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CHAPTER XVI-continued.

IL
what professional experience have
you hadf" he asked.
81 haven't had any"
He almost smiled when she stopped
there. ANY amateur experience" he
inquired
"Quite lot" said Rose; "pageants
and things, and two or three little
plays"
"Can you dance"
"Yes," said Rose.
He said he supposed ballroom dane
Ing was what she meant, whereupon
she told him she was a pretty good
ballroom dancer, but that it was gym
naStic dancing she had in mind.
"All right" he said. "See if you
can do this. Watch me, and then
initiate me exactly"
In the intensity of her absorption
in his questions and her own answers
to them, she had never given a thought
TO the bystanders. But now as they
fell back to give him room, she swept
a glance across their faces. They all
wore smiles Of sorts. There was some
thing amusing about something
out Of the regular routine. A little
knot of chorus girls halted in the act
of going out the wide doors, and stood
watching. Was it just a hoax? The
suppressed, unnatural silence sounded
like it. But at what John Galbraith
did, one Of the bystanders guffawed
outright.
1t wasn't pretty, the dance step he
executed-a sort of stiff-legged skip
accompanied by vulgar hip wriggle
and concluding with a straight-out
sidewise kick. A sick disgust clutched
at Rose as she watched-an utter re-
yulsion from the whole lOathly bust
ness.
"Well?" he asked, turning to her as
he finished. He wasn't smiling at all.
I'm not dressed to do that" she
said.
II know you're not" he admitted
lcoOlly; "but it can be done. Pick up
your skirts and do it as you are-lf
you really want a job"
There was just faint edge of con-
fully, it reused her anger. A blaze
kindled in her blue eyes, and two spots
Of vivid color defined themselves in
her cheeks.
She caught up her skirts as he had
told her to do, executed without COM
promise the stiff-legged skip and the
'yriggle, and finished with a horizon
tai, sidewise kick that matched his
own. Then, painting, trembling lit
tie, she stood looking straight into
his face.
Galbraith was staring at her with
look which expressed, at first, clear
establishment, but gradually complicat-
ed itself with other emotions-con-
fusion, a CLINT of whimsical amuse-
ment. That CLEAN, a perfectly honest,
kindly one. decided Rose to take him
on trust. He wasn't q brute, how
ever it might suit his purpose to act
like one.
"We've been rehearsing this piece
two weeks" he said presently, looking
away from her when he began to talk,
'and l couldn't take anyone into the
chorus now whom I'd have to teach
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How the Ancients eathed.

Ancient Rome is said to have coz,
sumed no less than 340,000,000 gallonz
of water a day; and one of the mos,
noticeable features of the modern town
is the prodigal efferveacence of its wa
ter, gushing from fountains of every
conceivable size and design. The Trevi
is the most magnificent in the city. its
waters-called aqua vergine, virgin wa.
ter, because of its purity-the finest.
The old Roman baths required lot q
water. The splendid Thermae built
by the degenerate Emperor Caracalla
had accommodation for 1,600 bathers.
Besides the baths proper. the establish.
ment included within its area, of about
a quarter of a mile square, a gymna-
SUM, athletic field, library, and even
a raceuack. Its rufus tower above
the plain today like some mountain
blasted by nature.-National GeOgraph
&c Magazine.
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home, whereupon Rose locked the door
and put the key in her stocking.
At seven o'clock In the morning they
went back to the lunch room and ate
an enormous breakfast; then Rose
walked Edna out to the park and
back, and at eight they were up in her
room again. They raided the delica-
lessen at eleven, and made a slender
meal. And at twelve, husky of voice,
but indomitable of mind-Edna at last,
as well as Rose-they confronted Gal
braith.
When the test scene came, Rose
could hardly manage her own first
line, and drew sharp look of inquiry
from Galbraith. But on Edna's first
cue, her line was spoken with no
hesitation at all, and in tone, pitch,
and infection it was almost phono-
graphic copy of the voice mat had
served it for a model.
There was solid two seconds of
silence.
When the rehearsal was over CAL
braith called Edna out to him and al
lowed himself a long, incredulous
stare at her. "Will you tell me, Lar
son." he asked, why in the name of
heaven, If you could do that, you didn't
do 1T yesterday
II couldn't do it yesterday" she
said. Dane taught me-"
Taught you'll" he echoed. "Dane %
he called to Rose. who had been
watching little anxiously. Larson
tells me you taught her. How did
you do it?"
"Why, I Onslaught her." said
Rose. II showed her how l said each
line, and kept on showing her until
she could do it."
How long did it take you-all
night?"
"All the time there was since last
rehearsal" said Rose, Except for
three meals"
Eye godsl" said Galbraith. swell,
live and learn. Look here! Will you
teach the others-the other four in
the sextette? I'll see you're paid for
it,"
"Why, yes-of course" said Rose,
hesitating a little.
ooh, don't mean overnight" he
said, 'but mornings-between rehears-
als-whenever you can"
II wasn't thinking of that" said
Rose. 81 was just wondering if they'd
want to be taught mean, by an
other chorus girl, you know"
They'll want to be taught if they
want to keep their jobs" said Gal
braith. And then, to her establishment
and also perhaps to his. for the
thing was radically out of the etiquette
of the occaSion-he reached out and
shook hands with her. ''Tm very much
obliged to you," he said.
to have a powerful influence at this
time in Roses life concerned itself
with certain afternoon frock in a
| Michigan avenue shop.
The owners of "The Girl Upstairs
were staggered by the figure that Gal
braith indicated as the probable cost
of having a first-class brigand in New
York design the costumes, and firm
of pirates in the same neighborhood
execute them. 1t was simply insane.
Many of the costumes could be bought,
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CHAPTER XVII.
Rose Keeps the Path.


Rose rehearsed twice q day for q
solid week without forming the faint
est conception of who 1.-The girl" was
or why she was "the girl upstairs"
During the entire period she never
saw a bar of music except what stood
on the piano rack, nor a written word
of the lyrics she was supposed to sing.
Rose couldn't sing very much. She
had rather timorous, throaty little
contralto that cOntrasted oddly with
the fine, free thrill of her speaking
voice. But nobody had asked her
whether she could sing at all. She
picked up the tune quickly enough by
ear, but the words she was always a
little uncertain about
She finally questioned one of her
colleagues in the chorus about this
haphazardness, and was told that back
at the beginning of things, they had
had their voices tried by the musical
director. They had never had any
music TO sing from; there had been
half a dozen mimeograph copies of
the words to the songs. which the
girls had put their heads together
over, and more or less learned. What
had become of this dope the girl
didn't know.
She was O pale-haired girl, whom
Rose thought she had heard addressed
as Larson.
Rose made a surprising discovery
when, with a friendly pat on the sofa
beside her, for an Invitation to sit
down, the, girl began answering her
question. She was a real beauty. Only
you had to look twice at her to per-
eeive that this was so; and what she
lacked was just the unanalyzable quail
ity that makes one look twice.
81 don't know what you should wor-
~ about any of that stuff for" she
said. "How you sing or what you sing
don't make much difference"
Rose admitted that it didn't seem
to. But you see," she said (she
hadn't had human soul TO talk 10
for more than a week, and she had to
make a friend of somebody, you see
I've just got TO keep this job. And
if every little helps, as they say, per-
haps that would"
The girl looked at her oddly, almost
suspiciouSly, as If for a moment she
doubted whether Rose had SPOKEN in
good faith. You've got as coed a
chance of losing your job" she said.
'as Galbraith has Of losing rs. Dave
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the rudiments of dancing to. That's
why q test was necessary. Also, 1
couldn't take anybody who had come
down here-for q lark"
With that, Rose understood the
whole thing. John Galbraith had clas-
sified her, or thought he had, as a
well-bre6 young girl who. in a moment
of pique or Sisehief, had decided it
would be fun TO 50 on the stage. Tie
test he had applied wasn't, from that
point of view, unnecessarily cruel. TIE
girl he had taken her for would, on le-
ing ordered TO repeat the groteSque hit
of yulgarity of his. have drawn her
dignity about her like cloak aid
gone back in chastened spirit TO tae
world where she belonged.
A gorgeous apparition came sweep
ing by them just now, on line from
+ the dressing room 10 the door-a tg-
ure that, with regal elaboration. was
CLOSING a blue broadcloth coat, trimmed
with sable, over an authentic Cabot
frock. The georgette hat on top of
Il was one that Rose had last seen IN
= Michigan avenue shop. 1t had found
IT'S proper buyer-fulfilled its destiny.
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Worked Both WAYS.

Madam" said the conductor during
an infantile paralysis epidemic. "you
cannot travel on this train unless you
have a health certificate for your
child"
1.-The law does not require a child
of sixteen to have certificate" said
the mother as she tossed her head and
entered the car.
When the conductor again confront
ed the naughty mother he returned TO
her a half-fare ticket which she had
Just rendered for the child, making
this observation:
But the law does require that chill
dren over twelve years of age pay full
fare"
The woman's eyes flashed fire, her
bosom registered her emotion, her
hands clinched and her feet tapped
but she paid--The Christian Herald.
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ready made, on State street or Michi-
gan avenue. Some of the fancy things
could be executed by a competent
wardrobe mistress, If someone would
give her the ideas. And ideas-cne
could pick them up anywhere Mrs.
Goldsmith, now-she was the wife of
the senior of the two ownerS-had
splendid taste and would be glad to
put 1t at their service. There was no
reason why she should not at once
take the sextette downtown and fit
them out with their dresses.
Galbraith shrugged his shoulders,
but made no further complaint. 1t
was, he admitted, as they had repeat
'edly pointed out, their own money.
So a rendezvous was made between
Mrs. Goldsmith and the sextette for
store on Michigan avenue at three
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ooh, Grant," said John Galbraith.

Oh, NIdnL! SdlO JOnn GalDra1tn.
The queenly creature stopped short
and Rose recognized her with a jump
as the sulky chorus girl.
Galbraith walked over to her. 81
sha'nt need you any more, Grant"
de spoke In a quiet, impersonal sort
of way, but his voice had, as always,
good deal of carrying power. Its
hardly worth your while trying to
work, suppose, when you're as pros
porous as this. And it isn't worth my
while to have you soldering. You
needn't report again"
He nodded, not unamiably, and
turned away. She glared after him
and called out in a hoarse, throaty
voice, THANK my stars don't have to
work for you"
He'd come back to Rose again by
this time, and she saw him smile.
when you do it," he said over his
shoulder, thank them for me too"
Then to Rose: "She's a valuable girl !;
I'm giving you her place because she
won't get down to business. I'd rather
have a green recruit who will. The
next rehearsal is at q quarter to eight
tonight. Give your name and address
to Mr.. Guam before you go. By the
way, what is your name?"
Rose Stanton" she said. "But
:" She had to follow him a
step or two because he had already
turned away. But may 1 give some
other name than that to Mr.. QuanY'
He froWned little obviously and
asked her how old she was. And
even when she told him twenty-five,
he didn't look altogether treasured.
That's the truth, is it? l mean,
there's nobody who can come down
here about three days before we open
and call me a kidnaper, and lead
you away by the carr"
NO." said Rose gravely, there's no
one who'll do that"
very well,". he said. "Tell Quan
any name you like"
The name she did tell him was Doris
Dane.
At the appointed time for rehearsal
she was on hand. She was one of the
first of the chorus to reach the hall,
and she had nearly finished putting on
her working clothes before the rest of
them came pelting in. But she didn't
get out quickly enough to miss the SEN
satiOn that was exciting them all-the
news that Grant had been dropped. A
few were indignant; the rest merely
curious.
Before she had been working fifteen
minutes, she had forgotten all about
Grant. She'd even forgotten her reso-
luton not to let John Galbraith re
member she was a recruit.
She didn't know she was tired, pant
ing, wet all over with sweat. She
hadn't done anything so physically ex-
acting os this for over a year. But
she had the illusion that she wasn't
doing anything now; that she was
just a passive, plastic thing tossed,
flung, swirled about by the driving
power of the directors will.
She realized, when the rehearsal was
over. that it had gone well and that it
couldn't have gone so if her own part
had been done badly. But she didn't
understand the look which he sent
after her as she walked off-she didn't
know that it was the highest enco-
MUM he was capable of.
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Amateurs vs.. Professionals.

The clamor for purer amateurs In
various branches Of sport is continu-
ing to be heard, but no matter how
much law-making there is, by the ma
tional and state bodies, the evil will
never be eradicated as long as repre-
sentatives of clubs after having made
these laws close their eyes to the fact
that their club managers strain every
nerve to make certain games and COM
petitions paying" aff2irs, by offering
inducements of one kind or another on
the quiet, to stars and thereby open
IL breaking the rules
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o'clock on an afternoon when Gal
braith was to be busy with the prin-
cipals. He might manage to drop
in before they left to cast his eye over
the selection.
1t was with some rather uncom-
Portable misgivings that Rose set out
to revisit a part of town so closely
associated with the first year of her
married life. The particular shop was
luckily, one that she hadn't patronized
in that former incarnation; but 1t was
in the same block with half a dozen
that she had
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His Choice.

Isn't it rather dangerous to go tc
Europe at this timer
"0h. 1 don't know" sale the cuc-
frmed globe trotter. Il understand
that the professional gamblers who
used to infest steamships have disap-
peared, because of the war. I'd rather
face a submarine than a card sharp"
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sohhx,s BAD Memory.

Five-year-old Bobby had bad mem
DRY and his mother had hard time
teaching him to say "if you please"
when he wanted anything. One even
ing at dinner he said, Mamma, hand
me the butter"
sTf you what, Bobby" she asked.
"Why, if you can reach it" was the
reply.
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Neal Brown l.. A. Pradt C. s. Gilbert
ABSTRACTS

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thon county. We have thoroughly
qualified abstractor, and make abb
stracts at reasonable prices. We are
responsible for all abstracts made by
US and guarantee that they show the
condition Of the title properly AZ it
appears on record.
An abstract of title is useful Il you
desire to sell or mortgage your prop
erty, and is very valuable in ascertain
ing defects In your title that can be
easily remedied, and yet might be suf-
1cient to spoil a sale. If you desire
an abstract of the title to your prop
erty, call and see US.
Wausau Law & Land Association
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Mean Brutal

"Pooh" sneered Mrs. Gabb. "Why,
I could have married dozen men be-
fore took YOU" Il don't doubt it,"
growled Mr.. Gabb. Thirteen always
was my unlueky number"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-08-07
Not So Unfortunate.

Romantic Miss-"Shan l marry a
count?" Fortune Teller-"No, my
child, you were born lucky
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ROSE GETS A JOB AS CHORUS GIRL IN A MUSICAL SHOW
BUT THE TEST SHE HAS TO UNDERGO IS SOMEWHAT
EMBARRASSING
EMBARRASSING

Synops-Rose Stanton living n
Aldrich
lives in and laziness This life dsuss hopes
baby the job
But twins and their of
Intense dissatisfaction
She determines
good She Rodney bitter scenes
cheap rooming house district and a heater
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Ending a Quarrel.

1t takes two to make a quarrel but
one cen end It
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-09

yah aud regular shipments %. refined
I.paI- are being made
The deposits cover o >arga area and
are estimated TO contain many million
tons Tie West Te2a, sulphur COM
pauy which is ono Of The recent a1.
tries % the field is installing q large
amour, ot machinery and equipment
preparatory % extensive mining
II IS stated that the increased de-
mand for sulphur no, only comes from
the cIr,al.uaut o.. importa,i0ns from
Sicily but because ot tho tact tha, il
enters largely into the making Of eE.
p.osiyes and automobile tires Il IS
used 30 pho manufacture OF Steel 10 the
refining OF OIL In the bleaching Of pa-
per and cloth and for many other pur-
poses
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-09
Britain Has Nest Dogs

London April An unofficial e-ti
mate O.; the number o.. domestic ami.
mai, in various European countries
shows that Great Britain possesses
more dog, than any other nation IT,.
number o.! British dogs is given as
slightly over 100000. o. compared
with 100000 iu France and 100000
lu Germany
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-04-09

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Woman Should Know

There are three different kinds Of
baking powder on the market as follows
o. Cream Of Tartar Baking Powders which add
to food the same healthful qualities that
exist in ripe grapes, from which Cream OF
Tartar is derived.
(2) Phosphate Baking Powders, which are made
from mineral known as Phosphate Rock
or from animal bones which are burned and
changed by chemical action into white
powdered phosphate
81 Alum Baking Powders which add to food
some compound OF Aluminium, heavy metal
wholly foreign to any natural article Of food.
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder is
made from Cream Of Tartar, derived from
grapes, a natural, healthful food Hence
it insures wholesome and appetizing bis
cults, CAKE mullins and pastry.
The names Of the ingredients printed on the label
show whether the DaZing powder you using,
or any brand oli, that may be offered is
genuine Cream Of Tarta- powder, merely phos-
phate or alum compound.
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A.dm0reite ads bring results.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-07-13
What a Melon Did.

The VIGOROUSLY corrupt Russian min
lister Of justice, Tscheglovidoff, had a
great and we'll known passion for mel
ons. 4 story was told in the duma
how lie was once travelling through
Russia on 4 tour of inspection and on
reaching a remote outpost was met
at the station by the usual high court
officials.
RS visit to the place had been long
advertised, so that one little man, a
very obscure person even in the off,
cial world of the district, had had time
to grow an immense melon. When the
minister of justice had concluded his
reception at the railway station the
small man came forward and dutifully
presented Tscheglovidof with the mel
on upon which he had for months law
ished the utmost care.
The minister was so delighted that
he thcreupOn made the man judge!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-07-13

1t is usually supposed that the down.
pour Of rain that sometimes follows a
fash of lightning is due to the eoales-
cence of fine drops on losing their cleo
trical charge, but a Finnish observer
concludes that the thunder jars the
drops together. Near Vasa heavy
thunderstorm came up from the east
late one afternoon. and, as the sun was
unclouded, a brilliant double rainbow
appeared in the east for half an hour,
arching from horizon to horizon. At
each roll OF thunder the rainbows seem
ed to be much shaken, the wedge being
displaced and the colors blurred. This
could not be due TO the lightning, and
it seemed that the same cause might
enlarge the raindrops and disturb the
rainbow,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-07-13
Wooden Pipes For Water,

In these days of iron and cement it
makes one sit UP to read the report
from tie New England waterworks
on wood pipe for water supply They
claim if is preserved and not rusted or
corroded by water; it is not corroded
by any substance or destroyed by acids
or salts; its carrying capacity is 20 per
cent greater than cast iron pipe and
remains constant, while that Of metal
pipe decreases with age; it does not
faint or affect fluids going through it;
it does not burst if frozen, the elastici-
ty Of the wood preventing it; it re-
Quires less labor and experience to lay
in place than metal pipe; it can, when
service pipes are not taken off, be laid
in shaIlower bitches than metal pipe,
for it is not easily affected by frost;
while more or less joints show slight
leakage when the pipe Is first filed,
they soon swell UP and give less trou-
bic in the end than cast iron pipe
Los Angeles Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-07-13
Shoes of an Army,

The old saw about an army moving
on its belly is all wrong. An army
horse, foot and gun-moves on its feet,
and marching and walking-as the av-
erage civilian, not policeman Or q
postman, understands wal,1rg about
his daily vocation-are two very differ
ent things. An infantryman on his
feet carries about sixty pounds of dead
weight, forty-five pounds or so of pack,
eight pounds or so of rifle and the rest
In ammunition or separate equipment.
He cannot choose his own gait, and
he has to negotiate all kinds of ground
winter roads corrugated with frozen
ruts, slippery trails of mud and water,
rocks, hot sand. And more than half
the time a change of shoes is for him
luxury. He is very apt to keep the
same pair on night and day, wet or
dry. If his shoes are not right or If
his feet are not sound he cannot last
a week with a moving command, and
it is entirely possible that he will
even have trouble in trench.-Worlds
Work
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Which Shall II Boz

Depend upon it, my boy, the only
possession of real value you have is
time. In time, improved, you can ac-
complish anything. You can leave the
dull grind Of mere existence and enter
into the growing activities of life. You
can make your work JOY by growing
in it and above it. You can free your
self forever from the Nemesis Of pow
erty and crown your early manhood
with garlands of success.
Time is neither an angel that serves
nor a demon that destroys. 1t is nev-
er neutral, always active. Him who
values it justly it will exalt above the
stars. Him who holds it lightly it
viii crush.
Time-what are you doiGg with It?
What of those precious hsurs which,
unsold to an employer, must inevita-
bly, be the medium Of your elevation or
fail? Before you are the mountain Of
success and the abyss Of failure. You
can-nay, you must-soar to the one
or sink into the other.
Choose while there is yet time.-Am-
bitiOn.