The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1913-02-03
AN EGYPTIAN
RECIPE
BY M. QUAD
Copyright. 1912. by Associated Lit
erary Press.
By M. QUAD

headed. whIskerless man. II ne badn'
been In love with the Widow Davis
things might have been different
When he told her that he loved her hei
reply was:
John. you are good man. but
but what is 1t, Maryy'
you are baldheaded and have nc
whiskers"
But love you"
"That can't make up for It, ! repeat
that you are good man. but when
think that l would have to sit here
evening after evening and stare at
your shiny poll II is too much"
IL thought II a man loved
But there are the whiskers or the
lack of them. No man can look digni-
fed without 'em. Your character is all
that woman could ask for. but where
is the hair? Where the whiskers?"
John Stone turned away In chagrin
and despair. and there was no sleep
for him for the next three nights. He
was still in the dumps when tin ped
dler came along and invited him TO
open his heart. He did So
Say. John, 1t was mean Of the wild
ow." said the peddler when he mad
listened to all.
"Yes. kinder"
kinder? Why, man, she has wreck
ed your life"
HAS she?'
"You want to turn around and wreck
the widow
But how can do it?" asked John.
First OF all. get mad at her. Say
TO yourself that you don't care durn
for her.
We'll. I'm feeling that way. She
can go to Texas"
Bully for you. Now then. you know
that we peddlers take all kinds OF
things In trade. The other day raked
In an Egyptian mummy for "a worth
OF milk pans. You know what "A mum
my is. don't your
"Some one that's been dead thou
sand years"
Exactly. When ripped him open
| found this paper"
by George. Easpeu Jouh.
1T is writ in Egyptian. but ! can
read il right of. It's recipe for max |
ing hair grow on bald heads
You don't say"
"And for forcing whiskers to grow /
on the smoothest face Ii says that
one months use OF it will grow side
whiskers on q boy of ten"
You can't mean it,"
.You can have the preparation put
up at drug store and begin 10 use IL,
and In month what happensl Why.
you have luxuriant crop OF curly
hair on your bald head and chin whisk.
ers that fall down to your waist and
are blown TO port and starboard By the
breezes You can walk NJ and down
the road In front Of the widows house.
From the window she sees you ana {
knows she has made the mistake of her
lie. She calls to you TO admit that
she was in the wrong and that you can
bring the preacher as soon as you
please. but you wave her aside"
And whatg"
And you wave her aside and go
llong TO the Wilder Stevens and pro- I
pose marriage TO her and hustle things q
llong. She dotes on curly hair ana Z
hin whlskers, aud viii shy yes ut
nee"
by George. but it will be great" G
1T will for sure"
"And you'll do this ont Of the good
less of your hearth a
.'Ill do 1t for one-half goodness and I.
he other half cash. The cash half Is !,
%. Those chin whiskers alone are G,
vorth 500 to any living man." e.
No farmer is ready TO pay ont money v
nless he can see return for It. a
'armer Stone asked for week TO con- =
ider the matter aud then closed the ) )
cal 1t wasn't humanely possible for ),
baldheaded. whiskerless man 10 hold
ut. The formula was copied OFF for al
i'm. and he deposited II in safe place Ii
NTH he could spare day to 20 to the OF
ilage That day never came. He Ell
-as killed by accident in his own field. a
Then came an interval of seven years VI
uring which time nothing was said In :"
Is late community about baldheaded :
len. One day stranger appeared 70
no had heard from the peddler that !:
,hn Stone had the Egyptian recipe. I;
nd he offered s. for 1t. one of the !:
blowers heirs found II In an old Il
INK and took the money
The next heard OF the recipe was by =
lvertisement A coffee and ten house. =
stead of giving out trading stamps. :
lvertised to grow hair and whiskers I:
r the buyer Of every pound of tea or I:
fee. =
They sent lot of wagons through I:
e country TO herald the news by =
ord of mouth. and the highways were =
astered with posters. and the weekly I:
pers reaped whole pages OF adver.
ing The campaign was brief. but y
gorous. x
All those who got the recipes were !:
rected TO certain druggist TO have !;
EN- filled. The druggist was a hus- q
II and sent the stuff away by the !;
pres and hundreds OF bottles and Il
lde 400 per cent profits. At the end !:
ten or twelve weeks there were 600 X
ldheads in one county alone and the !:
mber of burned and bllstered chins
a cheeks was n full thousand. =
he headstone marking John Stones Z:
I've was a rather stinGy affair. Aft =