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girls and a young man. the next eve
ming.
AT the mention of their names, tho
'.old bachelor" cousin said; .r
But they're too young for nae. You
must respect my gray hairs"
"NonMnse," said Katy Didn't that's
the reason that I'm asking you. I want
some one who's has been every where,
seen everything and knows a charming
woman when he meets her"
The plot thickens." he exclaimed
What part do l play?"
Sudden devotion to a girl who is as
sweet as she looks" she told him, and
he laughingly agreed.
1t may be remarked incidentally that
the ''old bachelor" cousin was one OF
society's most charming membefs-not
in the least blase and always an addi-
tion to any party.
The evening of the dinner party ar
rived and when Katy Did made her
appearance no fairer flower had ever
been seen than Just this sweet, modest
girl. the embodiment of the daintiest
of eighteenth century figures in her
simple, pretty white gown.
AS she entered the drawing room.
her hostess took her hand and leading
her over to the "old bachelor" cousin,
she said
II want you two people to know each
other" and left them socially on a
divan. flanked by the most attractive
of Japanese screens.
Jack arrived shortly afterward, fag-
ged out and tired looking and as he
shook hands with his hostess she said
Katy Did and my cousin, Mr.. Henry
Wade, are in the living room Do you
know my cousin Henry? No? He's
one of the most eligible men In town.
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BY DOLLY DALRYMPLE

and one of the most charming. I'm
Just crazy for him and Katy Did to like
each other! She's so perfectly lovely
and he'sEwell, he's a perfect darling.
and they've taken to each other like
ducks to water"
II haven't seen much of Katy-Did
lately" he said. glumly
No" remarked Katy Didn't, care
lessly. 'Well, I'm not surprised, for a
girl like Katy-Did can't devote all Of
her time to one person. She's too at
trsctive for that Besides being pretty
she's so accomplished and intelligent
and people need her for more than just
merely to entertain them"
With this she arose. leaving MIR
Jack" TO scramble about for himself
and presently he glanced into the liv-
ing room where he beheld Katy Did
and the "old bachelor" cousin. comforts
ably ensconced, chatting away like the
world held nothing save just these two.
I big noise and hustle and hully-
bal-loo announced Annabelle's entrance
and she was a dazzling vision of beauty
in seafoam chiffons-redolent of a sum
mer's evening at the seashore with the
swish of the ocean and the rhythm of
the waves beating a pretty ''Lorelie" in
ones heart.
Hello, Jack" she cried. taking him
by the hand. Isn't it folly to be here ?
Let's find coy corner. I've got loads
to tell you!"
And
Off she whisked. absolutely oblivious
to, everybody and everything in the
world.
BY the time the dinner party was
started 1t required all the wit and wis
dom of the hostess and her cousin
Henry to keep the ball rolling.
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become sufficiently familiar with my
characters
Like so many of my fellow writer's,
| find that only the morning is suitable
for creative work. l will not work on a
novel in the afternoon, but reserve that
part of the day for lighter writing,
such as short stories and articles on
various topics. But you see that / vir-
tually work all day in fact. 1 am not
really happy, unless engaged in my liter
airy work.
With the critics asserting that
Wldecombe Fair takes rank with his
best work. Phillpotts' faithful follow
ing expresses regret that he has decided
TO abandon the field with which he has
SO long been identified. "Widecombe
falr with its superb gallery of char
actres and its racy humor, is perhaps
being more widely read for the reason
that 1t represents his leave-taking of
Dartmoor
Twenty years ago Phillpotts was on
the regular staff of Black and White
and living in the suburbs of London.
indeed children of the Mist" which
ne regards as the first of his Dartmoor
comedies, was written five years before
ne moved to his present home in Tor
quay and thus placed himself on the
SuSt VI MS euoStn teffltOry. Although
untraversed by any railroad, Dartmoor
is not difficult of access Many are the
visits he has made from his convenient
headquarters at Torquay into the bleak
and forbidden land which he has made
his own. If this novelist confesses to
any hobby, would be that of a botanist.
for 1T was in his Italianized English
garden that Mr.. Phillpotts and his hos
pitable wife We're found
1.-The fOreWOrd Of .\Vidaco,,,l.a
in which | state that "a modest com
edy OF Dartmoor, planned more than
twenty years ago, is now finished. has
been strangely misinterpretted." he said
as the conversation turned to his most
recently published book This fore
word was not designed to apply to
'Widecomeb Fair alone; 1t merely
chronicled the fact for the benefit of a
few artist friends and amateurs thai
my Dartlnor work Is done. / used the
word comedy in the larger sense as an
plyingto the entire twenty volumes
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Jack was absolutely abstracted un-
der the rapid fire, incessant. staccato.
lfVeliness of Annabelles chatter and
Katy-Did as vigorously kept her alb
sorbed attention for the "old bachelor"
cousin.
Coffee was served I'm the den, when
dinner was over, and as pretty Katy
Did and Cousin Henry We're discussing
a beautiful book of etchings, and An
nabelle attacked the piano with a VI
vacity that was equal to her talking
procilvities, Jack sank down on sofa
beside his hostess-worn out COM
pIetely and distrait.
81 wonder ii you would excuse me If
pun out and go home?" he asked
her presently. 'Tve got a beastly head
oahe and that music nearly runs me
wild. You see. really. when a girl talks
all the time-never stops to even get
her breath--it nearly drives a fellow
mad I've done my duty-PVe listened,
and now, please, may I go? I'm just
down and out"
Poor fellow" sympathized' his host
ess," of course I viii let you go. but 1
had expected you to take Katy-Did home.
don't know how I'll manage about
that Let me see. OF course if you
must GO
lie suddenly Strengthened up.
'Katy-Did, he repeated after her.
"Oh, | guess she'd rather your cousin
Henry would escort her home. I'm
sure she wouldn't care for me to take
her I may as well tell you right now
that Katy Did hasn't even so much as
looked at me tonight. In fact. she has
not noticed me lately"
"Have you noticed herr" asked Katy
Didn't, delighted that the opportunity
she had longed for had presented itself
so soon.
| Haven't you been motoring with An
nabelle, dancing with Annabelle, fiirt-
ing with Annabelle-nay, perhaps, very
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THE COMEDY OF AlISUNDERSTA ANDING

1T isn't that I care at ALL" said
Katy-Did
Certainly not" acquiesced Katy
Didn't.
1T is just that she and 1 have been
such lifelong friends so really inti-
mate that have always told her nearly
everything--that is, at least nearly ev-
erything." Katy-Did declared.
And she has told you nearly every
thing, too" Katy-Didn't suggested.
"Oh. certainly. the other admitted
'You see Annabelle is such vivacious
sort of person The kind that talks all
the time and says
Nothing" the other interrupted.
We'll. at least she talks more than
she says" Katy-Did qualified, "and
says more than she knows and she can
entertain men by the dozensl But then.
that's what they like, isn't it =
Il don't know about that" Katy-
Didn't said seriously. "They Ike not
to have to make an effort themselves,
but then the race is not the individual.
/ remember"
I'm not generally very talkative" ="
katy-Did told her friend "and Jack is
quiet, a least with me- He seems to
talk to me about real things and real
people. He's never hippant. So, when
Annabells's brother came home for a
leave of absence from the navy re-
Gently, | had promised to help her make
him have a good time. OF course the
quartet included Jack"
Il see" said Katy-Didnt. "And that
didn't please Mr.. Jack"
Oh, he liked it we'll enough" Katy
Did told her for nobody could be with
Annabelle without at least being inter-
sisted. She can run like an eight-da
pck when It comes TO talking. She's
J terribly lively. l can't bear people
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Silent Women

M. Dubudout, a French scientist, has
recently given out some startling facts
which appear to show that the tendency
OF woman to talk is actually growing less
and that If this alarming decline keeps
up the woman of thousand years from
now may be mans silent partner, speak
ing seldom and only when words are alb
solutely necessary, says Til Bits.
This strange change lie says, can be
explained in several ways For that
there has been a change | have no longer
any doubt after my extended observation.
not only In France, but in America and
England and Italy and Spain Women
are not the persistent, animated converse
tlonalists that they were 20 years ago.
Take, for instance, women in res-
taurants and at public places of all kinds.
where they are seen freely moving about
with men. Everywhere you see the men
taking not only their own share in the
conversation, but even leading IL in many
cases. At receptions. too, and at public
dinners the fair sex seems, for some time
now TO be letting the reins of conversa-
tlon slip from their hands
One explanation for this queer state ~
aHalrs Is that women, with their grow
ing interest in outside doings i'm business
and politics. and In the strenuous mr.
suits or careers Independent Of men. are
becoming more and more self-absorbed
woman whose mind is occupied with
some burning question OF the day or who
10 greatly concerned over the success OF
her next business venture, or the popular
approval OF her latest book or picture or
song. is not nearly so likelyito keep up a
running fire of light conversation as her
more care-free sister of 20 wears ago.
III the man she Is with shows an in
clination to talk she is more than willing
10 let MIN. 1t gives her greater oppor-
tunity to follow out her own train of
thought while outwardly she pretends TO
drink in every word that he SAYS.
The old-fashioned woman was not in
terested In self-advancement. Neither did
her own affairs absorb her She chatted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03
A Non-Temnerance Drink

An amusing story is being told OF a
clergyman woh was being entertained
over a weekend by one of the well-to-do
but plain men of u Lancashire town not
far from Manchester
As soon as the guest was settled by the
freside on the Sunday evening his host
asked him: Are you teelotailer?p
well. no; not exactly" the clergyman
admitted.
The master of the house received the
statement with obvious relief.
Ahm reight glad to hear tt he said: I:
we n had that sort stayin' with us afore.
Now, IL ye'd been one o. them teetootal-
lers, ye'd a. been wantin' soda water and
lemonade and lime Juice and ginger ale.
and nobody knows what all. But as ye
annt a teetotaller ven be like the rest
O us, an satisfied wi plain water!9
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aW1nEcnMBE EA1R /.

BY Edon Phillpots. Little, Brown and
Company, publishers. Boston.
In his latest novel, "Widecombe Fair"
Mr.. Eden Phillipots, whose pen finds its
fhappiest opportunities In the diverse
characters and rugged circumstances
of Dartmoor. brings out the genial and
humorous aspects of the people of that
romantic region.
The story suggests the varied life and
interests of whole village. 1t is at
Mr.. Eden Phillpots, whose pen finds its
the little community with its hopes
and fears, failures and triumphs. So
large survey reveals the inherent
comedy of life only and results in pic
ture neither tragical nor .sordid, but
essentially humorous. Men, women and
children play their due parts and the
Vale of Widecombe. so sequestered and
lonely to an urban eye, is shown to
surge with human emotion and human
interest There is a magic word paint
Ing as well as~racy humor and skilled
characterize tion in f'Widecombe Fair"
MY Dartmoor work is DONE and the
modest epic in twenty volumes, which
| set out to write twenty years ago
is now completed with the publication
of 'Widecombe Fair" said Eden Phil
potts when interviewed recently at his
home in Torquay on the South coast OF
England. As Thomas Hardy confined
the background of his famous novels
to Nessex so Phillpotts has been the
interpreter of the Dartmoor district of
Devonshire. For a score of years he
has penetrated far and wide into the
little frequented noolSs and corners of
that uplifted land, and observed min
utely, not alone the traits of the people,
but the unique environment amid
which they live.
] was living in the suburbs of London
at the time and when the editorship of
Black and White was offered me. I de-
clined, because | could not do justice to
both. | elected to write books and i'm
mediately moved into the country
: When first began writing / used every
novel twice over, in fact my first six
books were each written twice, but
have long since abandoned that prac-
tice. like to carry every subject in
my head some six months before | COM
mence to write BY that time l have
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which 1 set-out to write twenty years
ago.
Yes, 1t is with a feeling of regret
like the taking of old friends. that
finally abandon Dartmoor. for l have
enjoyed depicting that setting of my
stories, and indicating how character
and passion develop along distinctive
lines in a given environment"
And your next book. Mr. Phillpotts? ?'
1T VIII deal with Italy and with art.
We have recently returned from a dong
sojourn in Italy and it was new coun-
| try to me when considered as a back
ground for a novel. But The Joy of
Youth-for that Is the title of my next
book-will be much more than a story
| with an Italian setting it will deal
, with the clashing artistic and religious
views of the present day"
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much more interested in Annabelle?"
"Graeious me-" he exclaimed blindly
"Didn't Katy-Did aslSe me to be nice to
her when that red headed brother of
hers in the navy was here? katy-Did
annexed him publicly-and saw to il
that the public saw it. She-she-"
Perhaps she didn't expect you to keep
up the arrangement and follow her sug-
gestiOns SO explicitly" said Katy Didn't
softly. But as you did. 1t couldn't be
expected that she'd run after you and
beg you to stop, could it2"
Mr.. Jack sat erect now, his headache
gone-his heart appeased somewhat
his eyes fixed earnestly on Katy-Did
who looked loVelier than ever as she
bent over the table, pointing to some
wonderful picture In the collection that
she and Cousin Henry" were looking
at
She was SO embarrassed at the stare
that Jack gave her that she tossed her
pretty head around and flushed to the
roots of her soft dark hair
She turned sweetly and said "Godd-
night to Cousin Henry" and under
Annabelles fortissimo assurance that
somebody was a Beautiful DOLL" she
made her way into the drawing room,
where her hostess and Jack sat.
Jacks going to take you home"
said Katy-Didn't
oh" said she, blushing gently.
"Please let him." pleaded her hostess
Hes miserable. and think you can do
him good"
Jack" said Katy-Did with a soft
thrill in her voice, my wrap Is the
rose pink one with the swansdown
around it,"
Their eyes met and he c sac's4t ass
| instructions, at once.
| And
| They haven't said &c
/ had a lovely time"-
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THE HILL OF VENUS .

BY Nathan Gallzer, with four illustra-
tions in color. l.. c. Page and Com
pany, publishers Boston.
1.-THE Hill of Venus by Nathan Gal
lizer is a vivid and powerful romance
of the 18th century in the times of the
great Ghibelline wars, and deals with
the fortunes of Francesca VILLAIN, a
monk, who has been coerced by his
dying father to bind himself to the
church through mistaken sense of
duty, but who loves Ilaria, one of the
famous beauties of the court of Avelli-
no. The excitement, splendor and stir
of those days of activity in Rome are
told with vividness and daring which
give a singular fascination to the story
"Mr Gallizer daringly and vividly
paints In glowing words and phrases,
in sparkling dialogue and colorful mar
native, the splendor, glamor and stir
in those days of excitement, intrigue,
tragedy. suspicion and intellectual ac-
tivity of Rome"
"The martial spirit of these stirring
times, weird beliefs in magic and re-
ligion are most admirably presented
by the author. who knows his subject
thoroughly. II belongs to the class of
Bulwer-Lytton's romances; carefully
studied, well wrought. and full of ex-
citing incident"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03
FRECKLE-F
Sun and Wind Bring Out Ugly Spots,
How to Remove Easily

Here's a chance Miss Freckle-face to
try remedy for freckles with the guar
antee of a reliable dealer that 1t will not
cost you a penny unless it removes the
freckles; while if 1t does give you a clear
complexion the expense is trfiing
Simply get an ounce of othne-double
strength--from your druggist and a
few applications should show you
how easy 1t is to rid yourself of the
llomely freckles and get beautiful COM
plexion Rarely is more than one ounce
needed for the worst case.
Be sure to ask the druggist for the
double strength othine. as this is the
prescription sold under guarantee of
money back If it fails to remove freckles.
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LABRADOR"

THE COUNTRY AND THE PEOPI, ,E.,
BY Wilfred 7. Grenfell. Beautifully and
profusely illustrated. The Macmillan n
company, publishers, New York
Labrador is. relatively speaking. an nm
known land. Its great natural resources
the wonderful awe-inspiring grandeur of
its rugged scenery with mountains of fam
fastic architecture and the delicate and
fascinating colors of Arctic auroras plav-
ing over all-these are things OF which the
vast majority of readers know nothing
The general impression is that the com
try Is barren waste with no proba bjlitv
of ever being anything else.
DR.. Grenfel1, SO well known for his mill
anthropic medical missionary work In this
region, In this admirably full and ade-
qrate account corrects these mistaken
impressions. He tells how the three wears
which have passed since the publication
of the first edition of his book have seen
more attention paid to the development of
Labrador than the Is preceding. The
change is so important that DR.. GrenfelI
has added chapter on conservation and
exploration In Labrador, written In the
light of this present day interest and
showing what these may mean. n6Y only
FOR the future of the country itself hut
to the increasing of the North America n
continent as we'll Dr. Grenfell has also
inserted a chapter dealing with the hab-
its of The land mammals OF T.abrador
ana this with the supplemented articles
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Another Case.

Esmond, r. I.--"I write to tell you
how much good your medicine has done
me and to let other women know that
there is help for them. / suffered with
bearing down pains, headache, was ir-
regular and felt blue and depressed all
the time. took Lydia E. Pinkhsm
Vegetable Compound and commenced to
gain in short time and am a well wo-
man today. am on my feet from early
morning until late at night running >
boarding house and do all my own work.
/ hope that many suffering women viii
try your medicine 1t makes happier
wives and mothers. Mrs. ANNA HANs|
SEN. Esmond. Rhode Island
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SAFETY

METHODS FOR PREVENTING OCCU-
RATIONAL AND OTHER ACCIDENTS
AND DISEASE" BY William H Toll
man, Ph.D.. and Leonard B. Kendall.
Harper Brothers, publishers, New York
Backing their statements with facts and
figures 6W. II. Tolman, Ph.D., director of
the American Museum of Safety. and
Leonard b. Kendall, authors of the re-
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to be always funny though, can you?
They sort of get on my nerves. 1t
didn't effect Jack that way, however,
because he soon began to sit up and
take notice and you've never seen such
a change in man in all your life.
Why, actually. at the picture shows he
talked all the time t2 Annabelle. He
was so engrossed with her conversation
that he didn't even look at the screen
once"
That of course forced you and the
gentleman from the Queens Na-vee'
TO become engrossed also?' questioned
her friend
"Of course. had to. make some effort
to entertain him." she replied Il saw
that it wasn't going to make an atom
of difference to Jack, so | just started
out to show him that / didn't even
know that he was alive. OF course,
didn't expect to keep such an attitude
to Jack-we've always been such aw-
fully good friends and-and--"
The rest was lost In an invitation
which Katy Didn't extended right then
and there to Katy-Did for dinner the
following evening, for the kindness of
heart for which she was noted she saw
an ugly misunderstanding looming up
big a house between two people
whom she liked tremendously, and who
but for a bit of forethought from one of
their friends might become estranged
for ever.
Katy Didn't was nothing If not a
'schemer."
AS soon as her invitation was ac-
cepted she Immediately went to the
phone and rang up her "old bachelor,
cousin and told him that she wanted
him to come and spend nice, cozy lit
tie evening with her and two other nice
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anu W do iiOt IcSuidis
my head ached all
the time, | had bear
ing down pains and
my back hurt me the
biggest part of the
time, l was dizzy
and had weak feel
ings when | would
stoop over, it hurt
me to walk any dis
tance and L felt blue
and discouraged.
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.s.s..ss....-..ss

on constantly, sometimes interestingly.
cleverly occasionally even brilliantly, but
tunity to follow out her own train
she is interested more deeply in things.
she does not seem able to talk about them
so readily"
NJ. Dubudout claims to have spent over
year studying this question and to have
gathered actual statistics, first hand
from watching men and women In diffee-
ent parts of the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03

~ began taking Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and am now in
good health. If it had not been for
that medicine I would have been in my
grave long time ago. - Mrs. ARTE E.
HAMILTON, RID. No. 6. Warren, Ind.
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MAGNETIC PARIS" BY Adelaid,
Mack With many illustrations especially
drawn by George Desaine and Charlotte
Schaller The Bobbs- Merrill company
publishers, indianapolis.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-08-03

Although novels dealing with the clash
of social classes are usually unpleasant
reading, yet this is one of exquisite
charm and sentiment. Milky" the little
newsboy, rises to power and not the least
of that which makes him so appealing is
his remembrance of the poorer class from
which he arose. The story of how he and
Starr eventually struggle through class
prejudice to happiness is developed
through a series of absorbing incidents.
THE LONG ENGAGEMENT
BY E. S. Stevens. George H. Doran
company, publishers. New York
In The Long Engagement, e. s. Stev-
ems, the clever author, takes up sub
Ject that is of interest to everybody
young and old, rich and poor. and writes
SO delightfully."- about it. that when you
have finished the book you feel like say
ing with the children when they have
eaten lot of cake--'more"
Are long engagements wise2 Is It better
To take the risk and marry when love
calls or to wait indefinitely till a bank
account has been acquired? Love versus
Caution-that is the theme of this very
modern novel Miss Stevens works out
her problem in the lives of a group of
lovers who are even as you and l.
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'THE TURNING OF GRIGGsBY." By
irving Bachelor. illustrated by Reginald
Birch. Harper Brothers. publishers, New
York.
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BLUE And
DISCOURAGED.
Mrs. Hamilton Tells How Sha
Finally Found Health in
Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg.
etable Compound.

Warren. Ind.-'T was bothered ter
ribly with female weakness. had pains