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Alpaca Heads the List of Fabrics for Spring’s Latest Fashions
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LELONG SPORTS MODEL, WITH BODICE OF NATURAL KASHA.
THERE IS A SKIRT OF RED KASHA IN A BROAD PLAID.
BV MARY MARSH 4LU
THK very word alpaca, was once
significant of shabby thrift.
If a novelist or playwright
wanted to present a penuri
ous or impoverished olr gentleman h.e
stipulated that he worse an alpaca
coat, a little too short in the- sleeves
wrd very shiny or worn at the el
hows. The poor parson's wife or the
shabby genteel country woman wore
& black alpaca frock.
Things Which Are of Interest to Younger Readers
Another Gross-Word Test For You I
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HORIZONTAL. VERTICAL.
I—To banish to the country. ft .V short
passage. 16—To provide. 17—Ancient. 19--
Raccoon-like animal. 21—To long for. 23—To
be tangled. 24—Common rodent. 2 6—Unit
4 of measure. 28—The ermine. 30—Bimli of
tree. 31—Masculine pronoun, 32—A mere
taate, 34—White-plumed heron. 33—Place of
abode. 30—To atudy with care. 37—Snare
for animals. 30 —Blood color. 41—An emmet.
42 —To swing around. 43—Membrane of eye
(pi.). 43 High convulsively. 47—To pervert.
41V—A. halt or panse. 30—A war horse. 52
string of several strands 53—Symbol for
cerium. 53—Spiritless. 3b—Symbol for cal
cium. 30 —Bracing. 00—Strive for superiority.
81- Single in kind. 62 -Walk pompously. 63
Within. 84—A thunderstorm. <;T Seventh
note of diatonic scale. *ib— A repast. 70 -
Males of red deer. 71—A magician. 74
liquivoeation. 77 —Short for sister. 7S -Stalk
supporting single flower. 80—Kinds fault with
81—Keline animal. 83- -Wander from truth.
84—Part of the jaw. W—Hebrew high j»rie«t.
86- -Margin or fringe. 87—Web footed amphib
ian*. 811—Precious metal. 00—Prefix. apart,
01 —Pertaining to fissile rock. 03—Poetic for
tana. 814 —Precious metal. DO—Prefix, menus.
, ’etc. 07—Follow closely. 90- -lllplomatic agent.
101—-Rascal; knave. 102—Pointed at. 101—
Sbeepfolds. 100--Commemorate Joyfully. 107
-Allaya; lessens.
The Box Office Girl.
(Continued from Sixth I’age.)
warmed and lighted with tenderness
and by the memory of far-off kisses.
Jt was a strange sort of happiness—
austere, purposeful, braced—but she
was happy. She smiled kindly. Ned
advanced toward her. She lifted her
chin and stopped him. Did he sup
pose that things were as simple as
all that —that the virgin fortress
would yield like that at the first
'summons of the trumpet? Her smile
, changed to a look of self-possession
and extreme gravity.
"Moot mo this afternoon for tea at
fh* Regent Palace, will you?” she
«■!<«, «<A ftrrr akwe. ,Tboa JPOU
If the present vogue for alpaca j
does nothing "else, it will wipe away
this association that has long clung
to this material. For alpaca ha*
risen 10 the first rank of smart
fabrics.
In France it had its origin, and it
Is the French dressmakers who are
its most enthusiastic users. Premet,
Patou, Molyneux, are among those
who have made much of it.
There are, of course, alpacas and 1
2 —Personal pronoun. 3—Pen for awino. 4
Digits of feet. 3 —Mired to anger. o—An en
graving on wax. 7 —Toward. B—A shade tree.
9—To fondle. 16—indefinite article. 11—That
which treats of laws of sound. 12—A curved
chisel. 13—Impetuous. 14—Consumed. 13—
Disordered type. 18—To pat softly. 20—
Quality of luring ruinous. 22 —The nostrils.
24—A hillock. 23—Astuteness. 27—Deep mud.
214—T0 dress, as Bax. SO—Long neck wrap.
31—Sixty minutes. 33—Bight strokes. 36
Ijimp of clay. 38—-Terseness. 40—A rhymer.
42—Characterized by artifice. 44—The nega
tive. 43 Highways. 46—Appertains. 48—
In this manner. 3U—Navigates. 31--The first
Bishop of Paris. 34—Ad age: eternity. 38 -
Time preceding some event. 57-—Unyielding.
3S Cash; slit. 64—Warship engaged in block
ing. 65*—Armor. 66—An outgrowth. 68-
Priestly caste of Persians. tip—Three-toed
sloth. J2 —Anno Domini. 73—Prompt response.
73—A valley. 76—Talons. 78- -t.ylng flat.
79—The Italian franc. 82—To attempt. 83
An epoch. 86—A bush. 88—Relish. 91 -
learncil. 92 —Sweet conserve of fruit. 04—
List of names. 00—A gnu in a ridge. 97
- Unite closely. 08—Precious slime. 18(4--
However. 101—In law. an action. 102 —-Nearly.
103—To perform. 10(4—-Symbol for selenium,
can tell roe just how matters stand.”
And Carly Lyeskov went back to
his Paris.
(Copyright, 1824.)
Better Late Than Never.
Maid: “Please, mum, may 1 pop over
to the toy shop and get a skipping
rope?”
MistreSs: “Whatever do you want
a skipping rope for?”
Maid: “I’ve just taken by medicine,
and forgot to shake the bottle.”
Not Necessary.
Mr. Smith: “Here, waiter, bring me
a spoon for my coffee.”
Waiter: “Sorry, sir, but w© don’t
serve them —the music acre is so
OttßiOgr l
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THE STOPST STAR, WASHIXOTOK, T>. P, ItfAHCH 23. lag—PART 5.
alpaca*, but, seemingly, any and all
of them are In fashion. Preroet has
used a pray mixed alpaca Patou
uses plaids In this material. There
is a new alpaca of silk and wool that
shows an irpegrular black and white
mixture, and sometime* these alpaca
mixtures and plaids am made of mix
tures of wool and artificial silks.
The alpada family is a rather largo
one, and the family resemblance Is
not always marked. But the family
name—alpaca—seems to open the
doors of fashion to them all.
Here and there behind the counters
where new spring fabrics are sold
you will find salesmen who have no
good words to say for any of the
alpacas.
"Its the worst material I could
sell,” said one in an undertone, re
luctantly displaying some black silk
alpaca. “You can have it if you like,
but you'll find that it musses and
creases dreadfully.”
Flannel Is another substantial old
fabric that has been revived of late
and that takes a prominent place this
spring. The woman who perhaps
finds the sober and substantial tweed
mixture a little too tame for her tai
lored suit turns to some of the
chocked, striped and plaided flannels.
Basket weaves and homeapons have
been used for separate wrap®. The
beach cape of white homespun came
| into prominence at Palm Beach, and
though there is not much chance of
it becoming over-popular this spring
and summer, it has an assured place
in the wardrobe of the well dressed
woman.
Fine reps, often in plaids, are fa
vorod, and this material is often
chosen In navy blue.
For the nonce white satin seems to
be in great demand. Once white satin
seemed hardly suitable for anything
but the wedding gown. Now the wed
ding gown is more likely to be of
some sort of crepe, possibly satin
crepe. The stiff, heavier witlte satins
are used to make evening gowns,
often with the new flare below the
knee*.
Printed crepes and plaid georgettes,
brocaded chiffons, figured georgettes,
lace in ecru, black or white, and
satins of all sorts axo choserj for aft
ernoon and evenings frocks.
Taffetas could hardly hope for a
largo following in a season when the
silhouette is what it is at present.
However, so long as tho period frock
has any adherence —and It still does
for young girls’ evening- frocks and
bridesmaids —taffeta will find a de
mand. Plaided taffetas have been
used in Paxis, and these, like the
plajn sort, are of finest quality.
** * *
* I'HB tailored suit, with its boyish
line® and its cloeely-fltting
sleeves, demands either a very short
glove or a glove with a cuff that is
worn over the cuff of the suit. You
can now buy short one-button gloves,
and this type of glove In washable
1 i doeskin has already become popular.
| It is so short as not to interfere with
! the tight suit sleeve.
You may prefer a short slip-on
! glove. If so, you may find this in
| white, black or various shades of tan
ior gray. These may be had in trash
| able skins.
I If a fashion set at Palm Beach per- j
i sists at other watering resorts this!
I summer, you may see short white
gloves worn as an accessory of bath- I
Ing costumes, either with a sleeveless '
suit or the suit, much newer and J
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Written Mt Illustrated
BY EDWARD McCANDLISH.
ONE day Tommy Turtle wi*
sauntering' down the main
street of Seldom-Seen vil
lage, when—who should he
meet up with but old Brother Skjlpot
Terrapin.
Tommy hailed his hard-shelled
brother with the grand hailing sign
of the Turtle Tribe. This is done by
placing the thumb Os the right, hand
against the right temple, and then
I wagging the outstretched fingers up
and down—like this!
Brother Skilpot answered with the
same sign, executed with the left
hand, instead of the right.
“Howdy, Brothah Skilpot!” said
Tommy Turtle.
“Well, well, well!” replied Brother
Skilpot. “Look who’s here! Some
body done lef d’ gate open dis time,
to be sho'! How’s tricks?”
“Oh, so-so!” Tommy responded.
“How’s things sagaciatin’ wid you?
Las’ time I saw you was down to d’
Baptism. What was it you named yo’
child? 1 just diaremefnbahs.”
“Petty Larceny,” replied Brother
Skilpot. “ ’Count of 1 used to wuck
as janitor at a po-lice co’t.”
“My!” exclaimed Tommy. “Now ain’t
dat one pretty name! “IV only name
I done hecred which got it beat is a
name which Uncle Silas Lapwing done
give to one of his Chilians. Uncle Silas
used to janitor at a medical school, and
he named d’ little one ‘Mucous Mem
brane.* ”
** * *
“Speakin’ of names,” continued
Brother Skilpot, “puts me in mind of
a name which a 'qualntancc of mine
give to one of her daughters. D*
name she give her was: Mary Anna
Banna Belle Josanna Susanna Kitty
Maria Virginia Jefferson Snowden.
Dcy used to call her “Virgie Snow
den,’ ” said Brother Skilpot, somewhat
out of breath.
“Did she survive?” asked Tommy,
in an awed whisper.
“Most assuredly!" replied Brother
SkilpoL
♦♦ ♦ ♦
Brother Skilpot struck a match, and
asohnX jfc toJUatefag pip^
—» . . at right. cape coat and
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trimmed with Havana
7f*kSl mmrnmmmmmmmmmmmm At brown, and moss green
i {&■ crepe de chine at right.
‘■i i".—i. AT LEFT, AFTERNOON FROCK
L . m» OF GOLDEN BROWN MOIISSF^
wammmmmmmmmr^=3*.'— . line de soie embroidered
V UN FINE BRAID. THERE IS A
■’"""" '•■'■■ - ... "■?»"! = y \ LONG COAT OF CREPE DE
CHIFFON FROCK PRINIRD IN BRIGHT-COLORED
more extreme, from the present point
j of view, that has sleeves extending
I to the wrist.
j Although long sleeves have been
I worn with short-sleeved and sleeve
less gowns to a considerable extent,
j the French fashion prevails at some
j of the southern resorts of wearing
the very short glove with a sleeve
less gown. This fashion has been
especially favored by smart women
I because of the fad for appearing in
gagagagag
“Things ain't been going any too
well wid me lately,” said he. “Firstly,
a close neighbor of yo'n been messin’
up my fish traps. An’, when I g'oes
to d' traps, he sneaks around to my
house and plays Duck on Davy
wld things up there.”
“What is d’ gentleman's name?”
Tommy asked.
“Brothah Turtle,” said Brother Skll
pot,” d’ name of dat individual Is d'
Honorable Jack Robinson Rabbit—
which If 1 ketches 'ira messin’ around
my fish traps again I am goln’ to
fill bis hide so full of buckshot dat
dey can tan bis hide for chair bot
toms'.”
‘'Well,” said Tommy, reflectively.
"Brothah Jack’s close pussonal friend
of mine. But—be do get a bit out of
hand, once In a while. Dere goes
Brother Erasmus Porkyplne, pokin’
along to’da d’ river. Dat gives me an
idea!”
“Supposin’ you calls Brothah Porky
pine to dinner, an* fixes him up
a nice mess of weak fish an' fried
greens; or maybe, fresh pahsnlps an’
hominy. Bettab fix up enough for
two, as 1 hav’n’t anything special on
for dia evenin’. When supper Is all
ready yon moves d’ table an’ backs
jloaiuk jdgjMb vo 4'
the evening with white hands and
deeply tanned arms. This contrast
ing effect is so much admired that
women have been known to go so far
a? to intensify the whiteness of their
hands and the even brown of their
arms with cosmetics.
♦♦ * *
ribbons with a little silk
drawstring at one side may be
ha 4 in interesting stripes and some
main entrance. "When you hears me give
a halloo! you packs yo’ fishin’ rod on
yo’ back, an* hikes out for d’ river!
I’ll tend to d’ rest.”
Brother Skilpot moved off toward
his house, and intercepted Brother
Porupine on his way back from the
river. The two entered Brother'SklU
pot’s bouse, and a short time after
ward, Tommy got a savory whilt of
cooking fried greens and hominy.
, Tommy then set off down the road,
toward Brother Jack Babbit’s house.
Brother Jack was ont on his front
porch, smoking his briar pipe.
“Hello, Busty!” said Tommy Tur
tle.
Howdy-dO Blip Utah
um!” replied Brother Jack- “Come In
an’ have a cheer.”
“Haven’t got long to slay,” replied
Tommy Turtle. “I been settln’ out
all day watchln’ Brothah Skilpot
Terrapin. He done cooked up a mess
of fried greens an’ hominy; an’ now
he done gone oft flshin’ and left it.
Seems Ip me like a bad waste of
good provendah,” said Tommy.
"Which way did he go?" asked
Brother Jack.
“Ha left tracks in, d’ direction of d’
rtver.” replied Tommj;,
“Det-s -so -an' help‘him, out,* old
times with scalloped edges. By
means of the drawstring the ribbon
may be transformed into little ruches
and rosettes to be used in trimming
hats, frocks or dainty accessories.
Ribbon in cartridge-belt effect is
used on frocks and hats and it is |
now possible to buy narrow ribbon
attached to a foundation in this man
ner.
Narrow ribbons in "pllssee" effect
are shown by some of the shops. At
either aide the ribbon is slightly gath
ered into a straight satin oording at
the edges.
Plaid and Roman striped ribbons
are everywhere in evidence, both
sorts being used extensively in trim
ming hats. They are also used to
make girdle*, and in extra widths are
used to make entire blouses and
frocks. There are turbans entirely
Brother Jack. Rabbit, as he put on
his corduroy waistcoat.
♦♦ ♦ ♦
Just as Tommy Turtle and Brother
Jack arrived opposite Brother Skil
pot’s house Brother Skilpot emerged
from the entrance and went off down
the road toward the river.
A whiff of the fried greens reached
the two outside.
Brother Rabbit watched until Broth
er Skilpot was just out of sight, and
then he made a dash for the Skilpot
entrance.
“First in, first served!” he called
back over his shoulder, and in he
tumbled, feet first, down the narrow
entrance that led to Brother Skilpot’s
residence.
Tommy Turtle stood on one foot
and listened.
He didn’t have to wait very long.
. Thtyc was a yell from the bottom
of the hole such as Tommy hadn’t
hearty since last hog-killing—a furry
object shot about twelve feet up into
the air, and the next minute a wild
eyed ‘ object ran past Tommy and
headed straight for home —leaving a
trail of porcupine quills in its path.
About a month afterward Tommy
met Brother Jack Rabbit limping
down the big. road, dressed up in a
number of bandages.
“Been havin' any dinner engage
ments lately?” Tommy asked.
“No," replied Brother Jack Rabbit,
*Tm gettln’ all fed up on dinner en
gagements. Some folks got such a
queer idea of hospitality!”
» Kind Hearted.
Marie—Mother, would you give me
a nickel for a man that Is crying In
the street?
Mother—Why, certainly. How
thoughtful of you to want to help
him! What's the matter with the
poor fellow?
Marie—Oh, he’s out there crying
"Popcorn and peanuts, 5 cents!”
No Feelings Hurt.
“Mom, that giraffe looks like pop.”
•'Willie, aren’t you ashamed?”
“Aw, mk the giraffe didn't hear
mefl
made of brilliant plaid ribbons, being
finished with a bow at one side of
the same material.
Metallic ribbons axe important.
There are metal-shot crinkled rib
bons, metallic brocades and ribbons
showing- an edge of metallic threads.
Ribbons of new and unusual colors
have appeared for spring—strange,
dull tones of green and brown being
most interesting.
■ Oopjniht, 1924.)
Precious Stones.
The Unlucky' Opal.
The opal has been described as
“displaying the colors of all the other
gems glowing together in combina
tion.'* Interestingly enough, the bril
liant effect pf color of the jewel has
nothing to do with the c<jJor of the
substance of the jewel. The opal of
value possesses reflection of light
from the flashes within the stone. Al
most always the color of the stone
Isself is a dull, unattractive yellow.
The flashes may be of one color or
several. Os course, the more colors
reflected from the flashes, the more
valuable the jewel.
Hungary is the, opal center. There
the opals have very’ brilliant and
changeable flashes of color, even
though composed of colorless ma
terial. Opals are also found in Aus
tralia. Queensland, and New South
Wales in unimportant quantities.
The opals are found, in mining, to
be deposited in layers. Because
these layers are all different colors,
a great deal of care must be taken
in removing them, as the angle at
which they are cut may produce an
entirely different effect. A cross sec
tion of an opal vein would undoubted
ly look like a huge striped stone.
Two and one-half centuries ago
in Italy, a plague broke out at the
time of the opal’s popularity. One
of the victims, wearing an opal-set
ring, was dying. It was observed
that his ring was unusually brilliant.
When he died a few hours later, the
opal became dull. It seemed to con
vince every one that the opal caused
the death, and thereafter any wearer
of opal would be unlucky. In real
ity, the change in temperature caused
by death affected the brilliancy of the
opal, causing it to become dull. It
was not until recently that the re
dlculous superstition was disregarded,
and opals again were worn. It is
October’s birthstone.
The age of Napoleon in French his
tory was a time of the wearing of
exquisite jewelry of an elaborate
style, matted with gold, chains, and
a great variety at stones.
The comb is one set with opals of
tiad. hy
Ham and Potato Pie.
Chop coarsely, enough ham to
make one and one-half cupfuls, and
cut into dice enough potatoes to make
two cupfuls. Butter a vegetable dish,
put in a layer of cold potato, then a
layer of ham, then pour over It half
a cupful of cream sauce. Cover with
another -layer of potato and ham.
Pour in another half cupful of the
sauce, then cover with buttered
crumbs. Bake twenty minutes.
Play Biff! Bang!
To play “Biff! Bang!” two antag
onists are blindfolded and lie face
downward each grasping the others
left hand with arms extended up
ward. In the right hand of oath
player is a good sized newspaper
rolled lightly in the form of a club.
The blows are delivered alternately
by the players, ns they address each
other: “Where are you. John?"
“Bight here, Sandy.” This gives
the inkling in which direction to
strike and return blows.
It is entertaining to watch the
players hit in the air as they guess at
the foe’s location, but more fun when
one player’s bandage is secretly slip
ped off and he is able to rain blows
off his unsuspecting opponent. If
John’s bandage is removed, Sandy will
be perplexed to know why he receives
so many hits while he can deliver
none.
•*
The Wise Fools.
The coming of April Pool’s day re
minds us of the wise sols of Gothaan.
a tale of a village that turned foolish,
thereby showing wisdom. The story
goes that it was an old belief that
whenever a king rode across a field,
from then on the ground became
property for a public highway. Now it
happened that one time the king's
messengers came to a certain house
near Gotham in Kngland and told
the owners the king was passing that
way and would cross their field. .The
farmers were not pleased with tha
idea of their land being turned intu
a public road, so they flatly refuse?
admittance.
The messengers returned to the
king with word that the citizens of
Gotham did not desire his bringing
his retinue across their fertile lands.
In a fury the king cried. "They roust
be vilage fools, to say that the king
may not come through!” The messen-’
gers returned to the village with the
report that the king was coming any
way to see what manner of people
might bar a king passage through
their city, and it was predicted that
the king’s wrath might bring them a!4
sorts of abuses.
Taking the king's words to fceart,
the people planned to save themselves
by all acting foolish. When the ruler
arrived he found a mad town, every
single person in it pretending to be
crazy, going about doing the most
ridiculous sort of things. Not one that
he approached proved to have a spark
of intelligence, and in disgust, the
king made his departure as soon as
possible with the remark that the
}best thing to do with such people was
to leave them alone. Thus by their
\ wisdom, the fools saved their heads.
Fifty-Fifty.
j Beggar: “Please give a poor old
'blind man a dime?”
.Lady: “Why you can see out of one
eye!”
Beggar; ‘Well, then, give m* a
nickel^
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