Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, August 13, 1914, Page 6

PAGE SIX HAWKINS' BIG SCOOP By GEORGE ELMER COBB. “Well, Hawkins, what new mare's nest have you discovered now?” The little fellow addressed was too good natured to notice the slur. He was still ingenuous and modest, how- ever, and he flushed deprecatingly. “I know I'm a sad blunderer,’” he con- fessed desperately, “but I'm going to keep on t 18. I'll break in some way yet and pay you for all your patience and indulgence, See here, I think I've discovered something.” “Name {t." “A clue.” “To 'what?” “The M case.” The scene was in the editorial room of the Duily Lagle and besides the edi- tor two frowsy cubs and the oldest reporter on the staff were present and ‘overheard. All three grinned and chuckled Hawkins had been “on their nerves” for nearly a month., He was a bright, breezy young fellow, just out of col- lege and b with thre journalistic ambition. He 1 red his services on trial with the Ilagle and had fallen down badly His first break was to discover a man climbing down a fire escape after dropping a canvas sack. Immediately he fancied the discovery of a burglar with his kit. Yeliing for the police, » had put down the street with the tchel. To his surprise the burglar had followed him straightway, When both were cornered by the police, the indignant “yeggman” proved to be an honest roofer and a rival paper gave the episode a full column, much to the chagrin of the Eagle. His next grand move was to fall into a trap set by michievous politi- cians, who arranged so that he got an interview from the wrong candidate, ey “Well, What of 1t?"” Growled the EdI. tor Dublously. It was no marvel, therefore, that, Editor Ward regarded his visitor with | some frritability and little confidence, | He pricked up his ears, however, at ' the mention of the Markley case. The papers had been full of it. Miss Evelyn Markley, heiress to a fortune, | Yias disappeared mysteriously from the | nome of her guardian, Mr. Nelson | Page. The latter was distracted, her friends alarmed, the publie startled. | A week had gone by and no trace of ! the missing heiress had been discov- | ered, Hawkins and to his spoke in tones low ho remarked confidential chief; Y as bound to make a hit. I've been hanging around the Page home | for three Bribed a servant, gneaked in and got hold of a letter written by Miss Markley's closest ' friend Well, what of 1t?" growled the edi tor dublously. “It's told me lots.” “How much, for instance?” “Well, that Miss Markley was being persecuted by a pet relative of her guardian who wanted to marry her, In fact the letter is an invitation to fly to the arms of her obscure friend and defy society and the hard-hearted guardian.” “Got the letter?” “I have and I shan't show it to you or anybody else until I have found the missing girl” The editor reflected. It would be & big scoop to run down the vanished helress. “All right, I'll try you once more,” he sald finally. “Draw two weeks' ex- pense money and don't ever show your face around here again unless you bring in results.” Hawkins ed proudly past his jeering jou tic associates. His face was bright, his heart hopetul. The letter he had discoverel was from & Miss Mary Douglas, Ferndale. Haw- kins bought a ticket for that obscure town. It was to meet with a declded disappointment at the end of his jour Migs Douglas, he was advised, had received a call to another school, 200 miles away. She had departed thither armed with a fine recommendation ool !from the district school trustees ex- actly a week previous. The name of her new post of duty was Fairville. Hawkins picked up a plece of addl- | | on magically ger, had visited the school teacher at ‘HOSTESS CAN PLEASE GUESTS} Proper Manners—Some Bibs That | tional information that spurred him A young lady, a stran- Ferndale the day she left for her new ' school charge. In fact they had gone away together. “Miss Markley,” decided Hawkins promptly. “I'm on the right trail.” But when he arrived at Fairville he , found himself mistaken. las had arrived there a week previous, had delivered her credentials and was teaching at a little corner schoolhouse four miles from town. She had come to Fairville alone. Every morning the Miss Doug- | hired man of the house where she boarded drove her to her post of duty and every afternoon back home. “Well, my only play is to get ac- quainted with the school teacher,” de- cided Hawkins, “watch her and try to find out where the heiress has gone.” Pursuant to this plan Hawkins strolled down towards the little red schoolhouse the following day. About two miles progressed, he was merged into an incident of unusual excitement. A buggy came tearing down the road. The driver, a man, was thrown out as the animal attached to it swung around a sharp curve in the highway. The other occupant, a young lady, , shrank back in the seat, terrified and | helpless. | | bined Hawkins did his duty. At some risk he halted the runaway. Of course he was thanked, and of course this led to Just what he hoped—a close acquain- tance with the grateful attractive “school marm.” In the course of a few days the cub reporter made a momentous discov- .ery. He was in love. Every evening ‘he was with his charming new ac- quaintance and her eyes brightened at his coming. Love seemed to daunt his journalistic ardor. He cared little now whether-he ever discovered the missing heiress or not. His manliness, however, made him wince when he analyzed his former motives in trac- | ing down Mise Douglas. Hawkins looked pretty gerfous one‘evening as he said to her: “Miss Douglas, T have a confession | to make. I have learned to love you. (And T am a cad—that’s right, and 1 | deserve no conslderation from you. I ~came here to wilfully sneak into your ! confidence, to lure you to betray a ' | dear friend. 1 deserve to be punished, ' | and I suppose when you hear what a tvillain T was you will tell me to go. All right, I'll be a man and confess the ; truth,” and he blurted out his story. Miss Douglas regarded him witn startled, wonder-filled eyes. They did not lose their softness, however. The poor ingenuous fellow was so earnest, | 80 pathetic, so contrite. “And you really care for me—a poor | homeless schoolteacher?” she mur- mured. “I ghall never love anybody else,” declared Hawkins. “Say you forgive | me! Say that after I am gone away you won't quite think me the wretched | sneak I have been.” i “Why go away?” asked Mary nalve- ly. “Why, you never asked me & word about Miss Markley.” ( “No, I was too ashamed to think of such a thing."” “I certainly forgive you,” sald Mary with a fond smile. “Now for my con- fesslon: I am not Mary Douglas, but Evelyn Markley.” | Hawkins was thunderstruck. He listened like one in a dream as the young lady told how her tired out friend had been sent by her on a pleas- ure journey, how she herself had | eought a quiet humble life, where she could be with nature and real friends. There was a quiet marriage. Haw- ' kins did not write up the finding of he missing heiress. He simply sent to the Eagle the wedding cards and a fellow-reporter made a full column of the mystery that had turned out to be a first-class romance. (Copyright, 194, by W. G, Chapman,) D!CTATEé OF FAéHION Patent leather outing hats is used to trim felt Some o 10 new cloth capes have { brocade littln vests Golfine is one of the most practical of for sports clothes materials summer raw hats tor little girls with bright Reige st trimmed plumes The fashionable Paris white peaceck feathers, tortoise shell A new veil is caught into a velvet are colored tiny fan is of mounted on neckband decorated with rhinestone or cut steel A charming sleeve is simply a square of tulle fastened into the arm- hole and falling, like a wing, as far as the belt. Mammoth poppies and pansies share favor with great flowers and leaves, with, perhaps, here ion of a black age decoration. | } of ble pouies and there just a sust leaf introduced for cors Serviceable Coat. smart and serviceable dust | »ptionally heavy ribbed leeves and shoulders cut Wrapping over to the with large white pearl buttons. Another at ot very light weigl ith coat is of tussore, the s 1. Tulle Tie With Beads. One of the new 11 blouses is made with a flaring orgs collar under which is drawn a tie of black tulle—a fold of the black tulle half an inch wide. The tie ends in a tassel of col- ored beads, which give just the desir able dash of brightness to the blouse. , prizes {f games are played. | hot or iced, and sake, a Japanese drink { made from rice. "well. THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., AUG. 13, 1914 ——— NOVELTY FOR SUMMER | WITH JAPANESE LAWN PARTY. | Easy to Give Proper “Color” to Such an Entertainment — Decorations Probébly Most Effective in the Evening. In planning a lawn party for these midsummer days, the hostess turns naturally to the Land of the Flow- ering Almond for suggestions. If she eims at novelty the whole affair is given a Japanese aspect throughout, | even to the costumes of those pres- ent. What could be more appropri- | ate for hot weather wear than the “comfy” flowering kimonos of silk or crepe that the little yellow people ! wear so effectively? Of course, the ! men might raise something of a fuss, ' for there is nothing the masculine hates more fervently than “dressing | up,” but perhaps even mere man | would prove amenable to persuasion | if the party were held under the pro- tecting shades of evening, For the Japanese lawn party the piazza generally provides a basis for the decorative scheme. Japanese mat- ting covers the floor and an arrange ment of Japanese umbrellas com-! with American and Japanese flags, in paper, ornaments the ceiling. For the rest the whole porch may be turned into a grove of cherry blos- soms and wisteria. It the porch be too small to ad- mit of much decoration, the flower ! sprays may be hung from the trees and shrubs in the garden, or a tem- porary arbor may be erccted and the scheme carried out in that. | Butterflies and moths of all sizes and descriptions, which can be manu- factured at home out of colored pa- per, wire and cotton batting may be suspended on silken threads from the trees ‘or poised lightly by means of fine wire on the floral sprays. Theso' winged creatures give a very pretty effect as they sway to and fro in the' breeze. Then, to add brilliancy to the scene, | Japanese lanterns, large and small, | must be hung wherever there is a| hanging space. The newest of these to American eyes are the grotesque! fish lanterns, made to represent the Japanese fish god. The lanterns, of course, are lighted only in the eve- ning, but they present a striking ef- fect even under daylight, especially | . when interspersed with big peonies | made of white or crimson crepe paper. It is a pretty custom to present each guest on arriving with a Japanese fan —or at an afternoon party with both fan and umbrella. Also there are num- | berless curios eosting anywhere from five to fifty cents apiece, which may be given away as souvenirs or as| Dwart | Japanese plants, growing in little Jnr-; dinieres of glazed ware, are also very | desirable for either purpose. [ Refreshments shoula be served from | Japanese trays, with Japanese paper doilies and napkins. The correct | | viands are wafers and sweetmeats of |, various kinds, with Japan tea, either Waistcoat and Girdle. The waistcoat shown at the top of the accompanying sketeh is also a gir- dle and is only of n little accessories which These are made of silk, r and, in fact, which fancy one iy of these tremely mannish in finish, some even dictates. Yy are ex- showing the vest buckl the back. The lower of the popular enameled leather. This same design is shown also in moire effect. ip at ind st Tullp Yellow Is New. | Tulip yellow is a new color that seems to fit the summer picture very Another yellow shade much in favor is primrose, which is so delicate that it may be worn by women with lght hair and blue eyes—a type to which most yellows are forbidden Exceedingly dainty is a dancing frock of primrose-colored pussy willow taf feta, trimmed with garlands of little blue and lavender roses | having a wide girdle of lavender ribbon T.‘ml pretty frock is matched by gloves nti primrose-tinted silk, with wrist broideries. em- In Place of a Pocket, | | | | | | ved sle * no pocket it is to find handkerchief, I WOrn Wnc the al convenient place under which to tuck a handkerchief. A narrow rubber arm- let covered with ribbon to match the color of a dress makes a dainty con- trivance for the same purpose, L D lace rr) n rubber sleeves co ( wth is | is alwavs a good place in a worn out ! | ened about the neck of the child, but/ ¢ LITTLE ONES AT THE TABLE | Never Too Early to Teach Them RuB-MY-TISi |3 V1M S0y Will cure your Rheumuiicm™ 0 Neuralgia, Headaches, Cramps Will Please Them. ’ VULCA | — : ; 2 ; 1ng o <olic Sprains, Bruises, Cx;rs and if g lN ugénlrr;)blxhsyt Ill‘ltl f(afitmwll;flfs they | 3tc. Antiseptic Ano;?yml'), us 1518 Al Work Guiang as yaby s mother., - ‘ g : Tt : ) i i erne xternally. Price 25¢. | & are in outline and sometimes in cross- ernally and exter y . PETE BIEWL ;. Mg ™ stitch; rarely are they in a stitch more \ elaborate. They are worked in diff‘ar-: ent colors, sometimes two colors be- | ing on one bib. Old damask towels | make the nicest kind of bibs. There! ; towel, and a bib can be made of it in | no time: and a little design in the ! form of a dog, horse, etc, or a Dur-; g sery-rhyme scene can be embroidered [ on it almost before you can count len.‘ These bibs are just as much fun for_;; baby as a picture book, if they arel‘ i made properly. & Dibs are excellent and p{‘Tl’f‘CllY‘ 5 proper things for young children; but ' 3 do not make the mistake of forcing a! y child to wear a bib when it is uld: enough to learn the use of a n:»pkiu.l For a time the napkin may be fast-| & For Puddings, Ice Cre; as soon as ble he uld be] taught that cultured people \ fas- ) h J ll : ten their napkins M‘r their co uri" ) un ae~ unc ) e y a dresses, but allow them to lie across | the knees. [ Teach the children, too, I‘.j-}fl‘ to| % Lol Sl Sh Pk crumple their napkins. , aft-| & Ces. % ° . er being used, should be almost as im- waculate as before it is unfolded, with the exception that the folds are loose while and after using. It is never too | young to learn table manners. TO PRESERVE GOOD LOCKS e Cra Some Beauty Don'ts That Should Be Committed to Memory, and Never Forgotten. Don’t forget that glycerin and rose- water are excellent for keeping the W. P. Pillans & ¢ skin of the hands smooth and soft. & Don't breathe through the mouth, :”, and don't form the habit of keeping :fi vour mouth wide open. Not only your| & health, but your looks will suffer if | @ Pure Food Store Phone 93 you do. @ Don't eat between meals. Don’t go out in the sun without a parasol if your skin frecklés, and al- ways wear a broad-brimmed hat, Don't neglect to brush your teeth T e T N S i 5 BEBPPEEREEBOEEDEEHPEBPPPIO BEFEEPRODEIBGRPPE I > W. K Jackson W. K. ¥ night and morning, and to brush yuur\' !' gums also, & ON M RAE Don't worry, Don't smile supercil-| 2 JACKS & C iously and say. “That is easy to say, h but how about doing it?” If you mean| £ REAL ESTATE do I worry, 1 can answer with em- ] phasis: “I do not, never did and never | . gt H will!” Worry never does anything| l_arge I_Istlng "Always Some Bargam more useful than make wrinkles, It's i, a lot harder to do than work. It has | @ ggedduiudindnfgdnd i @B oS Od SRS b Sd i SR dddgd o4 nothing in common with beauty, either of face or of mind. Eat simple foods, fruits, salads and vegetables, meat not more than once a day, and heavy rich gravies and pas- trles not at all. Forget to nibble can- dy.—Pittsburgh Dispatch, P T TR E T T R L o Y L e T LA ¥ YOU ARE THINKING OF BUILDING, SE MARSHALE. & SANDER! 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