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FIFTY YEARS. (A Song of Emancipation, 1863-1913) By LUCIAN B. WATKINS. Lo! fifty years of gains and losses, Fifty years. Of blessed joys and cruel crosses, Fifty years; But, we have kept our souls o'er singing. And sheaves of life we still are bringing. For unto faith we have been clinging Fifty years. Our palsied limbs have grown and strengthened, Fifty years. The measures of our minds have longthened, Fifty years; Since we have felt our hands un fettered. And had our reasons trained and lettered. Ah, surely, surely, we are bettered Fifty years! The reaches of our thoughts have heightened, Fifty years. Our darkling lives have been en- lightened, Fifty years; Our hearts have kept the upward yearning. Our aspirations have been burning. As sunns above our fields of earning, Fifty years. Our wounded spirits have been healing Fifty years. Yet newer pain we have been feeling Fifty years; Our fates and fortunes have been shifting. But we have dreamed the dreams unplifting. And light has through our clouds been lifting. Fifty years. We've felt the noble need of living, Fifty years. And grown a little more forgiving, Fifty years; We've raised our aims a little higher. And felt within the fervent fire That to our goal has brought us higher, Fifty years. But, we have felt less need of sighing, Fifty years. A little less afraid of dying, Fifty years; Our eyes have grown a little brighter, Our grip of zeal a little tighter. For right we've grown a braver fight- We've seen upon the mount of Duty Fifty years. Immortal visions-grand in beauty. Fifty years. Our purest efforts have been standing. And building for the heights commanding. We've felt our wings of worth expanding, Fifty years. We've had our Douglas!—loved his teaching. Fifty years. And tried to mount his upward reaching, Fifty years. We've viewed the grave of John Brown sleeping. (That Stephen stoned to our sad weeping.) And felt the honor oer him sweeping Fifty years. In spite of odds, we have been racing Fifty years. And tracks of swiffer runners tracing Fifty years: Fifty years; In spite of weights of woe apalling. In spite of stumbling and of falling.— "On! on!" we've heard the mighty bailing. Fifty years. In spite of all the ways of evil. Fifty years. We've somehow follied the scheming Devil. Fifty years; We've broken barriers of iron, Have beaten back the warring lion, And moved a little nearer Zion. Fifty years. Our ship of progress has been parting, Fifty years. Fifty years. The threatening waves of danger starting. Fifty years; Our flag of Freedom has been streaming. Above where high our hopes are gleaming. Our breaths of labor have been steaming. Fifty years. Life!—we have paid for thee thy wages. Fifty years. Have written in thy Book of Ages. Fifty years; Thy deeds of Truth we have been sounding, Uprooting Ignorance confounding, And Character eternal mounding, Fifty years: O, surely, Time, thou didst not sprinkle, Fifty years, Our altar with the blood of Lincoln, Fifty years; And all in vain! Surely a hearing Of all our prayers, today, is nearing, And that our skies have been but clearing, Fifty years. World! thou hast seen and read our story, Fifty years, Whate'er it is of shame or glory, Fifty years; Whate'er our virtues and our sinnings Whate'er our failures and our win- nings, Whate'er our outings and our innings, Fifty years. MADAM SIVILLA ELLEN BRIGGS And Harmony Quartette and Local Talent at 5th Street Baptist Next Wednesday Night. The Fifth Street Baptist Choir presents Madam Similla, Ellen Briggs. (Soprano) of Louville, Ky. at the Fifth Street Baptist Church on Wednesday evening. May 21st, 1913 a 8:30 o'clock. PROGRAMME Organ Voluntary; All Hall the Power of Jesus' Name, Fifth St. Bapl. Church Choir; Invocation. Rev. S. C. Manuel, D. D.; How Beautiful Upon the Mountain, O. S. Grinnell, Fifth St. Bapt. Church Choir; (A) Love's Dream, Greig, (B) La Primavera, J. S. Torry, Stvilla Ellon Briggs; Reading, "The Minister's Grievances." Mrs. Luberta Walker Blackwell, Hall Might Victor, Filmore; Harmony Quartotte; Reading, Selected, Miss Minnie E. Coleman; Solo (basso) Voice of the Woods, Mr. Thomas F. D. Glipin; (A) Robert Toldne J' amie, Meyerbeer, (B) The Daley, Flor Di Margherita, L. Arditt, Stvilla Ellon Briggs; Duett (Instrumental), Mrs. Mary E. Satterfield and Mr. Alexander Smith; Last Rose of Summer, J. A. Parka, Harmony Quartette; Reading, Selected, Miss Minnie E. Coleman; A Great Camp Meeting in the Promised Land, Fisk, Harmony Quartette led by Madam Briggs; Benediction. Mrs. Mary E. Satterfield, Accompanist; Messrs. N. G. Booker and Joseph Matthews, Managers; Rev. S. C. Manuel, D. D.; Pastor. --- COLORED EDITOR LOSES SUIT. Requested Not to Patronize a Restaurant, He Sues for $15,000. Seattle, May 7.—Horace R. Cayton editor of a colored newspaper, lost his suit for $15,000 damages against a restaurant proprietor who asked him not to patronize his place. Superior Judge Ronald upheld the contention of the defence that Cayton was not deprived of his civil rights. According to the evidence Cayton after his first appearance in the restaurant was asked not to come again. He did come again, when served, not charged for the meal and again requested not to eat there. When the case came up in January last Cayton was not permitted to testify on the ground that he had served a term in the Kansas State penitentiary for perjury committed in Gorham county, Kansas. Cayton married a daughter of former United States Senator Revela of Mississippi and is prominent in those colored community. Baptist General Association Here The fifteenth annual session of the Baptist General Association of Virginia has been in session at the Second Baptist Church since Wednesday morning. Rev. Z. D. Lewis, D. D. is presiding officer and Rev. A. A. Graham, D. D. of Phoebun, Va. secretary. The sessions have been well attended. The closing exercises were held at the City Auditorium. DR. JAMES E. JACKSON EXONERATED. Dr. James E. Jackson of $25 W. Leigh Street, who was charged with disorderly conduct and fighting on one of the cars of the Virginia Railway and Power Company, on Bostor Sunday, while in company with Mimi Pamale Williams, Mr. William Stevens and his daughter, Ornce, was conserved of the above charges and the conductor fired $120 in the Huntington Court on May 9th and discharged by the Company from its service. RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1913. JACK JOHNSON GUILTY. Colored Pugilist Convicted on Each of Seven Counts in Indictment. Chicago, May 13.—Jack Johnson, the colored pugilist, was found guilty on seven counts of an indictment charging him with violating the Mann white slave act. The verdict was returned late tonight. Johnson took the stand during the afternoon and repudiated the testimony of Belle Schreiber, the white woman whose alleged relations with him resulted in the Federal indictment. He denied any immoral purpose in sending the money to the woman, and told about spending $9,000 or $10,000 in furnishing a flat for her and her mother and in maintaining them. GRATIFYING INFORMATION. Richmond, Va., May 10, 1913. Dear Mr. Mitchell: The enclosed clipping in my opinion is worthy of your editorial comment: "W. J. Harrell, a street car conductor, was tried in the Hustings Court on the charge of striking James E. Jackson, colored, over the head with a switch handle. He was fined $100 and costs." You do not ride on the local street cars, I am one of that 30,000 Negroes who are forced to and can testify as to the discriminating treatment of some of the conductors. It is gratifying at this junction to note that if we go to court armed with the facts and in the right and have a reputable lawyer we can get justice. Our fellow citizen Jackson is to be congratulated on his vindication. The effect that verdict will have on the ruffian element off the Va. R. and P. Co. crews cannot be but helpful to us and we hope that in future such expressions as "Move back there nigger" and "Why don't you know where you want to get off before you got on?" etc. will be a thing of the past. Joint Initiation at Pythian Castle. On last Wednesday night eight Esquires were advanced to the rank of Knighthood in a joint communication held by Ben Hur Lodge, No. 96 and Crystal Lodge, No. 158, Knights of Pythias. Each lodge met in its own room and after all regular business had been transaction they merged and proceeded to confer the rank upon the Esquires. The work was in charge of Col. Roscoe C. Mitchell, C. C. of Crystal Lodge, assisted by Sr Frank Holmes, C. C. of Ben Hur Lodge, Maj. W. F. Weaver, Capt. Leroy Brown and the officers and members of both lodges. COURTS OF CALISTHE. Another Court of Calanthe in Danville, Virginia. Danville, Va., May 10—Miss M. L. Chiles, G. W. R. of Deeds and her niece, Miss Margarotte L. Brooks arrived on the 4 P. M. train from Richmond to organize a Court of Calanthe cotten up by Mrs. S. J. Holbrook, D. Deputy G. W. C. of Danville. They were met at the station by Sir George W. Rison and Mrs. Pollie M. B. Hodge, with the handsome automobile owned by Mrs. Minnie Moton Reed, and conveyed to the residence of Mrs. S. J. Holbrook. Latty the Court was instituted at the Palladian Castle by Miss M. L. Chiles assisted by Mrs. Holbrook, Mrs. Hodge, Mrs. A. H. Lace, Mrs. Nora Williamson, Miss Leah Freeman and others from the various courts of the city. The Court will be known as Lucktown Court. The newly made members were delighted with the initiation and much good is expected as this is a new field for the Calantheans. The Richmond ladies attended services at the High Street Baptist Church Sunday morning and left-for home on the 3:05 train after a pleasant stay in our city. The following are the officers for the ensuing term: W. Inspector, Mrs Lena Claiborne; Wp C., Mrs Pollie Motley; W. L. Mrs. Alice Lee; W. O.; Mrs. Jennie Powell; W. R. of D., Mrs. Lula Robbins; W. R. of A., Mrs. Malinda Jones; W. R. of D., Mrs. Hannah Edmonds; W. S. D., Mrs. Isabella Young; W. J. D., Mrs. Mary Jones; W. Con., Mrs. Ida Holmes; W. A. Con., Mrs. Amanda Barndale; W. P., Mrs. Calle Clark; W. Horald, Mrs. Willie Holmes; W. P., Rev. R. C. Claiborne; Trustees, Mrs. Alice Lee, Mrs. Isabella Young, Rev. R. C. Claiborne. From Philadelphia District of National Ideal Benefit Society. (Special to the Richmond Planet.) Philadelphia, Pa., May 12.—We are pleased to note another visit from our Supreme Master, Mr. A. W. Holmes of Richmond, Va., who arrived at Broad Street Station Friday, May 9th and was met by State Deputy and N. I. Lecturer Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Thompson who took him to the beautiful residence of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Holmes, 1811 Christian St., where his stay was very, very pleasant. Saturday morning he held an official conference at the hall 1134 Pine Street, where much good was done for the good of the order. While in session he was briefly interviewed by the Philadelphia Tribune representative, Mr. G. Grant Williams, Mr. G. G. Williams is a staunch member of Northern Ideal Lodge, No. 22. Saturday evening 8:30 the hall was crowded with members anxious to hear how the society was progressing. Mrs. Rosa Thompson presiding, devotional exercises were conducted by Deacon E. E. Birechthe, welcome address, Mrs. Bessie Taylor, response, W. C., M. T. Robinson, short addresses by presiding Master W. A. Carter and Secretary J. C. Sawyer. Introduction of the Supreme Master by W. C., Charles H. Madden. He arose amidst applause and cheers and delighted his audience as the told of the past and present good and its prospects for the future. Just ten months old and had added three hundred and seventy-five members fit the month of April and every death claim paid to date. Indeed he was at his heats. At the close of this able address he had the presiding Masters to ascend the rostrum and in most beautiful words presented the charters under which the lodges will work. The same were received with pledges that they would be chorished and dedicated. At this time enthusiasm was running high and speech making was the order of the evening. The Misses Kathrine L. Rainy and Ruth Shockley, Jr. ushers were highly complimented for the way in which they handled the crowd. Mr. Phillex J. Webb with his corps of lady waitresses in white looked after the inner man in a most pleasing manner. Every one left well pleased and determined to do all in their power to build the National Ideal Benefit Society. Sunday morning, accompanied by his brother, Mr. J. L. Holmes, he visited the Holy Trinity Baptist Church, Rev. W. F. Graham, D. D. pastor, who with his officers and members made him perfectly at home. Here he had, the privilege of addressing this large and enthusiastic audience. At 8 o'clock he visited Shilloh Church, Rev. A. R. Robinson, D. D., pastor, where he spoke to the delight of all. Monday afternoon he left, carrying with him the best wishes of Philadelphia. Queen Esther Lodge, No. 21 gave a grand entertainment, and voting contest on May S. The contestants were Miss Besie Taylor, Miss Martha Pratt and Mrs. Virginia Madden. Mrs. Madden won the prize. The Friendship Lodge, No. 26 will have a special sermon proached by Rev. D. D. Gibson Sunday afternoon at three o'clock at Mr. Olive Baptist Church, Powiton Avenue, below 38th Street, West Philadelphia. All members of the N. J. L. B. S. are expected to be present. Philadelphia Correspondent. Wock End Arrivals at the Hotel Dale From Philadelphia, Pa.: Mr. S. H. Bythwood, Hon. George O. White, Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Thomas, Mr. Frank Clinton, Mr. J. B. Johnson, Mr. E. S. Jackson, Mr. R. R. Wright, Miss Abbie Wright Crowell, Mr. George B. Cooper, Mr. and Mrs. S. D. Wright, Atlantic City, N. J.; Mr. George E. Durant, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Miss S. A. Williams, Chicago, Ill.; Mr. M. S. Toliver, Stone Harbor, N. J.; Miss Sarah Everett, Baltimore, M.; Mrs. M. A. Santa Cruz and daughter, Hampton, Va.; Miss Mary L. Thayer, Petersburg, Va. Mr. J. Henry Robinson, Prop. Bay Shore Hotel, Buckroo Beach, Va.; Mr. James H. Anderson, Editor Amsterdam News, New York, N. Y.; Mr. N. B. Dodson, Editor Afro-American Page of the American Press Association, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Rev. and Mrs. P. . Matthews, Cape May N. J. Negro Press Ass'n. at Hotel: Dale The sub-committee of the Negro Press Association convened at the Hotel Dale Saturday, May 10th. The committee voted to hold their 5th annual meeting Monday August 18, 1918 at the above named Hotel 12 o'clock noon. President Woods Visits Philadelphia in the Interest of Educational Work Saturday, April 19th I arrived in Philadelphia, where I was met by the evs. J. M. Moses, B. D. and C. C. Scott, B. D. and then seen to the beautiful home of Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Graham, which is located in one of the fashionable sections of that great city. There I added and enjoyed the numerous kindnesses of Dr. and Mrs. Graham. Sunday morning in company with Dr. Graham, the pastor, I went to Holy Trinity Baptist Church, for the morning service. Promptly at 11:00 A. M., the pastor touched a button in his study and simultaneously the organ and choir started their music. On entering the auditorium from the study a sea of upturned faces greeted us. DR. GRAHAM'S WORK It is hard for one to realize the great good that this man of God has done during such a short stay in that city. The congregation of Holy Trinity, is as far advanced over its former times as it is possible for a congregation to be. I witnessed one of the greatest meetings I think that it has been my good pleasure to attend. Dr. Graham has not only a great audience in numbers, that he has worked up, but he has a great one from every angle. The church and city people honor Dr. Graham. He is also president of the Philadelphia Minister's Conference. He is demonstrating his fitness as a leader in this capacity. Plainly speaking he is living up to his record made in Virginia, that is a natural born leader. IN AFTERNOON TO CHESTER Sunday afternoon I went to Chester, to be with our noted friend Dr. A. Gordon, who is pastoring the First Baptist Church of that city. On short notice Dr. Gordon gave us a good audience and we had a splendid meeting. My stay was short in Chester, but Dr. and Mrs. Gordon made it pleasant for me in home and church. Dr. Gordon is rendering good service in Chester and accomplishing much for God and humanity MONUMENTAL AT NIGHT. Returning from Chester, I went to the residence of Rev. and Mrs. J. M. Moses. There I met Revs. C. C Scott and C. D. Trent. After spending some pleasant minutes with them in company with the pastor, Rev. Moses, I went to Monumental Baptist Church, where in the evening service a large apprehensive audience greeted us. Monumental Church is a good one, and they have in Rev. Moses, a pleasing and energetic pastor. Monumental is proud of him and that justly so. Rev. Moses is doing real Christian work. His church is out of debt. On the Sunday of my visit he was endeavoring to raise Five Hundred Dollars, as a reserve fund, and to his great satisfaction more than Eight Hundred Dollars were raised. ADDRESSED BAPTIST CONFERENCE After visiting the Baptist Conference (white) where I said a word, in company with Drs. Graham and Parks, I went to Union Baptist Church where that preacher of preachers, Dr. W. G. Parks, pastors with grace and pleasure, to address the Ministers' Conference presided over by Dr. Graham. A great audience greeted me there and heard gladly and enthusiastically of our educational work in Virginia. This is a great conference, made up of great men, such as Drs. Graham Parks, Moore, Creditt, Gordon, Scott, Moses, Hall, Robinson, Tallafero, Goff, Jackson, Carter, Hestor, Winston, Tlighman, Jones and numbers of other prominent men in denomination and race. We witnessed here a great meeting full of righteous enthusiasm. These good and great divines are thoroughly interested in Virginia Theological Seminary and College. This they show in their generosity. Tuesday morning with Dr. Graham we called to see our good friends, Dr. and Mrs. W. T. Hall, who are happily located at Roxborough. Dr. Hall has an excellent church and church people there. Our moments with these good people were pleasantly spent. Slater Hall is having good health in Roxborough. Dr. Hall is moving things mightily in the right way. So soon, the people dearly love them. TUESDAY EVENING. moments in the Mrs. J. E. Carter, late company of to Puan Membri masted by the After pleasant home of Rev, am where we met a friends, we weat Baptist Church, genial Christian gentleman and Gospel messenger, Rev. C. C. Scott. Here we greeted a fine audience in size and make up. Many of the ministers of the city were with us in this meeting. Rev. Scott has a loyal people, who love him, because of his worth as a man, his fitness as a leader and preacher. This was a meeting in the interest of our work. Rev. Scott is also secretary of the Ministers' Conference. Philadelphia is astir for our educational work and these churches visited, with many others will be well represented at Hampton. Large sums of money will come to us from that city. My trip was a pleasing one from every point. Brethren I thank you one and all for your kindness. VISITED ROANOKE, VA. From Philadelphia, returning home and looking over the work, I wont to Roanoke, where I was the guest of the interdenominational Conference. The brothers had made arrangements for a large affair and they carried it out in great style. We were escorted from the station in automobile to the palatial residence of Dr. W. R. Brown, where a banquet was served before the evening meeting. This banquet was attended by all the city ministers, their wives and other visiting friends. At the banquet Rev. J. J. Jefferson was master of ceremonies, toasts were responded to by Dr. L. L. Downing of the Presbyterian Church, Dr. Saunders of the A. M. E. Church, Dr. Virgil of the M. E. Church, Dr. Burks, Brown and Moore of the Baptist Church and Mrs. Murff, returned missionary from South Africa. This affair was delightful to all. A committee of ladies headed by Mrs. W. R. Brown came in for much worthy praise. THE MEETING At First Church, pastored by Dr. Brown, a great audience of Roanokov select people greeted us. On the platform were ministers of all denominations, who had with them their members. Dr. W. D. Woods announced the purpose of the meeting. Dr. W. R. Brown presided. Prof. Duckwiller of Salem made brief and timely remarks. Dr. J. H. Burks Chairman of our Trustee Board, moved the audience to enthusiasm in well chosen words, presenting the speaker, the writer, for the evening, to represent our educational work. The audience heard us gladly and contributed liberally to the work. This was a notable meeting. Roanokov has a fine set of ministers of all denominations. They demonstrated their liberality in every way possible. Praise be to them one and all. I am your servant. R. C. WOODS. President of Virginia Theological Seminary and College, Lynchburg, Va. New Musical Director at Fifth Street Mr. Nelson G. Booker has been elected musical director of Fifth St. Baptist Church Church to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Alexander McCoy. --Rev. W. H. Crawley and Rev. H. Y. Yancey, South Boston, Va. and Rev. A. L. Johnson of Danville, Va. called on us. -Lawyer William Blackwell of Washington, D. C. is critically ill at the hospital at this writing. It is hoped by his many friends of South Richmond, Va. that he may speedily recover. Sir George W. Wilson, District Deputy Grand Chancellor of Danzville was in the city this week. He reports the outlook as being encouraging. —Hon. C. H. McDaniel of Farmville, Va., was in the city this week attending the sessions of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. Engagement Announcement. Mr. Loei Rabbins announces the engagement and approaching marriage of his sister, Miss Rosetta Gabbins to Mr. Oliver Cromwell Arrington. The wedding to take place in June. JOHNSON—Mr. J. P. Johnson of 900 North 6th Street, departed this life at 5:50 Thursday morning, May 15, 1913. He leaves a wife, two sons and a host of friends: Mr. Johnson was a worthy citizen. LEESBURG (VA.) NEWS. Leesburg, Va., May 12.—Sunday was a busy day in town at the churches. Rev. H. H. Warring of Alexandria preached two soul stirring sermons at Providence Baptist Church He entered the pulpit at 11 o'clock. After singing 705 How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sound; Read 64th and 65th Psalms; prayer by Deacon George Helms. Text, John 3:16. God so loved the world. Subject, Our Father's Gift. At S o'clock he was on the rostrum Sang hymn 703, read 103rd Psalms. prayer by Bro. N. Johnson. After singing by the choir 118, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty. Text, Matthew 11th chapter, 29-30 verses. Take my yoke upon you and learn of Me. for my yoke is easy, etc. Hymn 142. Whom Have I Lord, etc. We were hold spell bound 55 minutes while he talked. All came home saying they were glad they went up to the house of the Lord. At Mount Zion M. B. Church the Odd Follows turned out at 3 o'clock when Rev. Dotson preached from the subject. Evolution, to an appreciative a dienne. Mr. Calvin Neal of Alexandria was visiting in town yesterday. We think something is going to happen soon. Ha! ha! Mr. Henry Blue and wife were the guests of their parents Sunday, returning to Washington in the afternoon. We had quite a little ice and frost last night. SUSAN GLEANINGS On Thursday, May 8th, a large number of the citizens of this community went to Mathews C. I. to hear Dr. Booker T. Washington. The party was a little late in reaching the county, but they came and found a crowd to greet them. The following named gentlemen accompanied him: Dr. A. A. Graham of Phoebe; Prof. W. T. B. Williams; Capt. Allen Washington, Maj. R. R. Moton, Mr. Aery and Mr. George J. Davis of Hampton Inst.; Rev. G. E. Reed of Eastern Shore; Prof. J. M. Gandy of Petersburg and Dr. Gilmer, Mr. Hunt, Dr. Washington's stenographer and valet was present. The citizens of Mathews received them heartily and made ample preparations to entertain them. After the speaking they were conveyed to the home of Mr. J. J. White and served lunch. On Sunday night, May 12th, Mr. Harry C. Jackson and Miss Alice Borum were united in the holy bonds of matrimony by Rev. A. C. Brownley at his residence. The bride was attired in a snowy white embroidered volle, while the groom wore the conventional black. That person, who dreamed there would be marriages must be a seer—When is the next one? On Sunday, May 18th, Dr. P. T. Cosby will preach to the Antioch B. Y. P. U. at 3 P. M. All are invited to be present. Most of the men who go purse- notting will leave this week. 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KEZEKIAH PROLOGUE. Did you ever read a story in which humor of the finest and most delicious sort played the leading part? Did you ever tackle a tale which made you gasp by the originality of its ideas? Did you ever meet some utterly impossible persons who never lived and never could have lived and whom you might meet any day of your life? They're here, right here in this story. They have the most impossible adventures and get into the most impossible situations. Just as you or I might any day if the stage were set just right for us. Furthermore, they are very entertaining people, and they hold the interest from first word to finis. . CHAPTER I. My Friend Wiggins is introduced. DINED with Hartley Wiggins in the Hare and Tortoise on an evening in October not very long ago. It may be well to explain that the Hare and Tortoise is the smallest and most select of clubs, whose windows afford a pleasant view of Gramercy park. The club is comparatively young, and it is our joke that we are so for all tortoises, cropping through our several professions without aid from any bane I hastes to explain that I am a chimney doctor. Wiggins is a lawyer; at least I have seen his name in a list of graduates of the Harvard Law school, and he has an office downtown, where I have occasionally found him sedentary playing solitaire while he waited for some one to take him out to lunchroom. He spends his summers on a South Dakota ranch, from which he derives a considerable income. Wiggin's is an athlete, and his summers in the west and persistent training during the winter keep him in the condition. As I faced him tonight in our favorite corner of the Hare and Tortoise dining room the physical man was fit enough, but I saw at once that he was glum and disqualified. He had through many years honored me with his confidence, and I felt that tonight after we get well started I should hear what was on his mind. I hoped to cheer him with the story of a visit I had by chance paid that afternoon to the Asolando ten room, for, though Wiggin's is a most practical person, I imagined that he would be diverted by my description of a place which, I felt sure, nothing could tempt him to visit. I shall never forget the look he gave me when I remarked at about his third spoonful of soup. "By the way, I dropped into an old place this afternoon—Burne-Jones buns, Rossetti macarons and all that sort of thing. They call it the Asolando." I was ambling on, expecting to sharpen his curiosity, gradually as I recited the joys of the tea room, but of Isaando his spoon dropped, and he stared at me blankly. It should be known that Wiggins is not a man whose composure is lightly shaken. "The Isaando," I repeated, to break the spell of his blank stare. "Know the place?" He recovered in a moment, but he surveyed me quizzically before reply ing. "Of course I have heard of the Isaando, but I thought you didn't go in for that sort of thing. It's a trifle girlish, you know." "That's hardly against it! I found the girlish altogether attractive." "You always were tolerably sceptible, but bruised butterflies and moth wings' winged scum to me rather gale food for a man in your vigorous health." "They must have discriminated in your favor. I saw no such things though to be sure I was afraid to quibble over the waitress's suggestions. May I ask when you were there?" "Oh, I dropped in quite accidentally one day last spring. I saw the pigs and remembered that somebody had spoken of the place, and I was tired and it was a long way to the club and" Discrimination not an art as Winston's practice it at times. He is by nature the most straightfor ward of mortals. It was clear that he was with nothing, and I resolved to be the bottom of it. "I don't think the Auslander is a place that would attract either of us, and yet the vlands are good as such stuff goes, and the gentle handmaidens are restful to the eye—Pippa; Francesca, Gloria and the rest of 'em." Wiggins pried open his articelook with the cure of a botanist. He had regained his compassure, but I saw that The Siege of the Seven Suitors Copyright, 1910, by Meredith Nicholson the subject interested him. "You were there this afternoon?" he inquired. "Yes, my first and only appearance." "And this is Monday." "The calendar has said it." "So you settled your bill with Pippa I believe this was her day. She makes the change on Monday. Wednesday and Friday. Her cyclades are a trifle too long for the world's peace." "I dare say, I haven't your charming knack. Ames, of picking up acquaintances, so you mustn't expect me to form lifelong friendships with young women at cash deks. I suppose it didn't occur to you that those young women who tend till and serve the tables in there are persons of education and taste. The Asolando is not a common harbory. There's not a girl that place who hasn't a social position as good as yours or mine. The Asolando's a kind of fad, you know Ames; it's not a tavern within the meaning of the inkspeller's act, where common awine are fed for profit. The servants serve for love of the cause it's a sort of cult." Wiggins excused himself shortly and I had a glimpse of him later, in the writing room, engaged upon letters, a fact in itself disquieting, for Wiggins never wrote letters, and it was he who had favored making the Hare and Tortoise, writing room into a den for pipe smokers. The epistolary habit, he maintained, was one that should be discouraged. I was mostly turning over the evening newspaper when Jewett turned on Jewett always knows everything. He dropped the ball into the green of my immediate interest with a neat apronch shot. "Too bad about old Wiggins," he remarked with his predding sigh. "What's the matter with Wiggins?" I demanded. "Ah! He hasn't told you? Thought he told you everything." This was meant for a stinger, and I felt the bite of it. "You do me too much honor. Wiggins is not a man to throw around his confidence." "And I rather fancy that his love affairs in particular are locked in bosom." Jewett was a master of the art of suggestion. He took an unnecessarily long time to light a cigar so that words might sink deep into my consciousness. "Saw her last spring. Got a slight draft from the Bank of Erie. Followed her across the multitudinous Bang." "But Wiggy hasn't been abroad. Wiggy was on his Jokett ranch a summer. He still trained on the soil just as he is every fall." I perished. "Wrote you from out there, did not sent you, picture postals showing her herding his cattle or whatever the beasts are." Kept in touch with you at the time, did not: I told you his color is due to Switzerland, not Ivanka." "Wiggins isn't a letter writer nor sort of person who wants to paper you house with picture postals. His to writing doesn't mean that he wasn't on his runch," I replied, annoyed by Jew et's manner. "Never dropped you before, though I wager," he chirrupted. "I tell you he saw Miss Coelia Hollister at the Anolando teashop, just a glimpse, he almost immediately he went abroad a pursuit of her. The cheveller—that her Aunt Octavina—was along and another piece. My sister saw the time of them in Geneva, where the cheveller was breaking records. A whole tree of sultons followed them everywhere. My sister knows the girl—Coelia—she's known Wiggy all her life. She just home and told me about it last night. She thinks the cheveller has insured scheme for marrying on the girl. It's all very queer, our Wiggy being raised up in it." "Don't be absurd, Jewett. There nothing unusual in a man being in love. That's one fashion that doesn't change much. I venture to say that Wiggins will prove a formidable author. Wiggins is a gentleman, and the girl would be lucky to get him." "Quite right, my dear Ames; but alas, there are others. The competition is encouraged by the hunt, the veteran chevrolet. My sister says the chevler seems to favor the suit of Nebraska philosopher who rejoices in the melodious name of Dick." Jewett was playing me for all his story was worth and enjoying himself immensely. "For heaven's sake, go on!" "Also girl, this Cecilia. You know the Hollister—codes of money in the family. The cheveller's father scored big in baby buggies—responsible for the modern sleep inducing permeabilators; sold out to a trust. The father of Wiggins' innorata had started in to be a marine painter. A founder of this club, cease to think of it, but dropped out long ago. You have heard of him—Hassford's Hollister. Funny thing his having to give up art. Great gifts for the marine, but never could overcome tendency to seismicness Honest! Every time he painted a ware it upset him horribly. The doctors couldn't help him. Next tried his hand at the big guichen downtown. There was a chance there to hit off the metropolitan skyline and become immortal by doing it first, but a new trouble developed. Doing the high buildings made him diny! Honest! He was good, too, and would have made a place, he had to cut it out. He was so torn up over his two failures that he blew in his share of the perambulator money in riotous living. Lost his wife into the bargain and has settled down to a peaceful life up in Westchester county in one of these cute little bungalows the real estate operators build for you if you pay a dollar down for a picture of an acre lot." "And the daughter?" "Well, Bassford Hollister has two daughters. It's the older one that has stolen Wiggins' heart away. She's Cecilia, you know. Very literary and that sort of thing, and pushed tea and cookies at the Asolando when that idocy was opened. Wiggins saw her there last spring. Mins Hollister, the aunt, whom I'm fond of calling the chevalier, picked up her nieces about that time and hauled them off to Europe, and Wiggins accompared after them. I don't know what they did to Wiggy, but you see how he acts. I rather imagine that the chevalier didn't smile on his suit. She's a holy terror. that woman, with an international reputation for doing weird and most unaccountable things. She draws a sort of royalty on all the baby bugles in creation. It amounts to a birth tax, in contravention of the free guarantee of the constitution. The people will rise against it some day. "She's plausible enough, but she's the past mistress of ulterior motive. She got Fortner, the mural painter, up to a place she used to have at Newport a few years ago, ostensibly to do a frieze or something, and she made him teach her to fire a gun. You know Fortner, with his artistic idealist. And he didn't know any more about guns than a deer. It was droll, decidedly droll. But she kept him there a month—wouldn't let him off the reservation; but she paid him his fee just the same, though he never painted a stroke. When he got back to town he was a wreck. It was just like being in jail. I warn you to let her alone. If you should undertake to fix her fuses likely to put you to work digging potatoes. She's no end of a case." "Well, Wiggins is a good fellow, one of the very best," I remarked, as I absorbed these revelations, "and it isn't the girl's nunt he wants to marry." "There's no telling where this affair may lead Wiggins. There's something queer in the wind, all right. The cheveller has brother Bassford where he can't whimper. I rather fancy he feeds from her hand. His girls haven't any prospects except through the cheveller. Nice girls, so I'm told. Miss Cecilia Hollister is living with her aunt." "And the other sister—where doors abe come in?" "Not important, I fancy. Rumor is silent touching her. In fact I've never heard anything of her. But this Cecilia is no end handsome and proud Your old Wiggly." I was already ashamed of myself for having encouraged Jewett to discuss Wiggins' affairs, and was about to leave him, when he snorted in a disgraceable way he had at some joke that had occurred to him. "I knew there was something," he said, "about Miss Cecilia's younger sister, and I'm just recalled it. The girl has a most extraordinary name, quite the most remarkable you ever heard. Hezokiah Bang: That's the little sister's name. Bussard Hollister had been saving that name for a son, who never appeared, to do honor to Old Hezokiah, the perambulator chap. So they named the girl for her grand-dad." I left him and learned at the office that Wiggins had, within half an hour, left the club hurriedly in a cab, taking a trunk with him. He had mentioned no mail address to the clerk, and this was very unlike Wiggins. CHAPTER II. The Beginning of My-Adventure. W GIGGINS' strange conduct and Jewett's dark hints so disturbed me that the very next afternoon I again sought the Asolando tea room, feeling that in its atmosphere I might best weigh the few facts I possessed touching my friend's love affair. Those who care for details in these matters may be interested to know that the Asolando is tucked away among print shops and exclusive taber-dashers, a stone's throw from Fifth avenue. The Asolando tea room is sacred to wonders of the flute of Pan, secession photographers and confident believers in an early revival of the poetic drama. There is about the little room a suggestion of tranquility, of charming cloisteral space, with its arts and crafts chairs and tables. its racks of books, its portraits of Browning, Rossetti, Burno-Jones and kindred spirits. I chose a table, sat down and sug- gested (one does not order at the Anso- lando) a few articles from the card an- attendant handed me. "We're out of the Paracelsus ginger cookie," she replied, "but I recom- mend a Ituskin sandwich with our own special chocolate. The whipped cream is unusually fine today." She eyed me with a severity to which I was not accustomed, and I acquiesced without parley in her suggestion. Be- fore leaving me she placed on my table the latest minor poet in green and gold. I was nearly 3 o'clock, and I was alone in the Asola. The attending delites in their snowy gowns had vanished behind the screen at the rear of the room. The food and drink with which I had been promptly served proved excellent. Even the minor poor in green and gold had held my attention, though limitations of Corentry Patmore's ode bore me as a rule. Near the street, half concealed behind a mosquelike grill, sat the cashier reading. A bundle of joes sticks in a green jar beside this young woman bent a thin smoke into the air. Her head was bent above her book in quiet attention. The light from an electric himp made a blow of her golden help. She was the president of the general picture, a part of a stone that contained no jewelry upon. A man, who could devise, by the heart of the great city, a place in interest with respect no halling to all the persons was not less than a public historian. It was at this moment that the ad venture—for it shall have no meaner name—actually began. My eyes were woo Parker. "I beg your pardon, but this seems to be the seventh table." "I beg your pardon, but this seems to be the seventh table." still enjoying the Rossettillike vision in the cashier's tiny mouth when a figure suddenly darkened the street door just beyond her. The girl lifted her head. On the instant the lamp key clicked as she extinguished her light, and the aureolced head caused to be. And coming toward me down the shop I behold a lady, a lady of years, who passed the cashier's desk with her eyes in tent upon the mom's inner necessities gown, of a new fashionable gray was of the severest tailor cut. Her hat was a modified fedora, gray like the gown, and adorned with a single gray feather. She was short, slight erect, and moved with a quick bird like motion, pausing and glancing at the vacant tables that lay between me and the door. She appeared to be engaged in a calculation of some sort and she raised a lorgnette to assist in counting the tables. The cashier passed behind her unseen and vanished. I heard the newcomer reciting: "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven." And at seven her eyes rest upon me with a look that mingled surprise and annoyance. She took a step toward me, and I started to rise, but she said quickly: "I beg your pardon, but this seems to be the seventh table." "Now that you call my attention to it," I remarked, gaining my feet, "I am bound to console the point. If by any chance I am intruding"— "Not in the least. On the other hand I beg that you remain where you are." And without further ado she sank into a chair opposite my own. Iinked a tiny crystal bell that we among the table furnishings, and a waitress appeared and handed the lady who had thus introduced herself to my acquaintance, a copy of the tiny card on which the articles of refreshment offered by the Asolando were indicated within a border of hand painted field daisies. "Never mind that," said the lady in gray, ignoring the card. "You may bring me a caviar sandwich and a cocktail, a pink one, provided—provided—and she held the waitress with her eye—"you have the importee saviar and your barkeeper knows the proper frape of the spirit lifter I have named. "Pardon, me, madam," replied the waitress lety, "but you have saltaken the place. The Asolando serves poulting stronger than the pure water in its own fount of Castalin. Intoxicants are not permitted here." "Intoxicant!" repeated the old lady with asperity. "Do I look like a pet son given to intoxication? I dare say your Castilla water is nothing but carbon whose flavor has been destroyed by distillation. You may bring me the sandwich I have mentioned—and with it a pot of tea. Yes, thank you; lemon with the tea." As the girl vanished with the light trend that marked the service of the place I again made us to rise, but the old lady lifted her hand with a delaying gesture. "Iray remain. It is not unlikely that we have friends and ideas in common, and as you were seated at the seventh table it is possible that some ordering of fate has brought us to together." She took from me in the hand which she had now unglued the copy of my minor poet, glanced at it scorfully and tossed it upon the floor with every mark of disdain. "What species of mental disorder does this place represent?" she demanded. "It is sacred to the fine art apparently; an endowed tea room where persons of artistic ideals may come to refresh body and soul. Such at least seems to be the program: This is only my second visit, but I have long heard it spoken of by artists, poets and others of my friends." "I am alxy-two years old, young man, and I beg to inform you that I consider the Apolando the most preposterous thing I have ever heard of in this most preposterous city. And from a casual glimpse of you I feel justified in saying that a man in your apparent physical health might be better business than frequenting in midafternoon a shop that seems to be a remarkably stupid expression of twentieth century anaemia." "Attendance here is not compulsory." I remarked defensively. "If you imply that I must have sought the place voluntarily let me cur And your life inquisition immediately I stepped to have for the enslavement run that ship in the seventh in numerical progression from Fifth avenue." "You were not guided by any feeling of interest, then, but rather by super station." "That remark is unworthy of a man of your apparent intelligence. I was born on the 7th of November, and all the great events of my life have occurred on the 7th of the month." I was relieved to find that she accepted the tea and sandwiches the waitress had brought without parley. It is with shame I confess that in the first moments of my encounter I believed her capable of quarrelling with a waitress, but she thanked the girl pleasantly, lifting her head with a smile that illumined her face attractively. Her demand for a cocktail had not been wholly convincing as to her sincerity, and I wondered whether she were not playing a part of some kind. She suggested pleasant and wholesome things. In any event the impression was wholly agreeable. I had to do with a lady and a lady of no mean degree. The marks of breeding were upon her, and she spoke with that quiet authority that is the despair of the vain and vulgar. Her features were small and delicate, her ringless hands were perfectly formed and both face and hands belied the age to which she had so frankly confessed. She was more than twice my age, and there was not the slightest reason why she should not address me if it pleased her to do so, and her observation as to the potency of the numeral seven was not in itself proof of an ill balanced mind. Musing thus, I reached the conclusion that this encounter was very likely the sort of thing that happened to patrons of the Anselando. My time has, however, a certain value, and I began to wonder just how I should escape. I was about to excuse myself when my companion suddenly put down her cup and addressed me with a directness that seemed habitual in her. "I have formed an excellent opinion of your bringing up from the manner in which you have suffered my advances, if I may so call them. You act and speak like a gentleman of education. Will you kindly tell me the nature of your occupation?" I produced, one of my professional cards. ARNOLD AMES Consultant In Chinneyne. Suit & Landon Building She read it aloud without glasses and mused a moment. "This is very curious," she remarked, placing my card in a silver case she drew from her pocket. "This is very curious indeed. It was only yesterday that my friend General Glendening was speaking of you. He told me that you had rendered him the greatest service in adjusting several fines in his country house at shinnecock. My own fireplaces doubles require attention, and you may consider yourself retained. I shall make an early appointment with you. You will find my name and residence sufficiently described on this card." "Oh! I exclaimed, bowing, "Any further introduction is unnecessary Miss Hollister." "The name is familiar! I recall that General Glendening mentioned that you were related to the Ames family of Hartford, and your mother was a Farquhar of Charlestonville, Va. If you bear your father's name, I dare any it be whom I met ten years ago in Paris. There is no reason therefore why we should not be the best of friends." It was a kind fate indeed that had led me back to the Asolando, and introduced me to the aunt of Wiggins in Amorata. It may well be believed that I was immediately interested, attentive, absorbed. As she smoothed her gloves, Miss Hollister continued to speak in a low musical voice that was devoid of any of the quivers of age. "On the day I reached my sixth year, Mr. Ames, I decided that my hundred life must cease. The strongest conventions had guided me from earliest childhood. My experience of life had been limited to those things which women of education and means enjoy or suffer, as you please to take it. Two years ago I chartered a yacht and cruised among the Lesser Antilles, enjoying many adventures. Later I crossed the Andes, and I have just returned from Switzerland, where I accomplished some of the most difficult acents. I have a clipping bureau engaged to inform me of all rumors of hidden treasure and sunken ships, and I hope that of this something may come, as I retain a marine engineer and corps of divers and can leave at an hour's notice for any likely hunting ground. This may strike you as the most whimsical self indulgence. Tell me candidly whether my remarks so affect you." "If it were not that your benefactions of all kinds have given you noble eminence among American philanthropists I might be less blamed in favor of the sort of thing you describe, but your gifts to orphanages, colleges, hospitals"— "Ah!" she interrupted, "enough of that. Philanthropy in these times is only solitary exploitation, the recreation of the conscience stricken. But you see he never why," she pursued eagerly, lapsed to dig up the Caribbean sea in search of Spanish doubloons, I should not do so? Answer me frakly, without the slightest fear." "I assure you, Miss Holliser, that each projects appeal to me strongly. I have often lamented that my own lot fall in these events times. "As an architect I proved something of a failure; as a chimney doctor I lead a useful life, but the very usefulness of it bores me, and besides many people take me for a sweep." "I dare say they do, for unfortunately many people are foolish." But I am best their adventures. My physician pro- mises me good for ten, your most of active life, and I should, to keep amused. If I were a young man like you I should crawl through chambers no more, but take to the open road. I remit the birth ching of their mo- ngled years. As I wished taking the hill that he behind the merger this morning I heard the begin calling. I should like to ask you further as to your unusual profession, but around grannum no elsewhere. However, something tells me we shall meet again." She rose in her swift, birdlike fascies and passed lightly down the room and through the door. She had left a dotar beside her plate to pay her check which I noted called for only 40 cents. I glanced at the cashier's desk. The aureoled head had not reappeared, but immediately I heard a voice murmuring beside me. I had believed myself alone, and in my surprise I thought some wizardry had made audible one of the verses on the wall. What of Rafab's sonnet, Dante's picture— It was she whose aureoled head I had marked earlier in the receipt of custom, the girl who had vanished as Miss Hollister appeared. She was not tall, and her eyes, I saw, were brown. She had clearly not climbed far the stairway of her years, but her serenity was the least bit disconcerting. "Pardon me," I began, "but I am an ignorant Philistine, and cannot cap the verse you have quoted." "There is no reason'why you should do so. It is the rule of the Asolando that we shall attract the attention of THE "The Asolando is denied to outsiders," customers when necessary by speaking of a line of verse. We are not allowed to open a conversation, no matter how imperative, with 'Listen,' or the even more vulgar 'Say.'" "A capital idea, of which I heartily approve, but now that I am a waiting auditor, anger"— "It's merely the check, if you please," she interrupted coldly. "My desk is closed, and the room will refuse further patrons for the next hour, as the executive committee of the 'Shelley society meets here at 4 o'clock, and the Asolando is denied to outsiders." what in excess of her check. My own charge of 50 cents is moderate that I cannot do less than leave $1 also." "Thank you," she replied, unhaken by my generosity, "The tips at the Asolando all go to the Sweetness and Light club, which is just now engaged in circulating Matthew Arnold's poems in leaflet form in the jobbing district." "I bowed and had turned away when she arrested me with the lino— My good blade carves the caques of men. I turned toward her. "Permit me to inquire," she asked, "whether the lady who joined you here expressed any interest in the life beautiful as it is exemplified in the Asolando?" "I am constrained to say that she did not. She spoke of the Asolando in the most contumulous terms." The golden head bowed slightly, and a smile hovered about her lips. But her amusement at my answer was more eloquently stated in her eyes. "I must explain that my sole excuse for addressing you is that we are required to learn, where possible, just why strangers seek the Asolando." "In the case of the lady to whom you refer it was a matter of this being the seventh shop from the corner, and my own appearance was due to the idiot curiosity, inspired by enthusiastic descriptions of the Asolando's atmosphere and rumors of the cheapness of its food." "The reasons are quite ample," was her only comment, and her manner did not encourage further conversation. "May I ask," I persisted, "whether the Asolando's staff is permanent and whether, if I return another day"—"I take it that you do not mean to be impertinent, so I will answer that my service here is limited to Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. On the other days, Pilpin is in the cash booth. My name at the Asolando is Francesca. Kindly write your name in the visitors' book at the door as you pray out." There she no ignoring this hint. I thought she smiled as I left her. I HOLLISTER'S summons lay on my desk the next morning and was of the bidfast. I was regretted to MISS HOLLINTER'S summons on my desk the next morning and was of the briefest. I was requested to call at Hoppeeld Manor at 4 o'clock the following afternoon, being Thursday. A trap would meet me at Katman, and it was suggested that I come prepared to spend the night, so that the condition of the sues might be die- cursed and any necessary changes planned during the evening. The note signed Octavius Holtman, was written in a flowing hand on a wholly imper- sible page that stamped Hopefield Miner, Ruthann. "It's rather poor going over the hills; about five miles, air," said the driver as we set off. This was the first week in October. There was just cost enough in the air to make a top coat comfortable. The team of blacks spoke well for Miss Hollister's stable, and the liveried driver kept them moving steadily, but eased the pace as we rose on the frequent slopes to the shoulders of the pleasant Westchester hills. Early frosts had already wrought their miracle in the foliage, and the battle hammers of winter's vanguard finished along the horizons. I rejoiced that my business, vexations enough in many ways, yet afforded me so charming an outing as this. Presently we climbed a hill that shouldered its way well above its fellows and came out upon a broad ridge where we entered at once a noble gateway set in an old stone wall and struck off smartly along a fine bit of macadam. The house, the driver in formed me, was a quarter of a mile from the gate. The way led through a wild woodland, in which elms and maples predominated, and before that 'grown monotonous we came abruptly upon an Italian garden, beyond which rose the house. I knew it at once for one of Pepperton's sound performances. Pepperton is easily our best man in domestic Tudor, and the whole setting of Hopefield Manor—the sunken garden, the superb view, the billowing fields and woodlands beyond—all testified to a taste which no ignorant owner had thwarted. The house was Tudor, but in no serif sense. It was also Pepperton. I lifted my eyes with immediate professional interest to the chimpnypots on the roof. It occurred to me on the instant that I had never before been called to retouch any of Pepperton's work. Pep knew as much as I about fine construction I had an immense respect for Pop, and as my specializing in chimneys had been a subject of frequent chafing between us, I anticipated with a chuckle the pleasure I should have later in telling him that at last one of his fuses had required my services. My good opinion of Miss Holliser did not diminish as I stepped within the broad hall. Houses have their own manner of speech, and Hopeful Minor spoke to all the senses in accounts of taste and refinement. A ser, ant took my bag and ushered me for a charming library. A fire amoldered lazily in the great fireplace; there was in the room the fattest scent of but wood, but the smoke rose in the floor in a perfectly mannerly fashion, and on thrusting in my hand I felt a good draft of air. I instinctively knelt on the hearth and peered up, but saw nothing unworkmanlike—Pepperton was not a fellow to leave obvious mistakes behind him. But possibly that was not one of the recalcitrant fireplaces I had been called to inspect, and I rose and was continuing my en A She. Advanced at Once and Spoke My Name. joyment of the beautiful room when I became conscious, by rather curious and mixed processes not wholly of the eye, that a young woman had drawn back the light portieres—they were dark brown, with borders of burnt orange—and stood gravely gazing at me. She held the curtains apart—they made, indeed, a kind of frame for her—but as our eyes met she advanced at SATURDAY.....MAY 17, 1918. once and spoke my name. "You are Mr. Ames. My aunt ev pected you. I regret to say that she is not in the house just now, but she will doubtless return for ten. I am her niece. Won't you sit down?" As she found a sent for herself, I made bold to survey her with some particularity. She carried her fine height with beautiful dignity. She was a creature of grace, and it was a grace of strength, the suppleness and ease that mark our later outdoor American woman. She could do her milieu over those hills—I was sure of that. Her fine olive face, crowned with dark hair, verified the impression I had gathered from Jewett, that she was a woman of cultivation. She had read the poets; Dante and Petrich spoke from her eyes. Cecilia was no bad name for her; she suggested heavenly harmonies! And as for Jewett's story of Wiggin's infatuation, I was content. She was talking meanwhile of the day and its buoyant air and of the tapestries hung in the woodlands in a voice deep, with rare intuitions or viol chords. "It's very quiet here. It doesn't seem possible that we are so near the city. My aunt chose the place will care, and she made no mistake about it. Yes, the house was built by Mr Pepperton, but not for us. My aunt bought it of the estate of the gentleman who built it. This will be her first winter here." Miss Hollister herself appeared. She greeted me without surprise and mum as she might have spoken to any guest in her house. I had sometimes been treated as though I were the agent of a decorator's shop, or a delinquent plumber, by the people whom I served but Miss Hollister and her niece estate- listed me upon a plane that was wholly social. I was made to feel that it was the most natural thing in the world for me to be there, having tea, with me business ahead of me but to be agreeable. The fact that I had come to conceive the distemper of their flues was utterly negligible. I remembered with satisfaction that I had journeyed from town in a new business suit that made the best of my attenuated figure, and I will not deny that I felt at ease. Miss Hollister talked briskly as she made tea. "It is not necessary for you to take ten if you don't care for it, Mr. Ames," she said, as I rose and handed the first cup to Cecilia. "If you will touch the bell at your elbow you may have liquids of quite another sort." "You are most generous, Miss Hot lister. Tea will suffice for the moment. It is fitting that I should take it here. It having been a weakness for tea as well as curiosity and chance that threw me in your way at the Asolo lando." "That absurd—that preposterous bed in the wall." She put down her cup and faced me continuing: "Mr. Ames, I will not deny that if it had not been for Genera: Glendenning's cordial indorsement of you, and the further fact that I had met your late father, I should not have invited you to my house on the occasion to which you refer. My contempt for the Asolo lando and the things it stands for is beyond such language as a lady may use before the young. I fall back upon the privilege of my age to beg that you will hereafter give the Asolo lando a wide birth." I laughed at her earnestness, but on turning toward Miss Cecilia I saw that she was placidly stirring her cup. It might be that one was not expected to manifest amusement in Miss Hollister's utterances, and I was anxious to adjust myself to the proper key in my intercourse, no matter how brief it might be, with this remarkable old lady. In my embarrassment I rose and offered the bread and butter to Cecilia, who declined it. The austerity of her rejection rather unnerved me. "I assure you, Miss Hollister, that I have no wish to become a habitue of the place," I said. "And yet you will pardon me if I repeat that, but for it, I should not now be enjoying the hospitality of Hopefield Manor." She lifted her head from her cup and bowed, but I was immediately interested in the fact that her niece was speaking. "I think Aunt Octavia is hard on the Asolando," she was saying. "Aunt Octavia is interested in the revival of romance, and romance without poetry seems to me wholly impossible." "The age is decadent, and I know no better way of restoring the race to its ancient vim and energy than by sending men back to the camp and field or to sell the high seas in new armadans. The men of this age have become a lot of sordid shopkeepers, and to my moral sense the looting of cities is far more honorable than the creation of trusts and the manipulation of prices, though I cannot deny that but for my late father's seal in destroying his competitors in the baby buggy business we might not now be enjoying the delicate fragrance of caravan tea." "I assure you, Mr. Amen," said Cecilia, "that the Anolando is a very harmless place, and that as a matter of fact its alms are wholly consonant with those of Aunt Octavia. I myself served there for a time, and those were among the most delightful days of my life. There are times when I miss the Anolando." "Mr. Amen," began Miss Octavia presently in her crisp, direct fashion, which had the effect of leading me in my anxiety to appear ready with an answer to take a flattering view of my own courage and resourcefulness. "Mr. Amen, are you equal to the feat of Following a monster under a shattering fire from the castle? "I have every reason to think I am Miss Hollister," I replied modestly. "And if a white hand waved to you from the grilled window of the lonely tower, would you ride on indiscriminately or pause and thunder at the gate?" "White bands have never waved to me, save occasionally when I have gone a riding in the sixth avenue elevated, but it is my honest belief that my aword would promptly leave its scabard if the hand ever waved from the lived tower." My friends at the Hare and Tortoise would have heard this aweval with some surprise, for no man's life had ever been tamer than mine. I am by nature timid, and fall but a little short of being afraid of the dark. Prayers for deliverance from battle, murder and sudden death cannot be too strongly expressed for me. My answer had however, pleased Miss Octavian, and she clapped her hands with pleasure. "Cecilia," she cried, "something told me that afternoon at the Asoloand that my belief in the potential seven was not ill placed, and now you see that is introducing myself to Mr. Ames at the seventh table from the door, in the seventh shop from Fifth avenue, I was led to a meeting with a gentleman I had been predestined to know." As we talked further a servant appeared and had fresh logs across the still smoldering fire. This I thought would suggest to Miss Hollister the professional character of my visit, but the fire kindled readily, the smoke rose freely in the flue, and Miss Hollister paid no attention to it. The merits of chain armor, I think it was, that held us for half an hour. Cecilia and I listening with respect to what, in my ignorance, seemed a remarkable fund of knowledge on this recondite subject. "We dine at 7, Mr. Ames, and you may muse yourself as you like until that hour. Cecilia, you may order dinner in the gnu room tonight." "Certainly, Aunt Octavia." Once more I glanced at the girl, hoping that some glimmer in her eye would set me right and establish a common understanding and sympathy between us, but she was moving out of the room at her nunt's side. The man who had tended the fire met me in the hall and, conducting me to my room suggested various offices that he was ready to perform for my comfort. The house faced south, and my windows midway of the east wing, afforded a fine view of the hills. The room we large enough for a chamber of state and its furniture was massive. A fom poster invited to luxurious repose; half a dozen etchings by famous artists. Parrish and Van Elten among them, hung upon the walls. My bag had been opened and my things put out, so that, there being more than an hour to pass before I need dress for dinner. I went below and explored the garden and wandered off along a winding path that stole with charming furtiveness toward a venerable orchard of gnarled apple trees. From the height thus gained looked down upon the house, and caught a glimpse beyond it of one of the chain of takes, on which the wear our sun glinted goldenly. Thus seeing the house from a new angle I was impressed as I had not been at first by its size. It was a huge establishment, and I thought with envy of Pepperton, to whom such ample commissions were not rare. Pepperton, I recalled a little bitterly, had arrived, whereas I, who had enjoyed exactly his own training for the architect's profession, had failed at it and been obliged to turn my hand to the doctoring of chimneys. But as I reflected upon the odd circumstances of my being there my spirits rose. Miss Hollister was beyond question in a singular person, but her whims were amusing. I felt that she was less cryptic than her née, and the thought of Cecilia drove me upon Jewett's story of Wiggins' interest in that quarter. I resolved to write to Wiggins when I got back to town the next day and abuse him roundly for running off without so much as goodly. That, most emphatically, was not like dear old Wiggins. Foreign Affairs. The little Montengrin wasp is hard to catch and will be hard to hold after he is caught—Cleveland Leader. The spectacle of mercurial France censuring phlegmatic Germany for nervousness and excitability is enough to make the world snicker with unholy glee.—New York Tribune. The most neat way yet suggested of raising revenue comes from a French municipality, where they have been trying to collect a tax on baby carriages.—Baltimore American. A Striking Costume. Sydney Smith at an evening party, on seeing Mrs. Grote, the historian's wife, enter the room in an eccentric costume crowned by a rose colored turban, said in an undertone to his neighbor. "Now I know the meaning of the word grotesque." Oil Paintings Oil paintings can be cleaned with a cut potato, followed by a wiping with water, a drying with cotton and a final polishing with a silk handkerchief. Bellinie Love Tragedy. Bellini, the famous composer of "Norma," in his early years fell in love with the daughter of a Neapolitan judge. The ugly returned his love, but her father sent him away on account of his position. Years after, when Bellini had become famous, the judge wanted to make atonement, but the musician declined of pride and wrecked his life and that of the woman who loved him thereby. Buck and Span *Spike and snip* is a term derive from the stretching of a new piece of cloth on spikes, drunks, and spains (stretches). The Siege of the Seven Suitors A Whimsical Story of Love and Mystery J. W. H. Who won the hand of the beautiful Cecilia Hollister, the girl who was wooed by seven men? Her sister is a bewitching conspirator. Humor and satire mark this charming novel by Meredith Nicholson. Commences this week on page Two. HOW TO USE A LIFE PRE- SERVER PROPERLY. "The worst trouble about a life preserver," said an old sailor, "is that few people know what to do with one when it's thrown to them. Many a man would drown in trying to get a life preserver over his head. "The average person strug- gling about in the water would try to lift up the big life ring and put it over his head. That only causes the man to sink deeper and take more water into his lungs. "The proper way to approach a life preserver in the water is to take hold of the side nearest you and press upon it with all your weight. That causes the other side to fly up in the air and down over your head, 'ringing' you as neatly as a man ringing a canoe at a country fair. After that the drowning man can be rescued." GARDEN LORE. Hew to Make Rose's Bloom All Through the Summer. Outdoor roses may be divided into four general classes—namely, climbers and ramblers, monthlies, teas and hybrid teas and hardy perpetuals. The climbers and ramblers bloom only once each year, in late June or July, except a very few, among which are the new flower of Fairfield, also called the ever blooming crimson rambler; climbing American Beauty and Christine Wright, a bright wild rose pink in color. The dwarf or baby ramblers with proper treatment bloom throughout the summer and autumn, as do also the monthlies, teas and hybrid teas. The hardy perpetuals give a heavy crop of blooms in June and under skillful handling will give several more small crops of blooms during the season. The name perpetual given to this class of roses is misleading and means not that this class of roses blooms all the season normally, but that they live year after year out of doors. In order to secure the greatest number of blooms from rose bushes of any class the first step is to cut the rose blooms and summer prune the bushes properly. The bloom always appears on the young growth, and in picking either a single rose or a cluster of roses, as in the case of the baby ramblers and other cluster roses, cut with a sharp knife, taking with the bloom or cluster of blooms a stem long enough so as to leave a stub having only one leaf between its end and the old hardwood branch or main stalk of the bush. The second plan is to carry more or less continuous summer blooming in roses is the weekly working of the surface of the soil about the roseshubs and monthly fertilization of the soil. Work the surface of the soil at least once a week so as to leave it fine and soft to the depth of two or three inches. The drier the weather the offender the soil should be worked, and if this is done there will be very little need for artificial watering. About once a month work into the soil all over the rose bed or border on where the bushes are set as single specimens in a yard about two and one half feet in diameter around the bush a layer of well-dayed cow or sheep manure about one inch thick. This may be varied by a spread of bone meal in the place of the manure thick enough to make the surface quite white and worked in the same as manure. Both kinds of manure and bone meal can be obtained from the seedsmen. How to Save Ice. "I wish to tell you of a contrivance of mine," said a woman recently, "for saving ice when the refrigerator has to stand in a heated kitchen or when hot weather comes around. Even though the refrigerator is in a cool place in summer, the ice melts fast during the heated term. I learned the trick during a torrid summer and wish to pass it on for the benefit of others. "When the iceman came around with a hundred pound piece of ice I had him put it inside a gummy sack, and after three days of intense heat I had about fifteen pounds left when the iceman came with another hundred pounds and put it inside a dry sack. The butter had kept hard and sweet so I infer that the refrigeration was sufficient even if the chill was less than when rapid melting was going on." How to Make Nut and Date Bread. A bread that will appeal to the vegetarian is made by the following recipe. Measure one cupful of warm wheat mush made from any kind of wheat preparation, and one-quarter cupful of sugar, one-half teaspoonful of salt, two of sugar, two tablespoonfuls of melted butter and one-quarter yeast cake dissolved in four tablespoonfuls of lukewarm water. Stir together, add on cupful of finely cut walnut meats and three-quarters cupful of dates cut small pieces. Mix in four enough to make a dough that can be kneaded, cover and set in a warm place to rise overnight. Knead, shape into a loaf and let rise in the pan. Bake in a moderate oven. BE THOROUGH. Rare as epic song is the man who is thorough in what he does. And happily so; for in life he subjugates us and makes us bondmen to his ashes—George Meredith. LOOK TO TODAY. Know thou, my heart, if thou art not happy today thou shalt never be happy. Today it is given three to be patient, unselfish, purposeful; to be strong, eager and to work mightily. If thou doest these things, and doest them with a grateful heart, thou shalt be as happy as it is given to you to be on earth.—Havergal. Economical Oven A portable oven to be used on the top of the gas stove can often be used in place of the large oven which consumes so much more gas than is necessary for a few tea biscuits and other small baking. THE ECONOMY. 316 North Third Street. FINE TAILORING CLEANING DYEING AND REPAIRING. CHITMAN M. WHITE, Proprietor. STRAUS' SPECIAL Old Yacht Club, PURE WHISKEY Will Satisfy the Lover at the Right Kind of Stimulant. Special Prices We Have All Grades of Good L quore, Cigars and Tobacco. Call and See Us. ISAAC STRAUS & CO.. 422 E. Broad St., Richmond, Virginia H. F. JONATHAN. FISH OYSTERS PRODUCE 114 N. 17th Street, Richmond, Va. All Orders Will Receive Prompt Attention. Phone: Madison-752. DALE HOTEL DALE The image provided is too blurry to accurately recognize any text or details. It appears to be a grayscale photograph of a building, possibly a house or a commercial structure, surrounded by trees. The focus is on the facade of the building, which features a series of windows and a central entrance. The surrounding area is less detailed, but there are trees visible. This magnificent hotel, located in the heart of the most beautiful seashore resort in the world; replete with every modern improvement, superlative in construction, appointments, service, and refined patronage. Orchestra daily. 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"A Song of Long Ago," by James Whitcomb Riley published in our issue of May 2. "was from "Green Fields and Running Brooks," Riley, Copyrighted, 1892 and used by special permission of the publishers. The Bobbs-Merrill Company. We congratulate Hon. R. R. Jackson upon his success in securing the seat in the Illinois legislature to which he had been elected, but had been counted out. His record in the past ensures success for him in the future. --- Hon. John S. Wise died in Princess Anne county, Maryland, Monday, May 12, 1913 after a long illness. The death of this brilliant son of Virginia, who for many years was idolized by the colored people of this State brings to mind the stormy scenes of the Readjuster rule. Bloquent, magnetic, impulsive, he was the most popular campaign brator in the commonwealth. Still, thousands who admired him before election day would not vote for him on election day. His passing will be generally regretted by those who knew him best. Peace to his ashes! CONVICTION OF JACK JOHNSON. The conviction of the heavyweight champion of the world Jack Johnson on seven counts in the "White Slave Case," to our mind closes the chapter and ends the career of one of the most remarkable characters of this or any other generation. From the opening of the proceedings to the close of the trial, justice for him was out of the question. He had blundered and defiled public sentiment as long that the opportunity was all that was needed in order to place him behind the bars. His appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States based upon the unconstitutionality of the "White Slave Act" showed that his case was --- not only desperate, but that it was so regarded by his counsel. Jack Johnson has been the slave to his appetites and to his desires. White men made him what he is today, a superb fighting machine. White women of the mercenary order have come in and brought about his undoing. He lived with them and married them. It will be some time before they succeed in getting him behind the bars for good. He is a fighter and as long as his money holds out, he will carry this case from one court to another. When the end of the row is reached, he will not only be pointless, but he will have been deserted by the thousands who hurrahed for him during his days of prosperity. Concluded on seven counts: Great Jehovahat! What better opportunity is desired by his enemies than this. The penitentiary looms up before him. The Negro-laters have the chance of a lifetime and a presiding judge stands ready to administer to him, what he regards as a merited punishment. Another one of the race's idols has been trapped. The last word in Chicago will soon be spoken and Jack Johnson will be forgotten in the garb of a convict, the shocking end of a great career, and the consummated hope of every Negro-hater in, the land, Selah. BISHOP WALTERS RESIGNS. The Washington, D. C. Bee. In one of the 10th and published the following. Bishop Alexander Walters, president of the National Democratic League, at a meeting of that organization held at its headquarters Tuesday evening, resigned from the presidency of the club. It is quite evident that the distinguished divine discussed with politics. This is just as we expected. The divine and political leader was between two fires. His followers in his rear were "jabbing" because of his inactivity and failure to secure even an ordinary appointment while his white Democratic associates were frowning at him because he was pushing under the eyes of President Wilson a list of colored candidates for office. If what the Bob says is true, this means the breaking up of the colored democratic trust in the securing of office and makes the affair a wild and disgraceful scramble for "the loaves and fishes." Bishop Walters to our mind has never comprehended the magnitude of the task before him. He has done now what he should have done before, kept out of the whole unfortunate business. Dr. Hooker T. Washington made the same mistake and he has paid dearly for his folly. Bishop Waters was needed before election times and election day. He is not needed now by the politicians in their business and they are not slow in making him aware of that fact. If the Bishop has resigned, it is evident that he has had more than enough of this whole disgusting business. --- THE AGES OBSERVATION. The New York Age devotes much space to a discussion of the chasm which is allowed to be yawning between the colored people of the North and those of the South. We have always insisted that whatever rights two, of the South have left are due to the protecting voting strength of the colored people of the North. It is not a question for argument between sensible people. The Age asks, "Are the Negroes Cowards?" This is rather as insulting a query to the colored folks as was Mr. T. Thomas Fortune's famous plan for information.—"Is the White South civilized?" The Civil War, the Spanish-American War, the campaigns in the Philippines with numerous expeditions against the Indians on the plains in our own country, should have prevented even a suggestion of any such query. The isolated cases in the Southland where colored men have defended their homes against lawless mobs, killing many of the murderers and then died and "gone shouting home to glory" should be additional convincing testimony upon this all important subject. Still the Age's double column double loaded editorial is an able protection and contains much sound and valuable advice which could be followed by the colored folks in both sections with satisfaction and profit, profit. THE COLOR-LINE AT WASHINGTON. Mr. P. H. McGowan, representative of the Richmond, Va. Times-Dispatch is responsible for the statement that the wife of Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States --- . Colored men affiliating with the races. One looks with contempt up- Democratic Party will now see things on the other and so it goes. The in a light that they never saw them result is that the discriminations before. -What chance has any of the continue. without saying. It is not regarded as being good manners to express one's opinion relative to the actions of a lady and especially "the first lady in the land." Still it is evident that the distinguished occupant of the White House has been and is influenced by all that she has said. That Hon. John Skelton Williams of Richmond, Va., who is now Assistant Secretary of the Treasury should have issued an order segregating the colored employees in the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, following this visit would indicate that he received the "titl" to do. The Negro-haters at the national capital are once more Jubilant, now that they have raised another issue and that they have succeeded in interesting no less an important personage than the wife of the President of the United States in so doing. To our mind this is an attempt to displace colored employees now enjoying immunity under the Civil Service rules. colored Democratic office-seekers to "land" political jobs in Washington if this rule holds good? Recorder Henry Lincoln Johnson, Register of the Treasury J. C. Napier and a host of others will be succeeded by white men. The "handwriting is on the wall." We have not expressed our opinion on this matter just as we would like to do. Wisdom for Kids it. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, the "queen of the White House" has taken a long step backward. Southern chivalry demands that we stop at that and draw the certain. "What will the harvest be?" MAJOR YOUNG IN AFRICA. According to the Buchanan, Liberia, Africa, African League, Major Charles Young of the United States Army's having "the time of his life" with the Liberian "army." It says in its issue of February, 1913: On the 19th inst, Captain Brown marched into the city of Buchanan with his large company of soldiers from the Liberian Hinterland. They marched through in a very orderly manner and quartered at Veytown. There were about 125 soldiers, a larger number of the Frontier force than ever before quartered in the city limits, and yet they were generally under such strict discipline that they gave the citizens no trouble. No one dreaded to walk the streets. Such was, the condition until confusion got into the camp on Monday the 17th about money matters. On the 16th Maj. Young came down in the "Newport" bringing part payment for the soldiers. Dissatisfaction arose because of misunderstanding between the Major and the Captain and soldiers, which could hardly be settled in Bassa at that time. Capt. Brown gave up the command of the soldiers, it appeared. Major Young sent about 35 of the soldiers to Rivercress overland under command of Lieut. L. L. Smith, and the Major proceeded to Rivercress in the launch. The other part of the company of soldiers, were left to themselves, some had gone to Monrovia while others, armed, remained in the Vettowns. On Monday night, the 17th, the whole city was terrorized by the reckless and continuous firing of guns and random prowling of dissatisfied soldiers. On the following day the Vice-President, on the part of the Government did what seemed best to him in securing some of the Government arms and ammunition. And soon all the scattered soldiers were off for Monrovia where, we are told, they waited at the barracks, for orders. After transacting business in Grand Bassa county pertaining to the Frontier Force, Major Young, U. S. Military Attache, proceeded to Cape Palmas in pursuance of the same business. That part of the Liberian soldiery is being organized by him. We do not know whether Major Young is laughing or "cussing" but it seems to us that he is in a position to do both. RACE DISCRIMINATIONS. It is now asserted that the drastic civil rights bill passed by the New York democratic legislature and signed by Gov. Sulser, also a Democrat was a measure offered for the protection of the Hebrews, better known as the Jews. Under its provisions colored people are amply protected. The antipathy to one race has led to antagonism to another. As a result, this country is in a ferment over the proper recognition of the Chinese, the Japanese and the Jews. The evident latent of the Negro-haters is to put these races in the same category with the colored people of the Southland. In this connection it may be said that all of the races are united except the colored people. They are engaged in an endless warfare among themselves, and their leaders as a rule are both jealous and avid of each other. As a result, their white antagonists regard them with contempt and triumph over them in practically every contest with ease. The latest information from New York is to the effect that Dr. Jacques Locb, a distinguished Jewish scientist, who is now head of the Rockefeller Institute's department of experimental biology, was blackballed recently by the Century Association because he is a Jew. The admission committee denies this and declares that he was rejected for personal reasons, the opposing members alleging that he has strong predilection for socialism, that he is otherwise erratic in his views, omphatic in his expression of them and not always tolerant of those who oppose them. It is cited that there are several Jews members of the Century Association. Be that as it may, the conclusion seems to be that they have enough Jews in the club. These reports tend to show that the discrimination against one race of people leads to discrimination against another. It is impossible, though to form a common basis of defense between these persecuted races. One looks with contempt upon the other and so it goes. The result is that the discriminations continue. He told the sky maid of his love. The color left her cheeks. But on the shoulder of his coat It showed for several weeks —Cornell Widow. "My girls annoy me terribly with their porch particle, and it gets worse every summer." "Why don't you do as I did?" "What did you do—exercise your parental authority or send your girls visiting?" "Neither. I'm too foxy to stir up trouble. I simply inclosed the porch and turned it into a breakfast room."—Cleveland "Plain Dealer. A jolly old chap from St. Louis Bald: "Home persons are fond of chop souls." Some—I speak to their shape. Mispronounce my town's name. But we don't have to follow them— Douglas? Howell—Did your boy pass all his entrance examinations? Powell—He was conditioned in the college yell.—Woman's Home Companion. Man cannot her discomfort feel Nor duplicate her envious flush Who meets a lady cloaked in seal When she is only cloaked in plush. —Brooklyn Life. Miss Cutting—So sorry. I couldn't see you when you called, but I was just having my hair washed. Miss Sharp—And the laundries are so provocingly slow about returning things!—Judge. But the man worth whilo is the man who can antille. When the check takes away his breath - Springfield (Mass.) Union. But the man worth while can just grind out a pile But the man worth while is the one you can't rule "The house is too close to the river, and the ground is too low," said the prospective purchaser. "I'll bet this place is needed every spring." "What of it?" Indicated the owner. "There are not many houses where you can sit in your dining room and nib- from the window, are there?"—Clu- cini nat Enquiler "Who is the belle tonight?" asked she. As they stood on the balcony floor. He looked around the room to see. And she speaks to him no more —Cape Cod item. Overhand—Society's latest dance is called the "one step." Underwood—The tendency seems to be toward reducing the foot movement to a minimum—Youngtown Telegram. There was a young lady named Knox. Whose promptness gave every one shot. When asked by a mate When aged by a male Why she wears him like Replied, "I wear clocks on my sox." —New York Tribune. "Were you in Venice while you were abroad?" "I forget. Were we, husband?" "I don't see how you can forget Venice. That's where we got that good spaghetti."—Louisville Courrier-Journal. To buy her presents his cash he spent. And her minds of thanks were sweeter than other. But when he had squandered his last red cent She married a youth who saved his money —New York Press. Hicks (packeting a loan)—You have placed me under a great obligation. Whika I feel that I shall never be able to enjoy it. Whika—Give me back that money—Somerville Journal. She smoked just one— No more, you best! She makes it now A sickarette —Boston Transcript In Room Teacher—Johnny, if cream is made of milk where does it come from? Johnny—From cold storage cows. Chicago News. Distinction. "Look, Mother! There's the lady that belongs to the little dog next door!"—I punch. His Viewpoint. Thomas Cat (on first seeing a dromedary)—Great Scott, old man, what have you got your, back up about?—Chicago News. Don't Mention It. "How much money did he say he had?" "Aba! Then he has untold wealth." —Pelican. Unequal to it. "Never mind, old man. It'll all come out right in the long run." His Experience. Pension Officer—Well, Michael, so you're living yet? Michael (aged seventy-five)—Deed, an' I am, sor, an' I always notice that away year I don't die in March I don't die at all that year—Punch. 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Geo-specialty. or full particulare, send, write or call ```markdown ``` BRYAN SPEAKS TO LEGISLATORS Is Given Enthusiastic Reception by Both Houses. VISITS GOVERNOR TENER Secretary of State Reiterates His Faith In People and Advises Platform Violators to Resign Office: Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan was given a flattering greeting when he was introduced in the Pennsylvania house of representatives at Harrisburg. Members of the senate sat at the front of the chamber and practically every member of the house was in his place. Having thanked the legislature for the honor shown him, he said: "I wish to speak to you as legislators. A century ago Thomas Jefferson said there are just two natural parties in a land where speech is free. There two parties he described as an aristocratic and a democratic party. The aristocratic party is the one that does not believe in the people and does not trust them. The democratic party trusts the people. "It should be borne in mind that Jefferson had not the now Democratic party in mind. The democratic party of his time was known as the Republican party, so handicapped we were by a name. Trust the people," further declared Mr. Bryan, "is the line that separates the man who is at heart a democrat from the man who is an aristocrat. "R is a matter of great importance to know if our representatives hold the democratic idea or to the aristocratic idea. The aristocratic idea is that people are not fitted to think for themselves, but must have representatives of superior intelligence to think for them. "The democratic idea is that the people think for themselves and elect representatives to do for them what they would do for themselves if they had the opportunity. "The democratic view is the popular view. I know this, because I know how the average candidate acts when he goes before the people. If it is immaterial to him what the people think, why is it that he consults with them before election? The fact that we not only have party platforms, but that these platforms are becoming more blinding is proof that the democratic theory of representative government is sound. It is a democratic principle that a platform is blinding on every man that runs upon it. "But I hear some one ask, 'Should a man after his election to office violate his conscience?' My reply is that no man so elected should violate his conscience. It is a democratic principle that a candidate's conscience should begin to work before the election. If a maninds after he has been elected his conscience will not permit him to do what the platform he ran upon calls for, he should resign. "It must be borne in mind," added Mr. Bryan, "that constituents also have consciences. The man who refuses to represent the conscience of his constituents is a greater criminal than an embezzler. It has coat the world millions of treasure and millions of lives to secure representative government, but representative government is a failure if the representatives of the people can betray them, mock them and spit upon them." The secretary of state was compelled to suspend his remarks by the demonstration of approval which swept the house. When quiet was restored he added: "Do you think an income tax amendment would have been passed in Pennsylvania fifteen years ago?" inquired Mr. Bryan. The reply was a mixture of laughter and applause. Mr. Bryan referred to the fact that nineteen years ago he had helped to draft an income tax amendment which embodied only a "flat rate." "Men of large fortunes fought it, but now we are to have a graded income tax. They notified he Monday," the secretary of state continued, "that we had received the last state necessary to ensure the election of United States senators by popular vote, and it is to be my pleasure, I may say, my delight, to affix my signature to the last for malty that will place the United States senate in the hands of the people. And Pennsylvania was one of those thirty-six states." "Would Pennsylvania have dohe this thirty-six years ago?" he inquired, adding: "I mention this to show the progress that has taken place. "Now let me tell you something more that is going to be accomplished. The day of the boss is past in the United States. The day is coming when the people at home will nominate the candidates and write their own platform. You can prevent it for a well but you are not strong enough to stat the conscience of a nation and conscience of a state. Not only is the boss to be eliminated, but I venture to say that we have seen the great national convenor." When Mr. Bryan arrived he was thusastically thered as he passed through the retired station. Mr. Bryan, escorted by a reception com- motor car and was received by Governor Tesor. Mr. Bryan was accompanied from Washington by Secretary Wilson a Congressman. Palmer and Blakestone rode in the same motor car with the be the state capitol. [Silhouette of a man in a military uniform]. BEACHEY SAYS HE WILL NEVER FLY AGAIN Lincoln Beachey, aviator, will never fly again, according to his statement at the Olympic club in San Francisco, Cal. "You could not make me enter an aeroplane at the point of a revolver," he solemnly assorted. "I'm done. They called me the master birdman, but there was just one thing which drew crowds to my exhibitions—a morbid desire to see something happen. They all predicted I would be killed and none wanted to miss getting in on it. They paid to see me die. They bet and the odds were against my life." Beachey read a roster of twenty-four aviators who have been killed when flying. "These boys were like brothers to me," he said. "In Chicago last September Kearney's mother begged me not to teach Horace any more tricks. Kearney turned and said: 'Mother, I must be a top liner. I must be as good as Beachey or take a back seat. I must try the same tricks he does. Three months later he was dead. "The wife of Welsh begged him to cut out the sphial 'Beachey does them,' he said. 'I must do them if I am to get the money.' Charlie was doing the reverse spiral two weeks later at Trenton. N. J., a wire snapped; they picked him up dead. I felt that I had murdered poor Charlie. "A few days later his body passed through Albuquerque, where I was with his widow and two babies Mrs. Welah became hysterical. You made Charlie do it," she said. "Some time later I sent some tickets to Mrs. Fly. She sent them back, writing: "Eucare would be with me now if he had never seen you fly." "At Tantoran last November, when I heard the boys talking of trying this straight glide, I wanted to quit. After the first day I could hardly work. I was in the grip of fear—not for myself, but that I would make others kill themselves. When I left the field I vowed I never would step into an acroplane again." NEILL QUITS U. S. SERVICE Commissioner of Labor and Arbiter of Many Labor Disputes Resigns. Dr. Charles J. Neill, United States commissioner of labor since 1905, an recently made commissioner of labor statistics in the new department of labor, resigned to take a position outside the government service. He was prominently identified with the arbitration of many noted wage disputes under the Erdman act. Dr. Neill has taken a position with the American Smelting and Refining company to organize and conduct its labor department. He said the offer came to him through William Loeb, Jr., managing director of the Guggenheim corporations. Chief Wilkle to Quit John E. Wilkle, supervising special agent of the customs service and for fourteen years chief of the United States secret service, will resign from the government service shortly. Mr. Wilkle will retire voluntarily to accept a commercial position in Chicago. His successor has not yet been chosen. Bebbera &ah Woman 14 Times Two men entered the third floor apartment of Mrs. Marie Tola, in Brooklyn, and demanded her valuables. She screamed. They beat her, stabbed her sixteen times, ransacked the place and made off with $1600 found under a mattress. Mrs. Tola will die. Change in New Nickel. Secretory McAdoy has ordered a slight change in the new nickel. The words "five cents" will be more clearly defined. - Subscribe to The PLANET THE VOTE WAS 281 TO 139 Underwood Says If Manufacturers Try to Discredit New Tariff For Political Reasons They Will Be Exposed. The Underwood bill went through the house and it is now up to the senate to complete the fulfillment of the Democratic tariff pledge. For the first time in twenty years the Democratic party saw a general tariff measure go through the house of representatives with the certainty that in one form or another it will in a few months be the law of the land. As the house Democrats drove home the last spike in their labors the ceremony was purely formal. The Underwood bill was passed by the house by a vote of 281 to 139. Only five Democrats strayed from the party fold when the issue finally was joined. Four Progressives, two Republicans and one independent, formerly identified with the Republican party, voted with the Democrats, Representatives Brousseau, Dupree, Morgan and Lazaro, of Louisiana, and Smith, of New York, Democrats, registered their protests against the proposed tariff revision by voting in the negative. Representatives Kelly and Rupley, of Pennsylvania; Nolan, of California, and Bryan, of Washington, were the Progressives who sided with the main body of the Democrats. Representatives Vary and Stafford, of Wisconsin, Republicans, likewise joined the Democrats in support of the Underwood bill. Representative Kent, of California, was the "Independent" who approved the proposed Democratic revision by voting for it. Representative Copley, of Illinois, until this session a Republican, now identified with the Progressive party, answered "present" when his name was called. Just before the bill was passed an announcement was made by Representative Underwood that created a sitr. Mr. Underwood served notice that if any manufacturer in the United States attempted for political reasons to discredit the new tariff the administration had agencies within its power to deal out punishment to such manufacturers by publicity of all the facts. Mr. Underwood was referring to the law passed a year ago creating the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce. This is the law which Secretary Redfield already has seized upon in ordering his investigation into the pottery industry, which has been threatening to cut wages if the Underwood rates prevail. The Wilson administration is about to move to break up the Reading's control of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. It was acknowledged at the department of justice that papers are in course of preparation for a suit under the Sherman antitrust law designed to accomplish that end. This action by the federal government will resolve one of the disturbing features of the government's suit against the so-called antitrust trust which was disposed of when the United States supreme court handed down its recent important decision in that case. It will be the culmination of the step in a series of efforts on the part of the federal government to smash the so-called hard coal trust. When taken in connection with the department's announcement in regard to the New York, New Haven & Hardford railroad, this development has an added significance. Attorney General McReynolds is announced that a special counsel is to be appointed by him for the purpose of examining the entire New Haven situation, with a view of moving in the courts if he finds that conditions warrant such proceedings. These two developments indicate for the first time that the new administration's attitude toward the railroads is to be aggressive. Oucat For Eagle Foes Fatal William Crispin, a collector of bird's eggs, lowered himself 100 feet by a rope in the Pocono mountains, near Easton, Pa., last Friday in quest of eagles' eggs, and fell 200 feet to his death. The news of the accident became known when his body was brought to the home of his parents near Salem. Crispin, who was thirty-three years old, had collected eggs all over the country. Last week he had an order from New York for a certain kind of eagle egg and set out for the Poconos to find them. He was last seen alive on Friday afternoon near the place where he was killed. On Sunday several women, who were picking wild flowers, came across his body. Papers of identification were found on the body and the police learned from Crispin's father the object of his mission into the mountains. Two motor cars Dead in Crash. Two young man, who are believed to be, William J. Engle, of 2116 North Eleventh street, and Albert Herbert of 2433 North Twenty-sixth street Philadelphia, the former a chauffeur employed by Mrs. Henry Gerstley, of the Hotel Majestic, were killed in a collision between an antique automobile and a trolley car at the foot of Skippack hill, six miles north of Norristown, Pa. The two victims were travelling at a lively clip along the Reading pike at a particularly dangerous part of the road, when a wheel of their car attack a deep rut. The motor car jumped into the air, skidded, and ran directly in front of the trolley car. The motorman apparently had no chance even to slacken the speed of his car, and the automobile was caught between the trolley car and the stone wall of the bridge crossing Skippack creek, which flows at the foot of Skippack hill and another rising shortly to the north. The automobile was crushed into a shapeless mass of tangled wreckage. One of the two occupants of the motor car was hurled clear of the machine into the creek, but he was killed by the impact and was not drowned. Sacrifices Himself to Duty. The most remarkable display of courage and devotion to duty that has come to the notice of the Boston, Pa. fire department was discovered when the men reached a power house of the Eastern Pennsylvania Power company. There they found Howard Strobel, the engineer, nearly dead from burns, but conscious and giving directions to his assistants how to operate the plant. Strobel's clothes caught fire while he was in the oil house. He ran to the city fire alarm box, a couple of blocks away, and sent in the alarm. Witty his clothes still burning, he returned to the station and gave orders to the men. At the box from which Strobel sent in the alarm the firemen found one of his shoes, burned to a crisp. So desperate was Strobel in his efforts to get the door of the box open that he broke the key in two. Boy of Seven Like Old Man. Tellio De Fibre, seven and a half years of age, of West Berwick, Pa., one of a family of five children, four of whom are deaf and dumb, a dying of a rare disease called *retinism*, which is a hardening of the tissues of the scalp and skin. This, which gives a child the appearance of being a little old man, and is eventually fatal, the doctors say. Tellio has thick gray hair, and bears every resiliance to a man of sixty years. He has to be pushed about in a baby carriage. He delights in eating newspaper clocks and lumps of coal. His parents are normal. Girl's Body In Pond. With a tear in the skirt, living evidence of a struggle, the body of Ada Hoffman, aged twenty-three years, a domestic employed by Mrs. Frank L. Lawrence, of Short Hills, N.J., was found in Swan's pond, between Millburn and Short Hills, near Newark, N.J. The identification was made by Gustave Maltizie, who said he was to have married the young woman next Saturday. The authorities are working on a theory of possible murder. Killed In Runawar Richard McHale, & we doo farmer at Saco, seven miles from Towanda, Pa., went to Ulster to attend the commencement exercises of the Ulster high school, his daughter being a member of the gradnating class. On his way home his team ran away, the wagon pole struck a small tree and McHale was thrown over the horse's heads, striking another tree and breaking his neck. Plan 40,000 Ton Warship Congress will be a good next year to appropriate for one bethship, a mam- moth dreadnought, displacing 40,000 tons and costing about $20,000,000 according to tentative plans of the navy general board. This year the navy department had asked for three battalions and got one, as it did last year, when three were requested. Free Woman For Husband's Funeral. On a special permit from Attorney General McKennolds, Mrs. Emma Goff, a federal prisoner serving a three- year sentence in the Kansas state pen- tentary at Lansing, departed in the charge of a woman good to attend the funeral of her husb and in Naco, Artz. Ex-Senator Briggs Dies. Former United States Senator Frank O. Briggs died at his home in Trenton, N.J. Mr. Birkles had been all for several months and lapsed into a state of coma from which he never rallied. Funeral arrangement have not been completed. 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With his throat cut and a razor lying nearby, the decomposed body of George McKenzie, thirty-five years old, missing for two weeks, was found in a clump of bushes near his home at Rawlings, near Cumberland, Md. He had made frequent threats to kill him- self. G. A. R. to Encamp at Chaitanoga. The 1912 encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, will take place in Chaitanoga, Tenn., in September. A committee of citizens extended the invitation to Commander-in-Chief Alfred Beetn to telegraph. General Beers telegraphed his acceptance. Data Regarding Battleships and Documents Are Not of Much Importance and Have No Commercial value. There have been repeated thefts of plans of United States battleships from the navy department offices in Washington. This disclosure has caused a sensation in official circles. The thefts have been going on since the night of March 1, when certain plans of the newest dreadnought, the Pennsylvania, were stolen from the bureau of steam engineering. Since that date similar plans of other ships have been issued from the same draft The act of the thefts had been kept a district by navy department officials in the hope that the theft might be apprehended. Though it is the opinion at the navy department that the plans were taken by some one employed in the building, suspicion has not yet relied on any individual and neither has any of the responsible officers of the department been conserved for the loss of the plans. The plans of the Pennsylvania which were taken are described as of little value in themselves, and it is not their loss which is causing such particular concern. What alarm Secretary Daniels and his associates in the navy department is the fact that apparently some one is able to steal highly confidential papers from the department and get away with them undetected. About the only real secret connected with battlefield construction nowadays is the fire control apparatus, that is the electrical devices and arrangements by which the firing of the bip guns is controlled from a central station. Every nation endeavors to guard its fire control devices from every other Officer at the navy department insist, however, that the stolen plan did not show any of the details of the fire control apparatus of the Pennsylvania. The first theft of plans occurred on the night of March 4. It was recalled that on that evening the navy department building was crowded with visitors to view the fireworks on the open parking south of the building. All who entered the building were supposed to be known to the watchman at the door or vouched for by some one known to the watchman. The plans were incomplete, and a draughtsman who had been working on them is certain they were on his table at 7 o'clock in the evening. The next morning they were gone. After Mar 10 other thefts occurred, among them being the stealing of dupleates of the Penn-yylan plans that already had been taken. Plans pertaining to other ships also have been taken from the same room in the bureau of steam engineering. These plans all had to be with details of deck arrangements and did not pertain to the guns or hull construction. As the stolen plans have absolutely no value commercially, department of fields have no conclusion left but that some one either took them in the hope of disposing of them to representatives of a foreign government or that some one deliberately carried out the theft at the instance of some similar agency. MISSING BOY FOUND DROWNED IN CREEK Believed to Have Fallen Into Stream While Playing. Albert Smith, six years old, who had been missing since Friday, was found drowned in Assisbunk creek, which runs through Burlington, N.J. There is little doubt that the boy accidentally fell into the stream. The body was found near the wharf where Harman Richardson, a clam, had last seen Albert playing. Although there have been theories that Albert was kidnapped or attacked the ind' father, Alfred Smith, is now convinced that death was accidental. The elder Smith's uncle, Hamlet Poole, is not certain of this, however. There were no marks of violence on the child's body. George Ericson and Hartley Severen found the body while they were grappling from a rowboat at low tide. The news flashed across the town, and a great crowd collected on the creek bank. The drowned boy was taken to his home. His mother, who had hoped that the kid might still be alive, collapsed. Conference Series Former president Taft will spend the summer at Murray Bay, on the B Lawrence river. Quoted, it was learned. A friend of Professor Taft in New Erly, Mass, received a letter from him saying that he has leased a vortage at Murray Bay. Church Tower, Kills Three Chief of Police McCarthy, Fire Chief Darken and Policeman Matt Hamilton were killed when the tower of Knox church, in Straford, Ont., collapsed during a fire. The tower had been struck by Lightning. --- $12,500 Missing From Express Package The theft of $12,500 from an express package containing $15,000, rivaling in some ways the famous Cunilife rob- bery of several years ago, is puzzling county, city, and private detectives in Pittsburgh, Pa. The money was extracted from the package somewhere between Pitta- Nothing on earth is so valuable as a human kind. All a character of worth polishing at great trouble and cost, much more is the mind of a boy or young man worth all the polishing that the education gives him. The best education is not too good for a promising youth. You would choose a poor physician to have a few cures when health is in danger. 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"Oh, you didn't present the sarcoma in her wrist on the contrary, he smiled and clasped and slapped his "Is it point of time?" "Mrs. Knowles. I won't take the presidency of the United States." "Oh! sound to a chicken farm growth?" "No, not to a fire escape or burglar storm. Hay ha!" "Million in a lot of money?" "By John! Ha, ha, ha!" Mrs. Howes looked sharply at him to see if he had been drinking too much either, but he had no appearance of it. He was just jolly and good natured, like a man that had a big thing and a H sure thing up his sleeve. She thought it possible that he might have struck it this time. "Well," she asked, "she continued to chuckle. A Dread Surs Thing. "Well, it's something I've kept from you a week or so and I'm dead sure of, and so I'll tell you. It will be no use for you to try to discourage me." "Perhaps I shouldn't try." "Mrs Bowser, how much money do you suppose the American people spend in a year for beer?" "Maybe $1,000,000." "And maybe 00 times that much. What would you say about whisky and wine?" "Is it as much as that?" "And a heap more. You can figure it that the drinks of America cost about $3,000,000,000 a year." "Gracious me!" "And they do no one the least mile of good. On the contrary, they are harmful. Suppose I could stop all manufacture and sale except for medicinal purposes?" "Wouldn't it be grand?" "Mrs Bowser, how much tobacco is chewed and smoked in America every year?" "Wagon loads of it. Why, the stuff of your cigars would make one wagon load!" "We won't mind the stubs of my cigars just now. Other billions of dollars are thrown away in tobacco, and no one receives the slightest benefit." "I can't awful!" she grasped. "With the money thus squandered we could pay the national debt in eight months. Then we could go on and build a schoolhouse at every ten rods all over the country. We could bring the price of lobsters down to 3 cents apiece. We could have free moving picture shows. We could have free gum for all the women to chew." "And can you do anything to hurry that glad day?" "I can and have and will. Mrs. Bow bar. That's my scheme, you will call it." "But I don't see"— To Change Human Nature. "But you will see. In one year, the so man will drift smoke or show I won't go so far as to say that man will play poker or bet on horse races but it will not be with the same old pathosism. I. However, am going to change human nature over the world." I am going to be the greatest benefactor for the world has ever known." Mrs. Rowley sighed and turned away, and after chirling over her perplexities, he continued: "A year ago I saw a policeman arrest a trump and beat and mousse him. I interfered to save the man, and he expressed his gratitude in no uncertain terms. He told me that the day would come when he could repay his debt, and it has come." "I don't believe it," was the blunt reply. "Oh, you don't? Well, I shouldn't get mad about it, but proceed to show you. You have seen advertisements of the cures of the whisky and tobacco habit?" "Oh, yes." "It is a fact that they cure in most cases. The patient is given something, to cure his craving. I shall give him something to cure it—something more sure than his been presented before." "He's got to want to be. I'll have law passed to force him to take the cures. The cell will be some old kickers but I shall bring them to time." "It's a cure the grateful tramp gave you, is it?" "It be." "And how do you know that it will cure?" Other Remedies Not In It. "Ha, hat. That's where I've got you cornered. I've been experimenting. It cures in seven days, while it takes weeks for other remedies to get in their work. I began on an old soak and bum six days ago, and now you can't get him to drink, or smoke or chew. He fairly hates the sight of whisky and tobacco." Is your cure very costly? "Hat," That's where I am ahead again. I warrant a sure cure if the patient takes a dollar's worth of the liquid, and I make 50 cents on every dollar's worth that is sold. Oh, I've got it all figured down fine, and there is no chance for you to jump in and upset me." "And what's the cure?" "I tell you, but nobody else on the face of the earth must know. It simply the field extract of goschlorite, and the dose is four teaspoonfuls a day." "Mr. Bowser?" was gasped. "Just extract of goschlorite, my dear. Wonderful, ain't it?" "I should say it was. If never heard that goschlorite juice had any medicinal properties. You are certain of what your cure is, are you?" "As sure as death. It was discovered by accident by my tramp himself. He was out of whisky and tobacco, and he ate gooseberries alongside the highway. He likened them and ate more and in a week he could not even induce to enter a saloon or a tobacco store." "But this vag that you have been experimenting on?" was asked. "Got you again-ha, ha, ha! He will be here this evening to stand before you and, but you see the wonderful change my cure wrought in him. Seeing is believing. You won't call this a fat after seeing the man. I shall experiment on others before putting the cure on the market." "And on yourself to cure the cigar habit?" "Very likely. That must be the man at the door now. Bring him right in here." The Vagabond's Entrance. Mrs Bowser opened the door on the worst looking vagaband she had seen in five years. Without removing his old hat he marched down the hall and came to a hut before Mr. Bowser to demand: "Say, old man, you must cough up a five dollar note for me this evening." "What it?" "Cough up." He weaved to and fro as he stood. His whisky breath scented the room. He had something in his mouth that made each check bulge out. "Is this your patient?" asked Mrs Bowser. He nodded his head, and the man answered for him. "I am the guy, lady." "And he has cured you of the craving for whisky and tobacco?" "Cured nothing! Why, lady, he wrecked me instead!" "How do you mean?" "Why, you got ten times the craving. I had before! I want a drink of whisky every ten minutes now, and I am chawing nigger head terbacker with both my jaws! Yes, lady, he's wrecked the career of a mighty good man and he's got to cough up!" "You hear what he says," observed Mrs. Bowser as she looked at the great discoverer. "He's a liar! I don't believe he's the man at all!" The Deadly Gooseberry Juice: "Don't try any tricks on me, or boss!" warned the man. "I've got some of yer gooseberry juice right here in a bottle. There it is. Yes, you took a good man and wrecked his life!" Mr. Bowser sat there, flushing re- and white by turns and unable to say anything, and Mrs. Bowser stepped to her purse on the marital and got $5 and handed the money to the man and let him depart. Then she sat down and it was a long ten minutes before she queried: "Well?" No reply. "I have you nothing to say?" Deep silence. She looked up and saw that Mr. Bowser had dropped to sleep. It was the best thing he could do. Ria Aim. "I never hear 'you bragging' about your ancestors." "No. I'm too busy trying to do things so that my descendants will be able to brag a little about me." Detroit Free Press. Fortunate. "I see that somebody says many a man is poet without knowing it." "Gee, what luck?" Chicago Record Herald. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Economy Hints A penny saved is a penny earned.— Benjamin Franklin. THE details of the costume have a far deeper meaning to the woman who is attempting to dress smartly on a limited income than to her friend with the well filled purse. The latter depends on her dressmaker to add the latest touches, the details that make or mar the costume, and while she admits them in a general way she merely accepts them as part of the whole. But the woman who is seeking to obtain a fashionable effect with a very slight expenditure must give much care and thought to these details. A collar displaying the latest style features will bring the coat of yesterday up to date in a twinkling, or one of the new nashas will lend so smart an air to the skirt frock which has served all winter under the fur coat that even the owl will almost forget it is not a new creation. Collars and Cuffs. Of all the accessories that may be called to the aid of the economical women, collars or collars and cuffs are perhaps the most important and helpful. The expense will be much curtailed if it is possible to make these accessories at home, and the average woman should possess sufficient knowledge of the needle to make them especially with the aid of one of the good paper patterns. The variety spread before admiring eyes this spring is positively bewildering. The much discussed collar and futurist influence has crept into the realm of neckwear. Thus far it has shown itself merely in a collar of silk, with the curious polygonal effects in brilliant colorings or in a tiny bow heading three tiers of planted cern face. Waistcoata. Another necessary which every woman will desire is one of the new waistcoats. Whether or not it is made in very manish style to accompany the tailored suit, with all the trifles that the old time dandy demanded, it is fascinating. The tailored vests are fashioned from the new plique or raftine and are cut very similar to a man's dress suit vest, while the more elaborate ones are of broached satin, broche crapes, flowered silks, silk cretonnes and various other silk and cotton stuffs. They are more pretentious, extending often below the waistline in V shaped points. It is possible to buy in the shops, waistcoats with plaited cliffon fabrics and other appurtenances, which may be worn in the place of a blouse when there is no desire to remove the coat. GOOD TO KNOW. How Thoroughly and Easily to Clean Piano Case. Use a bottle of olive oil, a bottle of alcohol, some new or perfectly clean canton fannel, a perfectly clean chamels leather and a basin of water. Wet a small piece of the fannel and drop on it a few drops of oil. Rub with the wet fannel a small section of the case at a time and immediately rub it thoroughly with a dry piece of the fannel before proceeding to a fresh section. Polish finally with the chamels or a piece of the fannel. Rub with the grain of the wood and breathe on it occasionally to help remove any olliness that may remain. A very little flour rubbed with the grain of the wood will also help to remove olliness, but it use should not be necessary. Wash the piano keys with a corner of the fannel wet with alcohol. Be careful, however, to avoid touching the wood with the alcohol, as it will ruin the varnish. Common Sense Items. Don't burn gas for toast to save a few pieces of stale bread. Don't buy food in fancy packages, paying for two pounds and getting one and three-quarter pounds. Have your butcher inclose trimmings with your meat. This will increase your dripping as well as your soup stock. Buy sealed if you have none. They will pay for themselves in a few months. A few reports of short weights from your kitchen mean a reform in the grocery or market. Make or buy a fireless cooker, which is unexcelled for stews, cereals, puddings and vegetables, saving gas as well as time. How to Clean Satin Collars The white satin collars that are so fashionable now, but so hard to keep clean, may be glued out in other and cleaned immediately. Do not try to sponge off the spots, for that leaves a ring, but put a little either in a small bowl or teacup and squeeze half the collar at a time, and it comes out perfectly white. Ten cents' worth of ether will clean the collar many times. How to Trace. When tracing material is not handy and it is desired to transfer a design to cloth from a paper pattern try putting the cloth and paper on the machine together and going over the outline, with the machine, the needle, of course, being unthreaded. How to Remove Finger Stains. Fingers stained with fresh fruit, walnuts, etc., should be dipped in strong tea, rubbed with a nailbrush and then washed in warm water. How to Frameless Curtain Take several newspapers and paste the edges together; then stretch the curtains to be cleaned upon them, pitting a good amount of flour between each curtain, roll up in a tight bundle, tie and lay away for a week or so; then shake it well and hang on the line while you dust out all flour with a clean whisk broom. Mothers are growing more sensible; hence the statement, "Children are more healthy, now than formerly." This is undoubtedly due to the fact that the inestimable value of fresh air is being realized more and more. No mother possessing the "scrap of common sense" would think of allowing her small children to sleep in a room where all the windows are tightly closed. This was a common occurrence not so many years ago. Many mothers place their babies in a perambulator and allow them to lie out in the garden or on the veranda nearly all day. The modern mother considers the child's health and boons with pride when she notices the ruddy cheeks and sturdy brown legs. Not every child, however, is constituted strongly enough to stand this vigorous life, and a physician should be consulted on the subject before exposing the baby to outdoor life. Open windows in the bedchamber do no good if the child sleeps with its head beneath the bedclothes. It constantly breathes the same air, which acts as a poison to the system of a delicate child. Train the child to keep the bedclothes away from its face, and if this proves not possible a sleeping sack must be reserved to BOTHERSOME LEAKS. How to Check Oil From Getting Out of Gear Sets and Axles. There are many motorists having difficulty in keeping their cars or garages clean, going to the fact that oil and grease room to leak continually from the gear box and rear axle casings. Where oil is used the unwise agent often suggests the use of a hard grease which in a comparatively short time may be worked up into the reactions of the case, where it does no good whatsoever, says the Motor Age. There are many gear sets, of course, which are so designed that grease can be used most advantageously, but where the manufacturer recommends the pre-off fluid oil it should be used. The greater amount of the oil leaking trouble experienced by motorists is due to the use of too much oil in the transmission gear box and rear axle cooling. In a gear box in which a fluid oil is used the amount of lubricant maintained therein should reach no higher than the lower portion of the lowestmost gear shaft. This pertains to gear sets in which the shafts are in either, a horizontal or vertical plane. In a gear box having both the gear shafts in the same horizontal plane both the shafts will be partly submerged in oil, and, though only the lower shaft of a gear set having the shafts in the same vertical plane will be partly submerged in the lubricant, this shaft and its gears when in motion will throw plenty of oil on to the outer working mechanisms in the case. If too much oil is used it only tends to work out through the bearings, causing a waste of oil and dirtying the streets or garage floor wherever the car may stand. The same applies to the lubrication of the rear axle, the only difference being that the oil which escapes not only tends to render the brakes ineffective, but often the oil is thrown out on to the wheels, tires and car body, giving them a very dirty appearance, damaging the latter two and making considerable work for the unfortunate car washer. Should a reduction of the amount of oil used prove ineffective have now felt washers fitted to the axle ends. --- How to Direct Letters: Mary persons have a curious hold of directing beat letters to city, instead of giving the name in full. I was cursed of this by an experience I had recently. Being unexpectedly called out of town on an urgent call, I hastily wrote some half dozen notes breaking my engagements, and as they were all to go in my home town, directed them all city, instead of Albany. I very nearly missed my train, and after just making it, found I had forgotten to mail my letters. As soon as I reached my destination I mailed my letters, forgetting all about the manner in which they were addressed, and, of course, they failed to reach their destination. How to Economize Household is economy does not consist wholly in careful buying. Good care is a supplement to good buying. Grape fruit and oranges. If cut in half and not used at once, should be turned cut side down on a plate to prevent drying out. Crackers and cereals should be kept in tin, glass or earthenware. The piece of left over pie dough will retain moisture if stored in the flour bin. Leproay. Sir George Turner is reported to have said that, though leprosy is usually spread by contagion, most lepers are not nearly so dangerous to the public as a person suffering from consumption. English Triumphant One of the reasons why English is expected to become a world language is that English people refuse to learn another. A correspondent sends the following example: At Muscat, at the entrance, to the Persian gulf, there lived for many years an Englishman, supposed to be the only, or almost the only, British resident, on the 1,500 miles of Arabian coastline from Aden to Kowell. It would seem that he could hardly have escaped knowing Arabic. Yet he confessed that he could not speak a dozen words of that language: "But how do you carry on your trade?" some one asked. "Oh," he replied: "the beggars have to learn English."—London Globe. HEALTH HINT FOR TODAY. Care of Children Children should have plenty of fresh air, good food, exercise, rest and sleep. They should sleep in bedrooms with the windows open both summer and winter, and no child under twelve years of age should have less than nine hours of sound, refreshing sleep. Children should be taught to be regular in their habits of eating, sleeping and exercise. They should also be taught habits of personal neatness and cleanliness. Unless carefully watched they will not wash their faces, comb their hair or brush their teeth. HEALTH HINT FOR TODAY. Tonallitia and Quiney. Seldom a week in winter goes by without some member of every school class or office force being confined at home with tonsillitis. This trouble seems to be more particularly common in youth, although it may occur at any age. Those who have a predisposition to rheumatism are especially prone to be attacked. Exposure to wet and cold usually is the exciting cause, and such exposure is especially effective if the system is debilated or the throat is congested from improper use or overuse of the voice. In many instances a severe case may be avoided by prompt attention to the first symptoms. One who is subject to tonsillitis should be especially careful about exposure and if by chance he does become chilled should take a hot bath, hot drink and go to bed. At the first appearance of any irritation of the throat some local application should be applied. There are many local applications which afford considerable relief in tonalitis. One of the most convenient and also most effective is turpentine and lard or oil. One part of turpentine to eight of olive oil will not cause a blister. This should be heated and then rubbed in well and covered with absorbent cotton or aannel cloth. Hot vinegar is another excellent application. Cloths wrung out of hot water also afford relief. These may be applied over the turpentine and oil. HEALTH HINT FOR TODAY. Pressure on Blood Vessels. There should never be any undue pressure on the throat, especially for full blooded persons. Anything that retards the circulation in the large artery, that carries the blood to the head should be avoided. Dress the throat loose enough to allow free movement of the head. HEALTH HINT FOR TODAY. How to Remove Soft Corns. To cure soft cornis the cause must first be removed as far as possible. Bathe the feet in drying, cooling lotions and liberally sprinkle between the toes any fine plum or carrotated powder. A good bath for soft cornis is a heating table, soignant of salt, a generous pinch of alum and a few drops of arsenic added to a quart of water. A splendid powder. If you wish to make one yourself, is made from about four ounces of fuller's earth and half an ounce of tannin and blimuth. If the feet are carefully bathed and dried and then a piece of cotton is dipped into the powder and placed between the toes that are troubled there will soon be a cure. HEALTH HINT FOR TODAY. Curing Tuberculosis "No drug, gas or other material has yet been discovered," says the National Society For the Prevention of Tuberculosis, "that will kill the germs of tuberculosis without doing serious injury to the body." The only real cure recognized by the society consists in "fresh air, suitable food and rest or exercise taken under the direction of a physician." This would include tuberculin, which was condemned by a special commission appointed to investigate it by the British government in 1900, reporting that "Profess. Koch's theories regarding the value of tuberculin are wrong in their entirety." 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This incident is one of the little touches of the crucifixion that are easily overlooked. The title of events is rushing us on toward Golgotha and carrying us with it. Our minds, like the feet of the excited crowd, hurry us on to the final issue. It is only when all is over, when "the shouting and the tumult dies," that we remember details. Now we recall the stranger, Simon. He's mentioned in three gospels. Not a follower of Jesus yet, but in all probability a disciple afterward. There were hosts of Jews in Egypt ever since Alexander gave them commercial privileges. There was a synagogue of the Cyrenians in Jerusalem. Simon is a well dressed stranger among the great holiday passover week through the Holy City. He is now at leisure to see the sights. There is a mob howling down one of the narrow streets on its way to see an execution. Simon is curious to see the crowd. Curiosity is not feminine; it is human. The victim is the Nazarene on his way to crucifixion. Men to be executed have this additional horror and humiliation of carrying their own cross. It is an added indignity, like making a traitor dig his own grave. He is a Carpenter, strong and brawny, used to carrying beams of wood, but he has undergone the agony of Gothsemane. The brutality of the judgment hall, the whippings and scourgings, the loss of blood and the loss of sleep have left him sick, faint. Then he fatters and falls. He is kicked or lashed; he rises and then stumbles again. "S. P. Q. R!" Some one else will have to carry the gibbet. They glance about for one of his disciples. There's none near. I'm afraid. Oh well, any back will do. Here's this clean, well dressed stranger gaping on. "In the name of the senate and Roman people I command thou to bear this cross." One moment he's a mere spectator; the next a soldier's heavy hand is on his shoulder and that accursed thing on his back The sun is hot. The crowd jeers Might as well plead with wild beasts as the soldiers. "They compelled him." It was hateful business, but do it he must, with many a black look and muttered imprecation. It is a mighty trying experience for the Cyrenian. Nothing further from his purpose. It's thrillingly starling. Here out of the quietness of his life he is seized violently and becomes a central figure in the world's greatest tragedy. What happened to this spectator, on whose finching shoulders, bewildered mind and rebellious spirit was put the cross, the load of another, is precisely the lot and life of many a man and woman whose eyes are now resting on this page. Upon them have been forced unexpected, unwelcome events. On our unwilling, unseeking shoulders is placed a load we must carry to the end of our days. Some One Else's Cross. It happens so simply. You stand by the wayside of your life some bright, fresh morning, light hearted and care free. Suddenly some one starts out from the crowd. You've hardly time to know what it is all about. No questions asked; restless hands are on you. It seems like a fearful dream. You can't get away. It is horrible and unjust. You didn't want it nor deserve it. Somebody was lax in business and left you hopelessly in debt. Somebody's unapprehension or laxiness or plain vice piles up on you loads of obligation. Somebody else's sickness, misery or misfortune leaves you heir to their troubles. Somebody's thoughtlessness, vanity or stubbornness darkens the rest of your days. A good part of the load of life we find ourselves carrying. It is not due to ourselves, was not chosen by ourselves. Simon had not merited his greasewood burden. He did, not create it, did not choose it. In a moment he found himself carrying it. And your cross, my friend, is often hown out of the sins and weaknesses of others and thrust upon you. Bearing Your Cross. How. are you going to bear your "crises"? How are you going to carry the breeds up a lifelong Calvary? How some day to give the soldiers the rifle or even getting redress? Do you spend a good bit of your time trying to get rid of the unwelcome burden? As a sensitive child you were tormented or ridiculed. You wanted an education or a start in business. But your father took sick or somebody was a fool or a rogue and frittered away what belonged to you. Some family sin or blunder overhanded you. From that day you have to play the obligato part; the singer gets the applause. At night when you are wakeful and cannot sleep the gross injustice of it all comes back. It rankles. You are in danger of becoming embittered and cynical. But don't. Listen. We sometimes curse men when we ought to be believing in God. The day came when Simon because a Christian and thanked God for the privilege of bearing his Lord's cross. He had two boys, Alexander and Rufus. They, too, became disciples. The cross bearing of their father was their fondest boast. Carry your cross bravely now. 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It is not strange that Mr. Bright should engage in business, because his father was a successful merchant, and from him young Bright received many lessons in business management, which by later put to good use. His early education was very limited. He did not remain in the public school long before he struck out for a business career. In which he has gained both knowledge and experience. The first business venture of this young man was the ice business. While THE MAYOR OF BROOKLYN LEMUEL W. BRIGHT. yet a boy he got together money enough to get hold of a wagon and went into the ice business. In this way he was able to lay aside a few dollars for a rainy day or perhaps to make larger business investments. The larger ice dealers of Norfolk united and froze the smaller dealers out. It being a cold business. Bright suffered with the rest and soon found himself confronted with the problem of finding another job. 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VIRGINIA—In the Law and Equity Court of the City of Richmond, this 14th day of May, 1913. Florence Edwards.....Plaintiff vs. In Chancery Joseph Edwards.....Defendant The Object of this suit is to obtain a Divorce, a Vinculo Matrimonii, by the plaintiff against the defendant upon the ground of Desertion. And an affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant Joseph Edwards is a non-resident of the State Virginia; it is ordered that the said Joseph Edwards appear here within fifteen days, after the due publication of this order and do whatever may be necessary to protect his interest herein. A Copy, Teste, P. P. WINSTON, Clerk, J. HENRY CRUTCHFIELD, pq. To Joseph Edwards: You'll take notice that I shall on the 10th day of July, 1913, at the office of Phil B. Shelda, Room 701, Travellers Insurance Building situated on the North side of Main street, between (11) Eleventh and (12) Twelfth streets; in the city of Richmond, Virginia, between the hours of 9 o'clock A. M. and 6 o'clock P. M. of that day proceed to take the depositions of Witnesses to be read as evidence in my behalf in a certain suit in Chancery depending in the Law and Equity Court for the City of Richmond, Virginia, wherein you are defendant and I am plaintiff, and if from any cause the taking of the said depositions be not commenced on that day or if commenced be not concluded on that day the taking of the same will be adjourned and continued from day to day or from time to time at the same place and between the same hours until the same shall have been concluded. J. HENRY CRUTCHFIELD, 14 Office: 1215 E. Broad St. Richmond, Virginia. VIRGINIA—In the Law and Equity Court of the City of Richmond, this 14th day of May, 1913. Clara Williams.....Plaintiff vs. In Chancery Harrison Williams.....Defendant The Object of this suit is to obtain a Divorce, a Vincile Matrimonial, by the plaintiff from the defendant upon the ground of Desertion. And an affidavit having been made and filed that the defendant Harrison Williams is not a resident of the State of Virginia; it is ordered that the said Harrison Williams appear here within fifteen days after due publication of this order and do whatever may be necessary to protect his interest herein. A Copy. Teste, P. P. WINSTON, Clerk. J. HENRY CRUTCHFIELD, PA. Harrison Williams: You'll take notice that I shall on the 11th day of July 1913, at the office of Phil B. Shields, Room 701. 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All Kinds of Straightening Combs, Pomades and Skin Preparations. Send two cent stamp for new 1913 Catalogue. The Largest Manufacturer of Hair Goods in the United States. BAUM'S HAIR IMPORIUM, And 30th Street) New York City. MOND PLANET. $7,000.00 Paid out from January 1, 1913 to May 3, 1913. FINE SHOWING FOR BOTH BRANCHES OF THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS—READ AND CONSIDER—VIRGINIA DOING GRAND WORK Jan. 7—Sir J. W. Chatman, Blue Ridge Lodge, No. 120. 4 Jan. 21—Sir W. H. Harvey, Planet Lodge, No. 23. 6 Jan. 21—Sir Daniel W. Adams, Virginia Lodge, No. 6. 6 Feb. 7—Sir George Harris, Old Dominion Lodge, No. 8. 6 Feb. 8—Sir Joseph Wright, Jonathan Lodge, No. 20. 6 Feb. 8—Sir W. D Carter, Natural Bridge Lodge, No. 124 Feb. 8—Sir Wallace Parker, Suffolk Lodge, No. 5. 6 Feb. 8—Sir Frank Walker, Rising Star Lodge, No. 106. Feb. 16—Sir George Barber, Sons of Lowmoor, No. 125. 6 Feb. 19—Sir Henry Conner, Friendship Lodge, No. 3. 6 Feb. 19—Sir George Baysmore, Widow's Friend, No. 122 Feb. 19—Sir Albert Pope, Zenith Lodge, No. 111. 6 Feb. 19—Sir David Bradford, Ziontown Lodge, No. 184. March 5—Sir John Evans, Friendship Lodge, No. 3. 6 March 7—Sir Green Hampton, Macedonja Lodge, No. 53 March 13—Sir Benjamin Johnson, Fulton Lodge, No. 42. March 26—Sir Richard Ferguson, Mt. Ararat, No. 134. March 26—Sir Fred Spolighta, Empire Lodge, No. 37. March 26—Sir George H. Willis, Staunton Lodge, No. 62. March 26—Sir C. J. Owens, Cavalier Lodge, No. 56. March 29—Sir John T. Morgan, Pocahontas Lodge, No. 41 March 29—Sir R. B. Pace, Ebencen Lodge, No. 116. April 4—Sir Marshall Taylor, Unkty Lodge, No. 24. April 8—Sir W. F. Stepney, Rescue Lodge, No. 4. April 16—Sir William Dandridge, Virginia Lodge, No. 6 April 17—Sir Granderson Smith, Independent, No. 75. April 21—Sir Andrew Taylor, Orange Lodge, No. 150. April 28—Sir Lowla Wingfield, Virginia Lodge, No. 6. April 28—Sir Henry Trummeil, Fulton Lodge, No. 42. April 28—Sir E. D. Carter, Buckner's Lodge, No. 149. April 28—Sir Roland Young, Virginia Lodge, No. 6. April 28—Sir William W. Hill Royal Lodge, No. 26. April 28—Sir George E. Lipacombe, Capital Lodge, No. 81 April 28—Sir Jesse Murphy, Blooming Lily Lodge, No. 15 April 28—Sir C. C. Lottier, Peak Knob Lodge, No. 64. Jan. 15—Ellizabeth Johnson, Myrtle Court, No. 106. Feb. 8—Emma Lee Marable, Fearlosa Court, No. 142. Feb. 19—Rachel A. Burns, Staunton Court, No. 76. March 7—Martha Brancho, Arneta's Court, No. 72. March 22—Charlotte Yearby, Pride of East Court, No. 56. April 4—Courtney Booker, Planet Court, No. 137. April 9—Carrie Martin, Victoria Court, No. 52. April 17—Emily Allman, Narelus Court, No. 229. April 21—Matilda Hall, Unity Court, No. 132. April 22—Tahleil Skinner, Golden Rule Court, No. 86. April 28—Ellizabeth M. Robinson, Unity Court, No. 132. April 28—Minnie Johnson, Sarah's Court, No. 246. April 28—Corn Preston, Fulton Court, No. 244. April 28—Maggie Mosby, King's Daughters Court, No. 70. April 28—Margaret Leftwich, Old Dominion Court, No. 114. April 28—Ella Shepherd, Ivy Leaf Court, No. 85. April 28—Sallie Taylor, Fulton Court, No. 244. April 28—Rebecca Banks, Blooming Lily Court, No. 142. April 28—Sarah Burwell, Suffolk Court, No. 63. May 2—Georgie Bolling, Old Dominion Court, No. 114. Amount Paid by Grand Lodge ..... $ 4,900.00 Amount Paid by Grand Court ..... $2,100.00 Total Amount Paid ..... $7,000.00 MADAM LUCIE CHRISTIAN SCOTT is associated in business with her husband, Mr. Alpheus Scott. Madam Scott claims the honor of being the only Negro woman in the State of Virginia—holding a State license to practice Embalming, and is indeed, one of the few women in the United States, Embalming and Conducting Funerals. She ranks with the best in her profession. She is prominent in fraternal organizations, namely: Courts of Galanthe, I. O. of St. Luke, I. O. of G. Samaritans, Household of Ruth, Tents, Sons and Daughters of Richmond, Shepherds of Betchlehem and Ideal Benefit Society. Your Patronage and Influence will be greatly appreciated. Please remember that she is always at your service. Reliable Service at Moderate Rates. OFFICE: 3006, P Street, 'Phone, Madison 2337. RESIDENCE: 1015 St. James St. 'Phone, Madison 6619. $7,000 Paid out from June to May 1913 FINE SHOWING FOR BOTH KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS SIDER—VIRGINIA DO. Jan. 7—Sir J. W. Chatman, Blue Hill Jan. 21—Sir W. H. Harvey, Planes Jan. 21—Sir Daniel W. Adams, Virgina Feb. 7—Sir George Harris, Old Dover Feb. 8—Sir Joseph Wright, Jonatha Feb. 8—Sir W. D. Carter, Natural Bridge Feb. 8—Sir Wallace Parker, Suffolk Feb. 8—Sir Frank Walker, Risinggate Feb. 16—Sir George Barber, Sons of Virginia Feb. 19—Sir Henry Conner, Friendship Feb. 19—Sir George Baysmore, Windsor Feb. 19—Sir Albert Pope, Zenith Lodge Feb. 19—Sir David Bradford, Ziontown March 5—Sir John Evans, Friendship March 7—Sir Green Hampton, Macdonald March 13—Sir Benjamin Johnson, Macdonald March 26—Sir Richard Ferguson, Macdonald March 26—Sir Fred Spreads, Empley March 26—Sir George H. Wills, Staunton March 26—Sir C. J. Owens, Cavalier March 29—Sir John T. Morgan, Poole March 29—Sir R. B. Pace, Ebencaze April 4—Sir Marshall Taylor, Unity April 8—Sir W. F. Stepney, Rescue April 16—Sir William Dandridge, Windsor April 17—Sir Granderson Smith, Indy April 21—Sir Andrew Taylor, Orlando April 28—Sir Lewis Wingfield, Virgina April 28—Sir Henry Trummeil, Fulton April 28—Sir E. D. Carter, Bucknell April 28—Sir Roland Young, Virgina April 28—Sir William W. Hill Roya April 28—Sir George E. Lipcombe April 28—Sir Jesse Murphy, Bloomingdale April 28—Sir C. C. Lottier, Peak Kill TOTAL... 1913 Jan. 15—Ellizabeth Johnson, Myrlea Feb. 8—Emma Lee Marable, Fearon Feb. 19—Rachel A. Burns, Staunton March 7—Martha Branch, Arneta's Court March 22—Charlotte Yearby, Pride Court April 4—Courtney Booker, Planet Court April 9—Carrie Martin, Victoria Court April 17—Emily Allman, Narcissus Court April 21—Matilda Hall, Unity Court April 22—Tahlele Skinner, Golden Pond April 28—Elizabeth M. Robinson, Uppsala April 28—Minnie Johnson, Sarah's Court April 28—Corn Preston, Fulton Court April 28—Maggio Mosby, King's Daund April 28—Margaret Leftwich, Old Dover April 28—Ella Shepherd, Ivy Leaf Court April 28—Sallie Taylor, Fulton Court April 28—Rebecca Banks, Bloomingdale April 28—Sarah Burwell, Suffolk Court May 2—Georgio Bolling, Old Dominion TOTAL... Amount Paid by Grand Lodge Amount Paid by Grand Court Total Amount Paid. Notice. CORRESPONDENT WANTED—A. Western boy, rich, handsome, dapper and debonair, who's "awfully lonesome." desires correspondence with a pretty, rich, vivacious colored girl who can sing, dance and play piano. Send photograph, stating age and height. All letters complying with this advertisement promptly answered. Write to a lonely boy out West, girls, and receive a long, sweet letter. Address J. G. J.. Box 631, Detroit, Mich. Notice! Notice! All representatives to the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pyrrhus which will meet in Newport News, Va. in June, 1918, will please communicate with District Deputy Grand Chancellor C. G. Davis, 517-877-616, Newport News Va. W. P. Clarkson, 753 Hampton Avenue, Newport News, Va., Chairman of Home-Committee. If You Want Your CHAIRS CANED NEATLY. Call up LEONARD CEPHAS, Phone Madison 1687, or Leave Orderu at 91S NORTH FIRST ST. --- ```markdown ``` BOTH BRANCHES OF THE BRIANAS—READ AND CON- DOING GRAND WORK Blue Ridge Lodge, No. 120. $ 100.00 Planet Lodge, No. 23. $ 150.00 Virginia Lodge, No. 6. $ 150.00 Dominion Lodge, No. 8. $ 150.00 Jonathan Lodge, No. 20. $ 150.00 Central Bridge Lodge, No. 124. $ 150.00 Ustolik Lodge, No. 5. $ 150.00 Living Star Lodge, No. 106. $ 150.00 Mona of Lowmoor, No. 125. $ 150.00 Friendship Lodge, No. 3. $ 150.00 Widow's Friend, No. 122. $ 150.00 North Lodge, No. 111. $ 150.00 Montown Lodge, No. 184. $ 150.00 Friendship Lodge, No. 3. $ 150.00 Macedonja Lodge, No. 53. $ 150.00 Mon, Fulton Lodge, No. 42. $ 150.00 Mon, Mt. Ararat, No. 134. $ 150.00 Empire Lodge, No. 37. $ 150.00 Staunton Lodge, No. 62. $ 150.00 Walter Lodge, No. 56. $ 150.00 Pocahontas Lodge, No. 41. $ 150.00 Genezer Lodge, No. 116. $ 150.00 Unity Lodge, No. 24. $ 150.00 Rescue Lodge, No. 4. $ 100.00 George, Virginia Lodge, No. 6. $ 150.00 Independent, No. 75. $ 150.00 Orange Lodge, No. 150. $ 150.00 Virginia Lodge, No. 6. $ 150.00 Fulton Lodge, No. 42. $ 150.00 Kicker's Lodge, No. 149. $ 150.00 Virginia Lodge, No. 6. $ 150.00 Roral Lodge, No. 26. $ 150.00 Lambie, Capital Lodge, No. 81 $ 150.00 Blooming Lily Lodge, No. 15 $ 150.00 Skok Knob Lodge, No. 64. $ 150.00 $4,900.00 Curtle Court, No. 106. $ 150.00 Carlson Court, No. 142. $ 100.00 Bunting Court, No. 76. $ 100.00 Tata's Court, No. 72. $ 100.00 Bridge of East Court, No. 56 $ 150.00 Net Court, No. 137. $ 100.00 Ana Court, No. 52. $ 100.00 Bus Court, No. 229. $ 50.00 Court, No. 132. $ 100.00 Ben Rule Court, No. 86. $ 100.00 Ben, Unify Court, No. 132. $ 100.00 's Court, No. 246. $ 100.00 Court, No. 244. $ 100.00 Daughters Court, No. 70 $ 100.00 Dominion Court, No. 114 $ 100.00 Fat Court, No. 85. $ 100.00 Court, No. 244. $ 100.00 Ling Lily Court, No. 142. $ 100.00 Court, No. 63. $ 100.00 Dominion Court, No. 114. $ 100.00 $2,100.00 Lodge. $ 4,900.00 Court. $2,100.00 $7,000.00 150.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 150.00 100.00 100.00 50.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 150.00 100.00 The Christiansburg State Summer School—Up in the Mountains. If you plan to attend a Summer School this year let us recommend that you go to Christiansburg. It is noted for its fine climate, excellent location, strong faculty, good board, reasonable rates, pleasant surroundings—an ideal place for study. Just opened a fine new building with modern conveniences, electric lights, steam heat, hot and cold baths. The State Examination at close of Normal For further information address E. A. LONG, Conductor, Christiansburg Summer Normal, Cambria Va. 4t Do You Know Them? Denver, Colo. Jan. 24, 1913. To Whom It May Concern, by the Pastor of the Church: Dear Sir: I am trying to locate a Mrs. Vicky Powell or some of her children. I wish to inform them about her son Daniel Laurence Powell. If you can find any relatives of Daniel L. Powell in Richmond, Va. please let them communicate with me immediately. I know his relatives live in Richmond but I don't know their addresses. I wish to inform them of something important. I am respectfully yours. DANIEL LAYTON. 3526 West 9th Ave., Denver, Colo.