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aic Chatham Htcorb, 1 11 nil H. A, LONDON, Editor ftsd Proprietor ditcc nr. mc DTiVruT llfllkO Ul nUlkllHUIIIUf ; - , One sqaere, one insertion .-- $10 One square, two insertions t 1.00 One sanare. one month " 2.50- TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, $1.50 Per Year. Strictly in Advance vv For Larger Advertise ments Liberal Con-, tracts will be made. VOL, XXVIII. PITTSBQRO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C THURSDAY. APRIL 5, 1906. NO, 34 op V SEARCH FOR Tjc bffnONb ' WKKKK By FRA.VK M i CHAPTER IV. I must summarize as briefly as pos sible the events that took place the iweek following Lola's flight, not be cause I Hnd them lacking in interest, for, indeed, these wore the happiest flays I hare ever spent, but because the lengthy i ascription would unduly retard the progress of the history I Lave set myself to narrate. "On the morning cf the 15th, search vas made for Lola. She was not iu the house. A little after midday, one or the keepers, sent out to explore the Abbey woods and park, reported thai he hnd seen the fugitive hi the fir plan- J wtion, about half a mile from the Abbfy. At sight of him she had 'scuttled" away like a young deer, but he. obedient- to orders, had not jjisiiTaed her. 'It's the suieil of the pines as drawee! her there," said the Judge; "she was liorn amongst 'cm, she has lived amongst 'em, and she loves 'em more than laces and satins, and picters, and sich like; and it's more nat'ral for the little cuss to sleep on the brown needles than in feathers. There's no tamin' her. It's instinc", en, like foul weeds in a fair pasture, there's no gettin' it out of her. Leave her alone, sir, and she'll come in when she's hungry, and then I will lain her the iulr.-jity of ongratitude!" In the afternoon we went in a brake ij .Southampton, driving very slowly through the woods, with the possibility k-l lieiug seen by Lola, who would cer t j inly then have followed us, but we WW nothing of her. At Southampton ve bought decent clothes, and speut h :ae lime in the hairdresser's. I had iuy beard shaved off, and we returned i i ths Abbey very much alterei for tlie belter in appearance. Miss Lascelles was much distressed about Lola, who was still fbsent. Brace's explanation of her leaving the Abbey seemed a reasonable one, but her antipathy to Miss Lascelles which leJ. her to destroy the things she had ftveu her, was to me a mystery, to iiiss Lascelles, also, I believe, and a vc-iy painful one. She seemed to feel Lcrself in some inscrutable way re sponsible for the girl's action. Sir Edmund returned in the evening from London. vNow, indeed, you look yourself a gentleman," he said, shaking my hand cordially. He had made inquiries re specting a lapidary, and learned, that ti)e most expert known to the trade was a man named Garvalho, then occu pied at Madrid. "With our sanction he wrote at once offering this man his own terms to come to the Abbey and cut the Great Hesper. At night the door by which Lola was f,.:pposed to have escaped from the Abbey was left open, and a night light was placed iu Ler bedroom. The next morning the dairymaid said that some one had been at her milk pans in the night; there was no other evilenee of Lola having entered the house. After breakfast I determined to go through the woods myself in search of her. Misa Lascelles wished to accompany me. I ought to have pointed out to her that her company lessened the chances of Lola suffering iae to approach her, but I could not de prive myself the pleasure of having eu'h a sweet companion. We saw Lola at the edge of a clearing on the I.'iU side. She watched us as we drew near. I called to her, but she shook her head, and turning her back upon us quickly disappeared among the pines. The forlorn condition of the girj, her gesture, which seemed full of badness; the silent fall of leaves; the tristness of the autumn woods, over came Miss Lascelles, and as she walked silently beside me, with her head bent, I saw that she was crying. This episode made a deep impression upon me; yet while my heart ached with sympathy for the poor little sav age wandering alone in those silent, siill woods, an indescribable happiness ttole over my senses. It was the awakening of love. Sir Edmund had a basket of food placed in the dairy, and the doors again icfj open. On the 17th we learned that some brad and fruit had beeu taken from tbj dairy in the night. Sir Edmund and I walked through the woods; we as-.? nothing of Lola. Our conversa tion turned upon bis daughter, and he told me how she had consoled him for lie loss of his wife. He spoke with natural pride of her weet and loyal disposition. Later on, fr.lliug upon the subject of the great diamond, he asked me how I came to bo a miner. I told him of my loss by the failure of the Imperial, of the im possibility of my getting my living as a clerk, etc. Incidentally Ireferred to my mother's faml!y7 and the haine leading him to make further inquiries, 5e discovered the curious fact that my mother must have been his wife's cou sr. How often do we tind large cir cles of friends linked together in this way! I thought that Miss Lascelles was greatly pleased with the discov ery of the distant relationship exist iii.c: between us; we seemed less remote t'roia etit.-h other. During our absence Miss Lascelles tad devoted herself entirely to Van Uo.-.-U; lm- sympathy had a remark thp 0iw tVVt THE BIQQF5T Vr T"E world, 'riir BARRETT. "A" "A" "A" able effect upon this strange man. When I took him up to his room to dress for dinner, he asked me to open the windows, and place him where he might feel the air. He sat before the open window; the setting sun was re flected upon his sightless eyes. I be lieve he became unconscious of my presence, and I stood there watching the play o, his features. His nostrils dilated, hla brows .creased together, his lips parted, showing his teeth closely set, the whole expression of his face indicating . extreme dread; then the muscles relaxed, for a moment his cadaverous cheeks were tinged with color, the eyes closed, and "the Tips trembled as if in ecstasy. Again his lids rose, and the look of dread re turned to his face. He shrank back in his chair, and blinked his eyes as though struggling to give them light; then suddenly he flung out his arms wildly, and with a smothered cry of impotent rage buried his face in his hands, his long, thin fingers pressing the throbbing veins which stood out knotted and hard upon his temples. - "What is ihe matter, old man?' I asked, putting my hand on his shoul der. He started, and answered impa tiently: "Nothing, nothing a dream I" And then he asked .savagely; "Who watches you in the night?'' "This is not the night." I replied, fancying he was yet but half awake. "Isn't it?" he asked, turning his eyes from one side to the other; then stretching out his hands, as if to heaven, he cried: "Then what is the night':" Poor wretch, all was indeed night to him. I tried to engage him in conver sation, but he waved his hand impa tiently, and getting up, felt his way to the washstand. """Go down," iie said; "Miss Lascelles is more pleasing to the eye than I am; she must be beautiful, for her voice is nuisie, her touch is like the petal of the rose. Where do you keep the dia uion&is it safe?" I told him that I now kept it in a belt buckled to my waist. "Strap it to your wrist again; it is safer; and then bending his head aside, he listened attentively for a moment and continued in a lower voice: "They are talking together down there. Creep down and listen. I tell you we are not safe here I see that through my blindness. I have faculties in place of that I have lost Do you hear them? Come closer, Thorne; there is a con spiracy in this house a plot to rob us of our treasure, and turn us beggars again upon the street. If I could trust yon I'd tell you more. But every one is a thief who has the power to steal." It was not the first time I had heard him talk in this vein. At Natal, on the ship, he had been in constant dread of being robbed. I was glad to get away from him. As I passed the head of the stairs in going to my room, I distinguished the sound too distant before to tell upon my dull ear of Sir Edmund's voice and the Judge's; they were in the library below. After dress ing I joined them, and found Sir Ed mund greatty interested in Brace's description of gold mining in Califor niaa subject upon which he could be eloquent by the hour together. On the 18th Sir Edmund, Miss Las celles and I rode over to Southampton. Miss Lascelles was in her gayest, hap piest mood, and in her riding habit looked more charming than ever. In returning we met a friend of Sir Edmund's; he accepted the invitation to take lunch at the Abbey, and rode beside the baronet, ahead of us. We two took the hill so slowly that, com ing to the cross roads, we could not see Sir Edmund and his friend. There were two ways to the Abbey. After a little deliberation, Miss Lascelles con-, sented to take ihe longer one. The morning was superb; the woods were glorious. . The rich warm tints of the reddening foliage Avere reflect ed on niy beautiful companion's cheek; her eyes "-'seemed to catch the glitter of the dew that still hung oh the gossa mers. I forget what we talked about, but she was full of mirth, and now and then thetill woods r'ang with the mu- .Jal cadence of her laugh. But sud denly the smile died from her face, and sheTsaid: "We forget poor little Lola." And then, as if the words had con jured up her presence, the girl ap peared, swiftly speeding between the red bolestof the fir trees. We stopped, and I called: "Lola, dear, come and speak to me." She stood still, and looked as if ir resolute whether or not to respond to my appeal. "I will stay here. Go to her," said Miss Lascelles softly. But, as if she had divined my inten tion. Lola shook her head mournfully, as she had done before, and going her way, was presently hid by the tall brake- .'As wq; crossed the opening where we had previously seen her, I looked back, and perceived her stand ing in the same place gazing after us. It was easy to conceive her misery, and the bitter . feelings of her heart. She was unaltered, but I was no long e.r the rough toiler gratefuj for a tin oX water fetched from the stream. All that was past. I was no longer bee companion. I should never, never, never more share her hard fare, and look to her to lessen the hardships of existence. On the 19th we went again into, .the woods, but on foot, Miss Lascelles and I, straying thither without purpOfiJ from the garden where we met. came to a stream bridged by a sing plank supported in the middle. Theft had been a handrail, but it had falle away in decay. I gave her my hand"; the fear of falling made her clasp my fingers tightly. She seemed to enjoy the little danger; it animated her face and eyes with the prettiest expression, imaginable. Her hand seemed to com municate the quickened pulsation of her heart. But it was not fear it was intoxication that agitated me; and when she put her foot in safety on the bank, and looked up intcmy face with bright laughter, I lost my head com pletely; I kept her hand Iu mine, and when she tried to withdraw it, 1 forced it to my lips and pressed my lips upon it. The color left her cheek, and in a tone of reproach she ex claimed, "Oh, Mr. Thorne 1" and I was ashamed. We walked home and were very sclent on the way. I sought Sir "Edmund at once, and finding him alone, told him that I wished to make his daughter my wife. He was thun derstruck by this sudden and unex pected announcement. "I love your daughter," I said, "aud I cannot stay in this house keeping my passion a secret." "Well," he said, with rather rueful pleasantry, "you have lost no time. Mr. Thorne, but it would have been a poor compliment to my daughter had you failed to perceive her charms." We talked for some time, and final ly he said, with emotion: "I must give up my dear -child sooner or later. Her happiness is dearer to me than anything; aud I can wish her no greater blessing than to find a good and worthy husband." At that moment Edith opened the door, but, seeing us, she stopped in the entrance. "Come here, Edith," said Sir Ed mund; and, taking her hand, h con tinued: "Mr. Thorne wishes you to be his wife; is that your wish also?" She buried her burning face in her father's shoulder; she could neither say yes nor no. "It is a question that should not be decided hastily," the Baronet contin ued; "take time, my dear. Meanwhile, I see no reason for your leaving the house," he added, addressiug me. "Unless " I faltered. "Unless Edith wishes it," the Bar onet 6aid, helping me out. "True. Shall you feel more at ease, dear, if Mr. Thorne goes away for a certain time? say. Shall he go?" Still screening her face, Edith shook her head, and then I knew that I had won a treasure greater than the Hes per diamond. In the afternoon of the 20lh Sir Ed mund said: "I have been looking at your engage ment, Bernard, from a practical point of view, and a fact occurs to me that, at such a time as this, would probab ly escape you. That agreement of yours must be altered. You will see that, for Edith's sake, what I call the tontine clause a clause conferring up on the survivor a deceased partner's share in the Great Hesper should be abrogated. It entails a risk which she must not be exposed "to you under stand me?" I understood what he said perfectly, and agreed with him that the clause must be altered. "Consult with your partners," he said, "as to what change is advisable. I expect my lawyer here on the 24th, and he can then draw up a legal agree ment iu accordance with our general wish." I took the Judge into Van Hoeck's room, and there told him of my en gagement to Miss Lascelles. Van Hoeck was visibly alarmed when he heard this; and when I went on to say that Sir Edmund wished the clause altered by his lawyer on the 24th, he said quickly, in a low voice: "The crafty old tox! What does he mean by that?" "HU meaning is obvious enough," I replied; "if I marry Miss Lascelles, and die. she will b dispossessed of my share of the diamonu. her only a legacy of debt." "Yes, end thet ain't all on it' said the Judge, dragging his wiry chin tuft through his hand and bending his brow. "Thet ain't all by a lump. We're playing with a marked card in the pack a card as migat tempt eer a one on us to foul play." "What on earth do you mean? Speak plainly if you can," said Van Hoeck, in angry impatience. "Well, I mean this 'ere," answered the Judge, with slow impressiveness, "that if one of my pardners wasn't a gentleman, and t'other wasn't helpless blind, I'm jiggered if I'd go to bed without a six-shooter under "my piller, and my finger on the trigger. I don't allude to one any more'n another, but we'll just take Israel's word for gos pel, that every one is a thief if you give him a chance of thievin'; end, at any rate, I'm just as likely as not to murder my two pardners, end git the whole of thet diamond to myself. Con sequently, you will allow thet the Squire has a double reason for wantin thet agreement altered; fur it ain't only the money he's got to. secure on to his daughter, but her husband's life likewise; Time enough for the young iady to be a widder in the nat'ral or der of things in gen'l." To be Continued. "Gracious," sighed Mr. De S'pepsey. "I wish I could acquire an appetite." "For goodness' sake!" exclaimed hi wife, "what do you want with an ap petite? It would only give you more djsnepsia." Philadelphia Press. Canadian Roadi. UNITED , STATES , Consul Seyfert, at Stratford, On tario, has refused an inter esting report regarding the methods being adopted in that vicinity to accomplish public road improvement, from which the following is taken: The Province of Ontario. has sixty thousand miles of country road main tained by township and county coun cils. Since the beginning of the move ment for better roads there is a radi cal improvement in the condition of the roads. The old way of road im provement by statute labor, which has existed for nearly a century, and did much during pioneer days to open highways, has been largely superseded by a more modern system of a direct tax rate and closer supervision. Township control is universal in road construction, while at the same time county councils have undertaken the management of a system of mam roads within the county. The work of the county council is devoted chiefly to legislative functions, and the actual oversight of work ou the grounds is left to road foremen or overseers. The county system Is aided by the pro vincial government to the extent of one-third of the entire cost of construc tion. During the yearn of 1903-04 1624 .miles of main roads were im proved at an expenditure of $500,000, through provincial aid. Modern road machinery, such as grading machines, stone crushers, is iu general use throughout the province. Natural gravel beds are numerous, and care is taken to select the best gravel in the pit, which, under the modern system, Is placed on the roads after the earth is consolidated with the roller. Bridges are now all being built with steel superstructures, concrete abutments and concrete floors. The matter of drainage is given the greatest attention. Where underdrain age is needed tiles are used, with fre quent outlets that will lead to natural watercourses. Breakers, ouce so com mon for carrying the water from one side of the road to the other, are en tirely abandoned. Concrete culverts have taken their place, and on the sleep hills, where such surface drain age is necessary, the road bed. with its high centre crown, is as smooth as on the level. . In the older parts of Onta rio road construction has long since passed the early temporary stage, and all improvements are made with a view of durability. Perth County, of which Stratford is the county seat, has 1302 miles of country highways; of this 672 miles are gravelled and are as fine per manent roads as can be found in any country- A source of much trouble and ex pense to keep country roads open this latitude for several months of the winter ie the enormous amount of snowfall. Snow fences, similar to those used by railroads, are employed, but wire fences are much cheaper and give better satisfaction. In the early part of the winter snow plows are used, but later in the season they can not cope with the drifts, and many of the roads become absolutely impassa ble. - To overcome some of the difficul ties ou snow roads the last provincial legislature adopted a measure in pass ing an act the first section of which provides that: "On and after the com ing into force of this section no person shall use on any public highway ex. cept within the limits of any city any feleigh or other vehicle upon runners drawn by horses or other animals (ex cept cutters) manufactured after the first day of December, 1906, unless the same is so constructed that the dis tance between the outer edge of such runners at the bottom Is not less than four feet." The object of this act to have a uniform width of sleigh runners is to get a wider track for double earns. Boadway Repairing-. . In a letter to the selectmen of the towns throughout the State of Connec ticut, James H. Macdonald, State Highway Commissioner, gives some practical points oa repairing roadways as follows: "AH culverts and gutters should be cleaned out and all shoulders on the roads should be spared down so that they shall be below the traveled por tion of the highway. This will permh of the water running off into the gut ter. Gravel roads should have a lit tle gravel placed on the marks in tiie centre of the road and in the rats. If this is not done at this season no good will result. All loose stones should be removed from macadam roads with the back of a rake, not th teeth". Loose stones injure a road as much as any one thing, because they are driven into the surface and break the bond. - ."Where the stone -is beginning to show though a little splinters or chips of stone should be applied to form a cushion. This eushion should not be more than three-fourths of an inch thick. No sprinkling or rolling is nec essary. A ton of splinters will suffice for from 250 to 300 square feet. An ordinary farm roller, weighted down and run afer the road after loose stones are removed, will improve it. It is not necessary to use screenings on a stone road, as they only furnish dust in dry weather. If the road is watched, a new surface will, not be necessary, as It will not have the chance to get in bad condition." Swedish school children, under the guidance of their teachers, annually plant about GOtVfcK) trees. ' . ' TOWERING BIRDS 41tr Being Shot in Flight They Ascend and Die In the Air. .Why is it that a mallard, a grouse, a quail, and, for the matter of that per haps, any bird when wounded in the head during flight will frequently tow er or mount upward at an acute angle, oftentimes to die in midair and drop dead to the earth like a plummet or setting its wings, come to earth at a long, sloping angle? I remember a curious case of this kind in connection with a sharp-tail grouse. ' We were walking through prairie grass well above our knees when a long distance ahead upon a knoll on the prairie we espied a sharp tail grouse, an old cock bird, standing erect in a sort of oasis of short, vel vety grass not more than a couple of yards in diameter. We walked quietly along, taking care not to stamp our feet upon the ground any more than necessary. The bird seemingly was engrossed with 'some thing, for with its back to us it paid no attention to us whatsoever until we had advanced within about eighty yards of it. Turning its head it sized us up and then began to show symp toms of restlessness, first standing on one leg and then upon the other. The early afternoon sun was shining bright ly, and the beautiful bird, w'ith neck and head erect and body distended upon its restless feet, made an attract ive and unique picture. The wary bird evidently thought we were close enough when, with a spring and a coo coo he darted up in the air. My friend, 6lightly in advance of me, took the shot. The bird did not seem to change its course or alter its flight in any way. Up, up, up almost in a straight line, the bird towered, its wings beating the air and propelling it skyward. We watched the towering bird until we thought it would go out of sight, when its wings ceased to beat and became s?t, as when alighting upon the ground. Down, down it came, slowly at first and then more rapidly at an angle di rectly toward us, finally falling stone dead at our feet. Picking the bird up and carefully examining it we found a single shot had penetrated its head. Presumably the nerves of direction in the brain were paralyzed and the bird, yet full of life and vigor, beat the air and ascended upward. I have seen a mallard do this same thing in the tow ering line, likewise a quail. What is the explanation? Charles Cristadoro, In Forest and Stream. Fti tare Magnates. Patrick and Timothy were both em ployed by the city, and had the abund ant leisure for conversation which comes to those engaged in such muni cipal affairs. "Well, now, if I had a million come to me I know well how I'd be spending it," said Patrick one day, resting his pick against a convenient wall and looking at it with great distaste. "How would you be doing it." in quired Timothy. "I'd go to the -Waldoffed Iiesioria or some o' thim high-toned hotels," said Patrick, "and I'd tell the by at the desk, 'Have me called :-.t 6 o'clock to morrow morning'.' Then I'd go to me rooms and shut the blinds, and whin first they called me I'd not answer, and whin they called me louder I'd give a great sounding gape, and I'd say be tween me yawns, 'Go away wid yez! I'm not obliged to be working: I've got money.' " "Aw!" remarked Timothy, as he once more began work. "Well, what would you do if you had the million?" demanded Patrick. "Me?" said Timothy, looking back over his shonjder. "I'd have a half-fut more len'th to '-this pick handle and save me poor back." Haesian Riddle. What walks upside down overhead? A fly. There are four brothers under one hat. Legs of table. I have four legs and feathers, but am neither beast nor Krd. Feather bed. Four brothers run side by side, but never catch up with one another. Cart wheels. A pack of wolves ran by: one was shot, how many remained? The dead one. I am blind, but show others the way, deaf and dumb, but know how to count. Milestone. . People pray for me and long for my company, but directly I appear they hide themselves. Bain. A Mexican Farm. Don Luis Terrazas, a great friend of President Diaz, has a farm in Chi huahua of about 8,000.000 aces. Doq Luis is thought to own more thau 1,000,000 cattle.' His stable consists of some 100,000 horses, his sheepfo!d of 700,000 sheep. From 200.0W to :?00,. 000 calves are branded with his brand every spring. More than 1000 cow boys keep his cattle. At his slaughter and packing houses near Chihuahua City 250,000 cattle, as many sheep, and hogs innumerable are killed, and away they go in his own refrigerator cars. Some 40,000 persons dwell on his es tate. Kansas City Journal. Too Tall for Strength. In tall men, as a rule, the body is out of proportion to the lower limbs, with the natural result that such men are unable to' bear fatigue or to com pete in the" struggles of life with their lesser fellows more harmoniously pro portioned. Army experience bears out these observations. In u long and fa tiguing march the tall men usually fall out first. A soldier between five feet five inches and five feet eight inches or nine inches is usually the one best adapted for bearing extra exertion. There are about 10,000,003 of migra tory sheep in Spain. Epigrams on Women. Emil Reich in a recent London lec ture said: "Nations differ in nothing more tha in their women. "You will never know what a wom an is unless you suffer very much. "Women do not love Napoleons; they love mere middle-class mediocrities. "Men who want to found empires dp not want the higher development of woman. "You will in vain search history for a great man who has not been influ enced by a great woman. "In America the woman governs the man absolutely. In a certain sense the last man that came to America was Christopher Columbus." Co-Operatlve Hooekeepine- Three young couples who live in the same apartment house on Washington Heights have had so much trouble with the servant problem, and the female members of the families had all got into such a state of "nerves" over the inefficiency and general "cussedness" of the help they were able to afford, that finally the men folk got together a month ago, and decided to take mat ters into their own hands. None of their wives objected to cook ing or making beds, but all needed help when it came to washing and ironing, sweeping and scrubbing, and particu larly washing dishes and kitchen uten sils, so the men decided on a co-operative scheme that so far has worked very well during the mouth it has been in operation. Instead of each .family paying $4 a week for an incompetent maid of all work, each subscribes $3 a week to ward the wage of a strong, capable and active German woman, who feels that for the $9 a week she is sure of getting she can afford to do a day's work every day. Oh Monday she does Mrs. A.'s washing and ironing, on Tues day Mrs. B.'s washing and ironing, on Wednesday Mrs. C.'s. On the other three work days each apartment in turn receives a thorough scrubbing and cleaning. All the dishes that are dirtied in each apartment are piled by the mis tress into a big pan, and in the evening are sent via the dumbwaiter to the apartment where Lena happens to be principally engaged on that day. She washes and polishes them all, and dis tributes them back to their owners before leaving for the night. All concerned are delighted with the plan thus far, and declare they would not go back to the old way for any thing. New York Globe. .. ir The Baby Daughter. When the baby girl arrives, let it be remembered that there are new things to be considered iu her reception. Once the hope of the mother was in having a daughter who would be near er to her than any son could possibly be. And the fond papa's delight was in the picture of some day haviug at tached to himself something which would be the envy of other men and which he could take pride in living up to financially like any other table lux ury. But the baby girl of now comes with the right of being considered an investment. For each of those families where the son is pointed out as a model and considered the best and most deserving young man in town be cause he takes care of his mother and sisters, who does not know another in which the girl is doing the same thing? Who doesn't remember the daughter who is the burden bearer when re verses come when the brother is going gaily off after things matrimonial? And who does not know the tather witu whom things went backward instead of forward who has the pretty, pro tecting good-fellowship of the daugh ter, who is helping out at home with a little salary of her orvn i When it comes to the little embryo that she is, for brilliant possibilities the baby 'irl is the one who will thrill most the heart of the man who has the gambler's instinct for chances However, the boy must be counted on not to go any higher , than the level that has been reached by his progenitors, eveu allowing fnr upw combinations. But the father whom you see in the car with the four-year-old, of peachy skin and brilliant orbs and penciled eyebrows and eyelashes, sitting with grave dig riitv tinrlPi- the Greenawa.v hat, has that beside him whose power no mau can measure. Practically endless are the tricks of combination which good charm with which it is her role to at tach good things to herself. And to day's baby siv whose future opens up to her with independence and brains as well as a chance of making double pair royals in getting there, which are debarred her small brother. Don't mistake the possibilities. There is no need to make excuses for her not being a boy. Gloves Tell Character! The jrirl near the exchange desk carefully folded a pair of dogskin gloves. "I sometimes think," she said, "that all fortuue tellers must have served an apprenticeship as glove saleswomen before going into the prophesying busi ness. It is generally conceded that the chief stock in trade of the professional seer is a wide knowledge of human nature, and surely there is no better school for gaining that particular kind of education than the glore counter of a big store. I think I could give up my job here now and go out and coin money by telling people what I have found out about them, with their hands for a text-book. I would not proceed on the principles of palmistry,' either.' The lines of the hand mean nothing to me. I would judge character solely by the way my patrons hold their hands when having their gloves fitted. "Now, look at that woman down at the lower end of the counter. She holds her hand out, palm upward, a stiff as a ramrod, and ho matter how much the clerk may turn or twisl ; that unruly member and caution its owner to loosen the tension a bit, it is bound to straighten out into just that' position. ' 'I am glad that woman is not a cus tomer of mine. I'd bp sure to have a . row with her before she got away. I always have trouble with those stiff- handed women. They are very hard to suit. Their wills are just as inflexi-" ble as their hands, and if I have trou ble in getting their gloves to set well the first time they put all the blame on me, whereas their own stubbornness ies at the root of the difficulty. 'In contrast to this type is the limp- lianded woman. Honestly, we .meet some hands that flop around just like elly fish. They seem to be entirely destitute of bone or muscle. -The palm is thick and pear-shaped and soft as putty. It gives me the horrors to touch that kind of a hand. I never yet waited on one of those, inert crea tures who did not wear a soiled collar or neck ribbon and a frayed skirt bind ing. If I had to choose between the strenuous-handed woman aud..the doughy palm I'd take the former every time. "Then there are the customers of the rab-all type. They plant their elbows on the counter and spread their fingers out at the very widest angle. Natural- y, this digital performance is not at all conducive to ease in fitting a pair oC- gloves or to neatness of appearance once that feat is accomplished. Ex perience has taught me to fight shy of one of these animated glove stretchers as a neighbor. Their bump of inquis- itiveness is v normally developed and the people across the nail will be in luck if the broad-fingered folk do not borrow the very clothes off their back. "There are other customers who per sist in doubling their fingers into reg ular grappling hooks while undergoing the fitting operation. I have my sus picions about them, too. They arc sure to have equally crooked tempers, and they take a special delight in raising a row at meal time. "Of course, I serve hundreds of cus tomers who have reduced the fitting of gloves to a fine art. They submit to the necessary manipulations with the utmost grace and put me to no in convenience. Nature has maae tnem a gift of glove-counter etiquette, along with sincerity r.Ld thonghtfulness and a lot of other admirable qualities, and it is no hardship to sell gloves to them day in and day out. You see, what is born in the bone will come out in the fingers,, and if there is any place on earth where kinks in character are bound to come to the surface it is at the glove counter." New York Press. Overskirts are growing in import ance. Women are again wearing jeweled cuff links. The bird of paradise is worn as a coiffure decoration. A big neckpiece of handsome ostrich plumes is much desired. Light suitings in two-toned effects are being shown for early spring wear and the South. The prettiest pink cloth costumes are of a deep shade; really an old rose or rather bright tone. The draped fur stole 'lined with a second fur is one of the great suc cesses of the season. The new embroidered blouses have Valenciennes medallions inserted among the needlework. The handsemest hats are seen 'of lace. Lace trims any number of criu and fine Neapolitan straws. The girl just home from Paris wears a round drop watch that hangs like a bangle from her bracelet. Embroidered in dark and light shades of the same color little pink bolero jackets are most attractive. Pale pink and the delicate shell pink are pretty for j-oung girls, but have scarcely sufficient character to satisfy the present desire for brilliancy and effect. The one shade of pink that is so fashionable at the moment is only to be found in cloth and chiffon. There are three tones of pink those "bordering on salmon and the flame color that are more popular for evening wear. Variety in color is a particular fea ture of the new straws and hair weaves. All the leading series of shades adapted for the season are rep resented, but particular prominence is given to the new moss and spring greens, and to the lower toned pinks, to the orchid mauve?, sky and. pale hyacinth colors, to the bright light wood browns, and the lightest of the terra. J cottas,
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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April 5, 1906, edition 1
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