j New Shipment of Goods
Received on the Alameda from the
J World’s Fashion Center
It includes coats that cannot be duplicated in
Style and Price. Dresses in new fabrics and
color effects, direct from the Eastern Mar
kets, in Georgettes, Charmous, Satins, Chif
fon, Taffetas, some with Braid and Beaded
effects, also serges in large variety. Evening Dresses
in Tulle, Silver Cloth, Silver Nets, Taffetas and Satins
Beautiful Georgette Waists, some beaded with touch
es of Lace. Stacks of Beautiful Linen Handkerchiefs,
Hand Embroidered Hose and Silk Underwear, Pure
Silk Umbrellas.
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Table cloths and napkins, huck and turkish towels,
trimmings, braids, full assortment of notions.
We Have also received our new line of Cretons and
Tapestries, Pillows, Braids. Trimmings, Notions, Silks
by the yard. Georgette Crepes in all Shades, Crep de
Chines, Velvet, Broadcloth and Corduroys.
Mens Shirts, Ties, Silk Hose, Linen Handkerchiefs and
Silk Umbrellas.
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PROVIDE FOR
(By Associated Press)
BOS ANGELES, Jan. 2D.—Two com
tortably-equipped clubs where any en
listed man serving with the colors
may find a welcome are now main
tained in this vicinity as a part of the
war camp community recreation serv
ice. The newest one is at San Pedro,
near which place a large number of
soldiers and sailors are stationed. Its
attractions include a library, lounging
and music rooms, billiard and pool
tables and a lunch counter. In the
short time the club has been open it
has been visited daily by between 200
and 300 men in the olive drab of the
army or of the blue of the navy.
Rent on the building occupied by
the club is paid out of the war camp
comiftunity recreation fund, but it was
furnished and is maintained wholly at
the expense of a group of women of
Pasadena, who take turns acting in the
capacity of hostess.
The hostesses have arranged no en
tertainment programs and attempt no
so-called welfare work, their sole aim
being, according to one of them, to
provide a place with the comfortable
atmosphere of a home where the men
may enjoy a large measure of free
dom, meet good women and have a
taste of home cooking.
A similar club was opened in Los
Angeles several weeks ago. In addi
lion the city has set aside for the use
of the soldiers and sailors the gym
nasium at Normal Hill Center, a group
of buildings formerly occupied by the
state normal school.
EL PASO, Texas, Jan. 25.—Soldiers
of the border district and the new
cavalry division now have a club
house all of their own in the heart of
the city, where they may read, play
records on the phonograph, sing or
dance if they wish.
The El Paso war service board has
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just leased a permanent home for the
soldiers stationed at Fort Bliss and
in the El Paso district. It is not a
temporary structure, but a substan
tial building of brick and stone, with
hard wood floors for dancing, rest and
reading rooms apart from the assem
bly room, and writing tables for the
use of the soldiers who wish to write
letters home while they are down
town on what they call “shore leave.”
The building is in charge of a paid
employe of the local war service board
who is at the clubhouse all day and
during the evenings to answer any
questions the soldiers may wish an
swered about the city and to see that
they are all made to feel at home.
Moving pictures will be shown in the
new club house at regular intervals
and a series of dances, musicals and
other entertainment programs are be
ing planned by the recreation com
mittee of the war service board.
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COLLEGE MEN MEET
AMID CLAMOR OF WAR
(By United Press)
WITH THE AMERICAN EXPEDI
TIONARY ARMY IN FRANCE, Jan.
25.—Remember along about examina
tion time how you used to think hades
would be a good place for the pro
fessor?
Two Williams college graduates
have just had the pleasure of meeting
their old French teacher in the near
est earthly approach to inferno—the
trenches.
Officers now, the ex-students finally
I reached the battalion commander’s
j post in a certain American sector after
a fierce two-mile trudge from the rear
through mud and ice water up to their
hips.
A French interpreter met them at
the door of the post.
“Yes, the major is in,” he said, “but
he won’t see you till you shake hands
with me.”
Both officers thought they were face
to face with a nut.
Then as they recognized their old
teacher two hands shot out and
grasped both of his.
“Well, I’ll be darned—you haven’t
changed a bit,” was all the French
they could remember.
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(By United Press)
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—Infection of
the Russian spirit of democracy is be
ginning to manifest itself in Germany.
For the first time since the outbreak
of the war, German socialists are
developing the lost spirit of interna
tionalism, in their attitude toward the
Socialists of Russia.
The new situation that is thus aris
ing in Germany, is extremely serious
for the kaiser. The patriotic control
kaiserism, hitherto has exercised over
the German Socialists is beginning to
break. When it vanishes completely,
kaiserism will disappear. Interference
with the German-Russian peace nego
tiations by the German Socialists be
came apparent as soon as the kaiser’s
representatives started to inject im
perialistic aims into the proceedings.
This was the first refusal to heed the
appeals to patriotism that the Teu
tonic socialists have displayed since
the beginning of the conflict.
The present movement must receive
further impetus before there is an
open estrangement between the Ho
henzollersn and the German people,
but the primary impulse has been giv
en. The kaiser cannot afford to risk
much more domestic criticism of his
way of making peace. Autocracy has
always feared a revolution in a neigh
boring country next to a revolution at
home.
German socialists cannot help being
sympathetically inclined toward Rus
sia’s freedom to experiment with ul
trademocratic doctrines. This sym
pathy is becoming more and more ob
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j vious, and more and more disconcert
l ing to kaiserism. The threats of the
j Russian Bolshevik! that they intend
j appealing to the German people to
| make a democratic peace over the
I heads of the kaiser’s statesmen, may
j turn out to be no idle boast. Certain
i ly the kaiser dare not scoff at the
possibility.
The German government has never
before been faced with an internal
situation as serious as this. Or is not
probable that the Socialists and the
I militarists of Germany will permit a
dispute among themselves to reach the
' stage of open revolution. But, the So
cialists, because of their number, have
the upper hand. They can compel ac
i ceptance of their views if they are suf
ficiently insistent. How strongly they
will exercise their power for a demo
cratic peace now depends more on the
influence of the Russian revolution
than on any other single cause.
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(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.—The
American Red Cross nipped a flour
ishing German propaganda against
/America in the bud by carrying the
Stars and Stripes and needed relief
into Italy at the time of Italy's first
severe reverses according to a cable
from Major Murphy to Chairman
Davison of the Red Cross war council
received here today.
Spies were rapidly spreading the
word that America was unfriendly to
Italy, didn't care what happened to
her and was afraid to antagonize Aus
tria. The people believed the stories.
Major Murphy's graphic cable speaks
for itself:
“When we reached Italy refugees
were streaming down from the North.
Indescribably pathetic conditions ex
isted. The unexpected military re
verses had stunned the nation. Ru
mors of all sorts were in the air.
“A vicious propaganda had spread
the report that America was not
friendly to Italy; that we were not in
terested in the war and even that we
were afraid to antagonize Austria, as
well as Germany.
“America apparently nad no avail
able means of expression. Congress
was not in session. Our army could
not act. Fortunately, however, the
Red Cross was in a position not only
to respond immediately to the call of
the suffering, but also to carry the
message of the American people to
Italy in the hour of her distress.
“Working in c >1 i< >r vith our
own state department and , he Italian
government, we used every available
means of supply and distribution to
assist the ally of our country. Within
approximately two weeks after our ar
rival we had established warehouses
and branch warehouses to supply all
important points.
“We opened shelters for homeless
women and children.
“We distributed condensed milk to
little children.
“We dispatched three emergency
workers on a tour of Italy, with five
hundred thousand lire In small bank
notes, to give immediate aid where it
was needed.
"At the presentation of our first
three ambulance sections to the Ital
ian army, through the general division,
there were represented our own state
department, the French army, the
British army, the Italian Red Cross,
and the military sanitary department
of the government. As our sections
passed through the streets on their
way to the front, after the ceremony,
the streets were filled with enthusias
tic crowds and American flags flew
everywhere.
“Whatever else we may have done
or failed to do we have raised the
American flag from one end of Italy
to the other, and our youngsters to
day are doing their part in helping to
hold the Piave line.”
FARMERS OF MONTANA
STU NG WAR MEASURES
BOZEMAN. Mont., Jan. 25—What
farmers and housewives of Montana
can do to help the United States win
the war is the general theme of the
farmer’s program at the Montana
state college now being hoi i The
meeting will close tomorrov In
creased livestock and grain produc
tion and food and clothing conserva
tion and household management was
considered in two sections, one for the
men and one for the women, with fre
quent joint sessions for general dis
cussions.
The annual horsebreeders’ school is
also being held, and during next week
a special course will be given at the
college for the 24 county agricultural
ists and the eight women county home
economics workers of the state. Many
of the latter will participate in the
lectures and demonstrations to be
given for the benefit of the farmers
and their wives.
Among the speakers on the program
will be a score of members of the
state college. Governor S. V. Stewart,
Chancellor E. C. Elliot of the Uni
versity of Montana; President E. O.
Sisson of the state university; D. G.
O'Shea of Spokane, president of the
federal farm loan bank; Dr. W. J. But
ler, state vetinarian; D. W. Raymond,
secretary of the Montana State Live
stock association; C. D Greenfield,
commissioner of agriculture for the
state; and Miss Margaret Hughes, head
of the child welfare department of
the state board of health.
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Madame Lydia, the palmist, will be
found in the Currier & Mickelson
building on C. street. 16-tf