuine,
there will be no question of find
ing time-he will steal it from his
meals, from his pleasure, from his
sleep-because the desire to ex-
press himself. through the par
ticular gift that possesses him.
will be more imperative than food
or sleep.
Some one once loosely defined
the possession of great talent
thus: The artist is he who hurries
from his meals to 60 to his work,
the artisan is he who hurries frOm
his work to 60 to his meals.