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New Britain herald., 1917-08-17

E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound has been to me. We had always wanted 8 baby in our home but l was in poor health and not able to do my work. My mother and hus- band both urged me to try Lydia B. Pink h am's Vegetable Compound. I did n4 vory loo1AL s
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
By BEATRICE
FAIRFAX

girls of my age are out having q
good time. and have to be home
running errands and trying to help
mother keep the family together.
Please don't be cross with me II I
make few mistakes right at first.S
Eleanor actually managed to
make me feel like a brute. She
eyaded and sidestepped her respon-
sibilities so sweetiy and pleadinr.
ly and daintily. She turned my own
weapons against me completely.
= Wasn't she a complete little
~slacker?'
Think over your own record.
girlS-is It free from juse such lit
tic wrigElings out of your honest
responsibility? Do you trade on
your sex and your age and the
position in which you happen to Be
placed to make more fortunate peo-
pie or those in authority "lst you
down easily" when you are inef-
icient or neglectful or irrespen-
sible7
Don't hatter yourself on your
own cleverness II you manage to Be
a little Stacker and still hold your
position. You won't advance much
beyond II, you won't win friendships
or promotions II you Just Slide
through" You won't grow. II you
are rlacker the thing you most
completely neglect and evade II
your own chance to develop IntO .
worthwhile human being.
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The Influence of Light.

The sensitiveness of growing
plants to the influence Of light is
fairly well known. In a recent ex-
pertinent cress seedlings showed a
distinct curvature after an expo
sure of only two seconds to a light
Of two hundred candIe-power. The
feebler the light the longer is the
time REQUIRED 20 ~-nduca a -Ar~-
tion, but in an hour the Seeding
will curve toward the feeblest gIim-
mer OF light.
The effect of light on the coIors Of
organized creation is shown in the
s"a. Near the shore there are sea-
weeds Of the most beautiful hues.
particularly ~ rocks which are left
dry by the tide: and the rich tints
OF the actinae which inhahit shall
low water must often have been OBJ
served. The FISH which swim near
the surface are also Distinguished
by the variety OF their roIo-s.
vheT"aS those which live p T-oater
...T' Srsy. brown or GIacA
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Banana Cultivation.

n is not generally known that the
banana ts an annual The fruit
comes to maturity about a year
after the shoot is planted, the
trunk Of the tree subsequently at
tanning q height of from eight to
ten feet and q Eirth of thirty-six
inches. From this trunk. which is
of q fbrous nature, are thrown out
long, pAlm-like branches at the
junction Of which appears the
fruit, each group of punches. num-
bering from four to twelve, being
called a hand" and each hand hav-
ing eight or ten bananas upon II.
A bunch of eight hands is the or
dinAry standard size OF shipping
fruit From the root of the tree
several shoots or suckers spFout,
each of which In turn becomes a
fresh tree. The life of the banana
tree. however. is not usually long
for II is felled after the fruit Is
gathered. and sometimes indeed
during the operation. Jamsica ccH-.
tains many banana plantations
varying in number OF trees from
Is. 900 to 100000. for TIE most pa
cultivated by the small settlers In
the different psrisheS T.
vatiou Is very primitive The land
,iuE cleared with a big ircn hoe
a hole Is dug and the .Jcker is
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The Feminine Stacker

up" around the office frequently.
No one has the heart to scold her;
she is a little wistful, blue-eyed
thing who is helping TO support 4
widowed mother and younger
brothers and sisters.
The Bessies and Annabelles OF life
are legion. Which one OF Us has
not been annoyed by some fem
inins Stacker who neglected her
duties and caused US annoyance or
difficulty?
When I first came to New York I
lived with a charming family in cir
cumstances so reduced that a chance
to rent their second floor to some
one they would not have to ac-
knowledge as 'boarder" but might
call "a friend" was as blessed in re-
gard to pocketbook as 1t was sooth-
ing where pride was concerned.
One day was called out of town
quite early in the morning and I
asked Eleanor. the seventeen-year-
old daughter OF the house. to take
any telephone messages which came
for me with the utmost care.
When / got home at seven that
evening. I asked for messages and
was told that Eleanor had taken
them all and left little slips on my
desk. There was nothing OF impor-
tance and the next day I left town
again. That night ! found a nom
chalant message on my desk. Call
Mr.. Barclay"
Two DAYS later II developed that
''Mr. Barclay" whose name meant
nothing to me, was Mr.. Barker, head
" a vast magazine syndicate. and
that he had tried for two days to
get in touch with me in regard to
a most interesting proposition 70
travel through South America and
write n series OF articles about the
country. I was three days late in
communicating with him. and by
the time reached Mr.. Barker .he
boat on which he had wanted me
to travel had sailed. and with II
another writer who was doing the
work that would have meant so
much TO me.
But II was the only message
forgot that FIRST day. You can't be
Cross st me. nd got It the next
dav. I'm so sorry I got II wrong.
~ Not used to nla wing telephone
~--.a .-.- s',-.,-', -. love 70 do
AZ ~ rha' ~ -nI other
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
By Fred Jackson.
Episode II.
spynEht. 1917. by Fred Jackson. All right.
reserved

kpynEht. 1917. by Fred Jackson. All right
reserved.
. MOTHER instant and Pearl
~ would have been crushed to
. = death; but just at the psyche
logical moment a miracle hap
pened! She had been leaning for
ward, with her head down SO that
carslake could not see her hiding
there. and to pass the time, she
had been studying the violet dia-
mond in her hand.
Suddenly. as she turned It this
way and that to catch the light. It
slipped through her fingers and
rolled away.
As she reached for #, she glanced
warily about to make sure that she
was not being obserYed-and she
saw CarsIake with his hand on the
lever controlling the machinery. In
truth, the heavy weight above her
head was almost upon her. when she
realized the significance Of his ac-
tion-and nunE herself forward OF
the spilG And she had scarcely
got free Of II, when the hammer
descended with q crash-splinter-
ing the spile upon which she had
been sitting.
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CHAPTER XI.
Lucy Westernd's Diary.

Lucy WesterndS Diary.
IL September.-How good they all
are to me. quite love that dear DR..
Van Helsing. 1 wonder why he was
so anxious about these flowers. He
positively frightened me, he was SO
fierce. And yet he must have ben
right. for l feel comfort from them
already. Somehow, l do not dread
being alone tonight. and I can go 10
sleep without fear. / shall not mind
any tapping outside the windoG. On.
the terrible struggle that I have had
against sleep so often of late: the
pain of the sleeplessness or the pain
OF the fear of sleep, with sucn Un-
known horrors as It has for me! How
blessed are some people. whose lives
have no fears, no breads: to whom
sleep is a blessing that comes mighty,
and brings nothing but sweet dreams.
Well. here I am tonight, hoping for
sleep. and lying like Ophelia in the play
with virgin Grants and maiden strew-
ments" I never liked garlic before,
but tonight it is delightful Th".e is
peace in its smell: ] feel sleep COM
ing already. Goodnight, eve-vDpdy.
CTo he Continued Tomorrow
GCopyriEhtedl
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PART ONE-CContinuedp

PAHT OAE-NCOntAuutob
IL September.-This afternoon l
went over to HiIlingham. Found Van
HeIsing in excellent spirits, and Lucy
much better. Shortly after / arrived
big parcel from abroad came for
the professor. He opened II with
much impressment-assum of
course-and showed a great bundle of
white flowers.
These are for you, Miss Lucy" he
said.
"For me? oh, Dr. Van Helsing!"
"Yes, my dear, but not for you to
play with. These are medicines"
Here Lucy made a wry face. Nay,
but they are not to take in a decoc-
tion or in nauseous form, SO you need
not snub that so charming nose. or
shall point out to my friend Arthur
what woes he may have to endure in
seeing so much beauty that he so
loves so much distort. Aha. my pretty
miss, that bring the so nice nose all
straight again. This is medicinal, but
you do not know how. 1 put him in
your window. make pretty wreath,
and hang him around your neck, so
that you sleep well. Oh yes! they.
like the lotus flower, make your
trouble forgotten. It smell SO like the
waters of Lethe, and of that fountain
OF youth that the Conquisrodores
sought for in the Floridas, and find
him all too late"
Whilst he was speaking, Lucy had
been examining the flowers and smell
ing them. Now she threw them down,
saying. with half-laughter and half
disgust:
"Oh, professor, I believe you are
only putting up a joke on me. Why,
these flowers are only common gar
lIc."
To my surprise, Van Helsing rose
and said with all his sternness, his
iron jaw set and his bushy eyebrows
meeting:
''No trifing with me! / never jesti
There is grim purpose in all 1 do,
and I warn you that you do not
thwart me. Take care, for the sake
OF others II not for your own" Then
seeing poor Lucy scared. as she might
well be, he went on more gently: "Oh,
little miss, my dear, do not fear me.
only do for your good, but there
is much virtue to you in those so
common flowers. zee, place them
myself in your room. I make myself
the wreath that you are to wear.
But hush! no telling to others that
make so 'inQuisitive questions. We
must obey, and silence is a part of
obedience. and obedience is to bring
you strong and well into loving arms
that wait for you. Now sit still
awhile. Come with me. friend John.
and you shall help me deck the room
with my garlic, which is all the way
from Haarlem, where my friend VAN
derpool raise herb in his glass-houaes
all the year. I had to telegraph yes
terday, or they would not have been
here"
We went into the room, TAX
ing the flowers with us. The
professors actions were certainly odd
and not to be found in any pharma-
copoeia that ever heard of.
First he fastened up the windows
and latched them securely: next. TAX
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they seemed to fight with more
force, more vIndictiveness, more
venom. For as much as Tom loved
Pearl, Carslake hated her. He
hated her because she was Samuel
Standlsh's daughter-and he hated
Samuel Standish. He hated her be-
cause she was wealthy and because
she baked him in his dearest de-
sires. And hating her. he hated
Tom for her sake.
Tom. on his part. thirsted for
Carslaks's blood, though he was
anything but a bIoodthirsty youth
ordinarily. So this battle between
them ragged fast and furious.
They would certainly have killed
one another had not Pearl thrown
herself upon them to aid Tom. At
tackinE Carslake from the rear,
she tore him away from her lover.
But Carslake threw her on and
handed an uppercut on Toms Jaw
that knocked him out.
on went Carslake, then, as fast
as he could run. and Pearl followed
him, leaving the engineer by the
pile driver to look out for Tom.
Carslake turned the first corner
ard came to two tall buildings stand
ing side by side, with a sort Of little
areaway between. Into this small
alley he dashed. He tried the near
est door. found 1t open and entered
without so much as knocking
Fortunately for him, there was no
one TO gainsay him He began hur-
riedy to mount toward the roof.
Pearl. just behind him, rounded
the corner to hnd that he had van
ished. But two cops standing near
by, in conversation, attracted her
attention, and she interrupted them.
''Ho. here! Have you seen a stout
man. running. anywhere about? ?" she
called eXcitedly.
a stout man." repeated one.
Running" repeated the other.
stupidly.
Sure" they added together. He
went into that building there"
Police Join the Chase.
We'll, he's a thief. Help me to
catch him!" shouted Pearl. following
Csrsiake. The two policemen fol-
lowed her. and Tom. further back.
followed the policemen.
Carslaks emerged on the roof OF
the building and espied a fre escape
leading downward.
Here" he thought. -Is an excel
lent way OF doubling on my tracks
and throwing them on the SCENT"
Crossing swiftly to It. he began
to descend again. But just as his
head was disappearing Pearl
Amersed from the skylight and saw
him. She started in pursuit.
To Ne Continued Tomorrow,
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ing q handful OF the flowers, he rub
bed them all over the sashes, as
though to ensure that every whiff OF
air that might get in would be laden
with the garlic smell Then with the
wisp he rubbed all over the jamb of
the door. above, below, and at each
side, and round the fireplace in the
same way. 1t all seemed grotesque
to me, and presently said:
well. Professor, 1 know you al
ways have a reason for what you do,
but this certainly puzzles me. 1t is
well we have no sceptic here, or he
would say that you were working
some spell to keep out an evil spirit"
Perhaps l ami" he answered quiet
ly as he began to make the wreath
which Lucy was to wear round her
neck.
We then waited whilst Lucy made
her toilet for the night. and when she
was in bed he came and himself fixed
the wreath of garlic round her neck.
The last words he said to her were:
Take care you do not disturb II,
and even II the room feel close, do not
tonight open the window or the door,"
'T PROMISE" said Lucy. "and thank
you both a thousand times for all your
kindness to me! Oh, what have done
to be blessed with such friends?
AS we left the house in my fly.
which was waiting. Van Helsing said:
Tonight I can sleep in peace, and
sleep / want-two nights OF travel.
much reading in the day between, and
much anxiety on the day to follow.
and a night to sit UP, without to wink.
Tomorrow in the morning early you
call for me, and we come together to
strong for my spell which I have
work. Hoi Hor'
He seemed so confident that I, re-
membering my own confidence two
nights before and with the baneful re-
suit, felt awe and vague terror. 1t
must have been my weakness that
made me hesitate to tell II to my
friend, but I felt It all the more, like
unshed tears.
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Advice to the LOvelOrn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
Quite Improper.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
Is II proper for three young
girls and married woman
OF twenty-six years to go out
automobile riding with young
men whom they do not even
know. but just flIrted with
and made the engagement right
then ard there's They have also
asked me to go along with them.
and would alr' take another
young man for myself. but l am
in doubt whether to go or not.
We three gi-ls are seventeen
years OF age. and before going
would like to ask you for advice.
MARJORIE A.
NOT only is II improper for girls
to go motoring with men whom
they do not know. but 1t is very
dangerous. Common sense and pru-
dence ought to stop any young girl
from putting herself as completely
in the power OF men OF whom she
knows nothing as she is when she
gets into their automobile. The
respect that might protect her 10
lacking. and even II the men are
fairly decent chaps. they are not go
ing to be careful and considerats OF
girls who have acted as II they were
gay and lacking in propriety and
dignity. The married woman who
does such a thing is belitttlIng her
husband shamefully. Surely any
woman who is twenty-six and a
wife must know that she Is acting
inexcusably when she goes of for
an auto ride with men she does not
know; and for her to involve sew
enteen-year-old girls in the same
cut ra2eous proceeding marks her
ont SIS yak. foolish auI danger
Qua IL she is not actually vicious
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kk@ II. darling. ! was so tired
couldn't cook supper. You
" don't mind II we have cold
ham and potato salad and a pie
3 from the delicatessen. do you? You
wouldn't want your little wife to
, stand over a hot stove when she
, was all in. would you?" coos Anna
belle.
George is tired. too. He has been
, hard at work since s in the morn
ing-doing a little overtime so that
his $50 a week pay envelope will
contain S35. George is tired and
a little taut and strained and nerv-
Gus. hot supper-roast lamb and
mashed potatoes would "go pretty
good" Just about now. But George
would feel like a cad were he to
meet nnabelle's sweet pleadings
with a grouchy and brutal demand
for a supper different from the one
she has-he half suspects 1t. too.-
purchased at the corner delicatessen
on her way home from an after
noon or shopping.
Annabelle is a Stacker. She uses
her sex as sweetening and wheedles
and caJoles herself out OF RESPONSE
bility. She let's George do 1t as
regards work and EFFORT and she
Elides along avoiding responsible
ity and her share OF holding up the
family partnership. Annabelle is
pretty and sweet. low-voiced and
charming-George adores her. He
wants to make her happy. to see
her sunshiny. to feel that she is
satisfied in the little home to which
he has brought her. Annabeile
trades on that
Bessie Is the telephone operator
in a large office. She has a way
of forgetting messages which come
in when the men are out at lunch.
She forgets to deliver special de-
livery letters and kilograms II they
happen 10 come to her desk al a
moment when she Is absorbed In
her knitting or conversation wi'h
the nle clerk. Bessie balls things
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
Use of the Walnut Tree.

Most OF the oldest walnut trees
in England were originally planted.
not for the sake Of the fruit. bua
because the wood makes the bSs.
gunstoclSs. being light. strong. and
not easily warped. The larEsss
walnut grove in England Is 81
Kempston. near Bedford. L osO-
tanned at first three hundred 40
sixty-fivs trees, one for each say
of the year. which were planted
about a century ago ny tSs ;hSh.
owner OF the farm. wao -s-1arEA4
that wars would uevs- >sSaC Ard
the timber would G.wsys D. ~.etSs
for Eur-stockL
The Washington times., 1917-10-29

OoME time ago wrote on this page article
entitled THE Store Is the Proper Place in
~ Which to Select Your Merchandise" The
object Of that article to assist the working forces
Of the stores In these times Of labor shortage.
conscientious friend Of mine who has been stren-
uously trying to do her Bit since the war be-
gan, said to me the other day: 81 wish the stores
could manage to make things a little easier for the
people who are trying to help them. Some mistakes
bound to occur, but when one of these happens
the stores make it SO difficult for the people who
bring back their merchandise themselves that a busy
person is forced send for the stores wagon
when she prefers not to-"
This same friend tells that there is one store
In the city where such conditions do not prevail
where exchanging merchandise ones self is a matter
Of only few minutes. Now II one store do this
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
Mother Is Right.
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am a girl sixteen, considered
attractive and have many accom-
plishments. ! am also a favorite
with the boys. This question
which l am asking you causes
many quarrels at home. What
time should a girl be in at night
who only goes out two or three
nights a week. at my age? l am
going to graduate from high
school in February. Mother says
that the street is no place at
night. but differ. especially
when going to school.
RUTH K.
MOTHER is right. The street at
night is no place for any girl.
be she sixteen. eighteen. twenty or
thirty. You say that you differ with
mother. especially since you are a
schoolgirl. Well. differ with you.
especially since you are a school
girl" Stay at home and study. Per-
haps on Friday and Saturday you
might have a few of your friends
visit you at your home or go to
theirs. You ought to he in nv half
past ten or eleven at the very latest.
and you ought not to go out at all
on school nights. II you do not de-
vote yourself to your work now and
try TO make a good re"O-d. ycu viii
be bitterly sorry some day. Please
believe me. my dear for unless you
build a good foundation for your
house of life" right now. IL will not
stand up very well when the storms
of experience come later. You will
enjoy your good times" when you
are old enough 10 apnrac'9'e them
far ror~ than you possibly "a" -
dF- w '-"u ought ~ he lTv'nE ~
a sup I" health. wisdom and COM
mon sense.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
By Mary Ellen
Sigsbee

other stores can follow suit This article is them
The kind Of women who bring back their parcels
themselves, in order to the unnecessary
labor, are not. rule the kind upon whom little
more trust would be entirely wasted Neither are
such women usually the idle, selfindulgent variety
upon whom time hangs heavily In most instances
their time is valuable not only to themselves but to
q number Of others They cannot afford to stand in
line an interminable time. much as they may desire
to help.
A word to the wise Is sufficient
The efficient housewife the busy mother business
and PROFESSIONAL women and a score of others viii
greatly appreciate reorganization Of this feature in
our big stores to meet the present needs These
women all want to help but they ask that the stores
meet their good Intentions with minimum of red
tape.
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The Fight of Hate.
Stories of Interest

planted in It. in most cases nature
doing all that is necessary, but in
larger plantations the trees are
planted with some degree or sys-
tenn in the form Of squares. and
trenches are dug for Irrigation. the
banana thriving best in damp stiY
soil.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
DRACULA,
THE VAMPIRE
SYNOPSIS OF STORY
By BRAN STOKER.

Count to tell of his estate and Of
the history of his family. Later
the Count orders him to write bis
employer he is to stay at the
castle for q month. That night he
sees the Count crawl down the
castle wall like q IIznrd. A series
Of mysterious Incidents follow
and Harker gains an idea Of the
strange character Of his host.
One night three women appear In
his room but are driven away By
the Count In fury. Recognizing
his danger he seeks to escape. Sat
9nds all avenues Of escape closed
Harker discovers the Count wOuad.
ed and believes him dead. Then
The strange developments are told
In a series OF letters which throw
new light on the Counts wferd
personality.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29

Jonathan Hnrker. n London 50
IIcItor's clerk takes long
Journey to Bukowina to see Count
DracuIa and arrange for the
transfer of nm English estate to
the Count. In his diary, kept In
shorthand, he gives the details Of
his strange trip. the latter part
aIied with mysterious and thrill.
ing happenings. Upon his arrival
Mt Castle DraeuIn he II met by
the Count and nnds himself vir-
tuaIIy q prisoner. The castle II.
self IL q DInee Of mystery with
doors all barred. and no servants
10 be seen. The Count greets him
warmly. hut his strange person
aIIty and odd behavior eauSe Har-
keF mueh alarm. In order NOT 10
arouse s1asPlclOn Harker leads the
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
One Way to PreserUe Eggs.

FILL wooden box with salt each egg with olive oil
and place it in the salt with the pointed end down. Eggs
treated in this way will remain fresh for time To pre-
for longer time they should be packed away in
water glass.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29

II she had remained but the frac-
tion of a second longer 1t would
have meant death!
Carslake. gazing toward her
eagerly. discovered that she had es-
capped him once again-and his rage
overwhelmed him.
He was about to advance upon her
when a hand fell on his shoulder,
whirling him about. and he found
himself facing Tom-not the
cheerful, pleasant, amiable fellow
that Pearl knew and loved, but a
grimly scowling youth, the embod-
iment OF vengeance.
The Fight of Hate.
Tom had seen what Carslake had
been about to do: and he was pre-
pared to resent the mans nendish
behavior.
Carslake struck out at him
thinking to hit first and hit hard
but Tom easily avoided the blow,
and they clinched.
Each time they came together.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29
A Watch Fob that Lasts.

ANY who has grOsgrain ribbon in watch fol
knows how shOrtived is Try using military braid fo
the purpose 1t lasts about years. and its
is very attractive-From Good Housekeeping.
The Washington times., 1917-10-29

To Ne Csatiaued Tomorrow.