THE PLOTTERS A New Serial of East and West By Virginia Trko Van de Water CHAPTER XXXVII John Butler's footfall on the soft, thick grass was noiseless, and he was at Elizabeth Wade's side before •ho awoke. At first he thought that she had only obeyed his suggestion and closed her eyes. Then he saw that she was > asleep. Kor a full minute he stood watch ing her, noting how pale she was to day and how her long lashes lay on her chc-tks. There was a pathetic droop to the corners of her mouth, as If she were weary. She wore no hat. and a lock of wavy hair had strayed across her forehead. As on the night he first met her, •he reminded him of some one And now there was a shade of discom fort coupled with the reminder, as If there were some painful episode In his life connected with it. It could not be that she looked like! •erne one whom he disliked. But! r." —that could not be. His sub- j Jectlve mind seemed to be trying to 1 recall something to his objective i mind. When she was talking she 1 looked only like herself, but her i face at rest awakened some vague! and not pleasant memory that he could not place. Tho odor of the steaming coffee 1 recalled to him the fact that the! beverage would not remain hot. "Miss Moore!" he said, in a low' voice. The girl did not move. Had that really been her name it would have startled her to consciousness. ' An impulse made him speak a, name of which he was very fond.] As she was called "Lizzie." perhaps • her real name was "Elizabeth." ■ Very softly, almost timidly, he ] tried the experiment of calling her j what he would like to have the right : to call her—if the name belonged; to her. "Elizabeth!" he murmured She started and opened her eyes.! "Yes!" she answered quickly. Then! when she saw him standing above her she laughed. Roused From Her Dream "I was dreaming." she explained. "I thought I was some one else, and that some one was calling me. I heard my name spoken very dis-, tinctly. Did you call me?" "I said "Miss Moore!'" he evaded, watching her. Her face changed slightly. It was almost as if a shade of disappoint ment crossed it. "That is not what I thought somebody was calling me in my dream." she said. "But dreams al ways go by contraries." s Embarrassing Hairs Can Be Quickly Removed (.Beauty Culture) Hairs can be easily banished from the skin by this quick, painless method: Mix into a stiff paste some powdered delatone and water, spread on hairy surface and in two or three ■ minutes rub off. wash the skin and . i< will be free from hair or blem-; lsh. Excepting in very stubborn ] growths, one application is suffl- j cient. 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"How good you are!'' she ex claimed. looking at him gratefully. "Oh. that coffee does smell .deli cious!" "It is—for Mrs. Chapin made it," he rejoined. "Now, try to eat some thing and drink your coffee, and you will feel like another being— only," with it little laugh, "don't be too much like another being, for I like you just as you are." "Thank you!" she smiled at him frankly. "You know how to say such nice things." "True things." he corrected She was sipping her coffee, and this gave her an excuse for not re plying. To prove that he was not watch ing her. he began to pick the clover blossoms within his reach. When he had a number of them, he fastened them together with a piece of grass and presented them to her with a little bow. "A bouquet for my lady's break fast table." with mock ceremony. She sniffed at them delightedly. "Oh. clover is so sweet!" she said. "But I am going to wear these in stead of putting them on my tray where I can only see. and not smell them." She pinned the bouquet at her breast, and he watched her slender fingers making the posies fast in j their place. ' ; A Pointed Question "You Tied that grass very in- j 1 j geniously." she remarked. "My ' brother says that he remembers that I when he was a little boy my mother used to pick a buttonhole bouquet j j for my father every morning, and tie! [ it together with a long hair drawn i i from her own head. I wonder how < he could ever bear to throw the little i l buttonnieres away afterward." "You say your brotner remembers lit," Butler remarked casually. "Don'tl I you recollect your father," ; She shook her head. "Only faint-j ly. He died when I was very little, j My brother is older than I." j "Your mother is living?" Butler \ j asked. He felt a keen interest in all that' j concerned this girl. She shook her head again. "No— she died several years ago. My j ; brother and I are all that are left! in my immediate family " "Your brother lives in Pennsyl vania, too?" The query reminded her that she ! . was supposed to be from Pennsyl- j vania, and a panic seized her. For' ; , the moment she had forgotten the]! falsehood that she had been acting.! . "No." she said hastily. "My | ! brother does not live with me. I may live with him later —but just j | now I cannot. See." —with an evi- j ! dent effort to change the channel of! i the conversation —"I have eaten a j i biscuit and all of the berries, not | to mention taking every drop of ] coffee." "If your desire was to see me eat,' ] you must feel amply repaid for 'your trouble." The man was silent. He could ]not understand her sudden change ] of manner. To be continued. Bringing Up Father Copyright, 1918, International News Service By McManus Yd)*? (JNCLF l> I THtti <OIM* TO I J>i TftYirs TO THINK. 11 * 'T I'LL ftLINQ-fGI Dl' "Pi i NOT " THE KAISER AS I KNEW HIM FOR FOURTEEN YEARS By ARTHUR N\ DAVIS, D. D. S. (Copyright, 1918, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate) (Continued.) "Poor Miss F&rrar. your opera singer, has been telling me she lost | every penny she had in your Knick erbocker Bank failure. The men j who caused that panic would go j to prison mighty quick if we had i them in Germany. X can tell you. I j have read that eleven of your bank j presidents committed suicide. Just, think of it: Eleven bank presi-1 dents! These things should not be, | Davis, but you will continue to j have these panics from time to time until you adopt a banking system I with a central bank, such as we | have." The establishment of the Federal; Reserve Bank system in this coun- j try. one of the most important meas- j ures adopted under President Wil- j son, carried us successfully through; the financial stress and strain of; the world war. and shows how thor- | oughly the Kaiser understood the j workings of our national banking j arrangements. Many of the ideas he formed re- j garding our institutions, however,! were not so sound, although they; were based on intimate knowledge I and constant investigation. He never j overlooked an opportunity to learn all he could about the United] States. The Kaiser was a harsh critic of j our election system. The idea of a four-year term for the President was naturally repugnant to one who held such exalted notions as to the rights of rulers. It would be too much to expect the Hohenzollern j mind to approve of a constitution which provided for the ruler's re- [ turn to private life after a period of i four years at the head of the gov ernment. He declared that with a constant : change of administration it was quite out of the question for this country to follow any definite pol icy. It was bad enough even so far as internal affairs were concerned, he said, but such a system made it impossible, he thought, for America : ever to take a prominent part in in- j ternational politics. "You can't expect the nations of j Daily Dot Puzzle 2. 7 7 29 2S ' . 45. 24 , 2 .32 23* *3 • 4 7 f 3 21- . • . ' 2.* 5 e. 9 • lo ,r • y .37 |Q. lb *3B • 10. 17 lo #42 40 " . A • 4.1 * 39 14 v \ . • •3 *4S > 7 1 .45 fe* 48 *4fc> 5° t, • • •' bo 53 " 54 52 ss . 1 "V Trace twenty-three and then add eight. And see my great big cousin Kate. Draw from one to two and so on to the end. FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH j i It is not a myth, but a reality and f women may find it in perfect func tional health. Women who want to i grow old gracefully should guard against all organic weakness and derangements, and at the flret symp-j torn of such conditions resort to j Lydla E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com-1 pound, nature's own root and herb, remedy, to restore health. For three ' generations women of America have depended upon this successful rem- i edy and have found no other medi- j cine to equal u the world to deal with America as | they deal among themselves, when' the next change of administration may mean the adoption of an en tirely new foreign policy," he de clared. "There can be nothing sta ble about the foreign policy of a nation whose leaders change every four years." g No doubt it would have suited the Kaiser's plans better, in his own mind at any rate, if our Presidents held office for twenty or thirty years at a stretch, or, better still, for life. Then he might have con sidered it worth while to exert whatever influence he commanded in this country, which he believed was considerable, in favor of the candidate he thought would best fall in with Germany's plans. It was hardly worth much effort to secure the election of a pro-German Presi dent who would hold office but a few years at most. American party-politics were a constant source of embarrassment to the Kaiser. He always seemed un decided as to just how he should receive an American of prominence. If he happened to be of the same political faith as the administration, the Kaiser was afraid to do him too much honor far fear of offending the opposing party, who might win the next election; and if he were not of the same party as the admin istration. the Kaiser feared to honor him lest more immediate re sentment be stirred up in America. Thus he refused to receive Bryan on two different occasions when a Republican administration was in power. He criticised very strongly, too, our election methods. 0 MAKING THE MOST OF /-n OUR CHILDREN U A Series of Plain Talks to Ray C Beery, A.8., % •'" / President of the Parents Association. (Copyrighted, 1918, by The Parents Association, Inc.) No. 18. Should Children lie Taught to Fight? WHEN practically the whole world is at war, shall we tell our children it is wrong to fight? Thousands of parents to-day have asked themselves this question. One can't correctly say "Yes" or "No," without making an important qualification The fact is, it is wrong to fight under some circumstances and right under others. One father writes: "What shall I tell my boy about fighting? He is twelve years old and wants to be scrapping with some one continually. How can I cure him of this habit?" It would be well, first of all, to get a pair of boxing gloves. Talk about it a few days beforehand, of course, so the boy will be anxious for them. As soon as you get the gloves, take it for granted that you are to manage their use. Do not let the boy have them out of the box all the time. On the contrary, set aside a definite time in which you and he will have fun with them. Arrange to have at least three or four neighbor boys in during these periods and you per-' sonally supervise the play. See to it that their bouts are executed in the best spirit possible. Just after a couple of boys put on gloves, have one stand at your left hand and one at your right and say. "Now a good rule in boxing is. al ways keep smiling. Start smiling now —both of you—that's right Strike any place above the belt. Ad soon as I say 'Whoa.' both of you stop quickly. All right, one for the money, two for the show, three to make ready and four to —go!" Laugh and clap your hands—make them think they are having a won derful time —and in about a minute, before either of them has time to get angry, say loudly, "Whoa," quickly separating them if necessary. Say, "That's great. We'll rest a minute and then do it again." Have all the boys sit down with you and imme diately take advantage of this ideal opportunity to lodge proper sugges tion. Say. "Now that's the right way to box. Always keep smiling and show that you are real sports. You know boxing is the best thing in the world to develop self-control in a 'man. Some boys lose their temper the first time or two they box but they "Instead of discussing principles, ] your political candidates exchange | personalities," he said. "My peo ple would be shocked at the sort of! speeches aijd accusations which fig ure in all your political campaigns. ] . Over here, nothing of the kind is j ' ever heard. The Kaiser was very much inter-1 i ested in our negro problem. It | . j seemed to have a great fascination I i; for hint, and he frequently referred |to it. He told me that he under i stood there were 15,000,000 negroes : in this country, but they were dying ! off in great numbers through con . i sumption and other diseases, to . | which they offered but poor resist i; ance. "The negro will always be a great I '! problem in your country, however," I 'i he added. "They don't mix socially ! with the whites, and there will •I be constant friction. My brother (Prince Henry), when he returned ] from his visit to America, told me j a lot about these negroes. Indeed, | ! one of the most impressive things j he heard there was a choir of negro ■ | voices. He said they sang some 1 ! wonderful melodies, and their voices i were as clear as bells." 1 j After the war started, the Kaiser I : ! referred to the negroes again, i ("Now is your chance to settle your' 1 ! negro problem," he declared, half| facetiously, of course. "If America | 1 insists upon coming into the war. why doesn't she send her negroes across and let us shoot them down?" Evidently the Kaiser was un aware of the value we placed on ouri colored troops, or of the excellent account they gave of themselves in Cuba and on the Mexican border; and, of course, he was still, to learn soon learn that's not the right spirit at all. • Fifteen or twenty minutes with the gloves is enough for one time. Quit before the boys get tired, so they will like to do it again. In these meetings from time to time, you can virtually train the whole group in self-control. Between bouts, give them your ideas about when it is right to fight and when it is wrong. . Tell them it is right to try to defend a weaker person against anyone who intends doing harm. The weaker person may be a little girl or boy The boys will agree with you when you tell them they should whip the bully every time. Just after giving the boys your idea about when it is right to fight, it is the ideal time to to tell them when it is wrong. Tell them that it is cowardly to fight for a selfish reason. It is only the coward who holds revenge and wants to whip everybody who makes a "snoot" at him or makes remarks or tries to whip others just to show he is big enough. The really brave man never picks a fuss and he Just laughs at those who try to make him lose his self-control. Many parents make the mistake of talking to the boy just after an offense, which, of course, is the wrong time. The best solution to the problem of fighting is to keep the child's mind and body occupied with interesting activity and to in still the correct ideals in the manner suggested. SUPERFLUOUS HAIR WHY IT INCREASES Hair growth la stimulated and Its frrqurat removal la necessary when merely removed from the sarfere of the skla. The oaly logi cal and practical way to • remove hair la to attack it aader the skla. DeMlracle, the original sanitary liqnld, doer this by absorption. Oaly get. Ine DeMlracle has a money-back guarantee la each package. A jllet counters la Me, •1 and 93 nla a, or by mall from as In plain wrapper oa receipt of priee. FRBBbeek mailed in plain sealed envelope oa regnest. DeMlracle. 139 th St. and Pith Ave-, New York of the part they were to play on the French front. Shooting negroes down hasn't proved nearly as sim ple an operation as the Kaiser imag ined it might be. When a fleet of our battleships visited Kiel some six years ago the Kaiser paid them a visit and was j very much interested. It was re- j j ported at the time he had even; j crawled through the coal bunkers to study the construction of the hold of one of the vessels, which is quite j consistent with his usual practice, j I He is too vain to imagine that any ' | member of his naval staff could possibly acquire more valuable in formation in an investigation of that | kind than he could himself. Inci dentally, a tour of inspection of this character gave him an opportunity J to discuss matters with his officers: I with some degree of accuracy. When he called to see me shortly afterward he told me of his experi- ' ence. "I went over the ships from top '< to bottom," he declared. "They are excellent vessels, every one of them, and I was very much impressed with j the way they are manned and offi cered. I have only one criticism—*l the latticework conning towers, or I fighting masts. The only possible I I use I can see in them would be to i | train vines on them and install an! I elevator inside, and serve tea in the i afternoon to the ladies on top—the i most beautiful place for serving j tea I can imagine. "But, seriously enough." he went i on. "I can't see that these masts . have any practical value. On the contrary, I can see very serious dis ] advantages in them. No matter 1 what nation you might be fighting, jjour enemy would always be able to I iecognise. you at a distance, befdre' you could identify him, because the warships of all other nations look very much alike at a distance. "They say these conning towers are armed." he went on, "but you would never get close enough to your enemy to use such small guns. Again, if one of 'those masts were hit it would send a shower of steel about the heads of the men on hoard and would not only put them out of action, but would be in the way. Suppose, too, the masts were struck j down and hung over the side? It would drag through the water, and would not only seriously impede the | ' essel. but it would cause the ship to list and expose a larger area on one side than would be safe. No, Davis, your fighting masts, as I i havf said, might answer first-rate for serving tea, but I don't think much of them for active service." It was quite obvious that the Kai | | | of Home Decoration I §?' Your home the stage . Our great collection ( j| of furnishings the properties• Our expert de corators the stage managers, ready to originate an J 3, infinite variety of pleasing decorative schemes —or to carefully execute your own well-considered plans . J = Three Acts | | 1* Furniture 2. Rugs 3. Draperies Time: To-day— or Any T)ay at Tour Convenience• • ip Place: Goldsmith's. i| ( A Performance Under Competent Management |1 I GOLDSMITH'S I 8 North Market Square || laiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiim ser was not familiar with the elab orate experiments made by our Navy with these fighting masts be fore they were adopted. Certainly our naval men. who went into the matter scientifically, could better estimate the value of these masts than tho Kaiser, who spoke with but a superficial knowledge of the subject, and i! wo cvei have a chance at the German navy the (.■nance ai me uerman navy tne' no Be continued.) LOOKING BACKWARD 60 YEARS An Interesting Bit of History Everybody Should Know One of the interesting places in Lowell, Mass., |HPitejk ; v is the old apothecary shop on Merrimack street, I established in 1827. This location is still a drug ' store, although of course modernized in many de partments. The old prescription books, however, v v have been preserved and form an interesting rec ord covering nearly a century. prescription for Father |k John's Medicine. This prescription was JHf, pounded for the Reverend Father Johm /ffii O'Brien at the old drug tore on that date, and was so successfu 1 in treating Father John's ailment, which was a severe cold and —ZT —T7T "throat trouble, that he recommended the p reBC Tip < tlon Book medicine to his friends and parishioners. In £°' n £ to the drug store j/L * £ ( \ an( t calling for the medi uisW/iyy'/t- > cine, they always asked tor Father John's Medi (" cfvSv?) I M' JIL 'y cine, and in this way the \w' medicine got its name r rß 1 Ifi JSk * John'jf 6 Medi- Ifl Iffil BflS SHI HI SI cine is a safe family rem 1$ TIPTHr pwrl ' edy for colds, coughs, jfp'jrnc—^—l - | pf=f throat troubles, and as a tonic 11 lY'* '' an( t hody builder, because it ! <BirCF Ok 1 does not contain opium, morphine, j (y- chloroform, and any other pois onous drugs, or alcohol, but is The Old Apothecary Shop all P ure ' whol^ Established in xBay. S O ITI e XlOUnSn- ing. 7 Kaiser will learn to his cost that our warships will serve warmer things than tea, and are not apt to confine their operations to the afternoon. But if the Kaiser saw much in American ways to condemn, he like wise saw much to commend, and, before the war, he was liberal in his praise of many of our qualities and achievements. (To He Continued.!
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