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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-07-20
Delicate Point.

They are a happy Sewickley couple.
They haven't been married very long.
In fact, the honeymoon has barely
waned An elderly friend met the
bridegroom downtown yesterday and
slapped him on the back.
We'll. happy as lark. l suppose"
"Oh. yes
"How's the cooking?"
Il have one trouble there. It's Just
this. my wife has been preparing angel
food every day for dinner"
You must be getting tired Of 1t"
Il am. Yet feel hesitancy about
saying anything. How soon after the
honeymoon would it be proper to ask
for beefsteak and onions? "-Pittsburg
Post
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-07-20
SYNOPSIS.

-. R,.ir. the 22-year-old son OF the
r..million-dollar copper king OF Blair
town. Mont. guest ns at the r.,b mns hsa
ncn' s.,rtaous to Lord Galorey during
Il. ,,sit to the United States and the
=. 1879 4 now being returned to the
veans man. Tho youth has as an Ideal ideal sir II,
Z In mind He meets LILY; Duchess OF
r...Ivatsr. q beautiful widow. who 10
.st,.ctsd BY his immense fortune and
80. : liking to her. When Dan was a
~, . drI sang a solo at church. and
y lad never forgotten her. The Ga
s...v, Lily and Dan attend a London
.S".,.. vhere one Lefty Lane Is the star.
I'm recognizes her as the girl from his
tam. and going behind the scenes intro
Auoss himself and she remembers MIN.
Hs learns that Prince Poniotowsky Is
.ulto, and escort to Lefty. Lord Ga
iorsv and a friend named Ruggles deter
min. to protect the westerner from Lily
and other fortune hunters.
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War;.

Ono inevitable characteristic OF
modern war Is. that 1t is associated
throughout. in all particulars. with a
vast and most irregular formation OF
commercial enterprise. There Is no
incentive to Mammon- worship 80 re-
markable as that which 1t affords The
political economy OF war Is now one
Of its most commanding aspects.
Even apart from the fact that
war suspends. ipso facto. every rule
of public thrift. and tends to sap hon
esty itself in the use of the public
treasury for which 1t makes such un-
bounded calls. 1t therefore Is the
greatest feeder Of that lust OF gold
which we are told is the essence OF
commerce, though We had hoped II
was only its occasional besetting sin
W E. Gladstone.
Heaven and earth shall pass away.
but that which thinks within me
must think for ever: that which feels
must feel: am. and can never
cease to be.-James Montgomery.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-07-20
CHAPTER VII.
At. the Stage Entrance.

Rusgles. from his stall, for the
fourth time saw the curtain go up
On 'Aandalay" and heard the temple
bells ring One Of the stage boxes
~ not occupied until after the first
oct and then the son OF his friend
cane In alone and sat far back out OF
slsht Of any eyes but the keenest.
aad those eyes were Ruggles'. Lefty
lana delicious. fantastic. languishing.
sang to Dan: that was evident to Rug
ueA He was large man and filled
me stall comfortably. He sat through
'ne performance peacefully. his hands
= nis pockets. his big face thought
sui. nis shirt front ruffled. To look at
aim' one must have wondered why he
aad come to "Mandalay." He scarce
y 1851 any Of the threads of his own
feuecuons, though when Miss Lane in
response to a call from the house.
s1ns ner cradle song three times. he
seemed moved. The tones of her pure
voice. the grading In her arms of an
imaginary child. her apparent dove
u1e purity. her grace and sweetness.
.a0 nor cooling. gentle tone, to Judge
~ me softening of the Westerner's
touched very much the big fell
VINO listened like a child. At the
Sso ne drew his handkerchief slowly
scaoss bis eyes. but the tears. or
s.aet moisture, that rose there was
!" I'll due to Miss Lanes song, tor
Aessies was extremely warm.
no could see that in his box the
~ sat transfixed and absorbed. Dan
su' out In the second entr'acte and
- absent when the curtain went
sS"n Ruggles. as well. left before
). performance was over. to make
way outside the theater to the
~ exit. where there was already
s-lereo little group. looked after
!. - : couple Of policemen. Close to
- cufo cleaning motor waited. the
an at its door. Ruggles but.
:. MS coat up to his chin and took
J. V'.ce close to the door, over which
=. eiectric light showed the words
entrance" poor woman eI-
MIN. her shabby hat adorned
scraggly plume. gray sna~i
LIVED round her shoulders. A girl
o. who might have been flower
In Piccadiily IN the DAYTIME a
OF toughs. q handful Of other
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-07-20
History of Old Fort Lee

side Of the Hudson. in the defense OF
the river. In the beginning 1t was be
Iieved that the two defenses would be
able to turn the British war feet back
and prevent 1t from getting up the
river to West Point
But from the first Washington is
known to have questioned its useful
ness and 1t was on his orders that II
was finally evacuated. In November
1875. all that was left OF the American
army In New Jersey abandoned the
fort and set out on its historic retreat
to Philadelphia,
Tradition says that there was a for
under the cliff OF the river front al
some point not far from Edgewater
earlier IN the revolution. but there ia
no authentic record OF its existence
and It therefore cannot be credited
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OF yer head. She's gettin' we'll fast.
and we, none of US. has seen her or
spoken to Miss Lane. She doesn't
know our names
And the woman answered: Sne
does lot like that. She's got heart
bigger'n her little body"
And big boy In the front row SAID
back to the others: We'll. she makes
a mint OF money"
And the woman who had spoken De
fore said: she gives 1t nearly all
to the poor"
Ruggles was evidently on the poor
side Of the waiting crowd: the hand
full OF riffraff around him with us
stencil of dirt and gin. A better look
ing set collected opposite and there
was the CLEAN of white shirt fronts.
Now. there she comes" the father
saw her first. Sing out. Cissy."
The door opened and figure quick
ly floated from It. like a white rose
blown out into the foggy darkness. 1t
floated down the few steps to the
street between the double row Of spec
tators. white cloak entirely COW
cred the actress. Her head was hid
den by white scarf, and she almost
ran the short gantlet to her motor. be-
tween the cries Of God bless you'll
Three cheers for Lefty Lane"-"God
bless you, LADY," She didn't speak or
heed, however, or turn her head. but
held her scarf against her face. ana
tho man who slowly lounged behind
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-07-20
Consisted Merely Of Earthworks ane
Was Abandoned by Order Of
General Washington.

The Fort Lee of revolutionary days
was on top of the Palisades. about
two miles up the river from the VII
lage of Edgewater. where the Fort
Lee ferry has its New Jersey landing
In the strict sense of the word. 1t was
hardly worthy of being called q fort
since 1t consisted merely OF earth
works. Of which not a vestige is to be
seen today.
Tradition says that the fort was
laid out by Gen Israel Putnam. and
some Of the historians thus account
for the fact that the defenses we're
rather expansive for their purpose
At first 1t was called Fort Constitu
ton. but was soon renamed Fort Lee
This temporary stronghold was
really constructed to cooperate with
Fort Washington. on the New York
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CHAPTER vi.-contlnued.

A page boy knocked at the door ana
cane IN holding out on salver card
far Nj. Ruggles. and at the Interrupt
tin 0alorey rose and invited Ruggles
to 70 out with him that night to Os-
dsas. Lady Galorey will be de-
lighted"
But Ruggles shook his head. THE
boy ID coming back here tonight" and
0slorey laughed.
Don't you believe It! You don't
know how deep in he is. You don't
know the Duchess Of Breakwater.
Aace he Is with her"
At the same time that the page boy
handed Mr.. Ruggles the card Of the
caller. be gave him as well a small
envelope, which contained box tickets
for the Gaiety. Ruggles examined it.
Il have got some writing to do" he
told Galorey. land I'm going to see
. show tonight. and think I'll just
stay here and watch my hole"
Az soon as Galorey had left the
Carlton. Mr.. Ruggles despatched his
letters and his visitor. made a very
careful toilet, and after waiting until
past eight o'clock for Dan to return
to dinner, dined alone on roast beef
and tart and with perfect digestion.
Il somewhat thoughtful mind, left the
hotel and walked down the dim street
to the brilliant Strand, and on foot to
the Gaiety.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-07-20
Her Excuse.

These people have a plausible and
self-righteous excuse for their mis-
deeds" said Senator Bankhead apro-
pos of certain hypocritical lawbreak-
ers, in an address In Fayette.
They remind me, in fact. of GER
tain parsons domineering wife The
parson said meekly one day:
my love. you told me before the
wedding that you knew our marriage
was made In heaven, yet you now or
der me about as IL | were a slave
"'Order.' the woman calmly an
swered, Is heavens first law"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-07-20

her to the car. and put her In and got
In after her, was not the man Joshua
Ruggles had waited there to see. He
hung about until the footman had
sprung up and the car moved softly
away, the stage entrance door shut.
then he followed along with the
crowd, with the few faithful who had
waited an hour In the cold mist TO
cry out their applause. not to singer
In "Mandalay." but to womans
heart
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-07-20
CHAPTER Viii.
Dams Simplicity.


The Duchess of Breakwater was not
sure how close Dan Blair's thoughts
were to marriage. but the boy from
Montana was the easiest prey that
had come across the beautiful and
INSCRIPTIONS womans range, He had
told her that he stayed on up in Lon
don to see a man from home. and
when after four days he still fingered
In town. she found his absence un-
bearable. and sent him a wire 80
worded that II he had a spark OF IN
terest in her he must Immediately re-
turn to the Park She had never been
more lovely than when Dan found her
waiting for him.
She had ordered tea in her sitting
room. She told him that he looked
frightfully seedy. asked him what he
had been doing and why he had
stopped so long away. and Blair told
her that old Ruggles. his fathers
friend. had run over to see him with
lot OF papers for Dan to read and
sign and closed with a smile. telling
her that he guessed she didn't know
much about business"
Il only know the horrid things Of
business-debts. and loans. and bills.
and fussing."
j"Those things are not business"
Dan answered wisely: they are just
common or garden carelessness."
She asked him why he had not
brought Ruggles out to Osdene. and
he told her be couldn't have done a
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-07-20
And she responded softly: NO.

And she responded softly: NO.
dear"
"A box OF candy. This room with
its stuffed walls. and you in 1t are
good enough
ITO eat?" she laughed aloud. oh,
you perfectly killing creature. what
an idea,"
And as he met her eyes with his
clear ones. with a simplicity she
could never hope to reach. he put his
tea-cup down; and as he did so the
duchess observed his strong hands.
their vgor. well-kept and muscular.
but not the dandfied hands OF the
man who goes often to the manicure.
If 1t hadn't been for one thing,
the boy went on. Il would have
thought Of nothing else but you. every
minute I've been away"
Mr.. Ruggles?" suggested the Ouch
ess
NO. the Gaiety girl. Lefty Lane.
You know l told you in the box that
she was from my town"
The young man. who had flown
back to Osdene Park in answer to
a telegram. began to take his compan-
ion into his confidence.
Il knew that girl Dan said. when
she wasn't more than fourteen. She
sold me sodawater over tho drug
store counter. always thought she
was bully. bright as a button and pref
ty as a peach. Once. | remember.
took six chocolate sodas in one day
Just to go In and see her. had an
awful time most died OF that jag.
and yet" he said meditatively. Il
don't think ! ever spoke three words
to her. just said 'sarsaparilla' or
chocolate or whatever 1t might hap
pen to be. Ever since that day. ever
since that jag" he said with feeling.
Il couldn't see a stick of chocolate
and keep my head up! Well" went
on the boy, Sarah Towney sang in
our church for a missionary meeting.
and | was there | can remember the
song she sang" He spoke with I'M
conscious ardor. He didn't refer to
the hymn, however. but went on with
his narrative. she disappeared from
Blairtown. never had a peep at her
again until the other night GOSH"
he said fervently. when | saw her
there on the stage. why. | felt as
though cold water was running up
and down my spine.
The duchess. as a rule, was amused
by his slang. 1t seemed vulgar to her
now.
Heavens" she drawled. you are
really too dreadful"
He didn't seem to hear her.
She's turned out perfect wonder.
hasn't she? A world heater! Why.
everybody tells me there isn't another
like her in her specially. or course
have heard of Lefty Lane, but
haven't been out to things since
went in mourning. and I've never run
up against her"
Really" drawled the duchess
again. now that you have run up
against her what are you going to
do with her? Marry herr"
His honest stare was the greatest
relief she had ever experienced. He
repeated bluntly: Marry her? Why
the dickens should II"
You seem absorbed In her."
He agreed with her Il am. ]
think she's great. don't your"
Hardly"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-07-20

stroke of work with the old boy down
here at the Park
Stirring his tea. he appreciated the
duchess. The agreeable picture she
made impressed him nightly.
do you know" he asked suddenly.
what you make me think OFF,"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-07-20

A large percentage OF al sickness starts
with unhealthy conditions Of the digestive
organs. Garfield Tea will set them light.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-07-20

Necessity Is oftener the mother oi
crime than OF invention.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-07-20

Reading maketh full man.
does the wine when is red.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
BOOK SALE NETS S13,74e
Dickens MS. and Printed Copy Bring
$1,000 at Hinckley Dispersal.

An original autograph manuscript OF
the speech Of Charles Dickens delivered
at Gore House, Kensington, May 10. 1851,
covering fourteen pages together with
the Bibliophile Society publication of the
speech printed for the members, brought
$1,000 last night-the top price at the sec
ond session OF the sale at the Anderson
Galleries of the library Of the late Cap
tain j. F, Hinckley, of st. Louis. George
ID. Smith was the purchaser.
Fitzgeralds translation of Omar Khay-
yam. third edition. bound by Sangorski
g. Sutcliffe, of London, and dated 1872,
was knocked down to F. w. Morris for
$500. The same buyer obtained for s405
an extra illustrated edition Of "Claren-
don's Rebellion" in six volumes
George ID. Smith was quite an extensive
purchaser He paid $500 for a set of if-
teen original drawings by "Plive" to illus
trate Ainsworths "Auriol," together with
a copy of the work, for which the plates
were made, bound in two volumes For
thirty-nlne volumes, all first editions, Of
Blackmore's works uniformly bound in
polished blue morocco. he gave $3.50, and
for THE Commentaries Of C@sar"--a
manuscript on vellum, of the second part
of the fifteenth century. in two volumes
he paid 5000.
Gabriel Weis gave 1896 for an auto
graph edition of THE Writings of Mark
Twain" in twenty-five volumes, and a
complete set of the Aldine Poets went to
J. de Il. Junkin, of Philadelphia, for $40.
The total of the afternoon and evening
sesS SiOns, WAS S1374o rs.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
GAVE FLOWERS TO 312,263
Guilds Annual Report of Work
Here Deals in Big Figures.

Tenement houses and hospitals received
312,263 punches of flowers last year from
the New York City Branch of the National
Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild, which held
its annual meeting yesterday afternoon at
the home of Mrs, James Roosevelt, No. AZ
East 65th street Social affairs of the city
furnished 1900 OF the punches, the de-
butantes and the girls of the Junior League
having been especially generous with their
hothOuse beauties.
In addition to the cut flowers the guild
distributed S.l52 bulbs and potted plants,
1926 bushels of fruit and vegetables. l,5oO
packages Of seeds, Loss glasses OF jelly
and $50 pints of grape juice. They also
encouraged So tenement house dwellers to
transform their dingy back yards into gar
dens, and they maintained school gar
den for Is children in Hudson Park
The annual report, read by Mrs. George
E. Paul, the executive secretary of the
guild was illustrated with lantern slides.
Miss Maude Miner, secretary Of the New
York Probation Association, told how much
the girls under her charge at Wayerley
Home enjoyed the guild flowers. Mrs. John
Wood Stewart, founder of the association
and vice. president Of the New York city
branch, presided over the business meet
ing, at which the following officers were
reelected: President, Mrs. Levi +. Nor
ton: honorary president. Mrs. James
Roosevelt: first vice-president, Mrs. John
Wood Stewart; second Vice president, Mrs.
James Speyer; third vice-president, Miss
Annie Leary; treasurer, DR.. E. X. H.
Gould; secretary. Mrs William Van Valzah
Hayes, and executive secretary, Mrs.
George l.. Paul.
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
Lenfen Reflections on
Intellectual Economies

parer daily-really read, not skim it-you
will be amazed to discover how closely you
are kent in touch with the fairy tales OF
science and the long results Of time
Also much else. Literature and the play
house, for example. The critics, TO be sure
are fallible, being after all, human, but
in the main they are time savers, If not
Iifesavers. Newspapers hold the mirror ZIP,
not TO nature. hut to civilization Nobody
can afford TO neglect their mirrorings-
least of all, women and mothers.
Nowadays there are societies for pretty
much everything. / should like to see just
one more-and to have It worldwide. A
society for seeking truth, speaking truth
and knowing truth when seen. There Is
room and need for it-crying need. Truth
is often ugly still oftener disheartening,
vet after all the saving essence Of things.
Sometimes though II is better unspoken-
when speaking would only befoul mouths,
beslur names, with no adequate resultant
benefit. Always believe the worst" may
be a safe motto. 1t is certainly a costly
one-costIy in the finer things Of the spirit.
Those fortunate few who believe always
the best certainly have the best of 1t.
1t is heterodoXy, perhaps even BIAS
phemy, to say il I'm this day Of earnestnoss
and endeavor. yet II is my deliberate Judg-
ment that there is more refreshment,
spirituaI and mental, more rest, more de-
light i'm loafng away idle hours over A
clean, frothy, sparkling society novel, In
sitting through a good comedy or light
opera. than in all the uplift doings that
can be crowded into a whole Lent. Yet
there are Lenten courses very well worth
anybody's while Wonderful pictures help
out the spoken word In some OF them.
People who are In themselves historic tell
with delightful modesty of their own
doings at others. II is the yawpers, the
fakirs. the apers. | contemn. They must
live same as the rest, OF course, and maybe
after all they have their uses. Listeners
are able to say afterward with an Of pro-
found wisdom: oh yes. Mrs. Cheektung
gave us the most delightful talk about
that. You must hear her-it Is really an
experience" This correlation Of speaker
and audience recalls a story. \ kindly old
bishop thirty years back, commenting on
the shallowness Of young women's college
courses. said, with twinklng eyes: True,
our girls are shocklngly III educated hut
our boys may he depended on never to
find ii out"
| repeat one must live by the uplift and
otherwise. But you. madame, who buy
the tickets or subscribe To pay for the
course, can put your money to better uses.
even though you do not put It in the saw
ings bank. II it burns your pocket, try
moving picture party: tho newest or
them are said to be marvels. Bid your
friends TO the simplest Of luncheons he
forehand, or take them aftcrward TO tea
at any good room. You will save money
and get a lot more satisfaction out Of your
New-York tribune., 1912-02-28
Culture May Be Had
More Cheaply than
in Courses" and
"ConferenceS."
BY Martha McculIoch Williams.


In Lent the average woman's fancy light
~ turns to thoughts of clubs. She haunts
them more than ever, intent upon pathlhg
her soul in culture, or at least culturine'
subscribes for courses" and conferences
and generally 6isports herself on the verge
of the highbrow ocean. All these things
cost money-much more money than shs
saves on Lenten butcher bills. That would
be very well, if only they were worth It
which they are not, nine times In ten
If women in general read the newspapers
instead of sllimming them for bargains ana
sensations. the lady lecturers occupation
would be gone, for the most part, at least.
Such as I have endured generally distill
haltingly misinformaton, misapprehended
from the Sunday supplements. For in
stance. a Sunday supplement. printed with
truly appalling detail and illustration a
spread page in regard to the skin, reck-
oning up the miles OF pores in an average
human integument and establishing as
general thesis that civilization couldn't well
he ever more than skin deep. A fortnight
later, in punishment for some Of my un-
committed sins, | heard a woman VINO
gets fat prices for her talks repeat TO
womans club parts of this article, but
dislocated, dissociated, sky-west and end
wise as il were, therefore uninteligiblc.
Yet not a clubwoman listening failed to
be impressed Any one OF them. had she
read the article intelligently. would have
learned lot more than she could from
the lecture, and the cost would have been
. cents as against S.
Now, l am old, experienced. even willy,
enough to admit readily that there is no
such thing as originality. But I do insist
strenuously that those who undertake 20
speak with authority shall at least have
authority back of them. Unless they do
have 1t the speaking is dishonest; but that
is another side of It, My point is that
money spent on courses and things should
be held tight until the worth of the course
is demonstrated. 1t will not do to take the
tickets because there is an imposing list
of patronesses, because your next friend
or next neighbCr has done ii, and will
think If you do not it is because you can't
afford It. If you truly thirst for informa-
ton, the world is full of it-indeed. simply
OoZing with marvels and wonders Get the
information, If not at first hand, al second.
The printed page or column may not be
wholly accurate. but Is certainly much
more so than any rehash of II with the
living voice. If you will read a good news