Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, January 12, 1915, Page 3

ART AND LOVE By FRANK FILSON, “A great style, a wonderfy] execu- tion,” said old Herr Jaeger, as Doro- Ransome finished her first public pianoforte recital. “But she has not the true interpretation.” “That can be acquired”” pleaded John Ransome of the famous pianist, whom he had induced to come to | ton especially to hear his daughter. Herr Jaeger shrugged his shoulders, “Who knows?” he asked. “Interpre. ation is the spiritual perception of he musical values. Sometimes that omes—sOmetimes it never comes." “But Dorothy is so young. She is pnly twenty,” pleaded John Ransome, “Age makes mno difference,” an- wered Herr Jaeger, shrugging his ex- pressive shoulders once again. John Ransome was the big man of rossways, Mass. He was a self. made man and occupied a magnificent mansion in the somewhat squalid lit- le manufacturing town. He had not orgotten his old friends when riches ame to him. The Richard: and the | Ransomes were always good friends, ven after Richards failed in business ' nd was reduced to very modest neans. His son Tom, and Dorothy had been the best of friends, and f late, sweethearts. That was where John Ransome set | his foot down. ! “I do not want you to marry Tom ' Richards,” he said to Dorothy. Ang, Indulgent though he was, to the point f excess, toward each of his daugh- er's inclinations, on this point he vas adamantine. That was a couple of months be- ore, when Dorothy and he were on eir way back to America. She had st completed her education at the onservatoire of Paris, and had won very medal for which she was elig- ble. Now failure and not success had rowned John Ransome's efforts, And Pporothy knew. There had always een complete frankness between fa- her and daughter. John told her, Ind noted, with something of bitter- | ess, that Dorothy did not seem to | re. “It seems useless to go on,” he said. | have no wish to see you famous as | second-rate pianist. There is no ! ed for you to earn your bread. I D not care if you never touch the anoforte again.” Dorothy came behind his chair and it her arms about his neck. “Fag' er,” she whispered, “now will you pnsent to my thinking of Tom.” | John Ransome sighed. He knew, at the young man had been wretch- ! since Dorothy told him, with tears, ! pt firmly, that he could not come to e house for the present. She had, pt left him without hope, but to' uth five years seems an endless riod. “Yes, my dear,” sald her father, cing himself to meet the situation | infully. } [He was more than repaid during ' e following weeks by seeing the old ht of gladness creep into his daugh- B "s eyes. And her cheeks were red, | d her alr gay. Tom was certainly very fortunate young man. ! ne day Ransome was surprised | a visit from his old acquaintance, | rr Jaeger. In fact the old man had de a trip of a hundred miles to P him. After dinner he explained P purpose of his visit. i "Once, many years ago,” he said, “I de a harsh judgment and s;mile(l; promising career. Since then, when- | T I give an opinion, I think abnut‘ Jos- gifted fterward. I do not want my mis- e to be repeated. Perhaps I was | ling out of sorts on the night when heard Miss Dorothy play. I have ne to ask her to play again, so that | hay perhaps revise my judgment.” Porothy went {indifferently over to | piano, selected the piece which ' il been the chief item at her con-: , the “Hungarian Rhapsody” of, zt, and began to play. . hen she had finished Herr Jaeger standing at her side, as if spell-; nd. | My dear, I made a mistake,” he| . “You are a genius. Your in-| pretation of the master is as won- | ful as your technique. But you | not play like that at the concert.” | e door opened and the butler | ounced Tom Richards. And Doro- | forgetful of the visitor, ran to t him and was clasped in his | 3. | was quite a minute later when | found herself standing in confu- | before Herr Jaeger. The old | s mouth was smiling, but his were moist. | Ir. Ransome, that is what I re ed to when I said that the gift ht come,” he said. “Love Is the | e interpreter not only of music, | of every art; for art itself is noth- but the upwelling of «ll that is est and most self-forgetful into in- retation by the brain and hand €ar and eye. Your daughter will me the greatest pianist in Eu- n Ransome shook his head sad- He knew that it was now too to change Dorothy's plans T! Jaeger put on his hat. Ereat genius is lost to the world, Ransome,” he said. “But for my I would not have it otherwise. -by.” Pyright, 1914, by W. G. Chapman.) His “Fortune” a Flatiron. 0 worn-out shoes and a flatiron all that Arayone Giovonni of found in a tin deposit box he opened it at Portland, Ore., withdrawing it from a bank he had deposited it under the fon that it contained $3,000 of D money and $6,000 belonging to fnown man who had won his con- onni, the police say, was the of an old bunko game whereby | containing the victim's money is It for another. The $3.000 Giovonnt's lifelong sav- ) | underskirt is visi THE EVEN S Prove very useful to the woman iuclined to practice economy in dress- The liking for long tunics of on (or other diaphanous mate- rals) over unde and the vogue of long fon over undersleeves of net or la make it €asy to remodel an out-of-date gown | of silk or satin. The overd ery is | of the same color, but not always of exactly the same shade, as the silk underdress, Tunics are so long that little of the ble belew them. They are cut to flare and ripple at the bot- tom, and in nine out of ten gowns are finished with a border of some kind, narrow baud of fur. 's velvet and cloth dresses | ht up to date Ly shortening | the skirts to tunic length. By cutting | off a quarter of a 1 re arcund”! the bottom the skirt becomes a tunic | to be worn over an underskirt, faced | up with satin to match the tunic in ' color. A straight skirt of catabric or | percaline is cut tlie required length, ' d the facing applicd to it is of ample width to be lost under the tunie. | rial cut a from * tunic a \\ilh‘: A, Long wrin- | . like that used | the skirt to fc girdle n kled sle | chiffon or net ruffles. | the seams. for facing the underskirt, or chiffon sleeves matching the dress in color, { mine developed sort of occult power. | effectively change the appearance of the bodice. The introduction of many buttons, along with other military modes, will help out the economically inclined in making over or freshening up last year's gowns. A little party gown, somewhat like that shown in the picture, is made by covering a plain silk underskirt with The bodice 18 covered with a drapery of the thin ma- terial, shirred at the shoulders, and the sleeves are long and shirred along There is a soft, crushed girdle about the walst, fastened under a spray of the new and lovely sweete Pea blossoms, made of ribbon. These are in several light colors and make an exquisite corsage bouquet. They are the last word in ribbon flowers. There is much pleasure to be derived from a frock which has been success- fully remodeled. It happens that the present fashion of combining two or more materials in the composition of & gown plays into the hands of the clev- er woman who intends to extend the service of those of her dresses that are a little worn or somewhat passe in style. JULIA BOTTOMLEY, l Handsome M’Mter Coat of Fur-Cloth bl 3 .l( w € | v or bulky, coats of th , unlike fur, are notmtoo heavy for moderately cold weather. A‘::j when the thermometer plays hide and seek above or below the zero | mark the pliable furcloth garment al- lows of re-enforcement against the ex- treme cold. Knitted vests and jack- ets, those cozy garments that hug the flm;re so closely, worn under the fur- cloth coat give wearer delightful com- fort Another point of advantage poe- gessed by these coats lies in thelr very excellent wearing qualities. Rain, -hmndmlunt'.rmmh: small effect upon thelr surfaces uneven pile. When coupled with this is the item of low cost (very low as compared to fur coats) the popularity of fur-cloth is easily understood. One of the newest models is pic- ' tured in the handsome garment shown here. The full rufiled skirt and straight-hanging lines, with ample width around the bottom, place the design in the front row of novel ideas in coats. There are not two opinions &s to the style and beauty of this striking wrap, which, by the way, is an American production. Occasionally one finds a sentiment at war with the use of skins. More- over the supply of fur, unequal to the demand in normal times, must send prices upward. If they are out of reach, or the fur garment cannot be worn with an easy consclence, fur~ cloth is the best of substitutes. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. Corduroy for Girle. For young girls corduroy is decided | ly in fashion. It is used in brown, | blue and sometimes green, and whea | it is made up in a suit s skirt and long coat it is priate for cool weather. with a full NG TELEGRAM LAX I'LAND, SOEDPDHIPTIPEDIDE GEALTY AHD BELLE By MARY EVANS CALBRAITH. BPIPPD ung said of Joel way Ned Travers was desiznated. Both were in love with Constance Farrar, beauty and belle. Na ly Joel attracted her with his brilliant, dashing ways. When Constance se- riously reflected, however, her thoughts mostly favored Ned. ¢ Both young men had a future to | make, and both started in with the big wholesale house of Brown & Co. lon an equal footing and with even | chances. | Joel was in the buying, and Ned in Ethe selling department. The house | had a large clientele. With Ned the | effort was to buy as cheaply as possi- | ble, with Joel to sell at the best profit | he could get. The latter had the in- i stincts of a natural trader and forged yahead rapidly. He began to sport {loud clothes, diamonds, and assumed ’nn independent, swaggering manner 1 that did not win friends among his | assoclates. One day Ned had an insight into the character of Joel that affected him j gravely. Joel invited him to visit his club. It was all new to Ned, who noticed that Joel made himself con- spicuous. Some men were playing cards at a table, when Joel sauntered towards them. “1 say,” be observed in his bold, ob- | trusive way, “speaking of cards, I've | run across a queer thing. Friend of Told me any time, any place, he would | be able to tell what any selected card in the deck would be, even if he was ten miles away.” “What's the trick, Quinby?" ques- tioned one of the men. “No trick at all--straight clairvoy- ance,” insisted Joel. “I've enough faith in it to bet $100 to $50 that you can sclect a card, show it only to the five of us here, then send a friend to Vel ’ = | == “I Doubt That.” the telephone, call up my friend and he'll name the card.” “l doubt that,” spoke one of the playing quartet, “and I'll take your bet.” “Done!" The money was put up. One of the card players selected a card. It was the ten of spades. Silently he showed it to Joel and his companions. Then he lay it face down on the table. “Hey, Jenks,"” he called to the club manager, “go to the phone, will you? Now then—what's your friend’'s ad- dress?” he asked of Joel. | “Central 2056, Ask for Mr. Ran- ' dolph.” The club manager called up the number indicated. Ned interestedly keeping track of the incident, heard him say over the wire: “This Mr. Randolph — yes? Mr. | Quinby and some members of !hev club here have picked out a certain card. He has wagered that you can | tell what it is.” | Very promptly the person at the | other end of the line must have an- iswered, for the club manager wrote down his reply on a piece of paper and took it over to Joel and his | friends. It read: | “Ten of spades.” | There were exclamations of sur- | prise, suspicious guesses, theorie | No one, however, could tell how the thing was done. Blandly Joel pock- | leted his winnings. He chuckled audi- | bly as he and Ned got out on the stry | | | | sy money,” he grinned, “when vou know how to get it!” “lI don’t understand,” Ned. “On the quiet, then, I have a friend at the other end of the telephone. We have a card of fifty-two names corresponding to the cards in a deck. Wken I phoned him as ‘Randolph,’ he knew he was to guess the ten of | spades. Tirown would have been the four of hearts, ‘Smith’ the seven of clubs, and so on. Sec?” Ned did see, and also the low grade of morals to which Joel had de- scended. However, many a time he ! smarted under the rapid advance Joel wade in business. He was desll-‘ nated as shrewd, a live wire, and all | that. Ned went slow—but sure. He could not afford to take Constance around in an automobile nor send her five-dollar-a-dozen roses. For all remarked first wild daisies that Ned walked miles to discover. One day Ned, passing through the stock room of the big wholesale store, was halled by Joel. “T say, Travers,” called out the lat- ter, “help me a trifle will you? Insh | ters of the ambassador, the legation | cover his head with a blanket. He was FLA; I\ row of box e was a great long table and | soon piled man high with | the boxes. As Ned got down from the ladder, his t accomplished, he was | amazed to see Joel jump up on the table and fling himself into the midst of the heap. He pawed over the s, he rolled, he struck out with fists, he jumped about the pile until it presented a great mass ol{ wreckage. “There!" he cried exultantly, “that will do.” “For what?" uttered the bewildered Ned “Why. there’s nine hundred gross of imported Swiss dress trimmings In that heap of boxes. The season is past and they're dead stuff. I'm go- ing to put them out as a damaged job lot, sell ‘'em off and gzet rid of the truck.” “Do you think that is wis2?" ine terrogated Ned. “Why not?" challenged Joel, bristling a trifle at a criticism on his judgment, i “Well,” responded Ned you know all about the selling end | of the business here, but at the buy- | ing end my point of view is different. i tl w I have noticed in our foreign corre- | spondence that the head of the firm, who is in Germany, has written that there is a hint of war, in which case b B BOPOIOFOPIGHIOFOLD N DODGEPDFO IO “of course b 3 § 3 2OAREOHI QOOPOEPOIL 010 0 FOFOT The Lakeland Steam Laundry Is prepared to give you in laundry work, what experienced workmen and modern equipment will produce—SUPERIOR SERVICE. If youarenotalready ore of our customers, we invite ycu to become one acd enjoy this service. Visitors are always welcome at our laundry—we are glad to bave our custom- ers call and inspect our methed of laun- dering. We have a large number of 12-inch rules for the school children, and will be pleased to give one to every child whe will call at the Laundry oftice. R. W. WEAVER, Prop. PHONE 130 A0S HEHLSIATOIOFCA P STOPSIOPIEIF SO0 S CHAHIFIPUPIS I O PERS Q4 3 . FOHHFOEOPOHQ FFOHOBOOOHO 4 ¢ prices would go up and _mpmem|m0uouumumm IBODO SOPOPFO PO L | becoms difficult. He has sent on & lot of involces, showing extensive puts ‘ehases, ns If in anticipation of II ' dearth— “Nonscrse!” derided the self-con- ' ceited Jocl. “You don't suppose lit- 'tle Switzciland is going to war, do you? Say, I never make a mistake. { I'll rid the house of that junk heap and make a good profit on it.” | Which ¢"owdselling Joel did. Thenh came tii: néws of war and close on the heels of the announcement the head of the firm returned. I Two days later the amazing news went the rounds of the establishtnent that Joel had “resigned.” Later Ned got wind of a sterm. { It appeared that, knowing of the surplus Swiss stock on hand, the head of the firm had not ordered any new material. The war had closed all im- ports. There was little of that espe- clal brand of goods in the country and prices had advanced four hun- dred per cent. Joel had lost to the house possible profits of over ten thousand dollars. Immediately upon tho announce- ment of war, Ned had sat up nights preparing a clear schedule of the lines of merchandise that would be aftected. He was called into the pri vate office of his chief laier, to re- celve the warmest commendation and a substantial raise in salary. “Stabillty and usefulness versus plunging and trickery,” was the re- mark the chief made in an allusion to the precocious Joel. On the , Btrength of the raise Ned proposed to Constance. i “Yes,” was her sweet answer, and | “yes" it would have been long ago, Ned learned, if he had only known ! that long since pretty Constance had “tanon through the sham and glitter of Joel Quinby's extravagant pretens ' sions, | o~ | Diplomatic Honors. { Diplomatic agents are in three Irlnssq-n: First, ambassadors, legates, and nuncios; second, envoys and ministers; third, '8 d'affaires. An ambassador is thus the highest : diplomatic official sent from one coun- y try to another, and a minister is an agent of the next lowest rank. The . ambassador represents not only the { state from which he is sent, but the person of his sovereign, and is enti- tled to ask an audience at any time, to rank next the blood royal, and to be held exempt, with his household, from local jurisdiction. “Envoy ex- traordinary and minister plenipotens tiary” is the full title of the diplomat- ic agent of the second class, who rep- resents only the state, and not the person of the ruler. Charges d'affaires . i are lesser representatives, and must deal with the ministers of foreign af- . fairs of the country to which they are sent. The embassy is the headquar- that of the minister. Wild Animals in Captivity, After they are captured, wild ani- mals nearly all suffer from melan- cholia, and, strangely enough, the gorilla is more sensitive than most. One of these animals proved so so- ciable when caught that he played with the native boys. Directly he was shipped for Stellingen, however, he began to pine. Civilization frightened him, When he found that people stared at him, he would shut his eyes and turned loose with two natives in the woods where there was nobody to | worry him, but he refused to eat and drink and became almost a skeleton. Coing to Extremes. “I have just washed my head,” said | the society girl crossly. I wash my head it gives me a grouch!” “Then why don't you wash your i feet?" “I hate you!"™ , NECKWEAR OF THE MOMENT Styles Are as Pretty as Those of the Summer, Though Materials Are Different. Just as last summer the lovely touch of white neckwear was organdie and lawn, so now it is of cream net and lace in the finer costumes, and of pique in those dresses that smack of | the tailormade. There is less wirlng of the collars to make them stand up, as the neckl,, are higher as far as decollete is con- [: cerned; they can, however, be lightly | . wired if they are more becomlng." Fine venise, applique and point laces | ;. are noted in the collars of the new | % dress models, and there is uvml enough net added to the neck decors uontnlupmohmhvnhouuml & bard against the skin. Some of the lace guimpes are of embroidered net of the applique type of lace, and they finish at the top with a round neck that does not come Quite up to the base of the threat. “Every time | .. Begin the New Year RIGHT Wear Our Stylish and Correct Fitting Shoes If it is STYLE and COMFOR'L' you want COME to US. Introduce your Feet to CORRFCT Fittiag Shoes Our SHOE REPARIRING DEPART- MENT is in charge of an EXPERT. All work done NEATLY and PROMPTLY. QUICK SERVICE our specialty. CALLED for and DELIERED., DUTTON-HARRIS COMPANY 123 Kentucky Ave, FOOTFITTERS Phone 358 Blue Shoes that Fit Shoes that Please work DD BB ' TR RRS The Cost of Living Is Great Unless YouKnow Where To Buy IF YOU KNOW. 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