Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 18, 1912, Page 2

PAGE TWO.. THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA, APRIL 18, 1912, The coolest place in townis-oursoda fountain. When you are tired and hot you can always find some- thing sparkhng, deli~ cious, refreshing and satis- fying here. The many varie- ties of our soft drinks ena- bles you to get just what you want— Something That Goes Right to the Spot There are many ways and many ingredients for making soda water and other summer drinks, but we use orly the best methods and the besi goods, QUICK DELIVERY Red Cross Pharmacy PHONE 89 Why Not Smoke the BEST A.H T, BLUNTS ol For Sale at All Stands S.L. A. CLONTS DEALER IN Real [state CITY AND COUNTRY PROPERTY— SOME FINE BARGAINS. uffice in Clonts' Building. W. FiskeJohnson REAL ESTATE Loars Negotiated Buys and Sells Real Estate. Orang ¢ Grove Property a Specialty. ROOM 7. RAYNONDO BUILDING Perfect Love By Charles Wilshin What is thar rerfect love that some | times unites two people and continues . |undimmed throuzh old age? For 40 years Mme, Versale and her | husband had remained in this state Thelr children had departed and many {old friends had dropped away. ut the vicissitudes of life had left their de- '\'oli(m unsullied, and they still sat in their little garden with its high walls and, screened from the inquisitive world, held hands in that sweet com- panionship that comes alone to two hearts in perfect accord. Yet Mme. Versale, it must be con- fessed, carried within her true wom- an’s soul a disturbing thought that grew with contemplation and brood- ing. There were times when she would look in her mirror and sigh, and then she would say to her hus- band: “I am was,” And he would invariably reply: “Tut, Tut! You are always the same. How can you be anything else than beautitul?” “l know that you say that to make not so good looking as I Ime feel better.” They had many friends and some of these were new ones and young in their ways. When a particularly handsome young woman would visit them, Mme, Versale fancied that ber husband’s face would brighten. The thought of this made her sad. “It is always the same with men," she would say to herself. “Freshness, youth —these are what they de- mand.” Then her mind would revert to her own youth, when she was so beautiful and when around her always there was a circle of admirers. And how beautiful she was then! Even now the memory of it had not died away. She conceived the idea that her hus- band only paid her compliments out of the goodness of his heart. She thought that his adoration was much of it assumed, and that out of gal- lantry he still paid his court. Some- times she would say to him briskly: “You know you don't mean that!" His protestations were of no avail. A thought like this, in the heart of a woman, will often grow to an absurd- ity; to protest against it only seems to strengt.aen it. Young Dr. Van Kale, a physician who attended them and occasionally dropped in to pay them a visit—for they interested him supremely — had already achieved a world-wide reputa- tion by virtue of some of his discov- erles in applied science. His labora- tory was the center of much that was speculative and much that was revo- tionary; but his opinion always com- manded respect. He had already done things, One morning he called upon Mme. Versale, whose husband, having read his paper, was nodding on a bench in a corner of the garden, “You look tired,” she sald, her keen eye accustomed to notice changes in physiognomy, Dr. Van Kale's face lighted up. “l am tiredl—but 1 have done what I conceive to be a wonderful experi- ment — if it turns out as 1 hope. | have not slept for 30 hours. It is the crisis of a long toil.” “Something Intricate—that not understand?” “Not at all. In plain, untechnical language, it involves a change in the human tissue. I can restore lost youth.” Mme. Versale started. “lmpossible!” “Nothing 18 impossible to modern sclence. After all, the difficulty [ had to surmount is actually less than any one might suppose. What are we? A combination of molecules which, ar- ranged in a certain manner, produce an individual. Disintegration is con- stantly going on, produced by dynam- fc changes. The problem has been to counterbalance it—to make it work backward, so to speak. For years many of us have been on the verge of this great discovery. A certain solu- tion of salts came near it. Iy been a question of mathematics, At last I have discovered the combina- tion, and by means of my transform- er 1 can make one young again.” Mme. Versale looked at him with intensity. Such a startling statement related so quietly, filled her with com. plete astonishment. Yet, as the doctor bad said, Why not? “Are you sure?” “Quite sure.” “Have you tried 1t?" “In the laboratory, but not so fully as 1 would like.” “]s it harmless?” “Absolutely.” “How long does it take?” “A week.” : “Will you try it on me?" “That is what I desire—supremely. You have made it easy for me; you have taken the words out of my mouth. Can you absent yourself for this length of time?” Mme. Versale clapped her hands rap- turously. “1 must! 1 will!” she exclaimed. “Yes. There are times when I visit a relative. He will not suspect. Con. sider the matter settled.” The next day she told her husband that she was golng away, and made a thousand trivial arrangements for hig comfort. He was not to go beyond the garden. He must be sure and place his muffier across his chest when the wind was east; and he must put the rug at night under the bottom of the I can. It has real. | door as usual to prevent a drlught-] these and many more. | l The following day she presented her- | lse!r to the doctor. i Think of what it would mean to re- tain the same mind, the same will, the | sawme experience, and vet to go back— | back to those days when the skin was ! smooth and the flesh firm and the glorious impulses of youth swelled within! | Thus a week later stood Mme, Ver- ' sale in the garden. She had opened the lateh and walked in quietly. Like Eve, she had come, once more to tempt her lover. Forty years had dropped away from her. Her full figure, erect and seductive, with the feminine charm of vouth, and her red lips, inviting caresses—her soft, rounded cheeks! What a marvel of modern science! And, best of all, she felt, standing | theie, that she still loved him, loved | | him just the same; for long ago, [in the ancient forge of Cupid, their | hearts had been welded together, and "now what could make her feel differ- ently toward him? { She advanced. Her husband had | straightened up, and now, as she drew | near, he eagerly arose. “Welcome!” he exclaimed, hold- ' i ing out his arms, his old chivalrous manner unchanged. “Ah! You are home again! How I have missed you!"™ | “And how do you like me?”" laughed | Mme. Versale, “as I am now, compared with what | was? Look at me close- ly! See! | am young again. I am the sweetheart you courted so long— | 40 years ago.” “Of course,” he replied, taking her hands. *“And why not? Haven't you always been my sweetheart?” “But,” Mme. Versale impatiently ex- | claimed. “Do you not see the change | in me? Look! Look again!" Her husband smiled at her. He drew her face close to his and looked into her eyes. His own, somewhat dimmed by the years, were yet keen, and now they remained undisturbed by his scru- tiny. “Why, no, my dear!" he replied, with a quiet smile, as he folded her in his arms and kissed her softly, *I cannot see that you have changed. Why should you? Have you not al- ways been the same to me?"'—Life, i i DEFECTS ALL POINTED OUT | After Appraiser Got Through With | Blouse Owner Decided Not to ‘\ Match the Lace. “You will never know just how many koles and stains a garment has until the representative of a dry goods ' store passes judgment on it,"said the | woman. “The other day I wanted to | match the lace trimming on a blouse. It was out of the question to rip the | lace off, so the garment had to go to the store. Since I have an unconquer- | able prejudice against carrying a| parcel of any description I telephoned for the shop people to call for the waist and 1 would go down later and match the lace. The driver was ac- companied by a regular appraiser. “*What do you value the blouse at?' he asked. “My estimate of ten dollars was the signal for him to let out a volley of depreciatory exclamations. By the time he got through I was ashamed to look at the poar old blouse, much less wear it. It was peppered with holes, threads of the lace were broken and where the material wasn't worn out it was sofled. All those defects were carefully noted on a slip of paper | which I was required to sign. “‘We have to do this for our own protection in case any one should come back at us for dn?nnf:os which the gaiment was supposed to receive while in our pos ion," he said. ‘We like to be accommodating, but we fight to the last ditch against imposition.’ “According to his own document there was nothing left to happen to my waist except complete annihilation, so 1 concluded not to match the lace.” Dick Carle's Memory. “Cashing” on a valuable memory ts a part of politics practiced in every- body's notice. The actor who is a good mixer also adds tremendously to his popularity. Few of them are good mixes, but of those who know that it pays Dick Carle is the most remark- able. When Richard was playing in | Springfield his friend Bill Shutt gave a little blowout for him at the Sanga. | mon club after the show. The storles had passed and the party was about to break up when one of the Springfield men said: “We have had a Jolly time, Mr. Carle, and we hope to see you again, It's doubdtful, though, If you will re- member any of us.” “On the contrary,” replied Carle. “I'm pretty handy at that sort of thing.” And with that he ran over the names of 18 present and missed only two. Woman's Fine Apple Orchard. Miss Elizabeth M. Hayward is the manager of one of the largest apple orchards in this country. The orchard is situated near Hancock, N. H., and is owned by Miss Hayward's father, who managed it himself until a few years ago, when because of his illness the work fell to his daughter. The farm comprises 1,000 acres and there are upward of 10,000 bearing trees in the orchard. At the recent New Eng. land fruit show Miss Hayward won several first prizes. In addition to her orchard Miss Hayward keeps from 3,000 to 6,000 hens. Exoeptions. *Skipping the rope is a very danger ous practics to the health” *“Not to a convicted murderer with & smart lawysa® : | (. E.D.Fenton’s Place, located on Lake Parker, one '§‘- mile from Lake- land, has recently been purchased by C. A. Mann, of Kansas City, and is known as the Parker Lake Golf Place, and sub- divided into lots of 100x200 feet, fronting on Boul- . » evard, Golf Grounds and Park. L Lots in this plat are froy $250.00 up. First come; first served. This addition is re. stricted to $1,500.00 houses. This is located on Parker Lake, one of the largest lakes in this vicinity. mation, inquire of ELLIS & BARHITE @ For further infor- Room 1, Raymondo Buildirg OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. County Officers. Clerk—A. B. Ferguson, Bartow. Supt. Public Kirk, Bartow. Sheriff—John Logan, Bartow, County Judge—\W. 8. Preston, | Bartow, Tax Collector—J. H. Lancaster, Bartow. Tax Collector—F. M. Lanier, Bar- tow, Treasurer-—J. T. Harmon, Bartow. | County Commissioners.—I. S \Whidden, Ch'm., Mulberry; A. J. Lewis, Bartow; R. F. Langford, Ft Meade; J. E, Bryant, Kathleen; T. F. Holbrook, Lakeland. School Board.—R. W. Hancock, Ch'm., Fort Meade; W. J. J. Whid- den, Bartow; J. A. Cox, Lakeland; T. B. Kirk, Secretary, Bartow, State Senator—D. H. Sloan, Lake- land. Members of House—A, J. City Officers. Mayor—S. L. A, Clonts, ('Phone 310-Red.) Angle, Clerk and Tax Collector, H. L Swatts. Treasurer and Assessor, A, Armistead. Collector of Light and Water, C D. Clough, Marshal, W. H. Tillis, Night Watchman, F. L. Franklin, Municipal Judge, Gen. J. A. City Attorney, Epps Tucker, Jr Instruction—T. B.| Cox. | | Keeper of Park, Neil McLeod. Members of Council—Morris G. | Munn, CLairman; W. P, Pillans, { Vice-Chairman; Messrs. 0. Eaton, G. E. Southard, R. "I, per, W. H, Pugh, P. B, Haynes. The following standing com- [ mittees for the year were appointed: | Finance and Fire, Messrs, Eaton, ‘Pllluns, Haynes, | Light and Water, Messrs, Haynes, | | Pillans and Southard. | Streets, Messrs, Scipper, jard, Haynes, South- and Scipper. Sanitary, Messrs.. Scipper. Public Improvement and Cemetery, Messrs. Pillans, Eaton, Pugh, State Officers. Governor—A, W. Gilchrist, Talla- [ hassee. : Secretary of State—H, Clay Craw- { ford, Tallahassee. Comptroller—\W. V. Knott, Talla- hassee, Treasurer—J. C. | hassee. | .S tiorney-General—Park M. Tram- | mell, Tallahassee. Pugh, Luning, Talla- | Commissioner of Agriculture—W. ! 1 A. McRae, Tallahassee. | Supt. of Publie Instruction—Wm. .| M. Holloway, Tallahassee. | Railroad Commissioners—R. Hud- fson Burr, Chairman; Newton A. | Blitch, Royal C. Dunn, W, C. Yon | Secretary, All communications ishl\nl(‘ be addrossed to Tallahnsson President of the Senate—Fred P. | Cone, Lake City. possible to make. And our prices are no more than you pay for inferior goods. It will pay you to call an dsee us before making any hardware pur- chases for farm or home. M. ! Scip- | Ordinance, Messrs. Southard, Pugi:' Eaton.‘ ‘ Grandfather Holds tne | There has heem much | | course, but still we doutt i man who licks up the e ! ot himsell than did hi tather who could make 101 ' oxen periorm in frout ot o oo i freight out of old Jettei-on - ., | ton News. He Knew. ' Flapper (reading a novi! an improbable book. |1 | two would have kissed ‘ong ago.—i'liegende Dioein Gone and Well-Nigh Forgotien, An anxious inquirer w.n's what has beconie of the o man who used to go to ! tiary after being found «. ledo Blade. Upholstering and ,i Mattress Mali OLD MATTRESSES mud FURNITURE REPAIRE! CUSHIONS of all kinl der. CARPETS ad RUGS « laid; also matting, cte, MIRRORS resilver In regards to w {Mr. W, P. Pillins of Lak knew me for about 16 gl:ln(io. Fla. Drop me lor phone 64 Red, N |avenue, * Arthar A:" Boqgl ‘0!‘ The Jackson & Wilsom Company LAKELAND, FLA,