Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 305, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 December 1920 — Page 3

Pansy Farm

By KATE EDMONDS

(ft MM, by McClw* Newspaper Syndicate.) The auctioneer turned to Ann’s father. “Sold every dum thing ’ceptin’ those boxes of flower seeds; guess you better keep ’em, Ann, and start a posy garden next summer.” Mr. Archer figured on a slip of paper. When he had finished he smiled sadly at his daughter. "When the bills are all paid, dear, there will be just enough money to keep us until spring, then —what?” Ann smiled bravely. “Don’t worry, father, I will take care of that it will be my turn to do something. I am glad the store Is sold out You can spend a little time at home now —just think of the kitchen garden we shall have next year!” “We’ll see, Ann,” he said, and bls look was not very hopeful. The Archer store had been driven out of business by one of a series qf chain stores, and as the Archers were elderly people with one daughter, they were Inclined to worry because, after the winter months were over, there was nothing to live on. Ann had never been trained for’ any particular work, and now there was no money to take up anything new. “What can I dot’ Ann asked the question dozens of times as she went over her scanty stock of accomplishments. She could find no answer until one day a traveling salesman who had been wont to call at the store came out to see her father. Ann talked with him a while. “I wish I could do something to earn money, Mr. Stone,” she said earnestly. “Do you think I could travel on the road —sell something? “Sell seeds. I can get you a position with my house to sell flower and vegetable seeds,” said Mr. Stone, briskly. “Better still, stay at home, raise the seeds yourself and sell ’em to my house!” “I should love to do that,” cried Ann. “We have the land, but I am not sure how to do it.” “You say you had some flower seeds left from the store. Get some books from the library here, and I’ll send you some more from town. Your father can knock together shallow boxes for the seedlings, and when It Is time they can be set out of doors. It will keep the whole family busy. Next year you will make enough to live on for a year—and two years from now you will be driving your own car!” Mr. Stone was young and enthusiastic and Ann was younger and pretty; the study of flowers was most interesting. The Archers worked from February, when they planted the seeds in the house until June, when-they began to reap the reward of their efforts by the sale of young plants to their neighbors and a nearby florist. “This Is the right profession for you, Miss Ann,” said young Stone as he advised the flower farm girl about next year’s needs. “Look over your books now —see how many seeds of annuals you have gathered and sold, saving some for planting next year. You wouldn’t think that pretty posies like mignonette, sweet alyssum, candytuft, pansies and such could make money for you, eh?” “It’s such a beautiful business," said Ann softly. “I am so happy about it, Mr. Stone."

“Good enough,” returned the brisk Mr. Stone, turning pink and struggling hard not to say something else. "You’ve got a brother in the city, haven’t you?” Ann paled and then flushed. All their friends knew about Frank, who was young and pretty wild, and no help to his family. “Just give me his address,” went on Mr. Stone. "I know a dandy place for him to board and a good job for him—straighten him out in no time.” Ann gave the desired address and tried to forget about Frank’s waywardness. They had hoped so much to win him back- to his home again, but all efforts had- failed. If any one could reach him, John Stone could. Another winter passed and then spring, early this year, and soon after Easter the Archer family stood in speechless delight watching the gorgeous pansy beds —seeing the , dainty flower heads 'ruffling in the light breeze. “It’s the most wonderful sight in the world,” breathed Mrs. Archer, thankfully. “Heaps better than the old store,” agreed Mr. Archer, who was hale and ruddy with outdoor life. * “Our pansy farm,” murmured Ann, and Stone, who was never far from her side when business permitted, applauded gently. “Call 1* Pansy Fann, folks,” he suggested. “I’ll have a sign painted tomorrow,” said Mr. Archer promptly. “There’s only one thing lacking to make us perfectly happy,” sighed Mrs. Archer, and they all taiew she was thinking of Frank. “Could you use another man?” asked Stone. «y e9 —we need some one to work in the -field —some one dependable enough to grow up into a better position. “I have a young man in mind —good, fellow— country boy —been training all winter at our Southern plant farms, ni send him down tomorrow. Believe me,” he ended impressively, “you can trust him to the limit.’’ The next afternoon when Ann and

her parents were Inspecting the pansies once more there was a hall from the patfi. “Looking for a man?” some one called cheerily. “Frank 1” cried his mother, and they all went to meet him. Tall and broad-shouldered, clear-eyed and sunbrowned, he told a tale of meeting John Stone. “He did it —made a man of me," declared Frank. “I’m ready to do my share, father and mother, and stay home, If I can have my little old room again.” When John Stone came they met him with tearful eyes, but he waved them aside. “Don’t thank me,” he grinned sheepishly. “I’m a selfish fellow—of course, you all know how I feel about Ann!” Ann blushed under the loving glances of her family, and her father came over and took her hand. “Stone, he said kindly, “I believe we need you In our family. Eh, mother?” “Of course,” she said warmly, taking Ann’s other hand. And somehow no one thought of asking Ann what she thought about it, but her face betrayed the secret of the girl who had made a success out of failure. “You will live here with us?” suggested Mrs. Archer, and John Stone s big voice decided the question as usual. ‘ “You bet your life we will,” he boomed.

LIKE WISDOM OF SOLOMON

Ibrahim Pasha Had a Method Entirely Hla Own, for the Detection of a Thief. The stories current of Ibrahim Pasha when he directed the affairs of Syria with Palestine, for his father, Mehemet Ali of Egypt, would alone fill a good-sized volume. The following may serve as a specimen: A goldsmith of Jerusalem complained that his shop had been entered and rifled during the night Since the plaintiff was unable to supply any clew to the thief’s identity, Ibrahim Pasha sent the town crier round to notify the people that at such and such an hour he himself intended to go to the scene of the trespass and do justice. When Ibrahim arrived, with the executioner, almost the whole population was assembled to see what would happen. They watched him advance to the door of the shop, upbraid it for negleqt of duty in letting the thief pass and commanded it to reveal the culprit’s name. There was of course no response, and so he ordered the executioner to administer twenty lashes to the contumacious piece of wood. Then he went through the performance a second time, stooping down as If listening to a whispered answer, which seemed to enrage him, for again he directed the executioner to use the whip and strike hard. After putting the question a thiiM time and again bending forward, his hand to his ear, he straightened up, exclaiming: “This foolish door wants to make me believe that It beholds the thief standing in the crowd with dust and cobwebs from the shop still sticking to his clothes.” No sooner had the words been said than one of the bystanders passed his hand over his vest and trousers. Ibrahim Pasha, on the alert .for such a manifestation of guilt, cried immediately : “Arrest that fellow!” So unexpectedly caught, the thief confessed and received in double measure the flogging at first tentatively inflicted on the tell-tale door. —J. F. Sheltema, In Asia.

A Noisy Army.

The rank and file sos the Chinese army can outbugle any army of the world. Mr. Nathaniel Peffner, in the Home Sector, says that there are always two buglers to every squad of soldiers in the Chinese army. There is one thing that the Chinese soldier does do: he bugles. The one great, Insatiable passion of the Chinese army Is bugling. I am sure that one out of every three men has a bugle, that one out of every two hours he blows it, and that not one time In three thousand does he blow any recognized call or tune. He begins at half-tfast three in the morning—“he” being now used collectively. He plays the same note —“he” now being used Individually and each “he” playing a different note —until six o’clock In. the morning. Then he to another. He stops for meals and for a few hours of sleep—that Is all. When a regiment moves Into a town foreigners living in It resign themselves to insomnia. The Chinese do not. Noise to them Is one of the (normal ano pleasurable phenomena of existence the more deafening the more pleasurable.

Too Much Pressure.

The pressures that shipwreck peace grow out of strained relations. If mortals could only sense the nerve strain back of the other fellow’s highkeyed voice they would be charitable . and kind. But often having the same wear and tear of the physical system we are At candidates for trouble. Of course we never Initiate it (?), but just the same we seem to be ready to wade into anything or any one that happens to cross wires with us. The mad rush for the dollar, for preferment, for comforts and pleasures has driven most mortals beyond self-control. They are the victims of circumstances. If the days are propitious they wouldn’t trade the present for an abode in Elysium. If the fates are unkind they sink Into the dumps and feel that life isn’t worth the effort. It’s a case of being keyed to the extremes and the result Is often*, hard on home and business relations. They need a release •€ pressure. ; .

THE EVENING REPUBLICAN, RENSSELAER, IND.

Court Train Is Given Approval

Style Is Seen in Dressmaking Circles for First Time in Several Years. SASH PLAYS IMPORTANT PART Decoration Alda In Carryinfl Out Very Effective Results In the More Fashionable Informal Evening Frocks. The long court train has returned. It Is seen In the best dressmaking circles for the first time in several years. The resumption of social life by the many women who were engaged in war work set the dressmakers to designing clothes of a more .formal character. During the war years the patriotic woman thought only of serving her country and doing so In the most suitable dress that she could find. Then came the period of wild extravagance that followed the signing of the armistice. In the history of fashions this will go down as a time when clothes were elaborate, with little of beauty or good taste to recommend them. It seemed that everything possible in the way of decoration or elaboration was combined In a single model. Now, asserts a leading fashion correspondent, we see the reaction. The lines of the best clothes made today are very simple. There Is elaboration, it is true, but it is a dignified elaboration. Some models are really works of art in the beauty of drapery and cleverness of design. Their very simplicity makes them appear as though any one might have made them, whereas they could have been only created by the brain and hand of an artist.

Bride's Dream of White Satin. Lanvin features the long court train heavily embroidered. One of her most Interesting models Is a bride’s dress' of white satin having a court train richly embroidered in white. This falls from the shoulders in one continuous, piece, being attached to the bodice by means of an embroidered band which crosses the front just above the decolletage. Long bishop sleeves of tulle, the lower half embroidered In white, are a«• feature of this dress. Embroidery also appears across the front of the bodice and on the full, supple straight skirt. A Lanvin model of black satin with the embroidered court train falling from the shoulders is held in place by. an embroidered band about four inches wide which passed over the shoulders and crosses the front. Panels hanging at each side of the dress are of shirred in at the bottom tp embroidered tassels the ends of which are of black satin ribbon. The skirts of even tfte most dignified frocks still are short, although several of the best designers are showing skirts a trifle longer than those now actually being worn. Sash Train Lerids Smartness. A surprising number of the more informal evening frocks have trains. They may be only sash ends, and this, by the way, Is a favorite method of

Frock of Gray Mousseline Embroidered in White and Gold Threads.

evolving a train for a simple evening dress. Very effective are the results achieved through these sash trains. A plain little frock of orchid pink chiffon may be made with the neckline as high as those worn on street frocks and cut in the straight-across ■hallow line. The waist may be low and blousing, with the skirt short and straight. Then, to .make It the last word in smartness, a sash of two tones of pink, one a very bright whade, is tied about the low waistline and several Inches of one of the gayly colored ends trail on the ground. A model of this kind Is as adaptable as It can be, because the sash ends may be shortened, or the sash altogether and any sort of

a girdle used, so that one has a simple afternoon dress which may be worn anywhere. Train dresses of this sort are, of course. In direct opposition to.the one which is decidedly formal, but it, too, has its practical side, for the band supporting the train Is made separate from the dress and just slips over the shoulders. Train Makes Its Own Laws. The train, having once got-back Into the limelight, takes to Itself many liberties. It absolutely refuses to abide by any set rules. It may even fall from the front of a dress. A frock created by one of our own American

An Interesting Frock of Black Velvet and Black Lace.

designers has a very uneven hem, the front being extremely short and the skirt falling much longer at the sides knd back. There is a sash which ties in a bow directly in the front and the long ends hang to the ankles several inches below the bottom of the skirt. To accentuate the appearance of the unevenness of'the hem there are side panels also longer than the skirt Perhaps the most popular place for a train is at one side. , The wrappedaround effect with the drapery drawn across the stomach, as in this model, is very prominent in fashions. These models, slightly draped at the waistline In a free and easy manner, are quite a contrast to the tightly draped princess dress sponsored by Madeleine et Madeleine. Dresses of this sort usually fasten at the left side. This one illustrates, too, the liking for black and white in evening frocks. It Is of white velvet, showing a long side panel of black velvet and black tulle. The large flat flowers are of velvet and tulle, i The back of the dress Is draped in the same . manner as the front. Black Broadcloth for Evening Wear. Ever so many of the skirts which wrap tightly around the figure have fullness let in by means of narrow godets on one side only toward the front. They may be laid in where the skirt laps over and forms the closing. Cheruit has resorted to black broadcloth for evening dress. She embroiders it in white. One such modej h/s a novel skirt, with one side whipping over the long train, while the other comes from underneath the train, fitting the figure quite snugly. On the skirt are two bands of embroidery lu leaf design. Long, full sleeves are of white Tace. So, also are the sides and back of the bodice, the latter having an of the broadcloth. Another model which Is very lovely Is of white brocade and black lace. It shows the corsage swathed about the bust and cut fairly low in the back. A length of the black lace outlines the square decolletage at the back. This band, about six inches at the small of the back, widens until it is at least twelve Inches over the shoulders, and then it falls at the front in pointed ends. The skirt is short and of the wrapped type, and there is a black lace train attached to the waistline at the side. Scarf Adds Distinctive Touch. - A most important movement in evening dresses might be termed the scarflike movement It appears on many models and may be described in this way : The silhouette of a straight chemise dress is changed by attaching a scarf to the hem of the skirt or to the belt of the dress. Scarfs starting at the belt line always loop at the bottom of the dress and then up, forming the bodice, swathing the shoulder, and falling down one side. These scarfs are of tke same material a< the dress. This season’s evening dresses are much less decollete than they have been for some time past All of the models today show a rather high neck line for evening gowns.

Brocades for Bags.

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In Jail.

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WANTED ONLY MINOR CHANGE

Youth Had No Desire to Interfere With the Existing Chronological System, Only— Ten p. m. There was a lot to do at the office, and, despite the lateness of the hour, the staff still at work. The head of the firm Rooked sternly at the joung man over his gold-rimmed glasses. Then: “So you’ve a complaint to make, have you?” he asked fiercely. “Not exactly a complaint, sir,” said the other, “but there’s just one little matter about which I should like to speak to you.” “I gave you more money the other day,” growled the chief. “What’s it you want this time? Shorter hours — eh?” “Oh, no—no sir! Ido not feel it incumbent on me, I /issure you, in any way to tamper with our present quite excellent chronological system. For my part, I am perfectly content that the hours should retain their present length. All I wish is— er—fewer of them as applied to my dally period of work.” —Houston Post

Did It Seem That Long?

Santa Cruz News —“She was sixtynine years of age and she had been married for more than a century.”— Boston Transcript.

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True.

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CAMERA DOING GOOD WORK

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Zero in Fascination.

Personally we don’t know any kind of merchandise that looks less fascinating than a hair switch In a show window. —Dallas News. An optimist doubles his profit In, life by anticipation.