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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-31
BY ANNE RITTENHoUsE.
,ondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
PARIS, March Il, 1914.
How do you like the new fashion for
Roman stripes? One cannot really call it
new. for Premet used it all last summer,
and Paquin attached it in the form of
sirdles to her coat suits last winter
But these people were forerunners of
a fashion that has proved to be popular.
Some one has said that it is just as bad
TO be before hand as behind hand in
fashions. 1t is certainly true that few
People will accept a thing until it is gen.
ersl, and the originator never gets due
credit. But there is no use signing over
this fact, for it is as true in the great
things as in the little things of life.
The fact is Roman stripping is in first
fashion. The query is whether it will be
out of fashion by tomorrow. Is it an
April shower that will soon be over?
VIII its popularity prove its doom? -
These are the questions no one can
answer. Each individual must work
them out for herself. If she is an eX-
tremist. and if she has full purse. she
can plunge into the expense of a Roman
striped gown. and discard it as soon as
she wearies Of it.
Will You Have a Skirt of It?
over here, in Paris. young women are
wearing plain skirts in brilliant stripes
a light colored foundation. 1t is a
daring fashion and only belongs to the
Young and the slim. Yet because it is
the fashion it must take its place in
reportorial news.
The first suit after this fashion was
-'urn 1t the races on a gray, clustering
re-. and its gorgeous coloring did not
offend the eye; in fact, it was rather
cheering.
The foundation color was of sulphur
Yellow and the stripes were in blue. red
and brown. and they were not small
stripes either; they were large enough
to be seen across the race course.
Fortunately. there was no minaret
tlnic on this skirt: II fell in plain lines
TO the ankles. where the breadth across
the hips vanished into narrow band.
There was no attempt on the part Of
this skirt to outline the figure. That
epoch is passing away, although the fig
IRE quite clearly reveals itself through
the loose transparent fabrics worn.
The coat to this jacket was a short
affair that fared out from the waist and
made no attempt to meet in front. The
broad open eXpanse across the chest was
filed in with a direectoire waistcoat of
heavy white linen fastened with round
gilt buttons and iaring into a starched
pointed collar.
There are Americans who might like
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BRILLIANT STRIPES FROM PARIS

such skirt but they should have the
good taste to keep it out of the city
streets. Its place is at the country clubs
in the afternoon.
Fashion From the Revolution.
There are other kinds of striped skirts
which are very good because they are
in dark colors that are not conspicuous
The woman who wants to vary from her
usual dark blue serge suit would do well
to have long tunic over narrow skirt
made of dark blue gaberdine with stripes
in another shade of blue and black, edged
with thread of deep red or yellow.
Or she could have the entire skirt of
this material if she does not care to
cut her figure in two by the long. full
tunic. What she wants to avoid is a
whole suit or frock of the striped fabric.
If she has a coat of it she should make
the skirt in a plain color, and the other
way round. After all. this Roman strip
ing is relic of the French revolution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-31

Even the hair dressing nowadays sug
gests a revival of the vogue of the six
ties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-31

To clean wooden clothes sponge them
with mixture OF four parts of grain
the place with a sponge dipped in clear
water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-31

Iron rust can be removed from almost
every substance with lemon juice. 1t
often appears on marble. as well as on
clothing. On clothing it comes from
rusty 1atlrons or rusty hooks and eyes
both things that can be avoided. There
are non-rustlng hooks and eyes on the
market and. moreover any garment
equipped with hooks and eyes can be
very carefully folded or rolled when it is
sprinkled so that the hooks do not touch
any more of the cloth than is necessary.
strip of muslin can be folded over
them.
Fruit and wine stains must be soaked
in cold water II they do not disappear
with this treatment dip the stained part
into a mixture of a cup of rain water
and teaspoonful of oxalic acid. Rinse
Immediately. Oxalic acid is poisonous,
SO should be handled carefully.
Copyright. 1919
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-31

To remove oil from the rug. if it is
spilled there. sprinkle cornmeal rather
thickly on it. The grains of meal absorb
the oil and should he brushed up when
the spot seems dr.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-31

To remove paint or varnish from cot
ton goods soak the spots in turpentile or
benzine and then wash thoroughly in
soapy water.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-31

Another way to remove grease spots
is to put a blotter over them and then
apply a warm iron. The iron melts the
grease and the blotter abSorbs it. This
is a good method. But it is a bad method
to use hot water to remove grease unless
something absorbent. like the blotter, is
at hand to absorb it,
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OId-Fashioned Cleaners.

In the old days every careful and well
trained housewife gave good deal of
attention to the subject of taking out
spots-spots from clothes, furniture, car
pets and walls and ceilings. Perhaps
there is less need for a home knowledge
OF spot removers nowadays than there
used to be. Expert cleaners are more
numerous and their work is cheaper,
comparatively speaking. than it used to
be- But there is still chance for the
saving Of many pennies to the woman
who knows something about how to re-
move spots.
French chalk is one OF the best cleans
ing agents there is. 1t is a successful
remover of grease in many cases. To
apply it rub it over the greasy portion
and leave it on for d day or two. Then
carefully brush and shake it out II the
grease has not disappeared repeat the
treatment.
French chalk often removes grease
spots from wall paper, as well as from
fabrics. Simply crumble the chalk over
the spot and leave it on for twenty-four
hours or longer Then carefully remove
it.
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Eyes half-closed. her head thrown
back, she seemed to suffer his kiss
rather than to respond, then turned
hastily away to her stateroom-leav-
ing him staring with wonder at her
strangeness.
BY midnight the Seaventure was
spinning swiftly south-southeast, close
Ieefed to a snoring sou'west wind
the fixed white eye of Portland head
light fast falling astern.
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XII.
Down the Cane.

Down the Cape.
at four o'clock, or shortly after,
Alan was awakened by boot-heels
pounding impera.tively overhead, and
went on deck again, to stand both dog
watches-saw the sun lift up smiling
over a world of tumbled blue water,
crossed the wake of a Cunard liner in
bound for Boston, raised and over
hauled a graceful but businesslike fish
erman from Gloucester, Barcus
opined when called to stand his trick
at eight and saw 1t a mile or two
astern when-still aching with fatigue
lie was free to return to his berth
for another four-hour rest.
This time misguided consideration
induced Barcus to let his crew sleep
through the first afternoon watch. Six
bells were ringing when, in drowsy ap-
prehension that something had gone
suddenly and radically wrong, Alan
walked.
He was on deck again almost before
he rubbed the sleepiness from his
eyes, emerging abruptly from the half
light Of the cabin to a dazzle of sun
light that filled the cup Of day with
rarefied gold. eve as he passed from
conviction of security to realization of
immediate and extraordinary peril.
His first glance discovered the wheel
deserted, the woman with back to him
standing at the taffrail, Barcus-no-
where to be seen. The second con-
frmed his surmise that the Seaventure
had come up into the wind, and now
was yawing off wildly into the trough
Of a stiff II not heavy sea. A third
showed him, to his amazement, the
Gloucester fisherman overhauled
with such ease that morning and now,
by rights, we'll down the northern hori-
zon--not two miles distant, and stand
Ing sQuarely for the smaller vessel.
B~ewildered, he darted to the girls
side, with a shout, demanding to
know what was the matter. She
turned to him a face he hardly recog-
nized-but still he didn't understand.
The inevitable inference seemed q
thing ~unthinkable; his brain faltered
when asked to credit it. Only when
he saw her tearing frantically at the
painter, striving to cast it off and with
1t the dory towing a hundred feet or
SO astern, and when another wonder
ing glance had discovered the head
and shoulders Of Mr.. Barcus rising
over the stern of the dory as he strove
to lift himself out Of the water-only
then did Alan begin to appreciate
what had happened.
Even so, 1t was with the feeling that
all the world and himself as we'll had
gone stark, raving mad, that he seized
the girl and, despite her struggles, tore
her away from the rail before she had
succeeded in unknotting the painter.
"Rose!" he cried stupidity. Rose!
What's the matter with you? Don't
you see what you're doing?"
Defiance infamed her countenance
and accents. Cant you aver say any
thing but Rose! Rose! Rose!' Is
there no other name that means any
thing to you? Can't you understand
how intolerable 1t is to me? l love
you nc less than she-better than she
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Schooner.

Schooner.
this reek Of gasoline; but just for
moral effect. Phew-w! I'd give a dol
lar for a breath Of clean air; I've in
hailed so much gas in the last few
hours I'm dry-cleaned down to my
silly old toes!"
Gaining no response from Alan, he
observed critically: "Chatty little GUS
toner, your are" and resumed the
binoculars.
Fol thirty minutes nothing hap
pened, other than that the sound Of
the fisherman's launch was stilled. It
rested moveless in the waters, two
figures mys%teriously busy in the cock
pit, the Seaventure's dory trailing be-
hind 1t on a long painter.
Gradually these details became
blurred, and were blotted out by the
closing shadows. The afterglow in
the west grew cool and faint. The
crimson waters d~arkened, to mauve,
to violet, to q translucent green, to
blackness. Far up the coast two
white eyes, peering over the horizon,
stared steadfastly through the dark.
Chatham lights" Barcus said they
were.
Abruptly he dropped the glasses and
jumped up. Hear that!" he cried.
Now the humming of the motor was
again audible and growing louder with
every instant; and Alan, getting to his
feet In turn, infected with the excite
ment of Barcus, could Just make out
at some distance a dark shadow be-
meath the dim. spluttering glimmer of
light, that moved swiftly and steadily
toward the Seaventure.
What the DEVIL" he demanded.
puzzled.
You uttered q mouthful when you
said dewitt" Barcus commented.
grasping his arm and hurrying him to
the landward side of the vessel.
"Quick-kick OF your shoes-get set
for q mile-long swim! Devils work.
all right" he painted. hastily divest-
ing himself of shoes and outer gar.
ments. Il couldn't made out what
they were up to till l raw them lash
the wheel. light the fuse, start the
motor. and take to the dory. They've
made on grand little torpedo boat out
Of that tender"
He eprang upon the rail. steadying
himself with q stay. Ready" he
asked. Look sharp!"
BY way of answer. Alan joined him:
the two had dived 10 one, entering the
water with q single splash. and COM.
Ing to the surface y good ten yards
from the Seaventure. For the next
several seconds they were swimming
frantically. and not until three hum
drsd feet or more separated them
nom the schooner did either dare
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comprising their plight.

comprising their plight.
"The rest Of your adventures arc
reasonable enough" he said, they
won my credulity-and I'm a native Of
Missouri. But this last chapter is i'm
possible. And that's fiat. 1t couldn't
happen-and has. And there, in q
manner OF speaking, we are!"
Against the western horizon a long,
low-lying strip of sand dunes rested
like a bar of purple cloud between the
crimson afterglow Of sunset in the
sky and the ensanguined sea that mir
rored it.
The wind had gone down with the
sum-. leaving the Seaventure becalmed
her motor long since inert for want
Of fuel-in shoal water a mile or so
OF the desolate and barren coast that
Barcus, out Of his Astounding knowl-
edge Of those waters, named Nauset
Beach.
Still another mile further of shore
the so-called Gloucester fisherman
rode, without motion. waters as still
and CLASSY. Through the cleaning.
with the aid Of glasses, figures might
be seen moving about her decks: and
as 1t grew still more dark she lowered
a small boat that heretofore had
swung In davits. A little later a faint
humming noise drifted across the tide.
Power tender" the owner Of the
Seaventure interpreted. Coming to
call. l presume. Sociable lot. What
l can't make out is why they seem to
think 1t necessary to tow our dory
back. Uneasy conscience, maybe
what?"
He lowered the binoculars and
glanced inQuiringly at his employer.
who grunted his disgust, and said no
more.
Don't take 1t SO hard, old top" Bar
Gus advised with a change Of note
from irony to sympathy. Then he rose
and dived down the companionway,
presently to reappear with a mega
phone and a double-barreled shotgun.
mo cutting-out parties in this out
it," he explained, grinning amiably.
None Of that old stuff. revised to suit
your infatuated female friend-once
aboard the lugger and the mar ia
mine!"
Stationing himself at the seward
rail, where his figure would show In
sharp silhouette against the glowing
sunset sky, he brandished the shot
gun at arms length above his head,
and beloved stertorously through the
megaphone:
Keep off! Keep Off! This means
you! Come within gunshot and I'll
blow your fool heads OFT"
Putting aside the megaphone, he sat
down again. mot that I'd dare fire
this blunderbuss," he confided, with
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three OF ~ aboard. Now you'd best
turn in. This Ii evidently to be your
stateroom. this one to port, and YOUR
have q long nights sleep to make up
for what you've gone through-dear-
est"
He drew nearer. dropping his voice
ltenderly. And Of q sudden, with q
little low cry. the girl came into his
arms and chung pasionatelv to him.
but your" she murmA red. You
need rest ~ much 10 i! What about
your"
"Oh. no ! don't"she contended. BE.
sides I'll have plenty or time to rest
mp enc we're fairly 1t Q |. Barcus
and 1 stand watch and watch. Of
courSs. There's nothing for You to
a. hut - completely at your ease.
Dus-ycl 4yst let me 10" 81
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CHAPTER XII.
Blue Water.

~
Anxiety ate like an acid at AIan,s
heart. II this shift to the sea might
be thought a desperate venture. he
was a weathered saltwater man and
undismayed; nothing would have been
more to his liking than a brisk coast
wise cruise in an able boat-under
auspices less forbidding.
But when lie re-entered the hotel
n surprising thing happened that
gave him new heart-momentarily II
seemed almost as II his luck had
turned. For, as he paused by the desk
OF the cashier to demand his bill. the
elevator gate opened and Rose came
out eagerly to meet him with an eager
air Of hope that masked measurably
the signs Of fatigue.
II worried so | couldn't rest" abe
told him ~guardedly as he drew her
aside; 80 l arose and got ready, and
watched from the window till I saw
yor drive up"
He acquainted her briefly with his
fortune.
But she seemed unable to echo his
confidence or even to overcome the
heaviness OF her spirits when their
cab, without misadventure, set them
down at the wharf.
Here, Alan had feared, was the cru.
cial point of danger>if the influence
OF the trey Of hearts was to bring
disaster upon them 1t would be here,
In the hush and darkness of this de.
serted water front. And he bore him
self most warily as he helped the girl
from the a and to the gangplank Of
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ever dreamed Of loving you-because
l hate you. too! What IL love that
II no more than lover Can't you un-
derstandf"
Judith" he cried IN q voice Of stu.
p~efaction. "But-Good Lordl-kow
did you get aboard Where's Rosef"
Where you'll not find her easily
again." the woman angrily retorted.
Trust me for that!"
What do you meant" Illumination
came IN = binding dash. do you
mean II w you-you whom I brought
aboard last nightf"
Who elsef"
you waylaid her there In the hotel.
substituted yourself for her. deceived
ms into thinking you-l"
'0f course" she said simply. why
noti When +! NV her sleeginl tAers-
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CHAPTER TX
EoreWarned,

EOTcWdTNGu.
The thing was managed with an in
genuity that Alan termed deyilish-it
was indisputably Machiavellian.
The lovers had come down from the
North IN hot haste and the shadow OF
death. Two days of steady travelling
by canoe, by woods trail, by lake
steamer-forty-eight hours of fatigue
and strain eased by not one instant's
relaxation from the high tension OF
vigilance Upon which their very lives
depended - wore to a elimination
through THE tedious afternoon on the
train from M~oosehead-a trap Of phys
ical torment only made possible by
Alan's luck In securing, through sheer
accident, two parlor-car reservations
turned back at the last moment be-
fore leaving Kineo station.
No matter-the longest afternoon
must have Its evening: the pokiest of
trains comes the more surely to It's
destination; In another hour or two
they would be In Portland-free at
last to draw breath OF ease in a land
Of law, order and sane living.
AS IL in answer to this thought, the
train slowed down with whistllng
brakes to the last hill-statlon, and as
the trucks groaned and moved anew,
a lout of a boy came g~alloping down
the aisle, brandishing two yellow en-
velopes and blatting like a stray calf:
"Mista Lawr! Mista Lawr! TEL
grams for Mista Lswr!"
Alan had been expecting at every
station a prepaid reply to his wire for
reservations on the night express from
Portland TO New York.
But why two envelopes superscribed
"Mr. A Law, Kineo train s%outhbound,
Oakland Sta 7"
He tore one open, unfolded the in
closure. and grunted disgust with It's
curt advice, opened the other and
caught his breath sharply as he with
drew-part way only-a playing card,
. trey Of hearts.
Thrusting It back quickly, he clapped
both envelopes together. tore them
Into q hundred fragments, and scat
tered them from the window. But
the nendish wind whisked one small
scrap back-and only one!-into the
lap OF the woman he loved.
vainly he prayed that she might
be asleep. The siiken lashes trembled
IN her cheeks and lifted slightly, dis
closing the dark glimmer OF question.
Ing eyes. And as she clipped the scrap
Of cardboard between thumb and fore
nnger he bent forward and silently
took H. from her-one corner OF the
trey OF hearts, but inevitably a corner
bearing the figure "3" above a heart.
Tho Pullman agent at Portland
wires no reservations available on any
New York train in the mex thirty-six
hours" he said with lowered voice.
Couldn't we possibly catch the New
York boat tonight"
He shook a glum head. "No-I
looked that up first. 1t leaves before
we get In"
She said, TOO bad" abstractedly,
reclosed her eyes, and apparently
lapsed anew into semi-somnolence-
but without deceiving him who could
well guess what poignant anxiety
gnawed at her heart.
He could have ground his teeth In
exasperation-the impish insolence of
that warning, timed 80 precisely to set
their nerves on edge at the very mo-
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the Seaventure. But nothing hap
pened; while Mr.. Barcus was as good
as his word. Alan had barely set foot
on deck, following the girl, when the
gangplank came aboard with a ~clatter,
and the S~eaventure swung away from
the wharf.
Until the distance was too great for
even a flying leap Alan fingered watch
fully on deck.
At length, satisfied that all was well,
he returned to the cabin.
"All right" he nodded; we're clear
Of hat lot. apparently; nobody but the
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to get clear Of Portland BY mfdnfebt"
You're ont" Barcus agreed promnt.
ly, his face clearing. God only knows
why / believe you, but I do-and here's
my handi"
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No Quaner.

Yes. yes" said Mr.. Barcus indul-
gently. breaking . long silence. Very
Interesting. Very interesting. indeed.
I've seldom listened TO . more enter
tanning hfe-history. my poor young
friend. But I tell you candidly, a.
man to man. I don't believe one word
Of Il. Its al dn foolishnessi"
His voice took ON . plaintive 90
cent. Particularly thjs!" no expos
tulateds and Eayed an indignant hand.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-08-24
SAYS GERMANS REAT RUSSIANS

Encouraging dispatches were re-
ceived today by Baron Won Rieswitz,
German consul in the city. The mes
sages said that a German army met
and defeated the Russians at Gum
binnen, capturing 5000 infantry, 500
of the cavalry forces and 8 guns. Ac-
cording to the dispatch, the French
had been repulsed in Alsace-Lorraine.
The consul was notified that Ger
many would not reply 10 the ultima
tum of Japan. 49,. 49, = - o. .-.-..-.
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foreign crop yields, due to ''the wide
spread abandonment of the fields by
the male population of military age"
and a less favorable condition Of
crops in this country, were reported
today in the monthly bulletin of the
department of agriculture for the sea-
son up to August 1.
The general tone of foreign crop
reports during the past month has in
Dictated previous estimates Of pros
pective yields to be too optimistic, the
report declared. This is due to wealth
er conditions as well as the war. The
department does not venture an esti-
mate of what the result of the war
on European crop yields will be.
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ready been launched is known only
to the government, which promises
an official statement when there is
news to communicate" But it is
considered certain that the reduction
of the Notifications has already been
begun.
London, Aug. PA report that
Albania Is in a state of anarchy and
that Prince William, who assembled
the throne only a short time ago has
fed, has been sent to the Daily Mail
by it's Venice correspondent. 1t is
stated that Prince William, with his
entire family, is now en- route to
Venice.
Toxic, Aug. 24.-Official Japan is
urging that no hostility be displayed
to those Germans still in Japan. The
newspapers make the same sugges-
ton. There will be no general con-
fiscation of German merchant ships
now in Japanese waters. By order
of the emperor they will be given un-
til September to discharge their
cargoes and SAIL.
Paris, Aug. 24.-The Germans are
still bombarding the forts at Namur.
All are reported intact. The Belgian
guns are reported to have inflicted
heavy damage upon the attacking
Germans and destroyed several OF the
siege batteries.
CAV AJIcTDM LAS OIIIT HER