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Wen have to go home" said
George at last. They'll be all up In
the air II we don't show up for supper
and It's a good hours walk from
here"
The stranger did not urge them to
stay but gave them the dollars he had
promised and asked them about a
| place to board.
He won't find IT," said Ed, as they
tramped down to the road. The case
isn't there or we would have come
across it by this time"
We'll come back early tomorrow
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gardener had put the piles OF grass
there only that early morning
Where did the rabbits belong and how
did they get there?
She wasn't in doubt very ong
From across the garden came a
voice saying, Esther! Esther! Bob
by's coming over to see If you car
help him find his rabbits. They've
run away"
Bobby was the little boy who lived
next door.
They're here!" shouted Esther In
reply, they're all here! I'm keeping
m for him, I am"
Bobby and his big sister who had
called, came running in a jiffy and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-24
maging among the leaves and shrubs

magfng among the leaves and SHRUBS
and shaking the little trees in case
the missing object were lodged in the
branches. The stranger began to look
TOO and the boys noticed that he went
a little distance off to look.
b HE thinks it fell out while he was
coming down the rope" whispered
George. He doesn't know we saw
him come off the balloon. Do you
know what I Think"
"What?" demanded Ed.
at think he's from Canada. A bal
loon could easily come from there
and float down here. I bet they're
sm~ugglers!"
"Aw!" exclaimed Ed. you've got
an Imagination all right"
We'll, we.won't say anything" said
George. g Wen just lay low and
watch"
Ed agreed to this. They searched
thoroughly but not a trace of the
missing case did they find. 1T must
be here. 1t must be here" the
stranger kept saying over and over
as he searched feverishly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-24

each whether you find 1t or not and an
extra dollar if you do find it."
This sounded rather nice so both
boys agreed to the bargain. How large
was the case? What was it like?
about this size" the youth meas
ured with his hand. BLACK leather.
Flat"
"Anything inside?" inquired George.
"Yes-yes, but you needn't bother
about that" replied the stranger. III
you find the case you'll find the con
tents"
The BOYS set to with a will, rum
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-24

the gardener who heard what Esther
had said came too. When they were
all in front Of the pile. Esther bent
over and picked up the grass she had
lifted before for the throne.
There they are" h said proudly.
But nothing was there! The grass
was warm and rounded over where
the soft little bodies had been-but not
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-24
BARL-A-DUC

Wash and pick over, removing from
stems, one cupful of currants.
Measure one cupful of sugar and
toss with the berries. Use a silver
fork and do not break the berries.
Put over a very slow fire till the
sugar melts.
Increase the heat and boil br1skly
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-24
THE JUNIOR COOK
for eight minutes.

for eight minutes.
Put in a cool place till jellied.
Mix with 2 tablespoonsful OF cot
tage cheese or 1 tablespoonful of blue
label cream cheese.
This makes a delicious relish for hot
rolls or bread or 1t may beAused for
sandwiches. Fine for picnic sand
wiches-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-24
ANSWERS
BIRD INITIAL STATES
WORD a

A PROVERB Upper left hand
corner entrance. Seeing is BeIferirg.
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ness rushing past US. rocking. fairly
dancing. in that lightweight rolling
stock. the marshal stood in a center
of light, with a cane as pointer. tell
ing: Here came - and Here
stood AL the well known story
of the dramatic signature. Until. at
last. pointing to the commemorative
tablet which recites the fact, he
wound up impressively:
There is an error here. It should
be corrected. The signing began, not
on the hours. but quarter AFTER"
X X
WHEN you travel with the French
president on his private train
you do not slam down beside him. any
moment. and propose to shoot dice.
The modest guest. when the trip is
long. spends most of the time in his
"compartment"-wh we cali a sec
ton in our own long-distance trains.
Europea.s cars are composed entirely
of such compartments. with long
corridor running at one side of them.
but the presidents train is different
His Gown" car is part compartment.
part salon" His office car" for
working with functionaries. etc. is
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not debutantes show the inhuenCe OF
these so-called Spanish frocks. 1hes
are of lace, lacking the hoop SKIRT
effect at the hips but showing decided
fullness through Spanish founces OF
lace, which drop to WITHIN eiSht
inches of the floor. The extreme ones
sweep the ankle. even though the ih-
ing is several inches shorter.
The influence of this French taShion
is shown, also, in thin white 1rocks
to be worn on beaches and porches.
These have Spanish iounces when,
although short, measure five yards
around the hem. There is no tignt
underSkirt. The bodice is excessively
slim and ends at the waistline. Inc
sash of the same material is IN q
different color from the frock ana
sometimes garlanded with bright
flowers to match those used as
crown band on the hat.
BY the way. gray African brown and
mauve muslins have taken the place
Of all-white frocks. 4 gray organdy
is built with full skirt and a tight
bodice, the underslip is of blue or
CANDY. the sash matches the under
slip. 1t is garlanded with yellow and
red naSturtiumS, the garland placed
in the middle Of the sash and re-
peated on the straw hat.
There is another frock Of mauve
muslin built over yellow, with a pink
sash. The white frock is not in the
ascendancy. 1t. like black for the
evening. has given away to gowns
that demand an artists knowledge in
the mixing of colors.
A novelty fabric for spring evening
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functionaries-only Nlillerand, among
them, counted.
We jumped into the train behind them.
W--iiii-rrr!. siren-like whistle.
Instantly, the train moved out, speed
rapidly increasing.
=
OUR interest from the start was in
~ a particular car Of the presidential
train. Nobody would ever ride in 1t
sgain-the historical salon car in which
the German delegates signed the armi-
stice on November II, 1918.
IL was the armstice car which. with
one other, composed Marshal Foch's
Headquarters train in directing the final
operations of the war. tOur own G. /.
G. Pershng had his special train, as did
Gen. Harbord. commanding the 5. o. 81
Never again. ] say. will the arInistice
car be ridden in because il is going TO
the Invalides, where it will be placed in
the Army Museum, after being fitted up
again with the same desks. telephones,
ETC. that were in use on November IL,
1918.
When the armistice car was demo
bilized' last summer Marshal Foch
returned il to the International Sleep
ing Car Company. AS a valuable his
torical souvenir, the company offered
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it to the government and NJ. Clemen-
ceau decided that it should be at
tached to the presidential train as
dining car. 1t was actually fitted up
for the purpose by the company, but
they also placed in it two ornamental
tablets, one recording the facts OF
the signature of the armistice. and
the other bearing the names of the
great campaigns: Marine G914, User
1914>. Verdun $3.50, Somme d916)
and the battle of France l91S).
) The armistice car was used for the
first time by President Millerand on
this journey of ours to Verdun. to un-
veil the American monument over the
trench of bayonets. and among his
guests aA'-1ch were: Hugh c. Wal
lace the lerican ambassador; ex-
President oincare and the two mar
shals When all were seated, NJ No
blemaire, a director OF the company
already mentioned. made brief
speech. presenting the car to the gov
eminent NJ Millerand. in returning
thanks for it, said that this historic
car would be one of the most I'M
pressive and glorious relics OF French
history and that he was proud to take
possession of it in the personal pres
ence of Marshal Foch. the lllustrlous
leader who signed the armistice, ana
of Marshal Joffre, the two great chiefs
whose efforts had brought the final
victory The president concluded that
the armistice car would, be. placed
with other great relics In the Army
Museum. -
1t was only late. on our return, long
after tea while speeding back to
Paris at seventy miles per hour to
arrive for dinner time, that a young
functionary came whispering that
Marshal Foch would explain the car
Of the armistice." l shall never forget
the moment. With the outside black
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NEW PALM BEACH FROCKS THAT ARE
FORERUNNERS OF THE SPRING STYLES

sibly we are going TO adopt the fashion
for the next six months, as Paris mas
agreed to drop if.
Crepe de chine is an excellent fabric
to exploit. however. and none can
gainsay its virtues. The manufac-
turers present it to the public in every
color that the public Graves 1t is
used by the dressmakers for sport
clothes, evening frocks. morning
gowns to be worn when others are
wearing bathing suits. 1t is simply
fashioned or built for ceremonial oc-
casions; it is plain, it is brocaded.
In it there are remarkable tones or
yellow featured for young girls
evening frocks, held in at the hips by
Persian sashes made from three colors
of tulle twisted around each other.
There are even crepe de chine capes
lined with marabou. somewhat after
the fashion of the one Marilyn Miller
wears, among her other wonderful
clothes. in sally" the new musical
comedy. The French have sent these
creme de chine capes down to the
riviera with a thin fur lining. That's
a new touch
The smart sport clothes launched
for Palm Beach follow the plain Eng
lish fashion. Smart women do not
like the pleated ones There are
knife pleated white homespun and crepe
de chine skirts worn with short eolored
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to honor the French president.

to honor the French president.
Every street along the route was
packed with town and countryside
come in for miles. They do not cheer,
as we at home would do. but every
man. woman and child is slicked up
Verdun. presenting arms throughout
the route, on each side Of the street
you should see them to know the
reverence of the two marshals and
the president of the republic.
They stood erect, like tragical wax
figures. the poilus of verdun garri-
son. In fact. the impression was
almost painful. as of a too great in
tensity of soul and body. I glanced
with keen attention at. say. fifty of
them. Not one moved an eyelash.
Straight wax figures. in a theatrical
present arms" the right arm ex-
tended horizontally across the breast
from the elbow, high up, where it
grasped the rifle. On each face was
fanatical. tense look of fierce de-
yotion: II you want to know what
F'rance-down deep, beneath the
plague" and easy talk of Gaul-
thinks of the patrie. the republic
and the president. look at the poilus!
But this is only about the presi
Dental train.
1t rushes back to Paris on a cleared
track. Bright. almost overwarm with
steam heat. it dashes through the
dark countryside, it's guests idly chat
ting over high tea-while one man
works with his secretaries.
An embassy attache comes from
the salon car.
What are they doing in there?"
We ask.
"Joffre and Foch are talking ear
nestly together in a corner"
What? What? We thought"
The budding diplomat is diplomatic.
He says nothing. But we all thought
and we are not sure yet. We, like
all civilians and all poilus. have taken
Joffre to our hearts. in jealous, per-
haps silly defense. And yet
The kilometers dash past.
Another man comes from the salon
car.
What are they doing in there?"
we ask again.
He replies Importantly. as with a
great piece of news:
"Millerand is playing dominoes with
the American ambassador"
Every one is fabbergasted.
ITEMS. items! The French president
is not working!
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admitted that they do not indicate a
revolution. They follow in the foot
steps of the gowns worn in France
during the midwinter. The long skirt
the gathered skirt, the tight bodice
floral effects, are features that are
significant.
The ribbon gowns sent over ea1y In
the season by Lanvin are the novel
ties OF this season. Those who watch
know that she and Poiret have ham,
mered away at this type Of frock for
six months. The dressmaKers over
here thought that it was phase. The
public treated it with indifference.
Yet the fashion persists: in fact. 1t
is launched as the newest OF the
spring silhouettes.
It is worn in Paris. 1t is exhibited
in America. Yet it will have strong
influence on everything that is fash
toned from now on. 1t will Iengthen
skirts, it will raise the waistline. it
will create width on the hips and at
the hem.
1t will finally win it's way in
America, even though it is modified.
The French women have been appear
|
months. 1t is worn on the stage. 1t
has been adopted by smart women
In their own homes. 1t has brought
back that Spanish effect which we
adopted two years ago. The latter
fashion may not be reinstated in this
country. 1t was too common at the
time Of it's dominance to be looked
upon with pleasure now. But a fash
ion is important in it's influence. 1t
often creates a revolution without
being accepted for itself.
The situation is that the Americans
still wear skirts sixteen inches from
cepted seven inches from the floor as
the fashionable length. All that is
twice-told tale to many, but 1t is too
important at this hour of the year to
ignore.
The young woman may be the first
to accept the fashion for full ana
longer skirts, purely through the
beauty of the ribbons gowns when
have been in New York for rev
weeks They are made of twelve ana
fourteen-inch ribbon. Not yard or
any other kind of material is used.
Three nieces Of the ribbon are gather
ed together, horizontally. to form the
skirt The bodice is built of two
pieces which cross the shoulders and
are gathered into the skirt at the
waist line The outer edges of the
ribbon drop under the arm and are
turned back over the top of the arm
to form the short sleeves. An i'm
mense rose or a rosette of ribbon is
placed upon the side at the waist line.
These are sent to Palm Beach for
young girls who have borrowed from
their mothers the trick Of wearing
black or dark blue in the evening.
Both these somber colors are used as
the foundation color of the ribbon
and upon the surface are scattered
heroic roses in brilliant colors.
Evening gowns for women who are
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Household Inventory.

Few house owners these days neg
lect to insure the contents OF their
houses against loss by fire. and many
insure also against loss by burglary.
Having guessed roughly the value OF
the household furniture. the valuables
and other things in a house, an owner
usually purchases policy that Will
indemnify him or her. and women
are frequently owners, in case of
fire to the extent of what the gou-~
are estimated to be worth and. oftcn
without having read the terms and
conditions of the policy. files it away
with other important papers.
A prudent house owner however.
realizing that fire insurance policy
is a form of contract. VIII read Its
provisions carefully and VIII take
special note of the clause that every
policy contains. which reads substan-
TALLY as follows:
aft fire occurs the insured shall
give immediate notice of any loss
thereby in writing TO thi; company,
protect the property from furthef
damage. forthwith separate the dam
aged and undamagsd personal prop
erty. put it in the best possible order.
make a complete inventory OF the
same. stating the quantity ard cost
of each article, and me amount claim
ed thereon" and SO forth.
In spite of the fact that complete
inventory of goods DESTROYED mist
b, presented in ORDER to effec. set
Element with any fire Insurance com
pany. many persons fail to realize
the necessity and imDorianc= of max
ing an inventory of their belongings
When they take out their policy, and
o: adding to it as ;h"y add TO their
possessions.
Not only is such an inventory in
valuable in case of fire. but the sum-
ming up of the total actual value OF
the contents of house often shows
that the proposed protection is in
sufficient. and SO leads til" owne. -,
s=... ---e the amount uf = -3...>.
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The Housewives
Ready Reference

Every housewife needs to get the
memorandum habit. With blank
book and pencil hung in the kitchen.
she can make note Of the supplies
needed as soon as she discovers they
are low, SO that when the time comes
to send to town the list is complete,
and nothing need be forgotten She
will find it we'll to note expenditures
and know where the money goes, and
whether she gets it's full value.
Get a prettily mounted scratch pad
and hang it in the hall. close to
where you lay off your wraps. Hang
a pencil to the tablet. When you
leave the house before the children
come home from school write on it
where you have gone and when you
expect to return, and also remind
them of any duties you wish them
to perform in your absence. In their
turn, II they go out, they should
write a message for you, SO that you
will know where they are and when
they will return. If any one calls on
any member Of the family during
his or her absence it should be
promptly recorded. together with any
message that may have been left
Telephone messages should also be
written down as, soon as received
Each member Of the family should
look at the bulletin board immedf-
ately upon entering the house. and
then no one will ever be bothered
by messages being forgotten.
A little combination pad and tele-
DnOno ha
rectly to the instrument is a handy
contrivance. A thick pad covered
with leather has a spring holder at
the top which slips around the re-
! celver and holds the pad firmly in
place: Attached to brass rings on the
pad is set Of ruled cards with a
! thumb index arranged alphabetically
for the list of telephone numbers,
and on top of these. mounted on a
silk-covered board. is a little memo
randum pad containing. about 100
| sheets, with lead pencil in a little
| holder at the top. The memorandum
| sheets can be renewed. as the piece
of cardboard at the back fits into a
| slit in the silk covering.
1t is good thing to take with
you on a shopping tour some house,
| hold figures. measurements and so
on. In a notebook devote one page
| to the measurements of each member
of the family. On the first page put
your husbands measurements, such
as size of hat. shoes. collar. under
wear and other things. Devote an
| other page to your own measure
ments, and one each to the children.
Also write in the notebook your COM
plete house measurements. Give the
| floor space, the height, number and
size of the windows and doors and
! the color scheme Of each room, al
lowing a full page to each room.
| With this reference at hand many
| things can be bought which other
wise it would not be safe to buy on
| the chance that they might do for
something"
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wear is an excessively thin velvet: IL
might have been worn at one of those
sumptuous and ceremonial WEDDINGS
which were feature OF the itaiian
from under the influence Of the four
teenth century, but we continue 10
use the fabrics that were bought by
those eXtravagant and volatile women.
led by the Duchess of Milan. rms
thin velvet is one of them. The smart
French and Italian women will use it
for evening gowns on the Riviera.
We will make an attempt to do like
wise.
Yellow, mulberry. rose, pink. mauve
and French blue are the colors chosen
by women who insist upon getting
away from the conventional. Often
there are flowers attached. there are
garlands that drop from the shoulder
to the knees. or or maybe there o are
Morning glories with all their purple
coloringS are rivals to roses. They
swing downward over the figure on
their own vines. NaSturtiumS are used
whenever their vivid coloring per-
nits.
When black is chosen in this weave
of velvet there are two ways of building
it into an evening frock; one is the
draped Italian gown with it's slim,
straight bodice cut into an oval decol-
letage. and sleeveless; the other style
is Spanish with it's long bodice moulded
into the waist line and extending to the
hips; a full Spanish fiounce of black
thread lace caught with a colored rose
on one hip to form the skirt.
There is no novelty in the use of crepe
de chine for spring as there is fe1' thin
velvet but the dreSSmakerS are using it
as though it were something that the
public had just found.
In France it has been the national
fabric since the war ended. The Amer
leans who have gone to Paris to get in
spiration for new clothes have been con-
tinuously disappointed at the universal
use Of crepe de chine by women in every
class and for every hour of the day,
They have been disappointed also at the
persistence of the chemiSe frock without
an opening and with 4 girdle at the hips.
They must be even more disappointed
to realize that just when France is be-
ginning to discard the fabric and the
frock America is exploiting both with
enthusiasm That mixed Greco-ltalian
gown, with it's oval neck line. its long
armhole, it's sash at the hips, has been
in full force for the evening over here
for six weeks.
AS the season advances to it's full
strength one is astonished to see the
prevalence Of these gowns in the evening,
especially in brocaded crepe de chine.
white veivet AND metallic brocade. g.