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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1921-03-30
3 EYE GLANCE
At SITUATION

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mate ones self is as much a depar- ture from truth as to eXaggerate one's own powers. When I say, therefore that Mycroft has better powers of ob- servation than I, you may take it that I am spea king the exact truth.''
 'Fs he your junior?'
 Seven years my senior.''
 How comes it that he is un- known ~-
 ''Oh, he is very well known in his own circle"
 Where, then?'
 Well, in the Diogenes Club, for ex- ample.'
 had never heard of the institu- tion, and my face must have pro- claimed as much, for Sherlock Holmes pulled out his watch
 '"The Diogenes Club is the queerest club in London, and Mycroft one of the queereSt men, Hes always there from quarter to five to twenty to for a stroll this beautiful evening, shall be very happy to introduce you to two curioSities.
 Five minutes later we were in the street, walking toward Regents Cir GUS.
 You wonder" said my compan- ion, ''why it is that Mycroft does not use his powers for detective work. He is incapable of it.
 ''I said that he was my superior in observation and deduction If the art of the detective began and ended in reasoning from an armchair, my brother would be the greatest crim- inaI agent that ever lived. But he has no ambition and no energy. He will not even goaout of his way to verify his own solutions, and would rather be considered wrong than take the trouble to prove himself right. Again and again have, taken a problem to him, and have received an explanation which has afterwards proved to be the correct one.s And yet he was absolutely { incapable of working out the practical points which must be gone into before a case could be laid before a judge or jury.''
 .irt is not his profession, then?'
 By no means What is to me a merest hobby of a dilettante. -1e has an extraordinary faculty for fig ures, and audifs. the books in some of the government departments. My croft lodges in Pal Mall ll1,s and he walks mornin'e and back every evening. From years end to years end he
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American Women WelI-Dressed? Blame The Movies!

American women, as class, have been called the best dressed women in the world The motion picture, bringing to every city, town and vil- lage the latest fashions almost simultaneously, has been credited with teaching American women how to dress
 If this is true, then Ethel Chaffin designer of dresses for Paramount Pictures, is one of the greatest arbit- CTS of style in the world. Her gowns are seen by far more people than any of the creations of the greatest modistes of any of the fashionable centres of the world and in propor- tion have far greater influence on the trend of feminine fashions
 Mrs. Chaffin has recently returned from Europe where she went to study new modes. fabrics, designs and novelties and she is convinced that America is ahead of the times, where fashions are concerned, by many months.
 '"The principal reason for this" Mrs. Chaffin explains, >1s that we study the character of the picture and the individual who is to wear a cer- tain gown in that picture I can safely say that many of the gowns worn in our pictures are more novel and more sumptuous than any gowns worn in Europe either in actual life or on the stage or screen. And I
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[ takes no other exercise, and is seen nowhere else, except only in the Dio- genes Club, which is just opposite his rooms."
 "I cannot recall the name.''
 ''Very likely Ros. There are many men in London, you know, who, some from shyness, some from misan- thropy, have no wish for the com pany of their fellows Yet they are not averse to comfortable chairs and the latest periodicals. It is for the coQvenience of these that the Dio- genes Club was started, and it now contains the most unsociable and un- clubable men in town. No member is permitted to take the least notice of any other one. Save in the Strang- CTS Room, no talking is, under any circumstances, allowed, and three of fences, if brought to the notice of b1e to expulsion. My brother was one of the founders, and I have my self found it very soothing atmoS- phere."
 talked, and were walking down it from the St. James's end. Sherlock Holmes stopped at a door some little distance from the Carlton, and, eau way into the hall. Through the glass panelling I caught a glimpse of a large and luxurious room, in which considerable number of men were SlIl1nS dDOuC aDOuL ana reaQ1ng pa pers, each in his own little nook. Holmes showed me into a small chamber which looked out into Pail Mall, and then, leaving me for a minute, he came back with a com panion who I knew could only be his brother.
 Mycroft Holmes was much larger and stouter man than Sherlock. His body was absolutely corpulent but his face, though massive, had pre- served something of the sharpness of expression which was so remarkable in that of his brother. His eyes. which were of a peculiarly light wa tery gray, seemed to always retain that far-away, introspective look which I had only observed in Sher- locks when he was exerting his full powers.
 'I am glad to meet you, sir,'' said he, putting out a broad, fat hand like the fiipper of a seal. "I hear of Sher-- lock everywhere since you became his chronieler. By the way, Sherlock, I. expected to see you round last week, to consult me over that Manor House case thought you might be a little out of your depth
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found that materials and models which we used over a year ago are just now making their appearance in the Paris shops" /
 ''1 did find some novelties. however, among them being a sealing wax red Sequin gown. In Venice I discovered a remarkable material, a sort of crepe de chine, quilted upon heavier cloth, called Banana. It is really of Japanese manufacture and is most unusual"
 "Other beautiful novelties are the LaLique neck chains of carved glass. They are made only by LaLique and always signed by him. Venice, of course, is the bead mart of the world and there l picked up some wonder full snakes, almost life-like, made of beads woven into cloth. At present 1t Is difficult to obtain the beautiful beaded Venetian bags which, before the war, one used to buy there as the women who made them are now all engaged in commercial work
 Tn Paris I did find most un- usual opera bag made of silk with a tiny dolls head at the top and ruff fles at the bottom
 And here is another bit of news for the American woman who goes abroad for her dress: the shops of Paris are still ffourishing but those of Venice. Florence and Rome, though smaller, are infinitely smart er."
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Braids, fringes and their accom- panying tassels and dangIes and ap- piled ornaments are strikingly appar- ent in the styles for spring and sum- mer, and exhibit that whim of Dame Fashion for eccentrfcity in that fringes and braids of heavy wool with girdIes to match, are being built into costumes of thinneSt material, both midsummer wear.
 Early spring styles show more con servadism, for most of the braids are fiat and owe their elaboration to con trasts in color and the Introduction of tinsel and beads in the designs The model of a dreSsy spring wrap, shown in this page, for instance, is of dark blue silk, which resembles a heavy, finely woven serge, but is more dressy. The broad fiat braid which trims it is of the same color, but looks lighter because of it's Jus tre, and the color effect is Introduced in cut steel beads which glitter softly in a delicate design in the braid. Dan gles and throat clasps of ornamental brafds carry out the same color plan
 In the other pictures are shown some of the most prominent. of the sashes and girdles and fringes for spring and summer, the strong Span ish and Oriental trends in decorations being brought out in them. As will be seen the bit of heavy wool fringe, dark blue with sand co1ored design, is made of the thickest quality of knitting wool and is actually being placed on thin summer dresses by model makers of Parisian and Amer ican styles. With this trimming appears the wool girdle, also shown in blue and sand color, made of the same type of heavy wool, with an effect of large oblong wool beads chained to- gether.
 And one must not forget the Ha- waiian fancies for deep fringes, al- ready appearing in skirts of fringe, from waist to knees-just covering the Iatter-and which are offered in many colors in silk and silk braid fringes-
 Spanish styles, on the contrary, ap- pear in striking color combinations with a glint of gold or silver in the sashes and gird1es, which are of all widths for ali figures. For instance, the wide Spanish sash in the illustra- tration comes in widths of ten and
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sasfles are now shown with oliiei-
 ent fringe or ornament on eacn eHo'
 and one such sash, in a popular oesiSh
 of rose ad white, Is Sno"h III ItiS
 illustration.
 Another popular sash. with an ori- ental effect carried out in wool ana not of the sort we commonly call
 .Oriental," is illustrated here in background of henna colored flat silk braid through the middle Of Wnicn extends a broad stripe of diagonal
 blocks of raised wool embroidery in
 henna, Copenhagen blue and sand color. with a fine red thread woven over the little triangles between the
 outer edges of the blocks. The effect is rich and pleasing and the width Of the sash is such that two sashes can be purchased, one for the hat, when good suggestion would be to cut or the extra length of the hat sash ana. use it as a stripe in bag to go Wftn the costume.
 As may be seen, braid sashes will show many types of fancy centres, withA plain braid borders, and will exhibit silver and gold tinsel stripes connecting wide braid stripes, Such as black and blue connected with sll- yer tinsel and finished without t1nsel in the fringe. while henna and black' henna and blue and black and white are greatly in favor for g1rd1es, or naments and sashes, while narrow rope girdles and fancy ones Of tInsei
 are to be had for frocks where elnsei
 is much used in the tflnln1nSs-
 Besides fetching wool fringes, there
 are novelties in deep, thick fringes Of
 chenille such as are illustrated The
 pictures show one fringe of gendarme
 blue chenille finished with beads or the same color and of mode color, while another design exhibits alter nate blue and sand color, with beads attached to contrast. and with small 1 old gold beads used in the alternat-. ing chain.
 It will be noticed that narrow lines of contrasting co1ors are used in join ing flat braids and these lines are
 usually of trico1ette braid, which has @ raised effect, rather than Of tin sell
 Co1ors also show a preponderance of rose and gendarme and Copenha- gen blue next to the fashionable new co1ors of the season, while for bind ings and many other purposes lead colored braid is the fad of the time.
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THE GREEK INTERPRETER Pa D By A. Conan Doyle

brother possessed even keener facul- ties than he did himself He glanced across at me and smiled Mycroft took snuff from tortoise-shen box grains from his coat front with a. large, red silk handkerchief.
 By the way, Sherlock said he, "I have had something quite after lem-su omitted to my judgment. really had not the energy to follow it up save in a very incomplete fash ion, but it gave me basis for some care to hear the facts-''
 My dear Mycroft, I should be de- 1ighted''
 The brother scrfbbled a note upon a leaf of his pocketbook, and, ring ing the bell, he handed it to the waiter.
 ''I have asked MT. Melas to step across" said he. He lodges on the slight acquaintance with him, which led him to come to me in his per p1exity. MT. Melas is a Greek, by extraction, as I understand. and he his living partly as interpreter in the law courts and partly by acting as guide to any wealthy Orienta1s who may visit the Northumberland Avenue hotels. I think I will leave him to tell his very remarkable experience in his own fashion,
 A few minutes later we were join ed by a short, stout man whose olive face and coal black hair proclaimed his Southern origin, though his speech was that of an educated Eng lishman. He shook hands eagerly with Sherlock Holmes, and his dark eyes sparkled with pleasure when he undrstood that the specialist was anxi- ous to near his story.
 TT do not believe that the police credit me-on my word, do not, said he in a wailing voice. Just because they have never heard Of it bfore, they think that such a thing cannot be. But I know that shall never be easy in my mind until know what has become of my poor man with the sticking-plaster upon his face"
 q am all attention,'' said Sherlock Holmes.
 f.This is wedn esday. evening"" said MT MeIas 'fWe1, then, it was Mon day nisht-on1y two days ago, you understand-that all this happened
 Tonorrow-The Greek Interpreter. continued.
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'No. I solved it," said my friend, smiling.
 Tt was Adams, of course"
 +Yes it was Adams
 ssI was sure of it from the first The two sat down together in the bow-window of the club. 'To any one who wishes to study mankind this is the spot,'' said Mycroat Look at two men who are coming toward us, for example,
 '@I.he billiard marker and the other ?''
 Precisely. What do you make Of the ot1ler?''
 The two men had stopped opposite the window. Some chalk marks over the waistcoat pocket were the only signs of billiards which I could see very small, dark fellow, with his hat pushed back and several packages under his arm
 Sherlock
 And very recently discharged" re marked the brother.
 Served in India, see.''
 And non-cornrnissioned officer"
 Royal Artillery, I fancy" said Sherlock.
 s.And widoNer.''
 But with a child-'
 Children, my dear boy, children"
 Come" said I, laughing. ''thiss is a little too much Surely answered Holmes, Git is not hard to say that a man with that bearing, expression of authority, and sun-baked skin, is a soldier, is more than a private, and is not long from India.''
 'srhat he has not left the service long is shown by his still wearing the ammunition boots, as they are called,'' observed Mycroft-
 s'He had not the cavalry stride, yet he wore his hat on one side, as is shown by the lighter on that side of his brow. His weight is against his being a sapper. He is in the artil- 1ery.'
 .eThen,. of course, his complete mourning shows that he has lost some one very dear. The fact that he is doing his own shopping looks as though it were his wife. He has been Buying things for children, you perceive. There is a rattle, which shows that one of them is very young. The wife probably died in childbed. The fact that he has a picture-book under his arm shows that there is another child to be thought of"
 began to understand what my friend meant when he said that his
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During my long and intimate ac- Quaintance with MT. Sherlock Holmes I had never heard him refer to his relations, and hardly ever to his own part had increased the som ewhat in human effect which he produced upon me, until som chimes I found myself regal ding him as an isolated phenom- enon, brain without a, heart, as de- ficiept in human sympathy as he was pre-eminent in intelligence His aver sion to women and his disinclination to form new friendships were both typicaI of his unemotional character, but not more so than his complete suppression of every reference to his own people. I had come to believe that he was an orphan with no rel atiVe living: but one day, to my very great surprise, he began to talk to me about his brother
 It was after tea on a summer even ing. and the conversation, which had roanled in a desultory, spasmodic fashion from golf clubs to the causes of the change in the ebliquity of the ecliptic, came round Tat last to the question of atavism and hereditary aptitudes. The point under discussion was, how far any singular gift in an individual was due to his ancestry and how far to his own early training.
 Tn your own case said l. from all that you have told me, it seems obvious that your faculty of observa- ton and your peculiar facility for de- duction are due to your own system attic training
 TO some extent he answered, thoughtfully My ancestors were country squires, who appear to have led much the same life as is natural to their class. But, none the less. my turn that way is in my veins, and may have come with my grandmother, who was the sister of Nernet- the French artist. Art in the blood is liable to take the strangest forms"
 "But how do you know that it is hereditary?' %
 ''Because my brother Mycroft pos sesses it in larger degree than do.'' This was news to me indeed. If there were another man with such singular powers in England, how was it that neither police nor public had heard of him? I put the question, with hint that it was my companion's s modesty which made him acknowl- edge his brother as his superior. Hclmcs laughed at nay suggestion My dear Watson said he, tI can not agree with those who rank mod esty among the virtues To the To- gician all things should be seen eX- actly as they are. and to underesd-
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had seen me in Hearts of the World' said:
 That's not Dorothy Gish, This one is a blonde"
 I had to explain, as I am explain ing now, that I had worn 9 dark wig in the picture; buts there are always sceptics lurking in a crowd, and as caught their doubting eyes I felt like the False Heir or one of the girls who are hailed by crowds every now and again as Mary Pickford.
 For all that, l am wearing a black wig in Little Miss Rebellion have a very good reason there, though. am supposed to bob my hair, and it is much easier to snip at the brunette curls and act bangs than it would be to go through the real bangs of cut ting off all my own hair. In this picture, play a game of baseball and dance and get pursued by anarchists and my wig behaves perfectly, staying in place all the time, that I expect, next time see a later picture of my self appearing in my own hair, I shah hear someone behind me say:
 "Oh yes, you see, she had to wear a wig. Too bad she cut off her hair in that Little Miss Rebellion.''
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A HEALTH TALK.

Why is 1t that men will worry over the fact that the heels of their shoes are running down and will not give heed to the same signs of bodily fail ure? Strange, but it nevertheless is true that when the vital issue with procraStinate.
 When you are weak and tired, nerv- ouS and run down, don't wait. Revive the c1rculaion-get new purchase on life by taking invigorating baths for the relief or the cure of your con- dition. Experts are employed at the Atlas Baths to advise you. No charge for consultations.
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Just Kent on workinp


 Regardless of the fact that Buster Keaton's engagement to Natalie Tal- madge, sister of Norma and Con stance Talmadge. became publicly known on February 3, the solemn faced comedian did not take day off to celebrate.
 Well, the engagement was made three years ago" the agile comedian replied. when asked why he did not quit for the day, 'tso why should make merry ?"
 The engagement was the culnina- ton of romance that began during the war Before joining the colors Buster was affiliated with Roscoe Arbucllle in the making of two-reeI comedies. The studio was situated in Long Beach. Calif., and it was there that keaton met Miss Talmadge.
 Goldwyn's popular star. Will Rog- CTS, is the first motion picture star to have all of his pictures recommended for showing in churches. They ap- pear upon the ''whife list' of the Methodist Episcopal church as suit able for projection in-clurch audi toriums. One of his last seasons pie lures, "Jes' Call Me Jim.'' from J. G. Hollands old novel, '.Sven Oaks,'' has proved very popular for church use. Others appearing on tine ''wllite list'' are -"Water, Water Everywhere g ''The Strange RoarCler,'' "Jubilo'' and Cupid, the Cowpuncher."
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FORTUNE IN ANTIQUE.

Vfennna.-The hidden fortune in a piece of old furniture has turned up in Vienna with unusually dramatic setting.
 One of the many families who live by the gradual sale of antique family possessions decided to sell very old desk The daughter and friend were removing it to a waiting wagon when the we1l-known secret apart ment opened at the proper cue and disclosed a pile of gold coins
 In the coinage of nearly all Europe and some of ancient date they repre- sent 5.0o0,00O present Austrian crowns.
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PARK

'The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" which appears at the Park March 21, IS the story of big humans, big hearts and big purposes, beyond all the fu- tile spirit of feudaIisTn there is the blue in the skies canopying the lonely rugged trees and the sweet spirit of June.
 A most elaborate production has been given Eugene Walters dramati- zatinn of John Fox, Jr's widely read book, and those who love June" in the romance will be more than charmed with Miss Louise Prices de- hghtful presentation of the mountain heroine, who has already become en- shrined in the hearts of a million book lovers
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What are you going to do?- I cried. After the words were out I realized they sounded like a chal- fenge, though hadn't meant to dare Jim.
 What am going to do?' The re- had become. 'sI don't know, Anne, I don't know. But things have come to a sad pass between man and wife when the woman has no faith in the mans Judgment where his nearest and dearest are concerned
 'It isn't that,'' I interrupted, eager
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stripes and narrow lines of black, old gold, purple, dark blue and red, ac- companied by the line of gold tinse1.
 Narrower braid sashes Of the same sort are in the market for use around hats, and in all the fringe is an i'm portant and fetching feature.
 In the effort to secure novel effects
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gotto get away and think hfrfngs over. I'm wild tonfgEEt-mad. I couldn't think sanely under this roof I'll clear out and go down to the Avia- tors Club for a day or two. Perhaps there I can-get sonre-perspective on the tangle we're in-yo51 and your brother, and I and my sisters. It's terrible mess. I'd like to try to work us all clear of it,''
 "Jim, if you'll only let me show you" I began. But Jim interrupted:
 sHThat's why Pm going, Anne. So you can't insist on-s1rowing me. So
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I can see things through my own eyes. The minute you need me, send for me and I'll come back But some how I can't think of any one so self sufficient as you needing me-
 Jim swung away and 1imped from the room. I sat in silence for a mo- m ent. Then cried:
 "Jim-T need you now. I'm not se1f-sufficient. Come backr' But there was no answer.
 He was gone
 (To Be Continued.)
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twelve inches and is a beautiful ac- compartment to any costume The sash has a broad stripe of dark blue in the middle and on one side are stripes of green and purple braid connected by narrow lines of tinsel, while the other side has stripes of
 old gold and red. Between the wide
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ly. Its only that I think you don't

1y. Its only that I think you don't underestimate
 Jim turned on me with som mething like a snarI. His hands frightened on the chair back Then he flung it aside and took one swift step for ward, to halt abruptly and fling up his hand to his head.
 What was going to do?'' he mutt tered, half to himself. Then he dropped his hands to his side and stood with them clenched so the knucl1les showed white.
 @<Anne, I don't trust myself" he