The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-04-25
By JESSIE HENDERSON

By JESSIE HENDERSON
 Special Correspondent of The AEe-Herald
 (Copyright, 1891, by The Age -Hera1d)
 New York, April 24-(Special)--Of course the shining event of this week was the visit of the President to dedicate the Bolivar statue. But the shining event of that visit was Mrs Harding's high lace collar. Statues may come and statesmen may go. but change of fash ion is your real soul shatterer. That is ever since Tuesday people have been looking blankly at one another and ask ing: "Is it really coming back?" The high lace collar has been out these many seasons. If it's going to return there's much to be done on the summer wardrobe and little time in which to do it. Even a man can readily understand how under the circumstances any tribute to Venezuela automatically drops from the forefront of importance to the level sandwiched between plain net with bon ing and the merits of cluny.
 Dress, indeed has played a more than usually important role in the past few days. The Art Students league rented most of the 24th floor at the McAlpin for a masquerade ball Pictures of some masqueraders in Egyptian cos tune were published before the event A police captain was shocked. Though 1t is permissible to shake dimpled knee on Fifth avenue now that the short sock season is on-yet it seems that shaking a dimpled knee in the seclusion of a ball room is the height of im- propriety.
 Flushing painfully, the police captain one in masquerade costume to enter the ball room. He even turned away some young women in regular evening gowns.
 COP MIRTH PROVOKER Ills glow of righteous satisfaction must have been a bit chilled by the roar of mingled indignation and laughter that greeted his efforts. The town still rocks with it.
 Yet. somehow the Father Knicker- booker ball went through without any protest from sensitive cops. It cele- brated the dedication of the Bolivar statue and at the same time opened the new Hotel Ambassador.
 New York society turned out in cos- tunes copied from Colonial ancestors, and members of the junior league even got into Louis XIV. garb and danced a gavotte. But not a patrol wagon up to the door.
 Society, by the way. has succumbed at last. Mrs, Lydig Hoyt has gone into the movies. and her example is likely to be followed by other artStocratS who have starred in amateur dramatics. Since her income is already equal to that of a screen favorite, it seems that Mrs. Hoyt's motive is simply love of action. It's to be hoped that some time a few other people will enter the movies from similar mo- with equal ease. Although of an Ameri- can colonial family, he had spent many l years in Germany. was a doctor of phi- losophy of Leipsic university. and knew the German character and habit of thought thoroughly.
 HUNTS OUT GERMAN PLOTS
 When in February of 1917 war loomed as practical certainty he was enrolled, at his own request. in naval intelligence, and on March 3, more than month be- fore we entered the struggle, he sailed l for Brazil, from which country there had Scome rumors and reports of skeleton regiments of German veterans, stores of ammunition, and even submarine parts ready for assembling when the hour for use arrived. Secret naval bases and wire- l less stations were also said to be part I of Germany's preparation for a possible attack upon the United States.
 Dr. Brecht-whose real name was some thing quite different-was one of the men who in our secret service contributed greatly to America.
 l (Another article by former Secretary l Daniels will be published tomorrow.)