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Sir Samuel was a bluff old retired

tradesman, who slapped all of his IT,
tied guests on the back, while scarcely
less cordial to the others. I was in
troduced to some people SO colorless
as not to lend themselves to descrip-
tion, except for mention of the sleek
ness of the men and the dowdiness OF
the women. The entertainment con-
sisted in selections on the pipe organ
and Rotations! One of the popular
ways In England to entertain guests is
with parlor elocution! A youth gave
sentimental number regarding re-
mittance man and the free outlook he
commanded over the prairies as con-
trasted with the restricted vista OF his
elder titled brother at home. The wom-
an next to me-Lady Bley-leaned over
10 say that she had an acquaintance
VINO knew some one who had met re-
mittance man and described him as not
a. all like that. The performer next
oHered humorous number about q
young lady of Minneapolis, an invalid,
VINO found a wonderful cure by which
she restored all her damaged parts and
dience shouted its pleasure at his wit.
we adjourned presently to the tea
room. and wherever two people came
together you heard this conversations:
Clever, wasn't it?"
"Oh, very clever"
The earl and the countess took ex-
cellent care of me. Lord Balmoral
showed me all over the place, explain
ing everything. One picture was in
sured for 100000. The countess said
that she would rather have the money.
AS Cooks guide the earl was unex-
celled. He knew everything and re-
lated It with an anniable consctsntious-
mate occupation II he went after Il
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write them notes reminding them that
they had met at my house." No CLEAN
Of humor 1ightened this conversation.
nor was 1t Swallowed by embarrass-
racial absence of alertness. when her
type demanded delicacy and light:
There was long pause. "Well?' I
questioned.
manded the peerless Of the realm.
About dollar and a half" an
swered.
She gravely inquired how much that
she would have taken 1t II convinced
she could get no more.
Il have a ten-pound note that could
spare"
I get 1t? viii you send It roundo"
Cant bring it when I come next?"
Yes. and come tomorrow. Well go
to Sir samuel's. And you'll write to
America, won't your
I said YES" and regretted the hours
passed in going to the bank for sta
tionery, those long reflections on how
to put up a plausible front, on how to
produce set of references without in
volving friends. those qualms for the
indelicacy of my task. Little did she
care whom she was foisting on her
friends. She did not even ask what
city was from. She was in a fright
full hurry to get to the wedding, and
she stopped only to provide for an
emergency. Although the little clock
still pointed to five minutes Of 4, half
an hour had passed.
DO you know the Roosevelts?" she
asked
yes" answered.
Well. SO do 1. Well say you brought
! letters from them to met
| I started to protest, but she broke in
| with: 'It doesn't matter Nothing will
| ever come Of It," She had me out into
| the hall and she called her husband to
| show me down the stairs. l stepped
| on 'ahead. and from over my shoulder
| saw him turn back from his descent to
sputtery way, SO like the Englishman
of the stage. He wished to find out
where they stood with me. but she
pushed him toward his errand of gra-
questioning performed. She was the
general-that was obvious-and he
merely the first lieutenant. while II
was lump Of crude. unresistant ma
terial In their hands.
!. who with no particular effort, to be
sure, but with a definite consistency,
had kept out of American society, was
now wading into the thick of social
ITlVOllty IN England. MY sponsor PAN
ned a thorough piece of work, with no
time limit to it and no clearly defined
idea in my mind, although nobody knew
what was in hers, as to how much she
was to get out of it. Events took
place in the ascending scale of their
social Importance. We motored by taxi
Sunday to the residence of Sir Samuel
The earl sat stiffiy with his long legs
crooked under the drop seat and his
head out of the window as he ex-
planned everything he considered to be
of interest along the route. To all of
my remarks he demanded WHAT" The
countess asked for her clean white
gloves from his pocket, and remarked,
as she blew into the fingers of those
she discarded. that she did hope there
would be strawberries.
The residence commanded fine view
up the Thames and it contained rare
art galleries overlooking with treas
ures. An early Roman bathtub was
conspicuously displayed. 1t was al
most the only specimen of this luxury
that l saw in England. The native
product Is scarce and kept strictly I'M
der lock and key.
Co b1,,H aid roftrod
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this. and then an oratorio, rendered by q
man and woman. that was very amusing.
Great, and should say unnecessary. caro-
was displayed in balancing the program
with lightness and depth The audience
regarded all Of the numbers Judicially,
without change Of expression. and with
the fortified look Of listening to argument,
say. on penal servitude. which they did
not oppose, yet did not quite accept.
was eager to see the program
through. but no persuasiveness could
keep Lady Balmoral there with the
image in her mind Of tho excellent
supper spread below. About half of
the guest list packed the dining room.
They stood singly and in small. uncom-
municative groups. intently eating. Ny
sponsor elbowed her way to- the long
table laden with rich food. When she
had eaten her way through q -plateful
and strawberries she drifted out among
the groups and discovered some one
drinking bouillon. Turning to Lord
Balmoral. who was always hanging
around on duty. she said: Fetch me
have sent him to the wars as to that
table, but she was unwilling to omit
a course. There was little converse
ton and almost no introducing.
Well" she said with her thick Brit
ness into her information. how does
this compare with your parties in
American
1 thought Of our Newport functions,
where an artist IL delegated to get
up a costume entertainment and the
guests themselves impersonate charac-
tiers from legend. song and history.
ours at home" said, are q little
gayer."
She looked dubious. II don't know.
This is much less formal and tollier
than most of our functions"
(To be continued in next Sundays
~ Star. February E)
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RAVES WHEN LIFE IS SAVED.
Murderer Seeks Sell. Destruction
When Sentence Il COMMITTED.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, February II. -
Gov. Willis yesterday committed to
life imprisonment the sentence Of Peter
Skribner, confined in the penitentiary
death cell under sentence to be cleo
trocuted shortly after midnight this
morning. Skribner shot a woman in
Toledo. and then shot and killed a
policeman who attempted to arrest
him Evidence was presented to Gov.
Willis to show that Skrfbner is men,
tally unbalanced
Upon being informed that Gov. Willis
had committed his sentence Skribner at
tempted suicide by beating his head
against the wall of his cell.
He was rendered momental1ly uncon-
scious, but not seriously injured. He
continued to rave about being doomed
to life Imprisonment.
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'0UICKLY STOPS HEAD
COLDS AND SNUFFLES'
Catarrhal Germs Cause Of Most Colds. New
Germicidal Air Treatment Best Remedy
For These Common Ailments.

Reliable authorities say that upward Of %
per cent Of the so-called colds in the head
and throat are in reality dangerous indica-
lions Of the presence Of acute catarrh- When
you hear person sneeze or cough it's almost
certain they are throwing catarrh germs into
the air for some other person to breathe. and
it's Just As certain that the person breathing
these germs will soon have catarrh or
catarrhal cold. The time TO make these
germs harmless and drive out your catarrhal
cold is the very instant you feel 4 desire to
sueeze or cough. or start TO snufre and wipe
\ your nose every few minutes.
The quickest and surest way TO stop
head cold and drive catarrh germs ont Of
your system is TO pour few drops OF the
oil OF Hyomei pronounced High-o-mel into
one of the Hyomei inhaling devices which
comes with each large package and place the
inhaler between your lips and breathe the
germicidal but pleasant-smelling air into
your nose. throat and lungs. This air utterly
destroys all catarrh germ life. quickly opena
the closed air passages. makes breathing
easy, clears your stuffed-up head. cleans out
your throat and ends your snufffing and nose
blowing. There certainly is no quicker or
more satisfactory way Of breaking up a cold,
even after II is well started and a few
weeks use will do away with all danger Of
chronic catarrh. Sold by druggists every
where. including o'Donnell's Drug Store.
which agrees to return the full purchase
price to any one who uses it and is not salts
fed. In buying Hyomei for the first time be
very sure to get The large size. which con-
tains the Inhaler as this is very essential
for best Observation-Disclosures !
N
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IOWA BANKER SHOOTS SELF.
II. Il Reynolds Act Caused BY III
HAalfh.

PANDORA. Iowa. February in. n
Reynolds, president Of the Guthrie
County National Bank, ana . brother
q 0ssrea n Rsynolas. Chicago bank.
er. committed suicids BY shooting him.
self late Wednesday. at his homo here.
III health ana dependency was given
- the cause. Arthur Reynolds of Chi
oAgo. q brother. arrived yesterday and
viii take charge OF funeral arrange
ments.
Mr.. Reynolds was at the bank We'd
nesday and showed no signs OF de-
spondency. At o'clock he went to
his room and later he was found dead
on q couch.
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DRESS Of STATESMEN
D|SPLEA%S TA|LORS
Sauators and Members Of the House
Arc Urged to "spruee
Up"

ST. LOUIS. February 1l-Approval Of
the abdominal suppressor.~ especially
whom used by tat men. was given BY
the National Association Of Merchant
Taalors' convention yesterday at its
closing session.
The tailors also adopted . resolution
calling on members Of the United
States Senate. Of tho national House
Of Representative. Of state legisla-
lures and municipal assemblies to
dress on formal occasions I'm harmony
with the culture of the people whom
they represent. and in keeping with
the dignity of the high office to which
the people have chosen them"
Composite Mans Measurements.
A committee that has made an ex-
hsustive Investigation made a report on
tho measurements Of the composite
American man-the ideal physical tyne.
Here is the standard: Age. twenty-four
to twenty-five; height, S feet inches:
chest, SO inches: waist. 333a: hips, 391s !:
thigh. 21m: calf. 14K: neck. lax up
per arm at tension. u head measure.
one-eighth of full height of body; legs
straight and feet arched.
Posture neither too erect nor too for
ward. or. as the report said. normal"
Officers Are Elected.
The following officers were elected:
President, Albert Mathews, Chicago:
first vice president. George F. Drie-
meyer. St Louis: second vice president,
William G. Within. Philadelphia; Sec
rotary. Samuel H. Spring. Boston:
treasurer. Peter Thompson, Philadel-
phia.
chairman of the executive committee.
The next meeting will be held in
Philadelphia February $40. 1917.
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Remarkable
IL Experiences Of American Woman Buying Her Way Into the Society Eng
Written
Probable That Under the Stress Conditions Have Been Removed
Requesting Professional British
in
Journalist Seeking
BrushsM
IN
Arrange Marig-But Not o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-11
Ohio blue Sky" Law Held Invalid.

COLUMBUS. Ohio, February II. - The
Ohio blue sky" law was declared uncon-
stitutional yesterday when United States
District Judges Safer. Warrington and
HOLSTER concurred in decision tempo
rarily enjoining Attorney General Turner
from giving an official opinion concerning
or otherwise interfering with the Affairs
OF the Geiger-Jones Company Of Canton,
Ohio.
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The program as rendered consisted q
some selections from n Ttovatere." sung
by a woman who kept her ayes strictly
on her notes. These were followed By an
informal number. Of which the singer
played her own accompaniment, and sang
Intimately to the audience about .
bumblebee that married In the shade
something from King Dodo," am told.
There was q heavy tragic selection after
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Officers Are Elected.

Thomas L Matthews. seventy-six,
civil war veteran and one Of the Oldest
Masons In Baltimore. died at his home
there from pneumonia. He was born
August ]. 1889, in Baltimore county,
near Ekio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-11
For the benefit of those
who were unable to get a
copy of last Sundays Star
the opening chapters are re-
printed today in full.
Copyright. 1915. by Chicago Tribune.
BY Macy ISABEL BRUSH.

E|HERE was a little piece of re-
search work that 1 had long
borne in mind to do. Students
q have taken their higher de-
grees for Investigations and theses in
subjects not half so significant. 1t
dealt with the alleged success narrated
in society items of a certain type of
American woman among the nobility
of England.
A picture watts over here every now
and then, which Is reproduced In all
OF our leading newspapers simulta-
neously. OF an American girl costumed
as no one Is ever seen to dress-even
on 5th avenue. Above the left ear
sprouts clump of white feathers,
which marks the headwaters OF a veil
that falls round her body like the
Horseshoe curve at Niagara pulled out
long. She gazes over her left shoulder
with a persistent unconcern for her
train, which pours down a staircase.
No one could tell whether she was
good looking until she changed her
clothes and her expression. She wears
the high look of having participated
in some secret. solemn ceremonial. and
Is earthbound by only one reflection.
She is thinking of what you are think
ing about her costume and her triumph.
She has been presented at the court Of
St. James.
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Her name receives honorable mention
In the Debrett of our nobility. which is
Dun and Bradstreet: but for one of
such young women that appears in the
record of our smart set two are I'M
known. American hostesses say they
are "nobodies' and would not be re-
ceiyed here. You wonder, therefore,
how 1t is that numbers of them get on
SO 1auntily with the king. That is what
i wished to investigate.
There has been a persistent rumor
current, Of course. that they buy their
introductions. The Duchess of Came
lot might be announced at my dinner
party, IL only l ever gave one and had
the inclination, reinforced with the
money. to get her there. Not that any
of the spoils ever went to the bearer
of that spectacular title-dating back
TO a day before titles were invented
which had for its symbol sword of
fame suspended over a silver lake.
She does not even know that money
has changed hands, or. II so, she keeps
mighty quiet about II. But a countess
is on her visiting lists whose husba nd's
family came into the lesser distinc-
ton several generations later. As you
know, the way of determining general
excellence among a certain group Of
Engiishmen ts by the date on which
you acquired your title.
Tho more recent peeress L. what the
dear. queer. patronized land Of the free
calls hard up" She looks about her
for some legitimate and practical mode
of employment. and says: II will foist
an American or on my friends" She
thereupon seizes one how and where
she may. extracts as much money as
she has and proceeds to naturalize her
in British society. She introduces the
dear girl to tho Duchess of Camelot as
an old friend. with many valuable
qualities beneath her crude exterior.
The duchess 10 kind to the lonely.
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tongue Of tho British dunlky like thunder
| to the remotest distances Of that vast
first floor. Guests poured into the crowd
ed room and packed the gold straight
back chairs. tanning with Increased vfgor
as they went.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-11

Fuchsias received their name from
Leonard Fuchs, who discovered this
species Of house plants.
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Lady Balmoral was invited to ride with
Sir Samuel, Unanswered for an invita-
ton for me, lost out, but said she would
get 1t yet. They provided me with
three kinds of sandwich, four kinds Of
cake. two cups of tea and introduced
me to everybody present who bore
title.
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Tho countess, after a dnigent thirty
minutes, accomplished her purpose of
seating me beside Lady Alice Some
thing-or-Other on an old tapestried
couch Lady Alice looked like the china
doll at the charity bazaar. with cheeks
just as pink and full Her blue gaze,
like a searchlight. kept scanning the
wall spaces and the Thames beyond the
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money spending American, with the
result that the stranger is led far out
into the sea of fashionable life, and
before the end of the year is guided
by her manager into the safe harbor
of a social sanction by having introduce
ed to the king. That, or a variation of
1t. is a sort of popular legend. appro-
priated as a plot for comic opera and
the melodrama, and accepted as true
because divers returned travellers men
ton in an unconvincing way that it is.
1t has none of the sound of reality,
however, and what / wished to do was
to establish or disprove it.