The Supply Republican (Supply, Okla.), Vol. 23, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1924 Page: 2 of 8
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THE REPUBLICAN. SUPPLY. OKLAHOMA
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“FORTY AND EIGHT”
QUARTERS ARE OPEN
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Headquarters of the "Forty ana
Fight,” the fun-mukliig branch of the
Amerlcun Legion, has been ottlrlally
opened in Indianapolis near national
lieadquarters of the parent organiza-
tion.
"The Forty and Eight,” ns It la
popularly known, is founded, principally
for fun, and based on tliu now famous
boxcar in which tile men of the A. hi.
V. moved about France. The curs
were destlued to hold either forty men
or eight horses, but Just how the
French were ever able to crowd so
many men Into so smull u space re-
mains a mystery to most Americans.
Incidentally, the fun originating from
the truvels of the soldiers In these
cars finds a faithful portrayal In rit-
ualistic work of tlie Legion's "shrine.”
At present the organization has
nearly 750 “voitures,” or local chap-
ters, scattered throughout the United
States. To become u member of the
organization one must be n Legion-
naire and have performed some uet of
service either for thnt organization or
distinctively for the benefit of veter-
ans. It counts ns members the most
prominent and active Legionnaires in
the uation.
The society has other alms ns well
as providing enjoyment for Legion-
nuires. In many pluces it takes over
the function of a county council of the
Legion, providing funernl escorts for
deceased veterans, raising of funds for
the Legion and other movements, and
assisting the parent organization in
every manner possible. On a national
scale the organization has attempted
to endow a fund, eurnlngs which will
he devoted to cure of orphaned chil-
dren—aside from the Legion's pro-
gram—and nn annual assessment Is
made on each member for this pur-
pose. As soon as tills fund readies
suflldent amount an active program
of relief work among dependents of
World war veterans will be attempted.
Robert J. Murphy of Norn Springs,
la., Is chef cheniln de fer, the prin-
cipal officer. Lyle D. Tabor, for sev-
eral years adjutant of the American
Legion in Michigan, has been named
to the post of correspondent natlonale,
and Is the chief administrative officer
located in Indianapolis. Charles W.
Ardery of Seattle is auditor natlonale.
Offices of the society Will be located
In the buildings of the huge memorial
project to be built in Indianapolis, In
which space will be provided for the
Amerlcun Legion.
Civic Improvement Is
Part of Legion*s Work
That the Amerlcun Legion is or-
ganized for selfish purposes for vet-
eruus only Is easily reluted by the
thousand of lnstunces where com-
munity development Is made subser-
vient to all else. News of Legion
participation In every phase of civic
betterment is received at national
headquarters dully, and recountul of
this gives rise to the belief that the
Legion Is rapidly becoming one of the
foremost movements In the nation for
progress of the community.
Tlie Interest attached to many of
these Instances of partldputlon by the
Legion men brings realization of the
possibilities of tlie organization to
many public officials. One of these, u
letter of appreciation of the Legion's
effort, wus written by Richmond D.
Moot, chairman of the city planning
commission of Schenectady, N. who
came forward with a letter of endorse-
ment of the Legion's work in his city.
The letter follows:
"The men who served their country
In the World war have found another
Held of service In time of peace, and
within the lust few years, tlie Schen-
ectady post of the American Legion
has become the leading organization
for civic betterment. Single-handed, it
secured the creation of the city plan-
ning commission to plan the future of
the city; it stopped the Illegal issuance
of sewer bonds; It created a Joint com-
mittee to study the city's finances; it
ussisted the nuturullzutlon authorities
In securing better knowledge of the
English language on the part of ap-
plicants for citizenship; it has organ-
ized and conducted the series of pub-
lic meetings to welcome new citizens;
Is lias conducted u series of essay con-
tests, the latest being on the civic
questions In founding city planning In
the public schools; and annually fur-
nishes the schools, both Inside and out-
side the ctly, with a large number of
speakers for all patriotic occasions."
COMMANDER WICKER
BUSY LEGIONNAIRE
If any member of the American Le-
gion in Virginia falls to go to the polls
to exercise his right of franchise. It
will not be the fault of John J. Wicker,
department commander of the organ-
ization. For Commander Wicker,
whose penchunt In mutters of govern-
ment has made expression of the will
of Legionnulres, Ids first objective
through his year at the helm.
This Is but a part of the aim of
Commander Wicker to make his de-
partment of the Legion one of the
most vigorous. If not the greatest in
size. Other points of his program for
1024 call for enactment of the adjusted
compensation measure by the federal
government, erection of a non-utili-
tarian movement In Virginia as a war
memorial, and appointment of a com-
mittee in the state law-making body
to handle ull veteran legislation ua bus
been done In congress.
Wicker has been an ardent Legion-
naire ulmost since the time of the in-
ception of the Legion. He wus an or-
ganizer in Virginia and was a chnrter
member of Richmond post No. 1. lie
wus elected to serve as a delegate to
the St. Louis caucus in 1019, and has
attended every national convention
since that time. It was through his
efforts that the state of Vlrglnlu ap-
propriated $.ri,(HK) for expense incident
to organizing the Legion throughout
the stnte, unprecedented In Legion an-
nals. He Held the position of first na-
tional executive committeeman from
that state, and followed this by n sec-
ond term, but refused to accept the
post for another year. He has served
on several Important national commit-
tees, Including the I’ost Deportation
committee, and that which conveyed
to the Knights of Columbus the action
of the Legion In connection with the
preferred "memorial building. A most
unusual distinction given to Com-
mander Wicker was his appointment
to the Nutlonul Distinguished Quests
committee for the Kansas City con-
vention, when he ncted ns escort to
General Dluz during the trip. He di-
John J. Wicker.
rected the first Legion pilgrimage to
France as business manager, and
through his efforts saved the purty
thousands of dollars. lie was also in
charge of the unofficial Legion tour In
France In 1922.
Wicker, familiarly known to hls com-
rades us “Jack." Is a Kentuckian by
birth, though hls parents, both Vir-
ginians, were but temporary residents
of that state at the time. In religion
he is a Baptist, as lie followed In the
footsteps of hls father, a ltaptist
preacher. ills grandfather was a
Scotch Presbyterian, hls great grand-
mother n Methodist, hls grandfather a
Roman Catholic, and he has frequently
declared that he feels “kin to ull de-
nominations."
He was educated In the public
schools of the stnte and took prepara-
tory training at I'eddle institute In
New Jersey, later attending Furman
university and the University of Rich-
mond, where hls ability as an orntor
brought him to the study of law. He
was admitted to the bar after he at-
tained hls majority.
Wicker hud considerable difficulty in
entering service when war was de-
clared. First, he was married nnd had
two children; second, his eyesight wns
defective. He sought admission to the
first training camp, to be rejected on
account of hls sight. Then he vol-
unteered In the navy, the marine and
Infuntry, but wns refused each time
for the same reason. Desperate In hls
resolve to serve he memorized the eye-
test cards, and was accepted as a pri-
vate In the uvtntlon signal corps of
the regular array. He received a com-
mission with the air service and went
overseas where he served with the
Five Hundredth Aero squadron.
Enough dairy butter Is consumed In
the United tSutes to provide each
person each year with 18 pounds.
Tailor-Made Is
Most Important
Because the tailor-made note Is the
newest one In fashions of the moment
It Is stressed as the most Important,
says a fashion writer In the New York
Herald. Already the makers r.re com-
plaining that it will be overdone, that
the afternoon clothes for older women
and the evening gowns are being neg-
lected. It is too much copied ^nd ex-
ploited, they say, to long endure.
This may In a measure be true, but
the unobtrusiveness of the dark colors
used will oe a factor in.preserving Us
popularity and usefulness, and some-
times after a flare of overpopularlty
a mode seitles down Into being an ac-
cepted fact, and a simple mode has
many more chances of survival than
the more extreme types copied for the
sake of novelty.
A tailored dress made to order Is a
thing so difficult of imitation that
there is not much chance of it being
duplicated to any greut extent. There
are ns many ways to adapt it to the
individuality of the wearer as there
would be If It were an afternoon dress
and no one advocates abolishing them
because they have become wearisome.
In the first place the silhouette of
the tailored dress Is very much diver-
sified by the addition of circular
flounces at the front or nil the way
around, by plults nnd by panels of all
descriptions, by being pinched In at
one side or at both nnd by hanging
straight In tunic fashion. Sleeves also
present nil the variations that It is
possible to have In the daytime, from
the ultra-smart long tlght-flttlng ones
with sharp-pointed cuffs to dresses
almost without sleeves.
8imple Dress Most Successful.
Philippe ,et Gaston hns been very
successful this season with unusually
simple dresses. In them the long, nar-
row belted waistline is nsed and the
long, fairly tight sleeve. In one dress
the main feature of the decoration
consists of Insets of the rep running
In contrary direction to the rest of
A
A Vest of Whits Silk, Embroidsred In
Blus, is a Feature of This Catchy
Model.
the material, beginning with a per-
pendicular cut of mnterlul in the
blouse and horizontal in the skirt. A
long, very narrow vest Is of white
tucked material, with collar to match.
With this simple dress, quite complete
In itBelf, Is a straight Jucket with
bands of crosswise mnterlul running
the length of the fronts.
The inset vest is a marked charac-
teristic of the tailored mode from this
house, for it again appears In i. model
of dark blue rep with vest of white
silk embroidered in severe points all
around the edges. So deep Is this vest
that the lower part of It la crossed by
the belt. In this model note, too, the
increased height of the collar and the
manner In which it stands frankly up
around the chin.
All that has been said about the
straight unchanged silhouette aeemr
Two Small Plaits at the Sides Give
the Slight Plnched-ln Effect in This
Suit.
to be merely a matter of comparison.
In many of its latest manifestations It
cannot be called straight and still
make use of the circular flounce with-
out varying in some degree.
This Is u form of the tailored or
simple day dress that Drecoll makes
use of in a successful model which
has for its chief decoration Insets of
finely plaited material. The color
scheme of this dress is dark blue
trimmed with red. From the bateau
neck line straight tucks extend well
below the hip line, where a square
section is outlined with n narrow' band
of the tucks, the square having the
effect of a large patch pocket. At
a line Just above the knees the cir-
cular flounce is set on. In this dress
it is used at the back as well as in
the front. Narrow bands of the ma-
terial constitute the sleeves, the tuck-
ing running the up-and-down way of
the sleeves.
Buttons on Black Kasha Model.
A black kasha dress hns u line of
the buttons as trimming set on a band
of white extending tlie length of the
tunic, which is beltless and end9 Just
below the knees. A white scurf la
part of the design of this dress.
Shadow plaids In black with linings
and pipings in colors are frequent. A
hluck-und-white plaid, or rather a
black ground material with a scarcely
visible cross bur In white, is made
with a detachable cape of the same
material lined In red and trimmed
with red kid at the sides simulating
a girdle.
O’Rosen, who Is counted nn author-
ity in suits, has presented hls spring
versions of the tailored type. The
slightly fitted or plnched-ln Jacket Is
among the ones which have caused
comment. It follows the generally
accepted straight lines except that at
each side nbove the slot pocket a little
Inverted plait catches In the fullness
In un easy manner. Another suit by
this maker hns panels at each side
of the front, ending In a curved bound
pocket trimmed with small buttons.
Several of the other makers are
showing suits accenting the curved
manner in a slightly fitted line which,
contrary to the treatment of O'Rosen,
allows the bottom of the Jacket to
set out from the hips with a sugges-
tion of a flare.
Dress With Wide Flare
A Doucet sheath dress rnukes use of
an entirely different silhouette, one
in which the wide flare at the bottom
Is not to be ignored. The sheath ex-
tends well down over the hips with n
plnched-ln movement and a conse-
quent slight blousing at the normal
waistline.
From the dipped line at the front
a circular apron hangs In rather set
folds almost to the bottom of the close
fitting skirt. Following the atmos-
phere of the circular apron are sleeves
with a circular flare attached at the
elbows. The neck of this dress Is In-
dicative of the trend to rounder lines
than thnt of the bateau. Just escaping
being classified as the latter.
A dress very much like the Inst one
described has a plaited tunic Instead
of the circular apron, thus 'keeping
the sllhonette In the straight class
rather than the flaring.
Lenlef makes concession to the cir-
cular silhouette in a chic model with
wide embroidered collars and cuffs
and full circular skirt hanging In folds
almost like box plaits. Navy blue
crepe de lalne Is the material of this
dress nnd tlie collar is white georgette
embroidered in blue, with n bright
blue tie of crepe worn In an artist’s
bow hanging nearly to the waistline.
A wide sash pulled tightly about the
hips is greatly in evidence In many
of the models both for afternoon and
for the earlier hours of the day. Its
essential difference from the wide
girdle of the current models lies In the
fuct thnt It Is used frequently with a
straight waist nbove and as part of it.
Below the girdle the skirt, apron or
plaiting appear Independent of the
portion above. In other words, It is
part of the waist and Is not merely a
width of the material tied around a
a straight chemise dress. Just how
tills effect Is achieved Is not easily
seen, hut the result is new and rather
attractive.
A Colorful Season
In nn effort to outdo their most bril-
liant of seusons, the designers are
making gowns which graduate in
shude from orange to primrose yellow
or from cerise to mother of piarl
Aspirin
Beware of Imitations]
Unless you see the “Bayer Cross” OB
package or on tablets you are not get-
ting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved
■afe by millions and prescribed by
physicians over twenty-three years for
Colds Headache
Toothache Lumbago
Neuritis Rheumatism
Neuralgia i’aln, Bain
Accept "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin*
only. Each unbroken packnge contains
proven directions. Handy boxes of
twelve tablets cost few cents. Drug-
gists also sell bottles of 24 and 100.
Aspirin Is tlie trade mark of Bayer
Manufacture of Monoaceticacldester of
Sallcylicacld.
More Serious
The Man (gloomily)—1 was told to
go abroad at once.
The Girl—Nonsense! These doctors
mustn't frighten you out of your life
like that.
The Man—It wasn't a doctor. It
was a lawyer.—London Opinion.
An office seeker would rather occupy
• seat in the political hand wagon
than In a costly limousine.
At the first sneeze, begin
spraying the nose and throat
with Zonite twice daily. It
will help materially to de>
stroy the seat of the trouble—
usually germ infections
somewhere in the nasal
cavity. Zonite is the form of
antiseptic which practically
wiped infection out of the
hospitals in France during
the World War.
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