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WE OEORQLAMS MAGAZHE, PAGE “The Case of Oscar Slater” By Sir Arthur Conlin Doyle Holmes in Real Life ■ T() ! V y 'S INSTALLMENT. . ,i priori the more probable: ■j unheard-of milllon-to-one ■! .iild have occurred, or that ,ing committed themselves ihat he was the murderer, ..unit that they were wrong com fell out of the original ..rsevered in the hope that petitions of a queer-looking |V . , j.i lustily their original ac again, there is nothing to < , : with the murder, or to show KE . , knew. or could have known k . person as Miss Gilchrist ex- the reprieve. n . t.y the solicitors for the de- ■ ' ...giied by 20,000 members of had the effect of chang- f"r life. the man was left jn doubt, ■ en reprieve only arrived on ,vp; in twenty-four hours of the ir . there he still remains. ■ ~ -ip in my own mind compar- .... t Oscar Slater with another, l.'ilaljl. unit that they are not of the George Edalji was a youth K , character. Oscar Slater suffered three years’ imprlson- y.-;,rs for which he has not re- his innocence was estab- M shilling of compensation from cation Oscar Slater might con t.: . l ave committed the murder, but . : ..1 pi. of and probability seems against it. a ■ |H’p .. ran not feel the same burn- injustice over the matter. y.' I trust for the sake of our char- - ' only for justice, but for intel; ' •. that the judgment may in some .considered and the man’s M :. mishment allotted to/atone for irregularities of life which helped make his conviction possible. ■ li. >'..••• l-aving the case, it is interest- o , >:ow far this curious crime may >.. ... r a ted and whether any possi i.'.-i.ahrl material, one can not hope i re than indicate cartain possibil- ■ - i may already have been eon- -red and tested by the Jtolice. K THE POLICE WAY, .. l- trouble, however, with all police - ileus is that, having once got what .uiug'ne to be their man, they are - wry open to any line of investiga i: will, h might lead to other conclu- everything which will not fit into official theory is liable to be ex- - t:i co: make a few Isolated com- ■ " is on the case which may at least give ■ - ■' • interesting trains of thought. the assassin was after the ■c-weN al all. It might be urged that ■'" iype of man described by the spec ■at.-.rs was by no means that of the or dinary thief. ■ When lie reached the bed room and lit ■•’•e gas. ho did not at once seize the. ■vatch and rings which were lyiifg open ■y exposed upon the dressing table. lie ■l.d not pick up a half sovereign wffleh lying on the dining room table. His was given to a wooden box, lid of which he wrenched open. ■This, I think, was ‘‘the breaking of ■kicks" heard by Adams.) The papers ■n It were strewed on the ground. Were ■le papers his object, and the final ab ■itractlon of one diamond brooch a mere ■ilind? Personally, I can only point out ■he possibility of such a solution. B I 'h the other hand, it might be urged ■f the i c.lefs action seems inconsequen ■>•’ that Adams had rung, and that he I Mme. D’Mille’s Beauty Hints B 'From The Journal of Fashion.) T" keep the skin clear, smooth, fair w ? Ite ‘ use R complexion beautiiier ■:, e . by dissolving a package of may a- In a half-pint of witchhazel. Gently face, neck and arms with this in we morning and it will hold all day. It en j ß ,he Krowth of hair and will not ',’ r s how like powder, while it ■ e J? a OVe, T> soft and youthful com- in the head or chest, there Kt tig better than Mother’s Salve. It ■i ,0 use and quick to act. Catarrh ■^. , •’'"••tity destroyer, and Mother's Salve ■' ve , ratarrh ls anything will. i, '. . n< * lifeless hair makes a woman ■ ' ,, " p r than she should. Dry sham- ■y.c ' t,le hair bright, fluffy and ■A .'. ut four ounces of orris root in a ■». ' “J 1,1 m,x if well with an original ■h. ct’ ther °x- Sprinkle a little on Bhr.r ottre a week and brush ' out ■ i-K .' This treatment cleanses the Kavy ‘ in<i rna kes the hair lustrous and Bf, r ’ s ' t 1 ?' rf ' uou s hairs are humiliating, and B-f.i who desire a hair remover, B. 7 suggested. Make a paste with Kai . H ,|p latone and water, cover the Bio. . ,er . 0 minute or two wash the Kre. /'J ! hairs will be gone. This ■ iient is sure, safe and speedy." B (Advt.) WILTON JELLICO COAL 55,00 Per Ton ihe Jellico Gcal Co. 82 Peachtree Street Both Phones 365 J 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, wore an obvious mark for whoever knew of their existence. 1 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 lie go straight into the spare bed room where the jewels were actually kept? The same question may be asked with e »» ,a! f orce ts we consider that he was after the papers. Why the spare bed room ? the criminal. A t>y 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 ga.ne.i his information thus to go straight to that chamber. Hut this man did not do so. He went straight to the unlikely nooip in which both jewels and papers actually suggestive? Does it not pre-suppose a previous acquaintance with the inside of the flat and the ways of its owner? Tfut note the limitations of the knowl edge. If it were the jewels he was after, he knew w’hat 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 the jewels, then we can say that he had the knowledge of one who is conversant, but not intimately conversant, with the household arrangement. T<< this we may add that he would seem to have shown Ignorance of the habits of the inmates, or he would have surely chosen Lambie’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 are lines of inquiry here that should be fol lowed up, however negative the results. How did the murderer get in if Gam ble is correct, in the thinking that she shut the doors? I cannbt 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 tlxat Gamble 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 thg chair, upon which she had been sit ting. That is intelligible. But if he had not the keys, consider the difficulties. H 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 after 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 step 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 from 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 w-ould 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 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 fail, I think, to come to the conclusion that the murderer had keys, and that the old lady never rose from her 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 Gamble came out, and of that there is no evidence whatever, or that the visitor was some one whom the old lady knew, in which case he would naturally have been admitted. Continued In Next Issue. ECZEMA SUFFERERS Read what I. 8. Glidden, Tampa, Fla., says. It proves that Tetterine Cures Eczema For seven years I had eczema on my ankle. I tried many remedies and nu merous doctors. I tried Tetterine and after eight weeks am entirely free from the terrible eczema. Tetterine will do as much tor others. It cures eesema. ’etter. erysipelas and other skin trouble.- !’ cures to stay etiri il ’-et u today Tetterine 50c at druggists or by mail. St-WPTRINE CO.. SAVANNAH. GA i \dvt i “No S. P. U. G. For Her,” Says Irene Franklin By Margaret Hubbard Ayer. MISS IRENE FRANKGIN, her "orange phosphate” hair piled high on her head, her hands full ot paper patterns for doll’s clothes, stood in the fitting room of a big the atrical costumer, and cajoled the weary maker of guy stage frocks into dressing dolls for Christmas. After she had suc ceeded, she turned ami answered some of the questions that were put to her. Am I a spug? Well, what’s that? The Society for the Prevention of Use less Giving?’ I guess not! Do you think I’d give up the pleasure of buying < hristmas presents tp 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 bought 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 story, so when you're pn the land ing up there you're right in among the upper branches of the tree. "Spug, indeed! Why. there'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, or bring ing it down to the mere giving of sen sible gifts. "The pleasure you get out of Christ mas is the joy ot buying things that I b wHB I | ' I I' * .?■/ 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 swansdown? 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 Christmas tree chains —the ones out of colored paper? Oh, don't you? Every body does at my house. We spend our 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 ot 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 t,o be on the stage, and the baby’s beginning to find out that I 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 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 thing is that after you've spent oceans of time and care on a character make-up, half the time the people would rather see you come up with your own face and a long-tailed dress sprinkled over with looking glass. Did you see me in that silver gown? I call it the sardine can dress —Queen of Sardina effect. But you should have seen the one with the 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 the 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 ts different. There are places where the audience wants the children’s songs, especially the matinee girls In the aft ernoon. In the evening, a more sophis ticated audience wants different songs. I have written about 40 songs in the last couple of years, and the mono logues to go with them, of course. I like to do comedy work with another comedienne, and I never enjoyed any thing more than working with Miss Ada Lewis. "My, but she s a <leu’! Finest thing you ever knew, and so clever. Wt u-e.j .■T'l S, si Ml a mW or i I rxorcW • A' ' iW** I 1 «A*e.7x • HwW’" Miss Irene Franklin at Proctor’s Fifth Avenue Theater, New York. jSfcw?/' ? ■"'' • j»<fr' Swafpfyjr' KCcsVs -K-Ji 1 ',wi j« <©„ s Cut down the cost of living T ADIES, it is 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 —5c and 10c packages. Maull Bros., St. Louis, Mo. / I _ to do a scene ’ad lib’ every evening, and even the orchestra stayed in to see what we’d do next. First time I ever knew of an orchestra listening to com edy work right through the season when they didn't havq to. No “Sprigging” for Her. “In vaudeville you've always got lo 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, J 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' Christinas.” (Note by the interviewer—Me for Irene Franklin.) The Hysterics of Youth By Beatrice Fairfax rpHOSE tvho have traveled the trou- I 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 ft 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 u few weeks ago had been going 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 bn. “Today as I was walking along the street I chanced to meet hint. He was w ith another girl. He Upped his hat. 1 looked at him and at the girl, and much to my horror I burst out laughing. I can not comprehend whatever pos sessed me to do so. I am sure it was not jealousy (for I pity the girl), and every tithe I think of it I just laugh and laugh Can you tell 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 tha,t 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 whdn the swinging nears an end. there will be less of the extremes in all your emo tions. You will never be so miserable you can’t see a ray of hope. 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. But it is sure to oe misunderstood. A pleasant little smile, 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. They will not interpret that laugh to your credit. You were not jealous, you say, y<t a hysteiieal Uugh would Indi cate that you nre. 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. • ' x. ■'Gertrude’' writes: "t.'an 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 Viiune powder. Ask your druggist for an original 2-ounce package of antiseptic Vi lano powder. Make a catarrh balm by mixing a level teaspoor.ful 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 tegspobnful 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 be done for an itching scalp. My scalp is also covered with dandruff and 1 am in great distress." Answer: You can very easily be cured ol an itching scalp, also dandruff, if you w ill get a 4-ounce jar of plain yellow min ><d and use according to the directions given on the jar. Two or three applica tions have been known to cure. Try it fairly and you will advocate its use to your friends. • » • "Ellen K." writes: “I am not fleshy enough. I should weigh 20 pounds more. I am ashamed of my thinness and wish to or-come plump and attractive. Can you help me?’’ Answer: Yes, J. can help you "Ellen K . ami many others in the same plight. A thorough course of treatment with 3- gialn hypo-nui ane 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 and sparkling eyes. These tablets are packed In sealed cartons with directions. Im not expect results too quickly. It takes time to change the cells and tls sms of the IhhlK-, but you can depend on gaining weight if you are persistent. • • • "I>. E F.” writes: "If you know of anything that I could take to cure my rheumatism, please tell mo, as I suffer all the time. Am getting worse all the time." Answer: Take the following and you will soon be cured of your rheumatism This is the best remedy that J have ever known for this trouble: lodide of potas sium 2 drams, sodium salicylate I drums, wine of colchicum H ounce, comp, essence cardiol 1 ounce, comp, fluid balmwort 1 ounce and syrup sarsaparilla comp., 6 ounces. Mix by shaking well and tuke one teaspoonful a< meal times ami sguln at bed time • • • "Helen writes "t'an you give me s 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, and 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 you express for the other girl. Don’t pity a girl who has won what you lost. Rather, be glad that they are friends, and learn to rise above the pet ty jealousy that prompts the word "pity.’’ Acquire self-control. You need it. Your admission that you laughed leads me to believe that, you lacked self-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 ter. Remember that a repetition o' that laugh will cause you to be laugh ed at. Household. Economy Hoxv- to Have the Best Cough Syrup and Save 93, by Making It at Home. Cough niedioines, as a rule, contain « arge quantity of plain syrup. If yot take one pint of granulated sugar, ad< Vi pint of warm water and stir about 4 minutes, you have as good, syrup as money could buy. If you will then put ounces ol Pinex (50 cents’worth) in a pint bottle, tnd fill it up with the Sugar Syrup, you will have as much cough syrup as you .‘ould buy ready made for $2.30. ’ It ceeps perfectly. And you will find it tho. best cough ivrun you ever used—even in whooping jough. You can feel it take hold—usu flly stops the most severe cough in 2-1 uours. It is just laxative enough, has a apod tonic effect, and haste is pleasant. Take a teaspoonful every one, two or three hours. It is a splendid remedy, too, for whooping cough, croup, hoarseness, asth ma, chest pains, etc. Pinex is the most valuable concentra ted compound of Norway white pine ex tract, rich in guaiacol and all the 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 used and prized in thousands of homes in the United States and Canada. Tha plan has often been imitated but never successfully. A guaranty of absolute satisfaction, or money promptly refunded, goes with thia recipe. Your druggist has Pinex, or will get it for vou. If not, send to Tha Pinex Co., Ft. Wayne, Ind. TtDpCTORS fiaAcr Uc/ 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, tnclos ing self-addressed stamped envelope for reply. Full name and address must be given, but only initials or fictitious name will be used in my answers. The prescrip tions can be filled 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 I ant afraid of pneumonia?" Answer: The tightest cough ran be loosened in one hour by using the follow ing: Get from your druggist a 2H-outtce package of essence rnentho-Laxene and make according to directions on bottle This will break up any cold and loosen the tigfitest cough and soon cure by its laxative tonic action. • » « "Henry” writes: "If you car. pre scribe anything that will cure my stomach trouble and constipation, please do so. My breath is had and I 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 and not have any distress afterwards. Your constipation will be cured and your whole system will be put in a fine condi tion. • • • "John” says: "What can I do to gain an appetite? Ido not eat and am getting thin and weak. Please advise a remedy.” Answer: The best tonic that I know of fa made by mixing 5 ounces of syrup of hypophosphites comp, and 1 ounce tincture cailontene comp. Mix by shaking well in a bottle and take a teaspoonful before each meal. You will soon gain flesh and your appetite will return. • • « "A. L. T.” writes: “I am constantly embarrassed by my excessive weight. ; have tried exercise and diet, but thev 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 ingro • lients separately, to avoid any substitu tion. Mix and take a teuspoonfu! for three days after ecah meal, then take two teaspoonfuls. This is a perfectly harm less and sure remedy for obesity. Many women have written that they reduced their weight a pound a day after the first week. • • • ’’Geraldine" writes: "I am troubled a great deal with headache, dizzy spells, dark spots before my 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-gTuln sulpherb tablets (not sulphur) which are packed in sealed tubes and contain full direc tions for use They are made of sulphur, cream of tartar and herb medicines If these are taken regularly they purify the blood, stimulate the liver and bowels Into healthy action and will gradually effect a cure. • • « "xipther"—Bedwetting tn children is usually a disease which can he cured b\ tli.- use of the following. Tincture cu bebs 1 drum, tincture rhus uromatlc ; drams, comp, fluid balmwort 1 ounce Mix and give the child ten to fifteen drop In water one hour liefore each meal. • • • Send for Dr Baker’s book on "llealt) ami Beauty." (Advt.l