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read. He tore open the note bearing
the Hotel Savoy on the envelope, and
read:
Dear Boy: Will you come around to-
night and see me about f1ve o'clock :
Don't let anything keep you Q-etty
Lane had the habit Of scratching out
something scratched out.) II want to
talk to you about something very i'm
portant. Come sure L. l."
Dan looked at the clock; It was aft
er nine. and she would be at the Gale
ty going on with her performance.
The other note. which he opened
more slowly. was from .Ruggles. and It
began in just the same way as the
dancers had begun:
Dear Boy: have been suddenly call
ed back to the United States Az didn't
know how to get at you. I couldn't I
had a cable that takes mo right back.
get the Lusitania at Liverpool and you
can send me a Marconi. Better make
the first boat you can and come over.
Joshua Ruggles."
Ruggles left no word Of advice, and
unconscious Of this master stroke on
the part of the old man, whose heart
yearned for him as for his own son.
Dan folded the note up and thought
no more about Ruggles.
When an hour later he came out of
the Carlton he was prepared for the
life of the evening. He stopped at
the telephone desk and sent a tele-
gram to Ruggles on the Lusitania:
Cant come yet awhile; am engaged to
be married to the Duchess Of Breakwa-
ter"
He wrote this out in full and the
man at the Marconi sat up" and
smiled as he wrote. With Lefty Lanes
badly written note In his pocket, and
wondering very much at her summons
Of him, Dan drove to the Gaiety, and
at the end Of the third act went back
Of the scenes. There were several peo-
pie in her dressing-room. Higgins was
lacing her into a white bodice and
Miss Lane. before her glass, was put
ing the rouge on her lips.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
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PerpetuaI Worth.

why was it you never married
again. Aunt Sallie?" inquired Mrs
McClane of an old colored woman in
West Virginia.
Deed, Miss Ellie" replied the old
woman earnestly, dat daid niger s
wuth noah to me dan live one.
gifts a pension on"-Lippincott's
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Instead of liquid antiseptics, tablets
and peroxide, for toilet and medicinal
uses, many people prefer Paxtine,
which is cheaper and better. At drug
gists, 25c box or sent postpaid on re-
ceipt of price by The Paxton Toilet
Co., Boston, Mass
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believe ! can safely
say now that ! am .
well woman. ! was
reared on a farm and
had all kinds of heavy
work to do which
caused the troubles
that came on me Ia
ter. For five years
during the Change Of
Life l was not able
to lift a pail of wa
ter, l had hemor-
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CHAPTER XIII.

The Face Of Lefty Lane.
As Dan went through the halls
of the Carlton on his way to
his rooms that same evening. the por-
ter gave him two notes, which Dan
went down into the smoking-room to
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Use Aliens Foot.Ease

The antiseptic powder to be shaken into
the shoes for tired, tender, smarting, ach-
ing, swollen feet. 1t makes your feet fee
easy and makes walking Delight. Sold
everywhere, 25c. For free trial package,
address Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y;
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TactIese,

THAT man is the most tactless Der
son ! ever saw" said Maude.
What did he dot" inquired Mamie.
Met a lady In Reno and tried to bs
agreeable BY telling her be hoped her
husband was we'll"
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Appeal.

Stella-What is the matter?
Cholly-I wish you'd tell your faith
er he's gotta quit kickin' me aroun'.-
New York Sun.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30

A man is apt to get so ratified when
leap year girl proposes to him that
she can make him believe he did 1t.
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A remedy that has stood the test Of time
Is worth trying. Garfield Tea relieves liver,
kidney and stomach troubles.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30

"Pink Eye" IL Epidemic In tho Spring.
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Reliable Relief.
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He Shut the Shutters

willie, didn't tell you to shut that
shutter?" said Mrs. Boggs.
THE shutters shut" replied Willie
land l can't shut it any shutter"
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1t doesn't require much inventive
genius for man to make fool of
himself.
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Nothing disapoints some womer
more than to not be disappointed in 6
new neighbor.
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Mrs. wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething softens the gums, reduces inhamma
ton, Allays pain. cures wind collie, 25c bottle.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-03-30

Measure the depth of the water be-
fore making your dive.
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PILES CURED IN TO II DAYS
Your druggist Will refund money II PAZO ONT
MENT fails any of Itching, Blind.
Heed NJ or ProtrudinG Files in to IA dnys. 6Oc
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Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundress
happy, makes clothes whittier than snow.
All good grocers.
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You are only what you are when ne
one Is looking.
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CRITICAL Time
OF WOMAN'SL
From 40 to so Years of Age.
How 1t May Be Passed
in Safety.

Odd, Va:-"I am enjoying better
health than / have for 20 years, and
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w ST ERIN
MINING NEWS
IN BRIEF
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
THE TREND or METAL PRICE

Bar silver 5Slk
Lead, per 100 lbs. ............ 4.I2E
Spelter, per 100 lbs ......... $50
copper. casting brand ........ 1850
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sYNoPsIs.

(Copynsht, lals, By Tbs Bobbs- Merrill Col
The evening world., 1912-11-07
"BRIDGIE" WEBER NOT SICK
AND WILL STAY IN JAIL.

We'll. WE'LL rema rked Warden Ryan
of the West Side Prison to-day. "If II
isn't a true saying that We have to 80
away from home to fnd out what j
h1ppering In our midst, ~ L were"
Nr. Ryan's remark was caused by a
publication IN a morning newspaper re-
citing that "Bridgie" Wcbber, the Beck
er inforner. was to be taken to the
Polytechnic Hospital to-day to be treated
for rheumatism and inc!plent tubercu-
losis, The publication was made as a
statement OF fact.
1T Bridge Weber Is sick" said
Ryan, he hasn't said anything to me
haven't been told about It, Nobody car
else without my permission.
DIR, Campbell. the prison physician
has never been asked by Webber 20
special treatment or medicine. Webbel
has never called IN an outside phys
clan. 50 far ms observation server
Wrbher ie pcrfe"t'Y wcll. Al any rat.
he In not going TO a hospitl Al to-day o
any other day so far az my knowledge
extends and I'm supposed 10 be gespon.
slbe for prisoners here"
Webber and HIS fellow informers--
Rose, WALTON and Schepps- h,
needed by tho District Attorney as wit
nesses IN the trial OF Whitley" Lewis
the first of the four gunner 10 face
jury. Lewis n scheduled 10 20 on trla
! tomorrow. but the Criminal Bran IN .
the Supreme Court Is engaged n tn
trial Of Conroy, the murderer :. Law
yer Fsttretco.
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YOUNG MATRON.
SAYS MEN DRESS AS ABsURDLY
AS WOMEN DO.

Dear Madam: II womdn's fashions
are bar barous AMI foolish, what Of
thu styles for men? How about the
popinjay who has his trousers made
with cuffs on--not turned up. but
made that way-and wears them
first enormously Wide. then so tight
he looks Ike an animated spiderr
Talk about our narrow skirts being
:mmodest AMI what can be more
barbarous than the!r green plush
hats, lately the mode? The only
reason men do not commit the same
a surditlcs of dress as woman Is
because they have less latitude TO
do 30 In. Furthermore. IL you wish
to see what hypocrites these critics
are, notice closely the girls they
take out-n!ne times out of ten they
are the very type they condemn.
The fine. worth while men (thank
God. they existo have no time for
petty criticism, AMI 1t IL IA we'll
known fact that men. outside OF a
few superior ones, prefer brainless
women. and a clever girl. II she
wishes to have a good time. must
hidn her brain under bushe Of
false curls. HELEN NJ.
East Orange. ". J.
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NINETY FivE.YGAR.OLD GRAND
FATHER IN COURT.

Back In the rear seats was the fam
lily OF Mrs. Doeriiinger. Among them
were four of her seven sisters. all OF
whom will be witnesses for her Seated
near Miss Ray Curtis. "A stunningly
gowncd sister. was her nlnety-iivc year
old grandfather. John =. Miers. who
refused to stay at home, despite the
weather. and insisted on coming into
court to swear for his granddaughter.
DoerfllnScr mentions several men AN
correspondents ana In his papers
charges thirteen offenses against Mrs.
Doerflingcr When the case opened to-
day Abraham Levy. for the husband,
Withdrew six OF these charges As a
result OF iIirschlcrg's testimony. Charles
J.. Hoffman. counsel for the wife. AN
nounced he proposed to call young wom-
en- and men mentioned by IIirschberg.
to show that animus growing out OF "A
criminal case In which Iilrschberg y
friend was involved prompted him 10
appear against Mrs. Doeriilnger to-day.
The evening world., 1912-11-07
GIRL GIVES $10O L
TO FACTOR" FOR
A STELLAR ROLE
But Dramatic School Graduate
Fails 10 Get Part She's
Promised.

James Hebron. twenty-five years on.
o. No. Isl West sixty-third street. We
held In $500 bail FOR General Sessions
In the West side Court to-day on
complaint OF Miss Adele Pease. twenty
Ave years Old. o, No. ~ West Fifty
htth street. VINO charged that HebrUn
represented himself as an sctor.maAp
aver and accepted slOO from her ~ .
bonus for giving her a star part In .
musical comedy he said he was goiuv
to produce. The part never material
ICED.
Mies Peass came from the South. 0Ao
won't tell what part because Of hes
fathers opposition to her going on the
stage In New York. q.
For sir months" she said. II studied
dramatic art. I met Mr.. Hebron throuoh
an advertisement In a newspaper tn whidh
he said that he could give good positions
10 ambitious actors. ] went TO see MN
and he said he was q producing mana
ser about to put on q play called tbs
| 'Roilicking Girl lie offered me ~
leading part for 100. As he save ~
several passes to shows In the city and
appeared In other ways to be . genuine
manager I gave him the money he asked
for.
"A day or two ago he told me he Va,
not going 10 produce tho 'Rollickine
ORR but was going to put on bettsI
musical comedy called the 'Hsidelbsri
Prince. In which could have tn
second part for 800 more. He told m'
that u daughter of a very promineu
New York man had offered him 40
for the place he proposed to give me.
II began to get Suspicious then. en-
went TO see District-Attorney whitman
Mr.. Hebron came last night to see No
about the 500 and was arrested"
A man from the office of Daniel Froh
man who owns the ''RoHicking Girl.
was In court to testify that Hebron ha<
no connection with Mr.. Frohman and ..
authority In connection with the play o
the actors IN st.
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barian. bringing her sex into undeserved
disrepute with our social critics.
II an animal isn't useful--Mr Stringer
calls the society woman 'the show
animal OF the race"-it has to be some
thing else to Justify the contrivance OF
the breed. BY this test the parasite
woman stands or falls II aesthetically
she gives what ethlcally she lacks,
then is her existence justified. But don't
believe she does. In the majority of
cases money and leisure enable her to
achieve the barbarous splendor which
other women admire: but 1t Is these
other women who possess beauty and
spirituality and brains-and who. never
theless. envy the young baroarians all
at play.
Here is the letter OF n wife of poor
man who wishes. nevertheless. that she
could afford to be barbarous once In a
while. A communication follows from
another woman who discusses the bar
I
The evening world., 1912-11-07
TEACHER TOLD WILSON
WHEN He WAS TEN He
WOULD Be PRESIDENT
Mrs. Mary Russell Believed Her
Prophecy All Life, but Died
Before 1t Was Fulfilled.

JOLIET. ILL.,. Nov. 7.--John c. Baker
OF Manhattan was the happiest man in
win County over the election OF Wood
row Wilson to the Presidency because OF
II prediction made by his sister. Mrs.
Mary Russell, more than forty years
ago. Mrs. Russell was Wilson's teacher
when he was ten years old. In Tiieston
School In Wilmington. 8. c.. and at tina:
time predicted that the boy would some
day he President. She did not live "a
zee her prophecy fulfilled. dying three
years ago at Leesvillc. N. c.. at the age
OF elghty-four.
As "a token Of esteem Wilson presented
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stated sum weekly FOR my clothes
and p-sonal expenses. 80 that II l
spend my money foolishly ! deprive
mysel. of something to wear. Once.
or perhaps twice, a year he gives
me a bonus OF from $40 to 81. which
helps some, especially IL there is a
tailor-made suit or party dress
needed.
We run our little home on n strict
ly business principle. and always
know at the end OF the month just
how tho money has been spent
Sometimes | think If I kept account
OF my weekly allowance there would
he chance for me TO buy some
thing "barbarous" once in a while,
but. with our plan. what ] spend
personally could never deprive either
my husband or little daughter Of
any necessities.
The evening world., 1912-11-07
GONDORF BROTHERS USUALLY
ESCAPE AFTER ARREST.

The "Gondorf boys" as they are
known to the police and in the under
world, are a couple of fine looking,
suaye New Workers. who have never
yet spent a day in prison in service of
u sentence, although they have been
accused of numerous swindling trans
actions. 1t was charged that Charles
Gondorf was the master mind behind
the overlapping" game by which Will
lam f. Walker. the defaulting cashier
of the New Britain Comm Savin gs
Bank. was gently divorced from about
$500, 900.
Charles has been arrested Ave times
In all, and on four occasions beat the
case" Fred has been arrested twice.
He was discharged onece and fined $40
on the other occasion for disorderly
conduct
AS for Paper Collar joe" he IS
known 10 the police OF the world. His
real name Is Joe Krakowski. hut when
arrested to-day he gave the name OF
Joseph Kay. In this country and in
Europe he perpetratei confidence games
! under thp name Of Joseph Gray
Paper Collar Joe" is over sixty
years % age, and mas been a confidence
man all his Me He started " as a gold
brick mar and worried along with the
| development ~ Lnaj form Of swndla
| which has reached its highest develop
m,ut IN the methods OF establishing a
, fake poolroom, With the aid OF Marty
: Walsh, Paper Collar Joe" swindled a
| man named Kole out OF $4,000 In a
/ fxed-card game at Naples Kole gave
| them note which they turned over 10
| the late Pat Sheedy. \ lawsuit OF inter
| national interest attended Sheedy's At
| tempt 10 collect the note.
/ Deputy Commissioner Dougherty say
| that the man who appeared TO be TAX
ing In and paying out money In tn
alleged pool room where Sudbury dh hi
The evening world., 1912-11-07
Mayor Appoints Women Delegates.

Mayor Gaynor to-day appointed Mrs
Walter Shaw brewster of No. 1879
Joralemon street. Brooklyn. and Miss
Lillian -. Valid Of No. 265 Henry
street. Manhattan. delegates TO rep
resent the city at the Thirteenth New
York state Conference Of Charities and
Corrections to be held at Syracuse.
Commissioner OF Public Charities Mi
cha.l J. Drummond and Commissioner
of Corrections Patrick A. whitney,
among others. were also named by the
Mayor TO attend the conference,
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"sTEERER" RETURNS WEEPING
TO TELL OF LOSS.

In about half an hour there entered
the Endicott. weeping. crestfallen
man. 1t was the "steerer." He con-
fessed that he had lost the money. The
information was wrong. The horse had
finished second and he had bet on II to
win.
Mr.. Mcdonald" flew into a rage. He
denounced the "steerer' In bolsterous
LANGUAGE lie declared that he had spe-
cacally instructed the "steerer" to bet
on the horse to run second. The crest
fallen "steerer" actually cringed under
the tongue flashing of the Indignant Mr..
Mcdonald.
Sudbury and Powell and the "steerer'
went back to Wilmington that night.
Powell had enough. but did not suspect
he had been swindled. Sidoury dlnt
suspect. either. and on Sept 30 he was
back in New Yok with $1,000.
He lost the $1,000, Going to bank
the next day he cashed draft for
5000 more. This was ostensibiy he;
on horse called Mission" and the
sacrificed.
Mr.. Sudbury went back to Wilmington
on Oct. 3, but he wasn't through. He
was a game sport He was going To
get mis- money back. And on oct. ~
he returned to New York with the
"steerer" and dropped $4,000 more
which he supposed had been lost on a
I horse called "Fredcrick L."
Having kisse'l $1,000 Of his money
goodbye the astute Mr. Sudbury beGar
to gct suspicious or course his atti'
tude was read by the "steerer" who
promptly disappeared from Wilmington
Thereupon Nj. Sudbury came TO New
York and on Nov 4 told his story to
Doughcrty.
The Deputy Commissioner sent on
| detectives to look UP the Gondorf boys
| As result of their investigat lor
! Charles Gondorf was arrested early to-
! day In his saloon. The Store" a
Eighty-second street and Ans tsrdsu
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his teacher with little fretwork p,o-
ture frame. which Is now In the Bak9f
home. Mrs. Russell watched Wilson
grow to fame and with each advance
changed the picture In the frame. When
she gave the frame TO her brother che
remarked: You will want TO keep ehis.
for whom he gscs to he President yeu
will be very proud of IT,"
Baker said that Wilson'S father. the
Rev. Joseph Wilson. visited him At Man-
haitian at the time HE son publlshed hts
FIRST book. and said: well, I don't 80
whore Woodrow gets his smartncss."
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king Of W|REMEN"
HIT SOUTHERNERS
FOR$25,oOOcASH
Wilmington Lawyer Identifies
y Gondorf at Police Head
quarters.
PITTSBURGHER A VICTIM.
Smoky City Man Also Lost
$4,000 in the Old Moss
Grown Swindle.
PITTSBURGHER A VICTIM

CHARLES Gondorf. king Of the Wire
men," his brother. Fred Gondorf and
Paper Collar Joe." the Oldest conf
dence man In the game Of relieving
trusting males from the burden of car
Ing for their own money. were arrested
to-day charged with participation IN q
$4,000 swind1e. Their arrest grows out
of complaint made with Deputy Police
Comm ssloner Dougherty last Monday
by Kirby Cleveland Sudbury of WILL
rington. y. c., who says he was manlp-
ulated out of So 600 In the ancient pas
time of trying to get the best of
poolroom by means of information fur
mshed by dishonest employee OF the
Western Union Telegraph Company.
MIR. Sudbury further confided that his
friend. Or. J. w. Powell of Whining
ton. also took part in the game to the
tune OF a 5000 loss.
Charles Carbonelle, another alleged
wiretapper, was arraigned in the West
Side Court. charged with Fleeing Simon
Jones of Pittsburgh out OF $4,000 by
tho same game. The separation took
place at the same west side "poolroom. ="
JoHeS Vas not III court ana IdTDOnelle
was held In $4,000 bail.
The Gondorfs were held in $40. 900 bail
each by Magistrate Murphy IN Yves.
Side Police Court and their bonds were
furnished by Thomas Devne, the de-
feated Bull Moose candidate for the
Senate in the Fifteenth District. Paper
Collar Joe" was held at Headquarters
to permit Of Identification by Mr.. Sid
bury. The Identification was made late
this afternoon. Paper Collar joe
was also released on $4,000 bail supplied
BY George Robinson. a hotel owner.
Sudbury Identified Charles Gondorf as
Mr.. Mcdonald introduced as an Of
nosr OF the Western Union Telegram h
Company In charge Of the Racing
Bureau" and in position TO hold back
results from the race tracks.
Fred Gondorf was not identified by
Sudbury. but Dougherty says he has
evidence that Fred was in the game.
In spite Of the fact that every news
paper in the country has exposed tn,
wire tapping swindle, scores OF times
Powell and Sudbury. men OF apparent
Intelligence who can read and write
were separated from their money with
the utmost ease. Powell quit after he
had lost 5000. but Sudbury came back
for three more experiences. dropping
$4,000 in all
The evening world., 1912-11-07

Felix Bedford. forty years old. was
found dead IN the Shrewsbury River
to-day neear the spot where he had
rescued -year-old boy from
drowning ten days ago. His plunge
to save young BERNARD Creighton re-
suited in his getting pneumonia For IA
week he had been delirious and some
time last night he got out of his he'd
at tho Twin Light club and either
jumped or fell into the water.
The evening world., 1912-11-07

Not long ago DR.. Wiley cut the
oyster on the bill OF bare Of the hui
manit rlan by asserting that the harm
less necessary bivalve suffers untold
torture when we anoint him with horse
radish or dip him In tomato catsup or
tabasco sauce.
What man who eats oysters has
the right to attack the wsarer OF
ermine9 And any way, am cure
that the great silent body OF
oysters, and the great silent body
Of ermines, TO paraphrass the
slogan Of the anti-suHragists, are
opposed unalterably to any change
IN the existing order which oyster
houses and turner's ma 80 salts
factory, and which MI. strtnger
and other sartoriai reformsrs
esteem 30 cruel.
Yet these critics have serious reason
for cavil at women of wealth ana
leisure who wear those fashions of
barbaric splendor. after which their
poorer sisters yearn affair For these
opponents Of what Mr. Stringer calls
the dazzle habit" must be judged by
their effect. DO they dazzle-in any
save the most superficial way? IL
they do then their existence Ia
justified
The evening world., 1912-11-07
SAVED BY THEIR OWN COMMON
SENSE

Dear Madam: The letter from In
surance Agent" regarding that hat
for so bought by the wife OF a $50
a week man prompts me to write OF
my own chances OF ever owning
millinery creation with similar
price-mark Ny husband earns more
than $50 per week, and If ! pay $50
for a hat I consider myself fortu-
nate. Tho fact Is. he allows me
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Oh New YORK comes TO my receptons'
and when | asked What nobility"
she began to rattle off names from the
society" columns. Yet this same person
followed me to the door OF her home
and remarked anxiously apropos OF the
interview l was to write with her:
Now don't you print 1t the way !
said 1t. Sprinkle in Il few French
phrases. Make 1t elegant
\ lifetime Of leisure and great
wealth had left her doubtful Of her
mother tongue, pathetically incapa BILE
of "sprinkling few French phrases"
for herself. And she was one OF q
very llrge class.
It seems to me that II . woman
10 superficially splendid and ss-
sentialiy crude she IL indeed .
barbarian. II money and leisure
can buy her nothing but clothes
then she may have charms TO
soothe the savage breast, but she
certainly haD no claims to nris-
tooraoy. Though you can pay the
entrance fec million timer there
II no use in claiming to be
Thoroughbred unless you have the
points and the markings, FOR you
will only "get the gate" for your
trouble.
Now has the average spectacular wom-
an of society the points of aristocrdcy
Has she beauty? Has she grace? Has
she poise? Has she real and deer
cultivation of the mind and spirit? Has
she sweet voice? Has she, to cite
physical points, the long. slim hands
and feet OF the thoroughbred? II sh,
has, then she may call herself an aris-
tocrat Ii she has not. she is bar
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A POINT APTLY AND STRONGLY
ILLUSTRATED,

Let's consider the point. There are
certain persons who really believe that
they have imposed an aristocracy of
money on the United States. Some
years ago an old lady whose father
made great deal of money by keep
ing a hat store remarked to me with
serene complacency: "All the nobility