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FASHION NOTES Ir\teresling Items for the Fair Sex

One cannot, but be impressed by the perfect Kraco of winter fashions—and by their femininity. Everythin!; stiff, ererythinK rifrid and rertanmilar has been eliminated. Feathers, furs and fabrics flow into evh other and costumes are all soft lines. Even the colors do their share, for though many bright hues are used this season, they are somehow harmonized and subdued by artful blending so that the finished effect is as soft as an Oriental rug. Fashions reached their apex of stern stiffness during the war and since the war ended there has been a reversion—softer, more flowing, more feminine styles. These have culminated this winter in probably the most beautiful fas'iIons of the century. There are a few basarre styles this season, few daring and dashing effects —it one may except the very sbo;t skirt. Exceedingly bright fabrics, glints of gold thread, the exquisite flow of feathers, the shadowy softness of furs, and draperies—draperies verywhere, unite to make the beauty and grace of these 1920-1921 modes. Nobody can spoil the picture with cheap, ■tiff materials, trying to imitste the line* made by good fabrics—for thrr are no cheap fabrics! On • pays a price now for mate rial by the yard, but generally the fabrics are of excellent grade. All this makes for a richer ensemble in f« .tinlne dress. And another thing helps: with materials at the present high priew. costumes must be simple. And simple styles developed in good fabrics always produce distinguished, graceful costumes. How much more graceful and charming, for instance, is the woman in a draped dolman wrap. Its lower <Cge* caught up to give a tapering line to the silhouette below the knee, and in a small close-fitting toque from which a soft feather curls downward to touch the shoulder—bow much more graceful she Is than she would be in a topcoat flaring slightly above a stiff skirt reinforced with that awful atrocity, a skirt braid at the hem. and with a blocked hat whose brim makes one sharp augie and Us ..piky featherfancy another. The feminine figure of the eighties was all angles. The pulled in waist made an angle with th< hlys. The bulgtng sleeves made an angle with the shoulders. The ham. blocked hat with stiff feathers was a mingling of angles. The bustle made ‘an angle with the line of the back And the skirt hem. stiffened with buckram. primly refused to do any clinging anywhere. The sensible war-girl three years ago was quite as anyular In another way. Her costumes were all severe, straight lines: and squarid pockets, rows of buttons, belt buckles and sailor hats, offering a certa'o .rig smartness in their way. entirely robbed femininity of feminine trace. Grace is the watchword now. however. and one must live up to it and achieve it somehow or other, or be completely out of the picture. Of course, if one can spend money ad lib.. this perfect grace is not so hard to achieve. There wraps of velvet and fur. fmckn of duvetyn and crepe silks and lace, hats with wonderful ostrich plumes that would make the most angular woman in the world all sou lines of gracefulness. Tut if one has to economize a b't on clothes, one must study a little. The wonderful plumed hat will not do for all kinds of weather: nor will the softly draped wrap fit all occasions—as a practical sort of hat and topcoat would. But beautiful effects that compromise between practicability and dressy formality have been achieved with materials that stand all weathers more successfully than do feaathers and velvet. Wool velours Is one of thse fabrics, duvetyn another. And if one cannr-t have curled ostrich trailing from hat to shoulder thereis coq— very fashionable this season and obtainable in lovely effect* of grare. Boots and slippers have joined the crusade against angles in behalf of grace The very long, very - pointed toe has disappeared and footwear has escaped the just-not-grotesque line on Which it was verging a pear ago. Tose are pointed, but not abominably pointed so Unit one has to Wi*.r sveral sixer, longer than one's foot and go up and down stairs carefully. In order to have modish feet. And square, right angled buckles on slippers are not as obvious as they were. The s'.ippor straps that blend with the line of the instep . The feminine foot looks incredtably small and dainty this season. and it must be confessed Man liattaa women are wearing footwear In the street—and on story days, too! — that is only fit for the soft nig and poMshed floors of indoors, bpals are worn over the thinnest dancing slippers and in boots and buttoned model., have the choice, because they can be | so lightly and daintily fashioned that they have the effect of spats worn

with thin sllppen

Xhe season's leaning toward soft Unis of grace la very apparent In millinery- The big hats have curling, drooping brims loaded with ostrich p-nd the little hats cover the head like a cap. a feather snuggling at one side against the neck or a veil or two fluttering softly about the face. Few hats there are with dashing, shootingoff trimmings. Even long quills have a way ot curling around the end and making a curve instead of an angle, with the line of the hat. There is a fancy, too. for matching the bat to the hair, so that at a disiin^| an all one color effect is given. For instance, a woman with red-gold hair and biownlsh amber eyes selects a henna colored hat. henna colored feathers, curling so'*'y around the henna velvet brim and nestling'against the coppery tunes of the hair. Women whose hair is touched with gray affect moleskin hats and chenille dotted veils in the same shade. A youngish woman with gray hair was very effective at a recent afternoon affair in a hat of gray caracul exactly the shade of her tresses. The gray caracul hat w-as .: close toque, with a loop of the caracul at one side where the brim Is cun i 4 down toward the shoulder. Her frock was of black velvet and the only note of color was in a pair of deep blue earrings, which matched the blue of her eyes. These little effects In dress are carefully studied, and since there is an infinite amount of Jewelry - , charm inly colored yet not too exorbitant In price, it is easy to achieve artistic and arresting effects

in costume.

blue Jersey dries with slit skirt and bodice revealing an under dress of allover embroidery In blue on red background. Sliver embroidery on black makes a striking combination, especially when the skirt Is almost completely covered with It. Black predominates in the satin and taffeta models where collar is intro1 duced In the decorations, hut in the w ool Jersey sal't very brillian colors j are used In stripe effects and worn | under dark blue slipover dresses. Even hats and shoes have followed i the trend of fashion and for the coming season French bathing slippers with ' ankle straps will be the thing, while hats of satin with broad brims at the I sides and Alaatin bows in front will vie with chic little tarns of black and

I white.

Bathing capes are also In vogue snd men' - interesting models will be feei Hired. I'nique amo.ig these ts one made of terry cloth In white and green . brocaded effect with no arm holes, but ample room In which to stretch and ample proportions to permit it being , well wrapp'd about the figure These . capee seem sensible, since they are primarily for warmth and protection and on>- does not care to have one’s aims exposed to the sun or wind while • on the beach.

NEW COTTON HINT OF SPRING So soon as the holiday rush Is over the shops are transformed into tropical bowers with flowers, foliage and rayir singing canaries, to cast a spell on the shopper. In this environment are displayed the latest cottons and summertime fabrics, making us long for the new season. Two novelties stand out pre eminently in the new cottons for spring. One of those was brought out last year, but Is being further developed ana emphasized for 'he coming season It is like a very loosely woven ribbtd crash, the rib- tapering from thick »o thin, as does a flame. This idea of ribs of irregular thickness Is used In an en'ire series of new cotton materials. both in grounds and In striped and checked effects on vo'le grounds. The second novelty Is a cn pe. termed snowflake. This crepe weave serves a sa ground for novelty striped and check.-d effects in the fiammeola

weave.

Stripes and cheeks ar< still promi-ni-nt. They are used frequently l-i conjunction with floral and geometric patterns The square, in various sizes, marked off by two or more stripes in different widths, is still the favored basic form. Solid checks have little or no representatien. Complicated designs in floral and in geometric I»attems have been worked out ic stripes and checks. The sawedse and the zig-zag Stripes of the preceding season are also being carried over. These have ben developed in ma.i- urigina' ways. Patteros embroidered in heavy threads in high relief are offeied ir immense variety Many of the ribbed or corded stripes of last year again figure conspicuously for the coming

season.

Fiber silk and mercerized cotton are extensively used in all the embroidered patterns. The inspiration for the designs is largely derived from China. Rumania and Arabia. Colors »re vivid, and they are used in bold contrasts, on white and on neutral and navy grounds.

Bathing suits that will need no ad-

vertising. so unusual and fascinating are they, now await the opening of j the Southern season. Bathing dresses ; are here that outshine any of former i years and even compete with the fashionable frock.-- in styles and materials. In fact, the 1921 bathing dresses are liable to put a serious crimp in the ; legitihate dress business on the beaches, for they are so j. tractive that 'the bathing girl will hate to discard

them for more fonnal clothes. Amon • the first models shown for

1921 are black satins, some cut slmi.sitnilar to spring dresses with low w-alst lines and gathered skirts, and 1 some of them have fltted bodices. These dresses go further than tnerly 'following style- tendencies, in cut and line they i.jj>loy the very newr-1

embroidery in ".eir decorations, liana embroidered motifs are used > entire bodices, or in borders on

skirts, and hand-stenciled designs in brillian colcra are effectively employ- /

Th style Is reflected in a dark

Don’t Be a “Typhoid Mary” of Pessimism A lew years ago there wrs a mysterious outbreak of typhoid fever cares In New York. For some time the health authorities were unable to trace them to the source of infection. Fixklly they ran them down to a woman employed as a cook, who was carrying around typhoid germs, to which -he was herself immune, but which, played havoc with other people. They named her "Typhoid Mary” and they separated her from her Job as cook, so that she could no longer Infect other*. Too many of us are "Typhoid Marys” of pesrlmlsm. There is nothing really the matter wi'b us. We are not even scared ourselves, but we go around talking as if we wrere, and all that we accomplish is to scatter germs of fear which infect others and do

harm.

We have Just had a talk with a business man who has traveled In forty-five of the for y-r-rht States. He says that the condition of our country Is wonderful. He says that If people would shut their mouths talx ing about possible panics, and go on about their business we would "be In for” a period of prosperity the like of which we never saw. He says that he baa made a point of going into smoking cars and listening to mi n's conversation. And he adds '.hat everywhere he has been he has found these carriers of pessimistic talk. Some of them are traveling men who have had trouble getting the good with which to fl'l the orders they have taken—so the'- wander about the country saying that things are “going to the demnition bow-w -vs." Slop going around like a "Typhoid Mao'"—not sick yourself, yet spreaiin,- the germs of fear!

The Fellows Who Stick Yes. it's a Fight— But on by the shadows and out through the Night. Taking the Break of the tianve as it Head rn snd ready for Counter Attacks. Soaking up sorrow andp Min as we go. Crashing through trouble aud heartache and woe. Knowing the Fate, through the len^n of Its span. Never has beaten a rood Fighting

Man!

Knowing raw luck. -curvlest trick. Never has won from the Ftoi*. vs Who Stick! So. head up and ready, and on with the

Play

Though we r-.ust siu.able o'er graves in the way. Yus. It's a Scrap— But the fighters are ready lo fill up each gap. Knowing that life has emerged from the gleam Of softness and slumber that leads to a Dream. Heads up. and ready to travel the

road,

However weary the burdening load. Heads up. and ready for whntever's

due.

Bulling together and seeing It through. Playing the game to the end of the Set for the sciiiwnage with blow against blow. Trouble's the Trainer that reaches the top— Raw Nerve's the reaper that harvests the crop! —Grantland Rice. "1 ra'cb cold every lime 1 spend a night I none of those tnfermJ sleeping car*." said SniHa. “A Pullmanary trouble," observed

A Central American School It was iunng a trip taken through the interior of Guatemala .h«t we stumbled across a quaint native school house in the very center of the little

republic.

A party of throe, consisting of the writer, his brother Frank and Guatemalan lad called Jose .were traveling muleback from the gulf to tne capital. Guatemala City. We had scraped an acquaintance with him on the small firlter carrying us from New Orleans down thi Central American coast and at his invitation, concluded to make the journey inland, a distance of some two hundred miles. T ae guide had gone on ahead for the purpose of selecting a place to rest— —a necessary precaution In a country where hotels are unknown—and we follo'-red slowly behind. Presently a cross-road was encountered. and. with the usual fate doled out ur Jer such circumstances, we took the w rong one. After nding a couple of mi’e*. a halt was called «t a little streaia to water the locomotives. > Th-- term Is used advisably in con- i neet on with the animals bearing us on tl at memorable occasion. In Spanish. 1 kto means cr.izy. and motlva is | motivi . so by placing the two words togetb t. you have, of course, crazy raotin and It explained .he erratic dispos tion of our mules to a nicety. Nea - where we had stopped to water the m .lee was a b-nd In the road distant aiout three hundred yards. Suddenly *rom that direction came a strange murmur, not unlike the droning of : mnllltude of bees. It waxed lo-adei .-nd louder, then died away. odij to bu*>' forth once more. Frank and 1 iouiuro at each other In surprise. Jose did cot seem disturbed, however, and smiled when we asked the cause of the peculiar noise. “Oh, that's only an esculela de camp ; (country school)!" he explained. "But where does the queer sound come from?” I ar.ked. "The pupils studying their lessons." "What! Aloud and all together?" “Of course. They think nothing can be learned unless it is shouted at the top of one's voice. We do not study that way in the city, bnt out here in what you call the backwoods it Is different. Would you like to see them?" Following Jose, we passed the bend and saw. Just In front, a small, onestory idobe house. The windows were guiltless of glass, and the door—a primitive affair of rough hewn wood —stood wide o]>enWe quietly dismounied and crept close to one of the holes in the mud wall doing duty as a window. The ecene presented would have made a wooden Indian laugh. Imagine a low-ceiled rolm about 40 foot square, completely filled with children of all ages and conditions. Borne wore clad in scanty muslin skirts or trousers, while others—those under ten—stood as nature made them. There were no rows of desks or other furniture common to similar rooms in the United States, but simply a few home-made benches and sections of logs scattered here and there. But it was not the fittings that attracted our Immediate attention, although they were odd enough. It was the punils themselvea we felt Interested at once. They were grouped about, i some seated and others standing, facing a annul raised platform at one rad. and all shouting at the highest pitch of their voices A scarcity of books was not (cable, and thoie in view were dog-eared and dilupliated, until they resembled bundles of paper fastened together with an old string or two. Over in one corner we noticed a little fellow standing witji hi sface to the wall and a skull-cap on his bead, to which was affixed a pair of donkey ears. It did not need any explanation. The teacher was seated on the platform mentionr.. above, with his wand of office—a stout rod—in one hand and a book in the other. As we watched he brought the first mentioned article down on a primitive desk in front of him with a whack. At the signal ail noises ceased. After waft'tig a moment, durin; which j time he glared around the little room in a manner calculated to inspire awe in the hearts before him, he called up a class of live. These he proceeded to question from his hook. It is presumed the first three gave correct answers, a* he passed on to the next. Ah. this proved the luckless wight! The boy besltatod. then muttered a few words, finally breaking down with a sob of mingled fear and humilition. He had-Srery good cause, too; for sudden'y reaching over the desk, the teacher grabbed him by his shock of coarse black hair, administered a half dozen sharp cuts on his bare legs, and then tent him to relieve the lad in the novel dunce cap. After examining the last pupil of the five, the teacher rapped several time* on his deak. At this the entire assemblage rushed outside, with whoops and yeUs that would have turned an Indian green with envy. Both doore and windows were utilized in the exodus. and three or tour crept through a break in the vail ..•here the adobe had crumbled away.

They caught sight of our little party i in medially, and surrounded uz. Jose replied to numerous questions, then growing tired, then, growln gtlred. gave all the rest that bothered him a tap with his riding whip. It was taken In good faith and the crowd soon broke up. to engage In play during thiz. their recess hour. We noticed a few tops and some marbles, but the maiority of the boys collected over nt the side of the road. 1 rom where there presently came shouts of excitement. Jose walked ove, and then running back call'd out eagerly. '■Come and see the fun. they are going to play a regular native game called rey tabs." About twf dozen boys were grouped around one in the centre, who stood holding a peculiar-shaped bone in his right hand. It was the size of a small inkf’ami. and almost square on four sides. The top was concave and the bottom slightly convex. A distance of twenty feet had been measured off previously. Standing at one er.d of this, the player pitched the bone to a spot marked out at the other. The result sought for was to throw it so the concave side would come uppermost. Each participant was given three trials and the one gaining thr most points, became rey. or king. The bone itself is called the tube. Affer the chieftainship Is thus settled. the fbrtunate one is led away out of sight, and the game goes on until another lad Is successful. Then the king rejoins the group. BJ this process he is not supposed to know who the second winner is. The entire group, with this exception then arranged themselves In line, four feet apart. The royal leader folded his arms. and. marching along close In front, paused before each one and asked. "Are you a loyal subject of mine?” When he began. Jose whispered "Now watch, senorcs." The king went up the line until he came to the sev -nth one. He had Just begun his question, when the boy In front of hhn made a sudden spring wrapped hir arms around the other's

body.

Then begun ;i really skillful wrestling match, with all the rest of the pupils and ourselves as an interested audence. For fully five minutes they pulled and struggled, flirt one on and the nthe other, until at last. Just as the king seemed to be gaining me mastery, a series of lead raps from within the school house srat them all scrambling to their studies. •T is great honor for the rey—who. according to the game, is taken unawares to come out victor.jus.' explained Jose. “He does not know, you see. who will be his opponent, and has to march along with folded arms til he is attacked. As we mounted and rode away the huh hub of voices broke out again and lasted until we passed oat of hear In ' in the distance.

Anger and Fear You have doubtless, many a time, seen a horse lay back his ears when angered, yet you have probably never givn a thought to the rason—merely taking it for granted that it was Just a sign of anger. The real reason harks back to the days of wild horses, when fights b*tween wild stallions was an everyday affair. When engaged in a fight, the horse's natural instinct was to protect bis most sensitive organ—hi* ears —from the cruel tc-Hb of his opponent. With this end in v ew he wunld lay them well hack along his neck out of harm's way. It Is for the same reason that a dog puts his tal between his legs when frightened. When against equal chances the dog will keep his tail well up. and only his 'teeth before his foe: but when frightened by anything unaccountable, or too strong for him. he at nee realizes he has met with a danger with which he cannot cope, and be has natural instincts to hide his tail—his most sensitive organ-

retreat.

Yon may Imngine a bull to be an awkward, lumbering :uii-nal. and .m. who. in a flght. would look merely ridiculous. But thi't Is nut so; as is amply proved by the hull-aghts In Spain. Then, the beset animal Is here, there, and everywhere In the space of a second, and the hard-fighting tore ador< have u much more difficult task than is generally supposed—in fact, they are by no meens always tJ.-.

torious.

Old Hyson—"See here! I would like to know what you Intend to make of yourself? Your colle :e principal says he doesn't know of a tpthing that you would be likely to ma..e a success

of."

Young Hyson—•'Well, yon don't expect me to answer a question that a college profeesor can't answer, do

When a child ts learning -en it is hard work at first, t, * 'w,. gets as far as A, B. C. ' ’ ** , matter of E's /or him ^

The Voices of

Animals

It doe* not sem .j*. shall ver be able to c .mpreh^ ^ language of animal*, but « b eating to note the variety voices. , In the mammalian t 1 ’* tor «! It. Uot. I" 'I" U “' the opwer and character of the sound depending on the different f « development of the voc-l chord* and the peculiarity of the structure of the vocal organ* Th- timbre, or quality, of the voice is remarkably dlsllact » different classes of animal*, and al*c varies in those of the **.me da» Lions and tiger*, with their magnitude of chest, make a roar lhat fl;l* th ear with a sense of horror. The depth of voice giving to the mind the Idtw of an eaonnou* being. The home neighs In a descent on the chromatic scale without even omitting a semitone, being one of the most musically voiced of animals. The asa brays in a prfect octave, and ore of it* ejaculation* has been copied by Haydn in his In bis sevenrisixth quartet with great success. The barking of a dog Is an instance of a voice acquired by dameeticatioo. much as the trotting of a horse Is an acoulrod movement. An ape produc? an exact octave of musical sound*, ascending and deseneding the scale* by half tones, so that iierhaps It alone of brute animals maye oe said to sing. The howling, or preaching monkey, of South America, has a voice that can b heard for two mile*. One kind of a frog has a sound bag. evidently acting as a resonance cfaam her, on each isd of its mouth. The tortoise glvs a men- snuffling sound. Snakes have no vocal chorda, but produce a hissing, by expulsion of sir through the narrow opening in the glottis. Most fishes ar? mute.

Pennsy Boys to be t Guests of Argri- * cultural Dept. Harrisburg. Pr..—The boys from the * farms of Pensylvanla will play an Im- A ponaut part in the Fifth Annual State *5 Farm Product Show, to be held in ''tiji Harrisburg. January ;5.2g. one hundred and thirty boys, representing d every section of the State, will he Kuesta of the Pennsylvania Depanmem of Agriculture and the Y. M. C. 3 A. during the show, and while there II will take part in the annual corn 3 judging contest, wh: ^ is one cf the 1 features of the show. Each agricultural vocational school In the State w.ll send a u-e-n of two boy* There are 27 of these schoolwhile on- team will repre-em each of 1 the 16 high school agricultural depart- M mrat. t n addition, one team will be ^ sent by each county supervisor of & sericulture, ntkkln gthirtera o' the*. 3 teams. Tliei, .11] b. .. YocitofiU Schafl “• 'I" -ho., „ d thl, mu in,,,,,,, lhl , o»rrl..d ,m 1, u,, vowUlo.,] ^ rateow Ihrarto,, I'.n^.p,,,,^ wnere. agriculture is taught. The boy* who « m to the show from each school are selected on account of M heir ability displayed in con. judg- fl Ing and -he trip tc Harrisburg 1* t„ M recognition of their meritorious worJ 1 during the year. Th. to, „„ i ■ , ' A T h- PMUMJFtfufcl n-PMimom ,f PM, i,,,,.,,^, h.”! “»l»'ral MKrtculum,! 'h. hoy, durin, u,* ... , 'loo Yl.1, „ ,h„, “ ”* B “' 1 monunr ,h„ „ m ^ J oood .1 ,1, h , r „ >•>.» th™ follow , h . I™"- olxuiog h*t,l,i«,,. c „. OT „ r W| th-d Ita-mu,,™ and ofh™ K,.„ ™K Thor "111 .1.1, fh, ..no,,, W “’ r •'"d ‘o 'he . ,™b,„ „ "7* hill wm b, pmuod. ™ U t“ 1 » January sented by the winning team liT -ih b, ' 1 ' hoy. !“ ii™“r h '- u>j " - A

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