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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-12-01

boots. skipping about on one foot
amid much profanity That the boot
conquered was evident when the man
crawled into the creaking bed. an.
nouncing defiantly, If the landlord
wants them boots off. let him come
an pull 'em off Across the hall
was a rattle OF chips. and the voices
OF several men, occasionally raised in
anger Now and then they would
stamp on the floor as an order for
LIQUID refreshments from below. From
somewhere beyond. the long-drawn
melancholy howl of distressed dog
greeted the rising moon.
Out from all this pandemonium
Keith began to unconsciously detect
the sound of voices talking in the
room to his left. In the iull OF OBJ
structing sound a few words reached
him through the slight open space be-
tween wall and ceiling
Hell, Bill, what's the use go1n' out
again when we haven't the price?'
"Oh, we might find Bart somewhere.
and ned stake us. | guess | know
enough to make him loosen up. Come
on; I'm goin'."
Not me; this town Is too near
Fort Hays; I'm liable to run into
some of the fellows.
A chair scraped across the floor as
Bill arose to his feet; evidently from
the noise he had been drinking, but
Keith heard him lift the latch of the
door.
All right. Willoughby." he SAID.
thickly, I'll try my luck. an If | see
Bart I'll tell him yer here. So long
He shuffied along the hall and
went, half sliding, down stairs. and
Keith distinguished the click OF glass
and bottle in the next room. He was
sitting up In bed now. wide awake,
obsessed with a desire to investi-
gate The reference overheard must
have been to Hawley, and if SO. this
Willoughby. who was afraid OF meet
ing soldiers from the fort. would be
the deserter Miss Hope was seeking
There could be no harm in making
sure, and he slipped into his clothes.
and as silently IS possible. Unmatched
the farther end of the hall, and the
sound of some one laboriously mount
ing the stairs Not desiring to be
seen, Keith slipped swiftly toward the
door OF the other room. and tried the
latch 1t was untastened. and he
stepped quietly within. closing it be-
hind him.
small lamp was on the washstand.
a half-emptied bottle and two glasses
beside 1t. while pack OF cards lay
scattered on the floor. Fully dressed.
except for a coat. the sole occupant
lay on the bed. but started up at
Keith's unceremonious entrance.
reaching for his revolver. which had
slipped to the wrong side Of his belt.
What the hell." he exclaimed.
startled and confused.
The intruder took one glance at him
through the dingy light-a boy OF
eighteen. dark hair. dark eyes. his
face. already exhibiting signs OF dis
sipation. yet manly enough in chin
and n.outh-and smiled
IL could draw while you were think
ing about it." he said. easily. but |
am not here on the fight Are you
Fred Willoughby?'
The lad stared at him, his uncer-
tain hand now closed on the butt or
bis revolver, yet held inactive by the
others quiet assurance.
What do you want to know for?
Curiosity largely; thought Id like
to ask you a question or two"
"You-youre not from the tort?''
Nothing to do with the army; this
Is a private affair"
The boy was sulien from drink. his
eyes heavy.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-12-01
White Seroe for Winter

For early winter wear white suits
of cloth. corduroy or heavy ribbed
serge are very smart. The coats are
cut on Empire lines. with a seam
just above the waist line and i'm
mense revers and large flap pockets
give the suit a youthful appearance.
To be worn with one of these smart
suits. recently ordered for miss of
fifteen. large soft hat of white silk
beaver. with a fetching dat tailored
bow of Persian lamb as it's sole trim
ming. was chosen The handsome
frill of lace that finished the front of
the coat was caught by another bit OF
Persian lamb
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-12-01
Merely Obeyed the Rules

that's in the rules for drivers and
conductors
In the rules for drivers and con-
ductors?" roared the superintendent
Where. I'd like to know"
"Certainly." replied Johnson. TT
says always to be polite to passengers
Do you remember the kind of a night
last night was9 Well. there was a
lady on my car who didn't have an
umbrella and she lived two blocks
from that curve So | drove her
home Saturday Evening Post
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-12-01
PLANNED FOR THE AFTERNOON
Effective Costume In Plain Amethyst
Delaine With Lace Insertion
and Embroidery.

Plain amethyst delaine is used foE
this very effective dress. The skirt
just escapes the ground all round.
and has a tunic simulated by band
of soft silk embroidery about five
inches wide, sewn on by the upper
edge only The sides of the bodice
are cut Magyar, and open in front to
show vest that is of finely tucked
net at the top, and the material from
bust to waist; lace insertian trims
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-12-01
How the Late Tom Jo-,s0n, In Early
Lifes Squirmed Out # Very
Tight Place.

When the late Tom Johnson started
in life he drove a horsa car in In
dianapolis
One night there wai big storm
of sleet and snow and the tracks were
almost hidden. Johnson was on the
night shift. and in the s,orm he drove
his car two blocks Jey"nF a curve be-
fore he realized the car was off the
tracks and slipping along on the ice
He tried to pull the car back and
failed Thereupon be unhitched the
horses. drove them back to the barn
and left the car where it was
Next day the superintendent called
him. Here, Johnson" he said. what
do you mean by driving a car of the
track and then leaving 1t In the
street,"
Why" Johnson replied. suavely.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-12-01

met my sister on a stage west Of To
peka. | knew he was Iyin. because
she's home over in Missouri Finally.
| got it out of him that she claimed to
be my sister. but her name was
Maclaire. Why, | don't even know
her. and what do you suppose she
ever picked me out for her brother
for?"
He was plainly puzzled, and perfect
ly convinced it was all a mistake.
That his sister might have left home
since he did. and drifted West under
an assumed name. apparently never
occurred to him as possible. To Keith
this was the explanation. and nothing
could be more natural. considering
her work. yet he did not feel like
shattering the lads loyalty. Faith in
the sister might yet save him.
Perhaps the fellow who tol ID you.
he hazarded blindly. speaking the first
thought which came to his mind. had
some reason to desire to make you
think this Maclaire girl was your SIS
ter"
The suggestion caused him to laugh
at first; then his face suddenly sob
cred. as though new thought had oc-
Cured to him.
Damn me. no. it couldn't be that"
he exclaimed. one hand pressing his
head. He couldn't be workin' no
trick of that kind on me-"
Whom do you mean?
"A fellow named Hawley." evasive-
ly. 1.-The man who claimed to have
met my sister"
"'Black Bart Hawley?"
The boy lifted his head again. his
eyes filled with suspicion.
Yes. If you must know; he's q
gambler all right. but he's stuck to
me when | was down and out You
know him?"
ITO RE CONTINUED
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-12-01
"oh. You Mean Hope7 Do You Know Herr"
Then who the devil are you?

Then who the devil are you?
never saw you before
That's very true. and my name
wouldn't help any. Nevertheless.
you're perfectly welcome to it. | am
Jack Keith" No expression OF recog
niticn came into the face of the other.
and Keith added crrtly. Shall we
talk?"
There was a moments silence. and
then Willoughby swung his feet over
the edge of the bed onto the floor.
Fire away" he said shortly. "un-
til see what the game is about"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-12-01

the lower edge of net, and embroid
cry the top of material. The water
fall reVers are trimmed with embroid
cry: the trimming at back is ar
ranged to form a deep v. that is filled
in to match the vest.
Materials required: Five yards 4e
inches wide. embroidery for trim
ming. " yard tucked net.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-12-01

Every moving thing that liveth shall
be food for you; as the green herb
have ! given you all But flesh with
the life thereof. which is the blood
thereof. shall ye not eat-Genesis
ix;34
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-12-01
SYNOPSIS.

Jack Keith. virginian. now bor-
der plainsman. is riding along the Santa
Fe trail on the lookout fer roaming wal
parties of savageS. He notices camp
fire at distance and then sees team
attached tc wagon and at full gallop
reaches the wagon the raiders have mass
acred two men and departed. He searches
the victims finding papers and locket
with woman's portrait. He resolves TO
hunt down the murderers. Keith Is ar
rested at Carson City. charged with the
Black Bart. He goes to Jail fully rrahz-
ing the peril of swift border Justice. A
companion in his cell is a negro. who
tells him he is Neb and that he knew the
Keith family back in Virginia. Neb says
one Of the murdered men was John
merly an officer In the Confederate army
The plainsman and Neb escape from the
cell. and later the two fugftives become
lost in the sand desert They come upon
a cabin and find it's l,ne occupant to be a
young girl. whom Keith recognizes as a
explains that she came there in search OF
brother who had deserted from tie
army. A Mr.. Hawley induced her to
come to the cabin while he sought to To-
cate her brother. Hawley appears: and
Keith in hiding recognizes him as Black
girl. There is a terrific battle in the
darkened room in which Keith overcomes
Black Bart. Horses are appropriated ana
the girl who says that her name Is Hope
Joins in the ercape. Keith explains his
situation and the fugitives make for Fort
hotel landlady Miss Hope tells that she
is the daughter of General Waite. Keith
and Neb drift into Sheridan. where Keith
meets an old friend. DR.. Fairbain.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-12-01
No Elevator to Success,

There are men who crowd about the
push-button of an elevator. instead of
taking kindly to the steep stairs of
success and they will never get there
or anywhere else.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-12-01

Be sure you are right and then go
ahead. Don't turn around to see If
your neighbors are looking
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1911-12-01

ow as long as she wears mourning.
Postal cards are only proper for
announcing meetings or the most Inn
personal messages.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

ment nor brains, who weakly and read
ily surrenders to an infatuation. She
elopes with a man as insignificant as
herself only 10 return to her husband
in the end He is blind and a great
musician, and upon him the author has
lavished her best work. The intrigue
itself is meaningless, tawdry, with its
clandestne meetings in tea rooms and
the cafes of hotels. its suggestion Of
cocktails. the banalities Of the Great
White Way and IT'S bypaths. OF great
passion there is no question. The author
has set her story in an artistic atmos-
phere where there is much talk Of the
future of American art and of the
founding Of a national institute, New
York society's interest in such matters
being mildly satirized And, most con-
ventional Of all. the clippers settle in
Paris, for the sake, of course of some
obvious Latin Quarter atmosphere. II
Is a good rule for beginning authors TO
write whereof they know and to stray
but prudently beyond the field of per-
sonal observation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

broche. Then came twelve entrees
among which were grilled Rouen ducKs'
salmis Of cartridges, capons breasts
with butter and truffles. saddle OF veal
larded with young bacon. quails roast
ed and surrounded by ecrevisses, beer
tongue gently boiled in Burgundy,
pigeons cooked in paper bags (papillots)'
chickens quenelles. roast plover a la
Bourguignotte and woodcock. Among
the vegetables were artlchokes, cauli-
flower. string beans. spinach and as
paragus. The service of pastry and
sweets comprised fruit tartelettes. pan
cakes. whipped cream, Malaga jelly and
Viennese cakes of twenty varieties
Strange to say. these eccentric prih-
cesses never allowed fish OF any KIM
TO be served at their table.
The prin ,esses had a library OF over
six thousand volumes at Bellevue
beautifully bound in morocco "incrust-
ed with brass or silver fligree resem-
bling real lace" Each volume was dec
GRATED with a portrait of one OF the
princesses. represented as Minerva
Juno. Diana or some other goddess OF
Greek or Roman mythology. Some OF
these books may be seen in the Arsenal
Library. English literature was repre-
sented by 906 volumes. including
Shakespeare Din nine volumes, London
edition Of IT'D, Milton. Pope. Sterne
Goldsmith, Fielding C'Tom Jones'D and
an exquisite edition of Robinson CRU
soc" beautifully illustrated in colors
"Nesdames de France. Files de Louis
XIV" is published by Emile-Paul, and
is accompanied by a reproduction or
the double portraits of Mesdames Elisa
beth and Henriette, painted by Colbert
in 1877. which is now in the Versailles
Museum c. |. y.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

played but little part when utility mas re-
quired change or demolition.
Having destroyed our landmarks, we
piously preserve them in books, though
even this, like the erection OF memorial
tablets. is a custom Of comparatively re-
cent origin among us. There are but
fifteen such tablets, according to SIR.
Jenkins, on Broadway, all the way from
the Washington building to Cortlandt-
vile. His book Is Typographical as well
as historic, the history embracing The
social and business life of the city as II
centres In this street the churches TINT
have reared their facades on II, the IN
Vulnerable places Of amusement II has
contained and still contains, its hotels
and restaurants old and new. and some
Of it's characters" although the record
of these is brief, and practically stops
seventy years ago. Geographically the
road runs through Dutch potato fields
and cabbage patches. whose present
value per front foot outdoes the dreams
of avarice. and, as we proceed north
ward, the past still impresses itself mere
potently than the present There arc
tales here. also, Of fires and epidemics
and riots. of battles and historic per-
sonages and historic families, of .he
Knickerbocker school Of our literature
of parades and celebrations, of what
Broadway has seen and been in the c'ty's
life. There is a good photography, and,
most welcome there is large gallery of
pictures. old and new, Of Broadway as 1t
was and is.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22
INDIGNANT ARTISTS
They Will Take a Hand in Making
Fashions.

Paris Letter TO The London Telegraph.
Anarchy, false taste. barbarism and all
the rest have crept into fashions. Paris
artists are indignant. \ cOunter-revolu-
ton is being prepared by them. Never
before, we are told, were hats so dispro-
portionate in size so ugly IN conception,
so inartistic I'm form, so absurdly map
propriato, as at present. Dresses are no
better. They have reached the climax
of idiocy. They no longer drape the
human body, they hold it up To ridculc.
should have a say in the matter, and
they will begin their inroad into fash
ions domain at once.
great exhibit OF fashion, as con-
ceived by artists, Is 10 be got up for
next November Buyers from London,
New York, Chicago and ST Petersburg.
look out! Six hundred dolls half yard
high, will be marshalled in rows. They
will wear new design Of fashion. and
each will be an artistic creation, not OF
the Rue de In PaiX. but of the ateliers
of the most famous painters, sculptors
and craftsmen. Professional dressmak
ers will be rgidly excluded from con-
tributing 10 this exhibit. Each artist
will draw and execute an original design
of his own according 10 which his doll
will be dressed. The design will be ar
tistic. natural. and I'm good taste. There
will be no extravaganza no aping of the
Directore. the Empire, and other non
sensical styles. The style In each case
will simply Ice artistic. proper and orni-
mental Artists will for once show what
they can do and will teach the cos
tumiers a lesson.
A meeting has already been held In
the atelier OF famous artist, where the
revolutionary scheme was discussed.
Sculptors, painters and ladies studied
the question with the utmost serious
ness The size OF the doll the qualities
of the dresses and other pertinent sub
tects were debated in strict secrecy,
which did not prevent the secret from
oozing out In a short time all the
artists who form the new fashion league
will receive a programme, and then they
will get TO work. Nothing eccentric will
he tolerated. hut every suggestion that
will help TO enhance the human form
will be welcomed. The outcome will be
a salon of fashion which in thrilling in
terest will throw all the salons OF paint
ing and sculpture into the shade.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22
ROYAL TREASURE.

THE STEEL CROWN. BY Fergus Hume.
l2mo, PIP. 333 @. w. Dillingham; Co.
In a lodging house in London sub
urb an elderly woman is found strangled.
She was foreigner, as her speech had
betrayed, and nothing was found in her
scant possessions TO identify her. Only
one visitor had ever come TO see her, a
slender, dark bearded man. foreign like
herself. Mr. Hume begins TO weave A
most complicated plot from the very
start, whose main line alone can be in
Dictated A young English solicitor be-
comes interested in the case for the sake
OF the handsome young landlady of the
lodging house. With the help of a gen
tlemanly blackleg who processes 10 have
mended his ways, he discovers, first of
all that the murdered woman was in
reality the Queen of Darra, whom the
populace of the cOuntrys capital had
planned 10 kill with her husband. the
King. but whom they had failed to find.
In her flight the Queen had taken with
her the sacred steel crown Of the king
dom and the royal treasure. Henceforth
the plot deals with the discovery Of
treasure and crown, which the assassin
failed to find. an intrigue for the throne
Of still another Balkan principality be-
ing thus played off on British soil. Mr..
Hume tells his story well, with many
ingenious turns and surprises in the fort
unes of the contending parties.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22
GOETHE AGAIN
A Platonic Interpretation Of His
Love Affairs.

GOETHE AND HIS WOMAN FRIENDS
BY Mary Caroline Crawford illustrated
svo, PIP. xiii, Az. Boston: Little, Brown
& Co.
The quality which sets Goethe apart
among the worlds greatest poets is the
almost exclusively subjective nature Of
his inspiration. He turned his own life
into art, especially his emotional ex-
periences. He confessed It, giving to
his bographers a clew that they all have
followed. with results that are familiar
to his many admirers. Goethe" says
Miss Crawford, lis the only exemplar
the world possesses of a career devoted
exclusively to self-development." But
she would have us understand that, so
far as the tender passion Is concerned,
this acknowledgment took the form of
purely platonic love, and of the friend
ships between men and women that
characterized the intellectual life Of the
eighteenth century, to far greater ex-
tent than his biographers have seen fit
TO see:
The truth is that Goethe, far from being
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22
Three Good Books on Spain and
Her People.

FOUR MONTHS AFOOT IN SPAIN. BY
Harry A. Franck. Illustrated with
photographs. Svo, PIP. S79. The Century
Company.
SPANISH SKETCHES. BY Edward Pen,
field. svo, PIP. l46 Charles Scribner's
Sons.
SPAIN. BY Albert f. Calvert. With over
seventeen hundred illustrations, includ-
ing forty-six colored plates. In Two
volumes. 4to. PIP. xvii, 1863; KIM 4So.
z. 7. Dutton & Co.
Mr.. Franck is an enviable young man.
He can do two things well. He can
travel delightfully."- with next to no finan-
cial resources and he can write delight
fully with next to no literary art. HIS
new book. like its predecessor, "A Naga-
bond Journey Around the World. is one
Of those unpretentious narratives which
YOU would say had been put together
from letters home If il were not that
they hang together so admirably, if IT
were not that they have so full and rich a
character. We rejoice in the honest can
cor Of this author He does not EN-
thuse" TO order, liking the things that ne
ought TO like. For once we have book
about Spain in which Velasquez is LEFT
70 take care Of himself. Mr.. Franck
mentions. II is true, that II the pictures
AT Madrid are ever dispersed he would
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22

full picture Of the daily lives and recre-
atoms of great ladies Of the period. The
daughters of Louis XIV purchased the
chateau OF Belevue-the site OF when
to-day is a fashionable Partisan resort
highly popular with American tourists
and residents-and sought TO establish
there a sort of rival court to that or
Mime. de Pompadour. one where rigid
etiquette. purity Of morals. noble senu-
ments and religious devotion might re-
place the picturesque frlvolity ana
risky pastimes of Versailles and the
Trianon. These ambitious projects. as
may well be imagined. completely
failed. Among the fresh documents UNI
carthed by NJ. Stryienski is the menu
OF dinner given by Mesdames de
France at Bellevue, on Tuesday, Octo-
Der %. 1877. The repast began with
four hors-d Ouvres d'ofce. Then
came two soups. La Garbure' and
LA Faubonne." Then two immense
roasts. a baron Of beef and saddle OF
mutton This was followed by two
relieves of capons and rice smothered
in a huge pot. and young pig la
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-10-22
FICT ION
Love and Marriage, Treasure
and Adventure.
SOME EMOTIONS AND A MORAL

SOME EMOTIONS AND A MORAL.
THE MARRIAGE PORTION. Novel.
BY II. A. Mitchell Keays. Emo. PIP. i-5.
Boston: Small, Maynard & Co.
II all happens among the members Of
the faculty of New Town, which uni
versity We shall not endeavor 10 iden-
tify with any one Of our great American
institutions of learning. AS the title OF
the book abundantly indicates, IT Is
not only concerned with the professors
but with their wives as well. a daugh-
ter of the faculty finds herself a WHO"
after n brief matrimonial experience, ana
studies PAINTING i'm Paris, whence she re-
turns 10 the narrow academic circle,
loved still by the man who had failed 10
win her-the professor Of English htera-
ture-but intellectually interested in one
of his married colleagues, her dead hus-
bands dearest friend with whom she
has carried on a busy correspondents.
She will be locker on in life hereafter
but when she begins TO gee below The
surface she is tempted to constitute her
sci "dea ex machina" in order 10 re-
apportion certain marriage portions that
to her appear to be all askew.
She who has come TO manage and help
STAYS TO learn. The tolerant understand
ing Of the Continent is not applicable TO
New Town. Puritan TO the backbone:
These people were all, whether they
would or not, held under the law that
imposed the search after righteousness
upon the individual, upon the family
upon the race This woman comes 20
see that life is stronger than the indi-
vidual, stronger. too, than emotional i'm
pulses beyond the laws of man. And It
is for this reason, no doubt, that her
own ultimate choice Of a second mar
riage portion is so soberly subdued.
1t is a thoughtful book, whose spirit
iustifles its occasional frankness, and it
is written with distinct ability. Yet,
time and again, the reader cannot help
rejecting upon the temptations 1t must
offer 10 the scoffer's sense Of humOr.
The emotional study is set in a series Of
pictures Of the faculty and of faculty