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BRISBANE
THIS WEEK
Descend Among Bicycles
Many Strikes and Worries
Two Flags That Clash
Two National Hymns
This column, like others to fol
low. written in Europe, traveling
Arthur llrlahnnr
about by auto
mobile. will rep
resent an effort
to see things
clearly, and de
scribe them sim
ply, according to
the old formula.
You descend
from the ship at
Havre into a
world on wheels,
bicycle wheels, a
change from the
world on automo
bile wheels left
on the other side
of the Atlantic.
Here working men and women,
thousands of them, ride to and
from work, ten to thirty abreast,
depending on the width of the
street.
They have the right of way, prop
erly, in a democracy.
So it used to be in America,
when automobiles were new, small
boys shouted "Get a horse,” and
New York state law compelled the
automobile driver to stop his car
and engine, while a farm wagon
passed, if the farmer raised his
hand, or even lead the farm team
past his machine if the farmer re
quested it. Here the car stops,
while bicycles circulate around it
on both sides. Similarly, you stop,
later, meeting flocks of sheep, on
roads across the salt marshes ol
the Vendee.
France is a land of bicycles, of
many political parties, and, at the
moment, a land of strikes. Like all
other European countries, it is a
land of permanent war scares.
America looks upon war as a dis
tant, improbable possibility, and
when it comes spends billions on
airships that do not fly, ships that
never go to sea, and similar evi
dences of patriotic dollar-a-year ef
ficiency. Europe’s nations live in
a state of fear, as an American
family might live if it knew that,
at any moment, well-equipped
gangsters from next door might en
ter, "shoot up” the household and
set fire to the house.
American travelers leaving the
boat by railroad, descending in
Paris at the Saint Lazare station,
were surprised to find crowds fight
ing each other, not waiting for
Germany, crowds made up entirely
of Frenchmen of different political
opinions.
Some wore ribbons with the red,
white and blue colors of the French
flag; others, more numerous, wore
the plain color red. One side sang
the "Marseillaise," national hymn
of France since the revolution.
Others wearing small red flags
sang the "Internationale," official
song of the Communists the world
over, from Moscow to Harlem.
Crowds grew bigger, the French
men sang the two hymns at each
other, more and more violently,
with excellent voices, not one out
of tune, all knowing the words of
their respective hymns. The "Mar
sellaise" says, "Let us go, chil
dren of the fatherland, the day of
glory has arrived”; the other says,
"Arise ye prisoners of starvation;
arise, ye wretched of the earth.”
It was a scene never to be de
scribed, now that Dooley is dead,
and Artemus Ward. Nobody both
ered the descending foreigners
from across the water. A few
Frenchmen hit other Frenchmen,
not hard, then agents of the
Surete, whom we should call po
licemen, gradually dispersed the
crowds, that met and sang at each
other again the next day. They
live in the suburbs and work in
Paris, or vice versa, and. meeting
in the railroad station, it enrages
them to encounter those that sing
the wrong hymn and wear the
wrung colors.
Those singers have chests like
drums, complexions that reveal
countless billions of red corpuscles
and voices that could be heard, al
most, from Los Angeles to Santa
Monica.
One of them broke off at the sad
word "starvation” and said to your
narrator, who had politely congrat
ulated him on his vigor: ’Tenez,
tatez mon bras, et j'ai seuxante
sept ans"—meaning, "Here, feel
my muscle, and I am sixty-seven
years old."
The muscle rose in a biceps like
a small melon.
The duty of a visiting foreigner
is to observe, describe and not
comment; but this writer, had he
accepted the invitation to speak at
the American club in Paris recent
ly, would have suggested that
the French, whose only earthly pos
session is France, should be care
ful not to tear that property apart,
especially with Germany ready to
gather up the pieces.
This crosses the water by mail,
is not new, and not news, when you
see it. Only heaven knbws what
might happen m a week.
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Easy to Knit and Easy to Wear
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
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IT IS a foregone conclusion among
women of varied activities that
knitted clothes are the logical sort
to wear at play or at work. This
conviction in regard to the prac
tical wearability of things knitted
has come about from actual ex
perience, and not from mere the
ory. And so the clicking of nee
dles goes merrily on.
There is added inspiration, too, in
the knowledge that knit or crochet
yarns have been brought to such
high state of perfection through
modern processing that one is
cheered with the assurance of de
pendable washability both as to
shrinkage and to color fastness.
Thus a new confidence has been
created in the minds of the prac
ilcal minded to the extent that
knitted apparel has come to be
recognized ns staple wear rather
than in the category of fleeting
moods or fads.
As to the knitted items pictured
Ihey are new and they are practi
cal, Just such as you will appre
ciate wearing during week-end and
vacation hours. The suntan halter
ss shown in the upper left of the
group will give you all the ex
posure and freedom you need in
beach and summer sports clothes.
You can combine it with knitted
bathing trunks or gabardine shorts
or the popular culotte costume, or
wear it with a linen skirt.
Out in the garden on a warm
summer day with gay flowers
about and skies that are blue it
will be the frivolous dainty type of
a blouse you will be wanting to fit
in with the Joyous landscape. Cen
tered in the picture is a pretty
blouse that is so simple and easy
to crochet you can make it in a
jiffy. It is cool because it is lacy.
Choose yellow for the color of the
mercerized crochet cotton so that
it will match the sunshine of a
perfect summer day. This cun
ning model has practically no
sleeves and is held together by a
drawstring about the neckline in
peasant fashion.
To the left below a sheer blouse
is shown knitted of mercerized
crochet cotton. It is the sort that
will add the feminine touch to your
mannishly tailored suit or will car
ry through smartly with your sum
mer linen skirts. The rows and
rows of tiny ruffles at each side
above the waistline arc something
new. You will like this styling im
mensely and so will your friends
for it is out of the ordinary. The
sleeves puffed just above the el
bow are also a smart and very
new feature. The neck is high,
giving that close-to-the-throat line
which fashion decrees this season.
This high neck effect fills the open
ing of a classic lapeled suit jack
et to perfect satisfaction.
Cool and lovely in its dainty col
oring is the dress pictured to the
right. The majority of dresses are
knitted but this one is crocheted of
soft washable knit-cro-sheen. The
work goes rapidly as the stitch is
a very open lacy one. A dress of
this type should go into every
trunk that is vacation bourn., for it
packs, washes and wears beauti
fully. The soft rolled collar and
the cord and tassel fastenings are
style details that give "class’* that
is recognized at a glance.
Of course you have taken note of
the crownless garden hats which
the girls in the sweaters ar* wear
ing. You can make one yourself
and at trifling cost—just one of
those big farmer straw hats with
the crown cut out and the brim
slashed up the back, round’ng the
corners. Finish all edges with a
wide bias-cut binding of gay ging
ham and add ties of .he same.
© Weit®rn Newspaper Union.
STAR-PRINT CRFPE
lly CHKKIK NICHOLAS
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Attractively studded with the
symbol of the Lone Star state, this
star print crepe cocktail dress is a
special design in honor of the Cen
tennial now being held there. The
closely positioned buttons, the tu
nic silhouette, the fanciful slit hem
line, the widened puffed shoulders
and the turnover collar effect are
all contributing style details. Free
flowing. allowing ease of move
ment, this smart-looking dress is
ideal for semi-firmal afternoon or
early evening wear.
WOMEN ADD COLOR;
DON GAY GALLUSES
Not satisfied with copying men’s
suits, both as to material and styl
ing. the women are now wearing
suspenders. They have discovered
that galluses not only furnish an
added chance to introduce color
and swank to the accessory theme,
but these dashing skirt “holder
uppers” are exceedingly practical.
In the narrow width sizes, chosen
to form a daring contrast with the
suit and blouse, suspenders pre
sent a smart appearance as they
flash out from behind an unbut
toned jacket.
The whole idea, designers claim,
is not just another fashion whim
but springs directly out of style re
quirements set by the present
trends in women’s apparel; man
nish suits, hence suspenders! Clip
ping onto the skirt, suspenders hold
this garment in line properly, pre
venting it from acquiring that un
gainly “sat-in" look.
Swim Suits Are Dark and
Snug-Fitting This Season
Wine-and-white is the prize color
combination for swim suits this
season.
Navy-and-white comes next, and
then black, in lustrous suits of
elastic satin.
Most of the newest suits have a
dressmaker look. They are close
ly fitted, complete with uplift bras
siere top, halter necks and sun
backs.
The great-open-spaces fad. which
left the tummy bare to the sun’s
rays, is doing a graceful fadeout.
Negligee Ensemble
In making a silk nightgown, buy
enough silk to include a little bed
jacket to match it. This can be el
bow or waist length and slip on
over the nightgowh lor breakfasts
in bed.
ho$jv>re
youjsm
/ DR. JAMES W. BARTON
T*lki About ©
Spacing Meal Times
IT IS hard to understand
how the idea ever started,
and still persists, that an in
dividual doesn't weigh any
more after than before eating
food. Yet the increase in
weight after eating is exactly
the amount of the weight of the
food. Putting it Into the stomach is
just the same to the scales as put
ting It on the scales themselves.
Itoxers, jockeys, and others who
must keep their weight at a certain
figure know exactly what they must
eat to attain a certain weight at a
certain definite hour. They know
also thut the amount of liquids must
also be measured the same as foods,
as water or any other liquid in
creases weight.
Thus in the case of boxers, where
the weight is taken at two o'clock
Dr. Barton
Ill l l*«. UIH.HIOVU
and the bout takes
place at 9 o’clock
or later, their first
thought is for “a
big drink of water.”
This Is because
they have been
Nlr.\ ing out” for
weeks. After this
large drink of wa
ter and eating a big
steak a little later,
at the hour of the
bout they will be
some pounds above the weight taken
at two o’clock and will feel ranch
stronger. Boxers are usually In
good health and therefore the ef
fects of food and liquids will be the
same as In any other healthy Indi
viduals.
When food Is eaten, the body im
mediately begins to use it, which
really means burning It up to man
ufacture heat and energy. And just
as anything that burns gives off
wastes—smoke and other sub
stances—so the body gives off
wastes and sends them to the lungs,
to the kidneys, to the skin, and to
the lower bowel, from which organs
they are sent out of the body.
Body Weight Adjusted
The urine and the feces remain In
the bladder and bowel for hours at
a time, whereas the breath and the
perspiration are being lost all the
time into the surroundings air.
An interesting experiment Is re
corded In the American Journal of
Physiology. Dr. C. I. Howland re
corded the hourly loss of weight on
two successive days lor ten Individ
uals following the eating of (a) a
light lunch made up of a glass of
milk weighing about seven ounces
and a limn sandwich weighing 11
ounces, and (It) a heavy lunch con
sisting of three glasses or milk and
three ham sandwiches—21 and 33
ounces respectively. In other words
the light meal weighed a little over
one pound and the heavy meal a lit
tle over three pounds.
After the light lunch there was a
progressive Increase In the rate at
which the weight was reduced for
two hours, then the rate of losing
weight became less, so that by the
end of five hours, the rate of weight
loss was the same as before the
food was eaten. Digestion was com
pleted.
After eating ttie heavy meal there
was an Increased rate of weight loss
for three hours. Five hours after
the food was eaten the rate of loss
was still nearly 5 per cent above the
rate at which the weight was lost
when no food was being digested.
The greatest Increase in the rate
at which weight was lost nfter eat
ing the small meal was 10 per cent,
and after eating the heavy menl 23
per cent above the normal or aver
age rate with digestion not going on.
Thus the body adjusts Itself to the
amount of food eaten. Increasing
the rate of weight loss in proportion
to the amount of food eaten.
The above experiment shows that
when a heavy meal is eaten al
though the rate of weight loss Is
greatly Increased, nevertheless tlve
hours after a heavy meal Is eaten
the rate of weight loss is still five
per cent above the basal rate, that is
the rate of decrease when no food
Is being digested.
• • *
Understanding the Patient
A knowledge of all the sciences
included in medicine should natural
ly be a part of the equipment of the
physician but a knowledge of hu
man nature, the workings of the pa
tient’s mind, his reactions to every
day life is just as Important if the
patient—the individual—Is to be
treated properly or completely.
It has been well said that every
patient when he first visits the phy
sician is really a mental patient: he
Is complaining of some symptoms
and whether these symptoms are
due to any real underlying cause or
only exist In his Imagination, they
must he carefully considered and
treated.
In other words the physician must
know men and women and never
forget that he is treating men and
women and not Just some group of
symptoms of which these men and
women are complaining.
The first consideration of the doc
tor Is not the svmptoms or disease
but the patient himself.
e-WSli Servic*.
Pinafore for Little Girl
I
The clever cutting of this use
ful pinafore is shown in the small
diagram beside the little girl.
You will see at once that this
frock requires no seaming and of
I-:r—••_i_I
Pattern No. 1910-B
course the feature which so
greatly intrigues children is the
butterfly which forms the pocket.
Notice how simple it is to put
on, merely slipped over the head
and tied at each side. Mothers
find it a great help because it
can be used as an apron over a
frock, which must be kept clean,
or worn instead of a frock. The
panties to match are an asset—
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they have the comfortable
French yoke top and stay snug
but never bind. This attractive
design made in cotton, percale,
gingham, calico, or lawn would
be effective with contrasting bind
ing and colorful embroidery on
the butterfly pocket.
Barbara Bell Pattern No.
1910-B is available for sizes 2, 4,
6, and 8. Size 6 requires 1 1-2
yards of 35 inch material plus
7-8 yard for the panties. Send fif
teen cents in coins.
Send for the Summer Pattern
Book containing 100 Barbara Bell
well-planned, easy-to-make pat
terns. Exclusive fashions for chil
dren, young women, and matrons.
Send fifteen cents for your copy.
Send your order to The Sewing
Circle Pattern Dept., 367 W. Ad
ams St., Chicago, 111.
© Bell Syndicate.—WNTJ Service.
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Do what thou hast in hand with
perfect and simple dignity and
feeling of affection, and freedom
and justice; and to give thyself
relief from all other thoughts.
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Swiff Lightning
Lightning travels at speeds
ranging from 14,900 to 68,400 f
miles a second, the average ve- *
locity being 28,500 miles a second
or 15 per cent of the speed of
light, it was recently learned by
a committee of engineers in
South Africa and reported here
by Science Service.
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