Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 5, 1912, Page 6

OVENING TELEGRAM, LAK ng Will ve the Girl a Cood Appearance. — dnita’s Fir wre many zirls who, without : ng .t all good looking, always ap «at and smart. e ¥ only have a small dress By tL ALL PEARCE. al but with it are able tc i appenr more attractive thun girls widence, just as who, with twice thefr amount ol ., =, g S that balmy gmu:y, often look overdressed or . - Anita Wallace owdy. starte woa szolitary stroll from What s the secret of this? .bh,' cud of the boardwalk, | Surely it s due to the meat girl's . . .. 1. conth end, Mr. Franklin | taste; she always puts on her clothes having shaken off his gay iwflh care and makes a point ¢t her h | appearance being neat and tidy. She ., ‘keepu her wardrobe orderly and has at his hotel, lighted a cigar itered moodily northward. The strangeness of it lay in the fact that only fortycight hours before these two young people had quarreled and parted forever, as each one pas- sionately afirmed. “I shall go to the Canadian forests and you may never hear of me again,” was Sholes’ parting shot. a place for everything; her ribbons ! gloves, handkerchiefs, etc., are never bundled upon a drawer just to get ! them out of the way, but are careful: {1y put in their proper places. Ubiquitous Velvet Hats. | On the other hand, a girl clad in| Women need but little temptation | »n expensive dress will often spoil at any time to buy one hat the more, | hor appearance by the careless way | Picturesque diamond and tortolse shell comb for a brunette. “I'm going g o it ae. | and tie lightful qualities of the new- | h 1‘] she puts on her clothes, lD!-- I'm going abroad \\‘n,.l the Mae ! el milliary which tempt them to in- | i . that she might! | Phersons! (‘.'ll”wd out Anita, mocking-! duige in floral trhphics long before | have ]. 1d with a little more care lh “Goodby. they may hope to use them induce It 15 a mother's duty to see that! Fach one belicved in the other's in- ly the|her children are taught from child: tention, but after a day spent in mis- et and | hood to be careful and tldy. other- | crable reflection decided that a broken son by | wise by the time they aré grown up| heart could best be mended nearer | “hem also to accept gratef apuient claims of wintry vel beave s and to antleipate the s wecks in their impatience to air a new shapeau, ilar reasons, both the do]octod ‘lovers | but strangers now" to carelessness and untidiness that, thesge will he sncond nature to them.! once a year ago their courtship had beml\‘ | and run happily through a “nnderlul sumIner season, +.1 Anita’ ughts were backward as she slowly pursued her | way with her pensive face turned to- ! ward the sca. What was the shifting | . throng of pleasure seckers to her? | What did she have in common with 5 the festive world, where in every di- cction that her glances turned she ! couples arm in arm, fond-eyed ' and ling? Franklin Sholes was {on his way to Canada and she was | alone! “Alter all, 1 ere of all R SR R T LT o (e e was foolish to como. places” reflected Anita. “I don’t want to care for him any | more. 1 want to forget, and there’s { nothing like stirring up old memories | to make folks remember. And those | were happy times! But he has; changed--and 1 hate a stingy man!” Some distance ahead a solitary figure leaned over the narrow rafllng and tossed a half-finished cigar I'\lo\ the waves. ! “Tastes like a stogie,” muttered young Sholes. “Well, 1 suppose Miss Anita Wallace is on the high seas to- night. The sight of the ocean gives me the blues—what did I come down here for, anyway? Brings back the old days when Anita was so dear and Society's spoiled her—and I j : sweet. MAKE them better acquainted next [ tedes my income would ot sup 5 = er. G pay day by brmgmg fhem together r.(:;zhr lad I found it out In R en, he le; Vi k, ic. this bank. You can always afford t0 [ iusping water, bis mednations keyed put something in the bank. Start wi'h to their melancholy music, he re- your next pay envelope. called Anita as he had seen her last --a dazzling figure in pale pink, with delicate hand-embroideries of deeper rose shades flecked with crystal beads a beautiful gown, but quite incon- 5 o sistently worn by a young woman of ) modest means \ ] There had been other times when s d J his practical mind had revolved around the perplexing subject of his sweetheart's attractive—-and, as it coemed to him, extravagant—wearing apparcl. It was Sholes' frank criti- { cism that had started the quarrel that “londed so disastrously. How defiant, N T { how izing Anita he een, § I'T TRAPPED { how |‘nm dizing Anita had hunv, and how harshly she had foreed him to @ INTO POOR PLUMBING "V | 5 | “Oh, well, she'd be no wite for a N ! t soems cheaper, 1t 1 poor man. Vanity and extravagance i broken up many a home. Dut s 1 might have expressed my- now diplomatically Anita's 1 been flattered a lot 1k dress was mighty be- w2 1 OF LAKELAND PN A4 AN DA mtinued his way. Mean- I 12 to find dive mind, had turned in g Japanese bazars that bhoardwalk, where the auction sale was in i bordered the y but she ‘ront seat at one side as thronged, - S S| small Orier that the nimble inly to her. He ¥ was disp ome fine linens; a I M A R H followed, and after assistant brought out some gay {lat boxes that dis- ONTR \ TOR Al\lr‘ BU“—DER bursed soft folds of radiant color < 5 “Little silk scarf, made in Japan, oo furzisk plans wud specifications or will follow any plans ané ..111 hand embroider,” chanted the 1 Soacit auctioneer. “llere’s a beauty-——what \é pee vou call that color? Yes. 'Merican & Beauty. It s most suitable for "Meri- | ¥ S$URQALOWS A SPECIALTY can beauty—yes, it will make lovely ® r it. How mnch You ] < thow o1 tome Lakelond Lom A b5 S ; L nd Lomes I have buil, - scart? Five N . you--all dat? It is hand K FLORID! r, not machine, you under- W Ten doilar, thank DEn L : you wish to rent u vou wish to :'~ 3 il_ You have a lmns(.\ o row irchase one; ov stammered Anita, «f e .t If, in fact, you desire 1) luy or sl anyt the line of 3 ticneer's side, and, when the word o real estate, this is my specialiy. Sec me ) fore you close a deal ¢ | was repeated, two or three higher bids - Full information given cheorfully ang tre ~bl\' ‘ E‘ L nddded & ¢ £ . % |his head toward the far corner 2 2 “Do I hear more? Eighteen, thank 3 5 . L E W I Q |you. Eightcen is bid, eight—" :’ “Twenty,” said Anita, her pulses % Phone 309. Ro thrilling with the spirit of the contest. o om 1, Raymondo Bldg. “Twenty—do I hear more? Twenty- ! two?" they will have become g0 accuntomed} home, so, doubtless actuated by sim-|in: * had migrat- | o ridiculous in all my life. | ed to the popular shore resort where ’ goiug to Canada traveling | little thing | you! ioncer's interest- | ———————————— o A S—— . — ;[‘vfl" Cfi&&mu 1e } ag uml each other and I el won in the far corner, \'h!lbl X pp— G " 3 | the ; ring ta ll; welnt on. f | d Anit { la mfortable feeling o( . 20 d her depths. “Thirty,” " ! e unknown. Anita sank back % witt o little ga p of mingled disap- 1 am going to retire ‘rou aviive business azd fa opdr o 0 3 potent and rolief. No, she would thie | am offering my entirt stock of Dry (oods, Nuitons, ete, L] { no again, but oh! how she wanted i " i thy lovely roseleaf scarf from old 4 “vomamne|] ABSOLUTE COST ¢ slipped out to the board- n. Pox in hand, he faced f you want to make #1 do the work of $6, corge to und lay in a supply of Spring aud Summer (oodt. will be slasned to rock bottom prices, iecluding LAWNS, LINENS, GINGHAMS. FERCALES, MLKS, SATINS, SHOES, HOSE. "™y a0 Ler “You!" gasped Anita. It hot color swept over her face® and Lor oslim figure stiffened. N RIS BV L Riverethin, CHARSE LTS 1 you--you great Scot, could I Know?' Then Fra: Sholes began to laugh up- Anita how o Com: and Sce My Line. My Prices Wi Astonish You .35 FA ! Everybody's leoking at us. 1 all understand it—if—" o) : | ‘uitn snddenly sped away as if on ; 3 Wi and Sholes rapidly followed ! “ ' untii. in the shadows, ha‘overtook her. |7 : i hy listen to me, Anita. I'm sor- | % h A : say, are you l ing or cry- | l ‘~ ‘, ‘oth! I never knew of anything You were “And you to Europe--" “And we both came here and bid against each other on a foolish —a pink--embroidered-—-ar- ticle!" Anita ¢lowly emphasized cach de- scriptive word, and then there was an expressive silence, Involuntarily they drew nearer cach other with wistful, searching glances and their hands reached out to clasp fervently. “Iorzive me!™ said Franklin, husk- ily. “That other, too, was a foolish thing- to quarrel about. And just to show you how I felt about it tonight, An I bought this scarf to send to The girl's dark eyes were misty with tears as she folded the gift to hier bosom. How unjust ghe had becn when she called him “stingy!"” Sui ly he deserved a full confession. “Franklin, 1 want you to krow-- tonight is the first time in my l''a I was ever really extravagant. [ always help with my dresses, and, Franklin, I can make my own hats! I can copy a Paris model sn you wouldn't know the difference—and I just glory in being economical! Oh, I've often been amused to see you vondering at my little fineries. DBut the idea of your paying thirty dollars for that Japanese trifle when we might have had it for fifteen!” “Who carns"" crlvd Sholes, reck We Won’t Sacrifice Quality but we are always studying how to HE HAD DE_CI_DED 10 smrf%e Increase The Quantity Ole's mscharue Indefinitely Post: poned, and for Really a Very Simple Reason. more, Phone us and prove it. Best Butter, per pound . Sugar, 16 pounds .... Cottolene, 10 pound p . Cottolene, 4-pound pails. .. ... . Srowdrift, 10-pounl pails............ : 4 cans family size Cream.......... 1 7 cans baby size Cream. .. i 1.2 barrel best Flour..... 12 pounds best Flour....... Picnic Hams, per pound . Cudahy's Uncanvassed Hams. ...... Octagon Soap, 6 for....veevvue.. Ground Coffee, per pound. § gallons Kerosene ...... Ole had been the man-of-all-work about the Randall place so long that he considered himself a fixture, and had begun to assert his own ideas in the management of things, wherever he could. One eccentricity he praec ticed was that of denying the family | to visitors whose appearance was not pleasing to him. One Sunday a friend drove up in his car and sceing Ole near the gate, ted if Mr. Randall was at hom “No, they bane out,” the Swede As a matter of fact the nnm!nlls‘ were all at home lounging around in lieu of something more interesting to | do. When the occurrence was brought to light the next dey on the telephone 1.00 ke W 8 R o5 & % We give the “most now but we are anxious to give i & i mm* TN - <« calmly wplh‘d Mrs, Randall was very much exas- f8 E .‘1 perated over it and called the man te K K | task - Ee G “Why di do such a thing, Ole?” 'g sle ¢ 1 \u\'-‘. “.,, know that n‘.:}n [ o e S A 57 o . - o W, lis the manager of the Colossal rail | ————— . - - road?” SR T Ole looked a bit sullen for a second. knew it h said knowingly, | he was something on a! 1 brakeman or | t knew it." o “aye knew rallroad—a condu something—aye v { This incident repeated, the Ran- | dalls served notice on Ole that he was & no longer needed about the place. The | § day came for him to leave and Mrs. Randall found him working diligently weeding the garden “When are you goi ed kindly “Oh. aye tank he replied, withoui st Ay tank aye will s he did she inquir- <+t Is the pride of the gocd housewiie and the go at all,” g his work. now.” And e w { ay Laconic Laconians. William Lyon Phelps, oYale's bril- liant 1 1 literature, was discuss at a dinner in New Haven, the s ce of words “Some wo “have a his. | tory, ar nd a k their his- wr\ gives th ‘her mean! ke, for exam 1 ‘laconic. s threatening clean cut man or worman .Here you have the ‘ care that makes you a ~onstart customer. We aim at being the “Laundry that is difler.ent" YOU2 OWN SPECIAL LAUNDRY. Try Us Today—Just (nce. LINEN | reply. y of that re. word ‘laconie’ Lakeland Steam Laundry Phone 130. 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