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Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-07-17

rs the man" he began, but at this
moment the man entered, and DR.
Heath forgot the young detective, in
his interest in the new arrival
Mr.. Brotherson, believe" said he,
as he motioned his visitor to sit.
That is my name, sir"
Orlando Brotherson?"
THE same, SIR"
I'm glad we have made no mis-
take" smiled the doctor MIR. Broth
erson, | have sent for you under the
supposition that you were friend of
the unhappy lady lately dead at the
Hotel Clermont"
Miss Challoner?"
Certainly; Miss Challoner"
Il knew the lady. But" here the
speakers eye took on a look as ques-
tioning as that of his interlocutor-
but In way SO devoid of all public
ity that I cannot but feel surprised
that the fact should be known"
At this, the listening Sweetwater
hoped that DR.. Heath would ignore
the suggestion thus conveyed and de-
cline the explanation it apparently de-
manded. But the impression made
by the gentleman's good looks had
been too strong for this coroner's
proverbial caution, and handing over
the slip of note which had been
found among Miss Challoner's effects
by her father, he quietly asked:
do you recognize the signature ?"
Yes, it is mine''
DO you remember the words Of this
note, Mr.. Brotherson?"
Hardly. l recollect it's tenor, but
not the exact words"
Read them"
Excuse me, I had rather not l
am aware that they were bitter and
should be the cause of great regret.
| was angry when l wrote them"
THAT is evident. But the cause of
your anger is not so clear, Mr.. Broth
erson. Miss Challoner was a woman
of lofty character, or such was the
universal opinion of her friends.
What could she have done to a gen.
tleman like yourself to draw forth
such trader"
you ask that?"
Il am obliged to. There is mystery
surrounding her death-the kind of
mystery which demands perfect frank
ness on the part of all who were near
her on that evening, or whose rela-
lions to her were in any way peculiar.
You acknowledge that your friendship
was of such guarded nature that it
surprised you greatly to hear it recog-
nized. Yet you could write her a let
ter of this nature. Why?"
Because" the word came glibly;
but the next one was long in follow
ing. Because" he repeated, letting
the fire of some strong feeling disturb
for moment his dignified reserve,
Il offered myself to Miss Challoner,
and she dismissed me with great dis
dain."
"Ah! and so you thought threat
was due her?"
"a threat?"
These words contain threat, do
they not?"
They may. / was hardly master of
myself at the time. | may haye ex-
Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1913-07-17

Don't worry about what the other
fellow is going to do. Let your sups.
rtor activities worry hxzU,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
The Apparently Gay Life
Is Only a Bitter
Mockery.

1t is TO throttle memory, and
duh thought, so that they may
forget for an hour what they
once were, and the sort of crea-
ture they are doomed to become.
1t is sadly true that there is
nothing else in the world so lit
tie gay as what is termed the
gay life. Listen to its laughter.
1t is mere noise. the cracking
Of thorns under a pot, with no
ring of merriment in it. The
women who lead 1t never smile,
for there is no happiness there.
You will see on their faces fear,
and bitter mockery, and bold in
science, and jealousy and rage,
and every evil passion that can
tear the human heart, but you
will never see that look of calm
peace and content that shows
that a woman has got for her
souls desire, and that all is we'll
with her.
If you take the primrose path,
little sister, you may get a few
fine clothes. little rich food, a
little luxury, but do not forget
that you will get other things
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30

One curious fact about wireless
telephony is that 1t carries the
voice almost infinitely quicker
than it could be transmitted by
sound, provided that sound could
be heard so far. A sound wave
would require more than three
quarters Of an hour to go 500
miles through the air; an electric
wave goes that distance in one
three hundredth of a second!
Practically we may say that the
transmission is instantaneous.
The same thing is, of course,
true of simple signals transmitted
by wireless telegraphy. They
could go round the earth in about
one seventh of a second. This fact
is about to be taken advantage of
in order to ascertain more accu-
rately than it is known at present
the longitude of Washington. Be
ginning in winter this year, and
continuing until April next, sig
nails are to be exchanged for this
purpose between the Eiffel Tower
in Paris and the Naval Radio Sta
ton at Arlington. near Washing
ton. These signals will probably
traverse the Atlantic in about
one-fiftieth of a second.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
A Wireless Triumph

from all quarters of the sea a
congregation OF vessels bent on q
message Of deliverance.
1t is a revelation to us of the
majesty OF human thought 1t
gives us a new suspicion Of the
magnificence inherent in the hu-
man mind. 1t widens for us the
chasm that divides between flesh
and humaness.
We may not all of us have the
genius Of Marconi, but he was
man and so are we. SO that in a
way his triumph is the triumph Of
the race and reflects a dignity E.
which we are all Of us sharers.
And then the other feature. toe
subtle to be expressed by any
painters brush, is the splendid
humanity evinced by the scene.
The steamer which at the time OF
the Titanic disaster ignored its
humanitarian opportunity has
been the object of the righteous
Indignation Of the entire world.
Around the Volturno, on the
contrary, were gathered ten
steamers, representing different
nationalities and varying inter
ests, who suspended temporary
their individual purposes and, out
OF the humanness Of their sym
pathy, which everywhere is grow
Ing warmer and sweeter with the
years, surrendered themselves &c
the relief Of the threatened vie
tins OF horrible disaster.
1t is beautiful commentary or
the widening sense OF human
brotherhood, and makes the tu-
ture look brighter by indicating
that we are all Of US outErowinE
ourselves and broadening into ar
International and universal 70
lowshin
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30

"HERE Is picture that to
the end of life will linger in
the minds OF those who,
with the power Of a quickened
imagination. read the story of the
recent burning Of the Volturno--
the picture, namely, of the DOOM
ed vessel wrapped in flames,
dashed by the storm and sur
rounded by the ten steamers how
ering about her on their errand of
mercy and of saving. No paint
ing could do the scene justice, but
in tens Of thousands of hearts
the event is portrayed IN colors
that are unfading.
1t can not be adequately repre-
sented on canvas, for there are
two distinguished features that
no artists brush is sufficiently
delicate to delineate: one Is the
scientific genius that rendered
possible the gathering together OF
such a squadron OF relief.
That feature was the celebra-
ton, under most august circum-
stances, of the triumph of wire
less telegraphy. 1t was a eulosy
pronounced in terms to which no
articulate speech could approx
mate upon the genius Of the great
discoverer. It was an instance,
almost Unprecedented, Of the abil-
ity OF the human mind to assert
its supremacy over nature and
to bend the energies OF nature TO
the service and needs OF man.
1t may be a long time before
there will be greater demon
stration OF what is in man to dis
cover and to effect than was at
forded when the operator aboard
the Volturno, touching the keys
Of his instrument could assemble
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
Stars and Stripes

Our Bluebeards are having a
hard time proving their crimes.
Fur bearing FISH have been dis
covered in the Arctic. Sad news
for husbands. II you don't be-
heve it, look at the price OF seal
skin.
About this time we get sugges-
tons on how not to catch cold"
Chief point of interest about them
is that they're always written by
man with a cough.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
She Sees Herself Clad in
Clothes That Set Off
Her Beauty.

She sees herself dressed in the
fine clothes that would set off her
youth and beauty as a frame
does a pretty picture, the kind OF
clothes that she's seen sold over
the counter to other women, but
has never had herself. She sees
herself wearing creations" in
stead OF hand me down suits,
sweeping into gilded restaurants
where there are shaded lights
and music, and other gorgeously
dressed women eating dainty
food.
She sees herself rolling about
In automobiles instead of hang
Ing on to street car straps. She
sees herself eating her breakfast
in bed instead of punching the
time clock at S o'clock in some
store or office. She sees ease and
luxury. and all the things that her
ardent youth Graves so passion
ately, waiting for her to take If
only she chooses the primrose
path.
And when she looks down the
other bend OF the road. the
strait and narrow road. she
sees nothing before her but hard
travelling. She sees poverty. and
self denial. and hard work. She
sees herself growing old, and fad
ed. and gray like little Miss Smith
in the office where she works.
a woman whose meager pay en-
velope barely enables her to meet
the necessities OF life and has
never given her any of its frills.
Or II she marries she sees her
self following in her mothers
footsteps. the poor. tired. family
drudge, with always a baby in
one hand and a frying pan in
the other; the one OF the house
hold who bears the heaviest bur
den. and wears the shabbiest
clothes, and works the longest
hours. and receives the least ap-
probation.
And so the poor young girl,
with her pretty face, and the avid
desires Of her youth for pleas
ure stands at the cross roads
and asks herself which way he
shall go, and if 81 pays TO be
gcodg
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
By Dorothy Dix

also. lou "Iu 50. tortured
conscience, and you will get
shame, you will get fear always
with you lest your beauty fade.
And also, little sister, you
shall know cruelty and abuse as
no ether woman ever knows it,
for it is the way of men to break
their toys when they have wea-
ried of them. And you shall
have brief life span, for that
Is the motto Of the primrose
path, "a short life and a merry
one"
And If the primrose path is
not SO alluring at short range as
it appears at a distance. neither
is the straight and narrow path
so hard and barren in reality as
1t looks in prospect. The woman
who treads 1t may wear home
spun, but no other woman draws
her skirts away from her as if
she was leper. She has the re-
spect and admiration of those
about her, and, believe me. little
sister, these are a better garment
in. which to be clothed than the
silks and satins that a woman
has bought at the price of her
soul.
Above all, she has her own self
respect, and tiat is the one thing
that is absolutely necessary to
any real happiness. AS long as
we can look ourselves in the face
with a clean conscience none Of
us can be utterly miserable.
The girl who chooses the bet
ter way may look forward to the
supreme happiness of life, that
Of being married to a good man
who loves and honors her, and to
having little children into whose
clear eyes she is not afraid to
look, and to establishing a home
over which no shadow of a past"
rests
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30

those treacherous boys. covered
with flowers that look bright and
beautiful to the eye, but into
which the traveller, who tries to
cross, sinks down into the slime
and perishes, II you could see
under the blooms you would find
that every crimson flower mas it's
roots in the dead heart of some
poor foolish young girl like you.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
Ancients Only Dreamed
We Dreamed First,
Then Acted.

Here, there, anywhere on. the
surface of the earth other little
man made demons seize upon the
speeding waves and change them
back again into tn, human voice.
Was anything equally marvellous
ever imagined about the powers
of the magicians Of old? The
only difference is that the an
clients merely dreamed, and we
first dreamed and then acted.
The Imagination Is the prime mo-
tor for both, but they saw it's pic
lures without an effort to trans
form them into realities. while we
have made them substantial by
the aid of science.
Many inventors are working
upon the problem Of making
wireless telephony at great dis
tances commercially successful.
1t is probable that several differ
ent systems will be perfected,
but the base of all is the same.
1t is always the electric waves
that carry the impulses transmit
ted from the human organs Of
speech, ready to be retrans-
formed, when they reach their
destination, into articulate words.
The difficulties are purely mat
tiers of detail. There are Ameri-
can systems, German systems,
French systems, Italian systems,
and all of them are more or less
successful.
AS far as am aware, the record
of distance at present is held by
Mr.. Vanni, the director of the tel
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
x MY BOOKS y
BY CONSTANCE CLARK.

A of books upon a shelf
My books-a little part of me.
Do they reveal my inner self.
My hidden personality?
A battered Logic, SCARED and old;
The Death of Arthur done in verse.
And then Zooogy-all told,
really can't say which is worse.
Turner book with gorgeous prints,
Jane Austen, Volumes One, Two, Three;F
A He6da Gablers subtle hints,
Beside red Aurora Leigh.
The Blue Bird in its leather gown
Next to a set of Bernard Shaw.
And then book Of great renowr
And much diseussed-The Common Law.
Then Tennyson's immortal Maud,
And Kiplng with my Browning next;
Rossetti's poems done abroad
With quaint illuminated text.
And then q long and narrow book
keep II always within call
Into its depths daily look
like my check book best of all
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
Garrett P Serviss
Writes on =
Mysteries Of Science
and Nature 'I
Wireless Telephony, Now an -
Established Fact, Will Make
1t Possible for the Human
Voice Soon to Travel Around
the World. -
By GARRETT P. SERVISS

THERE is no longer the
slightest doubt that the
time is coming. and per-
haps close at hand, when we shall
habitually talk to one another at
distances of hundreds, or even
thousands, of miles without the
intervention Of any wires con-
Meeting the speaker with the
nearer. Wireless telephony is an
established fact, but the appa-
ratus still needs development be-
fore it can come into general,
everyday use and displace the ex-
listing telephone system.
There is something wejrdly i'm
pressive in the thought OF trans
ferring the feeble human voice
over mountains and seas, and
making it virtually encircle the
earth. Man speaks and his plan
ct hears! At his command a
little electric demon transforms
his voice into waves that traverse
the ether with the speed of light,
carrying the voice with them,
locked up in their undulations.
In less than one second and
third they could bear it to the
moon. In about three minutes
they could carry it to the planet
Mars.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
WHICH,?

TIME plC.u4e "A4on 4.--oni-
panies this article shows
young girl standing at
the cross roads of her life, try
ing to decide which turn she
shall take.
In one direction, for a. little
way at least-and that Is as
far as the eyes of youth can
see--the path stretches alluringly
before her.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
Eiffel Tower Signals Are
Received Far Out
at Sea.

Already the time signals from
the Eiffel Tower are received by
ships far out on the ocean. But
these communications, which en-
able the navigator to determine
his longitude with hitherto unat-
tainable accuracy, will surely
seem far more wonderful when
instead of mere Geographic dots
and dashes, the captain of a ship
in mid-Atlantic hears a voice from
Paris, dropping down out of the
blue, and saying as If the speak
er were close by his ear: Twelve
o'clock at the Eiffel Tower."
But we quickly become accus-
toned to marvels when they are
of everyday occurrence. II we did
not, We should be wondering at
ourselves all the while. Our bod
les are as amazing as wireless tel
ephony, and our minds infinitely
more amazing.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30
Take the Right Turn of
the Road-It Pays To
Be Good.

That is denied the girl who'
takes the wrong turn of the road.
No matter how she repents, or
how she tries to retrace her steps,
there is always the haunting
ghost Of what she has been TO
darken her life
Take the right turn OF the road,
little sister. II pays to be good.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30

lane the f7". ,urn s.. -
road, little sister Look a little
closer at what is called the
primrose path, and you will see
that 1t Is nothing but one of
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-30

- Wl4J Ieo lIOWtFS dIe az
ways blood red.
Believe me, what is called
"the' easiest way" is the hardest
way on earth for a woman.
No other road is so stony, or
so cuts and bruises the feet of
women who tread it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
HUNT CLUB HAS LIVELY RUN
Meadow Brook Riders Follow
Fox with a Test for Life,

East Norwich, Long Island, Dec. 20
Thirty riders had a good chase after a
lively fox to-day. which the Meadow
Brook Hunt Club hounds kept on the
move for over an hour. After he had been
driven at a speed which had both hunters
and hounds leg weary he went TO earth
Just when Il seemed as though he would
be killed.
The meeting place was at East Norwich.
hounds being taken TO cover on nearby
farms. and several places were thoroughly
combed over before the hounds began to
give tongue. and then punched and made
off at good pace, the riders being strung
out in the rear. and several OF them being
held up by tho stifY fences which abound
I'm that section of Nassau County.
Twenty-eight hounds composed the
pack. and they found on the Schin place,
then drove straight to oyster Bay. Skirt
Ing the water. the fox made wide detour
and threw the hounds at fault for few
minutes near the Columbia Stock Farm.
Scent up to that period had been strong,
and the hounds drove fast and straight for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
NICHOLS WINS FOR TEAM
Dickinson High Scores in Inter
scholastic Gymnastics.

Frank Nichols, of Dickinson High
School. led his school 70 victory In the
annual interscholastic gymnastic meet al
the Jersey City School last night lie
won two first places and tied for another.
He scored 10 Of the 81 points that gave his
school victory over the four other con-
testing institutions. Stuyvesant High
School, Of Manhattan, was second with 10
points, with De Witt Clinton In third
place with only one point.
Nichols was pressed hard in the fight
for the individual title by Joseph sadie,
Of Stuyvesant. The latter was first in
the side horse, had several second places
and tied with Nichols in the horizontal
bar. Nichols's victories were in the par
rallel bars and flying rings.
Club swinging-Won by Wilson. Dlckin-
son, 2S.5 points; Flynn. Dickinson. %
points, second; :. Wattles De Witt elm
ton, % points. third.
Parallel bars-Won by F Nicholas,
Dickinson, 2J.5 points; J. Sadie. Stuyve-
SAINT 23.2 points, second; Won Anx, Dickin-
son, 90 points, third.
Horizontal bars-F. Nichols OF Dickin-
son, and Sadie, Stuyvesant were tied for
first place, with 49, points; +. Jafiin,
Dickinson. 400 points. third
Side hOrSC-Won by Sadie. StuyVesant.
II points Wilson, Dickinson. Il points.
second; Jafflin, Dickinson, l3 points. third,
Rings-Won by Nichols. Dickinson. .. )
points; Sadlo, Stuyvesant, 22.2 points. sec
ond; Dunn, Dickinson, 22.1 points. third
Tumbling-WOn by Dunn Dickinson. q
points; Nichols, Dickinson. Sl.5 points,
second
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21
COLUMBIA ATHLETES
IDLE IN HOLIDAYS
Basketball Team Needs Work,
However, and Will Be
on Floor.

Athletics AZ Columbia will be practically
at n standstill for the next two weeks
and only I'm basketball will there be any
signs OF activity. halt was called by
the coaches yesterday in track. wrestling
swimming, water polo. fencing. soccer
and gymnastics, and none OF the squads
in these various lines Of endeavor will
have any practice until after the reopen
ing OF the university, on January 5.
The new policy in track athletics OF
limiting competition OF Columbia athletes
10 collegiate meets has had the effect OF
curtailng the strenuous training that has
marked Columbias track work In mldwin-
ter in years gone by. II is not probable
that the Columbans will do much active
track work until late in February or early
in March, although the varsity relay
team will compete in the Boston Athletic
Association, and the Columbia indoor
meets. az usual.
In all the other sports. with the excep-
ton OF basketball, there Will be nothing
doing in the way OF practice until after
the holidays. Harry Fisher. coach OF the
I'VE, HDNtNfl' lf'lS llut tl' tVhlIl
all the practice II can get at this stage
Of its development II II is TO make any
kind OF showing In the intercollegiate
League series. The Columbia team is the
most backward that Fisher has ever put
on the floor The material does not seem
TO be up to the standard. and, further
more, the players are slow TO learn. so
that Fishers task Is by no means an
easy one.
The first practice for the five in the holt
days will be held on the day after Christ
mas with the return OF Meenan to tho
lineup the Blue and White showed more
ginger against the Polytechnic Institute
team on Friday night than in It's two
previous games. but the team work IL still
undeveloped and the passing is poor.
With Lee and Benson back I'm their old
time form the team should improve rap
idly, but until they begin to play their
game Fisher will have his hands full.
Wegener, the star Of the Horace Mann
team last season. Is one OF the most prom
Using OF the new men on the varsity
squad.