The evening world. Newspaper, June 14, 1918, Page 17

NIGHT or two ago I complained to a travelling salesman AR in always wearing out when one the least money to replace them. “Most people can ruin the best um- Qbefla made tn a month without half trying,” he remarked. s"What do you meant” I asked. “Tl bet anything,” he replied in fenow-it-all way which is 60 ex- ting, “that you always keep umbrella tightly rolled up when in use or, worse still, draw a case © protect it from the dust, Thie the silk to split. Another point ghould be careful about, if you &@n umbrella to give you good 1s the way you fold it. An ia should first of all be well on out and then, holding the t in one hand, with the other arrange the folde carefully #0 one overiaps the other neatly. low, with the right hand hold the ¢ folds from the top. If this opera- ia carefully done—and it is not 80 complicated as tt sounds— is no reason why any umbrella, matter how cheap, cannot be neatly without rucks tn the or bulges anywhere. “Many people open a wet umbrella je and stand it on the floor to dry they think this preserves the silk,” tinued the buyer. “Now they are ht in @ way for if a very wet um- is placed in a hat stand to dry Advice t aking An Umbrella Last Service From This Useful ‘Covering Depends Largely On the Way It Is Folded and Handled. By Andre Dupont Copyright, 1018, by The Pres Pubiishing Oo, (The New York Evening World.) the water collects in the lining under- neath the ring that holds the mate- rial around the ferrule, This retains it 1s simply placed with the handle down and stood up in the umbrella jar or rack without opening. Of course away from home it ts neces- sary to stand @ wet umbrella right side up in the usual manner but in this case be careful to shake it out around the ferrule as soon as you can. “There is another point regarding umbrellas that most people don’t know and that is how to hold them #0 as to wet the most shelter, “Thoy either hold an umbretla so far forward that it keeps the ground ary for about a foot in front of them while the back of their clothes is ex- posed to the elements, or they tip it so far back that the rain drives in| their face, The best way to carry an umbrella is close to the body with the stick near the face and then the whole person will be sheltered. Natur- the rain will not drip on either one, but df the atick of the umbrella ts held directly between them and the two walk close together each will be| equally sheltered and the water that Grips from the edges will not fall ‘upon either, “If you are out tn a heavy blow whould always hold your” umbrelta | with both handa, one a little higher | than the handle and tho other far up | the stick just above the spring with | the fingers clasped around the ribs. Held in this way there is lit! \- wer of Its turning inside dita Ce o Lovers | Camoufla CAMOUFLAGE. - STuDio, Re Sever Friday, June 14, 10918 ate CANNON By Maurice Ketten DON'T LETME SEE ‘You ARGUND HERE for an umbrelia| the moisture a long time, which both © swans holt house, who happens | rots the silk and rusts the motal, and biew. is to be an old friend| {s the thief reason why #0 many um- fummer the daintle of mine, about the brellas wear out first at the top, But @t Gnd most at. high cost of much| an umbrella epread out to dry in the tractive vellp will necessary articles| way just described is always a ter- be wafted pketd he eells and their natural cussed-|rible nuisance. It dries just as woll if WILL 1 BE INVISIBLE inch band. When tightly, near the handle, and/ally if the rain ts driving bard In a this veil ts not left the umbrella a little above the | slanting direction the umbrella must to float in the with the left hand. Then turn |be tilted to that angle. winds, it is drawn carefully around from the bottom,| “It is often rather diMoutt to hold close to the face holding the ribs and guiding |4n umbrella over two people #o that O Poet on. Nor! GAIN Summer hats of every varie- ty, lending a chic And pieturesqueness that i delightful, It has deen some years since veils were #0 popular and never wore they eo entrancing, The meshos are of every zo and shape, and designs are either conventional or in artistio tracery of vines and flowers, One of the novelty volla which has gained favor ts the open mosh spotted with large polka dots and = edged with « three or four Yes, THis |S MY wr acres ju EU SHS INTO with the band just covering the tip of the chin, | The vet! in my |wketch to-day ts made to lend a graceful charm toa | small straw shape that te simply but effectively trimmed with a huge rosette of narrow ploot edged ritbon, The | same ribbon may be used to decorate |@ mmple linen or silk parasol. ‘The dress which I have muprented in my sketch combines printed pussy- willow in navy blue and white, with the same oolor of satin, taffeta or riginal ‘Fashio For The Evening World’s Home Dressmakers By Mildred Lodewick Copyright, 1918, by The I'rese Publishing Co, (The New York Evening World.) Veils Again Popular n Designs Thie Dainty Veli Lends Graceful Charm to a Bmall Straw H colors are becoming to me? Would turquoise blue with a black collar be becoming for a knitted sweater? If not, what color or colors would you suggest? A. R. Rone, all shades of blue, tan, gray and brown are becoming, Would not advise the biack collar, but rather a By Betty Vincent wqrHERE are many American airis| attentions moved to another cit for whom this summer ts going | 48ked permission to write to mo. pad to be different from any other | Pormission I granted, but I have not |\chaki-kool. The back of the waist \has a panel of tho plain material which cuts straight across the neck land buttons at each shoulder onto white one or @ gray one, ‘th Feabien Editor, The Drening World: iis. s —eiris who bravely have watched the men they have promised to marry n-| ter the service of their country. If these men are not now in France they may pall any day, and even if thoy are held in camp thero will be days and weeks of loneliness for the girls at. home, | But the war fanoves should not give | ‘way to weak despair. There is #0 which they can do whioh will jgontribute directly or indirectly to the of the men to whom they ar leogage’. There ia Red Cross wor! and the buying of Thrift Stamps end) the writing of cheerful letters and, 10 | many oases, the preparing and sending home-made goodies, Also it ls up lige “the girt he left behind” to make ; if @ finer, stronger, mony O42 while mate ol ork. velopes by war's experiences : ‘gacrifices, he comes back w her, What She Should Do. writes: “My brother bas) it my duty to follow example and give up my Dole visit?” think that the services of every ‘and woman, even of every girl, Be wooded in America to-day, There plenty of positions open even to) untrained girl, and !f you want to a good iittle goldier you will take ene after a rest of a woek or two, “r, BW.” writes: “There ts a crowd of girls and young men in my neigh- borhood who always have gone about together, We do not keep late hours or patronize improper amusements but if a boy wants to take one of us to a movie or for a trolley ride he take jobs as soon as they are out F: Je S x35 Goes it, and our mothers never think of going along. cousin ie) very. much I go about unchaperoned. What do you q think about it?” I think that in thts country chaper- t ones are necessary only in those cir- clea where they are considered noces- gary. The old assumption that the American girl can take care of her- golf is e@t!ll upheld by the facts tn ! many neighborhoods. If your mother fe willing to let you go out for an hour or two In the evening with a boy you have known all your life, and if Your friends follow the same custom, that solves the problem of the chap- @ron for you. “F. P.” write I am. twenty-one years old, and T should like some “trl | friends, but I find that in the soctety | of girts | am painfully shy and bash. | ful. My hands and feet feel un-| iradlly large, I am constantly afraid | stumbling over something and I/ ever have anything to say. Can any | ane change his nature? Must I al-| Ways suffer like this In the presence @ women?” | ‘The trouble with you is that you are | perlatively self-conscious, If you | would think less about yourself and é oom the impression you may make on those you meet, vou soon will find your Ke ence disappearing. | writes; “When @ young ™an whom | have known for two 4 <@found you, and more about the per- — | “R. 8." | years, and who has shown me many heard from him once, although he haa | been away two months. I have his! new address. Would it be proper | me to write te him? bi Fl It never ts considered oper sirl to write first to a Young mane q| think you must walt ti you hear from your friend, who aba bad correspondent. si sf + SS ; Gp) XY. eee TINT ANTES MOT LET Kills Three Germans And Drops Bombs Upon an Enemy Aerodrome (Oopyright, McClure Newspaper SYNOPSIS OF PREG CHAPTER VIII. (Continued. excitement reached its height, My aim had been good after all, As I saw the body speed toward the @round, turning over and over again, o sensation of sickness seized me, So Intense was this that T hoped the next enemy would get me in order that I might not have to go through this agony again, Meanwhile the pilot had seen the falling German, There was a smile n his face as he shouted: “Damn good!" Tho German Rf machine had curved back to the rear of its own line and we also made a turn, during which we ascertained that the man had fallen inside of his own Ines, having hit the ground behind the reserve posi- tion Something had gone wrong with the enemy machine, however, After @ while it began to volplane rapidly; finally, it hit the ground with such force that the wings left the body of the machine. While 1 was taking the empty ammunition drum from the machtne, the pilot sent something over the wireless and before long our battery was at work again, When our period of patrol was over we went home and made a good landing. The other men crowded around us. They had seen the fight and were eager to shake hands with us. I pretended not to be excited, but I wanted to get up and shout to the world that I had brought down a German in the air, and assisted the pilot looking over the machine to find what damage the enemy machine he bad eight hits to bis credit. A Byndicate and Harper Brothers) Tos the enemy which had well above us began to dive, and he did #o its gunner landed a bullet n the shoulder of my pilot, Capt. syobertson, 1 feared that the Captain had been disabled, and was ready to jump into his place. If he lost consciousnens the machine would be out of control, and in that case it would have been in the Air a " DING CHAPTERS the last trip for both of us. nee Mare ond, ARDOULE My FALE | nn PANE, Lor tt In il tne Rochen, Hobart vay not arava that war mys being maga © Capt. Robertson remained con- regularly employed the faintly Lb; | Sovght walle on his way to ality. She Kar gy Oy vieeay t."¢ scious, He seemed unable, ho’ qoue ig andly Giminished, 1 shai vite ata hit thd far th tne ecm fran erer, to keep oontrol of the machine from high sobool tus fer Yyrea ned 9 ‘e began to descend rapidly to: f yoy my aunt bas asked me to| Lie oe day * aa cent to England with aloae 1 R00 sn German land and I had visions of be- qpend the summer with hor and Feet] < transporting barbed othe Fonte it Sergeant of & turnin ing captured and made a prisoner of Te fnever have | ar aenatehTuMe rari SU, tthe ont Shari, af treatd 2 war. ant Dave & good time.) Being to| al die wr peut Co atmo honptal wi ee” 1D Kila bet was back iS te saBetRe "'TO find out in what state the pilot ae ice tong an, ey DEOtber| +yuadiya es gunner in pmatlon aad pean toute umon ante the nine Lovie he wae attached to was I shouted at bin. Instead of res ome, it wasn'é nocessary. th aural ie cronsed No Man's Land. entered the euems's trenches and thvwe He Saying @ word, however, he pointed Now several of any friends are going Tnoght dana, After some training he was taken up in an aivplaue as & gunner, aud i up at one of the Germans who had just passed us, That signal, as | Presently came to understand, was ninth bullet had gone through the {tended to show me that we were pilot's leather coat at the shoulder. The commanding officer of the squadron congratulated both of us. I confess that [ was rather ploas-d with myself, and ai the mess that hight my ‘brother sergeants con- tributed not a little to that feeling. One of them, however, @ cockney, pI eeded promptly to take some of concelt out of me came, It was made at so steep an angie that the oil rushed out of the breather pipes and covered my face, It also blinded my goggles so that I was obliged to waste tine in wiping them off with my handkerchief, But that was oon done, There wae @ whole drum of cariiitges oD the jer me y, mytes, look at that bloke! ‘e Machine, and ay the German ca don't ‘alf fauncy ‘iaself, cause to my level again I let fly at him Mtched down a bloomin’ German,” he I saw him raise himself, then he remarked 4 back in his seat—dead. With that machine out of the way the pilot pulled ours up once mors, and soon wo were headed for home Capt. Robertaon was getting weaker all the time, however, and I began to doubt whether we would et over the Mne, In the course of our fight we had gone back over th man lines: as I now discovered, and our speed had fallen off alarmingly. I am not much of a praying man, but right there I said the little pri my old mother had taught me. M while, I kept my eyes open for the remaining enemy, who wns still near us. I hoped that he would decide to stay away for I had only one drum of ammunition left--47 rounds. Ho wan obliging enough to do this. But now we were again within range of the German anti-atreraft batteries, which began to fire at us They tammered away {ndustriousiy, but luck was with us. We crossed the lines without fur ther injury and landed at a Frenc aerodrome, Though disabled, my pilo made a very fine landing. He was bandaged up by the French and sent The following week, while on rec- onnalssance about thirty miles be- hind the German lines, our machine and another were flying along me: rily when we were tackled by af Germans. The ods were against us, 80 we headed for our own lines at an elevation of about six thousand fee ‘The Germans, however, had made up their minds that we should not get away if they could prevent it, and they attacked us. One of the enemy, who seemed more daring than the others, made straight for the other machine. I began to fire, After a while the tracers hit his engine and then he glided to earth. I cursed my g only dsabled tim, nes were still flying around us, though by this time in larger circles. Although we were now near our own lines, they kept pegging away at us, and some of their bullets kept epinning past us dangerously clowe Just as we got over our lines the Germans made another big try to get us. Our machines separated in order not to give the Germans a chance to ov attack us together. Two of them by motor car to the hospital. 1 tele went for ny machine while the other phoned to the commanding officer to © attacked the other. I fought tell him what had happened and he nge, hoping sent another pilot down to get the ma to hold them off in that manner, But chine, On our arrival at the squadron they were energetic and daring, aerodrome! was welcomed by the com Thoy closed in on us, and the rattle of thelr machine guns could be heard above the roar of my engine, @o close were they The Germans decided to try other tactics, One of them started to climb while the other kept on a level with ug. Not one vf them remained in any position very long. Of a sudden Manding officer and learned that the other machine which had accompa nied us had been helped out of w tight fix by two French machines, Between the three of them they had brought down two of the Germans, the third having made 4 rapid retreat. | 1 Was told to proceea to pogiand @et my officer's kit, this belng \ ° I have five yards of pale blue voile for a dress. How would you advise making it? 1/ the wtraps which trim the troot. —— Answers to Queries. | frst intimation that I had been given @ commission. Needless to say, I was 3 proud as @ peacock, and the pros- pects of secing England again in- creased my happiness. ‘There was no holding me, and I blew myself to @ wine dinner in @ little French hotel CHAPTER IX. SHOULD have liked to get back to my first equadron, but it was not to be, On returning from Pngiand, the commanding officer of the equadron to which I was attached gave me to understand that his was the crack organization of the corps, but they all do that, About a quarter of a mile away from the arrodrome was @ Uttle wood into which the Boches were in the habit of putting shells all through the day and night. In the woods was an Armstrong hut which was asmigned to me as my quarters, and my real flying life had begun, Next morning I was given a set of maps of the country we had to work in and, from the number 1s- med tome, Darrived nt the eonali- sion that this squadron covered most of France, I was also assigned to a pilot by the name of Smith, It was in this squadron that I re- celved my first nickna: it hap- pened in this manner, The squadron, being English, its men followed the English custom of } akfast at seven in the morning, tur pne in the afternoon, tea at four, and din- at eight or nine 4 p evening. breakfast was good, but ch was a cold meal inned In the parts of the world that | come from we have the habit of calling the idd@y meal dinner, and tt was the big meal of the day, |} ‘at reason I found It hard to yet used to this cold meal. I felt the need of something warm in the middle of the day, ao L went to A, and there bought inyself avout fifteen cans of pork and beans The cook used to warin (hese up for inch, and {t was not long be fore | had the squadr o® pork wi tongue oF @ cold harm and salad, and beans, That | > my being known to the commanding officer as ‘Heanface.” The naine stuck Before long I had another nick- name-—Casey, That name came to me from & Fag time recon’ on our onograph popularly wn as ‘Casey Jones," the Caney Jones who went dow the Robert Lee. 1 learned the neg by heart ind ued to aing It at the weekly con- ert® we gave our men. Tha concert always was @ big affair and we used to get @ battalion band to play for us. But my Casey Jones song con- tinued to be @ feature of the concerta, hence the nickname. As 1 eatd, Plot's name was oils Teall Hy al other name I never asaigned to & patrol and for a week nothing of much bmport- ance happened. On a Sunday after- noon, While aloft, 1 noticed that the aircraft sign intended to warn us of danger had out the figure "6." Look- ing In the direction indicated by the arrow on the ground I saw eight Ger- man machines on reconnaissance be- hind our lnes, Our “Archie” guns were hammering at them, and before Jong one of the German machines de- tached {twelf from the flock and headed for home Our machine was about a thousand feet above him, and as the German came toward us my pilot began to piay for position eo that I might got a good shot at him. He manuged to get above the German machine, and us It camo past us its gunner started to work, I returned his fire, and for the first two drums of cartridges no revult was obtained, But with the first half of the third drum I killed the gunner. We then closed tn om the man who was flying the machine. ily looked at me as I took aim and I hated to shoot him. But as I thought of the chances I would have if [ were in his boots I just naturally pulled the trigger and hit him with @ string of about thirty cartridges Hie machine lurned toward our lines of a yudden and headed down to earth. ‘Then it began to spin, there was a little puff of dust as he hit, and {t was all over My pilot was « Wo were Joyed and I was quite proud myself, but I thought of what It meant to be rhot at nine thousund feet above the ground and of the crash when the wchine land ed. What a finish! When wo wero through with patrol work, we returned to headquarters, and that n at me as } noon; as There was a large drome at Cambrai, about fifty miles from our camp. It had been decided to bomb this. Three tr nes were to go. Of the three selected mine was one, It was a beautiful evening and the mid was supposed to be made that night, We put on our duds and piled into the machine and soon we were up in the alr hough it was dock there no danger of losing our way roads show pla at night as las lakes and rivers, which look like silver, and the lines were being lit up by star From above, these Hghta could na long way off and when ma n were up it was a pretty sight indeed, The star shells burst ve r h as did @ large shell, and when many of them go up at one time furnish a 1y waa quite ie ted up ntened by the fa ding sheila, We foe's lines at a good height and were soon behind them their As we went over we found that aa 1 hawen "Archies" us, but our machine | Feahion Hatter, The ening Word: | | | am fifteen years old, Lam tail and slim, mayellgee pel sailee Gtubea iii e hair, hazel eyes, dark ey What | With narrow shoulders lashes and sallow complexion, sail | - j and long, thin neck. i Would appreciate a becoming design. aL. Hemstitching and 5 tiny blue satin or nou- — ead" tache braid buttons ent svraigil over, anu vefore long wo were near our mark, The pilot} for trimming this de- shut off the power and glided down sign, Suitable braid to within feot of the aerodrome; | pucks, the plugs that Liber- hen he pu ated the bombs. As the bombs exploded everything below us Jumped into action, Search- Nghts began to flit about and tried to find us. More shrapnel reached up for us. ‘The other two machines after “lay- ing their oggs” had started upward again, but my pilot seemed to have some trouble In starting his motor. We were still going down, as T could tell by the searchlights, and it seemed to me that we were dangerously near the ground when the engine suddenly began to work Wo flew low over the ground for some distance before we had enough speed to "zom." But after that we Jost no time recrosing the German Fadiion Petitor, The Drening World: Will you please augs gest @ pretty style to make up in nen for & business dress? Am rather well built, but not stout, welgh 196 pounds, ago twenty- eight, 6 feet 4 inches tall, What color itmen would you suggest? Have black hair, black eyebrows and eye- lashes, gray-blue eyes, good color and gair ° < ° o NY N linen, which we ald at an elevation complexion, of. abo When we arrived at the aerodrowe MISS D. Gray Unen would be becoming and practl« cal. White pearl but~ tons closing dress at side, and white organdie over-collar and cuffs ot told me that we had had a »w escape and that the engine in the very nick of time, Otherwise we would have been abliired to land in the tor- Train of the Germai 1 thanked m na had started again just Fashion Editor, The Drening World I would like to make 1 would have died then and there of heart fatlure, About a week later I was flying be- hind the German Hines with a pilot|® simple afternoon ) named Knight, when, on turning| dress of some mate- A around to go back to our Ine, the] rial not too thin that A engine slowed down. both this Knight did not succeed in starting | | Could use bo! up again, though he tried hard, We summer and next we ing down, down, down—to-| winter. What would | ward the enemy Ines, Soon the ma-| you mugges Am ’ shine guns | to work on Us| thirty-five years old, rible situath I had shouted sev-|welgh 109 pounds, | times at the pilot no answer from him, foally looked around ‘The pilot was gone! eral but getting | have light brown halr, brown eyes, slight col- jum oomplex- MISS R. Rose color silk and cotton crepe would be pretty trimmed with satin cord gs at yoke and sleeves, and floss or, me But he had not fallen out ag I feared. My frantic yells finally reached him, and then I discovered that he was at the bottom of the| cockpit trying to fix the throttle of | the engine, which had broken, | It was easter to reach the throttle ait | from my position, and more than| once I 4 thought out just that| embroidery with gold emergency, Now I was to put my| thread on plastron at theory Into action. king off my} ’ f heavy flying coct, and Mupporting my- | V8 eater self on my head and shoulders on} the floor of the machine, I reached Sie, y ?, e wee CON icra eek ‘tuama| Gleam Clothes Washer. the throttle again and once more we avoided be- That started the motor | RE ONT invention tilustrated n | in Popular Mechanica is de- tng, mane oe anh eanc din casehine| signed to make automatic the down to get at the throttle I had | cleaning of clothes put in a ‘wash wedged myself between some stays er on the kitchen stove, A per= and trumon from which I found It} rorated cone placed in the boller tmpposere 18 Cstaante Farneih, our {emits jets of steam which do the aerodrome I made upon my head work. Belence cannot eliminate Hy the time we reached camp the pains in my neck were almost un ‘Dearable, and for the next week I Aaeannd with « @t® neck (To Be Continued.) washday, but in time it may make it a day less dreaded by the average housewife by eliminating much ‘of the stig 39 a