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THE GEORGIANS MAGAZINE PAGE
“Initials Only” * By Anna Katherine Green
A Thrilling Mystery Story of Modern Times
(Copyright, 1911, Street & Smith.)
(Copyright, 1911. by Dodd, Mead & Co.)
TODAY’S INSTALLMENT.
■ The first fact to startle us as we made
eur way tip through the crowd which
M , v lied halls arid staircases was this: A
(icfior had been found and, though he had
been forbidden to make more than a cur
r , examination of the body till the
r ~,n e r came, he had not hesitated to rie
tlare after his first look that the wound
|. a ,i not been made by a bullet but by
s „ nlP sharp and slender weapon thrust
>.„ n , c o a powerful hand. (You mark
■ha: Mr Gryce. I As this seemed intpos
in face of the fact that the door had
Tn found buttoned on the inside, we did
r „, give much credit to his opinion and
began mtr work under the obvious theory
an in cidental discharge of some gun
~ne of the windows across the court,
doctor was nearer right than we
. lllS ed When the coroner came to look
(„(,, the matter, he discovered that the
noiinii was not only too small to have
heen made by the ordinary bullet, hut
, pl: there was no bullet to be. found in
,i,p woman's body or anywhere else. Her
heart bail been reached by a thrust and
by a shot from a gun. Mr Gryce,
■ ra >e you not heard a startling repeti
tion „f this report in a case nearer at
hand'. 1
Hut io go back. This discovery, so
inHU-tant if true, was as yet—that is, at
• nme of our entering the room—litn
i the off-hand declaration of an fr
rP?[, r-ttble physician, but the possibility
i- involved was of so astonishing a na
ture ti at it influenced us unconsciously
In ,ur investigation and led us almost
hnme iia'f-ly into a consideration of the
afficiiltles attending an entrance Into, as
se! a- an escape from, a room situated
a« his was.
Tv three flights from the court, with
mmunication with the adjoining
r-wnns <av? through a door guarded on
b. si.k-s by heavy pieces of furniture
nt. .nit- person could handle, the hall door
br-.r-ii on the inside, and the fire es
> ,ne 15 feet to the left, this room
i ( tT'j’h appeared to be as removed from
r> approach of a murderous outsider as
the spot in the writing room of the Cler
mont w here Miss Challoner fell.
••otherwise, the place presented the
g!>a.est contrast possible to that scene
<t plemlor and comfort. 1 had not en
tereG the Clermont at that time, and no
Filth .-fimparison could have struck my
mine But 1 have thought of it since,
end you. with your experience, will rot
find it difficult to picture the room where
this poor woman lived and worked. Bare
walls, with just a newspaper illustration
pinned up here and there, a bed tragi
cally occupied at this moment a kitchen
sto\e on Which a boiler, hSli-tilled with
steaming clothes still bubbled ami foamed
an old bureau, a large pine wardrobe
•gainst an Inrer door which we later
fnnnd tn have been locked for months, and
the key lost—some chairs- and most pro
nounced of all. because of its position di
rectly before the window, a pine bench
supporting a wash tub of the old sort.
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Arty Drudge on Dangers.
AL .- Carrie New— “Isn’t it too bad about Mrs. Blank’s
little hoy? He fell in a steaming washboiler and was
n alded.”
Anty Drudge—‘*¥<*B, it is a pity. Why women will boil
clothes, when it is not only dangerous but a useless
nuisance, J. can’t see. I must tell Mrs. Blank how
much easier and better she can wash her clothes with
Fels-Naptha in cool or lukewarm water without
boiling.”
Have you the once-a-week Backache?
Do you know what causes it?
Simply long, continued bending and
straightening over a washboard.
But you cannot afford to have a wash
erwoman or send clothes to a laundry.
What are you going to do?
Do your washing the Fels-Naptha way
and Fels-Naptha will loosen the dirt so that
a few light rubs will take it out easily.
No boiling needed—only cool or luke
warm water, winter or summer.
Full directions on the red and green
wrapper.
“As it was here the woman fell, thia
tub naturally received the closest exam
ination. A board projected from its fur
ther side, whither it had evidently been
pushed by the weight of her falling body;
and from Its top hung a wet cloth, mark
ing with its lugubrious drip on the boards
beneath the first heavy moments of si
lence which is the natural accompani
ment of so serious a survey. On the
floor to the right lay a half used cake of
soap just as it had slipped from her
hand. Ihe window was closed, for the
tefhperature was at the freezing point, but
it had been found up, and it was put
up now to show the height at which it
had then stood As we all took our look
at the house wall opposite, a sound of
shouting came up from below. A dozen
children were sliding on barrel staves
down a slope of heaped up sonw. They
had been engaged in this sport all the
afternoon and were our witnesses later
that no one had made a hazardous es
cape by means of the ladder of the fire
escape, running, as 1 have said, at an
almost unattainable distance toward the
left.
Os her own child, whose cries had
roused the neighbors, nothing was to be
seen. The woman in the extreme rear
had carried it off to her room; but when
we came to see it later, no doubt was
felt by any of us that this child was
too young to talk connectedly, nor did I
ever hear that it ever said anything which
could in anj way guide investigation.
‘And that is as far as we ever got.
The coroner’s jury brought in a verdict
of death by means of a stab from some
unknown weapon in the hands of a person
also unknown, but no weapon was ever
found, nor was it ever settled how the
attack could have been made or the mur
derer escape under the conditions de
scribed. The woman was poor, her friends
tew. and the esse seemingly inexplica
ble. So after creating some excitement
by its peculiarities, it fell of its own
weight. But I remembered it, and in
many a spare hour have tried to see my
way through the no-thoroughfare it pre
sented. But quite in vain. Today, the
road is as blind as ever, but’’- here
Sweet water's face sharpened and his eyes
burned as he leaned closer and closer to the
older detective- “but this second case, so
unlike the first in non essentials but so
exactly like It in just those points which
make the mystery, has dropped a thread
from its tangled skein into my hand,
which max yet lead us to the heart of
both. Can you guess'- -have you guessed
what this thread is? But how could
you, without tiie one clew 1 have not
given you? Mr Gryce. the tenement
where this occurred is the same I visited
the other night in search of Mr. Broth
erson. And the man characterized at
that time b\ the janitor as the best, the
quietest ami mast respectable tenant in
the whole building, and one you re
member whose window . . -d directly
opposite the spot where this woman lay
dead, was Mr. hunii himself, or, in other
words, our late redoubtable witness, Or
lando Brotherson.''
Io Be Continued in Next Issue
By PEGGY DANA.
MIST w omefljadmit that there is
nothing quite so good as mas
sage for keeping the face young,
the complexion clear and the skin in
good condition.
Rut the trouble is. who has time to
have regular massage treatment? t'ei
tainly no gill who has her living to
make, whether she is on the stage or In
an office. Then there is they onstant
question of expense. A good massage
treatment costs from $1 to $3, accord
ing to the time and amount and quality
of the creams and lotions used. Pew of
us have that to spend on beauty culture
and so we have to try other and less
expensive ways of retaining our looks
The woman on the stage thinks more
of her appearance, because it is a real
asset. The girl who makes a good,
pretty stage picture is sure of a job. and
the one who looks ugly must search for
another position. That ‘is why even
very young actresses begin to take care
of their looks, and also why it is worth
while finding out how they do it.
Five minutes daily massage keeps my
complexion in good condition, and I am
perfectly willing to tell you how I do it.
though, afte you have found out. you
will think it the most simple thing in
the world.
No Water.
To begin with, then, 1 never use water
on my face at all. That is because 1
have to Have! a good deal—or. rather. 1
did have to before I was in this play—
and the water in the different cities,
and even in the different hotels, varies
so much, and is often so hard and bad
for the skin, that 1 gave up using It on
my face. 1 get a good, soft and almost
fluid cold cream and use a very simple
lotion that I make myself. This is made
ot the great, big cucumbers that one
can get just now for almost nothing.
Peel the cucumber, being very careful
that you get all the green and yellow
parts off. Take out the seeds as well,
and then mash the pujp up and add a
little water, just enough to cover. Put
this in a saucepan on the stove, and
after it has come to a boil set it back
on the stove to simmer until the water
is all absorbed. Take the mixture off
the stove and strain It through a tine
piece of muslin. Add about four times
the amount of rose water, or if you
want to have a cheaper preparation use
just plain boiled water.
This is the foundation of the best
bleach and lotion for the face. In win
ter time 1 add a few drops of glycerine,
but 1 prefer It without in summer, as
the glycerin.- is so sticky.
But I must go back to my treatment.
Hatyug cleaned off my face thoroughly.
I wash it with this cucumber lotion,
using just a little on a dab of cotton.
Then I apply some mor. . ream, as lam
sure my face is quite clean now. and
that all the impurities are washed
away.
Massage.
At almost any drug store you can
get a small cup of glass with a rub
ber bail at the end. They are called
suction cups, and they come in almost
all sizes. I have them in four sizes,
one for m> face, one for my neck, one
for the eyes and one for the forehead.
Place the cup over that portion of
the face that you wish to massage and
press the bulb. A very little of the
flesh is taken up in the cup. Pass the
One Who Wooes the Muses
"Listen, darling, to love’s refrain:
Don't let my pleading he in va|n.
Hou I long to care s and call you dear.
And a>n happy only when you are near.
Think of my sad and lonely life;
How I miss the care ol a loving wife.
No one to watch for my coming home
When night draws mat and work is
done.
No little habit's to romp on the floor
And laugh with delight as i entei the
dool .
No one to gleet me with heart and
hand
A lonely life has tin bachelor man.
Listen, darling, to Love's refrain.
Don't let my pleading be in vain.
That some day you will cheer this life.
And promise to he my own sweet wife."
IN these words B. (’ tries to express
his love for a girl h<- 'ants to mar
ry. "I have been eorrespojiding with
her for some time." he writes?’ "and
want to marry her, but atn too bashful
to propose. Would she say Yes’ after
reading that poem?”
Now, that is a question that only
the girl herself can answer Love comes
in many disguises, and if it comes in
its familiar form, or dressed like a
harlequin, it tn dies little difference to
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By Beatrice Fairfax
the woman who is wailing for it. So it I
is Love, that is all site asks.
B. has spent many liotiis. no doubt,
on this poem. If he had spent less, and
written simply. "I love you: will you
be my wife'.’" the appeal would have
been Just as eloquent and Just as con
vincing.
But 1 am glad he spent the time Ip
this way. It will show the girl that
time is no object when finding favor
in her eyes Is at stake.
Neither is any effort wasted that is
spent in pleasing het H< wrote that
poem by the sweat of his brow, and a
picture of him hunting for words that
rhymed, and pursuing that hunt labo
riously and without complaint, makes a
vision that wilj always stand out, bright
and glorified, in het memory.
There may be those who will take
such a poem apart and dissect it. find
ing much that is wrong witfi thyme
and meter. But ne\ei among that num
bet is there ever found tin woman to
whom such a poem i- addressed.
If a woman is a college graduate, and
has a learning that makes .Vflnerva en
vious. and receives a letter which says
"i luv you." she sees no fault with cap
italization or spelling. She max lie <
poetess, w urld-concedcd, and will find
no fault with the meter of a poem like I
that which heads this attiele That is.
if It Is addressed to HE.
Love Is a disarming little god: when
he eorbes all cat ping and etilic.sing
end. A. B. A . who receives a love let
ter. is as oblivious to the blunders it
contains as though lie or site, were still
< rigaged in wrestling w ith the A I. <"s
of the primer.
So I say to this man who has put all
iris heart into this poem. By all mentis
semi It. If the girl in her acceptance,
makes a single criticism, complete hap
piness will net er result from ma living
her.
Em the gill who loves a man as a
man should be loved to make their fu
ture happiness sc are think- he i.s a
genius. If his genius finds expression
in rhyme, then neither- Milton. nor
Burns, nor Longfellow, nor an;, others
whom the world has honored can com
pare with him
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cup rapidly over the face or neck, and
you will have the same sensation as
well as the same results as you would
get from regular massage. I don't say
that hand massage is not better still,
but one can not always get it. and
next to that my method is the best. I
always work my little suction cup up
yvard, no matter on what part of the
face 1 am working, and 1 am especially
careful when I work around the eyes.
Every girl’s eyes get tired looking,
no matter w hat her age is. and there is
nothing that annoys the would-be
beauty as those dark rings under the
eyes. I find that in a few inin ites wit',
the cup will make the blood circulate
and, of course, that is tiie cause of the
trouble.
Treating the Eyes.
Before working on the eye, you should
be very careful that the eyelids are
covered with cold cream ami then, of
course, you must be sure that none of
this is alloyved to get into the eye.
Close the eye and with your smallest
cup, which shouldn’t be larger than a ,
ten-cent piece, massage very gently :
over the eyelid and then under it. Work |
from the inner cornel of the eyelid out •
toward the corner of the eye ami then I
up to the temples.
It will do no harm if you try this way
of beautifying every day as long as you
don't pull the skin. If your cups are
small enough, this is impossible. The
cups, by the way, should not cost more
than a quarter.
Anything that will make the blood
circulate right under the skin of the
face will make the cheeks rosy, and
with my treatment there is no need for
rouge or any of the other substitutes
for natural color that are so easily de
tectable.
My secret of beauty, 1 am thankful
to say. is not a very tiring one, be
cause I have neither time nor patience
to waste. Indeed, I am short on both.
But I do like to look well—who
doesn't
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Woman Falls in Love First
Tint She kmn s II 'hat She Is Doing and the Man Doesn’t
By ADA PATTERSON.
UTHEN a woman said recently that
' woman is the first to fall in
love, there was a stir of sur
prise and inti reist in tin- men's camp.
Amused silence in the women's. The
w omen haff known it all tile time. But
they hadn't chosen to take the men
into their confidence in the matter.
They- never will so choose, not. at least,
In the ease of the men in whom they
have a special interest, those men who
are trying t<> win them trying.
A man wonders blindly when lie will
marry. He may spare himself tla
trouble of guessing. He will marry
when the girl yvho has made up her
mind to marry him chooses. A few
dreamy eyed persons still talk about
fate and In fancy see a grave faced
woman spinning and weaving tiie web
of their future. Bosh! A man's fate
is determined by quite a different per
son, a woman not grave of face but
merry, who weaves his future—not by a
spindle, but with a perfumed fan. Some
one dimly feeling this truth long ago
voiced it by naming the girl he was to
marry a man's "fate."
She is his "fate" because she has
resolved to marry him. What he wishes
is a matter of little moment. He must
change his wishes and she sees to it
that he does.
A woman fails in love first because
she has keener perceptions than man’s.
Despite all the slanders of all the mon
of all the ages, women know what they
yv mt and know it sooner than a man
does.
When they meet the man they would
like for a husband, the fact is quickly
apparent to them, though not to the
men. A woman lias a livelier imagina
tion titan a man has. If, when a man
has twice danced with a girl, it were
suggested to him that ho picture her as
his wife, he yvould laugh at the per
son yvho suggested it and call him an
idiot. The gltl who with such seeming
Indifference, floats about the room in his
arms, not only lias a mental picture of
herself as the mistress of their home,
but has already furnished all the down
stdlrs rooms and decided what flowers
shall grow on the lawn.
Therein Is tiie explanation for what
has been falsely termed woman’s
fickleness. Woman is not tickle. She
loves truly' and ardently for a w'hlle,
but grows tired of waiting for the slow
creature with cumbersome mental pro
cesses to overtake her. In the love
race, woman is like the hare, man like
tiie fabled tortoise, except that in <'u
pid's uncertain country the tortoise
doe s not always overtake the hare.
Many a man loves a girl because he is
too slow witted to catch up with her
before her quickly born love for him
self lias turned to scorn for his slow
wit.
Women, taught that it is immodest
to reveal their love until it is asked,
have become In that respect, mistresses
of dissimulation. In the drama of love
all yvomen are actresses. Every girl is
a Bernhardt and tiie man with whom
she is in love, her blundering, cumber
some minded audience. The man
watching, interested, puzzled, wonders
what all her airs and graces, her odd
little humors, het alternate smiles and
gravity art- about. If he finds out in
time he will become her proufl and
happy husband. If she becomes impa
tient with his dullness, and her interest
centers in another and cleverer man,
he w ill mourn her "flickleness.”
A girl of sixteen is grown up and has
long gowns and dresses and cupola
piled hair like her mother's. A boy of
sixteen is stilj shy as a rabbit, and is
wondering at the strange pranks his
up-and-down star's voice plays him. So
with their falling in love, the, girt ar
rives long before him.
She meets a man and thereafter his
face floats between her and her moth
er’s features. Tiie echoes of his voice
are louder in her ears than of her fa
ther's tones bidding her bring him the
evening paper. She knows what this
means—tiie first age of love. She be-,
gins at once to hide it from every one
but herself, and usually succeeds, while
the man later discovers that she is "a
very nice little girl, Indeed, with a tak
ing way.” Taking, indeed, for she has
taken him. but he loses his appetite,
grows moon-eyed and preoccupied,
talks sentiment and is poor cofnpany
until every one knows he is in love and
with whom—every one save himself.
Finally the scales fall from fits eyes
and he proposes, and if her pride that
has glowm while she hid her love, and
her disgust with his slow moving Intel
lect. have not conquered his “fate” be
comes his. If not, some other and
quicker man wins her.
A woman yvho has happily married a
man of deliberate speech and slow’con
clusions. said she wa» so piqued bv
his beginning a proposal one night and
leaving it unfinished for a week, that
she nearly ran away with a man whom
she disliked. A tactful mother left the
college professor alone with her
daughter and told the man with the
•-loping intent that her daughter was
"engaged.” When she went back to the
parlor she saw her words were proph
etic The easy going suitor had cap
tured his "fate" yvhlle nearly losing it.
Women know this, all yvomen and
Bernard Shaw. If they love at all, they
love first. If they don’t Iqve first they
do not love. They only permit them
selves to be yvon.