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That a Man o f Muscle
May Also Understand
Tender LonJemaKing—and
So She Is To "Be Mrs.
44T T E ’ S hOTe - Catherine."
. "Who?"
* * “Yonr hero."
"Who's my hero, silly?"
‘A strong man, of course. * A broa<J-
Bhouldered man, a deep-cheated man, a
man with a fighter's Jaw, and, well—a
man ’■
“Enough of description 1 It Is admir
able, but you should havo begun, as they
do at banquets, with, 'We have with us
this evening.' who is this Ideal In the
flesh?"
“Jack Mulcahy." *
“The name is not illuminating."
“Ah, yes, because you live In Pitts
burg! If yon lived in New York you
would know Jack Mulcahy. Every one does.
He Is a champion oarsman, and winner of
the Olympic double sculls trophy at St.
Louis."
“I am tired of trophies. I met a win
ner of a boat race once and he was a
horrid, little"
“You remember the Hamburg race?"
•Tor the Emperor's Cup? Yes, but that
was declared won by a foul.”
“It was not declared a foul, not offi
cially. There was always u question about .
1L But there was never any dispute about *
Jack Mulcahy's oarmanshlp. He and
Ills Rouble, Varley, rowed the cleanest,
finest race you can Imagine, and Jack was
the prettiest figure of a ripple es muscles
you ever saw. Besides, he showed the man
stuff In him by the way he took the news.
He and William Varley knew they had
Wny Home-Made Jam Is the Best.
Housekeepers who adhere to the
ol<pashioned practise of putting up
their own preserves and Jams will
be gratified to learn that science recognize*
the superiority of their home-made product
to that of the factories. No less an au
thority than the London Lancet testifies to
this.
Every housewife who make* jam knows
that the keeping powers of the several
batches may vary. Some samples will go
mouldy in a short time, while pothers will
keep in good condition almost indefinitely.
The differences observed may be due to
•ome jams being more concentrated than
others, as, of course, it is only a concen
trated solution of sugar which is antiseptic.
It seems certain, also, that cane sugar
Is a much more satisfactory preservative
than glucose, and the argument of jam
makers that glucose is necessary in order
to keep the Jam from crystallizing is put
cut of court by the fact that if the Jam is
well imi'ie the nefd* of the fruit should
change enough rune -:l*nr Into invert sugar
to insure again.**! sugar crystals separating.
Thia involves, however, long boiling, uud
nowadays Jams, we are told, must be made
as cheaply as possible.
Hence the superiority of the home-made
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John F. Mulcahy.
w*on the race, and they sailed that day
for America, tickled over what the fellows
on this side would say. Well, the boys
were down at the pier to meet them, and
some of the best sports came out on the
Quarantine boat and climbed aboard, look
ing glum. The first! one shook hands
with Jack ns though had met him as n
funeral and said: ‘They’re raising a row
on the other side, and saying it was a
foul.’
1 “And .Tack only laughed. lie thought he
was going to wear a laurel wreath, and In
stead of that they pinned a knot of crepe
on his sleeve. It was tough, but it’s the
right sort‘o* a man who laughs at such a
thing.”
“Yes, yes. I like that.”
“So you see, he isn’t a horrid, little”
“No, no; I see.”
“He’s a graduate of Fordham College
and a member of the Union Club, the BeTIo
Harbor Yacht Club and the Catholic Club
MS New York. He is a nephew of Mor
timer Mulcahy, and a nephew of John
A. Sullivan, a founder of the Catholic Club
of New York.”
“But Jack Is neither. You went to the
World’s Fair at St. Louis?”
“Yes.”
“And you remember those splendid span
drels on the Mechanical Building?”
Jam which contains a larger proportion of
digestible sugar (and parenthetically, it
may be added, more fruit too) than as a
rule does the commercially prepared ar
ticle. It would be a somewhat curious
fact if It proved that, after all, Jam owed
its keeping powers not entirely to sugar
but in part to wfTat may be regarded as
an artificial preservative—namely, formal
dehyde. It has been agreed that formalde
hyde Is an objectionable preservative for
foods on account of its toughening effect
upon foods in general and upon protein in
particular.
And yet It would appear that formalde
hyde Is readily formed in small quantities
by merely boiling solutions of cane sugar,
the amount produced depending possibly on
the duration of the boiling. According to
this, it would not be surprising to find
formaldehyde present in many Jams ns
a perfectly unintentional, or even normal,
constituent. Its presence, Indeed, may be
essential to the keeping powers of the
Jam.
The subject deserves further Investlga-
Iton. since analysts may be pot ''off their
guard and be the means of Instituting pro
ceedings for fraud where no fraud exists.
Hotet Murs i
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Heiress io
£2,000,000,
Made the
Discovery
“Why—yes, of course, I recall those
figures. They represented ‘Power’ and
‘Strength.’ They were superb.”
“Jack Mulcahy posed for them. The
sculptor, Mlgs Melva Beatrice Wilson, said
he represented the idea better than any
professional model she had seen.”
Miss Wilson’s Judgment carries with it
authority. Carl Bitter chose her from
among many candidates for the wort, to
decorate the arches of the Mechanical
Building at St. Louis. She modelled the
bronze statuettes, “The Bull and the Bear,”
“The Polo Player” and “The Minute Men,’»
owned by Tiffany. In Paris, she exhibited
“The Broken Chariot,” which pleased
Parisian critics. “The Volunteer,’’ an
other of her bronzes, was purchased by the
State of New York.
Besides being a sculptor, Miss Wilson Is
an artist. She painted a portrait of Alice
Roosevelt, which the Chief Executive
commended. In Paris, In London and In
Berlin Miss Wilson has painted and mod
elled distinguished persons and great mod
els. When she said “Jack Mulcahy Is a
better type for my ‘Power and Strength’
than any professional model,” her words
had the weight of authority.
In politics, as In art and athletic*, he
won unusual honors. He charmed the
Aldermanship of the Twenty-fourth Dis
trict away from Its Incumbent in the same
apparently easy way he won In the ecull
trophies.
“I—ls he really here?”
“Yes.”
“Ah !”
“May I present him?” 4
“Oh, yes, I suppose ho.”
John F. Mulcahy. of New York, has wide,
strong shoulders which swing easily about
in his black coat, although he has not the
tremendous height of a football hero, ills
waist tapers to a graceful measure and
his limb* are lithe and thin and agile. HU
grace was noticeable as he guided Miss
Vllsack about in a waltz.
HU Jaw was lean and strong, the Jaw
of a fighter, yet the smile he turned upon
his beautiful partner was most agreeable.
Miss Vllsack carried a chum home with
her in her carriage, to which they were
attended by the agreeable yonng man
from New York.
“Are you sleepy, Catherine?” she asked
“No dear, why?”
“You are so quiet.”
“1 was only thinking.” And the daughter
of the late Leopold Vllsack, hefres* to two
million dollars, fell again into reverie. The
fruit of these reveries appeared in de
tached remarks.
“I didn’t think that a man could win
athletic honor* among men and—and be
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Mins Melva Beatrice Wilson, the Sculptor,
Working on One of the Figures for Which
Mr. Mulcahy Posed, and Which Were
the So Much Admired Decorations of the
Mechartical Building of the St. Louis
World’s 1 Fair.
agreeable to women, too,” she said, look
ing nowhere in particular.
“M m,” her chum made sleepy answer.
“I have always admired a man of
strength. In fact, I never admired any
other. A weak man”* the white shoulders
rose scornfully under their covering of
pink silk “is a Joke played by nature.”
“But the world's intellectuals liuve been
little men.”
The chum was awako now and looking
into the paHt.
"I don't care for intellectual men. They
are always disagreeable, usually peevish
and dyspeptic. No, give me the man with
red blood, a man with square shoulders,
a deep chest and a square Jaw.
"A wild man?”
“It would be delightful to tame such a
wild man.” Miss Vllsack stared smilingly
Into the fire. Perhaps It was the reflection
from tho fire that made her cheeks so
prettily pink.
“The new woman doesn't care about a
man's physique. Klu* only cares for his
mind and character,'' pursued Miss Vll
snek's chum, who belongs to four club*.
“You are n reversion to the primordial
type, Kafhle. You are a reincarnation of
the woman who, when she recovered her
consciousness after her suitor’s wooing
with a club, was glad to see that he was
big enough to scare other wild men away
from their cave ami to protect their future
children.”
“Of course,” assented Miss Vllsack.
“That Is the chief function of man, be
sides bringing food and fuel to the cave
for his wife and little ones.”
Again she smiled Into the Are. Her
chum yawned behind her hand aud shuf
fled off In her Japan
ese sandals to her
snuggery, to dream
about nothing, iih Is
the Jiablt of tired per
sons.
It was only when
Mr. Jack arrived next
day In an automobile
to take Miss Vlsack
for a spin tlmt the
conversation of tho
night before came
back to her. Hho
watched him assist
her friend Into the
tonneau, and tuck a
big bearskin about
her feet, with an easy
swing of Ida short,
stocky arms, saw her
smile and remem
bered that soliloquy
by the open Are In
the boudoir : “I didn’t
know that a man
could be strong—and
—and sweet, too.”
Cupid In this case
lost no time In dal
liance. Perhaps It
wan because athletic
men are impetuotui
wooers. Perhaps be
cause some women, 1n
spite of the rail
ings of cynical men,
know whom and what
they want, when they
s<*e them and can
get them, ns In Mil*
case of Miss Vllsnek.
When John F. Mul
cahy became Alder
man Jock of Now
York’s Twenty-fourth
District, the young
athlete and graduate
of Fordham College
heating Griffon hagen,
the Republican In
cumbent, as
cheering par-
tlsans declared, “out of Tils silk stock
logs,” there came from Pittsburg a tel
egram which “Aldorrnun Jack” refused to
show to any of hi* constituents. He
tucked it away In hi* inside pocket, with
a blush, saying: “It Is private.”
“More strength to my strong man,” the
message was.
Mr. Mulcahy, being nn employe of a
manuflKfturlng company, had oocnslon to
pay frequent vlsltH to Pittsburg, hut more
frequent, It seemed to the head of the
firm, thau was necessary.
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“Hello, Jack! What brought you overV”
said his chief, one morning, two weeks
lifter the big New Yorker’s last visit.
Alderman Jack mumbled about some
matter of moment.
“That was of no special consequence.”
returned the chief. “It could have been
arranged |>y correspondence or telegram.
Tbewo trip* must be tiresome, Jack.”
“No, not in the least. 1 enjoy them
ti ernendously,''
The response was so warm that too
head of Worth Brother* glanced at this
eager young man In bis employ.
• “Mighty zealous chap. Fine fellow,” he
murmured to himself. “Not many young
men like that.”
'Hie nnnouneenymt of Alderman Jack’s
«ngngf-mcnt to Miss Vilsack shed a great
light upon the dark places for the chief.
After ills first dazed moment, he laughed.
Then he culled his partner. “Tho firm
must give the boy a tluo wedding gift,”
he said. : ,
Tho marriage will ts£ place at Ut.
Paul’s Cathedral in inttatJß-g, i>u the sos
cuth of JuLuury.