CAPE MAY COTTHTY T1K£S. gZA ISLB 0IT7 «. J

VACATION DAYS

Whd.t-'otell Dressed^ Womeri Will WeaJ

4l*t n* Ixfe lied wu* rt»nlu' f«-r airpr Lake thin roomin' on hl« annual ra'Htiim hla ranoa. Mlnnl>-. wu« attai lx'd trr th‘ coats o' til* first dlrorrv. Thus we're reminded that th' racatloo aea>v>n lias rolNsI around afin. Folks that ha* skimped alone all winter on tamlp* au' watermelon pro aerx es are cues kin' out tlier savin'* fer ftshln' ixitf**. white aluiea. fol.Jln' cot*. Kaaolin-. cottoee r<-nt an' host hire, while they allow th' easy payment* on player planners, sewin' machines an' diamond rtnp* f lapse ini' innocuous desuetmV Pale thin husbands are borrowin' their own money on twentyyear policies at rlcht per cent an - plun■in' f sit away an - train back f tlier ole form* actn. I>ricd up lawyer* wrarln’ th" court room polar on' alpaca coats are ntrancin' the'r vacation

nicced yrandcur o' th' moiin talus wii.tv they kin fatnillarlre 'emaelees with th' commonest rules o' spellin' u-iohaerred. Th' snarled an' tired farmer, whether he be o' broad er narrow means, should lose himself amour th' stately sky scrapers o' th' concealed dty. fer away from th' din an'

clamor o' his pan tine' flocks.

T most o' us a vacation is only a chance •’ venue, but even a chance o' venue removes us from th' same ole tiresome courthouse square, an' th' •«me ole tiresome delivery horses, an' th' same ole prominent citiMoa—tb T I nime ole speckled films In th' same ole

I nickel the-ater ■■' our dally lives. How quickly anythlax out *>' nr '

d Inary awaken* new interest an' causes u* f.-r th' instant f ferflt all | th' potC annoyances o" th' dally criod-

Flag Colors Too Frequently Used

Xew York.—When France went to war she abolished the Introdurtloo of colors into aU apparel. “ “*

tome should become a dead «, because of Its monotony, if for j,

Tbs Wearing of the Cepn. The widespread demand f , , cape* cut In any faahion Uut - ent sections of the army accepted by the maker* .■

has five

th* talks.

noon frocks have been panlj r^, by sports •nits: therefore, th-

JUnerarle* so as f hump Into a few National lea cue canies. IVpartmcnt store clrl* are orcanlcin’ Inf little dumps f enisle all th' way f Put-in-Bay er Uotnmcth Cbve an' l>ark. Youuc wives who have tMed over the'r first winter In harness are lackin' ther poBte*> anl suitcases fer estetnled visits back f mother wh.-re they kth • little sympathy an’ review th" pa**. In peace, while flat-bred table* *rv anriokln' an' wvtherin' ter th' o|ien air whll. the: parent* are tryin' f mortfthitc th’ yolfeu <«k dsvetip>ir? fer

twoucb t" 01 f th' wouda

Whether you work er 11 v - with your wife's folk* ther l* no tonic like a chaiii-v o' aceoe. Careworn steci*-Va;dr.-r* who here held t'cetber •« d»ucbtiut> all winter should seek th'

Th' sicht a' s.«me majestic mountain. | th' swee* strain* o* a Venetian hand, er •ome strikin' bit o' architecture 11 often transform a crusty bookkeeper, er brine th' lu»ter o' a new phaeton f J th' lone dor.aant eye o' th' steady employe.-. Even a new blond trimmer U quicken th' pulse an' cause one F .-merer from the beaten rot If only fer

\ th’ Instant.

S-me folk* act like they usee put- ’ tin' .nc over •.•a th' welfare o' th' community wher they take a vacation. ' Th. r's never any noticeable let-up In I th’ machinery o' business while some indlapeunahle feller t* flshin'. Pmc-r-#s never feel* th' vacation period, an' i yet when some fellers 0t back from u Utile ouun' they expect f find des1 idaiion an* ruin.

THE WEEK-END VISIT TO THE COUNTRY

In an article In f.:« mesth's 'Tl. i with th' tni.kln' er takin' Aunt Llde*a at ' Home'* Mi*. Fawn Uppiocut *.-?*' hrr work. Ther'* ce* hunt•rilTth our o ile. of .jm.-k I'a’ l«» «h' hay mow. drinklu' butter milk ts. • - > • . • r,-. : ►■•urd. explorin' th' dark re-

ed hatrv.1 a happy -

tanc-> "n read h'table UUi

half-boll day * th' tn-hs:

• house, revelln* In

o' th' ■•.elvia' Inf th* n's o' th' ben house, th' ink::, up th (Team sepnn' th' .-.musin' contour o’ marteiin' at th' craerful •iocken hawk, notin' th* h' fieMhj.vtsa* they dine tfc" te.-k porch, an' cath•Iona th' tnos»y- banks o' ■r. B» as It sine* it* way velvety meod.-w. Where aval'able one may cather tty** a* they nod In pro-

f.ncv .•oraera.

bneht tin whistle for .. *he-t o' rue fer Annie, »e-car* fer I'ucla

i :i*ic mils fer

.• n.cj well invested '•■r tk' invigoratin' air.

Sweaters and Sweater-Coats The sweater coot has become an in stitntlnn as pennanmtly placed in the wardrobe of the modem woman as the shirtwaist and the blouse are. It started It* career a* a matter-of-fac! carment devoted to comfort alone, bu'. has become a< much diversified a* blouses are. and style Is an Importau: element that enter* into It* make-up every season. It continues to flour-d. on the rtrenyth of bv-iax both comfoR

able and smart.

Sweater* thl* season, shown in silk and In wool, also In fiber silks in great vwrif.y. are made mostly la tsw-color cimhlnatbroa Many of them are knitted to conform to the figure rather snugly at the waistline, and equally many depend uj-o a sash or bolt. Uk« the sweater, to c.vr them a little dm olUon of the waist. Nearly all of them have rather ample collars and many— among them some of the Burst model*—are furnished with pocket* The sllp-oo sweater Is one of the sweater successes of this |«rtlcular •emsun Its name signifies that It ha* no front opening but slips on over the brad, and It 1* tr-ade with and without a *a»h anu p-sieta: the silk model* Niug usually provided with these estra furnlahlne. The cost swcsivr Is shown in the picture with collar and cult* In a color contrasting with the body of the garment It la of silk ka.tted with a heavy thread. In cvilors itsy- is a wide and U-ao-

tlful range to choose from, combined with white, with either the color or white dominant, according to the taste of the wearer. She may choose smoo* tnrijao.se. peach, nlle grsen. rose. tan. royal blue, orange, w.-.ter blue, violet _nd yellow—all have their devotnea.

Our Food Supply and Our Allies Every one of us must share, whether we will or not. In the burden of the cost of the war. The enmmon-sease thing to do 1* to d- -termine now bow we .-an help lighten this burden for outwelve* and for other* who are al-rv-ady carrying sb.>nt a* much as they ] car bear. There -r.- many wrllt.wl.i families In every rommunlty who are not inconvenienced by th.- Increased prices of foodstuiT*. but this burden bear* heavily ou their poorer neighbors. Tberefore It Is the duly of th* well-to-do to .-cvitiotnlte In food and to foridd all waste of It In their bousehohlv. In order to make It more plenti-

ful for others.

Thl* year America must feed Itself and *hare It* food with all its aUie*. and the chance* are that prices will soar sgsli. There may not he Ju>t [enough to go all r.>und. and II thm go hungry. It la unpatriotic and an<-hrU!laa to waste fv“~J now. and every housewife can best abow Iter {•atn.insm by conserving It In every way known to her.

When Eng-

war'she did not change a lot or lota of her life in any manner. Mr. Wells, with his extraordinary facility for telling Um truth In the guise of fiction Las shown us In “Mr. Stilling Sees It Through" a picture of

England and her greatest war.

When America went to war she In-

troduced the red. white and blue Into of work which la ready for j.

woman's apparel to such an alarming sale.

manner that one erioc truly said that Coots and skirts have not If this exploitation of the flag con tin- di inaMM as much as u*a»l oed. Americans would soon prefer to *i-r!o*. and ere® etabon-

see the enemy's flag to their own. The Color* Too Freely Uaed.

Everywhere we wore the colors. They not only floated from the windows. covered the facade* of house*, swung from every public building and hotel, ornamented railroad station* end draped tbemaelvea around monuments. but they were carried by every motorcar by the ox wagon* of the South, by the bicycle* of boy*, by the hucksters on their little carta and even by the bootblacks' boxes on the cor-

ner stands.

When France went seriously, sally. terribly In earnest t» meet the enemy la the shape of the “gray foe that roiled through BrnasWa.” abe did not exploit one-fiftieth ga many flag* as one city In America daring the first week that war was declared; for In addition to nil the method* by which the Bag Itself was exploited, aeveral million people wore the color* In their buttonhole*, wrapped about their hats

and pinned to their shouldera.

Billions of button* showing the dag were sold In two week*, and then the dressmaker* and designers of all sorts of woman’s upper*-! saw to It that the color* would be Intro-

duced into their field of work.

By this time one .> tins to feel . ... , . ... .. . , „

u». tb, «*., 1*. b,< ,

b.i N-tini. ™ o«broitnly u—1 that * . . th... .h-bia . law t. prohlbii '

b.1., b.bbM lb thl. wt II — “* 1

do not succeed In stemming the tide 0 f these military capes Into th' la

of c'vthr* made In thr red. white |, Mll ,,f tt,- boor ha* proved a and Mne. we shall all become an anl- ib-oe who deal In doth,

mated flag moving s'n** the eon- There are far too many : tlnent. made up of a few mllUoo thrse capes to attempt to 'i<-«

human brings appearing as parts of them, but the general sllhoo-'

the whole. Iw . siin, tbrr * masI be sn '

The day that General JnfTre ar- some kind on each aide f.T U r.vrd In New Yosk It v.as the de- tb, OJ iiar roust be a preteo'llght of the women to wear the red. elaborate affair and the cap- • bile and blue In every |.oHhte way. eel! below the knees,

and some of the smart set laun- t-ed a* a garment It ha* become a fashions that may become pan of the rival to the top coat. Thl* 1* t season's style*. Several year* of the top coat *

There were flag bine frocks of silk *tant garment and Its Incro-

with brilliant rnl hrit* or an*he* ,., u during the last taro year* t->*l and a white vtar emt>roidered ou etw-h | «me or more Into the po**- - ; should-r. and there were cap* taken | raovt u omen, until they feel ttej ■_ fr.»m those .if the I'rench Guard of < taough top rvaca to last them —

1«T0. with the wide at rap under the fashion Is dead, fh'n and the red. white and bine cock- For several varieties of r

ade floating in front. Brr worn, the choice of matri.

There were ml. white and bine sun- usually limited to thin, ds*

►had-*, to mat.-h handbags. There ^-rre. white broadcloth. W» '

were army cap.-* of cv -ry kind In dark white checked wool, and - Wu-- lined with red and .bowing white drn , t.^drtoth. >.'in ’ rv " mlllur- In all the enpv* there I* no '

hide the Openings at the sid•rve as artnbulM. There !• sd pf "outarhe braid, soffi-'

collar*. Tb.re

lUits of blue sere- with lapel* and raff* of red and white striped talk, and

. - - - • P\

c"*"' ■ r«t|?

These cape* are uboet kind «-f top csrment that l* : they swing free and fu'

: their being too akrr* have level •t making the cui character.

ACTIVITIES OF W0«'

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