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Alma Rubens
DRESS OF BORDERED SILK PRINT;
GAY SCARFS ARE IN FASHIOiN
O R ER X ISTIC ! The new est and
most popular w ord iu our cu rren t
fashion vocabulary. In thia one word
is the explanation of the w hyfor and
the w berefor of all this riotous col
oring and unique designing which ju st
now dom inates the mode. If the silk
print of one's frock be unusual both
u s to coloring and design, which It
should he according to th e latest style
inundates, account for it In th a t all-
im portant word ‘•m odernistic.''
Doe Item am ong a legion In favor
o f the handsom e gay-colored modern
silk prints, is th eir ad aptability to
clever styling. Especially do the bor
dered silks lend them selves sm artly
to the demand for novel effects in the
tiow-so-modlsh two-piece frocks. Note
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frock or blouse. So a scarf or a col i
lection of scarves one must beg. buy
or m ake at home out of anything tint
happens to look acarf-llke.
It is quite the modish thing to w ear
a scarf of the sam e m aterial as the
frock o r blouse which It accom panies
If the garm ent be of cloth, then th e
scarf Is necessarily narrow and tai-
lored, hut If of supple lightw eight or
sheer fabric then as “wide as you like"
Is fashion's open order. Indeed some
of the georgette or chiffon scarves use
the full double w idth m aterial, but of
course these a re Intended for dressy
and evening occasions.
The scarf, however, which bespeaks
sw agger style for daytim e w ear Is the
flashily colored w hich gives a gay note
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KIDDIE
KÀTÏDD)
Arthur 5cott Dailey
pajier as tell old Mr. Crow about It.”
“All! T h at's Just the point!" cried
Freddie. "Mr. Crow Is a new spaper.
S SOON as Kiddle K atydid men
Perhaps you didn't know i t ; but every
tioned the word music, Freddie
Saturday lie tiles over Blue mountain
Firefly began to dance and shout.
to the pond w here Brownie Beaver
“T h e re !" he cried. “You've Just the
lives and tells Brownie all- the news
sam e as told tne th a t 1 was right. If
you sang your “K aty did, K aty d id : I of the past week."
“Then for pity's sake, don't let him
she did, she did,” you would call It ;
heur of th is!" Kiddle begged.
singing.
But since you m ake th a t
But nothing could have stopped
ditty by rubbing your wing covers to
Freddie Firefly.
gether, It Is music. And you Just re
“You're too modest," be said. “It's
ferred to It us s u c h !"
a sham e to be able to make music the
Well, Kiddie K atydid couldn't sny
way you do und not let the neighbors
a single word. F reddie Firefly was
know It. Why, the first thing yon
right. They both knew It. And the
know you'll be one of the most fam ous
secret w as hopelessly “out." In fact,
people In this whole valley."
It w as a secret no longer—unless Kld-
“But I don't w ant to b e !” Kiddle
K atydid cried.
“I'm not like you.
You go dancing about every night,
flashing your light so everyone van
see you. But I stay among the trees
and shrubs. And I even w ear a green
su it—which m atches the color of the
leaves—so people won't notice me. Of
course," Kiddie udded, "I don't mind
If the public hears my music. But 1
don't cure to be seen, as a rule. And
I don’t like cullers a b i t !"
“You don’t eh?" rem arked Freddie
Firefly. "Then it's tim e for me to be
moving along.
For I never slay
w here I'm not welcome.” Anil he flit
ted away, feeling som ewhat peevish
and all the more determ ined to get
the news of the discovered secret to
Mr. Crow at the earliest possible mo
ment.
I low he was going to do th a t he
didn’t quite know.
There was little chance of his see
ing Mr. Crow, for the old gentleman
And He Flitted Away, Feeling Some only waked up at the tim e Freddie
Firefly w as ready to go to bed - about
what Peeved.
dawn.
die K atydid could persuade F reddie
JJe was pondering over his difficulty,
Firefly to keep the new s to himself.
which bothered him not a little, when
“You won’t say anything about this n terrific croaking from the direction
little matter, I hope," Kiddle began.
of the swamp reached his ears. It
“Won’t IT" said Freddie Firefly. was the final chorus of the Frog fam
“Why, I Just couldn't help telling ily's nightly singing party. And It
people w hat I've le a rn e d ! I t’s the prom ptly put an Idea Into Freddie
biggest bit of news th a t I’ve known Firefly’s head.
since I’ve lived in P leasan t Valley.
“I'll hurry rig h t over there nnd
And I must; get word of It to old Mr, speak to Mr. Frog, the well-known
Crow somehow.”
tailor,” he said to him self.
"He
“Why Mr. Crow?” Kiddle K atydid knows old Mr. Crow. He sees him al
Inquired anxiously. H e knew th a t the most every day. And he'll h e glad to
old gentlem an w as a g reat gossip. give the old gentlem an a message."
( © b y G r o s a e t * D u n la p )
“You m ight as ’■•ell p u t this lu a news-
to the tweed ta llleu r or topcont. It
can be made of flamboyant p rin t silk,
or of vivid plaid taffeta, as well one as
the other. Or It may be dyed In the
new ombre effect, grading from d a rk
est to light tones of the sam e color.
T his vogue for neckties Is not neces
sarily confined to th e sep arate silk
scarf. Note the perfectly charm ing
plaid silk necktie and cuff set of plaid
taffeta which gives such a Scotch air
to the cloth coat-frock of th e bonnle
lassie to the left In th is picture, nnd
oh! w hat a tran sfo rm atio n It w orks iu
the m atter of converting an ordinary
cloth dress Into a model of cap tiv at
ing style.
If one is an adept w ith th e brush
th ere Is every opportunity to apply
the ta len t in th e conjuring of whlmsl-
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THREE BROTHERS
S H IE L A
p H E Irish, to whom Shlela nn
L doubtedly belongs, p refer to spell
ie graceful name, Sheelah. E ither
irm Is co rrect nnd the fo rtu n ate
?arer of the name, growing w eary of
ie version, may tu rn to the other
Ithout fe a r of affectation. Shlela
leans "blind.” It comes from the old
oman and Is popular In Italy In moil-
•n tim es in the guise of 'Zlllu or
ella.
Its earliest origin w as among the
oellnn gens, founded by the E truscan
i-neral Ceoles Vlvenna, who also
mned the Coellan hill. The wives in
enlce adopted 7,111a In honor of tills
a r hero and th e nam e spread to
nples w here It appeared as LlUola.
ust why It should have appealed to
le Irish Is not clearly understood,
nless they, like the French, believed
iä t It had some connection with the
eavens, or sky, whose Ealln term is
•opium." T hus a blue-eyed Irish
Irl might easily have been called
lie or Sheelah under the rom antic
elite Idea th at the sky w as reflected
i her lovely orbs.
Curiously enough, Shlela spread
iroughout England. It Is very popu
ir th ere today, b u t It Is rarely spelled
heelah.
The turquoise Is ShielR's talism anlc
sm. It Is believed to bring her true
,ve and a happy m arriage. Monday
h er lucky day and 6 her lucky Burn
er.
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A SK any man totally Ignorant of his
ancestry fo r any distance buck,
and the chances are ten to one lie will
tell you: “T here were lliree brothers
cam e over, one settled In such a place"
and then he gives the place of settle
m ent of the three. Ninety-nine times
out of a hundred th is is not true and
m oreover the man has no actual rea
son to suppose It so. Hut he (Irmly be
lieves It. T he th ree brothers' an
cestry Is In fact a superstition which
seem s to he thoroughly Ingrained In
the hum an race—for w hat reason It
Is hard to sa y : probably Ils source lies
In the old magic of arithm ancy. Na
tions as well as Individuals and fam
ilies look to the “th ree brothers" as
the source of th eir existence and have
done so as fa r hack us history and
tradition can tak e us.
P erhaps the Biblical story of the
th ree hrolliers, sons of Noah, who con
tinued the human race a fte r the flo o d ,
may account In some m easure for the
persistence of the three brothers leg
end today. But It m ust he observed
th a t Hesiod speaks of three brothers,
the offspring of the union of earth and
heaven, from whom the human race Is
descended; and the ancient G ermans
declared that th eir various tribes were
all descended from three brothers
Anil so on Illustrations might he multi
piled.
In fact from most ancient
tim es men and nations when of tin
traced origin have been accustomed
to begin tile legend of their genesis
with the w ords: “T here were three
brothers.”
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A LINE O’ CHEER
D E P 1 C T 1 N G T H E V O G U E F O R N E C K T IE S
section. A p retty way of m anipulating i cal scarves and scarf sets. In fact,
th is p a rticu lar silk Is to use th e heav- 1 even one’s dresses a re hand-painted
lly bordered portion for a plaited ( th is season, especially black satin
sk irt, m aking the blouse of the black I frocks, o p aq u e painting w ith m etallic
striped p art, using also some of th e j bronzes is featured on broadcloth and
bordering for the full-below tlie-elbow flannel, also on leath er cuff and collar
sets, w ith belts to m atch
sleeves.
Some very clever designing for
F lfty -fo u rln c h bordered silks are
also exploited in very lovely fl<*f-» p a t ' scarves Is done on silk hy first ou t
terns. All the larg er flowers are ac lining the p attern with sparkling and
cented and w isteria p resen ts a ch arm colorful beads. Then p aint the cen ter
ing new ihesue boll) as to coloring und of th e flowers and leaves, using brll
liant shades.
patterning.
T here a re also a galaxy o f en tran c
W hite chiffon velvet scarves a rs
ing crepe chiffons w ith q uaint old- lovely hand painted and sta rre d w ith
Of course th e velvet
fashioned posies. In fact It Is a silk- rhinestones.
p rin t season, so m ake th e most of It must be most supple, th e kind one can
and Indulge in color and design to "pull through a ring." The lining for
Ibese scarves Is usually of chiffon.
h e a rt's content.
\ scarf cannot be too bizarre, too One can add g reatly to th eir loveli
beetle In coloring thia season. Fur- ness with hand-tied fringe repeating
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the trend is tow ard a the colorings o f the painted design.
sc a rf with every hat, a scarf with
J U L IA B oT T O M E K Y .
* • • ' • » • Nswsetasr Unicwl
every coat and a acarf w ith every
• '/ res»« w a st'd f»
a stel, Ion, ready to
ca sk Is . T a n ia s
gnsckly built m t up.
A year ago diphthe
ria ran tne down.
Tan lac again camo
to the resent. I ’m
Strong an J vigorous
now. " M itt Clara
Jepsen, 1303 So.
IStk St., Hurling-
ton, Iowa
FREDDIE WANTS TO TELL
A C H IC T W O -P I E C E D R E S S
the Interesting m anipulation of the
bordered silk p rin t as in terp reted In
th e two-piece dress here pictured.
T h is silk Is a "m ade in A m erica"
product, which fact should appeal to
our sp irit of patriotism . It Is designed
by Rene Clurke, one of a group of
a rtis ts who a re m aking every effort to
c re a te for A m erican women, truly
American silk prints, thus encourag
ing the developm ent of creativ e textile
a r t w ithin th e lim its of o u r country.
Many of the new silks, in the very
n atu re of th e ir designing suggest be
ing made up along Jum per-suit lines.
Such Is a silk p rin t whose top portion
Is traversed w ith grad u ated black ho ri
zontal stripes. Red and green add a
more elaborate note to th e decorative
p atterning which featu res th e low er
Sick bodies
made strong
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T H E QUESTION
O B E or n ot to be? T h at Is
no q u estion .
U n less, p erch an ce, you have
th e Indignation—
N ever to k n ow th e Joy o f love
and lite r
N ever to k n ow th e th r ill o f c o n
q u erin g » trite?
N ever to ta ete th e b llee o f m a s
tery
O ver th e th ln g e o f earth , and air,
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and aee?
N ever to fe e l? N ever to k n ow the
S p rin g?
N ever to lau gh , n e v e r to d an ce or
eln g ?
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N ever to euffer pain for o th ers
sa k e ?
N ever to eleep and dream , n ever
to w e k s ?
No q u eetlon th ere! W h atever
m a n i d letrese
No b ein g w ould he drop for
n o th in g n ess!
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A fter a spell of G rippe or flu,
when your system is all run down
and your legs a re so w eak they can
hardly hold up your body, s ta rt
right in taking T aulac.
It's w onderful how soon you
really do Im iro v e! T aulac sails
right In and puts the system In
fighting trim . It cleans the blood,
revitalizes the digestive organs,
gives you an ap p etite for solid food
and m akes you feel like a new
person.
N othing will tu rn the trick quite
a s fast as T anlac, made a fte r the
fam ous T anlac form ula from roots,
bark s and herbs. Buy a hottie to
day and get sta rte d h ark to full
stren g th nnd vigor. T ake T anlac
V egetable P ills for constipation.
Handsome
Alma
Rubens,
the
“movie" star, was born In San Fran
cisco. Her family, prominent social
ly, were hard to win over when Alma
decided she wanted a stage career.
She has always had leading rolet,
which she has graced with her bru
nette beauty and her dramatic ability.
She has appeared in some of the best
pictures.
Coughs-Colds!
Break up with
Muster ole. The
oil of mustard
s it *»
qu irk
re
lief. M i i i i p
I o g a n t l , w it b
Tout fin g e r*.
MUST er OLE
Boiler than
M m lu 4 Plaster
fUTSand SCRATCHES
V f Stop the smarting and hasten the
healing by prompt application of
Resino!
D is tre s s in g F e a tu r e
Mrs. M. C. Van Winkle, chief of th«
women's division of the W ashington
K x x rllO
hooked
your marbles, police departm ent, said the other d ay :
VV Kelly?” asked the Hotel
“My experience lends me to think
Stenographer.
th a t boys are grow ing b etter w hll«
“I got trouble a t home." answ ered girls a re grow ing worse. A distressing
the House D etective gloomily.
“I featu re of the thing is th a t the tnnrn
haven't had a kind word from my ‘m odern’ a girl Is, the w orse she Is, I
A'lfe for a week.
1 should get a mean, from the conservative view point
divorce,"
—the g reater Is her success.
“D on't divorce hpr, Kelly,"' advised
“A modern girl got m arried not long
th e girl. “Kill her. T h a t's the fash ago to one of the richest nnd finest
ionable way of getting rid of wives men In the country. A friend of mine
In these days.
made a neat continent en the m utrh.
“ It ought to he easy for you, too.
" ‘When girls are over-bold,' she said,
All you got to do Is to go round to ‘men nre bowled over.’ "—P ittsburgh
the florist nnd buy her a hunch of C hronicle-Telegraph.
flowers and send 'em to her. Be sure
and put lu your card. Kelly, for If
IS IT YOUR STOMACH?
you do not she will he afraid to show
them to you.
When she opens the
Sacramento, Calif. — “My stomach
box and sees the flowers with your went back on me, everything 1 ate
nam e on them she will drop dead and
caused pain and dis
you can use the flowers ut her funeral
tress, I grew nerv
service.
ous, weak and pale
and it seemed that
“Dr send her a box of candy. If
I had pains and
she opens a box of candy and finds
aches alt thru my
your card In It she will he so su r
body. I was too
prised her Jaw will drop down and
m i s e r a b l e to be
she will swallow the first piece w ith
a r o u n d when I
out chewing It. It will choke her nnd
started to take Dr.
then you will have a well sw eetened
Pierce’s G o l d e n
Medical Discovery
dead wife.
, and it relieved me
“Kelly, like every other m arried
of all nervousness
man, you are no tight Hint If you
and stomach trouble and completely re
wink your toe wiggles. Why don't you stored me to good health I could eat
try a hit of kindness on her nnd spend without being distressed, in fact, I never
a bit of change? If the shock does felt better.”—Mrs Grace Sheldon, JA37-
not kill her the atm osphere will 9th Ave. All dealers; or send 10c lot
change Instantly. It pleases a woman trial pkg. of tablets to Dr. Pierce’s In
ridiculously to know that while her valids’ Hotel in Roffalo. N V
man Is downtown he actually rem em
S e e k X - R a y S ta in
bers her even If there Isn’t a button
o ff the hack sif Ids pants or a hole In
To m ake the Internal organa of the
the toe of his sock.
body opaque Bo th at they can ho
“If you treated your wife to that photographed by X-ray», scientists a ra
Peacock Alley smile and from -the- seeking a special kind of stain. It
lilps-how you use on the women baa already been discovered th a t In
around this hotel she would nctually jection of a special oil will taake the
like you. Kelly, Instead of enduring lung cavities susceptible to reg ister
you with a sigh like you w ere a sore ing on X-ray exposures and tills . It la
believed, will he of great aid In diag
tooth or a wash hill.
“Kelly. If a man treated his sw eet nosing tuberculosis.—P opular M echan
h eart like he tre a ts his wife m atri ics Magazine.
mony would disappear from our fair
D uring Hie last decade, the per
land. If he treated his wife as he
lines Ills sw eetheart, divorce law yers capita consum ption of meal In E urope
would have to s ta rt working for a liv has made an average Increase of 50
per cent.
ing.
( C o p y r l f h t by th * M rS’ iiu r h t R y n d lr a t e . l a c . )
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W H E N I W AS
TWENTY-ONE
BY J O S E P H K A Y E
At 21:— Edgar Rice Burroughs Was
an Army Cavalry Man.
« K /T Y POSITION In life on mv
a Y I tw enty first birthday w as th a t
of a private In Troop B, Seventh
United S tales cavalry, stationed In
Arizona.
"My ambition at th a t tim e was to
become Hti officer In the cavalry
branch of the service, ns I had re
cently failed It) mv entrance exam ina
tions st West Point nnd enlisted for
the purpose of obtaining a commis
sion hy working my way up through
the ranks.
"I had many othpr am bitions In
youth, ranging from ow nership of a
randy store to heavyweight eham-
plonshtp of the world, none of which
I achieved nnd none of w hich, I now
realize, would have been as sa tis
factory ns my present vocation —
E dgar Rice B urroughs."
TODAY. E dgar Rice B urroughs >
the fam ous creslo r of books which
have brought hlin a g reat reputation
and no sm all share of the world's
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