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the stone in their carriage Mr. Netcher
would get out and his wife would return
home. In the evening she would drive
down again to bring him back to dinner.
Fourteen years after they were married
Mr.. Netcher died Meanwhile he had
bought out his partners When he died
MS estate was appraised at $4,00D,00o He
was very capable, but he had trained no
one to take his place. Mrs. Netcher had
three small children. Her whole fortune
was wrapped up in that store. Unless the
business was kept going and handled to
good advantage there would be a tremen-
dous loss
knowing of no one to turn to she went
to the store herself and took charge She
ilad no experience except those three
years behind the underwear counter Peo-
pie shrugged their shoulders at the idea
Of woman conducting such a big estab-
lishment, but II wasn't long before slie
gave evidence of remarkable executive
abiiity. She has changed the whole char
aetei of the Establishment. without Of
lending the shawl trade, she has gradual
lyralsed the tone of the store and has
broadeened It's sphere until now it Is one
of the biggest and finest in the western
metropolis. She built great 2O-story
structure to meet its growing needs She
has bought more land and as soon as the
build 20-story addition that win make
her store the largest in America If not In
the world. From a 100000 concern the
Boston Store has developed into $4,000
ooo one. She directs everything. She pays
the highest rate of wages In her line in
Ch1cago. She Is very charitable. She has
great sympathy with shop girls. She has
been instrumental in the organization of
SICK benefit and social societies and, al
though she wasn't much for halls ana
parties when she was a girl, she makes
point of always attending those of her
thousands Of employees. She demands
one privilege in connection with all these
Affairs. That the right to purchase the
first ticket sold. She always pays 1900
for It,
one OF the greatest architects In New
York Is woInan--Fay Kellogg, Archi-
lecture Is field that appeals particularly
to women, but no woman in the United
States has had a larger measure of sue
cess In that branch OF endeavor than
Miss kellogg Many great structures In
the east are monuments to her ability.
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rare works an opportunity for profit as
large as is offered in Wall street
There isn't a millionaire in America,
who is an art collector, who doesn t
know Rose Lorenz. There isn't an art
museum manager in the world who
doesn't know her personally or by repu-
tation. Tens of thousands of persons
have seen her in the beautiful galleries
where she is employed. 1t is doubtful,
however, If her name ever has appeared
in print before this day
She is one of the best dressed women
in New York and one of the highest
salaried women in the world. On the
twentieth anniversary of her engagement
as catalog girl, the directors of the
art gallery made present Of $4,000 to
her. Her home is one of the most ex-
quisite in New York. 1t is not far from
the Ritz-Carlton. 1t isn't much to look
at from the outside, but it is an artistic
gem within. When she bought the house
and wanted it renovated, she consulted
Stanford White There are many beauti-
full structures in America to testify to
the skill of the great artist. Those best
qualifed to judge say he had a greater
genius for interior decoration than for
exterior display. In the home of Miss
Lorenz, he did some of his very best
work.
In the art world Miss Lorenz occupies
position somewhat similar to that of
great specialist in the field of SC ence
She IS consulted as to the value of this
or that work of a master of some par
ticular period. Upon her judgement men
will spend many thousands of dollars
for tre possession of work about which,
until they got her opinion, they were in
doubt.
No position requires more finesse, more
diplomacy. than that occupied by Miss
Lorenz. Many of the men who pur-
chase art objects for fabulous sums do
not want to have the fact known. Some
times they bid through agents They
take offense If an inkling of who are
behind these agents gets out The late
J. Pierpont Morgan never wanted the
fact known that he was buying Once
when he was particularly solicitous about
getting some things at a sale in the
galleries. newspaper printed note
that certain agent was understood to
be representing Mr.. Morgan. The great
millionaire was in towering rage He
didn't go near the galleries or send an
agent there for fve years.
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terry, and the Indians were beaten back
from their works, fighting meanwhile
with desperate courage.
During the assault at the front Cof-
fee crossed his force over in the boats.
and added discontinue to the Indians
by firing the village in their rear. Be-
tween a cross fire. the Indians fought
with more desperation than ever. In the
roar Of battle could be heard the animat-
ing voice OF the heroic Weatherford urg-
Ing his troops to desperation. while in
the ranks he fought like a common war
rior, When jackson saw that all hope
for tile Indians was gone, he sent Il mes
senger with terms of surrender. This was
treated with disdain. and the response
was that no quarter was aHSed, and none
would be given. 1t was Then that the
American troops began with renewed des-
peration. and entered on a work of ex-
termination From behind brush. stumps,
or other obstructions the Indians fought
till the approach of night. Many of the
warriors sought to escape by jumping
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in the history of the world have been
jealous of their sons success.
Suppose father has done i'll?
Then it is still more your duty, lad,
to better his record Show that the fault
was in father himself, not in his family.
II for no other reason you owe it To
mother to do WELL TO make the most of
yourself and your opportunities, repay
her fr the care and love she has spent
on you.
For mothers sake, lad!
When you rise for your daily round
of toll or pleasure do you begin 1t with
smile or a frown?
Is the wind in the east, as it was
sometimes for John Jarndyce, or do the
larks sing for you the song that tells
of day begun in the right spirit?
Not even the highest and best are
exempt from the obligation to face each
day cheerfully. And as for the others,
why, they need all the sunshine they
can extract from the glory of the sun
rise
Near the summer home of President
Wilson at Cornish, N. H., lived four
young girls. who We're passing the sum-
mer in the beautiful New Hampshire
country. They dwelt in a house on a. hill
swept by the mountain breezes Every
morning they rose early to see the Presi-
dent pass their temporary home.
One day they wrote to him:
This is just a little greeting from four
girls In the house on the hill, who for
several mornings have hastily dispatched
oatmeal and mullins so as to wave you a
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into the river, but they were picked off
by the riflemen. and the waters of the
fallapoosa We're Redeemed with their blood
A few escaped. but on the field were
counted the bodies of 500 warriors. It
was estimated that not more than 25 of
the army of Weatherford survived.
Among the striking incidents of the bat
tie was that of warrior who was shot
down in wounded condition in the midst
of others who We're killed and who saved
his life by drawing the bodies of two
others across his own, and appeared as
though dead. and was counted among the
dead when the field was reviewed at the
close of the day. When darkness came
on he dragged his bleeding body to the
river, and with difficulty swan across.
Another named Manowa, was seriously
wounded but managed to reach the river
in which he sank his body in water four
feet deep and holding Ii down by means
of gripping a root of a tree. he main
tanned life by poking the joint of a cane
above the surface through which he
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The career of Alice Durkin is in sharp
contrast to that of Rose Lorenz. It's
doubtful whether Miss Durkin could tell
a Corot from a Turner, but she could
put up a skyscraper or bridge with
out the least bit of trouble. She is
master builder. the only woman master
builder in America She is wonder
She came within an ace of getting the
contract to build the New York public
library. That was something of a Job
The price was $11,000,000 Miss Durkin
is in the thirties. When she was a slip
of girl she went to work in the Of
flee of Charles II. Peckworth. a con-
tractor. Plans, specifications and con
tracts would appear to be dry matter
for a girl of fourteen. hut they weren't
for Miss Durkin. She had imagination
She saw beyond the plans the structure
itself The business fascinated her. She
took deep interest in every detail of
the work of her employer and before she
was sixteen she was figuring on con :
tracts. 1t didn't matter that she had
no technical education. She got oracti-
cal knowledge from plumbers, carpenters
and masons. She got to know about
material and labor. Then she took I'm a
course of reading. The most absorbing
book she ever read was the Building
Regulations of the City of New York +"
1t was not enough for her to know the
'cSuidliciis, sue Hdu 10 KNOW the rea son
for each and every regulation, the basis
for it and the full meaning and pur-
pose of 1t. She became so useful in that
office that, after a while, Mr.. Peckworth
denended upon her figures when he was
bidding on a contract.
She remained with Mr.. Peckworth EIGHT
years, then she went into business for
herself She has courage-lots of it. Her
bid on the New York public library was
within $4,000 OF that of Norcross Bros.
to whom the contract was awarded. She
has built a great number Of public struc-
lures. In New York city She has built
some OF the finest of the public schools
She built the convent of Notre Dame on
Staten island and the Nurses Home in
Brooklyn. There are probably one hum
dred big structures tn the metropolis
which she can point to and say. Il built
T." She has handled millions Of dol
lars. IN active times. her payroll runs
from ten to twenty thousand dollars a
week.
she Is slender, mild hammered and
about the last person in the world YOU
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of the village still. We're tied the canoes
OF the Indians on the river bank, to be
used in the emergency of defeat. But
while Jackson appeared at the front Cen
eral Coffee with a strong force appeared
in the rear of Weatherford, with the
river between him and the village of
Tohopeka. One of the first cares of Coffee
was to send force to fetch the boats,
by means of which he could cross the
river and assail the Indians in the rear
Jackson received signal from Coffee
that the latter was ready for the attack
to be made at the front. when about 10
oeloek on the morning of March 81 1911.
two field pieces opened on the breast
work Of logs. No effect whatever was had
on the logworks by the artillery, and
jackson resolved on storming the forti-
fications. Under a raking fire the troops
fnarcled at a double-quick, and began
pouring over the breastwork many fall
ing iii the assault of approach, and many
more ON the walls and within the fort. 1t
became a hand to hand fight for the mas
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ROMANCE OF ALABAMA HIS

about 900 yards This defense was
about 10 feet high with a double row
of portfolios from which the Indians
could fire simultaneously as a part
would stand upright and the others
would shoot on their knees Protected
by the river on the flanks and in the
rear they were able to concentrate their
fire solely to the front. With deadly
aim, and shielded by their breastyork ;;
OF logs, they felt that they could pick
off the assaulting party one BY one and
thus utterly destroy the army u Jack
son.
Behind this formidable bulwarlx were
gathered 200 Indian warriors from the
towns of Oakfuskee, Hillabee, New
1auka and Eufaula. These We're desper-
ate men, well armed and each conf
dent of dealing a final blow 10 Jack
sons army. Weatherford had sum
moned to the occasion the principal
prophets of the nation, who inspired
the dusky defenders with the belief
that 1t was impossible for them 10 fail
because in this present emergency the
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Y-WEATHERFORDS OVERTHROW-By B. F. Riley

Great Spirit would give them the vic
tory. The more to inspire the troops.
the prophets themselves proposed to
share in the battle and arrayed in their
blankets of red, with their heads bear
ing coronets OF varied feathers, while
about their shoulders were capes of
brilliant plumage of red. black. blue
green and yellow, they Joined the In
dian ranks. About their ankles were
tiny bells of different tones, The jingle
of which they kept up during he bait
tie. while oceasionally they would leap
dance and howl in inspiration of the
warriors. Weatherford was 100 SEN
sible man to attach any Importance
to the saeredness of their claims tut he
was solicitous to elicit to tile almost
the fighting mettle Of his men. 10 the
rude and ridiculous incantations Of the
prophets he would add his malchlesa
eloquence in bringing his troops 10 the
highest Ditch of desperation.
The women and children had been re-
moved from the village Of huts and tents
to the rear of the garrison, while back
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One great thing will surely come out
Of your work. You will send the call
of God to many conscienees Hitherto heed
less. You will see His grace rebuild
ing many shattered and wretched lives.
You win bring many to confess that they
need the fellowship of good men because
they have begun to walk alone with the
Saviour of men. You will not leave them
sweltering in tempest of excitement but
lead them into the assurance of standing
strong amid the breakers. You will not
insist on theological DEGREES or nostrums
of orthodoxy, but you will urge upon
them this divine fellowship. You will
point them to heaven by way of such
fellowship.
But will you aim to make us better citi-
zens through grace? Shall we be less In
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Copyright. 1918 by Richard spillane).
TITO distribute the catalogues at one
of the big art galleries in New
Il York, bright-eyed, sweet-voiced,
small girl was engaged. The desk on
which the cataloges We're piled was
high. The stool which went with the
desk was regulation size, but when the
girl sat on it she couldn't quite see over
the cataloges, so a big book. a diction-
airy or something of ,nst sort, Vas pro-
cured placed On the stool and the girl
was seated on that.
Today that catalog girl is one of the
important figures in the art world. She
never has left the establishment where
she got the first employment. She has
had part In the buying and selling Of
more art treasures probably tnan any
other woman that ever lived. She is Rose
Ioren1 Her career affords remarkable
example of what "a woman who earnest-
,lv applies herself to subject can ac-
|complish.
Art appealed to the little girl at the
catalog desk. She had the benefit Of q
good education. She began to read and
study ON ..rt subjects. She read intel
ligently. What she learned, she never
forgot The art of the east had a par
ticular fascination for her. Today she
is the leading authority in the world on
Chinese art.
The art of the Orient wasn't all she
studied. Few know more regarding the
French and the English schools, an
cient and modern. There have been few
ert sales of consequence IN America in
the last 20 years in which Rose Lorenz
has not played an important part The
art gallery with which she is con-. acted
is the most prominent in the western
hemisphere. 1t has had sales that have
iafo ,7iiIIinnS of dollars Her
work is in the direction of the SALE in
the presentation Of the subjects that are
up for disposal and in looking after the
multitude of details. She, as an expert,
|has to pass upon much that comes to
1.-THE establishment when a collection
lis offered to the public to bid upon. The
Reputation of the house is SO high that
1.-The greatest care has to be exercised to
|prevent anything that Is not genuine
from creeping in. The patrons of the
establishment are great mllionaires, art
collectors of International renown. repre-
|sentatives of museums. and. occasionally.
|speculators who find in tho purchase Of
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breathed. Availng bimaelf Of darkness.
he finally escaped. In later years he
showed that he was shot almost TO pieces,
yet with stoieal endurance he underwent
the tortures of hours under the water,
escaped, and survived.
But where was Weatherford? This was
the question on every lip. They could not
find him among the slain. and it was
thought that he was perhaps among those
who perished on The river in seeking TO
escape. But as usual he fought to the
last. was among the latest to quit tho
field. when he escaped to the river on
his line charger concealed himself till
darkness came. Wien he floated on his
horse down the river, around the bend
past the American camp. and made his
way into the hills to the south of the Tai
lapoosa river Here he remained for
some time during which General ,s>sk-
son offered reward for him taken dead
or alive. The condition of his romantic
temperance will be told in the next arts
iele.
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HEART TO HEART TALKs-By Charles N Lurie

toward the strong box But it hastens
with eager. trembling, nervous fingers
to close it up, not to open 1t vide at
the call of brotherhood.
We all know the evils of indiserimi-
Investigation. We ALL recognize the
worthy aims and the practical good of
the charity organization societies.
with their trained Investigators and
their officials who know real destitu-
tion and want from the sham article.
But with all their scientific, careful.
effective work there are times when
Immediate relief for the poor is needed.
He gives twice who gives quickly"
is true sometimes.
That is the time when the pocket
nerve should be touched and in the
right way. 1t should respond quickly,
as healthy nerve responds in the hu-
man organism.
The pocket nerve should actuare the
hand. toseek the nearest and quickest
way to the purse.
Boy of America
Do you think you can beat father? If
you tried to engage In fathers business
do you think you could do better than
he does?
What a foolish question: of course
notl Why, father is years and years
older. than you, isn't he? And he has
had many years of experience, and he
knows his business thoroughly.
That's a good way to think about
father.
Now. what do you think about the
boys of Illinois, sons of farmers, who
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clined to let things go or more inclined
to work for a Birmingham that Is from
above, which is in travail with her chill
dren? Shall we love. each other more
and lovingly prod one another TO do deeds
of higher emprise for the kingdom of
mercy and brotherhood on earth2 Are
you going to leave US loyal TO our denomi-
nations, but not particularly concerned
with our city?
As TO this [ cannot say, but I can guess
and it is a guess Of hope. Some of Us
believe that through your coming ours
will be city more worth living in, bet
ter for young men and women to come
to. where shining will be less easy and
sacrifice more natural. where 1t shall be
the rule for men to be pure and women
prayerful and all reverently attuned 10
the music of the spheres. We believe
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n a oei heartily would I welcome To
M our city the great. simple-hearted
Christian who has come to spend
lew weeks with US. that he may speak
ana sing the gospel of God into our lives
Amid the pressure of material needs and
cares the grind of competition, the ra-
paelty Tor money which enter in to de-
eeiVe II possible the very elect, it is much
ehal we should be called to think seri-
onsiy and honestly about the real things
righteousness, self control, and the eternal
differences between selfishness ana love
Mr.. Smith comes to a Young city a new
SORT OF city, to find in this southern land
city comDaeted of south and north. and
the peoples OF Europe-a city of fair
women and brave men, but with its share
OIL the whole modern problem: How to be
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HAIL TO THE GIPSY!-By George

Christian and successful? We have here
also the broken, the hopeless. the down at
heel. Mnltitudes of us are black men
and women. and we have much murder
ana some racial contempt and some dead
enlng fatalism. We are all proud of the
birmingham that now is, and hopeful of
a coming Birmingham, bigger and richer
and more splendid. which will enrich us
in the process. Occasionally we turn
from religion, toll and pleasure TO protest
that We wish the murders We're fewer
the police less ready with their guns
and our civic conscience more wakeful
Then we go to Work again and think We
have done our duty. For we are most of
us here because we think that Birming-
ham owes us fortune.
Ours is indeed the plight of the city
called Laodieea. We are rich and we
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wonderfully fine and good and they know
It. Our business men are generous and
splendid, and they know it. We have
unions and lodges and orders. and they
all know what splendid fellows they are
We have Catholic and Protestant and
Jew, and we live most happily together,
and we know that It must be because we
are mighty fine folk. Who can improve
on us?
But some Of Us have sent for you and
you are here What for? Others of US
cannot imagine what possible good YOU
can do. considering how good we already
are, also how busy. Yet some Of us sent
for you and put up a tabernacle for your
meetings and learned to sing hymns to
help the thing along. Are these fanatieal.
or can they see a need to which the rest
of us are blind?
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that through yon We snail tearn the higii-
er and broader democracy. the law Of
service which is the law of love. We be-
lieve that heaven will be nearer and tho
Kingdom of Heaven moro vivid to thou
sands through the message that you
carry.
Therefore. hail TO the Gipsy! Yours is
no provincial gospel. no petty denomina-
tional creed. You stand for Christ. tho
Man and Saviour of men. May you see
of your Travelling soul and be glad. here
In Birmingham May you here plant
trees of paradise. which shall not withert
May you here summon thousands TO pray.
with intelligent feryor and expectancy
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done.
As IN heaven
So on earthi'
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INoR some days the weather has been
cold, and for two days the rain
4 has been falling in a steady drip
Fires of the hearth have been not only
necessary to dry out the rooms, but they
have been essential to physical comfort as
well. At such t1nes one is generally in
disposed to undertake any serious men
tai or manual work. The mind is rather
inclined to indulge in dreamy reveries,
To give rein to the wanderings of men,
ory, to recall the forms and faces of
old friends now distant to read again
old letters, to bring out from their hid
den hooks old hopesakes such as an old
bit of faded ribbon, or a lock of hair
the soul hearing all the while the soft
strains of dear old songs which were
sung in the days that are no more.
In addition to all these tendencies,
when, to quote from Longfelows Mid
night Mass:
The hooded clouds, like friars.
Tell their beads in drops of rain
I have another Inclination. This one Is
n disposition to turn to my scrap books
These books are old friends, and their
various pasted scraps of prose and
poetry. of fact and fiction, recall moods
of mind in which l was indulging when
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think We have need Of nothing except
more riches. We do not know that We
are poor and blind and naked. Our
church life and our civil life alike need
replenishing with the gospel but We are
far from willing to confess it. The gold
tried by fire. is not much IN circulation
among us; but we are sure that we are
just as good as anybody else, as any other
city.
Dear GipsX, it is our goodness that will
hinder you most. Make no mistake about
fhat. II you can. by the grace of God,
induce eontrition, bring the vision of our
needs to our eyes. the honest confession
of our real and most deeply rooted sins
to our lips. YOU will have done deed
most difficult and most divine. We shall
live to bless you for it.
Our churches and Sunday schools are