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DIVERSITY IN
ONE-PIECE DRESSES
Then .s a wonderful diversity in
ruc-pii < < dresses, ami there must lie.
"We must have new things all the time
ar women will not huy," says one of
those who sells frocks nearly all the
days of the year. It is business that
makes the world move forward, and so
designers call upon the four quarters
of the globe for Ideas and inspirations.
This fall there are Chinese and Rus
sian and American Indian ideas inter
preted in new suits and dresses, or dis
cernible in their trimmings, along with
clever inventions that are home grown
and very modern.
But with all this casting about for
new inspirations there are almost no
freakish dresses. Everything must how
to the decrees of the mode and manage
to arrive at simplicity in effect, no mat
ter how much elaborated in details of
trimming or finish. The result is the
prettiest and most wearable frocks
that can be imagined, with the straight
line models in great favor and the
smart Russian blouse winning its way
to the front.
But the straight line dress inis no
monopoly, as may be gathered from
the clever model in a one-piece frock
shown here. It follows the lines of
the tonneau skirt, at a safe and sane
distance, with the small, side drapery
tiiat holds its place in the season's
styles. Just how Its wearer gets in or
out of it is a secret that lies between
her and the dressmaker, hut the belt
Is discovered fastening at the side and
probably the bodice does the same
I
j
probably the bodice
/■ ;v
everywhere
furs are
*hi.. B . «.5 V™".
............... »>■ ■
SÄ*«** ......
Of the bodice have no duty oU" r tn
to make n pretty flnlrt» for
I, is the collar In Ibis frock that ne
jjVLci.
its maker. Itlsofcohtr.Kls ln^
1..D1 with white .....nwl, , :
rswa*:
bodice The plain sleeves have small
lifts with o
•rlav In white
is one
these
darin,
satin.
Making a joke of deprivation
phase of French fortitude ii
times of trial. The Parisienne makes
light of tlie scarcity of coal and says
she will rely upon furs and exercise
in tile open air to keep herself warm
tills winter. This prediction seems tc
have influenced the mode, and furs
are everywhere. On suits and frocks
they appear In bands, sometimes con
tinuous and more often in sections, on
the bottom of skirts and coats. Collars
and cuffs, fur-covered buttons, and
narrow fur bands and fringes of fur
find a place on all outer garments.
Deep cuffs, both close-fitting and
flaring, and narrow collars tiiat widen
into broad revers are among the new
est phases of fur trimmings. But with
the broadest collars and the most gen
erous cuffs are coupled very narrow
(landings in pockets and about the hot
tont of coats. Collars are as luxurious
and enveloping as those introduced last
winter, those on suits of the convert
ible variety that may lie brought up
about the throat at will.
One of the new fall suits, trimmed
with gray squirrel, is made of wool
velour. Squirrel looks well on the
wine, bitte and green shades of the
present season and combines beauti
fully with the soft "glove finish" of
wool fabrics. The suit pictured is a
conservative model with a straight
hanging coat, belted in at. the waist
everywhere
line and trimmed to long points ai
each side. It is plain except for big
patch pockets, also trimmed in point?
to correspond with the coat.
Several of the French designers are
turning to Japan for much of their
Inspiration this autumn. This proba
bly menus that we shall see Japanese
motifs In embroidery, as much as w*
saw them last yeur, on the uew frock*
NEW WAR PUMES TO C A RRY 19 IN
Britain Sends
Giants of
Built
Us Plans
Air to Be
Here.
for
WILL PARALYZE THE ENEMY
Great Number of These Craft to Make
Impossible Re-enforcement of Ger
man Lines—Engines Very
Powerful.
London.—American airplane manu
facturers arc in possession of working
models and blueprints of aero motors
developed by England and France dur
ing three years of warfare. The Unit
ed States airplane factories have re
ceived gratis the secrets of new alloys
and improvements in construction
which previous to America's entry into
tlie war could not be bought at any
price—secrets tiiat were guarded with
nu n's lives and were never mentioned
beyond the doors of certain offices.
Personal messengers have left England
by every departing steamship; mail
bugs have been filled with priceless
blueprints and cable lines have been
jammed with messages, all hearing on
die development of the American air
squadron.
The governments of France and
! Great Britain know that upon the of
j forts made on the other si « 1« * of the At
lantic within tlie next six months de
pends the fate of the armies afield.
Important above everything else in tin
struggle for victory is the airplane,
which must la* produced in myriads,
and the task now falls squarely to
Uncle Sam.
Doubters Are in Minority.
There are doubting Thomases on
this side of tlie water who sneer at the
grandiose statements coming from New
York and 'Washington and who assert
j that even if the United States organ
izes for the aerial construction pro
gram the product will he so inferior
that it will he useless for actual fight
ing. Fortunately these doubters are
in the minority. Officials and men in
a position to know what already lias
been done are highly optimistic. They
believe that American methods applied
to the manufacture of air craft will re
sult in just as good a product as is
now coming from factories organized
hero shortly after the war started.
Despite all the lurid prophecies re
garding the great fleet of airplanes
that eventually will lay waste the prin
cipal German cities, the experienced
airmen on this side only hope for
thousands of machines with which to
fight the German armies in the field.
The success which America's efforts
nro to insure will come only when the
allied armies in France have sufficient
airplanes to retain mastery of the air
and to patrol every mile of the terri
tory immediately behind the German
lines. When the day finally arrives.
Germany will not be able to move a
train back of the lines and to move
reserves will he impossible. She will
he unable to feed the men who are in
the first lines. Her heavy artillery
will he silenced and in the end lier en
tire fighting forces made useless. The
way will then become one of move
ment. with the chances for victory al
together on the side of the allies.
There are various types of airplanes
which will be manufactured in Ameri
ca that are already being used in
France. Engines of unbelievable pow
er are being put into the newest type
of plane. The average American Is
more or less familiar with automobile
engines and has some idea of what
weight of engine will develop 100
horsepower. If this average American
were to look at some of tin* newest air
motors he probably would judge them
to be ten or 10-horsepower. In fact,
he could lift some of the engines un
aided and would probably lie astound
ed to learn iliat such a machine was
capable of developing not 100, but lnO
liorsepower.
Every newspaper reader in the Unit
ed States has been well informed of
the plans for building airplanes. Dut it
is doubtful if one in a thousand can
picture the size of some of the planes
that eventually will be loaded on trans
ports at the Atlantic piers. The cor
respondent lias had an opportunity in
the last few weeks of inspecting the
newest type of aircraft; the type that
will he turned out in vast numbers by
America, and it is bigger in every way
and more powerful than laymen im
agine.
To begin with, the body of the new
machine resembles in many ways a big
motor launch. Its under part is
rounded and beautifully constructed
of finely grained wood. It is so big
that to enter it one must clamber up a
ladder and go down through a hatch
way as big as the cabin door of a
motor yacht. Ii is of the biplane typt 1
and from tip to tip of each wing there
is room enough for a dozen men to lie
out full length. Its two motors will
develop 600 horsepower and their com
bined weight is so little compared to
the power that the actual figures would
look untruthful in print. Where the
old types could carry hundredweights,
this machine carries tons.
Can Carry Nineteen Men.
This new plane is manned by a pilot
two or three observers, a forward gun
ner, a bomb-drepper. a mechanic and
If necessary, a dozen passengers. It
has an eleetriml-Iighted passageway
leading from one compartment to an
other. The flooring of one compart
ment is a strongly constructed grating
through which the occupants can view
the earth below. The sides of two of
the eurtii below, ine siues u: m» m
the compartments are built to open and
aff*rd a view of the surrounding
clouds, or, in ease of cm:,!
It. of the
enemy planes. When the
leviathan
motors are started their rm
!• is awe
inspiring, and the wind ihm
rim pr<
pellers sends backward a !
-! in front
of which a strong man v. •
find -11 fli
oulty in remaining i r- • r.
This is a picture which n
ts» be il l
is
a
a
1
to
It
of
pressed
great ma
what tin
tin. Tin
workers i
hurriedly
upon tlie public mi:
iss of tho people i<
e United State-, is
task set fur the
: tmtthatofturning
luiiit seoutin
tin- number of tens
construct carefully
with
tile tiigi
o realize
going to
American
out light,
machines to
sands, hut to
the last de
T"
war craft needed
in model
'll battles.
Thal i» what En
gland exp
. is of lief
newest' ally and
what sh-- 1
striven
valiantly to tear!
Il aiithorit
i**s a<*n»ss
the Atlantic. Tin
* vast t,M Îiî
deal detail
,
developed by com iminus tigii
ting in tlie
!
air lias been turm
il nvi-r ♦■nti
iiv So that
i <
the United States
in-gins the
work with
tin- most fuvorab!
le chances
of surross.
:
Tin- invention
of sorrio ii«
•w fighting
j
machine after tla
u nmniuT «
• f the tank
i
is what all Euro[i
e expects ,
>f America.
|
and they expect
to see tin
» now mu
;
eliines, airplanes or ua
or tlying torpedo hunts
fully manned, nieknatm
to -throw new terrors
of an enemy w ho inv. a
Now York Sun.
: seaplanes
■ to France
d prepared
the heart
errorism.—
UNCLE SAM AT PEACE TABLE
This Government Wdl 3e in Position
to Dictate Terms When Time for
Negotiation Comes.
Washington. -President Wilson's re
ply to Rope Benedict's peace préposai
lias temporarily halted the widespread
demand for a definite st,
war aims of the United
"The purposes of the
in this war are known
world—to every people
truth has been permit
the president said in his reply to the j
pope. "They do not need to he stated :
again." ;
In his Flag day address tlie presi- j
dent said the reasons for America's j
entrance into tlie year must lie appar- j
cut to every thinking man. Still, there j
is confusion in the minds of many
Americans. The attempt of tlie com- j
mittee on public information to clear
up this confusion with its pamphlet,
"How the War Came to America," was
only partly successful.
"I shall not discuss here how Amer
ica came into this war." Secretary of
War Baker told the Fort Myer reserve
officers on the day of their graduation.
"Tiiat issue is settled for the Ameri
can people. Our task now is to plan
for victory."
In these words Secretary Baker
summed up the attitude of all Wash
ington officials. There are others, how
ever, yvho believe the reasons for Amer
ica's entrance into the war have a very
important bearing on peace and on the
future history of the world.
Just as there yvere underlying causes
if einent of tin- I
States.
i aited States '
to the whole j
t-> whom the
Led to come,"
of the European conflict that never |
have been mentioned in the official doc
uments, so there were causes for Amer
ica's entrance into the war that were
slighted in the president's address.
One of these causes is generally be
lieved to have been that France yvas
"tiled white" and that the allies yvere
in danger of defeat. Many Americans
And the best justification for Ameri
ca's entering into the conflict in the
statement that "we went in to save
France."
This notion yvas given a severe jolt
when Andre Tardieu, the French pur
chasing commissioner la the United
States, made public his letter to Sec
retary Baker giving statistics on the
present military strength of the
Freneli republic. With facts and fig
ures supplied by the French war of
...
lice, Tardieu disproved the theory that
France was "tiled whi
One of tiie highest officials of the
United States government said it was
not true that the allies were in danger
of defeat just before America entered
the war. France and England hutli
could have held out for years and it
was very doubtful, he said, that the
German war machine could ever have
achieved a military decision over the
allies.
The United States, tlie president be
lieved, would be in no position to as
sert its views at the peace conference
if it remained a neutral. It was the
avowed intention of leaving matters
sudi as disarmament and an interna
tional organization to prevent future
wars to a congress tiiat would follow*
the peace conference.
The president believed that guar
antees for the future would lie the
only results that would make the three
years of fighting worth while, and
tiiat they should be made an integral
part of the peace treaties. By tlie en
trance of tiie United States, President
AVilsmi became the world leader. It
was made certain that by tlie aid ren
dered tiie allies the United States
would be in a position to dominate the
peace conference and to force that con
vention to accept its views.
Tints it would seem to he estab
lished that the real underlying cause
for America's entrance into the war
was not to succor an alliance in dan
ger of defeat, but to insure and to
dictate if necessary a just and lasting
peace. There is reason to believe that
the allies will be forced to accept
terms of peace that they never would
have considered but for the influence
of the United States. And by the
same token there Is ground for hoping
m that through the United States the
| world will, in fact, be "made, safe for
democracy. -
HOW UNCLE SAM
IQS
nA
» i îni
__
Student A*. : at
Field Lea
ors at Mineola
*pe Germans.
SOME TESTS OF SKILL SHOWN
Men Go Up
••Slide" D<
1.0;g
Half Miie. Then
Sharp Angie —
And,
Sa> T s Is No Job
f
—
Mr.Ci-I,'
-.1« of
, thousand -
!:i Amerie
ii nre ;
j
! learning bo
. Jf> bayonets tl
trough
i < iormaii >.#!■
di- rs i.. a leisurely ta
armer,
soJiU* « L t\,
.o nromisim; t*
mb rye
1
: otiioors « r
ti *• A T .'*noun foret
vs nr«*
j here lea mi
n^ L v •*» liostroy,
Roche
i birdnmn.
Co jn by thoir tn
lining.
| they v. ib ! ,
•- rL:- j O- h*• *h otb.'.i'nt
I y aid
; quickly.
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Under t
Acosta, <>:
ful • iviiiati avia
dates f ; u
section i f the A
taught t
aide while
he ground
militarv r
r v i s I.
tiling
fmtn
imagi:
from
Fur
for details of
for aviators t
however, is a:
gérons situât',
ing put thron
Whib
Ala. to
da agi
-, . er:
's most, success
icoros of candi
in tiie aviation
dgnal corps are
•ate themselves
erinis positions
thousand feet
I
ground, with tb • •:.
straight tip, !*■• ' .
'
ward and downw >
j
or l'Mi feet, then :
der control again,
and try it once r .*e
It's quite easj
to watch Bert A
terman, his firs'
AH you have * •
chine drop ba- k
| pear
,..;is it is forbidden
righting instruction
■ -. Si* public. Here
strutton of the dan
!•* aviators are iu
tUmsand feet above
•.■•bine going nearly
r quietly slip hack-
- i. rail first, for 70
et the machine un-
go up stii! higher,
-»hat is. it is easy
• >sta or Edward llol
Hsslstant. pull it off.
do is to let the ma
bic kward and downward
until you feel that you have gone far
enough, then pick up speed and make
her go upward again. Simple!
Another simp!" little test of your
skill as an aviator is to ride up 2,600
or 3,000 feet, then come down in a
spiral, with the wings of the machine
almost vertical. Acosta recommends
this for nervous persons.
Notwithstanding the apparent reck
lessness of the flyers, each "stunt" is
carried out in an absolutely scientific
manner. Instead of courting danger for
"the fun of it" the aerial movements
are carefully planned yvith the factor
of safety always being among the first
things considered Nothing Is under
taken for exhibition purposes except to
demonstrate how to escape death over
the battlefield.
'•To fly around putting the machine
at all kinds of angles and going
through all the manipulations may ap
lily and dangerous." Acosta said.
'As a matter of fa-'t. it is the only safe
thing to ib) when you are above an
enemy's battlefield
"Infantry officers in our training
camps are felling their men that Tg
js temporarily a sergeant in the corps
j ()1 > nion s pp,„i to receive commissions
Recently !.-• told how it feels when yon
camps «*** ; r-Ullli, turn
norance courts death, in a battle with
bayonets. In the aviation service lg
norance is ■ > ertuiri death.'
High in the ranks of the men seek
ing commissions in the aviation corps
stands Cap' Cushman A. Rice, veteran
of half a dozen wars on the American
continent and a former member of the
general staffs of three brigadier gen
erals of the American army.
Captain Rice, "The Cuban Million
aire." made a fortune in Cuba follow
ing his resignation as a captain of in
fun try in tb • regular army in 1!X)2. He
it
be
as
the
en
It
the
to
the
make your first flight in an airplane.
"When Mr. Holterimin. who was
driving tin- machine, and myself were
gliding along about 1""" feet up. for
some unaccountable reason I 1*dt a
strong desire •■> leave my -eat and
walk out on one •*:' th
how It feit mit »her*
why it was, but Î fcl
j strongly for
j almost had t
a hoir t
wings to learn
I don't know
that desire so
a minutes that 1
Really
cure, , no
when you
driving th
driving it
•1 quite safe and se
mattor how high you go,
have confidence in the man
• airplane—nr when you arc
yourself, if you really un
the
for
derstand running it. Everything is so
new and different way up tiicte that
von do not have time t*» think of being
afraid."
Captain Rice will be among those
whose time to go to France i« rapidly
approaching.
Captain Rico stands out as a man
win) took the hard road to a commis
sion. although lie could have had on
without working for it. Notwithstand
ing the fact that he could have become
•î lieutenant colonel of infantry, be
muse of his military record, he chose
to enlist in the aviation corps and
work for his commission, which in* will
receive at th" "ad of the regular
five months' training period. His mili
tary record includes participation in
three Latin-American revolutions, the
Spanish-American war as a captain in
tin- regular army, the Philippine cnui
[align in command of a detachment of
mounted scouts and service in ' hina.
A number of candidates here an*
awaiting commission«, «hieß have been
authorized, and will shortly leave for
France to go into the last stages of
their training over there. Additional
candidates from the various ground
î schools will replace them.
ä
mnv
we really to have :
night?'
"'Yes. said the
one thing you must
come in cost umes
make yourselves.'
"The fairies love
ey dn-ss costumes, ;
much with liieir c
and their magic wa
1 hough! up costume
Fairy Queen laid tit
"•Tonight el g
EARLY AUTUMN PARTY.
"Tlie first color of the autumn had
appeared on a few of the trees near
fairyland and tin* fairies were so
pleased," said Daddy.
"T think.' said the Fairy Qm-en. 'it
will lie cool enough for a bonfire pic
nic tonight. Tlie nights have been
almost chilly lately, and a bonfire
would feel pretty fine l believe.'
"'It would!' shouted the fairies. 'Are
I bonfire party to
Fairy Queen, 'hut
ail do. You must
which you are t « »
the faim - went
tioris. ( H' oour
tiiat wont togeth
to dross alike.
"Eight o'clook soon
the fairies wore ready
sounded through the wi
the voice of Mr. Giant .
to dros- up in tail
and they cun do so
lever little lingers
liais tiiat they had
s almost before the
fished speaking,
hi,' she said. All
iff in different direc
tle'.o were groups
-, as tln-v were going
•aiue and all
A trumpet
ops. and tlieii
as beard say
ing. 'Untile all the fairies tn the bon
fire party'. Come brownies, conte elves,
collie gnomes, come bogey-, collie gob
lins, and onnie Witty \\ itch !'
"At t !mt all the creatures came fly
ing and running and ru-hing to tin*
bonfire party. Tlie invitations bad
been given to Mr W ind wh*i delivered
them during tlie late afternoon.
"The earth people had said tiiat tlie
wind was blowing up. hut he was sim
ply in n great hurry <c get all the invi
tations around.
* lie did not corne to tin- party, lb*
had been invited, but he said he was
very sleepy and needed a rest. So the
Fairy Queen had thanked him for his
help and he had gone off to lied.
"It was a quiet evening therefor«,
and the bonfire was blazing. In the
ich
t'M
£
.9
■ct
She Wore a Dress of Soft Green Moss.
center on four sticks crossed was an
enormous black kettle.
"It was filled with good hot soup,
and there was corn roasting down by
tiie side of the fire. The sticks crack
led as if they too Were enjoying the
I*-« I ** • Il IIIV.V I'"' .....•---- n
; f lin . and the Fairy Queen was all
| smiles,
1
in
in
of
of
"She wore a dress of soft green moss
with fluffy collars and cuffs of the first
red shade of the autumn trees. Her
hat was made out of brown oak leaves,
with a crown of red vine around It.
Her wand was of brown, yellow and
rod. all Mending most beautifully to
gether.
"The fairies looked like the different
tree« of tin- early autumn, just as the
trees are beginning to turn in color.
Some wore frocks of leaves from the
dm trees, some from the maple trees,
while others copied the different trees
and shrubs around them.
"Old Mr. Giant was dressed in a cos
tume of pi tie Lie. dir«. *1 Util the Same
all the time.' he said, 'and I can wear
Ibis Costume often.'
"They all laughed for they knew
how hard it was for Mr. Gian) to get
new costumes all the time, and true
î 'Hough he looked like the pine trees of
the autumn—or the pirn- trees of the
i summer, winter and spring!
i "Witty Witch was dressed like a
• purple aster for she said it was truly
I an autumn flower. Ib-r hat was a tall
j purple one and pointed at tlie top,
I just as all her hats were. She had a
I dress of purple and trimmings of gold.
"Tlie elves, gnomes, bogeys, and gob
lins were all dressed like autumn flow
ers and the bonfire shed its light over
them all. making everything look very
wonderful.
"They told stories, they sang, and
'hey ate of the roasted corn and the
hot soup. And later on, when Mr.
Moon had come up to see what was gi*
ing on, they danced. And how like
fairyland they all did look with their
gorgeous costumes of the early autumn
colors, and with the light of the moon
and the bonfire upon them.
"For it almost seemed as though
the trees and tin- flowers were dancing
and showing how gloriously they did
feel l"
Laugh V/hen You Can.
Laugh when you can is good advice,
! Unless laughter is unkind or irrever
j cut, you cun hardly have too much of
I it. Half our ills of mind and body are
! routed by a hearty laugh. Many of
our trouldes would vanish like the con
ventional ghost if we could learn to
laugh them away. Laughter is medi
cine to the sick, a tonic to the well,
sunslùr.e for everyone. Laugh when
you tan.—Girls' Compunion.