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dad sent up box for the theater to-
night Will you come to dinner and go
with us?'
WHEN Don, after dressing, left his
house for the Stuyvesants' that eve
ming, it was with curious sense of self
Importance. He was now member of
the force of Carter, Rand & Seagraves,
investment brokers. He was not par
tcularly important member, to be sure,
but that made no difference: freshman
was Harvard as thoroughly as a senior
perhaps more so. He now had the privi-
lege of announcing to his friends that he
was in business in New York-in the
banking business the firm of Carter,
Rand q Seagraves, as matter of fact.
He walked with freer stride and swung
his stick with jauntier air than he had
yesterday.
AS he reached the Avenue and walked
toward the Stuyvesant house, he found
himself following the familiar path with
a point of view that changed for the
second time that day. The stores were
still barred to him, as they had been that
morning; but the barriers no longer looked
so formidable If at this moment it was
still impossible for him to buy flowers, he
was able to look forward to Saturday,
when it would be possible. Not only
that, but he could look forward to future
Saturdays when it would be amply pos
sible. But it was not so much this that
impressed him as certain feeling of
brotherliness for these stores. They were
in business in New York, and he was in
hrc in
mon interest. He was full of all this
when, few minutes before dinner,
Frances swept down the stairs.
am glad you could come, Don," she
said. "But where in the world have you
been all day."
Downtown" he answered. "Im with
Carter, Rand & Seagraves now."
He made the announcement with con-
siderable pride.
"Poor Don!" she murmured aBut, if
you're going to do that sort of thing, l
suppose you might as we'll be with them
as any one. wonder if that Seagraves is
Dolly Seagraves' father"
For second he was disappointed-he
had expected more enthusiasm from her;
but, after all, there was no reason why
he should.
IL haven't met the families of the firm
yet, he answered.
II thought you knew Dolly. I'll ask
her up for my next afternoon, to meet
you"
"But I can't come in the afternoon,
Frances"
"How stupid You're to be downtown
all day?"'
"From nine to three or later"
"I'm not sure I'm going to like that"
she complained.
"Then you'll have to speak to Farms
WORTH" he laughed.
"Farnsworth?"
"He's the manager"
"I imagine he's very disagreeable Oh,
Don, please hurry and make your fortune
and have it over with"
"You ought to give me more than one
day, anyhow"
an give you till June, she smiled II
really got sort of homesck for you to-
day, Don"
"Honest?"
"Honest, Don. I've no business to tell
Evening star., 1916-01-02
SUNDAY MAGAZINE for January 2, 1916

any provisions.
Nora appeared uneasy. She did not
wish to be bold, and yet she did not wish
her late masters son to go downtown
hungry.
"An egg and bit of toast, sir? I'm
sure the cook could spare that"
"Out of her own breakfast?"
Il beg your pardon, sir, stammered
Nora; "but it's all part of the house,
isn't it?"
NO." he answered firmly. "We must
play the game fair, Nora"
"And dinner, sir?"
Dinner? Let's not worry about that
as early in the morning as this"
He started to leave, but at the door
turned again.
"If you should want me during the
day, you'll find me at my Office with
Carter, Rand & Seagraves. Better write
that down."
II will, sir.
"Good day, Nora"
Don took the subway this morning, in
company with several hundred thousand
others for whom this was as much
routine part of their daily lives as the
putting on of a hat. On several occasions
he himself had used the subway, but never
SO early in the day and never so far up
town. He had either walked or, if pressed
for time, had taken taxi. This morning
it was as if it were his first experience.
When he ran down the subway steps he
was cut off sharply from everything that
made New York for him New York He
had seen all these people coming and going
often enough before, but never before had
he felt himself as coming and going with
them. Now he was one of them. He did
not resent it. In fact, he felt certain
excitement about it. But it was new
almost foreign.
TT was with some difficulty that he
= found his way from the station to his
Office. This SO delayed him that he was
twenty minutes late. Miss Winthrop,
who was hard at work when he entered,
paused second to glance at the watch
pinned to her dress.
"I'm only twenty minutes late," he
apologized to her.
"a good many things can happen
around Wall Street in twenty minutes
she answered
a guess I'll have to leave the house
little earlier"
"I'd do something to get here on time"
she advised. "Out late last night"
"Not very. l was in bed little after
one."
II thought so.'
"Why?'
"You look it,"
She brought the conversation to an
abrupt end by resuming her work
He wanted to ask her in just what way
he looked it. He felt bit hollow; but
that was because he hadn't breakfasted
His eyes, too, were still little heavy;
but that was the result, not of getting to
bed late, but Of getting up too early.
She, on the other hand, appeared
fresher than she had yesterday at noon.
Her eyes were brighter and there was
more color in her cheeks. Don had never
seen much of women in the forenoon. As
far as he was concerned, Frances did not
exist before luncheon. But what ex-
perience he had led him to believe that
Miss Winthrop was an exception-that
most women continued to freshen toward
Evening star., 1916-01-02

price to net four and half. He read
it through once and then read it through
again. 1t contained a great many figures
figures running into the millions, whose
effect was to make twenty-five dollars a
week shrink into insignifcance On the
whole, it was decidedly depressing reading
the more so because he did not under
stand it.
He wondered what Miss Winthrop did
when she was tired, where she lived and
how she lived, if she played bridge, if she
spent her summers abroad, who her parents
were, whether she was eighteen or twenty
two or three, and if she sang. All of which
had nothing to do with the affairs of the
company that wished to dispose of its gold
bonds at price to net four and half per
cent.-as undoubtedly she would have told
him had she been able to read his thoughts.
AT twelve Miss Winthrop rose from her
machine and sought her hat in the rear of
the office. AT twelve-fve she came back,
passed him as if he had been an empty
chair, and went out the door. At twelve
ten he followed. He made his way at
once to the white-tiled restaurant in the
alley. At first he could not find her. She
was not in the chair she had occupied
yesterday, but farther back. Happily,
the chair next to her was empty. He
made for it at once.
"Will you hold this for me?" he asked.
"Better drop your hat in it," she sug-
gested rather coldly.
He obeyed the suggestion, and minute
later returned with cup of coffee and
an egg sandwich. She was gazing in
differently across the room as he sat
down, but he called her attention to his
lunch.
"You see, l got one of these things
to-day"
"So?"
"Do you eat it with fork or pick
it up in your fingers?" he asked.
She turned involuntarily to see if he
was serious She could not tell but it was
a fact he looked perplexed.
ooh, pick it up in your fingers" she
exclaimed. "But look here; are you COM
ing in here every day."
Sure" he nodded. "Why not?"
Because, if you are, I'm going to find
another place."
"You-what?" he gasped.
"Im going to find another place.
The sandwich was half way to his lips.
He put it down again.
"What have done?" he demanded.
She was avoiding his eyes.
"Oh, it isn't you," she answered. "But
if the Office ever found out"
"Well?' he insisted.
at would make lot of talk, that's ALL
she concluded quickly. al can't afford
it,"
"Who would they talk about"
"Oh, they wouldn't talk about you
that's sure
"They would talk about your"
4They certainly would"
"Who would?"
"Oh, all of them"
what would they say?"
"You think it over, she replied. "The
thing you want to remember is that I'm
only a stenographer there, and you--well,
if you make good you'll be member of
the firm some day"
Al don't see what that has to do with
where you eat or where | eat"
at hasn't, as long as we don't eat at
the same place. Can't Won see that2r
Evening star., 1916-01-02

experience he had tasted of the best; but
he was ready to admit that never any
where had he been left as completely sat
isfied as tonight.
The Stuyvesant car took them all to
a vaudeville house, and there, from the
rear of box, Don watched with indffer-
ent interest the usual vaudeville turns.
To tell the truth, he would have been
better satisfied to have sat at the piano
at home and had Frances sing to him.
There were many things he had wished
to talk over with her. He had not told
her about the other men he had met, his
adventure on his first business assign
ment, his search for place to lunch, Or
Miss Winthrop. Until that moment he
had not thought of her himself.
A SINGING team made their appearance
and began to sing sentimental ballads
concerned with apple blossoms in Nor
mandy and recollections of an old New
England home and moonlight on the
river Don's thoughts went back, strange
ly enough, to the white-tiled restaurant
in the alley. He smiled as he contrived
possible title for a popular song of this
same nature. "The White-Tiled Res
taurant in the Alley it might read, and
it might have something to do with
sally Perhaps Miss Winthrops first
name was Sally-it fitted her well enough.
She had been funny about that chocolate
eclair. And she had lent him two dollars.
Unusual incident, that! He wondered
where she was to-night-where she went
after she left the Office at night. Perhaps
she was here. He leaned forward and
began to look at the faces of people in the
audience. Then the singing stopped, the
orchestra started, the back drop went up,
and group of Japanese acrobats occupied
the stage.
Frances turned, suppressing a yawn.
II suppose one Of them will hang by his
teeth in minute" she observed. II
wish he wouldn't. 1t makes me ache"
at is always possible to leave" he sug-
gested.
"But mother so enjoys the moving pic
lures"
"Then, by all means, let's stay
And they always put them at the end.
Oh, dear me, l don't think shall ever
come again.
II enjoyed the singing" he confessed.
"Oh, Don, it was horrible!"
"Still, that song about the restaurant in
the alley"
"The what?" she exclaimed.
wasn't it that or was it apple bios
SONS? Anyhow, it was good"
"Of course there's no great difference
between restaurants in alleys and apple
blossoms in Normandy" she commented.
"Not as much as you'd think" he
smiled.
1t was half past ten before the movies
came on, and eleven before they were
back at the house. Then Stuyvesant
wanted rarebit and Frances made it, so
that it was after one before Don reached
his own home.
NOT until Nora, in obedience to
note he had left downstairs for her,
called him at seven-thirty the next
morning did Don realize he had kept
rather late hours for business man.
Under ordinary circumstances he would
have turned over and gone to sleep again.
But, bit by bit, the events of yesterday
came back to him; and in the midst of
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-09-16
THE MEXICAN TRUMP.

According to Mexican advices, Mr..
Wilson expects to play a trump card,
late in October, which he is count
ing on to take all the cards in the
political pack.
He contemplates effecting an agree
ment through the New London dele
gates and a treaty with Carranza
which will provide for the retreat of
the American troops, afford an ex-
cuse for withdrawing the militia
from the border and enable the ad-
ministration to proclaim broadcast
throughout the land that it has COM
posed the Mexican difficulty, upheld
the hands of Carranza in his efforts
to work out Mexico's salvation and
avoided war.
BY staging this piece of business
late enough in the campaign, the Re-
publicans, it is believed, will have
no time left to puncture the beauti-
full bubble and expose it's hollowness
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-09-16
TENNIS MOST STRENUOUS
GAME IN AMERICA
By HAMILTON

Omitted Press staff Correspondent
New York, Sept. l6.-Maurice E.
Mclaughlin, two twice won the ten
mis- singles championship of America,
and is admitted to have been the
greatest tennis player this country
ever produced, stands as living
proof of the oft made and seldom be-
lieved statement that tennis is the
most strenuous game played in
America.
After his failure to last in the ma
tional championships finished Sept.
5 at Forest Hills, Mclaughlin de-
clared it was his inability to sustain
his game that put him out of the
running. He said his fierce work
of two years ago when he performed
the feat of defeating Brookes and
Wilding, the Australasian players,
had simply taken everything he had.
II have tried hard to come back, -
Mclaughlin declared, "but I simply
wasn't able to play the game in the
same old way. The strength in ser
vice and return drives no longer was
there. I have tried to develop a diff
ferent sort Of game but it was no use.
guess I'm through"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-09-16

staff shot to pieces, =. the Boston
Braves are supplying the National
league and the fans with a spectacle
perhaps never equaled.
Stallings' ball players must be
credited with making the gamest
fight ever seen on a baseball field.
The Braves are being counted out of
the pennant hunt by a. great many
critics, but the count may have been
made too soon. No one will deny
the Braves would make better oppon-
ents for the American league victors
than either the Dodgers or the Phil
lies
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-09-16

With the tremendous amount of
brains in evidence in this country
it is passing strange that we can
not marshal sufficient inventive gen.
JUS to manufacture our own dye stuffs
and other commodities that are cut
off by the war in Europe. We are a
great people in some respects, but
pigmies in others.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-09-16
WHAT THE FOOTBALL >.-.
ELEVENSs ARE DOING

Minnesota-"Doc" williams eleven
will report for first practice next
Wednesday. a. : 49, +. .
Wisconsin - Wilmington, Spucy,
Dougherty and Buck arrived at Madi-
son today to prepare for the opening
of the fall campaign which begins
Wednesday,. The first vanguard Of
Badger players, Captain Meyers,
Vaughn and McCrory, arrived in
Madison yesterday.
Illinois-Football Coach Zuppke of
Illinois returned to Champaign today
to prepare for the opening. of the H.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-09-16

Mexican authorities insist that
Carranza has restored order and is
enforcing the law in that country.
OF course. And we expect soon to
hear that Villa is teaching a Sunday
school class.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-09-16

Card indexes, letter files, simple &C.
count. files, shannon files, wire oas-
kets and every kind Of legal enve-'
lope file may be seen at the Pioneer
office. The prices are less than what
Twin City stores ask.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-09-16

linois training season next week.
Christensen, relied On to take
Squier's place at end, lost part OF
his hand in an accident and cannot
play. !, ~. .. .... s-......@s@ -
Ch1cago-Annan, Don Smith and
Jackson, all of last years freshman
squad, are on the job at Stage field.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-09-16

General Carranza wants the United
States to agree to keep it's army out
of Mexico. That's easy. All the
greasers have to do is to scrub their
souls and then behave themselves.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-09-16

Money again! John D. went to
church the other Sunday, smiled
time or two, and Immediately the
whole country was bulletined to the
effect that he was enjoying himself
immensely in Cleveland.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-09-16

We haven't shadow Of doubt but
that the agreement ultimately reach
ed between the American and Mex
lean commissioners will go into his
tory as just another "scrap of paper"
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-09-16

People who boosted prices on the
strength of the strike are sailing
right along under the happy delu-
sion that the strike is in force. And
we, as usual, are the goats.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-09-16

We heartily wish every family in
this community owned an automo-
bile. Then, perhaps, we might hope
for good roads.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-09-16

Polly Wink says there would be
more happy homes in this country
If preachers tied slip knots instead
of making the mhard and fast.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1916-09-16
'hlffAAD DH4 MAKiNe GAME TRY

New York, Sept. 6.-Battling with
two infelders out of the game
through injuries and with a pitching
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23

was in town between trains on his
way home from Buckhannon, where
he spent the winter with his daugh-
ter. Mrs. Roy Waugh.
Born. unto DR.. and Mrs. j. G.
Petit, daughter. "t-t
Miss Mamie Houghton has been on
the sick list for several weeks.
Lloyd. Rlnehart has moved his FAM
lily to one Of the flats in his apart
ment house, pending the remodeling
of his home on Main street.
Harry vandervort is home from
Carnegie Tech. Pittsburg, to spend
the Easter vacation. He is in his
second year at that institution.
Mrs. Charles Basford was taken to
st. Mary's hospital for treatment,
but her death occurred few hours
after her arrival there.
M. Z. Griffin, OF Orlando, was in the
city Thursday.
II. W. Dent spent part of the
week in Gilmer county.
/. NJ. Burnside left Wednesday to
set out ten advertising orchards in
lower Harrison and Marion counties.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23
Lower Branch of Congress il
lmplored to Pass a Bill Sen
ate Has Already Passed.

WASHINGTON, April GAS a re-
suit of call on President Wilson
and subsequent conference with
Chairman Adamson of the House COM
mittee on interstate and foreign
commerce by q delegation represent
ing many important business organ
izations, hope is expressed for the
enactment at this session OF federal
legislation establishing the security Of
bills of lading. A bill that has al
ready passed twice in the Senate, and
failed in the House each time, was
again introduced by Senator Pom
creme. 1t has passed the Senate and
is not pending In the House. Presi-
dent Wilson. by expressing deep in
terest in the proposed legislation.
gave much assurance to the business
representatives. They were equally
pleased with the attention OF Chair
man Adamson and his committee.
President Wilson Favors BILL
AT the White House. Francis B.
James, representing the American
Bar Association. made the formal
presentation. He pointed out that the
Pomerene bill found its origin in the
uniform bill OF lading bill prepared
by the committee on uniform laws
Of the American. Bar Association
which had already been adopted by
fifteen states. Mr.. James called upon
Charles S. Haight, of New York,
chairman OF special committee Of
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States; Charles A. Hinsch, of
Cincinnati, of the American Bank
ers' Association; Guy NJ. Freer, presi-
dent OF the National Industrial Traf-
nc League; Sol Wexler, OF the New
Orleans Cotton Exchange; Charles
England OF the National Hay Associa-
ton; and Willard r. Myers. OF the
National Association Of Farmers CO.
operative Associations. President
Wilson then remarked that being al
ready convinced he needed no more
arguments.
National Chamber Representative
Speaks. -.....f,
Mr.. Haight spoke throughout the
first morning session in the hearings
Of the House committee. He ex-
planned the necessities OF the sltua-
ton and the application Of the provis-
ions Of the Pomerene bill. He dwelt
not only upon the importance OF fed
eral legislation which make bills Of
lading issued for shipments in inter.
state commerce documents upon
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23
GIRLS! GlRLS!!
Have Beautiful Hair

Mildredina Hair Remedy stimulates
the scalp, makes it healthy and keeps
it so. 1t is the greatest scalp invigo-
rator known. 1t is wholesome medi-
cine for both the hair and the scalp.
Even small bottle Of it will put more
genuine life in your hair than dozen
bottles of any other hair tonic ever
made. 1t shows results from the very
start. Now on sale at every drug store
in the land at soc and sl.00 a bottle.
Mildredina Hair Remedy is the only
certain destroyer Of the dandruff mic
robe which Is the cause OF 9S per cent
Of hair troubles. These pernicious,
persistent and destructive little devils
thrive on the ordinary hair tonics.
Sample mailed for 1Oc to pay postage
etc, by the Mildred Louise Co.. Bos-
ton. Mass. For sale by Farrell's Drug
ore.-Advertisement
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23
SCHOOL BOARD !.
AND TEACHERS
ENTERTAINED 'TlE
Delightfully."- by the Junior Girls
OF the High School In the
City of Weston.

WESTON. April .22.--The Junior
girls OF the Weston high school en-
tertained the members OF the board
OF education. their wives and the
faculty members ut 9 o'clock din
ner wednesday evening. Covers
were laid for twenty. Yellow and
white were the prevailing colors,
carried out In the centerpiece Of white
tulips and yellow Easter flowers
chickens perched on the glass OF each
guest and the nests Of yellow and
white eggs. which decorated the ia
bles. An elaborate four course din
ner was served and the guests were
more than pleased with proficiency
OF the youthful cooks and the quaint
and charming manner In which they
played their parts as hostesses.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23

Many requests are being made on
members OF the state delegation for
memorial books which the govern
ment will issue containing all the
addresses and resolutions touching
upon the life. the public service and
the death OF Representative William
G. Brown. OF Kingwood. It will be
several months before this book Is
issued and ready for distribution.
In the mean time. only copy OF
the Record containing the speeches Is
obtalnable, and the issue of last Sun
day does not contain all OF them.
because some OF the addresses have
been inserted in the Record since.
The beautiful tribute which Con-
gresham Cooper had prepared and
expected to deliver last Sunday. but
which he was unable to do because
he was unexpectedly called to Blue
field on important business, did not
appear in the Record until Tuesday.
Many other tributes are likely to be
inserted in the Record from day to
day. and the whole. when collected
into one volume will make quite a
showing, and be an everlasting trib-
ute to the popularity Of Junior"
Brown with the men who were his CO.
workers in the congressional service
of his country.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23
Personals.

Personals.
Miss Jennie Tierney is home from
West Virginia University for the Eas-
ter holidays.
L. G. Bupnell, of Charleston, WIS.,
tied his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. u. U.
Bunnell, last week.
DR.. Ralph McWhorter. who has
been practicing with DR.. w. W. Rey-
nolds.
brother, Dabney Pharr. while on her
way from Kentucky to her home In
Monroe county.
Miss Maybelle Rinehart is home
for the Easter holidays from her
school in Washington.
Misses Mary Collins and Margaret
Cox are home for the Easter holidays
from Mt. De Chantal academy.
Miss Jessie Anthony left Thursday
for Asheville, n. c.. where she will
suend the summer with Mrs. Charles
Alley. Miss Alice Queen accompan-
led Miss Anthony Us far as Clarks-
burg.
pital for treatment.
Judge Joseph Duncan and Luke
White were recent visitors in the
city.
DR.. W. E. Stathers was over from
Buckhannon this week 10 see his
sou, Birk. who has been suffering
from rheumatism. y
l DR.. William P, Newton, Of Suttop