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Jasper, Indiana. hid ay, JUNE 23 1922. .
No. 8.
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OF SIL WD WOOL
Fabrics Popular in Construction
of Simple Frocks.
Russian Motif in Trimming Is Pro
nounced Patterns Executed in
Deads, Metal and oii..
Tin dress of the Russian peasant is
not content With intlm-ming cotton!
dresses, but has set its mark In a in.t i
iriioun 't t way on tin? simple frorl; of
silk or wool, Ma.es a fashion cone
.oiuliiit in tli- New Vork Tribune.
Models whirli have Jast been re-
e!d from l'iirls how this influence
exaggerate! iunoi to me pu.nt ...
hiiin ones.s. - They it re. however, ex
tremely interesting ?roni the viep -"ii
of fashions, us they embody ideas . . u
in suggestion mil. of coin m they are
e::sily simplified and mollified to mee;
many requirements.
Anions the. nrt elaborately en
hrohletci tiew cic,." de ehm. dies-ear
llio.se whuh li.i v Russian patterns
executed In heads, metal i. it i silk. Fre
pieiitly the Russian li'tif is combined
x.ith other ni. as. t!;u ;iviii;,' a Ironien
l.iis opportunity to. arioiy. T1k
question of trimming is an important
one at the p resent time, and in a!! trim
mings an entertaining variety is hcen.
Miinuii.cturers are doing an etior
ni'us business on headed and em
hroidered crepe de chine drcssvs
'I lie demand is easily explained by tin
wealth of new Ideas nt hand. The full
gamut of colors in exquisitely harmo
nizing and strikingly contrasting
s ft ad es are run in the embroideries.
A typical model shows u combination
of hroderie anglalse, or openwork em
broidery, with Russian embroidery In
solid work, the latter In high colors
huTmonlzlng with the foundation shade
Frock of Crep de Chine Etaborately
Embroidered in Solid and Open
work Designs. Colors Harmonizing
With Background of Silk.
of crepe tie chine. There is often an
Intermingling of heads. notaMv steel.
nmher or Jet, these lending themselves
well to the color harmonies of the
bright embroidery silks.
Fringes are persistent. Designers
who advocate them cannot be said to
lack tenacity of purpose. Over a
year ago the tide of fringe ran high.
und such a wave of enthusiasm for
everything fringed swept the whole
country that every one thought they
had sounded their own death knell.
Hut what looked like the termination
of the vogue for fringe was oirly the
beginning a preliminary showing, as
It were. It must be said, however,
that Its use is now more subtle than
It vas In the old days when' long
strands of plain silk frhvge hung fr-.,
the skirts and bodices of countless
models.
The Mexican government br.s abob
Jshed tin use of gorgeous uniforms in
the diplomatic service by an onler
which says members of the corps shall
tivt wear uniforms which are not re
garded as necessary to the eflicleney
f the nervire or fr national dignity.
If the order Is obeyed diplomats from
this country may not feel as lonesome
s thj have.
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YOUTHFUL RADIO EXPERT
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.lohn i rintfe, iourteen-car-o.d rid
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cago high school boy. has one of the : j V'V t -1 1 orally about 40 per cent. The enter-
best eipiippe! radio outfits in the city i . ' gency of war caused the abandonment
of rhicago. and to make it .nor. inter-; jjere js a n portrait of daintyShirlev Mas o n, the thls ppw;rve h? a" "f111 "a
csttng. lie constructed his own plant ,1., . n , S . 11 - if tt n 11 tlons excepting the United States, be-
even down to the batteries. He even little I OX Star, S She IS SeluOlTl SGen.- MlSS MaSOn USUall .nllw the nntIonnl treasuries of these
constructed a machine for charging enacts roles that l'Gqilire her tO W8är the Commonest Of nations lacked adequate gold to main
Ids batteries, and long before the pros- j cJ0f . Unf nfif ofnfrp SVP IS nnn of tKf hftafc flrPSSPH vnmpn!tain th( reserve ratl( In. the United
ent radio "craze" swept the country,
wiw giving'hls boy friends ot era con-!01
certs for live and ten cents. The photo
snows tne M-ioot r.uito tower wnict
young Prlnglo en'cteil witli the aid
of several of his school chums.
TALK TO VENUS, SAYS SAVAFJT
Mars Is Dead; Try the Planet of Love,
Is the Advice of. a Prominent
Swedish Astronomer.
Stockholm. The planet Mars, an
old dying; world, is receiving alto
gether to much attention from earth
ly scientists these da..s and nights,
while the up-and v'omlng yung planet
Venus is just wailing for a chance to
know us hetter.
This Is the conclusion of I'rofifsor
Svante Arrhenlus, N.bet prize winner
and one of Europe's foremost scien
tists and astronomers, who lectured
here on the pnspect of wheedling
from the heavens tin secrets of some"
of our celestial neighbors. and
especially Mars, when that planet
swings Into closest proximity to the
earth two years hence.
If scientists ami hm-distance radio
fans really want to communicate with
some celestial neighhr. Professor Arr
henins said, they will not lind Mars
very cordial, for the hl fellow Is dead.
He described as "fantastic" the belief
that so-called canals observed n the
planet wen the work of engineers ami
attributed them to earthquake fissures.
Venus, on the other hand, offers po
tential poss ihilities .to the patient as
tronomer. Professor- Arrhenlus de
clared. At the expiration of a billion
years he thought a nourishing clony
of Intelligent beings might be dis
rovcred on the bright little plam-t.
"When the earth Is extinguished."
he eoncluded, "it will be Vehus. pieen
of the heavens that will tak over the
role as carrier of cult tire."
FRENCH 'TIGER' ENDS GRUDGE
Clemenceau Forgives and Wins Sculp-
tor He Sent to Prison Many
Years Ago.
Fdarritz. Fornler Premier Clemen
ceau. after the unveiling d" tlie statue
if King lMward VII of Fngland here
the oth'r lay, r'piest'l t be in
trodticed to the sttlptr.
"You have real talnt." the Ti'er
said. "Is any of your work in the pub
lic milseums'"
"No." replied the artist, "hut there
Is a hust made by me in the -dh'-lit:
at I .a Sante prison. Owing t my ex
tremist ideas It is tin only museum
my country ever opem-d for tae. Here
Is :; photograph of th wrk in pies
tion."
('h'ttuMM'eau tok the photograph,
laughed aloud, slapped the sculptor .n
the Nhotil.h r antl sahl: "I Siippwe w
were a pair of f'-ls then."
The phtgrai 'a representel a head
f I'lemeiict'au sfu-king n a sjwar.
Maxime Ileal del Sarte, the sculptor,
a militant roy:ilist in his yuith. hai be
come imolvcdin some ptiblic manl-fe-tatioti
and Cletih'nceau. then
j iM!t:ister of the interior, bad him sent
j t La Sante for Mx months.
! -Ivsterj That Will Never Be Solved.
1 icam!ria. Ind. The old dog of the
aerman Harris family gets an extra
1 large i.ne these lays ami there's u
food reason. Mrs. U::rr'.s lost a roll
containing $10.".. Si e thuight she had
dropped It out of her automobil?.
Two days later the dour turned up with
the money in his mouth. Where h
ot it is a mystery. (
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back a new Warcjrobe each
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It looks as though Charles Jones has his hands full.
Whether the lady is asking him to desist or proceed with
the business oefore him is only a guess, but the Fox star
seems to be hesitating, and what happens to the gent on
che table depends on Mr. Jones' mood in the next few
minutes. Jones has become one of the best known
western stars in the last year.
CHUhCM hürS U7llLUKfc?J
Only Adult Present is Preacher in
Charge of the Services.
A junior church, the membership
of which is limited to persons be
tween six and sixteen years of age,
with the prca-her the only adult pres
ent, is being .successfully operated. in
Indianapolis. The plan was inaugu
rated by tin Kev. X. S. Sicfiterman
tit (Jrace Presbyterian church.
Acc ording to I octor s'ichterman,
there are 00 children who are mem
bers of the junior organization. They
have their own rom fr services,
wolch are of .'to minutes duration, and
have their own ollicers. The plan
was put In operathu in January and
Io tor S!chl'rman is so pleased with
the results fhat b expects shii t
double the mcmbTship.
Iietor Sh-hti-rman said the Idea of
torm'ng a junior Uurch developeil
from his exp,rince in church while
i boy. when "sermons sometimes last
I two hours or mre. I will rem'ui
la's how tired and rst ! I would get
as the Tim draggetl n. for the ser
mon, while appealing to adults, was
nt such as would appeal to the child."
Captured Live Eagle.
Kb h I h ew and John iledrh-h cap
tured a larg live :r.:le a few days
ago near CarfieM. Wis. The bird, as
s cl:aract'iistlc f the eagh. bad
"v-rfd" and was unable t 11 y. The
men presented hita to Arthur Mar
quardt, wh.o in turn, iwing t slck
:c'. presented It to I).. Smith and
'tie big binl is now a member of his
"miniature 700." The bird is a tine
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nm tIp't0 tjp
sti'Vimen. measuring . ier incriA-
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year She makes trips troni
a SnOppjnCf tOUr, and takes
time,
A BUSy MAN
CHAMPION WOMAN RIFLE
SHOT OF CALIFORNIA
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" since the inflation started. It Is one
Anne Pow ell, seventeen - year - old of the big questions before Hie flcnoa
junior at the ( akland (Cal.) technical conference which has been calle! to
liigh school, is the champion girl rifle solve European economic and political
hot of California and probably the problems. The United States declined
youngest markswoman of prominence an invitation to this conference, part
In the West. ly because of the danger of becoming
EUROPE REDEEMS
PRINTED MONEY
Hoarded Stocks of Gold and Cur
rency Make Appearance as
Exchange Falls.
MOST VEXED WAR PROBLEM
European Countries Flooded With
Cheap Money When Emergency of
War Compelled Abandonment
of Gold Standard.
p Washington. Students of Interna
tional finance and economics are
aware of n new development In con
nection with the depreciated currencies
of Kurope. These currencies have con
stituted one of the most vexed prob
lems brought on by the war.
The heed for greatly increased sumB
of money, brought about by the war
cost, was met by most of the nations
by the Issue of paper currency with
out relation to .cold reserve. In nor
mal times the paper currency of n na-
, tion has a definite gold reserve, gen-
States the treasury and the federal re-
sorVe banks discouraged use of gold
and gold certltlcates for general clrcu
latlon and accumulated the greatest
stock of gold ever assembled In the
history of the world. It was with
drawn gradually from circulation and
piled up in the treasury and the vaults
of the federal reserve banks.
An inevitable result of this policy
was that during" the war and following
the armistice the European printing
presses, being definitely cut loose
from the retarding element of a gold
reserve, kept on running at high
speed, turning out reams of paper
money which went Into circulation. It
is a. natural rule that the increase of
the supply p? anyjbing.nnke ttcheap-
er, nils Is as -true of money as of
coal or potatoes. The result was that
this plentiful supply of paper money
made money cheap. In other wwrds,
people who had consumable goods to
sell would not exchange them for as
small a quantity of the cheap money
as of the old-fashioned money, backed
by gold. This meant that prices rose.
The United States experienced Infla
tion of currency but of a mjlder char
acter The gold standard was not
abandoned here. Prices rose in this
country 100 or 200 per cent In some
cases, but in Kurope they rose thou
sands of per cmt.
Exchange Hurts Europe.
A further result was that European
money, being cheaper and more plenti
ful than American money, foreign ex
change became unfavorable to Europe.
That Is, European money would not
buy as much here as American money
would buy In Europe.
There Is a law of economics known
as (Iresham's law, which lays down
the rule that where two kinds of
money are in circulation and one is
much inferior in value to the other,
the more valuable type will retire.
People who have it, believing it to be
of greater value sind therefore more
worth keeping, will hoard it away.
This was done to a great extent all
over Europe. As the inflation pro
gressed, people who had gold pieces or
silver money or paper money of na
tions In better financial shape than
their own hid this wealth away and
used the more plentiful cheap paper
currency.
The extent to which European In
flation has gone is notorious. The
European news cables every day nay
something of the ditlicultles being ex
periencod as a result of the inflation.
The Russian ruble and the (lerman
mark are favorite comic picture and
vauleville theater jkes because they
have become so cheap. It now costs
more than inox) rubles to buy a
,meal in Russia.
j The Merman mark, which In normal
times was worth at what Is called the
par of exchange, nearly a quarter In
'American money now is so cheapened
that you can buy three marks for an
American penny. The Austrian crown
has been as cheap as ,'i.Oo) for 51. A
$10 bill of American money in Russia
would exchange for enough rubles to
make what would have been a Rus
sian fortune before the war.
Trade, especially International
trade, has become very difllcult under
these conditions. The problem of re-1
storing these currencies to sm'thlrrg !
Ilk normal value has perplexed Euro
pean financiers and economists ever
involved In so unstable a condition of
affairs as that created by the cheap
znrrfiiicJeA . .
Development Surprises Experts.
Now, the new development which
has surprised economists. In connec
tion with this situation Is the discov
ery that there is a tendency on the
part of Europeans to bring about a
hitherto undreamed of method of cor
recting the inflation. Many plans have
been suggvsted but none lias been
found practical. The new develop
ment is one which, if It continues, will
tend to correct the situation without
the aid of conferences or politicians.
The de 'lopment is hailed as a re
versal if (iresham's law. The fact
seems to be that the people of Russia,
Germany and Poland and stmie of the
other nations having badly depreci
ated currencies have becmie so dis
gusted with the nuisance of dealing
with cheap money that they are bring-,
ing out of hiding their hoards of gold
and other valuable money. A case
illustrating this new development re
cently was reported by a Rrltish trad
ing firm, lids firm sold a bill of goods
to a Russian dealer 'at Rostov. Pay
ment was received In a miscellaneous
assortment of cash. It consisted of
American gold, checks drawn on
American hanks, American bills of ex
change, English currency and checks,
Turkish gold and checks and notes,
French currency and checks and Rus
sian gold rubles. Obviously, with the
exception of the checks, this payment
was made from good money which
doubtless had been hoarded since the
war.
Agents of the American relief ad
ministration In Russia have reported
similar instances of people bringing
out gold ilnd other metal money. The
same Is true In Poland, Germany und
Austria.
Currency Revolution Seen.
What economists see In this devel
opment Is the possibility of a gradual
revolution In European currencies.
For instance, the Russians have dis
covered that their own rubles are
nearly useless but that they can get
big value for Rrltish or American or
other good money. Consequently they
will try to get hold of as much of this (
foreign money as possible:
In early days In Europe this same
phenomenon occurred. Money Issued
at the great banking centers of Ven
ice, Antwerp and a few other cities
came into general use all over Europe,
displacing cheaper native currencies.,
becatrse; everybody knhyr It was gööd
money. A
Recently, the United States treasury
removed the ban from the free issue
of gold and gold certificates. It Is
thought possible by economists and
students of international finance that
a good deal of this gold money, known
all over the world as being obtainable,
will reach the countries abroad having
depreciated currency and become iop
ular as a valuable medium of ex
change. This hns not been possible
until the last few days because the
treasury and the federal reserve banks
would not let gold go Into general cir
culation, but now It Is possible for
forclgn-born Americans to get this
money and send It to their relatives
abroad.
It is recognized that this process of
substitution of foreign money for the
depreciated native currencies would
be slow, but some economists believe
that it is a possible but necessarily
slow solution to the European emer
gency problem.
MAKING OVER OLD HOUSES
Mills of the Northwest Report an
Increasing Demand for Inside
Trimmings. I
Seattle, Wash. An era of remak
ing old houses runs across the en
tire country, according to Northwest
lumbermen.
Following the' building shortage of
late years hns come an appreciation
that any house, old or new, has untold
possibilities of alterations. Archi
tects have been called upon to pro
duce instances of "before and after"
of ramshackle, barn-like structures
made over Into charming homes. Old
barns have been rebuilt Into studios,
sheds and warehouses Into residences
of taste.
There is an enormous demand on
the Northwest planing mills for mold
ings, trimmings, shingles, sidings. In
side finishing lumber and fancy
gralnel fir, hemlock or cedar for cab
inet work.
Lumbermen declare this demand has
come from the alteration wave over
the nation, repairing and adding built
in features-
The subject of training apprentices
in the various trades of the govern
ment printing office was taken up
near the ciose of the fiscal year, and
the conclusion was reached that the
apprentice system which was discon
tinued by that office more than thirty
five years ago ought to be reestab
lished. A plan for examining and ap
pointing apprentices has been sub
mitted to the civil service commission.
It is expected that a suitable examina
tion will be held In the near future
and that the training or upprentbs '
thereunder can be started In a short
time.