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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- I (lentiab Lynn. Mass. Your letter will 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.” I I ' -—■■■_■ 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 THE SUMMER MAID AND HOW SHE SHOULD DRESS -' " ' i- BBb • w I - r Mr \ MUS Mm / \ ISIPWI ~ will f JoRRI X- A" \ ; AM k 1 '■ iWF t\. of »MM HL u- H si A | s rat Mw V l ' ti I warel f ’VFI hB. Un 11 w ItM I Hi ill Hz- z Il < I ~is ■ * w Mi MS IS 1 aS l Will If w jgggal M ’-’ ■■ . w A. » '? W-4- • JwrM I. > • zT \ xw Here is a s/ / ? aMyOk' \ Taffetas and walking suit iu // / wliß' \\\ lace are here cool days. I \ \\ It is made of I I J I useful and effec- gray cloth. The •Vvr ti ve costume 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~ You Can Keep Cool All This Summer ‘**l We have made our prices on Hammocks and Swings so low that every home can afford one. From now on you can’t regard it as an expensive luxury, for you couldn't spend your money to better advantage. Just look at our prices! HAMMOCKS, any color and design $1.25 to SB.OO OAK PORCH SWINGS $2.50 Put up $3.00 ‘KANAUGA" Porch Swings Handsome, weathered Oak Swings, with mortised joints, ”1 extra strong—only $9.00 SPECIAL BARGAINS Bed Hammock with mattress. SIO.OO value, 0n1y... $7.50 Canvas Bed Hammock, SB.OO value, only $7.50 Canvas Hammock, $1.50 to $2.50 value, special SI.OO ~ LAWN SWINGS. $5.00 value, only $3.98 OAK PORCH SWINGS. $7.50 value, only $5.98 ANDERSON HARDWARE CO. 32-34 S. Pryor St. n • 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."