Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 59, Number 40, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 June 1917 — Page 2

"The Best Laid Plans" By GEORGE HASKELL

(Copyright, 1917, by "W. G. Chapman.) "It's going to be a big party up to the Wendell's," said Mrs. Terry, looking out of the window. "Cars and delivery wagons have been going up there for two days." "Yes, I suppose so," said her daughter, Eunice, looking up absent-mindedly from her book. "There was a time," went on Mrs. Terry, "that I wouldn't have dreamed of asking Mary Black to any party of mine. Why they were as common as common could be. She went on the stage, you know, and caught John , Wendell that way. His family made an awful fuss, but they swallowed It at last. And here she Is getting the best people in her house, and I going nowhere, knowing no one." "Well, dear, we're pretty happy without the rich et, aren't we?" Eunice gave her mother a sympathetic look. She didn't know what else to say. "I don't-mind it so much for myself, but it's for you Eunice. You ought to be having some kind of society." "I have all that I have time for. I couldn't run a kindergarten, and go to luncheons and afternoon teas. In the city I have a few good friends who often give me pleasant evenings. I couldn't keep up with that fashionable set even if they wanted me." Mrs. Terry sighed deeply. She saw the sound sense of her daughter's stand, but she Inwardly rebelled at the necessity. Nothing had been left from the wreck of her husband's business but the little home in Belleport, and an income so slender it barely eked out the most frugal living. Mr. Terry had died soon after the crash, some eight years ago, but the widow had seen to it that their only child wns kept at school. Eunice at seventeen had been determined to start out and- try to be a bread winner. After some study, she took a position as teacher in a kindergarten, and had now been steadily employed about three years in the big city thirty miles from the fashionable Belleport. This being the holiday time, she was enjoying her vacation at home with her mother. After Eunice's declaration of independence Mrs. Terry had gone to the "1 Don't Know Any Such Thing. tt kitchen, and the girl could hear the cheerful sound of the egg beater which presaged a toothsome cake. Presently her mother appeared in the doorway with a troubled face. "Dearie," she said, "I haven't a bit of spice or citron ! Would you mind running over to the grocery?" "Not in the least!" cried Eunice. "It would be good for me." Sho had made her purchases when a woman standing next to her called out to the grocer: "Say, Mr. Bettelberg, don't you know any girl that ud go up there, an' help out just for tonight? Florry had to go sudden, 'bout an hour ago, 'cause her brother's dyin an' that stuckup Frenchy just walked out 'cause she was asked to do something she wasn't hired for." "I don't know of anybody, but I'll ask, and St?nd 'em up, if I do find a girl. What would they have to do?" "I guess she'd put a green hand into the cloak room. It wouldn't be hard work. For the Lord's sake do get someone if you can. Mrs. Wendell is just about plum crazy. I'm darned sorry. She's a real sootl sort to work for." ISunice followed the woman out. and a few steras farther on stonned her. "I will go and help out at Mrs. Wendell's this evening," she said. "You will?' cried the woman looking her over approvingly. "Come right along with me!" It was in vain that Eunice protested she must first go home, the woman declared she could go just as soon as she had seen Mrs. Wendell, but she did want to get it off the poor woman's mind. Eunice gave her name as Maria Bird, and was at once engaged to attend the ladies In the cloak room. She

i was fitted with a black frock, white

apron, and cap, and asked to be there at precisely eight for possible eariy guests. As Eunice started on her way home, a sudden realization of what she had done struck her with a terrible thud. She had rushed into it on the spur of the moment. Sympathy for the dis traught hostess, a sort of wild desire to see the gorgeous function of a millionaire, the beautiful gowns of the guests, the flowers and splendor of the decorations, and to hear the music,, and the chatter of this unknown class had made her offer. But her mother! Never before in her life had she faced her with such fear and quaking. It was inevitable that there had to be something of a scene. Mrs. Terry at first declared she should not go,' then begged and pleaded, and finally gave in, Eunice having assured her that no one would know her, and she had given another name. She reported promptly, got into her livery, and surveyed herself in the mirror with a whimsical smile. It was all very becoming, from the coquettish little cap to the dainty, lace-frilled apron, and she saw that cheeks and lips needed no artificial aids to make them help out the picture. But after all what did it matter? These women would onlybe concerned in her skill in serving them. Two of the earliest guests came in literally buried in furs, evidently from a long automobile ride. Eunice was removing the -carriage boots from one, a very beautiful girl in a stunning, imported gown all shimmering silver and tulle, when the other said: "Phyllis, I've been wondering why Yance Taylor didn't come after you?" "I don't know why he should," she answered. "0 dear! You are pulling off the slipper !" T beg your pardon, madam," answered Eunice bending very low over the foot, and deftly replacing the slipper. She was heartily disgusted with her self that the mention of this man's name had caused her to forget everything else. He had come once to the school to take his tiny sister home. He had seemed so much interested in the work, and incidentally in the teacher to whom the little girl so lovingly clung, that he had stayed a long time talking. She had dimly hoped to some time see him again, "but that was only the remotest possibility, and she had tried hard to forget. "0 come, Phyllis !" laughed the other girl. "Why put up such a transparent bluff? You know Vance Taylor is completely gone, submerged so much in love " "I don't know any such thing. He hasn't told me so." But there was a look that seemed to belie her words. Eunice watched the girl who seemed to have everything worth having, go from the room. The joy notes went out of the music, and her wThim of coming seemed now a dull, foolish thing. It was nearing two o'clock, and she was helping some departing guests into their wraps when she heard a lady , just outside the door ask someone to j wait a minute ; and the girl of the slipper rushed into the room holding up some torn drapery. "Quick !" she demanded of Eunice. "Get a needle and thread, and mend this !" "Yes, madam," said Eunice. "In a moment." And she went on assisting the lady. "If you can't do it," snapped Phyllis, "I'll find someone who can," and the irate young lady started to the door. "It's perfectly outrageous! I've a mind to report you!" One of the guests quickly followed her. "Wait." she said. "I'll look after my wrap myself, and let the maid attend to you !" Eunice with some difficulty re strained herself, but she went patient ly to work to repair the damaged gown. Miss Phyllis grew impatient, and rated her for being slow and clumsy. But Eunice remembered she was bred a lady even if She were acting as a maid, and said nothing. When she was left alone in the room, she sat down wearily, waiting for it to be over. The thought that this man who had so attracted her was to marry this selfish, inconsiderate, bad-tempered girl seemed to her pitiable. "I wonder if he knows that side of her," she thought. . "I wonder !" Suddenly a masculine voice outside the door asked: "May I come in?" Then the owner followed. It was Yance Taylor. "I am searching for -a fan, a pink one with " The sentence stopped at his recognition of Eunice. "Miss Terry!" he exclaimed. "No, Maria Bird," she answered quietly. His look of blank surprise was too much for her gravity, her face broke Into a smile, and she had to explain. "Great Scott! was that you getting that calling down?" He had heard it all, so she laughingly admitted she was. "You couldn't blame her, it was such a pretty gown," she added. Taylor meekly asked Eunice if she thought her mother would let him call. Eunice thought she would. So after ! all it wasn't the beautiful Phyllis, but the little schoolteacher who became Mrs. Vance Taylor. Less Work. "Miss Flibbert is an intensely serious girl." "She doesn't care for flowers, bon- ' bons and popular novels?" : "No. If you want to make a hit with . her discuss sociology." "Not for me I It's too easy to find girls who'd rather hear you talk about the movies."

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The dainty little frock for a four to Six-year-old girl shown in the sketch 3s according to both the straight line jand empire in effects. The panel front adheres to the former, while the short waist or long yoke extending from the jpanel on either side entirely around ?the back of the frock is of the empire family. Sheer handkerchief linen is suggested as the material for the dress, with fine hand embroidery giving the necessary trimming touch. The question of fabric, however, is one that may be decided by the mother, as any light-weight cotton or linen material would be suitable for the dress. It is not a good model for a heavy linen or pique. To make the dress for a four or five-year-old girl two and a half yards of material 36 inches wide will be re quired. The garment buttons in the center back. The guimpe or suspended dress is increasingly popular as the season advances, and models are shown made up of colored linen, chambray, etc., or of bright checked gingham, with dainty underblouses of sheer white. Pockets are featured on many new dresses designed for small girls as well as for boys of less than trouser age. In this connection it may be noted that the feminine leaning to trousered garments is shared by the children. Washable bloomers worn underneath middy blouses or dainty smocks are featured for girls from four to eight or ten yervs of age, and rompers are worn by the very small boys and girls alike. The general rule of simplicity may safely be adhered to in designing clothes for children. Except in little TRINKET TRAY EASILY MADE Pretty and Useful Little Baskets Can Be Manufactured Out of Any WellMade Cardboard Box. Pretty little baskets of the nature shown in the sketch are useful for many purposes, and they can be made in great variety and in different shapes and sizes from oddments that will be found ready at hand at home. In fact, any well-made cardboard box can be utilized for the purpose. The sides of the box should be covered smoothly with some pretty remnant of silk or cretonne. This can be done by turning the material over at the edges and fastening it on just inside and underneath the box with seccotine or some other strong adhesive. The inside of the box is closely lined with soft silk, selected of some pale shade of color Pretty Trinket Trays. to harmonize wTith the material that has been used for covering the sides, and the edges of the box are next finished off with silk cord. The handle is made of a strip of cardboard covered on both sides with silk or cretonne, and finished off at the edges with silk cord. The handle is fastened in place with paper fasteners run through from the outside, and this should be done prior to lining the box. PARASOL COVER IS DAINTY One Made From Cretonne or Bright Linen Ideal Trifle to Keep on Hand for Gift Purposes. The wise needlewoman always keeps on hand some small dainty which she can hand out when asked for a contribution for a bazaar, or when some unI sure to appropriate the cunning little parasol covers to be made from cre tonne or bright linen. They are cut from two-shaped pieces of the material about 26 or 8 inches long, the length of a parasol from the tips of the ribs to the end of the ferrule. The pattern is shaped so that it tapers from the ferrule end to a width of six or seven inchs near the top, tapering again al most to point. The two pieces are bound ogether with white or colored tape, and a slit in the top piece is bound with tape. Through the slit the parasol is thrust, and the case is snapped tightly around the lower part of the handle. At the ferrule end of the cover is a rubber cork provided with a ring. The cork end keeps the ferrule from pushing through the end of the cover if the parasol is to be stood on the ground, while a nickel ring in the cork provides means for hanging up the covered parasol it desired. Lots of girls will find these handy for traveling purposes, while for protecting the parasol when not in use they are invaluable. Solid Colors for Gowns. Considerable amount of green is being worn both in suits and dresses. In suits it is not infrequent to see green predominating in plaid designs, used on the bias on the skirt or only as trimmings. For one-piece dresses solid-colored fabrics are almost always eraployed. The greens seen are of the dark and warm variety, somewhat like sap green or lighter shades of Itussian green. The trimmings used with these greens aro reds, citron, black, buff.

party frocksf elaborately trimmed dresses for small girls are considered bad form. The dainty rather than or-

Dainty Frock for Small Girl. nate, trimming touch is sought for, and fine hand embroideries, hemstitching, etc., are favored. BRIGHT TONES IN PETTICOAT. New Models Shown in Great Variety of Fabrics and in All the Colors of Flowers. Whatever may be said of the taste, or lack of it, in the selection of weird chromatics for street clothes, it must be admitted that there is something rather alluring in the petticoat made of bright-toned silks, writes a fashion expert. The new models have broken out, as it were, in all the colors of the spring flowers, having particular fancy for the tulips, hyacinths and marigolds that dispel the passing gloom of winter. These petticoats are offered in such fabrics as two-tone taffetas, satin and silk jersey. They are variously trimmed with self-flounces arranged in many different ways. A woman may select a skirt with a fluffy, bouffant flounce, or she may elect to wear a more tailored effect which shows the flounce closely plaited and hanging in straight lines. Then there are petticoats made of linen and silk which are bound to be more durable than the all-silk sort. These, too, come in bright spring tones, and make very good foundations either for sports skirts or for the tailored suit. Some of the models indicate alternate stripes of satin and silk, and there are also those made of Pompadour or Dresden designs in indistinct blurred effects. For wear with the evening gown the petticoats are mostly made of very soft satin in white or flesh-pink. The flounces are of lace or of the satin, lace-trimmed. The petticoats that are plaited from waist to hem are pretty for wear wTith the thin evening gown, and also as the fundamental garment for the fluffy negligee. SHOWING HER COLORS A little pin or badge with the flag on it may be enough for the man to display his colors, but the young women of America are not satisfied with so mild a demonstration. Their patriotism is effusive, and they show it in this, the latest summer hat, of white rnilan straw with red and white grosgrain ribbon straw run around the crown, while the blue is put before the world very ostentatiously with 48 embroidered stars directly in front. There's not a chance in the world of one mistaking the nationality of the wearer. Diagonal Darns. One will find that by darning stockings diagonally across the weave instead of with it, the stitches will give as the stocking stretches and are not as apt to pull away from the edges. This method is especially good to use where stitches have dropped.

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