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FASHION NOTES Interesting Items for the Fair Sex

After the holiday rush has Settled Itself Into history, women suddenly become obsessed with the witchlnjt summery tblmr- designed tor southern wear. Only a pr.rileced few may fed the thrill of packing tranks bound for Southern dimes, but our curiosity as to what the new season offers proves too strong an allure to resist. Go we blithely sail into those departumnts featuring garments and accessories that will come around to ui when the first blue bird makes his appetranoe- And of those none is more inlsrestlng that the latest blot

els.

Fashion .Straws .Point to .a .Strong Season for Separate Blouses The advance display of blouse models for Southern wear offers many Mesa as to design and trimmings, but the general lines remain much the

seme.

Thera is a tendency for all models to blouse slightly over the waistline thet ranges from the normal placing to the Jtpllne. where a draped pl-dle serves ms a finish. There Is absent that ‘‘pinched-In" effect which is observed on some of the advance models for spring. The blousing makes for a straight lire unde arras to the hip# and Is welcome to the thin woman who frankly dreads the

thought of the fitted effects of other f 1

year*.

Seprrite skirts and tailored costumes Insure the continued vogue of the Mon** which meets each a diversity of needs today, as It has graduated Into the ranks of s-mi-lntonnal afternoon and evening wear, models designed of dyed real laces. Georgette and panne velvet for w« with satin and velvet akin*, usually In black or broam worn with swathed girdle drapery, are among the moat exclusive styles of the season. French gray, especially in lace and net, has a great following among welldressed women. Such models are very effective when accompanied by black skirts, usually softly draped And this color combination is ■'oming out strongly for spring In all manner of new things. All-Over Pattims In Self-Tone Beading for New Georgette Models For elaborate wear there are chiffon an- Georgette Models overlaid with ornate and Intricate all-over patterns In beads and silver and gold thread, many having an Oriental cachet. Here Egyptian. Persian and Chinese patterns. besides these of s classic Greek character are featured. Many of these designs arc unrelieved by color. Cut end bagln beads i none tone end iridescent coloring*, besides glass heeds, are for all-over pattern*, forming scrolls and interlacing effects. White Is much used on gray and blue. Such blouse models are loose with kimono of long snagly-fittlng sleeves and semi-decollete. Where a skirt is of r-anne velvet or natin M>tr«'iimes this serves as the girlie with the edge deeply fringed. Again an elaborate bov with filmy ends or narrow tie string having pend-int end;! are feaEven cloth of gold and silver are won! with panne velvet skirts, more especially In black, brown or gray, clouded with tulle draperies. Where the blouae is of panne /elvet embroider)- in metallic thread and silk provides a stonnnig contnnt. Freguntiy chiffon o.- Georgette models, delicately hand-embroidered In selftones or inset with real lace are handsontf* If worn with satin skins, which may follow a simple model. Others part-Jcc.- o fsoire of the novel details, ss dir ratal side-drnpow or the tall double Mil that fiulshes the tops of

some akirt . ranging low In front and gradually deeping until considerable height Is reached in the enter of the model of this description in heavy, gray Canton crepe was allied to a blouse of self-material, panne velvet and gray lace having Jus* a suggestion of orange on bodice. The neckline wss open from shoulder to shoulder, finished by shaped pieces of

Guipure lace.

Parchment tinted laces ranging to apricot are featured with limy meshes and fine net* Some of the latest models from Paris have a dashing little bow of Mack tulle caught with a rhinestone ornament. The touch is isgieh newer than the twe*toned ribbon that has been appropriated

Ovendllouee Models in batin and

Humps to Save Autos at Grade Crossings The Nashville. Chattanooga and St. Uwls Railway Company 1* giving serious consideration to mesas of preventing collisions between automo biles and trains at grade crossing* On this road, ublch operates WO miles of line, train soolllded with 74 mobiles and « other refclclea, killtag nine persons and Injuring S3 seriously during the year ending May Ifi, 1930, while from March 1, 19M, to September 1 of that year. 29 automo biles and 9 other vehicle* were struck in this manner. In an effort to vent accident* of thi* character the general counsel of that road prepared a law which It la proposed to have introduced Into the coming session of the Tonne*see Legislature, providing tor the installation of humps or other ■peed restriction devices, under the direction of the S' te Highway Cou ■ion. on all grade crossings of rall-

Scmi-filling bodice Unas with cuived lower edge appear on advanced models coming from a celebnged designer. Several new details are featured In a blouse of tan Georgette cotnHned with self-mathiug filet lacc. fine hand-i. tucking m*<es up me most of the blouse with a plain border for the curved edge, the square yoke and sleeve* that are finished with a snugfltUng lower sleeve laid in tucks and topped by a alnd of lace. Self-match-

The Develepment of l the Wireless System — the powerful Arlington naval station America* position In communtcat- q,*;- Washington. Weather reports tag with the outside world has been upo muU to ships and various sborw most unsaUslactory for years. Its *t»uoa* carrying warnings of storms, and commercial aarvleaa. which , eU r.. dally news reports are sent to so important a 1 actor in the cow ,**»«**«- ship# so that toarista may try’s fight for trade supremacy, are Keep informed of tha big events of the practically at the mercy of foreign day’* ships lost In fogs are given the!' countries. Grrst Britain in particular bearing* and art able to make port ha* long held the dominating hand -jader most adverw weather condltlona i the cable* thd would have secured in perfect safely All thee* and many like held on long dUtance wlr-lr*» othsrs benefit by the naval earviee. but for the timely '=• err entice and in- Now cousrs the time for providing erost of Rear Admiral William H G. ^diUunal facUltlc and for securing Bullard, of »he rutted Starae Navy ^ter ulUlcatioa of the exiaUng fncUlA lender of pioneers in wireless, the for coannaatcauoa with fotylgn guiding light airce the navy became <mat rles. It is a problem to K - -lived Interested In the work. Rear Admiral t v the gwenuBcnU and ‘he first cooBullard foresaw the danger of Amori- c In this direction is experte- - taken an a result of the at

adequately protected. Investigation shows

conditions,

driver of the car ic aware of the preseem of the train on the track and deliberately races to beat it In other case* the driver of the car is paying no attention and does not Mow up at the track nor look and Ua>n. A law in Tennessee, passed at the last see*ion of 'he Legislature, requires that every driver of an automobile or other vehicle shall stop before crossing a railroad track. An official of this road in a report made to the Legislature, said: "Watchmen, wigwag signals, alarm bells and even safety gate* are often

recklessly sacrificing or Jeopardising their own Uvea and those of their children and friends by what fa often nothing leas than criminal car*.ananess. We hare had Instances where cars have collided with roaches of the train after the engine and several car* have already passed over the crossing. We recognise that sepetsdtoii of

▼entlon*. which hare dene more to

revolutionise the radio system o' the ^ here and ta foreign cuunufea are world than anything eUe—the Alex- * for some change that wlB anderson high ftwqaracy alternator |, nM about an Improvement. Better and the Wengant Static ERmtaator. .. -jmia and cheaper rates are UMfisd. The British karceai Cotnp*nj. then ^ preMot state of the Japaneseoperating in this country, as the Amer , a** iC411 afford an apt illustration of

lean Marconi Company, was quick to n, realise the importance of these mreolion* This was to the spring of 1919.

So great did It view the General Dec- d j* cnfcsd States trie Company, holders of the patents ^ aw words facturers of the machine. ctBate iv skeletonised to little more

* l!eaJ - t< as the fewdiinee because of tha high

the company, realising the seriousness n e ^ ^ pontbiUty of delay of any move that would give world lt 0 -mroeatble tn so Hauted s Bumradio control to foreigners, decided to berof words to give details that many first consul: with the United St*’-- „ e*»«-uual to a correct Government. unde.-v *«din< of the attaatkm. During the war the navy had been Cable ntrm Japan for pro* t are

control of the wirriess so that the ln , h> cetghborhood of 50

sltnatioc was explained to Secratary word, varying ■ccnrvHwy to th Daniel* Rear Admiral Bulla-d ta a ^ company with Commander & C. ttonp- ^mce it “s *lJfi. When congestion Bureau of Xtagmeerttg. went to t be businese- paytns the New York to appear beto* the »*m- m^r rate a given prefer tag of the board of director* of the -- a saother com General Electric Co^nay They bS. by the p»-——it codl-.icua A French

urged the coupany not to seC. si- table cnmpanj

though they bad no ahreestrv* to ef- ^ r «*n^— rn aot country and the fer for the aavy we, no tangar mthe mm^NewTsrkisSlper word.

but this 1* slow. tedUr-.li i

progress, iuroiri-// always the qwetios of the costs of the work and the raising of the necessary funds. Electrical and other mechanical appliance* ire not to be relied on Abso lately and when out of order are a menace at tha ver> moment Inviting the driver to croe* to fancied security, although a train may be approaching. Any small hoy with a piece of wire or a dragging part of equipment, can abort-circuit the apparatus and *fi*w n false cleur signal. It 1* almost Impossible to keep such apparatus always ta working order, and. even when working, their warnings are often dis-

hit its nark. The British con cast aside with this brief i

by Chart** A. Coffin, c

board. "Now « » will s wtll not put this e

of foreigners without a

Ancient People of Peru Many strange things are to be seen, among them being mummies from a g.sve-yard ta Hero, the tools, pottery and weapons that were burled with then- sad a reproduction of the burial ground, which Is studied at Aucon. twenty-three miles from Liqms. Nothing definite has ever been learned concerning the strange people who were buried there, nor even the elect ttm > at which they inhabited the nandr waste. The graves, however, furnish proof that they were an industrious people, fond oi hunting and . *11 ever* In a religion. The method of burial »as primitive. The sand was scooped away, and then Doles were dug in the gravel In depths varying fn m six to twenty feet, in which the bod es were placed. The latter do not appear to here been treated with any eninblminr fluid. Husband and wife wen- usually buried *‘4* L.* side, and beside the former w.wo placed pots of nuts and oil On the outside of the mummies were hung bags of medicine* together with tablet* bearing hieroglyphics, which no one has been able to decipher

mg filet lace about two inches wide outlines the deep, square cut vest of plain Ge-irgette finished by loops and drop-head buttons. The collar is of the shawl type, the ends being at plain material. The closing is made along the shoulder seam and aide and a coquettish bow of crepe Is posed on the

left hip.

I hare described tbit, model ta detail because It shows the elaborate use of hand and machine tucking that Is on* of the favorite whims for all manner of new blouse models, whether of a dressy or tailored type. Direct from Paris is a clever model of Georgette crepe with round neck, short sleeves and widely draped girdle trimmed with circles of clre robbon This ribbon appears on all aorta of things and Is l.otli contrasting and selfmatching. This ribbon is shown in a dimpled or goffered effect for trimming Georgette dresses ta millinery and new modi-l- in neckwerr. The broad girdle on this model ts atken srceral times around the figure showing the folds going ta neverrJ directions with the two lasseled ends drop-

ping down in front.

Equally new Is another model of satin wltn new lines at its cut-off

edge*. The deep collar cuffs and ! regarded.

border are self-match'ag net heavily [ The propjsed bill provides for a b»sled with buries. Tie-strings enter j bwnp In the roadwwv. on each aide of at the sides *nd finish ta a bow ta tk* railroad trank: to be made suffiback. where the dosing is made. In ' ciently high and abrupt to compel a gray, apricot, bisqne. orange and coral reduction o' speed by reckless drivers, these node!* are stunning 1 II utipulates tha: within 90 daya fro® Batik Patterns Shown In Bilk Crapes, its passage the State Highway Com Voilea and Tricolette ! ndsidon and other Slate and county If you are young enough to wear 1 offices constructing new roads or a Batik blouse by all mpans buy, beg maintaining existing roads, shall Conor borrow one of these delightfully inruot ut each crossing, within 100 ft. ornate models. Immediately they ! and not leas than 60 ft. of the center drive away any little blue-devils that ! of th* railroad, and on each side, a depress you. 'hump, extending entirely across the Of course, they are made iron highw.-gr. The hump is to be 7 ft. • over th* head and assume any length ' in. wide at Its base and eloping id desired. The edges are straight or i drg. on each side, meeting In a roundur.evee. The) are girdled or left free *-d epex. The toe of the hump most from nil restraint, and speaking of the 1 be not lea* than 6 inches thick and latter, some of the patterns seem as its total thickness most be not lens ,

though the designer’s imagination has ; that 1 ft. 4 fiche* ta the center. The ,T * c,pd br wl roles* During hi. stn certainly taken a flivver. However.. proposed law would not apply to crons-, dOTt da;r » •'Bnapoll.. eWttrMi; and you may find oat tern* simple enough, J |ng* In cities or towns. I Electrical engineering ist< rented him provided there is no objection to deep i The bill requires also the erection ; Wireless appealed to him. b<Ah as oranco and violet with a bint of green of signs from 100 to 150 feet from “ *>ectrical engln'er and an a mill Piping with a plain color or a cord 1* ] the hump, bearing the wonls "Slow— tArr ofl ' tor Wl,lj bU knowiede* of used for trimming purpose*, so also is i Hump." The failure of th# State of- *’l« : triclty the military poslWlltiss deep fringe. fleers to comply with th* law shall ln ' rl ro , *« wrr * readily appermt ■ I be deemed > misdemeanor an dsubject 80 ^ Mm ^ ,r lol ° tb ' Bags of corn and bowls of peanut* | to *25 fine, or Imprisonment from five ! He ,B , “T. ^ were all placed before the dead, and «> ten daya. The railroad* would be ^ -t“tunics.knu »* d ***’*' often a false head wa* put on a mum required to pa) one-half the expemu, supertatetideiit of radio **f «V*

* par so tagh a esia aad the people of 1 ikw. esnnrry are almost completely 1 * ^ eat e« fro* On people at the United

Atom.

»A Fish fating Spider

squama of various woods buried one inch ta the ground the iaOewfaw m-

Bijcb «

years: maple and red beech la five years, elm, ash, hornbeam and Lombardy poplar In seven yean, oak. Scotch fir. Weymouth pine and taherflr decayed to a depth of half an Inch ta seven years; larch. Juniper and arbor vite were uninjured at the expiration of seven years. The redwood of California Ju* lb< quality of being pretty nearly fireproof. The root of the brier la Oto only on* which does not I tposed to fire. Coens wood ta the hardest I wood: oak is the strongest. Tka heaviest. British wood ta that at the 1 ■. which sinks I", water. OntnAM is the strongest and tough rat wood It

The toughest American wand Is thb nuLineg hickory; the most atantle. the

wood of Texas. In aittuulons so free from that w* may practically call the durability of Umber ta limited The roof of Ban ta more than 450 yean old. In Stirling Castle ar. carvings in oak. well preserved over 300 yean of age. Scotch Sr has been found In good condition after a known use of 800 and the trusses o' the roof of basilica of St Paul, Romo,

This

It opened the way for the

tlon of The Radio

America by General ESecrrir a strictly Yankee nmcera tsefcra by

the country’s strongest its and possessed of th*

to the

It wss po'nted out to the of the General Electric as long cs lureign taterem

any control of wireless laterewj ** *A*

United States the Ns*y would have to task th- * as It had pmrlocsly d elnd no support to the

poratton. Therefore, one of the Srtr

acts of the new company

chase the British holdings ta American Marconi Company .

with the consent of the stockholder. *’*” •W^vsed ■to*

It next absorbed the American Mar coni, thus bringing radio actlrtty » the United States under AR-rVme management for the first time.

It was about twenty-two yrere ago r T< ^ ' ***

that Admiral Bullard, then a yousr

naval lieutenant, fresh from Spanish- ** mrT ’**«*»« (he, American war service, was flm at- water •A'Vsrpv mit, > *4 /»(*'.

■* -h* *

*>»*«*•

Wood constantly wet In fresh water ta quite a* durable. Pile* were dag from the foundation of the old Savoy Palar* in a perfectly sound state attar having been down 650 yean Tho plies of Old l-ondon Bridge wrap) found round and p<Tfect 90d years

after ‘h.-y were driven

Handle Live Wires Withoui Gloves

Through the use of a kafety staff! which ;« * recent American luventloa V i» row poeslble for electric line workmen to handle heavily charged wire, with the greatest freedom and »1fh/. • tny possibility of being .Wtr-O thereby Heretofore H has been 'k* rnstom to turn off th* elec re*- eorTent during which the men »»** »' rtr.nr on thra.. and often this rwoit'-i in th* greatest Inconvealenoa *<* »».- patrons whoso plant* wnre

shm down or sorlously tn-

-«>*)•» OwskxfMw. ra»ee»m«r| , ' Tf *^ w1 ‘ h "peraiton* while the re-

«aa ■ -"-V was being don* in haad-

*"• «h. use of alt KlOTUS. **-<1 •unentr of any char-

»**e ; 'iG-ardM] and th* Immunity f"'* 1 *• In putt tax th* protecttag lo* not between u>« man sad f»,. ita*. s. has tieen done tu pre-

-ff'irts, hilt to tween the m»e and

I *4.tM e few May v«a

from 1911 to 1916. since enlarged [embrace all form* of rumtuaiii'sfioe activities. In Chat rapacity be Is head

Jof one of the

•mall fc**. amv. '•«

taehes ta uagib Tor s few 4»f ,

«»• UMiriri/ig. /m j

of the r,.t' Whses rot>stai/ was ;

Teaching Willie Things .... — —

I, U,. Harm 1« I t -f f *,< ‘ - -

Little Wilir*. would at times acquire shore stations, M radio cossita* ■**.

my. made of straw sewn In a sack. ot t* 1 ® bumpt. on which were a straw- headband, hair, —

eyes of shell, a BO.'# of wood and a

mouth of rope.

Bosld? the body of a woman in

the collection lira a work-box, made :

of plaited reeds, and filled with food i“ B * b ~ rt,ta * ,h,r « for Information., Uo«»*. flv* Transocrenlc statVm. and ##

and household utensil* Th. simple 1““* on “ ch oceaatoM would gi.e hi* .five air statlona are nmtar 4U ^ loom is also there, .-omposed of s,x I-rom,. uneasy quarter, of an hour, istrattve dlretaton. In addlttra </, ‘h* ■ 1 * -T._ - v >A l__ V.«1JI— -%Aln Inetallattnw .11 w... f '

sticks, with the combs made of cactps needles, and the aplndlra of wood, in

laid with turqolse or shells.

The fabrics which wer made from roun ' e n 1 “ . , "fb.r l« on. .»f ♦)!. most tnter—sf Inr: . u

the wool of the llama on those looms

The

said, one evening, holding rod to installation on all Ksry f/*pM<

•if 1 plant this will it grow ] meet vessels,

into an apple-trte?" f The srowth and dav«4optu*b< “Of course" tt wfH replied father. [ been remarkable No part Vf «»•» A* ■that ta one of the most interratlns ' tauUc or Paclflc Ocwan ta P» fat aw*/ ^ t

U "■ ’“•i'-■”'1 r uo *’“- i.-

the apple U Just the covering fer the 'Irom an American nsvsl •»/"'. *1* need, and the—" . tlon. in fact during «h* World W*r “And would it grow Into a big appl" it was possible for Washington I/, tree. fathcrT” ! keep in constant looffmtnieattoa wi*b | "Of course." snapped lather. That it* forcra abroad thrown, radio '"«■ ’ it what 1 am telling you about." the powerful New Branswlrit station "Well. If* very strange, father." equipped with tha new AJeasn'l-rs'/s

...lx iii_aijL «na rt., Willie continued, “for, you • re. this ta : high frequency attarnator Atae/v.'**'

"Oh. Indeed." said father grimly.: ral Pershing through this stotfai* i "Very well, my boy. now that I see Quite as remark»b> u the labt <

you take such a dorp tnlercet In Na- develcpm-nt of radio tor msM-sgir |ta* ( r -n Mrv tare, let me draw your attention to purposes ta the ul~ of lu dwvek/fx^.i

the remarkable plant which give# us in the nary for purpuras qun* aim"

m on time?' sugar—and cane!" f.om war Every dspsrttnswt d tb« ’ Phlegmatic Conductor—“No; ihty j , government nov uses tt *1 tta»ra 6/*

in on rail* " Come to blow*—Hurricanes.

. seep ta U

■ta*..n ha. i.~-n on* of se1 pr*'pe» iMulation. and this ’** wdvsd The ufe. mm * r •* 'irefnlly s.|e, ted raitafiftad to drying pynsra*. which tendnee randmitor of the ^ ; ; * »h» own t«, wont •to five ttow wfi. hwis hand*. -• —el*, property jfiaoad. "* **•* '•'••tor oi * f,.w min—b -ate., it -lid by SO do (esse Pel wren himratf and 'u» sleet towel • an truulst- •••< •eiwble of sllhvtaedtng • uo " <i«*i4s are so bto reti so) poasthinty or

pieces have been stamped with fanciful designs by moans of wooden dies, and there are garments shown, in a state of complr-e preservation, made entirely of human hair. One piece is formed of brogh colored feathers The designs have been carried out

with

cloth is almost as |>erfect as If tt only a few years old ln.-tead of cen-

turies.

-"Do these care

‘•••riln* os th, vatagy •' to loach tb, lire wire

I" S's-ptag the tin*

■Itaht >|p'•rx* The «

Ive wire r.» ttore

r = 4

If dosltxst '•• s..„, chsag, '••■"' "as, tappeff

commucicatpui