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Navy Blue. aural-lied With Mauve;
is Wisely Chosen for Early
Autumn.
HADES of blue, it seems. are
S newer than shades of purple in
:the list of colors favored by
fashionablcs in Paris this summer.
The purple frenzy started in some-
what later here than it did in Paris.
so that we have. held on to it longer.
("onseqtiently we have seen less in-
terest in the new shades of blue.
But there is every reason to believe
that we shall follow the lead of
Paris and take up with the new
blue shades. .
At smart gatherings abroad this
summer various shades of blue—-
hydrangea. horizon. delphinium
llue. pervenche blue. turquoise blue.
Lanvln blue, corn flower. hyacinth—
have held prominent place. if not
prcvcminence. And now that the
tlrcssmakcrs are thinking of frocks
for cooler days of autumn we hear
more and more of the darker, deeper
shades. A shade called commander
blue. brighter and more vibrant
than navy. is playing an important
role in Parifi We have a number
of names for it here. One must
needs be well versed in color par-
lance of the day to know the subtle
differences between royal blue and
commander blue. pencil blue, in-
digo and bull blue.
One of the things that has favored
the fashion for blue is undoubtedly
the fact that at the Exposition in
Paris this summer the collections
of frocks from several of the well-
known French dressmaking houses
~-notably Caliot. Jenny and Worth
—wcre in various shades of blue.
or course. the fact that these imo
pormnt houses chose blue as the
medium for their display must have
been because that shade gave prom-
ise of good favor.
The navy blue frock returns to
full applause from countless women
who have never ceased to regard
this as the smartest color for street
wear. As presented by the design-
ers now it is seldom to be worn
without the complement of some
other colbr. There is hardly a hue
in the rainbow that cannot be worn
and worn well with navy. The
sketch shows a. navy blue reps frock
of the new moulded silhouette. The
collar, Jahot and ruffles at the wrists
are or mauve chiffon. while the hat
is of blue velvet with mauve ribbon
trimming.
’ Among French dressmnkers who
are specially stressing navy blue for
autumn are Jenny. Vionnet. Worth
and Drecoll.
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. And. oh. we want to mother you.
* Yet. when the grass is green and
hill-
-WISE cAND
OTHERWISE .
MORNING SHOPPING
NE of the problems that con-
0 fronts many merchants is
that of inducing more women
to shop in the morning. In many.
many stores you will find a bare
sprinkling of customers in the
morning, while in the afternoon
they are crowded. This makes the
work of serving them difficult for
the salespeople. difficult. too. for
the shoppers.
In some stores special induce-
ments are offered to morning shop-
pers. Certain sales take place
only in the morning hours and
there are special displays and
demonstrations in the morning for
the sake of attracting the matutb
no.1 shopper. The stores that cater
to the wants of the so-called high-
est class trade are not so troubled.
Navy blue reps [rock made with
moulded silhouette. The collar.
jabot and rumors of wrists are of
minute chiffon. The but is of blue
velvet with mauve ribbon.
woman seldom shops in the after-
noon. Even though she may not
have social duties for the after-
noon shc is so in the habit of doing
her shopping in the morning that
she would not do otherwise unless
she had to. If you ever want to
see the smartest-dressed women
and the women of most social
distinction at their shopping. just
visit the smart shops in the morn-
ing. They will have all fied by
afternoon.
There are really many. many
advantages in morning shopping.
For one thing the salespeople have
more time to devote to you and
they are less tired and conse-
quently better natured and more
patient. if you want to avail
yourself of a "special sale." of
course the time to go is the first
thing in the morning. for then you
will have the pick of the offering.
The methodical h o usowife
usually does her house shopping
in the morning. as soon after
stores are open as possible. On
Saturday morning she makes a.
special effort to send in her tele-
phone order or to go to the stores
herself at an early hour. Meal
planning and'prcparing. too. are
much easier if the housewife
makes it a regular habit to take
inventory of supplies soon after
breakfast. not waiting till an hour
or so before the mid-day meal has
It is a fact that the really smart
to be prepared.
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' MOTHERING
To want you for the joy of you
I thought was my desire,
The singing, smiling boy of you
That never seemed to tire:
But, man of mine. it isn’t thou
Alone that women' want their men—-
We want you sometimes when the
smile
Has left your lips a. little while.
We know there is another you.
Another life you lead;
When that is what you need!
I used to think. 0 man of mine.
Your song a joy. your laugh divine,
But now I know. as women do.
There always is another you.
So in your trouble come to us.
When winds are blowing wild.
You’re always lover some to us.
Yet always some a. child.
For life the time will always bring
You need a. little mothering.
To heal your hurts. to get you
through—
And then we want to mother you.
WHEN THEY WILL
You may not like to hear them saw
And hammer Sunday morning.
A day you hold in holy aWe—-
Yet let me sound a warning:
0 wives of men. if you would get
Them started. get them through it.
Some task around the household. let
Them do it when they'll do it.
At six a. m. is not a time
To start one's garden labors,
To mow a lawn is then a crime.
if one has any neighbors;
And needs the mower badly. 7‘
If they will cut the grass at All,
Then let them do it. gladly.
They clean the furnace when you’re
ill.
They pound when Baby's nuppin'.
But. let them do it when they will,
No matter what may happen.
It makes a lot of bother. yet " ‘
If they at last get to it. ‘ .1,’ i
If they will help a. little. let j. .5
‘ Them do when they’ll do it. lfii.‘
7'?
IN ’asasON
He says to me. he says. so.” ho. .
“When winter’s here, and ice is
thick, 3
Before the lake or river's free
You surely get almighty sick
0f ice and snow along the shore—
In August that you holler for.
"In August then we long for mm.
In January want the sun.
Although a lot of folks I know.
I' never yet know anyone
Who had the thing he wanted bud—-
Or, rather. wanted what he had.
"And yet. at that. we want 'em both.
The hot and cold. the wet and dry.
I tell you. brother, on my oath.
We'd weary of a cloudiess sky.
We're better on for sorrow's touch—
If it don't hang around too much.
“Instead of seekin' August ice
Or January rescs. I'm
A-trytn' hard to think they're nice.
But nicest in their proper time.
Sorrow and joy. it stands to reason,
Like fruit. won't. hurt you—not in
lesson.” _
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Straws of F ate‘
8,1 mm Wilda-William.
Rs. SANDER said. mainly to
Shock Bist' Emlino: “I wish
Tommy could mary both the
Grsysons—he really does need
both of ’em."
"My abandoned uuntl How you
shock me! This is no talk for u
very young person to hear!"
Bobby Vine. who was human in
spite of being Sist' Emlinc’s pm-
gon. said. putting up his napkin
on pretence of hiding blushes. ,
"It's gospel truth!" Mrs. Sun-
dcrs ran on, suppressing u giglo
at her sister-tn-low's face of bor-
ror. “Murcia 'd be such help up
there in Congress—she'd twist
anybody she chose round her fin-
ger. And Patsy could stay here
with me—betweon us we'd keel)
everything shipshapo."
“Tommy—«the chance of a life-
time. Get Congress to pass a bill
letting men have all. the wives they
can and will take cure of. They'd
make you President. Tommy. if
you'd pull it off." .
Tommy interposed: “Thunks
Just the same for the suggestion,
Bob. Help me a little more—go
round and try it out. on any seven
women you know-aunt! no if they
fall for it."
"If you do—pick young ones.
Bob.“ Mrs. Sanders consulted.
"Hope deferred msketh the spin-
ster desperate."
"Don’t lie, Aunt Nan—~thst’s the
privilege of ago. And you‘re the
youngest ever. But all wrong as
can be. We're spinsters. nearly
hopeless ones—but. never a gloom
of desperation lights our eagle
eyes." the Graysons chorussed.
breaking in upon the breakfast
party through open French win-
dows.
“But you're lawless exceptions
to every rule," Tommy admon-
ished severely. hugging Patsy
tight, and giving Marcia a core-
monious pack that landed upon
her ear. She waved him off, ask-
ing:
"If you pleuse—-what's before
the house?"
“Anarchy.
throw the Constitution.
began.
His mother rose. saying angrily:
“I refuse to listen further to such
talk. It may be wit to all of you—
thsnk the Lord I was better
brought up." flouncing out. and
the last word shot over her
shoulder.
"Poor. dear Em!" Mrs. Sanders
murmured. "She misses so much
~—not being able ever to see I
joke."
"Define this one! Quick!"
Patsy demanded. Tommy hugged
her again. making to speak. but
Vine got ahead of him with:
”Monopoly. straight out. Aunty
Nan wants you both in the family
for keeps. You to be the Patient
Planning to over-
Bobby
Griuei. the wife-ethane. Marcia
to rattle it up. in Washington.” .
"We. of course. have no right
of chat a." Patsy sighed.
"Wei . last you up and take it!”
Mrs. Benders counseled. "You
stand facing the raw material of
two indiflerenfwgood husbands——
take your pick—only don't both
pick the sums."
“Bound to—if we‘ think of
mothers-in-law." Murcia cavillod.
"an straws! I see no other
way out." Mrs. Sanders said when
she could speak for laughing.
‘But—who'll be straw-holder?
Nobody is neutral. I'll call Bilt'
Em'liue—qbe must have some-
thin to say about all this." Mrs.
Sun or: concluded. running any.
in two minutes she was back.
dragging in a frowning arbiter.
Tommy caught one hand. Bob-
by the other. saying: "She won't
cheat—not to save her soul. nor
even her son."
“Ho's hardly worth saving—go-
ing on with such mammary." Mrs.
Vine said sternly. trying to hold
anger. but somehow catching the
spirit of play. "Won't do it. un-
less you let me fix the straws my-
self." she said. "And nobody
must watch me." again vanishing.
It was all of ten minutes before
she came back. mouth set, eyes
sparkling. and held outher left
hand. with two straws showing
evenly half an inch between. her
firm-held fingers.
Bobby won the toss for first
draw. and took it after turning
around three times on his. left
heel. His straw was neither long
nor short—something under twa
inches. Ho stared at it gnlpiug
faintly. as he waved Tommy to
the fray. his straw hidden in a
clinched palm. Nobody spoke.
there was held breath while Tom-
my drew. crying: "Now for the
showdown!" and wheeling siwft-
iv to show a straw flat in his open
hand.
"Better measure what you've
got." Sist' Em’llne said compla-
cently. “If you thought I'd help
any sort of gamble along. You
missed your guesswbsdly." Sure
enough the straws were exactly the
same in length. breadth and thick-
ness.
Half a minute of stunned si-
lence. then Murcia said loftily:
“Twins—same so we are! How
very nice!" her voice steady. but
blackness in her soul.
Somehow Bobby sensed itahe
caught her shoulders. saying awk-
wardly: "l-—-l-~hopc it's me you
want—~any way, you've got me—l
play always for keeps."
"In that. case." criod Tommy.
catching Patsy tight in his arms.
“it is up to us. as good sports. to
take the lcsvin's—and make the
best of them."
"Maybe you might be better
suited." Patsy returned, "But not
me! No. sir-ee. Bob Jenkins."
- Horforr
THE
GRID ..
A RADIO COLUMN '
I, new mwu .
O establish accurate kno'wledgo
concerning the nature and
prevalence of various forms of
interference. and thus supply a basis
for attempts to overcome them, the
United States Bureau of Standards
has been conducting important ob-
servations during the last two yours.
with the cooperation of about 200
voluntary observers located within a
radius of 400 miles of two selected
broadcasting stations.
Preliminary results of the obser-
vutions. just announced. show that
'in 28 per cent of the times when
reception was attempted there was
no interference whatever. Interfer-
ence from other broadcasting stu-
tions amounted to 32 per cent of the
total: from atmospheric disturb-
ances, 18 per cent; fading. 18 per
cent; amateur transmitting stations.
6 per cent: radiating receiving sets.
6 per cent: commercial radio tole-
g'raph stations. 2 per cent: non-
radlo electrical interference. 1 per
cent.
According to Dr. J. H. Dellingsr.
chief of the Radio Laboratory of the
Bureau of Standards, more complete
and final results will show decreases
for the several causes of interfer-
once that are under man's control,
and a corresponding percentage in-
crease for atmospheric disturbances
and fading.
Dr. Dollingor tells us confidently
that interference is becoming less
and less of an obstacle to tho enjoy-
ment of radio entertainment. He
points to the fact that interference
from amateurs and commercial stu-
tions has been decreasing steadlLv.
due to the use of continuous wave
transmission in place of spark trans-
mission; and that improvement in
receiving apparatus is reducing in-
terference from radiating cots. And.
he adds. the source of greatest in-
terference—that from other broad!
cast stations—soon will be further
decreased by the new assignments of
wavelengths recommended by the
Radio Conference.
Eventually. Dr. Deliingor sug-
gests. science will be able not. only
to overcome all forms of man-mode
. interference. but to get around those
sources of natural interference which
it cannot remove.
Many broadcasting stations those
days are keeping accurate minute-
by-mlnute logs of their programs,
so that they can supplyluccuruto in-
formation to the thousands of 1)!
fans who send in finquiriu asking
for verification of ”reception. Station
WJZ in New York, for example.
keeps four distinct logs: the utisu'
detailed programg- studio program
log. control room log and apparatus
room log. These are checked uflnst
each other.
rue RADIO rams
Ono Daily Fact for Listener.
Learning to .Send Code. Bending
code is much simpler than receiVInE.
After the letters. numerals. punctua-
tion marks and important abbrevia-
tions hat-a been thoroughly memo-
rized tako“the practice set and func-
late the first few letters of the
alphabet into dots and dashes. re-
membering that a dash is equal to
three dots. . ,,
Correct position is essential to
speed and must be maintained from
the beginning. Hold the key with
the first and second fingers of the
right hand resting lightly on the
top of the knob, the thumb at the
side or beneath the rim of the key
knob. '
It is necessary to use wrist motion
only. and this is sometimes difficult
for the beginner to master without
considerable practice.
elbow fixed, relax arm and finger
muscles until they are flexible and
press downward on the key—quickly
for a dot; more slowly for 3 dub.
The key. like that of a. typewriter.
springs back into place when ro-
lessod. ‘
.Besin wading slowly. listening at
the some time tofu. sounds pro-
duced by the buster. or the
flashes if the not is equipped with
a. lamp. Take a. magazine or news-
paper and practice translating arti-
cles into code. training the band and |
our If the sumo time.
It is 3 good plan to and lulu.
other beginner and wife: both
sending and receiving mum
using the banner practice sot. Be-
fore ions speed and smoothness will
be developed. "
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PORCELAIN .
ORCELAIN originated in Chino.
P Some Chinese writers give the
date, of its origin u for button
the Hun dynasty (306 8. (1—100 A.
D-). but this is not gonerully be-
lievod. - The real beginning of the
art is probably in the Ming dynuty
in the fourteenth century A. D. The
manufacture of porcelain was intro-
duced into Europe in 1799 byJ. F.
Bottnr. at Maia-en. near Dresden.
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WHO WROTE THIS?
A Series of Popular Quotations from
Famous Authors, Selected
1—“’I‘hought.s are mightier than
strength of hand."
2—"Her beauty makes
This vault a fouling presence
full of light."
L—"Perfcct 1m holds the secret of
the world‘s perfect liberty."
i—“Evcn a liar tells a hundred
truths to one lie: he has to. to
make the its good for anything."
5—"The smallest hair throws its
shadow."
G—"Talo-bcarer's are just as bad as
the tale-makers."
7—“Ali the elements whose aid msu
calls in will sometimes become
his masters."-
8—“Proclous beyond price are good
resolutions."
ANSWERS
s—lt. B. Sheri-
dun
7—R. W. Emer-
son
8—H. E. Howell
1—Sophocles
2—Shakespearc
H. G. Holland
4-H. W. Beecher
5~Goethe
. 3. Color
Lucky flower
1 lyg‘ltlLOIIOTMAQIHA—EL
1;: l o :, Jewel
PEARL
HE pearl. today's talismanic
gem. is symbolic of youthful
purity. It is supposed to bet
stow on its wearer. charm that the
opposite sex finds irresistible, but it
gives also a coolness and composure
that offset; this fascination.
The emerald is the nut-l stone for
today, and is believed to give rc-
murkably clear vision to those when
birthstone it is; sentiment does not
flourishlin its presence.
The flower symbol for today is the
gurdeniu. Whose white petals bring
happiness to those who wear it.
lll‘i YlllllB Lilli £08088 Tilt fill '
2—3 '
'WHAT’S IN A NAME?
Facts about your some; its history; its mooning; whence it me if»
rived; its significance; your
lucky day and lucky Jewel.
' MARIE
ARIE is perhaps the most
M prevalent feminine name
known to etymologiots. Its
sYnonym. Mary. has almost equal
V0919. and Maria. its other equiva-
lent. is enormously popular. But
though Mario is‘ originally the
French version of the name of the
Blessed Virgin. all countries have
adopted her and called her their
own. Originally. of course. the
Hebrew word marsh. meaning bitter.
is the root from which all deriva-
tives of Mary are evolved.
Quito early in history. it became
customary to give the name of
Mario to girls. adding a middle
name to qualify the attributes of the
first Mary. the Blessed Virgin her—
self. In this way, several daughters
of a family could be called by the
name of Marie or Maria. and yet
they could be distinguished by their
second appellation. The earliest of
these names was that of Maria An-
nunziata. very popular in Spain. and
later changed to Maria Anoncisds.
In France. one of the most popular
feminine names was Marie Anon-
cinds; another was Marie Assunta.
Francs 'also had Mario dos Ange:
(Marie of the angels) and Spain. the
votoress of the merciful latex-ceding
patroneu (the Blessed Virgin) is
Maria do Mercedes.
Marie do Dolores (Maris of Sor-
rows) and Maria del Inoarnaciou are
other examples of the popular trend
which helped to spread thy name of
Marie. Many young ladies in Spain
are still christened Marie de la. Con-
cepcion, but in Italy. this is con-.
trusted to the one word Concetta.
England and America not Maris
alone. ‘ and also favor Molly. the
diminutive and endear-merit.
in England, Molly is frequently
given in baptism as a proper name
with no reference to its more digni-
fied parent.
Marie's talismsnic stone is jasper.
the deep green gem which is proof
against the evil spirits and bites of
venomous creatures. If placed upon
a snake bite. it is said to draw the
poison from the wound. It will also
bring ruin if prayers are made while
wearing the stone. Friday is Marie's
lucky day and 1 her lucky number.
With Your Old Newspapers
HE thrifty old-time housewife
saved the newspapers dis-
carded by the members of her
household. took care that they were
smoothed out and folded. and then
stored them in a dry place in the
collar. there to wait the coming of
the man with the little Jungling
cowbells strung across his out.
This hard-working individual had
a way of looking. quite scoruful
when be viewed your stack of
papers. Me shrugged his shoulders.
What were a few papers to him?
Not worth carrying them out. Still,
for the lob—tho pile stretched from
the floor to the ceiling and had
taken. in the aggregate. hours of
time in smoothing out. and carrying
down cellar—he would give you five
cents. ' -
The thrifty housewife shrugged
her shoulders. too. Likewise she
shook her head. Then the rug man
muttered seven cents. which he
gov. you to understand was his
final offer. and the thrifty house-
wife motioned to him to take the
papers, while she held out her hand
for the five cents and two pennies.
It wasn’t much. still it would buy
a. loaf of bread and a. yeast cake.
Besides it: was the time-honond
custom to soil old papers to men
who came around with Jangling
cowbells. and there was something
virtuous in keeping up these old
tradition». even when you became
quite well off.
Nowadays, for some reason or
other, though loaves of bread and
yeast cakes and everything else,
almost. have gone up in price. the
price of old papers seems to have
gone down, and you seldom find a
Junk man who will even taken them
as a gift.
‘If you are quite prodigal. I sup-
pose you will merely send them
down the dumbwuiur with the
other rubbish. Or not them out in
the trash can for the ssh man to
take away. But there are so many
things to do with newspapers that
this seems foolish.
The other day I heard of a. studio
occupied by some very clever peo-
plo which was papered entirely with
newspapers. Care had been taken
to use pages containing no large
headings so that the effect was one
of soft. even gray. They say that
it formed an excellent background
for pictures hung on the wall.
How Do ill say it?
Common Errors in: English and
How to Avoid Them. -
By C. N. LURIE
.———..
“LET YOU AND I DO IT"
ESPITE all the teaching in the
schools and in spite of tho
preachmonts of grammar-inns.
it seems almost impossible to estab-
lish among the American people the
proper use of the pronouns “I” and
"me." For example. the incorrect
phrase "between you and I"—instead
of “between you and me"—is hear-'0
so often that grammarians almost
despair of establishing the proper
usage. Unaided they cannot do it;
all must help.
"Let you and I go to the theater
tonight.” We hour. It. is incorrect.
The correct form is "Let you and me
go to the theater tonight." although
this may sound queer. The explana-
tion is simple. "bet" is a. transitive
verb: that is. it must have an object
or objects. And the objects in the
sentence quoted are "you" and f'me"
(not “1"). They must, therefore. be
in the objective can.
WH Y ?
DOES THE BERGEANT-AT-ARMS
OF CONGRESS CARRY A MACE?
HEN We read in some account
of a disturbance ‘ln either of
the houses of Congress that
“the Sergeant-at-Arms was sum-
moned and entered. bearing his
mace." the picture which this phrase
conjures up is that of a. man carrying
a box of spice—for the word “macd'
is far more generally uppliod to the
kitchen condiment than it is to the
symbol of authority. But. in reality.
the two are very closely allied.
Mace, the spice, is one of the costs
of the nutmeg. which. in former
days. was so highly esteemed and so
greatly valued that it was handed
down from father to son as an heir«
loom. "Maker." the Greek word for
spike, is closely related to the Sun-
skrit “mukar-anda.” the nectar of a
flower. the cup-shaped blossoms
which hold the dew. Tho bulblike
shape of the nutmeg or mace gave
the name to the weapon. the "mace"
—a rod topped by a. heavy ball of
iron or 'lcad—und, in time. this
weapon cum. to be merely an omn-
montal out! born by high omeiuil as ‘
u budgeof their authority.
Indeed. ~
a
Norwalk Chronicler