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THE SPRING
FLARES
BY Alice Langelier,
international News Service Staff
Correspondent

international News Service Staff
Correspondent
PARIS
HE spring flare will be new
i one, according to the first
hints Of another season appear
ing in the Rue de la Paix.
Godets. too easy to copy and
therefore much overdone. have
given place to the. circular flare.
which calls for skilful hands, The
new flaring line features a spiral
circular movement and gives to
the silhouette of the newest frock
a line Of untold grace. This spiral
movement is achieved in many
waFs. chiefly by the manipulation
Of a flounce In spiral fashion or
perhaps a fringe of silk or beads.
Then there is the new barrel
flare which is being featured by
one dressmaker. 1t is a combina-
ton Of the barrel and the godet.
resulting in something very dis
tinctive and different.
But whatever kind of flare is
featured. the graceful fulness of
the short wide skirt is retained
particularly in dinner and even
ing frocks. Box pleats are maxi
ing their appearance on day
dresses. A novelty after long
period Of Oblivion. Some of the
new models seem to be wider
than ever
Efforts to make the princess
line popular have not succeeded
and for the obvious reason that
ii could only be sponsored by the
very slender well-built women,
and alas! they are not legion. The
low waistline helps to hide
multitude Of sins for the woman
beyond her twenties so the hip
line waist will very likely reign
for many future seasons.
Ruffles are also being revived
for the niid-sea son showings. Mar
row bands of them are used on
dresses by several Of the we'll
known couturiers of the capital,
not used in profusion. however,
as they were on great grand
mothers frocks, but placed here
and there where they give an
artful touch. Jenny is using tiny
ruffles TO represent pockets on
a pretty crepe de chine after
noon frock. One is placed just
over the heart and one on the
hip. The kasha coat that &C.
companies it is lined with crepe
de chine and the same idea of
ruffled pockets is repeated in the
same places.
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THE TIMES
DAILY SIX
by A. L. WiIbert, NJ. A.

Questions
1. LITERATURE. Which novel
by Stephen Crane presents a reals
tic picture OF the Civil War?
2. HISTORY. Which city in
North America celebrated recently
its 600th anniversary?
g. BIOGRAPHY. Why is the
Yellow River called ''China's Sor-
row?''
4. BUSINESS. What is meant
by scientific management?
5. MANKIND. What social
class in Germany was especially
hurt by the fall of the mark after
The World War?
S. HUMAN NATURE. Why do
, people believe so readily in quacks
and quack-remedies?
Answers
/. SCIENCE Six weeks
2. LAW. No, but he can leave
the widow other property in place
of dover if she consents.
3. CIVICS. The Yellowstone
National Park in Wyoming.
4. ART. An ornamented stone
coffin erected in the open or in a
building .
5. MUSIC New York city.
3. HEALTH. Cereal grains
twhoie) green vegetables. raisins.
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office for the last time-to say
good-by to him.
She had not meant to do it.
No GoOd-By
All along she had made up her
mind that when Saturday noon
came she would simply take her
pay envelope and walk out Of
the place with staggering
carelessness. She would not say
good-by to any one. Not a
single soul!
But when the time actually
came she couldn't do it. lnvis-
ible chains seemed to draw her
to the closed door of John Man
ners' office
Her cheeks We're very red I'M
der her plain cheap hat and her
eyes were big and bright with
unshed tears when she walked
into the room and stood at the
corner of his desk, looking down
at him.
He saw her and jumped up.
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to come down her, coaxing me
for it. ether
Mary Rose knew that he. was
afraid that ,E'lossie would do that
very thing and that IL she did
come coaxing for her job. she
would get lit back For Dexter
probably still had soft spot in
his heart for her-not very soft,
perhaps, but reasonably tender.
His next words proved 1t.
Ask her what she's like for
the new little home, will you?s
he asked, as Mary Rose turned
toward the stairs. I'D thought
Of d silver coffee service. Or do
you think she'd rather have a
silver dresser set--brushes and
things? Something for herself?s'
II think you'd better give her
the coffee service" she told him,
with gentle reproof.
Improper
Didn't he have any sense. she
asked herself as she went down
the iron stairs Of the building
for the last time and out into
the autumn sunshine.
Didn't he know that it wasn't
proper for any man but
wonan's husband to give her toilet
things for her bedroom?
of course, he must know i!
she answered herself angrily.
;.Anybody knows that But he
Just wants to give Flossie some
thing for herself, alone. Hes
still mushy about her.
And she made up her mind,
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frowning as IL he were dis
pleased.
"I've-come to--say good-by
to you" she said in a choky
voice. She was terribly afraid
that she was going to. break
down, right there before him.
"Oh, yes. that's so. You are
leaving today" he answered. as
il he had never thought of it
until that moment. He held out
his hand--the brown hand that
Mary Rose had so often longed
to- lay against her cheek.
"Good-by," he said. as imper-
sonally as If she were an agent,
come to sell him books or liquid
soap or raw rubber.
Mary Rose took his hand. II
hope Miss Minnick will he a good
secretary for you she faltered.
Grimace
As a matter Of fact, she was
hoping that Miss Minnick would
he dreadful as a secretary. She
hoped that she would misspell
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Story Thus Far

HOSSIE ;snd MARY ROSE
MIDDLETON are two pretty sis
tiers: the daughters Of widowed
mother. They work for the Dex-
ter Automobile Company.
Mary Rose Is secretary to JOHN
MANNERS. the sales managers
and Is In love with him. But
he's engaged to DORIS HING,
an heireSS. Because Of her feel
ing for Dim, Mary Rose repett-
edly refuses to marry DIR. TOM
FIossie, a born yamD. does a
very poor job of keeping the Of
flee files. Mary Rose discovers
she In carrying on q Irritation
with the president Of the company,
HILARY DEXTER, although she's
going to marry his secretary.
John Manners falls in love with
Mary Rose, as he never has been
in love with Doris HING. and tells
her 50. And Mary Rose Is In
seventh heaven.
MRS. DEXTER finds out about
her husbands love affair with
FlOseie. When she comes to the
for FIossie. and loudly accuses
her of trying to steal her hus-
band. F1Ossie. the real culprit,
begB Mary Rose to take the blame
because she's afraid that If Sam
hears the truth of the story he
shoulders Flossie's blame, but she
decides to leave the Dexter Com
pany. Dexter manages to sOOthe
: his angry wife and she promises
not to divorce him.
One night he goes too far In
his love making and FlOssie learns
how little respect married man
n
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HERE'S THE
WINNER

y 4 ~
1Out of the mass Of letters re-
ceived by The Times IN its FG-
Uorite SerinL Contest, the Judges
haze selected the one sent BIZ Mrs
Marguerite WiIcor, $40 Z st,
NJ. E., as most nearly meeting
the requirements specified.
The letter Is as f0LtOUs::
ALL questions of literary ex-
cellenee aside, consider
"Chickie'' the most interesting or
The Times series of stories.
Frankly vet cleanly told. reveal
ing the conflict between the good
and the bad in human nature.
teaching a. lesson of charity while
warming of the consequences Of
folly, it is a story that may well
be read by the young.
The characters are well drawn
and appealingly human. I'VE
spoke and thought of Jennie and
Johnatllan as though they were
neignbors or. friends; we loved
the brave, bright spirit Of
Chiclxie, somehow untarnished
and sweet through all her mis-
fortunes we suffered with 4ilar
in her dark hours and reioiced
with her in her hardswon hap
piness at the end
know of no other story that
was SO widely read and discussed
by the great general average of
readers. In homes, in stores, in
offices, at teas and bridge parties,
Chicisie was spoken of as though
she were real person; each new
development of her romance was
awaited with tense interest Many
persons who were not Times
readers. hearing by chance some
fragment of the. story. straight
wav bought a copy and then fol
lowed Hhe tale to its conclusion.
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words and do everything wrong
so that John Manners would miss
her, Mary Rose Middleton, every
day OF his life!
think she's going TO be fine
John answered cheerfulIy.
Then he made ID little grinace
But you never can tell about
people I've made two or three
mistakes about them. People
z that I've thought were the finest
in the world have turned out to
be-disappQintmen /"
From the way he looked at her
when he said that, Mary Rose
knew that he meant that she had
been a disappointment to him.
And Tor the first time she won
dered IL he had heard something
about her that had turned him
+ against her.
1t was on the very tip OF her
tongue to ask him, but just then
the door swung open and In came
Hilary Dexter.
@I'm mighty sorry you're leav-
ing Us, Miss Middleton" he said,
standing with his hands in his
pockets, as he swayed ponderous-
~ to and fro on his toes. Moth
ing viii induce you to stay, I
SUPPOSE"
Old Job Back
Mary Rose shook her head.
No" she answered and her voice
trembled. No She could say
no more.
She turned once more to John
Manners and he shook her hand
for the second time in five
minutes.
well, then, it's good-by. he
said gruffly and she went out,
tears pricking along the edges OF
her eyelids and an intolerable
aching in her throat
She crossed the big. bright outer
office that had once been heaven.
on-earth to her for the last time
and sagged against the door as
she went out. Suddenly 1T opened
violently, pushing her out Of the
way.
Hilary Dexter was there beside
her, holding a letter In his big
y capable looking hands that were
I all calloused and tanned from
much golf.
It's from F.iossie,' = he said to
her. mean, it's from Mrs.
Sam Jess1p. She wants her old
job back. she says. Now. what
am going to do about it?'
CHAPTER LII
Al shadow OF very real fear
crossed Mary Roses face. dark
ening It.
oh. but you won't let her
come back to work. will your"
she asked. Her voice and her
eyes. sim wet with tears, begged
Dexter not to give Flossie her
old job. again. She doesn't need
to work ,now that she's married.
Fifty dollars a week is more than
enough for a young couple to
get along on. isn't it?"
). Dexter nodded Yes. and
Sans making more than that,
anyway. / gave him a raise for
wedding present, he added
with the proud air of an elderly
Boy Scout who has done his
daily good deed. Il can't make
out why she wants to come hack.
She never did like to work. Here,
read her letter"
He thrust it into Mary Roses
hands.
MY dear Mr.. Dexter Flossie
had written in her childish, fly
away hand, II have decided to
come back to work for you. So
you can expect me to be on the
job next Monday morning as
usual. Yours sincerely. Fiossie
NJ. Jessup.''
Cool as Cucumber
Cool as cucumber about it,
isn't she?" Dexter. asked, when
, Mary Rose raised her eyes from,
the letter. Steps out of a job
when she feels like it, and thinks
she can step right back into it,
But she cant. You tell her so for
me. will you? l don't want her
0n Gn7ro
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Every Man Is in Love With His StenographerOr His Ste
nographer Is in Love With Him" Says Student
of Human Nature.

you're leaving him, he said
grimly.
NO, / don't believe he ever
heard about it untileI told him
myself the girl replied He
didn't seem to think anything OF.
the story, one way or the other
/ suppose he's so busy thinking
about Doris HING that he doesn't
waste much time or thought on
anyone else.
A note of. bitterness crept into
her voice. as she went on: You
wouldn't marry me now. with a
story like that hung on me. even
IL said I'd marry you, would
your"
Difference
The flame of eagerness that
leaped up in his face startled her
with its intensity. II Wouldn't"
he exclaimed SAY, just try
me;
He turned in his chair and
took both Of her listless hands in
his, pressing them until she
WINGED.
Listen to me, Mary Rose he
said seriously. IF nobody on
earth would speak to you, I'd
marry you. If you'd let me. It
doesn't matter darn to me what
other people ever say or think
about Syou4 You're the only girl
I've ever wanted, and I'll always
want YOU Nothing can make
any difference
She got up, sat on the arm of
his chair and laid her lips lightly
on his crisp, red hair. Instantly
he turned and took her in his
arms In q grip that was like a
band of steel around her. He was
on fire for her, but no answering
flame rose in the heart Of Mary
Rose.
That was the differences! When
John Manners took her hand or
brushed her shoulder with his a
tingling went all along her nerves.
The mere sound OF his voice
thrilled her as everything Tom
FitzroY had ever said had not
been able to thrill her.
Don't Toni" she said sudden.
~ and pushed him away. She
felt that, somehow. she had been
untrue to John Manners when
she had kissed Tom in that sis.
terly way-untrue to John, who
didn't care whether she lived or
died!
"Oh,, won't care about him.
either" she told herself angrily,
late that night when Tom had
gone and she stood undressing
before her mirror. II won't let
myself feel this way about him.
hate him. I hate himi / hate
him.
But the next morning she found
herself dressing herself for his
eyes. 1t was her second last day
at the Dexter Company, and way
down deep in Mary Roses heart
was a shamed hope that he
wouldn't let her leave, after all.
Long before noon, Mrs. Middle
ton called up to tell her not to
hurry home.
"Flossie just teIephoned to say
that their machine has broken
down up in the hills somewhere
and that they can't possibly get
and there was a certain note of
triumph in her. voice. she seem
ed awfully cross-I can imagine
the line of talk she is giving her
husband. can't you?"
Flossie's temper was no family
secret.
Poor Sam" sighed Mary Rose
and then she wondered why she
had said it. For even If F'lossie
had a violent temper she was
his Hearts Desire, and he had
her at last.
She knew that in his own opin-
ion he was the most fortunate of
men! He would have laughed at
any one who pitied him.
On Saturday noon. Mary Rose
went into John Manners private
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Shoes were sometimes marked
a size or SO smaller in the days
when dame prided herself IN
the art of pinching her pedals.
Many a woman walked out of the
shop in a shoe that was really a
size larger than ii was marked.
How could q woman be of a
happy disposition when her feet
were jammed into slippers that
stopped circulation and her hands
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We're massaged into gloves that
were so tight she couldn't bend
finger and her waist was
choIed into corset and belt that
mea sured is and - inches.
But they did 1t!
No wonder they had faintinG
fits. and remember in those days,
my dears, there was no dieting
and a lady was supposed To eat
an eight-course dinner and do her
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By Fay King

TIME latest word is that womens
i feet are getting. larger.
don't think it's their feet so
much as their brains!
What with all the walking and
dancing that danes do these
days. they have grown more
sensible and no longer try to
cramp number five foot into a
number foNy shoei
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WHEN DID IT
HAPPEN?

HTHEN did the Cavalry battle
wv Of yellow Tavern, Va, take
place.
2. When were bullets of stone
nsed2
8. When was the great fire in
Charleston. S. G.?
4. When did Indian outbreaks
in the Northwest occur?
5. When was the Triple Ali.
ance Germany3 Austria and Italy
formed?
Answers to these queries will be
printed tomorrow
Answers to Yesterdays Questions
/. Fort de Russy, Louisiana
was taken by Union forces March
Is, 1864
2. Napoleon was crowned King
of Italy in 1906
3. England began the Ashantee
War in 1873.
A. Former President Willard
Fillmore died March 8, 1874.
5: An guns were invented By
Guhr in 1856.
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Rose told him calmly. Floss left
her vanity case in Dexter's car
one night and Mrs. Dexter found
it.. She came tearing down to
the office and / happened to be
taking his dictatipn that morning.
So she jumped TO the conclusion
that it was / who'd been out with
Dexter-and l let her jump at 1t.
You see. IL Sam Jesssup had ever
found out that Flossie'd been
running around with him, he just
never would have married her!
AS it is, Sam thinks that I'm too
terrible for words, and that FIos-
sic is gilded angel"
Tom scowled darkly at the
flames. And suppose that's
what your friend. Manners, thinks
about you, too--and that's why
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comfortable and real!

comforta bic and real!
Never. never, never will women
he so foolish as to hamper them
selves with harness of steel, and
suffer shoes too small. and gloves
too tight. and hair too heavy
with combs and hairpins.
Woman has become useful as
well as ornamental, and her hap
by spirit Is the result of comfort
as well as class.
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square dances in those instru-
ments Of torture-and smile!
These are happy days, with one
piece dresses, no corsets, shoes
that fit and gloves that give room
TO write check without taking
them off!
It's not that women's waists
are bigger. or their feet spread
ing, or their hands growing.
They are simply being honest and
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WHO SAID 1T
AND WHEN

You may ride us,
With one soft kiss. thousand
furIOngs, ere
With spur we heat an acre
In "a Winters Tale" Shakes.
peare reminds us that more can
be achieved by kindness than by
force.
Words are like leaves, and
where they most abound,
Much fruit Of sense beneath is
rarely found"
An excess of words generally
hides the absence of good sense
Pope points out IN his Essay OH
CgiticIsna."
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This Day in Our History

IIS IN the anniversary elevation 1901 Of John MAI
shall to the Supreme Jucehip Of the United States
His decisions established worldwide fame and FORM o TINS
basis for legal authority
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The Latest Paris Fashions

Repubtished By Special Advancement With
Good Housekeeping, the Nations Great
est Magazine of the Home.
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In the Home

If when making pastry little
lemon Juice is added to the water
it will make the pastry lighter
and remove all taste of fat or
lard.
When saucepans are not in use
do not keep the lids on them, as
this tends to make them smell
fusty. The saucepans should be
placed upside down on a shelf,
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A Brazilian Poet Who Died Young

us JUNQUEIRA FRERE the Brazilian died
at the early of twnty-three years. 1855 He
novice of the Carmeties and his poems the
cloister of his order
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On Saturday noon. Mary Rose
went into John Manners private
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Cool as Cucumber

Cool as cucumber about it,
isn't she?" Dexter asked, when
Mary Rose raised her eyes from
the letter. Steps out of a job
when she feels like it, and thinks
she can step right back into it,
But she can't. You Tell her so for
me. will you? | don't want her
The Winslow mail., 1926-06-25

Although the local membership
is small in number, it makes .up in
interest for what it lacks in size,
and while its activities are compar-
atively little known. it is constant
ly at work, building a foundation
of patriotism and adherence to this
country's ideals.
Most of the membership are
World War veterans, and at each
meeting the war is fought again,
especially around the mess kits
when "chow" is called. DR.. Hath
away and c. ]. McQuillan were on
K. P. Thursday night.
The organization instructed the
secretary to write G. H. Madden,
superintendent of schools, in an
effort to reinstate military drill in
Winslow schools. Various reserve
officers volunteered to spend an af-
ternoon a week drilling the stu
dents.
With other similar organizations
the local reserve is constantly al
work running down pacifist propa-
ganda calculated to weaken Amer
ica's defenses and morale.
The Winslow mail., 1926-06-25
MANY VISITORS HERE
FROM SOUTHERN ARIZONA.

During the week Winslow has
been visited by many people from
Southern Arizona who are Seeing
Arizona First, most of them having
attended the big celebration at
Hannigan's Meadows commemorate
ing opening of the Coronado Trail.
Among the visitors during the week
were noted: A. HI. Gardner and
wife, c. L. Sanders and wife and
children, Roy Davidson, wife and
children, r. V. Saunders and fam
lily, M. G. Hankins and family, w.
J. Stewart and wife, John Sebring
and wife, all of Tombstone, J. B..
Bristol, of Nogales, M. L. Butler
and family, of Bisbee, Major Geo.
H. Kelly, state historian, of Phoe-
nix, Governor G. w. P. Hunt and
party of Phoenix, and many others.
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Arcadia Hall Is
To Be Improved

Already possessing the best
dance floor in Northern Arizona.
Arcadia Hall, owned by Sam Prit-
chard, will shortly blossom out un-
der improvements into one of the
most attractive amusement places
in the state, according to an an
nouncement made 1his week by
Pritchard.
The planned improvements will
consist of two modern rest rooms,
the addition of twenty feet to the
length of the hall, permanent rails
around the dance floor, cushioned
settees along the walls and a huge,
many-faced crystal ball in the CEN
ter of the hall to furnish novelty
lighting effects.
These improvements will be
started in the near future. Prit-
chard said.