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riiK m:i:: omaifa. satukpay, November ji, ion. 15 Crinolines 1 830- 1914 (Republished by Special Arrangement with Harper's Bazar) 1. f v: . . . a y y : LittleBobbie'sPa A real pussy-cat cloak big and full and comfy straight from the house of Drecoll. En veloped in Us voluminous folds the wearer Is al most lost. Only here eyes peep out from above the bushy black and white fox collar the mag pie combination In furs being one of the new notes of the Drecoll collection. Straight and, oh, bo full, the mantle hangs from this furry collar almost to the bottom of the gown, and aways tlaring. And as If to accentuate this spring at the bottom a wide band of the two furs Is added. The tiny hands find their way out of two great ruffs muff-like pieces of fur which extend al most to the elbow of the big, baggy sleeves. An intique Russian silver ornament fastens a cloak iihich might have been faslfioncd for the ex Empress Eugenie. '- Since Russia and France have Joined against the enemy, the French couturiers do not hesi tate to glean their inspiration from the land of snow and beautiful women- From, the tip of her turban to the toe of her boots this little lady Is Russian. The material is a blue cloth, the military blue color, and the trimmings are black astrachan, the fur the Russian officers use to edge their capes. . This fur forms the collar, high fend flaring, but,, open in the - front, outlines either side of the. front of the tight little jacket and edges the tiny flaring basque. But the new est feature of the Jacket is the :leg-o'-mutton sleeve the real, old-time, full sleeve gathered full into the normal armhole. The skirt, full and trimmed with braid, displays the patent leather Russian boots. ' , Ruffle upon billowy fulness, ruffle, each rippling forth In makes one believe that this quaint little skirt of coral pink taffeta must have been cherished all these years In the hidden re cesses of a chest belonging to an 1830 belle. Al least Weeks has copied almost to the last detail the skirt of that period. There are slight modi fications in the corsage, though the flat shoulder effect is just as pronounced. And it is achieved by a saBh of black and silver brocade ribbon which twines its 'way over one shoulder and across the hip. Two ruffles of the taffeta out fined in sable are laid flat over the other shoul- der, the flare coming well below the top of the arm. A line of sable marks the bottom edge of the skirt, which is short enough to display the turn of the ankle. lly WILLIAM V. KIRK. 1 nfo thut MiMfr noonevclt hi cumin bnrk, cd piu I am glad to htar Hint, b kaim the country will fel afr whun he In here to life niter thing. Of rout. nr r, he enn't art In the White Ilnune chair, hut I gursa ha doMit't care much aa lonn aa he haa thoin bolla wlrh he not In South Amrrlky. Of courae, pa aed to ma, you nwvvr hait any South Amortka.ii bolla. no you llttet know the Buffering with la canned by them, but thay are a ternbul thin. Wen did you ewer have them? aed ma. Every time I ewer went to South Amerlky. aed p I uned to Bet them from awtmnmV acroaa the Ainaaon hefoai breakfast, ied pa. I waa a rat awlmer in them daya, I uaod to go out every morning for a dip & a awim acroat t lip ( Amaaon & buck. Mtatcr Hooaevelt aaya In the palper thnt the nineteenth cenlurj j was of North America., tut the Hh cean- I tury will be of the Amaiona. I doant j know wether ho mana tlio river of wen wlmmen flit tharo right1, ia aed, but li ' ho muna the river ho ta cci thinly rifcht.j I waa one of tl o first Amerlkana. a ed, that reellaed the tremcmlun Hxsltlll tlea of Suuth Ameriky, the Kinto we.th,! the wumlertul Jewel & mtneral mlnea ' the crocndlln aklna down thine waUuig to bo made Into puraee. You newer toald mn that you were In, South Amerlky, aed ma. j Lldent IT aed pa. Well, that la aliiHu lar, but 1 havo boon thru ao much thnt perhapa I did f erg It to tell you all 1 know, & beeHlcJca, 1 waa reeding the other day that thare are aum thlnga a huaband A wife ahud keep from each other, & that la one of the few thlnga 1 keep from you. I You are In a faaeaahua mood tonlle, ! decrcat, aren't you? aed ma. 1 of fen j wonder, ahe aed, wen you are telling:! them yarna how much of them you think I little Hobble & 1 beieeve. I dim-omit j very one of them, doan't you, 1 loliliio y i I doun't know what you mecn by dla-' counting them, I toald ma, but 1 beieeve . everything my deer father aaya. Thare, you aee. eed pa, the llttel man' knowa the truth wen he hear It & aeea It. ' I am proud of my aon & glad beeknua of hla faith In me. Here, Hobble, aed pa, ' heie la two dollar. Cio git that air' rifle that you toald me you wanted the! other day. You are a aenslbei child, the' on of a acnelbcl father. J He la a wise child, the aon of a wiae' mother, aed ma. He wanted that air rifle now he la going to get it. But go on, 1 dee re t husband, & tell us moar of the awful perils you encountered In South Amerlky. You Teddy will have a grate visit wen he gets back to New York, won't you? Why doant you aak him up; to lunch & talk It oaver with him her,1 ware I can hear It, too? I Joet luv ad- i venture, ma Bed, espeahully wen thare laj enuft Ilea In It to mulk It thrilling. You dulent ever happen to drop In nt the South lle hunting for silver penguin, did you aed ma. If yotl did, I ahud like to hear alout that alao. Kvldently you think I stray from the truth, aed pa. You doant stray from It. you gallop from It, sod ma. You get so far from It that Truth hue to send out a rescue party to find you bring you bark. I am glad Bobble doean't feel that way, aed pa. Yes. aed ma, & t guess Bobble ta glad he got that two dollars. The Want Ad Column of The Bee Are Read Pally by People in Search of Ad eertlsed Opportunities. YOU WILL ACTUALLY NEED IT DON'T DELAY .1 ''A V; V - t'i h v Specially Priced This Week American Mink Sets Up From $60.00 OUR FURS Bear Comparison Specially Priced This Week FITCH SETS Up From $45.00 Superior Finish and Service Ability of Shukert Furs We Specially Price this Week RUSSIAN PONY COATS Up From $19.50 Being Manufacturers We Defy Competition We Wni Design and Mike Your OLD FURS in tha Latest Styles (GL E MOECIEMT SOUTH IS ST. The Wireless of Insects BY GARRETT P. SERVISS IS'SrCaS-i; ; "V . f w,sM ANTENNAE OF MALE AND FEMAI.R GNAT. THE ANTENNAE OF THE - PLUMED ONAT. ' s' 1 tWaawmnfflitgW) ant Tiirrrtilt iwaiit-araaaij ANTENNAE OF A MAY BEETLE. When we mention the five recocnlied humar sensea, or their principal organs the eye, the ear, lha nose, the palate and the akin, representing, reareetively, eifc-ht. heartn. smell. ta;ste and touch we are apt to think that we have covered the field of aenaation, and that other animals must rely upon aimllcr meana of com municating with the outer world. But, in fact, It la iloubtleaa whether we ouraelvea are aware of all the sense that we really poaea, while It la certain tbat there are creaturea which have per Mttiuna and sense organs widely, and perhapa fundamentally, different from ours. The class of animal called "mlhro poda" (jointed anirqala) poetess an orgun unknown to man, which aomotimes seems to have almost maKical powers. ' This Is the ''antenna" (from a Oroeit word mean ins to stretch up). Everybody has bo come familiar with this word since Ha adoption to describe the aerial w.'ie uaed to catch the slfnala fo wirclesj teleg raphy. In the natural world wc aee the an tenna (In the plural antennae) most com monly among- insects. An lnet-t deprived of its antennae, although it continues to live, scorns to he like a mnn deprived at once ot both sight and hearing, and per haps even of the venae of touch, and It may be deprived, at the earne time, of other sense ot which we know nothing-. lu fact, the ant nna, whether used as a meana to capture Invisible elactrio waves wandering through the ether, or employed by the Insect to give It all sorts of Information about Its surround ings, la absolutoly uncanny in lu exhibi tion of strange properties. With the In sect it Is a wand of knowledge, and when you aee tome little rU-lrggel creature waving Ita antennae about you may be sure that It la i-ollecting new to guide it, in a way a wonderful aa any that we have Inherited or Invented. Indeed, it la impossible that when we fitted the word antenna, to our aerial telegraph syalem we were, unawares, recording the (act that we had Invaded l' ANTENNAE OF EMPEHOR MOTHS. a region of sense perception peculiar to the Insects and their relatlvea. Who knowa but that tnecta both aend and receive intelligence by meana of their antennae? Who can aay that nature did not endow them originally with a simple method of "wirelesa telegraphy," In stead of furnishing them with eyes,1 ears, noses, etc., like those of larger animals? With many InMCt the principal. If not the only, function of the antennae aeem to ba that of conveying a sense of touch. They go about visibly "feeling" their way with the slender, thread-like antennae projecting from Vthelr bead. But those organs must, in ail case, serve purpoee Advice to Lovelorn By BEATUICk" FAIRFAX. Tsar "Dl; Ilrother." Dear Mlsa Fairfax: 1 am a airl of IS and for the laat five yeara have known a young man two yeara my senior. Thla young man ta a frequent visitor at our house, aa he is bImo niv brother's rhum. and we grew up to regard him aa one of the family, lie In return calls me his l llttio sister. Now, after being with him so long, I find that I am not Indifferent to him, but love him very much, of which he Is not aware. 1 would not for all the world let hlin know that I love him. Whenever I hear thnt he is coming tip to the house 1 purooxely go away to try to forget him, but find that It Is Impossi ble. He haa been up several tlmea. and after finding me out inquired of my mother where hla aimer was. Now, Mlaa Fairfax, please advise me what to do. No one know of my love for him. 1-3 very one In the houae regard him aa one of i.i. HEAKTBJIOKEN R. ft. R. Juat go on In your friendship for your "big brother." Love frequently grows from a loyal and congenial frtendahlp. Do not fear to ahow him the tender af fection your aasumed relationship Im plies. If sweetneaa and womanllneaa do not win his love, neither cold aelf-con-olouaneaa nor a forward declaration on your part would succeed. Do Von Tract Ulnar rar Miss Fairfax: I am a trlrl il yeara of aae, and have been courted hv a man aix years mv senior. Now, thla man tell rre he loves me and haa asked me aevoral tlm" to marry him, but t i have refused him each time berauxe he filrta with other alrla and then ocnlea IL My friends all tell me to give hi in up, and thnt I enn do n ureat deal better, aa 1 am of a very good family, nut I like him very much, und It would break nv heart to give liim up. Kindly advlne me what to do. V. II. C. Do you truat this man? Or, after mar riage, would you be ever nagtcing hlin an accusing Mm of flirtations with other women? Perhaps If you were to rhow your faith by becoming engaged and shutting your ears to malicious gosalp you could break him of a foolish hnbll. nut don't give your heart with out faith and loyalty. You would spoil both your Uvea that way. other than auch a are clearly analogous to our senses. Watch an anthill In the bi sy hours and obnerve how orderly and yet rapidly everything goes on. Even when an ant seem to be wondering and turning in a confused manner It la not at all certain that it Is not perfectly guided by sense impressions in all it movements. If the aenaea by which they are guided are all concentrated In the antennae then tnat organ muat surely be regarded aa one of the most marvelous that 'nature bag bestowed upon U.e animal creation. Orchard & Wilhelm Co. 414-416-415 South Sixteenth Street I Pil: QlA Odd pairs; two to four pairs of a 1-iclCe VsUrtmli Ocilc pattern. Prices .wnto half and less ATtntP AT DB KTVWT aTSOTIOIf IMPORTED curtains that must bo closed out because the war makes it uncertain if we can re-stock thes e patterns that have been sold down to these small quantities. Buy now for single rooms note these examples: 11.75 SwIsb curtains. 4tt pair., pair. 75c I $2.60 Scrim curtains., 2V4 pair . pair. ! 5 $14.50 Marquisette curt.. 3 pair, pair 8..0 $35.00 Prince, curt. 1 pa r. pair $12.50 $11.00 Cluny curt., pair, pair $5.0S I $3.25 Novelty curt, 1 pair. pair, fi.48 III J CL J a Dyed Pa(lue shades, 6 ft. and 7 ft., 25c? and 30e WindOW aJliaaeS Oil Opaque ehades, 6 feet and 7 ft., 40t 45e ESTIMATE ON YOUR WINDOW BHADES WE MAKE NO CHARGE FOU MEASURING Cftifl1Jn CUl $2.73 for this $5 Magazine Rack, fumed or OatUrClay OpeCial g0lden oak, exactly like cut, 4 shelves 11x16 Dining Table, $24 This 48-lnch golden oak dining table, solid quarted-sawed top, 6 ft. extension. A big Thanks giving value $2-1 BUFFETS, CHINA CABINETS, TABLES, MOD ERATE PUICES AND GUARANTEED QUALITY. HERE ARE $65 00 Oak Buffet rat I LiuT US SOME SPECIAL PRICES: S42.50 $62.00 Oak China Cabinet ....$37.50 $43.00 Oak China Cabinet ....$29.00 And many others showing like reductions. Lowest Prices Largest Selection Starting MONDAY THE TWENTY-THIRD. BIG RUG SALE ON THE MAIN FLOOR. Our immense purchase at the Alexander Smith and Sons Auc tion Sale we were, the largest buyers from this part of the country. Prices nway below anything you are accustomed to. Also many Special Bargains from our other lines. Special Thanksgiving Bargains on "Reed" Roaster "." " .3J- " T-" "'if" Oval shapa, self-basting, eamles Mue and turquoise enamel ware. $2.15, $2.25, $2.36, $265 and $3.00 sizes for $1.25, $1.75, $2.00 Lisk Roasters for $1.75 and 1.95 $10 Reductions on Base Burners The reliable Beckwith "Round Oak." You ran depend on thoui. We're selling lots of them, and they're cheap. RANGES-Special $50 Range, G-hole. with reservoir if 38 Cabinet range, G-liole with reservoir Combination range, coal and gas . . Aluminum set of six pieces ...... Ji SG9 FREE with each An 18.00 range sold. WE GIVE 8PECIAL TERMS ON STOVES. CLOSING Ol'T 8K Lindsay ll"bt. . .100 1 Lindsay Junior llsht Vo UAH l.AMf'S SOO Maglo XnT. Ufbt .SOo SOo X-ladaay Olobao So and MANTELS. 6o lOiiaay Ufbt ...300 S&o JiaJopynant Olob..lc