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THIS UMAHA SU.NUAV BfcK: KLUiUAKY 10. 1918.
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MILLION WOMEN IN
BRITISH WAR PLANTS
Take Place of Skilled Men and
Are Quick to Learn Diffi
cult Tasks; Work on
Equal Pay Basis.
More than 1,000,000 women are now
employed in munition plants in Eng
land and are engaged in mcst classes
of skilled labor, according to a study
of the employment of women pre
pared by the industrial bureau of the
Merchants' association.
"At the beginning of the emolov-
ment of women in 1915," the report
says, "practically all employers in
England looked upon the introduc
tion of a woman into a machine shop
as one of the horrors of war, but
nothing has been so remarkab e as
the change in the attitude of manufac
turers toward the employment of a
woman. Now if any question arises
as to the employment of a woman or
an unskilled man no employer will
hesitate to employ the woman. She
has been found to be quicker in ac-
i quiring skill and is far better and
I faster than the type of man left in
; the factories now."
' The report gives the experience of
some factories to show that the intro
duction of women labor has usually
benefited the men, because the women
have first been placed in the unskilled
labor class and the men in that class
moved up into the semi-skilled class,
commanding higher pay.
Equal Pay for Equal Work.
"Later on," the report continues,
"when practically all of the useful men
had been drafted or had gone into
the munition industries the labor sup
ply department adopted the scheme
of using women for every job women
could do or could be trained to do.
In this connection a condition at
tached to their use, agreed upon by
both capital and labor, should be
mentioned. It was agreed that
women undertaking skilled work
x should receive the same day rate as
skilled men and the same piece rate.
A woman's wage could differ from
that of a man only when employed on
unskilled or semi-skilled work and
then she came up under an order
which fixed the minimum wage at a
rate which in general came to about
hvo-thirds of the man's wages, vary
ing with the district involved. The
lower rate on unskilled work was due
to the fact that women were found
to be less effective on these general
tasks, because on heavy lifting and
such work it was found necessary to
replace two men with three women.
"The conditions of pay for women
have not been particularly ad
vantageous to employers directly,
but indirectly they have been of very
great value. As a result ot the good
wages that women have been able to
earn cn munition work, employers
have never lacked applicants for al
most every kind of work. At the
present time the emDloyment of wo
men in England is limited only to
the facilities tor training them. As
a further result of equal wages, the
class of women taken into the mu
nition plants has been much above
the class of the factory girl and the
woman employed by the textile
works before the war. Women of
good position and with fair educa
tion have been tound, and this
doubtless has had a very great in
fluence on the variety of work on
which it has been possible to employ
women.
Women in Skilled Work.
It soon became apparent that wo
men could be rapidly trained into
skilled workmen, according to the
report. One factory, making light
shells, was cited in which 94 per
cent of the employes were women.
It continues:
"Taking shell, fuse and grenade
work as a whole, the average num
ber of women employed is about 80
,eper cent. Of the skilled operations.
' such as Howitzer work, the averages
are not so high, but there are in
dividual cases which show just as
high a percentage of women em
ployes. In the largest English ex
plosive factory there are 15,000 hands,
and of these 11,000 are women. On
trinitrotoluol manufacture the aver
age is about 80 per cent women, and
on picric acid the average is about
40 per cent. On filling fuses and that
class of work the average is gen
erally well over 90 per cent.
"Women have undertaken work
in every industry which has any
bearing on munitions. Outside of the
Machine shops their work is very
largely laboring work, and they have
undertaken laboring in every industry
under the worst possible conditions,
even such conditions as exist in blast
furnaces, acid works, iron and steel
plants.
"For the more highly skilled work
on howitzers, airplanes, engines, etc.,
the minister of munitions has had to
help the employers by equipping
training schools. By far the greatest
part of the women on that work
have been trained in the factories
themselves, but the smaller factories
have found considerable difficulty in
doing their own training, and in many
factories there is too little work of
this nature on which women can
gradually acquire skill.
"The ministry has therefore estab
lished two classes of training es
tablishmentstraining schools at
tached to the various technical col
leges that exist in most industrial
centers and factories taken over by
the ministry and equipped as instruc
tional plants. They do actual mu
nitions work in these training es
tablishments. They do not attempt
to give general training, but they give
specialized training on a specific type
$:fmach;ne, and in that way women
acquire a considerable degree of skill
in a period of from six to eight
weeks." New York Times.
Rough Sort of Chap.
A traveler tells of a trip on a jauntlnic
oar In Ireland, where he bad u a fellow
passenger an ugly looking man whom he
was not sorry to leav behind at an Inn.
That was a queer-looking fellow, Pat."
he remarked to the waggish driver as he
proceeded on his way.
"Faith, yer honor, he's as quare aa he
looks. He's a villain. He's done 15 years
for laving his woife without visible means
of support!"
"Oh, get oat. Pat! A man can't get 15
reare' penal servitude for leaving his wie
vlthout visible means of support."
"Sure, ami rin't he. sir?" said Pat, with
twinkle in his roguish eyes. "He did.
'.-.o'ljth. And, bedad. Isn't It leaving yr
cMff. without vlnlMo means of support
l'i-n ye throw h r o-Jt of a window on lh
vr.J floor." Chicago Herrtld.
NORA NEAL
PIANO
Faculty Member Sherwood School of Music
Studio, $13 McCaf ue Bldg. Phone Doug. 4804
COUNCIL
BLUFFS
Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. W. S.
Leavitt entertained at dinner in honor
of Miss Martha Hill, a Red Cross
nurse, who left the same evening for
Camp Taylor, Ky. Miss Hill is a
niece of Mrs. Leavitt. The guests
were Mr. and Mrs. G. N.. Hill and
family of Shenandoah, Mr. and Mrs.
Shirley Leavitt of Creston, Miss Fred
rickson of Harlan, Mrs. Guy P. Leav
itt and family and Mr. and Mrs. El
roy Leavitt of Council Bluffs.
Mrs. Helen Sprink Smyth left last
Sunday for a ten-day trip to Chicago
and New York.
Mrs. Anna White entertained the
members of the South First street
chapter of St, Paul's guild on Monday
afternoon. The attendance was large
and a number of visitors were also
present. Soon after Easter the chap
ter will give a "White Elephant"
party and auction shower. At the
close of the business session Mrs.
Battey and Mrs. Forrest Smith as
sisted the hostess in serving refresh
ments. The art department of the Council
Bluffs Woman's club met at the
library on Monday evening, with Mrs.
Belle Sanford as leader. Mrs. Nina
Children spoke especially of the two
statues of Abraham Lincoln by the
American sculptors, Andrew O Con
ner and George Gray Barnard. Mrs,
L. S. Howe described the series of
statues recently executed by Robert
G. Blake, representing Belgium m
Its Grief Today." Miss Jennie Rice
aiscussea tr.e me ana wortcs or jean
de Bologne, the world famous execu
tor of the "Flying Memory." Miss
Mary Denny gave a paper on the
life of the distinguished painter, Jean
Fragonard, and Mrs. Dollie Burgess
described some of his most famous
landscapes. Resolutions relative to
the death of Mrs. Katherine Cook
were passed as follows: "Resolved,
That we, as members of the art de
partment of the Council Bluffs Wom
an's club, recognize in ' the recent
death of Mrs. Katherine Cook, a
charter member of the club and a
member of the department from its
beginning, the loss of a faithful and
loved member, and do hereby recom
mend that this resolution be placed
on record." The next meeting will
be held February 18 with Miss Pile
as leader.
Instead of the usual study after
noon the Ideal club made up an Or
pheum party on Tuesday afternoon.
Kev. Mr. and Mrs. Blanchard ot
Oakland and Rev. Mr. and Mrs. O.
Spellman of Atlantic are the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Killpack.
About a hundred members of the
Mothers' and Teachers' club met at
the high school on Monday evening
to hear the reports of the young peo
ple who represented the Boys' and
Girls Garden club at the snort course
recently held at Ames. Mr. White
and Mrs. Sylvester, who chaperoned
the party, also gave short talks. Mu
sic was furnished by the high school
orchestra arid Mrs. William Cutler.
Sergeant Major Heafield of Leeds,
England, and Sergeant Conget of
France, who are members of the
British and French war missions, and
are now stationed at Camp Funston,
were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C.
W. Purdum the first of the week.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wilcox will
spend the next three or four months
in Los Angeles. They are now at
the Wilshire Vista apartments.
Mrs. George Roberts entertained
the members of Morningside. chapter
of St. Paul's guild on Tuesday after
noon. The usual business session was
followed by a social hour. Mrs. Frank
Hitchcock will entertain the chapter
on February 19. '
The Book Lovers met on Wednes
day at the home of Mrs. R. H. Nichols
in the Shugart apartments.
On Wednesday morning at 9
o'clock, Mr. Adolph H. Klopping of
Underwood and Miss Julia E. Siedler
of this city were married at St.
Peter's church by Rev. Mr. Herman.
They were attended ky Miss Louise
Klopping sister of the groom, and
John Seidler, brother of the bride.
The bride was dressed in brown and
carried a shower bouquet of bride's
roses. Miss Klopping wore a blue silk
gown and carried pink Killarney roses.
After the ceremony a wedding dinner
was served at the home of the bride's
mother, Mrs. M. Seidler. After a
short wedding trip Mr. and Mrs.
Klopping will make their home on the
groom's farm near Underwood.
Miss Elizabeth Pryor, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Pryor, and Fred
erick John Flynn, were married on
Thursday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock
at the Congegational church. The
guests were informally received at the
door by Mrs. Pryor and Miss Mabel
Pryor. Miss Marguerite Morehouse
played "Courtship, Love and Mar-,
riage" and "The Angel's Serenade."
The bride and groom entered the
church together by the vestry door
and were unattended. The ring cere
mony was performed by Kev. P. N.
Bennett. Mr. ' and Mrs. Flynn left
immediately for their new home at
Jamaica, L. I. Mrs. Flynn is a
graduate of the Council Bluffs High
school: took a four years course at
Ames, taught for two years in North
Caroljna and has recently been at
the head of the home economics de
partment at Sweet Briar, Va.
DUTOEE
Mrs. J. B. Potts is staying with Dr.
and Mrs. A. C. Stokes for awhile be
fore going to Hattiesburg, Miss.,
where she will join Captain Potts.
Miss Lucy Harte is convelescing
from a serious attack of the grippe.
Mrs. Mary E. Van Gieson, in com
pany with Mrs. George Mclntyre and
children, left Wednesday for Florida.
Mrs. Royal D. Miller and Mrs. W.
G. Templeton were hostesses Tues
day for the Thimble club.
The Thursday Bible class met
with Mrs. W. E. Rhoades. It meets
this week with Mrs. F. W. Carmichael.
Mrs. Will Beachley of Lincoln is
the guest of Mrs. H. G. Beli.
Mrs. W. G. Templeton entertained
a few intimate friends Saturday after
noon. Rev. William B. Lampe, son of Rev.
T. J. Lampe, who has been pastor for
t'.-e years of a church in Winfield,
Kan., has accepted a call to the Third
Presbyterian church in Chicago.
Mr. and Mrs. Frances Olney of
Minneapolis arrived here Friday to
be with their mother, Mrs. Charles
Bragg, who is very ill with pneumonia.
II II . ,
VALENTINE
GREET.NG5
TUT Y DEAR LADIES: Don't you
ways like February? You will
agree with me I'm sure, when I say
that it's a truly lovely month. Per-
haps it's a remnant of our child heart's
instinctive love tor holidays. Do
you remember, the mysterious big
lacey valentine that always came
through the postoftice with the ad-
dress PRINTED in staggering dis-
guised letters? Didn't your heart go
pu-apat, even mougn you Knew way
down deep in your heart that fa-
ther's hand did the printing? Yet
the wee tot never knows the pleasures
there are in the world just waiting
ior ner to grow up. it is a Deauuiui
world at least in February! New
spring flowers in the florists' windows
(don't they fill your heart with joy),
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it will make t happy day), delightfu
new suits, blouses, (fresses displayed
so charmingly). Things unique, anti-
spring hats, demure or gay (buy one.
aue. oriental, occidental, wholly allur
ing! Wouldn't you like to shop with
lilt V111 i cuiuaijri
IN THE St. Regis apartment there
is a six-room apartment decora
ted with such artistry that it is im
bued with the atmosphere of home.
in going trom one room to me next Thompsoh-Belden's. An importer
one senses beauty and harmony. Or- hid a vision when he designed ,the
chard & Wilhelm decorators planned dear little gown of French gray
and executed the decorative scheme georgette and taffeta, with crispy
of this apartment even to the artistic frills and Japanese armholes, I saw
arrangement of the furniture. The there yesterday. Wouldn't you feel
men in charge of the tlecorative serv- "sweet in this little dress with a col
ice have made a life study of interior onial corsage quite in keeping with
decorations, and, think of itl this it? To wear with this gown I
service is to be had for the asking! WOuld choose a soft taupe coat
If you want to take a peek into this they're exhibitins. an irresistible com-
won.derfvl apartment I understand it
will be open Sunday afternoon.
A QUAINT
rated at
custom just maugu
the Eldridge Import
ing Shop, just opposite the W. O. W.
Bldg., is the serving of tea Japanese
fashion every Tuesday afternoon
from 2 'til 5 during the month of
February. You'll love the wonderful
display of things Oriental in this
shop.
"TI7HEN looks were fond and
.words were few," you' often
sent her flowers! (You wonder how
I know?) Stop at the John Bath
Flower Shop, 1804 Farnam street, and
juvst iwi j. at iiaiit oiittL) aiiu
leave an order for flowers to be sent
out on St. Valentine's dav. which
coming from this distinctive shop, will tie, dear little suit in soft taffeta i;i enviable distinction of "being differ
fill her heart with joy.- black and Poilu blue quite captivated cut" if you have a suit tailored.
me. Lines were never lovelier! The
Cosy little sets of Bankoi China coat Eton effect, perfectly tailored, JT IS Spring! and the winter 'wear
cream china, decorated in sprays of with lining of black, gold and blues. J- ablcs have given way to the
yellow blossoms relieved by silhouet- Different. Nest ce pas? The skirt daintier colorings and freshness of
ted blossoms in heavy lines of black has the new pleated pointed pannier the new silk weaves. I saw a raviah
paint. The cups are handleless, true overskirt lines. So chic and charm- ing suit of Cuscadence silk (resem-
japanese styie, and mere is a cooler -
(I can't say it in Japanese) which
these charming people find invaluable
in preserving the fragrance of the
tea
FURS appeal to women of refine
ment. The nieces now beinflr
shown in the Thompson-Belden Fur beauty in dull Joffre blue has truly
department have been artistically de- distinctive touches in modern bead
signed by exclusive artists. They're ing. Japanese armholes and tab ends
just what we want to wear with our below .the waist line.
new spring frocks and suits. I es-
pecially fancied a silver-tipped fox in
gracefully cut lines, the taupe fox and
mink, which harmonize with new
fawn and service shades and mole
skin scarfs, ravishinglv combined with
georgette and oriental-colored linings,
A kolinsky cape which very closely
resembles sable is particularly fasci-
nating with the slim silhouetted
frocks and suits.
Wondrously beautiful oriental sew-
ing sets are displayed in one of the
gut shops beads, tassels, cherry
k 1 'PI. - - . .. . - ...I j t..
blossoms. These sets would surely
unvc uu.i tic 4.j iiuiu a menu-
ing basket
m m m
'frost;' gray, light beaver brown,
with .'fabric Ss " grayS-80me
ANOTHER KERNEL IN
INCOME TAX NOT
Who Will Settle With Collector
in the "Tax Free" Cove
nants Covering
Loans?
"What about the provisions of the
income tax law regarding the 'tax free
covenant' in bonds and mortgages,
trust deeds, leases and the like?" asks
Charles S. Elgutter and answers him
self: "That may become one of the dif
ficult nuts to crack in determining
who shall pay the normal tax to the
government in making up the tax re
turn. As you know, not a bond, mort
gage, trust deed or lease of any con
sequence has been drawn within the
past ten years without some kind of
a clause requiring one or the other of
the parties to the contract to assume
the burden of paying some or all
taxes assessed. A railroad or indus
trial bond, for example, invariably
contains a covenant that the interest
shall be paid to the holder without de
duction for taxes and the like. Nine-
ah . . , . . , . , . wun uaiiuy nanaie oi auu go d, tor easy payment n an. Thev have beau
All over kid boots have a pronu-1 For the woman of ample lines is the center of the dressing table. On tics for $50
nent place m the iashion predictions the charming suit of smoke color each end a lacquered candlestick ($3
for early spring. These boots are cashmere, with two broken threaded for the pair) in black, with decora- I know where vou can get a stun
shown in all the voguish light shades strir.es of white llr A tonrh of nv. c. r,i,.L m,. '.. tu .' ?. ?ou. c? .,Br. 1 "un
St. Valentine, a word conjuring,
Brings to mind affairs alluring!
In Ye Olden Time the good saint's celebrations
Were duly ordered by Dame Fashion in phrases
full of fascination.
Silks, satins, laces, Milady's charms enhanced,
While she stepped the measures of a stately
dance.
But fancies are turning with the ages,
No longer do we hear love's phrases burning at
parties and on pages.
A S THE prices of both oriental
and domestic rugs continue to
and domestic rugs continue to
advance people are using every
means to conserve and restore their
old rugs. 'The method of "shampoo-
mg and re-sizing that lias been used
by the Pantonum has proved won-
derfully satisfactory. You'll be de-
lighted to see how the colors in dull
and faded rugs are brought to life.
They remove all dust, grease and
germs in me process, ana auer re-
sizing the rug looks like new. When
you move or clean house you will do
well to have your rugs renovated at
the Pantoriuin, 16th and Jones Sts.
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this or your southern trip! A black
knitting bag with a clever decoration
of wool yarn asters-
fTIHERE is nothing more truly sat-
r- isfying as an interpretation of
daintiness than a becoming combina
tion of dress and coat. Frocks of
loveliness individualized by ex
quisite workmanship are to be found
in the Readv-to-wear Department at
bination of soft, lustrous silk and du
vetyne, with lining of rare tapestry
shades.
FOUND beautiful Japanese crepe
m
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kimonos in all the dainty colors
of the Cherrv Blossom Land, and also
in the darker and richer tones of the
Orient at the Nippon Importing coin-
nanv's showroom on Eighteenth
street, yesterday.
ALL the surprises of spring are re-
fleeted in the artistically de-
111 ill V t ViOV'ai j viv"
signed suits at Thompson-Belden's.
You will find efficient and expert as-
siitance in selecting just the model
for your particular figure in this shop,
lUf vUl jJaltnuial llguic ill nils omvjj,
and a display of surpassing loveliness
from which to- choose. A auaint lit-
mg!
F.., . . , ,,
OR semi-dress wear you should
have one of the lovely Flanders
blouses at F. W. Thorne s Shop. A
f
TIT OMEN everywhere have taken
to the wearing of pumps and
spats. You'll be impressed with the
snowing at Napier's Booterie, 307 So.
16th St., of Laird Schober Company's
pumps, in long vamps, giving grace-
Jul, slender lines. These are shown
in all the spring shades in patent
leather, black domino calf, dark tan,
Russia calf and ,soft glazed kid.
Y oil II 9 so lilfi ihi snannv natc in
light and dark gray, fawn; aar
brown, service tan and white.
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Fashion dictates dresses of the
type you can put on in the morning,
shop in, lunch in. wear to the matinee
r .... a .... .
the
or afternoon tea, dine in, and still be
correctly attirea ior tne Kea ross
dance later on
ti
ety is added by a buttonhole comgc
of Sardenias.
ty-nine per cent of the mortgages
made on our down-town property
provide that the mortgagor shal) pay
all taxes assessed of whatsoever sort
imposed, and that the mortgagee shall
receive his interest in full, without
deduction or diminution.
I have a matter now up as to
whether a tenant under a lease which
contains a clause making him liable
for all taxes assessed against the
leased property is liable fpr the land
lord's normal tax accruing out of his
income from the rents of that partic
ular property. As a matter of fact,
most of these tax free covenants, as
they are called, appear in mortgages,
leases and the like made between the
parties, long before any one ever
thought of a federal income tax.
Whether the mortgagor or the mort
gagee, the lessor or the lessee, and
the like, should now assume these
taxes in the particular agreement be
tween the parties is a mighty inter
esting question these days to many of
our citizens called upon to fill out
income tax returns.
"I don't think Collectors Loomis or
North can give the perplexed inquirer
much satisfaction, because it isn't so
much an interpretation of the income
tax law as it is a construction of the
instrument between the parties. The
collectors of internal revenue have
enough headaches in answering gen
eral tax questions without attempting
to construe contracts. When you sift
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TJTS perch or droop, brims tilt or
cup, but not one hat in the
cuo. but not one hat in the
whole hat department in the Bran-
deis. Store forgets why it was ere-
ated. Everv sinole model has a
French trick of niakintr the wearer at-
tractive in a suhtle way. The lovely
models with "cutey" little wings
around the edge are lacquered, giving
a sqfter appearance to the severely
tailored lines. Beauties in lisere
nraia are attractively trimmed in
burned ostrich and vulture. "Burn-
ing" is a process of treating the feath-
ers which makes a durable trim, dis-
tinctive and decidedly new. A strik-
ing display in one large case was
composed of hats in different color
combinations with a dominant note
" V ' c "JI "P"''
iiuiK cuiot. ouyrnauvciy iniri
p0lka Dot Pokes, which originated in
the Brandeis Stores, have sprung into
immediate, favor. Ask to see them.
S1'!
GGESTING the charm of rare
exotic blossoms is a dainty dress
I saw this week at the F. W. Thorne
Shop. Color a living rose!
F ... .,
AIRLY tingling with zest and en-
thusiasm of a new season are the
Spring models at Lamond's Smart
Wear for Women Shop 208 Securi-
ties Bldg. Just to give you an idea
or tne distinctly new icatures ot tneir
dresses, I saw a fresh, white crepe de
chine model, pleated skirt and new
trench jacket with roiled collar of
gold yarn. A navy blue trotteur a
combination of plain blue taffeta and
polka dots on a striped foundation of
soft silk, and a charming. little bustle
model in the new cyclamen shade,
with vestee, collar and cuffs of dainty
georgette.
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M " S0LDIER on sale at Hos-
yc !, Dranuci.i inu cwmiiuncr
& Mueller's music departments
AT TFIE sign of the knitting need-
lost vnn'lt fint u-liaf vmi'v
lesl you'll find just what you've
been needing for your knitting at the
Eldridge Shop. A Chinese basket,
oblong, with wrist cord, beads and
tassels in color.
XTT,.T mtrivA-a .l
LLCOMEL different from the
j mi
11 somber modes of winter are the
suits which Kneeter the Tailor, 506-8
South 16th St., is making. In his
shop I saw beautiful shades and
""1' sow uvautuui ouaMta anu
weaves in all the inspired modes of
spring. You may be assured of the
hies Khaki Kool) that Warren the
Tailor, 24 Patterson Block, ia com
pleting for a society maid to take
with her on her trip to southern
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sport skirts, in heavy crepe silks and
fiber fabrics.
snores. ncs maxing wonaertui
TWO charming gifts you'll say
&
wit I cl A c y , , ;
ilheln G.ft Shop: A fish globe
de of blown glass, with Miglttfu!
made
blue decorations.
and $9, and a "different" candy box
of old blue. Made in Japan. It's four
in two aizei at iw
inches in diameter and five inches
high and costs $4.
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A pedestal of teak wood for the fish
gobe mentioned above is very artistic
anl completes the oriental effect.
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S VALENTIN ES -February 14,
is his day. You 11 find the
Matthews Book Store ready for all
Valentine Jemands with artistic sug-
Valentine Jemands with artistic sug-
gestions for Valentine gifts, parties
dinners and teas.
.
A suggestion for the dressing table
dull black Satsuma powder ' box.
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6Ms color
the cretonne hangings at each side of
it down to the bottom, it largely de
pends on 'the intention of the parties
and the language of the covenant or
agreement in the instrument. That's
a job usually for the lawyers, prob
ably ending in the courts. It used to
be asked in the good old days of rail
road rebates, 'Who pays the freight?'
We'll have to change all that now and
ask, 'Who pays the tax?'"
Even Harem Ladies
Are Doing War Work
The harem door is flung open. Mars
has turned the key. War's necessity
is compelling the languid dwellers of
the harem to leave their age-old shel
ter and take their places beside less
favored Moslem sisters in unaccus
tomed work.
With work has come a new and
stimulating liberty and the ancient tra
ditions in which the Turk has invested
his women seems to be toppling.
While the conviction that the Mos
lem woman's only place is in the
home is dying hard, even under the
harsh necessity, the daughter of the
Orient is said to be welcoming her
emancipation from slavery.
A considerable number of women in
the larger Turkish cities are already
reported to be doing man's work and
doing it with surprising satisfaction
to the government and employers.
In the Red Cross warehouses, of
fices, telephone exchanges, public de
partments and other occupations the
Instead of scenes filled with extravagance
galore,
Where chance phrases heard were "Mad infat
uation" and "Je vous adore."
At our modern parties you'll find maidens in
blue serge,
Who, although following cupid's urge,
Are winning smiles and love chaotic
From khaki hearts most patriotic.
Talking conservation to the strain of syncopation.
FjOX'T 0u l0v
piquant Billie
e the adnrah v
oiauant Billie Burke? I dori
know how vou feel about her. hut I
have a feeling that you are as "crazy"
about her at I am The Paramount
Comnanv ha. r aced her in nhoto.
plays well suited to her charming
personality, but I love to just sit and
gaze at her, without thinking of the
storv. Did you see her on the stage
in "The Land of Promise?" Wasn't
slie a dariinkf It has been arranged
in celluloid form, and we can see it
at the Strand Wednesday and the bal-
ance of the week,
I '"" p ' noi un-
-t. limited mean will h& olari to
hear of the Tad nK new silk skirt
models a F W ThoJSs in bus e
Sie'r ,V drkned effect Don't
.. . ,
tail IV Dec illCIll,
I
T is surely a great privilege, as I
told Mrs. Humphrey of the
Franco-American Requisite Shop, 772
oranaeis ouuaing, to nave at ones
command the persona! service of an
expert. The treatment YOUR SKIN
needs will be given yon and all the
requisites advised will blend for the
betterment of your skin. You'll wel-
come me use or me r ran co-Am er-
icait powders. The Sandalon Pow- lines and is cut away in fro.i show
der (adapted to oily skin), in all ing a jolly little vest of plaid
shades and tones ii ft. The Standard " "
Powder for normal skins is 50c. For
evening use Liquigiene is wonderfully
effective. You may be assured that
no metals nor rice flour are used in
the composition of these powders,
Let your new service dress be ging-
"I've been seeing" ginghams in
tartan plaids, bold, strident as the mu-
siv. ui mg-yiuci wu oiuiuaii uiituways.
or softly colored and as dreamily
blended as the elusive haze on the
purple sage
fTI HE intangible sweetness of a
J diw 6rfr1n rie.i a
dewy garden rises seeminaly to
greet one entering the John Bath
Flower Shop, at Eighteenth and Far-
nam. This shop is famed for its ar-
"a,m- 19 "mcd for its ar-
st'c combmations of exquisite bloom.
Send t.ok'.n of.8ubflt,e ent""ent. Let
. t. a
your valentine nowers,
rp HE Fifth Avenue shops in New
York show exclusive models in
uiuuacn ana itucki wun (ICS (TPS in
hemstitching, pleating, embroidery
and chenille work.
-i -r jj ii
You can add this
touch
.ruin, a vu wan awu una
to vour nmcnu hv rr,ni,irmr
the Ideal Button and Plealin com.
pany, jiw Brown Building. 1 hey are
in the best position to fill your or
ders, a .... "5 -----
TUST like a dainty jewel! A
coat
v f r,v ,hn. .l J i
oi ravismng coior ann line in
crystal Bolivia, lined with soft ame-
thyst-shaded taffeta, at the F. W.
Thorne Shrm
,..T,
SYVLET
uiaa nearts, sad hearts
Lots of heart there be,
But if you want to have a
Order it from me!
HEART
TIT ONDERFULLY attractive box
T candy for St. Valentine's day
is displayed in that new and charming
shop CANDY LAND opposite the
Henshaw hotel.
T 'D like to be the little gem
X TL.. . tt. r
ii zm w t m tti n i v rin umir nnitap
x
ISiUt
thinirs
Tnwin mvrlnr m riri
A diamond does seem to be glow
ingly alive. And it is truly wonder
ful that you may take advantage of an
opportunity to buy one of these "liv
ing gems" at the Edmonston Jewelry
Shop, 212 Securities building, on the
"e'J&SZ
on black corded rib
unveiled maids of the Crescent are
making their appearance.
The tremendous increase in the cost
of living in the Ottoman empire and
the loss ot fortunes, as well as the
draining of young men for the armies,
is largely responsible for this.
The average girl beginner's wage is
quoted at $19 a month, where before
the war the men apprentices received
nothing at all for several months. This
is proving a tremendous influence in
breaking down the conservation of
the older Turks.
Greek and Jewish women in Con
stantinople were the first to enter the
occupations. Following them still
timid and groping the Moslem
women from the harems and jealously
guarded homes are now blazing the
way for a new day in the Mohamme
dan world.
I.trh IfMwnlaiiii.
Stock peculator tipple Mar-tin.
Too many toota make a man destitute.
A couple of borne don't make the moon
full.
Would you call a pony of brandy a eplr
lted animal?
The highball isn't alwaye an antidote for
low aplrlta. Boeton Tranecrlpt.
Interpreting Silence.
"Doea your wife object to your smoking
In the houie?"
"Not verbally." eatd Mr. Oadepur.
"No?"
"But I have o little difficulty in reading
her thoughts that I'm convinced there must
be a great deal of truth In mental telepa
thy." Birmingham Age-Herald
1
VALENTINE
GREETINGS
..
TJ ERALDIKG the joy of spring
the couriers of fashion have an
nounced that those who wish to bt
ultra modish shall wear colonial c6r
sages. The other afternoon when J
was in h T. I irmnn trior! Shor
(next door to the Fontenelle Hotel),
I had the pleasure of watching
the preparation of one of these cor
sages. Truly the florists' is a fat
cinating art. First a colonial frill ol
paper lace, then a tulle frill to match
the dominant tone in the corsage, then
the arrangement of the corsage
proper. Isn't this a novel idea foi
IIER Valentine gift?
MY DEARS! A wonderful diseov
eryl I've found a shop with
complete line of Phoenix hos erv. n
ti .!-.. i i . i . . ,
.tf. !!r u1 COl'0rS' ,0 h,nnon mth
a, uiin", ffTSL"- UAc?
H:?"17
'uiu oi. i ucsc MutKiiigs nave ill
the good points so nccessarv in silk
stockings; reinforced heels and toes.
deep garter welt and very durable
There is also a large line of
e famous "Onyx" hosiery. Women's
""'j "k'k i pn irom so cents
to f-. and men's from 35 cents to $t.
A T THE Haas Suit Shop In the
Paxton .Block I saw a suit ii;
Santiago brown, with lining of gay
scarlet. J he coat lias lomr, slender
I
'M SURE you'll want to sei .nc
fetching new suit model at the
Thorne Shop on Upper Farnanl. A
darling model in the new desert sai
color is only f 24.75 1
V OU'LL be delighted to hear of the
wonderful opportunity to buy
all Japanese quilted goods at a tempt
ing reduction at the Nippon Shop, 218
South Eighteenth street.
A LL materials needed by
artists,
whether in china,
oil, water
color, drawing, pastel, ink. erayon. or
charcoal work may be procured at the
Hospe Music Store, 1513 Douglas
street. No art lover should miss th
meet, no art lover should miss th
Pctr. fned and in sheet form
which are on display m this .hop. :
Low military heels are extremely
good in shoes of all-over leather and
combinations.
T T rrir ui
T LOVE to help you m your hop-
Tiini7- srnnw vnn nxr n9ft "
ping, know you well "by heart,"
j . ' .
and love you, too, "by 1m
heart," but I
"ally haven t the slightest idea of
...u . -.ti- i i . rt
what you really look like! Everv-
thing would be so much more simple,
if, when writing me, vou'd only give
me a word picture of yourself. Did
you ever try it? It's lots of fun t6
really truly SEE YOURSELF AS
OTHERS SEE YOU. YouTd really
think the men would enjoy describ
ing the charms and graces of their
t J ! - - il . . , ......
woics vv,ere ws a time iney ionj tne
world), but they are just as reticent
as the ladies themselves, when they
write to Polly for help. Again
urge you tell me about yourselvei,
I truly need to know, and besides I
am, I confess it, more than a trifle
curious about every one of you.
(0
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Advertisement,
Women Feel Superior
To Men
Mary Heaton Vorse has a very sen
sible article in the February Woman'
Home Companion in which she say
some things which every young girl
ought to read. She says in part:
"The spectacle of the superior
young female is a laudable one, but it
is far more tragic than it is laughable,
for nothing so seals the spirit hermet
ically from anything that one may
learn from another than a calm belief
in one's own excellence.
"It is this early belief in woman's
intrinsic moral superiority that is truly
poisonous to any real growth. It
makes it possible for women to be
mischievous tale bearers, but yet never
repeat a malicious remark without the
noble gesture of one performing a
painful duty.
"Feeling superior never yet made
any one superior, but quite the con
trary. Is it not about time to admit
that we are made very much -f the
same materia as our men folks and
to teach this to our young girls that,
while life develops us differently, on
the whole it asks rather more of men?
It is also good to teach girls that the
same thing that develops a .man's
character also develops a woman's
and that while want and overwork
thwart human kind lack of responsibil
ity and idleness breed limited, imper
fect human beings,"