Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 13, 1915, Page 6

By EMMA LEE WALTON A half-hour than lMttle Bobbie could think up in a day. “He was so thoughtful,” mother whispered, speaking at last to the strong man beside her. “Do you re- member how he brought home those mint candies because he knew 1 was fond of them? And how he got up in the middle of the night to oil his squeaky door for fear the wind’s blow- ing it might keep me awake? Doesn’t it secm as though anything under all the h avens would be easier to bear than suspense like this?” Bohbie, thinking only of the fact that mother must not be allowed to worry, looked about for aid at this mo- ment. Mary had gone back to the This happened svme thirty years ago. Manners in the far west are better mow than they were then. Indeed they are as civilized there as auy where else. 2 A stagecoach drew up In front of u tavern in a small town where gun law | window-seat and Lionel had disap-, Was the only law on the statute bovk (Copyright, The Frank A. Munsey Co.) Mary sat by the front window, crouched down, watching. Her eyes were red with recent tears, but she spoke bravely and without a tremor to someone in the other room. “There are some boys out here play- ing tag,” she said with a poor imita- tion of a laugh. “One of them just fell into a puddle. He looks so funny.” “When Billy went to West Point he said there wouldn't be anybody to fight,” the littlest brother submitted shakily. “’Less it was Indians. Now they send him to war.” Mary drew a quick breath. Thelr mother was sewing in the library while Lionel read aloud to her, and she must nmot hear. She must not think they weren't being brave, too. “Come here, Bobbie,” Mary said softly. “From here you can see 'way up the street.” The littlest brother came gladly, be- cause he was lonely and forlorn. On the wide window-seat it was brighter, and one could see a telegraph boy a block away if one came. Then, too, Mary would talk, and mother was 80 silent it frightened a body. Ever since the newspaper had said, yesterday, that an officer, a lieutenant of the Forty-second, had been killed away off there, mother had not slept, and uhei was 80 white— It seemed there were not many lieutenants in C company of the Forty-second, and somebody named Censor had held back the name. “Will the president telegraph, Mary?” he asked in a whisper. “Do you think it's Billy, do you?” Mary was gazing wild-eyed at a boy in blue who came whistling down the street. What should she do it he came to their steps? Could she get there before he rang? How could she tell mother, how could she? “If it is Billy, will they put flowers on his grave, Mary?’ the littlest brother asked. “Mary, is that boy coming here, is he?" “No,” Mary said with a little gasp. “He's gone to Mrs. Winthrop’s. I sup- pose their aunt is coming to visit. Go open the door for the postman, there's a good boy. The postman is coming, mother,” she called. “Bobbie is get- ting the mail.” Thus would mother be saved the fear that a message had come. Lionel closed the book, and she could hear him speaking with a brave jocularity. “Well, we'd have heard by this time, anyhow. I said all along there wasn’t anything to worry about. It isn't as if he were all alone. He's got a lot of friends in the regiment, you know, and somebody’'d wire. They'd have plenty of time, because they never do much the day after a fight.” Bobble brought in the mail, all cast | aside for the picture postals from Billy which they admired while mother read his fat letter in silence. It was the custom to read Billy's letters aloud, but no one wanted the task now. Each could read by himself, except the lit- tlest brother, and Mary read it to him in a whisper on the window-seat. Deep down in their hearts they knew they might have worse than this to bear, with Billy's cheery letters coming every little while, even though Billy himself were lying silent in another land, under the flag of the alien, the enemy. How could they bear it then? The telephone rang insistently, harshly, and Lionel, who was not wor- ried, sprang with one leap to answer it, his one awful thought being that they did telephone the telegrams some- times. The color came back to his face as he listened. “It's father,” he said at once. “he says,” Lionel added after a moment, “he says that headquarters has had no news, and he thinks that is encourag- ing. They would have heard, he thinks. He is coming home early.” Father could not do any business, then? What mattered it whether there was any business done any more; what mattered anything? Mary, on the window-seat, her arm over Bob- bie's shoulder, could see, hundreds of miles away, the little group of men fighting desperately against the ad- vancing hordes and one by one falling where they had stood, guarding the stores. A lieutenant was very young, Just out of the Point, gay, debonair, af- was! So the time dragged along and fa- peared, 80, a8 father did nothing but ' stroke his wife’s hand, his face drawn and queer, Bobbie stepped bravely into the breach. “Mother,” he said shakily, “you re- member wunst I swallered a brass bell off my reins? Well, now, mother, it's beginning to hurt something awful right round here.” Bobbie’s hand roved indefinitely, un- certainly over the region he supposed to cover his little stomach, but his heroic announcement did not have the desired effect. Instead of rising, hor- ror-sticken, to save him, his mother most unexpectedly seized him and gathered him up like a very tiny boy into her lap, where he was still sitting, disgracefully babied, when Lionel ex- citedly burst in. “I went over to the drug store,”, Lionel cried, with a thrill in his voice which they all felt. “It isn’t Billy, it isn’'t Billy! It was a man named Smith, and he lives in St. Louis, and I found out by telephoning the Tribune. And it isn’t Billy, it isn’t Billy! I was | afraid to telephone from here because it might have been. I knew there wasn’t anything to worry about. Oh, mother, it isn't Billy!” Mothers are very queer things, very queer. Here was their mother, who had been silent for thirty hours or so, ' just sewing on Bobbie’s new waist all the time they didn't know whether it was Billy or not, and then, when they | knew it was a fellow named Smith, she just put her head down on father's shoulder and cried pitifully. And all' father did was to pat her on the back | and say: “There, dear, there!” while two great tears rolled down his own | cheeks unheeded. Lionel knelt beside her and put his ) arms around her as best he could with | Bobbie in the way, and Mary crouched | down on the other side, as near as she could, her face turned away from him. Mary Drew a Quick Breath. Perhaps they Mary was crying, too! didn’t quite understand. “I said it was not Billy,” he repeat- ed. “There isn't any mistake, either. 1 made 'em give me the managing edi- | tor, and he read the cablegram to me. | He was awful nice. He said his broth- | er's down there, too. I thought you'd , say ‘Thank God!’ or something.” i Mother put her hand on Lionel's shoulder and patted it gently. “I do say ‘Thank God!' dear,” she sald) through her tears. “But we must not forget in our own great gladness that | it was somebody's boy.” Lionel sat flat on the floor, his long length across the rug, and gased straight ahead. Shorn of its fife and drum, its trumpet and shining banner, stripped of its might and power, its charm and triumph and glory, he tasted war. Curiosity of Wives. Curiosity is most destructive to hap- piness. Eve started the fashion thow- sands of years ago and Eve's daugh- is not unusual to hear of the woman | who escorts her husband home from But even that was an unwritten law, for there was Do statute hooks to write it in. A young man. dressed in the ordinary business coxtume of New York or Chicago or [hiladelpbia or any other eastern city. got out of the coach with ghe other passeuwers and went into the tavern. He asked if there were auny letters for him. The landlord banded him one. He read it and bunted through his pockets for his cigar casp. Not finding it at once. he took out seven articles while making search, among them a small pistol. Several men. denizens of the coun- try, were lounging about. among them a red faced man with a stubble heard and as many scars on his face as a German student member of a dueling corps. This man caught sight of the new arrival’s pistol. and it at once ex cited his interest. “Lemme see that, stranger.” he said. The young man handed bhim the pis tol, and he looked it over with evident pleasure and amusement. “Purty. isn't it?" he remarked. He continued to examine it, cocking and uncocking it. Meanwhile the stranger found his cigar case and. lean ing a chair up on its hind legs against the wall. sat down on it, resting his heels on the front round and, lighting a cigar. smoked. “What do you do with it?" inquired the red faced man. i The stranger smoked on without | making any reply. His sang froid ex- cited the attention of the bystanders, who commenced to move uneasily away. The man who asked the ques- tion was Scar Joe, so called from the traces of his many fights. He was, not used to asking questions and re- ceiving no reply. He cast a single glance at the stranger and went on | cocking and uncocking the revolver. “Goin' to make a birthday gift of it to your little boy?" he asked. 8till no reply. “Will it shoot?" persisted Scar Joe. This third question eliciting no reply, the westerner took a quick aim at the ! stranger's cigar and fired, and cigar and sparks left the smoker’s lips. He didn’t turn pale. He didn’t look at Scar Joe reproachfully or fearfully or any other way. He didn’t look at him at all. He simply took out anoth- er cigar, lighted it and went on smok- ing. “Does shoot, don't it? Shoots purty straight, don’t 1t? I wonder if I could do it again!™ He fired a second shot with like re- sults. The stranger remained as im- perturbable as before, taking out an- other cigar and lighting 1t with as lit- tle apparent objection to this waste of cigars as if he were loaded down with them. Again Scar Joe sent it fiying amid a shower of sparks. “Stranger.” sald the smoker in a soft volce, “you're one of the best shots I ever saw. That pistol I've brought from the east as a present for my wife. I've got another for my little girl that I'll bet you can't hit a silver dollar with at ten yards.” “Lemme see it.” The stranger thrust his right hand into his trousers pocket and grasped something that he drew out so clutched in his fist that it was not easy to dis- cern what it was. One of the lookers | on, with better or quicker sight than | the others, seemed to get on to some- | thing about to happen, for he ducked under a table. The stranger reached the thing out to his tormentor. It ex- ploded, and Scar Joe staggered back- ward, at the same time putting his hand to his hip. The something in the stranger's fist exploded again, and the westerner fell dead. One would naturally suppose that those present would be cllefly interest- ed in the fallen man. So they were till they were convinced that he had recelved his last scar. Then all of a sudden their minds concentrated on the thing in the stranger hands that had done the work. All eyes turned toward him curiously. He had returned the explosive thing to his pocket “Landlord,” he sald, “I'd like some- thing to eat before I go. My wife writes me that she’ll send a team for me to be here at 2. It's now 1L [I've just time for dinner.” “I say, stranger.” said one present, “would you mind lettin’ us see what that was you shot him with?* “l know what It is.” said the man who had sought safety under the table. “It's a bulldog. I seem 'em before. ] range they Is goin'." The stranger took out a short, thick Fruit and Vegetabies Baautify. Frui is indeed the keyuote of spring diet which shall help to Improve the somplexion. Apples, raw and cooked, baked or as sauce; any of the whole- some citrus family, in itself a whole pharmacopoeia of gooduess; the lemon, the orunge aud the grapefruit—these eaten lavishly and freely are indeed heaith and beauty at any time of the year, as well as the springtime. Theu, to augment all of this, such things as spring onions. chives and parsiey are belpful, with crisp salads of romaine, endive or escarole, always with plenty of lemon juce and olive oil. These things, not forgetting plenty of water. taken between meals should obviate all necessity for physic. Internal medi- cines are not as essential as exercise, proper diet, rest, water drinking. All of these, as sald above, will help to secure that improved and regenerated complexion so much desired when win- ter is a thing of the past. Then it must not be overlooked that a course of facial treatment is well worth its cost and very necessary if such a course is taken in reputable es tablishments, where knowledge and long experience have resuited in real- Iy belpful methods. Personal advice as to proper local as well as constitu tional treatment is given, and the pa- tiént Is sure of benefit from such a course. When later on that pretty chapeau, that dainty dress, are donned the wearer shall look into her mirror and have nothing to regret as she scru tinizes her reflection, for her complex- fon shall be as fresh and as flawless as her costume, and the ensemble will be entirely satisfactory. Beware of Headaches. Headaches are much more serious in their hidden possibilities than most persons belleve, and they work havoc with faclal beauty. Middle ear disease, mucus and pus in the upper part of the nose, mas- told abscesses, fevers of various sorts, brain trouble, distempers such as tu- berculosis, joint infections, or gout, eye disorders, tonsilitis, gastric crisis, con- stipation, dysenteries, pneumonia and almost the whole roster of human mal- adles may be preceded or accompanied by headaches. Further be it remembered that slov- enly breathing, overeating, poor ven- tilation, lack of exercise and an indoor life all have their accompanying head- There are different methods in the treatment of headaches. Each depends upon the source. Deep breathing and simple rations, sleep in the open alr and muscular sport In the open may cure safely, If not quickly. Charcoal, olive oil, milk of magnesia and fruits eliminate the frontal throbs that eome from constipation. Ice bags, and alkaline mineral wa- ter, a short diet with green vegetables may cure the headache of glutoony. Rational gymnastics, pbysical cul- ture, graduated exercises in the fresh air and a cold bath may cure the head- ache due to sleeplessness. If a headache Is persistent see a physiclan. For Brittle Nails. You can't make your hands look nice it your nails are very brittle, because they always break off and show rough, Jagged edges. Brittle nails are often constitutional, or a sign of poor health You can do a great deal toward curing them in the following way: Rub some pure cold cream or white vaseline all over the nails and well into the base at night. Once or twice a week apply a little olive oil, and never wash the hands in hard water or put them In strong soda water, for this aggravates the condition. The treatment described is a remedy for hang nails also. for it keeps the skin NI‘I'-M the base of the nails pliable and oo/ To Allay Pain of Burne. Burns on the hands and arms are of frequent occurrence to the housewife, Aside from the pgin caused, they do not add to one’s charms. In case of a burn at once apply linseed or sweet ofl to the parts affected and then thick- ly cover with baking soda and bind with a soft linen cloth. In ordinary cases of burn this will shortly relleve the pain. Equal parts of limewater and linseed oll applied to the burn peveral times a day will keep it soft, allay pain and basten healing. Whitening the Skin. Regular applications of equal parts fectionate, home-loving boy that he |ters have followed it ever since. It They're the ugliest weapon at short of lemon juice and glyoerin after wash. ing do wonders in whitening the skin and preventing the formation of dis- ther came home. He talked about [his office. She has a perfectly insane | pistol with a very stocky barrel and al- | oloration marks upon the neck from business and the men who had been | curiosity regarding all his actions, 80 | lowed the party to examine it. the in to see him, about a runaway horse makes a habit of dropping in on him “Was t'other one really a gift for that had upset a banana cart, and | at unexpected moments. She will veri- | your wife?" asked one. about a story in a magazine, but he | fy every word or excuse the poor soul | “Certainly. said no word of Billy. He and mother says. She will even read his corre- When | was called east she asked me to bring her a revolver sat side by side as he talked, and |spondence. This is inexcusable. Any | suitable for a woman.” when mother laid her hand on the |man would justly resent such intru-| While the stranger was dining the arm of his chair he put his hand over hers and held it. on the library table no ome had touched. The wild excitement over the war, the thrill at news of battles, the patriotic anxiety to do something to help had left them under the cloud of a possible personal loss. Billy! Why, it was only last winter he had been with them, acting like a small boy, with more charming pranks in a \ Popular Russian Beverage. A popular drink among the peas ants of Russia is called quass. Itis made by pouring warm water over rye or barley meal. It is a fermented liquor and s very sour, but has Jsen used for years by these poverty stricken people. “Penny Situps.” Some of the cheap lodging houses London are called “penny situps.” sion, and while a wife's place is a affairs are just as sacred. Hence Mud Slinging. “I presume that after a man bas been in politics awhile he learns & great many things he didn’t know be- fore.” “Yes, and they're usually about the other fellow.” ‘We Conquered Nature. “Yes, gentlemen,” sald the geolo-, gist, “the ground we walk on was once under water.” “Well,” replied the patriotic young man of the party, “4t simply goes to show that you can't hold this country down.” For Eastern Laughs. “Mr. Dewer called again this mesm- ing.” sald the new office boy as ‘Wilson entered the office. “Did toll him I had gone to California, you, Frank?”’ “Yes, sir.” 7" “He asked when back, an body of his victim was being removed. The papers tossed | sacred one, an honorable man’s private | When his team arrived and he was driving away one of the crowd who had gathered to see him off cried out: “Much obleeged for gettin’ rid of Scar Joe. He was gittin® to be a nulsance.” On the identical spot where this episode happened there is now a hand- some hotel, lighted by electricity and having all the modern improvements. ! In a State of Doubt. “Your legal department must be wvery expensive.” “It is,” sighed the eminent trust magnate. “Still, I sup- pose you have to maintain it?” “Well, I don’t know. Sometimes I think it would be cheaper to obey the law."— Birmingham Age-Herald. constant wearing of furs. The glycerin helps to keep the skin pleas- ingly soft. also preventing it from get- ting that harsh, dry, shriveled up ap- pearance which is so conducive to the mm.mn of wrinkles on face and Zinc Ointment For Red Nose. A red nose is often constitutional, or the sign of indigestion, but more often than not it is caused by a too thin skin. When the latter is the cause zinc oint- ment is a splendid remedy. You should apply it to the nose every night. You 1+ will find it does wonders in hardening the skin. and in this way the tendency to redness will gradually disappear Did Service to Humanity. Captain Hutchinson, the dockmaster at-Liverpool, is credited with having originated the reflecting lighthouse in 1763, and another great improvement in the invention of a light for light- houses was made by Lieutenant Drum- mond, who was the first to suggest the using of oxyhydrogen light To- day there is no danger rock or point along any of the navigable coasts but has its modern lighthouse. 'aried Menu. dines one day em on a | Presidential Game. | “Who's who?" is a good game for | Feb. 22. One may easlly obtain penny ! plctures of United States pmsldgum Becure about six sets of. say. Wasb- ington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Grant, Cleve- land, McKinley, Loosevelt. Taft and -~ he ictures on aste these pictul Th!;n cut them in quarters and shuffle them together on & large table. Let the contestants work in couples around the large table. To the couple first succeed in completing d set goes an appropriate prize, such as a neatly framed print of Washington for the boy and a box of candy tied with pa triotic ribben for the girl. Naming the presidents i{s an instruc- tive games. The children choose sides for this just as in the old fashioned spelling match. After the sides have been chosen the hostess names one side Republican, the other Democratic. She tells them she wants to find out which | party s most familiar with thg fullv names of the presidents of the United States from George Washington down to Woodrow Wilson. Paper and pencil | are provided each contestant. The win- | ning party, of course, i the one whose papers show the greater number of correctly named presidents. This game may be followed by an in dividual contest on the naming of all the states in the Union, the prize going to the one who first completes the task cardboard. Nursery Play Tray. A truly invaluable nursery possession is a tray of sand which will fit upon a child’s small table or even rest solidly upon the floor. The tray should have upright borfders not less than four inches in height—and a little higher 1s better—and should contain a heap of clean sand. This, when slightly moistened, can be “bullt” into al man- ner of fascinating objects, from the elementary “castle” of babyhood to a complete railway line, with station bridges and tunnel, through which toy trains can be run, or the daintiest of miniature gardens planted with twigs and leaves and bordered with massive “rocks” formed of stomes, over which more flowers will trail, or a fortified town in which the soldiers, with can- non and the rest—naturally so popular this year—can attack and defend to the endfess amusement of the ynnng' owner. This tray need take up no appreciable room when not in use, for the little owner can soon be taught to scoop the sand up and put it in a closed receptacle. Then the empty tray may stand quite out of the way until the next time it is used. Washington'’s Birthday Party. At a children's party one hostess supplied the little girls with colonial caps patterned after the kind that Mar- tha Washington affected, with a fichu or kerchief made of white crape paper. A belt, a sword and a cocked hat were glven to each small boy. Thus adorned, the youngsters were seated at a round table, in the center of which was a huge Jack Horner cherry ple made of red crape paper and trimmed in artificlal cherries and surmounted with tigures of George and Martha. From this centerpiece extend- Ing to every child's plate were narrow red ribbons. At the hostess' signal the ple was opened, every child pulled on his ribbon and extracted from the pie a little prize. Cherry Tree Game. Cutting down the cherry tree is an amusing game for Washington's birth- day. A small tree or shrub from which all the lower branches have been cut is set in a deep box of sand and two strong cleats nailed to it on each side and to the top edge of the box. Each contestant is blindfolded, given a small toy hatchet and told to cut down the tree. If he succeeds in knocking it down, which be can do If he strikes exactly parallel with the cleats, he receives as | a prize one of the imitation bark cov ered stumps filled with bonbons. The fun of the game I8 in watching the ridiculous antics of the contestants in hitting out at empty afr. Nice Hair Ribbons. A little girl's hair ribbon musses very quickly if tied each time it is used. Instead of tying make the ribbon into A bow and tie the latter to the hair with a short plece of baby ribbon, the same color as the bow, slipped through the knot. By this means the bow is fastened to the hair securely and is always kept fresh. . Keeping Baby In Bed. 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