OF INTEREST W
A GIRL AND A MAN
A New and Vital Romance of City Life
by Virginia Terhune Van d-e Water
CHAPTER XIX
Copyright, 1916, Star Company.
Annie Rooney was not a well-edu
cated girl, but, like others of her
class and nationality, she was a rather
keen observer of human nature, and
somewhat of a philosopher.
She therefore wa§ sure that some
other emotion than the physical dis
comfort of hunger had moved Agnes
Morley speak as she had done. It
could not be animosity against Philip
Hale, for she had met him but once
before to-day, and then only for a
minute in his father's office.
Moreover, anyone could see that he
was a nice, gentlemanly chap. Annie
could understand that any woman
would dislike or distrust "old Bain
bridge," yet Agnes had never spoken
in that sharp tone of him—even
though the two girls had discussed
him freely. There was surely some
other reason for that Irritated tone
and manner.
And suddenly the Irish girl hit upon
a solution that she was sure was the
correct one. As soon as she and her
companion had ordered their luncheon
she spoke out her thought.
"See here, kid," she said, "I guess
that perhaps young Hale's way of
speaking to you has made you feel
all of a sudden that in spite of his
politeness, tipping his hat, etcetery—
he is. after all, the son of your boss
and that you and him are in a differ
ent class. But let me tell you—we all
go through that sooner or later. I
suppose it's harder for you than for
most."
"What do you mean?" Agnes asked,
puzzled.
"Well, I'll tell you what I mean,"
Annie explained. "You're better edu
cated than lots of stenographers. If
you wasn't you -wouldn't hold down
the job of Mr. Hale's secretary. Yet,
for all that, you feel you aren't on the
sajne level as his son and his kind are.
You know that now, don't you?"
"Of course, I know it," Agnes ad
imitted. She knew it only .too well;
'she thought swiftly. But"not in the
way that this girl meant.
"Well, even with me it took a good
iwhile for me to swallow the truth
[that, just because 1 have to work for
people, I'm not as good in their eyes
as a rich girl would be. But now I
don't care. Some day I'll get a chance
to marry well, and then I'll marry, j
ajid I'll get a man that can make his I
way In the world, and I'll be just as i
good as any of those ricH swells.
"That's what you've got to remem
ber about yourself—that all this kind >
of work you're at now is only for a
while. It's a woman's business to get
>married. That's what she was meant !
for—to make a home and be a wife
'and mother. But, until she can do
that, she sometimes has got to sup- 1
port herself. But that don't make her
less of a lady. So don't you go to get
ting that notion in your head.
"I'm telling you this for your own
good, for I guess the way that Hale
chap spoke to you (as if you was as !
good as he is himself, you know, which |
you are, too) made you remember all I
of a sudden that you're not his social
equal. Well, cut out that stuff! It I
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FRIDAY EVENING,
makes me tired! We're as good as
him and his set are any day in the
week. As I just said, it is only for a
little while that we're here. Then our
chance will come."
"But I am glad to be -where I am
and as I am," Agnes protested ear
nestly. "I have my life to live inde
pendently of any man. I'm not even
thinking of. getting married."
"That listens well!" Annie laughed.
"But, believe me, there's no girl but
what hopes to get married some day.
Here's our lunch. It looks good, too."
Neither of the pair spoke for sev
eral minutes, then Annie broke the
silence with "That's what gets me mad
about a guy iike Bainbridge. If he
realized that we're his equals he'd not
get fresh with us. Men like him think
stenographers and clerks are fair
game."
"Has he ever been fresh, as you
call it, with you?" Agnes demanded.
"No, he never has," Annie acknowl
edged. "Once, just after I came, he
called me 'little girl,' and I gave him
one look that finished him along that
line with me."
The Mystery Kxplaint-d
"Maybe he mean't nothing out of
the way," Agnes reminded her. "I was
probably mistaken in him myself—for
he has been most courteous to me. As
for those flowers you thought he
brought for someone—it so happens
you were wrong, for he brought them
for himself. He told me so." •
Annie shugge-1 her shoulders cyn
ically. "Perhaps so—perhaps not'
Anyway, I'd not trust the old geezer.
But see here, Agnes—if that young
Hale keeps on being polite to you—
why, since he seems all right, you
might, try him out."
"Try him out!" Agnes repeated
the words involuntarily.
"Sure," Annie went on, lowering her
voice discreetly. "I mean you might
be pleasant to him —just pleasant
enough to see if he's on the square.
You'll soon find out if he isn't, and
you can snub him good and hard. No
harm's done then.
"But something tells me he's not
that sort. Just remember, if he really
admires you and you find he's a decent
sort of man. you'll be a fool not to
make the most of the chance of hav«
ing him keep •-•.ompany with you.
"What if his father is your boss?
That don't riiake any difference. The
old man may raise the devil at first,
but an only son's an only son, and
there's nothing against you. Lots of
girls have baited their hooks well and
landed a real goldfish. Now I know
one girl— But what's Jhe matter?"
For Agnes had pushed her plate
away and looked suddenly pale.
"Please don't. Annie!" she faltered.
"That kind of talk makes me sick!"
"Oh. all right," Annie laughed good
naturedly. "You certainly are queer.
Most girls talk about that kind of
thin? most of the time."
"Well, I don't—that's all," Agnes
retorted. "And what's more, I don't
want you to, please."
"All right, kid; what you say goes,"
Annie assured her, her mouth full of
strawberry shortcake. "I'll not say
another word about it."
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With the muster complete the Sun
bury company officially became Com
pany F, Fourth Pennsylvania Infantry,
filling the vacancy caused by the con
j version of the Pottsville contingent ln
| to an engineers' company.
Medical examinations in the Third
Field Artillery Regiment have been
completed with the exception of sev
! eral officers and men. The Sixth and
| final battery of the Wilkes-Barre Regi
j ment was completed yesterday, but it
I lacks 10 men to reach the required
minimum strength of 126 ment to a
| battery. Colonel Asher Miner sent wora
to Wilkes-Barre for 175 recruits.
The Boalsburg Machine Gun Com
pany has been put through the United
States medical examination and fifty
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here by Lieutenant Boals were accept
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j all rifles which had been issued by the
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< the Third Field Artillery. The quar
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| men of the several commands here.
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George Hewitt, of Bendersville, died
last night at 9 o'clock at the Harris
] burg hospital. He was brought to the
institution in a critical condition sev-
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"Several scouts have watched him
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Ogden, Utah, Aug. 25.—Charles E.
Hughes yesterday addressed an audi
ence here on what he termed the ne
cessity of national preparation for
commercial competition with Europe
after the war. The nominee repeated
his declaration that this could be done
only under a protective tariff. He re
iterated his statement that he would
do all he could if elected to prevent
abuses under a protective tariff. He
declared that the time had come to
protect American business and achieve
ment, not to cripple or destroy it.
"Show me any way by which legiti
mate business can succeed," Mr.
Hughes said, "and I am going to do
my utmost to make it succeed."
Mr. Hughes was introduced by J. A.
Howell, Judge of Ogden's district court,
who said that delegates to both the
! Progressive and Republican conven
tions at Chicago sat side by side on the
platform.
Governor Spry, of Utah, met the
nominee at the State line and accom
panied him throughout the State. Im
mediately upon his arrival Mr. Hughes
was tAken for an" automobile ride. He
held a brief public reception after
ward. Following his speech he left
for Salt Lake City.
Reports From West Show
Strong Hughes Sentiment
Chicago, 111., Aug. 25. Alvin T.
Hert, manager of the western Repub
lican national campaign headquarters,
yesterday issued the following state
ment:
"Preliminary reports received from
various sections of the Middle and Far
West are most encouraging. We are
in daily receipt of advices from the
chairmen of the different Republican
State central committees. Invariably
thees chairmen advise us in normally
Republican States that the Republican
majority this year for Hughes' and
Fairbanks will be larger than ever.
"Throughout the West the harmony
with which the Republicans and for
mer Progressives are working is even
more complete than we had antici
pated. Reports from the section cov
ered by Mr. Hughes in his recent west
ern trip are exceptionally encourag
ing."
R. K. Hynicka, of Cincinnati, Re
publican national committeeman from
Ohio, told Manager Hert. to-day that
there is complete harmony between
the Republican organization and the
former Progressives in that State and
that Ohio will go for Hughes by an
old-fashioned Republican majority in
November.
W. C. Cook, Republican national
committeeman from South Dakota, re
ported harmony among the different
factions in that State and said Hughes
ia certain to keep it In the Republican
column.
Judge Charles W. Smith, secretary
to Governor Capper, and ex-National
Committeeman David Mulvane said
Kansas would give Hughes and Fair
banks the largest majority given a Re
publican national ticket in many years.
TAFT TO TAKE STUMP
New York, Aug. 25. Chairman
Wlllcox, of the national
committee, announced that ex-Presi
dent Taft will make a number of
speeches during the campaign, prob
ably In October.
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By Frederic ]. Haskin
[Continued From Page B.]
manders for appointment.
The candidates who have passed the
examinations for volunteer commis
sions are perhaps the most representa
tive class, drawn as they are from the
"general public." The time and place
for such examinations are left to the
discretion of the secretary of war. In
view of the fact that there would be
a call for hundreds if not thousands
of officers should the call ever go out
for half a million volunteers, the na
ture of this examination is arousing a
good deal of interest.
The examinations given to candi
dates for commissions in the regular
army, however, indicates in what such
an examination would consist. Since
the passage of recently enacted legis
lation, thfere has been a chance for the
civilian to obtain a second lieuten
ancy—the lowest commissioned offi
cer's ranking—in the regular army /f
the United States. With the increases
provided for in that force, the pros
pects of the civilian who wats a com
mission are proportionately brighter,
though at best they are not compar
able to his chances for obtaining a
similar rank in the volunteers.
The standard source of army officers
is of course the military academy at
West Point. Any vacancies are filled
first from the graduating class of the
academy, and if they occur after a cer
tain date they are held open for the
next year's class. After the Military
Academy g-aduates, preference is giv
en to men who rise from the ranks—
enlisted men who have qualified for
commissions by passing the specified
mental and physical examinations.
Should there be any vacancies remain
ing after these two classes have been
drawn upon, they are filled from the
lists of civilian candidates who have
passed the proper examinations. Such
candidates, however, must be between
21 and 27 years old, unmarried and
citizens of the United States.
The examination referred to, how
ever, is of interest not only as it bears
on the requirements for a commission
in the regular army, but also because
of the light it sheds on the character
of the examination that applicants for
the rank of commissioned officers in
the volunteers are required to pass.
It shows that the government sets a
high standard for the men who com
mand its troops, mentally, morally and
physically.
An appointment as second lieuten
ant is awarded annually to one hon
or graduate of each of several insti
tutions designated as "distinguished
colleagues" provided that any vacan
cies exist after the appointment of
West Point graduates and enlistedd
men who have passed their examina
tions. Such graduates are not requir
ed to take any mental examination.
Other candidates are given a search
ing mental examination, the general
character of which seems to presup
pose that the applicant has had at
least a thorough high school training,
and that he stands a better chance of
winning his appointment, if he has
had some college work, for with cer
tain restrictions the selection of offi
cers from among the successful can
didates is based upon their relative
standing tn the examination.
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l?f° r p e y d r '^ ht Mc^a 6 nn b ) y By ALFRED W. McCANN
The extent to which sodium sulphite
Is used in the meat Industry of the
United States is not susi>eeted by the
public. The. methods employed In
using this chemical as a preservative
for chopped meat and as a means of
impaiting a handsome blood-red color
to cuts of l>cef arc revealed in the fol
lowing narrative.
In order to suggest to private in
vestigators desirous of ascertaining
the truth just how to go about the
work of locating the trail of sulphites
as it scurries through the retail
butcher trade of the United States, I
shall set down here in narrative form
the details of one of the many in
vestigations which I have been priv
ileged to conduct in the presence of
scores of professional witnesses.
The results of these investigations
are now a matter of record, and to
any individual interested in names,
dates, and court proceedings I shall
be glad to impart confidential in
formation on request.
In the quiet, village of R , N.
J„ Mrs. C purchased meat from
her butcher for the purpose of making
meat broth for little baby C ,
two and one-half years old.
The appearance of the meat, bright
red, finally around the suspicions of
Mrs. C , who sent me a sample.
Baby C had been getting meat
broth for three or four weeks, and the
thought that perhaps the pallor of the
child might mean that some subtle,
slow-moving poison was at work
aroused all her mother Intlncts.
Thus came the sample of meat to
me for criticism.
It had been doped with ."preserva
line." This fact was verified by Pro
fessor George Ferguson of Columbia
University, who found the specimen
submitted to contain anhydrous so
dium sulphite to the extent of .112
per cent., which is equivalent to crys
tallized sodium sulphite .225 per cent.
The meat had been purchased from
a dealer "in choice meats, groceries,
vegetables, oysters, and clams in sea
son," doing business on the principal
street of the town, which is one of
the resident suburbs of New York
City to which men who labor In Man
hattan during the day return at night
to sleep.
The textbook used In the College of
Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia
University, "Pharmacology and The
rapeutics," declares:
"Symptoms of gastric and intestinal
origin have been produced by ap
parently small quantities of sodium
sulphite. Even small doses of
sulphite administered daily to ani
mals cause hemorrhages in different
organs and accordingly the use of
sulphites to preserve meat, wine, and
vegetables is condemned.
"In addition sodium sulphite has lit
tle effect in preserving meat from
putrefaction, although it improves its
appearance."
Following the proof that the meat
sold to Mrs. C , intended for the
food of a delicate baby, contained
sulphites, I Journeyed to R and
purchased from the dealer a sample
of hamburger steak. It was full of
sulphites.
I then appealed to the local board
of health 'for assistance. The post
master, who was also the president
of the board of health, after the sit
uation was explained, entered into
active co-operation with my squad
and summoned the health officer
under whose badge of authority we
took action at once.
Dr. X , a member of the board
of health, was Been. He said: "If
you have found sodium sulphite in
the meat sold in R , go after it.
It is horrible, most horrible. It is an
outrage. "We cannot tolerate a con
dition here that will produce chronic
anemia. Any preservative that will
reduce the corpuscle count of the
blood can end only in disaster when
used in food. Clean up the place."
We returned to the shop where the
sulphlted hamburger had been pur
chased. The following dialogue en
sued:
"We want all the preservallne used
In this shop."
"We don't use any preservallne
here. Nothing like that is to be found
in this place."
"Come on. produce the stuff or we
will make a search."
The butcher and his clerk looked at
each other, but stood still.
A search was made.
In a dark corner under the counter
,a perforated cylinder of "preserva
AUGUST 25, -1916.
line" manufactured by the Preserva
line Manufacturing Company of
Brooklyn was located.
The icebox produced a tray of
chopped meat, red as Are.
"Do you mean to say that this meat
lias not been treated with sulphites?"
No answer.
'"Do you mean to say that the stuff
purchased here a few hours ago con
tained no sulphites?"
No answer.
"Very well; how do you apply the
stuff?"
"Well, we don't use it the way other
butchers do. We put it on dry- The
other fellows make a solution and dip
their meats. Every butcher here in
R is using the stuff. Every
butcher in the State of New Jersey
is using the stuff. Butchers all over
the country are using it. We are no
worse than anybody else. We get ours
from a wholesale grocer in Jersey
City the same as everybody else gets
it. We didn't know it was wrong to
use it."
We went to another butcher shop
in the same street.
"We do not use preservaline," said
the butcher. "There is no law against
it, though, and all the other butchers
are using it on bologna and mekts."
"Are you sure you don't use it?"
"No, we never have used it in this
shop."
We began a search.
."I told you before we have no pre
servaline here. I told you we never
use it."
"We don't care what you told us.
We want your preservaline, and we
want it now."
"I will bet you SSOO you will not
find any of that stuff here." The
butcher was thoroughly frightened
and very pale.
"We don't want your money; we
want the preservaline."
In a corner near the floor of the
icebox was a box marked XXX Pre
servaline.
"How about this?"
*'l didn't know that was there. That
must have been there since I bought
the shop three months ago from
Henry H
"Perhaps Henry left some more
dope lying around. We will go back
to the cooler."
In the cooler a fresh box of anhy
drous sodium sulphite concealed in a
paper bag was located.
' "Was this also left by Henry?"
"Yes."
"Then you keep it around just for
the sake of ornament?"
"Yes."
The label on the preservaline read:
"Manufactured by Preservaline Man
ufacturing Company, Brooklyn";
"Most Serviceable Article Ever Of
fered to the Meat Trade"; "Used
Everywhere by Progressive Butch
ers"; "Absolutely Indispensable to the
Sausage Maker"; "The Ideal Preserv
ative for Chopped Meat, Cuts of Meat,
Quarters of Beef, Veal. Mutton, Poul
try, etc"; "Gives Meat Handsome
Blood Red Color": "Keeps Meat
Sweet, Sound and Free from Slime
and Mould."
The astonishing events that fol
lowed, in quick succession, this pleas
ing encounter with two butchers of
R , N. J., and the remarkable
change that came over the officials as
the little drama approached its cli
max, will be related in the next chap
ter.
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PENROSE ASSERTS
ARMS TAX UNFAIR
Declares For Uniform Taxes;
Sherman Calls Tariff s.
"Mongrel"
Washington, D. C.. Aug. 25. Sena
tors Penrose and Sherman, Republi
cans, consumed most of the time in
yesterday's debate on the revenue bili.
The Pennsylvania Senator concluded a
speech against the measure, begun
Wednesday, attacking particularly the
proposed munitions and inheritanc«
taxes. He also criticised the proposed
tariff commission.
"If taxation is to be uniform, as con
templated by the Constitution," Sena
tor Penrose said, "and such should ba
urged by every argument of fairness
and common sense, then surely we are
departing a long way from uniformity
if we deliberately single out a few
products upon which to levy a tax be
cause they sold to the belligerents as
munitions of war, and fail to tax
mules, horses and the very great num
ber of other articles which are equal
ly essential and which are being fur
nished the belligerents by American
producers and manufacturers.
"The tax, I suppose, is levied on mu
nitions on the theory that enormous
profits are being made. I think it is
no exaggeration to say that a large ma
jority of the manufacturers who went
into the munitions business liave not
fared well; many have gone into bank
ruptcy; many more have made no
money at all; some have, made a fair
profit, and, of course, a very tew have
made good profits.
"The tariff commission paragraph."
continued the Senator, "apparently is
put in merely as a measure to attract
and mislead Republicans. In fact, there
has been a propaganda conducted
throughout the country in favor of a
tariff commission. Should the Repub
licans be restored to power, they will
doubtless provide for a tariff commis
sion, which will produce practical ana
effective results in the direction of rea
sonable and adequate protective rates
based upon a thorough examination of
the difference in cqst here and abroad."
Senator Sherman attacked the pro
posed income tax increases as unfair
and inequitable and assailed the Demo
cratic tariff.
"This present tariff law is a mongrel,"
he said. "It is a mixture born of the
tariff for revenue and the competitive
tariff, and like a mule, has all the un
holy aspects of both ancestors and the
virtues of none."
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