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Evening star., 1916-08-06

to know it? Nobody ever told me. l
knew e. Meyer & Sons did business with
him. Plenty of other people did business
with him. He's rich, amt he? Good
credit at the bank? l didn't know he
was rascal. | thought he was big
mining man. It's true l relied on his
judgment more or less. OF course, knew
he wanted a favorable report on the
1T was painful, to Stein-that bald lie.
He knew it was a lie,' but he felt Curl
ously helpless before it.
"Lehman's reputation is known to
everybody who knows mining" he said.
"E. Meyer & Sons may do business with
him, but they look out for themselves"
His face still puckered in frown and
with his eyes on the paper-knife, he
paused moment and compressed his lips.
"Ive seen the mine-some low-grade
ore, hard to get out, hard to handle; prac-
tically no transportation. should hesi-
tate to say it had any value at all. Your
report utterly misrepresents it. Lehman
wanted that report to swindle somebody.
He's handed it over to his fellow Spence,
and now Spence is selling it to the public
-swindling them, taking money from all
sorts of people who can't afford to lose
their money; selling it right and left to
anybody; advertising lot of rotten lies
about it,"
His face puckered still more deeply and
he looked across the desk at his relative.
"Why, Mark, you're not mining en-
gineer! You've never had the proper
training and experience. You have no
business to report on mine at all. You're
not competent"
"Well, haven't got your fancy educa-
ton and string of diplomas and all that"
Mark retorted. II couldn't get 'em. l
had to go out and hustle for living, Matt.
And l don't claim any university ever
licensed me. l don't pretend I've ever
taken any degrees. But I've been around
mines more or less all my life. l know
something from my observation and ex-
perience. l don't see why shouldn't sell
my opinion for whatever it may be worth,
as well as you. don't see why your fancy
education should give you monopoly.
Men that couldn't get fancy education
have got families to support, Matt"
"But you signed this report M. Stein,'"
said Matt.
"Well, why shouldn't II" Mark de-
manded. "That's my name, amt it?
l can show you hundred places where l
have signed M. Stein You always sign
Matthew Stein, don't your"
"Yes," Matthew admitted.
@Well, there you are!" Mark triumphed.
@You're Matthew Stein and I'm M.
Stein.'
"And Spence's circulars are quoting
this report as that Of M. Stein, Esquire
mining engineer. Of course, everybody
supposes that means Matthew Stein.
Don't you see, Mark, can't let him use
my name that way"
"But it's my name," Mark insisted.
Matthew was silent moment, and
spoke low, with downcast eyes:
"Of course, I'm willing to let it 60 that
way, Mark-just say it is your name.
told the Post-office Department the report
was forgery, thatI never made any such
report. They let me take the papers to
examine. The moment looked at the
signature, l recognized your hand. If
tell them you made the report, they're
going to prosecute. You know what that
Evening star., 1916-08-06

under his BREATH,
an pull out to-day Mark answered
promptly. "This business has come up
very Suddenly, you know. I'd give back
the money I've got out of this mine but
l can't. I've used it to pay my debts
with. l want to be square, Matt. I'm
willing to do anything | can."
"But what can do?" Matthew asked,
in painful perplexity.
Mark considered that moment, his
dark eyes studying the other mans face.
"You've got my report here?' he said.
There was certain suggestiveness in his
manner of saying it.
"Why, yes, I've got it here" Matthew
replied, looking around the table where
he had last noticed it. "Of course, I'm
not really supposed to have it. The in
spector made some objection to leaving it
here. You see, it's presumed to be in the
custody of the government. He's sup
posed not to let the papers go out of his
hands. But wanted to examine them, so
he let me keep them until he comes back"
Mark paused again, studying the other
mans face.
"That report is all they've got to hold
me on" he said. "If that got lost they
couldn't touch me-"
Again there was certain suggestive
ness in his manner of saying it; but the
suggestion passed clean over the other
mans head.
"Yes," he replied simply. "Of course,
that's why the inspector didn't wish to
let it 60 out of his hands,"
A WARE that his suggestion had quite
= missed fire, Mark took another tack:
@They can't touch you, Matt. You can
snap your fingers at 'em. Your reputation
and your money and your connections
and all that-you can snap your fingers
at 'em. And, you see, you've had no
connection with Spence-with this stock
selling end of the business. Engineers
make mistakes, you know. The best of
'em may judge mine wrong"
Perhaps" Matthew murmured.
The metallic voice came boldly, ag-
gressively:
Suppose you had made this report,
Matt? Suppose you said, Yes, that's my
report; may have been mistaken about
the mine, but that's the way it looked to
me then Suppose you said that? What
could they do about it? Why, nothing!"
Matthews chin sunk to his breast.
"Yes-that had occurred to me-" he
murmured. Yet that he, who cherished
his professional honor like bride, should
say he had written and signed that gross
lie about mine was almost too mon
strous for thought. His face drew pain
fully. al don't see how l can, Mark!
don't see how can!" he pleaded.
ayes, it would hurt your. pride!"
Mark shot back. at would hurt your
pride! You wouldn't give me little of
your pride-to save me from the peni-
tentiary. You wouldn't give it to Rose
and my children. You wouldn't get your
hands muddy once for my boy Jackie.
Listen, Matt! l saved your life. You
know! Didn't l save your pride, too?
Not little of it, but all of it? Didn't you
come to me week-later and tell me I'd
saved your soul? Won't you pay some
thing? What would it mean to you,
Matt? Why, some fellows in your en-
gineers' society might sneer at you behind
your back for couple of weeks. Some
newspaper might give you a roast and
forget about il next dav Thad and Jobu
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30
SALESMAN TALKED WRONG
Argument Included Reference to Mis-.
haps and the Deal Was
"Cueered."

The motorcar salesman's lack of
judgment cost him a sale He was try
ing to sell a professional man a ma.
chine, but he handed out the wrong
kind of talk and "queered" the deal
His prospective customer had been in
two or three serious motorcar acct
dents while out riding with friends
and really was just a bit timid abou'
riding in a machine, although to please
his family he had just about made VI
his mind to buy one. The motorcal
man, with much glibness and effective
ness, presented the various virtues o
his car. Just look at the axle" he
said. when you get in a smashul
that axle, unlike many others, will no
break, but will bend, and so can be
repaired without much expense"
This unfortunate argument spoiled
the sale. 1t aroused the sense of fea
which the professional man had whel
riding in a machine, and he told tbs
salesman that he guessed he would no
place his order for machine at tina
time.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30
What's Keeping En- Out.

A Philadelphia editor says thar
Charles Frohman, before setting OF
on the Lusitania's last voyage, jokeC
good deal about London's theaters
in war time.
"The London reyues," he said one
day. have funny nanes-Come Over
Here and Stop Your Fooling,' and
oh, Be Careful A good title for one
of these thinly attended Teyues
would be What's Keeping EN- Out?'
"The last revue | visited tkS audi
ence hardly numbered a hundred.
said to the manager consolingly:
What's keeping them out?
guess it's the war, eh?'
mo he growled, with an oath and
side glance at the author. No, it's
the price,"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30
BLUING FIXED THE SCENERY
Water In Lagoon Was Changed From
Yellowish Hue to
Green.

Three barrels OF bluing solved a diff.
f1cult artistic problem in connection
with the staging of Newarks historical
pageant, which was given in the am
phitheater in Weequahic park for four
nights, the New York Times states.
After about 100000 gallons of water
had been run into the lagoon in front
of the natural stage it was found that
the clay and sand had caused the wa
ter to turn yellow. Thomas Wood Ste
vens, the director, observed that the
water must have green color or the
artistic effect of the stage settings
would be spoiled.
The lagoon, 500 feet long. 165 feet
wide and two feet deep. is one of the
main features of the open air stage. 1t
was Mr.. Stevens idea that the lagoon
should produce certain effect in con.
nection with its natural surroundings.
He had taken it for granted the water
would be green.
When Director Stevens and his as
sistant, Sam Hume, were going over
final details OF the amphitheater they
were confronted with the yellow water
in the lagoon. They were in a guam
dairy as to how to overcome this diff
Guilty, when H. Wellington Wack. ex-
ecutive adviser of the Newark cele-
bration committee. came along. The
pageant masters explained the dilem-
ma to Mr.. Wack, who suggested the
bluing. 1t worked.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30
! CHAPTER XIII


In the Yellowstone National park
there is an apparently bottomless pit
which can be instantly transformed in
to a spouting, roaring Vesuvius of boil.
ing water by the simple expedient of
dropping a bar of soap into it.
The Spotlight went to press at three
o'clock. BY the earliest grazing of
dawn, and long before the sun had
shown itself above the eastern Timan-
yonis, Brouillard's bar of soap was
melting and the Metropolitan under
depths were beginning to heave. Like
wildfire, the news spread from lip TO
lip and street to street, and by sunrise
the geyser was retching and vomiting.
belching debris Of cries and maledic-
tions, and pouring excited and riotous
crowds into Chigringo avenue.
Most naturally, the Spotlight office
was the first point of attack, and Har-
Ian suffered loss, though it was incon-
siderable At the battering down of
the doors the angry mob found itself
confronting the young reclamation
service chief and four members of his
staff, all armed Brouillard spoke
briefly and to the point.
Il am the man who wrote that ar
ticle you've been reading, and Mr.. Har-
Ian printed it as a matter of news. II
you have anything to say to me you
know where to find me. Now, move
on and let Mr.. Harlan's property alone
or somebody will get hurt"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30
Love Of Ease

What is there about "love of ease
that makes the strenuous one s.
wroth? Love of ease is a universe
human trait, and has been so from tn
beginning of time. It is the incentiv,
even of war. Barbarian tribes and na
lions fight for slaves, and even tn
civilized city-states of ancient Greco,
made war in order to reduce their car
tive enemies to bondage and compe
them to do all the work, so that tn,
conquerors might enjoy lives of lei
sure. Love of ease is the mainsprini
of nearly all human activities. Me-
labor to obtain comforts and luxuries
If the hope of enjoying the fruits
his work were gone no man woulC
labor except under compulsion of Law
or Of necessity. He who vociferate'
against love of ease assails all man
kind, including himself - Philade!
phia Record.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30
Count on woman,s Energy.

THE decision of national issues az
ter the war will be in the hands of
women as well as men," says Principal
Gilbert Slater OF Ruskin college, Ok
ford, in his book, War and Peace in
Europe" For, while the advance of
woman toward political power has in
the past been slow in the extreme, It
has been irresistible and steadily &C
celebrating. The war itself has made
all Europe realize that in the supreme
struggle between nations, survival de-
ponds upon the energies of women be-
ing utilized as well az those of men.
Henceforward. women will count; and
they will count more and more
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30
The superman.

teach you the superman. Man is
something that is to be surpassed
What have We done to surpass man
All beings hitherto have created some.
thing beyond themselves, and ye want
TO be the ebb of the great tide, and
would rather go back to the beast
than surpass man? The superman is
the meaning of the earth. Let your
will say, "the superman shall be the
meaning of the earth!" conjure
you, my brethren. remain true TO this
earth. Let it not be your honor hence
forth whence we come. but whittier
ye go.-Nietzsche.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30

NO can't stay" he said, when she
asked him in. But had to come, If
1t was only for a minute. The deed is
done. I've had my nextto-the-last
roundup with Mr. ]. Wesley Cort-
wright, and tomorrow's Spotlight will
nre the sunset gun for Mirapolis. Is
your father here?"
NO. He and Stevie are up at the
mine. am looking for them on every
car"
When they come, tell your father
II time to hike. Are you all packed?"
She nodded. Everything is ready"
All right. Three of my teams will
De here by midnight, at the latest. The
drivers and helpers will be good men
ana you can trust them. Don't let any
thing interfere with your getting safe
ly up to the mountain tonight. ThereT
be warm times in Gomorrah from this
on and want a free hand-which l
shouldn't have with you here"
oh, I'm glad. glad!-and I'm Just as
scared as l can bel" she gasped with
true feminine inconsistency. "They
will single you out first; what II am
sending you to your death, Victor! Oh,
please don't go and break my heart
the other way across by getting
killed."
He drew a deep breath and laughed.
you don't know how good it sounds
that way. / sha'n't be reckless. But
I'm going to bring ]. Wesley and his
crowd to book-they've got to go, and
they've got to turn the Little Susan
loose"
They will never do that" she said
sadly.
"I'll make them; you wait and see."
She looked up with the violet eyes
kindling.
Il told you once that you could do
anything you wanted to-if you only
wanted to hard enough. ! believed it
then; believe it now"
NO." he denied with smile that
was half sorrowful, Il can't make two
hills without a valley between them.
I've chased down the back track like
little man-for loves sake, Amy
and I've burned all the bridges behind
me as l ran; namely, the sham deeds
to the pieces of reservoir bottom I'd
been buying. But when it is all over
l shall be just where l was when we
began-exactly one hundred thousand
dollars short of beng able to say
Come, girl, let's go and get married.
But father owes you a hundred
thousand dollars" she said quickly.
mot in hundred thousand years,
o most inconsistent Of women! Didn't
we agree that that money was
poisoned? 1t was the purchase price
of an immortal soul, and l wouldn't
touch it with a pair of tongs. That is
why your father couldn't use it; it be-
longed to the devil and the devil want
ed it back"
Father won't take that view of it."
she protested.
Then you'll have to help me to bully
him, that's all. But l must go and re-
lieve Grizzy, who is doing guard duty
at the mixers. Tell your IA
ther-no, that isn't what 1 meant to
say, it's this" and his arms went
suddenly across the hundred-thousand-
dollar chasm.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30
Inst a Part of Machine.

.Florence's father, who lives in a
small town, owns a two-seated run
about in which Florence and her
mamma took many rides. When they
went to the city for a visit Florence
was in wonderland. Her uncle, who
was driving them around in his seven
passenger machine. turned to her and
said: Your papa has a machine.
hasn't he?" ana little Florence re-
piled: He only has the front part OF
one"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30

The works of Charles characters
The
miles is not regarded sound
The conducts
chief objects
loud
Chile England
taking light invented
with the winding
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30
The Magic Washing Stick

THE Magic Washing Stick is just
fine. 1t did just what you said IL would
do, and the clothes were so nice and
white with all that hard rubbing left
off," writes Mrs Sarah Gooda1e, Pres
ton. Texas. The Magic Washing stick
Is not a soap nor a washing powder.
Fifteen washings Csc Sold by all gro
,ers everywhere. ROundy, Peckham q
Dexter Co., Milwaukee, Wis. Distrib-
ltors--AdV.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30
Worth Knowing.

If vegetables have burned in the ket-
lie put in soda and little water; boil
/ while and the kettle Is easily
leaned.
Sprinkle soda on the grease spots
m the floor, then wash I'm lukewarm
water and the result Is fine.
Soda Is good to clean the bowls and
ubs IL the bathroom.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30
THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW

British paid
N losses
An agricultural postponed
losses occasioned
me government of New Zealand and beekeeng
Cyons first refinery recently win
tue sap
To
- R' ~ - -
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30
It's Meanness.

II don't wonder they give fate
voman's sex, for she's so mean to
,ther women"
GLOW so?"
Here it's leap year, and In half
he world all the men are off to the
var where the women can't get at
hem to propose"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30
THE High qualify SEWING MAcVluE
His BIuft Called.

Bluffman-I owe you ten d0Aars old
chap-can you change a fffty-dollar
bill7
Enthusiastically!
Observation-Disclosures yoa're so
flush, guess won't pay you till
next week.-Boston Evening Tran
script.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30

Health is the condition If wisdom
nd the sign is cheerfulness--an open
nd noble temper. Emerson.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30

The race isn't always to the swift.
sometimes it goes to the wise chap
Who knows how to fix things.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30

Too many men want to run the
ountry instead Of attending to their
WE knitting.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30

Every man has his strain of useful
Iess. Some fellows make first-class
,allbearers.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30

The orange tree is the only ons
which bears fruit and blossoms at the
anne time.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1916-06-30
Oh, MARI

Have you read the RubaiyatT"
"Not yet"
The sun., 1916-02-06
Beauty Culture
sCpEltrl.l'OllS nam
Hair Speciahies

!. ANnNE. IS ". 3NTU st.
llnir tiNMs of every description. transforna-
tinns Sl0W MAvy switches, etc, For falling
hair. Try our Shamp,n treatments
The sun., 1916-02-06
Tea Rooms

srUDlO TEA ROOM, 20 West IO,h Street
l.unrhnn, Dinner. Tea Tcana McIGnnan
and Matte Ross
Evening star., 1916-10-01
To Quickly Relieve
Soreness and Inflammation

Rub in few drops of Absorbine.
Jr.. IT is surprising how promptly it
penetrates and acts-how clean and
pleasant II is to use and how economi-
cal, because only a few drops are
required TO do the work
In addition to being a dependable
liniment, Absorbine. Jr., is a safe.
powerful. trustworthy antiseptic and
gerrnicide which doubles its efficiency
and its uses.
When applied to cuts. bruises and
sores, It kills the germs. makes the
wound aseptically clean and pro-
notes rapid. healthy healing It al
lays pain and Inflammation promptly
Swollen glands. painful varicose veins,
wens and bursai enlargements yield
readily to the application Of Alb
sorbine. Jr.
Absorbine, Jr., is sold by leading
druggists at S1.00 and $500 q bottle
or sent direct postpaid.
liberal trial bottle postpaid for loo
IN stamps. W. 2. YOUNG, p. D. r.,
31e Temple St. Springfield. MAJ
Evening star., 1916-10-01
Britain Honors Yankee Skipper.

A silver loving cup, awarded by Great
Britain to Capt George H Cooke Of the
American steamer Canine, has been
sent to that officer by Secretary Rod
fold. through the American shipping
commissioner at San Francisco. The
cup Is an appreciation Of tho valor dis
played by the officers and crew Of this
vessel in rescuing a number Of sur
vivors of the British steamship Ross,
sunk in the south Atlantic, April 25,
1916, while on a voyage from Seville,
Spain. to Troon, Scotland
Evening star., 1916-10-01
"Have Whole Vision Of People"

Il do not know. for my part. how the
spirit Of = ration gets into one gensrA-
ton after another. but I do know By
hong contact with young men that the
spirit Of . nation is perhaps rnors In
tense In the generations coming ON
than IN the moro sophisticated genera
lions that have become deeply i'm
The point OF view of the young man is
of tho horizons. He looks abroad upon
a wide world. because he is choosing his
path. He looks curiously upon many Of
the aspects Of human affairs because
he hopes and intends TO play q part Of
the young men have the impulse. the
momentum. the whole vision Of the
people more intensely in them than the
older men who have grown a little
tired. some Of them, grown a little pes
simistic. some Of them. grown a little
disappointments. but who yet. never
theless. with stubborn courage and
steadfast strength, are themselves
struggling toward the light
And they are calling to tho younK
men Come, recruit our ranks. Some Of
Us are falling by the way. We need
need your confidence. We need your
capacity to get together and stay to-
gether and follow the lead. Come,
strengthen the great army Of men who
have their eyes lifted to those hori-
IONS where shines the light of hone
for men Of every nation, and Of evry
generation. whore rests the reassur-
ance Of the worlds peace and Of the
worlds happiness
Evening star., 1916-10-01
Would Like to Be Consulted.

Many Of these gentlemen honestly
believe that only they understand the
interests Of the country. and they were
genuinely uneasy to see the Treasury
conducted without their consent. Again
and again I have received intimations
from these quarters during tho last
three and half years that they would
very much like to be consulted, and
have invariably returned the same
answer. I have said II these gentle-
men have any advice to give shall
be most pleased to receive It. AL
they have to do is to ask to see me
and tell me in the frankest way. like
think ought to be done. But they
would not accept that kind of an in
vitation. They wanted to be sent for
and they wanted to be reasonably cer-
vice would be taken. They did not
want to come in on the same terms
with other citizens of the United
States offering their advice as to what
ought to be done.
TT has been Interesting. and 1t has
been very amusing, that any set OF men
should think they knew what the inter-
ests of the country demanded and no
body else did. So that since they would
not volunteer to come. we have made
shift to conduct the Treasury Of the
United States without their assistance.
And 1t must surprise them in their prt-
vate thoughts to have to admit that 1t
has been better conducted than ever be-
fore in our generation; more successfully
as a business administration. and inf
nitely more helpfully to the general body
Of the American people.
such assistance as the Treasury of
the United States can legitimately ex-
tend in times Of financial stress used al
WAYS to be extended to Wall street. Now
1t is extended to the country. It was. no
doubt shocking to see the money depos-
tied In country banks and not in Wall
street. But the country banks knew how
to use 1t and they were very much near
er the great masses of the people who
need 1t than were the great depositaries
of financial resources in New York. I
would not have you consider me preju-
diced against New York city. Why, gen.
tlemen, the great city OF New York is