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Copyright, 1913, by International News
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By Nell Brinkley
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H ERE isrsome lover’s glorification, the song of his onsnare-
ment, his “Beata Mea Domina, ” in praise of his sweet
heart’s hair. I do not even know who wrote it. It was
sent to mo.
Ijovers have always longed and yearned over the skeins
of silk ob the heads of the women they loved. Sometimes
her hair is short, gvpsy-dark. tangled in curls, metallic and
crisp.
Sometim.08 it is brown and fine and long and sleek.
Sometimes it is velvet-black and Indian-straight, shad
owy as a nighi-cloud and dusty-fine to the touch.
Sometimes it is red, glittering hair by hair in the
plenteous, stiff to touch, thick and deeply waved.
Sometimes it is deep-gold, like an autumn leaf, heavy and
silky and ripply.
Sometimes it is pale-gold, fine as thistle-down, like a veil
of sunshine, spreading wide and generous when shaken out,
but crushing to nothing in the hands.
Whatever of these sorts it is, some lover twists in its sure
snare and sends up his praiseful chant.
Here I think it must have been the deep-gold sort, heavy
and silky and ripply, and colored like an autumn leaf: Listen :
S HE braids it in two heavy braids
That reach the carpet nigh,
And winds them crosswise, nape to crown,
To cross again and then come down,
And cross again on high.
I watch with joy that never fades;
A fortunate man am I.
n.
“She twists it from a silken twist
Into a coil instead ;
Each side rests against her ear;
Its vVeight is on her collar clea r,
Heavy it seems as lead;
A rope thick as her good wrist,
She fastens it to her head.
III.
“To styles not blind,
She can not bind, as other women do,
That scented mass, that smells of wheat,
And lavender and apples sweet.
She plies the great combs through,
More lovely than all maiden kind,
A woman twenty ?”
About Introducing People BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
By ANNA KATHARINE GR EE N
One of the Greatest Mystery Stories Ever Written
Do You Know-
3y MRS. FRANK LEARNED.
Author of "The* Etiquette of New
Yo:'k To-day.”
T v HERR arc many sorts of Intro
ductions, the ceremonious and
the unceremonious, the pre
meditated and unpremeditated Intro
duction*. but under all clrcumst.inc s
there Is one rule to be remembered,
and It Is that Indiscriminate Intro
ductions should not be made There
should be some knowledge on the part
of anyone making an Introduction
that it will be agreeable to the per
sons concerned. Discretion and good
I heard a young mother
talking to her little son
about hi* teeth—tell
ing him howimportant
it is that the teeth be
kept clean.
*'lf you want to be a biff, strong
boy,” she said, “and then u big,
strongman, you must have good
teeth. And to keep your teeth
sound you must remember bow,
while you are a little boy, to
brush them twice every day.'*
The young mother told me
that the youngster liked the
taste ot Ribbon Dental Cream
and that this had helped her in
inducing him to form the im
portant daily habit. Of •ourse,
she talked with him about it
now and then to impress on him
the great advantage to his
health and comfort that comes
with this dailv care. “Then
twice a year, she added, “1
have the dentist look him over."
You too
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judgment must be used In deciding
the question of introducing people or
the propriety of not doing so.
The general rule to be remembered
Is that when an Introduction is pre
meditated the wishes of both persons
should be consulted. A man should
not be introduced to a woman when
the introduction is premeditated, un
less her consent is asked. The cus
tom is for a man to ask a friend in
common to introduce him to a lady
at any social gathering. It i» then
proper for the person making the in
troduction to say, unobtrusively,
“May 1 introduce Mr. C.?“ Thus a
woman has the option of declining,
but a request of the sort Is not re
fused unless there Is some very good
reason for a refusal. The formula
used in introducing Is: “Miss B., al
low me to introduce Mr. C.” In a
very informal introduction the men
tion of the names is sufficient, thus,
“Mr. l\, Miss B.” It will be observed
that the positive rule of propriety is
that a man is introduced to a woman,
never the reverse.
A hostess has much responsibility
in bringing people together. It is
her duty to ascertain, for instance,
how a new acquaintance will be re
ceived— whether it is the wish of
everyone concerned to know each oth
er before she invites them to a lunch
eon or a card party or any other
small and intimate affair. Her own
good nature in wishing that those
whom she knows well should meet
each other is not a sufficient cause
for bringing them together.
The general conditions of society
should be known to a hostess. Even
if enemies are introduced to each oth
er, they can not let their hostess
know of the mistake. An instance of
the ignorance of a hostess as to con
dltions and the distress caused by her
lack of knowledge and experience was
in the case of two persons whom she
had included in dinner invitations and
whose/engagement had been broken
| off. Unfortunately, she sent them ‘.n
I to dinner together. Bravely they made
| the best of it, but at the close of the
| evening the girl’s distant bow indl-
| rated to the man that there could
never be a renewal of former condi-
; tions.
At a dance or a general entertaln-
i ment a hostess has the privilege of
; introducing young people to each oth-
' er, and she should see that shy peo-
I pie are introduced and that all have
I opportunities for enjoyment.
Tart Sauce.
! Two women who had not seen each
' other for many years met unexpectedly
j in the street.
“How do you do?” exclaimed one,
effusively.
“Now, this is delightful,’’ said the
older. “You haven't seen me for eleven
, years and yet you know me at once!
I can not have changed so dread fully
in all that time. It natters me!"
“Oh. I recognized your bonnet,” said
I the first
(Copyright, 1913. by Anna Katharine
Green.)
TO-DAY’S INSTALLMENT.
Dr. Cameron’s courtesy had by this
time returned. He pushed forward a
chair and invited his visitor to sit down.
“I shall be happy to hear,” said he.
and lent his full attention, while Gene
vieve, turning with chill dignity, with
drew into a window recess near by.
“I am Julius Molesworth. If you do
not remember me as your former class
mate and fellow-practitioner, you prob
ably will as one of the leading witnesses
in an Inquest which has aroused consid
erable attention of late.''
Dr. Cameron’s countenance changed.
For reasons that we know, he had taken
a great interest in this Inquest, al
though lie had said nothing about it to
his wife.
“Pardon me." he replied. “I do recol
lect. I read of the death of your af
flanced wife with the utmost sympathy,
for ”
"For she died upon the same night
that you were married,'' broke in Dr.
Molesworth, completing the other’s sen
tence.
Dr. Cameron bowed
“It Is of Miss Farley and her unac
countable death that I have first to
si>eaU.“ continued the intruder calmly.
“If you have read the proceedings, you
know what the verdict was and what
general credence was given me at the
Inquest. You will therefore he surprised
to hear that for some reason unknown
to me the police authorities have seen fit
to discredit the evidence given by me
at that time, and that l stand before you
now in the character of an accused
man. with the prospect of arrest be
fore me."
A Conundrum.
"1—am sube ” Dr. Cameron stam
mered, glancing with some embarrass
ment at the tall and immovable figure
of his wife, outlined against the faint
yellow of the evening sky.
“Do not think you must express sur
prise or sympathy,” interpolated Dr
Molesworth coldly; “1 am innocent.
But," he continued, with less dignity
but more fervor, “that has nothing to
do with the fact that my prospects are
ruined by this suspicion and my career
at an end. Whether I am committed
to trial or not. my name must suffer
and my practice receive a shock from
which it will he long In recovering. It
is a great misfortune to me. I acknowl
edge, but you may make it a less se
rious one if you will.”
"I?"
"It is a conundrum which I have pro
pounded to you,'' he observed, in calm
allusion to what he had before said. 1
“As you seem to possess no key to it—”
He paused and one would have said he
held his breath for a moment—“I shall
have to produce my own. I—’* he
paused. “Did your wife .speak?" he
suddenly. asked, rising with every ap
pearance of respect.
“I think not," returned the other
somewhat haughtily.
Dr. Molesworth bowed and again sat
down. "Excuse me,” he cried and Dr.
Cameron was sure he heard him sigh;
“I would not wish to weary the lady.’’
Then with recurrence to his businesslike
tones. “I asserted that you could help
me. It was not lightly said, for ^you
are a bold man and an aml\.)us one.
“If a complicated art,! dangerous case
were given you that demanded unusual
measures, you would take them, 1 am
sure. If that case belonged to another
man and he were sick and disabled
from attending to his duties, you would
listen to his diagnosis and make your
self acquainted with his theory of cure,
and if it 'met with your approval, ac-
~eept it as your own and treat that case
with ail the interest and attention
which you would have bestowed upon it
if the method of treatment had been
your own.’’
“I think so." returned the other,
simply
“Well, such a case I have,” pro
ceeded Dr. Molesworth. with steady
impressiveness. “The patient is Bridget
Halloran; you have doubtless heard of
her and how she has been given up by
Drs. S. and B . But 1 am certain
that she can he cured. That this line
of treatment’’ (he looked toward the
detective, who thereupon handed him a
slip of paper) “will prove startingly ef
ficacious and give to the man bold and
determined enough to use it an enviable
notoriety."
“Let me see,” exclaimed the other,
his professional interest aroused in spite
of himself.
The paper was handed to him. and
the doctors' two heads, so dissimilar in
appearance and yet so like in their ex
pression of intellectual superiority, came
together over it.
The consultation which followed will
not interest the reader. It was purely
professional and had enough technical
terms in it to awe me from any attempt
to reproduce it. Enough that as they
proceeded Dr. Cameron’s look of re
serve and possible prejudice gave way
to one of undisguised admiration, and he
asked, without any tone of envy in his
voice;
“How did you come by this, Moles
worth? It has the appearance of a
positive discovery to me.’’
“I got it by hard thought." was the
other's reply. “1 get nothing by intui
tion, as you do.
“So much the more credit to you,’’ ob
served Dr. Cameron, folding up the pa
per and putting it in his pocket.
“And you will take the case?’’
“On the condition that if successful
the entire credit shall be yours.”
A look hard to fathom flashed in the
dark eye of Julius Molesworth for an
instant. It seemed as if he longed to
hold out his hand; hut he did not do it,
and an instant’s silence fell upon the
group.
“There seems to be no further reason
for our remaining here," Dr. Moles
worth at length observed. “I have fin
ished my business, and,” turryng toward
the detective, “am now at your serv
ice." And yet he seemed in no hurry
to go.
As for Mr. Gryce, he showed no signs
of having heard the doctor. His glance
had fallen upon a strip of passementerie
on Mrs. Cameron’s silken skirts. From
his puckered brows it looked as though
he were studying a problem.
The detective tore his gaze from the
strip of passementerie which had so en
gaged his attention and followed him.
The stern and solemn picture which
they both carried away with them was
that of a woman's tall and rigid form
stretched as it w r ere on a cross against
a sky, down which were slowly flutter
ing the first flakes of a coming snow
storm.
Curiosity or Interest?
T HAT evening there was a great
ball in Washington, and the
woman who shone the most re
splendent and received the most homage
was our young bride. Genevieve Cam
eron. Even her husband, who had be
gun to expect everything from her, was
amazed. Words in which she was some
times lacking came freely from her lips,
and the wit which in her case took
the place of knowledge, glittered in all
she said’ with just enough keenness to
fascinate. Her white hair made her
conspicuous, and her beaming eyes and
dimpling mouth, amid whose smiles just
I the hitn of smothered feeling showed it-
. self at times, caused the gaze which
J fell upon her to linger till happy jeal
ousy had laughingly whispered in her
ear;
”It is fortunate this is our last hall
here, or I should soon he ordering cof
fee and pistols for myself and some of
these fierce-looking ambassadors." 2
Mrs. General F approached her 2
in the dressing room, and after looking 5
at her with the greatest delight for a I 5
moment, exclaimed rapturously:
“I never did see any one with such 2
costumes as you wear Who is your ! 2
modiste? Tell me. that is a good girl.' 2
The lady was elderly and her manner 1
was caressing rather than impertinent,
but Mrs. Cameron was much displeased,
and showed it by the angry flush that
crimsoned her brow and neck. Her
words nevertheless were gracious,
though she did not answ’er the other’s
question.
“I am really much obliged to you for
your apprecTktion,” she cried; “but I
really can not give such a weighty se
cret away so lightly. I have gnomes
and fairies to do my work, and have
sworn never to reveal their where
abouts.”
Back to Mother.
It was a trifling incident—almost too
trifling to record—but it wearied her,
and it was not long before she testified
her wish to return home. In the early
morning they started for New York.
It had been Dr. Cameron’s intention
to carry his wife direct to the home he
had prepared for her. But their unex
pected return made this inadvisable,
and he accordingly took her to St.
Nicholas place. She had not wished to
go there, but she did not know how to
make objection, so she said nothing, and
by 6 o’clock of that same day she found
herself in her mother’s arms.
“My dearest!” was that mother’s
grateful salutation as she turned her
cold cheek formally to her daughter’s
lips. “What a delightful surprise! And
your father—how pleased he will be!
But what an undutiful child you have
been not to write to me! I don’t believe
a w r ord about the rheumatism which Dr.
Cameron says is your sole excuse. You
never had $he rheumatism before you
were married. You have simply been
lazy or anxious to show your power
over your good husband. He has writ
ten quite regularly, good for nothing girl
that you are!”
To Be Continued To-morrow.
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