Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 12, 1914, Page 6

PAGE SIX et e et b e e e ek et 8 BEFORE AND AFTER By BERTRAM LEBHAR. l (Copyright.) Watkius halted outside the which bore the gilded leg- Goodale—Real Es- Sammy office door, end: “Lawreuce tate.” “This looks like Sammy to himself. “There's thing about the name which sound promising. Without ever having seen a good one,” said som him, I'll wager Mr. Gioodale is a nice, easy-going gentleman, who'll listen to my proposition and turn me away | with a kind word and a smile, even | if he doesn't fall for my spiel. Here goes!"” He pushed open the office door, scft-! ly entered and closed it after him The stout, fiery-faced man seated at the roll-top desk did not much resem- ble the mental picture of a “nice, easy- going gentleman.” Nevertheless, the young man was not abashed. “Mr. Lawrence Goodale, he began boldly, the desk vitation. “Let me know your I'll tell you whether not, young man,’ looking at Samuiy “Ha; hal” I presume,”’ taking a seat near' without waiting for an in- business, and you presume or | growled the other, suspiciously. { laughed Sammy. “Good ' joke that! I'm glad to see you're in such fine spirits, my dear Mr. Good- | ale. You're looking splendid, too—a veritable picture of health, if | may | be permitted to say so.” “Huh! Did you come here to dis- cuss my physical condition?" demand- ! ed the other angrily, “Yes, sir, 1 did. A man's physical condition {s something well worth | discussing, Mr. Goodale. A man ought to be thinking about his health all the | time. Now, you're looking pretty good | today; but a week from now you may get caught in the rain and contract a severe cold. Pneumonia may develop, and in a few dd)fl your family may be deprived of— AW, Cout-1t -out!” Goodale angrily. interrupted Mr. “I thought 1 had you | sized up right. You've got something to sell, of course. Well, I dont care | whether it's a patent medicine or a new kind of raincoat. Whatever it {s, I don’t want it. 1I'm very busy, and you're wasting my time. Get out of | my office before I throw you out. You peddlers are growing to be an awful pest.” “Peddlers!” cried Sammy reproach- fully. “My dear Mr. Goodale, how could you? You do me a grave injustice. 1 assure you I am not a peddler.” i .“What are you, then?” “An honored and respected repre- sentative of the greatest, wealthiest, and most liberal life insurance com- pany in the world. That's what I am, sir; and I have come here to- day to make you one of the biggesL and most generous propositions you have ever had placed upon you. I have come to tell you about the new ! policy my company is issuing. Nothing | like it has ever before been offered to the public. Everybody who henrs] about it jumps at the offer immedate- | ly. I am golng to show you—" “You are going to show me how to | close that door from the outside, young { man,” interrupted Mr, Goodale savage- |a ly. "I don't want to hear another . word from you. I'm not interested in your new policy or your confounded | company. I don’t want any insurance, ' I hate insurance agents. Get out of here quick, before I lose my lemp‘r\ and throw you down the elevator shaft.” “Be calm, my dear sir, I implore you,” cried Sammy. “Just see how very eas- ily you lose your temper. That's a ! ‘convineing argument why you should | 1akeo out one of our policies. I\ople‘ with quick tempers like yours seldom live to a great age.” “Confound you, you young loafer!” shouted the other, rising \\'mthl'ullyi from his chair. “If you give me any | more of your impudence you'll regret ft. Are you going to leave this office | immediately, or are you not?" "Of course I'm golng to leave it,” i'vpfiutl Sammy m)ml_\’. “1 couldn't ! very well take it with me, you know I'll also take the liberty of leaving you business cards. Perhaps later on you may change your mind.” ! “If I change anything, it will be *ha outline of your fresh face,” de | clared Mr. Goodale, clenching his fist | threateningly. “I'll change that 80 | that your own mother won't know it, | one of my if you aren't out of here by the time,* 1 count five.” “1 won't trouble you to count five, gir. The mental operation might ex- | hanst you,"” rejoined Sammy. “I'll go right now.” He flew out of the place just in time to escape the ink-well which the en- | raged Mr. Goodale hurled at his head. “\What a mean disposition that fel- Jow has!” Sammy said to himself as he stepped into the elevator. “A man like that really doesn’'t deserve to have one of our life insurance poli- cles.” Fifteen minutes later the door of Lawrence Goodale’s office again opened, and a bearded, professional- looking man entered. “Have 1 the pleasure of addressing Mr. Goodale?” he inquired. “That's my name, sir,” snapped the real estate man, who was still boil- fng with rage. “Who the deuce are you? Another pesky insurance agent?” “Sir, how dare you?” cried the bearded man indignantly. “I am Dr. Philip Francis Burton-Jones of Mine ola, L. I, and I came here to buy some metropolitan real estate. You were recommended to me by a friend, ' these words, and permitted Mr. Good- | | What is the matter? have changed my mind, young man, tl see him agaln, | @ whole lot in the future. indulgently, | L up sister THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAK e and I intended to transact my busi- ' ness through you; but, since you are 80 insulting, I will go—" i “Excuse me, doctor,” sald Goodale | humbly. “I apologize. The fact is I | didn't realize what 1 was saymz | There was a fresh insurance agont in here a short while ago, and he | provoked me 8o much that I was half | crazy when you came in. “Please forgive me and let us uux about this real estate you desire to purchase. I am confident I can sup- "ply you with exactly what you are looking for.” The physiclan was mollified by ale to bring out his maps and glvel him the details of some fine bargains he had to offer. Doctor Burton-Jones became great- ly interested in a Harlem apartment | house, and declared he would look | into the proposition and let Mr. Good- ale know his decision within a few days. The real estate man was shaking hands effusively with his prospective | customer, when Buddenly the latter | exclaimed excitedly: “Dear me, man! Are you 117" “III! Who? Me? No. Why?" gasped ' the other in surprise. “Your face, my dear sir. It is as| white as chalk. It is positively ghast- | ly. It turned that way all of a sud- | den. Have you ever had any trouble | with your heart, Mr, Goodale?” “N—no,” stammered the real estate man, now greatly frightened. “Good heavens, doctor, do you suspect that there {s anything serious the matter , with me?” For reply, the physician suddenly | took a stethoscope from his pocket and placed it against the other’s chest, | “Ah," he exclaimed with a \eryr grave face. "It is as I suspect. Your | heart is in bad shape. You ought to be very careful of yourself, Mr. Good ! ale.” Then he departed leaving a badly scared man behind him. “My heart in bad shape!" sighed the real estate man. “And I never ~even suspected it. I suppose I'm lia- ble to drop dead any time. And I'm | not insured, either. Good heavens, | what's to become of my family?” The door of his office opened slow- ly, and Sammy Watkins entered. “Excuse me, Mr. Goodale; but I was passing by, and I thought I'd drop | in again and see whether you might not have changed your mind about that policy.” “Yes,” cried Goodale eagerly. "I I'll take a $20,000 policy with your company if they'll have me.” “Fine!” said Sammy complacently. “Sign this applicaticn blank, sir, and I'll have our company physician call to examine you right away.” Mr. Goodale greatly teared that the (‘Umpm]}‘i doctor would turn down ' " his application because of his weak heart; but, greatly to his surprise and | Joy, he was passed as a first-class risk | and the $20,000 pollcy delivered to ' him, “Guess that Doctor Burton-Jones was mistaken about my heart,” he sald to himself. “I'll tell him so when It only goes to show how little these doctors really know."” While he was thus reflecting Sam- | my Watkins was remarking to a bosom | friend: “It's really wonderful what | difference a false beard and a change of hats can make in a fellow's ' appearance, “You see this beard here,” produc- ing a mass of hair from his overcoat ' pocket, “Well it ecarned me a big commission mdu) I expect to use it One has ' to be up to date in the life insurance | gumu nowadays." WHAT HAPPENED TO JIMMIE? Readers May Have One Guess If, After Mr. Wimble Left, He Was Kissed Or— Wimble, “Mr. may 1 look at your wateh? said little Jimmie “Certainly, little man,” said Mr. W.! smiling at Jimmy's grown- mustn't worry Mr. Wimble, said Phyllis the elder in a maidenly voice. “And Jimmie, mother said you were to go to bed at eight o'clock. Come along now." Jimmie settled his angel face into a grizzle, “Come, now, don't ery in front of Mr. Wimble,” said sister soothingly. “Sha'n't!” burst out the youngster. | Want to see old Wimble and you play cards.” “I'm shocked at you speaking of Mr. Wimble in that manner,” gravely broke in Phyllis. “And we're not go- ing to play cards.” | “Oh, yes, you are,” bawled out Jim- | mie, struggling from his sister's grasp, ‘'cos 1 heard ma tell you everything depended on the way you played your cards tonight.” “You dear,” sweet, Temperature Breaks Thermometer. A temperature which amazed the doctors and broke the thermometer is recorded in the case of a girl patient in one of the city hospitals of Kiev, Russia. She is suffering from typhus fever, and her case attracted special attention when a temperature of 112 degrees Fahrenheit was recorded, bursting the therometer. In the pres- ence of a number of professors and students her temperature was taken with a special instrument, which showed 122 degrees, later rising to 131 degrees vouched for by emi- nent profe According to all previous experience life at such a tem- perature is unknown, even impossible. ' ness of her eyes. cords with any natural shade of hair— | | able contrast. « POPULAR “RUST” RED COLOR MUCH THE DEBUTANTE. | Chief Points Are That It Accords With Any Natural Shade of Hair and Goes With Almost Any Costume. “Rust,” newest of reds, is the favor- | ite shade in hats for the debutante, as ' it brings out the peachy tints of her complexion and enhances the bright- Moreover, * even with the Titian tone—and goes with almost any costume. orders her rust velvet toque in one of the releve brim shapes, which only an expert milliner can cover smoothly and make look “right” and which are most chic when decorated solely with | a single feathery aigrette in matching | shade. But unfortunately, plenty of pretty girls—some of the very sweet- est of the sex to be introduced this | season—have to economize and these, | avoiding the difficult toque, will make | their rust velvet hats in the Deslys shape having a crown of velvet, which | puffs widely above a bowl-shaped brim | which, to be really smart, should be | banded with rust-dyed fox, but which may have a pelt band of any other color, providing that the hair iz long, " An almost smooth fur does not make , a becoming brim band. Equally easy for the “bud” to make for herself is | the Tam-o'Shanter, wholly of rust vel- | vet, having a flat round crown drawn into a straight band. These stop just | short of being rakish and are wonder- | fully swagger on a petite girl, who' carries herself jauntily, Then there is the Niniche, a phase of the sundown shape, which is mere- ly a circular flat crown—smoothly cov- ered with velvet—mounted on a head- band or “halo.” The shovel or de- pressed effect is obtained by forcing the sides against the ears by means of ribbon streamers that cross the top of the crown and tie at the nape of the neck or narrow into a bridle ‘ that hooks under the chin. The debutante who must make her own rust red hat, may have something very smart indeed and, what is most essential, something very becoming, if | she will remember not to attempt to copy any shape with a stiff brim or very sharply defined lines, and to avoid trimmings. If she uses a band of fur on the brim, she should omit ! the aigrette or the feather fantasie; and if she has a strapped bow, other garnishing is superfluous, BEST BAG IS OF GREEN LINEN Value Lies in the Fact That It May Be Worn With Gown of Almost Any Shade. Always in summer we have a re: vival of those cool-looking handbags ' that go so well with summer frocks. Sometimes the bags are white, some- tImes of natural linen and occasional- "1y of another color. ‘The prettiest of these other colors is green. A green linen bag worked in self-tones is suit- able for carrying with gowns of white, green or other colors. Try to get linen of a dull and not a vivid green and a shade that is neither very dark nor very light. An outline stitch ot | some kind or a solid satin stitch is best for the embroidered handbag. With white linen, eyelets can be used, but if a green or other dark linen is used, the contents show through the eyelets and form rather an objection- French knots soil so easily on account of being so promi- nent and, besides, have a tendency to catch on things and pull out. Kither a green silk cord or a mercerized cot- ton wash cord can be used for the i drawing string or the handle, depend- ! Ing, of course, upon the kind of hand- | ! bag you make BAG FOR AFTERNOON Combining black and champagne brocade moire with amethyst clasp. i Waists and More Waists. Georgette crepe is one of the most popnlar materials for blouses thj son, and justly so, for it gives t sheer appearance of chi¥on, an d yet tubs beautifully and wears splendidly. —From Vogue. IN FAVOR WITH rust” ac- | Of course | the “bud,” who need not consider cost, | - ANIG. 18, 1914, ( Children’s White Shoes. When buying white shoes for little | made of white cowhide leather rather than those of kid. The former are e 1\. ily cleaned by simply \\iping»u'l with A:L'dump cloth and a little wh ‘ and require no other dressing. If [ wi iped off after each wearing, they can be kept clean and white with very lit- tle trouble, and they wear better than the kid, and are no higher in price. ' This is a hint from a reliable shoe dealer. soap, To Keep Veils Fresh. | Wind the veil tightly and evenly around a rolling pin which has first been covered very lightly with flannel | and then with a piece of stifly | starched linen. Utilizing Linen, | lhé goods away from under. NOTICE OF FORECLO:LRE SALE ‘ Notice is here aiven that un- der and by virtue of a final decr of foreclosure of mortgage mad and | ientered by the judge of the cire court of the Tenth Judicial circuilt, sitting in chan and tor Polk tpounty, Florida, on the 29th day of June, A, D. 1914, in a cause pend- ing in said court ¢ M. G. Waring andes Wi @G Bdwardsl vel HY SA Shadinger, the undersiened A. X. Erickson, as special master in chan-| appointed for the purpose in will sell at public cery, said cause, out- cry for cash, to the highest and best | bidder, at the front door of the county court house at Bartow, said ‘.;’ :('Ullllf‘\ of Polk, between eleven a. |g m. and two p. m. on Monday, the I7th day of September, A. D. 1014, |the same being a legal saleg day, the [following described real estate, to-|% ‘\\'it: K3 Beginning at the northeast corner rél of the southwest quarter of the|g isouthwest quarter of section twenty nine (29), township twenty-eizht| (28) south. range twenty-four (24) ! east, thence running west seven and one-half (7 1-2) chains to a stake; thence south thirteen and fourteen one-hundredths (13.14) chains to a stake; thence east seven and one- half (7 1-2) chains to a stake; thence north thirteen and fourteen one- 14) chains to the containing ten located in hundredths (13. point of beginning, (10) acres more or Polk county, Florida Said land being sold as the erty of H. A, Shadinger less, prop- to satist) the said decree, Dated August the 2rd, 1914, A. X. ERICKSON, 2951 Special Master, .+ Guess Who's © Coming????? Why not get |cement man to put in your walk? Why not get vour brick and bl { them, prices are riz ht, g0 are the goods. FLORIDA NATIGNAL VAULT CL. . H. B. 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