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\ Vy) re ) omnes, VAP ea MR. JARR FALLS PREY TO DIPLOMATIC WILES 66] DON'T seo why you should eriti- cise me or Mr. Rangie should eriticize Mrs, Rangie tf we did go over to Mrs. Stryver's and turkey trot.” ead Mrs, Jerr, after Mr. Jarr hed mumbled something to the effect that the dancing crase was bdreaking up many happy homes in Harlem—and edise- where. “Oh, I wasn't criticising you er Mre. Range," Gr. Jarr wee quick to say. “I was just speaking in general. ‘peaking not in general, but of @ General—Gen. Josephine Blessington Moteh of the Militant Hikerettes of the Great Suffragette Army, and, by the way—there will be « monster demonstra- tion hike to the Panama Exposition jn Gen Francisco in 1918; if we, or rather they (for I am sure I don't want to vote), do not get the suffrage by that time. And if they do get the suffrage they will hike across the continent to Gclebrate our—or rather thetr—triumph —ana"— “What has Gen. Josephine Blessington Blotch to say in regard to the turkey trot?’ interrupted Mr. Jarr, but po- itely—oh, very politely, for Mre, Jarr was taking him word chase from the Atlantio.to.the Pacific. “Weil, she says it ts well that woman ould turkey trot-tt epitomizes the dreat Revolt!” “Oh, {t epitomizes the Great Revolt, Goes it? asked Mr. Jarr. “And how?” “As Lincoln freed the gave, eo the tango and the turkey trot have freed the wall flower and the chapero: Mrs, Jarr, ‘Since these simple dances came into vogue—and I want to say they are NOT vulgar, any more than @ Walts or a two-step are vulgar, for afi dances can be vulgar if the people who dance them are vulgar—but thi new Gances are s0 simple that enybody can dance them’— “Well, I don't ke to think of You! @ancing them, just the same,” said Mr. Jerr. “Abe!” cried Mrs, Jarr. ‘Tt's just whet I told Mra. Rangie. I said to at the turkey trot in the ont wit Great deal of @ood." Mr, Jarr looked aghast to hear such rev@utionary sentiments from one who heretofore had been mid-Victorian in her ideas of conservative rempectability, “Why, Clara!” he said, “You astot tse me!” “I want to astonish you,” said Mr: Jerr, calmly. “And Mra, Rangle wan: @ astonish her husband, But the plain Betty Vincent's dvice to Lovers A During Office Hours. ARM days will soon be here, and with them the perennial discussion of what constitutes the proper costume for ‘There are always people who maintain that if the girl or clerk would meet the demands of pro- stenograph priety ehe must wear long sicev: ever the temperature of the day. Perhaps it te because I, myself, work in an critics. to go downtown to to attend an afterioon tea, between the over-claborat The Dutch neck, provided it isn't cut too low and tho sleeves reaching just below the elbow, are features of the business girl's summer attire which seem to me as mod- est and suitable as they are certainly comfortable, How to Make Friends. +3, EL" writes: “We are @ group of soung girls and we have all been angry "ith @ certain group of boys, We don't rooak and neither do they. How can make up?" Probably if you girlt smile and bow ext time you meet the boys the| th wilt gladly inake friends again, | tat “Mf, B." writes: “I am engaged to be | married, I have not yet met my flan parents, Should they come to see I go to them?” Mhey should come to you. fs writes: “A girl frend of mine rposely attracts away from ine every dey I rh Tm not in love with any- Dody, Sht*ner actions seriously affect my goowtimes. I have to live tn, the same hotite wth her and I should ike to do eomething, but I don't know whet. ‘Will you advise me” Way éen't you appeal to the girl's gmercsity? Though I don’t think any qrorts whtle boy whe liked you would be wen ewey, | = ae Of course no sensible person would advise a girl (Casual Attentions. | Toe cs ea come te the that the turkey trot wil be the most pied Temedy against the saloon evi.” aaa @aloon evil?’ echoed friend hus- “Yes, the saloon evil,” Mra. Jarr went on. “We (and when 2 say we I include the wives of all America) have fought Qgainet the pernicious influence of the saloon for years. We have tried coli fing, we have tried moral suasion. Som: strenuous wives, like Mrs. Gratch- Dinkston have even tried force, locking up husbands end hiding thelr clothes— but the saloon hae stil enticed them. “Oh, don't say you are a temperate man,” Mrs. Jarr continued, noting that Mr. Jarr was about to interrupt her again, “In fact I do not belle: y of you who go to Gus's place on the cor- ner—and other places on other corners are addicted to Nquor. But you are addicted to ealoons—to the associations there. Se if you men can go and en- doy yourselves away from home with. your cronies in saloons, we women of | to-day can go and enjoy ourselves danc- | ing with our cronies, All that is needed 19 @ phonograph and a ragtime record. And the rest | And to Mr. Jarr’s profound astonish- ment Mrs. Jarr fllustrated by doing a solo turkey trot. "Gee whilike: tounded man. “I think the women folk of this country have all gone 1 it fen't the ballot it's the ballet. you men have no one but your- said Mra. Jarr calmly. | to fret and worry and stay at hi | neglected. But the day has come when | if you men will persist in neglecting, Your homes for the saloons the women/ will enjoy themselves turkey trotting. ‘Bpeaking for myself, 1 surrender, said Mr, “If you will renounce the dance Tl give up Gus’ What shall I do to prov: | “Well, why not have a little card party at home to-night?’ asked Mr: Jarr. “Go out and tell Mr. Rangk You'll find him at Gus's!" ‘Mr. Jarr seized his hat and rushed) way. Mrs, Jarr went to the telephone 4 called up Mrs, Rang’ "It worked like a charm!" she the young girl in the business office, and linen collars, what- office that I do not agree with these her work looking as éf she were about But there is a happy medium totlet and the unduly severe one. “I am to call at a young lady's home and take her to the theatre, Ghould I bring a box ef candy with me or should I have it delivered? Should she take the caniy to the! theatre?" No, to the last question, and there- fore you'd becter have & sent to her beforehand, | “8. D." writes: “Can a boy of four-| teen be really in love?’ Indeed, no! “A. B." writes: ‘I was introduced to a rich young man, and he alwaye tips hia hat to me when he pases the win- dow where I work. Do you think he really cares for me, as there is a great difference between our etationa?’ What you have told me is no indica-| tion that he cares; merely common po- Mtenene, | | "M. HL" writes: “Would it be all right for me to propose to a young man| who I think loves me but who js bedhtult’ Certainly act. BY GosH, "' Ready FO PUNISH SOME MEAL, BELIEVE) 5 (TATE CL ennaanee, The Wings of the Morning {uiiir*.,, (Coypright, 1903, by B. J, Clode.) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING INSTALMENTS, Robert Anstrither, « young British officer in India, ts the victim of a conspiracy ou the part of hia Colonel's wife and Lord Ventnor, Dianised from tie army by court-martial, he starte back for Kugland in disgrace. shipping teward aboant the Muer Sirdar, ‘There he sees and is naturally attracted by Irie Ventnor of the Sirdar’s stores, be . In the cave be finds « Iria io, walkiag of head-hunting bande xvlor etauther empties hin rifle at the band, — Explor. ing the cave, Anstrutier finds a rein’ of alunost pure gold, One night the signal gune set by An: strutber go off, He and Iris climb to a hidden of rock they have prepared and r0- Wu ac reer aie Daily Mag SNieR -SNIER! SMELLS LIKE SOMETHING'S BURNING ; > \ NN a ae ne ANAL a ~ we NL WNL A ao aa So NLS SION sana ee TY substances that covers a multitude of doubts. No one, hot excepting the doc- tora who use it, knows much about it, 4 in Chinese medicine tt might be a chief factor of exceeding nastinces, Inside the cavern the existence of tire partially completed shaft to the ledge accounted for recent disturbances on the . face of the rock, and newcomers could awime not, of cour! inguish the dones of poor “J. 8. ‘velng the remains of a European, g Anstruther was satisfied that none of them hazarded the remotest guess as to the value of the gaunt rock they were starink at, and chance helped him to baffle further inquiry, A trumpeter on board the Orient was blowing his lungs out to summon them , t¢ luncheon, when Capt. Fitsroy put a . ad open ineffecure fire ou them, heat of the day the water cosks burst, haat render the defenders’ position copie, ee chief, with indu interpreter, fers parley. "The chief demends Ins eurreader, for s parley. ‘The ¢ . ‘Anstruther wine te Hindu over to their cause. truther confesses his love for Iria, who sccepie te, At ‘gee ut of the. ebiaok war een . ; i npcee Ser Brake ft ‘just Ri ip Mm out ing 80 he mither tells. the antl" Vventeor plete CHAPTER XVI. (Continned.) Bargains Great and Small. OBPRT hoped that his present ordeal was over. It had only begun. He was called on to answer questions without number. Why had the tune? been made? What was the mystery of Valley of Death? How did he man- e to gees the dimensions of the sun- dial? How came he to acquire such an amazing stock of out-of-the-way know!- edwe of the edible properties of roots and trees? How? Why? Where? When? They never would be satisfed, for not even the British navy—poking its noso into the recesses of the world — often comes across ch an amazing story the adventures of this couple on Rainbow Island. He readily explained the creation of quarry and cave oy tetling them of the vein of antimony embedded in the rock near the feult, Antimony te qne of the also vn nae oe pet ets os Ginicere shout his ‘ows cou rt ow to rude hiss, final query. “I can quite understand,” he said to Robert, “that you have an affection for this weird place.” “I should think so indeed,” muttered the stout midshipman, giancing at Iris. “But I am curious to know,” continued man. ref the commander, “why you lay claim to i the island? You can hardly intend to ¥ return here.” He pointed to Robert's placard stuck on the rock, Anstruther paused betore he answered. He fet that Lord Ventnor's dark eye: were fixed on him. Everybody was more or leas desirous to have this point cleared up, He looked the ques- tioner equarely in the face, “In some parts of the world,” he sald, “there are eunken reefs, unknown, un- charted, on which many a vei been lost wthout any contributory fault on the part of her officers” “Undoubtedly,” “Well, Capt, Fitzroy, wien I was sta- tloned with my regiment in Hongkong 1 encountered such a reef, and wrecked my Hfe on it, At least, that ty how It seemed thea, Fortune threw me ashore here, after a long and bitter sub- mergence. You can hardly blame me it I cling to the tiny speck of lind that save me nalvation,” No," admitted the sailor. He knew there was something more tn the alle- wory than the text revealed, but it was no business of his. “Moreover,'.. continued Robert smiling- ly, “you 1 have @ partner.” “There cance, be the sightes; court Sul Another about the partn ply. Then every one taughed, Iris more than any, though’ Sir Arthur Deane's wayety was forced and Lord Ventnor could taste the ' was the prompt re- told his chief of Anstruther's voluntary statement ooncerning the court-martial. Capt. Fitsroy was naturally pained by this unpleasant revelation, but he took exactly the sume view as that expressed by the first eutenant in Robert's prea- e Nevertheless he pondered the matter, and seized an early opportunity of men- Yoning it to. Lord Ventnor. That dia- Unguished nobleman was vastly eur- prised to learn how Anstruther had cut the ground from beneath his fe "Yoo," he said, in reply to the request for information, “I know all about it, It could not well be~other- wise, seeing that next to Mra. Costobdell [ was the principal witness against fim." “That must have been awkward for you, Was the unexpected comment. “Indeed! Why?" “Because rumor Mnked your name with that of the lady! in a somewhat outspoken way.’ “You astonish me. tainly made some stupid allegations during the trial, but I had no idea he was able to spread this malicious re. ort aubsequently.” 7 “I am not talking of Hong Kong, my ford, but of Singapore, months later.” Captain Fitzroy's tone was exceeding- ly dry, Indeed, some people might deem \t offensive, His lordship permitted rare luxury of an angry scowl “Rumor is a lying Jade at he wald, curtly, “You must Capt, Fitaroy, that L have atte Word of weandal about Mr. Anstruthe:, and any doubts concerning his conduct et at rent perusing the case in the Adjutant. vskong.” turning on his room, Uor's Anstruther cer- himself the by said the a eel to enter the cha: This Wax no way to treat a real live lord, @ personage of some political im- Portanoe, too, such as the Special Hnvoy to Wanghal. ividently Iris was no mean advocate #he hed already won By Louis Tracy . Jan to remain in possession until he re- | vo; ay. April 1 5, ii biadi 1919 Be an Enthusiast! That Is the Firat Step Toward Sactess. By Clarence L. Cullen. Coprright, 1918, by The Prem Publish ing (fe, (The Mow York Brenig Wedd), T in easy to remember when the word ;the Pole star or “enthusiast” was used only in ridi- or Geriston, The enthusiast wae + Jeored at, looked upon ae « sort of mild lunatiea, ‘Then the world Tt was el I sis te ty ji H ere. iy f Hh i i 3 i i & : | tl if ‘Y A cart (i A Glimpse the mid days here WE eurmer offerings. One chop te offering crepes, 9% imches wide, at conte a yard, with @ large variety eelect from. Velles are a8 popular ag ever, and thie season's new offerings are the Pretty figured voiles. <A soft, white voile, with emall posies scattered ever ite eurface and « border of colored stripes, 1s 3% cents a yard. The ratines, that gained euch popularity last eum- mer because they make up into such smart gowns, wil] heve « strong vogue this year. ‘The silk-mized weaves can be haé In all colors at 60 cents a yard, and they are 71 inches wide. Two-tone fabrics are prominent thie season and ratines of this nature are being shown at @ cents for the “‘outcast" the suffrages of the|» yard for the 36-inch width. These are entire ship's company, exceptionally pretty and can be had ‘The girl and her father went back to}{) all the new colorings, the black and the ivland with Robert. After taking| white being especially attractive and thought, the latter deckled to ask Mir | pric! Border effects continue in nd a two-tone ratine with turned. There was not much riak of an-|¢inch band border in white te note. other Dyak invasion. The fate of Taung | worthy. It 9 # inches wide and $1. ‘All's expedition would not encourage a|a yard. fresh set of marauders, and the Moham-| Purses and card cases of gold oF medan would be well armed to meet un-| stiver kid are new and very nice to foreseen contngenc while on his—An-|carry inside the gold and silver mesh. struther'e—wepresentations the Orient | pags. it would land bundance of stor. 1.5. In any event, it was better for the na-| with a chain attached {s $3.75, and small tive to live in freetom on Rainbow | memorandum books with covers of th's Isiand than to be handed over to the| oft, pretty leather are $1. euthorities as an escaped convict, which! The tub allk shirts are in great de- must be hie immediate fate no matter what magnanimous view the Govern. ment of India might afterward take of (7, by dire necessity. his services. So he resolutely brushed aside the woe- Mir Jan‘e anawer was emphatic. He pegone phantom of care and entered took off hip turban and placed It on A@- into the abandon of the hour with « seat struther'’s feet. that delighted her. The dear girl tm- “Baht,” id, “I am your dog, If, borg! od Raber, her ig wt, hes made another conquest, ai - ome dey, found worthy to be your ‘eather nianseld wae mice elated Gy tee Calthtul wervant, then shall I know thet jiaer neegs in Bir Amhur Deane'e de- Allah has pardoned my traneres#ons. iegnor, T only killed @ man because"-—- ‘They behaved like school children on “Peace, Mir Jan. Let htm reat.” @ piente. They roared over Irle's trou- “Why 1s he worshipping you, Robert?” bles In-the matter of divided skirts, too ’ much divided to be at all pleasant. The ahipowner tasted some of her eago crieg, ‘I must keep up broad, Sad vowed it ae pucelient, ‘They ny studies in Hindustanl, It ls quite too the inst af te coset end oree ney eee, eweet.”" 4 other a hearty toast at dinner. Noth- And then, for the benefit of her father, ing would contemt Ina but that ¢hey whe rattled off into @ spirited account of should draw am farewell buoketful of mruggles with the algabraic x and water from the well and drenoh the the Urdu compound verb, viicher-plaat with @ torrential shower. Sir Arthur Deane managed to revres@ & josua money nny Bro BA og win, In mpite Of hisngelf he could not their’ dead companions. The ‘beast help liking Anstruther The man was of course, knew afl the principal oMeers magnetic, a an ideal gentleman, of the Sirdar. He surveyed these No wonder his daughter was infatuated m ice with norrowful interest. wih him. Yer the future was dark end Sirdar was the crack ship of stormatossed, full of sinister threwts and Pr feel. ond. Caplan name my mest coi 0 di 01 4 ree) Se GARY S08 mS Hee nee meee why cone wall imagine, Mr. Anstruther, what ® etched clroumstances which had come crue plow it was to lose auch a vessel, 'o pase since they parted and whieh had with ali these People on beard, and my changed the whole aspect of his life. How could he tell her? Why should !t —— be his miserable lot to snateh the cup of happiness from her lips? In that mos The Deadly Tube. ment of silent agony he wished he were What was tn the deadly ¢ube? He dead, for death wlone could remove the ¢, 4 Only LENT | BULLBT, turden laid on lim, Well, surely he Cralé Kennedy knew, Kenedy te ¢he| Reeves 2t wil toate might bask In the sunshine of her laugh- ™ost remarkable detective in al fic in next ter for another day. No need to embit- Read of ble expels ta C4 i z iin ie 7 § 5 3 Fs Bee ; | J i gay i Hi i ij H i ! 3 it tik i i i f | § i$ il i i Hal F § e not § wy ake BP) coe