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About The Coos Bay times. (Marshfield, Or.) 1906-1957 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1910)
4 " IHb UUUlif brtl 1IIV1 CO, mrtiioni lun-wr, w.i.w,w.., .wmu.. , " ' " """"WB - !. -. ,, i ... !. , .. i . i . " ,m ! w..m.iI.Iwwii;iimi'iw irirrtLfwrgTrTMiMMBBHIMBBBBmWBiWB 'WBBBlBBIIWBil R v t - I Pir-.t .-...l.'Ull.lklJ f,T...Il.WMIIII -Mi BEAUTY AND , THE MAN. An Experiment That Caused Him to Change His Decision. ' By KEITH GORDON. In the long talks that thofco two ex cellent friends ' Itulrd Dunhntu nnd Burbnrn Soincru hud from time to tlnto about life, the world nnd tho men nnd women therein he had more thnn onco confided to her that never could ho fnll In lovp Vltl n wotnau who was Dot a beauty. - "I can't cxnctly'fixplnln how I feel nbout It." ho nihil btio day ns they sat together In nn Jnrt gallery, whero his worshiping oyes returned ever nnd ngnlu to n plctijred fnco of rnru beauty that looked down upon them from tho warm red walla. "It Isn't that I. think they nro tho JnostiJfaHolnatliitr. "Wit nnd beauty nri ntf 'UQ fond of each other's company, Residua, tho most nttrnctlvo woman Wo e'er knbwn was ugly so ugly Jtlinf lit Orst -sho mndo you gasp. After that well, sho was yonr criterion of charm, yiicu you left her thing) bUtMO stnlo nnd llfo less. All tho qblornnd sympathy went from tho scend. You simply hungered lor her." j - IIo paused ami turned toward his companion wflh 'rt waiting, expectant look, ns If ho wqutetl to bo suro that sho understoofl, nnd sho nnswored tho unspoken qucltlotVof his glnnco with a slow smllo flint did not botrny by bo much ns n linker tho warm, reproach ful woman wrath In bcr heart. Sho had uohrd 'poetically tho same thing from hm before, but today for tho first tlmo her patience gnvo way utterly. Apparently nil senflo of her womanhood Inul been sunk In their comradeship.' Instead of rejoicing In this Btato of affairs, a feeling of In Jury, outruns. Hudtlenly Jlared up In her heart, t Did ho ttilpk that because her fea tures wero Irregular nnd her complex ion dull sho wiiij n girl who did not need to biyreckoned with? Did ho hu)H)hl- shuSwns the lean ii woman be cause sho was plain? Had he no Idea of tho Htlng-iti tho.romarkH ho was forever making nbout fumlnlno beau ty? : . - Theso were the questions alio nskod herself hotly, but. her voice that low. vibrant voice that thrilled one with Its rich dlfforenco from other voices betrayed In Its full uvcnucHS no trace of tho resentment that surged within her. .- "Vou uro'rlght." sho agreed, with Ira personal candor. "All women should bo benutlfnl" there was n slight pause, u hesltiitlou Just marked enough to give fordo to the conclusion of her sentence MJut as nil men should be big nnd strong:" Dunhnm'Khiuced at her (illicitly. For one startled moment ho half thought Hut, no; Ilnrbnra was too good u fel low to giro ti man u lleclc on tho raw like that. ' It-wim it mere coincidence. DuuIiiiiiiwiih but live feet six, and, though lidMvna well knit and substan tial, with n clean bred look that was In Itself iv recommendation, ho was n trlllo sviustrlvo on tho scoro of tho six nddltloiniMncliPs of height that ho folt sliouliMiavo been his. "A mnn'ANtppcnrauce Isn't of much consequence," he observed, somewhat stlllly. "Ills Hold In action. It Is what ho Is rather than how he looks." There Arris, moro heat In his tono than ho'-ltke'd, but ho wasn't able to HuppressftrT' Somehow ho didn't on Joy being made to feel that ho was not nt nil IlltV-hor Ideal limn oven though they wefo" nothing but friends. Torhiifls you nro right." wnn the mild replj-; mid the conversation drift ed to other "and safer subjects. Hut thoro was u speculative look In liar barn's eye ror the rest of tho after noou wfili'h would have told a careful observer' Mm-she was turning somo plnn over in" her mind. Her iftfinl hour of rest before dinner sho speh'f lying- nt full length on tho dlvnn In her room, with her hands clnspedimder her head and her oyes fixed oti'tlio open fire, thinking. So HaW could never lovo any ouo but n lfoiiury! She carefully rofralnetl from a'lilUilg herself why this should pique ht- plirtleularly, since her plain ness Im'd hcveT Interfered with their frlends1in and he spent far moro tlmo with heTUiait with nuy of tho pretty girls of their set. Still "Weff.I 'don't enro." sho said nloud ns, glaliVfug nt the clock, she aroso uud began'ro,"roll u;i the masses of hor dark ltalrv4stlcklng tho groat shell plus In hero a'rid there with reckless lndlf fereiiqtt" "I'm1 tired of hearlug him talk that way. He deserves to bo pun lshed.'hendty may bo tho greatest thing,' lliit It Isn't greater than all other thliifTput tdgother. ,"A "leyi weeks of Amy will bo good for lilin." she soliloquized as sho went on wfO'i'her dressing. Then, when sho was ready for dinner, she sat down at her destc'and wrote a letter to n former schoolmate, the beauty of her class, urging hor to mako her a long prom ised Visit. ItMlie course of a week or two tho Invitation had been accepted, and Miss AverTri' arrived. That sho. was a beauty Was a fact as self evident as thiittfip'sky Is blue (when it is so). It was a" f net that admitted of no differ nice of opinion. Hof .sklii' was llko a Iji Franco roso. her py'es deeply blue, nnd her hair sug gestvnilrigletl gold and copper. Tho curvi?s;3f hor fcraelous figure swirled nndjlo'weA lii lines so graceful, so nl luring., tliat-'eveiv the most plugglsti- be- holder' was Kindled Into admiration, I I "Sho's n beauty, all right." Barbara decided ns she kissed her In greeting nnd conducted her to her room, nnd. ithough sho kept up her part of their unlimited talk about old times and old friends, her oyes feasted themselves upon Amy's loveliness. Tho hitter's most ordinary movement was endowed with a grace that i ado Harbara half believe that beauty was the only thing after nil. When other girls lifted their hands nnd removed their hatpins It was an action scarce worthy of no tice, but when Amy'M arms went up with a languid grace and her rather largo but beautifully molded hands, with their long, tapering lingers, drew forth a glittering pin and removed her lint Ilnrbnra felt vaguely that she was witnessing n rite that sho was seeing n poem. nut after n few days of her com pnnslonshlp tho glnmour was always bedlmmed. The eyes were feasted, to be sure, but the mind and heurt were starved. Ono wearied of her rose llko fluttering color and the ntnlnblo but unmeaning smllo and even of tho very perfect rows of teeth Mint the smllo oxpdsed. "I nm going to hnvo n friend with mo for n month," llnrbnrn had told Ualrd Dunham In preparation; "n girl that I particularly want you to meet. She's n rnvlng beauty and ns sweet us alio can bo." If she had spoken all of her thoughts perhaps bIio might hnvo added. "So sweet thnt nt the end of n month you will want to kill her or do something despernto nnd outrageous." Hut, with n commendable self restraint, sho bnn Ished this unruly lden to tho dark chamber of unspokon thoughts. In tho weeks thnt followed sho ef faced herself, pushing Amy Into Dun ham's society In every posslblo way, but doing It so gradually nnd skillfully thnt ho scarcely realized how llttlo ho was seeing of Ids friend nnd com rade. If sho saw less of him, however, sho snw moro of Jack Lester, whoso companionship was a grateful balm, because ho was not forever talking nbout beauty, however much bo inny hnvo ndmlrcd It. At first Balrd linuntrd tho house llko a spirit, while his plans for Miss Averlll'8 entertainment fairly tumbled over each other In their eagerness. Thefo plans, of course, alwayti Includ ed Harbara, but with u masterly skill she withdrew from tlieiu more and moro until almost before ltulnl real ized what had happened he noticed that he and Miss Averlll were usually alone. With Miss .World's exquisite profile beshlo him. however, he was not In n mood to complain. Then nbout the middle of (he fourth week his soaring spirit suddenly touch ed earth. He wns guilty of n brutal, hcretlrnl thought. Itlj'.ht In the mid dle of u long afternoon that they were to spend together he was seized by a great weariness. For the llfo of lilnt ho could think of nothing to say. IIo wns bored. f Ho stared at the beautiful Miss Ar orlll with n sort of stupefied wonder. It seemed Incredible Mint tho society of so exquisite' a creature could ho so uncommonly like muggy weather. It 6 corned nn age since ho had had n good, bracing talk with Harbara. Now that ho thought of It, Harbara must bo seeing n good deal of that Lester chap. Vaguely, iih If he had happened upon them In n dream, ho recalled having' met them together several times lately. "I don't believe you nro thinking of mo nt nil," pouted Miss Averl'.l. Tvo spoken to you twice, nnd you haven't even heard me. It Isn't nleo of you." "Eh! What?" exclaimed Dunham, trying to end his roving thoughts to gether nnd Insisting upon hearing the romnrk ho had Inadvertently missed. "I naked If you don't think tho Wal dorf Is lovely. I think it's Just sweet." "Yes," nsscnted ho recklessly, "that oxprcsscs It Bweetly. It's Just sweet." And ho cast about in his mind for somo excuse by which the hours that stretched boforo them might be short ened. IIo felt precisely us ho had onco In his childhood when he had surrep titiously bought nnd eaten six char lotte Hisses. Miss Averlll confided to Harbara that night that sho didn't llko Mr. Dunham so woll as she thought sho did. "He's so dull! Don't you thluk so?" she demanded. "There hnvo been times when he seomed so," Harbara confessed airily. Then sho wondered If Hatrd's ears were afiame. Three days later the radiant Miss Averlll's visit came to nn end. Soon afterward Dunham dropped In to see Harbara, quite in bis old man ner. "Ah, this Is goodl" he said gloating ly as ho snnk Into the depths of his favorite chair. "There's so much talk to make up," ho went on In genial en joyment, "that I scarcely kuow where to begin." Harbara turned her head to ouo side nnd surveyed him with half closed eyes. "Wo might begin with fomlnlno beau ty," sho suggested helpfully, "There's so much to be said about it," A pause followed, hi which several new ideas entered Dunham's miud. Then he demnnded, not without a con scious sense of guilt: "Just whnt do you mean?" He Icaued forward nnd studied her face, nnd, though she Hushed under hU keen scrutiny, her eyes looked back nt him proud, unwavering and a bit do flnnnt, "I certainly admire beauty." ho be gan softly. "Hut I take back what I havo said nbout fnljlng In lovo with ono. You see. little girl, I'm so used to you thnt the beauties bore me." "Really." she scoffed, "for n wor shiper of tho fair!" 13u n- pair of strong nrms wero nbout her.faatl h rueful voleo plendrd: "Scold mo Botno pther time, dearest." ATTRACT TRADE, THEN RETAIN IT Neatness Suro Way to Bring Buyers to You, LESSON FROM BIG STORES, Appenranoes Count For Much on Bal ances Shcot of Success or Failure. Magnets In Nicely Arranged Show Windows nnd Stock. A llttlo paragraph In one of the bus iness prints attracted the attention of tho writer. It oxpressed much so tersely nnd so happily. It so neatly embodied n vltul thought lu a few words. It was such a compact sympo sium of a business sermon, that It seomed well to prolong Its llfo nnd send It on another round of usefulness: "A nicely arranged stock, ail orderly storo and n clean sidewalk are Induce ments to trndo nnd nro, signs of n growing business. If small business places wish to grow they should notlco how much nttcutloti lnrga stores give to these things." Why not cut that out, pasto It on your desk, read It cvory day and net upon Its suggestions? Men aro careless creatures, women say, Inasmuch ns they nro Inclined to loso sight of tho vnluo of nppenrnnces, and mnny allow their persons and es tablishments to run down to uctunl un tidiness. Tho gentler sex know full well tho vnluo of nppenriinces, nnd they work Mint knowlodgo to tho limit. Woman, mndo beautiful nnd charming by In (inlto enro in dressing, keeps helpless man ever coming her way. willing and anxious to offer self and fortune a thrall to her clever wjt. Get wise to tho fact that appear ances cut n. largo figure In tho enlcu lntlons of every man nnd resolve to spnro no pains to hnvo your store pre sent n good appearance. This dues not mean that It need he striking or gar ish or anything or that kind. Clean liness, freedom from dust, froshucs of palut. will Incline the thoughts or every passerby kindly to your place. Then the shilling glass, the attrac tive show window, the artistic nr rangcineiit of your stock, lire- magnets to iittraek folks lusl.le uud to Inlliiuiieo sales when ouro there. Don't let these Idens knock In vain upon the portnls of your bruin uud then forget about ilieni us you i urn to something cIm;. Open the door of your ego, let In the tliuuglil, talk with It on tho subject, realize Its Importance, ro lled that successful men pay much heed to tlie.su things and then do whnt seoms good lu your eyes. Implement Ago. A City Must Advertise. Klbcrt Hubbard wrote recently that not long ago he visited the farfameil Mnmmoth cave In Kentucky. He found clumps of willows uud grasses grown up boforo Its entrance. The large lio tol that once entertained hundreds or guests wns railing down and In ruin. Only n single family of farming peo ple lived near the great cave's mouth. Onco Inside the cave. Hubbard was oven moro astonished, fur lie found thousands of names written and carv ed on Its walls. There were the uauies of Emerson, Longfellow nnd President U. S. Urnut. Hubbard asked himself n question. How Is It. ho said, that so many people once Journeyed to visit this wondorful place nnd that so few come now? He Inquired around. He soon got an an swer to his question. It was this: The mau who once advertised tho M nm moth cavo so extensively a few years ago died. And with the death of tho advertising manager tho great cave, with all Its wonders, dropped out or sight. It Is tho samo old story. Tcoplo won't know whnt your goods nnd your town nre unless you ndverthe. An enterprising man ror twenty-flvo years advertised the .Mammoth cavo and got thousands of people there. Uvery fellow used to take his girl thoro on their houeymooii. Hut now tho envo'a mouth Is obscured by a Jungle? No one knows about Its won ders. Why? Tho advertising mnu died. 8weeplnrj to Do Kept Off Streets. Tho board of public works of Al tooua, l'a., has decided to enforce tho act of assembly which prohibits tho depositing of tho sweepings from stores and other buildings on tho pub lic hlghwnys. Notices wero ordered printed and posted, calling nttontlon of nil persons to tho law In this con nection, and It was also decided to communlcato with Mayor Hoyor re questing him to hnvo the police pa trolraen call tho nttcntlon of grocors, news dealers, fruit dealers, etc., to tho fact that tho garbage cans which havo been distributed throughout tho city aro not Intended to bo used as receii tacles for tho refuse from theso stores. This move of Altoonu's Is u good one for any town to adopt. Let the Public Know, If you nre satisfied that you havo a better selected stock than your compct ltor, If you know the goods you sell nro more satisfactory and of bettor quality. If you aro capable of serving your trade In n better and more satis factory manner thurl the other follow, don't hesitate tj telf about It. Paint, OU and Drug Itovlow. EE5Xw25TI22MEEMZ223 m rt An3-wvtpv O.ATiLW - H I PAVI At the Masonic Theater 2 Nights Commencing The Opening Bill The Wizard of Wall Everything New This Season ' No Tears in this Show, Save those Produced by Merriment Seats on Sale ab the Busy Corner H Au - - - j4, uiil 3 Iuv7 IWWjf UW VfiKSl lttntnsnsnssiitttttntinitstnnsttnunnnnnnmi P For Strictly Fresh Butter Sterilized Cream Sterilized Milk Butter Milk Bean-Pot Cheese and Ice Coos Bay Ice ,& Cold Storage miiiK nicravijiuics 8 A. M. mid a i M.' Vliouo 73-J. DM. J. l.VGItAM, I'liyslclau mid Surgeon, Oniio S08-201) Coos Jlullrtlsj. Phonos Offlco 1021; Rosldenco 1C22 W. UKNNBTT, Lntvyer. Offlco over Flanagan & Bennett BanU Marshnelil, Oregon WM. S. TUIU'KX, Architect, Over Chamber ol Commerce. Have That Roof Fixed NOW See CORTHELL riiono aiai. a i A V By Steamer Allianrn nni i .A I A SJJrl --'muuiiv m Should Old Acquaintance Be Forgot- RETURN OF THE FAVORITES, THE LLA COMEDY CO THE LAUGH PRODUCERS riday, December 23rd Will be the Side-Splitting Comedy in Three Acts, the liday Cash Clean-Up OneFourth Off on All Broken Lines of Clothing! $8.50 SUITS ..t." .$10.00 SUITS $7.01) $12.00 SUITS $9.00 $10.00 SUITS...... $12.00 ..18.00 SUITS $1:1.50 $20.00 SUITS $15.00 $25.00 SUITS $18.75 Opposite Breakwater FIXUP Real Estate Snap RESIDENCE CORNER 84x100 In Sengstacken's Addition Good Bay View, for $375.00 See Title, Guarantee & Abstract Co. HENRY SENGSTACKEN, Manager Coos Bay-R.ose!wg Stage Line ZTTr .. J .. . .7L7m aiano leaves dally wl uiiiiy euigo between uoseuiirf; Siimlny nt 7 p. m. Fare, $0.00, OTTO SOIIHTTKK, Arc". 120 MARKET AV., Mnrshlleld. ' PHONE 11 Beaver Hill Coal MOUNT DIAHLO AND JOSSON CEMENT. Tho Lest Domestic and Imported brands. Plaster, Limo, Brick and all Kinds of builders material. HUGH McLAIN GENERAL CONTRACTOR Tirc.sTO .,r .mntmirAV riiw..- -- urriuui duuxu iivni" The North Bend IS NOW PREPARED TO FUHMSH Show Cases and Store Fixtures Best, Quality Workmanship andPrices ESTIMATES CHEER FOLIA' FURNISH"'' With c.":" I Street Mrtrtli Prnnf Street 8 wiu .iud....w o- n i nARNARD. A8,.i. ROSKllITRO. Manufacturing Co. 4 M. r' f i") "Jkm4, illijtlito, nn uJihJtlrtL '