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THE GEORGIAN’S MAGAZINE PAGE
“Initials Only By Anna Katherine Green
A Thrilling Mystery Story of Modern 'limes
(Copyright. 1911. Street & Smith.)
(Copyright, tSll, by Dodd. Mead * Co )
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.
The man who lived hare was not only
a attident, as was evinced by a long wall
full of book*, but he was an art lover,
a musician, an inventor and an athlete
Ro much could be learned from the most
cursory glance A more careful one
picked up other facts fully as startling
and impressive The books were choice,
the invention to all appearance a prac
tical one; the art of a high order and
the music, auch »> was in view, of a
character of which the nicest taste need
not be ashamed
George began to feel quite conscious of
•she IHkaataum of which they had been
guilty, and was amazed at the east with
which the detective carried himself in
the presence of auch manifestations of
culture and good, hard work He was try
ing to recall the exact appearance of the
figure he had seen stooping in the snowy
street two nights before, when he found
himself staring at the occupant of the
room, who had taken up his stand be
•ore them and was regarding them while
they were regarding the room
He had thrown aside his hiet and rid
himself of hie overcoat, and the fearless
near of his aspect seemed to daunt the
hitherto dauntless Sweetwater, who, for
fl>e first lime in his life perhaps, hunted
in vein for words with which to start
eeaiversatien
Wad he made an awful mistake" Wav
fltig Mr Dunn what he seemed, an un
known and careful genius, battling with
great odd* tn hts honest struggle to give
the wnrld something of value in return
for what it had given him" The quiok.
almost deprecatory glance he darted at
George betrayed his dismay; a dismay
wttleh George had begun to shares, not
withstanding his growing belief that the
man’s face was not wholly unknown to
him even If ha could nor recognize it as
the one he had seen outside the Cler
mont
"Ton seem to have forgotten your er
rand.” came in quiet, if not good-natured,
sarcasm from their patiently waiting host
‘Tt’s the room,’ muttered Sweetwater,
with an attempt at his old-time ease
wfrleh was not as fully successful as usual
"M'hwt an all-fired genius you must be 1
never saw the like. And in a tenement
Meuse, too! Tou ought to be in one of
those Mg new studio buildings In New
York where artists be and everything you
«ee it beautiful You’d appreciate It, you
would ”
The detective started. George started, at
the gleam which answered him from a
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Anty Drudge Talks to an Indignant
Woman.
Mrg. Tvpfn-t- -“Just gate at that skirt! Looks like a piece
of Swiss cheese. Full of holes. My washwoman
must use quick lime instead of soap.”
Anty “Why don’t you wash at home ?”
Mrs. Topflar- 'At home, indeed! Why. a you know.
I live in an apartment. Boil clothes on a gas range?
Most likely land in the hospital.”
Anty Drudge - "Why, dear, use Fels-Naptha and you
don't have to boil the clothes. Lukewarm ar cool
water is all that’s needed winter or summer. And I’ll
guarantee your clothes will never again be freckled
with holes.”
No sensible woman wants to do more
work than is necessary to accomplish the
best results.
And yet —
There are women who take a full day
to do the weekly wash when it can be done
in half the time and far better.
Is this because they don’t know the
Fels-Naptha way?
Or is the reason that they are so gov
erned by habit that they hesitate to try a
new method 5
Ihe Fels-Naptha way is so easy, so
simple. Full directions arc on the
red and green wrapper.
very uncommon eye. It was a temporary
flash, however, and quickly veiled, and
the tone In which this Dunn now spoke
was anything but an encouraging one
”1 thought you were desirous of join
ing a socialistic fraternity, said he; ”a
true sspirant for such honors does not
care for beautiful tilings unless all can
have them I prefer my tenement How
ls it with you. friends"
Sweetwater found some sort of a reply,
though the thing which this man now
did must have startled him, as It cer
tainly did George They were so grouped
that a table quite full of anomalous
objects stood at the back of their host,
and consequently quite beyond their own
reach A.s Sweetwater began to speak,
he whom he had addressed by the name
of Dunn drew a pistol from his breast
pocket and laid it down barrel toward
them on this table top. Then he looked
up courteously enough and listened till
Hweet water was done.
A very handsome man, but one not
to be trifled with in the slightest degree.
Both recognized this fact, anti George,
for one. began to edge toward the door.
’’Now I feel easier.” remarked the giant,
swelling ont bls chest He was unusual
ly tall, as well as unusually muscular
”1 never like to carry arms; but some
times It is unavoidable Damn it. what
hands'” He was looking at hls own,
which certainly showed soil “Will you
pardon me?” he pleasantly apologized,
stepping toward a washstand anti plung
ing his hands Into the basin ”1 can not
think with dirt on me like that Humph,
hey! did you speak?”
He turned quickly on George, who had
certainly uttered an ejaculation, but re
ceiving no reply, went on with his task,
completing it with a care and a disre
gard of their presence which showed him
up in still another light.
But even his hardihood showed shock
when, upon turning around with a brisk.
“Now I'm ready to talk,” he encountered
again the clear eye of Sweetwater For,
in the person of this none too welcome
intruder, he saw a very different man
from the one upon whom he had just
turned his back with so little ceremony;
and there appeared to be no good reason
for the change He had not noted In
his preoccupation how George, at sight
of his stooping figure, had made a sudden
significant movement, and, If he had. the
pulling of a necktie straight, would have
meant nothing to him But to Sweetwa
ter ft meant everything, and it was in
the tone of one fully at ease with him
self that he now dryly remarked:
"Mr Brotherson, if you feel quite clean,
and if-you have sufficiently warmed your
self, I would suggest that we start at
once unless you prefer to have me share
this room with you until the morning .”
To Be Continued tn Next Issue.
Beauty Secrets of Footlight Favorites'
A Test For Vanity as Well as For the Complexion
MISS ZANA CURZON.
(<>ne of the beauties in Ziegfeld's "Follies of 1912" Company.)
By ZANA CURZON.
IF you can wear apple green without
looking like a fright, you may +>e
pretty sure you have a good com
plexion.
Apple green is the test of beauty. Ho
far as skin and coloring go.
I had an apple gtaen dress once, and'
it was a perfect tragedy, for a while,
at least.
1 can say truthfully that apple green
Is, the most unbecoming color in the
world, unless you are. one in a thou
sand. and have a clear, white skin, and
faint rose-colored cheeks, and look like
the apple blossom which ought to hang
on the apple green bough.
This famous dress was presented to
me by a relative, one of the kind who
gives you the things that are popular
at the moment, or Uiat somebody else
tells her would make appropriate gifts.
I didn't want a green dress, because I
don't care for that color anyhow, and
my heart pas set on a fur collar. But
what can you do? You have to take
what you get. though in some future
existence I hope we will be allowed to
choose our own gifts.
A Fright in Green.
The green dress came to stay, and
not long afterward the giver paid us a
visit. Naturally it was expected of me
that I should wear the gown she hail
bought me. and I sacrificed myself and
my vanity on the altar of gratitude and
wore the green dress for the first time,
though I had had it for several months
and usually wear anything at once
Well, In that dress I simply looked a
fright. Billows of green chiffon and
greener taffeta threw their ghostlike
shadows and reflections on my face,
and If I ever had any illusions about
being a pretty girl I lost them on the
minute.
You have seen those plants that
spring up in the darkness of the e. liar,
potato shoots and pale, pathetic-look
ing onion sprouts. I looked like a cross
between those vegetables and the
greenery-yellowrj picture of a futurist
painter.
I could have cried, only that would
have made my nose red. and I thought
things were had enough already.
My heart was filled with rage at the
giver of this dreadful frock, which
showed up every one of the carefully
hidden imperfections of my complexion
and which even seemed to kill the color
of my hair and eyes.
I marched down into the sitting room
where the family were waiting Mr* me
tike an indignant tragedy queen going
to the scaffold. Families do not spare
your feelings, and I can tell you that by
the end of dinner I was doing every
thing in the world to control my temper
and my tears.
They called he "ghosty" and ' green
face" and made all kinds of unpleasant
remarks about my sallow-looking com
plexion. and I was glad when dinner
was over, and I could escape to my
room.
I tore off the wretched green dress
and settled down to have a good cry.
There was a knock on the door, and
the old cousin who had given me the
frock came In She was all sympathy
and sweetness, and remarked
"Well, my dear, 1 hope that you will
profit In tills little lesson"
"lesson ' W hat esson can thiie be
in making me look perfectly hideous"':
1 sobbed
Several, as you will find.' site re j
. turned "1 have be. n noticing sot some |
l time that you were thinking too much
about your looks and so I decided to ■
show you that j oti greatly exaggerate 1
them You have nice eyes, and hair,
and good features, hut like a great!
I many girls, you think that your linn- 1
flexion is good be. at- you . ovel iv.-l |
it* def. ets with a little powd.- which
|by the wa . . is perfectly noti.. aid. to
I > s <-t y bod A
The Lesson
If you wer. really plelli you would
liav. the tf»l gi.al prin.ti
: tlit.h - health That snow- in .. good'
j oniplr Mon nd tn. n 1.. ahi.
IMi . ■
the apple blossom which should grow
with if.”
"But what can 1 do about it?”
"I am going t.o tell you." said the
old cousin. "We shall have a little
secret together, and some day we will
astonish the family. You will begin by
giving away that box of candy that you
have on your table, and I will send up a
dish of fruit for you instead. Before
breakfast I want yqu to drink a great
Do You Know—
The oldest newspaper in the world
was one named The Wochenblatt,
which was published in Gruningen, a
small town of some 1,200 inhabitants,
in the Canton of Zyrick, in Switzer
land. It was the only newspaper in the
place, and was at one and the same
time the organ of the Liberal-Conser
vatives and the Social-Democrats.
Pages one and two belonged to the
Liberals and pages three and four to
the Socialists, and the two parties
abused one another heartily in its
pa ges.
A new club appealing to iovers of
dumb animals is in the course of for
mation in Mayfair, under the patron
age of many well .known people. A
novel departure will he the dogs’ cloak
room, consisting of premises, with at
tendants. which will be utilized for the
purpose of taking charge of members’
dogs when visiting the club Boarding
' the animals at the club will be one of
the features, and there will be a cater
ing section where dogs can have their
meals.
The boundary line between Canada
ami the I’ntted States Is marked with
posts at mile intervals for a great
part of its length. Cairns, earth
mounds. and timber posts are also
used and through the forests and
swamps a line, a rid wide, clear of
trees and underweed, has been cut.
Across the lake artificial islands sup
port the cairns. which rise about
eight feet above the high-water mark.
The Russian royal special train is the
heaviest and most luxurious in Europe.
When it was constructed it was devised
to stand a charge of dynamite, and it
can not be taken fast over most of the
Eu opean lines, because their rails are
too light. The train contains a small
chapel, with m icon of peculiar sanc
tity, a library, bath rooms, drawing
room, dining room and bed rooms.
A curious ceremony which takes place
at Whitsuntide is that which is enacted
in the parish church schools at St.
Ives, Huntingdonshire. The custom
dates back to 1675, when Dr. Robert
Wilde left money for the purpose. He
directed that the minister and church
wardens should purchase six Bibles,
that the minister should preach a ser
mon. and lots be cast for the Bibles.
The surveyors for the transcontinen
tal railway in Australia made use of
camels. The chief surveyor indicated
the trail for those who followed by at
taching a heavy chain to his camel
and letting the" chain drag on the
ground.
The Women's Trade I nion league of
New Ymk announces tiiat it has ap
i pointed :i • onunlttee to i onsider the ad
. visabiliiy of a state-wide campaign in
| favor of a 54-hou l working w eek for
I women.
Rene Forwehler, who is a prisoner in
i Purls, probably holds th. record for the
I ir.imb-r of burglaries committed by a
| man aged only 25. He has admitted
I being the pcrpeirator of 203 Idg Job.-.
t'artooris wer original!* large chalk
■ drawings, mad. as <tudfrs preparatory
io oil painting- they formerly had no
tit nat m.-uning
Ha tz.erlind is to put the ban on all
<t tn .1 .In « am. ciders, ginning
I n< x< > i-ii r
Hwit'. rland . oiimiiui.o ..bout
Ooti bottle* of mtn. i .i| mui>i» .•.on .year.
big glass of hot water —drink it in little
sips, and start in as soon as you get up.
which is about three-quarters of an
hour before breakfast. If you don't
like the taste, you can squeeze in the
juice of a bit of lemon.
“I don't want you to drink either cof
fee or tea for breakfast. You are really
a little too thin, so I am going to have
malt' d milk for you. and then you must
avoid meat at breakfast, which includes
ham and bacon.
"I want you to make your lunch al
most entiitly of vegetables. Kat two
and three helpings of salad, if neces
sary, but get plenty of fresh green
things. If you are hungry in the aft
ernoon. instead of drinking tea or soda
water, drink lemonade. You must go
without desserts at dinner unless there
are stewed prunes or apricots or other
fruits, and every night before you go
to sleep I want you to drink the juice
>f two oranges and one lemon. Squeeze
it out into a glass and take’it as a re
freshing tonic. „
The Fresh Air Cure
"I Rave, arranged with the cook that
she should have a large jar of pre
served apricots stewed without sugar,
ready for you to eat whenever you
want, and yon can often make your
lunch off this fruit, graham bread and
salad.
“You stay in the house too much,
reading foolish novels and eating can
dy. and if you really want to lay
claims to beauty, you will have to have
more out-of-door exercise.”
She seemed so interested in my wel
fare. and indeed 1 was so disappointed
about my looks that 1 would have done
almost anything So it wasn't difficult
for me to obev orders, and follow out
her instructions, even when her visit
was over arid she went home.
We had arranged that she should
come back to spend a week with us in
two months. She arrived just before
dinner time, but I did not go down to
see h< f. but waited until all the family
had gathered together at the table.
I stood before the mirror fastening up
the apple green dress, and this time 1
was not only happy but grateful, for
the dress w as immensely- becoming, and
showed up the fresh pink color in my
cheeks and the clear white skin which
I had acquired by strictly follow ing out
my cousin’s rules for diet.
I made a triumphant entry- into the
dining room, and I felt amply repaid by
the compliments 1 received for the
work and drudgery of two months of
exercise, careful dieting and self-sacri
fice.
The Kind You Have Always Bought.
is the caution applied to the public announcement of Castoria that has
been manufactured under the supervision of Chas. H. Fletcher for over
30 years—the genuine Castoria. We respectfully call the attention of fathers and
mothers when purchasing Castoria to see that the wrapper bears his signature in
black. When the wrapper is removed the same signature appears on both sides
oi the bottle in red. Parents who have used Castoria for their little ones in ’he
past years need no warning against counterfeits and imitations, but our present
duty is to call the attention of the younger generation to the great danger of intio
ducing into their families spurious medicines.
It is to be regretted that there are people who are now engaged in the
nefarious business of putting up and selling all sorts of substitutes, or what should
more properly be termed conterfeits, for medicinal preparations not only for
adults, bat worse yet, for children’s medicines. It therefore devolves on the mother
to scrutinize closely what she gives her child. Adults can do that for themselves
but the child has to rely on the mother’s watchfulness.
iBF, Zl Letters from Prominent Druggists
E mrzr- addressed to Chas. H. Fletcher.
i Central Drug Co., of Detroit, Mich., says: "We consider your Castor!*
J l h a class distinct from patent medicines and commend it."
KrOgP 'L? Christy Drug Stores, of Pittsburg, Pa., say: “We have sold your
t, -I M &Z* 'S jS M Castoria for so many years with such satisfactory results that we cannot
3 Mbh £ 18■wf refrain from saying a good word for it when we get. a chance.”
BB|Sn i Jacob Bro8 ’ of Philadelphia, Pa., say: "We take pleasure in recom-
|mee?s i. mending Fletcher s Castoria as one of the oldest and best of the prepare
■HF i ALCOHOL 3 PErText 3 * tlOna ° f the ,f!n<3 ” r ° n the market ”
AYcgelable Preparation for As Heßß * McCann « of Kansas City, Mo., say: "Your Castoria always gives
SimHatinglhcFoodandilfiJtfa satl9fartlon - We have no substitute for it and only sell ‘The Kind Yon
itip. -ks ling the Stomachs aadßowsif Have Alwa ? s Bought, ’ the original."
t*'■ IWffjyy --p,--— The Voegell Bro8 ' of Minneapolis, Minn., say: "We wish to say that ws
have at all times a large demand for Fletcher’s Castoria at all of our three
Ktcw iuLZ-irrrk C.l Btoree and that U giveß uniTPrßa > satisfaction to our trade.”
iSH SSSM* P °' k MUler DrUg C °” Os R,^mond ’ Va, says: "Your Castoria is one of
B«lH Ooiun Mornhifip the m ° Bt ea,iafac,or - ,r Preparations we have ever handled. It seems to
NOTNARrnTir satisfy completely the public demand for such an article and Is steadily
ErtJ: ij - ] creating a growing sale by its merit.”
Jfrrtpe?fo)ilDrSAl-fUJTTTHtji i P. A. Capdau, of New Orleans, La., says: "We handle every good horns
■lff ' ■' I remedy demanded by the public and while our shelves are thoroughly
JkM/c&iHt- I ■ equipped with the best of drugs and proprietary articles, there are few
■w£C' ) ,f any whlch have the unceasing aale that your Castoria has."
i OW ’ Cincinnati, Ohio, says: "When people in increasing num-
CT ‘WO I purchase a remedy and continue buying it for years; when It passo
th® fad or experimental stage and becomes a household necessity, then
IMw? Apeifecl Remedy forConsfipa it can be said its worth has been firmly established. We can and do
Ic-js-J 0 lion.SourStOUiach.Dlarrtai gladly Offer this kind of commendation to Fletcher's Castoria.”
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_ *** F C **** *M «• COMPANY MBA V« « M CITY
:: Making a Man Over ;;
By Beatrice Fairfax
“Some pray to marry the man they
love;
My prayer will somewhat vary;
J humbly pray to heaven above
That I love the man I marry.”
—Rose Pastor Stokes.
A GEORGIA girl writes:
xA am seventeen and deeply in
love with a man three years my
senior. My mother likes him. although
she says he will never make a man of
himself, and- wouldn't like to have me
marry him. I would like to marry- him
because we agree, and I believe if we
were parted our hearts would break.
He is the only child in the family and
his parents have spoiled him. I would
like to know how- I can break him of
this so that my mother can like him in
all his ways."
My dear, you are praying to marry
the man you love. With the task be
fore you of making him over, you will
have great need of praying to love the
man you marry.
Your mother says he will never make
a man of himself. If her judgment is
biased, or not, this remains true and of
importance: She is looking at him
with eyes that seek her daughter's hap
piness, and no woman was ever happy
as the wife of a man who failed to
make a man of himself.
After love* comes to a woman she
loses what we will call "ambition for
herself." She grow s ambitious for her
husband, and will make any sacrifice,
undergo any privation, to further his
chances. If he has a talent, she will
deny herself necessities to provide him
with the means to cultivate it, and in
numberless times when a man arrives
at the top it was with the aid of a
meek little woman the world never
hears about.
♦
If he is content with the mediocre,
if he has no thought of the future be
yond rent day. and is never prepared
for that, her discouraged hopes find
new life in her children. She becomes
ambitious for them, and many a woman
has been to Gethsemane twice because
of the heritage of worthlessness her
children received from their father.
Your lover lacks every quality which
a man should need to make a man of
himself, and, in addition, is hopelessly
spoiled. He can never be a man be
cause he will always be a baby, and
he will always be a baby because his
parents have always carried him.
My dear, the task you would under
take is heavy beyond your strength.
You would like to marry him because
you agree. How long would you agree
if he treated you as a spoiled child
treats his mother! Would your
outlive the blows with which a spojt ?d
child meets caresses'.’
You believe if you were parted your
heart would break. Your hfart. I arn
sure, would suffer many a pang, but as
he is the selfish product of weak paren.
tai raising, he won’t feel badly long
If you married him, yours would al
ways be a heavy burden, the long
dusty roads. It would mean a ut e „»
unappreciated self-denial, and I am Sll
anxious for your happiness, ftittle Girl
I hope'you will wait just a little bit
longer.
When you are a little older. And
looked about you a little more, you win
know that the most helpless, mom
hopeless, most heavily burdeted trav
elers on life's highway are tht women
who married men with the ho(- o f re .
forming them. •
Up-to-Date Jokes
~~————— -—_
Little Mary's father had denikd her a
pleasure which she had confidently ex
pected to enjoy. That night, wihen she
said her prayers at her mothers knee
she concluded with this petitioj
“And please don’t give my pipa any
more children. He don’t know Show to
treat those he's got now.”
Landlady—You believe in rjuMarl
plasters, doctor?
M. D. —Rather! I always ordef them
for patients who call me out In the
middle of the night when there’s noth
ing the matter with 'em.
Miss Homeleigh—Perhaps you won't
believe it. but a strange man tied tn
kiss me once.
Miss Cutting—Really? Well] he'd
have been a strange man If he'd tried
to kiss you twice!
Mary—l'm positive Fred loves qe and
intends to make me his wife.
Helen—Why? Has he propose! vet?
Mary—No; but he dislikes uother
more every time he sees her.
First Horseman—Pulling. Is he? Why
don't you try riding him on the turh.’
Second Horseman —Ride him or the
curb? Good heavens. I cant scawely
ride "im in the middle of the road!
Manager—Where's the living skele
ton. Joe? It’s his turn to go on.
General Utility Boy—He went and
slipped while he was washing nis hands,
and went down the waste pipe