TWADDLE B By FANNIE HURST (© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) (WNU Bervice) January morning Strassmore NE sunlit Madame Heinrich sat in the large, lived-in look- ing music room of velours, mahogany, chintz, bits of good brass, crystal and and opened her large stack of mail It was rightly termed music room. The big alcove circular windows contained a grand piano, a smaller up- right, a harp, two music cabinets and signed photographs of most of the mu- sical celebrities of the day. The last madame's letters pled her attention a bit more than the rest. A brief note in a blue and black envelope addressed envelope enclosed, Finally the top of a handsome marquetry table and let softly explode the word “twad- dle” from her wide, handsome lips. Then madame walked out of the sun-1it, shabbily pleasant music room, through a dining room of good old silver: several still life paintings, handsome high-backed Heppelwhite chairs ranged around well-worn but handsome dining table and then into an enormous kitchen. A cook looked up at her approach and together tie were conferences over dinner, the contents of two large refricerators were scanned by madame and a sip out of a large double boiler taken by her as she leaned over the ange to inspect a simmering gruel, More conferences with a parlor mald who came into two pails, an 1 ter of kittens unde » hack porch, inquiry about Infected finger and then chintz bfingalow morning stairs to Three I mother's sturdiness of figure ing their breakfasts of the inspected gruel, that room with { versed with them In Germa French. There was a frantic madame as she entered blings, confidences, stories to be told to her, “pieces” to be even a few tears to be wept 1 For two hours madame remaine the nursery. At twelve o'clock another flight of stairs old house, and knocked at a do« led Into the sunniest room of al At a desk, und sat Josef scholarly hu There there. of thelr friends Madame an of the sort of sophomoric in another that vealed a surprising si most famous time and her academic hu name was equally eminent the more special realms of th books of .O1} of occu with a stamped, of the same blue and black madame flipped this letter to the slowly new wore a tan dress, clir her chi children dren's who were hav- recently nf orner con Kisses, tum- recite er a green eye shade, fron indame Strassmore, the gray band of 's conference The conference none had ever looked In on the professor were guilty ahsorption would have re de of one of the one MezzZo-80Pranos Considering that matter, professor's mons Brunhilde madame, they were Obviously two people whe lovers, At one madame and he Tunched In a small known among themselves as “the get- away” because it madame and her family 11ed themselves when reporters or invaded their quiet. At two o'clock, n messenger from a shop arrived with chintz for the nursery and, for another half-hour, madame and the children and the professor conferred over color and fabrics, At three the professor re- turned to his retreat and madame, ac- compafiied by fraulein and two of the children, went In a motor car to the dentist, where madame held little hands while cold instruments clicked among small teeth. At four o'clock madame was back once more in her home and, at the sound of her volee, the professor ven- tured out of his retreat for a few mo- ments, arranged some music with her and went softly out, closing the door, locking it, and throwing the key back over the transon, because already madame’s glorious volce was rippling and pouring. For three hours, with brief intervals of rest, that sonorous avalanche of melody rang through the house, Messengers arrived, telephones rang, servants scuttled on noiseless feet, but no hand turned the knob of that locked door, . At seven o'clock, madame emerged from the music room and again mounted the stairs to the nursery and fed her youngest child his gruel spoon-by-spoon from a dish with four rabbits around the brim. For every rabbit a story had to be invented as he clutched his mother's wrist and swallowed gruel. The second child, a lovely girl, Griselda, wanted a certain lullaby to send her to sleep, and so while a mald dressed madame's halr she sat beside the small bedstead that she herself had painted, and softly sang her girl to sleep. At seven-thirty, while madame was being hooked Into a spangled gown ah professor and children room o'clock 1 three secluded wns there cel v.geekors same samples of o'clock welj fitted to her ample figure, frau- leln brought her in a bowl of milk toast which she took standing up. At eight o'clock, the professor, far more nervous than madame herself, awaited her in the lower hall In stiff evening clothes, while a limousine chugged at the door, At a few minutes past eight, madame, handsome in the spangles and a su- perb sable wrap across her shoulders, descended the stairs. There were final Instructions to leave with fraulein about baby's cold and rubbing his small chest with goose grease. There were some ques- tions to put to the chauffeur Ike, whose wife had seclatiea, The parlor maid came tearing down to hand the professor madame's throat syringe to have along in case of emergency. At eight forty-five, madame ap- peared on the stage of Carnegie hall pnd for two hours held an audience enchanted by the soaring magnificence of her volce. At eleven o'clock, while fessor hovered about with madame's wraps, the crowds milled about her in the dressing room, bagging for buds from her eager to press her hand, hungry for a closer view of the woman whose glory had held them spellbound, At half after eleven, the professor and madame more entered the room they ealled “music room.” There was a table for two spread beside a roaring fire and Johanna, the second upstairs girl, who had begged the privilege of staying up instead of the waitress, was standing ready to serve, Madame herself went into the kitchen and made the coffee. The professor liked his percolated her cer. tain way. After that, with Johanna eager to remove her mistress’ slippers for softer ones, there was just qulet talk between madame and the professor, She had been her magnificent hest. His eves caressed her. His lips sought her hands. Madame and the professor ate now the pro- corsage, once stiff with There relaxed enjoyment, knu kles, Not professor, were pigs’ coarse to madame or the but sue food of rich, strong hite bread madame ad, the bow! and flavor firm w had baked reelf 10 green, Y iG an The sal crisp out of Ingredi- t {Ore had the ougn that madame and was api baked the hefore rich coffee of her brewing After that sat and hushand, Ff +X chimes of the clock morning the until in the hall they fire, the by madame her lovely sounded two, Sitting back relaxed, madame's hand reached idly for the letter In the and black that had elicited the her a onl fram ta again from its out blue envelope word from that mn morning. She drew it leaning back to read it through half-closed, amused to her “Dear Madame Strassmore, husband : Ov Os, n your vast experience and your us success, wil give the » the bene for a wom- life and a possible hate both home repeated handsome madame, and, fling her wrap, went upstairs on the arm of her hus Kashmir Shawl Beloved In their presented heyday—when Napoleon several to Josephine as a gift — Kashmir shawl by the elaboration of their design, in which the “cone™ or “mango” pat. tern is the prominent feature—also by the glowing harmony, the the the colors, When Victoria was proclaimed em- press of India a number of Kashmir the English crown. its more modern version-—the Paisley, Whether or not familiar with are few who have not owned or seen a Paisley, mir, but the materials are products of Scotland rather than of the Tibetan goat. From the little town of Pals. of Paisley this more recent shawl took its name, Snorer Shocker Welcome Europe is welcoming the news that a radio device to shock snorers has been invented, Newspapers have taken up the laea, and when the device Is mar- keted there is sure to be a demand for it, especially from bedfellows of those who broadeast In thelr sleep. The In vention consists of a small microphone patterned after those used In radio broadcasting. It Is placed near a sleep er, whose snores complete a circuit, which shocks or sticks a pin into the nasal soloist, Valuable Counterfeit Counterfeit coins whose value In- creases with the disclosure of the fraud perpetrated are not comthon In the banking world, Recently, however, such a case came to light In London. Among a parcel of coins bought as gold was a clever Imitation of & sov- ereign of 1863. Acid tests revealed that the coin was gilded platinum, At the time it was struck off, in the reign of Queen Victoria, platinum wag worth oniy mbout one-third as much as gold Now It 1s worth much mqre. A Pagane OF COURSE you are riding, yacht golfing, tennis-playing and 80 on and so forth these days. Every modern s¢ healthgiving things, ing, woman going in for the ns BOCs On, thus who claim Wr is time with increasing en asm. Take a style consus at or oom gathering will find that the majority those present are costumed In vogulsh any sey” and of resort club you cottons this summer. There never has been a more attractive array of fetch ing cottons insight as are sporting in the great outdoors these days As for instance the handsome plques which in either wide or shallow are immensely popular and the washable crepes and ding onals and ginghams galore and seer sucker striped in blue, or in red and white, while the smartly mesh weaves have so completely cap tured the world we are dressing fron wale rough the new new lacy heart of fashionable top to tow the the hoslery we wear and the bandbags the in them even to the berets gloves, we carry. There's smart to the cottons what's doing it mally as well as informally, For that matter a gay plaided gingham party dress reaches the very pinnacle of the However, this story is intend ed to tell about cottons as they flour igh in the realm of sports and there is some exceedingly interesting news to impart in this connection. For In stance, the fact that the uptodate equestrienne is hearing the loud and no mistake the has been idea of more they are Dot sot entirely wearing won over and for mode, REDS THIS YEAR'S FAVORITE COLORS are bright and light are most successful clothes Reds that this year's colors, Scarlet seems to be the favorite right now. Yellowish reds appear in bathing suits and evening elothes, mostly. The reds used for sports clothes and daytime dresses and suits are usually darker, and less elemen- tary. Wine reds and browalsh reds are beginning to appear in daytime clothes, and are listed at the top of forecasted colors for fall Red-with-color as a fashion scheme takes many new forms this year. Along the Riviera there are many ex- amples of the type of color combining that Paris favors right now-{wo wari ations of the same color used togeth. er as if they were two different colors, Thus orangy red will serve as trim. ming, via a scarf, on a dress of maroon: geranium red is combined with scarlet; purplish and reddish reds are worn together, There ia, of course, more red and white than any other combination. Rainbow Eyelashes Are Latest Extravagance Artificial silk eyelashes of rainbow hue, marvelously attached to the real iashes, are Paris’ Intest fashion extrav- agance. Blue, red and green lashes are “worn” with lids of silver or gold and the lips must be colored to match the gown. “Powder cocktails,” the shades com- bined to make a mixture appropriate to madame's mood-green for jeal ousy, purple for passion-—are another vogue. As to lipsticks, there is no end to the variety of colors In these, Pale yellow, to be used with a green face powder, is favored by one expert. Boucle and Lisles Suits of boucle and lacy lisles are much worn at the smart resorts espe cially by older women who like theo formality of a Jucket suit. White suits are featured by the most Important rhops. call from the cotton fel throughont Riding habit persistent it echoes real all news i iekels the thir jittle he ’ material which dirty white’ brown. Ship ahoy sun 1% what the outfit worn by the seafar idy standing to the left an real sugresis IRR al to durene mesh l ture at once One « he © ever so nautic all a in these the bead their own anchor ligued as you see natched in eolor to the buttons wi h asten an veritable first officer's double fncket The new shorter makes sand contrast to advocated along trouser it possible the k. HA8 A Versions Seated In the f we foreground i 1832 wearing the new durene apron pajamas designed for sun and in general, amas have one leg and drapery behaves like a bungalow apron, tying at the of and waist. It may be donned on the beaeh over the bathing suit, (8 1922 taths beach wear the of the back neck Western Newspaper Unlon.) CROCHET GLOVES By CHERIE NICHOLAS Here is semething new in hand crocheted accessories. These gloves are all latest Paris edict. A few of the more exclusive shops are carrying them here, but naturally, with the duty, the handwork and all the rest, they are by no means cheap. A pair like the ones pictured may be copied at the outlay ef only a few cents, and it requires comparatively little time to make them. To crochet them requires two balls each of sizes 10 and 30 mer. cerized cotton, or you can use a dou ble strang of the size 30 crochet thread where directions eall for the size 10. It may appear difficult to crochet these chic gloves, but really, they are as ensy to make as a simple scarf or a beret or one of the new collar and cuff sets. Use No, 11 steel crochet hook. Most any fancywork depart. ment or specalty shop will supply directions, Pique Trimming Pique 18 a dominating fabric. It 1s used for collar and cuffs and pipings on dark blue or black frocks for day. time occasions, — TFPrepared by Natlor Ww as ngton i £ } HIS year all Swed brating, with memorial the anniversary of exhibits, Gustavus Adolj hero king Many are the ways veler moves about const glenn en by barge, Canoe, motor car, rallwag confronted stoms and {4 y gGilierences, is with cu The gion one gets of Sy and h population 1 In its Nordie ty] have on tl to the the n the sing t nomad tents of bark velvety tram deer hoot sinte, embers roam secure! snow-capped fled mare than a heen embroiled its history has a aided its territory and left the « ary aftermath of mixture of blood During the past six years i Lan ‘ . Ring © % fa trad gt on West nn 1 still and but they went ex coasts of England Greenland - France celand and lands in the I juring rec ord of occupancy Sweden's intervention in the Thirty for Europe. Then came the his death in defense, 1718 ended his gal as he alleged, ideals of statecralt of west. the Sweden lost Its prestige as 8 world power diminished The energy expended on extending em pire has since been directed toward the more peaceful pursuits of devel oping Internal resources, . against fts Baltic possessions No Immigrants There. Sweden has no immigration problem, about 00 per cent of its six millions being native-born. Not immigration, but emigration, once threatened the national welfare, Before American immigration quotas were known, near. iy a fifth of Sweden's population was represented In the United States Love of country dominates the Swed. ish people. Their songs reveal a pas gionate Jove for the beauty of the land which hag been an unending source of inspiration to Swedish poets The Bwede's reputation for melancholy may be attributed wholely to his sus to the vagaries of the weather. He Is gloomy at the very thought of autumn, harbinger of the All the russet ber Is wasted on him. He is quick to lament the briefness of the season of light. Remind him of some event in the past and he is likely to say reflec. tively, "Oh, yes, that was the year the summer fell on a Tuesaday.” In that respect he is the arch pessi- mist. Stockholm, to be sure, is In very nearly the same latitnde =4 the southern tip of Greenland. This means that approximately two-thirds of the country Hes in latitudes generally con- sidered unfavorable to habitation amd growth. But the climate of the Scan. dinavian peninsula, with its jagged const line sweeping down majestical: ly from polar regions into the North and Baltic seas, is tempered by the warm Atlantic drift, which follows the western const of Norway and dips also into the Skagerrack. There Is a joy are those that en of Goteborg (Gother SUSEeRIS Ne , although one cory . be the oldest in the held continuou S308 on 1284 of the Stora Kopparberget, with under ground pit. said to erally world. has erent gr its gince Nearly All Live Comfortably. The are within the reach of the n With a highly developed teleph: yetem, business and social matters are han- died Ia over the At the hint of a delay, when a call is made, not “Just a minute,” but “In the wink of an eve !™ and she means literally and expedigiously just that. The main railway dines, like the tel- ephone, are state-owned. Private lines supplement rather than rival this service, which includes about a third of the total railway mileage of the country. Sweden has a more exten gively developed railway system, in proportion to population, than any othe er European country. Third class ig cheap and clean. Second far outs ranks the ordinary European second, and first offers luxurious means of travel. The electrified rallway that is farth- est north in the world runs from Bo. den, below the Arctic circle, to Nam vik, Norwas's always ice-free port, through which much of Sweden's iron ore I» shipped. The electrical current is supplied from Porjus, a modern ine dustrial town that has sprung up in the wilderness of 25 years ago. The machine room at Porjus is sunk inte a blasted mountain wall at a depth of 165 feet, a precaution that gives a hit of the low temperatures of the Arctic winter, Electricity, derived from waterfalls and rivers, is being substituted by, modern industry as fuel that in time will supplant the black coal which Sweden lacks Black coal heads the list of Imports and keeps the balanced of trade unfavorable to Sweden, but white coal is beginning to take Its place. From the depths of the torests of Sweden-—they cover approximately, three-fifths of its land area—come the commodities that head the exports) Wood pulp, planed and unplaned boards, paper, beams, spars, mastwood, and box boards provide nearly half of the nation's annual revenues from exe ports, i N sys ff aah f 1ifan ordinary comforts of life wooly : rely Wire the Swedish operalor Answers,
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