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lou can't have your cake and eat
Y it too in matrimony any more
= than you can anywhere else. Which
is to say that when a man marries a
woman because she possesses some
quality that fires his fancy he can't
EXPECT her to make a star exhibition
of just the diametrically opposite
qualities Or if he does expect il he
gets disappointed, and there's trouble.
For example:
clever young fellow some 80 years
old, and 1 asked him why he didn't
mary. Because" he replied,
1.-THE girl that fancy is a business
woman, who makes as much money as
1 do. and 1 don't want to marry that
kind of a woman, because she would
be Independent of me.
why, do you know that a girl who
has got q good profession and who
has made a good living for herself be-
fore marriage won't stand for thing
from her husband? If he won't make
her what she considers a fair allow
ance and give her the money abso-
lutely to spend as she thinks fit, bingl
she puts on her hat and goes out and
gets back her old Job. If he gets to
running around at night and staying
out with the boys, she reads the riot
act to him, and he's either got to go
straight, or she goes. She won't even
take any back talk from him.
she doesn't have to do the patient
wife act, and hand out forgiveness
because her husband is her meal
ticket. That's why women in the past
didn't get divorces when their hus-
bands were unfaithful to them, and
neglected them. and beat them, and
cursed them around the house.
NO BRUTE
"They had no money of their own,
and no way of making living, and
they had to shut their eyes and swal-
low any sort of a pill of a husband,
because of the bread and butter he
furnished, but the woman who has
got a good trade she can turn her
hand to. and who can make as good,
or a better living for herself than
her husband is furnishing her, is
mighty particular about how she is
treated.
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81 favor a one toned color scheme. .

she likes. Frills seem part of her
and frills are always adorably femi-
nine and bewitching. One is sure
to imagine all kinds of faint, allur-
ing perfumes hidden in their lacy
softneSs.
Now that scarfs are so much in
vogue, let the slender maiden use
them profusely in her costume. Have
the scarf match the costume, or else
have it fashioned of some contrasting
color, but have it soft and very sheer
Chiffon trimmed with fur makes the
most wonderful scarf, and now it is
quite permissible to use scarfs at all
times of the day and with any kind
of a gown.
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"She can make herself irresistible. f"

THE tall girl has perfect Fairy
land at her finger tips. and she can
make herself positively irresistible If
she is careful about choosing the
right kind of gown. She must ac-
cept for her motto. Nature may be
aided. but no contradicted,' and no
matter what she may decide upon,
she must be careful of her color
schemes. ! myself am in favor of a
one toned color scheme. That is,
having the hair. complexion and
gown match in tone if not color
Learn to blend colors perfectly. or to
contrast them with the eye of con-
noisseur. Only practised eye can
use contrasted colors properly, so
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y A THRILLING STORY OF
SOCIETY BLACK MAILER, 3

heels and smiling with the bland in
nocence of a cherub.
"Was that window up when you
got here, Donnell?" asked Dempster
in a business like tone. He would
show this young captain some fine
work of his own.
Yes, Chief Everything is as it
lays"
Dempster began to examine the
floor slowly working toward the win
dow-DonneH followed in his wake
And Hobrook stood helpless. wonder
ing how much they would discover.
At last the Chief produced small
electric fash lantern and followed
his trail across the window sill and
out into the deep gloom Of the night.
And to the man on guard outside, he
called: Sergeant. keep every one
away from that window"
Now was Larry Holbrook's chance.
Intermittent flashes of light showed
that Dempster was making careful
search outside the house. Holbrook
determined to make as careful a
search of the room. Keeping a wary
eye on Donnell, who was sturdily
standing guard at the window. he
searched rapidly about the desk and
it's vicinity. There were papers which
he must not allow to rustic ever so
slightly-there was that pitiful little
roll of treasury bills, letters, typed
briefs, but no clew. A little moan of
impatience and fear threatened to
burst from his heart and wing it's
betraying path across his lips. Hol-
brooks eyes flashed and his lips
frightened. He Strengthened up. alert
and business like. and surveyed the
whole room hurriedly then he
paused in front of the desk-some-
thing arrested his attention some
thing was striving to penetrate his
consciousness.
He suddenly became aware of
Flagg's clenched left hand-there was
clutching white fist-the tense hand
awful meaning.
Holbrook darted one quick look at
Donnell. Then he caught those cold
fingers in his own warm grasp. The
clutch of the dead man did not relax.
Judson Flagg seemed to have carried
with him beyond the grave the power
to hold what he desired-to demand
his price. Donnell coughed. Holbrook
quickly dropped that resisting dead
hand and began lingering the roll of
bills with a slow interest. There was
quiet again. And again Holbrook took
that c1ammy dead hand in his. He
pried at the fingers with grim deter
mination. They had yielded their Sc
cret.
HoIbrook clutched dizxily at the
desk. He felt he must have some
support In this moment of agonixing
revelation. Before he had feared
now he KNEW!
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Powder smoke in the air." said
Holbrook in easy explanation of his
theory And to himself he added
very seriously: "And-perfume."
II thought this job would be too
big for the headquarters men
Chief" began Donnell.
"Oh. I'm not on 1t officially, DON
nell-just to look it over with the In
spector-has he been here?"
Donnell shook his head. Tine In
spector just phoned and asked you to
please wait for him
II seel Every moment that we waste
may be fading a clew. We had better
look about a Bit said the chief. more
truthfully than he knew.
The two officials, with that cold
blooded air of business that they must
all the more assume in the presence of
mysterious death, walked over and
looked at the body.
Judson Flagg lay sprawled across
the table as he had died. And one
clenched first held the clew that must
betray Aline Graham with pitiless GER
tainty. But the chief did not touch
the inert mass of evil that lay before
him. All must be left as 1t had been
at the moment of death-Inspector
Macintyre aust find every clew In
tact. So Judson Flagg's remorseless
dead hand still covered its bitter evil
dence.
Larry Holbrook still stood motion
less near the door. He felt the stern
necessity for clear thought--the situ-
alton threatened to be strangely COM
plicated.
What did it all portend? And that
was the very question that trem-
bling girl was asking of the nights
darkness-what did 1t all mean?
Suddenly Holbrook spied crumpled
rose at his feet-her rose-could 1t
be? But no, there were thousands of
Killarney roses In Washington He
stopped and picked up the f1ower-in
another moment 1t would have been
safe in the pocket of his coat, but
Chief Dempster looked up, and as
suming a fine air of casual interest
Holbrook dropped the flower at his
feet. Another piece of evidence lay
shrieking to the heavens Of Aline.
fright over the heart" said Donnel1
with JUNCTION. Even crime neatly
consummated may have its admirers.
Not bad weapon at that" adj
mitted Chief Dempster.
The chief began moving about
quietly, and as he scanned every
thing in a quick, alert way Donnell
watched him admiringly.
Holbrook still held his position near
the center door. but suddenly he took
off his top coat and tossed 1t and his
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UngratefuI Tom

Mr.. Blossom had been very Ill. and
bv the time he was able to get down
stairs again his hair had grown to
considerable length. Then 1T was that
Mrs. p. volunteered to cut it for him.
and blossom, probably owing to his
weak condition. consented to the ex-
periment. Then Blossom repented his
rashness.
Great Scott, MARTHA he yelled, as
Mrs. 3. jammed the point of her scis-
sors in his neck. What the dickens
do you think you're doing?"
Am I hurting you. dear2' muir
INJURED Mrs B. It's only these cor
ners behind your ears that bother me-
Do keep stiIP And then she sliced
bit of his ear.
LAUNDERING jumbo" shouted b.,
iumping about the room like cat on
hot bricks "Oh, no. I'm only doing
this for fun" And he dashed upstairs
and plunged his head in the bath.
That's the worst of Torn,' sighed
Mrs. B., as she took up her knitting.
Hes always so ungrateful!
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AT Times Animals

xxTT impossible to exactly initiate the voice of an
animal" said Minns learnedly people reckon
that they very in limitations kind,
but any who knows that they all out"
vho told you that you judge?" asked Sims
Then Minis got offered bet him
dollar could plausible
tion O N animal
ANY member of the animal kingdom?" queried Sims.
yes" answered Minns adding, I going to say
except donkey, remember that you quite
naturally
Done for ten cents" exclaimed Sims.
He the middle of the and the others
awaited Sims perfectly
ute then returned cents
What o you call that? That's imitation" cried
Excuse me-" observed Sims, politely, that was fish"
md others insisted Minns parting with the
money.
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By DOROTHY DIX

woman who was snow and ice to all
he's added to it another quality. He
wants her to be armor plate before
marriage and a feather bed afterward.
But mark my word" he went on,
"the independence of women, and es-
pecial1y the financial independence of
women, is the reason there are so
many divorces nowadays, and there
are going to be more and more di-
vorces until men realize that they
have got to treat their wives better,
and be fairer to them, in order to
keep friend wife on her job and salts
fed with it,
I've been frank and told what few
men even acknowledge to themselves,
and that is that a mans real ideal of
a perfect wife is an intelligent slave.
He wants her to feel that she is alb
solutely dependent on him. That's
why the ordinary man won't give his
wife an allowance. He isn't stingy.
He wants her to have the money, but
it tickles his vanity to have her come
and humbly importune him for every
cent.
rs the woman who has been in the
habit of having a fat pay envelope
handed out to her every week, and no
questions asked. for doing about half
the work she has done in the home,
going to stand for panhandling her
husband for every cent? / trow not,
and husband has got to come across
with the allowance in the future, or
else wife will go back TO her type
writer, or counter.
Also a man has felt that he had
a right to be about 10 times as dis
agreeable to his wife as he would
dare to be to anybody else. and wife
has stood 1t because she had nowhere
else to go, except back home where
she wasn't wanted. But that halcyon
day is also gone, for wife is demand
ing that she shall be treated in her
own home, by her own husband, with
as much respect and courtesy as she
has been accustomed to receiving In
the business office where she worked.
That's why 1 don't marry. The In
dependent, clear eyed, bright and
snappv business girl has spoilt me
for any other sort of girl, and I'm
not good enough for her I've got so
much of old Adam cave dweller in
me that she'd divorce me, sure"
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Make the most of your charms. !"

ideas seemed to fit in perfectly with
her looks and her surroundings.
The tall, slim young person, who
ives one the impression of a strong.
slender tree, has. in the first place, a
great many advantages over her
shorter sister. Both long and short
lines are becoming to her; she may
wear dresses with stripes running
lengthwise or around, whichever she
pleases, and they will always be be-
coming That is, unless she is too
tall. and then, of course, stripes must
be used with discretion. There is
such a thing as exaggeration which
can always be detected no matter how
modified.
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"Alfne! Good God" burst from his
tortured lips.
Donnen turned quickly at the
sound of his voice.
Did ye speak to me, sor?'
Yes. What did you find outside
there?' asked Larry, recovering him
self quickly.
Nothing yet
Nothing much inside here, either"
said the captain, with an easy little
laugh.
Donnel turned again to his guard
duty at the window. He was quite
intent on keeping out any intruder
who might come near enough to
threaten the case of the state versus
the murderer of Judson Flagg
Holbrook ventured a little exhaIa-
ton. He had fairly been holding his
breath. He wanted to shout and
exult, but he controlled himself. He
gave one wry glance at the emerald
brooch, put that dangerous bit of evil
dence in the pocket of his dinner
coat. shut F1agg's fingers back into
their gripping position and then care
fully wiped off his hands on the black
cloth of his suit Even in the big
moments of life the prejudices of our
own youth and the youth of our race
remain. Holbrook had not fancied
the task of touching this dead man;
he wiped off the feeling of that con-
tact and the memory of those clammy
fingers on his clothes.
And now having satisfied his boy
ish squeamishness the soldier looked
about for the next task he must per-
form. He was alert and purposeful
in every taut nerve. The man who
with daredevil recknessness would
risk his life for a cause of freedom
that was not his own must show the
utmost cold caution in protecting
that cause. DUTCH DUGAN WOULD
AID NICARAGUA-ALIN GRAHAM
WAS CAPTAIN HOLBROOK'S
CAUSE,
SHIELDING ALINE
Larry Holbrook had two distin-
gushing marks of his race-1exible
lips that followed his mood and
dropped or twitched quickly from
smile to Disgusting Indifference when
his Celtic emotion threatened to be-
tray him. and twinkling hazel eyes
that carried in them the smiles and
signs. the tender wistfulness and the
strength of his own Isle of Mists.
Set over his eyes were straight,
heavy brows that had a way of lift
ing at the corners like Frenchman's
hands.
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perhaps it would be wise to stick to
the blending process.
The tall girl may have all the
draperies and frills that she wants.
She may wear the daring minaret
costume without fear OF making the
hips seem too large. 1t will but en-
hance the fragility of her appearance,
particularly If she has her skirt long
and seemingly intricate around the
feet. Often this appearance of in
volved dressmaking comes without
any effort, although it seems most
Partisan and impossible to attain
when seen on other people.
The slender girl may wear as many
soft drifting frills at her throat as
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A BIG WAGER

A BIG WAGER
bet he can't eat any moar than my
father, sed, & 1 bet he can't drink so
much.
He can eet twice as much as yure
father, sed Willie. Wait till you see
him eat
So I went & toaId nv Pa what Will
lie Garrison sed & Wen the c1ambake
began Pa started to eet & Mister Gar
rison started to eet. too. 1 seen rite
away that Pa wasent in It with Mis-
ter Garrison. but I knew that Pa
wuddent quit. Wen thare was nothing
left but the bones, we counted up &
this is what Pa ate:
Holsters,
Z chickings.
IL ears of corn.
Is sweet potatoes,
100 clans,
Sum extras.
& this is what Mr.. Garrison ate:
10 Holsters,
10 chickings.
IS ears of corn,
IA sweet potatoes.
20 Irish potatoes,
ITO clans,
Sum extras.
Pa ate one moar sweet potato than
Mister Garrison. but that was beekaus
Wil1e's father didn't ike sweet po-
tatoes at all & jest ate few to keep
Pa company.
PA WAS SILENT
L cuddent git Pa to say a word on
She way hoam. He wuddent talk
about anything. I sed It was nice
afternoon. & all he did was to nod his
he'd. Ma cudent git him to say a
word eether. but I guess Ma was kind
of glad that for onst Pa had calm
hoAm full of thick food. He was sick
for three CD days, but Ma dident
SKIOLD him onst. She jest called him
her deer old stuffed goose.
It makes a lot of differens to wifes
what thare husbands fill up on
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You Can Begin This Great Story Today
:; :; by Reading This First =; :;

Aline Graham, the beautiful daugh-
ter of u. S. District Attorney Cor
don Graham, Is beloved by Captain
Lawrence Holbrook. soldier Of for
tune. free lance and all around good
fellow. Aline loves him, but, because
of some secret in her past, she refuses
to marry him. While Holbrook is at
her house she receives a telephone
message from Judson Flagg, lawyer
and notorious blackmailer of society.
Holbrook begs Aline to tell him her
secret. She refuses and makes him
leave her. The message from Flagg
has made her frantic. and she Is at
loss to know what to do. Aine goes
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Now Read. On

nat on an inconspicuous chair. His
manner had become alert and deter
mined. There was a military crisp
ness in his bearing as he came for
ward and scanned everything as
quickly as the chief himself. He
seemed to be listening to Donnell. but
he was following a train of thought
far removed from Donnell.
Il wuz on Sixteenth street, an
heerd the kid a-yelling an I run
over here. a-b1owin' my whistle as
come, an found what you see and
I phoned- headquarters. and
See anybody after you got here?"
asked the captain.
only the boy-he's upstairs-but
he don't know nothing about it."
A look of relief crossed Holbrooks
face. What did he fear? And could
his love stand the strain-if it all
proved true? Could man go on low
ing woman after he knew that she
had committed a murder? Would he
still wish to marry a girl whose hands
were stained with the blood of human
life?
Him." said Donne1l, nodding to the
thing that had been Judson Flagg,
and the boy lived heer to them
selves"
Made any Investigations" asked
the chief crisply.
Never touched a thing, no. sir
just as see IT."
"Glad you came along, captain
said the chief with his strong, steady,
sure of itself smile. The man was of
granite mold. Duty was his fetish
And for him there was no way but
that the criminal must be ground by
the machinery of the law. Steel We're
his eyes, gray his hair, firm his mouth
and jaw-and he had the firm
strength of a man to whom right was
absolute. and criminal criminal
And into his sturdy power Aline Gra-
ham must soon come when once he
had read the dangerous evidence of
that room from which she had fed
less than an hour ago.
A crisp interest in criminals and
criminology was all that showed of
Holbrook's face as he answered with
the assumption of ease that had car
ried him through Moro battles and
the conflict with the Russian bear
This ought to be an interesting
case. chief. This reading a tale a
dead man can't tell
Shall we look it over unofficially
till the inspector gets here?" asked
the chief.
THE Lord loves the Irish." re-
marked Larry piously- to himself. But
aloud all he said was an Indifferent
Yes"
HIS CHANCE
With a bit of a challenge in his
voice, the chiefswaved his hand around
the room and smiled. "And now my
lad. let's see some of that fine work
they say you usued to do in Manila. =
They were stringin' you, chief"
said Holbrook titling back on his
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-26
Little Bobbie S Pa
" 8 9 Loses Again 8 3 8
Bv WILLIAM F. KIRK

- a clam bake last Munday. 1t was the
- first to. & 1 aint
- going aggenn until stummick gifts bigger. 1 ate
90 & 10
Pa toald that had to hurry git % clam
bake beekaus CRATE trubbel with affairs was
thare o
IS always a few glut-tons clam
much six sed, & thay usually the
thare The clam bake that to- Pa,
thare ttel lait, all thare left for to
I thare few cold potatoes & four cold
clans All nice choking lobster gone,
Hurry, Bobbie.
I walked fast cud go & got thare we
had a of started ALL & thare
only about twenty thare other litte boy
beesides His naim Willie Garrison & he was
father
Are you going eet lots? I asked him.
I going to much father. but not
quite. Willie. fathers naim is George & he
county.
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TO Flagg's place and he offers to sell
her letters written by her and to her,
which establish the fact that she was
the victim of a mock marriage sew
eral years before Flagg demands
$1,000 as the price of the letters. The
girl has not the money. The man
struggles with her and Aline kills
him with a bill file. AS he dies he
clutches her emerald brooch and, with
Satanic malice, takes a fiashlight
photograph OF her. When the mur-
der OF Flagg is reported to the po-
lice Captain Holbrook accompanies
his friend. Chief Dempster. to the
house of death
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YOU ARE TOO YOUNG

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am IS years old. and am
working for a firm with excel
lent prospects. Two months
ago 1 met young girl by chance,
and since / have seen her every
night l would give my right
arm to please her Do you think
/ ought to ask her parents II |
can give her ring? My salary
Is S24 per week. Do you think
that I am too young, or is the
salary too small?
ANXIOUS.
Your salary is not too small; am
proud of you that one so young earns
SO much. But you are too young.
Wait three years, and then you will
smile at the memory of what you
now call love.
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MAKE BOY FRIENDS

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
/ am a young man of II, but
look older and have older habits.
l am a decent fellow and don't
go around with other lads. /
have tried hard to make girl
friends, but seemingly luck is
against me; simply can't. Being
the only one in the family. I'm
lonesome. ANXIOUS.
Every young man should have
friends among young men. If they
are nice, clean young men their
friendship is the best investment he
can make. An additional reason is
that through them a man may meet
very nice girls.
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Aduice to the LoueLorn g

of amusement with him or call
at my home. A A
1t is a fact, which you will admit
when you look around you. that the
girl who receives the least promis-
cuous attention from the men, and
regards such attention as of the least
Importance, makes the best mar
riage. Just remember this and be
happy, and wait
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CALL AT THE HOUSE

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
| am 20 and in love with a
girl the same age. and would like
to call on her, but she lives with
her sister, and keeps house for
her. and is dependent on her sis
ter and brother in law for her
support; and her sister refuses
to let her receive or meet gem
tlemen friends. What would you
advise me to do to meet her
without doing so in secret?
l.. S. K.
/ am pleased with your frankness;
1t indicates an honesty of purpose
that should disarm the girls re1a-
tives. Call and let your intentions
be known. Surely II you prove your
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-26
By MAUDE MILLER

xkToDAY marks the advent of the
tall and slender maiden. All
things combine in the adorning
is playing in The Strange Woman"
Miss Ferguson is tall herself and
very slender. She wears her golden
hair drawn softly back and caught
loosely, so that it waves entrancingly
over her ears and droops low against
the nape of her neck. She smiled at
me quizzically as she talked, and her
of her beauty. the present mode is in
strumental in enhancing her charms,
and so my message is one for her
alone" says Miss Elsie Ferguson. who
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For the Old
BY WILLIAM F. KIRK

KnANY years ago they banished
W Every thought of worldly games;
All the strength of youth has vanished
From their bent and slender frames.
But they rest, after the cleaning,
And the sunsets dreamy glow
Holds deeper, sweeter meaning
Than the young can ever know.
They have loved their ardent lovers,
They have kissed in years gone by,
And misty halo hovers
Ger the loves that had to die.
They dream of faded glories,
And each dream will bring more joy
Than million passion stories
Passed between a girl and boy
We are young and we are striving
For the things they used to crave;
They, while splenddly surviving,
Smile serenly at the grave.
And we struggle all too vainly
With the hope that can tell
Half the things we see so plainly,
Half the things they know so we'll