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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08

the flashing diamond ring was un-
wrapped. you shouldn't expect to
make sis take"
you promised" The eyes of the
two men met and Elkins knew then
and there what Wallingford's lips
would speak.
With two of the opposite sex against
her Sylvia had little chance to demur
and with a tingling sensation in every
nerve she slipped the ring on her
right hand
1t was late the next night when the
child had again been tucked in bed to
dream of a wonderful day in the king
dom of toys with three grown up peo-
pie to play with him, that he three
again sat about the open fire.
"I never spent a happier Christ
mas" said Wallingford with a glad
ring in his voice,
"Nor l." put in Dick. "Vale missed
a good time all right" he added sleep
fly. isis and her brotherin-law are
quite smitten" And unaware OF the
havoc he had created in Wallingford's
heart he took his departure for bed'
leaving the two in silence.
But the silence was a complete one
--one in which spoken words and
thoughts were unnecessary After a
moment Wallingford leaned forward
and compelled Sylvia's eyes and while
he did so he took her right hand and
removed the ring and put 1t firmly on
the third finger of her left hand.
Next Christmas" he said tenderly,
1--WE will spend at our own fireside.
It is all very sudden and very wonder
full Sylvia, but I always do important
things suddenly and-love is always
wonderful"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08
Holly and MlstIetoe.

IN the language Of flowers holly sig
nifles foresight, and mistletoe means
q have surmounted all difficulties" ."
Holly, as everyone knows, is the sym
Dol or sign Of Christmas, but the Gus
tom Of using it is older than Chris
tianity. The Romans sent friendly
greetings and sprigs of holly to one
another during thier winter festival.
For this reason, perhaps, it was taken
to stand for the spirit Of love and
goodwill.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08

1 buy, sell and exchange new
and secondhand furniture. New
furniture at secondhand prices.
F. H. MERICA, Landfair's old
stand, South Main street.
Phone IS.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08

Mustn't Spin at chrIstmastide.
In North Germany, where the prac-
tical yet poetic spinning wheel still
huns in the cottages, one must not
spin during the twelve nights of
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08

If you want to see the latest
Shoe styles, walk down and look
at the display in BIG PETE'S
show window.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08
Rates Of aXation.

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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1911-12-08

W. AID Wallingford been any
EYQ thing but a wealthy bach
Jaw elor and accustomed to hav-
N ing everything he wanted,
t8 the circumstances would
BElif have seemed less Of a
calamity.
NLes1' He had been on his way
to san Francisco to spend Christmas
with his favorite married sister; and
midway in the most barren desert of
the country a bridge had been swept
away by winter gales, His destina-
tiou could not possibly be reached un-
til Christmas was we'll over.
Walliugford cast a glance out over
the wide stretch of rolling plains with
only a few scattered shacks to break
their endless waste; and then he
looked back to his bulging suit case.
The latest and most wonderful toys
be could find in the city shops we're
crowded into that bag for his sisters
only boy Then, not caring whether
or not a highwayman might be looking
in at the window of the parlor car,
he took a small box from his waist
coat pocket and looked sorrowfully
NJ a ring from which three exquisite
diamonds flashed back at him
WallingfUrd leaned back in his
chair and in imagination pictured his
sisters Joy when slipping that ring
on her finger. He could hear her
scold him for his extravaganza and
chaff him for having no one else for
whom to buy such baubles. He sighed
and returned it to his pocket much
The Harrison times., 1911-10-07

the table, she called off their ages for me-
was surprised
Who thinks OF their ages?" she said. some
were not so beautiful when younger. Look at
this one and this Here Is q
lady with an almost insignificant nose ana
her eyes were never much until she had them
tattooed where actresses pencil. Here is one
with not perfect feature, yet her physique
and temperament are delightful. And this
other, without the noble spirit breathing
through her look. would she not be almost
plain?"
She said true; yet had passed all as charm
ing. All have beauty reputation, When
woman like this gives away her sisters 1t is
edifying. Otero showed me how one splendid
creature fought for years against double
chin and conquered; how another began bony;
how another has learned to dssimuate
trumpet nose
Stop!" | exclaimed. "You will make me
think that all young women are full Of de.
fects!"
"They are" said Otero. What is time for
but to correct them? Scatter the photographs
and look again. You will find them beauties
now IN any case! They are radiant. They
have learned their power!"
1t was even so. There were flashes Of &C.
stasy, CLEANS Of delight, eyes that spoke soul
awakenings, lips parted in mystery There
were coy faces faces that asked battling ques.
tons, confidential faces, high, courageous faces,
faces that breathed sweet, sad revere.
"All kinds Of faces, except wooden twenty
year-old faces. heinz" laughed the subtle Span
lard "a Paris photographer has given me
partial reason why their faces are loveier at
forty. It Is because they have been photo
graphed 80 much"
The effort TO resemble ones best pictureT
I mused. Nl.,'
"All that, in general; but he claims par
tcular influence Of selfsuggeston. We como
to resemble our best photographs by gentle de.
grees, unconsciously, when they follow each
other in long, changing series"
Living up to last weeks photograph makes
next weeks photograph still handsomer,"
sald "a hundred photographs completes the
cure"
"He was photographer, Of course, and gave
the entire credit to his art" replied Otero.
perhaps the secret is encouragement How
often we have seen plain women bloom out.
We women guess the secret cause.-the trans
figured one is happy In love. She has been en-
couraged"
"oh, we'll then,' said, ANY way TO encour.
age oneselfl
That's It! Beauty is habit" exclaimed
Otero ut Is the habit OF those who have start.
cd encouraged! Let the woman OF forty mere
ly conceal her age. and the trick Is half won'
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fractions, yes-and also the maniere de sen
servir! The way to use them! Here is the tri-
umph of the woman Of forty-when she gladly
lets herself loose!"
"Why not" murmured, fascinated by one
who certainly lets herself loose She contin'
ued gaily:
"Why, the intuitions Of the very young man
are unerrng In this matter. The youth OF seV'
enteen, with senses painfully fresh and keen'
begins with a grande passion for the woman
of forty Instinct tells him that she Is the
loveliest The thing is traditional from Harry
Esmond down to Porter Charlton. And Joseph
even; how did she get that coat? We laugh
Laughter IS a sudden glory-over human mis-
chance. The youth himself refuses to arrive
at charming forty beside q woman Of sixty
three: yet his first untroubled Judgment was
to award the apple where It belongs
"The man of forty evidently :" began.
The worst enemy OF the woman OF forty Is
the man of forty" persisted Otero. "She Is
the mirror in which he breads to see the
shadow Of his own degeneracy-forgctting that
his wear and tear of ten years past have not
been hers So the man of forty marries the
girl OF twenty.three. In spite OF his wear ana
tear she finds IN the charm OF the full man her
profound atisfaction-without looking ahead.
Why look ahead? In Paris we see daily men OF
forty making inexperienced young fellows ap'
pear foolish. For example, will cite the best
loved-man Of Paris over whose elegant person
Ave hatpin duels have been fought In the past
three years-the latest on the Biarritz board
walk, between young matron and bud or
society He will be forty.two years old next
February"
Otero did not cite his name, so VIII Initiate
her wise discretion.
"The man Of forty is vain and suspicious,
said Otero. Even when In full possession or
his physical and mental perfections he must
punish unoffending loveliness that walks be-
side him in the path Of years oh, yes, no
makes the woman of forty sufferl The fair
creature would be more than human not to re-
sent It. Unspoken malice in her laughing eye
causes the fatuous fellow to grit his teeth with
hate And so two perfect creatures, at the
food OF all that Is best In them, too often turn
their backs upon each other, leaving opportu.
nifty open to less preiudiced hearts and heads
to girls with their intuitions. and to men OF
fifty purgcd Of petty vanity!"
Even 50 women OF forty rule Paris. Madame
Otero collects portrait photographs. Scatter
Ing package Of foremost Paris beauties on
The Harrison times., 1911-10-07
W0MAN'S WIT WINS
LETTERS Of UNCLE
FoRTUNE-TELLER GETS coHPRO-
missing MIsslVEs, BUT CLEVER
NIECE REeAlNs THEM.
LAYS CLAIM TO $4,000 FEE
Diplomacy OF Mrs. Mae 6rlant Of Ar
kansas Enables Her to Get for $50
Documents for Which Wealthy Re-
cluse Offered a Fortune.

Little Rock Ark.-By exercising the
diplomatic ability which twice made
her postmlstress Of the House Of Rep
resentatives Of Arkansas, Mrs. Mae
Briant OF Harrisburg, will, unless the
supreme court decides otherwise, re-
ceive $4,000 from the estate OF A. w.
S6igey, the wealthy recluse who was
assasslnated In his store at Minturn
last year.
Shirey, during the latter part Of
his life, was a spirituaist He vel
coined all who pretended to know any
thing Of splritualsm and paid we'll for
their teachings. In 1909 woman from
Little Rock. calling herself a spirit
uaIst. went to Mnturn and called up
on the aged miser in his store. Shir-
ey Immediately made arrangements
for readings in the attic room of the
store at night. For several weeks the
woman remained Shirey holding
nightly communion with the spirit
world through the alleged medium.
Finally he was persuaded TO write five
letters and place them In custody OF
the woman until later date.
After the woman had gone Shirley
began to consider the consequences
II the letters should be made public.
His efforts to locate the woman were
futile, so he sent for Mrs. Briant his
favorite grandniece He offered her
$4,000 II she would get possession OF
the papers, and Mrs. Briant undertook
NE task.
Coming to Little Rock, Mrs. Briant
had little trouble IN locating the al
legged spiritualist and arranging for a
series OF readings At one OF these
Mrs. Bryant confided to the spiritual
list that she had been Tilted by a
wealthy old merchant Of Lawrence
county and was seeking to force his
hand The spiritualist grabbed at the
bait and informed Mrs. Briant she had
The Harrison times., 1911-10-07

some letters from such person.
which, II placed In the possession or
the injured young woman, might ma
terially assist her In her case The
letters were offered to Mrs. Brlant for
$500. Several days were spent in me-
gotiatlng, and the letters finally went
to Mrs. Briant for 500 and were then
returned to Shirey,
Mrs. Briant's claim has been al
lowed by the probate court OF Law
renee county, but an appeal has been
taken to the supreme court by the In
dependent Order OF Odd Fellows, the
chief beneficiary under the Shirley
will.
The assassination of Shirley was the
most atrocious crime committed in
Arkansas last year The old man. who
ownod several hundred thousand dol
lars worth OF property In Lawrence
county, had been married several
times, the last TO Faire Belle Hill. al
girl OF fourteen years, whom relatives!
claimed he had wronged. The coupled
did not live happily and both made ef-
forts to get divorce.
The supreme court Of Arkansas de
clined to permit either a divorce and
required Shirley TO pay the girl-wifd
alimony He was abou' to bring
new suit for divorce wheI
he was assassInated. Shirej
was seated 81 sack OF pota
toes near the door OF his store. acros
the road from the Minturn depoV
when lone horseman rode up to tn
porch and shot him dead. The assa
sin escaped In the gathering darkness
Shlrey left all his property to IN \
Odd Fellows lodge In Arkansas, bl
relatives fled suit to break the wi Y
and the lodge compromised, giving n
relatives a liberal portion, and agre Y
Ing to defend all other suits file
against the estate, any judgment to
taken from the lodges share.
Mrs Mae Briant is one Of the be
known women In Arkansas. She IN
came to the Arkansas legislature
young widow and at the close Of
session was married to a member. s
again came to the session Of 1911
a widow and was easily reelec
postmistress.
The Harrison times., 1911-10-07
Treasure From the Sea.

Boys that live at Pine Brook N. j., did not
know that there was buried treasure near at
hand or they might have gone hunting for It.
Two fishermen found It. A strong line, much
larger than you have ever used unless you have
gone fishing for whale or something Of that
sort, was caught in the bottom OF tho river.
The men tugged on II and found that II gave n
little. and just then an automobile came along
the road The men asked the automobile man
to give them a little assistance, and they tied
tho line 70 the rear axle and let the car pull
on It. The line strained and slowly moved out
OF the water, drawing with 1t a wrecked canoe
full OF mud and stones. In the canoe was found
a heavy chest, which was removed by the men
and loaded into the car, and then the driver
and fishermen went on to town. There they
displayed the fnd and the chest was recoE.
nized as tho silverware box belonging 10 a
hotel. The box had been stolen IN 1904, urr
no trace OF the robbers bad been found
The Harrison times., 1911-10-07

acts: DESIRE seduction, tragic triumph. Never
has dramatic work expressed femninity with the
grace mystery and intensity Of those three
scenes. Now look you, in the south OF Spain
they say it takes eight years to form
flamenco. Perfection Is unattainable; because
this eXhaustlng dance-twelve minutes!-show
me danseuse Of the opera who will accept
variation Of twelve minutes-contains three
roles that are unconnected: the ingenue, thu
amoureuse, and the tragedienne. One ought
to be sixteen years old to dance the first
and forty to dance the end OF the drama, In
which Rubia, magnificent at fifty, fixed the
tradition"
Madame" asked is It possible that you
are old enough to dance that third act?"
"I am forty-one,' she laughed. Il had made
two trips to the United States before settled
in Paris In 1891; and was just Of age when
starting out. If | am not worn like some great
famencas, 1t is thanks to the life Of Paris.
Those who remain in Spain use themselves up.
monsieur 1t is q magnificent public, but 1t
fatigues the artistic. In Paris the good people
interest themselves as much In my jewels and
accept what give them SO have been able
to live reasonably Luxury is good for WON.
an Of selfcontro Those soft creatures who
lie around and overeat, I have no patience
with them! | nave always nad UNCONSCIOUS
training from my work. though owe much to
the Turkish bath. :"
The Hammam?" | asked.
mo, no. | have a sweatbox in my apart
ment fitted with fifty electric-light bulbs |
often take II four times a week when not
dancing, followed with tepid douche turning
cold. There Is an apparatus to frighten young
beauties, monsieur"
Certainly q remarkable woman. On the
stage, from Copenhagen to Vienna from Lon
don to Rome, she Is known, always and above
all, as beauty, She sings after fashion
She has made successful ventures into pan
tomime And now, at forty she has made her
self an actress of merit, appearing In emotional
roles on the great Paris stage Now, also, at
forty she continues to pose for the best sell
ing beauty photographs on the European mar
ket. After her comes Lima Cavalieri, with no
third in their class. Other beauties sell rs
well In certain successful poses; but Otero
and Cavalieri never cease posing.
"Women OF forty!" exclaimed Otero. What
pathetic dlsdain. what proud anticipation, what
unhappy acquiescence, Fastening out to meet
fate more than halfway cause so many to iS'
more their pplendor and even wander into se''-
The Harrison times., 1911-10-07

sculptor noted down minutely, numerously'
all her exact measurements In order to repro
duce such perfect anatomy In marble. Four
weeks later, in verifying the measurements be-
fore an incredulous confrere, he was astonshed
to discover that not a single one concorded; ;
the accidentally perfect anatomy had budged
all along the line-toward the voluptuous
beauty priced by common mortals!"
"And the maniere de s. en- servr!" | mused.
81 accuse not only the young girls green
acldity, her forming body, sleeping tempera-
ment, and crudity of mind" summed up Otero,
I'm northern lands, the sleeping parts may get
the sand out Of their eyes by twenty-five; but,
even then, years pass In looking round and
wondering what this world may mean. SO, at
thirty, the average young woman, loaded down
with natural arrogance and Ideas that have
been imposed upon her, tranqullizes a grow
ing disquiet by repeating to herself; I am
young thing!' Up to thirty-fve the satisfac-
ton Of ruling may have been her chief profit.
Now she wakes completely to the pulsing life
OF things, knows herself and-dlsmayed by
sense Of loss-punges avidly, or else"
Or else, discouraged, sinks back, mur.
muring: I am an old thing!" | finished the
sentence for her
That's t." laughed Otero. "If she grows
panic stricken, she enters the terrible quaran-
talne' indeed They may be the terrible for
ties or the splendid forties,' as she makes
them, as her world permits her, or as she DOM
mates II, with happy insoucance brushing
aside every obstacle and fnging herself into
the harmonies of an instrument finally at
tuned. Then she is truly terrible-terrible to
younger, undecided women whom she mocks
and bamboozles, borrowing their admirers from
them out Of pure lightheartedness: terrible to
men, on whom she avenges the neglect OF
years to comet"
The Harrison times., 1911-10-07
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know OF nothing eloquent of her superior oveiness
Let her arrive unknown In community and thirty
years The other will give her hirty-slx prn
cipe And all the suspicious Of their
In such matters will be that she delicious
possibly hirtfour grand maximum, pose sup
penes quo all kinds OF OF unknown but obviously
peTor surroundings"
I'VE 1t every day." said Fine have the age
they look"
mo, the Of forty positively lovelest" replied
the lovely specialist I'VE must distinguish Physical lowell
is thing academcal perfection OF form another Paris
painters Of vouptuous subJecsnymphs rolling lawns
bacchanes prawng festivals courts Of Neptune
ming golden sandhave been eproached by their
compromising brethren doing chic because they wiuy
age attain the Of sensual beauty they
enlarge roundes exaggerate tend toward the corset
noire of purs and delight Of gods and menand
unearthy charm by giving the nymph OF eighteen
whole outlines that she ought not have for fifteen years
this but gloIxyng by chic the beauty Of orty-whom
these painters seldom ob ain model because there always
man to prevent I'll"
ALSO" said they pretend their nymphs eighteen
for the Of forty
Betses" laughed in times overweening plump
ness may been danger to the lazy and sendugent
even at eghteen the modern fine changes little be-
tween hrtyve and fortyve AS for academcal purity OF
line but uncompromsng painters and scupors want It
10 give purity sentiment Is lost not at forty but at
twenyou The episode Eberlen is classical Struck by
the pure beauty of wentyhveyearod model the famous
The Harrison times., 1911-10-07

doubt! Love-
illness is q liv-
ing thing made
Of b @ q u t y,
charm, grace
The Harrison times., 1911-10-07

sional beauty Of the gay French capital.
She explained herself:
Il refer to fine women. In health and
the enjoyment of rational luxuries, they
need only two things tc triumph in the
charm Of their full fowering-'will to
keep in condition, and mastery of that
pathetic disdain which tempts them to
stand back in the shadow"
She rose and paced the room with cat
like grace. She snatched a mans hat
from the table, cooked 1t over her eye,
flung the end of cloak over her shoul-
der, and struck an attitude.
Il have our value impressed on me
ever in the Spanish dance" she said.
"The grand dance of the famencaL
What dance, monsieur, what drama!
1t Is the whole Of woman's life In three
The Harrison times., 1911-10-07
Observation-Disclosures

lOIly!
The speaker herself
seemed never lovelier
than when admitting
forty-one years past. For
twenty years Paris has
called her The Beauti-
full Otero; and she is
still at the height Of for
tune as the most famous
Spanish dancer and the
most heieWeled nrOfeS-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02

wet. He said the document was like unto the biblical statement, ,Fearfuily and wonderfully made,
 He quoted at length from Governor O'NeaI's message to the Legislature and suggested the members of the reg islature had run over the governor pS the massage of the Smith bill
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
EDWIN 4. ABBEY IS
 DEAD IN LONDON

London, August 1.-Edwin A. Abbey, the American painter, died here at 1 clock this morning.
 So little was made public regarding MT. Abbeys illness that 1t was not until a day or two ago that il was known his condi- ton was serious. He underwent an op- eration for >liver trouble about a month ago. He appeared to be recovering but a few days ago he suffered a relapse.
 The death of Edwin Austin Abbey. in London today removes one of the most widely known American artists. Mir, Abbey was born in Philadelphia but in 1878 he went to London. where he has since lived. When taken i'll a few weeks ago, he was working upon the commis- sion from the stAte of Pennsylvania for decorative panels in the capital at Has- rsburg. Less than half of the work had been accomplished.
 Some of Mir Abbey's most notable work, are a series of a large decorative entitled the Queen of the Holy Grail, in the public library at Boston, executed in lS@, and an official picture of the coronation of King Edward VII, execut- ed in 1903-0i.
 Mir. Abbey had been honored by membership in many of the leading art societies of Europe and America and had received decoratives from several tu- ropean governments in recognition of his artistic ability.
 The afternoon papers print extended obituaries of MT. Abbey All speak flat- teringly of his talen as great colorist and rare draughtsman and say that he ua tpexpp11pd bV living painter In rendering medieval subjects.
 The funeral will be held at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Kingsbury old church near Willesden. The body will be cremated and the ashes buried at kingsbury Before his death Abbey lad finished three important decorative panels for ths state house at Harrisburg which he ship ped immediately to America He had not completed the work in hand for the hall of the House of Representatives.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
CHARLOTTE WATER
 FAMINE BREAKING

Charlotte. N. C.. August 1.-Four more cotton mills shut down near Gan. ney. $. C.. because of low water m Broad river. An accident to the aux Hilary steam power plant of the South ern P%er company, which supplien power for 152 cotton mills. has post |'poned indefinitely the resumption R current to these mills. and it may he a week yet before the mills, can be operated.
 Reports from other parts of the drouth stricken section are no more en couraging In Salisbury the water sun ply problem reached an acute stage to- day and in other adjacent towns. the situation is no better. ,. Crop conditions are rapidly becoming critical The light showers of yester- day were local and afforded little re- lief
 In Charlotte there has been mark d improvement, though regular service has not been resumed. Water is being hauled from surrounding towns and pumped directly into the mains. while the authorities are straining every ef- fort to reach distant stream which may give sufficient supply to tide over the distressr aes