!elda Dameron-
By
MEREDITH
* >n tho
C evr'W kt,
1*04, by Tha Bakb.-M«rrlll C».
upT E R X.
Mked her f a th e r on®
Joffice
was, he an sw e red
a g ain st the
f u was In the D am eron
oportlons of m.
[«u an old -fash io n ed of-
Insect w hich«
I Wni, » b asem en t a n d a
vont to ,
L loading to the m ain cor-
e8t ,g now bran] f n0 longer fashionable, ,i
"is creature on 1 U of law yers a n d real es
sought build in g of ;
been publicly
)f th e human] k offered e le ctric lig h ts
The D am eron
Bloc'
«se Propagator'
^ house sq u are, a n d was
•re m enacing aJ
L[ divers sm all a tto rn e y
b a n all other
„ n u n In the b a se m e n t
¡|C, of the peace sa t
but potent, mel r t door to a m u sty old
■s from the S1 [.Here the p ro p rieto r,
with a g re a t mop
1 of ,h " garb]
Ps of refuse off
sold pens and pnp
eful, happq hom Lnki to D ogberry Row, as
Pon the butterJ -of the s tre e t w as called
sugar, tak e s'! bid Into th is tho ro u g h fare
»Inter a fte rn o o n shnrt-
tavlng everywl
irlstmas and w as a rre ste d
a se th a t have
o( some old books In thf
fe et and body., , »Indow. T h e veneralile
the deaths fr0J ame out Into the b a rem en t
according to tj
olie to her of th e books
fe attributed d] „,ume m eanw hile, w ith hi
rn of germs M duel upon th e p age he had
Tes; he k e p t French
rse th an that, ta
7,000 deaths 0| K e »ent Into th e shop and
his shelves of foreign
city from Infj
ta n 5,000 were
. very little d em an d
for
ed by house fl|(
laid. “Som e of th e se a re
° a noted sclq , |s a little volu m e of Hu-
of the post Is
very rare. 1 should he
Ml th a t Is nece [would t ike It fo r a do llar
em atlc effort on
, poets for a dollar. B ut of
i only offer. It Is for you
If all the pe,
itm ost clcanllnj
io u se fly wtn t like the H ugo,” said Zelda.
„1 it for h e r c are fu lly , even
r w ithin a few
»nd held th e p a c k e t for a
can n o t exist”
„....ling It w ith his hands,
¡produced a d o lla r from her
■" then, Is the wJ ¡look It from him.
'an public to piJ
1 have been h e re for
‘a t Is not only i [tars; C ongdon, D am eron
a terrible Instri
ands of our p! pneron Block,” re p e a te d Zel-
>wat thi
New
of paved road»
O rleans north, I
fo r the first till
Irleans will p0jj
tow n or settli
ce Is now 60
' Orleans. Wli
larg e city In tl
or more peopli
»tries develop
■ th e urban pc
end New Orl|
1 will have rei
'w ay, by the
la opened to
NICHOLSON
ttables and lo u n g ers on the
rtront of th e Ju stic e ’s court
| her as she cam e o u t and
ir a m oment a t th e upper
if the building. A galvanized
lit the eaves bore th e nam e
J Block, 1870," in le tte rs th a t
Unco lost th e false a sp e c t of
Into them orig in ally by gray
S h s g a v e a llttl. gaap and reached for
It, ac arcely .tooplng, ao Intent wer®
° n th* door ot th8 1,mer room;
und when she had regained It. she ran
street!*® ha“ an<1 U° Wn th *
t0 thB
Hhe felt a great yearning for aympa-
thy for some one to whom she could
confess her m isery and heartache. It
r reached
a a W T her
1''* uncle's house,
ttnd wh8n
"!>»
the lights
shone brightly In his library. She knew
he was there, and th at she could, a t a
word, m ake his house her home and
shake herself free forever from her
ra th e r The was always rebuffing and
th w a rtin g her I'ncle Rodney In hit ef
forts to help her. But a t the gate sho
paused with her hand on the catch,
ami hurried on. She came to Mrs.
I* o rrest s house. There, too, a welcome
¡.waited her; but the thought of th®
overheated rooms, of the cheerless lux
ury In which her aunt lived, stifled
her. She felt no tem ptation to mak®
tny appeal there. She turned into a
side stre et th at led to her father's
house and walked slowly homeward.
W ithout putting aside her w raps she
dropped a m atch Into the kindling In
the fireplace of the living-room, and
waited until the flames loaped Into the
th ro at of the chimney. Polly was In
th s dining-room , showing a new a ssist
a n t how to lay the table for the even
ing meal, and she came to the folding
doors and viewed Zelda with the In
terest th a t the girl alwaya had for her.
Bully was Zelda's slave, and she went
about half the day m uttering and
chuckling over what seemed to her
Zelda’s unaccountable whims.
Polly,” said Zelda, "this Is Julius
C aesar's birthday—or Napoleon Bona
parte's or the Duke of Argyle's—do you
understand?"
Tho black woman showed all her
teeth In appreciation.
"And we'll have out the candlesticks
—those very high ones; and you may
use th a t gold-handed china and th®
real cut glass."
Polly departed chuckling and Zelda
went to her room. H er father was
reading his new spaper by the fireplace
when she came In upon his startled
gaze an hour later. She had arrayed
herself In a white silk evening gown
He had never before seen her dressed
so a t their family dinner-table. The
long skirt added to her height. H er
hair was caught up from her forehead
In an exaggeration of the prevailing
mode.
"Good evening, father! I thought I’d
dress up to -night ju st for fun, and to
get the crinkles out of my things. Isn’t
this gown a perfect love? It's real
Parisian."
She sw ept past, the rich silk b ru sh
ing him, and then—Polly having a p
peared a t the door with her eyes s ta r
ing from her head:
"Now let us feast while we may,” she
said.
She passed before him Into the din-
lng-room with an inclination of her
head and to her place. The old man
had not spoken and he sa t down with
painstaking care, finding apparently
some difficulty In draw ing In his chair.
He bowed his head for the silent grace
he alw ays said, and raised his eyes
with a look of sw eet resignation to the
girl. N othing in the old house ever
escaped his sharp eyes. The old china
w ith its gold band, and the cut glass
th a t had not known service for years
struck him a t once.
E zra Dam eron did not understand
m uch about hum an nature, though Ilk;
all cunning people he thought he did.
It was beginning to dawn upon him
th a t Zelda was deeper th an he had lm-
agined. Perhaps, he said to himself,
she was as shrewd and keen as him
self; or, he asked again, was sno not
playing some deep role—even laying a
tra p for him? He did not know that
the moods of a girl are as m any as the
m oods of the wind and sea. He re
m em bered th a t his wife had been e as
ily deceived. He had crushed the m oth
er; but this gl,-! would not so easily he
subdued. The candles m ade a soft
lig h t upon the table. He lifted his
eyes furnlvely to see w hether the gas
in the chandelier overhead was lig h t
ed; and was relieved to note th a t th®
ex tra v ag a n c e of the candles was not
au g m en ted there. He drew his bony
fingers across the table-cloth, feeling
its tex tu re critically. He knew th at It
had been taken from a forbidden shelf
of the linen closet. Clearly his rule
over the ancient Polly was a t an end.
W hen they returned to the living-
room he tended the fire; and when he
took up his paper nervously, from h a b
it, he p u t It down again, and began to
talk. Alm ost for the first tim e since
Z elda's retu rn , he showed an Interest
In her foreign experiences, and led her
to speak of them. And she exerted
herself to be entertaining. He had
supposed th a t Mrs. F orrest would
prejudice Zelda ag ain st him during th®
years In which she had kept the girl
aw ay; but his daily scrutiny had d is
covered no trace of disrespect or con
tem pt In her a ttitu d e tow ard him.
It had been on her tongue several
times to ask him boldly about the deot
of Olive's m other, even If It should be
necessary to confess th a t she had over
heard his conversation with Mrs. Ma.
rlam- but this m ight cause an un-
p leasant scene. No g reat h a s t, was
necessary, she Judged; and so she
waited. She could probably Per ,u * ‘1®
her au n t or uncle to help her in the
m atter when the tim e came. If no other
way should occur to her.
W hen she w ent a t last to her room,
the old cedars outside her windows
w ers m oaning softly. She found a
satisfaction In bolting her door, and
bent Into the dim e n tra n ce
|the m iscellaneous sig n s th a t
there. One of them was
“E. Dameron, Room 8” ; and
i she presently cam e to a
ss door, w here th e
sam e
repeated. It w as late In tho
[ possibly h e r f a th e r would
with her, she th o u g h t, and
|i knob.
•d a dark room on a co u rt -
|mtly used a s a p lace of w ait-
was a n o th e r room beyond,
lodern sewer
a door th a t stood half-open,
t th e city proj |rwas engaged; his voice rose
w holly solved
inner room; a n d she took a
n s, and the
the outer door of the waiting*
lethod of flit
«looked a b o u t th e place cu-
M ississippi rl( On a long tab le lay In g reat
many odds a n d ends—pack-
i pure wafer se
irden-seed u n d e r d u st th a t
:n the world. t (
lost enough e a rth to sprout
oration and ar|
ilf a dozen fence pick ets tied
iy have cost
with a s trin g ; a n d several
) 0 .
old new spapers. On the floor
ir lay a set of h a rn e ss In a
le state of d isre p a ir; and
the w alls w ere yellowed
¡Vest Polntersl newspapers c o n ta in in g tables
Zelda did n o t know w hat
In ters acquire
though a n y of th e loafers
f sym m etry an |
irbstone could h ave e nlighten -
> of manly grf^ to their c h a ra c te r—th ey were
o t to any Ings
advertisem ents of the sales
) th e systems!
¡titles. E zra D am eron alw ay s
Poor.” and com plained of the
h at m ake the
¡of taxes a n d s tre e t im prove-
it, an athlete,
it he had been th e chief buy-
oung fellows
titles in th e county,
ire called the
ire that I’ve been very lenient.
th e ir object h
>nt Indeed,” E zra Dam eron
body and <lev<
"I have, In fact, consider
t suppose that
ingly m atter, calling for con-
am ount of sui
treatment, on the score of my
a n y marked
with y o u r husband. If it
otherwise, I would have been
hours of such
to take s te p s—ste p s tow ard
produce benel
t stooped fornij tag the in te re s ts—the in ter-
i> trust, I should say.”
liform is also
(other extension of two years
ctlon. The dr^ * sufficient for me to pay. I
ht. Tho shouli
much for O live not to know
In order to gl* I t schooling w as paid for with
The chest 1 T 1 money. She gives me all she
e re will be n o | Her position is assured, and I
aside so m ething every
11 this for the
aPPly on th e d e b t We owe
has no place
tlse.”
e s t Pointer; It
t*o of these n o tes a re already
:s."
^ Mrs. M errlam . I have In
dications on th e stre n g th of
woman c a n ’t u n d e rstan d the
!nts and e x ac tio n s of busl-
ly, this new 11
very sorry, Mr. D arner-
tin g me to the | 18 sorry,
1
Iask is this e xtension. It can’t
e atu re of the
matter to y o u !”
» heads, or rati I
nto the headre I fit more th a n I can tell you
■Impossible. If it w ere m yself
tuner of schemfl
* re mv own m oney th a t I ad-
headrest bu
I could p e rh a p s he less in-
j su re would l H but as it is, th is m oney belong*
y won’t fit l n ^ ^ r —|n factf
ls p a rt 0 f m v
te
S he Is perfectly
utterly ig n o ra n t of business;
ceed In getting
ry for m e to exercise the
id tucked awa;
in a d m in iste rin g her a f-
>n’t bother u»,
,
s sacred tru s t, Mrs. M er-
this;
*cred tr u s t from h e r dear
loctor, you ai
up. And I an
1 to-day,” sa id th s w om an’s
'ternoon, too.’
*togetically, “h o p in g th a t pay-
usual thing i*
"ud be d e fim d « M
a hairpin itici
su ie , it’s wise to be fore-
i minute. 0, d<
But the loan m u st be paid a t
P^lty of the la s t note, in May.
octor, do itop
f cl°8« my w ife’s e s ta te very
i up my braid.'
l! h*ve tim ed all m y loans to
what, the
r S T T t f l they .®®red°tor b“ 4udT bi
th e r and boy
_a—
1ng voice sto le th ro u g h the whi*p®rs
In tka
the f-nnm:
room:
bairdress, or
where Z elda s a t forw ard in
Perhaps I was unjust to him : J t
•a hair be b
F-listr-ning w ith p a rte d Ups and
I work will
F»nd pain | n j,e r e yes. T he book
ì I t all flf^ t
f«H to the b a re floor, m a k -
[■Urp c la tte r th a t s ta rtle d he*
West
e a id
rln * lnt*
th * eyas,
« * 'k
for naif the night, ,U with
tearless
her pm ow
CHA PTER XI.
Zelda saw much of Morris during the
w inter
He went often to the old
house In M errlam street In spite of the
i
th a t h® assured himself c o n sta n t
ly th a t she did not Interest him m ore
than other glrla. She continued to d e
light In plaguing him, particularly be-
ore her uncle, who learned, however,
not to praise M orris to Zelda. Mrs.
Forrest pretended to be a diligent
chaperon, but Marlona social affairs did
not am use her, and she w ent out very
little. Frequently »Merrlam took Zelda
to the theater; now and then he con
nived with Morris to the end th a t Olive
should be asked, and the four would go
afterw ard for a supper a t M erriam ’s
house. Zelda brought Olive m ore and
niore into touch with her own life. She
knew no happier day than C hristm as,
when
Mrs.
F o rre st—not, however,
without urging—gave a family dinner
to which E zra Dameron, Olive and her
m other sat down a t the sam e board,
with Rodney presiding. T here were
tim es when Zelda’s courage failed—
when the shadow of her m other’s u n
happiness fell darkly upon her; but
she made no sign to the world. So tho
winter passed, and In the first bright
wistful days she w ent forth w ith Zan
to find the spring.
“I have not heard you speak of your
a u n t and uncle of late,” said E zra
Dam eron to Zelda one day, a fte r she
had been for an outing w ith Olive.
”1 saw A unt Ju lia this afternoon. She
isn’t well; she suffers a g re at deal. She
has asked me to go aw ay w ith her
again—she likes going about, and she
has planned to visit a num ber of su m
m er places.”
“If you don’t go, w hat will she do?’
and the old m an looked a t Zelda w ith
a gleam of hum or in his sm all gray
eyes.
“Well, I have asked her to (om e to
the farm .”
“I am very glad you did. It would
be a capital arrangem ent.”
“But she won’t come. She does not
like th a t sort of thing. She likes to bu
where th ere’s som ething doing.”
“Yes, yes; a worldly w om an; a very
worldly wom an”—and D am eron w ag
ged his head as he b u ttered his roll.
He was silent for several m inutes, and
when he spoke it w as in a tone of
kindness.
"And so you are com ing w ith me,
Zelda? I had hoped you would. I have
wished it so m uch th a t I have not
pressed you to com m it yourself. I
knew th a t your aunt would be likely
to offer som ething more a ttra c tiv e th an
a sum m er a t The Beeches.”
“Yes, fath er; of course I shall go
with you. I have never had any o ther
intention.”
"You are very good to me, Zee. I am
grateful to you for m any things. An
old m an is very poor com pany for a
young girl. I had feared th a t you
m ight not be satisfied here. Y our u n
cle and a u n t have never trea te d me
fairly. We have nothing In common.
I am glad to find th a t they have not
estranged you and m e; the p atern al
relation Is a very beautiful one; very
beautiful.”
H er fa th e r had spoken often during
the w inter of the farm . Z elda’s w il
lingness to go there was a g re at relief
to him ; and when she suggested th a t
she should like to ask Olive to spend
the whole of her vacation w ith them
he m ade no objection. He knew th at
she saw Olive frequently; Zee had a s k
ed her cousin to the house for m eais
several tim es since the D ram atic Club
episode, and her fa th e r had treated Ol
ive with his usual form al courtesy. The
main thing w ith E zra Dam eron was to
keep Zelda aw ay from her a u n t and
uncle; and It flattered his vanity th a t
she rem ained with him so steadfastly
and took a pparently so filial an In ter
est in his happiness and com fort. Zel
da w ent to Olive a t once w ith her in
vitation.
"I’d be delighted, of course. Zee; but
you m ustn’t m ake it hard for me to
refuse. T his is my busy sum m er; we
have to m ove!”
"O h!” said Zelda.
“W e’re m ortgaged; th a t’s the trouble
w ith us; we’re not only m ortgaged, but
we can’t pay! So we hope to find a n
o ther house som ew here and get out of
the way.”
(To be continued.)
K een
Y our
F eet
S t r n lit l i« .
How m any men know how to w alk?
Most men tu rn th e ir toes In o r out, a
w riter In the New York P ress says.
The toes should point s tra ig h t ahead,
so th a t the foot a t the end of each
step can give the body th a t upw ard,
forw ard im petus th a t re su lts In w hat
is called a springy walk. T h is does not
m ean th a t a man should w alk exclus
ively on h is toes. T he whole foot
m ust be used In proper w alking. The
goose step of the G erm an a rm y Is as
absurd as the boy's pran k of w alking
on his heels. T he A lm ighty has not
freighted the foot w ith a single su p er
fluous part. E very Inch of every foot
Is m eant for use.
W hen a m an w alks in the rig h t way
—sp eaking lite ra lly —th e back of the
heel strik e s the ground first. T hen the
re st of the heel comes down, a fte r
w hich the o u ter edge of the foot takes
the bulk of the bu rd en u n til the for
w ard m ovem ent sh ifts the w eight to
the ball of the foot and finally to the
toes The Ideal step is a slig h tly rock
ing m otion. At no tim e should the en-
tire foot be pressed a g ain st th e ground.
Heel to toe Is th e m ovem ent. T ry It
and see how .much fu rth e r and more
easily yon can walk. I t 's the In d ian s
way, and w hat Poor Lo d o esn 't know
about footw ork can go Into th e dis
card.
WHEN NOT TO SWIM!
Pln* th# UtU* book “ O "'
___ _______ __________ _
Sot
th e
S ty le .
" T h e re !” said h e r husband, “th a t
looks like a h a t!"
••It will never do In th e w o rld !”
“W hy not?”
»«Th® h a ts th a t a re in fashion now
don't~Iook like hats. "— H a n l o n Post.
L im it e d .
‘T o u r fa th e r Inform s me th a t we can
only spend two w eeks a t the sea
shore th is sum m er.”
■•Only two weeks. T h at m eans I sha.l
have to become engaged to th e d rsl
m an I meet. " - D e t r o it Free P rs w .
EVERY
S W IM M E R
Q U IR E T H IS
SH O U LD
AC
KNO W LEDG E.
T h e re N e v e r Is a T im e W h e n I t 1«
Safe U n d e r U n s a fe C o n d itio n s — j
N o P re c a u tio n s C o n sid e re d
E x c e s tlv e .
«mi.
D R . W IL S O N
FOR G O V E R N O R
T h a t th e sc h o lar in p o litics is to be a fa c to r In
A single n ew sp a p er colum n rep o rte d |
A m erican public life h a s been p ro p h e sied , and
recently th irty c ases of dro w n in g In
to som e d e g ree exem plified, for se v e ra l y e ars.
places m any m iles a p a rt, and under
B ut for th e first tim e In th e h isto ry of th e re p u b
conditions as d iv erse as possible. T hey
lic th e head of a lead in g u n iv e rs ity h a s b een of
w ere not suicides, s tric tly speaking,
fe re d th e n o m in atio n fo r g o v e rn o r of a s ta te and
although the m oral re sp o n sib ility Is
h a s signified h is w illin g n ess to becom e th e c an d i
not g re atly d iffere n t In som e of th e
d ate.
cases. It Is a mild s ta te m e n t th a t In
W oodrow W ilson, p re sid e n t of P rin c e to n uni
m ore th an one In sta n ce th e fa ta lity
v e rsity , Is b oth a sc h o la r a n d a p o litician . In the
was not necessary. M any of the c ases
h ig h e r se n se of th e la tte r w ord. H e know s life
w ere p a th etic, som e su rp risin g ly so.
M l
not only from books, b u t he has been a p ra ctisin g
Young women died clasped In each
law yer, a n d in v a rio u s w ays h a s com e m ore into
o th er’s arm s, p lay m a te s died try in g to
to u ch w ith th e g re a t public of w orking m en and
rescue each o th er, and th e re w ere one
w om en, p robably, th a n any o th e r h ead of a n A m er
or tw o cases of real a cc id e n t th ro u g h
ican In stitu tio n of lea rn in g .
falling unexpectedly Into w a te r un d er
T o th e o b se rv e r of p o litics w ho is n o t “on the
conditions p re v en tin g re sc u e or e s Inside," a s an e x p ressiv e p h ra se p u ts It, th e proposed nom in atio n of D octoi
cape. Such a toll a s th is Is shocking, W ilson, so fa r as th e p re ss d isp a tc h e s h a v e re p o rte d it, m ay be a provocative
accustom ed as we a re to su m m er Sun- of m ild curiosity. It Is said In th e d isp a tc h e s th a t D octor W ilson h a s been
day drow nlngs, th e New Y ork T im es
told he can h ave th e n o m in a tio n , by "a dozen o r m ore p ro m in e n t New Je rse y
says.
D em ocrats a t th e L aw y e rs’ club In M a n h a tta n .” A p re v io u s d isp a tc h h a s In
W ith th e th e rm o m e te r w h e re It Is,
form ed th e public th a t D octor W ilson Is to be th e D em o cratic c a n d id a te for
It Is Idle to advise even non sw im m ers
p re sid e n t of th e U n ited S ta te s in 1912, "If a com b in atio n of W all s tr e e t and
not to go Into th e w ater. Since they
p o litical in te re s ts can m ak e him so." In both a n n o u n ce m e n ts th e re Is nothing
will do It, It la doubtful ad v ice to lea rn
re la tin g to th e w ish e s o r th e feelin g s of th e g re a t com m on people w ho are
to sw im , since It Is th e sw im m ers who
supposed to com pose th e D em o cratic p a rty . Y et th e se lec tio n of P re sid e n t
m ost freq u en tly drow n. H a v in g tak e n
W ilson very possibly m ay m ee t th e e n th u s ia stic a p p ro v al of th e v o te rs of the
the resp o n sib ility of ad v isin g e v e ry
D em ocratic p a rty , w hen th e q u e stio n of fitness Is c onsidered.
body to learn to sw im , It Is n e ce ssa ry
P re sid e n t W ilso n ’s stro n g e s t In te re sts, It Is said by th o se w ho know him
to su pplem ent It by a d v isin g those
w ell, a re In g o v e rn m e n t a n d p olitics. T his, p e rh ap s. Is n a tu ra l to him a s a
who have learned to lea rn also w hen
V irginian, for th a t com m o n w ealth h a s been th e m o th e r of sta te sm e n sin ce the
not to sw im and dive and to enforce
foundation of th e republic. In college d e b a te s a n d e ssa y s he show ed his bent
th is advice by m orals d raw n from such
early . H e le a rn e d e arly also th e v alu e of bein g a good public sp e a k e r, and
aw ful exam ples. One young m an broke
assid u o u sly p ra c tis e d u n til he becam e a re ad y d e b a te r a n d a n accom plished
his neck and drow ned b eca u se he
o ra to r. L a te r h e le a rn e d to sp e a k w ith g ra ce and fluency on post-prandla)
plunged head first Into w a te r w hich
occasions.
he w as told w as shallow . How Is it
possible to be tru ly sy m p a th e tic w ith
such re ck lessn e ss?
And the Indignation w ith such dis
regard of hum an life Is sim ila r even
T h e re a l fa th e r of av ia tio n Is O ctave G hanute,
when, as freq u en tly h appens, divers
a n e n g in e e r of d istin c tio n , who Is now In P aris,
p e rsist In try in g th e d e p th s of stra n g e
a fte r h a v in g su b m itte d to a se rio u s o p e ratio n . H e
w aters w ith th e ir h ead s In ste ad of
h a s had a n In te re stin g c are e r. Born In P a ris in
th e ir feet. It Is not so g ra n d to try
1832, he cam e to th is c o u n try w ith his fa th e r In
unknow n d ep th s w ith a leap Instead
1839 a n d stu d ie d en g in e erin g . H is first and th e
of a dive. T he difference betw een a
m o st Im p o rta n t a p p o in tm e n t th a t he e v e r receiv ed
sprained an k le and a broken neck
w as th a t o f chief e n g in e e r of th e E le v ate d Rail-
\VJ
m easures th e d eg rees of v a n ity w hich
/tv
road C om pany of N ew Y ork, founded In 1865.
are behind th ese tw o m eth o d s of
Mr. C h a n u te drew up th e p la n s of th e fam ous
plunging. Boys who try to float on a
e le v a te d s up T h ird , S ix th a n d N inth avenues,
board In deep w a te r be fo re th ey can
w hich, a t th e ir op en in g to traffic In 1875, w ere con
swim a re ju s t boys and can be re a
sid e red m arv e ls of e n g in e e rin g sk ill, a n d w hich,
soned with su itab ly only by th e ir
for the la s t 35 y e a rs, h a v e been of Incalculable
parents.
a d v a n ta g e to th e upto w n po p u latio n of New York
■ z-
T his is only a w ord of advice to
city. T h is v a st e n te rp ris e took Up all his tim e
those who know how to sw im , and a p
fo r te n years.
pear to th in k th a t th e re b y th ey have
It w as n o t u n til 1890 th a t h is th o u g h ts w ere d ire c te d to w a rd n av ig atio n
a license to be foolish. T h ere are
tim es and conditions w hich even swim- of th e a ir. It w a s th e n th a t th e e x p e rim e n ts of L ille n th a l and V e rch e r at-
mere should not sw im and th e re never tra c te d bis a tte n tio n , and th e m on o p lan e g lid e rs w hich th ey used a p p e a re d to
Is a tim e w hen sw im m ing Is safe u n him o u t of th e p ro p e r equilib riu m . H e th ere u p o n s e t to w ork e x p erim en tin g ,
der unsafe conditions. So long as w a him self In 1891, a n d 1892 w ith h is son.
T h e g lid e rs th ey used w ere b ip lan es, and th is Is th e only Inv en tio n th a t
te r will stra n g le th e re Is no p erfect
safety In th e w ater. So long a s th is h e c laim s In a v ia tio n . H e sa y s th a t It seem ed to him Ju st a s sim ple to try to
la tru e no p re ca u tio n s a re excessive, fly w ith tw o su p erim p o sed p lan e s a s w ith a sin g le one, a n d th e s ta b ility w ould
w hatever th e skill of th e sw im m er. be Im m ensely In c re a se d . T he Idea w as v e ry sim ple. Indeed, b u t som ebody had
Except for show and only u n d e r con- to th in k of It.
T h u s a t th e ag e of sixty. In com pany w ith hi* son, he beg an to p ra ctise
dltlons w here help Is su re and near.
E verybody should lea rn b oth how to flying w ith o u t a m otor. L a te r on, of co u rse, It w as realized th a t lig h t m otors
swim and w hen and w here n o t to w ere a b so lu te ly n e c e ssa ry .
C h an u te, w ho w as th e n w ell a d v an c ed In y e a rs —h e Is now 78— tire d of the
swim. L ate n e w sp a p ers a re a lm o st a
e x p e rim e n ta l w ork and tu rn e d o v e r h is a p p a ra tu s to th e W rig h t b ro th ers.
p erfect guide on th e subJecL
T h ey follow ed a lo n g th e lin e s he had laid dow n and h e k e p t In to u ch w ith
th e ir w ork c o n sta n tl.y It w as to h is e arly e x p e rim e n ts and a fte rw a rd s
T e n t L ife In T o w n .
th ro u g h his advice th a t th ey succeed ed In m ak in g a flying m ac h in e — th e first
It Is not uncom m on to see h andsom e w hich e v er m ad e a fre e flight w ith a p a sse n g er,
,
ra rd s disfigured w ith a te n t In the
middle of th e law n.
If th e m o th e r
ioes not w ish th e baby to live out-
io o rs all day, th e boys w a n t to play
hujlan.
MaJ. Jo h n M. C arson, ch ie f of th e b u re a u of
In ste ad of th e u n sig h tly c an v as sub-
m a n u fa c tu re s of th e d e p a rtm e n t of com m erce and
itltu te a vine-draped te n t.
A rran g e
labor, w ho h a s been se lec te d to go a b ro ad to look
;oles In the form of a tep e e and cover
Into th e g e n e ra l tra d e co n d itio n s and o p p o rtu n i
he outside w ith w ire screening.
tie s for A m erican m a n u fa c tu re s, up to th e tim e of
E rec t It In a sunny c o rn e r of your
h is a p p o in tm e n t a s ch ie f of th e b u re a u of m an u
/ard and around the base p lan t qulck-
fa c tu re s In 1902 by P re s id e n t R oosevelt, w as one
jrow lng an n u al vines, such a s climb-
of th e a b le st n e w sp a p e r m en of th e W ash in g to n
ng n a stu rtiu m s, Ja p a n e se hops, wild
c o n tin g e n t and chief of th e W ash in g to n b u reau ,
m eum bers,
m orning
g lo rie s
and
c re a te d a fte r th e c o n so lid a tio n of th e P h ilad e lp h ia
fourds. If th e te n t Is to be perm a-
T im es a n d th e P h ila d e lp h ia L edger.
lent, h a rd y vines, as th e kudzu, honey-
H e w as th e first p re sid e n t and one of th e
luckles, tru m p e t c re e p e r o r C lem atlc
fo u n d e rs of th e G rid iro n club and again Its p re si
^anlculata, will grow from y e ar to
d e n t in 1905. H e Is a lso a m em b er of th e A rm y
rear. G rape vines also m ake a pleas-
and N avy club and th e M ilitary O rd e r of th e lx>y-
in t shade.
al L egion. H e began h is n e w sp a p e r c a re e r as a
Bam boo poles for any sized tep ee
"d e v il" In a p rin tin g office In his te e n s a n d a f t e r
;an be bou g n t for $2.50 for a seven-
oot d ia m e te r to seven d o lla rs for a w ard becam e a com positor. L a te r h e se rv ed as a n e w sp a p e r re p o rte r.
From M ay, 1861, u n til Ju n e , 1864, he w as a n officer of th e T w e n ty -sev e n th
!0-foot d iam e te r. T he w ire n e ttin g Is
jought a t any h a rd w a re shop and P e n n sy lv a n ia re g im e n t. A fte r th e w a r he re su m e d n e w sp a p e r w ork In P h ila
•astlv fa sten e d to th e poles. H ave an delphia u n til 1873, w hen he becam e n ig h t e d ito r of th e N a tio n a l R epublican,
In th is city. In 1874 he e sta b lish e d a c o n n ec tio n w ith th e New Y ork T im es
>penlng a t one side.
If n e ce ssa ry fo r ralny-day play a and th e P h ila d e lp h ia L ed g e r a s th e ir c o rre sp o n d e n t in W ash in g to n .
In 1877 h e becam e ch ie f of th e P h ilad e lp h ia T im e s b u re a u , a n d re m a in e d
im all te n t m ay be e rec te d Inside th e
:epee. but usu ally ch ild ren a re con- in th a t position u n til 1882, w hen he ag ain b e cam e th e m a n a g e r of th e P h ila
d elphia L ed g e r b u re au , w hich p osition he held u n til th e c o n so lid a tio n of the
;ent w ith th e m ore o rn a m e n ta l form .
A N avaho rug m ay be spread on th e two p a p e rs In 1902, w hen he becam e ch ie f of th e W ash in g to n b u reau .
W hen W illiam D. K elley w as c h a irm a n of th e w ays a n d m ea n s com m it
ground, o r If d am p n ess Is feared , th e re
can be a lig h t wooden floor o r plat- tee of th e house of re p re s e n ta tiv e s , M ajor C a rso n w as Its c le rk , a n d In th a t
position a ssiste d In th e fo rm atio n of th e tariff bill of 1883 a n d th e M cK inley
'orm.
bill of 1890.
H is re p u ta tio n Is n a tio n a l a n d th e e stee m and re g a rd In w hich he Is held
W hy She Ran Away.
Is deep and wide.
"My hu sb an d told m e he d idn’t like
me any m o re; th a t's why I ra n away
from him ; w ouldn’t sta y around any
place w here I w a sn 't liked," said Mrs.
Ja n e C arr, a little w hite h aired wom
T h e v isit of P re sid e n t-E le c t H e rm es F o n e sc a of
an. aged seventy-four years, from
B razil to th is c o u n try affords an o p p o rtu n ity , ac
T renton, N. J.. to th e police In Pitts-
co rd in g to A m erican d ip lo m a ts, for solidifying the
burg. Pa. She w as found w andering
frien d ly re la tio n s now e x is tin g b etw ee n th e tw o
about th e U nion sta tio n and when
c o u n tries.
tak en to th e sta tio n house refu sed to
T h e pro g ram for h is e n te rta in m e n t, as a r
tell of h e rself, except th a t she had a
ran g ed by C h arg e d 'A ffa ire s S ilva of th e B razilian
"fly-up” a t hom e and had left, com ing
e m b a ssy In W ash in g to n a n d re p re s e n ta tiv e s of th e
as far as h e r m oney would bring her
!»
s ta te d e p a rtm e n t. Included a v isit to B everly, th e
She w as cared for by a m atro n over
su m m er hom e of P re s id e n t T a ft a n d to V alley
night and In th e m orning re lu c ta n tly
F orge, Pa., th e su m m e r ho m e of S e c re ta ry of
told h e r n am e and ad d ress. H e r hus
S ta te Knox. R e ce p tio n s In h o n o r of th e d istin
band, sh e said. Is 76 y e ars old. He
guished v isito r w ere p laced on th e p ro g ram fo r
w as a t once advised of his w ife’s
New York, P h ila d e lp h ia , B oston, C hicago, W ash
w h ereab o u ts and replied th a t he would
ington and P itts b u rg .
com e to P itts b u rg and ta k e h e r h om e
It w as th e d e sire of th e n a tio n 's g u e st to stu d y
th e e n te rp ris e s of th e s e and o th e r big cities. On
P itc h e r s W ill Ba P itc h e rs .
xccuutit of hla own a c c o m p lish m en ts In m ilita ry o rg a n iz atio n It w as p lan n ed
M r. B alfan (im m ersed In th e gam e, to ta k e th e B razilian to W est P o in t a n d A nn ap o lis to In sp ect th e a rm y and
fiercely )—If th a t p itc h e r w ould only navy schools.
eettle dow n!
It w as expected, w hen the p lan a w e re m ade, th a t th e co n fere n ce s to b«
Mr*. B alfan (Inexpressibly shocked) had w ith P re sid e n t T a ft and S e c re ta ry K nox w ould be fru itfu l of m uch good
— D ear m e!
Y o u d o n 't tell m e !
la bearin g on th e re la tio n s b etw een B razil and th e U nited S ta te s, and It waa
be as w ild aa a ll
th a t,
G eo rge ?— hoped In diplom atic c ircles th a t th ey w ould re s u lt in the U nited S ta te s h a v in g
Puck.
«■ a pow erful ally In South A m erican a ffairs, th e re p u b lic of B rasil.
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