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glancing about her. Three promis-
Ing places-promising from her point
of view-hRd she refused because
she could not command her cour-
age to the point of sleeping down
stairs. In this house there was no
basement bedrooms and the two tiny
attic rooms were given up to the cook
and the housemaid. She reviewed
mentally the apartments on the lower
floors through which her mistress had
conducted her and compared them
with this in which she sat; after
witch she got her notebook out Of
her bag and made few hasty notes.
Juliana was going to do a series Of
articles on the Domestic Service Prob
lem and she was getting her material
ut first hand.
She felt very pleased with her notes.
They were lightly satirical. When she
had done her hair over before the
malicious mirror she made some
more notes. These were filled with a
yearning cry of gloom. She felt a
gratifying certainty that half.column
Of pathos could always be secured by
. few minutes spent before her
trunk, pausing occasionally to add
other heart-rending walls of q house
maid cast away on desert of lop-
sided, furniture, and when final
survey of herself reflected a cross
eyed face under the exaggerated
pompadour she had substituted for
her usual rather classic coiifure. and
= 1umpy and srotesQue figure in q
cheap lace waist, she had really to
tear herself from the room. SO filled
was she with gloomy and satrical lit
erature. Just outside the door she met
Mrs. Wentworth.
"Oh, julia" said that lady. who was
. pretty and smartly groomed young
person. 81 quite forgot to tell you that
/ have ordered some new furniture for
your room. We have Just moved to
New York and l have not been able
to get it attended to sooner. The new
things will be up tomorrow"
Juliapa did not write up her notes
that evening on the sleeping accom-
modations offered servants. But she
made two notes on different subjects
and underscored them They read
as follows:
1.-THE cook has been called home. I
am to do her work this week as we'll
as my own-with Christmas dinner
in prospect"
Mrs. Wentworth expects her
brother tomorrow. making-when Mr..
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just the thing for breakfast" he COM
mented. but It was the first food I
saw"
He had his eyes again on Juliana.
who still stood breathlessly by the
door. II believe 1 really frightened
you," he observed. regretfully. I'm
Tremendously sorry" She knew per
fectly well that he was trying to place
her, doubtful of her being a guest
down at that hour, doubtful of her be-
ing the cook. He strolled across 20
the cupboard. evidently with the idea
of filling in the period of uncertainty,
helped himself to a couple of dough-
nuts and sat down on a corner OF q
table. Can offer you anything?" he
said. E
She did not answer. She went over
and began to lay the fire. ~
"Ohi l say" he broke out. "Is-er
hasn't Mrs. Wentworth got cook?'
II am doing the cooking for few
days." said Juliana. II am the house
maid" Then by a flash of inspiration
she added. THE cook has went"
He devoted himself to his doughnuts
after that until, the fire laid, she
picked up the coal scuttle and started
for the basement. III get the coal
for you," he said. He seized the bale
of the scuttle, but-Juliana did not let
go her side Of it.
II do not think Mrs. Wentworth
would like it." She was too startled
to say anything except the first thing
that occurred to her, N5
why should she object?" he in
quired ingenuously. Surely / am bet
ter able TO carry coal than q girl like
you" &.
But am hired to do it." still cling
ing to her side Of the pail.
He looked down at her hand. But
the point" he explained, ''is that you
should never have been hired to do it.
The fault is in the economic condition
that makes such a thing possible.
Now, when we reformers get into pow
er-" he took the pail from her re-
laxed grasp and disappeared into the
basement. Anything else can do?"
he inquired cheerfully as he deposited
the filled bucket beside the stove.
Part of our doctrine Is to help q COM
rande, you know" VI.
THAT is ALL" very stifhy. Thank
you"
Not at ALL" amiably. He looked at
her an instant from the doorway and
then went down the hall whistling
softly to himself. .I
Mrs. Wentworth was beaming on
her brother when Juliana carried in
the breakfast. And I'll have you all
to myself this week. Kane" she said.
before your work begins"
Kane's reply was perhaps little alb
sent.minded. At any rate Juliana was
not called upon for any further serv-
ice, and after breakfast Mrs. Went
worth came into the kitchen and said,
kindly: You need not serve the ta-
BILE while you are doing the cooking.
Julia. Ill attend to that myself"
And, later. Juliana hearing the lady
of the house discoursing in tones re-
proving, argumentative, satirical, but
always too subdued for the words to
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carry. and the answering laughter
from Mr.. Kane Farnsworth. guessed
that she was under discussion, and
went about her work with growing
wrath within her and a paragraph
seething in her brain about self.re-
specting working girls being subjected
to the surreptitious and patronizing at
tentions Of supposedly well-bred young
men. Not that she was able to dis
cover anything either patronizing or
surreptitious In Mr.. Farnsworth's be-
havior. He came out into the kitchen
during the afternoon, cheerfully slam
ming various doors behind him SO
that all the world might know where
he had gone.
PAIRING potatoes for dinner. Julia?"
he said with great good Nhumor. Il
will help you"
ut 10 quite unnecessary" returned
Juliana, looking very naughty, in spite
OF the overpowering pompadour and
the lace waist.
Again you miss the point" he said.
1T is not question of necessity, but
OF ethics. Here am idling. and you
doing the work of two" He got
large apron and tied 1t carefully
around his neck. Then he got . knife
and seized a potato. "You under
stand, JULIA" he said, unheeding the
averted face and stony silence Of his
companion, that all the work of the
world could be done. and well done,
II each person devoted four hours to
It. Authorities differ somewhat as to
the time, but four hours is the maxi
mum. Now. you and Il"
Mrs. Wentworth entered. Her face
was flushed and her eyes were bright.
Juliana. to her great disgust. felt her
own face flushing. Her eyes, after the
FIRST glance. she kept on her potato.
Mr.. Farnsworth spoke up cheerfully.
II was just explaining to julia" he
said, "that II We all worked four hours
. day"
Mrs. Wentworth Interrupted. Her
voice was quiet. but 1t was the quiet
that is achievement. "Are you think
ing of choosing housework As your
career?" she asked.
EDO the duty that lies nearest" he
quoted, not without an accent of vir-
tue. He finished the potato and Sc
lected another.
II wanted you to help me hang some
pictures in the library" said Mrs.
Wentworth. Between fear of losing
her cook and fear of losing her broth
er she was really pathetic sight
Juliana felt STRINGS Of sympathy.
I'm few minutes" he said. "Hav-
ing put my hand to the plow. in other
words to the potato"
II would prefer to do the potatoes
Alone" said Juliana- You pare them
too thick"
He looked at her accusingly and So
lected two pieces of peeIlng from the
pan. Exhibit One" he said. "Peeling
removed by Miss Julia" paused in
quiringly. and getting no answer, re-
peated with closing infection. by
Miss Julia. Exhibit Two"
"Kane!" said his sister sharply. He
gave her an innocent and inQuiring
smile.
There is great interest in pairing
potatoes" he observed Now notice
the way in which Julia holds. hers"
Juliana. uncomfortably aware of her
own lack of sk'u in the potato pairing
line, grew scarlet under the two pairs
Of watching eyes. She knew how
Mrs. Wentworth was interpreting the
blush and breathed a sigh of rage and
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II you would have me-"
Juliana dropped her spoon and the
-four sitter and the egg beater. all of
which she was holding without any
idea of how she had intended to use
them.
"Unless you go away am going"
she announced.
He stood looking at her. amusement.
admiration and other things she did
not stop to analyze, in his gaze. You
have much sweet unreasonableness,
Juliana," he said: and then with an
other look he went away.
christmas tomorrow" wrote JUL
ana few days later. "and l am still
here. I told Mrs. Wentworth that l
must go and she unbent sufficiently to
implore me to stay just over Christ
was. Mr.. Wentworth comes tomor-
row. He was delayed somewhere on
business. Mrs. Farnsworth spent the
morning trying to make me tell
where live, but I was frm. intend
that they shall never know"
Juliana had her morning undis-
turbed. Mrs. Wentworth succeeded
in keeping her brother employed until
she triumphantly landed him In the
carriage to accompany her and his
small nephew to the station. Juliana
got her Christmas dinner ready to the
last detail, taking the greatest pains.
At least Mrs. Wentworth should rea-
lize what good cook she had lost.
Then she ran upstairs to dress. She
got out a tailored linen bought for
an emergency and did her hair in the
broad gold brown braids that in their
simplicity added piquancy to the dain-
ty charm of her face. Then she
pulled 1t all down again and piled 1t
up into the tremendous pompadour
she had effected since going out to
service, and she put away the hand
some gown and donned one which,
plentifully adorned with lace. had
cost $3.9S ready-made. She was going
to play fair with Mrs. Wentworth.
Even then she parted from her refiec-
tion in the new mirror with smile.
But when she ran noiselessly down
stairs intent on the finishing touches.
the carriage had returned and Mrs.
Wentworth's door was ajar. Her
voice came from it. mingling Of hor-
ror and tears. Evidently she was
seeking the first opportunity to pour
her woes into her husbands ears.
"And do you know" she said, "he &C
tually wants to marry her. Isn't It
too awful? He actually wants to
marry her!"
Very scarlet were Juliana's cheeks
when she reached the Kitchen, and
very dark and angry her eyes. II
shall go Immediately after dinner"
she said, land I'll never see any of
them again, never, never, never!"
She went into the dining room to see
that everything was in order. The
two pretty girls. were crossing the hall
and glanced in at her indiferently
without speaking. They were beauti-
fully dressed and had holly in their
hair. They went into the drawing
room.
"oh, Mr.. Farnsworth. do come and
sing" she heard one of them say.
Redder grew Juliana's cheeks. She
stood a moment. Then she started
swiftly for the back stairs. There
was limit to human endurance. No
one, it seemed, was able to read the
real worth under a $3.9S exterior.
She reached her room out of breath
but determined. It was too late to
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starves to death. I'm not getting any
thing done, and in spite of all my ef-
forts and Mrs. Wentworth's, Mr..
Farnsworth continues calmly to spend
the greater part of his time in the
kitchen. She looked positively aghast
today when she found him bringing up
the coal. She will visit all the intelli-
gence Offices tomorrow, l am sure"
This proved true prophecy. Kane
Farnsworth sauntered into the kitchen
in the middle OF the forenoon to tell
her about It. "She wanted me to CO."
he said. but compromised by taking
the kid to that aristocratic day nurs-
cry he patronizes. didn't feel equal
to deciding from the looks Of lady
whether she could cook" He sat
on the corner of the table and watched
Juliana moving about in her big blue
apron with her sleeves rolled up and a
patch of flour on her chin. She had
not had time to achieve the pompa-
dour that morning, save in modified
form, and her rather delicate beauty,
which was not, strictly speaking,
beauty at all. but the charm of very
fair skin and expressive eyes. was un.
disguised. She was getting ready to
make cake, but with his eyes on her
she found herself doing all sorts of ir-
relevant and unnecessary things.
You won't need that, will your" he
inquired helpfully as she lifted down
the potato masher. II WISH" she
said. turning to him, her eyes very
10 RI nd dot
go away. / am not used to being
watched at my work. 1 could do bet
ter"
"You are doing well enough" he
said soothingly. Never forget that II
everybody devoted four hours"
Have you done your four hours?"
sharply.
He looked at her a little while be-
fore he answered; in fact, he had
rather the effect Of being too absorbed
in looking at her to speak. Then he
said: mo. ! am going to begin now"
Then go and begin"
But that is what am here for"
He looked after her as she turned in
dignantly away. why do you try to
do everything at once" he asked.
Now, II you would sit down here a
minute and let me speak to you" He
pulled a chair forward, but Juliana, in
stead Of taking n, seized the cake
board and gazed at him angrily across
it.
''I shall be greatly obliged II You
will go away" she said. You are
simply hinderlng me. Your work in
the kitchen doesn't amount to any
thing and don't believe that your
socialist doctrines prescribe any time
spent in trying to flirt with the cook"
"Oh. Juliana! How crude!" he sigh.
ed, his eyes dancing. Then he added
softly, II am not trying to flirt with
the cook. The cook has went, you
know" He sat minute longer watch
ing the fluttering hands and the tip OF
little red ear. Then he went across
to where she was busily pretending to
ignore him. You think am not in
earnest" hs said. but am. ahould
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JLIANA was soci-
ologically inclin-
ed. That was
how It came
about that she
found herself one
December after
noon sitting for
)ornly ON her
trunk and home
sickly surveying
an attic apart
ment containing
q small hard bed.
q lopsided wash
stand. and q mir
ror that assured
her with untruth-
full persistency
that she was not
a pleasure to
look at.
"A nyw ay, 1t
isn't a basement"
aaid milan
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don the linen dress but there was a
simple and ravishingly becoming
home gown of soft Indian red. In an
incredibly short time she was in it.
Next the hair came down and went
up again in hurried but artistic
mass. Then Juliana. her eyes as bril-
liant as her cheeks, returned noise
lessly to the kitchen just in time to
hear the peremptory tinkle of Mrs.
Wentworth's table bell. She seized
the platter and with head held high
pushed open the dining room door and
entered.
For an instant she did not see the
man as the tDot Of the table. For n
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relief when Mr.. Farnsworth finally
drew his athletic figure to standing
position and followed his sister from
the room.
Il find It difficult to get started on
my articles wrote Juliana in her
notebook the next evening. II won
der II it is Socialism that makes Mr..
Farnsworth haunt the kitchen. None
Of the Socialists that met at the Set
Element House were especially inter
ested in cooking"
mo material for articles, yet" she
added the next evening. II know Mrs.
Wentworth longs to be rid of me, but
she can't get . cook. / would leave
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Christmas Tools.

Mrs. B.-My little boy wants tool.
chest for Christmas. and l suppose ]
must get him one.
Clerk-Yes, ma'am; here's our
Christmas special. It's just the thing
for you.
Mrs. B.-These tools appear to be SO
flimsy, though. Surely, they can't be
very strong.
Clerk-No. ma'am, that's Just it:
every one Of 'em will break before the
child can do much damage with EN-.
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A Perennial Present.

Mrs. Caller-You surely don't give
your husband . necktie every Christ
mas?
Mrs. Athome-Oh, yes, do! And
the poor dear never seems 70 know
that it's the sane onsl"
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Juilana Did Not Write Up Her Notes
That Evening on the Sleeping Ac-
eommodations Offered Servants.

Wentworth arrives-four in the fam
fly. 1t is this uncertainty of the de-
mands on ones time and strength
that makes household service SO un-
popular"
But perhaps the chief thing"
Juliana sharpened her pencil and took
q fresh start, lis the line drawn be-
tween those who employ servants and
those who serve;. line. apparently
impossible to cross, that lies between
the drawing room and the kitchen"
She glanced that over in the morn
ing before she went down to prepare
breakfast. It comforted her for her
lost inspirntjoa on the subject Of serv-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-16
CHAMPION ATHLETE MAY
LOSE. ONE. .QEHSEYES
Matt McGrath Injured in Fight
in Lobby of Roof Gar
den Theater.

NEW YORK. August 16-Matthew Nc
Grath. Olympic champion hammer
thrower. probably will lose the sight of
one eye as the result of fight in the
lobby Of Broadway theater at midnight
last night. Five men who sought to buy
tickets to the roof garden of the theater
were prevented by a special policeman,
who judged them intoxicated and at
tempted to eject them from the lobby.
The men resisted. and the officer sum-
moned McGrath, who is employed as a
special officer for the roof garden. In
resisting the efforts Of the two officers.
one of the men swung his cane and
struck McGrath in the right eye with it.
Falls to Floor Unconscious.
The athlete. blinded and suffering in
tense pain. fell to the floor. and for a
few seconds was unconscious. He was
rushed to a nearby police station. where
a physician put twelve stitches in the
athletes face, and said that the pupil
Of the eye had been SO injured that prob
ably McGrath would not be able to see
with 1t again.
The five men who engaged in the fight
were arrested when renforcements ar
rived. The man said by the police to
be the one who injured McGrath is
charged with felonious assault He
describes himself at John Brink. thirty
five years old, a civil engineer of this
city.
McGrath was TO so to Albany today to
participate in athletic games, and from
there was going to Cincinnati for the
same purpose.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-16
SWEPT TO DEATH IN SEWER.
Incoming Tide Imprisons Boys Body,
Which Is Not Recovered.

NEW YORK, August 16.-Four-year-
old Leo Petroleciez fell from a rowboat
into Fresh Pond creek, near Jamaica bay.
late yesterday, and few minutes later
the incoming tide swept him up into a
big sewer, far under the city, where he
was lost.
A throng of people watched until late
last night the spectacular efforts OF
various city departments to get the body.
Fish nets were placed at the outlet OF
the sewer and battery of searchlights
was played upon the scene, but to no
avail. The sewer stretches across the
meadows a mile and a half, and is al
most level, so that the tide waters really
extend UP the entire distance. If the
receding tide does not carry the body
out, men will enter the sewer to search
for it.
Mrs. Mary Petroleciez, mother of the
lad when she was informed of the acci-
dent at her home. a mile and half dis
tant, ran frantically the entire way to
the spot, where she dropped from sx-
haustjon and is in q serious condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-16
HOPEFUL OF PEACE.
Gen. Diaz Reticent, However, Re
garding Affairs in Mexico.

BIARRITZ. France, August 1f.-Gen.
Porfirio Diaz. former President of Mex
leo. says he does not desire to sit in
judgment on the situation existing in
his native country, but he would like
to proclaim as his most ardent hope
that Mexico soon will find in peace
new era of strength and prosperity.
Besides. l am not man of words"
said the former Mexican executive. II
always have been and always shall re-
main a man of action 1 bow before
the choice of administration made by
my compatriots and am resolved to
maintain the strictest reserve. No
words shall be spoken by ME which
might give rise to comment or argu-
ment between the armies in Mexico.
wish to keep outside Of all discussions
or dissensions. But If. contrary to my
expectations. a conflict should break out
between Mexico and a foreign state
could not remain Indifferent"
Gen. Diaz has taken up his residence
in a magnificent villa here, which he
has rented for a stay Of several months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-16
DEPARTS FROM ENGLAND
Mrs. Pankhurst Joins Her
Daughter in Paris-Orders
Not to Arrest Her.

LONDON. August 16.-Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst, the militant suffragette
leader. left England for France last
night. travelling across the channel by
way Of Southampton and Havre. She
had been out on license under the
.at-and-mouse act" for some time and
4 was reported that the police at chan
mel ports recently received orders not
to arrest her if she left England.
Mrs. Pankhurst was sentenced to
term Of three years penal servitude
IN q charge of conspiracy at the Lon
don sessions, April last. In speech
in the court she declared she would
feht to the end. and since her con-
demnation she has compelled the au-
thorities to release her on number Of
occasions owing to fear that she would
die from the effects Of her "hunger-and-
thirst strike"
Miss Christabel Pankhurst. daughter
of Mrs. Pankhurst, and chief organizer
of the militant suffragette organization,
has heen living in Paris for some
,nonths. She directs from there the
"a camnaign Of the militant women in Eng
land.
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Noruega, and released from quarantine.
Seifert, who was born in Mexico of
American parents, said he was accused
of furnishing powder to the rebels, and
warned to leave the country within
twelve hours He left in haste. He told
of the killing by rebels of his cousin.
Roger Palmer. cashier for the railroad
company, at Durango. Palmer was or
dered to open the safes in his Office.
He opened one, but did not know the
combination of the second, and was shot
down.
Seifert said bandits killed a German
hardware merchant at La Blanco two
weeks ago, and assaulted his two daugh-
tors. aged eight and sixteen years.
Both federals and rebels engage in
looting in the states of Zacatecas and
Durango, according to the refugees.
Gen. Panfllonatore, the rebel commander,
is doing all he can to restrain his men,
they said.
The refugees were unanimous in say
ing both the better and lower classes Of
Mexicans are anxious there shall be no
trouble between the United States and
Mexico, but that what they called the
middle class is openly hostile to Ameri-
cans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-16
CRITICISES BRITISH ACTION,
London Paper Says Panama Expo
Refusal Is Pretty Churlish.

LONDON, August 16.-In an editorial
dealing with Great Britain's refusal to
participate in the Panama-Pacific expo
sition, the Outlook says:
1T seems pretty churlish that Great
Britain should refuse to take part in the
exposition because 1t would cost her a
little more than she expected. Unless
there are other and better reasons to be
given for this policy, we fear that Eng
land has cut rather bad figure over the
business. and will lose something far
more valuable than the orders she might
have gained by hearty look-in at Uncle
Sans big worlds show
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-16
MURDERS AROUSE PITTSBURGH.
Detectives and Police Ccour Country
for Unknown Criminals.

PITTSBURGH, August 16-County de-
tectives and the police Of Pittsburgh are
searching for two murderers whose
crimes within the past twenty-four hours
have aroused the community.
The first came to light when the body
OF Miss Pauline Loos, a young school
teacher Of Grafton, Pa. was found float
ing in the Allegheny river near Verona.
An autopsy revealed that she had been
assaulted and thrown into the river while
The other crime was the shooting to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-16
THREE IN MOST FAMILIES.
Statistics Show London Has More
Single Women Than Men.

LONDON, August 16.-F'amilies Of
three constitute 10 per cent of the total
number and are more numerous than
any others in England. according to
blue book just issued Families OF four
members make up Is per cent OF i've
IA per cent. and those of six 10 per cent
In London the women living alone out.
number the lonely men TO the extent OF
IS, 594 to 81, $50.