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QHTAI. AtTAIDS

l). S. Boys to Repel Foes, Plea of Bishop

rOTON.—Perfection of American cltirenahlp, derelopment of Acer mi.nhood, and a mlchty force for the maintenance of peace will • adaption of nnlTeraal mlUtarj and vocational training by the United States, declared Bishop Samuel Fallo'vm of Chicago recently before the house military affairs committee. Similar views were expressed by H. H. Gross, president of the Universal Military Training league, who also appeared before the committee. Both Bishop Fallows and Mr Gross told of the great recent growth of sentiment among the people of the middle West for the adoption of this system for d-relopment of the youth. Bishop Fallows was n colonel In “T*** •«* of preparedness and training daring the Civil war Manning." he aatd. “Scarcely any of them had any kind of training un■■■rtat the end of the war. They were sent to the front with ten or ■» day*’ training. been told that aome of our men In this latest war were sent to the idh ae to 60 days’ training. A slaughter of men resulted." bad whether universal training would lead to “militarism," the bishop to. Representative Kahn: •i MIUtsris.il is rule by soldiers In authority. There Is not the slighter that this nation will be ruled by the military power."

H & Population Shifts in War, Census Shows

changes la the growth and character of the population of the ■C States are erpected to be shown by the 1620 census, preparar which are under way. The shifting of population because of the

-upset the caleulatlop# of cen-

» since 1817 have con-

msi It oncleM to attempt to eatl- * population of any other unlta s Metre Before that It was pose to predict with a fair degree of T the number of persons In any

r of population." tt Is hes stopped Its westward

L which was continuous from • to 1610, when it was located In

Ind. This is because

l he Horror i the Car * By J. K. HUHGCETOBD

must Imre fainted and rolled . talimt the door*. I remeiHbcr va,_. y h^d striking sbmeihtag. then I

{Copyright.) Bananas! Bananas Dozens of ’em! Hundreds of leaned against the wall of the car sighed contentedly, i pinched to see tf It was me—me In a c banana*. Tt was me. and there the bnnanaa, tack upon sack of them, plied three-fonrths of the way to the

celling.

It was kind of close quarters for •olid comfort, but as long at I could eat—eat bountifully, luxuriously, unstintedly, : rare didn't hare any kick coming. Then I thought of the aeal clerk with the spectacles, and I laughed •s I reflected how I'd crawled under the car from the off aide, with him not ten feet away. Well. 1 had beut.hlEi to It I waa sealed m. and bolwtng

had Its soft spots after alt

Everything was so comfortable that I began to cast around for objections. I found one. It was cold In that car. darned cold, and I proceeded to turn up my coat collar a«d snaggle co«ll* between two seeks. I must have laid there at least three minutes before It occurred to me that I was hungry. Think of It three whole minutes In csr of bananas, and not realise >ure hungry I Well, anyhow, T got my knife to work and ripped open a sack In a Jiffy. 1 was a pirate all right Who wouldn't hare been a pirate? It was hours later, and Fd transferred my attention to another bunch. No, I hadn't finished the first sack— It was mostly green, but I'd made a pretty good-sited aperture In the second when mj knife slipped from my

toatftal cities In the central East, such as Cleveland and Detroit, have been *1 ■ greatly Increased rate during the recent years, as have mans toatog centers farther east. Formerly, the Rocky mountain and Paclflc ■* states Increased In population with twice the rapidity of eastern and

towl states.

Owing this year, however, certain modifications of the unnsual situation W to made The opening ot reclamation projects In the West, the resomp- ■ of Immigration, and other causes. It is thought, will change the abnormal •ton i n There will also be a tendency to return to normal now that the

r fli ended.

ffNMuced changes are expected also In the “constitution of the populnff'—the ratio of males to females, the proportions of native and foreign and the age distribution.

faery Person in U. S. Has an Ogly Rat to Kill

T rarff 1* fl rat for every person In the United States. If every man. woman amt riilId should mako his and ber financial pro rata cor.tribu'ion (o what torns hundred million or more ruts exact for upkeep annually, we would be

setting aside a daily rat fond of ono-

half of one cent. On this basis tb United States pays its rats about S180.0)0.000 every year, which sum would build and maintain a very adequate university or rapport a neat navy oi keep Mexico satisfied for a long time.

The United States public health

service has figured this out and Issues these and many more rat facts In n brochure that calls u;K>n all Americans who are fond of health to enlist In the governraeni's war against the Norway i ret. the common Mark ret r.ud the Alexandrian rat. which Is a Ocularly uit-nu hcaat of untidy habits and a native disregard for the most

■ratal of the niceties of life.

The Norway rat Is the largest and mest ferocious of America's rodents. » rat anything, not stopping at a very small child If particularly hungry, tos been pretty well killed off and the government adjure* all of us who toa to attack at once and crush him. The black rat and the Alexandrian t keen routined by various household aiW barnyard traps, poisons and r extcrmlnutnr* to the watjr front# of sea ports. They ore all aliens, their ■tore having come from Egypt. Norway and other old world countries a* hack ns the days of John Smith and Sabin wHcheraft. Tin United states public health service doesn't limit rxt killing to any to methods, bat say# that ret proofing one * home and horns and grnnnrb-' awe effective than trusting to rat catcher*—mechanical or animal—traps ■atom-. First rot proo* your buildings, tbc^ go out after the rat In the

Under the shibboleth “Bout the Bat." the Public health service has Issued I**. Chief of which la “Demand city antlrat ordinances and state nnilrat

toaonstrates Value of American Citizenship

I MOTHftit step was taken a few day* ago In the race to save a great fortune when the sennte adopted the Joint resolution restoring to cltlzens.ilp toraera ScovlUr-Mumm. The bouse will be urged to act with baste. This Is

1 time In leglslatlhistory

mar that a woman has been repntriattt hy act of congress. The other case rxa that of Nellie Grant Rartori* when

1 from England,

x Mumm Ja the daughter of C. #»# (tanker of Sallim. Kan. t trawling in Europe she met mr Mumm. a German eubjoet afd with the great ehuropagtie-mak-■lly of that name, ills business

ied him lo reside In

t fur 80 years. The marriage

■ International social event. V.’hen the war (•egna Muimu returned to , while the wife lemnltinl In France and rendered service to tin nW iif n nurse, She and tn r hnstuiud reached an agreement which

In Borne, uuder which she wo* to n» rivi •*!'•> for her to reach tb* German cduri-

flngers.

I fished around In my pockets and dug up a match. It waa the last match I had. 1 lit It with some reluctance and held It far down, but the knlfa had dean vunlsbed. A* I waa transferring the burnt ar* to my left hand to prolong Us life, happened to glance tt the rent I had made In the gunny sack. and. as I did *°- * bolt upright, nearly butting a bole through the roof. There—not two feet from my faye— waa a big, hideous, hairy creature, about tbe size of a sli-

ver dollar.

For a second I sat staring at It. transfixed. The match sen red my fingers. flickered, and went out, and then suddenly I cam to my senses and began to crawl. I fled, terror-ctrickcn. to ths door* and threw my weight against them. I beat and pounded th -m frantically, j bumped and tore around over those sacks tike a man I ereft of reaaon. and then, as the full resitlzalion of my position forced Itself upon me. I screamed at the top of my voice. I thought of all the stories I had heard and read of tarantulas, and as they stood out vividly, every mlsorahl*. soul-racking detail of them. I waa wild with horror. I didn't have n chance •gainst that thing there In the dark. It might even now be making lu way stealthily toward r' I_ P ?! rd ,u **<ker •ml robed

end shlver-

How long I laid there Illor. t know ben I regained coosttouaneas I was iretchod ont on a pile of of ua Ice bouse, raa bending over me with a bucket, leire was a circle of curious faces dofe shout me. The sral cl(rk bed found opened tbe car for Inspection and ■illation. I told him my story, and en climbed -6aA In the car and ' -ed out the sack where had lurked ■r venomous horror. 1> . rt While they were nro4dl8g shout iwitb sticks and dabs, my eyvs swept tbe walls. Tbra 1 slowed for the

door.

Ttore tt Mr I yelled hoarsely. “Over there I Beer BasteteOy swung s lantern around ao that the light fell directly on tbe spot. V » -Huhr shouted a rtto.'The bo's

dippy."

I looked doeet, then ewdre. For there In the exact spot where I had run my hand—where I toll suffered momentarily the tortare* of hade*, was a goodtoaed buwh-of reveling*. held securely fty the apllnlrred

surface of the wood. —.

I didn't wait for any more, I climbed out of that refrigerator and made a

quick getaway, for there tod.

COAT SEASON IS BIG PARIS CARD

Sometimes tt Is the separate drrus Ing cuffs which gtre ao interesting

and coat and sometimes It 1c the suit tine to tbe sniumette. The cuffs are

that holds tbe sway of style during season. In Paris, without a doubt, declares a fashion writer, it Is tbe

Such attention as tos been shown to morning and afternoon dresses tn Parts would be hard to equal, and Instead of their having declined In popularity after aeterel season.*, of attention, quit* the contrary has happened. nay are more In the limelight then

art onto three-quarter* or half-length sleeves, and sometimes they even fin lah. In a thoroughly well done manner, tbe ends of si ceres that are of tbe

Fur Is used sparingly on frocks oi

In spite of the fact that there Is ao little conaplcooui change In the line of the gowns, it Is upon there Tittle res" that some of tb* moat artistic touches have been lavished. Tbe nsplcuous, unassuming gown for mpnilng or far afternoon can have about tt much genuine feeling, each of the couturiers the same a

self In presenting new reaaocs for the continued Ufe of this popular gar-

ma tbe sudden reelixatloa of what ailght happen if they, .failed to locate

the tarantula «bd f ! ~ nana sack instead. But It wax Ih tl

tt was there, and hi

found It

INGENIOUS TRAP HMMUOLVES

Device ffmpteyed by EeWraw Results Frequently In Pr_««iMt Wiping Out at Entire Peck.

Waives i

t .a plague--Iq Alaska, tottsto. .commonly

obliged to atore their food supplies oa platforms erected' seres or eight feet above the ground, that putting them beyond Uw anUaals' n-ech.

at alt wotr traps is

one of extram<f simplicity used by the Eskimo. It Mualaesmeitor Of an Iron *1 >ea rhead—or a suitably bhaped blade of chipped flint will rerra—which U net point upward to U>* lee. ao as to be froxen securely In pomtton. A chunk of oral blubber U wrapped about tbe sprarhead or flint blade and tied fast. ~ Alaskan wolves are marvelously keen of scent. It does not take them long to find the attractive bait, about which a snarling pack of them will gather, licking and chewing at the blubber. Presently one and another of them cut tbrir tongues on the sharp edges of the flint dr Iroa. Blovd ruiA They do not know that tt la their own Wood, and tbe taste of tt drives them

crazy.

Presently they begin to attack each other, the weaker being overcome by the stronger. Blood flow* In streams over the Ice. and soon all are killed or badly wounded. The pari is nearly destroyed, only a few" perhaps being fble to limp away and nnrse their

Materials have for their leader one that has the sanction of ages tuMart tt—blue serge- Then there are aD of •oft surfaced fabrics—duvetyn, Oa. burella. and tbe allied fabric*. For afternoon there are fflartneure, of which there are a groat many models to be seen, taffeta, and velvet which has lost none of Its rogue. There waa nothing amarter then than a Mack velvet gown and there is nothing smarter now. Tbe trimmings and touches on these dresses for daylight wear are fascinating In their variety. It la not so much the thing that !s done as the way tt la done. When one aces the clever little bits of hand-made braid and the Inserts of bead work, the facings and the edgings, one won den. how there can grow ao many new Ideas in tbe coune of a single season. But there they are, to be copied Interminably by less Ingenious Axneri-

any sort. When it Is seen there an^

liH

apt to be narrow strips of tt naed though they might be strips of embroidery. For tills purpose moleskin !s popular, while kolinsky and seal

come to for their usual attention. Blus Chiffon, Blus Lsathsr.

By way of using two materials showing as great a contrast as tt was jiosolble io obtain one designer showed a frock made of dark bine chiffon with dark blue leather (or kid) trim*

Not so much hand work Is to be seen about these dresses as waa the ease la former seasons. The little glria who used to do this work have learned by their connection with the war-time munition factories that -a female is entitled tr more of dally susnce than tt was possible for her to attain by doing embroidery. So the new frocks show the strain. But the Parisian designer gives us sometl tog quite as lovely even though tt has but one-fourth Its former embroidery for adornment, yes, even though there be no hand Work at all and the decoration is found to be s product of the good old American machine. Bows of braid and bits of bright rib-

An Attractive Tailored Suit Velour* de Lain# and Kolinsky.

mlnga You will wonder. If yon hare

tog. Then the thought.that there ^ilght-i phristenl : j of Infants. The manner In

j % k-hlch a child la carried Into the church

be other , other* right where 1

With a groau ••f deapirtr. There most be others! Ttere were-alW*: a

«Io<h1 out- we toy tody, and t the church with tbe right fopt. *tep-

l.iu lt -then- bereft of 4

a-very atom ot J*' 1

manhood quaking and cowering tn the)

dark.

f Da erii

i* to r

rnperty .

I be affected l

geriy watched by >erty bohUngk '.a t

ithej-* whose Inter.- .1

Through the vortex of my emotions there came suddenly a new ImprcsaiuB' the sensation si of someildng rrnwlg. It was nothing definite, bat li a* Intensely real. Someth lug «a*, craw ling! ‘bawling Slowly and mo thodlrally up my left leg: \ n !t v . a , my right leg! Again It was my left gl I atari'-d to reach for it. then •ddenlv -topped, my aim i-oixei rig 1} f f : did reach—It: touched It. tt

would sting—sttog quickerl

1 sat there to an agony of v 'pen**., Itlnx for it t 0 •trike. Waitingwaiting—walling. for an etemlrv hat It didn't atrlke! It had even leased

crawling.

I Chuckled softly, then I laughed. 1 was going Insane. I reached down nd-d-nly and rlappad my hand over the spot where the crawling bad c-naed. hat there wa. nothing. I ran my hand over my entire body, still there was

nothing.

1 felt sick and faint, and leaned wearily against the car ffnll. a. | did ao. my far.- touched ■oniethlng cold— cold and rlammy and aoff. | .tarred hark acrmmtng. then I laughed again 1 wa* hiMue—I had leaned against my own hand.

-- Hfrow up cheerful and light-hearted.

To 1

f thl.. for

waa

»ui- -u nothing. 1 ran my palm slowly along tii* .-itntrrvj mirfm-r ,,f tt,,. nn.'l. and then with a howl of terror I rolled over on the reek.. 1 Iwd ton.-bed •nmethlng hniry•thtog soft —something—

Christening Customs.

The rural English people have a. turious supers! I t'ona regarding

, church

la supposed to affect tbf character and BlEnosItloD 11. after-life. The nurse. _ whoever carries tbe baby, abould eater

Ing briskly and dancing the baby In itr arm*, sc that the little one shell

Another old >>ahl .ned theory is that If a boy Is Imposed to the water prevl

ously uw-d for a girl he will grow feeble and effeminate; while If the rase Is reversed the toby girl will grow up lacking to womsalv auribatra. In every country whit* Is employed for all baby .-annenta. but where a little color la Inlrotlucvd the superstitious mother take* care that tt Is a larky ahnde. Bed Is a.M*’. to be 11 lucky color pink and blue are also favorable, bat grevn. the .color of Jealousy and yel-

low symbolize at rife.

Things You Simply Cannot Do. 'on can't stand for five mlnutra Without musing. U you are blindfolded. You can't stand xt the aide of a room with both your feet h-ngihwter touching the wainecotlagYou can't get out of a chair with out bending you.- body.foraanl. or pot ting your feel under It; that I*. If you are Bitting squarely oa the chair, and

M on the edge of tt.

You can't break a match If the atrh hi laid acrora Hie null of ihe middle finger of ellbcr hnnd. and passed under the flret and thlr.j finrer* of that hand, despite It* accmlng ae

easy at flret alght.

>u rant stand with your heel* agalnai the wall nnd pick up some

blng from the finor.

not seen tt, ho- *jU could posaloljr be and what would be the effect produced. Well. H was as pretty as anything that could be Imagined. The leather was used as a wide edging for the full peplum and tt was worbed Into the bodice as well as making cuffs on the end* of the flowing sleeves. Not a little of the charm of this gown lay to the fact that the whole was built over a lavender foundation. ■ s *vi Borne of the neck lines on the new fall gown* are Interesting because they are quite differed from anything we have seen for some time. J mean those which are cut In a V and which are finished with frilled or shaped collars standing up quite high at the back of the neck, graduating In width a* they reach the front, and gradually tapering off Into nothing In * point

Gown of Black Taffsta and Velvet Forms Charming Combination.

with a

ng dealn

c*ulil -land the 1 I wanted to kiuiw wanted n fight‘ng «

iinlern you t n. rt t,--n tn an ■ plueed two f

I groped my ham

My fii.,

My hheal a.

! I had hold of It' ; ider my fingers! W tog? Why didn't it < uldn't let go—I waa 1

r D stiller 1 rt. a.'lllery at Ro

that Aiin-rhw ran • good dyestuffs as

Leather Frocks and Trimmings. A trimming that has taken flret rank la leatbei. it 1* handled In unheard of ways and the result Is charm-Sotm-times It |a a narrow atrip of belt colored In a happy cent raa: to I a gown. Again tt Is used ns satin would l>e tor outside facing on cuff* I ‘ and aklrf pocket*. Botm-tlines tt Is pieced Into an all-over pattern and soraotiiuca tt la guiten tip Into whole suit*. An extravagant suit waa made I of pink leather and trimini-d with n high collar of fuxxy black fur. Then •hire wa* an attractive gown of wbKe leather In the cut putliTu. Thl* wa* and i.<me atrlpa black patent leather. It. !io>. wa# bizarre hut attractive. perl is pa a thing more f.-n I'arl* than for an American city. While the aleeraa on mott of tho-c Irestea for day wear ore abort—oft-.. •xtrqmely short—they are time

sometime* made of silk or satin tc match the material of the gown to I color and sometimes they are com- ) posed largely of lace or orgnndlc to a

! platted frill.

There are many varieties of blue •erge. One ha* a platted waistcoat made of crisp wblie organdie and a high collar tied with a pert black bow under the chin. Thla frock, for n very young person, ha* a little flat apron effect at front and at hack and tha panels are edred all around, with the •erge done Into a knlft- pla’tlng about two and a half Inches In width. Tha panels, tt may be added, are extern •Ions of tbe waist and the skirt U a tight and short thing by Itself. Black Velvet Gowns. A b'ack velvet gown which attracted attention wax made with a round neck and cut practically m one straight piece. For trimming tbera ran up the back to a straight line at either aide, from hem to neck, rows of lltf.e white crocheted rosea. They were continued round the neckline By this method all of the trimming was confined to tbe back, the only hint to front being the lncoti*plcuo»

neck edging

A black velvet gown waa made with two puffs over the hips. Tl-g were not overly s-imptnou* In apiH-aranca, Just large enough to stow that pan Mere were In fashion. From the*, the gathered aklrt dropped straight to the hem. and the bodice waa aligbdi

filled.

Many of the afternoon droasea show

strong Loulx XIV inilm

v up--landing

■land t

fichu line.

There

md frills, and

iM-'i.- with plaiting* that X uieh-rneath the rliin. The 1 form dmmaelvea Into a

Curling Feath-r Boa.

a may be curle.1 by .Imply „ k . shan* Instrument, M , xlssore <H - a hatpin. Ocri the

•gain trimmed or finished with flo« •' paper , 1<h ^ m * klu * *

knife.

It atrofcaa.