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The Washington times., 1907-05-19

Last night. little later than this, a
friend of mine entered that gate.
you will go 10 the house, SIR laid
the weak monotone
III be hanged if 1 will. Last night
my friend came in here. and he has
neither been seen nor heard from since.
demand 10 know what has become of
him, -"
You will so 20 the house, sir"
Il tell you I'll not I'll learn. here
and now. from you, exactly what
DEVILS hole THIS is, or you and will
leave here t0gether-and you'll spend
the balance OF the night behind the
bars,'
ITO learn. YOU must go to the
house,"
Something in the persistence of that
one command. combined with the utter
harmlessnesS OF the old man. seemed
20 sway Carr. When he answered, he
spoke more gently:
Look here, ] suppose-well, / sup
pose you're crazy. but did the gentle
man who came last night enter that
house?"
''Ho did. You will follow"
lis he there yet?'
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7 UST now the English papers are
full Of correspondence and arti-
cles on women smoking, says a
London correspondent. and ser
Gus journals and magazines are tax
ing sides. II would appear that the
habit OF smoking is growing among
women and the girl schools a7par-
entity are reel1ing with cigarette
smoke. These girls do not seem TO
be abashed by letting the world know
Of their habit. and many Of them
glory in relating how many girls in
their school smoke. Doctors have
taken sides pro snd con and the dis
cussiOn wakes hot.
Il would appear to be a fact that
the smoking habit already is firmly
fixed In society, and It is no uncon-
mon sight 70 see alleged smart
women light a cigarette in certain
public restaurants and hotel cafes.
In West End restaurants. where
fashionable people lunch and dine
every day. women bring out gold jew
eled cases and light their favorite
Egyptian or Turkish as a matter %
course.
Many OF these women ars most fas-
tidious about the brands they smoke.
and in numerous cases West End to.
bacconists mix special tobaccos to
please distinguished customers.
In almost all cases the most popular
cigarettes for women are gold tipped
or coated at the end with a thicker
paper. Very few women use holders;
1t is not considered the right thing
At most OF the private dances held
IN town cigarettes are generally
smoked In the intervals between The
dances. Men and girls compete with
each other in blowing smoke rings
and letters In the air. A peers daugh-
ter Is accomplished IN the art OF
smoking the cigarette with the lighted
end In her mouth.
Smoking has been quite common
practice IN women's clubs for some
time. and rooms are set apart espe-
cially for smoking.
West End tobacconists include many
well-known women among their Gus
toners. and IN the opinion OF West
End jewelers. the most popular gifts
sold last Christmas time were cigar
cite cases in gold and enamel. prettily
jeweled and monogramed- The coun-
try house parties-riots Of license
reveal the fact that about nine OF ten
women guests smoke. and they do II
openly with the men. After dinner
the men and women talk scandal and
tell stories over the wine and cigar
cites.
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economic functions as members OF the
body.
L have been struck with the fact
that brachial neuralgia is seen more
frequently in women. particularly
those Of the leisure glasses" said DR..
Dana They have not. perhaps. led
IDLE lives. but have never used their
arms IN domestic or material work.
and have generally been Of a nervous
organization; that Is, Of well-evolved
type' and have been good livers. So
that I venture to advance. with some
reservation, a theory that the arms
OF these modern women are becoming
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well. what in the name-hellor'
Tho last word came as a loud cry.
jest beside the envelope Carr had per
eeived Weldon's card. And It's his
own. too!' he muttered. as he scanned
Il eagerly. He was in here then
unless they've taken II from him and
left IL here as a blind" He dropped
the card. And still. IL it's a crooked
game, that seems internally senseless. %
Next. his attention went 10 the thick
envelope In some bewilderment he
frowned over IL. Finally, with
Ehrug, he tore Il open. a second
scaled envelope. similarly inscribed, fell
20 the table. With II came another
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quasi-vestigial. like the appendix. the
jetunum and the last molar tooth"
He thinks society women may. for a
long time. have enough OF an arm TO
feed themselves and do up their hair.
Tho spinal cord Of women. DR.. Dana
says. is larger in proportion to the
brain than the spinal cord Of men.
The nerve supply in women's arms is
only half rs great as in mans. Some
women get shoulder neuralgia from
knitting or embroidering. 4 mild form
occurs as the result OF carrying
heavy skirt. The use OF the arms in
dressing the hair. says DR.. Dana.
brings on neuralgia In a great many
predtsposed cases. Rest Is the cure.
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SYNOPSIS OF PREVIOUS CHAPTERS.

SlNORSlS Of RtE lOOS CHAPTERS.
John Denham, an aged millionaire.
wishes to make posthumous test OF his
theory that mystery. backed by the hope
Of gain. is the strongest influence in the
SOrid. Accordingly a year after his death
his lawyer, Maltby, appears in the Wan
derers' Club and tells the story OF the
House OF Suspicion. which stands on the
outskirts OF the town.
A pSculiarity OF the house is that IL a
man stands alone before the gate in the
high wall around the grounds In the mid
die Of the night II viii open apparently OF
its own accord. According to Maltby, sew
eral men who have entered the house have
never reappeared. Weldon, one Of the
Wanderers. IS so impressed by the story
that he tests It's accuracy
The gate opens. he enters the house, and
finds AN cnv5iOps on sht library table IN
Structing Ein 20 look in the Satsuma jar
in the drawing room. He looks there and
finds a hundred-do bill and another let
ter. He reads this letter, ponders while
and then turns down the corridor and
passes through a small door and diSap-
pears Meanwhile his friend Carr. who
vas waiting for him down the block. goes
home In Wonderment and disgust.
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Moztal Woman OF the FHtuce to HaUe Wings

~ X. CHARLES LOOMS DANA
declared that the arms OF
women are becoming mere
anatomical vestiges-ancestral
relics. like the veriform appendix and
in time may disappear altogether and
be replaced, perhaps. by wings or fms
Or. Dana. who is a nerve specialist
and visiting physician TO Bellevue, has.
says the New York World. been MAX
ing a study Of brachial. or shoulder
and arm neuralgia. He has made the
discovery thst the arms Of women.
society women especially. are falling
into disuse, and gradually losing their
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sli3 OF paper Carr took II UP with q
quizzical smile.
This probably says April Fool or
-eh? 'Go-go 10 the library. 10 the
rear Of this room. Third shelf 70 right
IF fireplace; open small Midsummer
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Il cannot say"
Did he leave last night, then7"
Il cannot say"
Say, what the devil can you say?'
hurst from Carr.
You will learn at the house. sir
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escorted TO the table in the reception
room The envelope, thick and puz-
Zling. confronted him. He stared AZ
IL for a matter Of seconds. Then he
turned TO question the old man and
found himself alone.
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Smoking Habit
Taking Hold of
English Women

T UST now the English papers are
full Of correspondence and arti-
cles on women smoking, SAYS a
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CONTINUED NEXT sUNDAYO
The Washington times., 1907-03-24

Diving appliances are so perfect
nowadays that it is a pleasant expert
enee to so down any easy depth and
walk about with an electric lamp
along the sandy bed of the sea. Good
divers can easily remain under water
for three hours If the depth is less
than ten fathoms. The greatest depth
have seen man so down is twenty
three fathoms. and they only remained
for twenty minutes, as the pressure
was TOO great"
Asked why it was that divers had
developed the submarine sleeping
habit. Captain Ridge said
There is soft. undulating motion
under the water which is most sooth-
ing and almost Irresistible. The most
fractions baby would be instantly
lulled # it was placed carefully in the
bed Of the ocean. Many of the wealth
Ter divers have the habit of sleeping
under water so badly that they cannot
sleep on land. I know two men who
nave recently retired and bought big
diving outfit between them, SO that
each man can do down and have three
nours below while his mate sits in the
boat above and sees that he gets his
supply OF air"
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Quite American
Are Bachelor Girls

T y one OF Miss Adele FisId's clever
lectures she remarks that in the
l. Orient. where civilization runs
lowest, there are no old maids
All girls are married there, in many
cases before they are ten years old
As We move westward from India.
Tibet, and Turkey. we find an ocoa-
sional old maid in Russia. IN Ger
many and France they become fairly
frequent In England they are numer-
Gus and highly respected. but it is our
own favored land that they are 10 be
met IN really fun bloom, as IT were
Thus We See concludes Miss. Field.
humorOusly, that the true touchstore
Of nations civilization NAV possibly
be the number and quality OF its Old
maids"
We have all heard the story of the
coloTed nanny who was worried
about a former charge. She was
verging perilOUsIy near TO the danger
mark Of thirty, and her old nurse
feared that the girl might never ger
married.
"YO' bettah be settIir' down. Miss
Mamie, she pleaded; pretty soon
yO'H be CROWN ole an humbIv an
yO' won't be havIn' no chances"
Maybe i shan't get married at all.
Aunt Betty laughed the girl, mis-
chievously, "A good many people
think that the single women have the
best time OF It. on the whole"
Well" pondered the good old soul,
shaking her head doubtfuIIy. II do
know but .dey dO-after dey done ger
troo strugglin'."
In America we have a large poruIa-
ton OF unmarried women, mostly
among the better class, who seem to
have given up 'strugglin' to get
married, and are pursuing some noble
and necessary work They teach our
schools, bring up the motherIess chill
dren Of their relatives, conduct our
charities. Somebody has said that be-
hind every important work for women
anywhere you are pretty sure to find
several unselhsh and devoted old
maids. And Il Is true. Our society,
as at present constituted, could not get
on without them.
Yet. in the face Of all this splendid
record. comes a demand from some
unreasonable editor that we should
tax old maids!
In support OF his novel position, he
insists that all women could marry ~
they would; that the old maid "gets
all the benefits Of civilization without
making any adequate return'-aud
that through sheer obstinacy she
clogs the wheels Of progress"
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'oreigners in Pittsburg
Flock to the Night Schools

- HE Old-fashioncd night school IS
again finding favor in PiJtsburE.
Two have been opened the past
week on the South Side. the
Z Il held there for ten years. They are
the Morse and Birmingham school
G. tricts.
The starting of these makes five
sht schools now in operation IN the
" They are: Franklin, attendance.
s.I: Morse, 164; Birmingham, 1885, Gar
ld. g.. and Holmes =.
vt tine Franklin School. Seventh and
ghth wards, the class OF Young
alan men. who wanted to learn
1glish at the Kingsley House.
could not be accommodated
% account Of there being no teach
O. there, viii be enrolled as pupils of
e Franklin Night School An edu-
ted Italian will teach English to his
.llOw-CounTymcn. The patrons of
&c Franklin Night School are nearly
i Russian or Hungarian Jewish men,
)ys, and girls. A man ~ sixty is en-
He'd. He is educated in his own
. nguage. but wants Co get am Eng
sh education
Prof. John Anthony. principal OF the
H ght school, aims chiefly at the i'm
.ruction given go qualify this foreign
cement for American citizenship. I'm
nited States history "a prominent
tudy for many of them. its Constitu-
on and Government are s,ringIv i'm
ressed. Prominent speakers viii also
& intervals give talks on sanitation
hat viii aid in better conditions for
he home.
The work of Mr.. Anthony. who IS
also principal of the day public school,
g almost as much sociological as edJ-
cational, and is cooperative with the
kingsley House work and the ColHH4-
5ian Council This is the first night
school held i'm the Franklin district for
a long period and the big enrolment
requires a corps of eleven teachers.
AT the Birmingham Night School,
Twenty-eighth wars, there Is a class
of tweuty-siN men, all over thirty
years of age, who can neither read nor
write. The instructor, Miss q. Z. Bro
py. started them from the primer last
NfrEray. J1e same as the little tots
who entered school for the first time
last ntemLer. They started TO learn
the word "WUfe.- and now know
,weHrF-srN words. Many of these
yours men are Poles and Greeks
The yugHg men of the Birmingham
district Det.tloned the board To start
an evening school. The instructors are
Principal Paul Graham principal OF
tae Lawrence School. Mr.. Hargrave.
Of the East Liberty Academy: Mr..
Eelihan Of Holy Ghost College. and
Miss Gertrude Bropy, OF the Birming-
ham school corps.
one hundred and thirty-six students
enrolled al the opening Of the Morse
Night SCHOOL. Twenty-fifth ward, when
Mr. Kellar of the Carnegie Technical
Institute. lectured on Does Education
Pay More than 500 persons were in
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attendance The regular lessons began
Wednesday night. BY Friday night
l64 pupils We're registered. Chancellor
Mccormick, OF the Western University,
is expected to address the Morse Night
School pupils this month. Other prom
inent men VIII make addresses often.
The instructors of the school are Prin-
cipsl j. NJ. Hammond, John Harmon,
Blanche Beggs, Elizabeth Becker, and
Katherine Falcon The Morse Night
School promises stiu greater en-
rollment Many requests have been
made for a stenography and typewrit-
ing course and other branches outside
the three RS.
only young men are enrolled in the
Garfield Night school. Nineteenth
ward. and only the common branches
are taught, Mr.. ellis has charge. A
petition was presented TO the Highland
board TO give instruction at night at
the Garfield School
For several years a night school has
yearly Oetn opened ~ the Holmes
school Fourteenth ward. This year
David Brown aud Della Sloan are the
Instructors
BY ths rules uf The central board OF
education which body paws the salary
o. the night school instructors, no pu-
pil WHO is under thirteen years Of age
or unemployed is eligible to enter the
night school
Miss T.. NJ. CraiE. principal OF the
Sterrett School. was elected vice pres
ident OF the Principals Association at
meeting recently. in place Of Miss
Jennie Simpson, who sent in her resig-
nation. Miss Simpson, who retires
from educational work. was made an
honorary member OF the Principals
Association. Discussion was general
by the principals as to the necessity Of
having a new school law for Pittsburg.
\ motion that an advisory legislative
committee, consisting Of the execu-
tive committee Of the Pitts burg Prin-
cipals' Association. and three members
of the association, also Superintendent
Andrews was passed
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The jumps. s p Mutt. viii try 70 hold
up the honors for the District.
These races for gentlemen jockeys,
which only means that they do not
MAKE horse racing a business, will at
tract all the smart people in town;
these are banner days OF the fan and
spring meets. They go over the full
course, some two miles or more, with
the water jump as d finish.
Some OF the others who viii be out
on the opening day viii be W. p.
Hibbs. the banker; Jerome n. Bona
parte, the youngest American de-
scendant OF Napoleon; II. X. Bliss,
Cuthbert Browne. DR.. Macpherson
CrichtOn. c. r. Creecy. Nathaniel c.
Dean, John B. Dahlgren. the blonde
husband OF Ms. Cotton Martin; Judge
Munanny, BrIgadIer General Elliott.
OF the Marine Corps: Gen George
Harries. Justice Gould and, his bride
Of a few weeks, Justice Clabaugh and
his debutante daughter, Justice
Wright and United States District
Assistant Attorneys Turner. Baker.
and Harvey Given.
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IL autos, and then there are the va
rtous little suppers at Wizards. the
Raleigh, ana Sometimes IN the homes
OF those who run the coaches or me
autos. They are gay Zines. ana The
three weeks Of the spring and fan meets
are fitting opening and close OF
Washington gay season
Mr.. and Mrs. George Howard are
regular devotees Of the sport. ana
Mrs Howard's gowns vie with these
Of Mrs. Belmont and Mrs. Longworth
as the pattern TO follow.
The Comptroller Of the Currency and
his young wife, who was formerly Miss
Kate Deering, one Of the most popular
bellies Of Washington society, ana his
daughter. Miss Catherine Ridgely, who
is granddaughter or Senator and
Mrs. Cullom. viii all be on hand. ana
the chances are that Mrs. RideIy
VIII drive out every day in her hand
some trap.
Verify, the races and the Easter
season are at hand. and there IS glad
ness everywhere.
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N of ToWn neYotees.

There are plenty Of gowns TO talk
about and girls, too. The Jockey
Club has never had such an outpoUr-
ing as it viii have this week. from all
appearances. It win be really worth
while going miles TO see. And many
viii come miles. There viii be a con
tiugeut from Baltimore, headed by the
Dulany boys r. Gordon and w. J. c..
OF the Maryland club: then a contin-
gent from dear old Virginia and a
likely one it is, composed of Dion Kerr
and Jim Maddox, of Warrenton;
David Dunlop, of Petersburg, and
others. There are to be several events
open only to gentlemen riders. in
which, as a matter of course. the Old
reliable. intrepid amateur rider over
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THE TYRANT.

/ made covenant with Time. He
spoke;
20 brasgard brain. presumptuous heart
of dust
Brief energy. dost fret at moth and
Tust2
ThinEst thou TO mend the Iaggard pace
/ take?
Behold. the hiiis-the baubles that I
make
Bow down before me; verify thou mustI
Then grHdge not, stint not. brave the
world glStTusL.
Wait and st=uG steadfast while 7 make
and break.
Then. see how generous old Time can
be,
Then rest, and be his darling! Ho, the
sheaVcs
These hasty folk snatch from my
grauarE-
Then. startled at my shadow, drop like
thieves,
chUcllie as ! lay them by for thee.
Mellow as sunlight in autumn evesi'5
Charlotte Wilson, In the Atlantic.
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Old Meat
Liked in BOrneo

= ORTIZ BORNEO'S Packing
IN town" Is an open-air pOtted
meat market.
Nothing is done to preserve
the meat The natives never heard OF
salicyIic acid, embaIming fluids. and
other preservatives, such as made
Packingtown famous. The meat is
simply scooped up by hand and ram
med down tight into bamboo cases
with a stick As the bamboo cases
are not alright. and az no effort IS
made 70 seal them Up IL IS not to be
wondered at that the meat doesn't
keep very long. But the natives who
buy it do not seem to realize how I'M
savory II really Is.
Borneo's standard Of vvholesomeness
Is very different from ours. yet the
natives seem to thrive. You may be
sure they would hardly sympathize
with the American agitation for whole
some meat.
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Weighing a Ham on the Planet Mars

r F a HAM weighing thirty pounds
were taken up to the moon and
L weighed there, the 'pulT'-the at
tractive force Of the moon upon
the ham-would amount to only FIVE
pounds. There would be another
weight on the ham. for the planet
Mars, and yet another on the
sun. A ham weighing thirty pounds
at New York ought TO weigh
some eight hundred pounds on
the suns surface, according to cur
rent literature. Hence the astronomer
does not speak Of the weight of a
planet because that would depena
upon the place where It was weighed
But he speaks Of the mass of the
planet. which means how much planet
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there is, no matter where it may be
weighed.
At the same time we might without
any ineNactness, agree that the weight
of q heavenly body should DE fixed by
the weight il would have in New
York. As we could not imagine a planet
IN New York, because it may be
larger than the earth itself, what we
are TO imagine is this: Suppose the
planet could be divided into a mil
lion million million equal parts and
one of these parts brought TO New
York and weighed. We could easily
find its weight in pounds or tons
Then multiply this by a million million
million, and we shall have q weight Of
a planet This would be equivalent to
whit astronomers might take as the
mass of the planet
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me was when the racing season
Q attracted only the regulars, as
v are called. but now society, and
very smartest society has taken
Of the sport of kings. The
" great in Social standing, wealth,
craftsmanship are attracted by
ponies. And their wives and
ethearts go with them. logged out
heir best bib and tucker. That's
1t is making the races at Benning
p big event of the spring season.
- ~
Smart FrOCks Galore.
here is going to be a wonderful
Y Of society out at the track to-
row, unless all signs fail, and the
ing frocHs that viii be wOTu-if
weather permits-wiU be some
lg for Paris to wake up and take
ice Of. For there viii be rich peo-
p there and smart people. people
know what is what. and some new
ngs are promised in the way of
8 and trimmings and things.
he President and Mrs. Roosevelt
re been invited TO be the guests o.
. club. but they are not expected
ay have not gone heretofore. But
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And the Official Set, Too.

ana the UhiCiaI Set, Too.
There Is always a wonderful lot 90
the smart fellows out there i'm trans
and out OF traps. with their girls. and
they comprise the folks who do things
here in the social season in the way
that's what. One Of the very best OF
these is Clarence Moore, son-in-Iaw
Of the late great beef packer Swift.
who is abroad just now TO get the
furnishings for Jheir new home that
is being constructed on Massachusetts
avenue, and which is to cost a mil
lion.
There is also a goodly sprinkIing Of
the official set, Notwithstanding that
IL is not supposed TO be the proper
thing to follow the ponies They 90
ali the same with their wives and
daughters. for be It known, men who
get into this set are too old to be
anything but grandfathers or confirm
ed old bachelors.
Out in the field there is always color
a plenty-a plenty of green and red
and yellow. There was little blue and
little pink, for, dear as they are in
the ballroom, they do not reach far
enough on the field. They do not
reach the grandstand. and while the
grandstand is only the mob" what's
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the Mediterranean and the Lee
want to such an extent that it
has seriously affected the revenues Of
the wrecking and salvage COmpanies-
that is, the divers say it is sleeping
sickness, but their employers have
another name for it.
Capt Samuel Ridge, who passed
through Suez recently on his way to
Alden 10 scuttle a steamer which had
been on fire for two weeks, spoke very
freely on the subject. His saItv.
weather beaten countenance resem-
bled Mercator's Projection. with its
lines of latitude and longitude. when
he related the fondness of divers for
sleep at the bottom of the sea.
1T is quite true" said Captain
Ridge, that divers spend the greater
part of the time under water in com
fortably snoozing instead Of doing
their work. I have been down nv
self and found fourteen men asleep in
the cabins on board a wrecked steam
er, They prefer to get inside the wreck
because the ground sharks cannot
knock them about with their tails and
try their jaws on the copper helmets.