Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, July 6, 1914, Page 2

S~ PAGE TWO TRIED TO BRIE HER § o “Never by a woman,” he agreed. “Cut that stuff,” she By CHARLES PHELPS CUSHING.§ 0000000000000000000000 Mamie Skaggs was in one of her gloomy moods. I i o0 dome.” uniform eets you off handsomely ?” “No!” “Well, it does, ning that took Jook as ugly as a clay bank.” the luster from her policewoman’s gay so—" R il ke I from her uniform. [ honestly admire you.” There was & “Lord! smudge of soot on ghe sighed. onp of her white | “Blarney, nothing! gloves, S8he do? “What blarney!"” down the street shining moment? she splashed into ‘Yes!'” a puddle and [ spolled a shoe shine. An obstinate hungrily. Jock of hair kept coming down from | “Billy!” she cried. under her helmet, Overcome with a sense of her un- a proposal!” fitness to ornament the highways, she . The burglar gasped astonishment. began to maneuver into the shelter of |° “How the devil could that be? Un- every shadow. When a low-hanging less you wouldn't let them?” branch dashed off her helmet and fear- | Journey to the next signal-station by “Did any one ever tell you that that ( just the same— It was a muggy eve- though it would make most women “I'm sure {t's very kind of you to star and the mill,!* ] mean it,” he insisted. “I wouldn't | tary iattiness take the trouble to say so if I didn’t. The nerve of the man!” What am I to | If you were in my place, and twirled her club knew you had only a few more min- until it struck her |uws of freedom, and you found your- on the crazy bone. gelf alone in the park with a handsome A little farther »oung lady, wouldn't you improve the The answer I8 The big blue eyes surveyed him | “I'm plain as a 'brick wall. Why, I've never even had “T'd let them soon enough,” she as- fully mussed her halr, she decided to | sured him. “Nobody ever wanted to.” The burglar made a flne figure as way of the alleys. For half a block she trudged down | one of these alleys where the black- ness was almost as unrelleved as in a cave. In the dark she quickly be- came agaln what we are nccustomedl to describe as “manful.” ! A faint noise, something like the snapping of a piece of kindling wood, caught her ear! | It was folloved by the unmistak- able tinkle of bits of glass dropping | on stone. Mamie paused and listened | calmly. i Five minutes later came some more tinkling of glass and the thump of two heels on the pavement. The po- | licewoman pressed a button and the | burglar was {lluminated as if by a sud- | den spotlight. He scarcely needed to be told to throw up his hands. Mamie ‘dexterously acquired his revolver, his ! tools and a jingling bundle in a canvas | bag, Then she marched him on down the alley and out in the glare of an are | light. They were at the edge of a ! little park. The alarm box, toward which the policewoman was headed, | was in a shelter house straight ahead. | ‘When they reached the door of it she commanded: | “8tep in!” She followed him, switching on the electric lights. “Holy mackerel!” the hurxlar| gasped. “A woman cop! Pinched by a skirt!” “Put up your wrists!" ehe ordered. “Not that way! ILdike this!” She laughed. “You've never been arrested he drew himself up like a soldier about to salute a superior. But as he tried to straighten his arms the hand- cuffs jingled. The policewoman vol- unteered to take them off. “Don’t!” he protested. “I deserve them, all right. I don’t ask unfair favors.” Her embarrassment was extreme, amounting almost to nervousness. “I was about to say,” he continued, “that you're braver and franker and more handsome than any other woman I ever met. And if you've never had a proposal you're about to hear one now. I'm not a crook. You guessed that right enough when you put the hand- cuffs on me. I'm an excitement-crazy adventurer, making a fool of myself on a bet. A lot of women would like to have me. I don’t mind telling you 80. If you'll shut up about this little escapade and let me sneak away, I'll give you my written word of honor that I'll marry you. My name—" Swift and straight the policewom- an’s club descended on his head! He sank forward limp and gasping. Her cheeks burning with indignation, Mamie turned her back, dashed across the room and rang in an alarm on the Gamewell box. That done, she knelt on the floor, her eyes brimming with tears, and pillowed the burglar'’s head on her lap. “Beast!” she sobbed. bribe me!” “He tried to JUST LOOK AT THIS fart, Schaffner & Mary Suits Selling as Low as $16.00, $18.00 & $20.00 that were originally $20.00, $25.00 and $27.50. ported Straw down in price. this Suit and it is your only chance to get a good thing for a song. Thle HEW P Leva) The Home of & Marx Clothing Suits as low $12.80 now. , Hart Schaffner Mohair as $9.60 to All our Im- Hats cut way Don’t miss Pants Sale as 10 on umbrella handles. ‘ The present fashions fairly compel the use of rich fabrics. § 3 ] f ! { { THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA,, JULY 7, 1914, SLIPS FOR FURNITURE . : interrupted | : testily, “or I'll paste you one over the ARE NOW MADE WITH AN EYE : | ! TO ARTISTIC EFFECT. | | "In This They Differ From Those In General Use in the Past—General | Directions for Making Them Successfully. Do you remember the slips that; mother used to make? Brown they were, with little narrow red stripes | and sometimes alternating twills! How ugly they were! And with every year's doing-up they got uglier—with their yoke all ironed out of shape ' and their flounces askew and their but- tons gaping in the back! ! They were the kind mother used to ! make, writes Ethel Davis Seal in the Washington Star. She is making a different kind now, and with such great success that she has passed the secret on to me! i First of all, they virtually are made on the furniture. A piece of the mate- rial 18 pinned on the part of the chair i one has decided to start with, and | shape, leaving plenty of allowance for seams. In this way one should care- fully do the whole chair, sewing the various pieces together as one gets them cut and trying on many times, in order to insure a perfect fit. Some- | times it 1s found easier to do all the basting before any part 18 removed; for others, working with a preliminary paper pattern may seem easler. | looseness in a slip cover; there must be plenty of “give” to it. Otherwise, when one sits on it, it is apt to burst open, which would be most discon- certing, particularly if it happened to The strip which runs from the ex. : treme top of the chair back down to ! | | | I | the seat, across the seat and on down | to the required length, should be cut lengthwise of the goods without piec- ing. Before cutting, it should be tucked well into the crease between the seat and the back. The narrow fronts of the arms are cut separately. ' The arm’s inner side is cut length- ' wise, and extends over the roll, under which another seam occurs. The out- ! side of the arm is cut in one with the side of the seat. The back side of the chair back is cut in two length- wise pleces, with the opening up the“ middle. The back's “thickness” will | also need a small plece, extending to | the arm. ! The fasteners are balls and sockets, or buttons and buttoaholes, or, in some instances, little bows. The balls and sockets are used for the back openings or for little tabs when seam openings are used. Wash taffeta in soft tints appears in summer lingerie. Fancy cut hems continue to be seen in handkerchiefs, Steel shoe buckles are in small sizes and novel designs. Little or no metal {s seen nowadays Tunics now reach to within a few inches of the skirt edge. Little boys five years old are now wearing norfolk jackets. Brassieres can now be had with shields already sewn in, The new semifitted dresses are | | straight at the waist line, Dressing sacks are shirred at the walst line as they used to be. Dainty neckwear of thin white stuffs with ribbon ends adds grace to any woman, Mousseline princess slips are in de- mand once more to wear under lin- gerie gowns Some of the new bolero costume: have circular basques terr ‘flnk‘\\‘ points )H‘Ih:\"l the ar | Fruit ¢ Fruit is a | early sun | it should be. | trimming bears | the natural pro apples in red an { the bright col | >r Trimming. T trimy r for the ¥ after 1t 18 carefully fitted, it is cut the | cludes cyclamen, begonia, shell, rose- ' shades. It is especlally necessary to mve"created an extraordinary shade of I two or three of this sheer material | some substance for decency’s sake, : but, even so, these lingerie combina- COLOR WAR WAGES MERRILY Two Schools Fight for the Adoption of What They Consider the Most Appropriate, 15 The present “war of color” has nothing to do with Mexico. It has to do with pastel tints versus futurist splashes. In Paris we have with us the tender color schemes of Watteau and Lan- | crett and the most pronounced futur- & st splashes of the ultra-modern school. Several leading dresesmakers are making a determined stand against violent color-splashes, especially where evening gowns are concerned. They argue, and rightly, that wom- an is at her loveliest in pastel-tinted robes, crowned by discreetly pow- dered hair and a cleverly introduced patch or two. They argue that futurist gowns de- mand futurist surroundings; that for ordinary evening wear—at theater or opera—they are unsuitable. And 80 we are having a determined revival of delicate tints, especially the exquisite range of pastel pinks which glide along a scale which in- petal, japonica and many exquisite The range of blue tints is quite as | varied. Blue pastels include a score of colors which run from desert dawn to Egyptian. Desert blue is the invention of an artist. He says that he first real- ized it when watching the sun rise over the Sphinx. The same artist has : rainy season. Let us put gutter around your house and protect it from decay. o T. L. CARDWELL, . |4 Electric and Sheet Metal Contracts a: Phone 233. Rear Wilson Hdwe Co. “CONSULT US” For figures on wiring your house. will save you money. We Look out for the TR YOU ARE THINKING OF BUILDING, 8g: = MARSHALL & SANDERS The 0ld Reliatic Contractors who neyer "FELL DOWN" or failed to give satiziacticp, All classes of buildings contracted for, residences built by this firm are evicgrces of faeir abiy, make guod, The mayy § Phone 228 Blue MARSHALL & SANDER 1\ .: ') = sapphire blue, shot with rose and pale gold. He recently made an evening gown of taffeta in this color. The clinging skirt was draped with fine black lace with garlands of gold roses, be some one else’s chair. framed in black leaves, catching up the filmy folds. SEEK COMFORT IN BLOUSES Women This Season Refuse to Wear ..nything Heavy During the Heated Season. Blouses of flesh color net or chiffon are worn as the season advances. Plain linings of flesh color are worn under colored or lace blouses. Blouses become more and more ethereal as summer approaches, and, while many vivid hues are noted, the fabrics are more and more cobwebby; must be worn, one over the other, or the camisole beneath must have tions are delightfully cool and com- fortable. The rejuvenated blouse reintroduced this season is finished with an elastic band around the waist line, which has the advantage of distributing the ful- negs properly and taking away the “tail” of the blouse, which would be too bulky to suit present require- ments below the waist line, GIVE “FINISH™ TO COSTUME Art of Dressmaker Shown In the Pretty Touches That Adorn the Models Most Poputar, While tailors use pique for com- pleting gowns and coats, dressmakers prefer sheerest lingerie effects for furnishing walking or home dresses. A very pretty one is in white crepon, the skirt trimmed round above the knees with colored Russian embroid- ery, and the short coat embroidered to match round all its outlines. The fronts do not meet, but leave visible those of an elaborate blouse and a narrow black velvet belt. Very pretty, too, is a white crepon with two deep gathered flounces at the waist in spotted crepon, also white. BBPBEPIPPBBDDPD DD The waistcoat, deep collar and wide | cuffs are in the spotted crepon, the color of the spots being sapphire blue. The belt is made of the plain crepon, gathered very closely and edged with cord. FOR WINDY DAYS 2o gsegocged 5B Frgeed BPFed P BB BFROOBEB R s The windy days make one welcome s . such alittle hat as is illustrated above. The crown is of gray straw decorated For the Oval Face. ne new 1 nave two or more more e vs s icate 1% e i — X,A s chin, Matching Hairpins. Jaw ‘and hose hair is nefther \"\ iner e but a between i black hair- are 100 conspicuous. i ere has been put on | he market a bronzed pin, PO shape to it does not, and it is becoming to only @ few afh . ¥ a few types of beauty, | with pearl embroidery, the band fin- cine for young and old. | ishing it off being of green silk. this place,” “with sick h i stomach trouble. : . Bl' ale Ten years ago a friend told me fo Thedford's Black-Draught, which | o Nuts,” and 1 found it to be the best family medi- . I keep Black-Draught on hand all the ChOCOIate " time now, and when my children feel a *9 little bad, they ask me for a dose, and it covered- does them more good than ici they ever tried. Y — ne\q\g’g neverf h;}~e a long spell of sick- SS In our family, since we commen: using Black-Draught.” - Thedford’s Black-Draught is purely vegetable, and has been found to re U r {aclec“'g3§ stomachs, aid digestion, ge- . 9 ieve indigestion, colic, wind, nausea headache, sick stomach, and similas pound symptoms. It has been in constant ha use for m than 70 years, ore than a million people. Your druggist sells and | l k P st e ShEmel| Lake Pharma # ; # i Wio have been building houses in Lakeland for yuars, 4 + H R S L SR R et R RS T T e T Y g FAMILY AVOIDS SERIOUS SICKNESS By Being Constantly Supplied With | McDuff, Va.—*1 suffered for seve (years,” says Mrs. ]. B. Whittaker, r;} Mayes Grocery Compar: e WHOLESALE GROCERS " ot “a BUSINESS wITHOUT BOOKY™ We find that low prices and long timeh wifl not go hand in hand, and on May Ist we will instal our new system of low prices for Strictly Cash. ~ We have sayed the people of Lakelan( and Polk County thousands of dollarsin the past, and our new system will still reduce the cost of living, and also reduce cur €dperser 21 ¢ erelble ve 10 gatdl knife in still deeper. : . We carry a full line groceries, feed { grain, hay. crate material, and Wilson & CToomers’ ldeal Fertilizers always on hand Mayes Grocery Compan 211 West Main St., Lakeland, Fla. it e rieiig FBEBEIEBIDEDO DB —— Phillips Bros. Fancy Grocery Flour, per barrel . . $6.00 Sugar, 18fpourds . . $1.00 Compound, lard/Jib. . 12¢ Bacon, bythessideJib. 16::c BestfJaptRice 20 Ibs] $1.00 K ¢ 10-Ib, pail Snowdrift $1.20 PE T TR l yv*wuvtuvuvmvm-rm-.-.r-a.-.—'.mw—vm.m- { 5 Special i: Saturday “Tango Cream [ | | | Thedford’s Black-Draught, | — Latest creation Only thirty eig'# B PP package. and has benefited more NCia J