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r IFE is not as simple as 1t was in the
- sales salons of famous Paris dress
makers.
Formerly only the Somebodies bought
there and the rest had to be content
with waiting until copies Of models ap-
peared in public at places like the races,
the opera and charity balls.
Now the dressmakers have two classes
Of customers. These are the people who
personally choose their clothes in the
houses that create them, and there are
the women-the bulk Of women-who
rely on the selections of commercial
buyers.
Most of us are in the latter class.
Many and many modest budgeteer,
when she goes to her favorite depart
ment store thousands Of miles away
from Paris, chooses model which is
directly influenced by the selection of
a commercial buyer on the Rue de la
Paix.
Mrs. Budgeteer would never think of
patronizing the French department of
her store, II 1t has one, but what she
gets for $3.50 in the general ready-to-
wear may have the hand of famous
designer behind it, and most certainly
it carries the authority of Paris, for 1t
is made from designs inspired there,
directly or indirectly.
The costume, purchased from an
American wholesale house by the local
department store and eventually pur-
chased by Mrs. Budgeteet Is the New
World version of something bought
several weeks earlier In Paris, long be-
fore Mrs. B. felt the seasonal urge to
get herself something fit to be seen
in"
The highly organized garment indus
try of the United States, with its far
reaching foreign buying system and
mass production methods. thinks ahead
for American women while they are
busy with private problems 1t main
tains hundreds of commercial buyers
abroad, most of them concentrated in
Paris, to act as intermediates for the
millions who never get to the source of
fashions but try to keep up with style.
Because the commercial buyers rep
resent the most direct contact Paris
has with women as whole, the style
creators are Influenced by what they
say, and, above all, what they buy.
This influence Is increasing each sea-
son.
New styles are launched twice a year
at the biggest houses at q sort of dress
rehearsal, attended by invited members
of the press, the theatrical world and
society. The shows started out to be
small affairs, but each season they be-
come more elaborate. Some houses
now serve champagne and offer a buff
fet supper. Their dress rehearsals are
so crowded the mannequins can
scarcely make themselves seen in the
crush.
The compliments which follow the
first nights are not taken too seriously
by the dressmakers. They know that
the real test Is In the order books after
the professional buyers see the collec-
ton. =.
On the buyers day there are no
champagne buckets, caviar sandwiches
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Those who entertain during the week
In which Valentines day comes, as well
as those who give genuine valentine
parties, will no doubt includes features
Suggestive of the season. It is the time
when hearts are trumps, and they are
very much in evidence. They are
given the place of prominence in the
Hearts are said to hutter under
stress of pleasant excitement. It will
be by fiuttering hearts, therefore. that
partners will be found for dancing
cards, for supper or for. game IN
which partners should work together.
From red and white paper cut as
many hearts as there are persons to be
present. Use tissue paper. BY folding
the paper whole string Of hearts can
be cut at one time. Separate them
and write duplicate numbers on the
two sets. In addition to these num-
bered hearts, cut score or more OF
smaller hearts of various colorS. Put
them in a square of red tissue paper.
Gather the corners together and tie
with white ribbon or crepe paper cut
into strip. Fasten this container to
the chandelier or hang it from the top
Of a doorway.
Start the party by having nearLs
futter to the floor. Provide one person
with fan, with which to fan the bag.
Use circular motion. When the breeze
Is strong the hostess cuts the bag, and
the hearts, like thistle down, will fiy
and circle about before landing on the
floor
Each person tries to gather as many
small hearts as possible, and one red
if boy, or one white If girl. No
one should pick up more than one Of
the larger hearts. When all the hearts
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! have been gathered up those who have
red and white hearts with identical
numbers are partners.
BY counting the number of small
vari-colored hearts each person picked
| up, fortune telling element comes into
the entertainment. The sum indicates
| the number of months before the per-
| son will get married.
After this separate counting Of the
hearts. each couple sums up the total
of combined numbers. The partners
having the largest number should be
awarded a prize. Two heart-shaped
boxes filed with candy would be just
the things.
Give each person the five letters in
the word heart" These can be capi-
tails cut from the newspaper. Sizes do
not have to be alike. Each player Is
asked to make as many words as pos
sible from the letters between heart
beats. These are given by striking
bell, one to start, two and three fol-
lowing at intervals of one minute each.
When the third heart beat is given
every one must stop working.
There are at least 80 familiar words,
none proper names, in this one word,
and II you give hearts instead Of heart
there are innumerable others. A prize
should be awarded to the player get
ting most words in the given time. The
game is called whats In Your Hearth"
Refreshments should feature hearts.
Sandwiches and cakes can be cut In
heart shape. Slices of jellied meat also
can be cut with sharp, heart-Shaped
cutter. Salad can be dotted with wee
hearts cut from beets. Ices can be
nodded in heart shape or slices can be
cut with q heart cookie cutter. This
must be plunged into cold water each
time it is used.
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Today in
Washington History
BY DONALD A. CRAr0.

February IL, 1S97.-Gen. Horace Por-
ter, chief marshal Of the inaugural pa
rade, returned to washington this morn
ing from Canton, Ohio, where he had
been the guest Of President-elect Nc
Kinley. He went to his office in the
Glover Building at 10 o'clock and left
almost Immediately for the War Depart
ment.
About noon Gen. Porter returned to
inaugural headquarters and held q con-
Sultation with Capt. j. A. Johnston,
chief OF aids, as to the line of march
and formation Of the inaugural parade.
finance committee, participated in the
conference part Of the time. coming
from the Metropolitan National Bank at
Gen. Porter'S request.
Disappointment was expressed by Gen.
Porter and others over the news that
the Pennsylvania National Guard will
not participate in the inaugural parade
this year, but Gen. Porter said there
would be plenty Of troops and that the
parade was certain to be q success from
a spectacular and every other point of
view. While he regretted the loss of
the Pennsylvania troops, he said it
would have no deteriorating effect upon
the parade.
lie UASt OulClnl WOFU bIltzL INC rem"
sylvania Guard, which has been such a
notable feature Of former inaugural pa
rades. would not come this year was re-
ceived when Lieut.. w. F. Richardson,
quartermaster of the 9th Pennsylvania
Regiment, arrived at headquarters this
morning from Harrisburg and an
nounced that the Guard from his State
would not be able to be present, much
to the disappointment of the men, but
that Gov. Hastings of Pennsylvania and
his staff would probably attend. The
reason for the decision with respect to
the Pennsylvania troops seems to be
that no money is available to bring them
here. Heretofore, the railroads have
transported them without charge, or at
reduced rate, which Is impossible now
under the provisions Of the interstate
commerce act.
The work of erecting the temporary
kitchen and dining tables for the in
augural ball on the north side of the
Pension Building was begun this morn
ing. This will be the largest Of the
temporary structures for the Inaugural
ton.
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SUB ROSA
Swapping Charms.

Charm Ii like complexion. You may
have every other trait Of beauty, but It
doesn't count with a muddy skin. But
II you have peachy coloring, your
prtine features won't look so bad after
all.
IT'S the same way with charm. Given
that, the rest matters very little. With
out it you're under a handicap. There
is the charm Of man and that Of
woman. It was all right when the men
used their own charm outfit and when
women were content with feminine
forms of attractivenesS, but the sexes
are swapping their charms, that's all.
Many's charm is matter of military
bearing and athletic grace. A man
may have bad features, but his foot
ball shoulders will make you forget his
face. His physical charm Is supposed
to be that of strength.
There is no doubt now that the flap
per Is trying to find out just how much
charm there is in short hair, firm
knees, and the boyish figure. She
ducked the kind Of paraphernalia that
went along with Nom and Queen Vic
toria. She's some boy, that's all.
But the men seem to be trying to
get square with us, the way they doll
up. What about their soft shirts,
&lIB COatS WIN Iulty lltt4c plCdGo HIlQ
belts. Aren't they just too sweet for
anything?
Then the men have such sweet Gill;
lette faces. There may be a tiny mus
tache, but believe could raise a bet
ter one myself Now that's just It,
The moment a girl wants to look like
q man, the man wants to resemble
girl.
A woman,s real charm is something
silent, passive. It's the sign of what
she is. You can't rub 1t on with
lipstick or powder puff. No, for it's
her real nature as woman, coming to
the surface like blood to the cheek.
Mans genuine charm consists In
what he says and does. It's some
thing active. It Is like the splendid
activities of knights in the days of
chivalry. It doesn't depend upon the
slick tailor or the smooth barber.
wish that men could see that.
It's on the charm side that men are
weak. They are short on gallantry
Girls may be making a mistake in
trying to get some masculine charm of
appearance, but the men are even more
in error.
These men must brace up, for we are
stealing their stuff. They must get
move on and learn some new tricks.
Once wished I was q man, but no
longer Being q woman Is good enough
for me.
(Copyright, 1897
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MOVIES AND MOVIE PEOPLE
BY MOLLIE MERRICK.

HOLLYWOOD, Calf, February IL
1T is true Mrs. Neilan and live a
little differently from most married
people, but We are not parted and there
will be no divorce"
This is the quaint way Marshall
Neilan explains his difficulties and tenn
peramental vicissitudes. Blanche Sweet,
his wife, one of the first girls to make
a hit in moving pictures in a big way,
says she is merely selling her house as
any one else would If they took a
notion, and that the breakup in house
keeping Is no sign of a breakup in
matrimonial partnership.
1t seldom is In Hollywood. Benedict
husbands often have bachelor homes
Wives take apartments for themselves,
that they may have solitude, SQUIRE
lease and a refuge when the fighting
gets too hot,
Six months ago Marshall Neilan was
the luncheon rage Of Hollywood. That
day was completely. lost whose low
descending sun didn't reveal him as
the central figure Of couple Of public
kissing bees. Ladies, armed cap pie
to conquer, swept down the aisles OF
the leading cafe with a searching look
in their eyes, for to halt at the Neilan
table and implant q swift kiss on the
Celtic directors lips meant landing In
the public prints that very moment
and landing In the public prints Is very
important in this village.
Some one starte the vogue of writ
ing about the ladies who kissed Neilan
over the luncheon tables. Be 1t said
in all honesty that the fever spread
until the man was fearful of taking a
mouthful of chicken liver omelet lest
1t be catapulted down his throat by
some determined lady bent on ogcula-
ton.
The craze died down. Crazes in
Hollywood are good for six minutes to
six weeks, seldom longer.
A brilliant producer hit upon the
idea of making sound film at Aqua
Caliente. Now, Aqua Is the Monte
Carlo of Hollywood, five hours away
and just across the Mexican border. It
is the favorite stamping ground of
clipping couples and week end romances
of various types.
But when the sound cameras were
wheeled in and the cranks began to
grind there was general scuttle. Six
their faces, camera shy at last. It's
one thing to be on record with the
gossips and another thing to be per-
manized In news strip.
Sound effects of this type will have
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or free perfume. The decks are cleared
of everything but chairs, and usually
there are not enough Of those.
The naughty mannequins, tired usu-
ally from the society showing Of the
night before, get through the show as
quickly as possible.
Thirty minutes after the end Of the
show the head Of the house knows the
value of his new collection. II the
collection is a success, there Is a near
riot while the orders pour in. The
rooms become an informal fashion curb
market.
Models chosen in those few minutes
of bedlam influence the bulk of women
clothes put out for Spring and Autumn
trade. They decide whether the gen.
eral trend of clothes in the United
States will be straight or flared. long
or short, and what colors will be
stressed.
The French woman hates to admit
what she pays for her gowns, but 1t Is
generally known that she pays less than
overseas shoppers. There are French
prices and American prices on cos
tunes which run on an average from
$50 to $500 for dresses and $50 up
ward for coats.
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INAUGURAL PAGEANT.
IShingfOn to Hoover
BY ALEXANDER R. GEORGE.

Carrying on the policies Of Taylor,
President Fillmore took UP his residence
in the White House in quiet and un-
oStentatious manner" A cotemporary
admirer said Of him:
II think it will be conceded by every
body that he Is the best looking Of all
the Presidents who have occupied the
national mansion.
"He Is a man among men In appear
ance, overlapping In height the major
ity Of the human family, finely formed
and with bright eye. Erect In car
rage and sufficiently stout without be-
ing corpulent, he Is q representative Of
the American gentleman in whom his
countrymen may take pride.
HE is exceedingly winning in his
manner of receiving his guests, takes
them kindly by the hand. says an ap-
propriate word to every one, smiles
graciously to the ladies, and moves
about the room with the ease and air
of a gentleman receiving his friends in
his own house."
Jenny Lind was making a triumphal
tour of the country In the Fall Of 1850.
and, arriving at Washington, where she
White House.
c. G.. Rosenberg, In his book, Jenny
Lind in America" tells of the visit:
"On the following morning Mile.
Lind waited upon President Fillmore at
the White House. She was received by
him with the greatest kindness and
cordially, and after spending consid-
erably more than an h9ur in his society
and that of Mrs. Fillmore and her
daughter, returned with an even more
enthusiastic admiration Of the States
than she had previously entertained.
''She had sat and chatted with him
and with his wife and daughter. She
had utterly forgotten his position for
the time, and only when she retired
did she recollect that she had been In
the presence of the man who controlled
the most powerful and vigorous Gov
eminent that had ever arisen In the
short lapse of a single century"
Other distinguished guests at the
White House during the Fillmore ad.
ministration were Gen. Louis Kossuth,
the Hungarian revolutionist; Washing
ton Irving and Thackeray.
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BY SARA HYLAND.

There seems to be no lamp as handy
as the bridge lamp, for 1t may be car
ried to the card table, near the sofa,
large chair, desk or wherever one might
wish to have a light fall on ones card
playing, reading or sewing.
Heretofore a lamp of this type has
had no value except convenience In
lighting, but in the accompanying
illustration is shown an addition to
the standard which makes 1t unusually
practical. This is tray which is just
the right height on the standard to be
within easy reach of any one sitting
in a chair or on sofa, and 1t Is suff-
GENTLY large to hold smoking or sewing
accessories.
So well built is this lamp that the
tray remains sturdy even when car
ried about, although the bracket which
holds the lamp is adjustable, sliding up
or down to meet the needs Of the reader.
A lamp base such as this may be left
in the natural iron finish or painted in
black combined with gold. silver, Chi
nese red or any of the attractive mod
ern color combinations.
(Copyright. 1922
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to be planted. Spontaneity Ii q gar.
ment that rarely fits the figure Of con-
vention. Hollywood Is used to o more
slender type than hers, anyway.
Renee Adoree has q good year COM
ing, 1t seems. The little French girl
who came to Hollywood fresh from the
circuses Of rural France has been lost
in flood Of mediocre parts Of late.
The primitive strain in her warned
that the only salvation lay in a return
to her own land. But the flag of peace
is being waved, and one hears she will
have something to say about her pic
lures in future.
BY no means the prettiest woman In
movies, Adoree has something the pref
tiest might well envy. She has the
very rhythm of romance about her
She releases an atmosphere Of beauty
and zeStful adventure. She Is the
dewy yellow primrose that makes the
most regal orchid look false and petty.
(Try this line on your girl; 1t mag
save you about s5.50.)
And the teacher to the Hollywood
child-Johnny, is your composition I'm.
ished?
Johnny nervous ,l-No'm, but the
theme songs all blocked out.
Copyright, 1929, by North American News.
paper Alliance)
More than 2,100 miles Of motor rail
postal routes were started In Germany
IN the past fiscal year.
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demonstration was one of grief at the
passing Of q popular President.
There was silence in the streets Of
the Capital, the national colors we're
at half mast. and "all the public offices
were closed and arrayed In the same
sable colors, even to the national monu-
merft.; The executive mansion was
literally covered with black" President
Fillmore was respected, but compare
lively obscure figure at the funeral
OF "Old Rough and Ready"
p Probably the most dramatic note In
an impressive funeral procession two
miles long was that given by "Old
Whitley" Gen. Taylor's favorite war
horse, following the carriage that bore
his masters body.
The old cannon-proof charger, whose
nostrils had coolly carried the smoke
Of Buena Vista and Palo Alto, his once
white coat now yellow and matted,
looked more like devoted family horse
than battle steed as he walked,
holsters on saddle and spurs inverted.
in the scorching SUM- Another flash of
yellow, amid the black and white of the
cortege, was the feathers In the tower
ing plume of Gen. Winfield Scott, COM
rade- in-arns Of Gen. Taylor.
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Good Pay

He always pays his bills on time, and
as he walks along his track the people
Ger each other climb to roundly pat
him on the back; he's highly honored
and revered, his fame will never cease
to shine: raven ringlet from his beard
Is treasured as keepsake fine. He al
ways pays his bills on time, and makes
no faces as he pays: he may not reach
the heights sublime that are attained
by gifted jays; he may not WELD a
brush inspired, or write a book that
rings the bell but more than all he Is
admired in Punktown, where he's won't
to dwell. He always pays his bills on
time, and offers up no cheap excuse; he
always holds it is crime to buy the
butchers stall-fed goose, then make
that melancholy man present his bill
again, again; which is cheap and
tawdry plan detested by all righteous
men. He always pay his bills on time,
and makes no creditor feel sick; he
pays up for the unslaked lime just when
he said he'd pull the trick; he pays the
miller for his bran, the plumber for his
leaden pipe, and has small use for any
man who looks on promises as tripe. He
them all with genial mirth, and so the
poet writes q rhyme to celebrate his
sterling worth; and everywhere this
good man wends, on pleasure or on
business bent he finds about million
friends who's like to make him Presi-
dent. WALT MASON.
(Copyright, 1929
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tllC OdtIt Va OA41CC
before q sonber as
sembly of Senators
and Representa-
tives in the Capitol,
July 10. 1850.
The inauguration
was oveIshadowed
by the grief-strick-
en- hom age to
Zachary Taylor,
and the scepter OF
the people passed
into Film r e s
steady hands "as
quietly and quick
ly as a power OF at
torney Is acknowl-
edged before q JUS
tice of the peace. I"
Tho nnIvy y,Ifh1ir
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One Mother says
MY children like to make their own
valentines. I keep q box Of materials,
some left over from other years and
some lately added. In putting together
the frosted paper, hearts and cupids,
they use their own taste, with only a
few suggestions which make when I
can without interfering. encourage
them to write appropriate sentiments.
even little verses, to 60 with each valen-
tine.
(CopyriRht, 1927
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Lessons in English
BIZ W. L. GORDON.

Words often misused: Do not say IT
don't know but that made mistake"
Say IT may have made a mistake"
Often mispronounced: Discretion;
sc" as in met" not as In "me."
Often misspelled: Jardiniere; note
the "iniere."
Synonyms: Illness, ailment, disease,
diorder, sickness, indisposition, COM
plant, infirmity.
Word study: use a word three times
and it Is yours" Let us increase our
vocabulary by mastering one word each
day Today's word, Impostor; one who
deceives by false pretenses. Nov Is
our opportunity to expose this I'M
postor."
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Women Of Tientsin, China, are be-
coming interested In evening gowns
made In America.
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Willard Fillmore.

CECOND Of the Vice Presidents to be
- suddenly elevated to the presidency
by the death of the Chief Executive,
Willard Fillmore, New York Wing, took
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DAILY DIET RECIPE

CHEESE CAHNOTS.
Diced cooked carrots, 2 CUBS.
Grated American cheese, u
cup.
Flour, / tablespoonful.
Milk, "a cup.
Salt, ~ teaspoonful.
SERVES OR PORTIONS.
Mix together the cheese, -four
and salt and add to the carrots
by arranging in alternate layers
in q baking dish. Pour in the
milk. Bake in q covered dish In
hot oven about 20 minutes.
DIET NOTE.
Recipe furnishes protein, some
fiber. Much lime present as well
as some iron and vitamins A and
B. Recipe can be eaten by nor
NAL adults Of average, over or
under weight and by children
over 10
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accepted Immediately and
steadily has grown i'm favor in
England and America.
One drop ON a handker.
chief - breathe the vapor -
instant relief. 1t is pleasant
and refreshing. Use it as
often as you wish. The
strength of one application
lasts all day or night. Vapex
will stop a cold at the start.
Your druggist has Vapex--
50 treatments in every dollar
bottle. Vapex is distributed
by E. Fougera & CO., Inc,
New York City.
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VAPEx il a chance discovery
of the war. In England while
influenza claimed new VIC
tims each day. a few workers
continued untouched by the
disease. All were employed in
one small laboratory. Tests
traced their immunity to cer-
tain chemicals with which they
were working at that time.
And further analyses proved
that, on coming in contact
with the air, this concentrate
gave off a vapor that killed
the germs of common colds.
'Vapex, the new product, was