Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, February 13, 1912, Page 5

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THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAK ELAND, FLA,, FEBRUARY 13, 1912, PAGE FIVE T;_w‘fhase Who . Comean9Go } B OIS PPDPPIFPPISIIIP \o- B, K. Young and Mrs. M. S. =1l spent yesterday in Bartow, y. cuests of Mrs. J. A, Fort. ;unie J. Storts will leave the t of the week for Tampa, suest of Mr. and Mrs. Mel- h. i . \t- . Carter Johnson and chil- . . Louisville, Ky., have arriv- and to be the guests of o 0 oocson's reiher, Mrs, W. WL ori- who are svecding the winter M-~ liclen Heath, of Rahway, N. { yesterday to spend, some Lakeland, the guest of her %, J. Hoffman, at the lome on South Florida ave- <oll, who is about to open i ¢ rink in the Bowyer cived today a dispatch ‘ intelligence that his Peoria, Illinois, had just L nt Petty, of Berry, Harrison [Kontueky, reached Lakeland < azo, and is pleasantly lo- last Oak street. Mr. attracted to Lakeland by ' dition of the Lakeland i'h he said “brought me is looking around with a ; , and we hope he to become a permanent OOOOOO0000 L0000 DISONIA The Pioneer Picture House of Lakeland. PROGRAM TONIGHT. THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS d trom J, Fenimore Coop- s great novel,) THE AGGRESSOR. (Drama.) G FEATS OF THE FIF- e (Tropical.) A BREEZY MORNING. (Comedy.) INGSa e v NTH U. 8. CAVALRY. ! .5 cts | O ——— | ) We have everything that is classed as “Proper in Jewelry.’ buy Jewelry of G. N. Funk & Co. We are offering special bargains in lines that we find we are long on. | Mr. J. J. Ross, of Orange Park in Lakeland for a few days, hu l.ves on East Orange street, J. T. Mormond, representative of the Smith-Premier Typewriter Co., with headquarters in Tampa, is in Lakeland today selling these chines, many of which are already Iin use here, Just compare the telegraphic news of the Telegram, day by day, with that of the dailies of the big cities, and you will see that on all impor- tant happenings we are here first with the goods. Mr. Reed Weaver has leased the lower floor of Miss Annie Browning's home, which he will occupy with his wife and daughter after the first of March, the house which he now occupies having been sold by Mr, Malloy to Miss Reynolds, who recently purchased Mrs. Bass' store. Miss Julia Etta Patterson left last night for Jacksonville, where she goes to be the house guest of the family of Hon. Frank Jennin Af- ter a week's stay in Jacksonville, Miss Patterson will go to Tallahas- see where she will spend two weeks with her sister, Miss Corfnne Patter- son, who is a student at the Woman's College, The latter will give several pretty affairs in honor of her sister, who will be delightfully entertained with a round of social functions both at Jacksonville and Tallahassee. Have you seen Mr, Harry Hartell, the human pianola, at the Star the- ater? EDISONIA Offers for tonizht an all-feature headliner of which i “The Last of the Mopicans,” frof J program, the Fenimore Cooper's great novel of that name. LEvery one is no doubt famii- iar with this, so there is no need for further description, except to say that the picture’is by the Thanhauser evidence of Company, which is an good work and strict attention to de- tail, the “Riding Feats of the Fifteenth United States Another special is Cavalary,” taken by special permis- This regiment has the reputation of being sion of the War Department. the best in the service and is noted for its fancy riding, A good comedy, breezy as its name implies, and a life portrayal by the Imp Company, complete a very strong orchestra is program. Mclenry's «till with us from 7 to 9 p, m, b ing come down to visit his wife, who People of taste CHAUTAUQUA RESERVED SEATS| WELL FILLED. . Promptly at ‘three o'clock yester- day the diagram for reserved seats was placed upon the counter of the Red Cross drug store, and from the rapidity with which seats were cross- ma-|ed off, a goodly company of people will greet the opening of Lakeland's Second Annual Chautauquas If you will pick up the program and look over the list of musicians, entertainers, lecturers and teachers, you will not wonder that there is a greater demand for reserved seats than can be supplied. Only 250 seats are reserved and there are 800 to 1,000 good seats for general admis- sions. 1f you have a reserved seat season ticket, have it marked up at Red Cross drug store today. You can secure a season ticket for adult admission to every entertainment for School children under fifteen years of age, secure order from your teacher and get admission for §1; school children over 15 years for $2. | These tickets can be sccured at any drug store of the city until Thurs- day night, then at the tent, 83 DANCING ACADEMY. On Wednesday evening of every week is the regular class social dance, | : ywhich i is limited to pupils of the cancing school and their invited friends. 'Phone 330-Red, and re- {serve time for a lesson, and join in (the class dances, Quite a sensation occeurred at the Star theater the other night, when the house was packed. Joseph Wise {thought he recognicd his wile in one {of the pictures, With our flickerless machine it is hard to believe your own eyes. | SO0 ‘»QDOOOOOC‘C‘C» Star Theatre Program for Tonight: DRIVEN FROM THE TRIBE. (Pathe Indian Story.) THE COWEOY'S LOVE. (A beautiful Western Drama.) JIMMIE ON GUARD. (Drama.) Admisson: 5 and 10c. | OOOOOVOOOO0OOLOOOLO0NOLO0L0 | #OEOLOEOTOTOIO 001 G Don’t forget that we repair Watches, § Clocks and Jewelry and do the work | right. Kentucky Ave., Opposite Park | | away with that actor fellow—and I got | temptation in your way—or mine. | afterward that I had spoken too strongly.” | pened to me,” he declared. need the course any more, Lut I do need the teacher, Ruth. N U N K & C O e 1 | I in her mind to hold off, to punish him o [ ® ! for those four years iIn which he had Comespondence Ruth looked wonderingly at the big, bronzed, bearded chap who stood smil- ing down into her upturned face. Somehow those eyes were familiar, and yet— “Burt?” she gasped. be you?”" “It can't be anyone else,” he insist- ed. “May I come in?” Blushing, she stood aside to let him pass. In her surprise she had forgot- ten even to be hospitable. He made his way into the parlor as though it were only yesterday that he had paid his last call, The room was little changed; as little changed as Ruth herself—and as | primly precise. Even his photograph was still in the little leather frame on | the mantel. He crossed the room and | regarded it admiringly, though there was little to call for admiration in the somewhat faded cabinet of the heavy | Jowled ponderous bulked man with a placent smile hovering on a rather | weak mouth, Ruth stood beside him. | “Can you wonder,” she asked, with a nervous little laugh; “that I did not know you for a moment?” “I don’t think you know mo yet,” was the unexpected reply. “Let's sit, down and get acquainted.” | He looked toward the old horsehair | covered sofa, but she moved toward a | rocker by a stove. Beneath the beard ' the lips parted in a half smile and he “This can't sank into a nearby chatr, “Got in last night,” -he rumbled, in '« HERRON THEATR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16th. Tle Comedy Drama Success “A MILLIONAIRE Clever Cast RAMP” Complete Scenic Production No. | Specialties Play You Cannot Afford to Miss Prices: 50c¢, 75¢ and $1.00 Reserved Seats on Sale at Herron's Store answer to her question, “I'm only here ' *; for a weck. Came on to see a man and he won't be back from Eurobe un-: . til next Saturday.” % “I take it then that you live in the west?”” Burton nodded. “Southwest would be more nearly correct,” he said. “Down in Arizona and O1d Mexico mostly.” “And this is your first visit east sinco—"_She paused and colored. f& it comes to fresh, pure, 212 full-strength drues, “06 let articles, sundries, and “My first gince you opened your cor- | respondence school of character for- mation,” he chuckled, “My what?” she gasped, “Maybe you forget just how I came | to go west,” he suggested. She shook | She remembered only too | Burton Brooks had given up a| her head. well, position because he did not like the work and saw no chance for advance- ment, She had broken her engage ment in a bitter letter in which she had upbraided him for his lack of con: centration. She had been ready to for- give and forget the day after, but it was too late, midnight train. Whalenville was a flag station and none knew his destl- nation. That had been four years ago. Evidently he had not forgotten, “Do you think it kind to spoil it all by referring to my unfortunate let: ter?” she asked patiently, “It wasn't unfortunate,” he insisted. “You don't know what a lot of good that letter did me. Thal’s what 1 came to tell you.” From his pocketbook he drew out a sheet of tracing cloth and held it toward her. “There it 1s,” he said, “It's becqn my Diblo these last four years. “I'll admit that when I got it T wae sore. I was sore for an hour. Then I realized two things. You were more than half true and the rest of it was that you had worriml yourself sick over me and most everyone else. You | always did have the trick of wanting | to manage everyone you came in con- | tact with and sometimes the contract | grew too large for you. You were| worried because Jen Stevens ran Jen'’s share too. “So I just packed up and lit out. 1] didn’t blame you for not wanting to marry me and I didn’t want to put| “Well, I got out to Chicago and got a job with a construction r‘omrmny.;l Every morning I read your letter and | when it began to grow ragzed on the edges I copied it on tracing cloth. | "I simply couldn’t talk back to my | boss, remembering what you said, and | 80 I got ahead. Down in Old Mexico | when I was living in a box car and bossing a section, T tock a correspon- | dence course in engineering and after that [ called your letter the Corre- | spondence course In character. It did | me a lot of good.” “Then I'm glad that I wrote the let- ter,” she said softly. “I was afraid ! “It was the best thing that ever hap- | “I don’t' May I have | For a moment she hesitated. It was ¥ given no sign. Then che realized that Lakeland, Florida - | he took his punishment very literally, | and that she, too, deserved a punish- | ment for her scathing erraoignment; and Brooks, secing her weakening, an- ticipated her answer with a kiss. | their teachers,” he laughed, are exceptions to all rules.” “It’s not oft . that pupils marry “but thenk Burton had gone on the |, Always In A The Lead % That's What We § ‘Alm To Be Always in the lead, when toi- w all drug store merchan- @ dise. You'll he satisfied when you deal at our @ store for our scrvice is ¥4 pleasing in every way. B A o M X A e ELIMINATE DISTANCE Phone Your Order Don't try your temper or patience, simply go to your teléphone and call 62, and you will be con- neeted with our Special Order Department. What- ever your particular de- sire may be, we'll take care of it with satisfac- tory goods and satisfac- tory service, : HENLEY & HENLEY @ THE WHITE DRUG STORE BB BB DO A Picture No Artist Could Paint is a sight of the satisficd people coming from this store. ing. tomer. is too valuable to us to be lost, AA in due time. for complaint about either service or merchandise, LLetter Boxes Don’t worry about your letter boxes We have them and will put them up for you ) g 4 We do our level best not to let anybody go away with any other feel- We would rather ®ise our profit than the good will of a cus- That's Why Buyers of our Dry Goods are especially urged to notify us if they find any possible cause Your good will CHILE S} LAKE PHARMACY e e S e A e S~ S N

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