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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1917-08-10

niticance of the meeting she was not
so much ignorant Of as profoundly In
different to. If her father did thing
it took on order, became law.
There were present Talbot and Leth-
bridge, the Englishmen; Boroday,
whose rescue from Siberia had made
him old HiIary's henchman; and
young Huff. Huff was the mechani-
clan. He had been trained In the
Bleriot works; airplanes to wireless,
automobiles to automatic pistols, he
knew them-all makes, all grades. 1t
old Hilary was the brains, Huff was
the hands of the band.
lie sat beside Elinor, and watched
her with worshiping eyes. Perhaps 1t
was as we'll that old Hilary was intent
on his food and on the business In
hand.
The routine of the annual dinner
seldom varied. Five Of them then,
that last dinner around the table, In
evening clothes, well set up, spare,
three of them young, all temperate,
honorable about Women-as polished,
as harmless in appearance, as death
dealing. as the cleaning projectile of
a twelveinch gun!
First old Hilary went over the books.
1t might have been the board meeting
of some respectable bank. He stood
at his end of the table,, and the light
from the chandelier fell full on him.
Il have to report, gentlemen" he
would say, "a fairly successful year.
This is where it differed from bank.
The association had had no bad years.
"While our expenses have been heavy,
returns have been correspondence So"
And so on, careful lines of figures, out
lays and returns, to the end. For old
Hilary was secretary and treasurer as
we'll as president.
This time, when he had reached the
end of what was to be his last report,
he paused and cleared his throat.
UNFORTUNATELY, that is not all, gen.
tlemen. Nothing can we call our
own but DEATH And it is my sad
duty to report this last year, the loss
of three of our number. A calamitous
year, gentlemen"
He might have been a trustee, Ia
menting the loss of valued supporters
to a hospital
Afterward, IN the library, with FL
inor embroidering by the fire, they
cashed in. They dealt only in cash.
Securities were dangerous. Once or
twice Boroday had successfully nego-
tiated with q fence in Paris, but al
ways under old Hilary's protest.
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interviewed Mademoiselle. and sent
her flying to her chamber, where from
under the carpet beneath her bureau,
she got her rosary and wept over it.
Elinor was twenty The year her IA
ther died, a slender girl, fond of flow
ers, rather a dreamer. Well educated,
too. Old Hilary had seen 20 that; she
knew Malato, Haech"!, BakTnin; spoke
French and .panish-lEilary had
spent much time in Central America
helping the insurgents; it was he who
financed the insure 2tion in northern
Mexico-and wrote fluently the form
of shorthand that her father had de-
vised as a means of communication be-
tween the leader Of the band. A keen
eyed, wistful-mouthed slip Of girl,
shut off in the gre It house on the hill
above Nottingham; living her life of
big theories and small duties, cal
loused to robbery and violent deeds,
and viewing wistfully from her win
dows the little children in the road be-
low.
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RemodeIed Frocks for School Wear.

Thrift and patriotism walk hand In
hand these days when we must all
economize In the use of things that are
scarce and needed by the government.
Now is the time to make use of all
leftover woolen garments, instead of
buying new ones, and it Is something
worse than poor taste to throw away
woolen dresses that are good, but out
of date. They are to be remodeled or
made over for the schoolchildren or
given to someone who can use them.
For wool is needed by the army and
that must be considered before every
thing else.
The plain one-piece frock, or the sep
arate skirt, with silk blouse, made for
school girls about due to engage the
attention of mothers everywhere. This
way opportunity lies for making use
of all the substantial woolen dresses
that have outlasted the styles, but not
their usefulness. There is great
satisfaction in exercising ones inge-
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CHAPTER II.

Once a year the association closed
it's books. During ali of the June be-
fore old Hilary's sudden death, ElinOr
had been busy arranging figures, col
lecting data in the cryptic shorthand
she knew. Then, on the first of July,
Hilary gave his annual dinner.
The band, from twelve, was down to
five. Boroday, the Russian, glancing
around the table, shrugged his shoul-
ders. 1t was the chance of the game
they played, and percentages would
be larger. Nevertheless there was
weight of depression over them ALL"
Elinor was at her ia lher's right,
simply dressed. The dinners were al
ways q trial to her. She was palpitat-
ingly anxious that the papers before
old Hilary he in order and accurate.
They were her work. The deeper sig
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beginning, and for five years there
were no changes. Then came the kid
mapping and holding for ransom OF
Macintosh the banker in Iowa, and
the unexpected calling out of the state
militia. The band had hidden Mack
intosh in deserted mine and three OF
the band went down in the shooting
that followed his discovery, In the
looting of Tiffany's vaults, which has
never been published, Frenchman
named Dupres was killed; and only
recently a tire had burst after the
holding up of the car of the governor
of Delaware, and their car, overturn-
ing, had crushed Jerrold, the mechanic
of the band and old Hilary's chauffeur.
One way and another, there were only
five left: Talbot and Lethbridge the
Englishmen, Boroday, Huff and old
Hilary himself. And old Hilary's hour
was almost come.
Old Hilary lived well, as he might.
His foreign servants were artists. He
liked good food, good wines, good
books. He even had few pictures
from the leading galleries of Europe.
He hung them in the house at Voting
ham, with q cynical smile.
Safest place in the world" he said
to old Henriette, who protested. THE
village has never even heard of them !"
And so in this atmosphere with
which he surrounded himself, of fine
living and wrong thinking, of atheism
raised almost to religion, of no law
and no Christ, old Hilary had brought
up his daughter. He had been proud
Of her in his way; absolutely selfish,
too. She had had no other compan-
ion. He taught her his unbellef, point
ing out the churchgoers, as they drove
together on Sunday mornings; as
slaves to a myth. Also, he taught her
to hate lie, and to give aims. Early
in her life their drives together had
been punctured with questions.
"But if my mother is dead, where is
she?" asked Elinor on one of them.
Old Hilary had eyed her from under
eyebrows that were already gray.
"She lives in the memories of those
that knew and loved her."
But never knew her. Then for me
she doesn't live! But Mademoiselle-"
she checked herself. Suspicion had
been dawning in old Hilary's eyes.
death is the end" he said tersely,
and quoted Darwin and Haeckel to
her. But at the end of the drive he
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1917-08-10
Mosquito Can Be Destroyed
Only BY Eliminating Its
Hiding Places, Says Expert

That the people of every commu-
nifty should unite against common
enemy-the mosquitoes the opinion
of George A Dean, Professor of en-
tomology in the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college.
BY doing away wiHl breeding
places such as tin cans, broken crock
cry, and various receptacles that hold
water, by the drainage of bodies of
water likely to contain immature
mosquitoes, by application of oil to
bodies of water that cannot be
drained, or the Introduction of fish in
pools that cannot either be drained
or oiled. millions of mosquitoes may
be destroyed, according to Professor
Dean.
Water is necess sary for the life Of
the mosquito. The eggs which are
laid on the surface of the water by
the adult mosquito. hatch in from "a
hours to several days, depending on
the temperature. The larvae issue
from the lower end of the egg and
wriggle about in the water.
The larvae of the house mosquito
rest with the tip of the abdomen at
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1917-08-10
Sweater" BAGS for Many Uses.

It is lined with light blue sateen-
blue being its dominant color note. A
casing is machine sewed in along the
top leaving a narrow standing ruff1e,
and small brass rod Is run in the
casing on both sides of the bag. Mar
row old gold braid Is sewed along
the rod at the foot of the ruffle, han
dies are made by covering small rope
with old gold satin and sewing the old
gold braid over them. The bag Is
caught up at each side Of the bottom
with small gold tassels.
But the prettiest touch Of all lies in
the satin-covered little apples in rose,
old gold and sapphire blue posed at
each side of the top on leaves made Of
old gold braid. Gold cord and a bit Of
frayed-out gold braid for the eye, fur
ther enrich these decorative touches.
The bag is 1914 inches wide when
finished and about II inches deep. 1t
is beautiful when developed in black
satin and may be made a little
smaller.
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Should BetrOthalS
Be Advertised?
By LAURA JEAN LIBREY.

to step forward and make trouble for
him, battling at one fell swoop his eX
cellent resolve to turn over q new
leaf, to settle down and marry. So
there you are. When 1t comes to it,
man who has the desire to marry
after finding the right girl will not need
the law to force him to carry out his
love vows. AS for the tickle fellow,
whose admiration flickers out, isn't it
best for the girl to be rid of him with
out the world knowing all about 1t? 1t
would be the height of fOOliShneSs for
the maiden to resort to the law and
bind herself for all time to such hui
man bubble. 1t seems that such law
would be productive of as much harm
as good. Delinquent lovers should not
be spurred on. Lost interest in q mans
heart is seldom or never regained.
Where there's no interest, how can
there be love? Betrothals are sacred
and should concern only the two whose
happiness is at stake. 1t is said that
youth is ever confiding. We can al
most forgive it's disinclination to fol-
low the counsel of age. 1t rejects sus-
picion. Young men entering betrothals
generally mean what they say.
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Facts and Figures.

Brazil has $277, ,S06,650 worth
of paper money in circulation.
Netherlands in 1916 imported
$4,000 sacks of flour of 80
pounds each.
Amsterdam last year sent SS,-
634,974 worth of tobacco to the
United States.
Amsterdam yards have ship
construction contracts aggregat-
ing $1O,OO0,0O0.
Bank of the Netherlands
holds S235,974,0OO in gold, five
times the amount held before
the war.
United States corporations in
the last fiscal year paid $17O,-
037.040 in income taxes. Indi-
viduals paid $160. .52S,5SS.
Ireland in 1916 sent out 1856
emigrants, Of whom 1,7S6 were
males.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1917-08-10
MINOR LEAGUE PILOT HAS
NO EASY JOB, SAYS D0NLIN
Must Be Able to Play Every Role From
That of President to Third AS
sistant Groundkeeper.

A managerial berth in the minor
leagues is no sinecure. Take Mike
Donlin's word for it.
Mike contends that in order to be
first-class minor league pilot one must
have the patience Of Job, the hypnotic
powers of Herb Flint, and the mental
and physical ability to play every role
from president of the club to third as
sistant groundkeeper.
AS Donlin has tried his hand at man.
aging q minor league club, he ought to
know something about it. He was ap-
pointed manager of the Memphis club
of the Southern association last winter,
and he announced at the time that he
had high hopes of making good. But
last winter Mike didn't know anything
about the managerial game in the
bushes.
He served as manager of Memphis
until about May Is, when he was hand
ed his release. He says that his trou-
bles began when the club lost some
thing like fifteen games by one run.
Then the umpires commenced to make
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nuity and changing an old dress into a
new one.
Forerunners of fall styles are al.
ready here and simplicity Is the order
of the day in them. Skirts are narrow
er; most of them hang straight and are
laid in side or narrow box plaits.
Groups of tucks On gathered skirts, as
a border above the hem and pockets at
the sides continue favorites in misses
woolen dresses. Plain, quiet colors
and rather large checks in two colors,
are shown in suits and in frocks. Belts
of the material are wide and loose and
the latest novelty, shown on a blue
gaberdine frock, Is studded with jet
calochous joined with long Jet beads
or bugIes. Chain stitching reappears
in the effects of machine stitching and
embroidery, sometimes in self-color
and. especially on frocks in contrasting
colors. Collars, cuffs and belts of
black satin on dark woolen frocks or
in plaid woolens, as shown in the pic
ture, help out in remaking dresses.
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Red Cross Doc Heroes,

The Belgian dogs, on account Of
their ability to detect and capture
criminals, aud the great st. Bernards,
which were famous for their rescues
of travellers lost in the Alpine SHOWS.
were considered the greatest heroes Of
the canine world until the present war
introduced the Red Cross dogs, whose
deeds of valor in front-line trenches
have saved the lives Of thousands Of
sorelN wounded.-Fsom the National
Geographic Magazine.
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the surface of the water and the head
hanging downward The larvae Of the
malaria fever mosquito lie parallel
with the surface of the water to OBJ
tain air. In from one week to ten
days they change to another form
the pupae-which have two respira
tory tubes on the thorax. These pu-
pae float in the water and transform
to the adult in from five to six days.
The adult winters in the dormant con-
dition.
The germ causing malaria fever has
been carefully and repeatedly traced
through its life history and it has with
certainty been found to pass a part
pf it's existence in man and part in
the body of the mosquito. By the
bite of the mosquito, the malarfal fe-
yer organism is transmitted to man.
No practical methods have been de-
vised to destroy adult mosquitoes
all successful methods so far have
been to check their number by either
doing away with hiding places or by
destroying the young mosquitoes.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1917-08-10
He Knew That.

He was a hard-working school teach
er and had just told the class that wool
comes off the sheep and is made into
blankets. clothing. etc. He proceeded
to question little Willie, who had been
rather inattentive during the lesson.
"Now, Willie" said the teacher
"where does wool come from?"
"Of the sleeps back, sir.
."And then?" inquired the teacher.
Willie could not answer.
"What are these made FROM? asked
the teacher, touching Willie's trousers
with the cane.
Uncle Johns old ones
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group of stockholders, and he has to
please them individually and collective
ly. He must turn out winner or
stand for a continual panning from:
stockholders and fans. He must go
out and scout for his own players, for,
the minors do not hire ivory hunters to
assist the manager. He must do at
least 60 per cent of the thinking for.
his ball club on the field, and II the
club loses a hard game through bone
head work the manager gets the blame.
whether he is at fault or not.
Just as soon as a minor league man
ager gets q good club together along
comes some big league club and he
sees his winning combination broken
up through sales or the draft. He
must go outzand dig up players to I'LL
the shoes of those who are taken away,
and If he fails to find talent as good as
he has lost they say he is slipping.
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The Secretary Bird.

The secretary bird gets its name
from tn" tufts of feathers which grow
on either side of its head and look
exactly like a bunch of pens stuck be-
hind q clerks ear. This bird has long
legs and large wings, with which 1t
can ascend to great height. 1t builds
Il strong nest in tree, and lives in 1t
year after year, subsisting on small
animals aud tiny snakes,
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him. and not much of what 1t all
meant, but doing his durnedest to
make good, and getting straighter and
more soldierly every day.
81 thinks to myself that that lop-
cared boy was doing that for me, a
broken-down old skate, who couldn't
do it for himself doing it that l might
dodder along to the end in safety and
comfort. And l says to myself that
all | can do for him is to enlist my
old wallet, so that when he charges
into the jaws of hell, my few dollars
may be there to help mend him. And
so 1 didn't give till it hurt, but gave
because it felt good to give, and be-
cause it hurt not to."-Kansas City
Star.
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Dectant | o V e r S
may soon face
that of having
t h II betrothal
+ e gis her ed. A
statesman, anN-
ious to win fame,
has actually set
forth the idea
which he hopes to
establish as a
law. It would
checkmate t h e
backsliding bear,
who has begun to
weary of his
sweetheart; nip
off those bug-a-
boo breach of
prom i S e cases,
rSn~, tbo c1r-ain
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life miserable for Mike, who is hard
loser, and finally he was blamed for
everything that went wrong.
But Mikes case Is only one incl
dent. Dozens of minor league man.
ayers have experienced the same trou'
bles that befell Donlin, and dozens of
future managers in the minors will
experience them.
The minor league manager has a
hundred and one burdens on his shoul.
ders. He generally has to deal with, q
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IA "a "a "a IA pa "a n ~ Z
. EPIGRHYMES:

r., mDEALS never get you .
- nothin'," so my neighbors
say: ideals won't grow
20 you a crop ner stack your .
ID summers hay" They laugh :
"a at me because 1 got
. sneakin' sort O. plan to
g make the farm-work fun
xz fer even Bill, my hired
- man; they say I'm foolish I
cause I got a garden fer I
"a the wife,. and cause l
"a think that flowers mean as :
"a much as cash, in life. But
~ I gets lots O. consolation
"a readin' Titcomb's words;
"a his thoughts ARE sometimes
Ia sorta like THE soarin' O. /
pa the birds that pluck this
"a WORLDS spring freshness I
ss from the farms of me an /
~. you an seem to fly up ,
s Thar where them ideal things ,
come true. We all are slaves :
pa to MASTERS-to ambitions,
"a low or high; George Washing
IA ton-he had 'em; an I like
"a to feel that I can take them
- same ideals with my musket, I
r. into War-perhaps, some day, !
all men will see that Place
where them birds soar! q.
Robert Russell. i.
"a Ideals are worlds masters"
"a
II - Va "a p p p p p IA "a p
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His Small Share.

"In spite of numerous admonitions
10 do so, | did not give to the Red
Cross till It hurt" confessed the Old
Codger. Il saw our boys drilling with
wooden guns, and l picked out one
gangling, lop-eared country lad, and
watched him day by day. He'd hep,
hep, hep, this way and that, not wholly
understanding what WIS wanted OF
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1917-08-10

Ask me no more-thy. fate and mine are
sealed.
1 strove against the stream, and all In
vain.
Let the great river take me to the main!
No more dear love, for at a touch L
yield;
Ask me no more.
We have all heard of censoring
beaux, but here's another trial that eX-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1917-08-10
All Wrapped Up in a Girdle.

The girdIe has evolved itself into
quite aggressively decorative adjunct.
It's latest development is to begin by
being passed round the neck and then
descend 10 the front Of the waist,
where 1t is caught into buckle. Then
the ends, still being too long, are
looped artistically at one side until
they Just reach the hem Of the skirt,
where they are weighted by lunches
of pompoms made of closely clipped
wool.
All you have TO do to bring q last
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1917-08-10

years frock up to date is to get a
girdle a good many yards too long and
proceed to loop it about your person
in any way that pleases you. The SIM
plest black dancing frock might be
given new air Of chic by few yards
Of gold or silver galoon ribbon en-
tWined in this manner.
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Family Discipline,

Did you get on well with your titled
son-in-law2"
"First rate" replied Mr.. Cumrox. 81
read him the daily news regularly. I've
got him now where he's apologizing for
not having been born under a repub-
lican form of government"
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same time patting the clergyman on
the shoulder with a very dirty hand,
neither could 1 understand it-when
1 was your size"
Needless to say, there was no re-
ioinder, and the clergyman passed on.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1917-08-10

Sydney-I'd like you to go to church
with me some tipS this month.
Maxine-Certainly. I'd be delight
ed.
Sydney-Good But can you have
your trousseau made in time?
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When Might Made Right.

A clergyman while passing through
one of the by-streets Of Edinburgh
came upon a rough-looking and gigan-
tic coal man, who was "persuading'
his horse to move along more expedi-
tiously. The horse had taken stub
born fit, and the coal man was very
excited, and COUGHING his sentiments
in language which was simply appall-
ing, says London Tit-Bits.
The clergyman was a little man, but
rash. for he rebuked the coal man In
manner that left absolutely nothing to
be desired.
II cannot understand" he said, In
winding up his expostulation, what
you mean by using such narrowing ex-
pressions.'
This rebuke was lost upon the coal
man.
MY wee man." he replied, at the
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1917-08-10

The summer wraps which are con-
sidered very smart are divided into
two parts, one checked, one plain.
Even If the top part Of the cape is
not checked, 1t is covered with q de-
sign of some sort.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1917-08-10

A woman is the inventor of a suit.
case made in three parts and with
legs that unfold to support it when it
is opened so 1t can be used al dress
ing table.
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EooIfnd Ones Wife.

No man ever succeeded in fooling
his wife as to his capabilities very
long. Better take her into partnership
In everything.
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A Time-Saver.

"You seem to agree with every
thing q man says to you"
"Yes. I learned that trick long
while ago. 1t saves lot Of time"
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"The Gadder girls have decided to
take up settlement work"
That's good It's encouraging to
see society buds with a serious turn
of thought
"Um, yes. But they seem to think
it's going to be lark"
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Quick, Diogenes, This Way.

QUICK, Dlo9enes, MS way.
Cynic-Funny guy, this man Blink
ers.
ALLOWS that?
Cynic-Didn't meet the prettiest girl
in the world during vacation.
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Several Degrees Worse.

Hank-A gutter is one who quits,
but a Stacker is one who doesn't begin.
Buffalo Times,