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U. S. to .-y.-f * * •,¥--,>-,v^ -* -v.- j.". •• ->•-.. - -v^vV.- *y<iHENW, * """• rrf *"-•* ^"" f i,!*W" -• *»r^\ * ":s.V&"* ;; i.i M t '*"* " "Villii i ' I K r i . m i l i i f i i i . i n ' ' ^ r i i i { , % i i f f ' %: -V '., • y.i .#-•##£•••*. i< Velvet 15Ffond I*' Federal Trade Commission Favors Supervision by Gov- Authoriti#* WOULD ELMDUTE HOARDING Establishment of Central Markets for Perishable Food Product* ami Creation of Licensing System ,•* Urge* by Board. ^Washington.--Establishment of central markets for perishable food products In all large cities and the setting up of a federal licensing system applicable to all dealers in such foods at those markets are proposed by the federal trade commission in its annual report to congress. The commisslon'% conclusions are based on an investigation covering many months, and it declares that federal action is necessary to obtain effective regulation and to avoid unfair and wasteful practices with the consequent effect on prices. In the present system the commission sees as a hindrance to the proper passage of perishables from the producer to the consumer certain intertrade dealings which it believes should , be eliminated, and it suggests that the handling of these products be surrounded by numerous regulations and restrictions such as the recording of available supplies and the dating of cold-storage periods and provisions for auction marketing. •«; Would Eliminate . Hoarding. _ Facilities should be made adeqa&fe, the commisslou says, to enable the producer to ship freely into the centra] markets and "with proper protection of his interests." The marketing system should be so covered that objectionable hoarding would be eliminated and proper co-ordination of transportation facilities should be accomplished to make deliveries car* tain when required. The commission says that "the needed reforms can hardly be expected to be accomplished by the initiative of the dealers," and asserts that state and municipal authorities lack adequate power to effectively regulate the handling of the food supplies. Turning to wheat products, the commission says it has found that concentration of the milling industry has progressed far enough so that "probably ten of the largest milling concerns could supply the demand of the country for flour." The commission mentions Incidentally that its figures from 37 milling corporations showed that tlieir sales bad increased from $160,000,000 to $354,000,000 between 1914 and 1918, while their annWl profits had grown from $r>,500,000 to $20,000,000 in the siftqe period. Reporting on the operation of the Webh-Pomerene act, permitting formation of associations for export trade, the commission informs congress that this act has served as "a decided factor" in promoting the progress of American manufacturers In foreign markets. The commission says that during the year 43 associations, comprising approximately 732 concerns, whoso offices and plants were distributed over 48 states, reported to it as operating under the export art. The commission says also that Die law, instead of increasing the strength of the already great American industrial establishments, has enabled the smaller concerns to band together in a fashion to push fully organized export trade in a keenly competitive manner, which they ajre not able to do at home. To this extent, the commission believes, the law has worked to the great advantage of the small firsts. Teaching Them to Be Real Americans - <ijjr .• " The heading Paris"dressmakers continue to evince a marked taste for white and black--singly, in combination and sometimes relieved by bright bits of color. The evening dress de luxe for the winter season is of white velvet. Every important maker is going In strongly for the white velvet dress, according to a leading fashion writer. In launching this novelty these dictators of fashion have revived an oldfashioned type of pure white velvet, which for many years has been confined to millinery. It is that marvelously fine, all-silk, old-fashioned velvet known as velours de Lyon. This is a close-nap, close-sheared smooth velvet, which, without being thick, has a wonderful depth of tone owing to its close pile and fineness of fiber. There is no new-fangled velvet, no panne and no chi$bn, just plain, oldfashioned velvet,1 exceedingly costly, limited in quantity, difficult to secure and durable to the point of serving several generations--the kind of velvet that the great-grandmothers of this generation had for bonnets. In their day it was woven in narrow width, not over 16 or 17 inches, but today the looms produce it In meter width. The perfect surface of this fabric can be produced only through the work of most skilled hands, and every Scene in a classroom in the plant of the Griffin Wheel company, Chicago where alien employees are being taught the English language and America* governmental Ideals, so they can obtain their citizenship papers. OFFERS TO SELL SELF FOR $2,500 Jack Tar's Body and Soul Goes for. Year to Man Who Wil Put Up the Money. STICKS FDR HONESTY OUT Will Do Anything to Help Him Care for Wife and Baby--Goes 8 up perjMSto Buy Milk for , Infsn^ Chicago.--"Fdr those who lte to ponder the riddle of existence there is presented Obert Flrmin, who offers himself for sale, body _ and soul, for one year. Price, $2,500. His only stipulation is that his purchaser shall not expect him to participate in any unworthy action. He will go anywhere in the world upon the most hazardous adventure. He says he will labor "at any task that 160 pounds of brawn, two capable hands, and a clear brain can perform." But he insists he must sell himself. There are two reasons. You will find them In a one-room housekeeping apartment on the third floor, back, at 1252 West Madison street. One is the nineteen-year-old wife he eloped with three years ago. The other Is Martha, .1 . .1 thirteen months old and undernourished. A Marooned Jaek Tar. It is the story of a Jack tar marooned among landlubbers. Firmin was born in St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada. His father was a deep sea sailor. As a boy Flrmin used to go out with the fishing smacks. He could navigate a deck before be could walk a pavement. As soon as he was old enough lie went to sea. He has circumnavigated the globe five times. He has been in every nook and cranny where ships wander. He enlisted for the navy when the United States entered the war, but the shipping board diverted him to the merchant marine. In the fall of 1917 a freight packet on which he was serving as quarter* master touched at Cleveland. Flrmin had shore leave of five days. He met Myrtle Smith. They loved. Her parents objected. They were married secretly. His time expired last November. He went to Cleveland. They notified the parents of their marriage. Forgiveness was refused. They came to Chicago. "I've Tried Everything." "But I don't belong on dry land," he said. Tve tried everything. My wife Is not well and I didn't .warn to leave her and baby. I finally began washing windows and cleaning flagpoles. I'm pretty handy at climbing. But the money didn't come In. "Tonight we got down to our last cent. We were able to buy milk for baby, but we went supperless. So I decided the thing to do was to go back to the sea again. There^'m at home On dry land I'm as handy as a fish out of water. , "So that's why I offered myself for sale for a year for $2,000. I'm well worth It. All I want is assurance the wife and baby will be cared for. About myself I'm not worrying. I don't care where I go or what I do, Jus( so It's honest. "Please get this straight: I don't want any charity, I just want a chance to make good for the $2,500." With $26,000 in Bank, ; " Man Lived in Poverty 3 William Girth, an inventor of New York <51 ty, suffered partial loss of memory in 1912, after placing $26,000 in a savings bank. He had since lived in destitute circumstances until Ralph Kutz, an employee of the bank, located Girth. He asked the inventor If he was iu need of money, and received (he reply : "My God, yes; I am nearly starving." * ? \ No fewer than 35 persons of every 1,000 are more or less color blind. Women's Mifitia of Moscow in Gymnastic Drill Froofc of Black Satin and Black Crepe Georgette. thread of silk is carefully selected. Being oyster white, it must bear nc blemish from bleach or finish. Oyster White Without Blemish. Another interesting variation of the preference for white and black Is found in many lace models. Black lace, combined with black satin or Mack velvet, black and white lace, combined with black satin, and black and white lace, combined with white satin. One of the most successful dresses shown by Madeleine et Madeleine has back and front panels of black velvet, with fan-plaited panels at the sides of black chantilly lace. Hie black lace partly veils the velvet bodice and there are transparent lace sleeves. There Is a very successful black and white lace model. In which all the foundation is of white satin; on the skirt of which fall double cascade draperies, that on one side Being of black lace and that on the other of white lace. The bodice, peasantlike In its simplicity, is of white satin, "vlth medium round neck and very short kimono sleeves, the only lace being frills of black lace which extend the sleeve length to the elbow. A tiny bit of cdlor is given by an embroidery of turquoise blue beads tihich edges the short sleeves, outlines the oval opening In the white satin blouse just at the girdle line and droops again to follow a pointed yoke on the front of the white satin foundation skirt. Here the turquoise embroidery gleams faintly through the drapery of lnce. Wrinkled Bodice, Low Waistline. One of the most sought models Is a black crepe de chine, made with a panel-plaited skirt falling in loops. The simply wrinkled bodice, showing a low wnistline, buttons at the side front, and is finished with a broad plaited collar of white crepe de chine In decided one-side effect. The plaited panels of the skirt fall over a close-fitting foundation skirt of black satin. Nothing can be more simple and yet there is something fascinatingly new about them. The brilliant peasant embroideries in red. black and white and cut-out work form a shallow yoke trimming and the fairly wide girdle and also edge the sleeves. Below the very short black crepe de chine sleeves is an underpuff of white muslin, which comes to the elbow. Here, again, is another quaint old-fashioned Idea-- white muslin undersleeves coming out from a black crepe de chine dress. Rolande has very successfully launched among the younger set a dress called Arlequln, which Is developed In black satin and black crepe georgette. This is a curious though simple dress, and owes Its name to the taggy volantes or little V-shaped flounces which edge the sharply cut triangular panels that pop out all over the skirt, bodice and shoulders of this novel little frock. A bit of color Is introduced in a narrow girdle of twisted velvet, usually bright yellow. Smart young women, who frequent the popular dancing places, are wearing this dresfc. Like everything^ else In Paris, a fashion which Is a success is frightfully overdone. But for all that, the Parisienne takes great personal pride In the success of the moment, no matter how many times It is repeated. Afternoon costumes In black and white are topped by the large black hats of the "type beloved by English^ painters of the old school. Tliese haf* ! are Just the loveliest things that ever* were, but they must be reserved for the woman who has leisure to attend formal afternoon functions. They cannot find a place In the busy life of the^ average modern woman who, more: and more, is going in tor business or| politics. The flowing veil of black chanting finds a logical resting place on such{| a hat and adds greatly to the picture^ A very large hat of black tulle mayt have a trailing veil of chantilly lacet falling well below the waistline In the^ front as well as In the back. Even children have not escaped the vogue for black and white. Although the more conservative of us may not care for a black or black and white frock on a little tot, preferring to see such combinations reserved for their mothers, there Is no gainsaying t^e smartness of these little dresses, brought out by some of our greatest dressmakers. There are many women who never wear large hats no mrtter how strongly they may be emphasized by fashion. These will welcome Joyfully the closefitting turbans of black satin that already are forecast for spring. Mothers Know Genuine Castoria AlwayB >LCOHOt-3 rwosrt IlingtheSttMAsawlBo^y "Rnoyq Signature of | Thereby Promoting Otccrfatocss and test' neither Opium, MorpWnejwH I Mineral. Not NARCOTIC lAjylii W fcJSaSKBlft-. and lossoFStBE^ ftcStafc Si**-** Bsact Copy at Wrapper. For Din Thirty Years CASTORIA TNI CCNTMIH COSMNT. NCW WW OtVT. • h y Brown for the Winter Members of the Women's Militia of Moscow, in a gymnastic drill. This Is one of the new photographs brought from soviet Russia, by Washington D. Vanderiip, the Los Angeles mining engineer. r Congressman Calls Quits On Bargain With Stork For many years Representative Small of North Carolina, has by agreement been presenting to R. >C. Bland, a Carolina fanner and one of his constituents, a new suit of clothes for each additional child born in the Bland family. Having presented 13 suits, and being recently notified to send the fourteenth. Representative Small has informed Bland that the contract will be "off" with Mr. Small's retirement from congress on March & Small and Bland made their compact a number of years ago when Small was making a campaign speech at Robersonville, M. C. Bland then bad 20 children ; now he has Si Canada Is to kuatoh; factory. have a 96,000,000 COIN WONT BUY LOVE Woman Turns Down Husband Who Deserted Her. Prefers Werk in Department ttons to .Ease With Fltherlf/^ „ -Her Children. Chicago.--Mrs. Margaret Reeves, mother of 11 children, can leave ber work In a loop department store and have servants and a thousand other things she has craved--if she wants them. She doesn't want to. She's decided to keep plugging along at her grocery counter until she dies. The reason for Mrs. Reeves' choice is that if she leaves her job for the ranch she will be compelled to live with her husband, James Reeves, who deserted her eight years ago. Her children were small then, and Mr. and Mrs. Reeves were having a hand Hm» nt it Hut Mm Bnamw Kl. I »K \ ^ -i * -c • ; :v . f c - . ways managed, some way, somehow, until her husband slid out with every cent in the house--$100 and a few centi, Thereafter, Mrs. Reeves continued to manage, but not so well. She went to work. The children--those who were old enough--worked, too. Then ode by one they died, until only four were left. A week ago Reeves experienced a change of heart and wired Chief of Detectives Hughes that out in Pocatello, Idaho, where he had gone, he had been lucky. He said he had a ranch, all paid for, a lot of money and two kittens for the twins. By the time Mrs. Reeves gets around to write ber husband he will know the twins are dead. And she'll tell him her love died with the twins and with the other live children who are gone. Bnt she will add, on second thought, are *till In poverty, and can use some Have you a brown sweater? If not, you simply must get one, for no woman who makes the slightest pretension of being smartly dressed can go through this winter without such a garment. In addition to being Just the smartest thing in the sweater line, what could be more practical than a tuxedo jacket of good substantial brown camel's hair, mohair or brushed wool? So popular is this color in sports things that a great deal has been done In bringing out dozens of different beautiful shades, so that you may have your choice from pale cafe au lalt down to the deepest tobacco brown. > There are attractive brown scarfs, either in solid color or blended with •ther hues. The whole world appears to be scarf mad. Not only here In America does this craze grow dally, but In France and England fts well. French women have taken to the wool sports scarf with surprising enthusiasm. English women not only wear the sports scarf, but are effecting scarfs of wide rjbbon swathing the neck, the preference being TOT black ribbons. Extra Warmth for Midwinter 8ports. Among the scarfs ^appearing in our own shops is a heavy one for skating, which has a piece cut out to form a neckline and is slashed down a few Inches and turned back to make revers. The head slips through the opening, making a sort of si^veless Jacket, which ties under the arms. This Is designed to give extra warmth to the shoulders and chest for midwinter sports. With the wintry weather the thought of nice warm wool clothes is pleasant. So many of the winter coats, even those of fur, are of the loose variety that for real comfort one needs some sort of jacket under them on very cold days. Dyed Laces Are in Vogue. Five and six-inch laces dyed any preferred tint are made up Into charming evening gowns and dancing frocks. This fashion is an excellent reason to make use of all laces that one may have stowed away, ft>r future use. No "Gowfer." Lord Halg confesses that whatever conceit he may have had regarding his prowess on the golf links was killed by the remark of a professional at St. Andrews, who had watched him play. "Weel, sir," he said, at the end of one round, "it's a guld Job for us a' that ye're a better sodger than ye are a gowfer." Mechanical Courtesy. Mr. Coldcash (at phone)--Hello, central--hello--operator; I'm trying to get some service! Operator--But I'm ringing your party. Mr. Coldcash--You little fibber, I haven't given you the number yet I-- ASPIRIN Name "Bayer" on Genuine Pockets Fastett to Drawer •V : ^ Receptacle Is Convenient Attachment for Holding Various Articles Stored in the Dresser. For t* woman whe Is always scrambling the contents of her dresser drawer Into a tangled mass of handkerchiefs. laces, gloves, and ribbon, pockets that fasten to the drawer and keep Its various accessories in proper order are a boon not to be despised. These pockets are made from strips of pretty cretonne bound with ribbon or tape, and stitched at Intervals to form pockets of convenient size. They should be the length of the dresser drawer. Two rings fastened at each end of the pockets and slipped over hooks screwed Into the drawer hold the pockets in place. A combination glove box and pin cushion may be evolved from a box resembling an egg box which hinges at one side and lias a flap to fasten the lid on the other. This box can be material and the top heavily padded for a pin cushion. Lace and ribbon or delicate embroidery can form the cover for the pincushion, which may be edged with frill of ribbon or silk braid dotted with sprays of artificial flowers. Fasten the cover with a snap. Slipper cases In which to tuck away slippers when traveling may be made of checked gingham and trimmed In plain color of the same fabric. These protect articles in the suitcase or trunk, and may be easily laundered when soiled, if extra decoration is desired the monogram may be embroidered on the flap. Girdles of Jewels. Lew placed, flexible girdles of jewels and metal are used on deth vet one-piece gowns. 8calloped Hems. Many dresses have scalloped ^articulArjt^ tliQ&e Xor evei^nfc, Warning I Unless you see the name "Bayer" on package or on tablets you are not getting genuine Asnirin prescribed by physicians for twenty-one years and proved snfe by millions. Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer package for Colds, Headache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism. Earache, Toothache, Lumbago and for Pain. Handy tin boxes of twelve Bayer Tablets of As pirin cost few cents. Druggists al1-* sell larger packages. Aspirin -is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monpaastteacldester of Sailcjcpclj?.-'-- Adv. ' . • ' He Has a Future. When "James Henry went to grandmother's he expected to get candy, or money to spend for it at the grocery. On one occasion, following the usual demand for candy, grandmother forestalled any further requests by remarking that there was not a cent in the house. The youngster was taken aback for a moment before he gravely Inquired. "Well, grandmother, couldn't you jwrlte a check Y' A postal card to Garfield Tea Gs* Brooklyn, N. Y., asking for sample will rap you.--Adv. Papa Missed Her, Too. Prlscilla had been to school a few days for the first time in her life when she met a friend on the street one day, who inquired about how she was getting along. "Mamma does not like to have me go very well," she said, "because ahe misses me at home." "But what does your papa ^y about it?" inquired the friend. "Oh, he Is kind of uneasy mind, too," answered Prlscilla. Gossip. Elisabeth Marbury was A* cussing the sad case of a young woaa an who had drowned herself CO account of gossip. Whatever the girl may have #»• served," she said, "she didn't desert# to be gossiped about in this fashion. "When I think of the harm does," she ended. MI come to the conclusion that half the world retails gossip while the other half wholesales it"--Indianapolis News. Their Uae. ? "Courtroom doors ought to be aafB , on a liberal scale." - v "Why so?" i i "Because they srs tntttCtf opes to conviction." i hi i v. . . A dozen men may" make a one woman can make a home. Sure Relief MvVl 6 BKLLANS Hot water Sure Relief BlJ-feiAMS IbmoirowAlrigtit Street Car Drizzle. She (getting ready for theater)--Is it raining? r He--Not a taxi rain. The smaller a man is the birder it Is for him to eat crow gracefully. Bloomlngton, 111. -- "Dr. Pierce"* Favorito Prescription proved vetf beneficial to me as a tonic. During expa» fancy I became all rOf dawn, weak and m nervous I could Ml sleep. I had no app* tite, was feeling missi* able all over when I to cided to take the Favs^ ite Prescription. It soOM built me up in strength all nervousness left ia% I could eat and sleep and felt like a different being. If more womeft would take this medicine there wooM be fewer ailing."--MRS. /iHiliP^ SHAFFER, 1010 W. Front St. Ail druggists sell Dr. Pierce's PIJ scriptlon In liquid or tablet form, m eontalns no alcohol or narcotlo. Ill gradients printed on label. Vnimi. Dlmt from flxhery rln*. round, per lb.. • larze < Sartors), drrM*«, round. Jo. skinned, drmicd, MV 9e; Pickerel, winter cMfht, Irtissril headless, 1'ike, wttt lie, drntnl lusdNs. 15c. Be der or wend for complete price CONSUMERS FISH CO.. 6r8N That Cold With CASCARA k> QUININE K» . ***> C«MI, GRIP** Neglected Colds are! Keep this standard remedy bandy for As 4 Breaks up a cold hi 24 boom -- Relieve* Grippe in 3 days--Excellent far Headache QtUM in this form does not allect the hsed fssraia is' f|Hpl n IT Opiate in Hal's. ALL DRUGGISTS SELL IT