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Bags and Purses
Outside Important
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or course purses and bags are nice
to carry money in. but the idea now
adays is to spend the money on the
purse n bag. n then put inside a
handkerchief, a powder puff and lip
stick.
AS a needed accessory to every
woman's outfit comes the handbag.
Size and shape has, a great deal to
do with their popularity as well as the
inevitable color and material. A
scarlet purse with a grey suit-every
one must have a grey sui or dress
and what coul better give the bright
note of Individuality. The envelope
shape of large dimention stands first
in popularity. and they are indeed CON
venient as they open out IA and
have many compartments. Quite a
change from. the handbag into ~i.ch
one dived SO frantically and so fruit
lessiy.
But the shape and size and colorinr
Of h French purses, has variety.
There arc case-like purses OF black
suede carrying a monogram, and
there are tiny evening bags elon-
gated in shape of colored silks and
satins. mounted on metal tops. And
tho fancy bags for afternoon and
evening wear are often studded. with
jewels and heavily embroidered in
metal threads.
For h wearer of the chic black
and white, especially designed purses
OF black MORE with silver or peal
trimmings is the rage.
So many women r handy with the
needle and h demand for the frames
and tops is growing rapidly. The
designer then takes either tapestry OF
sinEs heavily embroidered. sometimes
add beads or jewels and the result
is a bag. the finishing touch for any
costume.
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Club Convention
May Be the First
Week in October
Greybull woman's Club Pre-
pairing for State Meeting
to Be Held There

GREYBULL. Wye. June 1.-THE
social meeting Of the GreybuIi wom-
ans club was held at the home OF
Mrs. walter Fisk. There were about
40 present. The park commission re-
ported h old cabin. which the women
have worked SO hard to preserve. as
repaired. After 1t has boa suitably
furnished It viii make az ideal rest
room for visiting and home club
women.
Communications were received from
Mrs. Shaffer and Mrs. Engle. Sr.. and
were read with much interest. A let
ter from Mrs. Noble stated hat the
annual convention OF womnn's clubs
OF. the state. which this kyear holds
its sessions in Greybuil. probably will
be held the first week in October.
The afternoons program included a
piano selection by Mrs. Bunting. a
reading by Mrs. French, a duet by
Mrs Scott and Mrs. Engle, Jr., with
Mrs Hartzeil at the piano; a reading
by Gene Flockhart. a vocal solo by
Mrs. Ferry. a reading by Miss Warren.
and a vocal solo by Mrs. Walter Fisk.
The program was excellent in every
way and was greatly enjoyed. Re-
freshments were served
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by the Tin Plate King" when he
died at the Ritz In Paris in June. 1908.
This fortune. appraised by Wall street
in that year at s14. 900. 900. is o said
to have grown to $40. ooo. 900.
Mother and Son Marry.
After the death d; her husband,
Mrs. Leeds spent much of her time
abroad. courted. it need scarcely be
said. by dhsorent foreign noblemen.
She declared that she mad no inclina-
ton for an international marriage,
and would preserve her American citi-
zenship in order to bring up her son.
William B. Leeds. Jr., as an American.
Then followed the announcement of
her marriage. quickly succeeded by
that Of the engagement of her son to
Princess xenia. second daughter of
Grand Duchess Marie and niece of
King Constantine. The marriage will
take place in Athens in June.
Gains from the Vanderbilt excur-
sions into the realm OF high caste Eu-
ropean families have thus far cost the
Vanderbilt family about $50, 900, ooe.
The marriage OF ,consueio. daughter
OF William h. VANDERBILT and the
Duke OF Marlborough Occurred in 1895.
This was not a case of securities be-
ing made over to the bride and left
in the family security box. or It was
not wholly this. Millions In cash went
with the bridal pair when they sailed.
and more followed them. The actual
money was needed to rehabiiitate and
mainsain Bierh, i'm House. with its
prodigal cent of reconstruction and
its heavy annual expense roll. The
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X lts wyoming counterpart. Inc
principal difference is.thst while Jack
son virtually begged its lady officers
70 continue in office and tho ladies
graciopsly consented Harrietta at
tempted to Gust its lady officers. but
the ladies-somewhat ungraciously. 1t
Is feared-didn't take kindly to the
busting.
The women refused to turn over the
government to the men elected at the
regular spring election and on May rs.
a special election TO recall them was
held. A majority OF electors voted
for their recall. Now the village is
without a government of its own. US
county officials. headed by Probate
Judge Breen. are directing affairs
pending a special election to fill va
cancles Is held June 20.
The political row here started near
iy a year ago. Mrs. Minnie Southwick
was made president in 1919, All went
well for a time and Their the charge
was made that the council had de-
prived the village Of a new bridge be-
cause it had used the bridge funds 10
increase the salaries Of the officials.
The charge was denied.
In March. this year. Mrs. South
wick and her slate was r~enominated.
Her opposition named an opposing
ticket headed by John Evans as a
candidate for president. 1t is claimed
the Evans ticket won, As to Is,
at the spring election. The old coun-
Gil refused to confirm the new officsrs
because the poll book had been locked
in the ballot box and the Evans fac
ton could not prove its election.
Next came the recall election, at
which Mrs. Southwick and her group
were voted out OF office at the ratio
Of about 2 to /. Judge Breen has
called a special election to fill the va
cancies- Mrs. Southwick has ars
nounced h may run again. The end,
It seems, is not yet.
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things have been appointed As guard
ians of American civilization for n
generation. I beg you to ut yourselves
for YOU task. Do not survcy politics.
for progress Is politics. and politics is
progress. down in the valley where
the frogs are densest-ciimb up to
the political hiiltops where in the sun
light there Is a broader view. and
there learn q understand the soul
Of things"
Moral Courage Needed
Mrs Gait impressed upon her au-
dience the need for mor=. courage in
the world.
You are from here to take your
place as citizens in a land far ahead
OF most in religious and political
freedom-in the application Of the
principles OF democracy and in the
solution of those great problems
which now 20 sorely c the world.
she said.
Time was when graduates would
be congratulated upon so happy a
condition. and advised TO iive good
and honest lives. but hat was long
ago. The. world knows more now
and 1t expects more. A very great
Englishman. Bishop. Onge. the Dean
OF 81 FaulS recently said n thing
which most elders OF many nations
have been thinking:
" I have not viewed the genera
ton OF which 1 IA been a part as a
particularly Easy or victorious one.
but I confess that I look forward with
great anxiety to the journey through
life which my children Will have to
make, and why? Because after every
war their Is moral unrest and crime.
disturbed financial and business con-
ditions, high cost of living and oppres-
sive taxation. but what is sadder than
all, there Is an unconstructive radi-
calism threatening revolution at one
extreme and a corresponding narrow
conservatism at the other. which re.
suits in creating a general reaction
in thought and pessfmism in political
conduct The greater the war. h
heavier the weight of the wars after
math.' You. the youth of today. are
they who must lea through his
slough of respond to higher planes
and do 1t without allowing the flag
of progress to drop or falter. The
world needs leaders OF great moral
courage as it never needed them be-
fore"
, 1921-06-19
ONLY FOOD FOR MEALS
PRICES NO LONGER SKY-HIGH
Person of Moderate Wealth Can Now Eat at Biggest New
York Hotels and Still Have Carfare Left-Prohibition
Hcs Made Big Difference

Just what It costs to eat. drink and
be merry in New York these days
may be passed by as a subject fit
only for debate, but it can be stated
with a full measure of tut tina lust
TO I'M be more or less mirthfui
doesn't give h purse such a terrific
Jolt as might be imagined.
Il had dinner at the Ritz in New
York the other night; 1t cost me $40
for a party Of three but it was worth
It," the smoking compartment liar
volunteered on a westbound train.
1t can't be done. In these days of
prohibition it requires ingenuity TO
spend SO on a meal in the highest
priced cafes in the city without hiring
special orchestra or baking the table
with orchids. Dining at any CT them
costs very little more than at a good
hotel in the west.
A reporter recently made the ROUNDS
of the Ambassador. Ritz. RaIt,mo,,e
Plaza, Deimonico's Waldorf and other
famous restaurants this week. These
are some OF the things he found. An
elaborate seven-course dinner at the
Ritz, including tips, would cost 81
per person. a similar eight-course din
e at the Plaza about $3.50. and a
five-cours luncheon at the st. Regis
about $3.50. The most expensive item
on any bill was a pheasant at Sc.
Ind that enough for two. The high
est priced items in a variety sufficient
for the hungriest man would not total
$40 Entrees were fairly numerous at
from SO cents to s1.5o. including the
piebian pork and beans at the former
price But the ancient and honorable
firm OF ham and eggs was nowhere in
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sum OF $4,000. 900 was spent in build
ing Sutherland House in London.
These amounts We're in addition to
the dot of the bride, said to be s12,-
600, 600.
Gladys Vanderbilt. a daughter of
Cornelius and a cousin OF the Ouch
ess of Marlborough. married three
years later a member fd the Hungar-
ian feudal nobility. Count Laslo SEE
chenyi; her fortune ain her own
right was s12 900. 900 but the precise
sum which figured in the settlements
was not known except to the parties
TO the transaction. When Cornelius
Vanderbilt died in 1899. he left IA
fortune rominaiiy reaching 500. ooo,-
600. Its actual proportions were much
greater.
A fortune similar in amount to that
of the Vanderbilt brides was taken
to England by the widow OF Marshall
o. Roberts. who married Ralph o.
Vivian. And in 1895. Anna Could. n
daughter of Jay Gould. married in
New York at the house o. her brother.
George. che Count de Casteiiaus, the
wedding settlements giving him con-
jugal rights over $40, 900 900. He had
a royal time spending the money for
II years. when his wife obtained a
divorce from him and married his cou-
sin. the Prince de Sagan.
In 1908, May Goelet. a daughter OF
Ogden Goelet. married the Duke OF
Roxburghe: her share of the millions
of. the family. said to be next to the
Astors. the largest owners of real
estate in New York City, was at that
time Get at SIS ooo.o 0o.
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evidence and only one hotel, the Goth
am. listed so proletarian a dish as fried
potatoes. All the higher class cafes
havs abandoned French and plain
English on their menu cards.
One menu bore in black capital let
tiers at the head of the card the item.
champagne cups IS a quart" This is
a figure at which a good vintage wine
used to sell. but champagne Cups"
Is merely an Imported sparkling grape
juice. II New Workers. can no longer
get champagne at their cafes they at
least are privileged to pay the price
and use their imaesnstions.
Cantelope costs 81, corn on the cob
so cents a cob. watermelons so cents,
new asparagus s1.25. Strawberries 81,
and pie As cents at a Fifth avenue
caravansary these late May days
The eight-couTse dinner at the
Plaza at $3.50 might read this way:
Hors d'oeuvres varies.
Chicken gumbo SOUP.
Supreme of duckiing a Ia ste-ry-
New peas.
kuroki salad.
Fresh strawberry ice cream with
French pastry.
Cheese and biscuits.
Deni tassc.
The s~even-course dinner at the Ritz
oak room at 81 might read as fol-
lows:
Blue Point oysters.
Green turtle soup.
saimis a partridge royal or porter
house steak.
New asparagus.
Honeydew melon.
Cheese nj biscuits-
Demi tasse,
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Dowries Would Pay for a Fair Sized War
American Heiresses Pay High for Titles

More than a billion dollars has gone
out of the United States as marriage
settlements of American girls in the
last IS a International marriages
involving any degree of fortune al
ways mean o marriage settlement
Attention la been focused on the
Leeds fortune, which is now buttress-
ing. II not Importing. the throne OF
Greece. Princess Anastasia, the for
mer Mrs. William Bateman Leeds, was
left in control OF his fortune except
for a legacy providing for their son
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Understood
Gentle Art
Of Dressing
Women of the Early Days of the
Republic Made Many of Their
Beautiful Gowns-Mrs. Wash
inston Was Simple in Taste

The presence in Washington of the
board OF regents Of Mount Vernon
and h biennial council of the Ma
tional Society of = .loniai Danes dur
ing the week served to emphasize that
these women had as ancestors in CO.
lonial periods women who understood
the gentle art of dressing as few un-
aerstand today.
The priceless gowns. treasured In
cedar chests for generations. tell
tales of and Industry. They
are all h more precious because
many OF them were woven by the
households OF the women who wore
them They were truly American
made The first First Lady of the
Land. Mrs. George Washington, often
wore dresses woven at her busy
spinning wheels and looms.
Wears Simple Gown.
At n ball given in New Jersey In
her honor. Mrs. Washington is re-
corded to have worn "a simple rus.
set own and white handkerchief
about her neck thereby setting an
example, to the women OF the v
ton. who could Ill afford to spend
their time or means as lavishIy as
they might have desired. "On one oc-
CASTOR she gave the best proof OF her
success In domestic manufactures by
the exhibition of two OF her dresses.
which were made Of cotton, striped
with silk, which were woven from
the Rawlings OF brown silk stockir-s
and old crimson chair covers"
AS a general rule the first ladies' OF
all of the administrations have ad.
hered to American styles and ma.
terhis- Mrs. Wilson was the notable
exception. but she did not adopt the
Paris modes until her visit with h
president at the peace conference.
The Present First Lady.
1t IL q well known fact that All
Mrs Harding's gowns are made in
America. n the soft fabrics ana
delicate workmanship testify TO h
high quality to be obtained in this
country. Two OF her gowns which
have attracted attention lately arc the
dark blue and white foulard worn at
the unwilling of the memorial foun-
tain at Dupont circle and at the sec.
M of the White House garden
parties.
This latter gown was of soft gray
georgette crepe OF a heavy silk va
riety, draped over an underdress of
chiffon. The georgette crepe
heavily embroidered in s~elf-colored
and mauve beads was cut away up
to the knee to display the soft mauve
u~nderdress. and to form a back
ground for the four hanging snssels
of chenille beads and silk balls sus-
pended from a sash of the gray and
mauve with touches of Harding blue.
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Recognize Harm That Is Done by Gossip
Tacoma Women Pledge to Speak No Ill

sh. ICON COM wash; June l7-Gossip is responsible for thousands of
sIs eaVlns their homes and disappearing every year. the Tacoma
womsns Christian Temperance Union declared recently when it adopted
a piedge not to gossip n also requested other organizations of women
to adopt it. The pledge follows:
pledge ourselves not to repeat a n nj story about
young girl and II n woman seem DESTROYS to regain lost
respectahdlhy we promise to i'd hr by word and n every way
we can"
In asking other organizations OF women to endorse the pledge Mrs
Loia Moss secretary II the W C. T. u, declared American women are
than those IF other nations Women should show more charity
toward their sisters. she said
Several churches and wrmens organizations already have adopte
the pledge.
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Hand-M M e. Down Houses
Being Bought by Jap

CHEHALIS. Wash. June 17-Made-
toorder American houses are being
ais lumber concern. Some month
sold to Japanese IN Toxic by a Che
aso a Toxic physician ordered a 50. 200
house and since then two more orders
nave been received. Finest American
fixtures for the houses were ordered.
, 1921-06-19
Women Not Yet Freed From Century-Od
Conditions, Noted Suffrage Leader Declares
Mrs. Gait at University of Wyoming Commence
ment Asserts That Suffrage Has Not Estab-
lished Woman's Place in Politics-Advises
Graduates to Strive to Attain Vision

LARAMIE, wyo, June 1.-THE emancipation of women
from oldtime traditions was not completed by the extension
of the suffrage: The place of women in politics, the influence
they will WELD over the civilization and the welfare Of their
country and the world, is as yet an unknown factor. The
next fifty years will determine it."
This was the declaration of Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
leader of American women i'll their successful fight for ma
tional suffrage and now head Of the League of Woman Vot-
arc II the baccalaureate address which she delivered before
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- "a LIZ AAlAA4 u LaI
ton Is the old Dean tract on Gomez.
icut avenue hill 1t 10 probably the
last remaining estate OF EXTENSIVE
grounds in the region which has M,
yielded to tho uptown march OF bust.
ness and apartment hotels.
Mrs c. c. Calhoun. president OF tho
foundation. has described its objects IN
an address to its thirty founders, as
follows:
Cooperative Work.
Our purpose of a cooperative work
for humanity l heard a man say
that n tremendous dynamic force has
been liberated in the world by the
Acknowledgement OF women. that the
greatest statesmen would be the man
or woman who could use that force
to the best advantage and help to dl.
rect it, We are the mothers. wives
and sisters OF the race. the natural
housekeepcrs OF tho nation. and II
behooves VI to see that our house Is
put n order and kept clean. 1t Is
not purpose to try to direct the
policies of members OF foundation. but
as a body polite to give to the won.
en- Of all parties the opportunities to
study their respective platforms and
to realize Just what they have before
them now that they have taken up
ie duties o. citizenship. We must
study Americanism and try to bring
back the old simple standards and the
high ideals and to stand with a solid
front against the insidious propa-
ganda that Is endeavoring to disin-
teerafe US.
One OF the objects Of the founda-
ton is simply to invite clubs and
club members who desire to feel that
they have a club OF their own at the
nations capital. We are not going
to attempt to subordinate any club.
but h foundation will supplement
their work n add to 1t. In this cen.
trail club We shall have everything that
will be a convenience, including a
swimming pool and gymnasium. rest
rooms and = good restaurant. In face,
a club hotel which will provide the
greatest comforts at the most reasos;-
prices Remembers. II
Plans Tscater.
"Then we plan a theater or opera
house. Our auditorium will not In
any way interfere with the plans for
the George Washington memorial,
which Is to be the much-needed con-
vention hall with space for patriotic
societies headquarters. We shall
have. also an open air auditorium or
sylvan theater."
1t is the purpose to establish .centers
or branches OF the foundation in
every part ofthe country SO tina the
most remote village or farmhouse
may have a proprietary interest in
the club or clubs in Warrington.
There will be a board OF forty gov
ernors with the president, six vice
presidents and IN executive commit
tee to direct the work of the organi-
cation. The vice presidents includt
Mrs Stephen B. Elkins. Mrs. James
Carroll Frazier and Mrs. John Hayes
Hammond.
, 1921-06-19
Women Officers Recalled
In Michigan Town Election
Unlike Wyoming Town, Michigan Village Fails
To Score Success Through Conduct of Affairs
By Women Dissatisfaction Squabble Puts
Town Temporarily Without Local Government

MARIETTA, Mich, June 17-Jackson, Wyo, is said to
have a wonans government that is working so we'll that
when election time came around this spring the ladies were
returned to office almost without a dissenting vote. Har-
which women predominate-but it isn't working out at all
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The bodice displayed very heavy EN-
broidery and was u with a round
neck and elbow sleeves. Mrs. Hard
irg's hat was soft gray with an c
circiing mauve ostrich feather. A
handsome sable scarf and gray suede
ties completed the costume.
, 1921-06-19
National Woman Center To
Be Founded In Washington
Being Organized to Bring About Cooperation
Among Women's Clubs of Country-To Build
Home on 5 ,50o.0OO Tract-Planned to Locate
Local Centers Throughout the Country

WASHINGTON. June 1.-THE woman's Nationa.
foundation, recently organized here as a means to focus tbe
interests of the women of the country in cooperation with
women's organizations has bought a million dollar tract of
land in the heart of the Connecticut avenue residential dis
trict and plans to erect buildings costing about $500. 0n0.
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Set on Thy lsixhtng lips. shah make thee glad:
A poor man served BY thee. shall make thee
A siek man helped by thee. shan mako ,hos
strong.
Thou shzit Be served thyself by every sense
OF service which thou rcndcrest
Elizabeth Browning.
, 1921-06-19

Formal protest against young girl
teachers wearing too short skirts has
been made by the district superintend-
ents in New York.
, 1921-06-19

Give me my tfrhe Of strength TO walk the way.
BY work. and not by tnkiins piatitudes. to show
A s<eedfAstness that growing day by day.
Helps others. and the innersme. 10 grow
A sturdy WI. before my courses Is run.
To sec beyond the shadovtnsL the SUN;
Cincinnati TfmesSar.
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apr13d1t

problems and the increasing number
of cases entitled to government as
sistance, two-thirds of the total
number of Red Cross chapters in the
country are maintaining work for the
ex-service man as a major activity
in their peace time program.
During 1920 chapters expended
S3.166,000 for the relief of these men
and their families. Virtually every
man who is given medical treatment
or vocational training by the gov
eminent comes into direct contact
with the Red Cross. financial <aid.
care for his family, clothing and 9TH
err needs being supplied until COM
pensation begins or until he can be-
come self supporting.
The Red Cross has appropriated
$4,000 to be used as loan fund
exclusively for men who have been
accepted for vocational training. un-
til they begin to receive maintenance
pay from the government.
A special appropriation Of $4,000
for medical assistance hassbeen made
for these men and will be available
after June 30 next. .J-,
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Fridays Wedding.

It is not often that Augusta has
the privilege of attending the we'd
ding of a Princess. Next Friday
evenings event at the Penney Me-
mortal church is attracting the at
tention of young and old. Decora-
tors are busy, florists and dressmak-
ers are working overtime, the we'd
ding cake is being made, guests are
beginning to arrive and everything
points to large crowd to witness
this pretty and novel entertainment.
Cards of admission are still obtain
able at Fletcher's pharmacy or from
children of the church Sunday
school The price. Sac, includes re-
freshments as we'll as admission to
both the wedding and reception
which follows.-Adv.
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RED CROSS NOTES

A recent number of the Stars and
Stripes, the American Legion Week.
ly, gives detailed account of what
the Red Cross has done, is doing and
is going to do for the veterans of the
World War. Here are some of the
most important. things among them:
The Red Cross is now spending
annually s9,60o.0o0 for ex-service
men alone. More than s2.600.00 of
this amount is disbursed from Ma
tional Red Cross headquarters and
the remainder, about 100000 is
distributed through the local chap
tiers.
During the year 1920 more than
100000 service claims were handled
either through the chapters or
through the headquarters.
Because of the size of the soldier