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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-05-19
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1t was ten O'Clock on morning in
early autumn when Gerry finally got
| free of the freighter and took the ferry
| for the other side of the river. He had
| left all his baggage TO be delivered at
| the house later. The morning was
clear but sultry. In the city the apathy
of summer days had settled down.
People glanced at Gerry's heavy
| tweeds and antiquated hat but they
did not smile. for Gerry himself was
such sight as makes men forget
clothes. The tan of his lean face. the
swing of his big, unpadded shoulders,
his clear eyes, carried the thoughts of
! passers-by away from clothes and city
things They seemed to catch q breath
of spicy winds from the worn garments
that chung TO the strangers virile body
and in his eyes they saw i mirage of
far-away places.
AS Gerry reached his own house,
he was Outwardly calm. even DELHI
crate, but inwardly he was lighting
down turmoil Of emotions What was
he to find in Alix? Had he anything to
give III eAChhlse' hau he too MUCH i!
He climbed the steps slowly. His
hand trembled as he reached out to
raise the heavy bronze knocker. Be-
fore his fingers could seize it, the door
swung softly inward. Old John bowed
before him. For moment Gerry
stood dazed. The naturalness of that
open door, of the old butler, of the cool
shadows in the old familiar hall, struck
straight at his heart with the shrevd
poigDancy Of simple thugs Old John
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-05-19

gering spirit. 1t had become a mecha-
nism, tuned to expression in action. 1t
was not the body of a time-server
Alan's sole word Of comfort came back
to her. II never thought the old Rock
would ever loom so big" What force
had done this thing to Gerry? She felt
a pang, half envy, half remorse. II
she had been wise, less than that, if
she had been merely sage, could she
not have saved Gerry to himself and
spared her faith the test of the three
long years lost out of their youth?
Gerry stood erect by the door, one
hand still holding the knob. Why was
he waiting? Alix's raised hand went
slowly out to him in welcome but he
did not move. She smiled at him but
his eyes remained steadfast and grave
A lump rose In Aiix' throat and then,
as pride came to her aid, a flare of
color showed in her cheeks. Her lips
opened. What could she say to hurt
him enough, to pay him back for this
added, unjust rebuff? She knew so
little about this new Gerry. How could
she wound him?
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-05-19
TO DIE OF THIRST

Humorists long have made the myS-
terious inhabitants Of Mars the OBJ
jects of cartoon and quip, but in a lee
ture recently, Prof. S. L. Boothroyd
OF the department of astronomy in the
University of Washington expressed
pity for the plight of those who live
on the planet nearest the earth.
Study convinces us that there is
intelligent reason on Mars" said Pro-
fessor Boothroyd, in an address which
was illustrated by astronomical draw
ings and photographs. The canals
OF Mars are not, as some people think,
filed with water and cut like the
Panama, SueZ or Erie canals, but
merely are called canals because they
are straight. Yet the fact that vegeta-
tion on Mars moves south at one sea
son, bearing its necessary moisture,
and then moves directly north over
the same path, makes inevitable the
rection behind this.
Mars evidently is an old planet.
It's water is rapidly disappearing; it
is dying of thirst Let US think with
pity of the people-perhaps like our
selves-who are trying desperately to
conserve what moisture is left that
they may live. Sad it seems some
times that we cannot stretch out a
friendly hand of assistance
Professor Boothroyd expressed the
opinion that the earth some day will
"die of thirst as Mars is dying, be-
ing unable to retain its moisture.
The astronomer also said there is
evidence that life exists on the plan
at Venus. though 1t doubtless is of a
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-05-19

| lower grade than Mars, owing to a
less favorable atmosphere, AS for
the stars-the suns that lie infinitely
beyond the solar system of man-no
one dares say that intelligence equal
to ours does not exist
Professor Boothroyd showed some
striking drawings of the moon.
'These mountains" he exclaimed,
''are $4,000 feet high, and may be
measured accurately from their
shadows. These pictures are prob
able as true to nature as some of
the drawings that our engineers
make of mountains within view
The utter significance OF the
earth, compared with the solar sys-
TENS of the universe. was brought
out fOrcefully by comparison of dis
tance. Light can travel from the
earth to the sun in eight minutes, it
was pointed out, whereas it takes light
hundreds of years to move from the
earth to some Of the stars.
TT Is foolish to say what We may
know and what We may not know in
the future" remarked the lecturer
All the great men of history who
Lave ventured to say that certain
things would never be accomplished
have been contradicted within short
time Infinite and unknown as the
universe is, the greatest thing in it is
the human mind, and the possibilities
of the mind are unlimited"
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SLOW smile drew the corners Of bis
mouth. Worth money!" he echoed.
My boy, not every man kills the thing
that he loves best. This is my home.
You read those dates written in dust
and still you thought my home was
dead. But Is isn't dead. | haven't
killed the thing that l love best. You
| can get cash, comfort and cool drinks
almost anywhere, but I have remem-
bered that memories travel only beat
en- paths.'
Even as Gerry picked his way back
to the waiting cab he felt Red Hill
reaching out for him. drawing him.
And during the long, slow drive to the
quay he learned that he had passed the
crossroads that had given so long a
pause to his troubled soul The Bar
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-05-19
Mice Help to Catch Other Mice.

A little device has just been patent
ed which transforms any standard pre-
serving jar into mouse trap. The
traps which kill the little rodents lose
their usefulness after time by rea,
son of the fact that the odor left by
the deceased vermin acts as a warn
ing to the acute noses of others, so
that to be of use the tray must be
scalded or otherwise fumigated at reg
ular intervals. The preserving-jar
mouse trap does not hold any odor,
and, being Of glass, it catches an un-
limited number of mice, one after the
other. The bait will catch the firsS
mouse, and after that the newcomers.
seeing their fellow inside, will be
prompted by curiosity to follow. and as
each one enters the trap entrance Is
automatically set for the next one
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-05-19
His Glass Eye In Pain.

A very peculiar accident happened
to o. R. McColley. While walking
with one of his customers, James L.
Boyd, he suddenly threw his hands to
one of his eyes which he had had re-
placed with glass one.
He exclaimed in great pain that
something had hit him in the eye. He
was nearly frantic for some time. when
Doctor Cogswell was summoned and
the patient was removed to his Office
After the pain was relieved the eye
was removed, and it was discovered
the back of the glass eyeball had
broken and the vacuum from the hol-
low inside had drawn the optic nerve
through the broken part, which caused
intense pain.
The inside part Of the eye is badly
infiamed and it will necessitate the
placing of new glass eye as soon
as it has healed suf1ciently.-From a
Wolsey Is. Dak) Dispatch.
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raised p smiling face to greet him but
down one wrinkled cheek crawled a
surprised tear.
Gerry held out his hand. How do
you do. John?"
Il am very well today, sir said
John. Mrs. Gerry is in the library.
She told me to telephone to the club
and If you were there to say she
wished to see you"
Gerry was puzzled. Why should A1iX
think he would go to the club? He
handed the butler his old hat and
strobe to the library door. The door
was closed. Somebody said, Come
in." The words were so low he hardly
heard them. He opened the door,
stepped inside and closed it behind
him.
Alix, dressed In a filmy blue and
white housegown, stood in the middle
Of the room. With one hand upraised,
the other outstretched, she seemed to
be poised, equally ready for advance
or flight. Her eyes passed swiftly
over Gerry's face, swept searching
down to his feet and back again TO his
face For weeks she had been wonder
ing. Terrible things had come to her
mind. Alan and Gerry, with his heart
less note, had conspired to mystify, to
terrify her. All the joy she had looked
forward to in Gerry's homecoming
had turned into a bitter pain. They
had not known on the hill how she was
suffering Only Kemp had seemed to
understand a little and had brought
his drop of comfort to her.
AS her eyes searched Gerry the sense
of impending calamity left her. He
was well, we'll as she had never seen
him before. Except for that he seemed
almost weirdly familiar, as though
only a good nights sleep lay between
him and the morning of three years
ago when he had bulIied her until she
had fought back and overwhelmed
him.
A hundred little differences went to
make up this solitary change. The flush
Of too many drinks had given way to a
deep healthy glow, the eyes were deep
and grave instead Of deep and vacant,
the broad shoulders that had taken to
hanging were br1ced in unconscious
strength. Every line In the body that
she had seen start on the road to gross
ness had been fined down. The body
was no longer mere abode for lin
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-05-19

badian had opened his eyes. Doubt
left him. There was but one road-the
road back-and it was open. He wrote
his cable to Alix with firm hand.
The freighter reached quarantine
after a quiet voyage twelve hours
ahead Of time and just at sundOwn
A tug hurried down the bay to tell
| them their berth was not ready. The
| freighter was forced to anchor at the
mouth Of the narrows. Gerry watched
| the lights spring out from the shadowy
shores They beekoned him to familiar
| scenes. Staten Island had been to his
| boyhoOd an undiscovered land and the
scene of his first wanderings. Bay
| shore he knew through constant pass
ing by. In the sky beyond it, hung the
glow of the summer city, here and
there pierced with the brighter flame
of some grotesque monstrosity-
Up the bay the dark waters forked
| into. two bands that lost themselves in
ii sea and sky of twinkling lights. He
| could just determine the sweeping arch
of Brooklyn bridge and the presence of
more than one new Tower of Babel
that broke the eeer-changing skyline
of his native city and made him feel
! by that much, forgotten and an alien.
But from all the myriad lesser lights
his eyes turned gratefully to the high
held torch of Liberty. Beneath it, the
| familiar. tilted diadem, the shadowy
| folds draping the outstanding pose,
the strength and steadfastness and the
| titanic grandeur of the statue, carried
their message TO him as never before
1t became to him what its creator had
conceived, an emblem. and the myriad
little waves of the bay, rushing to fling
| themselves at the feet of the goddess
became a multitude, eager for attain
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-05-19
In W0nlan's Realm
Frock of Taeta Should by All Means Be Included the Outfit
of the Girl Graduate-Dany Touches That May Be Achieved
by the Proper Selection OF Pretty and Appropriate
Neckwear, of Which There Is Plenty

Quitting the girl graduate for the
closing of her school days and for her
summertime occupations will certainly
include providing her with one pretty
erock OF taffeta. There is no end to
the variety in dresses Of this kind, but
among them all none more suited to
young girl could be found than the
simple. cool-looking and graceful
model which is shown in the picture
The straight-hanging skirt is merely
four lengths of the silk stitched to-
gether and hemmed. It is gathered
with narrow waistband. Two bands
Of taffeta, about four inches wide, are
cut ON the straight of the goods and
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side turned out, and afterward they
are turned down so that only one
edge is sewed to the skirt; the lower
edge is free. They serve to hold the
skirt out from the figure, as fashion
demands, as well as to ornament it.
To add the charm of daintiness to
the toilette, or to make plain blouse
or dress more attractive, or merely
to provide q careful and pretty finish,
is the mission Of neckwear.
Colored organdies in light tones and
tints are used in conjunction with
white in borders and frills.
For little capes like that shown In
the picture both white and colored or
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-05-19

sash with two short standing loops and
two rounded ends is made Of 1t also.
It concea1s the fastening of the girdle
at the left side.
A net collar, edged with narrow
plated frill of double net, is extended
at the front to the waistline, forming
an edging for the fronts of the over
bodice. Very wide cuffs of the net
are made to match the collar and eX-
tend q little way over the hand. The
skirt is little shorter than ankle
length. The bands are machine
stitched to the skirt with their under.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-05-19
Smart Accessories.

Nothing will give the street cos
tune such compelling smartness as
new boots, new gloves and new veil.
Even last years tailleur will pass mus
Ger If correctly equipped with modish
accessories. Not not wait for warm
enough weather to make pumps COM
scrtable and safe; invest this month
IN the smartest pair of buttoned boots
YOU can find. They will give incalcul-
able style TO your street costume. You
will need fresh gloves also of glazed
ti4 =. ti~aae ar white, and your veil
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-05-19

edged with a narrow ruffie of the silk.
This edging is set on to the band
with a small piping and is cut on the
bias of the silk.
A plain underbodice of chiffon or
crepe has long easy-ftting coat
sleeves. The skeleton overbodice is
narrowed at the back and front ex-
cept about the waistline, where the
back is Joined to the front pieces. It
blouses a little and Is fulled into the
belt at the front. There Is a wide
crushed girdle of the silk, and a
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-05-19
To Restore WcoIens and Furs.

Make large bags Of unbleached mus
lin with drawstrings at top and bot
tom. Soak the bags in turpentine and
hang in the air until the odor disap-
pears. Place the clothes on rangars.
adjust the bags over lhem AMI dra@
the strings tight
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-05-19

CANDIES are used These capes prove
to be gems as accessories. Demure
and quiet looking as they are, they sue
ceed in focusing attention on them
selves and are to be worn for outdoor
dress as well as in the house. They
are larger than the capes and cape
collars similar in style but not in.
tended for street wear. Plain borders
and hemstitching or plated frills and
hemstitching finish them.
Ruffs are made of malines for wear
with tailored or silk suits and often
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-05-19

will be, preferably taupe colored. Of
very fine, transparent hexagon or lat
tice mesh, with a dainty handrun leaf
pattern or infnitesimal dot scattered
over the surface
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-05-19

Tell girl that she is as pretty as
a picture" and she forgcts that comic
valentines come under the head Of pic
lures
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of the same color as the suit or COM
bination of two colors. Here again
narrow side-plaitings give the maiines
the requisite body. The plaitings are
sewed to band Of narrow ribbon just
long enough to reach about the neck
A small ribbon bow and little nose
gay Of flowers conceal the fastening
of the ruff, or the flowers are some
times mounted at the side, the ruff
fastening with ribbon ties at the front
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-06
DRAWS $500 fine
FOR BAD MAN ACT
STAGED LAST NIGHT

Very drunk and brandishing a long
barreled revolver in terrorizing man.
ner. Garnet Wright, colored, newly
arrived, ran amuck last evening along
North Third street and on North D
street. He had the streets all to him
self within few seconds. I'm bad
man from Kentucky" Wright would
yell. then pull the trigger.
You're too bad for Richmond"
shouted Officer Y:lsling as he nabbed
Wright just as the bad man" tripped
and fell across the C. & O. tracks.
Wright Admits Drunk.
In city court this morning Wright
said he was drunk, but denied that
he had revolver He drew fine OF
500 and costs, which will be served
out at the state penal farm.
Il am going to break up this prac-
tice Of carrying guns in Richmond II
the state has to buy a new penal farm
to take care of the fellows sent from
Richmond" Mayor Robbins remarked.
Before he was arrested Wright en-
tered the home of Arthur Fitz Harris.
426 North Third street A boarder.
the only one in the house at the time,
made a hasty exit I'm looking for
a dishpan to use as target" Wright
shouted. After parading about the
Fitz Harris home Wright departed,
shooting his revolver
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-06

of Indigestion. Eat one thing at a
time, chew and swallow one thing at
time, as the child or an animal does
who is guided only by organic wis
dom, not palate-pleasing lusts of the
flesh.
Don't leave the meal feeling fuller
than tick. If you do you have made
garbage can of the stomach, eaten
four times more than the system can
possibly use, made worse than a hog
of yourself, besides making doctors
bill. Always save part of the appetite
for the next meal.
Don't eat meat, swill down beer, and
other alcoholics, and all kinds of ice
cold drinks, especially in summer
time, unless you like to grumble at
the beastly weather and pay doctor
bills. For as We SOW that shall ye
reap.
"The Bible tells of people who lived
to be over five hundred years of age,
believe this to be authentic. Many
scientists also believe this to be au.
thentic," said Dr. Thurston. Perhaps
some time we moderns will attain such
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-06
WHEAT OPENS HIGH
BUT BREAKS LATER

CHICAGO, Sept. 6.-Wheat opened
strong today with prices 11ac higher
than at the close yesterday. A break
Of 1c followed in the first few min.
utes. There was enough buying to
steady the market.
Corn started steady to lower and
weakened with wheat grading fair.
Oats started steady to slightly high.
cr and there was a good volum Of
rading early. Prices weakened slight.
" with the break in wheat.
Provisions were higher. .-........
H.. There was a good recovery In prices
n the wheat market during the last
half hour Of the session on good re.
ports from the northwest. Resting
pots for the day showed for wheat
Gains. and corn prices were 1Xc to
C above the lowest levels. Corn held
around the highest prices which closed
high.
Oats were NC to sc higher and the
provision list showed but little change
Tor the day.
Cash sales at Chicago were: Wheat
10000 bushels; corn. 10000 bushels,
and oats, 10000 bushels.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-06

When the appropriation Of $4,000
for preliminary fund for the county
tuberculosis hospital came before the
county council for consideration today
the seven members were of diverse
opinions as to whether, it should be
passed or rejected. Action on it was
postponed until late this afternoon.
For the most part the councilmen
expressed opinions that the PROPOSE
ton had not been considered thorough.
ly enough by the commissioners.
Since the appropriation was not
placed on the budget the first week in
August, six votes out of the seven are
required to pass 1t.
Want Joint Session.
Several of the councilmen want
Wayne county to go in with two other
neighboring counties to build hos
pital They were informed by the
county attorney that such an arrange
ment would be legal.
1t was proposed that sinking fund
be created for the hospital like the
one which has been in effect for some
time to raise the money for the South
Side bridge. The councilmen were in
formed that this could not be done,
however, since it has been found that
in reality the South Side bridge sink
ing fund is illegal.
Favors Small Beginning.
John Melpolder, secretary of the
social service bureau, was called before
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-06
DENOUNCE SENATORS
WHO VOTED AGAINST
REVENUE MEASURES

CHICAGO, Sept. Ga statement
bitterly denouncing the Republican
senators who voted against the emer
gency revenue measure was given out
today from western Democratic head
quarters here. signed by Senator Thos.
j. Walsh of Montana
1T should be realized" the state
ment says, that in voting against the
revenue bill, the Republican reaction.
airy voted their disapproval of the
Thomas amendment which gives the
president power to retaliate against
the belligerents such as Great Britain
and her allies who discriminate
against American manufacture
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-09-06
ENTENTE ALLIES ARE
MUCH AROUSED over
YANKEE TRADE BILL

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.-Europe's
chancellories are deeply concerned
over the drastic enactment contained
in the administration shipping bill
and In the revenue measure approved
by the senate early today, placing re-
taliatory weapons In the hands of
President Wilson. Through their di.
plomatic representatives here they are
following closely this legislation which
will permit the president to substitute
for passive diplomacy policy Of re-
prisal against all nations discrimin.
ating against American trade. The
action of this government Is revo-
lutionary and entirely unexpected. 1t
permits the president to retaliate for
mail seizures and for boycott, actions
In way that will prove distinctly EN-.
barrassing to the Entente Allies.
While unofficial suggestions have
been made by certain Of the embas-
listing trade agreements, they have not
been received with any degree Of
warrant from the state department 1t
has been pointed out that the powers
given the president under the pro-
posed law are in every way discretion.
airy. He can utilize them if necessary
and they can be put into effect in an
emergency as recognized by inter.
national law.
The fact that these laws have been
fathered by Senators Lewis and Phe.
Ion, both thick.and-thin supporters OF
the administration, is accepted as In.
dicating that they have the approval
of the president and Secretary Ian.
sing.