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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21
The POPULAR GIRL
BY GERTRUDE MARY SHERIDAN

There wds plenty to interest Vera
Jane, when she arrived at Wardyille
10 rest up from city social duties at
the home of her bright pretty cousin
olga Wolcott. For one thing, a local
department store was Offering a five.
hundred-dollar piano to the successful,
winner IN voting contest as to the
most popular girl in Wardville.
Its settled beforehand" spoke
olga Indignantly You have heard
me speak of Blanche Ridgeley. She
prldes herself as the exclusive queen
OF the so-called exclusive upper crust
set OF the district She has cut me
as too humble, or rather with toe
much openness in my opinions to &C
cord with the artificial and superficial
views of her group. fear the taboo
as relative of my poor discredited
self. will extend to you also.
Vera shrugged her shoulders yer,
indifferently.
My dear" she said. that will no
give me any anxiety have come
here to rest, long for a good full
two weeks of bird song, sunshine anC
rest. So much do | crave it, that no
one of my friends outside of the direc
family know where | am
Olga gazed thoughtfully at he
cousin. She admired Vera end wa
proud Of her O,ge.s lips curled scorr
fu.iy as She coniTasIcI us acknowl
edged leader of chosen metropolitan
social circle with the petty aspira
tions of Miss Blanche Ridgeley.
hope had come into her mind tina
Vera might be melted to reveal he
real aristocratic position and rail-
around her select group. Just t
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21

able to marry her. | want good
oh, God, Id like to be her som"
He groaned in anguish and remorse.
Presently his eyes closed For awhile
Bill thought that he was sleeping;
presently a strange sound from the
bed aroused him. 1t had grown dark,
and Bill was doing unconscionsly. He
lit lamp hastily and saw that his
friend lay dead On his face there
was the smile that a happy child
wears at nightfall.
When Bill dressed his friend for
burial he saw curious stain, birth
mark, extending from the base of the
neck an inch or two in the direction
OF the right shoulder.
ii.
Polly Raymond looked up from her
letters at the breakfast table with a
cry OF distress.
What is It. dear?" asked her hus-
band. coming round the table to her.
"Jim's dead Tom. Poor old Jim.
Look at this letter from this man
It's roughly written. and the spelling
/ isn't up to much, but it shows some
body did care for Jim, doesn't it,"
! You cared for him once, Polly,
said Tom Raymond, holding her and
! letting her cry N his arms
Not really, dear. thought | did
! But ! know now that il was only pity
Tor him / wanted to mother him
Tom. The poor hoy wasn't bad, he
! Just never had a chance, with all hi:
money Poor old Jim, dying out there
all alone
Polly and her husband had beer
back from their honeymoon two
weeks. and, as everybody knows, th'
first honeymoon IS only the prelude
to the real one, which lasts all Iif,
Ic.g. The moment that she met Ton
she knew that her former love 70
Jim Syrett had been the vainest o
vain things.
Yet she had never ceased to re
proach herself for what she calle'
her fickleness She had known oil tn
bows wild attachment toward herself
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21
.Jin's
Return
By H. M. EGBERr

Feeling better, amt you, pard?"
Jim Syrett nodded CURLY. He was
appreciative OF the boys kindness in
coming up to his shack to see a sick
man, but sometimes he felt too i'll to
show his feelings. At such times he
always said he was better. Although
the boys tried to make him believe
that he would soon be about again,
Jim cherished no illusions on that
score.
BILL he said, turning suddenly to
his friend, Il want you to promise me
SOM thing. Come and sit with me
when I'm going to cash in"
You amt going to cash in in fifty
years." said Bill. unconvinced of his
own statement. nevertheless.
when you see the white flag flying
from in front Of my door, you'll know
what 1t means said Jim.
1t was ten days later when Bill, in
the valley, saw the summons. He
hurried up the mountainside. Jim
Syrett was lying beside the flag; he
had not had strength to RETURN to his
bed.
I'm all in he said, as Bill carried
him within.
Nonsense" said Bill.
The other was steadily growing
weaker Toward night he opened his
eyes BILL" he said. there's a girl
back East"
I'll write her, Jim; just to ease
your mind" said his friend
Jim shook his head and smiled
! family. It's better not too" he said
Nellie and l were engaged once.
guess she's got better man. though
/ always was a waster But l never
! had chance. Harvard, parents dice
when l was kid, and capital of tive
! million dollars, you know"
Bill nodded, because he had moth
ing to say.
She said she'd wait for me. But
was no good. You know what l wa
before this sickness started.
Never mind" said Bill. You'll b
better soon"
I'll be better off soon," replied tn
other. But wish Id had chance
/ wish Id been poor and decent.
wish I'd been brought up with Poll!
l don't 30 much regret never bein
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21
Drifting.

The more common secret OF want
of success in life is a tendency to let
things DRIFT II Is not so much the
missing one opportunity, or the com
hitting ono blunder. as the lavish
waste ot all the forces opportunities
which m various shapes come within
lie grasp. II is the sloveniiness OF
mon and women which for the most
mart makes their lives so unsatisfac-
tory Thcv do not SIT at the loom with
kaon eve and def fingers; but they
work listlessly and without sedulous
care to piece together as the best may
me broken threads We are apt to give
M work too soon, TO suppose that a
single breakage has ruined the cloth
me men who get on in the world are
cot daunted by one nor a thousand
breakagas john Moreley.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21
Foolish Pessimism.

inclined TO look on the darkest side
of things. II is rather hard to say
that the majority of persons are pes
simists. but II certainly seems TO be
true. Perhaps they do not really out
number the optimists. but they talk
so much of how hard luck is. and wor-
ry so constantly that they make a
far wider impression than the opti-
mists who go along the bright paths.
serenely confident that the morrow
will be just as bright as the present.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21

show that hateful upstGrt what real
social distinction meant. Neras an
nouncement, however, effectually set
aside her plans
II was destined that Vera should be
aroused from her Indifference within
the next few days She accompanied
Olga to have a skirt fitted by Miss
Rose Tyler. The dressmakers little
workrooms were in poor part OF the
town, and as the pony phaeton drew
up at its front Olga elevated her eye
prows at the sight of a snowy auto
mobile drawn up to the curb.
I'VE are favored" she observed
satirically. that is the grand Ridgeiey
turnout
They entered the front room OF the
little shop to be met by one OF MISS
Tyler's assistants, who requested them
70 he seated as her employer was en-
gagged in the fitting room. Thence III
a few moments there emanated the
echo of a sharp and angry voice ZEN
| mime but rasping II suggested the ma
ugn.nt onslaught of some tyro-virago
ns .,sn on interior under the spell of
r las,ns or fear
me e.Snme moro Of the admirable Lady
p,, ao observed Olga in a wits.
hiuseie sor oomnanion and lust then
the delectable lady leader OF hish SO
o;etv in Wardville Haunted out, her
[ sas,nre as distorted with a rage that
! features , o ul1'@ aen,ns IN that perverse
shoNeu "
ON, MISS s,a n,u insolan,Iv at Vera and
Olga, s'are' ~ ~, y mo ;llnatured
vera ar -. su"rt ont to her waiting
aristocra, s"T rn.r ~ Vera arose to fol.
autom mon nso Nae Mad started for the in.
low ols", WV - 80 threshold Vera
ner room "
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21
Wonan's Way.

A pretty girl stood in the middle
OF a country lane. at either end Of
which a lover was waiting for her.
IRON where she stood each looked
equally handsome. II she had been a
man, she might have tossed up a
com to see which lover she should
call but being a woman she called to
one rover, knowing that the other
would hear her And the one she
didn't call was the one she wanted.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21
Or Why Not nramatize the Nams1

I'D like. a tritle mordaciously said
Grout P. Smith. TO see the name OF
1mri Hmmwalt. the able Bonner
Springs editor. set to music. 1t would
be Immediately snapped up by all the
cheap dramatic aggregatiOns in the
country. for use in playing the villain
of the piece across the stage. Just di-
vide il UP into four syllables and re-
peat it s.eWiy. and note the appropri-
ateuess Kansas City Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21
EQUINE luNurics.

Shower baths have been provided
for horses in certain of the larger
cities through the kindness OF the hui
name societies, remarks an exchange.
Arrangements have been made with
the municipal fire departments by
which the societies are allowed to tap
the fire plugs and attach hose and
spray, so that transfers and others
may give their steeds bath by merely
hating for moment and turning on
the spray. Water for drinking pur.
poses may also be drawn.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21
Retort Courteous,

f. Pluribus Jones reached the sta
tion platform Just as the 5:l5 was
pulling out. A little burst OF speed
before the admiring onlookers netted
him so feet in overcoming the train 8
handicap but the best that his ample
carcass could do thereafter was to
run losing race. He quit at the
end of the freight yards and returned.
Miss your train, SIR" inquired the
porter cheerfully
Jones fiecked a speck of dust from
his coat sleeve,
no, my friend ne said earnestly.
"Oh, no | was just chasing il out OF
the yard You oughtn't to allow it
around mere Don't you see the
tracks II LETT New YORK Evening
Post
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21

The raw material a. .rgi.Ss IS the
AR hladdrrs or souuds OF hSh. and il
not of value except fer this one pur-
pose In Russia, where the finest isin-
glass is made. the sounds OF the stur>
geon are cut open ard STEPPED in wa
ter until the outer membrane seps-
rates from the inner; tte- the latter
Is washed and dried In the sun
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21
Mislezd no Audience.

Why doesn't young Bliggins make
more progress in his studies" He
doesn't get the proper kind OF en-
His father doesn't take
any interest in what the boy knows
about the classics. but is enthusiastic
about the way he can play accompani-
ments on the banjo Washington
Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21
Would Hardly Call /. Privilege.

Il noted a new meaning OF the word
privilege The other dav." said ].
Fuller Gloom THE article said II
was a mans privilege to pay for
woman strangers meals on short rail-
road trips. Personally ! do not see,
with the customary high prices on
dining car, how anyone could consider
the paving anything more than ar ex-
IRENE effort."-Kansas City Star
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21
Quite a Description.

Nonocled Caller making converse
,,on)-"Last year. y know, came
across a most extr'o'd'n'ry book all
shont-er-things = don't remember
~. ti.le-can't recall the authors
raua but-aw-perhaps you've read
I, 9"-Life.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21
Real Stroke Of Genius.

A genius has invented 4 piano that
weighs only 100 pounds. The tired
papa Tho wants To- test and read can
throw that sized piano into the back
ward when Julie Al. PERSISTS in pound.
ing il Milwaukee Sentinel
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21
Win Knew.

crawford-"Did be tell you lh@. -
- cong to narr the ~idoW'
was ss o-r the widow told ne
49, esa nas going to marry him jugs
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21
ou.raoeousIy Funny.

I'll never again invite that PROBES
.,onaI humorist to dinner" exclaimed
Mrs Sewlyriche. Why, he made our
English butler OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Ledger.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21

When a man insists on classifying
all women as fools. the evidence is
weighty that either he or his wife
married Washington Post.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21
The Professions
cHIROPRACTOR

CHIROPRACT0R
l, J. q. SCARBOROUGH.
Lady in Attendance
INCHES Building. Between Park
and Auditorium
OFFICE HOURS
on M 1880 to S p. m.
700 to $3.50 p. m.
Ian and Examination Free.
assidence Phone 24o Black
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21

a srerds sr,rt r. dictates how fast
NJ i y.49g - does CUES bank
nalanc- ocs.1a iran script.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21

s1.D. MENDENHALL
CIVIL ENGINEERS
80 o,2-215 Drane Building
LAKELAND, FLA.
,.o Land Examinations and
nesigns, Earthwork Special
Surveys.
,.nca Phone 27S Black.
! Phone 27S Blue
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21
undeserNed Reputation.

sometimes" said Uncle Eben. "a
man gifts de reputation Of bein' ter
rible Industrious when he's only ndg.
atty
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-10-21
Daily Thoraht.

The best woa,el IS the woman who
Is the beast talAed ab1at-Old Prov
erb
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-06-19

It's always audacious 10 express an opinion
L about persons who are not OF our own
L country and our own race. and whose
habits and intimate character We do not kho"
sufficiently. Our judgment can only DC
formed upon external facts. upon Impressions
arising from reading and conversation and re-
mains necessarily superficial or incomplete
Having only been In New York for Few
DAYS. / must. therefore admit at once that In
spite OF my intimate friendship with many
American women living in Paris. in spite OF
the very keen sympathy which feel for those
whom / already have had the pleasure OF
meeting here. In spite OF the gratitude and ad-
miration which their tireless devotion for the
unhappy victims OF the war inspires In me.
could not pretend TO speak OF American women
in a decisive manner and without error
hope, and / desire ardently, that my stay
in America may enlighten me completely upon
this interesting subject.
shall put all my heart and all my intell-
Eence into understanding them better In order
that I may love them better. In the mean
while. since have been asked, am going to
tell you the sentiment and the impression that
we have OF them in Paris.
The Frenchwoman and the American woman
are, oh! so very different!
Il cannot understand the Frenchwoman,
my exquisite American friends often say to
me, with little uneasiness. filled. though they
are. with that penetrating and divining intu-
ition which Is one OF the characteristics OF the
cultivated American woman.
And after I arrived here heard always the
same phrase. I'VE cannot understand the
Frenchwoman," which charming young women
and young girls, with bright and interrogative
eyes. have repeated to me.
II the Frenchwoman remains so mysterious
even for those whom she desires to conquer
and charm, Il ia a little her own fault.
No woman in the civilized world has less
willingness than the Frenchwomsn 10 avow
her sentiments. TO lay bare her heart and
mind-in short TO reveal herself completely.
She loves that people should anticipate her,
should guess her feelings. She Is entirely
made up OF shades. OF nuances. She says
more with a look with a smile, with pressure
OF the hand than with many words. Her words
are for her a veil made OF the sentiments by
which they are inspired veil that barely per-
mits that sentiment to penetrate to the ex-
terror world Just as one divines light at eve
ming from the interior OF some quiet chateau.
Indeed under her slightly frivolous appear
ance the French woman observes the words OF
the ancient wise man: Hide thy life" She
makes Of her private life work OF art which
she only unveils with great reluctance.
Being thus made up, she fears all publicity.
She hardly ever demands her rights, she loves
10 exercise a kind OF hidden power, an invisi-
BILE influence which appears to her as potent
as the most definite powers.
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The Self-Sacrihce
of the French Woman.

Her ideal Is always an intimate tenderness.
a secret harmony Of heart and mind with the
one she loves II she could only attain that
she would never ask a single thing else. And
nearly all the women OF our race think like
Madame de Stael who was the greatest femi-
nine mind Of France and who EXPRESSED In this
beautiful phrase her proud disappointments:
GLORY for women Is never anything but the
splendid mourning OF happiness"
In short, the character OF the true French
woman is all made up Of reserve. OF patient
moderation. OF intellectual elegance, OF a smil-
ing outside. even when she IS full OF sorrow.
And she is the most sentimental woman In the
world. not OF a foolish sentimentality not Of
romantic" sentimentalty. narrow and ego
tistical. but OF a sentiment which under gay
and witty appearances 10 capable OF the most
perfect self sacrifice and devotion.
One might cite thousand examples OF this.
One OF the most touching Is perhaps that Of
the Duchess de Choseul. who had We
know. the most unfaithful husband IN France.
She lived In a country chateau. and 20 tighten
her solitlde she Invited TO visit her the most
distinguished men OF her time-Voltaire. Rous-
seau. and many others. All this time her hus-
band was running after adventure.
Very often he only encountered disappOlnt-
ments. and on such occasions he showed him
self the saddest of men. Then his wife would
write 20 him: Come home. my friend. and
viii cure you Of your unhappiness. You know
we'll that you win 20 away again happy No
one Cousoied her Tor her suffcriuEs Tor she
adored her husband and she suffered cruelty
from his infdelity. But she remained amiable.
smiling without complaint. oontenting herself
when IN the company % her husband with the
role OF moral sister Of charity. since she
could not hold him by love. AZ the same time
she displayed 10 everybody a face free from
tears and The most exquisite dresses that one
could imagine.
Another and a different Illustration % the
character ~ The Frcnchwoman is that which
the women of the revolution gave.
Nothing could terrorize them. They contin-
ned ~ give fotes and receptions On spite Of the
peru3 that lowered over them. pcrils that
might lead them to the sraffold To show
their contempt Tor the guillofine they Invented
costume Inspired by it. worn for the hrst
time at a ball which they called playfully.
The Ball oi ne Victims This costume was
made entirely IN white but ne ita only decora.
lion they put narrow ribbon % blood red
color around the neck. exactly in the place
whore the w. - -L- -u-IInInn would faII
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As to the Colors
Women Should Wear.

As TO black. think mat Il should not he
worn often, In order that IL may not b. vul-
CARRIED. II has significance which should be
preserved.
Last Winter a young woman Of foreign birth.
finding herself at Partisan gathering where
there was an officer seriously wounded and
convalescent. asked, with surprising thought.
lcEgurss.
What are they going 70 wear In Paris this
Spring.
Black. madame" said the officer. who had
seen 90 many of his companions die about him
on the field Of battle
Vet. black may have another character than
"a sign OF mourning. 10 may On certain cases
De The indication OF n temperament
In spain, for instance. the women ~ the
aristocracy are almost always drcsaod in
black But with them thig color Ia no. -ad
20 o.. ln certain degree. national IN IRA.
diuonal Through The luxury of the material
through the lines of The figure. 10 has ri secret
soul OF ar1or. DO seems sombre fame. re-
vealinR The depths of ttfs profound fheran
race, risid IN certain respects. intense. burn
ing with a hidden fire.
] think then that American women viii find
10 altogether 10 their advantage fo preserve
'n their costumes. their original taste. 70 o.
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Nine Catue

that we have found 9American women as a rule
putting forth an their courage, as well as all
their ingenuity. and an their strength In the
service OF misfortune.
saw them az Ypres. az Poeperingue. and
other places ON the 'front.' in the midst OF the
bursting shells. nursing the wounded. giving
milk 90 little children who we're dying OF
hunger 7 saw them working tirelessly with
their ambulance. which g. one OF the most
maEnihccuty organized iu Paris. ! saw them
serving meals for artists as well as for
orphans. forgetting no one among all who were
visited in Paris the Pavilion Dc Flore~ and
saw iuuumcrahle packages sent from America
by American women. who. far from the hor.
rors of war, work without relaxation 20 alleviate
them. Yes. during these tragic times. which
VIII remain in history as the most dreadful
HrCiDd chat The world has ever known. American
women VIII have given the finest example OF
dis.ntercsfH1 humanity which has been shown
up Co The present The finest thlnr g. that
this Eeueru-I.. Dr. not au exception Ou the part
of few individuals. but that all women are
united ln 90. 20 seems Co be the very beating
OF the heart Of America. While our soldiers
are being BILLED end mItIiafed for the cause OF
honor and Justice. American women are In
scrb.nE by their passionate and unlimited
charity an uniorgetiablo page in the history Of
their country.
This is Why a great irafernai Impulse coming
from the depths of the soul viii draw together
forever the Frenchwoman and the American
woman end create between them fndeafrucfihla
bonds which can only inrease I'm strength. !
aW certain. with fhe most ardent faith that
from This union there win result much good.
for n the Frenchwomau ls destined 10 propa-
Eatc and preserve an The pure and charming
traditional virtues of sentiment and the spirit
Tho American woman on her side has the
mission equally beautiful of Inspiring new IDEAS
of right. Cf Justice and of liberty which viii
give to The human being more ecifrespcct ana
more energy. Thus each comp.rfine the work
of the other they win Dol able fo accomplish
90 perfection the Frandloso feminine task ~ the
furn