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(France), not far from Joinvills, tht
great family seat OF the Guises. In
france the famous Coligny. head OF
the Huguenot party. had finally sent
Captain Jean Ribaut In command OF
a band of French Protestants. to for
tify a small fort which the French
had established on the st. Johns
River in Florida the year before.
Philip II of Spain had become
alarmed at the continued efforts OF
the French to gain a foothold In
Florida to which Ponce de Leon had
first laid claim. The proposed Pro-
testant colony aroused bis intoler-
ance. Accordingly he sent Pedro
Menendez de Aviles with an army OF
fifteen hundreds soldiers. mighty
expedition In that day and age, tc
crush the small French garrison.
Massacre of the French.
Ribaut reached the mouth OF the
St. Johns River about the time that
Menendez arrived at the site OF ST.
Augustine. Ribaut sent a small de-
tachment to the fort and turned his
ships to meet the Spanish feet. But
Menendez marching overland from
St. Augustine. exterminated the &C.
cupants Of the fort. Returning he
found that the French feet had been
stranded at nearby Matanzas inlet
and proceeded against them. The
french. faced with food shortage
and unable to reach land or get &c
sea. surrendered after q sumptuous
breakfast In which Ribaut was enter
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the fast that each year the records
Of sayly America become more vasu-
able " the generations to come and
they Lave sought to gather as many
early records as possible before 1t BE-
came too late. This was difficult
task as many OF the official docu-
ments had been removed to Spain
during the centuries that st. Angus
tine was under Spanish Jurisdiction.
But the society has been singularly
successful In its search for long-for-
gotten documents while the many
old Spanish buildings have been
carefully restored, preserving the for
eign atmosphere Of the old city. To-
day st. Augustine speaks eloquently
of medieval times. Narrow streets
with their quaint coquina houses and
economically overhanging balconies
and gardens of rare tropical flowers,
the flaming poinsettias and hibiscus
blossoms. palms and shrubs. OF which
fascinating glimpses are caught be-
hind high sheltering walls Of stone.
are eloquent Of olden times.
Medieval Fort Marion.
The most conspicuous restoration
completeLqSy the society Is that Of
old Fort Marion. formerly Fort San
Marco This colossal stone fortress
covers more than Ave acres OF ground
and Is pronounced the finest example
Of medieval military architecture II
the New World. 1t was built BY
Spanish engineers and so much time
and money were consumed in its con-
struction that the King Of Spain
wrote complainingly to the Governor
General at st. Augustine that truly
the fort must be built OF silver pieces
Of money rather than stone. The Sort
is surrounded BY . moat and butlt
in the form Of o maltese cross with
watch towers on the harbor side. It
was begun In 1888 and completed 11s
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Twelve thousand uves nc

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los, last yeaI The Srenienui ur ion
ME IN thls country. salo M WI
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nvs months l78 were from Woo
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tIonai attention to the lmpoi tant.
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pei cent 81 ouI fires are preventao''
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week Jonn e Gamoier illinois sta
ire marshal points out that III out
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safety features are sc well recognize"
that oil burners are useu IN many III
houses seattle Wash Newport VT
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Kansas City Mo ano Elmnurst ILL.,
pelne lust a few instances or aVen
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sanitarlums ycnanases tna schools
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WOMEN SAVE TIME IN DRESSING
Modern Garments Help Milady to Hurry Her Toilet
Five minutes for dressings

Five minutes TOT JresSinB'
It n the average tine all RED
he modern girl ana women TO- 30.
ring all ner clothes--e prec,'us IN
important ceremony which occupieo
IN the elaborate toilette ot mtlady OF
300 one TO one ano nal. noursl
, Ano II ls all due 70 the founda-
on garment - the modern suosti-
! tie tor the old-fashioneo corset ano
,ts many bulky undergarments!
! In the olo days 80 years ago.
omen outtoneo and tied emit un'
(, ,rwear: they laceo very nigh-toppeo
noes they laced ana relaced neavr
torsets, hooked tight. long corset
covers: fitted many pads and
! ooked and rehooked pasqued dresses
10 numerous petticoats All this
} ,cessltated for the well-dresseo
woman. no less than one hour for
PRESSING.
Today the women as well as tAt
,ung girls permit themselves Nv
,ninutes tor pulling on their founda-
pom undergarment their hose ano
,neu dress and stepping into their
=. jumps The business woman. In set
I ne the morning alarm allows nve
d, those precious moments for dress
Ing The versa tile happer who dfifss
from SPORTS &c tea dances from shop
I ne tours &c dinner engagements
..,nsloers ten minutes between dates
nipple time foi gIorius rub anc
omplete change OF apparel The
r,mple one-plece foundation garment
.'hich she wear. under every moH
Of dress makes this ave minnie
tiressing possible Matfons a:'o mo-
,c,s,rely women now enjoy tnen
l,-ec.ous maps for II will take them
..ct ave minutes &c De comp:etely
dressed ulsnr arising.
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-Tt '-'Ur.hi' ~, yer, simple ahG 1e-
J .r,r g.. 80. ;:.i ''"ct d TIC &c
..r. sa...n..a,.. VARIOUS DIS II
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:.,oahAie. d.-,slt. 't'f the II w Cos
,<..ns: :1,n,~n- recently "The slir.
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LOO 'rv-r,si.-r, nh. ana gerry a'trac-
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IeM before an enemy. It has been
declared . national monument by the
VIZ Department.
The st. Augustine Historical soci-
sey maintains q large collection Of
re,ics within tho fort: and It also
maintains headquarters In the re-
stored old mission building. more
popularity known as the oldest house.
to which q fine historical library has
besn annexed. The society was or
ganised about twenty years ago. Mr..
Chauncey M. Depew. now its presi-
dent, was its largest charter contribu-
tor, aud Miss Emily l. Wilson II Ii
prarian. At the headquarters are to
DE found q large collection Of relteas
maps. and writings OF the early da0H
when st. Augustine was an impoo
ant Spanish governmental seat.
The Ancient Plaza.
The ancient Plaza de Ia Const1eA-
cion Is the natural civic center q e.
Augustine and looks out toward Ma
tsnzas Bay. Here under the massive
1--we oaks = situated the old Spanish
Governors MAnston, now used as the
United States post office, with its old
Spanish architecture still unmolested
by any touch Of the modern. Plates
upon the building recount that 1t
was erected In 1893 and occupied as
a government building during the en-
tire period Of Spanish control. In the
Plaza also stands q marble shaft
erected In 1912 to commemorate the
adoption Of q Spanish constitution
more liberal than the one which has
been in existence. Its erection was
premature. for the reactionaries In
Spain triumphed and the new consti-
tuition failed. The magnificent old
cathedral. built in 17D3, faces on the
plaza 1t still retains its original ia
cade. although 1t was burned In 1887.
st. George Street. leading from the
the principal business street Of the
city and with It's overhanging balus-
trades Is reminiscent Of the days Of
old Spain. Immediately adjacent to
the plaza are the magnificent Ponce
de Leon and Alcazar Hotels which en-
close q tropical garden between them
and present tho finest traditions OF
Spanish architecture for the new St.
Augustine has not impaired the an
cient memories.
>incient Records Sought in Spain.
vying with interest in the resrora-
ton Of fne old buildings and relics
y the society's work in bringing light
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to obscure periods in st. Augustine's
intimate history. Much Of the in
formation had to be delved from an
cient archives in Spain. for Florida
passed into the sovereignty Of Great
Britain In 17e3 where it remained
for twenty years and on their de-
parture the Spanish officials took
many Of the records with them.
All Europe was enveloped in re'ig-
ious strife at tue time OF the found
ing Of at. Augustine. A few years
before, in 1852, had occurred the aw-
full massacre Of to Huguenots at
Vassy, q little town n Champagne
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SOaGE.

years Later. Rnndreds Of Indians and
slaves axe sasA 70 have perished In the
asduous work which required enoem-
Gus bioc3s Of Stone four or nve feet
In thickness. The fort was stotmec
by OSlethorpe In 1740. wtthstanding
2o-day bombardrent. and while Il
changed hands several times. It never
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Book Plates.

/ wonder IL many of you know
what book plates are? In case you
do not l am going to tell you. They
are the little illustrated labels that
are pasted on the inside of books to
show ownership.
There are many kinds Of book
plates, some quite simple and some
very elaborate. They generally have
an illustration Of the book owners
favorite hobby with the name, or pos
sibly just the initials, of the owner.
Sometimes family's coat Of arms is
sketched into book plate.
Would you like to know what my
book plate represents? Mine was a
gift from my mother on my birthday.
She thinks my favorite pastime Is
reading. so she selected design in
which books, "the Lamp Of Inspira-
ton" and owl Of Wisdom are clev-
erly sketched. The owl was included
because 1t is the emblem OF national
writer's organization to which I be-
long. At the bottom Of the plate is
printed "Ex Libris" and my name.
| love to share my books with my
friends. but when they have finished
reading them ! also love to get them
home again, and my book plate helps
to bring them back to my library.
You are not too young to have a
book plate. Many young people do:
SO. IL you are interested, go to the
library and look at n collection Of
book plates and see how you would
like to have one for your very own.
Evening star., 1927-10-02

cisely around the shoulders with edges
held out by prim ballooning skirts was
the usual outdoor wrap Of the period.
A generation and more before that
time, when the women of the Direc-
toire period adopted the shawl as
wrap, their motive was just the re-
verse. 1t was the fashion then to
show as much as possible the natural
contours of the body. Frocks were
scant and Of clinging materials. and
any sort of coat would have hidden
somewhat the natural contours. But
the shawl of soft material, skillfully
draped, only enhanced their charms.
We are inclined to consider the
shawl as of fairly recent origin. The
Cashmere shawl, from India. made its
appearance as an article Of fashion.
able attire about 1886. 1t became ex-
tremely popular in Paris somewhat
after that time, and Josephine, Napo-
Icons first wife. had more than 800
shawls, though the stoy goes that Ma
poleon himself was for a time averse
to the fashion.
But though the shawl dates its
origin as a fashionable garment III
Europe to about that time. it was as
old as civilization itself. 1t had long
been one Of the most important ar
ticles of dress Of the natives of India
Evening star., 1927-10-02

Those Of you who would like to
make some spare-time money may be
able to use this suggestion to advan-
tage. Every home where the weekly
washing Is not sent to the laundry
will be a good prospect. You will
spend practically nothing for ma
terials, yet you can earn so cents or
more per hour. The mat shown Is
ideal for the laundry room. The floor
about the washing machine and tubs
soon gets wet, causing damp feet
quickly. This mat. however, pre-
vents this nuisance, while the rubber
bands prevent any danger Of slipping.
Visit a nearby planning mill If pos
sible and arrange to get some OF the
strips which are discarded as scrap.
These will form the mat boards. Be-
sides these you will need two end
cleats about 8 inches wide and inch
thick. The mats should be about 20
inches wide by 36 inches long. Nail
the strips together, taking care that
all angles are square. with small
nails. Be sure to clinch over any
protruding ends.
For the rubber strips. visit several
tire repair shops or a nearby garage
and get some tires which have been
thrown away. Cat these tires into
strips 2 inches wide. Then draw
them taut and tack down on the
under side. he
These mats will sell for prices rang
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and other adjacent countries, and in
one form or another had been part of
the native costume in almost every
part of the world.
The blankets worn by our own red
Indians were a species of shawl. And
when you come to think of it there
could be nothing much simpler than a
shawl. Having once learned the art of
weaving fabric it required little imagi.
nation or inventiveness to drape
piece of 1t about the shoulders. To de.
wise a tunic was, of course, a work of
considerable more ingeniousness.
The first shawls to win fashionable
acceptance in modern Europe were
elaborately colored and exquisitely soft
shawls from Cashmere, and these
were 6 yards long and 2 yards wide.
They were so expensive that only
rich women could hope to possess
them.
Later there were less expensive imi.
tations, some being simply printed
lengths Of cotton. Paisley shawls. so
popular in this country two genera
tions ago, were in fact only shawls
made to initiate the genuine Cash.
mere in the town Of Paisley in Scot.
land.
Apparently all those earliest shawls
were OF oblong proportions. 1t was
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knack or practice to wear even one Of
the new lightweight shawls with real
artistry.
Some one. remarked the other day
that fringed shawls were out of fash
ion. That was jumping to conclusions,
certainly. For, although there are
many shawls with folds of chiffon or
georgette in lieu of fringe, the fringed
shawls are still in much demand
among we'll dressed women.
In mid-Victorian days, when women
wore enormous hoops and innumer-
able petticoats, the shawl was chosen
as an outside wrap because any sort
of coat was virtually out of the dues-
ton. There were other wraps-the
burnoose, the mantilla and the Anda-
lusian-but the square shawl, crossed
from corner to corner and worn pre-
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WHAT SHALL [ WEAR CAMPING?

more gently and better ward off blis-
ters and bruises than will any other
kind of socks. Do not have them too
tight, and yet do not have them too
loose. What is said Of socks applies
also to stockings for girls, although
very probably the girls will want to
go clad in about the same garments
as their brothers wear. At any rate
it Is doubtful If they will wear silk
stockings for more than one trip into
the woods!
Pay particular attention to your
footgear. Blistered feet are not joy
under any condition, and on a trip
where you depend upon your feet for
transportation you will find that blis-
ters are a downright evil.
The type of footgear you will want
will depend to large extent upon
your mode of travel and upon the
country through which you will go.
AS a general rule, your shoes should
be pliable but stoutly made: they
Evening star., 1927-10-02

Here Is an interesting sewing case,
In which you can keep all your thread,
shears, needles and also work which
is being finished. There is, too, a
small drawer fitting into the right
half Of the case that opens down or
folds up, depending upon whether the
case Is open or closed.
To make 1t get some strips 2 inches
square or less and make two frames,
each feet wide by feet high. Place
two cleats or narrow shelves in one
frame and one in the other. In place
of the second shelf in the second
frame make a small, shallow tray to
fit in place and run q small bolt
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(Copyright. 1927

lengthwise from one side of the frame
to the other through the back edge
Of this tray for pivot. The tray
bottom can be of composition board. :
Over the frame stretch pretty cloth;
then attach two cotton cords, silk
ribbons or brass chain to the sides
of the tray up to the sides Of the
frame to hold it horizontal when open.
To finish, give the wood a coat or two
of varnish, lacquer or paint, then
drive several small nails, as shown,
for the various thread spools.
When using the case, open to about
90 degrees and it will stand without
tipping over,
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Reboux of Paris-they are all here
and they are all smart.
The showl is, in fact, an indspens.
able article in every woman's ward
robe, and it is just as importnt now to
know how to wear a shawl with grace
and distinction as it was hundred
years ago, when one spoke of a wom-
an, not as being well dressed" but
well draped."
In those days girls took lessons in
the gentle art of wearing a shawl cor
rectly. A certain distinguished actress,
who had made herself famous in the
shawl dance, gave private lessons to
girls who could afford her fees in this
important department Of their educa.
ton.
Perhaps we don't do that, but smart
women know that it requires some
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POsers

All during the Summer and in
these first few weeks since school has
started. you have been reading just
lots OF books. Now here is an exarli-
nation to see how much you re-
member
1. Who wrote THE Three Mus
keteers"?
2. What is the name of Col. Charles
A. Lfndbergh's book?
3. What heavyweight boxer is said
to be a student and a great reader?
4. Who was the author OF Little
Women?
5. Who wrote THE Gingham Dog
and the Calico Cat?
6. In what work by Macaulay is "Ho-
ratius at the Bridge" found?
Z. In what year was the Franco.
Prussian War fought?
s. What nature writer lived along
Walden Pond?
Answers.
1-Alexandre Dumas: 2-"We";;
3-iene Tunney; 4-Louisa May AL.
colt: 5-Eugene Field; 6-"Lays of
Ancient Rome: 7-l876: 8-Henry
David Thoreau.
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Johnny owed Bill 25 cents, which
he was anxious to pay to him because
Bill was bigger than Johnny and was
asking for the money. Johnny had in
his pocket dollar and six dimes,
which he had earned raking leaves
during the week, and Bill had two
quarters. There was not a store
nearby where either could get his
money changed, and you can readily
see that paying the debt with these
coins required some figuring. But
Johnny paid the debt and avoided
trouble. Can you tell how he did it?
In the sentence below are two words
spelled in the same way but having
different meanings:
You must the rope tightly
around the cleat to hold the sail when
the comes up"
Word chains are lots of fun, aren't
they? Here are two for you. Get
from one word to the other, changing
one letter at a time, and always form.
ing a complete word by each change,
In the least possible number Of moves
Change GIVE to TAKE in four
moves.
Change FALL to RISE in four
moves,
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BY MARY MARSHALL.

Y ITALIAN shawls Of fine silk with
deep knotted fringe and colorful
embroidery, shawls of metal bro.
cade with satin borders, shawls Of
crepe combined with velvet, bro
cade shawls bordered with a wide hem
of georgette, with corners of cloth Of
gold; comfortable. coZy shawls of light
weight wool with deep silk fringe;
pailletted shawls. painted shawls, lace
shawls, shawls of silk net embroidered
with lace designs. shawls embroidered
with threads of gold, lace-edged
shawls, shawls of printed crepe de
chine, of crepe, of georgette; square
shawls, round shawls, oblong shawls.
shawls with sleeves first devised by
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should have bellows tongues, and the
soles should not be too thick. Heavy,
unyielding soleS soon tire the feet.
Avoid the high leather hunting boots,
because they are too heavy and
clumsy for long walking. Remember
that rubber footgear of any kind
makes the feet hot and causes them
to perspire. Remember. also, to wear
your shoes, II you buy new ones. q
few times before you start upon your
trip so that you can break them in
and make sure they will be comfort.
able. If you plan to wear woolen
socks or stockings. 1t is best to buy
your shoes a half size larger than
usual.
Wear leggings, If you like. and have
them preferably of wool. The canvas
or leather leggings are noisy in the
brush. and unless they fit well and
are properly adjusted they are not
comfortable.
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Greens were given important po-
sition by most of the leading French
dressmakers this Autumn. But they
were wise in including wide variety
of greens.
This season instead of having just
one fashionable green becoming to
only one type of woman there are
many, many greens to choose from.
And from the wide variety you may
be sure to select one that is really
becoming to you.
Paris proposes, and though many
women follow suit unquestioningly,
the young American woman disposes
to suit herself. But green happens
to suit her fancy and wherever young
women gather to buy their new clothes
you will find them especially inter-
ested in green. The green felt hat has
already become accepted as the smart
choice of a large number of well
dressed younger women.
There Is a real Irish green this
season--only instead Of calling it
Kelly green as we did a few seasons
ago we speak Of it as emerald. Olive
green is also in evidence.
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scissors. Draw the design on a piece
of heavy paper, reproducing 1t ex-
actly by following the guide lines.
The figure should be black. Cut out
all the white space and in it's place
paste colored tissue paper to the back
of the design. Then hang the picture
in the window so that the light shines
through the tissue paper.
The colors for this design are as fol.
lows:
Hill-Green.
Sky--Blue.
Windows-Yellow.
Evening star., 1927-10-02

Footwear is a very important part
of the camping costume.
Wooden socks are the best unless
the weather Is too warm and your
feet rebal against wool. Even so,
thick socks of wool, If you plan to
walk all day, will cushion your feet
Evening star., 1927-10-02

not until 1912 that the f1r0e square
shawls from Turkey came into fash.
ion in Europe.
At an early date there were lovely
shawls from China. made of crepe de
chine. light, soft. bright and durable
shawls richly embroidered in silk and
edged with heavy knotted fringe"
Many of these were used in Spain
and Italy, where the heavier wooden
shawls OF the Cashmere type were
less desirable. and needlewomen in
these countries were soon set to work
embroidering shawls Of the same de.
scription.
Despite the beauty Of the old.time
Cashmere shawl it would find little
place in the wardrobe Of a mdoern
woman. 1t is the interior decorators
rather than the dressmakers who find
ways Of making use Of these old
shawls from Cashmere.
1t Is said that after the wool had
been prepared and dyed for a Cash.
mere shawl, the work Of weaving and
embroidering kept three men busy for
an entire year.