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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-13

NOn10n anu f1tjT
A recent magazine article tells OF
woman Of forty who finds photo
OF herself taken at twenty. and in
the first Illuminating glance at it. is
Mortified at the changes that have
taken place In her in twenty years
that have passed. She carries the
photograph to her room. props II
In front Of her mirror and proceeds
to take stock of herself. She does
not pass an altogether happy hour.
But II does her good. She goes to
her physician to And how she may
remedy the blemishes that she has
carelessly let time thrust upon her.
There is no need for a woman to
lose all the charm of her youth.
Madame Sarah Bernhardt. now tour
ing this country, Is proof OF this.
At 81, her voice. her gestures. her
figure. her step. have all the charm
and grace of young girls. But
most women let the graces of youth
slip from them, and then when gone,
make frantic efforts to regain them.
With many women there seems to
be settled notion that with the
coming of age must come certain
signs OF age. They accept the fact,
with all the resignation they can
muster. But much of this idea is
untrue. Certain signs OF age cannot
be avoided, but many can be Alto
gether. and others prevented from
making their appearance until much
later than is usually supposed.
The trouble IN that with the conn
ing of years. women slip into in
dolent habits. They are not alive all
ever an they were when young. II
they will keep themselves physically
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-13
Says NO LEGAL ACTION
WILL Be NECESSARY
CITY ATTORNEY SAYS "DISCOy.
ERY" MADE By BOILING
AMOUNTS TO NAUGHT.

City Attorney Pollard laughed Sat
urday when asked il he would take
legal action to recover money which
the city is alleged to have paid twice
In purchase Of lot adjoining the
fire engine house at Brook avenue
and Marshall street. which the city
engineer recently surveyed.
1T is simply a case involving back
taxes which the city allowed for pay
ment OF the property said Mr.. Pol
lard, land it's absurd to think that
there will be any action in the courts
Any one who understands such mat
tiers ought to know that the city has
not been paying two prices for the
same property"
On report on the matter, City
Engineer Boiling said:
'T' This examination / think, clearly
reveals that the city in purchasing
property from James Kelly and wife.
paid for twelve feet of their lot twice
According TO the real estate books
James Kelly and wife only owned
81 feet OF land fronting on Marshall
street. and by separate deeds OF diff
ferent dates they have convened
twelve feet at one time and thirty-
seven feet at another but [ cannot
find any record showing. that .kssly.
ana wife ever owned more than thir-
ty-seven feet
This is one OF the principal rea
sons OF delay of making this survey
ana, 1t | had the deeds of eonveya nee
submitted to me to make this survey
BY II should have been completed
some time ago.
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who was seated before the telegraph
keys, looked UP.
NO tickets before half past ten,
SIT.
Il am not wanting a ticket, / wish
tCS know II l can send cable from
hore,"
"A cable? Sure. Where to-
Paris"
Yes. sir. / telegraph il TO the cable
office in New York. and they do the
rest Here are some blanks"
The other wrote some hieroglyphics.
which made the address impossible
10 decipher, save that 1t was directed
mainly to Paris. The body OF the
ca blegram contained a single word.
The writer paid the toll and went
away.
Now, what would YOU think of
that" murmured the operator.
scratching his head In perplexity.
Well, the company gets the money,
SO it's all the same To me. Butter
tlics; and all the rest in French. Next
time i'm be bugs. All right: here
Roes'"
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and
IN A DIARY

, piled the girl 4 don't want 20 cry
here"
'-strange-how 4, could have dis
appeared so quickly" the man added:
Some curious passerhy, the giFI
said, u hope he Is edited"
A deep calar mounted SLOWLY 10 Ar
ehibaid's brew What was this APP
palIing thing he had done tread the
diary of another He, WAS at loss
Tor a way to set himself right He
pressed the pocket of his coat "a
make certain that the little book re
posed therein.
He ordered another cup OF coffee
and further cigars. Perhaps he could
fellow the girl. unohserved. sud ma
out where she lived Then he mlEnt
be able in some way tn return the
diary without making known his own
identity.
As he smoked and drank his cof-
zee the .dea became less orilitant--it
failed TO appeal to him as the thing
IA. wanted TO do, once or twice. he
rad found opportunity 10 get ghmpses
ef the girl and with each succeeding
Kew 81 her face he Was less pleased
viii, the idea OF not making himself
known 10 her.
At last. inspired BY the last drop
Of coffee. he did bold thing; ne
took the book from his pocket and
began "a read. Then. ne extracted a
pencil from another pocket and made
a notation on a blank page under the
date of the evening
Tonight / found the author OF
this diary She Is prettier than
had dared to hope. But--how can
confess that l have, read her mus
ingsg" sign my name humbly----
Tom Archibald"
- go
paid his check and with the volume
in his hand, proceeded toward the
door He had hoped that the girl
would see her book--for he was sure
Ii was hers--Rnd take. the matter OF
recovering II into her own hands.
Al the door. he turned for one last
look at her. Her eyes were full upon
him-she had seen the book. He
went quickly to her table.
1T is yours, believe" he asked.
Yes" said the girl. eagerly. while
her companion looked on in aston
fshnent. Where did you find it?'
my dog. Turk. picked 1t up on
the sidewalk in the square" he said
| half eiuding the truth. There is NO
name in IL. I'm sorry.
| I'm Dorothy Morton and thank
/ YOU she said. simply.
/ Archibald released the book. I've
tried to find you in this restaurant
| the only ciew | had To your identity,
he explained.
How clever" The girl laughed.
She was turning over the pages OF
/ her recovered treasure.
/ Archibald turned to the man op'
posite her. You'll pardon my in
trusion, hut | had overheard you,
remark" he was saying when Doro
thy found what he had written il
her book.
She looked up and caught his eye
Yes: II was pretty awful thing tc
do. Mr.. Archibald but suppose we re
ward YOU by giving you cup o
coffee" she said. getting silent per
mission from her companion.
DO sit down." the man added
And while Tom Archibald wa.
drinking his third cup of coffee h
fell deeply in love with the girl he
side him. He had been prepared I
do so--if he ever found her.
One thing he insisted on doing be
fore the leaves of the diary wer
filled was the writing of one pag
TO her--his avowal of his love and hi
plea for her hand.
ON the following page the CIR
wrote this:
To-day / shall say yes to Tom
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OF this coast and that our summers
are really less than three months,
Here comes one who can tell us about
the yacht" cried Fitzgerald espying
tbs. ,nsK7lesgndss a2EieEs ''~I say" he
hailed. as the old "a ilor drew nigh !
you are on the Laura. are you not -
" essir An I've bin ON her since
she WIS commissioned as pleasure
yacht. sir. Capt II.
All"
Fought under tn commodore in
IN war. sir. an he knows me, an
! knows him; an when Flanagan IL
on tn bridge, he doesn't signal no pi-
lots between Key West an ST. Johns"
II am visiting tho admiral" said
Fitzgerald. amused.
Obi "a. tain Flanagan 'ducked.
with his hand to his cap. ON land,
he was likely TO initiate landsmen in
manners and politeness; but on board
he tipped his hat TO nobody: least
wise, to nobody bur Miss Laura. bless
her heart Il reckon one o you is tn
new secrecy
Yes, am the new secretary" re-
piled Breitmann. unsmiling.
"Furrin parts"
Yes"
Well, WELL as if, while he couldn't
help the fact, il was none the less to
be pitied. You'll be comm aboard
soon. then. OF for tn Banks. Take
my word for II. you'll find her as Std
dy as on o. your doatin' hotels, sir.
where YOU don't see no sailor but a
deck hand as swabs tn scuppers when
beam seas on. Good mornin'." And
Captain Flanagan stumped off toward
the village.
Breitmann shrugged contemptuous-
ly.
He may not be in European yacht
ing form" admitted Fitzgerald. but
he's the kind of man who makes a
navy a good lighting machine
But We usually pick out gentle
men To captain our private yachts"
"Oh. this Flanagan is an exception
There Is probably fighting bond be-
tween him and the admiral: that
makes some difference. You observ-
ed he called the owner by the title
Of commodore, as he did thirty-five
years ago. Ten O'Clock: We should be
going up"
The carriage was at the hotel when
they returned. They bundled In their
traps and drove away.
The little man now dropped into the
rsilway station, and stuck his head
into the ticket aperture. The agent,
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Highland F ark

Services at Mizpah Presbyterian
church Sunday were conducted by the
Rev. Thomas Young. OF the senior
class OF Union Theological Seminary.
At the Highland Park Methodist
church both the morning and even
Ing services were conducted by the
SaaskDxs..a ns 5Tss cEsst4, asssss
At the. Northside- Baptist church
services were conducted by the pss-
tor. Rev. 8. II. Templeman.
Mr.. J. r. Livesay. Of Third avenue.
who has been desperately Ill In the
Memorial Hospital for ten days, died
there Sunday night.
Mrs. Lucy Dalton. Of First avenue,
who was taken to the Virginia Hos
pitai Sunday afternoon and operated
on. 10 doing very nicely.
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Continued from sa,uraey.l


..ua,, m .e,nar tha, Did
q" ~
& you see the aauiirai 5 daughter
IA daughter? Has he one?" Brett
mann accepted this uens With. "a .e.,s.
So, -, - :, ' q ,,,,.,,
- ~ - - - -
aes' ana charming ! can tel you.
~ All very odd. In Pafis that night
fney eotn sat at the next table
why ala sou not speak TO them
i'idnt KNOW Sho they We're. me
Adnairai WAS one 81 my fathers boy
hood friends. and did not meet them
xsfNi very recently, which was ali true
\ enough. FOR some unaceountabie rea-
\ son Fitzgerald found that he was on
guard. II have ordered an open ear
RAG II Son have any trunks, can
S3ake them up for you
IS II viii be good for YOU.
They proceeded TO finish the repast.
.And then sought the office. for their
L reckoning. Later. they stroiled to-
Nard the water front. Fitzgerald.
during moments when the talk Jagged.
thcught over the meeting. There was
1 = false ring to II somewhere. II Brett
Il mann had been turned down in all
4 th6 Offices in New York, there must
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e. + %. Nom on: AZ; (; !:
: s1y Barbara Boyd

and mentally young. age cannot fino
a foothold. Bernhard Is as alive as
8 young girl. She il interested In all
the things of the day. She hasn't
let her body get lazy. She has kept
IL right up to the mark, and so though
she Is 81, she does not look 1t. nor
does she feel ii. The woman whose
photograph was a shock to her had
let herself get lazy. She had kept
up. TO some extent. mentally; but
she had let her body slip into in
dolent habits. She was getting stout,
her hair was turning gray. her back
becoming stopped. she couldn't go up
stairs without putting and blowing.
Some OF these things could have been
prevented entirely. some could have
been held at bay much longer. as
her physician told ber. Under his di-
rections, she immediately went TO
work to remedy them. But she will
have a hard fight. How much bet
ter to have kept herself in trim as
she went along.
And this is what a woman should
do. Youth Is a desirable thing. And
the matter of looks In not the most
important part. though this Is worth
while. But IL Is the spirit of youth
that makes for JOY In the world, and
a woman should hold fast to this.
She will be the happier for it, SO will
those about her. And by retaining
her youthful looks as far as possible,
by holding fast to the joyous spirit
Of youth, by combining with this the
experience and Fipp4aed Judgment
that come with the passing years. she
can make herself a most delightful
person.
7A4ZA>A- .A>,x
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-13

The quarterly meeting of the Meth
odist Sunday schools of Richmond,
which was held at ST. James Sunday
afternoon, drew an immense congre-
CATION, who enjoyed the exercises very
much. The program was splendidly
rendered, the music by Kessnich's or
chestra. the anthem and quartet by
ct. Johns choir. the short address
by Mr. t,,I ynalauf. and the, sreeitatians
and singing by the children being de
lightful features.
At Union Station Sunday morning
the Frank r. Bates Bible class turned
out in full force. about 3l2 men be-
ing present Governor Mann made a
stirring address. the inspiration OF
which, he said. was the large body
OF young men gathered together for
the study OF the Bible.
I ''F' PROFESSOR n. T.. -tfafffss, ~ the Rfch--
mond College, spoke to the Leigh
Street mems Bible class Sunday, and
in the absence OF Rev. j. j. Wicker.
who preached at Pine street, filled the
pulpit at the morning service.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Leigh
Street will hold an apron social Tues
Noy CfCHih6f y, AT o. w . CLOCK.
Exceptionally fine talent has been
engaged for this entertainment. and
friends and members are urged to
patronize this social A silver offer
ing will be taken at the door. aprons
will be sold and refreshments served.
The proceeds will be devoted to the
carpet fund.
There will be an important meet
Ing of the Senior lakewood Memorial
Association in St. Johns Sunday
school room "Wednesday afternoon.
March Is, at o'clock. A good deal
OF important business will come be-
fore the association and all members
are asked to be present at this meet
ing.
Miss Annie Roach, of Chimborazo
Boulevard. left Friday for Baltimore,
Washington and Philadelphia
Mrs. John Melton and her mother,
Mrs. Hilliard. Of Chimborazo Park.
left Friday for Philadelphia, having
been called there on account Of the
death OF the formers niece, who was
recently her guest here.
The home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
e. Taliey. 1922 East Marshall street,
presented pretty scene Friday even
ing, the occasion being the celebra-
ton jointly OF the birthdays OF Misses
and Mr. Charlie Talley. The home
was prettily decorated for the occa-
sion, and merry evening was spent.
Music. cards and games were enjoyed
and dainty Refreshments served.
Miss Re Dickerson. OF East Mar
shall street. who WAS maid OF honor
IT the Maepiear and pesper nuptIals
at Newport News. has returned home.
Mr.. Charlie Meanley. OF 1901 East
Marshall street. spent the weekend
with his sister. Mrs. George Francis
Hardy. OF Norfolk. He was accom-
panied home by his sister. Miss Carrie
Msanley, who has been In Norfolk for
the past six weeks.
Little Robert johnson. OF Twenty
eighth and N streets. II very Ill at
the Memorial hospital following IN
operation for psritonitts.
Friends Of Miss Mary Grace Haw-
kins, Of 2705 East Craze street, viii
regret TO learn OF her sudden illness
and operation for appendicitis at the
Memorial hospital saturday. She n
reported to-day N doing fairly well,
Miss annie FArish, 81 Bowling
ureen. y the Sneat ~ her brother.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-13
VIRGlNIAN'S DAILY PATTERN
GIRLS DoUBLE-BREAsTED COAT

A new spring coat for the little
girl in as essential az ono FOR an
older member OF the family The coat
illustrated 10 an exceptionally good
model and one that Is sure to be we'll
liked. 1t is 80 simply constructed
that an amateur sewer would have
good results II she attempted the maxi
ing.
At each side Of front and back the
edges are Tapped and stitched no Al
to give the effect OF tucks.
Pongee or black tafYeta will make
. very stylish and dressy coat, but
other materials, such as serge. light
weight woollen goods, linen, etc, will
make up equally well for more xen-
eral wear.
rrA Dattern No. 1891 Ii cut In sise-
9. s. 10 and ~ years. The medium
size requires 4 Ia yards Of az or
Ia yards OF 44-inch material.
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~ DOROTHY BI.AcKsoRE,
Etfsopyrighf, 1911, by Associated LII
erary Press

ersry Press
March wind was busy in Wash
tuxtou square. II snatched hits of
B nxper and made kites of them; il
/ tangled the garments of pedestrians;
made wi1irlpools of dust ON the
Nffret corners.
Suddenly, a window was raised in
IN apartment overlooking the park
4 ma a housemaid shook gsyiy at her
xlusser A gust of wind startled her
and she Knocked sniah book from
fhc silI. The leaves were tapping in
sthe wind and the book lying, covers
] down. on the pavement below before
abe recovered her Irish wits ara
slammed the window.
AT that moment a man and siSs
CHANGED along the street The sn&S
saw the book.
GOOD dog, ne said. Is,zsnt.ag 10
the volume
u The terrier promptly selz~d sAe
leather in his teeth and. pTsc~63ng
his master along the street. stopped
at the entrance to Aa apartment
house 1t was the animals custom
to carry mail ami parse4s and this
task was only slightly different. He
wagged his abbreviated tssl IL and
FRO as he waited for the naa To Gn-
latch the door. ~
Before the chair Of MS master ne
dropped the book and was duly
petted-
n "A diary. Turk" remarked the man
NJ he picked up the book. Some
body's lost a diary" He blew the
dust from the page
He looked for name. bat there
Was none; therefore he promptly as
n -A~s.
since there Was no legitimate clew ne
began 10 read the contents in search
Ut one
The remarks set down were neither
profound nor especially noteworthy
sArshihald thought, but there was
xrEnrthing in the manner ~ their
writing that appealed To him. The
xS@wp.tnt was fresh and the every
&As characters were ytvtvidly present
Cd She---fer he had decided that the
ARthar was q wornan~-t1ad many odd
tnrns az language that made the SIM
pie sottings surprisingly interesting
Az he read he began to wish he
knew the author. He would like to
return the diary And yet he had no
xangfhie scent to follow. The mere
fkes that she dined--or had dined In
fhE course Of the year In which the
dtarT had been kept-in a small b.
n hemsan restaurant in Washington
4 sauare was small evident of her iden-
AFtity.
Nevertheless, Tom Archibald made
II q point to dine frequently in thai
place. He felt reasonably sure thai
Il IN he could overhear the girls con
versation he would recognize her. Ac.
rordingiy to his shame. be IL added
be often listened inten;iy to the re.
Il marks of persons sitting near him
\ Also. he ate larger dinners than Wa,
his custom So as 10 prolong his sta.
I'm file restaurant.
After three weeks of intermitten
u searching ne was dining again in TIT
I small restaurant. his hope of findin,
the author by this means was al low
4bb. Suddenly. from y table behin
hsm. a man asked of his companion
" ibid you ever find your diary
" Archibald upset his coffee. which
4 fae was I'm the act Of stirring. AM
n dropped an ash down his waistcoat
Then, as nonchalantly as possible, h
III furned 10 look at the girl whom tn
man had addressed.
.+Don't ask painful questions, re
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-03-13
CHAPTER VII.
A Bit of Romantic Histor,

The house at the top of the hill
had two names. 1t had once been
called The Watch Tower. for reasons
but vaguely known by the present
generation OF villagers. To-day it was
generally styled The Pines. Yet even
this had fallen into disuse. save on
the occupants letter papers. When
any one asked where Rear Admiral
killigrew lived he was directed to
the big white house at the top o
the hill"
The Killigrews had not been born
and bred there. Its builder had been
friend of King George; that is. his
sympathies had been with taxation
without representation. One day he
sold the manor cheap. His reasons
were sufficient 1t then became the
property of wealthy trader, who
died in it. This was in 1903. His
heirs living, and preferring to live,
III Philadelphia, put up sign: and
being of careful disposition. kept the
place in excellent repair.
In the year ISIS IT passed into the
hands Of a Frenchman, and during his
day the villagers called the house The
Watch Tower; for the Frenchman was
always on the high balcony. telescope
III hand. gazing seward. No one
knew his name. He dealt with the VII
layers tnrough his servant, who could
sPeah rms iis"' 'i,','@.. - , L.
n'' 1ouio nv. Sp hssr,,t.
was O. oia1e' '.s,., - ', -
ouu Times piis o'u
pIhs ahenoi Az .''e ,vsS'
the old country. as villagers to this
day insist upon calling Europe. The
manor during these peaceful invasions
showed sAshs u me 80, a..e
brig went up 10 the Dig "hite house
aif'i fei'ia,n"a s -
inohth. ahu 'is a.. -.
oattis-scaIfeu ano h'i We % -. .,.,,
WIN a'H'less 80. rt1,a,i.,,,
/ 'ess' sum h ~ SO, u,rsnav.r
Al spoke frehcn' snu sp" ~ III
tnes sa" WV pe' rtaa against
't''s 1@i'1 - s.;. a., ~ Ear of
,Aen' 90 20, s,,,nLfry hara and there
..raLas suddenly thev
hiohs w - go, .n1 IN manor
91iu ,.ss,i.,7t, ,+ssf.,
W"oia reassannt ~. ~ ".,,,.,,ad ri
s az. 1,I,,I,,ish.,a Old age mad
mum oet -, as bsryaster in 1S32
s"eeee '.'.s.'',s ata rocl,tse surrender.
Wv NY 80 uts -irnored and
~ ~, ~, ,hetr aftiljation with
- 1.rhnnssa,d il To the father OF
~ a,.,trni
,rha manor wasn't haunted The
a.s'a ,ongshoreroen and sailors
~ ,i,,ad a. me foot of the hill were
:, arac+ica1 neonle To whom spirits
- sar,s,hinp mostly and generally
/ 80 ~ I'm bottles. and emptied on
~. hIusterv DAYS. Still. they
sui. ,s,., nawe bean human If they had
! -, snue romanctng.
~. "' .n-.,, warns aacb at
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HOLD EPPS FUNERAL
MONDAY AFTERNOON
SEVERAL FRATERNAL ORDERS
TO DE REPRESENTED AT
CITY OFFICIALS
BURIAL.

Delegations of Masons. Eiks and
Red Men. to which orders he belong
ed, will attend the funeral OF Deputy
City Sergeant John Il. Epps. which
takes place at p. NJ. Monday from
his Residences. 20IA. Floyd ,axsnsses In
terment will be In Mount Calvary
cemetery. The following pall-bearers
have been chosen:
Honorary-W. A. Mann, Colonel
Alexander Archer. Judge J. II. In
gram, Judge Daniel Grinnan. Judge
r. Carter Scott. Judge Samuel b.
Witt. Colonel b. O. James. Clerk r.
p. Winston. Commemorative Attor-
ney Minitree Folkes. John G. Hagan.
Z. NJ RoMeil, G. II. HaRan. City Ser.
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WILL DISCUSS ROAD
AT CHAMBER SMOKER

The Chamber OF Commerce will
nave smoker at the Jefferson Ho.
tel Tuesday night, when a prospectus
or the new railroad firm boswell to
Wicomico will be shown and the mat
ter OF building the line discussed.
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MAJOR CHARLES HlNE
TALKS To r. II. MEN

Major Charles Hne delivered an
interesting lecture on Modern Or
ganization.' before the Richmond
Railroad Club. at Murphy's Hotel.
Friday night, which was greatly en-
joyed by the large crowd present.
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CHURCH HILL NEWS

eleftin
Church. hii Bank.

Mr.. c. G. Parish. OF East Marshall
street.
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