Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 29, 1917, Page 6

THE CASPER DAILY TRIBUNE _ LONGER SKI Spring Would Seem to Be Inevitable. LOW SHOES WORN IN PARIS Starcity of Leather Responsible for the Lengthening of the Frock— Present Style of Shoes Cannot Be Called Beautiful—Blue Serge for Springtime Wear. New York.—The smart firms on Fifth avenue are turning out severely tailored and stitched sults of black satin for the south and offering them as the first choice of early spring, and it is quite probable that this fabric will supersede all others for the street, as the season turns from cold to balmy weather, There Is more than uncommon inter- est displayed in the rumor backed up by facts that Paris will launch longer skirts for spring than we have worn for two years, There is no evidence of this in the new Callot models, but, then, Callot never cared for long skirts. This house cut its evening gowns Into | wit of hideousness, as the Chinese do, yy exaggerating the length of the vamp and running it out into a point like the one-piece shoe worn by the men in fourteenth century, but we have to the medieval vamp the totter- ing spindle heel of the seventeenth cen- tury in France. The two in combination make an ugliness that no one thought possible in this day when people really struggle for beauty of line. Points in French Shoes. Throughout all this madness in America, France has been steadily wenrir what is known as the sculp- tural sh ; that is, the rounded to: the broad vamp and the side pleces that cling to the instep and hold it up. She has Insisted upon straight Spanish heels for her walking shoes and In every way made herself com- fortable, and she has brought her foot, which has never been notable for beauty, into a well-rounded part of her silhouette, The leather men tell us that even if we wear low shoes, the prices will not be reduced, and this Is being said to us In so many ways about e commodity of life, that we have be gun to cease thinking about unm prosperity and have turned to » the sibility of the hardshi of living that existed during the Civil a high arch or point in front that] war in this country, showed half the leg to the knee, at a The shoe people tell us that one time when other dressmaking houses | factory alone has refused an order of wouldn't consider such an Innovation. | $1,000,000 worth of shoes to go to Years and years ago, Callot and | Russia, because of the difficulty in get Poiret Joined hands on this fashion | ting leather; and yet, they have no ex and it was ridiculed by two conti-|cuse for the fact that cloth spats have nents; now every “woman wears| gone up to $5 and $6 from $2 and $3. ~s + _—_ RTS PROMISED |YOUNG HERO TELLS OF RUSSIA'S “FLYING COLUMN” OF RED CROSS N York.—Stirring tales of a serv- | ice that America has not heard muc about, despite the countless pictur of the great war this country has been given, were brought to New York r leently by Andrew Kolpachnikoff, nephew of John Burgess Camac Philadelphia, former attache of Russian embassy at Washington, and now ad of a “flying column” of the | Red Cross, in which he holds the rank and privileges of a colonel. No other front than the Russian bus these “flying columus.” Their work lies at the sry forefront of battle, and the’men attached to them go in the the first line trenches on the heels of the advance guards. In leaving the trenches there remains behind them y that coy e under fire as and into their only the sei n of cny the retirement. They long as fire continues, hands first of all come the wounded that are later carried by the amlful- ance corps to the hospitals in the rear. Uniformed Like Troops. Uniformed like the troops they suc- cor, the “Flyers” may only be told from them by the fact that they do not bear arms and that they wear the Insignia of the Red Cross—the men tn the form of brassards on their left arms, the officers In the form of shoulder strap devices. So constant are the hazards to which they are ex- posed that flyers are mentioned re- peatedly in general orders, and many of them have been decorated by tm- perial decree. Colonel Kolpachnikoff is one of these, the Cross of the Or- der of St. George being his, the dis- tinction the most coveted of the Rus- sian rewards for valor. Colonel Kolpachnikoff belongs to a distinguished family of Penza, one of the rich provinces In the southeast of the empire. His mother, a godchild of Czar Alexander II, was descended from Nathalia Narischkine, mother of Peter the Great, and was a grand niece of General Clepzoff, one of the con- querers of the Caucasus, who died at thirty-two, a full general. The young | man’s paternal great-grandfather was a general officer, who died in the Frech victory of Boroding In 1812. Notwithstanding this military ances- his His as profession. fa- HUNTS GAME ON HONEYMOON BLUE SERGE APPEARS FOR SPRINGTIME. It Is Used in a One-Piece Frock, With a Panel of Plaits in Front and Back | of Skirt. The Collar, Cuffs and Belt Are of Dark Blue Taffeta, Run With Black Soutache. eer, eeeerererees=~=~S>$S__ Ww Ell lll TT gowns shorter than these first ones without a blush or an apology and, sometimes, without a good reason. Low Shoes Worn in France. The commercial interest in the situation is stirred on account of the vast output of high shoes In this coun- try. In Paris there is good auth for saying that this form of foot is not in first fashion and fs rapidly disappearing. The reason is simple. France has no leather, and her women have been wearing low shoes for a year. The oxford tle with the high heel, round toe and broad ribbon bow at the instep has for a year been the first choice of fashion in France, in connection with street costumery, And to meet the situation, France made her skirts longer. The scarcity of leather is pinching the shoe industry on every side in America. Shoes have advanced from $6 a pair to $14, and even higher prices will be asked this spring. Elght dollars is asked for an ordinary pair of laced street shoes at unfashionable places, where the amount of leather used is negligible and the amount of cloth substituted conspicnous, Longer Skirts Probable. If women can continue to pay the exorbitant prices asked for high shoes they may be able to continue to wear short skirts, but if France insists upon longer skirts und the bootmak- ers insist upon frightful prices, it is a safe guess that the lew shoe and the longer skirt will be inaugurated In the springtime. It is not easy to say whether the oxford tie which has ruled in Paris for 12 months will be taken up In this country, for we have, unfortunately, gone quite mad over the subject of ugly shoes, and, although we owe the inspiration fo *hem to eccentric social circles in Pat we have done things France could It behooves every woman to take ex- | cessive ure of her footgear at the present hour. Trees, polishing and careful usage will save money and an- | noyance for months to come, The Pinafore Sailor. The world has blossomed out in spring hats the first approach of winter. There is nothing startlingly novel about the new shapes, except the | pinafore sailor that Reboux Insists up- | This is made in straw and faced | with a bright color, but even this shape has been seen for two ‘months in a modified form, built of satin. The Mus- covite turban, which comes in a straight line down from a high crown | to the ¢ rows, is not featured in | any strength in the new models. The effort seems to be to turn the brims away from the headline, with compro- mise, They go straight in the air, and their shaping and the irregularities of their edges are determined after the quick uplift from the heud has been established. The dominating feature of all the new hats is the fact that they must be worn straight across the forehead, can- not be tilted right or left and must not dip a fraction of an inch in the back below the line which is established for the front. In other words, there is no coquetry about the pose of the new hat; it is as military as the men under arms, -It is a trying line for many faces, and yet it is astonishing how quickly the masses have adopted it and contrived to make themselves look very attractive under it. (Copyright, 1916, by the McClure Newspa- per Syndicate.) Costume Jewelry. The latest development of costume Jewelry is the bracelet and hair band to match. Some of the newest evening gowns have long, floating angel sleeves caught to the wrist by bangles of gem studded filigree gold of the same de- sign as the circlet Mrs. Angela de Aecoata Sewell of | Boston, who has just arrived in this country after an absence of six years, spent hunting big game in Africa. After marrying W. Sewell, a big- game hunter and friend of Paul Rat- ney, six years ago, the couple went to Africa to hunt game on their honey- moon. Mr, Sewell is at present in the English army. { ther’s sister married John Burgess Camac years ago and made her home in Paris. Her nephew spent most of his boyhood with her and in 1912 was allorved, by imperial decree, to add Camac to his patronymic, so that he is really Andrew Kolpachnikoff- Camac. y While he still lived in Paris he took a course in the Sorbonne, then re- turned to Russia to take his doctor’s degree in international law. Then he was sent to Washington In a position that corresponds with third secretary of embassy In the American diplomatic service. Ending 18 months fn that ca- pacity at the close of 1913, the young man returned to Petrograd to join the there when war was de- y, Colonel Kolpachnikoff elected di- | | ploma ¥ carried on under shell-fire that Colonel Kolpachnikoff Describes Experience in Deadliest Service | Yet Disclosed by War—Under Fire in First Line as 40,- 000 Shrink to 4,000—Several Americans Are Serving in the Ranks. |clared in 1914. Ase diplomat he was exempt from military service, but like thousands of others of young Russians similarly situated he did not rest un- til he had found a place with the Red Cross, where he could work in spite f his Inck of training. He chose a flying column” rather than the more routine service of the organization be- | hind the Hines and the hospitals. Attached to the Twenty-first col- umn, equipped by Countess Tolstoy of Moscow, and popularly known by her name, Kolpachnikoff was under fire In seven battles within the first two months tn the field. These actions were about Warsaw and Lodz and sin the Twenty-first was assigned to the First Siberian corps, nicknamed the Siberian Ironsides, {t was at the very brunt of the rman attack, | One of the things Colonel Koly nikoff recalls Is that the Germ used gas shells in these er ts | for: the first time. It wa until }Some months later that they were tried on the western front and there- by eame into notoriety. Even more vividly does he recall the crisis when elght divisions of the Prussian Guards and the Bavarians were |saw. It Is sald the Siberians counted jbut 4,000 still in their ranks out of ee when this tremendous feat had “a accomplished. The end of these first two months found Kolpachnikoff second tn com- mand of the Twenty-first. other two months, when his chief had been wounded a second time and com- pelled to retire, Kolpachnikoff took over the command with the rank of colonel. He still holds to his place, jand his present visit to the United | States is being made under two | months’ leave, Praised by Commander. When he sailed for New York, he was accompanied by Alexandre Ver- blunsky, a great oil operator of the Baku and Ural districts, whé found in Red Cross work the part in the war | he could not take in the army. In his | party was also Dr. Thomas M. Cas- siday of New York, a young surgeon who has been finding In Russia a continuation of the activity he had for | Some time with Villa in Mexico. Upon his de ture from the Tron- sides General Pleshkoff addressed to Colonel Kolpachnikoff a letter reading: ear Andre Ivanovitch: A few days ago was the anniver- rond year of your work the flying column at the front, the er part of which has been devot- you to the corps whose command » the honor to hold by imperial merit of your service has more thun once been cited by me in my orders of the day to the troops com- | manded by me, but I consider it to- | an agreeable duty to express again to you from the bottom of my heart my gratitude for your highly use- ful service and your gallant work. “At the head of your glorious fly- jing column you were always at the | front, hastening where there were dan- er the sufferings of thousands of our | gallant Siberian fighters. The care you have taken of them shall never be | forgot by them, and they will always | bless you In their prayers. | “You are taking up a long, journey | for a good cause, and again in the name of the entire corps let me wish } you a good journey. May success at- tend your every effort and undertak- jing. We are looking forward with | great plensure to your return to the | old command in the corps that loves | you so much. Yours, M. PLESHKOFF, “Commanding First Siberian Corps, Active Army No, 35." In Eighteen Battles, Eighteen battles of first magnitude | stand now to Colonel Kolpachnikofi’s | credit. In three of these, Tchervonata, | Niva and Tschidlovskaia, where the | } | relief work of the Twenty-first was | was as heuvy as it was uninterrupted, Colo- nel Kolpachnikoff was accompanied by First Lieut. Sherman Miles, U. S. A., military attache of the American em- bassy to Russta. Three other Americans Colonel K’ol- pachnikoff counts among his personal friends, Foremost among these is Dr. Malcolm Grow of Philadelphia, who Is chief surgeon of the Twenty- first, and who won a medal of the or- der of St. George for his work. Colo- nel Kolpachnikoff tells how, when this medal was conferred, the commander of the Tenth army sald to Doctor Grow: “I hope that by the time this war ends Americans will like us as sincere- ly as we like you and all your people who have visited my army. I am very glad to see among my Siberians a rep- resentative of the glorious nation of the Stars and Stripes.” The two other Americans of whom the colonel speaks affectionately are Stanley Washburn and Walter GC. Whiffen, correspondents. Whiffen was wounded by an explosive bullet when at the front with the Twenty-first. Colonel Kolpachnikoff’s column em- braces 200 men. All are mounted, and in mobility they equal light -evelry. hurled | against Pleshkoff’s Siberians, only to | be beaten back from the gates of War- | Within an- | gers and where you could make light- | FLEECED PILOT BECOMES WARY Experience has made Harry Poole cautious. Poole, a master luke pilot living at the Morrison hotel, Chicago, was swindled out of $50 by a gypsy fortune teller. Mary Stanko, twenty years old, was arrested on his com- plaint. “Sign your name to this com- plaint,” suid Desk Sergeant Pat- rick Brady, shoving an arrest blank toward Poole. “But what Is it? Not on your life. They got me once, but they don’t catch me_ twice,” cried Poole. Sergeant Brady relleved the situation by filling out the com- plaint. Then Poole, after read- ing it, affixed his signature. eee? Three surgeons ar~ attached to the | column, two nurses and five medic: | students. One of these students, Alex- ander Brailovysky, has comported him- | self with such lantry that he wears on his breast the medals of all four degrees of the Order of St. His distinction ts, in a way, as grent as his commander, who was the first of the three colonels now decorated to | be en the Cross of St. George. “Russia, like America, is a land of vast distances,” he said to a New York World reporter. “You, however, have mastered the art of conquering space ns we have not. Our fighting fronts j are well supplied with ronds, but we | lack adequate means of swift locomo- | ton, at any rate, for those In whose welfare I am most deeply interested, the wounded. Rapid transit to the rear means the saving of thousands of lives. Needs Motor Ambulances. “T have, after two years’ effort, suc- ceeded in mustering 14 motor am- bulances for my ‘flyer,’ but what are 14 ambulances for work with such fighters as the Siberian Ironsides? “Our whole Red Cross organization, which has 31,000 trained nurses work- ing at the front, does not boast more than 400 motor ambulances altogether, “Instead of 14 ambulances, I ought to have, to serve such a corps a: the First Siberian, from 100 to 150. I had been promised some cars by various British organizations, but they need all they have and friends have encour- aged me to hope that in the never failing generosity of Americans I may find some assistance toward providing the Russian Red Cross with this sore- ly needed equipment. “Modern warfare makes such terri- ble demands upon the physical ond nervous powers that unless a wound- ed man can be got swiftly away from the inferno in which he has been at work, his chances of recovery are se- riously imperiled. Motor ambulances will do this, and no motors are so ad- mirably adapted to use in Russia as your American makes. If I know, and I think I do know, the heart of the an easy one.” BUILDS TOMB FOR CHILDREN Laborer’s Wife Works at All Sorts of Tasks to Provide Sepulchre for | Offspring. Newark, N. J.—After months of pa- |tient labor with her own hands, Mrs. Philomena Tonnelli of this city has completed a cement tomb itn the ceme- tery of the Holy Sepulchre there. She |had the bodies of five of her twelve dead children moved into it recently and in a short period she hopes that they may all rest there. Mrs. Tonnelli is the wife of a la- borer, and all except one of her chil- dren have died soon after birth. After the first one died years ago she desired that the family should have a cement tomb, and when one after the othcr was taken from her this desire grew, according to her friends. She was able to rear a son until he was seventeen years old, and he died last summer. Since then Mrs. Tonnelli has worked at housecleaning and washing, at ali sorts of odd jobs, and with the money she had purchased cement. She learned to mix it, and during her spare hours, which have not been many, she has built the tomb. It ts 15 feet long by seven feet wide, and its walls are 15 inches thick. Mrs. Tonnelli is forty- eight years vld. MAN “MINES” ~“MUSHROO! > Expert Uses Deserted Coal Mine in West Virginia as Farm With Success. Morgantown, W. Va.—The queerer the place selected for a mushroom gar- den, the finer, it seems, is the growth of this popular table delicacy. The last word in a mushroom farm, how- ever, is such a garden placed In the depths of a deserted coal mine, hun- dreds of feet below the ground. Not far from Morgantown there ts located this old coal mine, known as the Pittsburgh coal seam in Pennsyl- vania and West Virginia. Theodore F, Imbach, an assistant in the state agricultural experimenting station at Morgantown, obtained a permit from the owners of the property. He en- camped on the first level, and made chemical analysis of the rocky soll. He found it was rich in moisture and its constituents exactly those needed by edible fungi for their quickest and most luxuriant growth. He, therefore, ‘started a mushroom farm and found the spot was jdeal for his purpose, This “m mine” makes large shipments to the city markets, tte at tata Hane aBd George. | true American, my mission will prove | FALLING HAIR MEANS DANDRUFF i$ ACTI Save Your Hair! Get a 25 Cent of Danderine Right Now—Algo Stops Itching Scalp, Thin, brittle, coloriess and Scraggy| | hair is mute evidence of a Deglected scalp; of dandruff—that awful There is nothing so destructive to | the hair as dandruff. 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