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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-10-25
.EDwARDs-CLARK NUPTIALs.
ENTERTAINED AT WHIST.

Mr.. and Mrs. I. NJ. Borden entertained
a number of friends Friday evening at
their home. 1928 South Topeka, at pro-
gressive whist Fourteen couples were
invited and played at seven tables.
Hearts were trumps. which no doubt
accounts for the fact that all four prizes
honors We're won by Mrs. Martin otande
of Houston, Tex. and Mrs. VIM. Swent-
zell. while the consolation prizes were
awarded TO Mrs. W. II ShabUrg and Mrs
Willis Copeland.
After whist an elegant luncheon was
served in three courses and Mrs Cope
land favored the guests with a number OF
character recitals. 1t was a very pleas
ant and enjoyable occasion.
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FOR MRS. FORDHAM
On Monday evening about fifty friends
Of Mrs. Helen Fordham gathered at her
home on South Lawrence avenue. 1t
was genuine surprise. but she arose
20 the occasion when she was obliged to
respond 10 a neat little speech by her
pastor. the Rev. ". :. YAH. IN the
name of her friends he presented her
is symbolical OF the reward she deserves
for her faithful work as treasurer Of the
Unitarian church for the past two years.
Delicious refreshments were served and
tie evening was spent most delightfully."-
in a social way.
BY MRS. FRANCIS DEAN.
Mrs. .. D. Lund Of Kansas City was
the guest Of honor wednesday night at
n function given by Mrs. Francis Dean.
Miss Margaret Parker Won the prize.
The guests were: Mss Stella Downing.
Mrs Robert Downing. Miss Ella Bou-
gette. Mrs Robert Collins. Miss Fannie
Parker. Miss Minnie Drake Miss Lola
Maxwell. Miss Minnie Davis. Miss Ro-
berta Davis.
T y T. CLUB ENTERTAINED.
The T. y T club was entertained on
Thursday afternoon by Mrs.. T W F''li-
Ter. Mrs. Mccullough and Mrs Punk
were guests Of the club Members pres
en- were. Mrs G Z Campbell. Mrs.
II. 3. Scott. Mrs Ellenbarger. Mrs. J. NJ.
Knapp. AIRS. G.. W Smith. Mrs. Bowser.
Mrs. Trice. Mrs Bluett, AIRS. Wells
AGNES SoMERS MARRIAGE
The report 81 the marriage OF Miss
Enes Sofrer OF this city and Or ". T.
PARIS nephew ~ Colorado Springs. has
Just reached the city.
Miss So-ner conducted jswelry store
in Wichita for many years until going
10 California some two years ago While
in California she met Sr- PAR. 60 whom
she vas married not long ago-
AT \ -RUTToNHoLE AFFAIR
Ms Ernest \. Carer erser1ai1ed the
sans Sosci cirb nj nc, home. 90 East
Central avenue. "Wednesday afse-noc1-
This vas the arst fall meeting OK TIE
ciuh,
After a novel "buitcnhcse'' ssEae The
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:: a NOBLE. DEFENSE OF THE LOBSTER =.

the baby crustacean. If YOU have been
unfortunate enough to patronize an I'M
scrupulous dealer and ne has told you
that the youngster was Of legal age. that
will not lessen your individual guilt, in
the eyes of the law.
There was great CONSERVATION among
wholesale dealers on this account when
the law first took effect. They feared
that in the rush to supply the markets a
great many fishermen would ship lob
sters OF too tender age and the risk of
detection and punishment would be
wholly with the recipient. So they sent
out food Of letters 10 all the men fom
whom they expected consignments. i'm
ploring them 10 be careful. and take the
measure of every lobster that was not
clearly and indisputably of adult age.
Now. it seems that the experts have
taken another tack-convinced that the
present legislation has not served TO
stay the lobster famine.
At a meeting of the Twentieth Cen
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THE INSIDIOuS AND uNLuCkY QUARTER

~ all accounts. the quarter should
n be the unluckiest of all pieces
of money. The number thirteen
appears in connection with il in a be-
wildering way. To begin with, the
name quarter dollar has just thirteen
letters in it; on the diverse side there
are thirteen leaves on the sprig OF
myrtle over the head. thirteen letters
in the phrase In God we trust" plus
one for good measure. of course. II
this is not enough TO strike supersti-
tious terror TO your heart, there is
worse behind. Turn the coin over and
take a good look at the reverse side
thirteen stars. thirteen arrowheads,
thirteen leaves in the bunch of myrtle.
thirteen letters in the phrase Quarter
dollar" and thirteen in that of e
Pluribus Unum." Nay. more-there are
thirteen bars in the shield.
Again. there are exactly thirteen
features in the coin which are notice
able. The four phrases-"In God we
trust United States of America. -
Liberty" and Quarter dollar" three
sprigs of myrtle, the head. and the
date; the eagle, the stars. the scroll.
and the date of mintage-these give you
the unlucky number again.
Whether there is any hidden meaning
under all this. whether it is a mere
pleasantly Of the Treasury Department
or is intended TO recall to mind the
original thirteen States-it is impossI-
BILE to say. At any rate. il seems as il
the Government will go on making quar-
tiers in the same way despite the shud
ders OF the superstitious.
arm-hearted philanthropist Of
Washington. not THE warm hearted one.
but another. has heard a number OF
stories Of the fate of those who carried
quarters. The disappearance of one old
gentleman is particularly touching 1t
seems that this old gentlemen received
quarter in change one day and in less
than three years he was caught in the
presses when AN extra paper was being
printed and his remains spread out all
over the whole edition. His wife bought
up all the papers she could and they
made such a pile that some of them had
to be left outside the church door when
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fury Club in Philadelphia a short while
ago DR.. C. W. Field, Of the Sharon Bio
logical Laboratory. made an address on
the subject, in the course of which he
said that unless the adult Holsters were
preserved there would soon be no lob
sters left on the entire New England
coast.
a letter from Prof W. T. Sedgwick.
Of the Boston Institute of Technology.
read:
Il have myself given some attention
to the subject, and when confronted by
the lobstermen on the coast of Maine
with the subject. why not save the big
Holsters and eat the little ones? have
always found it difficult to put up a good
defense OF the short lobster laws.
IF. as would appear from DR.. Field s
work, We have been catching the wrong
lobster, il would seem as if we ought 10
have sense enough to get together with
our neighbOTs in the adjoining States
and make it necessary. a complete right
abOut-face in our legislation"
HOLSTERS take five years to come to
maturity two years elapse between the
broods OF eggs, and there is a tremen-
dous infant mortality, not more than
two Of the young ones out of every 10, 600
eggs coming to maturity. In fact, If
more than this number could be reared
and none were killed for consumption
II would mean 4 decided gain.
Increasing the supply by artificial re-
production is very difficult in the case OF
the lobster. as it takes five years to
raise a pound of lobster. They are ire
mendcus cannibals.
The question Of artificial culture IN
raising shad, trout, and oysters has
been successfully solved, but the lob
ster presents much more difficult prob
lem
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personal note--so warm was their ad-
miration and liking for her
But Penelope was Penelope to them as
to other people. The artist. with his ad-
miration for everything beautiful and
delicate. the poet with his aspirations.
and the writer with his fewer illusions
and better knowledge of human nature,
all went away and married good, sensi-
BILE. commonplace women. made spirit
UalIy in a less ethereal mold than Pc
nelope. II Penelope felt this and that
she was different" she shed such tears
as came to the surface in secret. and let
no one know. What woman would ex-
pose her personal griefs TO the inquisi-
tive world,
And all this time Brambleton Brown.
a practical Northern man. who had
bought the big Darlington place. had
been working hard to bring it back to
something of it's old-time beauty and
culture. For Northern man he showed
good taste it was generally admitted
grudgingly. He made no innovations,
and the old-fashioned pillared mansion.
the outbuiIdings. and grounds were re
paired and made TO look as nearly as
possible as they had in the old days.
People said. TO excuse this surprising
fact. that the Brambleton Browns were
a very old Boston family of refnemen,
and wealth of many years standing, bu,
If it was true-and it happened TO be
no one knew il from the new owner OF
the old place.
He was a big. broad -shouldered. stur-
Oily built man. who went about his work
in a business-like way and could be seen
at all hours Of the day. now in one part
OF the grounds and now in another. di-
recting the workmen. He looked good
natured and evidently educated
but made no pretensions to ultra refine
ment Penelope knew him as she did
everyone now. but naturally she could
not be expected TO admire him. In thu
hrst place, he was from the North. and
in the second. he had bought the old
place. which. by right. should belong tC
her She met him frequently. the two
houses not being far apart. and talked
with him chiefly about gardens. flower
and vegetables. He had good ideas and
she did not hesitate 10 take his advice
She bad no feeling OF bitterness. but she
was not interested in him. So she was
surprised one day as they parted at hel
own gate. to which she had walked witt
her guest. discussing the roses. to hav,
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woman who rode as if she and the horse
were parts of a well-geared machine
Certainly there was no bar TO matri-
mony in PeneIope's general appearance.
If she was not a beauty she was not
far from it. Her hair had been loosened
by the ride into soft waviness around
her face. 1t was deep red-brown hair.
more red than brown. though there
were odd lights in il, and one was not
always certain whether they were red
or yellow-gold. The exercise had given
a delicate color TO the pale skin. which
seemed TO have a translucent quality.
and there was a deep underglow in her
eyes. like a smoldering fire that matched
it. 1t was delicate and refined face,
with a small. slender nose which had
an aristocratic air and yet a certain
coquetry in it. and her mouth was a
slender line of red in the paleness of
her face 1t was a lovable mouth, but
there was a little pathetic droOp about
the corners. Her figure was slender.
but round. and evening dress disclosed
the fact that not a bone was to be seen
in the white arms or still whittier neck
1
ton like this, except for the charm of
it. but there was a certain ethereal
quality TO Penelope which the most
casual stranger recognized and was held
aloof by it.
Penelope being Penelope. no one
thought of crediting her difference from
other girls to her bringing up. Hers
had been one of the oId-time Southern
families brought to poverty by the war
which had also reduced it greatly in
numbers. Her mother. a child in the
sixties, married one OF the few young
men her mother. PeneIope's grandmoth-
er. permitted her to know. and both par
ents died shortly after the child's birth.
From that time Penelope had lived with
the grandmother and a great aunt in a
pretty. rambling cottage not far from
the big estate the family had originally
owned
Il was a happy, IL secluded. childhood
and girlhood in the quaint old house.
This was a low building. with a door IN
the center Of the front, with big bay
windows on either side. a long gravel
path led to the front gate and was out
lined BY fashioned. single blOssomed
yellow rose bushes standing out like a
ray of sunshine in forest as one looked
up from the gate and saw them blooming
cheerily with a background Of tall trees
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not too far away on either side. There
were other roses. jasmine. and honey
suckle trailing over the front door and
side piazzas. big old-fashioned flower
garden edged with box at the back OF
the house, and a comfortable vegetable
garden which Penelope had brought TO a
state Of almost perfection and helped
out the family resources al times when
money had been scarce commodity in
the little house That was some years
before. and a rise in property had made
her comparatively rich.
During her grandmother's life Pene-
lope had been almost recluse. Always
exclusive. her grandmother and aunt had
grown more and more retiring as they
grew older. and with the exception OF a
few formal callers and such people as
she met at occasional teas" Penelope
saw few outside the house. With the
exception of the tradespeople she as a
child. had hardly spoken to half a dozen
men in her life. She had received her
education at home the domestic branch
of it being exceptional, according TO the
firm belief of her grandmother and aunt
as 10 what the education of a cultivated
Southern woman should be. Penelope
was bright and quick-witted and pos
sessed more general knowledge than the
average boarding school girl.
Emerging from her chrysalis state Pc
nelope had Hospitality thrown open her
house to the village world. and there Ia ]
not failed TO be a stray man, now and
then. who admired il and its hostess To
talk 10 a well-informed man was like
an invigoTating breath from another
world. and Penelope enjoyed it heartily.
The men she met were all more or less
"Penelope's sort the people in the viii
lage said, and no one ever considered
them very seriously. There was the
artist, who sketched the house and box
edged gardens; there was poet, who
wrote sonnets TO Penelope, and a write
who told her wonderful things about
the world and the people in it as he had
seen them.
But these visitors came and went, and
charm. and undoubtedly they did. il was
not in a personal way They admired
her immensely, saw much of her for a
year or more, perhaps, as their vaca
tions or interest in the scenery Of tho
country took them TO the place, said
goOd-by with feeling, and later sent her
their wedding cards with sometimes q
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had darkened a trife, but II only en-
HANGED the whiteness of her skin; there
was warm rose flush in her cheeks and
warmth Of expression in the big gray
eyes that looked almost black She was
plumper and more matronly in figure.
but she had not lost her deIicaey of out
line, though no one would have thought
of calling her ethereal. There was a
certain dignity in her movements and
something so delightfully."- human about
her that both men and women felt All
instructive attraction. She had her en-
broidery in her hands. but she was not
making a pretense of working, and Ger
tainly there was no trace of sadness in
her face as she watched with interest
and a clear little tinkling laugh of
amusement the gambols OF her twin
boys-sturdy little fellows. with big,
earnest brown eyes. who were froIick-
ing at her feet. It was a pretty pic
ture, and tho man who was making his
way toward the group stopped to ad-
mire IL.
i beg your pardon" he said, as he
came nearer, could you tell me where
can find Miss Penelope Darlington? /
have been to the house. but IL is closet
wished to see her. She is an old
friend Then, apparently struck b.
something in the face Of the woman be-
fore him, he added hesitatingIy: You
are not her sister? Oh. no. apoiogct-
icaIly. lit was only momentary resem-
blance- / see the difference.
BrambletOn Brown, who came stridlng
over the lawn at that point. welcomed
the stranger heartily. They discovered
mutual friends, and 1t was late hour IA
the afternoon when the guest departed,
/ begging 10 be allowed 10 return and
paint the babies and their mother.
| Poor Penelope, She was an entire
failure said the young wife with some
thing like a sigh, leaning softly against
her husband. whose arm was around her.
as they watched the departing artist.
He wished so much to see her, and yet
/ he has gone away without giving her
another thought"
1T is hard on Penelope. Nell" he re-
piled, with a note of sympathy in his
tones, but in his eyes, as he looked down
upon her, an expression of such love as
/ il is not the good fortune of every wO-
man TO receive from her husband. but, -
and he stopped to kiss her, - it only en-
/ phasizes the great success of Mrs. Bran
bleton Brown. New York Times.
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XX THEN Penelope Carrington's
wv engagement was announced
the entire countryside with
one accord shook its head in surprise
and dismay. Even the gayly turbaned
head OF old Aunt Dinah in the kitchen
wagged to and fro in disapproval as she
voiced her sentiments.
Dat der chile ain got no cause TO go
an get married I don know what she's
a thinking OBJ. Mout jus as we'll be one
of dem liz greenery-yaller birds oh hern.
What's dat lii chile goin' to do all
alone in dat greet big house? An chill
Iun. Fob de Lord. she amt nebber goin'
10 be muffin but liz gal herself"
1t was in different words, but much to
around expressed their disbelief in the
wisdom of the step which Penelope had
taken, as it seemed, so suddenly.
4 don't know why said he judges
wife. who was a distant cousin of Pris-
elias, but it had never occurred to me
that there was a possibility of Pene-
lope's marrying. She is q dainty. ethe-
real little creature, of whom you never
think apart from her birds and her
flowers"
And yet you cannot say that Pene-
uope is not practical" said the coloneTs
wife. another distant cousin, who, be-
longing TO one of the old families. was.
with the judges wife, in position 10
pass judgment upon this surprising an
nouncement. Il never knew anyone as
clever with the needle or in household
affairs. but / can't think she will be
happy in this marriage, and yet don't
know why"
why. mamma. II is because Penelope
Is Penelope" cried the youngest of the
thee women sitting together on the
bread veranda-the judges daughter.
who had married the oolonels son not
long enough before to have lost the
prettily wise, conscious air OF a very
young matron. Cant you see that she
was never quite like any other girl?
She isn't one Of the marrying kind, and
am sure she won't be a success as a
wife Just look at her now. Can any
one think of Penelope marrying"
The eyes of the two older women fol-
lowed those Of the younger one down the
wide drive leading TO the house Near
ing them rapidly, in e broad, swinging
Iope. was a magnificent Kentucky thor
oughbred, and upon his back young
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him say, in a simple, matter of-fact
tone. as they shook hands and he held
her small hand firmly I'm his large one:
Miss Penelope. think you will have
to marry me-
Thank you, Mr.. Brown" she had an
swered. with the same calmness, u am
afraid II will be impossible"
1t was not until she had reached the
big chair on the veranda a few minutes
later that Penelope felt her heart beat a
little more quickly. It had all been said
and done so quietly. No man had ever
asked her to marry him before. How
she had dreamed, as all girls do, OF the
fairy Prince who was coming to her some
day, But this was no prince, only a
plain. everyday man. The idea of her
Penelope. marrying a man like that
The last few years of her life passed
in review before her mental vision
There were the poets, the artists, and
the writer's, but as she thought OF this
man who had just left her he compared
favorabIy with any of them. How strong
he was and how warm and firm had been
the clasp OF his hand! AS the reverie
heightened and Penelope became cen
scious OF the direction in which her
thoughts were running she reused her
self with start and a blush.
Brambleton Brown was not the mode
OF discarded lover as Penelope knew
them from books. He was apparently 81
unconscious that Penelope was not Ger
tain thai she had not dreamed the words
he had said He came and went TO tho
little house and continued his worl
cheerfully on the bigger one. He looked
little more rugged and healthy thar
ever if anything.
He did not care very much" thought
Penelope 10 herself with almost a irving.
Of disappointment. Perhaps he said /
only to be-to be-polite." But then sh,
laughed-the idea was ridiculous.
Miss Penelope" said Brambletoi
Brown some three months later. as the
were again standing at the gate in from
] of the small house, II don't see yer,
we'll how l can get along without you.
love you. VIII you marry me?" He wa
holding both her hands in his now.
Yes" said Penelope. softly.
| 1t was after his that people began "a
shake their heads and say that Penelope
Darlington would never be a success as
wife and householder. It was about
] this time. too. that Penelope began tC
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surprise people ir other ways. Soon
after the announcement of her engage
ment she paid a long visit TO a married
sister Of Brambleton Brown in Boston.
II is not telling a secret to say that
the family Immediately fell in love with
their sister-in-law that was TO be.
Theirs was a large family, and they
made much Of Penelope 1t was reve-
lation TO her. She saw life from the in
side of busy. happy home as she had
never dreamed of it. She went every
where, and among the first places TO a
fashionable modiste. Penelope herself
insisted upon il, and vowed a secret
vow that henceforth she would eonfihe
herself to her er-broideries in needle
work 1t was another Penelope who
first appeared In distinctly smart toy
gerry. and it was an entirely metamor-
phosed Penelope who returned finally 10
the little Southern town, a woman who
felt herself, at last, TO be an integral
part of the living. moving world. The
village talked half the night of that day
she stepped from the train and would
never nave hliOAL neI II OIduu4eiOIl
Brown had not been at her side
There was a big wedding The colo
nels and the judges wife insisted upon
it. Penelope was proclaimed the most
beautiful bride who had ever taken vows
in the old, UNCOVERED church. and went
10 live, as her family had years before
her. in the Darlington ancestral home.
II was some time later that one Of the
artist friends OF Penelope Darlington
fell 20 thinking very seriously about
that young woman. He had been
abroad, travelling and studying: he was
weary Of everything. and in some way
his thoughts reverted necessarily TO
the little Southern village. the small
house with the yellow roses. and the
pretty, ethereal creature with the pa
thetic mouth and red gold hair, who
| fitted up and down the path
"IIl go and see her and ask her Il
/ let ne paint her portait'' he said Il
/ himself. Then we will see. picture
/ OF her would make a hit, know
never saw woman like her. Perhaps
/ she wouldn't marry me. anyway She is
not quite like other women, but I should
! like to see the pathetic droop of tina
delicate mouth again.
! II was a warm, drowsy day in June
and Mrs. Brambleton Brown was sittins
/ on the lawn under a big tree. Her hal
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A 7 last the friends of the lobster
y have arisen in their might FROM FROM
Il the throsts of epicures, hotel
proprietors, actors, walters, and matinee
girls the cry has gone up: Save the
lobster" And right nobly has science
answered the call.
New England scientists are soon to
call a conference with the object of dis
cussing ways and means TO prevent the
extinction Of the lobster industry.
One Of the most remarkable features
viii be a plan to alter the laws so that
chicken Holsters may be freely taken but
the adult crustaceans preserved.
At present the thing works in just the
opposite way. and man found with a
lobster under nine inches long is liable
10 heavy fines.
II makes no difference how one gets