FEBRUARY 24, 1921
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GIANT TASK TO RECLAIM
OLD FLANDERS' FIELD
By R. H. Sheffield
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Brussels, Belgium. Centuries of
spade and pioneer labor, performed by
millions of tillers of the soil throughout
the ages, had made of Flanders in 1914
one of the richest agricultural provinces
in the world. In four years of war the
result of all those centuries of labor was
annihilated. The wiping-out of such an
extensive region, with all its vast agricul
tural resources, was unprecedented in his
tory. The centers of the war zone here were
Ypres, Fumes, Dixmude, Ostend and
Courtrai. The districts of Ypres and
Furnet the richest agricultural lands, con
tained 215,000 acres of land, 68 villages,
three towns and an agricultural popula-
SAND HILLS POLO CLUB
On February 27, a game with the offi
cers from Camp Bragg will take place
at 2:30 P. M.
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The polo, malch between the Whites
and Colors, held on Sunday afternoon,
was evenly contested, and resulted in a
win for the White team by four goals to
nil. The following players participated:
White Colors
Mr. John Tuckerman Mr. Chas. Crocker
Mr. James Boyd Capt. Wm. Cowgill
Mr. Thomas Pilcher Lt.-Col. R. C. Foy
Back, Mr. David White. Back, Major
E. L. Gruber.
Referee, Capt. Loftus Bryan.
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The Ladies' Horse Show was held on
Saturday, February 19. Mrs. Stuyvesant
Peabody, Miss Ivy Maddison, and Miss
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS
Boston, (United Press). College au
thorities throughout New England are
expressing deep concern over the small
number of students who are enrolling in
agricultural institutions.
Reports from several colleges show
that while classical institutions, schools
of business administration and engineer
ing are enrolling large numbers, the num
ber of students entering agricultural col
leges remains stationary and in some in
stances lias declined.
The lack of interest in agriculture is
due largely to a new interest in engineer
ing, because of the part it played in the
World War, and the high wages paid in
other forms of business, is the belief of
Dean F. W. Taylor of the agricultural
division of New Hampshire State College.
Afternoon dresses favor gray georgette
or crepe de chine. They are cut with the
loose mandarin sleeve, flowing bell cuff,
and are often beaded with pearl or iri
descent beads down the long front panels.
Glycerined ribbon sashes with huge bows
are used in a contrasting color.
Coats are almost entirely in the castor
or tan shades. They are made of soft
pile fabrics such as peachbloom, duvet de
laine, or bolivia, and are embroidered in
harmonizing Moss. The majority of. the
models have the loose, unbelted back with
convertible choker collar.
One of the most radical coats shown
upon Euclid avenue was of midnight blue
peachbloom cut a la cossack. It but
toned with huge metallic buttons from
hem to narrow shoulder. The unbelted
hack fell in supple folds and the eutire
effect was of the foreign military.
Hats also approve of gray and blue
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View of Tennis Courti and Club House
tion of over ninety thousand. Of the
land, 160,000 acres were areable and 55,
000 pasture. The number of farms was
24,000, of horses 6,070, of horned cattle
47,000, and of pigs 42,000. Annual
crops gathered comprised an average of
437,000 sacks of wheat, barley and oats;
a million kilos (say a thousand tons) of
tobacco; 125,000 tons of potatoes, and a
considerable quantity of hops.
Pre-war values of this destroyed prop
erty may be estimated at $51,000,000.
That does not sound much if you say it
quick enough, but, for anaemic Belgium,
it means a lot! To put things right to
day, however, is going to cost several
times $51,000,000. Wages and raw ma
terials have, on the whole, more than
trebled, and estimates that put the res
toration of agriculture alone, without any
reconstruction of villages, etc., at close
on $200,000,000 show the extent of the
work of reconstruction to which Belgium
has set her hand, and in which she has
achieved such satisfactory results in the
past twelvemonth.
Mlldre 1 F'tz-Hugh, the three ladies of the
r n; t:e? who were responsible for the
a "tin! work and organization of the
Show, are to be congratulated on bring
ing off one of the best run shows ever
held at Pinehurst or anywhere else. The
thanks of the sporting community at
large is also accorded to Mr. Fred Shreve
for his untiring energy, ability, and kind
ness, aibly supported by the other stew
ards in making it possible for the ladies
to carry through their plans. The show
started punctually to the minute and
finished absolutely to schedule.
The total entries were 198. The polo
pony classes had twenty entries. In the
heavy-weight class the Club entries car
ried off first and second prizes. Mr. J.
C. Spring's pony, Blue, got third prize.
The first prize in the light-weight went
to Mr. W. H. Maddison 's entry "Fire
Away. ' ' Mr. James Tufts Voda, sec
ond prize. The Club entry, Sid, third
prize.
In the Championship, Fire Away car
ried off the honors.
MID-WEST NOT STRONG FOR
FIFTH AVENUE FASHIONS
By "Marjorie"
(Written for The United Press)
Cleveland. The mid-western women
are championing the cause of conservative
fashions;
The shopping district of this city has
been offering spring styles for some
weeks. Everything, however dresses,
shoes, hats, gloves, coats, wraps and suits
are quite different from the garish,
frilly effects as seen in the Fifth avenue
shops in New York.
Most window displays are featuring a
pale pearl gray and delft blue. This
color scheme is used in hats, dresses and
blouses. Blue taffeta, barred and checked,
with the gray and gray silks striped with
the blue, are very conspicuous. These
crisp little taffetas continue the winter
line, of low waistline and wide ribbon
sash.
combinations. Chapeaux of crepe de
chine or silk fabric combined with
glazed straws are being worn consider
ably here. In fact, the midwest lady
donned her spring "lid" with fully as
much time to spare as had the Gotham,
woman of fashion.
Little ribbon dingle-dangle and frayed
silk streamers that hang over the hat
brim and whisk the ear lobes are the
favored form of hat trimming. There
seems to be a dearth of feather trimming.
Stiff flowers made of patent leather, kid
or metal imitations are first in favor.
The midwest woman is gradually reach
ing the stage where she does not gasp at
a semi-revealed knee. During the winter
months, skirts were of quite a demure
length, but they are going up as the new
season comes in.
Golashes sprint under new spring suits
fully as floppingly as they did in the
winter months. A count taken of the
feminine feet upon Euclid avenue found
only one woman in eleven who was not
wearing the favored golash.