Show A kotce in the london chronicle states that miss goldsmith a munitions worker was married to gunner J W long the bride brida was attired in overalls ove rills and a party althe ol 01 the brides irle ads also wore their working clothes fifty years ago an announcement of 0 this sort would have caused a furore in oci ellor at least would have been laughed at al as a jike today it receives no more than passing notice people have grown so used to the vagaries of present day fashions fashion that nothing startles them the idea of women wearing overalls over ills did not originate with modister modi stes but came as a direct result of the war wait when so many hard and laborious duties were thrust on them women worn en found that unless they wore garments that admitted freer action they soon tired thed out overalls therefore came as a natural seq ae quence Vence to the new demands put on women they say so popular has the custom 0 of wearing thern them become in european countries that its influence is spreading rapidly over the rest of the world canadian women working in 10 munitions na and other factories are well pleased with omell oye rall it is said american Amit ican women also though not as yet doing the heavy work that Is of women in belligerent countries refuse to be outdone by anyone in dress innovations novat ions in new york city women bakers wear bifurcated nether garments which they call overalls and many women following other occupations requiring free use of the limbs are also t h em araon the pennsylvania delegation of suffragists to do guard duty in front of the white house recently was mlis mi is ella riegel a former member of political economy class clasa at bryn mawr president wilson Is N now joy 1 at the head of the party io in power miss lieeel F sa said i 1 a an and wl liia d doubt auti appreciate are merely practicing his own precepts when we ask him to haye have his party pass the federal suffrage amendment BAGDAD which was captured by a british army anny less than a week ago is the th capital of the province ot of the fhe same name in the southeast south east of Asiatic Turkey it lies on both sides of the tigris river which is spanned spanked by a bridge of boats yards long the place looks better from the outside than the inside for the streets are arc dirty wd ind narrow an and d houses without windows in front the inside of the buildings however hoever are olten often very gorge orus with vaulted ceilings rich moldings mol dings inlaid mirrors and massive bildings gil dings the mosques and bazaars are the most noticeable of the buildings though the for former meIr great traffic of 0 bagdad has been y cut off since persa began to trade with europe through ond on the north and by the persian eulf aull on the south the bazaars are still filled with th produce of both turkish and european mirk muskets ets and many europa duropan n houses keep agents in the town red and yellow leather silk and cotton goods are manufactured and dates grain and wool are exported discoveries around bagdad have shown that thatis it dates back to the time of ar about it became the seat of the mohammedan empire empire and was long famous as the horns bome ol of the callas calias the calif haroun al and his sold soc in the ath century greatly improved the city and made it the seat of 0 arabic learning and literature the population can only b be e estimated but not suppo supposed se d to be over made up of turks arabs christians jews armenian Hin doos afghans and Pers persians lani |