Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 8, 1894, Page 19

v - e * - _. standing. [ — GRACEFUL WOMEN SPEAKERS Chauncey Depew's Opinion of the Sex as After Dinner Orators, COMPLIMENT TO MRS, BALLINGTON BOOTH the Gift ses, Not mi- The Great lov Lies in t in Mo Salvationist ¥ Cause She Espo self—Frills of ¥y “Idonot see,” soid othor day to a Horald, “'why succossful affer a possibility of popular in this Chauncey Depew reporter of the New women should not dinner speakers. There is them becomimg even more art than men. I do not know but what it would be a lucrative pro- fesslon for some bright, clever woman to adopt. But it would not be worth the ef- fort It would cost unless there was especial talent.” “What do you consider the requirements for a suecessful after dinner speaker, par- ticularly In women?" I asked. “One of the first essentials to build upon would be a ‘ready thinker,’ combined with fluent and graceful speaking, a pleasing per- sonality, a sparkling supply of wit and humor and well studied diction. Al these attributes are absolutely necessary to a suc- cessful after dinner speaker,” he replied “One of the finest after dinner speeches T ever listened to was delivered after.a theat rical supper, just as the gray mift of t morning was giving way to daybreak, by Fanny Davenport at the Hoffman house. Fanny was then In her prime, and a pret- tler pleture 1 seldom look upon, or a pret- tier specch I seldom listen to, as she stood there addressing the dinner party. Her words and movements were poetic, and the talent displayed phenomenal. “Mrs. James Pender of London Is another brilliant and entertaining after dinner speaker. She never falls to please her most fastidious hearers. Lady Evans, who was Miss Stevens Van Wart of New York, of Sir Francls Evans, Gladstonian member tor Southampton, England, made all t after dinner and afternoon specches for her husband, in his absence, during his last election, and she proved to be a universal favorite, a fascinating speaker, and very much sought after as an after dinner speaker.” the York de Grasse now wife “Brooklyn can boast of one or dertully talented women who are successful after dinner speakers. But the very best after dinner address I cver lis- tened to by a woman was delivered, unex- pectedly, by Mrs, Ballington Booth. It she would adopt the profession to the exclusion of all else I think she would be the greatest success the world has ever known among women_after dinner speakers, and equally as good as any of the other sex I have ever heard. Her well chosen words are forceful, still dainty and poetie, her attitudes are graceful, and she would always be the mag- net of a dinner party as a speaker. She is original, practical and entcrtaining, and I predict a bright and successful future for her in this calling, should she ever adopt 1t After two won- known as hearing such glowing accounts of such praiseworthy women who are before the public as after dinner speakers from the crowned King of after dinner speakers, I sought an interview with them. The fol- lowing is what Mrs. Ballington Booth said about her ideas of women as after dinner speakers, her experiences and why she does not follow it as a profession: “I am quite sure that Hon. Chauncey Depew is far more qualified to speak upon this question than myself, hence his opinion would be far moro valuable. Still, as I have spoken occasionally in what might be described as after dinner specches, and as have very definite opinions upon the sub- Ject, 80 far as I am personally concerned, I will give them to you, lest any misunder- hould arise concerning my work in_this direction “I have not done so very mich after din- ner speaking, cight or ten times at the most, and then only when I felt that there was a good opening and opportunity for introduc- ing the subject of my other work to people who could mot be reached in any other way, and whose interest and influence might be made materially useful to the lost and out- cast ones whose cause we champion. “If T have been successful in this style of speaking it has, in my opinion, been en- tirely due to my theme and not fo me as a speaker. My life work and my religion are vital subjects, burnt into my very soul by God, and as I speak always and only on these subjects I talk from the heart, not the head, of living truths, not fancies or senti- ment or fietion. To talk naturally and with roal (not assumed) feeling, are two great es- sentials to public speaking, and those who live in their subject and speak out from a heart Inspiration are bound to lose self- conscfousness, and being moved themselves, they carry their audience with them without effort. Besides, we believe that God, whose moasage wo deliver, If we deliver it faith- fully, will Himself insplre our hearts as He did His messengers of old."” “I should imagine that dinner itself was the greatest hindrance in the way of after dinner speakers. I have never taken part in such a dinner, but I have heen on hand at its conclusion to fil my part of the pro- gram. My first reason for this is that T am a Salvationist, and costly banquets are dis- tasteful to us, as well as inconsistent with our lives, which are consecrated to God for the seeking and saving of the poor and out- cast. I should feel the shadow of this in- consistency hanging heavily over me while I pictured the need, misery and sorrow of the poor, had I just been partaking of costly viands. ' Consequently, speaking is far easier and can be done with less effort If one has eaten sparingly, and T think this applies to the brief and soclable after dinner speaking as well as to public platform add N you are to speak at all, you must speak well—that is, you must do your best and make a mark. You must do something worth dofng, even If the time allotted to you be only ten or fifteen minu In my opinfon those who taik only for the sake of talking had better remain silent.” The French many cases Is keenly anxiou they are unique lately b nature, which apparently in thoroughly superficial and for new sensations, provided and pleasurable as well, has en more than satisfied by the “di- vorco dinner,” a species of entertainment that could mot by any possibility pass off with the slightest degree of success in any country other than France, or in any com- pany other than a French one The invitations tell the party invite they are expe to dine with Mm or C in order to celebrate her happy tion from Monsleur A, B or C, says the Phil- adelphia Times, and sometimes o offer con- gratulations on her approaching marriage with Monsieur D. It apears that it is not good form for a divorced man to give an af- falr of this sort to a mixed company. He 15 privileged only to invite his men friends, but the women may rejoice openly and froely, and their friends of both sexes are expected to be joyful with them It is said that the dosire to give one of those unique affairs has made it positively unsafe for a woman to introduce a husbaud worth keeping to another woman. Fre- quently an engagement precedes oven the divorce, though such a peculiar state of af- It is needless to remark, Is of too hy a description to ever be understood nations who hold the marrlage tie in sacred reverence. The flip and trivial way of looking at cerfaln matters that to us ap- pear most consequential gives the French nation its reputation for artificiality, and is the spirlt that prompts and carries out such affairs as “divorce dinners. For the nonce fluffy tresses are the style. Women were wont to brush their hair down; now they brush it up, comb it up and blow it up with a fan to produce the effect of thistledown and corn tassels, says the New York World's hatrdresser, The hair Is first dono up dry, then crimped all over and Onally dressed, the coiffure being suggested by the style of the hat There 18 a quantity of bottled stuff for the heal tolfot, but by all odds the best, cheapest and most” satisfactory is lavender water alcohol, which Is the “body" of all waters, refreshes, if it does not en- cleanse the scalp; it stimulates the action of the glands, and, as it evaporates, the offensive odors of perspliatisn are carried av There s just enough oil and fragranc in the lavender flowers to “dress” and pe fume the hair. Even if allowed to dry without combing or brushing, it leaves the THE OMAWA DAILY BEE | hair dry, glossy and comparatively sweet, | to | which Violet water, sthing else will do. too, makes a nice shampoo, but it lacks the essential off of the lavender, | and, motroover, It Is not as refreshing. | These waters are only recommended for | well-kept keads of dry, coarse hair. For the vast 40,000 who have not | venlences for good grooming and bay rum will be found excellent. When the | water s all over the scalp rack the hair with a coarse comb and then brush until the | head is red, hot and clean, and the hair is dry and fluffy. For naturally oily tresses | this is one of quickest methods of dry shampooin | A little fine scent of violet, lilac, hyacinth, | sandal wood, valley lily or Egyptian lily | goes a long ways as dir cleaner, A tablespoonful is enong rfume and bring out the natural gloss of the hair, but it is not cleansing nor to be used on oily hair the con- brushing the yniebody asked reader, who had work {n this city Miss Benfey, the parl just finished a wint nd gone to Californfa for a long tour, how she found her fashionable audiences fn the matter of appreciat says the New York Times. “The avera fashionable audfence,” she “is very sympathetic and easy to read to; the ox coptional is politely cold and hypocritical and like a stone wall to the reader. A person who has never tested an audience,” she went on, “can have no idea of the dif-. ference it makes to @ performer what the response s, One of my best rons, a wealthy and well known soclety woman, has me frequently to read at her house pri vately. I find on such occasions herselt and one or two other women, never mor than three, in full evening dress, awaiting me. They are all intelligent, cultivated women, but those evenings exhaust me more than any other work I do. I cannot seem to move my hearers. It Is not the want of sympathy of numbers, for I read one evening to an actress al and she cried and laughed and fluttered in response to every emotion of the sentences. I do not know what it s, but it fs there. Another hard reading is that I undertake for familics “Some of the most Interesting work 1 have had this season has been in the pub lic school course managed by Hon. Seth Low and Felix Adler. Over in Seventieth street and Fi 1 one evening to 1 audience ¥ the parents of the school children. I used the ‘Tale of Two Citie There was little applause, ex cept for sant scene, but they fol- lowed me swaying in their chatrs and answering the fipe passages with their eyes. Another of these audiences, mostly boys, showed the power of George Eliot They understood Adam Bede without know- ing why. And here, by the way, is a curious bit about Prof. Oliver, ‘mathe- maticiin of Cornell. He chanced to be one of my hearers at a_reading not long ago, and T noticed that he led every laugh. I wondered whether it was a scientific fact that the mind of a mathematiclan moved more quickly than other minds. I should like to know." th The seats in a Broadway cable car were all occupied the other day when a pretty woman, escorted by a man of distinguished appearance, entered. There was a mo- ment’s pause before a gentleman sitting a few places away from the door rose and yieided his place to the lady. With a courteous “Thank you,” she took the at, and both men raised their hats in further recognition of the act of politeness. After a short ride the lady and gentle- man_got off. “Do you know,” asked the husband when they reached the strect, “to whom you were indebted for a seat just now?' .’ wonderingly replied the wife you “Yes,” was the quict answer; “he the man who defeated me,” and, if Mrs. W. B. Hornblower made a vehement ex- clamation, Senator David B. Hill must not ascribe it to non-appreciation of his cour- tesy, but to the wifely loyalty and pride for which she is famed among her friends. A writer recently contributed a paper to a magazine on the subject of “Child Study,” advocating its incorporation into the cur- riculi of our colleges and universities. The writer has been forestalled by eight years in the Mothers' club of Milwaukee, which sprang into being and has cxisted for no other purpose than to comprehend the child in all his phases, physical, mental and moral, The first department of child life was comparatively exhausted very soon. Bath- ing, dict, hygienfc living were studied and comprehended, and in abont a year the club passed from a discussion of the physical welfare of the child to a considera- tion of his mental being, and the members dived down among educational problems, taking as the basis of their work Bain's “Education” and Spencer's work on educa- tion. In this connection the local under Inspection and criticisy woman's school alliance was born tinetfve work. “do was chools came and the to a dis- About this_time, too, says the Milwaukee Journal, the Mothers' club became interested in the Froebelian theories of child culture, and engaged Mibs Elizabeth Harrison of thet Chicago kindergartens to give a course of lectures before it and Its friends. From Froebel to psychology wasn't a very long step, and when the club took up that ab- sorbing study many of the puzzling moral questions that mothers have to settle were discussed at the meetings. The theories of James, Spencer and Sully were studied, and when the club became deeply interested in the many problems of heredity, Dr. Birge of the state university came to town and lectured before it, the fathers being asked to come in and listen on that occasion. Much like this club is the Mothers' society of Brooklyn, which grew from a parlor meet- ing of half a dozen women ten years ago into the organization which today stands chlet sponsor for the Froebel academy in the sister city—an institution of education unique even among Froebel institutions and to which educators come for ideas from many parts of the country. Child study has been begun, most competent of persons—the and by mothe the A pretty story Is going the rounds about Rosa Bonheur. Some time ago a Russian grand duke was visiting Parls, and chanced to dine in her company. They got on very well, and at desert they ate philopena to- gether—that Is to say, they shared a double almond, But the duke, when next day they met, forgot to say “philopena,” and lost the bet. He asked the artist what present he should give her, and she added, ghingly: “‘Any anii nat would do o paint; something pretty, you know.” The duke smiled and departed. Nothing more was he ly had quite forgotten the affair, when, some months afterwards, the royal forfelt arrived—towlt, threo enormous polar bears. of him, and the A popular woman writer insists that one of the most effective ways in which a woman may do missionary work s that of thoroughly trafning every servant that falls to her lot. The universal plea that just as one has assimilated our approved methods she shakes off the dust (alas! too often lit- al dust) of our culinary department she answers by the assertion that this is a sel- fish view to take of the case. She points out the obvicus fact that if each house- keeper would conscientiously put her own Interests outside the matter and go seri- ously to work to revise and improve d mestic servants for the good of the caus the number of efficient helpers could but be steadily Increasifig. As it is, there is only now and then a woman who does her duty by the kitchen, and consequently that branch of home life is slowly deteriorating has been down It When a New York house that an aristocrat in its time is torn proves a treasure to some of the folks of the town. Doors of old house in Bleecker and Hudson streets are proudly pointed to as dolng their normal duty In some uptown mansion, whose mortar 1s hardly dry, and mantels and wainscoting are equally sought and applied. A colonial mansion belonging to the Goelet estate was, not long ago, dis- mantled, and the artist, Millet, got pos- sesslon of the woodwork in one of its rooms, This he had set up in his studio, and from it_painted the beautifully truthful Interior which forms so fine a background for his two women In “How the Gossip Grew''—one of his most popular pictures FASHION NOTES Coarse, pliable straws are a special fe ture of millinery. Crepon appears in a new guise, which re- sembles the rugged stem of old tree bark The black watered silk is mixed with evervthing which fashion may lay a claim | weight and has SUNDAY, APRIL 8. 1894--TWENTY Tt is seen in revers, collar bands, bows and vests The use of French cashmere fs rovived again. It drapes beautifully, and combines prettily with changeable taffeta silks, Tropical suiting s a new fabric for tray eling and morning gowns, It {s light in A smooth surface coming In again green, yellow and the favorite mixture little om- taffeta Plaids are chocks, with bined, are silk A new kind of fine Tndia fully embroidered with fvory in various light s, is place of lace draperies. Fine black in beauti thread used in muslin colo} being 1 i3 one of the new colors ave @ hint of its existence last year, and now appears in silks and crepons under the name of z An odd and 1 formed of ostr back with a diamond white lace, gathered front A new A cool gray gre which expensive collar band athers fastened at the buckle. A tie of double, “finish the material called “bure” is being used In Paris. It is coarsely woven, like canvas or nun's veiling, with heavy th and has a fancy surface which gives it ppearance of being heavy. An odd gown for spring is made In semi- tallor fashion, with skirt and long coat basque of fawn cloth, vest of pale pink chiffon, ornamented with rosette of the same, and single revers of Danish leather. Eton jackets have taken on the addition of circular frills about six inches deep, which form a basque. The front turns back in wide revers, and |s ymetimes buttoned with one or two buttons at the waist The latest riding habits have a patent at tachment of springs and hooks which will promptly fly apart in of accident, and leave the rider free, making it impossible to be dragged from the saddle. The Roumanlan blouse, great favorite, Is made of white Japan: surah or taffeta silk, and has for trimming a vely dog collar and wide belt, embroidered with jet, gold and colored spangles Cotton crepon is a desirable material for summer gowns, and it can be had in black and all the light tints, It is especially rec ommended for its laundry qualifications, as it washes perfectly and requires no ironing It is difficult to discover a real novelty in fans, but a pretty and inexpensive Kkind, when closed, resembles a series of colored, rounded frills, edged with tinsel; these a cord with the gown and give much effect at little cost Turquoise and which is now a o0dd shades of pink and green are seen in the new chiffons. This material, when made up into faney neck- wear and bodice trimmings, is often edged with satin baby ribbon in white or black, and the effect is novel and pretty. The rage for chiffon must be at its height, for it can hardly be employed in more way than at the present time. It trims wool and silk dresses alike, frilled on in narrow ruflles to take the place of lace. And entire dresses are made of this gauzy stuff. ans Gene' is the name of a _ short- waisted cute little jacket made of velvet and Jetted or embroidered, which is one of the novelties of the season. It is cut squa across the waist at the back, square in front is sleeveless, and worn over any pretty bodice. FEMININE NOTES. Greek ladies had steel and brass mirrors, parasols, fans and smelling bottles. The family boot and shoe stretcher, with corn and bunion pieces of brass, is a modern patent. Miss Jennie Forsyth of Boston has been appointed right worthy grand superintendent of the Juvenile Templars of the World, In the sixteenth century no lady was con- sidered in full dress unless she had a mirror at her breast. It was oval in shape, about 4x6 inches i’ size. The question whether a female claiming to be a “lady” was libeled by being called a “woman” has been decided by a British judge and jury in the negati Mrs. J. Picrpont Morgan is credited with the intention of erecting a monument over the unmarked grave of brave Molly Pitcher of revolutionary celebrity, which lies ncar West Point, adjacent to the Morgan country scat at Highland Falls on the Hudson. Worth, the man milliner, while not a robust man, is fond of manly exercise and spends much of his spare time in a gym- He s arbitrary in his business re- lations with his customers and will not per- mit the selection of any material he does not think will be “becoming.” Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith of Cambridge City, Tnd, proprictor of onc of the finest Shorthorn’ herds in_ the country, is writing for the Breeders Gazette a series of able papers on women as farmers. She believes there is no spot equal to a farm for at once furnishing a competence and enabling a woman to establish a beautiful home and bring up her children nobly. Mme. Bernhardt says her most trying task is the fitting on of dresses. It is im- possible to get dressmakers—their eyes being vitiated by the long habit of the corset, tight body and abrupt hip and dorsai curves—to follow properly the lines of the body, or to indicate them in seeming to veil {hem. When a dress is a success sev- eral copies are taken of it. The newspaper woman finds herself often a sort of clearing house for points from her friends to other women. One of these drifted in late “Do_advise women who own cameos to clean them. I have seen 50 many dirty cameos lately on women of otherwise elegant appearance. They ar easily cared for by brushing with tepic slightly soapy water.” Few people know that the beautiful lace Kknown as Fayal lace is made from the fibers of the leaves of the bitter aloe, a relative of the common century plant. This lace is manufactured by women, and the nec sary -skill is so rarcly attained that th are but about twenty-five persons on the islands—the Azores—who can make it. The art needs to be practiced from childhood. In these days curious oceupations are con- stantly developing. A late one is that of shoebreaker. English woman will, for halt a crown a pair, take your new shoes and wear them long enough to take off the tight stiffness that new shoes e apt to have. It takes about three days to bring them to the happy condition of com- fort which poets sing of, and in busy times she has as many as six pairs going at once, wearing each two Lours every day An INDUSTRIAL NOTES. England will use American letter boxes. Australia makes horse shoes of cowhides. New England cotton manufacturers will build branches in the south. New York s to have a slot machine that will furnish gas. France is manufacturing a new fuel from solidified petroleum materials. Electrically operated machinery is to a considerable extent at the Joliet of the Illinois Steel company Petroleum has been used by W. E. Crane of Waterbury, Conn., as a fuel for heating crucibles in which alloys are to be made and, in view of the low price of petroleum compared to coal in some localities, the pro- cess is of much interest A wonderful nugget of tin has been dis- covered in the mines of North Dundas, Tas- mania, It is estimated to weigh 5,400 pounds. The assay of a small piece shows that the large mass of ore contains 67 per cent of metallic tin, The thickest known coal seam fin the world is the Wyoming, ne#r Twin Creek, in the Green river coal basin, Wyoming It is eighty feet thick with only one thin parting of shale near the roof, and upwards of 300 feet of solid coal underlie the prop- ty of 4,000 acres To do the work power and power machinery ical industries and upon our railroads, says Carroll D. Wright, would require men rep- resenting a population of 172,500,000, in add!- tion to the present population of the country of 65,000,000, or a total population, with hand ‘processes and with herse power, of 227,600,000, which population would' be obliged to subsist upon présent means. In an economic view the cost to the country would be enormous. The present cost of operating the railroads of the country with am power Is, in round numbers, $502, 00 per annum, but to carry on the same amount of work with men and horses would cost the country $11,308,500,000, oLl L We could not improve the quality it we paid double the price. DeWltt's Witch Hazel Salve s the best salve that experience can produce, or that money can buy. Kind of and othe) used works now accomplished by in our mechan- A TENDERFOOT SEES MEXICO Graphiv Pictures from Real Life Drawn by a Young Omahan, IN HAUNTS OF THE SOCIAL EXILE Threilling Episode with “Harity's Son” and Its Finale—How Charley's Girl Was Saved -Marriagoe of Americans n tho Kuropean Plan, MONTEREY, Mex., March (Co spondence of The Bee)—Among all the odd things in Mexico ther is liar than the stran very exclusive gentleman and s usually tired of this place. s Monterey is 80 ¢ to the border it 18 very Americans who find in foreign countries. AThis accounts for the large Amerfcan colony, as it is called, here. In one hotel alone there are efght gentle- men for whom It wifild be inconvenient to return to the stat And, strange as it may seem, they do nothing to conceal that fact, but are quite free in telling you that some people are too rm us to meet them and they fancy theyf will return for some time. When this hotel and mentioned the fact that he was here for his health the proprictor said in the most indifferent way Imaginable “Yes, yes, of course, I understand, but, sir, we never ask any questions in this house.” I was mystified and could not rest until T asked some one what he meant. So spotting a saintly-looking old gentleman, I sat beside him, offered him a cigar and started a conversation on general subjects, gradually leading up to the subject At last I broke out with, “What does that man mean by saying that no questions arc asked in this house? I am here for my health and would just as lief answer questions as not." The old man turned around in his chair, looked me full in the face, smiled and said: “You'll do, come have a drink. The mystery was only growing darker and I was almost convinced that I was getting mixed up in an insane asylum, but was prepared to investigate matters, so followed my newly made friend Info the “cantina.”” There he clapped me on th back and said: “That talk is all right among the my boy; but you know among our never try to disguise facts; there is no use; it_don’t go.” The truth flashed across my mind. considered me a criminal. It was feetly evident to me that all the talking I could do would never convince the man otherwise. So we drank as friends and criminals. NOTHING BUT MONEY, Another friend of mine who is young, as well as the best dressed man in fown, was blowing himself. He said that is what he is here for, and in a little over a year had spent $15,000. We ate many a good dinner together where the champagne was paid for by some corporation, bank or individual at the rate of $6 a bottle. Of course as a guest 1 could not ask any questions. Another acquaintance of mine flashed upon me a package of United States greenbacks containing $2,000, and said, “‘just as soon as this is gone.” That night as he was returning from a visit to his girl he was held up by two Mexicans and robbed of his money. He told a friend of mine he sus pected me of having a hand in the robbery, for he said I was the only man to whom he had shown the money. My friend became highly enraged and challenged him to fight a ducl. The challenge was accepted, but by the time the fight was to come off the fel- low had disappeared. Another fellow who spends. his money very freely confessed to me that the cause of his sojourn in Mexico was his attractiveness to the women. 'l “Oh," he said, “tHey are all after me. I would be a real goodfboy if they would only leave me alone.” began to discuss the matter and said w look here in Mexico where the women don’t appreciate my style of beauty, T have no trouble. I attend to my business; they to theirs. I have been here six months and havem't married a single woman.” I sympathized with him and we became fast friends. One day when he was very despondent he said he wished he were down here through financial difficulties and not on account of a few crazy women. “Why,” he sald, “if a fellow has stolen some money he can go home and give himself up, but if T go home some addle-pated father or brother will shoot me,; and I am not looking for any such excitement. I tell you what, my boy, if you can't play the Don Juan any better than T did don't try it, but marry and settle down; it's more comfortable.” HARITY'S SON. This story, which Is about a New Yorker I met here, shows that even criminals will sometimes forget themselves. This man is about 35 years of age, of pleasing address and frank, easy manners. He had been introduced to me under the name of Moody and as [ had no reason for suspicion I of course thought it his right name. One thing [ notic>d about him was that he never mentioned his former life excopt to say that he was a New Yorker. But as he scemed 50 honest and not very talkative I thought very little of it. One evening we were seated on the plaza opposite the hotel. The conversatlon had taken in a variety of sub- Jeets, until at last we began discussing “situations and desirable Jobs.” T told him what I would consider as a desirable position and then Moody said: “T will tell you how I got jobs when I was a voung fellow. It wasn't any trouble at all then, 1 would go to the office of the man from whom I wanted employment and say I'm Harity's son and that would get me the situation cvery time.” ““Harity? I questioned, and as I did so the man turted as though he had received an electric shock, rose fully a foot from the bench, and then sank back and stared me in the face. 1 smiled. hat smile seemed to reassure him. Turning his eyes heavenward, his limbs became stiff and numb—the man had a violent spasm 1 rubbed h hands and face as he murmured unintelligible words. At t he seemed to regain conscicusness, and opening his s stared at me with a look that made me shudder. In a few moments more he smiled and sald quite calmly: Miles, I never drcamt you were a detec- tive, but It is all up with me now." In an instant I realized the full meaning of the scene. His real name was Harlty and not Moody, and he had unconsciously given it away. He thought me a detec- tive on his track, but I would not have known that man's secret for $1,000. “Moody,” I sald, “I'm not a' detective Ho turned to me and asked, “how then did you know my name was Harity? “Why," I said, “you just told me you were Harity's stn." “Did 1?7 Did 1 fool, that's what I a And then he began to laugh a wild, hys- terical laugh, and I left him. That night he disappeared, and I bave never heard of him since. 20, rre- thing more pecu American. He 18 a convenient for desirable to travel the writer registered at down my boy; you're all right; He per- he exclaimed;" I'm a CHARLEY'S GIRLS, Charley had a room adjoining mine, but he was so occupled I saw but little of him. Once I asked him it he was married, and he said, “no, not married, but living," With an American or Mexican? I asked “Hoth," he answered, Shortly after this Charley suddenly left town, and the day following I answered many questions as to his whereabouts. A Mexican woman hung around his room all day, and when night “ame a young Amerl- can’ woman about 25 years of age, remark- ably good looking, called and inquired for Charley. In answer @ her questions I told her he had gone home. This was very un- welcome news to her,.as she Immedlately dropped into a chair and fainted away. I rushed about crying for help, but as no one came, I doused a piteher of water over her and she soon returndd to consclousness She stared about in & very id way and talked of Charley In a very compromising way At last she b e furious and used such language as only a Texan woman use. To make a suitable climax in tirade agulust poor Oharley she pulled & little pearl-handled revolver, aud can her out brand. PAGE Mme. fl Yale's E2 BRAY HAIRS. 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There she sat with an empty bottle in her hand and I was petrified. Rgaining my wits I ran for a doctor. He returned with me, pumped her out and said the only way to keep her alive was to keep her awake. I thought the mattcr ov and could not see how I was Interested In keeping her awake or alive either She wasn't my girl Why Qidn’t Charley take care of his own girl and not leave her around as a burden to other people? These questions of course remained unanswered. There was no one else to keep her awake so I undertook the job. I brought her out on the plaza and walked her up and down, which was no easy matter at first, but after a time she seemed to walk mechanically, The doctor had promised to relieye me at 11 o'clock, but' at 12 he had not arrived So I hired a cogidor to walk her about while I went to find the doctor. When I found him we returned to the plaza, but nowhere could we find Charley's girl or the cogidor. At last we inquired of a strwiger. Y he 1 seen a policeman leading them to the station. We reached the station just as they were shutting them in a cell. The doctor explained that the girl had been potsoned and she was returned to us, We then brought her to the doctor's house and put her in charge of the doctor's wife, and then I saw the last of Charley's girl. NOT ALL ALIKE. Of course I have only pictured a few cases where the Americans are not of the pre- scribed Sunday school order. These are the exceptions, not the rule. There are many Americans in Mexico who are just as good citizens as the United States possesses and are an honor to our country. Yet there ave 80 many black sheep down here that all Americans are under a cloud of suspicion, and Mexican society has been so often im- posed upon by these people that now they treat Americans, who have no letters to prove thelr identity, with marked coolness. Many Americans have come down here every winter for years, bringing different wives with them each time. 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