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MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1919 With Brush and Palette, To New York "s Historic Ellis Island of the 27th (N. Y.) Division. Marguerite Mooers Marshall \ | By (Author of “Dere Mable.”) “Govrtaah, 00S, Wy: he oh: PUSRint tc el ow San cag Ga ; ; , Mlustrated by CORPL. G. WILLIAM BRECK. me arate hit “in more mosen years aro at Nov 62 Washington’ JVew 3,000 Ft. Sea Wall to Be Built on 85-Ton Concrete Blocks Now Being Laid by H 4 | Sirth of a Series of Letters to “Dere Mable” from “Bill,” the Rookte, furl of other ‘dave was the |. New York woman artist in black Divers on Harbor Bottom Will Square Island’s Outlines and Cover Dangerous Shoal. | veseriviny wis vuriner adventures in the Army. painting of floral horrors on lamp- Jand white whose clever and distin ' eee gs aey ts shades, umbrella stands and photo-|tive work one sces in néarly every kraph frames. Yet to-day the work | magazine one picks up is May Wilsc of reston, who lives at No, 22 West a New York ts widely | Ninth Street. ‘There is a wit, a de exhibited, and they | economy of method, a smart sophis capture fully their tic yn about Mrs, Preston's draw- share of comm which somchow stamps them as sions and p w York, She began to study With brush and /drawi wh in her teens, and palette they have later was @ member of a Whistler achieved success in| class in Sixteen years ago, it ERE MABLE: D Its so foggy that we cant fire at the range, [ dont see whit difference that makes though. I havent seen nothin since we started but a bunch of trees in front of the guns, Im goin to rite you a letter if the top sargent dont remember that he aint put me on no detail, We leave the guns out all night. Just sos well have somethin more to guard I guess. Were supposed to take turns guarding. As far as I can make out that means me and the rest of the battery altercate every other night. 1 suppose they women artists in | py ae & profession which |is said, she was struggling along in think some of the mountin ears is goin to take one of vi hnanae navel Nee vere on ik weak is ab tone the guns and go drivin with it. Angus MacKenzie, the Krome “ural tatent, penta cél arene her Wolk wae in undead ae skotch fello, says they have to guard em sos they wont radoHe° abpllodton | Wan TRAA FOF yeute ane Mores aw go off, ‘That sounds kind of silly to me though, Mable. nd the pl ANd ability to overcom licited an order | | 1 béen raisin’ a mustash, ly obsta ysa McMein, most famous and | 1 Was Ul yesterday when I cut It off while 1 was shavin and thinkin of you. T was sorry cause it was comin good. You could see it as plain as day with the naked eye. (Thats just an expreshun, Mable.) In a couple of | places T could catch hold of it. They say nothin grows very good down her igh, but cotton, IT guess I'll wait until Lt get to France. | ‘he Licutenant told us to-day that ertainty first among women paint ere in this city is Miss Cecilia Beaux of No, 132 Bast 19th Street, who has n called “ihe greatest | st pald woman poster artist, Has | just reopened her New York studio ‘fler months on the Western front, | ; | she drew lightning cartoons os to amuse American sol- nder the auspices of the Y.| Miss MeMein, herself a very oking young woman, somehow n painter” and Miss Beaux was born an, but she had a studio in Washington Square as Wing ago a 1 1902, when she was made the only | manag man r of the National] «ir! THE OLD AND NEW SEAWALL s to create ma zine cover who look beautiful in paste Academy of Design, ithout looking witless, There al- when we got wed all have Away back in the nineties she had} ways is “somebody home" on the o read meters T cant see what eight portraits hung together in the} McMein cover. During the war shc CONSTRUCTION hats got to do with artillery. sion, where she 4s awarded a/did a “National Service Girl” and a OF NEW SEAWALL \ to be Max Glucoses busin gold medal, 1 she was the only |"“Navy Maid" which were exceedingly Hos teaching me how, He woman on the jury choosing pictures to be sent to Exposition, She he Ancri- | popular patriotic posters, | riginal ‘artists in hinks maybe if wo study theyll ve Paris] One of the mo: been a prize w ner in almost all of the many exhib tions where her work has been shown. { Tn a popular st Tam eure ¢ Rose O'Neill we win handily ove make us meter spechullats, Spechu- ts dont have to get up so early Angus save he thinks they put meters on the gas shells, That shows how aystomatic they are. Ive started savin again Mable for © little white house with the green inds, Last month I saved a dollar hty six ($1.86), That with five ($5) L borrowed from Jo cont “SHE ALWAYS CARRIES A KI® kes almost seven ($7) doi UNDER HER ARM,” int the kind of a fello thats} for anything. We played old mald always bothering his girl with money|tii half past nine. Then the lady vatters, I believe in keepin business} what ast us brought in a bowl of out of the ve. Close, That's me alllappies and our hats. She said thé cvet, Mable, Hut in the bigger things | girls wan ali nice and they couldnt t eee 1 think you ought to know how welgalyvant round all night and get rd DIVERS USED To LAY FOUNDATIONS i but if throw Inad.. the | "and talked about. eae la . eas Apaingh, tne We may have to go at the house} The Lieutenant told us that in a hs nae At years since the Gov. Kind of gradual. Buy the blinds first|couple of weeks the whole artillery MeEyvs., MeMEIN Naatedore gat are a ty, But theys one thing about it.|brigade is comin up an there going | Bilis Tatand €0 pat atitue icteey ur) ve been ruffing It so long in the]to have a garage fre, 1 told him it | ia tatand ¢ : f | army that there aint no kind of hard-|he knew about it so far ahead that hip thatll bother me, there wasn’t no excuse for such The mountain ears haa funny cus-|thing. Though I should think thie FILLING IN UP TO WALL To RELIEVE PRESSURE guns down there as harbor d Since then ther ays has NDER the water of New York more OF seas: | rement work 8° Troms, Mable, and yello dogs without | would be all a garage would be good ‘ \U) Harbor, not far from the path veloped» {Be uses for the Island de-| ny gtummucks. Angus an Iwas out|for around here. You cant tell the | where the Staten Island ferry | At the immigration stat n the | ridin last Sunday lookin for a still} Lieutenant nothin though since the boats ast, there is an un-| year before the great tarted. |an got cold, We stopped at a cabin) Captin went to Fort Silly to learn usual Job of bricklayi Ding on. [more than 4.000 persons passed |an a fello came out with a round|something and left him in charge of The “brickla are divers; “the Jinrgo army base hospiial focated | alr cut an saya “Howdy boys, wont |the battery, I think the authority hodearrier” is a huge floating derrick there. e light an strip?” Angus saya that |has gone to his head. Angus says (tg the cks” are eighty-five ton blocks ef concrete and must be laid with the | -_ he didnt have no figger for that but|sone where its least crowded. America’s First Fire Engine wed come in an get warn, Eh| I read the other day, Mable, that nicest preciaion orf the harbor bed, | “j a Mable? there makin the cups rough on the There they form a foundation for a | Came From England. Once in a while when we cant eat|Pttom now so youll think theres > sea wall that eventually will 2 first fire engine in America| what the cook gives us which is most | “UF In them. They cant fool me nd a 3,000 feet and pra ee JF was received in Hoston from|of the time we go down the road to a nee ne! Thats me all over, | teally surround 8 Island, ———s Sngiand 240 yen ‘ke | mountain ears wife wha ‘saa nl on't feel you got to stop nittie inc wall yl Cums Cre nelnaas HOISTING SEGTIONS OF NCW SEAWALL Aatah WarRinee teen Te ee ente chores erat maken Pa” lie things just because I cant use | to fll in behind it, and add about ten | bie ir iN \ erude contrivance, to be drawn by |der her arm like an over coat, 1t|¢™ now. You cant tell when well ee = acres to the island where Uncle Sam 48 quickly and as well as though itychip away the # until the wall men and. operuted rowan | It the kids head wae on the|D’¥e another winter, Besides it gives yew york ts Mrs, Helena Smith-) crects the arriving tmmigrant und|Were exposed to the air. Moving|is Impaired, Granite can mo more) Ame matter of ta Aosta bere baad ate Pade “| you somethin to think about when | uyton-—although I hesitate whether | eee ata cting Boleliovil, wiaten Glavirataranche bas t]\ithstand the power of freeRin provement was mare (AnesRRRENIE ane: eraatee tai Pay ha Le you sittin talkin, 7 p laelude lier AA UAY GE pAINtara OF | "ae teak, how well under way, was| alll, Walen duos not aivect the. holion| Water tah oan a. ginss, bottle, Apparatus from ancient thnes until] dont know about that, but the moun. | #8 #ending you @ new plece on the A Reoulptors, Mor she is the woman started by @ New York firm, the Phee- | f the cement, Mistakes in Giling in behind the/the nineteenth contury, when the|tin enre is awful tough people phoneysraph that I got in the ten seine Tian tlaye, | Mix Construction Company, which buiit! The concrete on the ha wall are sources of equal danger steam fire engine was invented. Fire] Me an some of the other felton| Cent store, Its called “look out Ger- pices, oh | the tremendous concrete docks at Bor-|iald in still water, not If the “fill” ever starts to slip to-lengines are said to have been In-|wont tow mountain care party ino | MABY: Tam comin." It gives you an ot American t competitors of) Ccpression, although we are told that | deaux, Brance, when Gen, Persaing /'8U8h the surface, Waves ward the wall, the enginvers are ike-| vented hy Ctesibius in the yeur 250|iittle town near here the other night, | 40m of the way I feel. I got to atop either sex, Ha of other Atues of the ancient Greeks | sent out a hurry call to speed up troops! and the water is agita ly to wake up ve morning ant |B, C, A treatise on pneumatics | there was a lot of girls there with |[0¥ 4 Ro an see some fellos in ane made anything quite so universally| were painted. be laud eunnl the surface only to a to] find their wail has moved out into! written a century later by Hero ¢ noses, When they saw ua they| ther Dattery. I just herd the top oved as the Kew; t Mion} Abr. pinith Pays an hve a Ne ner Prop peaking, what is known | ‘he height of the wave above water.|the bay. This irs when the fill | Alexan thes nelen ran in a corner and laffed at us, | *tsent blow his whissle, uw Inpsrnations?” It serial was a table and two book-|as Bilis Island now consists of three |TMUS if a wave tx three fect hish.| is made from land toward the | “siphe ) conflasrati¢ he ‘That made me kind of sore cause we | youre 1M T rite again, =f pats FR ceysiiod acai rl ea Be never in her Ife took ! ids tne moin and crlmnal |e Water la Saturn’ alow. tne) Sirs. | Walk F fat the Ai au (BBPR dun wore involved in’ ia (ent | hadnt invited ourselves but been ast. | Bile with al) his charm, Kowpie is only A novelist aud a writer fv ST Uramoto eT ce hcninir] ESPNGSISI rtf eat a et wavaltiog teat Pop dow i [EC eee ee OmnParatIYG Hea ere Ob a oat tad the irl | te compite core of “That's Me alt Ons one manifestation of the gitts of that |cals, she tired of expres: ang pirates, stitl ‘MAI It ts oraies Airenerk ' r own | i wre old close on and was ready” Mal tere ls publishes form, ‘ : with her pen, and, one day, in her he @ strip of concrete on the harbor! toward the lan, and put In succen:| va HE. Deautiful woman and talented artiettoneaee, her Singers itched for somes | ‘To ihe south 1 by “|bed hardens in twenty-four hours,! sive str filling In that way. | y = tose O'Neil ene haw ox t ai! y to moule © bought some 1 . 7 and ¢ @ outer ed of the atrip dr on wave" baci | i oe us ei mould he BOuRhE Home ar hey ar ina a. The 2Md 0 the outer edge of the and | Thing vou wove mel TF Your New Frock Has a Sash On tedbnically clever illu t sh it home, She model ombined area shteen acres, || irs gt - aay, Hal ; Gla i EO | RRNA RANA AAA AAR AARP ROAR AA RR RRRNAA ADAIR POD DDDDRDDDDDDA NAY # sy PR GeeE ein Pore reek ciay Ou B- | uetwoen 400 una 400 foet arom. eapee [ECE —— fa ven ou re in the Latest Fashion ee | took a studio ac t shades, rh be inclosed by the sea wall,| Between there rails sacks of con-) BV ENING WORLD rete are x and fill behind it will make that the Island, adding more | m with water colors : Old Sash of Your Mother’s Youth, You'll Not Be Behind the Times in It, but Right in the Front Ranks of the Leaders By Margaret Rohe . | The lustre of metallic threads plays|der out of your old lace collars F o« The concrete hardens like flint, and e then the blocks are lowered by the By Sam Jb oy d | big « ed into place by| | the divers, on top of the sucks, which . || TWO MINUTES OF OPTIMISA | By Herman J. Stich | The mouth of the channel between and 3 also will be blocked off and the open water space ick and gui Weighing Cats r Show we put four ie | | NEG: SAreCUy to AAs. & PUZZLES And if You Own a Relic of Your Childhood Days, or the Charming D' ‘e ye come oll » bright part in the Dp and woof) the san "u gin e! ee - scat now t will be filled in, adding |¥ thls time have become a solid 1 three kittens on the ie te Re andlse un ib Raa aa Be same rummaging. The exquisite « ut by the Breas 1 Co. Vile New York Evening World.) or hree acre | mass. It Upped th O , . em and the gay Bayade atripea | vory tint of a cobwebby real old lace right, 1 the Jreen ul k ‘ on - ale ley Upped the af » be ted to a pair of [of the old Roman sashes turn most|collar is the last word in perfectio Some kead--Others Feed aan ily Seaulsad: fo: pravant.|i) 228) Hasse Are flubed, of she. alaeas| (7p hm Bt | Tron MtNeMe DAL what oetian (AON ork AoW ino h |to top off the black satin draped gow ie huge mass of earth in the fill b ren the younds. ‘Then we | apron sty » bu i | ] IDDEN recesses often reveal unexpected resources. The Yur |ijng the walls fren ta ee elt ab earning : ee oe h LE ne ER : Homan holiday, Usually on dark|that is the necessity of everywoman's kK kon's bed disclosed floors of gold, Invention whispers—ang |Uind he walls tr a | whieh’ cancrate||| sea Ibe of thie Hannan en ae eeena_ {toned satin or taffeta dresses, navy, | spring wardrobe, It makes no differ~ the ¢ its {ts vi priceless precious stones and indiss |interest, ER Ae ghiier ot : h . ors the| (ate an : { k Aa : seein Pipblae Riad Nee mupe, the gay hued sashes| ence what shape or kind your calm P F i i eee ranharente cramieul ment bee Er hed pri neice | re AG SAUP Kis tOne 1s ribbon sashes fetch-|tie up to the greatest advantas | 8, Just so it is hand-made of course pen al i ud apparently [a t construetion | b tke on of stone J wh are now all wrapped uy Of course, if you own a rea old} and a bit yellowed with age. ile tapi disgorge sustible food and fuel—with= | work is to path alon 1 8" reach to al] 6 a3 Jsaxh of your childhood days, it ts ; out which you would starve or trécze, To precedent progress pays rhor bed and lay upon tba strip| point just inf t tho} Lees ‘i eacerntan Lip ARn LSE teeter Ta A slever dressmaker who wishes to neither reverence nor deference. gination stirs—-and discounted f concrete w er 1 to supy Or anite blocks, | alii v Ar ; ki “ a alr ce utante waa | iit the best effect out of some lovely fu fact o N ra ligots your parlor lamp, a b the a of the eigh five-ton eon € by concrete, are latd, ¢ | ' ve weights cat and| t f al : old lace collara which thread thelr refuse rears fact ura lights your pari p, Caruso sings } be ala ie OF Sb0n. ans muna fy. ens h jars lmint 4 envied of all beholders the other | mont tascinatine designs in the retieke at your leisure and pleasure, tae aioe ward |p i ‘ed i pletedd ner 7 2 |» quant detail t he plan day, sporting a charming old sash of] gtited form of a deep sailor collar Minds, ) overpower and overtower matter. Fancy masters {the land for ce a cede Pesta vopegelaet fetes tel ANSWER TO CHEATING THE|dark leng'h of line plush of her mother's youth, It was of yeltow| has hit upon the happy idea of ture impossibility ture, fought with thought, is brought to bay. The | *¢ Ing” the granite face, that ts, in Hil BABIES. color and adds : vor to /satin, chenille fringed, and embroid- | ing the collars completely around and grea half 14 tellection, Viston dreams—and a message | 7 the first lem that would | ins the crevices with cement and Att tring the m and water| frock. I ‘ t t ton end with rosebuds and | fetting the erstwhile p rear sailor ACARI aNaY yy , bringing salvation and succor toa sinke | Pusele the rage layman, for tt j,| smoothing it off so no stray drops of|,.-. 0.4 ¢ (del twartaacche laeahe tai arabika G but] nots In chenille, She wore | effect drop down in front, in a qualia ioe abi, a ¢ » bollef that to harden, con.|\ °f can find lodgment between the! j44 7 9 7 milk and 2 4-19 {a waste of tir h ke gray Ge tte dress. | bibbish manner, ‘The result is Saaae ad lerete or cen must dry and that it| blocks. wail f water\in the mitk ca nd} Wonderful in color and design are Chenille fringe for the sash ends tistic and suggests that if we are Sclence and prosress are age-long warehouses—storing - te. oF must ana YY toanee Rot apsamipilsaniits Mie catulcepa tens oring the ex> | wilt not “stick” until It has been| If water lodges between the blocks|1 9-13 ja {water and 2 4-18 gal- [the wide ribbons offered to rush fem | mart and long chen-|going to turn backwards for our er mae ne | nd a mp i ity results and remedies, the wonder | troroughly dricd out, and freeges there, the power of the|!on* Of milk in the water can, There-lininity. They aro irresistible and it |e also effective. fashions we may as well turn some and plunder evolved o sa urles of mental exploraiion and exploltas This bellef is erroneous. A cemene frost may twjat the granite blocks | Milk cin ns he haw milk im the watre {iv no Wonder Dame Fashion is allen-| Apr f gettin’ out your old of them frontwards, to even things tion. Some people read+others feed history. Why not do both? sidewalk will harden under water just round and out of place, or gradually | can. ‘meshed in their toils, sashes you'd betior ....te the lavens "up @ bit j & i s * ( ‘ } ‘ ‘ ae nas