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ORLEANS ALWAYS A FLIRT 1
the wish, but the stern old Comte de Paris kept a keen eye on his sons and
prevented the meeting between them and the bewitching daughters of Virginia.
A reporter for a Richmond newspaper who happened to be aboard the
boat knew r the girls and arranged with them to bring the duke and his brother
for a call at their home in Richmond that evening.
The distinguished visitors took rooms at the old Lexington hotel. A
problem was to get the count to sleep so the party could slip out for the
evening. Finally when he was tucked away the trio took a cab, called on the
girls and returned to the hotel before midnight.
One of the young men stumbled just across the hall from the old count’s
rooms, and he appeared in the doorway as his sons were attempting to sneak
into their apartments. He took them to Washington that night.
LOOKS LIKE JIM JEFFRIES
Mr. “Wild Bill” Gordon, one of the
representatives in congress from Cleve
land, 0., impresses one Aid all with
his resemblance to a certain large, two
fisted man who once figured promi
nently in the public prints, to wit:
Mr. James J. Jeffries. And they do
say that the resemblance does not stop
with mere looks, either. The story is
that when Bill Gordon was a young
chap out in Oak Harbor, 0., where he
was brought up, he was regarded as a
person of much prominence in the
fistic way.
One night Gordon made a little
run over to Toledo to take in a boxing
tournament. The hefty young man
who won the championship of the eve
ning was obliged to lick three other
able-bodied men, one after the other,
and this was a task that entailed some
little fatigue. Just when the champion
thought his work was over for the eve
ning, a large, well-knit man arose in
the audience and declared that he was prepared to knock the eternal smith
ereens out of the winner right then and there, without fear, favor or failure.
Now, the proposition appealed to young Bill Gordon as unsportsmanlike
in the extreme. So he arose and said that while he didn’t think the three
time winner should be asked to fight again, yet he didn’t wish to see the
volunteer disappointed. If the man was going to have his evening spoiled
unless he got into a fight, he, Gordon, would accommodate him. And the
word that has been handed down from those who were present is that the
things nineteen-year-old Bill Gordon did to hts adversary were entirely satis
factory to one and all, with the sole exception of Mr. Adversary himself.
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sneakers. There is a lambent wit behind his forcible, incisive and carefully
selected language, which sets him apart from his political contemporaries.
RUSSIAN CHIEF OF STAFF
Gen. Michel Alexieff, Nicholas H’s
chief of staff, and, next to the em
peror, responsible for operations along
the whole Russian front, is the son of
a preacher and a self-made man. He
is at the top because he put himself
there by hard work.
When the emperor assumed com
mand of the army and General Alexieff
went to work with him the czar and
his chief of stalf always lunched to
gether at the czar’s quarters. The
lunches naturally were of a more or
less formal nature, ending up with
coffee and smokes and the inevitable
conversations, in all consuming about
an hour and a half.
General Alexieff stood this for
some days, but it was apparent he was
getting more and more ill at ease
Finally one day he went to the czur.
“Sire,” he said, "I realize it is im
possible to cut the lunch shorter. But
I am losing a lot of time every day.
Permit me to lunch with my officers, at their mess. I will be very grateful.
The emperor laughed. “Of course, it shall be as you wish, general, he
said recognizing by his knowledge of his officers’ personalities, the general s
motive. And from that day on the chief ate with his men.
Cablegrams telling of the intention
of the duke of Orleans to seek annul
ment of his marriage to Archduchess
Maria Dorothea, who left him long ago
on account of his fondness for other
women, recall a well-founded story of
the duke’s flirtation in this country
more than 20 years ago.
In the early nineties the duke and
his younger brother were brought to
America by their father the Comte
de Paris. They were handsome, high
strung young fellows, out for adven
ture and romance. When en route
from Norfolk to Richmond on a river
steamer both young men were attract
ed by the beauty of two Richmond
girls, the Misses Bullington, who were
aboard the boat. One of the girls was
a dainty blonde, the other a vivacious
brunette.
They soon suspected the distin
guished young aristocrats desired to
meet them, and cleverly encouraged
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AUSTRALIA’S BIG MAN
At once the biggest small man and
the smallest big man whom Australian
public life has produced, Hon. William
Morris Hughes, prime minister of Aus
tralia, is one of the potent creative
forces of the British empire.
He is a mere handful of luraan,
weighing little over 100 pound." He
has been a life-long martyr to dyspep
sia. But for 50 years his mind has
been matter. Above all
things he is a fighter, a fierce, tena
cious, boisterous, deadly fighter. Op
ponents carry his scars to their graves.
He possesses a turn of sarcasm, a mas
tery of mordant raillery, a command
of barbed words which bite like corro
sive sublimate.
A spontaneous oratory is his.
“Hughes is up” has always been a
rallying cry in the federal parliament.
To natural gifts he has added the arti
fice born of a study of the speeches
and style of the world’s most famous
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THE DOUGLAS ENTERPRISE, DOUGLAS, GEORGIA.
SMITH
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By
EDGAR JENNINGS
(Copyright, 1916, by W. G. Chapman.)
It was the last thing “Smith” had
expected, and it came with the sud
denness of the expected.
“Smith” had been watching the girl
wdth bitterness in his heart, the bit
terness which he felt toward all hu
manity. Even a criminal can feel the
pangs of exile, and “Smith” was shak
ing the dust of his native land off his
feet forever.
To be more precise, when “Smith”
boarded the boat that ran across Lake
Michigan, a sheriff's deputy w r as about
five minutes behind him. In front of
him lay Canada, and “Smith” knew
that he.had succeeded in throwing the
deputy off his trail long enough to en
able him to reach the coveted haven of
a new land without having to answer
any inconvenient, not to say imperti
nent questions about his past. In plain
er words, no wire had been sent to
search the boat for him.
And “Smith” had been disgusted at
the sight of the girl. She seemed
somehow to remind him of that past
when he had not spent his days plan
ning to circumvent the law. She was
bright and winsome and free, and her
clear eyes, which looked upon the
world in friendly fashion, betokened
that she was at peace with it and
feared nothing.
She had looked in the same friendly
fashion upon “Smith,” and “Smith”
bad muttered under his breath and
slunk away.
He was still looking at her from a
distance when, without any warning,
Began to Support Her Under the
Shoulders.
the unexpected happened. The vessel
quietly tipped on her side and cap
sized.
She went right under and floated
hull upward. Some structural defect,
the blow of a wave, a shifting of the
cargo? Nobody ever knew. It was
one of those unexpected things that
happen. “Smith” found himself in
the water.
He was aware of the cries of the
passengers who had been flung from
the deck. Those imprisoned in the
hull had died very painlessly and
quickly. Buf two score of unfortu
nates were fighting for their lives, just
out of sight of land. “Smith” was one
of these. The girl was the other.
He fought hard, He looked about (
him for a spar, but there was no
wreckage. It was not a wreck, it
was a catastrophe. One minute the
ship had sailed proudly across the
lake water; the next it was floating,
screws upward, upon its surface.
“Smith” saw the girl near him. She
was swimming pluckily, but it was evi
dent that' her strength would not sus
tain her very long. “Smith” made his
way toward her through the waves.
He did not know what impulse it was
that prompted him; perhaps an ances
tral one, derived from generations of
honest, sturdy forebears.
“Trust yourself to me,” he shouted.
She nodded, and “Smith,” turning
on his back, began to support her un
der the shoulders. The water was
warm, and “Smith,” unaiding her,
could have swuflft indefinitely. Oddly
enough, he remembered something
that his fnther had said to him, years
before, when he met with an accident
on the river:
“You'll never drown, Johnny; you
were born to be hanged.”
He was smilirtg at the memory now
as he tloated, bearing up the girl’s
body. They were alone upon the sur
face of the lake. The unfortunates
about them had gone under.
In the distance a steamer was mak
ing her way toward them. She had
seen the disaster; but it was a ques
tion whether “Smith’s” strength would
sustain him. And the girl was grow
ing weak from her immersion; if she
fainted “Smith’s” task would become
infinitely harder.
“Help is coming!” he shouted, as
her eyes began to close. “Look yon
der !”
She smiled faintly. “Smith” mar
veled at her courage. The steamer
was quite close now, and was lower-
ing a boat. Somehow “Smith” man
aged to support the girl until they
were drawn aboard. Then they both
fainted in the bottom of the boat.
The steamer had come from Wau
kegan and was putting in to shore
again. “Smith” discovered this when
he opened his eyes. He would never
see Canada —at least, not until he had
completed" his interview with the law.
For at his side waited patiently the
deputy who had wanted him so badly.
“Hard luck, Milton!” he said con
solingly.
“My name is Smith,” said Milton.
“It’s all one to me,” answered the
other easily. “You’re five feet ten and
you got gray eyes and a scar on your
temple and are wearing a blue suit
with a gold horseshoe, and one of your
front teeth is filled with gold. I want
you if your name’s Julius Caesar.”
“You must want me mighty bad,
then,” said “Smith,” struggling up.
“Where are we?”
“In port at Waukegan.”
“Say, you’ll give me five minutes,
won’t you? I want to see the girl I
picked out of the water.”
“I guess so,” answered the other.
“Seeing as it’s a ship. No jumping
overboard, though.”
“I’ve had enough of that,” said
“Smith.”
They admitted him to the girl’s side.
She was lying in the captain’s cabin.
She was conscious and smiled week
ly at him.
“Never mind,” said “Smith” as she
began to thank him. He cast one eye
toward the door, where the deputy lin
gered. “I came to say good-by.”
“But we must meet again,” an
swered the girl. “My mother will nev
er forgive me if I don’t give her the
opportunity of thanking you for sav
ing my life.”
“I don’t know,” murmured “Smith.”
“I live here. I was going across on
an excursion, to see some friends.
You’ll be in Waukegan for some
time?”
“Smith” shook his head. “I’m go
ing a long distance away,” he an
swered. “But I’ll come sometime—
sure. What is your name?”
“Hilda Winter. And we live at 900
Molasset avenue. And you must
come,” the girl pleaded, “Mr. —”
“Smith. John Smith.”
“I shall look for you, Mr. Smith.
How long will your journey take you?”
“Smith” walked to the door. “Say,
just a minute longer,” he pleaded.
“Suppose I was Smith instead of Mil
ton, how much do you suppose I’d
get?”
“You can search me,” answered the
other. “Two years, maybe.”
“Oh, then I’m wanted for that stock
affair, eh?” asked “Smith,” vastly re
lieved. “I thought it might have been
something else.”
He went back to the girl. “Suppose
I didn’t come for two years, would you
have forgotten me?” he asked.
“I shall never forget,” she answered
earnestly. “But two years, Mr.
Smith —”
“Ah, well, you see my business is of
a very complicated nature,” “Smith”
answered. “But I’ll come, I surely
will.”
He bent and kissed her hand. Then
he hurried to the door.
“I guess you were right about my
name after all,” he said. “Come, let’s
get it over. I’m anxious to begin on
those two years.”
WHEN HEALTH COMES BACK
Early Days of Return to Convalescence
Are Things That Linger Long
in the Memory.
The return from illness to health is
like coming up from a dive, suppos
ing the time from when the swimmer
first sees light through the water un
til his head rises to the surface to be
the affair of weeks. The change in
physical condition may be slow, but
the change in orientation takes place
in a twinkling and is complete. The
eye no longer looks down intb un
plumbed deeps, but back toward the
liglit of day; curiosity for the ulti
mate yields to u golden memory of
'famiiar things—friends, household
goads, books, barking dogs, the fresh
ness of grass and trees. The body has
reasserted itself. The dreaming im
agination is dragged away from its
goal by the galloping senses. Eye,
ear, touch, taste, start upon a ram
page. Especially does the appetite for
food wax furious, discovering itself
endowed with power to transform a
coddled egg into something rich and
strange, and to illumine chicken broth
with a charm that no art can equal.
The universe, lately shrunk to the sick
room, now rises again like the genie
out of the bottle in which he had been
imprisoned; the sickroom becomes a
house of detention, and at its doors,
as in a seashell clapped to the ear,
the convalescent hearkens to all the
rumors of the outer world. —Henry
Dwight Sedgwick, in the Atlantic.
Papa’s Limp.
“Mother, what makes papa limp that
way?” asked George.
“Papa fell and hurt his leg when he
was a little boy, and they had to put
it in plaster, and it has never been well
since.”
That night there was company for
dinner, and George called out in true
enfant terrible style:
“Papa, I know why you limp. It’s
’cause you got a mortar leg.”
Smoking Girls.
“There is a very excellent reason
why a girl shouldn’t smoke.”
“What?” she demanded.
“Makes her less agreeable to kiss.”
“Well, I’ll wait till somebody wants
to kiss me,” she said; “when they do,
I I’ll give up cigarettes—and take to a
! pipe!”—Margaret Poland, in the Wont
! an’s Home Companion.
IffInMIONAL
SUNMrScnOQL
Lesson
(By E. O. SELLERS, Acting Director of
the Sunday School Course in the Moody
Bible Institute of Chicago.)
(Copyright, 1916, Western Newspaper Union.)
LESSON FOR DECEMBER 10
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.
LESSON TEXT-Rev. 2:1-17.
GOLDEN TEXT-Be thou faithful unto
death, and I will give thee the crown of
life.—Rev. 2:10.
This passage most wonderfully illus
trates that dominating purpose of
Raul’s life. More than most lessons
a map will be necessary to locate dis
tinctly the places mentioned. There
are interesting stories in connection
with each of the seven cities and
churches. It might he wise to give to
seven different people ttie task of bring
ing information to the class regard
ing each one mentioned.
I. Ephesus, whose love is waning
(vv. 1-7). The key word to these mes
sages is the word “overcometh.” In
each of the messages our Lord de
scribes himself in a different way ac
cording to the peculiar needs of that
particular church. Here he is repre
sented as holding the stars (messen
gers of the churches, Ch. 1:20) in his
right hand, and keeping them secure,
controlling them while he walks in the
midst of tlie seven golden lamp stands,
literally churches. The symbolism of
“lamp stand” is used because the
■churches were intended to be light
bearers as they held forth the light
given by the oil of the Spirit (Math.
5:16; Phil. 2:16; Zech. 4:2-6). Ephesus
was the capital of a province said to
be ong of the richest in the Roman em
pire. In it was the great temple of
Diana. Here Paul had labored and
had various experiences, and to Ephesus
he had written a letter (See lesson 8,
third quarter), but there were good
things to be found in this Ephesian
church (vv. 2,3). Forty years after be
ing founded, John writes this message.
He knew their “works,” their general
moral conduct, especially its active and
passive sides through its trials, its
dealing with impostors and its prac
tical energy and enterprise; and its pa
tience (literally steadfast assurance)
in bearing witness for Christ. Jesus
knew of their never wearying endur
ance. Surely these things would Indi
cate pretty nearly a model church.
Jesus says, “No, there is something
seriously wrong,” so seriously wrong
that unless repented of he would re
move them out of their place.
11. Smyrna, the church with a crown
of life (vv. 8-11). Smyrna was 40 or 50
miles from Ephesus, and at this time
a city of 250,000 inhabitants. To this
church the Son of Man (Ch. 1:11)
sends another message. It is interest
ing to note that this church and the
one at Philadelphia received from the
Master unqualified praise. It had
works,’ activities; it also had tribula
tions, riches and poverty (for thou qrt
rich) rich in good works, rich toward
God, rich in treasures laid up In
heaven; however, it was in the midst
of persecution. It was here that Poly
carp labored, who afterward, as bishop
of Smyrna, was martyred (see v. 10).
Of I’olycarp it Is said that rather than
save his life by renouncing Christ he
cried out, “Eighty and six years have I
served him, and he has done me no ill;
how then can I blaspheme my king
who hath saved me.” The crown is
eternal life, the crown of victory. The
second death is the final condemna
tion which sinners undergo at the judg
ment seat of God.
111. Pergamos, the church in a strong
hold of faith (vv. 12-17). Our glorified
Lord knew that the church in Pergamos
was in a peculiarly difficult situation,
that it was Satan’s headquarters, his
“throne” (v. 13); hence they were in
especial need of a defender and the
Lord is represented as “he that hath
a sharp, two-edged sword,” the word
of God (Heb. 4 :12-13 ; John 5:22). Per
gamos was almost fifty miles mirth of
Smyrna, a city of about 17,000 inhabi
tants, and the capital ,pf the province.
To it were brought many of the early
Christians who were compelled to suf
fer martyrdom. Again we have a
church whose works are commended,
whose steadfastness is mentioned in
that they “held fast to my name, and
not denied the faith” —martyrs (vv.
13). However, dangers threatened
them for there had been a compromise
with the world and with other sys
tems of faith, what we would call to
day liberality in doctrine and breadth
in view in teaching: (1) Some of their
number had accepted and practiced
the doctrine of Baalim (Jude 11; Num.
31-16). (2) These teachings cast a
stumbling block before the children of
Israel (v. 14). This was done by per
suading the Israelites to join in the
idolatrous feasts and revelings of the
heathen, and also their impurity of
worship.
In the remaining part of the chapter
we have some glimpses of the remain
ing four churches, the good that was
to be cherished and the evil that was
to be overcome.
Perhaps the most suggestive of all Is
that of Laodicea, the lukewarm
church.
Lukewarmness is one of the most
deadly evils to overcome, and hence
the highest and most glorious of all
the promises suggested ends with “I
will give him to sit down with me in
my throne as I also overcame and sat
down with my father in his throne”
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