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cruel could tear the-the woman's tongue outs~
What are you talking about MARTHA" said her
mistress, oewildeFed by the girls behavior
ell you see. Liza and were comm out
OF the theater door heard a lady saying I'm
tnat was not Madam Tosca that sang tcniEht-
Lucy turned pale as a lily, and her hand shook
as she laid down her cup With great effort she
tried 10 appear OutwardIy calm. Not Madam Toscal-
she said. In affected surprise.
NO" said Martha. and the woman went
say was-it was"
Go on" said Lucy.
The girl was sobbing now. at was-lt was Mrs.
Rutherfurd. the wife Of the new minister OF St.
COlumba's and that it would be hot FOR her II il
happened 10 be found out could have scratched her
face for her-the mean thing: that's what she is!
Of course. ma'am didn't believe her for
minute, the girl continued, the singer
like you as could be- she was as dark strolling
''Of course Of course" said Lucy feeling that she
must say something. 1T absurd. wasn't it,"
But, then, I'm thinking that that ugly story VIII
spread anc-on, dear mistress Whatever shall do
You're good soul my girl said AIRS. RutheE-
run INTO me kIcnen and me faithful g1rL mOpping
her eyes with corner Of her apron. rushed out OF
Lucy rose to her feet Her throat was dry and
choking. her eyes were burning What she had heard
--.-o 5ee.e -. N.su
having touched a mOrseL Eating out OF the
question now Like q prisoned animal she strobe
up ana down Jne large room, Wringing her Eands
ia incOmmunicabe suffering
Yet even stu, the voice persistent and clear. was
Throw up this life altogether. You never be able
yoked longer 10 this life or restraint and con-
vention2 II IS not the life for free spirits such
otse-aat sne IealLed tnaJ me old life was dead
and done with. and that nothing remained but fight
and - IN fhe es~iv sffe-noor So 49, -S,- - LTs
prepared when she received the card on which was
written the name of Lady Ashburn.
Now this Lady Ashburn the wife Of the first
gentleman n the city, 70 w.t. the provost Of Edin-
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on. and a storm Of applause
greeted her acting. which
was no acting.
In the middle OF her song
Lady Ashburn had quietly
drawn out OF the shadow OF
the box. and Lucy saw that
a cold. cruel smile was on
that handsome face. But
even before she came 10 the
climax Of that wonderful
song. Lady Ashburn had dis
appeared. and IN her heart
the singer was glad.
Tired and unnerved with
the effort. she c staggered
from the stage and flung
herself into a fauteuil in the
dressing room IN a moment
Herr Henschel was bending
over her, evidently under the
influence OF a great emotion.
1T was never so seen be-
fore" he said. kissing her
hand rapturously. IL Is d.
vine You haf yet ze world
on FIRE.
Enough. " she said i'm
periOusly. y ought never
10 have come. ] am known.
7 must go home immedi-
ately.
GO home. he said
aghast. Never madam. you
viii be ze foOl-pardOn me. "
II must 20 home" she
said, breaking into hysterical
sobbing. "Oh. why did /
come2 Why did I come ."
"P att n c e, my dear
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The Tempter Comes.

TIL a dull. siCkening blow
the memory Of the night
came back TO her as she
staggered from the bed,
tired and dazed. Yet even
in her extremity she
dressed as carefully as
usual, and proceeded TO
the breakfast room. On
the way a new difficulty
presented itself 70 her. and
she paused and turned
back TO think out her plans
in the privacy of her room.
How was she 10 explain
tie sudden departure Of
her husband 20 those in
the house? Il was true all
the servants were sound
asleep when the tragedy
was being enacted; still,
Ffrench, the chauffeur.
had seen Mr.. Rutherfurd
90 into the house at ?
o'clock in the morning,
with more than a trace OF
blood on his face. That
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illness well up her empty heart
Yet she knew that. now IL was done, any rope OF
reconciliation had vanished She felt like mariner
who had burned his boat she must needs 80 Ao--
ward into the unknown land OF die
Revolving these melancholy thoughts IN her nlna.
en-, e-teres -ra silent h0use With a feeling Of
lief she found the servants had not YET returned
50 fingng wraps aside, she rushed into heF own
and waited -.
We'll you have got back. have YOU she said 20
them as minutes later she ran down 70 let men
in 81 don't 20 hear anything tonight 4 an
C;ood-night" she re-eutered her room and locked
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knew her-had even dined with her
Ia the middle Of that glorious song. "Oh. Gioja
che 81 sentL she suddenly remembered. II was the
wife o. Sir Thomas Ashburn one OF the principal
elders in St Columba's! ~oh heavens! she knows
me- she thought; "out she possibly pierce
through this disguise"
She was almost faintlng Win ter-o- ,.s. sanr
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madam" he said smoothly.
you are excited ard I DO
not wonder But surely you
cannot go home. And be-
sides. 1 zink your fears arc
Groundless I myself hardly
knew YOU.
And with many more
words did he caj0le. entreat.
beg. until from very weari-
ness her resistance was
broken down, and she con
sented 10 remain 10 the end
A strange. new feeling Of
power. OF delight Of life.
came 10 strengthen her. The
6enriUm OF life was running
riot in her blood. The old.
humdrum existence seemed
so unreal. so hateful. She
would never willingly return
10 IL She had tasted. and so
sWeeJ-sO inenably sweet
was the draughJ that she
must needs drink until she
could drink no more.
With a briliancy even
eclipsing her former triumph
she carried through her role
20 the end. Oniy when she
was oEce more in the motor
did that persistent voice
speak IN her ear its words
OF dole and sorrow and again
that sinking feeling OF lone
Is HrH %
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The Fire Of Success Sets
a Wayward Woman
Aflame

CYNOPSIS: The Rev. Gilbert Rather
~ twd, sfdlEvart young minister, deter
mines to rescue Lucy Chancellor, rich
and attractiVe orphan, from her sgorLdly sUay5.
me girl IS genuinely good hearted, but in
herlb strain Of 1vaysUardness from her
mother, Egho was a pleasure-loving French
ICOmdH.
The ministers dnty calls lead 10 mutual
attraction, 1vhich eliminates in their marriage.
Then Rutherfwd is called to a church in
Edinburgh In society they meet an opera
singer 5Vho had caused diScord bet5UeeH Lucy's
father and mother. In a spirit Of recklessness
and reUenge Lucy humbles The pride Of the
prima donna and aroHSes Gilberts anger
Later Lucy has a desperate quarrel acith her
husband, goho Obsfinately refuses TO forgfve
her.
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CHAPTER XIV

CONTINUED FROM LAST sunday
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SAME OLD FEELING

voling Louisville man who was OUT
west not long ago has returned, telling
a, warn which he admits is at his own
expense, but which he declares 10 pe
about one of the most interesting eX-
periences of even his checkered career.
"I was walking along the street IN "a
western town." he said, when suddenly
across the way I saw Louisville girl
whom recognized Immediately. she
saw me, too, and I expected her TO DOW
rather coolly and distantly, as had peer
her wont back home 1 was CONSIDER
ahIv astonished, therefore, When she
dashed across the street seized me wltr
both hands and fairly bubbled over III
her delight. I was so surprised, in fact
that I commented on it.
I'm glad to see you, TOO, l @ salo
when I had managed to eXtrlcate my,
self from her exuberant greeting .pu1
to tell YOU the truth, hadn't expected
10 see YOU so excited over my appear
ance. You always treated me rather =
la. iceberg at home, you know; Wha'
has caused your change of heart
"She was nonplussed for only mo me,
ment. and then explained: Mr.. smith
rye been away from home so long tnal
I'd be glad to see even dog II ne came
from Kentucky! Co.
81 let it go at that. "-Louisvllle Cour-
ier-Journal.
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FILL MEMS JOBS

OF the 4,S3S,63O women workers in
the United States, according to the
latest census returns, 44.2 per cent
nearly half-are under % years of age,
while 22.6 per cent have not reached
the age of 21. OF the 303 occupations
In which bread winners of the country
are engaged, women have pre-empted
a place in all but nine. In the list of
unusual pursuits adopted five were
pilots, ten were baggagewomen on
steam railroads, thirty-one brake
women and twenty-siX switchwomen,
yardwomen and flagwomen; forty-three
were carriage and hack drivers and 5OS
machinists.
q A man who wanted new house
built might have all the work done by
women, for the report shows that be-
sides the 100 architects, who come more
properly under the professions" there
are 150 women builders and contractors
in the United States, 167 women ma
sons, 545 women carpenters, forty-t1ve
women plasterers, 1859 women painters,
glaciers and varnishers, 126 women
plumbers, 241 women paper hangers
and two women skaters and roofers. 1t
is not unusual in the middle west and
Pacific coast states to meet with the
actual performance of these mechanical
lines of work by women.-Elva Elliott
Sanford in Van Norden's.
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OBEYING' ORDERS

The first and the last duty of a COM
mon soldier is to obey orders. Nor
Is he allowed to put upon his orders
construction that might suit cases
not anticipated. This, however, some
times leads to amusing results, as in
an instance told by Mr.. L. A. Tolle-
mandie in his recent book, "Old and
Odd Memories"
The scene of one of my fathers
anecdotes was, laid in southern sea-
port town, where long ago a general
and an admiral were neighbors. The
generals house was fronted by grass
plat, on which he claimed the right to
pasture a COW.
One day his wife complained that
the supply of milk was falling off.
The sentinel accounted for the de-
ficiency by saying that the grass had
lately been much trodden down by
the public.
The martial despot Immediately gave
orders that no animal, human or other
except the COW, should be allowed on
the grass plat: and he adaed-men
were not particular in those days
that If this rule were infringed the
sentinel should be fiogged.
Soon afterward the admiraFs WIe'
having a pressing engagement, took a
short cut over the grass in disregard
of the sentinePs repeated order to halt.
"Sir," said the offended lady, oon
YOU know who I ann -
"All know is that you're not the
generals cow"-Youth's Companion
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WAYS FOR THE HOUSEWIFE

If you want to keep your desserts
on the top of the ice place a news
paper over the ice and your dishes
never slip off or tip over.
Put good-sized lump of salt into a
cup of vinegar and put into the ves-
sci that is discolored and let it stand
for half day. Wash we'll with warm
water and soap and sediment will
come off easily.
If your furniture has grown dull and
streaked try rubbing up with a flan-
mel dipped in equal parts of turpentine
and coal oil. 1t polishes quickly and
much more cheaply than expensive
polishes.
The dishwasher who would get
through quickly invests in a soap
shaker and a chain for cleaning pots
and pans. She also has on hand over
the sink a box of borax and a bottle
of ammonia for cutting grease.
Fancy Ice Cream Desserts
A rule for peach ice cream calls for
several peaches peeled. Let them sim
mer for a few minutes in a syrup
favored with a few drops of vanilla.
Only a few drops should be used, as
too much will injure the fruits own
flavor When the peaches are tender,
but not broken, drain and set on ice
to chill. When thoroughly chilled ar
range them on base of vanilla ice
cream. Sprinkle the top with candied
violets and decorate with a few ro-
settes or flutings of whipped cream.
For a variation of this dessert pour
a strawberry syrup over the base of
vanilla cream before putting the
peaches on top. Use candied rose
petals instead of violets.
Another way to vary this dish is to
coat the ice cream with a thick rasp-
berry syrup and decorate as described
with the peaches, but not to use can
died flowers.
For a dessert of similar character
cover a base of vanilla ice cream with
a few thin slices of pineapple. Sprinkle
with maraschino and place some
peaches here and there on the top.
Between the peaches pile whipped
cream.
For a more elaborate dessert simmer
a few large peaches in a delicate va
-nilla favored syrup as just described.
After cooling them cut down one side
of each peach and remove the stone,
taking care to preserve the shape of
the fruit. Pile some vanilla ice cream
in each cavity and place the peaches
side by side on a base of raspberry ice.
Decorate the tops with small pyra-
mids of whipped cream.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-01
CHILD MORTALITY

In this column the other day some
figures were given regarding infant
mortality in the large cities of the
United States. Since then there has
come to hand information leading TO
the conviction that the death rate
among children in other countries is
almost as great cause for alarm as it is
in the states of the Union. In England
and Wales, for instance, nearly 10000
children under Is years of age die every
year. This is one-third Of the total
deaths, which number about 100000. In
other words, the mother in England
and Wales knows when the little one
comes that the chances are heavily
against its living to manhood or wom-
anhood. 1t may seem little hard to
blame the mothers for this, but that is
in a large measure where the blame is
now being placer b. those who have
studiously investigated the causes of
infant and child mortality. Infant NOR
tality, according to the best authorities,
arises in the main from the ill-health or
ill-nutrition of the mother. There are
contributing causes-many of them
but the mothers health seems to be
the most important factor in deter
mining the physique of her children.
When devitalized children come into
the world the most that can be done for
them is to patch up their bodies. This
patchwork, like any other, may last for
some time or it may be wholly inef-
fective, according to the conditions sur
rounding it. Future measures of pre-
ventative medicine" as an English
physician says, must start from the
child and must deal with the home" "
Improved housing, pure water sup
ply, effective sanitation, the betterment
of health conditions in working places
these all contribute to the health OF
the people, but they do not get to the
bottom of the problem. There must be
some method devised for laying the
foundations of physical Improvement
on healthy childhood, and until that is
done no very great improvement in the
national physique is to be expected
Wopoan's National Daily.
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About Woman and Her Wages

H HE disparity between mems and
women's wages is not always an
u arbitrary discrimination against
women because she is woman; it is
very often due to difference in the
grade of work.
Don't look upon your work as a tenn
porary makeshift until some man Will
make home for you. Be as deter
mined as the man to reach the top, and
the disparity in the wages will be like
ly to disappear
Find out what groove you are intend
ed to fill. There are women trying to
paint landscapes upon canvas whose
souls have never caught the divine
sense of beauty, and who should be
scrubbing floors. There are women
seeking stenographers' positions who
should learn spelling in a secondary
school. You may be pitchforked
through Latin and Greek, and yet II
you have no practical training along a
special line your service will have little
value.
Every young woman should be
trained to do some useful thing well
enough to support herself by 1t if nee
essary.
This exigency often occurs, and the
helplessness of many a woman Of edu-
cation and refinement under such cir
cumstances is something painful to
contemplate. w. D. Howells has
thrillingly depicted the struggles of an
educated and accomplished woman
suddenly left penniless. She sets brave
ly to work to turn her accomplish
ments to account for self-support
First she tries decorating pottery, but
her work is not finished enough to
bring her the needed income; then she
tries coloring photographs, then writ
ing for magazines, then fine millinery
always the same result. She could do
many things fairly we'll, but nothing
we'll enough to be well paid for; till at
q CT ha ro0oas down n making phean
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| bonnets for servants, and by that
coarser work she manages to exc out
precarious existence till the novel
ist, as the only way of eXtricating her
from so trying situation, Is COM
PEELED to marry her off.
This may be fiction, but 1t is not a
stranger to fact. Our great cities are
full of heroines of this sort.
Let every woman, no matter in what
comfortable circumstances her parents
may be, master some one thing-and
know that one thing clear through-no
matter what; let her make her services
valuable somewhere.
Let her know something of what
Burns was pleased to call 1.-The glorious
privilege of being independent" How
calmly she could then face misfortune!
The successful workers today are
those who single out from a vast num-
ber of possible employments some spe-
cialty and to that DEVOTE themselves
thoroughly.
The women who climb to lofty posi-
tions over the heads of hundreds of
others are not always the women of
conspicuous ability, but of availability.
The attack that is most successful
must play continually upon one point.
Young's phrase, thine elaborately
thrown away" applies to the woman
who attempts to know or do every
thing. There is business which Is not
business. To succeed you must be
unanimous with yourself.
Persistency is more effective than
brilliancy.
AS Dickens friend would have us un-
derstand, TITS dogged does it."
You must carry a thing through II
you want to be anybody. The world
admires and crowns the determined
doer.
Like a postage stamp-stick till you
get there.
The only "good time coming" you
are justified in hoping for is that which
YOU make for Yourself.
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EMERALD SALAD

Take any vegetables in season, such
as beans, asparagus, potatoes arti-
chokes, green peas or, In fact, any at
hand, save highly colored roots, such
as beets; cook them separately in boil
ing saIted water, then mash them Ito a
smooth puree, leaving till cold.
Prepare a n1ayonnaise with two yolks
of eggs, mustard, salt, pepper, olive
oil and cream, coloring it a delicate
green, as follows:
Chop very finely some washed and
dried spinach tarragon, watercress,
sorrel and a few chives, rub them
through sieve, then strain the juice
into the mayonnaise.
Now mix the mayonnaise with the
vegetable puree which will be nicely
colored and of a delicate flavor.
1t may be served with cold chicken
or used to pour over the chicken,
which for this should be cut into neat
Joints. arranged in the center of the
dish, and garnished with watercress
and small slices of tomatoes.
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CITES such a manly little chap"
You hear this said often Of

Ek" E'S such a manly little chap"
You hear this said often of
IL some particular boy and think
with a thrill of pride, "Well, so is my
boy" Or the probabilities are you do
not think of the expression at all in
relation to your own, but merely smile
and make some inane remark. Now,
the phrase "a manly boy' has become
perilously near to being overwoked,
and, like many another good, round
phase, is likely to cover a gap in con-
versation and be applied to any kind of
boy, ranging from the cad to the row.
dy And a manly boy is certainly
neither the one nor the other.
The manly boy has-like other young
animals-an inherent strain of thor
oughbredness in him, and, like all
thoroughbreds, that strain may be so
curbed and strained as to develop just
the contrary result desired.
The manly boy Is not preturnaturally
grave; he does not oracularly distill
wisdom to an admiring group Of fond
relatives: nay, nay, he is full of fun,
fond of dogs, likes to tease the family
cat, is noisy at times and has to be
taught repose when he most dislikes It,.
Out of doors is his kingdom; the sports
of boys his delight, and until the years
of adolescence girls are strange things,
to be treated kindly, oh, yes; to be ad-
mitted to terms of familiarity-never.
This boy, and I have him in my
minds eye, tells no falsehoods, respects
those in authority, gives consideration
to others and demands it Tor himself.
He is pretty good sized chap for his
years, and, while I have never known
him to walk around with a chip on
his shoulder, at the same time boys Of
his size and larger, too, hesitate to
treat on his toes.
He is not the brightest boy in school,
and will probably not take many firsts
in his college years. but, for all that,
goes to making a thoroughly lovable,
mischievous, happy and honorable boy;
this one is a sample of the type.
Watch the manly boy grow up if you
please; never or seldom set down in
the wonderful pages of "Who's Who"
always the center of lovable group of
friends and a great power for good, no
matter where he may be. If married
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A Talk About the Manly Baby

his wife is the woman with smile on
her face and Joy in her heart; ms
children are "chlps of the old block,
and this manly boy at last goes to ms
grave more sincerely mourned and
missed than many a man whose name
is famous or familiar and whose care
fully prepared-in- advance obituary IS
read by thousands.
Now, every mother know of wants
her son to be Just such boy and often
will she contrast her own young hope
full to his disadvantage with some 9TH
er boy who fills the description just
written.
Not for a moment does this mother
think that the fault lies with herself,
while as a matter OF tact with her lies
the whole trouble.
Let me quote a paragraph from the
most famous of all dog breeders, and
bear in mind that no disrespect is
meant the dog, nor the boy, either, In
making the comparison: Never whip,
strike or beat puppy save for one
reason. If puppy flies in rage at
you and attempts to bite you, you must
firmly, and without anger, punish the
puppy at every exhibition of such rage
and anger. Puppies treated in this
manner will grow up and be courage
Gus, without being vicious, whereas If
you beat and strike them for the things
they do which displease you, and they
do not know better, you will make the
puppy sullen, revengeful and treacher-
GUS.
"such a puppy" the author con-
cludes, would be better off had he
been taken from the litter and drowned
at birth"
Do you remember your Aesop and the
fable Of the boy who cried Wolf? Look
it up and see if you have not tried the
same game on your own children, hold
ing out rewards and punishments
which were never given, then being
terribly disappointed when your child
turned out to be "fbber." Think of
the many times you have let the child
have his own way rather than be sub
jected to exhibitions of rage and tenn
per. Do not wonder very much that
your child is not like another, when
by a bit of introspection you can very
easily discern the cause. DIANA.