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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25
Initials Only" y By Anna Katherine Green
A Thrilling Mystery Story of Modern Times

"As it was here the woman fell this
tub naturally received the closest exam
NATION. A board projected from its fur
Their side. whittier it had evidently been
pushed by the weight of her falling body;
and from its top hung a wet cloth. mark
ing with Its lugubrious drip on the boards
peheath the first heavy moments of ST
renee which Is the natural accountant
ment OF so serious a survey On the
moor TO the right lay a half used cake of
soap Just as it had slipped from her
| hand. The window was closed for the
temperature was al the freezing point but
| 1t had been found up, and It was mt
! up now to show the height at which il
had then stood. AS we all took our look
| at the house wall opposite a sound of
shouting came up from below A dozen
children were sliding on barrel slaves
Gown a slope of heaped up sonw. They
mad been enga ged in this sport all the
afternoon and We're our witnesses later
that no one had made hazardous es-
cape by means of the ladder of the fire
escape running as | have said at an
almost unattainable distance toward the
| left.
"Of her own child. whose cries had
seen The woman in the extreme rear
had carried it off to her room. bur when
we came to see it later, no doubt was
felt by any of us that this child was
TOO young to talk connectedly, nor did l
ever hear that # ever said anything which
could In any way guide investiga ton.
And that is as far as we ever got.
The coroner's jury brought in verdict
OF death by means of stab from some
unknown weapon in the hands of a person
also unknown, but no weapon was ever
| found, nor was it ever settled how the
attack could have been made or the muir
derer escape under the conditions de-
scrloed. The woman was poor, her friends
few, and the cSse seemingly inexpiica-
| bic. So after creating some excitement
| by its peculiariues, it fell Of its own
| weight But | remembered it, and in
many spare hour have tried to see my
way through the thOrOughfare it pre-
/ scented. But quite in vain. Today the
road is as blind as ever. but here
Sweetwater's face sharpened and his ewes
! burned as he leaned closer and closer to the
older detective but this second case. so
unlike the first in non-essentfals but so
exactly like it in just those points which
make the mystery. has dropped thread
from its tangled sken into my hand,
which may Vet lead us to the heart of
both. Can YOU guess-have you guessed
what this thread is? But how could
you, without the one clew I have not
given YOU? Mr.. Gryce. the tenement
where this occurred is the same | visited
the other night in search of Mr. Broth
erson. And the man characterized at
that time by the janitor as the best, the
quieteSt and mast respectable tenant in
the whole building. and ~" one you re-
member whose window u;,-td directly
opposite the spot where this woman Law
dead, was Nh Dunn himself. or, in other
words our late redoubtable witness, Or
lando Brotherson."
To Be Continued in Next Issue
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25
copyright, 1911. Street & Smith)
,,,o,yright. 1911, by Dodd, Mead G. Coz
TODAY's INsTALLMENT.

1.-THE first fact to startle US as we made
r wav up through the crowd which
T.,ged halls and staircases was this: A
,s,,or had been found and, though he had
hosr forbidden to make more than a cur.
sory eXamina ton of the body till the
..ronar came he had not hesitated to de-
.r.-e after his first look that the wound
IA moi been made by a bullet but by
come sharp and slender weapon thrust
home hv a powerful hand You mark
.,a, Mr. Gryce) As this seemed impos-
.ib,s in face of the fact that the door had
boon found buttoned on the inside, we did
rot give much credit to his opinion and
bsasn our work under the obvious theory
~ an accidental discharge of some gun
from, one Of the windows across the court
ppf the doctor was nearer right than we
srnnosed When the coroner came to look
i,to the matter. he discovered that the
mound was not only too small to have
beer made by the ordinary bullet, but
that there was no bullet to be found in
the vomans body or anywhere else. Her
heart had been reached by a thrust and
M, by shot from a gun Mr. Gryce,
have you not heard startling repeti-
ZION OF this report in a case nearer at
hand
"But to go back This discovery, so
important if true was as yet-that is, at
the time of our entering the room-lim-
rcd TO the finland declaration of an fr-
responsible physician but the possibility
# involved was of so astonishing a ma
nre that it Influenced US unconsciously
IN our investigation and led us almost
Immediately into a consideration Of the
difficulties attending an entrance into, as
vel as an escape from. room situated
as his was.
TIP three flights from the court. with
no communication with the adjoining
rooms save through a door guarded on
hoth sides by heavy pieces of furniture
No one person could handle, the hall door
buttcned on the inside. and the fire es-
cape some Is feet to the left this room
Of death appeared to be as removed from
the approach of mrderOus outsider as
the spot in the writing room Of the Cler-
mont where Miss ChalIoner fell.
otherwise. the place presented the
greatest contrast possible to that scene
Of splendor and comfort. / had not en-
tered the Clermont at that time. and no
such comparison could have struck my
mind. But | have thought of it since.
end YOU with your experience will rot
find It difficult to picture the room where
this poor woman lived and worked. Bare
walls, with just newspaper illustration
pinned up here and there. a bed-tragi-
caly occupied at this moment-a kitchen
stove on which a boiler, half-tilled with
steaming clothes still dubbed ana foatned
an old bureau, a large pine wardrobe
against an inrer door which we Ia ter
found to have been locked for months, and
the key lost-some chairs-and most pro-
nounced Of all. because of its position di
rectIv before the window. a pine bench
supporting wash tub of the old sort.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25

cup rapidly over the face or neck, and
you will have the same sensation as
well as the same results as you would
get from regular massage. l don't say
that hand massage is not better still,
but one can not always get it, and
next to that my method is the best
always work my little suction cup up
ward, no matter on what part of the
face | am working, and | am especially
careful when ! work around the eyes.
Every girls eyes get tired looking,
no matter what her age is. and there is
nothing that annoys the WOuld-be
beauty as those dark rings under the
eyes. find that in a few minutes witt
the cup will make the blood circulate
and of course, that is the cause of the
trouble
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25
trouble.
Treating the Eyes.

Before working on the eye. you should
be very careful that the eyelids are
covered with cold cream and then, of
course, you must be sure that none of
this is allowed to get into the eye.
Close the eye and with your smallest
cup, which shouldn't BE- larger than a
ten-cent piece, massage very gently
over the eyeld and then under it. Work
from the inner corner OF the eyelid out
toward the corner of the eye and then
up to the temples.
1t will do no harm if you try his way
of beautifying every day as long as you
don't pull the skin. If your cups are
small enough this is impossible. The
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25

Listen darling. to loves refrain;
Don't let my pleading be in vain.
How ! long to caress and call YOU dear,
And avn happy only when YOU are near.
Think of my sad and lonely life;
How ! miss the care Of a loving wife.
No one to watch for my coming home.
When night draws near and work is
done,
80 little babies TO romp on the floor
And laugh with delight as l enter the
door.
Ne one to greet me with heart and
hand
A lonely life has the bachelor man.
Listen, daring to Loves refrain.
Don't let my pleading be in vain.
That some day you will cheer this life,
And promise to be my own sweet wife e
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25

\ these words B. c. tries to express
his love for a girl he wants TO mar
ry. 81 have been corresponding with
her for some time" he writes, and
want to marry her but am too bashful
to propose. Would she say Yes after
reading that poem"
Now, that is a question that only
the girl herself can answer. Love comes
in many DISCUSSES, and if it comes in
it's familiar form. or dressed like a
harlequin it makes little difference to
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25
:: Beauty Secrets of Footlight Favontes ::
A Simple Method Of Caring Foy the CmubAxou
BY PEGGY DANA.

DST Women3admit that there is
wi nothing quite so good as mas
sage for kPeping the face vouns
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25

n n )ST Women3admit that there is
NI nothing quite so good as mas
sage for keeping the face young.
the complexion clear and the skin in
good condition.
But the trouble is. who has time to
have regular massage treatment? Ger
tainly no girl who has her living to
make, whether she is on the stage or in
an Office. Then there is Thea constant
question of expense A good massa &c
treatment costs from 81 to SO. accord -
Ing to the time and amount and quality
OF the creams and lotions used Few of
us have that to spend on beauty culture
and so we have to try other and less
expensive ways of retaining our looks
The woman on tine stage thinks more
of her appearance because it is a real
asset. The girl who makes a good,
pretty stage picture is sure of job. and
the one who looks ugly must search for
another position. That is why even
very young actresses begin to take care
of their looks, and also why ii is worth
while finding out how they do it.
Five minutes daily massage keeps nv
complexion in good condition. and | am
perfectly willing to tell you how do it.
though. after you have found out. you
will think il the most simple thing in
the world
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25
Massage.

At almost any drug store you can
get a small cup of glass with a rub
Der bail at the end. They are called
suction cups, and they come in almost
all sizes | have them in four sizes,
one for my face. one for my neck, one
for the eyes and one for the forehead
Place the cup over that portion of
the face that YOU wish to massage and
press the bulb. a very little of the
flesh is taken up in the cup. Pass the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25
No Water.

70 begin with, then. never use water
on my face at all. That is because |
have to travel good deal-or rather. |
dld nave to before was in this play
and the water in the different cities.
and even in the different hotels. varies
so much, and is often 50 hard and bad
Tor the skin. that ! gave up using II on
my face. / get a good soft and almost
t1uid cold cream and use a very simple
lotion that | make myself This is made
OF the great, big cucumbers that one
can get Just now for almost nothing
Peel the cucumber, being very careful
mat You get all the green and yellow
parts off. Take out the seeds as we'll
and then mash the pulp up and ado a
niue water, just enough to cover. Put
TINS IN a saucepan on the stove. and
after it has come to d boil set it back
on the stove to simmer until the water
IS all absorbed. Take the mixture Off
the stove and strain it through fine
piece of muslin. Add about four times
the amount of rose water. or if Won
want to have a cheaper prepare ton use
Just plain boiled water.
This is the foundation of the best
bleach and lotion for the face. In win
ter time add a few drops of glycerine,
but ] prefer It without in summer as
the glycerine is SO sticky.
But | must go back to my treatment
Having cleaned off my face thoroughly,
wash 1t with this cucumber lotion,
using just little on a dab Of cotton.
Fhen | apply some more cream. as lam
sure my face is quite r:ean now and
that all the impurities are washed
away.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25
Don't Poison Baby.

FORTY YEARS AGO almost every mother thought her child have
PAREGORC laudanum make it Sleep These drugs will produce
Sleep and FEW DROPS TOO MANY will produce the SLEEP FROM WHICH
THERE is NO WAKING Many the children who have been killed
whose health has been ruined for life by parego auam and morphine each
which is narcotic product of opium Druggists prohibited from selling
either Of the narcotics named to children ALL anybody without labelling
them poison" The definition of narcotic" is pain
andoce Sleep but 10hic
ons dn" Thetaste omedon containing opum are disguised
and sold under the of Ds Cod Soothing Syrup" etc. You
should not permit any medicine to be given your children without you
physician know of what composed CASTORIA DOES NOT CON-
TAIN NARCOTICS, if it bears the signature of Chas H. Fletcher
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25
Arty Drudge on Washbciler Dangers.

Mos Carrie NeO Isn't it too bad about Mrs. Blanks
little boy? He fell in steaming washboer and was
-calded."
Anty Drudge-'Yes, it is pity Why women will boil
Clothes when it is not only dangerous but useless
nuisance ! can't see. must tell Mrs Blank how
much easier and better she wash her clothes with
Fels-Naptha in cool or lukewarm water without
boiling"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-25

Have you the once-a-week backache3
Do you know what causes it?
Simply long, continued bending and
strengthening over a dashboard.
But you cannot afford to have wash
erwoman or send clothes to laundry.
What are you going to do3
Do your washing the Fels-Naptha way
and Fels-Naptha will loosen the dirt SO that
few light rubs will take it out easily
No boiling needed-only cool or luke
warm water, winter or summer.
Full directions on the red and green
wrapper.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-10

70 Cure 4 Cold IN one Day.
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Qglnine
Tablets Druggists refund money N
n fails TO cure. n. w GROVES
signature Is ON each box. 2bc.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-10

could be- pat to no better use than
ballast for the road bed"
do you think" Mr. Ng VIVA asked,
chat the development Of china YOU
predict viii give ground for the prob-
ability OF tho yellow peril that has
been sometimes referred TOT"
'Thore will oe no yellow peril,
was the reply "Chlna Will never
make IN attempt nj aggression or for
ciRn conquest 1t viii be aa strong az
any power. bat IL win be out only for
self preservation since the emperor
OF Germany made his famous proc
nounccmqnt about the yellow peril
his mind has undergone great
change. AZ for the Japanese, when
they fnd that the Chinese can assert
themselves they viii he more careful
about what they do In the Far Eost.
They are the most surprised and dis
appointed people In the world over
what has been happening In China.
They don't want ChinH to- wake mp ana
be strona.
"a great many Chinese students
have gone back from this country Ia
take uart in the revolution con- every
steamer for months there have been
from I've TO ten. They say. We are
going back. We can DO no more thnn
die for the county Two girl Etu-
dents went home lately Co be Rcu
Gross nurses"
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-10

London. Fob. Release from the
almost universal habit of stamnlick-
INK Win its dangers. real or imagln-
AIRY. 81 to come if two machines in-
stalled in tho London general post
Office yesterday prove 20 hc an that
is claimed for them Why lick
stamps 10 you can act a mechanical
apparatus to do % for you2
These machines are worked on the
penny in-the-siot system. The letter is
placed in an aperture. penny teQual
GO two cents Ga American money! Us
inserted lu the slot AND letfor and
penny disappear simultaneously Tnc
machine hHtr $50 horror uf HurUf Ur
microbes They have never studied
hygiene.
Inside the apparatus the lcttcr is
automatically marked; London, I g.
3D. postage paid" The dotc stamp
of the Office ls applied afterwards as
with letters posted in the old fashion
ed way. and the communication rnsscs
through the regular channels Co sos
destination
Before introducing the machines
the authorities carefully considered
tho possibilities for defraudng the
revenue which such ON institution
might offer TO make e small die
(which would give the same impress
sion as the mark made oy those ma
chimes. w0u'd be, It was recognized,
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-10

A striking innovation in the direc-
tion OF enforced medical examination
OF women has been suggested hy the
swiss Society OF Public Unity for
Women. The proposition Is that
young Swiss women should undergo
medical examination on the same
system as their brothers when enter
Ing the army; that the measure should
3e made compulsory. and that a cer-
u1cate OF health and fitness for moth-
erhood should be ISSUED to each young
woman who passes the examination.
IN recent report of the society
Swiss women were urged 60 UNDERGO
examination for the sake OF them
selves and their country The eN-
tremists IN the society wish the test
to be applied To both men and women,
irrespective of army requirements,
ana made compulsory by law under
conditions that govern the granting
of life Insurance policies. They also
seol a law making it compulsory for
ciergymen TO demand a medical GER
tiflcate from applicants before marry
ing them.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-10
CROP CONDITIONS
ARE GOOD SAYS
NICHOLSON
Reports Received From Vari-
Gus States Traversed by
Santa Fe Favorable and
Encouraging.

Topeka, Kansas Feb 9-GCorge T..
Nicholson, vice president OF the At
Gibson. Topeka and Santa We railway
company, in charge oil traffic, has Just
finished an exhaustive investigation of
crop prospects along the lines of the
road His reports are most favorable,
Indicating that the conditions are bet
ter than they have been Tor several
years.
"The Santa Re, Mr. Nicholson said.
operates in the greatest agricultural
country on the globe, and In the terri
tory traversed 10y our lines water is
an important thing. This territory
from the Great Lakes TO the Gulf OF
Mexico on the south and the Pacihe
ocean on the west generally has been
soaked in the last three months a
wet winter means plenty OF moisture
during the spring and summer. and
that spells big crops.
Never before In my recollection
mas there been so much moisture an
over the west and southwest as there
mas been this winter. Oklahoma,
which has had three dry winters, Is
In the best possible condition, the
productive soil of that great state be-
ing wet down several Inches anu
ready to respond to the early spring.
Oklahoma people are confident OF a
bumper crop this year, and they are
feeling mighty good.
kansas farmers already have COM
menced TO bank on the biggest wheat
yield on record. The acreage Is per-
haps the largest In the states history,
and the stand Is first class. the
heavy snow this winter has put the
ground IN excellent condition, not
only for wheat, but for corn and other
crops as well.
Colorado reports that the noun
tains are full of snow, which means
an abundance OF water for irrigation
purposes, and the famous Arkansas
Valley will continue to blossom as the
rose, producing bigger and better
crops than ever before.
"Optimistle reports also come from
Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska,
Texas. Louisiana, New Mexico, All
IONA. Nevada ana California. Where
ever there are agricultural lands
there Is moisture this winter point
ing 10 an era OF prosperity Tor the
farmer without parallel in the MS
tory OK the United states.
Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-10
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Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-10

An exhibition of miniatures, such as
has never set been seen. will be- OPEN