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l*i::!!Uil!!llllll!ll!lll!lllimilllIIIIIItllllll * a. _____________________ I Rams S By ^immiiiiimimiiimmiiiiimiiimiiiiui CHAPTER IX.?Continued. ?11? Most uncomfortably astonished Ramsey took his hands out of his pock ets, picked a leaf from a liluc hush be side the path, and put the stem of the leaf seriously Into a corner of his mouth, before finding anything to say "Well?well, all right." he finally responded. Tit tell you?if it s anything I know about." "You know about It," said Dora. "Tha- is. you certainly do if you were at your 'frat' ineet?og last night Wurp Vi?n V "Y?-s. I was there," Ramsey answered, wondering whjit in the world she wanted to know, tiiough he supposed vaguely that It must be something about Colburn, whom he had several times seen walking with her. "Of course I couldn't roll you much." he added, with an afterthought. "You see, a good deal that go.-1* on at a 'frat' meeting Isn't supposed to be talked about." "Yes," she said, selling faintly, though with a satire that missed him. "I've been a member of a sorority since September, and I think I have an Idea of what ccukl he tola or not told. Suppose we walk on, If ycu don't mind. My question needn't embarrass you." Nevertheless, as they slowly went on together, Itamsey was embarrassed. Jie felt "queer." They had known enct. ..fher so long; in a way had shared m> much, sitting dally for years near each other and undergoing the * same outward experiences; they had almost "grown up together." yet this was the first time they had ever talked together or walked together. "Well?" he said. "If you want to ask anything it's all right for me to tell you?well. I Just as soon, I guess." "It lias nothing to do with the secret proceedings of your 'frat,'" said Dora, primly. "What I want to ask about has been talked of all over the place today. Everyone has been saying it was your 'frat' that sent the first telegram to members of the government offering support in case of war with Germany. They say you didn't even wait until today, hut sent off a message last night. What I wanted to ask you was whether this story is true or not?'' "Why, yes," said Ramsey, mildly. "That's what we did." She uttered an exclamation, a sound of grief and of suspicion confirmed. "Ah! I was afraid so!" " 'Afraid so?* What's the matter?" he usked. and because she seemed excited and troubled, lie found himself not quite so embarrassed as he had been at first; fAr some reason hei agitation made him feel easier. "What was wrong about that?" "Oh. It's all so shocking and wicked and mistaken!" she cried. "Even the faculty has been doing it. and half the other 'frats' and sororities! And it was yours that started It." "Yes, we did." he said, thoroughly ? puzzled. "We're the oldest 'frat' here, and of course"?he chuckled modestly ?"of course we think we're the best. T>o you mean you believe we ought to've sat TVack and let somebody else start it?" "Oh, a;i!" sl> answered, vehemently. "Nobody *vtglit to have started It! That's the trouble; don't you see? II nobody had started it none of it might have happened. The rest mightn't have caught it. It mightn't have got into their heads. A war thougtit is the most contagious thought in the world; hut if it can be kept from starting, it can he kept from being contagious It's Just when people have got into an emotional state, or a state of smoul Ther? Was Something Human Abou Her, Then, After All. dering rage. that everybody ought t< be so terribly careful not to think \vn thoughts or make war speeches?o semi war telegrams! I thought?oh I was so sure I'd convinced Mr. Col burn of all this, the last time \vi talked of it! He seemed to under stand, and I was sure lie' agreed witl me." She bit her lip. "He was onl; pretending?I see that now!'' "I guess he must 'a' been," sail Itamsey. with admirable simplicity "He didn't talk about anything lik that last night. He was us much fo if as anybody." "I've no doubt!" Ramsey made bold to look at he out of the side of his eye. and as sh was gazing tensely forward he contin ued h!s observation for some time. Sli was obviously controlling agitation, al most control I i g tears, whi< h seeniei to threaten her very wide-opeu eyes iiuiiiiimiiiimif.'iiHiii iiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiiiii ey Milh( BOOTH TARKINGT iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin'iiiii I for those now fully crown and noticeable eye-winkers of hers were subject . ( to fluctuations Indicating such a - threat. She looked "nun, anu nam sey was touched. There was something ? human about her, then, after all. And i If he hud put his feeling Into words at . the moment, he would have said that he guessed maybe he could stand this ole girl, for a few minutes sometime?' better than he'd always thought he . could. "Well," he said, "Colburn prob'ly . wouldn't want to hurt your feelings or anything. Colburn?'* "He? He didn't! I haven't the i fahitest personal interest in what he did." 'Oh!" said Ramsey. "Well, excuse me; I thought prob'ly you were sore because he'd jollied you about this pacifist stuff, and then?" "No!" she said, sharply. "I'm not thinking of his having agreed with, me and fooling me about it. He just warded to make a pleasant impression on a girl, and said anything he thought wouP* lease her. I don't cure whether lie thus things like that or not. What I care about Is that the principle didn't reach him and that lie mocked it .l I don't care about a petty treachery to me, personally, but I?" Fraternal loyalty could not quite brook this. "Rrotlier Colburn Is a per! fectly honor'ble man." said Ramsey, l* solemnly. "He is one of the most i honor'ble men in this?" "Of course!" she cried. "Oh, can't [ I make you understand that I'm not i condemning him for a little flattery to me? 1 don't care two straws for Ids showing that I didn't Iniluence him. i He doesn't interest me, please underi stand." Ilainsey was altogether perplexed. "Well, I don't see what makes you go , for him so .hurd, then." "I don't." "But you said he was trench?" "I don't condemn him for it," she insisted, despairingly. "Don't you see the difference? I'm not condemning anybody; I'm only lamenting." "What about?" "About ail of you that want war!" i "My golly!" Ramsey exclaimed. "You don't think those Dutchmen were right to drown babies and?" "No! I think they were ghastly murderers! I think they were detestable and fiendish and monstrous and?" "Well, then, my goodness! What do you want?" "I don't want war!" "You don't?" ' "I want Christianity!" she cried. "I can't think of the Germans without hating them, and so toduy, when all the world is Jiatlng them, I keep myself from thinking of them as much as I can. Already half the world is full of war; you want to go to war to ' make things r?ght, but it won't; it will only make mere war!" "Well. I?" "Don't you see what you've done, you boys?" she said. "Don't you see what you've done with your absurd telegram? That started the rest: they thought they all hud to send telegrams like that." "Well, the faculty?" "Even they mightn't have thought of it if it hadn't been for the first one. ' Vengeance is the most terrilkie : thought; once you put it into people's : minds that they ought to have it, it : runs away with them." ' "Well, It isn't mostly vengeance ; we're after, at all. There's a lot more : to It than just getting even with?" She did not heed him. "You're all i blind! You don't see what you're do ing; you don't even see what you've done to this peaceful place here, i You've fdled it full of thoughts of fury L and killing and mnssncre?" 1 "Why, no," said ltamsey. "It was | those hutch did that to us; and, be! sides, there's more to it than you?" "No, there isn't." she Interrupted. "It's .lust the old brutal spirit that nnI tions Inherit from the time they were only tribes; it's the. tribe spirit, and ' ! an eye for an eye and a tooth for a ' tooth. It's those things and the love | 1 <>f lighting?men have always loved 1 to fight. Civilization hasn't taken it ] out of them; men still have the brute | !n them thut loves to fight!" ' "I don't think so," said Ramsey. I "Americans don't love to fight; I don't know about other countries, but we don't. Of course, here and there, there's some fellow that likes to hunt around for scraps, but I never saw more than three or four In my life thut acted thut way. Of course a football team in itMi una u . miiii^ci ui mu uu It, but that's different." "No." she said. "I think you all really love to tight." Ramsey wa.i roused to become argumentative. "I don't see where you get the Idea. Colburn Isn't thut way, and hack at school there wasn't a single boy that was anything like that." t "What!" She stopped, and turned suddenly to face hltn. "What's the matter?" he said, stop? ping, too. Something he said had r startled her, evidently, r "How can you say such a thing?" i. she cried. "You love to tight!" "Me?" e "You do! You love fighting. You always have loved fighting." !i lie was dumfouuded. "Why, I never y had a tight in my life!" She cried out in protest of such preil varicatlon. "Well, I never did," ho insisted, e mildly. r "Why. yon had a fight ahout me!" "No, I didn't." "With Wesley Render!" r Ramsey chuckled. "That wasn't a e fight!" i- "It wasn't?" e "Nothing like one. We were just I- guyin' him ahout?about gettln' slicked 1 up. kind of, because lie sat in front of ; you; nnd he hit me with lib book strap Jk 4XJU VMU IIIIIIIIIIIKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIU 3lland j on 1 Copyright by Doubtoday. Page & Company E ^ iiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin and I chased him off. Gracious, no; that wasn't a fight!" k "Hut you fought Llnskl only last r falJ." 11 Itamsey chuckled again. "That s wasn't even as much like a fight as the t one with Wesley. I just told this I Llnskl I was goln' to give him a punch k In the sn I just told him to look d out because I was goln' to hit him, and 1 then I did It, and waited to see if he ? wanted to do anything about it, and he h didn't. That's all there was to It, and s it wasn't any more like fighting than - ... A ?than feeding chickens Is." u She laughed dolefully. "It seems u to mo rather more like it than that!" "Weil, it wasn't." a They had begun to walk on ngain, and ltamsey was aware tlmt they had 8 passed the "frat house," where his '' dinner was probably growing eold. lie r was aware of this, but not sharply or insistently. Curiously enough, he did v not think about it. lie had begun to 1 find something pleasant in the odd in- ^ ' * 8 "I Don't Think People Have Very r Much Appetite Today and Yester- 7 day," She Said. s a tervlew, nnd in walking beside a girl, even though the girl was Dora Yooura. f He made no attempt to account to himself for anything so peculiar. For a while they went slowly to- s gether, not speaking, and without des- ^ tinatlon, though Ramsey vaguely fook , it for grunted that Dora was going j somewhere. Rut she wasn't. They | emerged from the part of the small s town closely built nbout the university H nnd came out upon a bit of parked f] land overlooking the river; und here j Dora's steps slowed to an indeter- j minute halt near a bench beneath a maple tr?*e. "I think I'll stay here a while," she said; and as he made no response, she asked: "Hadn't you better be going back to your 'frat house' for your dinner? I didn't mean for you to come L out of your way with me; I only wanted to get an answer to my question. ( You'd better be running back." "Well?" t He stood Irresolute, not sure that he | wanted his dinner just then. It would j have amazed him to face the fact de- j llberately that perhaps he preferred being with Dora Yocum to eating, j. However, he faced no such fact, nor | any fact, but lingered. "Well?" he said again. I "You'd better go." "I guess I cun get my dinner pretty j near any time. I don't?" He had a s thought. "Did you?" t "Did I what?" t "Did you have your dinner before I met you?" "No." * "Well, aren't you?" She shook her head. "I don't want ( any." "Why not?" "I don't think people have very much appetite today and yesterday," she said, with the hint of a sad laugh, "all { over America." ^ "No; I guess that's so." j "It's too terrible!" she said. "I j ran't sit and eat when I think of the ( Lusitania?of nil those poor, poor peo- ( pie strangling In the water?" "No; I guess nobody can eat much, ( If they think about that." ( "And of what It's going to bring, If i we let It," she went on. "As If thi a < killing weren't enough, we want to add i our killing! Oh, that's the most tec- ( rible thing of all?tl*> thing It makes < within us! Don't yo.f understand?" She turned to him appeallngly, and he felt queerer than *ver. Dusk had fallen. Where they n?ond, under the young-leaved maple trw, there wus but a faint lingering of alterglow. nnd In ' this mystery her faco glimmered wan and sweet; so tnat namsey, jusr men, was like one who dlucovers an old ' pan, used In the kitchen, to be mude of ' chased sliver. "Well, I don't feel nit.'c-h like dinner ! right now," he said. "We?we could sit here awhile on this bench, prob'ly." 1 (TO BE CONTINUED.) i Uniform Came in Handy. I pave up my profession as trained 1 nurse after my marriage and sometimes wore my uniforms for house dresses. One day, while in the front room, 1 heard the back door open and ' close. I was alone in the house and on poinp to investipate I saw a roughlookinp stranper coinlnp through the kitchen straight toward me. Presence of mind came to my rescue. I raised my band and said, "Don't come in here, we have a scarlet fever patient." lie , quickly scanned my uniform and mare | a hasty retreat through the rear door. ( | ?Chicago Journal. BOYSCOUTS j?CL iv2r Conducted by Nanon?i council of the Boy Scouts of America.) TADIO GREETING TO SCOUTS The Iioy Scouts of America celerated the twelfth anniversary Febuury 8 to 14 on a nation-wide scale, is entire membership of over 525,000 couts and scout leaders rededicating hem.selves to the scout oath and law. lundreds of rallies, father und son uuquets,-parades, pugeunts and other demonstrations were made a part of he observance throughout the country, ud the "good turn" wus emphasized a a number of practical and iinpresive ways. Ihe following message iroin 1 resileut Harding was broadcasted throughnit the country, reaching practically ialf a million boys. The message was s follows: "To the Boy Scouts of America: Conratulatlons to the Boy Scouts of Amerca on their twelfth anniversary/ Febuary 8. "This anniversary of an organization ihose ideal is peace and friendship [iiite strikingly coincides with the lirth of a new hope for world peace nd friendship at the recent conference if the nations here In Washington, riie responsibilities disclosed by that onference must be met by the men rho come after us, and I look with ;rowing confidence to that steadily lnreasing number of boys who are effectively trained to 'do their duty to Jod and their country* and to help othr people at all times, as are the Boy Icouts of America and throughout the rorld. "WARREN 0. HARDING." Governor Robertson of Oklahoma Is ut'u a iiifM'mge iu iiu.v ocuuis, " 1111:11 vas signaled by relay by four stations iver a distance of more than three alies absolutely without error by couts of Oklahoma City. Gov. Pat M. Neff of Texas not only ook the scout oath, hut also made u plendid address on "The Meaning of u Obligation." 10Y SCOUTS AT NAVAL ACADEMY An analysis of the present reginent at Annapolis shows that 915 nidshipmen have been boy scouts. Of his number 686 havfe gone us far us econd cluss and 2;^1 to first class ank. Tliirty-three have been scoutnasters. Of the first class scouts, 8 huve been patrol leaders, ?2 Eagle couts, 9 Star scouts, and 7 Life couts. In answer to a questionnaire the ollowing facts were developed: Of the total above mentioned, 46G rere of the opinion that their boy cout experience had helped them genrally In their present life, while 107 itate that this experience has deInitely aided them in their academic ife. It is the verdict of 217 that routing had helped them pass their ntranee requirements to the ucudemy ind of 142 that its training had lelped them in adjusting themselves o the discipline und life of the icademy. SCOUTS AT BIG CONFERENCE The boy scouts who were given the jreat honor of being the official pages it the limitation of arms conference icquitted themselves so admirably that hey won praise on all sides. Lord liddel, spokesman for the British [(.'legation who, by tne way, is tne pubisher of the British magazine, The toy Scout, was particularly interested u these Washington luds and always .topped to talk with them whenever le got a chance. He is a great beiever in scouting and thinks it has i wonderful future, based as it is on 'riendllness, helpfulness and mutual anderstanding. "I love our British toys," he says, "but they are no handlomer, no kinder, nor more courteous ban my splendid, manly, young friends >f the conference at Washington." 5COUT GOOD TURNS FROM OKLA. A few of the many good turns of he year reported by troops of McUester, Okln., are as follows: Cut lown and burned 260 tent caterpillar tests In Latimer county mountains, epalred two miles of mountain trail 'or farmers in same mountains, dlsributed literature for Red Cross 'tiblic Health Service, Ministerial Aliunce, etc.; cleuned up nearly a ton >f potential puncture causes from the ity streets, collected bundles * for toor in house-to-house campaign for hhaniher of Commerce and Associated hilarities, agitnted state-wide demand 'or cleaner motion pictures, helped lecorate Masonic temple for meeting >f State Women's clubs, donated ^hrlotmua haulratc fur ^olt-nf (nn o rm *? ioiiiiuo uunnriii ivi nmutuwu uiiiij ilstrlbution among poor. LOOK OUT FOR BIRD FRIENDS Rending (Pa.) scouts are maintalnng feeding stations for birds throughiut the country, particularly on Mt. Perm and Neversink mountain. They lave set up a number of feed houses ivhtch they visit every Saturday or Sunday to see that their feathered Tlends have a sufficient larder. In several cases it was found that these muses had been tampered with, probrhly by careless or willful persons, ivho do not realize what this provision neans to birds during the winter. GOVERNOR HIKES WITH TROOP J Governor Parker of Louisiana, having been officially Invested as a tenlerfoot scout by a group of Ragles of Baton Rouge, went on a Lincoln's fdrthday hike with the local scouts by ivay of celebrating their anniversary. ALL AMERICAN BOY SCOUTS The Indian hoys of the Cheinana school have recently been organized into scout troops under the auspicei of the Salem (Oregon) council. IMPROVED 1WIPORM INTERNATIONAL Sunday School ' Lesson' By KB v. f. ii. t'lTZWATKK, D. D.. Teacher of English Bible In the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) Copyright, 1922, Western Newspaper Union. LESSON FOR APRIL 2 ASA RELIES ON GOD LBS la J TEXT-11 Chronicles 14:1-12. GOLDEN TEXT-Help us, O Lord ouy 3od; for we rest on Thee.?II Chron. 14:1L REFERENCE MATERIAL?II Chron. 14:13-16; Isa. 41:10-13. PRIMARY TOPIC?A King Who Trusted Sod. JUNIOR TOPIC?God Helping Asa. INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR TOPIC ?A Ruler Who Relied on God. YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT TOPIC ?The Source of Personal and National power. I. Asa's Reformation ivv. i-o;. Asa was the grandson of Kehobonm, Both his grandfather and father favored idolatry, hut in spite of this record of his ancestors, Asn had a will of ills own, an though roung when lie came to the throne, Inngurnted' a campaign of reform which brought great good. He not only had the handicap of the Idolatry and immortality fostered by the two former kings, hut he had to contend against the influence of his mother who hud encouraged immoral worship (I Kings 15:13). In order to carry out his reformatory measures L* had To wrest authority from her by deposing her. Asa did that which was good and right In the eyes of the Lord (v. 12). 1. Cleared the land of Idolatrous emblems und Images (vv. 3, 5). (1) Strange altars. These were the altars devoted to other gods. (2) High places. These were places where unlawful sacrifices were offered. (3) Broke down the Images. These were upright stones connected with Idolatrors worship. (4) Cut down the groves. These were trees or poles connected with tree worship. He had all these relics of idolatry destroyed In Jerusalem and other cities tliroughut his kingdom. 2. Comm. ded Judah to seek trie Lord (v. 4). He knew that If the reformation was to be effective it must be by tiie positive seeking after and worshiping of God, accompanied by obedience to His commandments. Destructive work uvaiJs little unless followed by constructive. II. Asa's Defensive Preparations (vv. 6-S). 1. Built fortified cities (v. 6). The cities are not named, but the meaning, doubtless, Is that it was a general system of defense which Involved the cities at strategic points. 2. He erected walls about the cities (v. 7). These were usually of stone. Upon the walls were observation towers from which the position and movements of the enemy could be seen, and from which defensive warfare could be waged. 3. Made gates and barred them (v. "). The reason ho assigns for these defensive preparations was that they had sought the Lord God. Those who really trust God will make every effort to provide defense. 4. Had an army of spearmen (v. 8). These spearmen were also protected with large shields. The army was made up of 480,000 brave men. They were prepared to wage an offensive as well as a defensive war. III. Asa's Victory Over Zerah, the Ethiopian (vv. 0-12). 1. Asa set the battle in array (v. 10). He went out to meet the enemy. r"> first made a disposition of his manna r?f dofpnsn. This WAS Wisdom on his pnrt. Intelligent fnlth moves the possessor to do first that which Is within his power. 2. Asa's prayer (vv. 11, 12). He cried unto the Lord. He sought the source of national power. In this prayer note (1) his conscious helplessness. As he faced the Egyptian army two to one against him, he was clearly conscious of his Impotency. The. first requisite In obtaining help from God Is conscious weakness. The Christian conquers not by self-reliance, hut by self-distrust and faith In God. (2) Appeals to God for help. He knew that though they were helpless before fhs mighty enemy, with God's help they could win the victory. One man with God Is a mnjorlty. (3) Reposes faith In God. The worrf "rest" means tc lean upon?to cast the entire weight upon. In the measure that we renllzf our need of support will we lear hard upon God. (4) Advanced cou rageously. He went forth depending upon God to fight for him. Reel faith does not wait until It sees Its way clear, hut goes forth expecting God tc clear the. way. (5) 1 lung himself upon God's arms. "O Lord, thou art our God." His cause was God's cause If God has taken us for His people, and If we have taken Him for our God no enemy can prevail ngalnst us. May we experimentally say, "Thou art ray God." nnd hear IHm say, "I am thy God!" 3. The Egyptians smitten (v. 12). The enemy fled !>efore Isrenl and could not recover themselves. Inrlnmont of Chrlgt. The Judgment of Christ, the Son oi Man, Is the revelation of things a* they are. His Judgment does noi ehnnge the Judged; It simply show* them. It Is not, as fnr as we enn eon celve, a conclusion drawn from thf balancing of conflicting elements or e verdict upon a general Issue. Thf Judgment of God Is the perfect man! festatlon of truth. The punishment ot God Is the necessary action of thf awakened conscience. The judgment Is pronounced by the sinner himselt and he inflicts Inexorably his own sen tence.?Bishop Westcott. Be of Good Cheer. Be of good cheer, then. Let thl* be always plain to thee, that this piece of land Is like any other; nnc that all things here tire the same wit! things on the top of n mountain, ot on the seashore, or wherever thnt choosest to he. For thou wilt fine just what Plato says, "Dwelling with in the walls of a city as in a shep herd's fold on a mountain."? Marcut Aurelius Antoninus. JET IN HEADDRESS Is Pearls Also Used to Add to Decorations for the Hair. i * $ Bracelet Encircles Arm at Wrist and Above Elbow, Connected by String of Beads. Jet used singly or combined with | pearls makes up some of the most | striking combs and headdresses, either | seen In the shops or worn by smart ? Farlslennes, observes a fashion writer, A Jet comb noticed recently wus set ' " with two rows of pearls, the upper row j two sizes larger than the lower. The 1 | touch of chic, however, lay In the fact that the comb reached almost from ear i to ear, giving a wonderful effect j | against the durk red hair on which It was worn. A headdress made entirely from Jet consists of a nnrrow band worn low on 1 ? the forehead and having three circular | ornaments overlapping each other at | the front. At either side are Jet rings. ' | which are as large as bracelets and , f whleh irlvp tlm ikfPoet nf mnnimnfll ear- I rings. Accompanying tills headdress Is , : a pair of Jet brucelets, one encircling | the arm ut the wrist and the other \ above the elbow, and both connected by a string of jet beads. The prematurely white-haired woman who wore these affected a one-piece dress of white velvet the slight gathers across the front held in at either side with a Jet orna- g ment. A new bracelet made large enough ? to wear Just below the shoulder Is of pearls strung on silver nnd has a fringe p of pearl beuds which falls over the n arm. This fringe Is sometimes of uni- p form length and at other times has v pointed scallops. This fringe Idea Is 0 carried out in bracelets of pearls combined with onyx, thus making a much more striking and really smarter / bracelet than the pearls alone. E THE STRIKING WHITE SERGE ^ ^ | ^ c This winsome costume of white t serge is trimmed with black and white f braid and black wool fringe. The r ever ready cape which reaches al- s most to the hem of the skirt is popu- r lar at Southern resorts. The -vhite ? hat completes the outfit. e SPORT TOGS; OTHER APPAREL 1 V Vogue for Homespun and Tweed Material; Spring Hosiery, Shoes and Gloves. 1 At present, there Is a great vogue y for sport garments of homespun and a tweed. These materials fashion the t most attractive suits in ulluring col- t ors, periwinkle, apple blossom, ver- r vain und adoba Undoubtedly these s suits will make a strong appeal to the b business woman next spring, as they It ?..oIU1ao n nil possess excellent wealing quanwo auu t are reasonable in price. Garments of s knit fabrics are also most popular, a little strclghtllne dreases, capes which d full in graceful folds, sweaters and b three-piece suits. 1 Flowing sleeves continue to be worn f but are now often attached to the c wrist by the use of ribbons, or of s Jeweled bracelets, or bands of Jet or w onyx. In fact. Jewelry Is worn to a marked degree Just at present; neck- a luces, enrrlngs, bracelets and fancy girdles, nil adding n barbaric note of u richness to many an otherwise undec- T orated costume. The fan, too, con- g tlnues to occupy a Dromlnent place in 1< FASHIONS IN BRIEF t< Closely fitting bats of felt and beaver are popular for 8port wear. n The buteau necklines and other shal- sl low decolletes are preferred to the extremes Just now. Short capes have stole collars of u fur, and nre edged with narrow black J' silk fringe. 11 An uneven line at the hem may be 0 very uttructlvely developed by a sash n tied so that one end hangs well below k the skirt hem proper. i.?n,ll?,ra fnr anrlnp nillSt xne new uuuuu..a? ? be tint and thin and ornamented with onyx, karcasPe or jewels, whether they be of silks, moires, velvets, faille or n 6atln. s< Clusters of chenille dots on the light P veils will take one of the leading ranks ! si among the veilings in the spring. In n the cluster elTecta there will be severul s' contrasting colors. c< A novelty apron that has been es- si peel ally featured at a smart New 01 York shop Is made of suede cut in tl stripes that are studded with steel I2 beads, forming a pattern. This novelty tl <js being shown us the successor to tl tUIT FOR BUSINESS WOMAN 'C , J mm +& A Thfs diagonal tweed suit of gray, fl romises to win favor with the busl- |g ess woman who has no time for frills.; wa k becoming hat of wool and straw M vith colored embroidery adds a touch fl f refinement. fl IFTERNOON GOWNS OF CREPE 1 Embroidered in Matching Silk; Design -fl Recalls That Used for ^ Spanish Shawls. J Afte.noon gowns are frequently of! rape; almost entirely embroidered In> natchlng silk. In a design which re- A alls that used for Spanish shawls., i delightful combination shown con- <$ lets of a cape of black crepe raarocaln, 1 kith a great square let Into the back,' fl tf embroidered putty-colored crepe, $1 rhlle the gown Is of the lighter crepe, ja ntlrely embroidered. Many of these Jffl ;owns have long, tight sleeves, but the fl ;reat square chiffon sleeve still per- Jg fl Models which might be worn for for- gflj nal afternoon occasions, or for lnfor- 1? aal evening affairs, sometimes have fl he entire bodice made of a finely pat- ?? emed silk face, rather bloused at the. B ralst, and cut with long, tight sleeves, M rhlle the skirt Is of matching crepe fl 1 - -U ?" " An^lraln nmh rA I f\ & roH IC I'UIUCi Ulicil twuicij ciiium/iuvivu, lauve and periwinkle blue are two olors favored for these gowns. I , i| Hat. of Felt A Hats of felt, bound with a clre M Ibbon and pressed Into ridges or folds round the top of the crown, are par- ? icularly smart. They come in alt hades of tan and brown und In black nd dark blue. There are two ways J if trimming them. One Is to use j?| strlch and one Is to use n cocarde, ow or band of ribbon. The ribbon, w f course, preserves the tailored ef- 'M ec-t of the hat. The ostrich makes j&& t Into a more elaborate bat for aft- % rnoon dress wear. M y Raggedy Hem Line. St Some of the new frocks show skirts jfl hat are longer on one side than on i| he other, some are long back and j| ront and short at sides, while more, fj >erhaps, are long nt the sides, with 11 ihorter back and front widths, and 1 tot a few, even of the separate skirts, , ire arranged In draped p'nnels so that t "raggedy" hem line Is In evidence. he affections of the debutante as * rell as In the matron's, and even the lat nosegay often accompanies frocks , i-hlch simulate the quaint modes of be Thirties. Looking back In retrospect to a ear ago one realizes that skirts after 11 are much longer, though whether hoy will attain the ankle length of ; hose worn by our Parisian sisters t emalns to be seen. With these long V iklrts come the large flat-trimmed HC8. m In the new spring hosiery, colors i ontinue to rival black, and light --ones 1 ucn as gray, beige, sand and taupe I re favored. It is expected that these " lelicate shades will be worn with lack us well as with matching shoes. 'lie white stocking also will be to the ore if the vogue for the light-colored 4 otton dress materializes, and they are 1 hown in fancy weaves as well as lth colored stripes. The light shades in glokes, both kid nd suede, are also preferred to black -French gray, sand, mode and even hlte being offered for street wear. 'hese spring gloves will be long, the auntiet and the 12 and 16-button >ngth helng the choice. Ilk fringe, which has been so exsnsively used as dress trimming. It Is not generally known, but very 'ell worth remembertog, that the hine can be easily and quickly remved from the shoulders and elbows ( one's gowns by a gentle friction lth emery paper. Don't rub too hard, 1st enough to raise a little nap. and .an in rim cnso of enshmere and ther smooth poods, go over the place few times with a warmed silk handerehief. An Economy In Shoes. When planning the out-of-door ward>be, a carefully thought-out color ?heme is just as necessary as it is In Innning costumes for any other occaon. Shoes, stockings, huts and gloves mst l>e considered in relation to the ?veral costumes which they must acampany. All-white shoes are a far ifer Investment than those with colred trimmings, unless one is certain mt the color employed will harmon:e with the hues of all the costumes iat they ore to be worn with during ie seuson.?Vogue. I