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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 18, 1914)
I NTERFERES What Happened When a Young Wife Decided to Go on the Stage. By MOLLY McMASTER. (Co Wright, llcClur Ntwipiper BrndicaU.) In his heart John Craig longed for the day when the footlights would cease to be an attraction for his wife. He was too big and too broad In bis love for her to demand that ahe leave the stage and lire a quiet domestic life at bis side. He bad fallen In love with ber as a star, wooed and won ber as such and now as wife and mother Sybel Craig still abone, a resplendent star In the the atrical Armament. John Junior was a scant three months old when his mother began rehearsal for ber new play. It had been a shock to Craig. He bad some bow counted on tbe arrival of John Junior as a barrier to Sybel's pro longed stage career, but she had laughingly told blm that ahe could act tbe better 'now that she bad a eon to be proud of her. "You would grow frightfully tired of me, anyway," she added, "if I was about tbe bouse all evening." "I grow tired of not having you, dear," Craig bad told her, and was not quite aware of the extent of his weariness. He only knew that his evenings alone In the house while bis wife was playing to crowded theaters were beginning to bore him. John Junior was four months old when the new nurse arrived. She, trma Newton, was lovely to look upon, beautiful as to character and endowed with womanly charm that entered the appreciation of John Junior, bis mother and bis father. She was one of those fortunate women who under stand all human wants and woes and administer according to heeds. John Junior loved ber Instinctively. Sybel loved her because she possessed all the domestic and sterling virtues that Sybel herself lacked. And John Craig? Rut he did not know that he loved ber. - He only knew that eve nings of complete boredom were a thing of the past and that his wife's career was no longer so severe a thorn prick In bis -happiness. Had Sybel loved her husbsnd In a more unselfish way she would have seen that Irma's position In the household was nothing but tempta tion flung In tbe path of two per sons, flut Sybel felt secure In ber husband's love, and it did not for second occur to her that he would turn bis affections in another direc tion. Craig, however, was only human. He had married because he wanted a home and a wife to tread the path of life beside him. He bad regretted that love bad come to him across the footlights, but she would love htm more than her audience and applause. Tbe time seemed long In coming. In the meantime Irma Newton entered the Crnlg household and discontent turned slowly Into a most dellghtfuj feeling cf peace. When Irma had been In the house would not, Irma reasoned, like to see herself as a deserted woman. Sybel was having ber 11 o'clock cup of tea wben Irma knocked at net door. It was not an unusual visit, so that Mrs. Craig was not surprised. They were wont to talk things over at that hour of the morning. "Mrs. Craig," began Irma withont preamble, "your husband imagines himself In love with me, and I want yon to help me to prevent him tell ing me so." Sybel went a shade pale. She was not, however, theatrical In her pri vate life and ber answer was unex pectedly calm. "Why do you say he Imagines him self In love with you?" "Because be Is not really be only thinks so. He and I have been thrown together continually and he - la a man essentially fond of feminine com panionship. He has not bad that from you. It is most natural, then, that his nature should respond to the pres ence of any woman sensitive to his personality." ' ; Sybel Craig gazed In a more or less less vacant way at Irma. Perhaps for the first time In ber life she waa looking at a situation from another person's point of view, "Ton are not so selfish as you are thoughtless, Irma went on as if fol lowing out ber own thoughts. "Your busband'loves you and wants you at bis side and you have never stopped to realize that you have never con sldered his desires only your own. In this life we really should try to make others happy rather than our selves don't you think so?" Irma asked the question In a perfectly lm personal way. She was trying des perately to retain the atmosphere of unemotional reasoning. She hated scenes of any kind end felt a respect for Sybel beyond that which she bad known because Mrs. Craig had ac cepted the situation calmly. "I think." Sybel said from out of ber depths of thought, "that I have been vaguely conscious of all this My husband is very dear to me. 1 could never love any man as I dt him. Perhaps had he been lass lenl ent with me and demanded that 1 quit the stage I would have done sc and been more than happy, but m: duty has never been pointed out t me and I have not boon wise enougl to see it for myself." Her head wen forward on her arms, but she did no weep: she was only trying to shu out the , picture of John Junior'i father being happy with anothei woman. Your understudy " suggested Irma softly. "Could she not take your play from tonight, so that you may stay at home and teach yor.r husband the art of loving you all over again 7 i win stay with you for a time, so that he will never sus pect this ' little chat we have bad After that. If you like, I will leave you to your happiness.1 Irma arose and slipped quickly from the room. She realized that Sybel would want time to think. It would not be an cany matter to give up stardom for domestic life, yi-t Irma felt that 8ybcl would not hesitate. "John," Sybel ssked In a voice that strove to keep the fear from show. Ing, "would you consider me fanciful If I chose to quit the stage from to night on. and Just stay at borne to I Fur-Cloths and Furs in Wraps ' " FtoptheF mnis IMPORTANCE OF YOUR FACE If Your Disposition Is Sunny, Kind and Gracious Your Countenance : V Will Beam With Goodness. If you stop to think about this for a moment, you see what a tremen dously Important thing It Is. Just as surely as you have a face, the story of your life will be written on that face.. If you are mean and crabbed and disagreeable, your face will set tle Into a disagreeable expression, and everybody will avoid you. It your disposition is sunny and kind and gracious, your face will beam with goodness, and everybody , will know at a glance that you are lov able, writes Lewis Edwin Thelas In St. Nicholas. And the older you grow the more distinctly your face will tell the story. When you go out Into the world to earn your living, tbe first thing that people will ask Is this: . What kind of a boy la he? Or, what kind of a girl is shef Under our present in dustrial system the employer has to teach young persons their trade after be hires them. So he is more inter ested in the applicant's character than THE wonderful new fur-cloths are so like tbe skins which they Imitate that they appear In all outside gar ments made up with genuine furs used as a trimming. Tbey do not suffer In the least by comparison with these. The owner of a coat made of ex pensive fur sometimes finds a drop of bitterness mixed with her pleasure In It. The thought of tbe number of small animals that must be sacrificed or more often still, the thought that the finest of furs are not very durable, are disturbing to one's peace of mind. Now that the new fur-cloths have proved such a triumph with women of fashion they may have wraps more durable than natural furs, longer lived and quite as beautiful, without regrets. Another good feature of the fur- cloth wrap lies In tbe fact that It may be altered In shape to conform to the altered lines of the styles aa new sea sons arrive. The altering of fur gar ments Is an expensive undertaking on account of the difficulty of matching and sewing skins. No difficulties of this kind are met with In handling fur cloths. ' A very handsome coat of broadtail fur-cloth Is shown In the picture given here. It Is cut on straight lines, flar ing toward the bottom, and finished with a collar and cuffs of real chin chilla fur. It Is a short coat with flounce set on, shaped to flare and ripple at the aides and back. It Is lined with plain satin and fastened with hand come Jet buttons. Worn with tbe coat is a muff of panne velvet bordered with tbe fur cloth. A velvet chrysanthemum is mounted on one border. A smart vel vet turban, with the crown extended Into wlnga and the shape outlined with box-plaited satin ribbon, com pletes a costume that .will compel ad miration in any gathering of fashion ably dressed women. " - JULIA BOTTOM LEY. 1 donT see SAtd Annie "really I declurd vmcv-e Any tnord Cboid be' r ENLARGE WITH OWN CAMERA Rather Fine Lena Obvlatea Necessity of Carrying Around Large Ma chine Cost Is Trifling. The tendency among kmateur pho tographers at the present time Is to In his present ability. And the charac- make their pictures with a small cam- ter he will learn from the face. era equipped witn a ratner nne lens. It is Just as the director of the em-1 and then enlarge the resulting nega- nlovment bureau of a treat depart- tlve to the desired size, ints onvlates Gay and Novel Is This. Red and white Pekln striped pussy willow silk the popular silk for blouses with the younger contingent was used to build a gay little replica of an Imported model. The atrlped blouse opens over a vest of white pique, which curves around In waist coat effect and Joins a belt of the silk. An organdie flare collar rises at the back and big red buttons fasten the white waistcoat. ment store said to me: "We base our. choice largely on the applicant's looks. To be sure, the faces of boys and girls are not deeply marked. Many applicants have only begun to outline on the blank pages of their cheeks the picture that will eventual ly appear there. But even a sketch tells much. We know that almost In evitably a child will continue the fa cial development it has begun. The sullen, shiftless; don't care kind of face .we reject, but It the face is full of courage, hope, truth, good-cheer and kindliness, we pick tbe child quick. That is tbe sort we are after." If, then, our faces have so much to do with our future suc cess. Isn't it worth while to try to make them attractive by being attrac tive ourselves? tbe labor of carrying a large camera around and Just as good results are se cured. Besides the convenience. It of fers an element of economy which la considerable. Tbe enlarging attach ment shown herewith permits a pho- Brald and Fur. Braid and fur are Interestingly com' blned In ornaments for cloth coats. There are frogs of black braid edged with a narrow fringe of soft black fui and, with a fur collar or braid band ing on tbe coat, the effect of these frocks would b.e very good. I a Anl. fralff bnM that lifa tentment would vanish If she were to maJ!.' John Junto happy r leave. He knew also that his wife's career was seldom In his mind and that his evenings were not marred by her absence. Neither did the fact that Irma was bending over John Junior, when It should bsve been By bel, annoy him. In fact Craig found himself appreciating the' light on golden hair and finding It more love ly than on black. Sybel's hair was taven black. Also he knew that he was beginning to study Irma's eyes tor an expression he wanted to see there. Tbe situation was so completely harmonious for all concerned that It was not until the serpent was el She did not realize until she saw tbe glad light in bis eyes bow fearful she had been of his answer. The Newest Shapes in Velvet Hats DE MAUPASSANT ON -WAR Greet French Writer Waxed Eloquent In Condemning Abominations of Armed Conflict. Wben I but consider tbe word war I feel a shock, as If one spoke to me ot witchcraft, Inquisition, some dead or distant thing, abominable, monstrous, unnatural. When we hear of cannibals we smile with pride and proclaim our super- ready In the grass beneath their reet I lorlty over these savages. that Irma awoke to the full atgnlfl- What are savsges, real savages esnce of It. She had been sitting be-1 those who fight to eat the victims or aid tbe fire with John Junior In her those who fight to kill, merely to kill? arms wben Craig had comb quietly I These youthful soldiers of the line Into the room. He h.l not spoken, speeding along yonder are destined but his eyes tud revealed the whole to death. Just as the flocks of sheep truth even aa II bis Hps bad spoken driven along the roads by a butcher. It Irma knew then that the serpent bad stirred. She wondered how long the serpent bad been thete and how deeply Cratga happiness waa affect- Ad. She waa more grieved than atunned when tba truth dawned on her. Irma spent a night In grave thought She knew that Craig could not long remain silent and she shrank from the scene that must assuredly follow. She recoiled from the know! edge that she hsd robbed another woman of her husband's love, Inno cent though ber own action In natter had been. "TW rnn.t ha ioihi w.v nt nf and eruih-d Into tmtn h th. W,. '"y oU(1 Picturesque enough to It," she told herself over and over of cavalry. Why have they killed her reimremeni. ine wira is a again. "John crsig is rsr too fine noy,. her noble boy, ber only hope, a man to wreck his matrimonial craft her pride, her life? She cannot tell. Yes, why? Guy De Maupassant They are destined to fall on a plain. their beads cleft by a stroke from a word or their breasts pierced by bullets. And these are young men who could work, produce, be useful. Their fathers are old and poor, their moth- era, who during 30 years have loved and worshiped them, as mothers can worship, will learn In six months or perhsps a year that the son, tbe child, ine nig cnna, Drought up with so much trouble, with so much money, Ca4i k'Y. ' THE velvet hat, having been made In every shape with which we are fa miliar, now appears In . novel shapes that we have not seen before. So far nothing has appeared to supplant It, al though there Is a whisper In the air that those who like to be "different" may soon choose hatter's plush, bright- finished felts, or hats of bright finish combined with suede leather. But If one admires velvet and Is With ao much lnv. ttaa Ihmwn fntA a the hole, like a dead dog. aftor his body, ,ookln for novelty, two out of the riddled by a bullet, had been trampled ,r , . "u """" "rB cer on the rocks, and his wife Is too thoughtless to put out a beacon light for him. I wonder I wonder bow I can save blm." Irma felt that Sybel Craig was more to blame than her husbsnd, and that he would have re mained faithful In his love had the made the very slightest attempt to hold him. "She must make that attempt,' Irma told herself. "I shall tsll her exactly how matters stand." It was a brave decision to come to, but Irma was no coward. Besides ahe realised that should Sybel Craig display the same pride In her per aonal life as she did In her public life she would strive to maintain her position as Jibn Craig's wife. She The Limit "When we were married, Henry, you said you would tell me everything I asked you about" "Maybe I did, my dear, but bow In the dickens was I to know that yon would ever ask me what men talk about In smoking cars?" Decslvsd by Similarity. "Oh, look what a One war map In this Illustration." "No, dear, that la not a war map." Then what la lit" "A phrenologist's chart of the ho- ,np6' noder-,e1 Ub the un man brain." I f,rnd portions of the brim curving standard shape so good that nothing will ever make It unpopular. The daring and daahlng helmet la a reflection ot war times and an extreme of tbe military mode. Minus the chin strap, there Is no reason why It should not prove a successful modol. It Is military enough without this extreme and Inconvenient accessory. The stand ing cockade of Spanish coque feathers, and the bright silver braid, look quite warlike without the atrap. It Is a shspe for youthful wearers who are ex cused for running into daring extremes. A beautiful new shape Is pictured with a aoft top crown, a wide collar for a side crown and a square brim turned up on three sides. This Is a handmade downward at the edges. Ita charm Is Increased because the lines ot the brim are soft the frame over which the velvet Is laid being of some flex lble material without any rigid out lines. , 8o novql a shape needs little trim' mlng, and the extreme of simplicity has been adopted In this hat. A curl ous ornament of stiver flitter spangloa Is mounted at the front Soft ostrich plumes are suggested by the shape, and If short and full ought to prove especially well on so rich-a back ground. Tbe third bat Is classed among that legion of shapes called "sailor" with out any very good reason. The crown is aoft with puffed top and narrow collar of velvet laid In folds. Tbe brim Is plain, lifting a little at the left where It widens. It Is very graceful. This bat Is trimmed with a very handsome spray of sliver flowers and foliage -laid across the bsse ot the crown at the left front It Is almost Impossible to describe the novelties In trimming ot allver and other metalllo effects, they are so new 'and unlike other things. But never was anything more beautiful and striking used with black and dark-colored velvets. This last hat Is a lovely and con servative piece ot millinery. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. HOW HEROES ARE DECORATED Comparatively Few People Have Re ceived Medals of Honor Bestowed by the United States. Ybu would be very proud, Indeed, If yoa had been given the Victoria cross. You have, of course, beard a great deal about It, and know that men who have won It must be of the bravest. You would be proud to win the Iron cross ot Germany of the cross of the Legion of Honor of France. But how about the Medal ot Honor which the United States sometimes bestows on Its heroes? Do you know anything about it? Not a great deal, we are sure, and yet It Is rarer and harder to ob tain than any of tbe others. In 40 years more than 60,000 men won the cross ot the Legion of Honor, 40,000 men won the Iron cross during the Franco-Prussian war alone, but in 50 years since its creation, only 3,088 men have been considered as worthy to wear the Medal of Honor. To win It a man must have "distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and Intrepidity, at the risk of his life, be yond the call ot duty." So, you see. we Americans need not hang our heads wben England and France and flnrmnnv innak nf thnlr ftnrnratlnna for heroism. There are less Medsls UHttU UP THE COUNTRY BUT of Honor, not because there are few- Making an Enlargement tographer to make use of nls own camera In making the enlargement. That is, he makes the enlargement with the same lens with which the original picture was made. The at tachment is made of some light mate rial and has facilities for holding the plate or paper on which the enlarge ment Is to be made. The negative to be. enlarged Is placed In the back of the camera and the lens Is directed Into the Interior ot the attachment The whole Is then plsced where a strong light either natural or artifi cial, Is allowed to shine through the negative and lens and to project the picture Into the attachment This does the work of a rather expensive enlarging apparatus at a trifling cost The attachment was recently patented. er heroes, but because our standard ot heroism Is higher. The American Boy. HOW TO MAKE RABBIT TRAP Easily Made Device for Catching Predatory Animals In Orchard or Other Places Around Farm. An easily constructed, rabbit trap which may be used In orchards or In other places where there are rabbits c,tT hlch man made; that life out Life Out of-Doors and In. Touch With Earth la Natural Life of Man Square Deal Demanded. In every school house In Prince Ed ward county, Virginia, a placard con taining a creed tor the American country boy and dedicated to tbe Boys' Corn Club ot Virginia haa been posted. It reads: 'I believe that the country which Ood made la more beautiful than the and other predatory animate, Is shown in the Illustration. A are the staples allowing the wire, B, to pass through. C Is a door, which A A I XT 'i 1 I ffl;; Easily Made Trap. la shown partly open, fastened to wire B above. Tbo other end la made of lattice work. of doors and In touch with the earth Is the natural life of man. I believe that work with nature Is more In spiring than work with the most In tricate machinery. I believe that the dignity of labor depends not on what you do, but how you do It; that op portunity comes to a boy on the farm as often as to a boy In the city; that lire Is larger and freer and hap pier on the farm than In the town; that my success depends not upon my location, but upon myself; not upon my dreams, but upon what I actually do; not upon luck, but upon pluck. I believe In working when you work ' and In playing when you play, and In giving and demanding a square deal In every act of life." A Dog Trainer. "Hey I What are you doing there?" Little Arthur was caught He waa The rabbit passing In the door jn the n.r M. l.. Z..u pushes the wire B outward pulling It ,UiClottl .t, wWI ' ood a bu, out of door and allowing It to drop, terrier trying wildly and frantically D U the groove In which the door to reach him. And the owner of the suae. tree and the dor hi the scene. "What ra ... . Dldnt vsn Hssltste. near tree. vmm. fann.n ..i.. .... Mamma Tommy, I'm afraid you farmer stain In ,r..fl ... . told me a deliberate falsehood. rP-n-nleaaa. air. t.t.trvin. Small Tommy-No, I didn't; I told your d d-dog to stand on his h-h-Wnd It In a turrlblo hurry. iegs uaiumore Trolley. - -l