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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-26

money to stop for little. and | took
and get a nice dress. Then | went to
that same critic and said, I won't ever
go back on the stage until you say that
my work is good He didn't want to
hear me, but | made him. | sang ali
my songs through. and his verdict was.
You're bad, but not quite as bad as you
weEe.' Very Well said 1; I'm coming
back tomorrow He gave me a few
suggestions to improve my work. |
went home and worked on those sug
gestions and came back to sing for him
again the following day.
Each day he said my performance
was less impossible than the day be
fore, and finally he got interested
enough to really help me with my sing
ing and acting, and every one OF his
suggestions was gratefully accepted and
acted upon. on the day he said my act
was good | started out and got a new
engagement. and I've been working now
steadily for two years.
Whatever ! am think owe to that
ages my business arrangements for me,
and it's the responsibility of living up
to the good work they expect of me
that worries me so much" concluded
the vaudeville star. with little shiver
of nervousness.
DO you know. Miss Baker, | was
going to ask you how you keep your
health and good looks You can't help
being young and you are an absolute
contradiction OF the adage that says
Worry makes wrinkles
II don't do anything but work sleep
and eat" said the headliner. who Is still
almost little girl but some day when
I've made enough money, l shall retire
and live comfortably, and then perha DIS
can tell you something about the
preservation OF beauty I'll have more
time to call my own" said Belle Baker
as she began making up for the evening
performance.
vaudeville isn't all beer and skit-
ties, said | to the electric sign as
passed out. And the sigu winked in
knowing way.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-26

ily, but tell them of my good friend,
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and that there will be no back
ache and bearing down pains for them if
they will take it as have. am scarcely
ever without it in the house.
81 will say also that think there is
no better medicine to be found for young
girls. My eldest daughter has taken
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for painful periods and Irregular
ity. and it has helped her.
81 am always ready and willing to
speak a good word for Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. tell every
one | meet that l owe my health and
happiness to your wonderful medicine. !"
Mrs. ]. G. JOHNSON, Scottville, Mich,
RID. 3.
lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound made from native roots and herbs,
contains no narcotics or harmful drugs,
and today holds the record of being the
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known.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-26
Copyright, 1911. Street & smith)
conyright, 1911, by Dodd, Mead & Co J
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.

size was on the meZzantne floor Of
,rs hotel where she lived. She was SEEM
,rglv happy and had been writing letter
letter to me which they never for
r-ar3ed There was no one else by but
son7e strangers-good people whom one
must believe. She was crossing the floor.
when suddenly she threw up her hands
srd fell A thin, narrow paper cutter
was in her grasp; and it flew into the
lobby Some say she struck herself with
Thai cutter; for when they picked her up
,rev found a wound in her breast which
ha, cutter might have made"
edith? Never"
The words were chokingly said. He was
sUaying, almost falling, but he steadied
himself
who says that" he asked
ut was the coroner's verdict"
And she died that way-died?"
Immediately.
After writing to you?'
Yes"
What was in that letter."
Nothing of threat, they say. Only Just
cheer and expressions of hope Just like
the others, Mr.. Brotherson."
And they accuse her of taking her
own life? Their verdict is lie. They did
not know her
Then, after some moments OF wild and
confused feeling, he declared, with a
desperate effort at self-control
You said that some believe this Then
here must be others who do not What
10 they say?'
Nothing. They simply feel as you do.
They see no reason for the act and no
evidence of her having meditated 1t.
Her father and her friends insist besides
mat she was incapable of such a horror.
The mystery of it is killing US all-me
above others. for I've had to show you a
.heerful face, with by brain reeling and
my heart like lead in my bosom"
She held out her hands. She tried to
draw his attention to herself-not from
any sentiment of egotism, but to break,
( she could. the strain of these insup-
portable horrors where SO short time be-
fore Hope sang and Life reveied in re-
awakened joys,
Perhaps some faint realization of this
reached him. for presently he caught her
by the hands and bowed his head upon
her shoulder and finally let her seat him
again. before he said
DO they know of-of my interest in
tbis?"
Yes; they know about the two o. B S"
The two" He was on his feet again,
but only for a moment; his weakness was
greater than'his will power
Orlando and Oswald Brotherson." she
explained, in answer to his broken appeal
Your brother wrote letters to her as
well as you, and signed them just as you
did, with his initials only. These letters
we're found in her desk and he was sup
posed, for a time, to have been the au.
thor Of all that were so signed. But
they found out the difference after a
while Yours were easily recognized
after they learned there was another o.
3 who loved her"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-26
Do You Know

A new patent that will interest men
who would Ike to discard suspenders,
but are not partial to tight belts, is a
shirt with "a plurality OF lapels," which
are designed to be attached to the
trousers for their support. The trous-
ers being thus held up, suspenders may
be dispensed with and belts worn com.
fortablY loose
In Iceland every man and woman over
the age OF twenty-five Is allowed q
vote, and women are eligible for office
under the state.
Under certain conditions local au-
thorities in Prussia are permitted to
tax incomes below 5000 year
in the Dominion OF Canada. our Of
the 24,000-odd miles Of railways. the
government owns over 100.
Having sixty stops and 5000 pipes.
HE organ at HARLEM, North Holland, is
one Of the largest in Europe
There are $40 sailing ships and fifty
steamships over fifty years old in the
British merchant service.
Timber from forests belonging 70 the
Prussian state brings i'm an annual rev D.
nue. Of S3o00o.o0o
Germany and France spend anuuath.
var $l0,2o0,ooo ou forestry.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-26

n INSIDE the theater the great big
electric sign spelled Belle
Baker" in flashing letters, pro-
claiming to all the world how i'm
portant a person that young favorite
is in vaudeville.
But behind the scenes in her dress
ing room Belle Baker, wrapped up in
two warm kimonos, despite the warm
weather, was shivering with nervous
ness and worry, and was far removed
from the joyous and joy-inspiring ar
fist who wins the hearts of her audi
ence by her excellent comedy work, her
rich voice and her winning personal
ity.
oh. I'm always SO nervous every
Monday" said Miss Baker looking at
me with great big mournful eyes.
But this is Tuesday Why should
you worry? Besides, you're head
liner and you always make good.
Doesn't the electric sign say SOP"
Belle Baker wouldn't be comforted.
She is not yet nineteen years old
that is, her actual age; not her stage
age.
Her pretty round face is still that Of
child, and only the great, big, dark
eyes show that Belle Bakers career
has not always been an easy one, and
that her success has been earned by
much work, hard struggle and anxiety
l am going to repeat what Miss
Baker told me about her life, because
while | hope it will scare some foolish
girls from the mad desire of breaking
into vaudeville, it will show others.
those few who really have the talent,
nerve, persistency, and who lack vanity
enough to learn by their own mistakes.
that this great country Of ours is full
of opportunities for the girl with the
right spirit.
You've probably all seen Belle Baker;
you know that she can take her audi
ence right along with her; you've seen
her name printed in fat type on the
program, you know that she's the hit
of the bill, and that she gets a CORE
spending big salary.
II know I'm foolish to worry" ex-
planned Miss Baker to me- But you
see, there's responsibility; it just
weighs me down. The responsibility
of making good at every single per
Torrance, and especially Monday, with
a new audience at a new theater.
"I always feel | have to make good
all over again, and that's why l just
dread Monday so, and why I get so
nervous that I almost lose my voice,
and I'm always hoarse and sick.
I've been working for a long time,
ever since ] was little bit of a girl,
and I've had heavy responsibilities. my
parents TO take care OF, and now that
I'm really doing well ! always worry,
for fear that something will happen
when | was little girl ! worked
In waist factory; l was so little and
so much under age that when the fac
tory inspector came around they used
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-26

etableCompound and
Sanative Wash have
done me. / live on q
farmandhaveworked
very h ard. l am
forty-fve years old,
and am the mother
Of thirteen children.
Many people think
it strange that / am
not broken dow n
with hard work and
the care Of nv fam
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-26

The woman who considers her health
won't tempt fate by standing for hours over
steaming tub, opening the pores in her
chest and neck (the very place where grip
and pneumonia strike) and then going right
out in the cold to hang the clothes on the
line.
No need. Wash the Fels-Naptha way
in cool or lukewarm water No steam; no
hot water; 70 nauSeous odorS.
1t saves money and doctor bills, and
keeps hands and face clear and smooth in
stead OF chapped and blotchy.
Washing the FelS-Naptha way, does
away with the back-breaking drudgery of
wash-day. No hard rubbing
Fels-Naptha dissolves the dirt; makes
the clothes look lot cleaner and freshcr
than you could ever get them by boiling
and rubbing.
Clothes last longer, too--washed with
Fels~Naptha. There is no boiling to weaken
the fabric and no hard rubbing to wear it to
shreds. Do your next wash the Fels-Naptha
way. You will be all through in one-half
the time and with one-tenth the effort
Follow the directions on the red and
green wrapper. Use any time of the year.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-26
Initials Only" v By Anna Katherine Green
4 Thrilling Mystery Story Of Modlm Zines

Inc words were plain enough, but the
stricken listener did not take them in.
ihey carried no meaning to him. How
snoulo tney? The very idea she sought
10 impress upon him by this seemingly
careless allusion was an incredible one.
one round 1t her dreadful task TO tell
MN the hard. bare truth
-FOUR brother" said she, was de-
voted TO Miss Challoner. too. He even
, "antSa 10 marry her. can not keep
oack this fact. 1t is known everywhere,
ana by everybody but you"
Orlando?' His lips took an ironical
curve as he uttered the word. This wa !.
young girls imaginative fancy to hin,
why Orlando never knew her. never
saw her, never"
He met her at Lenox."
Ing name produced it's effect Ha
STARED made an effort to think. renaat.d
IsnoN over to himself; then suddenly lost
MS hold npon the idea which thar word
suggested struggled again for IT. seized
out: anu eiiouteo
res yes. 1 remember. l sent him
again A'''iu 0i"nA
roor Doris, frightened to her very soul.
iooheo oilndiy about for help: but she did
NOT quit his side; she did not dare m
lor MS lips had reopened the continuity
ol MS thoughts had returned: he was 90
| ing to speak. 90
sent him there" The words
came In sort of shout. .I was
90 hungry TO hear Of her end I
thought he might mention her In hjs Ist :
eer' insane! insane! He saw her and
What that you said about his loving her?
ne couldn't have loved her; he's not Of
tne loving sort. They've deceived Won
win strange tales. They've deceived the
whole world with fancies and mad dreams
ne may have admired her, but loved her
MOI or II ne had, he would have respect
ed my claims"
lie did not know them I"
A laugh; laugh which paIed Doris
cheeN' then his tones grew even again.
| family: eN
Ihat Is true. | said nothing to him.
ne mad the right to court her-and he
Oio you say; wrote TO her; imposed him
sell upon her, drove her mad with i'm
porlunltles she was forced to rebuke; and
ana what else? There is something
else. Tell me; | will know 1t all"
lie was standing now, his feebleness all
gone passion in every lineament and his
eye alive and feverish with emotion.
Tell me- he repeated, with unrestrained
vehemence. Tell me all Kill me with
sorrow but save me from being unjust"
He wrote her letter; it frightened
her. He followed it up by visit"
Doris paused; the sentence hung sus-
pended. She had heard a Step-s hand on
! the door
! Orlando had entered the room
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-26
Alone.

NlOn6s
oswald had heard nothing seen nothing.
But he took note of Doris silence. and
turning towards her in frenzy saw what
had happened and so was in a measure
prepared for the stern. short sentence
which now rang through the room:
Wait. Miss Scott you tell the story
badly. Let him listen to me- From my
mouth only shall he hear the stern and
seemingly unnatural part / played in this
family tragedy"
The face OF Oswald hardened Those
plant features-beloved for their gracious
kindliness-set themselves in lines which
altered them almost beyond recognition;
but his voice was not without some Of its
natural sweetness, as. after a long and
hollow look at the others composed coun-
tenance, he abruptly exclaimed:
Speak! / am bound TO listen; you are
my brother"
Orlando turned towards Doris She was
slipping away.
Don't CO. said he.
But she was gone.
Slowly he turned back
Oswald raised his hand and checked the
words with which he would have begun
his story.
Never mind the beginnings" said he.
Doris has told all that. You saw Miss
Challoner in LenoX- admired her-offered
yourself to her and afterwards wrote her
threat ening letter because she rejected
you
To Be Continued in Next Issue.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-26
MOTHER OF
LARGE FAMILY
Tells How She Keeps Her
Health - Happiness For
Those Who Take
Her Advice.

Scottville, Mich. -" l want to tell you
how much good Lydia E. Pinkham' Veg
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-10-26
Another Fatal Accident with
ScaldinS Wash Water.

child scalded to death! Too bad. And just to think
that could have been avoided if the mother had only
washed with Fels-Naptha soap in the Fes-Naptha
way-with cool lukewarn water. Criminal
negligence call it!'
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-03-22
Woman's Wit Saved Situation.

While a crowd Of several hundred
men and women lined the banks of
the Park river, Hartford, Conn, offer
ing futile suggestions for II hours
one recent afternoon, as to how to res
cue a poor little puppy that had be-
come marooned on an ice foe, the
water had frozen on his hair and he
yelped piteously as he ran shifting at
the open water on all sides of his ice
island. Human Society agents were
attracted by The crowd and got long
planks with which to bridge the water
to the shore. The puppy started over
it, only to fall in to the water, from
which he scrambled back onto the ice
foe. Then a woman solved the prob
lem. She ordered the men to strap
two planks together and sent her own
pet dog across the planks to fetch a.
stick which she threw onto the foe
After she had repeated this twice the
lonely terrier understood and eau
tiously followed the other dog to shore
and safety.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-03-22
MEET DEMAND FOR ODD SHOES
Manufacturers and Dealers Prepared
for Need, and There Is No Diff
ficulty in the Matter

When a one legged man buys a shoe
the dealer sends to the factory for
shoe to match the one left remaining.
In these days of the use of machinery
in every process of their manufacture
shoes are made with the utmost ex-
actness and precision and it Is easily
possible to mate that remaining shoe
with the greatest nicely in size, style,
material and finish.
Few people have feet exactly alike,
commonly the left foot is larger than
the right, so that one shoe may fit a
little more snugly than the other
Commonly, however, people buy shoes
in regularly matched pairs, the diff
ference in their feet, il it is noticeable
to them at all, not being enough to
make any other course desirable.
But there are people who buy shoes
of different sizes or widths, in which
case the dealer breaks two pairs for
them, giving them, to fit their feet,
one shoe from each. In such cases
the dealer matches up the two remain
ing shoes, one from each of two pairs,
just as he would where he had broken
one pair to sell one shoe to a one
legged man.
But man doesn't have to be one
legged or to have feet of uneven sizes
or shapes to make him ask the dealer
to break pair of shoes for him. Hero
was man with two perfectly good
feet who came into the store where
he was accustomed to buy and who
wanted on this occasion one shoe.
Travelling in a sleeping car his shoes
had been mixed up with others and
he had got back one of his own and
one of some other mans; fact which
he had not discovered until he was too
far away from train and station to
make return and setting things right
possible; and now he came in to buy
one shoe to match his own.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-03-22

family sleeps, dimes and sits in the
single room above.
In Labrador there is no such thing
as road to consider. There has
never been a horse nor an OK to use
1T, nor has a traveller attempted to
make one settlement from another
by any other method of transportation
than boat. There is practically no
soil, the bare, uneven, mountainous
rock sinking abruptly into deep water.
The fish houses are built wherever a
ledge of rock offers foothold, and
staging of rough poles projects from
the water by rickety ladder work
of poles, perhaps ten, perhaps forty
feet high.
In Newfoundland the fishing villages
are clustered so closely to the waters
edge that the village is built upward
instead of horizontally. A fisherman
could spend his whole life at his work
without touching ground. Up the side
OF the cliff the stagings, fish houses,
paths. cod flakes and houses will run,
occupying, as at the battery adjoin-
ing st. Johns, not more than forty
or fifty feet or horizontal surface for
a large village. Land residence is an
unfortunate necessity that is simpli
fed to it's limit,
There the fishermen live and die as
their fathers did before them for gen.
erations. Their work, their homes,
their lives, they themselves, will al
ways be absorbing to the visitor with
love for the picturesque. Indifferent
and phlegmatic they may appear, but
they take chances that would mean
certain death from heart failure or
rashness to the most active And
through all their trials and perils
they go on fishing, never really salts
fed with the catch or conditions, but
thoughtless Of any other occupation
than the catching of the cod
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1912-03-22

A naval skirmish at Mousquito In.
let, Fla, was disastrous in small
way for the Union sailors involved.
Lieut.. A. H. Budd, U. S. N, Acting
Master Mather and three jackies were
killed by the Confederates.
Washington, N. c., was entered by
a Federal force under General Burn
side. The Union soldiers landed from
gunboats, and marched through the
streets with banners and a band, ex-
pecting to arouse Union enthusiasm.
The few people who had remained in
the town were silent spectators OF the
scene.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-03

Wecnas1av Thusd1Y and sarEr-
rsy are glr openug days We invite
gge Elfe Leary a. Ver-5n Bros I'll
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-03
THREE SPECIAL CARS.
Calumet High School to Send Big Del
eqstion for Hancock

Three special street cars have been
engaged 20 convey the Calumet high
school students 10 Hancock this even
ing 70 attend the sub-district declam-
alton contest at the KeTTedge theater.
Miss Priscilla Hicks will represent the
Calumet high school, her subject being,
John Brown" The Calumet students
have been given a block OF seats by
the theater management, which will
make II possible for them to particl-
pate in the cheering and roofing.
The district oratorical contest for the
copper country high schools will be
held tomorrow evening in the Calurnc;
high schOOl assembly room, at which
the representative TO take part in tho
upper peninsula contest will be chos-
en-. Arthur Warne will represent Cal
umet tomorrow evning. the subject OF
his Grafton being Universal Peace.
Friday will De holiday for the Call
umet public schools.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-03

Potted flower plants OF all kinds a,
the Calumet Floral Co ~
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-03
FOR EASTER MONDAY BALL.
Excellent Program Prepared for Glass
Block Party.

one Of the most elaborate OF the
social events following the lenten sea
son will be the Easter Monday ball Of
the clerks Of the Blass Block store al
the Calumet Light Guard armory. Ev-
cry effort has been made 20 make this
event successful one. The armory
vii be arIstically decorated for the
occasion and music will be furnished
By the Calumet and Hecla orchestra
The program prepared for dancing in
cludes many novel features. II is as
follows:
Two-step--American Habit.
Waltz-F1ower Of Love.
TYO-step-Irsh Beauties.
Wsltz-Poet and Peasant.
Two stcI1-Cr0ss Country
Waltz--CirIbiribIn
Two-stcp - Alexander's Rsgtine
Band.
WaItz-Madame Sherry.
Two steTb-Plea0ing.
Waltz-That Italian Serenade.
Internission-
Two step-Oh You Beautiful Doll
Waltz-Dream OF Heaven.
wo-step-Every Little Movement
Waltz-That Mysterious Rag.
Two-step-Put Your Arms Around
Me
Waltz-Naughty Nymphs
Two-step -, Fruhlingsled (Spring
Song).
Waltz-Jolly Fellows
TwO-step-Valley Flower.
Waltz-Dollar Princess.
-Four extras
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-03
COMPANY A. BANQUET.
Members Of Losing Membership Team
Will Entertain the Winners.

Company a. Engineers. held an in
teresting session last night in the
Light Guard Arnory. II was decided
to hold the banquet for the winners in
the membership contest one week from
next Tuesday evening. Chicken bouil-
Ion will be served. The even" team
will banquet the odds" There will
b short addresses during the banquet
interspersed with vocal and instr-u-
mental music. Members Of the COM
pany and honorary members will at
tend the banquet
Company A, is now fully up TO stan
dard strength. Tentative preparations
are going on for the annual summer
camp and it is expected the company
will make fine showing at the state
camp.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1912-04-03
coLCsHfTH's MILLINERY
OPENING

begins Thsrtssy, April sth- Ne insits
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