South Bend News-Times, Volume 37, Number 46, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 15 February 1920 — Page 25

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SOCIETY

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American Women Care For Soldiers' Parents

DAILY FASHION HINT

An American father wnt nvrfa1? ) fecntly In exarch of his soldier son ; H'ho waa reportel A- W. O. I In ! BsrttzerUnd when his family last i fcird from h!m a year uro. A Totter ; 1'iat received at r.atlcr.al headrjuart?n of the Y. W. C. A. in New York, i from Mrs. Nora Welch Crump, director of tho Y. w. C. A. ho.t'.sl houso .t tho Arrecr.no cemetery at , ZlomaKne, France. where --.00 0 American soldiera are burl' 1, tell.s i Cf his search. J ,rWhn he sot to Barl he ras(

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i - X9 A ' - . 14 f - - J - fcA up hi Hon'a name ami found that he wa. among the dead her in the Arfronn cnv-try. Tho father waa j itunned and helpless. The stranse j

tountry and the lanpruaere. tney do Dot understand adds cruelly to the load of misery theso sorrowing par

ents have to hear. When this fathr irrivfd at Jlomarne, after riding all j :!ie way from Paris on a truck with i casket for his son's body, Iiis rati:ude at finding a ho'rtp.- house with merlcan women here wa.j pathetic, lie ptay d three days for thj reMirlal in tho new casket and s'-em-d a little comforted when he went may. ! "ThLi cemetery Is e!-ht miles from the nearest railway an hour's bus rid through one of the most J

desolate regions of devastated J 'ranee. People are verv depressed rvhen they arrive. The hostess house Is the only place where they can tied food, shelter and privacy. We try to furni-h what comfort we can in

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perate, Avith heay rains during our spring and fall months. The crops are approximately the Fame as those w find in our own country'. "KisTr.ayu is the capital of Jubaland. It i3 a town of about 3,000 inhabitants a few milen from the

mouth of the Juba and carries on brisk trade with the interior."

tho winter sports in

Iesii:ned for Switzerland.

tb.f shnr of a warm rne.i

lul nre. nnd an Amerl--an welcome. "We r.-ver hnow iiow many p--31 ar; ronilni: in any iii' d ty, nor v;hnt W" may he called upon t do. n dear okl man from a litt' ti,wn in Wisconsin had Pen t(dd b-

rail ( t.'i a. fit üOIl f'OilV IIOimc. ,

Whn f- I'ound he mu'fl ii"t was V:e.;rtbrr!:en. After hi:? son's body had L -ti reburied in a. new caskr-t. h wanted a service at the ravc,

U would mean po mu' n 10 ni.-

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th" ItiPU-. anl ho was satisiw-il. IIsaid it reted h!. soul to be with American women.'"

Kitchen Economies

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fomo sirring and a i'ew verses

An Afternoon Frock

That is Easily Made

That ti'if1 neel :ot ;ihr,iv- be a hki!P-,l j : --riiakec in uiPi t. ;'.i-h-itu an t ;f h c, and been mint: afterj y'x r- i; has ben proved by nwcay viun,' w- nien tins ason who have :cdopt'-d the accordion plaited skirt and loove Idou.ve ef-t. The s-kirt is the simpler part of the work, i i i !' it ;s onlv iac .-.-ary to s-ow tom'tlser tv. o JU'd one-half widths ot the material, allowing for the hem.

v.iiielj is turned u W i dno, and it.irt t the wai ili the plaeouet.

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v. or.v criiiiiariiy. tlie blouse uii1 mav select

lovely printed chiffon, delicatu ia li.tik'.'nniiKl. with th shade of the j-kirt dominating', an. I soft, pastel colors blended harmoniously. Tho hlou-e is cut in the loose kimono FfyJe. v. ith flowing or tlht-lUtin: leev? added where the garment Ta'.s over the forearm. Tho neckbands anl cuffs may be jipeii with i lie kirt satin, of which a lonu narre," belt ii also made. A d.ainty t .unosi'o to match the prettbst contiasti!'. sh.de ot th- blouse, so that . , il ;1 i .... .1...

- loumiauoii win i'linj; ii'i-j

.(no qi'ite eifetively, a. bis charaet'T t.) the costtime and a decided re; :.vimr r.ote. One cirl's srleciion a rich dark brown satin for the :kirt. and a warm tan printed chil-

:oti in whieh brown and a soil old tu.-nt before s . rvin blue v.f,? blended. It was trimmed ( liipped cream.

,.vith a combination of two narrow . uble-ficed ribbon clusters, of the ' ru'A and blue. J Hands of ribbon; were used aOout tho wrist, just iitovc the flowing extended cu:V, : -".he" with lomj loops. A dainty PowUnct of the ribbons, with streamers, was finally added at the riht houller to set off tho blouse. A iow or two of heavy corded silk, in-

ertcd with the simple runrir'-; i t-

stitch, would be effective around the neck line, and cuffs.

soi.vi; thi: runnij-M or .M.KI.(i AlIf.K DI.IilClOl STO I INK KY PAL ATI :s. Uver s many adults, as, well as old people, would improve materially i-i health if they added milk

as .i i L-.nl ir part of their db t, inj stead of persistim; in a prejudice

actinst it. In :o:ae cs mil!; actually does disagree, :lu.1 then only a physician can apply corrective rimciies. But in the majority of in.-tar.- s the.se who dislike milk do so from prejudiee rath.-r than from any actual k iiov. b-du-e that milk :.s not welcomed by their s stems. N'o matter how hih it has soared thus lar, milk still remains the one food which supplies the maximum nourishment and the bast waste at its price. it still remains the most wholesome lood for irrowintr childi'ri and a necessary part of the adult diet, Mosf jieoido would improve their nervous systems considerably if they substituted milk for the excessive coffee habit. It is true that milk has a "flat." insipid flavor, which some jieoplo claim they' can't Ket used to, but it can be served so as to dispel this criticism. Tho confirmed coffee devotee can ! won gently to tin use of milk by serving "cafe au lait." This is simply milk flavored with coffee in-

of coffee merely flavored with

milk. To each cupful of hot milkadd about one tablespoonful of coffe. just enough to color the milk. If rich milk is used this is a delicious breakfast drink, tastir.p something like coffee ice cream and pleasing even to the coffee drinker. A delicious cold drink can be made with the use- of either liquid cooked coffeo or the instantaneous powder variety. Heat two ecrps light and gradually add a few grains of salt, sugar to taste and four cupfuls of milk, beating constantly. Pdend with a few teaspoonfnis of coffee and set aside a dash of paprika is added. Only hot by beating scalded milk slowly with the e;rs and heating for a mo-

Serve hot with

j She has been married rIx years. She has thrco beautiful boys little fair-haired. Mue-eyed, iosy-cheek-cd, curly-headed rascals, j She has a pretty little home and 'a pupP3', and a canary and a nursery : with three white beds in it, and a ' nice, broad, living-room with a big fireplace and bookshelves built 1 along the wall j She has two or three very good 'pictures, and several pictures that

are well enough. tsne has a cook who has been with her ever since the day she came home a bride, and cried because she couldn't make bread that would rise like mother's. She has two intimate friends, two or three dozen good, regular friends, a good doctor for the children, a pair of comfortable brother-in-laws, two devrted aunts, an admiring, unmarried, elderly sister a large circle of acquaintances, and she is secretary of the Pound Tablo'JIub, and the minister looks upon her as one of his pood, hard-working, young wives and mothers who help to keep tho church going and the Sunday school full. Put she has a secret sorrow she doesn't love her husband. She never has loved him, and every day she hates him and hates him. Just Hates Him Tliat's All. She stands It well enough all day long, when he's in town working, and fcho's looking after the children or making visits or answering tho telephone but when It comes tim for him to come home she has all she can do to keep from throwing a long cloak round her and draping a scarf over her head like the heroin in the -first act of the movies and running away and "ending it all". And she doesn't know what to do abou. it. Xo, there is no other man and there is no career calling her. She just hates her husband, that's all. There's nothing wrong with him not a thing. II's as good as gold, generous and devoted and kind. He's goodlooking too, In a nice, clean, honest sort of waj dresses vell, has no bad habits of any particular Importance, only she just hates him, and she wishes he'd fall in love with some

body else, and go away far, far away, and leave her and the children alone. Poor thing I wonder if she real

izes how many hundred of thou-', sands of women there are in the world who would give ten years of ( their lives to exchange places with her. How grateful they would be for; shelter and protection, for a pair of;

broad shoulders between them and tho world, for love and tenderness, for devotion and fidelity for a home and the comfort of it. for children and the love of them, for peace of mind and generous, unwcrried plenty. Only Disordered Nemos. If her husband should fall in business and lose his position and

Opening of Belgian Y.W.C.A. Impressive

The opening cf the new "Association House" of the Y. W. C. A. in Prussebs, Uelgium, in December, was an Impressive affair, according to the accounts in several Belgixn newspapers Just received at Y. W. C. A. headquarters in New York. The guests included many Americana and Belgians prominent la diplomatic, social and educational circles. P. rand Whltlock, the American Ambassador, gave an address on the work of the Y. W. C. A. before and during the war, and expressed his interest in this, its first peace-time appearance in Belgium. Miss Char-

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his money, and she had to do all the

housework and the cooking, and the I lotto

mencung ana tne maKing oi nine countries of the world committees trousers?, and the binding up of lit- of Y w. C. A., spoke on the purpose tie bruises and if she had to worry . in coming into Belgium. One of the and skimp and save for Just a few , T,,n ...ftmnn voVA hpn

working for the establishment of tho

weeks she'd look back and wonder'

what on earth was tho matter with her when she thought she "couldn't live with her husband another minute." Poor, little thing she doesn't really hate her husband at all she's just young, that's all, and tired. Let's se Married six years and three children if I were that little woman's mother, I'd take her to my pood, sensible, practical family physician, and IM have him have a talk with her and with her husband, and I'd go over and take care of the children for her, and send her away for two or threo months down South or out "West, and let her bo alone among strangers for a while, and get time to think and think and timo to recover her strength and time to rest her tired nerves, and timo to find out that the world would be an awful lonesome forelorn place, without dear old John after all. Nerves that's all. Just disordered nerves. I hope they won't let nerves break up the lives of those two well-meaning people and throw a blight upon those three little curly-headed boys don't you? (Copyr'ght, 1920.)

Jubaland, the Dixie Land of Africa

house, spoko for her fellow countrywomen of their delight in its opening, and their desire to cooperate in its progress. House In Ilcadqnartf rs. The house is to be the social and executive headquarters of the association in Pelgium. It is an attractive home in the residential section cf the city, beautifully and cheerfully furnished, and equipped with ollices and living accommodations for the Y. W. C. A. staff of Belgian and American women. There are also in Brussels a new Y. W. C. A. Foyer, with a cafeteria, recreation rooms and gymnasium, and a hostel of the French Y. W. C. A. (the Union Cretienne de Jeunes Filles) which accommodates thirty or forty resident members. Both of the houses have been opened within a month. Among the distinguished guests at the opening of the association house were Mr. and Mrs. Brand Whltlock: the Countess de Lalalng. who belongs to a family famous in her country ever since the Crusades; M. Lodere, the rector of the University of Brussels; Mme. Paul Hyrnans, the wife of the Minister of Foreign Affairs: Mme Pol Boel, who spent temonths in a German prison during the war; Mile. Orban, directrice of the school of social service; Dr. Rene Sand, president of the school of social service; Mr. James, general secretary of tho Y. M. C. A., and Mme. and Mile. Goblet d'Alviella. who are among the staunch est supporters of tho Y. W. C. A. in Bel-

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VAIIINaTON D. C-, Feb. 14. "Jubaland is not a musical comedy name for Dixie, but a portion of British Kast Africa which may be joined to Italian somaliland as tho outcome of amicable negotiations between Great Britain nnd Italy, news dispatches state," says the National Geographic society in a bulletin issued today from its Washington headquarters. "Few other undeveloped regions on that vast continent hold such agricultural opportunities for individuals or companies which can handle native labor as do the vast uncultivated plains on which rubber, cotton and tobacco can be grown. "Jubaland now is the northernmost part cf British East Africa ly

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old-fashioned potpourri jar with its; closed top. which had to be taken'

when the odor of the r-e leaves i

was to be emitted. 1- the attractive! i:--w variety which has au i::tere;-tir.g j hand-carved wooden top which per- !

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Tho addition of coffee, strong liquid chocedate or powdered malted milk colds to the palatability of milk as a beverage served sweetened in this way milk will be more popular with the children. Grown-ups sometimes :;nd milk more phasing to the taste if a tiny pinch of salt or a dash of paprik ais added. Only tlie smallest hi: need be used, merely

rem. ivo the flat taste. Hot milk

t ak n just before bedtime is excellent to promote sleep. Cold milk can always be made into a more attractive cold drink by the addition of an ecg. Beat the egg

well, add the flavoring and finally j the milk, beating briskly, so that; the mixture is bb-nded smoothly. A? few drops of vanilla, almond or j other extra, t. or a sprinkling of!

nutmeg, supply sufticient flavoring. Ihieourago the habit of drinking more milk on the part of adults as w 11 as children, either in the shape

Fganda on tlie west and Italian S'omaliland on the east. Its southern portion fringes the equator. With the exception of the o:oa there are no navigable streams of note leading inland. Khcr Is avlable. "The Juba river, about the. length of our own Colorado river, can te used for commercial navigation about 4M miles from its mouth. In its valley, where irrigation is practiced on a naturally fertile soil, already there are continuous fields of maize, millet, plaintain, semsem, tobacco and cotton. Near the lower portion of the river densely populated areas alternate w an t crests. "Within Jubaland's territory, only a little less in area than Italy, per

haps 210,000 members of the Somali Blum

and Galla tribes live. The Gallas are of a high physical quality. They are dark brown in color, are generally tall and well-formed, and their deep-sink, lively eyes give their faces a keen, intelligent look. They arc warlike nomads and roam with their herd of camels, ponies, cows and fat-tailed sheep over the grassy uplands of their country. Within recent years the Somali, who live farther to tho north, have gradually pushed into the Galla country and are sending its people southward and westward. The Gallas are hospitable, brave in battle and keen in trading. Women Fnjoy Freedom. "Their women enjoy an exceptional amount of freedom as compared with that given the women of most African tribes. They may rven reject an undesirablo suitor. Both

men ana women usually wear

mantle of coarse cotton, and

up for the lack in the number of their garments by adorning themselves with ornaments of brass and iron. The men wear necklaces of the brighter metal, leaving the fashion of armlets and anklets of more inconspicuous substances to women. "This land of promise is not an unpleasant place to live. The lowlands are hot, but a short distance back from the shores of the Indian ocean the land begins to riso gradually until It reaches an elevation of between 1.T.00 and 6,000 feet, when it stretches out Into a rolling plateau, with valuable forest areas. In this section the climato is tem-

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