Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, May 30, 1914, Page 7

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I-_‘vcry man, woman and child who # reads this notice is cordially invited to : sample this delightful candy without cost ; Ask for a Grapefruit Sundae * THE SILVER PALACE DRANE BUILDING '—M L B Ubenwigl U Low Roun\d Trip Rates FROM JACKSONVILLE @ R St.Lonis « o« $37.75 Chicago - - « $43.50 Cincimmati . . . $33.00 Denver « « =« 5860 St Paul « « « 56.75 Lowisville . . . 31.50 Colorado Springs - 58.60 Duluth - - « 6150 Knowville « « - 21.40 Sakt Lake City - 71.60 Winnipeg « « « 76.75 Evansville « . « 3225 Yellowstone = - 78.00 Toronto - - « 48,90 Indianapolis - « 36.30 Portland « « - 106.00 Montreal « « « 5545 Frenchlick - - 35.20 Seattle « = = 106.00 - 5158 Toledo v i Los Angeles - - 8950 Detroit mcisco - - 89.50 Chast: . (s;.ll‘cgl'l.’llk L :;.75 Mnm::lqi Cave - the ints in Colorado, California, Canada, Minnes sota, }d‘l’fili’l‘l':.. utloenc'.:r“po l:ke: An:i, fiotky Mountains, Proportionally low ratesfrom other points in the State. Tickets on sale daily, until September 30, Return limit Oct. 31. VARIABLE ROUTE TO DENVER, SALT LAKE, COLORADO SPRINGS, ETC. Going through St. Louis, returning through Chicago, or vice versa., Liberal stop-overs on all tickets, TO THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST, three through trains daily; choice of three different routes. i i th thwest through New Rock ballast. Nodust. Nodirt. For handsome illus- trated booklets of summer tourist resorts, rates, sleep- ing car reservations and other information, address, H. C. BRETNEY, Florida Passenger Agent, 134 West Bay Street, JACKSONVILLE, FLA, JIRSDAY MAY 2ist e will cut all our Suits, hnts and Straw Hats down )per cent off of our prices. s is for CASH ONL1 bwe have got to have the oney, Hart Shaffner & Marx does ¥ ry litH ' - 3thing included in this ST tent, pe B e tm— i_} 10)¢ lie H " b t P The Home o o it Schaffner & Marx (IOt (3 - e ———— e R R G | % | @t the theater, wera % | had ne | | THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., MAY 30, 1914, * h TRAGIC SITUATION By KATE MUNROE. As the lights went down a hush ofl‘ eXpectancy settled over the audience Most of the faces alight with anticipation, but the | 0ld man and woman in the back seats 1‘ of the first balcony looked very grave. | They were country people and they “ver been to a theater before. Please God, it fsn't true, Mary!"” aid the old man. His wife pressed his hand gently. Sh'fl knew how deeply he felt upon the subject It was, for those simple minds, a | tragic situation. Their daughter Lucy | lx.y\d left the farm three years before. She had written home often, detail- | 1ng the accounts of her lite as a ste- nographer in a large business house. And some meddlesome busybody had told the old people that she was ac- tually—an actress! To their simple minds there could to empty. They were almost alone when they realized that the play was over, An usher came toward them. “Mr. and Mrs. Mullins?" he inquired blandly, casting curious glances at the old couple. “Miss Margaret Lake would like to see you in her dressing room. Will you step this way, please?” They followed him down the stairs, | through a side door, and into a won- derful place behind the scenes, where properties of all kinds were stowed. | They could hardly take their eyes off them, and the usher was compelled to stop for them several times before he brought them to the comfortable room in which their daughter was waiting. She was attired in her street gown, and she had carefully washed every | trace of paint from her face. There was no reason why she should let them msunderstand. As ‘he old couple halted, rather | sheepihly, at the door, Lucy ran to- ward them, and was clasped in their arms “Fither!” she cried. “So you have foun! me out! And mother, too! Why didn't you let me know, and I | would have had a box for ,ou!” have been nothing more degrading. The stage was the acme of all that | was vilest in the world. They had | come up to town, without announcing their intention, and were now await- | ing the rising of the curtain upon the first act of “The Merchant of Venice." Portia does not appear at the begin- | ning of that play. And before she had | come on the stage the old people were | staring in wonder at the magnificance | of the setting. More than that, in | place of the immorality which they had expected to find inculcated, they found a story, so gripping, so pathetic, and withal so true that they were | spellbound But when Portia appeared they | was true, then! | | band's hand again | Will, did you see?" mournful tones. He nodded | leaned forward with a revival of their | old terror, Portia was Lucy!—Miss Margaret Lake, as she was billed. It the old peoje. The old woman pressed her hus- she said in But the look on his thing!” sh whispered. “3y gum, Lucy, what would we do with a box™ ejaculated her father, “Why, Lucy we wanted to be some- where where we could see you. We couldn't have seen you in a box, Lucy, the way you dd up that Drylocks fellow | was scrumptous. Some derned old tab- i by told us yu were on the stage, and , we come don here to save you from _ruin—but I uess we don't mind now a8 much as ve did—do we, mother?* | "0, Lucy! exclaimed her mother, clasping herin her arms again. And then ucy insisted on introduo- ing them toier friends—to Mr. Gros- , venor, the “tar" and to various sube ordinate mmbers of the company. And Lucy ws to drive them to their hotel in he own automobile. Alto- gether it wa a night of surprises for But, as 1ey went out together, Lu'é'y made 2 excuse to run back for | something, 1d she caught Mr. Gros- , venor by tt arm. | “lI wish e had told them every- “Shall I, face was not so somber and depressed Phillip?” as his wife had expected. “Mary!" he exclaimed, are applauding her!—Lucy!" * There was almost an expression of pride, but there was also bewilder “But | Guess We Don't Mind Now ai Much as We Did.” His Lucy! ould this be she! said those about ther as the old couple r And now William Mu his wife were following th with bated breath. A1 horror of the stage w when the great tr 1d Shylock sharpe: 3 Kk jings looked bad er s came into their e him, Mary! \\hispl r husband : | Shch'" rang out the angry 5| rs: and he subsided Into hisat f ‘1;\;, William ins ely K weered k at 3 he That's our girl! emnced, con rning, nity | sly unme#d the ppliabefore rild re- like a map when 1d cat waved him!" t's the a! Tell t away a spers of turning | round in his seat, “do you know they Their little girl! whis- went on toward its dra | what we are about.” He noddg and she went on. “Did youever stop to think, my dear, it's Jit old people like these— ! our fathersnd mothers in far-away villages—tit make the stage as good as it is toy, and keep so many of us better tin we would be, perhaps?” (Copyrat, by W. G. Chapman.) “EYE-WIIESS TOLD OF DUEL Affidavit tecounting the Mcintosh- { Gwiett Encounter in 1777 Recently Sold. The fount by an eye-witness of the du on May 15, 1777, between Gen. Phlan McIntosh and Button Gwinns & signer of the Declaration of Ineendence, is one of the in- terastf autographs in a collection that ¥ sold by the Merwin company on Al 14, says the New York Times. Gese Wells of Richmond county, (ieod, was the eye-witness, and his accct of the duel is in the form of an (davit made before Judge John ;w(.n. It reads in part: | «te on the evening of Thursday, | M¢ 15, a written challenge was | prght to Gen. McIntosh, signed | ‘pon Gwinnet,” wherein the said Mr, [(;nnntl charged the general with emg him a scoundrel in public con- stion, and desired he would give isfaction for it as a gentleman be- e sunrise next morning in Sir mes Wright's pasture behind Col. artin’s house, to which the general 1mmorously sent in answer that the our was rather earller than his usual, ut would assuredly meet him vith a palr of pistols.” Wells, who was evidently a friend of McIntosh, then goes on to describe the meeting, the “polite salutation,” and examination of the pistols. When they noticed a crowd of spectators they agreed to go farther down the hill. Some one proposed they should stand back to back. The general an- swered: “By no means; let us see n “Immediately each took his stand,” the affidavit continues, “and agreed to fire as they could. Both pistols went off nearly at the same time, when Gwinnett fell, being shot above the knee, and sald his thigh was broken. The general, who was also shot through the thick of the thigh, stood still in his place, and, not thinking his antagonist was worse wounded than himself, asked if he had enough or was for afother shot, to which all objected. The seconds led the gen- eral up to Mr. Gwinnett and they both shook hands and further than this deponent saith not.” Gwinnett died of his wound twelve days later. Gen. McIntosh died Feb. 20, 1806 Awful Thought! Two children, evidently from the| West side, were feeding peanuts to the “CONSULT US” For figures on wiring your house. We will save you money. Look out for the rainy season. Let us put gutter around your house and protect it from decay. T. L. CARDWELL, Electric and Sheet Metal,Contracts Phone 233. Rear Wilson Hdwe Co. S el faedeiioid BB o 3 L3 LA S SRR ERER T LS SR LT BEE T T SHE000000000 000044041044 P EFREPPTEB B REDDIED Db B W YOU ARE THINKING OF BUILDING. 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One could see that with them | % peanuts were something of a treat.|; Perhaps. had it not been for the thrill | of feeding the gothic creatures, they |4 ‘ preferred to eat themselves. Fascinated, t the peanuts careful 4 » proboscides that ".‘ri*-d‘ H arc them. The supply | % | ing exhausted when the r girl, who had been was ch- | 3 ing ter's extravagance \\ivhlr, some nudged her } “N he said, “I wouldn't feed them too much. It might give v,hem’ the stomach ache.” SPP PP SPIb PP DR PR ddit A Reward is offered to any person in Lakeland who has not heard of The Brighten-Up Folks Call at 213 S. Kentucky Ave. Get acquainted and inspect our line of Paints, Varnishes, Cur- tain Goods, Etc. FEPPBEHEEDIDDIPEEPIRPEBIPDPIPBE DI HDDD IDDOEF D IGH KIMBROUGH & SKINNER IRRIGATION CO. WATER THE EARTH TO sult conditions. No better irigation in existence. J. W. 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