davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01
NOT

Let me tell you. gentlemen" said
the earnest vegetarian. who was lee
turing before the Butchers ~associa-
ton. that there Is more energy On
tanned in a single banana than there
is In five pounds Of the best beef.
steak"
Instantly a storm Of protesting and
derisive Kisses broke forth from the
indignant audience. But above tho
noisy rasp could be heard the stem
torian voice OF a husky-iooking indi.
vidual shouting: THE man is right!
The man Is right! But he fails to
allow enough energy for the fruit. l
know from my own personal expert.
ence that a mere fraction of the out
side of a banana contains sufficient en-
ergy to take the best wrestler in the
world of his feet"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01
CHAPTER XVII.
A Clash and a Kiss.

The clash that came that evening
had been threatening for some time.
Take an immovable body, represented
by Mr.. HARRISON and his square Jaw,
and an irresistible force, Jimmy and
his weight, and there is bound to be
trouble.
The real fault was Jim's. He had
gone entirely mad again over Bella,
and thrown prudence to the winds.
He mooned at her across the dinner
table, and waylaid her on the stairs
or In the back halls, just to hear her
voice when she ordered him out Of the
way. He telephoned for flowers and
candy for her quite shamelessly, and
he got out a book Of photographs that
they had taken on their wedding jour-
ney, and kept 1t on the library table.
The sole concession he made to our
presumptive relationship was to bring
me the responsibility for everything
that went wrong, and his shirts for
buttons.
The first I heard of the trouble was
from Dial. He waylaid me In the hall
after dinner that night, and his face
was serious.
I'm afraid we can't keep 1t up very
long, Kit" he said. with Jim trail
ing Bella all over the house, and the
old lady keener every day, It's bound
to come out somehow. And that isn't
all. Jim and HARRISON had a set-to
today-about you"
About mel" I repeated. "Oh, /
dare say l have been falling short
again. What was Jim doing? Abusing
me?"
Dial looked cautiously over his shoul.
der, but no one was near.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01
USING RIBBON ENDS
DAINTY TRIMMING MAY EASILY
BE DONE AT HOME.
Really No Task at All to Turn Out
Most Effective characterization
for All Kinds Of Pretty 5ou-
doir Baskets.

Dainty in color and workmanship
are the little baskets hat depend on
their trimming of ribbon flowers for
the delicate effects for which you must
pay a pretty price ii you cannot make
them. But you can! So buy your
ribbon in pale pink, old rose, moss
green and the soft yellows. Purchase
little baskets of fire reed or sweet
grass and then follow directions.
For the preliminary step in rose
making, take a piece of narrow ribbon
and fold it in the center as you need
it. Over your finger roll the end and
sew at the lower edge. Keep up this
rolling process until the flower is the
size that you wish. When making
leaves, gather the ribbon at one end
so that the pointed effect can be easily
obtained. The narrow green ribbon
twisted forms an effective stem.
After making a number of roses of
different sizes and a supply of leaves,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01
o:~syrisstl 1909 by the Bobbs-Msrril Co.
SYNOPSIS.

James Wilson or Jimmy as he is called
by his friends. Jimmy was rotund and
looked shorter than he really was. His
ambition In life was To be taken seriously,
but people steadily refused to do so, his
art Is considered a huge joke. except to
himself, II he asked people TO dinner ev-
eryOne expected a frolic. Jimmy marries
Bella Knowles; they live together "A year
and are divorced. Jimmy's friends ar
range TO celebrate the first anniversary
OF his divorce. The party is In full swing
when Jimmy receives a telegram from his
Aunt Selma, who will arrive in -four hours
TO visit him and his wife. He naglects to
tell her of his divorce. Jimmy thkes Kit
into his confidence. He suggests that Kit
play the hostess for one night. be Mrs.
Wilson pro tenn. Aunt Selma arrives and
the deception works out as planned.
Jimmy's divorced wife. enters the house
and asks Kit who is being taken away in
the ambulance2 Belle insists II is Jim.
Kit tells her Jim is well and is In the
house. HARRISON steps out on the porch
and discovers a man lacking a card on
the door. He demands an explanation.
The man points to the placard and Har-
on 1t, He tells hin the guests cannot
leave the house until the quarantine is
lifted. After the lifting of the quarantine
several letters are found I'm the mail box
undelivered. one Is addressed to Henry
Llewellyn, I~quique, Chile. which was
written by HARRISON. He describes mi
nutely of their Incarceration. also OF his
)~nfatuatidn for Mrs. Wilson. Aunt Selma
In taken Ill with Ia grippe. Betty acts as
nurse. HARRISON finds Kit sulking on the
roof. She tells him that Jim has been
treating her ~outrageously. Kit starts
downstairs, when suddenly she is grasped
In the arms of a man who kisses her sew
eral times. She believes that HARRISON
did II and Is Inundated. AUNT Selma tells
Jimmy that her cameo breastpin and
other articles OF jewelry have been stolen.
She accuses Betty of the theft. Jimmy
tells Aunt Selma all about the strange
happenings. but she persists In suspecting
Betty OF the theft OF her valuables.
HARRISON demands an explanation from
Kit as to her conduct towards him, she
tells him of the incident on the roof, he
does not deny nor confirm her accusation.
One OF the guests devises a wa TO escape
from the house. They set fire to the re-
ception room and attempt to leave the
house from the rear. The guards dis
cover the ruse and prevent them from
escaping. Max finds Anne's pearl clasp
pin In Jimmy's studio in n discarded coat.
Jimmy Is suspected of the theft, but de-
pies the accusation. Kit finds n watch
hanging TO n pillar in the basement and
with initials T. II. II. engraved upon II.
She opens the case and finds a picture of
herself that had been clipped from a
newspaper.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01
WELCOMED BY MEN WHO
SMOKE

Particular men who smoke realize
how offensive to people OF refinement
is a strong tobacco breath, and how
objectionable to themselves is that
dark brown taste" in the mouth
after Smoking.
Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic is worth
it's weight in gold for this purpose
alone. lust a little in a glass of water
rinse the mouth and brush the teeth.
The mouth is thoroughly deodorized,
the breath becomes pure and sweet
and a delightful sense of mouth clean
Illness replaces that dark brown to-
bacco taste.
Paxtine is far superior to liquid an
tiseptics and Peroxide for all toilet
and hygienic uses and may be obtain
ed at any drug store 25 and soc a box
or sent postpaid upon receipt of price
by The Paxton Toilet Co, Boston,
Mass. Send for a free sample.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01
Stylish Chains.

Long chains of ornate style are
high in favor with the spring tailor
made. Nearly all the smart models
have a breast pocket into which to
tuck the end of the chain, and to it
may be attached the watch, change
purse or small vanity case of the sort
that only lately reached this side Of
the water. After all, 1t matters little
whether or not anything is attached
to the end of the decorative lorgnette
chain. as it's apparent purpose is hid
den in the pocket. There is no end
to different varieties expressed in the
combinations of these little affairs.
Many have several different semi
precious stones mounted in odd shapes,
while others are more conservative in
pearl decoration.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01
MY voice got beyond me then. and I

My voice got beyond me then. and
dropped into a chair and covered my
face. I could feel him staring at the
back of my head.
We'll, I'll be-" something or other
he said finally, and then turned on his
heel and went out. BY the time / got
my eyes dry Eyes, / was crying; ! al
ways do when | am angry / heard
Jim coming downstairs, and tucked
the watch out of sight. Would any
n have foreseen the trouble that
watch would make!
Jim was sulky. He dropped into a
chair and stretched out his legs,
looking gloomily at nothing. Then
he got up and ambled into his den,
closing the door behind him without
having spoken a word. 1t was more
than human nature could stand.
When ! went into the den he vas
stretched on the davenport with his
face buried in the cushion. HIT looked
absolutely wilted, and every line of
him was dropping.
Go On out, Kit" he said, in a
smothered voice. BE a good girl and
don't follow me around"
you are shamelessl" / gasped.
Follow you! When you are hung
around my neck like alike "a"
Milestone was what | wanted to say,
but / couldn't think of It.
He turned over and looked up from
his cushions like an ill-treated and
suffering cherub.
I'm done for, Kit" be groaned.
Bella went up to the studio after
we left, and investigated that corner"
What did she find? The necklace?"
j asked eagerly. He was too wretched
to notice this.
mo, that picture of you that l did
last winter. She is crazy-she SAYS
she is going upstairs and sit in Ia
kahiro's room and take smallpox and
die"
"Ffddlesticks!" I said rudely, and
somebody hammered on the door and
opened 1t.
Pardon me for disturbing you"
Bella said. in her best dear-me-I'm-
glad-Iknocked tanner. 'But-F1an-
nigan say the dinner has not come"
Good Lord" Jim exclaimed. Il
forgot to order the COMPOUNDED din
ner!-
1t was eight o'clock by that time
and as it took an hour at least after
telephoning the order, everybody
looked blank when they heard. The
entire family, except Mr.. HARRISON,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01

Jim to the telephone and hung around
hungrily. suggesting new dishes every
minute. And then-he couldn't raise
Central. 1t was Is minutes before we
gave up, and stood staring at one an
other despairingly.
Call out of a window and get one
of those internal reporters to do some
thing useful for once" Max suggested.
But he was Indignantly hushed. We
would have starved first. Jim was
peering into the t%ransmitter and
knocking the receiver against his
hand. like a watch that had stopped.
But nothing happened. Flanagan re-
ported a box of breakfast food, two
lemons and a pineapple cheese, a
combination that didn't seem to lend
itself TO anything.
We went back to the dining room
from sheer force of habit and sat
around the table and looked at the
lemonade Flanagan had made. Anne
would talk about the salad her last
about a little town in Connecticut
where the restaurant keeper smokes a
corn-cob pipe while he cooks the most
luscious fried clans in America. And
Aunt Selma related that in her family
they had a recipe for chicken smoth-
cred in cream. And ,nen we slipped
the weak lemonade and nibbled at the
cheese.
ITO change this gridiron martyr
DOM" Dallas said finally, where's
HARRISON? sull looking for his
watch?"
"watch!" Everybody said it in a
different tone.
Sure" he responded. Says his
watch was taken last night from the
studio. Better get him down to take
a squirt at the telephone. Likely he
can fix It,"
Flanagan was beside me with the
cheese. And at that moment l felt
Mr.. Harbison's stolen watch slip out
of my girdle, slide greasily across my
lap. and clatter to, the floor. Flanni-
gan stopped, but luckily it had gone
under the table. To have had 1t
PICKED up, to have had to explain how
! got 1t, to see them try to ignore
my picture pasted in it-oh. It was
impossible! l put my foot over It.
Drop something" Dallas asked
perfunctorily, rising. Flanagan was
still half kneeling.
"A fork" l said. as easily as I
could. and the conversation went On.
But Flanagan knew. and l knew he
knew. He watched my every move
ment like a hawk after that. standing
just behind my chair. dropped my
useless napkin. to have 1t whirled up
before It reached tho floor. / said to
Betty that my shoe buckle Was loose.
and actually got tho watch In my hand,
only to let It slip at the critical mo-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01
UnfraYed Scallops.

Some housekeepers object to the
b~uttonholed scallop on embroidery be-
aus it trays in washing. This can
be overcome in several ways. The sur.
est is to buttonhole a second time
over the purled edge. when the scallop
has been worked and cut out.
Another method is to run the out
line Of the scallop with machine stitch
ing before buttonkoling; or in cut.
ting leave a narrow margin and turn
back under the scallop and hem to the
material.
II these are too much trouble, ut
least wash the linen before cutting
cut. The material shrinks and is
much less likely to fray. Where the
entire piece Is not washed the em-
broidered edge can be dipped in luxe
warm water for a few minutes, then
iron dry and later cut out close to the
purled edge.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01
CUT OF THE NEW CLOTHES
Really Few Fundamental Changes
Will Be Noted in styles for tho
Coming Season.

Beyond the all-important advent of
the trouser skirt no fundamental
changes, and few even of a second
airy order, have been made in styles.
Skirts are no wider and some of the
modes are narrower than ever. Pos
sibilities, however, are held out of
their being rendered less i~nconvenient
and dangerous by a plat or two hid
den beneath an overlapping breadth
and other similar devices. Coats are
almost invariably short, but they con-
tinue to set close to the hips, while
not made to tighten in at the waist.
Empire styles of waist prevail, the
skirts coming up high and both cos
tunes and dresses always belted in
about the natural waist, often right
under the bust. Many of the smart
dresses have trains, but such an addi-
ton is not considered obligatory by
any means and dresses without them
are reckoned quite as smart. Trains
are always large percent
& do not exceed in Importance a
prolonged panel. Slight notifications
have been made in sleeves. The fash
ion of cutting in one piece with the
shoulder no longer reigns supreme.
Half long and three-quarter long
sleeves are cut slightly wider and all
sorts very straight. Boleros have
have been revived, but as part of the
costume or dress bodice, not as sepa-
rate garments. Wide collars are retain
ed, but revers enjoy less favor and
are either omitted or rudimentary.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01
CHAPTER XVI.
Face Elanniaan.

Dinner had waited that night while
stared at the hole in the wall, and
watched while Max took a tracing of
II and of some footprints in the coal
dust on the other side.
did not go. / went into the library
with the guilty watch In a fold Of
my gown. and found Mr.. HARRISON
there. staring through the February
gloom at the blank wall Of the next
house, and quite unconscious of the
reporter with a drawing pe1 just be-
low him In the area-way. / went over
and closed the shutters before his
very eyes, but even then he did not
move.
"Will you be good enough to turn
around" / demanded at last.
"Oh!" he said, wheeling. Are you
here?"
There wasn't any reply to that, SO
took the watch and placed 1t on the
library table between us. The effect
was all that had hoped. He stared
at 1t for an instant. then at me, with
his hand outstretched for 1t, stopped.
Where did you find it?" he asked.
couldn't understand his expression.
He looked embarrassed. hut not at all
afraid.
Il think you know, Mr.. HARRISON" 1
retorted.
Il wish / did. You opened it,"
yes"
We stood looking at each other
across the table. 1t was his glance
that wavered.
About the picture-of you." he
said at last. you see. down there
I'm South America, a fellow hasn't
much to do evenings, and IA chum
of mine and I've were awfully down
on what W called the plutocrats, thu
1.-The leisure classes. And when that
picture of yours came in the paper.
I'VE had-we had an argument. He
SAID" He stopped.
What did he say?"
"Well, he said 1t was the picture of
an empty-faced society girl"
"Oh!" l exclaimed.
II maintained there we're posi-
bilities in the face" He put both
hands on the table. and. bending for.
ward. looked down at me. well ]
was a fool. ! admit. l said you eyes
werN kind and candid. In spite of that
naughty mouth. You see ! said l was
fool"
Il think you a., excee iingly iude,"
finally. sIf YOU want fc
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01


/ can't find words to express my thanks
for the good your medicine has done
me. You maypublish this if you wish"
Mrs. HERMAN SETH, Pound, Wis.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled. 1t may be
used with perfect confidence by women
who suffer from displacements, inlam-
nation, liberation, fbroid tumors, ir.
~regularities, periodic pains, backache,
bearing-down feeling, fatulency, indi.
g~estion, dizziness, or nervous prostra-
ton.
For thirty years Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound has been the
standard remedy for female ills, and
suffering women owe 1t to themselves
to at least give this medicine a trial.
Proof is abundant that 1t has cured
thousands Of others, and why should
1t not cure you?
III you want special advice write
Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn, Mass, for IL
It is free and always helpful
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01

Little Paul had always been taught
by his mother that God had made him
and that he ought to be thankful that
he had been made so perfect; eyes,
ears, feet, hands and all complete.
His mother had bought a new cook
stove and Paulie was examining it.
He lifted the reservoir lid and looked
in. There was his picture, as natural
as life, In the water, but he was sore
ly troubled, while looking at it. When
asked, by his mother, what the trouble
was, he said:
bod might o. made me persect, but
he put my head on trooked." ,
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01
TWo-Season Erock.

Fine serge may be used for the un-
derskirt of a foulard to make a very
serviceable dress. For instance. a
black foulard with a floral design of
red is hung w an underskirt of red.
stitched black serge. the girdle and
tunic hem being black satin. and the
yoke tucked red chiffon. This is a
frock that could be worn equally well
early In the spring and In the chill
days of :all.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01

A serpentine line Of tiny ribbon ends,
made of baby ribbon, decorates the
straw case. A straight line of flowers
twines over the strap handle. Green
silk is used for the shirred top, al
though any serviceable figured silk
will be just as attractive. The fittings
of this basket are in pink the same
shade as the flowers on the outside.
Roses are used on the cover of an
oblong shape. They also appear in
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01

apply them by strong thread to the
basket to be decorated. The little
French basket shows a line Of rose
buds around the base and a cluster Of
flowers and leaves at one side. The
high handle is wrapped with green
ribbon tied in a bow at the side.
On a little sewing basket with the
silk top roses are used in another way.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01

Flowers Of colored straw are popu.
lar as trimming. Black and red flow.
ers have yellow centers and there are
various striking color combinations.
They represent e~delweiss. dahiias,
oses and pCppies in natural tints and
APES.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01
Consistent.

Senator" said the reporter, may I
ask how o made your first thou
sand?"
Yes. SIR" responded Senator Graph.
ter; Il made 1t in the same way that
] made all my subsequent thousands"
Awed by the arrogance Of his man.
ner. the reporter refrained from head
Ing the story OF the interview "A Con.
fession!"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01
Comparing Notes.

The motorist and the aviator met
for a confidential chat.
That's a fine machine you have
said the admiring aviator.
Yes. 1t is the greatest farm wagon
buster In the country. And how about
your aeroplaner"
Ssh! Best chimney buster in the
world. old chap"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01

pepsla and female
troubles by your
m medicine. l had
been troubled with
both for fourteen
years and consulted
different doctors,
but failed to get any
relief. After using
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vege Com
pound and Blood
Purifier l can say I
am q wou woman
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01
The Reason.

INC Hed6on.
Il always doc the marketing for my
wife,
The last time I did the marketing
l got cold feet"
why should you do that?"
because she told me to: she said
people always lad pigs feet at q
Dutch lunch"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01

This dressy waist is of white silk
wolfe. trimmed with narrow bands of
embroidery and a wide band of black
velvet, forming a corslet.
Over all are wide bretelles of en-
broidered linen, with applique rosettes
of Irish lace. The guimpe and under
sleeves are Of fine white lace.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01
ahouldn.f Blame Him

1T was a poet that accepted the
drst presidency Of Portugal"
well. he had to make q living
didAt her"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-06-01

FAILED TO
HELP HER
Cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Pound, Wis. -"I am glad to an.
nounce that I have been cured of dys-
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-07-10

BsrFeqelie Iaafboie grrsgu sHiesasneenom.
ren ~ 6er Efftte bes Ll--gicr u Rahltc Ssts
rice, siabtbaae GiHSfnHG,l Z bic, bic IL abr
mtt!iaas GH Gspafnc ben "a gaii 1911.
III Die 3trsielaul hoH pa4pi' gHc 3ueiasgIbs
sagsiandisn unb ErniH,yaHasu init hessT Sus
eeecr IN sirgiria nesls'. ben aelerain are"
uue bts 40 etlIsm Blunt $50 6ib faoiit RON
aiuio aoenue tts glir ~ BE- $40 tut rsf;tlt
epn 8irgtuiu sneEne Nrs tGs gSeeereIi oam
EisegtaeE Aunff tn 8trgju1 Spegr.e 5ts Adeaise
Bun absngsiana!
gidre, Spesi'ffniionrn lHe ,sormtiars iinh
IA eEballsn IN beT ~Ht-t Res Ibefsssrae gttags
hes Department of AEts SGntcs
Seees AHgebol mHk fr~ B0aer 0nmen ,eeer
ccfeuftnii ober eefeslie ten. ipel6s bas aHgs.
boz mn6en. totcte ecn a-et &erieren. ete I'D
oaraH iuieyeHtren ertt en- nne n,uh bepIrtiss
ietr mtt stusr Nlrgf6aH IN Der S4tEnmf Don
az 600 90 Leilars pbFg f~eru seritfistrieH GbeS
auf eiHc pui'tebfute @awy ale elre &C.
reutls ha'siT has rt1,J eiu aHaebct anafngms
EIeu mive, e'g 3orl,ati eiHafaanGes lpeseeH
lpira
geaie irafnben aaaebos url1aesiefer tpsr.
ben, edHr tprh ia!tFr @bef Qr befl 5teirr re-.
IHer sperbeu, haur 10 foi@g Thes nar 81.
frieheHiieusHbsr Susa brrna aHt Ss4exf.egEne
bef ssenty0iis SIRE. 'tiaftsi
9ieier uiihfu P.sru sssfriebeHfieIenheu ps.
peta uoR threr 5+s5tafett its'srr IN, foE-e
&lnfie srt.ii rts nSridHgf 80 beiorasH
aseier itfh arba'eE, ett eeerusten EerMalas
re 5u peatauter aa fsine anesccr eriseesnas'
Ger 1iyCcfor Of aubIie eersia bebal, gA
oas Reti eor. trssG6sta ceer nue lnstsois III
bernerfsn
gm aa'traes be- Eiyscior s0' gusHe gsrsles
io.i7 905ua. @fuHsr. gIer,