Variety of Laces Introduced
Into Summer Fashion Picture
By CHERIE NICHOLAS
T ACE, a favorite material down
' through the centuries, is this
season soaring to new heights in the
fashion domain. Lace nowadays is
being used in more ways than was |
thought possible in yesteryears. It I
Is entering into every phase of fash- j
Ion.
This could not be so were it not
for the amazing variety of laces
now being manufactured—laces so
versatile that they can be used as
dependably and satisfactorily as
any fabric.
It challenges the imagination to
realize that the usefulness and
adaptability of lace has been made
to cover such vast scope. Today this
fabric is being fashioned into every
kind of apparel—bathing suits, red
ingotes, hats, gloves, and most sig
nificant of all, stunning tailored jack
et suits. Lace used for suits looks
as if it might be a choicely pat
terned open weave mesh, but it isn't.
It's sturdy. Next time you go on a
shopping tour, look at these new me
ticulously tailored suits. You will
see them in white or colors, and
In navy and black.
There seems to be no end to the
enchanting fashions that are being
made of lace. Citing a few of the
newest lace entries, there is the
long evening coat of pastel Alencon
lace over a matching sheer dress,
also the practical-to-wear daytime
redingote of fabriclike cotton lace. 1
and lace capelets and stoles that are
newer than jackets to wear with
sheer summery dresses.
To look your radiant best at day
time summer occasions wear a sim
ple frock of lace in a delectable
color. The two frocks shown in the
foreground of today's photograph il
lustrate this idea. The fact that the
skirt of each model is pleated means
that lace and pleats are continuing
to play a charming duet in the new
summer style picture.
The model to the left is a slim
ming dress in a sheer lace. The
bodice has a low V-neck in a flat
tering line. Shirring at the waistline
gives it easy fullness. The skirt
whittles the figure into slimness with
its stitched pleats. Imagine this
lovely model in any color you like,
for it is available in all the newest
shades.
To the right in the picture a lace
dress for the fashlonwise woman is
shown- It is a type that may be
worn to bridge parties, afternoons
at the club and so on. It is a classic
for the woman who would dress be
comingly and tastefully. The skirt
is knife pleated. The bodice is de
tailed with a grosgrain cord bow tie
at the neckline. The dress is made
of a delicate looking lace, softly fem
inine and very practical.
Centered in the picture is a jacket
dress in lace. The dress with a jack
et can be worn on formal or less
gala occasions. It is always a wel
come fashion, especially if it is lace.
I This model, in a dainty flower-pat
terned lace, has a mite of a jacket
entirely scalloped with a tiny col
lar and puffed sleeves. The cun
ning jacket is wearable with other
gowns. It would be especially ef
fective worn with a black net eve
ning gown or with a flower print
that repeats the jacket color.
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Middy-Type Dress
For you who sew it is easy to keep
in style by using good fabrics and
simple patterns. Just now middy
type two-piece dresses are very
much in the fashion picture. It is
dresses of this sort that require de
pendable materials. One of the per
fect “finds” this season in the white
goods collections is serg-a-hed. It
launders beautifully, is amazingly
inexpensive and is wearable. It is
just such simple frocks as this that
young girls want most this season.
Vegetable Jewelry
Out California way vegetable jew
elry is quite the rage. CBS Star
Helen Wood strikes a new style note
with a necklace of com kernels. Al
most the only item that hasn't as
yet made its appearance on milady’s
neck is a string of potatoes. These
necklaces are made of various gaily
colored seeds and pods, with alter
nate brass beads and coral chips.
Best of all, they’re both light on the
neck and pocketbook.
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Paris Fashions Turn
Masculine in Style
New suits In today’s Paris fash
ion parade are finished with mascu
line precision, but a saving fem
inine touch is introduced by organdy
blouses with frilled fronts and field
fiower bouquets for mannish lapels.
Closely fitted redingotes in pat
terned wools and silks, fine-striped
wools and pencil-striped dark fab
rics are among the collections. One
house features tailored silk suits in
checked surah and double-breasted
models with horizontal stripes.
Loose backs in plain and printed
crepes have full skirts shirred to hip
yokes. Some are trimmed with
linen, while others have linen bo
leros, with paillettes.
White pique trims frocks and
coats, and sailor hats.
For young girls there are checked
silk dresses to be worn with linen
redingotes and bolero suits of
checked wools embroidered with
white soutache.
Silhouettes reflect the masculine
line above the hips. Shoulders are
natural and waists slim, and slim
hips are emphasized.
Lace-Trimmed Blouses
W orn W ith Cotton Skirts
From all indications the cotton
evening skirt worn with a lingerie
blouse is going to be a leading sum
mer fashion. The one liked best is
the full peasant type, made of a
bizarre flower print topped with a
wispy lace-trimmed snowy white
blouse. Very attractive skirts are
being made of gay plaid ginghams,
also of colorful sheer, crinkled cot
tons. Skirts of cotton lace, with
dark Jersey fitted bodices, or long
torso middies of Jersey seem to
please the smart set. The ’teen
ape also has a yen for skirts made
of flowered glazed chintz.
Lower Heels
Good news! It is interesting to
know that shoes are being built for
comfort as well as smartness. The
latest models are made of in
describably soft leather, -nd the
heels are much lower.
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ElUworth and His Zouaves
THE name of Ephraim Elmer
Ellsworth is almost forgotten
now but 80 years ago it was on the
lips of millions of Americans. As
the youthful colonel of one of the
most picturesque bodies of soldiery
the United States has ever known,
he was something of a military idol
and a national hero. So when he
was shot down by a Confederate
sympathizer in Alexandria, Va., on
May 24, 1861, he not only became
the first officer of his rank to lose
his life in defense of the Union, but
his death did much to inflame the
North against the South in the early
days of the Civil war.
Ellsworth was born on April 23,
1837, the son of a poor tailor In the
village of Malta, N. Y. Even in
his youth he showed a fondness for
military life and while he was still
a school boy in Mechanicsville, he
organized and commanded a com
pany which bore the high-sounding
name of “The Black Plumed Rifle
men of Stillwater." He tried to ob
tain an appointment to West Point
but failed through lack of political
influence. So he started west to seek
his fortune.
Eventually he landed in Chicago,
where he was chosen captain of a
national guard company. He outfit
ted them in zouave uniforms, re
named them the Chicago Zouave
Cadets and soon made them one of
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the best drilled military units In the
country. After an exhibition tour of
the East in 1860, he returned to
Illinois.
In Springfield he became a stu
dent in the law office of Abraham
Lincoln who had recently been nom
inated for I resident by the Repub
lican party. Since political cam
paigning seemed more exciting than
studying, young Ellsworth plunged
into it with the greatest enthusiasm
and so won the esteem of Lincoln
that he was invited to accompany
the President-elect to Washington.
Lincoln, when he became Presi
dent, planned to make his young
law student and ex-zouave the head
of the nation's militia system. But
this was blocked by the “profes
sional” soldiers in the war depart
ment and Ellsworth had to content
himself with a commission as sec
ond lieutenant.
Then Fort Sumter was fired upon
and Lincoln called for 75,000 volun
teers to defend the Union. Ells
worth immediately resigned his
commission and hurried to New
York city to organize the men of the
New York fire department as a vol
unteer regiment. In less than two
weeks he was back in Washington as
colonel of the Eleventh New York
infantry, known as the "Fire Zou
aves," fully equipped, drilled and
ready to take the field.
On May 24 the "Fire Zouaves”
were a part of a force ordered to
cross the Potomac and occupy parts
of Virginia. Ellsworth's regiment
was sent to Alexandria where their
commander saw a Confederate flag
flying over a hotel, the Marshall
house. He dashed into the hotel,
rushed up to the roof and tore the
flag down. As he was returning, he
was met in the hallway by J. W.
Jackson, the proprietor, who fired
a bullet through the young colonel’s
heart.
President Lincoln ordered that
Ellsworth’s body be taken to the
White House where it lay in state
in the historic East Room. Later it
was escorted down Pennsylvania
avenue by a detachment of cavalry,
followed by carriages in which rode
the President and members of his
cabinet to the railroad station. There
it was placed in a special train
which bore the young commander
to his burial place in Mechanics
ville, N. Y.
Two days later President Lincoln
wrote a long letter of condolence to
| Ellsworth's father and mother. It
i Is even more noteworthy than the
famous letter to Mrs. Bixby which,
; it has recently been revealed, was
not written by Lincoln at all, but
by his secretary, John Hay. In it,
, instead of writing about a soldier
: whom he had never seen, Lincoln
was paying tribute to a man whom
I he had known personally as a law
clerk In his office in Springfield and
j his companion on the fateful Jour
; ney to Washington, and whom he
j had grown to love.
CAT
CLUE
86
By JAMES FREEMAN
(Associated Newspapers.)
VTNl Service.
INSPECTOR Will Hatch climbed
the last of four flights of dirty
stairs and paused. His chief
aide. Detective Jed O’Brien,
followed, puffing and blowing like a
steam engine.
Will grinned, “That’s the last, Jed.
Catch your breath and let’s go.”
O'Brien chose not to reply. Silent
ly, like a faithful dog. he followed
his superior to a door.
Will knocked on the door, and then
opened it without waiting for a re
ply.
A man had partly risen from a
table in the center of the room. A
man’s hat and coat were thrown
across the bed A soiled shirt hung
over the back of a chair. There
was an ashtray on the table, a half
fllied bottle of milk, a glass and a
box of crackers.
The man was in his shirt sleeves.
He must have been under thirty.
His features were dark and swarthy.
He watched Hatch from black,
close-set eyes. His attitude was that
of suspicion.
•’Hello,” said Hatch, easily. "Your
name Volkoff? Leon Volkoff?”
“Well, what if it is?” The man at
the table scowled and stood up to
his full height, which wasn’t a great
deal.
Hatch advanced across the room,
studying the man. His expression
was not hostile, though he was won
dering how difficult Volkoff was go
ing to be to handle. For he was
sure the man was Volkoff. The de
scription fitted in perfectly.
Behind Hatch, O'Brien leaned
heavily against the door casing.
"What about it?” the man repeat
ed darkly.
"I’m looking for a man named
Volkoff,” he said. “Wanted for mur
A man was sitting on tho bed. He
looked up, startled.
der.” Hatch paused, and when the
man made no i#ply, he went on,
“I think you’re him.”
”^(eah?” the man sat down. “So
you’re a copper, eh?” And you’re
lookin’ for a killer named Volkoff,
an’ yuh think I’m him? Well, what
about it?”
Hatch shrugged. “Either you
prove you’re not him, or I’ll take
you along."
“Smart guy, eh? One of them cop
pers what never makes mistakes.
I hate coppers."
“Start proving,” said Hatch, “or
put on your coat.”
The man’s eyes left Hatch’s face
and moved about the room, com
ing to rest at length on O'Brien,
standing at ease by the open door.
A tom-cat had come in through the
door and was stretching himself just
inside the room. With a sudden dis
play of savageness, the man picked
up the ashtray and flung it at the
cat, missing by inches. The cat
looked at the man in sudden alarm,
turned and fled from the room.
“I hate coppers," the man repeat
ed, turning back to face Hatch, "and
cats." He paused, studying Will’s
face with hatred in his black eyes.
“I ain’t trying to prove nothin’ to a
copper. I’ll talk to the judge; prove
who I am.”
Hatch shrugged, his face expres
sionless. “Suit yourself, feller. Get
your coat.”
The man stood up and walked over
to the bed. Hatch watched him.
O’Brien, standing by the door,
watched him, too.
Presently the man was ready.
They descended the stairs. On the
second landing they paused. Hatch
produced a pair of handcuffs and
clamped them on the man’s wrist.
He told O'Brien to wait. Then he
began ascending the stairs again.
The man shouted a protest, but
O’Brien silenced him by clamping
a hand over his mouth.
Hatch came back up the stairs
softly. He crouched before the door
a moment, listening. Then stepped
inside.
A man was sitting on the bed. He
looked up, startled. He was small,
compared to Will. His features were
dark and swarthy. His eyes were
black and close-set.
Hatch said, “Come on, Volkoff.
You’re wanted for murder!”
O'Brien was puzzled about It
Hatch had to explain.
“Murder is serious business,” the
' inspector said. ‘In the first place,
the man took it too lightly. He
didn’t want to get away. On the
contrary, he wanted us to take him
In. That wasn’t natural. There
must have been another reason. I
figured he wanted to get us out of
the room. It was the cat made me
sure I was right.”
"The cat?”
•‘Sure. Cats don’t come into
strange rooms and stretch and act
like they lived there unless they ex
pect a welcome. The man didn’t
own the cat, or it wouldn't have act
ed like that. The answer must be
that Volkoff liked cats and owned
one.”
"What was the other guy doing
there?”
"The other guy was a stall. Vol
koff kept him there in case we came
after him. When he heard us on the
stairs, Volkoff hid under the bed.
The other guy got us out of the
room by posing as Volkoff and let
ting us arrest him. When Volkoff
was well away, the other guy would
prove who he was, and we’d have to
let him go.”
Hatch threw away the butt of his
cigar and thought of Volkoff’s white,
frightened face.
“Murder,” he said musingly, “is
serious business.”
Ultra-Violet Light Assists
Fight on Potato Ring Rot
Because an ultra-violet light hap
pened to be delivered upon a certain
day, potato growers throughout the
world were given a powerful weapon
to fight bacterial ring rot of pota
toes, a disease which has spread
throughout the nation in 10 years.
The accidental discovery was
made at Montana State college,
Bozeman, Mont., by Dr. V. E. Iver
son and Dr. H. C. Kelly. Iverson,
a horticulturist, was searching for a
quick and positive means of identi
fying ring rot in seed potatoes. His
search was prompted by the rapid
spread of the disease within Mon
tana. Within two years it had spread
throughout the state, causing a large
percentage of rotted potatoes in the
field and heavy storage losses
capped by further shipping losses.
Iverson believed that a quick and
positive means of identifying the
disease was the key to the situa
tion. If seed potatoes could be ex
amined quickly, ring rot infected po
tatoes could be discarded and only
disease free stock planted. The only
means of identifying the disease was
the old gram stain test. To use this
test meant a laboratory, a high pow
er microscope and plenty of time.
One man could test about 200 pota
toes a day, altogether too slow for
a disease that spread so rapidly and
it was impractical for use by seed
producers.
Dr. Iverson started, with the aid of
Dr. Kelly, a physicist, to explore
the possibilities of X-ray identifica
tion of the disease. This failed.
While the two men discussed the
failure, Kelly unpacked an ultra
violet lamp his department had just
ordered. Obeying an impulse, Iver
son cut the end off a potato and
thrust it under the light. The result
was unmistakable. The ring rot
area of the potato fluoresced bril
liantly.
Since then the two scientists have
tested this light under every condi
tion and it detects ring rot or any
tissue breakdown accurately. The
light is the H-4 type ultra-violet black
lamp of 100 watts. In use the opera
tor cuts the end of the potato, holds
it under the light and if it fluor
esces, the potato has ring rot or
some tissue breakdown. If it does
not fluoresce its tissues are unaf
fected.
Tt)e use of this means of identi
fication has spread to a number of
states and is used by several com
mercial seed growers in Montana
now. Instead of 200 potatoes a day,
an operator can test nearer a ton
a day. Anyone can use the lamp
with a few minutes practice and its
low cost puts it within easy reach of
seed producers.
Dr. Iverson points out however
that the ultra-violet light is only one
part of the fight against ring rot.
The disease spreads rapidly by in
fection so every sanitary precaution
must be taken to prevent infection.
Rice for Third Population
Rice is one of the oldest known
foods, is mentioned in Chinese rec
ords dating 2800 B. C. It is native
to India, which grows some 60,000,
000,000 pounds annually. China,
largest consumer of rice, issues no
data on annual production.
Rice is a member of the grass
family, grows best in warm and
moist regions. Usually rice fields
are flooded during the growing sea
son, but in some districts such irri
gation is not required.
The cultivation of rice began in
United States in the Carolinas about
700. Today the annual U. S. yield
amounts to 50,000,000 bushels. Lou
isiana, California, Arkansas and
Texas are the chief centers of rice
production in America. The wild
rice of North America’s swamps,
while not adaptable for cultivation,
provides an important food for wild
ducks.
Ten Most Beautiful Words
What are the 10 most beautiful
sounding words in the English vo
cabulary? A nation-wide poll to se
lect the words was conducted recent
ly by a Detroit columnist, Frank
Colby, and of the thousands of words
received, the 10 most beautiful
words were as follows: Mother,
memory, cellophane, bellboy, mel
ancholy, belladonna, flamingo, wil
derness, tambourine and lavender.
Words were received from every
state in the Union, with the lists con
tributed equally between men and
women. Some of the jawbreakers
received included tintinabulation,
vivisepulture, necrophagous, and on
omatopoeia. One swain submitted
his sweetheart’s name, saying,
"This is the only really beautiful
word there is.”
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FIVE delightful pairs of motifs
1 are distinctively either His and
Hers or Mr. and Mrs. Guest
towels and pillow slips—even tea
towels (the smart comer mono
grams are suggested for this use)
will benefit from the application of
these unusual designs. These would
make grand gifts for the lovely
June bride or would be in great
demand at the church bazaar.
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Z9321. 15 cents, is a pattern which givea
you intriguing embroideries for persona]
linens. For this pattern send your order
(with coins) to:
AUNT MARTHA
Box 166-W Kansas City, Mo.
Enclose 15 cents for each pattern
desired. Pattern No.
Name ...
Address ...
Copt 1941 by
Kpilot! Company
Dreaming vs. Reality
Some people merely dream of
being something; others keep
awake and are something.
Habits Multiply
111 habits gather by unseen de
grees, as brooks make rivers, riv*
ers run to seas.—Ovid.
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