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glow an instant Gut an instant Only.
The world reeled for moment before
the sharp cry Of man in fear. It cut
the dark like lash, and close upon 1t
the second man yelled in different
key, but no less in accents of terror.
The first arrival had flung himself
back, and so close upon him pressed
the others and so unexpected was the
halt that the six men seemed to have
flung themselves together and to be
struggling to escape from the hdeous
thing that had interposed itself in their
path.
All was over in moment. In the
midst of the panic the lantern winked
out, and instantly Hezekiah was be-
side me.
"Skip! she commanded in a whis-
per, and, catching my hand, she led
me of at brisk run. When we had
gone dozen rods she paused. We
heard voices from the stile, where the
gentlemen were still engaged in olsen
tangl1ng themselves, and then the
planks doomed to their steps as they
crossed. They talked loudly among
themselves, discussing the cause OF
their discontinue. The lantern. l may
add, had been knocked of the stile by
the thoughtful Hezekiah when she
blew out the light.
"Oh, that Hartley Virgins!
might have known ity' she cried.
"Known whatY' l asked. pricking
up my ears.
"That he would be afraid Of q
pumpkin with candle inside Of 1t.
Did you hear that yell?"
Anybody would have yelled" sug-
gested. II think l should have drop
ped dead IL you'd tried it on me-"
mo, you wouldn't" she asserted,
with unexpected flattery.
"Don't be deceived, Hezekiah.
should have been scared to death II
that thing had popped up in front OF
me-" .5.
II don't believe it. gave you q
! worse test than that. When switch
ed of the lights and swung feather
duster down the stair we'll by a string
and tickled your face you didn't make
a noise like circus calliope soaring
horses In Main street. Podunk. But
that Virgins manv
"He's friend Of mine and as brave
az lion. out In Dakota the sheriff
used to get him to 60 in and quiet
things when the boys were shooting W
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Iu1f octayll ALARMED sEOuf any

Aunt OCtayla i,afIe1 ,I0If my
thing?"
Cec.lia wGs a beautiful. charming
woman Of the world, but ! felt her
spell less tonight. 1t may l,e thur the
presence Of Hezckiah's slipper III my
inside coat pocket pressing rather w
sistently against my ribs, acted rs q
co. nterirritant. 81
lyon are III difficulty. Miss Cecilia,
/ said. .I'lpase tell me in what way
| may serve you
II don't know why should appesi'
to you
mo reason is necessary. havetol'i
you before that you need only to cop'-
mand me. we may lie Interrupted ut
any moment. Pray so on. IL
Il have lost an article Of the greatest
value to me. 1t has been taken from
my room"
For a moment only read distrust
and suspicion in her eyes as 1t occur
red to her that had access to every
part OF the house, but my manner
seemed to restore her confidence. And
she could not have forgotten that het
own father had met her secretly on the
roof of a house that was denied him
and that was perfectly cognizant u
the fact.
II am sure you can be Of assistance"
she said. There's something behind
this ghost story. Some one has been
in and about the house. You believe
that3''
"Yes. There has really been sort Of
ghost, you know"
She shrugged her shoulders. Cecilia
had no patience with ghosts, and We
were losing time. My conversation
with Cecilia was annoying Virgins, as
was plain from his nervousness.
II went to my room for moment
while Aunt Octavia was above. with
you, I suppose, just after the chimney
gave another of its strange demonstra
lions. remembered that had left
my little silver bound book, that usu
ally carry with me, on my dressing
room table. 1t contains memoran
dunn Of great Importance to me. II
positively cannot be duplicated. an
sure It was there when I came dowr
to dinner. But 1t was not on my dress
ing table or anywhere to be found"
"You may be mistaken as to where
you left It You would not be absolute
y positive that you left It on the dress
Ing table7''
"There is not the slightest question
about It. had been looking at 1t Jus,
before dinner. had sent you q note
you know, Immediately after you came
back and hurried down to see you"
"Yes; I recall that. You were In th<
library when | came down. And
think remember having seen the little
jtrinket slightly smaller than card
case. silver backed and only few
leaves. You had It In your hand thu
other night when came in after Mr.
Hume had Left
She flushed slightly at this. but readi
|ly acquiesced In my description. Mis-
Octavia's inquiry as to whether hat
/ seen the book came back to me ane
| no less clearly her withdra wal Of be-
| question almost the moment she hat
spoken It
" AolA thn o,,Adon mediterranean nj
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the town."
Maybe, but he SHE'D at pumpkin
and can be no true knight Of mine.
Cecilia may have him. always sus-
pected. that he wasn't the real thing.
Why, he's even afraid Of Aunt Octa-
viaw
"well, l rather think we'd better
bev'
my wheels In the weeds somewhere.
Please pull it out for me. I'm going
home"
"But not alone. I can't let you do
that, Hezekiah."
"Oh, cheer up!' she laughed, arous.
ed by my lugubrious tone. "And here's
something you asked me for. Don't
| drop 1t. It's Cecilia's memorandum
book. Give It back to her and be sure
no one sees it and you needn't look
into it yourself. And we've got to
have a talk about it and Cecilia. Let
me sec There's an iron bridge across
an arm Of that little lake over there
and just beyond it a big fallen tree.
Tomorrow at 8 o'clock I'll be there.
I've got to tell you something. chin
ney man, without really telling you.
You'll be there, won't your
''1ll be there II I'm alive. Hezekiah.'
I had found the wheel and lighted
the lamp. She secuted my suggestion
that I fnd q horse and drive her home.
The lighting Of the lamp required time,
owing to the wind and rain, but when
It's thin ribbon Of light fell clearly upon
the road she seized the handle bars and
was ready to mount without ado.
She gave me her hand. It was q
cold, wet little hand, but there was q
good friendly grip in it. This was the
nrst time had touched Hezekiah's
hand, and mention 1t because as ]
write I feel again the pressure Of hei
slim cold fingers A. ~
"Sorry you spoiled your clothes, but
II was in a good cause. And you're q
nice boy, Chimney Man. Good night
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Bent and Kissed Mise Octavla'S nan0
aezekiah's slipper upon my own con.
science, II I may so state the matter.
Hesekiah, playing ghost, had confessed
to me that she had visited Cecilia's
room. Hezekiah, amusing herself with
the library chimney and frightening
the servants BY stealing into the for.
hidden house through the coalhole, was
q culprit to be scolded and forgiven.
But what OF Heeekiah mischievously
6lching an article Of real value to hei
sister7 did not like this turn Of
affairs. I must get back to the roof,
nnd Hszekiah and compel her to 70.
turn the silver book. Only BY tactful-
y managing this could ] serve well all
the members Of the house OF Holllster.
But first must leave Cecilia With q
tranquil mind.
II thank you for connding this mat.
ter to me, Miss Hollister. Please do
not attach suspicion to any one until ]
have seen you again"
But II you should be unable to n
store"-
Il assure you that the book Is not
lost. II has been mislaid, that's all. !
shall return II to you at breakfast !
give jon my word"
do you really mean it," she fal-
tered. please keep this from Aunt
Octavial can't tell you how impor.
tant It is that she be kept In ignorance
Of my loss. The consequences, II she
kneX. might be very distressing
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CHAPTER XIX.
rryst With Hsxsklah.

AVfyos WIN b10zSN'au'
- WOKE the next morning to the
banging Of Miss Octavia's fowl
ing piece. In spite Of the crowd
ing incidents Of the day and night
I had silent sonndly, and save for "a
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rain.
The light Of the lantern fell warmly
upon Hezekiah's face as she held its
illumined countenance toward her,
crouchlng on the stile steps. l heard
now what her keenery ear, had caught
earlier-the tramp Of feet along the
path. The. suitors were returning to
the Inn, and the voices Of one or two
Of them reached me.
The nature Of Hezekiah's undertak.
Ing suddenly dawned upon me. Near.
er and nearer came the patter Of feet
and heard, for I could not see, the
scraping Of Hezekiah's slipper-a wet
little. sloe by now-as she crept higher
on our side Of the stile. The first suit
or groped blindly for the steps, slipped
on the wet plank, growled and rose to
try again. That growl marked for me
the leader Of the van. Hartley Wig
gins, beyond q doubt, and In no good
humor, I guessed The others, judg-
ed, had trodden upon one another's
heels at the moment Virgins stumbled.
Thus let us imagine their approach
six gentlemen in top hats headed for q
stile on a chilly night Of rain.
It was at this strategic movement
that Hezekiah pushed into the middle
of the stile platform, its grinning face
turned toward the advancing suitors,
the JACKIE lantern her hand had fash
toned.
I marked its position by lts faint
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IAN appointment with Iady," 70
piled.
IF you are about to meet the owner
Of that Beacon street slipper l wish
you good luck"
She was drawing on her gauntlets
and turned away to hide a smile,
thought Then she. tapped me lightly
with her riding crop.
"Cecilia's silver notebook was miss
Ing last night She told me Of her lose
with tears. She has it again this morn
Ing. Did you restore it,"
1T was my good fortune to do 90"
"Then allow me to add my thanks to
hers. You are an unusually practical
person, Arnold Ames, as well as tina
possessor Of an Imagination that
pleases me. You are becoming more
and more essential to me. Cecilia APP
proaches, and I cannot say more at
this time"
When they had ridden out Of the
porte cochere set of across the fleids
to keep my tryst with Hezehah. The
dir had been washed sweet ana clean
by the rain Of the night, and sky WIS
never bluer. I was surprised at my
own increasing detachment from the
world. My days at Hopefeld were the
happiest Of my life.
l reached the fallen tree that Heze-
kiah had appointed as our trysting
place a little ahead Of time and indulg-
ed in pleasant speculations while I
waited. IXas looking tQXard the hills,
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WHOLE No. 1904

in 0
0 re i in ourav
in
in o
He expressed the greatest the evidences ade and
in
h
for is dony eof
f Ridge commanded his undivided
Nhanc o
him
O he
it kind
marked o ra ospeiG, he enmrk
coud % in a in the
Sometm tina wee
mJert1le most fUun situated
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hnanc!ers In this country could not keep
It going.
He created the International steam.
.h,, and the Northern secur,t,.. and
~. gro., s,.s, cor,oro,,,, ga 49,,
:, .,, ,,.,,.,.,., 49,. -,,-
oo'o'""'''"s ''"o VI '"e" ""Vo JUS
uhed MS "''uo" ~ P"tt'h8 them to-
gether ana others nave como to grief
through his inability to get men who
would conluc. them a. he knew hhoy
ought to be conducted, though hs did
m, know how 70 do the vork ,,..,,
u,e q, eAs,,pee Ano eeu.. -.
wv VI
hUMOH.
And all this time his mr. coIIsc,or,
many OF them friends with as much
inherited and educated taste as himself.
and In no sense employees. we're rakinr
the world for It's art treasures. a..
went TO the rescue of falling pr,lisb,pv
firms and newspapers; he made Il DOS
sible for the Harper house to live. He
was never too busy to talk to n man
who could show him wnere great sums
O. money could be used for the double
purpose of preventing wastcfuI failure.
and, some day, paying revenue
lie built three steam yachts. each one
them for prices which made the oriuIna,
investment REASONABLE, when IN. rest
and privacy and enjoyment thew pave
him was deducted from their cost. lie
endowed hos pitfalls and even actors. and
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IMPLIED THE IDEAS; OTHERS
DID THE WORK.

He troubled little with details except
to go Into them now and then with
infinite pains to make sure that the work
as a whole had been thoroughly done
along the plan he had laid down.
It was for years his policy to gather
around him young men who nad bound
less energy and capacity ard !mag.na-
ton and loyalty and leave to them ali
the wear and tear which makes most
business men weary OF life before their
lifc's real work Is really In s!ght When
ambition relaxed or they broke or tired,
he drafted others. Robert Bacon. the
recent Ambassador TO France. made
money enough IL tho Morgan firm to
enable him to devote his genius to pur-
suits hardly less intricate but more to
his somewhat delicate taste. George w.
| Perkins was In the very thick OF the
battle for fifteen years. So were Steele
and Stetson. Charles NJ. Schwab, though
not a partner. took years and years OF
labor from Mr., Morgan's brain in the
days OF the adjusting and joining OF
! the steel combinations. As mas been said
before, N the plans and specifications Of
some OF the machines that were mount.
ed aud put In action IL those days OF
trust building have not worked. the
fault may well be looked for In the
dearth % architects and engineers 10
carry out Nj Morgan's ideas
The man who knows what he wants
done and who kaoNs that the thing can
- done has . tremendous Advantage
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His sympathetic study OF his faSnsr
and his close association with him nav
made tho younger Morgan nearly hAe
his father at his greatest. He hss ."e
vixor Of his fathers youth ana ."s
ripened experience Of his fathers ls'.r
years. His preparation a. his fstner
undsrstudy and successor has been thor-
oughiy done, as IL the Morgan way. ne
was born In this city. and In his fatner
only son. lie was graduated from har-
ward in 1850. In college he showed the
fondness os his family for outdoor
sports, though he did not compete ior
membership Of the athletic teams.
FROM COLLEGE TO BUSINESS
TRAINING ABROAD.
From college he went straight to the
London house OF Morgan. Grenfel' n
Co. for hi, apprenticeship TO his lies
work. lie had much TO do with the
transfer Of the 10000. 900 payment by
this Government to France for the
Panama Canal.
II was a tremendous undertaking and
delicate. The gold had to be gathered
cautiously In spite Of It's tremendous
quantity to avoid a squeeze and an up
wnrd bound OF the price OF exchange.
When Il was contaminated, American
ma nciers In the confidence Of London
banking men OF renown got confidential
assurances that "Young Morgan had
nroved that he would make good"
The elder Morgan came TO this coan'
try from his London schooling with
rsn,,tation already made The younger
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Is IS Years Old and Has Studied
Banking Business With View
to Becoming His Fathers
Successor.
Successor.

Of life Morgan
his father The resemblance
appearance voice manner Of
gait Of walking The
business fathers
making great DECISIONS the intolerance
the same simplicity employees,
the s.ms granite nmness we'll balanced hma
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He Was Stronger in THE Country
Than the Bank Of England IL in
the Brifish Empire.
ssseeNseAsNssseHsNas
Wac Able to Stop Panics Which the
National Treasury Rssarded.With
Neruous Apprehension.
Inherited Fortune and by Sheer
Force Of Csnius Became Absolute
Ruler Of the Financial World.
Never Built Railroad but Made
Great Interests Enormous byWon.
derful judgment and Strategy.
Charities Ran Into the Millions and
Was Foremost Patron Of the Arts.
81
Striking
Facts In
Career
Of Great
Plnancier
a.

came into the world Of finance with inhs-
Junus Spencer Morgan who had been
ouved
dying in Inheritance passing
been increased amount
great at It, Two hundred and fifty million
dollars is not large estimate billions
the direction and swayo Of J p. Morgan 4 Co.
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over the man who IN not sure that his
own Ideas will work and must Midget
and supervise his aides while they are
studying out the plans and the execu-
ton OF them. Never was this better
shown than in that panic OF 1907. The
cold hand was at every Wall street
heart. Nothing that ever had happened
was 10 bad A. what was ,slDut to nap.
pen. Morgan got them all INTO his arr
gallery building on East rhirty-sixth
street ono night: the men Of the big
banks. the big railroads ana the bis
INDUSTRIAL compinauons. with them
were the comparatively little fellows
VINO were ~ .ai ,nm o. nud ,alea. ano
we're on, ,kuiklng for bone, to nick
Until late Mt night he heard their sto.
ries; took their statements.
For an hour or two more he told .bcn
IN direct straightforward sentences wh,
must be done before the doors OF m,
hanks opened the next morning. mo, 40.
t.,,. oniv final results. T,hen bo vail. n,
hom. IN hi. bonss around IN. Go.
IN Madison avenue and nre.umahiv
went IN he'd. Tho credit NJ tho Irn,,od
stat.. xa. saved. He knew n. tbev ana
not
w.. .
80
80 We" .o
,,'.. IN $3.50. 20. 49,, 10
-. a".
"o 49, 80. 80
ea" sa ~. "' va!
90. .o ."e M AN p'eA'
w..n,,,,s 49,, ~, IL W. 80.
'e""'o "o's"" 'oon ms 'ee'' he
many N"suo"S' "u' ''o" eae"
ne 'n'eu y. e"o"sh u ior'" d" empire
""'e" e'u'" 'u'e '"e" AT
HIS FIRST GREAT VICTORY JUST
AN OMEN.
rh. s,,a.r, a, ,ho ro,,. .,..
can eo,,oy him .hrouph his ,i,e ,ro.n
dav IN 1ay. alwavs working a,wovs
nIavIny-a little but enouxh IN .eep
him fresh for more work. alwavs do.
welcoming his love for the beautiful in
painting. sculpture. architecture,
music and the theatre and keeping his
mind alive by increasing his acquaint-
ance with those who have forged
ahead in literature and In science.
1t was more than forty years ago.
when he was but stripping OF thirty
three that MS zestfui ViSor OF IKE
began to snow results to the world
outside i'm FISK anu Jay "ou'd were
engaging IN the'r eharac'erisuc
pastime OF maNhs money py Wreeh'hs
the Albany anu 'uA'.o'ahha "a''rodu'
Theh' even az now '"r' '"orsan loon
the t'aa away ''o'' mem """' ."e'
Wer" s'.m"'nS o'e '"e "No'' "a'e
pohes' men as INV, We 'ounu 'ne
"'o"ey 49,. - a'
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q ".
have gone down; certainly he would
have been checked and embarrassed
and would have lost much. AZ II was.
1t reached q point where Mr.. Hartman
was In sore straits. He had to run to
MT Morgan FOR help. Mr.. Morgan gave
him the help-taking price for 1t. But
he did not try. for instance. to take the
Union Pacific group away from Mr..
hartman or 10 break II up For. with
the rest OF the world, ne know OF no
oe.'er nanos IN wn'en tnot Sreat trade
artery couid remain tnan In the hands
OF the "tue wizard VINO hao welded II
'osetner ana msne IL mighty.
ineIe nave oeen nunoreos OF instances
VIM" "e s".n ioAs out on the
sNe"A mo" noen,ns ana never Will
out ".. ".n wno nsd something with
~sne" "Vss.n :" "'s "isoo" 1et that
mn" s"ouW p." no ".o pe!sons SYM
S. w .' '"oss .no saw the
49, 49, ~ NV en.t wa. oe'ns
80. u snousn. some
$3.50. 800 ~ "'mseai.
- 80. =. ."s OF inst railroad
a. "ee"'
..r. % :. $3.50. =, '" - ".n .no
go a.. ~ 80 $50. , 'ou"uS
1890 '.,. an he
1910. -h,.. -. $500, wv Up
-..n-a 10 s TO
'..,,,s 80. 49,. sH,S'S" ~"'cn
+ PI.,nont Nor.sn ~. rd,n. 1870 % ~.
Like a king. Or even a Russian Grand
Duke?
Like an American gentleman, who
might have what he liked but who took
II without flourish or splendor for the
inipressing Of any other American citi.
zen. Some Of u who work downtown
have seen late In the evening q Quiet
little cab drawn by one horse, winding
through the human stream Of choked
Nassau street. II the lieht v.a risht
when We we're close 10 the oab ana ma
could zee the face inside. most a, ~,
canned invo,un,ar,lv. For n CANA ov.-
~, In oo.h ,h., ~. w., 49,.
.,,,~,. ,or,., 4, Aw.r,o., 49,. -
:. o,,,o, u..,. ..h n",,n~ ~ 49,
.S.ov,s ~. .,.,,.. ..,~.
n,h,ch ,o,,,s 81. -. g., 80.
~,
49,. ~ o" :" ".'
80" "No p'po' ""u pos.uo, !.
" ' Va" ''ue ''o" wa"
sp'o""'
n"" ne ''e' Va'ieu 'he CAD WIN an
eu'o'npne you may ne sure tnat u was
no "'"oW"s' uo"''"ee'"s oe'h char'o''
PRIVATE LIFE AND FAMILY
~
Yards Of Nr Morvar.. nr,vat. M.
have been written. but Won can 20
through these wards ~, vha, ha. hean
written and hnd very I,tt,s o,,t of which
Won can satis.v IN. cnriosltv n, I, small
boy on your kpee who wants "a k,ou,
how ,rs h,oa.,, h,rL,r,r .u.,io. ,,,,.a
Hs mil, his zach, Ia mil, nj, ,tc.
tur. u,I,ar,s. ana ana ,,nn .na "a,
othsr neo,,. .h.re 4, ,h.,, hoa,,,a. ~,
hoa ,,s n,,,os. and ,rn,,,. go "a
country p,.ces here ava ~ o,ho. Ia.
hr, nv. know ,rIy hv ,r,orano. ga
,mavlnat,on how NE wen, n,,h,r ,h.u,
And tba, know,edxe rest. an our Inoy,,.
400 a, who, The mar Ala ,,,Ioh ~. mo-.
MT ,hi. % Lean tho wor,s e., -,
,n~
Here 4. ,be b-lsfest cbro,n,oyv \, ,,v
I,fs. Rorn n, U,rtford Cam All, -
,sa7, the son ~ Junlu. snsnce~ Mo,v,n
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friends his enterprises again and again
made him the most talked OF man in
the United States. The public interest
in him increased 20 that he more than
once appealed to friends who were
owners Of newspapers to instruct their
editors and reporters that the appear
ance Of J. p. Morgan at a window. or
that ne had stubbed his toe or that he
had bought Q new necktie was not
news" The editors could not honestly
give such orders. Because from long
before the time when Mr.. Morgan n
nanced the first $50 900 bond issue Of
the Cleveland administration and failed
to finance another because Of the patri-
otto intervention Of Joseph Pulitzer. the
very name Of ]. p. Morgan has in itself
been enough to catch the interest Of the
reading public Of the United States
Year after year enormous financial re-
arrangements Of modern business and
International credits have resulted from
his activities. He raised the go. 0Oo. 900
American underwriting Of the British
war loan Of 1901: he started the first OF
the trust organizations Of the last
decade by floating the United States
Steel Corporation In 1901 for $l.l0o. 900. 600.
HOW HIS GREAT POWER GREW
WITH THE YEARS.
He never stood still. Each change in
the mountainous pyramid of his wealth
and power made It a little broader and
q little higher.
Morgan's own actual work was as SIM
pie - his individual habits at home and
In recreation. Once. 1t is written. a
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low he SAVED HARTMAN
AND AET HIM ALONE.

4. H. Hartman was In trouble IN tnit
pa1tc. II 1t had been full gown PAM
instead OF prr..La1ry hreiNdown
which Mr.. Morgan suppressed 10y the
wsiGht OF his own vii, H. al his re-
sources and his st'!l more wonde*u.
meetery of men; II {; hsd gone i;s fun
hanGoA - . panic. Hartman mtSht
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-01-03

San Francisco, Cal, January 2.@The
century's old style in clothes for both
men and women of China have come
under the disapproval of the cabinet of
the republic and an edict issued call
ing upon the women to abandon their
trousers for the occidental skirt and
the men to give UP their comfortable
loose clothes for the conventional even
ing clothes of the Caucasian cut in sack
type is the news received here today. A
copy of the edict has been received by
the consul here for the Chinese repub
lie together with pictures of clothes
prescribed for both sexes. The vernacu-
lar papers printed the edict and illustra
tions Wednesday. The business suit and
the formal silk hat are modes men
toned for men. Nothing is said for
the headgear of women, who aside from
hair ornaments, never have worn head
coverings. Men are allowed high calf
skin and low tan shoes while the wom-
en- are limited to high shoes to suit
their taste. Besides shoes only three