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Lent has brought & close Lo all tor
mal cccasions. Bven the formal din
ner-dances at the Georgisn Terrace
have been discontinued. For ihe TFe
mainder of the season each Friday
evening there will be the informa'
dances which hitherto have fallen on
the alternate Fridays Later in the
spring the roof of the handsome hotel
will be arranged for dapcing. as is the
fashion of the Eastern holels
Tws hundred guests gathered for
the dance on Friday evenng of this
week Among those present Were Mr.
and Mrs J. B MoCUran and their
_ Mre. Hampton Ficlis of Car
fi!‘l’, Mr and AMra Robert B
Wessells and their guest Miss Wheat,
of Chicago: Mr. and Mrs W A
Kirk, of New Haven. Mr and Mrs
W. P. Tuttie, of New Haven Mr
and Mrs. McGoodwin of Loulsville;
Dr. and Mrs. Wilbur W Hiackman,
Mr and Mrs. J. B Hockaday, Mr
and Mrs J.. W. Conway, Mr. And
Mrs. George Walker, Judge and Mrs
Benjamin Hill, Mr. and Mrs Walter
Barnwell, Mrs. Mary Cooledge Mrs
Luther Read, Mr. and Mrs George
Nicolson, Mr. ‘and Mrs. John Evina
My, and Mrs. Lowry Porter. Mr and
Mrs. F. 1. Pond Mr. and Mrs. Rob
ert Grant, Dr. and Mrs, V. 8 ”klnt
Mr ard Mra W. T. Geniny Dr, and
Mre R Atchison, Mr. and Mrs Ton‘
Eyck Brown, Mr. and M: Thomas
B Paine. Mr. and Mrs Guy Wool
ford, Dr. and Mrs. Gilder, Mr and
Mrs. J. Prank Meador, Mr. and Mrs
Joseph Raine, Mr. and Mrs James T
Williams, the Misses Florence Davies,
of Indlanapolls. Giadve Rigzs of
Chattanooga: Jacque Pybas, of Ten
nesser . Lillian Jones, of Wawnesboro,
Rosalle Davis. Mary Butler. Virginia
Lipscomb, Isma Dooly, Louise Dooly
Bilen (VKeefe, Lilllan Logan, Adrienne
Battey, Janie Cooper Giadve Byrd,
Heler Dykes, Derryl lLaw, Helen
Rhorer, Lucy Roberts, Dolores Bellin
ger, Madeline Bellinger, Helen Stew -
art. Marie Dinkins and Lyda Nash,
Mr. Barnes, of Oshkosh, Wis Mr
Childs, of Boston: Mr. Barrington, of
New York: Mr Wilkins of Greenville
8 (. Albon Cowles. Dr Charies »
Hodge, Dr. J. G. Wililams Dr. Clem
ents, Stuart Fox, Wendell Sentell, Bd. |
gar Tompkins, Cator Woolford, Madi
son Pell, Bugene Maynes, :\'vman‘
Cooledge. Winter Alfriend, Charles |
Phillips. Pdward Ciarkson, Turner
Carson. Dr. A, (. Deloach George
Graves, (Charles Roddey, Walter P
Hill, Winship Nunnally, Lewis Car
hart, James Harrls, Sam Carter,
Wimberly Peters, Dr. Kellar, Vernon
MeMillan, Bert Clark, Jack Pappen
heimer. Alfred Newell H M. Atkin
son. Bdward 1. Bishop and George "
Beliinger. ‘
Doss-Cann,
The wedding of Miss Marie (‘umi
and James Thomas Doss was quietly
solemnized at 830 Thursday evening,
Pebhrnary 25, at the home of the
bride's mother, Mrs. ¥. M Cann, the
Rev. Mr. Gaines, pastor of the Grant
Park Church, officiating. Only rela
tives and close friends were present.
The bride was gowned in a dark]
blue suit and hat, with accesosries to |
match. Her flowers were Bride roses. |
showered with valley llies. Mr. and
Mrs. Doss will be at home at No. 4991
Capitol avenue. {
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Woman's Study Club to Meet. i
An interesting program has been.
arranged for the Woman's Study |
Club, which will meet at Carnegie Li- |
brary Thursday afterncon of next |
week. Father Jackson will give an|
addrees on the early settlers of Mary
land, and Mr. Robertson also will talk |
on the early conditions of that State.
Miss Sarah Whaley will continue her !
serles of articles on the Constitution |
of the United States. Mrs. A. G. Hel
mer, president of the club, will pre
gide. Mrs. Harry Smith, secretary,
will read a report.
Newnan Club to Meet.
Mrs. John Z. Lawshe will entertain
the Newnan Club Wednesday after
noon at 3:30 at her home on West
Peachtree street,
Wednesday Study Club.
The Wednesday Morning Study
Club will meet with Mrs. W. A, Fos
ter, Gordon and Peeples streets, on
the morning of March 3 at 10:30!
o'clock. |
Drama League Meetings. i
A dellghtful occasion of the past
week was the meeting of the Drama
League on Tuesday afternoon at the
M %x?;f S
i rs. am Claer Spiker read the
Spanish play, “El Gran Galloto” b_v!
Bschegeray, to a very apprecative au
wdience.
_ Mrs. Spiker is not only a versatile !
reader, but an impersonator of un- |
‘usual ability. Her dramatic training,
under the best masters, enables her to {
‘interpret the meaning of the drama
and express it with rare intelligence.
~ Tuesday ut‘ernoon Mrs. Spiker will
a:: Strindbefg’'s “The Stronger,” and
ifl‘” W. C. Jarnigan will read “Es- |
Meeting of Jewish Women.
An interesting meeting of the Coun- :
ofl of Jewish Women was held Wed
mmmoon in the vestry of the
-3 After the business discus
sion, wherein the interest of the
‘women in the school question was be
sought, an informal paper on current
eV was read by Mrs. 8. Pinkusson.
The following musical program was
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‘Honer, and “Frlar of Order Gray"
Shields—Wilfred Watters,
Violin Solo—Frank Turner.
_ “Belion Q:tldn," Von Telitz—Miss
Lilna
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Miss Spritz and Mr. Watters,
. M Jflum Mr, Watters were
-& w Club entertained at a
dance Friday evening at home of Olin
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Lilliputian weddings as a form of
{junfor church entertainment are be
coming quite the rage in Atlanta
The latest of a list of several “mar.
riages of tots” was that Friday night
at the East Atlanta Methodist Church,
and it was declared by the large
*mvd attending to have been most
{ enjoyable, Children from 3 to 10
yeurs of age figured in the “social
gevem of the season,” as it was termed
on the programs, and afforded thelr
| parents and other admi.ers abundant
| amusement.
BIBLE IS ‘BEST SELLER’
DURING LAST 300 YEARS
During the last few years there has
been much talk about the “best sell
ers”” Publishers have vied with each
other to enlist writers whose Works
have at one time or another reached
the head of the list. i'he popular
novel that sells up into the thousands
and continues in demand is known as
& “best seller,” but comparatively few
of the many reach this envlable posl
tion.
There is one book, however, which
has been a “best seller” for the last
300 years. This is what is known as
the authorized verson of the Bible.
More than three hundred millions of
coples have been distribauted by the
American, British and foreign Bible
societies alone. Think of these fig
ures, and you will forever cease to be
interésted in so-called best “sellers.” |
The Bible, or parts of it, has been
translated into several hundred dif
ferent languages and dialects. The
first complete translation in English
was made more than 500 years ago,
and the first Amercian edition was
printed in Boston more than 150 years
ago.
In spite of the enormous Bible dis
tribution represented by these figures,
Stamps, Jr. Those present were Misses
Annie Laurie Cox, Laucien Cox, Evelyn
Patterson, Marjorie Pates, Inez Mor
gan. Anna Hunt, lsma Bennett, Louise
Hardage, Virginia Collier, Elizabeth
Smith, Ruth Yarbrough, Loraine Pat
terson, Martha Brown, Frances Tuller,
Alma Boone, Elizabeth Flodding,
Mary Flodding, and John Ransom,
Harry Bunch, Jesse Gmflx; Allen
Lary, Henry Baldwin, Steven Bald
iwln‘ Clifford Chapman, Wallace
' Smith, Newton McEachern, Kendrick
Goldsmith, Cobb Torrenve, Harald
' Cooledge, Walter Baldwin, Howell
(Cobb, Noel Smith, Glennville Alken,
Olin Stamps, T. 0. Poole, William
McWhorter, Ed Crane, John Brooks,
'Powell Pendley, Van Burgen, Robert
| Willet, John Hooper, Homer Bramlett,
;}hvkey Maddox, Donald Mclver. The
| chaperons were Mrs. A. L. Bunch,
| Mr, Futréll, Miss Leila Stamps and
' Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Stamps.
|
iAuction Club Entertained. 2
Mrs. G. C. Metzger entertained her
im\u:tmn bridge club Thursday after
noon at her home on Drury place. The
| prizes. white and gold dinner plates,
{Were won by Mrs. John Stone and
| Mrs. arl Knight.
~ The members present were Mr. and
Mprs. Albert Hill, Mrs. J. S. Nunnally,
Mrs. Jack Porter, Mre. John Stone,
!fingji B. Everett, Mrs. Rarl Knight,
Mrs. C. T. Bailey, Mrs. Claude Barn
well, Mrs. L. D. Parrott, Miss Edith
s ¢
The hride was Mttle Miss Margaret
Andrews, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest Andrews, and the bridegroom
was Master Carlos Lynes, Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Lynes. They
were very fetching in their miniature
wedding costumes and carried out
their parts just like grown-ups. Ev
erything in connection with the cere
mony was done by youngsters, inciud.
ing a thoroughly enjoyable musical
program following the wedding. The
entertainment netted a good sum for
the Sunday school of the church.
there are hundreds of thousands of
American homes where the Bible re
mains unopened and unread. To the
average modern person the language
of the Scriptures is too formal and
difficult to understand without refer
ence helps.
A most interesting work has been
recently compiled, which promises to
do more toward popularizing Bible
reading than any amount of pulpit ex
bortation.
“Tllustrated Bible Storles for Young
and Old” relates all Bible events in
chronologlical and narrative form. All
superfluous details are omitted. The
book is written in the plain. under
standable language of to-day. Chil
dren and adults enjoy it with equal
enthusiasm. Practically every one of
its more than 800 pages is illustrated
with beautiful text pictures, many of
them being costly color plates from
the famous Tissot collection of Scrip
tural paintings
Every man, womah and child will
want a copy of “Bible Stories,” and
all may have it by presenting to this
paper six certificates such as the one
printed on another page daily, and
complying with the terms explained
therein,
ol e s ibaeioesm R mssislpeiosianiie
Cole, Miss Elizabeth Johnston and
Miss lda Matthews.
\
Psychological Society Program.
The Atlanta Psychological Sociely
will mget Sunday afternoon at 3:30
o'clock in convention hall at the Ho
tel Ansley. The subject will be “Em
erson’s Kssays on Compensation.”
Psychological preblems will be dis
‘cussed, (Gerard Thiers has arranged
an attractive musical program. Solos
‘will be rendered by Miss Irma To
land. Kurt Mueller will play. All in
terested are Invited.
j
Dinner-Dance Postponed.
~ On account of-l.ent, the usual week
end dinner-dance will be omitted at
the Piedmont Driving Club Saturday
evening, but probably will be resumed
next week. “
10 Georgia Countie
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'~ Free of Quarantine
Ten Georgia counties Saturday were
released by Secretary of Agriculture
Houston from quarantine against the
spread of splenic fever in cattle. They
are Walker, Catoosa, Whitfield, Murray,
Gilmer, Dawson, Forsyth, Milton, Cobb
and Madison. Secretary Houston also
issued an order amending the regula
tions governing the interstate movement
of live stock.
Mr. and Mrs Rucker MeCUarty an
nounce the birth of a daughter oF
Baturds, m‘fi Pebruary 27,
the home of Mra Mei'artsy s parenis
Mr. and Mre Bdwin P Ansley, I 8
Ansley Purk
The informa! dinner party which
Mr. and Mrs. Harrison Jones give
Saturcay evening a! their home wil
be ohiw of & peries of parties ar
ranged for Mra, Boliing Jones' guest.
Mrs Carrington, of Virginia
Mr and Mrs W. T Gentry will give
SRR BD G . and
ub evening for Mr a
M M %»wx of New York
'who are visiting i and Mre Humt
Chipley. Mr. and Mrs Linton UV
Hophins entertained them informaily
At dinner M%ry evening, sl Air. ana
Mry, Samuel T. Wespnn will enter
taly them at dlaner Monday evening.
Other informal Aflwm for them in
cluded Mrs Walter Howanis. little
ten of Iwelve rmx at which Miss
Lila PBarreit Alexandria, Va., who
18 Mre Weyman's guest, shared the
honors.
Jonr W, Warde is critically i at
his bome, No. 13 Simpson street
The regular meeting of the Free
Kindergarten Association will be held
Monday morning at 11 & m. at Car
negie Library :
Miss Charlotie Wilkins and Miss
Georgis Rice have returned from Au
burn, where they were entertained at
a house party given by the A T O
Fraternity.
Mr and Mrs. W. T. Gentry and Miss
Nina Gentry will move to “Virginia
Manor.” their-hame at East Lake, on
Sunday. and will spend the summer
there.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Waldemar
Bell Have arrived in Atlanta to make
their future home here. Mrs. Hell
was Miss Bdythe Virginia Hingher of
Washington, amd the couple were
married recently at the home of the
bride’s relatives, Mr. and Mra George
Wilson Hunter, of Richmond, Va
Mr. and Mrs Robert N. Callaway
have returned from a three months’
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trip in Florida. The greater part of |
the time was spent In Miami. They
visited in Pal Beach and St Prter@-i
burg and were in Tampa for the car
nival i
Miss Mary King returned Friday |
from Birmingham, where she has
bheen entertained for the last month
as the guest of Miss Margaret Gage. |
Mrs. John Leversedge leaves next|
week for Fort Worth, Texas, to be|
the guest of her parents, Mr. and .\{rsA;
John Preston Carter, for six weeks. !
Mrs. B. . Dobbs, Miss Fay Dobbs |
and Mrs. Walter Gray, of Greenville, |
8 C, will leave Monday for San |
Francisco to attend the exposition. |
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Mearns and |
W. R. Mearns, Jr, are in Havana, |
Cuba. They will retrn by way of New !
York. |
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lake will re-;
turn home from Florida Wednesday. |
Mr. Lake made a short trip to Cuba |
on business, and during his absence |
Mrs. Lake remained at Seabreeze. i
. Miss Helen Conroy, of East Orange, |
N, J.. is again with her sister, Mrs.
John Morris, Jr., after a visit to Miss |
(Genevieve Morris, Mrs. Morris' par- |
lents, Mr. and Mrs. John ¥. Conroy, of |
East Orange, N. J, will remain with
her several days longer.
Miss Kate Harrison has returned
from . visit in Augusta.,
Hear Fine Program;
Members of Dixie Court, Tribe of
Ben-Hur, still are discussing the suc
cess of the entertainment at the lodge
home last Tuesday evening, when a
splendid musical program was ren
dered by Miss Rigollette, piano; Mrs.
Thompson, soloist, and Miss Hagan,
pianist, and a lecture was delivered by
W. M. Steele, supreme instructor. |
Miss Oppenheimer's orchestra fur
nished music for dan:&ng. which con
cluded the entertainment.
Southern Puts on
.
Sixty Steel Cars
Officials of the Southern Railway in
Atlanta Saturday announced that eirat
of the most important through trains of
the road nave been entirely equirned
th all-steel, electire lighted cars of
the most modern design.
Sixty cars have been placed in com
mission on the Southern Division of the
road within the past 30 days all of steel
frame, and with this equipment eight
new steel dining cars have heen placed
in service to operate out of Atlanta.
south to New Orleans, and north to
New York.
Negro Is Arrested
As Plumbing Thief
Clark Hill, negro, of No. 19 College
street, lodged .in a police cell Spturday
on & oharge of being a plumbing thief.
He was taken in custody by Detective
J. W. Hollingsworth.
The arrest of Hill followed numerous
complaints that burglars had broken
into vacant houses in various sections
of the city and storen oconsiderable
plumbing a.xtures. !
© $300,000 PLANT BURNS.
ALBANY, N. Y., Feb, 27.—The shoddy
plant of W. J. Barnet & Son, at Rens
selaer, was totally destroyed by . fire
early to-day with a loss of $300,000.
A Serial Every One Should Read
Man and His
Wifte ¢
By Virginia Terhune Van
| de Water.
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| (Copyright. 1815, Star Company.}
g “Why haven't you gone before™ his
wife asked Her manner had changed
' trom the wilent disapproval that had
| characterized it during dinner. She
?nmmod to forte him to state that he
had found her society more attruetive
inuu that of all the men in the world,
l.h»tm smiled camiy ;
{ 1 suppose for the same reason,” he
in—pzz«i “that most men when they are
| first married neglect their old friends.
| Life is changed for them and mar
§fluo is the biggest thing In the
C-urm.“
‘And later it becomes of iess im
portance ™ his wife queried with -
IMnch of bitternesa L l
| “Not at a 11.,” John demurred. “While |
| we are on this subject let me uphlnl
land then there will be no hard fnliu"
!abnut the matter When people are |
| first married, they are absorbed in the |
| newness of i’ all, thelr own nm*uly.g
{their new home, each other's perfec- |
!tions. At last when there are no more |
g-umxsm for them, they settle down |
im guiet, sensible existence in whkh’
they love each other just the mame- |
perhaps more-but yet are not uog
selfish that they can not understand |
that there are other people in m.‘
world who have some clalm on them.t
He Thinks He Has §
§ Made It Clear. A j
“1 see,” said the wife ]
John Hamilton told himseif that he |
had made the case plain and had told |
the truth, Yet in his soul he know;
that he had not told it all, and "‘“i
had his wife been her bright, d\u-r'!:
self this evening he would not have |
remembered his duty to his club. But 3
xsh» was evidently in a bad humor, and
when a woman was peeved ahd quiet
the ciub was jollier than home—no
matter how much he loved the wom'j
an. Naturally he could not explain
this to Isabel
Yot if he had, it might have been &
salutary thing for her. If more wives
were told these facts they might un
derstand before it is too late. And it
more men knew that to keep a womn
an's affectbons it is advisable occa
sionally to show her loverly atten
tions, men might not have te com
plain of wives' fickleness. Both sexes
jove to be loved, and both llke w b‘l
{amused.
’ Join's statement that he was 'om‘!
{to’his club gave Isabel a sudden sink.
!Snu of the heart, but her pride com-
Kh.nvd with her temper to make her
{ hide her uneasiness. She tried to look
indifferent and she hummed a little
&lunv to herself as she went into the
{ parlor and picked up a book.
“What are you going to do with
yourself this evening?” asked John.
Her failure to make further comment
‘on his speech suddenly produced in
i him a sensation of insecurity. Did
| her silence mean acquiescence or dis- !
| pleasure?
| “Oh, I shall be well enough,” she
said. “I have an interesting book,
land plenty to do. I am never lonely.”
| “That's good,” the husband re
i marked. Her indifferent uttitudci
| piqued him, even while he congratu
ilated himself that it made his do-‘
| parture easier. As he went toward
1 his club he reflected that he had taken !
| the step that meant his right to dis- |
i pose of his time as he wished. Of
| counse, he loved lsabel dearly, butshe
i certainly knew how to be disagree
iable when she was in the mood she
|had been in to-night. He had done
1 all that could be expected toward con
ciliating her—and she would not bel
conciliated. He certainly would not
apolozize for what he had sald ati
breakfast that morning, for he had
not been in the wrong. This was a
eide of his wife's character he md(
never seen before, and he would not
humor her by Staying at home trying
to cajole her. If she was going to be
grouchy and glum, he would go whare |
| things were pleasanter——that's all. It
was strange that women did not un- |
| derstand that.
| He Is Warmly
: Welcomed at the Club. -
: He had kissed Isabel good-night,
and she had had the good sense this
‘| time to let him kiss her on the lgn.
. but she had not returned the Kiss. Oh,
welll Why worry about it! She
would get over her huff, and then his
! home would be once more the jolly
| little retreat it had been for the past
six months,
He had reached his club by this
time, and the greeting that he re
ceived from some of his old friends
assembled there warmed his heart and
made him consider himself a fool for
l having stayed away for so long. He
would not be so forgetful and neg-
A lect’sul again.
¢ | “Now that my wife and I are actu
¢ | ally settled in our lgome," he told a
{|chum of his bachelor days, who
f | chanced to happen in, “I mean to run
over here often—just as 1 used to.”
¢ His companion laughed. “They all
| come to that, Jack, after they've been
t { married & while,” he observed. “My
| | brother did, and T watched him do it.
.1 It faised somewhat of a dust when ne
) | started in at the club again, but his
wife soon got used to it. And yours
will, too.”
The color mounted to John Hamil
ton's forehead. “My wife,” he said,
proudly, “is not he kind to ‘raise a
f dust,’ as you put it. She and I under
stand each other perfectly. She is al
’wuya glad to have me go anywhere
el that T want to do. She is a sensible,
¥ | broad-minded woman, George.”
gl “I congratulate you,” his friend
said, dryly.
g Something in the tone made John
2| Hamilton look at him keenly and
s | wonder if George Dawson really he
® ! lieved him. ; :
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CHAPTER IV,
. T was a new experience for Isabel
- Hamilton to pass an entire even-
B ing alone. As llsabel Davis she
had been accustomed to this kind of
'!bmn ~before she became engaged to
Jobhn Hamilton To-night, musing
over the events of the past year, she
appreciated that for twelve months
her ‘ffii%‘:’fi had been spent in John's
company. She had sinfply taken his
presence for granted. As her be
trothed he had been at her beck and
call. As her husband he had been her
property during such hours as he had
not been engaged at the office. [He
had becoms a habit in her life. and
she resented his absence
With a woman's capacity for self
torture she wondered if this was the
beginning of the condition of affairs
of which she had read in lurid tales of
'marital infelicitien There had to bea
first time for everything-—even for a
man's neglect of his wife, Was this
John's first time? Was he going to
attend the olud regulariy?
She found that she was gelting
nervous and mmn-u?hu and mi!e«l!
herself siliy and fanciful John had
spoken the truth when he sald that
as a member of an organization, !i’
was his duty to appear there occa
slonaily. Perhaps he would not repeat
the visit for months
As & hachelor, he had been a fre
quenter of the place, but of late he
had had attractions in his own home
that had kept him contented. Then
she remembered that bis home had
pot been especially pieasant this
evening. She had been silent wt the
dirner table and had not seconded her
hushand’s eiforts to make conversi
tion. She regretted the cloud between
them, but #he had not been to blame.
If Johin had not been cross at
breakfast, or even if he had apolo
gized for the morning's display of
temper, she would not have been
quiet and sad It was surely her duty
to show him that he had erred. If he
was roo blind, or too seif-satisfled to
see that he was in the wrong. that
was his fault. Her skirts were clear
When one is alone, self-justification
is not always as much comfort as one
could wish. The book that Isabel had
thought would be Interesting proved
jess absorbing then her own unhappy
thoughte. At last she flung the vol
ume down in despalr -
“I can’t fix my mind on anything!”
she muttered. “1 might as well go (o
bed and get some res”
She Goes to Bed, But
Can Not Go to Sleep.
This she procesded to do—at least
she went to bed, taking as much time
u‘x-‘blo in her preparations for the
n that she might not have to wait
long in the darkness before John's re
turn. It was after 10-o'clock when she
at last lay down, but she did not rest
‘To be sure she did fall into a little
dose a few minutes after she had put
out the light, but she awoke from this
‘with a nervous start as the clock on
the small table at the head of her bed
struck the half hour. Usually the
\-!rlktng of this timeplece did not dis
turb her. Now the sound seemed to
reveroberate through the quiet room.
‘Half past ten and John still at the
club! Oh, well, he would be at home
by 11 o'clock.
But 11 struck, and half past 11, and
12, and he had not returned. For a
‘while Isabel was indignant, then she
became Aanxious. What might not
happen to him coming along the lone
le streets all by himself? Perhaps
‘he had been sand-bagged and thrown.
into some areaway where he would lie
wounded, perhaps dead, until morn
ing, when the police would find him.
'They would see by the papers in his
pockets who he was, and would call
}hor up and tell her. How could she
stand it? Oh, how could she stand it?
" She sat up In an agony of fear;
[suddmly her mood changed, Was it
possible that John might be having
a good time at the club all this while?
If so, she would give him a piece of
her mind. But, no, he would not be
so cruel, so inconsiderate. Something
must have happened to him. At wha.t‘
hour had he left the club? she won
idered. In such an emergency as this
there was but one thing for her to do.
That was to call up the club and
make inquiries.
She threw her bath robe about her |
and thrust her feet into her bedside |
shoes; then hurried out into the hall,
where the telephone hung. With |
trembling hands she seized the direc
tory and searched its columns for the
number she wanted. Ah, here it was!
Some man at the club answered
after she had waited for what seemed
to her a long time, /
“Hello!” he called as cheerfully as
if it was midday instead of midnight.
Somekow his matter-of-fact voice
made the wife's act seem suddenly
ridiculous to her. But it was too late
to withdraw now.
“Hello!” she returned, in as steady
and practical a tone as she could mus
ter. “Can you tell me if Mr. Hamilton
——Mr. John Hamilton—is there?”
“Hamilton? Just wait a moment
g'n.d T'll go see,” the voice informed
And she waited, her heart beatin:
with nervousness and excitement. 1t
John were there, he would be dis
})lemsed with her for calling him up.
2 'Pe were not there, where could he
be?"
“Hello!” the voice said again. “No.
Mr. Hamilton’s, not here. He was
here, but he's gone.”
“Oh, how long ago?’ came the ag
tated question from Mrs. Hamilton.
“Wait and I'll go see,” the unseen
speaker said once more.
| And once more the wife waited in
]suspemse—-—but only for a moment.
“He's been gone only about ten or
Yifteen minutes,” the man informed
her. “I guess he'll be home pretty
soon now,” he added, in a tone that
may have meant to be comforting, but
which brought the blood to the wife's
cheeks.
“Oh, I'm not worried about him at
all” she said, frigidly. “I thank you
for the trouble you've taken”
“Pray don't mention fit” rejoined
her informant. “Good-night!”
“Good-night!"” she returned, hang
ing up the receiver with the con
:ck!)usness that she had seemed likea
00l :
Then a slight sound made her start
and listen. It was John's key turn
ing softly and cautiously in the lock.
The telephone was in the hall. There
was no time for the wife to disap
pear before the front door opened.
(To Be Continued Monday.)
A Story of a Belated Love
In the Shadow of
$ Dtk -}
6 Wl evening, Plerre ™
Many, many times the two old
triends had met and exchanged greeting
& “.M
drawing room, which ohe e
at the very firsl gianee 'hhllfi‘::‘:
%mu, There were times,
5 hardly an_ evening passed tfl
Capiain Menil %fifl cuttie ank
friend 1o pl& hoven or &nfll to
bim on the wusre %fl' 1o give
Mg - cuu her aelicious China tea.
ince then, bowever, the war had
W”‘l‘:fn name th‘o’tr minds no:r
sarily became occupled with other
} see you are knitting for the sol
diers, Marie. |
“like ovor;hody else. Winter is ap
proaching. _You don't mind my gng
on, do you™ - |
AOf course. | don't. 1 have come to
say good-bye. : |
“You are going th: |
“Like everybody 1 could not
bear the idea of staying at home when
lam still able to serve my mmr{.‘ 1
Marie Renaud had lald aside her knit.
uu*u\d her hands trembied.
“Nen, she sald, in & voice that shook
with emotion, I know what it em"ou
1o give up ‘ym military career fle
you were still young. because you had
your old mother 1o g:oflde for.” !
“She had set me the best vmp‘ofl&y
the world hiy her devotion to me. t
1 must admit there are two ming that
have cost me considerable suifering.
One was to give up my career and the
other Lo give u‘«mt marriage. We may
talk quite frankiy of this now?”’ |
“Alas.” she ;Jd and quite mechani
cally her hand went to her white hair,
which stood ig "W contrast to her
"O‘M ‘\‘mm ful smile |
“Yes,” he sald, “everything em’ird
against us. We were both poor had
Do DeB"To mike a living siving musto
have 0 h‘s living giving m
Jeasons, while 1 to give up my ca~
“It was necessary, Werre, and you
know | gave it up only five years ago.
when | got that small inheritance from
my aunt ™
‘lt was the same year | lost my dear
old mother,” said Plerre. “1 was fifty.”
“And | was forty-five.”
“It was too late then™
“Ym-r"' 'a':'nmfi: No. please do not
- ¥ me. No. no'
protest, Marie. 1 have seen few womer
remain young as &?n have done. All
l?flthmflm. tI am glad at least
that 1 numg’y'vwntooolamnrt
for France now when she needs all her
sons. Oh, Marfe, you can't realize what
it means to me at mwommm
to find myself at the of my com
pany and that in time of actual war.
At the bottom of my heart I have al
w:x- been a soldier before mxlhmf else
8 now it is even a certain rellef to
know that one's life I 8 not necessary
to unybc:l; but that I have ‘a perfect
flfll to er It to my country.”
e had no ikdea how deeply these
Beatrice Fairfax Writes on
Making a Star Role
o for Yourself 2
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX.
“We do not oppose the part we
play in life—but whether we play
that part well or ill, we do choose,
The part was chosen for wus by
the AUTHOR OF THE PLAY”
~—Epictetus.
ISCONTENT casts a gray shadow
on all the brightness of life. It
occupies the soul with regret
and causes the mind to feel maltreated
and abused. It fills the heart with sor
row. It occupies so great a %lace in the
mental and spiritual life of the one who
feels it, that there is no room for more
active physical forces to drive it out.
Discontent is not one of the vices that
takes };onmlon of one forcibly and for
evil. It is a result of deliberately fos
tered moods. What is more, it i akin
to one of the finest of the virtues—if
only that virtue is not misdirected. Dis
content can be turned linto ambition,
aliaost for the trying.
The vice that embitters life and leaves
its token visible for all to see—the vice
that weighs down the mouth corners
and dulls the eye of the physical being
as well as of the mind and soul and
heart ,can be transmuted into pure gold
for the mere trg’lng.
How much did it ever profit any one
to sit in sackeloth and ashes crying
either **Mea culpa—mea maxim* culpa,””
or less sorrowfully and more" bitterly
complalmr:% of the unfairness of life?
There is absolutely nothing to gain by
feeling that you have “made a mess of
things'—or that you have not had "a
gquare deal.”” There is everything to
gain in trying to make the best of the
circumstances that surround you and
to hew your way to a better set of cir
cumstances. X
1t is almost hackneyed to speak of
Abraham Idncoin studying in his pov
erty-ridden shack in order to be ready
for any chance that might come. And
yet he stands only as a notable example
of men and women who have acted so
well the parts for which they were cast
that a minor role unfolded itseif and
hecame one of the star parts of the
part of life in which it was cast.
The minute discontent is purified of
its feeling of helplessness, the seoond
that it determines to cast off its gar
ment of mourning and to gird itself
for endeavor, that minute it rises above
whining fnactivity to the shining
realms of ambition.
1 know a girl who makes it a source
lof sorrow that she has a discontented
nature. ‘I can’t ever be happy,'’ says
Gertrude. “I simply have one of those
discontented natures that longs for all
the things it can not have and that is
bored by what it is given. I am just
cursed by my owg\ discontentedness, and
the worst of it is that T know what is
the matter with me. I have a jealous,
envious, discontented nature.’”
| What a useful bit of knowledge you
have in your power of self-analysis,
Gertrude!” Why not go after some of
the things vou want? Why not look
about vou and proceed to attain through
ffort all the best prizes in your circle
gY living? Coin your desires into ac
tions. Mhke of your own envy a force
for trying to win some of the things
you see others possessing and long for,
too. Use your discontent with what
{ou are and have as a scourge, if need
e, to being ani havlnf more. And in
action your useless jealousy will die of
lack of morbid leisure in which to ex
ercige itself and grow.
There is a stc:l?' told of a girl who
found hevself suddenly orphaned and
poor, and with nothing m her education
or talents to win a livelihood. Stranded
and without ability, the fate of the ‘‘de
cayed gentlewoman'' who lives a pen
sioner on the bounty of any relatives or
friends who will give her a place in a
chimney corner, stared her in the face.
And then it occurred to her that she
had always dusted her father's priceless
porcelaing and Ivories, since no maid
could be trusted with them, and her
steady fingers and loving patience made
the dusting of these treasures a safe
and pleasant process.
nmm wonhded ‘: heart g m
;. ner u‘x:u once more a&‘ hor
P
Feelogored, besiely besving w 80%
=n wwrndo wm he was
ting upon her. .
:Au;dmvmmam soon®’ she
anked
“In three days | join my oid m
ment. Hui wha! is the mg‘-‘
you, Marie? Are you not well™ be ex
cmuug :wmc the change thet had
come into fuce.
It s uutumr. Pierre. lflm
sudden shock o ’w mv‘h'
| ought to have foreseen, know you
rvdlul‘anndlqgvhhhlmu&
jove YOU even more.
noT her bro ::lmu wo‘ut g
wH on win
“Marie,” cried Plerre, deeply moved,
oA - !
fiheufidh’rmh blue eyes to Mm
At y Plerre, is no ex
. my Age. -
cuse for faise mmt!n& memories
of our youth and our love have bean my
life's costliest treasure, &s “O\lr fatth
ful friendship for a lonely mald has
been my only solace!™
“Morgive me, dear friend. 1 ought te
have told you aboyt my dourt‘n in s
more gentle way, Had only
known-s—""
“Yes, It hurt me to find that you even
for & moment have been able to doudt
my affection.’ L
*Oh! 1f 1 had only known,” he re
m "P‘wonxun ago when we both
@ free & independent there was
a 4 short moment when | thought of our
old plans, but then, | told myself that
I was an old fool™
For a few minutes they looked Inte
each other's souls in deep silence.
“Marte.” he sald then, "is it too Inte
now to offer you my name?™
")‘II dear friend,” she sald, “people
would laugh at us.”
“They would hu? at us hoth then
But really | don’t think anybody would
laugh after all. Listen ' Plerre said,
mun: to the open v'ly' “Noisy
sIB almost gulet now’ EW
has duties to attend to, tMJ of
the wounded, the feeding the poor
and hunm the wtvln’ away of the
tears of thousands of unfortunates. Ask
your own heart, Marie. Leave out ev
erything else. Hldonotul? will
you be my widow? Umne must m
gr«i lar'm’{'tmugi‘ Widow's Mm
very fashiona my
|ol friend. And u&%mr.o&:‘a‘
our marr wou Jrlsn u -
noticed ; "TS. would dufl: be more
‘tlghllrfid couples
| My friend,” she -%M. “It has
| been the dream of my lfe."
| “Then let it be to-morrow, dear. You
| know they have done away with all
| dilatory red tape at the Mayor's. We
don’'t even need any witnesses. Time
is very favorable to us."
l:l: smiled but there was & tear in his
smile.
Marte Plerre Menil, 18 r.mw "the
arie Plerre Menll, ax n|
eruel happiness of trembiine u\d%o.
ing for her husband.
What she could do was-dust! A
most unromantic role truly. Would yoy
consider adopting It, Miss Discontent?
Bul!,t lihn’ce d\’mtln(‘du?med hlo be thg
this girl could play, she adopte
it ana did" her best with it. She
hrnum intelligence, interest and en
thus to bear upon the task of
cleaning house for rich folk who hated
to intrust delicate ornaments and fab
rics to careless hands. She started with
one customer and at the end of ten
vears held the dignified position of -
curator of a museum. For in acting
well the part of caring for fine, rare
things, she came to know much about
them and to feel inspired to study
them.
Last year in the stage world the same
principle was iliustrated. A woman
who had been playing minor roles In
country town stock companies was in
trusted with the role of an elderly cock
ney servant in a piece filled with many
more attractive roles. “ But so well did
the woman act her part, and so clev
erly did she portray the elderly and
unattractive servant, that she was '‘the
hit of the piece.”
it Is always possible to be ‘“‘the hit
of the piece’ if you play your part well
enough—and it does not matter one
whit what your part is! Be contented
to Ylay it——and ambitious to play it as
well as ever you can. You are not
“miscast’” unless you makKe yourself a
m!sfltlz your part. There is a chance
for siufccess in doing well the m’-t
trivial thing. For anything well o
{s worthy of applause—and of the more
tangible and lasting thing-—success.
!Lady Tells Details of Ten
Years of Suffering Which
Now Lies Behind Her.
Wallace, Va.—Mrs. Mary Vest, of
this town, says: “About ten years ago
I had very poor health and for five
vears it steadily got worse. I could
not stand gn my feet. 1 got so I could
only drag about in the room. Most of
the time I was not able to do my
work.
“I had terrible bearing-down pains,
}xu) back ached all the time and was
very weak. I could scarcely carry
‘:myzhing and suffered agony when I
‘Ht’ted anything. The muscles in my
abdomen were so weak I could scarce
1y lift myself up straight, and 1
thought I would surely grow crooked.
1 had difficulty in walking, it was #o
painful. I suffered In hips and back
and could hardly raise up at all. At
times 1 couldn’t sit on the chair—
would have to lie down, I was in such
agony. 1 just sat around and cried.
“At this time, about five years ago,
I began to take Carduil, at my moth
er's insistence. After two or three
weeks' use I 'saw an improvement
The pains got less gradually until
they disappeared, In two months I
could walk without pain and could deo
most of my work. For about three
vears my Improvement was steady
and- continued until I had back my
health and strength.
“The cure has been permanent, for I
have been in good health for the past
two years, due to my having taken
Carduj, which effected the cure.”
. All druggists sell Cardui. Try it—
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