THE FULTOH COUNTY NEWS. McCONNELLSBURO, PA.
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A STORY Of THE GREAT NORTH VJiST
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rti of PhIIv's hinilxT rump dlr t
rtrnngi'r to the cnmp Wither Sundry
Intro-liiim himself to John Imlly. fore
man, ui "tti 1-Mlllnk'wot Ih Louthcr fo.,
or of it." Hi- makes n .iiulntaie-e
with tin rump nnd the wink In nn .-in-rrci'ii-y
he proven to the Pm-man t nut In"
does not In. ii luilttrnt'iil. Sllei tell Irn
of p Preacher. Hi- discover Hint Sll' tl
(."Hit the mun nf tee Kilcl till i'f In-
dlari anil Wend' r what her m u r na m is
In tr.e finch nf h tender ninui.-nl hi' cull
her "the Mylit Wip-I tn the I'lte-i. " h
kio.A her I'oppy Ordway. rna.rizine
wnler from New York, conic to lenlv"
to net n.nit-riul for a nmiane,. nf the hrn
b'T kplon. Hampden of th Yeilew I'lec
Co. w.-intii Ktmlrv to keep orT h trm-i ot
ttji.p,iKe h claims tlile lo himI Stmlrv
bur bought a tin' Knst i-it. Hampden
W up H cnhln on the l-:.t H.-ll nnd
alln tp-p'ihi.rii i fT San.lry s men pull
th caUl'i. Smilry run par.-H Sileti
nil I'nppy. Sandry' nrnl Hauipd.-ri'ii
tTie.l flcl.l nvr the dul-iued trot. fin'
t'ri- neher Mop Hie IK-ht San-liy nfiiln
IliM the ii-',) to tt,i. I. .1-1 I '.fit has never
ben ri-i-iirit.'.l. He ile.-i-les to ip-i out hi
t"i.ir:rl f 1 1 r nnd tUht f-r II. nitinipnu"
Hfterward I'nppv n nts trlcl'.ry nnd
tints with I l;i mp.ii'n to K'lln litn i'iwiH
ie,iee. Hhe tells Siimliv ttl.it llump'h-n In
TiM'ki-il nn.l tli-it niii' II c-t him. I'oppv
IT'iew to Seem In near, n of e lit. n.'i'
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CHAPTER XVII Continued.
"TIip Proachor!" ulie pa.jii'd nlouj.
"oh, f;i:hw! What have 1 done! I
have Biiut my nun tu the witi'is of
Vlnn. an hour later, nho cam up
on the cook shack rorrh nnd ntornl
Ipunlnn tn the doorway, spt'nt with
htr wild passion. Ma liaily Krlmly fe.l
the Cre In the rnr.Kc gottlug nhont
the Biipper for the men left at caT.p
"Mother." aaid Sl!et2 dully, "she
lied."
""Vcs I know It. Hut hat you poln
to do. chilil? You hue him an' ynu'ra
right 60 v.oulii 1 ff 1 was thirty year
younger, tur Lu g a man, East or uo
fast."
The genera! turned ta her work anil
a BiKh heavet' her ample breatt.
"It's all In the day work," ulie
tiioufc-lit. "'an' you had to take your
ihanu. JoUuny -hut you're fining, mv
aon. youre a strong man like yer
dailily ""
So beiran a. strange time l:i cnt:ip
luiiy cauio h.ime In three la.Mt. eaer
and Kritii lij.n J. u:i:l In the j.o ktt of
his taiincl sl.nt he. carrnil t'.ie bli'
thock for which family Lad v.orktil
and ulruirgl'.'il. He had delivered (he
raft in eau iy, nlot.g with die m aicr s
rejiort, rt(.eilns the payment whieu
had been really in the lianild ol a
thin tray nian who leaned from the
Hteainer b rail to cxi bai.e a few curl
words.
Ma Dally cornered hira In t!:e kltrh
en lata In the night a.s he l.nisiied
his earelul roumla of the rurip
"Sou " she said gently, 'if.i y's a
bard knock coniin' to you an' I want
to i:!vp you warr.in". tho'.i I know
you'll take it s'amiin', Juhnny, as yer
daddy took all o his, a a' I Hi seen
him take Home corkers.
"I know what )uu ve always thoiiph'
o' S let, bon. Hence elie was u (eens
chap I've watched her ; i, it t ways
open yer heart an sen Ipt walk In
an" I've hoped myself some day ltd
all work out, fer i-he's aiuays turned
to you In trouble. It s in st im t. lint
son bon, hi-en't you seen not h In
Beiice Landry come amot.R us? Hain't
ye rtad the 8 gns?" The foreman had
Mopped ut the sink and lilted a tin
dipper of water fur a drink. At the
la.st wonli he put the n-sscl slunlv
dow n untoiahed and turned un ainaei'
face toward the old lady. Ills blue
eyes were wide, and the mother lo
ried like a K i rl in the good m.in
strength of hiiii-tlu' broad fI.ouM.ts.
the imncled arms, bare lo the elbow.
t!-c thapely back and the btjaigla hips
of ih.i li.ll limber
"V. hal you talkin" of. rnn?" he afl;ed
"Jest this. S'letz laid out lu r heart
feruP lo iee when tliey tiroucht Man Irv
boine an' that thai Jexein-i woman
ahamtd h"r before na a v;u,
on the hee's o' th' child s cry of love,
that she was Sandrys promised wife
I think fhe lied but S'letz is breakin
ber heart ler the Kasteriier "
Here. Without another word. Ma
Itni'y opened a door behind h-r an?
creaked through, closing It softly
Of auct. inherent tart was thu si).
did not wish even Ins mothir to see
big John Imily take his bard knoik
even Ibouih he "took It standin ," with
TUF.'i THE CHILDREN LOOSE
Best Way 13 Develop the Muscles
Both of Boys ard Girls, Accorci
Ing to Specialist.
Turn thetn loose that Is the best
WBy to develop the najscles of buys
and girls. Turn them loose and let
thuu live wild climb tretB, Jump
fences, chase 8iulrre!.t. play with the
dogs, dig In the garden, pick How era
hop. skip and Jump, and do all sorts
of things that a natural human animal
wants to do. The trouble Isj. our boys
nd girls are tamed ton much We
re all horn wild and In Hie civilizing
process have to be tamed mote or
less. Most of ub, however, get tnmeO
too much We become so tame that
we are spoiled
iJon't be afraid of the children get
ting dirty. Dress them for It (lirls
ihou'a be put into trousers like a boy
lnntead of skirts. Trousers would be
much more mod"st than the ordinary
dress of girls three years ot age
Thetr skins generally hardly reach
down to their knees and their legs are
bare or It Dot bi.re. they are clad
AW COMPANY
I only a tremor ot the hand tb.it held
the dipper.
When ho met Sllot In the morning
he looked at her with eye a little
more haggard there wan a deeper
line at the corners of his mouth.
The girl bore traces of the llrst an
gulsli she hid ever known In the pal
lor of her face, the dull look ol smol
dering flame under the duzo of help
lessness.
There was no one tn the eating room
besides themselves. Collin was out
In the hills with the crew, for at the
llrst sight of Sandry still alive. Dully
had given oiders to go on with the
work und MilcU hud stopped between
the tables at supper time.
"Will the Slletz stay?" ahe had
asked simply and It had taken no more
than that. The tamp went ahead In
definitely.
Now Dally stopped her with a grent
hand on her shoulder and looked bun
grily Into her face.
"Sietz," he said softly, "Is It true?"
Site raised her eyes to his and an
swered as simply. "Yes."
There was no reed nf many words
among these people of strong lives,
of straightforward pr'nclplea.
The big man straightened up a bit
and shut his lips hard, as If be bit
upon pain, li nked after th vanishing
ligtn.'nts of all his dreams that had
peopled the hills of the future. Ills
mother had seen that look In the eyes
of John Daily the lirs' who bad
"took his hard knocks at and In' " that
look of patient strength, for It slit
had followed him Into the hard life
of a lumber camp and never regret
ted lu ,
Now it spent Itself on tha rhln?
hill, visible through the open door
! across Slletz' dark head, and John
Daily the Second was rtady to fuce
bis loss.
'"Slletz." be said gently, "always re
member that I'm the best friend you
got on earth I'll ho waltlu' all my
life to help you cf you ever need
me" And ho smoothed his hard
hands easily down her arms, lingering
a moment with her binds folded In
his palms. Then he turned away to
the day's work There was a small tin
ilertone of softness In bis voice at the
la?t words that wu3 Lever to have
It again.
CHAPTER XVIII.
"Sty 'Sandry'!"
Calmly Poppy Ordway took charee
of the stricken man In the pine of
lice. All of the day and as much of
the night as her strenrtli would per
mlt the was beside hirn. soothing ht.
resi!ie;sni"s. tendtr.t; hirn with a
skill that showed intelligent tral.ilng
Outwardly she was us quiet as the
Ppilng days. Inward'y she panted an t
if
rVri"
"The Preacher!" Shs C.isped Aloud
rtifT'-ro 1 with the abandon of the p-is
sinuate nature which sees its des'ies
in danger More and more she grew
lo fear and hnte the silent, soft footed
girl whore face bitv.een (3 darh
braids was a mask of tragedy. With
ber woman's Instinct and her almost
unnatural cleverness she knew thai
way lay danger. Sedulity. In g(.r
reii'Tcd pas-inn, this woman loved
and to tain the object of that love she
felt within l.er heart that she eiiuid
wreck the universe. And if olneel
In such a way that they are certainly
not anything like as modestly clothed
us they would be if they had on panta
loons like the boys little roustabout
clothes and Ju.st turned loose to iay
In the dirt, to make mud pl3, to get
dov n and wallow In the earth.
There Is no danger in this. The
soil is clean dirt so to speak; there
Is nothing pernicious Pi It Dr J. 11
Kellogg, In flood Health.
The Chauffeur a Robber.
No woman would have cared to fake
orr the Job of the earlie-.t chauffeurs
Tor long before the arrival of (he
motor car the chauffeur existed The
name was applied to bands of robbers
practicing In the border landa he
tween France and Ormatiy at (he
riose of the eighteenth century They
earned the name tan I lived up to It)
by a habit of scorching their victims
feet lo expedite the revelation of the
hiding place of Mn money Kumor
had it (hat the bands were rncour
aged by the exiled royalist of ( rnnce.
and at any rate, their extermination
was one of Napoleon s llrst tasks
when he became first consul
L 1
I I . I'
-yit mm S
was In twofold danger from Sundry's
dumb and tron. Mletx.
Therefore she begua to watch Sllcti
with cutlike guMices from under ber
lushes, und to think with all bur bril
liant brain of ioiuo way to eliminate
her from the question, of soiuo bond
stronger than ber work with Hamp
den to bind herself Into Sundry"! life,
should he recover.
As for Sundry himself, he was far
on that road which has uo turning.
For a day or two he hal lain In tor
por, to rouse at last, as a high fever
set In, to delirium. He began lo talk,
first In a rumbling, reminiscent whls
per of his early life, ile was a charm
ing. eager, hlgh-souled boy again, and
the woman beside bim saw clearly into
the clean depths of bis life.
Hut on the second day of his de
lirium something seemed to fall upon
him from the pust that drew a line of
tri.ublo around his lips and set some
great, burd question lu the hot, blue
eyes. For long Intervals he lay silent
as If the tired mind were turning and
returning some important thing, to
break out suddenlj In excited speecb
"No!" he cried out suddenly; '"no.
by heaven ! Nut while lu alive to
right It!""
And again:
"Legitimate! My Cod, It's done le
gitimately!'"
This was as the sun. a soft, golden,
benign sun of early spring, dropped
over the western ridge, sending long,
blue shadows across the narrow val
ley. As the shadows darkened Into
twilight Ma Duily, bearing gome
strengthening brew, loomed hugely lu
the olllce door.
"I'll tako watch now," sho said,
"you ben on guard a long while. Uct
tor go get some rest."
Dut Poppy Onlway, who was bend
ing closely over the cot, sprang sud
denly erect. Her cheeks were flushed,
and In ber face was a Btrango excite
ment. "No." she said (Irmly, "I shall
stay the night out. Ile is delirious
still and I cannot leave him."
Ma Dally, that shrewd old general
of men und meals, took keen note of
every small tiling In the bushed room,
set doun the broth und turned uway
her whole kindly heart tilled with sus
picion. Outside In the darkness Slletz stood
a little later and looked through the
open window at the figure on the
white cot, and the watcher beside It.
Her hands were clasped tightly to
gether and ber durk eyes were bcavy
with unshed tears.
"If be dies." she gnsped dryly bo
tween her parted lips, "I'll kill her and
go with bim to hell, for he bus no
Hod!"
liut Sandry did not dlo. Tor n week
he traveled on strange paths of mem
ory, calling on lluth to come out of
the gloaming of a far land, utandlng
aside to watch Naomi send back the.
ones she loved, nnd sometimes crying
out shut ply. "Oh. Absalom! My son.
ny son!" Again he laughed bitterly
and spoke of lust faith In men.
Throughout the w eek Poppy Ord way
stood such a vigil as only a woman
who loves, bo she good or bad. can
stand. W Ith a clever Jealousy she kept
everything under her own capable
hands only giving grudging place to
.Ma Daily when she could no longer
command her overtaxed strength.
One night alio refused to leave San
dry nt ail. (Irmly dismissing Ma. who
raged Inwardly but was no match for
her In the open ways of bluff. At mid
night the owner of lUe 'Dllllngworth
suddenly opened his eyes, weak and
tired, but sane. He saw, on the dint
background of faint light from a shad
ed candle, the transfigured face of
the watcher, and with a feehlo smile
of utter content dropped back to ob
livion this time the oblivion of heal
ing sleep.
With that look, that weak smile, the
woman knew that he bad turned bis
fai e toward life and would Journey
back to It, and the Burge nnd sway
of passionate Joy rocked her soul In
a storm of emotion.
She Fteppcd lightly nnd restlessly
about, straightening a cloth on a table,
tipping the candle shade at a better
anglo. for sho felt Imperatively tho
need of action. She picked up an
empty pitcher and In the starlit dark
noss went up the path to tho cook
shack 3 1 1 1 1 with that bounding, light
step cf victory, and entered the porch
where the pump stood
There, alone in the right, leaning
against a post of the porch, a slim
little ligtir kept al"o a midnight vigil.
The woman looked nt her und all the
danger that lay that way arose sud
deniy before lur. rousing her hatred
swiftly, and something ugly and cat
like prompted her to strike.
She laughed, n little, low, muslca'
laugh, nnd gpoks In a caressing tone.
"Congratulate me," nho said softly
"the fever has left him. I'll have him
up before the llrst flowers bloom In the
vallevs. Dear boy dear Walt!"
Slletz. a moment before drooping,
whirled upon her like a fury Kven
In the dusk Miss Onlway saw the hid
den lire leap up uncovered In her eyes
and heard primal danger whimper In
her voire.
"Walt!" she cried, springing toward
her and llftln? a hand whose slim lin
gers threatened her throat, "say San
drv!" FREIGHT CARS UNDER WATER
Novel Idea That Is Declared to Havs
Been Given Serious Considera
tion Recently.
The success of the submarine In the
great war of Kurope has suggested to
Imaginative minds wonderful possi
bilities in the use of the submarine
In the buBlncss world it I now pro
posed to have submarine freight
trains, which may be operated at
small expense, and with less danger
from storms at sea.
To Simon l-ake. the well known sub
marine Inventor, belongs this newest
train Idea. It takes the form of (wo
or more submersible cars, cigar
shaped watertight, fitted with buoy
am y tanks Inside and wheels on the
bottom, and they go bobbing through
the water like corks, to rest on th
bottom or lie on (be surface at will
They have no propelling machine, nor
quarters for crews, and are towed be
hind a self propelling submarine,
which operates them by means of elec
tric, sir-tube connections.
Hhould the weather be fine, air
Miss Ordway lo bur broadcloth
sprang back against the rough planks
of the cook-shack wall, ber face gone
white In the shadows and sudden, grip
plug, choking fear In ber throat. She
put up' a useless band a trembling
band, palm outward and strove to
peak once, twico.
Then, "Sandry," she faltered like a
craven. She was whipped, scared, ber
power gone
Hut the wild thing died In Slletx as
It had lived, on the turn of a moment
and she let out a great breath and
covorod her face with her bands after
a fashion she had.
"No," sho whispered In hnr palms,
"he kissed me and I am his woman!
Oh, 1 am unworthy! What would I
have done?" And sho shuddered, as If
lu fear.
So tho camp wont forward. John
and bis silent crew cut steadily Into
tho timber at the north and sent the
logs down to the backwater. Here ho
kept a guard, for although there was
nothing of Invportanco that Hampden
could do since he bad played for the
Dllllngworth contract and failed, still
he could steal the logs which lay all
too close to the mill at the mouth of
the slough und John Dally was strung
to a higher pitch than be bad ever
been In all his lifelong timber war
with tho Yellow Pines.
As soon as Sandry was ablo to bear
It. Dally told him ot the safe delivery
of the raft, of bis trip homo In (he
Indians' sling, of his subsequent do
lliiuui and at lust showed bim the
big check. At sight of the paper,
sweated and creased from pocket wear,
the sick man's face flushed and his
eyes sparkled with b'.ut. flame.
"We won, John," be said, "we all
won you, I, Miss Ordway and
S'letz."
There was a llttlo pause before the
last word and then be went on.
"I want to shako hands with us oil
when I'm ablo. We're a winning
bunch."
As soon as Dally had gone I'oppv
Ordway leaned so close that the subtle
perfume of her garments Intoxicated
him Btrangcly, und said exultantly
"And now for Hampden, Walter
I'm ready to go after bim right."
Sundry looked up at ber from his
pillow and then out along the spring-
tinted bills, and drew bla brows to
gether In thought
Presently he spoke.
"You've been so good to me I can't
er.y bow good, how much you have
stood for to mo hero but but. If you
please, MIbs Ordway Poppy, my
friend I'd rather you'd let Hampden
alone."
"What?" cried Toppy aloud, while
all her instincts were clamoring for
adjustment. "What do you mean,
Walter Sandry?"
"Can't you see. ycu clever woman.
that I must get Hampden myself?
That this score must be settled first
hand?" And Ma Dally,, coming softly along
the grass to the door, heard the words.
'Knowed It," she said with a sharp
satisfaction, "he's a tuuu au' 1 kuowed
it from th' start."
CHAPTER XIX.
A Lie and a Theft.
Sandry recovered rapidly. His youth
and lithe strength were powerful aids
and the broken bones Inside the plas
ter casts knitted busily. With his re
turn to consciousness, Miss Ordway
relaxed her vlgllat.ee. She gave up
her place without protest to Ma Dally
and began to. spend a part of ber days
In tho little room. This had been San
dry's urgent request.
"See what you've loot already In
time and strength nnd energy." he
pleaded, "please go to your own work "
On one ol the first days of Ma
Daily's attendance, be asked to sea
Siletz
The general was wise and she sent
the girl olono. Sandry closed his eyes
and lay waiting for the light Htep that
always reminded him of wild things In
the forest so slipping, soft and
hushed vtnn It.
Presently bo heard It comlne; down
the slope. It slowed as it neared the
olhee and for a long time stopped al
together outside the door. Ills hpart
leaped uncontrollably nnd ronlllrtlng
emotions dubbed bis face as bo called
her softly.
"Come hero. S'letz." ho heard him
self saying, though for his life It wns
not whnt he winded to say, nml she
camo and dropped on her knees beside
him. clunplr.g her hands on the sheet
at his side. There was nothing of the
conscious avowal of Poppy's words In
her look nnd attltudo, only the simple
betrayal of a nature as open as tho
day. The shining light of Joy In her
face, the hushed acknowledgment of
Cod's sparing of his life, was all sufll
clent. In a flash he heard the words
of Kolawnile's half-breed:
"for S'letz Is your woman."
And he knew they were true fly
every Blgn of her soul and body they
wero (rue. as simply as the flower wor
ships the sun all day. And there In
the little south room from whose open
window he could hear tho click of a
typ"writer. wns the most brilliant
woman of his own world whom he hud
ever known, a woman soon to be la
mnu for her great gift una hr 'mar-
pumps on the forward boat connect
ing by air bono to tho water ballast
tanks of the trailer.!, regulate whether
they bliall float a few feet bolow the
surface or upon the top Should an
enemy be sighted, or storm come up.
Hie air pressure la released, the bat
lust tanks filled with water and the
cars quickly sunk out of sight, where
all Is serene. It Is said that some
such "device as this Is now In opera
tion with the Bubmarines of Europe,
enabling them to go long distances
with submarine trailers unit contain
comportments for fuel, oil, fresh wa
ter, food supplies and ammunition
"Wonders of Today." In National
Magazine.
A Fellow Feeling.
"I observe Unit the Austrian govern
ment te olTerlng a reward for the head
of Gabrlcle d'AnnunzIo, the Italian
poet," commented Tennyson J Daft.
"I know how the poor fellow must
feel I once wrote an obituary poem,
in whnh I referred to the deceaned s
last rfstlng place, and the types msile.
it roustiug place.' "Kansas City
Star.
volous beauty and she, too, by bej
open word was "bis woman!"
"Little S'lotz," be said, though hi
had meant to use her namo alone
"Little S'letz "
But what bo would bavo said wai
left unspoken, for Ma Dally creaked
In the doorway with a bowl t( broth
"My goodness, ma," be said whim
slcally, "If you don't stop filling m
with brotb I'll refuse to eat at all. I
want a slice ot ham and some of your
Incomparable rice pudding."
'You want what you get. You sip
this all."
As Sandry obediently finished the
last drop, the general reached In the
capacious pocket of her dish apron.
"Here," she said, "see what I found
She held squarely heforo bis eyes a
little red morocco notebook, opened at
a page far to the tack.
"MIhs Ordway dropped It as she rode
off on the bay this mornln' au' I
picked It up."
Without volition, Sandry glanced at
the white page, which bold a tew
neatly tabulutcd notes.
"We ought not to read It, ma." he
was saying, "It may be private"
Then a chnngo came over his fea
tures and Involuntarily bs peered
closer.
Ma's keen, old eyes were upon bis
face and she saw It slowly lose what
little color returning life bad given It.
n
He Stared at the Few Scant Notes.
saw a look of bewilderment, of amaze
nnd something very like fear settl
down upon It. drawing the features
tightening (ho skin. He stared hard
at the few scant notes, then raised
dilated eyes to her.
'"Are you ire. ma. sure?" he
asked In s strangely nlter-d voice.
"Sure? Kver know mo to speak
when I wa nt sure, son?" said the gen
ersl grimly.
For, though tho notes on the page
were to lew and so uieuulntieus to an
outsider, it was plain thai they hud
fallen under tho one pair of eyes
whose owner they most vitally con
cerned.
Ibis was what Walter Sundry read:
Tuesday nlk'bt: Itulned! Knitted! Ileiy
les, utiu in? uues liol Kliuw!
eu,m-i,u,iy : Jieuumncu ull-Janiuj U
Wbnuy - iiubiul'ioi-ii-cJoiipi-r uiid nu-.
CuiisuinJauO. Legitimate! My Uud. u'
uoiie leiiiiiinulely: V a III n tnu law! Muy
bui.1i Iuw itv Uaiiintu. Ju.iuB ti. Wluluy
I ulil Intr law Him liii;lil. . , .
Hmnuuyi DuU, oiu liiupl
When bo bud finished, bis weak
builds trembled on the sheet ami there
was tho luoli of a corueied annual lu
the bright, blue eyes tb.u bought the
oid woman 6 pleadingly.
"Ma," eaid Sandry hoarsely, "tuke it
buck und put it where .Miss Ordway
will casually tind it, unci don't say I
saw It."
Without a woid. Ma Luily picked up
her bowl, put the lilllo red book In ber
pocket and took Siletz awuy to the
! uoou work, leaving tho until for the
brst timu ulot:a. Of a wide, and cun
nlng knowledge was this old handler
of men. She knew that ho would
think best In solitude
"Mother," said Siletz as they pnBsed
up the path, "she never dropped that "
"Course not. 1 lied an' stole both,
but it's worth while. 'Iheres some
thin' threatenlii" Sundry, an" though
he s pretty weak lo be worried, it's
best be should know."
And In the meantime Poppy Ordway
was talking to Hampden on the Slletz
road. The man was pusslonato. force
ful, a little worried by her long ab
sence from their rides, end he used
every pet suasion at his commund to
win her from the Daily camp
"What for do you want to star
there?" he begged.
"Don't you know I am writing a lum
ber story?"
"Sure. Hut why can't you coin to
the Yella Pines?"
"And have the country talking? I
ride with you too ninth for Hint. I
have a reputation In the greul world
that I can't afford to lose In the I it 11
ono."
tTO HE rON'TINtTRm
Number of Dark Stars.
It Is reaBonuble to assume that (he
number of stars In space having a
temperature go low that their radia
tions do not affect our eyes or photo
graphic plates is extremely large. 'I hat
these ITi visible stars are fur nore
numerous than the luminous stars is
suggested by Mr. F. A. Llndemann.
who attempts. In llio M'inthly NoIIcrr.
a rough calculation of their relative
number, based on tbe assumption that
new stars Inov-iol arc due to col
llsions. He concludes that (here are
abust 4,000 times as many durk stars
as bright ones. v
"Freshness" Rebuked.'
Mr. Allen Aynesworth. who Is win
ning fresh laurels Id the revlvul of
"Heady Money." has a pretty Vlt It
Is said that Mr. Aynesworth met. at
the rehearsal of s new piece, a youth
who was giving himself many airs on
the strength of his first engagement In
tondon "These rehearsals are a
beastlv fng." the young man was good
enough ,to observe, "but tbonk good
ness t know tin words "'
"Both of themf asked AyneswMtth.
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Heralding the Outdoor Season1
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For the woman devoted to out-of-
doors a sports coat model, like that
ihow n In tho picture, Is a good choice
tor ca-ly season wear as a street coat.
At tho end of tho season it -will owe
her nothing, for she will hare bad It
always with her. Coats of this char
acter are shown In great variety and
they differ little from regulation sports
couts. They are more quiet In color
and somewhat more trim as a rule.
Not all the models designed for
street wear are In quiet colors. Tho
citron Bhades are much tn evidence
where smartly dressed women con
gregate. The checked coat Is a fa
vorite for both street and sports wear
and la really classed according to the
size of Its checks If they are big It
General
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A suit for the street and general
utility Is made In a manner that ap
peals to young women and Justifies
their Judgment. It la new in cut and
very smart looking and It looks well
In any ot the fabrics Including the
tiovol weaves that hove been used for
this season's suits.
Tbo skirt is not a new model, but Is
cut fuller than usual with deep, In
verted plaits that extend to tbe walsf
line. These are Its only distinguishing
features. The coat is a novelty, sim
ply and cleverly cut, with raglan
sleeves nnd very full body. At the
trout a wide overlap terminates at
the bust linor The coat fastens here
wl'.h a half dozen large white bono but
tons. Similar rows provide the deco
rative feature ut the front and back
and on the alevoes. There Is a turn
over collar of the material and cuffs
similar to It with a plaiting lot In at
tho back of ea,ch. As In nenrly all
other tailored suits an extra collar and
ruffs of white organdie, which are de
tachable, recognlzo tho advent of sum
niertimo. White pique, white satin, cmbrold
ared batiste and lace appear In collars
ond cuds, with the various dark colors
Latest Matching Blouse.
The perennial popularity of the dark
blue suit, which Is even more pro
nounced than usual this year, Is ac
knowledged by the blouse makers In
attractive crepe Georgette and chiffon
waists of various colors trimmed light
ly In durk bluo. TieBe are more bo
coming than tho all blue waist, yet
hve on air of belonging essentially
to tho suit. Flesh pink Georgette
with narrow hems, buttons and a lit
tle heavy Btltchlng or delicate eni
broidery In dark blue has delightful
f ft
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t of tho sports sort, while very small
checks are about as conservative as
the more trying black.
For the young woman the coat pic
tured is a model that It would bo hard
to Improve upon. Jt Is reinforced at
the front with a deep square yoke
which Improves Its lines, giving them a
straight direction at the middle front
with a generous flare at the sides and
back. It buttons to one side and has
a collar high enough to be chic and
becoming and so constructed that It
can be turned back away from tbe
neck when so desired.
Dig patch pockets are furnished
with a plait at the middle fastened
with a button. The buttons at tho
front are set on In groups, and two
buttons finish the oddly cut cuffs.
Utility Suit
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used. Just now for street wear. la
collars and ravers and collars and
cuffs there uro occasional suits la
which white broadcloth courageously
faces the chance of loRlng Its crenmy
whltcnesa and being thrown Into tho
discard. But washable stuffs are pret
tier, more delicate, and more popular,
and the tailored su'.i, either In wool
or silk, Is Immensely enhanced by
their freshness.
Other tailored suits,' cut oh linen with
which we are now familiar, can claim
ihe distinction of originality in certain
details of their finishing. One of these
has what are known as saddlebag
pockets of formidable size set onto
the skirt. In their Bilk-braided deco
ration, fancy silk lining and Untsblng,
tho liih-plratlon of Spanish Ideas Is evi
dent. Tho coat Is cut with a square
opening nt tho front, has scallopod and
braided revers and a little low-cut
vestce. The neck Is finished with a
soft ruflle of laco and a soft chemi
sette of luce appears Above the vestes.
possibilities ond the sand, biscuit anrt
similar shades stand tho samo treat
ment well, as do certain porccluln,
Japanese and, medium blues.
Scent Dags.
Clothes scouted with lavender liavs
a delightfully clean, fresh odor. Make
your own lavender bags out of bits
of colored chiffon. Fill three-quarters
full with tho dried lavender; Ho with
ribbon fnlshed with n ronette, and
you will bavo the daintiest Bort ot
scent bags at a very trilling cost
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