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as though thinking OF some one else. Fin
ally he asked her il she were related to
the new school teacher OF the same name.
Yes" she replied innocently. We are
related"
School closed on the last Friday in May.
The next night at the hop. Irma and Mr..
HARRISON were strolling i'm the moonlight.
II WAS really too warm to dance.
They wandered over the golf links. and
Irma's eyes twinkled mischievously as
they approached the school house.
Let's sit down a minute on this log.
Mr. HARRISON. It's lovely here tonight"
TT certainly is. Dolly uhe Crosbys
called her that. and besides. I want TO
tell you something. I've never known a
girl like you before. dear. and-I love you.
Tell me. Dolly. don't you care for me
just little? know you haven't known
me long. but I cannot wait any longer TO
tell you. and I will try to make you so
happy"
Irma thought q moment. and decided
that not considering her wildly beating
heart. he needed Furnishing just a little.
Indeed. II would rather serve him right
to not know that he was engaging him
self to the teacher. Then she answered
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-10
BY MlGGMAEA j. PORTER

He has pounded and bulldozed you un-
til you are afraid to call your soul Your
own. You just wait until 1t becomes
known how he has used you and 1t may
result in q coat of tar and feathers for
him.
The excited wife got on her hat, grab
bed the baby and the perambulator. and
started for her own home at a gallop.
She might be in time to save Harry from
the hands Of an Infatuated mob.
On leaving his mothers house the huRy
husband had taken a long walk and then
gone home. When he found the house
deserted he went back to his mother to
announce the fact.
Does II look to you as II Nina had left
for yood?" was asked.
Yes"
81 am glad Of it,'
But, mother
And don't you run after her-not .
foot! ! tell you. Harry. we have all been
deceived in that girl!''
'How-how
I'VE all thought her as humble as a
pic. hut II turns out that she has the
temper Of a wildcat. Look what she has
done to you
ct don't understand"
'shs has thrown the teapot at your
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to find the type Of teacher who looks
upon teaching as her life work. and who
is not so likely to be in demand as a
home-maker, and thus obviate the neces-
sity of an annual upheaval at election
time. am, believe me, very respectfully
yours, NATHAN G.. HARRISON"
TT just sounds like old Nat HARRISON"
Irma stormed tearfully. II can't see what
a rich old fossil like him wants to be on
a school board anyway. If Mr.. Murphy
had Just had the decency to stay alive
until I got my school I'd have been very
much obliged, I'm sure. He'd have seen
that I got elected. It's just my luck to
have a stranger not only elected to the
board but made president while I was
away. And / can't get the school now
because I have only three votes" she
walled. They say Mr.. HARRISON con-
trolls the other two, and his own, of
course. Three won't elect me-
She re-read the letter despondently. "As
though 1 ever wanted to get married! Be-
sides, I'm not growing on a bush wait
ing for some one to come along and pick
me. And I'm not pretty. I'm just an
ugly old maid and I'm a good teacher,
too" She looked at her features in the
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morning papers. but found nothing Of in
terest. He did not subscribe to the Tel
egram. and so sent the boy to the news
stand for an issue of the previous day,
and soon found what he looked for. Then
he took his hat and went to Bradley's Of
fee. The expression on his face boded no
good to that gentleman.
II seemed the editor was busy that
morning and Mr.. Shaw had to wait some
little time. which was a new experience
to him: usually his name was an orcn
sesame to any mans office. He walked
impatiently about the untidy little ante
room. and when Re finally entered the
editors office his temper was at boiling
point.
What does all this mean?" he demand
ed loudly. shaking the paper fiercely.
Who put those advertisements in there"
Il did said Bradley. so coolly that Mr..
Shaw forgot the scathing denunciation
he had intended to deliver. He glared at
the editor wildly for a moment.
''Oh, you did? Well. OF all the impu-
dent. cursed presumption he began.
flashing himself into a fury.
Bradley drummed on his desk and
smiled. and when Mr.. Shaw finally STOP
ped for lack of breath and expletives. the
young man motioned him to a chair and
offered him a cigar, which he was too
amazed to refuse.
You see," said Bradley, as he held a
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A POSITION OF TRUST

, that indicated keen satisfaction in the
declaration.
Bradley stood for a moment. looking at
the broad, incorporating back Of his
desired father-in-law. and then, with Q
hearty "Al right Good morning, sir!'
went back to his paste pot and shears,
while Mr.. Shaw thought gr1mly that he
had Iut an end to thut foolishness. The
idea Of permitting his daughter to marry
q spineless ink-slingeri
The next mornings issue of the Tele-
gram contained two very similar adver-
tissments:
''Wanted-A man for a position Of trust
Apply in person to Joha Shaw. Central
Building"
''Wanted-A man for a position of trust
Apply after 8 O'Clock 10 John Shaw, IA
Meridian avenue"
Mr.. Shaw was a man Of many affairs
but he made It a rule to see everybody
who called at his Office, and often car
ried especially pressing matters home
with him. When, about 10 o'clock the
next morning, the Office boy announced
that a gentleman wished to see him, he
laid aside the matter on which he was
engaged. The caller was a very young
man. but carried himself confidently. as
IL he knew his worth and felt the world
must recognize 1t also.
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He laughed. Excuse me, Miss Thurs
ton. should have introduced myself, and
you were certainly right TO call me down.
I'm about over that foolish prejudice
had in your favor or rather against your
teaching requirements. ! am Nathan
G. HARRISON, jr.. a. your service" He
bowed.
Irma's breath almost left her. She had
always thought of the senior HARRISON as
president. but she had presence Of mind
enough to accept the situation with be-
fitting gravity and make a suitable reply.
Even Mr.. Harbison's shrewd eyes failed
to penetrate the gray glasses, and he left
wondering whether her eyes were blue.
or brown. or gray. and unconsciously
plying q girl who seemed anxious to bury
herself in the schoolroom.
Then started the Saturday night hops
at the club, and Irma. radiant and beau
tiful. was always there with the Crosbys.
Nat HARRISON. tr., upon being intro
duced to her on the first night. immedi-
ateiy claimed every other dance. He
seemed to have eyes for no one but the
little slip Of q brown-eyed girl In the
gown OF pink satin with its gauzy over
draperies. Several times he looked at her
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mo, mother"
''She has thrown plates at your'
No"
she has thrown you outdoors on q
freezing night. and made you beg to get
in
Never. mother. Who could have told
you such things as this
Harry, don't seek to palliate her
faults and crimes. Now that you have
found her out. go to a lawyer at once
and file your bill"
But she just wanted to go to the cir
Gus" he protested.
Wanted to go to the circus and you
with a boil on your leg that may turn
into q carbuncle and make a widow OF
her, I'll bet she'd rejoice over IL, Ny
son. you have had q narrow escape. A
little longer and 1t would have been poi
son in your coffee. II Nina GENES wnin-
ing and cajoling don't pay the slightest
attention to her. Sleep here tonight.
The son got up and left the house and
walked to his own. The table had been
cleared and things slicked UP. and Nina
sat waiting.
Say. Harry" she said as he came In.
II am one,''
"And I the other!" he replied. as he
kissed her.
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said the wife a. she looked after him.
Twenty minutes later. without having
cleared of the table. she was en- route
for her fathers house. half q mile away,
wheeling the baby before her in its per-
ambulator.
Harry and have separated was the
announcement she made as her mother
met her at the door.
Harry had gone direct to his widowed
mothers home. and In response to her
anxious inquiries as to why he looked 30
broken up, he said:
IT fear th6t Nina and must partr'
''She has no care for my feelings"
He told his story, but the mother said
Nttle. When he had departed she sent
word to Nina's mother to come over. and
then learned that the wife had left her
house. Then the two mothers sat down
to talk and plan. Were they to go to one
and the other and coax and beg and en-
treat? Were they to tell Nina that
Harry was sorry, and tell Harry that II
he could possibly forgive this time the
wife would never. never sass MIN
again?
Not by q brass nickle!
They were mothers-in-law worth hav-
ing. Nina's mother went home and said
to the weeping bride-wifs,
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Baby had collie.
She burned her hand while cooking.
A clock, which was one of her wedding
presents, started out to strike twelve,
but shook its insides out with a hollow
moan and fell to the floor. never to go
again.
Up to this date 1t had been fair wealth.
er with the Lees. Nothing had occurred
TO provoke dissension. The turtle doves
had gone right on turtling. and 1t had
been left to other husbands to raise rows
and wish they had never met each other.
1t isn't anything to brag of to be a real
nice husband or wife when the road runs
smooth.
Young Mr.. Lee came home fairly long
ing to kick a dog. His wife had been
wishing for an hour past that she could
kick a cat.
Not that they blamed each other at ali
for the ills that had happened. or that
either had a thought of a row. They
were two powder magazines and didn't
know II.
It was the fife who touched the match.
They were at the table and had been
rather shy of conversation. when she OBJ
served:
Il see that We are to have . circus
next week.
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her exhibition gown, came another ask
ing Mrs. McMahon to make several
more contributions for the spring exhi-
bition. She taxed her imagination to the
utmost to make these gowns real crea-
tons. She sought her inspiration not
from the French fashion magazines nor
old costume plates nor historic memories.
Instead she studied the sunsets, listened
to inspiring music, pondered over the
personalities and lines and coloring of
beautiful women, read poetry, even, and
the inspiration came.
Mrs. Mcmahon followed her dresses
that spring to New York. She hurried
to the store where they were to be on
exhibition. and then, just as she was
about to sail triumphantly into the ex-
hibition rooms, her courage failed her.
What, she thought, would her little con-
tribution look like matched with the
cream of the Partisan dressmaking es-
Establishments? How pale and lifeless
and labored would look these gowns
over which she had spent so many anx-
ious hours of toll What, after all,
could Cincinnati show New York? Mrs.
Mcmahon hesitated over this misgiving
before she went any farther. Finally she
pulled herself together and proceeded
to the display room
There was the usual gathering of shop
pers, dressmakers. and fashionable won,-
en-. They were all collected in one end
of the room, looking, as Mrs. Mcmahon
thought, at the most recent sensation
from Paris.
"Of course they are Paris models
she heard one woman say to another.
mo one in this country can approach
them"
Then forgetting her own work in
her eagerness to see these new importa-
tions, Mrs. Mcmahon raised her eyes.
only to discover that the center of at
traction was nothing less than her own
contribution to the exhibition.
Mrs. Mcmahon was sure now of her
ability. But so far she had made no
name for herself. These very gowns
might as we'll have come from Paris as
far as her own reputation was concerned,
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Real Romances Of the Business World

for, of course, the store which had ex-
hibited them was not anxious to adver-
tise the fact that they came from Gin
cinnati. Mrs. McMahon's ambition was
to be New York dressmaker because
she knew that there were more women
who would pay high prices for her wares
in that city than anywhere else in the
country. How to gain reputation, that
was Mrs. McMahon's problem. How
could she create demand for her
gownss If she could only get one fash
ionable woman to wear them others
would follow.
The question was easy to answer. She
would wear them herself She would
be her own first New York patron. So
with this idea in view Mrs. McAlahon
spent part of the money she had received
from the exhibition profits in making
for herself fifteen of the most beautiful
gowns she could design. With trunks
and purse full of the necessary equip
ment, she went to Saratoga during the
most fashionable season prepared to
conquer She stopped at one of the
best hotels in the place and frequented
the races and public entertainments. and
of course fashionable women noticed
her and envied her for her style. Final
ly it was whispered about that she was
New York dressmaker and would
probably, if tactfully approached, con-
sent to take orders.
The fashionable women did go to her,
and when she opened her New York es-
Enlistment they became her patrons
And now, just fourteen years since
opening. Mrs. Mcmahon has one of the
most exclusive, best-paying dressmak-
ing business concerns in the country.
For her establishment in Fifth ave-
nue. she pays higher rental than any
other dressmaker IN the country She is
acknowledged to be the best business
woman in Ter profession.
But ii you should go to New York in
search OF Mrs. McNIahon you would
never find her. for in her business and
professional relations she has assumed
another name.
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A SAlRTORIA[L GENIUS
BY OSBORNE MARSHALL

come from Cincinnati to New York for
the sole purpose of studying the new
gowns SO that she might carry to her
patrons in Cincinnati the latest ideas OF
Partisan styles. She stood long and
thoughtfully before an especially effect
i've model.
as this a Worth gown" she asked
one of the saleswomen who stood
near by.
mo, indeed" was the answer. This
is an American creation. Occasionally
we get something worth while in New
York, you know"
The dressmaker from Cincinnati
didn't know that. She had thought that
all model gowns came from Paris. But
if models came from New York, why
shouldn't they come from Cincinnati as
we'll? In fact, why shouldn't she pro-
duce in her workrooms in the West
gowns that could be exhibited at spring
exhibitions?
Mrs. Mcmahon went straight to one
of the buyers with her idea. He was a
very busy man, and he smiled YEARLY at
her suggestion. Obviously it was alb
surd.
"But if l pay the express both ways, if
you can't place the gown" insisted Mrs.
Mcmahon eagerly, won't you at least
look at it,"
There is nothing to prevent you from
sending gown" the buyer replied But,
of course, Cincinnati, can show New
York nothing about fashions"
This was the time that Mrs. Mcmahon
smiled, but she thanked the buyer, and
as soon as she returned to her little
workroom in Cincinnati she began to
dream about that model gown she would
send for the autumn exhibition.
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my dear. you have done just right"
IL thought you might blame me-"
mot a single bit. nor does his mother.
She says she wonders how you managed
to live with Harry for a single month"
"why, Harry has always been kind and
good" protested the surprised wife.
Don't seek to excuse him. II anything
ais you he has no sympathy. Let him
have headache and he must play the
BOBBY"
"why, mother. he Is never a BOBBY"
of he says a thing is so he won't allow
you to dispute him."
But he has often given in to me-"
"You poor child. how sacrificing you
are, but II must end now. Father will
go with you to a lawyers In the morn
ing"
'why see q lawyer
ITO file q bill for divorce. Of course.
Nina, how soon after marriage did Harry
begin to beat your
"Mother!" was gasped.
How many times has he turned you
outdoors at midnight"
Mother. can't sit here and hear you
talk about Harry like that. I tell you
he 10 . good husband"
u 80 how 1t isr' sighed the mother.
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Copyright. lel4.)

When Harry Lee and Nina Bennett
were wed. both the Lees and the Ben
netts were pleased.
The friends OF the happy couple were
pleased.
They will get along like two turtle
doves" was the general verdict.
They had been married just two years,
and their baby was ten months old. when
tie following things happened to the hus-
band:
A boil made its appearance on his leg
and began to ache.
Someone stole his six leghorn chickens.
His collie dog was fool enough to
chase a rabbit so far into the next coun-
ty that he lost himself.
, A party TO whom he had loaned $500
went into bankruptcy.
The barber discovered that he was
He wanted the nomination for alder
man. but didn't get IT.
And during the same period the follow
ing things happened to Mrs. Lee:
She had toothache.
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lCopyrighr. l9l4.l


Irma Thurston stood staring indignant
ly at a letter that had just come from the
new president of the school board.
After having made three unsuccessful
attempts to see him in person about the
position she wished TO secure. she had
made her application by mail. and the
, reply she now held in her hand read as
follows:
My dear Miss Thurston: have your
favor of the 18th inst. In reply I wish to
say that although should like very much
to indorse your application, feel that 1t
would not be for the interest of the Warf-
dale School, II the board were to install
another youthful pedagogue. Pardon the
personality, but in spite of your excellent
recommendation from the Normal School,
] understand that you are not only young
but rather attractive, and that is the very
thing our board is trying to overcome.
Every year we find 1t necessary to elect
q new teacher, as each one graduates
with ridiculous regularity from the
schoolroom into matrimony.
Now, you will pardon my frankness,
pray, Miss Thurston- I think it best to
be candid We are going to try this time
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what freak clothes fashionable women
were going to wear next. OF these
fashionable women there were few.
They alone had come with intent to buy.
For the benefit of these few the exhibit
ton had been given.
One of those who examined every
model on exhibition with the minutest
attention was tall, dark-eyed young
woman named Mcmahon. She had
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1914-05-10
tcop,risht. ,aa.,

1T was the spring opening in the
dressmaking department of one of
the big stores in New York City.
The floor Of the department was throng-
ed with women-dressmakers galore,
who had come to get pointers for their
own workrooms and shoppers whose
time hung heavy on their hands, who
mad sauntered in out of curiosity to see
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-07
BEVY OF PRETTY GIRLS TO TAKE.
PART IN THE MAYOR OF TOXIC"

A rbeVy OF Honolulu's prettiest girls
TO the number of seven has been Sc
lected by A R. C''Sonny') Cunha. to
take part in that feature of the pro-
daction of THE Mayor of Toxic"
which will be known as the Peanut
Ballet" and the maidens chosen for
this part are Miss Beth Woods, Miss
Grace Bredhoff. Miss Helen Mclean
Miss Doris Noble, Miss Edith Smith,
Miss Sybil Robertson and Miss H.
Dow. and Miss Dow.
The Peanut Ballet" promises to be
a show in itself. According to the ar
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-07

FIRST METHODIST CHURCH.
Rev. r. r. Smith. Morning ser
vice at HOO; evening service
at 100.
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ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL.
Bishop Henry B, Restarick.
Morning service at 1l:00
evening service at T:30.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-07
DANCE
!. THIS evening

The Moose viii give 4 dance this
evening in their spacious hall at the
corner of Fort and Beretania streets.
This is by far the finest dance hall
In Honolulu and as the music will
be supplied by the Kaai Glee Club. a
good time is assured to aH.-adver-
tisement. 4.u:% .@s>."
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Arch J. Brown, stage director for
"Mav0r OF Toxic

Gumont Of tho play, the l,ombprs Of
he ballet form the cnor"s OF a stock
company which has become stranded
il Japan and around which the plot CT
the production revOlves. During the
performance the U'cmhors OF the bal.
let will be seen in a number of fancy
dances Including the "Hesitation
Waltz" in which they will he support
ed by the main chorus Of somo 30 per-
sons. All the members Of the ballet
have had fo.m"r eNn"rio&ce il anna
teur thoatrica!G and. as Sonny" CNnha
says, Ii" intends to max" stars Of fE",1
oil.
Tie =, hcaTaaIS Of the prodUc,ion ave
com!nA A.nng at an excellent rae. &C
:Ordlng to those vino have watched
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DELlCATESSEN
STORE TO open

Mrs g. v. Schurman viii open a
delicatessen store at 20 Pauahi street,
near Fort, on Wednesday night. Three
years experience in, Los Angeles
makes it possible for her to serve the
latest dishes in proper style. Soups,
salads, roasts, vegetables, will !, be
served hot from IL to 10 each day.
Don't cook during Carnival. See Mrs.
urman.-advertisement. Ia
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The highest wafer lift lock in the
world is being installed at Little Falls,
Minn., and will lift boat $40 feet
long. The lock will be As feet wide.
60 feet deep and will lift the boats
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1t is said that the ball Of the Green
witch England observatory has never
been wrong except one day in 1878,
when it was half second late. AZ