The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, November 22, 1914, SECTION FIVE, Page 9, Image 65

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    TTTTC "RTrNTAT OREfsOXTATT, PoT?TLANl), XOVOnKR YW, 1914.
An Army Boy In Meilm, by Captain C. E.
Kilboume, United Status Army. Illustrated.
1.25. The penn Publishing Co., Phila
delphia. Our author Is esteemed in this city
not only as an American novelist who
delights in depicting Army life, but as
a former Portland resident. He was
one "of the office staff In the United
States Weather bureau of this city
when B. S Pague was official weather
forecaster, and has a small host of de
voted friends in. Oregon.
Captain Kilbourne, novelist. Is al
ready favorably known as the author
of these two successful stories of
American Army life. "An Army Boy In
pekin" and "An Army Boy In the
Philippines."
"An Army Boy In Mexico" Is a story
of dramatic intensity, sustained Inter
est, and often of humor. It is a
splendid picture of the Mexican peon.
There is little chance in it to display
patriotic sentiment, ard consequently
there Is none this time, because Mexico
Is shown before the arrival of that
army volcano. Villa. The period illus
trated is evidently the Mexico of quite
recent date, under the Diaz regime.
Again, the novel is significant as be
ing absolutely without loe Interest or
mawkish sentiment. There isn't abso
lutely a single love-stricken swain In
It quite a refreshing ex'perience.
The two dashing young heroes are
lieutenants Donald Page and Henry
Kearney, presumably of the Eleventh
United States Cavalry. They are at
their alma mater, the Virginia Military
Institute, Harper's Ferry, Va., when
telegrams are received ordering them
to Washington, I. C, at the office of
the Adjutant-General.
Here is a picture of Page and Kear
ney, of 1914: "Both 'Were beautifully
set up and moved with the grace ot
perfectly balanced muscles. Kearney
was tall and slender, wtih the twin
kling blue eyes that go with Irish
blood. Page was shorter and heavier,
his face was somewhat graver in ex
pression, and his dark' eyes and hair
completed the contrast. Both seemed
very young for the position they filled,
but there was a look of self-confidence
that comes only after dangers and
difficulties have been met and over
come. For an American, Don Page
had an unusual blemish his ears had
been pierced, the result of one of his
adventures In the Philippines."
Both young men are 21 years old.
and the Adjutant-Oeneral of the United
(states Army issues orders detailing
them on ar secret mission Into the in
terior of Mexico. He speaks of the
possibility of the United States inter
fering In Mexico to restore order, and
says that it would be wiser to possess
data concerning roads, etc.. in Mexico,
than revert to our reckless campaign
Jn Cuba, where easily three-fourths of
the suffering and death were due in
large measure to our Ignorance of the
interior, roads, etc., of that country.
Page and Kearney, who speak Spanish,
sire . asked to pay, special attention to
the moving of troops and the capacity
cf the country to support them.
Our heroes meet with an unemployed
cowpuncher named Joe Knight, also
known as Mormon Joe, and they hire
him as guide, cook and friend. The
three adventurers start off on horse
back explorihg Mexico, on the pretense
that they were surveying for a rail
road, and are surrounded by an out
post guard of Yaqul Indians. A parley
ensues, and Martoc, son of Cajame, the
Yaqul chief, is suspicious of the. three
Americans, but a visit to the head
Quarters of the tribe shows that the
Americans, instead of being agents of
the ruthless Mexican government, are
friends. The Yaquis live ii an irri
gated valley whch they have largely
made habitable and productive by their
own labor. It is shown that these In
dians have been driven from settlement
after settlement by the Mexican gov
ernment, and that the Yaqul cultivated
valleys have been presented to favor
ites or corporate Interests approved of
by President Diaz.
On proceeding to the nearest town,
en route for their surveying expedition,
our heroes found the place swarming
with Mexican soldiers and rurales, ap
parently on the eve of a raid. The lat
ter was directed against the Taqul set
tlement which Page and his friends'
had just left. The raiders proposed to!
confiscate the property, largely for
themselves and to sell the Yaqul In
dians as slaves to Senor Momy, of the
Hacienda Buena Vista, of Yucatan, at
the rrite of 100 pesos per man.
.Our three Americans ride to the
Taqui settlement and warn their- In
dian friends of the coming raid. The
Indians fight bravely against big odds
and superior, up-to-date firearms, but
are worsted and the survivors carried
off to slavery in. Yucatan. The-women
and children are left behind, and the
chief's wife confides to Kearney that
the tribe had 8000pesos In a secret
place. Bucko Han's, who runs the
blockade and sells modern rifles and
ammunition to Yaquis, and . rebels, .is
found in hiding, and he and sur three
Americans escape the raiders bypre
tending to be suffering from a fright
ful attack of smallpox.- Cajame, the
Yaqui chief, had made a deal with
Bucko Hawes by which Cajame was. to
nuy a shipload of modern high-power
rifles for til. 000 Mexican.
As soon as Kearney and his friends
are convinced that the raiders have left
with their captives they make a deal
with Hawes to supply the Yaquis. .with
rifles, etc. on a port off Yucatan."
Our Americans reach the plantation
of Don Morny. Yucatan, and make a
. Tjogus deal with Morny's rascally man
ager to buy the Indian slaves for so
much per head. The rhanager whips
the Indians to make them work at ex
cessive speed on the plantation. The
Kearney-Hawes crowd secretly arms
the Yaquis,. who rise in revolt, against
the cruelty of Don Rafael Munoa, tb.e
manager, and fight their-way to free
dom. " , , " - , - .
The story, which has special appeal'
for boys from 13 to 17 years' of age
(and even older boys) was loaned to
The Oregojiian for review purposes by
B. S. Pague,- . .
The Mental TTealth of the Hrlioul Child, ty
J. K. Wallace Wallln. Pb. D..-.$2. Yale
University Press. New Haven,; Conn.
That the physically defective child
tends, to become the juvenile criminal,
is no longer a subject for doubt. It
is widely agreed that It Is more bene
ficial .and economical to society' at
large0 to save the defective or delin
quent child, than to wait until maturity
to try to reform the hardened criminal
adult.
Here Is a book of 463 pages, with a
convenient index, furnishing expert
preventive advice on such subjects, a
took that represents the wide eiperU
. ence or Dr.' Wallln, professor or clini
cal psychology and director of psveho
educational clinic. School of Education.
University of Edinburgh. Scotland, and
director-elect of psycho-educational
clinic. St. Louis, Mo., public schools.
. Many of the papers found in thia
volume have been printed already, and
it is a great boon to find .tiese. and
others. In this helpful book. Its central
.thought is: The psycho-educational
clinic in relation to child welfare, with
contributions to a new science of ortho
phonies and orthoaomatics. The book
is easily the chief authority of its kind.
These sample quotations are worth
attention by all parents, guardians and
social workers:
Jnventj--two and three-tenths per cent of
Siy.ws mnaren examined in isew YorH
Citv in lfill were reoorted as requiring
treatment.
Physical defects in children are not re
stricted to any clime, race, environment, or
"1 .leave my character
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CAPTAft C. ES. KlLBOl'RJiG,
of K. S. Army.
AUTHOR OF "AN UWT BOY IN MEXICO"
social condition. The children in sunny
California, no less than the children of the
cold or humid North. East or West; the
children of the country, no leas than the
children 'of the city; the children of the
rich, no less than the children of the poor
labor under various forms of physical handi
caps which are usually subject to meliora
tion or cure.
A child abnormal In body probably cannot
remain normal In mind: he will tend to be.
come morally perverse and criminal.
Tda Drums of the 47th. by Robert J. Bur
dette. SI. The Bobbs-Merrill Company.
Indianapolis.
Laden with finely expressed senti
ment, this little volume of (he record
of a soldier's life in the Civil War
ought to meet with pleased approval
from a large audience of readers, an
audience : National in character. . The
pages are 212, and "America" rings on
every page. '
Never has our author, the pastor of
Temple Baptist Church in Los Angeles;
CaL, written more simply and elo
quently. He presents ,war and religion,
especially the sensible, wearable relig
ion that is as potetot on tne red battle
field, as In the ordinary affairs of
every-day life. On page 67 our author
writes: "My regiment was one of the
four which, with the Second Iowa bat
tery, composed what is known as the
Kagle Brigade.' from the fact that the"
Eighth Wisconsin regiment of that
brigade carried a young American eagle
all through the war."
, Here is one sample sentence taken at
random: "On every battle flag might
' be inscribed a paragraph of that splen
did defiance of William Lloyd Garri
son: 'I am In earnest. I will not re
.trfeat a single inch, and I will be seen.
Triads what a flag is for. How do you
carry yours. Christian? A man doesn't
love anything or anybody very well,
unless he Is w.lling to die for It. Not
necessarily to kill someone else, you
understand. But to die yourself. To
present your body, a living sacrifice."
The 8earrh for the Spy. by Ross Kay. 60
cents. Four illustrations. Barse & Hop
kins. New York City.
v This story is stated to be the first
volume of a Aew war series for boys,
a series which, is planned in"he interest
of, wholesome fiction. Boys will be
sure to like this yarn boys of, say,
ten years old and upward. There is
plenty of excitment in the recital, and
bright conversation abounds.
The scenes are laid in England, last
Summer, just before the outbreak of
the big war. The hero is Earl Piatt,
who with his twin brother, Leon, was
17 years of age. On board the steamer
Gallic, bound from America to Queens
town, Ireland, en route to England, the
Piatt boys meet Philip Alden. to whom
Earl hands a letter of introduction,
written by a mutual friend, Herman
Schwartz. In Chester, England, Leon
leaves his brother to go to visit friends
at Paris, France, and Earl sees much
of Mr., Alden, who turns out to be a
German. .
Then the tension tightens. - War is
declared and Germany and Austria are
opposed to the French allies. Earl dis
covers proof that Mr. Alden is a Ger
man spy. who is principally Interested
in messages he ..sends - with carriet
pigeons. Once Earl is arrested by the
British army authorities, charged with
being Philip Alden, German spy, - but
he escapes and joins in the chase after
Alden. j
. . " v
Yosemite and Its Itlsrh Sierra, by John H.
Williams. Illustrated. Edition de luxe,
32.50; library edition, $1.50. and news
- stand edition. X .and extra by express or
mail. John H. Williams. Saa Francisco
and Tacoma.
A communication has been received
stating that Mr. Williams' new book of
artistic worth, "Yosemite and Its High
Sierra," will be ready for publication.
Wednesday.
Mr. Williams is well and favorably
known in this city, where he was sev
eral years ago a resident, for the ap
peal and intrinsic inner value of his
previous books, particularly "The
Mountain That Was God," and "The
Guardians of the Columbia."
Mr. Williams portrays other scenes
but performs a similar duty in making
better known to his fellow Americana
a like storied region and wonder
world of tourist appreciation, described
in "Yosemite and Its High Sierra," A
prospectus of the book, newly received,
shows that it will win recognition not
alone for the beauty of its illustrations
but for the graphic and fin literary
qualities of its . reading matter. Tht
new book will be in large 8vo., with
eight four-color plates from paintings
by Chris Jorgensen, maps, and more
than 210 halftones, now for the first
time presenting as a whole, the scen
ery of the Yosemite National Park.
Vital Issues
s In Christian Science, issued by
York Cltv Christian Science In-
the New
Btitute. Aus-usta E. Stetson. C. S. D., prin
rmal. 5-.au. u. i . futnamg Sons, New
loru city. N . ?
There is a record of 405 pages of tin
settled questions which arose In the
behind me." Sheridan.
year 1909, between the directors of the
Mother Church, the First Church of
Christ, Scientist, of Boston, Mass.. and
First Church of Christ, Scientist. New
York City, eight of its nine trustees and
16 of its practitioners. Facsimiles of
excerpts and letters of Mary Baker
Eddy are furnished.
The matter printed in this book re
fers largely to a church ' dispute. The
Oregonlan has no desire to air such at
this late day.
The Patrol of the Son Dance Trail, by
Kalph Conner. S1.2&. Georga H. oran
Co., -Mew York City.
Ralph Connor, Canadian, is one of
the big, strong, clean novelists of the
English-speaking race more power to
mm. what he has written has en
riched our language. "The Patrol of
the ud Dance Trail shows our old
friend. Allan Cameron, ' back to the
Northwest Mounted Police, again in
action, and never has his star shone
brighter than in these 363 pages. A
orave, tender story that ougb-t to go
tar ana aa good. --i
Onr Sentimental - Gas-den, by Agnea a
Esenton Castle xl.iS. Illustrated. J.
Lippincott Co., Philadelphia.
bamous writers are the authors of
this book or restful, beautiful appeal.
The garden so prettily described W 1n
English Surrey, and the book is hand
somely illustrated, eight of the illus
trations being full-page In color. The,
garden is a cultivated one, a riot of
iiowera: 805 pages. Splendid Tor
Christma3 present. ;
The Cuckoo Clock, by Mrs. . Molesworth. II-
lusirai-ju, j,io. j. a. Llppmcott Co., Phila
delphia, A story-book of gladness that chil
dren will love. 283 pages.'
Fire Pretty Calendars for 1915.
"The Impressions Calendar for 1915."
consists of 52 weekly sheets, each with
a quotation from some high-class au
thor, such as Robert Herrick, John
KusKin, It-obert Browning, etc. The
decorations are elegant. 60 cents. Paul
Elder & Co., S. F.
Four calendars for; 1915 from Sully
& Klelnteich, New York; each calen
dar 53 pages, and 60 cents cost: "The
Dickens Calendar," in brown and green
colors, with apt quotations on each
page from the writings of Charles
Dickens:-' "The Stevenson Calendar,!' in
purple and green thistle decorations,
with . admirable quotations selected
from the writings of Robert Louis
Stevenson; "Kipling Calendar," in black
and red, with well-chosen quotations
from "the uncrowned poet laureate of
the '.English-speaking rafce," Rudyard
Kipling; and "The Dinner Calendar,"
by Fannie Mooritt Farmer, author of
"The Boson Cooking School Cook
Book," in blue and orange, with fruit
decorations, with choice of course lln-
ners,. etc., for each day, and one valu
able recipe quoted at length.
JOSEPH M, QUENTIN.
NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.
The Boy Emigrants, by Noah Brooks, (2.
illustrated, XH1 pages, a hearty, healthful
story, depicting the Journey of the early
overland travelers to California; and Gid
eon's Band, by George W. Cable, a stirring,
old-fashioned novel of steamboat days on
tne Mississippi, tne tale starting action In
April, 1S52 first-class fiction which upholds
the reputation already gained by this fav
orite American novelist (Scrlbner's, N. Y-).
The Red Ascent, by Esther W. Neill. SI.
a splendid novel ot the Southland (Kenuedy
& Sons, 44 Barclay at., N. Y.).
The King Behind the King, by Warwick
Deeping, $1.25, a rousing tale of old England
of the days of John of Gaunt, when men
wore -their swords, and fighting was a trade;
and Jack Straw in Mexico, by Irving Crump,
$1, an up-to-date, exciting tale of adven
ture In Mexico of today, showing how en
gineers defended a big hydroelectric power
plant, some, of the bad actors being Zapata
rebels (McBride, Nast & Co., N. Y..
Biblical Libraries, Dy Ernst Cushing
Richardson. $1.25, 252 pages, a rare book,
being a sketch of Irbrary history from 34O0
B. C. to A. D. 150, the author belr.g li
brarian of Princeton University (Princeton
University Press, Princeton, N. J.).
The Judicial Veto, by Horace A. Davis, SI,
three admirable essays sliovting the convic
tion that deciding the constitutionality of
statutes is a political and not a legal func
tion; Is Conscience an emotion, by Hastings
Rashdall, $1, three lectures on recent ethical
theories, the lectures having been delivered
at Leland Stanford Junior University;
Around the World In Any Number of Dys.
by Maurice Baring, $1.25, a breezy travel
book, with smart observations; and the Old
Dlller-Place, by Winifred Klrklajid, $1. 22o
nages, a story or gooo inuuence for young
folks (Houghton-Mlfflln, Bosxon.
Anne FeversTiam, by J. C.1 Enalth, $1.35, a
dashing Elizabethan romance, by the prince
or Engllsn novelists oi today (Appleton a.
N. Y. ).
The Bell Haven Eight, by George Barton,
a School story of boating days; The Bell
Haven Nine, by George Barton, ,a baseball
story; anil Remember the Alamo, by Edward
S. Ellis, a novel of Mexico three books,
each 60 cents, for boys (Winston Co., Phila. ).
The Crystal Rood, by Mrs. Howard Gould
$1.25, a well-written story of old-fatSlioned
Indian days (John Lane Co., N. Y. ).
The Lure and the Lore of Travel, by Carl
Vrooman and Julia cott Vrooman, $1.S0,
pleasant, diacoursiva essays of European
scenes; lAnkm of Gold, by Joseph Ware. LI
D , $1.2n. a, fine drama, splendidly written,
with scenes" around Mary Magdalene, and the
crucifixion of Jesus Christ; The Sharing, by
Affiles L.U. $1, S3 first-class poemi, written
by a new poet -who shows real ability to do
good work; and Battles and Victories, by
Charles Alexander, $1.54V the stirring life
story of an -American colored man who rose
by his own "merit to be a tleutenant-Colonel
In the United States Array, many of the In
cidents narrated occurring through our Civil
War time. The book hs. wellvrltten and is
really a remarkable achievement In litera
ture Sherman, French Co.. Boston).
Use of Ribbon Solves. Many
Sewing-Boom Problems.
Plaid Taffeta mm Sersje In Csmbta-
atlas) Make Charming Frock for
Moral c Collar Seta Are Dyed
la Tea. . .
RIBBONS form an easy solution of
many perplexing problems In the
home sewing room. Chiffons and nets
are difficult to hem evenly, for the
materials are so sheer that the least
unevenness in the fold cf the hem
gives a bunglesome look on the outer
side and robs, the -finished frock of
cachet. Instead of hemming sheer
tunics and bodice draperies many first-
class dressmakers edge the flimsy fab
rics with inch wide, or even two-Inch
ribbon, satin, taffeta or messaline. ac
cording to the material used for the
foundation slip. The ribbon may be
stitched on as it is stitched to mourn
ing veils, without doubling under the
edge of the material. If the seam is
not made too narrow there will be no
danger of fraying out.
Plaid taffeta and serge used in com
bination make a very charming frock
for the mornings. One such frock, dis
played in a Fifth avenue window, has
a skirt of accordion pleated pusoy wil
low taffeta in a green, black and pale
buff Scotch clan pattern, the material
being used on the straight of the
goods. Above this pleated skirt is a
ripple tunic of navy serge in uneven
length bordered with black monkey
fur. The sleeveless bodice is of serge;
sleeves of gay plaid. Across one shoul
der in the Scotch Highlander fashion
is draped a length of the plaid, which
crosses the serge bodice and extends
downward at the frcnt in a sash end.
Over it is drawn a sash end of the
serge and the two sashes, taffela and
serge meet at the back of the hip and
snap fasten together under a straight
falling sash end of plaid.
Women who own handsome .hand
embroidered collar and . cuff sexs of
sheer white batiste or handkerchief
lawn are dipping them in a solution of
weak tea or powdered ochre water to
give them the delicately creamy tone
that is considered now more fashion
able than pure white. Creamy natural
t Ilk stockings are also more fashion
able with buttoned walking and danc
lng boots than stockings of pure white.
Couturiers Close Places to
Fight for France.
Nearly Ryrry Noted Man Dressmak
er of Paria la at Frost and Even
Women Go aa Nnraea. ..
f& you are' hesitating about buying a
X tempting frock and the saleswoman
whispers, enticingly, "A genuine Paris
model, madam, which we managed to
procure along with a .consignment of
belated orders," don't be too easily
convinced unless the line and' style of
that frock bespeak it plainly a model
designed as far back as last Spring.
Very, very few, and very, oh. very
expensive are tne French models that
come to America these days. They
are not being offered at bargain prices
in "department stores by any means,
and the chief reason is that there is
scarcely anybody to make French
frocks. Most of the men dressmakers
in Paris went to the war as noon as
the call to arms' was heard, and not
a few of the women dressmakers have
gone into the Red Cross. The .rest
seem too . sad and depressed to take
any interest in the business of making
and selling frocks.
Of the couturiers who gave up the
building of fashions to fight for
France, Paul Poiret was one of tne
Tlrst, By August 4 M. Poiret was in
his uniform and on the wajr to the
front. The Worth Bros, shipped all
the costumes "that they had on hand
over to England and departed for the
war. Doeuillet also ' sold out every
thing on hand and marched to tne
front- Beer closed his place the first
day of the war; Bechoff David like
wise. -
Women detained in Paris through
the first weeks of the war bought up
all there was in the way of available
costumes; that is, those women who
had ready money in gold, for the
couturiers would accept nothing else
and many old patrons who habitually
run up bills, which are paid by . check
upon their arrival at home, were so
angry at being refused credit that they
came away from Paris without, as one
American woman puts it, "a rag to
wear this Winter."
MENUS OF THE WEEK
' Tuesday. ,
- Brown Soup
Lentil Loaf. Celery Sauce
Glazed Sweet Potatoes
Apple Salad
Grape Juice, Gelatine Whip
Coffee
Wednesday.
Vegetable Broth
Roast Lamb Shoulder Rolled
with Savory Dressing
Potatoes Cauliflower
Lettuce Salad
Baked Apples
Coffee . -
Thursday. -
Tomato Soup
Shepherd's pie. Potato Crust
Minced Carrots and Onion
Lettuce Salad
Ginger Bread Pudding
Coffee
Friday.
' Vegetable Cream Soup
Baked Halibut. Plquante, Sauee
Mashed Potatoes "
Russian Salad
Apple Pie.
Coffee
- Saturday.
Celery Broth " fc
Broiled Meat Cakes with Rico
Creamed Oyster Plant
Chicory and Carrot Salad - -
Caramel Pudding
Coffee
Sunday.
- Vegetable Broth
Casserole of Veal or Chicken
Sweet Potatoes Scalloped Celery
Lettuce and Cheese Salad
Jellied Fruits with Cream
Coffee ,
T Monday.
Noodle Soup
Beef Short Ribs. Spanish Sauce
Potatoes
Cauliflower Salad
,. Apple Tapioca
Coffee
PRESIDENT HONORS HERO
Texas Switchman Gets Medal for
Savins Woman's Life.
WASHINGTON, Nov. IS. President
Wilson, upon the recommendation of
the Interstate Commerce Commission,
awarded to W. A. Holley, a switchman,
of Greenville, Tex., a medal of honor
for saving a life.
Mrs. Sallie Griffith, 63 years- old, be
came confusedcrossing a track in front
of a rapidly-approaching train. Holley,
at imminent danger of his -own life,
carried her out of danger.
To accompany the medal of honor,
which was the 15th recommended by
the Commission, the President wrote a
personal letter of commendation.
DawriO'
CHAPTER X (Continued) ;
Wildly I longed to decline, but I
dared not. So I only nodded, 'for fear
of the great lump in my throat, and
taking Krau Knapf's hand I turned and
fled wtiV her. Frau Knapf was mut
tering: - Du Hund! Du unverschamter"Hund
du!" in good Billinarssrate German, and
wiping her eyes with her -apron. And
I dressed with trembling fingers beV
Cause I dared not otherwise face the
brave little Austrian, the pluck little
aborigine who, with the donning of the
new AmeriKaniBctie gown -had acautred
some real Araerikanlsch nerve.
CHAPTER XI.
Vol Gerhard Speaks,
Of von Gerhard I had Niot had x
glimpse since that evenlngbf my hys
terical outDuret. On Christmas day
there had come a box of roses so huge
that I could not find vases enough to
hold its contents, although I pressed
into service everything from Mason
Jars from the kitchen to hand-painted
atrocities trom the parlor. After I had
given posies to Frau Nirlanger. and
fastened a rose In Frau Knapf's hard
knob of hair, where it bobbed In lu
dicrous discomfort. I still had enough
to mi tne wasn oowi. My room looked
like a grand opera star's boudoir when
she Is expecting the newspaper re
porters. I revealed in the glowing
fragrance of the blossoms and felt very
eastern and luxurious and popular. It
had been a busy, happy, work-filled
week. In which I had had .to snatch
odd moments for the selecting of cer
tain wonderful toys for the Spalpeens.
There bad been dolls and doll clothes
and a marvelous miniature kitchen for
the practical and stolid Sheila, and In
genious bits of mechanism that did un
believable things when wound up for the
clever, imaginative Hans. I was noi to
have the joy of seeing their wide-eyed
delight, but I knew that there would
follow certain laboriously scrawled let
ters, filled with topsy-turvy capitals
and crazily leaning words of thanks to
tne doting old auntie who had been
such good fun the Summer before.
Boarding-house Christmases had be
cqme an old story. I had learned to ac
cept them, even to these obscure and
foreign parts of turkey which are
seen only on boarding-house plates, and
which would be recognized - nowhere
else as belonging to tl.at stately bird.
Christmas at Knapf's had been u.
happy surprise; a day of hearty good
cheer and kindness. There had even
been & Christmas tree, hung with
stoogy uerman angels and pfeffer
nuesse and pink-frosted cakes. I
round myself the gewildered recipient
ot , girts from everyone from the
Knapfs, and the aborigines and even
from one of the crushed-looking wives.
The aborigine whom they called Frits
had presented me with a huge and Im
posing Lebkuchen. reposing in a box
with frilled border,- ornamerrted with
quaint little red-and.-green German fig
ures In sugar and labeled Nunberg in
stout - letters, for It bad come: all the
way from that kuchen-famous city.
The Lebkuchen I "placed on my mantel
shelf as befitted so magnificent a work
of art. It was quite too ebaborate and
imposing te- be sent the way of ordin
ary food, although it had a certain tan
talizing, spicy scent that tempted- one
to break off a corner here and there.
On the afternoon of Christmas day I
sat down to thank Dr. von Gerhard for
the flowers, as prettily as .might be.
Also I asked his pardon, a thing not
hard to do "with the perfume of his
roses filling the room.
"For you," I wrote, "who are so wise
in the ways of those tricky ' things
called nerves, must,' know that it was
only a mild hysteria that made me say
those most unladylike things. I have
written Norah all about it. She has
replied, advising me - to stick to the
good-fellow role but not to drees the
part. So when next you see me I shall
be a perfectly safe and sane comrade
In petticoats. And I promise you no
more putbursts.
So it happened that on the afternoon
of New Year's day Von Gerhard and I
gravely wished one another many hap
py and impossible things-for the com
ing year, looking fairly and squarely
into each other's eyes as we did so. '
"So," said Von Gerhard, as one who
is satisfied. "The nerfs are steady to
day. What do you say to a brisk walk
along the Jake shore. to put us In a
New Year frame of mind, and then a
supper downtown somewhere, with a
toast to .Max and Norah?" ,
"You've saved my life. Sit down here
in the parlor and gaze at the crepe
paper oranges while I powder my nose
and get into some street clothes. I
have such, a story to tell you! It has
made me quite contented with my lot."
The story was that of the Nirlangers;
and as we struggled against a1 brisk
lake breeze I told it, and. partly be
cause of tbebreeze and pafuy because
of the story, there were tears In my
eyes when I had finished. Von Ger
hard stared at me aghast. .-
"But you are crying!" he marveled,
watching a tear slide down my nose.
"I'm not," I retorted. "Anyway, I
know it. I think I may blubber if I
choose to, mayn't I, as well as. other
womenr
"Blubber? repeated Von Gerhard, he
of the careful and cautious Kngllsh.
"But most certainly, if 'you wish. I bad
thought that newspaper women. did not
indulge in the luxury of tears."
"They don't often. Haven't the time.
If a woman reporter were to burst into
tears every time she saw something
to weep over she'd be going about with
a red nose and puffy eyelids half the
time. Scarcely a day passes that does
not bring her face to face with human
suffering in some form. Not only 'must
she Bee these things, but she must
write of them so that those who' read
can - also see them. And Just because
she does not wall and tear' her hair
and faint she popularly is supposed to
be a flinty, cigarette-smoking creature
who rampages up and down the land
seeking: whom she may rend with her
pen and gazing, dry-eyed, upon scenes
of horrid bloodshed." ' '
"And yet the little domestic tragedy
of the Nirlangers can bring tears to
your eyes?"
"Oh, thatwas quite different. The
case of. the Nirlangers had nothing to
do with Dawn O'Hara, the newspaper
reporter. It was just plain , Dawn
O'Hara, woman, who witnessed that
little tragedy. Meln. HI mm el! Are all
German husbands like that?"
"Not all. I have a very good frieiyi
named Max "
"O, Max! Max Li an angel husband.
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Just try this moisten a cloth with a
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In Just a few moments you have dou-
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Ed
Fancy Max and Norah waxing tragic
on the subject of a gown! Now you '
"I? Come, you are sworn to good
fellowship. As one comrade to another,
tell me, what sort of husband do you
think I should make, eh? The boorish
Jflrlanger sort, or the charming Max
variety. Come, tell me you who al
ways haj'e seemed so so damnably,
able to take care of yourself." His
eyes were twinkling in the maddening
way they had. s
I looked out across 'the lake to where
a line of white-caps was piling up for
midably only to break in futile wrath
against the solid ' wall of the shore.
-And there came over me an equally
futile wrath; that savage, unreason
ing Instinct in women which prompts
them to hurt those whom they love.
"Oh, you!" I began, with Von Ger
hard's amused eyes laughing down
upon me. "I should say that you would
be more in the Nirlanger style. In
your large, immovable, German-sure
way. Not that you would stoop to
wrangle about money or gowns,, but
that you would control those things.
Your wife will be a placid, blond, rath
er plump German fraulein,. of excel
lent family and no imagination. Men
of your type always select negative
wives. Twenty years ago she would
have run to bring you your Zeltung
anl your slippers. She would be that
kind. if Zeltung-and-slipper hus
bands were still in existence.
You will be fond of her.
in a patronizing sort of way, and she
will never know the difference between
that and being loved, not having a
great deal of imagination, as I have
said before. And you will go on be
coming more and more famous, and
she will grow plumper and more placid,
and less and less understanding of
what those komisch medical journals
have to say so often about her hus
band who Is always discovering things.
And you will live happily ever after "
A hand gripped my shoulder. " I
looked up, startled, into the two blue
eyes blazing down Into mine. Von
Gerhard's - face was a painful red. 1
think that the hand on my shoulder
even shook me a little, there on that
bleak and deserted lake drive. I tried
to wrench my shoulder free with a
jerk.
"You are hurting me!" I cried.
. A Quiver of pain passed over the
face that I had thought so calmly un
emotional. "You talk of hurts! You who
set out deliberately and maliciously to
make me suffer! How dare you then
talk to me like this? You stab with a
hundred knives you. who know how
t "
"'I'm sorry." I put In contritely.
"Please don't be so dreadful about it.
After all, you asked me. didn't you?
Perhaps I've hurt your vanity. There,
I didn't mean that, either. Oh, dear,
let's talk about something impersonal.
We get along .wretchedly of late."
The angry red ebbed from Von Ger
hard's face. The blaze of wrath in his
eyes gave way to a deeper, brighter
ligtjt that held me fascinated, and
there came to his lips a smile of rare
sweetness. The hand that had grasped
my shoulder slipped down, down, until
It met my hand and gripped it. "
"Na. 's 1st schon recht. Kindchen.
Those that we most care for we would
hurt always. When I have told you of
my love for you. although already you
know it. then you will tell me. Hush!
Do not deny this thing. There shall be
no more lies between us. There shall
be only the truth, and no more about
plump, blonde German wives who run
with Zeitung and slippers. After all.
it is no secret. Three months ago I
told Norah. It was not news to her.
But she trusted me."
I ft.' my face to be as white and as
tense 6.J his own. "Norah knows!"
"It is better to speak of these things.
Then there ceed be no shifting of the
eyes, no evasive words, no tricks, no
subterfuge."
We had faced about and were retrac
ing our steps, past the rows of pecu
liarly home-like houses that line Mil
waukee's magnificent lake shore. Win
dows were hung with holiday scarlet
and holly, and here and there a face
was visible at a window, looking out
at the man and woman walking swift
ly along t he wind-swept heights that
rose far above the lake.
A wretched revolt seized me as I
gazed at the substantial comfort of
these normal, happy homes.
"Why did you tell me? What good
can taht do? At least we were make-,
believe friends before. Suppose I were
to tell you that I care. thei. what?"
"I do not ask ypu to tell me," Von
Gerhard replied, quietly.
"You need not. You know. Tou
knew long, long ago. You know I love
the big quietness of you. and yoursure
ness, and the German way you have
of twisting your sentences ajjout. and
the steady grip of yous great firm
hands, and the rareness of your laugh,
and the simplicity of you. Why I love
the very cleanliness of your ruddy
skin, and the way your hair grows
away from your forehead, and your
walk, and your voice and Oh, what is
the use of it all?"
"Just this. Dawn. The light of day
sweetens all things. We have dragged
this thing out into the sunlight, where
If It grows it will grow sanely and
healthily. It was but an ugly, distort
ed, unsightly thing, sending out pale,
unhealthy shoots in the dark, unwhole
some cellars of our inner consciences.
Norah's knowing was the cleanest,
sweetest thing about it."
"How wonderfully you understand
her, and how right you are! Her know
ing seems to make it as it should be,
doesn't it? I am braver already for
the knowledge of It- It shall make no
difference between us?"
"There id no difference, Dawn," said
he. -
"No. It is only in the story books
that they sigh, and groan ' and utter
silly nonsense. , We are not like that.
Perhaps, after a bit, you will meet
someone you care for greatly not
plump:- or blond, or German, perhaps,
but-still "
"Doch you are flippant?'
'I musfsay those thi gs to keep the
tears back. You would not have me
wailing here in the street. Tell me
Just one thing, and there shall be no
more fluttering breaths and languish
ing looks. Teil me, when did you be
gin to care?"
We had reached Knapf's doorstep.
The short Winter day was already
drawing to its close. In the half-light
Von Gerrhard's eyes glowed luminous.
"Since the day I first met you at
Norah's," he said, simply.
I stared at him, aghast, my ever-
bled the beauty of your hair. A de
lightful surprise awaits those whose
hair has been neglected or is scraggy,
faded, dry, brittle or thin. Besides
beautifying the hair. Danderine dis
solves every particle of dandruff;
cleanses, purifies and invigorates the
scalp, forever stopping itching and
falling hair, but what will please you
most will be after a few weeks' use,
when you see new hair fine and
downy- at first yes but really new
hair growing all over the scalp. If
you care for pretty, soft hair, and lots
of it, surely get a 25-cent bottle of
Knowlton's Danderine from any drug
store or toilet counter ana Just try it.
Adv. . '
present -sense of humor struggling to
the surface. "Not not on that clay
when you came into the room where 1
sat in the chair by the window, with a
flowered quilt humped about my shoul
ders! And a fever-sore twisting my
mouth! And my complexion the color
of choese, and my hair plastered back
from my forehead, and my eyes like
boiled onions!"
"Thank God for your gift of laugh- '
ter," Von Gerhard said, and took my
hand in his for one brief moment be
fore he turned and walked away.
Quite prosaically I opened the big
frbnt door at Knapfs' to find Herr
Knapf standing in the hallway with
his:
"Nabben", Frau Orme."
And there was the sane and soothing
scent of Wienerscbnttzel and splutter
ing things in the air. And I ran up
stairs to my room and turned on all the
lights and looked at the starry-eyed
creature In the mirror. Then I ' took
the biggest, newest photograph - of
Norah from the mantel and looked at
her for a long, long minute, while she
looked back at me In her brave true
wa.
"Thank you, dear," I . said to her.
"Thank you. Would you think me
stagey and silly if I were to kiss you.
Just once, on your beautiful trusting
eyes?" .
A telephone bell tinkled downstairs
and Herr Knapf stationed himself at
the foot of the stairs and roared my '
name.
When I had picked up the receiver:
"This is Ernst," said the voice at the
other end of the wire. "I have Just re
membered that I had asked you down
town tor supper.
"I would rather thank God fasting."
I replied, very softly, and hung the
receiver on Its hook.
CHAPTER XII,
Beanie the Consoler.
In a corner of Frau Nirlanger's bed
room, sheltered from draughts and
glaring light. Is a little wooden bed,
painted blue and ornamented with
stout red roses that are faded by
time and much abuse. Every even
ing at 8 o'clock three anxious
browed women hold low-spoken
conclave about the quaint old bed,
while its occupant sleeps and
smiles as he sleeps, and clasps to his
breast a chewed-looklng woolly dog.
For a new joy has come to the sad
little Frau Nirlanger. and I, quite by
accident, was the cause of bringing it
to her. The queer-little blue bed. with
its faded roses, was brought down
from the attic by Frau Knapf. for she
Is on of the. three foster mothers of
the small occupant of the bed. The
occupant of the bed Is named Bennle. "
and a corporation formed for the pur
pose of bringing him up in the way he
should go is composed of: Dawn
O'Hara Orme. President and Distracted
Guardian; Mrs. Konrad Nirlanger. Cud-dier-in-chief
and Authority on the
Subject of Bennies Bed-time; Mr..
Blackle Griffith. Good Angel, and Gen-'
eral Cut-up and Monitor offn Ben
nie's Neckties and Toys; Dr Ernst von
Gerhard, Chief Medical Adviser, and
Sweller of the Exchequer, with the
Privilege of Selecting All Candles.
Members of the corporation meet with
great frequency evenings and Sundays,
much to the detriment or a certain
Book-In-the-making with which Dawn
O'Hara Orme was wont to struggle
o'evenings.
Bennle has been one of those little
tragedies that find their way into
Juvenile court. Bennie s story was com
mon enough, but Bennie himself had
been different. Ten minutes after his
first appearance in the courtroom everyone,-from
the big, bald Judge to the.
newest probation officer, had fallen, in
love with him. Somehow, you wanted to
smooth the hair from his forehead, tip
his pale little face upward and very
gently kiss the smooth, white brow.
Which alone was enough to distin
guish Bennle. for Juvenile court chil
dren, as a rule, 'are distinctly not kiss--able,
. '
(To Be Continued)
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few of our women escape the weaken- .
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That Defies Weather
D urine thy coming months of biting:
winds and intense cold, you who would
keen your skins smooth, white and velvety,
should turn your attention to raercollzeti
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It weather, nge or poor health has
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