Show I p m O IU r I By Uarda MCarty Once upon a n. time lime tho the matrons the debutantes and tho the o of Salt Sail Lake Luke City Invested their pin money InI in tatting tatting- shuttles and crocheting needles need need- I les The They crocheted and they tatted not alono alone over all their own clothes I but the fruits of their industry spread and and the result was that even daddys daddy's night shirt and pajamas began to show symptoms of having been near tho the tatting tatting tat tat- ting and tho the crocheting weapons Tatted Tatted Tatted Tat Tat- ted ruffles and lac lacy frills quite suddenly sud sod denly made macle their appearance on every every- thing It looked like a hope-chest hope or a trousseau had been scattered broadcast broad hrold- cast over the household Tidies blossomed blos bios out not only on the little stand In the parlor where the tho family Bible lies enthroned In state flate but on all nil the chairs the dresser ser the enlarged crayon portraits on all tho the handkerchiefs pillow slips and anti even wipers pen-wipers and clothespin bags bore a mute testimony to the tho industry of Salt Lake women However all nil that happened In iii tho the dim dead past llast The days of the tatting tatting tat tat- ting woman and the crocheting woman ornan have gone have havo sunk stink into th the same oblivion which shadows herb tea andred and andred andred red flannel petticoats Dot But they are aro not forgotten The They havo come como to life again In lt In the knitting woman Women t knit knit knit as ns the war goes oes on They Thy have ha no lime time for anything else Bridge teas ken f luncheons re receptions ro- ro and out coming parties they parties they aro are all for the tho purpose of knitting Matinee l fans who for forget et whether the they saw say St Elmo or Bab Baby Mine and movie mo fans who cannot remember whether Wallace Vallace Reid or Charles Ray nay was tho ideal cause of the seventeen i cents worth of oC deep sighs I hs and shivery feelings s they got in the local picture palaces are tI the c ones who have havo fallen in line with the Uncle Sam C feeling allover all allover allover over tho countr country and are are- knitting Corthe for Cor forthe the tho boys over o there WAR WINNERS Just what will win tho ho war Is a rather difficult question to decide Hoover and his supporters havo have de declared declared tie tie- dared that Food Will Win tho the War ar Tho The shipyards think that their products products products prod prod- will win the war The Tile W. 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U has decided that temperance will wIil win tho the war someone I dont don't know who has come como cometo to the the- conclusion that cent 6 bars will ill win in the tho tho ar nar ar some women's clubs think cotton collon hosiery will win the war consequently they havo have signed tho the pledge abolishing silk hose hoso till the I lays days of peace and victor victory Somo people people peo peo- pie with quite a discerning mind have ha gone gono so far Car as to say that printers printers' Ink will win vin the war They base baso their conclusions conclusions conclusions con con- on tho fact that publicity gives Ivos life Ufe to a cause or jn in other words the they arc are devotees de to tho the slogan slog that It Pays PUS to Advertise However er while all those things ma may help and quite likely the they will tho the majority of at people people peo peo- pie have ha come to the conclusion that chain stitching anti and purling will win the tho war var Chain stitching and purling havo have to do with the time subject of oC socks In fact tact the they are directly responsible for tom socks socks and socks as ns everyone o N H knows are really at the foot oot of ot the tho wa war r. r Now then this magnificent work of winning the war has hns been taken up whole heart whole heartedly dl by hy tho the Salt Lake Lako women They Ther shoot tho the shoots with their knitting needles they purl three and dro drop two count one and cast over with a vengeance that will sooner or latr arch tho the kaisers kaiser's eyebrows eye eye- brows bro In the direction of the Bos Bos- porus or some other equally equal good Jumping off oft place The Tho women are arc knitting a bridge to Berlin a bridge I which will see sec much traffic Some people who arc are out of oC sympathy with the knitting sisters have gono gone so far faras faras as to say gay that not all the heroes o of ot the war are tho the ones who die dlo In the trenches trench or the ones who scout noman's nomans nomans noman's no- no mans man's land but that some are tho the t bravo brave boys lOyS who wear what Sister Susie sews and what Kunning Katie knits The rumor has haR not been directly traced to a n. German Gennan spy but It is quito quite lIkel likely due duo to the th-e German propaganda let loose In tho the country when the tIme rc rest t of ot the plots were hatched LOCAL ACTIVITIES The Utah chapter of the Red Cross Cros with all an Its different branches and i auxiliaries has not ceased nn any of ot it Its 1 knitting enthusiasm In spite of tho the fact fad that a n. wool sock I Is not a n. very cooling object f tr to to think of In Juno June and JulY I Most of or the efforts of ot tho the Red Cross Cros woman at present aro spent on th tho I surgical dressing and amI bandages and I tho the refugee garment work ork However the they are finding time to take tako out their I knitting in odd old moments but that ma may maybe h be because the knitting bag has hM be be- como as fiS indispensable to women's 3 I wardrobe PS ns tho the safety pin or tho thc I toed pointed boot and n as charming as ns the chiffon hat and clocked stockIngs stock stock- Ings so lags so tho the knitting goes on In spite of the thousand and one other industries industries indus indus- tries these war workers have token taker 1 up Women omen who shunned the tho name 3 of A Tatting Woman oman or op a Crocheting Crochet ing Woman because they thought t that branded them with too much domesticity do do- do In this age of or feminism and anc i careers are arc wearing the tho name namo oi of at r Knitting Woman oman with the same i I I pride that they formerly displayed 1 when ihen a discerning man called them theta Bohemian Each day sees more determined women enrolling in tho the various Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross auxiliaries and their enthusiasm enthusiasm instead of or dying out with time Increases its momentum with each da day that swings onward Socks some ome gray gra some brown and some somo black but all nil correctly shaped and purled and of the tho right stretching stretching- consistency dally daily arc pouring pouring- into the headquarters at atthe tho the Amelia Palace from tho the different branches My IY la lady y of at the city is knitting It Is Impossible to catch her in an any leisure moment when she is not knitting Tho The plumbers of oC Salt SnIt Lake say that a galvanized galvanized gal gal- knitting bag has Just been patented patented patented pat pat- a knitting bag that can bo be fastened fastened fastened fast fast- ened on the bathtub and so enable tho the lady to knit while sho she does docs the tho Annette Annette Annette An An- nette Kellerman stunt under the hot and cold faucet |