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Tor tho daughter OF amy y or labor"r
Perhaps abe has a chance TO enjoy
their beauties more.
There have been reports 10 the effect
that the Brady family, fearing Marcia
might be kidnapped ON account of her
great wealth, and held for ransom,
have engaged detectives whose duty it
Is to keep the child constantly under
watch. Whether or not this Is the ease
has not been definitely stated. Little
Marcia could not tell You If you asked
her. She would prohahly open her big
eyes wide and wonder what you were
talking about. \ mig rosy checked doll
with flaXcn curls interests her just now
more than all her great fortune and
she would much sooner stroke the
white far Of Thoroughbred pot collie
than talk to YOU about money. hcrs or
any one clsc'S.
Great wealth il ~ great responsibility.
DouElcss little Miss Marcia does not
think of such things now. out already
her fortune has caused its ripple of
trouble. Througg court proceedings
tn" matter got into the newspapers.
t.. Palmer GaNit, tho childs father.
married not long ago The divorced wife
VI f4iNtlN hil Nt'll LUX ilI Denver.
Last spring Mn. and Mrs. Gavit decided
to pcy = Visit - Mr. Gavits former
home in Colorado Springs, and Of
course Miss Marcia was to accompany
them That was what they intended "a
do, hut court proceedings were begun
by members of the Brady family tu
RESTRAIN them from taking the child ont
side of New York state. However. tho
difficulty over the custody of the child
was amicably settled ont Of court and
the little hc.rcss viii divide her time
between her grandmOther's homo and
her stopmothcrs. But the trip ID
Colorado Springs has been temporarily
abandoned, Nicholas +, Brady gave ont
4 statement saying that it WAS most
unjust and unwarrantrd that Mrs
Gavits name should hc brought into
the matter at al. az She was in no way
concerned, ana that he himself and
the entire Brady family had the
greatest confidence in and respect for
the second Mrs. Gavit
While Il "a certainly ri"r s~r = r;'''
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FAMINE IN HAIR DYES.

DERHAPS you think that's "a myth
- about hair turning white over
night? Well 81 isn't. It's Il
nideous fact. Its happening these very
days. As follows. for instance:
distinguished chemist mp at Column
h.u University Eat in his Office the other
day reading a dissertation on blochemi-
ca anomalies ~ The prune or some
thing like that, when there hinged in
painting and palld a citizen II extreme
dappernesS.
Help" ga-ped tu" .lsiror. and
clutchcd he chemists arm. You are
~ famous expert on coal tar?"
+ am" quoth tho famous expert on
coal tar.
AN" breathed the visitor as he col.
ldps"d upon a chair. Zen you vii
uolp Ms. m'sicur' Zc terrible NAL
hour, What a.s war mas done to 2,
innocent, See, We. /, viii pay You FOR
delivering Us from disaster" liz
whipped oul u check book ana foun'
tain pen "Noici, Let US say. on
zousand dollars for what YOU call,
OBTAINING fee. is II not? You will droI
everything else. You will rescue us
YOUR brain, your genius, m'sicur' /
viii save us-from re horror"
"Eh? What's the matter?" the dis.
. ,inguishcd chemist demanded nervously
"Ze war. m'sieur, II has brough
devastation into many home II ha,
filed hearts with fear--hearts dear /,
me-"
&, 1 20, Ia, tho nanors The cham.
- frowned uncasily and edged away
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The new high neckwear,

turnover points is more practical than
the straight collar.
Net guimpes with nigh collars side and
back and small fat turnover points In
fr mt. points and chemisette fVnt dam
lily hand embroidered and all the edges
cut in minute scallops and embroidered
ar" delectab,c things To tempt tn"
woman who loves high collars but loves
comfort too. Unluckily these are rather
distressingiy expensive, hut it is possible
to copy the shape using a Hat, very mar
row valcncienneS edging for finish IN
place Of the embrn!derc, scallops
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THE richest little girl IN America
who is she? Tho first impulse OF
i most people would probably he
to award the distinction TO Miss
Muriel Aston. daughter Of the late John
Jacob hstuT who lost his life in the
Titanic disaster aud by his will gave his
daughter $1,000, 900. This sum added
To tho $4,000 900 OF more already loft to
her 10y her grandfather, Mr.. Willing of
Philadelphia, makes Miss Aston a very
rich little lady indeed but she is not the
richcst. That distinction belongs TO
Miss Marcia Ann Gavit u young lady
scarcely s years Of age. with $4,000, 900
IN her credit and an income of $4,000 a
day. This fortune was left to her by
Der grandfather, the late Anthony y.
Brady OF New York.
Little Miss Gavit is the daughter OF
Mrs. Flora Brady Gavit. Nho was killed
in the wreck ON the New Haven railroad
at Wcstport on Drccmbcp ,. 1912 Her
father IL r. Palmer Gavit, "A member of
a socially prominent family of Albany.
Mr.. Gavit married Miss Flora Meyers
Brady ON September -, 1901. AZ the
Brady summer home at West End. " !.
Mr.. Brady gave his sOn-ln law n house
III HiDhhN dnt nldtf MN secretary ana
treasurer Of tho Municipal Gas Com
pany of Albany at a salary generally re-
ported to Inc in the neighborhood of
s 900 u month,
Mr.. Brady was very fond of his little
granddaughter Marcia and when he died
=. the latz-CartOn Hotel in Lnudon on
aiY = last It was found that by
his Will he divided his estate into siN
parts and gave Marcia one Of these. os-
tmatCd at Sli,000,O00 He directed that
;hC trustees under the will. his sons.
Nicholas r. and james c. Brady, should
IN iiAinG her income take into consid-
traton the station Of life of his beloved
ErandChld, and he specially instructed
thcm that She should be amply and
literally provided for, as this was his
express desire.
Miss Marcia is to have the principal
a. her fortune when she becomes Of
aGe and until then the trustees are ia
spend the income on her absolutely
within their discretion. Whatever part
OF the income Is not spent thus is Ia be-
divided ldo two parts, one part To he
added to HE principal and To- accrue
until she becomes Of age, the other part
20 ho given TO her father. by the terms
81 the will the trustees may spend the
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RECIPES.

IT. E following recipes are somewhat
unusual in their line and once
mastered form a valuable aid to
the country housewife whose aim is to
produce the unusual combined with the
smallest possible expense.
Take close lunches of black or white
grapes not overripe; prick each Crane
twice with new needle then place the
lunches carefully I'm II Jar. sprinkle over
them pounded white sugar to taste and
MI mp the jar with brandy. Put the lid
on the jar tic it down with "A piece of
bladder. store away in a cool, dry place
ana YOU VIII have beautiful middle
dish i'm a winter dessert
Put into AN earthenwarc jar in alter
nate layers four dozen haved and
stoned plums, two dozen peeled. cored
ara quartered apples and two dozen
peeled, cored and sliced pears. Put the
Ia ON the jar, then tie down close with
sheet of brown paper and bake in a
moderate oven until the fruit is quite
soft when it must he passed through a
sieve into a preserving pan containing
three pounds of loaf sugar. Stir the
whole thoroughly together ana boil for
an hour then pour into a moderately
deep dish and finish off as usual. When
the almack is required for uso IL must
b" 'ut into slices. when il win he found
delicious.
I'olI luoI suStr just moisteued win
strained lemon Juice until candy high
'|'H S'i'W IN ~ many pink rose petal,
as YOU may choose. Boil the conserv,
az once, sprinkle in one or two spoon .
iuiS Of powdered ana sifted sugar and
pour Immediately into very small card
o"ald jars tor boxes Of various shapes
each one prichcd fur Of holes at tie
bottom, stand the jars aside upon a
folded cloth until the conserve is quite
r"ld and set when it can be stored ava,
IN dr\ cupboard and used for a
variety of decorative purposes.
Gather crahapplcs when They are
Just rlp", wash them thoroughly and
pui them into a preserving pan with
cold water to well cover them Simmer
gently until they begin to break. then
inter the juice through a Jelly bag and
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closely with pieces of bladder. they Will
be ready to serve as an accompaniment,
to a roast.
Pare off the rind from one or two
Just ripe melons. remove the seeds and
pith and cut the melons into moderately
large squares about half an inch in
thickness Cover the fruit with cold
vinegar for ten days, then remove II
INTO saucepan with fresh vinegar and
sumner as gently as possible until il Is
tender but not broken. Drain the fruit
upon an inverted sieve and when cold
put 1t into glass Jars. Next make n
pickle with ten ounces of loaf sugar TO
each pint of vinegar, add a slight fiavcr-
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mattresses, and panic stalks among
their customers. The dapper visitor
was one of the most skilful OF caretakers
OF woman's browning glory. and his ter
ror was as genuine as the check which
he urged upon the chemist OF Columbia
For really and truly. the Germans
and few French, now negligible com
mercially-possess the secret of the finer
hair dyes, and they have all gone to war.
They are facing the guns OF the allies
without turning a hair. except on the
heads of their transatlantic patrons of
yorc.
So reader. if you stroll up Fifth ave-
nue. or along Riverside Drive. and, stroll
ing, see n window with thick lace cur
tains and behind the curtains a pallid
face, tread softly and with bowed head.
Perhaps it is Nine. Jones or maybe
M'sieur Smith.
Yes war s dreadful
Also, the Germans have the world by
the hair
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New York Service.

mot long ago." relates ex.Speaker
Canon. "a young couple came in from
the suburbs to New York city to SEQ
the Hippodrome. They arrived very
early and decided to have a lunch.
place all to themselves.
In serving them the waitress omit
ted to supply a teaspoon and the fair
young bride whispered the fact to her
husband.
"Summoning the waitress. the young
mar asked:
MAY we have a spoon?'
Why. certainly replied the girl
I am just tidying up, and you can
have the whole room to yourselves In
a minute or two.'"-Lippincott'A
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aYNoPsis.

Gloria ken. . motherles girl. who has
0pent most u her life in school,. arrives
% her fathers home in Belmont David
ks:r i the political boss Of the town.
mi y anxious to prevent his daughter
searniti8 or his real character. Kendall,
representing the Chicago packers. Is me-
gouating with Judge Gilbert. Kerr's chief
edviser. for a valuable franchise. They
rear the opposition OF joe Wright, editor
distance Of Judge Gilbert In Introducing
20 help him put through the packers
franchise and let him have all the graft.
Gloria meets Joe Wright at the Gilberts.
~ appears they are on intimate terms.
having met previously in q touring party
IN Europe. The G!lberts invite Gloria to
stay with them pending the ~refurnishing
Of the Kerr home. Wright begins his fight
against the proposed franchise in the col
nm1s OF his paper. the Belmont News.
err influence to hamper Wright in the
publication OF his paper. Gloria realizes
She Is not being received by the best So
ciety and y unhappy. She takes up set
Element work. Kerr and his lieutenants
decide to buy Kerr's paper and ask the
editor to meet them at Gilbert's office.
Calling at Gilbert's office to solicit a do
nation Gloria meets Wright. He proposes
and Is accepted while waiting to be called
into the conference. Wright refuses to
sell his paper and declares he will fight to
z bitter attack on Kerr. Gloria calls
Wright a coward and refuses to listen to
any explanation from him. Broken-heart-
ga. Gloria decides to plunge more deeply
Into settlement work. She calls on q sick
girl OF the underworld, named Ella.
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Tha Picture Was That Of Her Father.

INV 0lShbSC was mat OF T0SC FGInGT.
But It was not Mrs. Hayes. for Gloria
could hear the heavy tread ascending
to the floor above.
Little Ella was restless and roll>i
and.tossed in her sleep. The daughter
OF David Kerr looked with pity upon
her. Her discipline was too new. her
spirit was still too untamed FOR her to
understand fully the kinship OF the
human C. Although she recognized
that she was herself without the caste
she thought was hers, she had not
come to know that on the last great
day there would be only the Judgment
Of the just and the unjust, not OF the
high and the low, OF the rich and the
poor, of the wise and the ignorant, OF
the master and the servant.
Poor GIRL" murmured Gloria. you
shall see that ! do understand"
There was also much which she
could learn from this bit OF fotsam
east up by an unkind sea upon a cheer
less shore. Seeing that Little Ella
was not sleeping soundly. her desire
to know more got the better OF her
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There are also certain mental and
spiritual preparations.
To be intensely interested il any.
thing is fatal to sleep: SO also are
the memory Of q ranking failure.
pian-making. problem-solving. apprc-
PENSION. shame and remorse.
Inc soul must take on It's inter-
estedness 40 the body must remove
its vestments.
Passions OF any kind. craving and
Al meats are against slesp.
One u very fortunate who hae I
AAh9t - prayer Cor there = nothing
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she cried with a contempt that wruns
her heart. David Kerr. the king OF
u~nderhand manipulators! David Kerr.
the man these wretched women look
I for protection-and pay him for IT,
This new thought vas a poisoned
arrow that sank into her heart. AZ
she dwe!t upon It her eyes fell upon
her handsome tailored coat and her
beautiful hat she had laid aside.
"And with the money these unhappy
creatures pay, he-he-Cod In Heaven!
Where did the money come from for
these clothes I wear? What shall
DO? All these years, and l neve.
knew!"
Where the money came from to ray
Tor her handsome clothes wracked her
as poignantly as would a great phys.
ical pain. Her thoughts were incoher.
ent, skipping from one horrid phase
OF the situation TO another. Though
they were disconnected, they we're not
vague. Each was a ruthless view Of
her depiorable position.
Why did he let me come home?
Q can l bear to have anyone look
at me on the street? can hear them
now saying, That's she, the boss
daughter. See her fine clothes. We
know where the money came from to
buy them And I, like a leper, must
ever cry. 'Unclesn. unclean,' and see
those whom l would love fee ever
on before me-"
This made her think again OF Joe
Wright. Surely he had loved her be-
You'd all reason to have wished to
marry her. the daughter Of such a
man.
Joe, poor old Joe, how he has SUI
Tered because Of me-" She had chosen
In her blindness not to listen to him
and now he was gone forever. She
had obeyed the dictation of pride and
stiiled the prompting Of love. and now
her punishment seemed greater than
she could bear. "He did love me. H>
knew. and still loved me. And l drove
him away. Well. 1t was better so; but
ne did not love me-once. It's better
SO-fOr him"
It was now a far more grievous pros
pect than that of the long years which
had confronted her when she had real
lied the previous day how solitary was
to be her way. Then she had had po-
sition. power. and pride; now these
had been stripped from her. and moth
ing had been given her in their stead.
In a passionate flood OF tears she sank
to the floor and cried as II her heart
would break.
Through 1t all Little Ella slept. not
knowing that in her room was being
enacted a tragedy Of the heart more
profound than any she with all her
shallowness could live in q century Of
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ness" observed Judge Cluer 70 !
debtor at Whitechapel N4ondon) coun-
ty court. who repudiated . business
debt. saying his wife owned the bust.
ness.
IL | had my way" said his honor,
Il would have q bill printed IN biz
type and placed outside the shop stat,
Ing. I am dishonest; l won't pay. /
am also IN idle dog. and do nothins,
and intend to live On my wife
In Rome It was tho custom dor I
debtor to be handed over @ . slnSD
% hls creditor anA nAdo = vosh.s
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FACE lTcHED AND BURNED

- No. Union st., Aurora, M.-"My
a1lnent started with = little pimpls
ana Is always itchsd and burned ter.
rthly. ! scratched It and in . few
days my face was al covered with
soEoa. e nm up to my eyes and the
day after ! could not sec out OF my
right eye. l was unable to get any
ret ! couldn't 80 to bed, being
altaid Of getting the clothing all
soilsd, although ! had my face oil
bandaged.
II was given two Jars OF salve but
& bopt getting worse. It was some.
thing like . running sore because
evoFy time ! used some Of the salvs
! had to wrap bandages around my
neck to keep the water and nus from
running down my body. / wrote for q
sample Of Cuticura Soap and Oint.
ment and In . few days / received
these and washed my face with the
Cutfcura Soap and put on some Cuti.
curA Ointment and the next morning
my face felt cool and somewhat 70
nevod. After using the sample I
bought some Cuticura Soap and Oint.
ment q the drug store. l followed
THU treatment just twenty-six days
and after using ONE cake OF Cuticura
Soap and two boxes Of Cuticura Oint.
ment I wa cured. (Signed) George
Miller. Jan. /. 1919.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
1ree with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept. 1. Boston."-Adv.
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CHAPTER XIX.

Grief made Gloria insensible to the
flight OF time. and how long she had
been PROSTATE on the floor before
sounds IN the stairs aroused her she
did not know. Thinking that it must
be Mrs. Hayes returning Wits a ply
stefan, she rose hastily and tried to
remove all traces OF her tears. She
wished above all to avoid explanations.
and II none was asked she did not
wish to have her grief misconstrued.
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can still the soul like purging the
conscience before God: and cares,
prickiEg annoyances. breads and all
mental tensions can be remedied Ia
no way more satisfactorily than by
letting the consciousness OF God wasa
the soul
x Of friendliness and peace to
WIT he Infinite II the surest medi-
cine for sleep.
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Efncaclous, But


Ex-Speaker Alfred E. Smith. who
defeated tho Goethals police bin 1t
Albany. N. r.. said at q dinner:
There are better ways to improve
the force than this Coethals bill.
They're not such SNOWY. not such at.
tractive ways. but they're better.
And the mayor, turning from them
with repugnance. II like the girl who
said:
How cnn / learn to stand and Sit
n the new round-shouldered. bent.
over. ~slouching attitude. maj"
'3The girls mother stopped her
work. and. leaning On her broom. re-
piled:
"a good way. perhaps, would be to
tire yourself ! bit each morning BY
helping with the sweeping and dust
ing and dish-washing.'"
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New Modern Dancing

Tho leadin. Expert and Instructor in New YosA
City. writes: tDear Sir:-I have used ALLrxr
Foor.EAsE, The an:iseptic powder to BIO shaken int
the shoes. for the past ten years. 1t Is a blessing -
all who are compelled to be on their feet. I dance
FooT-hAsE keeps my feet cool. takes the friotioa
from the shoe, prevents corns md 4ore, Aching TEA
] 1t TO all my pupils"
(Signed) II. FLETCHER HALLAMORA
Sample EHEr. Address Allen {. Olmsted. LIE Roy,M.Y
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Curtain Lecture.

Miss Polly-When / wa in the city
! attended a vaudeville show, and Il
was just grand.
Villager-What were the names o4
the pieces?
Miss Polly-I don't remember m.
but the curtain said the first piece vae
"Asbestcs."-Buffalo Express.
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Arsny'e Flaht On Typhoid.

The efficacy Of the treatment Of y.
phoid By vaccination II established by
the remarkable statistics for the
United States army during last year.
when only two cases OF typhoid fever
among the enlisted force OF $4,000
were recorded. or the two cases. one
~ that of = man who had not been
treatsd with the vaccine; the other
US among the troops Ia China. This
man had been immunized In 1911. but
the history Of the case IL In doubt.
Before the vaccine treatment was
adopted the typhoid average was 3 to
1000; n 1910, bsfore inoculation was
practised. the rats Va 2.323 4 1000:
= 1911 4 dropped 70 $50. and In 1912
- oIze.-Engineering Record.
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Line q Duty.

Line % Duty.
Uncle Luke had been over into ca
1g1n county . : the con OF his ~
mneter. now grown - rips ase an1
1tfI1Icial ONCE.
Lake, how does Mr.. John lookf'
Gokod the old gentleman. Hes get
t111y stout, chr
re1. suh." agreed Luke. sAh WIN
~ dat wen Al saw Mas'r John ov'y
6ek1ln o. his waisrcoak Wa doin' ~
1oty, sah-"
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CHAPTER xvui.-continued.

CHAP TER HvIII.-Conttnucd.
Little Ella had come to realize soon
after they had me. that she was deal.
Ing with a ledgling. Hence shc bore
with her and answered her question
patiently.
Gosh! Little time he spends col
lecting money down here" Her tone
Indicated clearly that he spent no
time at all. What's the cops fer?
WHAT'S Mike Noonan fer? He's got
other things to do himself. I oncet
moved q young lawyer. an he toll me
the boss got his from the big gamblin'
houses, an the street car comp'ny, an
The 'lectric light comp'ny. an big
things like that"
Then you're Just a drop In tho
bucket" The magnitude Of the "sys-
tsn" was just beginning to dawn on
Gloria. Shc now saw that its raaif-
cations were many. that there must be
much that ever this woman, for all
Der knowledge. could know little Of.
While she could not learn all from Lit
ce Ella. she could learn enough to
make her father investigate.
There's enough OF us drops in Bel
mont TO I'LL . pretty big bucket the
girl admitted. Gimme a drink O wa
ter. will you? I never was SO dry at
. Dutch picnic.
Gloria poured q glass OF water for
her. Then. feeling that she had not
been c~onsiderate In asking the girl to
tax her little strength by the recital OF
. story that sadly wasted her vital en-
srgy. she begged her to rest.
you're still bit feverish. Lie
down now and rest. Try to. go to
sleep. and I'll 81. here and read"
Soon her patient seemed to sleep,
and Gloria picked up a book and tried
70 read. The revelations to which she
had listened made all possibility of
concentration upon the printed page
cut OF the question. Suddenly It oc-
cured to her that she did not know
the boss name. Just as this came in
{ 9 her mind. the girl turned restlessly
and opened her eyes. Finding that
she was awake. Gloria asked:
Tell me. what's the name Of the
"Eh? What?" Little Ella was not
awake.
What's the name OF the boss? 1
want to tell father"
"His name? Oh, It's Kerr. He's Of
Dave Kerr. Ever hear of him."
Having reused herself sufficiently to
the question. Little Ella sank
Egain into . doze.
A. for Gloria, 1t almost seemed that
~ words meant nothing to her at all.
% slowly did her mind accept this in.
diligence that the fall Of the book un-
aoticed to the door did not seem re-
ssted IN point Of time. Yet in fact It
lid that her mind was intent upon
question: Who vas the boss OF
Delmont1
"KeTl Kerr! Old Dave Kerr.
Itill rang IN her ears. THE boss?
Dave Kerr? ! wonder what relation"
Enc very ign0lniny Of the thought ~
Hzained her. mo. no.. no. It's all
Aistake. It cant be- / couldn't be-
It. There cant be any relation
Il my father's-my IA It's absurd.
{ would be maddening, tie suspicion
such . thing. Why. my fathers the
Deul Of honor"
Without warning. Joe Wright came
INTO her mind: Joe Wright, her evil
Ienius."
.Whar did the paper say! The
Ling OF underhand manipulators, Da-
I'd KERR The king!" she muttered
ploud, and clapped her hand over her
Mouth at the word. The thought OF
inch . thing widened her eyes with !