Show W an 0 0 twilight of knee rants pants ANTA MONICA CALIF S since our diploma diplomatic tic group must shed the half portion breeches the pvc been wearing at official functions I 1 abroad that means others present will quit mistaking them for footmen and start in again mistaking them for waiters as formerly but the under rigging make so much difference anyhow in the best circles its the top dressing that counts the gold plated cocked hat the dress coat loaded with bullion the bosom crossed A with broad ribbons the lapels and the throat latch so decorated with medals that alongside one thus costumed sol irvin S C cobb bb omon emonin in nil all his glory would look absolutely nude I anil iid of the holdout season HE baseball season THE start olt oft properly unless a certain catastrophe Im beforehand every self respecting player who made a hit last year insists on more salary for this year else hell never spit it in the ilia palm of another glove this makes him a holdout the manager declares the pla player will take bake offered him and not a cent more this maltes makes him a manager but fear not little one all be in there when the governor or the mayor or somebody winds up to launch the first game an and d tosses the ball yearly pearly eighteen feet in tile the general direction of 0 t the he continent ol of north america changing style capitals and not paris is I 1 I 1 now the world center tor for fash tons ions if you can believe hollywood and not paris I 1 at any rate both tor for men and women we do originate many style creations which in the best movie circles frequently make the women look mannish and the men look effeminate maybe the desired effect an old timer t know about that however theres a new hat out he here re for masculine wear which fascinates me it is a very woolly hat a nap on it like an old family album and the crown peaks up in a most winsome way and theres a rakish bunch of tail tall feathers at the back which makes it look as though it might settle down any minute and start playing I 1 think they got the idea for it from the duckbilled duck billed platypus 0 civilizing Ethl ethiopia opla ethiopians attempt CONQUERED C to assassinate their new overlord viceroy mceroy graziani nobody Is killed but several individuals get bunged banged up so the conquerors arrest all natives of addis ababa in whose huts weapons are arc found they round up 2000 suspects out of a total population of so promptly 1800 ot of these black prisoners are put to death in batches in former days the hr fir ing squads would have worn themselves to a frazzle in a rush lob job I 1 ot of this sort but no well who would deny that the machine gun Us As the crowning achievement of white culture poison gas is also much favored for or pacifying rebellious savages and plane bombing likewise has its is advocates i the ru publics blies short memory A FINANCIER whose exposed dea alices vices are as a bad smell in peoples nostrils summarily is oust cl cj from his high place and the shadows swallow up his diminished shape ii A little time passes and to lo in a new setting ho he bobs up an envied if not an exalted personage so called exclusive groups welcome him in newspapers quote him on this and that he basks again like some sleek and overfed lizard in the sunshine of folks tolerance yes the admiration of some no evidence that he ha has repented of his former practices no sign of intent to repay any broken victim of those fiduciary operations the private fortune which lie he took w with ith him when he quit Is still all his and maybe theres the secret of this magical restoration to the fao fa vor of the multitude IRVIN S conn V service |