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Middletown transcript., 1921-10-29

lessness that bordered on insanity.
When the indicator showed eighty
pounds of steam he came up on deck
and discovered Mr.. Gibney walking
solemnly round and round the little
capstan up forward. It was creaking
and groaning dismally. Captain
Scraggs thrust his engine room torch
above his head to light the scene and
gazed upon his navigating officer In
blank amazement.
"What foolishness is this, Gib?" he
demanded. "Are you clean daffy, do
in 4 barn dance around that rusty
capstan, maxim a noise fit to frighten
the fish?"
''Not much" came the laconic re-
ply. 'I'm a smart man. I'm raisin'
both anchors"
"Well, all I got to remark is that 1t
takes smart man to raise both an
chors when we only got one anchor
to our blessed name. An with that
anchor safe on the fo'castle head, /,
for one, can't see no sense in raisin'
it."
"You tarnation jackass!" sighed
Gibney. "You forget who we are.
Do you s'pose the steamer Yankee
Prince can lay on the beach all night
with 10th anchors out, an then be got
ready to tow off in three shakes Of a
lambs tail? 1t takes noise to get up
two anchors-so I'm maxim all the
noise I can. Got any steam"
Eighty pounds" Scraggs confessed.
Having for the moment forgotten his
identity, he was confused in the pres
ence of the superior intelligence Of his
navigating officer.
run aft, then, Scraggs, an turn
that cargo winch over to beat the
band until I tell you to stop. With
the drum runnin' free she'll make noise
enough for a winch three times her
size, but you might give the necessary
yells to make it more lifelike."
Captain Scraggs fled to the winch.
At the end of five minutes, Mr.. Gibney
appeared and bade him desist. Then,
turning his improvised megaphone sea-
ward he addressed an imaginary
mate: "Mr. Thompson, have you got
your port anchor up?"
Scraggs took the cue Immediately.
"All clear forward, SIR" he piped.
"Send the bosun ford an heave the
lead, Mr.. Thompson"
Every well, sir"
Here The Squarehead, who had been
enjoying the unique situation immense
ly, decided to take a hand. Presently,
in sing-song cadence, he was reporting
the depth of water alongside.
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Garment May Be Easily Developed by
the Family Dressmaker-many
Ways to Finish.

One Of the easiest tasks to which
the home dressmaker can turn her
hand is the making Of petticoats.
"Roughly. estimated" as builders say,
two widths of 31-inch silk Joined to-
gether at each side and narrowed on
a little toward the waist make an ex-
cellent little petticoat for ordinary pur-
noses and, to insure perfect fitting, the
front should be slightly scooped out at
the waist, and then the whole thing
run onto an elastic band. There are
many ways in which these petticoats
may be finished; an accordion-plaited
frill from twelve to fourteen inches
deep gives freedom for walking, or
three small killed frills make very
good finish, and there are many shops
today which do killing, accordion
plating, picot edging and hem-stitch-
ing. Another pretty way Of making a
petticoat is to cut the hem into large
scallops and edge them round with a
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COMMON SENSE IN CLOTHES
Wise Women Will Hold Fast to Better
Judgment and Sense Of Fitness
Of Things. :

When fashion shows q decided rev.
olutionary tendency and nothing seems
to be quite as it was before, the wise
woman holds fast to her common sense
and her sense of the fitness Of things,
and makes long and careful surveys
Of herself in the mirror, seeing not
the 1.-the beautiful manneQuin in the
hat or frock, but herself. 1t is pain
fully easy to idealize ones own figure
or face, and to get into the frame OF
mind that, because q fashion is smart
on these beautiful creatures who are
selected for just that purpose, they are
going to be smart on Mrs. Smith, Jones
or Brown.
Errors of judgment, as applied to
the selection of ones clothes are cost
ly, for no sensible woman can be ex-
pected to wear with pleasure model
which has turned out to be sar-
torial error. 1t being part Of every
woman's duty at oil times to appear
at her best, she may be excused If
she balks at wearing what she has
purchased in the blind belief that be-
cause it was good OH some other wom-
an it would be good on her. Even If
the money-bag has very tight string
around its opening, it is often posi-
BILE to remodel these errors If one
cannot discard them.
If the color is at fault, there are,
fortunately, excellent dyers who can
remedy that defect, and since 1t is
prophesied by some wiseacres that 60
per cent of the women of America will
wear black this winter, and since
black, fortunately, is possible for most
types, the question Of color need not
raise any problem. But it Is so much
easier to guard against mistakes than
rectify them afterward.
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Do Hicks and Flaherty col
lect? Watch for next weeks
doings.
(TO BE CONTINUED1
"SMALL TALK" IS IMPORTANT
Well Worth cuItivating by Those to
Whom Its Possession Has
Been Denied.

The man who is a failure at small
talk never quite hears what the girl
he is talking to has to say. He is
trying to think what he is going to say
next, so of course he cannot fail to
misunderstood what the girl he is talk
ing to says. He is needless, abstract
ed, worried and has way Of listening
to the conversation OF others rather
than to those at hand.
The girl whom men regard as a
good talker is always ready with
laugh, and the girl who laughs well Is
always popular. One can excuse the
girl who giggles if she giggles In a
way that makes others merry and
seems to tell those with whom she
talks that they are entertaining her
immensely, that their stories are DELI
ciously funny-though they may be
very stupid-and that on the whole
she is enjoying herself and her conf
panions enormously.
"How should a man start the con-
versation at a dancer" is a frequent
query. There are 1000 ways and al
most any way is a good way provid-
ing it is prompt and whole minutes OF
agonizing silence do not slip before
anything is said. Little personal re-
marks that are not impertinent are
sure to win a girls attention.
Il was impatient for this dance"
says the popular man to the girl
dressed in old rose, whom he has met
for the first time that night, because
l always find that get along famous
ly with girls that wear pink. l can
tell a lot about a girl by the colors she
likes to wear"
The man who never seems to know
what to say to a woman would say
something like this: II knew had
this dance with a girl in pink, but
there are so many girls in pink here,
and they all look alike to me so l was
afraid l would ask the wrong girl"
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HApple.Pie Order"

Few persons take time to trace ex-
pressions they use every day. When
thing is in "apple-pie order," for
example, you mean, of course, that it
is clean and neat and generally every
thing that it should be. The express
sion originated under somewhat differ
ent circumstances, observes the New
York Sun.
"Apple-pie order" is an old New
England phrase, and is well grounded
in the blue laws of several centuries
ago. Formerly the New England
housewife did little work on Sunday
and among the many things she didn't
do was baking. Everything Of that
nature was finished Saturday night.
When the baking was done all the
pies and cakes were ranged in a row
on the kitchen shelf. With the flour
still on her hands and apron, the good
housewife would come out with
smile on her face ready for the Sab
bath. Everything was in "apple-p pie
order"
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now en- just as soon as the tide is at
the flood she'll drive further up the
beach an fall apart"
perhaps McGuffey will have heart
enough to telephone into the city for
a tug
"Tain't scarcely probable, Scraggsy.
You abused him vile an threw lot
of fodder at him."
Il wish I'd been took with paralysis
hrst," Scraggs walled bitterly. "You'd
best jump ashore, Glib, an phone in.
We're just below the Cliff house and
you can run up to one O. them beach
resorts an phone in to the Red Stack
Tug Boat company"
"'Twouldn't be ethics for me, the
registered master O. the Maggie, to
desert the ship, Scraggsy, old stick-in-
the-mud. What's the matter with get
tin your own shanks wet?'
Il dassen't, Glib. I've had touch
of chills an fever ever since I used
to run mate up the San Joaquin
sloughs. Here's nickel to drop in
the telephone slot, Glib. There's a
good fellow"
"Scraggsy, you're deludin' yourself.
Show me tugboat skipper that would
come out here on a night like this to
pick up the S. S. Maggie, two decks
an no bottom an loaded with garden
truck, an I'll wag my ears an look
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May Wear Purple
Anyone Now Can Have Color
Loved by Rulers Of Yore.
Fuchsia, Which Shows More Of Red,
Is Popular Fall Tone-PurpIe
Velvet Hats.

The glory of Tyrian purple, SO be-
loved by rulers of y0re, is with us this
fall, making vivid the shop windows.
Time was when only royalty could
wear this glorious color, now anyone
who wishes to, regardless of social po-
sition, may clothe herself in it.
Fuchsia, purple which shows more
of red, is also a popular fall tone.
Many purple velvet hats are to be seen
In shop windows. Sometimes they are
combined with rose on the order OF
Folly or American Beauty.
Another color combination which Is
used to u great extent in the fall col
lections of Eastern houses is dark blue
trimmed with vivid red. While tomato.
shrimp and other tones bordering. on
henna and rust, as well as dark greens
such as Bagdad and balsam, are seen,
the preference, at least at present,
seems to be for navy, black and brown.
The Spanish influence which doml-
mates the fall frocks and wraps also
appears in the millinery realm. and
black satin hats, from whose brim
hang wells of black chantilly, are seen
everywhere.
Many of the hats worn by the mani
kins at the recent couture fashion dis
play in New York, showed this ten
dency. Over some of these Spanish
hats the lace passes across the brim,
fastening at the right side with a
fancy pin and falling in a cascade be-
low the shoulders.
The cId-time willow plume also re-
appears and is used in this same way.
Paradise with its sweeping lines is
very effective on the larger shapes,
while smart tricOrnes recall the days
Of the great Napoleon.
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CHAPTER III.

Tn the Office Of the Red Stack Tug
Boat company Captain Dan Hicks,
master of the tug Aphrodite; Captain
Jack Flaherty, master Of the Bodega,
and Tiernan, the assistant superin-
tendent on night watch, sat around
a hot little box stove engaged In that
occupation so dear to the maritime
heart, to-wit: spinning sea yarns.
The telephone rang and Tiernan an
swered. Hicks and Flaherty hitched
forward in their chairs to listen.
"Hello. Yes, Red Stack office.
Steamer Yankee Prince. .
WHAT'S that? silk and rice?
Half a mile below the Cliff house,
Eh? Sure, I'll send a tug right
away, Lindstrom."
Tiernan hung up and faced the two
shippers. "Gentlemen," he announced,
"here's a chance for little salvage
money tonight. The American steam
or Yankee Prince is ashore half a
mile below the Cliff house. She's a
big tramp with valuable cargo from
Hong Kong, with the rudder gone and
her crank shaft busted"
"It's high water at twelve thirty
seven,' Jack Flaherty pleaded. you'd
better send me, Tiernan. The Bodega
has more power than the Aphrodite. -
This was the truth and Dan Hicks
knew it, but he was not to be beaten
ont of his share of the salvage by
such f1imsy argument. "Jack," he
pleaded, "don't be hog all the time.
The Yankee Prince is an eight thou
sand-ton vessel and it's two-tug job.
Better send us both, Tiernan, and play
safe. Chances are our competitors
have three tugs on the way right
now"
"What wonderful imagination you
have. Dan. Eight thousand tons
You're crazy, man. She's thirteen
hundred net register and know it be-
cause I was in Newport News when
they launched her, and l went out with
her skipper On the trial trip. She's a
long, afsew-ssiVted craft, with en-
gines aft, like ke steamer"
"We'll play safe Tiernan decided.
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Joke Was on Whistler,

whistler, the great American artist,
was dining with Sir Henry Irving.
Two of his earliest pictures were on
the wall and he remarked jokingly at
the beginning Of dinner that he could
study them from the point Of view
of his ripper years. Though he spoke
with smile, he did indeed look at
them great deal. Suddenly he ex-
claimed. "1rving, look what you've
done!" "Wnat?" asked Irving. "Why,
these pictures, both Of them, are up
side down, and you've never noticed
1t even." "Well," said Irving, "surely
I can be excused. It's taken the man
who painted them over an hour to dis
cover it." =. ..-.I-14--
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A SIMPLE HOMEMADE PETT1COAT

narrow killing: this gives the uneven
hem which is rather popular just now.
For an entirely accordion or sun-ray
plated petticoat one requires three
times as much material as the intend
ed width Of the petticoat; for instance,
the Christian Science Monitor directs.
If the petticoat is to LAeasure one and
one-half yards at the hem, 1t would
require the material to be four and one
half yards wide; this would probably
mean about five widths joined to-
gether into quite straight piece. The
hem could be tackled up and sent to
the shop to be hemstitched and then
accordion-plaited; when it returned
nothing would remain to be done but
to join up the last seam and sew an
elastic at the waist.
A crepe de chine petticoat, made in
this style, is most successful: II tal<eo
the plating SO well and is light and
dainty to wear. 4.
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at the back O. my neck. She amt
worth it."
Amt worth it! Why, man, 1 paid
n1teen hundred hard cash dollars for
her."
Fourteen hundred an ninety-nine
dollars an ninety-nine cents too much.
1hey seen you comm. However,
srahtln Tor the sake Of argument
that she's worth the tow, the next
question them towboat skippers'll ask
IS: Who's goin' to pay the bill?'
It'll be two hundred an fifty dollars
at the lowest figger, an if you got
that much credit with the towboat
company you're some high financier.
Amt that logic?"
I'm afraid" Scraggs replied sadly,
1T is. Still, they'd have a lien on
the Maggie"
"Steamer ahoyw came a voice from
the beach.
Man with megaphone," Mr.. Glib
ney cried. "Ahoy! Alloy, there!"
"Who are you an what's the trca-
ble?"
Captain Scraggs took it upon him
self to answer: "American steamer
Mag"
Mr.. Gibney sprang upon him tiger
ishly, placed a horny, Understanding
palm across Scraggs' mouth and effec-
lively smothered all further sound
American steamer Yankee Prince"
he bawled like a veritable Bull of
Bashan, "Of Boston, Hong Kong to
Frisco, with a general cargo Of sandal
wood, rice an silk. Where're we at?"
"Just outside the Gate. Half a mile
O. the Cliff house."
Telephone in for a tug. We're in
nice shape, restin' easy, but our rud-
der's gone an the after web O. the
crank shaft busted. Telephone in,
my man, an I'll make it up to you
when we get a safe anchorage. Who
are you?"
"Lindstrom, of the Golden Gate Life
Saving station"
"I'll not forget you, Lindstrom. My
owners are Yankees, but they're
sports"
"All right. I'll telephone. On my
way"
"God speed you," murmured Mr..
Gibney, and released his hold on Cap
tain Scraggs, who instantly threw his
arms around the navigating officers
burly neck. Il forgive you, Adelbert,"
he crooned. Il forgive you freely. BY
the tail Of the Great Sacred Bull,
you're a marvel. She's an all night fog
or I'm a Chinaman, and if it only
stays thick enough"
"It'll hold" Gibney retorted logged
ly. "Its a tule fog. They always
hold. Quit huggin' me. Your breath's
bad"
Captain Scraggs, hurled forcibly
backward bumped into the pilot house,
but lost none Of his enthusiasm.
you're jewel" he declared. "Oh,
man. what head! Whatever made
YOU think of the Yankee Prince"
Because" Mr.. Gibney answered
calmly, "there amt no such ship, this
land Of ours bein' a free republic
where princes don't go. Still, it's a
nice name, Scraggs, old tarpot-more
narticular since thought it up in
hurry. Eth, what?"
"Halvorsen," cried Captain Scraggs.
The lone deckhand emerged from q
hole in the freight forward whittier
he had retreated to escape the vegeta-
bile barrage put over by Captain
Scraggs when McGuffey left the ship.
AVE, aye, sir" he doomed.
"All hands below to the galley"
scrages shouted. "While we're wait
in for this here towboat I'll brew a
scuttle O grog to celebrate the dis
covery O. real sea-farin' talent. Glib,
nv dear boy, I'm proud Of you. No
matter what happens, I'll never have
no other navigatin' officer"
"Don't crow till you're out O. the
woods" the astute Gibney warned
him.
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WHEREIN Mr.. GIBNEY PUTS ONE
OVER

Synopsis.-Captain Phineas p. Scraggs
has grown up around the docks Of San
Francisco, and from mess boy on a river
steamer, risen to the ownership OF the
steamer Maggie. Since each annual In
spection promised to be the last of the old
weatherbeaten vessel, Scraggs naturally
has some difficulty in securing crew.
When the story opens. Adelbert P. Glbney,
likable. but erratic, a man whom nobody
hut Scraggs would hire, is the skipper.
Neils Halvorsen, a solemn Swede, consti-
tutes the forcastle hands, and Bart Nc
Guffey. a wastrel of the Gibney type,
reigns in the engine room.
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brief glimpse Of blue flame with sparks
radiating family from 1t.

That settled matters for Bartholo-
new McGuffey. The metallic sound
was the protest from the. wheels of a
Cliff house trolley car rounding a
curve; the blue flame was an electric
manifestation due to the intermittent
contact of her trolley with the wire,
wet with fog. McGuffey knew the
exact position of the Maggie now, so
he poised a moment on her bow; as
a wave swept East him, he leaped
overheard, scrambled ashore, made
his way up the beach to the great
highway which flanks the shore line
between the Cliff house and Ingleside,
sought a roadhouse, and warmed his
interior with four fingers Of whisky
neat. Then, feeling quite content with
himself, even in his wet garments, he
boarded a city-bound trolley car and
departed for the warmth and hospital
ity of Scab Johnny's sailor boarding
house in Oregon street.
Captain Scraggs sat down on the
half-emptied crate of vegetables and
commenced to weep bitterly-half be-
cause of rage and half because he re-
garded himself a pauper. Already
he had vision of himself securing
the waterfront in search of job.
"No use boo-hooin' over split milk,
Scraggsy." Always philosophical, the
author of the owners woe sought to
carry the disaster off lightly. Don't
add your salt tears to saltier sea
until you're certain you're a total loss
an no insurance. got you into this
and suppose it's up to me to get you
off, so l guess I'll commence opera
tions." Suiting the action to the word,
Mr.. Gibney grasped the whistle cord
and a strange, sad, sneezing, wheezy
moan resembling the expiring protest
of a lusty pig and gradually increasing
into a long-drawn but respectable
whistle rewarded his efforts. For
once, he could afford to be prodigal
with the steam, and while it lasted
there could be no mistaking the fact
that here was a steamer in dire dis
treSs.
The weird call for help brought
Scraggs around to a fuller realization
Of the enormity Of the disaster which
had overtaken him. In his agony he
forgot to curse his navigating officer
for the latters stubbornness in refusing
to turn back when the fog threatened.
He clutched Mr.. Gibney by the right
arm, thereby interrupfing for an in
stant the dismal outburst from the
Maggie's siren.
"Gib," he moaned. "I'm a ruined
man. How're we ever to get the old
sweetheart off whole? Answer me
that, Glib. Answer me, say. How're
we to get my Maggie off the beach?'
Mr.. Gibney shook himself loose from
that frantic grip and continued his
pull on the whistle until the Maggie,
taking u false note, quavered, moaned,
spat steam minute and subsided with
what might be termed nautical sob.
"Now, see what you've done?" he
bawled. you've made me bust the
whistle"
answer my question, Glib"
"We'll never get her off if you don't
quit interferin' an give me time to
think. I'll admit there amt much of
chance, because it's dead low water
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"Go to it-both of you, and may the
hest man win. She'll belong to you,
Jack, If she's thirteen hundred net and
YOU get your line aboard first. If she's
as big as Dan says she is, you'll be
equal partners"
But he was talking to himself.
Down the docks Hicks and Flaherty
were racing for the respective COM
mands, each shouting to his night
watchman to pipe all hands on deck.
Fortunately, a goodly head of steam
was up in each tugs boilers; because
of the fog and the liability to colli-
sions and consequent hasty summons,
one engineer on each tug was on duty.
Out through the Gate they nosed
their way, heaving the lead continu-
cusly, made wide detour around Mile
rock and the Seal rocks, swung a
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Belted Tweed Suits.

Buckled belt models in lavender,
rust, tan and French blue, are the
latest offerings Of colorings in the
tailored tweed suits which seem at
tractive.
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Braid, lace Insertions, ribbon ros.
cites, rows OF velvet ribbon appear on
cashmere blouses in plain colors
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Flying Squirrel for Suits.
Flying squirrel is being used exten-
siyely for trimming suits and coats.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-15
Laborers Reject 1t.
RETIREMENT FUND
BILL PASSED BY
MINNESOTA HOUSE

st. Paul, Mimi. March 15.-The
state employees retirement fund bill
was passed today by the house Of rep
resentatives. The measure got only the
sixty-six votes necessary to its pass
age, and vi the subject of many
amendments and much debate.
The bill bys Representatives S. B.
Shonyo. r. A. Putnam and J.. b.
Hompe provides for a retirement fund
to be raised by a 2 per cent levy on the
annual salaries of members of the
Minnesota state employees retirement
fund association and a state tax Of
1-20 mill when necessary to maintain
the fund at a total between $3.50. 900
and $500, 900. Members would be eligi-
BILE to pension upon becoming dis
abled or after rs ear of state service
and subject to other regulations.
Amendments adopted today provide
that no annuities can be- paid en-
ployes less than 50 years Of age, or
receiving compensation under the
workmen's compensation law; reduce
the pension maximum to $500 from
$1,000 q year; make eligible to mem
bership q few veteran state employees
recently retired and making member
ship compulsory upon state employees.
Winona and other border cities of
less than $4,000 population are au-
thorized to expend municipal funds on
roads outside the state under q. bill
repassed by the house, after minor
amendments adopted by the senate
were concurred in.
A bill to legaiize school taxes voted
by the city of Faribault was passed
under suspension of rules.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-15
EAST SIDE BRIEFS

LsEF %FH Hnfs -. RI Il. g't ~. 10. ~ -#HE
Mrs. James Chaplin is reported to
be: confined to her homo: on account
of illness. -
Arnold WiEgie is confined in his
home, having been taken i'll with
pneumonia.
C.. W. Robenstein returned yester-
day to his home in this city having
spent the winter in Ballclub. Mimi,
: Mrs. Robert Stokes was taken to a
Grand Forks hospital this morning
where she will undergo q minor ops
Grafton.
Mrs. BEN Fowler. who has been
confined Sto her home for some time
on account Of Illness. was moved this
morning to the home of Mr.. Fowler's
parents IN Grand Forks.
Mrs. II. H. Hurley, who has been
confined in a Grand Forks hospital
for some time on account Of illness
was reported this morning as improv-
ing rapidly.
John Will(has resumed his duties al
rural carrier on postal route No. s
after taking q three weeks. vacation.
Dance to be given by Grand Marais
.Farmeys club. Will be held It their
hail Thursday March 17.-Adv..