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FOrrnOsa Rugs
For Porches and Sun Pariors

Smart. Incorporating, high
class Fiber-and- Rush RUGS.
In blue, natural, black. purple,
combination OF colorings. Any
size; containing any number OF
full blocks, made to suit your
requirements-at $1.36 per block.
These very desirable Rugs ara
on sale exclusively at the Van
Solver Store.
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REED ROCKER, $13.75

Baronial brown finish. Well
made and handsome. Loose
cushion seat; back upholstered
in stylish cretonne Of smart de-
sign. Arm chair to match,
S13,25. Hundreds OF other Easy
Chairs at proportionate savings.
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LAWN SWING, $9.25
A well-made and roomy
Swing that will comfortably
hold four persons and give
years OF service. Bolted and
braced. In red-and- natural
color. II. 9 in. wide, 8 II. 8 In.
high. Brown Canvas canopy
with scalloped braid-trimmed
edges, 5000 extra.
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"The best-preserved man
for his years I have ever
examined" i" was the medical
report on one of our mem
bers.. ..,
Let us send you our
booklet.
COLLINS INSTITUTE
OF PHYSICAL CULTURE
COLLINS BLDG, WALNUT ST. AT 18th
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High Grade Wool and Fiber Rugs
Many Below Wholesale Prices

heductons in
lmake Of
Heavy Wool and Fiber
re
Seamless
adesofR Rugs touanyg
p III HALL RUGS z Best quality
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HANDY THINGS FOR SCHOOL.

The strap and handle in Fig. re-
quires a strip of canvas inches wide
and "a inches long, folded in half
lengthwise, and sewed along the
side edges. Get belt-buckle and sew
one end of the strap to it. Finish off
the other end of the strap, and punch
holes one-half inch apart for distance
Of 8 or 10 inches to stick the buckle
pin through. The handle is a parcel
handle Gig. -, one Of which you will
probably find about the house. Fasten
1t to the strap with pieces Of tape
passed around the hooks and the strap,
and sewed.
Denim, burlap, cretonne and canvas
are good materials to use for book
bags. You can make your bag of
whatever proportions you want. How
ever, the bag illustrated in Fig. is
of standard proportions-14 inches
wide and IL inches deep, and you will
want yours of this size, believe. Fig.
5 is pattern for cutting, with
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is fascinating pocket of mole skin.
In this skirt the belt and hem are
wider than the average and it reveals
the promised additional length also.
Taking it altogether it invites hand
some geOrgette blouses to join it in
making up smart afternoon toilette.
There is something in the set of
the plated skirt of plain cloth at the
right that entices the mind toward
Egypt. These plated skirts may be
beautifully adjusted to the figure and
the utmost in that respect has been
done for this skirt. Side plaits, in
groups Of eight plaits each, form
panels that alternate with single box
plaits and the long lines they make
hug the figure and curve with it. AT
the sides two of the box plats are set
together with two large bone buttons
calling attention to their union. A
moderately wide girde buttons at the
front The georgette blouse worn
with this skirt, employs beads and silk
in simple but, very handsome en-
Enlistment
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every necessary measurement marked
upon it. After marking out the piece,
cutting 1t out, and folding where indi-
Gated by dotted lines, sew the edges
with strong linen thread. Then turn
the bag inside out to bring the seams
inside. Bind the edges Of the flap with
braid, and make a shoulder strap of
two thicknesses of the same material,
sewing together strap along edges.
Fig. 6 shows a unique pencil case
made in the form of a pennant. Pre-
pare two pennants inches long and
5 inches wide, using flannel Of your
school colors, with the initials of your
school cut out Of flannel and lsewed to
one face Of one pennaDt. Place the
pair of pennants together, and sew
along the two long edges. Then with
chalk mark Off six parallel lines "
inch apart, along the center of
each face of the sewed together
pennants, to locate pencil and pen
holder pockets, and stitch along these
lines. The triangular pocket that is
LEFT at each side Of the pen and pen
Gil pockets form holder for eraser.
A good pencil box can be made out
of candy box covered with cretonne
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Handicraft for Boys and Girls
BY A. Nicely HALL and DOROTHY PERKINS
Copyright by A. Nicely Hall.)

wheel, and a piece of broom-handle
or curtain-pole may be used for the
shaft Gigs. and 81. Bore hole in
the inner edge of cross-piece G Gig
81 for pocket for the end of the
shaft to fit in; fasten q board in the
inner end of the hood framework (H.
Fig. 81, and notch its upper edge to
support the upper end of the shaft.
Figure 6 shows the method for con-
Meeting the steering wheel shaft with
the wheels. Cut cross-piece 1 a trifle
shorter than the distance between
rails A, and bore hole through its
center for the end of the shaft to fit
in; then bore a hole of equal size
through block Cd, and nail this block
to strip l so the two holes are over
one another Gig. 81. By driving a
screw through an edge of strip l,
and another through an edge of block
]. strip / will be fastened securely
to the shaft. Screw a screweye into
one end of strip 1, and anotherin the
under side of each Of the two rails A
+ Gig. 81; then attach rope or chain
at the center of its length, to the
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a MONG the great number of plait-
4 \ ed skirts made of plaid and
striped material, an occasional plain
skirt and an even more occasional
model without plaits, will be sure to
seize the attention. And, although the
vogue is overwhelmingly for plaits
and for pafds there are some hand
some models that are not acquainted
with either of these. Without apollo
gies they present themselves for COM
parisOn among their numerous plait-
ed sisterhOod and usually we perceive
that they belong to the aristocracy of
skirts.
The skirt at the left is innocent of
plaits and is made of taupe cOlored
wool jersey in a fine quality. 1t
could hardly be simpler, being straight
and gathered in at the waist line. 1t
has a deep hem headed with fiat
fold. Starting at this fold and ex-
tending almost to the waist line, large
almost flat buttons covered with mole
skin are set at the end of simulated
buttOnholes. At the right side there
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1920-10-21

THE usually arbitrary goddess of
IL fashion is inclined to be tolerant
so far as styles in fur garments are
concerned. For furs are furS these
days-as a diamond Is q diamond
they are bringing startlingly high
prices. It does not appear that they
are destined to become cheaper, unless
something happens to lessen the de-
mand, and high prices have failed to
do that. Therefore fur piece Of any
description is possession to be treas
ured and everything is worn from the
smallest of chokers that fasten close
up about the throat to long and ample
dolmans and coats whose prices are
stated In five figures.
Scarfs hold the lead in the smaller
fur garments and, they are either
straight or shaped andJmay be long on
short. Anyone fortunate enough to
own one as generous in size as-that
shown IN the picture can wish for
nothing .mors.kplenHdJ IL is.a hand
some kollnsky embelllshed with claws
and small OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
chine and provided with pockets at the
ends. This scarf is much larger than
the average.
After the scarfs come small capes.
some of them just falling over tn
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ALTERATION.

ALTERATION occurs sometimes in the
writings of the ancients, but not, it is
supposed, dcsignedly, as they regard
ed all echoing of sound as rhetorical
blemish. Cicero, in the "Offices," has
this phrase: "Sensim sine sensu aetas
senescit;" and Virgil in the "Ae-
neid," has many marked alterations.
William Mathews.
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HEALS RUNNING SORES

II feel it my duty to write you a letter
IF thanks for your wonderful Petersons
Ointment. l had a running sore on my
left leg for one year. l began to use.
now 1t is healed. "A. c. Gilbrath, 1903
Reed ST., Erie, Pa.
For years l nave been selling through
druggists a large box of PETERSON'S
OINTMENT for 35 cents. The healing
power in this ointment is marvellous.
Eczema goes in a few days Old sores
heal up like magic; piles that other RENEE
dies do not seem to even relieve are
speedily conquered. Pimples and nasty
blackheads disappear in a week and the
distress of chatting goes In a few minutes
Mail orders filled. Peterson Ointment Co.,
Inc, Buffalo. N. Y.
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are pieces of 2-by-4. The length of
rails A will be determined by whatever
length you wish to have the car, while
that Of the cross-pieces will be fixed
by the length of the wheel axles.
Boards D, nailed to the side of rails
A, support the hood framework, and
Cross-piece e, is a footrest.
If the front and rear wheels are of
equal diameter, wooden aXIes f and G
Gigs. and ~ can be of equal thick
ness; use pieces of 2-by-4. Fasten
the iron aXles to the wooden aXleS
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screWeye III l, pass the ends through
the screweyes in rails. A, and tie to
screweyes screwed into axle G near the
ends Gig. ~. The lengths of the
rope or chain ends must be such that
when crOss-piece Is turned to the
position shown in Fig g. the left fore
wheel will turn in, and when turned
halfway around the other, way, the
right fore wheel will turn in. ..,i'
The hood may be covered with tin,
stoveplpe, canvas or cardboard!7 Cover
the radiator front with screen wire,
and tack narrow strips of tin around
the edge of the wire for q binding
Gig. y. l....... ...,....'
Good headlights are made from lard
pals Gig. 81. Nail pair of brackets
like X, to the hood, and nail the pals
to them. I}- .ts ..
When you have completed your
pushmobile give it couple of coats
of paint; putty nail holes, cracks. and
joints before you apply the second coat
of paint.
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A PUSHMOBlLE.

The pushmobile in Fig. Is one of
the simplest.
If you don't own any wheels, per-
haps you can buy some cheaply at a
secondhand store, or find boy with
whom you can make a trade for exact
ly what you want. Get the iron aXles,
rods, and nuts and washers that be-
long to the wheels, If possible. In
case an axle Is missing, or is too short,
go to blacksmith or machinist and
get him to thread a piece of rod of the
right length.
Figure s shows the completed chas-
sis, and Figs. 2, and q show details
of it's construction. Rails A and con-
Meeting cross-pieces B and G Gig. p
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either with staples or bent-over nails.
Buy a carriage-bolt long enough to ex-
tend through wooden axle G and
through cross-piece G Gigs. 2 and ~,
for a king-bolt, and with this pivot
the front wheels to the front Of the
chassis.
The hood framework Is made of bar
rel-hoops Gig. 81 nail the ends of the
hoops to side boards D, as shown.
A sewing-machine wheel or wagon
wheel may be used for the steering
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shoulders and others extending below
the waist. A fine example of this style
of garment Is shown at the left of the
picture and it is made with q graceful
shawl collar. Dark mink skins, nat
ural or dyed squirrel, mole, sealskin
and other short-haired pelts are used
for making these chic fur pieces that
look just what they are-rich and
warm, luxurious detail suited to any
sort of costume.
At the right of the picture a hand.
some fox scarf, made of single gen.
erous-sized pelt, is shown, not because
1t is new but because it holds its own
as a favorte from season to season
ana is always. good style. 1t is lined
with satin and the small Head does
duty as fastener. The lbwer Jaw
works on hinge and spring and Is
made to grasp the fur at any point to
adjust it loosely or close up about the
throat. ! i.'.'".
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Try. Try Again.

'Tottarox was telling me that he
has been trying for six months with
out success to get passage to see the
battlefelds of France" .,t
evidently the wind has changed.
Ee spent two years trying not to see
them, with success. The American
Legion Weekly. ......
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it," said the hotel
k e e per. 81 ow
down jokes are
being played on
the best of us, al
most every day,
and l often Won
der what sort of
an evil genius is
behind it all.
II used to know
a man who was a
wonderful horse
breaker. He used
to give public ex-
hibitiOns, tanning
man-killing bruteS.
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or other material Gig. y. Punch a
hole through both the cover and box at
one end Gig. 81, before putting on the
cretonne covering. This opening pro-
vides handy means for Slipping pen
ellis and penholders into the box with
out removing the cover.
A sandpaper block like that In Fig.
is handy for quickly rubbing, down
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sharpness. You can cut the holder
out of cardboard. If the cardboard
that you have is not heavy enough, cut
two pieces of the. shape shown, and
glue them together. Puncii a hole near
the end of the handle. to. provide for
hanging up the Sandrfaber block.
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IRONIES OF LEE

GTOMUELSON made talk to the
Il Commercial club, on Business
Efficiency" observed the retired mer-
chant, land the next day his store was
closed by the sheriff"
Life is full of such irOnies dogpona
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Greatest Revenue.

The internal revenue bureau, in the
FISCAL year ended June 30, made the
greatest annual tax collection since its
establishment In 1862.
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cate a grant to last for sixty years In
kamchatka. He possesses, he said, a
second concession from Moscow
which gives his syndicate fiscal agent
rights in the United States.
BRITISH WANT TO GET IN.
Vanderlip. in reply to questions. de-
clared that there was a decided effort
among the British fnanciers to at
tempt TO share his concessions and
he told of being besieged by English
men at a London hotel. each wanting
to do business with Russia.
"They were manufacturers and fin
anciers and represented all sorts Of
commercial enterprises, and before
left ! received comprehensive Of
fer for the purchase of one-half of
our interest in the concession" he
said. ~ regretted that I was unable
to meet Lloyd George, whom was in
vited to meet by Commander Ken
worthy. l was about to sail and
couldn't delay"
Vanderlip declared positively, that
he received calls from British labor
leaders, who expressed Indignation
that the government had failed to
open trade relations with Russia and
thus secure for the workers OF Great
Britain share OF the production
wealth that would accrue from Rus
sian trade.
"I am hoping TO get of to Cali
fornia tomorrow" said Nanderlip.
"Thcre Is no occasion for me to go to
Washington now. wish that the
newspapers would make IL clear that
the report that carried credentials
from President-elect Harding is abso-
luteiy untrue. do not know Mr..
Harding at all.
NEWS AWAY FROM HOME.
II saw Lenin reading n copy Of a
New York newspaper In his Office one
day" ne said, "and I ssked him N he
took especial interest In American
news. He smiled and replied: 4 have
20 read n New York newspaper TO
nnd opt about conditions OF wide
spread crime and terror In Russia I;
otherwise. we in Russia would know
nothing about IT, The fact IL that
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NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-Wise old
New York was made to sit up and
take notice yesterday by one, oh, so
much wiser!
The heroine-or villainess-of the
boIdest swindle Gothamites have read
about in years is beautiful woman.
She got away with $4,000 worth OF
silks and satins and other things
from one of New York's biggest Fifth
avenue department stores, after an
escapade the brazenness and success
of which would turn Nick Carter,
Jesse James, and all the rest of 'em
green with envy.
She is now being hunted by detec-
tives Of the police department, the
district attorneys office, and the Re-
tail Dry Goods Protective Association.
They are likewise searching for her
accomplice, who, whatever his other
talents may be, is a good chauffeur.
Here is the story:
The woman in the case" drove up
to the fashionable Fifth avenue store
in gorgeous limousine, Telling
James" to wait. she strode, with the
bearing of a queen, straight up to
one of the department heads. I'm
pressed by her beauty and nonchalant
air, he offered to conduct her per-
sonally on whatever mission she had
come. Her mission was to select
$4,000 worth of the most expen1ve
sort of goods. Which she did.
Her graciously condescending man
ner as she was being "yes ma'amed'
dazzled even the most blase shop
girls, who speculatively whispered
names OF New York's society queens.
Havinr finished her purchases to the
tune of $4,000, the "distinguished
shopper" remarked casually that she
had no account at the store, also that
she happened to have" only $500
with her.
with a winning smile she then sug-
gested to pay this $500 on deposit and
'take things along in my machine.
you know" After a consultation 1t
was agreed to let her do so. But IL
was thought wise to let one OF the
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Fair Thief Has Guard
Locked Up as NUT and
Rides off With $4,000

store detectives escort her-and the
$4,000 worth of unpaid for goods-to
her home, which she said was in
Flushing Her husband, she added,
would SETTLE the difference, you
know"
Majestically she swished out, fol-
low ed, at a respectful distance, by her
detective escort, and the department
head.
Home, James," she commanded the
chauffeur. in a voice designed to be
heard by all. on whizzed the limou-
sine.
the car was taken at top speed to
Young's Sanitarium, a place where in
ebriates are cared for when their
condition borders on delirium.
BE back in a moment and settle
with you and get somebody to carry
the things inside" she said to the
detective as he eyed the house won
deringly.'N
A moment later inside she sobbed
out a tale of woe. Her ,"poor, dear
husband" she said, was outside in
her automobile, having one of
those horrid fits where he doesn't
know Who he is and what he is
doing"a
Indeed, she explained, her poor,
dear husbands" attack of delirium
was worse than any he had ever had
before. why he was having haluci-
nations! He thought he was de-
partment store detective. She begged
that poor hubby be taken inside and
kept safe until the attack" was over
Out rushed two of the huskiest at.
tendants of the sanitarium.
First they spoke gently to the be-
wildered detective.
The store sleuth, dumbfounded, tried
to explain, for which he was laughed
at He began to suspect ruse, and
refused to bulge from the car-and
the s4,50 worth of goods.
A quick exchange of glances 1c-
tween the two huskies-glanccs
translatable into mo use, he's a nut
and such like-and the next momont
the detective was carried inside, bat
Ting and protesting in vain.
No sooner had the trio disappeared
behind the sanitarium door than
heroine" slipped into the limousine,
whispered n word to her smiling
James" and--that was the last secn
OF her, and OF the $4,000 worth of
finery.
The detective became so violent In
his righteous defense that they nal
to put him in padded cell. He was
finally released, at midnight, when
his identity and mental status were
verified.
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BAR BROTHER
OF M'SW|NEY
Request for 0. K. on Passage
Home From ireland Refused
by London Embassy.
KIN FEAR FOR HIS LIFE
Left to Mercies Of Black and
Tans-WaIsh to Intercede
With State Dept.

The Department of State has Of
fcially abandoned Peter Joseph Nc
Swiney, an American citizen and
resident of New York, brother Of
the late Lord Mayor Of Cork, to the
tender mercies Of the British gov
ernment by refusing him passport
from Ireland to America, although
he Is believed to be in constant dam
ger Of death at the hands Of Black
and Tan police.
OFFICIALS SILENT.
Though ofYicials refused to discuss
lished today that McSwiny applied to
the American embassy in London for
the passport two weeks after his
brothers death. The embassy asked
the State Department for instruc-
tions and was ordered by Norman
Davis. Acting Secretary OF State, 70
refuse point blank.
McSwiney is now in Cork, one of
the districts declared by Premier
Lloyd George to be under martial
law. and his friends say they would
not be surprised at any time to hear
he had met an untimeiy end.
Both Senators Walsh of Massachu-
setts and Norris of Nebraska, MEM
bers of the American commission
investigating conditions in Ireland.
expressed the deepest indignation
when they learned OF the action
taken by the State Department.
WALSH INDIGNANT.
Il will bring this outrageous mat
ter before the Senate tomorrow" said
Senator Walsh.
at seems almost inconceivable that
an American citizen of good reputa-
ton, and in no sense an agitator,
should be abandoned to his enemies.
His only offense appears TO have been
that he was SO anxious to arrive at
the bedside of his dying brother that
he did not want to obtain a passport
from Washington before starting for
London from New York.
Apparently there Is neither reason,
justice, nor mercy in the policy of the
State Department in this matter. ]
will demand an immediate explana-
tion. Every day of delay this poor
fellows life is in danger"
Said Senator Norris: ''rhe refusal
of a passport to an American citizen
OF unblemished reputation, guilty OF
no offense except anxiety TO reach
his dying brother, is outrageous. The
dangerous position in which he is
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is by no means dead and gone, began
to speculate on the prospects OF
chemical war by America in its be-
half. We have seen that there is
every likelihood that chemical war
will come. Indeed it must come If
the absolute security policy, OF
which the terror in Ireland is very
humble side show, prevails in the
world as an inevitable development
of the old balance of power policy,
Not that America is in position
to throw stones at the securities just
now, her own glass is too brittle. But
I doubt if she realizes this or has
any grasp as to how she stands with
the rest of the world.
What stares Europe in the face
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TODAY

Of private owners that were kept
in charge while Government paid.
the deficit.
A wise magistrate, named Nc
Adoo, has a plan that would soon
settle bootlcgging and poisoning
with bad whiskey. He says to the
authorities. 81 will give you the
names and addresses Of all drunk
ards brought before me. You find
out where they get whiskey and
put the sellers ~ jail" That
scheme would end bootlegging IL
thoroughly carried out, and espcci-
ally IL every drunkard were well
rewarded for information given.