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THE GEOR.QIAWS MAGAZIME PAGE "The Case of Oscar Slater” By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes in Real Life TODAY’S INSTALLMENT. a priori the more probable: Tsu , h an unheard-of million-to-one ■ . should have occurred, or that t) ... having committed themselves ... ~-..ry that he was the murderer, t ■ . admit that they were wrong v , . . bottom fell out of the original ano persevered In the hope that vag':e identifications of a queer-looking . , ;f; , r would justify their original ac i ir.tside these identifications, I must ~„peat "iiee again, there Is nothing to ~,,U 1, 1e Slater with the murder, or to show ■ !a t he ever knew, or could have known •>:at su'd) a person as Miss Gilchrist ex- Istpd. the reprieve. 'I I p admirable memorial for a reprieve up by the solicitors for tho de- ' was signed by 20,000 members of •I , public, and had the effect of chang- • g the death sentence to one of penal ..rtitude for life. The sentence was passed on May 6. For ■ wenty days the man was left in doubt, and the written reprieve only arrived on Mav 2ti. within twenty-four hours of the tiim for the execution. On July 8 Slater wi!S conveyed to the Peterhead convict prison. There he has now been for three ~; lr s. and there be still remains. I an not help in my own tnind compar er the case of Oscar Slater with another, which I had occasion to examine—that of George Edalji. I must admit that they are not of the same class. George Edalji was a youth , f exemplary character. Oscar Slater was a blackguard. George Edalji was p'njsically incapable of the crime for which he suffered three 'years’ imprison ment. years for which he has not re ceived. after his innocence was estab lished, one shilling of compensation from the nation. Oscar Slater might con ceivably have committed the murder, but the balance of proof and probability seems entirely against it. Tims, one can not feel the same burn ing sense of injustice over the matter. And yet I trust for the sake of our char acter not only for justice, but for intel ligence. that the judgment may in way be reconsidered and the man’s present punishment allowed to atone for these irregularities of life which helped to make his conviction possible. Before leaving the case, it is interest ing to see how far this curious crime may be reconstructed and whether any possi ble light can Ire thrown upon it. Using set nd-hand material, one can tftt hope •<i do more than indicate cartain possibil ities which may already have been con sidered and tested by the police. THE POLICE WAY. The trouble, however, with all police : rosecutions is that, having once got what they imagine to be their man, they are not very open to any line of investiga tion which might lead to other conclu sions. Everything which will not fit into the official theory is liable to be ex eluded. One might make a few isolated com ments on the case which may at least give rise to some Interesting trains of thought. one question which has to be asked was whether the assassin was after the jewels at all. It might be urged that the type of man described by the spec tators was by no means that of the or dinary thief. When he reached the bed room and lit the gas, he did not at once seize the watch and rings which were lying open ly exposed upon the dressing table. He did not pick up a half sovereign which was lying on the dining room table. His attention was given to a wooden box, the lid of which he wrenched open. 'This. I think, was "the breaking of sticks” heard by Adams.) The papers in it were strewed on the ground. Were the papers his object, and the final ab straction of one diamond brooch a mere blind? Personally. I can only point out the possibility of such a solution. ')n the other hand, it might be urged n the thief’s action seems inconsequen tial. that Adams had rung, and that he Mme. D’Mille’s Beauty Hints i From The Journal of Fashion.) ■To keep the skin clear, smooth, fair white, use a complexion beautifier cade by dissolving a package of tnaya m a half-pint of witchhazel. Gently Massage face, neck and arms with this in di" morning and it will hold all day. It : “vents the growth of hair and will not >ut> off or S h OW ijg e powder, while it '-.'v-s a lovely, soft and youthful com plexion. l or cold in the head or chest, there n>.thmg better than Mother's Salve. It easy to use and quick to act. Catarrh -a beauty destroyer, and Mother’s Salve "Hl relieve catarrh if anything will. , cull and lifeless hair makes a woman """ older than she should. Dry sham ''oing makes the hair bright, fluffy’ and ‘un. Put four ounces of orris root in a jar, and mix it well with an original ■o sag.. of therox. Sprinkle a little on ' head once a week and brush out [ ■uglily. This treatment cleanses the ‘‘P and makes the hair lustrous and superfluous hairs are humiliating, and ’hose who desire a iiair remover. ' ] '"ne Is suggested. Make a paste with '[■tie delatone and water, cover the after a minute or two wash the ■ . and the hairs will be gone. This '■•ttnent is sure, safe and speedy.” (Advt.) WILTON JELLICO COAL $5.00 Per Ton The Jellico Coal Co. $2 Peachtree Street Both Phones 365) already found himself in a desperate sit uation. it might be said also that save a will, it would be difficult to Imagine any paper which would account for such an enterprise, while Jewels, on the other hand, were an obvious mark for whoever knew of their existence. I resuming that the assassin was indeed after the jewels, it is very instructive to note his knowledge of their location, and also its limitations. Why’ did he go stiaight into the spare bed room where the jewels were actually kept? The same question may be asked with equal force if we consider that he was after the papers. Why the spare bed room ? THE CRIMINAL. Any knowledge gathered from outside (by a watcher in the backyard, for ex ample) would go to the length of ascer taining which was the old lady’s room. One would expect a robber who had gamed his information thus to go straight to that chamber. But this man did not do so. He went straight to the unlikely loom in which both jewels and papers actually were. Is not this remarkably suggestive? Does it not pre-suppose a previous acquaintance with the inside of the flat and the ways of its owner? But note the limitations of the knowl edge. If it were the jewels lie was after, he knew what room they were in, but not in what part of the room. A fuller knowledge would have told him they were kept in the wardrobe. And yet he searched a box. If he was after papers, his information was complete; but if he was indeed after ihe jewels, then we can say’ that he had the knowledge of one who is conversant, but not .intimately conversant, with the household arrangement. To this we may add that he would seem to have shown ignorance of the habits of the. inmates, or he W’ould have surely chosen Dambie’s afternoon or evening out for his attempt, and not have done it at a time when the girl was bound to be back within a very few minutes. What men had ever visited the house? The number must have been very limited, what friends? what tradesmen? what plumbers? Who brought back the jewels after they had been stored with the jew elers when the old lady’ went every year to the country? Lines of Inquiry. One is averse to throw out vague sus picions which may give pain to innocent people, and yet It. is clear that there ard lines of inquiry’ here that should be foil lowed up, however negative the results. How did the murderer get in if I.am ble is correct In the thinking that she •shut the doors? I cannot get away from the conclusion that he had duplicate keys. In that case all becomes comprehensible, for the old lady—whose faculties were quite normal— would hear the lock go and would not be alarmed, thinking that Lamhie had re turned before her time. Thus she woud only know her danger when the murderer rushed into the room and would hardly have time to to rise, receive the first blow, and fall, as she was found, beside the chair, upon which she had been sit ting. That is intelligible. But if he had not the keys, consider the difficulties. If the old lady had opened the flat door her body would have been found in the passage. Therefore, the po lice were driven to the hypothesis that the old lady heard the ring, opened the lower stair door from above (as can be done in all Scotch flats), opened the flat door, never looked over the lighted stair to see who was coming up, but returned to her chair and her magazine, leaving the door open, and a free entrance to the murderer. This is possible, but is it not in the highest degree improbable? Miss Gilchrist was nervous of robbery and would not neglect obvious precau tions. The ring came immediately the maid’s departure. She could hardly have thought that it was her returning, the less so as the girl had the keys and would not need to ring. If she went as far as the hall door to open it, she only had to take another to see who was ascend ing the stair. Would she not have taken it if it were only to say: "What, have you forgotten your keys?" That a nervous old lady should throw’ open both doors, never look to see who her visitor was, and return to her din ing room is very hard to believe. AN ANALYSIS. And look at it front the murderer's point of View. He had planned out his proceedings. It is notorious that it is the easiest thing in the world to open the lower door of a Scotch flat. The blade of a pen knife will do that. If he was to depend upon ringing to get at his victim, it was evidently bet ter for him to ring at the upper door, as otherwise the chance would seem very great that she would look down, see him coming up the stair, and shut herself In. On the other hand, if he were at the upper door, and she answered it, he had only to push his way in. Therefore, the latter would be his course if he rang at all. And yet the police theory is that though he rang, he rang from below. It is not what he would do, and if he did do it, it would be most unlikely that he would get in. How could he suppose that the old lady would do so incredible a thing as leave her door open and return to her calling? If she waited, she might even up to the last instant have shut the door in his face If one weighs all these reasons, one can hardly fall, I think, to come to the conclusion that the murderer had keys, and that the old lady never rose from Imr chair until the last instant, because, hearing the keys in. the door, she took it for granted that the maid had come back. But if he had keys, how did he get the mold, and how did he get them made? There Is a line of inquiry there. The only conceivable alternatives are, that the murderer was actually concealed in the flat when Lainble came out, and of that there is no evidence whatever, or tljat the visitor was some one whom Hie Old lady knew, In which case he would naturally have been admitted. Continued In Next leaue. ECZEMA SUFFERERS i Read what I. fi. Glidden. Tampa, Fla., i says. It proves that Tetterine Cures Eczema For seven years I had ectema on my ankle. I tried many remedies and nu merous doctors. I tried Tetterine and after eight weeks am entirely free from the terrible ecaema. Tetterlio- will do an much for others. 1. euros tnu. 'attar. erjslpolas and other skin trouble-*. ’’ euro» to stay , ur ,.i .;»i It today Tenetinv ,0. at druggists or by mall. SHUPTRINE CO SAVANNAH. t»A tAdvt i “No S. P. U. G. For Her,” Says Irene Franklin By Margaret Hubbard Ayer. MISS IRENE FRANKLIN, her "orange phosphate” hair piled high on her head, her hands full of paper patterns for doll’s clothes, stood in the fitting room of a big the- i atrical costumer, and cajoled the weary maker of gay stage frocks into dressing dolls For Christmas. After she had suc ceeded, she turned and answered some of the questions that were put to her. “Am I a spug? Well, what’s that? ‘Tiie Society for the Prevention of Use less Giving?’ I guess not! Do you think I’d give up the pleasure of buying Christmas presents to join that socie ty? No, Indeed! Why. there’s nothing like Christmas. Somebody said that up at our house we keep the original Dickens Christmas spirit stored; any how, I know we bough; the house be cause the hall was big enough to hold a great big Christmas tree. No Time Like Christmas. “That tree goes right up to the sec ond stofy, so when you're on the land ing up there you're right in among the upper branches of the tree. "Spug, indeed! W.iy. thefe's no time like Christmas: nothing in the world that can take the place of the Christ mas spirit, and it seems dreadful to even think of expurgating it. < r bring ing it down to the mere giving of cen slble gifts. "The pleasure you get out of Christ- j mas is the joy of buying things that I I < JI9I I ■ l I JBBgFwqG ll!l I 1 muWI you want for yourself and giving them to other people. “Would I give up the ’ pleasure of sending Susie a pink negligee with panier effect trimmed in swansdov. nV No, indeed. Os course; Susie lives on a cattle ranch and has no use for the negligee, but she'll get it Just the same. , And I get the statisfaction of buying it ’ for her. “Do you know how to cut out those 1 Christmas tree chains —tiie ones out of < Colored paper? Olr, don't you? Every- I body does at my house. Wo spend our I evenings at it; even the baby was up till 10 o’clock last night making things' for the tree. Oh, didn't you know about the baby ? "Oh, I’m every kind of a mother. Ordinarily mother, stepmother and mother-in-law. You see my little sis ter is only twelve, so I’m a sort ol mother-in-law to her. but the children are all on to me. Little sister has dis covered that it really isn’t proper for me to be on the stage, and the baby’s beginning to find out that 1 can't spell. Loves Character Work. "Will I do 'Redhead?' Oh, I never will get away from that song, and I never really did it well, anyhow. The I music was good, but I didn’t write that. But, oh, the words! Redhead’ was one of my first efforts, and some of the verses had so many feet they were regular centipedes, while a rhyme only happened now and then when it came real handy. "I love to do character work. My! how hard I worked on the ‘Waitress.’ But the dreadful tiling is that after you’ve spent oceans of time and care on a charade? make-up, half the time the people would rather see you come up with yohr own face and a long-tailed dress sprinkled over with looking glass. Did you see me in that sliver gown? 1 call it the sardine can dress —-Queen of Sardina effect. But you should have seen the one with tin dia mond crown, and the blue passemente rie. I looked just like the brewer’s daughter coming in on the third float at the carnival. You know the brewer’s daughter is always the queen of tim carnival, because of papa’s beer. “Yes. I'm glad to be back in vaude ville again. The great thing about vaudeville Is that it gives a chance for a progressive person who wants to work and is willing to work until she finds the thing that pleases her public. Every town is different, and every audience :s different. There arc places where th<- audience wants the children's songs, especially the matinee girls in the aft ernoon. In the evening, a more sophis ticated audiem e wants different songs. 1 have written about 40 songs In the last couple of years, and tie mono logue* to go with them, of course, | like to do comedy work with unothr comedienne, un i I never < njoyr I any - thing mor. that) wo king with .Ml. Vi . L. wl*. •Mjk, bill H I » u dell ! Hues: thing ■ou< f<• l.li and so <■ . W' u-e I I ¥ WMF * Wf'HWW- aw 1 lip * ri \ Sr 5 -■ - v ****■? I \ SBSISS is ■' Awz-A, I eifoTcj »)->.• " ’»**■**!' IpißlK' Miss Irene Franklin at Proctor’s Fifth Avenue Theater, New Ytfrk. / 'X. ~ Cut down the cost of living T ADIES, it in your power to reduce the outlay for food in your households and feed your families better. Serve less meat on your tables. Let a nut-brown dish of delicious FAUST BRAND SPAGHETTI take its place. It has 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 which it can be served. Write for free book of recipes. At all grocers—Sc and 10c packages. Maul! Bros., St. Louis, Mo. to do a scene ’ad lib’ every evening, and even the orchestra stayed In to see what we\i do next. First time 1 ever knew of an orchestra listening lo com edy work right through the season when they didn’t have to. i No “Sprigging” for Her. "In vaudeville you’ve always got to offer something new. The vaudeville audiences are pretty regular theater goers. and they listen with attention; they came to be interested, and not only to spend a few hours after an all too hearty dinner. To the latter class of theatergoers dancing makes the greatest appeal, because it doesn’t re quire any intelligent or concentrated attention —unless it is exceptional dancing, of course. Well. I have to hurry home and have, dinner, so that I’ll have time to work on the Christmas tree. No spugging for me, remember. Good-bye, and Merry Christmas.” (Note by the interviewer —Me for Irene Franklin.) The Hysterics of Youth By Beatrice Fairfax THOSE who have traveled the trou- j bled path of youth, when one doesn't know what one wants and is prodigal with emotions in trying to find out, will smile Indulgently over the following letter: There Is so much in it of the human nature that the years have taught those who are older to guide and control. It is like Youth! "I am a young girl of Sixteen and until a few weeks ago had been goint with a young man one year my senior. Some childish misunderstanding had broken our sincere friendship, and since then we just greet each other when we meet and pass on. “Today as 1 was walking along the street I chanced to meet him. He was with another girl. He tipped his hat! 1 looked at him and at the girl, and much to my horror I burst out laughing. 1 can not comprehend whatever pos sessed .me to do so. 1 am sure it was not jealousy (for 1 pity the girl), and everj time I think of It I just laugh and laugh. Can you tel! what it Is that makes me laugh?” It Is the hysterics of youth. You laughed because you are young. You wanted to show by an indifferent smile that you didn't care. And that smile became a laugh! Being very young, you laugh immoderately, and you cry to excess. < You are like a swing that flies back and forth as far as the rope permits. When you get older, and it is “time to let the cat die,” as they say when the swinging nears an end, there will be less of the extremes tq all your emo tions. You will never be so miserable you can't see i< ray of hone. I am sorry you laughed, but you couldn’t help it. lam sure it meant no unkind feeling and that it was not the laugh of resentment. Rut it is sure to be .nfsunderstood. A pleasant little sinile, such as you would give to a mere acquaintance, would have won for you the admiration and respect of both your* former lover and your rival. i They will not interpret that laugh to I your credit. You were not jealous, you [ -iiy, yet a hysterical k,ugh would indi cate that you are. It showed that you Up-to-Date Jokes Patience —Hasn't Miss Oldum good searching eyes? Patrice—Well, I don’t wonder at it. She's been looking for a husband for twenty years. Her Mother —And how do you and John get on? Her Daughter—Beautifully! He tells me what to do. and then I please my self. 3aAcr "Gertrude” Writes: "Can you prescribe a remedy for catarrh. I suffer constantly with headache and pain across my eyes. My breath is very bad, which annoys me greatly.” Answer: For catarrh and bad breath I always recommend the use of antiseptic Vilane powder. Ask your druggist for an original 2-ounce package of antiseptic Vi - lano powder. Make a catarrh balm by mixing a level teaspoonful of the powder with 1 ounce of vaseline, or lard will do just as well, and use as far up as possi ble in the nostrils several times a day. Then take a pint of warm water and one half teaspoonful of the powder and use as a snuff from the palm of the hand. If these directions are followed you will soon be cured of this dreadful disease. ♦ • • ' Maud'' writes: "Can anything ba done for an Itching scalp. My scalp is also covered with dandruff and I am In great distress.” Answer: You can very easllt he cured of an itching scalp, also dandruff, if you will get a 4-ounce jar of plain yellow min .vol and use according to the directions given on the Jar. Two or three appiica i tlons have been known to cure. Try it fairly and you will advocate Its use to your friends. "Ellen K.“ writes; "1 am not fleshy enough. 1 should weigh 20 pounds more. I am ashamed of my thinness and wish to I become plump ami attractive. Cun you help me?” Answer: Yes. I can help you "Ellen K.," and many others in the same plight. A thorough course of treatment with 3- graln hypo-nuclane tablets will gradually give you more red and white blood cor puscles, adding to your weight, health and color, giving you pink cheeks, red lips an<l sparkling eyes. These tablets are packed In sealed cartons with directions. Ito not expect results too quickly. It takes time to change the cells and tis sues of the body, but you can depend on gaining weight if you are persistent. •* ■ • <‘D E F." writes: "If you know of * that I could take to cure my ’vtiu please tell me as J suffer x Am getting Worse all the w-w | the following and you I'”! C . 'IT l\i of your rheumatism. • -w tliMt 1 have ever yblt" lodkb of iiotus iCX>sn M 'Vl!' s “ ,,c .vlate 4 drams, 11 JL-A<VB>unee, comp, essence Wp fluid balniwort i firsuparlllu comp , 5 flng well ami take one ud'.i' A ', i 1 times ami again at IT'an you give me a lack self-control. You haven't the hold [ on yourself that you should have. You say that you pity the girl. How that sounds like sixteen! My dear girl, this man was your sincere friend, ahd [ a "childish misunderstanding’’ disrupt ed that friendship. Don't let that word "childish" describe your future conduct. ! If you respect him, and I do not read in your letter that he has done anything to lose your respect, you must rise above such a sentiment as yon express for the other girl. Don't pity a girl who has won what t you lost. Rather, be glad that they are friends, and learn to rise above the pet- 3E ty jealousy that prompts the word “pity.” Acquire self-control. You need it. j Your admission that you laughed leads me to believe that you lacked tels-con trol when your “childish misunder standing” arose. Just go off by your- | self, my dear, and take a good look at the childish, emotional creature that you are. Then make up your mind to do bet- I ter. Remember that a repetition of j that laugh will cause you to be laugh- j ed at. - i- .in ii- . -ramw.'' ----- - | 1 n - - Household Economy How to Have the Best Cough Syrup and Save $2, by Making It at Home. Cough medicines, as a rule, contain s arge quantity of plain sjrup. If yot take one pint of granulated sugar, add *2 pint of warin water and stir about 2 minutes, you have as good syrup a* money could buy. If 'you will then put 2% ounces of Pinox (50 cents’ worth) in a pint bottfe. ind fill it up with the Sugar Syrup, you will have as much cough syrup as you jould buy ready made for $2.50. " It teeps perfectly. And yon will find it the best cough syrup you ever used—even in whooping rough. You can feel it take hold —usu- illy stops the most severe cough in 24 l sours. Jt is Just laxative enough, has a t vood tonic effect, and taste is pleasant, rake a teaspoonful every one, two or three hours. It is a splendid remedy, too, for whooping cough, croup, hoarseness, asth ma, chest pains, etc. Piner is the most valuable concentra ted compound of Norway white pine ex tract, rich in guaiacol and all tne heal ing pine elements. No other prepara tion will work in this formula. This recipe for making cough remedy with Pinex and Sugar .Syrup is now f used and prized in thousands of homes in the United States and Canada. The plan has often been imitated but never 1 successfully. A guaranty of absolute satisfaction, or money promptlv refunded, goes with this recipe. Your druggist has Pinex, or will get it for you. If not. send io The Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. The questions answered below are gen eral In character, the symptoms or dis eases are given and the answers will apply to any case of similar nature. Those wishing further advice free, may address Dr. Lewis Baker, College building. Col lege-Elwood streets, Dayton, Ohio, inclos ing self-addressed stamped envelope for reply. Full name and address must be given, but only initials or fictitious nttme will be ’ised in my answers. The prescrip tions can be tilled at any well-stocked drug store. Any druggist can order of whole saler. reliable remedy for coughs and colds? My cough is so tight that J am afraid of pneumonia?" Answer: The lightest cough can be loosened in one hour by using the follow ing: Get from your druggist a 2%-oqpce package of essence mentho-laxette and make according to directions on bottle This will break up any cold and loosen the tightest cough and soon cure by its laxative tonic action. • » • "Henry" writes: "If you can pre scribe anything that will cure my stomach trouble and constipation, please do so. My breath is had and 1 am irritable and can not sleep.” Answer: You can be very easily cured of your troubles by taking tablets trlo peptlne. This is the most scientific and satisfactory treatment for the stomach, and if taken according to directions you will soon be able to eat a hearty meal anti not have any distress afterwards. Your constipation will be cured and your whole system will be put In a tine condi tion. • * • "John says: "What can I do to gain an appetite? Ido not eat and am getting tliin and weak. Please advise a remedy. ' Answer: The best tonic that I know of Is made by mixing 5 ounces of syrup of hypophosphites comp, and 1 ounce tincture eadonicne comp. Mix by shaking well In a bottle and take a teaspoonful before each meal. You wNll soon gain flesh and your appetite will return. • * • "A L. T ” writes: “1 am constantly embarrassed by my excessive weight. I have tried exercise and diet, but they do not help. If you know of some harmless and effective medicine please publish." Answer: To reduce your weight get 5 ounces of aromatic elixir and 1 ounce of glycol arbolene. Get these two ingre dients separately, to avoid any substitu tion. Mix and take a teaspoonful for three days after ecah meal, then take two teaspoonfuls. This is a perfectly harm less and sure remedy for obesity. Man' women have written that they reduced their weight a pound a dav after the first week. ♦ • • "Geraldine" writes: "1 am troubled a great deal with headache, dizzy spells, dark gpots before tny eyes, twinges of rheumatism. Can 1 be helped at all?" Answer: You can not only be "helped." but you can be cured of all the troubles you mention You need 3-grain sulpherb tablets mot sulphur) which are packed In seeled tubes and contain full direr- , tlons for use. They are made of sulphur, cream of tartar and herb medicine,. If these are taken regularly they purify the blood. stimulate the liver and bowels into healthy action and will gradually effect a euro. ''Mother'' Be.wetting In children is usually ft bls. use which can be cured by the use i the following: Tincturt’ cu bebs I drum, tincture thus aromatic 3 drams. 'ini' fluid balmwort ' ounce Mix an< v >• the child ten to fifteen drops In wu' r ■>) •• so ur before each meal , ,i In- Baker’s book on “Health and Beaut} tAdvt.i