Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1917 — Page 3

Red Roses

By MARY PARRISH

(Copyright, by W. G. Chapman.) Undoubtedly Ruth was too sensitive. She could never get away from the fact that she was the “poor relation.” No one in the family seemed to make this apparent; they were all kind and considerate; but to some natures the position of being dependent is especially galling, and some times embittering. Ruth lived iu a small country town, and wishing to study designing at an institute in the city, her uncle Vane lmd offered her a home with his famwhile she attended the school, as her parents could not afford the expense of keeping her there. - Margie Vane, the only daughter, ■was a year or two older than Ruth, sind had been “presented” in society the year before Ruth’s coming. There were parties, dinners, and luncheons In plenty for Miss Vane to attend, hut Ruth felt she must make the best of .her time with her studies, so seldom mixed in the gaities; besides she had not the wardrobe to appear at these functions. Of course when people were invited to the house for dinners or evenings, she was always present. On one of these occasions she met Glenn Beecham. He was a goodlooking type of the young American, and was rapidly becoming a successful architect. Ruth noticed that he was much attracted to her cousin Margie, and proceeded to efface herself as far as possible. But there was something going on in the region of her heart which she did not find quite so easy to efface. The mysterious attraction which draws us to some individual soul has never yet been very satisfactorily explained by scientists. Ruth Bassett was not the sort of young woman to be fascinated by the first good-looking man who came along, she was rather too serious-minded for that, and she had been brought in contact with quite a good many in the Vane society ; but Glenn Beecham seemed to her “different.” The one we really love is always “different.” One evening she happened to be in the reception room when he called. She was bending over a vase of red roses, enjoying their fragrance, and caressingly arranging the stems as he entered.

“You love flowers?” he said. “Oh, yes, but especially red roses. They are so splendid, royal, full of life!” Their" conversation drifted on totheir work, architecture, and' design* Ing. The two arts had something in common, a, kindred interest, and they became engrossed Ip the topic, - - “I want always to do beautiful things,” she said. “I dm building a beautiful house.” he added. “Now if you could only put your beautiful ideas into the interior decoration —” At that instant Margie entered, and Ruth caught an expression that seemed to warn her to leave as soon as possible. Clearly she was an interloper, poaching on her cousin’s preserves, and it must not happen again. She excused herself on the plea of study, and left the room. Ruth was not left long in doubt as to the state of affairs between young Beecham and her cousin. Margie did not conceal the fact that she cared for him, and for the other girl began "the slow torture of seeing the love which was more to her than life withheld and given to another. So it was that Ruth absented herself from the rooih when Glenn Beecham called, or onceln a while, when the temptation grew too stropg lingered a few minutes if only to see his lace or hear the sound of his voice.

After even these slight glimpses of him she found it harder each time tp concentrate her mind on her work, and she prayed that she might be able to put him out of her life. There was to be a little dinner dance at the Vanes, and flowers for the decorations were coming in. Ruth saw the maid taking a long white box to Margie’s room. “They are from him.” she thought. 4 ‘l wonder what they are.” _v She was not left long in doubt for Margie called her in to see. “Look!" she cried. “Aren’t they beautiful?” -- 5™— ——' “Very,” said Ruth faintly. Her heart thumped so hard, and then seemed to stand "Still. She Was; finding it difficult not to revear her feelings to the other girl. - In the box were splendid, red roses! The very flowers he knew she loved! He hnd cared so little he had flaunted his gift to another before her very eyes! She felt she must tear them from her fortunate rival, and cry out: "They are mine! mine!” But she drew out of the room quietly, wondering if she could bear to see him that night. She decided that pride must come to her aid, and she roust not excite comment by not appearing, so she dressed her hair in ( the most becoming way, and put on the only evening gown she possessed, a simple white crepe. She was after all father pleased With the reflection in the glass of a graceful little figure with beautiful arms, shining dark hair, soft eyes, and a distinctly adorably mojlth; y

She came down Just m time to be paired off with a crude young man who could talk of nothing but baseball and the horse show. At the table she tried to entertain him, but it seemed that whenever she glanced down where Beecham sat next to Margie, he always seemed to be looking at her, but she concluded it was because she looked so much at him, and after that kept her eyes in her own neighborhood. Margie was wearing one of his roses. After dinner, when the dancing began, Beecham came to Ruth, and asked her to dance. She tried to refuse, but the temptation 'was too great. She would have - that one great joy if she never spoke to him again. After the dance he led her away to a quiet corner. “Now,” he said with a grim attempt at a smile, “I’m going to inflict myself on you for a few minutes. I hope you’ll bear it with Christian fortitude. I’d like to know what I’ve done to make you positively loathe my presence.” “Why nothing.” she stammered, not knowing what else to say. “Of course I ought to have known — it’s just a common case of don’t like—” “Ob, nos no! it Isn’t!” she cried out. He looked at her mystified. “Tnien why did you slight—yes insult my poor little gift?” “Your gift!” she echoed blankly. At that moment Margie came to them. Both rose at her approach. “Ruth, dear,” she .began, “I just fan up to my room for something, and while I was looking for it this pin

She Was Bending Over a Vase of Red Roses.

dropped into the box that held those roses. In searching for-it I found this card. I didn’t mean to rob you, dear. It was just a mistake.” She took the rose from her gown and handed it with the card to Ruth. The girl took them wonderingly; but Margin kissed her, and went away. Thtn Ruth read upon the card something that brought to her face a color that mutched the rose in her hand. “Oh! But I'm robbing her!” she cried. “No, you’re not. We’re just good pals, Murgie and I —but I want you to be—” It didn’t seem necessary for him to say anything more. Both understoood.

SOME LONG-VANISHED PLANTS

Flora Which Flourished Millions of Years Ago in America Described in Government Report. The area known as the Mississippi embayment is a low-lying region which has alternately been submerged and emerged since the Cretaceous time — known as the Age of Reptiles, over 5.000.000 years ago. It embraces roughly 1,500 square miles. In past geologic ages this region doubtless furnished congenial habitats for several thousand specific types of plants of which we can never hope to know more than a small number. Nearly all these types have irrevocably vanished and this vast area is tenanted today by an entirely new set of plants. The United States geological survey, department of the Interior, has recently published a scientific report by E. Wrßerry; describing some of these long-vanished plants’the fossil remains of which are found today in many of the rock formations. The report gives a systematic description of more than 300 species, in what is known as the Wilcox and Midway formations. The Wilcox flora is made up almost entirely of plants that lived along the ancient coast, on the strand, am ang lagoons and sand dunes. The physical conditions under which the plants lived are discussed, and conclusions are drawn regarding the climate of the Eocene period compared with that of today in the same region.

Fresh Figs.

The fig tree in southern France is now cultivated almost exclusively foe the production of the fresh fruit; which has always a ready sale in thd large centers. The drying of figs has been practically abandoned In this region, except for the personal requirements of small numbe® of growers. Moreover, the country’s production is not equal to the domestic demand.

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INDIAN PLAYER PASSING FROM BASEBALL

The Indian player in the big leagues has about run his course. Chief Bender has come to the end of his rope as regardiffast company without a doubt. It is not likely that he will last over a year longer, if he goes*along that length of time. Chief Meyers has had a break with President Ebbets of the Brooklyn on the salary question and there are many who think the big Indian Is about done for as a big leaguer. Ben Tincup, another Indian, who for several season or parts of seasons drew pay from the Phillies, is in the minors. Jim Bluejacket, heralded a few seasons ago as a likely candidate to continue the activities, of the redskin in big league circles, flivvered with the Federal league and vanished. Jim Thorpe is still on hand, but Jim’s chances for spiking a season’s berth with the Giants are considered rather slim. It is quite possible that the close of the coming season may find both major leagues minus the services of a single Indian regular.

WANT FRANCIS OUIMET BACK

Nine-Tenths of Golfers in United States Said to Favor Restoration of Young Amateur. a - Qf the 800,000 golfers in the. United States it Is -almost safe to say that nine-tenths are in favor of restoring Francis Ouiinet, the ex-amateur and ex-open champion, to his former standing in amateur ranks, says a writer in

Francis Ouimet.

an exchange. The vast majority knows Ouiinet "as the youth who came from behind the counter of a Boston sport-ing-goods store and went out on the links at Brookline and turned back the invasion of the English pros who threatened at that time to take away our open championship. Of the 2,000 clubs in the United States less than three hundred of them belong to thq United States Golf association, which took action against Ouiniet;

TO AVOID STORMY WEATHER

Intercollegiate Soccer Games to Be Played Before Thanksgiving— Pennsylvania la Winner. _ Intercollegiate soccer league, includ4pg Pennsylvania, Cornell. Yale, Harvard, Princeton and will next fall play its games so that the season will conclude before Thanksgiving, thus avoiding considerable inclement weather. Pennsylvania in addition to winning the intercollegiate championship also captured a Pennsylvania state series and a cricket club second division tourney, in which clubs of the Cjuaker city and vicinity took part. I--' H —Li

VETERAN SOLD TO COLUMBUS

Manager Joe Tinker Secures Jack Lapp, Former Backstop of Athletics and White Sox. Jack Lapp, catcher of-the White Sox, has been sold to Joe Tinker’s Columbus club. Chicago got him from the. Athletics. .. Lapp was not needed, as Rowland has three other catchers, and will nse Schalk every day, unless he is out through injury.

ABORIGINES SLIPPING OUT OF SIGHT.

LITRE PICK-UPS OF SPORT

Lee Fohl is going to mate an outfielder of Marty Kavanagh. * • • The well-known sphinx has nothing on Benny Kauff these days. * * * Ban Johnson and Dave Fultz ought to be equipped with Maxim silencers. * * * The best seats in the champion Boston American baseball park will be sl. * * * The umpires ought to have a good year. The price on pop bottles has been raised. » * * * Connie Mack wouldn’t sell Joe Bush for $500,000. He thinks hiS team is worth more than that. * * * Connie Mack and his present bunch of Athletics suggest a merchant prince running a peanut stand. Jess Tannehill used to turn ’em back to the clubhouse with a curve ball. Now he will use an umpire’s thdmb. * * * Shortstop Archer Reilley, secured from the Wheeling Central league club, has signed with the Pittsburgh club. * * * Chances look good for another grueling race between the Reds and the Cardinals for the cellar championship. * * * Jennings has come out with a pretty nice boost for George Moriarty, recently appointed American league umpire. * * * “Lefty” Deardorff, University of lowa southpaw, signed by President Dunn for Cleveland, is a promising pitcher. * * * Waivers have not been and will not be asked upon James Scott according to President Comiskey and Manager Rowland. St. Louis musta got Its nickname of “Mound City” when its tnoundsmen were better than thejr have been of late years. ' * * •. Some ball players, instead of beefing about their wrongs, ought to thank their lucky stars they can get into the ball yards without paying. • * • If ball players were as peaceful as boxers, and boxers as belligerent as ball players, baseball and fight fans' would ail be a lot happier. * * * George Staler will be kept at first base, according to the latest from the Browns’ headquarters. It was rumored he would be sent to the outfield. “* * * Lot of players got "fined last November for playing baseball, but It is a safe bet that some of ’em can’t be charged with, that crime next July.

Idea of Separate Coat Is Accepted

New York—Hie substitution of vaguely shaped coats over one piece gowns for coat suits Is more generally accepted by the American women than one thought possible. The reasons why France made the substitution are too well known to repeat; but the feeling was that, after all. the American tailors were so superior to the French tailors in their fit and workmanship, that the American woman would continue to give her orders for mannish coat suits in preference to any other kind of street apparel. However, as far as one can judge of general conditions by the appearance of women on the streets, the fashion for a gown with a long, loose cape coat 1 has been accepted. It Is very foolish for any woman to abandon the coat and skirt of mannish material, made in the conventional manner, for our life calls for such clothes, regardless of the fashions of any other part of the planet. The heat, the moisture and our own Incessant activities during the day make up a trilogy of reasons why we should have a wash blouse next to the neck, shoulders and arms during most *of the day. Tt is Tall very well to have a onepiece frock with Its accompanying drapery, but It should be the rival of, and not the substitute for, the plain •coat and skirt to be worn with a blouse that washes or cleans Incessantly without depreciation.

The fashion for wash frocks will probubly be taken up by Americans more than by the women of any other nation, for we have always leaned toward gingham, batiste and muslin of many kinds. Palm Beach set the fashion for these thin frocks by .going In for them most enthusiastically and keeping them in the realm of simplicity, Instead of allowing them to become the expensive production of ornate handwork which Paris always calls by name a lingerie frock. Striped Ginghams Emphasized. Palm Beach also emphasized the use of striped ginghams, the kind which we wore ted years ago which we made up in our own sewing rooms by half dozen to meet the summer’s demands. These gowns are being featured by the smartest dressmakers on Fifth avenue at a price that Is out of all proportion to their value; but the cost of a gown in the last few years has rarely depended upon the value of the materials used. We have paid for the services of expert Cutters, fitters and needleworkers, plus the cost of rent, electricity and overhead charges. If the broadly striped ginghams which are shown In the specialty shops become the common property of every woman, the sewing rooms will be more busy than they have been for a half decade,__and women will be able to dress more cheaply in a time when,

This new French gown is of amber and white tulle, the oval silhouette given by flying draperies at the sides. The novelty is in the large pockets of yellow and white rhinestones, swung from the shoulders by chain! of the same stones. under excessive prosperity, the most appalling prices are asked for the necessities of life. Whatever dothes can bo mado At home, or with the help of a skillful seamstress, will be the ones chosen by the women who have many social opportunities, as well as by those who have none. All the dressmakers unite in the opinion that simple fabrics, such as we can get from our own mills, will be used for country wear and for the street In the small towns where one does not have to appear In dark coat suits in the open. In addition to the yellow and white, blue and white and violet and white ginghams which are being made up with a bit of old filet lace, side plaits on the skirts and bodice, and a loose girdle of taffeta or satin, there is a revival of the peppermint candy muslin which was well beloved by our immediate ancestors. Gowns of this fabric are made in side plaits with broad bands of flamecolored muslin to frame them in. with filet collars and cuffs and with a belt of muslin shaped to fit the waist line and fastened in front with pearl buttons. They are offered by exclusive

- > -I-, houses .at a price that makes one shudder. The Separate Coat. France put so much stress upon the separate coat that It Is added to mnsIlns, as well as to gowns of cloth, chiffon and satin. A peppermintstriped ififiilD frock for country usage, for example, carries a long, loose jacket with half sleeves, which is of flame-colored linen soutached in white, and a striped gingham gown which is reminiscent of tlfe directolre period in its strong lines of yellow and white has a yeilowfaffeta eoat that hangs to the knees, without sleeves, but long, pear-shaped armholes heavily aootached in white. Every well-known house in Paris saw to It that one of these long eoata was offered with every gown. Oheruit, Royant, Doueulllet and Jenny made thorn in knee length, cutting them on slim lines. There is nothing reminiscent of th® Italian cape in these coats, although Mme. Paquin features the former and

This model comes from Paris to show us what the silhouette is over there. It ie of yellow chiffon, with a girdle of black and gold brocade. The hobble hem ie of brocade, and the elds drapery which gives the oval silhouette, is also edged with gold andt black. The bodice is draped in a round decolletage with long, tight sleeves.

wears one herself. There is nothing of the roughness and severity of one ordinary top coat about these garments, either; they are too slim, to elegant in outline and manipulation to suggest rough-and-ready treatment, and yet they are carelessly slipped ojt over any one-piece frock which harmonizes with them. The French designers sold the coat and gown together as a costnme and American women are buying them la the same way, but other women are buying these separate coats to freshen op a frock or to make it warm enough for the cool days which will continue until June. They are a distinct feature In fashion, these coats, and are novelties that are thoroughly appreciated by the dressmakers over here. They call for soutaching or that new kind of ma-chine-work which looks like braiding, but Js done by a. loose chain Stitch. Royant was probably the first of the designers In Paris to introduce this elaborate chain stitch on coats, and the American machine-workers do It skillfully and torn it out by the hundred yards. As a means of omamentatloo it has crept Into many garments besides the long, slim coat It is put on the front of blue serge coats and one-piece frocks; it outlines the cuff hem which is so strongly featured on the new skirts ; It covers the deep cuff used on the three-quarter sleeve; and it entirely covers the surface of som* sleeves which are put Into plain, satin, cuirass Jackets worn over knlfeplalted skirts. .{Copyright, 1917, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.)

Footing for Shoulder Straps.

The matter of shoulder straps is given minute attention in the new lingeries; in some instances the strap is entirely eliminated, the vest being held over the bust by the introduction of a silk elastic incased in the silk, farrow bands of lace or net bound with ribbon are used for some shoulder straps, while for others ribbon is tocased in footing, this type of trimming being one of the newest. Pink and blue satin ribbon are sewn together in trimming of some garments and the lovely so-called wash ribbons with dainty bowknot or other self-tone patterns are used on many garments. 2.

Serge in All Colors but Blue.

As a relief from the time-established navy, which still holds Us own to certain wardrobes, serge street frocks are made up to such colors as gold, chartreuse, plum or apple green. Some of these are in coat-dress effect and the long, full-length plait is featured. A gold serge falls from neck in small box plaits, giving the effect of a plaited panel with a straight coat effect about sides and back, which is shaped across the waist with a slip-through fastening, repeated at the cuff. Embroidery of black chenille surround* the deep collar.