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The Washington times., 1913-04-09
Synopsis of Preceding Chapters.

rirst read this synopsis and pIch up the
threAa- OIL one OF the most REMARKABLE
iA5stery stories eSer Written.
Arthur jeffrey is fashionable portrait
painter resiuing in Paris. His Is q very
sensitive nature-ne possesses a highly
developed intuition, sort OF sixth sense
allied 10 the sense OF smell, and yet NOT
quite that. Throughout period Of two
years. jeffrey has peen the victim oi Z
entered his apartments he had the dis
quietinG feeling that some one had tust
left the room, had left behind the IainI
DOOR OF burnt wax. And then one Gay.
the FIRST tangible evidence of his mysteri.
ous visitor-he found a deiicateiy pertumed
BIT Of lace and linen, woman's hanc-
turned, he found a partly anisned portrait
on the easel in his studio-a portrait OF
an alluringiy beautiful girl, evidently
painted by herself from her renecuon IN
lie keet4 1t up for IS hours. and then
falls into Q doze- When he awakes the
rcrtrait has disappeared. Has Il been
merely q cream No; for the colors on
his palette are not the ones he had placed
there himself. .s--
Again. one spring night. just before he
ghost girl leaning over the parspet Of q
hridge gazing at the black waters Of the
Seine. He had but q feeting glimpse, yet
Now enter Or. Crow. q distant relative
es Jefrey's, but, more important stu,
friend and physician TO. the Very wealthy
and very eccentric Miss Meredith. Dr
Crow brings jeffrey commission. 1t 10
the photograph of Claire Meredith. niece
of the wealthy woman-a girl who had
died supposedly two years before during
q smallpox epidemic in the French cspi-
tai. 1t Is the face Of the ghost-girl.
Now there 10 found frozen In the ice
the body of beautiful girl in her early
twentieG. magnifcentiy dressed and bear
ing no trace of the causes that might have
brought her to her tragic end. That is
one fact. Here In another: jeffrey returns
to his studio to find his new portrait OF
Miss Meredith has been stolen. He calls
in the police, notably Lieutenant Rich
ards The lieutenant finally rescues ths
portrait, somewhat dishgure6. from the
hands Of some notorious spir;tualists- He
watches the artist restore the work to its
former state, and then eXclaims: why,
that's the picture Of the girl they found
sr Ir~v
The Washington times., 1913-04-09

THE GHOST GIRL By 4u %aSF5 f!31a1 X: ztb wTss5ET R


I canvas the 4th of January They
di"n't find Irene's body until the 8th.
and it had been frozen in the ice fol-
Two weeks. When was il your huS
Band went away? The same day
Irene did. or the day after"
1t was a full minute before the
| wo:!ian answered. She Just sat there
while Richards and I stared at her.
her ha nds fumbling at her neck as if
something were suffocating her.
jeffrey turned away again, but when
size did speak her words brought him
around like a fash
Il: wasn't him that killed her." she
said. He didn't do it. swear he
didn't do it. l killed Irene Fournier
l"yself."
n Continuation Of This Story Will
BE Found In Tomorrow
Issue of The Times.
The Washington times., 1913-04-09
CHAPTER X.-(Continued.)

woman answered by pointing.
without word to an inner pock-
i ct in the coat of the rather
mannish-looking tailored suit she
The Washington times., 1913-04-09
Lecture Will Take
Place of Banquet

In place of the annual banquet. the
Southern Society of the city will hear
lecture on 1.-THE Progress of the
South by Claude n. Bennett. Monday
evening, April q.
President Wilson and his family will
be invited to attend the event. as will
members of the Supreme Court and OF
Congress. The plan was indorsed at
a meeting of the Southern Society yes
terdav in the office of Charles A.
Douglas.
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Citizens Will Indorse
Two as Commissioners

The meeting of the Connecticut Ave
nue. Citizens Association will be held
tonight in Assembly Hall. Upton street,
near Connecticut avenue, at s o'clock.
The meeting will indorse two men as
District Commissioners.
The final arrangements for the COM
petion between members for the best
looking and best-kept lawns were made
and the names for those wishing to
enter will be listed.
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Capital Residents
Home From Sea Trip

A group of Washington residents are
home from cruise in Caribbean
waters. which include stops at Panama,
Venezuela. and the West indies Among
those who made the Journey were Mrs
Edward F. Abner, John JOY Edison. F.
E. Buckland, Albert F. Fox. Mrs. Fox,
and Miss Margaret Fox, Col. G. W.
Truesdale. and the Misses Mary Eliza
beth and Jane Randolph Young.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13

not only disturbs others, but uses up
her energy and strength uselessly.
Repose of manner is more often
found in the woman who has passed
twenty-five. That is why some men
prefer her to the giggling miss in her
teens.
If you are talking with anyone who
constantly fldgets her hands or witch
es her mouth you may find yourself do
ing the same thing. It is very dis
concerning to say the least.
II you study women's .aces In the
trolley cars you WI md that eight
out of every ten bite their lips or make
faces.
All that some girls need to make
them attractive and good looking Is
poise The older one grows the more
essential it is to take things calmly.
Poise is synonymous with good
breeding. An excellent plan to help
yourself acquire it is to go into a quiet
room by yourself each day for at least
twenty minutes and relax, not only
your body, hut your mind as we'll.
After you possess this necessary
quality it will become part of you and
you will not mar your health and
beauty by unnecessary distortions of
the face and body.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13
Silken Waistcoat3,

Waistcoats are much in evidence.
Some are long and narrow, others
quite wide and no more apparent
than mans waistcoat worn with the
morning cutaway coat
These waistcoats, like the braided
coats, are mostly to be seen in ben
galines, silk crepons and other silken
fabrics. The classical tailor-made is
at its newest in violet, green or white
serge in thick diagonal rib. It's con-
struction is rather curious, for al
though there are no draperies the
skirts are so cut about in strangely
shaped points and squares that the
result is slightly puzzling
Anyhow, the effect is quite interest
ing, and, what is the chief point, it is
very new and very difficult for indif-
ferent workmen to copy successfully.
For this reason It will have a certain
popularity.
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lier part of my visit, about this won
derful little dog, so one afternoon he
borrowed the dog for a squirrel hunt
in the woods near town.
l went along more to please my
brother than because expected much
success, for l did not believe we
could find any squirrels so near town.
Beside did not think the wood
was very good squirrel hunting
ground, even if it had been at a dis
lance from town, for the land was fiat
and poor, covered with a growth Of
post oak and blackjacks.
Then it was somewhat near the
prairie, where knew there were no
squirrels. There were no hickory
trees, nor chestnuts, nor pecans, and
l did not see what a squirrel could live
on in that fiat, uninviting reach OF
scrub timber and thin clay SOIL
But before we got two hundred
yards from the home of the boy who
owned the dog that little 'fice" began
to distinguish himself He threw him.
self into the woods and began liter
ally to tree squirrels as fast as we
could shoot them out Of the trees.
few sharp ''yip yipr;ng" barks
and the squirrel was freed. and when
we shot it out the little dog hardly
noticed 1t but dashed of after another
squirrel And he would simply stand
and watch rabbit run away from
him and never show the least inclina-
ton to chase 1t.
We were in those fiat post-oak
woods not two hours, and we got
twentysix squirrels, and had to take
the little dog by the collar at last
and carry him home to make him stop
hunting.
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RASH SPREAD TO ARMS

759 Roach Ave-, Indianapolis, Ind.
AT first noticed small eruptions on
my face. The trouble began az q rash.
It looked like red pimples. In q, few
days they spread to my arms and back.
They 1tched and burned 80 badly that
scratched them and Of course the re-.
suit was blood and matter. The erup.
tons festered, broke, opened and dried
up. leaving the skin dry and scaly. I
spent many sleepless nights, my back,
arms and face burning and itching:
sleep was purely and simply out Of
the question. The trouble also caused
Disagreement. My clothing irritated
the breaking out.
by this time had used several
well-known remedies without success.
The trouble continued. Then began
to use the sample Of Cuticura Soap
and Ointment. Within seven or eight
days I noticed gratifying results. I
purchased a full-slzed cake Of Cuti.
cura Soap and box Of Cuticura Oint.
ment and In about eighteen or twenty
days my cure was complete" (Signed)
Miss Katherine McCallister, Apr. II.
1912.
Cuticura Soap anu Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free. with SIP. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura. Dept L, Boston"
Adv.
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Summer Silks.

One of the coolest Of summer gown
and blouse materials is washing silk
This season it will be popular In a
white or cream ground with a colored
stripe.
They are much cooler. these silks,
than cotton, for they do not hold any
starch, which Is always a warm addi-
ton to any garment in summer. Then
silk does not require as much ironing.
for it does not crush easily under a
coat. China is sending over a vast
quantity Of silk weaves for spring and
summer use which will be made up
into every kind of blouse that wo-
man wants, plain and ornate.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13
TROTS IN LIFELIKE FASHION
Move as Jockey Seems to Urge
Him-Operated by Crank.

An amusing toy in the form Of a
galloping horse has been designed by
Kentucky man. 1t is particularly
appropriate these days when mechan-
ical toys are absorbing the youth OF
the land. The body of the horse is
fixed to a standard rising from the
case, but the forelegs and hindlegs are
pivoted to the body and at their mid
die joints The tail and neck are also
pivoted to the body and the body Of
the jockey is pivoted at the hips The
horses feet are fastened to swing
ing shafts that operate in the base by
means of rotable gear. AS one shaft
is pushed forward the other comes
backward, each carrying with it
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13
PECULIAR FEATURE OF: VIXEN
Like Other Predaeeous Creatures
They Do Not Disturb Game Near
Breeding Haunts.

There is a very peculiar feature In
connection with all predaceous crea-
lures. both furred and feathered,
when breeding. and it is that they do
not appear to interfere with game
near their breeding haunts.
Even vixen will leave the earth
containing her cubs, pass right
through rabbits feeding near, and
never make an attempt to catch one;
although half a mile distant she will
chase down an unfortunate rabbit
and return with 1t to her youngsters.
This habit of the fox is pointed out
as a proof of the animals cunning,
and her desire to curry favor with
the owners Of game and poultry near
her nursery, for were she to commit
extensive depredations there the loss
es she occasioned would be resented
and she and her youngsters would
soon be destroyed.
However, the vixen's motive for
leaving things around her earth IN
touched is not that with which she 10
credited; were she to make a clear
ance there little would be left for her
cubs when they commence to hunt on
their own account. and it is untouched
for their benefit
When the cubs are able to wander
a little from the earth there is a
speedy disappearance of the rabbits,
etc., near, rendered all the more rapid
because the vixen has passed among
them and they have grown to ignore
foxes.
The active cubs give them a rude
awakening. It is the instinct Of moth
er love which induces a vixen to re-
serve provender close by for her
cubs.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13
RIDDLES

Why Is an amiable and charming
girl like one letter in deep thought,
another on its way towards you, an
other bearing torch. and another
singing psalms?
Because she is Amusing, Booming.
D-lighting. and N-chanting.
What is the difference between a
bell and an organ?
One rings when it's told (tolled).
but the other will be blowed first.
Why is love like a potato?
Because it springs from the eyes.
Why are young ladies so partial to
sunset and twilight?
Because they are daughters of Eve.
When is a schoolmaster like a man
with one eye!
When he has vacancy for pupil.
What kind Of robbery may be said
% be not dangerous?
A safe robbery.
What is the difference between 100
and 1000?
0 (naught).
Those who have me not do not wish
tor me. those who have me do not
wish TO lose me. those who gain me
nave me no longer.
A lawsuit.
What tradesman is most inatten-
tive to business?
A. tailor. because he is always "cut-
ting out"
Ethel, why is Rover like pos itive
creed?
Because he's dog, ma.
Why is a boaster like an India rub
Der ball?
Because he is empty and full of
bounce.
What is the difference between a
sweep and a poor man in a new suit
of mourning?
One is BACKED with SCOT, the other
suited with black.
Why is a schoolboy being fogged
IKE your eye?
Because he Is . pupil under the
lash,
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13
P0lSE; A MARK OF BEAUTY
Will Demand Effort; the Results Are
Worth All That May Be
Expended.

Po}se is not necessarily a gift be-
slowed by the gods of a chosen few.
We all may possess it if we will. It
may require time and effort, but how
much more desirable we are as COM
pan1ons il we have acquired it.
What is more tiresome than the
Eighty, exeitable woman, who talks
at the rate Of mile minute, fran
ucally complaining about the world
In general, or excusing ner mussed
blouse or rakish style of her hat.
She simply makes US swallow air
and we sigh with relief when she goes
10 find another victim.
It is both tiresome and annoying to
sit beside the woman in church who
is not able to cencentrat her mind.
She is either clearing her throat, pull
inc at her gloves or dropping the hym-
nal
Then there is the girl at the theater
who must nibble bon bons one minute
and powder her nose the next. She
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13
SETTLERS A DAY
WESTERN CANADA MAKING RE.
MARkABLE PROGRESS.

Settlers from the United Kingdom
and other countries of Europe landed
in Winnipeg last week at the rate of
one thousand a day. The predicted
boom in the populating of the prairie
provinces this spring has material
ICED, as it did last year, and today tho
busiest city in America is probably
the Manitoba metropolis.
The sturdy nations Of Europe are
all contributing to the rapid growth
OF Canada West. Two Of the largest
contingents reaching Winnipeg last
week were from Germany and Scan
dinavia..
j.. The British Isles are sending out
larger contingents than ever before.
The old land newspapers are filed
with accounts Of send-offs and fare.
wells being given to popular towns
folk on the eve Of departure for Can
ada
Numerous editorials record the SEN
timents, bordering on despair, of the
Britons wht zee their towns and vii
lagos desolated by the desertion Of
favorite sons and daughter. We can
sympathize with those lef: behind
while felicitating the youn: people
who have their own way to make III
the world, on their new opportunities
in the country Of mammoth crops.
Scotland lost 5000 of her best
blood and Drawn in single week this
month. No wonder the young, aspir-
ing Scots take so quickly to Canada
They have been reading of the tri-
un1phs and wonder working of Scot
fish pioneers in the Dominion ever
since they were "bairns.'" A great
part Of Canada's success Was wrought
by Canadians from Caledonia, and the
young Caledonians of today are eager
to demonstrate that they can do as
we'll out west as their forebears.
In addition to those from the old
countries, the United States still
keeps up in a strenuous manner, and
IS sending its thousands into that new
country of the north. They take up
the free homesteads of $50 acres on
which they live for six months of
each year for three years, and then
get a deed or patent for a farm that
is worth anywhere from SIS to $40
per acre, or, they may purchase lands
at from SIS to $1S per acre that will
yield with proper care in cultivation,
excellent returns for the time, work
and money ed.-Advertisement
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German Princes Wanderjahr.

The prince of Wales might possibly
enjoy his German trip still better il
he could view the country in the un-
conventional way followed by the
German crown prince and his broth.
ers. Like all the Hohenzollerns, the
kaisers sons were taught trades, and
their father also allowed them to taste
the delights Of the 'wanderjahr,"
which still forms part of the education
of most German artisans
In the case of the young princes
the year was split up over several sue
cessive summer holidays, which they
spent tramping through Germany.
knapsack on back, and sleeping at
roadside inns. They travelled without
a servant, accompanied only by their
military governor, COL Won Falken-
heyn, and were scarcely ever recog'
nized.
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Hair Ornaments.

The straight flllets, so much seen
with evening dress last year, are now
partially superseded by those arrany.
ed in curves which form wavy line
upon the couture. They end in Jew
eled circlets with short fringe to
match, and can be adjusted In a mo-
ment. One of the prettiest of jeweled
bands for the hair is in a design of
wheels between two bands of jewel
ing. The whole bandeau ends In a
point at either side. It is rather
high in front, a fashion which suits
the round-faced.
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HER "9EST FRIEND"
A Woman Thus Speaks Of Postum.

We usually consider our best friends
those who treat us best.
Some persons think coffee a real
friend, but watch it carefully awhile
and observe that it is one of the
meanest Of all enemies, for it stabs
one while protesting friendship.
Coffee contains poisonous drug
caffeine-which Injuries the delicate
nervous system and frequently sets
up disease in one or more organs OF
the body, If it's use is persisted in.
Il had heart palpitation and nerv:
BUSINESS for four years and the doctor
told me the trouble was caused by
coffee. He advised me to leave it of,
but I thought l could not writes a
Wis. lady.
ION the advice of friend I tried
Postum and it so satisfied me did not
care for coffee after a few days trial
Of Postum.
"As weeks went by and I continued
to use Postum my weight increased
from SO to 118 pounds, and the heart
trouble left me. l have used it year
now and am stronger than l ever was.
I can hustle up stairs without any
heart palpitation, and l am free from
nervousness.
my children are very fond of Post
um and it agrees with them. My sister
liked it when she drank it at my house;
now she has Postum at home and has
become very fond Of it. You may use
my name if you wish, as I am not
ashamed Of praising my best friend
Postum" Name given by Pustum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich.
Postum now comes in new concen-
trated form called Instant Postum. It
is regular Postum, so processed at the
factory that only the soluble portions
are retained.
A spoonful of Instant Postum with
hot water, and sugar and cream to
taste, produce instantly a delicious
beverage.
Write for the little book. "The Road
10 Wellville."
'Thare's q Reason for Postum
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aste In Toys.

Mans taste in toys has not changed
much throughout the ages. Some OF
the dolls of ancient Egypt had NOV
able arms and even strings Of mud
beads to represent hair. Ancient
Egypt had had it's toy animals, it's
wooden calves and porcelain elephants
with riders on their backs. Jointed
dolls worked by strings were favorite
toys with the children Of Greece and
Rome, who also played with model
furniture, balls and tops.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13
How to Aequlr. mors SEN Control.

How 70 Acquire Mors Self Control.
To acquire more self control and
confidence perhaps the best step Ii to
make yourself face disagreeable tasks
with courage.
Do not be easily routed when you
have determined on a course Of action.
Perhaps the most disagreeable thing
one meets in the course of a business
day Is the occasion for tactful yielding
what one desires to say. to be agree
able to people who do not appeal to us,
to give pleasant answer when we are
more inclined to give curt one-in
brief, to act according to the dictates
OF conscience on any and every. occa-
sion.
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Grieved, but Polite.

Dorothy was so homesick at her
first party and cried so bitterly that
the hostess mother suggested that it
would be better for her to go home
Dorothy accepted the idea, but a few
minutes later, upon answering a timid
ring at the door. the hostess found
Dorothy bathed in tears
We'll. Dorothy. I am glad to see
you again. Did you decide to come
back to u.s."
"No'm'm: forgot ito say I h-h-had
such a nice time!"
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Not Very.
A small girl of five was walking re-.
Gently with her mother through the
public garden in Boston. The wash
ington monument attracted her atten-
ton, and she inquired what it was.
THAT" replied her mother, is a
statue of George Washington"
The little lady regarded it critically
for some moments, and then she said:
washington didn't take a very good
statue, did he, mother?"-Everybodys.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1913-06-13
DictatinQ to Women.

Women, according to an edict In the
Chinese government, are to wear Eu-
ropean hats, but otherwise retain their
customary dress, with certain modifica-
tons. 1t is prophesied that there will
be revolt at the edict, because women
in China as elsewhere, have grown
weary of having men undertake to de-
eide for them in matters of dress, mat
tiers Of food, matters of morals and
matters of government.
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Bouquet Shield.

When real flowers are worn, q bou-
quet shield is used to protect the
gown. It is made of silk or ribbon
with q frill of lace. Corsage BOZ.
quets come from the florist with Thu
pretty adjunct. Some of the shields
have dropping ends Of narrow ribbon
knotted into tiny bows. hanging be.
low the flowers. The color ia care
fully chosen to suit flowers and eoV1.
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Swallow Those, Too.

Swallow Those, Too.
"Tommie, your mamma will punish
you for eating that pie" said the
maid
Are you going to tell on u.s."
asked the boy with a mouthful
of pie.
mo"
How'll she know It, then?'
by your fnger-prints on the pie"
But, Anna, when get through
there amt goin to be no finger.
prints!"
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Not LONG to Wait.

Little Max was so restless and
fussy when his mother took him
downtown that he caused her no end
of bother. Finally the mother ex-
claimed impatiently:
well, young man. it will be a cold
day when I bring you downtown with
me again."
Looking up into her face with per
feet innocence the youngster said:
pretty soon it will be winter. won't
it, mammal"