THE STAR r A mi ... VTA. .. REYN0LDSV1LLE - - TENNA. "PRIDE OF THE WORKROOM" Letson In Humble Ufa of English Seamstress Overtaken by 8udden Death. Prosperity no more secures happl' ne9S and Influence than June Insures sunshine. Apart from that spiritual Btate which makes tor peace, the actu al contentment of men or women In our world Is chiefly founded upon their relation to work. The Idler Is always wretched. The worker, as Ruskln and Carlyle persistently taught, Is truly enviable when he has work, when he feels It fairly within his powers, and when he takes pride In his perform ance of It, and then only. A story of victory In the face of ap parent failure may be read by the stu dent of human history In an obscure paragraph of an English newspaper, setting forth an Inquiry by a coroner's court Into the death of an old dress maker who had been run over on a London street. Mary Anne Bruce was seventy years old, and lived with her sister In Pop lar. She left home dally at eight o'clock In the morning, and reached there about nine at night. She had a Wall old-age pension, and earned eight or nine shillings a week. Her entire Income during her many years of sewing had probably been equal in its buying power In an American city to less than $5 a week. But this slender dole of shillings, contrasting with the long hours of work, was not the whole story of the dressmaker's life. Witnesses further testified that she had been employed by one firm for 40 years, that she was "the pride of the workroom," and that all the employees were "much upset" on hearing of her death. So the quaint tribute runs. Forty years of toll, and then sudden denth overtaking age and unguarded weakness! It is a grim and gloomy record in the newspaper history of an ambitious, money-loving age. But she was "the pride of the workroom," and her fellow workers loved her. That 1b surely writ large In the Great Book of Heroic Deeds. For this woman, as for another faithful soul, it may be said that as she passed over, the trumpets sounded a great blast upon the other side. Thus conquerors come home! Youth's Companion. 6ensltlvo to Art. Said the art gallery guide; "Just watch the crowd a while and see which of their antics Impress you 'most." Presently the visitor said: "I think it Is the queer attitudes so many of them Btrike." "Exactly," said the guide. "They are imitating the poses of the figures In the portraits. Anybody who sits for a portrait is supposed to strike a graceful attitude. All these people who have never been painted realize the grace there Is in the poise of the head, the turn of the wrist, the slope of the shoulders. They wish they could look like that, and uncon sciously they try it. "The mon are as bad as the women. They straighten up, they droop, they tilt their heads, they arrange their hand and feet in imitation of the fig ures they admire most. Sometimes their attempts are very clever, again they are simply ridiculous." Ancient Superstitions. A writer in one of our leading dallies remarks: "No one knows why the number 13 Is counted unlucky." Thirteen was the number sat down to that "Last Supper," and the old pain ter, in depicting the scene, makes Judaa, In rising hastily, upset the salt. To eat together was the sign of friendship. To upset salt is unlucky, says the old saw. The first to leave a table where thirteen have eaten is said always to be the unlucky one who will die the coming year, because Judaa left first. Not to pick up a pin is "unlucky" because it denotes tbriftlessness and so on; there Is al ways a reason for old saws "dye fire where the smoke rises." Yet a form er editor of this paper proved 13 to be a lucky number, and the present writer prefers to begin things on a Friday, that so-called unlucky day. Pall Mall Gazette. - Would Concentrate Charities. Mrs. Rheta Childe Dorr, writing in one of the magazines of the fighting chance of the city child, thinks that the foes of the child, poverty, disease and premature death, should be fought by an organized1 army rather than the amateur skirmishers that give their time to it A lot of money la spent by each of the societies working against the evils and much by the Individual, bnt she thinks much more could be accomplished by the united efforts of all. In this way there comes about the woman who receives three turkeys in one day at Christmas and free dinner besides, while many are without a bit to eat Too Grave a Risk. Nubbins I should like a vacation, air. Do you think you oould get along without me for a couple of weeks? The Boss (heartily) Sure! Nubbins (a little dubious) Well, I guess I won't let you try it ' A Leadership Explained. "How did you come to appoint Bllg glns leader of your glee clubT He can't sing." "That's why. ., We let him stand up and beat time on condition that ha Kooama Hi,' y i f. . si WO years ago Andrew Belton, ml l&K" ' - ' j " 4 ' . ' il twenty-six years old, went iti V U Wl ",,,'. - V) ' J - , an impulse, kicked Aziz off ' VffES. M ft a1 IV , , ' , " " the throne, put Mulal Hafld on ( ) M (fa -V ' ' ' t & ! , ,-VT''fl it and returned to London by V lZAj7 Ml V ?A i . , . ,V. ' - . KT if" the next boat. 1 IM" ' Vi t , 'M Now he la twiddling his XMiftW EM f Y"J " V . ' . 1 thumbs and waiting for some. til 4,i,,,'V ' ' ' r ' X ' ' " '" ' thing to turn up in the lng- f Ml fl S 'l ' , ' ' ' t ' T making line. Kaid Belton to lf (3 - C y ' " U J V e ' ' J give him his correct title Is Uf & f - ' a 1 " ' 1. the newest thing in twentieth pi l VLi" & ---V century kingmakers. foil I '."-'' r 13 tV'A-' Belton was In South Africa jfM&i vm""''' "m in 1908. He came to London on six months' leave. Htwj . I 1 4?$ivl Two weeks of London fogs and drizzle and the Jrr. " ' '' "t""' 'fySjt di6gUSt. jffijr Af AJ'iJMg:oifflmJ.ini. aMjcviusLauaMi&X ""''X&i'i ' 1 ' -Vjf .' ' ''. i fSWKgisgsa?' cession in Morocco from a pretender to the throne named Mulal Hafld. Would Belton' like to go along? He met the friend in Tangier, and the two were Joined by a third Englishman, Redman, who had been brought up in Morocco, knew the natives and spoke Arabic fluently. At Larache, a port eighty miles south of Tan gier, they succeeded, by the aid of the British vice consul, in hiring mules to take them to Alcazar, a town twenty miles inland, which was held by the troops of Sultan Aziz. The sultan had Issued an edict forbidding na tives to asBlst Europeans. Their muleteer refused to go further than Alcazar, as the tribes were car rying on the Jehad (holy war) against the Chris tians. So they employed a notorious brigand and horsethief, one Abselem, to take them through to Fez. Dressed as Moorish women, the Englishmen reached the gates of Fez on July 13, to be inform ed that the pretender and his court had arrived three days before. Next morning they sent a messenger to the grand vizier that three Englishmen desired an audience with the sultan. At noon the following day two soldiers came to them from the vizier and escorted them to a house which had been placed at their disposal at Mulal Hafld's order. ' They "remained indoors"untll"the 18th7'when a mounted escort conducted them to the palace. Arrayed as Moors of the highest class, they were received by Kaid Meshwar, the master ot ceremonies, who carried a tall wand with a silver knob, and who preceded them up a staircase and Into a long, narrow room, where, at the further end, sat Mulal. Hafld, cross-legged on a dark green velvet couch. His two viziers, El Glawl and Si Aissa, were alt ting on his left. Walking slowly the kaid ad vanced to within three paces of tho throne, bowed, Introduced the Englishmen simply as three strang ers anxious for an audience, bowed thrice, and re tired a little way. The pretender smilingly motioned them to be seated on three chairs placed on his right, and then saldN "Marrhaba bi kum" ("You are wel come"). Belton's first impression was that he had never seen a handsomer man. This is his description ot him: ' "A very high, broad forehead, with large black eyes full of light, which sparkle with genu ine merriment when he is amused; a big, straight nose; fairly full cheeks, a square, resolute jaw, and the firmest of mouths, set off by a black beard and a small' mustache. His complexion is a deep olive; and when he stood up I saw he waa well 2ver six feet In height, and finely proportioned to i magnificent physique." He came to business at once. "Why are you in Fez?" he asked. The concession was named, the price stated, and the pretender ordered Si Aissa to go Into the mat ter further. "And you?" questioned Mulal Hafld, pointing to Belton. "I am a soldier,," said the future kingmaker. "I have come to offer my services." i "Allah, Allah!" the pretender repeated very slowly; then asked many auestlons. Then came Redman's turn. What did he want? He would be useful to Belton as a khalifa (right hand man). j . ; On the 25th Belton and Redman were again sum moned before the pretender, this time in an In closure close by the palace, where 4,000 troops infantry, cavalry and artillery were drawn up and waiting. "There are some of my soldiers, " the pretender said; "see what you can do with them." The boy--he waa little mora waa cam. Tha maneuvers that afternoon were distinctly "smart" At the finish hewas given command over 7,000 troops of all arms. He made those half-wild tribesmen drill as they had never drilled before. He overhauled the arse nal and government stores. He wrote to his com manding officer in South Africa tendering his resignation. He was no longer Lieut. Belton of a British regiment of Infantry; he was Kaid Belton, kingmaker. The mahalla of Aziz at Alcazar deserted and proclaimed Mulal Hafld sultan. The event swelled the pretender's army by 1,200 fighting men. All through the fall and winter Belton worked on his raw mntertnl, and by spring had a superb fighting force, disciplined as well as fearless. In June of last year Aziz dispatched a strong mahalla to march against Marrakesh. Belton, with 15,000 men and artillery, met the sultan's army within four hours of Marrakesh, routed It with heavy loss, and scattered It Aziz himself only escaped by hasty flight to Settat, the jiearest French military post, from which he afflrwards Journeyed to Casablanca under a French escort. The tribes and towns proclaimed Mulal Hafld sultan amid great rejoicing. He, on learning of the victory of his southern mahalla, notified the diplomatic corps at Tangier ot his wish to be recognized by the powers of Europe and assuring tbem of his readiness to accept the act of Alge ciras. The whole of the diplomatic corps, with one ex ception, Ignored the communication. The excep tion was Dr. Vassel, the German consul, who rec ognized Mulal Hafld as the rightful ruler of Mo rocco. On Sept. 10 Belton received from the hands of Mulal Hafld his commission, giving him control over the whole of the army and conferring upon him' the title of Kaid of Ascaar (kaid of the troops). , Aziz was safe In Tangier, but his brother, Mulal Mohammed, whom Aziz had Imprisoned when he came to the throne, had been released and was starting another revolution In Casablanca. Belton met and defeated Mulal Mohammed's army and took him prisoner. That was In October of last yt-ar. On Nov. 18 ' Mulal Mohammed was brought to Bab el Buchat, where Mulal Hafld was. On the following morn ing, In the presence of 4,000 of Belton's troops, Mulal Abselem M'ranl, an uncle of Mulal Hafld, was tried for treason by the cadis. He had been In treasonable correspondence with Mulnl Mo hammed. The cadis found him guilty and sentenced him to have the palms of his bands cut and sewn In a single leathern glove so that ho could write no . more letters. The punishment was carried out. That same day Belton took his courage In both hands and address Sultan Mulal Hafld in this wise: '"You are Btlll waiting for European recog nition. You will wait long If you continue such practises. The powers, will hear of this punish ment through the French press, which is hostile to you." The remonstrance had its effect. A week later Belton saw the uncle. The glove had been taken off his bands and the wounds were almost healed. One by one the power recognized Mulal Hafld, and Kaid Belton was an amused witness of a tug of war between the diplomats of Germany, France and Spain, who were all pulling for favors and concessions from the man they had been so loath to recognize. Naturally, Dr. Vassel, the German consul, was the new sultan's favorite. German syndicates got valuable mining concessions which France wanted. Franoe retaliated by reestablishing tie military mission which had been with Aziz at the time ot his defeat This move threatened Belton's an- premacy. The sultan gave him an opening. "You looked worried, commander, when I saw you on parade. What Is wrong?" he asked. Kaid Belton replied: "I am worried. Are these French officers going to serve under me, or am I going to serve under them? , "I cannot give you an answer to any of those questions tonight," the sultan replied, "but what ever happens, remember this, that people who are forced on me will nevtr be my friends." ' That very night Belton dispatched a mahulla against Alt Yussl, who was plundering caravans and travelers. The force was held In check by tribesmen and the sultan ordered Belton to con duct the campaign against the bandit In person. He went reluctantly, for the court was tense with Intrigue and the French were straining every nerve to get their mllltaVy mission established. He caught up with Alt Yussl and after five hours of hard fighting defeated him, compelled him to surrender and collected heavy Indemnities. Then he hurried back to Fez, wondering what his ene mies bad been doing In his absence. Ominous pews awaited bis return. Germany had agreed to give France a free band in Morocco or. condition tha Germany's commerce was not re stricted. The French minister had visited Fez. Belton went straight to the S'lUan who said: "You have heard '.lie news?" "The agreement? Yes. It waa a surprise to me." "A greater surprise to me," the sultan replied. Germany had kept, not only the sultan, but her own. consul. Dr. Vassel, In Ignorance of the nego tiations. While Dr. Vassel was assuring the sultan that Germany would not desert him In bis time of need, Germany was doing that very thing. Neither knew the thing was going to be done until after It was done. The next six weeks Belton spent In studying French diplomacy. The French officers shunned hlni, cut him, described him as a renegade. The sultan replied to these slanders that Belton had served him well. The French replied that French officers would serve him equally well. The sultan refused flatly to part with Belton. In the spring there were uprisings, which Bet ton put down. At Fez the undercurrent of In trigue continued to flow, and the French were slowly gaining ground. The treasury was empty. -The creditors of Aziz were clamoring to be paid. France was the chief creditor, and the French . were offering further loans. Belton broke the power of the bandit tribes and posted back to Fez. He demanded to see the sul tan. An audience was refused. He waited days and weeks, repeating his demand. He appealed to the grand vizier, reciting what he had done in the sultan's service. The hardships he had borne and the excitements and the danger? had turned his hair white. His health was broken The sultan would not see htm, would not ex plain. He, worried, harrassed and bullied by the French, was ashamed to face the young English man who had placed him on the throne and con fess to him that .he had no choice but to let him go. He decided it would be better to resign at once than to be kicked out later by the French. He tendered his resignation to the sultan through the I foreign minister The resignation wns accepted, presumably with regret, and Belton lost no time in returning to London. 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Roy Bone, a brother of Unites States District Attorney Harry Bone, several years ago was a reporter on, the Wichita Beacon. In going to a fire one of the members of the fire de partment was thrown from a hose cart and killed. Bone wrote a head, with this as the first deck: "Gone to His Last Fire." The piece got Into the paper and Bone was promptly "fired." Kansas. City Journal. Local Enterprise. Tourist why do you call this a vol cano? I don't believe It has had ao eruption for a thousand years! Guide Well, the hotel managers la this region club together and keep a fire going In it every year during the season. Meggendorfer Blaetter. Sprouting Up. "Don't you think, Mary, you are too old to play with the boys?" "No, mamma; the older I get, the better I like them." Judge. PRESSED HARD. Coffee's Weight on Old Age. When prominent men realize the In jurious effects of coffee and the change; In health that Postum can bring, they are glad to lend their testimony for the benefit of others. A superintendent of public schools1 In a Southern state says: "My moth er, since her early childhood, was an inveterate coffee drinker, had been troubled with her heart for a number of years and complained ot that 'weak; all over' feeling and sick stomach. "Some time ago I was making an of ficial visit to a distant part of the country and took dinner with one of the merchants of the place. I noticed a somewhat peculiar flavor of the cof fee, and asked him concerning it He replied that it was Postum. I waa so pleased with it that, after the meal was over, I bought a package to carry home with me, and had wife pre pare some for the next meal; the whole family liked it so well that we discontinued coffee and used Postum entirely. 'I had really been at times very anxious concerning my mother's con dition, but we noticed that after using Postum for a short time, she felt so much better than she did prior to its use, and had little trouble with her heart and no sick stomach; that tha headaches were not so frequent, and her general condition much Improved. This continued until she was as well and hearty as the rest of us. "I know Postum has benefited my self and the other members of the f am lly, hut In a more marked degree to the case of my mother, as she waa a Victim of long standing." Krr read the above letter A aew ama appear froa time ta time. The are aaalae, trae, ana (mil al - 1 won't try to inc.' OKI
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