The Seattle Star Newspaper, January 28, 1918, Page 3

STAR—MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 1918, PAGE 3 } EAU TUvnenousgvannannnasonanunnnannnten ees ALL Cynthia Grey’s WEEK = LETTERS T.AUMULLOUNGSLLGAUSNLLOUUEL AUF | One for and One Against Trouser Idea | a! x Here they are-—two ideas whieh my readers have sent in neerning | the pusers-for women problem diy nough, one of the writers seems to favor the plan of putting women into a national trouserish | costume, while the other holds up her hands, figuratively, and says, “It can't be done.” -—-IN— Now what do you think? Is a cow tume which will save material, give woman freedom from the trammel ing folds of skirts impossible? Will jenty and| womanliness? Will women submit to it? Will they be willing to sub-| merge their personalities and taste) in a comtume ike the one modern men wear? Hurry up with those ideas Here are two opinions: | Dear Miss Grey: Has the hour of | woman's emancipation struck? It looks that way, when the editor of! an advice-to-the-uncertain-column is =a!) Attractive Bedrooms| trousers for worman--and in the face| 1! Mfay be economically yet beautifully furnished from the extensive \]/ stocks of new matched Bedroom Suites now on display. TE OROTE-RANKINC. OTT0 F: KEGEL, President ___ BVI Mins Grey, I've never seen you, but I'm for you, because something tella me you are the sort of woman who would put on overalls and wade] | As a striking example consider the suite illustrated; he eee er weer eee well made and finished in “Old Ivory,” with large and go hurting. mirrors and spacious drawers, at $109.25. I am a married woman, the moth- er of four children. When I was lit Other Bedroom Suites in Mahogany, Walnut, Oak and Enam- eled finishes from $65.00 to $450.00. tle, my mother always thought it wasn't NICE for girls to wear trous- |) ers, so I never had rompers, or over alls, Itke little girls of today. Whe I married, I hoped to have a little! boy, who could wear a new pair of pants every day. But Fate was against me—and went me four little girls, I dressed them in overalls while they were litte, but now the] youngest has reached the flapper) age--and would you believe it, they are horrified at the thought of women wearing trousers, Last! spring, when we planted our war| garden, I broached the subject of alla to work in, and they said, “Mother, you're too fat. You would) look funny and the neighbors would talk.” When my daughters are married off, and my husband has developed | a hankering for the fireside in hin| last days, I shall slip away to the hills, wear pants and rubber boots! and have a real good time before I/ die. By that time I hope that trous ers will have become accepted for women, #0 1 won't have to dodge be hind the trees like Modern Eve. MOTHER. o. Dear Mise Grey: I reed, with con-| ALSO [ideradic amusement, your article A Special Sale women will never adopt such a cos tume. It would be too much of an advantage to the homely ones, and too much of a disadvantage to the} pretty ones. For clothes do make} ‘ : . 4 In the $110,000 the woman. However hard you, may A fortunate purchase of high-grade Curtains from an ime try to frustrate that argument, it , e Production simply can't be did porter’s overstock, bought at about half price, presents an op- DAU bree rs ‘roerette el ‘when portunity for worth-while savings to our customers. the time comes that fat women and ‘ * Pe GHTER thin ones, bow-lgaed ones and! Fine Domestic and Imported Curtains at OF DESTINY” (=). rescmn ceo About One-Half of Their Original Value then and then only, will the world be made sate for democracy. Surely the Seventeen Styles—All Good Patterns nyt heh Smt and some ||, 86 pairs of Nottingham Curtains. 50 $4.50 Bumgalow Curtains dove of peace will place a laurel! ly, is ready to sacrifice her chance | o er h the wor h al e mayo thir mont "efficent war The Pair $1.85 aay work in pants, A WOMAN Regular $3.00 values Fine Serim Curtains with valance, sane | trimmed with 3-inch filet insertion and Cynthia Wants Tom . an ’ & ie Learn His Lesson } Twenty pairs of Nottingham Cur- fine quality lace edge. White only. tains, extra wide and long. White only. Dear Miss Grey: It is too Rood) nia meen semtil! The Pair $1.65 $3.75 Scotch Madras “A Pupil" who asked you to find Regular $2.50 values the historical dates from 1775 to © e ies in our bua Forty-five pairs of very fine grade Curtains, the Pair $1.95 aay, jp Ber ror igh yey oom Lace Curtains of attractive design, 50 oy Suimalanh Geteaes cea ces? inches wide, 3 yards lone. White only. All white, beautifully designed Cur ag ae The Pair $2.35 tains, 24 yards long. ‘These will give She told us how (we will call him| e Fair vs excellent satisfaction and will wash Tom because that tan't his name) | fi) Regular $4.00 value perfectly. he wrote to Cynthia Grey, who|f} squeiched bim most artistically | . e lched_ him most srustcaly. | $6.50 Arabian Curtains Ragen ire tec] 9850 Arabia $10 Irish Point Curtains to have his work done for him. The Pair $3.85 They were all the lookout for| cour nanan prot suv agi Made of good quality round mesh The Pair $5.85 { ee ALL read nt it oaree,| | French net, trimmed with genuine I : . hey pasi on to the teacher -abi, we ii rted i a and you may imagine how we all! | Arabian braids, a tae Oa ce ees es ay enjoyed It, | . Hi ex- 4 Needless to say, all of “Tom's $6.00 Net Curtains traordinary value. : : choot tes joked hi erciful- | wilderne: © botto: ock- | * : } i o4 | ea poy of 1 wile WW caiay af Plain Nets in white and Arabian Cage one, two and three-pair lots in i |it should be. color, trimmed with 3-inch Battenberg this assortment to be sold at greatly ‘ sam __|_ He is a bumptious creature, insertion and motif, with Battenberg reduced prices. See our Pike Street | much impressed with his own edge. window for these values. AXMINSTER RUGS Very Serviceable Medium-Priced Floor Coverings The many new Spring designs now on dis- play in the Rug Section embrace every popular shade. Included are rose, blue and taupe and new color combinations, with tan leading in popularity. Oriental, conventional and new chintz patterns are shown in the several desir- able grades. zes in stock are: 2216x386, 27x54, 27x60, 86x63, 36x72, 4-6 x7-6, 6x9, 6-9x9, 7-6x9, 8-3x10-6, 9x9, 9x12, 11-8x12 and 12x15. The prices of the 9x12 sizes in the various grades are $30.00, $32.50, $85.00, $38.00, $40.00, $43.50, $45.00, $47.50 and $53.00, enough to stand up and tell yo PAVING AND LIGHTS cleverness, and you certainly gave| | e y that he would fight for what was| the balloon of his self-esteem a aq | Fight, lost even tho courage to do| RUSHED AT CAMPS pin-prick which it needed. | ight tm ether matters. Ho tells me | geass Correspondent | 1 was afraid his teacher might |that he wrote you of his predica-|"'CAyp LEWIS, ‘Tacoma, Jan, 28,|ROt write to you and so decided jment and his sin, and because you) paving at this cantonment in being ‘ let you know the result —_—_—__—-, uncompromisingly. “I am net going! "ere afraid that some one might | rushed, and during fair weather ONE OF THE TEACHERS. qxaacm: MASTERS MAN | | to ask you to look back into the dix ey Bays Ai el your non had tech’ this week several roads have been Tomales | plight’: must” have [Al 2 i} tant past upon your ruthless life. Ax Tent that you in your creed must Completed and a number of others) been comical, I'll admit. But, Harvey's tather that | nearly as I can make out, this world Meee ee yeaa toned that he had BFeURht near completion. The work somehow, I can't laugh over check te the bank to|has been your oyster and Yours 1.1%, what did not belong to him '% Pelne done by private conttactors, jt. Here in my work I meet, shortage in his accounts,| alone. You were proud of your boy. (ai the while salving his conscience “oTking for Uncle Sam, and it 18 face to face, some of the Toms the man was silent for a|and because he was male, yeu told with the thought that he was only Probable that before the end af the) ang Marys and Bills grown to moments. Then the old spine| him, by word and deed, by precept borrowing), you cast him off winter most of the roads in the; manhoed and womanhood, who with a Jerk and he in-|and example, that to him all things “op man, egotistical, selfish man, |? Will be hard surfaced. | blutfed their way thru rchool fm a gruff tone, “Why did | should be given. you have broken your wife's heart', Tne road lighting system also 18) ang who attempt to bluff the de that?” Hvidently he could| “You tried hard to teach him that and ruined your son, and I know | PClns extended and at night it is not) wortd into giving them an easy Conceive of any woman doing he must make himself impervious to you are not happy.” coy ik dln Jeult to find one’s way! iiving, Inevitably they fall, & thing from disinterested mo-| the rights of woman, You said to I wish you could have ween that “wy cinhorate entrance arch do-| “Pd fall hard, sooner or tater. | him, ‘Woman is yours, your chattel. man's face, little book, as T was talk- | nated by the employes of the con If by chance “Tom” should I am a friend of Alice’s,”| True, you must be a magnanimous ing. Sometimes I thought he was tractors building the camp has been, T®4 your letter, I don’t want my answer. | master, but a master you must be going to fall with a stroke of apo canpieted and a spot light erected, Mm to think I printed It to slumped down in his chair and| just the same.’ Then, when he plexy right there and then, and on @ pole near the gate to illuminate, ™&ke his chagrin greater. ‘The to look at me from eyes found a splendid woman who un- again I thought he would faint. His jr at night taunts of a roomful of had lowered into mere malig- selfishly cared for him during bis hands were clindhed #o that the ce AED ewer HS. school-mates is a bitter pill {lines and whom he grew to love, knuckles were white, and at times| The George H. Fortson auxiliary! to swallow. I only hope that Woman was the ruination of you told him that he must not offer they looked as tho he was trying to the Red Cross will meet Wednes-| in a small way I have helped bey,” he snarled. lher marriage because the very strenuously to keep them from fly-| day at the home of Mrs. M. L. Rush,| “Tom” to realize that for : me, you were the ruina- duties she perfermed to alleviate his ing at me and throttling me, as the! 934 25th ave. 8. | every ilttle thing we get in of your boy,” I said. | pain made her @ menial unfitted to pudgy fingers curled in and out of | this world we must work, and here, young woman, I am/| be the wife of one of your family. his palma, work hard. lured to being talked to in this| “When the boy revolted and said At last he caught his breath , | he would marry the woman he loved sharply and said, “I tell you 1 will It would have been better for you in spite of you, you descended to the have nothing to do with the man ban pagal had been,” I naid valiantly, tho most terrible infamy I have ever you are talking about. He is no| hare Tar Cath eco, iss Wate hard work not to lot my voles known, You trumped up a criminal longer a won of mine. I wish you|} 4y erangactigua’ held | how many aviation fields there are He started to speak, but J charge against that woman—the good-morning.” He put out bis hand || confidential, If not convenient | in the United States ich aaa traffic of- woman who had probably saved the to push the buzzer at his elbow. I| write or bone, and our Y INTERESTED, | wants to stop life of your son—and sent her to did not move. But I sald calmly ntative will call at your i am oe pace | - et siaaansees a talk first,” I said. | prison. and firmly, “Do not call any one “ ere are national army | 4 ; ladies,” he said |. “Naturally, Mr. ——» thin had a yet, Mr. , thinking I am going, anders & Company | and 16 National Guard can- Grote-Rankin—F IF T H AT P IKE—Grote-Rankin an ironical smi! very bad effect on the morale Mad 1 ae te Continued) 008-4 paene sah pe OS Nd are eight for justice,” I aaswered|your boy, who, without stamina 'o aviation * - — = é “ ; Attractive Values in Dinnerware Johnson Bros. English Porcelain Dinnerware decorated in a very neat, clean-cut border decoration, 60-plece set, $23.00, including 6 dinner plates, 6 pie plates, 6 bread and butter plates, 6 soups, 6 fruits, 6 teacups and 6 saucers, 1 covered stable dish, 1 open oval vegetable dish, 1 open round vegetable dish, 1 sauce boat, 1 pickle dish, 2 platters, 42-plece set American white semi-porcelain on Hudson shape, $5.50. 42-piece set American semt-por- celain, plain shape, gold band decoration, $7.20. 42-plece set American sem!-por- celain, plain shape, blue bird deco: ration, $7.70, Nippon hand - decorated China, 100-piece set, service for 12 peo ple, $45.00, | Dear Miss Grey: Please tell me