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THE SUNDAY ORECOXIAN, POUTLiAXD. JTJIT 18. 1915. ADVANCE FALL STYLES SHOW WAYS OF DISGUISING FIGURES TOO FULL Longer Coat Worn in Which Flatly Pressed Pleats Have Flare Below Waist and Pleats Also Are Used in Skirt Which Reaches but Does Not Conceal Walking Boots. i-'i y -. ' f!F .... KWP IP ' '' "J- if oj'. - j l if iTO'iMT&f-. H . ' . . ' fir ::n ... ftruvn I - - m :j;i,r iff - 4 7 m Jfl - V' , I -';y - N 'i.i- y x . t-; s7&0j cz? sector". not overpower that of the dill. Instead of covering with cold brine aa above. pour boiling water over the cucumbera. the Bait being- already between tne lay- era. Ferment, cover ana store as at scribed above. Portland Or.. June 23. Will you kindly rive ma throuxh The OrKonlun a raclp fur German sweet prelxeUt Thnklns you In aUvance. MH3. T. W. Rich sweet pretzels Two cups flour. one and three-fourths cups butter, half cup powdered sugar, one egg white and two esgr yolks, one tablesaoonful aweet cream and' a lime gratea yeuow lemon rind, or a few drops cardo mon extract, according: to taste. VTork the butter lightly into the sifted flour aa for short crust. Add the 8Utar and mix to a rather stiff paste with the eng; and cream. Tho exact amount of cream needed wil.lWary with the kind of iluur uxed. the size of the egrg and the soilness or the butter. Keep the mixture chilled like rich cookie dough. Koll small por tions into pencil-shaped strips and then shape into the characteristic pretzel form. Brush with beaten vks and Bprinkle with chopped almonds or crushed loaf sugar as preferred. These are suitable to serve with tea or with sweet fruit salad or other light densert. Plainer sweet pretzels About four cups flour, two-thirds cup butter, two cups scalded milk, two whole eggs and on egg yolk, one-half cup sugar, one half yeast cake, grated rind of one-half lemon, one-half teaspoonful salt. iiaKe DAYS OF EARLY THEATERS AND DRAMA IN NEW YORK RECALLED Mrs. Nina La row e Pays Tribute to Passing of Great Stars and Describes Her Dtbut on Stage in One of Leads Then Prominent. BY MRS. NINA CHURCHMAN IAROWE. Math Article. AFTKR the return from Europe great opportunities offered them selves in New York City and I greedily and instantly put forth my arms to embrace them. Several of the mast eminent actors and actresses were ending forever their staae careers. Edwin Forrest came to New York City to play an engagement of three weeks and I had the pleasure of going every night. I think somehow all New York felt Instinctively that he was soon to be lost to us forever. Ills splendid phy sique was gradually weakening while hia glorious mental fire was burning as brilliantly as ever. We had his whole repertoire, and such a one "Virglnius." Hichelieu." "Damon and Tythias." "King Ltr," "Othello." "Itlchard 111." "Jack Cade." "s?parta cus" and "Metamora." Forrest was a matchless Othello. As It has been ac knowledged that Kdtn Booth was the only Hamlet, so those who saw Forrest in nil iii. trt-a t nn Holieve. that there a sponge with the lukewarm milk, the never was any Ki'chelleu. Damon or Othello after him. . That breaking down of Othello In the third act. where he says: veast and half the flour. When well risen, beat in the sugar, melted butter and flavoring, then add the rest of tne Hour to maae a .01 aouS.u u forever farewell the tranquil mind rise ana aivine into smaii portions nu r.reweU con.,t. farewell the plumed troop shape into pretzels, very sngntiy lurger lnll M, u . r tht make amuittun virtue than the rich kind given above. Some I v. r. well the nelatilnz steed and the shrill mnlf f w u th. Ktrlna hifnrA h:in. I t ril ?n li ' lng them something like the letter The eplrlt-.tlrrln drum, farewell. B. Others leave them plain. Brush with egg to give a good glaze. Leave plain or sprinkle with nuts, as pre ferred. Det rise again before baking. Serve as "coffee cake", with milk, coffee or chocolate for lunch or breakfast. Quick sweet pretzels Three cups of flour, one-third cup butter, one-third Othellu's occupation's zone. As rendered by Forrest was the most' heart-broken wall or aespair mat ever Issued from a human throat. (ird Ovation Cilvea Mr. Forrest. Edwin Forrest found in what proved to be his last engagement at any the ater, that he still had the love of New Yorkers with him. and the last nipht cup sugar, grated rina of one-nan ot nls three weeks was such an ova lemon, one egg and one eg yolk, three t0n as j3 seldom seen within the walls level teaspoonfuls baking powder, one- of a theater. The whole house rose half teaspoonful salt, about three- fourths cup milk to make a rather soft dough that can be easily hand led. Work the butter into the flour sifted with the Bait and baking pow der as for short crust. Add the sugar and lemon rind or other preferred flavoring: mix to a dough with the eggs well beaten In the milk; turn out on a wcllrfloured board, shape lightly into pretzels. Brush with egg and -bake at once. These are some times decorated, after baking, with small quantity of confectioners' frost ing, made by adding hot water or cold milk, drop by drop, to sifted confec- for him and cheer after cheer broke forth. Women waved their handker chiefs and hravos were shouted from all parts of the house. Again and again the wplendld old man answered the applause until tears rolled down his cheeks. The great thesplan went home to Philadelphia. He aroused himself and came to Now York again but found himself not able to stand the strain of great tragedy acting any longer. Then he tried the reading platform, made a few efforts and gave up. lie went back to Philadelphia once more and let slin from his shoulders his f "H L ' . ' ...-,t n."r ill i- ? 1 1 . . . . .4w tioners' until the right "spreading great tragic mantle, to be caught up consistency" Is reached. Some makers like to omit the sugar in these pret zels, increasing the salt and sprinkling the pretzels with poppy seed before baking. bv whom? perhaps none. Edwin Forrest and the greatest Booth, Junius Brutus Senior, were great friends. Junius Brutus named his son Edwin Forrest Booth, after Forrest, and for a long time Edwin I wrote you a letter about 10 days eo i,n.v. hlm..lf l-vlu-ln F Then ?!'i",5-?r V !!"'.??. to5. plal" '"iM" suddenly he threw the F to the winds please put It In next Buno-Vs paper If you I ana tor a nicr imu can poaelbly find apace, because 1 am In a I Then a T. for Thomas, seeme-a to nave zreat hurry? Thanainc you in advance. been Inserted. L1TTLI-. onti. 1 The old actor was about disappear- I hope you found your answer in last I ng over the horizon, the new trauedy Sunday's paper. You asked for "milk light was Just glimmering and spar 'I'.lilt ti,-.'-i.' .erf.. 3 j..-s.wi-a. chocolate." not for "milk chocolate creams." I do not think I have an easy recipe for the latter. Perhaps some readers may know of one. First, how- kllng in the distance, soon to burst Into full glory In the Winter Cianden Thea ter's 100-niiiht run of "Hamlet." Some way Jealousy arose between the young and the old actors. Forrest still was ever, learn to dip the firmer kinds of t, al r.,ch-iieu. the young man chocolates before attempting the softer asplrcd to the cardinal s robes and In creams. Aloha. Wuh. Juno 2tf. Will vou kindly tell me, throUKh lhe Sunday Oreiconlnn. how 10 make wneapple pie. chocolate pie. a Kelatlne meat lonf "Just for two," ualnz. say one cut rneul this wav the Boothlan F was climlnat ed. Probal.ly the trouble arose through managerial Jealousy. It was thought necessary to write the old man down in orler to write the young man up. All tlila wea 1 he tnlk of the town when id T"ou.,:,'f fV.'.rn,no,Wp!ehb: T'.dnror: oth arils,, were playing simultane- ecu whltea are put on, to Insure bent reult. OUBiy in -C w lora. aiul aliould the meringue be browned Quickly I - r ThMaleee Xeieeel. or not? I . , " . . , Thanking you most slneereiv. nariottc uuanman. wnn ner onu-i. MRS. w. E. O. ful Lajy Macbeth, appalling Meg Mer Plnenpple pie Beat together three riles and dignified Queen Katherlne. eggs, two-thirds cup sugar, one cup I was also one of the magnificent grated pineapple, one-fourth teaspoon I theatrical pageant that was passing salt, trie Juice ot one lemon and a lit- 1 slowly before our eyes, bearing lis tie of the grated rind If liked. L.lne a members on to eternity to clear the road pie plate with rich short crust, turn for oncoming artists. Just standing at in the mixture and bake in a mod- I the beginning of the pathway. erate oven. Be careful not to over I u'e were too late to see Fanny bake. When partly cool cover with a I Kemble act she had grown too stout meringue and return to the oven. .nd elderly but we heard her un- which should be cool enough to dry rivaled Shakespearean readings. Thla ratner tnan Dane tne maringue. it mnrvelouKl v endowed woman sat at a should take at least eight minutes be- table with a book before her never fore tne meringue begins to color at rose at an read a whole play, and In all. unit nf her vein and excessive ro- Instead of using the meringue the ,-,-! rv,rv character distinct. pie may be decorated when cold with b(,townK on each and every one sep- wnipptxi cream, eitner piain or iorceu t volce and action, from the youth through a fancy pastry tube. -rtor ond race- of Itosallnd. Juliet Another type of pinenpple pie or tarts and viola to. the coarseness of a 8ir may be made by tilling previously Tohv Belch, the majeatlc madness of baked pie shells of short crust, flake 1ear, the melancholy dreaminess of or puff pastry, as preferred, with an Hamlet and the light fantasy of Mid- orainary pineapple bavarian cream. summer Nlghfa Dream alike. ine top may oe oecorateu wun cnoppea ... tragedv. she dressed in black and Diancnea aimonus or strips ot canuiea for cornedy ln white. For all her flesh pineapple. . . .. she came on to the stage with exceed- A pineapple pie less rich than the 1 , , . i, i mt nrnfni.n,i above may be made with the following I .... .,.!.. ..,nrteev uha fallowed filling baked either between two crusts faehlon except in the matter of hair or mi one i-ruoi mi e. nuiimuc. Hroaalnir and shoes. She wore her ha r but Just a little mite mys.-ir in the great asgregation of literary, dramatic and musical delight". We htl no "great white way." Our I Broad way then had not rrelved thl sec ond name. We had no cabarets, no descending from the musii-al piri form to eln and dance among the tables, no surh period of undress. Wo were proud f our Broadway, glint to herald it to the world. Are we now? All Soe-lely Lured by Mojr. I:y and ty changes in theatrical mut ters came in. We were to have Hie society drama with boxed-ln scene. and real iloori and door knobs, no more exits to open inga or "tormentor doors." These latter were alaj at the first entrances. They had "t lush Mix one-fourth cup sifted flour with over her ears; it was brushed till it three-fourths cup sugar and one and Ehone. The shoes were the old black . . . " v "X. inapiic fui I heclless cloth gaiters. When she drew and Juice. Stir and cook until the mixture thickens, then remove from the Hre and beat in one egg. 2. Tne following "chocolate cream" makes a good filling for a chocolate her skirts aside in her sweeping cour tesy they were much in evidence. The late Queen Victoria wore the same style of shoes. I once had a picture of them. It has vanished as such things mostly pie. It may be finished with chopped do j n lhink can t nuts, meringue or whipped cream as J flnppr on ,nem Fanny Kemble J.-x..,.. . j .v. came to New lork long before my day lightly baked before the filling is put in. Use a large, oeep shell or indi vidual sizes: Chocolate cream filling Two cups ill-con- in the enlendor of her youth and beauty, taking all New York by storm and capturing the heart of Pierce But E XCELLENT for the large figure Is When featured In this way a vest and ronec-T-een chiffon I collar ana cun set is aesirabie aa trim- velvet which typifies the new red- ingote mode and which is also suggest ive of the Louis XV period, with its long, graceful upper coat and revers arranged to imitate frills. Gold and black embroidered motifs define the coat line at the hips, and below the skirt of the coat is full, circular ripple effect. The shirred collar and tiny cape below are a new trimming note. With in the shirred collar of velvet is a ruche of lace, creamy in tone. The moss-green coat is worn with a pussy willow bridge gown in black with black clippers and green silk stockings. An artist must surely have designed one lovely frock, which is perfectly proportioned to give slenderness and grace to a large figure. Every line adds to the suggestion of height and slimness: there is not a Jarring note in the harmony of line. Over a rather narrow foundation of shrimp pink gold enrod satin falls a chemise-like tunic of black Daphne silk to the knee, and the pink satin lining, stopping at the bust. is attached to a deep, sleeveless yoke of black tulle. The outer tunic, hanging in soft folds, is of pink and black bead ed net. The net is used upside down, its deep border at the top and the plain net draped and looped up over the skirt below a low belt of Jetted net over pink satin. Slashed sleeves of white tulle half veil the arms. The blouse for the large woman is an Important factor when itemizing wear ing apparel that is appropriate and be coming. The large woman should avoid all bright conspicuous colors, for these tend to attract attention and exagger ste one's appearance. A blouse of pussy-willow silk in -the same shade as one's suit is always desirable and smart. mlng. A blouse of cream tucked net combined with .fillet lace Is a delight ful combination. The effect Is charm ing and simple, showing a low neck with flat collar and long bishop sleeves. The crochet buttons lend a smart fin ishing touch. Answers to Correspondents I DALLAS. Or.. July 13. Please give a , recipe for putting up dill pickles. Where could one procure the dill In which to put them? A SUBSCRIBER. F you have no dill In your own garden and cannot obtain It from a neighbor or through your local store, you might write to almost any of the larger Portland grocers that handle fruit and vegetables. No names can be given in this column. I should think, however, that you will have no difficulty in getting some dill in your own neighborhood. If you make Inquiries. Dill pickles may be prepared by tne natural fermentlon of the cucumber Juice and slightly salted water or may be put up like other pickles, ln vine gar, flavored with dill and unsweet ened. They keep best if put up in sealed Jars, though a stone crock or barrel may be used, t The latter method calls for greater care and frequent In spection to detect and check softening or molding of the picKies. Dill pickles Fill quart Jars with well washed "dill pickle size" cucumbers (a little larger than ordinary pickles); put a few pieces of dill into each Jar. Some makers add a few cherry leaves, a bit of bay leaf and a few peppercorns. A tiny red pepper Is added by those lik ing a highly seasoned pickle. Some makers use the dill alone. Fill up with lukewarm water and add one table spoon salt to each Jar. Put a bit of dill on top and seal the Jars. Keep the Jar in the sun or ln & warm place -un til the water gets cloudy, showing that scalded milk, five level tablespoons ler- e,e,anl ft,, KrVh ' Th cornstarch, one-half cuo sucar. one- Kreat wealth, resident ln Philadelphia. r.rth tea. noon salt one-third cun owning many slaves and planta- cold milk, one and one-half squares tions in South Carolina. fermentation is taking place. When the water looks clear again the pickles are ready for use, the cucutnoer Juice and water having formed a sort of vine gar, the acid of which preserves the pickles. Dill pickles with vinegar- Wash and scrub the cucumbers and put in a crock with salt between the layers, using a cup of salt to one gallon cucumbers. Cover with cold water and let stand over night. Drain and pack into Jar with two or three branches of dill and a bit of green pepper, if available, ln each jar. Fill up with boiling vinegar, seal and store in a cool place. Method No. 3 Select fresh, tender. medium sized cucumbers. Wash and soak several hours in cold water. Place In a large crock or small cask in lay ers, with dill between the layers, grape vine leaves or stalks, or a few cherry or horseradish leaves may also be used, and a few bits of bay leaf give a flavor liked by many people. Make a brine allowing six level tablespoons salt to every quart of water. Boil five min utes; cool and pour over the cucum bers, filling the crock to overflowing. A clean round board with a stone on top Is useful in keeping the pickles un der the brine. A cloth should be laid over the pickles and should be washed and scalded from time to time to pre vent the formation of mold. Keep In a warm place until acetic fermentation has taken place; then keep in a very cool cellar. Method No. 4 Prepare as above, but scatter salt between the layers with the dill. A few cloves may be used, as well as bay leaf if liked; but care I should be taken that these flavors do ,.noi.A..MnA,i phnminte nn tulil..nnnn I In Que time tney were marrieu anu butter, three tablespoons hot water, were happy until one day this yng whites of three eggs, a few grains C V,v alspice. Mix the cornstarch, sugar and Carolina, where she realized that all salt with the cold milk, add to the the wealth and luxury his Income pro scalded milk and cook until thick. Btlr- vided came from the buying and eell rlng over hot water. Add the choco- In of human beings. lated. melted In the hot water, stir un- r tender heart and English blood til smooth. Fold In the stiff beaten rebelled, and what otherwise might egg whites and flavoring. The exact have been a blissful marriage resulted amount of chocolate may be varied to In bitternese and separation, the never BUlt personal taste. went- back to the stage, but adopted A similar filling may be made for the platform instead, made much money Ine. Mak.. it less aweet rto and finally began the great Jorney taste), omit the chocolate and vanilla to that land "trnm whose bourne no and add one-half cup grated plnappie traveler returns. Just before folding in the egg whites.! Cabarets A burnt la Old Day a. 3. Gelatine meat loat one cup ricn. f-omDar.d with these great, great clear soup, free from grease (any con venlent kind, bouillon, chicken broth tomato broth or well-flavored stock , , v , . . . i ...... i I limes irom DOnesi, one e.uu vu-uan . olavers it Is a wonder that some of the stars of today, wun tneir some feeble. insignificant little dramas seem like pygmies. Again teaspoons gelatine, soaked ln three or rising over the horizon came the four tablespoons hot water, one cup J,,r.halred daughter of the North, chopped and seasoned meatveal, tine Nllsson. She came the first chicken, beef or lamb one hard-boiled ".on In concert only, and associated egg. Make the broth hot and melt the ' h was our own gre.t con- soaked gelatine in it. " ii a mue. Annie Louise Cary. then a young Season rather highly with salt J ' ' slender girl. She entranced Juice and a dash of cayenne. A little "V" untll that enemy of so onion salt or celery sa t may oe V women increasing and ever In- if liked. Rinse a mould In cold water niany women and pour In a little of the trelatlne however. mixture. nen cool decorate, n you . , . . . . , j like with the best slices of the hard that she would retire In her prime and pfcil'eVans. a'.ofhrgeVa5: 1. Ola?.3 b sTorne kkX-Sc. c.dpo,u7c.rmp.';,ri;rd It in alternate layers of meat and Jelly " achtel. (or mix all together If time is an ob- Then there were the Horary circles. Ject) and place in the mould. Chill. I had the pleasure of attending Mrs. unmound and serve on lettuce with D- - Croly's (Jennie June) -weekly re- anpreferrcd salad dressing. A little unions, where might be seen Horace chopped ham Is a good addition, par- Greely. Whltelaw Held, a young n,s,n tlcuarly if white meat is used. A Jt from the West; the Carey sisters small quantity of chopped p4ckles or Alice and Phoebe: Fanny tern and olives may be added to the meat If many others too numerous to mention, liked c;- Croly was managing editor of the 4 Tnls Is answered in the reply to New- York World. first rioestlon. Have the Die cooled. That was a great New York then but not cold. Dry the meringue grad- and I have always been glad that I ually before coloring. I waa privileged to live la it. though sill, over which an nctress must sup and drag her train after ner. It required considerable skil to managu such an entrance. io.iti:iicr whole long scene was played "in front, while a pnliice wus being pre pared behind. When the actors or ac tresses li:i.l finished they went through the tormentor doors, then a whistluj blew and the scenes were drawn, it. Veallng what was behind tem. That was again frequently closed, when the action had fini.-hed, with more whi.-l-lnng and another scene put -n In front. this constant scene cii:.nt;inn continuing until the end of the play. Now ei whole net Is played in one sceno. Alio the parlor voice, whtca often docs not get over the fooiliuhls, til lered. Fine articulation w as no longer the mode, no longer studied and prac ticed. The rule used to be: 'Talk to the person In the most remote seat." Now the characters talk among tiifin- selvcs with groat elegance and you catch what they are saying If you cun: if you do not they lay It to poor con struction of the theater. Yet let an old-time actor or actress who had stud ied articulation como on and yu will catch every syllnble, even of a whisper. All society scorned to want to act. rich girls and even married women lft their homes to step onto the stage. Big amateur dramatic clubs existed In Brooklyn and New York; all ti'-e mem bers were stage struck. Old Comedies Appeared Anew Augustln Daly's theater was the first home of the society drama. Then came the 1'nlon Square TSealer and then the Madison Square. All those were devoted to the society drama and there it flourished. A. M. Palmer left the Mercantile Library Association and the Young M.-n's Christian Associa tion to become manager of a theater. Sheridan Shok. a politician, furnished a large amount of capital. Things I went along swimmingly for a w hile; then Mrs. Sheridan Shoog shook Mierry and became .Mrs. A. M. Palmer. After a while Daly went frequently back to old comedies and even Shake speare. While the new dramatic de parture was raging. Edwin Booth was building R Shakespearean Temple on Sixth avenue and Twenty-third street. The old Bowery Theater and the Bowery boys, took their Shak-speare ln large doses. It was a pleasure on.-e ln a while to go to the l'.owery to watch how well these so-called toughs could appreciate Intellectual plays. "Richard HI" was their first choice, "Macbeth" next, so that our fine old play were not completely cast out. They still had one or two homes left While we were living ln the midst of so much that was enjoyable In New York, thinking ourselves quite pros perous, there was a great ogre sitting and watching under the shadow of Trinity Church for the newcomers from all the different states. This ogre is very patient. Sometimes It waits only months, sometime years, for Its victims, but sooner or later he dnrts from under Trinity's wings and with great gl e empties his full net into a great mael strom. And there he sits and sees with rreat Joy his victims squirm and twist and turn as the eddies entansie them. Some escape an. I rise again. some sink to despair and ore lost tor ever. The name of this ogre U the New York Stock Roard. the whirlpool Wall street. Aataatevar Cant Arranged. We were caught and all was gone. I thougwit I would try to help some In the struggle to get ouU What I thought an opportunity came to me suddenly ln the shape of a woman who had the pre valllng craze. However, she scorned to try to Join a stock company, planning Instead to have one of her own. She was not going Into society drama, but Instead Intended to carry aloft the banner of the Bard of Avon. She had an admirer who also had a dramatic bee buzzing and buzzing In his bonnet. He was a believer In spiritualism, and the medium told him that the mantle of t3 fortune would nvike quiring con-.inn.lioii. Mr. J., the young man. was self-cast for Othello, the groat Moor of Venice; Miss C concluded she wciuld be shout In hor element were she to cast herself for lago (many great actresses l.ad en acted Ingo, even Miss t'ushman had il"tie s,. S.. oihollo mid bin being settled upon, a 1 e.-..leniona was neces sary. She was found ln a frieb.l of iTiine. an nmuieur uiul v ry beauti ful. She had a sister, a regular profes sional, playing t Augustm Daly's New York Theater. The rest of the cast was made ui of professionals, and the te- Ihearsals began In Miss O.'s drawing room. My friend asked m' to attend one of the rehearsals. 1 wont with her. Soon the Emilia, la go's wife, gave up her part, and my friend asked mc to take it. I'.ut I said : "I have never acted." "Well." was the reply, "neither has Misj '." She further said: "I know ou will do well because you recite so well." Debut on Mil te Made la Anr. I hail always loved the stare. and always been ambitious for It: now here was my chance. I knew, of course, that acting was an entirely different field from Ih.-it of the recitation. My friend said nay to nil my ptoieMs. and so I went ti the neti n hiar.'al with the part of Kinllia "letter perfect." I went in awe and nervous trepidation. I thought to myself, "They will never accept me." I knew- there was n preat deal of stage business to he learned thoroughly. I w as tntroduoe.1 to the would-be stars and the ret of the company. The re hearsals wont on, and somehow I was tutl much Impressed with the acting of our amateur Mars. It seemed . to me that the professionals who had been engaged to fill out the cast thone re splendent 1 y beside our Othello and our Ingo. However, they were lords and dictators of all they surveyed, and we humbly obeyed. The professionals would do so. of course, if they were sure of their salaries. The surround ings of Miys C.'s brownstone front Indi cated prosperity. Othello and I ago knew their lines perfectly, but r. -cited them In monoton ous fashion. Ilebenrsnl after rehearsal look place, and every time resulted In ihe same slngfon rendering; of the lines. A New England tour was arranged, and we were to open firM in Portland. Me. We went from New York City by sieamer. All the wny I was nervous, could neither e.it nor sieep. for was I not to play Kniilia. a leading heavy part? Would I ever, ever cot through with it? livery time I thought of it cold perspiration broke out. There were Miss and Mr. J. to play great parts, parts that had been played by the greatest, and they had never been on a stage b fore. H..w could they be so cool and so fearl-ss. and above all places to select Portland. Me., for a first night. These thoughts crew on mo. anil I think began to disturb the brains of the rest of the company. Aid In ItehesmaU Itefatar-d. Hitherto we had rehearsed in a par lor, so the first morning after we ar rived in Maine rehearsal was called at the theater. We were to play that night. I had never been behind the scenes before and my terror grew apace. 1 confided In one of t!ie real actors, told him 1 was no actress I I suppose he already knew that). 1 said: "I can never go on tonight." Whereupon he began to brace up my failing courage, liy this time our pro fessionals woke up fuily to iht situa- .I .n 1 1 FRECKLES Xerr la the Time te (.ft Kiel ef Thraa i sir spot. There's no longer the slightest reed of feeling ashamed of your freckles, as the prescription othir.e double strength Is guaranteed to remove these homely spots. Simply get an ounce of othino dou ble strength from any druggist and apply a little of it night and morning and you should soon see that even the worst freckles have begun to disap pear, while the lighter ones have van ished entirely. It Is seldom that more than an ounce Is needed to completely clear the (.kin and gain a beautiful the great Junius Brutus Booth (fid win's I clear complexion. father) had in falling escaped tne son and wafted Itself over onto the shoul ders of the aforesaid young man. Sure ly, they thought, this mantle and Miss Be sure to ask for the double strength othlne, as this Is sold under guarantee of money buck if tt fails to remove freckles. Adv. a.