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New Tunics and Their History
BY MARY MARSHALL.

coat Of many colors worn by Joseph
was no more nor less than a tunic
and that the little coat which the
mother of Samuel made for her child
was q tunic. The ancient Assyrians
wore short, checkered tunics with a
long fringe attached to the girdle.
Both kings and queens of ancient
Egypt wore rather scant tunics, and
those of the women were frequently
of light, almost transparent, material.
The classic tunic of Greece was made
Of a double fold of material feet
wide and feet long, with cords under
the breast or around the waist to keep
it from getting underfoot. So, you
see. there is nothing especially new
about the tunic, although the tunic
az it is presented for Autumn and
Winter is spoken of as decidedly
new"
Some of the French dressmakers.
including Martial ct Armand, are max.
ing tunics of knee length. Sometimes
they are even longer, so that just a
narrow edge Of the straight or pleated
skirt shows below.
The greatest care must be exerted
in fitting these new long tunics. They
must be tight enough over hips and
thighs so that they maintain a
straight contour and ample enough SO
that there is no tendency to draw or
bulge.
If you would like to own one of the
new bordered shawl-wraps for eve
ming wear and don't feel that you can
afford TO buy one, send for directions
and diagram for making one your
self. There is also a sketch to show
the smart way OF wearing it. Just
let me have a stamped, self addressed
envelope.
DOWNRIGHT. 1921
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MILADY BEAUTIFUL
BY LOIS LEEDS.

there not some other way? (2) What
will make my hair grow faster? My
hair is very oily. 81 Do you advise
the use of mascara to darken lashes?
l use vaselne on mine, but it does not
work very fast. APPRECIATED.
Answered. Your trouble is evil
IDENTIFY underweight. Find out what
is the average weight for girls of
your age and height and try to gain
up to that point. My leaf1et on How
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Grape Juice Sponge.

Soak one-half a teaspoonful of gela'
tin in one-fourth cupful of grape juice
and place over hot water until the
gelatin is dissolved. Strain, and when
the mixture begins to stiffen add the
whites of half an egg beaten until
stiff and two tablespoonfuls of
cream beaten until stiff. Turn into a
mold first dipped in cold water and
chill. Remove from the mold and
garnish with whipped cream sweet.
ened and favored with vanilla.
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Lamb or Mutton Sausage.

Put one pound of lamb or mutton
free from bone through grinder and
mix thoroughly with one.half pound
of fat fresh pork, a pinch of black
pepper. one.half teaspoonful of salt
and one-fourth teaspoonful each of
marjoram, thyme and sage. Form
into cakes and fry until well done.
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Developing Thin Hips.

Dear Miss Leeds-O Could you tell
me some way to have nice, rounded
hips? Mine are bony and not big
enough in proportion to the rest of
my figure. Ny bust is also not as
we'll developed as it should be. l have
heard of exercises for the bust, but
have not much time to do them. Is
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SUB ROSA
BY MIMI.
Freedom of the Knees.

1t will be a long time before people
stop talking about woman's freedom
and the way she has crashed the gate
into the big game where man used to
play all by himself. Take almost any
trade or profession, sport or bad habit
and you'll find that woman is there
with bells on If nothing else.
Sometimes it seems to be that when
the high.brows of the next century
write up ours they'll say that the
woman movement was just as remark.
able, although not quite so deadly, as
the World War. For we have turned
the world upside down, even though
we did have to gas the men a little.
But they were used to that already.
Some people have the idea that the
freedom of woman is all on the sur
face, like cold cream, and that her
Wanted liberty of life Is only the free
dom of the knees, to say no more
about her attire. But if you stop to
think it over, I'm sure you'll find that
freedom with hair and skirt and the
authorizations which appear there are
only signs of the larger liberty which
women enjoy.
This freedom is showing itself in
ever so many ways, and then some,
so that you find the woman of today
doing the things that men used
to do with their left-handed monkey
wrenches. But that is not the impor.
tant thing, after all.
The great things which have been
accomplished by the emancipated
woman have to do with life and love.
OF course, woman has always lived in
q
certain amount of love in her life.
But now she has her chance to start
something along these lines.
When girl gets a job she may give
the impression that she's getting
somewhere and doing something in
the world. But job and pay are not
the great things in that kids life,
even when the mazuma does come in
handy when new frock is needed.
The main thing is that the young
female is showing the world how
women as well as men are in under
the big tent. They are no longer in
the little side shows with the freaks,
but right in the big circus.
Woman's freedom, of which her
knees are significant, applies as we'll
to love as to life. Woman has al
ways had certain amount Of atten-
ton from men, and is certainly at
tracing as much today, but that
isn't the same as having her heart
free to love whom her fancy may
choose.
/ don't mean that girls are getting
goofy on the subject of love or that
they think as much about sextasy as
the men do. What | mean is that
when the girl loves it can be for
loves sake and not merely in re-
Spouse to proposal involving a home
and visible means Of support
The freedom which women >Ajoy
seems to be external and SNOWY, when,
as matter of fact, 1t has to do with
their feelings. Women are naturally
fitted for life and love. and all they
need is chance to make good in the
big game.
Copyright. 1927
Mimi will be glad to answer any inquiries
directed TO this paper provided stamped.
addressed envelope is inclosed. Also she
ha oil
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Much Deleted.

From the Boston Transcript
Another book that gets censored
is hubbys pocketbook--at least. c. T.
D. says that what his wife hands back
to him is a highly expurgated edition.
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Pineapple Isles.

4AACoPPIC ASlCS'
Canned pineapple slices, 6.
Egg whites, 2.
Sugar. tablespoons.
Chopped nuts, 6 teaspoons.
SERVES SIX PORTIONS.
Slices from a No. can are a nice
size. Place the slices Of pineapple on
a buttered baking sheet. Sprinkle
with nuts and cover with meringue,
heaping it up in the center. Beat egg
whites stiff and add the sugar to make
the meringue. Brown in oven until
meringue Is delicate brown. Can be
made one day and used the next. Nuts
could be omitted
DIET NOTE.
Recipe contains some lime and iron
in the egg whites, and vitamins A and
B in the pineapple. Should not be
eaten by one wishing to reduce.
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The earliest made-up garments.
costume students assure us. were
tunfcs, and the prototype tunic is
described by one costume historian
~ a simple bag, more or less closely
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fitting the body and of varying
length, with holes for the arms and
an opening for the neck
This historian, G. Woolliscroft
Rhead, further informs us that the
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THE PALAIS ROYAL
BARBER & ROSS

WALSH BROS, $3.50 I4th st. NV.
VI. r.. WINSTON. 201s I5th st. NV.
GEO. NJ. YEATMAN. 4.6 eth st. S.W.
NJ. COHEN. 1911 Ga. Ave. NV.
EDW. COOPER, 1902 I4th st. NV.
DIXIE HDWE. CO., cor Pa. Ave. SIC.
W. A. FINCH. 24I6 18th St. NV.
NJ: B: Flynn, 051 Pa. Ave: Sc.
FRED NJ. HAAS. zoos Rhode Island
l. a Nor 1898 St. NE.
VIRGINIA (Continued)
CULPEPER, Vowel Hwde. Co.
DANVILLE. Virginia Hdwe. & Mfg. Co.
EMPORIA. Harris Hdwe. Co.
FALLS CHURCH. Horace f. Brown.
FARMEILLE. Paulett Crociery Co.
FRANKLIN, q. H. Steinhardt & Co., Inc.
FREDERICkSBURG. w. A. Bell & Bro
FRONT ROYAL, George c. Ramsey,
HAMILTON. II. l.. Saunders.
HAMPTON. Tign0r's Dept. store.
IIARRISONBURG. Hawkins Hdwe. Co.
HERNDON. G.. NJ. budding.
H0PEWELL. H0pewell Hdwe. & Glass Co.
LAWRENCEVILLE. Laine d Jackson
LEEsBuRGH. Chas. R. Lowenbaeh
LEXINGTON. n. s. Anderson 4 Co.
HRAY. r. J.. PrlntZ.
NEWPORT NEWS, Broadway Dept.
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Mimi will be glad to answer any INQUIRIES
directed TO this paper. provided a stamped
addressed envelope is inclosed. Also she
ton, and How to Overcome Self-Conscous-
ness" Do you want the new Fashion
Hints! Send stamped. addressed envelope
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BLADENSBURG. LYMAN Brown.
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Sleeps Tongues.

tCopyright. 1927
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out of the district any day now, and
that they wotfid be very useful to him
after / had gone. When the days
passed and I did not go, however. and
there was never any word of my 60
ing, while I was forever demanding
news of Bakhai, and announcing
that I shouldn't leave without him,
the gang grew first Impatient and
then nervous.
Finally that morning they had fixed
UP the ambush, which the chief only
learned about a few moments before
we walked into it. l listened to his
story, and then sent him outside to sit
down with the guard.
That and other business kept me
busy till sunset, when stopped impro-
vising on my typewriter. removed my.
self from the grass shack that was my
office, and sought the outer air. The
rhurki chair stood invitingiy in the
shade; beside it a box, and on the
box my tea. While tea.ing / gave
hearing to a dispute concerning a
farm boundary.
THE proceedings droned IL. I, fol-
lowing the example of greater
Judges elsewhere, closed my eyes. open
ing them now and again. To one of
these occasion was prompted by a
sudden silence, broken by a throat
clearing notes.-the sort of noise that
a non-commissioned officer makes
when he desires your attention.
There stood Seargeant lisa Bauchi,
with his two men. One of them car
ried a bow with a little bag tied on
one end of it:
Halt" and Left turnl' barked the
sergeant. Then he slapped the butt
of his rifle, wriggled his legs, came
to rest.
/ looked-looked long. Then: Excel.
lent"' ! said with great warmth and
heartiness, and waved them dismissal
Sergeant, Isa Bauchi slapped his rifle
stock once more, turned smartly
about parked, and moved off with his
party.
Night fell. the suppliants faded
away, and to me entered the lieuten.
ant, attended by his orderly and re.
tanners carrying long hammock chair,
whisky, cigarettes.
You say Sergt. Isa Bauchi?" asked
the young officer.
II did," said I.
Five cartridges expended. four
thumbs in the little bag The beggars
came back in a bunch to do a gloat
about four hours after we left--a
round dozen of 'em. all armed to the
teeth. chirruping away, no end pleas.
ed with themselves
During the days that followed all
that district was very thoroughly
combed out. We sought to. convince
the local savages that the leader of
the ambushers ought to be caught,
must be caught. and handed over. We
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dOea PnonAn
| Razor t D Wha lat THE GardHu

| gentlemen were on parade, stated to
be all the householders there were.
After some fuss further 200 were
discovered! That meant tearing up
the particulars l had noted down and
| starting all over again. 1t vexed the
lieutenant and the soldiers; it vexed
my interpreters and staff; it veXed
me- ,
Meanwhile felt confident that Bak.
| hal, the rebel of Babban Kurmt and
| the alleged cause of all the
| trouble there, was lurking with
| his following somewhere about
the district. His departure from Bah.
ban Kurmi was final, knew, for after
the peace settlement his neighbors had
divided up all his gear between them.
and now went about telling the world
| they had expelled him. So he was
finished there.
On the other hand. lots of little VIII
lagos would welcome the influx of a
dozen able.bodied men; they would be
useful, extensively and defenstvely,
against other small villages. ! was
certain that sooner or later, If l was,
getting the truth from the people, ]
should run across Master Bakhai.
In due course ] approached the end
of my labors. We had made our last
camp out on a comparatively un-
swampy bit of plain, a mile or so
away from little jungle village called
MAZDA. The chief of MAZDA was a very
nice old man, and his people served
us regularly with meal and grain and
other things-altogether a decent, we'll
ordered community. The path to
everywhere lay through NADIA. and we
were in and out OF the place almost
daily.
Ono ,,,or,,;rc 1,.o ,on51Iol3 4L,o,,r1, -.
our lawful occa sions. / was in front,
walking, with my orderly Immediately
at my heals and the escort and people
coming along behind. Rounding turn
in the jungle path just clear of the
village, Orderly Awudu Ramanu said
OH, dropped his rifle and suddenly
sat down. 1 dropped also. Overhead
whistled a cloud of arrows. The little
column checked; the officer raped out
commands.
We were traversing a narrow track
at the time, a mere furrow, walled in
on both sides with impenetrable jungle
greenery: a path that went winding,
with never a dozen yards of view.
wriggled to Awudu and laid him at
length, but could see no wound. He
put his hand % his thigh, and, turning
up his shorts, I saw a small wound
there. Snatching off my lGckerchief.
bound it tightly above the place,
twisted it tighter with my fountain
pen, and then tore handkerchief into
strips to make the toufniquet fast.
From the left pocket of my bush
shirt l took q tin box, and from that
safety razor blade. Then / got to
work cutting down into the wound. It |
was very small and had no depth. and,I
l came upon tiny wooden |
knob, or bead, and hooked it out. It |
was an arrowhead.
Some natives down that way use an |
atwood type of arrow when they go
out after other humans The body of |
the thing is the usual reed, but the
head is Of very hard and brittle wood
This they further harden in a fire.
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gressive town would set the example,
these things could be replaced with
something really good. He says that
we ought to have symbolic things
with parks around them"
1t sounded like grand and glorious
idea. Sixteen young women went to it
simultaneously. They didn't form any
committees or draw up any resolu-
tons. They Just made up their minds
something ought to be done at once,
and Grace said she'd ask her cousin
down for the week end. He'd tell
them what to do.
Nina called Babs Bliss over from
her desk in the hallway and engaged
the east drawing room for tea party
in honor of the sculptor. Babs ad.
mitted it was a darb of an idea, but
she threw deep gloom over the assem-
bly, by asking how they were going
TO get the old monument out Of the
way.
1.-THE Ralstons and the Warringtons
and all that crowd put it there. and l
don't believe they'll ever consent to
having it moved. Why, Miss Ralston
loves that monument like it was her
long lost beau"
"Who's Miss Ralston?" demanded
Ada Winslow.
Seven voices described Miss Raj
ston.
Good grief" Ada shrieked Its
she I almost ruined"
While they talked. energetic Harry
Herndon was improving the shining
hour. He had enscounced Miss Ralston
in his own deep.cushioned leather
chair. He had sent the office boy for
glass of lemonade to steady her
nerves. Better yet, he had leaned
against his desk and listened to a de.
tailed account of her narrow escape.
Dear lady," Harry murmured
softly. pedestrians are no longer
safe"
"Nor is mans noblest friend, the
horse" Miss Ralston launched into
an old grievance. "For years." she
blushed slightly as she boosted, II
was most skillful with the reins and
whip. and always drove downtown be.
hind q handsome pair of bays--with
, groom, of course, in case of emer-
gency. BIT by 1905 I realized / no
longer had the freedom of the high.
way. My beautiful steeds were terri.
fed, I myself badly frightened, and
so the ribbons slipped from these
hands for the last time on a."
Harry felt he couldn't live through
another Of Miss Ralston's narrow es.
capes. He hastily said that he agreed
absolutely with her lofty sentiments.
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you hesitated even a moment. our
Rltzy Eight is a mechanical marvel
1t practically drives itself"
Under the spell of his eloquence'
she signed on the dotted line. Pur-
chasing a motor to drive herself was
the most revolutionary thing that she
had done since she had permitted the
village seamstress to shorten her
street frocks to ankle length, in l9ll.
But his promise to teach her TO
drive proved to be the rashest prom
Use of young Harry Herndon's life.
In vain did she push her hat pack
from her pompadour. In vain dia she
firmly secure the gold chain OF hef
spectacles. In vain did she focus those
spectacles upon the neat diagram
showing how to shift gears that Harry
had pasted on her shining windshield.
All this concentration brought forth
nothing more than a squeaking M
sorry, but I seem to have forgotten
how it Starts
First, loosen your parking brake
with your left hand" Harry would re-
iterate. Then push the clutch in
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| flask down his throat, and. good Mo
hammedan as he was, all unaccus.
toned to strong waters, he gasped
very heartily.
THEN / had pull at the flask my.
self, lighted a cigarette, and took
look around--to discover that the
wounded man and were alone! There
upon I placed my revolver convenient
to my hand and then lay down beside
him to wait and see.
The idea, of course, had been to
shoot me. And had | been astern
of the orderly, instead of his follow.
ing on my heels, / should have got
an arrow shot from q bow moves a
lot less quickly than a bullet from
a gun. Ambushers aim at the lead
ing mainland hit the next.
The lieutenant and his braves re-
turned at the end of an hour, sweat.
ing hard, their clothes in shreds.
bleeding and barked and bruised.
Their dash at the ambushers and the
subsequent pursuit through that
dense jungle was the toughest sort
Of forlorn hope.
The lieutenant asked me If I had
noticed, on passing through, that the
village Of MAZDA appeared to be empty.
had not noticed it. 1t ought, of
course, to have struck me at once,
but the last thing I expected was to
be attacked within few yards of
our pet village of NADIA.
The officer was very capable SOL
der. He made careful search the
place. and found not a soul in it..
though everything suggested that the
inhabitants had stepped out of doors
for a moment to look at sunbeam,
meaning to return at once There
fore we subtracted sergeant and two
men from our force and posted them
in a hut on the outskirts of the vii.
lage, with certain orders. Then we
rugged up litter for Awudu, packed
him on 1t, and presently arrived in
lamp. BY midday the wounded man
was looking much healthier--said he
vas feeling fine. A stout fellow.
Orderly Awudu Ramanu.
The lieutenant and I had a neal:
and then I settled down to my af.
ternoon's work.
At 3 o'clock the aged chief of
MAZDA crept in on all tours, with a
lot Of dust on his head. He told how
Master Bakhai, the rejected of Bah
ban Kurmi, had arrived in his village
with dozen other men a week ago.
and had lain "doggo" there. They
had promised to be good and loyal
townsmen, but they threatened to kill
the old man and all his family if he
said aught to me of their presence.
Bakhai and Co. had further assured
the chief that I should be clearing
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satisfied them that everybody was 60.
ing to be--and to stay--utterly un.
comfortable until he was caught.
They tried all the usual lodges.
An old fellow, all but blind, lowering
on the verge of death from senile de.
cay. was produced. securely roped,
and the men who brought him were
for persuading us that this was the
desperate Bakhai! The ancient was
united and dismissed with kind words
and a present of tobacco after n
square meal and good nights rest.
Then young lad was brought--he
looked about IL years old--and tear.
fully insisted that he was Bakhai.
Him we sent away home to his
mother with a present Of salt.
l remarked to my friend the lieuten.
ant that the leaven was working and
That I expected to see the bad man"
very soon now.
And 1t was so. One morning. when
tumbled out Of my mosquito.netted
campbell to look at the dawn, I dis.
covered score OF grave and silent
gentlemen sitting waiting by the all.
but-dead camp fire. They were unarn.
ed, and they wore no gives. Rising.
they stood silent. I gave them good.
day. and one said. I'VE have come
with Bakhai."
A tall, lean, broad.shouidered fellow
looked hard at me. straight In the
eyes. I'm the man you want" he said
with my people sat for you. It was
my arrow that hit your man."
The soldiers came with handouts
and leg.irons, and Bakhai entered into
dUrance.
That. for the time being. ended our
business in the district. The escort
md moved out of it. and after a few
days marching we parted company.
they going to rejoin their unit, while
l. with Bakhai under strong guard,
made for Provincial Headquarters.
The man had. to stand his trial. of
course, and I didn't want to be the
judge, preferring that another-if pos
sible, my chief-should take the case.
X 4 4 y
60 we came to morning when,
- three marches only from our des-
tination, was taking early morning
tea in a rest camp. 1t was bright
and clear. the sun just up, the air
cool, and all was peace. Tea, in
pyjamas. can be quite pleasant in
such conditions. AS I started on my
second cup there arrived at the
Prisoner Bakhai had stuck knife
into himself. So off / padded to the
guard hut. There / found Bakhai,
naked, lying on the ground, appar.
emily unconscious, with several holes
in his stomach.
The corporal and men of the guard
came running up. Seeing their
prisoner ironed ard reckoning him
safe, they had gone hundred yards
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no, no. Miss Ralston--not with the
right foot. The right foot merely
puts on the foot brake. Don't get ex.
cited. Push your left foot slowly
down on the left pedal
He used to come from those lessons
hopping his brow and muttering
strange things. His wife added insult
to injury by impishly accusing him
of having an affair with his pupil.
"Y-your attentions to her are
b-breaking m-my h-h.heart" She pre-
tended to weep. II shall go.go
h-home to m-mother!'
That gave him an idea
The next day he explained to Miss
Ralston why one of the mechanics
would have to complete her instruc.
ton.
II hate to tell you," he murmured
huskily, "but the fact is that the
little woman is jealous--she's making
fuss about my riding around with
YOU SO much"
The mechanic lacked Harry's pa.
thence. He had her In tears inside of
ten minutes, but. in an hour, she