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Middletown transcript., 1921-04-09

n REAKFAST caps 60, their cheer
ID full and frivolous way this spring
with ribbons and laces hand in hand
In their making. Each appears to De
quite helpless without the aid OF the
other in the accomplishment of sue
cessful cap and it is sometimes one
and again the other that dominates.
Two such gay and versatile materials
might be expected to wander into
many bypaths and that is what they
have done. The new displays reveal
them in the mimicry Of many styles
in headwear, beginning with a ribbon
trimmed, lace stocking cap and ending
with caps having wired lace brims,
like the cap at the left Of the two
shown in the picture.
An excellent use is made Of rib
bons with picot edges which can be
caught up by the crochet needle, by
which means the ribbons may be
Joined to lace Insertions or to each
other, but usually edges are whipped
together to form caps, as shown in
the model at the right of the two pic
tured. In the other cap a crown of
net supports rows Of satin ribbon,
sewed to it along one edge and Joined
to a brim Of lace held in place by
fine wires.
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Ribbons are making themselves
useful in many directions on all kinds
of apparel from head to foot of fair
ladies and their children, but girdles
remain the most important Of their
missions, increasing in beauty and
ingenious designing each year. Two
toned satin ribbons, dark on one Side
and light on the other, inspire beauti'
full examples. One Of these, ribbon
about five inches wide, has two loops
at each side over the hips. These
loops are six and seven inches long
and a cluster of little ribbon roses Is
placed at their base. Long-pointed
ends are knotted a little below the
waistline ir the back. A similar
girdle Of light-colored, plain satin
ribbon has hanging ends and loops
at each side. It is made Of SASH
ribbon and has fiat, conventional
flowers of ribbon set about the crushed
girdle. Two-inch ribbons in the dark.
er colors, bordered with very narrow,
picot-edged ribbons in contrasting
color make pretty sashes, brought
about the waist and knotted at one
side. Like all their companions they
are bedecked with ribbon flowers In
fiat applique-one at each end ana a
row about the waist.
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IN ADVANCE SPRING STYLES
Ovcrst<irt Featured at Recent Fashion
Show Held In Chicago by Ap-
pareI Manufacturers.

Overskirts ruffied and scalloped.
caught up at one side, hanging straight
to within few inches Of the hem Of
the skirt, but more often following the
lines Of an old-fashioned apron, and
sashes with butterfly bows, sashes
with long fringed or tasseled ends
narrow sashes, and broad soft sashes
of one or more contrasting colors,
were the dominant note Of the gowns
shown at the spring and summer
fashion show held recently in Chica-
20 by the Chicago Garment Manufac-
,urers' association. the Wholesale
NIilliners' association Of Chicago and
the Chicago Furrfers' association.
The overskirt was especially in evil
dence in the little all-day frocks
shown in great numbers. They come
in taffeta, crepe de chine, and Canton
crepe, and the prevailing colors are
brown, gray, black and navy blue.
Skirts are short, some as much as IA
inches from the ground, sleeves stop
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USE COLORS IN HAIR NETS
Hair Dresser Advises Certain Snaoes
to Add colorfuI Glints to
the Tresses.

A well-known hairdresser advises
the use of hairnets of certain colors
to add colorful glints to the hair.
If the hair is a dull mouse color
and the eyes are blue. use gold-yel'
low hairnet.
If the eyes are brown, a red net
should be tried.
OF course, the very best nets must
be purchased, and not those OF artl'
ticial hair, poorly colored.
If gray hair is inclined to be yellow,
a very fine, dark blue hair net, worn
over the coiffure, will take all tinge
of yellow out of it.
AS blue hairnets cannot be pur-
chased, a white one will have to be
dyed in one of the bluings prepared.
The net should be of the best quality
so as to give the right effect.
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w HAT we designate as sports
w skirts are not confining their
usefulness to sports wear, but have
extended it to all sorts of outdooring,
including street wear. These snappy
skirts require blOuses that are de-
signed for the same kind of service
and a demand for attractive tailored
blouses has been answered by the
appearance of fine models in taffeta,
pongee, crepe de chine and satin.
As nearly all the skirts are striped
or made of plaids and checks, the
blouses are simply designed and plain.
Some of them have lingerie collars and
vestees by which means they may be
always kept fresh looking, but the
smartest style requires the simplest
and most casual designing. A blouse
of exactly this character appears at
the left Of the two shown above IN a
dark blue taffeta silk. Many Of these
taffeta blouses are made in the Slip
on style with necks high at the back
and having a shallow "V' at the
front. They are finished with mar
row, picot-edged ruffles of the silk as
in the blouse pictured. Loosely ad-
iusted girdles of silk, weighted at the
ends with small balls or other orna-
ments are provided for them. but some
times narrow girdle, made Of the
material in the skirt, is worn instead
The three-quarter length, slightly
flaring sleeve is a favorite, for It Is
cool and practical, and pongee blouses
in this same style are above criti'
cism for style and utility.
The satin blouse at the right Is one
of those that fills the same niche In
the wardrobe. It IS a shade less Sc
we're in style by the introduction o1
collar, vestee and sleeve finishings Of
embroidered batiste, which are all
detachable and may be easily laun
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r, oTHEs FOR STOUT WOMEN
Black, Navy Blue and All Extremely
Dark Shades Will Attract
Less Attention.

While the slender women may oc-
casionally indulge in bargain corsets,
a purchase of this kind with its hap
hazard fit is to be avoided by the
woman inclining toward stoutness. for
it is by means Of a properly con-
structed and properly adjusted corset
that the figure foundation is made.
The choice of fabrics for gowns is
also very important when a slender
appearance is desired. There are GER
thin materials and colors that have
tendency to magnify the figure, while
other have the opposite effect. Rough
surfa rs should be avoided by large
wom"n., Brilliant colors can be used
successfully only in very small touches.
Certain colors are generally known to
apparently diminish size, among them
bein. black, navy blue and all the ex-
tremely dark shades, while white and
the light colors are apt to be ex-
pansive.
Stripes cut off the width and empha-
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FADS AND FANCIES

Spring models are characterized by
the long waist and wide hip girdle.
Certain modish gowns made Of gray
cloth are trimmed with gray Persian
lamb collar and cuffs.
Velvet poppies ringed with match
less flues of ostrich make one shoul-
.der-strap Of an evening gown. and
brilliants make the other.
Evening gowns designed in straight
chemise style are smartest when they
are made of gold, silver, or steel net.
Brilliant-hued sashes tied low about
the hips add charming touch of
color.
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earth, for this baby is now four months
old and healthier baby you would not
want. 1 am sending you a picture Of
her. Everybody says, That IS some
healthy looking baby You have my
consent to show this letter. Mrs. =.
W. BENZ, 131 3rd Ave-, Altoona, Pa.
No woman can realize the joy and
Happiness this healthy babe brought
into the home Of Mrs. Benz, unless they
have had like experience.
Every woman who suffers from any
ailments peculiar to her sex, as indica-
led by backaches, headaches, bearing
down pains, Irregularities, nervousness
and ''the blues" should not rest until
they have given Lydia p: Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound trial.
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Easy Way Of Making Dress Ruffles

Easy Way Of Making Dress Ruffles.
Ruffies, wide and narrow, are going
to be used extensively as trimming on
the shorter wash dresses, during the
coming summer. Organdie, dimity
voile. tissue, lawn, and even the heav.
Ter ginghams will be ruffled. For the
home dressmaker the construction OF
an even ruffie is something of a prob
lem. Even when ones sewing ma.
chine has a ruffling attachment not all
requirements can be met. For the
ruffle that needs some special adjust
ing, or in case Of ones not possessing
a machine ruffler, the tension Of the
machine may be loosened, the stitch
heightened, and the material to be
ruffled simply stitched. This done the
under-thread may be pulled up and the
fullness adjusted wherever needed.
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dered. The shops show many Of these
collar and vestee sets, and sell by
the yard materials for making them
so that blouses may be varied with
different patterns in these accessories
For wear with handsome silk sports
skirts, fine lingerie and georgette
blouses are presented. Sports skirts
is really a misnomer for the smart
silk affairs, which provide with theil
corresponding blouses substitute fol
afternoon frOclSS
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Nuu Ml~f~teQ
Concerning Badness.

A majority of men who have amount
ed to anything have gone bald. To 60
bald before amounting to anything IS
the lot of millions. Among those mil
lions are many who feel that the first
kingdom of the world would, be COM
pensation for loss of hair, even If the
perquisites of a king did not include
an allowance for court wigmaker.
Even without crown as a consolation,
there is certain solace in not having
to wonder whether your scalplock is
standing perpendicularly when the oc-
casion calls for solemnity.-EXchang
Middletown transcript., 1921-04-09

Of wide lace, gathered in a little at
each end under tiny flower, and fin.
ished with long ribbon ends, each end
ing in a little flower, dangling down
to the shoulders. There is a little
strap of ribbon over elastic that fits
snugly under the hair and holds the
dainty cap in place.
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not especially new in general effect.
but it has new details Of development
that make it quite impossible to mis-
take this suit as belonging to any 9th
or seasons offerings than this pres
ent one of spring, 1921.
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Wear Top Coat Over Suit.

Smartly-dressed women do not give
up their becoming tailored suits even
IN cold weather. They simply wear
over the suit top coat. Many OF
these coats are made Of gray duvetyn
or bure on the wrappy lines and are
trimmed with high collars and cuffs
of squirrel.
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Piped Buttonholes.

Buttonholes piped with bit of
bright color, Egyptian red, jade green
Chinese blue and burnt orange form
q decorative note on many frockA
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one egg until light, add
two tablespoOnfuls of sugar, one
fourth teaspOonful of salt, one-third
of d cupful of water, One-fOurth cup
full of vinegar. Pour this mixture
into the frying pan with the bacon
and mix well, stirring constantly un-
til thickened. 1t should be about the
consistency Of cream. Pour boiling
hot over the dandelion green's.
Pepper Pot.-Take a knuckle of
veal, one and one-half pounds Of
honeycomb tripe. Cook the veal with
a tablespoonful Of salt, two large
onions sliced, six allspice, ten pepper
corns, two bay leaves, one tablespoon
full of marjoram. one tablespoonful
each of sweet basil and thyme, one hot
red pepper one-fourth of teaspoon
full of pepper, all in bag, the red
pepper cut in small pieces. Simmer
for two hours, or until the veal Is ten
der. Remove the veal from the stock.
Cut the cleaned ~tripe which has been
washed in salt water and lastly in
soda water. in julienne strips. Sim
mer in the stock for one hour. Add
/ two large potatoes cut in dice and add
egg balls the size of marbles, made
by beating an egg and adding flour to
make dough stiff enough to roll in
the hands. Cook for half an hour
longer, then thicken with two table
spoOnfuls of sweet fat and three Of
-four. Cook until well blended and
serve hot. The veal may be chopped,
| or part of it, and added to the dish.
This will serve ten persons.
Steamed Strawberry Shortcake.-
Sift together two cupfuls and half Of
flour, one-half cupful of sugar. three
teaspoonfuls Of baking powder and
one-fourth teaspoonful Of salt; cut in
one-fourth of cupful of butter. Beat
one egg, add one cupful of milk and
mix all together. Turn into buttered
mold ard steam three hours. Serve
hot with whipped cream and straw
| berry lam
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esting. This type of coat makes for
a youthful appearance, for it quite
successfully conceals the natural fig
ure lines and produces straight-line
silhouette, which is the dominant
style feature of spring tailor-mades.
This pleasing and practical suit Is
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JOY BROUGHT
INTO HOME
Bv lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, Restoring
Mrs. Benz to Health
Altoona, Pa.-sT am writing to tell
sm, what lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable

|COHlpOUIlO mas OOuo
for me. We have
had six children
die almost at birth.
From one hour to
nineteen days is all
they have lived. AS
l was going to have
another, I took q
dozen bottles of your
Vegetable Com
pound and I can say
that it is the great
lest medicine on
Middletown transcript., 1921-04-09

good ana uncOm.
mon:
Pineapple and
Cheese.-Arrange
slices of oineap-
pie on W hi t 9
leaves Of lettuce.
Fill the hole in
the center Of the
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Cape and Doiman.

The cape and cape dOlman wrap is
to continue through the spring, judg
ing from reports from Paris and ad.
vance models seen here.
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Dainty Eoudoir Cap.

One of the daintest-and incident
,uv ore Of the easiest to copy-of tie
now boudoir caps is made of a strip
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sEAsoNABLE GOOD THINGS.

Now that the young tender dande-
lion green's are here, let us try them
with the following dress
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Our affections are our life. We live
BY them; they supply our warmth
Channing.
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Don't Foroet cuticura TaIcum

Don't Forget cuticura TaIcum
When adding to your toilet requisites.
An exQuisitely scented face, skin, baby
and busting powder and perfume. rem
0ering other perfumes superfiuous.
You may rely on it because one Of the
Cuticura Trio (Soap, Ointment and
Thlcum), 25c each everywhere.-Adv.
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Let 'Er Blow!

Let 'Er Blow!
If Popucatapetl is about to erupt,
many a schoolboy who has tried to
spell the name will hope that the
mountain will blow itself off the map.
Boston Transcript.
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jackets are generally beltless and
single buttoned.
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kE THE >,
1kITEHENE E
kS3TAhINE IL
,e), ASA. western Newspaper ,

Ethereal Goddess of the Days, \
Sweet, fragrant May, enticing
Our hearts with thy alluring ways,
E!iciting our warmest praise.
Our years path spicing!
When every child Of nature wakes
To springtime's charms succumbing.
And in all haste each one forsakes
It's cloak of gray for green, 1t makes
Us know thou'rt coming.
Caroline Sumner.
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ing:
Dutch Dressing.-Wash
and drain one pint of
fresh tender green's, cut
in two-inch pieces. Cut
two ounces of bacon into
small cubes and fry un-
til crisp and brown. Beat
one egg until light, add
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GOOD THINGS FOR FAMILY.

A dainty salad is always welcome
dish. The following will be founc
The Washington times., 1921-04-18
Prize Cake Recipes

Sift sugar five times and fold into
eggs. Sift -four flve times and fold
in. Add flavoring. Fill ungreased
pan two-thirds full and bake in slow
oven for about forty minutes, then
increase heat for fifteen minutes.
When cake shrinks take out and
invert.-Mrs. Lester Wagner, Rock
Vile, Md
CHOCOLATE LAYER CAKE.
eggs.
ounces butter.
81 cups -four.
] cup milk.
teaspoonfuls bakins powder.
cups sugar.
Vanilla flavor
ICING.
n pound chocolate.
Whites of eggs.
] cup sugar.
Vanilla favor.-Mrs. Alexander
weinstein, 20 New York avenue
psrthusst-
The Washington times., 1921-04-18

The atmosphere of earth extends about 100 miles
high Without act a modifer of climate, would
know inoerabe degrees and cold and life would
probably be impossible
The Washington times., 1921-04-18

who was a refuge there, and that
after he died, she had been taken
by Mexican family.
But I'm not Mexican" she said.
'T-" Here she smiled family. q
gringol'
She slipped lightly over that
part of her story which told Of
her escape across the border from
Mexico into Texas.
'Jn Texas" she said, Il got a Job
in eating place, dancing the Span
ish dances. And l." Her eyes
filled with tears here, but she kept
bravely on. And so interested was
/ in her own story that I almost
forgot for the time being that part
of 1t which pertained to Willard.
ut was there" she said, that / met
him, my-my gringo."
She had always loved Texas
Tiger" she said. She had never
loved Alvarez. She had danced
with him and teased him as part OF
her business. And she had allowed
him to talk her into getting Texas
Tiger" to invest twenty thousand
dollars in the gold lien first year
notes because she believed the
stories Alvarez told her of the
wealth they would bring.
II thought I make much money
for my gringo," she said, "and he
The Washington times., 1921-04-18

love me much more"
The awakening had come when
Alvarez confessed to her that the
notes were no good. And she, with
her native ignorance of conditions
and of American customs. had been
afraid to tell Texas Tiger"
So she left. She accepted AL
varez's proposition to come to
Washington and serve as a spy for
him.
But I no intend to help him.
she said. all the fire of the land in
which she had been reared being
reflected in her eyes. "Juanita
come for revenge. Alvarez think 1
work for him. work with Senior
Saunders. Alvarez think love him.
l love gringo!"
AS she finished speaking she lay
back in the chair and closed her
eyes. And Though 1 was almost
bursting with curiosity and anxiety
about Willard dared not try to
lead her to tell OF him.
Finally she opened her eyes and
looked across at me. She must have
sensed something OF the anxiety 1
felt, for, without waiting for me to
speak, she began:
"And now / tell you what I know
about Senior Saunders. Yeste day
Alvarez tell me to be ready to go to
The Washington times., 1921-04-18
Wooden Shoes
and Automobiles

At first thought there seems to be
no relation between wooden shoes
and automobiles. But one never can
tell these days. Wooden shoes play
an important part in auto building;
indeed. they probably reduce the
cost of autos by 6 3-1O cents-if
figured out by an efficiency export.
At first the auto companies pro-
vtded high rubber boots for the
men who did the work; but they
soon found, says the Scientific
Monthly. that soap and rubber did
not agree, and that the bill for rub
Der boots was quite an item. And
when the war came on, and the price
Of rubber scared, indeed, 1T became
quite appalling.
So some bright young man got
lot OF wooden sabots-brought from
Holland or somewhere for actors
and tried them out. The workmen
stuffed paper tightly in around
their feet and encircled their legs
with pieces OF old slitkers and
found that the result was very salts
factory when worn with the usual
apron.
The Washington times., 1921-04-18

NO, sir. b
Mr.. de vries was at table with
partyr'
Yes SIR"
You heard the shot and you saw
Mr.. de Vries fall forward"
"Yes. sir. Crumpled up, SORT Of"
"Then you ran to him?"
Yes, SIR
"You saw the woman Jansen
with revolver
Yes, sir" ...
What was she doing?"
"She was laughing"
Was she drunkT'
"The laugh sounded drunk"
was she very much under the
influence Of liQuor?" .
"She couldn't have been. Else
she wouldn't have got away"
"You are certain that It was the
prisoner"
All eyes in the courtroom were
turned to the prisoner in the dock.
And there was In the sordid trial
chamber a sense of great disturb
ance in the air, as though, from
the minds and personalities of all
gathered there. there rose in gray
tendrils a haze Of doubt. of disbe-
lief of mystery.
She sat in the dock, in the sordid
courtroom, among the unseemly
officers and public. as a statue in
some public square might stand
above the rabble. Mature, magnifi-
cent, the prisoner seemed almost
like some goddess from q Morse
mythology.
First. her strange coloring made
all catch their breaths. Her face
was tanned to an absolutely golden
hue, and out of this work of deli
cate bronze, there looked. calm. and
confident, two eyes that were blue
as sea water. Her eyebrows. her
hair, were bleached by the sun un-
til her eyebrows were two nal:-
moons of silver, until her hair was
the pale. beautiful gold of honey in
dark lights and like vivid strands
Of live silver when the light fell
on IL.
She had the strange exotic ap-
The Washington times., 1921-04-18
The Woman
Observer
~ HERE was a time when the

IN hEkE was time Wnen the
woman of forty was decided
ly on the shelf. But appar-
emily, the modern woman OF forty
is ready to compete with those Of
a younger generation, she does not
admit the arrival of middle age or
any other kind or age.
Il paid an early morning call on
an acquaintance recently" The
Woman's Married Friend told her
yesterday, land when / was at the
front door / heard the greatest run
ming and jumping overhead. l
could not imagine what was going
on.
MY hostess came to the door in a
breathless and apologetic state. She
had on her gym suit Then she told
me all about IL. She is forty and
the mother OF four children, but she
was determined not get old and
lose her figure, so when she does
the housework she dons her gym
suit. II she wants anything. such
as a broom or a mop, she runs for
IL. When she makes bed she
jumps over 1t instead of walking
sedately around from side to side.
when she does the floors, she
ooes tnem SO that she prlngs INTO
play certain muscles. She has II
ALI figured out so that certain
household duties exercise different
muscles. and when she is through
with her housework she had done
the equivalent of couple OF hours
gym work.
"And, incidentally" continued the
Woman's Married Friend, "she has
the suppleness and litheness of
woman twenty years younger.
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Mount Vernon at o'clock. But ]
did not go. | tell Senior Saunders.
He said he go. And tell him l go
with him.
"Senor Saunders he laugh and sey
IL be the big joke on Alvarez when
he see me there. And he say"
Juanita stopped speaking and sat
forward. eyes distended, as there
floated up to us the cry of EXTRA"
seemingly echoed on every street
corner in Washington.
The paperw she exclaimed, rusn-
ing toward the door. Get the pa
per! Now we know
Hardly realizing what / was do
ing, / ran down the steps and grab
bed a Washington Times from the
newsboy who had entered the build
ing crying his wares. / rushed back
with il and held the front page so
that both Juanita and ] could read
IL. / turned alternately cold and
hot as my brain tried to grasp the
significance of the big head line
across the top of the paper in let
ters six inches deep:
"GEORGE WASHINGTON BODY
STOLEN FROM TOMB
Underneath in little smaller
type we read:
"Believed Taken Away in subm srinc
by Mcxicnns.-
They've done itr Juanita had
jumped from her chair and was
standing in the middle of the floor,
wringing her hands. "They-he got
away with 1t. And Senior Saunders
thought he stopped themr'
/ dropped the paper on the table,
went over and grabbed Juanita by
the shoulders. In my excited con-
dition l could no longer stand by
and wait for the spirit to move her
TO tell me all she knew.
WHERE is WILLARDf
Tell me what you know of this"
I said, shaking her by the shoulders.
you've got to tell me everything!
There's no time to lose"
She raised a shaky finger and
pointed toward the discarded paper.
She seemed no longer to resent my
hurrying her.
Read itw she said. Cant you
see? Can't you understand? Al
varez did it. He-he stole the
body"
tTo he Continued Tomorrow.)