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Thursday, February 27, 1919 The Tea with.a It's Always Best --@a --To.Be Well on the Safe Side When buying Tea, insist on getting ~ .. "CAL Quarter of a Century of * THE BARRIE EXAMINER 4 Unrivalled Public Service. esze -- IN WOMAN'S REALM 43-tf DIRECTOIRE INFLUENCE the influence of peace Although ibe | IN SPRING COSTUMES Large Hats of € Georgette and Small Ones of Rough Straw NEW YORK, February 17, 1919. Perhaps the type of dress to undergo the most radical change since the signing of the armistice is the evening gown. During the war the evening dress was practically for- gotten, for the activities were few gnd of #@such @ nature as not to necessitate the and the colors are bright and gay. The formal dress. Again decolletage is with us, turning from war's asperities to. the smoother ways of peace undoubtedly is to be followed by e indulgence in dress and * ildings. 1:50 up beryies. adornment The dance frock of the young girl may be as quuint as she pleases, and no com- ment will arise, for has she not forfeited enough of her precious time to the serious ride of lifp? Now is the reaction, but it does not "Sffect the afternoon and street dresses They remain quite untouched by Buy LANTIC "fine" - granulated sugar in the original packages for your Marmalade and be sure of a perfect result. Atlantic Sugar Refineries, Ltd., Py MONTREAL. | NOVSS | DEC. $4.11" 5 ts "> PRINTED THEREON © silhouette of the evening gown continues | along its same lines the materials are more korgeous and the adornment is not so scant. | Dresses of Chintz | Simple dresses of chintz have been | {popularized ut the souvhern resorts and 'promise to be favorites for summer wear. | [This inexpensive material makes quite a | charming frock for the warm weather. The | colors are bright and the designs may just | border on being grotesque. One of the leading shops had on display an attractive little frock made of chintz which had «| cream-colored background and huge black motifs, which, upon closer inspection, | proved to be bird-cages. Out of these enges | flew birds of delft-blue, and the entire de-| sign was one of symmetry and grace. Need- | less to say that 'this frock would be the | envy of many young girls. i Worn at the southland, too, are frocks | of gingham. For the past season, that is | the past summer season, gingham was tbe | most favored material for frocks for morn- ing and afternoon wear. A gingham ekirt, like the one shown with the middy blouse would be very pretty for hot days. For e ) the Figures spring, plaid woolén material would be sinart and attractive. Directoire 'Influence for Spring The coy charm of this interesting period is not to be overlooked, and many of the spring dresSes and suits are modeled after 8666 Youthful and Smart this quaint style. rectoire period are developed in Georgette, and the tiny straw ones ure trimmed with | ostrich, Milliners predict that ostrich and ribbon 'ill be the trimmings most extensivel used on the spring hats. Ribbon is always 'amart and tailored-looking, and ostrich has | all those necessary characteristics to war- rant its place on a dressy hat. Blouses with Short Sleeves A number of blouses that are shown by the higher-class houses show either elbow- length or three-quarter length sleeves. These blouses are made of Georgette crepe, 8706 Sports Dress for the Miss and ribbon trimming appears on the sleeves and at the neck Ribbon on hats, ribbon on dresses and ribbon everywhere is the slogan for spring. Many of the blouses have peplums, which it will be remembered were much in vogue a few years ago. A ribbon around the waist in the form of a belt usually addf to the attractiveness of this style. The blouse used with this li piece dress illustrated has flowin, and a wide girdle trims the low waistline. 'The waist fastens at the front and Bes panels, back and front which meet on the shoulder with a point. FROM THE LINE 'TO THE RHINE (Continued fram page 10) 'as they went along. All along the roads we saw where they had butchered cattle. Some of the horses that had died on the road had large slices of meat cut out of their hips. The country we passed through on the first day in Prussia was very poor and scrubby looking and the dirty villages gave us a poor idea of the country. We stayed here the day of Dec. 5. The boys had a chicken supper Friday, Dec. 6, we marched 16 kilos and had a fine day. We billeted in a famail village called. Hunningen, with a food stout looking Prussian Guard who had fron theron Gros "'Some ofthe oye bed toother chicken eupper here, Most of tl oldiets from thia part of the country had lrerved on the Rusolan. front, as their homes were so near to Belgium. 'Next day, Sat. Deo. 7, we marched 36. kilos over' some hille and through 'some fine green. forests, We got into a, better country and went through some decent looking villages, Tt waa remarkable the number of dead horses wwe sew by the road that day, and we also aw some fresh graves of mien, although wwe had no chance to examine them. We baw some signs of the hardships the:Ger- man army bad in their evecuation, When ¢ motor lorry broke down or ran ehort of petrol it was usually dumped down an em- bankment or set on fire, so that it would be of no. use to anyone' else, We billeted in a small place called Call. Next day. we Large hats of the di-) Notice how the cost--and the cdsh. value--of: the. stamp. ad- vances éach month until, on the 1st day of January, 1924, the Dominion of Canadais pledged - to-pay~$5.00-for each WSS. - marched 10 kilos tos named Mecher- nich and we sll had the of billets, We were treated well here and we were able to buy all sorts of souvenirs - One lady who seemed.to have the managing of a' to- fore the war they got 5 francs for 4 marks, s0 things have changed. Auyhow, instead of this lady sending us out, our people took charge and refused civilians entrance to the store, and took a good supply of tobacco and cigars to our canteen and paid her what they thought enough, and, I suppose, convinced her of the fact that Germany had lost the war. Her husband was wear- ing the iron cross and a noticeable limp. We were billeted with a family who had two boys home just a few days from the army, one an infantry man who hed served on the Russian front and one an aviator latter told us that he had been over England bombing, On Monday we marched 21 kilos through some fine country, went through s fine large town named ich an marched past our Brigsde General. We and bacco store got hostile and refused to: give ws the proper rate of exchange for our French money, 7.marks for 5 francs. Be- 250 Buys a Thrift*Stamp. billeted in a fine place about 'three from here, Wushkein, and again we were with two. more soldiers of the German army, one with the iron crgss, another bro- ther bed won the iron cross, and had been killed on the Somme. Leaving here we marched 21 kilos to Beradorf, » small vil- lage near the Rhine, We stayed here two days and moved up to Equipment. On Thursday, Dec. 12, we had an inspection ur commanding officer, We also got je mail, Friday, the 18th, we marched to Cologne. We marched through its streets 'The | with rifles at the slope and bayonets fixed Just before crossing the Rhine over one of the great bridges we marched psst our Army Commander. After crossing the river we d | marched some 3 or 4 kilos and billeted in -H! & large school building in Kolk, having Jersey "Gream Sodas are crisp when you buy them. Calgary, Port Arthur, St. J Canada Food Board Licenses 88 11-003, 14-166 Ut, a. By (\ ANY "Its dood for me" marched 16 kilos that day. That afternoon and evening the boys had a good time in the town. Next day we marched 14 kilos to » barracked town, Wabn Heid, north of Wahn, and got settled in barracks fairly comfortably and we stayed there for Christ- mas and until Dec, 28, when we moved across country 10 kilos to » small town called Lohmar, 4 kilos from Sieburge, situ- ated in a hilly, wooded country on the river Agger. From Nov. 18 to Dec, II, we had marched sccording to my diary and ' as near as I could find out 441 kilos or over /275 miles, While in Wahn Heid we ffequently went to Cologne for an even- ing, although it was in order out of bounda, We had been billeted in all small places on our journey, so we took the advantage of seeing the largest one, too. GH in food value, MeCormick's fresh They keep well, There isno waste to them. For an economical food, it would be hard to find their equal. MCormick's Jersey-Cream Sodas Sold Fresh Everywhere. In Sealed Packages. Factory at LONDON, Canada. 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