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ngton Sentries Have Many Amusing Encounters TfGTON.—Contrary to rmorot twllrf, the sentries cusrdlne Washi military estoWlahment*. brldcra and pnblic bolidlnc* are not They can and do saunter, talk, laugh and otherwise act like pt But not on duty. Bat B chain up with the chap la . an opportune time, you may e funny things—-all about rowiera aeen on thamffeilfibt / contrivances under culverts, efheerr mtlty la mistaken and other r nights since a half-troaen efere the aide gate of a Mg establishment here 'bM>Md a md stooping figure creeping ! eying the portal dubiously This kept up several minutes, and r guard thought It time to Interfere. He approached the suspect, t do you want around here!" he naked after the rad-cycd person I, aa directed, swaying slightly. is go on In bouse, but the oT woman lah waitin’.'* fonoraly replied i's Code Sam's house, my friend,'' replied the sentry, seeing he M and not. a spy. my bouse." insisted the one with the “merry mudlage.” "Co tell at gate." I ten minute* to persuade him that he was wrong. Is a famous bridge near Washington where several months ago a d down to his death. It Is closely guarded, for It carries a big water t long after the tragic occurrence, a night wanderer on the bridge r losing his liberty when a guard aaw hlr stop and commence eearchilly on the sidewalk. dye want, a good place to Jump from or to put a bumC queried the t my fountain pen 1 dropped; got a matchT* was the answer. •n was found soon, but remembering tales of explosive pens dlal abandoned German trenches, the guard nearly wrecked the tnke satisfied It was not full of T. K T.

; -v . rrn— New Tori.—'ttic per*!«tcbo^ Ai'rn by France in the dressmaking houses In continuing a certain trick for several yean, deaamjs . more attention than Is usually accredited It, writes Almr Rlttcnhouae. A study of the obstinate way in which Paris designer* hare held on to a thing they liked might go far toward convincing a vast number of the critics of women's apparel that fashions arc not as flighty, as they seem. The weather vane tarns, it la true, but It awlrla back into the si quarter so frequently that at times there is a feeling that It changes little. The American shop*, it is claimed, constantly convince their patrons that an old gown must be replaced by a new one by showing a revolution In

ica. doc* not want that Sit skirt with its ungraceful fcae about the ~ankles'* Debutantaa And young girts eoctlaaed be datin' in this' kind of skirt wherever the fldtflea pounded, but women of mort mature years dismissed It as a fashion from the start. Now. here j* la again, not only hers, but very much accentuated end ae-

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les for Stenographers in One War Office t of the war deportment doesn't believe In Instruction* ravoring tape. So regulation* have been evolved for stenographers. Greatly effleiracy Is expected to result. Here are the rules to be followed: 1— Oooaerve air by eliminating ><i>e of the unnecessary conversation. 2— Conserve eboe leather by rer WHBm 1 training at your de*k; remember you WIT . are supposed to be a stenographer, not a floorwalker. S—If you're hungry, go out and get something to eat; don't bang are text chewing the r*g. 4—We have wbestless and meatless days; let's have feetleas days. Keep your feet on the floor, not on your desk. 1 acquire the saving habit to such an extent that you go home • pockets full of paper dips every night. Just because you write 1. don't think you have got to he light-fingered, you feel that you must whistle during office hours, please whistle : German, to that the rest of the office will have an excuse for drop»ewriter on your head. f person or persons having aa a part of their lunch Umburgrr 1 kind!} adjourn to the roof until the ordeal la over. There la a son for this. rou feel that you must take home a typewriter now and then, please desk. We can get new typewriter*, but desk* are hard to get. it because they are using a lot of ammunition In Europe, don’t think are to powder your nose every ten minutes, akr tb« world aafe for democracy; atop throwing milk bottles out s Abraham Mncoln aald in hi* famous Gettysburg speech: "Eight Hour* a day for the man who works. Seven boors a day for the government clerks." are a loaf a week. Just because you have a crust, don't say you ind this office, even If you are well bred. Don't come in here

irling Boy Was Only a “Mexican Kish Hound” HERE'S my darling boy?" Tairty yelping these words, s woman iding on Tenth unwt. Just north of F street, made for the Um-r ire a* fast as her feet would cany her. She bad a companion with this woman, too. set a hot e direction of the afternoon a woman sudd* oh' yell* out Bwdcd thoroughfare. “Oh. r darling buy," you sort o' Bled In the darling one. the two women got to F f stepped across the sldeic curb. Tb«-r* wa* on aulanding there, with a young a dog on the fnmt seat, woman In aearcti of her darthrew her arm* around the neck of the dog and said: "Oh. you ting! lou'rv the prettiest dog In town." The woman had a good logs. t kind of a dog la be?" a*k«d the woman, rhauffeur winked at the do? and replied calmly: lean fish hound."

We have millions of women to dress, where France ha* thousands, and we have a population that la qnlte capable of Indulging In Ita desire for new clothe* from the rim of the arctic circle to a line above the tropics. It is a weU-known fact that lh» American beycra who go to Parte to get new clothes often refuse lovely gowns If they best a close kinship to those that were sold the year before. They wave such frocks uway with the remark that Arr-rican women must have novelty. This act has always depressed th designers In Prris, who care for beauty and detail rather than for ; nettling changes, and it is the French designers who aay that they rack their brains for eecentrldOe* to give to America far more than they would If their clientele were only Rome. Paris and London It la this underlying trait in the French dressmakers that gives them the desire to persist In a certain line —which la coming back to the original discussion. Now th# Zouav# Skirt This line happens to be. at the present moment that tucked-ln effect at the hem of the akin, which la suggestive of the trousers, of the Algerian troops. Nobody would remember, probably, the exact dale at the beginning of Ibis Idea, but It was evolved long before the war. It has been brought out In various kinds of skirts. The house at Caltot wue probably the first to bring out the Idea In a narrow skirt but It did npt take.

1 his dinner frock la of black taffeta and the sturdy black silk tulla which is embroidered In a rose design In colored silks. Th# skirt Is mad# of two cos of this tulle, and It shows abaIn at the girdle. Thera la a knotted sash of taffeta that hangs at one

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Hoover’s Cook Becomes an Ardent Hooverizer the land no housewife follow* more elonely the rulings of the United food administration than does Mrs. Herbert C. Hoover, wife of the The Hoover cook, who boa a wide reputation In most exclusive circles of Wahhlogton. was one of the first converts to the conservation of food, and one of the most ardent. A p'j*nu,"nt Washington woman remarked s«.on after the Hoover bou ebold was established In the national capital: “Von needn't tell me the Hoover* save food. I know the coos, anu r*>r couldn't be induced to economise " Nevertheless, after a time *f sorrow and of stress of sound**! prufesslouai pride the *wh became under Irion and persuasion of Mrs. Hoover, as enthusiastic over producing ■at possible outlay of wheel, meat. «ugar and fats

* could wish.

-atless day with the Hoover*, poultry, see fond fir ! the beef or other meat* that may Iw shipped The servants, of course have to have tmat oftrtwr. but for

y perhaps oner a week, generally less frequentty. there is a roast frail what is left ovef Is carefully Utilised In some form for luncheon the bometlrnm a chop la provided at that meal for ;the ten-year-old Is recoviTlng from a recent lllne**. Meat Is newr bought for soup*, t made from vegetables or the part* of poultry oot served—the wing

neck and gizzard.

snly are Tuesdays and Saturday* porkless day*, but the other five he week as Weil, despite the coQtrsaed fondness at the food admloor his breakfast bacon. Pork, either as ham. bacon, sausage, lard rr forum, never eaten the big red brick house on Maaaarhuseita ave- » the Hoovers are domiciled. For ockiag various vegetable oUa

abaccuaa are used for lard and butter.

every t'ay

The sketch shews a combination of two of the most fashionable fabrics of the spring. The skirt is short and narrow with a white matclasse hem and panel at the side. The bodice is slim in outline, with long sleeves, and show* a slightly low. slender vest of the matelasse held in by two girdles

: ef black satin.

Pol ret. who has a devotional attitude i toward anything thai comes out of the East, usud the skirt throughout bis

i year* of *ucc.-*».

■ Cbirult adopted It in a modified ' manner half a dosen year* ago. Jenny took l! up about two winters ago and urawituatcd It In ber jwipalnr costunics In such a manner that America grew more weary of it through this channel than asy other. Somehow-, na Jenny L-.sde it. It did not savor of the Ea*i. It was merely awkward and extror»o.y girlish. Last autumn the immense bulk of the Ar-.-riran public looked with o shrug of the -boulder, at the pink i.tid blue taffeta ekirtF that were tucked up at the tea and caught litre and there with a formal little

crpted as th among certain

fcrhlona.

The first French gowns that come over show It; the American dresstrskera who are preparing for a brisk spring trade speak of It as a powerfur factor In the shaping of the new fashions. And the interesting part of It is that It entirely changes th-- all-

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This seems to be In contrast with the stated fact that France la persistent In certain tnings and maintain* a certain line for a longer period of lime rh»n America. The truth Is that (ranee persist* with a trick, but hange* the silhouette and still uses the trick, and that Is what she baa .one la the nejr Algerian skirt. It la difficult to aay whether the :rou*era of the French troop* In Algiers give the dew to thl* new skirt or whether It was the entire array of men In baggy trouser* which curve It .'-•low the knees to fit the leg*. Hera Is th# Silhouette. The waist is normally large, the lln# down the hip* Is either straight or - ightly bulging through the fullness • ■I the material, and the hem la excevd!:.gly narri-'H and tucked under. A «nman wearing the most fashionable .if these skirts, with high boots add.-d • raeunto. will look at a rtight distance aa though she wore baggy ironhts and army boots. To the majority of women this news may not be welcome. They will fancy i: for more -■-n sat local garment than what actually exists. Tlori mllil rewi'.utlon against the ahewth and the b.'bMe skirt may aho crop «p against this Algeria:, skirt, but both the other features of fashion were Incorporated la our ordinary apparel after a while, without creating disturbance. There la so HttUi full nr** In this now skirt that It doea not seem to bo even a first cousin to the skirt of J.nny with its tocked-up hem. That skirt- which pervaded the continent for’two year-, had a tendency to flancut. to fling Itself away from th.ankloa; this skirt go*-* In *<> rapidly from knee* t" hem that It doe* not i,..si to ond.-rgo (be same treatment that waa accorded the other aklrt. For Instance, to be technical—the floess at Its bem Is not caught up at.d gather.-I to a short, narrow lining. TM» Is not considered necemary. it 1# merely turned under ami run into the conventional bem. allowing its faline**, slight as It U. to fall a gainst the sboeiops and accentuate the tronaer.-l effect. TUla extreme skirt ha* bmujffit about the narrowest allbnu.-tte we have had In year*. When the bem la net tucked under. It Is only wide enough to provide fit*- movement In walking. The *klrts are necessarily *b»rt. for their narrowness would gr.-atijr Impede progrwa It they were

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There Is. or at least there appear* to be. a vogue for aprons of the sort* that cover the dres* or are substituted for lb Styles In aprons are shown la almost as much profusion aa styles In frocks and some persons Insist—especially some masculine person*—that women look their best In these u-ork-a-day garment*. At any rale they have a chance to look very well In them since there are so many design* In them made up In attractive colors and with easy. semlflUed lines. The fortunes of war have brought It about that many women mu-t do a great part of their own housework and they are making a virtue of necessity. The good-looking apron, or “service dress." or house frock help* some. It D the Insignia of a service to be proud at and adds a cheery clement to bum-

Glngham* ord percales. In an array of pwd colors, are used for making the new aprons and nearly always a combination of two materials enhances the color* In the plaid or striped apron. A great deal of sttontlon Is given to attractive combinations of plaid or striped material with plain patterns and plain ehombray made up with accessories of prettily flowered cretonne. They make up spring house frock* that do not suffer by comparison with any other aort of dress. The apron shown above la of plait* ’ gingham and plain chambray. It la one of the models with long n.eevea. There are not so many of those, for the three-quarter sleeve has the preference In utility styles both In aprons and frocks.

How stale and

For an Early Easter.

There 1* an early Easter thl* yenr[ and th.- annual.,welcome gu<*t of n. * spring mllllii< ry 1* on. Nothing *ial<T. Us |ier*-niilal Interest—we discover the new styles with a* much >0' n* If they were a gold min.- each m-o*oii. Thl* *<-*t 1* merited by the new but*: they are In reality n* fine from every *tond-; point ns any within the memory of the' oldest milliner. There i» variety without end In them—the '■hujHK emplmatzc becomlngn--- There are many kind* of trim tiling ami beautiful workmanship 1* the rule. Which all lead* ; to the i-«iH-lu»Uin that the Aroen.-uu

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Linked Buttons Fasten Front. Not only do cuff* but entire front fasten with linked battou* u* instanced InaheigatricoOneault. They are found hurting In renter, under the *< ml-ctr-cuter pin tuck uhlrl- i.mutates a yoke on this modol which contrarily has no i.iran fnjnb

j colors look tbe«r bc*t In It* rich and j dainty texture. At the centra- of th.I picture n hat 1* shows Covered with It J and having a ruche of It about the j I crown. Large, glazed cherrie* !n red. J Ja-b ““fl blue Bud tbe beige color of i i the rr*i* the l-e»t of backgrounds j

There 1* a rajie to match made of two hemmed flounce* about the shoulder* and n niche about the neck and a cluster ol cherries brighten* thin also A dashing hut of Mack satin having a lK.rd.-r of straw braid on the brim edge in light French gray 1* trimmed with two long gray quill* that barm»uize exactly with the sprite.! shape. Tt ■ re are many brilliant. glos*y Kraall hot* for ber who live# in the North nud may have to wear her Easier bat In token of a spring that 1* behind Easter In arriving. No two bats were ever more unlike than this saucy model and the demure bat at crepe

nMive It.

At the left of the picture there Is a

i- para-1 very pretty hat with n ra-own of rorde made. friig Ba ,j a hrald brim faced with i*d with | *iiic. Tlir. . small and very green spur with- j pies, in some sort of composition, make

iumple and durable trimming. »cry graceful m.slel and the J active 1* deserved by all three