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Show i ' f JH He Mistook. U '-' if- M One of the features at the woman's exhibition ft " mwM at the Madison Square Garden was the so-called g fLjl, mM "Street of All Nations," which is arranged around jjj 1, MfjH the hall in a series of little compartments labeled i if- ' Italy, England, etc. In each of these compart- y fr -h ments, backed by appropriate scenery and fur- R J P -!H nishings, sit women of the nationality represent- 'j ljH ed, engaged in the typical occupations of their f'' 119 mothers in the motherland. For instance, the H jljH English women, in gowns very much decollete, jta ij! p H play bridge, while the Americans make pumpkin j L $t IJH pie. The Italians languish over mandolins, and jli.f" fill the French girls look at tho passing throng. A kl b i jH young man stopped at France and engaged the & I IjnH chief looker in conversation. ft h 'a 'kM "Parlez vous " he began. j JR i jjgH "Cut it out," said she, "and talk United States." $j.j fWU "What are you doing in France, then?" asked ' $ MlljH the astonished youth. W jl $H "I ain't going to be here much longer," she an- JB i ifi; H swered. "Tomorrow I'm to be transferred to Ml pi HH Italy." S j IP-I |