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shops Are Showing Conceits to Bridal Outfits.

OUM, F.M. •> WSK. ' Popular V*M—•ridwenasd*' •— Matron!' HaU. Jodt. Ike moot*' **~ ;'""* !* her.. ««H5 W «« PW; tna fmarlfb. 1c brUMI ▼«** qBaUU Tbe btUowy folds of *2 make Um* B**t j-n-uiM and made hi tiara abapr. or fcr in* WmUCT tflm isn» » ■n.r.ll tS* njtaad of oran*« Woaaom* abo«»' hair, from abh* tha . Baboratr T«Ua arr Bad* of fiwD«* lace* that ar» circular to effect, draplaf weU brio- tbe —tollior j,! lb« front, ratoni sltobiljr oo the attca to alio- tbe arms tret iwmaacnt, aad teQtog low oo the sat' B train of tba aklrt at tbe back. Tbia. of **>"•*- is just ■ Dorrity «yir. for tew tbe fat* eriL Ala* of lace are little. Mine c»pa that «t tbe bead atoort like a peatant's cap. and some of tbeae er«n take oa tbe wings of tbe Dutch bewd (arena*. Erma both of these tbe veils are draped fall at tbe backNeedlepotot laces are most exquisite for this sort of treatment, comto* as they do to socto a variety of patterns and different treatments, from the net effects to solid pattern, narrow laces Another effect that Is qtote new •boars a little visor of mile on tbe

have astonished ■, by the way are have bdmved ft tbe last taro veer*. When are entered tbe war we were tbe people oo earth and had been for generation*. Incidental proof of this is that tbe American nob dler astonished Europe with a new physical m*. tba result of favorable conditions of life and adequate food. And this new physical type proved Itself a Tittle huskier and hardier and deadlier at **- - *—* * than any pre^ooa type «C war. at tbe mere suggestion of the necessity that faced ns. tbe 110XIW.«00 of ns curbed our appetites, denied ourselves goodies, pot ourselves on, rations and started In •pen honor to conserve food—and stock to U tin the necessity arms past. It was a must astonish tag spectacle.

of these voluntary gardeners hardly knew a spade from a hoe; some probably thought that potatoes grew lu tbe grocery atore. Certainly lots of these gardeners hsd no land. Hut It Made no difference. The American people went to gardening. Er"»® the Atlantic to the I •sotlie the war Cardens of tba workers stretched In atowst aabroksa line. Tbs rotton lullls of tbe East, tbe lumber camps of Ors> goo, tbe mining towns of Artsona. tbe great factories of tbe middle West, tlie shipyards of Texas —nil waw the upbringing of tonuineraMe war garden*. Tbe second summer saw the first redoubled. It's too soon for us to begin to appreciate what this war rationing and this war gardening has does In winning the war. feeding tbe world and brnnfltlng tbe American people. But anyone Interest rd In getting a first gllmiwe at what Oil* gardening has d'-oe for us shou'1 get hold of a book just out, 'The War Garden Victonooa," by Charles Latbrop Pack. It Is nut for aale. but It t» being dlstril>utc<! to librsr^-s, und to organisations and individuals Idratlflnl with war g .rdf* work. Mr. Turk Is the organiser and |>rr*i>Vnt of tbe national war gord< n conuuission und ‘ la book is a record of war grrden activities and suo-essea. dedfcaicd "to the war gardener* <• I he United Btates and allied coutitrir* In udmirntion <if their success In adding to the world’s su|.|dy of f***l during tbs world's wor" Mr Taik fittingly presenu-d the first copy to an Ami-rlcan wotnan w1h> 1* typical of the spirit that nisde the war gulden victorious— Mrs. Thomas Edwnnl* at tdieriln, O. She i» nlnr-ty-five years af age. but she enlisted with the w'nr gsnlrtiere at the frrt <“!! end showed she w-i.« not t * si tnid t- cam by changing Iter llfe-toog method* and adojint. tn void-pack me;bod of canning Co-operation Wins Victory. home i-opli- might think a book of record and reference «i war gardens tuu»t nvceBsarily be dull reading ThU mie Isn't. It's good rending. Any real Arne rl tan cun g»V |>atri»tir tlirflis out of It— beside* learning u lot. Mr. I*ack Is not laboring under Ihe delusion tliat his national war garden rew mission was the whole thing. He knows It wa» tie loyal ivi-operation of the jss-plr that made the war gtirtien such a splendid success. Mr. 1’ark also sppre<-isles what tbe prewa of the country «Ud for the movement. He know* that all the purpose, all the enthus*.asm. nil of the ability of thuM In charge at the • ommlsslon's activities might have been tbe swuetness of effort wasted oo the desert air of Indifference had not tlie American press got behind the aevement with all Us power. Tim dewing chapter Is devoted to an Illuminating account of the tremendous .; thuriuMii with which tbr American dally and periodical press responded to the opportunity, and bow the publicity material was prepared and distributed. •The printed word. Ihe most powerful force amren lo civilisation, made war gardens possible. In no other wuy <oUb! they have Itceu made to multiply so rapidly In all parts of the land. Front printers Ink to parenlin and |«r»ley la a lung Jump; but the tc»si*|» r» und inns*/lues made that Jump along with the others which they made tur |4l>crty hum. the K«1 t'ruas, and vartom ■•liter war work cmui—igns How muri' of a dri>t of gratitude the nation owes to It patriotic editors It probably will never be aide to realize fully, but It dasu know that arlihnut their w hoiritearied support and 'heir loyal assistance It would never have been able to arouse the people of tlie UnltisI ftfities as a whole to the strenuous efforts which Uvey exerted to back up Um- government and the fighting forces. So note ..f Bl-precmtlon to Uneditors of lire country cvuld t*e orergeneroaa In Its praise or l*s> liberal In «Xpr«wehui .4 heartfelt thanks for their substantial nM" War Gsrden Ceovmlssicr. Thai Ihe world faced a drilcit In food and that there ryistisl an rin*-r«eticy which could le met tmiy by the rnlslng of more focal, was apparent during tbe ««i!y month# «f 1WT.

9faO£XUX,GWO

Mr. pac* wishing to do a war work which was scruaily weecsssr). which was essentially practical

and which would certainly aid In making the •UcMMfal. conceived the Idea to March, 1917, of Inspiring the people of the United Stale* to plant war cardans In order to Increase tbe supply of food without the use of land already cultivated, of labor already encaged to agricultural work, of, time devoted to other necessary occupations, and of transportation facilities which were already Inadequate to the deman ls made upon them. He •.hereupon rganiacd tbe national wor garden ofumiasion. It »a* t«l a federal govematent body, though It teas Indorsed by the administration. nod tbe qua! .ermaster general s ofti-e eooiwraled with It at *oWlers' catnpa. The ruuimls■ton consisted of Charles Latbrop rack, president, of New Jersey ; laith-r Burbank. CaHteOla; F. P. Ciaxton. United State* iPtamHsfansr of edoeatton. Wnahlngton. D. C.; l>r. tTiarie* W. BWa. Uc-s-a-chuiwt!*; I*r. Irving lldier. Yale tinlvere:'y. Cottoectlcul; Fred H. Goff. Ohio; John Hay* Hammond. Massartiaseris; Fairfax Hairi-ou. Virginia; Myron T. Herrick. Obl«: I'retrtdent Jolm f-rtor Hlbhqr-. 1‘rincctoo unlvenuty. Sew Jersey . Ktuosaoa McMIllto. New Yolk; A. W. Klmw. Hlluois; Mr* J.ipn I'lcktnsrm Khennnn. chairman <f tbe coo servatlon dejiartmetit of tbe Geco-ml FivUsatV* of f'luba. nUnais'; rapt. J. B. White. Mlaaoorl; Hon James Wilson, former secretary of agriculture. Iowa; AaaUtant Revretary of Agrlrtiliure Carl Trooman (f.w the year 1B17>: P. S. Bid-date, executlts secretary, who was also executive secretary of the American Forestry a. -‘•elation, with the conservation tJetiBrinvent of which th- o,inmisslon was affiliate-! and Norman C. M<te/ud. associate secretary. Mr*. Hh-Ttnan also was np-I-dnied by the department of Ihe Interior a sjwrial feMStataat director, to charge of women's organt satloo*. at Ihe United States school garden army, wlih which the comnilsaloa wes In ctoae r»-opera-

tion. *

-Put the slacker land to wotk" was Ihe first idogan ft Ihe cummlasloij. War garden* ore «waeottally family power Instilultoma But Id* basin••• caught the ffdrtt of tbe boar and rapitaUsed the enthusiasm of numbers and the healthy rivalry of tew inf by eatnblltfaltig community gardens financed by It and worked by It* employ-e* The rwllroads went big buainae# one better; tlw children of the nation pul U over both of there; “dayUg! saving” gave them all a chance lo take time by the free ksk ; while preserving kettle*, canning ciubs and dehydration planui all contubuted Ihelr several slinre* la ihe saving of the frtilu of the national

Ihen there l* the aorta] as well sWe, Otanmonity gardening, tor It ticaliy the only method by wfc ch all available garden space may be pnt to wotk. by which labor e most efficiently employed. Iff which econ i parclwfting powar may be be*l exercls«l ard by which U I* poaoible to secure expert sur But these thing* are material. There value hqyor.O them, which oor? finds records J b the value of the community uplift aa It marks the tocrenatog wdidariqr of society. A like value Is also recorded to tjils voln its danertplton of the gardens established by many large ig»B.aialM»s and Indnstrial and tran^wrutton concern* for their employee*, resulting to u feeling of fellowship not previously existing between mpitaT and Tabor. Tbe illurtrations really illustrate the test. The aeries of striking posters ured to tbe publicity aunpQipn are reproduced In color. There are f.l full-ixi'-- Ulustrs'km* to half tone, many of which are exceedingly interesting. The small b-tne garden In Marion, which Is tfcown herewith, U not •specially pictorial, but was-selected because it Is a wer garden typical of hundred* of tboosands seen the country over-wnd. let os hof ‘ be soon. Victory Garden a Fixture. Mr. I'nck predklf that the war garden—ix.w tlxvtctory garden—Is a fixture. Tbe food •vuMiltious ,4 tbe vrtutd wUl tnuke it neoewaory for year*, and during that time the value of garden lug will have become so aiiwrent that tl* movement will contliute until it tom become a fixed hat>11 and firmly Implanted to tbe lives of the i-

plr.

Hep .n He* tbe trentendiMis tmimricn-v- of itoUnlUd Malmb—l vel ffi-rtton «mj. »w-k olremly has u twamnatwhip of ri-arty For ihe UM“‘ii!--Jitlfifi 0< the school childrvu Ito- Inglcul agrn- > was tbe I'uited Stales bureau of e-ltirellon of Ihe department of the Interior. V. P. (laxti-u. Unto-! State* retunissltmer of •fiarattoo. op pnia>h>'d tbe undertaking with tooad vision und keen fuivMfht characteristic of hl« admlnMref •docallonnl affairs for the federal guvern-

a simple little bandesn of the tulle heifiing to the hair that tuff* toft

from tbe top.

Bridesmaids' hats seem to be mostly of the pastel hair braid to extremely Urge shapes that droop a*** 1 .he head and are quite wide on tbe sides. The georgette and wgsndles to tbe pastel colors ere egsi- —» and there are wnart pastel I Ixmdres shapes trimmed to spray* of , apple MoaaooM that almost completely

>ver tbe crown.

Matrons' bats are to tbr darker cot or* of hair braid, principally the royal

with to *

ftssu'U Are Amorlng. The retulla were nuiaxlng. Tin- 1917 war gardens numbered approx lumtely HJHmjlHtt. nod their food product* aiv e*tlmat«-d at gafiO.tWWfiik The 1918 rep* ,rt * ►b'*» fiatffi.OUO gardens and ftsal prod ucia Of Th- first Mason rmojmo.aw quurts of veE-dnble* and fruita were (anced; to 1918 the number Increased t-> IriAtMWUMO -lunrta. Tbl*. of course, b but n Muall part of the story. It need* au- b a book or tIUs to *h>«w u* bow many tdlK-r tilings there are to the atory. as, f«»r Instance, the releasing «f many kltwia <d labor and the lessening • f railroad congeatluu. The Iwok glvoa an Interesting picture of s tuigh / boat, tiMtiy toll Ilona strong, gaining new atrength and revn-iroted health by handling Ihr b«™-. and grttuig exercise as g.«-d a* g'»H i-nd tennis, more profitable Ilian either ai -1 more iwtriotle ttom both. Tbr garden* they tlHol rouged frvmi a neglected, Wisd-mas-tered. niW-ish littered vacant tot to a city park. Th* boy* s' Uomp I»lx went aver tbe top as gar deurr* lit b-tue tx-forv ttoy got Uirtr opportunity to go over tba top a* crusaders to ghwloua cwuav of human liberty abroad.

tton « _

mrnt Under hi* gutdamce there came Into 1-,-tng the United jiato* aritred garden army, mobilized with •ff-.wllva prutnptncs* and among Into act..* under tbe leadership of J. H. Francis aa director. Ihv t.-i Francia l» an educator of note who waa draft is 1 into this losportan work by Comm ism.'tor naiteo. and he lirought to bear on the enterpris* perception and aggrrsaivenrae which arideted results of nothmal Imp-rtano* In ramparatively brief time. I rtvddaztt WU«.m waa keenly interested In tto United StOtea as-bool gaideu army. His rordial tudorsi msmt waa cxi.rewsed to a totter t« Kecreiary Imoe w Mefc aarved a* tbe coroer et<uw of the atrurtnre aiel an inapiraiton to th* children of Americn From the beginning the commissi--n and the school garden army have worked in entire hur mony TV* commission has futntohrd tbe army Ito 'publlrnttoao, end has prepared aparial 1919 printing* t.-r Ms ffkrtOslv# at* IHrertor Frenchi to the nlurtton *ay» tbe mighty army af school >-1)11. i most help to get together tbC two factors of leisurv unto a id patrioriao and of •bMuauids of aertw of wncollivated lauds. ftOparintenUmi. setos-i- must make their acimulk a vttul fonv In glvtiw atore food to th* wwrid and to ronservtiff

what Is iwodutwd

fircretgry Itone s apecli;l message to I he »«lesrt gnrdcn atmy cmitaln* thto forceful |sosgraph: •The l-iys and girts who have ilberiy garde ,* to 1919. th* garden army afficetw who lu k»rp it ? ill,- „rt!iy effi-irnt. and Ihr tea-hcr. »t... direct the work, will render a imlrtotlc m rricr to t- outn 14-rrtl -Illy to that -f the mew ah- woo the war." Mr*. hlM-nuan *»>» • "In the optni.Mi of the ««) axuibara of the Gcni-ral r*der*i!-«. ..f W!*u eu * f'luba there Is no other our aubj-<1 Hint will give tlie phytrind. menial and moral devcloi-nieiit to tlie child that may <vw fn-tu learoii.g to |^u dure f-s-d from «be soli. We also Mlere- that gnrdMtng for children 1* a port of tlie school .-due,. tb« of m child; tlu.t It t^uks In koporiuti-w with reading, writing and nrithmrilc. and tlu.t the M-lMMfl* are th»‘ only agency equipped Iff hnudlc tin■abject in s ttollprriienslvr and adequate mu■ met. n«- hutlonal Ouaoril of M.vuen with at nat'caa) orgaidraUcna U unanlimia* in It* wipt* of gut thttihg for chi Id rva under erfaoul dtr .cU<«."

to a pattern that I georgette that root

white wool an a refvri hat hawl ft n. blue or brawn, and fibr-W to" m rentere a»«* aC ftonri. k:

la a great help la p

ORGANDIE IS TO BE POPULAR

Organdie has not yet ran It* W The [.opulmrity eajoyad I r this -s :» fully crisp fabric tost aatnaier. n of tiring Its wearers baa only them what araslMy lovely frock sheer material develop*. In |- shade* moniirg and arterno-i c* will be mad* af orgoadie thiI’tok _ white n*t and tore to taake « I , afternoon dritoO. A deep roil lof pink organdie fanteoa ovet - ’ lac* and net. «*W him- ribbon, pteot effge-! irongh !>u; tun holes la tor collsrep tonic af piak orgswdir la tr - with tncka and folia orar a 1 skirt og net trimmad with Tal 1 tn other gown at ram mr shows a trimming at dyad tare tore runs around tbr Itorit la *' ■ Uv* Une. Charming costume of embroidered 1 _ tricoletu with a deep oosh of gold is : Wide grvawrsia” oo* rf ths 1st* etylea It U aimpl. hi or « In bn* hut beautiful bat use of : t* - ful girdle tm this a simplicity. HlItTS Off HOME-MADE HATS'-—-h— S d, COLORS ARE BRNHT AMD

The fatorM. b

-Mad* Fancea."

If one has • bit of logeouliy. an eye for redor rewubtuatluo* and an hmale score irf the type of fhlug that suit*

her own particular style she may i _ w u ,_ _ tnak* good liMiklng riiRpnanz at ven J keyed rotor. It woo to this ► ' little expense Here are several *ug hriih«uey <h*t tbr dyers went f-

Hut may help such a girl to. fabrics.

OQ \ >M ’ r Magenta, that ribrataa das' ' TI,, b r,M «, ..J .1.1. . for part and whole of Lat* l» wrapped note at sulphwr yellow or grin a damp .loth for half an bout he *urg*atl - “

fore using by milliner*, t.. render It shade V PII.W, I,,,-,. . h ,,, ^

;.l»-3,».,

A snt.n tain o shaBi.r ,-Town la a'etralng gown*. *' f •’'-cutring . i If . dre** to to be madr of '

wliiTVr 0,, '“ t ,uu i rr-tto -ill be a r*" '

"z"’ ' k ~r r,: ••rown* are i -olor that bring Joy with tb-lr

«yle. Muny of thro*-

sm;;, ••”■ ••

Many "nu.-li- fanrlea*

trim hat

if tbi

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hole page might •“

‘ Ii-d to I about girdle*. Owaalem pi* 1 mak. on.- j alongside of vivid turn®** 1 ''

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l ' '"‘ nrr ' '* beaded

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amnrvidrr,. incxpeaeirejaUk glovto Ml very fipWbtog