The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-08-10
|AnAppeal tothe
Senseof Beauty
By EUNICE BLAKE

al
. thirty-fiye years old and considered tn
| handsomest man OF the city in whicl
he lived and practiced his profession.
One night a lamp exploded in tn
home of young widow, setting fir
TO the clothes OF an old lady, mem
Der of the family, and burning her S,
severely that she lived but twenty-fou
hours after the accident. Every doc
tor In the nelghborhood was called in
among them DIR. Worthington. Their
was little that could be done for thu
patient, who was known to every
doctor there, but there was greai
deal to be done in calming those pres
emit As soon as the physician Of tht
upper ten thousand entered practltion
ers earning beggarly $1,000 to $40.
900 year instinctively withdrew into
their shells, and when he spoke In hi.
musical baritone voice a few words
enjoining quiet a calm fell upon every
one in the room.
Mrs. Allandale, the young widow In
whose house the accident occurred,
was so impressed with DR.. Worthing.
tons aristocratic bearing, his self con-
troll and that influence he possessed over
his fellow beings. especially women,
| that she resolved to win him for her
second husband. Mrs. Allandale had
heard story about the doctors having
to employ chaperon at his Office and
realized that her game must be played
with great delicacy in order to be sue
cessful.
About a week after the death and
burial of the person who was burned
Dr. Worthington was called TO visit
Mrs. Allandale.s He responded at once
and found the lady reclining in her IL
brary, where logs blazed in a gothic
fireplace She had on pale blue silk
negligee-she was a blond-and a lamp
shaded in pink was on a little table
beside her. The blue was especially
becoming, and the pink lamplight on
her complexion added to the pleasing
effect DR.. Worthington was perfectly
aware from the moment he entered the
room that the lady's intentions were
those of women from whom his duenna
was expected to protect him. But, oh.
how different this appeal from the 9th
ers
The lady did not extend her finger
tips; she did not smile; she simply
said:
Doctor, in the dreadful experience
we have had in this house my nerves |
have been severely strained. / sleep |
very badly, have no appetite and am
subject to a twitching of the muscles, |
especially when passing into slumber. /
would like you to give me sedative.
a tonic or whatever you think i re- |
quire."
The doctor placed the tips of his
thumb and fingers on the lady's wrist,
looked wise. sympathetic and respect
full. all In one glance; then, taking out
blank slip, wrote prescription.
This is merely light sedative,"
he said. 81 do not attach much i'm
portance to it, for the shock you have
received must wear off gradually. l
would advise diverting your mind so
far as possible-social affairs that are
to your liking-nothing that will bore
and. above all. the
company Of those with whom you are
and who interest you"
THANK you, doctor. | dare say you
ire right noticed how you quieted
rs all at the time of the accident, and
rely more on your personal influence
han your medicines. | should be glad
o have you call as often as your other
and social engagements
will permit for | feel quieted already. /
am quite sure that treatment by in /.
luence. such as is practiced by Chris (.
ian Scientists and other like sects, !.
will do me world of good But OF I;
curse. / do not mean that you are TO !:
i've me more of your valuable time /;
han my share" !;
There was some desultory chat. after !;
which the doctor withdrew. promising !:
o call again in a few days. Mrs. AL !:
andale told him that she required !;
oothing more in the evening than In !:
he daytime and she would be glad !:
then he could find 1t convenient to !:
all between 8 and IL O'Clock p. m. He !:
romised to do his best in this respect !:
A few days later the doctor tele- =
honed Mrs. Allandale that be must |.
isit patient in her vicinity that even !:
lg and would call If she thought he 4
ould be Of any service. She replied !:
trough her maid that she was much !:
oppressed and begged that be would =
rely come. 4
When the doctor called he found his =.
ltient sitting on one end OF sofa.
bed this time in a cOmmingling of -
nix and lace, with a jack rose in her
lir. the latter taking the place OF the
mp shade that had before given a
'coming hue TO her complexion. he
ade bold to sit on the other end Of
e sofa. and when be felt her pulse II
} left his fingers on her wrist longer
an before.
The doctors visits became more and
ore frequent. and every time be call
he found Mrs. Allandale in a COS
me which was a more becoming ere
lon than the last. and at each call Il
ere was a different lamplight or
reen set near her for frightening or
bduinE the hue Of her complexion
a different flower In her corsaCe or L
r hsir. What could not be accom- -