THE STORY
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Renewing a childhood attach-
ment, Ernestine Briceland, of a
wealthy family, is attracted by
Will Todd, newspaper artist, son
of a carpenter. They lunch to-
gether and recall their school
days. Ernestine's sister, Lillian,
knowing their father would dis-
approve, urges her to eid the
affair, but Ernestine refuses. The
love-making progresses rapidly.
They make a runaway marriage,
Briceland is furious, but helpless,
As Ernestine is of age. Loring
Hamilton, lawyer, wins Lillian's
consent to be his wife,
CHAPTER III
we Gmene
Strange Country
It seemed a natural thing to Ernes-
tine, however it seemed to the others,
to waken on her marriage morning,
in the little back bedroom of the tiny
house where the Todds had lived all
their married life. She was instantly
wide awake and oriented. Perhaps it
was the close tangle of Will's arms
about her that made everything nor-
mal. Perhaps the delicious conscious
ness of new happiness had never en-
tirely been in It did not
matter at about the family now,
Thinking of everything, Ernestine
felt in her heart something new about
Will. Added to her romantic love for
him was something really more won-
derful: a sound thing—respect. He
had behaved admirably.
She was filled with a transport of
tenderness, a strong conviction of hav.
Now, at last, life had
begun for her. The chrysalis of girl.
hood was broken, and she was
emerged into womanhood, She had
become real. Always now, Will would
be here beside her at the beginning
of every day. Gravely she considered
this, and sent up a wordless prayer
that she might be a good wife,
Some one was moving about in the
kitchen, and she heard the rattle of
coals in the kitchen grate. How close
and small the house was. Each sound
came through the thin walls distinctly.
Ernestine realized that she would
have to close the window, and she es-
saved to rise, jut at the first move.
ment Will's arms tightened about her,
thouzh he did not waken. Ernestine
extricated herself and got up with a
swift movement,
“You have to work today, Will,” she
said in that he
laughed her ador.
ingly.
“1 suppose
lost sleep.
all
ing done well,
strong
such a wifely
and
tone
at
looked up
now I've somebody
erry
got
even worse hat my mother about
making me get up,” he said, and then
added, “Hey, wait, I'll get
warm water,” for Ernestine was wash-
ing her face In the basin that stood
on a small washstand near the
But the
ich had
wind blowing h the
indow upon it, was cold and invigor-
ating,
Will in the kitchen, and
Ernestine could hear his voice, in an
affectionate murmur, talking to some
Before the small mirror,
she applied her make-up, looking at
herself sharply. She arranged her
sleek soft hair, proud of its thickness
and texture. What was there in her
face? Was she different this morning?
She must not be different. She pow-
dered again, and rubbed some of the
scarlet off her lips, which were as red
as cherries under the lip salve,
made bed neatly and set
the room in order, packed up her be-
longings. The smell of coffee and the
sound of the percolator made her feel
faint. She had eaten nothing the eve.
ning before,
In the kitchen, Will's face turned on
her, as bright as a triangular mirror
with the sun on it. His mother was
sitting by the Kitchen table, with a
warm shawl over her heavy dress, She
could be up at times, and this morn-
ing she had made the effort. FErnes.
tine went to Will's mother, and kissed
her,
“I hope you didn't get up on our
account, mother,” she said gently, “but
I'm glad you are better”
The woman looked up at Ernestine,
her faded eyes, under the drooping
brows, regarding this strange bird
that had slipped so easily into her
nest. How old she looked, thought
Ernestine, She was a generation be.
yond mamma, for she was old with a
gentle humility and meekness that
Ernestine had never met before,
There was not in her even the stub.
bornness that sometimes the meek
can use so effectively,
Will's father Ernestine could under-
stand. A carpenter, with a gift for
woodcutting, he was a skilled and able
workman and had a great pride in his
trade. He was a tall, thin, stooped
man, with a cleanshaved, heavily
furrowed face and brightly saturnine,,
black eyes, which regarded Ernestine
with a kind of grim humor. He made
her realize without saying so, that he
disapproved of their marriage as much
as her people did, but that he was not
the man to cry over spilled milk.
They could count on his kindness,
At breakfast ‘In the bright kitchen,
Ernestine and Will made plans,
“You are welcome to stay here as
long ns you like salll Petef Todd,
but the two shook their heads. They
had already decided to be independent
at once,
“We might just as well go today,
and find a place to board until we can
get an apartment,” sald Ernestine,
looking very young and earnest. “I'll
get my trunk from mamma's, as soon
as we have found a residence, It's
you some
door.
cher,
the
water out of the pit
1
wl stood all night with
«old throug open
shaved
One, wavy
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Jackson
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awfully good of you to want us here,
but the house is small, and mother is
really not well enough to have us.”
Mrs, Todd sald nothing, and Ernes-
tine felt that she had never seen so
dispirited a creature,
“If we get near town, mom,” Will
sald, “we can save money on carfare,
I know a place on Erie street one of
the fellows told me about, where you
can get a room and two meals, at a
reasonable price, and it's in walking
distance of the office. Anyhow, 1
think we ought to live alone”
“That's right,” said Will's father.
“It's the only way for young married
people. If you need any money when
yoy, go to fixing up a flat I can lend
you a little, 1 always have a few
hundred dollars tucked away for emer-
gencies,” he explained to Ernestine,
“I can let Will borrow, without in-
terest, If he needs it. 1 own a house
on Troy street that you could have #f
it wasn't But the location Is
not good for you."
“We'll manage,” sald Will
dently, and Ernestine admired him,
They exchanged bright
Mr. Todd said heartily:
“Well, come and visit
anyhow."
leased.
confl-
jooks, and
us sometimes,
to
cont
time for then
her squirrel
bade her new
It was soon
Ernestine, in
scarlet hat,
go,
and
relatives
“You Are Lovely,” He Protested as
Though She Had Denied It
good-by, Sha here wn
in
people
felt that ere
the alr, realized a little that
were Will
than she would ever be lost
to her family. He was their only son,
but they said to him with
quiet dignity. Ernestine admired their
restraint, grateful for
good taste. They © sither ad
tears
these losing more
definitely
good-by
and was their
vice nor counsel,
to their
The house on Erie street
brought to her first shock
of reality. It was an ancient, smoke.
blackened dwelling place, not far from
the lake. street from the
house a five-story machine shop re.
verberated with activity, A secret.
looking hrown-stone house, with drawn
blinds, stood on the corner. Ernes-
tine feit that the apartment they spoke
of go glibly was not 80 near. A sense
of the irrevocable nature of the step
she had taken swept over her. She
was now Will's, and, as he had said
to her father, his roof was her roof.
His home was hers, and this was it.
She had definitely abandoned her old
way of life and set her feet in a
strange country. The future was as
remote from the past as though
were following him to a great
tance,
Hand in hand they ran up the stone
stairs and met a small plump woman,
called Mrs, Bennett, with whom Will
discussed rooms and prices, while
Ernestine stood to one side, burningly
conscious of the gold band
third finger,
- * * - * -
young ones go about
own affairs,
rnestine
Across the
she
dis-
on her
Ernestine was too good a
bemoan their conspicuous lack of
money, Fresh from the rigors oi a
fine school, it was not hard for her
to accustom herself to simplicity,
Will discovered that she had a most
practical nature. The forces which
gport to
As far as any authentic record
shows, the first cracker bakery in the
United States was that of Theodore
Pearson ut Newburyport, Mass, He
began business in 1792 and his spe-
cinlty was a large cracker which was
known both as a “pilot” and as ship's
bread. Joshua Brent was [Pearson's
first great blisiness rival, He ereeted
an oven for cracker baking at Milton,
Mass, In 1801, He was succeeded hy
many other cracker manufacturers,
The crackers were first made by hand.
During the years between 1840 and
1865 the mechanical process employed
in. making erackers underwent a re.
markable development. Prior to 1840
the use of machinery in the eracker-
making process was practically un-
known, Even then the dough was still
worked up and put Into the oven one
had driven her Into marriage had not
all been romantle. In adjusting her-
self to living on WIil's pay, she was
able to exercise some of her native
ingenuity and shrewdness, and In that
capacity she found a certain pleasure.
It was fun to put herself on a basis
of having no money to spend and then
discovering how much she had grown
accustomed to spending in the months
since she had left school. Her trunk
was full of pretty clothes, It was an
element she did not at first appre.
clate,
CHAPTER IV
A Party at Pastano’s
Mr, Poole was having a party for
Ernestine and Will, and, according to
prearrangement, Ernestine slipped
downstairs ahead of time to show her.
self to Mrs. Bennett, She could not
help but be proud of the evening
dress mamma had given her for Christ.
mas, and which she had not worn be-
fore. The yellow chiffon lay about her
slender limbs delicately,
appreciated the Hlugive cobwebhby hose
that
gold
subtly.
had come with the dress and the
slippers, The st:
which had
ther Lap
» pear! ring whi
neo
a perfect
cloth
al pearls
her Grandmu
ch daddy
to match her ki
of
touches
her, this
glowing with
appreciated
Ling eyes
miration,
“You are lovely,” he rotested,
though had denied
swung herself about in
room and gave him a
mocking look, But she went dow
carpeted stairs in a glow, her squirrel
cont over her arm,
Mrs. Bennett got
miring exclamation
closed the door behind her
advanced {fo
and pirouetted on her toes,
round, body, with
beneath a of gray
outwormnm
she she
and
the narrow
languishing,
n the
up
when
the center of
weary tired éyes
fringe
Bennett had long i
egotism and was generous with pral
and sympathy,
“Youth is the time to live, darling”
she said to Ernestine,
old story, but you are 3
ing, and things are hag
times and
than to have
now, grow ol
strong, the
me, aren't
f great cartoonist?”
nog! ed.
“He only wants to be ni
He thinks
course Jt
Mrs,
silence, and
Ernestine
il please
intained a creoet
turned to
over a drawers
at her reflection, runnin
over her sleek soft hair
was a little thinner than she had
been was married, her
eyes were big and dark in the delicate
She
qu her face
shining with an Inner spiritual
ment. It i
Her
hat she looked too hs
jennett m
rnestine
mirror { nest of
looked
hands She
when she and
whiteness of her face,
with a breath-taking
excite.
seemed to
AppY. hri
for every-day use. She mu arn to
dissemble,
“Sometimes, darling.” Mrs. Bennett
chided Ernestine gently, “I think you
fail to realize what an effect you have
on the people here—on the Yon
are different from the
{hese know, You bloom.
wear the face of love. It's hard
them. I want to be very
with Mr. Poole,
thing for you to disrupt his friendship
with WilL
patronage
“Will won't be Jealous of any atten
tion 1 pay to Mr. or that
pays to me” Emestine
ently, “if that's what you
won't hurt Mr. Poole t«
men
80 other
boys
on
you
Poole,
mean, It
sdmire
men, too,
ns that goes, part of his
heart, Will Anshow,
wouldn't be jealous of me—now
small face shining that
lennett threw her advising
away with a gesture and came
kissed her young friend.
“Have a lovely time, darling.
tano's has the distinction of being the
toughest place in all Chicago,
and
It's
BAYS,
admire women,
will
Her
Mra,
was so
5 ery
about
will
careful
too, you
is really
And
He
police,
very
then,
of Ruby.”
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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piece at a time, Machinery was final
ly invented which teok the dough after
it had been prepared by hand and
rolled it into a thin sheet which, as
it passed over a sort of endless belt,
was cut by a stamping machine which
works automatically.
Ancient Theatrical Mask
Among curiosities unearthed In the
course of exeaviations and restora
tion of the anclent basiciliea of St
Sebastian in Rome was a theatrical
mask worn by a Roman actor.
Explaining Abbreviation
Mo. was the abbreviation for Mis.
souri because any other abbreviation
would be likely to become confused
Tailored Outfit
Liked by Women
Fashionable This Season as
Shopping, Business ard
Luncheon Costume.
The meticulously tallored sult of
men's wear cloth is an established
vogue this spring and is the chic shop-
ping, business and luncheon costume
of the smartly garbea woman,
Time wns when the tallored suit
with its trim, fairly short skirt reached
to the tops of high laced shoes. Now
it reveals an expanse of some 14
inches of sliken clad legs with stim
ankles enhanced by opera pumps, de.
creed the smartest footwear for the
suit.
The sult costume par excellence in-
cludes the small brimmed felt hat or
an off-the-face model of panamalaque
or straw combined with felt and in
either black or navy. The neckline
is softened by an animal scarf, pre-
ferably silver or cross fox, and there
| Is a snowy blouse front of fine linen,
silk crepe or cotton broadcloth visible,
With a gesture toward the O'los-
| sen type of suit, n popular model allies
| & black cloth jacket bound with braid
ERT TARR
Navy Biue Tailored Suit Appropriate
for Afternoon Wear.
and a wrapped skirt of striped sult.
ing. th
Consistent its mannish
tallored ap i
shirt of English
| & cravat,
Many
pleces
| developed
gray, blue,
spring suits are io only two
a blouse
oxford
while others include
in
or
while silk
covert, either
brown
blouse of the
instance a
point above
encircles
crepe
In this
begins at a
and
waistline
variety.
belt
pockets
back of the
aipped in effect.
to creale a
Black Is Again Favored
black for
The intro-
fiuction of this color in many different
types of jewelry accessories seems to
lend just the note of contrast that
brings out the full value of the many
Things are looking COs
A touch of black with colors is al-
most ubiquitous end its use with white
emphasizes the popularity of the black
and white color scheme, The neck
lace for daytime wear often unites
| black with such colors as are chosen
for the printed silk afternoon cos
tume and appears in such composi
tions as galalith and prystal
The black and white combination
is of paramount importance in jewel
ry designed for evening wear and
achieves its effects in onyx set with
The enthusiasm for jet seems to be
Parisian women
Jewelry for wear
iy arrived imports,
ly an exclusive house devoted an en-
Flowers on Suits Are
Being Used This Year
Sponsored by the most impressive
of the French couture, flowers blos-
som forth again this spring, partic.
ularly on the lapel of the tailleur. A
change of hat, a change of blouse,
gloves and a flower work wonders
with the two-piece suit. The type ol
hat will give the same suit a formal
or an Informal alr and similarly a
boutonniere will express a mood. As
if doubtful of its final acceptance an
occasional flower supplies the lingerie
note on the daytime frock of solid
color flat crepe. The effect is well
worth trying as a reilef from the
many forms of the collar and cuff,
Bolero Suit
French wool volle, in a deep navy
blue, makes a sweet dressmaker suit
that has a yoked skirt and a bolero
cont that swings to the same curved
line in the back as the skirt's yoke.
Three-Quarters
A semi-sheer green crepe sult has
three quarter sleeves that have puffs
of the blouse's sleeves coming out
from under them,
ARENTS’ MAGAZINE
At the present time the use of lip-
entirely. At one time there may have
been definite moral connotations, At
present the designers of women's
clothing take for granted that for the
best effect certain cosmetics will be
used, just as in a previous period they
designed white wigs to accentuate cer-
tain Parents must make
this distinction In discussing the prob
lem with the young person and not
confuse her by Introducing questions
of standards nnd morals where only
fashion and custom are concerned,
costuming,
nned for average
be otherwise
Onur schools are Dia
children and cannot well
as they are now organized. And the
child mental is several
years above or below his physical age
needs that will meet that
We are now trying to fit
instead of de-
fit into a
whose age
education
difference,
eduention to the child,
that the ehild
educational system. A
and lazy is
understand-
kind of
the spe-
manding
rendy-made
child who seems stupid
really a child who needs
ing nnd study and the right
help, The special and
cial school are meeting this need,
clings
to
had
Not ex
scarlet recall having
the some immune
it because they have had it ino a mild,
unrecognized form, In order
which any group
susceptible to scarlet fever and which
immune, a test is made to
¢ which ones have scarlet
blood.
ery one is susceptible
fever. Some
disense and are ro
to learn
persons In are stil
ones are
determin
fever antitoxin in thelr
the tr tion
tood
or other
In some
has sen that rich
ari
be Ri
is 8 concentrated food,
to used sparingly and seldon it
“#1her the
experience of foreign woples nor the
in food experts
not
of
requirements,
United
showed
research of our Americ:
bears out the opinion that it may
be successfully used as a source
most classes of dietary
Studies undertaken by the
Department of Agricu
cheese 1 ho tH) 10
ture
from 100 per cent
Sin toys are expensive
the countries of Europe,
when travell
to take along an
en
periods abroad
plan
dren
to
ply be gi
precious rest
Bows Are Among Smart
Things in Accessories
smartly dressed woman mu
how, or several
adornment for
Hering I COrrespong
for the
the important
Bows of nu
that che
son,
with garment ir.
ir
wen
we are one of trim
details of the season.
wn may have a
a how large
The other
A taffeta evening g
large bow tied at tho hips
zest a bustle,
enough to sug
extreme is the little tailored bow that
of the plain
rests neatly on the front
blonmse of satin or crepe
extensively
int
Bows used on
spring milli A pique
hi ghallow
lan on
somewhere near ti
are
bow may
own or it
brimmed
ack All
perch cr
mas guish a wide
model,
of which
in
style,
is a warning ths is time
t
t
look to your bows trimming
Coat Dress
Cont dresses of the new sheer wool-
ens are excellent this spring. A blue
one with surplice closing is worn over
a printed slip that has a high collar
and bow tle,
Pointed Godets
Paris shows a fine little printed silk
frock in pinky tones that has godets
in its skirt that points up to a yoke,
making it a zigzag line. '
Pale Green Jersey Is
Chic for an Ensemble
Showing a charming ensemble which
appears in a pastel shade, and which
is enjoying popularity as seasonable
raiment. It is of pale green Jersey
and comprises a one-piece frock which
fs accented with tucks and pleats and
a fingertip length jacket,
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Museum
BENaany
Famous Pennant in
The
battleship regon,
Academy
representing one
home-bound of the
preserved in the
Naval is 510
long,
man aboard the
museum, feet
foot for every
visited the station after the
Spanish
is BIE, ANd Wi ade § the
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Recognized Form of Sport
Hors hir
were
shoe g tournaments
ie hiun-
States
dred
winter
iment is
cation
World,
As a young man the late Dr. R. V.
Pierce, practiced medicine in Pennsyl-
vania and was known far and near for
us great success in alleviating disease,
nally he moved to Buffalo, N. Y,,
and put up in ready-to-use form, his
OLDEN MEDICAL DISCOVERY,
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This strength builder is made from a
formula which Dr. Pierce found most
cflective when in private practice.
It aids digestion, acts as a tonic and
enriches the blood——clears away pimples
and annoying eruptions tends to
keep the complexion fresh and clear.
All druggists. Tablets or liquid.
AS FIRST AID
Use Hanford’s
Balsam of Myrrh
All dealers are suthorized to refund r
money for the Hirst bottle if not suited,
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tonic for
r the
won A
a0
“Glenn's Sulphur Soap
has 8 clearing effect on my skin
that is helpful sand gratifying.
It lathers most and the
rinsing seems unusually quick.”
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Brutus Hero of Play
According to the general judi
ment of critics and actors, Brutus
is the hero of the play “Julius Cae-
sar.” He speaks 727 lines: Antony,
327 lines; S507 lines, and
Cassius,
Caesar, 154 lines, Richard Burbage
first played the role of Brutus.
ONSTIPATION