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Show LEIII FREE PRESS, LEHI, UTAH mm "5 4f BLACK MVf. ;-- 2 tlPI By CIIERIE NICHOLAS HpHE "Sunflower" is one of the easiest of the quilt designs to make the diamond-shape- d pieces are easy to cut and a block works d up quickly. Use percales, tiny patterned cream and brown-flecke- CHAPTER I j &&4&&'Si Fur Hat and Bag Ensembles Add Drama to Fall Costumes ' We were agreed, that warm October evening as we sat gazing down from the hills upon the twinkling lights of Los Angeles, that the story of Elsa Chatfield should be written. Elsa, we thought, typified something eternal in the spirit of American youth something so fascinating to us older individuals that it should be set down as a part of the permanent record of the American scene. There was a difference of opinion however, as to where the story should begin. Dwight Nichols was for omitting all mention of Aunt Kitty and starting in boldly with the baby. "Babies are always good to open with. New life, you know. Everything before them. The world and the devil. Of course, I'm not a writer, Barry, as you are; I'm only sportsman." Huntoon Rogers has since denied that he foresaw even the smallest part of the story which began that night in the hills overlooking the vast metropolitan area of Los Angeles and had its end far down the West Coast of Mexico. And, of course, Dwight Nichols and I were merely talking in the air when we d agreed that the story of Elsa should be written, for the story then was only about to begin. "You know, Barry," Dwight said, looking off over the vast meadow of twinkling lights below us, "I thought once .that I understood women. But that was when I was younger. I could have done justice to Elsa then." Margaret Nichols at this moment came out and joined us, sitting on the top step with her cigarette which she smoked lazily. It was one of those rare nights in fornia when one could sit out of doors comfortably, and her bare arms and throat seemed to smolder whitely in the half light which shone from the living room windows. There was a quality of about Margaret that explained Dwight; he had a passion for the exquisite, and Margaret loved him devotedly. Margaret now desired our company. "I don't like the piano and the singing. Not now, anyhow," she .said. "Nobody can sing these horrible modern songs, if they really can be called songs. Did I interrupt you, darlings? Forgive me and go right on talking." "We were just talking, dear. Speculating about woman," said Dwight, lighting a fresh cigarette. "We mentioned Elsa Chatfield and then came to rest upon Aunt Kitty." "Lovely old cat," said Margaret. "Did you know her, Hunt?" "No, Margaret," replied Rogers. "A plump, sleek tabby who sat a lifetime on silk cushions over in Pasadena, then at the end sank her claws in Elsa and died. She ought to have had a love affair and a baby!" Dwight blew a cloud of ghostly smoke into the shadows and said that Elsa's aunt had been in love once. Margaret was incredulous. "You didn't know Sam Chatfield Elsa's father did you, Hunt?" asked Margaret, turning to Rogers. Huntoon Rogers said that he had not. "I was right in thinking that you came into our circle after Sam fled. , He was a small, round, reddish man who quite remarkably had no egotism. Dwight, I think, is a little taller than Sam. Anyway, he bounced like a rubber ball when he walked, and he was something in a bank in Pasadena. "Sam Chatfield sat behind a huge mahogany desk all day and said no. That's an awfully hard Bort of job, don't you think?" she said seriously. "For just imagine men coming with ambition and hopes, or in desperate straits about their finances and needing money, and having to say no to them. Any decent person would feel it dreadfully. And, of course, Sam did, because he was a decent sort, you know. He simply clutched decency to himself with all the passion of a fierce new love. Of course, to make up for it, Sam had to say yes when he was away from the bank, and so he never said no to anything that concerned Elsa or himself. Aunt Kitty was beyond his yes and no, because she was wealthy. "Then one day he fled, and they discovered that he'd said yes and not no to himself too often. Aunt Kitty quieted the loss at the bank with her own money, because there was family pride, you know. But you can imagine what that meant to Elsa. Her mother was dead. Either Elsa didn't like Mexico, or Sam thought it best for her to be up here she did visit hirn, though, occasionally. Anyway, Elsa had to move in with Aunt Kitty and go on listening to Aunt Kitty talking, talking, talking. Poor Elsa! She was twelve then, and managed in a year or two to escape to school in the East. And after that-w- ell, there was the baby. She was seventeen by that time " 'But who is there who could pos Chat-fiel- sibly want to make away with Aunt Kitty if that is what really happened?" I asked, moved somewhat by what Huntoon Rogers had said before Margaret came out. Nobody could think of a reply at once, then Dwight's chair stirred and he cleared his throat reluctantly. "Well." he began, "that, of course, is why there are detectives like Hunt Regers " "Not detective, Dwight," Rogers interrupted quickly. "I'll admit that I've been drawn into more than my share of affairs of that kind. I prefer to be known, however, for what I am namely, an humble professor of English literature." "Sorry, Hunt. I didn't mean anything." "No apologies, Dwight; it's not important. What were you going to say, though?" Again I thought I detected a reluctance in Dwight Nichols" manner. "Oh I've thought at times, since Kitty Chatfield's death, what embarrassment an unimaginative sleuth could cause me. You see, I have a motive" "A motive, darling?" Margaret's voice held a startled note. "Yes. You see, that Cabazon property Kitty Chatfield and I owned it in joint tenancy, with right of survivorship. It doesn't matter now how the arrangement came about But, when Kitty Chatfield r ; . f 1 Lovely old cat," said Margaret. died, it meant about two hundred thousand dollars to me. Isn't that a motive?" "It's a reasonable one, to be sure," said Rogers. "Oh, I had a motive then, too," exclajmed Margaret. "Of course, dear," said Dwight. "What's mine is yours." "That's not what I meant, darling." "What's your motive, Margaret?" inquired Rogers. "Jealousy." "Jealousy!" echoed Dwight. "You don't mean?" "I mean just that." Margaret's voice was firm. "I was so jealous of Kitty Chatfield I could have killed her!" A disturbance from the driveway interrupted our conversation. We went around to see what it meant, but before we reached the front of the house a fliwer bleated weakly as if impatient It our slow coming. And there was Elsa climbing out of a most ' amazing contraption. It looked as if it had been stolen from a junk yard. A jagged rent was in the top,, a piece of which waved grotesquely in the light stir of air. The engine had died with a hollow cough as we rounded the corner of the house, and the villain had climbed from under the wheel and was twisting the crank and grunting profanely as if to torture it into another try at life. "Pay the gentleman for me," said Elsa to Dwight. "It's two dollars and I haven't it." When the man had gone roaring indecently off down the hill, she explained: "He was such an intense man; I rode with him instead of in the shiny car the other taxi man had. I like intense people. It was bumpy, but there was moonlight, and I didn't mind." She shook me warmly by the hand, murmured Huntoon Rogers' name when Margaret introduced him; and then, with her arms linked in mine and Dwight's most confidingly, we went toward the house. "But where's your car, Elsa?" asked Dwight. "I sent it this morning to Jimmy the Cheese." She stopped short with a burst of laughter conceived in t sudden little ecstasy of humor. "Fancy! I never thought of calling him that before! And I've known him for years too. To Mr. James Chesebro, Dwight, trustee," she said pompously. Freeing her arms she drew in the air before her own beautiful figure a great stomach and strutted in the grass. "He and I are through with each other now. We don't have to hate each other any longer. We're both glad, of course. Aunt Kitty cuts me loose today. I'm on my own." There was an exuberance, an elation in her voice.. The fact was thrilling to her. Dwight already had explained the There had been no arrangement. money she could count on from her father after he went to Mexico; Aunt Kitty had assumed her expenses. But at her death Elsa had been disinherited. "She gave her the income from the estate for a year from the date of her death," Dwight had said, "knowing that Elsa ought to save something out of it, but darn well confident she wouldn't." Sounds of laughter came from the house as we mounted the steps and burst in upon the others. I lost, of course, the soft touch of Elsa's hand upon my arm and the comfort of her nearness to me, for she flew to embrace one of the girls among the crowd of young people making merry in the living room. But not, however, before she had tossed to me over her shoulder the urgent command, "Barry, don't go away tonight without me." I have no doubt that Jimmy the Cheese, as Elsa called him that night, was relieved that the departed Aunt Kitty finally had cut loose her niece. An old ladies' home, even though it were filled top and bottom with old ladies, was a much easier task for a dignified administrator, almost middle aged, than just Elsa. She had sent him her expensive motor car that morning, and a letter explaining: "You're aware, that Aunt Kitty didn't expect me to have a cent left today. So I'm not disappointing her. I can't think of keeping anything my dear aunt's money has paid for." "And I haven't," said Elsa from her chair beside the piano, that evening she joined us at Dwight and Margaret's. "Not a penny or anything her money has given me " She stopped in vague alarm. She had not spoken the truth. The process of her thought was visible in her face. "Except the clothes on my back." Dismay was in her eyes. "And" She stood up and tugged first at her cuffs, then at the shoulder of her dress. "I'll not keep these any longer. "Do them all up in a nice package, Dwight, and send them tomorrow to Mr. Chesebro, with love from Elsa. Be sure to put in the love." Sht smiled down upon Dwight as he gathered the small bundle, one tawny, beautifully tanned arm pointing to where the ring had rolled. "And, Margaret, dear, please get me one of your old suits for a working girl." Margaret arrived instantly with a heavy apricot negligee and the working girl suit was searched out within the seclusion of Margaret's bedroom. Huntoon Rogers is a large man, probably six feet tall and with a frame in proportion. He has mild blue eyes, such as I have never seen elsewhere; his ears are prominent, as is his nose, the latter not to his disadvantage. The blond hair is beginning to thin on top. He looked up at me after a few moments and spoke so quietly that nobody else in the room could hear him. "She hated her Aunt Kitty, didn't she? Bitterly." "There's no doubt of it." He went on playing. He displayed a remarkable skill. If I had not stood watching the dexterity of his left hand, I'd have thought he was playing a composition. "What did Aunt Kitty die of?" he asked, glancing up again. "An overdose of morphine." His flying fingers executed a long run. "Was she an addict?" ' jc if " t- - ' II V L. " -- v; v The prevailing formula for smart clothes this year is the Sunflower Quilt dress or coat or suit that is classic in its simplicity, the yellow calicoes, grass-greeand same to serve as a background n cottons. Do the center as are for accessories that in vivid yellow. Quilt has 12 pieced n leaf-gree- IF IT'S something of outstanding style distinction you're seeking this season to give dash and fillip to your appearance, keep your eye cn what's doing in way of working fur into hats and bags and a multitude of other accessories, such as will impart a touch of elegance to your costume that will rate you among the best dressed wherever A you go. The importance of fur in one's costume makeup is the subject of conversation here, there and every- where in the fashion realm. Unprecedented is the enthusiasm shown for coats that are To keep pace with fashion's stride one really should have a glorified wool coat that is handsomely lined with fur. Then there's the flair for suits and dresses that is sweeping at a mad pace this season throughout all fashion centers. And when one's dress or suit is trimmed with fur it is a safe guess that the ensemble will be completed with a hat and bag made of matching fur. The swank, the novelty and the wealth of ideas expressed in these sets simply glamorous cannot be expressed in words. Some idea of their superb styling is conveyed in the iwo "sets" shown in the illustration. The designer of the striking hat and bag pictured to the left teams ocelot and black leather together in a most fetching manner. This cunning " bonnet catches the sprightly air of youth with its bright spotted furs. The little shirred poke with its open curved back has smart leather bows and a leather facing for the spotted fur brim. The large oval of matching ocelot is sheathed with black leather to carry out the ensemble idea. Wear this to town with a black dress or suit it will be smart looking day or evening. fur-line- d. - hat-and-b- "milk-maid- as good taste and money can buy. This leads up to describing the hat and bag set to the right. Here you see the "last word" in fur luxury interpreted in this stunning Cossack hat, made of black seal, together with a massive matching bag. The hat is ornamented with an imposing big jewel, done in the true Russian spirit, the magnificent success of Russian arms having inspired this millinery triumph from John Frederics. The little Cossack hat is an outstanding favorite this season. Rich browns are making color news this year, and you can choose nothing smarter than an outfit done in a radiant tone of brown, the same highlighted with hat and other details worked in handsome mink. The voguish hat shown at the top is trimmed with mink, thus calling attention to the costume entire as a "study in brown." Her gold hoop earclips and flexible gold bracelets are perfect to wear with this costume. It is just such smart wearable hats as this that women will be wearing with their smart wool costumes the winter through. Smart accompaniments to these hats include a drawstring bag made cf mink with detachable mink cuffs that may be worn at will. Moral save your scraps of mink. Your furrier and your milliner can fashion an accessory collection out of them "worth a king's ransom" in appearance. Don't throw even the tiniest swatch of fur away. In the fur pieces left over from shortening your coat or restyling it, lurk possibilities of a new drawstring bag or a "tricky" neck piece or a lapel gadget. Out of a tidbit of fur clever designers will evolve a wee bow to clip on your breast pocket of your suit or a bowknot to fasten on each cuff of your gloves or to clip on your dress-u- p pumps. Released by Western Newspaper Union. Ration Free Shoes Come in Gabardine -- Rayon Taffeta 1 ft 1 $v.- J.W i y- 'Wjft1 - tint'l'i'V111 , two-hand- ed Thanks to the new durable plastic soles of recent invention and to the smart gabardine for uppers, you can now be smartly shod sans coupon. In the collection of n shoes that are so because they use no priority materials you will find such blocks, each plain blocks. "Self administered?" he inquired, the piece with a restful chord. , Rayon taffeta for dress-u- p "The police said yes; the district gowns attorney's office, as you are aware, and blouses is accorded high fashion rank on the new fall program. This has doubts." short dinner dress is duration-minde- d and effective in black rayon taf"It's a stone rolled away from the tomb," said Elsa, full of classical feta. Its demure apron front tunes allusions, her quiet voice devoid, to a styling that is charmingly youthhowever, of the theatrical. "It's ful. There is just the right color Tantalus fed at last and Sisyphus touch in the pale pink niching that at the top of the hill. The dead outlines it. Gone are the days when hand has let go its terrible grip." taffeta was considered a fragile fabShe drew her head back and ric. Rayon taffetas may now be testbreathed immensely of the moonlit ed for enduring strength sid team night. "Barry, oh, you can't imagslippage. Rayons which have passed ine, even with that trick author's these tests will be so labeled to goide imagination of yours, what it means you in buying. to be free! Free of Aunt Kitty and the centuries of 'No' and 'Cannot' I Lace Bodices It's freedom, Barry, when I thought sheath dresses are freedom had forsaken me." with bodices half of lace. finishing Dull-blac- k topped inches square 12 Te obtain cutting patterns for the Quilt (Pattern No. 5161) complete piecing and finishing directions, amount of all materials specified, send 18 cents In coins, your name and address and the pattern number. DOME NEEDLEWORK 149 New Montgomery St San Francisco, Calif. Sim-flow- Tiu Rookie Hadn't Heard Of Any Ruminant Admirals A young candidate for the navy was being put through a general knowledge test by a board of admirals. "What kind of animals eat grass?" one of them asked. The candidate fidgeted and stared out of the window, but said nothing. The question was repeated but he still remained dumb. "Surely," said one of the examiners, kindly, "you can answer a simple question like thatT I will repeat it. What kind of animal eat grass?" "Animals J" gasped the boy. "Why, I thought you were sayinj 'admirals.' " Relief At Last For Your Cough Creomulslon relieves promptly because it goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and exnel perm laden phlegm, and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender. Inflamed bronchial mucous membranes. Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulslon with the understanding you must like the way It quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis Height of Dost Storms Dust storms have been recorded as reaching to a height of three miles in the United States. non-ratio- attractive styles as strap saqdals that are made with a plastic sole that will wear like leather. It's baby last and open toe wonders toward making your foot look small and graceful. A favorite for practical wear is the Mary Jane platform sandal. You can get it in black or brown gabardine with matching low, sensible heels. In the glamour class is a slick gabardine platform pump with a common sense heel of patent. Open toes and backless is this pump with bows of grosgrain to give it fillip. Real dressy pumps such as you can wear with your smart afternoon frocks are available in the new gabardine footwear. if back aches from non-scu- ff "Yes." 14 Trapunto Trimming The beloved trapunto trim holds good for this fall and winter. The latest gesture is to enhance the new and popular bright velveteen with trapunto quilted design. The effect is most attractive. You can find these smart frocks in the stores but if you have a velveteen dress that calls for a glamour touch you can get pattern, material and instructions at any fancy work department for trapunto quilted design. 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