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Advises Soft Pedal Put on Emigration to Mexico W ASHINGTON.—Count yon Rcknrdt. whoso aotlvl^lM as Gorman minuter tc Mexico during tho war were credited as responsible for the strong pra German M-ntlrr.ent In the southern republic, warns bis fellow countrymen against emlgmting to Argentina and Mexico until they are certain that conAKkns there are fuvorahle for them, according to one of his recent lectures. • cony of which haa Just been reeateed In Washington from Germany. Minister von Eckardt asserts: The country Is still pro-Gennan MUy and the sympathies fur Germany arlll not be killed. What advantages we may derive front this predilection Aigiri d wholly upon our ability to Incokate Into the Mexican people German culture and u|k>d our keeping up the reputation we have gained for aapahHIty and trust wort blnesa. -We most send only caliable men of character, knowledge and energy to Mexico, where th< y may do honor to the name of Germany and Hamburg Tttea we will be able not only to get our old connections back, but also to see Mam grow and expand."

15,000,000 Women Drew Pay for Labor During War S TATISTICS prove that during the war nearly 15.000.000 women actually mam drawing pay for th»lr services. More than a million of them never haiMae a day's work In their lives. The volunteers would add another million.

In the Liberty Loan cam|ulgng

alone 700.000 women acted as volunteers. There was a similar number In the United War drive. For the Bed Cross the total must have been mllilcaa, for In this organisation women who worked all day or who kept house all day. and who had an hour "to spare.” would devote that hour to surgical dressings, claws, refuged work or ministering to the wants of those whose homes had been hit by the InOnenxa epidemic. Then. too. I and glrta In office buildings would at the close of the s day. offer tbetr services, gratia, to the draft hoards or any of the •Cher countless bureaus organized for the speedy termination of the war. in actual figures the women whose services brought monetary remuner-

sttaa wan Bated as follows:

Bsriurteal and manufacturing..t.w.nao Profwlonal .............——.—~ mmc

acnrsiluis X.WXUUP Clerical Kasim tattos muO'e I<om»«Ue sad pe'aonal Bwrtasdte* »o«w Unclaaalftsd

*S0.«O Total .’crlt.oac

employed In the actual winning of the war or In positions luted as

for the winning of the war included: 100,K)0 Making shoes

I equipment _ Shipyard and foundry employees (tbs V —

Wad, spier, drug, tobacco I

risalar factories —... .

gait.ta.- -e i,.. ran drill presses aou woraau 'O cmuiiag farto-Jea ZUAD0 machine mhope) - W.OQO Mwwy and knU gooda. UUA00 Total l.ht.doo ThU figure represents only the women who already were mUl-tralmi and Mas not Include those who left other occupations to assist In war work, nor does tt ladudr those who had had no previous experience In work of any kind. Keating Not a Watchman—Just Wanted to Smoke P BBSONS who came along by Four and One-Half street and Missouri avehne •ue momtog recently were mystified it, see Edward Keating, secretary of Ms aoBgreKsioual commission oi. feclasslficatlon of as'tries In the District.

aKti:tg in the watchm»i. s guardhouse

r 1^“K rt a cigar.

"Keatihg must have a new Job." anM one passer-by to another. “What a dtadaguisnud-looking watchman.”

i did i

knos

Mat the “watMimun' was Secretary Keating of tl.e Mg commission that Is hard at work on the Job of making **w salary schedules for lOt'-.OOO fedand employ.-e!i in the national capliaL

lint Keating neither had a n.-w

JM nor was ■ watchman of any kind. T» att ta Uk wntrhman's box d«es not connliute one a watchman. Mr. Eeati viewed Ulc from the hall' of congress, and from hi* office In the 'ration commission headquarters, sc life from the watchman's little

•use offered no particular novelty.

a Secretary Keating doing In the guardhoose smoking a long The whole truth of the matter was simply this: If Secretary Keating pnntrd L» smoke at all. while at work at hi* office, he had to go outdoors to *L Then ts a big sign on the stairway that reads: '’Smoking strictly pro-AfbBi-d ta this building.'' The ..riler is signed by General Menutx r. and It goes. That t> why. when Edvard Keating, secretary of the reclassification commimiob. laser! a notion to amofce one of his long, black cigars, he nas to go

•ut* da the bnllding to do It

Baby’s “Bye-Bye” Melted Heart of Cold Janitor name Is Samuel Weller. Be Is black, and holds down 'he Job of Janitor of one of WashJust which one It Is not necessary at all to date. But Samuel Weller was not always a good Janitor. He la a “changed man.” What bs

the great change la not

mention, but changed be la.

have been the prohibition law. <>r talnly a baby of one of tbr tenants of the building has play'd a part In the

me: amorphuvis of Samuel Weller. When Sam came to that apart-

ment. it Is said, he d«dnT like his Job worth a cent. He wa« sullm. and didn't wash off the front sidewalk, v hoop if the hall was never ci.aned or oof.

Jr nitonng wasn’t his trade,

w* him cncm reeling home through .he mtov. house afire, an* he didn't, but itial was mure ban anything else. Several times they rushed at It wvn: up in amok* where he had left It on

little gtri vho waa Just nr last summer on the the Janitor go up and

Hon. sot went about his luraed a anllaa “bye-bye cut. The front psvesacn: •v •(• itear.ol regalarly it know Mm. hut be would

t give a

the gas-pipe railing In front of Simon's place. Delano, letting the screen door s*ap behind him. atovd on the top step. Tan. well-groomed and charming of manner, his handsome young face Just now expressed great contentment He looked like a prosperous broker. The fact that be happened to be another sort ft gambler worried him not at all as be sent out a cloud of fragrant bine smoke Into the qnlet air. Delano Imported his cigars. “What now?" be Inquired. "Who are you degrading by making her the subject of your vulgar remarks?" Welsh refused to he Insulted. -Before I answer." he murmured, T must he sure that Miss Lenore Stacy would no* object to your having the Information. Far be It from me tc be the atari of a foolish flirtation.” Tve told yon forty time*." cried his friend ferociously, “that I-eoore'a up In Deadwood for a month. I told you that she aald she'd scream, and die. and everything else. If she didn't get away fmm here for a while. T told her that I didn't blame her. as anybody would hike for higher ground and away from this painful prairie that could. Ton know as wen as anything that Tve been up the line myself for two weeks. Are yon going to tell me about—" “The dead broke girl?" Welsh used the slightly bored tone of one who handles a somewhat threadbare theme. "Oh. 1 forgot. Ton say you'va been away for a week. Why—that's a young lady named Martelle—Helene Martel !e. “She's a right pretty little thing—« t too mournful-looking to unit me. hot. under the cireumstanrea. you couldn't blame her for that. She halls from your good old sunny South—Alabama. Seems she _r *« a simple believer and got roped tn by an employment agency that was a bad actor. “They took a Urge, robust whack at what money she had. then let her use the belsnce tourneyin' clear out here beyond the aand hills and the netting tun. where there waa no Job! And so, we've been calling her the deadbroke girl. “See. she's heading off Main street —every day she goes over to oar stately park. I can't make out why.” Delano turned hU dark bine eyes In the direction indicated, and watched the slowly receding figure at the farther end of the raw thoroughfare. “Stopping at the hotel, eh?” he ro-

Top. Oueea she's about to the end of her welcome, though: you know Pop Grier. Me wouldn’t let the angel Mike sit on the vieanda of that old rlapboarded rain unless he bought seme of thoee Bivsrn Beauty cigars. "Say. It must have been a uasty. cheap buuch o', grafters. I feel a lot like a phl'ejthroplet. with my high stool and my crap game, when I think about the raw plays they make hack tb those burgs. "Cheap 1 Think of sending the poor kid this tar out of the way Just to ccp out her few dollars." “Nothing erung with the world.” rejoined the croupier coldly. Th.-low-down population ts what raises the dene* all the flaw ” “Hoar' DearP* appUoded Welsh. “But to resume our narrative. ■The little girt has acquired a permanent habit, all to three days, ot going down yonder and antin' under the one si table tree. “We couldn't both get la the cool at the same time. If she wants to be really, truly miserable, that beauty spot Is cartaluly the place to go. Shell never commit suicide by drowning, any-

how.

"Pshaw! Her* comes John Wetck#r. I reckon as to how he’ll lie wanting to roll the bone* I must go m and get behind the table. Ho hum! Such a wock-a-day—■" -What dlo the girt expect to do when she came?” Interrupted D-lano Incorioualy. “Huh? Oh! Why. old Grier aald that he understood she came out with the ides In her heed that she was to set as companion to a rich lady.” “Oh. Simon r Delano turned and spoke through the a-reen toward the cool darkened Interior. His employer was half daring over s newspaper at the flesV. In the ralledoff corner, bat Delano got ao Irritated gruai by way of rewpoa»< “T want te go down the street an hoar or so ” he announced "ArC I suppoM you expect i-\,- to run the confounded wneel." came Simon's placid growl. “Well, give me our of that: four hit emokers. Otherwise you can’t go ” Delano went '.eivurvly tirotllug along th* board aldewalk. To the left, at the .-od of the dreary road lay the etruggiing park of Welch's remiug H« looked la that direction for a mlastt Then he turned -and folic wed the eruea etreri In the -ipposite direction Rare were two rows of ooeetory, square-fronted ahanttea A little fans er ..a. Detab- -topped ( bef.-t# ea* of the doera. and rung A tall, gsuat yeung - .vnac waahdd-

i It—yon 1 up with a home In the old town— wasn't that the Idea?” “Oh. that” the tall girt laughed mirthlessly with a oretadse of carelessness. Tuat waa Just a pipe dream o' mine. Toa know—my married sister's living In New Orleans. Thry're a lit tla place out of town—track farm, I reckon. “Even If I could scrape the fare together. mother couldn't make the trip without‘home one along. “She couldn't be trrsted alone, though It’d be a grand place for her to be.” T know r Delano's voice was wearily ImpAtlent. “Now. look here. How soon can you get her ready to travel—dothes and all that?” “She's got a tnmkfnl of clothes,” she aald Bnany. -good enough and all aheH ever need.” “Hiera’s a party going.down that way.” he aald slowly, “tonight- I think —a young womih. Tve ao donut she'd take care of your mother—wr could arrange It—If you'll line everything a;, right away. The yoong lady will understand that It's a friend of mine. Seer Tfa almighty good of yon.” she muttered. T wish there waa some way I could get back, but I know well enough there never will be.” “Oh. the deoeer negatived Delano. “As far as that’s concerned. I m under obligations to you. If you only knew It.” Fifteen minute* later ha was speaking to a startled girl who sat huddled on an uncomfortable Iron bench underneath a frowsy cottonwood. Delano saw her shrink when he stopped by

her.

Tra sure I don't know who la responsible for the rumor." he said, politely, 'but some one told me that there was a Southern lad) at the hotel who was leaving foe New Orleans tonight." The girt struggled with her trembling voice. “Not—not—tonight.” she said finally. “Ah! Well. It waa a mistake, the*. Fra sorry. Ton see. I have a—er—a distant relative living here—a very old Indy. Tve been wanting her to have a visit to a daughter in New Orleans, but she Is ao Infirm—deaf and almost blind —that the cannot nake the journey alone. “I had thought of asking you to take charge of her.." “I wish I could—" began the girt Indistinctly. “It's too had." went on Delano In an abaem. dlsapointed monologue. “I wish I could get some one. I'd he only toe willing to pay all traveling expenses and a reasonable amount In addition." “O-o-oh—" the dark eye* were all at once wistfully eager. “I'd love to ondertaks the are of the lady. Mr.— Mr.-" “Delano. I have nc card with roe." -Mr. Delano. I am M:** MarteOs. Too see—" she stuiuoled, and then went on frankly: T came out here to take s t-nltlon that—that didn't materialize—and there doesn't seem to be anything else for we. It would mean lota fur roe to get back to New Orleans—ihat way My home la not very far fr..m there." -Now." marked the listener, “this Is surely providential. Tell you what I’ll do. IH pay all the traveling exI penaes and give you fs>' for your j trouble. Will that be aatlafaetoiy?” j “But It wouldn't be «o.-th that | much Mr. Delano!" Ae hesUa'ed hon- ; ratirTf# worth It to me—to send the old lady with some one I can sure of— arone one who will take care of her. One thing mors Til bring jour ward to you at the depot. The train leave* at eighttwenty. It’s settled then " -Tea—ye* of course " “I mnst bid you good afternoon now. Have a business engagemei • “ “I’d like yon to know-" The girt came dose Tm under very great obligati on a. and some time Fro going “Not at all." Interrupted Delano cat•ally T am the one who should be grateful Until tonight, then." “Huh f— granted fttroon ■* the ahaaotee came behind tbr roulette-wheel to reilevr him “Lot o' worthless pup* I got around here. Loaf about outride all day Beckon Fra dt>~ to hear j you *ay ahour now. that you're going down home—down

* the yellnv

-I'm

•aid Delano

send a

"Not

He sen! the mrblc spinning along the groove with a practiced hand, and then raised hi* dear voice above the raucous grinding, fur the ii.-flt of the crowd around the oumM-ml table Tome on In. hoy* the water's

Till* Kpiao'ir "Oh • him air' Stand hi bach!”

The fwadnatlng foot Of lovely WJTOan haa long been a theme for song and sonnet, and certainly the fashions of the fall mnst inspire the modern poet

to renewed tribute.

Never have shoes been more delightfully Interesting, more elegant In Une. than they are today. It W the day of the long vamp, which gives the foot an extreme distinction and grace. The low shoe of the moment cornea In patent. Mack kid and Havana brown, while ns the cooler days approach the ■hoc of heavy tan calf, suede and buck leather. In black, brown and gray will have Its Innings. In fact. It Is fifty-fifty Just now between the oxford and the shoe And It may be noted that the oxford Is going to be much worn with smart spats this fall. Now that the war Is over and one feels that one can dance with o dear conscience, women are busily acquiring evening pumps and slippers. They are cut higher than heretofore, to give support to the big buckles of cut steel heads and Iridescent beads set high In colonial effect which make them absolutely Irresistible. The pump* are made of black kid and satin, and tnddrntally the satin ones are ao cut ay to wear without cracking. Slippers are of gold and silver doth and have the high French heel. The baby French bee*. Is going to bs tn high favor for evening shoes, as well as the French heel 2% Inches high. These baby neels are delightfully quaint On the street shoe, like- j wise, there U wide latitude In beds, and one may wear the high Cuban bed or be equally correct with a bed that Isn't more than an Inch. The two-toned shoe la going to be good style for the street The patent vamp with box doth top is good, and this fine box doth is also used with

Havana brown vamps.

American women are demanding good shoes, and as a consequence. It seems, the market Is short In the hlgest grades. Lack of skilled workmen to turn out the highly finished

produev L the reason.

THE HOME-MADE FIRE SCREEN Four Pieces of Thick Cardboard, Strips of Linen and Wall Paper Ara Required. A most effective and pretty fire screen can be made for very little cost To make: Get four pieces of fairly thick cardboard and rat into pieces 20 Inches long and 7 Indies wide. These Join together by means of strips of linen about 2H Inches wide, and stick with paste or Seccotlne. and leave to dry for abont a day. When dry, get

WAYS 0

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styles In « have decls

that hair

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their nalr have te«tn Ing their

Th* crowd -catiered “Thank you. my friend “ said tfc* •arty policeman to ihc man who hal nevxed “Now »e can g«-i at this pon* allow on Ihc ground here Kiruilng>ain Agr U pi a id.

artificial v The fan year ago, « be respons mode of e fares for At the i fan is gli fores, and j different i I the Orient cent seaso lures take folk costut Ing countr l*h fnxhloi I’.ladems. i Boulogne i Among t coiffures t silver and ere Invari the bark i Silver ban hrtlllanta tihle that the level ) Some y 1 with very tulle on y mounted.

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[aeclvlng iVIdely

Townlng tot treat y. They ta twisti course, them by abont a ort. may n of the ted coifr. * attenate coifd widely jence of in In reese colf’rom the telghhorIn SpanDutch

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OLD-STYLE PETTICOAT BACK

Home-Made Fir* Screan. either some brightly-colored chluts or wallpaper, and rat to site of cardboard. These also paste on and leave to dry. Now. according to paper or material used, choose something suitable for forming a deep I .order, as In the sketch. If wallpaper U used, black (taper looks very smart for edge, as It gives an artistic effect. If cbinta, use plain colored linen in dark shade, to contrast with colors In chintz. In (tasting on linen down panels of cardboard, be sure and Just place the edges of board together, ao that they can lie easily folded In and out, ao that the screen stands properly.

Smooth Cloths Should Ft Sponged. An Inch or two may sometimes It* saved from the hem by the simp)- npedlent of measuring the pattern to ascertain whether It is rat longer than one's Individual height- requires. Of course, when the peratsi I* unusually tall, the measurement show* the necessity of the addition of cloth. If one would te saved thj bother of facing Uler on. Nowadaya nearly all smoothly finished cloths are eponged bef.-r* 'hey are placed on the counter for sale NrverthaJaaa. It la well to make min

Ga.-ment With I

Since si row petti c t ration, traordlnar found tha I'coce wh* It did not It waa. brought ot rilk. fast* and anapp er than I ThU skirt by a deey hrmatltchl or satin i most aver; The fas! are made the matet i hen aewi the creatli *klrt desci Of winter i and we ca ;-etUi-oats Hum the ri ly fitting II •if plaid into place, color ant!

Return* Ikirts

rery nan much at>ese exit wn* t In edit down: aw short tin wu« satin in 1c hsnd. ant rr-thN ret of or--d excel'’machlnf of rilk it in •>- ta which rrapt.iuc ure st' 1

be skin id fui' 1 '

fiooiic-" Btlt'-brO |S evrey

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