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THE TUCUMCARI NEWS
; Tfe SamBjffs
Whai'Vitell Dress
Kin Hubbard Essays
Vitemen Will
Among thi Intost efforts of n tal
ented designer, whoso products make
place for themselves nil over this coun
try, appears tills handsome afternoon
lress. It almost goes without saying
thnt It Is of crept' georgette although
It might ho of voile or of nut. Hut
georgette tin hoconio n hahlt and we
have to compel ourselves to think
twice lit order to consider tiny other
fabric for the light frocks of midsum
mer. Kvon when nnothcr material Is to lie
need It liorrow.s something from the j
merits of georgette mid Is nuulo up In '
romhlnntlon with this lovely fiihrlc.
Silk, sntln nnd wool nro nil used In
A HANDSOME AFTERNOON DRESS.
thin wny. nut the dross shown In the
picture Is entirely of the crepe, even
to thu glnllo and sash ends. It Is cut
with n shnpod yoke which extends
from the back nnd front to a point un
der the arms. Aprons, hemmed and
tucked, nre gathered Into the yoke nt
the front nnd buck nnd hung to the
bottom of the skirt. The plain under
skirt tins n tucked pnnel gathered In
nt each side. All tucks nnd seams are
hemstitched. The neck nnd sleeves
nre flnlfdied with n narrow binding of
sntln und sntln-covered buttons are
used for n finishing touch on the
(dceves. The yoke Is embellished with
n braided pattern In silk soutache. Silk
tassels weight the sash ends; dross
nnd trimmings are nil In one color.
In dresses of soft materials the
utrnlght-banglng nnd simplified modes
far midsummer have greatly simplified
things for the home dressmaker. Ile
fldes, we nre ussured thnt the very
Intcst of nil fads Is the fad for things
that hnve a mnde-nt-hnme looV. Since
"DREAMS COME TRUE"
noclety I Rolnc In for common sense
nnd economy tn matters of dress, In
order to look the part of devoted
' patriots, tho homemade dress Is nhout'
to bo placed a notch higher than thu
manufactured dress, and It belongs
there.
Midsummer millinery, In dress lints,
Is thu nwnn song of designers, for the
aeuson their Him I uud (supreme t-f-
i
weac
fort In trlliute to the glories of Milli
liter. For August they presage Its
passing with plnlnor hemlwoiir In
white nnd hlnck. In light etdored, un
trimmed felts nnd In new Inspirations
of similar character that may come tn
them. Hut to midsummer belong tint
loveliest and most alluring harmonies
that nro ever translated Into hendwenr,
the dreams of artists como true.
Here nro two new arrivals In pic
turesque huts that remind us of sum
mer days. One of them Is of hlnck
mallnes, with a douhle crown and n
wide, drooping hrlm. .lust how the
outside crown Is shaped so smoothly Is
a secret of the milliner. It Is bulky
but light, nnd beautiful with n border
of narrow muslin braid about It In the i literature that tests th' capacity n
natural color of the strnw. The samo j hook stores an' news stands we can't
brnld Is laid In fJreok key design nhout help thlnkln' what u scramble ther
the upper hrlm and used for a finish nt i must be for oven htandlu' room In th'
the brim edge. A border, culled n ' Hold o' literature. Most anybuddy
"drop" of mallnes, extends about tho ' roiiudln' forty kin easily remember th'
brim edge. Its mime betrays that It Is day when two or three family story
worn turned down, sometimes, veiling 1 papers, a couple o' magazines, a stack
the eyes In n way altogether alluring, j o' Ned Iluntllr.us yeller backs, u cor
Small flowers nnd leaves In linen color, I tain Illustrated pink weekly devoted
matching the straw braid, are plneod to' crime nn' th' prize ring nn' '-I.ov-lu
n wronth nhout the crown, nnd lit- ell's Library" constituted what wuz
tie bunches of silk-covered grapes, In regarded at th' time us a first-class
the colors of tbe ripened or ripening book an' news depot. "Lovell's LI
frult, nre set In tho wreath. ) brnry" wuz made up of paper barked
A wide mllnn, In the yellow shade j novels thrlllln' stories of adventure
cnlled "sunbenm," Is pictured In tho nn .(,rt meltln' tales o' love by
graceful shape, with swooping hrlm.
linos that are much wider at the sides
than In the front and back. Three flat
brims two loops and one end to n
bow provide all the trimming needed
on this unusual design. One Is In
brown, one In nattier blue, mid one lu
old rose, nil of satin ribbon about four
IN 8UM MER MODES.
Inches wide. Thn brown bow Is placed
nt the front nnd one of ench of tho
others nt each side, against the huso of
the crown. This unusual model Is
called the "Knst-and-West" lint, In rec
ognition of Its width of brim front
side to side.
THE
Th' shameful treatment thnt In heln'
lecorded th' human liver In this day
nn' age Is a rellectlon on our bonstcd
civilization. We're rushln' ahead set
tling the affairs of the world while th
ereat American liver struggles along
iloln two livers' work without a friend
In either lirauch congress.
Th' human liver (Swedish "l.efver")
l a largo eland that reposes In th' up
per right haml coiner o' th' uhdiimlual
cavity an', when conditions are as they
mould he. it weighs one-fortieth as
much as th' liody t' which It Is at
tached. It Is th' main gazabo o' th'
human works hut, nnthwlthstiindln' th'
Important roll It plays In our pursuit
When th Human Liver (Latin "Jeeur")
. That Looks as Bright an'
o" life, liberty an" hnpplnes. It Is th' '
; most abused, most misconstrued, most
I Ignored, most Imposed on, most nog-
looted an' lied about organ of which
th' medical fraternity has any know
1 edge.
Next t' a yeller dag ther balnt noth
ln' that responds as readily t' kind-
ness as th' human liver, l'runos, when j
properly stewed, nre line fer th' liver, j
but how many of us are darlu' enough j
to' order them? We occasionally eat ,
un apple Jest t' please th' liver, but we j
rnrHy take th' liver Inf our confidence
when we attend a Jefferson Day ban-1
OUR APPALLIN'
When wo look at th' great mass o'
Mich celebrated writers as Wllkle Col-
litis, Chirk Kussell, .Mrs. Henry Wood,
Ouldn, Hugh Conwny, Charlotte
Hraeme, Itohert Huchaniin un' Th'
Duchess, Th' grcnt popularity o' Adam
Rede, Th' Mill on th' Floss, llhick
'
In th' Average Home th' Cnrtln' Away o' th' Accumulated Literature Has Come
t' Be as Much of a Problem as th' Removal o' Ashes and Garbage. A Lit
crary Disposal Plant Is One o' th' Urgent Needs o' th' Times.
Ilonuty, Lena ltlver.s, Undo Tom's
f'nbln. Itoblnsnti Crusoe an' Knoeh Ar
Jen had dwindled f u fair demand, hut
ivero f lie found among Hi' others.
lest think o' th' nppnllln' literary
iiiuput o' t'dny. It would require un
iihnndoned skatln' rink f carry a full
line o' current literature. In th' aver-
age home th' cnrtln' away o' th' tic-
cumuluted literature has come f ho
ts much of u problem us th' removal
o' ushes nn' garbuge. A literary dls-
posal plant Is one o' th' urgent needs
o tn times. MI roiiiriiin imiu u
week's vacntlon one has f tunnel thro'
th' great drifts o' papers an' tntiga-
I zlnes f roach lb' front door. Thor's
no longer nny mystery about how th'
other half o' tl" world lives. It writes.
Fer ever' mall box titer's an amateur
writer. As th' days draws f a close
he tuny be seen skulklu' along thro' th'
Mmdows f a mall box hearlu' a thick
reel o' manuscript addressed f some
iniigazlue publisher, lie knows some
miigiizlne needs It t' balunoe up Its
ndvortlsln'. When a magazine editor
returns a manuscript It's because hi
hain't got room fer It. It's no sign lie
S-tx rend H writers Know nun. iney
LIVER
qtiot. We are not chummy enough
l with th' liver. How ninny of us have
tiny knowledge of It's plumhln'?
A feller's disposition Is regulnted hy
ihls liver. Th' liver Is th' switchboard
jo' his Inclinations nn' Impulses. We
, often hear It said of a feller that he
entered Inf this or that with his whole
heart. It wuz Ills whole liver Most
I o' th' credit that goes t' th' heart right
fully belongs f an agile Uxor 'I'll
heart 'II often butt In where th liver
lenrs t' tread.
Some fellers are very lavish till ther
asked t' do Mittiothln' for ther liver.
Next t' a poor relative ther balnt until-
In' they're less Interested 111 than tliet
own liver. Some girls become great
Is Happily Situated, Ther Is Nothln'
Beautiful as th' World.
ly exercised over n mole on ther bnck
un' then laughln'ly powder over a liver
spot on ther cheek.
One o' th' hardest things that come
up ilurln' th' liver's dully routine Is I
hnmllln' ii Inrgo stonk after Its owner
has consumed It an' sunken heavily
inf an easy chair t' ponder over th' .
complicated condition o' Mexican af-
fairs an' view with alarm.
When th" human liver (Latin ".le-
our") is happily situated an' th' lines
leadln' therefrom are open to' trnlllc
ther Is nothln' that looks ns bright an'
beautiful as th' world.
LITERARY OUTPUT
Jest remnll It f some other editor. Th'
grout dlfllculty lu cnntrlhutln' f th'
magazines Is kuowln' which magazine
editor rips open a story he counts th'
pages an' calls f his assistant:
"(Joorge klu we use about fourteen
hundred words next month?" an'
(Joorge answers right off th' bat (belli'
thoroughly familiar with th' number
o ads) : "Yes, It'll Jest balance up th'
ads."
Hut th' author never quits: Some-
times he drys up for a week or ton
nays, nut ties soon at It agin. lie
knows that ther must bo somewhere
some editor that's hoblln' his forms
open fer his story an' he malls It an'
remalls It till he lilts th' right editor.
Wrltln' looks awful easy, an' most
of It must be uwful easy. That's th'
reason so many neglect ther personal
appearance an' become writers. I've
often thought I'd lay off some after
noon an' write u novel. Hut wrltln'
for magazines Is th' best sport. It's as
lusty an' fasclnatin' as flshln'. You're
your own muster. You don't even have
f bo available. Jest so your story Is
long enough or short enough Jest so
til' editor receives in August fer th'
' May number,
II ho wants Is room
fer It an' plenty o' time,
When we reflect thai Pilgrim's Prog,
ress wuz wrltfn lu Jail, that Silvio
Pellico an' Tnsso did ther host wrltln'
behind th' burs, that Sir Waller
itolelgb's admirable history o' th'.
world wuz written with his liniidn
handcuffed behind him In th' Tower
o' London, that Leigh Hunt wuz layln'
out n line when Itlmliil wuz written,
an' that Daniel Defoe laid th' plans
for Itohlnsoii Crusoe while he wuz In
a lock-up we must confess that th'
world fday Is party lenient after all,
(Copyright, Adrian Nuwspiipcr Hcrvli'e.)
Whai's In a Name?
Mrs. (ioode Do you have much In
fluence with your Imsbatid?
Mrs. Hotter I certainly have. I If
used to play a disgraceful game called
j pool, but I Insisted that ho stop; s
, now ne piny vockoi minimis Instead.
HOKCS llCAU
II Kit K does It lie, this pe
culiar lure of the Indian?
It grips us when Hlg Chief
comes to town, u pictured
Itullnn brave quickens our pulses and
especially has the ('una ('una or San
Hlas tribe aroused my Interest, writes
Alice S. Muoqtiooii in the Los An
geles Times. For more than four cen
turies they have dwelt along the At
lantic coast of Panama, about CO miles
I north of Colon toward Colombia. His
I torlcal records tell ts that formerly
their territory extended ns fur us the
vulleys of the custom Touches of the
Clmgres river, covering both sides of
th,. Continental divide between the
present Canal zone und the buys of
Atralo and San Miguel; but much of
their belongings have gradually been
taken from theni, although they are
constantly on the watch for tins hated
invader, ready to light for their pos-
sessions.
The very withdrawal of the San
1 tins Indian women from contact with
the outside world lends romance and
mystery to n visit to their country.
1'ntll recently, I am told, white women
had not visited their dusky sisters,
who boar little resemblance to our In
dians of the United States. Theso
diminutive people, seldom reaching
more than live feet, with their durk
copper skins, could hardly he taken
for Africans, but for their telltale crlsr.
lihiek hair. Years of ocean bathing
und basking In the rays of the sun bus
given them a deep bronze complexion.
At the Island of Cortl.
Early on n bright July morning wo
snt nn tbe dock of tbe S. S. San Hlas.
()ur ,,. Ktl.miK.r ns low in tho wa-
Twice an alllga
alligator grazed her
bow, creating great excitement. Tin;
brilliant sun had converted the over
blue Caribbean Into a glistening Jewel
box ; coconut palms clothed In verdiint,
sheeny green lifted proud beads from
wnter edge to horizon.
An hour's ride nnd the Island of
Cortl, our destination, was In sight.
"Cayucos," large and Kiiiall, danced
about on the waves. Tiny Indian boys
of five or six yenrs valiantly paddled
boats no larger than themselves; each
ripple threatened disaster. Hlg broth
er manned larger crnft. Sometimes
seven or eight occupied one boat.
"Nuode" they greeted, so "Nuode" we
called back over the water. This
mount "How do you do?" the captain
told us, although I cannot vouch for
the spelling, using sound for my guide.
Soon n reception committee swarmed
' the dock of our ship, nccoinpiinlod ny
t "Chnrlle," the Interpreter, und nfter
considerable consultation among them
. solves, bo ndvlsod us to follow him.
We had seen many of these Indian
i men on the streets of I'anama, but a
closer study was Interesting. Hats,
! far too sinnll, chiefly black derbies,
i were perched aloft the stllT tipstundlng
, lmlr. Shirts of different hues, worn
I outside blue Jean or black trousers of
uncertain length and an occasional
necktie completed their costume
i (iruvely the elders surveyed us, while
the younger generation eagerly wait
ed our tossing of coins Into the water,
when their shining, naked bodies would
poise for an Instant on the boat's side,
then splash they went Into the water.
only reappearing when the victor had
secured our offering. So clear was tin
water that their agile bodies were not
lost to sight for an Instant.
Hofore us luy u brown patch. A
"wnrt," wo agreed, on Mother Nature's
face. This was Cortl. The island
seemed to bo (touting about mi the wa
tor und looked us though It might sink
nny moment. Camera laden and Hiicii
I with the spirit of adventure, we crowd
t-d Into "Charlie's" waiting "oayueo.'
f As wo noarod the Island black heads
bobbed up hero and there In the wa
ter. How they chattered, those curi
ous boy Indians !
The doorways, opening fairly on tin
water edge, were crowded with men
women with bahes In arms and ehll
dren. 'I he women were garbed lu
"llestu" iittlre. ns a five-day celebru
Hon. tho nature of which we were un
able to nseertnln. was being held, (iuv
turkey red. yellow mid purple calico
'.ncascd them, while behind, covering'
TMt COAiT
every available spot of ground, wes,
their boines. Narrow sticks, bound :o
gotber by mountain vinos, formed tho
sides, and they were surmounted by
palm-thatched roofs. As we drew near
the women and girls quickly coJcoaloiJ
their faces In bright mantles, tut pierc
ing black eyes still spied t us In
quisitively. Abashed or trald they
would not oven permit rj to caress
their babies.
"Come," said our glib-, and we en
tered the first of the lot,: lino of dwell
ings. Kueh one, wo were told, housed
from ten to twenty Inmllles. In thn
dim light, furnished by two low door
ways, wo distinguished a tremendous
room, with floor of hard packed clay.
There was little (urnlturo, except n few
hammocks strung about, while clothes
Hues seemed Li form tl division for tho
family quarters. An occasional wooden
beiiolt was occupied by groups of men
reeoverlnt from too much celebration.
Cleanliness seemed the rule. The
ocean servos as bath house, toilet und
medicine man to these primitive peo
ple. The Indians stood about lu groups,
over watchful, apparently waiting for
our departure.
Long Hair Only for Young Girls.
The women und children soon be
tnme less timid, and followed uk
through the narrow passageways, en
deavoring to loosen our brooches.
trinkets nnd belt pins. They exclaimed
over our clothing and asked many
questions, which our guide answered
to his own, and apparently their, satis
faction. There were four women nnd
three men In our party. Sad to say.
the latter received slight attention.
One of our girls bad very light hair.
I'lils Interested them. They removed
her bat and quickly loosened her hair.
and lo. It was spread before them "purf
gold!" "Hut why had this lovely
maiden long hulr?' they questioned
"Charlie." We found that only the
young girls of their tribe wore long
tresses. This discovery was made by
our being halted before a booth sim
ilar lo that of a church bazaar. Two
Indian maidens were squatted on the
lloor roaily to be shorn of their stiff,
Jetty locks, the priestess of this halr
cuttlng ceremony being n withered old
squaw. Twelve years old the maidens
wore today mature women, ready for
suitable husbands. So after all the
children bearing children In nrms
wore young mothers, though Immature
of feature and form. A picture of
throe little girls, daughters of a mem
ber of our party, wns shown to the old
womnn. "Humph!" she grunted; "too
had, all girls." Then slyly she slipped
the photograph Inside her bodice, and
we snw It no more. Perhaps It will be
treasured by her grandchildren, cer
tainly she considered It u priZ".
An unlooked-for bargaining spirit
was displayed when we endeavored to
purchase some of their handiwork.
Three, four und Jive dollars was asked
Tor tbe waist f. Paper money would
not be considered, only silver satisfy
ing them.
A Modern Battle Cry.
We'll rally 'round the hoe, boys, nnd
Join the ranks of toil, shouting the bat
tle cry of "lord 'em!" We'll train the
crops to grow, boys, us tillers of tlx
soil, shouting the battle cry of "Feed
'em!" Whore there is work to do.
boys, we'll gather on tbe spot, shouting
lUo battle cry of "Feed 'em !" To duty
we'll bo true, boys, ami till Hie viioutil
bit, shouting the bmtle cry of "Feed
'em!" Nature, kind iniiter, will aid In
our need, Down with the later; up
wIHi the weed! So we'll rally 'round
the boo, boys, ami train the crops to
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riiipiiuiif, in- iitiiuu tij n i ecu
r.'lll " Itullnn !.,
Hou6e Still Indispensable.
Owners ami breeders of thorough
bred horses for racing and other pur
poses Insist that the horse still Is an
Indispensable national asset. Notwith
standing the enormous number of
motor vehicles now used In warfare,
they claim that the Hrltlsh govern
ment bus jmrchiipcd considerably more
than one million horses and a quarter
of a million mules since the heglnnlut'.
of the Ktiiopean conflict.