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Some of the sharp corners and the rough edges are being -polished off what the world Is pleased to call "modern" art as applied to furniture and furnishings. Suddenly it appears to have been discovered, there is no reason why the things that have to be lived with shouldn't be livable, There is a rush by the modernists to strike "new notes," create trends and startl, again and again an already well startled public, Perhaps there 1s a great deal of jazz in all this effort, but there is also a great deal of re- freshing newness, simplicity of line and, here and there a stroke of genius, Whether it is genius or not, livable- ness and sunshine have been injected into the modernistic by the latest comer in ommercialized modernity, the "Athelia" studios--for they are all studios nowadays, instead of de- partments. This has lately been in- augurated at "Aux Troles Quartiers," last of the downtown department stores to take to creating modern art on a big scale. Antique and 1929 Side By Side Curlously enough, this store, long noted for its excellent antique depart- ment, has put the new alongside the old. Through open archways one walks from the past to the present-- or perhaps the future, for isn't 1929 progress supposed to be one jump dhead of even the calendar? Robert Bloch, modern designer. of Geneva origin, commander of "Athe- lia," is the one who thinks it ought to be possible to Mve comfortably with modern art and who also has the sun- shine theory. As he couldn't sudden- ly change the people, he decided to change the art and bring the two into closer relation, put them on easy egpeaking terms. He ame to Paris with a splash, designing a front, ex- tremely modern--quite the thing to do in Paris now--for the old-fashioned building of "Aux Trois Quartiers." The new front is of the utmost sim- plicity in grayish-brown imitation marble 'and is really a singular de- parture - for a department store in France. Sunshine Simulated | Lighting The studios "Athelia" wil be a per- manent exposition. Combating that lack of warmth which is the criticism given a great many interiors of the ultra modern style, Bloch has skill fully imitated the sun's rays by olever lighting effects, thus transforming a dark bedroom into a sunny one, The window, which presumably opens up- on a dark court, has its glass com- pletely covered with golden yellow silk illuminated from behind so that the whole room seems charged with veiled sunshine, The smal salon shows a harming arrangement #a'table for a one-room apartment. Save fo rtho alcove and indented spaces, which are covered ITs S folly fo sirrer long from net- ritis, neuralgia, OF he thes when relief ds syift nd thanks to Aspiri Fo; 28 years yr medical pr na E aad acouin- mendad- dt a not affect the heart. Take it for colds, rheuma- ism, sciatica, lumbago. Gargle it for a sore throat or tonsilitis. Proven disestions for iis marly 127 uses {line frock in printed silk crepe on dark on as u want. Enclose 20¢ in DT with a gilver-teige homespun, the wals lare painted a soft gray beige, The mantelbhelt runs along the en- tire side of the room, forming a top to oper bookshelves on either side of the fireplace. Over the fireplace and painted directly on the wall surface is a modern still life in delicate jade, orange and eilver, flanked on either side by square niches lined with mir rors. A small oblong niche below each mirror is lined with orange and holds a soft-toned vase. A deep inciosure with a padded, built-in seat, has a small square din- ing table set in front of it. This table can be enlarged to se~t 12, thus solv- ing the dining problem, All Comforts For Little Folks The nursery is a real triumph in livableness, for it achieves a eleanii- ness easy to maintain, at the same time avoiding that llnical air, Its walls are soft golden yellow, with cream woodwork with a lacquer-red trim. The low window seat is padded with a deeper yellow linen and the floo ris covered with dull red lino- leum, A long, low, shelf, with a red edge running clear across one side, has lower, shorter shelves under- neath, Still below that is a long space for the storage of toys, fitted with sliding doors with immense red knobs easily pushed by little fingers, There is a cunning crib of oval shape with a solid wood base and a long, very low day bed, both covered with the same material as the cur- tains, a gay printed linen in Orange, dull yellow and green, A very low chiffonier has two deep drawers with huge red knobs for handlés." THE wardrobe, with a long mirror set in its door, has both hang- ing and cupboard space for clothing inside. A tiny desk-table stands in a good light and a cosy miniature armchair is drawn up to a low round table, set with a faience tea service. A finishing touch is a long, low, buliit- in blackboard. ~ SLIM STRAIGHT LINES. For everyday occasions the straight- ground finds a place in smart woman's wardrobe. Style No. $14 is distinctly unusual with grouped plaits at either side of front belted at low waistline. The neck:inc is becoming and chic finished 'with scarf collar crossed by table at either side with button trim. It comes in sizes 16, 18, 20 years, G6, 88, 40, 42, 41 and 46 inches bust, It can be worn for shopping, travel, street or resort. Wi Jorsey. shan: bung, rajah 2, pastel {ub sum; tsweight linen. sivic silk nroad- amr printed cotton voile and georgette crepe appropriate. Made in urbeliev- ably sliert time. Pattern price 20¢ in stamps or coin (cin is prefered). | Wrap coin carefully, HOW TO QRDER PATTERNS. | Write and address plain- i Joo ama sad adios pss suk pique, gingham check, | asks tard. THE STORY THUS FAR: Vanes s theory is that two unknown |m persons were oe the "Canary's" apart- | ment on that fa evening; one in pa ee the ier ti who stran| ar] murder is the most ever has 'encountered. In no way can they account for the presence of any- one in the girl's apartment, The door to the alley vas | tiled on the inside errs argare e end he only one to be seen with her, {and circumstances completely elimin- ated him. CHAPTER XII Heath sought consolation in a new line of thought. "Anyway," he submitted, "we know that the fancy fellowhwith the patent- leather pumps who called here last night at half past nine was probably Odell's Jover, and was grafting on her." 2 "And in just what reconditz way does that obvious fact help to roll the clouds away?" asked Vance. "Nearly every modern Delilah has an avarici- ous amoroso. It would be rather singular if there wasn't such a chap in the offing, what?" "That's all right, too," returned Heath. "But I'll tell you something, Mr. Vance, that maybe you don't know. The mer that these girls lose their heads over are generally crooks of some kind--professional criminals, ok hn and 8 with her after that me, we can fs actual "onr of the murder as between half past 'eleven and mid- night. . . . These are the inferable facts from the evidence thus Jar ad- duced." "Thera's not much getting away from 'em," agreed Heath. "At any rate, they're interestin'," murmured Vance. MarkLam, walking up and down earnestly, continued "The features of the situation re volving around these inferable facts are as follows: There was no one hid- ing in the apartment at seven o'clock --the hour the maid went home. Therefore, the murderer entered the apartment later. "First, then, let us consider the side door. At six o'clock--an hour before the maid's departure--the janitor bolted it on the inside, and both oper- ators disavow emphatically that they went near it. Moreover, you, Ser- geant, found it bolted this morning. Hence, we may assume that the door was bolted on the inside all night, and that nobody could have entered that way. Consequently, we are driven to the lady strangled herself." "You've demonstrated that no one could have entered or departed from this apartment last night. And yet it's not exactly tenable, d'ye see, that you understand. That's why, knowing that this job was the mark of a pro- fessional, it ion't leave me cold, as you might say, to learn that this fel- Jow who was threatening Odell and grafting on her was the same one who was prowling. around hee last night. .. And T'll say tkis, too; the de- scription of him sounds a whole lot like the kind of high-class burglars that hang out at these swell all-night cafes." "You're convinced then," asked Vance mildly, "that this job, as you call it, was done by a professional criminal?" Heath was almost contempivous in his reply. "Didn't the guy wear gloves and use a jimmy? It was a yeggman's job, all right." (Tuesday, Sept. 11, 11.45 am.) Markham went to the window and stood, his hands behind him, looking down. into the little paved rear yard. After several minutes he turned slowly. "The situation, as I see it," he said, "boils down to this:--The Odell girl has an engagement for dinner and the theatre with a man of some distinc- tion. He calls for her a little after 'seven, and they go out together. At eleven o'clock they return. He goes with her into her apartment end re- mains half an hour. "He Tones at half past aad the asks the phoné opRERE) oa " While he is wile Bo ei 1 the inevitable alternative that the murderer entered by the front door, "Now, let us consider this other means of entry. The house operator who was on duty until ten o'clock last night asserts postively that the only person who entered the front door and passed down the main hall to this apartment was a man who rang the bell and, getting no answer, immedi- ately walked out again. The other operator, who was on duty from ten o'clock until this morning, asserts with equal positiveness that no one entered the front door and passed the switchboard coming to this apartment. "Add to all this the fact that every window on this floor is barred, and that no one from upstairs can descend into the main hall without.coming face to face with the operator, and we are, for the moment, confronted with an impasse." Heath scratched his head and laughed mirthlessly. "It doesn't make sense, does it, sir?" "What about the next apartment?" asked Vance, "the one with the door [facing the rear passageway--No. 2, I think?" Heath turned to him patronizingly. "I looked into that the first thing this morning. pied by a sinlge woman; and I woke her up at eight o'cl and hed | damsel, and Its a her Apartment No. 2 is occu-|" , wha '. little problem. bd wouldn't have missed it for worlds." ham gloemily, "It's positively - ed Vance. "It as ium was hovering in' the vicinage last night doing some: rather tip-top ma- terializations. . ,\. I say, Markham, could you get an indictment against an ectoplasmic emanation?" finger-prints," growled Heath, with surly truculence, Markham halted his nervous pacing and regarded Vance irritably! "Damn it! This is rank nensense. The man got in some fay, and he got out, too. There's something wrong somewhere. Either the maid is mis- taken about someone being here when she left, or else one of-those phone operators went to sleep and won't ad- mit it." "Or else one of 'em's lying,' supple- mented Heath. Vance shook his head. "The maid, 1d say, is eminently trustworthy. And if there was any doubt about anyone's having come in the front door un- noticed, the lads on the switchboard would, in the present circumstances, be only too eager to admit it. , . No, Markham, you'll simply have to ap- proach this affair from the astral plane, so to speak." Markham grunted his distaste of | Vance's jocularity. "That line of investigation X leave to you with your metaphysical theor- ies and esoteric hypotheses." "But consider," protestel Vance, banteringly. "You've proved con- clusively--or, 'rather, you've demon- strated legally-- that no one could have entered or departed from this apartment last night; and, as you've often told me, a court of law must decide all matters, not in accord with the known or suspected facts, but ac- cording to the 'evidence; and the evi- dence in this case would prove a sound alibi for ever ycorporeal being | extant. "And yet, it's not exactly tenahl & ye see, that the lady strangled herself. If only it had been poison, what an exquisite "and satisfyin' sui- cide case you'd have! . Most incon- siderate of her homicidal visitor not to have usid arsenic instead of his hends!" "Well, he strangled her," prono'me- ed Heath, "Furthermore, Tl 'ay my money oa tke fellow who callel her last night at half vast nine and show them tohim . . . to your guests! home-made kind that "It's umca ny," pronounced Mark-| : airitualistic," : the caressin'| odor of a seance. Really, y' know, I'm| beginning to suspect that some med- |' "It wasn't no spook that made those | There is a taste and a tang to the never buy. Put in just the in- ~_gredients that everybody. likes a MADE. IN CANADA ~~ No arLuvm €.W. GILLETT €0. LTD TORONTO, CAN couldn't get in. He's the bird I want to talk 10." "Indeed?" Vance produced ancther cigaret, "i shouldnt 5 to o Nige from our description of hi m, that his conversation would prove particular- ly fascinatin'." 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W 'away from their long skirts, With Nn tow exceptions history were even allowed to to indulee in out-of-doors activites, healthy bildren. They desired '|soldiers tor warfare. During the next 2000 years women knew practically nothing of sports apd of outof-door freedom. Then came the bicycle and lawn-tennis. 3 = The present freedom of the modern woman owes much to the bicycle. In our grandmothers' time exercise was regarded as unladylike, Women had to be contetn with croquet. It is true that some rode horseback, but in a side-saddle costume whih was both voluminous and uncomfortable and which prevented them from deriving the real benefits from riding. - The next out-of-door activity that the women of the time turned their attention to was lawn-tennis. As no one could comfortably play tennis in the corsets that were then worn, these garmenta were gradually modi- fled and made a little softer and less binding, This was an important ad- vance, for half the ills of women who wore such unylelding supports could pe hlamed upon the prisons in which their bodies were incased and squeezed out of shape. But tennis was not regarded favor. ably at all, To quote an article writ. ten at the time the game appeared: "Ministers exhort their congregations to eschew the ungraceful, unwomanly, and unrefined game which offends all the canons of womanly dignity and delicacy." Can © tnere be anybody nowadays who feels this way about tennis for women? It is indeed interesting to note that that the dress used for sports gradual- ly had an influence upon the every-day styles. It was later to become the fashion to have freedom for the body. But it took women some time to get A few bravely started to wear them to theirs ankles in rainy weatter, and were called 'rainy daisies," They were de- nounced immediately. : The style of the time called for a high collar, great full sleeves, a long gored skirt which flared ou' upon the pavement and gathered dust or damp- ness, Hats were balanced precarious. ly upon the top of the head, secured by long and dangerous hatpins. We who know the comfort of the short skirt and sensible dress would rebel if we had to put on tight cor- sets and tight kid gloves, and if we had to squeeze our comfortable waists, A lady informed me the other day that the ambition of her girlhood was "to have a waist that could be easily ed with the span of two Your Own) Home = MADE mustard pick- les!" . + . how proudly you and with what satisfaction you serve them you can hands." We can remember what a fuss there was about bobbed hair, and now no one gives it a second thought. At the time, critics predicted dire disaster to the younger generation, Just now, a new style has appeared in tennis which will have its share of criticism. Stockings are being abandoned, and in their stead are worn little socks that reach to the ankle, This is very sensible, gives more freedom, and does away with tight garters. Two years ago no player would have though of going without stockings in tournament play, Last year a few ventured forth. It won't be long un. til white-stockinged legs will be un- usual upon the court. Take for another example the sleeveless dress for tennis. Bight years ago a young lady who appeared thus clad at. one of the best-known tennis clubs in New York was asked by a surprised committee to please dress more 'modestly, Needless to say there is a distinet relationship / between the . styles of