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VOL. XXVIII. PITTSBORQ, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1905. NO. U.
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LUKE HAMMOND,
THE MISER..
By Prof. Win. Henry Peck,
Author of the "T& Stone-Cutter
01 usnon,' Etc
CHAPTER XXIX.
Continued. i
"Will tliis persuade you?" said Ham
mond, showing a well filled purse. All
day shook his bead. There were too
uiauy witnesses.
'Since gold fails," said Hammond,
will this persuade you, Tom Allday?"
Hammond drew a pistol and cooking
It levelled it right between Allday's
eves.
The cowardly wretch trembled, and
bis knees bent under him. All fear of
the futuse fled before the Imminent
peril of the present.
-To save to save my life I must!"
he stammered.
Haiuirond was enraged at this unex
pected hesitation, and slapping All
day's face smartly he cried:
'Regin! We are wasting time!"
At that moment John Marks entered
the crimson chamber, and after him
came Charles Hammond.
"My son! In New York!" exclaimed
Hammond, starting back. 'John
Marks, you ate a traitor."
He raised his pistol, for he was des
ignate, when Charles sprang before
tlii1 weapon, exclaiming:
' Wait!. Let John Marks speak!"
' I told you." said Marks, in a clear,
strong voice, "that Harriet Foss had
ceased to exist. In one sense she did;
for at 12 o'clock to-day she became the
wife of this young man."
"The wife of my on'" cried Ham
mond, staring wildly.
"My wife, said Charles boldly. ''This
morning I learned that Mme. Burr,
the woman I loved, was In town. I
eluded the vigilance of Mr. Marks and
sought her. I found her at the Astor
House. I did not believe what you had
said against her character. I asked
her to become my wife. She is mv
wife." . -
"Infatuated fool!" cried Hammond
"I will disinherit you!" .
Charles smil-ed scornfully and said:
"I am rich in my wife. Behold her!"
s he spoke a lady of splendid figure,
hut deeply veiled, entered the crimson
chamber from the ante-room, ; where,
till then, she had remained after fol
lowing Marks so far.
"I was Harriet Foss!" said she, un
veiling and displaying a most lovely
face, upon which the passage of more
than forty years had left no disfiguring
marks. -'
"Ah! my heart!" shrieked Nancy
Harker, sinking upon her knees la ter
ror. Hammond was too much aghast to
speak. Everything around him seemed
reding. He staggered back until the
wall upheld hiir.
"And my promise is redeemed," said
John Marks exultlugly, "For X show
you the body of Harriet Foss."
"You come for vengeance, Harriet
Foss!" gald Hammond, recovering and
watching for a chance to escape, and
to avenge, too,
"My husband' said Harriet, placing
her hand In that of Charles, 'has per
suaded me to leave my sister's wrongg
to the justice of heaven, I firmly be
lieve you and your sister murdered
my sister, but I have not sought ven
geance,, as you have been ted to sup
pose. Mr. Marks has deceived you for
purposes of his own. It Is at his ear
nest desire that I am here. I believe
Mr. Marks has depicted me to you as
a tigress. He has told you I even dis
guised myself in this city to trace you
out. I have done nothing of the kind.
Mr. M.arks had his reasons for deceiv
ing you. I met him on the steamer in
coming to this country. He recognized
me first. He had learned In England
that I loved Charles and that Charles
loved me. He built a plot upon that
knowledge. He knew Charles was to
marry me after obtaining the consent
of his father. He suspected you to be
Roland Dunn before he came to New
York; I did not."
"Ah! you did not?" said Hammond.
"I did not." continued Harriet ' "I
did not suspect that Charles was the
son of Roland Dunu when I married
him.- Charles " came to m?: and be
sought me to marry him. It is true I
am much older than he, hut he loves
me and I love him. " He is my hus
band;.! shall ber his devoted Wife. As
to wealth, I have more than enough.
As to vengeance, I leave that to heav
en." "May its bitterest curse cling to' you
both I" cried Hammond. ';'
"By what right do you curse me?"
demanded Charles. -John Marks,
speak."
"Luke Hammond," said Marks, "you
tempted me to do a crime. You of
fered rue as a reward a son a son I
had supposed dead.. . I told you nianv
tales .ho increase my . importance in
1 our eyes at; first, afterwards f I r told
you more to achieve the solution of "a
suspicion. You curse that young man!
He is . not your son!"
"Ah!" screamed Nancy, and would
have:-! fled -from the -room, v but her
nmbs were, powerless,..,,. ,.. .. .
"Charles not' -my son!".- said. Ham
' No! You-sought -to trick me;" cried
Marks. ' "t owe " you ' no good - will.,
-Twasyou who committed the bur
glary tor which" I jBuffereil so many
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by Bobsbt Boxxkb's Sons.
IAU rights reserved.)
years. We are even now. Yon hav
a brave plot going on here. I shall
not interfere. Charles is my son. Ask
nis mother there. You would like to
see yours? See his portrait!"
JohiF Marks tossed the picture of the
idiot upon the floor.
Hammond raised it. stared at It. let
it fall, and leaning towards Nancy Har
ker, as he knelt In pallid terror, said in
a voice like a hiss:
"Nancy Harker, my heart is turning
to gall! Say John Marks lies!"
"Ah, Roland, forgive me!" cried
Nancy.
"For what? Tell me for what?" said
Hammond. "Tell me that John Marks
lies! Tell me that, Nancy Harker.
Let fortune, liberty life all go to
ruin but tell me that John Marks
lies!"
"I cannot! 'Tis your son who is the
idiot," said Nancy.
"Traltoress!" cried Hammond, and
as quick as lightning he shot a ball
into his sister's breast.
"At them, Daniel!" he continued.
"They hold our lives in their hands!
They are two only!"
His pistol cracked again and John
Marks staggered back wounded, but
drawing his pistol; and then, with
a crash, James Green leaped through
the skylight, and fell upon- the bed,
crushing it to the floor, but on his feet
in a second.
As Greene fell, Elgin sprang at Dan
iel, and prostrated him with a blow
from his iron rod.
Hammond stared in perfect horror
for a moment at the pale and angry
face of the young carpenter, whom
he thought he had murdered, and then
shrieking in terror of he knew not
what, rushed at the door, got out, and
fled, along the hall" pursued by James
Greene and John Marks, the latter car
rying a lantern he had snatched from
Stephen when coming into the house.
"If I can reach the street," "thought
Hammond,' as he fled, "I may escape.
There Is a wayrthrough the old store
roomthe farther door enters into an
old cellar and that has a window- open.
ing- into the back street,"
He fled to the trap that led into the
basement of the other house, and
laughed to think that life and liberty
would still be his. His momentary
terror- at the sudden appearance of
James Greene .had passed away.
"He managed to escape," thought
Hammond, as he groped his way in
pitchy darkness. "The noises old Fan
heard were the efforts of James Greene
to escape. Spirits! Ghosts! Non
sense!" He reached the old store-room, rushed
In, and was bruised by the barrels and
boxes old Fan had piled over the trap
door. Swearing fiercely,. Hammond be
gan to clamber over the great heap.
He was at its top when the trap-door.
no longer sustained by the strong bolt,
and unable to uphold his weight, added
to that of the Boxes, gave way, and
he felt himself sinking downward with
the rubbish.
"Ah! The trap! The trap has
fallen?" he shrieked, and struggling to
escape.
But he was fast jammed in the heap;
and as he plunged, raved and fought.
the mass sank down at once, and let
him fall feet foremost into the deep,
dark well. He sank into the mud,
ooze and slime up to his chin; and
the well above his head, and around
him, was filled with empty boxes and
barrels, through which his shrieks,
curses and groans resounded hour after
hour, for his pursuers thought he had
escaped.
Shall we linger upon this awful
death? Shall we speak of his impotent
battling with four-footed, sharp
toothed, ravenous foes the avengers
of his dead wives, of his mother,; of bis
father, and of his sister?
No. We have seen the last of Roland
Dunn; or, ar we have known him,
Luke Hammond.
Nancy Harker died the same night, of
internal hemorrhage.
And so the prediction of the dream of
these two evil ones was fulfilled:
"Beware of Harriet Foss! When she
shall meefye, and ye shall know each
other, ye die!" '
Before the dawn of day, Kate Elgin
recovered from the effects of the drug
"she had swallowed, and was locked in
the embrace of her brave and worthy
lover, and of her now happy father.
Mr. Allday made his escape during
the tumult, but was dreadfully torn
and bitten by the savage dogs in the
yard before he gained the street. What
became of him afterwards we know
not. .. . . , . -. '
Daniel and Stephen also escaped, as
Henry Elgin wished the affair to be
concealed, . and. for that reason never
appeared In New York after his de
liverance, but settled in the West with
his daughter and son-in-law, James
Greene, where all of them now live
in perfect earthly happiness
Charles and Harriet, . with-; John
Marks returned r-to . England, where
JOhn Marks reformed, nd emulated
the virtues of his son. until his peace
ful death a few years ago. "' :
: - IHE E3UV
RAILROADS AND FORESTRY
Tremendous Demands Upon tho Wwt
. .. laud of the Nation.
The railroads of the United Statee
require 620,000,000 wooden crossti.es,
and every year 100,000,000 new ties
must be cut. This strips annually 200,
000 acres of perfectly wooded ground;
it actually scars many times that area."
With the tremendous demands of the
paper makers, the mining engineers,
the builders and a thousand more users
of wood, it is no wonder that the rail
roads are forced to go further and
further away from thir lines to get
their ties. In vain have they tried to
substitute metal. To-day the great
Pennsylvania systemjs forced to go to
Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky
for white oak, and the Southern supply
of yellow pine is in hailing distance of
practical extinction. As a consequence
of these conditions, which promise to
become worse rather than better, many
large railroads are experimenting with
the planting.of trees to supply their own
ties. Sometimes the trees are set out
along the right of way, but, in the
more important instances, on other
land owned by the railroad or pur
chased especially for ., the purpose.
Some of the roads, the Pennsylvania,
for instance, is going into this work
with a careful application of intelligent
methods of forest management. In the
Mifldle West and South, roads like the
Illinois Central, the Michigan Central
and the "Big Four," are setting out
catalpa trees, which do fairly well in
the right soil. The Pennsylvania, after
varied trials, has found the yellow
locust to be the best wood, more endur
ing even than the white oak. A white
oak tie will last about ten years, and
then goes out of use on account of the
rail cutting into it, rather than from
disintegration. Bj' the end of the year
the Pennsylvania will have more than
100,000,000 locust trees set out over
some 2500 acres. A. wonderful sight
these plantations must be in the June
blossoming time, and an excellent les
son to the community in the necessity
for decent care in lumbering and for
est management. But this single road
will eat tip the annual cutting from
39,000,000- trees, n fact that show
strikingly the absolute necessity for
larger provisions for reforestration
than these useful experiments of indi
vidual corporations. The Country Cal
endar. .-'."
How aii Idaho Tnnnel Was Cooled.
The boring of the Ox Bow tunnel, in
Idaho, is one of the great engineering
feats of the.age. The Payette River at
this point makes, a loop, and by putting
a tunnel through 1200 feet, the liver
bed. is left dry for two and a quarter
miles. It is the intention to mine the
river bed for gold. " '
Ordinarily the putting through of thl
tunnel would be a simple matter, but
at 300 feet from the upper end and 250
from the" lower hot water was struck;
The heat at first was from ninety-five
to 105 degrees, increasing as the work
progressed to 182 degreesat the hottest
point, Different fans and" . blowers
were experimented with to cool the air
in the tunnel, but without success until
William Flick, the superintendent of
the - work, thought of spraying the
walls of the tunnel with water pumped
from the river,
Very simple pumping appai'atus and
common garden sprays were used with
complete success. "The tunnel is twenty-eight
feet wide and nine feet high,
and the flow of hot water amounted to
seventy-five miner's Inches. The cold
water cooled the hot water and it was
pumped out with common pumps, Sci
entific American, .
The Desire to Accommodate.
There Is nothing that psople appvecl.
ate more than being served by those
who really enjoy accommodating them,
What a comfort, at a strange hotel,
especially, to be served by those who
seem anxious to please us, who seem to
take real pleasure in making us feel
at home and comfortable! There Is ho
quality which will help youth along
more rapidly than the cultivation of
this desire to please,, to aceommoaate.
It appeals to everybody; it creates a
good impression . .- ' 4 " "
: A surly, impudent Pullman porter
often destroys the pleasure of a whole
journey on a train. An impudent clerk
in a hotel office can make everybody
in the housa uncomfortable, and such
service , is deaf, even if it could be
had for nothing.
It is noticeable : that a boy who al
ways triea to help whenever he can and
to make everybody comfortable, who is
accommodating in everything, is very
poDular, and, other things being qual,
taoet likely to' be promotedSuccess.
Bill Kye'n HaTlt .
The Denver Times recalls Bill Nye's
reply to a correspondent who Inquired
about Bill's habits -of work and life.
It was as follows; ; . ' -C .-.
"When the weather is such that I
cannot exercise in the open air, I hare
a pair of dumbbells at my "lodgings,
Which I use for holding'the door open.
I also belong to. an athletic clubhand,
a pair of Indian clubs with redhAndifS.
I . owe much of" my robust health to
this. ':..- ' '
-"I do most of my writing m a sitting
posture or in' an autograph ; album:
When I am not engaged in thought I
airi employed in recovering Trom - its
effects. I am-very genial -and pleasant
to be thrown amongst. :y: ',.'.:.;..'
. "I. dress expensively, but not so as
s ttra ct attention. In . the morning
I : wear morning dress, in. the "evening
W . j J- : ,T 4 T
I wear evening uress, aim at m&ui.
wear night dress." -
' A -Record Walls.
The waltzing championship, and. fifty
france were recently won. in Paris by
M. Vincent and Mile. Scberich. They
"waltzed unceasingly for six hours and
forty -five minutes just a minute
longer than the couple who won the
second prize. Forty-four couples com
peted. -i---'m--:-
Virginia pine commonly known as
scrub pine, has" come to the "front dur
ing the last four years as material for
wood pulp. r "''' ;
A French chemist is said, to haye dis
covered a method of rendering celluloid
incombustible. His method consists in
.Adding perchloride of iron to an ether
alcohol solution of celluloid, t ,
The cost of sinking mine shafts varies
considerably with -conditions.' A recent
record that Is considered very clever
work was made at Bisbeei-Arizona,
where a-shaft was sunk nearly 1000
feet at a cost of $G5 a foot. -, ... ' ;
By using our grandmothers' copper
kettles we may rid ourselves of the
bacteria of disease.. The dysentery
and the typhoid bacillus disappear in a
few hours in the . presence of copper
if the temperature is raised several
degrees. ' , v
The famous salt deposits of Petite
Anse, Louisiana, are known to have,
been mined by the aboriginal Indians,
as is testified by the stone hammers
and other tools found' when the depos
its were rediscovered in 1814-by John
Marsh. '
Captain Edward Molineux, ' of the
East Indian service, has perfected a
device for laying a very fine cable from
horseback, and in practice marches it
has been found possible to keep iv
telegraphic ' communication with other
divisions even hile on the move.
ASIATIC ROUGH RIDERS
A Wild National Game of Hie Tnrkeatan
Horsemen.
As it came it broke, and disclosed a
tight jam of a hundred tearing horse
men, all apparently struggling, with
out checking their speed, to occupy
the centre of the group at once. They
struck our bank as a wave strikes a
cliff, surged half way up it in a-spray
of single horsemen and flying specta
tors, and then settled back disinte
grated. Like a flash ; one horseman
suddenly threw his body far over from
his saddle, and gave a tremendous tug
at something black which huiig from
the saddle of another. The black thing
changed owners', and in another ins tint
its new possessor-' was-off across the.
ground himself tho object of another
attack.'- -
' This, then was the game. The . black
thing was the skin of a freshly,, killed
sheep, thrown .still bloody into the
arena by some official at ' the start,
grabbed up fro.m" the ground by some
one of the horde'of ' horsenieu,' and its
possession to bs defended by its mo
mentary holder, against any faction of
a thousand riders, throughout the day.
There was no scoring and too" goal.
The game must hare been evolved In
the pure love of horses and horseman
ship. Whoever had the skin was by
the act of possession constituted "It,"
and . an object of moh violence until
someone else wrested the trophy from
him.. With' the skin tucked securely
away between his knee and the saddle,
he who was "It" would lead the chase
round and across the arena, straight
through the- stagnant pool opposite us
over the bill and out of sight. Lost to
the view of the spectators, he would
suddenly appear at some other spot on
the crest, and tear peli-mell down its
side with fifty horsemen at his heels.
The kl'n might change hands half, a
dozen times in as many minutes; or il
might be Jield until its guardian was
forced, by the tiring of -his horse, to
give up. Then there would be a .quick
pass to his nearest neighbor,'-and away
the skin would go, under the spur' ol
fresh life. The pursuing mob was al
wns fresh. As it came dashing across
the basin, waiting horsemen, scattered
about, would suddenly, spring into mo
tion and join the throng, while in its
wake there formed a long line of pant
ing animals; brown- with dust and
sweat, their labors for the - moment
over a National Game of Turkes
tan by James Locke, in. Scribner's...
i Pawl Jones' Ideals, '
r To" the people : of the Country" at
large, Paul Jones unquestionably will
forever ba a. 'popular -figure among the
national heroes, but to the offieers.,of
the navy : ho is much more than :the
first and, perhaps most daring member
of their- beloved ' service'. He. Is not
only the man who said,! "I Dave not
yet begun to fight," but the one who
most thoroughly understood the re
quirements of their profession, and the
one who. placed Its ideals so mgn mat
it will be a perpetual incentive to ani
bitloli to attain therm -. , ;" .
r Upon his . tomb should be -Inscribed
the paragraph from his letter that epit
omizes the ' requirements' of the .serv
ice which he adorned and ' that "should
stimulate every midshipman to' adopt
his standard's. ; He said: ''
"It 'is- -byr ho means "enough that an
officer of'the-navy" should bea capa
ble mariner.-. He must be that, of course,
but Jaiso a great deal mare. . -He should
ha- as -well a gentleman of liberal edu
cation,' , refined manners, punctilious
cpurtesy. and the "nicest sense of per
sonal "honor." Navy League "Journal"
A Giant's Appetite. -
: .A Khirgese giant, who has been on
sxhibition in Hamburg,-was found on
the streets of that city on August 10
in a starving condition. Some; people
took- him to . a restaurant,, where he
ate three plates of' beefsoupj four
pounds of beefsteak, three portions of
ham' and eggs, two heaped-up plates of
potatoes and cabbage and fourteen
apple, tarts ' ;-"'"'
,4 it? 'm 2 a. f ' -
With the Funny
1 - - Getting It All Oat
Little Joe, who had a pin,
' Made the baby yell like sin.
" Mother said,' Here, atop that, Joe,
Why do you hurt baby so?" , "
Tvittle Joe just yelled in glee,
: "Ma, my reason's .this," said he, ,
"If he howls with all his might- -.
He'll have none left for to-night."
, . Kansas City Times."
Brulu tno HuRcer. , a.
Stella "Papa says young Ticker is a.
.Wall Street bull." , , , -. - "
Mabel "I don't believe it. He acts
more like a bear." Chicago News. ; :
The Tailor. '
Flatbroke "I'm sorry I can't pay
that bill now you'll have to wait-a
while. And I'd like a suit this fall,
too." . - : -
Tailor "You'll get onc. I'm going
tq. start one to-morrow." Cleveland
Leader. . . - :
'A Reasonable Proposition. .
Bumper "You owe me $30,000,
which you say you 'can't pay. ' Why
don't you marry Miss Oldgirl? She's
worth twice that amount." . r
Jumper "No, I can't do that;.-but
you might marry her yourself and pay
me the difference."Translated fox
Tales from Fliegende Blaettcr,
Cansht.
Miss Passey (coyly) "I saw the cut
est painting to-day of the er wha't is
the name of that little god that repre
sents matrimony?"
. Mr. Timmid "Well, now you've got
me." . .. .
Miss Passey "Oh, Mr. Timmid; this
is so sudden." Philadelphia Press. ;
Aided 1y Nature.
Willie "Bet I can make." the ugliest
face." . ' "
May--" You ought to, with nature to
help you." Brooklyn Eagle." ' 7 "
Whole Skin left,
The Rocky Mountain bear grinned. -.
T certainly da miss Roosevelt,";, he
remarked, peering from behind, a bowl
der.. ., -V-
"And why, do you?' asked the lean
bobcat.
"Oh, I guess its-; because he hap
pened to miss- me when he was here."
Chicago News. .' - "'" """ "
A Sure Thine . " v-
Redd "You say you do 'not Indulge
in any game of chance ?"
Green "Certainly not."' " ' .
"But you play billiards; do you notV
"Ob, -yes,. I play billiards."
"Well, don't you call that a game of
chance?". -. - - - . .
"Why, no; I never play with a man
I can't beat!" Yonkers Statesman,.
. Bli yuandaxy.
"Why . did, you decline to answer
when you were asked if you had been
arrested before?" asked the chauffeur's
friend. "This was; your first offense."
'' "Of course.. That's' just the point. I
got my job with the swell that owns
this benzine wagon on the strength of
my representations that I had been in
jail eight times for. violating the speed
la ws."r-Washington Star,
r. - s .,
Can;e and Effect
"Dear me!" exclaimed the bride of
three short weeks. - "What can bavs
happened to "dear Fido? - Hear him
howl!" -
"Poor fellow!" rejoined the exbach
elor who was beginning to see things
no nthri. spa them. "Ho must have
caught a glimpse, of you with your
hair in curl . papers.'-cnicago ijauy
News,
' ' r. A
-.. ' - In Pombt.
- "I thought I'd get a tip from Great
man-' on that stock," said the- nervy
young man, "so I just went up to him
and asked him what he thought or its
nrosDects." , v'
"WelL" asked' his friend, ."what did
he say?" - " .
"I can't fizure'out 'whether he said,
Good; buy!' or whether he simply said
Good-by!' " Philadelphia Ledger. -
"I : Successful Slrategy
" .... - , ,',.;
. "Te baov. " announcea aurs. axu.t
"shall -be. named llehitable." - . . . ..
"What!" -exclaimed Mr. Biff, angrily.
"Handicap the child with such a name
as that?" '
"That," replied Mi;s. Biff calmly, "is
to be' the name." -7
Mr. Biff was silent for a few- mo
ments. - Then - a trafty look crept
athwart his-risaee.
. .'elV! said he, ,"after . all, I don't
know that Lean object to. the name. -I
once had a sweetheart, named Mehita
ble" . . ' ' ' .
"This babv's nameJ retorted Mrs.
Biff with " hauteur, "is going to 'be
Stocks ol Simple Design.
There is a noticeable simplicity in
stocks this year, and the idea seems to
be to have the neck pretty without mak-.
ing the stock too high and too tight. .
Stocks are high and, made of. soft
stuff, which can be wired if one wants
to keep the stock very stiff. The stock
is not worn as high, as it was nor as
tight, and headaches, are growing few
er. There are neat little sof t ' linen
stocks to be purchased, and the woman
who wants to. have her . neck comfort
able, can lay in a dozen of these little
linen trifles and wear them every day.
They come in' little stand-up collars of
linen, trimmed with lace, and some are
embroidered, while others are stiffened
with needlework. . - ,
-Gills For the Bride. . -
White for purity, and white for pret-
tiness and the bride is especially anx-
ous to have her dress accessories in
white, so for her has been invented the
white card case and "beaded reticule
and prayerbook.
White kid is uscdSn many ways to
fashion fancy articles she may carry.
Evening theatre bags are among the
newest inventions, made of thin white
kid, the monograni heavily worked out
in gold. - - - ., - r
White bengaline silk is used for the
card .cases with AVhite and crystal
beads carrying out some design".' The
empire fans are white, either of gauze
or point lace; the novelty is "of white
chrysanthemum on ' sticks of carved
white wood. Chicago Post.--
Cream and yellow Ce:lrooxn. -
One of the prettiest bedrooms imag
nable in a country home was decorat
ed in cream and yellow It was papered
with a simple design of yellow pansics
n a cream ground, with a silver line
running lengthwise. The beVistead was
of white enamel iron, trimmed with
brass, and the bureau Was an ordinary
chest of drawers repainted and enam-
eied white, with brass drawer handles
and oval mirror. Old fashioned chair
and waststand in white, with a pale
green screen and lamp of the same hue,
completed the furniture. The' wash-
stand stood in a small alcove, and a
portiere of Japanese crape 'in cotton
with a-design in delicate yellow,' sepa
ated it from the robnv In front of the
bed was a rug of soft Bilk rags. These
irtistic furnishings cost only a trlfle'in
comparison with, most bedcoanj fittings,
, Strolling Clab For Girls.
During the wavni. days. "Strolling
Clubs" are always popular. Last fall
this pastime was much enjoyed, par
ticularly by the glrla &f Baltimore pud
Boston. And. this was the plan; A paiv
ty of girls in number from four to ten,
agreed upon gome place, generally the
home of a friend, . as the objective
point for a stroll, an4.Jn the eatfy af
ternoon walked several, miles out into
the country, A light . luncheon, pre
pared ty the hostess or carried out by
the; girls,, was eerved, and the", party'
walked bacU again to the city In time
for dinner, v " . " ; '
In some cases, especially if the dis
tance were great, the walk was limited
to going out, and the return made in
the trolley cars, Like everything else,
tho .capacity for walking jneteases
wih practice. .Do not be too ambttleus
at first, but begin with a short .jauot,
then - gradually increase the distance
till you can rival your English sister,
who often thinks nothing of a twenty
mile "stroll.". - - --
For the girls who are engaged dur
Ing the day, and who cannot take the
afternoon -walk, there-is another plan
which" has been tried with equal sue
cess. ,, They take the walk after dinner
in the cool of the evening. , . light sup
per is served at the end of the jaunt.
and the party returns home, by trolley
Walking, under proper conditions, is
one of the most valuable and -attract
Ive exercises, but the latter quality cer
tainly often depends upon the- associa
tions; at the time, for nothing Js.more
stupid than the Old fashioned "constl
tutionaj." . . . .. . . - ;
Eserclse fov Olilff, -
.'The problem of indoor exercise for
girls is solved by the use of the punch.
ing bag, otherwise known as tne strut-
inat bag. says Dr. Emma E. Walker..
Bv'the use of this apparatus every
mus'ele of the body is brought Into play.
The thin girl grows plumi from aevei
oonient of heir muscles; and the stout
girl grows thin because the extra fats
are burned up and waste matter is
Quickly cast off. . - -
The form is greatly improved by the
daiiv use of one" of these bags. Light
ness offoot, a springy step and a grace
ful poise are developed even to a great
er degree than' by means of dancing
lessons. The weak-trunk muscles are
strengthened so that the amateur atb
lete holds herself straight with ease
and comfort. The : size of the waist
and abdomen are reduced. . . ,
' I know of one girl whose jpeck was so
thin that she could not .wear a low-
necked 'gown, but after six months of
this exercise her neck muscies have de
veloped, r charmingly. Another : girl,
whose lungs were very delicate, now
has i a splendid twest capacity, as well
as hard, firm muscles. . -, : 1, . .
Although this exercise is generally In
dulged in indoors, still you can so ar
ranere as to have nlenty of fresh.' out-
uoor air in the. room, being careful not
to get a chill when yoU are through ex
prciaiiifr The -mental effect is exhllar
atiha " f oi i the fcM , musf pe constantly
on the alert, and her mind must -liar
complete control of -her body." '" '
The object of all exercise, as girls
well know, is to make the blood circu
late freely. In order to cive new life to
all oF the' tissues and to carry off
quickly all of the old waste material. 5
Bag punching will accomplish this re
sult as well as any other sport tnat I
know.- ' A " - .
Devotion to "this exercise will bring: ...
about a velvety complexion, or; at leait,
the comnlexion will come as near the
ideal by the use of the punching bag
ir there is fresn air m your room as 11 : ,
can by any other means.
Many cases of dyspepsia and "the
blues" have been vanquished by the
punching bag. , ... .
You can see at once the various ad
vantages of this exercise. You need no
oDDonent. and can nlay at any time" by
yourself. You depend only uopn your
self for a game. You can play as fast .
as you choose.
The motions come to you naturally:
you need no instructor You will not -
iuiure yourself in any way by the ex
ercise. When you get tired, Just stop
and rest. ' ' - -
The-bas: shouJd ban? about at a level
with the ehouiders. then , you must
needs strike straight out at that height. ;
This sfrolre calls into -play v more mus- -cles
than any ether. If you hit the
bag a little abovo.lhe centre, it will not
rewound, and your nose will thus b -
spared many a bruise.' .-. -
It is well to have a light liannei
srvmnasium suit, and slip this oh when-
ever you practice! . You can choose
your own kind of . bag, as there is a
great variety. Yu will need jilso a
pair of light kuucliflb glovcsr-
. . Girl's ; Work. - ....
The eirls are not working In the fac
tories and shops because they like to;
thev are working there for .money to
keep them alive . But the fact still re- .
mains that they are mhe shops ana
factories, many of theni on starvation'
wages, because they like the shop, bet-.'
ter than they like the home. AVe may'
be sure that of the two evils they have
tried to "choose th6 lesser Something
Is wrong; r '; :
Whni ia it? Nn a-5ri will deny herself
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the opportunity to earn $2 or $3 each
week without some, good cause. J.ne
cause must be a good one. -- - .-
Perhaps these, particular girls have
not tried to work in the home instead
of the ehop, jCertainly every girl owes
it . to herself to try the housekeeping. .
She may find a real l;ome instead of a
mere place to tay.- . . ....
fanv a woman irbes lhtb a home as i:.
a helper and proves later that she is'
fitted to be a -companion, as well. ; Of
wira. t:nh conditions, arc Ideal' sA1l
housswiyes and housekeepers "will not
prove so congenial. . But Decause,.
bmiapxvlfft has failed . to live comiori-
abJy and peacefully with her helper Is;
uo reason why anotner may not pvove
to the helpers a blessing indeed.:
If the housewives could, find it in
their hearts to make their helpers un-rfM-st.md
that to be a home helper, to
help to keep a home happy, clean and
comfortable. Is an honor, would not
part of the question be solved?
The nity of it! Girls working ror a
mere pittance when there arc. homes
really in need of. their assistance, so in
nowi ihnt the matter of $2 or $3 more-
.or less a week would not be considered
if the right helper were found. 1 ;.
A narrow vest will make any woman .
appear slighter. ' . ; '. . ; . ... J
Mother-of-Dearl effects represent the
latest note In foulard silks. ' '
Chiffon roses make a beautiful trim-.
ming for. an evening gown. - ; .4j; i ,
Only women with small feet . should
wear colored shoes or slippers.
LIcht colored cloves apparently In
crease' the dimensions of large hands.
Very slender women should select
glossy material rathej than dead colors.
The fashlonahleJoTr shoe is a very.
low tie with a high box heel and a flat
ribbon bow. ' . '. ' " ---'' "
Broken' lines In drapery become tall,
willowy figures, while straight, classic.
lines are best for tneir opposites.
A white pique gown had a plain
pleated skirt and a blouse with a wide
front panel of eyelet embroidery.
The beauty of "the black 'suit Is ei&
hanced considerably - by the applica- .
tion of the white duck collar, rever and
cuff arrangement. .v K '
Vertical stripes of weave or color, if
not too broad, seem to" lessen -' thr
breadth and increase the height ot 4he
form; cross stripes accentuate breadth..
Fabrics showing 'large. . printed". of
brocaded figures apparently increase
the size of the wearerf while-. small
figured materials have the opposite ef
feet. . ' .
All ornaments, save, perhaps, black
bows or rosettes, , call attention to the
feet, -and 'should, theref ore be avoldeH
by women with unattractive pedal ex
tremetiejs. , , .. . . ; ; . .
' Everybody . can .wear warm brown
tones of which cinnamon, seal," and a
yellow russet are the friendliest, bnd
these- colors are always steadfast, to
fabrics of gooo fluaUty..-',
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