Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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An All-Se Ostrich feathers contribute"to ll The roiling brim is edged with an os with glycerined ostrich which trails $40,000 FOR BREACH OF PROMISE " Mrs. Lyde McDonald Wins "Suit Against Richard S. DesPbrtes "Columbia."Feb. 17.?A verdict of forty thousand dollars, was awarded Mrs. Lyde McDonald in a one hundred and. fifty thousand dollar breach of: promise suit aganst Richard H. Desportes. a lo cal financier. Mrs. McDonald claim ed that she livedx With' Desportes twenty years and he recently left her. 1 ; ? ? ? SIMONHOFF BILL COME UP AGAIN . . ?.5 - Medical Affairs ComjSftee Makes Favorable Report ?Columbia, Feb. 1-C.?m unani znous favorable report of t?e-med ical afTairs committee of fhjfchouse bas been made on the Si&jonhoft bill, to require men K> stand phy sical examinations and be wanted bills of good health before' hems granted marriage licenses. The bill was killed^by the senate las$ week, after passing the house last year, ?ttt Mr. Simonhoff, who is a-^mem ber of the Charleston del^aiion. imroducid/ the mei-.su re a sain this week, a)3d it-is now on the high rpad to^^c^e^, ^our^women. rep rosenimg the- .legislative council, composed of representatives of six teen women's organizations of the state; appeared at a hearing called by the committed Wednesday af ternoon. Following the hearing tae committee voted favorably on the bilC- The four women who ap peared were Mrsy J, W. Sprott, of Manning, and M^esdamcs F. S, Mun sell, C. Y. Reamer and R?th A. Dodd, of Columbia. NORTH IN GRASP OF BLIZZARD Washington. Feb. 17!?The north ern part of the Cnited States is sheeteti in ice today as ihc result of : a cold snap of unusual severity, which also extended into the south. Twenty-two below zero was reg istered in Vermont and Main<? While New York city had ;t tem perature of zero. Norfolk reported the coldest weather sine.- 191*7. Washington. Feb. ]7.?The sol cher bonus bill will in- reported to the Republican catu-us within ten days and the Republican house will pass it, Chairman Fordney, of the bouse ways and means committee declared today. Carnival Queen Miss Phebe Senkler has been chosen Queen of the Winter Sports ?Carnival at Banff. Canada. She is captain of the "Amazons,"' ladies* hockey team of Vancouver, and was tauten of the carnival last year. ason Hat a ? . =? ie smartness of the Maria Guy hat. , trich band and the crown Is covered graceful!} off at the side. iLENINE NOT ! TO GO TO GENOA - v ! Russiad Workmen Protest ! Against Soviet ? Premier * .Leaving Country _ ! London. Feb. 17.?It is consider ed unlikely that Premier Lenine j " ill attend the Geona conference, 'according to the statements by the i Russian trade delegarioiThere. Ftes bolutions of hundreds of workers' i meetings aganist his going have ' been pouring into Moscow, t RETAIL COST IS HIGHER : One of Main Items in Prices .is Meat j Washington, Feb. 16?The cost of j selling meat through retail stojres (average 5.S6 cents a pound in 1921. 4compared with 3.10 cents in 1913, wages and other overhead expenses having increased or remained vir I tually stationary, while wholesale prices were declining in the inst few years, according to a survey by the Department of Agriculture covering more than 400 stores. Sal ; aries and wages were shown to he [the chief item in the cost of re ! tailing meat. I Compete accounts of 211 individ ual retail meat markets and 216 branch, stores in seventeen chain systems the former having total {sales of $24,64fc,5?'< and the latter !$1S.4^5;34* in 1919, were analyzed ? for the year 1919-19-20 and supple mentary studies were made for j 1921 by Herbert C. Marshall, of the : bureau of markets-and crop esti . mates. The investigation, one of .'t series dealing with the cost of distributing foods to the consumer. ; covered thirty pities, including : New York. Baltiffiroev Chicago. ? Memphis. New Orleans. San Fran* : eisCo, I fart ford. Conn.. Pittsburgh. Des Moines. Raleigh, N. C. Bir mingham, Ala., an dLos Angeles. A wi#c range of net proSt was shown for stores of various-sizes. \ ranging from about 'i per cent, of sales for thefsc doing an annual business of less than $2&;OG0 to an average of about 2.77? per cent of sales for stores doing a business . of over $2ou,i0f?t>: The net profit for , carry stores average 2.j?f. per. cent of sales, compared with 2.13 for de I livery stores. ULSTER'.HAS QUIETER DAY Belfast. Feb. 17.?The re urn of the kidnapped Ulstermen had a stimulating effect on public opinion Hn lister, bul the situation on the border continues dangerous, owing ;?? the proximity of the rival forces at some points. Last night was the rjuietest in Belfast sine.- the outbreak started on Sunday night. YORK SCHOOL HOUSE BURNED York, S. C. Feh. 17.?The Miller school was destroyed today by tire for the third time in three months and the rtate has offered a reward f?r th?- incendiary. The fire burn ed the original building in Decem cad two temporary quarters were also iire;J. FIRE IN BIR MIN*GHAM Birmingham, Ala.. Feb. 17. ? Fire tod::y wiped otrt one-fourth of a city block on twemy-firsi street arid Fourth Avenue, downtown section, with an estimated loss of half a million dollars. Louisville. Feb. 17.? Prohibition Officer Kdward V'oJjj said that "biis i"(..s m?-n'* bad entered the moon shining field v. nit quantity produc tion and low prices, and thai a hit ter \v;ir between t >'???? ordin?re hoof l- gg< r and "hi" isiness,*' was in i tigress. .\'a>h\ ihe. I *eb. ! 7. John ': t < : n. ?!ie lir-t white man to ?deetro enie?j in Tennessee, was ??>:*?<riife'd in the siai prison for tie- murder oi Roheri Houston, m-ar Jolmson ?'.'. last July. Hunts?, ille. Ala.. Feb. Lfi .\i :i mass meeting ealH'd by the Cham ber of Conxmeree here today : resolution was adopted declaring the pr? ! ?). ii of the Alabama Powei *'<?., to complete and Operate tie government at Muscle Shoals. v..i "outrageous" and -only an effort to gum the game.'' CHAMBER OF COMMERCE .NOTES Meeting in Columbia to Pro mole Dairy Industry? 4 Banked Sweet Potatoes Do Not Stand Shipping The International Harvester Co.. of America lias invited their deal ers, county agents, bankers, cream ery men and press represetatives to attend a meeting at 10 a. m. .Mon day. February 20th. at their build ing. IU10 Gervais street, in Colum bia to consider means and ways to develop the dairy industry in this 'section. Secretary E. 1. Reardon has been invited as the guest of the |: International Harvester Company ami will attend tliis meeting. Doubt less others from Sumter will also be present. Thi* public spirited ?corporation in writing: the Surnter secretary takes a broad view of tie spirit of cooperation and its ob ? ligarions to the public whon it states that "We recognize oar ob ligations to the community in ; which we do business and offer : our services to help any section. but we will help only where wo ! have cooperation, our agricultur i al extension department*giv*es its entire time and attention to things [educational, striving to increase j farm production, improve living conditions, striving to increase farm : production, give more prosperity to the farmer, provide better schools, for the farm boy and gir^ j and create greater interest in ag i riculture. Speakers will b<- on hand : who are thoroughly familiar with ' our conditions, as well as expert* on the subject of dairying." Every angle of the dairy indus j try will be discussed from the standpoint of the farmer, mer chant, banker, creameryman, and community a; large. ! T!u- effort to ship a carload of j banked stock sweet potatoes through the South Carolina Sweet I Potato Assoeaition, from Sumter county will, under advices receiv ed by Sumter Chamber of Com ! merce Friday, be abandoned be cause the association has not found I the shipping of uncured potatoes ; satisfactory. v Mr. T. I!. Young, of j Florence, president of the S. G. Sweet Potato Association writes in part, as follows: # "We have not found this elass of business very satisfactory. Pota toes taken out of the banks are j liable to go bad before they reach the market, particularly if they are not rushed very fast. We have one car held up now in Norfolk with a damage claim at the other end. All of us art- taking chances when we ship a car of banked potatoes. The only way we can hope, to de velop tin- trade on sweet potatoes is through curirig houses:" Regarding the effort of the ? Young .Men's Business League and the Sumter ('hamber of Commerce to develop the trucking industry by 'planting this year a number of kinds of marketable crops, and I particularly the development of the sweet potato industry; Mr. Young also writes to Secretary Rcardon ! as follows: "In reference to com ing to your good town to talk to i your Young Men's Business League, will state that this will be a pleasure to me. and if you will decide on a ! date when it will be possible for : me to come, I shall try to be with you., and I a wail your further ad : vices.*' The Chamber oi Com j merce has requested that Mr. Hoff i man. horticulturist of Clemson Col lege be sen! to confer with a spe cial committee of the Y. M. B. L. about what is best to plant for pro fitable marketing, and to confer also with Rafting Creel; township farmers. ;>t a meeting in Rembert as to the building of a 20.00<i bush el capacity sweet potato curing house at Rembert. SENTENCE TO STAND Mrs. Bergdoll and Codefend ants Lose Appeals Philadelphia. Feb. 1C.?The ap peals of Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll. i mother of Grover Gleveland Berg idoll. wealthy draft dodger and four eodefondants from their convictions in federal court and sentences by Judge Dickinson were dismissed in i the L'nited Slates court of appeals today in a decision of Judge Buf fingtoh. .Mrs. Bergdoll and four associates bad been found gulity ot conspiracy to assist G'rov.er and his brother Erwin, to evade military service. By the decision fines amount ing t?> .<:::.'mi.i paid by Mrs. I a rsdoll and Ii?'!' eodefondants before June IS, las;, tha: their prison sentence* might be remitted will stand. The others convicted with Mrs. Bei-^ <b>i! i\ ? re < "harles Braun, her ? on Jivnu-s Rom is:; Aloert S. Mitchell and f la t ry Sebuh. VILLA HUNT ING TROUBLE M 'xieeo Gify. Feb. 1 ST. Francisco Villa has :isl;ed permission to lead Jus men against General ibrnan d'ez. who is reported in i ? 1 ? ? - i I j <. 11 in < 'bib "la 1) ua Villa wauls in pay oil .?a old score against 11? rna mb/.. J. R. PIERCE ELECTRO CITED IN NASHVILLE Nasln i.1!--. 'I'. tin;; Feb. I >.? As lurry Field . Go convicted murder er of .1 II. fierce, who was killed vvit-fi a bait:#jei' ;,nd robbed, was electrocuted today, going to death : ss<-r. inn bis i1111??'?<-11c ' Men never brag about their pay aiound income tax time. COTTON MARKETING CAMPAIGN Wave of Enthusiasm Spread ing Over the State Columbia. *Feb. it?A tiday wave 01' enthusiasm for the cooperative marketing of cotton is sweeping over South Carolin::, according to i Dr. W. IV. Long, director of ihe extension forces of Clemson Col-] lege, who spent Wednesday in Co-' iumbia enroute home from Alken ami .Johnston, where he attended i meetings yesterday addressed by Dr. Clarence Poe. editor of tin- Pro gressive Farmer. He also attended j the meeting ai Newberry op Mon day. Dr. Long reported that large and enthusiastic audiences of farmers heard Dr. Poo ai. all three points' and that the greatest interest in the success of the movement wa.s shown by :i!l of the farmers. At : Newber.ry Die contract was signed !>v many 01' ili<- farmers hi atten dance on tin- meeting. Dr. Poe spoke Wednesday at Hamberg ami reports from that' place indicated that in- was heard by large crowds. lie made Dm same place telling speech at these (daces that he had made, at New- , berry. Aiken ami Johnston. "The farmers of the sta\e appear to be thoroughly aroused to the ne-j eessity of cooperative marketing."! said Dr. Long, " and it is now mere ly a question of getting the con tracts t>; them. ! feel assured that ili*- campaign will he ;t complete success and that South Carolina will market its cotton cooperative ly next fall as will the other state- j off t he cotton belt. Contracts representing over 2.000 hales were received at headquar- j i ters of the South Carolina Cotton ! Growers Cooperative Association on Wednesday. PEACE FOR MOMENT IN BELFAST Last Night Was Quietest For a Week London. Feb. 1^.?Peace for the moment seems to have descended j over north Ireland, the release of' the remaining kidnapped unionists: tending to ease the tension. The dispatches indicate that last night ! was the quietest in Belfast for nearly a week. LIVERPOOL SHIPPING I TIED UP Tugboat Men Go on Strike and Stop Business Liverpool, Feb.. in.?Shipping is] tied up and liners are unable to ?enter or leave this port owing to; j.a strike of tugboat men, says an ! Evening News message. ? ? ? I FIRE IN OCALA (Florida Town Sustains Quar-: ter of Million Damage I Ocala, Fin.. Feb. IS.? Damages' [estimated at a quarter of a million', 'dollars was done by tire in the re . tail district, the result of what offi eials believe to have been a short circuited wire. Lake Hopacong, N. J.. Feb. 17.? | Two men were killed in an explo- j sion of dynamite in the packing] .ionise :i? the Atlas Powder Co. New Coiffures Girls, if you'd have your hair dressed in the latest styles have a look at the above coiffures. At top. i the permanent wave with bobbed j effect; center, debutante wave with curls; below, fan wave with swirls 1 and curves. These were approved I at the recent convention of the i Ncw York Hairdressers Association. FARMERS MUST SAVE THEMSELVES Leading Anderson Farmer Says That Cooperative Mar keting is the Way Out Columbia, Feb. LS.-?J. Wade. Drake; a well known planter of Anderson county, yesterday affixed his sign;*.! nr.- to die eottph coope rative marketing emitraf? and pledged his active support to a vigorous prosecution of tin* ? ;am paigi'i for signatures i:>. Anderson county Mr. Drake, who was in Columbia for lie- day declared thai the farm ers had to ?Io something to save themselves. "I have come to the conclusion." he said, ??that the thing to save us is the cooperative marketing of our cotton.'! I want t?? sign the contract and want to do everything in my power to j>ut the ampnign across;" A telephone message from Aikori 'his morning brought the informa tion that W. J:. Turner, president of the Bank of Western Carolina, which operates a chain of banks In the Ridge section of the state, bad signed the contract. Mr. Turn er declared thai after n thorough study of the plan he had been con vinced tint; it was the farmers' hope. J'.. D. Dargan wired in from Dar lington that the campaign was eon tinning in that county with the greatest enthusiasm. Over 17.000 . hales have already.been signed inj Dnrlingon eounty and Mr. Dargan ! now predicts that not U <r than jr..(oiii bales will be signed in that] county alone. WILSON'S FOUNDATION ASSURED More Than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Have Been Subscribed New York. Feb. IS.? More than five hundred thousand dollars, over half the amount of the fund, have been subscribed to the Wood row Wilson Foundation, announced C airman RooseVelt. New York state leads in the money subscrib ed, but North Carolina is first in proportion to it^ r^uota. MARKETINO BILL SIGNED Will Allow Cooperative Mar keting of Farmers and Pro ducers as Associations Washington. Feb. i s.?The Cap per Volstead Cooperative .Market ing Dill legalizing cooperative asso ciations of farmers and producers for marketing purposes was signed todav bv President Harding. DIAMOND DEAL ER IS ROBBED Sidney Krengle of New York Lost $150,000 Worth of Jewels St. Louis. Fob. IS.?Sidney Kren gel. a diamond importer, of New York, reported to the police that he had been robbed of between] hundred twenty-live thousand and hundred and fifty thousand dollars worth of diamonds on an Illinois Central ti.iin, which arrived today j from < 'bi< aso. Helen B* Happy /Miss Helen B. Happy of Boston is having a glorious time at Palm Beach. She says. ".Swim like me and you'll be happy,.too." So, boys, ?wim like Helen g. Happy! THE FARMERS BEST CHANCE Banks Not Only Endorse Co operative Marketing Associ ation But Will Aid the Movement V?rie. Feb. IS. ? "If the farmers of South Carolina do not enthusias tically support the movement now on fool to organize and to put in successful operation the South Carolina cotton Growers' Coopera tive Marketing Association,: they need never start another farmers' movement because it will be a fail ure." says J. H. i'.. Jenkins, Jr., vice president of the Peoples' Bank and Trust Co.. of York in a letter to W. B. Wilkerson, director for western section of fork county in tin- cooperative marketing cam paign* .Mr. Jenkins' letter was in reply to one from Mr. Wilkerson asking the attitude of his bank towards Lbo rnov??merrt. Mr. Wilkerson wrote that the banks in many coun ties of the state were taking the initiative in the movement and asked i;' .Mr. Jenkins' hank would favor it. "In our opinion the proposed co operative marketing movement," continued Mr. Jenkins "is the only movement that has ever been started l>y the* farmers that has ever had 'teeth' to it. A coopera tive association with the proper and enthusiastic .support. under Lhonest :.M<i capable management, o r g a n i 7. e d in S o u i h Caro lina arid ni the other cotton states j.will do more to bring about and regulate orderly marketing of cot ton at ;i fair profit than anything else that can be done. Therefore, tili tvoples" Bank & Trust Com pany strongly recommends the or ganization of properly managed Co perative Marketing Association and we unhesitatingly offer our facili ties to this end. "We have quite a number of farmers among our stockholders. V\fe number hundreds of farmers as patrons, and we are and will be jnsi as willing, if not more so. to as sist financially farmers who are members of the association as those who are not. The fact that the government through the great war finance corporation and the ! large financial institutions in the money centers have endorsed co operative marketing associations and have expressed a willingness to extend, ami are already extending, financial assistance in large amounts is in itself evidence of the i soundness of the proposition, it is a great pity that the farmers of South Carolina have not long he tor e organized stich an asso ciation. They would now l>e en jjoying the great benefits that are ' being enjoyed through Associations already organized in Texas. Okla homa and Mississippi. "The farmer who does not join in this movement is not only standing in his own light but is re-1 carding the future development of the south." ? m m* ? TO AID MER CHANT MARINE Direct and Indirect Subsidies Are Planned Washington, Feb. 16.?Both di re< t and indirect ship subsides for the building and maintenance of the American Merchant Marine have been agreed upon by admin is: ra t ion leaders, it was said to day in official quarters. The merchant marine program, it vvaij added, has been virtually i determined, and today was in the i drafting stage. with Chairman j ! :?.*???:i r ::uii experts of the Ship-I >-.?:?.;? Board engaged in the prep-j ararion of ;i tentative bill for in-; troduetion in both branches of! Congress late next week whenj [?resident Harding plans to submit j :b- administration reoommenda- ? tions. .\ direct subsidy amounting to| about s .*???. ooo.ooi? annually was said to have been agreed upon by i the President, chairman Lasker and other Republican leaders. The | h.'iyje rate, it was added, would be 1-2 of 1 per cent per ton per hnn-j dred miles. This would be paid to i. in ratov.- of American ships to in their operation and the .?;.;.?> sion or their trade routes. The ' one-half . ein rate would be given , to V'SSels Of low Speed. fttHl U' sliding scale, it was said; would! increase the rate to as high as 1 oil" a?'d tin.inaiTers cents per? ton per hundred miles for the.. mi < (j;. s: .Vmerient vessels. indirect Subsidies. * direct su! sidy, it was stated, j v.. ? :?! 1. ? the principal charge: !?.,..? the treasury, while more; i.. C< officials Iielieve. would he' received bv ihn merchant marine j fro^.j the ied:ree( sVdisidies. These would in chide special rat? s for ! carrying Fnited States mail and ? nreferential railroad rates. The latter, under the tentative admin-j ist rat ion bill now being prepared! te, hnbally would be in the form | r>{ reduced enrgo rates oti Amert- j can vessel- ' m actually would] ,,-jonnt to reduce,] railroad rates, i did er the plan said t<> have been i -i shippers would he given . red treed cargo ra t e on American , vessels when shipping merchandise r . an Ym.ericnn port for export on ? v,.Sc..]s ooej-ated by the Emergen-?>. x Flee* Corporation. Otter I'or lb?o\cr. Phihirl.dobia. Feb; IT- An offer j ,,. > i;,!, nun :> year for five years to S.eret.-.rv of Coirrmefco Herbert, ;i..,.ver ?.. become director of the proposed SesOni-Centennial cvposi-j i? I'biladelidua in 1 has j been made by Rdward ?ok it w r?s -.. ne.-e.i tedav by Mayor J. ft:>.nnton Vb.<\ Mav?r Mo.?r. said that Mr. P-ok, who is now in \. p.rida. bad wriMen him to tb?? effect and that 1 he matt- r v r.nid j olaced before the cenf^nnial committee with Mr. Hoovers an swer, i i Child, Sculptress Albertiria Vitak, 17, Chicago, U premiere dancers in the Fokine b' 'At six she won a prize for modellin; secret because her mother opposed BACK TO THE LAND There to Work and Also a Liv ing in the Country For the j Unemployed _ I ; Editor Daily Item: ! P rend with a great deal of in-: terest tin* interview with the ?Chamber of commerce secretary in ; Tuesday's Item on the unemploy- i Lment situation in Sumter. Also a: I day or two before the Red Cross | [appeal for employment. Tin? tr?u-j ' ble as 1 see it is that so few of: : these men and women are willing) I to leave the city and its paved streets, electric lights and movies. [There is room in the country for [the right sort who are willing to j work and live on corn bread, meat. | potatoes and sorghum syrup un-1 j til they can grow a garden, raise J I chickens, eggs and a year's food ! ; supply of their own. Put they can j nor come into the country with nothing but their labor and expect j to have all of the comforts at once I that the farmer has spent a life I time accumulating. How can they i expect to run off to town every ' Saturday, and between times, as I they see some farmers doing. Wood .and water on most-farms j are free for tin- cutting and the drawing. There are stumps to dig, ? ditches to dig, borders fo he clear- ; j ed and burned, fences to be built, : : not at your time labor prices, but : at a living wag?-. There are some ! farms to be worked on shares of j Ithe crop. Some one may ask:; I How can there be openings in the' j country now for labor? or farms: ?to be secured? Because many of I j the farm. laborers have not yet! I realized they can no longer get un- j [limited credit to drive over the \ ? country with fine western mules in [red wheeled buggies, and some I who see the beginning of the end tof the "glorious days when they i "Sure did ride," are hopelessly in I debt to one or more creditors who ; are waiting to see them fixed for ? jibe year with some farmer whom [they think they can persuade to i pay these old debts, then they will I pounce upon tin-m with criminal proceedngs, try to scare the money out of lahorer. renter or share cropper, through the' landlord or farmer. For the iast two years I could have run a 40 horse farm it' 1 had been willing to take up the rnortages on the chattels of the applying laborers. Some not being able to secure such help have de parted to .?i her states. , E. W. DAB BS. FAMILY FUED CAUSES TROUBLE Serious Situation in Florida Develops From Trouble be tween Families Jacksonville. Feb. is.? The sher iff of Bilker County has appealed to Duval county authorities for help in handling the situation at *VlacCIeivny, near here, which he said threatened to develop into a serious situation as a result of the f'-ud between two prominent fam ilies. Governor Hardee said he had heard nothing from Baker county, but if troops Were requested. Io was prepared to act immediatly. COLD WAVE HAS PASSED Washington. Feb. IS.?The eold wave has given way today, the weather bureau reports, showing marked reaction to higher tem perature throughout the Mississippi valley. Great Lakes region. Eastern and Southern States. SMOOTPLAN OF TARIFF DUTIES AGREED UPON Washington. Feb. IS.-?The adop tion of the Smoot plan of assessing tariff duties on a basis of foreign value of imported articles it is un derstood was praejically agreed an on by the Republican members < !' the senate finanee committee. When getting up on a cold moan ing hubby's motto is "Women First." Now a Dancer ; now achieving fame as one of the .llet at the New York Hippodrome, r. Her first dancing lessons were in a stage career. BUILDING TRADES ON AGREEMENT Conference of Contractors, Architects and Labor Officials Washington. Feb. IS.?A nation al agreement designed to sottie jurisdietional disputes that are said to have caused .most of the strikes in the building industry In the past was reached at a conference here of contractors, architects, engineers and labor officials. TEX RICARD GOES TO ST. LOUIS Has Leased Colisseinn For Twenty-Five Years New York. Feb. IS.?Tex Ricard, the sporting promoter who resign ed the management of the .Madison Square Garden sporting club, after indictment on charge of assault ing two small girls, has leased the St. Louis eolisseum for twenty-Jive years and has arranged for the creation of a modern sporting am* phitheatre. NO REASON FOR ALARM Mexican War Secretary Says Trouble on Border Not Serious Mexico City. Feb. is.?Acting War Secretary Serrano said there is no reason for alarm of United States authorities over rebellion threats along the frontier and.that there were no rebels of importance along the border. The "fears of the United States are absurd." he said. NUNS SAVED CHILDREN Chicago. Feb. is.?Some of the nuns at St. Joseph's home for the friendless t'ougnt the fire while rh* others restated a hundred children ranging from two to fourteen years. Many were carried our sleeping. Fuiier Skirts A tiitio longer and fuller as to skirt with snug little bodices, there is an air ot quaintness about the frocks being shown for spring. The Claire model combines black canton crepe with . soft mauve chiffon, touched with Mg of; giivgr ggjbgL