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Show I IKi driap edfoz H ! Sailor Shapes Most Popular of Season's New Hats Tulle j j Used for Separate Collars Newest Veils Slip Over H : Hat Household Hints. B H' "Good afternoon, Mrs. Seevers, said Olive. She had risen from the 1 couch in a darkened room whero her husband had placed her to rest after giving her a quieting potion, but she could not sleep. Every step on the walk set her heart to beating with the wild hope that some news was coming to help them find the precious baby that had been spirited away l1 three days before. H j "Good afiernoon, Mrs. Ellson, H 1 There was patient melancholy In the H dreary tones of the narrow faced wo- H man standing on the porch. "I have H heard of vour loss, and I said to my- H J self, Tt is'mv duty to go and see Mrs. 1 1 Ellson. While she Is being chastened H ' with trouble perhaps her heart will j j be softened and I inay be ablo to sow H some seeds of truth.' " H "T do not understand," faltered 01- 1 ive. "Have you heard anything that H ; would be of any assistance to us In H , finding our baby7" 1 "I wish to talk to you about the H matter. Perhaps I can be of use," H ' was the modest answer. H "Come in." Olive led the way to H ' the living room and placed a chair H for her caller; then sank back on the H ' couch holding her throbbing head. H I C "When I read of your loss In the H , paper I said to Mrs Stone, my nelgh- ! bor, who was sitting with me, 'Don't H vou remember my saying to you that If that Miss Dunn married that dl- H vorced man she would live to be H ' sorry for It? Well, you see I was 1 right. I believe this baby has been H : taken from them as a punishment for H setting aside the laws of God about H marriage.' " Olive sat up with a jolt H and looked fiercely at her visitor. H j "David sinned and married Uriah's H t wife. To be sure, he was dead even H ' if David had put him in the front of H the battle. God took away their baby H , as a means of punishing them for H their sin." Olive sprang to her feet. H "What do you mean?" she blazed, H "coming to my sorrowful home with H j your brutal cant. I will not listen to H you another minute. I thought you ' said you could be of help to me " H "My dear Mrs. Ellson, it should al- H ways be helpful to hear the truth, HL ' even If it Is an unpleasant truth." H ; The caller gazed at her with mild H "Dou you mean to say that you are H ; so heartless that you would come Hj ; here when I am nearly crazy with grief over the disappearance of my Hl darling baby and say tilings to make H it harder than ever to bear my trou- H : ble? It isn't human, such cruelty." H "You remember John the Baptist Hf ! spoke out boldly when Herod mar- H ! ried his brother's wife. They did H : not like it, but he did his duty just H the same. I felt it was my duty to H i point out to you why your child was H taken from you." j ' Olive walked up In front of the H woman, trembling with rage. H 'Who made you a messenger to H reveal the will of God to me? Your H conscience is your guide, not mine, H and any belief that could make a Hl woman come to another woman in H trouble and add to her burdens as Hl you have done is not worthy of the H name of religion. Leave me to my H grief." 1 Mrs. Seevers rose stlfly and moved Hl to the door. H "John the Baptist was cast into H prison for telling .the truth to Herod. H' I suppose I should not expect any Hl . better treatment" B "Remember this, Mrs. Seevers. If HM the time ever comes when you do Hj ! anybody any good It will be when you H are so good that your very presence H i is a benediction. No one does any H ' good who goes around meddling with H f affairs that do not concern him; try- Hl ing to fit everybody to his own nar- H row last." Olive's eyes' blazed as sho H spoke. H "Good afternoon, Mrs. Ellson." Mrs. H Seevers went stiffly down the walk. H (To be continued.) brim, sometimes one that rolls on each side. Facings of silk are used on many of the new hats. Sometimes the facing Is cut in points toward the crown that exposed V-shaped wedges of the brim of straw. Ostrich is used on hats and in fans. Fur forms hems, collar and cuffs of sport coats for spring. Tulle is used for separate collars for spring wear, and one of these collars col-lars gives just the finish needed for a thin silk frock for the street. Veils that slip over tho crown of the hat and hang down all around the brim are in good style These are usually us-ually of a rather heavy mesh with a rather Indistinct pattern of tho all-over all-over variety. |