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EVENING CAPITAL NEWS AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER. Published Every Afternoon and Sunday Morning at Bolao, Idaho, a City of 30,000 People, by THE CAPITAL NEWS PUBLISHING COMPANY, LTD. RICHARD STORY SHERIDAN, General Manager, GUY FLENNER Managing Editor Entered at the Postoffice at Boire, Idaho, as Second-class Mail Matter. _ "'hones—Branch Exchange Connecting All Departments. _ Call 24 or 25. Society Editor 1269. The Average Man. = HERE is great need in this country for average men. By that there is no disposition to easi reflections on their intelligence, because the average man, so-called, is likely to he as smart as any other. He goes about his business, does not look for trouble, is iairly consev\ ative in his habits and in his thoughts. Upon him rests the weight of the nation. In a time of' stress he responds with his body and his money. He maintains the bahincc of power because there are more like him than any other class. One of the dangers the country faces now is the con flict between ultra-conservatives and ultra radicals. The conservative maintains his position and believes that the past is good enough for him and everybody els«'. Fre quently lie is wealthy, and he has a belief that his wealth gives him a status no other citizen can claim or should claim. Op posed to him is the radical who is not con tent with today, tomorrow or week after next. He is opposed to the solar system, the tides, the price of pork and the change of seasons. Whenever he goes to a mass meeting he lifts Ids voice higher than that of his neighbor, and attempts to paint a picture in which there is no sunlight. Between ihese two classes the averag> man stands to steer the ship of state and keep the craft off the rocks. 11c is ros| >on sivc to new ideas and he is ready to help any forward-looking program, hut he is opposed to revolution and he lias no use whatever for the red flag. Neither does he find any place in American life for an aris tocracy. The only trouble with tlie aver age man is that, he does not participate fully enough in public affairs. He slums polities, except to vote and maybe attend a : lew speakings. His plain duty is to raise, the standard of government by taking part j in the government. With him awake and attentive there need be no worry about the radicals or the class that opposes any new idea because it is new. :-= Liebknecht. S AN F and just men will not sympathize, with the aims and theories of Karl Liebknecht as they have shown them-: selves in recent months, but none will ques tion his course or deny Lis usefulness in the days of Ilohonzollern dominance. From the beginning of his political career he wasj an opponent, and a bitter and fearless one, of German militarism. Again and again, his views got him into serious trouble with the German rulers. At the outbreak of ihe war Ins princi ples were not lightly dropped for the Deutschland Cher Alles hand wagon, as were those of less courageous and loss con sistent Socialists. He refused to accept military service and was'reported lo have been shot. Later, lie appears to have been in the army, but he continued his attacks on the government until he was sentenced to jail for four years and a month, whence he was released after serving two years of his sentence. German newspapers are said to find an element of poetic justice in his death through the mob violence which he sought to incite. So there was, but in another as pect his end was a tragic demonstration of the mutability of humankind fixmi the days of Coriolanus, and before. The mob that beat Rosa Luxemburg into insensibility and fired a bullet into lier head, and the men who shot Liebknecht were of the same people who, a few months ago, were hold ing mass meetings to protest against the imprisonment of their hero, Liebknecht. But won't the shooting in a wild west show seem tame to the boys of the Rainbow division ? I ; ■ ; • j ! j ; ; } I j I I PUTTING IN THE PUNCH I PEPS I MEAT SCANDAL. It Is not surprising that there should be a couple of ny meat scandals in Europe. Without a few of those wouldn't be a war. Away back In history we find them. Didn't somebody ask, "Fpon what meat doth this our jOaesar foul that lie hath grown so great?" Nobody could answer. They were suspicious of the meat even in those ancient days. What did the soldiers talk most about In our own Civil war? The war? No, the punk meat they had to eat. Some of them are talking about it yet. It isn't necessary to mention the Spanish war and the embalmed beef. The first tlnng to do in any war is to make arrange ments fur the meat scandai. The raising of the army is an after consideration. JUST waiting for the milk of human kindness to go up to 21 cents a quar t. WE pause to wonder if the life and lire Insurance busl- j jnrsM is bad. Years ago we used to get sp many calendars j at this time of year that we had to shovel a path to the desk and throw them out of the window. Nowadays when we want to find out. what date it is to put same on the top this newspaper we have to send the office boy down to the post office. There are moments when we wish we had saved some of those calendars we threw away so recklessly. Waste not, want not. TED ROBINSON informs us that his garbage man is named M. T. McCann. We are wondering if he, by any possibility, can be related to the well-known bartender, Phillip McCann. BILL ALLEN WHITE'S PAPER SAYS: On the other hand, it would be rough on any adminis tration to lose the army insurance manager, the director "f the farm loan board, the manager of the express com panies, the manager of the liberty league, the director of the federal reserve bank, the general director of the rail roads and the secretary of the treasury all in one day, NO ROUGH STUFF. Rev. Mankofsky is thoroughly orthodox in all his ser mons. He is gentlemanly in all his ways. His* language i3 pure and chaste. There is nothing vulgar in anything he says. If you do not believe in practical religion, just listen to one of his sermons and convince yourself.— Bea ver Dam(lll.) Citizen. MYRTLE STII.LWKLL went skating Monday, and on she returned Santa Claus had Just placed a new npv! rht piano in her home. Consequently Myrtle enjoyed a "Happy New Year.''—Orange County Times-Tress. SHORT YARN'S. FRAME OR PICTURE? "I don't like that auctioneer's lino of talk," declared the irli.- t F stily. "What's wrong?" "Picture after picture of rrrrrrt/^i Ul). And Hint docs lie . go cvrontf. say? .Sturt it at $10, i The frame is worth J ink pert slie Governor Benjamin Ilstrieta said at rmany, befor liio world to DISTRUST. Strong_of ono of the federal reserve a dinner recently: she coati s her diabolical crimes, ex 'i-grive and forget all. That is what I since pa licked me, ain't i\ ma? given me very little to complain ns by 'a just peace.' ; rmany reminds in. of the little boy who said to his mother: " 'I've been awful g< " 'Vos, deal - ; you hav of since your chastisement.' " 'Vou don't distrust me any more, do you ma?' " 'No, dear; 1 don't distrust you since your whipping." "The little boy gave his mother a reproachful look. ' Then why is it, inn,' he said, 'that you still keep the cake hidden and all p i's cigars locked up? " NO NOSE. Tommy had begged hard to come downstairs for a little wlide after dinner and at last his mother had consented. "But, remember, d<.ir," she said, "yuu must be a good little Imy and not ray anything about poor Mr. Roadhog'a m s, . Ho was in a bad motor accident and hurt his face." T. mtny waited impatiently till his mother sent for him to g<> to the dining room. Then he walked in and instantly fi d curious eyes upon Mr. Roadhog's face. "Mummy," lie said in a very audible whisper, "how could I ray anything about his nose? He hasn't got one." GETTING NORMAL. By WALT MASON (Copyrighted) The war is done, and we g, t back to peace time's old accustomed track. We're sitting tip and taking hole of things that lately seemed remote. Once more 1 hear the auto fan explain as loudly as he can how he went, up huge hills on high, and didn't have his motor die. His spiel seems relevant mid sa no. which would have been in wartime vain, t dice more the dames, when cooped indoors, are talking of the dry goods stores and of the lovely lids they \e seen, all decked wltii doodads red and green. Anil they allude to Mrs. Brown, who's bought tlie smoothest coat in town, while her poor hus band strives to make his stand off something less a fake. And once again Ihe ill health bores describes their ailments and their sores. A Utile time, while battles raged, their chronic sorrows were not staged, but now they've all como hack again to hasp tho ears of patient men. I see the old ways coming hark, and as of old the gossips clack; the private quarrels we forgot, we're resurrecting, smoking hot; tho statesmen spring their oily smiles, and hand out bunk In forty styles. I wonder if we'll ever sigh for good old wartime days gone by, when there were themes of which to speak, and keep on speaking for a week? Secrets of Health and Happiness A Good Memory of Current Events One Test of Youth By DR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBERG A. 13, M. A., M. D. (Johns Hopkins University) M ANY philosophers deny that nearly all living things, protoplasm, animalcules, moulds, lichens, microbes, bacteria, mice and men have some sort of memory. Most scientists, however, especially biologists, botanists, roologlsts, physiologists and experi mental psychologists are convinced from a deluge of farts that wherever there !r life there in possible memory. To be sure, memory Is more of a compound than the simple word indicates. Memory is composed of the Impressions made upon your senses, your muscle move ments and the other Structures that are healthy and alive. Indeed, health is not necessary. It Is true that an accurate formation of remembered events, objects and situations depends upon healthy fabric. Nevertheless, an Inaccurate, false, exaggerated or pathological memory is very common among those IllltSllBERO j j i J who are not 100 per cent. healthy. t Impressiveness, retention, recollection Slid recall are the analyzed elements of memory. A very good memory dopende. j therefore, tn general upon complete health, powera of attention and raten- j tlon, recollection and recall. L Trick» of memory are well nigh In finite and various. ' When you exprrl outh. nights eure the feeling In a strange city or upon a new pceno that you must have been there before, "possibly In another existence," as superstitious people like to believe, it commonly means that some book you've read, some picture seen, some experience long past bad a few of the faces, houses, bridges or streets a little bit similar lo tho one you are In. Some Memory Trick». One of the tests of a men's sanltv, es well as of youth and health. Is ills mem ory for the most recent an.l current events. The more an itidlvl lual i bers and foresees of the thlnr hour the more youthful and Ills veare may lie th attention, alert mind Is that of Boys and girls who devote their and holidays exclusively to dancing, movies and light pleasures before tncy tilgest two good newapapera each day, may In years be only IS, but mentally they ere senile and decrepit. Prof. H. C. Warren of Princeton T nt verelty a few weeks ago described * — examples of long latent memory perhapa know that person grow old or stale— öfter '• and thirties-feel that like they used to be." When a very deep snow, a cola any or * hot spell occurs they are "up and at. It," telling "how cold It was In the nighties," or all about "the terrible bliz zard of' 1902." "Them was the days," the senile fossils proudly boast. To return to Er. Warren's subjects, however. Is another matter. Those two victims of dormant memories are im portant in showing that the memory catches and holds many «vents you do not suspoct. One man, at tho age of 90 years and B months, discussed the tricks of his own memory. Ho was convinced ns an unusually educated mon that he was as ©Id ns his years because he had diffl culty in recollection of proper names and recent Incidents, while at the sa Lfi constantly recalled many events of his boyhood. ent »in the ell he 1 • scorc, but his 1 You ! egin to ' In their twenties things are not trivial Two Interesting Cases. Awake the night before, he suddenly recalled a poem which he had recited at the meeting of a boys' club ln 1S12 | when he was 15. He repeated it for j stenographic report a few days later, j For 75 years devoted to busLtesa pur-j suits he did not know or remember this | poem. the club or the circumstances until the night mentioned. The second subject was 83 years old. Ho was given an honorary degree by the college from which he graduated, and was so surprised and pleased that he paid : "1 wonder if it is because tbeyj remember that freshman oration of, mine." He Immediately recited "Tho Athenians." which had Inin dormant in bis mind for a period of UJ years. In both Instances there is every ren •on to believe that the poem and the ©ration had not been thought of or re membered at all during tho lapse of in tervenlng years. This is a proof of old age, and when It occurs in tho young they ought to look to themselves, their Intellects and their studies. Little Stories of the Nations TIME'S ASTONISHING CHANGES IN THE GROUPINGS OF THE EARTH'S PEOPLES. * By Albert Barrett Sayres —-»■■» ♦ »■■■■» - ■■» »■ Why First Roman Emperors Were Able to Rule Unlawfully. T IIR Roman Commonwealth, as wa have »een, was transformed into Ihe Roman Umpire without a rev olution. In fa'-t tho old republh an rnrins wont on In Homo and tho rela tion* of tho city of Romo to its allies and subject states irmalned unchanged. But now with Augustus Caesar firmly Intrenched In tho seat of power because ho had contrived to unite In himself va rious great offices of the state, tho em pire. as represented in tho power of one man. became more anil more firmly es tablished. And the tendency was to break I down the old established distinctions ■ between Rome and its provinces. In deed political considerations- the tight- j antng of tho bonds by which Augustus bound Rome to him dictated the con- . "erring of cltiienshlp upon particular families and sometimes whole regions, j In a short time all the free Inhabitants | of the empire were declared to be Ro man cltlxena. _ . „ Thus it cam* about that Instead of a collection of cities «ml peoples subject to one city, they all became citizens of the Roman Empire. But though In the orv th© old form» continued, no citizen IL free-all were subjects of Augustus. In those days, however, so great was the fame of Rome that what Interested tlie provinces most was that t^ey e cam© Roman citizens. Rome as the great city that ruled he then Civilized world, became merely the capital of tho Roman Empire Indeed, In later veara Rome ceased to be even the capital. Other cltlee at various times held that honor. The Ware Against the Germana. The reign of Augustus, although it was notable in literature—Virgil, Hor ace. Ovid and Livy lived at this time was not noted for conquests. Indeed, the Roman legions under the two Claudli—the stepsons of Augustus—tried to conquer Germany and were dlsaa trouety defeated. Tho wars were long A great increase In the rat popula tion of England in thought to be due largely to the decrease in the number of dogs, which have been gradually starved out by the exigencies of war, the feeding of dogs having become a serious matter when food was scarce. r. p c. Q -Kindly advise me what to do for pimples; also for blackheads. -- A-TT ?® " mtl ® of t!l ® following for + Angwers to Health Questions aple Sulphur lot!........... Balsam peru.......... Camphor.............. Green soap. .......... Lanolin................ Vaseline............... lentle massage with 5% drams •i dram \t dram 1 dram *4 ouncs Hounce sterilized piece of absorbent cotton or chamois, followed by the application of a little paste made up with tho following will help cure your blackheads: Fullers earth............... 4 drams Vinegar..................... '..'drams Glycerine.................... 3 drama A SUBSCRIBER. Q- Will you please publish a talk on hair and scalp treat ment which will improve growth of hair, also telling whether singeing and cut Ung ts bénéficiai? A—There have been several article* on this topic. It will give me great pleas ure to write others as fast as new dis coveries are made. ♦ • • E. Z. Q—Kindly advise me what to do for watery eyes. A—You should ha amination of your e a thorough ex by an oculist. Q—Kindly advise me A-—'This in another name for a cyst or a sac of tissue filled with a waxy sub stance. They are sometimes as small as peas or aa large as largo marbles. The easiest and beet cure is dissection cf the sao by a skilful surgeon. B. H. Q—Kindly advise me what to do for flabby cheeks. A—One type of individual with droopy flesh, flabby cheeks and relaxed muscles becomes so from lark of sunlight and open air exercises. Kating at night and loss of sleep plays a major rolo In this. Massage your checks with Ice water. Rubbing the face with Ice for two min utes every other day is also a help. Vibrators aid tone. , A. r>. TT. Kindly ad vis cause of cramps. as to the A—There are different kinds of cramps. However, It Is usually overfatigue or | sprain of some muscles. They may ap j p ea r In any part of the body, j • * • MRS. D. I* Q- Kindly advtsa ms | what to do for a catarrh. A—Often examination of the nose and throat by a nose and 'throat surgeon will reveal deflected bones, tumorous growths, adenoids. Infected tonsils and her things which a slight operation will correct, • • • £>r. LTirshberg trill answer questions f or readers of this paver on medical, hygienic and sanitation subjects that or« 0 ) general interest. He cannot always undertake to presn'ibe or offer advice for individual cases. Where the subject is not of general interest letters will be answered personally, if a stamped and addressed envelope is enclosed. Address ALL INQUIRIES to Dr. L, K. Hirsh - i berg, in tars of this offics, . j | and bitter, but the German warrior Au mInins cut off three Roman legions in tho year 9 A. D., and kept tho land be yond the Rhine from becoming a Ro man province. Had Rome conquered Arminlus the history of the world would have been changed. Now, remembering that Tiberius Claudius was ono of those who was de leated In this effort to subdue the lands beyond the Rhine, it is remarkable that he should have succeeded Augustus as Emperor. For never before in the his tory of Rome had a defeated general been accorded any honor. This succes sion to power of a general who had been beaten In an effort to extend the boundaries of Romo is a remarkable commentary upon the state into which Rome had fallen. Romo was not legally a monarchy, therefore the succession would not de scend by the will of ATugustua. Rut the Emperor had adopted Tiberius Claudius and by the law of Rome he was his son On the death of Augustus, Claudius had little difficulty in getting the Sen ate to vote him all the honors his adi- — e<T father bad enjoyed, and so ha became Emperor in fact. Passing of the Caesar Family. This form of a succession continued until four emperors had wielded their power and had died. And it is strange, indeed, that nono of those who ruled ns Caesars were of that lainlly by blood, only by adoption. Later none of th« emperors even pretended to member ship ltr this family, yet all who auo ! ceeded to the empire still went on call i tng themselves Caesar und Augustus un til the very end. It ts unnecessary to trace ruling fami lies In this account of peoples. We shall content ourselves with the important events that took place in tho world. By 43 A O. Rome had conquered Brit ain Claudius, who was thon Emperor, resided there for a time. illuminate an area two miles square, with an average illumination of one candle. To produce such an illumina tion, an eminent electrician estimates the expenditure of 13,000-horse power for one second would be required. MY SOLDIER HUSBAND ADELE GARRISON'S NEW PHASE OF REVELATIONS of A WIFE Why Madge Quietly Aquiesced in Mother Graham's Plan. G ET Agatha hareT' X repeated stu- ing into my home this elderly klnswo pidly. aa my mother-in-law man, between whom and me aha knaw stopped, evidently to get her breath, Why ' reciprocal aversion. "(>f course," she snapped. "You needn't stand there with your mouth wide open like a flsh. as if you'd never heard of the woman before. And you nrefin't trouble yourself to mskr any re marks about her, either. I know every-. thlns you've got In your mlml about hrr. and It's nil true. She s a cantankerous,.^ whlny old wretch, but »he's mighty ca pable and handy In housework, the care of babies and nursing, and It's a dis- ; tlnrt Providence that I can get hold °f ber. i "She can only stay Just about so long with one of her relatives until she and t they are worn to a frazzle. My cousin J June wrote me yesterday that If Aga tha didn't get away from her house. soon she was going to buy a ticket to the nearest sanatorium for nervous prostration patients, because sh« knew j the doctor would send her anyway, and she might os well have the ticket han dy. So 1 guDSs Agatha will be glad to come here. I'll send her a night letter right away. Get your pencil and take It down fo The Telegram Written. I obeyed her with outward docility, for I flatter myself that I have a sense of values, and I knew that Cousin .Aga tha. disagreeable as she was, would be ; a fairly satisfactory "stop gap" under j my mother-in-law's iron supervision un* til I could make other arrangements, j And L had not even a moment for tem porizlng My new position waited for me on the morrow, my baby must not ! miss his accustomed ( are. There was nothing for me to do but to submit to ■ my mother-in-law's arrangement with ! the best grace I could. But inwardly I was seething with an ger against her, and with vague ner vous terror of the woman whose sum mon« I was calmly writing. All the dleagroeable experiences I had suffered et the hands of "Cousin Agatha" came, rushing bark upon me. Bhe was a per fectly Impossible person except In one capacity, that of nurse or housekeeper In an emergency. When Illness came to a household she seemed to shed for the time all the mean, ugly traits that at all other times made her presence in n Imme something unendurable. I knew' that my mother-in-law herself, who ruled her with nn Iron hand, could not endure her presence for many months, Yet Mother Graham had upset all my household arrangements and was bring Diary of a Fashion Model Ry GRACE THORNCLIFFE She Discusses the Vogue for Big Hats with Evening Gowns. T HE dinner gowns we're turning out ire design* .I f.>r wear with hats, big, lat. velvet hat«, something like thof»o Gainsborough, Romney and Rey nolds used to paint. Th« war had a decided and definite ef fect on women's dresses. Wo no longer se« the extreme decollet to to which sleeveless gowns, supported only by the merest suggestion of shoulder straps, ac customed us some years ago^ There seems now to be one definite rule. All gowns have sleeves of some • /% \ m 'Ljo This Charming Silver Gray Evening Covrn Is Designed for Wear with a Black Velvet Hat. kind. They may camoufla#« the Idea, tut sleeves they are, nevertheless. The vogue for picture hats for evening wear has been introduced by the higher décolleta co of evening gowns in gen eral, und for dinner gowns in particular. These hats follow the simple, palntable lines, and are devoid of aggressiv«» trimming, such as an overabundance of ostrich plume* and the like. Tho trim Advice to Girls —Annie Laurie 0EAR ANNIE LAURIE: I am IS year* old and enjoying country life. I am living on a farm of over 100 acre». My only desire is farming, and I have everything ac cording to my own ta9t<\ and have it Just a» I want it. but still there la one thing that troubles me. I have a friend who has called on me for about six month«. He say* he does, and seetns to love me very much, but somehow I can't make love with him. Th«r« are two other boys who would like to call on me, and I love one dearly. He once told me he la Just longing to call on me. Now. dear Annie I.aurie. please tell mn how to get rid of my present friend. Is it proper to kiss th© boy back when he gives me a good-night kiss? BEAUTY. B EAUTY: You are a very fortunata girl Indeed to be in auch congenial surroundings. Simply tell the young man when he suggests calling again that you will let him know when you wish him to come. Is It not possible, my dear, that you are mistaken about being in love with this young man? You had better wait until you arc better ac quainted with him before deciding such « serious question. Do not kiss the boys Submission for a While Only. asked the question in bittern®#», answered it in a rush of self-pity that the composure with which I threatened V R , following Mother Graham', fussy, often chonged dictation. My mother in-law was an utterly selfish old worn* j j o)fl m y Ke ;f ( forgetful of the many times when she had proved herself otfe. ■rwlse. And (here was no consideration for me anywhere—thus ran the burden ut M '"«« P^yate moan. I had taken a position in order to keep up th© stand ard of living for our little household, and instead of making It easy for ma, endeavoring in tha slightest dagraa to sacrifice some of her cherlshsd Ideas cf discipline, she had eagerly seised tha first opportunity to halt Katie until tha girl turned upon her In an Insolent out burst of rage, for which there could bo no milder penalty than instant dlsmls sal. "There!" ray raofher-ln-law's roloa punctured my self-condolence with * full stop, "Sign my nami to that and telephone It to the telegraph office right wait a moment—add this* 'Don't wait for money. Will refund alt neceesary expenses when you get hers*' If I know Jane, she'll be glad enough to lend Agatha all aha needs to gat bee out of the house." As I walked to tha tdaphooa Z vt* _________ fleeted robclllously that thaaa *^i» a ary expenses refunded" would be from my own purse, and that my mother-!*« law might at least make a show of con suiting me about the sweeping change ehe was making in my household ar» rangements. But I knew Chat there was no use even to open my mouth in ex* postulation. Mother Graham*# htid* ! strong, arbitrary action had thrust HI upon the horns of a dilemma from which, curiously enough, only this ar rangement of hera oould rescue ma Z must fulfil ray oontraot and take p»y position. My child must be eared ftow ; Cousin Agatha seemed the only solution for the preeent But I resolved grimly { that I would not continue this tams sub ! mission one moment longer than I oould help. Cousin Agatha might eomo for a few ! days, perhapa for a week or Iwol but at I the first opportunity I meant to "send her packing,'* to use rny mother-in-law*« own expressive vocabulary. For I feit— . and scored inyself for my own absurd* | ity—as if I would almost as soon see a j rattlesnake colled against my baby's crib aa to see Cousin Agatha*! face * bending over It mlr? of the*# hats usually conforms to their lines, a beautiful paradise Is somo tiincs used ns a trimming with wonder ful effect. Possibly the himona sleeve is most popular in the dinner gowns designed for wear with hats, because this type of skeye gives an unbroken line to the lovely curve of the shoulders and lend-* Itself to the high neck at the back. We owe the Japanese much for the klnomo sleeve. Ono of the loveliest dresses which we have carries a kimono sleeve of grav chiffon cloth which continues into un ov«rblou»e and tunic. The Irregular line of the tunic Is accented by a broad band of grnv squirrel. This fur In a narrower width also outline* tha elbow-length sleeve. Thu camisole blouse and sktrt are made of charmeuse satin In tones ef «liver gray. Four rows of silver em broidery are used on the charmeuse, one row encircles the top of the camisole, another appear* Just above the girdle, which I« made of silver cloth. The third row of embroidery encircles the hips, and the fourth top« the hera. This em broidery will work up quickly In a com bination of heavy silver thread and spangles. This gown Is very gr a cvfn t «ad fts coloring la charmingly effective* Gray I« becoming to any woman unless she carries an excess of weight This drees, although youthful In its lines, will make a delightful costuma for tha "bride's mother" at a wedding. The picture hat which Is w mm vtQi this dres« t* a lovely shade of Mach vel vet, slightly mushroom, yet rolled up ftp the centre front The crown carries th« simplest trimming lfi a lattlea design «f black chenille thread. Such a shape could be trimmed by any girl at little cost Chenlffe thread !» wed with fcsaiMfsl effect on nearly every type of het frone sport to dress hat. Velour hat« who«« crowns ere embroidered In nail leaves end accrna, or in garlands of fruit show ing colors In rose and nurple and yel low, are very smart and rather expen sive There Is no reason why a girl couldn't add this embroidery herself to a moderately-priced velour hat Velvet hate are decorated With this embroidery, and they are also trimmed with crocheted flower* in both chenlll« and wool thread. Entire hats are crocheted In chenille thread. A fine wire is carried along the thread a* you crochet. This gives a certain amount of shape to the hat, which should be rolled to suit the contour of the face of the wearer. These hat« «ell from Î3B to 9*0 In the shops. Sufficient chenille may be purchased to crochet ono for about 16. nor allow them to klsa you. It only lessen* their respect for you. QEAR ÀNJCIH LAURIE: I *m a girl 18 year* old, and i In love with a boy of tha aamo a Ho Is goinfr *> enlist In the arr and he wants ma to be engaged him before he goes, but I don't w to be married for three or four yei yet. I love him, and I know ho ca a great deal for me. Would it be all right to be engai for that many >>a r s before marrtaj SALLIT S ALLIE: It is not usually consic wise to plan on such a long enj ment. Of course, if ctrcumaU are such that you cannot marry for length of time it is different. 1 have known couple* who had at derstaudlng between themselves and nothing about it until within a yei the time they were to marry. In case, of course, the girl did not w< ring. Annie Laurie will welcome letter ; inquiry on subjects of feminine inte. from young women readers of this pa and will reply to (hem in these volut Letters to Miss Laurie should he dressed to her , core this office.