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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-24

tons in the world, man cannot love
an invalid wife passionately. He may
pity, but whatever he may say to the
world or himself he is lying II he says
his heart beats faster and his breath
comes with quick intake as he thinks
Of sick wife.
What I blame Dick Waverly for,
and this is what he Is blamed for by
oil men friends Is that he has made his
affairs SO notorious. Every day have
been afraid Mollie or Eliene would
meet him with that chorus girl. The
reason he would not come over here
was because he was going away for q
weekend with her.
"Mollie told me the other night she
was afraid something had happened
between Dick and Margie, but she
seemed to think 1t was because Of some
affair with Eleanor Farlow. She said
she was going to talk to Dick, but
persuaded her not to-"
WELL" said Pat, Il can't understand
bin now. Margie is we'll and she was
the prettiest and sweetest thing, this
afternoon, ever saw"
But, perhaps" said Chad, "she has
got over loving him."
Stuff" calculated Pat. III he
would pay the attention to her that he
is giving to Pinkie Mendon, she would
love him an over again in a week."
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-24
NOT A PARTICLE
OF DANDRUFF OR
AFALL|NG HAIR
SAVE YOUR HAIR! DOUBLE ITS
BEAUTY IN JUST A FEW
MOMENTS.
25-cENT "pANDERINE" MAKES
HAIR THICK, GLOSSY, WAVY
AND BEAUTIFUL.

Within ten minutes after an appli.
cation Of Danderine you can not find a
single trace OF dandruff or falling hair
and yonr scalp yi!l not itch, but what
will please you most will be after few
weeks use, when you see new hair, fins
and dGwny at first-yes-but really
new hair-growing all over the scalp.
Denderjne Is to the hair what fresh
showers OF rain and sunshine are to
vegetation. It goes right to the roots.
invigorates and strengthens them. Its
e1hilarating, stimulating and life-pro.
ducIng properties cause the hair to
grow long, strong and beautiful.
A little Danderipe Immediately dou.
bles the beauty Of your hair. No dif.
ference how dull, faded, brittle and
scraggy, just moisten a cloth with Dan.
derine and carefully draw It through
your air, taking one small strand at
q time. The effect is amazing-your
hair will be light, fluffy and wavy,
and have an appearance Of abundance:
an incompatible lustre, softness and
luxuriance
Get 25.cent bottle Of Knowlton's
Danderine from any drug store or
toilet counter, and prove that your
lair Is as pretty and soft as any
that 1t has becn neglected or injured
by careless observation-disclosures all-you
surely can have beautiful hair and
lots OF it Il you will just try little
Dandcrine.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-24
Will NeDer Be Without
This Simple LaxdtiDe
Or. cALpWELL's SYRUP PEPslN
RELIEVED HER BABY WHEN
NOTHING ELSE WOULD.

Little Max Pendergrast is now four
years old, and fine healthy boy. When
but tiny baby, In fact, almost from
birth. he suffered great deal from
constipation. His mother, Mrs. Carl
W. Pendergrast. Red Key. Ind. heard
Of DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin. obtain.
ed bottle Of 1t from the drug store.
and with It was able to quickly cor.
rect this condition.
Mrs. Pendergrast says DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin has saved them from
calling the doctor many times. and
that she will never be without bottle
Of 1t in the house to use when needed.
She found It equally effective as lax.
alive for herself and other members OF
the family.
DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Is a
combination Of simple laxative herbs
with pepsin, pleasant to the taste,
mild in action and positive In effect.
It does not grippe or strain and con.
tains no opiates Or narcotic drug. It
is the ideal family laxative. mild and
pleasant for baby, yet acting quickly
on the strongest constitution.
To avoid limitations and ineffective
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-24
Dewey Hanes Again Prize Winner

COLUMBUS. Ohio. Nov. 24.-Dewey
Hanes. ~. OF Arcanum. Darke county,
retains his title as champion boy corn
grower in Ohio. by virtue Of the
awards made today by the State Board
of Agriculture of the prizes in the
Statewide contests for trips TO Wash.
ington. on the fifth annual Ohio corn
tour. which starts December 4. Hsnes
has won the first prize twice before,
His yield this year was better than
1871 bushels 10 the acre. Rhoadspcarl
Bayha. 14.ycar.old girl Of Batavia. Cler.
mont county. was second, raising I'LL.
1875 bushels 10 the acre.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-24

picked a book of the table. It was
by Bennett! An Indian reading Ben.
nett! Then thought Of Carlisle. II
father, why not daughter? It wasn't
so strange after all.
This was sort Of rest room for
daughter. Then the gold bags occur.
red to me. II daughter had taken them
perhaps they were secreted here.
would search! The floor seems to be
the most likely place, 80 in a second
] was down on my knees rolling back
the rug and feeling for loose board.
Suddenly there was crack of gun
and felt sharp pain in my left side.
1t sickened me first, and then I went
over.
When regained my senses It was
sunset and l was lying on one Of the
cots in the little Indian tent all ban.
daged up and feeling hot and thirsty.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-24

, tried to sit up but couldn't. Then
the pretty Indian girl came in. She
gave me cup OF water and held my
head while drank. How do you feel
now" she asked in the richest, sweet.
est voice you ever heard. Her cheeks
were a beautiful red through the soft
tawniness of her skin.
Just great" found voice to say
and felt lige adding. II wouldn't mind
staying this way forever"
Who shot me?" asked.
She sobered. Aim not sure, for |
didn't see," she answered. 81 heard
the shot and ran here and found you.
No one was around. Did you-was IL
you who turned back the rug?"
Yes. | was hunting for the gold i?
Where is it?" ! asked suddenly.
Cold? What gold?"
THE gold that was stolen out OF
Max Thorn's safe!'
She shook her head. You'd better
ask Erma."
who is Erma?''
"Erma Blackjack. My friend!"
80 there are two OF you. / thought
YOU were George Blackrocks daugh.
ter"
She laughed. NO. I'm Margaret
Mills. Erma and were schoolmates.' e
Mills. was puzzled. Then / re-
membered Midas Mills. But was
more puzzled than ever. This girl
was certainly an Indian with her com.
plexion. eyes and hair.
Seeing my pcrpleXity, she laughed
again and, scizing handkerchief.
dabbed some white creamy stun on it
and began rubbing at her face. Il:
came away brown, leaving the skin
beneath as soft and white as rose
petal. Its hickory s;ain.' shn eN.
planned. ~ love to be with Erma and
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-24

deer or doe or fawn or something
OF that sort. I'd like to see her again.
September IS
Got up early aud started on my mill.
tary accommodating expedition. None
Of my eastern friends would have
know me. looked live field ar.
tillery ready for action. I'm learning
to shoot straight and quick. It's won.
derful how quickly one gets over the
ethics Of law courts in place like
this. I've had q bunch that before
the next lot Of surveyors come next
week the Indian is going to get busy
and help himself to all he can In case
Max's claim Is verified. And I have
another bunch that II the pretty little
Indian maid is daddy's girl she might
have finger in the pie, too, and needs
watching. And I'm going to be the
Official wtcher. Snooped around all
day and didn't. see thing until on my
way home. Across a wild ravine ]
spied smoke among the trees. Field
glasses showed a small tent or wig.
wan. Almost dark, so ! came home.
I'm going tomorrow.
September IS
It's a week since I've written any.
thing in my diary, but events happen.
ed so quick and fast that day and
wound UP by my getting hurt that
haven't been able to hold pen. I'm
better now, and But I'll go back.
Found tent. No one answered my
polite knock, SO I lifted the latch
and walked in. Surprise of my life.
There were two cots nicely made and
covered with Indian blankets, a board
floor with blanket for rug. a table.
two willow chairs and fixings every.
where that no man would think Of. l
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-24
THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
The Mine on Musk Ridge.
BY LOUISE OLIVER


BY LOUISE OLIVER
Copyright, 1916, by tho Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate)
September 2.
7 EFT the Office early today to pack
Am now on the Chicago Limited
- speeding west at the rate OF sixty
miles an hour on a wild goose chase
or rather, a wild Indian chase. But
Ill explain later. Am going to turn
in now.
September 8
Have read all the magazines, so
may as we'll jot down a few facts to
clear up the case in by own mind
Bessie. my sister. and Max Thorn got
ranch. After they'd made good as far
as the farm went and settled them.
selves to live in peace some fool dis.
covered gold on the edge OF their
land. That started the trouble. It
seems they bought 1t from an Indian
one George Blackrock-who had
graduated from Carlisle and become
the protegc Of Midr-. Mills. millionaire
stock broker. Mills helped Blackjack
to make money and the Indian man.
gaed to buy back some of the land
that once belonged to his own people.
He divided the estate and sold Max
half. Then he married white girl.
built house and should have been
happy. But they say he has a daugh.
ter seventeen or eighteen years old
he's crazy about, and since the gold
has been discovered he's making all
kinds Of trouble. Claims a wrong
survey and all that. So here's where
I come in. It's my pleasant duty to
stand up and tell this Indian that he'd
better get off and keep moving.
September 10
This is certainly a wild country and
miles from the railroad. But there is
something about 1t that grips one.
that makes our puny civilization seem
almost imbecile. Max has a broad
valley here that's wonder for graz.
Ing and sure-enough gold mine on
that part Of Musk Ridge that is his.
Hip pocket Jurisdiction goes here, and
a corporation lawyer like myself has
about as much chance as q pollywog
in q stocks nest. Bess looks well and
has two dandy youngsters. One Of
OF them II named for me. Bess scold.
ed me today for not getting married.
By George, when l think of the diff.
erence between her and what her free,
glorious life has made her, and the
dolls back East that l know, I'm glad
I've escaped.
September IL
Things are getting interesting at the
mine. Max has new foreman, Jus.
tice Belyardos, q Mexican. They
struck rich vein and they are i'm.
porting S.other gang to work It. This
morning one OF the canvas bags Max
keeps his dust In was stolen. Funny
thing! He keeps it in a safe in his
office. Some one must be on the com.
bination. While accommodating on the
ridge today caught a glimpse Of the
Indian girl hurrying away through the
scrub oaks. L wonder II Indian George
knows anything of the missing bag.
September IS
Another bag gone! A loss of O
thousand dollars to Max. It's get
ting serious. Belvardous blames the
Indian, and strangely enough saw the
girl again. I'm going to investigate
tomorrow. Note-The girl is pretty.
] got closer view Of her this time.
Dresses in soft brown buckskin and
beads. long black braids and eyes like
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-24

and the handbag matches all three.
The four.piece "set" that show
here is In bronze green velvet trim.
med with mole and rabbit skin. The
cape may be draped over the shoulder.
or il you prefer 1t. 1t may fall stole
fashion frontward to the waist line.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-24
(sy BETTY RRoWN.)

Wy o6ttV 5HS"NsJ
OF course. she's proud of her muff.
and she Is very proud Of her set" Of
velvet and fur. for fashion DEGREES that
all our small wrappings and acces.
series come in Sets these days. The
muff matches cap and cape, Of course,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-07

believe an aviation suit can be
made and manipulated so that host
of actors, winged and armed, can
engage in playing out great aerial
drama. If l can carry out my idea
successfully I'm a rich man."
Ralph Warner smiled indulgently,
almost pityingly.
Then 1 have a new scheme that
beats munition war orders all to
pieces" roamed on the enthusiast.
1--WE invented a new food. Pm
thinking of organizing the EFFICIENCY
Food Wafer company. 1 prepare
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-07

disk-twenty of them, could be car
ried in watchcase. Each one has
powerful nutritive value. l can, in
fact, combine strengthening quail
ties so that a soldier in the trenches
or on the march can subsist on one
of my waters for 48 hours, just the
same as if he had full meal Well,
good-by. 1 suppose the will is to be
read tomorrow. Your end of it is
sure-Uncle Darwin has left you the
bulk of his fortune. That much l
positively know"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-01-07
"A PROFESSIONAL OPTIMIST =
BY, Victor Radcliffe
Copyright by W. G. Chapman.)
Walking on bubbles-that's Ned

Darlington.
And happy in his folly"
rs it folly?" disputed Lucia Ross,
with her own particular chum and
confidant, Nellie Parr. "Mr. Oar
ington is indomitable, bright, and,
best of all, happy. There can be no
false philosophy to a system that
holds a high ideal and sees no dis
couragement in the rebuffs of adj
verse fortune"
why, quite a champion, aren't
your" cried Nellie, and noted the
speedy flush on the fair face of her
companion and wondered.
At that very moment the subject
of this conversation was helping a
friend, Ralph Waring, into an auto
mobile in front of the Office of the
principal lawyer of Newton. There
was a strong contrast between the
two men-Ned, clear-eyed, the pic
ture of health and attractiveness,
with his athletic frame and hand
some face; Ralph, frail and walking
and looking like what he was - of
delicate constitution and not fitted
for harsh contact with a rough
world.
"The finest day of my life" de-
clared Ned, and the air seemed to
vibrate with the worthiness and sin
cerity of his words.
The other clasped his hands as he
stepped into the machine He looked
into the earnest, eager face of Ned,
tears in his eyes, his voice tremulous
with genuine emotion.
Ned" he said, you're a strange
man to say it You have robbed your
self for my sake"
ooh, that way?" cried Ned, with a
ringing laugh. why, old boy, there
was nothing 70 rob me Of, for 1 never
had anything. But I'll have some
thing! l say, Ralph, you know l near
ly hit it on that big motion picture
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11

placing new statesmen under older
sales persons: such sales courses as
those OF The International Core
spondence schools, the Sheldon
school. the Knox school. the Alexan-
der Hamiltony institute and In vari-
Gus Y. NJ. c. AS evidence is de-
manded.
The number OF persons Who have
taken some craftsmanship courses is
difficult 10 determine But two or
CARNATIONS giving correspondence
craftsmanship courses report that
1925 persons have taken some one
OF these three courses alone and
have paid over four and a quarter
million dollars in tuition.
Whether IL Il automobiles or
pickles, life insurance or bonds, the
courses of training hitherto main
tained by separate institutions have
been, as rule, to teach the sales
man about the commodity sold. II
machinery. the salesman Is taught
all about the machine; IL manu-
featured product. all about the pro-
cess of its manufacture, and the
comparative advantages OF that pro-
duct over that OF competitors. But
the art Of salesmanship-teach q
person how to SELLS important as
well. A man may be an actuary in
life insurance; he may be a skilled
mechanic in the automobile BUSH
ness; he may he a chemist in sell
ing food products, and We: he a poor
salesman. And conversely. n man
skilled in selling can often, in spite
of comparatively little knowledge Of
the article. succeed. Also the man
who knows how TO sell can turn his
talents more readily to a new line
than one knowing thoroughly the
thing sold but not an expert sales
man. We all know persons who can
sell anything, and we life insurance
men know Of actuarial and statistical
prodigies who can sell nothing.
The Carnegie Bureau Of Sales
manship Research has just been or
ganized by 30 of the most enterprts-
ing and largest sales concerns In the
United States TO cooperate In study
ing the best methods OF securing
and training statesmen, and In an
alyzlng and studying sales methods
generally. II has very wisely de-
cided to begin further back than
teaching salesmanship and consider
first the selection Of statesmen. This
is comparatively recent note In
educational methods. There have
been in the past countless persons
discouraged and lives ruined he
cause OF an attempt to learn some
thing for which they were never
fitted
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
ATTENDANCE WORLDS
SALESMANSHIP MEET
APPROACHES 5000 MARK

Whatever a mans sympafhies In
the war may be, all bow rclitely to
the German salesman, delivering
the goods, despite tie opposition OF
the great nations and the great
fleets
The Deutschland came with car
go Of dyestufs. something the
United States has been long yuffer-
ing for.
"'rhe German campaign proves
that nothing is impossible for the
man who wants to make a sale.
Merchandising by submarine is the
latest development In salesman ship.
"All through life we are statesmen
and buyers-all OF US. Carnegie as
a messenger boy sold his active lit
tie Scotch legs for 81 week A.
young Scotch.Amerioan, full Of
cunning and fore sight, h. assem-
bles great iron works, sells the
product ard makes few millions
He sells the whole thing TO J. Pier
pont Morgan for $500 100000, and
congratulates himself that Morgan
sells il 10 the puollc for 81 SOC .000,-
600 Having sold his steel. Carne.
gle trades some OF the money for
public Libraries, And then, the
most important salesmanship of all
in his estimation. he trades the pub
lie libraries for public arrrovai.
The people that live In Europe
are Uncle Sans customers. They
buy his wheat, mis- meat. We have
been supplying Europe with shrap-
mel and powder and dynamite and
quick.firing guns 10 murder the Gus
toners OF the United States is that
good business In the Ions run?
What would you think II Mar
shall field showed a profit of mil.
lion dollars in one year on the sale
OF reviewers. and with each OF these
revolvers killed one Marshall Field
customer? You would say, In the
long run Marshall Field will lose
by the sale rhe United States Will
lose by its craftsmanship and killing
machinery that has beer sending
millions Of good customers 10 the
grave"
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
Swedish Night In Art Museum,

Tuesday evening will be Swedish
night in the art museum. A pro
gram has been arranged through
the cooperation of the Rev. G. Sig
frfd Swensson, pastor OF the Swed-
ish Lutheran church, to which all
those born OF Swedish parents in
the city are invited. After a brief
address OF welcome by Secretary
Burroughs. OF the museum, Mr..
Swensson will speak on the value
of art TO community. Motion pic
lures will show the Trollhattan
waterfalls. Swedish educational
work one hundred miles north OF
the polar circle; winter sports In
the vicinity Of Stockholm, the In
dal river, skating in the Stadium,
conservation OF the Archbishop.
Royal Swedish horseguards and the
crown prince with boy scouts. The
program will conclude with visit
to the FIVE galaries containing the
exhibition OF contemporary Swed-
ish art from the Panama Pacific.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
Noted Speakers On
Tuesdays Program
In Arcadia
w. III. INGERSOLL
is CHAIRMAN
Arthur Brisbane Hands
Bouquet to Deutsch-
lands Crew

With the departure OF President
Wilson, the Worlds Salesmanship
congress settled back into a rel.
atively routine session. Tuesday
1 morning, in the Detroit Board OF
Commerce.
A number OF nationally prominent
men. however. helped to enliven the
sessions. which carried an air of
tameness az the outset compared
with the enthusiasm and eXtraordi-
nary interest that developed Mon
day, with the presidents coming.
Among the speakers I'm Arcadia.
Tuesday morning, were William H.
Ingersoll. brother OF Robert n. In
gersoll, OF New York. who presided;
Douglass Barnes, president Doug
lass Barnes. New York, A. G. Mac
Mahon. assistant sales manager OF
the National Cash Register Co, Chi
cago. and Edward 4 Woods. presi
dent Of the National Association OF
Life Underwriters
The afternoon session will open
at 2 o'clock. in the BOARD OF Com
merce. and will be In charge OF +.
81. Elmo Lewis. az the Campbell
Ewald Co. Detroit Among the
speakers Will be Anna Carroll. Phil
adelphia; c. Lewis Allen, president
Pyrene Manufacturing Co.. New
York: Frank Goewey Jones. Dc
troi,. and Brown Landone. Paris.
France.
Discussions will follow both ses-
sions.
The big entertainment feature
Tuesday will be the ball 10 be given
at $3.50 O'Clock this evening. In the
Palais de Danse.
Nearly 5000 statesmen from all
over the United States have regis
tered AT the Detroit Board OF Com
nerce. q number far in excess OF
expectations. Delegates have come
from every corner OF the United
Sta's
Arthur Brisbane. editor Of the
New York Journal. who spoke Mon
day afternoon. found timely exam
pie CT skill In salesmanship In the
arrival Sunday Of the German sub
marine, Deutschland. In American
waters after safely eluding enemy
war craft OF all descriptions
1T delivered the goods" he said.
The Detroit times., 1916-07-11
Has Learned to Appre-
ciate Home Com
forts
KINCAID PRAISES
SILENT PARTNER"
Gives Woman Credit
for Mans Sue
cess
BY w. w. kINCAIO.
Niagara Falls, N. Y.

There are many Mrs. McChesneys,
some known and others unknown,
In the business world OF today Our
chief concern is not with the Mrs.
McChesneys. but with the wife of
the average salesman. 1t is with
the wife who must look after a
home and rear a family.
To less degree, but no less GER
tainly does. this more domestic
wife enter into the partnership Of
the salesman. While In this in
stance the wife is the moro truly
silent partner. she is no less a real
partner. The success Of this part.
nership. which for convenience we
Will call salesman and company. de-
ponds most surely and TO large
degree upon the silent partner.
This is true first OF all in the
way In which home economics Is
managed. The old homely saying
that "A woman can carry out more
In teaspoon than a man can bring
In with a shovel" holds as true TO.
day as when first applied.
The wife through extravaganza In
the table, in dress. In amusements.
In household mismanagement Of va