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\ Js,"^ ' * , *r " : -:-i 'V. . - -,, w . *'< •.-.» •'! i; jf 'i ;..»••:> » r £1HENRY PLAINHEALER, M'HENBY, ILI* v^£,:•, V s v1'1 m *r.W) * AUTHOR SYNOPSIS. "i, A^/f 3"" *t - ' *\> l« ,^3 if, "m *f * * 1' *i i' ̂ »wi« I*. ^ **» fc * i *$?". ' » •* -.7.1,. --,4g^-%g$ Will or THE CITY THAT WAS. ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY Hairy R.Grissinger COPYRIGHT J9I2. BOBBS-MERRILL C9 ; TETLB S&,V$r: d • , * • Tommy North, returning to hti room in Brs. Moore's boarding house at 2:30 a. m., soovers the body of Capt. John Hanska, •nother roomer, with a knife wound on tiie breast. Suspicion rests upon giving- the name of Lawrence Wade, who had railed on Hanska In the evening and 4iad been heard quarreling with Hanska. ©uring the excitement a strange woman "Who pives her name as Rosalie LeGrange, •appears and takes into her own home K-ross the street all of Mrs. Moore's fconrders. including Miss Estrilla, an in­ valid. who was confined to the room she occupied and whose brother was a favor­ ite among the other boarders. Wade is wrested as he i3 about to leave the coun- •rv Mrs. LeGrange, who, while plying tier trade as a trance medium, had aided Police Inspector Martin McGee several times, calls at his office to tell what she , knows of the crime. While she is there. Constance Hanska. widow of the murder- •ti man. whose existence had been un­ known, appears. Mrs. Hanska. says she, had left her husband and discloses the tort that Wade represented her and vis­ ited Hanska on the night of the murder ill an effort to settle their affairs. »ha admits Wade was in love with her. wade to held by the coroner's jury for the deivth of Hanska. Tommy North, who had bffeh hckl bv the police, is released and re­ turns to Mrs. 1-zeGrange's house. He be­ comes infatuated at once "with Betsy Bar- i^gfa Driven bv the belief that Betsy Barbara loves Estrilla Tommy North gets drunk and -la discovered by Betsy Bar­ bara The Wnt morning Tommy apolo­ gizes to Betsy Barbara and at her urging prepares to establish th© Thomas W. Korth Advertising Agency. Mrs. L.©- Grange, with Inspector McGee, examines the house where Hanska was killed and finds on the fire escape outside Hanska 9 window a red shoe button, which she con- oeaig. Mrs. I^eGrange secretly examines the shoes of her boarders in search of one the red button will fit. She pretends to go Into a trance In Miss Estrilla's room and communes with spirits. CHAPTER X. A Lone Hand. Martin McGee waited to keep bis. latest appointment with Rosalie Le ©range on a bench in Stuyvesant Pish frark, dead center for the Hebrew pop­ ulation in New York. He speculated lazily and with some amusement upon Che habits of Rosalie Le Grange--so *iuch her own, yet so well conceived lor her purpose. For example, this ttiethod of holding business confer^ ®nces on secret affairs--for she a¥ .ftrays set her appointments in some ®ut-orthe-way open space. It was highly original, highly effective plan. One could enter without at­ tracting attention; one could watch ,'v 'the approaches; a meeting in a pub- •; i - lie park--grant that it were discov- f ^red in such a remote part of the city ---could be passed off as an accidental «n counter, not a conference. That and j?;;:?'^hich her mind thought foster I, • further than his. *•' (.Martin McGee was approaching fitty, the second period of sentiment .< '^n man. In the lusty summer of his be had wooed--and lost. She L-'i tad chosen the other arm of munici- warfare and married a fireman. i-0^1 flince then woman had cut but a shad­ owy figure in his bachelor life. And h ere, in his middle age, the face and l^r • K - 0gure, the form and move of a woman P?vj,wli;;-%?ss playing hide-and-seek among uis vr &W: ̂ thought of police duty and police priv- !fliege. He recognized ever a certain KK. • •^embarrassment over the coming meet- IW', ' like that of a youth who has been jjjTt * flapped by a perky girl. ^>3; ' * /'How do you do?" said a voice be* *»>.. , Side him; and Rosalie's self settled down on theipark bench. ' '°°ked at her without rising, first thought to read in those eyes "i _<pf hers, which mirrored so many ?mo- Jr \ a. iions, her attitude toward him. The ^ were laughing! > i' J "How do you do?" he repeated after And then, as though he must be : vpriit with it: "Say, I guess there's an apology coming from me." "If there is," said Rosalie, "there's one coming from about every man I ever knew. It's the way of the ani­ mal. It's a kind of a left-handed com­ pliment to the lady though. Now let's overlook little things. I've come to talk business. I'm busting with it." She glanced to right and left, taking In a faded "black hood", of a woman, a sodden "panhandler" of a man. "I guess we'd better walk," she said. They rose and threaded the push-carts,' the crowds, the confusion and smells, toward the river. "Now, I'm playing a lone hand," she began. "If things go wrong, I've only %:f myself to blame; an' if they go right, ^ you get all the credit--as usual. I want help an' no questions asked. This kv* * Black-hand outfit of dago detectives-- | what have you got, that you can lend p me?" "You want--" !, I'v • "A detective from the dago squad. j|iy 1 want him straight an' I want him • > quick an' I want him for my own--he • reports to me, not to you." *"• % "Let'B -see--there's Anzini." "What's he like?" CHIVALRY OF THE ANIMALS " "Italian 8win. BU tat fdlow. Uttle •low, but straight." "Next?" "Cuccoli. Born in New York. A dago light-weight fighter. Works on the quiet as a stool-pigeon. Then there's Grimaldi. He's a scholar-- used to be a schoolmaster--and I keep him on classy dago jobs. He talks Spanish and French like a native-- taught school once in Spain. A little fellow, and very talkative," "This Grim--whatever you call him --this scholar--he's talkative, you say?" > "Yes." "Straight, too?" "Yes." "Weill, I want him." "All right When does he report?" "To-morrow morning at seven o'clock, Battery Park--with a descrip­ tion of me. He ain't to call my name first--wait until I tell him Who I am-- s?" 'Give him a description of you?" said McGee, verging on compliment "If I do and Maxine Elliot, or any of them, happen to be taking an early morning stroll in the park--" "Tell him," said Rosalie, breaking in, "to watch out for a dear old lady with hair getting white on top an' lookin' as if she'd seen better days." 'He'll never find you!" 'Again thaQkin' you for your kind attentions, but resumin' business," said Rosalie with asperity, "111 wear my plum-colored suit an' a black tur­ ban--you know what a turban is--it's one of those hats"--and she indicated a passing girl--"an' in place of the regular red carnation for meetings in the park. I'll be carryin'"--she con­ sidered a moment--"a purple automo­ bile veil. That ought to settle me In his mind." They walked a while In silence; then Rosalie stopped. "That's all arranged then. We'd bet­ ter be getting back. I'll take a cross- town car. We shouldn't be seen to­ gether in the middle of the city." 'Say," said McGee asx they turned, "why don't you ever let me . see you between times? Course you must keep away from me now, but after this thing is settled, I want you to come out to lunch and dinner. We might as well be friendly." "After this thing is settled--oh, you're a cop after all!" said Rosalie. Before McGee could unravel this cryp­ tic, she resumed: "Haven't you ever thought what we're doin'--we two, gadding about talkin' of lunch and dinners? You've been a cop too long, I guess. I had a sittin' with myself last night If we succeed--if you make a good case of it, an' if I git what I'm after--some­ body goes to the chair. That's what we're doin'. You don't think of it You're a man an' a cop. But I do." "Not enough to make you stop?" in­ quired McGee, regarding her narrowly. "No, but enough to make me sure the right one goes, and 'enough to make me want to stop thinkin' of what will happen when we get through." Her voice caught on this. McGee looked at her sharply. Her eyes were swimming. They were at the car. "Ill send for you when wanted, Martin McGee," she said. "An' remember--a purple auto veil in my right hand." Rosalie did not return home at once. Instead, she proceeded to that house In the Latin Quarter before which she had paused and considered a problem three days before. It is one of Rosa­ lie's peculiarities that she shrouds ev­ erything in mystery, but lets out a clew here and there to puzzle the ob­ server and to satisfy her individual sense of humor. I who write of her have caught that trick from Rosalie. I will reveal now--as Rosalie would have revealed it with a flash of eyes and dimples--that this place bore the sign, "J. Martinez, Teacher of Lan­ guages," and that the phonograph which she kept in her closet was a device of the Martinez Method in Lan­ guages. She was refreshing her some­ what scattered knowledge of conver­ sational Spanish, gained years ago when she played a profitable season at trance, test and development work in El Paso, San Antonio, and other points near the border. She spent a half- hour in conversation with Professor Martinez, did a few necessary errands, and reached her house at five o'clock. said Grimaldi, "that the real name is Perez." "How did you get that?" "It took a little time. First I frisked his roo«n. I'went in as a gas inspec­ tor." "Which was takin' risks," admon­ ished Rosalie. "Not the , way I did It. The real in­ spector is my friend; I had his per­ mission to impersonate him." "Pretty good!" commented Rosalie. "An' you found nothing about--what I'm after?" "No. That was the suspicious thing--I mean, the absence of any sign of identification looked curious to me. But I found one thing which didn't amount to much, except that it was an opening. He has a camera. I don't know why I examined that, unless it was a hunch. It wias foreign- made---American boxes are manufac­ tured by a trust, and they all look "alike. Down by the range-scale I found a nickel plate such as agents always put on cameras. It read: 'J. Lichenstein„ Cameras and Camera Supplies, Port of Spain, Trinidad.'" "Where's that?" "Trinidad is an island off the coast of South America--near Venezuela. Port of Spain is the main town. It's a British possession, but there are many French and Spanish residents. I had taken the precaution, when I started out, to have the police photog­ rapher get a snap-shot of this Es­ trilla. I took the picture to--well, never mind who he is. He's lived all 'over South America. He's almost sure that Estrilla is a Spaniard from Port of Spain named Juan Perez. The Pte- rez family were cacao growers in Trin­ idad. The head of the family was named Miguel Peres?--I suppose, though, you aren't Interested in the family." "That's just what I want to know." "Miguel Perez was this man's fa­ ther--if the stool-pigeon is right in his identification. The stool-pigeon was down there about three or four years ago. At that time, Miguel Perez had juet died, and this Juan had in­ herited the business. It seemed that he wasn't getting "on well with it. At least, that was the gossip. That's all --oh, yes, the stool-pigeon remembered one V>ther thing about Miguel Perez. He'd had an early romance with an English jgirl--navy pfeople. Miguel Perez married her, and she didn't live very long. After that, he married again--a Spanish girl from Caracas-- and Juan Perez was the son of that marriage. That was about all he could remember.." "Still, the camera marked Port of Spain seems to fix it, somehow." "It seems to. But, of course, yon can't be certain. He may be a rela­ tive and have a family resemblance." "Your friend didn't know whether -y 3 Human Trait That Is Shown in Their Attitude Toward the Young and the Weak. One of the most interesting of all £.2 the human traits in the animals is *kat of chivalry, as shown by the ani- ' mals in their attitude toward the §•' "h young and weak. It iB an unwritten j y iaw in the animal world that the young have rights which must he re- lit spected. This accounts for the ttn- * usual sight, sometimes seen, when a fierce dog who has thrashed every other dog in th$ neighborhood, and ;/ has become a terror to every upstart in puppydom, will turn tail and flee in an apparent terror when a young 4dog or kitten is presented to him. t The maternal and paternal instincts v ^ are among the strongest df all. Pai^ . ents will grieve over the loss of the >-i young, but they apparently have no conception of death. There is deep £§; v sympathy, or something very close to ,It among animals. A cry of distress . • from a fellow-beast or bird iu. trouble j *:!) bring others from ail directions. CHAPTER XI. The Perez Family. In a remote corner of Central Park, Rosalie was holding a conference with Grimaldi, her specially-assigned detect­ ive In the Hanska case. "I think," There is a powerful instinct on the part of all animal? to protect the young when in trouble. Hogs and cat­ tle are among the most dangerous of domestic animals when aroused; the surest way to arouse them is to in­ jure their young. Let a bird utter a call for help, and instantly the air around will be filled with feathered champions of the victim. il 4 ILL ' ̂ ,*3 ' Hunting for Gold With Magnet. Electro-magnetism is to be em­ ployed in a novei manner, to recover gold from the bottom of the Pacific ocean. It is seriously announced that an expedition from San Francisco will attempt by means of a magnet to raise an iron chest which containd $65,000 in gold Ingots from the bottom of the bay off Angel island. The safe wag dropped from the hold of the steamer Corcoran, which was rammed and sunk in a collision with .the steamer Seminole Jn a dense fog some months ago. When the vessels part­ ed, following Jfie collision, a section of the hold of the Corcoran broke through and the cargo sunk, The huge iron chest proved very difficult "How Did You Get That?" old Miguel Perez had any children by his first marriage--to the English girl?" "He didn't say, at least" Rosalie congealed to a pose with the advent of an idea. "Tell me,1' she asked, "when a fa­ ther and a mother are of different na­ tionalities--talk different languages-- what language does the baby learn first--the father's or the mother's?" "Oh, the mother's--always." "So if there was a child from his first marriage--to the English girl-- he'd talk better English than Juan Perez?" "He'd pronounce it better, anyway." "And a mother always talks to her baby in her own language." "Oh, of course." "An' if a foreigner--you, for in­ to find, but It has been definitely lo­ cated. A portion is covered with drifted sands and it Is claimed that the or­ dinary methods of salvage would be unable to lift it A huge magnet is therefore being constructed so that with a generation of electricity on board ship the enormous lifting power of the magnet will be exerted, which, it is anticipated, will drag the precious cargo to the surface. stance--gits real exacted •&' talks quick, what language does he use?" "Oh,.his own first tongue!" Rosalie mused aloud; and in that musing she cleared up for us one of her mysteries of method. "It does look to me," she said, "as if I'd wasted a lot of time brushln' up my Spanish with the Martinez Phono­ graph Method. Still, it's bound to help here and there. Listen," she ad­ dressed Grimaldi, "I did a turn once-- never mind what---on the Mexican border--El Paso, San Antonio, an' places like that Circumstance was such that I had to learn as much Spanish as I could--my business called for it I've been studyin' it again lately. You understand Span­ ish, don't you?" "As well as I do English." "Then," said Rosalie in Spanish, "how does this sound? Is it good con­ versational Spanish? Tell me what you think." "Well," said Grimaldi, "it runs all right, but any one would know you weren't Spanish born. Still, it's pret­ ty good, and I suppose you could fool a Spaniard for a few words. What are you trying to do--with Spanish?" "Oh, nothing," replied Rosalie care­ lessly. "Well, I must go on. Keep him shadowed, an' when you git any­ thing new, you know where to find me. Good-by." • * * * • * . * At home in her own room again, Rosalie pondered long, a nervous fin­ ger picking at a musing lip--pondered until she stood frozen with a new idea. Those rings of Miss Estrilla's--she had long wanted a look at them. Es­ pecially that big diamond with a curi­ ous onyx , and gold setting which she wore on her left hand. Rosalie had noted Miss Estrilla's care of that ring; noted how she washed her hands without removing it Chance, therefore, would never give the oppor­ tunity. She herself must make it. She meditated. Again her finger stopped its drumming on her lip. "Molly," she was saying to the maid half an hour later, "I guess 111 take up Miss Estrilla's dinner to-night." "I've brought your dinner myself," she said to Miss Estrilla. She put down the tray, adjusted the napkin, bolstered the invalid with the pillows, and took up a cup of bouillon. "There now, I'll help--oh, dearie, I'm so st>rry!" For Rosalie had stum­ bled slightly in approaching the couch, and the bouillon had splashed over the napkin, the spread, and Miss Estrilla's -hands. Rosalie bubbled apologies as she hurried about the room, getting cloth, towels, warm water. Miss Es­ trilla was very gracious, but Rosalie continued to apologize ^s she began to scrub her hands. "Didn't burn yon, did it?" Mked Rosalie. "No; but it's very sticky," replied Miss Estrilla. "I can't get under those rings--let me--there, ;my dear." Rosalie deftly removed the rings, laid them without a glance on the edge of the tray, and continued to chatter as she scrubbed. "I brought you up the evening pa­ per," she Baid. "You can't read it, but I thought you'd like to see the pic­ tures of that new Spanish tenor they're makin' all the fuss over--you asked me about him the other day. Remember?" She had finished wiping Miss Estrilla's hands; and now she gave -her the newspaper, the photo­ graph of the tenor folded to the front Miss Estrilla took the bait. She moved the paper close to her eyes. In that second, the deft Rosalie had made three motions and used her quick perception*. There was a line inside the big ring: "Miguel Victoria, 1873." 'Now we're ready for dinner," said Rosalie. "Shall I send down for more soup? No?" Miss Estrilla seemed in that moment to miss her rings. She perceived them on the edge of the tray and slipped them on. Before she left, Rosalie spun and tied another thread of the web she was weaving so deftly and yet so cau­ tiously. "I hate even to mention it," she said, "but I've been feelin' them comin' on to-day--my spells. I know you said I could have 'em in here alone with you, but I haven't wahted to bother you. I sensed the beglnnin' of one this afternoon. I beat it this time by workin' hard an' shuttin' my teeth. If it really gets me--if I can't hold it off any longer--I'm likely to be in here 'most any time." Miss Estrilla, her face and her emo­ tions hidden from view by the eye- shade, answered in a voice whjch be­ gan calmly and evenly: SPECIAL ROPE FOR CLIMBERS Where Dean 8wlft First Met Stella Moor Park, Farnham, which has just changed hands, is to the lover of lit erature one of the most historic places in England. It w*b there that Swift met Stella when ne was secretary to Sir William Temple, and at Moor Park he also wrote "The Battle of the Books" and "The Tale of a Tub." The -estate, which is not to be confused with the one of the same name near Rickmans worth, also lives in the pages of Jane Austen, where the provenance of some 5 "I should be very glad--whenever you wish!" There was a little break on the last word. Rosalie noted this. Those Used in the Alps Are Selected for 8trength, Reliability and Lightness. The rope used by Alpine climbers Is of special manufacture, combining as far as possible the different qualities of strength, flexibility and lightness. Three qualities are in general use, being made from sisal, Italian and Manila hemps respectively, and occa­ sionally, when cost is not a considera­ tion, of silk. The latter, though very light and strong, is not so durable as the others. That which finds most fa­ vor among British mountaineeers is known as Buckingham's Alpine rope. It is made of the best Manila hemp. In the year 18G4 a coiar^ittee of the Alpine club made tests upon a number of ropes suitable for mountaineering. Of the two that \(rere approved one was made of Italian hemp at)d the other of Manila. They both had a breaking strain of two tons and sus- er pecially choice apricots is exalted! tained the weight of a 170-pound man on ihe strength of their being "genuine 1 after falling from a height of ten feet. Mcor Parka." {, .Nfla-moviiita.lnefra jtov9 sometMnes CHAPTER XII. A Critical Moment * Two days later, and in the middle <ft the afternoon, Rosalie was again In Miss Estrilla's room suffering from In­ cipient "control." Her eyes stared. "Sorry," said Rosalie, on her en­ trance, "but I've got it again--an' I can't beat it. Do you mind if I lock the door? I wouldn't be disturbed for a farm--don't know what it would do to me!" She plumped down into a chair, giving a yawn which shook her whole body. Gradually she relaxed. With one heaving sigh she settled back. Her eyes closed; she fell as into sleep. And presently she was babbling first in the baritone of Doctor Carver and then in the liquid accents of Laughing-Eyes. Let me omit the preliminaries. They dealt only with trivial things--such little affairs of the house as occurred to the mind of Rosalie Le Grange, working in flashes under her sleeping exterior. She had growled and bab­ bled for five minutes before Laoghing- Eyea announced suddenly: • "The lady is sick--the pretty lady. Spirit wants to talk to the lady. Pret­ ty spirit I feel like a great big queen was here--Vic--Vic--Victoria." The voice of Laughing-Eyes stopped. This was a device of Rosalie's. She want-, ed to listen. Miss Estrilla had been breathing regularly. Now, on the men­ tion of that name, her, breath caught The voice of Rosalie, her whole facial expression, her manner--if one can attribute manner to a wgman who appears to sleep--underwent an ab­ rupt change. The voice deepened; the lines of her face fell; it was Doctor Carver who spoke. "Victoria is not strong," said the voice; "I sense that she brings conso­ lation. She says that things are bad; but they will be better by and by. It is a mother's influence. Miguel--* here Rosalie stopped; and again she noted the irregular breathing from the couch. It was an eternal quarter-min­ ute before she spoke again: this time the voice was a man's, but lighter and higher than that of Doctor. Carver; and it spoke Spanish. N "I ani mate, hijlta mia!" it said, and died away. A sileace again. "He is gone," said the voice of Doctor Carver. "A spirit wants the young woman who lives below this. room--" The seance drifted away into a series of imaginary messages for Miss Hard­ ing. But once again Miguel floated into the talk, dropped a word or two of easily-pronounced Spanish, floated out again. Presently Doctor Carver came no more; the babblings of Laughing-Eyes became disconnected monosyllables, and died out altogether. Rosalie lay as though asleep. , She lay for five minutes; she lay for ten minutes. "Won't she ever wake me up?" thought Rosalie. Miss Estrilla moved now and then; now and then her breathing caught And suddenly--she was not breathing at all. Rosalie steeled herself for the shock of cold water, if that were to be the awakening. The shock came-- but in another form. "I am going to kill you!" said the voice of Miss EBtrilla in Spanish; "I am pointing a pistol at your head! Come to me--at once--or I shall fire!" Thirty years in the profession which deals with deceits both minute and monstrous, thirty years of emotions simulated, had given Rosalie one great practical talent--control of mind, muscle and nerve. It had given her, too, a courage born of self-confidence, of the well-grounded faith £hat she could master any situation. Her im­ pulse, under sudden shock of Bur- prise, was to continue, naturally and easily, just what she had been doing. That tided her over the moment of crisis. Her eyes remained closed, her color changed not, her breath came as regularly and evenly as before. There succeeded the critical moment when the control of instinct was gone and the less dependable control of reason reasserted itself. That was hardest of all. She myst remember to keep her breathing regular, and her limbs composed; above all--and this is a feat possible only to an actor of parts or a professional medium--to keep the color in her face. She accomplished this by the simple device of sinking her chin cloBe against her collar. It was easier as the moments passed. Nothing had happened, nor was there any movement on the conch. It be­ came certain that this waB a test (TO BE CONTINUED.) considered this insufficient, but it Is highly problematical whether the hu­ man anatomy could survive the sud­ den compression of a thin rope aris­ ing from any greater fall.--Fry's Mag- asins.' Supplying a Necessity. An English policeman entered the house of a publican one morning and Informed him that it would be neces­ sary to hold an inquest there in the afternoon. Now the landlord had a great objection to anything of the kind, and said: "Oh, I can't be troubled with Inquests in my house. Here, what'll you have to drink?" Robert said he'd have a drop of Scotch, which he did. "Have a cigar, too," said the host After the con­ sumption of two Scotches and cigars the constable said he thought he could get the Inquest held somewhere else, but as he was leaving the land­ lord remarked: "By the way, who are they going to hold the inquest on?" "No one as I know of now," said the man In blue; "but it 'ud 'a* been iue if I hadn't had these drinks a?' finol&s T| MATCH THE G0WI4 " ' " : is • • ^ FOOTWEAR ELABORATE AND O^ CA8IONALLY 8TARTLING. Wit* t& #*&iest of 'Ct«ii|Uru- £>usly Embroidered Stockings Are Worn--Some Charming Fan- ' I clesi Been In City Shops. ; . To meet the requirements of tfie fashionable wojpan, whose faultless appearance necessitates the wearing of specially matchcd shoes to each gown, manufacturers offer the most al­ luring footwear. They realize that never before was there so great an opportunity for making money as at present. Even the most conservative dressers Insist upon pretty footwear, for with the short, tight skirts a n o t h e r w i s e faultless costume will be ruined if the shoes are not in keeping: Stockings are as much a factor in the scheme- of dress as shoes. A few years back women disdained the thought of conspicuously em­ broidered stockings, but today nothing is too elaborate. For instance, a pair of dull blue suede slippers are ac­ companied by a pair of dull blue silk hose, elaborately embroidered in soft tones, with shaped medallions encir- Black Patent Leather. Green 8uede. cling a small bouquet of miniature roses. Another pair of green suede slippers, ornamented with soft colored hows and laced with ribbons of a matching color, are fastened with a jade buckle, set in a heavy rim' of dull gold and are accompanied by a pair of latticework silk hose of the same shade. Another pair of dull green suede slippers fastened with straps over the Instep have pearl but­ tons, and are accompanied by sheer silk hoBe of the same shade embroid« ered on the ankle with a flower and leaf design. Another pair of black and white slippers black heela and black bows are perforated in order to Bhow ribbons. A pair of dainty stockings witb scroll design on the ankl6 are worn with these. Still another pair of slippers of black suede are accompanied by a pair of pale green stockings. The shoes Rave cameo buckles set In a dull gold rim. This time the stockings are embroidered in dull • gold, in a conventional design at the ankle. Some women who go in for the spectacular will be interested In the hose, which have gayly colored ani­ mals and insects Inset with semi­ precious stones. For instance, one pair of ho»e seen in a New York shop window was o r n a m e n t e d A t the Instep with a tiny chameleon in imitation emer­ alds. Another pair of hose in black silk showed on the Instep a scar­ let lobster em­ b r o i d e r e d w i t h red silk thread. .Still another pair of silk hose in a dainty shade of gray had a tiny gray mouse with pink eyes. Many are the hose embroidered In flower designs, self-tones or natural colors. One pair was decked with morning glories In all the lovely shades of the floorers; another with forget-me-nots, and a third pair of black silk stockings was adorned with yellow daisies. Whits 8 u • d s, Black Velvet Ribbon. Hat Trimmings. A new substitute for aigrettes in the spring will be built up of wheat heads. Wheat trimming has been used for a long time on hats, of course, but to replace the aigrette it is to be sub­ jected to some new treatment. Arti^ ficial flowers for hats are to be more used than ever before, say the millin­ ers in the know. ' New 8hapes for 8prtng. Flowers will certainly be much used lis trimmings on the spring hats, for the Watteau and Begere shapes are returning to favor, most of them being crownless and worn tilted upwards at the back. One of these picturesque hats is carried out in black satin, lined with pink and trimmed with pink roses and black over pink tulle. Another hat is made of copper col­ ored moire with curious folds and pleats wired up to a considerable height at one side, while its sole dec­ oration Is a single orange flower on the edge of the brim in front In Blue and White. For one of those pretty mahogany- framed serving trays there is nothing prettier than a centerpiece of white worked in delft blues. If the oval piece of linen so worked is tightly framed, there is little danger of the dust's creeping through and soiling the white ground. If one's breakfast set is of blue and white, this blue- worked tray is most appropriate. The trmiM makes #, pleasing GUEST ROOM MADE RESTFUL. One Hostess Insists on Harmony In/ * jCetor,*Even to the Tint «f* thr-ap-. .. Soap Used. * " v ^ \ A hostess who is noted for her con^;|»'^%t.^ genial week end parties, which arei: ! given all through the summer at a^j'-S^'V delightful country house out on Long^^-e^V- island, makes a practice of picking upff her guestroom soaps while in PariB on^ ! shopping bent early in May. There^- ̂ ;^ Is something about the delicate, elu ^vfl - sive fragrance of a French soap whichS;^7'^ no American made soap seems to emu* late, and though, of course, the French varieties cost a good aeai more, the^m v distinction imparted to a guestroomj^^v^ ^ in this manner is incontestable. V'! This particular hostess selects four^^ >?^ - ^ kinds of soap, in four colors to har-^- f monize with her various guestrooms, done in rose pink, pale green, pale^^X , ^ buff and violet and rose. Blue this hostess debars aB too chilly and aus-fc'j^ tere for a bed chamber. The four^. ' ' ' J s o a p s s e l e c t e d a r e v i o l e t , r o s e c y l a m e n . ^ , • j . and verveine. The violet soap iB in & - '• ' beautiful shade of lavender, the roset^^^^ soap In pink, the cyclamen in white * and the verveine in delicate green. Each soap has the fragrance of the flower it typifies and on one side of the cake is stamped the name of the flower. ThiB hostess keeps also in each guestroom a dainty silk kimono and inexpensive, heelless kid boudoir sliy- pers in the color of the room, so that the overnight or week-end guest who brings only a suitcase is provided with a pretty negligee for breakfast in her room. 'MAGPIE' EFFECT MUCH LIKED Combination of Black «nd Whits, Skillfully Draped, Is Proving Popular for Evening Wear. j " -.V . i- Black and white are still worn, In. spite of all that has been said to the contrary, for evening. A dress of black cblffon won due meed of admira­ tion. ft had over it a most uncom­ mon tunic, consisting of three flounces O f w h i t e g a u z e . . . . . From these flounces fell, as It acci­ dentally, long jet tassels. The cor­ sage was of white gauze, crossed, and finishing in wings which served as sleeves. These wings had long points, terminating in long jet tassels. Around the waist was .a dfeep Jet corselet. A detail which is quite charming Is to have the bust simply veiled with white tulle, over which run chains of black or colored beads. A striking effect was produced'*by a black and gold skirt with a corsage of this de­ scription outlined with jet. Another corsage of white tulle had a sort of Indo-Chinese corselet of many-colored beads, which had a sumptuous and strange effect MODELS POPULAR IN FRANCE Child's Frocks That May Easily Reproduced in Almost Any Material Desired. On the left of the accompanying cut is ^ dainty little French frock, with 1/ a plaid skirt, a black velvet bodice and a tulle guimpe. It could easily be reproduced at home in plaid and plain blue serge--the skirt of the plaid--in dark blue, green and a little red--rthe bodice of the plain blue serge. Th« guimpe could be made of mull. The puffs in the sleeves can be ef­ fected by means of tapes, run through casings in an ordinary full guimpe sleeve, pulled up and tied on the wrong side. When the guimpe goes to the laundry, the tapes can be re­ moved. • • v On the right Is a frock of blue and white taffeta. A band of wliite taffeta, embroidered with blue, is used about the bottom of the skirt and the same embroidery is used on the waist. The frock could be reproduced in yellow or blue or pink, and white linen with fine edging, embroidered in color, for trimming. * To Clean Black Jet. First brush the jet free from dust* then apply a little olive oil with a brush and polish with chamois. contrast However, if the dining room is furnished in oak, the frame of the tray should also be in that wood. A conventional design of blue cornflow­ ers worked in lazy-daisy stitch on a ground of white linen is effective. Such a design is quickly worked up. The heavier the strands of floss used the more effective Is the completed de­ sign. For the Small Room. L' you wish to write or sew and hav* no space for a table in the tiny hall bedroom get a board of proper size, pull oat a dresser drawer, place the board on top, and you have a table without having to remove everything from the dresser. A heavy board is best, and a leaf from an extension table would be just the thing, and it could be hidden In the closet when not in use. To Fnlsh Armholes. An excellent way to finish armholes .C*-. in a fine lingerie blouse is to sew the ; v sleeves in by machine, then buttonhole around the edges with either a coarse ^ thrsad or soft floss. --rlLa'-Jl'r. -^V11 *»*! " J * ' t .< ^ ""•"'J? - ' f .