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THE CONQUEROR
By CONSTANCE CLARKE.
The Advantage of the Tall Girl
S Beauty
A Delightful Talk with Klsie Ferguson
W
E watched by the side of a tired soul
In the darkest hour of nlKht;
And we prayed that a respite, swift and sure.
Might come with the morning's light.
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And the throbbing black of the darkest hour
Was cut by a struggling breath;
And Life seemed cruel as It lingered there,
When we prayed for the touch of Heath.
OOO
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And Death reached low with his kindly hand
For the Life that must quickly cease;
And, tired, we bowed at his chilly feet
And prayed for a swift release.
OOO
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Then dawn burst forth in a flame of rose.
That over the pillow crept;
And Death drew bark with the shades of night;
For behold, the sufferer slept.
Circumstances Alter Cases
M rs O'Mt'LLlGAN lay very 111 In bed. and was not
expected to live. All the member# of the family
wei© railed to her bedside. They ntood round,
looking mournful and taking a sly Inventory of the
furniture
'Mike.’* said the old mother, “you'll remember to give
that dresser to Bridget?"
"I will that. I'll remember, sure Faith, what a mem-
sry she has!"
“How ginerous sit* Is the dear creature." murmured
Bridget, weeping, and wondering what else she was go
ing to get
"She is. Indade." said the rest of the family.
"And. Mike, there a the horse for Tim. don't forget
the horse for Tim."
"No. mother; aye. isn’t it wonderful now ’
»nd raysonable to the last"'
“And mind you Rive my goold watch to Pat.
I've wound It up for him, ami It’s kApjng Rood time.
And there's th* pig for you. Mike, and the cow for
Kathleen, and the cheat of drawers for Larry"
Aye. it’s marvelous Indade Her memory Is perfect
to the end She doesn't forget one single thing!"
"And. Mike, remember Donovan, the grocej-, and pay
him the filteen dollars we owe him."
‘Don’t listen to her* Don’t listen to her!" >e!lftd the
family She* raving! She’s laving!"
.jt BENCHES
By WILLIAM F. KIRK.
T HERE are benches, solemn benches, where the
Judges sit in pride.
Sending countless men to prison. (Goodness
ijiust be satisfied).
There are benches built for children bent on many a
school-day lark,
But the benches most appealing are the benches In the
park.
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Did you ever stop a moment on your happy morning
walk
For a little conversation with some man ashamed to
talk?
[f you want to know life's meaning, all Its secrets weird
and dark,
V’ou can go and do your gleaning on the benches in
the park.
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Here a boy who came to conquer when his life was in
its morn,
Beaten by the roaring city with its heartleseness and
scorn;
There an old and feeble outcast with no wish to guide
his barque—
Neither knowing any solace save the benches In the
park.
OOO
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Misdirected brains are plenty In these pitiful retreats;
Shattered hopes and battered prospects float like spectres
o’er the seats.
There’s a man who needs our friendship—he who did not
make his mark.
Did you ever stop to visit on the benches in the park?
“Make the most of your charms.”
By MAUDE MILLER.
‘She can make herself irresistible.
I favor a one-toned color scheme.
< ’onsclou*
Mike
kO-DAY marks the advent of
the tall and slender maiden
All things combine In the
adorning of ber beauty, the present
mode it* instrumental In enhancing her
charms, and so my message is one
for her alone." stays Miss Elsie Fer
guson, who Is playing in "The
Strange Woman."
Mias Ferguson 1s tall hernelf and
very slender. She wears her golden
hair drawn softly hack and caugnt
loosely, so that It waves entranrlny.lv
over her ears and droops low against
the nape of her neck Site smiled at
vne qulzz.lc'ally- as she talked, and he*
ideas seemed to fit in perfectly with
her looks and her surroundings.
"The tall, slim yftung person, who
gives one the impression of a strong
slender tree. has. In the first place, a
great many advantages over her
shorter sister. Both long and short
lines are becoming to her; she may
wear dresses with stripes running •
lengthwise or around, whichever she;
pieoses and they will always be oe
coming. That is. unless she Is tool
tall, and then, of course, stripes must j
be used with discretion. There is
such a thing as exaggeration, which
can Aiwa vs be detected no matter
how modified.
A F A IIIV I, A f D.
"The tall girl has a perfect Fairy
land at her finger tips and she can
make herself positively irresistible if
she Is careful about choosing the
right kind of gown. She must ac
cept for her motto. ‘‘Nature may be
aided, but not contradicted." and no
matter what she may decide upon
she must be careful of her color
schemes I myself am in faVor of a
one toned color scheme That Is,
having the hair, complexion and
gown match in tone if not color.
Learn to blend colors perfectly, or to
Contrast them with the eye of a con
noisseur Only a practised eye can
use contrasted colors properly, so
perhaps k would be wise to stick to
the blending process.
"The tall girl may have all the
draperies and frills that she wants.
She may wear the daring minaret
costume without fear of making the
hips seem too ' large. It will but
enhance the fragility of her appear
ance. particularly if she has her
skirt long and seemingly intricate
around the feet Often this appear
ance of involved dressmaking comes
w'lthout any effort, although It seems
most Parisian and impossible to at
tain when se^n on other people.
| "The slender girl may wear as
many soft drifting frills at her
throat as she likes Frills seem a
part of her and frills are always
adorably feminine and bewitching.
One is sure to imagine all kinds of
faint, alluring perfumes hidden in
their lacy softness.
"Now that scarfs are so much in
vogue, let the slender maiden use them
profusely In her costume. Have the
scarf match the costume, or else have
’ r, fashloped of some contrasting color,
but have It soft and very shepr Chif
fon trimmed with fur makes the most
wonderful scarf, and now It is quite
permissible to use scarfs at all times
of the day and with any kind* of a
gown.
HER ADVANTAGE.
"This is surely the era of the tall
I girl. I wonder If she Is making the
best of her opportunities. She must
have the fact borne in upon her con
stantly when she sees how utterly im
possible it is for tne short maiden to
appear fashionably gowned in some
of to-day’s models. Unless she is
fairylike in proportion almost every
thing will combine to make her look
first overdressed and fussy, then fat
and dumpy. The short girl murt be
satisfied with straight lines with little
or no accessories. At any rate, not
any of the dear, delightful feminine
fripperies, such as tulle boas or loose
waists with very wide girdles, can
ever be hers If she would be modish.
"So, you people of the tall and slen-
variety, don’t miss the opportunity
of making the most of your charms.
That would be a dreadful state of ar-
lairs to look back upon afterward,
don’t you think so?”
Let It Co at That
}
A LADY who is a district visitor became much inter
ested in a very poor, but apparently respectably
Irian family named Curran living on the top floor
Df a great building in a slum district of *her parish.
Every time she visited the Currans she was annoyed
by the staring and the whispering of the other women
living in the building. One day she said to Mrs. Curran:
"Your neighbors seem very curious to know who and
what I am, and the nature of my business with you.”
"They do.” acquiesced Mrs. Curran.
"Do they ask you about it?”
“Indade they do, ma'am."
"And do you tell them?”
“Faith, thin, Oi do not”
"What do you tell them?”
“Oi just tell thlm," was the calm reply, ,4 that ye are
me dressmaker, an’ let It go at that”
* I AT BAY A Thrilling Story of Society Blackmailers
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
B Y a most merciful dispensation 1
of the little God of Love, who
k^eps all our hearts from going i
prematurely Into cold storage, there
sre no prescribed methods for pro- j
j*oeing marriage.
It is not a problem whose solution !
depends on a knowledge of tv tights
end measures. Will you merry me""!
not a question that requires deep
lore to propound.
A man loves a woman. He cannot !
tell when love began, so softly did;
l!» messrnKcr take- ponsi-strlon of hi* 1
henrt. H, only know, that he lovrr.
and. it seems to him, dazed by the
great mlrccle. that hie love had no 1
l eginning He is ws sure that it bus
Always existed as he is that It will
know no end.
He wants t * tak< possession of the |
woman he loves, and he finds neither
moonlight, nor rustic bower, nor j
Fhad> dell, nor a boat, nor a seat that
holds only tw >. necessary to put his
emotions and desires into words. A
1 roposai is independent of envirau-
t&ent A man ma> propose marriage
ti. a ciowded street in the glare of
the midnoott sun. and the muxiiv of bis
words is as sweet, and the love-light
In her eyes is. as w arm, as if he had
set the stage With all the romantic
scenery demanded by fiction.
THE IMPORTA N T THING.
The time, tlie scenery, the language
'
•rowd—none of this is important The
Among the worst foes of the memory
are too much food, t«>• * much physical
exercise and. strangely enough, too
much education.
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Important thing is that he me«ns j
whaP he says and the saying Is not a
habit.
The man who proposes easily and
gracefully; who Is glib at this most
holy of declarations, has told too
many women he loves them, to be
trusted. It is a situation whin man
ner means more than words It is
r.ot necessary that he say much. Rut.
oh. may a merciful heaven protect the
girl If he doesn’t mean the little he
says!
It is neither eloquence, nor fervor,
nor grace of speech or manner thAt
matters. All that matters is Sin
cerity Just one little word. Sin
cerity' Not a sincerity he thinks he
feels, but one that he KNOWS he
feels, and that he Knows he will feel
so long as life lasts
If there are those who must hav#
n prescribed form, making of love a
matter so light It admit! of rehearsal,
let them rend what the Immortal
1’lckwick advised his friend Magnus.
Af?c r telling Magnus he must com
mend the lady s worthiness, deplore
j his own unworthiness, ar.d expatiate
on the warmth of his love he advised
him to seize her hand.
"You should then," continued Mr.
j Pickwick, "come to the plain and
I simple question. Will you have me.”
i J think 1 am justified in assuming
that, upon this, site would turn her
| head."
"You think that may be taken for
granted." said Mr MagR.ua, "because.
‘ If she did not do that ut the right
place, it would be embarrassing.
1
M It. PltKWHK’S \D\IPE.
1 think she would.' said Mr. Pick
wick "Upon this, sir, 1 should
zqueeze her hand, and I think—1
THINK. Mr Magnus—that alter 1
had dune ih*.i. supposing there was
j no refusal. 1 should gently dnaw
<way tne handkerchief that my slight
i knowledge of hum'sn nature ;eaila me
i ;o suppose the lady would be apply,
iig to her eyes at the moment, and
steal a respectful kiss. I think 1
■'Mould k.:-s her Mr Magnus, a.. at
•his particular point. ! am decidedly
if opinion that ir the lady were
^olny to take me at all, she would
r.urmur into my ears a bashful ac-
, captanc*. ”
If the methods advised by Dickens
are too old-faehiOned. a book thrown
on the mercies of the public last
month gives » more modern form.
John HodJer. the hero of “On the
Inside of the Cup. a minister, and
poor, loves the daughter of hit> most
wealthy p«u is.viener They go for a
walk In the woods
" For sh« had. put ner own
hand out. not shyly, but with a move
ment so naturahit waslmt the crown
ing bestowal.
'Allistin! he cri^tl "1 can t ask
It of you 1 have no right -
’You are not asking it." she
answered. "It is I who am asking
it
The girl proposed
But what matters, who. oi when,
or how. oi what, so that the Wily
is ail right.
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Thirty-ninth Street Theater. New York.
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TO DAY’S INSTALLMENT.
"< let It yourself '’
The Chief took one quick stride that
brought him a foot from the door.
The plate la here, however.” re
marked Holbrook, with no sign, of un
due haste.
In a tittle flash of understanding
Father Shannon was aware that this
world traveler had surely witnessed bull
fights In far-away Spain When the
bull Is sufficiently hlifided by rage—
when he has baited past making full
use of Ida own dangerous strength, the
puny toreador darea match his wiles
against the massive thing of powerful
thews and sinews and danger-dealing
strength. Father Shannon smiled at his
own fancy There was something slim
and picturesque about this Irish lad -
and Dempster hud entered with a bull’s
very rush! Now the Chief paused, shook
his head and fairly seemed to paw the
ground in baffled rage at the futility
of his first onslaught. The Father
smiled but tears were very near his
eyes. He saw again in memory the
burning building out In ManilA he felt
dimly through the haze the strength of
the arms that had carried him from
the strangling pall of black smoke. A
friend indeed was Lorry Holbrook and
a thick black pall hung over the girl
beyond the door.
Twice Baffled.
"The plate is here where’"' demand
ed Dempster.
Larry picked up the iron poker from
his hearth and tapped on the brick
floor of the grate "These are the
I y s ”
“Destroyed*’’ bellowed Dempster
"Yes, sir," said the Captain, contem-
j plating a neat ring of smoke he had
just managed to blow
’ You feared Jo have it developed.
Captain HolbroOk?" asked the interro
gator sternI>
"Oh, no. sir l developed It all right."
remarked the Interrogated, with engag
ing candor
"And .than destroyed it
Holbrook’s pleasantness was Imper
urbable. Hut it enraged the bull
That was the order of the two
event®*——” He flicked the ash from
his cigarette, took u final puff and then
threw it into the embers of hts fire
*XJood tobacco, gentlemen Bure you
don't want to experience a change of
heart.” he remarked, drawing his case
out. with a hospitable flourish, as if this
J early morning call portended only di»-
, -nterested sociability
"No!" thundered Dempster ’’Where
s the cash-box con tain mu letters’."
i ’ « n the mantelpiece. Behind me here.
I r you weren’t a professional detective.
Hob, you'd have seen it when you tame
in.' said mine host, with unruffled '
friendliness.
He wondered within himself if even a
professional detective could sec beyond
his elaborately casual manner. Hol
brook himself had seen a mother bird
fluttering a trailing wing in a direction
that led far away from her nest and
then at last flying off on lofty pinions,
with the ruffled wing widespread and
unbroken! But his Irish confidence pre
vailed. "Bob was a professional detec
tive!” thought our Larry
But the accent belonged on the last
word of that sentence „•
The Chief took the box
' Broken open.” he said, grimly.
“Yes. sir.” Raid the culprit, confess
ing the obvious
"The letters?” asked the Chief.
“Same funeral pyre,” said Holbrook,
Indicating his hearthstone.
The Charge.
The Chief turned to the District At
torney the majesty of the law must
appeal to this lovable rapscallion,
thought Father Shannon, smiling at
1 arry’s acrobatics.
' "You know the seriousnes of those
nets. Captain Holbrook?” asked Gordon
»I rah am.
"Is it serious, sir?"
“In this murder you become an ac
cessory after the fact." answered Gra
ham.
”1 hud no wish to do that, gentle
men.” said Holbrook- serious for a mo
ment. The trail led now straight to
him. The law had one quarry surely
this was enough for to-night -his little
lady was safe. Holbrook laughed in
sheer relief.
But that night of horror had Just be
gun.
"What were you trying to do. make
a monkey, of me.” asked Dempster.
After all he. too, felt friendship for
this wild Irishman
“No. Bob. There's no nmn In Wash-
irtgton 1 respect more than I do you,"
rep'.icd Holbrook, with simple liking.
The man before him was an unswerv
ing soldier performing his duty.
"Material evidence In a ease on which
I've been detailed you take and de
stroy." said the Chief. In slow spec
ulation.
"You're on a salary, aren’t you? Chief
of the Secret Service?”
"What of It?”
"I LIVE FY MY WITS ” Holbrook
swung to a seat on the table and nl-
lowed himself the luxury of another
cigarette. v
"What do you mean by that?” asked
the Chief.
"This'll be a great serration, won't
it?"
"Well?"
"Well I've go\ something to sell,
haven't 1? Who’ll pay me most for the
story?”
The Chief turned to Graham again.
’’ 'Twor't do. Holbrook." said the Dis
trict Attorney of the United Slates
"Why rot'*" queried the Captain,
swinging ore foot at ease and devoting
his most earnest attention agai’ to mi
lady Nicotine when all the while i’
was for anothei laCy he fought
"An a news matter you'd have saved
your evidence,” said Graham with quiet
conviction.
Larry threw- up his head with a laugh,
and the quizzical eyebrows lifted, too,
In enjoyment of this bit of conver
sational philandering. ,
"So you could seize it and be giving
it to all the papers? Oh, no, I think
not. I wouldn't do that, now, would I?"
"I've got to arrest you. Captain Hol-
broow,” said Chief Dempster.
“I’m sorry." Holbrook threw away
his cigarette and rose to attention like
the, soldier he was.
There was a moment of quiet—of
waiting.
"What charge?” asked Holbrook
‘Tve just told you the charge,” an
swered Graham, impatiently.
Holbrook walked over to the fire
place and contemplated the smoldering
ruins there. Then he spoke as genially
as If he were discussing some purely
extraneous matter, instead of his own
arrest on a criminal charge.
“ ’Twon't hold. One tin box, value
50 cents. One plate and plate-holder,
say a dollar ” He shrugged his
shoulders as if settling the whole airy
trifle. "Oh, petty larceny at the out
side!"
"Get your hat and coat and come with
me," said the Chief, in a tone of au
thority.
Holbrook swung around on his heel
and faced the men who were preparing
to'arrest him.
"This isn't friendly. gentlemen.
Neither of you men thinks In his heart
that I had a hand in that killing IF
IT IS A KILLING and you want to
humiliate me by a night in the sta
tion."
"What of my humiliation by the loss
of this evidence?" asked Dempster.
"My word of honor. Bob I NEVER
THOUGHT OF YOU."
Father Shannon felt that the time
had come for him to forsake his posi
tion as mere onlooker.
“I'm sure that’s so. Chief, and Mr.
Graham, a man of Captain Holbrook's
prominence " he began
But the Chief did not consider this a
moment for stopping to pay respect to
the cloth.
He turned to the c'aptaln puzzled-
wise. “You could put the department
on to the guilty party in this murder,"
he declared
JThe Captain answered him with quiet
and earnest conviction
His Feasor Why.
"1 don’t think there's been a ’guilty*
party. Chief.’*
“You called at Flagg’s home yourself.”
Interposed Graham
“1 did. sir. quite openly ’’ Holbrook
was grim and serious now The thought
of this monster of evil this jwiison upl-
tier drove him out into the « pen f
1 serious fra> And the w»-aj on* here
were not fine.foil#, to be handled w.th
I qtrick eye and dexterous wr;.it Here
I the fight was with heavy? nak-d
| swords.
’Why?” asked Graham, curtly
j "FI ag wm* z b a krnaller the dread
ed urn} feared wf society. 1 called in
the interest of a friend—one—one of his
many victims.”
"Deucedly shabby of you. Holbrook,
to play such a trick on me,” said the
Chief, with his mind still on the de
struction of "material evidence."
"Never thought of you. Bob—1 do as
sure you of that. Just selfishly intent
on my own business. But I’ll report—
anywhere- any tlqjie you gentlemen say.
Why. Mr. Graham, stop and think a
moment—tiie papers had m© about to
marry- your daughter—and they will
play that up In the rotten story If I am
arrested—the girl’s name why drag
me Into this Flagg casg—until you have
to? When you need me I will be
ready.'*
"I trusted you in that room.” went on
Dempster as if he jiad never been in
terrupted in his personal train of
thought.
Larry sighed a bit. He spread his
hands out in a little gesture of impa
tience—slid them from hips to pockets,
and tipping back on his heels gazed
speculatively at Dempster the deter
mined. This gentleman was surely the
most difficult person to blarney that
the Irish soldier of fortune had ever
encountered -and there had been Da-
homely chiefs and Moro warriors! But
always before only his own life or an
abstract excise at stake for this “per
petual member of the minority" to win
and now a girl's name and good fame
and life itself depended on his gift ol
words.
“1 trusted you in that room," said
Dempster, with the sullen anger of a
tnan who feels that he has been out
witted.
"You did " agreed our Irishman.
“but we were rivals on the Job. not
partners Why, I trusted you that far’
But you’re both gentlemen. Weil—per
haps I'm one take my parole. I will
not leave this room without phoning
you- both of you- and I’ll only go
where you tell me. I may go."
Holhrqak drew himself up. He was
a soldier offering parole to his su
perior officers. There could he no ques
tioning the absolute seriousness of the
situation and the man’s honesty of
purpose.
“And my word that he means that
parole, Robert,” added Father Shan
non. quietly.
There was a moment's hesitation
Chief Dempster, feeling that this visit
had led i on through a tangled maze
nowhere, walked over to the door and
*to<>d there surveying the room and
tts ... jpar ts in deep puzzlement Did
h* suspect that Holbrook was fight
ing for his freedom because of some
purpose? Could he sense #o»ne mystery
behind the door to which his attention
had been *• • carelessly directed aril
from which It had been so elaborate.>
turned *
To Bo Continued To-morrow,
When using lemon for flavoring,
and you only need half of one, put
the other half on a plate and cover
with a glass tumbler. This excludes
the air and prevents the lemon from
getting mouldy. Another simple rem
edy is to smear the cut lemon over
with the white or yolk of an egg, and
place on a shelf to dry; lemons
treated this way can be kept a long
time.
If screws, ga.v fittings, the sides of
bedsteads or anything else of the
kind become tightly fixed and cannot
be moved, the following method will
generally be found to loosen them.
Pour a little oil on the tight parts,
and then hold a lighted candle under
neath until it is warm. You will then
find that It Is easy to separate or un
screw the fixed parts.
When custards are wanted 1n a
hurry it is often difficult to serve In
Having a Rest.
“Well, Bill,” said the temporarily
retired burglar to his pal, “there’s one
thing we oughter be thankful for
here "
“What’s that?” said Bill.
"We ain’t bothered much dodjin'
motors or worryin* over the high cost
o’ livin’.’'
a glass dish. To prevent this make
the custard In the ordinary way; turn
the glass dish for a few minutes over
a basin of boiling water to steam.
The custard can be safely poured in
without the risk of breaking the dish.
To cure soreness which occurs at
the sides of the nose where the glasses
press, take some methylated spirit and
dab on the affected parts once or twice
a day. and then dust over with a little
boraic powder or starch. This will
harden the skin and keep it from get
ting sore.
To make linen easier to write on
when marking it, dip the piece to be
marked in cofd starch, and the pen
will write without scratching.
To clear beetles out of cupboards
and larders sprinkle a little benzin*
over the boa*ds. and it will kill the
eggs as well as the insects.
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