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FLATTERY: ITS EVILS AND
DANGERS
Somewhere in the Bible this verse
occurs: "Meddle not with him that
flattereth with his lips.” In this day
of restless men and women,. both
young and old; of constant appear
anceon the streets, in theaters and
movie pictures, in dance halls and
around card tables, there is much in
sincerity of speech and a great deal
of this "flattering with the lips.”
An old writer called DeFoe once
wrote a wonderful line, when he said,
“When flatterers meet in company,
the devil goes to dinner.”
The devil is a shrewd old trickster,
and we can remember that he tried
his hand on the Savior, and used
flattery as his weapon. It is a well
known fact, that the downward path
to demi-monde life is paved with
flattery, to start the victim on the
seventh slide to ruin. Add some in
toxicant to flattery and the unhappy
girl is in the toils very soon.
There is a great deal of harm set
loose, like fire in dry grass, when
the toadies surround a man in high
position. It is the curse that at
tends the courts of kings; also the
White House in republics.
It is a question If a president
ever hears a word of honest advice
during his official term of office. It
is a place that sychophants haunt
and infest. It is ilke a king’s coun
cil. where tyrants do the talking and
the flatterers are given to smiling.
It is always Inferiority that uses
flattery as its stock in trade. Fools
can be easily flattered, and wise men
can be easily disgusted with over
much praise.
Sir Walter Raleigh, who had expe
rience and paid the price, thus dis
coursed: "A flatterer is said to be
the beast that always smiles when
it bites. It is hard to know them
from friends, they are so obsequious
and full of protestations. As a wolf
resembles a dog, so a flatterer re
sembles a friend.” Flattery is like
coin of the ralm. It is passed along,
very often to provoke the same sort
of adulation and an exchange of silly
courtesies that mean nothing sensi
°£ M orth preserving in memory.
The flattery that is handed out in
the introduction of public speakers
is a case in point.
Fidelity—The Sister of Justice
This is the title given to Fidelitv
by the ancient sage and philosopher
Horace. If he had said that Fidelity
and Justice were twin sisters he
would have made his meaning clear
er. Why is it that the law is made
so severe on unfaithful guardians?
A man who assumes the guardian
ship of orphans’ property and falls
in his duty and loyalty to their in
terests, is set down as the meanest
of mean men—according to public
opinion. As I believe from my
Knowledge of men and measures,
there are not very many persons
who can afford to risk the odium
which attends such derelictions of
unfaithful guardians. Occasionally
such happenings are exposed, but
the odium always follows.
The oath taken by public officers
is a test also of character. It is
another sort of guardianship, but all
the same it is always respected by
honest men everywhere. When that
oath Is taken and the official uses
his office for private again or to
deceive those who trust him, or who
will lie about things to cover up
dirty deeds of his associates, then
the time has come to retire such a
person to private life. He is un
faithful, devoid of honesty.
There are rumors afloat concern
ing ballot boxes, and fraudulent
counts, which are not pleasant to
hear about, or to read about in the
good year 1920.
Election managers who will con
nive at fraud or who will withhold
ballots or cram other than the right
sort of ballots into the count, are
manifestly unworthy of trust. One
time is quite enough to demand dis
missal.
There Is always a strong suspi
cion of unholy gain and the im
pression obtains that a man who
will use such opportunities around
a ballot box will act in the same way
in other avocations. Doubtless the
temptation is strong when an elec
tion is entapees. It is treachery of
the lowest grade and character,
neevrtheless. The sooner it is pun
ished by open methods the better it
will be for all persons concerned.
Darned Net Blouses
Old-fashioned “darned net” and the
modern filet are about one and the
same thing. A woman may buy a
piece of net and darn any pattern
into it she fancies, transforming a
comparatively Inexpensive piece of
material into something that is rare
and beautiful and that if purchased
as filet net or filet lace would be de
cidedly costly. Further, she may
work out her own Individual ideas in
the embroidery so that the garment
made from the finished piece of net
will be quite distinctive and out of
the ordinary.
The lace blouse continues unabated
for the coming fall and winter sea
son.
These blouses are made over chif
fon, plain net or very sheer silk lin
ing, which may be in self or con
trasting color.
Blouses coming just below the
hips are the season's favorites. Some
houses still show a few of the very
long garments, but they have never
been particularly popular with the
general public, and there is no rea
son to believe that the public will
change its mind on that score.
The hip length blouse, whatever
the material used for it, serves the
purpose it was intended to serve—it
eliminates the skirt and shirtwaist
suggestion always emphasized by the
garment that reaches only to the
normal waist line. Whether it is
meant to join forces with a silk or
lace separate skirt and complete an
afternoon frock, or to serve as a suit
blouse, the hip length model is the
best all-round selection.
Dyed laoes, it is said, will have
a big run of favor for the coming
season.
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With afternoon tea toasted sand
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For scraped beef sandwiches scrape
lean beef, season the scrapings with
salt and celery salt, spread between
very thin slices of bread, toast
slightly and serve hot.
To make toasted cheese sandwiches
slice American cheese very thin
Toast thin pieces of bread on one
side, quickly insert cheese between
the toasted slices and toast the outer
sides of the bread. Cut slices into
four square sandwiches and serve
immediately witjj orange marmalade.
A cinnamon sandwich is made by
substituting for the cheese a gen
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cinnamon after buttering the inner
toasted sides.
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DOROTHY_DIX TALKS
REGARDINGJPERSONALITY
BY DOROTHY DIX
The World’s Highest Paid Woman Writer
(Copyright, 1920, by the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
In a recent article I urged girls to
make themselves efficient, because
I believe that is the one and only
way they can achieve success. A
business girl, who signs herself “Ef
ficient but lacking in personality,”
takes issue with me. She writes:
“Efficiency without personality
will never get a girl anywhere. There
are multitudes of efficient women
who fail because they have disagree
able personalities. Most business
men prefer a girl who has an amia
ble disposition, even if she is not
very efficient, to one who is letter
perfect in her work, but who hasn’t
the knack of wearing the smile that
won’t come off. It’s the smile that
boosts you up the ladder.”
Undoubtedly my correspondent is
right to a certain degree. Every
where in life, personality is a trump
card, and when you have efficiency
plus personality, you hold a winning
hand that nothing can beat.
This is even more true of women
than it is of men, for custom has
made us attach more importance to
a woman’s personality than to a
man’s. We are more sensitive to a
woman’s appearance. We react more
easily to her moods and her manner
than we do to a man’s. No employer
cares particularly whether a man
clerk is fat or thin, or bald-headed
or with tresses like Absolom’s, or
whether he is ugly or handsome, or
silent or chatty, so long as he does
his work properly. But every em
ployer notices whether a woman ap
plicant for a job is pretty or ugly,
or well-dressed or ill-dressed, and
whether she is grim and sour-looking
or sweet and amiable.
And he’s just naturally attracted
towards a pretty, gentle, smiling, in
terested girl who is good-natured
and who doesn’t go around with a
chip on her shoulder looking for
slights and causes of offence.
Nor is he to blame. Such a girl
is like sunshine in an office. Her
personality is a sort of heavenly
chemical that neutralizes the irrita
bility of those about her. and makes
the atmosphere calm and wholesome.
No wonder that employers, who are
worn out with having to handle ef
ficient but pernickaty ladies with kid
gloves, get to the place where they
put more stress on a girl’s disposi
tion than they do on h er spelling.
But why not have both? The Pos
session of a winning personality does
not bar one from having an intimate
acquaintance with the works of the
late Noah Webster. One may smile
and smile and be a crackerjack ac
countant still. There is no reason
why a woman should not study the
art of being agreeable just as earn
estly as she does the art of sales
manship, or how to make P ot . * OO A S ’
It is as important to acquire the
human touch as it is the touch sys
tem on the typewriter •
All true you say. but how acquire
an agreeable personality. „_ b! , nCs
Well, the first item m it perhaps
is cheerfulness. Nobody loves a
grouch, or pines for the society of
one. We have got sorrows of om
own, and we like to haye_ p^ op ,®
about us who turn a bright.
tace towards life, instead °f,,‘ 00 .?"
Ing like the dav of doom. Maybe
you have little enough to grin over,
sister, but trv smiling at life. lou
will. get better results.
It you have a dark and sullen na
ture, and are given to dwelling on
your wrongs, take a course of liver
medicine. It will change your whole
outlook on humanity and the world
in general. Morbidness is mostly
liver instead of sensitiveness of soul,
anyway, f coursee it requires real
heroism to give up indulging in
your orgies of self pity. It’s like
quitting the dope habit, but it will
pay in the end.
After cheerfulness, the next item
in an agreeable personality is self
control, whose other name is amia
bility. Don’t regard every criticism
of your work as a deadly insult. If
you have made a mistake, apologize
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for it and tell your boss that it shall
not occur again. Be big enough to
accept suggestions, and just enough
to permit your employer to have his
own work’: done in his own way.
And if your superior is sometimes
unjust in his fault-finding, make al
lowance for his nerves, and instead
of flaring up in a rage, say the kind
word that turns away wrath.
The third item in an agreeable
personality is the lack of egotism.
It is self conceit that makes people
shy and diffident, and grumpy, and
hard to get along with. It’s be
cause you feel in your secret soul
that you haven’t got your just
deserts in not being a millionairess,
with everybody kow-towing to you
and burning incense before you that
keeps you always on the lookout to
see if somebody else is preferred be
fore you in the office, and that fills
you with suspicion and envy, and
spite and all uncharitableness. Cut
that out. Quit thinking about your
self. Turn your mind on other peo
ple and other interests, and you will
find that instead of repulsing peo
ple, you will draw them to you, and
that somehow your luck will change.
The fourth and most important
thing In acquiring a pleasing per
sonality though, is just humanness.
The fraternal spirit, the brother
hood and sisterhood of man. Culti
vate that.. Remember to compliment
for it the person who does a piece of
good work. Say a word of sympa
thy, or congratulation to those about
you when some sorrow or joy comes
to them. Help some beginner with
her work. Make everyone who
comes near you feel that somehow
the world is a better place Decause
you live in it.
After all, when we analyze what
we call an agreeable personality, it
is very simple. It comes pretty
nearly to being the golden rule put
into action—treating others as we
would like to be treated.
That is why it makes such a hit
with us. We like the results, no
matter how little we practice it
ourselves.
Jeweled Garters and
Striped Stockings
NEW YORK.—Striped stockings
with jeweled garters just below the
knee will be worn by smart women
this fall and winter, according to
Miss Isabelle M. Archer, style ex
pert, who spoke at the recent jewel
ers’ convention at Louisville.
“Skirts for evening wear,” said
Miss Archer, “will fall four inches
below the knee, but will be lined
only to the bend of the knee. The
jeweled garter will flash from be
neath diaphanous laces. The anklet
watch of last winter will be super
seded by the elastic ankle band set
with gems, preferably diamonds
Stockings will be striped in brilliant,
rainbow hues. Striped stockings will
also be fashioned for street wear
Skirts will be slightly longer and
narrower. They will reach ten o.
twelve inches from the ground. But
this will be short enough to afford a
generous glimpse of the gorgeously
striped silken hose.
“As for men,” Miss Archer added,
“the scarf pin will continue in
vogue, but the jeweled tie holder wil]
form the completing detail of par
ticularly smart costumes ”
An Individual Strike
(Kansas City Star.)
One reason why a hunger striker
always draws some public sympathy
is that he is about the only striker
whose strike doesn’t cut off some
one else’s food and comfort.
Outclassed
(St. Paul Pioneer Press.)
California probably will admit that
Italian earthquakes are superior in
every respect to the home product.
Many readers of The Tri-Weekly
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WEIRD STYLES
IN NEW HATS
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NEW YORK. —Although fall cha
peaux have been “among those pres
ent” in the fashion world since early
summer, it is the latest in-season
models that are really dazzling the
eyes of the populace with their
bizarre, and almost weird effects.
Nothing gorgeous and eccentric is
out of place upon a fall feminine
“lid.” Hats that would feel very
much “to home” upon the coifs of a
Chinese coolie woman, an Algerian
coffee house girl, a modern ‘serpent
of the Nile” or an Alsatian peasant
are rakishly askew the marcelled
waves of milady of Gotham.
A prevalent mode is the trans
parent crowned turban of metallic
lace or chiffon, copiously embroidered
in colored or iridescent beads. The
narrow brim is generally swathed in
a frayed Oriental silk, or twisted
strands of wools or chenille. Color
schemes are an incoherent blaze of
rust and emerald cochin and aero,
or something equally contrasting.
A Nell Gwynne fashion period ef
fect is given by hats which dangle
at each side long, heavy, plumes of
various colors. The hat proper is
cavalier shape and generally of black
or taupe velvet. But even of somber
color, the sweeping plume effect is
too daring for many women and only
a few are seen at the Ritz teas and
hotel dances Many hats harp back
to period tendencies as the quaint
Watteau poke bonnet with chin rib
bons, or the Alsatian bonnet with
huge bow of suede or moire ribbon
at the side rear.
Another innovation is the use of
stiff horsehair for trimming, rather
than for the body of the hat as was
formerly the case. One model made
of crushed copper velvet is topped
with little snail-like motifs wound
from black horsehair. Coarse,
straight feathers are in majority,
such as glycerined ostrich, gay
quills or cockades. Little pompoms
made of hempen rope and in a bunch
of several garish hues, often flank
the very front of a hat, or coyly dip
over the forehead.
Dingle-dangles, such as long ear
rings of jet, jade or wooden beads,
still abound, especially upon the
darker and more conservative hats,
and tassels of silks tickle the ear
buns, also. Duvetyn promises to be
an all-winter fabric, although it is
new dividing honors with the old
standby, velvet. The latter fabric
emphasizes bead and silk trimmings,
while the former specializes in wool
embroideries or ribbons.
Evening hats of metallic laces or
rich ribbons are favorites. The
Paisley shawl pattern abounds in
these ribbon hats, and brocades in
rich tints of royal purple, deep
rose or emerald also abound. These
confections of hat loveliness are very
wide and droopy and are the only
evidence that floral trimmings will
be used.
MARY MEREDITH’S ADVICE
TO LONELY GIRLS AT HOME
Please give me the following ad
vice: Will patent leather hats be
worn this fall and winter or not?
You know patent leather hats and
patent leather trimmed hats were
worn some last winter. Will wide
or narrow skirts be worn this win
ter? How long are the skirts worn
now and what colors are niore pop
ular for fall and winter? How are
dresses being made? Will the one
piece dresses be worn? I have a
dark colored voile dress to make,
how would you make it? What is
the most fashionable way to dress
one’s hair? All the information you
can give along these lines will be
greatly appreciated. Answer by re
turn mail.
Yours truly,
MATTIE.
Mattie: Patent leather hats
are not worn very much this fall.
Those who have them are wear
ing them, but duvetyn, velours
and velvet are the newest ma
terials for the fall and coming
winter. Skirts are shorter and
some suits show the narrow skirt
while dresses seem to be fuller.
Skirts are about ten inches from
the ground, and a few have them
twelve inches. Henna, canton blue,
Chinese blue, brown in different
shades, especially African brown,
midnight blues, taupe and black
are the leading colors. Many
new style frocks show one-piece,
lots of beading and heavy em
broidery is used. Woolen em
broidery on satin is effective.
The pompadour is still fashion
able, a few bangs are worn, but
every one nearly has marcelled
w’aves, which is done either by
permanently waved, by elec
tricity, or the old-fashioned kid
curler. The hair must form a
frame for the face, that is, puff
ed about the ears, which by the
way are concealed. The new head
gear demands this.
Dear Miss Meredith: I am a girl
of eighteen coming to you for some
advice. I am in love with a boy
eighteen years old He writes to
me every week, and I write to him
that often. But he has never been
to sde me and has never asked to
come, and he just lives about eight
miles /from me, Do you think he
loves me or that he just hasn t
the nerve to come? I me J- T
this winter while in college. He has
asked me for my picture, and I have
not sent it, and he keeps on in
sisting. Would you send him one?
Do you think it any harm for
sisters to marry brothers?
What is your idea concerning
chaperons? . , .
Hoping to see this in print soon.
“PANSY.”
Perhaps you haven't Invited
him to come to see you. Sup
pose you try that. If he doesn’t
care to, he will offer many ex
cuses, and if he does, he will
be delighted with your invitation
I wouldn’t send him my picture
if I were you, until after he
has visited your home and you
know him better.
Chaperons are necessary. But
they don’t seem to be so much
in demand these days as when
our mothers were girls. But I
think they should be much in
evidence when young girls and
boys yet together at night. On
auto trips especially. The more
particular a girl is the more a
boy respects her. There is no
harm for sisters to marry
brothers of another family. That
has been done, and very suc
cessfully.
Dear friend: As you give real
good advice to girls I’m writing you
in regard to stenographers. I have
a great desire to be one. I want to
be useful and make money also. Is
there any required age to be a
school teacher? I’m only 16. The
reason I wanted to teach school was
to raise money to take a “business
course” without fathers aid. What
does it cost to take a “business
course” to be a “stenographer,” m
do you have to have one? What do
they pay “stenographers?” How far
advanced in studies does any one
have to be to take a “business
course.” I’ve completed the ninth.
The reason I want to be a “stengra
p..er” I’m not very stout, but think
I could handle that job. I’ve brown
curly hair, fair complexion, blue
eyes, five feet high, weigh 97, am
I small for my age. Is my handwrit
ing good? Do you think a backhand
pretty? Hoping to get you opinion,
and an answer to my questions. Ans
wer as soon as possible, I’m so anx
ious and thank you. TED.
I think one has to be at least
eighteen to be a school teacher
But there are exceptions to the
rule. The course is ten dollars
per month or forty dollars for a
course in stenography It takes
some people longer to learn
stenography than others. One
has to have a fair education to
start with, though I know sever
al girls who finished grammar
school and took it up, and “made
good.” Stenographers salary
ranges from seventy dollars pe
month to two hundred and sis
ty dollars, those over a hundre
dollars are exceptionally fine
If you apply yourself, there i
no reason why you can not learr
it. The Isaac Pitman is consid
ered the besL course. It is
harder, but you will have learn
ed something and it would be
useful to you anywhere; your
handwriting is very good. The
main (King is to write dis- ‘
tinctly and evenly.
MArUiIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1920.
WILFUL OUIJA
BY RUTH NEELY
(Copyright, 1920, by Ruth Neely.)
Chapter I
WHENEVER, in that reciprocity
of specious interest which
women's friendships entail,
Nora Sanderson was compell
ed to listen to Rosalie Gates’ recount
ing of her latest adventure in the
eer:e, fields of psychic research,
Nora s mind invariably harked back
ward to the distant day when her
trumpet fell.
It would be twelve years ago, dat
ing from Nora’s twenty-fifth birth
day, since the trumpet last served as
the mystic instrument of a dubious
but not unlucrative calling.
•Nora’s parents—that is, her mother
and stepfather—were “in the profes
sion.” Their modestly printed cards
bore this inscription:
Du Lane Circle, weekly sit
tings, Mondays, 204 High street,
upstairs. Madame Du Lane,
world famous medium. Prof. Du
Lane, noted hypnotist. Reveal
important family, business and
professional secrets. Future
foretold, departed spirits sum
moned. Single sittings, $2. Cir
cle, sl.
Not infrequently, Nora recalled in
cidents still further back, for in
stance, the time she begged—she
could not have been more than sev
en years old but could read nicely—
that her own name be also printed on
the business cards.
“Little Bessie, just like I say it
in the trumpet. Won’t you, mamma?”
she had pleaded. “Wouldn’t that look
nice on our cards? It’s little Bessie,
from the Spirit Land. Won’t you,
mamma?”
Ed Dulany and her mother had
both laughed uproariously at Nora’s
request.
Dulany was her step-father, bbt
not the wicked kind one reads of in
books. On the contrary, he was very
good-natured.
Ed wore a doctor’s pointed beard,
but he wasn’t a doctor, although peo
ple often called him that, and he
wasn’t a professor, although people
often called him that also.
His wife, however, called him
“sweetie,” except such times as he
lost money in poolrooms or at the
races, which seemed very often in
Nora’s recollection.
“You lazy chump," was Mme. Du
lany’s accustomed effort at reproof.
“Here I slave away working suck
ers, just so you can pay for making
a sucker of yourself.”
“It’s the truth, honey.” Thus al
ways, the good-natured Ed. “I’ll cut
out the ponies and stick to spoofing
spooks from now on. Honest I will,
honey.” .
Whatever was mysterious in tnls
terminology rapidly explained itself
as Nora —professionally speaking,
“Little Bessie” —grew to skill and
wisdom. , ,
Certainly she was educated in
practically every detail of the spirit
ualistic business, as conducted by
her parents, when the end came, lit
erally and figuratively, with a crash.
Reporters on a newspaper which
had been investigating seances for a
month or more had managed to i=et
in and turn the trick. “Little Bessie
was singing into the trumpet at tne
very moment it fell. Nora, dislodged
from her perch in the'room adjoin
ing, plunged headlong to the floor.
The lights were all on, confusion
everywhere. The two young news
paper men who broke into the room
seemed very sorry when they flicked
her up, Nora remembered. At first it
was thought she had fractured her
hip, but it was only a bad sprain, it
left a slight weakness, still indicated
by a twinge now and then. But, ot
course, business was ruined. Bad luck
had struck them anyway, and two
years later Nora’s mother died. It
certainly did not occur to either Ed
or Nora to seek consolation for the
grief both suffered, each according
to the possibilities of his m
those spirit reunions of which tne
warm-hearted.
tan they mourned had been chief
in “Sh™s e gone, there’s no use
ourselves about that.
none too sturdy chin trembled in the
throes of a real, if evanescent, sor
r°“l w'ish r i"had treated her more like
a man. I wish I hadn t made her
work a damn skin game instead of
living decent like other folks.
Chapter H
Ed’s remorse was brief, of course.
When Nora had last heard from him,
several years since, he was doing a
lecture ‘course, teaching circles of
eager women the occult secrets of
the east and making a very
living out of It. He had cared for
Nora very w?ll, considering his lim
itations, keeping her housed, clothed,
and at her studies until she was
graduated from high school and able
to go to work as a stenographer.
Then he drifted west "to sample out
the coast suckers.”
And that was the end of the old
life
Nora’s sense of shame at the cheap
fraud which formed the background
of her childhood memories was never
dulled sufficiently to disclose even
her innocent participation.
Her friendship with Rosalie Gates
dated from her employment in tne
same business office, where Nora still
remained. . , .
Active brains, hard work, good
looks, and good nature had won Nora
creditable promotions. She was now
private secretary to one of the de
partment heads.
Rosalie, too, had met-wlth success
in a different field. At college—
Rosalie had been well educated —a
talent for leadership was evidenced
in many ways. She had majored in
psychology and she also took pains
to develop a good speaker’s voice.
Rosalie had done special writing
for the firm during the time she and
Nora worked together. This was just
before she became a class leader at
the Higher Life Temple. The Higher
Life Movement, it must be admitted,
was not only fashionable —plenty of
thinking people belonged. Certainly
Rosalie classed herself with the lat-
More and more the mysteries ot
the cult were unfolded to Rosalie as
one of the inner circle.
“Would you believe me, Nora, If I
were to tell you that there is away
to bridge the gulf of death?” she
asked her friend one day. Nora
avoided Rosalie’s questioning gaze,
her mind reverting, as always, to the
silly, deluded groups, “cinches” and
"prospects” of her tawdry childhood
—and to the day the trumpet fell.
But, of course, she could not talk
of that; she sought refuge by
switching the topic.
“I’m afarid I don’t believe very
much.” Then, before Rosalie could
break in, “Do you know Roger’s regi
ment will soon sail? He did not tell
me. but I know it from the way he
wrote last. He is to meet me here in
New York. Just for a short leave he
said. But I’m sure it’s because he’s
going across.”
A surface reading of Nora Sander
son's love affair, taken at the time
Roger Mason made re/idy for fight
ing overseas, w’ould have shown noth
in" dissimilar from the half million
or more romances that flooded hearts
of young women and young men at
that highly emotional neriod. Rut at
g“IT SAVED MY LIFE” I
The Feeling Tribute of a Woman to
PE-RU-NAI
READ HER LETTER—IT WILL DO YOU GOOD
I lee) safe In saying j
i r, l WM 811 ruo down and miserable when I
"Omtncnced taking Pe-ru-na, but am on the road to recovery Di
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Mbs. Charles Axspavgh,
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A letter like thia brings hope and the promise of health M
to every sick and suffering woman. Perhaps you know m
what it means to have your daily duties a misery, every “
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TABLETS OR LIQUID Do as Mrs. Anspaugb djd Take Pe-ru-na Don’t wait
SOLD EVERYWHERE but start right away ’
least Nora cannot justly be charged
with selt-deception. Her own deter
mined plumbing of her emotional na
ture revealed depth charges of sucn
force that she stood half terrified on
the brink of a plunge into love’s
troubled sea.
Nora was admittedly a beauty,
clear of skin, with violet eyes, lashes
long and dark and curling ma
straight dark brows below. Jroad,
straight forehead. Her soured, yet
careless, poise and carriage, her
young figure of that rounded slender
ness which promises a rich maturity,
were charms which could not but
challenge masculine attention. Nor
did they fail to. But until Roger
came—or. as Nora felt diml*' l-uring
those 14St days of intensive love
making, until her own time had come
—she was quite oblivious of the feel
ing which now possessed her.
Why, it might be asked, was Nora
so backward a student in the gentle
art of loving? That a prettv giri,
intelligent enough withal, not to qis
play her mental gifts, should have
experienced her first emotional act
venture at twenty-five, needs explan
ation. For Nora was neither at that
time nor any other different from
the average girl who falls in love
deeply or lightly as the case mav
be, confessedly or known to herself
alone, several times before she has
reached twenty.
A certain fastidiousness, a squeam
ishness to call it by a homelier
name, heritage, perhaps from her
high-strung, high-cultured and high
ly inefficient young father who died
nerore Nora was born, was, perhaps
one cause of this sentimental retard
ation.
Chapter 111
WHETHER or not the aloof
ness which first surprised,
then spurred on and final
nf nt*-, antagonized, admirers
Nora from her earl y hl &h
school days, was or was not hand
ed down by her fatheu, it certainly
aid not come as the gift of her
mother, who cajoled her first young
husband into marrying her against
all family opposition, against, even,
his own fundamental distaste
Raul Sanderson’s family' had
washed their hands of him when he
took unto himself as wife the plump
t nd Px r x e - tty girl who began her suit
by fitting his gloves and sending
soft glances from her side of the
counter.
"With many men this method of
proceeding would have spelled disas
ter for the girl alone, but for Paul
the love affair was his first—he was
the ascetic, student type, a college
bookwork, and only twenty-one. And
it was also his last.
Marriage worked the sure cure of
his sole emotional indulgence, mar
riage, and poverty and responsibil
ity, and a prospective babv and
trials without number, and utter in
ability to earn a living. Fortun
ately, the need, for him, soon ended
A gentleman at heart, he sought to
hide from his sobbing wife the look
r xl H x f .’V his eyes when he learn
cd that his short Illness, a break
down caused by unaccustomed work
and multiple cares, was soon to be
the end.
In the mysterious way that chil
dren learn things they are never
supposed to know, Nora knew all
this. And .this, from the very first,
seasoned ’wflth contempt her
not only toward the young step
father she acquired a year after
Mrs. Sanderson’s widowhood, but in
away it even lessened her natural
love toward the mother herself
There was nothing* in the easy go
ing, coarse, fibered nature of Mrs
Sanderson’s second husband, Ed Du
lany, to check the sentimental dem
onstration in which it was his fond
wife s happiness to Indulge and to
these frank exchanges of endear
ments was to be traced, without
question, the sensitive shrinking
from mbasculine philandering which
characterized Nora in her teens.
Both kindly folks at heart, neith
er the mother nor the second hus
band would have willingly hurt the
child, physically or temperamental
ly. It was imposible for them to
understand the proud distaste with
which she drew herself away from
their boisterous lovemaking.
Ed had begun life by running
away with a circus, and later trav
eled with a side show as ventrilo
quist, graduating into the quite luc
rative field of hypotism and stage
magic at a time when that sort of
thing had novelty for the public. Ed
Dulany taught his wife, whom he
met through one of her old glove
counter friends, the crude funda
mentals of her psychic art, being
not at all averse to taking things
a bit easy himself.
“It’s perfectly good graft and
safe, if you work It right,” he said.
“Who knows anything for certain?
Some money’s bound to be good, or
there wouldn’t be any counterfeit.
And some spooks have done some
communicating that nobody can ex
plain or there wouldn’t be any fake
mediums. Yon don’t have to prove
what you are, as long as the public
can’t prove what you ain’t.”
Ed Dul'ny was undoubtedly clev
er. Before his mariage, he had even
taken a course at an undestandard
ized medical college.
Curiously, and perhaps naturally
enough, it was Nora who started her
own part in the “manifestations” of
which she later became the most Im
portant factor. The trumpet used
at her mother’s senaces happened to
have pleased her child fancy and
became her chosen plaything. Later
the imitative instinct led her to give
such perfect productions of the
“demonstrations” she had witnessed
that participation was a natural
step highly enjoyed by all concerned.
After she came to realize, however,
the shoddy tawdrynes osf the means
of livelihood accepted by her mother
and step-father, the contempt their
demonstratiive affection had arous
ed in her cold child’s heart was
greatly intensified and in later years
became so commingled that the very
thought of her early environment
flushed her cheeks with angry
shame.
(To Be Continued)
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