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Speaking of Styles — Did You Ever 

 Wear the "Mouchoir Tete"? 



NEARLY a hundred thousand 

 women and girls over ten years 

 of age in Haiti wear the mouchoir iete 

 or headkerchief. This is wound 

 around the head bandanna fashion. 

 On Sundays and special occasions the 

 foulard is worn. It is made of silk 

 or of mercerized cotton with brocaded 

 figures woven in it. 



The tastes of the Haitian women 

 run the whole gamut of colors. Black 

 is a favorite color of the people, but 

 they are fond of solid reds, \-ellows, 

 oranges and purples. The principal 

 defect of the colors is that they are 

 not fast colors. A headkerchief and 

 a heavy rain make a sorry sight of an\' 

 woman in Haiti. 



Practically the entire supply of 

 headkerchiefs has come from Europe 

 for many years. The jManchester 

 district supplies the bulk of the 

 cottons, while the others come from Belfast. 



We have it now 

 Henceforth ice cream 



the soda water fountain in a railway car. 

 sodas will lighten our journeys 



A California Novelty in 

 Street Signs 



VENICE, California, has a street 

 with possibilities. It marks the 

 corner of Swan Avenue. Instead of 

 carrying the regulation lettering, it is 

 shaped like the bird from which the 

 avenue takes its name 

 and is painted white. 



If this idea were ex- 

 tended to other cities we 

 would see a general en- 

 livening of our corners. 

 There would be portrait 

 galleries for such streets 

 as Washington, Madison, 

 Adams, and the like, 

 while symbols could be 

 found readily enough for 

 Cherr>^ Pearl and Wall 

 Streets. Municipal Art 

 Commissions might pass 

 upon the sign painter's 

 work so that the cherry 

 would not be mistaken for 

 an apple or the swan for 

 a goose. 



After viewing the cam- 

 paign portraits, it is just 

 as well, perhaps, that the 

 project has not been 

 seriously considered. 



sign 



^^ as ra 

 '^^ founta 



It would not require a very 

 great knowledge of English to 

 read the name of this avenue 



The Traveler's Soda Fountain Is 

 an Adjunct to the Dining Car 



AMERICAN fondness for soda water 

 has led to the Establishment of soda 

 fountains in many foreign places frequented 

 by American travelers. Cities as wide apart 

 as Paris and Havana have set up soda 

 fountains to assuage the national thirst ol 

 the American sojourning within 

 their gates. 



But here in the United 

 States no effort was made 

 to satisfy the cravings of 

 the traveler temporarily 

 separated from his — or 

 should it be her? — favorite 

 nut sundae dispenser. 

 A short time ago a 

 clever railroad man, 

 whose first thought is 

 always for the comfort of 

 his passengers, was won- 

 dering wha t his road could 

 do to make its guests 

 forget the tedium of 

 travel. "I have it," he 

 exclaimed, "a soda foun- 

 tain!" So now when you 

 a-journeying go, you may 

 find yourself in a car in 

 the end of which is a reg- 

 ular soda fountain capable 

 of supplying all sorts of 

 sweet concoctions and 

 soft drinks. 



