4 V JHAT'S news? Pleating, if you please, just miles and miles of it clambering up and down and around fash- fonable and blouses end wraps, Seems as if ev- #rything pleatable is pleated. Why, even est straw hats have their brims pleated, while this se: son's smartest gloves tak unto pleated cuffs. And have seen ning little shoulder are simply a mass of tier-upon-tier of fine pleatings, either or ribbon, or whatnot? dresses being the new- themselves wide you those cun- capes which lace As to pleated neckwear and acces sories there's no end to the frothy, billowy, lively and pert little pleat- ings which are enmassing about throat and shoulders and arms and wrists, at the same time ranging themselves up and down blouse under the guise of jabots, However, these little pleatings are but a mere prologue to the deluge of more pretertious pleatings which is rapidly descending upon modern fash- lonland. The real drama of pleating: begins with the new skirt-depth pleats which are being worked skilifully into spreading trains and graceful panels and winged effects and such. In one or two Instances of Paris evening modes the entire skirt has been pleat- ed in soft Grecian sculpturesque lines. fronts In the lovely dinner gown created of a heavy sheer in a rich orange tone, as worn by standing figure In the accompanying illustration, Patou achieves the sprightly back movement which is so featured this season, via pleated and stiffened winglike effects which develop Into floor length pleated panels at each side. A little matching pleated sums up the situation with infinite grace, When couturiers decide to | make pleating their theme they pleat | lavishly. Especially is this penchant | the cape Paris ¥ for pleating expressed in evenl party frocks which are fashi stiffened net lace or sheer seline de These dainty bespenk gowns which turn of the truly bristle w frills and ruches formed of pleatings. Not that have a monopoly not at all, Just ith tiers and tiers of sprightly evening fashions on pleated fantasies, to demonstrate how into the de, present In the picture a very ing sports frock made of a which might be In pastel shades new color ecard, dusty Instance or aqua blue or In one of the very As a mat. ter fact the original the pictured is In an attractive gray. self-fabric pleating describes the entering daytime n we charm woolen any delectable which are on the recent yellowish hues, of of new shoulder and neckline silhouettes, Now that fashion Is in snch a cided mood for } there pleating rumors In the alr that the all-around for a revival have with slender figurefitting The few been shown are tactfully lines to the and flare as much as they This is accomplished by flatly ing the pleats down at the top. It ia said that this type of skirt is destined to become very important in tion with the long tunic blouse which has “arrived” in smart © by Western Newspaper Union circles, NEW SHOULDER LINE By CHERIE NICHOLAS rarer eral irsdraica ic The print frock topped with a full length coat In solid tone 1s a fashion favorite this season. The costume ple tured Is a Schiaparelll model, The color scheme I8 very cholce and dis tinetive in that the print is developed in brown, gray and beige, the woolen coat being In the latter color. The rounded shoulder line here sponsored by Schlaparelll Is achieved through skillfully maneuvered tucks. The one button fastening at the walstline is in tune with the new movement, The rolled rather than flat revers also carry a style message. The knitted hat is called “Fiirt.” Pleats for Juniors For junior wear, the English type of frock, plaited from the shoulder and belted at the norma’ waistline, Is & current favorite. OXFORD SHOE LEADS but such a modified oxford! eyelet type gives the effect of a pump; when more eyelets are used there's often a strap feeling, new version of strapping. ly worn, the strap slipper seems to be out, though there are a few attractive their fashion habits too quickly. Heels on daytime shoes are leather covered and have a dainty, airy qual ity, but they are firmly balanced for sane walking. On spectator sports footweas they're usually of built-up leather, that stretches a little over the instep. New Coats Are Featured by Variety of Fabrics cont array. The wraps In which smart women show more difference in fabric and cut than they have displayed for many seasons. They may be long or three quarter length, buttoned from chin to hem or flying loose In the breeze. minus a single touch of fur or swathed on regal foxes, The) have one point In common, however. They are all youthful, Ex. cept for the more elaborate afternoon models they are simple In effect—if not in cut—and they hang on jaunty lines which speak of movement. Brown Popular Brown Is becoming increasingly prominent for both daytime and eve ning wear, It Is being featured In chiffon, mousseline de sole, taffeta, crepes and triple sheers, ———— Goatskin Hats Narrow brimmed hats with pinched trowns are made of goatskin which simusates pigskin, These match up with sports coats of the same fahrics The Mayor's Suitcase By B. C. CRAVEN © by MeClure Newspaper Syndicate. WNU Bervice HE train pulled into the Craryville station and pulled out again. In the brief Instant that it paused, two suitcases were tossed off and two pas- sengers descended. The bags were very similar—of brown leather with corners reinforced in brass—but thelr owners were as unlike as a rose and an elm tree, One was Miss Margaret Hawthorne, bound for a dance at the Craryville Country club; the other, young Simon Bald- win, mayor of Mansfield, guest of honor at the chamber of comierce banquet at the Hotel Mohawk, At the baggageroom counter they pearly bumped elbows yet neither was actually aware of the other, Mar- garet was intent on her meeting with a recently acquired over the climax was scheduled to honor of the make, Yet it was not very long afterward that each was reminded forelbly of the other. Margaret, was mulling speech he who had been in Amelia, had gone up to her room and, kneeling suitcase 1 only to utter a sternation, There 1: a man's flung back the little shriek of cover, CO and within, earefully folded, pleated shirt; a bow tie; two iy tuxedo; a Vaguel tral Well, identity longed Hastily, coat again, went downstairs, a hurried ord of explanation A 11 11s le sos 14 t and where and with which eratood the presently Cousin flow street to the T ne ont of down had she Margaret not yet seen Cyrus. had not expected to, In the postman her that morning, as she he had said at the office then very letter which had handed g the leaving ouse, pressure of work or eight o'clock, The baggage master proved a dis- appointment. No, no one had returned No. he could not pos had suitcase who hers, looking “Are for somebody, miss? the young boothlack who ran a stand on the platform had sauntered in and was trying to get the drift of you “1 am looking for the owner of this sultease.™ sald Margaret, he walked article question, pockets youngster around in hands In “1 sure have seen that ver he sald earnestly his honor, the mayor of grip before™ to Mansfield I™ “Mayor of Mansfield! (‘raryvilie I™ "Well, Speeches he's a great traveler. ard dinners all over the country. I in the Mans every time he was going anywhere the mayor would get a shine from me” “But uged to he station and how can fonked I—avhy Cy!" for Cyrus to If take fact that “Why. Cy, something was the matter, “1 eallpd see \! you the house, Margaret, had arrived safely,” said “Cousin Amelia sald after from he yon the telephoned and said Hotel talk with Mohawk must you at Margaret clutched her fiance's arm. “Oh, he must be walting there. Call a taxi, Cy. It's the mayor of Mans fleld I” - to? “How masculinely garet thought. But there was no time to waste. “Get a taxi at once, dear.” she insisted. “And I'll explain all about it on the way.” Twenty minutes later Margaret was talking with the mayor himself. “I'm so sorry, Miss Hawthorne, that you should have gone to all this tron ble. 1 wished to make sure you were really at that address before dispatch. Ing 8 boy with your saitease” “But how.” inquired Margaret, 41d you know about that address at all? “There was a letter on the very top,” sald his honor, with a smile. “from Cyrus. Believe me, however, 1 skipped everything but the address at the very end!” “Wasn't he adorable!” sighed Mas garet, some hours afterward, dancing dreamily In Cy's arms to the strains of an sedinnctive waltz, "Wasn't who-look here, Margaret, cut it out. I happen to know that fel low's married and got three kide!™ That he knew nothing of the kigd, didn't, under the circumstances, wor ry Cyrus, stupid!” Mar. Playtime Fashions for Favorites With Frult desserts for spring tempt the palate more than the heavier puddings we have had during the winter, A dessert that combines peaches and tapioca, and baked In the oven, Is fit to serve on the most special oe- caslons, The fruit blends well with the easily digested taploca, and] makes a particularly well-balanced dessert, A favorite of the children Is a jel led orange dessert, and cottage pud ding Is the perfect ending to one of | those light spring meals with a salad | as the malin course, Delicious Cottage Pudding. ke flour powder 2 cups sifted ci 2 teaspoons baking i teaspoon salt 3 tablespoons shortening 1 cup sugar 1 cup 4% tensy butter or and cream alterna Dessert, y Jeilied Orange Too Much Stress on “Seamy” Side Writer of Opinion Undue Prominence Is Given Sordid Things. F YIrt Hes ar ' % , find these expressic ich we are grateful, “That dramatie criticism chance statement from seems have great significance, “It reminds usual it is stage, how much more the I n our reading | selfishness, which hu us to have the the pettir portrayed, on on screen, ir even, ORS, chi- | sanery and evil of man char | acter is capable, i “And it is likely to have the effect | of headlines in the newspaper-—the | whole as a matter of | fact, when It Is read by people in a | foreign country who have no other | basis for judging us The as might very well be that. we appear as | a nation of eriminals with corrupt’| politicians, napers and other | new Epaper, gangsters predominating “The kindness, | tion, sacrifice and unselfishness that | ire a part of decent people's every- | fay lives are not spectacular, so they | are not written about much, The | dally heroism of parents with a family of children battling against | adversity does not make such easy | story or drama material as cupidity, crime and sex, with the preferable | luxurious background, Therefore, it | is not ‘played np’ for entertainments, | “Occasionally, however, an author | inspired to write about life does get | down to the great drama in simple every-day living—and then we find | portrayed the heights as well as the | depths of human character, then we | see the nobility and the grandeur and | the glory that is constantly exempli- fled as a common part of it. “Bruce Barton once wrote of a country preacher who said: ‘People talk to me of the problem of evil, but I wili tell you an even greater prob lem; the problem of goodness. 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