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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-10

the same mouse lOI nine OF Ten
months we believe that two or three
months separation, from each other
is good for both. We know that we
are happy. Each year seems to grow
better than the one before. So do
our friends, but just because it is a
little different they shake their
heads. But that doesn't bother us"
So much for the young matron
who has her own philosophy of sue
cess in matrimOny and is brave
enough to follow out her convictions
in spite of the head shakings" of
her friends.
One San Francisco clubwOman
sides with her in the dispute that has
arisen over the question. And the
question is a vastly important one in
these days of marital unhappiness,
discomfort and increasing divorce.
Mrs. Ida Finney Mackrille, promi-
nent in club and social life on the
west coast, defends Mrs. Levy's
views.
Marriage is not a slavery" she
says, and no one should ask two
people absolutely to conform to each
others habits of life for ever and
ever, amen. If woman see fit to
live with her husband only six
months Of the year, why let her do it,
say l. There's no question that two
people living together in close reIa-
tionship are apt to grow on each
others nerves. And a change should
be excellent I approve of anything
that will allow people, men and
women alike, to be individual, to
keep their own individuality"
But the Others-they shake their
heads and declare, Absurd! Jave-
nile! Dangerous
-O-O-
DID THEY EXPECT MORE
Mrs. Asselin carried $4,000 life in
surance, the house was insured for
$500 and the contents for $500. An
accident policy on the life of little
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DID THEY EXPECT MORE
Mrs. Asselin carried $4,000 life in
surance, the house was insured for
$500 and the contents for $500. An
accident policy on the life of little
Marie amounts to $50.
Mr.. AsseIin and his sorrowing fam
lily have the sympathy Of the entire
community. - ChebOygan, Mich,
Daily Tribune.
Denver labor bulletin., 1916-04-15
Firms Friendly to Union Labor
Vasco Mining Co.
]. MKENNA, Manager
Office: voegtle Building Telephone Boulder.
Colorado.
Boulder,
Schedule of Prices

TUNGSTEN ORE Delivered to Them Nederand Boulder
SUBJECT CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.
No Charge Sampng Assayng
Effect March 13,
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Lieber with Gerry and Kemp. sat III
the shade Of the veranda, smoking after
the midday meal The stock had been
corralled. out, on Kemps advice, the
start for FaZenda Flores was to be
made halfway through the afternoon.
There was to be great moon that
night and the drive would be robbed Of
the perils Of darkness to cattle as we'll
as Of the horrible heat.
The three were silent, half somno-
lent, when a passing herder grunted
and pointed westward with his chin.
Lieber stood up and looked. A pillar
of dust was coming across the desert.
He could see men riding and some
thing else. He took his field glasses
from peg and looked again. "Fu-
neral. or a sick man." he said and sat
down to wait. Kemp started whiting
to keep himself awake. Since the hour
Of Lieber's confession he had hardly
spoken.
When the cavaicade came within
easy view Gerry stood up and watched.
He could not hide his curiosity like
Iieber and Kemp. In front OF the
horses came four men bearing a sag
ging hammock on pole. They were
running in quick. springy steps that
made the hammock sway gently from
side to side. The pace they kept up
under the burden was marvellous.
They were followed closely by eight
horsemen. At the first signs of falter-
ing among the bearers, four of the
riders would throw themselves Oft
their ponies and run under the pole.
The change of relay was made without
d stop. without a pause. The freed
ponies stood with hanging heads and
stradded legs. Even from a distance
one could see that the burdened men
had run the wiry little beasts off their
feet. They We're all in. but the men
We're still erect-keen. With hlal
squirt the cortege drew up before the
veranda Lieber stood up. Dead or
dying?' he asked.
Master, we do not know" an
swered the oldest of the men, their
leader.
Fever or smallpox asked Lieher
Fever"
With look of relief Lieber went
down the steps to the hammock. A sheet
had been thrown over the pole to keep
off the worst of the sui He pulled
1t off. \ CHASTITY sight met his eyes.
but he did not shrink. Bring him up
here" he said. springing up the steps
and sweeping a saddle harness and
some old magazines off a great raw
hide settle on the veranda
They laid the sick man on the settle
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and Leber started TO strip him with
gentle, deft hands. Kemp strobe for
ward and helped but Gerry stood by,
powerIess to move. He had recognized
Alan. the man he had sworn to break
! If ever he met him. Somebody else
had broken Alan, terribly. pitilessly.
Gerry's eyes shrank from the sight. A
Iump came into his throat. Alan was
dead. Alan with whom he had wan
dered barefoot through those quiet
lanes Of home, with whom he had
fsiled and swum, and once had
fought What little fury Alan had
been in that boys battle. 1t had not
been fought to a finish. On one i'm
pulse they had stopped and looked at
each other and turned sway. ashamed
to shake hands.
Lieber. once heavy. forid and clum-
sy. was transformed. He worked
quickly, with sure hands. The body
lay stripped on the settle. Under it
still lay the hammock and dusty blan-
kets. The pillows and board had
been tossed on the floor. Lieber ex-
amined his patient minutely, without
haste. The spleen was frtghtfully dis
tended and pushed out across the abb
domeu. He could feel It's hard. un-
yielding margins. The feet were swol.
len. The face was yellow with the
sickly gray-yellow of nodded straw.
Coma had set in.
Lieber dragged great medicine
chest out from his room. With alcohol
he rapidly washed out the Justified
nostriIs Of the stricken man and
ba thed his face and then the limbs and
body. Then he took out hypodermic
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A trim and Interestingly practical
suit, meant to fill the needs Of the
schoolgirl. proclaims itself an Araeri-
can design made for an American
girl. Without furbelow &C any de-
scription, it is made of cravenetted
wool fabric, firm as to weave and fair
ly light as to weight. The skirt is
full and faring, but 1t achieves these
desirable traits without plaits of any
kind, by means of Tapped seams ard
shaped cores. 1t is finished with a
three-inch hem and appears longer In
the picture than it need be. Shoe-top
length would mean additional style.
The smart coat is held in to the fig
ure by belt of the material, and has
f1aring and pointed peplum. Ma
chine stitching. irreproachable as to
neatness and accuracy of line. empha-
sizes it's value as a finish, because
there is no ornamentation to distract
the attention from it. There Is a
French collar at the neck, which but
tons close up about it, under the chin.
Three buttons at the top Of the coat
continue a row begun by two on the
collar, and three smaller buttons. of
the same kind, are placed on the back
of the sleeves near the hand.
The belt fastening is ingenious and
betrays that careful thought was given
to every detail of the suit. At each
end the belt is extended into a tongue.
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! A lovely gown of black net, with
founces bordered with corded or
banded taffeta. is distinguished by
much originality. Several novel ideas
appear in it's finishing, which might be
used on gowns made Of any of the
sheer fabrics that add SO much to the
midsummer wardrobe.
The model is made over slip of
black taffeta with plain skirt and low
bodice, which serves as a foundation
and support, for the net overdress.
This has two flounces, one overlap
ping the other, headed by two puffs
which form shorter, doubled flounces,
about the hips.
The net bodice is shirred on to a
narrow band at the round neck with a
row of four small shirred tucks. form
inf soft and pretty finish. 1t is cut
In one with the full sleeves.
The sleeve is elbow length and fin
ished with four rows of baby velvet
ribbon. By gathering in the fullness
at two places about the upper arm two
puffs are formed, corresponding with
those at the top of the skirt. Little
rosettes of baby velvet ribbon with
hanging ends are mounted at the back
of the neck and at the back of each
sleeve.
An emplacement of taffeta with lace
overlay across the top and bottom ap-
pears at the back and front Of the
bodice. forming little blouse with a
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ration of a room for the self-invited
guest. From the pile Of dusty pillows
a servant was picking up. fell board
Lieber glanced down at it. Words
were cut roughly but clearly into its
surface. They spoke to him. They
held his eyes He stopped laboriously
and picked up the board. He took il
into his private room, propped it up
against some books on the table and
sat before 1t with his face dropped
in his hands. To his closed eyes the
words seemed no longer carved in
wood. Against the inward darkness
of his brain they shone out in points
of light He could not shut them out.
"Qui de nous ma pas ell sa terre
promise, son jour d'extase, et sa fin en-
eXil?"
At sundown Lieber came out to his
patient He had him moved, settle
and ALL into room whose windows
opened upon the veranda. Lieber sat
beside him and nursed him through the
long. hot night To the deftness Of
his hand had been added tenderness,
and into his face a new determination
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copyrisht BY The Century Company

laid him gently in hammock. Alan
came to. The hammock " rs padded
with pillows and blankets and strung
on a stout bamboo pole with two men
at each end supporting it.
What are you doing with me?' he
asked angrily and sank back into the
pillows. From there his eyes glared
up at McDougal.
''f'm sending ye home" said Nc
Dougai gently but firmly.
Alan smiled twisted smile. Send
ing me home" he repeated. and added
resignedly. ''Oh. all right" Then he
started up. Bring Matches lie said.
McDougal took matches from his pock-
ct. Alan drew two letters from inside
his coat Burn them He held them
out and watched jealousy as McDou-
gal opened out the sheets with averted
eyes and set fire to the thin paper The
tilmy cinders blew hither and thither
under the light breeze. The men under
the pole moved nervously, anxious to
be off. Their eight companions
wheeled their fea-bitten ponies and
headed for the trail. mo. you don't"
shouted McDougal and explained with
many gestures that they were to ride
behind on account OF the dust.
I'VE know. master" answered one
quietly. I'VE would but start"
McDougai held out an awkward
hand in farewell You're ready. Mr..
WayneT'
Yes" said Alan between chattering
teeth, and then cried. mo. I want the
board-my epitaph thing, you know"
McDougal dived into the tent and
brought out the board with the roughly
cut words that he could not read but
somehow began to understand. He
slipped it into the hammock behind the
cushions and then just touched Alan's
hand and gave the word to the men.
They started off In a shambling, rapid
trot. The horseman fell in behind A
cloud Of dust cut them off from Nc
Douglas gaze. He turned and fe!.
upon his laboring squad with rolling
flood of curses. To them the words
were Greek. but nevertheless their
blood curdIed and they worked as only
Wayne had taught them.
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SYNOPSIS,

Alan Wayne is sent away from Red Hill.
his home, by his uncle, ]. Y, as a moral
failure. Glenn drinks Alan's health on his
birthday. Judge Healey defends Alan in
his business with his employers. Alan and
Alix. Gerry's wife, meet at sea. homeward
hound, and start q Irritation. AT home.
Gerry, as he thinks. sees AliZ and Alan
elopfng, drops everything, and goes to
Pernambuco. AliX leaves Alan on the
train and goes home. Gerry leaves Per-
rambuco and goes to Piranhas. On a
auoe trip he meets a native girl. The
Judge fails to trace Gerry, a baby is horu
10 Alix. The native girl takes Gerry to
the ruined plantation she is mistress of.
Gerry marries her. At Maple house Col
1ingeford tells how he met Alan-"Ten
Per Cent Wayne"-building a bridge in
Africa Collingeford meets AiiX and her
baby and gives her encouragement about
Gerry. Alan comes back TO town but does
not go home. Gerry begins to improve
Margarita's plantation and builds an ir-
rigating ditch. In Africa Alan reads
Clem's letters and dreams of home. Ger
ry pastures Lieber's cattle during the
drought. baby comes to Margarita
Collingeford meets Alix in the city and
finds her changed. Alan meets AliX. J. Y,
and Glen. grown to beautiful womanhood.
in the city and realizes that he has sold
his birthright for mess of pottage. Kemp
and Gerry become friends. They visit
Lieber, and the three eXiles are drawn
together by a common tie. Lieber tells
his story. In South America Alan gets
the fever.
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and, on top Of that, q sheet The touch
Of Aian's dry. cracking skin seemed
to Gerry to be burning his hands. 1T
is as though there were fire in him. '"
he said to Lieber,
Lieber looked at his patient with an
all-seeing eye. He paused before COW
ering him up. That's it," he said.
There's fire in him--the worst kind
and he's been playing with it, just
tickling it with stale quinine." His
eye ran rapidly over the thin body. Il
said the dose I gave him would prob
ably kill him, but we changed my
mind I'm betting the other way, now
I really look at him. There's no flesh
on him, but he doesn't look like skel-
eton. Why? Because of the sinews
and bones Of him-they're perfect.
Look at the way the sinews hold his
neck and the way the neck carries the
slnews Look at the fiat bulge of his
ribs and the breadth Of his shoulders
over the hips. That means heart and
lungs and vitals. That mans been a
fighter, and unless I'm a bigger foo!
than I was yesterday he's a fighter
yet''
"Cover him up. for Gods sake" said
Gerry.
Lieber dropped the sheet and went
off to the kitchen. Gerry and Kemp
covered the stripped body and tucked
many blankets over it. Lieber came
{>oof- ,nd +ooI- ofP hole tho hlepI-ots
Mustn't tire him with weight" he ex-
plained. eff he's going to sweat, he'll
sweat all right. Malaria-malignant
fever-is the tiredest disease in the
world. When they get too tired to
breathe, that's the end" He took hold
of Alan's wrist. ITO. feel his pulse,
you'd say he was dead now"
Bout time we was startin'." re-
marked Kemp with his eyes toward
the declining sun.
Gerry's first Impulse was to say he
would stay, but he suddenly remem-
bered Margarita. How far away from
life she seemed! Alan and Margarita
could not crowd into one day or even
into one world-it was against the or
der of things. But facts do not stand
on the order of their coming, they sim
ply come. and against the protest of
mans will they present his fate;
against the cry of the troubled and
displaced soul they voice the eternal
j'y suis, j'y reste Of inanimate things.
One cannot go around a fact. One
must either break ones head against
1t or swallow it and let it take its
course through the mental gorge.
Gerry longed to stay by Alan's side.
and through his returning conscious
ness, as through a magnifying glass,
gaze upon the world he had foresworn
the heritage he had abandoned. But
the, fact of Margarita and her boy
suddenly declared itself-demanded
digestion--and Gerry turned his back
on Alan. He mounted, and with the
silent Kemp reversed the drive they
had made together months before.
Lieber did not so with them When
he had seen them off. he busted him
self giving orders for the tidying up
Of the veranda, the feeding of Alan's
convoy, beast and man, and the prepa-
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syringe and a graduated glass. In the
glass be dissolved powder and with
steady bands added measured drops
Of Il liquid of faint amber hue.
Gerry found his tongue. "What Is
it?' he asked.
"Quinine and arsenic" said Lieber
shortly
Arsenic? Isn't that dangerous?"
said Gerry
Lieber glanced at him. 1T will prob
ably kill him"
Then why-why-' protested Ger
ry. a great desire to protect what
was left of Alan had come over him.
'Why?' said Eieber dryly, "Pil tell
you. Mr. Lansing Because it is less
cowardly to kill mau than to let
him die
He mixed the solution in the syringe
aud then, grasping Alan's arm, he
pressed it until the veins came out in
swelling network. Hold his arm like
that" he commanded Kemp. Kemp
clutched the arm. The bones seemed
to bend TO the grip. Lieber chose q
swollen vein and pierced it with the
needle. He forced the dose into the
blood. There" he said with a smile
TO Gerry. that's what's known as an
irtravenous administration of Quinine
and arsenic. If another paroxysm
hits him he's done for, but We'll know
all about that in forty eight hours
time
He went into the house and brought
out clean sheets, soft woolen blankets,
pillows and pillow-slips. Kemp had
never seen such linen; Gerry had al
most forgotten the feel of it. Gerry
came to life. With one hand under
Alan's shoulder and another under his
hips, he lifted him as though he were
an empty shell. while Kemp and Lie
ber drew out the dust-caked blankets
and hammock and spread first cane
mat over the settle and then blanket
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Alan was struggling back from coma.
He muttered. he talked, he awoke
Lieber found his sunlzen eyes. the pu-
pills appearing almost eoucave. fixed
on him with n seeing gaze. 1t was like
resurrection. spirit had come down
upon the body. Eye TO eye. mouth to
mouth. heart TO heart. it had given
sight, breath, life.
The eyes closed. Lieber hurried
away From the kitchen he brought
Il bowl of broth. 1t was steaming and
filled the room with an odor OF rich
essence. 1t was in Itself concentra-
ton of life The bowl was emptied.
Alan, sank back into the pillows. His
ewes wandered wistfully over the bare
walls. the high thing of the strange
room. ~ would have, great gods! but
one short hour of native air--let me
but die at home" he murmured. and
Licher heard.
The words clutched at his own heart
but he answered cheerfully. You shall.
my boy. you shall die at home If you
like, but you're going to have years TO
think it over. Sleep. that's the word.
And sleep it is he added to himself
as Alan's eyes closed and his chest be-
gan to rise and fall in healthy breath
ing. Lieber held his wrist. The pulse
was taking on strength.
Alan was still sleeping when Gerry
arrived Lieber looked up. surprised.
you've come all the way back from
Fazenda Flores?"
Gerry nodded. How is he? Has
he come to. YETI"
Yes" said Lieber in low. modu-
lated tone. He came to. all right. But
the fights not over yet. Fever goes
and comes. you know. If another par
oxysm seizes him. he'll not have the
strength to pun through. It's ques
tipD nf hOI1rS now
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These tongues carry buttonhole. A
slit in the belt at the right side is
buttonhole stitched, and the tongue
on the left side of the belt thrust
through it, buttoning over high COM
position buttons that match up we'll
with the suit
A small breast pocket might find a
place in the coat, for the sake of con-
venience. The suit suggests the mill
tary modes, and one suspects it's crea-
tor Of gentle irony inasmuch as he has
designed for the schoolgirl suit with
no foolishness about it.
curately. staying the gathering thread
with pins at the four markings. Gaug-
ing is merely pressing each gather be
tween thumb and foretinger with the
blunt point of coarse needle and it
makes just all the difference iE the
look Of a ruffie. Frayed ruffies are
made on bias silk or cotton material
and the edges are pulled apart so that
the threads ravel. Taffeta makes a
lovely fray, also linen, but it is not
wise to attempt to fray material in
which the warp and woof are not of
exactly the came ooarseness.
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MOUSE BITE KILLS BABY

to the scratch or wound inflicted by
the little rodent, and nothing more
was thought Of it for the time being.
However, the bite resulted in an in
lection which spread 50 rapidly that
physicians found it impossible to save
the child's life. a high fever 6evel-
oped, and the child died.
Coroner ]. Ramsay hewitt. who in
vestigated the case, is satisfied that
the child's death was directly trace
able TO the bite of the mouse. In com
menting upon the case he said:
1T is fact widely known among
medical men that rats and mice carry
disease, and householders should make
every effort TO rid their houses of them
as q matter of personal and public
protection. Cats, likewise. are a men
ace TO public health, carrying germs
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There are occasional instances
where rodents, both the house rat and
mouse, have been known to invade
the bed or crib occupied by young chill
dren, especially infants when left
alone sleeping. Such an incident is
recorded in the death of William Web
ster Jackson. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
William ". Jackson of Washington,
whose death is reported in the vital
statistics as due to a virulent blood
poisoning from the Infection of
mouse bite Oh the child's neck.
One night while the infant, only TWO
weeks old. was sleeping in his crib be-
side his mothers bed mouse crawled
into the crib and, biting the baby on
the neck, inflicted what was then
thought to have been an insignificant
wound A simple application was made
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a New Start

DR.. Max Starkloff says a friend who
has reputation for a very touching
way" met him recently and said:
Look here. doctor, I'm terribly NOR
titled about not having paid back that
dollar | borrowed last June, but hon.
estly. old man"
"Oh, that's all right" said starkloff
Don't speak of it"
"Oh. but I must speak of 1t" said
the fellow. Il can't treat a friend that
way, you know, and IL want to pay
you, and l will, doctor--sure thing II
you will lend me two dollars. I'll pay
that dollar right this minute and we
can start fresh"
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How Smoking Injuries Health.

RIO" smoking injuries Fleailn
Laboratory work at the Paris Medi-
cal college indicates that tobacco
smoking does injure the heart, but
not, as generally supposed. on account
of the nicotine present. Tobacco with
various proportions of nicotine was
used in the tests, and the effect on the
heart was the same. Oak leaves were
found to produce very much the same
result as tobacco and the conclusion
reached was that the harmful effects
are due to products of combustion CON
tanned In smoke of widely different
origin
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short peplum. The lace used is a black
net run with silver. This might be re-
placed with an embroidered pattern. or
the printed taffetas could be used
Striped ribbons or silks are used
with georgette crepe for afternoon
gowns in banded effects. In these the
upper part of the skirt is made Of the
crepe and at the knee, or little above.
the banded silk is set on to form the
lower part of the skirt. The bodice is
usually made of the crepe, with the
banded silk used in some sort of over
drapery and in the cuffs.