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The Phantom of the Opera e. r. RX S2zte Isze4z

lilo crawled a little farther on his
knees. then turned right around II
said:
" am going to hang by my hands
from the edge OF the stone and let my
self drop into tho house. You must do
exactly the same. Do not he afraid. I
Will catch you IN my arms"
Raoul soon heard a dun sound. evl-
IDENTIFY produced by tho fail OF the Per-
Sian, and then dropped down.
lie felt himself clasped in the Per-
SLAMS arms.
Hush" said tbs Persian.
And they stood motionless, listen
Ing.
The darkness was thick around
them, tho silence heavy and terrible.
Then the Persian began to make
play with the dark lantern again. turn
ing the rays over their heads. looking
for the hole through which they had
come and falling TO nnd II;
"Ohl" he said. The stone has closed
of ITSELF"
And tho light OF the lantern swept
down the wall and owe the floor.
The Persian stopped and picked up
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THE keynote OF children's hats is
simplicity, The narrow-brlm mush-
room shapes are fayorlte5. a Leg
horn with "A band OF satin and a clus-
ter OF ribbon roses at the side Is a
typical style and very pretty. The price
is 1896.
Handsome new hand bags IN beau,i-
ful tapestries are being shown. They
are sI!k-lined and have ample pockets.
These bags are favorites now and sell
at S..
Flower vases In tho silver deposit
ware are very dainty. They have the
screen cover and sell at se25.
Small s~ilver-plated ~iardinieres holding
a growing palm are meeting with a
ready sale now at 81 each.
Fern dishes o; quarduple-rlrted silver
with an inside porcelain d,sa are very
attractive and only sl25.
Wash betting that IL so nice and prsc-
tea, for summer wear is being displayed
"a new designs and colorings at prices
ranging from 10 cents to Is cents a
yard,
Chic low collars Of satin In light and
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eagerly. But he heard nothlnE-noth-
ing except distant steps sounding on
the moor OF tho upper portions OF the
theatre.
Tho Persian dArxened his lantern
again.
Look out!' he san. Keep your
hand up! And silence! Fol We shall
try another way OF getting IN"
And he led him 10 the little staircase
by which they had come down lately.
They went up. stopping at zach stop.
peering n the darkness and the al
lence. till they came to tho third cellar.
Here the Persian motioned to Raoul 10
20 on his knees. and in this way.
crawling on both knees and one hand
for the other hand was held In the
position !ndicated-they reached the end
wall.
Against this wall STOOD q large dis
carded scene from tho Roi dc Lahore.
Close TO this scene was a set piece Be-
tween the scene and the set piece there
was just room for a body--for q body
which n day was found hanging there.
The body OF Joseph Buquet.
The Persian. still kneeling, stopped
and listened. For a moment he seemed
TO hesitate and looked at Raoul. then
he turned his eyes upward, toward the
o'''AiA - ~ NV III
gllmmer of a lantern. through a Granny
between two boards. This glimmsr
seemed to trouble the Persian.
At last lie tossed his head and made
up his mind to act, lie slipped between
the set piece and the scene from the
Roi de Lahore. with Raoul close upon
his heels. With his free hand the Per-
sian felt the wall, Raoul saw him bear
heavily upon the wall, Just as he had
pressed against the wal in Christmas
dressing room. Then a stone gave way,
leaving "A hole I'm tho wall.
This time the Persian took his pistol
from his pocket and made a sign TO
Raoul TO do as he did. lie cooked the
pistol.
And. resolutely, still on his knees. he
wiggled through the hole In the wall.
i~iaoul. who had wished TO pass first,
had to be content to follow him.
The hole was very marrow. The Per-
sian stopped almost at once. RaouI
heard him feeling the stones around
him. Then tho Persian took out his
darh lantern again. stopped forward,
examined something beneath him ard
Immediately e~Ntingulshed his lantern.
ltaoui heard him say. in a whisper:
shall have 10 drop a few yarus,
without making a noise, take on your
boots"
The Persian handed his own shoe. ,C
Raoul.
Put them outside the WALL" ne said
We shall md them there when
leave"
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Can YOU Answer These Questions?
Are You = New Yorkei 1ben What
DO You Kno1p ABBOTT Your Ohm City,

~n on are . New Yoxus You are sod q easuns Of es cxf Most
New Yorkss r.
But Il u well 70 know all absuA . NA9sH esws mAnng too many
0 What DO ~ know shout ~ uSmsdouS home 09 q yousf
For Instance how many d he following New Yo& questions O. you
answsr1 Try them on your h1ndA too. Then look tor tA answers land FOR .
new ~ Of spsnons) IN Wednesdays Dv~Mns wesM:
O. What non eAs tor~~ so~es O., Nep Yors CIV aS sassa sd ~Ay
ssye thy q nomedf
T. Whore dd tho oryssas Pasooe sta~ds wAas oeoome o. ~
g. What part Of NeD York Cky .as formerly co1med By ND Jesey'
o Whnt other State "a once q part Of the original NND Yorkf
TO- Hoo did Cortland srest Wall streei. Mctden lane cnd tho Battery
come to be 30 caHedf
Here IRE n answers 70 la Fridays qusVdons:
l. New York waa named in honor OF the Duke OF Y0A. brorh@ Of K,ng
Charles II. Of England
q The nothenmos. limit d od New York va wan NTes
. Harlem and Brooklyn wore named tor the Of Haarem n Broukeen
in Holland. The Bronx a anne for . Dutch settler named Bronch. This
district q once known a. 'Broncks Farm"
l. New York became al Enghshspeakng0 city af@ u hooGsu capture from
IN Duchb by an English neN. Up to that time IL "omcar' language had been
Dutch.
g. When New York City as h4d W. a one supposed II wouh extend
Ear pow The North and East Rivers w~s II rat arteries OF trade
Th0eora more streets we're GU through from river 10 we than to aocommo-
date north mi south bound Gamc.
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Copyright. 1911. BY the BOSbsMs o.,
SYNOPSIS OF pRECEpING CHAPTERS

Raoul de Chagny loves and Is loved BY Christine
Opera House. where Christine slngs, Ia haunted,
smplSyefs declare. BY a skeie!9ulite sgpsr'tion
managers take charge OF the Opera House. They
receive a letter signed Opera Ghost." demanding
The grand tier. The Opera Ghost" falls in love
With Christine, She c~onies,es her love for Raoul.
becomes engaged 70 Linn. Christine one day take;
Raoul to, the roof OF the OperA House. There
who once carried her to his abode on an island
IN the lake that, lie, under the Opera, House.
There. she. says. he removed his mask, disclosing
q horrible face. She escaped from his power by q
ruse' haoul ls eager TO say the man. Christine
followed them and overheard their talk. AZ Chris-
unc Is singing In 'faust' one night she Is mys
ttriously kidnapped. Naoul searches the Open
hoISs for her. He meets an eHiled Persian who
calm, 20 .nov Erik and the %latters hidin. place
Together thsy start for the Underground Abode.
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nv this way they gradually ar
rived beneath the huge cellars
below the stage. They must at
this time AVE been at the
~ very bottom OF the tub and
a. an extremely great depth, when
We remember that the earth was dug
out at my feet below the water that
lay under the whole OF that part OF
Paris.
The Persian touched tho partition
wall and sald:
III l am not mistaken. this Is a wall
that might easily belong 10 the house
on the lake"
He was striking a p~artition-wall OF
tho tub and perhaps IT would be as
Well for the reader TO know how the
O"itom and the partition walls Of the
tub were built. In order 10 prevent the
water surrounding the building-opera-
lions from remaining In immediate con-
tact with the walls supporting the whole
OF the theatrical machinery, the archl-
tect was Obliged to build a double case
In every direction.
The work OF constructing this double
case took "A whole year. II vas the wall
OF the first inner case that tho Persian
struck when speaking - l.aoul % the
house ON tho lake. To any one under
Standing the architecture of the ed nee.
the Pers.au's action would seem 70 indl-
cate that E"iTs mysterious house had
been built I'm the double case. formed
of a thick wall constructed as an en-
bankment or dam, then OF a brick wall,
a tremendous layer OF eane and an
other wall several yards In thickness.
At the Persian's words Raoul fung
hamseG against the wall ana Listened
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mat there was no humming In the sars
80 harmonious as the singing whisper
that followed and now attracted me.
Had | been Inclined to superstition, I
should have certainly thought that |
had to do with some siren whose bust
ness Il was 10 confound the traveller
who should venture on the waters OF
the house on the lake. Fortunately. I
come from II country where We are too
fond OF fantastic things not 20 know
them through and through: and I had
no doubt but that / was face to face
with some new invention OF Erik's. But
this invention was so perfect that. as
l leaned out OF the boat. ! was impelled
less by a desire to discover Its trick
than TO enjoy its charm: and 7 leaned
out. leaned out until I almost over
turned tho boat.
Suddenly. two monstrous arms issued
from the bosom of the waters and
seized me by the neck. dragging me
down TO the depths with Irresistible
force. | should certainly have been
lest. II ! had not had time to give a cry
by which Elk knew me. For IL was
he; and. instead OF drowning me, as
was certainly his frst intention. ne
swan with me and aid me gently on
the bank:
How l~mprudent you are,' he said.
as he stood before me, dripping with
water. why try 10 enter my house
7 never Invited YOU. 7 don't want you
there, nor anybody Did you ave my
life only 10 make II unbearable to me-
However great the service you rem
dered him, Erik may end by forgetting
II; and you know that nothing can re-
strain Erik, not even Erik himself"
He spoke. but | had now no other
wish than 10 know what already called
tho trick OF the siren. lie satisfied my
curiosity. for Erik, who 70 n real mon
ster-I have seen him at work In Per-
sla. alas-ls also, in certain respects. a
regular child, vain and self-conceited.
and there is nothing he loves so much.
after astonishing people, as to prove all
the really miraculous ingenuity of Lis
mind. [
He laughed and showed me a long
reed.
IT'S the %silliest trick you ever saw"
Ne said. but IT'S very useful for breath
ing and singing IN the water ies-reA
It from the Tontdn pirates, who are abe
to remain hidden FOR hours In tho beds
OF the rivers"
| spoke TO him severely.
IT'S a trick that nearly Killed me-"
| said, And II may have been fatal to
others! You know what you promised
me, Erik? No moro murders"
Have ! really committed murders.'
he asked. putting on his most amizble
air.
tTo Re Contlnued.)
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Begin to Bcliere thar IRE Can't Lose,
We know n man who spends so much
timo talking about Putting Over Big
propositions that he can't get down to
Earning the Price of a Shave!
We've known many n Fail Guy to turn
around and become an Artist at the
Bunk!
You can't Pay the Fiddler with a
.Promissory Note
A lot OF Folks could AXE a Fresh
Start X they could Shuck their Fixed
Ideas.
our idea OF Nothing 10 R0U the
Crushcr Orer is the maj uho suvs
that he'd be able TO DO Something II
he mosn't Held Down bv his wife,
A Debated Bank Roll doesn't care VINO
II Responsible for it's Denation!
The Man Uifh the Ability TO Take
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Aunhor of 1.-THE Mystery of the NAow Room. enc.

looking glass"
Yes. IA looking glass!' aid the Per
sian. In a tone OF deep emotion. Anc.
passing the hand that hold the pistol
over his moist 8orehead. he added,
I'VE have dropped into the torture
chamber"
What the Persian knew OF this tor
t~ure-chamber and what there befell him
and his companion shall be told in his
" words. as set dowa IN a manuscript
which he left behind him. and which
i cop verbatim.
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Reflections Of a = q q
h Girl
BY Helen Rowland

CasnSs ~. n ~ Pre- PxMMAhso D. On ~ Xh wMN.
03Mwy I'd nAoRELoRs uu Aappss u ne best regulated tam-
(ass1 Is ~'.
MxN w. Providence otves ~ NJ velsNons; but 90 hdre only
kX1N-~-Nk1N owss1ves 10 oomS for or husbands and Wtues.
4 romootto Young on expects her Ioov to ride w O q charger and
ooYy nor Of 10 como |ar EEysWm; but Iatef shs y sottsfed to haze him
uAs up On a sreet c~ aad ca~ry Aer Of to Havem tot.
a st6oso ought 10 fNd . it o. oossotaNon ~ TIE thought that q least
she oJooys hnoSs where Ar husboad u stohts.
4 NV sscAsnesd u 10 roess.y: but ~ vey oses q Conscience 0c~e.
4 qSorrsisoms sne ~oy b fooMsA out Il rsQutses q srono fumty far
nep emd thm 70 auoaksn q husoond 70 ts rsoNsaMo~ that you n stH
HeNe.
4 os ~ay Asvs o lot o. shtaos 10 M bsss; ss tAey .o~S hold Mm
N fhs Aoxss otter sAs Wortss M~
Moot Of " os ~ssV -svprs- ~ TIE src0s Of Lfe, u only vaAe
being e MI os ~ picture BY making n Of tie oroWd
TOO mony Aoohs seu sAs Axsbo~Es 6lpostNoM
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Green Room
Clintin9
BY Frank J. Wlstach

. LAYHOUSE mysteries: Where does
tho bill board and the display ad7
A GOOD many OF our song writer's
- have plenty OF gas. but no meter.
A LITTLE wheeze now and then Ia
relished by the wisest theatregoer.
TT is a pity that some women who are
l we'll OF don't stay of the stage.
IT HE actor who never settles his muz-
1 gle In "A nosebag OF ideas Will find
demand for improvement to 80
against the grain"
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a Waiiop generally Doesn't Have To!
Tho Lady Fortune. like all Coy Co
quotes. never fails to fall for the Mas
terful Man.
Tho man who says that he can Take
a drink or let II alone" generally tells
US that when we're buying him one!
There are plenty OF cases In which II
is better to 10 Ahead than to Come
Back.
Frequently we've been compelled 10
Believe In Ourselves against the Evil
dence of our own Senses.
Our idea of Brittle Resolutions IL the
kind we make when we're Nursing a
Hangover,
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useu 10 call Erik In my Coun-
Try. to open Its mysterious doors to me.
He always refused. | made very many
attempts. but In vain. TO obtain admit
lance. Watch him as 1 might, after |
nrSt learned that he lac taken up his
permanent abode at the Opera, the
darkness Mas always too thick TO en-
able me to see how he worked the door
In the wall on the LAKE. one day, when
] thought myself alone, | stepped into
the boat and rowed toward that part
OF the wall through which | had seen
Erik disappear. IL was then that |
came into contact with the siren who
guarded the approach and whose charm
was very nearly fatal 10 me.
had no sooner put of from the bank
than the silence amid which ] iloated
on the water was disturbed by a sort OF
whispered singing that lowered all
around me. II vas half breath, half
music, - rose softly from the waters or
the lake, and l was surrounded by IL
through | knew not what art!hce. IL
followed me. moved with me and was
so swift that II did not alarm me.
on the contrary, In my longing 10 ap-
proach tho source of that sweet and
e~nticing harmony l leaned out OF my
little boat over the water. for there was
no doubt In nv mind thar the singing
came from the water Itself. BY this
time ! was alone In tho boat IN the
middle ot the lake the v~oice-tor II was
now distinctly "A voice-was beside me on
the water. leaned over, leaned SIN
further, The AXE was perfectly calm.
n a moonbeam that passed through
tho airhole In the Rue Scribe showed me
ABSOLUTELY nothing on It's surface. whlcf
was smooth and black as Ink. I shool
my eai& 20 get rid OF a possible hum
ming: blu I soon had to accept the fac
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It's all right 20
be asked to Play
a Return Engage
inent II they don't
Request a Rebate.
We know some
People who are 50
Particular I n
they G Petty.
We ncper for
get 10 X n 0 C Il
Wood Uheu ne
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Should He Gibe Warnina?

A MAN who Signs his letter &C.. D.
y writes;
"A very dear friend OF mine Is
calling steadily upon a girl and ! have
reason TO believe no Is going 10 ask her
TO marry him. Now ! know something
in her past life which makes her I'M
worthy. Is It not my duty 10 tell my
friend what ] know
Your main difficulty my over-zealous
young man. would be IN making a de
esnS sort Of man believe such ualss.
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y yIfEN some OF us try to Stand on
~ our Record we find that 1t
' Runs on Rollers!
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CHAPTER XXI.
The PcrSian's Narrative.

I was tho first time U quote
from the Perslan's narrat!ye)
that entered the house on
the lake. | had often begged
tho "trap-door lover" as We
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"Cheer Up, Cuthbert!"
80 What's the Use of Being Blue ?
sSN There Is a Lot of Luck Left.
Bv Clarence l.. Cullen

Copyright 1911. By tn. rr,,s Publishing Co. ,T. New yors World,
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| B etty i e
Advice to Lovers
A Girl and Her Lobe.

n HY dear young men. you cannot make a girl love you
~ she does not OF her own accord.
I mean, you must not say that a girl ought n
love you simply because YOU have often brought her candy
and flowers. or because YOU have taken her to the theatre
many times, A girl may like a man very much and, as a
friend merely, accept his various attentions, But because
she does accept them does not necessarily mean she is
bound to love him In return. That 10 Just one OF the chances
a man must take when he is trying 10 win a Glrl.
l am always rather Disguised with the youns men who
write me complaining that they have given some girl many
glfts and taken her to many parties and that, after all, she
hem.
ute wrong for a girl to accept attentions from a man whom
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T,cveo You ON IAe sNas IN! IA,
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CHAPTER Xxx.
tContinued.)
In the Cellars of the ODera.

IN this way they gradually ar
rived beneath the huge cellars
below the stage. They must at
this time have been at the
II very haitian nF ,ha .st,b1, ana
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-06

the knees down. Three stripes would be
run around the bottom Of the legs and then
beads or fancy braid would be sewed
around and around. The tucks would be
gathered or waffled. or whatever II IL, at
the strategic points.
Moreover, the women would eliminate
the pockets. What are trousers without
pockets? Hamlet without Hamlet Is a
mere incident compared with trousers with
out pockets. The trouserette would carry
her complexion, keys, watch, letters, hand
kerchief. mirror and carfare in a little
mesh chatelaine, but how could she carry
a roll of bills and get at IL? Safety pins, l
suppose.
Votes for women-all right. Coats for
women and collars and derby hats-oh,
very we'll. But trousers for women? Po-
licel / will even resurrect the old stuff
about wives frlsking the jeans while the
honest hubby sleeps. All the jokes about
DR. Mary Walker we're used up years ago,
and she now has the last laugh and a
good one. We men must call a halt Take
all our money ard everything else, but re-
member, Who steals my purse steals
trash, but he who steals my good name -
Who's talking about your manner" asked
Friend Wife.
''Our sex's nameis p--trousers, explained
the Tired Business Man. s
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-06

novice and unless one can be confident
OF ones talent in this direction It is gem
orally wisest to keep pretty much to the
one color In the one costume, Cerise and
violet for example, is a combination that
is charming when the tones are perfect.
yet CHASTITY when either shade is the least
off" This is a combination that is TO be
frequently seen this spring. 80
Exaggeratedly wide brimmed hats are
passing rapidly from favor, and with a.
tailor costume atosether the smartest
hats are quite small and on the toque'S Or
else turban order but the size OF the bon
net increases in proportion with the
elabOrateness OF the gown or suit with
which It is worn. The woman who will
not permit OF a prolonged winter season
due 10 a late Easted, finding herself shah
billy clad on the first warm day, will have
fashioned for the last Lenten weeks a
street costume of dark blue serge or
black with a hairline Of white, with which
she will wear a between-seasons hat of
net or taffeta silk. She win also provide
an afternoon gown for this same season
OF figured silk or wolfe, which, to be quite
complete, must have a smart little Jacket
OF black taffeta.
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Ok Proves He Can Come Back

After nearly fifty years retirement from
active service. the faithful, patient OK has
again come into recognition as a motive
power In the numbering industry OF north
ern Minnesota and northern Wisconsin.
The OK Is also coming into favor among the
frontier settlers OF these states. The
reason Is the high price Of feed for horses.
There is little or no hay grown in these
sections and a. the imported article costs
from 80 TO $50 per ton, II is quite out Of
the question. profitably. 90 use horses on
the homestead and keep them in idleness
all winter, or use them in the woods for
two months in the winter and keep them In
idleness during the summer. Hence the ad-
vent Of the OK. There Is sufficient food IA
be found 20 maintain these animals during
the summer In the woods along the
streams and marshes, and both lumbermen
and homesteaders are at little or no ex-
pehse for their keep" During the winter
the settler feeds his animals on root crops
he has raised during the summer OF loans
them TO the woodsmsn for their board dur
ing the winter. With the exception OF feed
for the winter months. when he Is getting
value received IN labor. the lumberman has
little expense compared with that OF
horses. These need care and feed the year
round and cannot well subsist on the wild
vegetation on which the OK grows fat
II Il estimated that there are now IN
northern Wisconsin and Minnesota 2,OOC
yoke Of oxen which have replaced high
priced horses and which are used In haul
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Some Famous Children of History

gateway at the entrance OF the spacious
grounds surrounding the HOUSE.
He planted rare shrubs and made an or
namental body OF water known as Burrs
pond, which was afterward a favorits
place for skating, t
lie lived here in splehdor for ten years.
with Theodosia presiding at the head OF his
table. She was evidently a graceful and
gracious hostess, and her youthful charm
and vivacity made a deep impression among
many noble guests including Louis Phll-
lippe Talleyrand, Volney and other famous
French exiles.
1t was from this house early one morn
ing in 1904 that Burr stole away to the
memorable duel in which he killed Alex
ander Hamilton. lie returned soon after
and sat reading in his library. At 8 no
sat down to breakfast with. Theodosia ana
an unexpected guest, neither of whom
knew TIL sfterward the fatal morning work
which he hsd done and which shadoWS4
his career ever after.
TheOdosla married and went south Ia
live. Returning to visit her father the
vessel In which she voyaged was supposed
to have been captured by pirates and
Burr's daughter is supposed TO have walked
the plank.
Copyright 1911, by the n. Y. Herald Col
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Name and Address.

Theodosia Burr the only child OF Aaron
Burr was born in 1888, when the American
Revolution was ending and the great Amer
lean republic was just coming into being.
Her childhood was spent at Richmond
Hin, in Greenwich village. This was a
stately old mansion which had been occu-
pied by General Washington in l776. After
the retreat Of the American forces TO Har-
lem 1t was tenanted Dy various British Of
ficers. The year 1859. which marks the
beginning of the government. also marks
the occupancy OF this old house by Vice
President John Adams and his family
Mrs Adams. while she lived In the great
mansion. wrote glowing letters TO the
beauty of the settings Of her suburban
home;ehyp 3.
Little Theodosia was a child OF "A when
her father leased the house on May 1, 1891
At that time her mother had been dead
three years, and the little motherless girl
was the object of her fathers deepest af-
lection The two were constant compan-
ions, and the precocious little girl, who
had been educated by her father himself
was practically the head OF the establish
ment. Mr.. Burr Immediately furnished the
house sumptuously and put handsome