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TOE GEORGIANS MAGAZINE PAGE
* Hunting a Husband *
NO. B—THE WIDOW GOES DRIVING WITH HER YOUTHFUL SUITOR
AND MAKES A DISTRESSING DISCOVERY
By VIRGINIA T. V
THE following day it rained from
morning to night. To the un
concerned this statement would
‘not seem of any special importance, bur
to Beatrice Minor it meant a dashing
of her hopes. It was raining again on
the second morning, and was still at it
A
on the third day.
“This must he what old-fashioned
people used to call 'the long rainy sea
son of May.’" said Maynard over the
telephone. “I can not tell you how dis.
appointed I am. I hope that you. too
tue a little sorry ?"
“Ye.s, I am." said Beatrice. She would
not let hint suspect that she was ac
tually unhappy* about the weather.
"You see. I do not have many chances
to get a drive into the country, and 1
was looking forward to if so much."
"Pon t say that you were." reproved
the man. "S ty that you are still look
ing forward-to it. As soon as the sun
has been out long enough to dry up the
roads, we will have our drive."
"YoU can let me know about that
later." said Beatrice. "I shall expect at
least twenty-four hours notice."
It would not do for her to seem too
eager, she thought. Men prized lightly
Society that they could secure easily.
But when, on the fourth morning, she
awoke and found the. sun shining
brightly and a. brisk westerly breeze
blowing, her spirits rose with a bound.
Perhaps today the roads would hq too
muddy, but by tomorrow they would
be in fine condition. She was so gay at
breakfast that .lack asked her what
made her laugh so much.
"The sunshine, honey!" she exclaim
ed. "Don’t you like it?"
"Yes,’l do.” he said; "and Jean and
I have been planning to have you take
us to the park tomorrow afternoon, if
it is a nice day."
Beatrice’s face fell. "Tomorrow,
dear?” she faltered, "but I’m afraid
that mamma can not go tomorrow.”
She had away of mixing the first and
third persons when speaking of herself
in a style peculiar to parents.
"Well, today then?” urged Jack.
Perhaps He Would Telephone.
She did not want to go out today
until she had received a telephone mes
sage from Maynard. Surely he would
call her up with regard to tomorrow.
* Perhaps he would telephone to her this
morning.
"I’ll see about it, dears," she prom
ised. And the youngsters went oft to
their kindergarten with this hope in
their minds. ’ It seemed strange to them
that mother should ever be in doubt as
to her engagements, for her time had,
heretofore, been entirely at their dis
posal. Thy felt the change in her at
titude, but did.rtbt understand it.
Unfortunately this happened to be
one of the days in which business kept
Robert Maynard from his office and
out of town, so he did not telephone
to Beatrice. The same business would
prevent his going out driving tomorrow
also, but she did not know this. There
fore, when at 3 o'clock she had not
heard from him her feelings underwent
a sudden change, such as all women
know. If h? was not gentleman enough
to remember his promise, she did not
want him to remember it; if he cared
so little for her as Io forget her, she did
not care for him! That is the way
that a woman takes such matters.
Engagements with the men in whom
MRS.CREATDN’S
AWFUL
EXPERIENCE
During Change of Life —How
Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege
table Compound Made
Her a Well Woman.
Natick, Mass.— “I cannot expresa
what I went through during the change
<
A
one day of the wonderful cures made by
Lydia Fl Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and decided to try it, and it has
made me a well woman. My neighbors
and friends declare it has worked a mir
acle for me. Lydia Fl Pinkham’s Vege
table Compound is worth its weight in
gold for women during this perodof life.
If it will help others you may publish my
letter.”—Mrs. Marion Sweet Grea-
TON, No. 1 Jefferson St., Natick, Mass.
Change of Life is one of the most
critical periods of a woman’s existence.
Women everywhere should remember
that there is no other remedy known to
so successfully carry women through
this trying period as LydiaE. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Compound.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confi-
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he opened, read and answered by a
woman and held in strict confidence.
VAN DE WATER.
she is interested may seem but inci
dents to him; to her they are episodes.
So, when the children came in and
asked if she was going to the park
with them, she sprang to her feet and
said that she was. and that they were
the only creatures in the whole wide
world that she cared one whit about,
anyway. While the remark and her
seeming enthusiasm appeared to the
small boy and girl to denote happiness,
and added to their glee, the mother felt
as if there were a tragic gloom over
the whole afternoon, and that she was
using actual physical force to keep
from succumbing to it.
stll| the hours in the open air. the
sight of the children’s enjoyment and
their pleasure in her society quieted
Beatrice's nerves, and she slept so well
that night that the next morning she
forgot to listen as anxiously as yester
day for the telephone bell. A: It o’clock
a special delivery letter came for her
from Robert, asking her to drop him
a line saying whether she would drive
with him the following day. "Send it
to my house." he directed, "for I shall
not be at the office until tomorrow.”
A Woman's Reply.
"I think.” she wrote, "that I can ar
range to get away tomorrow afternoon.
If not. I will call yon up in the morn
ing."
The man could not know that noth
ing less than illness or catastrophe
would keep the woman from accepting
his invitation.
The sun shone brightly the next day.
Maynard was not to call for Beatrice
until 3 o’clock, but by 1:30 she had
begun to dress for the afternoon. S|ie
wanted to be sure that every detail of
her toilet was just right, for Robert had
remarked during their last talk together
that it was a delight to look at a wom
an as well groomed as she always was.
She would not disappoint hint by not
being suitably dressed today, and she
did up her hair three times before sin
thought that each lock lay just as it
should. She tried the effect of low
shoes, high shoes and pumps before de
ciding upon the last: she remembered,
after donning these, that one's ankle
was often very evident in stepping Into
and out of a trap, and drew on a pair
of silk stockings Instead of the fine
lisle thread ones she had at first se
lected.
The pinning of her hat and adjusting
of her veil gave her cause for much
study, for while the white chiffon veil
was most becoming, it would dazzle het
vision when she was in the glare of the
sun. and she would not be able to note
the expression in Robert's eyes as he
looked at her and talked to her. I- inal
ly, she chose what the saleswoman from
whom she had bought it had called "a
complexion veil.” explaining that it was
thus termed because it made the wearer
look young and gave her a pretty col
or." By the time it was satisfactorily
adjusted the present wearer had so
much "color" from exciteunent and an
ticipation that the veil was not needed
to enhance It.
She knew that her tailored suit fitted
her to perfection, and she was ready in
time to have her gloves on and fastened
before Robert drove up in his trap with
a. handsome horse that looked spirited,
whether it was or not. She did not
keep him waiting for a moment. Site
recalled Tom’s opinions about women
who were not prompt, and thought tjiat
perhaps all men held the same radical
views. Maynard sprang from the driv
er’s seat as she came out of the door of
the house, and he bared his handsome
head as he bent over her hand.
“The day and you are perfect!" h"
exclaimed in reply to her remark about
the'weather. "Both are Just as I would
have them."
As he assisted her to her seat and
sprang into his. she wondered if she
was mistaken in fancying that she de
tected a. slight smell of liquor on his
breath. But. even if she did. what dif
ference did that make? Most men oc
i easionally taste a glass of liquor. Then,
as the horse started off at a brisk trot,
- the fresh wind blew the faint odor from
her nostrils as her pleasure banished
the fleeting thought from her mind
Not To Be Caught
I Johnson 1s a mean man.
A favorite dodge of his is to try
1 and get free advice from bis doctor, but
the man of medicine Is becoming too
1 sharp for him.
1 The other day Johnson rushed at his
■ doctor in the street.
"Good-afternoon, doctor!" he began
■ gushingly. "By the way. I know a man
! who is suffering agonies from neural
l gia. At times It is so bad he simply
I howls with pain. What would you do
l in that case?"
| "Well. I don’t know." was the doc
i tor’s prompt reply. "I supposed 1
, should howl with pain, too.”
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In Darkest Africa
i
■ The editor called the new special
’ writer up to his desk.
■ "Young man." he said, severely, “we
don’t mind a few < xaggeratlons. but you
► have been going a little too strong."
' in what way. sir?" asked the sur
. prised pen-pusher.
, “Why. In your article on t’aptair.
Blanko in the jungle you state that int
s mediately after dispatching the fero
cious lion he called for a* taxi. Now.
any greenhorn would know that there
( are no taxicabs In Africa."
"I didn’t allude to a taxicab, sir.”
I "You didn’t?"
No; I meant a taxidermist, so that
* lie might get the king of the forest
’ stuff'd."
of life before 1 tried
Lydia E. Pinkham’s
Vegetable Com
pound. I was in such
a nervous condition
I could not keep still.
My limbs were cold,
I had creepy sensa
tions, and I could not
sleep nights. I was
finally told by two
physicians that I also
had a tumor. I read
What Dame Fashion Is Offering
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cutaway coat T J
fastens with lw„ \ \ II B " Um ‘ a " d
large buttons; \\ rou l eaux
similar buttons \\ \ // tr ” n b asc l ue
of a smaller size \\ \ v'Z' v t, h e coat
decorate the , // The waist
sleeves and skirt. \ bands and cuffs
There are three o s/
broad folds on cajT^
the skirt. Z—" in velvet.
A silk coat and skirt.
ADVICE t6Z~HE LOVELORN By Beatrice Fairfax I
THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY. started to go with me. Bu: now he K with a man of twenty-two 1 have been
Deal Miss Fairfax: keeping steady eompanv with me and angry with him for the past year, but
iam "1 'inri in i.ivn with > rriri tine ,1P " as alarted to go m see Iter again, now lam continually thinking of him
lam -t ana m t a in <n. ni h , and and wou|(| iik „ v( , . |p htn fenew
year my senior. I make a goo.l salary. to sp( . m( , SUSAN otir friendship ' DOLBY,
and I would like to marry this girl. 1 v „ u have n( , „ b . ..., „ is hp h;>
had some trouble of my own which att tlonß thP ||ler girl , for the vejns h| . wj|l n * ( bai . k tn
did not tell her of. She found out about that h.. n<>t v (11l - , , .. ...
, . . . , . reason tn<u n< is not engaged to vou a g n -| who has been mac] at him fo’
this matter and ever since then she has v.m.- .io-ht . . .
. 1 oui right conoems on!> xouiseif. a veai. That is a long time to cherish
been cold to me. How .-an I regain You haV{ . the right . ind g()od reaHOn . ~P K(, r , | n„ .n t
jier love. J. R. t 0 ob j^ ct t 0 the manner in which he Is However, if you have wronged him,
There is only one way: Go to her treating you. Do not lie at home the ( c || b iin so. But do not tell him in
am] explain your trouble, and be ab- next time he calls of if you are, the same breath that you still love
solutely honest with her. let him find some other young mar. him. Let that declaration wait till he
If your offense is such she can hold there. Such men can be cured only bj seeks ft.
out no hope of forgiveness, the onlj giving them just what they give.
chance left for you is to so behave THAT IS FOR MUTUAL AGREE-
yourself that she will regret her lack THERE MAY BE OTHER REASONS. MENT.
of forbearance. You must live down De ., r A]iss Eairfax: , ' Dear Miss I'airfax:
your mistake if you would live down | baV p be en going to eitv.iters etc., lam nineteen and deeply In love
her objections. w ith a young man for the past seven with a young lady four years my senior.
And you must respect her all the months. Now. this gentleman Iris W ho reciprocates my love. As she Ilves
more for having them. spent many enjoyable evenings at my , lu j tP some distance from mv home I
home, and my parents like him very , ’ ~ .
CAN YOUR LOVE WAIT? much. But he has never asked me to w ould like to know how ofteh It ii
... ■ ’ see any of his folks Do you think it Proper for me to call on her She in
looks as if he were ashamed of me? vltes me up to supper every Sunday,
lam 20 and have been keeping com- PUZZLED. am] as I am a ven poo. eater slu
pany with a girl my age about three , irt-vnv
years. I was engaged to her six mouths Icinaps <1 regiet to suggest lt» he is thinks 1 shun het. HENRV
ago. being then tn a position to marry .ishamed o ftpem. |t happens some- ]t is for you and the girl to decide
her. but. since then I have lost that po- times that m<-n and women are so ur- how often you should call Twice a
Sition. and am puzzled as to my future g ,,, tf . nil „ |s n(inp and |( js u V( .
actions, matrimonially. . , . ~ , • € . . . . ,
PERPLEXED ‘^ S v 1 1,1 lIP p ,son him the pretty custom to make Sunday night a
A loss of position is unfortunate' but " f 1116 llir b ” "tegular" occasion.
a sincere love will survive greater blows « b Y «" l b * meeting has if you are a poo, eater, as you say,
than that never taken place. her solicitude does her credit. Don’t
You cortainlv can't think of mar- ~T Kta > a "' ,v b <''«use you are not a gour-
riage if vou haven’t a position, but DOES ,T SUIT HIM? mand. Rather, encourage her io pre-
that should not affect your engage- D " al Miss !'■" <’ " ba ‘ ■'Uh’'- " "'"1 her
ment if the girl is willing to wait. lam nineteen, and vrny much in Im, and be a wise investment for you.
'Full hei honestly and franklj all -—n- : —-2„_ l^.-...
aboht It. lam sure if her love is of w ▼ , pK J • 1 P Fl •
Not a Particle of Poisonous
tune.
MOST CERTAINLY NOT. | J Pit P
i: . Lead orSulphur ,n Parisian Sage
places of enjoyment where I meet a i |
young man of 21. He pays lots of at- x y pr|( . ( . ()n|y Cf , n(s drug Hnd
tention to me while Im department stores and all counter?
never escorts me home or asks to call i| Yf)ii ATC LookillC foT ” b, ' r ' toilet goods are sold Here’s
on me. He told one of tile young men 11 * v,u >n. 11 lot n , f
that he was going to have a jew el: \ | ii,, ix.. | •* I T cz> 1 £i'<'«t pleasure In writing to
case made for me. Is it ptopet tm t Jl<lir UyClJOn t SC you and thanking you for the benefit !
me to accept it ’ I',. L M hav>‘ derived from votir great hair ton-
t’nder no circumstances should you Parisian SflgC lc PARISIAN SAGE J was confined
accept such a gilt from a man so m ai- Sl • ,obns hospital In this city for
over two months with typhoid
ly a stranger to you. ;)nd niJ , wRs filing oitt so much I
If his intentions wer. of the purest ]f you want () . r|pf)n d( ,,| gh , fu | thought 1 would jie bald-headed In a
lie would not urge a gift on a girl to ha)r dressln fr , e . fro|n harmfu | ln . fp " months.
uhnm Im has not made the effort of ~ , , , 1 sa " your advertisement In Tne
u .. V rind V ! m,'n gradients, one that will stop falling Register, of th!:- city, and gm a bottle
ordinarily fri ndly attention hair, Itching scalp, banish dandruff and and used It according to directions and
ac-tc I IWC eirg| - SNF«« ITRPI c ,dd luster 1,1 ,lu ". far,p< ’ bal ’. ,bPn ;| sk the first bottle did the work I have
ACTg LIKE FICKLENESS SEL . fOi PARISIAN SAGE and tec that yon used manv other tmtics for the hair but
Dear Miss Eairfax: get It PARISIAN SAGE has them all heat. T 1
lam 23 and lam keeping company The girl with the Auburn hair is on wish yon good luck In all ways and I
with a man of 25. Before going with' Fvery Linton and bottle of PARISIAN thank you again for what it has <!<Sn® j
me Im mm a voting ladv with whom h- e; AGF w Whfeh is manufacture,] only in so- tne.” M. Mat Delanev, 921 North i
claimed to be the outs when he America by Giroux Mfg. t'n. Buffalo. 11th St.. Springfield, ill.
Yearning For Mother-Love
By WINIFRED BLACK.
A LITTLE girl, twelve years old.
killed herself in Louisville the
other day because she had no
mother like other little girls.
She had a comfortable home, good
clothes plenty to eat. and nobody- was
cruel to her. and nobody tatinted her
with her dependence upon relatives.
And yet she could not bear to live be
causes he had no mother like other lit
tle girls. So she crept away to a lonely
outhouse and died, like a sick dog.
•done.
Poor little thing! Poor little lonely,
heartsick thing! She could not live
without a mother.
I wish I lived pear where she lies
now. I’d make a pilgrimage to her for
lorn little grave and cover It thick with
roses, and at the head of the grave I
would put a thriving plant, and all
along the sides of it should grow pan
sies. And whenever I saw a woman
unkind to her little, thoughtless, help
less. heedless girl, or hard to her clum
sy. awkward, hobbledehoy of a boy. I’d
take her out to that poor little grave
and tell her the story of it. Maybe it
would make her stop and think.
I wonder if she was homely , the little
girl Who died because stie had no moth
er like other little girls. Freckled, per
haps; sandy-haired. Maybe her teeth
w ere beginning to shed and she dldn t
know what to do with her hands and
coulijn't manage per <tueer feet Just
right. Mother would never have no
ticed these things. Mother would have
seen the beautiful gold lights in het
sandy hair, and it would have been
sandy to mother. It would have been
auburn or tawny.
Mother woultj have known that Ah
reason she freckled was because her
skin was so white and delicate, ami she
would |tave contrived some kind of a
little collar opening at the neck just
the tiniest bit. to show the white, deli
cate throat that would have
the whole look of the child. And moth
er would have seen that the big feet
were well shaped, and only |ooke<| too
idg because they had grown ahead of
the slender, grow ing bofiy.
Mother would have known how much
ii made the little girl suffer when peo
ple laugfied al those feet, and nobody
would have laughed at them twice
w hen mother was around.
What would you give today, you who
have facerl the battle'of life bravely;
you who hove fought man-fashion with
man-troubles, for some one to believe
in you. as Mother did when you were
little and ran home and told her all
about it. as sure of her love as you
were sure of life itself?
There was one only who understood,
no matter ]tow foolish you were, right
or wrong, wise or foolish, a fai|un or
a success.
Oh! If you could call her back out of
the twilight, how she would glory in
your little triumph, how she would
grieve w ith you in your disappointment.
If you could Just forget all you have
taken so much time and trouble to learn
and just creep right jnto that mother's
arms again and tell her all about what
It is that hurts you so. She would tin.l
some way to help you, some way to
comfort you, some way to soothe the
dull aching of your heart, if she only
held you in her arms again antj sang to
you the o|d songs s)ie loved.
"By Cool Siloam’s Shady Bill” —was
that it. the old song she always sang to
comfort tired little souls?
| —»h'» ■ ■ ■—-IFir- iHi —-|l~
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All This Summer
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Lji — =ni ■ ■ "int-- if=
"How Fair the Lily Grows” —Oh!
fair and fair the lilies grow in many a
shaded place. "And tall and white they
stand."
"How fair the lily grows”—"the hills
of Sharon s dew y- rose. ' Did your own
heart ache. I wonder, when you sang,
oh. loving singer of long ago. And did
you hold your voice by the steady effort
of your loving kindness lest the tired,
puzzled little child in the shelter of
your brooding love should hear and
guess that you. too. were sorrowful?"
"Sharon’s dewy rose." Oh, inothe ,
mother, if 1 could hear that old song in
your sweet voice the whole worlij would
change for me. and I would hold up my
tired head again, comforted and sus
tained.
She died because she had no mother
like the others did—she. poor little girl.
Pansies, forget-me-nots, little, sweet,
old-fashioned roses. I hope some one
who has know n the love of a real moth
er will plant these humble flowers on
the grave of the little girl who died
alone, and water them and help them
to spring into grateful bloom. And
perha|>s the child somehow wrtll know
and he grateful when she is at rest with
the mother who bore her.
Do You Know
That
fiver 3<i ships are kept in constant
us'- laying and repairing ocean cables.
A parrot in the possession of tpi-ee
. gem-rations has died at Erfurt, Ger
many. at the age of 1(17.
in the past 30 years more titan 3.0'.0
acres of the English coast have slipped
int" the sea. Ymkshire has lest about
■ 800 acres, while Lancashire and Sktf
folk have each lost nearly HOO acres.
Three dogs have been enrolled aS
students at rhe I’nivevsity of Kansas,
where they will he under the tutelage
of Professor B. C. Dockerey, who will
endeavor to ascertain the extent of a
! dog’s power to learn and think-
The pun|s|unent for ilrunkenness in
St. Petersburg is to niake the offender,
no matter w hat his social ppsition, sweep
the streets. Well attired gentlemen,
some of them in dress suits, are occa
sionally seen sweeping the streets after
a night’s carouse.
Thousands of fully- Inscribed war
medals are lying in the war office
staterooms awaiting claimants.’ Look
ing over the tarnishing piles, one can
, no! help wondering what life’s trage
dies may be responsible for their re
-1 maining year after year undisturbed.
This unclaimed collection represents
■ every campaign in which British trbops
have been engaged since the Crimea.
BUT HE DIDN'T.
"What would you say," began the
i voluble prophet of Woe, “if J were to
tell you (hat in a very short space of
time all the rivers of this country would
dry up?”
"I would say." replied the patient
man. “'Go thou and do likewise. 1 "
WHEN WOMEN TALK.
' "So she was led to the altar at last?”
remarked the girl In blue.
"Led!” repeated the bride’s dearest
> friend. "Led! 1 fancy you didn’t .see
her. She didn't have to lie led. When
i she started down the aisle you couldn't
i have driven her off with a regiment of
cavalry."