RURAL E N T E R P R IS E .>*»♦♦*»»***»****♦***»****« M a r io n H a r la n -1***#*************** ****** SHORT COAT-AND-SKIRT MODELS; VESTEES AND JABOTS IN FAVOR • CCOBDING to th e recen t co uture describe the fascinations o f th e pre- A . openings P aris counts tailor-m ades possessing French m illinery creations 1 » n-|)|ch will top m ilady's sm art tailleur. * . . -- BS s spring fashion to he ---- reckoned A record season is foretold by with, especially the sh o rt coat-and skirt type. It is im portan t to relate sty lists fo r sm art neckw ear and In this connection th a t navy blue hHS clever accessories. “ 'N ull said !" P re ­ been rediscovered by th e P arisian paredness is the word. Every woman tishlonlat. F urtherm ore, th ere Is con­ of fashion should accum ulate in ad ­ siderable in terest m anifested In the vance a supply of pretty things which tuck-in blouse to he w orn w ith these add chic to th e costume. H er two-piece tuxedo or bolero suit suits, also very sm art, carefully b u t­ toned w aistcoats. And again the llu- is going to call for a frilly vestee set gerie touch Is relied upon in many in­ or a strictly tailored w aistcoat. Note stances to fem inize these conventional In tld s picture to the right, w hat a sm artness th e tuxedo tak es on when tallletirs. w ith .. a w hite crepe de chine vest Suits favored most by th e -------------- P arislenne worn Mill" j n ,...,.. .......J ------- --- ------ .......- „re excessively sim ple as illu strated I bound with navy blue silk. W here there herewith. The lust w ord In French ! Is a will th ere Is a way “to own Just tailored modes em phasizes th e su I such a practical and charm ing costume premacjr of the slim short-coat boyish I accessory as this. Not only do the KIDDIE KATYDID a /¿pArthur Scott Bailey A P A IR O F R A S C A L S K /T 't. FROO reached home Just as the sun peeped over the hills. >1.» slipped hastily out of the w ater, sprang up the bank of the creek, and In th ree Jumps landed on the roof of his tailo r's shop. T here he squatted, while his queer, bulging eyes scanned the sky In every direction. He was w atching for Mr. Crow, and all but bursting with th e news th at he had for the old gentleman. Mr. Frog had not sat there long be­ fore he heard a hoarse caw, caw I in the distance. “T here he i s !” cried the tailo r nloud. “Why Not?” Mr. Frog, the Tailor, De­ manded to Know. “T h ere's the old boy! He'll be In sight In a moment.” And sure en o u g h ! soon Mr. Crow flapped out of the woods and came sailing over th e meadows. Thereupon Mr. Frog set up a great croaking. And to his delight his elder ly friend heard him calling and dropped down a t once. “I’ve some news for you,” Mr. Frog announced, as soon as the old black scam p alighted n ear him. “It'll have to keep." Mr. Crow re­ plied. " I’m on my way to th e corn­ T W O PA R IS M O DELS field. I haven’t had my b reak fast yet. type, usually with notched lapel and neckw ear d ep artm en ts carry item s of And a person of my age h as to eat th is character, but those who glory in plain sleeve but som etim es w ith softer his m eals regularly.” shaw l collar. Also the tuxedo lapel Is home sew ing will do well to spend T he sprightly tailo r looked slightly approved on stre e t types. Some Jack­ leisu re m om ents In m aking more than disappointed. e ts have rounded corners, some square, one dainty vestee o f this c h aracter for "I don’t know w hether th e news aotne have one button, some have two the future. will keep or not,” he replied slyly. If aspiring to th e perfect tailor-m ade, “It's very Im portant. And I may have an d the double-breasted effect is also why not fashion a w aistcoat of pastel- to tell It to some one else first If you sponsored. S kirts a re short and narrow , w rap ­ colored flannel o r broadcloth? Of don't care to h ear It now.” arounds being em phasized, th a t is If course It m ust be very precisely b u t­ toned up th e front, even including the they are not of the plaited version. T he introduction of w hite pique close-fitting choker collar. H aving once glimpsed th e handsom e vestees, plaid silk blouses o r w aist­ co ats conventionally tailo red of pastel flesh-colored satin tailored vestee sets, By M IL D R E D M A R S H A L L colored suede cloth or tlunnel gives a th ere will be no peace of mind for the woman who effective de- llU tv l u u n i l l / . A 111J J Jubots U U X - I.O . . . . . . . .................... - ” appreciates i I note O of I l individuality. F I rilly F ac t! about yo u r nam a, Its hlatory; also lend a note which Is distinctly tails until she becomes th e happy pos meaning, whence It waa derived, aig- gggcence. yo u r lucky day, lucky jewel fem inine in its charm . I sessor of one Just such. T his, too, can The vogue for the tailo red suit has be mnde at home or purchased a t will, certain ly renew ed Interest In the sep- i Indeed, neckw ear departm ents a re fea F R E D E R IC A « ra te blouse. It is even h inted th a t tu rln g handsom ely tucked, plaited and "W hat's your news about?" Mr Crow asked him gruffly. “I suppose you've made another suit for some­ body. And you rem em ber I told you I couldn't put thut news In my new spa­ per any more uidess you paid me something. It’s advertising. And no­ body gets free advertising.” “This news Is som ething entirely different front anything you've ever heard," Mr. Frog Insisted. “I t’s about Kiddle Katydid. He's a —” “Wait till I come back from the cornfield!" Mr. Crow pleaded. “I can’t! I simply m ust tell it now !" Mr. Frog cried. “Very well ! Rut please talk fast ; for I’m terribly hungry." “ Kiddle Katydid Is a flildler,’’ Mr. Frog announced. “He Addles every night. And th a t’s the way he makes th at ditty of Ills—K aty did. K aty—” "Don’t !" Mr. Crow begged. "P lease don’t ! It's bad enough to have to hear th at silly chorus every tim e I happen to wake up during the night—bad enough, I say. w ithout being obliged to listen to It In broad daylight." “Very well !” the tailor yielded. "Rut he fiddles It. all the same. And when you tell my tale to Brownie Beaver I guess he’ll be surprised." “1 shan't tell him.” Mr. Crow de­ clared, thereby astonishing Mr. Frog. “Why not?" the tailo r demanded. "W e’ve had a slight disagreem ent." said Mr. Crow with a hoarse laugh. “I’m not his new spaper any longer.” "Well, there's nothing to prevent your telling this story to other people. Is there? And you certainly will he willing to mention me Ht the sam e time, won’t you?" Mr. Frog Inquired with an anxious pucker between tils strange eyes. “W here do you come In. pray tell?” Mr. Crow Inquired coldly. "Why, I discovered the secret !" “P erhaps you did—and perhaps you didn’t," Mr. Crow observed. Being very, very old, he w as very, very wise And he Imd long since learned that Mr. Frog was a som ewhat slippery person. “If I spread any such news us that about P leasant Valley I shall do It In my own way.” lie rem arked. And thereupon the old gentleman rose quickly and disappeared In the direc­ tion of the cornfield, w ithout so much as a "T hank you !" Mr. Frog gazed a fte r hltn m ourn­ fully. "If thut Isn’t Just m.v luck!" he la­ mented. “I ought to have kept the secret till a fte r the old boy had his breakfast. Then perhaps he'd have been b etter natured." "What’s in a Name?' WMGLEYS NEW HANDY PACK Fits hand pochet an d purse This wlnsoms "movie" comedienne is the daughter of O tis H arlan, noted actor, and was born In Long Branch, New Jersey. She Is a petite miss with dark brown h air and brown eyes. Miss H arlan Inherited much dram atic talen t from her father. 4F <© by OroH«et A D u n la p ) CTHE WHYo/ SUPERSTITIONS By H. IR V IN G K IN G TH REE KEYS H IS charm Is highly recommended Is the feminine coun­ I JtREDERICA te rp a rt of the popular masculine T for young women who are anxious to know w hether th a t young man who nam e Frederick. It signifies “peace ru ler” and comes originally from ttie has been philandering about so long Is old F reyr of Teutonic mythology. going to propose or not. Buy three» F rey r m eant “free,” which Is loosely sm all keys: tie them together with a tran slated to "love of peace." The sm all cake of dough on which yon Idea w as personified Into a god of very have scratched the Initials of the high rank who la te r was disintegrated young m an's name and place the bun Into a brother and sister, called F reyr die under your pillow when you go to bed at night. If the youth Is destined and Freya. F reya named th e sixth day of the to be your future husband he will ap­ week and presided over love and m ar­ p ear to you In your dream s—o th er­ riage and drove over battlefields In a wise not. H ere we have the sym pa­ chariot drawn by panthers to conduct th etic magic of the key, and also the the slain to th eir appointed places in magic of nam es—nomancy as it Is Valhalla While F reyr w as progress­ called—which w as such a favorite ing by direct route Into Frederick, the w ith the ancients, especially the Ro­ feminine form was slower in Itecoin- mans. The key, of course, locks things. Ing Frederica. The saintly daughter of the lord o f When the Bulgarian peasants w ant to Oxford bore th e nam e of F rlthsw lth keep th e plague out of a village they and lived In a little cell at Thornbury go out w ith a lock and key and per and had curious adventures which are form th e operation of locking upon portrayed In a window of the cath e­ all sides of the settlem ent. This, by dral of Axford. She was also patroness sym pathetic magic, locks out the of the university and cathedral. 1 he pestilence. The m aiden's three keys cumbersome nam e of F rethesantha are for locking to her the affections of was borne by the wife of Geoffrey h er lover, the said lover being repre­ sented by the Initials of his name L uttrell In the F ourteenth century. Frederica Is purely an English In­ which she has Inscribed In the cake of vention, though Portugal and Italy had dough. F or prim itive man considered, and adopted It Intact. T he French . all It fc t t « ♦ Frederlgue and the H erm ans Frldrika. peoples living In h prim itive sts te still S H O W IN G V E S T E E A N D JA BO T Onyx Is F rederica’s tallstnanlc consider, and the civilized Romans stone. It will guard her from lover’s considered, th at a man and his name (he tuck In style may come back. stitched vestees of delicate pink tu b quarrels and assu res her of a sw eet w ere so strongly affiliated as to he satin. Ju st now plaid taffeta is receiving lovable nature. T hursday Is her lucky p ractically one. In choosing three Soft and lovely Is the “tle-around” m arked atten tio n by th e P arisian keys we see a hint of the magic of day and 1 her lucky number. blouse stylist. The plaited, pin-tucked Jabot. To be sure the gtrl who w ears num bers—arithm ancy The selection <® b y W h o m S y n d ic a t e ) »nd quilted satin blouse is very sm art­ It must be deft-flngered enough to give of a cake of dough upon which to In- It Just th e proper “tie." The model to I scribe the lover's Initials brings In ly In vogue th is season. som ething else—an Invocation to the French tallletirs accent tw ills and the left In the picture Indicates Just i how to arran g e the loops and ends. * j eonsplrtt which our barbarian an- A LINE O’ CHEER tweeds, also corded w eaves, tricotines T he cascading jHbot Is made of white £ cestors of northern Europe worshiped. and hairline stripes. T w ills appear In By John Kendrick Bang« navy, black and a range of super- ! crepe de chine edged with black. Those X ! Now in the nlBht *i',rlt’ " n'1 1 who have an eye for color may Justlfl lovely » ^ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * -* : nHl *"■>»” n t llv,n* P**’’’1*' th* T7 e e spring S S Z Z colorings, m a n n i s h ch aracter ably su b stitu te a ,.laid piping for the i >» *# *******» w w | bodies" of the ancients—« re more Jhe Hotel StcTio^raphcr Rpe fulkcrjorv J ( i l l ' THEY creniHte me, Kelly, they 1 will have to do It when 1 am un­ conscious,” cried the Hotel Stenogra­ pher spiritedly. "Ha, h n l” laughed the House D etec­ tive. "T h a t’s w hat they alw ays do when they crem ate them. They w ait till they are unconscious.” "Then w atch out when you are pass­ ing a crem atory, Kelley, ’cause It’s lia­ ble to happen to you a t any time," snapped the girl. "W hat I mean Is th a t I don’t w ant miybody burning me up In this world. We all take chances enough on having th at happen to us In the next one. “I don’t know much about heaven, Kelly, but I’m blessed If I will put S t P eter or any of I l l s assistan ts to the trouble of trying to make me over again out of a little hunch of nshes. It will be Job enough to do, anyway. “Kelly, think of th e chance a fter they put your ashes In a vase, of get­ ting knocked off the parlor mantel by some careless person and laying on your side for a week or two on Ihe hearth tw ill somebody sees you and sets you hack again. If you set on the bookcase the cat is apt to prowl around and knock you out of the window I w ant to be buried In the regular way and have flowers put on me when they happen to think of me and have mock­ ing birds sing in the cedar tree over my head and all. "Kelly, no one will ever crem ate ma w ithout me raising my voice in pro­ test. I like the fresh air and a hot room alw ays m akes me sneeze and then m.v complexion runs anti If they w ant to make me happy they b etter keep me out of one of those furnaces." I 'o p y r l s h t by th e H r ' ' » » h l s y n d i c a t e . I n c .) ----------I) ---------- bla. k, or a 111 world this pet hobby of the ) season. In regard to neckties and scarves, w ithout which very few costumes will appear, rem em ber th at the slogan Is “It's all In the way you tie It." Scarves are wound high about th e throat, bows are brought to the side. The latest fad Is for th e short, gay necktie, made of plaid silk or gorgeous metal brocade. JU LIA BOTTOM LEY. i £ i ID S. W esters Kawepager Volos.) LIGHTENING THE LOAD aur*»it o f ro a d « to a P eace, th e Peace t h a t la go od an d tr u e . la e’e r to be o ff w it h th e Id H a te b e fo re y o u a re on w it h th e new . rhola T o c h e ris h b o r e w it h a h e a rt, a n d lig h t e n th e p a th y o u tr u d g e a v in g b e h in d a t th e s t a r t ­ B y le le f ing f a i p o in t th e w e ig h t o f y o u r f a v o r it e g ru d g e . T * i I* HE M c C lu r e N e a e p e s a r S y n d ic a t e *y * ****** ************** ****** loosely attached to their corporal bodies than during the day Sleep, the 1 prim itive man thought, released th em ; i and so, If the maiden and her lover are to wed the three keys lock to the l maiden the Initials, the name, of the i lover and he appears to her In her j dream s. All good prim itive magic, j thousands of years old, as firmly be- J lleved In today by Its votaries as It i w as In the dawn of history—as efflea- ! clous. ,g. U c C ta rs N ,w s s * » « t s y n d ic a te .) _ Look for Wrigley’s P. K. Handy Pack on you' Dealer’s Counter g 7 “Albers stunzb far B titer Breakfasts Albers Carnation Mush Count on Carnation Mush not only for a better breakfast but an easier-to-get breakfast. Five minutes.........and this delicious whole wheat cereal is table-ready I J Snappy Pmemms at \ M R U Ï i t h ? Mona Motor V » I t h l R a d io S t a t io n \ wf Yo«r- tr a c to r w ill con­ sume less oil if you HM J W HEN I WAS TWENTY-ONE BY JO SE P H At KAYE 21_Prof. Irving Fisher W as In Vocational Doubt. « a T T H E age of tw enty tine I was /x In my senior year at Yule uni­ versity. When il ( nine to choosing my life work, I was In doubt. I liked Io he a lawyer, and I also thought well of teaching m athem atics. I eventually decided upon the la tte r course and en­ tered the graduate school the follow­ ing year with that end In view. I then became Interested In m athem atical economics and ended by becoming an economist.—Irving Fisher." TODAY Professor F isher Is one of the most fam ous economists In Amer­ ica, with an Internallonal reputation He Is at present professor of political economy at Yale. ( A by M e C lu re N *w « p « p « r S y n d ic a te .) Bad new« ami a<»ft boiled should he broken grntljr. vgga Applied •«'•mafly, rail«»** roBgaatios. Tato I»- ___ _ t tb a a la- flamed ffitrnbraiM, gtopa routfblnc For whonpin* rough, caour. Influât! ■ ALL A BUCKEL Naw Tar* for C Teach Children T o U io C uticura flo o th ee and H e a ls R a sh e s and Ir r ita .io o a CiHlrura Hemp Neuralgia! MUSIOLE M u tta r o le b rin fA quich reliet Rub on • Iittiä »I iki* e U s n w b ita a ln » - g ien l » t r i » »h* • • m ia s karsM l »*******************' ***** through check, stripe, m ottled p attern - Ing, s|ieclallzlng h eath e r and moorland tones. Accessory defnils, so d ear to the heart of la P arislenne. a re p articu larly depended upon to supply th e distinc­ tive touch to th is sp rin g 's tallleur. Briefly spoken, handbags a re of the colorful envelope type, gloves are fan ­ cifully cuffed, handkerch iefs arp gay. «hoes have high spike heels, novelty belts are exploited, um brella handles are amusingly carved, and the chapeau —'tw ould require endless ch ap ters to M o ra f o r y o u r m o n ey and th e b e s t P e p p e rm in t Chewing Sweet for any money M u ta rd F U ater PASTOR KOENIGS N E R V IN E Epilepsy Nervousness & S lee p lessn ess PRICE $1 SO Kf YOUR ORUG STORE W i l t Jot f r e t b o o k le t KOENIG MEDICINE CO 1 0 *5 N WELLS ST. CHICAGO. ILL