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OF black taffeta slips for yellow haired
youngsters threw a pebble in pond.
The circles have rapidly widened.
Japanese silk is widely used for
spring frocks. 1t Is sometimes striped
in Directoire fashion. Green and gold
are colors used i'm one model. There
Is another gown in small figured de-
sign Of colors on a dark background
with an introduction OF voile pleatings,
red ribbon and green bows. Surely I'M
agination can go no further The child
who wears it will feel like a May pole.
There are cordings and puffings and
tuckings on thin gowns to keep them
from getting back to the standard of
simplicity that has prevailed. Net and
Georgette are combined in some frocks.
Serge and organdy are put together.
especially In long wasted frocks with
tho serge serving as a pleated skirt
There are organdy slips dropped over
colored silk pinafores, and scallops have
dropped down from women's clothes to
frequent usage at the edges of small
frocks.
That Is where scallops began in the
nursery. and that is where they return
to be bound with bright colors as OF
old. The short serviceable skirts of
blue serge attached to muslin bodices
are completed by overblouses OF wash
fabric with the same kind OF scalloped
hem that women have put on the lower
edge Of evening frocks during the win
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tinued to cut the hens of tiny frocks
to the knee line, but there Is q grow
ing feeling that this modesty will soon
cease. Children are now showing their
knees. Some are showing the round
white legs above them. No one seems
TO care how much material or how lit
tie material there Is below the waist.
The piece of perversity that runs
through the gamut of fashionable ap-
parel is that youngsters should swathe
their necks and uncover their legs.
Their elder sisters do not swathe the
necks. In this especial abstinence they
are consistent.
Stockings have long ago disappeared
from the legs of the majority of young
sters: or at least they were In danger
of doing this when someone handed
children the golf stocking. The young
sters saw in 1t a chance to look quite
sportsmanlile when they paraded the
streets far from fields of activity, and
70 have anything but nursery look is
Joy indeed.
stand Cold Like Sailors.
II is a wonder that the reformers do
not get after these fashions which per-
nit a child to go about In icy cold
weather with a minimum of clothing
covering the lower half of the body.
When women began to wear transpar-
ent blouses. thin stockings and low shoes
on the street. there was howl Of pro-
test that arose with the strength OF
sirocco.
Doctors threatened pneumonia to such
women and argued that the future race
was to consist of weddings because
women rlsxed their health through van
ity. But nothing happened. No woman
has been any the worse for her indis-
cretions In clothes. She has merely
learned to stand cold as a sailor does.
The same has been found true with
children. Americans sneered at France
because OF her racial fear OF a current
of air. but they did not stop TO think
how tho children were turned loose
throughout the winter with bare legs
and arms Finally America accepted
this French custom. Stockings we've
abandoned. woollen clothes we're thrown
into the discard, hair was bobbed.
SO the years have slipped by without
any serious changes in fashions for chill
dren except the insidlous shortening of
the skirts. These have become grotesque-
ly brief here and there.
Such grotesqueness established a short
skirt for the conservatives as Is the
way of fashion and the most modest of
mothers now permits her youngsters to
wear slips that are well above the knees
or breeches that are little more than loin
cloths
But there is a startling change arriv-
ing over the horizon for Svungsters.
IL gives eyerv promise Of arresting at
tention. IL Is fostercd by the desire of
eArtain dressmakers 70 reinstate In
cnndren's clothes pictorial effect. They
think severity has gone far enough and
that there Is no more delight to be
squeezed out Of funny little linen frocks
with a bit of colored embroidery.
wide Variety OF CoIorfuI Gsrb.
These dressmakers have introduced a
wide variety of coIorful clothes that
really signify something. They are inn
itations OF old fashions and the children
go dslightsd with tham ~ thsy have
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particular one Is resurrection from the
neglected tomb of a buried era. OF
course. the French have caused this
resurrection. During the war they
adopted dark and warm fabrics for
children-not so much for protection, as
they were reduced to absurd proportions,
but as method for reducing laundry
work. The fashion remains. 1t has
reached and influenced Americans.
Here Arc Some of the Clothes.
None of us Is so young as to forget
the sudden change In the opinions OF
mothers concerning the advisability OF
providing wash garments for children
i'm place of the worsted fabrics that had
held since Puritan days. We consider
the new decision final This was the
accepted fashion 10 worlds end. SO do
we judge all mass decisions, suddenly
waking up to find that they, too, are old
fashioned. So It is that wash clothes
which ruled the nursery are old fash
ioned this season. They are not even
promised for the summer time. silk
and crepe de chine are in full power.
Colors are preferred to white. Orns-
mentation is rampant. Elimination OF
material in length Of skirt is the only
elimination.
One cannot fail to put the question: :
What are women going to do IL the nur-
sery succeeds In this revolution? Tho
older set has stolen prevailing Juvenile
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been the last to get UP any affection
for the kind of thing they have been
compelled to wear.
Imitation is a great point in their ca
reer and they have envied the older
members of the family their chance TO
wear dashing, colorful clothes that had
real character. Now comes their OPP
portunty The midwinter is prolific of
such desirable costumes. They fill the
windows. they are seen in the parks.
they abound in the nursery and school
room.
There is a strong indication in such
clothes Of a return to many of the
things we once considered utterly un-
suitable for youngsters; we got this
idea during our sudden reform. When
we adopted the French fashion OF
washable slips as substitute for worsted
frochs we were entirely convinced the
reform was lasting. But Is it? When
plated serge skirts are attached to
sweaters of red wool and trimmed with
blue Angora we begin to think tnat no
fashion is ever completely dead, for this
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HATS FOR THE GIRLS.

There is none so powerful in the
mastery Of fashion who can lay down
the law about hats for a class The
young girl is supposed to wear the kind
which expresses youth and avoid the
type worn by the older women. This
tradition is gone by the board 1t keeps
company with Davy Jones's Locker and
million traditions of the depths.
The debutante of this gay and pros
porous season wears on her head that
which looks we'll over her face. The rule
is an excellent one to follow through
life. 1t aids the old and the young, the
pretty and the plain.
The stiff sailor shape, Gibsonian in its
severity. Is about the only kind that Is
not popular. All the hats that have
cluttered fashion since the idea began OF
wearing formal coverings on the head
have reappeared this season. They pre-
sent a bewildering array. it is true. but
not an unpleasant one. 1t is distinctly
comfortable to find a wide limit to ones
choice.
The tam is the most girlsh shape, and
ii persists in fashion. 1t has ceased to
hang over the back of the collar in the
Latin Quarter way. II has plenty of
fulness. which is disposed to give
breadth across the head. For ornament
there is a broad spread Egyptian design
I'm some composition in an Egyptian blue.
This blue is admirable for dcbutantes
Tho high crowned hat that Is usually
difficult for the adult TO wear goes well
with the brilliant and unined youthful
face. 1t has a slight brim and a mass
Of flues swirling out from the side. The
young wear 1t In black velvet without a
touch of color.
The Persian'turban brought into strong
relief this winter by the success of
Mecca and "Afgar." the latter cos
tuned by Paul Poiret, is the delight OF
the girl who has dash of the adven-
turesome in her carriage. 1t should not
be worn by the timid type. 1t is built
in Oriental blue velvet and covered with
a lattice work of small pearls and white
crystals.
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Return TO Vivid ColOrs Also
Expected to Please the
Juveniles.
By ANNE RITTENHOUsE.

THERE is some evidence that
children's clothes have reached
the irreducible minimum. The
skirts of those youngsters who are
girls, and the brooches of those young
sters who are boys aspire to end at
the line of the hips.
This is nothing new to Paris. The
fashion has prevailed there for several
decades, but 1t has been accentuated
during the last three years and is hav-
ing It's affect in America.
In this country women have con-
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owerbIouses Are FancifuI.

These overblouses are fanciful and
diverse. In them there Is a return to
table cloth cotton In red and white or
yellow and white checks. the kind that
was so difficult to get during the war
even in France where II has served az
table covering for centuries. Possibly
this very demand for Il, and It's scarcity.
placed the minds OF designers on IT.
II will not be restricted to children.
1t Is being fashioned In childish frocks
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An evening frock OF taffeta consists.
so far as the skirt goes. of rows of up
standing ruffles-ruffles gathered and
fastened to the foundation of the skirt
along their lower edge. The stiffness of
the silk keeps them standing upside
down.
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Upper LeWhte linen
hole stitch.
Second-Brght
bodice fastened with The edges outlined with
Upper right-Rany day for small boy 1t is of tweed
built fashion, with noched
The hat is built of the tweed with shedding br.
Lower Le-Tan smock
honal design of bright blue
Second-Sweaer of red wool
The bands blue al and
Lower Right-Plaid trimmed
black leather The tarebu to match
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Clothes for Children Grow Shorter;
Silk a FapOrite for Their Spring FrOckS

fashions for three years. The short
skirt, the bobbed hair, the small sleeve.
socks and sandals, long wasted bodices
without waistline are only few of tho
features bodily lifted from the nursery
and schoolroom by many who should
have known better.
The revolution In clothes for the
elders. therefore. started from a Juvenile
source. IL Juveniles change their fash
ions will women follow suit?
JOY TO the Children.
Possibly the return to vivid colors for
children not expressed through the con-
ventional wash fabrics but through the
more unusual taffeta and crepe de chine
viii cause more JOY to children than to
their mothers. unless the terrors of the
laundry bills have kept the latter from
sleeping. Surely there will be drastic
economy II wash fabrics cease TO exist
in the wardrobes of children.
silk is strong favorite for spring
frocks for youngsters, and the man
dressmaker who began the exploitation
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for older women who go to the hot
sands of the South. For them IL is m ere
ly trimmed with red ribbon that hangs
10 the knees from two buttonholes at
the neck. and there is a belt of red kid
OF ribbon.
Children will wear the same fabric In
a different way. II will form the over
blouse TO dark and unwashable skirts.
Even where the straight line is re-
tained in everyday frocks. there is an
obvious effort to get away from SIM
plicity. Well enough is rot let alone.
One conspicuous new frock of the sea-
son Is OF tan linen sufficiently short TO
demand trousers on even a modest child,
and these tight little bloomers arc Of
bright blue. The embroidery Is in red
and blue. somewhat resembling flower
pot at the hem. Nothing sedate about
this.
As these trousers become more fire.
quent one begins to wonder IL the nur-
sery will influence older women into
a revival of pantalettes?
Red and Blue Trimming Preferred.
1t is gvident that the colors which
attract most attention are used on white
frocks as embroidery. as buttons, as
cloth applications. White linen slips that
were once left bare OF trimming are
now touched with rows of bright red
buttons and all edges are finished with
African triangles i'm red cloth. Only
recently did the designers for adults
take up these ancient forms, but they
have been in use for Juvenile clothes
since the Egyptian era. one thinks.
The trick of lining hip sashes with
bright colors will be brought into play
this spring. Georgette is a good fabric
to use. 1t is soft and does not add to
the bulk of the tiny figure. That the
Little Lord Fauntleroy sash will be re-
instated seems reasonably certain, but
1t will be kept from boys and restricted
to girls. Possibly the sclf-determination
of small youngsters would prohibit the
fashion If 1t were attempted.
Little boys. by the way, will have
their hearts delight offered to them in
a new kind OF tweed top coat which
permits them to swagger as they wish.
1t is so very grown up The fabric is
tweed, the color is tan. II is modelled
on those British warns that made the
trenches livable. There are huge pock-
cts, half tight belt with a buckle,
notched revers, and glory OF glories,
hat TO match OF the rainy day variety
with a rakish brim that sheds water
How the possessor OF such things will
pray for that he once passionately hated
the long, long day when the sky drips.
No attic, no schoolroom for him. The
open sky and the broad highway.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-23
Local "" Enters
 National Euent

The national hexathlon athletic con tests will be held by the r. M c. As if almost every large city during the latter part of next week and the records of tn, first eight lads in each event in each di- vision Will be sent to the national head quarters, where the winning teams will be decide. Prof. M. E. Penton, who has charge of the boys athletics at the local gymnasium, has been drilling his charges diligently and is expecting them to win a place He asserts that he already has an entrant who has beaten the world ; record for the fence vault by six inches. The meet held this year is the first Tn which the local "Y" has entered and the officials are hoping that their advent will be very successful
 Five classes are open for the lads rang ing from 50 pounds to the husky unlim- ited division. The classe are as follows: 60 to 80 pounds 80 to 95 pounds, 95 to no pounds, 110 to 125 pounds and 125 pounds on up The events to be run are sew eral different numbered potato races, in which the potato used consist of a. small section of broom stick; running high jumps in all classes standing broad jumps in all divisions; snap under bar for the first three sections; target throw likewise for the first trio of divisions S-pound shot put for the two heavieso classes; and a fence vault for the two latter mentioned divisions. No boy over IS years of age is allowed to enter All members of the Y. M c. A. who wish to compete should get in touch with Professor Penton at the 'Y."
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"" Men to Haue
 Banquet Tuesday

The Birmingham Central Y. M. c. A. Gymnasium class men will gather rc und the festive tablecloth Thursday evening at the Southern club for the third annual banquet of that division of the ~ These gentlemen are not ance at the gym classes, but even more so for their wonderful endurance in knife and fork marathon. The time set for the ringing of the dinner bell is somewhere near 7:S0 p. m., but the feasters are urged to arrive as early as possible.
 LeRoy Holt, who is chairman of the committee which has charge of the ar engagements for the spread has been quoted as saying that the most dels- cate epicurean will be delighted when he views the menu for the nights per- formance. Besides having gobs of edibles on hand, arrangements have been made for the appearance of eight well-known and justly celebrated ora> tory dispensers. The weaker sex will be very conspicuous by the absence of a representative so there will be no obstacle in the way of the more bash full banqueters, and they will be able to compete on the same level as their more hardened classmates. The for mer repasts have been very successful, and the 1921 feast will hardly prove to be an exception to the rule
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Exhibition Games

Mobile, March 22- R. H. E. st. Louis Americans ........15 fl 2 Mobile, Southern Assn a. ? ,
 Batteries: Boehler, Cullop, Dewberry and Collins; Roberts, Greet, Ching ana Ponds. Smith.
 Galveston. March 22.- R. H. E. Boston Nationals 12 13 Q Galveston tTexas League) :. ? 2.
 Batteries: Townsend L, Townsend and ONeii, Gowdy; Couchman, Shae Ter, Lee, cerniglia and o'Brien, Lapan. Witry.
 Beaumont, Tex, March 22.--R. H. E. St. Louis Nationals 1s Beaumont tTexas League) 9 5
 Batteries: Pierrot and Gilman, Ever man, Jacobus and Kelly.
 Houston. Tex. March 2a-R Fl Eew Iork Nationals ..... 10 II Houston, Texas League). 6 2
 Batteries; Douglas. Barnes and Smith. Snyder; Buscha, whitworth an.i Griffiths, Wright
The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-23
A BARON A DAY
By MARVIN MCCARTHY

This youngster, a son of the fa- nous Billy Heilman, formerly of ma jor league fame, would almost be as- sured of shortstop berth with the Barons this year if he could only hit with any degree of consistenc. His finished fielding has probably caused more sighs of satisfaction from the managerial bench than any one other thing at Redwood this season, but Heilman's batting has not yet been developed sufficiently to insure him a berth with the Barons.
 This son of the one time war horse of the Reds would make the Barons d ge cd man, even though he failed to hit much over 200. He is very fast on his feet, moving over to stop some of the hot ones with surprising agility He runs the bases well, and it is probable tbat many stolen bases will be an. nexed by him if he makes good in the Southern this year.
 Hetlman Is one of the best-Iook-
 Ing young tnfield prospects n,
 Rickwood this year. and for that
 reason Manager MoIesworth is
 taking great pains to develop the
 youngsrer's batting. HeiImnn has
 alrendy shown marked improve
 ment over his work during the
 first week of training, and 1t may
 be that he will develop into n
 regular siugger before the 1921
 senson has advanced very far.
 HeiIman sometimes uses n crouch
 at bat, and he seems able to slam 'cin out to better advantage when
 adopting this stand nt bat.
 Ioung Heilman has been holding down shortstop with the regulars in all of the practice games played at Redwood this season. His fielding has been well up to standard, and, at times he has hit a slugging streak
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BARONS WILL HAVE
 REAL TRY-OUT INI GAMES WITH LEAFS
Toronto lnternationaIs to h. wade Redwood Friday and Saturday-DoyIe to Play
By MARVIN MCCARTHY.

The Baron Regulars have beer tearing through the Yannigans like 50 many bullets through rice field
 but whether they are of sufficient callber to buck up against powerful aggregation successfully has not yet been found out. Friday and Satur- day, however, Baronial rail birds will have the long awaited opportunity, for Moley's men will meet the Toronto Internationals, a Class A club, at Redwood park.
 The Maple Leaf, for it is this name by which the Toronto representatives are known, are piloted by none other than Larry Doyle, ex-major leaguer and captain of the New York Giants Doyle is said to have been playing as good ball during the past year or two as he ever has, and that managerial cares have not dimmed his luster nor batting eyes. for that matter.
 Moley has a promising squad out at Rickwood, and, though they will prob ably be outclassed by the Interna- tionals, the Barons should put up a great scrap against their opponents Toronto belongs to a league one class above the Southern, but .,the Barons. nevertheless, stand 8 chance of win ming from them.
 Just who the chubby chieftian will start in the game against the Maple Leafs is problematical, but 1t may be that the following players will start off: Bernsen, first base; Stewart, second base; Heilman, shortstop; Tay- lor third base; Gooch, catcher; Emery, Silva and Clark, outfield Any one of five or six pitchers will be started.
 Toronto has a strong representative in the field this year. Baltimore won the pennant last year but it took no victories to beat Toronto out of the flag. The Maple Leafs won 10S games but finished second. Baltimore had to win 25 straight games in closing the season to win from Toronto Most of these games were won from weaker clubs and on the Orioles home lot. while Toronto closed the season on the road with strong teams in much the same manner as the Barons last year
 Both games will begin promptly at o'clock. Toronto will use it's regular lineup in the games with the Barons.
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CRIME WAVE ON BASES kept at any rate, and this means that grand larceny on the bases will be promiscuous the coming summer. When that Baronial out field gets to cutting up on the paths, there will be more than one catcher who will dig into scientific books on the quickest, surest and least painful way of committing suicide.
 However, all the advantage will not be in the offensive. The lads with the deer feet will come in handy on keeping the base hits yielded by local pitchers down to a minimum. Many drive which would on ordinary occasions fall safe will be grabbed up by the trio of fly chasers.
 Peculiar thing about it, too. Those Baron gardeners are fast, but they will run.
 F. S. D. writes in and wants to know what has become of Lucy Hairston, who outfielded for the Barons last year? Lucy has retired from base ball, it is understood, and will devote his time to business from now on.
 TWO SEMI-PROS WANT JOBS
 Now that the spring tra-la is is upon us, semi-pro stars are oil- ing up their ankle joints and get ting ready to play. A couple drift ed in yesterday and announced they wanted to hook up with some good semi pro team in the Bir- mingham district. One man is Guy Rogers, who had a try-out with the Lindale club in the Georgia State league last year. He plays short and wants to join some good club. The other is Toby Richardson. in- fielder, who played quite a bit of , baseball in the army overseas, and even before he got in the army. Either, man may be reached by ad- dressing letter to them. in care of the Sporting Editor of The Age Herald.
 Fate proceeded to knock out the young man posing as Jack Demp- sey before Gomez got the chance.
 
 Some fans are peculiar nuts. One wanted to know yesterday If they hnd to throw the ball out of the game that hit Colonel Quack Smith on the dome.
 
 Whip and lip carried Gabby Street h rsrI. 1Asas vAo n hV peg better and talk more than any fellow who ever donned the shin guards. chest protector and mask. IDEAL TRAINING WEATHER One may shout the virtues of Palm Beach from the housetops as a place to winter; one may boost the sunny climate of California, and the wind-swept and sun-baked fields of lower Texas may also come in for tbeir share of pub
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that netted him a couple of aits a game.
 Heilmnn wns with Phflndelphia
 Nationals when they trained at
 Birmingham last spring. It was
 then that his work attracted Boss Moley's attention. HeiIman failed
 to make good with Philadelphia.
 and played semi-pro ball in Cin-
 cinnnti Inst summer. Heilman Is
 young man, slightly over 21 years,
 Is about feet 10 inches in height,
 and weighs something like 150
 pounds.
 Railbirds who view the daily prac, tice games at Redwood no doubt would like to See him get his battins glims focused in the right direction, for the Barons would then be assured of first-class shortstop
 George Heilman comes from fam fly of ballplayers, and 1t should be in him to make good in the Southern league.