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Show Man-Tailored Vies With Fur-Trim toverament How It Operates By Wi!l,m Brmekmrt SPIRIT OP THE HOUSE By CIIERIE NICHOLAS I AY DAY MY ST I t : Wer v h OCTAVUS ROY COHEN .CoprrHrht ty Ort..ll. Rot WNCMN. of Marland spread V - 1. Ill ths toot or me uui the buildings of the trnet. some three L University. l the ceDter of Mariana carries the traffic east and west. At ... I. K jert wuicn man I Oak and Archer gas filling stations gtores. The latter, od Oak street, and .ham one door from Lm Archer street fat Is the snug little buie of uie niurmuu id National bears an itatlon. H la small but nn its roster .of ai- illl find Dames which fclght even m uie taj I million wblcn exists Way. It Is spoken of natives of Mariana, Ftske, Its president, cr Id the community. Ing-tlie morning of amlolph Flske sat at the office which was sident-I'rlvate." He pell-proportioned man, ir of age, whose hair gray of his bank had a fine, broad fore s-gray brows from be- a pair of keen eyes banner which gave an W ' unimpeachable effl- Lzlng attentively at a pasteboard. There was Its surface printing. fg. it said simply: ei H. Hanvey Protective As'n. eve roved to a yellow lid) had arrived two lislv from New York. headquarters of the itective association and .licit. operative arrives Mar- May Third." betved a sign of relief to sti t f T a very great it shoulders of another jrofesslonallv eaulrtned :b burdens. He looked Seward. Hanvey In. please. " Ird put out a bony band lied tn protest. Mr. Flske not that Ihe terrible person who it card." filed. bderstand. Miss Seward. a great detective." mistake, Mr. Flske couldn't detect anv- tery sure of that Just n see him." Ihed In triumph, and risne stared after her. )ie world. . ?" Then At least she had ora tor a sninewhat uncouth fbably a squat gentle- brown derby, sauare- a checkered vest and a h of chewing tobacco. phese detective chaps a o so that there was no pelr profession. Itan- saw the door swing It closed and Mr. Flske Id Inarticulate. re? was evervthlna In fchlch one Is quite sure Mould not be. Hla two F sixty pounds of avoir- distributed with honvii Feet; It wabbled ahon nnd lie seemed to vast reluctance Ps the head which rose f ctll"s Hint filled Ran F Bllh ue. The fun. 'd round and utterly p. Itandoph Fiske was pat never before in his F seen a hnrnnn Utterly devoid of Intel wns-yeH, by George! Hound llttio f s vacant and color orhs of B fish. 1 f flesh stood In the Fiske knew ho ....... fe wild tell that by the I rather remnrknhia . . ...... VUI I'lich appeared in k f of -11... Ilanvey's pro fmy kept moving rhyth- ""' l lske kern hi. PWly n that particular , lni"K from a haw-','-''ln and was slro Which Ihfl hnnbo. - nan feiore set eyes np,m. It P'l'l Slim mwl . j - , si-euieu 10 1th, PMIlcti re. r'Lirk. Mr. Klske." '"" ''.inker lerkprt m. f'r ll Willi!', a "" wnnilng. the si- '"red ,y ,, geepyi I:in 1 touched the trin- """' "ml detached It "ln "Xwellest nlec nf s Sl!''l g. .id -eighteen THE STORY FROM THE BEGINNING Antoinette Psyton. sanlor at tbt rjnlv.rsllj of Marland ranti p.i.r MB Thayer's attentions to Ivy Welch, eventeen-.J - a n, p"'r" U . storm, scene, the t.ne.on be.n" r.a.Vd ? & VnV.r .tndent. reproaching Iv, for "breaking . date" with blm r'ljl, non threaten each other. Urry Welch iw. hmti... J. reralty. le appealed to by Ton, to end h'a ...u?f ? Vr.SJriiVh Unl" Welch and Ton, Peyton are In love. Tony ?en, him .hlP, .V" Thayer, but I. hi. wife only In name. u?r, di term.. I LTrl l. ..soclatlon with Ivy. Tony parsu.dea him to w t7n,n an. ha. JodY.T" to her hueband. She does ao. vlaltlng him at a fra ern?t h V PP , her visit to Thayer and depart., virnon leave, ihj hnU.. IZ T0."' ately afterward.. Welch , appeal to Iv, to Z h.'r .ff.,'r 'wuS ThT.T, i fruitless. He determine, to see Thayer He doea Vo .7. Thyer Carmlc.no. fra, hou.e Janitor. d.Th.,H., TZ. ZT TrlVi karat Great invention; feller don't always have to be running around bunting toothpicks when he's got one of these Look r He touched a spring and a wicked little blade leaped out at Randolph Flske. That gentleman gave a perceptible Jump. "It it's very very remarkable, ' he murmured. Hanvey reattached the toothpick to the chain. The banker was staring star-ing and wondering . . . and then the opaque eyes of Jim . Hanvey were raised slowly until they met the gaze of the banker. Hanvey spoke. "I am kind of funny-looking, ain't L Mr. Flske?" Mr. Randolph Fiske was completely com-pletely stripped of the poise upon which he prided himself. He did not answer, but picked up the slightly soiled card which lay on bis desk. j "You are James H. Hanvey?" "Uh-huh. In person. Largely, I might say." "You're the man the B. P. A. sent down here to Investigate the robbery?" "Yes." Mr. Flske was getting himself under control. He sought refuge In frankness. "1 Imagine my actions have been exceedingly discourteous Mr. Hanvey. Han-vey. I apologize and only wish to explain that you somewhat startled me. Tou see, you are not not ex actly the sort of detective about which Pve read." "1 wish I was," breathed Hanvey Han-vey ecstatically. "Gosh! I love mystery mys-tery stories. Them fellers sure are "I Am Kind of Funny-Looking, Alnt I, Mr. Fiske?' Slick. I never could figure out how they do their tricks." Another shock for the banker He blinked. "And you don't work like the detectives de-tectives In books?" "Golly, no. I ain't slick, Mr. Fiske. I don't hardly know any dicks who are. Lemme tell you something." Hanvey leaned confl dentlally across the desk and tils sleepy eyes held the attention ot the banker. "My kind of work aln t so hard. And why? Suppose I go on a case. I start off wrong All right, nobody's the wiser, and when I find out I'm on the wrong track 1 start again. Snrne thing always A detective can make all the mis takes In the world, Mr. Flske but If he happens to do one thing right he lands the man he's after; see?" "Yes I see." "Hut the crook, gosh ! the poor feller hasn't got a chance. If he slips Just one time, he's caught He has to do everything right. The de tective only has to do one thing right. And there you are." Flske had been studying his vis Itor. He was amnzed now to find himself warming to the ungnlnn person. There was an almost childish simplicity about Hanvey which gave Flske confidence although al-though he told htnself that the man was a caricature. "The B. P. t. wired me," he said slowly, "(hat you are their best op eratlve." "Hooey I" grinned Hanvey. "I've Just been lucky-that's all. You see It's this way: Most all the crooks are my friends, and they don't Me to me--so thnt makes things prem easy." The blinker gasped. "Crooks nre your friends? I never heard of such a thing." "1 guess noL But can't you see bow much easier It makes things?" "You say they don't lie to you?" "Well, the high class crooks don't. Only the bums.' "Good Lord!" Flske leaned back In his chair and regarded Hanvey with wldeeyed wonder. "You are quite the most remarkable man I've ever met." "And the fattest?" For the first time Flske smiled. "And the fattest." Hanvey's eyes twinkled for a mo me;rt. He fumbled Id the breast pocket of his coat and produced two thin and vicious looking projectiles He extended these toward his companion. com-panion. "Have a cigar?" Flske thanked him and accepted one. Hanvey bit the end from the other, held a match to It and In haled with vast relish. He blew a cloud of smoke across the room and Flske turned startled eyes In his direction. di-rection. "They are kind of strong." said the detective genially. "Some folks like 'em." Flske struggled heroically against the asphyxiating effect of the vlo lent fumes Then they got the bet ter of him. "May I open another window?" he Inquired weakly. "Sure. That'll be fine." Hanvey eyed the second cigar which lay un lighted on the desk. "Ain't you going go-ing to smoke yours?" "I'll try one of my own. If you don't mind." As the banker moved toward the window, Jim sighed rellevedly. He rescued tbe unused cigar and tucked It back in his breast pocket with real affection. Jim's cigars wer a source of perpef ual worry he was always afraid that some day some one would smoke one of them. Flske seated himself again. "You'd like to hear about the robbery?" he asked. "Yeab If yon want." "Isn't that what you came for?" "Reckon so." "Then why don't you ask me some questions?" "Gosh! Mr. Flske how do I know what to ask? I'm waiting for you to tell roe, and you're waiting until you're sure 1 djdn't escape from some too." Randolph Flske threw back his head and laughed. "You win, Hanvey. Han-vey. Now shoot !" Jim's face did not change. "When?" "Day before yesterday May first at ten minutes after two o'clock." "How much?" "The robber got away with ap proximately one hundred thousand dollars In currency." Hanvey blinked. "Lot of cash for a little bank like this." "Plenty. We were making up the pay roll for the Marland mills. They pay on the third." "Stick-up?" queried the detective. "Yes." "Tell me all about it." Flske rose and Invited Hanvey to follow him. They passed from his private office Into the bank proper. Under the amazed eyes of Miss Helen Seward. Flske conducted Hanvey to the front door and gestured ges-tured to the broad thoroughfare passing east and west. "That Is Archer street," said Fiske. "The north and south street la Oak (;'k is a shopping street, but Archer Is the main traffic artery. ar-tery. Lots of cars going by here all Ihe time. You will notice that this hank Is the only commercial estnb IrShment on Archer street. Do you follow me?" "Kasy." grunted Jim. "You sure do tajk explicit." Flske stepped back Into the bank. Our blinking business starts at nine In the morning and stops at two. At two o'clock dally -and on Saturday at twePe e get rid of ,.ur Inst customer Then we con ,-eiil the Interior of the bank l. pulling I he shades-so." He stepped behind the open door and pulled shade which rose up from the bottom of the door. The heavy green shade rose along the ulass surface until It was higher Ihnn a man's head There are similar curtains on l.oth windows." he went on "As soon as we gel the Inst customer ,mt we pull the curtains up. and then all of the employees except or three g" out for a bite ot mn Tltv Invariably go out the ,,,,,-k door Tim door, which is l bind mv ollice. opens onto a llttH alley through which you can pass Into Oak street. Day before yesterday yester-day tbe bank was free of custom ers at two o'clock. We drew the curtains and ho the front doors." "Were thej locked" "No. They never are. We have safety vaults In the basement and they are open until five o'clock. There has to be aome way for clients to get Into the building. We merely shut the doors and draw the curtains to keep our banking clients out" Flske turned wty, but Hanvey examined the door. Lie saw that It was equipped on the Inside with a heavy spring lock. He turned and followed the banker. Back In Flske's office, the bank er resumed bis story. Hanvey lolled In a chair, apparently asleep. But occasionally bis eyes uncurtained for a moment and he regarded the banker gravely before closing them again. 'May first was a perfect day," said Flske, "Warm and sunshiny and almost like summer, as 1 said. we shut the door and drew the cur tains at two o'clock sharp, so that the Interior of the bank was effectually effec-tually concealed from anyone on the street At the same time every body went out to lunch except Miss Seward and myself. Miss Seward Is my secretary. She was the one who brought you tn here." "Oh i" said Hanvey. And then "Nice young lady." There was no hint of humor tn his heavy face, but Flske chuckled delightedly. "Kfflclent and Sour," he explained. ex-plained. "Hut mighty loyal." "I knew she must be something." "She was behind her desk and I had Just gone out to speak with her. At about ten minutes after two o'clock tbe front door opened I didn't think anything of It --a box holder, most likely. The man" "Iterneinber what he looked like?" "Only vaguely. Be was slim and quietly dressed. He didn't look like a crook." "Crooks never do." "He walked straight up to the cage where 1 was talking to Miss 8eward. First thing I knew about anything being wtoni waa when Miss Seward uttered a little shriek I turned around and saw the man was pointing a gim at us. "The robber was polite, but very positive. He told us to back into tbe vault which we have on this floor. Then he saw me looking to ward the electric buttons which we have all over the place they are police signals and he warned me that If I made a move to touch one. he'd kill me. I believed him." "Wise man." murmured Jim. "He herded us into the safe and followed us. I noticed then for the first tljjie that hr carried a little black satchel. He stuffed it with all the currency we bad In the safe about one hundred thousand dol iargan(j then started back Into the hank. Of course, I knew he intended in-tended locking Miss Seward and myself ln. "This happened quickly but It didn't seem quick to us. Miss Se ward was crying, but be had warned her not to scream, and she didn't. The rohher moved into tbe main part of the bank. And then' He paused nnd Hanvey prompt ed. "Then w inn?" "Harmon Burke came back from lunch. He's the cashier and teller He came In the back way." "What happened when he came In?" "Plenty," said Flske grimly "First thirfg I knew of Burke's re turn was when he and the robber started shoot I m: hi each other." Hanvey made u chuckling noise with his Hps. "This Burke must be a real fight-In' fight-In' piece of furniture." "He Is. Though I never suspected suspect-ed It before." "Is he here?" "Yes. They had him at the hos pital until yesterday evening. He wag hit In tbe ileshy part of the leg. ' He came back this morning." j Flske touched U.e buzzer on his desk and Miss Seward answered j the summons "Ask Mr. Burke If he'd mind step ping In here." A few second later the dooi opened unit a IVnre eutered. liar n Burke, having seen Hanvey en ter the bank. evf';ted no surprise at the grotc.iue appearance of the Cargaritinin (b i'1' t i e. But llime Li nked several times So this was the man who leaed into buttle, with r. bank robber! He Inspected the cashier with keen interest. Harmon Burke ag a little bit of n iiiair.-s.iirct'lv more than Ave feet in height and of a weight which could not have been greater than hundred pounds He had roving eyes which seemed rather bright arista of aina?lng thinness and hand "lilch seemed too large foi Ills body (TO Hit CO.NTINUHIJJ A NTONE who observes the course followed by a public official can hardly fail to arrive at the conclusion, con-clusion, eventually, that there la one characteristic common to all of them, namely, a desire, an insatiable in-satiable determination, to be vindicated vindi-cated for what they have done. That really Is the important factor ln tha career of any politician, and he or she charts a course accordingly. There la no higher exemplification exemplifica-tion of this spirit to be found anywhere any-where than among the representatives representa-tives who constitute the house. There may be a few Individuals, indeed, in-deed, there must be some, who fall to keep a weather eye on the trend of the sentiment In their districts, but the number is negligible when compared with the total house membership mem-bership of 438. Frequently, one hears loud pronouncements of Independence In-dependence on the floor of the house, vociferous declarations that the folks "back home" have been misled by propaganda or by preachments preach-ments from the opposition for ulterior ul-terior purposes. But that very independence in-dependence Is the finest sort of an appeal for vindication because it Is a simple attempt to Justify the course followed, or to be followed. But there really ought to be no quarrel with that procedure. Look behind It. Certainly, after all. the majority of voters ln a congressional congres-sional district sent that individual to congress. He Is responsible to them. They know It, as well as he. When he goes wrong on the "burning "burn-ing Issue," they retire him. Thus, they attain a responsiveness to their will. The representative's vain desire de-sire for vindication of his acts results re-sults In exactly the thing for which the house was created, a proper reflection re-flection of sectional and local viewpoints, view-points, a melting pot from which emerges that thing which Is called "the will of the people." All of the above Is by way of saying say-ing that the house is a highly sensitive sen-sitive body, politically. Receipt of mall from the home district over a period of a week, mall that deals with some particular question, has been known. to change enough votes ln the house to overthrow an apparent appar-ent strong majority. Take, for example, ex-ample, the upset through which the house passed when It waa considering consider-ing the revenue act of 1932 tha tax bill. Under most circumstances, party leadership controls firmly, although al-though rather easily. . But party leaders meant nothing to tbe house after scores of Its members began hearing from "back home" In opposition oppo-sition to the sales tax that had been recommended for passage by its ways and means committee. Representatives Repre-sentatives of all shades of opinion were panicky. Why? Because they wanted to have the voters vindicate vin-dicate them at the polls ln the next election and they were not sure they could convince the electorate of the propriety of their course had they supported a direct tax on things we buy. A representative's term Is only two years. Once he la elected, -he necessarily must start solidifying the position thus gained. He knows that opposition will be out there in the field all the time, making hay while he stays ln Washington. It may be In his own political party or ln another party. But it usually Is there, Just waiting for an opportunity. opportu-nity. Thus, the successful candidate must look to his laurels from the start, and he usually does so by fostering fos-tering legislation of particular benefit ben-efit to his district He has to choose a side, however, on questions ques-tions of importance to the whole nation, and on these his ordinary course nnd easiest Is to align himself him-self with his political party. Yet oftentimes that course proves fatal. So the life of representatives during dur-ing his two-year term Is Just one attempt after another to guess what the majority In bis district desires. The desire for power seems to go hand ln hand with the desire for vindication. It always has been said that, ln politics, as lb war, the spoils go to the victor, and the spoils accompanying control of the house are worth considering from the standpoint of well-built political fences out ln the home district. The majority party ln the house, as ln the senate, gains the chairmanships of all committees. It means control of legislation; It means appointment of dozens of Job seekers, and It ! means a voice ln management of the piwadf throughout the nation. With thnt control goes the speakership speaker-ship of the house, an honor of greatest great-est consequence to some member of the majority party. It Is all a part of a great game called politics. When all things are considered, however ; when all factors and Influences In-fluences and causes and effects are weighed, the scales appear to balance bal-ance to the side of benefit to the people. This spirit that seems to grip every man or woman sent to tbe house cannot be eliminated In our two party system of government, govern-ment, but why should it be. de- stroyed wjien the sum total of Its effect is to make representation possible pos-sible for a people too numerous to got together In a town hall meeting . 1111. Wmtern Ntwiptpar Ualoa. li5li5biiiinriB1Mi-ii iiMiiiiiMiiwiiiJiiwiwiiiiiyHtliii.iiiiiiiiiJlii.iiiiii COMES stepping along In the spring style shows the strictly tailored suit, daringly mannish down to the minutest detail, so much so as to provoke a question mark shrug of the shoulders on the part of the more conservative. Some of the new suits have gone so far as to be actually trousered, worn with man-tailored man-tailored shirts, sporty ties, stiff cuffs and swaggering fedora hats. Bide a wee, ye who are skeptical. and give eye to another number of fashion's program, for equally prom inent on the horizon there rises a gracefully silhouetted figure clad ln softly furred delicate gray or beige, made even more appeallngly feminine femi-nine with the accompaniment of a sheer little befrUled blouse or tha flaunting of one of those amusing huge butterfly bows of crisp organdie or-gandie which are the rage Just now. What with the elusive pastel tone of these costumes so perfectly blended with hazy, misty fox fur the ensemble melts Into the springtime spring-time scene as does the faintly tinged leafy verdure during the lovely Uay-tlme Uay-tlme days Which to choose, the severely and daringly man-tailored or the be-gulllngly be-gulllngly feminine, for the new spring outfit, aye, that's the question ques-tion ! Toss a penny If you will, for either way leads triumphantly on to the very height of fashion. If your flippant penny happens to bead toward the strictly tailored you will be tremendously interested In the ultra chic suit which the lady seated In tbe pictured group Is wearing. Here Is tbe masculine fashion at its best It la an afternoon after-noon suit that copies the mala tuxedo tux-edo even to a satin lapels and a satin strip down either aide of tha skirt. The blouse which la styled like a man's vest and tht ascot tie are In white satin. For high-class wank this model stands at tha very head of the list Tha smart set are quite wild about It this Idea of tha tuxedo suit For less formal wear the double-breasted double-breasted suit sketched ln the circle below is an excellent and thorough ly practical style, either ln black or navy. Note tha very masculine hat which tops It This model also looks good ln tweed, and- tweeds whether tn cape costumes made op with the popular taffeta checks or ln strictly man-made tailored fash-Ion fash-Ion are "all the go" for spring. If your fancy leads to tha mora feminine type, why not a fox trimmed gray or beige woolen topcoat, top-coat, sucb as shown to tha left In the picture? How flattering they are, the suits and coats In delicate tones which are made ornate with matching fur. Tou are offered your choice between caped types and those which "say it" with novel voluminous sleeves. In either event handsome borderings of luxuriant matching fur complete these charming charm-ing ensembles. The placement of fur on the cape Is done with a view of keeping It away from the face In most instances so that the suit or coat may be happily worn away Into In-to the summer. The cape suggestion sugges-tion sketched ln the top oval gives the Idea. . n, wit Trwpiw' Wo. HOW COLORS ARE USED IN STYLES Dark colors are ln favor for costumes cos-tumes and bright accents of acces sories sweaters, blouses, belt, col lars and cuffs, scarfs, pocketbooks, gloves, bats and handkerchiefs. For evening, the pastel family of colors are In exceptionally good repute. re-pute. So that you will be up-to-date on the names as well as the shades of new fabrics, keep these new titles for old colors well In mind: Eel gray, sunset-orange, sulphur-yellow, Jerusalem cherry red, Algerian-blue, Byzantine-green, tea- leaf-green, deepwater-blue and that Intangible new shade of blue that Is going to be very popular and which, at least for the moment, is called moonllght-blue. Manv of these shades are old friends wedded to new title to give you a fresher Impression or them. Fabrics With Cire Finish Have Brightest Prospects Fabrics are still dull, so that the occasional appearance of lustrous materials for spring wear attract more attention than ln other seasons. sea-sons. Just now It is fabrics with clre finish which appear to have bright prospects for the Immediate future. The clr6 Idea Is not altogether new, of course. Clre satins were used ln considerable quantity last summer for dress trimmings and little Jackets and reappeared ln eve ning gowns and formal afternoon wear last falL Studded Baits French women who are following the edicts ot Chanel, famous designer, design-er, are wearing leather belts studded stud-ded with Jewell, They were orig inally launched to, wear with lace evening gowns. PIQUE JACKET Br CHEBU NICHOLAS PA 4 I ,A m k. A.Ak. A A A. A I Waffle pique In a glowing peach tone makes the little Jacket Lacy blouse made up of peaqh taffeta cording. Wool crepe skirt ln dark brown. The smart, up-to-date wardrobe Is not complete this season sea-son If It falls to Include a little pique Jacket. The evening Jacket made of orgnndle, with crisp, bouffant bouf-fant silhouette, due to Its large sleeves and. perhaps, a huge bow, Is also one of fashion's latest whims. Which goes to show the Importance of cotton as a style factor. Colorful JawaU Colored brooches and clips of cabochon rubles, emeralds and sapphires set lo the form of a bouquet of flowers or a conventionalized conven-tionalized basket or fruit are a spring fashion favorite. |