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"a girl?" l asked
"Yes. a girl" Peggy answered. "She
was crouched on the floor. reading by
the pale light that shot through the
little, old-fashioned dormer easement,
her head bent close over the book. |
didn't even apologize for my intrusion,
for she didn't see me or hear me enter
the attic. I turned over in my mind
the conversation l had had a few min
utes before with by hostess and de-
cided that this must be the third
daughter-the 'Hlain one as she had
called her."
angelica" said softly, and the girl
turned to me blinking and startled.
How do you do" she said visit
fully. I'D ask you to sit down If there
was a chair and it wasn't SO dirty and
musty up here"
''It's the most wonderful place." I
exclaimed, looking about, "and I'm so
glad I've found 1t. Your mother bade
me explore this old mansion and |
came here-frst. If 1 disturb you, |
will go away at once"
"Oh, no--pray, don't" she begged.
She was just a little slip of girl
slender and fragile with quantities
VI IedulSn SOlu idiis III d65Od SdSh
without the freedom that it might have
had IL treated normally.
Her shirtwaist was towsled and un-
kempt looking and her skirt sagged
at the belt She subjected me to as
covert inspection as 1 did her. was
sure.
| II don't wonder that you come UT
here occasionally" l said. feeling i'm
PEELED to say something as her big
grave eyes looked hardly at mine, 'far
from the madding crowd We all feel
like that sometimes"
II leave the society act for the 9TH
ers to do" she said softly. "They like
that sort of thing"
"You are lucky" I said. Most OF
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tainly done me a lot
of good. | first heard
of it when I was a
girl and | always said
that if l ever had fe-
male trouble / would
take it.
i suffered from
organic inhamma-
ton and would have
spells when / would
be in such pain that
/ would tear my
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27
"THE AMBAssADREssn

BY william Wriothesley. George Doran
company, New York.
1.-THE Ambassadress," by William
Wriothesley, is affording material for
transatlantic guesswork to its au-
thorship. 1t exposes in fiction form the
drawing room intrigues of diplomatic So
ciety in Berlin. In Germany it is arous-
ing something more than astonishment.
There is a rumor in literary circles that it
is the work of an American.
OF course, as may be guessed, the au-
thor of "The Ambassadress' is writing
under non de plume and what her real
name may be (for the clever author must
be a woman) has become a question of
very intense interest to court circles
throughout Europe. Obviously she knows
diplomatic life from A to u. More than
that, many persons so high in rank that
the disclosure of their names would ere
ate a sensation, have recognized them
selves in her pages Her story is fasci-
mating, aside from it's great Importance
as a revelation, and throughout she han
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27
1.-THE DISTANT DRIrMn

BY Dudley Sturrock. The John Lane
company. New York.
Dudley Sturrock in THE Distant Drum"
has written a truly remarkable story for
many reasons.
In the first place 1t revelas a recent
New York society scandal in new light.
The authors information will prove
startling to many readers. Moreover the
central male figure being an aviator an
other feature of the novel is an astonish-
ingly vivid description of an aeroplane
fight and disaster from the viewpoints
both of spectator and airman. Here again
the author can speak with good authority
for he himself is an aviator of note. The
whole story, the setting of which is Long
Island and the smart restaurants and
fashionable haunts of New York, bears
the stamp of actual experience. 1t is
written with great skill and the charac-
ters are life-like. 1t is certain to call
forth considerable comment.
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Ole Miss, sum Wimmen
Folks Weeps bekaze dey's
WIDDERS, an Others be-
kaze dey-AIN'T. Yassum!

us have to do society to some ex-
tent"
cerned," she said laying aside her
book. I'm not SNOWY. I'm the Plain
one You know. there must be an ugly
ducl1ling in every family
TO the contrary" l explained, "few
ugly ducklings exist at all Certainly
you are not one. Almost all women
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27
FRECKLES
Now In the Time TO Get Rid of These
URIy SpOts

Now In the Time TO Get Rtd OF Ihese
Ugly Spots
There's no longer the slightest need
of feeling ashamed of your frechles, as
the prescription othine-double strength
lis guaranteed to remove these home
ly spots
Simply get an ounce of othine-dou-
BILE strength-from your druggist and
apply little of 1t night and morning
and you should soon see that even the
worst freckles have begun to disap-
pear. while the lighter ones have van
ished entirely. 1t is seldom that more
than an ounce is needed to completely
clear the skin and gain a beautiful.
clear complexion.
Be sure to ask for the double
strength othine as this Is sold under
guarantee of money back IL 1t fails to
remove freckleA
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With solemn mieh and deep submissive
awe
Unhanded their mute instruments. No
strains,
Whether of soothing Tyre, exultant horn,
Or that more grateful tribute, vocal song,
Rose to the Father from that serried
host
OF wing d immortals, as upon their ranks
Like some vast shadow of an unseen
hand
Fell dread expectance and portentous
calm.
Most hushed and stin those heavenly
spirits were,
So hushed and still they seemed like
shapes of stone"
OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED (REvIEws
LATER)
THE INFLUENCE OF THE DRAMA
by Granville Forbes Sturgis. The
Shakespeare Press, New York.
'"THE INSIDE OF THE CUP" by
Winston Churchill With illustrations by
Howard Giles. The Macmillan company,
New York
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been holding court ever since his arrival
on the Mauretania. His suite, No. 21.
which he occupies with w. II. Mcclure
and Edward ]. Bowes. is constantly
crowded with london journalists. His
picture has appeared in all the papers
with stories hailing him as Americas
Greatest Detective. He has a dictagraph
strung from one end of the suite to the
other, and gives afternoon demonstra-
tions along with real. American CIGARS :"
Probably the greatest and most far
reaching of Mr.. Burns feats and certain
ly the most spectacular was the appre-
hension and conviction of the MeNamaras
and the rest of the dynamiters who were
involved in the destruction of the Los
Angeles Times building and countless
other outrages. For several years, from
a start based on the smallest clue, Mr..
Burns followed the hidden truth in the
midst of mass of misleading evidence.
and finally built UP a case which enabled
him to arrest the ringleaders and disclose
to the public a conspiracy as cowardly,
as ruthless in it's methods and as dam
gerous as the Camorra or the Malta So
ciety. Mr.. Burns has at last been per-
suaded to write the story of this hunt in
which he risked a violent death every
day for years, and single handed defeated
a coast to coast organization. The book
is called 1.-The Masked War" and will be
published In the near future by George
H. Doran company.
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have some beauty II they only know
how to bring 1t out and few of them
have such marvellous hair as yours and
such white white skin"
"oh--just the day Dream" she an
swered shyly.
this old attic is l said quoting Ten
nyson's lines;
"Root-haunting martins warm their
The mantles from their golden
pegs
Droop Sleepily. No sound is made
Here drops the banner on the tower,
The peacock in his laurel bower
TIL all hundred summers pass
"And here Is the enchanted prin-
cess toe" 1 went on gaily trying to
interest the girl. ''Only her hair is
not jet black, streaming from its braid
of pearl but real autumnal russet.
If 1t is as long as 1t is beautiful of
texture, what a pity not to loosen 1t,
like Melisande did for her Pelleas."
'The girl was listening with stratled
sort of expression on her face.
Now a Husband blush from her
white. white forehead to her dainty
little chin and 1t was time that victory
was pressed nigh to, and SO the story
continued.
DO you ever dress in those old fash
ioned esthetic gowns that are so beau
tiful because of their Simplicity" ]
asked her presently.
NO" she answered quickly. recov-
ering her equilibrium. whats the use
for an ugly duckling to dress up? The
other girls are pretty-I homely-thc
Plain One they call me. don't have
to bother about dress and such things
please don't I begged. you are
strating out in life handicapped by a
tremendous mistake. If you start with
the determination to be ugly, you'll
always be ugly. Besides you are in
danger of making other people think
so too"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27
"PIrSSY RLACK-FACE"

PUSSY BLACK-FACE"
BY Marshall Saunders. illustrated. L. c.
Page & Co., Boston.
Pussy Black Face by Marshall Saun-
ders is delightful little story of animal
life, written in this famous authors best
vein dealing especially with Pussy Black
Face, a little Beacon street CBoston) kit
ten, who is the narrator. She tells how
she was lost on Beacon Hill, how she was
taken to home for cats, and how the
next day she gained new mistress,
little invalid girl whom she learned to
love even more than her own family; and
of a wonderful summer spent on farm
in Maine, where there are enough animals
to suit almost any child or nature and
animal lover
In this story Miss Saunders has done
for cats what her Beautiful joe did
for dogs, and Pussy Black Face" will
rank with this previous classic.
On Miss Saunders previous works tho
Press has commented as follows
ut is fairly riotous with fun. and as
"a whole is about as unusual as anything
in the animal book line that has seen the
light. 1t is book for 1uveniles-old and
young"
The book appeals to lovers of AMI
mails. 1t is a quaint and curious recital
of the adventures of the runaway
ut is one of those exquisitely simple
and truthful books that win and charm
the reader, and I did not put 1t down un-
til | had finished it-honest! And | am
sure that everyone, young or old, who
reads will be proud and happy to make
the acquaintance of the delicious waif.
SENTENCE PICTURES
The j. B. Lippencott company, Philadel-
phia.
A little book entitled sentence Pic
tures,' printed In India red, on craft pa
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under General Humphreys of the Third
Army corps. For a dozen years after
the war his ministerial duties led him
over a wide circuit, thus familarizing
him with the territory. The air was then
vibrant with "reminiscences of the battle
every cross road and orchard and farm
house, every man, woman and child had
a story to tell concerning the marching
of the two militant hosts to and from the
place of the encounter, the tragic phases
of the fight, and the later scenes in the
hospitals
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'FOEMS
BY Campbell Mason. The Cosmopolitan
Press, New York.
Campbell Mason in his volumes of
Poems" has included a group of Love
LYRICS "Sonnets" Serious Melodies"
and Lighter Verse"
They are all very original and show
a fine poetic spirit.
There are poems for all occasions and
there are many gems among the number,
tied
"AU REVOIR, AUF WIEDERSEHEN,
FAREWELL"
You said, Farewell" added, "Au
revoir"-
That night 1 gave you all my hearts de-
voir,
You trembled as you sighed. Farewell
-ah. mel
That fare is well that fares me back to
thee.
The one to French hearts sends chast-
ened pain;
The like to TeutonS gives 'auf weider-
sehen';
But oh! what agony does that word spell
The Anglo-Saxon lovers heart-'fare-
wel1p'
There's not a hope breathe, but hopes
for thee;
But Hopes ship that sails uncertain
sea;
And where Hope flies, he sends back no
report;
We must ourselves lay siege before the
court
So 1 return, ("farewell' gives that per-
mit,
And watch your hopes. to learn the way
they fit;
And If they intercept not mine, I'll
search
And capture all, and teach them where
to perch!
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blue little veins and when she consented
the next evening to put on little frock
of mine which was a dream of laces and
ribbons I knew then that she was inter
ested. When we went down TO dinner
that evening after I'd played maid to her
she was so transformed that her family
looked in dumb amazement at the change
that had been brought. In apology An
gelica said softly:
Il dressed up to please Peggy"
THAT evening when she and I were
alone in my room, for l may as we'll
tell you that we had grown to be
bosom friends during my short visit"
Peggy said. angelica confded to me
her ambition to essay some sort of
profession"
1T takes many people to make q
profession" l told her.
I'm what way?" she asked.
"The woman who would succeed must
understand many things" l said. She
must know not only her profession,
but people and things, and how to
make the best appearance possible. All
these are assets that are required"
Il never thought of that" said An
geIica
TITS just as we'll for you to begin
to think of them now" 1 advised.
What we get from the world we give
back in some way through sympathy
or understanding"
1.-THE day I was leaving" Peggy told
me in conclusion, "Angelica's mother
came to me and said:
my Plain one is transformed. She
actually wants me to let her go home
with you so you can help her to buy
some new frocks. And have you ever
seen anything quite so lovely as her
| hair done up like yours? She is pos
itively good looking"
angelica needed just one thing I
| told my hostess "A little vanity which
her family, If you'll pardon my say
| ing so, has absolutely killed. Yes-a
little vanity-that dangerous ingre-
dent of which we are apt to have too
much or too litt1er'
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in such PAIN
WOMAN TORE
Her CLOTHES
Testifies She Was Restored
to Health by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.

Malone, N. Y, -" Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has cer-
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THE NATIVITY
By John Runker The Shakespeare Pr


By John Bunker The Shakespeare Press,
New York.
In tiny little volume. ''The Nativity,
John Bunker has told the story of the
birth of our Savior with unusual beauty
and charm.
In less than 80 pages of "blank verse
he recites the incidents and the open
lines indicate the style of the rest of the
story, beginning thus:
flushed were the courts OF Heav'n; the
stars were still;
And all the angelic choirs-tier Ger tier,
Seated upon their dazzling thrones OF
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Droop Sleepily. No sound is made
Here drops the banner on the tower,
The peacock in his laurel bower
Till all a hundred summers pass"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-11
DIR WILSON GREETED
 BY BIG AUDIENCE E
Celebrated Platform Lecturer Will Offer High Class Subjects TO.
 night and Tomorrow Night.

,Dr. Homer T. Wilson, the brilliant lecturer who is appearing at the Christian church here this week. held another large audience spell bound last night when he delivered his lecture "The Brotherhod of Man." As on the night before Dr. Wilson charmed his hearers with his magnificent delivery and matchless oratory. Noted speakers have ap
 peared in Pine Bluff before but none of them have remained here for sev- eral nights and given the public an oppbrtunityy of hearing him in se-
 ries of lectures without cost. His generosity ought to be appreciated and the public ought to attend his
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RESOLUTIONS

WHEREAS:-That in the Provi- dencee of God, our beloved friend and class mate, Harry Nelson has been called to witness the realities of the better world. Be it hereby resolved by the Baraca Class of the Wilmar Methodist Sunday School, of which he was a faithful member, that we offer these resolutions of love and esteem to the ,aemory of himself and his manly virtues, which he displayed under the most trying afflictions of life, at all times showing sweet and cheerful disposition ,pward his xel- low students and a strong love for and interest in his class.
 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED That, we extend our sympathy to the bereaved family in this trying hour, and we do pray that they may find peace and comfort at the throne of God.
 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED Tat a copy of these resolutions be published in the Monticello Advance and the Fine Buff Daily Graphic, and a copy be sent to the bereaved family. H f.@H
 R. A. TEETER,
 GEO. COTNER,
 SIDNEY WISE,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-11

Among the claims the secretary o the treasury is authorized and direct ed to pay, and which arc included ill the bill, are the following Sixth Dis trict claims in Arkansas.
 To N. B. Ashcraft, administer oi estate of Eliza Ann Ashcraft. deceas- ed, alte of Grant county, $400.
 To James E. Caldwell of Dallas county $3s5.
 To Hattie IT. Boykns Thaddeus C. Terrell and Lula D. Meriweather heirs of Thaddeus N. Terrell. de- ceased, of Arkansas county, $5,119.
 To William A. Bethel administrator of estate of Martha Harrison, deceas- ed and Oliver H. Lister of Jecerson county, $399.
 To Eleanor Maxwell, of Arkansas county, $3,064.
 To trustees of Christian church near Old Austin, Lonoke county, $32;'
 To trustees of the First Baptist church, of Pine Bluff, $1,96$.
 To trustees of Methodist Episcopa' church. South of Pine Bluff $1,300.
 To trustees of Cumberland Pres byterian church, of Mount Comfort, $9Oc.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-11
PINE BLUFF CHURCHES
 MAY GET WAR CLAIMS
z MANY ARkANSANS WOULD PROF
 TT BY PASSAGE OF WAR CLAIMS SENATE MEASURE.
First Baptist and First Methodist Churches of This City in
 the List.

Washington, Dec. 1O.-War claims aggregating $71,75S, to be paid Ar kansas claimants are included in the omnibus war claims bill, which will come up for passage in the House December 19. They will undoubtedly would have passed Friday had it not ben for the filibuster of Minority Leader Mann. He started it because of objection to the claim represented by the majority leader, Underwood which has not been considered by committee, but which had been con- sidered by the court of claims and disallowed because of loyalty. Mr. Mann's action caused the measure to go over for final consideration until december 19.
 No objection was raised to the items mentioned otherwise in the bill. A rule will be brought in by the house rules committee and un- less al signs fail will be adopted by the house. If the rule is agreed to
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-11
MOTHER! IS CHILD'S
 STOMACH SOUR, SICK?
If cross, feyerish, cOnstipated give
 .Calffornia Syrup of Figs"

Don't scold your fretful, peevish child. See if tongue is coated; this is sure sign it's little stomach, liver and bowels are clogged with sour waste.
 When listless, pale, feverish. full of cold, breath bad, throat sore, doesen't eat, sleep or act naturally, has stomach trouble, indigestion, diar- rheoa, give teaspoonful of "Califor- mia Syrup of Figs" and ina few hours all the foul waste, the sour bile and fermenting food passes out of the bowels and you have we'll and playful child again. Children love this harmless fruit laxative," and mothers can rest easy after giving it, because it never fails to make their little "insides'' clean and sweet.
 Keep it handy, Mothers! A little given today saves sick child tomor- row, but get the genuine. Ask your druggist for a 50-cent bottle of California Syrup of Figs" which has directions for babies, children of all ages and for grownups plainly on the bottle. Remember there are counterfci+s sold here, so surely look and see that yours is made by the ''California Fig Syrup Company. !" Hand back with contempt any other fig syrup
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-11

few remaining lectures during the week end in large numbers.
 On tonight and tomorrow night Dr. Wilson's lectures will be es- cially attractive to the high school students. Tonight he will lecture on 'The Dynamo of Gendus" and he will diversity his lecture with the rendi- tion of scenes from Hamlet. To- morrow night his theme will be "Sculptors of Life."
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-11
Unable to Count Beyond Four

A close observer has definitely e ,ablished the fact that magpies and rocks cannot count further than four A rock never returns to it's nest until 1t is quite satisfied that there Is no danger near. When four hunters o, less departed in succession from nearby log cabin, the rock would re turn to its nest after the last had gone out of sight. But whenever there were more the bird lost count and re turned to it's nest even while some were still in the hut
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-12-11
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING

The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Bank Clerks Invest ment Compay will be held at the Bank of Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, Ar kansas on Wednesday January z, 1914 at o'clock D. m., for the purpose of electing directors and the trans action of any other business that may properly come before said meeting.
 , V. D. WEBB
 Secretary and Treasurer Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec. g, 1913.
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STOCKHOLDERS, MEETING

The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Bank of Pine Bluff will be ~-hed~at their banking house, Tues day, Jan, 13, 1914, between the hours of am. and 3 pm. for the pur- pose of electing directors to serve for the ensuing year, and for transacting any other business properly brought before said meeting.
 w. c. HUDSON, Cashier. Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec. 8, 1913. 2 13-9 i'm
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srnCKHOLDERS' MEETING

The hegular annual meeting or the stockholders of the Riley Commlssloh Co.,, will be held in it's office oA "eo- nesday, aJnuary 14th, 1914, at 3:oo D. m. for the purpose of electlng d. rectors and the transaction or any other business that may property come before said meeting.
 IT v. BAHLAU Secretary. Pine Bluff, Ark, Dec. 8, 1915.
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A Fair PrOnOSifiOn

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