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{Reflections ofa ® ew Bachelor Girl By Helen Rowland Jor Ooprright, 1010, by The Pree Publishing Co, (The New York Worldh | | MAN likes to keep his comsctence lubricated with | | alcohol, so that it will not grate on his finer sensidilitics. | The average woman marries in order to get a head- rest; the average man in order to get a foot-rest. Some men consider marriage an incident, some consider it an accident and sume simply won't consider it at all! Seems rather foolish for a girl to waste money buying imported hats and silk stockings in order to win a husband when a little cheap flattery will do it #0 much more easily wns her troubles in tea A woman Samoan drowns his in cocktails, Repenting his follies occupics 80 much of a man's time that he can't even stop to bother about his sins. “Thou shalt honor and flatter thy wife in the presence of other women,” fg the eleventh commandment of matrimony. A woman never commits the inartistic crime of flirting with two men in the same way. But, in their love-making as in their clothes, all men are duplicates, Oh, yes, a husband may smite and smile—and still be a growch at home! eveentienesemasantlp Betty Vincent’s {Advice to Lovers “Under No Obligations, Du to the theatre BAR girls, when a man has taken ) or to some party you need not feel that you are under any obligations to His compensation is your company. | I am prompted to ou this by a letter I re from a girl only thts morn’ She writes “My fa! has very money. A young man I ite wealthy has been paying me a great He has n automobile, and frequently he in it with a chaperone. 1 feel indebted so many good Umes that tt ecems to m n for ct to give him something very handsome for Ch [-iseg veh Tam scarcely in a financial position to VINCENT. Now, I want to tell this girl, and all ochers With a similar protvem, that !t {s quite essary te of rewarding a y ing you out. He asks you becaugo he a and lke a of any ¢ So Just be your own swee . A en some the theatre, and he will be amply repaid hia time and tr * T find I cannot afford this. What shall An Engacemen! Rinz. Epa aceite is YOUNG anw signs his letter I fear you will have self to taking the to resign your- writes young Iady out a A been calling upon @]Hettle lesa often, fo you can save your young lady for some time and I have| money hetween whiles to ask her twin fallen in love with } I have bought | sister to go too. on engages ring and have been care vying it around trving to ge: up coure| Her Senior. age ty Hente ii. Bot there GIRL who signs her letter “L. 4 another man in d, an SVAN 1.” writes friend of ‘ers, ond T want to get rid} “Tam nineteen and tn love with of him. W sia ane dom [a man ten years my senior. He ts e Ask the young lady to marty you and} noyed as manager where J work give her the ¢ him every day, and t have rrown you will hav av q love him quite dear] Whe doesn't think you think hi akivobgh 1 thing Of mo. thinks 4 am toe young yoots attentions, Some Ice Cream. G tld df the other ung max Just ethply es not care for you, and you are a | ¥ery foolish girl to permit yourself w F for @ young man! care for him before he has made any ng a young girl home aft advances: theatre at to ask he t flome Ice \A Kiss. Entirely only I would GIRL who signs her letter "J a cold evening, A K. M." writes | “A young man took Loves a Twin. iheatre) is. oihar alge SVE Auraver YOUNG man who signs his letter jome at 11.20 and he stayed till A M. J." writes |!t proper for him to kiss me wh Tam tn love with a twin, | leaves?” s to tating her Ih party without he As I only earn $12 a wee's ——--- Timely Hints for Christmas Shoppers. whose father obje to the theatre twin sister, repeatedly sald it {8 not pr o Kiss any young man unless you are engaged to marry him, e i OODS are quite in evidence in va- Bandeaux are extremely popular, H rious garments, A traveling rove Those of platinum set with French of biack slik has a round hood, rhinestones are very pretty and sell at) This handy garment also has a pockec to hold valuables fastened to the belt, Sprays of flowers in white kid are ef- fective upon black velvet hats, Quite a nice spray can be had for 29 cents, & cents and upward. An exquisite one §s $1.75. Those of shell with rhinestone | settings are ® cents, Bail fringe of velvet or braid is larges ly used to edge tu and panels, A novelty tn ingerie Is the Introduce "Kd boudo:r slippers have a tiny acale tion of printed Jawn, A combination at loped edge below which an inch wide $3.81 has de forget - as a ribbon is drawn through the slipper, border just beyond the lace frill, and a terminating in a bow in front. They can petticoat at $4.98 has a wide band of de's be had in various colorings at $1.75 4 feate pink roses between the insert pair, of lace effect 19 decidedly pretty, | PB ES 6 ‘ogue has! 7 . Tho Mhnite vogue 89) Bits of Information. brought ont a bea line of goods tn embrolderie: Novel handin and NEW meter registers how long a some edgings ard flo ve A telephone ts used. shown and promise to become vei ular, A theatre ca The Cape Cod Canal, now in the course ‘old allover net has of construction, will cost about twelve ia dru edned rrow gold lace, A | million dollars, | tiny wreath of roses and buds formed | of satin ribbon and metallic net con-| | With! the Inst ten years the Met Church in the Phivcppines has to a membership of 3 and five stitutes the tri fg of this attractive cap that sells , ; A wreath of © nsen made up of | 4 aching various colore] sitin ribbon inter: | ay i mingied with b: nd leaves in me most consid s He effects A simpte css te made up of go'd Mover net in the form of a heavy braid. Tt is $1.93 ana can be w plain or fi ished off with a rose or bow Filmy eilk knit scarfs in plain colors of the inques | A machine des! to prevent ¢ teration of checks or the forging ¢ 1 natures to negotiable paper has bx are 4) cents: in celica colored s ed | DalaEtad bE A OAVICE ae Ayes % cents. Teal Shetland wool scarfs in | ey | plain colors or stripes are 09 cents | A heavy black tace Jumper ts finished! tron cloth is largely used tc off at the edge with a simple band Of jtatiors everywhere for the pu satin. As a velling over Pers'an silk It | maxing the collars of coats set properl: is decidedly effective and its price is8/phig cloth 1s manufactured from. ate 7.96, | wool and has the appearance of having Something new in veils ts one of blue! yeen woven frum horsehalr, marquisette with vertical cluster | at Intervals and a border of blue velvet. | Plans have ern completed for the es- fashtonable a corsage | tablishment of great preserves {n Africa One of violets | wh the @ephant may be freo ¢ tied with cord and tassel 1s $1.95. An-|the attacks of tho hunters. In. s« other of orchids and jNies of the valley | parts of the Park Continent th tied with a lavender chiffon bow is 2.9% ha canminitad To be rea bouquet 1s a neces! lephant Let George Do It! “ OF ROTTEN EGGS WANT TO SELL BYYEM AND <0 IN THE AME? ) HAVE A LOT | Babbling Bess *h “Would you believe it, madam, when | was on the stage | never for food?” "Oh, | euppose you get a!l you wanted thrown at you by the audience. FORTY CENTS A POUND. k ‘On, w yes. Jot has on W) 1SNT Copyright, 1010, by The Wress Publishing Co, (The New Yor Word) ae we MR, JONESe WHY Bony YOU GOIN THE BAKERY BUSINESS! 4 SPECIALTY OF PIES AND CAKES By Harry Palmer NG oT HAVEN'T THAT SH BRAIN TO penis ( GOOD Iveat WHat ELL bo TLL GET A SAMPLE sTORE LAND Ir WiLL 1 Wee Owl, | FROM THE b BE ENOUG: [TO FINISH. if o MM! Bon WANT ANY MORE, SAID You WOULD ASK FOR. A BIa SAMPLE AND FT WOoUL all ices of ot Journal, A NEWER THEME inted viking any » talking years."— chi “When you were an actor did you have a stro a strongly emotional. ad to refuse a drink.” “Weil, lady, | had actually ASKING TOO MUCH, The coun it her fa . pap ago Rec Jon't d-Heraid, JUST G LARGE 5. fore THAT it HY i i/ // role, ie MEAT AMPLE Piece f DIDN'T [0 NOTHIN’ ///;BvurT, I \Wont Co HIT AGAIN! 9 par Why, in one ccene By Joe Ryan| vole NONE IN STOCK }_A CRIME RIDDLE NOBODY COULD GUESS bs —— The Window at The White Cat By Mary Roberts Rinehart Author of “7 DAYS” SOO (Copyright, 1910, by B Merrill Company.) aYNorsis oF riacEDt ) CUAITERS, only been an engagement ring anyhow, and everybody knows how binding they han angel with a burning and scourged me out of my d the angel was Burton, and m| the sword was a dripping umbrelh to take you out," he said, iropped out of the sky; u to make a Mttie efperte Waning tenwe, Kook fails dowu a a tow r © caught sight of 1 portleres, and the t " prompted his spoec sald she must see “he sald, very ulstinctly, and leered me r Don't be an ass,” f said angrily, “f n't know that I care to go out tée “ nighe.”" nia He sod his manner then, AL Fiew Let's go and hb at the staircase bina, . you fellowa ha been tall = about,” sald. “I n't belley there t# @ main ome. po: an in the Joint, and I have CHAPTER never hi A Pr, sae tte tation about leaving A Proscenium Lox. the house—and = Marzery—after the ie or, Fred | C¥ents of the previous night. But Mare | wery had caugh nough of the conver- 1 ix ing ready | sation to be anxious to have me go, and when I went in to consult her ehe ing | laughed at my fears ther| “Lightning never strikes twice tn the her | #21 nee," said bravely, “1 wil er Mrs, Dutier | 08k Katte to » down with me itt Jam nervous, ar ull wait up for the f : foe family." ye N T went without enthusiaam, Margery’ The gan went Into! a had been delayed for a day the ¢ left t and I had counted en the evening yey no nmediat , and went to} With her, In fact, I ha ent the con: t 6 hate A hake jcerc tickets to Edith with an eye single to sidahce of ma wilt to that idea. But Bur s plan was a Ait Wie right, It was, In view of what we knew, overwhelming ality to go over the ground at’ the White Cat | f Ity on again, and Saturday night, with the Personally, 1 think it wa | Place full 0} would be a good time n the po of wo vel to 1 around, ‘unnoticed. to me, No doubt Mre I don't hang so muct on this stare sympathy, but her op idea," Burton said, “and 1 have & found me cold and anre reason for will fina | 1 told Margery brieily of my visit to the warehous wood that morning. ne was asl 4 can depend on it. Burton,” ¥ A ' ntained, “that the staircase is the zeled as I wan about the things Hep. | py to look. If you had seen Ware ple had found In the ¢ Sho wasidrop's face to-day, and hls agony 9? relieved, too. {mind when he knew he had assoctated I t as sure now that #he ts! ‘staircase’ with ‘shot,’ you would think living c week ago that she/ Just as Ido, A man like Schwarts, who was dl * d, leaning back in| Sa the ope We aM me auietly up the stalrs, unbolt. the door Into the ieee t Corrible thing | snoot weming and then Bot pa wer, Het awaet Ubisee' += drop suspects Schwartz, and he's afraid |) “Unless what" of him, If } opened t door just In “She had loaned my father a great] time to see Schwartz, we will ay, back. deal of | heightened money.” Margery sald, with | ing out the door and down the ne had not dared] #talrs, or to see the door ue and to tell Aunt Letitia, and the money was | SU8Pect Who had just gone, we would 1a ee ee eee ee tound” it | have. the whole sltuatian, tet: ieee joeene back d Including the two mot c vi Jout. Then—things went wrong Mt and ey ee |the Borough Rank, and—the money did| “suppose the stairs open im the nods | not e back. If you know Aunt!of the room? He was sitting” faéing Jane and how afraid she ts of Aunt the window. Do you think Schwarts | Letitia, you will understand how ter- Would go in, walk around tho table and |ribie 1t was for her. 1 have wondered : bot him from in front? Pooh! jit. ‘ould go-to burg and try |" UM ‘ [i@'sho would go—t ttaburg ai 7 He tad a neck,” 1 retorted: “tie te, RSBAREBON SiS hat /PO%e he might have turned hia head “The Eagie man is working on that ty took und.” theory now," I replied. ° b walking through the | there was a fetter ‘C" added to eleven rain. ‘The White Cat, as far off aa the ltwenty-two, would you know what {t/ poles socially, was only a halt dozen mennt {blocks actually tr the best Test. | She shook her head tn the noga- “ence portion of the city. At the corner jot the war use, Burtun stopped and up at it. 1 | looked owitl dollars and | you answer two more ques! Wt aiways get mad when I look ok | tions?’ I asked. this building,” he said. great) 1 “Yea, if I ca ndfather h a truck garden on is | “Do you know why you were chloro-/exact spot seventy years ago, and the | formed last night, and who did it?’ fold Idiot sold out’ for three hundred: | mutT How do I think I know who dtd It, pty Ar Nd dl Jon't under I have been trying | ¥0u Ke 2 Kas N day to think tt out, I'm afraid to|_ 77 ilering 1 I had a grudge ja 0 1 have, t matter—-against the | wo nt ete | MAYor, and I wanted to shoot him, how Se . Tassured her. “If | about It. I think I shoald sary, we will have the elty police | nha f vantage, like an over in a ring around the house, If you in an empty. butléing iP and don’t tell, Margery, you are ‘ would wait for @ [Fanning a Fink, and ore than that, yo | "me gh also ke thie, when ne | are protecting @ person who ougat tobe} coud pot him with ». thirtorelane Jin gail. @ dozen yards, with my eyes crossed, | “I'm not sure," she persisted, “Dor't |" ww, Jask me about it, p y “What does Mrs, Butler say?" “Just what she sald this: morning | Ana says valuable papers were taken from under her pillow, She was very illnysterteal, all afternoon, | The gloom and smouldering fire of tho 4 Apassiona amo to us from across the hall, [leaned over and took |Margery's emall hand between my two big ones. had stopped near the arched gate where I had stood and waited for Hun- ter, a week before. Suddenly Burton darted away from me and tried the gate. It opened easily, and I heard him lashing through a puddle in the gloomy yar “The tome tn, Water's fine. 1 gate swung to beliind me, and T buld Not see six Inches from my nose. Burton caught my elbow and steered . by touching the fence, toward the ding. he called softly. Why don't you tell met! I urged. 1" "are it ien't locked too tight,” helm “Or—you needn't tell mo—I know what] gy yi, e can perhaps throw you think, Sut sn't any motive | a win, , an upstairs, From there that I can ee and why would she | we ought to be able to see di »wn Into the chloroform you?’ club. What t devil's that?’ I don't know, argery shuddered. It was a rat, It » and it scrambled metimes—L wonder—do you think away among the loose boards in a fren- pgp ener ein zy of excitement. Burton struck @ music ended with the crash of mate {t burned faintly in the damps r4 ness nnent went out, having ninor chord, Fred ard Edith came approximate location vwn the stairs, and th xt moment doors, we were all and the chance sabe a quiet 1 Was gone, A trance th r Fr 4 came back ated the house," he sald. “And » elgiit-paned v's story) Was provab 1 tuck seer t entirely are at | der w iow, ic th for anything now that, after al knees, mile rethrod t ‘ 1 \ Fred and fal Tgone. 1 woud | for At fires T could 4 r » te M 1 eard " row F \ a: Helle 1 Brgy ag Mage 1 wood Ito Miss da at |e t » the mud, I | i 1 amp at the win- r a8; 0b t he was’ not nit 1 window escaped - ‘ © 1 1 the Dus dread ‘ Me AL mavefa and when heard , nd him, and saw Bure \ Th ton wuttat tie silt, 1 was almost ' 1 { wo ave been had t My ed up in aul r at my feet, f wh hae la not for getting 1 ale 14 I iehted another oni ) » had closed the win ah mo in our general direcs eels | wiere the stairs ought to be W na ‘ ou we felt our palin und, | wh} Thad only one box of as nearly | wax matcles, and Burton had dropped e from an Impersonal stand: (ig in a puddle. » doubt if she was even surprised, (To Be Continued.) / i deine ct ina ts Blt j