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Pmrr 14 CROOK OOITNTT JOITtNAt, Novelty Models in Spring Hats Liberal coats of lacquer are applied to every sort of fabric for millinery use, frayed out horsehair cloth and violently thrusting feathers vie with gayly dyed rallia and spun glass. There are not so many monkey hair ecalp locks as during the winter sea son, notes a prominent fashion writer, but their place Is taken by turbans of lizard skin. Chines hats have Im itation queues dangling from their crowns and Egyptian hats have colos sal earrings dangling from each side, while nulve fruits, flowers and vege tables decorate hats of every descrip tion. The first. If not the last, word of any talk about early spring hats Is news of the waxed and varnished fabrics which are so pronouncedly in evidence. Beginning with that curious substance cellophane, which is conjured into so many forms, everything glitters, rib bon, satin, feathers and straw. Cello phane, as a braid In rather wide strips, resembles a flat, shiny straw, but there are many genuine straw braids which are treated to a highly polished fin ish. Raffia, which Is used so extensively In a decorative way. Is also finely shredded and varnished until it ap pears like a delicate, silky floss, of which draped turbans are made and veiled with tulle. Another strange fabric, spun glass, twisted and as tough as wire, is made use of in a similar manner. No End to the Unique. But there is no end to the unique and interesting substances which French milliners have been experi menting with in these early hats, whether to eke out a scarcity of straw, to distract attention from a lack of originality in design, or merely from caprice, it is Impossible to say. How No. 1 Beret Covered With Painted Kid With Glycerlned Feathers. No. 3 No. 4 Haircloth Hat With a Wreath many of them will find permanent favor and last over into the normal spring hat season will develop later. Grass cloth of various weaves and tinder such suggestively barbaric names as Batavia and Congo clothe Is much used and Its semi-transparent and extremely pliable texture makes It desirable for the somewhat bizarre and informal hats which were once delegated to the sports wardrobe. Hindu turbans, plaited and embroi dered toques, as well as larger shapes, are produced from these primitive fabrics and are often embroidered with colored wools and gayly dyed raffia. Hairlike Hindu cloth, which may be crushed to look like skeins of silk or pulled apart to the fragility of a spider's web, Is another of these lrapable fabrics, and a really beau tiful French hair cloth has been pro duced which may be softly draped or blocked Into stiff, high crowns. These hair cloths are lovely In color, for even such gorgeous tints as burnt orange, topaz and mint green are con siderably softened by the transparency of the fabric. Built Over Lining of Taffeta. They are frequently built over a lining of taffeta In a different color, especially in the case of the small diaped turbans or toques. One of these turbans In high favor is a twist of cherry colored hair cloth tied around the crown lining in gypsy fash Ion and without other trimming than a single frayed out end, which falls over one ear. The hair cloth hats with mushroom brims and high crowns are more often than not decorated with thin ostrich plumes in the same color as the hair cloth, or there may be a straggling spray of waxed flowers stretched across the crown. Milan straws and colored leghorn are still to be had In this welter of .fabrics strange and unaccustomed, and they, as well as straws of rougher braids, will undoubtedly appear In greater numbers later in the season. At the same time there are many satin hats and hats of faille and taf feta combined with straw. Ribbon hats are having a great suc cess, and the ribbon Is used In many Interesting and amusing ways, among them the fashioning of It into wings. Both silk and velvet rib bon are woven into a plalded fabric with strips of cellophane, and a clever little hat with a narrow upturned brim Is concocted of alternate strips of rib bon and straw, which are twlsfed slightly on the crown and terminate at the top In a crisply tied ribbon bow. The Egyptian Influence. The only new note in line Is pro vided by the Egyptian Influence, so much talked of. In so far as hats are concerned, the Egyptian Inspiration has rather attractive results, which are only possible with the hair bunched out over the ears according to the prevailing fashion. This bal ances the thrusting out of the hat brim over the ears and its charac teristically flattened front. The line is accentuated by spread ing wings, by clumps of flowers and In a rather spectacular manner by large pendant glittering ornaments resembling earrings. In a general way any hat which points out over the ears confesses Egyptian inspiration, a hat which is draped with a grace fully flung back veil inherits from the Spanish and a hat with a peaked crown acknowledges Chinese In fluence. The hat brim turned back from the face has found so much favor with women of all sorts and conditions that It Is still a feature of the vast ma jority of the new hats, whether their brims are broad or only an inch wide. Fruit No. 2 Straw Hat Trimmed Chinese Hat of Ribbon and Straw of Handsome Flowers and Fruit These brims are frequently embroid ered or trimmed with flower petals or sprays of flowers. Use Fruit and Vegetables. Largeturbans are not unusual, and all manner of little toques and berets have made their appearance in their accustomed manner. Among these are extraordinary embroideries In brightly dyed straws and applied silken figures, the latter outlined with a gay Chinese cord. A curious decoration makes a thing of wonder of a soft full beret In gray blue ratine. The color Is pro duced by sprinkling the surface with pears, peaches, plums and cherries In soft yellow leather, painted In the most realistic manner by hand. The vines and leaves which connect these products of the orchard are worked in colored raffia. Contrary to the usual practice, the early spring models are frequently flower trimmed, and extraordinary fruits and even vegetables are to find favor, the latter of course on sport hats. Large flat flowers are applied to the entire surface of a hat or flower petals may decorate the upturned brim. Little rosebuds border a close fitting toque of blue straw and two discs are solidly packed with roses over the ears, thus proclaiming Itself an Egyptian hat. The remarkable flowers and fruits which trim the spring hats are made by hand of bits of silk and velvet. Wheat 'and grapes are made of shot taffeta and velvet plums of natural size and coloring are arranged with sprays of wheat and small velvet flow ers to produce a subtle and lovely bit of color. A huge pink silk rose with foliage and a lone soft stem is fre quently the only decoration of which a hat can boast. Use of Plaid Effects. Plaid effects are used not only for entire frocks but for lacings and trimmings. ' MICE AND A PUMPKIN COACH ! By CRAWFORD LUTTRELL l.o. by UcClur Nwiim( ttynutoai. t "Well, my first day at the otllee la over, and 1 can honestly say that I en joyed It," Nau announced to the anx iously Inquiring two who turned to welcome her at the sound of her key In the lock. She tossed off her smart black sailor hat and sul dowu on a hassock by her mother. "I feel so Im portant, and although I don't know much yet, I know that I will learn. I am giving my entire time und thought to It I have no silly sentimental Ideas about my boss falling In love with me. Fortunately, he Is bald, fat and forty, and his wife rings up every two or three hours to tell him something about the kids or to remind him to go by the baker's for bread. Why dou't women attend to their own business as men do?" "Pshaw !" sighed flftoen-yeur-old Ruth. "I hoped that there would be a young man In the otllee, good-looking and rich, and that he would come around on Sundays and take us all out riding to the country." Nan looked up at her nnd winked. "Perhaps I can find that agreeable sort of boss next time I look for work." Then to her mother: "1 am glad thnt things are just ns they are. Personally I don't believe In mixing 'business nnd pleasure and in drawing a weekly pay envelojie for time Bpent In trying to get a husband. Do you, muddle, dear?" "When the right man comes along you'll know It, Nan, whether you are at a dance or buying chops at a butch er's. I believe that there Is a fate guarding these Issues of life. Perhaps It sounds foolish for an old woman like me to say such things, but It Is one of my pet theories, grounded In In numerable cases of fact that 1 have observed." "I don't agree with you, mother," said the sophisticated fifteen-year-old. "When I grow up I am going to pick out the best-looking, richest man In town and set about making him fall In love with me. Getting married Is every woman's first business In life. Why, already 1 am encouraging Billy McMuhan. Ills father owns a plumb ing place, I know, but he Is making money so fast that in two or three years from now the dally papers will quote him about everything, calling him colonel or general or something. Blood don't count any more. Why, nobody but the ten-year census mau ever asks about your grandmother." "Oh, wisdom In short skirts!" gasped Nan. , "It's hard to sny such things to mother, ltuthle. Vou know It shocks her." "You might Just ns well know how I feel about such things. Of course, I expect to go to work Just ns soon as I leave high school and help cheer fully so that you will have most of your salary to spend on yourself, Nan. Mother has her little Income and may be by that time prices will take a tumble and we can manage better than we do now." Mrs. Taylor laughed a bit shakily. Then she drew a letter from her dres pocket. "I have some astonishing news, girlies. Nan, you can resign tomorrow." "Resign! Why?" "Tour father bought somp mining stock mnny years ago and we Just con sidered the money lost, but toduy while you were at the office and Ruth was at school a strange lawyer called and told me that that we are to have three hundred dollars a month from the Investment. I wanted to ring both of you and tell you to run right home, but I saved the news for a happy surprise tonight." Ruth threw her books on the floor and began a sort of Indian war dance, chanting weirdly as she circled the two. Nan sat there as if she had been turned Into stone. "Aren't you glad, Nan, dear?" asked her mother, bending over to touch her. "I'm Just staggered, stunned, but I am not going to give up my position." Why, child, we can live beautiful ly on what I have and that three hun dred and send Ruth to college, too." "I know," said Nan, seriously. "It nearly killed me to even think of go ing Into a man's office to earn my own livelihood. All those months that I studied at business college were like a nightmare to me, but I conquered the feeling and now I won't give It up. I feel capable. I like getting up and going out every day. I like the hum of th office, people coming and going, all of It. It fascinates me." "I'll bet there Is a man In that of fice that you like," exploded Ruth suddenly. "Nobody but Mr. Henderson, and he doesn't look as If he had ever been young enough to think of romance," explained Nan haughtily. "I thought you said the firm was Henderson & Henderson, daughter!" "It Is. He has a brother or a nephew or somebody who does all of the out-of-town business. I haven't even seen him." The telephone bell tinkled, then rang vigorously, Insistently. "It's a man and he wants you," tersely announced Ruth, who always rushed to answer calls. In a few minutes Nan turned away from the telephone. "It's Mr. Hender son's nephew. He has just come In from the East. He wants to explain some letters to me, corrections to be made. I guess I must have bungled them, muddle, when I thought that I was doing so well. His voice was as enrt as It could he. Maybe I bad bet ter resign, after all 1" "Uiok him over first I" admonished the wily Ruth. "I thought his voice wus perfectly delicious. When I he coming? Let's have supper over, then you slip on that dark blue georgette, You liHik like a million dollars ir that." "Riithle, don't be so slangy I" said the mother patiently. "Silly child!" laughed Nan, picking up her hut mid starting toward her bedroom. I told you I did not expect to mix business und pleasure. Do you think I would ever fuss up for my em plnjer? Why, they pay me to write I heir letters, not to dress up tike chorus girl. I must have made some awful blunders. He said that the let ters could not be mailed ns they were. (Hi dear, und I was feeling no eMU'leilt, too !" "Just resign a! once, dear I That will he best," Insisted her mother comfortingly. At eight o'clock sharp the huaxer sounded In the tluy hull. On her way to answer Nun Instinctively put her hand to her shining brown hnlr und smoothed It. Mrs. 'I'aylor and Ruth sat waiting patiently fur Nan's employer to leave. Presently they heard laughter, a man's ringing voice nnd Nun'i llttlu chuckle. She uever laughed that way except when she was happy. "lie sounds young and good looking, too, doesn't he, mother?" demanded Huth, listening attentively. "They don't sound businesslike to me, either, talking about plays and books and everything." The door opened and Nan called them. When she hud presented theiu she turned to her mother. "Mr. Hen derson wants to take me to see vaude vllle over at the Palnce. mother, the nine o'clock performance, you know. Is it all right?" Mrs. Taylor looked at the young man and nodded smilingly. Ruth followed Nan to her bedroom, and shutting the door carefully be hind her, asked, "Wherefore borrow mother's sealskin coat and powder your nose nnd rouge your cheeks Just for your employer?" Nun had the grace to blush as she lifted a little swirl of blue tissue that was, If you please, a spring hat. "Silly!" she said again, and hurried buck Into the living room. "I was Just telling Mr. Henderson about our mining stock, denr, and that it made us quite Independent again," her mother salil. "I told him, ton, that I thought It would be wise for you to resign. There wns something wrong with the letters, was there not? You nre Inexperienced, of course," "On the other hand. the letters were perfect, quite perfect," Mr. Henderson hastened to assure her. "You won't think of leaving us, will you. Miss Nun, that Is, not yet? I am going to be right In the office now for two months." "No, I like II." Nan smiled up at him from under the bewildering swirl of blue tissue. "1 am going to work always." she added emphatically. At the (Toor the good-looking young man paused. Ills hand hnd a posses sive touch on the little fur-clad sleeve beside him. "Of course, Mrs. Taylor, I know that some day I nin going to agree with you. I am going to urge Miss Nnn to resign." He laughed boy ishly, flushing a little. "Now, the only difference between sis nnd me Is that I tun open and above-board, mother," calmly acknowl edged Ruth whee Hie door hnd closed on the two. "I'M bet my new red hnt that Nnn knew cl out him nil the time. Mix business and pleasure? All a girl wants Is the cl mrp." "It Is fate. I'm hie. I know," snld Mrs. Taylor when the high-priced purr of Mr. Ilende son's smart gray road ster hnd pru'lnlnied thnt Nan had found the mice and pumpkin conch that waits for every Cinderella In the world. HUMIDITY IN AIR CURRENTS Observations Have Shown That Irri gation Has Little Effect on Con. ditiont of the Air. "Irrigation has little to do with the humidity readings In any section," It Is declared by J. H. Gordon, observer of the Arizona division of the weath er bureau. Any rise of humidity read ings In the Phoenix station Is due, he states, simply to Increase of rainfall. During the past ten years there has been increase In rainfall at different points ranging from 11 to 29 per cent. Most of the humidity comes In air cur rents from the Gulf of California. Yet the dryest point in Arizona Is AJo, a mining camp on the desert, nearest of all points to the gulf. Somewhat less dry are Yuma and Phoenix, while the greatest absolute content of moisture by cubic measure Is In Tucson. While Phoenix Is In the midst of a great Ir rigated valley, the Influence of Irriga tion upon her climate is pronounced Immaterial. Somewhat the same result was se cured by the weather bureau In study ing problems of evaporation, In con nection with the formation of the Salton sea, In southern California. No humidity Influence could be found at stations established around the sea, while at Mecca, at the date farm, the seasons following the creation of the sea were the dryest ever registered. The dryest air uniformly has been found in the foothill region somewhat ibove the valleys. Enough Nuts to Feed World. The nut trees of the world, It Is cal culated, could provide food all the year round for the population of .the globe. Brazil nuts grow In such pro fusion that thousand! of tons of them are wasted every year. SCHOOL DAYS f " 'J J. -!J - A v, s. x hr.mm Rann-dom Reels By HOWARD L. RANN THE NAVY HE AN THE navy bean is a lowly form of vegetation carrying a retreating foreheud and a threatening price tag. The straits to which the aristocracy of this country are reduced Is shown by the fact that a few yeors ago the navy bean was about as popular a form of diet as the half-soled round steak, whereas now It Is more sought after than a red-haired girl who has been left four farms and nn armful of bank stock. It Is a pitiful sight to see a once proud family whose member have always lived on pork tenderloin and pineapple Ire now struggling fever ishly to digest the tenacious navy bean, after It has been run through a hay cooker over night. The nnvy bean never found lis way to the dining table of the rich until the Kuropenn war broke out In several spots. Practically nil of the nnvy beans raised In this country were fed to the regular nnny and to peoplo of the mid dle class with small Incomes and cork lined stomachs. When a man enlists In the army or navy he Is supposed to entrust his belongings. Including his stomach, to the fntlierly care of the government, and It has been found by long experience that the egg-slmped I'M NaT fuU V HAVE A FUIL Dozen in froeir MW MAZOOMA, fcjT I'lLTlcfTb 0M.Doi.ftM r foil, best rWV BEANS 'The price Is now prohibitive to all except the Idle rich." navy bean will sustain life longer nnd at less expense than any other article of food except pure timothy hay. A year or two ago a quart of navy beans could be bought for a few cents and when properly prepared would cause the stoutest appetite to languish along about the 11 fill round. But so many of these beans have been ship ped abroad that the price Is now pro hibitive to all except the idle rich. It Is stated that when the Russians ran out of ammunition they loadexl their rifles with the American navy bean and discharged them at the foe with grat ifying results, but this is an unwarrant ed reflection upon one of the grandest articles1 of food which ever tickled the, human palate. (Copyright) O Candidly Considered. "I suppose you think you know how to run the finances of the world," sneered the Impatient listener. "No," replied Farmer Corntosscl', I don't claim that I know; but I be lieve I could learn. I'll' say for my self thut anybody who could work the mortgage off this farm the way I did has a right smart chance of niuklif a great finnnceer." BIGGER TAXES ON BAD ROADS Lost Time and Labor on Poor High ways Will More Than Build and Maintain Good Road. Rome folks object to a eood rnnrta tax. The American former pays great er taxes on bad roads than he does on the construction and maintenance of good roads. The time and labor lost on bad roads will more than pay the tax ' levy to build and sunoort a good road. IAV - I HI .4 mm1-, Bf"i1 WHMSIWIM nt- .HK' R I mm JS-l-dl 4...'. hl Y xtr-n rrTYvr , " .111 i Th- im 1 I n L - i .1 m r v 1 1 1 111 Justice Br CEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS MI'CIl of the serenity of this world Is wrapped within the ordlunrj principles of J nil Ice. And the simples! thing of It all Is that Justice for euch one of us lies within each one of us. Just as soon as we become convinced of the Justice of a Man or a Cutis or a Fact, we become Immediately reconciled to the personal relationship which that Man or Cause or Fael lias toward us. And If our Viewpoint Is correct, without hesitation, we trust the Just Man, we become a part ol the Just Cause we take ownership ol the Just Fuct. Justice Is the twin-brother of Truth And If our attitude toward tho Truth which Is a composite of the highest thliign In life Is correct, to have Jus tlce within us and to distribute It t thoso ubout Us, is the highest Huppl ness. There Is nothing thnt so amuses thi Indignation and red-blood of a mat as to feel that Injustice Is being doni to anyone anywhere. For Justice ti an Instinct as deeply rooted In out consciousness ns our sense of Right nnd Wrong of which Indeed It Is pan and parcel. So that For you to fully feel Justice In th outer world, you must first Im Just toward yourself, when It will bo re flected In your opinion nnd Judgment of Justice ns a working principle townrd other people. If things about you appear to b all out of kink, the most foolish thing you enn possibly do Is to begin to criticise outside forces and outside con ditions. Begin right where yon are and take account of yourself. Mustei your mnny abilities and powers to gether. Take account of their activi ties. Is each doing lis share? Reor ganize. Get started on a new plane ond you will he surprised nt what a great amount of Justice there la every where and at nil times. 6 Conversational Perils. "Do you bellevo In reincarnation?" "I'm glad you mentioned that!" ex claimed Senator Sorghum. "Then you have views on the sub ject V" "Nothing decided, But It's one of the few topics a man enn bring up nowadays without starting a danger ous political argument." O Somewhat Rich Confection. Fut pork baked In honey was n fa vorite confection among tho women In tho days of Horace. -MILITANT' MARY CM coold find lime's-ruthless clock, I'dturnit bacha-DIT la-one proposal-1- recall AND RECONSIDER IT RIGHT SPACE FOR PLANTING About Twenty Feet Apart for Pears, Plums and Sour Cherries Is Quite Satisfactory. Pears, plums and sour cherries should be planted about twenty fedt apart each way, while sweet cherries should be plnnted not less than twenty-five feet apart each way. The ten dency now Is to plant peaches wldej apart than formerly, 20 by 20 feet and more belngthe distance recommended.