i-/ * 'S» .r* NEW VERSION OF THE TAILORED SUIT. Here is a version of the tailored suit that Is distinctly new and in excellent style. It conserves wool to the last Inch In the coat In order that the skirt may be Indulged in an unaccus tomed bit of drapery at the back. In nearly all the new spring suits it Is the skirt that has not an inch of cloth to spare, for the regulation skirt is ns plain as the experienced tailor knows how to make it. The coat is made interesting with the remainder of the goods from the allowed yardage Which must not exceed four and a half yards of 54-inch goods. Small checks in which blue and black, brown and black, or green and black, are the predominating color combinations, are featured this spring made up with a plain fabric of the color in colored check, and the colors are dark, but vivid. There are quiet er checks, like that in the picture, in taupe and gray and an occasional black and white. The small, fitted-in coat in the suit pictured has no pepluin at the sides and front, only the side bodies and -- -||iiir FILLING THE FLAPPER'S NEEDS AND DESIRES. Center of the back are extended into a short pepluin. Three narrow tucks are stitched in at the waistline, across the back, where they make themselves very useful. They help fit the coat to the figure, and make the required sup port for the belt. This fastens at each side of the back with three hand some bone buttons of gray with bor der of white set in a rim of black. The belt is wide and plain and extends shout the figure without wrinkles. The long collar is of white wash satin. The skirt is smooth across the front with two plaits at each side. The back is cut long enough to allow it to be caught up In two places. There are a good many of these short coats, in a variety of designs, be Bldes eton Jackets, that make it easy to use a short allowance of material. Many suits are lavishly braid-trimmed, with the braid applied in many par allel rows to plain coats and skirts. Some checked suits are bound with braid but checks take the place of decorations and are at their best when simply treated. The revival of trimmings has trans formed the showrooms and windows of millinery establishments into a millin ery paradise filled with beautiful flow ers and fruits, ribbons and braids and all sorts of alluring fabrics. Much of this splendor of joyous millinery is THE TAILORED SUIT. out of the question for the "flapper* who must wait until more years thaï seventeen have passed by her befort she may have whatever she wills. "II is forbidden" is written on much trim med millinery for her. But those who make the needs oi the young girl their special care. hav< provided lovely, simply trimmed hatl for her : embodying the charm oi little girlhood in them. No on« else can wear hats just like them Three models, made for the girl be tween twelve and seventeen are pie ! tured in the group above, two of them ! for all-round wear and one for dress I up times. The hat at the upper left : is of Italian milan with the crown lr ; the natural color of the straw and tht j brim in blue. Several colors in the I brim with natural color in the crowt ! make a choice of combinations possl ! ble in this hat. It is trimmed with j a wide band of moire ribbon fastened j at the front with a painted ornament ! of wood. Th- 1 ribbon extends from th« ; right front of the shape to the middlt 1 of the back, about the left side. It If turned down at the back falling in t single sash end to ihe waistline. At the right a snappy, picturesque shape is of Italian milan all in the nat ural color of the braid. It rolls up at the left side. A bnnd of blue velvet ribbon is attached to the upturn and brought around the hat to the back. Here It is arranged in a flat bow against the crown with two short streamers falling from it half way to the waistline. An ornament painted in the same bright blue as the ribbon is posed against the crown at the right No flapper will be able to look upon the hat pictured at the center of the group without growing enthusiastic. It is a light pink hair braid having a wide brim faced with georgette crepe and three rows of narrow lingerie lace in frills about the brim. It has a long sash of wide pink satin ribbon and the sweetest of small garden roses, full blown, sets in its leaves, against the sash at the front. Almost any flapper will blossom into a vision of loveliness in It A mother hands her daughter a iot of advice she ought to haw followed herself, but didn't. :sci üvstsry" "Mr. S transe; CV-rs ÏANCES B. L1NSKY I,Copyright, ISIS, by the McClure Newspa per Syndicate.) "You are cordially invited to attend a dance to he given by the employees of thls^mtel on Wednesday evening. Dancing iii the garage from s :.",0 to 10 o'clock. Please come with escort." Anne frowned when she read the little card. When school had shut down very unexpectedly for an en forced vacation, she had felt that she must earn some extra money. The re suit was that she had accepted a so called "war time" position in one of the suburban hotels, hut that such a position has its dilfieulties, and Is mighty different from teaching school, Anne was just beginning to find out. "I really can't go," she told herself. "I hardly know any of the people who will be there. And besides I haven't any young man to ask for my escort." "Oh, there's Mr. Stevens," as the manager of the hotel came into the lobby. 'Til ask him to advise me what to do," and she hurried over to meet him. He greeted her with a pleasant smile for he had taken great interest in the girl who had come to him when school had closed and frankly told him of her desire to earn more money in order to fit herself for "bigger tilings." He listened carefully to the story of her difficulty. "Why, I'd just look in for half an hour, if I were you," he said, when she had finished ; "you needn't dance if you don't want to, and your lack of an escort will give you sufficient ex cuse, hut I think you'd better go if only for a few minutes, so that the others won't think you are trying to he dif ferent." Anne thanked him, and hurried off. wondering why she hadn't thought of that herself, and resolved that she would look her prettiest, even if she didn't particularly care about going. After dinner, she went to her little room under the eaves, to don her party gown. "Goodness ! How gay we shall be !" she exclaimed to herself, as she shook out her dress. "I wonder If I haven't been to a party since the farewell eve ning that the teachers gave to the old superintendent. Wonder what the new man 'll be like," and her mind wan dered off to the subject that lay near est her heart—school. "They say he's young and quite fas cinating," she thought, "and I suppose that means that all the teachers in the district will set their caps for him. But here's one that won't." And she jabbed a hairpin in with extra force, for Anne had "ideas" oil the subject of "Men." The last lock of hair securely fas tened, and the last frill on the dress alternately coaxed and patted into place, Anne sallied forth alone to the garage which had been transformed into a dance hall for the evening's festivities, quite surprised to find her self rather excited at the prospects of going to a dance, even though the guests were to be maids and chauf feurs. "I believe I'm going to enjoy it after all," she told herself, with no little amusement. "I shouldn't he at all sur prised if I find myself accepting an invitation to dance with some tall youth 'who drives a gentleman's car,' and who probably—" "Good gracious," and Anne gave a little scream as a big machine shot by her, and came to a sudden stop a few feet beyond. "My, but that was a narrow escape !" and the girl leaned weakly against the door of the garage, totally unnerved by the shock. "I do hope I haven't hurt you," call out out a masculine voice from the darkness beyond ; a voice in which an noyance and concern struggled for the mastery. "I do hope you are not hurt," and instinctively his cap camp off, as, coming into the light streaming out through the door of the dance hall, he saw the slender, dainty, girlish fig ure leaning up against the side of the building. "They told me down the road that there was a dance in the garage up here, so I was just running past look ing for a place to put up my car for a while. I'm most awfully sorry if I've frightened you." Anne's presence of mind by this time had returned, and she took in her companion with one all-appraising glance. "Mighty good looking for a chauf feur," was her inward comment, afid aloud she said: "I am all right now, thank you. I really was more scared than hurt. All the chauf—I mean the guests at the dance are putting up the machines in the empty lot be hind the garage. I'll show you the way," she added graciously, "for I sup pose you don't want to miss any dances. There goes the music now." "Why, I don't—" began the young man, and stopped, for Anne had walk ed ahead and was pointing out the place where a number of machines had already been parked. "To be quite truthful," he said, when he had caught up with the girl, "I hadn't quite made up my mind to go to this dance, for, as you see, I haven't any partner." And he looked at the girl with a question in his eyes. Anne laughed. "Why," she said, "that was exactly my trouble—but then I avu only going to stay a little while." i««e nr. ?" a>k i 1 he J < a n- man quickly. ate- as 'une noii i c m-, il-, he ;;i' '■ i. "I il j .in ym i.d Wen* oil in ia just a M i.e.Ii -.He ' bin . a. . -, As U,y •.■ndcii O', !• e: ,■ g; ve hers. up ci : h ■ iy sure of dll' • in. w iii: a ] art step match 1 In,-: j tiy. and it v. a s nut until the end of their 1 iiir . dan e together that she decidt i licit i' w: s time 1 1 r her to go. "Just V ait for or e more dunce,' 1 jib mied In r eoinpanio t, "fur I shall be going niy> elf then. Î have rather a long run t . make tun ic'd, and besides after 1 1 1 • • < • dances with you. I don't feel that ! else h, IV ' want to dance with anyone Anne lot iked up wi h a smile at the very oiivii .us coinplii neat, and, as it by com tin n impulse, they moved to ward the awn, to sti oil up and down in the mo mlight during the interims sinn. Anne fn und her e< mpaninn a most interesting talker, a> he told her of the variou s places he had visited, and the strain s of music tear announced the next ( ance came all too soon. "I tiiitil you have been most for tunate in your choice of an employer," she said i h him, as they entered the dancing room again. "My employer? Why just what do | you mean?" asked the young man. "Why," said the girl, "not many j chauffeurs are privileged to see as j much of the country as you apparent ly have, judging from your conversa- [ tion." "Not many chauffeurs," repeated the j young man, a rather puzzled look on j his far*-—"why— er —" as a thought struck him, "why, yes, I guess I am | rather lucky at that, although I'm j afraid I hadn't really appreciated it j until you spoke." Once more they glided off, and at the end of the dance Anne held out her hand. "It has been a very pleasant eve ning," she said. "Thank you for hav ing helped to make it so. Good night, Mr. Stranger." "Good night," and his hand closed over hers, as he quickly caught the meaning conveyed in her words. "Good-night, Miss Mystery." At the end of the hotel season, Anne went up to Aunt Jane's little moun tain home to rest for a couple of weeks, and then went back to George ville for the opening of school. She found Georgeville all excite ment. There was to he a reception and dance to welcome the new super intendent, and Anne, womanlike, was just as eager as all the rest to see what he was like. "Well, you old dear," she said, ad dressing her remarks to her very much wrinkled evening dress, as she fished it out of her trunk, "tins makes the second very unexpected appear ance for you this season. Well, if we have half as nice a time together tonight ns we did on the occasion of our last party"—and Anne went off into a day-dream, from which she was aroused by hearing the clock strike six, which brought her to her feet with a "Mercy gracious, I must press my dress or I'll never he ready —hut he was certainly mighty well informed for a chauffeur, and he never even asked me my name," she finished vaguely, not making it very clear even to herself just what connection there was between the first part of her sen tence and the last. Eight o'clock found Anne together with the other teachers of her school waiting her turn to meet the guest of the evening. Anne was the last in the line, and as the usher gave her his arm, the girl found herself rehearsing the very correct speech with which she hoped to make a good impression upon her new superior officer, hut the words died in lier throat, and a light that was more than recognition leaped into her eyes, as the guest of the eve ning strode forward to meet her; and as his brown hand closed over hers he said softly: "I must have the first dance, Miss Mystery." And Anne, with the happy light still glowing in her eyes, lifted them to his, and said: "I always find it best to obey the superintendent." Americans in Tokyo and Yokohama. naif the Americans residing in Tok yo and Yokohama have come from four eastern states—New York, Pennsyl vania, Massachusetts and New Jersey according to a census taken at the dinner tendered by the American asso ciation of Japan to Roland S. Morris, the new American ambassador. New York State led with 41. Pennsylvania followed with 21, Massachusetts. 15; California,13 ; Illinois, 12; New Jersey. 9, and Missouri, 7. Ohio was repre sented by 0; Kansas and Indiana by 5 each. Four each came from Connecti cut, Maryland, Tennessee and the Phil ippines. Three hailed from each of the following states: Michigan, Min nesota, Wisconsin and Washington, and two from the Territory of Hawaii. One citizen each came from Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Mis sissippi, Oklahoma, Iowa and Ari zona.—East and West News. Unpatriotic Man. During the recent drive for Red Cross memberships a man was ap proached and asked to take out a membership. He declined flatly and declared he hail not subscribed for the Y. M. C. A. fund and the Liberty bonds, and didn't propose to join the Red Cross. When pressed for a reason he said: "Why, didn't I pay $000 for a sub stitute to take my place in the ranks 1 during the Civil war? lhaf is enough 1 for one nauu." ff»«* i'| mm lit j? MAgf\ that name the country around and the world around tor that mat tor." "How do you know that anything could go th>> world around?" asked Mrs. Yak. "Is the world round?" ••Hush!" said Mr. Yak. "Don't let anyone hear you say that you don't know such a thing. < 'f course the world is round -the nice round earth —I quite like it." "I wii' believe you." said Mrs. Yak, "fur you've always told me the truth, i'.ut at the same tim**, 1 have never seen a piece of round earth. Never, never !" •'No matter," said Mr. Yak. "I'm right in what I say. I'm quite sure of it." "Then if you're sure of that do tell me why v>e should 1><* called the use ful yak family. Are we so very use ful?' I am glad we are. I know that ~y~ r SCv V . s <>. W wm H::, ---~ V * u«l" , "We Can Be Used for Meat." often our cousins and relatives have been made pets of by some people. There have also been many who have gone to the zoos. And I know, too, that we are often given the family name of wild ox." "All you say is quite true," said Mr. Yak. "hut there are more things to he known about us." Now, Mr. and Mrs. Yak both wore their hair hanging down from their sides and hips and shoulders. They had very, very long hair and sometimes it didn't look so very well brushed. They wore long tails very like long brushes. "Our tails," said Mr. Yak. "are some times used for tlv-snappers." "Oh, dear," said Mrs. Yak, "don't let us think of anything like that. Where would we he without our tails?" "There are some creatures who don't have tails," said Mr. Yak. "People never have them. We might try to he like people." Now in some tilings Mrs. Yak was far wiser and more sensible than Mr. Yak. "My dear," she said, "people have been born without tails for genera tions and generations—ns long as there have been people. Now we have al ways had tails, and if we should lose our tails, we would die." "I guess that's true," said Mr. Yak. "Yes, I believe you're right. And, too, our tails give us a tine, handsome look." "They do." agreed Mrs. Yak quickly, for she didn't like to hear Mr. \ak »ay he thought it a good thing to have their tails used for fly-snappers. If there was any fly-killing to he done, she wanted to do it all and not just lead her tail for the occasion, with out her whole body. Even though their hair looked as if it needed brushing, it was very, very silky. "As long as you do not like my tail story, or my tall of the tale—" Mrs. Yak interrupted him. "Are you going mad, my dear? What do you mean? i am afraid you hove been thinking with your tall lately, yes thinking backwards." "No, I'm not crazy," said Mr. Yak. "But a tale spelt in one fashion is a story, and a tail spelt in another is the kind we have upon our fine bodies." "Oh, now I see," said Mrs. Yak. "Pardon me for interrupting." "Pardoned!" said Mr. Yak grandly. "Well, what I wanted to say is this : Our siiky hair is made into lace, and used to ornament garments, or clothes, or dresses—I've forgotten just what they are called." Mrs. Yak felt very vain and proud to hear ihis. Of course, Mr. Yak was only a poor Mr. Yak, and so he didn't know enough to appreciate lace as she did. But when she had stopped think ing about lace and talking to herself about how beautiful she could make ppople, she begged Mr. Yak to tell her more about their usefulness. "We can he used for meat." he said, and Mrs. Yak almost fainted. But quickly he changed the subject, and said : "We give nice butter and milk, you know," at which Mrs. Yak smiled. "And as we can carry things and people, too, I certainly think we should be called the useful yak family," he ended, as he and Mrs. Yak moved from the valley where they had beeo all winter to the snow-covered moun tains far above. St. Louis, Leading Horse Market. St. Louis is the leading horse market in the United States. I fme intruder L.y AGNES G. BROGAN. i j; N. this .1: n the Tauet I lurry business, first opportunity since marriage, was in leaving the cant in winter. Ja , he water pipes u Would he impossil the parrot, in the However, Harry morning train, and upon a later trolle telephone, considering whom among her friends would he wilting to care lor her troublesome pet. .last in the midst of ln r problem th - telephone rang with a sound of promise. "Hello, .Jaiiey," called a tone of pe culiar sweetness, "you will never guess who this is, so I'll tell you. Your old college sister, Theodora ; and I am on my way home from a trip with N.-ll Truesdnle. Gould you keep me over night? Wo want to go theater." Janet's brain worked busily, out right now," she r girls had written of trip to the home: friends. There to tin i mue ■piieil. The two their wandering of various old school amid lie much of in terest in the city that week. Perhaps she might he able to persuade them to stay and keep house in the apart ment during her absence; a mutual exchange of accommodations, the new experience for the girls, care tor her plants, and pet. So when the girls came ail was quickly and satisfactorily arranged. 'Joyously her friends escort ed Janet to the trolley. "You can rely upon us," they as sured her, "we will keep the gas go ing in the furnace, and have every thing in readiness for your return." Nell Truesdale eagerly scanned the evening's theatrical notices while Theodora attended to tiie electric cof fee pot. "Isn't it delightful, being alone like this?" she said. "No one to entertain us as we do not wish to be enter tained. The only thing that troubles me, Nell, is a fear of burglars. Oh ! you needn't smile," as her friend's lip curled sarcastically, "we have been reading enough ubout apartment thieves. Couldn't we leave all the rooms lighted, so that when we return at a late hour tonight there will he no fearsome dark corners? "Not a single light," Nell answered firmly. "That would be a fine way to keep house for Janey, running up her electric light hills. We will press the lighting button in the entrance hull when we return. If it will then ease your mind, you may sit at the tele phone ready to give the alarm while I explore hidden corners." Nell was laughing, but Theodora's lovely face expressed apprehension, as the two went into the night. A man stumbling later, up the same darkened stairway, fitted first one key and then another, without success. A moment longer he persisted, then made his way to a rear entrance with rewarded effort. The hack hall door responded to his touch, and feeling his way the man entered the apartment. He made his way to tin inner chamber, the one vacated by the inmates, and after investigating, reclined on the couch and lit a cigar. "Oh—" screamed Nancy. "Shut up," the man crossly shouted, and watching the smoke rise from his cigar, he unexpectedly fell asleep. Perhaps Nell was not as brave as she would have her friend believe. At any rate, she entered in the satre tense listening air of silence. Neither girl spoke as they pressed the In a ton in the hall, and peered on Into tlf' room. "Smoke!" breathed Dora. "Cigar smoke," echoed Nell. They stood for a moment transfixed, then hand in hand moved into the room to gether. As the reclining manly figure met their gaze, Dora screamed a smothered scream, hut the man's eyes snapped open. "Shut up," he roughly commanded. "Oh, mercy !" murmured Nell. The man laughed. "So you can do more than screech," he said. Theodora's fear vanished in indigna tion, the cool impudence of him ! Eyes flashing, she advanced to the tele phone. "Station No. 9, and at once," site called. Daringly, with one spring the in truder jumped to his feet. "Women!" he exclaimed, "and I thought it was the parrot." But Dora was giving her message. "Send an officer to the Handley, No. 12, at once," she demanded. Comprehension dawned in the man's face. "Pardon me." he said with a smile. "And I am to be the er —object of the officer's visit? Or may I ask a ques tion? Who are you both and how do you happen to enter my friend's home at midnight?" "Your friend's?" gasped the girls in unison. "Harry Gordon is certainly my friend," the man responded. "That is why when I met him upon the train this morning, I agreed to spend my business week In town, occupying and looking after his flat at night." The summoned officer's arrival, just then, delayed the girls' explanation; but Theodora has always been grateful for her presence o? mind in tactfully disposing (.f that person. For as she now says, "ft would lie an awful thing to have to recall that one's husband had been under suspicion of arrest."