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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
CTO BE CONTINUED.)
SUPERSTITION OF GEN. GRANT
Union Commander Believed 1t Bad
Luck to Turn and Retrace
His Steps.

The country folk In the vicinity OF
Grants boyhood home were as super
stitious as was the general run OF
rural people in that day. One thing
grew out of these notions that fixed
itself permanently in the mind OF the
youthful Grant that had, no DOUBT
marked effect on his later life.
He says that he came firmly to be-
lieve that it meant bad luck for one to
turn round and retrace his steps when
on q journey. One might, with impu-
nifty return home without reaching his
intended destination, but he must DO
it by another road-not the same one
he travelled in going.
This feeling may have had some
thing to do with his entrance at West
Point. 1t is commonly known that his
appointment was not Of his choosing,
but that of his father. Grant himself
hung back and had to be pressed to
go to the academy. Even after he was
well on his way-at Philadelphia ana
New York-he sincerely hoped that
some accident might happen that
would make his return imperative. But
he would not turn round and retrace
his steps.
The feeling seems to have grown
gradually into set rule with him that
after having set out to go anywhere,
or to do anything, he must go to the
end of the thing, and there must be
no such thing as turning back. That
was characteristic of his course In the
Civil war when he rose to positions IN
which he had supreme decisions to
make.
The only time in his Gfe when he
seemed near to breaking in on this rule
was when, after the Mexican war, he
decided to resign from the army and
change the whole course of his life up
to that time. But for the Civil war
that called him back, it is likely that
he would hardly have been heard from
again.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22

thing was radically out of the etiquette
of the occasion-he reached out and
shook hands with her. "I'm very much
obliged to you," he said.
The second of two incidents destined
to have q powerful influence at this
time in Roses life concerned itself
with a certain afternoon frock in
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,
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-one
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 it 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 q rendezvous was made between
Mrs. Goldsmith and the sextette for
store on Michigan avenue at three
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 it was
in the same block with half a dozen
that she had.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
CHAPTER XVII.
Rose Keeps the Path.

Rose rehearsed twice a day for a
solid week without forming the faint
est conception of who "the girl was
or why she was "the girl upstairs"
During the entire period she never
saw 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 q 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 q
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
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
Genius and Rules.

Genius may be law unto itself and
may violate the conditions felt to be
binding upon mere talent or mediocrity,
but for all that genius is not genius
because it occasionally breaks rules.
and no writer can serve as q model
for the young who does not conform
to certain principles. The object Of
the linguistic branch of education is
to fit each pupil with the ability to
make himself clearly understood, and
this can best be done by teaching him
to observe such rules as will tend to
make his speech similar to that of his
bearers. If after acquiring so much
he finds that he is a literary genius, he
may go forward and devise new forms
for himself all well and good, but gen.
eral education is for average people,
and the only safeguard against dialects
or a confusion of tongues is the teach
ings of such common principles as will
apply throughout the country.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
Mot So Eunnx After All.

Canon Anger was very found of chill
dren and set out one night to attend
a party given ''bv children for chill
dren."
"Don't announce me-" he said to the
servant.
Leaving his coat and hat downstairs
he quietly opened the drawing room
door, where the buzz Of voices an
nounced the presence of company.
Dropping on his hands end knees he
entered, making strange noises dis
tinctly resembling the neighing of
horse. Aware of dead silence, he
looked up, and found the guests as
sembled for an eight o'clock dinner
regarding him with disgust, not un-
mixed with alarm.
The children's party was next door.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
Do Not Eat When Tired.

The average person does not take
enough rest. He works all day, eats
his midday meal in a hurry in between
pressing office appointments, comes
home late and seldom rests before sit
ting down to dinner. In state of
complete physical and mental exhaus-
ton dinner is tlten and as cOnse-
quence of this fatigue the digestive or
gans are unable to do their work
properly. If the sufferer from indiges-
ton could arrange to rest half an hour
or even fifteen minutes before each
meal, with the same amount of time
allotted to rest afterward, his stomach
would soon digest the food put into it
and his trouble would be at an end
New York Evening Telegram.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22

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
astonishment, but gradually complicat-
ed itself with other emOtiOnS-cOn-
fusion, a CLINT of whimsical amuse-
ment. That CLEAN, perfectly honest,
kindly one, decided Rose to take him
on trust. He wasn't a 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
the rudiments of dancing to. That's
why a test was necessary. Also,
couldn't take anybody who had come
down here-for a lark"
With that, Rose understood the
whole thing John Galbraith had clas-
sified her, or thought he had, as a
well-bred young girl who, in moment
of pique or mischief, had decided it
would be fun to go on the stage. The
test b@ bad applied wasn't, from that
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22

self how Indispensable her singing
voice was to the sextette. And then
it had appeared she'd have to talk !
And her talking wasn't right.
Look here!" said Rose, when the
story was told. (This was across the
table in q dingy little lunch room.)
you're going to say your lines before
tomorroW's rehearsal so that Galbraith
won't stop you once. We're going to
my room now, and I'm going to teach
you. Come along"
In a sort of daze, the girl went.
Rose put her into a chair, sat down
opposite her, took the first phrase of
her first speech, and said it very slow
ly, very quietly, half a dozen times.
at night. By midnight, Edna could say
those first three words to Roses sat
isfaction. They worked like that
straight through the night, except that
two or three times the girl broke
down; said it was hopeless. She got
up once and said that she was going
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 we'll as Rose-they confronted Gal
braith.
When the test scene came, Rose
could hardly manage her own first
line, and drew a 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 1t was almost phono-
graphic copy of the voice that had
served it for a model.
There was q solid two seconds of
silence.
When the rehearsal was over Gal
braith called Edna out to him and al
| lowed himself 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 it yesterday"
81 couldn't do it yesterday" she
said. Dane taught me-"
Taught you!" he echoed. Dane"
he called to Rose, who had been
watching a little anxiously. Larson
| tells me you taught her. How did
you do it?'
"Why. 1 just-taught her." said
Rose. ~ 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"
"Ye gods" said Galbraith. "Well,
| 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.
"Oh, I don't mean overnight" he
said "but mornings rehears-
als-whenever you can"
81 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 astonishment
and also perhaps to his, for the
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
ALWAYS WANT LITTLE MORE
This Human Tendency Makes Possible
One Woman's Odd but Useful
Trade With Auto Owners.

In the American Magazine we read
able living through supplying passen-
gers to automobiles and vice versa.
The writer visited her to learn her
method and she was preparing to tell
of her experience when the telephone
rang. "'You wish to go to Concord
Saturday afternoon?' / heard my
hostess inquire and then, after look
ing into a record book which lay on
the desk near the telephone, she add
ed, Yes, I can accommodate you. A
car will call at your home Saturday
afternoon at two o'clock. You
say you are coming back Thursday?
There is one seat left in car which
is coming in at 4 80 in the afternoon.
Will that be satisfactory? All right.
Yes, will send my statement
to your husband. Good-by.'
"Just then an automobile drove up
and gentleman entered. I am taking
my family up to our camp at Bruins
wick for the summer he said. My
car will make the trip twice day
from now until the first Of September.
You can list it to leave here at ten
o'clock in the morning and five in the
afternoon; coming down it will leave
Brunswick at seven in the morning
and two in the afternoon. 1t will
come by Concord
"When 1 mentioned the question Of
price, the agent said, The prices are
based on the mileage on each dollar
which passes through my hands. I
pay the car owner a certain price per
mile for each passenger carried, and
then 1 charge the passenger this sum
plus my commission. This does away
with any dealing between the car own
er and the people he carries.
"'At first l was afraid my idea
would not work, for could hardly be-
lieve that q man who could own an
automobile would be interested in saw
ing so small sum as dollar or two !;
but 1 have found few who would not
put themselves out bit to save little
money-no doubt that is why they are
able to own an automobile
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22

designer brings successful invention in
style. or details of finishing, to happy
ending, in its making.
Just an unexpected touch gives
pretty net frock the place of honor in
a girls summer wardrobe, and just
such a touch puts the hallmark of re-
finement on the pretty frock pictured
here.
The skirt is moderately full, gath
cred in at the waistline and finished
with a deep hem. About one-fourth of
its length from the bottom q band of
fine lace is set in. The bodice is made
much like baby" waist, but is cut
low in the neck in front, where lace is
set in and finished with small crochet
balls. A fine lace collar completes it..
Sleeves are a little more than elbow
length and are gathered up so that
they form a hanging puff about the
forearm.
The girdle is Of pink and blue taf-
feta and we have every reason to be-
lieve that it accepts the vogue for
rosettes at the back instead of q bow
or sash ends. But in this matter let
each individual suit herself as well as
In that cf color. The gown, as photo
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
Rine Bananas Not Harmful.

The unripe banana consists largely
of starch; this starch changes into
sugar as the fruit ripens, and to sugar
in it's most easily assimilated forms.
1.-THE composition of the banana and
the potato" says a report, "shows an
interesting similarity both as regards
total carbohydrate and the amount OF
the different mineral constituents.
While the banana can hardly be re-
garded as a potato substitute, the fact
that it has practically the same calorie
value as the potato is worthy of note"
The doctors who made these expert
ments express the belief that whenever
Indigestion follows eating bananas 1t
is to be assumed that the fruit was
not ripe, for mo i'll effects, discomfort
or distaste were noted even after the
consumption of large quantities of ripe
fruit for several days."-Journal of
American Medical Association.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
COMMENCEMENT GOWN OF WHIT NET

for the car, and it may or may not
have a veil. AS rule, it does have
small VEIL either of chiffon or coarse
meshed silk net.
The logical hat for the car is snug
fitting and provided with small brim,
which shades the eyes and gives be-
coming hues about the face. A veil,
just heavy enough to shield the eyes
from dust is also a graceful as well as
useful adjunct to the motor hat. The
most successful hat for the car Is a
twO-in-one affair that answers the pur-
poses of the traveller by rail as well
as those of the motorist, and looks well
merely as q street hat.
The three hats pictured are of braid
and fabrics combined, flexible without
being floppy, and having enough sup
port in the crowns to be shapely. They
are designs of specialists in motor hats
and each is provided with a small
elastic band, and the back, let in at
the base of the crown, that holds the
hat close to the head.
Gray, tan, castor and blue in medium
shades are favorite colors for motor
wear There is a fad for vivid yell
lows in crowns, combined with dark
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
Wnrked Both WayS,

Madam" said the conductor during
an infantile paralysis epidemic, you
cannot travel on this train unless you
have health certificate for your
child"
"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 q half-fare ticket which she had
lust rendered for the child, making
this observation:
But the law does require that chill
dren over twelve years of age pay full
fare"
The womans eyes flashed fire, her
bosom registered her emotion, her
hands clinched and her feet tapped
but she paid.-The Christian Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22

without recognition, straight into
Roses own.
Rose delayed her dressing till the
other girls were gone, then sat down
beside Edna.
you're all right" she said, feeling
very inadequate. "Im going to help
you"
"It's always like this" the girl said.
''It's no use. He'll put me back in the
chorus again"
"Not if I can help it," Rose said.
'But the first thing to do is to come
along and get something to eat"
During the next hour Rose learned,
for the first time, what the weight of
an immense melancholy inertia can be.
The girl was like one paralyzed-
paralyzed by repeated failures and
disasters, of which she told Rose
freely. When Galbraith had put her
into the sextette, a hope, just about
dead, had been reawakened. She'd
learned to dance well enough to es-
cape censure, and she'd seen for her
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
CHAPTER xVI-Continued.

"What professional experience have
you had?" 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 pretty good
ballroom dancer, but that it was gym
nastic dancing she had in mind.
Gall 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 thought
to the bystanders.. But now as they
fell back to give him room, she swept
q 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 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 a vulgar hip wriggle
and concluding with a straight-out
sidewiSe kick. A sick disgust clutched
at Rose as she watched-an utter re-
vulsion from the whole loathly busi-
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.
81 know you're not" he admitted
coolly; "but it can be done. Pick up
your skirts and do it as you are-if
you really want job
There was just faint edge of con-
tempt in that last phrase and, merci-
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
wriggle, and finished with a horizon
tai, sidewise kick that matched his
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
GluQ!

"Yes,' said a travelling man, i was
once out of sight cf land on the At
lantic ocean twenty-one days."
Another man spoke up: "On the
Pacific ocean one time l didn't see
land for twenty-nine days."
A bald man knocked the ashes from
his cigar and contributed his bit:
81 started across the Kaw river at
Topeka in skiff once" he said, "and
was out of sight Of land before l
reached the other side"
WHAT" demanded the man who
had spun the first yarn. 1.-The Kaw
is not more than 800 feet wide at
Topeka"
Quite true" said the bald man
quietly. "The skiff turned over and
sank twice"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22

graphed, has girdle in pink and blue
taffeta encircling the waist at the nat
ural waistline. Little crochet balls
hang from the lace set in at the front
and an adorably frivolous little pocket
of net, just big enough for a handker-
chief and perhaps a dancing card, is
suspended from under the girdle by
silk cords.
These frocks are worn over organdie
slips and little variety may be pro-
vided by means of colored slips in light
blue or pink or yellow.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22

warm suds and ammonia water, then,
as protection against moths go over
the inner surface with a paint brush
dipped in turpentine. White paper
makes the best lining. To remedy the
drawer that sticks or refractory doors
or windows. it is we'll to rub bar of
hard soap over the edge where trouble
lies, then, if necessary. rub with sand
paper.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22

The last chapter in the story Of
fore US and the pretty tale is told.
There is nothing sensational in it, and
nothing unusual; because motorcars
are about as universally used as cook
stoves, and dress for motor wear as
varied as for the street. Any small,
flexible, close-fitting hat of braid or
fabric, or of both combined, is all right
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22

One of the incest things about this
years commencement gowns of net is
their all-round usefulness after the
great day of their first appearance has
passed. The net frock is a daytime or
an evening frock, serving two purposes
equally well. Its daintiness is a charm
inherent in the material 1t is youth
full and chic and moderately priced,
and it arrives at distinction when the
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
Tinted Leqhorn Hats.

At many of the smart weddings the
bridesmaids have worn leghorn hats
tinted to match their frocks. There is
one of a strong burnt orange Wreathed
in plump green goOseberries and faced
with shell pink crepe. Odd as G-l this
may sound the hat is really very love
ly and would be most becoming to
duSky blonde.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
LAST CHAPTER IN STORY OF MOTOR HATS

blue braids, and emerald green con-
tinues to flourish in straw brims with
white or tan silk crowns. Emerald and
purple wells are smart. In the new
showilgs appear some dignified motor
hats made entirely of taffeta silk. The
choice of silk for crowns lies between
taffeta, and poplin, and wool or silk
Jersey cloths.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
His Choice,

isn't it rather dangerous to go to
Europe at this timer"
"Oh, l don't know" said the con-
firmed globe trotter. 81 understand
that the professional gamblers who
used to infest steamships have disap-
peared, because of the way. I'd rather
face submarine than G card sharp"