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THE GEORGIAN'S MAGAZINE PAGE
“The Gates of Silence”
Rv Meta Simniins, Author of “Hushed Up"
TODAY S INSTALLMENT
Her Story.
Edith felt a certain sens? of relief Hope
revived in her heart If the man read
ily admitted his knowledge of Levasseur it
might be conceivable that he was sincere
tn his failure to recognize her. and if once
be could be brought to do so no doubt he
would not refuse to admit the escapade
She wished for nothing hut recognition
his word to back up her own
She leaned forward with a little gesture
of pleading
”I»r. Merlon. I feel convinced that if you
• but realized how infinitely important it is
to me that you should remember, you i
would not hesitate Pcx tor. your profes
sion is a merciful one you work to bring
healing Believe me. here is a case to
your hand in which you can work a mira
cle of healing by a w<ud
The doctor, who had beer, leaning bac k
in his chair, sat upright, the tips of his
hands together. His eyes were fixed on
her penetrating look in which there was
nothing of apprehension, onls the steady
Inquiring gaz? of the doctor
• My clear lady. I wish 1 could pe’ -uade
you to believe me.” h? said, earnestly 1
would do anything that 1 could to help
you most willingly Only what you ask
is not possible 1 can not remember what
has not happened. You are under a mis
apprehension. and tak? me to be some
other individual. I have no recollect ion
whatever of meeting >ou. and it is not
possible that, had I done so. such a fact
would have slipped m> memory, which is.
as a rule, excellent And I emphatically
affirm that never until last Maj’ did I set
foot in Runescot Surely \on w ill believe
me?"
Edith Barington flung back her head
with a quick movement, half irritation,
half despair.
"Dr. Merton. I can't believe you!” she
cried. “Can you pretend to me that you
do not remember that June morning eight
years ago—not so many years out of the ;
life of a man—when in th? sheer gayety j
of your animal spirits you assisted your j
friend. Edmond Levasseur, to play a
cruel trick on a girl? No; I realize that
to you then It did not seem what it must
appear now. Then, no doubt, it only ap
peared in the light of a huge |oke. Only
it wasn't a joke—not for me. I was that
qlrl. and the consequences have never
ceased to work; they are working now.”
A Flat Denial.
As she looked at him memory worked
in Edith Earring! on’s mine and the
name that lad so long escape i ier the
name she iad si riven m vain ie
member on the night of Levasse ir «
death, when she had made her confes
sion Io ler husband came *o her
’’Does this help you to remember " sue
asked, in a low. distinct vol" You
were not Robert Merton then It was
Robert Seton, clerk In Holy Orlers. who
masqueraded at that marriage service
ice.”
If she had expected th? man looking at
her to appear Impressed or startled she
was bitterly disappointed. Not for a mo
ment did the face before her relax Its air
of patient attention. Only at her last
words Dr. Merton permitted himself to
laugh
‘Mis. Barrington if you persist in this
foolish misapprehension, you will give me
no other alternative but to regard you
are being mentallj tinhipged. I have no
desire to do that Ido not diagnose your
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Anty Drudge Tells How to Prevent
Laundry Mistakes.
/on«- -•‘Hearcns, Jemina! Look what came back from
the laundry ! Three pairs of women’s stockings and
fve petticoats. AV hy I've got some woman's laundry
instead of ruv own."
Jhnagr- •11l tell von how to avoid mistakes like
tnat. Get Fela-Naptha snap and have vour things
washed rhe easy wav at home. They’ll be cleaner
and fresher and wear twice as long and then von
wont get them mixed with other people's clothes.”
ou owe it to yourself and your
folks to use Fels-Naptha,
you owe it to yourself to cut down
the time of washing clothes one-half, to
save yourself its drudgery, to make it
easier and more pleasant all around
you owe it to your folks to quit
making washday a day of cold meals,
steamy and smelly house and general
Dad temper.
bels-Naptha does it, summer or win
ter-washes all the clothes in cool or
lukewarm water, without boiling, in little
time, with no hard rubbing, and makes
them cleaner, whiter and sweeter than
any other way.
Follow directions on the red and
green wrapper.
trouble so arbitrarily. But since you do
not come to me as a physician. I can only
repeat mj former assertion I am not
the person you imagine me to be.”
He spoke with an ait of finality and
arose, with an appearance of desiring to
bring the conversation to a conclusion.
His air was that of a busy man dis
pleased by waste of valuable time
Edith felt the ground give beneath her
feet She knew absolutely and certainly,
with a woman's conviction by intuition,
which is a hundred times more strong
and deep than a man’s conviction by logic,
i that this doctor who stood before her,
| looking at her suavely, if a little pity
i ingly. and the young, smooth faced cleric
who had united her In that blasphemous
i mock marriage to the dead Levasseur,
were one and the same She cast dis
cretion to the wind, and in manner and
iook now there was that which would
have given credence to the supposition
that her mind was unhinged
Putting Her Off.
"Can you swear bj. everything sacred,”
she cried, "that you are not the man who
| married me to Edmond Lavasseur on the
morning of .lune 18. eight years ago” oh.
it was a cruel and despicable thing for
a man io concoct, but It is over and
done and can not bo helped. Only to
me the consequences remain, terrible, un
foreseen "
"Mrs. Barrington" Dr. Morton inter
t opted tier with a deprecating gesture—
I can not bear that you should lay open
to me any secret of your life Os course,
a doctor, like a priest, by virtue of his
profession, is made acquainted with many
strange secrets; but since you do not I
< 6me to me profeaaionaily l do not feel I
justified In listening to what Is obvious-'
ly intended for other ears."
Ed I tit rose to iter feet.
"When a woman lias gone through what
I have gone through." Abe tried, "it is
| useless to try to play the game of bluff
I with her You can not swear. Dr. Merton,
that you were not the man."
Madam, it would lie ridiculous for me
|io bring the name of sacred tilings into
I lite matter I have already dented all
knowledge of the circumstances at which
;vu hint
But desperate now. Edith refused to
be misled Front pleading she passed to
threats. •
AX hat you did was a punishable thing."
site cried, "Inti I have no desire to insist
upon that aspect of It Ml I want from
you is a private admission to mv husband
tluil you did tills tiling
"A most modest request," said Merton,
Ironically c.
All ai once, as she looked at. him, Edith
realized that she might will, as much
hope have expected to touch a chord of
sympathy in the stone statue of the man
iu the central gardens of the square out
side Yet site persisted
"If you can not deny it. it must be
true. Besides. I know It Is true."
"I have denied it, not once, but many
limes. Mrs Harrington," he said, sharp
ly "And now I must really ask you
to have the kindness tn bring this inter
view to a close."
lie moved toward the bell, and Edith
followed him swiftly
"Doctor, no one need ever know." she
said, desperately "It would be a matter
between my husband and yourself Ml
I want is your word Hint wliai I believed
to i>e a marriage did take flla< c Ml i
want you to do is to prove to my husband
that I am not the wanton he thinks me."
Iler voice rose a little In the scale of
pain "Don't you realize what hap
pened"
To Be Continued in Next issue.
If You Want To Be a Pretty Girl—
Fay Strict Attention to the Care of Your Feet, Says Fhse Hamilton
By ELISE HAMILTON
" omen "ho start out to
j\/| beautify themselves begin with
their complexion
Then they get busy with their hair,
and after that they are ready for the
dressmaker and the milliner I think
one ought to begin with one's feet.
N'o girl ever feels that she is well
dressed until she is "' ll shod.
If your hat is left over from last
year, or your gow n is not in style, you
can make up for these shortcomings by
your animated face and smile, but it
takes an absolute genius to distract
peoples attention from ilown-trodden
siloes, or badly blacked pumps, and a
hole in one'.- stocking would upset even
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MESS ELISE HAMILTON.
H>r Zfcfffeld’s "Winsome Widow” (’o.)
the president of the United Women's
Clubs of th® world.
Besides the looks of one's feet, there
is the one more important question of
the feeling of them.
People who can be amiable when
their feet are tired and uncomfortable
deserve haloA Probably If we knew it,
most of the bad temper that shows it
self. especially in crowds at the ferries
and stations and at theaters, is due to
people having to hurry along on aching
feet.
If you want to pieserve your beauty,
your looks and your disposition, keep
your teet comfortable.
White Stockings.
Tile white stocking craze has done a
lot to ease aching feet, and there's
nothing so comfortable as a nice, clean
pair of white stockings and a fresh pair
of shoes and slippers. Stockings ought
really to be changed twice a day. and
the girl who hates to darn will find that
this saves her a great deal of work.
Changing stockings, like changing your
shoes, brings the wear and the rub on
another part of the foot, and conse
quently saves lite stockings
My hobby Is shoes and stockings, and
as long as my feet look all tight 1 fee!
that I can face the world with calm
ness.
If you want to know how sensitive
people are about the way tbit ate shod,
sit In a street car and gaze fixedly at
the feet of tlte woman opposite you.
She will get so uncomfortable that ten
to one you can make het get up and
leave the car. because she is quite sure
she has a hole In her stocking or some
thing is the matter with her shoes. The
same applies to men. though, on the
whole, men are more particular about
their shoes than women ate. and you
seldom see a man in very moderate cir
cumstances whose shoes aren't nicely
polished, w hile lots of w omen overlook
this part of their toilette.
If you are a dancer or have to stand
on your feet for a long time evert day.
you must realize how important it is to
keep them In good condition. They
ought to be bathed every day. and if
you come home tiled and want to fresh
en up quickly a foot bath in warm
water with a handful of salt in it will
do you more good than a nap. Many I
people's feet hurt them because they
are never properly dried. If the stock
ing is put on while the foot is still
damp, it is likely to make the feet very
tender, and unless one takes the trouble
to dry the toes separately, the best
thing to do is to dust the foot with
foot powder or talcum pow der.
A Popular Complaint.
Many of the girls In companies In I
which I have played have complained
so of fatigue from standing and walk
ing. especially during rehearsals, and
very often this was entirely due to flat
tening of the arch of the foot. If you |
have pains in the calf of the leg or get
very tired from standing and feel as if
your feet were made of lead, you are
probably flattening the arch, and if you
can not get shoes made so that they
will hold the arch up. wear the sides
which come on the inside of the shoes I
ami which are made to correct this I
trouble
When your feet are very tired and
the skin aches, as it often seems to. rub
the soles of your feet with vinegar or
w ith lemon juice after bathing. I know
of one beauty shop where the cus-
Up-to-Dale Jokes
'Aiiay ton his holiday) b'ancj lit in
ei< all t> life! Ain't yet ever been to
London and -ec the sights'.'
Old Salt (eyeing him natrowlyi
No. sir! But some of the sights come*
hup and sees us.
Wife In a battle of longues a wom
an can bold her own.
Husband M ye«. p'haps she can; 1
' but she never does
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Comers' feet are massaged before face
massage is given, and it's an awfully
good idea, not only because it promotes
circulation and all that, but because it
is so restful. This beauty doctor said
that more wrinkles come from foot
troubles than from financial worries,
and I guess she must be right, for if
you ever had seen the pained looking
faces of the girls with the aching feet
you could be sure they are making
real wrinkles in their faces, lines that
won't come out on salary day.
Lots of girls get stockings that are
too short or too narrow, on the pleas
ing theory that they make their feet
smaller, but they only curl the toes
over, cramp the joints and push the
toes together. If you get a foot in
cased in a small stocking and then put
it in a shoe one size too narrow or too
short, you have a fine idea of what
slow torture is. My shoemaker tells me
that women's ankles are growing big
ger because they are wearing pumps.
Pumps throw the foot qut of gear
somehow and the weight is badly bal
anced ami the ankle bone enlarges. If
you like a high heel (I'm one of the
people who do), be sure and get your
shoes wide* enough at the toes. Os
course, no shoe should he more than
an inch and a half in the heel, but a
great many people don't find sensible
flat shoes at all comfortable.
A Great Trouble.
Girls have had so much trouble keep
ing their pumps on for the last ’couple
of years since pumps have been so
fashionable that the whole way they
walk is changed. Girls have to waddle
a little to keep the pumps from falling
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l'ramping the toes to keep one's
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© © The Manicure Lady ® §
B\ William F. Kirk
I '
was- a young man in
I here this morning to have his
nails did." said the Manicure
Lady, "and it is the first time since I
have been in this business that I have
ever saw a elevator, or laviator. or
whatever it is they call them bright
young souls that goes smiling up into
the azure skies like them meadow
larks that Percy Kelley used to write
about. He was a grand looking fellow.
George, the kind of a looking fellow
that you used to be, I guess, before
you got fat."
"I don’t want any of that kind of a
game.” said the Head Barber. "1 got
troubles enough on earth tvithouf
going up into the sky to look for
troubles. It's hard enough to live on
the earth and keep from going in the
air.”
"I guess you are right about that
part of it." agreed the Manicure Lady .
"I would like to watch a handsome
young gent like him sailing up toward
the fleecy clouds in a nice big biplane:
but as for me. I want to keep my little
feet on terracotta."
“On terra WHAT?" asked the Head
Do You Know—
Maiwatehin, on the borders of Rus
sia in Asia, is the only city in the world
peopled by men only. Chinese women
are not only forbidden to live in this
territory, but even to pass the great
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golia. All the Chinese of this order are
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wafer one ten-thousandth part
of a penny.
Although first imported only ten
years ago, ostriches in Madagascar now
compete successfully with those in
Cape Colony in the feather industry.
Mahogany trees do not attain their
full growth till they have reached the
age of 200 years.
Scafell Pike, in Cumberland, 3.210
feet high, is the loftiest point in Eng
land.
"Terra cotta" answered the Mani
cute Lady, "That’s Latin for solid
ground, or at least it is as neat as 1
remember. How would you pronounce
"When I went to school we used to
see a word in the geography that was
spelled something like Terra del
Fuego,” said the Head Barber. "That
might be what you mean.”
"Now I know what I mean!” ex
claimed the Manicure Lady. "I mean
terra flrma. Ain’t it funny. George,
that a well-educated girl can make
such a mistake in the renunciation of
a word? If you had come to me yes
terday and told me that I could have
did such a thing as to renounce a word
wrong. I yvould have gave you the
scornful sneer.”
"I don't know what you mean when
you say ‘renounced’ instead of 'pro
nounce.' " corrected the Head Barber.
“What are you trying to do—kid me?"
“Never, never!” exclaimed the Mani
cure Lady. "I may have a lot of faults.
George, the same as a lot of people
have, but I think I am too good a lover
of fair play to kid a poor dunce. I'd
rather try my fine work on some men
that come in here to have their nails
did—men that know more in a minute
than you will ever know. George.
"But as I was saying about this
youn air man that was in here this
morning. I always feel sorry when I
think of one. Wilfred has wrote a
really good poem, which he calls 'The
Broken Wings,’ and in it tells about
a biplane or a monoplane or whatevei
they call them airships, all about how
it fell to the earth with fluttering
wings and never rose no more forever.
I cried when I read it."
“I don't blame you." said the Head
Barber. "If I had a brother like yours
1 would cry, too."
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