Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, December 17, 1914, Page 2

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Main St. | | | THE EVENING TALEGRAM, LAK ELAND, FLA., DEC. 17, CUPID ON SKATES By CECIL GRAHAM. yndicate.) The Cedar river was in prime con- dition for skating, and the young peo- ple for miles around were tak- ing advantage of good ice and moonlight to enjoy the merry’ winter sport. The river above the dam was like a sheet of glass, and it sparkled like an inlaid floor of dia- monds. Keeping abreast of the times, the couples were skating the one-step, the hesitation, the fox trot and many other trots they had learned to step oft on the dancing floor. Barbara Hamilton had been invited to join s skating party, and she had accepted the invitation with alacrity, for if there was one thing she had always done well it was to skate. She stood alone near the ban® of the river watching the members of her party do all sorts of dance steps she had never I even heard of either on the ice or off. | She had tried to skate with one or two of -.the young men, but when they found her starting off in the good old- fashioned gliding motion they were surprised and made apologies and ex- cuses, and did not ask her again. “Oh, Barbara,” cried her hostess, stopping in the midst of an lntricatel one-step variation, “don’t you skate?” Barbara forced a laugh. “I have skated all my life, but TI've never | danced on the ice,” she said. | “I'm sorry—so sorry. I never thought to ask you,” young Mrs. Holt said. | “Perhaps Miss Hamilton would be. one of the judges in the competition,” | suggested the pleasant-faced young man with Mrs. Holt. ; “Oh, would you, Barbara?’ Mrs. Holt asked, quickly. | “It 1 could, gladly,” Barbara replied. ' “George Mason is to be one,” the young man went on. “May I present him?” 3 Barbara was left with Mrs. Holt | while the young man skated off in' search of his friend, the judge of the contest. He soon returned with a quiet-looking man in brown skating costume. George Mason was duly presented and Mrs. Holt and her parte ner skated off in another whirl of steps. “I'm afraid I'm a pretty poor selec- tlon for judge,” said Mason, looking down into Barbara’'s face. “I abom- inate all this razzle-dazzle on skates.” Barbara gave him such a grateful look that he stepped back in mock fear. “You do?” she cried, laughing. “I do,” he nodded. ‘‘Shall we skate as we please and defy convention?” he asked. For answer Barbara turned and crossed her arms, giving him her right hand in his right under her left arm and they swayed away together. As they skated against the cold, ! sharp wind, getting nearer and nearer the strains of music, their conversa- tion grew less animated. It was enough that they were together in this glorious crisp air on so perfect a night, and neither one seemed to find it necessary to speak. They were pounced upon veritably | by Mrs. Holt and her partner when they skated into the little group near the bank. “Where were you?” Mrs. Holt asked. “Wp‘ve looked everywhere, George,” ; added the young man, who was still Mrs. Holt's partner. “Too bad,” Mason said, “but Miss Hamilton and I have been taking a bracer, an old-fashioned turn up the river and back. Where do we stand?” “Over by the musicians,” Mrs. Holt remarked. “And do your best—it's so exciting,” she gushed. “We will,” Barbara returned, skat- ing off beside George Mason. “I guess ! we can tell grace when we see it,any- way—even if we are antiques,” she laughed. “I can—I've already given the prize in my own mind,” the man laughed. “That’s not fair,” Barbara replied, though she knew well what he meant. After that they gave their attention to the figures and elected the couples ‘ | | (Ccpyright, 1914, bg the McClure Newspa-~ per who seemed most deserving of the trophies. Mrs. Holt and her young partner were not among the prize win- ners, for both Barbara and her col- league decided that their steps were too exaggerated for grace. “And yet I'd like to give them a | prize,” Mason said. | “Why?” asked Barbara. | “Because they introduced me to you,” he said, shamelessly. | “O—h!" Barbara said, comprehen. - sively. The trophies were presented at the little supper party at the home of Mrs. Holt, and at it Barbara and George Mason sat side by side and talked to no one but each other and thought of | no one but each other. All of which | was not very polite, but all is fair in some phases of life, and this was one | of the phases—it was love. ! Explanation. “What gained Miss Mayme the rep- l utation of being a brilliant talker> ! “I suppose it was all the gold she's got in her front teeth.” A Human Comfort. “What rellef these Red Cross ez peditions will bring tq the woundea!” | “Yes, with all the prétty nurses they are taking out.” | i S Woaas. e 1914, GETTING RESULTS By CLARA WEBER. After the dinner dishes were done | . Chumly came into the living fi:n snd snyt down at the other side of the table. Chumly was deep in vening paper. t'hgl"el'ed," s8h: bl:agan tentatively, “your cousin Will 1s going to be married, and you'll have to have a new suit. I want you to look nice.” Chumly was surprised, and much in- terested im his cousin, but he knew the signs well enough to be cautlou?. “Why, that’s a little bit sudden, isn't 1t? He was here to dinner with your own cousin Susie not more than three weeks ngo and he didn't say anything about it, at least not to me.” “Maybe he didn’t know it hlnflelt then,” returned Mrs. Chumly, “and anyway men are not especially given to noticing things. And such news is usually supposed to be a surprise, even when it isn’t. Your best suit 18 really getting too shabby to wear to any place at all. You’'ll just have to stop at the tailor's and put in a rush order. The wedding is to take place Just a week from next Wednesday.” Chumly snorted. “Gosh! that is in a hurry. Il venture the women is back of it—probably afraid he'll get away.” Mrs. Chumly flushed und seemed about to make a tart rejoinder, then evidently thought better of it and held her peace as Chumly continued: “You know very well that I have to make a big interest payment on the house this month, and my insurance policy “That's Always the Way.” s due for a premium payment week after next, and we've either got to have two new rear tires for the car or quit going out, and I for one can't afford any new clothes.” Mrs. Chumly assumed an injured alr. “Now, Fred,” she demurred, sweetly, “you know just as well as I do, that you simply can’t go in that old suit. They’d talk about it for the next fifty years. You just must get a new one!” “That's always the way,” snapped Chumly glowering, “eternally after me to spend money. Do you think I'm made of it? Not more than a month ago you were hinting for a new dress, too. Well, I'll give in this once. I'll 80 and get the suit, but we'll have to scrimp to make up for it, I tell you.” “Oh, I'm so glad!” chirped Mrs. Chumly, running around the table to kiss her husband. “You're such an old dear, even if you do get a little bearish sometimes.” Chumly grinned and looked foolish; he was afrald of his wife when she acted thus. “I hope I can get some- thing that will go nicely with your gray silk,” he sald, returning to what he meant to be the main point. “But, Fred, my dear,” objected Mrs. Chumly firmly, “I simply can't wear that gray silk. I can't do it at all— it’s too old and too well known.” “It looks very well,” explained Chumly half hopelessly, “and, as I sald before, not one of my people have ever seen you with it on.” “But cousin Susan—" began Mrs. Chumly tragically. “Cousin Susan!" he answered crinly. ! We know East. men and Children. We have an “What in the name of common Sense has she got to do with 1t?” “Why, she was with me when I picked it out, and she’s the one your cousin is going to marry.” Chumly was stricken dumb for an fnstant. “I might have known it,” he grumbled. “I'll bet a dollar and & half you fixed up that wedding just 80 you might have a good excuse for demanding that very dress you asked fér a month ago.” “Fred Chumly, you know very well I had nothing to do with those young people’s getting engaged,” retorted Mrs. Chumly. “And, anyway, if your cousin Will proves to be just one-half as good a husband as some other members of his family I could men- tion, Susan ought to be thankful to me all the days of her life.” “Maybe you're right, after all,” agreed Chumly, looking foolish again. “Go ahead and get your dress. But for heaven's sake be as light on the price as you possibly can.” “Oh, it didn’t cost much,” cooed Mrs. Chumly happily, leaning over to kiss her victim on the bald spot, “and you're such a darling. I knew you wouldn’t care, so I got Susan to go with me last week and pick out the dress for the occasion.”—Chicago Daily News. Contrary. “That 1s an impudent boy, isn’t he?” “Yes; always coming forward with back talk.” ALL WEARING VELVET MATERIAL HAS A REALLY AMAZ- ING VOGUE. Day and Evening Gowns, in All Shades of This Splendid-Looking, Rich Material, Are Seen on Every " Occaslon, It is amazing how many velvet gowns are being made; and they are not confined to the day hours. Some of the smartest women in New York are wearing night-blue velvet evening gowns with tops of tulle. The mate- rial reaches by several inches farther up on the figure than it has done for years. As far as the evening gowns are concerned, Worth was really re- sponsible for the fashion. He showed Some wonderful ones in London in the beginning of September which were brought to America. and exhibited |It s finished with a st [Wefwauc you ¢ Come to our Sty most complete and gant selection of attractjy chandise in our line Sy, large metropolitan stores ¢, Our selection is just as complete 34 & values just as attractive. 134 [ - 3 “Diamonds s And other Jewels, mounted and unmoyy e ed. Gold and Platinum Jewelry, in ¢ conceivable and artistic shape. Clocks, Cut Glass, Hand Painted (p, and hundreds of novelties for Men, \y elegantly appointed Ree Room for visiting lady shoppers, every , tention for their comfort and convenien oSk TOCINTH JOMELEY (13 ! down, as they often run ! that we have 8 most € mg G R N \\'atche among the tir ions. The feeling for g quite important ang it known outside of & finds the shops amount of this mate single and double any kind of harnmo bodice or below the is a fashion distinetly ¢ Worth models. There: cided return to that & dress which Worth cated and which can bes by the word ladylike Everywhere one tur;: vet to be seen. It iso one-piece frocks under coat suits cuffed and ¢ immense bands of fur; & chairs in glowing red, with the light shining dinner parties in white straps of crystals; in in sapphire blue vith g ments of black and sy lunchons in Saxe blue v skunk. It is not easy to eyl There was no fo it in the French sty gust, which goes to like to dress as our n for the day that a few One indulged in velvet gowps,t lowed suit. Fashion and Hyge In the early days of: movement the very wor was considered—and not son—as a synonym !arl ¥ ness. But the principle % the early disciples of “ beauty was right and D& having discovered this - 3N plaits running across, elty, and therefore will the object of a good dev the silk. 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