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ESTABLISHED VOGUE FOR SUMMER FURS.
The vogue of summer furs appears
to be established and the globe-trot-!
ting public Is probably responsible for
It The whereabouts of those who
finally make fashions appear to be de
termined by the variations of the
thermometer and these fleet and fleet
ing seekers after comfort and change,
carry their furs with them to the four
corners of the globe. While we are
looking for reasons for wearing furs
In summer weather we are not to over
look the fact that they are amazingly
becoming.
But furriers have seen to it that fur
garments for summer wear look very
different from fur garments for win
ter wear. Summer furs borrow a sum
mery look from crepe and silk liberal
ly used In combination with them.
They do not take the business of pro
viding warmth at all seriously, but are
made up usually In small, loose-hang
ing capes, worn as If slipping off the
shoulders. Scraps of white fox fur
nish one instance of a fur piece good
for both summer and winter wear and
■carfs In dark gray or taupe, appear
among summer furs that will be use
ful In winter.
Small ermine capes and small capes
of Hudson seal trimmed with ermine,
lead the little procession of summer
furs and, next to them, capes of
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MILLINERY IN BLACK AND WHITE.
•birred silk or crepe banded with furs
are conceded the place of honor. Of
course not everything that calls itself j
ermine is really ermine, nor need we
Inquire too closely into the pedigree
ef all the neck pieces that are called
•ffilte fox ; furriers are amaringly clev
*r people. Imitations of white fox are
•specially effective and there with
«nail capes like those shown In the
Illustration are inexpensive little lux
uries that no one will begrudge the
«immer girl.
In July and August summer Is
crowned with millinery In black nnd
white. The reign of the all-black hat
Is shared with the all-white hat and
with the cool sparkle of black and
white combined. This summer that
darkest of blues, called after the ra
ven's wing. Is used with white as a
I «institute for black and Just by way of
I variety. It is so very dark that ft is
really blue-black and'the combination
Is the most reserved nnd elegant thing
in mortal eyes.
The big black hat knows nothing of
warning favor, either for summer or
winter. One of the pretty and simple
summer models is shown in the pic
ture. It is of black satin with a wide
border of fancy hairbraid about the
edge which Is bound with satin. A
long sweep of slender feathers and a
little emplacement of ribbon make a
trimming exactly suited to the shape.
A large and picturesque hat Is of
white georgette crepe with a border
about the brim and crown of narrow
milan braid. White satin camellias
and little white roses are wreathed
about the crown, with the small roses
clustered In the top crown.
The chic small hat of white crepe
georgette, faced with black velvet and
finished with a border of white feath
ers about the upstanding brim Is as
cool and crisp as frost. It Is a late
summer hat of the kind that may be
worn at almost any time and any
where.
For sports and outings, rough straw
sailors In bright and vivid colors are
candidates for favor that are sure *o
win. Along with them appear soft, ex
quisite felts In wonderful- shades of
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the new colors, trimmed with compact
rosettes of ribbon, In outing hats of
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Pockets and Belts.
One of the attractive new girdles,
made of silk, shows two deep pockets
hanging from the belt, one over each
hip. This girdle Is wide, and fhe
pockets are deep, and It Is one of those
Interesting accessories that adds quite
a new tone to the frock with which it
is worn. It could be developed in silk
of almost any color, to harmonize with
the figure In silk or cotton or linen fab
ric with a white ground of which ths
skirt it tops Is made.
SOCIETY CANNIBAL,
SHE CALLS HUBBY
Miss Raymond, Actress, Discov
ers the Latest Thing in Un
desirable Husbands.
Chicago.—A "society cannibal" ia
flic latest tiling in undesirable liu.
bands.
Helen Raymond, actress, says that
she discovered the variety when she
became Mrs. R. J. Perry at Buffalo
in November, 1914, and she has begun
suit to divorce herself from an "os
tensible millionaire" whose chief as
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He Followed Me to Buffalo.
set. she says, consists in his ability to
"live nu bis friends." Men and women
f|re alike to the "society cannibal,"
M. ss Raymond says. Mrs. I'erry, or
Miss Raymond, as she is known in
stageland, recites in her bill for di
vorce that her married life lasted six
weeks, and then she went back to
work.
"The jewels, the limousines and the
society life he promised me were il
lusions," said Miss Raymond. "A 'so
ciety cannibal' is a lovable chap until
you find him out. I thought mine was
the nicest boy In the world until his
father opened my eyes. I met Perry
In Sr. Louis and he followed me to
Buffalo. After I had known him six
weeks, he proposed and I accepted.
He said he would go right out and get
the ring. He returned with a beautiful
diamond. Later I discovered he had
borrowed a diamond stickpin from a
friend und had the stone reset into a
ring.
"In about six weeks I found out that
a mnrried woman in St. Louis was one
of the victims of my 'society cannibal'
and that she was paying our bills.
Back to the stage I went."
COP BALKS AT NURSE'S JOB
Reaches Limit of Patience When
Called by Woman to Mind
the Baby.
Detroit.—The bell in the police sta
tion rang and the girl's voice informed
the sergeant that she needed a cop
mighty quick at her home, out on Char
lotte avenue.
So with romance in his mind, Patrol
man William Cable hurried out.
"He's right In there and he's awfully
well-behaved."
Patrolman Cable entered. The "he"
was a two-year-old boy. "What's the
point?" asked the cop.
"The baby belongs to one of our
tenants," replied the woman. "She
went to the country and left the baby
with us. My husband and I are going
to a party tonight and we couldn't take
the baby along. So we thought you'd
take care of it."
"Madam." replied Patrolman Cable,
"I rescue dogs; climb trees for pet
cats; teach pet canaries, and answer
more questions than a kindergarten
teacher. All these have f done—but I'll
be darned if I'm going to sit on the
floor playing horse or Indian with
somebody's kid. Good-night."
Exit romance.
SLITS TONGUE OF ROOSTER
Portland Man Is Fined $25 as Result
of Humane Society's
Prosecution.
Portland, Ore.—It cost John Wilcox,
»ixty-eight years old, of this city, ex-
tctly $25 to experiment with the crow-
jig machinery of a neighbor's rooster.
John couldn't sleep o' turnings be
cause of the persistent exercising of
the rooster's vocal organs. So John
caught the crowing cock and slit its
tongue in the hope that peace would
reign thereafter in the neighborhood.
The Portland Humane society succeed
ed In getting a $25 fine assessed on the
B11 iateur throat specialist,
Dead Snake Poisons We!!.
Gault, Colo.—Poisoned water caused
the death of several horses in this com
munity. H. E. Bone, farmer, who has
80 acres of ground waiting to seed
lost his only team. The strange poi
soning was solved when a dead rattle
snake was taken from the well oa the
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TACKLE GREAT PROBLEMS OF WAR
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A/hat Members of Advisory Com
mittee of Defense Have Un
dertaken to Do.
BIG MEN GIVING SERVICES
Co-ordinating the Industries of the
Country So That Each Can Ren
der the Limit of Its Potential
Service to Government.
By EDWARD B. CLARK.
Washington.—Probably a thousand
times a day this question Is asked by
visitors to Washington : "What Is the
Council of National Defense?"
It Is apparent also from letters that
are received In the capitul that the
exact nature of the council and of its
great advisory committee is not gen
erally nor thoroughly understood. The
Council of National Defense Itself con
sists simply of sir cabinet officers, the
secretaries of war, navy, Interior, agri
culture, commerce and labor. The ad
visory committee of national defense,
which is uffiliated with the council,
consists of a commission of seven busi
ness men who, with the departments
assigned to them, are as follows:
Daniel Willard, transportation and
communication (president Baltimore
& Ohio railroad), chairman.
Howard E. Coffin, munitions and
manufacturing (including standardi
zation) and Industrial relations, vice
president Hudson Motor company.
Julius Rosenwald, supplies (Includ
ing clothing, etc.), president Sears,
Roebuck & Co.
Bernard M. Baruch, raw materials,
minerals and metals, banker.
Dr. Hollis Godfrey, engineering and
education, president I >rexel Institute.
Samuel Gompers, labor, including
conservation of health and welfare of
workers, president American Federa
tion of Labor.
Dr. Franklin Martin, medicine and
surgery, including general sanitation, .
secretary General American College of ,
Surgeons, Chicago.
All Freely Undertaken.
Upon these men devolved the task
of so co-ordinating the industries of
the country that each and all, figura
tively speaking, could render to the
government the limit of its potential
service at the pressing of a button.
Less thun ICO salaried persons are
working for the*government under the
advisory committee of national de
fense—of the members of the com
mittee itself only one or two have
even rendered expense bills. From
400 to 500 men, whose incomes from
their business ranges from $5,000 to
more than $100,000 a year, are giving
their services to the government that
the United States may perform its
share of winning the war against Ger
many.
The vital thing at first was to as
certain the needs of the country, to
learn the things industry must supply
to put our soldiers into the field and
keep them there and to supply the
needs of ourselves and our allies. A
dozen major subjects instantly sug
gested themselves when the business
men began to put their heads togeth
er: the best use to be made of the
Railroads, both for the transportation
of troops and of material to keep our
industries going and our citizens fed ;
the part the waterways should play in
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Miss .»Jtarion Cleveland, youngest
daughter of the late President Cleve
land, is engaged to marry William
Stanley Dell of New York city. *
The announcement was made by Mrs.
Thomas J. Presto'*, Jr., formerly Mrs.
Grover Cleveland
The date of the !
wedding has not been set. j
Miss Cleveland made her debut in i
society in 1914. For the past two j
years she has been a student in Teach- |
Jrs' college, Columbia university. Mrs. |
Preston's eldest danghter, Esther ;
Cleveland, is engaged in relief work in ;
I'aris, for soldiers blinded in battle.
Mr. Dell only recently returned from
»ervlce abroad with the American am
bulance in France.
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the scheme of transportation; the mo
bilization of military und industrial
resources; the increase of agriculture
and manufacture to meet the abnor
mal demands Incident to war; the
building of ships, and the compilation
of an enormous mass of duta frctu
which any reasonable question with
reference to military and industrial ca
pacity could be answered.
Railroads and Telephones.
Already the 230,000 miles of rail
road in the United States have been
virtually commandeered by the advi
sory committee, which, through Chair
man Willard, can issue to them more
arbitrary orders than President Wil
son, under the most drastic law, prob
ably would cure to issue. This is a
voluntary service of the railroad and
admittedly possibly Is intended as in
answer to some of the railroad critF
eisms In congress.
One man also now governs the tele
phone—Theodore N. Vail, president of
the American Telephone and Tele
graph company. For the first time in
telephone history regulars and inde
pendents are working side by side for
the good of the country. More than
10,000 miles of wire have been set
aside for the special use of the army
and the navy and some of the other
departments. Modern methods for
using the telephone are being intro
duced nnd new systems installed, one
of which will cover completely the
signal service in the field. Washing
ton Is being taught bow to use the
telephone properly and a new central
office with a capacity of 10,000 lines
is being provided.
In the mobilization camps and
among the lighthouses nnd coast guard j
stations new telephone facilities are !
being created, requiring 300 miles of j
submurine cable, 300 miles of pole
and more than 13,000 miles of wire.
Thè soldiers of the National Guard
who are guarding railroad bridges
and water supply systems have been
put in touch with headquarters. If
secrets could be told, the story of the
extension of the telephone service in
the navy would make the people sit
up.
BREAK SEVEN DISHES A YEAR
Going to Rubbish Heap Faster Than
They Can Be Made in United
States.
Cleveland, O.—They're breaking
dishes faster than they can make them
in the United States and the other
countries are too busy warring to
make pottery. Every man, woman and
child in this country breaks on the av
erage seven dishes apiece annually.
Over 700,000,000 dishes a year are
broken by irate married folk and oth
ers, who drop them accidentally, and
others who drop them on purpose to
keep from washing them.
TO DRIVE OWN HOSPITAL
CAR ON FRENCH FRONT
Tulsa, Okla.—Arthur Gamman, a
young oil operator, will sail for France
in a few days to drive a field ambu
lance contributed by himself. Gain
man and his business partner, Ray
mond W. McIntosh, were among the
first in Tulsa to volunteer as officers S |
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for training.
On their way there McIntosh was
stricken with appendicitis and died.
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York for burial and there decided to >
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DRAFT AGE. IN GUARD j
Denver, Colo.—Six stalwart sons of j
one family, although beyond the age !
limit of registration, are in the Na- ;
tional Guard of Colorado, and the ;
mother, Mrs. Mary A. Chase, is very
proud.
Hie eldest son is Alpha M. Chase, :
forty-four; Willlts G. is forty-two.
James A. thirty-seven, Lawrence A. j
thirty-five, Sylvanus L. thirty-three :
ami Benjamin T., the "baby." thirty- j
one. Tiieir uncle. Dr. John Chase, was
adjutant general of the Colorado Na- j
tional Guard.
TO STOP VAST DECAY
OF SWEET POTATOES
Atlanta. Ga.—Movements have
been started in several agricul
tural communities of the South
to care for sweet potatoes, so as
to save them from decay during
winter storage. The United
States department of agricul
ture estimates that 10,000,000
bushels of sweet potatoes are
lost annually through improper
curing and storing.
Men Drive Out Girls.
Oberlin, O.—Oberlin girl students of
the sociology and economics lecture
! classes, which have met heretofore in
j the lecture room of the Men's building.
i made themselves too free with the
j building privileges, and the classes
were requested recently to go some
where else by the irate residents of
the building. The men said the girls
were apt to lounge around the lobby
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and halls of the building. Since dress
ing gowns and bathrobes are the chief
"at home" garb of the building room
ers, they protested.
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Make Excellent Lot
of Officers.
NOT VERY MANY WEEDED BUT
Considerable Number is Being De
tailed for Engineering and Aviation
Instruction—War Department
Officials Are Pleased.
S | X weeks the weeding-out policy has
By EDWARD B. CLARK.
Washington.—More than half the
first training period f, )r candidates for
commissions in the new army Is up,
and the officials of the war depart
ment are ready to declare that result»
are beyond expectations and that tho
"plucking" process will develop fewer
victims than anyone thought possibly
could he the case.
Stock Is being tnken hy the officials
of the results obtained hy weeks of
training for the 40,000 young men now
undergoing instruction In the camps.
An officer of the army said today:
"The lower commissioned rank In
our national array will he filled by men
of whom any country could be proud.
1 he young Americans who are attend
ing the sixteen officers' training camps
in as many sections of the country are
showing the spirit that made this
country free. It is to he expected that
no difficulty nt all will he experienced
in selecting the men to command in
tlie junior commissioned grades, the
! first .iOo.ooo young Americans soon to
! lie called to tile colors.
" 1 he time given for the training is
short, and only one-half of it has
passed. Imt the results obtained make
! us believe that, numerous as were the
i early mistakes and trying ns were tin*
conditions to which the men at first
: were subjected, the outcome will be all
j that we can wish, nnd It seems to he
j assured that the young officers quickly
j will get the confidence of the men
j whom they are to command and with
it the confidence of this country and
of its allies."
Political Pull Weakening.
The reports which come to Wash
ington from all the training camps are
that the boys have put all that they
have into their work. Washington still
is a little fearful that some of the
young men who may he denied commis
sions because they have not come up
to the mark may have recourse to
friendly political influence to secure
for them what they could not secure
for themselves. This fear of the offi
cials, however. Is not sharp, for with
in a week or so the pressure from tho
politicians for preference for this man
or that man hns weakened. It can be
said for the war department that It
hns stood faithful to Its duty of deny
ing requests for commissioned places
for those lacking experience and other
wise unfitted for the work of leading
men.
It should he understood that nothing
like nil the young men who entered the
camps will answer their names at ml!
call on the day of breaking camp. For
j been pursued,
Men who never would make officers
are told of their shortcomings and sent
to their homes. In addition to this a
considerable percentage of the men
^ have been sent to other camps where
> they will specialize in engineering, or
in aviation. The department hasadopt-
j 0 (1 a policy of sending men to flying
j headquarters where thev will bo
i< rained, and later be given commissions
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Now that something like seven
weeks have passed and virtually full
opportunity lias been given for passing
judgment on the qualifications of each
man. it is not to he expected that the
elimination will he anything like so
many as they have been in tin* past ex
cept perhaps In the cases of men who
show marked aptitude for places In tho
staff department. These men, of
course, are not eliminated, hut sfiflply
are transferred.
It has been asked frequently what
is to be done with fhe candidate offi
cers between August 11, when the first
camps are brought to an end, and tho
time set for the mobilization of the
first national army. The students after
about a week's leave probably will he
sent to the sites of the cantonments
where they will undertake work under
the colonels In command and will be
given an opportunity to help in tho
preparation of the big camps for tho
selected service men.
In the preparation for the second se
rles of encampments which will bo
opened on August 27 the officers of tho
army are doing what they can to avoid
repetition of the mistakes made dur
ing the continuance of the first camp.
Rians now drawn tip by the Jepart
ment eliminate almost entirely men
who lack any military experience. Of
course some likely soldier-making ma
terial to he found among civilians who
never have shouldered a musket will
he utilized, but it is probable that tho
students at the second camps will ho
in large part men who have seen some
previous military service.
Here's Another Patriot.
New York.—Add another patriot to
the list. In answer to appeal to tax
payers to pay thoir income taxes ia
advance, one man sent double tho
amount, asking that the extra sum b**
used for war purposes.