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Show Czechoslovak Singers Who Are Touring America M ATM "vC- - 'A 'si iff - va) m ?i . 1 ife 01 i 1 eIS 1 This group of boys and girls from Czeolmslovakla. who have thrilled European audiences with their concert work, despite the fact that mnny of them are cripples, have come to America to mnke a tour of the country. They are under the guidance of Col. Rudolph Svarer. shown in center of buck row. At the left Is Frantlk FlUp. one of the singers, who, being armies, writes by holding the pen in his toes. ' Wrap-Aroun- d Coat-Frock- s; g I sTVLE Idea which occupies a I A. conspicuous niche In Fashion's & hall of fame U the wrap-aroun- d coat- - I dress Styled of the most elegant ma- - I terlals, with enrichment of embrold- - crv braiding and color superb, tht J spirit of luxury fairly radiates from thl9 handsome garment Among other of Its winning qual- - I ltle9 the wrap-aroun- d street dress has f the gift of slenderizing --the figure, for point of serving the season through, but when it comes to hats, they an-swer to the caprice of the moment. In the collection of fashionable bon-netr- y pictured herewith, a wide range of ideas Is presented. The lace draped model Is of oriental Influence. There is no lessening of Interest In lace, rather la It that lace appears In a more Impressive way. Tiny straw hats now bear long lace scarfs attached iwfe Mil Model In Lightweight Duvetyn. the straight, slim silhouette Is Its characteristic feature. Add to this ., that it is a frock ready at the moment to slip on, void of complicated fasten-ings, Just a mere tying or buckling to one side and one readily understands why this garment Is so popular. The model In the picture is light-weight duvetyn, a fabric which has made Its reappearance this season. The upper portion is elaborately de-signed with gray braid. The squirrel collar Is detachable. In many Instances the stralghtllne coat-dres- s is entirely In self-t-alo- r. This type Is built along with a pin or a eocarde of lace edging. Another charming Item Is rococo ribbon, which Is a very narrow sort In rainbow colorings. It Is this dainty ribbon which Is shirred and twirled Into curlicues on the close-fittin- g bonnet to the left, until the entire shape looks as if It were made of crinkled silk. Oriental colorings are everywhere present In millinery and especially are they featured In printed silks such as are used to drape across the front of the helmet-shape- d hat to the right which Is topped with genuine haircloth. A tiara brim with Egyptian motif Is w v- - r ifmi lJt . xm Interesting Group of Hats. simplest possible lines, departing from severity only when It comes to the huge ribbon tie at the left front hlpllne. T'j every type and mood millinery responds most graciously this season. There are no arbltrnry rules. is the watchword. When one conies to think of It one's hat Is wonderfully expressive of Its wearer. Our coats and dresses we take as a mattet of fact bought from the stand-- carried out with a fancy silk straw braid In the model to the left. The little hot with rolled rim Is cov-ered with maize colored chenille cloth and great golden yellow plums with deep green foliage. (. lilt, WnUri Nwiypjr Uoiao.) IS? Daddy's SEveiiig Fairy Tale 11 90timC1 ft VOIMM MCVWMi UHlUM '" ORANQ-UTA- WINDY Windy had a visitor. Now, Windy was an orang-uta- n and his home was In the eoo. The keeper asked the lady who had come to call on Windy If she would like to watch Windy In the big room at the back of the monkey house and the lady said she would be delighted. She was very fond of the orang-uta-pets at the zoo. 'Well, Windy," said the keeper, "show the lady to the big room." The keeper undid Wlndy's big cage and Windy hopped down and first of all shook hands with the lady. Then h led her by the hand to the big room, finding it by himself. Windy went along on two feet and also helped hlmsHf by his 6ther hand, which was not holding the lady's hand. When the lady spoke to Windy he understood her. They got back to the big room and the lady said: "Come, Windy, and sit by me." She didn't say the words as though giving a command. She didn't point to a place for him to come. She said It In a very ordinary tone of voice and yet Windy understood perfectly. He came over and sat by her and when she asked him to shRke hands with her he did so. Then she patted him and said: "Nice Windy. Windy, would you like a banana?" "Well, Windy understood at once. Be began sniffing about her as though to say: "Where Is that banana which you're asking me If I would like?" And the lady tald: "If you look In my big black bag over on yonder table you will find a banana in It" Wlndy hopped down and went over to the table. He Jumped up on the table, after having pulled a chair near to it so as to help himself up and then he got hold of the black bag. Now, the black bag had quite difficult catch which had to be snapped one way and then up another before it would open. At first Windy puzzled over It but soon he found the way It would open and then he looked inside. There were two packages there. 0n had sandwiches In It which the lady was going to have later on, and In the other were two bananas. Windy first took hold of the rack-ag- e with the sandwiches. "No, not that one, said the lady. "The other package." And Windy then took hold of the other package and began to untie the string. "Let's each eat a banana," said the lady. And Windy came over to her and handed her a banana, and then he sat beside her and, taking over the TT1M "Then H Looked at Himself skin of his banana, as he ate It, they each had a little treat the lady and the orang-utan- ! lie wasn't greedy in the way be ate. He Just had a thoroughly good time. And then Windy wandered abont the room entertaining the lady. He hadn't been taught any tricks except those he had taught himself. And he understood all sorts of things the lady said to him not Just such words as be might have learned any-way. He understood her tones of voice and what she meant. And as they sat there in the room the children stood outside the window and watched them. They shrieked with delight to see the things Windy was doing. He went over to s water faucet and turned It on and took a wash-ra- g and cleaned his face. Then he dried It with a towel which was hanging nearby. Next ha took a toothbrush, which was kept there for him in a cap, and he brushed bis teeth, and then ha looked at himself in the mirror hang-ing above. He brushed himself and came sgaln and sat by ths lady. Then he would stop for a moment or ao and the lady coald see be was thinking what to do next Just a anyone will stop and think and then begin to do something else. He pulled the window blinds up and down and he arranged the chairs In the room, he turned a somersault and he did some fine climbing, and when It was time for the lady to leave he took her back, opening the door for her. And when she left he politely shook hands with her. Oh. Windy was so polite and such a lovable, Interesting animal. Yes, he was all of that and even more. The lady loved him better thon any other animal In the soo and she knew them all pretty welL Iceberg Peril IsfNow Acute portnnce to hnve froiu Fur North ouU pimts nccurute data on the Incidence,, direction and velocity of the winds, A third factor Is the ocean currents,! which In general terms are inexorable nnd Immutable In a grander sens they, like Lord Tennyson's brook, "flow on forever." Yet they are sub-ject to variutlons, and In the last year which has been one of extraordinary meterologlcal phenomena the worldl over, muny curious aberrations bava been noted In their movements. Take the great lord of all the ocean, currents, the mighty Gulf stream. Itt sweeps majestically up from the south,, bearing an Incalculable volume ofi warm water Into the northern lati-tudes. It Is axiomatic that a warmer fluid body assumes an ascendency over a colder one. So the Gulf stream! mounts atop of the colder waters from) the frozen north, swimming along onl the very surface of the sea. Plan to Warn All Vessels by Radio of Route, Size and Speed of Wandering Ice. Washington. More dangerous Ice-bergs are expected to make their ap-pearance In the steamship lunes of the North Atlantic this spring than in many years. This knowledge, of great value to mariners ad marine insur-ance companies, has been obtained as a result of the new method of iceberg forecasting, In process of being per-fected by the International Ice Patrol and the United States Weather Bu-reau. Eleven years ago," on April 14, 1912, the Titanic collided with an Iceberg la the North Atlantic on her maiden i with the breaking off of the glncier ends. The west const of Greenland Is the birthplace of the Atlantic Icebergs. Observations by Lieutenunt Smith show that a season of stormy weather will result in the breaking off of more bergs thun a relutlvely culm season. The vast forces of mountainous waves, raised by severe storms, pound so Ir-resistibly upon the protruding ends of the glaciers that they snap a year or more prior to the time they would fall fVom their own weight. The present season is expected to have more bergs than usual, because the winter and early spring were about the most tempestuous in the history of the weather bureau. The North Atlantic has been vexed by storm after storm. In February, ln- - voyage and went to the bottom with some 1,500 persons. There had been many casualties of the sea arising from Icebergs before that. Tramp steamers and sailing craft had many narrow escapes and some were lost., Many of the ships Indefinitely posted as missing on the boards of the world's shipping offices also are be-lieved to have been sunk in this way. The appalling loss of the TltHnlc re-sulted In an international conference on the Bafety of life at sea. This con-ference, to which the United States One-eight- h part of an Iceberg standsi above the water line: Its great bulki Is below. It Is plain that a small lee-be- rg will not extend so far down intoi the sea as a great one. Suppose that a small berg but even these are great enough to sink any ship la floating down the Atlantic. It encounters the1 , Gulf stream. Tha stream la flowing, on the surface, and, as the berg doeai not extend so very far down Into thej water, the greater part of its bulk 1st opposed to the surface current awl drift where the Gulf stream steers It Then conceive of a great berg of such ponderous weight and size that It Kaches far into the ocean depths. The! Labrador current, flowing south, haai dived under the northward-flowing- ! Gulf stream. A greater mass of the big berg's bulk Is far enough down to be chiefly Influenced by the southward--l flowing subterranean current Thlsl berg, then, goes south, even against' the flow of the Gulf stream. Constant Observation Needed. The thing needed Is constant obseri vatlon of these phenomena, in relation to the winds and the course of thi bergs, to determine accurately whlchj stream is likely to capture them as It prize nnd bear them off to whatever( Dart of Nentune's realm it Is seeking.-- sent Cnptuln Ellworth P. Bertholf, head of the coast guard, agreed upon the establishment of the International Ice Patrol. For ten years this patrol has been maintained, its cost allocated among the maritime nations In propor-tion to their tonnage.' From autumn until spring two Amer-ican const guard cutters, stanch ships, designed to ride out any storm, patrol the tempestuous seas of the North Atlantic. Each cutter hns a two weeks' tour of duty, at the end of which It Is relieved by the other. If either, or both, becomes disabled, other cutters are dispatched to the patrol. Notify 8hips by Radio. stead of the nine or ten storm areas regarded as normal, some 20 disturb-ances swept across the ocean. Ship after ship reported the worst buffet-ing in the memory of mnny ship-masters. The waves which have been 'tossing shipping bII winter presum-ably have been buttering loose the glncier ends at the mouths of the Greenland gorges. The layman naturally thinks of the Iceberg as a tenant of the winter sea, so bleak and cold are Its associations. But it is in winter that the North At-lantic Is most free of bergs, because they are still in winter quarters. It might almost be said that the spring has the same effect on the bergs as it has on man, for It Is with the coming of the vernal season that the great mountains of Ice tear loose and go sileutly cruising down into the steam-ship lanes. The Titanic was sailing on an almost summery sea In mid-Apr- il when she struck. The bergs drift south, and In the course of the summer melt away, so that the fall and winter find the, sens again free. So it nppenrs that frequent and ac-curate reports of the incidence of storms In the Far North will be of great value in the forecasting of Ice-bergs. Wind Is Factor. A second Important factor Is the wind. It Is the wind which, pressing upon the crystal snils of the bergs, blows them away from the shore nnd Into the full course of the Arctic drift, then southward to the ocean currents. A season of light winds or of winds from a quarter uafavorable to the movement of the bergs, might conceiv-ably retard their southward migration long enough to permit many of them to melt. In consequence, It Is of 1m- - Lleutennnt Smith has proposed station at Cape Dyer, In Baffin land, which could report n meteorological Conditions, wind nnd weather, and the progress of the bergs as they passed in majestic procession down to the southern seas. Such stations, It Is as-serted, could chart the speed of the bergs, and mariners would know that when a berg was reported as passing a given point In command of a given , current, with such and such winds, It) would be due in the path of their shlpaj . on an ascertainable dnte. The next few years are expected tot bring many added facilities to the weather bureau In long-distanc-e fore-casting of icebergs, storms and perlodsj of moisture or aridity. The science of meteorology has advanced rapldly,j The cutters seek out any Ice which lies below the forty-thir- d parallel of latitude about on a line with Boston. Then they cruise northward. It Is the duty of these Ice scouts constantly to maintain contact with the southern, the eastern and the western limits of the lee. By means of radio they notify art ships within their long range of the position of bergs. Lieutenant Edward II. Smith of the United States coast guard hus Just submitted a special report on meteoro-logical aspects of the International Ice Patrol which Is regarded as of and all that Is lacking Is more obser-- i vntlon stations. The region of the Bering sea off the, Alaskan const and the almost InHC--1 cwslble fastnesses of the Lake Baikal! region of Siberia are the breeding places of the great storms that sweep the world. It has been estimuted that: If the prlnclpnl notions would Jointly assume an expenditure of some a year In establishing and maintaining outposts In these places and at some other strategic points, the uncertainty of the future, so fur as weather is concerned, would be at an end. The commercial value of longdis-tance weather forecasting Is Inesti-mable. If at the planting season, t!ie farmer could know the amount of moisture he would have during th growing senson, he could guide his planting and cultivation more Intelll-gentl- y. New York Times. special importance. He has recom-mended that the United States estab-lish outposts In the Far North to give earlier Intelligence of the presence nnd progress of these bergs than cun be obtained by the patrol. Uls report of observations Is being studied by the United States weather bureau, In connection with the studies of e forecasting of various kinds which It Is making, and there Is a fair promise that the government will take the lead in perfecting tkls new science of iceberg forecasting, as It Is called. An iceberg Is the huge tip of a glacier. A glacier creeps at little more than geologic speed down the gorges of the Arctic mountains, being, In fact, a river of Ice. This river flows Into the sea. The contact with the warmer water usually Is not sufficient to detach the end of the glacier. The Ice Is of tremendous weight, and as it flows out Into the sea It takes the form of a vast beam of solid Ice, pro-truding Into the deep water. Having no resting place on the earth, the j weight produces a greater and greater dnwnwurd pull on the end of the j glacier. When this weight becomes too ponderous the protruding end breaks off. Bergs a Peril In Spring. Tho first discovery In connection with Iceberg forecasting wn that the weather conditions of the winter nnd especially the spring have much to do ON ROAD TO HEALTH n-- n I Pat T. II. Tresslar, Jr., whose lungs went bad from the gas he got over-seas, with his pet coon, on the long hike of 1S,(KK) miles across South America, the United States and Can-ada from his home in Texas, to sound lungs und 100 fcer cent fitness. Girl Imprisoned by Father. New York. Because she was ninr-rie- d to a man not of her own faith. Mrs. Joseph Steinberg, seventeen years old, was Imprisoned In her home. The girl began her Imprisonment last January and only recently es-caped, she told the court when her father caused her arrest. 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