Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-10-08

stands arm human passions eAAsp
however. the grim mask Of Tragedy
must now and then be suddenly seen
However We may strive to turn our
eyes away and refuse to look. the
tragic happenings will still shock the
shallow minds: aye. and unexpected
" disturb the deeper channels OF hum
an thought Yet whom Anne RIGA, mt
Icast-dares write tragedy? Who in
ldee,i darCs approve OF tragedy either
in books or plays? Yet life Is full OF
tragic happenings. and here are few
of them.
The Mirror Of Fashion.
On a recent trip of one OF the great
German steamships returning from
the other side. i beautiful and statues.
que woman attracted more attention
than any other passenger aboard: and
yet she was considered a little-juss
a very little-beyond the pale. The
women. though they gazcd admirins'
Ily at her beautifully made costumes.
land talked about her almost con-
itinually, would scarcely nave -rn'--
iriZcd with her The men. though they
also admired her beautiful face and
figure, spoke rather slightingly of her
las the Mirror of Fashion. She was.
lin fact. the employe Of great
iAmpr;can house and crossed the
ocean four times year for the
purpose Of obtaining advanced styles
in women's gowns and hats. Her
own pride. perhaps, kept her some
what aloof from the other passengers.
and the gossip about her obtained
naturally the tinge of resentment.
Somebody set afloat the story that
she had once been married to the son
Iof a very wealthy and proud old
Dutch family. The young man had
left college to marry her. and she
was q poor girl, from working
mans family, and the proud parents
and friends OF the young fool dis-
owned him. He was unable to sup
port himself alone, and surely not
his young wife So he abandoned her,
and she made her own way-and
walked that way proudly. Isolated
from her own kind as well as from
those whom her husbands position
should have made her friends.
! And the man? He had disappeared:
gone down in the Abyss. And all
of his kind who had so cruelty spurn-
ed him laid his fall to the mlsal-
lance.
One evening as the great ship plow-
ed it's way westward the Minor OF
Fashion stood on deck looking Tor
ward and over the heads Of the steer
age passengers who had gathered be-
low to enjoy the evening air. Among
them was a man who looked to be
the essence of pauperism: unshaven
for days. shabby in dress. thin to
attenuation. with a hectic flush IN
his sunken cheeks and an unnatural
brilliance in his eyes. This scare
crow stood looking up at the magnifi-
Gently gownad woman whose
thoughts and gaze were lost at the
! horizon line
! sSuddenly he moved. He approach
ed the companion ladder. mount
ing step by step until his head was
on 4 level with the deck; and she
stood beside the ladder. He clutched
the hem of her gown with his tremb-
ling hands and kissed 1t.
! Laura! Laura he whispered.
She had not seen him; but the
voice She flung herself on her
knees with 4 scream Of Joy sharp as
the very cry of the gull wheeling
about the masthead. Her arms were
about his neck, she held the unshorn
head Of the man against her bosom.
she showpred kisses on his thin
face. After years-so bitter. SO long.
50 lonely! And she had found him!
Gossip's tongue shed its barb, and
the whole ship talked OF the recon
Citation of the Woman Who Had
|Succeeder to the Man Who Had
I FAILED. She paid the difference In
fare and took her husband 10 her own
rooms. where they hid themselves
from the curious, IL nov sympathetic
eyes OF the other passengers. There
was no other subject o: conversation
in the csbiEs until the great steam
tship was locked In Ne1 York, ard
many 4 ~ passenger loi:errd 10
see the reconciled couple GO ashore
!They seemed strangely delayed; but
nj last she came foTth-came on
deck and down the gangway. leaning
on the arm OF the ships physician
] Just as the somber wagon Of the IN
doEtakers drove out on the pier.
Tic Jevrem's Wife.
;. Tie pevrem was a priest Of the
Russian Church. and therefore was
allowed a wife, He vas wealthy
and corld not only pay her family
well for any cir, he chose. but he
could deck his choice In rich appar
81 and jewels. And in the upper high
1 lands Of Brigade Wild and law
|, less region-it In the customs 70
pay well for a beautiful woman
: And perhaps she whom iiIc Jevreu