Six
EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 6. 1927
METALLIC TOUCH IN BLOUSES;
G A Y FELTS FOR SCHOOL WEAR
DADDY’S
EVENING
FAIRYTALE
or midst the tumultuous throng of
gridiron fans, bright hued felts are i
sure to lend color to the scene. True, I
for a time the fate of the felt hat hung
ca m *w e rw fjrn r ntw jjw u untar
in the balance, but this fleeting hesita
tion on the part of the mode hus given j
THE AIR RIDE
wuy to a revived entlfcislasm for felts
even greater, if that he possible, than
•Toot-toot, honk-konk,” came from
In the past. There can be no doubt in
anyone's mind of the favor accorded outside the house und Uncle John said
that that particu-
the felt lint. For tiie schoolgirl the
W h a t huniAft heiriK d o es not lo v e a
him, hud the old English tradition— ran over In her mind letter boxes, post
1 a r automobile
m ystery
story?
Especially
one
of
felt hat is an absolute essential to
and
Anne
Tracy
for
Olivia.
At
thal
offices
where
she
might
mail
it.
Were
th o s e a f f a i r » in w h ic h a pu zzl in K c r im e
which was mak
youthful and stylish appearance.
name Miss Saunders hud exclaimed In the ones iu crowded districts or those
fnrddenly difiturbs th e l i v e « o f a g r o u p
ing such a great
In choosing from among the Intest
o f p e o p l e w h o h a v e been g o i n g a l o n g
evident pleasure. Anne Tracy would in secluded byways, the safest? It
deal o f noise had
In a n o r m a l
way
A l l at on ce a
felt arrivals yonng girls are confront
he perfect, and It would be so lovely
wus like walking through grasses
de ed
of
inalevolence
la
co m m it ted
been
sent for
ed hy two outstanding proposition*
liHvIng her. they were such friends.
where live wires were hidden.
w h ic h t u r n » t h e i r pla cid l i t t l e w o r l d
them.
distinctly different yet equally charm-
to pa y t u r v y
N o one k n o w s the p e r
“ And I ’m going to give you my best
A ring at the bell made her leap to
T t sounds like
p e t r a t o r o f th e c r im e , but c i r c u m
director, llugb liussett. If with you her feet with wild visions of detec
a big cat pur
s t a n c e s a r e such that a n y on e o f the
and
him
they
don’t
pull
<
>
IT
a
success
tives. Hut it was only Anne Tracy,
a p p a r e n t l y hon est , s i n c e r e m e m b e r s
ring,” said Doro
the Maine public's dumber than I come In to see If she was baek from
o f th e g r o u p may c o m e u nd e r suspicion
thy, as she waited
N e w a n g l e s o f the a f f a i r and ne w m y s
thought."
her visit on the sound. It was a com
on the steps with
t e r ie s d e ve lo p , a nd a pe r io d o f the most
Iler business accomplished, Miss fort to see Anne, she ulways acted as
w r a c k i n g su sp en se e x i s t s f o r all
Douglas
while
if
things
were
just
as
they
had
been
Suunders
went
home.
She
lived
iu
one
In this ca s e t h e r e Is no s u p e r - d e t e c
Uncle John was
and never asked disturbing questions.
of those mid town blocks of old brown
t i v e w i th his m a t h e m a t ic s , his c h e m
getting his hat
icals, his m e a s u r i n g d e v i c e s and his
She was Sybil's best friend, wus to
stone houses divided into Hats. Let
and stick. “ And
m e t h o d s o f d e d u ct io n to t r a p the c r i m i
ting herself In with a latchkey she as have been her bridesmaid. But she
nal and, by th e v e r y c o m p l e t e n e s s o f
something like a
cended the two flights at a rapid run. knew no more of Sybil’s secrets since
(h.e ca se a g a i n s t him, f o r c e him to a
cow, too. Though
co nf e s s i o n . N o on e but a f e w con fuse d
unlocked her door and entered upon Jim Dullus hud disappeared than any
They Were So
it doesn't sound
c i v i l i a n s and a c o u p l e o f f a i r l y a st ut e
Ihe hot empty quietude of her own one else. And she never sought lo
Far Up.
l a w officers« both o f the la t t e r w o r k
so much like a
know—that
was
why
the
friendship
domain.
She
threw
her
hat
on
a
chair,
i n g In d i f f e r e n t d i r e c t i o n s and by the
cow, and besides a cow wouldn't stand
and falling upon the divan opened the held.
v a r i a n c e o f t h e i r t h e o r ie s o b s t r u c t i n g
outside the door of a city house! But
r a t h e r than a i d i n g a s o lu ti on .
It w a s
paper that she hud curried since she
They had u great deal to talk about,
o n e o f those c r i m e s w h ic h se em ed l i k e
that purring sound this big car makes
left
the
(Irnml
Central
station.
but
chiefly
the
"Twelfth
Night”
ulTulr.
ly to r e m a in a m y s t e r y unless so me
does sound something lika a pussy
Anne
wus
Immensely
pleused
that
She
folded
the
pages
hack
ut
the
a c c i d e n t o c c u r r e d to c l e a r it up
An d
cat."
th e a c c i d e n t did o c c u r ; one o f the
Sybil
had
agreed
to
pluy.
She
did
persouul column and settled over It,
Douglas was laughing hard at Doro
s t r a n g e s t a c c i d e n t s e v e r w r i t t e n Into
bent, motionless, her eyes traveling not say this— she avoided any allu
a m y s t e r y plot, and so t e r r i f y i n g In Its
thy’s remark.
“ Perhaps," he said,
down its length.
Suddenly they slons to Sybil's recent conducting of
e f fe c t s that it b r o u g h t a v o l u n t a r y and
“ that It will not be until I own an au
q u i t e u n e x p e c t e d c o n f e s s i o n fr o m the
stopped, focused on a paragraph. She her life— but her enthusiuem about It
g u ilty party
tomobile that I shall stop thinking
look a pud and pencil from the desk, all was irresistible. It warmed the
G e r a l d i n e IJonner has w r i t t e n m an y
they’re wonderful things. Perhaps I
sad-eyed
girl
into
Interest;
the
Viola
drew
a
small
table
up
lo
the
divuu.
c l e v e r s t o r i e s and e s t a b l is h e d h e r s e l f
won’t stop thinking that even then.
spread the newspaper on it, and copied costume was brought from Its cup
as a m a s t e r o f th r il l fiction.
“ They’re so different from horses
Ihe paragraph onto the pad. It run board, the golden wig tried on. When
and wagons and yet they do the same
Anne took her departure late in the
as follows:
work. Now think of the difference
PROLOGUE
day, she felt much relieved ubout her
"Sister Carrie:
between that shiny automobile and
friend—site
was
“
coming
buck,”
com
“ Edmund stoney broke but Albert
the double wagon to which we hitch
One of the morning iriilnH that tap able lo help him. Think we ought to ing alive again.
our horses. Fun and Frolic.“
the little towns along the sound ran chip In Call a date be urranged for
Anne occupied another little flat on
“ Well,” said Dorothy, “ o f course
another of the mid-town streets In an
Into the Grand Central depot. The discussing his uflairs?
they seem more amazing to us than
passengers, few in number—for it was
other of the browustone houses. Hers
"Sam nod Lewis."
to most because we have ridden a
midsummer and people were going out
was one room larger, for her brother,
She studied it for some time, the
| little b it; still we don’t own any kind
Joe Tracy, lived with her when not
o f town, not coining in—tiled strag-
pencil suspended. Then It descended,
of an automobile, as most do.”
pursuing his profession on the road.
glingly up the long platform to the
crossing out letter after letter, till three
So they got into the automobile nnd
There were hiatuses in Joe's pursuit
exit. One of them wus a girl, fair and
j Dorothy again heard the sound like
during which he inhabited a small
young, wifh those distinctive attributes
an enortnons pussy cat’s purring, and
bedroom in the reur and caused Anue
of good looks and style that drew
| then they were off.
a great ileal of worry and expense.
mea's eyes lo her face and women’s to
Through the crowded streets they
Joe apparently did not worry, cer
tier clothes.
went, and at the corners a big police
tainly uot ubout the expense. Absence
People watched her, noting the lithe
man held up his hand for them to
of work wore on his temper not be
grace of her movements, her delicate
stop or go on.
cause Anne bad to carry the flat alone,
Ml I illness, the froth of blonde hair
but because be bad no spending money.
The chauffeur gave Douglas a little
that curled out under the brim of her
lesson in driving when they had gone
They said it wus Ills temper that
hat. She appeared oblivious to the In
stood in his wuy. Something did, for
a little way from the crowd, but he
terests she aroused and this inditTer
he wus an excellent actor with that
kept his hands on the wheel too.
enee hud once been natural, for to he
power of transforming himself Into un
Then the automobile, people and all,
looked ut and admired had been tier
empty receptacle to be (tiled by the
rode in a ferry boat to the other aide
normal right and become a stale expe
F o r A ft e r n o o n O ccasion s.
character he portrayed. But directors at the low waistline In frout und flnish lng— no brim versus the wide brim. o f the water, where they saw in a
rience. Now it was assumed, an armor
w ho hud hud experience of him, talked with a facing. Through these, draw a Just as everyone was beginning to ac field a young man and a huge thing
under which she sought protection, hid
ubout his "uuturul meanness" uud folded strip of metal cloth for a belt, cept the little snug-fitting felt as a on the ground that looked like t)
herself- from morbid curiosity and
shook their heads, i'eople who tried fastening with a rhinestone clasp or matter of course, in comes a type with beetle, only a thousand times bigger.
eagerly observing eyes. To he pointed
to be sympathetic with Anue ubout buckle.
out ns Sybil Saunders, the actress,
There they saw the old man whom
Wear a colorful sliuulder a deflnltely wide brim, such us you
him got little satisfaction. All the flower, carry un ostrich fan ami presto!
wiws u very different thing from being
see at the top of this picture. Just as they had met on the previous day.
most persistent ever extracted was an one is arrayed betittiug any queen of
pointed out as Sybil Saunders, the
“ Here are the two children, son,”
confidently the piquant Basque beret,
admission that Joe was ''difficult.” fashion.
fiancee of James Dallas of the Dallas-
ns It is culled, priding itself on its ut said Ihe old man. “ Didn't I describe
Parkinson ease.
Hugh Bassett hud boosted and helped
Competing for honors with the ter hrimlessness appears on the scene, them well. The girl has deep blue
and lectured him. And not for love blouse of cloth of gold or of silver, is
The Dallas Parkinson case had been
as pictured in all its simplicity to eyes and fair yellow hair and the boy
of Joe, for in his heart Bassett thought tiie all-over embroidered crepe or satin
a Hcnsation three months hack. James
the left. The interesting part o f the has dark brown hair and eyes Just
him a pretty hopeless proposition.
Dallas, a well known actor, had killed
blouse.
The white satin blouse Is beret as shown hei-e is that it is a about the color of the girl’s eyes.
That evening, alone in her parlor, stuuuiug when patterned all over with
Homer Parkinson during a quarrel In
“ Aud you see the boy Is taller— and
modified version o f the Basque hat
Anne was thinking about him. He silver thread stitching.
a men’s dull, and tied before the horri
Sometimes made by native French in the Py looks severul years older than the
laid no engagement and no expectation wee pearls, paillettes or rhinestones
fied onlookers could collect their
renees mountains from one piece of girl."
of one, and It was not wise to leave are luterworked iu the design. Which
smises. Dallas, a man of excellent
Douglas and Dorothy were much
seamless felt. It surely is proving a
him alone in the flat without occupa
Character, had had many friends who
amused as the old man described
tion. She went to the window und
claimed mitigating cl re u instances—
them. "Now I mustn’t talk any more,”
leaned out. The air rose from the
Parkinson, drunk and brutal, had pro
the old man said, “ for I told them,
voked the assault. Hut the Parkinson Now He Had Grown Bolder, Telling street, breathless and dead, the heated
son, that you would take them for a
exhalation of walls and pavements
clan, new-rich oil people, breathing
ride.
Her Where He Was.
linked all day by the merciless sun.
vengeance, had risen t«> the cause of
"W e’re nil ready, I
believe,” the
their kinsman, poured out money In words remained— “ Edmonton. Alberta. To leave Joe to tills while she was I
old man said. And as the son shook
up effort to bring Ihe fugitive to Jus Canada." The sign, .lire she guessed basking in the delights of Hull Island
hands with Douglas and Dorothy and
as Ihe name lie went by.
—apart from anything he might do—
tice. and offered a reward of ten thou
Uncle John, he said:
She
burned
the
written
paper,
grind
It
wasn't
fair.
And
then
suddenly
the
Stolid dollars for Ills arrest, o f course
“ Yes, we’re ail ready, and it’s a
ing
It
to
powder
in
the
ash
tray.
The
expression of her faee changed and j
Kybll Saunders nad figured In the in
splendid day for flying.”
vt‘stigation, she was the betrothed of newspaper she threw Into the waste- she drew In from the window— Hugh
Donglas knew he had never felt so
the murderer, their marriage had been basket where l.uella. the mulatto wom Bassett was coining down the street.
excited In all his life. To think that
The hell rang, she pushed the hut- |
at hand. She had gone through hours an who "diil tip" for tier, would llnd
he was actually going up in the air—
of questioning, relentless gril,: ■*. and It In the morning. She felt certain ton and presently lie was ut the door
the thing ht had always longed to do
l.uella
was
paid
to
watch
her.
Hut
saying
he
was
passing
and
thought
.
Imd steadily maintained her i
ranee
and felt as though he never would!
he'd drop in for a minute. lie was a
of Dallas' whereabouts; from the she had continued to keep the evil-
“ Are we really, really going to tty?”
rtfght of Ids disappearance she had eyed creature, fearful that her dismis big thick-set man with a quiet repose-
asked Douglas.
Ircard nothing from him and knew sal would make them more than ever fnl quality unshaken even by the heat. I
Douglas had been afraid that some
He had dropped In u great deal till» |
nothing of him The Parkinsons did »vary, strengthen their suspicion that
thing would happen to prevent such
not believe her statement, the police Sybil Saunders was In communication summer and as the droppings-iu be- i
a wonderful thing as a Journey up
with her lover.
came more frequent Anne's outside en- ;
Were uncertain
In the air.
The deadly danger of It was cold gageuieuts became less. They always |
Her taxi rolled out Into the swelter
"Y e s : get in,” he was told. “ We
lqg heat. Incandescent streets roaring at her heart. She hail heard direc tly simulated a mutual surprise, giving .
must lie off.”
ulider the blinding glare of the sun. from I i I iii once, a letter the day after them time to get over that somewhat
And info the queer-shaped bird boat
Ile r destination was the office of he lead tied; Ihe only one that even he. breathless moment of meeting.
they climbed, and with waves o f good-
reckless in his despair, had dared to
They achieved It rather better ttinn
Stroud and Wnlherg, theatrical niiinn
b.v to Uncle John and the old man
jrers.
Mr. Walherg offered her a send. In that he had told her to watch usual tonight for (heir minds we - full t
they rose slowly, slowly from the
the personal column In a certain pa of the same subject Bassett had onie
friendly hand and a chair. Mr. Wal
ground.
berg, a kindly Hebrew, was kindlier per and had given her the names hy to Impart the good news about Sybil,
The machine of the airplane buzzed
than ever to this particular visitor. which she could Identify the para and Aline bud seen her and heard all
nnd sounded to the children like an
He was sorry for tier as who In Ids graphs. Stic had watched and twice ubout It.
Elnully when they had
enormftus bumblebee.
Before long
profession was not—and wanted to found the veiled message and twice thrashed out ulL the matters of first
they were so far up the houses looked
waited in sickening fear for discovery
help her along and here was his propo
importance Bassett said :
small and like doll houses. The people
It had not happened. Now lie had
stt ion;
"l»id you tell her that Walherg |
j looked like little
A committee of ladies, n high grown holder, telling her where he wanted Aleck Stokes for the Puke?"
Insects and the
go«defy hunch summering up In Maine, was— It was us If Ids hand beckoned
"No. I didn’t say a word about It. '
j trolley care looked
her to come She could write to him What was the use? It would ouly
wanted to give a play for charity
Just like bugs.
Thomas N Driscoll, the spool cotton at last, do It (Ills evening and take It have upset her and you'd put a stop j
“ How queer It
magnate who was In California, had out after dark. Lying very still, her to It."
, Is up h e r e ! "
offered them his place up there— i lull lianos clasped behind her head, she
iT o b e c o n t i n u e d .)
thought Douglas.
I si and was the name- for an outdoor
“ But how mar-
pirforniance. The ladles had wanted
relous to be fly
a classic which Mr. Walherg opined
ing.”
H ats f o r tha S c h o o l g rl.
was all right, seeing the slum was for
T
hope
we
all goes to show that elaborateness is | winner among the younger generation
charity, and people could stand helrv
won't wake op, ’
the keynote for the blouse for formal Needs scarcely any trimming, a pom
|>ert'<| for a worthy object ’Tw elfth
union to study more carefully into the dress.
1 Imve not the necessary personal
Night” was the play they had selected
pon. a cravat of grosgraln ribbon—bm Dorothy thought,
niHRiteflAfii to look a cyclone In the habits of a cyclone, but ns far as I
for she was afraid
The Indies Imd placed the matter In
For
afternoon
occasions
the
two-
color!
Such gay and glorious shades'
aiu concerned I coulJ worry along
eye aud make It quail. 1 am stern
(he m i g h t
be
Mr Wulberg'» hands, nml lip hml hi I
piece frock In the picture is very
These
two
type«,
however,
are
by
and even haughty in my Intercourse
some way If we didn’t have a
treaming.
onre thought of Sybil Saunders for
charming.
Its
medium
Is
plum-colored
no
means
unsorplng
the
field.
There
with men. hut when a Mn.nl tt dm phenomenon In the house from one
When they land
Violii.
Slip m u In hi. opinion Ihp
simoon takes me hy the brow of my year's end to the other. As I sit here, crepe tie chine, with au all over gold is the exquisite velours model, for in
Ideal person. Compensation wim not
The skirt Is of the stance, as shown below to the left of ed at last In the
pant al< Mina ami throws me across with tn.v leg In a silicate of soda cor* embroidery.
SO munificent. hut then M:,s Slim
Identlcnl material, minus any metal
center whose crown is so modishly field once more
Little Lesson
(l#r* was not yet In tlua slur cast mill township -H, ranu* 1*. weal of the sot and watch the merry throng prom
creased.
Note the hat whose striped Uncle John told
Even
the
Jersey
Jumper
frock
does
In Driving
fifth
principal
meridian.
1
lose
my
re
enading
down
the
street.
I
cannot
them
that
he
was
nil expenses would bp covered. In
mental reserve and become anxious press a feeling Inward a cyclone that not escape the Influence of the metallic ribbons so loyally flaunt the college going to take them back to the city
('llnllng n week til Hull Island
almost amounts to disgust.— From vogue this season. A recently noted color». This, by the way. Is youth’s under the river.
and
even taedturn.
lip hml no nppd fop further iiersiia
"llill Nye. His Own Life Story," by red Jersey two-piece dress showed Pride, to trim its felts with its own
As ttie p«*ople came Into the forest
»Ion. for Ml<s Saunders u t r p ln l hi
“ What r exclaimed the children;
bunds of braided gold and orange | college colors.
Krank tV. Nye
lir .
Slip was grateful lo Mm nml with lanvrns and putted me out of
There isn’t a kink or a crease or a "first we fly. and then behave like
wool
at
the
threat,
wrists
snd
hem.
Ashes!"
M 'd no mid lookpd u. If she mount the crotch of a I msm W ihk I tree with a
Another stunning sport model con j tuck In the style curriculum omitted
“ tackle and fall." I remeud*er I told
Ir, So. iu n glow of muliinl stiilsfac
The old man laughed and so did the
Booh Once Popular
when It comes to the felts which sped
sisted
of
a
Valencia
tdue
Jumper
pat
them I didn't yearn for any more
lh»n. lin y walked to the their. Mr. W ill
The "Anatomy of Melancholy." h. terned all over in gold metul thread I chic for youth. Note the new na “ erl young man.
h#rg tolling oxpr .uoli mptidipr. of tlio atmospheric phenomena.
“ Well." said Douglaa. T don't know
famous work of Robert Burton, which
itown shown below to the right Take
The cyclone Is a natural phenome was published in ItSM. under Ihe pseu squares, worked In solid stitrh, with Into account, also, that grosgraln rib- how we can go under the river, hut
r » .t n. Imd Hlromlv hopn pngaged
a side plaited skirt of the plain blue
Kylvinu« Ilrpy for Ihe Duke Isabel non. enjoying the moat robust health.
donym of IVinoerltus Junior, vr.fit Jersey.
bon is tiie favorite trim for felts, just I in know that flying Is the most won
It may I k * a pleasure for a man with through eight edition, within a imlf-
(Yrtipll for Mnrfii John t.onhn Trp
now.
derful sensation In the world anil bet
Wherever youth holds forth, at
yor tor Sir i o l i y no on- m id Utmi 4 i e a t w i l l
uu \r "t v.uiis’ 1
ter than I had even thought It would
ceulory after U * »win . a i w .
j r L M R o t t o m i . f t .
aiboul, i n the caiupua. tLo o..k*
be."
VERYTHINO In fashion's realm
seems to glitter aud scintillate
w ith metallic splendor these days, and
the blouse Is no exception to the rule.
Seldom does the blouse, even if It be
for daytime wear, forego at least a
touch of metal embroidery, if it be
not made entirely of cloth of gold or
sliver.
A metul cloth blouse worn with a
velvet skirt is a favorite theme with
the stylist. For evening wear the
sleeveless type la tres chic. It is an
easy matter to make one at home—
Just two underarm and shoulder seams
to sew up. Bind all edges with a bias
metal piping or cording. Cut two slots
E'
^ M a ry Graham Banner
j
Nye’* One Experience With Cyclone Enough