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The RICHMOND PLANET The True No New De DEPOSITORS STILL WAIT PROTECTED—TH CHAN The True Reformers. No New Developments. DEPOSITORS STILL WAITING—INTERESTS WELL PROTECTED—THE OUTLOOK UNCHANGED. There have been no new developments in the matter of the Savings Bank, Grand Fountain, United Order of True Reformers. No report can be made in the case until after the holidays. The receivers having completed their tasks, the only thing now necessary is to make a report to the Chancery Court. The indications are that they will simply report the facts and leave the knotty questions for the court to decide. There is no denial of the fact that there is less than one hundred thousand dollars in assets and that the deposits will foot up to over two hundred thousand dollars. The child was quickly wrapped in blanket and calls sent in for the ambulance and the fire department. It took but a few minutes to tinguish the fire in the room with chemicals, but when the ambulance arrived, in charge of Dr. Harshbarger, the child had breathed her la. Practically all the skin had been burned from her body. Dr. Harshbarger said last night that even had he reached the hot some time before there would have been no chance to save her life. Parents arrived soon after the child was put out. Damage to the pr WILL REALIZE SOMETHING There is presumed to have been deposits outside of the Order aggregating over one hundred thousand dollars, and it would seem that the actual amount to be received by the depositors will be small for this reason. Still, they will realize something. It is now apparent why a loan could not be floated to tide the Bank and the Order over its difficulties and embarrassments. The mortgages had already been placed and everything needed to raise money before the final crash came. The establishment of the Bureau of Banking, added to the embarrassments and forced the reluctant officials to "take to the woods," so to speak. There is no doubt now but what everything is being conducted on the square and forced the depositors can feel sure that their interests such as they now possess will be protected. Contrary to the general belief, the Bureau of Insurance in this State is doing all that it can to help the paralyzed organization. It has its limits, however, and cannot go beyond these restrictions set by the statutes of Virginia. The Nickel Savings Bank of Church Hill has not been heard from and the receiver has not announced his readiness to report. If the paper held by the institution could be converted into money, the depositors would receive a large proportion of their savings, but there is the rub. This institution had only twenty-seven thousand dollars on deposit. It is short between eight and ten thousand dollars, due to carelessness or defaulcation or worse. If this amount can be guaranteed from any source the outlook will be brighter WILL MAKE SACRIFICES President Tancil, or rather the one who was President, offered to make any sacrifice in order to protect the depositors, and his wife joined him in the effort. Rev. R. J. Bass was equally patriotic. Time alone can tell as to the outcome. TWO-YEAR-OLD GIRL BURNED TO DEATH Left in the house, 617 N. Third Street, with several small children to take care of her, Rachel Miller, two years of age, was burned to death yesterday evening about 6:30 o'clock, and died almost immediately. The children gave the alarm at once, but when neighbors rushed in there was little that could be done. Both the city ambulance and the fire department were called. The child was dead when Dr. Harshgarer arrived, and there was practically nothing for the fire department to do. For a time two policemen had to be detailed to keep back the crowd that rushed in after it was known that the child had been burned. The little girl was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. I. Miller, and the family was moving. While the mother and father were superintending the removal of their household goods she was left in the room with several small children until the wagon returned to get the rest of the goods. While they were gone, according to the story of the other children, she began playing with the fire and her dress caught. They could not put it out, and before the neighbors could get in her clothes were in a light blaze and the room was afire. THE OTHER FAILURE PLAYED WITH FIRE The child was quickly wrapped in a blanket and calls sent in for the ambulance and the fire department. It took but a few minutes to extinguish the fire in the room with chemicals, but when the ambulance arrived, in charge of Dr. Harshbarger, the child had breathed her last. Practically all the skin had been burned from her body. Dr. Harshbarger said last night that even he had be reached the house some time before there would have been no chance to save her life. Her parents arrived soon after the fire was put out. Damage to the property was small.—Times-Dispatch, Dec. 29. NEW YEAR SERVICES AT THIRD STREET A. M. E. CHURCH. Watch-night services will be held at Third-Street A. M. E. Church, beginning at 10:30 P. M. Saturday night. An inspiring meeting is anticipated. On Sunday morning the pastor, Rev. E. H. Hunter, will preach and administer the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper. At night a song service will be rendered by the united choirs of the church, under the direction of Mrs. F. P. Clarke, who is to have full charge of the choirs of said church for the new year. The program will consist of some new Christmas anthems and solos by prominent Richmond musicians, including Mozart's "Gloria" as a leading choral number. A new arrangement of "Hark, Hark, My Soul, etc." will also be given. On this occasion the pastor will give a public statement showing the result of the recent rally, which is said to have been very successful. He will also tell the members and friends what has been done during the past year, and what is anticipated for the future. Notice is hereby given that the next regular meeting of the Stockholders of the Mechanies' Savings Bank will be held in Richmond, Va., at Pythian Castle, 727 North Third Street (between Jackson and Duval), on Tuesday night, January 3, 1911, at 8 o'clock sharp, for the purpose of electing the Board of Directors of receiving the annual reports of the President and Cashier of the Bank, and taking such actions respecting the matters therein as may to the Stockholders seem best, and for the purpose also of transacting any and all other business that may properly come before such annual meeting. You are urged to be present in person or by proxy. Secretary. For Sale. One of the most desirable houses on Fifth Street, containing six rooms and bath. This property will appeal to any one looking for a real nice home, and can be bought on very reasonable terms. I sincerely thank the Pythians, other organizations and many friends for their sympathy and kindness during my brother's illness. His loving sister, Martha Turner Smith. For Rent. Two new stores on Graham Street just around the corner from Broad Street. Will be held only a few days for colored tenants. Apply to B. A. CEPHAS, Agent, 602 North Second Street. Stockholders' Meeting JOHN MITCHELL, JR. President THOS. M. CRUMP, For Sale. Apply to B. A. CEPHAS, Agent, 602 North Second Street. Returns Thanks. Martha Turner Smith. For Rent. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SAT URDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1910. HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL. Shepherds of Bettlehem March Steadily to the Front. The New Organization Meets With Popular Favor Everywhere. There is a time for everything under the sun. This is true of The Shepherds and Daughters of Bellehem. The organization came into existence at the right time, if we must judge from results. New "Folds" are being organized everywhere in the State. The influence of the Order has reached the Eastern Shore, 206 miles from Richmond. Last week a large "Fold" was organized at Wattsville, in Accomac county, Virginia. Prof. B. F. Yancy, the popular secretary, has organized a "Fold" in Middle Virginia, and two more are in process of formation right in this city. The charts for subordinate "Folds" have been printed by the Planet Press, and they have been pronounced by everybody who has seen them to be the most beautiful charts in this State. DEATH CLAIM PAID While the organization is meeting with great success, so far as the members are joining, tue officers are on the alert to keep their promises with the people. This receipt will speak for itself: Richmond, Va., Dec. 14, 1910. $100.00. Received of The Improved Order Shepherds and Daughters of Beth hehem, the sum of One Hundred Dollars, in full of all demands for the death claim of Charity Jones, who was a member of Bethhehem Fold, No. 65, Prospect, Va. LETITIA JONES Witness: — Idess: — Edmond W. Walker. Wilson Jones. Dora Wooldridge. WIDE-AWAKE OFFICERS The secret of the organization's success in the outset is that the officers are wide-awake and know the value of advertising. They have been the most persistent advertisers since their incorporation to be found anywhere. The name of the organization is something to conjure the public with. THE GRAND OFFICERS. President—J. Thomas Hewin, Esq., Richmond, Va. Vice-President—Junlus F. Archer Chula, Va. Grand Secretary—B. F. Yancey, Esmont, Va. Grand Treasurer—Barbara Jenkins, Richmond, Va. Grand Deputy—Mary J. Jenkins, Scottsville, Va. Grand Recording Secretary—W. H. James, Jr., Richmond, Va. Grand Regalia Maker—Clara A. Holmes, Richmond, Va. MEMBERS OF BOARD WITH THE OFFICERS. PETICULAS. E. T. Jenkins, Richmond, Va. Ora B. Stokes, Richmond, Va. Lucy J. Morgan, Enonsville, Va. C. A. Webber, Shepherds, Va. Nelson J. E. Moore, Taro, Va. Lewis Howard, Charlottesville, Va. Andrew Holmes, Richmond, Va. Julius White, Albermarle County, Va. A. W. Cawthorne, Appomattox, Va. The organization wants subordinate "Folds" in every city, town and county in this State. For full particulars, address B. F. Yancey, Grand Secretary, No. 609 North Second Street, Richmond, Va. The East Indian Hair Pomade Co. 273 Morris Avenue, New York, NY 10010 The wonderful East Indian Hair Treatment is the one to use for straightening the hair growing and beautifying it. Have pretty, long and straight hair and stop it from being kinky, splitting and falling out. We can give it to you. We can do anything for the hair you want done; we are hair specialists with over 15 years' experience. We have customers everywhere. We are honest with you. If we fail we will refund your money. Drop a postal before buying for testimonials. We will be glad to refer you to our list of customers. Price by mail $2.25. Last three months. But you will not regret it. Agent paid salary. Wanted everywhere. THE EAST INDIAN HAIR POMADE CO. 273 Morris Ave. Editor Mitchell's Long Journey. Editor Mitchell's Long Journey. CLOSING SCENES AT THE BANKERS' MEETING. Trip to Long Beach—Lieutenant Colonel Allensworth and His Madame Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Owens' Palatial Residence—A Wealthy California—On to San Francisco. (Continued From Last Week.) There is no event of the Amerik can Bankers' Association more impressive than that of the change of officers. The constitution provides that the President can hold office but one term. As for the Sec retary, he can hold on for forever, if he can get enough votes to elect him, and the Association is very slow to make changes in 'tails of office. When a man secures the position he is reasonably safe of serving ten years. It was on this Friday afternoon that the committee appeared before the Association to present to Mr. Lewis E. Pierson, the retiring President, a costly gift of sterling silverware in the shape of a silver service. WEALTH AND ITS BENEFITS. His wife and her associates, dressed in the height of fashion sat in one of the boxes as the honors were bestowed upon her handsome husband. He gracefully accepted the tender and later made a speech of acceptance. Words cannot fitingly describe this scene. It is almost inconceivable for a poor person, afflicted with years of poverty to understand fully the extravagance of these wealthy people, this "smart set"—beautiful ladies radiant in appearance and exquisitely magnificent in both costume and figure spending thousands of dollars as one would handle pennies and commanding the attention of the wealthiest gentlemen in this or any other country. A SOUTHERNER AS PRESIDENT It is in the midst of such a scene as this that Mr. L. O. Watts, President of the First National Bank of Nashville, was ushered into the Presidency of the American Bankers' Association. The recognition of a Southern man was regarded as a tribute to that section, and after the retiring President had pinned upon the lapel of his coat the gold badge of the office, his Tennessee friends had presented to him a magnificent loving cup of silver. Mr. Watts was almost overcome with emotion, and made no concealment of the fact that this was the happiest moment of his life. Brilliant, happy, with joy unconfined sat his accomplished Madame, who gloried in the success of her husband, and she and her friends joined in the applause which followed. He referred to her, too, in his remarks. PEERING INTO THE FUTURE It was in the midst of such scenes as these that the lone colored banker from Richmond, Va., sat and pondered, amazed and gratified and wondering if ever in the "whriligig" of time he would be able to count the deposits of his institution among the millions and he would be able to "rare back" and count himself as being President of one of the leading banking institutions of the country. Often, too, we were led to wonder if the hand of God was not in all of this—if it were not destiny, that inexplainable something which had brought us up to this stage of financial enlightenment and enabled us to gaze upon the hidden mysteries within. WILL THE TRANSITION EVER END? All of these thoughts coursed through our mind, and then we were led to ask ourselves, how long would this last? Could we continue our membership in this great financial institution in the face of this ever-increasing race prejudice, which dashed itself against the colored people everywhere on the outside of this financial Gibraltar, but which seemed harmless to us on the inside of this wonderful organization of the white man's creation? THE NEXT PLACE OF MEETING No one could read our thoughts, thank God, for we had for years learned to conceal our thoughts and to leave the impression upon everybody that we had been used to this kind of treatment all of our lives. The end came. The adjournment was announced, the place of next meeting was left to the Executive Council, with San Antonio, Texas, and Richmond, Va., being the leading competitors for the honor. The Texans did not spare time or money in the effort to land the honor. Their badges were everywhere in evidence, and the enthusiasts even went so far as to give one of these to the one colored representative from Virginia. But how could we wear it? Our home city was in the running, and after a few hours of rest we removed it from the lape of our coat and put it safely away as a souvenir. LIEUTENANT-COLONEL'S RESIDENCE. We failed to state that we took breakfast Friday morning with Lieutenant-Colonel Allen Allensworth at his attractive residence in the heart of the white district, $20 W. Thirtieth Street. We had been invited there before, but had to cancel the engagement. On this bright Friday morning, in company with Rev. J. T. Hill, we entered this dwelling. The well-kept lawn, Spanish palms, scrupulous cleanliness observable everywhere led us for the moment to believe that we were entering the palatial mansion of some of the local white citizens of that neighborhood. Colonel Allensworth has the unique distinction of holding the highest rank of any colored man in the United States Army. THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL. When we entered the door, greeted by himself and later by his accompiled landame, we found that the walls were decorated with souvien from the West and the Philippines. To the left in a frame were these words: "The House Beautiful. For quite a while we found ourselves repeating this beautiful and impressive selection. It was not long before breakfast was ready, and we sat down to a most enjoyable repast. The Colonel announced to our surprise that it was customary for each person at the table to recite a verse of the Scripture from memory and he had the "banker from Virginia" seriously handicapped for the time being. We had gone through all of the sessions, but this declaration came like a bombshell, and only our attendance at the Sunday-School in early life saved us from a collapse; but we gave one selection, and could have given many more. EXPERIENCES OF AN OFFICER This is what we got by associating and affiliating with ministers of the gospel, men trained in the religious ways of life; but we felt better for the experience. After breakfast we examined the souvenirs of this truly remarkable officer. In a brief manner he told us of his past experiences. Before he was chaplain in the United States Army he served in the navy during the Civil War around Vicksburg, Miss. He had commissions signed by Grover Cleveland, and his promotion came during his term of office. His Madame listened with intense interest, too. Then Rev. Dr. Hill sang as the Madame played, Colonel Allensworth's daughters being away from home. The plano was of the finest make and was intended for the use of his daughter. A PASTOR'S PROGRESS We had overstayed our time, and we left this tasty dwelling with pleasant recollections of our host and hostess. Friday night came and with it rest from our week's labors. We met Rev. Joseph L. McCoy, pastor of the Second Baptist Church, and took breakfast with him at Dawson's Cafe. He was formerly pastor at Augusta, Ga., but is doing a great work here in Los Angeles. We visited his church. He has only been here two years, and yet has reduced the debt of the church from $4,100 to $1,700, and has doubled the membership of the church. He took charge of a split church, and during his stay here has harmonized the discordant elements to such an extent as to be on friendly terms with the other church which members drew out from the mother church. WELL PLEASED WITH CALI FORNIA We might as well state here that we owe much to Mr. A. D. Lacy, who made all arrangements for us in Los Angeles. One of the most interesting enthusiasts that we met in California was Mr. J. L. Edmonds, Editor and Proprietor of the Liberator at Sawtelle, California, but who is most of the time, so appeared to us in Los Angeles. Now if you are a colored man and wish to feel enthusiastic over California, just talk to this Californian, who runs his own farm and is succeeding admirably well in this land of sunshine and flowers. "LAND OF MILK AND HONEY." He said the land in California was so rich that he had gotten three crops this year, and he was then getting the fourth crop. The potato crop yields one hundred dollars per acre. He raised English peas, getting one hundred pounds to the row of three hundred feet. They sell for seven and one-half cents per pound in the pod. He has an eighteen hundred dollar house on the place. He has been living there six years. His water is pumped to the tank by a gasoline engine. He frigates his farm by this method. He has twenty acres. The land cost two hundred dollars per acre, and it has so increased in value that he can borrow one thousand dollars per acre on it now. REARED A LARGE FAMILY He has kept his children in school, having a family of eight, and one is now attending the University of California. The other child is attending the high school, and still another the grammar school. He told us that he had gotten 350 pounds of potatoes to a row 300 feet long, and this may be understood when it is stated that there are sixty pounds to a bushel. This means about six bushels to a row. He thought colored people should come out here now. A POPULAR SONGSTRESS Saturday morning we lingered long at our residence and took breakfast with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Roberts and Mr. Fred M. Roberts, prosperous funeral directors and liverymen of Los Angeles. Here we met the "song-bird" of the Methodist Church, Miss Florence Mildred Cole, who is one of the most popular young ladies of this California city. She sang selections while the accomplished Miss M. Estelle Roberts played at the piano, and the rich voice of Rev. Hill added to the pleasures of the morning's entertainment. We enjoyed our breakfast here. AT LONG BEACH We left for Long Beach at about 12 o'clock to enjoy the pleasures offered there to members of the American Bankers' Association. The suburban line was ready, and we were soon on our way to this summer, all the year-round resort, where automobiles rendered free service to the guests and where the most aristocratic and costly hotel in that locality furnished free luncheon to all the bankers who held the invitations for the purpose. The beach was similar to those on the Atlantic coast. We saw one white man forming sculptured busts in the sand, and we readily recognized familiar features of prominent statesmen. RETURN TO CITY The bath house was also free to the members of the American Bankers' Association. For an hour or (Continued on the Fifth Page.) $150.00 Endowment Paid Richmond, Va., Dec. 20, 1910. This is to certify that I have received from John Mitchell, Jr., Grand Chancellor of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, Knights of Pythias, N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A., ($150.00) one hundred and fifty dollars in payment of the death-claim of Brother John L. Stanton, who was a member of Valley Lodge, No. 73, of Richmond, Va. Witness:— J. G. Smith, Robert Gray. PRICE, FIVE CENTS PERSONALS AND BRIEFS. Mr. V. A. Carter, of Longdale, Va., called on us. Mrs. A. B. Franklin, of Covington, Va., called on us. Resolved, That my Real Estate business for the New Year shall be placed in the hands of B. A. Cephas, Richmond's Real Estate Agent. Miss Elizabeth B. Dixon, of Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va., spent the holidays here. She returned Wednesday. Mr. Robert Scott, of Roslyn, Washington, brother of the late Captain Benj. Scott, is spending the winter here. Right Rev. C. R. Uncles, of Baltimore, Md., was in the city and called on us. Mr. L. L. Davis, Principal Bowling Green Industrial Academy, of Bowling Green, Va., was in the city this week. Mr. Asa C. Sims, of Hampton Institute, Hampton, Va., and Mr. J. Worthington Payne, of Washington, D. C., were visitors in the city this week. Mr. E. G. Pack, of Hinton, W. Va., in company with his son-in-law, Mr. Herbert C. Mundin, called on us. Mr. Pack expressed himself as being well pleased with the progress of the colored people in this city. Miss Florence E. Black left Saturday, December 24th, for New York to visit relations and friends for two weeks. We wish her a pleasant trip and a safe return. Mr. and Mrs. James Price wish to announce the marriage of their daughter, Catherine S. Price, to D. J. Johnston, Jan. 1, 1511, at Springfield Baptist Church at 3 o'clock, Rev. N. V. Davis officiating. Mr. James F. Bowman, a prosperous butcher of Providence Forge, Va., who resides in Chase City, Va., will leave on the 26th of December on a ten-day's trip to spend his vacation in New York and other Northern cities with friends and relatives. Undertaker Wm. Jones, of the same county, will leave on the same date in company with Mr. Bowman. Undertaker Jones will be the guest of his brother, Junius Jones, in Corona, L. I., who holds a high position in the New York Postoffice. The Planet congratulates them upon their trip. Rev. O. Paul Thompson, the popular young preacher, pastor of the Cedar-Street Baptist Church, Richmond, Va., has been engaged to conduct the special meetings at the Bethany Baptist Church, Newark, N. J., of which the great Rev. Dr. R. D. Wynn is pastor. He left for the North Friday, Dec. 30, on the 12:01 train. Rev. Thompson has just recovered from a severe attack of the grippe and neuralgia. During his illness, lasting more than a week, his people stood loyalty by him. They were profuse in their expressions of sympathy and their many tokens of their love and appreciation during the Christmas time made glad the hearts of the pastor and family. He wishes all his friends a hearty and prosperous New Year, and asks for their prayers for his success in his labors of love. 277 278 IN MEMORIAM Mr. Temple Allison Miles Mr. Temple Allison Miles, son of John A. and Mary B. Miles, of Richmond, Va., died at his home, 116 West Leigh Street, Sunday morning, Dec. 11, 1910. In early life he acknowledged his love for the Saviour and united with the Ebenezer Baptist Church, of which he was a regular attendant, serving the Sunday School for many years as teacher and superintendent. He led a beautiful, consistent Christian life, characterized by his unselfish love for all. For, in truth, he lived for others and not himself. He was a graduate of the Richmond Normal School, and also the Richmond Institute, and for many years taught in the public schools. He was appointed to a position in the United States mail service, which he filled with credit for 21 years. He leaves a wife and seven minor children, and one devoted sister, Mrs. W. L. Smith, of Chula, who, with a large number of relatives and friends, mourn their loss. WANTED - A nurse at 201 Allen Avenue. Apply with reference. TWO Synopsis Nat Duncan discharged for incompetency by his employer, goes to the home of his friend Kellogg, who has helped him in the past. Kellogg sympathizes with Duncan, who meets some of his old time acquaintances at the home of his friend. Kellogg wants Duncan, who is discharged and outlines a novel schema whereby Duncan can repair his shattered fortunes. The scheme is that Duncan should go to a country town, dress well go to church, work steadily and thus attract and marry a girl. Duncan decides to follow Kellogg's suggestion and with an array of newly made clothes departals for and arrives at Ridgway. Duncan Graham runs a displaced out of date little drug store in Iadh the he has for years waited his time on vantage inventions. Jeffy Graham the old man pretty but the writer latter works in the store. M Littleton the Italians editor becomes acquainted with Joan an *Blink* Lockwood is the richest man in the village and Duncan is interested that the old miner has a daughter. Duncan obtains a position in old Grahm's drug store without pay for he marries that the village girl, in hiding Duncan Lockwood are very fond of water. CHAPTER VII THERE'S no questioning the fact that two weeks of Radiance had driven Duncan to desperation on the morning of the fifteenth day he wakened in his room at Miss Carpenter's and lay for a time abed starring vacantly at the gambay papered ceiling, not through haziness remaining on his back, but through sheer lucidity. "Why," he reflected aloud, "it does not seem reasonable, but I'm actually looking forward to the delicious disgust of church next Sunday!" "Me?" "If Kellogg could only see me now! I must have done something to deserve this in my misspent life." "Wonder if nothing ever happens here. I'd give a whole lot, if I had it, for a good rousing fire on Main street—the Bigelow House for choice." "And it's got me to the point of drooling to myself like those fellows you read about who get lost in the desert." "Camel. Get out of this." And, my boy, remember to 'count that day lost whose low descending sun sees noth ing accomplished, nothing done.' "Probably unquoted, at that." Suddenly he rose and dressed. He was late at the breakfast and silent and reserved throughout that meal. Poor Carpenter thought him dissatisfied and hung round his chair, purring with a solitude that almost maddened him. As soon as possible he made his escape from the house. The walk he indulged in that morn ing took him in a wide circle—south on the road to the Gap, then east- HIS HEAD WAS POWED. ward, crossing the railroad and the river, north through a smiling agricultural region, east to the Flats. He was trudging up Main street toward Center shortly after 11. Recognition of Leonard & Calli's familiar shop front fired him with a spirit of adventure and enterprise. He stopped short, thoughtfully rubbing his small mustache the wrong way, his vision glued to the embarrassingly canid window displays. "I'd be an awful thing for me to do." "Think of yourself, man, jumping counters in and out among all those things like a lunatic monkey performing on a Monday morning's clothesline." He thought deeply and sighed. "It ain't moral." "But it's one of the rules, it must be done. Harry said a ribbon clerk was a social equal." "Come, now!" No more sheenanigan! Brace up! Be a man! "A man? That's the whole trouble I am a man. I've got no business in a place like that." He turned and moved away slowly. But the idea and him by the bees. He struggled against a growing resolution to return. Then enlightenment came to him suddenly. He paused again, grumping with this amazing revelation of self. "Great Scott! Harry was right, darn him! He said this place would reconstruct me from the inside out, and vice versa, and, by jinka, it has! I actually want to work! "Can you beat that—me!" He swung back to Leonard & Calla, mentally reviewing his instructions. "Let's see. I was to wait at least a month to let the shopkeepers get accustomed to the sight of me. Him-m, Harry certainly has a cute way of gx- THE FORTUNE pressing his thought. But it can't be helped I can't wait. If I do I will up the job. "I'm to walk in and say politely I'm looking for employment. If at any time you should have an opening here that you can offer me I shall endeavor to give satisfaction (good day)" "But be careful not to press it. Just say it and get right out" With the air of a man who knows his own mind he pulls open the wire screen door and strode in Two minutes later he emerges breathing hard but with the glitter of determination in his eye "I wouldn't've believed I could get away with it. Here goes for the next promising opening" He headed for Southern & Lee's drug store "Wonder what that fellow would have said if I had the nerve to wait and listen" In the drug store he experienced less difficulty in making his speech and eye. He fattered himself that he no complained both gravely even in presetly. And indeed you may be have left a gap audience behind him. So likewise at Godfrey's motion and stationery shop. "Now, this afternoon" he mused "Til wind up the Job. Right every one in town will know I want work." It was 2 o'clock or thereabouts, I gather, when shaping his course toward Radley's commercial center Duncan hesitated on the corner of Beech street, cocking an incredulous eye up at the weather worn sign which has for years adorned the side of Tull hill's grocery a band incubating fixe- THIS WAY TO "Two druggists in Radcliffe" he mused. "Is it possible? Then It's Harry's mistake if the scheme falls. He said this was a one horse country town but I am blest if it isn't a thriving metropolis. Two." Here, I'm going to have a look." He turned up Beech and presently discovered the object of his quest, a two story building of "frame" guilty less of the ardent caress of a paint brush since time out of mind. On the ground door the windows were made up of many small square panels several of which had been badly mended. Through them the interior glimmered darkly. In the foreground stood a broken bottle shaped like a mortuary urn and half full of pink liquid. Beside it reposed a broken packing box in which binary camper halls nestled between torn sheets of faded blue paper. Of them a silent companion in misery stood on the far side of the window a towering pagoda like a cage of wire in which trapped, doubles, by means of some mysterious hatt known only to architects three worm but brutal looking sponges were apparent slumbering in exhaustion. Back of these a dusty plaster cast of a male figure lightly drapped seemed to represent the survival of the fittest over some strange and deadly patent medi- V. "WELL, I DECLARE!" HE SAID, RINGING tine. The recessed door bore an inscription in gold letter, tarnished and half obliterated. AM ORANAM BUOR A CHEM C L DESCRIPTION CAREF LY C POUNDED "Looks like the very place for one of my acknowledged abilities," said Duncan. He turned the knob and entered, advancing to the middle of the dingy room. A slight grating noise behind him brought Duncan round with a start. At a workbench near the window sat a white haired man garbed baggy in an old crash coat and trousers. His head was bowed over something clamped in a visse, at which he was tinkering busily with a file. He did not look up, but as his caller moved inquired, amiably, "Well?" "Good morning," stunned Duncan—"or I should say afternoon." "Bo you should," Sam admitted, still fixing with his work. "Anything you want? Duncan swallowed hard and mastered his confusion "Would it be possible for us to speak to the proprietor a moment?" "I should judge it would Go right along" Sam filed vigorously "Might I ask—are you Mr Graham?" "Yes, sit, that's me" The filing continued stridently "I'm looking for employment," said Duncan hastily "If—" "Employment!" Graham dropped his tools with a clatter and faced round. For a moment his eyes twinkled and a wintry smile lightened his fine old features. "Well, I declare" he said, rising. "You must be the stranger the whole town a been talking about." "If at any time, Duncan pursued hastily, "you should have an opening here that you can offer me I shall eneavor to give satisfaction. Good day, str." And he made for the door. "Eh, just a minute," said Graham. "Are you in a hurry?" Duncan paused, smiling nervously. "Oh, no—only I must press it, you know—just say it and get right—I mean I don't want to take up your valuable time, str." Graham chuckled. "Guess the folks haven't been talking much to you about me, he suggested. "You seem to have a higher opinion of the value of my time than anybody else in Radville." "Yes, but—that is to say"— "But if you're really looking for a job I like to give you one first rate." Duncan started toward him in breathless haste "You—you'd like to You don't mean it." "Yes" Graham nodded, smiling with enjoyment of his little joke. It was harmless. He didn't for a moment believe that Duncan really needed employment, and, on the other hand, it tickled him immensely to think that any one should apply to him for work. "Well," said Duncan, staring, "you are the first man I ever met that felt that way about it." Sams amusement dwindled. "The trouble is," he confessed—"the trouble is, my boy, my business is so small I don't need any help There isn't much of anything to do here." "That's just the sort of place I'd like," said Duncan impulsively. Then he laughed a little unaccently "I mean I'm willing to take any position, no matter how insignificant. I mean it, honestly." "This might suit you then"— "I wish you'd let me try it air" "But you don't understand" Gr- ham was serious enough now. There wasn't any joke in what he had to say "To tell you the truth, I can't afford it. When your pay was due I'm afraid I shouldn't have any money to give you" Duncan dismissed this paltry con- sideration with a princely gesture "I don't mind that part." he insisted. "Mr Graham, if you'll teach me the drug business I'll work for you for nothing" He said it earnestly, for he meant it just a bit more seriously than he him- self realized at the moment, and I'm gind to think it was because Sam's serene and gentle, guillelea nature had appealed to the young man "Between you and me," he hurried on, "It's this way—I've been here for two weeks with nothing to do but look at a book, and it's got me crazy enough to want to work" As for Ram, as soon as he recovered he shook his head in thoughtful deprecation. "Well, I awan" he said. "I guess you must find it pretty slow down here But," brightening. "If you feel that way about it I'd better take you over to Bothern & Lea. They'd be glad to get you at the price." "And in a week they'd think they were overpraying me." Duncan argued. "No; I've been there. Why not try me on here?" "Well, I'm just a little bit afraid you wouldn't learn much, my boy I don't do business enough to give you a good idea of it." Duncan brushed this impatiently aside. "How much business are you doing here now?" "Some days"—Graham reckoned it on his fingers. "I take in a dollar on two and some days nothing. There's my body fountain," he said, with a jerk of a thumb toward it—"got that fixed up a little while ago, and it's bringing in a little—not much. You see, I need more stups. I've only got vanilly now." "Soda water"—Duncan jumped at the idea. Hold on. All the girls round here drink soda, don't they? "Oh, yes," said Graham abstractedly. CHAPTER VIII with you for me come in here for awhile. I don't care about wages." Graham lifted his shoulders resignedly. "Well my boy, it don't seem right, but if you really want to work here for nothing I'll be glad to have you, and if things look up with me I'll be glad to pay you." Abruptly he found his hand grasped and pumped gratefully. "That's mighty good of you, Mr. Graham. When can I start?" "Why, whenever you like." In a twinkling Duncan's hat and gloves were off. "I'd like to now," he said. "Where can we get more slurps?" "Unfortunately I can't buy them." "How much?" Duncan's hand was In his pocket in an instant. "Oh, no, you mustn't do that." Sam backed away in alarm. "I couldn't allow it, my boy. It's good of you, but." "Either." Nat told himself. "I'm asleep or some one's refusing to take money from me." He grinned cheerfully. "Oh that's all right." he contended loudly. "I'll draw it down as soon as we begin to sell soda." He selected a bill from his slender store. "Will $5 be enough?" "Oh, yes, but it wouldn't be right for me to—" But by this time Duncan was pressing the bill into his hand. "Nonsense!" 1945. "WILL $0 BE ENOUGH?" be insisted "How can we build up trade without slurp?" "But-but-" "And how can I learn the business without trade?" He closed Graham's unwilling fingers over the money and skipped away. Sighing Graham gave over the unequal argument. Well, if you're satisfied my boy. But I'll have to write to Elmry for it." "Telegraph" "Telegraph" Graham laughed "That would kill Lew Parker, I guess." "Who's he?" "Telegraph operator and ticket agent" "Well he won't be missed much Telegraph and tell them to send the goods C O D Phone Mr Graham We want to get things moving here you know We've got to build up the business We'll put out some signs and—and, well, we'll get the people in the habit of coming here somehow You'll see" He raked the poverty stricken shelves with a calculating eye, all his energy fired by enthusiasm at the prospect of doing something Graham watched him with kindling liking and admiration His old lips quivered a little before he voiced his thought. "You--you know, my boy, you've got splendid business ability," he asserted, with whole souled conviction. Duncan almost reeled. "What?" he cried. "I was just saying you have wonderful business ability." "You're the first man that ever said that. I wonder if it's so." "I'm sure of it." "Well," said Nat. chuckling. "T'll write that to my chum he'll!" "Oh, I can tell." Graham interrupted. "Now, I— Well, you see, I've been a failure in business. So for as that goes, I've been a failure in everything all my life." Duncan stared for a moment, then offered his hand. "For luck," he explained, meeting Graham's puzzled gaze as his hand was taken. Wondering, Graham shook his head, and gratitude made his old voice tremulous. He put a hand over Duncan's, patting it gently. "I want you to know, my boy, that I appreciate." His voice broke. "It's mighty kind of you to buy the alrup—very kind!" "Nothing of the sort. It's just because I've got great business ability." Duncan laughed quietly and moved away "We'll want to clean up a bit" said he. "Got a broom? I'll raise the dust a bit while you're out sending that wire." "You'll find one in the cellar, I guess, but your clothes"— "Oh, that's all right. Where's the cellar?" "Underneath." Graham told him simply, taking down a battered hat from a book behind the counter. "I know. But how do I get there?" "By the steps. You go through that door there into the hall. The steps are under the stairs in our rooms. I live above the store, you see." "Xea, Goodby, sir, Graham." "Goodby, my boy!" "Dureum watched the old thun move slowly out of sight then; with a groan, sat down on the counter to think it 图 A SQUARE, DECENT MAN, SPIRIBY over "It wouldn't be me if I didn't make a mess of things somehow," he told himself bitterly "Now you have gone and went and done it, Mr. Fortune Hunter You stand a swell chance of getting away with the goods when you like a wageless job in a spavined country drug store with no trade worth mentioning and nothing to draw it with just because that old duffer's the only human being you've spotted in this burg. "Wonder what Harry" would say if he heard about that wonderful busi- ness ability thing. But what in thun- der can we do to bring business to this bum joint?" He raked his surroundings with a discouraged glance. "Oh" he said thoughtfully. "it's the limit." Five minutes later Ben Sperry found him in the same position, his head bent in perplexed reverie. Sperry had been traveling for Gresham & Jones, a wholesale drug house in Elmira, more years than I can remember. His friendship for Sam Graham, contracted during the days when Graham's was the drug store of Radville, has survived the decay of the business. He's a square decent man. Sperry and has wasted many an hour trying to persuade Sam to pay a little more attention to the business. "Anything I can do for you?" chirped Duncan cheerfully, dropping off the counter as Sperry entered. "No. oo, amazingly." "I just wanted to see old Sam. He is up at presen. Duncan told him civilly." Sperry wrinkled his brows over this problem "You working here?" he asked. "Yes, air." "Well, I'll be hanged." "Let us hope not," said Duncan pleasantly. He waited a moment, a little trifled "Sure there's nothing I can do for you." "No-o," said Sperry slowly, struggling to comprehend "Thank you just the same." "Not at all." Duncan turned away "You see," Sperry pursued, "I don't buy from drug stores, I sell to 'em" Duncan faced about with new interest in the man. "Yes?" he said encouragingly. "My card," volunteered Sperry, fishing the slip of pasteboard from his waistcoat pocket. He dropped his sample case beside the store and plumped down in the chair, to the peril of its existence. "I don't make this town very often," he pursued while Duncan studied his card. "Sothera & Loe are the only people" said to here but I never miss a chance to chin awhile with old Sam. So having half an hour before train time, I thought I'd drop in." "Mr. Graham doesn't order from your house, then?" "Doesn't order from anybody, does he?" "I don't know. I've just come here. He'll be sorry to have misled you, though. He's just stopped out to write your house—I gather from the fact that it's in Elmira; he mentioned that town, not the firm name—for some stripe." "You don't mean it." Spirry gagged. "What's strick him all of a sudden? He's put in any new stock for ten years, I reckon." "Well, you see," Duncan explained artfully. "I've persevered lies in a way to try to make something out of the business here. We're going to do what we can of course, in a small war 北 "LKE UB HOPE NOT," SAID DUNCAN. at first. Sperry wagged a dubleus head. "I dunno," he considered "Sam's a new old duffer, but he sn't got no business sense and never bad. You can see for yourself how he's let everything run to seed here. Sothern & Leo took all his trade years ago." "Yes, I know That's why he needs me," said Duncan brazenly. In his soul he remarked, "Oh, Lord!" in a tone of awe. His colossal impudence dazed even himself. "But don't you think he could get back some of the trade" if the store was stocked up? "No doubt about that at all," Sperry averred, "he'd get the biggest part of it." "You think so?" "Sure of it. You see, everybody round here likes Sam, and Sothern & Lee have always been outsiders. They would swing to this shop in a minute just on account of that. Fact is. I wasted a lot of talk on our firm a couple of years ago trying to make our people give him some credit, but they couldn't see it. He owed them a bill then that was so old it had grown whiskers." "And still owe it. I presume?" "You bet he still owe it. Always will. It's so small that it ain't worth while suing for"— "Look here. Mr Sperry, how much is this bill with the whiskers?" "About $50. I think," said the traveling man, fumbling for his wallet. "I'm supposed to ask for payment every time I strike town you know, so I always have it with me, but I haven't had the heart to say a word to Sam for a good long time. Here it is." Duncan studied carefully the memorandum "To Mdse, as per bill rendered, $47.85" "I wonder"—he murmured. "Eh?" said Sperry. "I was wondering Suppose you were to tell your people that there's a young follow here who'd like to give this store a boom. Say he wants a little credit because because Mr Graham won't let him put in any cash"—"Not a bit of use," Sperry neglected "I would myself but the house no"—"But suppose I pay this bill"— "Tay it! You really mean that." "Certainly I mean it." Duncan produced the wad of bills which Kellogg had furnished him the night before his departure from New York. Thus far he had broken only one of the $260 gold certificates, and of that one he had the greater part left. Living is anything but expensive in Ridville. "I'm beginning to understand that I was cut out for an actor," he told himself as he thumbed the roll with a serious air and an assumed indifference, which permitted Sperry to estimate its size pretty accurately. "That's quite a stack of chips you're carrying." Sperry observed Duncan's hand airily waffled the remark into the limbo of the negligible "A trifle—a mero tride," he said casually. "I don't generally carry much cash about me! Haven't for five years," he added, inexpressibly. He extracted a fifty dollar certificate from the sheaf and handed it over "I'll take a receipt, but you needn't mention this to Mr. Graham just now." "No, certainly not." Bperry scrawled his signature to the bill. "And about that line of credit?" about that time of credit." "Well, with this paid I guess you could have what you needed in moderation. Of course"— "My name is Duncan—Nathaniel Duncan." Sperry made a memorandum of it on the back of an envelope. "Any former business connections?" "None that I care to speak about," Duncan confessed glumly. Sperry's face lengthened. "No references?" It took thought and after thought courage, but Duncan hit upon the solution at length. "Do you know L. J Bartlett & Co., the brokers?" "I do know L. J. Piephont Morgan?" "Then that's all right. Tell your people to inquire of Harry Kellogg, the junior partner. He knows all about me." Noting the name, Sperry put away the envelope. "That's enough. If he says you're all right you can have anything you want." He consulted his watch. "H-u-m-i-l Train to catch. But let's see. What do you need here?" Duncan inquired the empty shelves. 4 his face glowing. "Pills," he said, with a laugh—all kinds of pills and everything for a regular, sure enough drug store. Mr Sperry, everything Sothern & Loo carry and a lot of attractive things they don't—small lots you know, until I see what we can sell. "I see. You leave it to me. I probably know what you need better than you do. I'll make out a list this afternoon and mail it tonight with instructions to ship it at the earliest possible moment." "Splendid!" Duncan told him. "You do that and don't worry about our making good. I'm going to put all my time and energy into this proposition and—" "Then you'll make good all right." Sperry assured him. "All anybody's got to do is look at you to see you're a good business man." He returned Duncan's pressure and picked up his sample case. "Slong," said he and left briskly, leaving Duncan speech less. As if to assure himself of his sanity he put a hand to his brow and stroked it cautiously "Heavens," he said and sought the support of the counter, "that's twice today I've been told that in the same place" "It's funny," he said, half dazed. "I never could have pulled that off for myself" CHAPTER IX. PRESENTLY, Duncan moved and came out of his abstraction. "I'd better get that broom," he said slowly. "The place certainly needs some expert manicuring before we get that new stock in." He swept the floor, thrilled with the sensation of accomplishment. Two shadows moved slowly athwart the windows. Straightening up, he looked, gasped and died for the back of the store. "Heavens!" he whispered. ```markdown ``` STRAIGHTMING UP, IT LOOKED, GASPED AND FLED. STRAIGHTENING UP. HE LOOKED, GASSED AND FLED. agbast to recognize Josie Lockwood and Angie Turbill, of whose ubiquitous shadows in his way he had been conceived so frequently within the past several days. "I thought I must have made an impression. Don't tell me they're coming in." Behind the counter he struggled furiously into his coat "They are" he said, with a sinking heart, "and I bet a dollar my face is dirty!" His bow was a very possible imitation of the real thing, he fattered himself, and there's no manner of doubt but that it dattered the two prettiest and most forward young women in Radville of that day. "May I have the honor of waiting on you, ladies!" he inquired with all the unavailability of an accomplished salesman. Josie and Angie aided together, giggling and simmering, quite overcome by his manner. A muffed "How do do" from Angle and a half strangled echo of the salutation from the other were harmly articulate. But, hearing them, he bowed again, separately to each. "Good afternoon," he said and waited in an inquiring pose. "This-this is Mr. Duncan, isn't it?" inquired Josie, controlling herself inquired Joale, controlling herself "Yes, and you are Miss Lockwood, if I'm not mistaken." Renewed giggles prefaced her "Oh, how did you know?" "Could any one one remain two weeks in Radville and not hear of Miss Lockwood?" "The shot told famously. "How nice of you! Mr. Duncan, I want you to meet my friend Miss Tuthill." "I've had the honor of admiring Miss Tuthill from a distance." Duncan as- sured this younger woman. And "will burn up," he feared secretly, watching the conflagration of bliss that the displayed." "Just, think of 'getting happy' with a line of mush like that! SATURDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1910. "And—and are you working here, Mr. Duncan?" Josie pursued. "I'm supposed to be. I'm afraid I don't know the business very well as yet." "Oh, that's awfly nice." Angle thought. He thanked her humbly. "We don't expect to see you here," Josie assured him. "We just thought we'd like some soda." "Soda!" he parroted, borrified. He cast a glance sackance at the tawdry fontain. "Let's see, how d'you work the infernal thing?" he asked himself, utterly bewildered. "Yes," Angle chimed in, "it's so warm this afternoon we—" "I've got to put it through somehow," he thought savagely, and glued. "Yes, certainly," he said and smiled winningly. "Will you be pleased to step this way?" Out of the corners of his eyes he detected the amused look that passed between the girls. "Oh, very well!" he said beneath his breath. "You may laugh, but you asked for soda, and "OIL, DON'T SAY THAT: " IRE PLEADED. soda you shall have, my dears, if you die of it." He put himself behind the counter with an air of great determination and leaned upon it with both hands outspread until he realized that this was the pose of a grocery man. "What'll you have?" he demanded genially "Er--that, is--I mean, would you prefer vanilla or—ah—soda?" A chant antiphonal answered him: "I hate vanilla." "And so do I." "Oh, don't say that!" be pleaded. "Of course you know there's—ab—vanilla and vanilla. Ah, some vanilla I know is dotestable, but when you get a real- 1777 "ERA," ANGIE CHIMKED IN, "IT'S NO WARM." It's fine vintage—ah—imported vanilla, it's quite another matter—ah—particularly at this season of the year"— His confusion was becoming painful "Oh, is it?" asked Josie helpfully. Her eyes dwelt upon his with a confiding expression which he later characterized as a baby stare, and he was promptly reduced to babbling kloczy. "Indeed it is; no doubt whatever," Miss Lockwood. Especially just now, you know—ah—after the Bock season— ah—I mean, when the weather is—is in a way—you might put it, vanilla weather." "But I like chocolate best," Angie pouted. And he hated her consumedly for the moment. "Very well," Josie told him sweetly. "Till I hate the vanilla." He thanked her with unnecessary effusion and turned to inspect the glassware. There could be no mistake about the right jar, however; there was nothing but vanilla, and, sealing it, he removed the metal cap and placed it before the girls. With less case he discovered a whisky glass and put it beside the bottle, with a cordial wave of the hand. A patise enkined. Dioncan was smiling fatuously, serve in the belief that he had solved the problem—the way to BRINGING IN THE NEW YEAR— "IT'S ENGLISH, YOU KNOW" A large hotel in London which is quite popular with Americans who are rich enough to enjoy the costly accommodations a "stunt is pulled off" every New Year's eve which is distinctly different from any ceremony in connection with the advent of the infant year in America. "It's English, quite English, you know." The hundreds of Americans and other guests, including persons from all continental countries and usually a Hindu nabob or two, engage in an evening of dancing in the grand ballroom. At midnight, just as the clocks strike the hour that ushers in the new year, the guests hear a knocking at the ballroom door. The master of ceremonies opens the door. Upon the threshold are four men carrying a sedan chair of most elaborate pattern, which contains a passenger a beautiful young lady—the pick of the party. An attendant meets the antique caravan and escorts it to the center of the ballroom floor, where, amid the admiring company, he assists the star beauty to alight, then becomes her partner in the dance. This pretty ceremony is called "bringing in the new year." The real festivities of the evening begin when Miss New Year makes her advent. A "IT'S ONE OF THE SOLUTIONS, BUT I DIDN'T MAKE IT." serve soda was to make them help themselves. It was very simple, only they didn't. With a start he became sensible that they were eying him strangely. "You—ah—wanted vanilla, did you not?" "Yes, thanks, vanilla," Josie agreed. "Well, that's it." he said firmly, indicating the jar and the glass. Josie giggled. "But I don't want to drink it clear. You put the slurp in the glass, you know, and then the soda." "Oh. I seel You want to make a highba—ah—a long drink of it. Ah yes!" He procured a glass of the regulation size. "Now I understand." A pause. "If you'll be good enough to help yourself to the slurp." "No, you do it." Josie pleaded. "Certainly!" He lifted the whisky glass and the jar and began to pour. "If you'll just say when." "What? Oh, that's enough, thank you?" "If I ever get out of this fix I'll blow the whole shooting match," he promised himself, holding the glass beneath the faucet and diddling nervously with the valves. For a moment he fancied the tank must be empty, for nothing ```markdown ``` WE WERE HOPING YOU WOULD JOIN THE OFFICE." came of his efforts. Then abruptly the fixture seemed to explode. "A guy-serv'er" he cried, blinked with the dash of carbonated water and stirup in his face, while he fumbled furiously with the valves. As unexpectedly as it had begun the flow ceased. He put down the glass, found his handkerchief and mopped his dripping face. When able to see again he discovered the young woman leaning against one of the showcases. weak with laughed moved weak with laughts safe remove. "Our soda's so strong, you know," he apologized. "But if you'll stay where you are I'll try again." Warned by experience, he worked at the machine gingerly, finally producing a thin, spluttering trickle. Beaming with triumph, he looked up. "I think it's safe now," he suggested. "I seem to have it under control." Angie and Josie returned, torn by distrust, but unable to resist the fascination of the stranger in our village. And there's no denying the boy was good looking and a gentleman by birth and education. He had filled one glass and was tincturing it with sirup when he caught again that confounding smile of Josie's full upon him as the beams of a noon-day sun. "Haven't we seen you at church, Mr. Duncan?" she said prettily. "I think perhaps you may have," he conceded. "I have seen you both." The second glass (for he was determined that Anglo should not occupy) took up all his attention for an instant. "Do you have to go, too?" he inquired out of this deep preoccupation. "What?" "I mean do you attend regularly?" he amused hastily. "Oh yes, of course." Josio simpered, accepting the glass he offered how. "You make it a rule to go every Sunday, don't you, Mr Duncan?" He permitted himself an indiscreet, secure in the belief it would pass unchallenged: "It's one of the rules, but I didn't make it." "Did you know there was a vacancy in the choir?" Angie asked, taking up her glass. "Choir?" "Yes," Josie chimed in; "we were hoping you'd join. I want you to awfully." "We've both in the choir." Angie explained. "And all the girls want you to join. Don't they. Angie?" "Oh. yes, indeed; they're all just dying to meet you." "I'll have to write and ask," he said abstractedly "Why, what do you mean by that?" Josie's question struck him dumb with consternation. He made cursions MAX I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF BENVING noises in his throat and fancied (as was quite possible) that they eyed him in a peculiar fashion. "It’s—I mean—a little trouble with my throat," he managed to lie at length. "I must ask my physician if I may first." "Oh, I are," said Jonia. "But," he hastened to change the subject, "you’re not drinking, either of you. I sincerely hope it’s not so very bad." Angie replaced her glass, barely tasted. "Do you like it, Jonia?" To Joalsa’s credit it must be admitted that she made a brave attempt to drink. But the mixture was undoubtedly fat, stale and unprofitable. She sighed, put it back on the counter and toss to the emergency "Mine’s perfectly lovely"—with a parishing smile—"but it’s not very sweet." "I made them dry for you—thought you’d like ‘em that way,” he stammered. "Perhaps you’d like ‘em better. If I put a collar on ‘em!" The chorus negatived this suggestion very promptly. "Why don't you try a glass, Mr. Duncan!" Angie added with malice, slyly nudging Josie. "I'm on the wagon—I mean, I don't drink at all." he said wretchedly, and was deeply grateful for the division afforded by the entrance of a third customer. It was Tracey Tanner, as usual swollen with important tidings, as usual propelling himself through the world at a heavy trot. It has always been a source of wonderment to me how Tracey manages to keep so stout with all the violent exercise he takes. "Say, Angie," he swanged at sight of her. "I've been lookin' for you everywhere. Did you hear that?" He stopped instantaneously with open mouth as he saw Duncan behind the counter, and open mouthed he remained while the young man came round and advanced toward him, with a blond smirk, accompanied by a professional bow and rubbing of hands. "May I have the pleasure of serving you, Mr. Tunner!" "Huh?" bleated Tracey, dumfounded. "Is there anything you wish to purchase?" A violent emotion stirred in Tracey. Bounds began to emanate from his heaving chest. "N-no, ma'am!" he breathed explosively. Duncan bowed again, his face exPRESSIONless. "Then will you be good enough to excuse me?" He turned precisely and made his way back to the counter. As if released from some spell of strong enchantment by the movement, Tracey swung on his heel and lunged for the door. "What was it you wanted to ask me, Tracey?" Angie called after him. As the boy disappeared at a hard gallop his response floated back. "I fargit." "I'm afraid I must have frightened him!" Duncan said inquiringly. "Oh no; not at all." Josie reassured him. "He's just gone to tell everybody you're here." "Come, Josie; we've been here ever so long." Angie moved slowly toward the door, but Josie inclined to linger. "Don't hurry, I beg of you," Duncan interposed. "Oh we haven't hurried," she said, with a gush of gratification that star- "IT SERVES ME RIGHT." HE CONCLUDED. tod the man. "You'll remember what I said about the choir, won't you?" He braced himself to take advan tag of the opening. "I shall never forget it," he said impressively. She gave him her hand. "Then good by" "Not goodby, I trust!" He retained the hand, depressing himself inexpressibly. "Oh, we'll be in again, won't we, Angle?" "Oh, yes, indeed!" "My land, Angel! What do you think? I'd almost forgotten to pay for the soda!" "Please don't speak of it, Miss Lock- wood. The pleasure—" "But I must, Mr. Duncan. How much is it?" Josie fingered the contents of her pure expectantly, but Duncan hung in the wind. He had no learnt notion what might be the price of soda water. "Two for a quarter," he has hazarded, with his disarming grin. "Angle choked" with appreciation of this exquisite salty. "Ain't you fun- Left over from our Christmas selling are numbers of articles suitable for New Year gifts. On these we will make special prices. They consist of odd pieces of furniture, rugs, pictures, etc. Write us your wants. Sydnor & Hundley, Inc., 709-711-713 E. 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"TELL, I'M HIS DADCENTER, BUT"— ceded. "Bill, I rather you didn't think so." "It's 10 cents, isn't it, Mr. Duncan?" Josie was offering him a dime. He accepted it without question. "Thank you very much," said he. "Good afternoon, ladies." He was aware of Angle's duttering farewells on the aldewalk. Josie was lingering on the doorstep in an agony of untrained coquetry. He lowered his tone for her benefit, thereby adding new weight to his bombardment of her amateur defences. "Remember you promised to call again." Her giggles tore his cardrums. "Thank you. I'm sure," she stammered and fled. They disappeared. He wandered to the chair and threw himself limply into it. "That voice!" he said stupidly. "That giggle! I've got to woo and win that it serves me right." he concluded. The most hopeless of humors assailed him, and he yielded to it without a struggle. His attitude expressed his mood with relentless verity. Chin sunk upon his breast, eyes fairly distilling gloom, legs stretched out carelessly before him, he sat motionless, suffocating at the bottom of a gulf of discontent. His lips moved, sometimes noiselessly, again in whispers barely audible. "Years of this! A matter of human endurance—no, superhuman! If it wasn't for the bargain, I'd chuck it all and— Well, the only way to forget your misery is to work. I suppose." He pulled himself together and stood up, wondering where he had left his broom, and simultaneously stiffened with surprise, aware that he was not alone. A glance, however, established the connection between the rear door, which stood ajar, and the young woman who stood staring at him in utter stupence. He was quick to see the intelligence in Betty Graham's mutinous eyes and the sweet lines of her mouth, too often shaped in sullen mold, and no less quick to recognize that she would carry herself well, with spirit and dignity, once she were relieved of household toll and moll, once given the chance to discard her shapeless, bedraggled and threadbare garments for those daunty and beautiful things for which her starved heart must be sick with longing. "Good Lord," he thought, pitiful, "it's worse here than I dreamed. Old Graham must need a keeper, and this child has been trying to be that with nothing to keep him on" "Who are you?" the girl demanded sullenly in a voice a little harsh and teneless "What are you doing here? Where's my father?" "Mr Graham has stopped out on business," Duncan replied "You are his daughter, I believe?" "Yes, I'm his daughter, but—" "My name is Nathaniel Duncan Mr Graham has been kind enough to take me on as apprentice, so to speak." Her stare continued, intense, resentful, understating "You mean you're going to work here?" "That's my intention, Miss Graham." He nodded gravely. "What for?" "To learn the drug business." "Oh hi!" She dug herself a pace away impatient "I'm not a child, and I don't want to be talked to like one." "I didn't mean to annoy you"— "Well, you do. You've got no business in a rundown place like this, you with your fine clothes and your fine airs. You didn't come here to learn the drug business. You know as well as I do you're got some other motto." There was a truth in that to sting him. He smudged under its laish, but held his temper in check because he was sorry for the girl "Perhaps you're right," he conceded—"perhaps I have some other motive. But that's neither here nor there. I'm here, and it is my present intention to learn the drug business in your father's store." "I don't believe you, Mr. Duncan, or whatever your name is." "I'm sorry," he said patiently. Betty's lips wilted contemptuously. "Well, saying you do mean' to work here"— "I do." "You're making a mistake," she snapped. "Father can't pay you nothing." "He'll pay me all I'm worth," said Duncan weekly. She glared at him an instant longer, then, mute for lack of a sufficiently scornful retort, turned and ran back up the steps, slamming the door behind her. (To Be Contiued.) —Subscribe to The PLANET. STRAIGHT DISTILLERY WHISKEY 3GALS. $450 4½GALS. 675 EXPRESS PAID. AT DISTILLERY PRICE When we say Distillery Whiskey, we mean it. We do not handle compounds and chemical mixtures. If the goods you buy from us are not as we represent, and better than you are, we make a trade in the rum them and we will REFUND your money. YOUR CHOICE OF CRAFT AYE OR GIN 3 GALS $4.50 4½ GALS $6.75 6 GALS $3.00 12 GALS $5.50 Express Paid to any office of Adams or Southern Express Company. STONEWALL DISTILLING CO. STONEWALL DISTILLING CO. 1453 HULL ST. RICHMOND, VA RAILROADS. 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The gentle man in question galls under the cog nomen of Mr Poe, and he gives away his case in the opening of his remarks, as follows. The police power is the broadest power possessed by the State. No attempt has ever been made to strictly define it. It is spoken of as the power of the state to pass laws and to prescribe regulations in order to promote the health peace, morals, education and good order of the people. The power, however, is not an absolute one, and is subject to control by the courts. Almost every valid exercise of the police power interferes with and is a restriction upon individual and property rights. In determining upon the validity of a police regulation the questions that present themselves usually ask First—Does a serious situation actually exist that calls for relief? Second—Does the situation affect the health, morals, safety or good order of the community? Third—Is the proposed measure reasonably calculated to afford relief? If all these questions can be answered in the affirmative, the presumption is in favor of the validity of the measure, notwithstanding the fact that individual and property rights may be seriously affected thereby But these questions cannot all be answered in the affirmative. Does a serious situation actually exist in the purchase by a cultured citizen of color of a valuable piece of real estate in a block occupied by white residents and vice versa? Does such a purchase and occupancy by either a white or colored person affect the health, morals, safety or good of the community? If it does affect the situation in the case of a colored person moving in a block occupied by white people, how can you argue that it affects the situation in the case of a white person moving in a block occupied by colored people? And yet it must affect in both cases in order to maintain that basis of equality guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. City Solicitor Poe continues: It cannot be denied at this late day that one of the greatest problems that confronts the Southern States is the Negro problem. This problem exists not because of more race prejudice, but because experience and time have conclusively proved that the commingling of the white and colored races is an absolute impossibility and that any such attempt invariably leads to grawa public disorder. This recognized fact has resulted in the passage of a number of laws in various States enforcing separation of the two races in the schools, public conveyances, hotels, ions, theatres and other public places. Marriage between the races is also prohibited under severe penalty. But then Maryland is not a Southern State, and the Southern States in dealing with this so-called problem have never found it necessary to pass a race segregation ordinance such as is now a source of experiment in the city of Baltimore. It but emphasizes the claim of the Southerners that whenever Northerners attempt to deal with the race question, they make a "mess" of it just as President Taft is doing. The separation of the races in the South is only in name, for white men continue to "raise up children unto" Abraham, which children claim Negro women as their mothers and white men as their fathers Legislation of the character just mentioned has been invariably unheld as a proper exercise of the police powers possessed by the Sta notwithstanding the fact that in certain Northern States legislation prohibiting the separation of the races in schools, public conveyances and public places has been declared valid for the same reason. In other words, legislation of a diametrically opposite character, one enforcing the separation of the two races and the other prohibiting it, has been sustained on the same ground—to wit, the police power. The question that naturally suggests itself, therefore is why in some places it is held wrong to separate the races and in other places wrong to allow them to mingle. The answer is very simple. It is because in certain communities the maintenance of public order and the general welfare does not require or render proper or reasonable the separation, while in other communities a proper regard for public order and the general welfare does render such separation necessary. Such argument as this hardly needs a reply. It is in violation of every principle of both law and ethics and a man, blinded by race prejudice and the slave of his own passions could alone have been guilty of setting up such a plea. He forgets that the colored people do not own the hotels, the railroads, the street-cars and the other places to which he refers. He should understand that he now proposes to confiscate a man's own property by denying him the right to enjoy the benefit of that thing which he has purchased. When you go that far, you are encroaching upon the inherent rights of a citizen both black and white. He says further: I will not attempt to go into the various reasons that have been assigned by the courts in upholding legislation requiring the separation of the races in schools, public convenances and public places. All of these reasons when fairly and honestly analyzed are based upon the assumption and belief that because of irrefutable facts, well known conditions, inherent personal character lists and ineradicable traits of character peculiar to the races close association on a footing of absolute equality is utterly impossible between them wherever Negroes exist in large numbers in a white community and invariably leads to irritation fretting disorder and strife. The separation of the races enforced by law in public schools, on railroad trains in the street cars and in public places is found] on and supported solely by the considerations which I have just mentioned But the attorney errs when he falls to note the fact that the Constitution of the United States does not take notice of such racial characterization as those cited, but expressly forbids racial discriminations in favor of one citizen as against another, and that the discriminating against both races does not materially affect the situation any more than the denial of political rights to a white man could be used as a plea in justification for the denial of political rights to a colored one. The point is that political rights should not have been denied to either Solicitor Pod is quoted further Why should the State put itself to the extra expense of providing separate schools for the colored race? Why should common carriers be put to the extra expense of providing separate accommodations for the colored race. Why should marriage between the races be prohibited, unless it be that because in the communities where such legislation prevails the people actually know and correctly believe that the real welfare and the absolute protection and safety of the community depend upon the enforcement of such legislation? The ordinance which is now before you undoubtedly goes further than any adjudicated case that I have been able to find, but at the same time I have been unable to discover any case where such legislation has been declared illegal. None of these cases cited involve property rights—the rights and privileges of a citizen to occupy and THE CASE OF THE NEW YEAR TWO VIEWS AND A VERDICT THE years are all a bore to me. And I confess I cannot see Why any one should celebrate A mere new figure on the slate Of Time. The days just drag along; They're full of woe and pain and wrong. With only here and there a streak Of pleasure. Seven make a week, And thirty days a month we call, Twelve months a year, and—well, M. he benefited by the thing purchased. The colored citizen has not purchased a railroad or a hotel or a theatre or a street-car or a schoolhouse or a college as an individual, but when he buys a residence he owns it onlight, and so long as he is a citizen there is no power to prevent his occupancy of the thing purchased. On the other hand, the city DON'T look so gloomy, Mr. Grouch! Grouch! Your visage hurts a fellow—ouch! No use to wear a face a mile Or so in length. Do try to smile! Just take a glance at Mr. Grin And get his viewpoint—now, begin! This world of ours is middling fair; There's lots of space and light and And many other pleasant things Enjoyed by common folks and kings. Since life appears so dark to you Just get the sunshine point of view, And I say ten to one you'll find The world is comfy-like and kind. 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Sollicitor Poe than cities the Deres College case, which is not at all analogous to the questions under discussion. The college was not owned by the students. The educational department is in the hands of the State, and regulations of the students have been delegated to it for more than a decade. The individual right of a law-abiding citizen to reside within the confines of his own-home has never been questioned except by a mob, and it is strange that a Northern city like Baltimore should lead in the movement. If the City Solicitor cannot argue his cases with more legal ability than is shown. In this instance, we are forced to conclude that there is a dearth of legal ability in the Monumental City. It is gratifying, too, to realise that the law which is being used against the poor Negro today will be used against the poor white man tomorrow. The enacting of legislation of this description has always reacted upon the community which permitted it and has returned to plague the inventors. We do not now, and we have never taken, the Baltimore situation seriously. It shows that the colored people of Baltimore are increasing their real estate holdings and advancing in the financial centres of the world. White men who are envious are devising means to check this progress, but they might as well attempt to check the waves of the Atlantic with a showroom or to dam up a river with a shovel. It will stimulate other colored people to greater efforts, and they will buy block after block of real estate, pile up wealth in the banks of the country and finally be wealthy and influential enough to either make all of this outrageous legislation a dead letter or powerful enough politically to erase every veatige of it from the statute books of the States in which it has been enacted. Let there be no despair then. 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Our Store Force is Well Known, Polite; Courteous, Competent and ever ready to Serve You. We are expecting to see you at our Store and to receive a part of your Patronage—for We Have the Best Goods, at the Right Prices. . oi Respectfully, | : 7 CAPITOL SHOE & SUPPLY @O., 210 EAST BROAD ST. - RICHMOND, VA. OUR STORE FORCE—Miss CG, Burgess Kémp, Book-keeper and Lady Attendant; Mr. Bernard Allen, De- livery Clerk and Salesman; Mr. Lucious Storrs, Salesman; Mr. Joseph B. Dabney, Salesman and Collector; Mr. H. B. Phillips, Acting Manager; Mr. B. L. Jordan, Auditor; Mr. Thomas M. Crump, Secretary; Mr. R. T. Hill, President; Mr. W. A. Saustders, Vice-President. . DIRECTORS—R. T. HILL, THOMAS M. CRUMP, B. L. JORDAN, A. D. PRICE, DR. M. B. JONES, W. EB. RANDOLPH, EDWARD STEWART, ARMISTEAD WASHINGTON, M.C. RUFFIN, SAMUEL MORGAN, REV. W.L. TAYLOR, W. A. SAUNDERS. _ @& * - . nt ee oo aseaccnamesceeeecaee eo e a E OOO ee EE ae et en Praia ede wee een” eee Kiama ak rae SATURDAY, .DEOEMBER 81, 1910, £ditor Mitchelrs Long . Journey. ee — “ more we whiled away the timo and thon siridg of the scene wo board: ed; the car to return to Los An- goles, Mr. Eugeno Walker had in- . vited us and somo friends to tako an automobile ride thiough tho streets and suburbs of Los Angeles _ and we returned in plenty of time for the trip. Ho has becn in bust- ness as a tailor for soventeen yoazs. He employs 16 people, ono of whom 4s a Japanese, three colored aod tho othera white, Ho hos been mar- “rled ton years, and he payega ren: tal of one hundred and fifty dollars ‘a month, Ho began at twenty dol- lara per month fourtoon years ago, THE RESIDENCES OF THE MIL- LIONAIRES. Tho party consisted of Mr, Eugono ‘Walker, Rov. J.T. Hill, Mr. P.M. Roberts, Dr. Nolan asd the guest of the evening. Tho finest pars was . “isited and the section oceupied by ‘Millionaires, One placo was shown to us that contained a cathedral and an organ which cost a fortune, Od, this drivo tm the bracing alr of this ity of porpotual spring and summer time was indeed heavenly, and at times wo closed our eyes to wonder if this transition from bafd work in the East to easy rest in the West was 8 dream, an unreal fantesy that + Would pass away with tho coming of —the morning. A GORGEOUS ENTERTAINMENT. ¢ But wo were here in tho flesh with colored fridnds surrounding us, ‘where wo were “foot-loose.and fancy free.” ‘Tho trip ended, we found ‘ourselvos at tho “residence on @ cor- ‘nor, Tenth and Albany Streets, they aa Wo got out end walked up tho stops, An electric light shown : ia the porch, and with the opening of the door wo steppod in the pas . @age way, where we were astound- od for tho tlme being. Thero was sovery ovidonce of woslth and refine- “mint Tho tnside nttings were of hard wood. Tho doublo parlors had the appebraico of an East Indian home, with its rich “tapestries, its mahogany fittings, ite beautifully: ahadod clectric lights, it’s coatly par- lor furniture, a plaoo that rivallod tho famous ‘ono used by "Blind Tom.” \ AL WEALTHY WESTERNER. Mr. Robert’C wena, tho woalih- fest colored citizen on the Pacific coast, attired in a full dross suit, ushored 0s up to a bod-room, ad- mirably furnished, where ho onered us everything from a sult of under- woar to a collar, {f wo desired the, uso of ft after our evening's Urive. | ‘Wo were taken back, astounded at this evidence of luxury in the home: of a colored man. It was treatmont that fitted snugly in with the mag- nificent entertainment which had Deon accorded to vs by tho local whito committeo as a member of tho _ Amorican Bankers’ Association of tho Ualted States. * A'ROMARKABLE GREETING. "". We armnged our tollct and then down as tho guest of the evonlog to the magnificently decorated din- Sng room of the Owens’ mansion. Hero wo saw a table spread in keop- Ang with tho: best rules provaltiog io + ho leading hotola of the country. Wo ha beon in theso hotels and ‘we woro In a position to know. Even y the waiter wore a full dross suit and “we wore usherod to the right of ‘our host. would you boliove i? Here wo were recelving treatmont in wsccord and on a level with that ac- :,,corded to us by tho woaltby people, . of this countty. Here we wero in the ‘midst of colgrod’ friends, men ‘pt prominonce, culture and rofine- ‘mien, edueatod mon, : “} POWER BEHIND THE THRONE, Shes ie Mrs, Owons did not appear fur- {thor than to suporintond this sump- ;ataous ropaat tondered to the only jeoloted representative among that Svvaat gathoring of wealthy mon from Scaltover tho country. At cach plato ‘Savas a souvenir card, which bore tho ifiame of each guoat 20 that thoro Evéoukt not bo any contusion In tho gginsaienmonts, ‘Thoso who were thoro idiwere tto.host, Mr, Robert 0. Ow- “eng Mr, John dtitcholl, Jr., Mr. Ow: <iyeus Rendria, Rev. J. T. Hill, Ph. D., Captain FH. Crumbly, Dr. A, C. jooerett, Dr. J. 8. Outlaw, Mr. ¥. ty 2& Roberts, Mr. G. W, WickNtfo, Mr. Pride“Ws Palmer and Rev. Wi T. Clog- worn. 3 se A FRAST FOR THR GODS, ae “ks Bach guoat was sorved with & sewholo apring chickon, and thon tho sgeourses followed. Sparkling obam: j{pamie added to tho xcst of tho on yitectainment, end tho conversation Gybecame animated. Elevon o'clock “gamd! thon twelve “camo.eo quickly ERHARAt, soémed thst am hour hed b¢ J y@ome ‘only .Ofteen minutes Jong. Dr. (eBdoker, Ty“Waahington hai many "Sertenda ‘on the Pacifo conat, and the “donversation” finally gravitated to Be aia ghee te pe ee en i oe city to tho other Is known os “Bob Owens,” . A QUESTION OF RICHES, ‘Wo made an inquiry abont his tn- anclal condition. tt was whilo wo were ednyorsing with ono of the col- orod eltizgos. of this locality. “Well,”. #aid bo, “you seo. Bob Owens bas mado somo badq.inyoatments, but be da well-fodo.” “What Wo you aup- poso he fs watth?". we quoried, “I muppone,” sala ho, ‘that he and tia ‘yotheg, ara worth about $800,000," ‘While convorsing with Mi, Owens at ‘the tablo that aight, hq told of as Anetdont™in his career... WANTED TO -BUY WHOLE -> ° BUILDING, «> » He went into’ & saloon Kept dy «x whito man on one of tho prominont atreoté in Los Angoles, and bo and hin friond wore refused a drigk. He bashfully safd that this was- aoth- Ing to his credit, but the matter had so angorod him that ho wont to tho propristor of tho bulNing in which tho maloon was locavod and as- cortalued tho price of tha place. Hé tdok am option on it for $300,000, Whoh tho proprietor of the ‘saloon fepraud of it he wna mightily worrled and lont no time in finding Mr. Owens, who now had ft iy his powor to breqk-up biy buat: none, Tt ln noadlosé ta aay that he bad no troublo‘about being accdm. modated, fn. that ealoon again, Altor ébjoying that éumptnous’ re past, at Mr, Owens’, residence, we wore Toady ‘and willing tp bolleve that he was worth a million \ollars. LEAVING LOS ANGELES. Finally wo wero carrled to our lodging placo in the automobite of Dr. Outlaw, and within five minutos thereaftor wo were in tho “Land of Nod.” With tho dawn of Sunday camb tho tinal proparailons for our trip to San Francisco, and at 8 o'clock, surrounded by “ falthful friends, who. had boon onthustastio over our -slay hero, we walyod a tarowel? from tho end of- the pala- tia} ‘Pallmen Parlor car as {t* pulled out for an-alleiay and port of the night ride td Bah Franciacd,” ‘ ie —Bério the Now Year with your sudscription to The PLANET, GG Pe Os <li 5) en ERP 4 Cae ee Os To Bee Or Not to Soo is tho . Qaestton, + : If your eyes fool ‘paiatal, hot or uncomfortable, or if they grow weary while reading, sewing , iron- ingaor Jooking at near objecta of any kind, of if print «blurs, your eyesight Is defective, and should be attonded to. Tho sooner tho bot tor, { teat ayox free and At glansos and spectacios of all kinds. Lenses changed and repalr work of all Kinds dono. Satisfaction guaranteed Privato visits mado upon roquest. H. M. WILLIAMS, JR., Optomotrist, ‘& graduate from tho Nailonal Op- tleal College of St. Louls, Mo.,; also A Theological studént of Virginia Union Univoraity. Ofice, 617 N, Gecond Strost. Hour®; all day baturday and trom 2:20 to 6:20 o'clock other week days, ‘Phone, . Madison, 2817, What To Do. san —Start your subscription to The PLANET Now, Bogid with the New Year. Only $1.50 in advance. | Wants to Find Him. Wo would Stke to know tho where abouta of Richard Lewis, Jr. Ho ‘was Inst beard from March, 1909.. Ho was then at Portamonth, Va. Hin mother’s namo Is Harriet Lowis and bis father’s namo is Richard Lowis, Sr, all of North Bmporia, Va, If any one kbows of bia whoren- boute or can furnish any {nformation concerning him, pleaso write his parents ‘at North Emporia, Va, as they are very anzibus to find him. BOTHER YOU? Band COrnAS Yo Cons tor ovr Ae tosoptic Corn Plaster sud bo rellev- o¢. Why Suffer? Agente Wantod. VIRTUR RENRDY CO., 1001 N. Brositway, Balto, M4. Trial sane pe for Two Cent Stamp. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1910. PRIVILEGES OF FRIENDSHIP. To be told when to go home. To be joked about his personal appearance. To hear both sides of the family quarrel operately. To agree with both sides of the family quarrel when heard separately. To hear the completion of the family quarrel that he wishes his arrival had interrupted. To stay at home and take care of the children while the other guests are taken driving. To make himself at home in the library without having been given the key to the book shelves. To be reminded of his youthful situations in the presence of new and entertaining young women. To walk from the station, in rainy weather because it is so bad for the family horses to be out in the rain. To be given a small room in the attic so that the spare chamber may be ready for possible but unexpected company CONVERSATION. Conversation is one of the blights of civilization. The art of conversation is a lost one and the art of keeping still demands cultivation As a consequence the women talk about cooks and clothes, and the men about weather and women. Conversation may be divided into chats, arguments, piffle and palaver, with gossip and quarrels as side issues. The trouble is that were we to try to develop the art of keeping still we should immediately begin to talk about it. People spend thousands of dollars in education, in books, in travel, in theater tickets and all that in order to be able to carry on a conversation. Conversations are fortunately forgotten as soon as they are over, otherwise people would be so mortified over their inane remarks that they would seek new friends every day. The idea that when people meet it is necessary for them to talk has grown out of helpless self-distrust. Not over five out of a million people say anything when they converse.-Lito. POLAR PROVERBS. All's not a pole that glitters. He poles best who poles last. Too many Cooks spoll the pole. There's no pole like a north pole. Where there's a pole, there's a way. It's an ill wind that blows nobody north. Polar communications corrupt good manners. A friend at the pole is worth two in the bush. A discoverer is known by the company he keeps. One dash for the pole makes the whole world kin. A good claim is rather to be chosen than great riches. Don't count your records before they are watched.—Carolyn Wells in Judge. SOME SUPERSTITIONS. To find a horseshoe in the road is a sign of good luck. If you dream of snakes it is a sign you have an enemy. It is a sign you are going to be rich if you tumble upstairs. Six weeks after you hear the first katydid look for the frost. The bones of rheumatic persons ahoe when a storm is browing. Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. HEALTH AND HAPPINESS. Learn to rise early. Learn to eat slowly. Learn to retire early. Learn to love the open air. Learn to eat one hearty meal a day. Learn to look at things from another's point of view. ANVIL SPARKS. A sober husband makes a full larder. A bad man can never own anything that is freeworth. The bearer of good news always has a pleasant voice. No king can rule others who is not master of himself. Indecision is a robber with a dagger under his cloak. If your life is not a blessing to others, it will curse you. The man whose god is money never has any mercy on himself. The lazy man always believes there is no hill which is not steep. It is not hard to please God when we devote all our time to it. It is hard to understand how a grateful man can be a stingy one. The man who is not honest in his religion is not to be trusted in a horse trade. Living without a plan is as foolish as going to sea without a compass on the ship. Don't have much to say about how bad you have been until you have gotten entirely over it. It would make everybody richer to know what God is to you, if you have been born of the Spirit—Exchange. SENTENCE SERMONS. Ideals live only as we strive toward them The fad of one cannot be the faith of all. Heaven sends some burdens just for ballast. A plious eloquence is not always an eloquent plety. There never was an argument equal to an affection. People who are rich in heart never put their money there. Often the clock that strikes loudest is farthest off the time. The pleasures of folly never come up to the promise of the pictures. A chilly manner is not the best preparation for a warmer climate. The habit of prayer can get to mean as little as the habit of profanity. One trouble with the grave stone ticket to glory is that it is printed too late. Some men believe you cannot enjoy life's berries unless you eat its briars. Religion is a poor thing if you never enjoy it till you get into trouble. It is always easier to straighten out the truth than it is to line up with it—Chicago Tribune. De dead easy chap is hard to get along with. It's all right fer man to be alone if he's watched clost enough. De boss works when he feels like it. Dat's when we work—when he feels like it. Leave it to a girl for winnin' her point, or throwin' the point on the floor an' stoppin' on it. Don't you believe it; a barkin' dog will bite all right if he thinks he can get out of the way of a No. 9 boot. De elevator kid may have his nips and downs, but he wants to remember he's gettin' his passage paid both ways. Always Losing His Boat. A colored man calling himself, "Captain John E. Simpson" and at times sailing under other names has been persistently swimming both white and colored people in Norfolk, Portamouth, Newport News and Phoebus. His plan has been to represent that he has money in a colored bank in this city. He gets his victim to write to John Mitchell, Jr., President and toll him to send him six hundred and fifty dollars or some like amount at once to the person who is writing the letter or advancing him a small sum of money until he has gotten his money from Richmond. He alleges that he is captain of a sailing vessel, which according to his letters has been lost near Thimble Light off Buckroo Beach and as he has been carrying on this kind of swindling for about two years, that boat is presumably wrecked every two or three weeks. He asks that the letter be sent to him in care of the person who advances the money. He never comes back to see if the money comes as he directs. We have written continuously to the people, who send these letters, but we have had quite a time to keep up with him. Keep clear of Captain John E. Simpson or anybody who looks like him. Gems In Verse LONELY. By my reading chair tonight, And an army needs commanding. And I need you. There's a dolly soundly sleeping on the couch where it was left. Dugge loosely watch I'm keeping, For the old home saxophone boref. There's a souped cap still lying On the floor, where it was thrown. In the kitchen sport is trying. Can you hear the bum? But he quiets it off to wander. To my side and sniff my hand. Even dogs, I think, can ponder When they do not understand. It is so still and quiet It is so still and quiet And so empty now in her ear Gone is all their riot And their ringing shouts of cheer. Een the Teddy bear sits solemn In a grave and stolid way, Just as though he'd like to call 'em— Call 'em back again to play. There are times when I have scolded And have checked them, but tonight Were these arms about them folded. I should count their noise delight. Oh. I like once more to kiss them And them in fidelity. Dless the children! How we miss them Through the weeks they are away! —Detroit Free Press. THE WOMAN'S PORTION. FROM the coast of Brittany. Father feets stand out to sea, Golden in the sunshine gliding. Watched by loved ones tenderly. FROM their crust caverns rushing. Down the storm winds sweep and hushing For the moment whispered prayer, Grind the fleet in maddened crushing! FROM the coast of Brittany Fisher wives peep out to sea, Hearing in the surge wild roaring Streams of shipwrecked agony. THUS forever will it be With the toilers of the sea, Fear and dread in every corner, Fear and dread and tragedy! -Thomas Quinn Beesley. NEW STATES. Two new stars soon to join the rest That shine upon our flag. Two new states with power and all. To prove that we do not lag In the nation's march with the world to day. But that, youngest of the great, We've passed the oldest of them all. And foremost is our state. The ones that came to the 'Union first Found a nation weak and small. Brought it right before us. To break its setters' thrall. With all it held staked on that throw Against the force of might. Its only strength above that force Its consciousness of right. The two that come to the Union now Find a nation vast and strong. Rich and free, with power to fight And conquer foreign wrong. And find few A nation grown from those first, few states Where is life storm fiercely broke, As the hidden strength in the acorn small Spreads out in the mighty oak. Jon Wink THE WRONG ROAD. WE walked along the plaid ways Of sweet content and simple things, And before we stretched the days, Quiz me, Quiz me, Quiz me, Ah, give me back that time before. Ere love drove friendship from the door. FOR as we walked we turned aside Into a narrow, tortuous lane Where bamming paths the roads divide And joyous brambles prick to pain. Then first I saw, with quick surprise, The strange new look in friendship's eyes. AND now in one stupendous dream We wander through the purple glades. Which love has tinted with the gleam Of wonderful, enchanting shades. But we saw it all at once. For those dear hours of friendship's day, —Eleanor Ester. A LOST INSPIRATION. STATED one day at the mirror, I was weary of rats and puffs, And my fingers wandered idly Over the curls and fuffs. I know not what I was building Or what I was mimicking. But I struck a sort of colfure Like the head of an Aztec king. It flooded my brow and temples In a most expansive way, And it lay on my cerebellum Like an overweight ton of hay. It fell into puffy billows, Like that foolish old silk floss. It seemed a harmonious jumble Of excolator and moss. It linked all my marcel wavings Into one humpy heap. Then coiled in a colly poly, Like a kitten going to sleep. I have sought, but I seek it vainly, That that colfure so fine That came from the head of an Aztec And decorated mine. It may be in some shop window That style I can yet procure. And it may be in a shop I shall find that grand collure. -Carolyn Wells in Life. A WARNING. One greatest good, no power can break thy clasp. Only self, stopped to knobber uest. May cheer the of the will to seek the best. -Century Magazine. A PRAYER. TEACH me, Father, how to go Softly as the grasses grow. Hush my soul to meet the shock Of the wild world as a rock. But my soul with power, Make as simple as a flower. Let the dry heart fill its cup. Like a poppy looking up. Let life lightly wear her crown. Like the poppy looking down When the sun is filled with dew And its life begins snow. Teach me, Father, how to be Kind and patient as a tree. Joyfully crickets crown Under shade as night. Beetles, on his mission bent, Tarries in that cooling tent. Let me, also, cheer a spot. Hidden field or garden grot- Place where passing souls can rest On the way and be best. —Edwin Markham. --- EVER NOTICE IT? ANGELENS they love to tell Of the fish they didn't catch; Our wives of the men with whom They might have made a match. AND if this isn't true I hope I may be burnt— The fish and the husbands caught Aren't a patch on the ones that worn. —Boston Transcript. Start the New Year right. Select your agent-now! If you select me/you will receive fair, square and honest service. B. A. CEPHAS, Agent, 602 N. Second St. 3 WE WHISKEY GALLONS EPAY $5.95 EXPRESS 100 PROOF This Whiskey is 100 in proof, 100 per cent pure, 100 per cent honest, 100 per cent straight. It's not a compound, nor an imitation, nor a blend. It's just genuine, pure, honest, strong light. 100 proof Whiskey, distilled by honest southern people. It's the best in the United States and there's no use in telling a loog story about its goodness. It after looking the same you are not satisfied with the quality, we will buy it back and charge a thing for the for $100 you send your friends drink up. We good money and trade which explains our give-away prices. 3 Gallons [Express Paid] - $5.95 4 Gallons [Express Paid] - $7.75 12 Quarts [Express Paid] - $6.65 ATLANTIC COAST DIST CO JACKSONVILLE FLY. PICHMONDA FT. SMITH ARK FORD'S HAIR POMADE THE OLD RELIABLE DRESSING FOR KINNY OR CURLY HAIR, IT USE MAKES STUBBORN, HASR Hair SOTTER, MORE PLIABLE AND GLOSSY, EASY TO CASH AND PUT UP ANY STYLE THE LENGTH WILL PERMIT WRITE FOR TESTIMONIES, MOTHER HOW THIS REMARKABLE BEMIDY MAKES SHORT, KINNY HAIR GROW, LONG AND WAVY. BEST FOOT MADE ON THE MARKET FOR DANBURF, FISHING OF THE SCALP AND FALLING OUT OF THE HAIR. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, GET THE GOURMET PUT UP IN 25+ AND 50+ BOTTLES WITH CHARLES FORD'S NAME ON EVERY PACKAGE. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS. IF YOUR DRUGGIST CANNOT SUPPLY YOU WE WILL SEND IT TO YOU DIRECT AT THE FOLLOWING PRICE, SHALL SIZED BOTTLE, 25+ LARGE SIZED BOTTLE+, THE OZONIZED OX MARROW CO. 216 LAKE SL DEPT. 101 JOKAGO, TLL. AGENTS WANTED. Phone, Monroe-0668. Office Hours: 8 A. M. to 6 P. M. DR. P. B. RAMSEY, SURGEON DENTIST. Office: Mechanic's Savings Bank Building, Rooms 201-5, 2nd Floor. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. S. W. ROBINSON 19 & 21 N. 18TH ST. Dealer in Fine Wines, Liquors, Cigars; &c. ALL STOCK SOLD AS GUARANTEED. PROMPT ATTENTION. Your Patronage Is Respectfully Solicited. OUR GALENDAERS FOR 1911. 一 We have a complete line of Calendars for 1911 from the J. W. Butter Paper Company of Chicago, Ill. They are the latest designs and will meet with favor from every one who will take the time to examine them. Call at our office and see them. Nelson's Hair-Dressing can be secured from the agent, Mr. Joseph Evans. 3803 Webster Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa. A. Dayes, A. Dayes, Office and Waro-Rooms, 727 NORTH SECOND STREET. Residences, 725 N. 2nd BL. First-stage Hacks and Caikets of All Descriptions; I have a Spire Room for BODIES when the Family have not a suitable Place. All country Ortates are Given: Special Attention, Your Special Attention is called to the New Style OAK CASEMENT, Call And See Me and You shall be Waited on individually. Thomas, Madison 8788. Knights of Pythias, This organization is one of the most powerful in the country and its progress has been phenomenal. The Grand Lodge of Virginia has jurisdiction over all of the cities and counties in this state. Thirty males are required to organize a new lodge. The benefits paid constitute one of its strongest features, but the principles are greater than anything else. Founded on Friendship, based on Charity and established on Benevolence, the respectable, upright people of the state will find it an order worthy of their heartiest support. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of of $200.00 for all ages. It pays $4.00 per week sick dues. The badge costing 75 cents each is the absolutely necessary regalia. For information concerning the organization of lodges only at the main office. The Courts of Calanthe Is the Female Department of the Order. It requires a membership of thirty persons to organize a court. Its members are pledged to exhibit Fidelity, exercise Harmony and prove Love one for the other. It pays an endowment and burial benefit of $150.00. It pays $3.00 per week slick dues. The only expense for regalia is the cost of the badge, 50 cents and a rosette, costing 25 cents for funeral occasions. For all information concerning special rates of membership in the lodges and courts, address John Mitchell, Jr. 311 N. 4th Street. Nothing on earth is so valuable as a human mind. If a diamond is worth polishing at great trouble and cost, much more is the mind of a boy or young man worth all the polishing that the schools can give it. The best education is not too good for a promising youth. Who would choose a poor physician to save a few cents when health is in danger? And who would choose an inferior school to save a few dollars when a better school will increase the strength of character and of mind for life and prepare one for a larger usefulness? IT HAS A FINE ACADEMY course including manual training for those who have completed ITS COLLEGE COURSE is broad and complete. Its requirements and standing are as high as those of any college for white youth in the State, according to the rating of the Carnegie Bros. THE THEOLOGICAL QUERRE for many years been the standard course for colored Baptist Schools. Harbor, Greek and all the regular subjects given in Northern Seminaries are given here. One hundred students for the ministry are enrolled in different departments at the school. ITS MORE GRANITE BUILDINGS, its finest equipped adence laboratories, its library of 12,000 volumes, its able facility and its full sources of study enable Virginia Union University to offer colored young men an education equal to that enjoyed by the favored of other races. For further information, address the President, VIRGINIA UNION UNIVERSITY. FROHMOND, VIRGINIA. ISHAM MANN & Co., Underfaker, 9 E. Duval St., Richmond, Va. First Class Service. High Grade Caskets at the Lowest Prices. All Orders Attended Promptly—Either Day or Night. 'Phone, Monroe 2400. Residence, 115 E. Leigh St. THIGHS OF PYTHAS 1890 The Court Is the Female Department of the thirty persons to organize a co- Fidelity, exercise Harmony and an endowment and burial be- dues. The only expense for m a rosette, costing 25 cents for For all information concernin John 3 Nothing on earth is so valuable as a ha- as great trouble and cost, much more is the publishing that the schools can give it. The youth. Who would choose a poor physician And who would choose an inferior school to increase the strength of character and of perilousness? Dormitory, Virginia Va. Union Offers the Best H COLORED V IN HAS A FINE ACADEMY course la- completed because schools adhere it. 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H F Jonathan FISH, OYSTERS AND PRODUCE. 114 N. 17th St. RICHMOND, FL ALL ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION. Long Distance 'Phone, Madison-752. BLACKWELL & BRO. PRACTICAL HOUSE AND RIGH PAINTERS, GRAINING AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS. All Work Guaranteed. Cards, Letters or Orders. Give Us a Trial. You Will Never Negotiate It. 608 St. Peter Street, Hildenhall, Fax Telephone, Madison-6633. JURGEN'S SON Before making your purchase you would do well to call at the most reliable furniture house in the city and see the fine line of REFRIGERATORS, MATTINGS, OIL-CLOTHS And in fact everything that is needed in house furnishings, RUGS AND CARPETS Of every description; also the latest designs in ROCKERS and special CHAIRS Our goods are the best for the price and the price is very low. C. G. JURGEN'S SON, ADAMS AND BROAD STRINGS HEY PLANET Resumos Its Position as Favorite For Children's Dresses. By Far the Most Economical Material For General Wear, as It is Strong and Does Not Show Stains. The old favorite plaid is again here. It has one reliable point in the popularity accorded to different fabrics—after short rests this satisfactory material lgbà up serenely and successfully takes its wearer through a season. The covered surface is dirt defying, it is effectively dilled with plain ma- 12 terials in a dress, and it gives a smart trimming for velvet, cloth or silk. For little girls plaid is always good style. When trimmed with plain collar and cuffs or with one toned bands of contrasting color it can be made distinctive and modish. In Paris some of the finest coats and dresses are exploited in paid by the leading houses that make children's garments. Among the styles on this line frequently seen are brown plaid coats. The texture is usually rough, with a stripe of blue. A deep collar, forming a hood at the back, is of plain blue garge. A silk, mussel hangs from the hood, and the coat fastens in front with one large bone button. Another idea, suitable for a girl from fourteen to twenty years old, is a suit of plain blue serge trimmed with blue and green plaid. This forms a deep sailor collar and supple revers edged with a band. Turned back cuffs and a broad band on the skirt are used to complete the idea of the touch of plaid. Hero is a practical idea of trimming last year's suit. Purchase a remnant of plaid and use as suggested. The entire appearance can be altered by the introduction of this favorite material. Browns and greens form the smaller plaid for the young girl in the military suit which is here illustrated. The jacket buttons at the side under braid ornaments and by hooks and eyes under the flap at the top. This braided effect is repeated on the skirt. A small collar and straight cuffs are of plain brown cloth. With this is worn a military hat of velvet, turned up in three sections and ornamented with a plaited fan of gold tissue. A last suggestion is a combination of two remants, which always hold a message of hope for home dressmakers. Scotch plaid is used with a band of plain blue on the lower part of the skirt and outlining the yoke and sleeves. The jacket worn with this one piece frock is of plain dark blue surge trimmed, with a plain collar and with an insertion of plaid on the outer edge of each cuff. The jacket is short, the revers large, and the whole costume gives an effect of a tailored suit, but it can be made at home. Paris sends these plaid-suggestions to America with her sanction. It is for you to follow along the many colored way—just for a reliable and becoming change. To Clean Irons. When irons begin to grow rough and smoky rub them well on a board on which has been sprinkled a little fine salt. This will prevent them from gliding to starched articles and will make them quite smooth. It is a good plan to rub each iron on the board before putting it back to heat, so that no starch will remain to be burnt on. When ironing starched things rub the data over with a cloth slightly moistened with paraffin before using. It makes them slip over the surface like magic. To Clean Embroidery. Dip a cottony hair brush in spirit of wine and brush all over the emi- brushy until it is quile clean. The brush should be frequently rinsed in some spare spirits in another glass to remove the dirt. The embroidery need not be taken off the garment or piece. BLACK AND BLUE Combination is Extremely Popular and is Becoming to Both Old and Young. Black combined with royal or natter blue is to be very popular this season. The great advantage of this mixture of colors is that it is becoming alike to fair and dark women, whether young or of advancing years, and it is always more or less in favor. Models of the great houses are often simple in design, the reason of their artistic effect resulting from the disposition of trimming, so that a woman of moderate income, but unerring taste, can work wonders by planning out her own frocks. For afternoon wear a bit of gold in addition, wonderfully enliven a dress and is generally becoming to the complexion. Gold embroidery and lace are immensely in vogue. If a black house dress be chosen soften it with a line of blue at t.ep. of the collar or several rows of chain stitch in gift thread. A gold dangling collar at the base of the throat or a turquoise or aquamarine pendant makes all black less trying and removes the suggestion of mourning. Unrelieved black is not, as a rule, becoming, and least of all to the woman past her first youth. Turn, therefore, to the touch of blue. The Umbrella. A badly rolled up umbrella, besides looking unsightly, does not wear half so long as it ought to. The process of rolling an umbrella is very simple. The majority hold it by the handle and keep twisting the stick with one hand, while with the other they twist and roll the silk. Instead of this they should take hold of the umbrella just above the ribs of the cover. These points naturally lie evenly with the stick. They should be kept hold of and pressed tightly against the stick, and then the cover should be rolled up. Holding the ribs thus prevents them from getting twisted out of place or bending out of shape, and the silk is bound to follow evenly and roll smooth and tight. If an umbrella is rolled in this same fashion until it is old enough to look rusty it will look as if newly bought. A DAINTY NEGLIGEE. Many Inexpensive Ways of Copying This Simple and Attractive Little Dressing Book. 2 A charming model for a dressing sack is pictured here, and, while it is effective, the construction is so simple that even inexperienced persons need not hesitate to attempt it. To copy it for the average woman in materials twenty-seven inches wide three and one-quarter yards will be needed. Of goods thirty-six inches wide two and one-quarter yards will be sufficient. Developed in this style for autumn and winter wear, cashinere, albatross, herretta, French flannel or challis 5 will be satisfactory. When a material less expensive is wanted flannelte, cotton crape or wool and cotton mixtures may be used. The yoke and sleeves are cut in one, and to the lower edge of the yoke is joined the piece that completes the waist. This is done by means of an ordinary seam that offers an outline for trimming. A broad collar and a tie at the waist finish the garment. There are several inexpensive and easy ways that this jacket may be trimmed. For example, blins hands of material piped with a contrasting color arranged to outline the edge of the sack, collar, sleeves and yoke would be inexpensive ornamentation. Bands of soft silk edged with fenthern stitching and worked with Frenoch knots would be exceedingly pretty on dainty light colored goods. On dark materials hands of Persian in rich oriental colors would be pleasing, or bands of plain material in a matching color could be elaborated with a little handwork. A negligee of china silk or crepe de chine would be attractive if trimmed with frills of soft lace and the yoke outlined with a band of the silk. At the Rabatrack. "Why did you scratch that hornet?" "Because I have an itching for gain." THE RICHMOND PLANET, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. COMBINATION UNDERWEAR. A Very Large Variety of Soft Materials Is Available For Making These Highly Popular Garments. Combinations in underwear were once the privilege of the rich alone, but now such pretty things can be purchased in quite moderately priced grades, which, especially in this "tubular" season, most of us are willing and anxious to avail ourselves of. The corset cover and drawers combination is by far the most popular. The drawers have deep yokes, to which are attached large circular flounces, thus providing enough skirt fluff and lace to admit of the omission of the short underskirt. Often the drawers are slashed at the sides and finished with narrow wash ribbon. Corset covers of this sort are made rather full, gathered in at the waist line or in the tight fitting style favored by stout women. This combination is often made in all over English eyelid embroidery, which allows the corset cover to be made in one piece and the embroidery pattern to extend the entire length of the drawers flounce. The correct cover and drawers combination is made also with a deep yoke and a flounce, the latter on the skirt this time. This model is popular with women of slight build. Under the same head comes the princess slip, which is by no means confined in use to the lingerie princess gown. On the other hand, its employment of darts and goes in the skirt makes it suitable for wear with any tight fitting skirt. For the princess slip the favorite materials are lawn, batiste and china silk. The waist and shirt are often elaborately trimmed with lace, embroidery and ribbon. Three piece models are infrequent because of the tightness of the styles, but are sometimes adopted by slender women. Chemises are still in favor, especially in soft, finished materials, in a plainly embroidered French cut model. Some, of course, are made elaborate by means of lace edging and insertion. For all these combination garments soft, sheer goods are chiefly in favor this season. Bastiste, nainsoo, china silk, cotton crape, soft finished cambric, handkerchief linen and Persian lawn are all seen. Lace and hand and piece embroidery are all popular as trimming. The Bath Robe. It is getting cold enough now to think of the new bath robe that serves many women in place of a kimono in winter. Blanket material is, of course, a favorite. It is cut perfectly plain without trimming and is fastened with a heavy cord and jacket at the waist. Gray, blue and gartet With white or black are popular shades. Ripple elderdown is another staple material, sometimes trimmed with soutache braid or with appliqué designs in broadcloth. Turkish towelling in extra thicknesses is seen in the brighter colors, and fleecedown and flannelette are not unknown. Many of these are faced or piped with bands of satin in contrasting colors, which give them a smartness they would otherwise lack. For Blunted Solissors. When your scissors become blunted and require sharpening, take an ordinary knife, upon which place the scissors as if in the act of cutting. By drawing the steel along the blades in this manner several times you will bring your scissors again into good condition. THE SHORT COAT. The short cont, so many of which are in the box style, is one of the most popular of this season's models, and the length thirty inches is the one most used. The model shown is gored to the shoulders. The long lines thus obtained add much to the general effect. Two sections, in each front, a plain back and two side backs, with the underarm gore, make up the garment. The sailor collar is on everything this year, and a very handsome addition it makes to this coat. The sleeves are the two seam coat model, slightly gathered in the armhole and finished with a plain cuff. Any of the heavy mannish materials, serge, chevot or broadcloth, would be suitable for the coat, and the collar may be made of the same and trimmed with braid or made of satin or velvet. PREVENT MILK · FEVER. May Develop Even After Prescautions Have Been Taken, and Regular Outfit For Treatment Should Be On Hand. To a great extent it is possible to prevent milk fever by using cars in drying off the cow, providing she is han- died up to and through the parturition period in a most careful manner. No large amount of milk should ever be left in the udder when the cow is dried off. An excellent precaution against milk fever is to give the cow a pound of eposum salts in a half gallon of warm water a day or two prior to freshening. If the salts are given in the form of a drench great care should be taken not to strangle the cow. It is much safer and more advisable to use a probang (a long tube made for the purpose by veterinary houses), which will carry the medicine direct to the stomach. But no system of prevention has yet been learned that is absolutely certain to guard off milk fever at all times and under every condition. Cows that give a large flow of very rich milk may and often do have milk fever even when every precaution has been taken. The only safe method of handling milk fever is to use the precautions above outlined and then have on hand a milk fever outfit, so that if the precautions fail the cure may be administered at once. The outfit consists essentially of a thin tube for insertion in the text and a rubber bulb to squeeze the air through the tube, with some filtering attachment to purify the air that pumped into the udder There was a time when 88 per cent of the cows which were attacked with milk fever died. At the present time, by the use of the simple air treatment, at least 88 per cent of the cows having milk fever may be saved if the air is pumped into their udders in a clean manner and thoroughly before the case has reached advanced stages. So simple is this treatment and so certain it is a cure that dairymen are now enabled to feed their cows much better during their resting period before freshening and as a result have their cows in so much better condition of flesh, stamina and strength stored up that they are enabled to secure much better work from their cows than they were in the past, when it was necessary to keep the cows in a poor condition to eliminate the danger of losing them from milk fever KEEPS PAINT BRUSH WET. Arrangement of Wire Drawn Over Top of Pail Will Keep the Brush Submerged. The accompanying drawing illustrates a very simple device adapted to suspend a brush in a paint-pail so that Wire Holder-Paint Brush. the bristles will be submerged in the paint and thus be prevented from drying. It consists of a wire frame adapted to be supported on the top of the pull and bent back upon itself a number of times to form fingers, between which the paint brushes may be secured at any point desired. Fit the Cow For Winter More than at any other season the milk cow now needs a plentiful supply of feed. She is preparing to go into the winter season and should do so in her best physical condition. It is much easier and more profitable to keep an animal in good condition than it is to put her in such condition Dairy Notes Milk or cream that has become warm should never be poured back into the bottle of cold milk. What fifth is dissolved in the milk will remain to soil it and injure the flavor and keeping qualities. The percentage of fat in the milk of a cow is evidently fixed by two things—viz. breed and individuality. With the year around drying good stables are necessary, where the cows can be fed and milked in a comfortable place. When cows are given less food than they require for maintenance and production the milk production must suffer or the cow. A cow should have at least six weeks vacation between milking periods. If she is milked constantly she will not last long. A nervous cow is preferable to a stolid one. The chances are that she will give more and better milk than her dull, mopish sister. It is of supreme importance that the dairy stock should be handled gently. Wild and intractable animals are usually the result of hard handling. "Don't you believe the husband is the head of the house, and should have the final say?" "Certainly I do." "Then why don't you come out in the open and say so?" "A St. Louis girl wore men's clothing in order to escape sultans. I would never do that!" "You would never need to, dear." Long Engagements. "Do you manage to keep a new cook long?" "Ok, yes; we have kept one hours at a time." The Problem of Blouses to Go With Tailor Mades. Gauze Generally Being Used to Vell Fabrics—Dull Gold Highly Popular For Hats as Well as Dresses. The blouse for tailor suits seems to play a great part in the wardrobe of the fashionable woman this season. No matter what kind of jacket is worn, when it is removed a dainty, pretty corsage or blouse must show itself, and with many of the jackets that have directoire revere the front of the blouse 2 is much in evidence and therefore must always be presentable. Afternoon frocks are all made in one, the old style our grandmothers found so convenient, and as a consequence need no other finish. These blouses are made with a tiny transparent guimpe over white mousseline covered with lace or figured net in which are run gold or silver threads. When women invest largely in blouses the garment has much handwork in the way of embroidery on the second layer, or even the third or outside layer is touched with embroidery, but the softest and prettiest effect has the outside almost bare save for soutache. The sleeves of the kimono shape are one with the shoulder, the seams being under the arms and the blouse opening in the back. Many women are still wearing their fingerleaks and have ships of different colored mousseline to slip over a white blouse. A great deal of lace is put on evening robes robes venetian, milan and rose point-all imitations if one does not care to pay a handful of money, and imitations are almost as exquisite as the real lace. These laces are so threaded with gold or silver that the effect is like jeweled or chiseled work. Then a great deal of dark fur is used on evening dresses in very narrow-bands, and skirt is preferred. As with afternoon frocks, there is no longer any armhole. Handsome blouses are being made of black mousseline over black satin. The shape is severely plain, and on the inside or second layer of the mousseline there is a quantity of embroidery done with dull gold. The emplacement or yoke is of the softest white lace, and the effect is most gratifying There is nothing really new in the little gown pictured, and yet in a good shop patronized by well dressed Americans and French the dress has had great success. It is rather graceful. The long lines are just what the Frenchwoman is seeking "The dress makes a woman appear young. The material is ratline, of that dye so much sought in Paris the past years known as taupe or mouse color. The revers, trimming on sleeves, belt and piece running down the front are of gatin in a darker tone. The plaiting of the skirt runs to the back width only. The effect of the back is very pretty, being nothing but a big double box plait, commencing at the waist. Ratline is so soft and rich that it does not need trimming, and really the best finish is stitching. While beautiful and seductive, no matter what color is used, the contourers are honest enough to advise their customers not to invest in more than one gown. Ratline spots with rain; it soon loses its velvety finish, and wear makes it thicken. A color that is more or less used in millinery this season is lappi lazuli, or a dull gray blue. Then there is all blue velvet or beaver hair for morning wear, and very charming they are. To be modish this color must be no blue that it is almost black. It goes, then, with the navy in dress goods, for never was navy blue so black as it is this winter. The hat in the picture is of velvet the shade of the trimming on the gown—a dark taupe. The quills are of the exact tone; also the enameled buckle. The fur is chinchilla, which is sometimes used as a special order to go with a gray dress. What He Had Done. "I'd be ashamed to beig if I was a big, healthy-looking man like you" said the sarcastic woman. "You ought to look for a job of some kind. Have you done anything at all during the past year?" "Yes, ma'am, I buy," answered the snunk hobb, meekly. "I just finished doof! thirty days, ma'am." 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Write at stucc to INDUSTRIAL ICON-THANNING BOROUGH Bex 540 Southern Phasas, Maize County, ND NO FAILURE HERE. THE MECHANICS' SAVINGS BANK Has steadily increased its deposits in the face of the business failures of others. It stands ready and willing to pay over on demand to timid depositors every dollar they have with us. This proves our ability to meet our obligations. It means that we have the backing and the collateral which enable us to walk upright. Now is the Time to Begin Saving. We Have Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent. They are proof against all kinds of disaster. A Limited Amount of Stock on Sale. For All Information, Apply to JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. ```markdown ``` WE HAVE THE BANK SAFES FOR YOUR OWN HOME, IN WHICH YOU CAN SEE THE MONEY GROW Persons who have LOST their MON EX in Other Institutions, which were not so Sound as Ours, can BORROW MONEY HERE. We Receive Money On Deposit, and We LOAN MONEY On Demand Polite Attention Prompt Service. We are Members of the American Bankers' Association of the United States. Our Correspondents are the National Park Bank of New York, with Deposits Aggregating Ninety nine Million Dollars and the American National Bank of Richmond, Va. with Deposits Aggregating Four Million Dollars. We are Conducting Business on Modern Banking. Principles, and We Have the Backing to Ensure Success ```markdown ``` A Lim JOHN MITCHELL, JR., President. JOHN MITCHELL, JR. E. R. JEFFERSON. JOHN R. CHILES. R. W. WHITING. 1 VIEW OF THE INTERIOR OF THE BANKING ROOM. Seen from the top of the Vestibule. The Vault Door Closed. The metal in the Vault weighs 38 tons, outside is 12 inches of concrete including porcelain brick. The white Italian Marble Clock has United States Observatory Time, being electrically set and adjusted from Washington, D. C. No Wild-Cat Banking Here. OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS: H. F. JONATHAN, Vice-President. THOMAS H. WYATT, Cashier. THO D. J. CHAVERS. J. J. CARTER. W. F. GRAHAM. A. D. PRICE. JOHN T. TAYLOR. P. B. RAMSEY. THOMAS M. CRUMP. H. L. JACKSON. J. J. CARTER. A. D. PRICE. P. B. RAMSEY. H. L. JACKSON. ```markdown ``` THESE FIGURES TELL THE STORY. Gross Resources, as Shown and Reported to the Banking Department State Corporation Commission: November 10, 1010, $214,085.20 September 1, 1010 188,826.10 Increase in Two Months, $25,259.07 DEPOSITS. November 10, 1010, $173,808.33 September 1, 1010 153,050.19 Increase in Two Months $20,812.14 Lily or All resident. AS. M. CRUMP, Secretary THOMAS H. WYATT. H. F. JONATHAN. THOMAS SMITH.