Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1920 — Page 2

More or Less Dressy Evening Gowns

Here are two pretty frocks for evening wear which offer a choice between two extremes of designing; the one at the left, about as simple as an evening dress can be. and the other elaborated in several ways. The latter is an ambitious and finished affair that leaves small chance for variations. It has been wrought out to the last detail by a very’ capable designer, and leaves no room for additional touches. Jt must be accepted as it is, or, at most, with very little change. The simpler dress invites the imagination of its owner to busy itself in elaborating it —and there is nothing the ingenious young woman enjoys more than ringing changes in her evening ; dress. The beautiful frock at the right has an under-petticoat of net finished at the bottom with a wide border of silver lace. Over this a long and very much wider tunic of chiffon velvet, in rose color, falls in irregular and ample plaits that allow it to‘be caught up in a drapery at the sides. The bottom of the tunic is cut in scallops and finished with a rich embroidery of gold and ■liver in sprays of leaves and flowers.

Show windows in January blossom hrttii summery fabrics —sheer white (goods, beautiful ginghams and chambrays, swiss embroideries and gay. exquisite organdies, along with whatever (novelties or less familiar weaves the K Chants have gathered. In cold ates they hearten us to anticipate »the spring and get ready for it. Everytwhere these pretty fabrics appear in (company with frocks (and other fdothes for children) made of them, so What foresighted mothers are inspired !to fit the youngsters out for summer before it comes. It is cheerful •work for midwinter days and ought tto be pretty well finished by the time khe first robin begins “jollying” with Ms pipings about spring. ’Sine cottons, especially in white koods, are to be used for blouses and Gramms for grown-ups. and there will |be considerable handwork in their gnaking. This return to favor of fine ■cotton materials and handwork is a 'cause for rejoicing on the part of gentlewomen—the kind of clothes they enjoy are in the reach of all of them. But the first thing that engages ranthar* is the children’s spring sewgny and here are two garments for the little girt and tiny boy that are worth considering. They are simple and -. ggetty, e**y ®® is under and practical.

Spring Sewing for Children

The bodice reveals a chemisette of silver lace, and silver straps over the shoulders, with the velvet crossed surplice fashion at the front and quite low in the back —backs are neglected as to clothes this season, finding themselves, along with the arms, uncovered. If they do any blushing it is not unseen. ... " The crowning glory of this brilliant frock is the long and gorgeous ostrk-fi plume, mounted at the left side es the bodice and skirt. But. however pretentious and splendid it is, it is about the only thing that can be changed in this gown. It may be left off to be replaced by flowers or an ornament or by nothing at all. The frock at the left, of blue and silver brocade, is another example of the surplice waist, but It has kimono sleeves, and a narrow -girdle of silver. In this frock there are several ways in which it may be varied a little. The “V” may be made considerably lower and a chemisette introduced with It. The long draperies at the sides may be caught up with flowers or without, and flowers or feathers worn at the corsage. ’’ J L

The girl’s dress is cut in one piece with underarm seams that flare outward, from plain chambray which comes in a half dozen good Colors. Edges are finished with needlework, and pearl buttons set off the pockets. This frock is worn over a plain white waist with narrow frills, both dress and waist easy to make and to launder. The same materials provide an outfit for a small boy. made into rompers, worn over a white waist. Even the finishing is the same, with needlework edges and pearl buttons accomplishing it id the best way, J*-.-. ■ ~ There are heavier cottons, romper cloth, cotton gaberdine, cotton poplins and the like, besides ginghams and pique, that this one-piece pattern is adapted to. The choice for little girls’ dresses is much extended by-an array of very attractive gfnghams in plaids that come in fine colors. Along with these there are materials for thin, white dresses and new ready-made models in colored and white goods that will prove an inspiration te thrifty and enterprising mothers.

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

ONE KIND OF A HERO

By JOHN B. OXFORD

(Copyright.)

As Lieutenant Reilly and the three men with 1dm —probationers all of them —had opened the last of the -smoke vents in the roof of the burning piano factory the explosion came. The whole building rocked with the force of it. and the roof beneath their feet undulated in an alarming fashion. Great clouds of copper-hued smoke shot upward through the hole? that had just been opened. The three probationers looked question i ngl y a t one an other with blaached them turned, as if Involuntarily, toward the open scuttle by which they had gained the roof, but before he coadd take a step d n that direction Reillv’s hand was laidfirmly on his shoulder and Reilly’s big voice was giving assurance to all three impartially : ‘That ain’t nothin’ but hot air. More noise’n anything else. Git your mauls now an’ bust in them deadlights over In the corner.” Reilly, turning to steady his men once again, found he was alone. At the second explosion the probationers had scurried unceremoniously to the open -scuttle. Two of them had already disappeared within, anil the third, a man named Kerrigan, had just reached the opening when Reilly spied him and chargM toward him, bellowing hoarsely at tbe top of his voice:

“Here, you damned quitters! Come back here, d’yer hear? Come back, you white-livered tabbies!” —The man at the scuttle made a motion as if he were about to step inside. In a sudden blind rage Reilly tore off his helmet and hurled It with all his strength at the man before him. It flew true as an arrow and caught Kerrigan' squarely on the left cheek. The heavy rim cut a great gash in the flesh, and the force of the impact sent Kerrigan sprawding backward at full length. Before he could get to his feet Reilly was on him. “Yer would, would yer?” he snarled between his teeth, reaching down to twist his fingers into the collar of the prostrateman's rubber coat.—_ ~ “Oh, yer would, would yer? I’ll learn you a few things about quittin’, yer damned little scut! He yunkedKe»4gan roughly to his feet and pushed him forward, at the same time landing a vigorous kick. “Go on noW,. and bust in them deadlights. I’ll do for them other two the first time I lay eyes on ’em, s'help me I will !” j • “Don’t be a damned fool any longer than you have to,” Reilly yelled at him. “Git your maul an’ git into them deadlights.” He took a step toward Kerrigan, who slowly backed away. In his retreat he tripped over one of the mauls, which had been flung aside in the recent flight to the scuttle. He stopped quickly and picked it up. A sudden blaze of anger and hatred came to his eyes. He leered at the lieutenant like a cornered beast. “You keep away from me, understand” he said thickly. “Don’t you come a step nearer. Keep back!” His voice rose to almost a scream; he swung" tlie" maul threateningly above his head. Reilly caught his breath in a great gasp. “What!” he yelled. “What’s this? Would you be tryin’mutiny on pie?” He drew back a step, lowered his head, and hunched his shoulders, as if he intended to rush the man before him; but at that moment a voice shouting- stridently through a megaphone from a roof across an intervening alley drew the attention of both belligerents. “Get off that roof!” it bellowed. “Get off that roof! It’s going down in a minute!” Reilly sprang at the man facing him, Swung him about, and shoved him oh before him. “Rtinfor the tank!” he roared above the din: “it’s our only chance!” Stumbling blindly, choking, gasping for breath, the twq men pushed acrossthe roof, gained tfie tank, and scrambled up the footholds on its side just as the remainder of the roof went crashing down.

They reached the top of the tank, swung themselves over the side, and clinging desperately to the edge, lowered themselves into the cooling water, which, fortunately for them, nearly filled the tank. J ■' The heat from the blazing pile below was terrific. Moreover, It was only a question of time when the steel supports of the tank would warp and twist and the whole thing topple over into the inferno below them. For a time they clung there, breathless, silent. spent. Reilly was the first to speak. • “We’ll be goin’ over in a> few minutes. The supports of this thing will warp and let us down,” he said with the calm of despair. “Sure,” said Kerrigan simply. His voice was quite as steady as Reilly's. From the street far below came the labored puffing of pumping engines. It sounded plainly even above the roar of the flames. Reilly’s hands closed convulsively on the edge of the tank. “Oh, my God!’ he groaned involuntarily. Beside him Kerrigan moved uneasily ip the water. serted stolidly. There was something so Very mat-ter-of-fact in the tones that Reilly burst Into raucous laughter—the harsh.

grating laughter of a dhan who to about to die horribly, and who knows It It seemed to nettle Kerrigan. “There ain’t nothin’ funny about it,” he said. “I mean it. I want to get out of this; an’, what’s more, I want to get you out, too. I wouldn’t give a damn to get out without you.” Reßly seemed not to have heard. To him, Kerrigan’s talk was but irresponsible babbling. Now and then a faint, far-off human voice drifted up to them, and Reilly bit his lips until the blood came. Suddenly Kerrigan began to thrash about. He lifted his chin to the level of the tank’s edge and looked up steadily for a time. Then he gave a grunt of satisfaction and lowered himself to his former position. “Say. maybe there’s a way, after all,” he hazarded hopefully. Reilly made no reply. _ _~ “Just look? at that wire cable up there t ” Kerrigan chattered on. “It runs Tight above the middle of this tank, and see that plank across the top of -the tank over at the farther side. Now, if we could get up on that plank and get hold of that cable—” “Oh. hell!” Reilly interrupted disgustedly. , “Come on.” Kerrigan persisted; "we might just as well make a try.” He began to pull himself along the edge of the tank, and instinctively Reilly followed him. They reached the place where the plank lay across the top. Kerrigan scrambled on to this and helped Reilly up after him. They stood panting on the narrow board. The heat, swelling up in great waves from' the fire below, scorched their faces and nearly strangled them. “Some feet above their swung a heavy wire cable, its long loop dangling from a bracket on a roof on one side of t hem to a similar bracket on a roof across the alley.

Kerrigan kicked off his heavy boots and threw aside his rubber coat. “Hold steady, now,” he cautioned Reilly; “we’ll make a try for it.” With the ease of an acrobat he mounted Reilly’s shoulders, but. reaching upward at full stretch, the cable still dangled just beyond his grasp. Reilly, watching intently, groaned, but Kerrigan was by no means at the end of his resources. “Give me your belt,” he demanded, scrambling down from his precarious piu-ch and standing beside Reilly on the board. Reilly unbucked his heavy ax-belt and Kerrigan strapped it about his own waist. Once again he mounted Reilly’s shoulders and stood there poised for a moment, estimating the distance to the cable. “Hohl tight now, will yer?” he shouted. “I’m goin’ to jump for it.” Reilly was aware that the man on his shoulders had assumed a crouching attitude; then suddenly there was an upward spring, the recoil of which nearly sent him staggering into the tank. He lifted his eyes to see Kerrigan clinging triumphantly to the cable. “All right,” the latter called down to him. “Jump for my legs, an’ when you get ’em, plimb up till you can get hold of the ax-belt.”

Reilly’s leap was successful. He caught Kerrigan’s dangling legs, and slowly, painfully, worked his way upward, bit by bit, until his fingers closed firmly on the heavy belt about Kerrigan’s waist. _ “Hang on hard.” Kerrigan panted. “If the cable don’t bust we’ll get across.” Inch by inch with Reilly’s dead weight dragging at his belt, Kerrigan worked his way out on the cable toward the rbof across the alley. Painfully almost imperceptibly they advanced along the sagging wire. Once in that racking journey, when Kerrigan paused for momentary rest, Reilly voiced his doubts as to the ultimate success of the venture.

•‘You’ll never make it, Kerrigan.” he piped; “leastways, not with me bangin' on to you. I’d best leave go the belt an’ give yer a show. It’ll be one of us that goes out, then, at any rate.” “You hang on an’ keep your blamed motith shut!” gasped Kerrigan as the journey along the cable began again. For untold-ages—so it seemed to the two men—they dangled in mid-air, like some ungainly insect on the thread of a spider's web. Kerrigan’s arms were numb and nerveless, the pounding of his heart nearly suffocated him, and a red mist swam before his eyes. Time and again he was solely tempted to loose his hold on the wire and end it all. Yet always he worked his way, slowly and with -infinite agopy toward that roof across the alley. At last he heard a great commotion just below him. The dragging weight on the belt suddenly ceased. His first thought was that Reilly had dropped to the pavement, and a dull anger pierced the toiture of his mind; but looking dowh, he found that they had gained the roof, an| that Reilly had dropped into the waiting arms of a pair of hosemen. Three other hosemen caught Kerrigan as he fell. He staggered tohls feet and shook them pff. “Where’s Reilly?* he demanded feebly, struggling from the restraining arms. “Let me at him, will you? I got somethin’ to settle with him. 'Twas for that I brought him out o* that hell over there. Aw, show me where he is, can’t you? I don’t mind the smash he gave me with the helmet, but he kicked me.” The tears were streaming down his smoke-blackened face. He babbled piteously like an angry child. “He kicked me. He ktetednie.’ » Reilly came pushing his way through the hosemen. but Kerrigan had sunk to the roof in a huddled heap and lay there exhausted. - -

KINDS OF FOOD CHILDREN NEED TO MAKE THEM GROW INTO HEALTHY MEN AND WOMEN

Poached Egg on Toast, Baked Potato, Bread and Butter, Milk and Rice Pudding Make an Excellent Dinner for a Three-Year-Old.

(Prepared by the United States Department pf Agriculture.) Some people tell us a great deal about what children ought not to eat but forget to tell us what they ought to have. The kinds of food that children need to make them grow into healthy men and women is being studied by home economics experts. The most important of these foods is milk. It supplies something for making muscles; something for making bones and teeth ; and something that makes children grow. No child will grow as fast as he should or as well without milk. - He may get, fat, but fatness is not the same as strength. Unless he has milk, some part of him will almost surely be weak. ; Every little child should have at least three glasses of whole milk every day, and if possible, four. If he has this amount of milk, and particularly if he can be given one egg yolk a day, he does not need meat. Some mothers worry because they cannot afford to buy meat, fish, chicken or other flesh foods for their children, but this is quite unnecessary if they are able to get milk, and milk is almost always cheaper than these other foods.

How to Serve Eggs. — Some one will probably ask how the yolk of an egg should be served to a child. One good way is to add it to milk gravy. Another way is to cook it hard, salt and mash it and spread it on bread. The mother may just as well use the white of the egg for cake or for puddings. It is the yolk that the child needs most. All of the iron of the egg is in the yolk. There Is something in the yolk, too. as there is in the milk that makes children grow. Every mother wants her children to have straight, strong legs. Both milk and eggs help to make the bones Strong. Children who do not get these foods are almost sure to have a disease called “rickets.” Their bones, being weak, bend under them and get very much out of shape. Milk gets dirty easily and it is very hard to make it clean after it has become dirty. It is different from such foods asapples —and oranges fromwhich the dirt can be wiped. If milk is left uncovered and dust or other kinds of dirt fall on it, or if it IS put into a dirty dish the dirt sinks to the bottom and it is impossible to get it out. Dirty milk is almost sure to make children sick and so the greatest pains should be taken to keep it clean. The barn where the cow\ is kept should be so, the pails and the milker’s hands. After the milk comes into the house it should be kept carefully covered in a cool place. Use of Clean Skim Milk. Whole milk is far better for children than skim milk, but clean skim milk is better than dirty whole milk. If the mother cannot get clean whole milk, she had better use clean skim milk and give the child a little extra butter to make up for the fat that was taken oft when the milk was skimmed. The “something” in milk that makes children grow comes from the grass and other green things that the cow eats. The same “something” in eggs comes from the green food that every good chicken raiser provides for his chickens. From the green food it gets into the milk and the egg yolks. This substance, so much needed by all young animals, is also in lettuce, spinach, and other greens. For this reason these vegetables are good for children, particularly when milk and eggs are scarce. Some children do not like vegetables and it does little good to try to persuade them to eat them. A better way Is to put them into soups or gravies without saying anything about it. For example, make milk stews or gravies and put into them any small amounts of cooked vegetables that may be left over or some fresh vegetables cooked for the purpose. Here is a recipe for a milk stew. With plenty of bread, a large bowl of It makes a good dinner for a child. Milk Stew With Vegetables.

1 Quart milk, whole or skim. 1 cupful raw potatoes cut In small leaves lettuce, spinach or other greens cut into small pieces or chopped. A small piece of onion. g twwwpoanfnla butter or bacon tat. SajL'-' ■ { - . 801 l the potatoes till soft and drain. Cook the other vegetables in so little water that they do not need to be drained. Add to the milk. Heat add

the fat and season with salt. Serve hot. Almost any vegetable can be used for flavoring milk §tews. Or a little fish or chopped dried beef may be used. In the case of very little children care should be taken not to serve any tough foods like large pieces of dried beef unless the mother has time to watch and see that they are well chewed. , Another way to is in simple puddings. Rice Pudding. 1 quart milk, whole % teaspoonful of or skim. ground nutmeg, or 1-3 cupful rice. cinnamon, or the 1-3 cupful sugar. grated rind of % of % teaspoonful salt. a lemon. Wash the rice thoroughly, mix the Ingredients, and bake three hours or more in a very slow oven, stirring occasionally at first. Any kind Qf cereal, oatmeal, cornmeal, or cracked wheat can be used in place of the rice and molasses, or brown sugar can be used for sweetening and flavoring. To say that a child does not need flesh foods like meat, chicken, and fish if he has plenty of milk does not mean that these foods are not good for him. The chief point is that they are not needed and when used in addition to are extravagant. So far as health is concerned some of the tenderer flesh foods, like fish or chicken, may be given in small amounts even to very young children. No child, however, should be given tough meat that is likely to be swallowed in large pieces. Fried meat is particularly harmful. ?

Use Fresh or Dried Fruits. Fruit once n day is a good rule. It you cannot afford fresh fruit, get dried fruits. Soak them well and cook then* until soft. If the child is delicate give only the juice or pulp. Very young children who are just beginning to eat other things than milk should be given the juice only of the fruits. A little later they may be given the pulp. A healthy child of school age can eat apples, peaches and plums, skin and all. Every child should have plenty of good bread. There Is no dangerog him eating too much of It unless it Is covered with sugar or jam. A hungry child will eat plain bread without either butter or sugar between meals. Save the sweets for dessert. Whole wheat or graham bread helps to prevent constipation. So, too. do vegetables and fruits. Mothers who cannot afford vegetables and fruits should give coarse bread occasionally. Cereal mushes, like oatmeal, cornmeal or cracked wheat, are good food for children; they have just as much nourishment in them as the ready-to-eat cereals and cost very much less. Hardness and crispness in food is not the same as toughness. In fact, hard brdad or toast is good food for children. Bread that has been dried and slightly browned in the oven can be broken into small pieces and served with milk as cereal mushes are. As to sweets, save them for dessert when the child is not hungry enough to eat too much of them. One of the simple puddings mentioned above makes a good dessert. So, too, do plain cake or cookies. ' One of the cheapest sweets is bread spread with butter and sugar, white or brown. Lump sugar is usually far cheaper than candy. . Breakfast may consist always of fruit, fresh or dried, with a cereal mush, milk, bread and butter. Bread and milk or rice and milk are enough for supper. The chief meal phould come in the middle of the day. Here are a few suggestions for it: Suggested Dinners. ' Baked Potatoes. Milk Gravy, made with bacon or salt pork fat. Greens. ~ Stew. Egg on Toast Rice Pudding. Milk Toast. Stewed Celery or Cabbage. Boiled Rice with Sirup. Potato Soup. Bread and Butter. • Baked Apples.

HOUSEHOLD QUESTIONS

Always empty the water out of a kettle before refilling it. • • • The pantry shelves are best coveredwith white oilcloth, cut to fit a • a Use borax In tepid water for waab* Ina ailk handkerchief. Iron dr*