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The scavenger skirt is fast disap-
pearing, quite habillee toilettes merely
sweeping the ground at the back, while
the all-pervading shapeliness of plaits
effects a stability of structure alto
gether lacking in the plain collante
jupe. And this way leads to a little
| pardonable extravaganza in jupons,
possessions more eXtravagantly frilled
and altogether tirmer and more impor-
tant in every particular, since so they
can be induced to serve the dual end Of
foundation and petticoat. A proce-
dure wherein lies economy.
| Turning to blouses, let us examine
the two shown in the engraving, and
which, to my mind, are among the
choicest models shown in the shops,
and both of them are designed in our
own country.
The morning affair to the left is an
original design for new spotted de-
laine that boasts woven border, over
which we are all going little crazed.
There is positively endless array of
designs and colorings; but we will be
definite and imagine it in white,
spotted with soft rose, the border re-
at once apparent to the intelligent
how the modelling skill lies in the dec
orative adjustment of the border.
With the model in question this lends
itself firstly to becoming cascaded
revers, and secondly serves to silhou-
cite the back of the arm in one con-
tinuous double line from the top of the
shoulder to the elbow, where the Two
partcompany either sidea pouf of plain
white delaine. Or perhaps the latter
might be of soft washing silk, which
could be repeaess-iI the folded neck
diapery and knotted craVa >Which fins
l,acS tesfant wiz DC re,fi5,,rss.-' 49, y
sits lis f1s ,sri;.4ten, placing the first
ty esof coarset4ace or tucked cora.
Ivors satin royal is responsible fcS.
the more dressy companion, softenef
by pale string-colored tilet lace ane
ivory chiffon, immense point being
given to the whole by one of those
smart, narrowroiled cravat. in en-
erald green Liberty satin, tied in a
bow across the center of the figure.
For wear with blouses or banded bod
ices generally, l have discovered an
ideal belt, or rather foundation for
belt, composed of deep shaped back
support of some pliable composition
that has the appearance of tortoise
shell, to which is attached, at either
end, a fairly broad elastic, closing in
front with a patented fiat gilt hook
aud eye. And upon this shapely basis
any straight ribbon can be fitted and
adjusted in the manner most pleasing
to its wearer.
ELLEN osMoNDE.
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"Hestor is quite business man,
unused Chalmers as he sorted over the
letters. "These are bills. [ know q
bill as a cat knows his home. Bills
for stuff on his yacht, I suppose.
Very likely. I wonder what they are.
There is way to find out, and L am
going to do it. This is all wrong,
perhaps, but 1 am going to find out
if there is anything in my suspicious.
Hestor is a queer fish. He left New
York the night these men disap-
peared. Where did he go? Why did
he go? Van Horne wants him to
work on this case. 1t is my duty to
locate him. Hestor would be glad to
take hold of mystery like this. 1t
is right in his line"
Mr.. Chalmers sent Tor a reporter
named Benson, cautious, self-pos-
sessed gentleman who could extract
information from sources barren to
all but the select few who are mas
tiers of the art. 1t was not necessary
to waste words with Benson. He
thoroughly understood his business.
Here are some business addresses.
Benson" said Chalmers, handing
him slip of paper. 81 promised Mr..
Hestor l would attend to certain
bills as they became due. Go to thes
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BUT scANT PRAISE.
honest Effort That Was Not suf-
fciently Appreciated to En-
courage Renewal.

The old saying that "praise to the
face is open disgrace" is still firmly
believed by some people. A young
woman who was brought up by her
New England grandmother. a notable
housekeeper and example of thrift,
says that the adage was house,
hold guide in her family, relates an
exchange.
One day her grandmother went off
to pay visit and the ambitious girl
of 16 scrubbed and polished, swept
and busted until it seemed as if there
was nothing left to do. Her heart
beat high with the hope of word
OF commentator as she sat in the
kitchen doorway, waiting for her
grandmother's return. -
When the old lady arrived she
looked about her with keen eyes, but
there seemed no chance for criticism,
until. STOPPING down under the
kitchen table. which stood near the
open door, she saw that the south
wind had waited bit of fluff from
the henyard
With eyes that would twinkle in
spite of herself, she pointed an ac-
cusing finger at this evidence of care
lessness, and said, soberly:
Janet, my dear, ] see there's a
feather in the kitchen. It's high
time | came home"
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the actual presence of this

skilled sartorialism being only re-
vealed perhaps as the wearer walks
and the folds flare" out. A jupe of
quite exceptionally pleasing appear
ance, and of altogether satisfactory
order, is laid most deXterously in two
fiat plaits about the hips, to simulate
a yoke and panel appearance. This is
usually surmounted by species OF
banded bolero. treated in similar fash
ion and relieved by some soupcon of
color, the latter more often than not
occurring in the shape of an oriental
or eastern embroidery.
But, 1 remark, it is no longer de
rigueur to talk of banded boleros; ev-
erything is a little coat or coatee, which
is trifle confusing, though doubtless
more chic. While sacques are sacques;
though these again require to be diff
ferentiated by the adjectives, long,
short, three-quarter, etc. For wear
beneath the more fitted tailor achieve
ments, the woman who makes fetish
of her tigure-and who of us would be
the first to lift a stone up at the weak
ness?-adopts special corsets, rather
deliberately and severely boned below
the waist. Then another really admi-
rable detail, greatly appreciated by
those inclined to embonpoint, is lit
tie highly-boned cache-corset ar
ranged of the same batiste as the cor
sets, on to which the former is held
down by an elastic caught under the
petticoat-hook. For wearing beneath
GUNNER Slips and blouses, or as have
SAID Gafore. for immaculate tailoring,
this cache-corsetisa veritable treasure,
and enables a low-cut corset. always so
nice for evening wear, to do all-round
duty
Perchance, just on the face of things,
clothes do appear a little busy this
season, and as summer is upon us, with
its fascinations of ephemeral muslins,
batistes and foulards, we find certain
acceptable resource in gaugings and
frills, and what is graphically termed
furbelows. am prepared to vouch for
this, as also for the persuasion of fou-
lard, of a peculiarly silky quality, that
might we'll be mistaken for taffeta
mousseline. There is quite a feeling
for spots, often besprinkled over al
most invisible checks. or again alter
mated with a cluster of pin-line stripes.
But foulards in some kind of quality.
be it noted, we shall wear, and wear
with even more than the pleasure
which has been heretofore afforded to
us by this most estimable fabric
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MY SKIES ARE SELDOM GRAY

I've had my share
VI carking care,
VI hckie Fortunes frowns:
We braved and borne
Inc cold worlds scorn
AND had my ups and downs.
Yet L can still
ditty trll
Ut sing q roundelay;
For though l hold
Nor lands nor gold
My skies are seldom gray!
The stress and strife
OF toisome life
h1aNe taught me one glad truth.
Not he who must
Crawls in the dust,
But he who will-forsooth!
And so L sing
My song, and fling
My load of care away;
For though / hold
Nor lands nor gold,
My skies are seldom gray!
/ would not give
a fig to live
Divorced from fret and moil;
The bread / eat
Is rendered sweet
Because of my daily toll.
And SO I still
A ditty trill-
"A blithesome roundelay;
For though / hold
Nor lands nor gold
My skies are seldom gray!
James Ball Naylor, in National Maya.
zine
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Not IL Secret Order Nm

Il didn't know you were an Elk
said man, after shaking hands in
Broadway with an acquaintance
whom he had not seen for several
weeks.
Il am not an Elk replied the one
addressed. I'm fact l do not belong
to any secret order. Why did you say
that?"
But you gave me the grip" per-
sisted the friend. "IIow did you
know ito"
Must be pure accident.' said the
other, according to the New York
Mail and Express. Il hurt my hand
the other day, and although it is only
slight bruise it pains like thunder
when shake hands. To protect the
wound | have fallen into the habit of
doubling my fingers in IL certain way
when shake hands. Now | know
why so many of my friends have re-
sponded to my greeting with pc
culiar pressure. | thought it was a
new fad in the matter of shaking
hands
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CHAPTER vII.-Cosr1NuED.

If that young lady anticipated any
prolonged resistance on the part of
Mr.. Chalmers she was unaware of
the traits which had been developed
by his newspaper experience as man
aging editor of the Record. He
would have been delighted to have
been able to offer a reward of a mil
lion. He attempted to convince Miss
Carmody that it would be good
). plan to make the reward $35O,O0O,
OF which the Record should contrib
ute 100000, but she would not listen
to itN and for the first time in his
career ,thee young journalist was die
tated to by an outsider.
Il will telny you what we will do"
he said, as he i6omprehended the pos
sibilities and rose to the occasion.
eve have large stat. but not large
enough to meet this emergency
will detail ten of our best T4eu. to
this work. Then l will secure ten
or twelve of the best men from other
New York papers. Thel there are
some famous detective reporters in
Chicago. We will have them. We
VIII scour the country for all the
talent which money can purchase. 1
Will take personal charge of this
force. map out plan, and keep at
it. We shall succeed; | know we
shall succeed"
Miss Carmody clapped her hands
in her JOY and enthusiasm. All
traces of sorrow and care had dis
appeared from her face. She sprang
to her feet and grasped Mr.. Chnl-
mers hand. There was nothing of
boldness in this action, nor did Mr..
Chalmers construe it as such. 1t was
the JOY natural to a generous heart
ed girl who loved her father ard
appreciated the hearty sympathy
which Mr.. Chalmers expressed in his
offer of cooperation.
You are just splendid!" she de-
clared. her eyes dancing with excite
ment and pleasure. Il do not know
how to thank you. You are right;
We are certain to find papa. oh, ii
there was anything l could do! But"
she said. with 4 little sigh, as she re-
turned to her seat 81 will do all
can. You will let me know every
thing that happens, will you not, Mr..
.Chalmers??'
81 will put in a private telephone
and have it connected with your resi-
dence. if You will give your CONSENT"
Mr.. Chalmers replied.
"That is an excellent plan,'' said
Miss Carmody. "Then it will not be
necessary for me to come to your
Office and take up your time as l am
now doing"
You need not let that disturb
you, replied Chalmers, with a broad
smile. Now that we are partners
in this enterprise, | am going to be
so bold as to ask you to be permit
ted-as Mr.. Van llorne's personal
representative-to cali at your resi-
dence as occasion may demand, ana
make a more consecutive report of
what has been done than could over
the telephone"
1T is unnecessary for me- to give
You permission said Miss Carmody
You may consider it II standing in
vitation. with as much of the nature
OF command as l have a right to
give"
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them to abduct Rockwell, carmody,
Kent, Pence. Haven and Morton. Vim
cent is plausible but desperate charac-
ter. Have big story. Can send 1O,co0
WORDS. How much do YOU want?
BERNARD SEYMOUR
Chalmers wired the impetuous
seymour to send nothing except
brief statement of the facts he had
learned; not for publication, but for
the private information of Mr.. Ste
vens and himself. Chalmers then
wired Stevens to put his men at work
at Provlncetown, and return to New
York at once. He received a tele-
phone message from Miss Carmody
asking him to call at her residence
if convenient, and in Is minutes an
automobile landed him at the Car
mody mansion.
He found Miss Carmody with Miss
Edith LIE Roy, Miss De Melville and
Mrs. Isabel White, the latter being
the widowed aunt of Miss Carmody,
and most charming chaperone to
that young lady. Mr. Chalmers was
acquainted with all the ladies ex-
cept Mrs. White. All were eager
for the latest news. Mr.. Chalmers
repeated Mr.. Van Horne's instruc-
tions about the reward, and dis
played copy of the headlines and
the leading article for the following
day. He told what had been done in
the way of forming detective staff.
I'VE now have 40 men detailed ex-
clusively to this work. he said.
''Ten are with Mr. Stevens at Prov
incetown and others are at various
points selected by Mr.. Stevens and
myself. | know you ladies will ex-
cuse me if l ask for a few minutes
private conversation with Miss Car
mody. We must all do what we can
to advance her interests, and this is
a matter in which she is especially
concerned, and no precautions can
be omitted"
Certainly we will excuse you," said
Mrs. White.
'Why, of course" said Miss LIE Roy
and Miss De Melville. But these
young ladies We're devoured of curl
osity and would have given anything
quietly to have stepped into the adj
joining room and overheard the sub
dued conversation between Miss Car
mody and the managing editor.
Chalmers briefly recited the story
of l.. Sylvester Vincent and told of
the telegram he had received from
Seymour at Chicago.
This is a clew well worth follow
ing" said Mr.. Chalmers. 81 do not sup
pose you have ever heard your faith
er speak about man named Vim
cent?"
Miss Carmody was sure that her
father had never mentioned the
Hame. 1t was an odd one and she
would have remembered it.
Did Mr.. Vincent ever call here?
Your butler or footman might know"
Miss Carmody rang bell. A SER
want appeared.
Tell Smith | wish to see him."
said Miss Carmody
do you keep the cards of all who
call on Mr.. Carmody?" asked Miss
!. Carmody as t55e-Eutler stood in the,
"a u az. -.-.---.,-......,,-... y,
Yes, Miss Elem
Bring me the cards which have
been received in the past three or
four weells.'s
The butler bowed, disappeared, and
soon returned with formidable as
sortment of cards. These were
spread out on the table, and Miss
Carmody and Mr.. Chalmers began an
examination of them.
ITO Be Continued
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Looks as if Hestor had started a
hotel or boarding house," reelected
the managing editor. "a 12-room
boarding house. That is not the kind
of furniture he would put up in a
New York house. He has his own
bachelor apartment. L have been in
it scores of times. 1t is full of fur
niturc, and mighty fine furniture"
lie read and reread the furniture
bill. Then he leaned back in his
chair and invoked the resources of
memory trained to its work and
responsive as the muscles of an ath-
lete or the fingers of virtuoso.s
1T is about year." he reflected,
since Hestor invited Bob Van Horne.
Blake and myself to dinner at the
Waldorf, and after dinner we went to
his apartment. He was loquaciously
mysterious about some house he was
building. Bob Van Horne had been
talking about summer Joint he was
gong TO erect out Oh Long Island.
Hestor said he was building one
which would make Bob's look like 80
cents. He raved about the scenery
and all that. Seems to me as if he
said something about palm trees.
Bob asked him where it was, and he
shut up like clam"
Chalmers reflected. "He said palm
trees all right. Seems to me as if
he said something about alligators.
Then he closed up and said moth
ing"
Chalmers examined the other state
ments. They were bills of various
iinds-for stocks of canned goods
smoked meats, condensed milk and
the multitudinous articles which
would be used by well equipped
camping party. They We're dated
between the 18th and Goth of April,
and were rendered on the first of the
month. 1t was late in the afternoon
when he was through with this work.
About II o'clock that night Chal-
mers received Il telegram from Mr..
bernard Seymour dated from Chi
eago. Mr. Seymour had been detailed
by Jack Stevens to hunt up the Chi
cago record of l.. Sylvester Vincent.
Seymour was first heard of in the
following bulletin, filed in Chicago
at eight o'clock that night.
Chicago. May s.
To William Chalmers. Managing Editor
the New York Record:
l.. Sylvester Vincent is the kidnapper.
lie formed plan in Chicago two months
ago. Has been seen in conference with
joseph Re'terman and other big stock
operators. Was probably backed by
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TO CORRESPONDENTS

All communications for this paper should he accom-
~ me name of the author not necessarily
part OF the writer Write only one side of the pm
~ Iet. ne particularly careful in giving names and
az % NAMES are often diihchlt to deephr because
" 'ne c"reess manner III which they are written.
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CHAPTER VIII.

CHALMERS HAS A SUSPICION.
Before the New York Record went
to press on the day when Miss Helen
Carmody called on Mr.. William Chal-
mers, that gentleman received
cablegram from Mr.. Robert Van
Horne, the editor of the paper. 1t
s7ssfolloWs:
a az as kind: wnus~ia May ::
3 81. Petersburg, .aiss-ssNa de
William Chalmers: offer IN my IL
reward Of 100000. and no aues, ,,,t te
& for ret-lrn of mliilohuiiea xnense4
~ ROBERT VAN HORN
.That settles it," said MI, =
,ors nc he read and reread the
low slip. Let's see; sooo'ooo' anu
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ELLEN osMoNDE.

of the fundamental narrow. loose cuff.
Many of the coats have slit openings
in the front near the button lines for
the hands to slip through. The double
breasted finish predoclinates, and
among the most fetching buttons are
those of crayenette trimmed with steel
or brass.
The collars are, as a rule, small, fiat
velvet turn-overs. Shors capes. single,
double or triple, form the shoulder fin
ish of the majority of the coats, the
triple capes leading in popularity.
One finds extremes of simplicity ana
elegance in cravenette coats. Side By
side, with dark gray of severest finish,
hangs light red, long coat, SATIN
lined throughout, with triple cape turn
over collars of white cloth braided in
red, and cravenette buttons trimmed
with steel, that is quite as much in
tended for rain as the quiet gray
modal
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he KIDNAPPED
MILLIONAIRES
A Tale of Wall Street
and the Tropics q *
BY FREDERICK u. ADAMS

Copyright, 1901, by Lothrop Publishing Company.
All rights reserved.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-28
Better Pay Your Poll Tax.

Those who refuse to pay their poll tax
and who are execution proof will find
the following section of the statute a
little bit Troublesome: Section 1552-
Penalty for failure to attend to work:
Each person liable to perform labor on
the roads or streets as poll tax, who
fails to attend, either in person or sat
isfactory substitute, at the time and
place directed, or fails to furnish salts
factory excuse for not attending shall
forfeit and pay to the supervisor and
commissioner the sum of three dollars
for each days delinquency and in case
OF failure, to pay such forfeit within ten
days, he shall recover the same by action
i'll the name as supervisor or commiss-
Toner, and no property or wages belong
ing to such persons shall be exempt
from execution therefor Such action
shall be before any Justice of the
peace in the proper township. The
money when collected shall be expended
on public roads.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-28
A Year Without Summer.

l.. p. Richard of Garden Grove recent
ly made an inquiry of the Toledo Blade
in regard to the year we had no s ummer
and the following is the reply they pub
lished: The year without summer
was 1916. The previous winter was
very cold in Europe, but opened com
paratively mild in our country, and in
no way indicated the severe weather
that had prevailed. January was very
mild, so much so, that the fires rendered
homes uncomfortably warm. May
proved bitter disappointment; the
early buds were soon blackcned by the
frost, and in one night during the first
two days of May all vegetation was
made a blackened waste Ice formed to
the thickness of an inch through all the
fields.
June was month of ice and desola-
ton, with thermometer sunk very far
below the freezing point and frost, ice
and snow were common throughout the
country.
July was accompanied by frost and
ice, on the glorious Fourth an album
dance of ice was found in the streams
and pools as far south as Virginia That
month the Indian corn was entirely de-
stroyed.
August, which was hoped would end
the cold weather, soon disDelled that
hope; it was even more cheerless than
the months which had preceded it.
The news received from Europe con-
tanned the intelligence that like condi-
tions existed there in many parts. On
August 10th ice formed everywhere
and winter clothing which had been laid
aside few days before, was again
brought forth to protest the people
from the wintry blast October kept
up the reputation of it's predecessor
November was extremely cold, but,
strange to say December was the mild
est and most comfortable month of the
whole year. OF course the cold wealth
er causes bread stuff to rise to an UNI
heard-of price and it was impossible to
obtain the ordinary vegetables for
table use, as what were for sale were
required fer seed. Flour sold for S13
per barrel and the average price of
wheat in England was 81 shillings per
quarter.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-28
THEY ALL SAY so.
Not Only in Leon but in Every City
aud Town in the Union.

If the reader took the time and trou-
Bile to ask his fellow resident of Leon
the simple question given below, he
would obtain the one answer. If he
would read the statements now being
published in Leon which refer to this
answer it would surprise him to note
that they number so many. AS many
more could be, and may be, published,
but in the meantime ask the first person
you meet what cures backache? The
answer will be Doan's Kidney Pills
Here is a citizen who endorses our
claim.
Mr.. M. L. Cosler, farmer living south
east of Leon, says: "My kidneys both
cred me for six or seven years, causing
dull aching in the small of the back. AS
if backache, at times very pronounced
was not sufficient to bring discomfort to
the ordinary mortal the secretions from
the kidneys were highly colored and |
had more or less rheumatism which To-
Gated itself in my shoulders. Adver-
tisements about Doan's Kidney Pills
which stated that they were a specific
for the kidneys induced me to go to, Van
Werden's drug store for box. The
treatment certainly helped. When the
cretions became normal the last attack
of backache ceased. I also knew of a
case of a child who lacked proper con-
troll over the action of the kidney secre-
tons. Doan's Kidney Pills We're given
him and help of a most pronounced kind
resulted"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cts.
Foster-Alilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name Doans and take
no substitute.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-05-28
A Startling Test.

To save the life of Dir. L. G Merritt, of
No. Mahogany, Pa, made startling
test, resulting in wonderful cure. He
writes, "a patient was attacked with
hemorrhages, caused by liberation Of
the stomach. had often found Elec-
trio Bitters excellent for acute stomach
and liver troubles so l prescribed
them. The patient gained from the
first and has not had an attack in IA
MONTHS Electric Bitters are positive
ly guaranteed for dyspepsia, indiges-
ton, constipation and kidney troubles.
Try them. Only SOC at L. Van Werden's
drug store.