FASHION NOTES Interesting Items for the Fair Sex

Beaded liaR* of all ttaape* and are being seen In the t-hop*. even the miser'e pume. These bac/ are beaded all over, while a few are combined with silk. Some have IrinRes of Iwads and others havs ta-sels. Metal clasps and chains are used, while some have cords and tassels. Imirs for evoninR are n ade of beruffled taffeta in the pale shade and trimmed with ribbon flowers. A new romper for the hree-year-old is made of white mauas. The body Is plain and has sh »rt sleeves and has a square neck w.th flat collar. Just a touch of hmd work is added in color, such as pink or blue by usinR the lonp and si ort stitrh. The bloomers fasten on to waist with large pearl buttons and bands at knee also have the long and sho: t stitch as

a finish.

Among the new wash skirts are j neen quite a number which have hand embroidery or drawn work on them. These skirts are generallj made of linen, gabardine. irUanu-. or surt satin. They are said 10 be n-^de in

Porto Rico.

1 recently saw a cunning little poke bonnet for a tiny Rirl made of shirred voile which was hand-stitched in blue. The renter of the honn* t nt back of head had a small figure done in bine The newest thing in imndkerchiefs is a square of linen trimmed with plaited tulle or lace. Another lias a Mar-slinpi-d pieo of linen with r.n in-

Washlnton— The Department of Justice is co-operating with the American Home Eeonom’cs Association In delving into the reasons for the rhort wearing qualities of silks that are now being manufactured. Send Statement Miss Edith Strauss of the department Is asking American women to send piece* of their own coat linings or silk underskirts to Mrs. Ellen B. McGowan of Teachers’ College. New York City or Miss Elizalteth Welrich. Home avenue. Oak Park 111., to be examined in the textile laboratory. This sample should be six inches by nine inches, accomp-nled by the following statement of i's wearing per-

formance :

Piece of ('’nderrkirt. coatlining.) Part of garment from which taken I Select a urge sample from part of garment that has had least wear, but send in addition a small ramph f.-om the most badly worn part.) Has this silk given excellent, poor or medium wear? About how long (in months)

The death of Mrs. Humphrey Ward ent and remarkable spirit of observa-

has undoubtedly been a profound | tion, and taken all In all, she was a shock wherever English Is read. To-1 worthy niece of tha great Mathew gether with her a school of literature | Arnold, whom she reminded in many has been buried, which at one time things both physically and intellec-

xerclsed an immense influence over; tually, and her dlsapnearance will to intellectual development of a ] leave in London literary circles a void hole generation. A book such as j which It will not be easy to HU again. Robert Elsmere, if published today.

would probably not give rise to the | A marriage has Just been announced discussion this famous wotk produced. In British society circles which will and it Is to be doubted whether It excite interest in this country, where could achieve the colossal success the mother of the bride-tofce was

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livening gowns are being trim with the eld Egyptian designs, black satin dress Is in one piece 1* held up by three gold straps each shoulder. Gold and bigg broidery trims the bodice

underskirt, was It v under a tight dress skirt? Was the wearer of slight, medium ir heavy build?

Standardize Cloth

Stress Is being laid by the departin- ment on attempts to standardize cloth ilar rather than to limit styles for reduc1 lug the prices of clothing. A “uniJfiir.u" would not be feasible to advened cate as it is not expected that women Hie I would take to it readily. Bui if the and ; number of weaves Is reduced produconltion of yardage will increase, it is ent- ctgtted. and this will tend to lowei iter | prices of cloth, and seady mad-

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Miss Strauss i ndorses a hill IntroI duci-d by Representative Rainey re M* bride-Jcentiy requiring that th' porcentagi made o! - of niaterk.ls in- stamped r.n outside of

A stunning bathrobe for to-be would be one which it

heavy white crepe de came, with »jail woven fabrics shipped .n interstat* black !»em tino quiltings and large i commerce. In order to decrease tin daisies done In white and gold etn- amount ol low-grade fabrics offered t* bridery. ihe trade at high prices.

Gossip o/Foreign Capitals Topics Women ary Interested In

Betty Gets a Lesson from Mother Wasp

By Mary Leon “Oh. you are always wanting me to save." exclaimed Bitty, petuantly to her mother. “1 wanted to boy hair ribbons with this dollar lor a present. “You have plenty of hair ribbons now. Betty and tj buy mute than you need is always wasteful But it Is particularly wasteful now. because prices are so high that every good citizen should make ail possible efforts to go without everything but the absolutely necessary things. “The less buying we d-> Ihe sooner prices will come down to what they should be Besides that. I'nclc- Sam needs the money." Tt looks like you cared more for I’ncle Sam than you did for roe. You are always telling me to go without things and buy Thrill Stamps tu help Vnclc Sam.” retorted Betty. "You are a very thoughtless little girt. Betty, or you would not say such thinge In the first place, you cannot help Vnclc Sara without helping yi sell at the same time. Every country is just what its citizens make it. and a country whose citizens know t duty and try to do it is bound to great and prosperous country “If everybody worked fits best saved his beat, our i-ounirv would

make an effort to preserve their lives and that of their yourg. They havr not the brainpower of man. and “ do not consider the future as io. But with their limited abilities their efforts are sometimes truly i*irarkable. Let me tell you about a • ruin kind of wasp that scientists

ave written about.

The mother wasp makes a long u.m-l in the earth, with three or our separate cells at the end o' it She deposits an egg in each cell. She hen seizes a large insect, usually* a trassbopper and fights wi'h it until he has it overpowered. Then she uins it on its back and stings it in wo places. She knows just where to -ting it so that It will L- paralyzed

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that attended its appearance thirty years ago. when people had more give to the study of theo logical differences of opinions. But for the contemporaries of its author, it was certainly a sensational one. as bodied so many of their own thoughts, and of their own doubts. And I shall odd something else. Robert Elsmere. like most of the other wotks of Mrs. Humphrey Ward, was . entially ol a nature to appeal only middle-aged people, those who had had already the opportunity to study some of the graver problems of human life, and human science Young people did not care for it. nor did they care for the several novels which followed upon it. They thought these productions too serious,

sufficiently amusing,

member when mentioning this, cussion which took place in the house Max Muller at Oxford, when he. IP reply to some such remark made by one of his younger guests, advised all in twenty-five years to n Marcella, then just published, which some among us criticised severely. adding that then we would perhaps consider it in a different light. 1 have often thought of this paradox, as It seemed to u one at the time, when n few months ago. the book In question fell cidentally into my hands, and I read it with a sensation of pleasure which I had certainly not experienced n» the time It first startled the world, as -tartie It did. because it was not considered then a proper thing for young people to give any attention to socialistic doctrines and even less so to dlr-uss them and interest themselves in their application to the

needs of humanity.

sonally Mrs. Ward, whom 1 had often ihe opportunity to meet In London, was a charming woman, but one. who except in literary and in tolle'-tual questions, had absolutely no knawledge of the difficulties ol life. She had always been comfortably well off. and had had no n -d to struggle against the many obstacles a writer find In his. or her. path when he has to make a living out of his pen. For her work was a sedate, quiet sort of thing, and the idea of being compelled to turn out a newspaper article, or a story at a few hours’ notice simply horrified her She considered such things a desecration. and fully believed that «•> author had a mission to fulfill, which be ought to sacrific- everything else in life. even, as Lacky, the historian. once remarked facetloualy. means to live it." But with It all. she was a great mind, and her books shall survive where the produc tlons of many more popular authors wffl have been forgotten. Certainly she has left us a description of Oxford University life which but few could have traced withe the same tab

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widely known and liked. Lady Cyntnla Curzon, the second daughter of Earl C urxon. and of lovely Mary Leiter. who was such a favorite everywhere she appeared, and Lieut. Oswald E. Mosley, ihe eldest son and heir of Sir Oswald Mosley, will be married in the very - near future. Lady Cynthia is a delightful girl with all her mother’s charm, though perhaps the maternal splendid beauty. Ever since she made her debut In society she has been considered as one of the roost fascinating heiresses that had made their bow to the world. Many good wishes will accompany her In her new home, and she is certain to become in time one of th« great hostesses of London, that town here unfortunately so many of the famous salons of yore have closed their doon. thanks to the war. mourning. or Income tax troubles, and where new elements are eagerly looked forward to to replace the old and wornTalking about marriages, that of Mademoiselle Raland Gosselin with Captain Hilaire de Martignac. one of the heroes of the world war. has evcited a good deal of inlet est In Paris Mxdemciselle Roland Gosselin’s mother was on** of the victims of the fire ol the Bazar de la Charite, where so many prominent members of French society perished, and ever since that time she had been more or less a:i object of Interest to the numerou' friends of her family. Her grandfather was Monsieur Hoskier, the great Parisian banker, of Danish origin, whom the late King Cristian. of Denmark, had always considered one of tht most intimate friends, and who was supposed to have played leading part in the many negotiations and intrigues ihat had brought about the IVanco-Russian alliance, of which be had been one of the most ardent

promoters.

A friend writes to me that Madame Clemenceau Jacquemaire since he' from the United States has expressed h"rself as Highly delighted with the reception which she was awarded in America, and that she leans to write a book about her Impressions of it. and of the American people. She Is extremely clever with her pen. having inherited her father's talents in that direction.

‘dost housewives will be surprised to learn that dried eggs are very satis factory In making omelettes and mbled eggs. To make an omelet, dissolve a rounded tablespoonful of dried egg In 3 tablespoonfuls of water, allowing these proportions for each person to be served. Soak the egg until the consistency of fresh eggs, then beat up and cook like the ordinary omelette. The richness and palatabllity of the dish is increased if milk Is used instead of water for the preliminary soaking. Dried eggs are used with equal cess In both soft and Aim custard*. In appearance and consistency the result Is the same as when fresh eggs are used. There Is a distinct difference In flavor, but it is in favor of the dried eggs so that many persons preferred the dried egg custard to the fresh egg variety. Dried Egg Custard 4 rounded tablespoons dried egg 12 tablespoons water or milk 3 cups scalded milk

1-2 cup cugar 1-4 teaspoon salt

Dissolve ihe egg powder in water • milk for 30 minutes, beat slightly with a fork and add sugar and salt

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"She does not kill it as she wants the fresh meat for her babies when they hatch out. She then drags the paralyzed insect into a cell which cont.iins an egg. She does this with each cell, and then goes out aud seali up the mouth of the tunnel. Whet the eggs hatch the babii-s find a good supply of fresh meat at band, which lasts them until they can catthemselves.

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bread iertead of ribbon And besides your «■ have acquired habit r and self-denial that • many dollars to yon of the animals try i young off right in lift no> have your mother lul of h‘T duties than

"She is a pretty rbt.” said Betty.

"Yes. dear, she is. and so ought ery mother to be. But as it tak< lildren so much longer to develt ian animals and as it is their minds nining. we have to ki-*T constantly -aching for years to enable you to iki- rare of yourselves. --mm you have learned to earn and ive you will be unab'e to take carI yourself. The wasp mother’s dut done when she rials the tunnels.

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ing foil} tale*. You do nn’. mean that animal- teach their young to aav Butty was always lnte r «rted when ^ her mother began to talk of animal- : No. I did no* mean to MY ib*' j »>ry few animals do anything bn' 1

f using starch for curtain, hei-r material, add a teaborax to each gallon of n r. The cur., ins will bill and will ha'-- the cloudy

“Easy On” Capper A HOI SKHOLD NECESSITY Will C'*p Anjr

Have ready the scalded milk and* the egg mixture slowly. Four In tered molds, sprinkle with nun in pan of water and bake t firm. Dried Fgg Muhina 1 tablespoon dried egg 4 3 tablespoons water 2 1-2 tablespoons baking powdei 1 1-2 cups flour 1-4 cup butter 1-3 cup sugar 1-2 cup milk Add powdered egg to water and stand 80 minutes. When dissolv beat slightly and add to the hot and sugar creamed together, flour and baking powder Into mixture and add milk. Bake greased tins for 30 minutes. Dried Egg Popovera 2 tablespoons egg 6 tablespoons wrier 1-8 teaspoon melt d butter 1 cup flour 1-4 ti-aspoon salt 7-8 cup milk Prepare eggs by' dissolving In wa for 30 minutes. Add erg to : and salt, then stir In fal and n:j Butter Iron gem pans and heoWJ hissing hot. Pout in mixture and o; 30 minutes in hot oven.

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get rid of the pestering peddler?” | yes. madam. Buy something of hi ! Riveted buttons on overalls will out: they can be n-ploced by buttons ftom an old pair, leaving tached a piece of the cloth

, . . . and a half square. Slip the bum

If you want to be continuously

. i. through! the hole where the other

happy you must know *-hcn t« be

pulled out. leaving the patch on

blind, when to be deaf, and when to wron| , bkde s-ltch twice around bo dumb. j patch, either on the machine or

hand. Kitchen wails should be painted or

calcimined. rather than .-npered- a cheerful buff Is a good color. Another plan Is to shellac the walls, giving a

good washable surface.

Tin cans which cannot be sold to' the junk ma:i should have holes cut in the bottom of thi-m with a hatchet. In order to destroy their usefulness as a b-eeding place for mosquitoes.

Book Agent: "I hare a valuable book to sell madam: It tells how to do everything.” i)oes it tell how to

piper mnniren’rnt. Msil order* fillt promptly. Parcel Post 10c extra. Iitparwat ”

Fools r '*h in where angels fear to tread." quoted the Wise Guy. "Still, it is possible to entertain an angel unawares. which Is more than can be said of a fool." replied the Simple Mug.

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We're not putting on any airs about the stocks vl'c'vc put in—B UT OUR SPRING COLLECTIONS of Men’s Topcoats and Suits DEMONSTRATE ALL OVER AGAIN THAT WE NEVER DO THINGS BY HALVES—

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OU DON’T KIND any tendency^ 0 claim the earth in those headlines. Our observation has beer, that people who claim everything don’t do much else. A Bhiss hand makes a lot of noise, but the truth needs no trumpet but the telling* Our theory is: Make good and let others make the noise. And so, in a spirit of reserve, and with a deep sense of our responsibility to the public, we announce the official opening of our Spring season, and present a great stock of fine clothes, in which - the quality of the woolens, the character of the workmanship, and the stability of the values. stand four-square to the world.

Spring Suits and Overcoats $35 to $80 Come In and See the Clothes PERRY & CO. Sixteenth and Chestnut Streets PHILADELPHIA, PA.