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Wade Is arrested as ht is about to leave the coun­ try. Mrs. LeGrange, who. while plying her trade as a trance medium, had aided Police Inspector Martin McGee several times. caHs at his office to tell what she knows Of the crime. While she is there, Constance Hanska, widow of the murder­ ed man, whose existence had been un­ known, appears. Mrs. Hanska, says she. had left her husband and discloses the fact that Wade represented her and vis­ ited Hanska on the night of the murder In an effort to-settle their affairs She admits Wade was in lave with her. Wade is hem by the coroner** jury for t'ie death of Hanska. Tommy North, who iiad been held by the police, is released and re­ turns to Mrs. I/eGrange's house. He be­ comes infatuated at once with Betsy Bar­ bara. Driven by the belief that Betsy Barbara loves Kstrilla Tommy North gets drunk . and i* discovered by jBetsy BaTr bara. *?. - iv- " M-v' ,V ' - V " r - - %$-<'•$ \ > '• 7 ^ •«r:, &<sm • • i'x " f % : . ' .V -}•; •>'- ' % ? -tut-Ar, • /fcr.vi .T ^r; • * n-;': 0.7' h* • •»:A. ' .yp ,-107* M'-- CHAPTER VII. •_ Facing the Music. Tommy woke next morning to the appropriate mental and physical tor» tures. When memory had finished with her rack, the future applied thumb-screws. If he went down to breakfast, he must meet--her. Re­ morse and jealousy struggled in him with a,perverse pride. At any rate, 0 he would not run away. No, he would , face her. He would look into her eyes, which would be.shocked and hurt. The last embers of a ruined existence would shine through his own. Then, after she had seen and realized, he would go away forever and send her just one letter--no, just one flower •with his card--to let her know what he had felt and what he had cast aside. Then--since the human spirit is never static--having touched the low­ est depths, Ids thoughts began to rise toward. hope. Just how had be be­ haved last night? What had she seen jhim do? Prom the haze of confused tn&mories, a clear fact appeared in this place and that. He had been fcware of her standing at the landing, -flow had she looked? Somehow, he could not remember her face. Why? because he had been looking at hep $hoe bucklea--at something which glittered--why-- V" tragic night of the Hanska inurder flashed in upon him, and with it a fact which he had told neither -v - f t 1 t" • *, 7 i ft IW It Was a Cluster of Diamonds." the police in the third degree process nor yet the coroner at the inquest, for the simple reason that he had forgot­ ten it. Now, he remembered it clear­ ly, perfectly. A freak of drunken con­ sciousness had brought back some­ thing which he might never have re­ membered again. "Gee whiz!" he cried, leaping out of bed, headache and all. "She's looking for evidence--this will fix her!" A cold dip and a dash of bromide re­ stored him wonderfully, for the tis­ sues of Tommy North were resilient and young. As he entered the dining room for breakfast, only a slight pallor and a little languor indicated the crisis of the night before. Betsy-Barbara and Constance were already seated. Betsy-Barbara looked him full in the eye. "Good morning, Mr. North," she said evenly. "Good morning," replied Tommy shortly; and he slid into his chair and attacked his grapefruit. CHOCOLATE PUNT IS NATIVE Been Cultivated in Many Coun- i'trtes, But It Undoubtedly Origi- nsted in America. The chocolate plant is a native of America. When first introduced into Europe chocolate was used only as a luxury, but it speedily advanced in popular esteem. It is now cultivated In countries far from its original home. The cnocolate plant, as well as tea and coKoe. has been cultivated from time imu^morial. Chocolate as a bev­ erage rapidly made its way in Europe, beginning in Spain, whither it wad first brought. Ibe seeds of the chocolate plant are In pods. In preparing the seeds for market there has been but little change since early times. First the seeds are allowed to ferment, and thus they lose the slight bitterness which they possess when fresh. Then they are carefully dried, and In this condi- ' tion ihey stand transparent. In manu­ facturing the seeds or beans'are cpast- «d, by which process the shell of the .• wow] becomes detachable from the ker- •, &:>. / ' : t, . «.• • ;« • The breakfast wen,t on. Betsy-Be*- bara talked freely; she appeared ani­ mated even. She included Mr, North lip the conversation, throwing him a question now and then. He noticed, however, that these questions came only at regular intervals, as though she were remembering to be very care­ ful. That might be a good sign or it might be a bad one, he could not de­ cide which. Betsy-Barbara and Constance had risen now Tommy North, with an ef­ fort of the will, rose and followed. "Miss Lane," he said in the hall; and then, since she did net seem to hear him, he spoke louder, "Miss Lane." Betsy-Barbara turned. Alone with him now--since Constance had gone on--her eyes showed the emotions which she had suppressed in public. 'What is it?" she said icily. "I wanted," said Tommy--"I wanted to tell you something." "I think," responded Betsy-Barbara, "that you needn't make any more ex­ planations--thank you!" She was turning away when Tommy recovered himself. "Oh, it isn't that," he said. "I can't explain that, of course. I'm not trying to explain that, Mies Lane. It's just something--something new in the line of evidence--about the Hanska case-- I think it may help." Betsy-Barbara turned again--and this time quickly. Her look was startled--but--heaven be praiBed-- friendly. "Something new?" she said, breath­ lessly. "Oh, you angel fresh from heaven! Shall I send for Constance?" This was the point where Tommy North became a strategist "It has to do," he said humbly, "with the way I was last night. You saw me--I shouldn't like to tell her." "* "Let's take a walk," proposed Betsy- Barbara, with her wonderful practi­ cality. "If you wish," said Tommy North humbly, and yet thrilled with a sense of renewed companionship. Indeed, by the time they reached the street, he had recovered his spirits eo much as to propose, because the street was so noisy, that they take a cross-town car and walk up Fifth avenue. The car was crowded; they must stand; so they did not approach the subject of the moment until they were treading the street of the spenders. "Well, what is it? I'm dying to know!" said Betsy-Barbara, the instant they reached the avenue. "Did I do anything strange," in­ quired Tommy, "when I first saw you last night?" "You nearly tumbled at my feet, for one thing," replied Betsy-Barbara. "What--what were you wearing on your feet?" Betsy-Barbara thought a seoond on this peculiar question. "My velvet slippers with the rhine- stone buckles," she said. Tommy nodded solemnly. "That was it--I was reaching tor them last night--just as I was reach­ ing for something the night I fell at Captain Hanska's door. And it brought everything back." "Oh, what do you mean?" begged Betsy-Barbara. "Go on! Please go on." "I had got to the head of the stairs on the night of the murder," said Tom-' my. "The gas was lighted in the hall. I was pickled. You know how your mind gets on one little thing when you're pickled--" "I don't," put in Betsy-Barbara, in spite of her interest in the story--"but please go on." "And I saw something bright in the hallway, close to Captain Hanska's door. I braced against a post and looked at It. It was a cluster of dia­ monds--the more I think of it, the more it seems like that shoe buckle of yours. I reached out to get it. Then I tumbled and hit--the stuff. The tum­ ble and the sticky feeling put dia­ monds out of my mind. But I'm sure, just the same, that I saw a bunch of diamonds or something beside that door. You've asked me to tell you anything I might find about the Han­ ska case. And I'm telling, that's alL" Betsy-Barbara considered. "It may not mean anything," she said, "and it may mean a good deal." 8he considered again. "Even if the diamonds were there, maybe it had nothing to do with our case. If any­ body had been robbed that night, if there had been any signs of a burglar, this evidence would be very Important. But the police say that the house wasn't entered. Then again, what be­ came of the diamonds? It seems no one else noticed them. nel, which is the part used. Next the roasted kernels are ground. In early times the Mexicans used the flat stones on which their maize was ground for the grinding of the roasted seeds of chocolate. Chocolate consists of the roasted, shelled and ground seeds. Sweet chocolate Is the same with the addition of sugar and flavor­ ing extracts. Cocoa consists of the roasted and ground seeds from which the oil has been removed. Experiments have shown that if the seeds are rignt- ly treated from the first to the last stage of manufacture no objection can be urged against the beverage pro­ duced from them. It is of importance that these seeds should be grown and selected with the greatest care and should, after reaching the factory, re­ ceive the mo^t careful and skillful treatment.--Harper's Weekly. London to Have New Lord Mayor. Though he does not assume office till November 9, the election of the lord mayor of London, England, the successor of the fabled Dick Whitting- ton, and other historic magistrates, takes place 'his month. \)vp^dy n |g "Well," remarked Tommy North cynically, "there Were a great many policemen in the house." Betsy-Barbara walked on, etlf^ think­ ing. "Maybe. I'm afraid, though, t^at it might be only an aberration," she said finally. "Perhaps," echoed Tommy North. And now, having finished his introduc­ tion, he approached the subject near­ est'his heart. "Of course, that's all," he said, "ex­ cept that I owe you an apology for-- for my condition last night." "It is to yourself," said Betsy-Bar­ bara, "that you owe the apology, ^fclr. North, why did you do it--again?" Now it -was in Tommy North'a im­ pulses to tell exactly why he did It--- to come out with the truth, accompa­ nied by his opinion df philandering Spaniards. But that would have amounted to a declaration; and to de­ clare his feelings for Betsy-Barbara was leagues beyond his present cour­ age. "Oh," he said, carelessly, desperate­ ly, "I got a jolt. That's all. And I took it out in booze." "You told me the other night it was because you hadn't anything better to do. Mr. North," she added, suddenly lifting her blue eyes to his, "I'm going to ask a very personal question. I'm not asking it for curiosity. I've a rea­ son, which 111 state later--have you saved any money?" "Brace yourself for the shock," re­ plied Tommy, "but I really have. I In­ herited three hundred dollars a while ago. And my mother made me prom­ ise one thing--that I'd save a little every week. I have five hundred dol­ lars in the bank." Betsy-Barbara nodded her wise and golden head. "That will do beautifully for a start," she said. "A start at what.?" inquired Tommy. "At the Thomas W. North Advertis­ ing agency." "At--" "The Thomas W. North Advertising agency. Its founded now, 10:15 a. m. October sixteenth, at the corner of Fifth avenue and Forty-sixth street. New York!" This is so sudden!'!' exclaimed Tommy. But his heart leaped and danced. Now, see, Mr. North," resumed Bet- sy-Barbara, "I've diagnosed your case. The trouble with you is that you've drifted. You need responsibility. When you're boss, you won't be loafing on the job. You'd discharge an employe who did that--and you can't discharge yourself. Some day you'll wish you had a business of your own. Then you'll look back and be sorry you didn't start it when you ^were young. You can get business, can't you?" I ought to," said Tommy. And you can--fix up--the business when you get it?" I suppose I can. I never lost a piace for incompetence."" Then there's really nothing more to be said," responded Betsy-Barbara. Just get an office, and hang out your Bhlngle, and go to work. You may fail, of course. But you'll be doing it for yourself, - and that, Thomas W. North, is what you need." Tommy North had been looking at her as one who sees visions and hears voices. "Why, that's the way I used to think. That's the way I used to talk," he said. "I didn't realise until I heard it from you, how I'd got over it." "The first thing Jjfogjfo when you're starting in businjjfipflf to find an of­ fice," said Betsy-J^^bara practically. "There are lots^Sf good cheap little places in lower Fifth avenue," said Tommy North. "Let's look at them right now!" ex­ claimed Betsy-Barbara. And the new­ ly-formed Thomas W. North Advertis­ ing agency wheeled and started south­ ward. That afternoon, Betsy-Barbara and Rosalie Le Grange were sewing togeth­ er in the sun parlor. As they pulled bastings, Betsy-Barbara slipped in a remark which she tried artfully to con­ ceal in general chatter. "Mr. North tells , me," said Betsy- Barbara, "that he is going to start in business for himself." "That so?" exclaimed Rosalie; "wdll he's a nice, smart young man an' it will be the very best thing for him." She pulled bastings for ten seconds before she resumed: "It will keep him straight. He won't have to be helped up to his room for some time, I hope." m Betsy-Barbara Btared and flushed. "Oh! Did you see it?" "Now, my dear, I think it was brave an' nice of you. It's what any girl announced that the choice of the liv­ erymen, the members of the city com­ panies, who elect the lord mayor, has fallen upon Sir Thomas Vansittart Bowater, who is the head of a large firm of paper merchants. Sir Vansit­ tart, as he is popularly called, has been a common councilman since 1899. He was high sheriff of London in 1905-6, when he assisted the lord may­ or of the day, Sir Walter Vaughan- Morgan, to entertain the late King George ox Greece ai ine Guildhall, and to welcome King George and Queen Mary, at that time prince and princess of Wales, on their return home from India. Sir Vansittart, during his year of office, made civic visits to Milan and Rome, when he was honored with an audhgnce by the king of Ital^C ^ - - % In the Wrong Shop. ' * An old gentleman walked up to the rpretty girl attendant at the counting room of a daily newspaper office and said: "Miss, I would Ilk? to get copies of your paper for a week back." "You had better get a porous plas­ ter," she abstractedly replied. "You w t t h e n ? ; should have done, an' it's what'most good girls wouldn't have the decency to do. No woman's a real lady when she's too much of a lady. Yes--I heard him stumble, an' I come out an' looked." "I--I just opened his door and pushed him in," said Betsy-Barbara, blushing furiously. "An' quite enough--I saw that, too." Rosalie pulled bastings for a quarter of a minute more. Then she added, "I suppose you called him down all he needed when you took thar$*waHt this morning." "Oh, that wasn't the reason!" cried Betsy-Barbara, driven back on her maiden defenses. "It wasn't that. I really didn't want to see him. But he had something new to tell me about-- the case--or thought he had, Some­ thing he'd forgotten--eomething which came back to him last night when he was--well, you saw." And detail by detail she repeated Tommy North's story about the diamond cluster. Rosa­ lie, as she listened with downcast look, used all her will to keep her head steady and her fingers busy. "That's interesting,"'she remarked, in a matter-of-fact tone, when Betsy- Barbara had finished. "But I don't know's it's important. They think they see funny things when they're drunk an' they're ready to swear to 'em when they sober up. Intend to tell Mrs. Hanska or the lawyers about it?" "I thought I might--I'm doing every least thing to help." "WelJ, the evidence of a drunk wouldn't go at all in a court of law," pursued Rosalie, her eyes still on her work. "Mr. North is pretty humiliated already, an' he'B a nice young man, an' he'll probably cut out drink now he's in business for himself. Still, if you think it's your duty--" "Oh, I hope you think it isn't," said Betsy-Barbara. "I don't want to put Mr. North in that position, again." "Can't see where it's the least bit of use, an' 'twould only do Mr. North harm," replied Rosalie. "If you was me, would you french this seam? Yesr I guess it looks more tasty that way." Rosalie turned tt^e conversation to a discussion of autumn fashions. She sewed and chatted for ten minutes. Then she looked ostentatiously at the clock. , "Gracious! A quarter to four an' I must be down^town quarrelln' with that laundry at a quarter past!" She rose, gathered coat, hat and gloves, and hurried to the corner drug store, from which she made by tele­ phone an immediate appointment with Inspector McGee. They met in Abing­ don square, a rendezvous half-way be­ tween her house and headquarters. She proceeded to business at once. "I've been jest settin' on this Han* ska case, inspector," she said. "Knew if I waited long enough, somethin' would hatch. It has, but I can't say yet whether it's a rooster or a duck. In the first place, when's the grand jury goin' to get to the Wade indictr ment?" "Pretty soon, I guess." I'te been holding them off until I get more evi­ dence." "Well, keep holdin' 'em off." "Honest, what have you got?" "Wouldn't you like to know?" Here Rosalie broke out all her dimples, so that Inspector McGee smiled on her. "Call it a hunch from the spirits." "You can't come that on me," said the inspector, half playfully, fl know your kind of spirits." -W "Well, call it a woman's notion then, if you like that any better. The grand jury's the first thing. Next, that dtd house of. Mrs. Moore's is still vacant, Isn't it?/ I want to go through it with you from top to bottom--an' I've got to do it so I won't be seen." That's easy. We can -enter the block from the other side and go in by the back door." "All right. How's two o'clock to­ morrow?" Fine." Now I'd better rim along. I don't want to take any chances of being seen with you." Honest, what' have you found?" Honest, I don't know myself!" said Rosalie Le Grange, dimpling over her shoulder as she walked away. McGee stood following her with his eyes. CHAPTER VIII. Coquettish McGee. The Moore boarding house, scene of, the Hanska murder, remained closed, a plain-clothes man from the precinct detective force keeping it under watch and ward. To this house came Captain McGee FOR UNIFORM ROAD LAWS [ and RosaKe Le Grange. Thoy ap proached with all the caution of fore­ thought, entering the block through an office building on the next street, open­ ing the area door with a pass-key, go­ ing into the hou8e by the basement door at the rear. "Ugh! I hate to touch it," said Ro­ salie, drawing her aklrts away from the wreckage of the cellar. "I'm glad I wore my old clothes. Guess Mrs. Moore never kept this place any too well--an' with this dust an' your un­ tidy. cops, Martin McGee, it's just scan­ dalous now. Well, come on!" And so she dragged her police escort through floor after floor, room after room--at first a superficial survey and then minute search. As they came to Captain Hanska's room, Inspector McGee stopped and made oration. "You can see," he said, "that it was an inside Job. Beginning on the roof, there's no way to enter except By the hatch which goeB down into the lum­ ber room. On account of the fire regu­ lations, the hatch couldn't be locked, Hut it was closed inside by a bolt. That hadn't been monkeyed with. In fact, the dirt around the edges showed that th§ hatch hadn't been opened for a long time." "And the fire escape?" asked Rosa­ lie, pursing her brows with concentra- tion! "Runs from the lumber room straight down. Passes at the third floor the windows of Captain Hanska's room. The corresponding room on the second floor is vacant. No one entered by the basement, either. Windows and doors all bolted inside and showed no signs of being tampered with. You see, it was'this Wade fellow, or an in­ side job. And while we're talking about locks"--here Martin McGee opened Captain Hanska's door and stood with a foot on either side of the threshold --"this is a little piece of evidence I've figured out myself. Notice, he had a Bpring lock. Mrs. Moore says he put it on himself. That indicates he was afraid of somebody--Wade, probably. Him being so particular on that point, it was only natural he should keep it locked when hejwas asleep. Now, look here." This was an "inside" spring lock of the ordinarv pattern. It could be controlled from -without only by the key. Within, however, was a knob and a button by which one could turn back the catch anil render it temporarily useless as a lock. "Well, now," said McGee, "the catch was back when they found the body, and the door wasn't locked at all. If he'd been alive after Wade left him, he wouldn't have gone to sleep without seeing that his door was locked. My idea is, he turned the knob and shut the catch back when he let Wade in--the way a person does with a spring lock. Anyhow," con­ cluded McGee, "it's a suspicious fact." "Very," said Rosalie; and McGee did not catch the flatness in her tone. "But anyone who got on to that fire escape, one way or another, could have entered Hanska's room by the window, couldn't he?" "Yes," said Inspector McGee, "If HanBka's window was open. But the windows were closed when they found the body. Most of the witnesses say that. They remember because when this Mrs. Moore fainted those girls COLORS NOT FAVORED QIRLI8H EVENING G0WN8 FASH­ IONED IN ALL-WHITE. tven tlie Trlnimtng of ^ur, 8o Popu­ lar Just Now, Is of That Color--> Gauxe- Ad<|ja •~Tp *• The ail-white dress is so appropri­ ately satisfactory for girlish evening gowne that one can hardly be sur­ prised they are seen more than colors, writes Lillian B. Young in the Wash- ,4ngton Star. White chiffon and mes- s&i'ne silk are used together in the dainty model of the sketch, with only the bands of dark fur by way of con­ trast, and if desired this, too, may be kept white by substituting eriftne, rab­ bit or coney skin, or eyen white mara­ bou. Use white net for an underwalst. The overblouse of chiffon has a double corded puffing to finish the decollet- age, with a tiny heading just inside. Short sleeves are cut in one and given a banding pf fur and double Ruffling The skirt is draped, from the wai&;: at center front and gives the desireA pannier fullness under the hips. Silver gauze is much used with white for the evening, and a sugges­ tion that may meet with approval is to use some fo» the girdle aim! hafc^;: bandeau in this same design. 1 MEDICI COLLAR WINS FAVOR Excellent Reasons for Popularity This Almost Universal Evening •; f Adornment. Medici collars flourish at evening functions, where they appear en fulijjr. half of the lately launched modal gowns. The reason for their vogue la obvious, since they conceal the ugjtjr. back which disfigures many an ctheiy' wise pretty woman, or the scrawn]^ shoulders of the immature girl. Je\i> eled net or chiffon, beaded malines or tinsel lace are made into theBe quaint collars, which are of even height at the back and sides and only flare: broadly at their ends, where the wirq£ edge is bent into fa decided curve. %: Antique laces -- the wonderful • creamy-toned meshes of French, Span ­ ish or Italian origin--make up into ~ the most stunning of Medici collars. They frequently are the only touches of lace about evening gowns" or th* equally stunning confections worn at' *• afternoon receptions. Plain and white linen, ajour bor­ dered, is the chic thing in Me&icl col­ lars for afternoon house gowns in velvet of satin. At first, this com^ bination Impresses the beholder af very odd, but the very simplicity df the humble neck finishing on a gown of handsome fabric, proves attractive. Moreover, it has the allure of the un­ expected. ' DIVIDES WORLD OF FASHION Question ef Voluminous Wrap or Ki­ mono Is Agitating the Paris- Ian 8mart Set. A secret war is being waged in Paris in the world of wraps. On one side we have the old-world "hoppehtnde" coat, which is Immensely wide at the hem and which recalls the garments of the mi'd-Victorian period; on the other side 4ve find the adorers of kimono out­ lines. ' And for the kimono there Is very much to be said of a favorable description. It is a curious fact that though almost all kimonos are alike in out­ line, each one becomes individual when draped on the figure. I know of no other garment which eo lends itself to individual arrangement. Worn by women of ordinary mind and little imagination, a simple satin ki­ mono will seem the most ordinary of ordinary garments. But let the same wrap be worn by a woman, of different temperament and Immediately it be­ comes filled with malicious charm.-- New York Herald. % CanadA to Join Hands With the Uni­ ted States if Premier Borden Approves the Idea. Canada will be represented with the United States in an endeavor , to ob­ tain uniform laws pertaining to road building, if the proposition meets the approval of Premier Borden, according to an announcement made at the American Road congress by A. W. Campbell, deputy minister of railways and canals for the Canadian govern­ ment. Mr. Campbell said that he would use his influence in urging the premier to consent to the appointment of .fr committee to confer with a com­ mittee representing the American Highway association and the American Bar association to evolve a plan tor uniform road laws. "I realize that in Canada, as well as throughout the United States, we have 40 varieties of road laws for every province," said Mr. Campbell. "This tends to retard real road work, and I heartily indorse any plan that would" brityjg abput practcially the; same laws "Honest, What Have You Found?" opened both windows to give her air. They say they had to open the catches to get the sashes up." "Stuffy muggy night, $n' both win­ dows closed--an' him an American!" "Well, there's nothing particularly strange about that, is there?" said In­ spector McGee. "Not to you!" replied Rosalie Le Grange/ dimpling on him. *1 guess-- well, I guess before we do anything else well go over everything in that room." They entered. The bed was as Rosa­ lie had seen it on the night of tbe tragedy--the sheets and quilts turned back as though one had risen quietly and naturally. It was to the bed that Rosalie turned her first attention. At the foot of the white counterpane, her eyes stopped--stopped and rested. "It's spotted," she said almost under her lireath. Inspector McGee looked also.' (TO BE CONTINUED.) for both the United States and relative to good roads." - Wiles of the Walter. ' know I am looking like a fright tofilglit," the woman said. The man studied her dress, hdr hair and her complexion closely. "I don't see anything the matter with you," he said. "So far as I can see,, yon are looking as well as usual." "But I am not," she insisted. "Thero is something wrong, and that head waiter saw at a glance what it was. If I had been up to the mark he wouldn't have put us away over here in this out-of-the-way corner. He would have given us a table right un­ der the chandelier in the middle of the room. "All the best-dressed people aie ai­ r/ays seated in the most conspicuous places, so^as to make the restaurant look more' attractive. I am glad to say that that is where I usually sit. The plain people are ranged along the All-tpmie Evening FrocK in Chiffon and 8atin. of self-material. A wide girdle of the silk ties in a butterfly bow in front that is edged with fur. The tunic is in two flounces--the lower one attached to a plain net foun­ dation that is veiled by the upper one. Both are mounted with tiny folds instead of gathers, and bordered with fur. In front they are lifted a little above the round length by means of a box fold caught up under the girdle, where the butterfly bow forms u heading for it. Coat Linings in Chinese Effects, Coat linings are of "crepe Chinese pompadour." It has bright stencil fig­ ures on a contrasting crepe ground and has something very Chinese la its character, as its name indicates, in spite of the pompadour color com­ binations. LITTLE THINGS THAT HELP Dainty Boudoir Accessorise Need Not Be Coetly, and Will Take Only a 8hort Time to Make. S Do you know how quickly one of the big hanging sachets for the dress closet can be made? All there is to it is a cretonne bag, 12 by 9 inches, easily opened for the renewing of the perfume, and hung from a cretonne- wound coat hanger. This need not cost more than a quarter, and can be made in an hour. Have you seen the sachets made from a yard of five-inch gause ribbon --a bag for the sachet powder made from the doubled end and the rest used for a big bow and hangers? Use rose-colored gauze for dried rose Ieavee and lilac ribbon for holding dried sweet lavender. -• The drug stores sell both. Have you examined the" little hook racks for the back of one's dressing table chair? Cover with cretonne two strips of pasteboard about 9 by 2 inches. On one sew a row of large hooks, such as are used on fur gar­ ments. Overhang the two bits of covered pasteboard together, attach a strip of folded cretonne for a hanger --and there you are! • a : --T ' Topaz a Spring Oelor. Topaz is the novelty color of the spring season, returning to fashion, after long absence, with the jewel of that name. It runs from dark to light in the whole gamut of tones. Those darker are desirable for women who wish the ultra-fashionable color used for their spring suit It goes best with a creamy complexion. Heated Gloves Now. Anton Polak of Paris, Fraitoejr invented a glove which is warmdfl electrically by Insulated flexible con­ ductors which serve as heating bodies and are arranged loose alongside of each other and fastened at only a few points to the glove, so that their free* dom of movement is preserved, as far as possible and the extensibility of the glove Is substantially undiminished. It will keep your hands warm in the coldest weather. - Laoe on Handbags. Lace Is used to trim handbags, just as leather is now used to trim hats. A dainty handbag of tan suede is edged about the top with a narrow frilling of deep cream Valenciennes lace, around the corners. Crocheted Hoods. Hoods, boas and muffs, crocheted of soft wool, make charming and practi­ cal sets for children to wear in win­ ter. Or sweaters and hoods can be crocheted to match.. TWO FRENCH BAGS • wv noiu <-i>o wuu m-i.e; silver coin bag. The purse at the left ie of striped moire, of which the silver top is heavily set with precious stones. The new 8klrt Hem. skirt for dress that has r.w ~ ' T. either been cut up front or back in or-side, of the room, j».t .. w. «. to- ^ ̂ a (m elther ^ nig 1 T"" JT'^IeL ; i . "That Is why I know I am not loohr ing well."--New York Times. -••••*• 0 . . i -- - /r. ..'jj; x ni,_, .ft.. \ ,fT is ^ - ^ be dropped until the draping will fall sufficiently to make a perfectly even j «<ftae around the iMipt Avoid fried foods, tor the sake of your complexion. The Color Movement. According to the Dry Goods acono^ mist there are two distinct color movements this season. One empha­ sizes the daring colors of the modern art, the other the soft floral tones known as sweetpea shades. The more striking colors will ap­ pear chiefly in dressy suits and in coats for outing and for everting wear. They will also be seen in .evening gowns and in the more dressy cos­ tumes for afternoons. Separate waists, negligees and pet­ ticoats will also employ the mors striking colors to a considerable ex­ tent The sweetpea shades will have e*> '"j tensive use for dancing frocks, afternoon and dinner gowns, and for- "?•>**'• many of the high-priced negligees and^ petticoats. • • ^ k - ' Varied Sleeve Lengths. 0:^ Sleeve lengths are greatly varied.. Evening costumes have very shorr .'v1'^' cape sleeves with angel draperies,;!^' f/. which leave the arm uncovered. Th«^f'I^ f; dressy afternoon gowns have long Ol^f ^ tkree-quartersleevea.