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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-17
FEMININE supERsrlrloNs.

Though we do laugh at them, most
of us have a weakness for the old
superstitions of our grandmothers. We
may not. perhaps, quite believe In
them, but, they certainly do interest US
as being relics of bygone day.
The following are few not general
IL known: "If an engaged girl pokes
the IRE during her lovers absence,
and 1t burns brightly, he is in good
health and spirits.
A bride and her groom should never
enter the church by one door and
leave 1t by another.
Never turn feather bed on Sun
day or Ill luck win befall you during
the week. N
II a spinster be placed at dinner be-
tween q man and his wife, she will be
married within the year. The same
applies to a bachelor. This should
prove q valuable hint to hostesses of
! matchmaking turn Of mind when
arranging parties.
A bride should never go back to the
house after leaving it. Any thing for
gotten must be sent after her. or III
1uck win follow.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-17
FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE

When the awakening comes, their
suffering will be keen. But 1t will
bring one good lesson with it, and that
is the warning to curb. riotous imag-
nation for the future.
l am a firm believer in friendship
between man and woman. Yet real,
genuine friendship is not easily found.
It requires certain qualities in both
parties that are not so common as
they might be.
The first quality is common-sense. A
too-romantic imagination must be
curbed.
Secondly, sympathy is entirely es-
sential to a friendship of this sort.
The girl who wishes to be real true
friend to some man must have bound
less stores of sympathy to offer.
She must strive to overcome any
jealous tendencies she possesses, for
she must accept the fact that he has
other friends as important to him as
she is. He is not in love with her, it is
case of friendship.
Many people completely separate
the two feelings, those of friendship
and love, as being composed of entire
ly different materials, and as requiring
entirely different methods of treat
ment.
This is a mistake. Love springs
from a real, true friendship. The best
sort Of love, the most enduring love,
is born Of the very attraction, the COM
munity of interests, which first draw
man and woman together as friends.
For love is only glorified sort Of
friendship, and friendship Is only a
mild form of love. The passing over
from the one to the other is gradual,
and the happiest lovers are those who
have a long and interesting friendship
to look back upon.
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ing Pete, ran out of his house to see
what had happened.
But barking would do no good. for
the cake had been eaten, and Mrs,
sparrow and her husband were sing.
ing on a limb and chipping merrily.
Rover growled at them and told
them that they should be ashamed to
treat such little fellow as Pete in 60
BAD manner, and Mrs. Sparrow told
him what she thought of Pete, which
made Pete look very much amused -
think any one should think he wos
not q perfectly good dog.
fouli Just spoil that puppy said
Mrs. Sparrow. He has his own war
until he thinks no one has a r,gbt :,
anything in this yard, and I am .,ai
l naa chance to teach him a lesson
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STORIES
/. FOR LITTLE FOLKS
GREEDY PETE AND THE
r." sPARRoWs.

Pete was a little puppy, and he was
not only mischievous but greedy.
Rover. the big dog, gave up every
thing to him, and when Pete had fin
ished playing with the food. he did
not want or could not eat. good-natured
Rover would eat his dinner or break
fast. He thought Pete too small to
punish. 49,
THAT Pete puppy is spoiled dog
said Mrs. Sparrow to Mr.. Sparrow one
day from her home in the tree In the
yard where Pete lived. Il wish l had
the care Of him. would teach him
few things"
"You are right, my DEAR" said her
husband. "Pete needs to be taught
that he Is not the only one In this
yard. Puss gives him a box on the
ears once in a while, notice, but she
is the only one who refuses to let him
have his own way in the least"
Eyes, know it," said Mrs. Sparrow.
There he is now with big cake.
The cook spoils him, too. She used to
give us crumbs before Pete came here,
but that puppy has everybody waiting
on him, no wonder he is spoiled"
That is nice looking cake he
has," said Mr.. Sparrow. II wish he
would leave a few crumbs on the
ground for u.s.
"He won't, and If he does he will
chase us away if we try to get them, u
said Mrs. Sparrow, "but while he is
eating and has his back to us, we
might fly back to that puddle Of water
and get a drink; he will not notice
that, am sure"
Down few Mr.. and Mrs. Sparrow
and dipped their bills into the cool
water, and just as Pete lifted his head
from the cake, fly having alighted
on his back, which made Pete turn
around.
"Just look at those sparrows drink
ing all of that water that does moi
belong to Them" said Pete, running
toward them and barking furiously.
Get away! Get away!" he barked
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, Pete began to drink. He drank all
he wanted and then he kept on drink
ing because he did not want the birds
to have any, but he forgot to look
at the cake he left.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sparrow had taken
refuge in the tree when Petet drove
them away, but when he was drinking
Mrs. Sparrow said to her husband:
ut will be a good joke on that greedy
Puppy to eat his cake. I believe we
could get it while he is busy drink
ing"
And that was what met Pete's as
tonished gaze when he turned around.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sparrow had made quick
work of the cake, and only small
piece remained. Pete made dash for
them, but they few into the tree, and
Mrs. Sparrow took the remaining
piece of cake with her into the tree.
Pete barked and barked, but Mrs.
Sparrow only few higher into the tree
and took the cake to her nest, where
she and Mr.. Sparrow finished it, while
poor Pete barked below.
When he found he was not to get
his cake, Pete began to bowl, and
Rover. thinking some one Was hurs
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-17
MAY WE'D ANOTHER JAP.

San Francisco. Cal, March IAN
nouncing her intention to marry her
second Japanese affinity as soon as
she could get q divorce from her hus-
band, also a Japanese. Mrs. Gertrude
Boyle Kanno, noted sculptress and ar
fist. last night renewed her efforts to
prove her sanity. After being held In
the detention hospital for "a hours,
she was released this afternoon pend
ing her appearance before a lunacy
commission Monday.
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| am very much interested in the
present styles Of suits. They are all
very smart and look most attractive.
One thing notice specially Is that
the most popular coats are those
which are rather short, just covering
the hips. A great many of the coats,
too, are very much shorter in front
than in the back, while quite num-
Der are seen with short front and back
and frightening at the sides.
As far as skirts are concerned, one
really doesn't see the very wide and
bulky ones that threatened to be 80
popular short while ago. I'm pretty
sure that very few now measure more
than three yards around the hem,
though quite good fare effect can be
obtained with a width such as this.
Yokes are not quite so much in favor
as earlier in the season.
do you notice, Dorothy, that the
skirts with fulness at the sides are
the only really popular ones" said
Elinor. as we walked along together.
And l don't wonder at it! For stout
women looked perfectly dreadful in
some of these very bulky creations
one saw not so very long ago. There's
a smart suit over there"
1t certainly was attractive. The
material was of covert cloth, cut in
very simple straight lines. The coat
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-17

If people could only be brought to
understand where friendship ends and
love begins there would be fewer
heartaches and fewer sorrows in this
stupid old world Of ours. The pity is
that people won't pause to think, but
drift on in a happygo-lucky sort Of
dream.
Too many girls are today allowing
their imaginations to run away with
them, and are laying up stores of sor-
row and regret for themselves which,
in the early stages of affairs, could
have been entirely avoided, and this
by little exercise Of common sense.
The longer one lives the more one
rejoices-or should rejoice-in the
great gift of common sense. However,
one can't put old heads on young
shoulders, as the saying goes, and
there will always be lots of foolish
maidens who delude themselves into
imaging that the kindly attentions of
masculine friends mean something
more than mere friendship and are
tokens of feeling much stronger and
more f1attering. They delude them
selves into believing that love, in
stead of mere friendship, is being
offered them. - a.
While this Is pleasing to their van
ity 1t certainly is upsetting in the long
run. For these mistaken maide1s can
not always live in dream, and when
they find out, as sooner or later they
will find out, that 1t is only friendship
that is being protfered, and not love,
they will feel not only utterly humil-
lated at the error of judgment into
which they have fallen, but at the
same time they may suffer from very
real heartache,
For to give ones heart away, un-
wanted and unasked, is a very dread
full thing, and the pity is that hundreds
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-17
By FLORENCE E. YODEk

and hundreds of girls are doing that
same thing today, when by the exer.
else of little common sense and judg-
ment the whole unhappy affair could
have been avoided.
1t is not easy to draw a hard and
fast line at the place where friendship
ends and love begins, but the wise
girl who feels that she is drifting from
friendship into love win pull up pref
ty sharply and ask herself few
straight questions.
The first of these questions natural
ly refers to her friends feelings to-
wards herself She cannot, of course,
make inquiries on that most delicate
of subjects from him, although | have
heard of cases where the girl has
boldly questioned the man and asked
him point blank whether he is in love
with her or not.
This method is scarcely to be rec
commended. 1t always defeats its own
end, and not only puts the finishing
touch, on love, but on friendship and
everything else. So the wise girl will
confine her musings to herself, and
look to her own heart for guidance in
the matter. Actions speak louder far
than words, and if she sits down in a
calm, dispassioned moment and slowly
reviews the whole x situation, she
should. be able to Judge pretty clearly
from the actions of her friend as to.
whether he has a stronger feeling for
her than mere friendship.
In the cases where foolish girls de-
lude themselves into the unmistaken
belief that the masculine friendship
offered them is really love, the an
cient adage is unfortunately true:
1.-THE wish is father to the thought"
They desire so strongly that their
friend would fall in love with them
that they finally persuade themselves
that such has really happened.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-17
CHAPTER XVI.
The Battle at the Bridge.

w hrirht Keen winter day Lu
dora and Mrs. Ramsay sat !"
th. formers room discussing
the mnlignancy of the staI
th1t huvpred over Zndora's destiny II
uu, she might find one oil OF eoiii'
plete evidence against her enemies VI
some document to fully uphold he'
Claims, She could do nothing at cour.
with these fragments. these nan
sheets Possession was nine pohts III
law. and it did not require JONI
storms legal advice to convince her Vi
this fact
II HaSSam Ali had not been Il tlof
ough mser all valuable papers Wou'u
have been deposited III the deposit ooA
AT the bank More and more She oe
came convinced that her uncle mad naa
sinister designs upon her life; that De
had been maneuvering to get her on
of the way SO that he might control tle
entire fortune. All she wanted was to
be mind free Well. sooner or later
something would turn up some work
able plan Three such men as Storm
Baird and Hunt would find a chlnk III
the enemy's armor
I'm going to look through that Old
trunk again" Xudora declared. rising
Come and help me-"
So the two of them dragged out tine
trunk and went through everything re
ligiously. so thoroughly that n mott
could not have escaped. Protrudini
from a torn place in the lining Zudor'
came upon sheet of paper She stud
led the pothooks from all angles. Blu
could make nothing Of It. However
abe laid It aside for Storms appraisal
What puzzled her as much as any
thing was the fact that the spurious
claimants had the law on their side
Where had they secured their back
ing? How had they learned that there
existed documents, that there were
gold and diamond mines? Hassam AL
certainly had not contided these facts
to them.
There is r?..ni:.: tut thi! .'hnet vii
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FlolUers That viii MAKE
........ ...-.s a: ~. Good" in Your Garden

Many people at this season of the
year are considering what Towering
plants they shall put In their gardens.
The average housewife, who has not
much time to spare on the matter, the
child who is just becoming interested
in growing plants, and the teacher
who Is laying out a school garden for
the benefit Of her pupils will undoubt-
eddy welcome some simple suggestions
along this line. The United States
Department Of Agriculture's special
list particularly recommends as salts
factory and easily-grown flowers, the
ageratum, the nasturtium, the petunia,
the California poppy, and the zinnia.
Here are a few pointers on each of
them:
Ageratum-The ageratum Is one of
the few blue flowers we have. In it's
form it somewhat resembles the he
liotrope but has no odor. Ageratums
grow well upon almost all soils and
through wide range of climate. For
that reason many combinations with
them are possible. The plants are neat,
bushy and erect. and produce a pro-
fusion of brush.like flowers throughout
the season. The dwarf blue sorts
make fine borders and are much used
where contrasting color effects are de-
sired. For early bloom the seed should
be sown In cold frames or In boxes In
the house early in the season (March)
but for summer and fall bloom the
seeds may be sown in April or early
In May In well-prepared beds In, the
open. Seeds sown In August will pro-
duce good plants for winter bearing.
Nasturtium-The large seeds of the
nasturtium require to be planted much
deeper than the fine seeds of the pc
tunia. Sow them in rows where the
plants are to grow, placing the seeds
about inches apart in the row and
cover them about an inch deep. When
all plants are up. thin 80 that they
stand foot apart If the soil is rich;
II rather thin, it will be well
to allow them to stand at the planting
distance. The plants should be given
clean cultivation to induce rapid
growth. If planted in the open at the
same time that beans are planted
very satisfactory results will follow
For earlier bloom plant in advance Of
this date in hotbeds. cold frames OF
window boxes.
Petunia While the petunia grows
readily and rapidly from seeds .Sowu
IN the open about corn-planting time
earIles bloom can BE- ascuF9d BY COW
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-17
$500 IN GEMS IN SHOE.

Chicago, March 17.-Mrs. c. V. Will
son of CLOS Glenwood avenue, put two
diamond rings, valued at $500, in an
old shoe several weeks ago, and a
short time later gave the shoes to the
Salvation Army. Several hours after
ward she remembered the rings and
notified the police.
Detectives went to the Industrial
headquarters of the Salvation Army
and after searching hundreds OF shoes
finally found the rings. 90 q
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a BABIES IN 2 HOURS.

Redding, CAL, March 17.-Mrs. c. O..
Mcknight, 40 years old and weighing
105 pounds, who lives near Bella
Vista, today is the mother of four
babies, all born between 9:15 and 11:15
O'Clock last night. All are normal.
The heaviest and the first born
weighs only one and three-quarter
pounds.
Mrs. Mcknight is the mother OF
nine other children.
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o m.nu WHAT'S thisf Been rummagins<
arouha In the old trunk again9 Find
anythingY"
mo, NoIning but this sheet Of paper. .
NC, Sonn took It why, it ioehS NE : >
map OF plan Of miner
Ramsay. ~ As
hi. And didn't know what 4 cou,o
DEL exclaimed zudora.
~, ~ ~. wager It's some data rerar,ir.
the boundaries Of the diamond 1. m,n. /.
urea 4 n,ss Anyhow. I'd hang on Ito, to u
h.n may De worthless, and again n NAV !
NAV nave va. value Put it back in the srunt.
s %s RUE IS never throw avay INV
scrap OF paper you do NOT thoro . ~
I trsst : no Whenever / sisn ! eou
tfA 81 . .I 60 to brother lawyer = -
= = meg ne gets su the same points / ID do' -
IT, i Ua sia, into the trunk and come ~
y. w s.or'ous out Of doors today.
"ontaassa o. pass r,y.,,
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An Attractive Suit
BY a Smart Girl

was fairly short and belted loosely
round the waist, while the simple set
in sleeve was finished with a smart
little cuff that had very business
like appearance.
The girl who wore the suit had q
certain air of distinction and carried
herself well The skirt was quite plain
except for line of buttons fashioned
of the material which adorned a fold
down the centre Of the front. hear
that those skirts which have plaits
instead of bulky fulness have enjoyed
the greatest popularity In the last
week or two.
A smart little vest with high col
lar and a black bow completed the
toilette of the girl in covert cloth. l.
really should like to possess a suit
Just like that.
IF women only realized how clothes
do improve their appearance there
would be fewer dowdy people around"
declared Elinor in her quick, decisive
way. REALLY, nowadays, when a good |
suit can be bought SO cheaply, there
is no excuse for the average woman to
look trump"
Some women are born frumps."
said l solemnly.
Then, thank goodness, neither Won
nor l are included in the category"
said Elinor, laughing.
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-. "a 'vf> "a 3 - 4'tSS
W011la,1:S Part in
the NeWs Today

M. Brookshire, one of the wealthiest
ladies in Columbus, died at her home,
No. Ala Military Road, at an early hour
Thursday morning.. Mrs. Brookshire
was an octogenarian, and her death
resulted from a complication of all
ments incident to her extreme age.
She is survived by sister, Mrs. R. A..
Cook, and other further removed rel
atives.
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NINE. CURE AT FRONT.

Paris, March 17.-Mme. Sklodowska
Curie, the scientist, who with her hus-
band, the late Prof. Curie of the Uni
versity OF Paris, discovered radium, is
working In hospitals near the front
with complete photographic equip
ment. She is described as intensely
interested in her work and Is being
employed busily by the military sur
geons.
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BURIED AS DIRECTED.

Allentown, Penn, March 17.-The
will OF Emma Miller, who died q few
days ago. has Just been probated. It
Lad been opened right after her death,
and her instructions were compiled
with that she have white shroud;
that her hair be plated into two
braids. with parting in the middle,
and that she be buried in. white cof-
nm, wearing white stockings. but no
shoes or slippers.
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ing the seed in window boxes or in
hotbeds. and transplaning the plants
once before placing them in the open.
For localities north Of New York the
most satisfactory method Of handling
these plants will be to start the seeds
in window boxes about April l., and
to transfer the young plants to the
open when the weather permits-about
the middle Of May. The seeds are
very small and should not be covered
with earth in the ordinary way. They
should be sown on the surface and
brought In contact with the earth by
firming it with a board.
California poppy (Eschscholtzia)-
The eschscholtzia is an annual of
striking character as both regards the
form and color of its flowers, which
are bright and rich in their tints of
yellow and orange. The plants aver
age about foot In height, have at
tractive silvery foliage, and produce
their large poppy-like flowers quite
lavishly from early spring until frost.
The seeds of the eschscholtzia may be
sown in window boxes or in a hotbed
in March, or in the open where the
plants are to bloom as soon as the
soil is in fit condition., in April or May
In the latitude Of New York. In lati.
tudes south of New York the seeds
may be sown in the autumn FOR early
bloom. The plants enjoy rich loan
and should be allowed about or s
inches of space in the row. When
used in beds they may be sown broad.
cast.
Zinnia-The zinnia is easily grown
from seed sown in the open ground.
When sown in April the plants will
bloom abundantly and continuously
through the entire season. During
the month of August zinnias are at
their best. To secure large flowers
and a profusion of bloom the plants
must be given ample room for full de-
velopment, as well as an abundant
supply of food. Strong, rich soils
suit the zinnia. If the seeds are sown
in dwelling house or in hotbed in
March and the young plants are prick
ed out once or twice before being
placed in their permanent situations
more satisfactory results will be Sc
cured than from outdoor-sown seeds
unless equal care in thinning or trans
planting is given. In addition to their
use in the school garden, zinnias can
be used for groups, beds. borders. gar
den lines and summer hedges. Their
average height IL ~ feet. The zinna
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-17

a strip Of land six miles wide and
about 80 miles long in the rransv ur .,
gold. "orios
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is rather large, formal flower whose
colors range through the shades Of
red and yellow. Their season Of
bloom is through the the late summer
and autumn and the individual bloom
lasts for long time both on the plant
and as cut flowers.
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49,. ol s can be made resistant to
nre BY dipping in solution Of q nouns -
water. saiion OF
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"WnI oont yOu Wa''y w.
heartW
give up this fight until am beaten.
She glanced at the clock. TT rs TIM
John was here Why not CON- along
with us7 The skating will be 6l
a haven't had skates on i'm age,
protested Mrs. Ramsay. "
"That won't matter; all the more fun
for you" insisted ZudOra. =.
You're a strange girl" y
IN what wayT
why. you can throw of your bur
dens so quickly. without apparent e1
fort"
Il do not throw them of; | merely.
refuse TO let them dampen what plead
ure | can get out of life" Zudora 70
to a window. There he is now! He 4
just as patient and kindly as he can bee
And there's box under his arm. III
wager it's dollhouse violets. He never
forgets the fact that love flowers" 4
She did not notice the two men loiter
ing on the opposite side of the stree 4
Radcliffe and Gyp the gun man. a
Storm came in, his eyes clear and hi
cheeks full of color He was bubblin5
with cheer
"All aboard! The ice will be justl
splendid. Here's bunch Of violets forI
you, sweetheart" \
Thank you. John zudora pinned
the flowers against her waist. "You
are very thoughtful, after oil the trou-
Bile have caused you" !,
"Pif1e! What man wouldn't b<l
thoughtful If be had ye8 bsways I'D
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ZUDORA
T., the T,venty Million Dollar Mystery
" BIZ HAROLD MeGRATH -

D., HAROLD McGRA1H

,,o ooinooks,' she declared finally,
c car make anything out Of it.. -.
cav nYou u' poor child! Why don't don't s vs.
with, With all this. He has plenty lot , DON,
THAT isn't it. Mrs. Ramsay, ~, , COZ. con
from lighting stock, anu ! VIII N
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RICH. OLD WOMAN DIES.

Columbus. Miss, March 17.-Mrs. b