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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
Initials Only" = By Anna Katherine Green
Thrilling Mystery Story Of Modern Times

AS 1t was here the woman fell this
tub naturally received the closest exam
nation. board projected from its fur
Their side, whittier It had evidently been
pushed by the weight of her falling body:
and from It's top hung a wet cloth, mark
ing with Its lugubrious drip on the boards
beneath the first heavy moments of ST
lence 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 at the freezing point. but
1t had been found up, and 1t was put
| up now to show the height at which II
| mad 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
down slope Of heaped up sonw They
| mad been engaged in this sport all the
afternoon and were our witnesses later
that no one had made a hazardous es-
cape by means of the ladder of the fire
| escape, running, as l have said, at an
almost unattainabe distance toward the
| left.
"Of her own child, whose cries had
reused the neighbors, nothing was to be
seen. The woman in the extreme rear
had carried 1t off to her room; but 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 |
ever hear that it ever said ANYTHING which
could in any way guide investigation.
And that is as far as we ever got.
The coroners jury brought in a verdict
| OF death by means of a 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
| deref escape under the conditions de-
scrlbed. The woman was poor her friends
lew, and the case seemingly inexplica-
Die. SO after creating some excitement
| by its peculiarities, it fell OF its own
weight But l remembered It, and in
many spare hour have tried to see my
way through the no-thoroughfare 1t pre-
sented. 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-essentials but so
exactly like it in just those points which
make the mystery, has dropped thread
from its tangled skein into my hand
which may yet 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 l 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 the one you re-
member whose window opened directly
opposite the spot where this woman lay
dead, was Mr. 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, 1912-09-26
One Who Wooes the MUSES.
By Beatrice Fai,1ax

the woman who is waiting for It, So 1t
is Love- that is all she asks,
b. c. has spent many hours no doubt,
on this poem. If he had spent less, and
written simply 81 love you; will you
be my wife," the appeal would have
been Just as eloquent and just as con-
vincing.
But l am glad he spent the time in
this way 1t will show the girl that
time is no object when finding favor
in her eyes is at stake.
Neither is any effort wasted that is
spent in pleasing her. He wrote that
poem by the sweat of his brow, and a
picture of him hunting for words that
rhymed. and pursuing that hunt labo-
riously and without complaint makes d
vision that will always stand out, bright
and glorified, in her memory.
There may be those who will take
such poem apart and dissect 1t, find
ing much that Is wrong with rhyme
and meter. But never among that num-
Der Is there ever found the woman to
whom such poem is addressed.
If a woman is college graduate, and
has a learning that makes Minerva en-
vious, and receives a letter which says
I luv you" she sees no fault with cap
italization or spelling. She may be a
poetess, world conceded, and will find
no fault with the meter Of poem Ike
that which heads this article. That Is,
If It is addressed to HE.
Love is a disarming little god; when
he comes all carping and criticising
end A. 3. A., who receives a love let
ter. is as obliviOus to the blunders it
contains as though he. or she, were still
engaged in wrestling with the A b C's
of the primer.
So l say to this man who has put all
his heart into this poem, BY all means
send Il. II the girl, in her acceptance,
makes a single criticism, complete hap
piness will never result from marrying
her.
For the girl who loves a man as a
man should be loved TO make their flu
ture happiness secure thinks he is q
genius. If his genius finds expression
| in rhyme, then neither Milton, nor
Burns, nor Longfellow, nor any others
whom the world has honored can com
pare with him.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26

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 l am working, and l am especially
careful when l 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 few minutes with
the cup will make the blood circulate
and, of course, that is the cause of the
trouble
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
Anty Drudge on Washboiler Dangers.

Miss Carrie Neav isn't it too bad about Mrs. Blanks
little boy? He fell in a steamng washboiler and was
scalded.
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 lukewam water without
boiling"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
BY ADA PATTERSON.

VX THEN a woman said recently that
wv woman is the first to fall in
love, there was a stir of sur
prise and interest in the mems camp.
Amused silence in the womens. The
women had known it all the time. But
they hadn't chosen to take the men
into their confidence in the matter,
They never will so choose. not. at least,
in the case of the men in whom they
have a special interest, those men who
are trying to win Identifying
A man wonders bindly when he will
marry. He may spare himself the
trouble Of guessing. He will marry
when the girl who has made up her
mind to marry him chooses A few
dreamy eyed persons still talk about
fate and in fancy see a grave faced
woman spinning and weaving the web
of their future. Bosh! A mans fate
is determined by quite a different per-
son. a woman not grave of face but
merry, who weaves his future-not by a
spindle. but with a perfumed fan Some
one dimly feeling this truth long ago
voiced 1t by naming the girl he was to
marry mans fate"
She is his fate" because she has
resolved to marry him. What he wishes
is a matter of little moment. He must
change his wishes and she sees to it
that he does.
A woman fails in love first because
she has keener perceptions than mans.
Despite all the ISLANDERS of all the men
of all the ages, women know what they
want and know 1t sooner than a man
does
When they meet the man they would
like for a husband, the fact is quickly
apparent to them. though not to the
men. A woman has livelier imagina-
ton than a man has. If, when a man
has twice danced with a girl, 1t were
suggested to him that he picture her as
his wife, he would laugh at the per-
son WHO suggested It and call him an
idiot The girl who. with such seeming
Indifference, floats about the room in his
arms. not only has a mental picture of
herself as the mistress Of their home,
but has already furnished all the down
stairs rooms and decided what flowers
shall grow on the lawn.
Therein is the explanation for what
has been falsely termed woman's
fickleness. Woman is not tickle. She
loves truly and ardently for a while,
but grows tired OF waiting for the slow
creature with cumbersome mental pro-
| cesses to overtake her. In the love
race. woman is like the hare, man like
the tabled tortoise, except that in Gu
| pid's uncertain country the tortoise
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
Copyright, 1911. Street & Smith)
copyright, 1911. by Dodd, Mead & Coz
TODAY'S INSTALLMENT.

mThe first fact to startle US as we made
our way up through the crowd which
bocked halls and staircases was this A
Doctor had been found and, though he had
been forbidden to make more than cur.
cory examination Of the body till the
coroner came. he had not hesitated to de-
clare after his first look that the wound
had not been made by a bullet but by
sone sharp and slender weapon thrust
home by a powerful hand. (You mark
that Mr.. Gryce.) AS this seemed impos-
sble in face of the fact that the door had
heen found buttoned on the inside we did
not give much credit to his opinion and
hogan our work under the obvious theory
Of an accidental discharge of some gun
from one of the windows across the court.
But the doctor was nearer right than we
supposed. When the coroner came to look
into the matter he discovered that the
wound was not only too small to have
been made by the ordinary bullet, but
that there was no bullet to be found in
the woman's body or anywhere else Her
heart had been reached by a thrust and
not by a shot from a gun. Mr.. Gryce,
have you not heard a startling repeti-
ton of this report in a case nearer at
hand?
But to go back. This discovery, so
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tied to the off-hand declaration of an ir-
responsible physician, but the possibility
it involved was of so astonishing a ma
ture that it influenced us unconsciously
IN our investigation and led us almost
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
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 eyelid and then under it, Work
from the inner corner OF the eyeid out
toward the corner of the eye and then
up to the temples
1t will do no harm if you try this way
of beautifying every day S 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, 1912-09-26

Have you the once-a-week backache?
Do you know what causes it?
Simply long, continued bending and
Strengthening over washboard.
But you cannot afford to have a wash
erwoman or send clothes to laundry.
What are you going to dof
Do your washing the Fels-Naptha way
and Fels-Naptha will loosen the dirt SO that
a 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.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26

than a quarter.
Anything that will make the blood
circulate right under the skin OF the
face will make the cheeks rosy, and
with my treatment there is no need for
rouge or any of the other substitutes
for natural color that are so easily de-
tectable.
My secret of beauty, I am thankful
to say, is not a very firing one, be-
cause | have neither time nor patience
to waste. Indeed, I am short on both
But l do like to look well-who
doesn't?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
:: Beauty Secrets Of Footight Favorites ::
A Simple Mehho4 Of Caring For tie COMPLEXION
BY PEGGY DANA.

n oST women admit that there is
N nothing quite so good as mas
sage for keeping the face Young.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26

0ST women admit that there is
N 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 the constant
question of expense. A good massage
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 the 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 it is worth
while finding out how they do 1t.
Five minutes daily massage keeps my
complexion in good condition, and | am
perfectly willing to tell you how l do it,
though, after you have found out, you
will think ii the most simple thing in
the world
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26

TN these words B. C. tries to express
his love for girl he wants to mar
ry. II 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 II it comes in
its familiar form, or dressed like a
harlequin. it makes little difference TO
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26
Massage.

At almost any drug store you can
get a small cup of glass with a rub
Der ball at the end. They are called
suction cups, and they come in almost
all sizes. l 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, 1912-09-26
Don't Poison Baby.

FORTY YEARS AGO almost every mother thought her child must have
PARBGORlC or audnum make it sleep These drugs will produce
Sleep and FEW DROPS TOO MANY will produce the SLEEP FROM WHICH
THERE rs NO WAKING Many the children who have been killed
whose health has been ruined for life by paego auanum 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
DEATH" Thetaste and mednes containing opium disguised
and sold under the of Drops" Cda" Soothing Syrup" You
should permit any medicine given your children without you
physician know of what composed CAST0RA DOES NOT CON-
TAIN NARCOTICS, if it bears the signature Of Chas Fletcher.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-26

Listen, darling, to loves refrain:
Don't let my pleading be in vain.
How long to caress, and call you dear,
And am happy only when you are near.
Think of my sad and lonely life;
How l miss the care of a loving wife.
No one to watch for my coming home,
When night draws near and work is
done;
No little babies to romp on the floor
And laugh with delight as | enter the
door;
No one to greet me with heart and
hand
A lonely life has the bachelor man.
Listen, darling, 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. -
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-22
WILSON AND CLARK
FORCE WAGE FIGHT

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla, Feb. 49,
All hope of a compromise between the
Wilson and Clark forces we're shat
tered when the Democratic state con-
vention assembled here this afternoon.
The factions were widely divided and
there was absolutely no indication OF
what the final outcome would be.
Where "a hours ago the Wilson
forces were opposed to a compromise,
which would split the delegation to
the national convention half and half,
the tables were turned today when
the Clark faction repudiated the pro-
posed agreement, declaring their in
tention TO stand for solid Clark dele
cation to the last ditch.
Several contests before the state
prevented the convention
from assembling before afternoon.
The committee recommended T. II.
Doyle as temporary chairman OF the
the vote being "a for
Doyle and 20 for ID. II. Linebaugh, the
Wilson candidate.
/, United States Senator Robert l..
Owen attended the convention TO fight
for the reelection OF former Gov.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-22
.ROBT. {. PLUMB TAKEN BY
DEATH AFTER LONG ILLNESS
Was Formerly Connected With
Michigan Car Co. and Well
known Business Man

Robert +. Plumb, a weli-known res
ident OF Detroit. died. "Wednesday
night. I'm his home. No. 93f Jefferson
ave. after a long illness.
Mr.. Plumb was formerly one OF the
most active figures in Detroit business
life. having been connected with tae
selling end of the Michigan Car Co.
for the larger part OF his career.
There was probably no one who had
wider acquaintance among railroad
men OF fifteen years ago. Mr.. Plumb
retired from business when the Amer
lean Car e. Foundry Co. was formed
to take over the Michigan Car Co. and
a number of other car manufacturing
concerns
Mr., Plumb had been an invalid for
more than two years and for the last
year had been confined TO his house.
He was great fisherman and before
he became an invalid spent much OF
his time upon his estate in Labrador,
salmon fishing.
Mr.. Plumb was closely connected
with the late Senator Mcmillan in
his business activities. He had made
Detroit his home for the active por-
ton OF his life. He leaves his widow
and five children. the latter including
the Misses Helen A.. Ethel NJ, Mildred
Plumb, and Dutro Plumb.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-22
SINISTER REACHES N. Y;
CRITICIZES BRITAIN

NEW YORK, Feb. 22.-Bltter
against Russia as the result OF his ex-
perience in Persia, w. Morgan Shus-
ter, former treasurer general of Persia
returned here today on the steamship
George Washington.
He also severely criticised the pres
ent British government, saying that its
foreign policy Is both immoral and
disastrous" He declared that In its
effort to outpoint Germany in the
European diplomatic game, the Brit
ish foreign office paid stiff price for
something that could never be deliv-
cred, Russian support against Ger
many. Continuing, he said:
Compared with the. cynical brutal
ity with which the Persians were
treated the Tripolitan outrage pales.
The Russian government had not a
single spark OF justification in either
law. morals or fact for its barbaric
cruelty toward the Persian people. and
England dealt civilization and prog
ress foul blow in aiding Russia's
schemes"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-22
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TO
OPEN Is MINUTES LATER

The Board OF Education, Wednes-
day night, approved the recommends
ton of the committee on teachers and
schools for the changing OF the hours
in the elementary schools, and after
March / all these schools will open
and close 10 minutes later than at
present. The board met Wednesday
night instead OF Thursday because OF
the latter being Washington's birth
day.
The board also voted to increase the
rates of tuition for nonresident pupils
in accordance with the schedule pro-
posed by the judiciary committee two
weeks ago. The increases are as fol-
lows: Primary grades, $l4 TO $40 per
school year; high school grades, $40
to $40; normal training school, $50 to
$50 The new rates will take effect
March l.
On recommendation of the commit
tee on real estate and school build
ings, the board directed its architests
to prepare plans and specifications for
fire escapes for the Logan and Tappan
schools Immediately A petition by
the Federation of Women's clubs TOR
the establishment of penny lunch In
the Morley school was favorably acted
upon. Thomas j. Tracey was appoint
ed assistant engineer of the Eastern
high school TO succeed Albert Frank,
who was transferred.
Job Printing Don, Right Times
Trfntinv Co. 5 John R-st.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-22
AIM TO REACH MEN
"HIGHER UP" IN RAY CASE

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The
higher ups" in the war department
today became the objective point OF
tho house investigation OF the re-
puted political protection afforded
Major B. b. Ray for his work In the
Taft campaign OF 1908.
The missing papers," sent to the
house committee, which were
found" among the private papers OF
former Chief of STAFF j. Franklin
Bell, showed that all of the peculiar
orders issued regarding Ray were
by direction. The committee Is de-
termined to find out who the direct
ing authority was.
After Ray had been IN the United
States on leave from the Philippines
prior TO the 1908 convention, Gen.
Bell wrote to Gen Funston in
Manila that President Roosevelt had
directed him to order Ray TO Manila,
Bell Will probably be summoned and
asked as to the moving powers in
the Ray case. Unless he clears up
the matter. Roosevelt will be sub
pcnaed.
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, who was in
command in Manila when the orig
ina! charges against Ray were made
and quashed, will take the stand on
Monday. He was the recipient OF
much of the missing" correspond
ence.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1912-02-22
MCNAMARA DEFENSE
FUND CAUSES SQUABBLE

@Ehe-Detfeit observation-disclosures
"Wednesday night. voted 10 turn over
10 the executive committee OF the
local structural ironworkers' union
the money raised here for the defense
of the Mcnamara brothers before
they pleaded guilty after the payment
OF all bills contracted in raising the
money. The payment OF these bills
was the subject OF heated discussion
among the delegates, assertion being
made that some OF those who had
assisted in raising the funds had made
exorbitant charges for their services.
III these bills are paid in full there
will be no money left and they are
being held up for investigation. The
money, If there is any left. will be
used in the defense OF Frank j. Muir
ply and Charles Wachmeister, the
Detroiters indicted at Indianapolis,
and William X Benson, former pres
ident OF the federation, who now lives
on farm near Barkersville, y. y
The defendants were given a vote OF
confidence.
II. Berkowitz, of Cleveland. appear
ed in behalf OF local No. 90. Interna-
tional Garment Workers union, 90 OF
whose members, employees OF ID. S.
lemon & Co, garment makers at No.
1928 Jefferson-aye., walked out last
Friday because OF alleged unfair treat
ment. The executive committee of the
federation will assist the garment
workers in an attempt to arbitrate
the differences.