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The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1920-04-02

Mr. j. A. Vanderwall transacted
business in New Orleans Tuesday.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1920-04-02

PLUMBlNG-Modern Welding &
Machinery Co.
The Pascagoula chronicle. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1905-1920, 1920-04-02

FOR SALE-Fence posts, pine and
juniper. Apply to J. w. Jegel, Phone
241.
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PLUMBiNG-Modern Welding &
Machinery Co.
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PLUMBiNG-Modern Welding 6
Machinery Co.

WANTED-Old books and maya.
zines, sacks, rubber, hides, furs, scrap
metal and iron. buy anything. F. ].
Yousko, junk dealer.
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belt-to prevent stretching. After the
belt is knitted in back-and-forth stitch
like the sweater, you knit several rows
.lengthwise around the edges and the
belt will keep its shape nicely and not
stretch out and grow stringy and mar
row as so many sweater belts do. The
b~uttonholes in the belt are made by
binding off five or six stitches in one
row and casting on again, on the way
back, next row.. This sweater is in a
cheerful yellow shade. Yellow is very
smart this summer in children's wear
and a bright yellow sweater a be
seen q long way-rather a comfort
when the small person IS a rover and
forever getting almost out of sight.
OF course. the sturdy small boy
an athletic sort of sweater
such as big brother wears with his
basketball toys, or father dons with
his tennis flannels. The slip-on model
is best for children simply will not
button up sweaters correctly; and the
buttoned sweater soon gets all out of
shape. The pictured sweater is of
heavy brown worsted in a knit-and-
purl stitch which gives the heavy,
warm texture of masculine sweaters
sold in sporting goods shops-the kind
of sweater that is dear to the heart of
boyhood. Around the neck is a band
Of back-and-forth knitting that makes
an effective trimming, and strengthens
the often-stretched n~eck-opening. Be
sure TO make such a sweater generously
big. Even II several sizes too big. It
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happy medium in sleeve styles. that
is make both long and short sleeves
proper and correct in their proper and
correct places. The long sleeve is de-
sirable with some forms of costume
and most uncomfortable and unneces-
sary with others, and there seems TO
be no earthly reason why long and
short sleeves should not have their
proper places in costume instead of
this mad rush for all-long sleeves one
eason and all-short sleeves the next!
Four Of the new blouses pictured
today, you see, have long sleeves. The
two models with short sleeves are of
the informal or mornlng-wear type.
Smock BlOuses Becoming To Tall
Figures
The long smocks. or chemise blouses
or TUNES, if you prefer TO call them
so-are becoming only to women tall
enough TO show a graceful length of
skirt beneath the long blouse. and
incidentally, TO give the long blouse Its
correct long. slender lines! A very
beautiful smock or chemise model is
pictured; a blouse of very pale Law
ender fantasi silk in a jacquard weave.
The soft, heavy silk Is weighted still
further with heavy silk tassels of the
same shade and the blouse is extreme
~ graceful on its tall wearer. 1t is
worn over a skirt of the same silk in
a rich shade of violet. The neckline
l.. l1.sA1 Vtrf4h narrgv ~ rff,.r, rtIInN.
so is the sash. And slashes in the
blouse and in the sleeve are silver
bound in the same way. The long,
bishop sleeve with three slashes that
extend above the elbow is particularly
new and interesting as q style feature.
Silver ribbons tipped with small silk
tassels dangle from the waistline, and
big silk tassels drop from the sleeves.
adding to the grace Of the blouse. A
model of the sort, in black fantasi
silk with silver ribbon bindings and
black silk tassels is equally stunning,
Hand Stitchcry Makes A Blouse
Exclusive
If there is any machine stitching on
a blouse it must not show-eXcept
when 1t is hemstitching or picot edg-
ing. Lines of machine sewing are not
considered good style just now, even
in tailored blouses. All the work
must appear to be done by hand with
exquisite daintiness and nicely. From
Paris come the lovellest fine linen
waists, all sewed by hand with tiny.
tiny stitches and trimmed with hem
stitching also done by hand. A blouse
Of the sort Is pictured; one of the
seasons very exclusive models. The
material is white handkerchief linen
of course. it would not be consistent,
according TO French ideas, to put the
amount of hand work on anything but
linen! A little filet lace of beautiful
quality trims the turned back fronts
J and makes the cuffs. And At the edge
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r Is just pure fun to knit q sweater
for a kiddie. The little garment
takes no time at all and one m
3 to changes of stitch and pattern
without the endless rows necessary in
a grown-up sweater. And the small
sweater takes up no room in a knit
ting bag diminutive to carry about
easily-or 1t may even be rolled up IN
a towel; so 1t makes pretty work for
the veranda after supper, or on a
boat, or wherever you happen TO be
of q summers day.
Children's sweaters duplicate the
styles or grown folks sweaters, so II
you have made big ones-and most
probably you have!-you can make
little ones and turn off gifts for next
Christmas or for your weekend
hostess VINO has small children during
your leisure moments this vacation
season. The colors are so charming
too. Anybody who has been doing a
black or dark blue sweater for herself
will enjoy knitting or ~crocheting a
kiddie sweater in shell pink or sunny
yellow or snow white. A little child
looks adorable in a pure white sweat
err. especially If the tiny jacket has
ngora trimming. one OF these en-
chanting sweaters for q wee girl Is
crocheted in an open hlet stitch with
white iceland wool. Collar and cuffs
are of angora and below the waistline
the sweater rlpples gracefully. Narrow
black velvet ribbon is threaded
through an openwork banding above
the cuff and around the waistline.
One Of these ripple sweaters is pic
tured and the full peplumS Is very cun-
ming and smart. setting out ~jauntily
over the little maids short petticoats.
At the waistline is an open stitch
through which narrow ribbon can be
threaded II one cares to do 1t; or the
open stitch may be left as a sort OF
trimming-like dainty hemstitching on
n linen frock. This sweater Is blue
and is worn with n frock Of blue and
white checked Bingham. II is done
with knitting needles, not crochet
hook, the upper portion on smaller
needles and In finer stitch than the
peplum and cuff. Around the square
neck Is q scalloped edging made with
q crochet hook.
For a very small child is the belted
sweater which Is suitable for either
girl or boy. This Is a conventional
design which Is always satisfactory
Cor children. The sweater Is neat In
its lines and Is warm and coy The
5000 az..u .z1l.. .~a. Ia hRO.,rAt an
around the neck and fastened with
loop and button II desired. A plain
back-and-forth knitting stitch is used,
with purled ribbing at edge and cuff.
A very clever idea IL the finish of the
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Practical ~Nornin3BI0uss'
Of SOFT, Hesvy Linenwth
ANoSt Comfortable Sleeve

Of each cuff is a tiny hem of linen set
on with minute hand stitches. These
sheer. soft. hand-sewed blouses are eX-
quisitely distinguished and when real
handkerchief linen is used for the
blouse the garment should last quite
a long time. The cheap handmade
batiste blouses. copies of these distin-
guished linen models, look very soft
and dainty in the shops but they soon
pull out Of shape, fray at the seams
because material has been skimped.
and look sadly limp and wrinkled aft
er Il wearing. 1t always pays TO
buy linen even if one must spend a
bit more for It; because of the en-
durance and beauty of the fabric and
its satisfactory way of laundering.
Another handmade blouse of hand
Nrchief linen, with dainty frills for
trimming, is pictured. This model is
in a very delicate pink tint. Hand
run .tucks across front and back give
graceful, soft lines and the deep,
tucked cuffs button closely around the
wrist. This is a distinctive French de-
tail. American waists too often have
clumsy cuffs through which the hand
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thing more cunning than this very
feminine shell pink sweater over ar
afternoon frock of sheer hand IN
broidered batiste?
For a girl of seven there is a ripple
sweater of blue wool with a deep
shawl collar that reaches to the waist
line. Three stripes in kings yellow run
horizontally r the collar midway
between neck and waistline, and the
sweater has a girdle and tassels made
Of the yellow wool. One may have
the model in several color combina-
tions; green with tan stripes, blue with
white stripes. yellow with gray stripes.
and so on.
A very graceful sweater for a grow
ing girl child is ~crocheted in flet stitch
with Iceland wool-this, a sweater TO
slip on over dainty frocks on cool eve
nings, not a heavy warm sweater to
wear when the weather is really cold.
The flet stitch sweater has a long
wasted effect though 1t Is really a
straight tunic reaching to the hip. AT
the low waistline two cords made OF
twisted black wool are run in and out
and a bow with tasseled ends falls at
one hip. The elbow sleeves which
flare gracefully are also run at the
edge with the twisted black wool, tas-
sells dropping from the sleeve.
Children at fashionable French
beaches this summer are. wearing
knitted wool frocks, simple little
models in slipon style, with elbow
sleeves and the skirt widened TO give
graceful flare at the edge, Sometimes
a scallop in crochet stitch Is put
around the edge of the short frock and
around the sleeve. The round, slip-on
neck is drawn up with a narrow ribbon,
threaded through the knitted garment
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PUTTING THE LADDIE IN KILTIES

} TITLE boys are wearing wee
Scotch Highland costumes, and
very cunning do the tiny chaps
look in the jaunty Jacket, draped
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may be slipped without touching the
buttons and b%uttonholes. 1t is this
trigness of finish that gives French
clothes so much style. The close cuffs
and collar of the pink linen blouse
are very smart, contrasted with the
soft 1uffiness of the frills. These frills
are hemmed by hand and are set on
in even pleats. The French laUndress
has 4 little machine for fluting these
pleats when she does up" the gar
ment.
Pcplum BlOuscs Find Favor
Any woman who mas not pronounced
hips can wear the new pleated peplum
blouses-and very few women, even
stout mes have emphatic hip curves
these days. Such a blouse should be
rather long-waisted, the belt coming
considerably below the normal waist
line. to give the blouse a graceful line
on the figure; and, of course, the belt
will be much larger than ones actual
waist measurement. since 1t sets well
down on the hips. You will observe
this effect in the pictured model. This
blouse is of pale blue handkerchief
linen with stenciled printings in old
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after your hostess has ordered lamb
over the phone? DO you ever sniff
surreptitiously at eggs to make sure
they are fresh? Be sure your hostess
sees you If you dol DO you talk about
getting neuralgia from drafts when
your bed is set between two breezy
windows. Do sou rave about golf
when your hostess has hired a car to
take you driving; or enthuse about
motoring when she has planned q
tramp through the woods?
There are guests and guests, to be
sure. Sometimes the friend we love
the most and have most longed to see
is a harder person TO entertain than
the less beloved guest who possesses
adaptability and tact. Happy the con-
ditions when after a guests goodbye,
the hostess does not breathe a sigh OF
relief and relaxation
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High Collars Give French
BlouseS a Chic Individual
ity -- An Effort Toward
Long Sleeves In Fall Mod
els and ChemiSe
Effects Vie With New Pep.
lum BlOuSeS.

FROM being a mere utility item
Of the Notwithstanding TO
don when n was not dressed
up or going anywhere in particu-
lar-the blouse has come TO be one
Of the most important and interesting
garments Of feminine wear. Nobody
can have too many pretty blouses;
and since a new and still more fetch
!ng model appears every week in the
shops, the buying of blouses and the
keeping up with blouse styles puts the
average dress allowance at the van
lshing point, For these modern
olouses are simply irresistible. You go
a-shopping with the stern resolve not
10 look at a blouse even! And YOU
are sure to come home the possessor
of a new and tempting model.
Blouse departments that used to
occupy a single counter. now stretch
all across the building. At the en-
trance to the department-where your
eye cannot miss the beautiesi-are
he latest conceptions in formal"
olouses; the last models from Paris.
Or limitations Of them-graceful af-
fairs Of embroidered silk. batik prints.
.ricolette and the like that cost well
over twenty dollars apiece, but make
a stunning costume plus a simple tail
pred skirt.
Overtime Waist Effects Most Formal
Almost without exception, these So
called dress blouses are in some over
the-waist effect: IN tunic or chemise
style, or with the new pleated peplum
below a loose belt or sash. Most Of
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hem also are slipoVer models, for all
dressy frocks and waists now have the
fiat, panel front rather than any kind
of front opening. Some of these slip
over blouses fasten on the shoulder;
others have a round neck. slashed
down a few inches at the front and
fastened with a loop and button. A
very smart new neck opening is pic
tured in the blouse Of heavy silk with
fringed medallions. At the neckline
is a fiat little turnover collar which
rolls back the slashed 'front.' slightly
and under the deep slash is a strip of
silk in the contrasting shade Of the
fringe and embroidery.
Nothing newer or smarter in blouses
is pictured today-though all the
blouses are new models-than this
stunning over-the-waist model of
nasturtium red fantasi silk with a
woven thread embroidery in dull
grape purple. the threads of the en-
broidery carried beyond the edge Of
the material and clipped TO form a
fringe. You must note, beside the
new fiat collar, the very low armhoIe
and long bishop sleeve, the fiat line Of
the panel front and the fullness con-
fined at either side where the lower
edge Of the blouse laps and buttons
trinity.
Long Sleeves Returning
Though the short sleeve will un-
doubtedly be worn all through the
winter-on some costumes; its day
Of furious popularity will end with the
end of summer. Couturiers are maxi
ing a great effort TO establish the long
er sleeve. There are costumes that
lack the grace and dignity they ought
to possess when sleeves are slashed off
above the elbow-an effect really cor
rect only for informal garments or
for the evening. Perhaps the cou-
turiers will succeed in establishing a
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sash. rakish hat and short skirt show
ing dimpled knees. Most mothers
fancy the change from sailor togs or
Oliver Twist suits-which have been
the only things available for small
boys.
For everyday wear there is the I'M
dress suit, consisting Of jacket and
waistcoat of plain tweed. the tartan
kilt. plain wool hose with checked
tops turned down. and the leather
sporan which hangs in front of the
skirt. For dress wear the costume
consists Of black velvet coat with sill
YER buttons. scarlet or white waist
coat, tartan plaid and skirt, hair
sporan, checked stockings. bonnet
with crest and feather and patent
leather shoes.
The kilt should reach to center Of
kneecap when its wearer stands, and
nearly touch the floor when he kneels.
The plaid should be folded twice
the long way Of the material and
should go under the right arm and
up over the left shoulder, the front
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end passing over the back end, and
the fringed ends falling at front and
back of the arm.
The bonnet should be worn far over
the right ear.
The stockings should be folded over
at the top-below the knee-and
should be fastened with garters, show
ing a small piece Of tartan ribbon at
outside OF leg.
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will look all right on the little chap
and he will grow out of it-however
big it is-before the sturdy sweater is
outworn.
There is a new wool on the market
and 1t is going TO be the rage, once
women have discovered about it. At
present it is very new and little known.
1t is called ostrich wool and out Of it
you can make a graceful looped fringe
trimming that is as soft and fluffy as
curled ostrich. This wool comes in
various colors to match the ordinary
knitting woods and the ostrich wool
trimming is very effective on dainty
sweaters, in bands down the front and
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MOTOR VEIL AND GOGGLES N
ONE

91OU don't have to take off your veil
Y now and put on the motor goggles
~ hat you forgot. and then adjust
the veil again. The last word in motor
wells has goggles set in its midst.
That is, the goggles are incorporated
in the veil so that they come across
the upper part of the face when the
veil is tied over the hat, They are
made of thin isinglass and are cleverly
set into the chiffon or mesh weave OF
the veil. And the veil. at its lower.
edge, has a ribbon band that may be
fastened trinity around the throat so
that the goggles do not slip about but
stay in position before the eyes.
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pink; and this shade OF pink in hand
kerchief linen is used for the belt, the
cuffs and the hens at the front edges.
machine hemstitching joining tho two
fabrics. The grouped tucks are set in
by hand and the tucked design Is re-
peated at the back of the blouse. The
pleated peplum is echoed by a pleated
collar which, with the little cravat bow
of black ribbon. makes a youthful
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neck finish. A graceful and mosl
comfortable morning blouse is pic
tured in the model of yellow linen
with tucks and two big pearl buttons
for trimming. The flare cuffs with
crochet buttons are especially grace
ful, and crochet buttons on cord loops
dangle from the turnover collar. l. IS
a blouse easy TO get into and easy 20
wear, of a morning.
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ARE YOU A DIFFICULT GUEST?

N" HEN you go a-visiting are you
agreeable and adaptable. Do
w you make things easier-or
" harder-for your hostess?
Il love Helen dearly" declares m
hostess whose house is always over
flowing with friends during the sum
mer, but she Is so hard to cater for.
l am always afraid things l provide
to eat will be things she does o care
for, and that she will go hungry yet
be too polite TO say so. And. oh dear,
there are so many things she doesn't
care forl"
Are you one of the people who cam
not abide corned beef, and are timid
Of roast veal; who avoid tomatoes be-
cause they are bad for rheumatism
and cucumbers because someone once
had an attack Of Indigestion after eat
ing them? DO you openly express
your prediction for roast chicken Just
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around collar and cuff. 1t is only for
dainty sweaters. however; sport sweat
ers should be plain and business like
to have the proper sport suggestion.
For very little girls there Is a long
WASTED sweater with a slightly rlppled
peplum that comes to the edge Of the
skirt-and that is just above the knee
according to present fashions for chill
drep.' one of these sweaters, in shell
pink wool has a plain, long wasted
upper part with V neck and elbow
sleeves. There is u band of purled
ribbing at the edge and below this is
the gay little ripple peplum or skirt.
Ripple cuffs fall from the elbow
sleeyes, elso. Can you ircr -irs any
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-07-09

cannot forget his patriotic services
in the past. He may be extreme In
some OF his views but It cannot be
denied that he is great man and Il
clean. Christian gentleman.-waxa-
hachie Light.
All of which most OF us stead
tasty believe, but why should an eff
fort he made tol divide the democ-
racy on the prohibition question and
ii already part of the constitution?
Then again lots of folks still re-
member that when the administra-
ton was straining every nerve to
mobilize, equip and transport our
army to France Mr.. Bryan was going
over the country speaking against
the preparedness campaign.
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In Newspaper Circles.

There was something magnificent
in the spectacle of the great Com
moner pleading the cause OF prohi
bition before the democratic national
convention. One OF the greatest or
ators OF his time. and one of tho
finest characters that ever graced
American politics. Bryan was lead
ing a forlorn hope. Next to Wood
Tow Wilson. he has the greatest per-
sonal following of any man in the
Reporter.
II any American publicist should
be willing TO die for a principle. 1t
would probably be w. ]. Bryan. but
after getting the constitution fixed
like he wanted. why should he con-
iinue to chew the rag?
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-07-09
The population OF continental Uni

The population OF continental Uni
ted States is estimated at 105, 000.-
600 by j. A. Hill. chief statistician
OF the Census Bureau. His calcula-
tion is based on the combined popu-
lations OF 1.406 cities and towns for
which statistics have been announ-
ced. The increase over 1910 is
placed at 100000, showing the
growth of the country has not kept
pace with previous decades. Almost
compete cessation of immigration
during the war is the chief reason
assigned for the falling off. Other
suggestions were the two influenza
epidemlcs. return OF aliens to their
native lands and death of soldiers
during the war
Reporters at the Democratic con-
vention measure the popularity OF
the several men put in nomination
by the cheers in the auditorium.
The vociferations for Owen lasted
one minute. Gerard didn't cause 4
grunt. The band blared and the
people stood when Cummins' name
was presented. Palmer and Cox
We're cherred 35 minutes, Smith 80
minutes and McAdoo AZ minutes.
Hitchcock and Edwards fell flat
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-07-09
Soil Blowing Suggestion.

While the winter wheat crop and
much land OF some OF his neighbors
was blown over into western Kansas
during the recent big blow" Paul
Mead, one of the Farm Bureau MEM
bers west OF Berthoud. saved his
wheat and soil too. by blowing fur
rows across his wheat fields. throw
ing the soil away from the direction
of the prevailing winds Mr.. Mead
is very enthusiastic over this method
of handling light soils. and the re-
suits he has attained should be noted
by farmers in this county. He has an
excellent stand of wheat which has
apparently been damaged very little
by the severe winds. while in adjoin-
ing fields the wheat is a total loss.
Mr.. Mead plowed the burrows about
every rs to 100 feet. In case the
burrows fill up as they sometimes do,
he simply plows them out again
Larimer County Farm Bureau News.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1920-07-09

Joseph w. Bailey has succeeded in
getting his name onthe Democratic
ticket. A lot OF trouble for nothing,
we think. In fact, we never have
seen any use in refusing TO put his
name on the ticket The good year
1920 is as good a time as we will
ever have to give j. w. b. a seat so
far back that he will never have the
nerve TO try TO reachthe front again.
$50 mote Il be. COLORADO Record.