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SUNDAY MOUSING CcIDune 21, 1920. 5 I was startled to ere Lillian, with face like ashes, clinging to a shelter IVI wirirArsv k. llftw Urir II isn't likely, she won't have a chance to lamp me before I'm past. I'll pull out a little here In the bushes and wait till I'm sure you've aafely turned In at the gate. Please strike that calliope siren of yours three times in quick sucesmon when you reach your gate, and I'll know everything Is U.

K. and acoot back to Sag." He paused a moment, as if debating just what to say next. Haryr I'ndrrwmxi'a IimmII. How to Give a Novel Hallowe'en Party Oakland Pioneers) (Continued from Yesterday) 'That Is the way I Intended to enough-for me to nee him when he come back," I replied with dignity, had first turned Into Ola, road, and my vanity subconsciously wounded 'bad then fallen hack again to a pear no more until a short half-mile from home. Then he drew up to the aide of my car nnd signaled me to atop.

"I'm going to shoot ahead; now fast," he said, pulling an automobile caj disguising! down over his eyes, and bunching his body over the by his deprecating reference to my motor aklll. The rent of my trip was uneventful lnded. I shoped surcesfully fur Lillian, finished the rest of my er rands, ana started nomewara witn feeling of absolute security born of the knowledge that Harry I'ncUr-; wheel no that it speared much short -wood In his car was not far behind er than his real height. "Then If me. He had brought his car close Lil hapens to be near the road, which A shoved down the alley the cat must roll straight to the gl to taiU: if It falls It is disoualitliKi.

The aatne is counted like ten-plus, and- both first and booby prizes ure Nest, the swinging cat and bell game make- thiiiKs Kvely for the players A stulTed eotm cat la hung on a cord. It is mailo to swing by bumping It with the liend. Kvery time it swings far enmigb to ring a bell, hung at Just th4 right distance it tallies. A oenailn number' of bunts arc allowed m''h player, ftc- coruing to ine nostras ttlscrotlon. Tinning the tail im the cat la accomplished the same way as pinning the tall on the donkey.

After a short game th guests gather around wltchira' rntildron otul tell stories until supper time. After sup-i per at midnight the olll trick of fate may be tried. Thuse include ronst- ing the walnut uflinitles before the tire, walking down cellar backwards with a looklng-bl ish in hand to see the face of your future mate rvlleot-I ed therein, follow the Reader through the dark of garden paths In search or cat juiutilji and other weird MunlH WITt'lUiS HUIAV WiteheK' brew served during the evening from deep, brown crock i a rich, sueet and cold pineapple punch with candied mint and rose i let ed oi-r the lop. If tbe guests ure to bo seated for Rtippcr coer the lable with gray paper cambric. iSeooruto the cloth with black pnpu' cats, witches, brooms, cauldrons, toads and uohwehs.

1'or a rrntcTptfCc tisw a gray paper wasp's nest, whch Is really a Jack Homer pie. or tin old paper stump with white paper owl perched on the top. I'or service plates use wooden ones with blnck cats pasted on them. and Fourteenth streets, there wa a small fresh water pond, and we boys used to wade In the pond, but the owners would chase us away. used to get even with them sometimes by hunting up 'dead dogs, cats or other animals that we could find ond drag them Into the pond, which would keep him busy trying to keep his pond clean.

On New Yenr's eve we sometimes had a little sport changing; the storekeepers' signs. In front of the drugstore would go the undertaker's sign, perhaps, the drug sign at the restaurant, tha drygouds sign In front of the wiloon. the bakery sign In front of the Chinese laundry, the laundry Blgn at the butcher's, and so on dowb tho line. Who was the hoy that cam from Auburn and hud never seen a street sprinkler until he bit Oakland, then stopped the man on the sprinkler cart and told him his Isirrel was-leaking, and he was loslni; nil his water? I think It was Kd M. aald this time.

B1LLT. shrimp salad served 'In half fools' Jcaps with a wee paper cat standing on the peak. Tabby toast ts a deviled tomato rarebit. Other dish-I es may be appropriately named for I the party as Inspiration suggests. I Tho prtan for "walk Ing, the back fence" without falling oft is a small basket, of catnip.

The fence Is a lean-to board formation with a slx-I Inch flat ridge on top, eighteen I inches high and eight feet long. I This spurt comes In wJth tho 1 games. (Coutributed by Say. boys, do you nrsnember Marshall Curtlss, the inlil house-mover in the "no's, nnd his eight oxen? How easy It was for him to move a house. Whether It was large or small, he Just Jacked It up, put two long timbers under the house, then four high wheels at tho ends of the timbers.

Swmetlmes he used four oxen nnd sometimes ix or night, according to the siio of the house; when everything was ready he would Just, say "(lee" or "Haw" to the oxen and off they would go with the house. At times he would hnvfl to go several blocks out of his way on account of th oak trees In the streets. Often the family would live In the house all the time It was being moved, and wherever night found him with the house, that's Just where ho would leave it untM next morning. When wo boys wanted to have a little fun with Curtlss, 11 we had to do was say "i lee" or "Haw" to his oxen and get them going the wrong way; then he would chase us away with his big whip. At the southwest corner of flay i lied papier nmche tomatoes may be used as olive dishes or for nuts at each plate I Over the table suspend an tim-jbrella frame, the ribs wrapped with I paper snakes and a fringe iflf paper jciita.

on the edge place witches. Cat likiuernx luiuisu ine hkiuh about the table. Lomlno cakes are blnck, frosted with white spots on top. Cats' ears are three-cornered sandwiches tilled with deviled fish. Kitten salmi Is a niS! A black cat party Is botlj mysterious and funny enough to be quite appropriate for a Hallowe'en celebration.

In decorutlng the rooms use cat lanterns Instead of tho time-honored pumpkin lanterns. These rat lanterns are of black paper, made Into large and separate heads. The yellow aud green eyes are transparent, and shed a weird anA vub-dned light upon the scene The heads may be purchased In different sizes, and should be hung by black cords. Long-stemmed cat tails, dried grasses, late fall flowers and vines that are available, combined with bunches of dried corn tassels and dry goldenrod make attractive Moral decorationa White sheeting portieres may be hung temporarily with the lights back of them, and large ct shadows should he thrown on thein to add to tho grucsomenesa of the entertainment. in sending out invitations, cut thein from black paper and write on them with white ink.

They must, of course, be cat -shaped. On arrival, each person is given half a torn cat. ami the persnii holding the nmtchinc. half will be the partner for the flint game This is an excellent way to remove stiffness and formality. IIKING A I AT KTOItY Lucb guest who tins been notified brings with him a good cat story to read or anecdote to tell.

A small boy dressed as "l'uss In Hoots" opens the door for the guests and carried two baskets from which' he hands out the torn cats. "Cat rolling" is the first game on the program, and It is a game like ten-pins The halls are made of stuffed, gray cambric cats, who have small castors on their feet. When mi i I I i i I I I We have just made an enormous Special Purchase Sale at ridiculously low prices and so can continue to sell Smart Styles in Fall Hats AT HALF PRICE i. mm Select any hat in any of the Fred W. Hogg stores during the greatest millinery sale ever held in California and pay just half the marked price.

You can continue to make these wonderful saving that are offered in this half-price sale that is now going on in the Fred W. Hogg stores, for we made a very fortunate purchase from an overstocked manufacturer paying a ridiculously low price. Visit any of the Fred W. Hogg stores during this the greatest Millinery Sale ever held in California select any hat and pay just half the marked price. $4.98 hats $2.49, $9.98 hats $4.99, $12.98 hats, $6.49, $14.98 hats $7.49, $18.50 hats $9.25, $20 hats $10, $25 hats $12.50.

urn mmrn ie was Willard's who took the lead in offering to San Francisco tubmen the advantage of lower garment prices resulting from changed market conditions. ing cedar tree. I stopped my oar with a Jerk, leaped out ftJ ran to Lillian. "What la It. dear?" I cried.

"AH J-ou ill? Is Marlon worse?" She put out her hand to ma with a rciuwurins little smile tui brave, as it heart-breaking. "Neither." sh esaid quietly, then tensely, with a strained look In her eyes which 1 have seen there only on occasions of great mental stress. "Tell me. Madpe, did you notice a runabout pass a little while ago: it must have passed you only a few i minutes back. 'a dark blue car, going like the wind?" With a presentiment of what was to come and yet with a wariness born of my ignorance of hat she really knew I answered truthfully: "Yes.

I saw It. The driver never! even blew a burn when he passed me." i "Oh! Did you notice the driver?" There waa a hint of relief In the' trained tones now, ad 1 took my cue. i "Why! I didn't see anything of him to notice except that ha wore an automobile cap Jammed down over his face, and had himself doubled up over the wheel like a JaCk-knlfe. That seems to be the modish posture among the masculine drivers ofthis' section." A still more per optthle lessening of the tension Hut the pallor of shock was" still in her face aa she put her hands on my shoulders. i "Did It occur to you that he looked like anyone you und I knew well I once she a.iUcd.

1 "No, It didn't." I returned with as- ftumed impatience, for 1 feared that Jiiirry 1 'inlet wood, hearing the sig- nailed three blasts of my auto horn would conclude that the coast was 1 rleur und come shooting back over 'the road. "Hut I'll think him ovur when I've had some tea down at the shack. I'm simply starvt'd! and you look as If you'd been dragged I through a knothole. Jump In here and we'll bo down at the shack in a J'fry." 1 was In reality no thungry at all, I but 1 knew that the surest way to appoal to Lillian was through art-I other's necessity. 1 ou poor crmu: sue sum vun-tritely, getting in beside me.

Shu did not lefer to the questions she had ahked me until we had I reached the shack, had been rap turously greeted by Marion, and were cosily ensconced on the veranda overlooking the bay with the tea she had brewed before us. Marion, i high glee ut being once more allowed outdoors, had scampered back to the beach after greeting us. and I noticed that her mother clasped her so convulsively Just before she left us us that the rhlld cried out in wonder. A swilT ii: isio.n "What mal.es you hug nie so hard, Mumsie?" she carolled, and Lillian looked down at her with a look that held tragedy in It "Because 1 hive you so. darling." she hud replied, and the child had responded with the sctftenca that she had kept for her mother ever since sflio ns restored to her.

"You can't lovo me better than I love you," she murmured so low that 1 could scurcely hear IW ulthougn 1 was sitting so near them. "Can't can't can't because 1 love you belter limn 1 do anybody else In the world." Lillian's look followed her. tensely, broodmgly. nor did it return to me until 1 challenged her worriedly. "Vou are -ruii drinking your tea," I protested, making anything the excuse to gel her to talk "I don't want It." she returned, then as she saw that 1 had finished mine she pushed the lea equipage to one siue "Do you know, Madge," she said tensely, "1 realize it Is tile most outlandish of nutioiis, but 1 could al- most take my oatn i kiw narry in i that runabout Jut now." if 1 had had any compunctions about keeping the reappearance of her husband 1 1 urn her they vanished i completely as saw th face she turned to me.

I'or, as if the very i mention of Lis name had withered I her, bllghtly her spirit, her eyes were pools which mirrored stark fear anil horror. (Continued Tomorrow) Many secrets you will find revealed In the green box of Nadine Face Powder They are secrets which every women would solve secrets of personal charm. The secret of a rose-petal complexion A IN E'8 gift to womanhood. Tbe secret of lasting charm charu which endures throughout ths dr. The secret cf sldn-comfort with never a hint of harm.

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A. fif rtrsa jiglsssks Willard's Is Still Offering The Newest Fall Fashions At New Era Prices Three weeks ago we introduced a New Price Era by lowering the costs of Women's Apparel. For three weeks every garment in our store has been reduced in price to accord with this new price level. We are still offering our finelv ttelt-rtrJ m.A. sr Stores (Wrterj Stnfrwncisn Sierammh Soditn Sou serf Frttn San Francisco Store, 883 Market Street.

1 "Don't worry about anything. Lady Fair," he blurted out at last. "Your I Uncle Dudley Is going to be on the job a far as you're concerned for some little time to oome. And 1 don't hate me any more than you can I possibly help." He was off with the last word scarcely uttered, gohig at a pace that made me certain Lillian or lie one 1 else would "lamp" him. As I turned In at the rustic gate leading to our camp and gave the 1 three blasts of the horn he had asked x- Order Your Holiday Greeting Cards Imported and Domestic Idea, Winter Wraps $125 upward to $395 Our stock contains only one of each model, thereby ensuring jj- exclusiveness to the purchaser.

I Fur is used extensively, and the decoration is elaborate and novel. Ready-to-Weor Section, 1 Second Floor. Blouses For Every Purpose The very best blouses obtainable are showin in Georgette Crepe, Crepe de Chine and Satin. Taffeta and Charmeuse. Trimmed and elaborated in bead and silk embroidery, they represent the smartest line we have ever shown.

Blouse Section, Second Floor. Silk Section, First floor. -r iiivi visisli' diie, of the highct quality and newest style, at prices which There is a Fred W. Hogg store near you in SAN FRANCISCO OAKLAND STOCKTON SACRAMENTO FRESNO Order Your "i Holiday Greeting Cards Now. Imported end Domestic Ideas.

Winter Suits $49.50 $69.50 $98.50 Handsome models of VelouV' de Laine, Silvertone, Broadcloth and Tircotine are offered in flare effects, fur or self-trimmed, and or without fur collars. Style, fabric and finish cannot excelled at these prices. Ready-to-wear Section, ond Floor. iu HANDSOME Street Dresses $49.50 $59.50 $69.50 Thejr are to be had in Trico-rine, Duvetyn, Satin and Trico-lette. The sizes run from 1 6 to 44 and the models ar suitable for young girls, misses and ladies.

The majority of the models are excjusive with us. Ready to-u ear Section, Second Floor. prove that the ISew I rice Lra has come to stay. Thrall Sdits Cleverly distinctive and yet not eccentric are the newest of the Fall suits, with their bloused coati, their novelty trimmings and their corded and ta-eled girdles. The materials are of two types wonderful soft-faced fabrics for the dressier suits, with Tricotines and mixtures for the imartly plain business suit or 4he straight line outing model.

Priced from $48 to $395 The Newest Frocks In duvetyn and velvet, the afternoon frock has achieved a new distinction, for it gains at once a marvelous richness and yet retains a charming simplicity. Street frocks of Tricotine Ve charmingly slashed with color or stunningly beaded, and the flinncr gowns of lace and party frocks of hille and taffeta are in myriad rainbow shades. Prices range from $35 to $295 Fall Coats and Wraps In materials rich in texture and splendidly firm, the newest of the coats are designed alike for beauty and service. With the approach of the first frosty days, fur trimmings have leaped into popularity Beaver, and ni i VnniHumwMnirsiirfiM Winter Coats $39.50 $49.50 $89.50 Velour, Silvertone and Bolivia are the favorite fabrics. Collars may be had in Near-Seal, Nutria, Raccoon or Australian Opossum.

Brown tones, black and navy v. are the principal cojoringsi i Heady-to-tcear Section, Second Floor. Exclusive Gowns $89.50 $98.50 $250.00 Satin, Lace, Georgette Crepe and Velvet are tastefully used in the building of these wonderful creations. You will not find them elsewhere. Rejuy-to-tcear Section, Second Floor.

"Oakland 's Oldest Dry Coods Home" Opossum, Seal. Nutria and Raccoon. Models are infinitely varied-1 straight and loose, cleverly belted, or in wrap effects that if fall in graceful folds about the figure. At prices varying from $38 to $450 The Latest Blouses I he tailored blouse of Crepe de Chine, with its smart tucks and mannish cuffs; the sheer Georgette in soft pale shades, daintily trimmed in Filet or Irish or Valenciennes; the dark suit blouse of Satin or Georgette or Duvetyn. richly embroidered or beaded-each is charmingly represented arnong the newest -of the blouse arrivals.

Prices are from $5.95 to $50 Fall and Winter Millinery Popularly Priced Silks Georgette Crepes in scrolls, stripes and plaid effects, light, medium and dark colorings. 40 inches wide, are priced $1 .95 the yard Tub Silks, in dainty single and cluster stripes, 32 Inches wide, are priced at $2.50 "Novelty Lining Silks, of good quafty, in assorted colorings are priced at. the yard Lining Satin, yard wide, are priced $1.50 3" A really representative showing of what is good form in millinery is now exhibited in our section. Included in the showing are the much-demanded dancing models of silver and gold lace with brocaded crgwns. Prices from $20.00 to $65.00 Millinery Section, Second Floor.

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