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The Colorado statesman., 1921-11-12

einphatcnlly. Inolesiin. Novelty furs
are stressed this season. singly and in
combination.
For elegance personiiied. the mole
siawl-cape portrayed herewith has no
superior It Is n decided innovation.
suggesting shawl topped with II
columinous cape-collar, and ii has
silver lining" At each move Of
nindy. enhancing glimpses of gray
METAL brocade of regal quality are re-
iealed.
Speaking of moleskin, the tempta-
ion is to digress from the subject of
fur wraps long enough to tell OF the
'unning moleskin envelope pocketbooli
anyone can make who Is clever with
The needle Join tiny places of mole,
The Colorado statesman., 1921-11-12

sian blouse effects are noted, metal
girdles. or enhancing interwcavings
of gay-colored patent leather. encircle
not the waist line, but the hip line.
Which means that low waist effects
TO the point of exaggeration, ure ap.
proved.
Regarding fabrics. it gladd-ns the
heart of us to know that our early
love. broadcloth is reinstnted in the
favor of best designers both in this
country and in Paris. The list of cor
rect fabrics includes duvetyn, marvel
Ia. English tweed. wool velours,
polret twill and tricotine. Soft, deep
piled fabrics dominate.
Among the novelties, cire (waxed)
braid Is favorite. The suit illus
The Colorado statesman., 1921-11-12
wv It'll the tnng of autumn In the

WV ITH the tnng Of autumn In the
w air, study In the lighter furs
Is most npropos. Later comes
the heavier fur coat. Leading up
10 its entree, designers have been Civ
ng much thought to the evolving of
iur wraps to span the Interim be-
tween early autumn and slelghbell
time.
Judging from the Sumpiuous fur
displays In fasl:ion centers. the prob
lem is solved. The answer Is ador-
able fur capelets and shawl-like wraps
mnde of most unusunl peltry, such ns
American broadtail In taupe, black or
brown, caramel-colored caracul. un-
spotted ermine, gray squirrel, krlm-
mer. astrakhan, Persian lamb and most
The Colorado statesman., 1921-11-12

shaping same just like large en-
yelope. Insert heavy satin gussets at
rhe side. Line with brilliant SILK
ard sew clip on the flap.
To return to our subject: Long
stoIes or scarfs Of kolinsky or Japan
ese sable, the latter being the orig
A.aI of the subject of our illustration.
are Il vogue de luxe. Such a wrap Is
admirable for real service with
tailored suit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-03-26
Dorothy Dix TdHs
NJ DOROTHY DIX
Dreams

OFeau6-l.
A young woman asks me If believe
in dreams.
She says that she has had a hard
life. That she comes from a home of
strife and discord, from which the
children were thrust to make their
own way, like birds from q nest. That
she is poor and has to earn her own
living, and that she doesn't make
much money, for she isn't clever at
her work, but she is content for half
the time she hardly knows what she is
doing because she is dreaming that
some rich old couple will happen along
and adopt her and carry her off to
home of splendor where they will pet
and indulge her. Or else that hand
some and dashing young millionaire
will fall in love with her at first sight
and marry her. and she will flaunt
around in 1imousines forever after.
Certainly I believe in dreams. But
not in pipe dreams of the kind in
which this young womap is INDUCING
herself. There are dreams that are
prophetic dreams, and there are
dreams that are creeping paralysis.
There are dreams that end in achieve
ment, and dreams that end in death.
Almost every great thing that has
been done in the world is the realiza-
ton of a dream. Columbus dreamed
that the world was round. Fulton
dreamed of a boat moved by the power
of steam. Morse dreamed of sending
a message across the continent by
wire. Edison dreamed of reproduce
ing the human voice SO that the world
may still listen to great singer a
hundred years after his body is dust
and ashes. The great railroad build
ers who have linked the world together
with iron bands. the great financiers
who have built up huge industries, all
have been dreamerS
T But these people did not sit down
and fold their hands and spend their
time in a trance, imagining that the
thing they wanted would come to them
on wings. They rolled up their sleeves
and went to work to make their
dreams come true. The realization of
their vision was the result of no mira
Gle. 1t came thru untiring labor, and
sweat. and self-denial and grit.
Those are the kinds of dreams be-
lieve in, not the sleeping sickness kind
of dreams that never get you beyond
lying on your back in the sun, and
thinking how nice it would be If q
luscious peach would drop in your
mouth.
And the chief trouble with women
is that they have never learned how
to dream dreams. They are afflicted
with the dope-dream habit. and they
spend So much of their energy in
building castles in Spain that they
have none to use in erecting real
house of life.
One of the reasons that men sue
coed so much oftener in life than
women do. is because they realize
that they have got to be their own
little soothsayers and interpret their
own dreams in terms of effort, where
as women still look for the supernatu-
raj to happen to them, and the thing
they want to fall into their laps just
because they want it. 1t is women
who are the chief followers of those
cults that teach them we can get the
things we desire most by simply will
ing them to come to US instead of
working for them.
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Dinner Stories

Adam Handy and his wife live in
the country because they love it; also
because Mr.. Handy is a gardener and
an enthusiast in that useful art.
Feeling that winter was almost over
and with his hands itching for his
gardening tools, Mr.. Handy painted a
sign announcing his name and occupa-
ton and nailed it in front of his house.
He got results, for Adam is a good
gardener and reliable, but he won
dered why his callers laughed so much
before they talked business.
To all the world but Adam the rea-
son was plain, for he had ignored the
rules of spacing in his sign, which
when complete read:
A dam Handy Gardener"
'Sir." said a fierce lawyer. do you,
on your solemn oath. declare that this
is not your handwriting7"
IT believe not" was the cool reply.
Does it resemble your handwrit-
ing?"
Yes. sir: I think 1t DON'T
do you swear that it does not re-
semble your handwriting?"
Yes, do"
"You take your solemn oath this
writing does not resemble yours in
a single letter."
Yes, SIR
Now. how do you know that?"
"Are you able to answer all of the
teachers questions?"
The only time 1 missed was last
Tuesday"
why did you miss last Tuesday,"
1.-THE boy behind me stayed at
home"
What are you studying now?"
Astronomy, or, in other words,
heavenly bodies
what becomes of the stars in the
day tiWe2''
Most of them sleep until noon"
How many ladders would it take
to reach from here to the moon?"
zone ladder IL it's long enough"
''Is the world round ?''
mo, sir"
rs it square,"
NO, sir"
sTf the world is neither round nor
square. then what is it,"
Crooked"
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A BUmDING CAMPAIGN.

A vigor 1us national campaign to
start building operations in all COM
munities was launched in Chicago re-
Gently at a series of meetings ar
ranged by the National Federation of
Construction Industries. Those at
tending the meetings included repre-
sentatives of construction material in
dustries. producers and manufacture
ers, contractors, architects, engineers,
real estate men, representatives of
chambers of commerce In many cities,
and others who are interested either
in Industries connected with building,
or in helping to stir up activity in
construction.
The resolutions passed were con-
fined to the basic principles upon
which it is hoped to bring about a re-
vival of building. In the preamble It
is pointed out that the public is suf-
fering for lack of homes, schools, hos
pitfalls and other structures, and that
many industries are affected by this
situation. New construction, it is as
serted. is discouraged by the fear that
there may be further price reductions,
and because of the lack of stability.
1t was developed in the conference
that current costs of materials arc
I still high; that labor costs have not
been properly adjusted; that relations
between employer and employe have
not been sufficiently stabilized, and
that there has not been sufficient
promptness in deflation Of prices of
building materials.
1t was resolved that it is necessary
TO a revival of the building industry
that the public be fully informed re-
garding the true costs of building ma
terials, and that the manufacturers
prepare statements along this line
Producers are also to be asked to take
still further defiation where possible.
Contractors, builders and employees
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popular now. but on the whole, the old
melodies. are crowding back to life.
New York hurdy-gurdies have rein
stated Rosy O'Grady" in their repe-
toire, and copies of My Sweetheart's
the Man in the Moon" were recently
on sale in Broadway music store.
While the new songs recently put on
the market ara not quite as senti-
mental as the old ones, they are of
the same sort of plaintive refrain.
They are not, however, as good. The
writers themselves admit it. They
cannot compete with the song-writeSs
Of the 1S90-19o0 period, they claim,
because they live in an entirely diff
ferent period, which should and gen.
orally does, demand an altogether diff
ferent type of song. They have not,
unfortunately, suffered the same reac-
ton toward conservatism as has the
song-buying public. and their inclina-
ton is to go on writing lyrics of a
brisk, snappy and often broad quality
Meanwhile they pray that the re-
formers will not take advantage of the
public's present receptive mood, and
legisiate out of existence all but per
manently purified songs.
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Questions-Answers

Q. Which is the leading agricultural
state in the United States IL. ii.
A. Texas, Iowa and Illinois, rank In the
order given with regard to the value of
all crops for 1920.
@. What is Germary's religion ?-J. W.
A. The state religion of German is Luth-
eran. Central Germany is largely Protest
ant, the Rhine and Danube portions being
Roman catholic. Germany Is about 81 per
cent Protestant, and 30 per cent Catholic
,,e y; what Vas , the first temperance
A; The pledge of the first Temperance
Society in 1905 was: mo member shall
drink rum, gin. whisky, or any distilled
spirits or composition of the same or any of
them, except by the ndvice of a physician
or In case of actual disease, also except nj
public dinners, under penalty of % cents
provided that this article shall not in
fringe or any religious rite; no members
shAll be intoxicated under n penalty of 50
cents: and no member shall offer any OF
the above liquors to any person to drink
thereof under penalty Of rs cents for each
tAny reader can get the answer TO anv
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Journal Information bureau, Frederic j.
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LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK

The Park Ave. News

Weather. Continued from last week.
Financial News. Pubs SiInkins went
to Smits meet store on a errand last
Wensday and Mr.. Smit gave him
cents too mulch change. and Pubs was
still standing there wondering weather
1t was his by rites or weather he awt
to give it back out of honesty, wen
Mr.. Smit found out wat he had did
and took back the cents without
waiting for Pubs to decide.
Skool Notes. Persey Viewer got
kepp hour after skool last Wensday
on account of Sid Hunt soaking him
gritty, Miss Kitty jest heering wat sect
the Explosion came from without ask
ing eny questions.
Pome by Skinny Martin
The End of a Perfeck Candle
lit a candle one Thersday eve
1t was bewtifill, long and thick.
But hours later / could ony perceive
A little black hunk of a wick.
Beware of Crime Waves. Get your
frunt door insured, We will try the
door mob every 2 hours to see if its
locked, and if its not we will ring
your bell and ask you If you know it.
Rates, one cent day, cents a week.
8 cents a munth. 16 cents a yeer. The
Ed Wernick and Lew Davis Frunt
Door Insurants Co. advertisement
Intristing Facks About Intristing
People. Sam Cross has a ambition to
be handy man GROUND the house.
ony he says every time he goes to get
things out of his tool chest to fix
something his mother always genrelly
has 1t fixed allreddy with hair pin.
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Stockmen are asking for an en-
barge against importations OF meat.
But how about the millions of persons
in this country who eat meat? Aren't
they entitled to consideration IN the
way of an unrestricted market in which
they may buy? Also, it. is asked that
the embargo extend to hides. Is IL
MANNED that the people shall con-
tinue to pay war prices for shoesF
Besides, when an embargo Shas been
placed on imports, how will Ameri-
can producers find a market for their
surplus product 1t is certain that
foreigners cannot buy from us unless
they can sell to us. They must pay
in goods or not at all. We already
have nearly all their money. An en-
aargo is worse than a tariff because
it brings no revenue. Either Is ef-
fective in raising the price TO the
American consumer.
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are to be asked to take steps that will
ing industry. to see that methods are
improved, that waste be averted and
that overhead expenses be reduced.
Financial institutions are also asked
to make provisions to aid in financing
projects, and savings banks are asked
to purchase mortgages.
But the federation appears to have
overlooked the chief factor in the stu
alton which is the prohibitive freight
rates. Until these have been reduced,
building will lag, rents will remain
high and wages cannot come down to
any considerable extent.
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George Matthew Adams
Daily Talk
A DOG.

A DOG.
We met one day. as a dog and man
sometimes will. 1 guess he was little
lonely, for he looked up quickly at
my word and sort of snapped his
eyes in acknowledgment trotting just
little faster to keep up.
Then he wagged his tail!
That was his way of talking. We
came to lovely tree and we both sat
down. 1 told him all about my day,
described a few of my dreams and out
lined many of my plans. He was all
intent, and his little half-bark and the
tossing of his nose were but his way
of saying to go on-and tell me some
more"
Then he wagged his tail!
The breeze was blowing softly about
us. There was the fragrance of rare
perfume from natures own labora-
tories. And there was movement
everywhere as each separate item of
the air and earth told its own story
of existence. 1 asked my dog friend
if he understood these evidences of
mans right to the earth and its gifts.
Somehow he couldn't find words to
express what he thought, But
Then he wagged his tall
We talked of books, of men and
women, of discoveries, of inventions, OF
the way we had lived and hadn't lived.
of children, of babies, of trees for
which we have such fondness, of art
and the sciences, of many of the mys-
teries and unknowns in the world, OF
those who had passed from our life
some never to return, or the splendid
ness of aspirations which even the
poorest may know if he will And
my dumb friend-who was only dumb
in pression-answered- in a
dozen languages and in score OF
mannerisrns that meant more to me
than the most finished tongue.
Then he wagged his tail,
I have often wished that many of
those whom I have met from time to
time might have the understanding
and heart that some dogs have 1
have tho light how wonderful it would
be if they could just have the under
standing that the tail of a dog has!
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Man." he had once said, and I had
replied:
II will when your book makes your
fortune
Now I fancied he felt differently
about using the money 1 banked in our
joint account. He had grown almost
misery as far as his own expendi-
lures were concerned. 1t hurt me
dreadfully, and also put the thought
in my mind that now he had ceased to
love me he felt degraded ms using my
earnings.
But I comforted myself that the
book was nearly finished. Juanita
would soon have no excuse to come
SO often to the study.
I had forgotten that love always
finds way.
Go be continued).
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HEART AND BEAUTY
PROBLEMS
Ell MRS. ELIZABETH THOMPSON.

STELLA: You ere asking the i'm
possible when you want friends in
vicinity where there are no young peo-
pie. My only suggestion is to find
work elsewhere. 1t seems to me YOU
are throwing away your life to remain
where you are and where you 1--we
only monotony instead of experience in
life.
take to interfere with your romance,
If the boy was all that you thought
him to be. You are very young, how
ever, and if you live where there are
other young people, there is no reason
why you will not have many friends
and many happy times.
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ON SECOND THOUGHT
BY JAY =. HOUSE.
SFron Philadslphta Public Ledsss.l
Box office Adventures-In.

Box Office Adventures-Iu.
Those who followed the course of
our luckless efforts to induce the For
rest theater management to sell us two
good seats to a performance of Err
mimic may be interested in the sequel.
office, we reluctantly decided to aban-
don all efforts to see the show. We
lacked the courage to face again the
more or less urbane dispenser of the
pasteboards. But Adelaide is less
easily daunted. She had made up her
mind to see "Erminie," and with cour-
age born of that desire stormed the
box-office on her own account. She
emerged with colors flying. For
while the box-office attendant was dis
interested and noncommunicative, Ade-
laide persisted and finally persuaded
him to sell her two tickets in the tenth
row for Monday evenings perform
ance.
We assumed from the extreme diff
ficulty in securing tickets that the
house would be packed, but when we
reached the theater we found it only
half filled downstairs. Upstairs the
attendance was even lighter. When
Adelaide purchased the tickets on
Wednesday of last week she asked for
seats as far down front as were at
that time available. She received
seats in the tenth row. On Monday
night we counted more than twenty
seats in front of the tenth row which
were unsold and unoccupied.
"Erminie' in the day of its recru-
descence is a good show. exceedingly
we'll acted and delightfully."- sung. 1t
is also a good story. The attendance
Monday night indicates that the thea
ter and management could have used
the column of friendly publicity we
had planned to write had we. as a
cash customer, been accorded courte-
4re9-, fv,,a pf of "a hnv-nffioa
We have been giving Philadelphia
theaters some criticism which is not
altogether friendly. But there is moth
ing personal about it. We want moth
ing from the theaters. We believe the
average theatergoer-the one who has
attention from theatrical management.
We don't believe he should be COM
PEELED to go to a ticket, agency and
pay an advanced rate in order to Sc
cure good seats. We may not be able
to change this situation. Probably we
way. But we intend to keep pecking
away at it. You never can tell.
The telegraph notes the fact that
Clara Smith Hamon has number of
offers from the motion picture i'm
presarios. We are not overly enthusi-
astic about the motion picture art, but
we give it's projectors credit for one
thing: they know what the public
wants.
As we understand him. Mr.. Wayne
B. Wheeler isn't trying to dictate the
appointment of collector of internal
revenue. He merely called on Presi-
dent Harding to give him the names
of the men the Anti-Saloon league
won't stand for.
Mr.. Wheeler's attitude, IL we cor
rectlv interpret it, is that any man
President Harding selects for collector
of internal revenue will be satisfa Glory
so long as the Anti-Saloon league in
dorses him.
The proposition to trade with the
BoIshevists leaves the column, cold.
The Bolshev;sts haven't anything we
want.
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Anti-fly literature is beginning to
make its annual appearance and we
are reminded that the unusually mild
winter presages a season tn. t will be
favorable to the develo. rnent of the
house fly swarms which are such
active agents in the spread of disease
germs. The Easter house fly is said
to be more deadly than other flies.
1t isN the progenitor of many billion
swarms. To kill just one Easter fly
now means that there will be fewer
billions to kill this summer. If you
don't kill it now you are endangering
the life of your babies and yourselves.
The danger threatened by the germs
of the new tangled diseases that may
be brought by the thousands of i'm
migrants now coming to our shore IS
a menace that demands our greatest
vigilance. and the flyNcan be depended
on to see that a widespread distribu-
ton of the germs is made when they
arrive. The fly is busy and undis-
eliminating germ carrier and medical
science places him in the same cate
CORY with the Misunderstanding mos
quito. the plague-carrying rat and the
typhus-carrying louise. CHASING him as
an enemy of mankind, and putting
him at the head of the list.
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band. Perhaps we ought to have
told them at the end"
II don't think so.' said Betty
thoughtfuIly. I'VE will surely never
see any of them again. And I really
think they almost enjoy being
shockedi'
And she was right. 1t had been the
most wonderful summer of their lives
for the Rocking Chair Brigade.
Copyright, 1921, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
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In retaliation for the enactment of
Ianti-alien land laws. by Pacific coast
states, it is reported that Japan is
about to exclude American mission
aries from her territory. But this will
work no serious hardship on the mis-
sionary. Other fields Of endeavor are
open to him. He might even find
profitable employment in his line of
work at home.