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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-24

beside him. She slipped her hand into
his. She was worried. She was al
| ways worried when Gerry's thoughts
were far away THE Man." she said.
for thus she had christened her baby
boy from the day of his birth, 1.-The
Nan sleeps. He cried for thee and
thou didst not come. So he slept, for
he is man"
Gerry's thoughts came back to his
little kingdom. He sighed and then
he smiled smile of content. ''It Is
late then, my flower?" He put his
arm around her. Let US go to bed,
for tomorrow there Is work"
Tomorrow there is always work.
said Margarita. II am not afraid of
work, Geree The end Of work never
comes. 1t is the things that end that
make me afraid She, too, had felt
the fiuttering wings of the unattain-
able. Unknowingly she stood beneath
the shadow of the strangers purple
city's walls. (
The next day Kemp tried honestly
| to help Gerry with the tilling of the
soil but the effort was still-born. Kemp
had almost forgotten how to walk and
his high-heeled boots fell foul Of every
hummock. He wandered Off to the
house with solemn face. When Gerry
came in to the midday meal. he found
him with a saddle propped on the
| arm Of bench giving the delighted
swaddled heir to FaZenda Flores his
| first lesson in equitation.
That night they sat again on the
veranda steps but Kemp was not talk
ative. He whitfield stick until it dis
appeared in final curly shaving and
then Immediately started on fresh
one.
known Lieber long2" asked Gerry
at last.
Coin on two years." replied Kemp.
"Does he live off his stock?''
Kemp looked up. Haven't you ever
ben up to Lieber's?"
NO" said Gerry, "it's two years
since 1 came here and I've never been
off the place. Lieber's been down here
a couple of times"
Kemp grunted but asked no further
| question. "Lieber," he said, Certainly
don't live often his stock-he plays
with it. Lieber is the goatskin king.
Ships 'em by the thousand bales. II
you or any other man in these parts
was to sell Il goatskin away FIN Lie
Der, you'd be boycotted. Lieber on
this range is God-you're fer him or
you're ag'in him an there amt ben
any one ag'in' him for some spell
now"
oh" said Gerry.
"As fer KNOWN him." continued
Kemp, everybody on this roundup
knows Lieber but there amt anybody
knows why he is. Lieber holds ques-
tions and smallpox about alike. He
amt thar when they happen
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-24
Justice. Then prosneritx.

The difference between the men Ia
office now in city, In state and IN fed
eral government, and those men In
office 20 years ago, in those rather
narrow but controlling areas Of our
politics where there are actually
marked differences, lies not in mat.
tiers of honesty, not in matters of ca.
pacity, not in matters of party faith.
The real difference is found in their
philosophy of life, William Allen
White writes in the New York indie
pendent. The political leaders of ma
jorities in the eighties and nineties
of the last century believed In busi-
ness for itself. that prosperity was an
end of itself. Today our governments,
city, state and national, are more or
less under the control of men who all
profess, and who in the main believe
that justice is more important than
prosperity And the politicians are
only taking their cure from the peo.
pie A sense of justiee-with here .
backset, and there reaction--is
growing steadily and overwhelmingly
in the American heart.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-24

it up. Once more in the saddle Kemp
seemed to acquire q sudden new ease
of body and mind He hung by one
knee and a stirrup and leaned over
| toward Gerry. stranger" he said,
| I'm much obliged to ye. It's long
way FIN the Alamo to Moo Yawk. but
| the hull country's under one fence.
| He waved his hand and was gone af-
ter his pack-train, lifting his mule with
| his goose-necked spurs into a protest
| ing canter. Two weeks after his pass
| ing. as evening was settling on Fa-
| zenda Flores. the echo of mules
| mincing steps on the bridge made Ger
ry look UP from his work
"Howdy," said Kemp and paused on
| that to measure his welcome He was
| satisfied and urged his tired mule Oh
! towards the house. Gerry walked be-
! side him and learned that the ship
| ment of orchids had just caught the
steamer at the coast. Kemp unsaddled
| his mule and tossed the harness and
Slicker upon the Eerauda- AS Gerry
| was closing the gap into the pasture
| Kemp came up and stood beside him.
He cast q knowing eye over the fat
! stock. You done good job for Lie
| ber." he remarked.
Gerry nodded Il little sadly. Eyes, -
| he said, "the contracts filed. Lieber's
sending for the stock day after tomor-
! row.
As they sat on the veranda that
| night smoking endless cigarettes,
| Kemp turned to his host Dye mind
| il stay over day with you? Truth
| is. want 10 hep drive that stock up
to Lieber's. l want to hep whistle a
! bunch O. steers along once more and
smell the dust an the leakin' udders,
! an | shouldn't wonder if I let ont a
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-24
One Thin Fabric Over Another.

n r must be a great pleasure to those
who create beautiful things for fair
u women to look their fairest in,
when a commission is given them
to make party gowns. With fancies un-
hampered by any considerations eE-
cept that of beauty they are at liberty
to make apparel that does not seem to
belong to this workaday world-and
they do. One of these dreams come
true is portrayed above. The camera
shows that the artist has made the
most Of embroidered net and georgette
crepe in an adorable gown, which is
so simple the wonder is that someone
else did not think Of it too. But each
gown tells it's own story, little diff
ferent from any other Therefore.
where the discourse is of party frocks
it is unending and always ito be con-
tinued.''
Transparent materials are the de-
light of modistes because they make
opportunity to play with color. Frocks
in the order of that shown here are
made in combinations of two or three
colors. Blue and green, blue and pink,
white and maize, and any number of
others less familiar have been used
in the seductive gowns and airy fab
RIGS designed for the new season.
Georgette crepe is used with lace and
with net, sometimes two nets are CON-
bined, and, in white gowns especially,
net and lace are liked together.
The underskirt in the gown pictured
is made of two sections of embroidered
net fiouncing, moderately full and
without draping.
An underbodice lover short
foundation OF thin silk Is also made
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-24

He led the way and the pack-train
splashed along after him. The mules
were soon relieved of their burdens
and turned into the pasture. Boni-
facio took the native muleteer away
to bis quarters and Gerry and the
stranger passed through the house to
the kitchen.
4 patriarchal hospitality came nat
urally to the inmates Of Fazenda
Flores. 1t was tradition not only on
that plantation but throughout vast
hinterIand, where life was rude and
death sudden, to be gentle to the
stranger, to feel him and his beast
and to speed him on in the early morn
ing. There was but one rule to the
stranger: He must keep his eyes to
the front. Jake Kemp had evidently
learned the brief code He ate raven
ously, poured down coffee with the
| rncklessneSs of a man that draws on
4 !imitless power to sleep, and made
| his few remarks to Gerry and to Ger
| ry alone.
Gerry was feeling a strange elation
| that he strove in vain to account for.
| This was an American but beyond that
| they had nothing in common. New
York and Texas are connected only by
| fiction. Perhaps it was just curiosity.
Curiosity invaded him. What was a
Texas cowboy doing on the road past
Fazenda Flores with a mule-train of
orchids? AS an opener he declared
himself. my names Gerry Lansing"
he said. "I've settled down here
"So?" said Kemp. as he drew from
his vest pockets the makings of ciga-
rette. Gerry had seen the yellow pa
pers and the little bags of faxed to-
bacco. They struck convincingly the
| note of the West. Reckon you're FIN
the States" drawled Kemp as he ac-
complished the cigarette.
YES" said Gerry and added, with
an idea to establishing a link. like
you"
Reckon you're FIN Moo Yawk," was
Kemp's next deliberate contribution
to the conversation.
With that, talk Jagged. Gerry in
stinctively avoided the question direct
and Kemp vouchsafed nothing more.
Not till Gerry came upon him hitching
up his loads early next morning did
he speak again and then he said with
a CLINT in his eye that was almost q
smile, II guess them's the first orchids
that ever Travelled to ma'ket under a
diamond hitch"
Here was an opening but it came
too late. Gerry did not try to follow
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-24

capes are about as practical as neck
cape pictured Is cut to fit about the
neck and to ripple at the shoulders.
It's edge is hemstitched, and small
satin covered buttons are set in g. row
at each side of the front. 1t is very
becoming little accessory, and quite
as attractive when made of organdie
as it is in silk.
A cape-collar is shown, In two
views, at the left of the picture. 1t
is made of organdie and finished with
a lace banding about the edge. 1t
narrows at the front, where it slopes
to a long point Similar collars, made
without lace, and finished at the edge
with hemstitching and very elegantly
decorated with one or two rows OF
hemstitching, are set in near the
edge. The same neat effect is Sc
cured by inserting extremely narrow
lace in the collar and finishing the
edge with an equally narrow hem
stitched hem.
Considering these styles, one might
think that high collars have suffered
a total eclipse, but this Is not true.
The mode appears to have compro-
missed on collars high at the back
and open at the front In suits and
frocks these are conspicuous, and in
many of them narrow band of the
material extends across the throat,
from one side of the high collar to the
other, where it fastens. Fashion ap-
pears loath to give up the smartness
of the high collar, but anticipates
their defeat in warm weather.
There are many varieties Of the
cape collar, some of them with cuffs
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-24

At last the rains came TO the valley
and Fazenda Flores. Gerry spent long
hours beside his sluicegate watching
for a rise in the river, but 1t did not
come. The torrent of rain was local
and he remembered that Lieber had
told him that the fioods-the great
fioods-came from hundreds Of miles
up the river and generally under
brazen sky. Night, black night. had
fallen with the rain and he was just
turning to seek shelter from the un-
broken downpour when a voice raised
in song reached his ears. He waited.
The voice drew nearer. In a nasal
tone, which somehow sounded familiar
though 1t was unknown to him, it was
chanting long string of doggerel end
ing in an unvarying refrain. Finally
Gerry could make out the long-drawn
tail-end of the song: comm down the
drawn"
English! American! Cowboy mu-
sic! The impressions came in rapid
succession. Gerry strove to pierce
the darkness. He could hear the near
by splash of careful mules, picking
their way through puddles with finick-
ing little steps. He felt shadow i'll
the darkness and could just see above
it blur of yellow. Behind it. more
shadows. On an impulse he did not
stop to measure, be shouted in English.
Halo. there"
The doggerei was choked off in mid
fight. The yellow blur came to sud-
den stop and the nasal voice rang out
in quick staccato, Speak again,
stranger. and speak quick
It's all right Gerry laughed back.
"Where are you bound for?'
I'm headed down the drawn Iookin'
for a chalk line where I en- dry my
feet. What do you know"
"Can you see the water in the ditch
at your right:"
"Yasser. I can. l c'u see you, too"
We'll" shouted back Gerry, your
eyes beat mine Follow the ditch un-
til you come to Il bridge. III meet you
there"
Gerry found the little cavaicade
waiting for him, six pnck-mules, na-
tive driver and, towering above them,
Il great lanky figure in yellow oil
skin slicker topped by a broad
brimmed Stetson. Gerry looked over
the outfit as carefully as the darkness
would allow and then said tentatively,
There's a house down there in the
valley"
rs tbe'?" drawled the stranger spit
ting deliberately into the ditch. We'll"
he volunteered after a further pause.
my names Jake Kemp. The rest of
this outfit is six mules packin' orchids
and the greaser packin' the mules
That's all right" said Gerry, Il
guess we can put you up
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-24
HERE IS A PROPER DIET

into assimilable pabulum, a liberal
modicum OF albumin. would be twice
Hindhede's protein formula. or fifty
grams. This, remember, for an en-
tire day.
Therefore, regular egg, five
ounces OF beefsteak. and one glass of
milk should supply, for "a hours, all
the protein the system requires. The
balance of the diet should consist of
starches, sugars. fats and plenty of
cellulose or hay. This can best be
found in vegetables such as tomatoes.
carrots, celery, turnips, beets, lettuce,
squash and all that grand group of
horse foods containing much fiber and
little nutriment.
Try this regimen for while, and
see if fermentation, headache. in
somnia, rheumatism. nervousness and
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-24
FORTUNATE OF EARTH
ARE THOSE WITH WHOM chill
pREN ARE CONFIDENTIAL.
Probably the Most Precious Gift That
the Fairies Bestow and 1t is Not
Given to the Majority Of
Mankind.

1t is very likely fairy gift, and II
you haven't it there is little hope Of
your ever getting it. If you have 1t,
however, you are the most fortunate
sort of all sorts of fortunate folks.
You are the sort that the children talk
to in the street. And the reason that
the person the children talk to in the
street is SO very fortunate is that
they tell him things that nobody else
ever hears, and very good things TO
hear, at that. From that fact 1t In
easy to understand that this talk Of
theirs is no more good morning" o,
hello" sort of conversation. It is real
talk about real things, although, to be
sure, it is only the fortunate person
who hears 1t that can really under
stand it.
They begin very abruptly, these chill
dren, and the beginning may be in the
middle or at either end of thing.
It does not matter. The talk may
start something like this, entirely un-
expected or unsolicited on the fortu-
nate persons part: You'd think
they'd fall out anyway, If you did think
anybody growed on the moon, wouldn't
you?" And it may lead anywhere.
Sometimes it is much more personal
than that. You may meet small boy
armed with toy gun and a sword and
he may begin, You'll have to run for
It," meaning the street car. "hut IL
you amt got any better luck than me
you'll miss it anyway. / bet got the
worst luck Of anybody, and bet I've
found the most horse shoes. II had
good luck I'd been girl and then I
wouldn't have to fight all the time"
And this is probably from the terror
OF his neighborhood, a boy who 10
supposed by teachers and neighbofs
and parents. to exist solely Tor the
Joy of battle.
II you are the fortunate sort Of per.
son, you will be stopped and consulted
about everything the children are do
ing. 1t may be cold and almost dark.
and you may be hurrying home to sup
per. but If you are the right one, the
AASSAO Shi WAOi 10 COntSlupldbIuk Tie
snow woman, plump stylish creature
with full skirts and hat with feath.
er. will call to you without doubt of
your sympathy. to know whether or
not you don't think "she is Just lit
tie cross-eyed."
It's the newsboy's fault" she ex.
plains, "he poked her In the eye and It
atn't been right since. I could take
couple Of buttons off her waist, they're
only walnuts. and make her some 9th.
er eyes just to match, but she IL get.
ting SO slippy"
They may run after you to tell you
bit OF gossip about their friends"
imaginary friends that nobody else
ever heard Of. They may trot along
with you repeating the most astonish-
ing conversations that they have had
with squirrels or bears or stars or
policemen. And it Is all true. II ID
all because they believe 1t, and 1t II
the expression Of their queer littie
selves.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-24
zeppeiins Built Since the War.


Switzerland, there are now some
eighty Zeppelins in the German
service. This statement is said to
be based on Information developed at
Friedrichshafen. where the afrship
works are located. Recently one OF
the latest type Zeppelins made trial
flight. 1t bore the number LZ-95, and
in design varied considerably from the
ante-bellum Zeppelins. Its gondolas
are said to be of plated steel. The
craft Is plentifully supplied with ma
chine guns and apparatus for throw
ing bombs and aerial torpedoes:
among the latter being new type
which is reported to be far more pow
erful then any heretofore developed.
In fact, rumor has it that the new
aerial torpedo is to play prominent
part in the event Of the German war
ships aud Zeppelins coming out from
their sheltering harbors and engaging
in battle with the British feet in the
North sea.-Scientif1c American.
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can't jest ride up an put your brand
on 'em. They're born mavericks and
they die mavericks. An I say, good
luck to 'em." Kemp rose. tossed away
his cigarette end and stood leaning
with crooked elbow and knee against
a veranda pillar. His keen aquiline
features and deep-set eyes were lit up
by the moonlight and seemed scarcely
to belong to his great, loose-iointed
frame. He was loose-jointed but like
a flail-strong and tough. There's
one thing about the purple cities" he
added. 1.-The daylight always beats you
to 'em jest like in the pom" He
turned and went off to bed.
Gerry sat on in the moonlight seized
by a strange sadness-the sadness the
spirit feels under the troubled hover
ing Of the unattainable and the mi
rage. Life had queer turns. Why
should cowboy start out to look for
purple cities? 1t was grotesque on the
face of it but, beneath the face Of it.
1t was not grotesque.
Margarita stole out TO seat herself
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-24

of the founcing, with long and very
wide sleeves. An oyerbodice in bolero
effect is made of the georgette crepe,
with two rows of tiny satin-covered
buttons down the front. The long
overskirt of the crepe shows the in
tiuence of the pannier inspiration in
the folded drapery at each side. 1t is
gathered at the waist line across the
back and caught UP to the underskirt
at each side, below the drapery.
A wide crushed girdle Of soft satin
fastens at the back, finished with two
pointed ends less than half yard in
length.
Little capes of satin and others of
taffeta silk are shown among the new
neckwear. Capes like them in size
and shape appear on frocks and coats,
in the same color as the garment, but
the separate cape is in white or a
light color. Since silks and satins
are made washable. these light colored
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1916-03-24

veil Or 81. corralin' 'em at the other
end
Gerry nodded understandingly
why did you leave it?" he ventured
and then regretted and murmured,
Never mind"
But Kemp was not offended. Nav"
he said, Il hain't killed my man--not
lately-nor anything like that I left
it." he went on reminiscently, because
I couldn't hep 1t. I got to dreamin'
nights of purple cities.'
Purple what?' exclaimed Gerry.
Kemp took cigarette from his
mouth and almost smiled. "Never did
hear of The Purple City, 1 reckon?"
Gerry shook his head. Kemp drew
well-worn wallet from the capacious
inner pocket Of his vest and took out
ragged clipping. One could read in
the glaring moonlight and Gerry
glanced through the printed lines.
Then he read them through again.
THE PURPLE CITY.
AS sat munching mangoes,
On the purple city's walls.
heard the catfish calling,
( To the crawfsh in the crawls.
saw the paper sunbeams,
Sprouting from the painted sun;
saw the sun was sullen,
For the day had but begun.
OF dusty desert sky-road.
Ten thousand miles and more.
Stretched out before the morning,
And the sun sat in the door.
He sweated seas of sunshine.
AS he started up the sky,
And he drowned the purple city,
In tear-drop from his eye.
No more shall purple pansies
Look up at purple pinlSs,
Nor purple roses rival,
The cheeks OF purple mink.
Alas! for purple city.
And its purple-peopled halls!
Alas! for me and nangoeS.
On the purple city's walls!
Gerry looked upon his guest with
new wonder as he handed back the
clipping. Kemp put it away carefully,
rolled fresh cigarette, and blew a
thick puff of smoke out into the moon
light. Cant say it's po'try and |
can't say it amt All know is it
roped me. 1 know that writer feller
never munched no mangoes, cause
mangoes don't MUNICH. I know he nev-
er sat on no wall an heeTd catfish call
in cause catfish don't call. But he
seen it all, stranger. jest the way he
writ it down an ben drearnin' purple
cities ever sence I read his screed."
did you start right out to look for
them?' asked Gerry gravely.
Nav" said Kemp, 81 didn't have
nothin' to go on. But one day drum
mer feller thet l was stagin' across
the White mountains give me plant
magazine, and it had an article on
commercial orchids with pictures in
colors. They was mostly kinder
publish an I reckon 1t was that what
got me started. 1t was the foreman
pointin' out my mount to me an [
didn't lose no time. 1 drapped my rope
on him an I've been ridin' him ever
sence.''
Found any purple cities?"
"Not rightly. I seen 'em-more'n
once. But l guess purple cities is al
ways yon side the mountain. You