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THE QEORQIAN’S MAGAZINE PAGE
“Initials Only” * By Anna Katherine Green
A Thrilling Mystery Story of Modern Tinies
t’jpyright, 1911, Street * Smith.)
.pvright, 1911, by Dodd. Mead & Co.)
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.
Tl<pre was sidence. Mr. Dunn thus
r.ssed attempted no answer: not for
.'■II minute The two men were nieas
each other —George felt that he dui
', ..unt at all—and they w ere quite
K ‘ much occupied with this task to
. the passage of time. To George,
new- little, if anything, of .what
tl <:,mt struggle meant to either, it
that the detective stood no show
b( , r ,inis Samson of physical strength
.. intellectual power, hacked by a pis
,/l.i ,; iS t within reach of his hand. But.
,C ,;rorge continued to look and saw the
nf the smaller man gradually di
while that of the larger, the more
and the better guarded, gave un-
signs of- secret wavering, he
s]on l> changed his mind and. ranging
elf with the detective, waited for the
~r words which should explain this
qrjatioti and render intelligible the
•r jini’h gradually becoming visible in the
viung detective’s eyes
p c he was not destined to have his cu
. . - satisfied so far. He might wit
l;H.s ami hear, hut it was long before he
un ,iersmod.
•Brotherson?" repeated their host.
s f:er the silence had lasted Io the break
ir-g ■■’»'■ "Why do you call me that?"
■Because it Is your name."
•‘You called me Dunn a minute ago."
■■That is true."
■t\li‘ Dunn, if Brotherson is my
name?"
Because you spoke under the name of
Bunn at the meeting tonight, and if 1 do
•„>: mistake, that is the name by which
o-.u arc-known here."
And you.’ By what name are you
known?"
■i‘ Is late to ask. isn't it? But I’m
willing to speak it now. and I might not
i a\. In en so a little earlier in our con
ors.uioii. I am Detective Sweetwater, of
ti e Xow York department. of police, ami
errand her? is a very simple one.
Sumo letters signed by you have been
feiimi among the papers of the lady whose
■i -;c|-irms death at the Hotel Clermont is
just now occupying the attention of the
Yew York authorities. If you have any
information to. give which will in any way
explain .that death, y.our presence will
he welcome at Coroner Heath’s office
in New- York. If you have not, your
presence will still he welcome. At all
events. I was told to bring you. You will
he on hand to accompany me in the morn
ing. 1 am quite sure, pardoning the un
conventional means I have taken to make
sure of my man?"
The htinioj- with which this was said
seemed to rob it of anything like attack,
and Mr Brotherson. as we shall hereafter
• all him. smiled with an odd acceptance
<.f Ute same, as be responded:
l will go before the police certainly.
I Haven’t much to tell, but what 1 have
is ai their service. It will not help you.
hut I have no secrets. What are you do
ing ''
'i bounded toward Sweetwater, who
iad simply stepped to the window, lifted
:hr shade and looked across at the oppos
ing tenement. , ... -
"I wanted to see if it was still snows
:ui. explained the detective, with" a
-i. b. which seemed to strike the other
i ■'••* "If it was a liberty, please
hard n-P."
Mr Brotherson drew hack The cold air
" : Gf’-'iEpn which be now assumed,
resented sue - contrast to the unwar
■alged heat ot i..i nent before that
ileorgc wondered g:-. .’ over it. and
later. when he recapitulated to me the
whrde story of this night, it was this in
l T " f the lifted shade, together with
rtf •mmion it had caused, which he ac
knowledged as being for him the most
< :r exnli, able event of the evening and the
<nr 'e was most anxious to hear ex
plained.
this ends our connection with this
|. I will bid you my personal fare
have often wished that circum-
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stances had made it possible for me to
accompany you through the remaining in
tricacies of this remarkable case.
But you will not lack a suitable guide.
A Difference of Opinion.
At an early hour the next morning
.Sweetwater stood before the coroner’s
desk, urging a plea he feared to hear re
used. He wished to be present at the
interview soon to he held with Mr. Broth
erson. and he had no good reason to ad
vance why such a privilege should be al
lotted him.
"It’s not curiosity," said he. "There's
a question I hope to see settled. I can’t
communicate It—you would laugh at me:
but it’s an important one. a very impor
tant one. and I beg that you will let me
sit in one of the corners and hear what
he says. I won’t bother and I’ll be vert
still, so Still that he’ll hardlv notice me
Do grant me this favor, sir."
The coroner, who had had some little
experience with this man. surveyed him
w ith a smile less forbidding than the poor
fellow expected.
You seem to lay greet store by it,”
sa •<! he. if you want to sort those papers
over there, you may."
rhanlt you. 1 don’t understand the
job, but I promise you not to increase
the confusion. If I do; if I rattle the
leaves too loudly, it will mean. 'Press him
further on this exact point,’ but I doubt if
I rattle them, sir. No such luck.”
The last three words were, uttered sotto
voce, but the coroner heard him. and fol
lowed his ungainly figure with a glance of
some curiosity, as he settled himself at
the desk on the other side of the room.
"Is the man—" he began, but at this
moment the man entered, and Dr. Heath
forgot the young detective, in his inter
est in the new’ arrival.
Neither dressed with the elegance
known to the habitues of the Clermont,
nor yet in the workman's outfit in which
lie had thought best to appear before the
Associated Brotherhood, the newcomer
advanced, with an aspect of open respect
which could not fail to make a favorable
impression upon the critical eye of the
official awaiting him. So favorable, in
deed. was this impression that that gen
tleman half rose, infusing a little more
consideration into his greeting than he
was accustomed to show to his prospect
ive witnesses. Such a fearless eye he
had seldom encountered, nor was it often
his pleasure to confront so conspicuous a
specimen of physical and intellectual
manhood.
"Mr. Brotherson. 1 believe." said he, as
he motioned his visitor to sit.
"That is my name, sir.”
“Orlando Brptherson?”
"The same, sir."
"I’m glad we have made no mistake,"
smiled the doctor. “Mr. Brotherson. 1
have sent for you under the supposition
that you were a friend of the unhappy
lady lately dead at the Hotel Clermont."
"Miss Chailoner?”
"Certainly: Miss Chailoner."
"1 knew the lady. But—" here the
speaker's eye took on a look as question
ing as that of his interlocutor—"but in a
way so devoid of all publicity that I can
not but feel surprised that the fact should
be known.”
At this, the listening Sweetwater hoped
that Dr. Heatli Would. -ignore the sugges
j lion thus ednveyed and decline the ex-
I planation it apparently demanded. But
I the impression made by the gentleman's
: good looks had been too strong for this
I coroner’s proverbial caution, and, handing
lover lhe slip of a note which had been
I found among Miss Challoner’s effects by
I her father, he quietly asked:
"Do you recognize the signature?”
: "Yes. it is mine."
“Then you acknowledge yourself the
author of these lines?"
"Most certainly. Have. I not said that
this is my signature?"
“Do you remember the words of this
note. Mr. Brotherson?”
"Hardly. 1 recollect its tenor, but not
the exact words."
"Read them."
To Be Continued in Next Issue.
The Ten Ages of Beauty * The IJora Girl
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for September, and accompanies an article by Octave I’zanne. entitled
“The Story of Furs and Muffs.’’
Bv MARGARET HIBBARD
AYER.
WHAT would have happened if
Dora, David Copperfield’s
child-wife, had lived to grow
old?
Would she ever have learned to man
age her household, her husband and
babies, or would she have been eternal
ly inefficient, childish and irresponsi
ble?
The Dora girl will always be a type
of feminine beauty whjch many men
will find bewitching, for the very help
lessness of har makes an instant ap
peal to the masculine sense of protec
tion.
There she is. looking out of the win
dow. waiting for HIM to come home.
Perhaps he is late, detained by busi
ness. or perhaps he has gotten into
some foolish scrape and doesn’t want
to bring his troubles home, because his
child-wife is unequal to the burden of
sharing them with him.
Possibly they had a quarrel in the
morning before he left. Something went
wrong in the household, something that
she could have avoided, and now she
looks out of the window with her ten
der little heart wrung in an agony of
self-reproach, for the Dora girl always
reproaches herself when it is too late.
Her experiences leave no impression on
her. and she gets no further in life's
school, despite the hard lessons she has
to master.
She is either light-hearted and sun-
Do You Know—
A question as to the validity' of a
marriage which took place recently in
Colombo. Ceylon, has arisen. The bride
and bridegroom played a rather un
usual practical joke at the ceremony,
for the former dressed up as the bride
groom and the latter masqueraded in
the woman’s clothes, and the ceremony
was quite through before the two peo
ple concerned were identified.
A Socialist boot manufacturer of
Paris, who has Just retired from the
business after making a large fortune,
has presented the factory and good will
to his employees, to be carried on by
them as a copartnership concern
Among the Alps there are several
postoftices ala height of 6.00<l feet or
7.000 feet. One letter box. from which
the postman makes four collections
daily, Is nearly 10,000 feet above the sea
level.
At St. Petersburg there is a cloel
with 95 faces. It tells the time of th'
dav at 30 different places in the world,
and the movement of the earth and
other planets.
Policemen and firemen In San Fran
cisco have been ordered to do a twelve
mile walk once a week in order to < he. u
a tendency to corpulency
There were thirteen deaths f’ om ac
ciflent- by fit' o, explo-iott in the man !
UfueHlie of < x, ■ I»> .-i x>- .«■ in Hunt Brltir
asi yCril'. '
ny or in deepest despair of her own
shortcomings. But generally she is in
capable of helping herself out of her
’ troubles or of finding the key t<? her
misfortunes.
When the Dora girl makes a success
of life, though, she has done more than
the ordinary girl would be capable of.
for she has had to’triUmph over herself,
over her weak and clinging nature, over
her childish feelings, and general In
competency. The strong character can
hardly* understand her trials and her
little childish temptations. It is only
DANGER MARK
NOW PASSED
In Condition of Mrs. Hibbs,
According to Advices
From Morton’s Gap
Morton's Gap. Ky.—-“I was taken
sick, and confined to my room and bed
most of the time, for ten months,’’
writes Mrs. Louise E. Hibbs, of this
place.
"I had ulcers and then a tumor. The
second doctor-who treated me said the
last chance was an operation,'to remove
the tumor, and when the third doctor
was called in, ho told me It was se
rious and that it was doubtful if I
would recover.
"I couldn’t consent to the operation,
so I decided to try Cardui. When I had
taken two bottles I felt better. In two
month- I could go about and do light
housework Now I feel well, and the
tumor is gone.
"I do heartily •reoommend Cardui to
suffering women. I am sure it will
cure.”
Cardui acts gently on the womanly
organs, and has a st l engthening effect
on the entire womanly constitution. For
over half a century Cardui has been
successfully used by many thousands
of women, for the numerous ailments
peculiar to their sex. also as a general
tonic, for building up their strength.
So if you suffer from any of the ail
ments so common to women, or if you
need a good tonic to build tt|> your
Strength—don't wait longer, but do as
they do- lake Cardui. Begin today
It will surely help you. as it has so
many others.
N R Write to: Ladies Advisory De) i
I'hn ttaiio.iga Medicine ' , < 'tin Ila ■
Trim . tor Special Injtrurtions. ami |
pag' hook. llom, Treatment fui Worn
•n si in in plain mapper. mi ie|iu.' j i
I \dt erl i.-cniriii >
i the Dora woman who has succeeded
- who can show her the way.
• One of these little Dora wives had
' reached the brink of matrimonial un
happiness and her feet were already
i trembling over the dark waters.
Her particular David had always
been the most devoted husband, until
lately, when he found his home occu
pied by a mother-in-law. a sister-in
law' and various other relatives of his
wife. Dora had weakly allowed this
invasion of her home, and her kind
heart could not bear the idea of saying
“no" to any of her kin. The conse
quence was that her husband's home
no longer belonged to him, and being
a very uncomfortable place, he avoided
it as much as possible, and Dora looked
out of the window and watched for
him. until an older woman of her own
kind came and pointed out her failings.
‘‘You'll have to choose,” said the
older Dora, "whether it is worth while
sacrificing a perfectly good husband to
the whim of your own family. You
chose him, and it is up to you to stick
to him. You have virtually given his
house away. His wife’s time no longer
belongs to him. so, naturally, he doesn’t
come back. If you prefer the others,
go with them, but this is a house di
vided. which can not stand, and you
will be the loser.”
And little Dora gathered up her cour
age and gave formal notice to her rela
tives that ’the house was David's, and
he would have to come first. They left
in high dudgeon, but happiness and Da
vid returned.
Up-to-Date Jokes
“Ah, Jack, old fellow I Haven't seen
you since your wedding, two years ago
How goes matrimony?”
"Very well, thanks. But. Jove, it’s
expensive comfort! The dressmaker
alone. If I had known—”
“You would have remained single, j
eh ?”
"No, no; but 1 would have married ]
the dressmaker."
Father (severely)—Mrs Grille has
just been and told me you've broken
four panes of glass In the greenhouse.
Now, itow did you do it?
Son (who has read about George
Washington i Yes, father. I did it. I
can not lie.
Fat her—No. and you w on't be able to
-it either when I’ve done with you!
Fetch tha’ strap at once!
A little slim child was enjoying his
first glimpse of pastoral life. The set
ting sun was gilding the grass and
roses of the old-fashioned garden, and
on a little stool he sat beside the
farmer's wife who was plucking a
chicken.
He watched the operation gravely
for some time. Then he spoke:
Ito you lake off their clothes every
night, lady?”
Proprletoi Got nut of this! Don't
you see my -Ign. No fishing on these
gtomuls '.’”
r ishciinan V's. Inn I m not fishing
on Hu grounds I only want I" fish in
Hu water.
Daysey May me and Her Folks
THE CLINGING VINE.
SO many vital questions come up
for discussion at the Making Life
More Beautiful Club that Daysey
•Mayine Appleton, its president, is urg
ing that ttic most vital be sent to The
Hague for solution.
The story books say a man is "mas
terful.” but in real life the women hand
it to., him without sugar by saying he
is, “bossy." And they handle him in
this careless, ungloved way in their de
cisions at the sessions of the Making
Life More Beautiful Club,
A recent decision covered the state
ment that it is better to go hungry
than to eat when cross.
"If our husbands,” the club members
decided, "adopted that plan, they would
starve to death."
At a recent meeting one woman sard
she had been criticised unfavorably be
cause she so often wont out of town.
"I go,” .she said, "because tlie only time
rny husband ever kisses me Is when I
take a train." Met with sighs from the
wives who still cherish Ideals, and by
•snorts from those who don’t.
But the real excitement was caused
over an attempt to define the duties of
a wife whose husband’s ideal woman is
"The Clinging Vine.”
I began with the testimony of a mili
tant wife, whose hair fairly stood out
on her head In resentment and anger.
"I arise." she said, the willow plumes
on her hat standing up like the quills
of an angered porcupine, “at six in the
morning."
“I get breakfast for a family of five:
Advice to the
Lovelorn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
THE OPPORTUNITY WILL COME.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
I ain anxious to make the ac
qiiairftance of a girl about a year
my junior. I have learned that she
does not speak to anybody without
a proper introduction, and I have
’ no one to introduce me to her.
YOURS IN ANXIETY.
The girl is right, and I am sure you
would respect her less if she spoke to
you without being introduced.
Re patient and wait. lam sure if the
girl is intended for you the opportunity
will com< for knowing her. Os that be
sure.
KEEPING EVERLASTINGLY AT IT.
Dear Miss Fairfax:
Some time ago I made the ac
quaintance of a charming young
{.lady. One evening I passed a re
mark, referring to her in a joking
manner, which she took as an in
sult. Having found out that I hurt
her feelings, I wrote her a letter of
apology, which she accepted. Now,
when I meet her, she seems very
distant toward me. I would like
to know how I can gain her af
fection back, as I now find that I
have fallen very’ deeply in love
with her. J. K.
Tell her you love her. Tell her fer
vently and often.
You are contrite for having offended.
Prove your contrition is sincere. Pay
her every attention; be kind, be cour
teous, be agreeable. Be all that a lover
should be, and refuse to be discour
aged. A girl who is worth winning is
not always won easily.
WOULD IT BE FOR THE BEST?
Dear Miss Fairfax:
1 am eighteen years of age. and
have been keeping company with a
girl of the same age for the past
six months, during which time we
uuarreled twice. Each time she
cam.*? back and asked me to renew
friendsrtip, but we had a slight dis
agreement about a month ago, and
she gave back the ring 1 gave her.
is there any way in which I could
win back her love, for I love her
very much, and I Ahink she loves
me, for she has fold me so?
JOHN M
Do you wish to make up that you
may quarrel once more? it looks like
it. and that would be a foolish waste of
emotion and time. You say she "came
hack" each time; if yon really must
make up it is your turn to go to her and
beg pardon. I am sorry she has eaten
so often of humble pie without demand
ing that you eat your portion.
WHEN YOUR HAIR BRUSHES OUT
Your hair is as sensitive as your skin—
even more so. It stands up under heavy
hats, curling irons, and diseases of the
scalp, etc. But there is a limit.
When you comb and brush your hair in
the morning, watch for the “TRAILERS”
that turn grey, fall out, and comb out with
the first morning brush.
You MUST know that there’s something
wrong. If your hair was in good health,
it wouldn't fall out, nature never intended
that. There is something wrong at the root
of things-the hair needs a tonic-a restorer.
When you are sick you take medicine.
That is your first thought. Its turning grey,
falling out, are both ways the hair has of
“complaining of illness. ” It can’t do it
in any other way. Do YOUR part. Use-
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dress the three children for school, do
the cleaning, ami get to my office at
nine.
"I work there till five, and after I
get home at night I find time to get
dinner, take care of my home, wait on
my husband and children, and some
time, somewhere, during the week’s
routine I find time to wash. iron, bake,
sew and mend,
"I earn more than my husband, and
have done more than he toward ouf
support since the day I married him.
But I have never complained.
"The other evening," her voice so
quivered with indignation she had to
pause. A sympathetic woman handed
her a drink, and. controlling her emo
tion. she resumed
• “The other evening we had the
preacher for supper, and my husband
told him that his ideal woman was the
Clinging Vine!”
Here she snorted so violently that
the laces of her straight-front corset
began to pop like popcorn over a hot
blaze.
"What T want to know is this: Can 1
a xvoman support her family, and wash |
and scrub and bake, and be a Clinging
Vine at the same time?”
A murmur of protest and sympathy
arose all over the hall. Seventeen wom
en stood at once, and all began talking
at once. Daysey’ Mayme rapped for or
der in vain, and the meeting disbanded
in confusion.
However, it seemed to be the gen
eral verdict that a woman to be a
Clinging Vine must have a husband
who supports her. She must also board,
and have no household cares of any
kind.
“Women can’t be a Clinging Vine."
was the consensus of opinion, "if the
man she marries Isn’t strong enough to
cling to.”
So much interest was aroused It was I
decided to ask The Hague to invest!- '
gate the wage-earning ability of any l
man who says his ideal woman is a
Clinging Vine. Either he must be ca
pable of earning a good salary, or be I
compelled to change his ideal.
WOMEN,AVOID
OPERATIONS
Many Unsuccessful And
Worse Suffering Often Fol
lows. Mrs. Rock’s Case
A Warning.
The following letter from Mrs. Orville
Rock will show how unwise it is for wo
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by taking Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable
Compound. She was four weeks in
the hospital and canitf home suf
fering worse than before.
Here is her own statement.
Paw Paw, Mich. —“Two years ago I
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VVTii/e on the Pacific
Coast read the
San Francisco Examiner
ment. I could not
be on my feet for a
long time. My phy
sician treated me for
several months with
out much relief and
at last sent me to
Ann Arbor for an op
eration. I was there
four weeks and came
home sufferingworse
than before. M y
mother advised me to