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having whims. sed Pa. whims Is bad
things to have. My deer littel wife
doesn't have any whims. Pa sed. I
always toll her to go ahed & have
anything she wants. & she knows she
Is welcome. but IL she shud gilt to hav-
ing whims, like putting a collar around
my seventeen neck. Pa sed. 1t wud be
moast unfortunate. I am about as easy
to tain as q leopard shark. sed Pa.
Sum peepul arc hardly worth tam
Ing, sed Missus Brownstone. Thare Is
no fneness in the mater OF sum peepul,
1t is all dross. No wonder so many
women is unhappy
! doant think so many women are so
unhappy. sed Ma. am sure there iscnt
happier woman anyware in the wurld
than I am. My husband talks a lot,
she sed. but he Is the grandest hus-
band In the wurld. Littel Bobbie wor-
ships him. too.
Missus Brownstone dident stay very
long. After she had gone away Pa sod {:
The time I've spent in trying to UNI
derstand the fair sex wud have made
me rich man IL had spent It work
Ing. I doant think that Missus Brown
stone will ever ask me to e-loap, sed
Pa
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!copyriEht. 1915. Mrs. Wilson woodro"
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTER.

u Leila Austin marries penn!lcss rom car
ster. ard they go West to Carriers undo
sSeioped gold mine They have a hard time.
sand arc the verge % establishments
when leila gets letter telling her OF III"
ffortune made by HaScy Brent. rejected
ssuitor. Hard luck pursues Garter. and finally
ne can work his mine no Longer. Then
Lena. beside herself. charges him with
paying misappropriNted slo."No her father
mao given her. by investing II In his mine
fHe neaps Goals OF fire on her head ny show
Ding her he has transferred the mine 10 her
land She beEs his forgiveness. which he
SErante. Her father and mother come and
sseeing her poverty, beg her 20 pay them
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Woman and Home

10 nut into words his rapture at the
discovery and his lovely eagerness TO
see Leila again.
Then. folding the letter, he looked
about for an envelope. He could find
none. His search brought him at last
and he had not had the heart to open
IL since she left him. But now he
began ransacking the several drawers
He did not find the enevolpe he
sought, but he found something else.
In the top drawer among some cloth
ing. Leila had left behind in her hur-
ricd packing. he happened upon n
crumplcd half-shcet of paper-the silly
postscript of Nellie Collins letter.
the postscript that told OF Ialsey
Brents good fortune.
Toms eye was caught by the words:
Your old sweetheart. Halsey
Brent"
He read and rercad the whole scrawl.
Long he stood there. movless, the scrap
of paper in his hand; while the glad
ness and hope died out of his bronzed.
nnshavcn face to be replaced by
scowl of doubt and of jealousy.
lie was reused from his gloomy re-
vcric by the polling of the rural free
delivery buggy as it drew up at the
gate.
Leila's thrice-a-week letters had
been the only bright spots In Toms
letter the postman left for him to-
day. AS he looked at its superscrip-
tion his expectancy turned to chagrin.
For the letter was not from Leila. but
from her mother.
He opened it and read
My Dear Toni am writing this
on my own responsibility and without
Leila's knowledge. She is slowly re-
covering from that horrible life out
there in the wilderness. But the doc
tor agrees with us that she must never.
never go back to it. That is why
am writing You.
II assume that YOU are not alto
rether selfish and that YOU have Lei
las welfare at heart Her experience
in the West proves how ill-ftted she
is for the brutally rough existence Of
a poor mans wife. And. now that
the mine has failed. you are hopeless
" poor and are likely to remain So
Are YOU going to force my fragile,
del!cately nurtured daughter to 60 OF
sharing your poverty and hardships?
II YOU do. she will die; or at the very
least. she Will become an invalid.
"Or are YOU man enough to give
your wife her freedom, so that she
may some time be able TO marry man
who can give her the care and the
luxuries she Graves?
(To he continued TO morrow
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Little Bobbie's Pa
Demonstration Of Humor or Neigh
boris Benefit.
by William Il. Kirk.

Missus Brownstone was over to let
Ma see her new Paris gown last mite.
Ma sed it was divine.
My deer husband James bought 1t for
me, sed Missus Brownstone I am
afrade he cuddent afford it. but he
must have known ! wanted it. bee
Klaus he herd me asking him TO buy 1t
for me. she sed | am glad you like
t deer. she sed TO Ma. 1t Is very
expensive.
newer thinks OF buying me anything
from Paris.
l bought you sum Paris green onst,
sed Pa. the yeer we had the garden
:ull Of potatoes. It was the real Mccoy,
too. sed Pa: the potato bugs quit like
dogs. They died in the trenches, sed
Pu
I fail to see the humor OF killing
helpless littel animlles, sed Mssus
Brownstone. l thought that the days
of Brute Force was past
They are only beginning. sed Pa
The old cavemen had the rite dope
about n lot of things. Pa sed. They
used to propose with n chunk OF sand
stone, for one thing, sed Pa. ! guess
that is how the gurls Termed TO say This
is so sudden.
You seem to have quite vein OF
quaint humor, sed Mas friend. II my
husband had opinyuns like that, and
dared to air them. he wuld leeve my
hoam forever. | wud see to that
He was indiskreet TO put all his
property in yure naim. sed Pa He
shud have guarded aggenst beeing
chased. The poor chap. Pa sed, IL he
ever wants a hoam. I will welcome
him.
l am afrade he wuddcnt find you
congeenyul, sed Missus Brownstone.
He is n man of vary REFINED mater,
like littel violet in the vale
i see. sed Pa. He gets the brek-
fust.
He does nothing OF the sort, sed
M!ssus Brownstone. I am sure we have
plenty OF servants to attend to them
meenyul tasks she sed. My husband is
man OF such a gentel & noabel mater
that he wuddent say or do anything to
cross me. He knows his place, she
sed. He gratifies my every within, she
toald pa.
II l was yure husband you wud stop
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fuss up the sartorial splendor OF the
wearer. but no doubt she is one that
tho waves can't catch. In which event.
she may wear what she jolly we'll
pleases. and it's nobody's business but
hers!
Charming summer frocks are made
with skirts of white net or white or
CANDY with pipngs of vivid-toned taft
fetaS. and the taffcta Is used also for
bobby Jackets coates with basque
frills. Cerise poplln Is a favorite fabric
for coates.
An afternoon frock of blue foulard
has polka dots of bishops purple. The
overdrapery and cascades of the skirt
are edged with narrow bands of knife
plating, which imparts n rather eX-
agSerated fullness and puffiness. The
bodice has a vcstee of blue and cream
color crepe. with hand embroidery of
purple. The sleeves are long, full at
the elbow, and extend into deep. fitted
cuffs. The ceinture Is made OF bishops
purple velvet. draped.
New shirtwaists of linen have low V
necks and wide sailor collars.
The best cuffs are the self-turned
back ones.
Hats. coats and parasols of thin
rubber are made to match-and to be
n match for rainy weather.
Copyright. 1916. by j. keeley)
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Ethical
alks
What to Wear
Snappy Bathing Costume Of Soldier
Blue Satin.
BY NINE. QUI WYE.

The woman who keeps ahead of the
styles can't keep up with much of any,
thing else. Dress should be an i'm
portant part OF life, but not all of It..
Is it not right and proper that wo-
men the world over should pay HON.
wear their products with just pride,
and cndeavor to make themselves
worthy?
The artist who is capable of design
ing a beautiful robe must have passed
through an ordeal of labor of crafts
manship before his hand became
nimble enough to respond 10 the eye
and the brain. Is it not, after all. one
of the most beautiful of all arts that
clothes the human body beautifully? ?
And of all arts il is most free. It's
not shackled with cast iron claws and
chains to old rules. old methods or
old schools. 1t delves into the past.
takes what is finest and combines it
with what is newest. When the old
comes back 10 US. il Is always en-
bellisfed with the charm of the pres
cnt modes.
\ gown may he a perfect picture of
repose. of vitality, of saintliness or
of industry. Some costumes are almost
Il perfect expression of the impress
sions OF life. though all OF us are not
sufficiently gifted to appreciate the
great art and beauty that are stitched,
designed and woven into them. Many
times the aims of the designer are
really profound.
Surely. the art OF dress has never
J.. e.
heights.
The hickory limbed person who did
not go near the water would approve
or the kind Of bathing togs that are
being offered this season. They are
elaborate enough for dinenr party,
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Vanity Case Bouquet

The vogue OF artificial flowers as n
finish TO the evening gown or to wear
on the lapel OF the light coat, grows
rather than diminishes, and now the
beauty of the flowers has been COM
bincd with usefulness. For the new
est flowers have a tiny vanity case con-
cealed in their hearts.
y spray of orchids. with Two pale.
tinted blossoms hides tiny powder
box and mirror and a wee pot Of rouge.
while an old-fashioned bouquet o. tiny
rscbuds. forget me-nots and violets has
not only a powder box and mirror hid
den behind the blossoms, but has a wee
sachet bag in the heart OF each rose
The girl who is clever with her
fingers could readily make one Of these
bouquets for herself selecting, for
instance, huge rose. It's petals will
be found TO be fitted around wad Of
cotton. This should be taken out and
the usual tiny box inserted and sewed
into place, or n bag may be made to
hold the pun. Cover the top OF the
box with rose color and press the petals
back into place over it. and your powder
box is tucked snuCly in n safe place 70
all evening
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and quite sufficiently foolish.
Mademoiselle, the artist-lady. gives
us to-day pretty foldcrol for the girl
who wont go near the water. The
material OF the suit is bathing satin in
soldier blue Wild rose color benga-
line forms the trimming, the small re-
veres, the band on the skirt, and
tralas on the rather elaborate hat
The pantalcttes are Of the bathing
satin. but the knee puffs are Of trans
parent white rubber. Their purpose
we knoweth not. The cape and
ruchette at the neck are also of trans
parent rubber. What they are for
heaven only knows. Certainly they
would make mermaid laugh
The garment itself is rather attrac-
tive. with Il duplex skirt, one single
button and cunning little cutaway eff
rect. held with girdlc that weaves in
ana out at the waistline. We fancy
that good sized breaker would rather
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I<titlflc ISttticS.

When the sand man comes with twi-
Icht and the long shadows creep about
I'll" nursery with such strange figures
lurking in their deep blacks, little
arms sigh for something TO hug and
snuGGlc up To in bed, and so the Kud-
die kitties have made their appcar-
anc" They come stamped ready for
embroidery, and then may be stuffed
with cotton, so that they Will be soft
in cas-" they get rolled on in the night
All the kuddle kitties arc not kitties
either. for some Of them are white
Dummies. with fascinating, wabbly ears
lined with pink. and some arc rosy
checked babies. ms to head but like
both kitttcs and Dummies, have only
The wee soft pillow as body.
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F airy Bread

Cut two slices of staIe bread Zone
Inch thfck) into strips four Inches
long ind one and one-hnIf inches
wide. Dip quickly into milk fin-
yorcd with vanilla extract, then
drain. Dip Into beaten egg and fry
in smoking fnt till golden brown,
sprinkle with sugar md put n haIf
tenspoonful OF Jnm on cnch piece.
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@ To fight back the craving to cry
1SSout, Yes! yes yes" the girl turned
{$to the tub and bcsau her neglected
sweek's washing. The rrst garment
sFsuds was one OF Toms big flannel
.Sshirts. 1t was unwieldly. and she
sFhandled Il awkwardly. y; sight Of
1.-THE dripping shirt Mrs. Austin cried
tSput:
rs Put that down Put it down. deare!
@Sfou shan't do such work, won't
sshave 1t, L"
Az Tom Carter. with MIR Austin. came
SIN from their visit TO the mine. Mrs.
ssAustin ran to her husband.
IL want Leila TO come back with
Gus" She exclaimed. Help me per-
&suade her"
MY place is here" faltered Leila.
u Your place will be in he'd with a
dangerous Illness" returned her moth
#Ssr, IF this sort OF thing goes on. Tom,
3can't YOU see how worn out and mis-
Herable She is' You'll let her go back
with us for visit. wont YOU? 1t
Evil do her worlds OF good"
H"1f ] were consulted, Mr.. Carter"
Sput In Lelia's father Erimly. II should
SAY, let her come back home with us
stor good AS long as there was any
yaope OF your mine paying it was diff
Weren't. But the mine is a failure. Your
admitted that to me
Saimself Just now. And"
The gold is there" said Tom. dog
sgedly. IF we could get at IT,"
But you can't. And in the mean
ssime you swore to cherish and pro-
3tect this little girl of ours. Is It
scherishinE and protecting 10 let her
jfill herself shaving away ms she has
Hone In hole like this? Let us take
3her home. Care and the right sur.
foundings will work wonders for her
DE unseltsh, man"
Il "She can CO." vouchsafed Tom, after
" moments unhappy reflection she
yam go. But only for a visit Let
THAT be understood. AS soon as get
aon my feet she is to come back to
Il Yes. indeed" promised the delight
sd Leila. I'll always come back to
sgou, Tom; always, Whenever YOU send
FOR me-"
Il Four weeks later Tom Carter strobe
onto his cabin. shoulders erect. face
saglow. Straight across to the table
ehe went, found a scratchpad among
siome odds and ends, and sat down to
;;#fvrite TO Leila. His hand fairly shook
.Eyith joyful excitement as he began
'ais fast-scrawlcd letter
IL Sweetheart-my own sweetheart
nc wrote. Great news Glorious
Nlews! Wonderful news ! haven't
EHait till ! could send good news
iaf ou've had too much OF the other kind
;ssrom me.
3% After you left for New York
fsfalled the men together and had a
ftieart-to-heart Dutch-uncle talk with
4 hem. ] told them hadn't a cent
sgSut that | was enough OF a mining eX.
& pert to know there was gold some
Il Fhere in the Leila A. If only we could
tielast our way through 20 it. ask ed
ishem to take chance with me for
tihree months, without pay. promising
e. a f.Nr
III we should strike gold
"They accepted. after 10, of per.
I Siuasion. And for the past four weeks
g5ye've worked as We never worked he.
Fore.
ITO day-tust one. l.2uf-'- aso-wt
lAlasted our way INTO a vain thar.
Ihtairly hristiinc with high quality ore
i1t's bonanza, sweetheart. The big.
SEsest strike OF the decade.
III It'll be matter OF millions for us
ssfehere's no longer u shadow of doubt
.{sSts the real thing"
Ra He wrote dozen lines more; trying
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!. Useful
Hints
WHO'S GUILTY?
sth Story, Sold Out
By Mrs. Wilson Woodrow

huuhor OF ''The Silver BUTTERFLY" "The
BAack Pearl" "Snlly Salt" Etc.
" (NoVelixed from the series of photo
pays OF the samc name released by
Eothe Exchange and shown mt the We
tor Theatcr.)
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The little brook wh Tommy ,oe
spt his "no'e
gnsn ne
sya1k, the 10
walks ,iies on
~ " '' |'uHu! over the
Tommy stopped whslng brook so that he wor
the ana ne worked
90 " ''s'e' lie Ihousht
Ass tie TOOK another and there saw
g5s@ Copyright, 1916, by Syndicate
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No man or woman can AFFORD to
neglect this condition when SO simple
a preparation Nar-nc-sis may be
secured so easily. 1t is composed Of
herbs. roots and bRrks and IL abso-
lutely harmless.
Hundreds OF rheumatic sufcrers
nave recovered their health through
var sis after ordinary remedies
had failed. Nar-ne-ss does not con-
tain salicylatcs. iodides, Colchicum or
the usual drugs so often given. but is
composed OF roots. herbs and barts
NO rheumatic can afford to ignore
Narne-s sis.
Take this opportunity to-day and
call on the Nar-ne-sis man at the
tragic Drug Co.'S store. SIT Eas.
Broad Street He has some valuable
information for every rheumatic and
IT is TO your interest TO see hin,
Hours. from 10 y. NJ to 9 p. M-Ady
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STIFF JOINTS---JOINTS THAT
CRATE RESPOND TO VAR-NE- Sis
ONE FORM OF RHEUMATISM THAT GRADUALLY
CREEPS FROM ONE JOINT TO ANOTHER
Varne-sis Representative Has Busy Day Explaininp
Remedy.

Do your joints crack and snap? Arc
your knees stifr after sitting any
length OF time? Are your fingers en-
lnrged at the joints as shown in the
matism Of the joints or rheumatic
arthritis.
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1t is the same form OF rheumatism
that Var-ne- sis has been SO successful
In. There are hundreds Of remedies on
the market. but none publish cases
and produce the evidence that shows
actual recoveries after suffering from
the disease for years like Var-ne-sis.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-06-14

Dresses OF navy blue taffeta lead
In popularity for midsummer wear.
You naturally turn to Mosby's fol-
authoritative styles
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This Is far different from tho ordi-
nary forms or rheumatism that gives
you a little pain now and again for
TINS rheumatism Of the joints tends to
grow gradually worse. There Will be
considerable difficulty in going up or
oown stairs. getting on or off car
very often the joints feel like there
was sand in them and tho oil had dis
appeared
Inc disease may remain quiet for a
while but "thcre will be acute symp-
toms from time to timc-enough in the
early cases 10 remind you that the
olsease Is creeping to other joints. If
neglected the fingers become so SIN
mat II Will be Impossible to open or
CLOSE the hand. the knees draw I'd in
the extreme cases. and the patient Is
often helpless.
physicians Will tell you that they
can 90 nothing for this disease. and
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-29
.nEs1RoY ALL SHIPS"

BERLIN. Feb. 2S.-George Bernhard in a leading article in the Vossisehs Zeitung. calls for destruction of all ships bound for England. armed or un- armed. He points out the seizure by Portugal of German ships and says probably they will be used by Portugal 10 carry fcodstuffs to England. He fears many German ships now lying in South American harbors eventually will bn employed on the same purpose.
 If it does not accomplish that ob- feet he says death blow will be dealt England only if we direct re- quest to all neutral states to be kind enough to keep out of English coastal waters for specified time. since oth- erwise we cannot assume responsibili. ty for their ship losses"
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-29
| M PEAC HMEhT CHARGES ARE
 AIRED
Grand Jury Which Indicted Congressman Buchanan and Others Testifies Before Con- gressional Investigation.

NEW YORK, Feb. ,2s.y-TAe tsstS mony for the blanket indictment voted against Congressman Buchanan: other members of Labor's National Peace Council and David Lamar. the so-eali- ed Wolf of Wall Street., after the list containing the names had been handed to the federal officers by the assistant United States attorney. were given before the congressional committed Investigating the impeach- ment chagres against United States District Attorney Marshall.
 The impeachment of Marshall for improper conduct was demanded by Buchanan just prior to his indictment. All members of the grand jury were subpoenaed to appear before the com mittee.
 Joel Barber. an anarchist. offered testimony concerning the blanket in dictment. He insisted sufficient evi- dence had been procured before the grand jury to justify an indictment in each case. The indicted man is ac- cused of conspiring to instigate strikes in American munitions facto- ries in the interest of Germany.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-29
CHICAGO POLITICS HUM.

CHICAGO. Feb. 2S.-What is de- scribed as one of the bitterest and most picturesque campaigns that ever marked an aldermanic primary cleo tion in Chicago closed tonight. The voters tomorrow will elect an alder man in each of the city's thirty-five wards and one municipal court judge. Interest centers on the fight between Major Thompson and nine Republican aldermen who opposed his politics and are now seeking renomination. Two men were shot during the campaign. There have been numerous fights and three slender suits.
Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-29
ID MAINTAIN AGREE EAENT IN FORMER
 NOTES
Won Bernstorf Presents Com- munication in Which Ger many Declares No Viola ton of Recent Agreement.
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
 IS LIMIT OF THREAT
State Department Does Not Expect Difficulties to Arise Over Question at Once. Bernhard Heard From.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2s.-Germany in note presented by von Bernstorn 10 Lansing. formally reiterated the as- surances regarding the future conduct of submarines. given in the Lusitania case. and declares such assurances are not modified by the memorandum of intention to treat armed merchant- men of the Entente allies as auxiliary cruisers after midnight of tomorrow.
 Germany attempts to justify the issuance of the memorandum by pre- senting evidence and assertions de signed tO prove that the British have instructed their merchantmen to use their armament for purposes Of at- tack in violation of assurances given the United States.
 All things considered. the State De- partment is understood 10 feel the possibility is more or less remote or difficulties arising in the near future as result of the German-Austrian polf- cy.
 Congress gave the armed ships Gues ton little attention. Representative Coorer of Wisconsin. issued a state ment saving he thought the foreign af- fairs committee was entitled to the correspondence between the United States and belligerent nations. regard ins the rights of belliserents and neu- trals.
 More than snythins else. secret dirlomacy caused the European war. aid Cocper. We want no secret dip lor,acv in this country to plunge the United States into war. or into posi- ton which might make war practically inevitable"
 Fro-O Entente diplomatic sources came information that what is describ- cd as "Ita!y's" reply to the suggestion that the United States mOdus vivendi of providing for a disarmament of mer chant ships in the interests of human ity. in reality was a report of ltaly's nosition as outlined tO Ambassador Page al Rome by the Italian Foreign Office. and forwarded to the State De- narfment. Tt is in the form of an ex- nlauation of the reason for arming ''.~ ships with especial ref"~o~"' [" the Ancoua sinking. Prior 10 Nov. no Italian ship was armed IL is as- ser' cd with emphasi sthat Italy's for nal answer 10 the American memo randum will be in accord with that of Great Britain. France. Russia and Jap an.