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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20
BABIES MURDERED IN CHINA
One Mother LaughingIy Admitted She
Had "Disposed Of" Seven of Hes
Nine Daughters.

A Chinese mother told me the other
day that she had disposed of seven of
her own daughters. She told it with
a laugh! She had borne nine; had
given away two and had drowned the
other seven in the slop bucket
When l tried to find some appeal to
conScience-to a sense of wrOng-lt
simply was not there. And the pas
tors wife, who was with me at the
time, when l asked her what these peo-
pie do regard sin, said, "Why, moth
ing! They do not think anything is
wrong! If they carry the idols round
twice year they may do as they like" )"
went home with this murderess and
found her sweet, young daughter-in-
law, who has studied little in our
schools, very sad and heartbrOken be-
cause her two little daughters had been
killed at birth or thrown away by their
father. OF course, the mOther-in-law
had also insisted upon this. Her one
son had been killed when five days old
by the malpractice of the midwife, who
had taken him in hand when some
baby ailment developed, and burned his
head. hands and breast with live Goals
SO the poor little mother was left
childlesS.
MY little baby girls cling to my
heart night and day" she cried. ii
don't know what became of them. !
loved them just as l loved the boy, all
the time they were with me before they
were born. 1 wanted them sol But
he was unwilling, so they had to die"
and she buried her face in her hands,
Evelyn w. Sites, in World Outlook.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20

Just where and how far the design
ers of women's clothes are going in
their strivings for something new, no
one knows, but they are on their way.
To prove it, here is q new coat-dress
which we can easily forgive for keep
ing US guessing as to whether it is a
dress or not, because it is so pretty
and so full of style. There is provo
cation for q quarrel as to whether 1t is
rightly called q dress or not, but its
designers have so named it and we
will take their word for it.
1t is made Of one of the new weaves
in silk in a heavy crepe effect and
hangs straight from shoulder to hem.
There is no definition of the waist
line, but lest Its lines depart from
their straight and narrow way, belt
Of the material holds them so that
they cannot flow outward. The belt
crosses at the front and fastens to the
body of the dress at each side. All
the way down the front pearl buttons
attend strictly to the business of max
ing the straightness Of the frock
emphatic.
Everything has real pockets this
spring, and this dress is provided with
one at each side in the style of a coat.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20
and then clenched her hands over them

and then clenched her hands over them.
! He had got up and was ranging
comfortably up and down the room.
Il know 1 look more or less like
nut to the people Nho've always known
US. But l give you my word, Freddy,
that most of them look like nuts to me.
| Why a man should load himself up
with three houses and q yacht, a
stable of motorcars, and heavens knows
| what besides, is a thing / can't figure
out on any basis except of defective
| intelligence. 1 suppose they're equally
| puzzled about me when [ refuse
profitable piece of law work they've
it interesting. All the same, I get
what 1 want, and I'm pretty dubious
sometimes whether they do. I want
space-comfortable elbow room, so
that if 1 happen to get an idea by the
tail, I can. swing it round my head
without knocking over the lamp"
ITS luxury, though, Rod, that
kind of spaciousness, and you aren't
very rich. If you married girl with
out anything
He broke in on her with that big
laugh Of his. you've kept your sense
of humor pretty well, sis, considering
you've been married all these years
to a man as rich as Martin; but don't
spring remarks like that, or I'll think
you've lost it. If a man can't keep
an open space around him, even after
he's married on an income, outside of
what he earns, of ten or twelve thou
sand dollars a year the trouble isn't
with his income. It's with the content
of his own skull"
She gave a little shiver and
snuggled closer into big down pillow.
"You will marry somebody, though.
won't you, Roddy? 1 try not to nag
at you and 1 won't make any more
silly plans, but 1 can't help worrying
| about you, living alone in that awful
big old house. Anybody but you would
die of dependency"
"Oh," he said, "that's what 1 meant
to talk to you about! sold it today
fifty thousand dollars-immediate
possession. Man wants to build
printing establishment there. You
come down sometime next week and
pick out all the things you think you
and Harriet would like, and I'll auction
off the rest"
She shivered again and, to her
disgust, found that her eyes were
blurring up with tears. She was a
little bit slack and edgy today anyhow.
What he had just referred to in
| dozen brisk words, was the final dis
appearance of the home they had all
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20
The "bee in his bonnet"
worked rapidly. on Rodney and
his acquaintance with Rose de-
veloped with much speed-as de-
scribed in the next instaIlment.
| Attachment Devised for Trucks Makes
the Work of the Wheeler so
| Per Cent Easier.

In order to make it possible for
workman to manage a heavily loaded
two-wheeled hand truck with less ply
sical eXertion than is ordinarily re-
quired an attachment has been devised
which holds the cargo in place, allow
ing the mass to be tilted forward until
its center of gravity is over the wheel
axle.
When wheeling on level flooring a
man is thus relieved of the weight of
the article he is moving; his concern Is
merely to maintain its balance while
prOpelling the truck.
The device consists of an anchor and
chain attachment, housed in a tube,
which is attached beneath a truck. By
tipping the latter forward against the
object it is to carry, the chain is drawn
out to the required length, locked by
dropping one of the links into a narrow
slot in the neck of the tube and the
hook engaged at any convenient point.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20

with that conductor I've been telling
myself that if l ever saw you again,
I'd try to act like q lady. But it's
no use, is it?"
He said that he, too, had hoped to
make a better impression the second
time than the first. That was what
he brought the books back for.
I'm awfully sorry mothers not at
home-mother and my sister Portia.
They'd both like to thank you for
looking after me last night. Because
really you did, you know"
"There never was anything less al
truiStic in the world" he assured her.
II dropped off of that car solely in
pursuit of q selfish aim. I'd enjoy
meeting your mother and sister very
much, but what 1 came for was to get
acquainted with you"
She flushed and smiled. ''Why, I'm
nobody much to get acquainted with"
she said. Mothers the interesting
one-mother and Portia. Mothers
quite a person. She's Naomi Rut-
ledge Stanton, you know
81 know I ought to know" Rodney
said, and her quick appreciative
smile over his candor rewarded him
for not having pretended.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20

They are square and are buttoned
down with a single button to the dress.
A cape collar among many cape col
lars, becomes Immediately interesting
when its designer thinks of making
slashes In 1t. This one Is of soft
pique and black velvet ribbon Is run
through the slashes, forming ties that
hold the collar up about the neck.
This idea is so good that it bears rep
etition in the turn-back cuffs also laced
through siashes with ribbon.
1t takes just these touches to make
us concedc that this new model is en-
titled to be called a dress. Taking 1t
all in all 1t will prove very useful for
wear instead Of a suit.
Fashion Is eliminating distances and
the Chinese seem not remote since we
have been borrowing hat styles from
them. The war in Europe has brought
the art OF China and Japan, in rugs
and furniture in chinaware and in ap-
parel more forcibly to our notice than
it has ever been before.
Two lovely models, inspired by the
coOlie hat, and q turban, shown in the
group above are repiicas of originals
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20
Hay in Church.

A curious custom has been OBJ
served from time immemorial at Old
Weston, Huntingdonshire, in England.
The church there is dedicated to st.
Swithin, and on the Sunday most near
ly approaching st. Swithin's day the
edifice Is strewn with new-mown hay.
The tradition Is that an old lady
bequeathed field for charitable pur-
poses, on condition that the tenant
provide the hay, to lessen the annoy
ance caused by the squeaking of the
new shoes worn by the villagers on
Feast Sunday. There are other ex-
planations-one that it is an Offering
of the first fruits of the hay harvest,
and another that 1t is a survival OF
the customs of strewing the church
(when the floor was only beaten
earth) with rushes.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20

in shapes. They prove how much we
owe to artists who transform the
simplest and humblest headwear by
interpretations Of their own into hats
Of irresistible charm.
At the right the summery and flow
cry hat is made Of fine black hair
braid, set over a cap made also Of a
narrow black braid. The top crown
is covered with tiny forget-me-nots in
several colors and the brim edge Is
softened by little black silk balls, set
close together about it. Narrow black
velvet ribbon in two long ends have
no particular reason for joining forces
with the hat, except that the designer
chose to put them where they are.
At the left a fascinating coolie shape
is made of silk in deep orange color
and black, set on a turban Of black
satin. Silk cords and twin tassels, orig
inal and splendid products of China,
find themselves very much at home as
a decoration for this model. About
the edge small orange-colored sticks,
make a finish that is unique.
The little turban Is Of black liseIe
and against its shiny surface Chinese
characters in apple green are applied
by means Of black stitches. Each
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20

grown up in. Their father, one of
Chicago's great men during the twenty
odd years from the Fire to the Fair
had built it when the neighbOrhood
included nearly all the other big men
of that robust period and had always
been proud of it. OF course for years
the neighbOrhood had been impossible.
Her mother had clung to it after her
husbands death, but Rodney had SIM
ply stayed on, since her death, waiting
for an offer for it that suited him. His
curt announcement that the long
looked-f0r change had come, brought
I'D quick, unwelcomed tears. She
squeezed them away with her palms.
rs that" she asked, 'why you've
been looking so sort Of-gay, all the
evening-as if you were licking the
last of the canary's feathers off your
WhiSkerS?"
perhaps so" he said. ITS been
a pretty good day, take it all round"
She got up from the couch, shook
herself down into her clothes little,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20
CHAPTER III.
The Second Encounter.

Portia Stanton was late for lunch !;
so, after stripping off her jacket and
gloves, rolling up her veil, and scowl-
ing at herself in an oblong mahogany
framed mirror in the hall, she walked
into the dining-room with her hat on.
Seeing her mother sitting at the lunch
table, she asked, "Where's Rose?"
She'll be down. presently, thlnk:%
her mother said. Does your hat
mean you're going back to the shop
this afternoon?"
Portia nodded, pulled back her chair
abruptly, and sat down.
Il thought that on Saturday -
her mother began.
"Oh, l know" said Portia, ''but that
girl I've got isn't much good
You'd have known them for mother
and daughter anywhere, and you'd
have had trouble finding any point of
resemblance in either of them to the
AmaZonian young thing who had SO
nearly thrown Il street-car conductor
into the street the night before
The mothers hair was very soft and
white, and the care with which it ssas
arranged indicated q certain harmless
vanity in it. There was something q
little conscious, too. about her dress.
If you took it in connection with a
certain resOlute amiability about her
smile, you would be entirely prepared
to hear her tell POrtia that she was to
talk or Modern Tendencies" before
the Pierian club this afternoon.
A very real person, nevertheless
you couldn't doubt that The marks of
passionately held beliefs and eagerly
given sacrifices We're etched with I'M
deniable authenticity in her face.
Once you got beyond a catalogue of
features, Portia presented rather a
striking contrast to this. Her hair
was done with a severity that was
fairly hostile. Her clothes were
brusquely worn. Her smile, if not ill
natured-it wasn't that-was distinct
Iy ironic. A very competent, good
looking young woman. just now droop-
ing a little over the cold lunch.
$50 Rose didn't come down this
morning at all. Nothing particular the
matter with her, is there?' asked Por-
tia.
There was enough real concern in
her voice to save the question from
sounding satirical, but her mothers
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20

frcnt-door bell rang she left that to
/ Inga, too - didn't even sit up and
swing her legs off the couch and
try, with q prodigious stretch, to get
herself awake, until she heard the
girl say casually:
"Her ban right in the sitting-room ~
So it fell out that Rodney Aldrich
had, for his second vivid picture Of
her-the first had been, you win re-
member, when she had seized the con-
ductor by both wrists, and had said
in a blaze of beautiful wrath: Don't
dare touch me like thatl"-a splendid
lazy, tousled creature, in q chaotic
glory of chestnut hair, an unlaced
middy-blouse, plaid skirt twisted
around her knees, and a pair of ridic-
ulous red bedroom slippers, with red
pompons on the toes. The creature
of big cat that had just been reused
| from a nap on the hearthrug.
If his first picture of her had been
brief, his second one was practically
snapshot, because at sight of him,
| she flashed to her feet.
So for a moment, they confronted
each other about equally aghast,
| flushed up to the hair, and simultane-
ously and incoherently begged each
others pardon-neither could have
said for what, the goddess out of the
machine being Inga, the maid-of-all-
work. But suddenly, at twinkle she
caught in his eye, her own big eyes
narrowed and her big mouth widened
into a smile, which broke presently
into her deep-throated laugh, where
upon he laughed too and they shook
hands and she asked him to sit down.
"It's too ridiculous" she said. "Since
last night, when I got to thinking
how l must have looked, wrestling
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20

/ and came over to him. Cali right
since it's been a good day, let's go tc
bed" She put her hands upon his
shoulders. you're rather dreadful
she said, "but you're a dear. You
don't bite my head off when urge you
to get married, though 1 know you
want to. But you will some day
don't mean bite my head off-won't
you, Rod?"
'When I see any prospect of being
as lucky as Martin-fnd a girl who
won't mind when l turn up for dinner
looking like a drowned tramp, or kick
her plans to bits, after she's tipped me
off as to what she wants me to do -
Frederick took her hands off. step
ped back. and looked at him. There
was an ironical sort Of smile on her
lips. you're such an innocent, Roddy
dear. Don't think the girl you marry
will ever treat you like that"
But look here!" he exclaimed.
How in thunder am 1 going to know
about the girl get engaged to, before
it's too late?'
you won't" she said. "You haven't
a chance in the world"
HIM" he grunted, obviously struck
with this idea. you're giving the
prospect of marriage new attractions.
You're making the thing out-an ad-
venture"
She nodded rather soberly. "Oh,
I'm not afraid for yOu," she said.
"Men like adventures-you more than
most. But women don't. They like to
dream about them, but they want to
turn over to the last chapter and see
how it's going to end. It's the girl
I'm worried about. T.. Oh, come
along! We're talking nonsense. I'll
go up with you and see that they're
giving you pajamas and toothbrush v
She had accomplished this purpose
kissed him goodnight, and turned to
leave the room, when her eye fell upon
Il heap of damp, warped, pasteboard-
bound notebooks, which she remem-
bered having observed in his side pock-
cts when he first came in. She went
over and picked them up, peered at the
paper label that had half peeled off the
topmost cover, and read what was
written on it.
"Who," she asked with considerable
emphasis, lis Rosalind Stanton?"
"Oh," said Rodney, very casually, be-
hind the worst imitation of yawn
she had ever seen, ooh, she got put off
the car when did"
'sThat sounds rather exciting" said
Frederick behind an imitation yawn
of her Own-but a better one. Going
to tell me about it?"
Nothing much to tell" said Rodney.
"There was q TOW about a fare, as
I said. And then, we both got put off
So, naturally, 1 walked with her over
to the elevated. And then forgot to
give her her notebooks and came away
with them"
"What sort of looking girl?' asked
Frederick. ''Is she pretty?"
"Why, 1 don't know" said Rodney
judicially. Really, you know. hard
ly got fair look at her."
Frederick made q funny-sounding
laugh and wished him an abrupt good
night"
She was a great old girl, Frederick
pretty wise about lots of things, but
Rodney was inclined to think she was
mistaken in saying women didn't like
adventures.
you're a liar, you know" remarked
his conscience, telling Frederick you
hadn't good look. at her. And how
about those notebooks-about forget
ting to give them to herr
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20
Character Eorrninu.

The education of the will is really
of far greater Importance as shaping
the destiny of the individual than that
of the intellect. Theory and doctrine,
and incuIcation Of laws and PROPOSE
tions, will never of themselves lead to
the uniform habit Of right action. It
is by doing that we learn to do, by
overcoming that we learn to over
come; by obeying reason and con-
science, that we learn to obey; and
every right act which we cause to
spring out of pure principles, whether
by authority, precept, or example,
will have a greater weight in the for
nation Of character than all the the
ory in the world.-Dr. J. D. Morell.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20

elaborately embroidered across the
tops in designs suggestive of the ma
chine embroidery used upon the new
gowns. A novelty in a square mesh
veil has an embroidered point at the
top suggestive of a Russian turban,
the work being done heavily in black
and dull silver. This is most effective
ly worn with plain hat.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20
Promotina Thrift in Colombia.

The Colombian congress has adopt
ed q measure providing for the ap-
pointment by the minister of public
instruction of q commission to investi-
gate methods for promoting saving
throughout the country. This commits
sion will work out a general plan of
organization of public and school saw
ings banks, retirement funds, and So
cieties for mutual aid and cooperative
buying.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20
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New NeckWear.

On ltra-fashionable gowns, collars
do not stand up or turn over; they
simply do not exist. While every
woman may not accept this verdict, 1t
is we'll that she should know about it.
If she wears collars she must re-
member that the neck line is always
fiat. The square cape collar is out of
fashion. Whenever a collar is boned
at the back today it must be pulled
down snugly to the front, so that the
material never leaves the neck.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20

character must represent sentence
for each is followed by period. We
are left to wonder whether these char
acters might be translated into a
maidens prayer or not, and might go
on speculating if 1t were not for an
other pair of splendid Chinese tas-
sells. These are in green silk, with ex-
quisitely made colored heads, and they
lure the mind away from all else.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20
COMPROMISE With Stupidity.

The public mind is nearly always
slow working. The deliberations Of
body of men must usually wait upon
the intelligence of its least intelligent
member, and the final result Of such
deliberation will ordinarily be closer
to the mentality of the stupidest men,
ber of the conference than that of
the most intelligent. Intelligence must
compromise with stupidity. The broad
minded must compromise with the big
oted. Stupidity and bigotry are near
ly always reflected in public opinion
William Maxwell in Golfers Weekly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20
New CoIored Wells.

Each day brings forth something
new in face wells and the latest are
those of very high colors, such as
bright yellows, greens and even reds,
and are effectively worn with plain
straw sailor hats. Striped wells in
color combinations are also very much
In vogue ut present. A hat of lemon
yellow straw, sailor In shape, is un-
trimmed save for a veil of tan and
cream stripes. Other interesting wells
show tiny designs or geOmetrical fig
lreS in velvet and still others are
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20
Generous Distrihutor

"Bliggins is longwinded,, but he isn't
mercenary."
81 wish he were mercenary. He'd
save his friends a lot Of time If he'd
nsist on being paid for lecturing."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20

In n Detroit inventors waiterless
cafe meals will be served by individual
dumb walters directly from basement
kitchen to each table.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-04-20

The water of the Antarctic ocean Is
colder than that of the Arctic.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-01
Best Quality
Lowest Price

| The coming year we will
continue our past policy and aim
of giving the best values in
household furnishings at the
lowest possible prices, this in a
large measure being RESPONSE
Bile for our success and steady
growth.