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Show H i . ' I lKi dxiap edsfcl H A Story of a Baby's Sudden Disappearance Fashions for M Spring Plaids Very Modish Cape Styles on Spring H Frocks Cotton Voile Again To Cook H Canvasback Ducks. H "Where did you put the baby to H take her nap?" asked Dr. Ellson, cora- H ing out on the porch and looking 1 around the yard for some sign of the 1 habv carnage. H "Out under the maple tree. Put on your glasses, dear." Olive's voice float- ed gaily out from the dining room H where she was clearing eft tlie dinner H "Well, it is not there." The doctor put his head in at the hall door. "Think again." j "Was there over anything like a H man to look right at a thing and not H be able to see it," laughed Olive, com- H ing to the door. "You surely ought to Hj bo able to see anything as large as a Hj baby buggy." She took a step toward H tlie maple tree and then Is topped. H There was no buggy in sight H "Well, now that your superior eyes H have been brought to bear on the premises, where is the baby?" It H was the doctor's turn to laught now. H "I put the buggy out under that H maple tree. I looked at her a few moments before you enme. Didn't Hl you see her when you drove up to Hj dinner?" There was alarm in Olive's 1 "I came by the way of the alley, H and in the back door so I would not Hl have seen her. You wheeled the bug- j gy somewhere else and have forgot- Hl ten It," consoled the doctor. Bl "Gaylord, I did not. Where else is H there to wheel it? It is not In the H house and there is nothing on cither H porch, nor under the trees on either H side of the house." Olive was look- H Ing as she "spoke and getting more H frightened every minute. H "Maybe Nell Morton came by and H carried her off She is always want- H ing to borrow her." The doctor felt H bound to furnish some plausible ex- H cuse for the baby's disappearance, H "She would not carry her off wlth- H out saying anything," objected Olive. H 'Terhaps she did call and thought H you heard," persisted the Doctor. H "I'll go and call up, and ask her." H Olive ran hurriedly into tho house, H and the Doctor took another tour of H the yard, half expecting to see the H familiar baby carriage at every turn; H but he found nothing He had fully H convinced himself that the baby was H not there when Olive returned very Hj much excited. H "Nell has not seen her. What can H have happened to her?" H "Now Olive dear, do not excite H yourself. Nothing can ha've happened H to her. It is very strange. I'll admit H that, but nothing could happen in this H little town." The Doctor tried to bo H very quiet and reassuring. H "Some one has kidnapped her," H said Olive, beginning to cry. H "The children of tho rich stand in H such danger, but who in his senses H would kidnap a poor doctor's baby? H There Is absolutely no reason why H any one should do such a thing." Hj "Reason or no reason, that is what H .has happened." Olive took her hand- H kerchief away from her eyes. "Do H something! We can not stand here H and let some one get away with our baby. Go down to the depot and see if there is any trace of her there. Tho noon train 1b just leaving now. Oh! My baby is on IU" The Doctor hurried away to his automobile and was soon scon whizzing whiz-zing toward the depot, Olive rushed to the phono and callod up tho city marshal. She reported the baby missing miss-ing and frightened the sleepy functionary function-ary by insisting that ho set on foot a search for the kidnapers. (Continued.) SPRING FASHION FOIBLES. Two Materials. One of the noticeable things about the spring trocks that have been made fort hose going south Is tlie combination combina-tion of colors and -fabrics. Plaids are used in some of the new frocks, combined com-bined with plain materials. Satin and chiffon are often strikingly used together. to-gether. Some of the new skirts have fullness achieved by means of applied box pleats, and these are usually of contrasting color and fabric. Still the Cape. That the cape Is to be an important influence In spring styles is indicated by the frocks that have appeared for tlie southern trade. Buttons. Buttons are one of the best trimming trim-ming features of the new clothes. Yellow Is still one of the accepted colors tor blouses. After the prevalence preva-lence of lingerlo blouses several years ago, white seemed the only possible ' color for a separate blouso. Then flesh ping was used, and later violet, blue and yellow. Yellow Is one of the best colors now next to pink. Cotton voile Is one of the best thin fabrics that Is shown now. It is so durable, so soft and becoming, so easily eas-ily kept free from wrinkles, that we welcome its fashion. The old colonial pump Is a style that is in vogue again. It may not stay in vogue, for It Is made with a very long vamp, and therefore a longer size must be worn than in a shorter vamped vamp-ed model. The buckle Is set well up on the tongue of the pump. l CANVASBACK DUCKS. This is what to do if anybody sends you wild ducks to cook. Clean the birds like a chicken. If the gall bladder is broken, wash the inside carefully. Otherwise just wipe it out with a damp cloth. Then rub outside and inside with salt and pepper. pep-per. Place a generous tablespoonful of butter inside of each duck and brush the outside with butter. Truss and put in a baking pan and add half a cupful of hot water for two ducks. Bake for about half an hour In a very hot oven, but be careful not to cook long enough to dry the flesh. Garnish with watercress and servo with currant cur-rant Jelly and turnips. To broil wild ducks, split through the back without separating the pieces, pie-ces, and flatten with a rolling pin. Itub Inside Avith salt and pepper and then inside and out with olive oil, then dust with flour. Have a clear coal flame or else use gas. Broil the outside out-side first, then turn and broil the inside. in-side. If the ducks are not done enough en-ough set in the oVen for a few minutes. min-utes. Serve with maltre d'hotel butter, but-ter, made by mixing a little lemon juice with butter and minced parsley, and a garnish of watercress. |
