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THE GEORGIAN'S MAGAZINE PAGE
BROADWAY JONES
•» George M. Cohan’s Play Now Running in New York
Thr ;I ,„ a Story of “The Great White
* Way.”
Sy 3ERTRAND BABCOCK.
TODAY'S IN STALLMENT.
. .broad,” said Jaekson, not un
rstan.i'ng the other’s drift.
!I)S v .« r threw even more sympathy
: Into his voice as he said:
. bad that it should happen
a time. Very unfortunate, in-
the best way of solving all this
'. s . er '. railway returned to the tele-
B> n , ii. road slowly to himself:
F “'' ( . , rec eived from Dr. Graham,
-... Ugland, announcing your un
, ’ , if .. i.o received .late last night,
f f*
Hi . u . ....I testament, made prior to his
. ;:s you In possession of his es
„ ii;. . t.Jre fortune, his business, his
“' r . belonging, he leaves un-
, to you. his nephew and only
S!" Xi | 1 come to New York or ex
w Pembroke, of the Consol-
*' d ( . i.g Gum Company, will call
I- x'cw York today. Answer at
once' ” h
‘■ ( ; r ea: Scott!” exclaimed Broadway,
putting ii’ " n the wire.
PenibrA- went over to him.
■•fm avu oiiy sorry for you, young man,”
h e sail "h's something we all have to
to through ” ' i
“Oh. I'll go through it all right,” said
Jackson, flippantly and happily.
■•Your uncle was worth his weight In
gold," sal'i Pembroke, still with the sym
pathy stop out.
■•How. much was he worth? asked
Jackson. In whose mind there had been
for the last few- years a conception of
his unde as a mean man.
“That I can't say.” answered Pern
jp.ke. ""'e offered him $1,200,000 for his
business and good will less than two
months agn. The proposition still holds
mod Mr lcr.es. We stand ready to close
t he deal In forty-eight hours. I realize
that in yur time of trouble and grief it
Is har.'ilv right to discuss business affairs,
but it is vitally important that we bring
the matter to a closing point by Satur
day noon, as we are considering the
Spruceinln'. company at the same time,
but our preference leans toward the
Junes gum. and we—”
A PROPOSITION.
.Tacksor. was now fully alive to the sit
uation and very much pleased.
■Walt a minute. Who’s we? What
io you mean by we?" he exclaimed.
Pembroke explained that he was the
second vice president of the largest chew
ing gum company In America, the Con
solidated Chewing Gum Company of
America, and that his company wanted
the business of the Jones company and
!ti trademarks in accord with Its plan of
merging many small companies.
“And you’re willing to pay twelve hun
ir«d thousand dollars for it!" exclaimed
Broadway.
’The top price.”
"Where's ’he money? Have you got it
with you?" ,
I can get my lawyers together within
in hour If you're ready to close the deal.
Do you mean business?”-
Jackson spread out the scanty skirts of
Hs sack coat
'Certainly 1 mean business,” he re
turned. “Doi T look like a business
Jnan? Look at h 'siness suit! See,
I've got a pencil and . . ’Ling.”
, "you'll sign the articles u.
“for twelve hundred thousand dollars
I'd sign a murderer's confession.”
Pembroke patted the younger man on
the shoulder, as he suggested:
"Well meet here at 2. Will you shake
hands on that””
SEVEN YEARS
CONFINEMENT
In Advices From Fostoi
Mrs. Ellis Makes Public
Some Startling State
ments.
Foster. .\rk.—"l was sick for seven
I’’-' v; to. M-s. Fannie Ellis, of this
Htce, - anf j ha!f the time could not
Kand or. my feet. I was very near
c ’ a,1 t ' took Cardui, the woman’s
ans In two months I was cured
•M a . row s tout and healthy.
'rirk so long that I won the
my friends, and they all
••kej nr#( j n)e f(Jr m?r sr< ,
* t * t ’non'>ai to Cardui, (
’«« cured. T didn’t know
f'a-dui was like »o many
"Ines: that is. pretend to
while, but It has been two
”* ‘hr» i h aV e taken a dose, and I
' •’ ' aa ever
1 •
'■’ : »lk a mile, work all day
” 1 i"k home at night and not
■d. Before taking Cardui I
I 11 n,J ' " alk across the floor.
recommend Cardui too
a God-send to suffering
s of women who now suffer
’ ‘ly trouble could be relieved
••d by following Mrs. Ellis’
' of this number?
• r r r’arduj today, It can not
’nd fa almost sure lo do you
*t ti. -
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■t'Mllnlna <•« Chattanooga,
•l tpacigi Instructions, ami M
-1 u Home Treatment fur Worn
•"•■Il wrapper, on rainiest
' Adrsrtleeinsrn. i
111 kiss you if you w’ant me to,” re
turned Broadway,, with hla old smile back
again.
Pembroke, now that he had gained the
point he had been denied by the boy’s
uncle for so many years, was eager to
be off and get his lawyers to Broadway’s
house in the two hours that would elapse
before 2 o’clock. So he hurried to the
door.
“Two o'clock—don’t forget—2," he said,
frankly.
"Twelve—don’t forget twelve," coun
tered Jackson—the $1,200,000 being the
only thing in hid mind.
Good bye,” called Pembroke heartily,
as he opened the street door.
To the stoop outside went Broadway,
watching the vice president of the gum
trust as he crossed the. street.
Be careful there. Don’t get run down
by’ an automobile. For God’s sake don’t
let anything happen now.” he called, then
as he realized that passersby’ were stop
ping to gaze at him after his strange
words, he closed the door.
“That’s the first time I knew they
could telegraph from heaven,” was his
joy-ous thought.
Gone now were all the worries and anx
ieties of Broadway Jones. Gone equally,
it must be confessed, were his good reso
lutions. The old spending fever, the
white light-desire was upon him. What
wouldn’t he do to Broadway! Rankin
sought his master to tell him that he had
discharged the chef, and received an an- I
swer that dazzled him. He was not to
let the cook go, but was to raise his sal
ary.
‘By the way. Rankin,” rippled on Jones,
mentally spending the contents of the en
tire United States treasury, “What am I
paying you?” '
The butler put into Iris voice a tone that
indicated his own belief that he was re
ceiving far too little.
"Sevanty-’five a month,” he said.
“A hundred and seventy-five from now
on,” exclaimed his master, ’’Have you a
flat and a wife?”
Rankin had both.
“Like this furniture?”
Rankin did.
“It’s yours." ,
Rankin stood waiting for the golden
stream to wet him still further, when
his master told him to run along and
not “bother a business man.” His first
act when he was alone was to tell long
distance to get Judge Spotswood, at
Jonesville, Conn. He put tfie receiver
back on the hook and was waiting for
the operator to call him whpn Wallace
entered briskly with a number,of bills in
his hand and a sheet of paper covered with
the arithmetical processes by’ which he
had arrived at the total.
“Well, I’ve figured this thing out as
best I could. The grand total, as I make
it, is sixty-one thousand, four hundred
and eighty-two.”
SPENDING MONEY.
At Jackson's request he repeated this
result and to his horror Broadway
laughed.
"Spending money, spending money, my
boy,” he commented.
Wallace was disgusted, but before he
could speak Broadway*- was almost danc
ing up and down on the rug.
"Say, do you know what I am going to
do from now on?” he shouted, rather
than exclaimed. "I’m going to make the
loudest noise that’s been heard on Broad
way since Dewey came home from the
Spanish war.”
"Have y,ou gone crazy again?” snapped
Wallace.
"Do you know what happened after
yotf went to add up those penny ex
penditures of mine?” continued Jackson.
“A messenger boy with golden wings
blew In through the window, handed me
this message and flew right back to the
golden gates. Read it.”
Bob read the message.
"Is this a joke?” he said in the same
tone he had used when he heard that
Jackson was determined on marrying
Mrs. Gerard.
This possibility had not entered the
head of the spendthrift.
“If it is I’ll make a reputation as a
gunman,” he said grimly.
Wallace was lost in wonder at the
strange and sudden shower of gold which
had suddenly descended.
"Why, this is the most wonderful
that has ever happened,” was his viewa
Broadway was already- busy with the
plans of a spendthrift.
“Do you know what I’m going to do?”
he went on, turning over in his mind the
things he wanted to do. "I’m going to
buy Brooklyn and close it up. Say, did
you ever hear of the Consolidated Gum
Company?”
“Certainly; they’re the biggest adver
tisers in America.”
“Pembroke, the second vice president,
came as the judge said fle would. He
came while you were here in th other
room," resumed Jackson, "and he’s com
ing back here at 2 o’clock.”
Wallace was suddenly suspicious of
what his friend might have done in the
hands of an astute business man such as
Pembroke.
“What for?" he demanded, quickly.
"To bring me a check for twelve hun
dred thousand. I’ve sold him Jones’ Pep
sin. Don't you think I'm the best busi
ness man ever?” came from Broadway all
in a breath.
Dismay spread over the rather heavy
features of Wallace. He put in, sharply:
"And you accepted?”
"Os course; I'm too much of a business
man to let all that money stay out of
circulation,”
"Sign an agreement?" Wallace’s tone
would have cut through the hardest steel.
Broadway was almost on the point of
apologizing. Then he took a sudden men-'
tai brace as he answered:
NOT TOO LATEj.
"Not yet."
A flitting shadow of delight appeared for
a moment in the eyes of advertising
man. but speedily force and determina
tion took its place.
"And you're not going to." he said,
fairly glaring into the face of Broadway
Jones, whose shoulders slumped.
"Why not?” he asked in the tone of a
schoolboy receiving a punishment.
Wallace's force was sweeping Broad
way off his morning-after unsteady feet,
as he continued vigorously:
"Now don't give me any argument.
You've been a tool all your life and 1 am
going to make you brace up You lire
not going to accept ghat offer!"
"What do you want me to do?” inquitod
in the schoolboy tone, “turn
down a million two hundred thousand?”
"Yes.”
"Not on your bl >gnti>hy.”
Hut Wallace was not to he denied His
tone was ll* forceful u» ex nr, u« lie Mild
"What you need is a keeper. un<| I'm
going Io lake the Job V
Continued tn N»«t issue
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MISS IDA ADAMS. ONE OF THE BEA UTIES IN ZIEGFELD’S “FOLLIES” AT THE MOULIN ROUGE, NEW YORK.
By Margaret Hubbard Ayer.
ET’S talk about something in-
■ teresting,” announced Miss Ida
Adams, as she curled herself
Up into a fluffy little ball in the corner
of a large sofa' and-refused definitely,
finally and up-and-down to air her
views on health and beauty.
Miss Ad&ms was chosen- for the part
of the Commere in "The Follies of 1912”
because she speaks beautiful French,
for she has lived a long time abroad
and has caught much of the dainty for
eign atmosphere and ways of the
French girl. She is furnishing a new
home for herself, and when I saw her
her mind was full of a number of
things such as window curtains and
wallpaper and gray enamel paint and
rugs. Naturally, we drifted into the
subject of home decorating, and Miss
Adams—who is a very intelligent young
woman besides being a beauty; for, of
course, she is a beauty if she is in “The
Follies”—has this to say to girls and
women who are just now. engaged in
Cut down
the cost of living
LADIES, it is in your power to reduce
* the outlay for food in your households
and feed your families better. Serve less
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dish of delicious
FAUST
BRAND
SPAGHETTI
take its place. It h a s all the nourishing
elements of meat at about one-tenth its
cost, and is ever so much easier digested.
Faust Spaghetti is made from Durum
wheat, so rich in body-building gluten.
And there are so many delicious ways in
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At all grocers —5c and 10c packages.
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the all-engrossing occupation of fixing
the new flat: , ..
“If I had a lot of money and could
have a home of my own,” said Miss
Adams, “I would’furnish it in one of
two ways—either in pure colonial style
or in the most elaborate fashion pat
terned after the French chateux. As I
am furnishing a four-room apartment,
I can only let my imagination run riot
as to what I would do if I eoufil. In
the meantime, there are some things
that seem to me absolutely necessary
and that are generally totally disre
garded by the home decorator.
Some Household Hints.
“I don't care how small a place is, if
a woman has anj- intelligence and taste
she can make her home beautiful and
restful. And, what is very important,
she. could give a sense of spaciousness
even in a small apartment.
“I think there is nothing more dis
tracting to the attention than a wall
that is covered over with little daubs of
paintings, or pictures or photographs. I
mean to work here, for I am not always
going to be in musical comedy. I have
a lot of ambition and I hope some day
to do some good work in legitimate
drama.
“I don’t especially fancy myself as
Salome, one of the dances I am doing
now.” Here Miss Adams gave a fasci
nating and exceedingly clever bur
lesque of herself as that celebrated
bead-bedecked contortionist; but she
went on quickly: "Let’s get back to a
more decorated subject. Let me see,
where was I? Oh, yes; walls. I am
quite certain you can’t concentrate>your
mind or do any real studying or work
in a room that Is ugly to look at and
whose walls look like a spotted leopard,
with innumerable foolish and unneces
sary things stuck upon them.
"People seem to get very cheap wall
papers and try to hide the offending
color beneath’ countless posters and
pictures. I'd rather pay a little mor*
for my wallpaper and have a satisfac
tory tone and color. You have to look
at it every day In the year, and the
color of your walls have a lot to do
with your mood and with the way you
look.
“There, now I am talking health and
beauty. I knew you would get me on
to that eternal subject. Well, here goes.
"You can say from, me that an ugly
wallpaper in one’s bed room or sitting
room is a depressing and unhealthy in
fluence. There, doesn’t that sound wise,
though? But it’s a fact.
Her Idea of Gifts.
"Suppose, for instance, you were a
brunette with a tendency to look sal
low’ in the morning, and you had your
apartment papered in green; that sick
ly green that is so popular nowadays.
If you’ looked in the mirror In a room
like that, you’d get all the green re
flection in your'own face, and you’d
begin’ your day by hating yourself,
which is the worst thing you can do for
your health, isn’t it?”
Miss Adams’ own sitting room is done
iq a grayish-fawn color, that is espe
cially suited as a background for her
charming young self. It brings out the
dainty coloring in her cheeks and the
'gleam in her brown hair. The sofa
coverings and hangings are on the same
tone in linen with a stamped design in
dull green, gold and violet.
"I’ve seen a great many beautiful i
places here and mow especially !
abroad,” Miss Adams, "and in all the
great houses and show places one gets
the feeling that the beautiful things are
there because they are necessary and
useful, as well as ornamental. Now. in
many American homes one has the
feeling that half the furniture is utterly j
useless and is simply taking up valu- j
able space. Ptopje generally put inuch I
too much in their rooms, and you get a
sensation of clutter and disorder. I
would like everything that Town, to be
useful, necessary and beautiful.
"I object to useless bric-a-brac just
as I see no reason for keeping pictures
on the walls, because somebody with
out taste or discretion, or possibly only
to get rid of them, bestowed them upon
your unwilling self. Every house
should have an attic for such gifts, and
nobody who lives in a flat should be
given anything unless she is allowed to
choose it herself. Now, wouldn’t that
be a lovely way of doing?”
And in view of the many supcrtlui-,
ties which we will soon receive at;
Christmas time, I think It would.
• TWO SIDES TO IT.
Artist Have you noticed th.it long]
hull makes a man look Intellectual?
Erlend Well, it all depends. I've seen
wives pick them off their husbands*
coat*, and then it makes them look
foolish. » ' i
The Eyes of Love
T E sa Y Love is blind, and the
V V figure of Cupid is drawn
with a bandage around his
eyes. Blind—yes. because he dqeg not
see what he does not like; but the
sharpest-sighted hunter in the universe
is Love for finding what he seeks, and
only that.” —Ralph Wtildo Emerson.
And he seeks perfection. And away
back in the beginning; of things Some
One said, "That khlph ye seek ye will
find."
This little characteristic of Cupid
would make life pleasanter if adopted
by others than the lover.
If girls would seek perfection in their
friends; if they would look for virtues
instead of faults; if they would believe
in the he,st in every one, Instead of ex
pecting the worst!
it it became a universal habit to say
of a friend:
“He is too honorable to do that,” in
stead of saying, "He is none too good,"
what a difference it would make in the
person of whom it is said!
A great many years ago, when Sun
day clothes were really Sunday clothes,
and sacred for that day, it was found
that the world behaved better when It
had its Sunday garments on.
I claim that when we give our friends
to understand that our opinions of them
are exalted, it clothes theit- souls in
Sunday garments. “I know that you
are always honorable,” I? said to a
friend in conviction and sincerity, will
make that friend honorable,,
"I had believed you were too good to
do that” has saved many a person from
a repetition of a sin.
‘ It was just what I expected you to
Things Worth Remembering
Living in tile Isle of Wight is a fami
ly of three brothers and two sisters who
are all in receipt of the old age pension,
and whose combined ages - total 387
years. The vetran of the fajnily is.
Mis. Ann Harris, of Cowes, aged 84;
the “baby" of the family is Robert Butt,
of Niton, who has seen only 72 sum
mers.
A pet cat was carried in the funeral
procession of Frau Loenz at Neukoln,
the animal being subsequently In
terred in the same grave with the dead
woman. This was done in accordance
with the last wishes of Frau Loenz, who
in her will referred to the cat As the
truest friend she had during the last
fifteen years. At the cemetery the ani
mal was killed by a shot in the head,
and the carcass, enveloped in laurel
leaves, dropjied into hermistr^Ss*'k r ave.
The Rev. F. B. Meyer has been de
claring at Leeds that he does not Se
riously object to a "little courting" in
chapel. One recalls an incident in a
Midland chapel some years ago. The
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(t'ONH l>EA’TiAl.i lAN\, MASS., for advice,
lour letter will he opened, read and unsuered
by a uomun and held in strict confidence.
By Beatrice Fairfax
do” has led many a sinner to repeat his
crime.
This little desire In the eye that
makes one find perfection In a lover is
not beyond cultivation by those to
whom a lover is yet to come. Neither
Is it beyond the power of those to whom
Love Is a story of yesterday.
Every one has a friend. The little
habit of looking for perfection in that
friend is of greater mutual benefit than
anything in the universe..
The friend becomes an ideal and tries
to' live up to it. The one who thinks
the best of that friend gets Into the
habit of thinking well of others, and
gtows In moral strength accordingly.
This little habit Cupid teaches of
seeking perfection in the foundation of
perfect love. It is the superstructure
of -perfect happiness.
It is when disappointment and irrita
tion creep in and one begins to look for
faults that faults become apparent, and
happiness ceases.
“That which ye seek, ye will find.”
Seek for good nature instead of ill
temper; seek for sunshine Instead of
gloom.
Seek for the good qualities even when
the bad are most glaring. Seek, know
ing that they exist, and you will flpd
they do exist, and need just the en
couragement to develop them that your
faith will give.
"She sharpest-sighted hunter In the
universe is Love for finding what he
seeks, and only that,"
Ami it wider interpretation of that
won! “iXSi ” means the sentiment you
have f.ffj'our friends, your associates,
your casual acquaintances, and all your
kindretL-
preacher was annoyed by the sound of
whispering coming from the semi
darkness under one of the galleries. At
last he paused in his sermon and de
clared: “If the young couple making
love under the gallery do not come to
me in the vestry before .service next
Sunday morning, I will name them to
the church." It was a chance shot, but
next Sunday he found twenty couples
awaiting him In the vestry!
The steeple of Row church, into the
rectory of which Canon Masterman has
just been inducted, is the nearest Lon
don .analogue to the leaning tower of
Pisa it was considerably out of the
perpendicular, as can easily be per
ceived from Ciieapside, but not to a
dangerous degree, and no further set
tlement has been noticed in recent
years. The steeple sways when the
famous bells are rung, but this is con
sidered a proof of elasticity’, and so of
strength. The. copper-gilt dragon,
nearly 9 feet long, which forms the
weather-cock, was supposed when first
erected to stand for the high church
manship of the day.
Appleton, Wis. —“ I take pleasure in writing yon
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