Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 61, Number 15, Jasper, Dubois County, 6 December 1918 — Page 7
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CHIC DANCE DRESS AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY WILL SHOW BIG ' DEVELOPMENT FROM HUGE WAR IN FRANCE eta emt Frock May Be Made of White ATTRACTIVE COATEE OF MOLE Chiffon or Other Material.
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Where Uncle Sam's Regulations Fall Down Hard GREAT LAKES Naval Training Station (and Cairo, EgypOIt was the very latest thing In up-to-da,.; weddings at this new American city of 25,000, soon to be doubled in population. The scene 'was Itavinette park, beauty spot of Great Lakes, The
IVYOHDER IP OfiE SHOULD KISS A PROXY 3 BRIDE-?.? J
Moore of the corps -of chaplains spliced the knot most impressively, as befitted the occasion and place. In short, everything went merry as a marriage bell till it came time to kiss the
bride You see, until naval regulations set
like this, "kissing goes by favor," not by right, and nobody seems to be sure just how much brides favor kissing by proxy or just how much proxy brides
favor kissing. Yes. that's it. Miss Reams was .proxy for Miss Emily Orsi, daughter mother, whom Lieuienant Wisner met XT. S. S. North Carolina, was stationed And wiiile Miss Reams was acting sitting on her trunk, ticket in hand, in to tell her that she was Mrs. Wisner. (flashed the word East, where it -was pected here as soon as boat and miin But really, you know, "with these mil the rage, Uncle Sam should lay down Sby proxy.
No Happier Mother Now in Ai! the United States JOPLIN, MO. There are many happy mothers in the United States these days. .Toplin has one; probably there is no happier mother in all America. And all because cf .a telephone message. The son of this happy mother, Maurice Chapman of Webster Grove,
Mo., was in the Argonne drive of October. A shell exploded so close to -;him that he was not only badly 'wounded out. was also partly mirieu by the upheaval of earth. Soon afterward the regimental chaplain, Harold L. Reader, passed by. He saw Chapman's partly buried body. Examination convinced the chaplain that the soldier had "gone west." So he removed .his identifica
tion disk, took It to headquarters and reported his death. A little later stretcher bearers came along. They dug out the body of the soldier and found that he was alive. Chapman was hurried to a "first-aid" station and then sent on to a base hospital. In the meantime, Chapman's mother had received official notification of his death, "killed in action." Of course, she was a proud mother of an American soldier who had given his life for his country. All American mothers like her are proud of sons like hers. But also she was a griefstricken mother. All American mothers grieve over a loss like hers. Pride and grief; smiles and tears. In Wilmette, III., lives Carl H. Peterson, a friend of Chapman. The other day he received a letter from Chapman. The Missouri fighting man said he was In an army hospital in France. He was very much alive. Mr. Peterson knew his business. He put in a long distance call for Joplin. He got Joplin and he got Maurice Chapman's mother. And that's why Joplin has one of the happiest mothers In all the land.
Bold Bandit Who Will Not Go Banditing Again CHICAGO. Miss Jane Kiely, nine years old, purchaser and business agent for her mother, was proudly returning from the grocer's in the afternoon.
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Miss Jane, with a squeal, dropped her bag and ran. Thomas Kiely, 21.T3 West Twenty-third street, Miss Jane's daddy, Is a motorman and he doesn't approve of bandits. He took Miss Jane's little hand in his and they went to the Marquette police station. Napoleon Grandpre, juvenile officer, who knows the ways of gruff bandits of this type, said it would be a pretty easy mystery to solve. He set out to all the candy stores near by. Pretty soon Officer Grandpre ran into a scandalous situation. Stanley Purenowski, ten years old, 2300 West Twenty-third street, was buying candy for all the "women" of his own age In the neighborhood. Stanley was also buying bean shooters, popguns, pink monkeys, candy, chocolate, ice cream, soda water, lemon pop, peanuts and a largo quantity of other things too numerous to mention. Napoleon Grandpre picked Stanley up straightway and got a confession and all but about $4 back. "I was just playing robber !" wept Stanley. "I didn't mean anything, but she Just dropped the money und runned away."
Just Like a Movie Hero and Yet So Different NKVV YORK. Frank Tannenbaum, twenty-seven years old, of 300 East One Hundredth Street, Is a prisoner in Bellevue hospital, charged with attempted suicide, and is probably convinced that life is really stranger than fiction. Tannenbaum, one would im-
aglne from the Information In the possession of the police. Is an enthusiastic young man, with a nature that is impulsive. Following an evening at the movias with Miss Lottie Miller of 21U Ulast Rlghty-fifth street, who Frank had evidently decided was to play the load in his drama of life, and her sister, Irene, the young man asked to be allowed to speak to Lottie alone, and
when Irene went upstairs asked the sister to marry him. Tannenbaum selected the hall in the East Eighty-fifth street house to plight his troth, but when Miss Miller hesitated for a minute Frank took out a bottle of Iodine and drank the contents. In the movie show they had Just seen, the lure of something or other, the hero took poison and, of course, was done up in a few yards of bandages, while t lie heroine got herself up, regardless, in a Red Cross outfit, and nursed htm hack to health and happiness. If Frank had any visions that he was going to travel the path of the movie hero later events proved he was mistaken. Miss Miller dashed the bottle of Iodine from his hand, and Miss Irene Miller ran downstairs, then all over the neighborhood for physicians. Miss Lottie Miller forced Frank to drink some milk to neutralize the iodine. After Doctor Lyons of the reception hospital had Introduced tho young man to a stomach pump, he was carted off to Bellevue and Inter will bo given an opportunity to explain why ho wanted to die.
bridegroom, Lieut, Itudolph Wisner, U. S. NM 454GKenmore .avenue, Chicago, was spick and span in his best uniform. Miss Grace Belle Reams, 260 West Sixty-sixth street, Chicago one bride in a million could hardly be seen for the flowers she carried.
There were seven natty naval officer groomsmen ano seven pretty brides maids. A bluejacket ochestra played a wedding march. Lieut. Charles W. forth in detail the.etiquette of a case only a Troxy bride. She was acting as of an Italian marquis and an HJnglish and wooed and married when his ship. in Egypt. her part Miss Orsi was presumably far-away Cairo, waiting for the cable Anyway, the Great Lakes wireless put on the cable, and the "bride is ex can bring her. wartime proxy marriages getting to be some hard and fast rules on kissing Ihe grocer had handed back to her $10.31. So Miss Jane held tight to the little bag and kept a blue eye open for bad, bold bandits. Miss Jane passed an alley near West Twenty-third and Leavitt streets and out popped a bandit! The bandit was just a wee bit bigger than Jane and he had a mask, a live-cent automatic pistol, and "everything" that a bandit should have. "Gl'me your money!" growled the bad bandrt. (goodbye - i cwt im without 'YOUR LOVE 60 I'LL DRUtK THIS an PNn rr 3 ALL VGOOD&YE
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Garment Is Trimmed Very Simply With Row of Inch-Wide Glossy Ribbon in Color.
The little dance dress shown in the sketch may be made of white chiffon, net georgette or silk tissue, and it is trimmed very simply with rows of Inch-wide glossy ribbon in color. Rainbow colors may be selected for the rib bon, two or three of these dainty pale shades being used with very good ef fect. If desired, the fabric of the gown may also be In color, and the frock be a genuine rainbow affair. A foundation of sheer silk should be used for the dress, and It may be made a slipover by running an elastic in at the waistline. Two or three ribbon straps hold it in place over the shoulder, and a ribbon girdle with long ends circles the waist. A dress of this kind is easy to make and may be very inexpensive. Spending a great deal of money on a dance or evening dress is never really necessary and at present it Is poor taste. There will be few formal evening functions during the coming winter season, and the simple dances scheduled call for simple costuming. An allover lace dress is always pretty, and many lace dresses are being featured for the coming season. Extreme simplicity is the rule in de signing these frocks. Frequently the bodice is merely a wide girdle of silk or satin topped by a frill or yoke of lace and with short lace sleeves. The skirt may be a single length of lace, or it may be formed of two or three lace flounces. A ribbon sash or girdle finishes the dress. Ribbon trimming is extremely pop ular this season. Plain bands of ribtoon are used on frocks for both day-Ribbon-Trimmed Dance Frock time and evening wear, and ribbon flowers, bowknots, etc., appear on Innumerable evening dresses of sheer materials. Very narrow "baby" ribbon Is often knitted to form cuffs and collar for a street suit or frock, and the knitted ribbon sweater has been worn for months. During the summer it was merely asweater, now It appears as a sleeveless vest to be worn underneath the suit jacket. LACE ON THE CURVED EDGE How to Overcome the Perplexing Task of Putting the Straight Material in Place. Have you often been troubled in putting straight lace on a curved edge? You have been if you have ever tried putting cluny, for instance, on the outside edge of a big round centerpiece. This is an easy way to overcome the difficulty. Roll the lace in a little tight roll. , Wind it tightly about the center with a stout thread. Then dip the straight edge in water to about half the width of the lace. Let it dry and you will find a piece of lace ready shaped to your liking. You see what happens is that the straight edge, being wetted, shrinks, and so can be easily adjusted to the curved edge of the centerpiece. If you have any new tuble linen or cotton, mayhap to hem, try this method. Trim such edges as nfed trimming and then run them through the machine hemmcr, with a fine needle, unthreaded. This will crease the hems with perfect evenness and will also punch holes through the fabric with the unthreaded needle. Then you can turn the hem back and overhand the hems through the little holes with the least expenditure of effort. Remember In many heavy materials that must be laid In plaits and then pressed that pins can be used to fasten th: plaits into position until they are pressed. Then, as you press, take out the pins and press the material
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All the way from France comes this extremely chic coatee with gray velvet vest. With it is worn a small triangular hat of mole, ornamented by silver flowers. into position. You can do this with less marking than basting thread heavy enough to hold the fabric makes. Of course if you want to you can use the heavy basting thread and snip it and pull it as you go along. METAL AND COTTON THREAD Combination Is Effective and Affords Charming Variations; Suggestions for the Needlewoman. There is an increasing vogue for combining metal thread with silk, wool, or cotton embroidery. It is tremendously effective and capable of such charming variations. Here are some suggestions for the needleworker who is interested in the unusual. Say, suppose, you have some "solid" work in silk, cotton or wool. You don't know how very effective it can be made by an outlining in either gold or silver thread. The idea can be further carried out by adding French knot centers to the flowers of the same. Where the embroidery is done entirely in outline, and particularly if it be th? heavy wool or cotton kind, couching in metal is a mighty successful addition. In fact, if the wool or cotton embroidery isn't already done, try couching it on with the metallic stuff and just see if it isn't vastly more decorative. Another suggestion for introducing the metal is to "whip stitch" the other thread with it. Wool whipped on the bias, spiral effect is the most fascinating tiling ever. New Waist Protector. Dainty white lace and georgette waists can be perfectly protected from your heavy winter coat by wearing one of the new waist protectors. The prettiest Is made of white china silk that can be washed, although any light color may be used. A piece of silk about 24 inches wide and two yards long is selected, and beginning at the ends, the edges are seamed together for a depth of 12 inches, to form the sleeves. Then the ends are prettily shirred and narrow white elastic run in so that they will fit closely about the wrist. When the arms are slipped Into these odd sleeves, the width of the silk protects the back of the waist, and there, is fullness of material enough so that it may be draped over the bust and securely fastened by fancy pins. The whole waist is thus perfectly protected by this simple little garment Narrow Ribbons on Hats. Not only are narrow ribbons usually half an inch to an Inch wide being used more or less in making hats for women, but on both popular-priced and expensive models gold or silver ribbons of the same widths are employed as trimmings. Either they are drawn around the crown and finished off in soft bows or streamers or they are fashioned into flowers laid flat on the brims or around the crown. These trimmings are said to be especlallyeffectlvo when worn on dark hats. Veil Lore. Winter Invariably brings in th small, close hat that requires a veil. Filet, hexagon and hairline meshes will lead, with a "novelty" now and then. Chenille dotted veilings are to be worn, anl large furry dots form widely separated motifs. In the woven patterns there will be many allover ideas, and deep borders will bo considered smart
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RED CROSS AMBULANCES READY FOR FRONT IN FRANCE.
(By MAJOR H. P. HARDING, Director. Automotive and Mechanical Section American Red Cross.) No industry will profit more by the war than the automobile industry. From spark-plugs to tires the war has made greater efficiency necessary and the developments in this trade are amazing. We all know how the great transportation problem was solved by the motortruck, how even the British troops were carried in the London passenger buses from French ports to the bases at tlje front. The United States is now sending thousands of trucks every week to the other side, not including the lighter cars, which are shipped in even greater quantities. Driver Problem Overcome. The Red Cross has in operation throughout France and Italy, thousands of trucks and lighter automobiles. Early in the war the problem of getting competent drivers and good mechanics was quite an obstacle. The Red Cross has overcome this problem by establishing a permanent training camp in this country, known as Camp Scott, at Sixtieth and Cottage Grove avenue, Chicago, under my direction. Owing to the urgent demand overseas for capable drivers and expert mechanics, a very rigid and intensive course of four weeks is given the enlisted men in this camp. Spacious grounds surround the camp, and abundance of machines are in their yards and complete shops are at their disposal. First of all, the enlisted man is taught the function of PNEUMATIC TIRE AIDS EFFICIENC Tendency Now Is for Smaller Loads and Faster Time, Says Manager F. H. Akers. PUNCTURES ALWAYS FEARED Tremendous Saving Effected in Chassis by Mounting It on Air Instead of on Solid Rubber Cost Per Ton Is Lessened. That the three-quarters-ton truck will eventually supplant the one-and-one-half and two-ton types in the work they have been doing; that the twoton truck in turn will supplant the five-ton in the service it has previously been considered best adapted for, and that the five-ton truck will, save in a very restricted sense, take the place of all heavier types, is the startling assertion made by Manager F. H. Akers of a big motorcar company. "I base this assertion on observation of work that our trucks are doing in all parts of the country and in all kinds of business," said Mr. Akers, "and on the tendency that is unmistakable on the part of buyers to renew their equipment with the lighter types instead of the former heavy ones they considered best. Load Seldom Equals Capacity. "The answer is simple. In only a small percentage of cases does the load equal the capacity of, let us say. the two-ton truck. And in an equally small percentage of cases is the entire load to be delivered to one place. "In other words, the loads can just as well be split up into two or three smaller loads and thus render possible the use of the lighter, speedier truck, with the result that two or three trips can be made In the time It would otherwise take to make one and at a lesser cost per ton mile. "Now, if these smaller loads are to go each to a different point or to be distributed In small lots or packages to several points on a long route, the saving of time and fuel Is still greater. "We used to think that if, on occasion, the load would amount to two tons or thereabout, we must have a truck of not less than that capacity. Experience proves this theory to have been wrong In fully 00 per cent of cases. Puncture Was Always Feartd. "That old bugbear, the puncture, was alwaya uppermost in buyers minds, and they did not stop to realise
each part of the automobile. This Is done by demonstrations and lectures by competent men In each individual line of manufacture. Next he is required to make repairs, take the motor down and rebuild, to reassemble axles, brakes, transmissions, etc., until ho knows how to rebuild each individual unit. Following this he is placed in the driving squad. The feature of this department is the driving course adjoining the barracks, about one mile in length. It was made to reproduce the obstacles of "No Man's Land." It has its shell holes, building ruins of old brick, deep sand, and is complete to the stream of water. Ready in Four Weeks. This school will take the clerk, salesman or private secretary, and in four weeks he is ready to handle a machine while on heavy duties required of liim on the fields of Franco and the plains of Italy. There is no question that after the war these men will be in great demand by the automotive manufacturers of this country. No better mechanic or driver will be found, for the Red Cross driver in France or Italy, in the course of one year, has built no less than six complete machines if his repair work was tabulated, and you can rely on them for having good, practical ideas as to how to build a truck for real service. This branch of service is open to men under eighteen years or over forty-five years of age, and those in classes 2, 3, 4 and 5.
that in city service the percentage of punctures is so small as to be practically negligible. "The thing that has brought the pneumatic tire to the front is the tremendous saving effected in the chassis by mounting it on air instead of on solid rubber. There has never yet l.een found any substitute so cheap or so resilient as air. and that, of course, is the basic principle of the pneumatic tire. "Today many tire experts contend that everything up to five tons will ultimately be carried on pneumatii tires, and I find they agree with mi that the five-ton truck will be the maximum capacity required save in certain restricted classes of work such äs hauling coal or stone. ' "Just as the three-quarter-ton trudk is rapidly supplanting the two-ton vehiclein service which the two-ton truck formerly performed, so the twoton truck is now supplanting the four and five ton truck In the heavier service. "The same principle holds smaller loads delivered in quicker time and at lesser cost per ton mile.' HELPS MOVE CRIPPLED AUTO Piece of Timber Fastened to Rear Wheels Prevents Machine From Slipping Back. A piece of timber, fastened with ropes to the rear hubs of an automobile, Is a great help when It must be moved by hand, and by one man only, writes Bonar W. Balfour of St, CathThe Use of the Starting Crank and a Self-Adjusting Stop Block Makes Hand-Propelling Easy. critics, Ont in Popular Mechanics. If the transmission mechanism is not Injured, the easiest way to propel the car is often by the use of the starting crank. Put the car in low gear, and relieve the compression by opening pet cocks or removing spark plugs. With the timber behind, to keep the car from slipping back, the jcb will then lose most of Its difficulty. Gate Opens Automatically. Barriers extending along the ground from one or both aide of a recently patented roadway gate enable an automoblllst to open o cloe th jntt merely -by running 'tils car ovar