IN TOUCH WITH
FASHION
Diaphanous. Scarfs of
Filmy Lace and Big
Billowy M ufTs 0 Roses
Ribbon Bracelets
Other Pretty Fancies
NEW YORK. Even If the tailors
and milliners and modistes
were compelled by law not to
change the style of suits or
hats or gowns, season after
season, the sellers of things that wo
men wear would still have ample op
portunity to keep Dame Fashion In
the forefront of the fickle. For there
are a thousand and one dress acces
sories In addition to the mainstays of
one's costume, and In these acces
sories the chance for change is un
limited. The sash, or belt or scarf,
or how, or jabot which one wore as
the newest of new wrinkles a year
ago Is this year not even endurable.
Shapes, lengths, widths, colors all
vary with the turn of the year al
most of the month.
! Filmy Scarfs.
Consider the scarf of today the
scarf which looks particularly well on
her who Is divinely tall. It may be
like scarfs of other seasons In a gen
eral way, but It has something that
seems to spell only the year 1912.
You don't know exactly whatthe dif
ference is, wherein the change lies,
but it Is there. A diaphanous affair
Is this scarf. It has a witchery all
Its own, but yet a practical use at the
same time, for In Its flimsy mesh is
enough warmth to keep draughts off
the shoulders or throat. The scarfs
used with evening gowns nowadays
are of old Spanish lace, chantilly, and
embroidered chiffon. Lace is fre
quently laid over chiffon. Taffeta and
eatin scarfs also are popular for street
wear. One of semi-dress is made of
two contrasting colors, forming an ex
ceedingly smart combination. Anoth
er is of taffeta, and hand-embroidered
with a wide flat muff to match. Still
another is of black moussellne over
white, edged with narrow black che
nille fringe.
Flower Muffs for the Opera.
Many of the evening muffs for opera
and theater use are made entirely of
flowers. A billowy one of pink roseff,
veiled over with gray moussellne, and
with a gray and pink scarf to go with
It, is a thing of beauty. For such a
muff alone one has to pay the modest
price of $125. (But one shouldn't talk
of cost when one is writing about fash
ion, should one?) '
Another dainty creation in the way
of a muff is constructed of Parma vio
lets, draped over with wavy folds of
lavender chiffon. The accompanying
scarf is a satiny fabric, the same color
as the violets, with a layer of the lav-
A FILM OF LACE LAID OVER A
CHIFFON SCARF.
These Lace Webt Are 8ometlrr.es Laid
Over Satin or Velvet.
ender cbiffon over all. Edging of silky
chenille fringe completes the scarf.
The muff is of such enormous size
that muffs of a year ago would look
like pigmies beside it Underlying the
craze for the vast and capacious even
ing muff Is a story of feminine fad
such as is rarely heard even in the
world of mode. Here it Is: Women
have come to wear rings with settings
so huge that no evening gloves of
moderate proportions can be slipped
over them, and so the opera muff has
been seized upon as a pretext for not
wearing gloves at all. How long will
It last, the most sanely bejeweled are
asking. Not very long, let us hope,
ffbe muffs are pretty enough in them
selves, but who will say that any crea
tion of flowers and silks and laces can
equal the daintily gloved handf ' For
the time being, however, the muffs are
certainly the "rage," and are much
used even by women who scorn the
over-large ring settings. All the ex
clusive outfitters are offering them,
made to match your gown, in any
shade or color, at any price, of any
size.
Sashes are legion these times.
Young girls, naturally, are the first,
generally the last also, to be affected
by a recurrence of the sash fever, and
one sees them sashed as variously
now as they were ten years or so ago.
Black and green is a favorable com
bination for a tulle sash, which drops
from the corsage down the front of
the skirt There is a rosette at the
upper end, and a second larger one at
the hem, both formed of Vivid green
shamrock leaves, which furnish a
startling, but very pleasing contrast
to the black tulle.
Novelties of Many Kinds.
Novelties In collars and cuffs the
TAFFETA SCARFS ARE POPULAR
FOR STREET WEAR.
Muffs Repeat the Scarf Treatment
with Satisfying .Harmony.
detachable ones used on house dresses
are always in order. Rapidly as
these necessary accessories wear out,
one cannot get rid of them as fast as
new ones are designed and put on
sale. One of the attractive styles Is
embroidered in daisies, each of which
has a center of black velvet. In the
same category with the collars and
cuffs, one must consider the ribbon
bracelet and neckpiece. It Is no longer
sufficient. If one really follows the
mandate of the passing fashions, to
cut a piece of plain ribbon and use
it for throat or arm. You buy rib
bons already embroidered, or trimmed,
or finished with fancy ends, and you
put them on Just as you would a gar
ter or a gold bracelet or your shoes
and stockings. The more skilled the
novelty maker becomes In finishing
new and dainty things to wear, the
more generally she can develop into
salable articles those simple odds and
ends which customers of a decade ago
fashioned for themselves with the aid
of scissors and needle.
For wash dresses fichus are made
of soft mull or sheer organdie and
bordered with hemstitched frills. As
their daintiness is their charm, every
stitch Is made by hand. Here Is a
golden opportunity for the girl who
can use her fingers. For there are
things that can be made as well at
home a by a modiste, and fichus are
one of them.
Rosebuds and Violets.
As In other bits of decoration, the
rosebuds on this spring's hats have
changed a little from last spring's,
and the milliners have found different
angles at which to slant them. Moss
roses they are, for the most part
pink ones, shaded from the deep and
nearly red hue, down by the stems, to
the delicate petals, pale as a peach
blossom. Roses, of course, are not the
only flowers . for. hats. One sees
piquant brims resting on bunches of
violets; drooping brims leaning over
clusters of sweet peas; saucy, tilted
brims set off by Isolated carnations,
or snowballs, or even gorgeous Imita
tions of the laurel. If a botanist
should walk down Fifth avenue, on a
warm afternoon auguring the ap
proach of real springtime, doubtless
he would declare that not a flower of
temperate or troplo zone had been
omitted from the milliner's artificial
list. Strange blossoms that no gar
den In this part of the world knows
have been contrived and the milliner
tells you that these blooms represent
genuine plant life of places nearer
the equator. It matters little whether
the story is Action. The blossoms are
pretty enough to be true. If they are
frauds, so much the more credit Is
due the designer who puts them together.
DARING BANDITS SHOT
ARGENTINE POLICE HAVE EN
COUNTER WITH DESPERADOES-
Two American Robbers Are Killed
During a Fierce Gun Fight With
Officers Days of Australian
Bushrangers Recalled.
Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic
The government has received Informa
tion respecting the death of the two
tupposed American bandits. Evans and
, Wilson, shot in an encounter with the
frontier police of Chubut According
to the report by the chief of police
of that district, at the beginning of de-
'cember a picket of eieht mounted do-
llce left in the direction of the River
Pico, under the command of Sub-Lieutenant
Blanco. It bad been previous
ly ascertained that the bandits, Rob-
i" anas tiooa, anas nace,
'and William Wilson, had appeared in
mat neighborhood. The gang of ban
Sits infesting the frontier had been di
vided into two groups, owing to the
circumstances that they wer . being
closely pursued by another picket un
der MaJ. Gabhart
The picket in charge of Sub-Lieutenant
Blanch came within sight of Evans
and Wilson December 9 in a valley,
where they were preparing food, writes
Robert H. Reld In the Chicago Daily
News. The police, getting within
about 25 meters of them, descended
from their horses, and were at once
saluted by the bandits with several
dum-dum bullets from Winchesters. As
the police continued to advance one ot
their number, named Montenegro, re
ceived a fatal shot from Evans' car
bine and died almost instantly. The
game bandit also wounded another po
liceman, Pedro Pena, in the right arm.
The latter replied to the, shots with
some effect. Evans fell seriously
wounded, but when lying on the
ground continued to fire from a Colt's
revolver
In tbeBe circumstances Cadldo Rlos
stepped nearer and shot Evans dead.
On seeing this Wilson made off through
the woods with a wound in the left
hand received during the combat Not
withstanding that he continued fir
ing at the police as he ran, using his
revolver with his wounded hand, while
he clasped a Winchester rifle' in his
right In his flight Wilson tried to
take refuge In some brushwood, but
his pursuers discovered him. Pedro
Roas, from his horse, fired at him
through the bushes, and having dis
mounted and got nearer to him, gave
him another shot which finished his
career of infamy.
The police found In the possession ot
the two bandits one Winchester, two
Colt's revolvers, a "Parabellum" revol
ver, 4,000 bullets of different caliber,
a saddle, a small tent, $1,100 in money
(on Evans), a Chilean $10 gold coin
and several other articles. The bodies
were recognized by several people In
the district and were afterward buried.
In addition to' the above, in conse
quence of the arrangement between
the governments of Chile and Argen
tina, the frontier police have suc
ceeded In capturing 196 desperate
priminala. Many of these have been
('wanted" by the authorities for years.
The governor of Chubut considers that
his district Is now practically cleared ot
pandits, but It Is pointed out that the
North American outlaws George
Praker, alias Cassidy; Henry Long
augh, alias Harry Place, with his
Wife, Ethel A. Plaee, and Harvey Logan
are still at large In Chile or Pata
gonia, and can easily recruit new ad
herents from the criminals who regu
larly escape from the prisons of the
two republics.
As an evidence of the remarkable
ability of the female bandit it la re
ported that after the attempted rob
bery of the national bank at Paseo da
los Indlos, while the police were In
close pursuit and the male bandits
were unable to reload their revolvers,
Mrs. Place deliberately took aim at
full gallop and shot the horse from un
der the nearest police officer, which so
demoralized the others that all the
bandits escaped. She is a most daring
horsewoman and can ride, the most un
ruly steed without a saddle.
MINNESOTA REDHEADS UNITE
University Students Gain a Charter
From the Lambda Tau Rho
Three Chapters In U. 8.
Minneapolis, Minn. The local Red
head club at the University of Minne
sota has been granted a charter in
Lambda Tau Rho, the national "red
head" fraternity, according to word
received here by Sieforde Stellwagon,
president of the local organization.
The Auburn chapter, as 'the Minne
sota club will be known, formally
will be inducted within two weeks.
There are now three chapters of
the national organization, the Scarlet
chapter, at Ohio State; Vermillion
chapter, at Ohio Wesleyan, and the
i . . . . . . . . i
maroon cnapier, at me university oi
Chicago.
STANDARD GRADE OF EGGS
Purdue Station Gives Method Thai
Will Greatly Assist In Determin
ing Good Qualities.
Eggs are sometimes graded as fol
lolw8, says a Purdue bulletin:
'Extras Weight 28 to 26 ounces
natural and absolutely clean, fresh ant
sound, same color (a grade seldon
used).
Firsts 26 to 24 ounces, sound
fresh, and reasonably clean.
Seconds Shrunken, stale, washed
stained and dirty.
Checks Cracked and leaking.
Rots Incubator, blood rings, dea
germs and decomposed eggs.
All eggs should be bought and soil
on this grading system so that an eg
will bring what It is worth.
When the chandler tests the eggi
he bases his Judgment on the following
indications:
Fresh Opaque, appearing almos'
entirely free of any contents, some
times dim outline of yolk visible, at
cell verysmalL
v Stale Outline of yolk plainly vis
ible, sometimes muddy In appearance
air cell very large.
Developed Germ Dark spot visible
from which radiate light colored bloot
vessels.
Dead Germ Dark spot attached t'
shell, or red ring of blood, visible.
Rotten Muddy or very dark In ap
pearance, yolk and white mixed, at
cell large and sometimes movable.
Cracked White lines showing lr
regularly in shell.
Testing as above suggested will ait
one In determining absolutely thi
quality of the egg, not only for mar
keting, but for incubation.
Reeent changes in the pure foo
law make it unlawful to sell or offet
for sale eggs which are putrid, de
composed, rotten or unfit for food
The only way to obey this law is ti
sell eggs upon the grade.
"RETURNS FROM BROOD MARB
More Profitable on Farm Than Geld
Inga, and Better Bred They Are
the More Satisfactory.
A span of mares will give greate.
returns on the farm than geldings
and the better bred they are th
more satisfactory returns. A few
farmers realize this, and are seeking
high grade, and In some cases regis
tered mares, and from which to reai
colts which will meet the market re
qulrementa.
Even during the past' season, when
the horse market fell off In certain
classes, the demand for high grade
draft Btuff remained steady. It Is nol
easy to produce real draft stock from
inferior light female stock. A
"chunk" can be obtained from such
breeding stock, but this class is nol
In demand to the extent that the real
draft horse Is.
A span or draft brood mares need
not be out of service on the farm ex
cept a few days, or weeks at the most,
when rearing colts. The slow, plod
ding work of the farm, though heavy,
will not injure a brood mare even
when she may be well along in the
period of gestation. It Is even bettei
for the dam and her offspring than
too much leisure with little exercise.
In the old country, the home of oui
draft breeds, It Is the custom to put
breeding stock of both sexes to work
with sufficient exercise to keep up
bodily vigor to its highest pitch.
Horse market sales indicate a
strong demand for brood mares from
which it will bo possible to produce
Just as good stuff, as much of that
which has found Its way across the
water to this country, and It is high
time that this industry was given
more attention, for it should not be
necessary forever to look to the old
world for all our breeding stock of
the horse kind, and especially of the
draft type.
Care of the Lawn.
Neatness should characterize the
appearance of the, lawn and all parts
of the premises visible from the high
ways. The buildings should be paint
led. If, with the exception of the
house, they are all of the same color,
they will form a much more pleasing
background to the picture than II
each has a color peculiar to Itself
They look more as if they belonged
together.
In the farmer's show window the
display proper will consist of typical
specimens of his choicest product Id
a small pasture near the house and
road, the stock keeper will keep a few
mares and colts, or a bunch of ewei
with their lambs, or a band of year
ling calves. The poultry breeder will
display several pens of his finest blrdt
in ample yards within view of the
road.
One Crop Folly.
The evils of one crop agricultun
are not to be measured in the lmme
dlate present, but In our declining
years or when we turn over a worn
out farm to our children, says Kansai
Farmer. The vast cotton fields of the
South and the wheat fields of th
North and West bear mute but em
phatie witness to the suicidal policy ol
adhering to but one crop.
GIRL'S $11 PAY. SAFE
IDLER LOSES FIGHT TO GET;
SHARE OF CLERK'S WAGES.'
Penuchle Eats Up Man's Legacy and
He Goes Into Court Seeking an Or
der to Compel His Daughter to
Support Him.
Chicago. Alma Seblitz, Is 20 years
ld. She works at a glove counter
xl a department store for $11 a week.
Dn this she provides food and shelter
'.or her mother and herself.
Alma's father, Gus Seblitz,' healthy
ind muscular, but unalterably op-'
posed to work, recently concluded a
losing fight In the courts to compel hla
laughter to support him.
Gus, the possessor of an expensive
love of penuchle, had played the game
In Germany until the last vestige of
i recently received estate disappeared,
rhen he thought of Alma and ber 911
i week.
Girls don't have such expensive'
tastes, he argued, and don't need
money the way a man does, so he went
Into the county court to compel Alma
to give him $4 a week of the salary
wita which she was supporting her
mother and herself.
Often Alma goes without ber noon
lay lunch. She spends the 45 min
utes allowed her walking about the
streets, breathing deeply the outdoor
Mr. Doctors have said she needed
tresh air, and then well, $11 doesn't
go very far for two, especially since
Alma's lungs have become affected
and she has to spend $3 each week for
medical treatment
But Gus never scrimped when it
came to spending money on himself.
When, one day, be learned of a leg
acy awaiting him in Germany, though,
the prospects looked bright for the
Seblitz family. It looked as If Alma
could give up her glove counter Job in
the Immediate future.
So Mrs. Seblitz sold their only prop
erty a little North side store for
$2,000, and sent her husband to Ger
many to collect the money due from
the estate,
Just what he received, nobody ever
learned. Whatever It was went into
his beloved game of penuchle. One
night's play took $1,400 of the money
tor which his wife and daughter were
waiting. He was despondent for
awhile after that
Then one day he heard that his
daughter was still working at the de
partment store. "She is now earning
$11 a week," he heard. His palm
Itched for "his share" of Alma's hard
earned money and he came back. The
$11 was already being stretched so the'
rathe.- was refuesd.
Seblitz went Into court seeking an'
order to compel his daughter to sup
port him. The hearing of the case was
before Judge John E. Owens of the
county court The girl took the stand
and told her story.
"Did you gamble away all your
money and leave your family to shift
for themselves T" the father was ask
ed by Louis P. Anderson, assistant
county attorney.
"Yes, I was unlucky one night and
lost $1,400 at penuchle," Seblitz an
swered. "That's sufficient." thundered the
court "The case is dismissed."
Seblitz has since complained that
the county attorney "was agin him."
He called at the county attorney's of
fice dally until he was violently eject
ed. Now It is unlikely be will call
again.
ROMANCE IS ENDED BY DEATH
New Wedding Ring and a Girl's pic
ture Found on Robber ,
Shot Dead. ' ,
. Montreal The killing the other day
by a vigilance committee of a bank
robber, who was shot to death dur
ing me pursuit oi a gang which tried
to loot a Drancn oi the Royal bank at
Montreal, West ended a romance,
which apparently was to have cul
minated soon. In the clothes of the
dead bandit were found the picture of
a girl, pasted In the back of a pocket
mirror, and a new wedding ring en
graved witn tne words:
"Will to Kittle, March 6. 1912."
The ring with its engraving and a
tattoo mark on the chest of the man.
bearing the words: "In memory of
Mother and Father," are the only
dues by which the police hope to es
tablish the Identity of. the robber. Ia
their opinio nthe party of safe blow
ers came from the United States.
Four members of the gang escaped
after a running fight with the vigilance
committee which attacked the robbers
before they could obtain any booty.
Child as Ancestor of Dad.
Franklin, Pa. Under the laws ot
Pennsylvania a child becomes the an
cestor of its parents. The words "an
cestor" and "progenitor" are not syn
inymous, and a child may become the
ancestor of Its parents by dying and
eavlne them nrnnnrtir TV.. i .
---- -j. "woo imeresb-
.B wuuwiou in an opinion
gendered here by Judge George S
Criswell in a suit over an estate.