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Show I w i , Shopping Bureau for Soldiers. By Frederic J. Kaskia. NEW YORK, Sept. 21. The last great parade is over, and tho last interested spectator of the war has gone home with the virtuous feeling that he has done his duty and that nnw he should be let alur.e to batik; with the all-absorb- i ing question of the high cost of living. 1 At least, so it appears, for tho few who have remained to carry on the work of reconstruction are having a snd tinio in their efforts to arouse enthusiasm. Tho city in st iii tainted with cordial "Welcome Homo" signs; information booths for soldier: are thickly scattered throughout the congested districts, where they incidentally fill a great need among civilians, and tho uniform in all its masculine mas-culine and feminine varieties is still common com-mon on the streets, although it has long since became passe on the stage. Tlie Star-Spangled Banner has also been discarded dis-carded by the theaters, and ail the red, white and blue Columbias and Liberies have disappeared from tl: cabarets. In fact, the military note has become faint almost to the point of extinction. The other morning a group of kiddies stood mocking the jerky gait of a disabled ex-Roid;er, who was hobbling along in civilian clothes. "I don't think it's fair; people forget too easily," said the young woman wiio had witnessed this scene, as she turned from the window and seated herseif before be-fore a flat-topped desk and began to hunt for some postal cards. "1 don't biame the boys for feeling bitter." she went on freely, after securing a promise that her name would not bo mention cu. "They'ro getting a dirty deal wait, here comes one of them now." A pale, tired -looking youth presented himself at the door of the small office. "Is this the headquarters of the Soldiers' Sol-diers' Shopping bureau?" he inquired. When assured that it was, ho explained that he was greatly in need of a suit of clothes. lie had bought the suit which he had on, but he needed another cheaper one in which to work. The young woman Jed him briskly to the open door of a closet filled with all sorts and conditions of masculine clothes. With an expert eye, she picked out a blue auit of good quality and handed it to him. "This ought to fit you." she said. The ex-soldier's lace ilushed painfully. "But I have only a little .money," he said. "Very well, you can pay us $2 for it. Shall I wrap it uo for you?" The young woman and tho applicant disappeared into an adjacent room, from whicn could bo heard the crackling sound of wrapping paper and the hum of voices. When the young man was dispatched with his bundie of clothes, the young woman returned and explained that his family had been completely wiped out by tlr influenza epidemic Wiiile he Was i it ),f inr in Vm n.A a nrt that when ho t "turned he discovered thr,t nil of their pivpertv. including his own effects, had been sold to cover the cost of doctors' bills and funerals. "He lies had a Kreat deal of trouble in Ret-t:r.e; Ret-t:r.e; a job." she continued, "and finallv had to take one paying him op.lv as muei rs he was making when he was drafted, wh-irea-s the cost of living has doub.ed." Between six'y and eighty soldiers v. sit the Soldiers' Shopping bureau every riay to take advantage of its service. Th.s consists chiefly of shopping cards, which entitle men l.oporabiy discharged irotn the army to dlscoon'.s'on civilian clothes, j Fut in cases where su,-h ns.jis-.ai.ee ap-' ap-' P'-.'irs tr be needed tlie men are supplied sup-plied v.-ith c'o;hes at whatever they can afford to pay. Moreover, if a mail who has just secured a job wants to buy a '' "' clothes, the Sue-win? 'bu reau will provide him with, the necessary neces-sary credit and permit him to pav it hack in snia'l monthly installments from his sa.ary. Clothes are not tho onlv articles for wnieli shopping euros, emitilng the men to disc, in, ;s. Kte supi.hed bv the b-j-r-an. 1.,-ather goods, furniture, house, hold f.xljres and jewc-lrv arc also covered cov-ered by us service, fo that the returned Soulier who wants lo g.-t married and set up housekeeping can dj so as inexpensively inex-pensively as poss.ble. The dls-.-oums are ready provided by various Nee York spues, who re-x-ard it i.s their patriotic uuly. Ti.e owner of one store which is sup plying a liberal discount to soldiers on weari.-.k- apparel lost two bovs in the war. Credit i-j nisei supplied 'bv these stores, but the Saopplng bureau i. held rcsoonsib.e In case of non-p. i.-.e-.-t The hurenu was first established hy Mrs. c;uy Tolman ef the m.iyor s committee commit-tee of woir.cn on reco.-siruetion nr.d relief. re-lief. : . C.HUO It was found that returning f.iidlers were being taken advantage of I by many concerns. Ks;,e -: a I . -,- during the j Mimim-r months the first ::,vj':t in ai man's mind, upon reeeivmg Jus .use : i-"e ' ppers, was to discard his uiiifer-c "a d I useallv he didn't .are h.v much he' p.ud I to I I fill this eie-lre. Indeed, so reek, ess I w e-e some (,f the men in :.,;s res;e.-: t.'.Tt liaMeg r.o money '.il'ii wbi.-h ;o 'p; r'i Case civ,'.. a:, apparel t'.'.eV (i, .i.jj.j a loy-t.-rioiis re. u;o:;y. tT-'ern;,- 0., ': . outsk.rls of ti.e , :,-, will-!, i,..;:eves thit tl:e essence of puritv and p. civ is to co wltb.out clothes. At this point the editor of a l ies' newspaper news-paper came lo the reseue. however wtpi u drive to se-iire iast,,rf clothinr fo-thetn. fo-thetn. M my s ilts of . -lollies pi-s 0e sho.s were rlitain-d In this mv, wiieti en a:ns way tiie shopping bureau can n'-ford n'-ford to H-el tlieni at sneh a iow prii e f; has been found Ihnt the aver.-.ge S'ldhr dl.-lli:, s to a -eept e:mrit-. bo that unless the ease i.s desperate a small sum is 'a'-taclie'd 'a'-taclie'd to eaOi oi-tlele. It Is interesting Pist jo sit In ti.e head-.l.'.arlcrs head-.l.'.arlcrs of the :.hop:i:ng bureau for an hour or two and watch the arions tvnes ' c : i-: 3 ,i f : r Ms ii i c - .r. r 5 n h n v i r, g it. T r. e : some lr. o n ; n c ho a v,-a. k o : i ? to t h o fact t'r:.i.: hi n.or-y !s cor.c-. .v, i X',;:t he i tvui'y in r.c d of a .". r:cht. tho ):tz to d: V.v: i-" hf;r ii::.1 to: o:r. I'v-A't pit nro'i-.l b a -nine h::n. as so rr.ry so;f-ri::tt-.T;:s if.Jivian-iirJ do, Lm; thu.k of t.'v !ro:i;rj 'r.o ser.t over t'.o.o in trcnohes or in a tv..co hos;v Oro u-.:"orV.i"r.to f. a'.r.r1 of tr.'. coTr.rtinn rau-t.o;-! ;o ro'cist1 irir. x)c nr;r.y. : ir.a'-. v it. Oil. 1 : fv r. r-:t . in rA!! ; o-:t Nnv York. ; cr..l r.'.i f:c:r i.'oi.cy iv. r. , jir.fi I!'.-1:! iio i.ut li : i1 .i :iy U .' : .. : i 1 tht :n : :r.o. T'r.-'-v : to stav i:i N-i-.v , Y ihervf.ro. rr.l iif.T-u the j n;:::!1.1'1: of for iho "i.-'ii wi-.jo iior.'.e'i aro in ' rli.it t:!i or Iv.-.-h'' n. V;-;. To.n.an .w-s in t orrn .o-l in nls ox- planatVn by t!:. or.trano,-- t-f a co.-M-I-io'- inc "nivi woman of ".v n.anr.er, w ho i 'sh.o hail been sor.t 1 y a c,rtai:i p:i-vato. p:i-vato. "I'll, yes: you'ro h.is flrnro. nrn't yn?" inquiro l t'; o a.stni.:. "a:'ti you' e oorre to m't s. n, shi pi'ir.c car.is: for iiisoouius on "'irniLt:-e." "Tliy nrt he ir,arrit-v1 r ox? wrek." sho whi:vM-o.l t.- tho visitor fts sho n.akio r -t t'o (--..Ms. "arai wo m to ho'tp're them fiii 'iisa an on; ;ro ajvirlniciU. lat tho oouhi havo h. a n-.air'iki a mon'.h aco th.is Iran lia.l h.ii ah'.o to obtain a Jab." oi aoi'iieant.s who ronie In. Altliounh nvu v of t lein li.-ive heen t r.i in pins the piroet'i for days. IomUIiu; for weili, thev ,io not seem to he t'to least hit d Is eo;, ra m-hitterness m-hitterness they may ; ,-, N aw.is passed olf in jest or In a sut of eoui-.i.-eoiis sir-oasm. sir-oasm. Von don't hear any lilnini. ;;,,t on do near ;t ureat many family histories, his-tories, ieeause most of the 'men are fro,,, out of town a",d eaiumt resist jiivirc s :ii-pa'tielic :ii-pa'tielic autohioiir.iphies of t heinseti ,'s i:h a f,v eonein.li'ur remarks nhor'' ilrit they think of New York. dn,' soldier who warned shopplp,.- ,..- il for a suit of c'ot'aes and shoes the ot' mornim.-. Imni.diat. -ly desired It to le Uiiown that he was not n New Yorker Me leei fioni Te.is. - Hefor,, tho war he h oi heen II loeomol i'e eiiiyneer hut tiis rf itlil hand had heen liiiur.-d so' I'uVt p. eoual not r sumo Ii;h old I,, a. "1'o.sn't make anv d i ,'fe ;,n,'e." t-,e eh. l'"l'oi! el.eei full;.'. "Tliere'a l;s of'othe-laiiuts of'othe-laiiuts I ean ,lo. I'd like to ::o in ,!,,. mer.'haiit n.avl'ie, luit I'm t"o o'd. 'Sou wouldn't think I veils fo-u v-s-even. won'' von? No; I'm not inarrhd now' hut' 1 hae hi'-ui twice. Am ready tn ttv , auaill whenever 1 cot seltled and l,a I o i chance to look iii'oiit." ThU rad'anl p,. i ..inlia II t e wan followed hy a tall Irishman, who hewed prot'onnd'v n( the door ami s.ood adoia's'sj,,.-; die younn wiuilau In eliaiaee of the hnt'eiu with Ilia hat he'd d ra i n n t lea 1 1 - across lrs ehest, lie IV.lrt KOIIUl in Hear,-', ,,f ., he , '.plained, and he wondcied l'f 'i;,,'. hurea li, I'd snp'.iy him with n ,-h'att eo'. lar "Nothln' iiko a clean co.(r," le MM. "'" 1i Job." The oniu-wo, oniu-wo, nan searched In the drawer of a cahl-liel cahl-liel and pi'isluc, d scleral oolt.n- of arl-oiih arl-oiih ditneiistolis and let hlln pick out ll,e sh-.c and tvpe ho wanted. t HdH , ht, j man liecame almost tearful In h!s juau. tuile. "I hai'ell't heen hchayln" mv.s,.f" )lr d. " lured In pome e in : ei rra i-niien t ' ",, I'll he all rli.-ht ai soon aa 1 K,.t 'sleidv iMirle" ' ' "Tint's all rUhl," nail the y,,,;,,- woni. an. "hut 1 wouldn't no hi .-ear,-!! ,,f a j ,", In that ci, million If t were on. y .', ; , until liiil'ie ;,,',.,. r In'i uniav I'.loriuuc ,. i then sec w ha' you , m do " " ' ' ,1, S, s. ' This lochi.U't llhrlral.-i the , f, . and Mill ier of-f o t maioicr in w,h h V1 ,-Wonicil ,-Wonicil t'Uiuhi.; this hurori in,.,.; , j ,,,, ' and , oedili ot m, u ' " a soon n- a mai e r.C. i,i,d f-.un t. 1 Till v he I', lochlu'd lo f,., I ., ,',', time I, mini: to him," said Mrs T,,;. Ill 111 hi dhi. ns'ilm: li.i, phase of her V,,,l. "So niaialll he apoml'i Ice I u t ecilple of |