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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-05-27

and Japan-and they employ crepe
de chine and thin printed silks. ms
uaily combining a hgured silk In the
coat and plain SILK In the pants. using
the plain silk to border the coat, De
caslonally they are made entirely Of
figured silk With u plain color used
In borders Of the neck sleeves and
bottom Of the coat aud 10 finish the
pants legs, There Is Wide range
of eolora 10 choose from and These
garments are adapted for travelling.
Night dresses are made IN plain
colors and I'm deeper shades Of color
than we are accustomed 10 seeing. as
turquoise blue. purple. rose. Crepe do
chine IL the favored material for them
Hut these deeper eolors lmsc not
reached point of popularity where
they can be ciassed AZ rivals of white
and pink. In bath rohes there mr..
some new models tia, are very alirnc'
live. They ARE made Of ratine, cut In
kimono stsic, but gracefully dFaped
Even the ordinary cotton crepe HI
monos are shlrrod across the front
md bnck, nj the walstllne. and n
very graceful sleeve drapery results.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-05-27

Ing soda is ordinarily strong enough
for bathroom pipes, and may be used
In the proportion of one part liquid"
soda (made by boiling one pound of
washing soda and one quart Of water
in an old kettle) TO twelve parts hot
water or one pound of dry soda thor
oughly dissolved in three gallons of
boiling water The drain pipe from
the kitchen sink may sometimes need
stronger cleanser, even If il is thor
oughly cleaned and flushed, after each
dishwashing. and for this purpose
caustic potash Is efficacious, but must
be used carefully-the hands must be
protected and the potash must not be
allowed to touch porcelain or porce-
lain-lined sinks, because 1t may de-
stroy the glaze. One pound of crystals
dissolved In two quarts of water
should be poured down the drain.
About half an hour later the pipe
should. be flushed with clear water.
Caustic soda. although sometimes rec
commended, is not desirable, because II
Is likely to unite with the grease and
form hard soap. that is difficult TO
remove from the pipes.
Fine scourers may be used on all
fixtures. For porcelain and ena1neled-.
Iron fixtures kerosene and whiting are
especially good; the kerosene cuts the
grease and the whiting supplies the
ABRASION. Some of the commercial
cleaning preparations used for enam-
eled and porcelain fixtures contain
Scourers so gritty that they scratch
the surface, and thus make the work
OF cleaning gradually harder. Nothing
coarser than whiting should be al
lowed
Should Be Cleaned Daily.
bathroom fixtures should be cleaned
daiiy. Tubs and bowls should be
scrubbed with fine scourer or with
water containing a little kerosene.
rinsed with clear hot water and wiped
CRY. The stains made By water con-
tanning an excess OF iron may be re-
moved from porcelain or porcelain
hhed tubs and bowls with oxalic-acid
solutlon, which is poison and must
oe entirely washed off. The overflow
pipes should be flushed occasionally
WIN win hot water, for dirt and grease are
Hkely to collect and decompose there.
Inc water-closet should be kept
scupuiously clean. A daily cleaning
Is necessary with hot soapsuds or soda
sointion, and long-haired brush. and
Hushed again. Then the seat, the
cover, the chain, and the handle
should be washed and wiped. All
cloths and utensils used In cleaning
Ine bathroom should be scalded and
o'.ea' preferably In the open air.
me crust of lime which is some
'''nes deposited by hard water can be
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-05-27
PLUMBING NEEDS
DAILY CLEANING
Ounce of Prevention Is Worth
More Than Pound of Cure
With Plumbers Bills.
HOW TO CARE FOR FIXTURES
Waste pipes Should Be Flushed Thor
ouohly to Carry of Hardened
Grease and Accumulation OF
Miscellaneous Dirt.

oPrepared by the United States Depart
ment OF AgricultureD
Many plumbers bills would be avoid
81 the health Of the family better
safeguarded. and the appearance Of
the plumbing improved IL the following
suggestions, made by the home eco
pomies office of the United States De-
nartment of Agriculture. were followed
by the housewife:
Stoppager In pipes is often due TO
hardened grease or TO an accumula-
tlon of hair and lint. The waste pipes
should be flushed thoroughly after us
ing so that the waste Is carried out
Of the house pipes and the trap left
rull of clean water. A trap In a
waste pipe Is a curved section so ar
ranged that water remains In II and
prevents the passage of sewer gas into
the house. IL the water left In the
trap Is not clean. decomposition may
tske place and odors and gases may
come from the impurities In the water
itself. Precautions should be taken TO
prevent oil and grease from going
down the waste pipe from the kitchen
sink, because being lighter than water
they tend to remain floating on the
surface OF the water I'm the trap.
Use Of Cleansing Mixtures
Occasionally more than cold. or even
hot, water is necessary TO clear out
,ha accumulated grease lint. miscel-
laneous dirt, and bits of refuse. Wash
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-05-27

STsHE reputation of Americans as be-
i Ing the best shod of all people IL
being more than upheld by the femi-
nine portion Of the population. Women
have grown 80 fastidIOus In the matter
OF footwear that manufacturers have
provided them with the most refined
and elaborate shoes for the summer
season that have ever been presented.
Shoes are becoming fanciful and have
graduated. along with hats, into the
rank of creations" They are made
In many styles and each style In mnny
varieties, so that there is as much
chance for individuality In their choice
as In the choice OF blouses or millinery.
Women have taken TO low shoes with
one accord, an may be gathered from
the examples of fashionable footwear
shown In the picture above. But low
stlnes include all the different kinds
nesded In the wardrobe-street shoes.
those for sports wear, dress or semi
dress. Combin9tlons of two kinds OF
leather are popular, fabrics are en-
ployed and stitchery for decoration
Straps and buckles are featured, some
of the latter, for evening wear, may be
described as magnificent The shoes
chosen for illustration here are among
the most conservative Of the new
styles, where little individual tricks of
cutting or finishing make almost every
pair interesting.
The fashionable walking oxford
appropriate for afternoon wear-ap-
pears with two smart straps fastened
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-05-27
FlOQ oafRAa

exterior of the house is quite pleas
ing with its broad siding, asbestos
single roof and quaint colonial en-
trance OF white. There is plenty Of
window space TO make the rooms
light and airy.
The entrance leads into a small re-
ception hall which opens on one side
into the living room. on the other into
a bedroom. AT the far end Of the re-
eeption hall is the stairway leading
upstairs and TO the cellar. The living
room is a large room, 81 feet 8 inches
BY 10 feet, with triple windows on two
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-05-27
OF INTEREST TO
THE HOUSEWIFE

Pineapples aid digestion and should
be eaten after meals.
Try using a long-handled oiled mop
for cleaning your car.
Never add sugar TO waffle batter.
Serve with sugar or sirup.
In making a white cake, substitute
two egg whites for yolk.
When washing keep a stiff yege-
table brush handy TO use on dirty
neekbands, wristbands.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-05-27
lfg In 12s Languages.

'Tf," the poem of Rudyard Kipling
which Lord Kitchener included in
the manual Of military instruction for
his FIRST hundred thousand" has
been translated into 125 languages,
including many Of the more obscure
tongues as well as the worlds great
literary languages.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1921-05-27
Last Resort.

~ hear that links Is married.
as her l knew he was deeply In
debt, but | didn't know he was des-
perate. From the New York SUP.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-05

around the world, I'd accept it with the "fixie idee" that French Lick worl the ''Fixe idee" that French Lick would time I see my good friend. Tom Tag gart, as he is affectionately called by friend and foe (if he had one). poli- tician and farmer, and almost said mere acquaintance" for everybody practically knows hirn---I find a dif- ferent angle to this wonderful man. National politics are familiar (do you serve are or ''is'' with politics? never know which), with Tom Tag gart's gigantic brain and his splendid executive ability
 His home state-Indiana-ado him, and respects his big brain---his massive intellect.
 There isn't man or woman who works for From" Taggart who doesn't love him. while the recipients of his friendship substantially and gener- ously shown--are numberless and their appreciation of him in this re- spect is genuine and true.
 Tom" Taggart has amassed a for tune by hard work and ambition; he loves har work, especially when that hard work presents a problem to be unravelled; he cares absolutely noth- ing about money beyond the reasonable needs of himself and his family. yet it has come to him in "chunks and "gobs"; and all the while this human dynamo chugging and working away at "big business" never forgets a friend-never forgets a man or wom- an who is struggling to achieve--nev- CT forgets the poor and the needy in other words-"unselfishne is the guiding star of his life.
 With his mantle descending upon his clever young son, Thomas Douglas Tagart, upon whose shoulders even now rests a large part of tbe respon- sibility of French Lick, MT. Taggart enjoys realization of his fondest hopes and dreams-French Lick as 'The Spa of America"
 Interviewing Tom Taggart is as difficult as snaring wireless with a fish hook he's just as dynamic; just as elusive; he rushes into his office clad in stunning and immaculate white--his broad brimmed hat turned down over his face-and there he finds scores of things awaiting his atten- ton; he seats himself on the edge of his swivel chair and looks over his mail; his telephone calls and various and sundry other things you interpo- late a thousand questions; he goes | straight on; he never answers any of them; he's far too smart to talk. :. and just smart enough to let you do that, knowing what an "unsmart" thing 1t Is to do; and when all IS told. what have you got to hinge" a story on?
 Certainly no word of his; ther--it must be his "personality'' for he's brimming over with it-chocked full of it--dominant, appealing. ins.stent.
 "Stop off at Birmingham some time when you are on your way to Mis- sissippi for your annual winter shoot
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-05

being showered upon him upon the oc- casion of his recent marriage.
 A congenial group of Birmingham" folk, including Mr. and Mrs. Tom; Mcclellan who looked like bride and groom; MT. Sydney J. Bowie. who was taken frequently for United States Senators Col. w. B. Leedy. the Beau Brummelp of the party, who changed his clothes from three to SIX times day, his ties, sox, hats, handllerchiefs ana shirts. being faultlessiy matched and all becoming; MT and Mrs. Mir phy o,irG engaged in 'bridge' game; MT. George Ward, Bi-niiagha,n's Icpnlar beau, Hooking aoou. for an other pretty girl to settle cis affcc- tions on'' GOT was it w;dow?,; MT. .o',n Kaul handsome and dignified, and Mir. Kelley Dixon of Tallaiega, the best looking widow-er at the Spa.
 Mrs. Louis l,izitz of ,irmins;ha golf:ng and horseback rding, enjoying tho se,mus out-of-door sports at th.s adclable place.
 c .dles of women f. om Chicag" with big feet, and char n.ng bachelor, Lo... r. stewart, from tke ''Windy City. who declared he'd been going to French Lick for 30 years, and liked it better each year.
 
 Sturdy. hefty women, built for en- durance. rather than speed.
 Fat women with double chins.
 Moon faced, pop-eyed women in lit tie flat hats.
 Short skirts.
 Big-ankled ladies.
 Women with kalsomned faces look ing like animated marshmallows with thin vermillion lips. |.
 Some shy suspicious looking women, shrinking into their shells every time caressing male eye aliehted upon them (very few of this type)
 More. short skirts and more ladies with piano legs; excuse me. I mean limbs
 Women with Chatauqua looking faces and '.Pollyanna" dispositions.
 Women in shoes that bent their in- steps into preposterous semi-circles.
 Diminutive blondes. stepping like shetland ponies.
 Women smelling of musk. ambergris., bergamot
 Soft, pulpy, pale women.
 Women marching like Grenadisrs.
 Women with asvmmetrical eyes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-05

than noW-when the Seer and yellow leaf" finds them musing:
 Comrades, leave me here moment
 while l potter on the tee. Musingly the past reca1ling--"on in
 two and down in three." In the eighties" here I gamboled
 somewhat narrower around the waist. Cut the turf (and left behind me di-
 vots that were not replaced). But the years bring times revenges;
 muscles stiffen, fingers crack; ; And I know "Labuntur Anni" by the
 twinges in my back. Comrades, memory's door is jarring;
 I'll not leave it on the latch, For sorrows crown of sorrow is the
 thought that I was "scratch!"
 Somebody wrote book recently en- titled Why Flowers Leave Home" and somehow I thought as I glanced about beautiful French Lick and the gorgeous flower gardens that surely the writer had never visited this ador- able place. for no flower that blooms mo matter how beautiful nor yet how fastldious-would ever leave home if registered opposite it's name was French Lick.
 Flowers lead a social life. as we ali know. and are } quite punctilious; there's the dreadful scandal recently exploited about the terribly immoral flower garden in 8 certain neighbor- hood-when a "Bachelor's Button was found Tn 'Black-eyed Susan's" bed. which set all tho other flowers a. blushing and assigning, and all the columtines and asters and gladioli and honeysuckles turned their naughty heads when Black eyed Susan saun- tered by. and floral social life stood aghast.
 At French Lick, the same unswerv- ing care is given to the gorgeous flow CTS as is given to the hotel; the dairy, with its hundreds of head of registered cattle. where the most delicious milk and appetizing butter is made; to every crack and crevice of the grounds sur rounding the palatial and luxurious Spa.
 French Lick has never seemed to me one-half so lovely, nor one-half so fin ished, nor one-half so elegant. one half so delightful as it was two weeks ago when I was there.
 Ten years ago-it was in April. at the height of the season---I was first introduced to French Lick, then in it's infancy in way; the great steel wings of the hotel were not even started; merely the center unit. as it were. stood waiting.
 Today. the big structure stands in its majesty and beauty queening 1t over the surrounding country. superb testimonial to the brain and brawn of the man behind the gun''-Thomas Taggart.
 Every time l go to French Lick and if were offered trip de luxe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-05

and let us have a party for you--or something" you finally say, and what do you suppose the answer is?
 'Chfld-don't give me party; just let me put on pair of overalls--and get an old fishing line and go out and fish and I'll stop over and see my Birmingham friends"
 That's Tom Taggart. all over and over; near to natures heart' is the dominating plan of his life.
 He loves animals-horses and dogs and treats them like they were human beings, and his favorite dogs and horses are photographed and adorn the walls of his offices.
 One morning I saw him riding his Chestnut mare--a superb bit of horse h--high-stepping aristocra tic and beside him rode a groom--testing out another beautiful mare; it was q pleasing pictrue.
 He loves everything that is human and the natural normal, things ot fife; he loves the birds and the flow CTS and the grass and the trees and that's why the birds sing and the flowers bloom so radiantly under his care;' they seem to know he loves them ~and through this love he has transformed raw. crude material. the sweeping, majestic, trees, and the swaying, undulatating hills-into an exquisite finished product known the world over as French Lick.
 French Lick is city-a town-with personality all its own. where all kinds and conditions of people frequent it's halls, celebrities. including singers and actors, politicians, and dowager duchesses. society danes. financiers. sports and saints and being "one os the many" there to see human nature from every angle is indeed an exper- fence worth while.
 It IS delicious to occupy "A Chair on the Boulevard,y at French Lick. like MT Leonard Merrick, and view the passing throngs-for the picture presented is one of careless and secure v t>~~~- ettiiAhNtCt diNcTtlHS, QGllk nE = ful. and these are some Of the inter- esting sights that greet the eye. William Fox the film magnate. talk ing about his latest production .'The Queen of Sheba' with 11.0O0 people in the cast. costing million dollars to produce it, and between drinks tof Pluto) -lette-ing" at the Am erican Monte Carlo.
 Sophie Tucker, The Mary Garden of Ragtime"-buxom and blonde wearing an Irish green sport gown. an Irish green hat and hurrying through the foyer ''Brown-ward' to put her money on Matinee Idol" who is t"tipped" to win at Churchill Downs that day
 MT. s. Wesley Gerstner happy over ! his good luck in being made asss- tant manager of the big hotel and wearing "the smile that won, come off because of congratulations
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-05
By DOLLY DALRYMPLE

From dangling beads of monstrous size And colors painful to the eyes; From Spanish combs and shrieking
 hues
 Of tangerines and greens and blues; But chiefly from the endless ranks Of bulging calves and spindleshanks, And skirts receding to the knee And going yet deliver me!
 -Minna Irving.
 A hunsbandette (sounds like kitch- ette) and friend wife" looking glum and sour; her No. foot cramped into No. 3 shoe.
 Widows in black. in varying degrees of grief.
 Stout women, with laced centers. walking heavily on their heels.
 Numbers of nice, clean-looking old boys with red faces and straw hats, gray suits and gray hair.
 Many of New York's "400." which is made up of the worldly, the flesh-y and the devil-ish.
 A large dominant dame with a mus tache and small husband
 A perfectly good parson wearing set of '1et-us-pray' whisker-ettes.
 A distinguished-lookin old gent. whose "tum- tum" when Zen profile" strongly resembles g porte cochere.
 Puffs of gray-blue chiffon-looking clouds flying lustily over the Tran bark" as if to tryst
 A stout-ish lady from the country securely packed into a garnet-colored satin, lace trimmed and skin-tight.
 Lots of fat old men with bushy eye brows.
 Several males and females who locked as if they had. never had an idea more abstract than the square TOOL of minus one!
 More short skirts.
 More big ankles.
 A puffy looking blonde resembling Tetrazzini 'au naturel."
 A stunning looking brunette, wear ing demi-taileur, which translated into pialn eVeryuay EngHSh means costing $150.,
 Small boys asking questions such as: Do false teeth, ache?" What becomes ot rooster's crow when you eat him?' Do bulls give milk?" "How does dog wag his tial?" What is Santa Claus doing now?" Where are. your feelings?' and "sich like"
 A New York girl compactly plump and cleverly contrapuntal in her pedal 'manipulations when she "toddled."
 More short skirts.
 A feminist who was undoubtedly Chairman of a Ladies Committee back home; the kind who would conduct scrap in such a manner that would make the Battle of the Marne look like Pinochle post mortem.
 Oodles of ladies' fair. fat and 70, and oodles of men frisky fast and 50. N.1fs
 A fond parent explaining to Young America that w. c. T. U. stands for Women Control the Universe.'
 x
 Skirts still growing shorter.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-05

From wonderful day in Louisville lunching at the Selbach, spin out to Churchill Downs, the most stunning dennis club, with its quaint old tradi- tions. happy hunting grounds of the famous "Marse Henry" and other notables-ensconsed in romantic sur roundings directly across tho way from the world famous McCauley's theatre. where Mary Anderson was seen in all of her pristine glory-to beautiful French Lick--is an ideal trip md, unlike many others, grows more fascinating and more delightful the Dfiener you repeat 1t.
 Churchill Downs was like a radiant opal in a setting of diamonds the day spent there-with it's great spacious undulating carpets of Kentucky blue grass. the Jockey club thronged with the "haute monde" men clad in i'm haculate white flannels, women in Eorgeously beautiful sport togs, the May day sun shining down upon them
 
 and the flirting. the meandering and the philandering of the sons and daughters of men.
 Stepping into the train that carries the traveller from Louisville to French Lick, the throngs at Churchill Downs still finger in ones memory; faces radiant with happiness. proclaiming that their "bets" had been successful: man who's been drawing all of his life to bob-tail flush. purely indicating that while Behave Yourself won the Derby. he wasn't worth hurrah after ward.
 Nearing French Lick in the late aft ernoon. at the end of perfect day. the sweeping golf course dotted here and there with devotees of the sport grsets the eye.
 Golf in Exelcis,," is proclaimed to the world from the sporty course at French Lick, where for years men and women who love the sport have tried their luek-whether in foul or fair weather, and having to play in a gale remembering the old golf veterans eontsmpt for any champion "who had not gathered his laurels in big wind"
 And speaking of golf, not content with the already beautiful links ct French Lick. MT. Taggart. with his un- usual ambitious desire to constantly add to the attractions of French Lick has provided magnificent new course . mile and half from the hotel. IS holes, for the devotees of the sport.
 The big blue busses. the big brown buses speed between the hotel and the new links many times each day crowd a with golfers-men and women in- tent upon the game.
 Many of the golfers prefer the old course. on which they have played for po many years, when they were per haps in better form (when younger)
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-05

Women with rococo ears.
 Stoop-shouldered women; women with huge hips; bow-legged women; appetizing women; good-looking wom- en.
 Men. men. men--swarms of them of all sizes and shapes.
 Men--with red noses.
 Men with long, curly hair. like Pad erewski
 Men with unpleasing neclSs.
 Bald-headed men; sloughs of fat mem men wearing celluloid collars.
 Shorter skirts.
 Red-faced men wearing red cravats. Men who were "Pluto-crats" Cat least while they were at French Lick) Many Titian-haired danes.
 Lots more "Imi-Titian."
 Beautiful Kentucky thorough breds"--not all of which were horses. Sassy looking little fluffy tailed squirrels and jumpy little chipmunks. working the fashionable color at French Lick. "Browns.'
 Women from the south with tiny little feet and arched insteps.
 Show cases of pearls worth a King ransom and women's apparel stunning and o-date, and mems New York haberdashery; all purchasable at New York prices S.
 Men wearing French Lick walking canes, and ladies wearing them. too.
 Dancing every evening while the beautiful orchestra played Running and Love Birds" and "Irene' and sally
 Oriental rug sales, temping only to nillionaires.
 Intelligent dogs. badly spoiled chill dren and cunning little pussy-cas with pink ribbon tied about her neck Divorcees and widow-ettes, bachelor maids and married men on their va cations.
 More short skirts.
 Good Lord, prithee. hear my
 prayer; Deliver me from hennaed hair, From filmy waists uncamisoled, From lips too red and looks too bold. From flappers dressed in satin black. From gowns with neither front nor
 back,
 From whitewashed checks. bobbed E locks of gray, And charms too freely on display
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-05

Every time go to French Lick ind if I were offered trip de luxe
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-05

MT. s. Wesley Gerstner happy over his good luck in being made assis- tant manager of the big hotel and wearing "rhe smile that won't come off. because of congratulations