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Show La 0 mum CORRIERE D AMERICA THAT KIND OF PERSON 83 83 Ngwhimuhmt u; iWNU ttfv WEEK-EN- D ENSEMBLE WHOLE WARDROBE WITHIN ITSELF fiyudtut.) chronic restlessuesz which th aout of Agues Lyiw largely due to the fact that she was continually being made aware, by appreciative friends, that be was too big a person for her mall role. Her role was that of primary teacha er In the rural schoolhouse nestled In t rather lovely valley that separated, by miles, two thriving villages. For four years Agnes I.ynn, who had been graduated from Normal school In the capital city of the state, had held this position as one of the two teachers In the little old, prover (dally red, schoollujuse that stood beneath a pair of twin oaks and was tiacked by a beautiful rise of The mountains. teacher was a poetic faced, middle-ageman named Itoger Nadi who had a bad limp due to what some people feared was a tubercular bone eomli tlon. Rut that was gossip. Except for the Insistence from her local friends, as well as those In one or another of the two adjoining villages, to say nothing of those In the elty where she had been educated, Agnes could have found It In her heart to relax to the quiet, rural beauties of her life as school teacher in this green and placid valley. And yet she knew that she owed It to herself, tier friends and her future, to put to more significant use the fine and virile brain with which she was so undoubtedly endowed. It took all of her will power to fight against the Inertia Induced by (be tranquil years In the trunqull valley. The children who trouped dally Into her classroom were clean hearted little youngsters, prod nets of a wholesome agricultural environment, eager to be friends with her. The pleasant companionship of Roger Nash, frail, visionary, passive, was of sufficient Intellectual stimulation to ward off tedium. Her room at the farmhouse where she boarded was a lovely old one of rare, early l American span furniture, cleanliness and a view of apple orstream and rich chard, mountain countryside that never ceased to delight her. As a matter of fact, an apple tree actually leaued In at her window to awaken her. That was why, throughout the years she spent In the valley, Agnes had to fight against the sweetish kind of In ertla that enveloped her. Life was so pleasant here, ao deeply tranquil, each day filled with a fresh simplicity. And yet In her heart she realized the sphere, how unworthy of her abilities, how spiritually and mentally lazy of her to remain. Teaching limited her talents. Throughout her college career Agnes had exhibited a talent for executive work. Her chance came when the principal of the Normal school from which she had graduated wrote an offer to recommend her for the position of executive secretary to the vice president of a Chicago mortgage and trust company. There was simply no withstanding the lure of this offer. It meant not only the tripling of her salary, hut It offered her contacts that could lead to hlg achievements tn the business world. There did not seem much reason for Agnes to hesitate. And what hesitating she did was too private to confide to even the best of her friends. She would not have dared to admit It. Opportunity had rapped long and Insistently at Agnes' door. Chicago, Insofar as Its resemblance to the life she left In the valley was concerned, might have been a city, not In another state, but on another planet. Not even her life as a student bn the capital city of her state had prepared her for the degree of Intensity, the complicated arduousness that awaited her. I.lfe was like gale that caught her from the mo roent she stepped off the train and kept her swirling and twirling at high tempo. The demands of her position also kept her keyed to a degree of Intensity that was as astonishing ns It was exFor the first few months hilarating. of the new environment, bewildered as she was In many respects, Agnes realized that she owed It to herself to have ventured forth Into these active fields of enterprise. Gone were the old fears of Intellecual lassitude, mental decline and physical smugness. The city had her In Its tempo. She rose In her fairly comfortnble boarding house room that had for Its vista the window of another boarding bouse room precisely like hers, she dressed In haste, she breakfasted in haste at a cafeteria, she met her employer In the tense, terse. Impersonal mood of the city, she performed her tasks with a mechanical and speeded-u- p rectitude, she lunched In a business womens club to the rattle of dishes tad the roar of the elevated railroad, she met her employer for aa afternoon of more of the speed of routine, she dined la a table d'hote with the evening paper tearoom propped up against the augar bowl. She sought out the movies, the theater or tb company of a male or female THE two-roor- 1eim-sylvanl- siu-on- clean-face- , aplc-nm- r The applause of the world Is due the genius who created the multi piece ensemble such as the young woman In the picture Is wearing. 1 he miracle of It la that this stunning suit Is an entire wardrobe In Itself, at least so fur as practical daytime apparel Is concerned. It embodies economy, efficiency, swank arid attractiveness all In one a triumph Indeed In sartorial accomplish merit. Eu route for a week end visit, the college girl travels In the costume exactly as you see It In the picture. Arriving at her destination, she re as a barbers Ne by twisting braiding vsl vtt fet rljvs of ribbons various colors together. Bravo: or of Again, ths Pajama. If ever a mode Is having Its fling" that mode Is the pajama mode. Once a novelty, llmitsl to certain environments, pajama mstumes are now accepted by the tst of society In places where you vvoult never dream of them by Lieut. Frank E. going In the eomcrvatlve days of yore. And now that pajamas have gained their freedom lad are no longer restricted to beath and boudoir, they are "venturing" Into realms of dining and dancing, mating a gesture toward Z2ZIS me Everything that Denny, a Dog Hero lie was only a dog," but tie was tne liero of live battles on the Western front be was honorably discharged from the army at (amp Grunt 18 months in the thick of fighting la France and Belgium, and when he died last year he was glveu a military funeral b.v an American l.egloo post moves both the little short Jacket which Is lined with the print and the skirt which buttons so smartly In the front, the two made of smart wool material In a fashionable beige tone. Off also comes her "classy scarf which hlgbspots the costume with a loud splash of color. Having thus done, this young modernist presents herself In a fresh navy blue print frock patterned wllh daisies and bright green stems as worn underneath jacket nnd skirt. Yes, Indeed, this sure Is a day and age of wrap-aroun- The color scheme of this outfit Is The green of the print Is perfect. accentuated by the several stripes In the scarf end, which carry out a three-colo- r combination to tally with the general theme, that of brown, green and blue, not forgettlug the white daisies In the print. A bakou For Denny was a member of the Harry E. Kelley (lost of the Legion of Elkhorn, WIs. lie was horn In a division dugout of the Thirty-seconIn 1918. Sergt. Tom In Belgium O'Keefe udopted the puppy. The animal was gassed at Montdiddler and sent to a base hospital for trentnipnt When as were his doughboy friends. the dog wus cured Sergeant OKeefe bad been transferred to the First di vision and Denny went along. After his experience with gas at Montdiddler his master fashioned a gas mask for him. This mask never left the dog until the armistice. Denny went with the Army of Occupation Into Germany. Perhaps the daik-es- t whole 13 years came hours when It seemed Inevitable that he must be left behind as his master was about to sail for home. A deluge of rain saved Sergeant Denny and O'Keefe from being separated. Denied the right of taking Denny on shipboard O'Keefe smuggled him on under his raincoat and brought him hack safely to tills country. The Nnilnnnl Legion convention at Kansas C'ily In 1921 presented Denny with an O. D. blanket with one wound stripe and a medal testifying to his participation In five major battles. VISIT utmost formality wlieu occasion demands. Even the under the guise of hostess pajamas, are playing a more or less formal role. Which all goes to show that you will be rlKht in fashion If you go to afternoon tea or dinpajama-daner in the evtsilng or, when as hostess, you are doing the honors at home, (if course as a true follower of fashion one must he very certain as to which pajamas are which, for there Is as fln a line of distinction drawn between pajamns and pajamas as frocks for sports, for afternoon or for evening wear at various ultra formal affairs. The hostess, for Instance, will be quite proper In a costume with trousers thnt wide they scarce can be distinguished from a flaring skirt. It may have a Jacket long or short, which Is entirely a matter of taste. The material depends upon the for s of-hi- It Came Just in Time It from the Stars and Stripes F. newspaper, the Armistice came Just in the nick of time to prevent ralihlt skin caps from being Inflicted upon the American soldiers! Heres what the paper said about It in Its Issue of June 6. 1919: Regardless of what military ex perts may claim ia to the conditions among the Allied troops on November It, It Is now revealed from Washing tonsthnt the Armistice was not signed a moment too soon. While there Is still no question ns to the morale of the overseas troops at that time, this morale could never have held up un der the shower of Inventions and Ini provenumts prepared for the A E. F and the climax of this Invention In the rabbit skin shower was rein-liecap. Jut whut kind of a cup It was going to be has been kept from the A. K. F. so far. hut. anyway. It was going to be an authentic Issue be cause Washington had adopted It. The rabbit has a gentle face: Ills private life Is a disgrace. the poet has touchingly remarked And they were going to wind that dls grace around our heads. No one will ever forget the raln-Iatrocity of our merry days In Europe hut we can be thankful thnt the Armistice saved us from hare on the brain Other brilliant schemes such as cootie-proounderwear, which not only killed the cooties on a man. bnt the man too, and trench shower hnths that worked perfect 'y. If nobody bur the shower was tn the trench, were merel-fnllheld np until Fritz took the count." (fc. 111 Western Ntwspaper Colon ) A. my pu- University. E. vocational counselor. As a result, teachers all over the country are trying to do something they dont know how to do. Another unfortunate phase of the situation is that many consider vocational guidance as a sort of side line and therefore do not believe it requires special training. But vocational guidance is a specialized field, a profession in itself, and requires j'ust as careful training as engineering or dentistry. Some erroneous ideas prevail among those persons who do agree One person will advise that vocational guidance requires training. in will recommend another sociology; another, in training psychology; education or economies, and so on. The fact is that if one wishes to do vocational guidance he should be trained in vocational guidance. His training should be a graduate course, just as medicine is a graduate course, preceded by a good liberal education. I would recommend this sequence of training courses to be followed: Methods of analyzing individuals, counseling, placement and follow-up- , mental tests, labor problems, social case work, mental hygiene, abnormal Also research and field psychology and the psychology of adolescence. work. NATIONS NEED OF LEADERS By DR. LYNN HAROLD HOUGH, Drew Theological Seminary. America is in need of leaders possessed with the great intellectual acumen which characterized those pioneers who shaped the of the the nation Revolutionary and Civil war periods. destiny during Are we developing minds today that will be able to cope with the problems of the entire world? Are we able to present a man who can think in terms large enough to produce economic unity for the entire world? Unless such minds are developed we may experience a common financial breakdown. If we do not produce men big enough for these big times, the whole structure of our civilization may fall and we may find ourselve left staring into the grave of prosperity. We must find someone who is capable of solving the problem of permanent prosperity and peace. We have indeed been fortunate in having such great leaders in the past. What of the future? What are we going to do about these great new problems which are confronting us? We need men wdio think internationally in the interest of all peoples. History has shown that we have been a nation of outstanding leaders, equal to the great problems of their generations. Smh men are needed in America today. You will say, let George do it. But George isnt here. Who is the George that is going to do it? MANS WELFARE FIRST DUTY By REV, R. L. FORMAN, New York, (Methodist Episcopal). Legislators in a democracy should conserve by law the opportunity for its citizens to earn their living, thus keeping them and independent. The barometer of the democratic form of government is the common man. Its ideal is his total welfare. The vision of such a man must never vanish from the halls of congress, but serve as a constant reference for the lawmakers. The prosperities and perils of democracy depend upon how he is conditioned. When machinery cheapens commodities for those it has supplanted and rendered poor, it profits nothing. With the same studious care that is given to immigration ratios and tariffs, and the possible devastations of war, congress must, in the future, address itself to the relation of machinery, including such forms of machinery as vast mergers and combines, to the welfare of the common man. When the wealth of ths country is in the hands of a few who control machinery production, democracy is superseded by an oligarchy. AMERICAN RICH MEN GENEROUS By BISHOP New Zealand. Outsiders are apt to dwell on the fondness of Americans for the I believe that the Americans would confess themalmighty dollar. selves that they are not indifferent to the pursuit of wealth. But what impressed me much more during my tour of the United States was the noble generosity with which those who had been successful lavished their wealth on public causes and institutions and on their church work. I have heard it said that rich men in America would not dare to die without giving to public causes. We English do not talk so much of dollars, or work so strenuously tc pile them up, but when we have got them we are apt to regard them 8 bur concern or a sacred trust for our families. And meanwhile our universities and schools and institutions languish. I venture to think that we have a beam to take out of our own eye before we offer to extract motes (or even beams) from American eyes. the-fac- e pils In English the various uses of saw and 'seen,'" writes Mrs. Donald GrUlley of Eos Angeles, "I called upon one of them to give sentences using the words correctly. The little girl thought ft few mo ments and then smilingly gave this an swer : The saw Is very dull. The seen Is very beautiful. MODISH PAJ A. Handicapped apStruggling with a three year-olpetite. she had a mouthful of potato and was reaching for her glass of milk. Some one asked ber a question ami ber answer was: Uh huh. "Is that the way to answer?" her mother prompted. "Why. she replied, gulping down ber mouthful, I didnt have anything to talk with'." s Take See-Sa- "After very patiently telling ! lll-y- WEEK-EN- D. KITSON, Columbia BEFORE Hagan Is the experience of a wounded American who, from tils prone position In a wheat held, vvitluiessed the stately ap proach of a German officer prisoner resplendent with his medals and wear Ing a monocle. From time to time the huge man turned his head neivouslj and appeared to flinch as from ticklish contact with a bayonet So lie was, for as the little party drew near the wounded American perceived that the German advanced at the will of an American negro, equally as large as his gorgeous prisoner. white folks, was the cob ored mans salutation. "Ah doesn't rightly know whut Ise got, but Ise It along I" FOR THE HARRY going in for vocational guidance in a big way, institutions concentrate on getting the right kind of guiders. than one superintendent of schools has the idea that any one who has a kind heart and an interest in young people ia qualified to direct students in their proper occupations. So, some superteacher of English is made annuated teacher of Latin or some broken-dow- n Illustrating the point further pro-poa- empty-hearte- By DR Such informality! I the new life bud brought ber was something mechanical and outside of herself. Good clothes. Good shows. Good restaurants. Showy companionship. And to replace the old Unit seemed to have flowed out of ber, there remained nothing. I.lllauthal was out of the question. Confidant predictions to the con trary notwithstanding, Agnes was miscast. She was not that kind of person. Memory of the valley sweet mornings of walking to school, the trouplug children, the pleasant chats beneath the schoolyard oak trees with a sensitive man called Roger Nush. the simple foods, the simple pastimes, the lovely, tranquil, early American room, became a nostalgia that was almost too much to bear. Agnes bad dared to take stock of herself. The results were appalling, but had to he faced. Agnes was uot the kind of person she was supposed to be. It took courage to go back ; It took more courage than she would have believed herself capable of. It Is not easy In life to take what may be regarded as a retrogressive step and that Is Just what Agues did In returning to her position ns school teacher At least that Is how In the valley. her friends, who were so ambitious for her, regarded It. She had gone She hnd not been of the backward. stamina they hnd hoped. Agnes Is not particularly Inter ested In the psychology of It. Stic only knows that the valley Is sweeter and greener and cleaner than ever and the task of teaching the young Is one that fills her with ambition. The days have ft tonic for her that nothing else could quite achieve and so have the long, stimulating hours In the counpany of Roger Nash, the vislonury. WRONG IDEAS IN EDUCATION Sometimes the American doughboy iny have been dazzled by the sartorial splendor and haughty demeanor of German officer prisoners but wrs never dismayed. Oue front tn 1918 saw the capture of a sizeable bag of such prisoners. These were brought to the rear where an Intelligence officer questioned them as the doughboys guarded their prisoners zealously. One of the Germans grew restive under the attention he was receiving from the man with the bayonet. See here, he demanded finally of the Intelligence man. "Dont you re quire any discipline of your American troops toward officers? This soldier here, and he Indicated a watchful Is grossly familiar. The Infantryman, pig calls me, an officer, by my first mime lleinie, whenever he speaks to I ed, I WORLD WAR YARNS up-an- By FANNIE HURST (& bjr ftfoThif colleague In her office for her evening a entertainment. There was a man. There naturally would be In the life of an attractive, going girl like Agnes. He was salesmanager for the Chicago branch of an enormous automobile concern. A hale, hearty fellow, with concrete ambitions, tried and true. Llllant ha! was headed for wealth. He wanted power, position, money. II was on Ms way to obtain them. He was already slated for one of the vh e presidency plums of his firm. Strange that he should have been attracted to a girl of the particular type of Ague. There was nothing obvious about her. She dawned upon you slowly, 'there was the obvious He was precisely about I.lllauthal. what he seemed to be. In the phraseology of his trade he was a comer. And yet. burled In him, was the consciousness that here in this slender, well bred girl, was the sort of woman with whom he could proudly share He visualized his ultimate success. her In pearls and gxd lace, presiding at bis table. A successful man needed a wife like Class that. That was Agnes all over nothing showy, but class There came a time when the rather simple routine of the young business woman became a thhig of the past. hotel Instead, the hist lukeshore restaurant, night after night with Motor Races. I.lllantbiil. Opera. rides. And all, bear lu mind, strictly nlihin the pale of the rigid social formula of Agnes. IJIluntfml, who was known to have hail Ids filng. treated her with the kind of elaborate deference a man of bis type will show toward the woman lie contemplates as mate. In fact, If I.IIIaiilhal erred at all. It was In conservatism. Agnes was to he treated as the woman worthy to be come bis wife. For sixteen months Agnes succeeded In sidestepping the Impending of marriage. R mine one night, the very week, to he exact, that the banking bouse which employed her services Increased her salary by 33 Vs per cent and guve her a bonus of five hundred dollars. At the conclusion of eighteen months Agnes was not only justifying the confidence of her friends lu her executive ability, but was about to make a marriage that was la keeping with her general success. It wus then, while Ellliinthnl was waiting a promised week for Ids answer, that Agnes sat down and took stock. It was the first time she had dared allow herself the time to make mental Inventory of the state of mind and being of this girl who had come out of the valley. First and foremost It was obvious to her that she was not In love with t.lllanthab It seemed to ber as she sat there, facing herself In lier boarding bouse room, that she was bankrupt In countless ways ; that she was empty hand- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH j hat of brown with green and blue velvet ribbon, tied smartly In the hack In a bow, completes this ensemble. Which reminds us, there Is no more popular trimming In the whole category of decorative themes for spring nnd summer than velvet ribbon. This is so, not only from the viewpoint of the milliner but the dressmaker sd dom turns out a frock of flowery print without tying a hit of colorful velvet ribbon about the waist or posing a bow or so to best advantage at stra tegic points oa the frock. The same may he said of the lace frock, which Is so vastly popular today, theres al most sure to be a highlight of velvet somevv here about It. In trimming milady's chapeau tor sades of velvet are made as varlesrnted 1A COMUMES nudity of the occasion, even unto the po.et of utmost luxury. sp" iking of lovely materials, th ho'-- i ess pajama costume to the left m the picture Is fashioned of exquisite "hie panne velvet; the long scurf shows a turquoise lining, the reverse end hanging down the ha. k. giving ,lgh note of color. To the right In the picture Mary Mor, featured radio pictures player, Is posing in g hostess pajama costume to of an tmireiy different character that of pie companion model Just described. The trousers and bodice are of red, limited crepe, with a coat and tie ot She crepe In monotone tomato red. NIC1I0I.AS. t'HERI mono-granu-- d FEW PRISONERS FEEL REMORSE f H Ctreleti Old Chap the old murrled man Evidently whose wife Is able to find his shirt and collar for him and (ell him where he left his hat feels she also Is at le to put on her own galoshes and get Into her coat without the help he used to think she needed. Cincinnati By HlNRY E. FIELD, Psychiatrist, Boston. If the inmates of penal and correctional institutions could be made to feel remorse, to realize what they have done as socially injurious, there would be a much greater chance of their becoming useful members of society when released. Instead of feeling remorse, most prisoners believe that society as a whole is dishonest, and that they were merely unfortunate enough to be caught. Inmates of our correctional institutions are, to a greater extent than ia generally realized, a fair n of the whole community. One development which I recommend is the training of prisoners to a realization that on their release they must be prepared to start at the bottom and work their way up to a responsible and comfortable cross-sectio- positon in life. |