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By JOHN M. OSKISON
CROWN PRINCE STUDIES WAR PLANS
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Group of Effective French Coiffures
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IT Is said that French women can
"carry off" extremes of. stylo grace
fully that aro quite Impossiblo to other
women. But tho French insist that
Americans aro favored with tho same
Sift. Whatever may bo our opinion of
the French talent for clothes, we will
conccdo that the women manage their
coiffures with flno effect. Hero Is a
group of three, dressed to suit tho In
dividuals and to bo worn with eve
ning dress. Each one shows the beau
ty of carefulness, at least, and some
(originality of treatment.
At tho top a slmplo stylo shows tho
ihalr waved only about tho face. It Is
Tilain over the crown of tho head and
combed to the nape of tho neck. Thero
is a wide, loose and very soft braid
mado of waVy hair extending all about
the head. An ornament madoof. pearl
heads follows the line of the braid and
liolds tho hair about the face neatly In
place.
Such a coiffure Is an excellent model
for women whose hoads aro not as
shapely as they could wish.
Tho coiffure shown at tho loft is n
,good selection for ono who is forced
to help out a scant supply of thin hair
with a well-mado piece that can bo
Brilliant Ribbon Vests and Girdles
N those alluring shop windows along
tho boulevards, gayly llowcred vests
and brilliant ribbon girdles promise
another colorful springtime. Clothes
are to bo cheerful. Colors aro not so
strong and primitive as those of last
yoar, but richer and quite as vivid.
And they aro combined with tho cun
ning of tho Orient, to which many
makers of things fashlouablc aro look
ing for inspiration.
It Is In accessories of dross that
tho woman of good taste will find
opportunity to Indulge her love of
color. Tho small vests, coatees, gir
dles and sashes made of gorgeous rib
bons or piece goods aro little touches
of splendor, to bo added to gowns of
plain colors' or white. .Little coats
of flowered cropo do chino, challl
and similnr fabrics aro the smartest
of conceptions and just in tho mode.
They are destined to thrive for at
least ono successful season.
Nearly all tho vosts are made of
brocaded or figured ribbons. A few
aro of plaid ribbon showing unusually
beautiful color combinations. In all
cases they aro brilliant, either with
bright colors or of quieter tones bur
nished with gold or silver thread.
Itoso color, old bluo. pea green, ma
hogany and ollva green, with all the
gold shades, aro featured In broendes.
In Roman stripes and in plaids, strong
reds, blues, greeus, with black and
white, aro embodied, with one color
predominating as a rule.
No woman who goes a-travellng
need be told how useful these girdles,
vests and llttlo coats arc In making
variety for her. Oiven ono or two
suits, several blouses and girdles, a
brilliant vest and u little (lowered
coat, and almost any number of
changes may bo rung in the toilette.
It may be toned up b these acces
sories to fit any occasion,
Ono of tho vests made of brocaded
ribbon Is shown hero. It has a greon
gray ground with velvet roses and
Collage, in. tho natural colors, raised
pinned on. The natural hair is waved
and combed back to the nape of the
neck. Here it is colled or the ends
are turned under and fastened in with
a fancy comb In the now mode. Tho
entire front effect Is made by pin
ning on a ready-dressed piece mado
with a short light frlngo over the fore
head. Milady's own hair Is waved and
dressed as shown in tho third coiffure.
A small Hat pad supports the hair at'
the back. The waving is very looso
and tho hair, parted a llttlo at ono
sido and fluffed, sweeps backward and
over the pad. All the ends aro brought
together in tho new mode at the right
side and pinned in with a long shell
comb.
Women are. , rather icluctantly,
adopting the high hair dress, but with
ono accord apparently taking to waved
hair.
One should not lose sight of the
vnluo of Individuality In the matter of
tho coiffure. It Is as desirable as va
riety. An occasional change of styles
ploasus everyone, for In hair-dressing,
a3 in other things, variety is the sptco
of Hfp.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
on it. Tho roses are in Amorican
Deauty shades, the leaves in dark rich
green. Vests or coats In which soft
greens predominate, look well with
any color.
The girdle of velvet ribbon Is In a
deep red-gold color, exceptionally
fashionable at present. This Is espe
cially liked with white or cream-colored
dresses. A girdle of moire rib
ron is made of a good violet shade
and is finished with satin-covered but
tons and buckle in the same shade.
These molro girdles may bo had in
nny color
In tho plaid and Roman striped
girdles the buttons and buckle arc
covered with plain satin In tho color
predominating In the ribbon. These
nro tho newest models in glrdlos for
cloth or silk gowns and aro innocent
of loops and ends, rosettes or orna
ments. JULIA BOTTOMLEY.
White Lace Walsta.
Not only are nets and laces used
together, but thoy aro combined with
taffeta. Dressy waists havo tho upper
part of lace and the girdle or peplum
In white or colored silk. Tho new
Japanese collar and tho plaited slcove
frills aro also mado of taffeta. All
over shadow laces and plain nets aro
shirred on heavy cords and trimmed
with lace bauds and edges.
Many of the models have tho
sleeves unllned, but tho body of the
waist shows a low-cut lining both
back and front. Tills leaves tho neck
and tho arms partially uncovered, tho
tint of the flesh showing through tho
lace. When entire linings aro U8ed,
palo pink chiffon or net Is used, as
this suggests the flesh tint. A largo
proportion of tho necks aro finished
with an upstanding frill, modified
Medici, or high rolling effect. Tho
front finish of tho neck is either a
sharp V outline or widened at tho
sides and finished In a shallow point
In the center.
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some day in a position where he will have to uso his knowledge of tho war
game There are many reasons to be apprehonslvo of this, although tho
horizon Ih now fairly clear. War clouds roll up quickly in Europe In tho
formal phraso of democracy, Germany's relations with all othor powers uro
Just now "correct."
RECEIVER OF THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Mr. Walker W. Vick of Now Jersey,
general receiver of tho Dominican cus
toms for Undo Sam, has Just ren
dered tho sixth annual report of tho
receivership. A summary of the re
port shows that big business at the
Dominican capital showed somo tropl
datlon when President Wilson brought
about a change of administration of
custom affairs in Santo Domingo
They feared the now broom might
Bwoep too clean.
As tho now receivership administra
tion gradually unfolded its purpose,
however, there was a nntural sub
sidence of concern within business cir
cles, and now tho conclusion Is in all
realms of Dominican financial and
commercial circles, that the right
kind of sweeping has a salutary effect
on tho financial, as it docs on tho do
mestic household, and that cobwebs
of debatablo precedents aro not al
ways conducive to forceful achieve
ment. When what Is known as tho
"Amorlcan-Domlnlcan convention of 1907" was created, tho United States
accepted tho responsibility of receiving nil tho customs duties; to pay a
definite proportion of tho same each month to tho Republic, nnd to apply all
olso in payment of interest on a $20,000,000 bonded debt and Into a Blnklng
fund for the discharge of the principal.
During the six years of this Dominican receivership great progress hns
been made toward tho repayment of tho principal of tho $20,000,000 loan, tho
customs lecelptB climbing from about $2,000,000 a year to an annual total cus
toms receipts for the calendar yoar 1913 of ovor $4,000,000, or, to bo exact,
$4,290,000.
AWARDED RED CROSS GOLD MEDAL
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of the national committee on Red fross nursing sorvlce, hns many times been
tested Last spring, for instance, during tho Ohio fiood, Miss Delano and her
coworkers were ablo to mobilize within a few houra' time an efficient corps
of trained nurses to assist in tho relief work, and tho Red CroBs can at all
times secure through ltB 110 local committees on nursing service the number
of nuraes required in disaster or war.
The entire corps of Red Cross nurses represents a high professional stand
ard, and has been inade a nursing reserve for tho army and navy.
OFFERED POST
'Alfred Noyes, tin. English pot, who
is in this country lecturing In tho
cause of world penco, has boon asked
to Join Uio faculty of Princeton uni
versity, and it Is understood that ho
hns agreed to accept. Hlo election It
Is hald, will be sanctioned by tho trus
tees at their meeting In April
The position which Mr. Noyes is to
fill, It is said, is a visiting professor
nhlp, with lectures on modern English
literature. It will begin about tho
middle of noxt February and extend
through tho second term of the uni
versity, and, it is understood, will con
tlnue in this way for several years
from February to June.
Mr. Noyes is thirty-three jears old,
and has boon writing poetry for more
than 20 years At tho nge of fourteen
he wroto his first epic, a production
in rhymed verse of soveral thousand
lines, describing nllegorlcally tho voy
age hroiigh llfo as on a ship. This
poem was not published. Five years
later "The Symbolist" was printed in the weekly supplement of th London
Times. At that time ho was In Exeter college, Oxford, achieving a reputation
far more through his prowess as an athlete, and especially on tho" class crow,
than as a poeL
The oxllo of Dantzlc, Crown Prince
Frederick William, Is back In Uorlln,
nftor two years at tho head of his
Heath's Head hussars. He comoa to
Berlin to Btudy war plans nnd adminis
tration under tho guidance- of tho nblo
soldiers of tho general staff. Ho could
not havo como at n better time If ho
really desires to work and loarn.
Preparations for Increasing tho army
under tin terms of last year's arma
ment bills nro well under way, and tho
staff is loaded with work of a highfyl
practical executive nature.
Tho crown prlnco will probably not
stay at Uorlln long. Ho will bo In
structed by past mastors In strategy,
tho mobilization or troops, In nil that
can bo taught from maps ut a desk.
Thou he will bo sent to Borne othor
regiment to take, up ugaln tho prac
tical work of soldlorlng. Hy Inclina
tion as woll ns training, young Fred
erick William appears to bo a thor
ough soldier. Ho may find hlmsolf
A woman with white hair and with
the spirit of perennial youthfulncss
and enthusiasm shining from lior faco
has been awarded tho Red Cross gold
medal of morit by tho central bonrd of
that organization. Tho woman thus
honored is Miss Jane A. Delano. Pres
ident Wilson mado tho award of tho
medal. In presenting Miss Delano
to I ho president, Miss Mabel T. Hoard
man, tho active head of tho Amorican
Red Cross society, said of her:
"It is duo to Miss Delano's devoted
and nfllclcnt labors Hint a splendid
corps of over 4,000 of tho best trained
niirseB In tho country have boon en
rolled In tho Red Cross for nctlvo
service In time of wnr or disaster.
The people of the United States may
well bo grateful for tho unromunerat
erf mid efficient work of this dovoted
woman."
Tho practicability of tho remark
able organization effected by Miss De
lano, whoso official tltlo Is chairman
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Get Out Your Paint Boxes
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'Long thno ago, tho 'possum had n
beautiful bUBhy tall. Ho waa so proud
of It that ho combed It out ovcry morn
ing and made up somo songs about it.
Tho ra,bbit, who had only a stump of
a tall after tho bear pulled most of It
off, got vory JoalouB of tho 'possum
on account of his tall, and doclded to
piny a trick on him.
Thoro was to bo a groat council and
dnnco of tho animals, nnd tho rabbit
said that ho would invito ovcry ono to
como. Ho wont to toll tho 'possum,
and tho 'possum said:
"I will como If you will bo Buro to
haVo a special seat for mo. I havo
such a flno tall that I ought to sit
whoro overy ono can havo a good look
at me."
"Vory well," said tho rabbit, "I will
havo tho best seat for you; also, I
will send you somo ono to comb and
dress your tall for you." Tho 'possum
was pleased, and thanked tho rabbit.
Then tho rabbit wont to tho cricket,
who wnB such a good hair cutter that
ho waB called tho barber. "You go
and dress tho 'possum's tall for tho
danco," tho rabbit said to him; and
tho rabbit told tho cricket just what
to do.
Next morning, tho crlckot went to
tho 'possum's houso and Bald that ho
had como to fix him up for tho danco.
"You Just Btrotch out and tako It
easy," said tho (crIckot. So tho 'pos
sum stretched himself out, shut his
eyes, and lot tho crlckot do his work.
Now tho crlckot combed out tho
'possum's tall and wrapped a red rib-
CARRIER AND BICYCLE STAND
Handy Combination Which Increases
Utility of Wheels Labor of Er
rands Greatly Simplified.
Whllo tho fact may not bo generally
appreciated, It Is, nevertheless, true
that the blcyclo Is Increasing In its
popularity, not bo much for pleasure
as for practical purposes. This Is
particularly true of tho suburbs arid
Carrier and Stand.
country, whoro thero nro always er
rands to bo done, nnd the labor of
these Is greatly simplified by tho use
of tho blcyclo, which stands In tho
corner always ready nnd willing to
carry Its burden quickly from ono
point to another. Thero nro often
bundles to bo carried to and from tho
post office, and for this purpose the
combined carrier and stand lias been
Invented. It slips quickly In place
without regard to tho presonco or nb
scuco of a mudguard, and It Is claimed
thnt the baskot will hold a weight of
100 pounds and tho stand, when in
use, will hold tho weight of a 17C-pound
rider.
Fitting Remedy.
Tommy I want another box of
those pills, llko what I got for mother
yesterday.
Druggist Did your mother say they
wore good?
Tommy No, but they Just fit my air
gun Llfo.
and Color the Animals.
boa around it to keep It smooth until
that night at (ho danco. But ns ho
combod, tho cricket clipped off all the
hair close to tho roots, and ho wrnppod
the rod ribbon around a baro tall.
When night came, tho 'possum
wont to the council houso where tho
do,nco was to be, and ho found tho
best sent ready for him. "So, my
friend Rabbit keeps his word," said
tho 'possum.
His turn came in tho dance, and tho
'possum loosened tho rod ribbon front
his tall and stopped Into tho ratddlo
of tho floor. Tho drummors began to
beat, and tho 'possum began to danco
nnd sing, "Oh, boo my beautiful tall!"
Every ono shouted when thoy hoard
what tho 'possum sang, bo ho danced
nround tho circle again, singing "Seo
What a Fino Color My Tall Has."
Again, ull of tho animals shouted, and
tho 'possum danced nround a third
tlmo, and ho anng, "Seo How My Tall
Swoops tho Ground!"
This tlmo tho nntmals shouted louder
than ovor, nnd onco nioro tho 'possum
danced and tang, 'Seo How Flno tho
Fur of My Tall Is!" Thon ovory one
laughed so long that tho 'possum won
derod whnt thoy woro laughing at.
Somo ono said, "Iook at your beauti
ful tall!" and tho 'poBBum, for tho
first tlmo, looked down at hta tall.
Not a Blnglo hair wa3 left on It It
was np baro as a llzardl Tho 'possum
was so surprised arid ashamed that he
could not nay a word; hu Just rolled
over on tho ground aud grinned I And
thnt Is what ho does to this day when
ho 1b taken by surprise.
QUEER LITTLE PRISON BIRD
How a Beautiful Variety of Hornbill
Becomes Prisoner During
Nesting Time.
Sylvia and Dotty drew their chali
close to Undo Kills.
"Oh, yes," ho Bald, "I promised to
toll you about tho queer llttlo prison
bird. Woll, ItB homo is In Africa, and
it is called 'prison hlrd' becauso It Is
really a prisoner during Its nesting
tlmo.
"Father and mother prison bird
build their nest In tho hollow of a
troo; thoy go through an opening In
tho bark. With downy feathers
plucked from her own breast, tho
mother prison bird makes tho nest
qulto cozy and comfortable; then she
ontorB and settles down In 1L
'Father bird at onco plasters up thp
entrance, leaving nn opening that ex
actly suits tho form of hlB beak. The
opening 1b only largo enough for air
and food to pass through.
"Mother bird lays her oggs, hatches
thorn, and stays with tho baby birds
until thoy aro old enough to fly.
"During all of that time, which is
said to bo several weeks, tho father
bird stays near his home, and keeps
a faithful watch. Without fall lie
brings food to her ns often as sho
needs It.
"It Is a sad tiling if the father bird
dleB, or in any way Is kopt from tak
ing caro of his family. Tho mother
runnot free herself,, aud so sho and
the baby birds starve to death.
"As soon as the baby birds aro able
to fly, tho father tears away tho bar
rier to his home with his beak, and
sets thorn and their mother freo, and
tho little prisoners greet tho light and
tho unknown world.
"It seems to mo that tho father bird
must bo glad when tho task of feeding
his muto and babies Is over."
"Has tho prison bird any other
name, and la it a pretty bird?" Sylvia
asked, when Uncle Ellis had finished.
"Yen," said Uncle EUIb, "It is a kind!
of hornbill, and it is a beautiful bird."
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