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DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
MOTHERS
TO BE
Should Read Mrs. Monyhan'
Letter Published by
Her Permission.
Mitchell, Ind." Lydia E.Pinkr.am'fl
Vegctoblo Compound helped mo bo much
during mo timo I
was Iookingforward
to tho coming of my
little ono that I am
recommending It to
othcroxpactant
mothers. Bcforo
taking it, somadayi
I Buffered with neu.
ralgta eo badly that
I thought I could
not livo, but After
taking three bottles
of LvdiaE. Pink-
'hom s V ego table
Com pound l was en
tirely roliovod of
neuralgia, i naa
trained in strength
and was able to go
around and do all
my housework. My baby when soven
months old weighed 19 pounds and I feel
better than I have for a long timo. I
novcr had any medicino do mo so
much good. "Mrs. PCAnL MoNYHAN,
Mitchell, Ind.
Good With during maternity Is a
most important factor to both mother
and child, ond many letters have been
received by tho Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicino Co., Lynn, Mass., telling of
health reatoredduringthis trying period
by tho use of Lydia E. Plnkhanvo Vege
table Compound.
Some people forget that a failure Ik
a twin who has nt least trJcl.
To keep clean and healthy tako Doctor
Pierce's lIeasant Pellets. They regulnto
liver, bowels and stomach. Adv.
"SO dark nnd yt-t so light," suld tliu
funny man ns he looked nt n ton of
conl tho driver had Just delivered.
Cutlcura Soothes Baby Ratiiea.
That Itch nnd bum with hot baths
of Cutlcura Soap followed by gentle
anointings of Cutlcura Ointment
Nothing better, purer, sweeter, espe
cially If a llttlo of tho fragrant Cutl
cura Talcum Is dusted on at tho fin
ish. 25c each everywhere. Adv.
The Difference,
"Dn you trcnt your cook like one of
the family?"
"Dear mo, no I She wouldn't stay
with us a day If we didn't treat her
like company."
The Similitude.
"A star who wants a good position
Is In much the condition of a looking
glass." "Whut Is that?"
"Jlcr claims -do not get much look
ing into unless she has plenty of buck
ing." His Reason.
Aseum Thero goes' poor old Peck.
I understand ho took up dentistry aft
er he was married. Strange thing to
do, wnsn't It?
Tcllum Not nt nil. Ho told mo ho
wanted to bo In n position to do all
the talking himself at least part of
tho day.
h- Real Grievance.
Harriot, whoso father owns a gro
cery store and whoso mother often as
sists him on busy days, wns crying
.quite hard when her father nnd moth
W cama In from tho store tho other
evening.
"Vhnt arc you crying about?" asked
her mother as sho picked up her knit
ting, and seated herself by tho child.
Tho sobs did not cense, nnd it was only
under thrcnt of punishment that Har
riet ropllnd:
"Well, you Just help daddy In tho
store all day, nnd then knit all night,
and you don't never pet mo any more
at nil."
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THANKS TO DUANE, DAPHNE GETS THE CHANCE TO BE
COME AN ACTRESSIF SHE CAN MAKE GOOD.
Synopsis. Ciny Wlmbuni, n young Now Yorker otv u visit to Cleve
land, inputs pretty Daphne Kip, whoso brother Is In the same office with
C1ny In Wall street. After n whlilwlnd courtship they become engaged.
Clay buys an engagement ring on credit and returns to Now York.
Daphne ngrecs to an early marriage, and nftor extracting from her
money-worried father what she regards as a sufllclcnt sum of money
for the purpose she goes to New York with her mother to buy her trous
seau. Daphne's brother, Bayard, has just married and left for Europe
with his bride, Leila. Daphno and her mother install themselves In
Hoynrd's flat. WIniburn Introduces Daphne and her mother to luxurious
New York life. Daphne meets Tom Dunne, mntwibout-town, who seems
greatly attracted to her. Daphne accidentally discovers that Clay is
penniless, except for his salary. Ilaynard and his wife return to Now
York unexpectedly. Tho three women net out on n shopping excursion
and the two younger women buy expensive gowns, having them charged
to Bayard. Baynrd Is furious over the expense, seeing hard times
ahead. Daphne, indignant, declares she will enrn her own living and
breaks her engagement with Ciny.
CHAPTER IX.
Daphno bent her head so quickly
Hint his pressed lips touched her hair.
She flung backward and thrust him
away and broke from his hold.
"Aghl" sho groaned. "T suppose T
deserve the Insult for trusting you."
"I didn't intend It for nn Insult."
He followed her with pleading arms.
She backed awny nnd found herself
In a corner, flushed, furlons, at bay.
"How darn you?" she stormed, nnd
thought with nnjisen how often tho
phrase had been u.icd nnd with what
hypocrisy.
It seemed to fall familiarly on his
ear, for he laughed comfortably. "How
can I help It?"
"If you touch me I'll I'll hit you."
He paused, stared deep Into her
eyes, "Do you mean It?"
"Of course I mean It."
"I'm sorry," ho sighed. "But won't
you let mo explain?"
"You don't have to. It's all my
fault for Inviting you here."
"Oh, no, I beg you not to think that
I'm such n cad."
"Please go 1"
"All right!" ho murmured, nnd left
the room.
She heard his stick rattle ns he took
It from tho umbrella Jar. She thought:
"There goes my opportunity my en
reorl Well, lot It go 1 It wasn't worth
tho price I" I
Dunne nppeared at the door again
to say: "Oh, by the wny, that Intro
duction to Mr. lichen. Do you still
want It?"
"No, thank you, not from you. Good
by." He bowed farewell, then etinnged
his mind, entered the room nnd sat
down, nnd motioned her to a scat as
If It were his house.
"Miss Kip, may I say ono word to
you? I don't pretend to understand
you women people. I'm not sure now
Just how slncero you nro, Just how
much of n ninny you may think mo for
being rebuffed so easily. Experience
Is no guide. But well anyway
what I wanted to say Is this thero Is
hardly any man that would even
bother a womnn unwilling to bo both
ered If ho could only bo certain that
ho wob really bothering her. Do I
make myself clear?"
"Not In tho least."
"Well, then, I glvo up. But I must
leavo you u hit of advice. You say
you want to earn money. If you do,
VW
And May I Arrnnue for You to Meet
Rben?"
on tho stngo or m any other business,
you will moot a lot of men who will
feel It their duty to try to kiss you
at tho first opportunity. It's not only
bocnuso you are so pretty, for I renlly
bellovo the homeliest git Is get tho
most kisses. Perhaps It's becauso
they're not so particular but, any
way, it's not because men arc villain's
hat they try to kiss women, but be
cause they're obliging. There Is nn
old stipiM'Mltlou I don't know how
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false It Is, or how true; no man can
know but thero Is a tradition that
every womnn expcct3 every mnn sho
meets to offer her nn Insult that's
the technical term as soon ns they
aro alone.
"That feeling is what women nro
going to run into every time they try
to force their way into business. It
will dlo out, I suppose, to a certain ex
tent, as you crowd Into our field. It
will bo ono of tho Inst privileges
you'll lose. You're already permitted
to stand up in street enrs and go out
nfter dark alone. By nnd by you will
havo to make your advances to the
men yourselves In tho frankest mun
nor, Instead of subtly ns now."
Daphne broko In coldly, "That will
bo n very welcome day to most of us."
Somehow It did not sound convinc
ing to her. Thero wns grave convic
tion, however, in his response:
"It will bo a mighty welcome day
to us poor men, Miss Kip. For most
men haven't the faintest desire to
spoon with women. It's hard enough
for somo of them to keep their own
sweethearts and wives sufficiently In
ressed. Then there's another thing
If I'm not boring you I haven't made
as long a speech since I was a school
boy ond recited 'Spartucus to the
Oladlators.' "
('Go on, please," said Daphne. "A
woman doesn't often get tho chnnco
of hearing a man tell the truth about
these things."
Her sarcasm chilled him n little, but
ho went on:
"I Just want to say this It's nn old
man's advico to n young woman go
ing Into business: when n man asks
for a job ho brings references, nnd
they nro investigated; or ho answers
a lot of questions, and ho Is given a
trial. Or when two men meet in a
club or elsowhoro they shako hands.
That handshnko Itself Is a kind of In
vestigation of character. They learn
each other's politics and religion and
prejudices ns soon ns thoy can.
"So when a man moots a woman
ho Is'npt to bo thrown with n good
deal ho Is apt to say, 'What sort is
sho?' But tho thing that annoys n
mnn most about having to do business
with a woman Is tho fear that ho will
dither compromise her or disappoint
her. That's the first problem to get
out of tho way; and thoro's nothing
enslor for n woman to do than to con
vince a man that sho doesn't want him
to try to fllrf with her If sho doesn't."
Dnphuo cried, "In heaven's name,
tell mo how It's dono."
"Tho wny to coiMnco him Is to be
convluced yourself. If you'ro sincere
he'll know it."
"But I wns sincere with you, and
you didn't know It."
"I didn't know It at first, but I soon
did I think and now that's what I'm
driving at all this long while. If you'ro
going Into business competition with
men, play fulr. Kvery now nnd then
one of them, ns soon ns ho finds him
self nlono with you, will bo polite
enough to Insult you. But tho averugo
man will let you nlono If you'll let
him alone. Suppose ho does make n
mistaken advnuce, If you could bo
sensible enough not to get mad, not to
feel besmirched, but Just tuko It ns
n matter of courso und say frankly:
'No, thanks, I'm not Interested. I un
derstand you perfectly, but you needn't
bother,' or something llko that, nnd
say It honestly, tho rost would bo plain
sailing.
"And now, If you'll forglvo mo for
talking your arm olf und if you'll prove
It by letting mo help you, I'll promise
never to kiss you or try to till till
you ask mo to."
Daphno laughed refrcshedly at his
Impudence, nud ho laughed, as well ns
ho might. And Uicy shook hands with
comradeship.
"And may I arrango for you to meet
lichen?"
"I hnto to ask you now. I'vo no
right to troublo you. But I'm terribly
auxlous to got a Job."
"And I'm terribly anxious to get you
one."
"You'ro awfully kind," sho said, and
led him to tho telephone.
Sho felt that it would bo Indellcnto
to listen, and went back into tho liv
ing room of tho apartment. There
Duanu joined her In a few moments
with the terrifying naws that Itebrn
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had said that he might have a chance
to plnce her at once If she could come
to his ofllce without delay.
Opportunity bouncing out at her like
n Jack-In'the-box nlnrmed her. But
she faced It plucklly. Sho put on her
hat with trembling hands and went
down In tho clevntor with Dunne.
They went up In nn elevator at one
fide of the lobby of the theater and
stepped out nt Ucben's ofllce door. A
number of somber nnd despondent
persons of a theatrical complexion
were waiting thero also, the wretched
Lnznruses of art.
Duane spoke to n respectful office
boy, who dlsnppenred through u door
and returned to beckon him In. With
heart bounding high and bubbling nt
her throat Daphno entered the theat
rical world by ono of Ite most glided
portals.
The great Reben snt bulklly behind
nn ornate table-desk and dismissed
a still more ornate stenographer with
a nod as ho rose to greet Duane.
Dunne did the honors: "Mr. lichen,
I wnnt to present you to Miss Kip,
Miss Daphne Kip."
Reben greeted her with suavity nnd
his eyes were even more enthusiastic
than his words. Daphne was nt her
superlatlvo degrco nnd anxiety gnve
her u wlstfulness that, was appealing
to Iteben. Women's charms and wlst
fulncsses made up a largo part of his
wares In trade.
"Have you had any experience?"
"None."
"Studied elocution?"
"Never. I never spoko a piece
my life."
In
"Good I
"Never,
Amateur theatricals?"
I never seemed to care for
them."
"Better yet ! What makes you think
you wnnt to net now?"
"Money. I wnnt to earn money
get rich."
"I see," said Iteben, nnd fell Into n
profound meditation, studying Daphne
searchlngly.
Duane seized the opportunity to rise
nnd say: "Well, I'll leavo you two to
gether to talk terras. It would be in
delicate for mo to know just how rich
Miss Kip Is going to be."
He had no sooner gono than Reben's
mnnner changed slightly nnd Daphne's
courngo vanished. Ileben paced tho
floor ns ho talked. His path kept
slowly closing In nround her like the
walls In Foe's story.
"You look like Miss Kemble," he
said. "You havo somewhat the same
temperament You llko her stylo of
piny. That may bo your line. I can't
tell. Of courso I don't know how well
you can act. Perhaps you never could.
Kemble Is great, but sho comes of an
old theatrical family. Of courso you
havo ono great capital your beauty;
for you aro very beautiful, MIs3 Kip,
very. Let me seo your eyes I"
Ho had n right to ask If ho were
going to hire hor eyes, but she looked
up cravenly, for the burly satrap was
leaning over her. His left hand was
on the nrm of tho chair, his right on
tho back of It. nis left hand was grad
ually enveloping hers. It was a fat,
hot hand, and his face was so close
that It was blurred In her vision.
Then sho remembered Duane's
words. Sho controlled herself enough
to put them to the test
Sho pretended to look coldly Into
teben's fuco, nnd sho snld, with a
bravo show of calm:- "Mr. Iteben, I
didn't come hero to flirt with yon nnd
I don't Intend to. I enmo hero for n
Job as nn actress. If this sort of thing
Is n necessary part of the Job I'll go
somewhere else."
Iteben backed nway nnd stared nt
her. He wns rendered foolish by her
rebuff and ho stammered, "Why, I
I meant no hurm."
Sho went on with the Duano system
of treatment: "I know you didn't You
meant to bo polite, but you don't have
to bo so pollto to mo. I don't expect"
it and I don't Ilka It"
"AH right, nil right I" Reben growled,
pacing tho floor again, but In n con
stantly receding path. Ho did not
speak. Ho felt thnt ho hnd mado n
fool of himself, nnd ho was embar
rassed.
Daphne wns so frightened with her
success that sho got to her feet, say
ing: "I bupposo this means thnt you
don't want mo to work for you. It's
true, then, what thoy say about tho
stage."
"Nonsense I Of courso not I Rot I
I never seo most of my peoplo except
nt rehearsals or performances. I'vo
never spoken to three-quarters of 'em.
If you want a Job you can havo It, nnd
no concessions aro necessary. You
don't havo to mako lovo to mo. You
mako hovo to tho audience, nnd If you
can capture that you can slap my faco
every timo you seo me."
Dftphno was astounded. Sho wns
cngugedt Sho waa exultant and
thrilled with gratitude to Duano for
Introducing her to thin marvolous op
portunity nnd for tho wisdom of his
counsel.
Reben said: "Tho general under
study of tho Kcmhlo company has
grown tired of waiting for n chanco
to appear In public. Sho's quitting mo
this week for a small part in a road
company. You can hae her place if
you want It. Do you?"
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"You bet er Indeed I do. lUw
often docs nn understudy ph V
"As rarely as possible."
Daphne's Joy turned to lend.
Ileben ndded: "But no don't pay by
performances. I'll pny you twenty
live n week. You wnnted money.
There's n little of It for a start. Do
you want It?"
"Will It lead to anything better?"
"It might"
"Am I to understudy Miss Kemble?''
"Yes, nnd all tho other wotneu
roles."
"And when do you suppose I'll get n
chnnco to play Miss Kemble's pnrt?
Soon?"
"Never, I hope."
"That's encouraging 1"
"If Miss Kemble fell 111 we'd ordi
narily refund the money, because she's
the stnr. But sometimes we might
have to give n performance nt short
notice. Chances In the other parts
might come any day."
"And you'll give me n better chance
when you can?"
"Indeed I will. If you have the gift,
the sooner I find It out nnd the harder
I work It the more money I ninke.
The more you earn tho more I mnke.
I'd like to pny you ten thousand a
week."
"I'd like to have you.. All right
I'll try."
He pressed a button on his desk
once, then twice. The office boy ap
peared, followed by the stenographer.
Ileben said to the boy: "Is Mr. Bat
terson here? Send him to me." To
the stenographer he said: "Fill out a
contract for Miss Kip Miss What's
the first name? Miss Daphne Kip.
Salnry, twenty-five. Make It a three
year contract."
Reben motioned her absently to her
chair and said, rather for Dunne's
sake than for hers, she felt: "Sit
down, won't you, till the contracts
come? and pardon me If I "
He finished the phrase by the deed.
The office routine went on and Daphne
might have been the chair she sat in,
for all tho attention he paid her. She
felt rather ungallantly Ignored. Still,
she had asked to bo treated on a
business bnsls. He was taking her
nt her word.
Before tho contracts were ready
Mr. Battersou appeared. He was one
of ,Reben's stage managers, a worried,
emotional little man, worn to shreds
with his task of stimulating and cor
recting tho emotions by which others
enrned their wages and fame.
Reben introduced him to Daphne
and explained her new office. Batter
son seemed none too well plenscd with
tho news that Daphne iwas ignorant
of stage work to the last degree. He
had found it hard enough to make the
experienced actors read their lines as
they must bo read nnd keep on read
ing them so. To teach this dramatic
Infant how to walk nnd talk was an
unwelcoYne labor.
He took Daphne Into his ofllce and
pulled out a set of parte. When sho
stumbled over them ho cast his eyes
heavenward In his swift Impatience.
He explained them with a vinegary
gentleness. Ho talked to her of tho
canons of Interpretation. He walked
through her scenes nnd spoke her lines
for her again and again and yet again.'
But somehow he could not teach her.
Ho tried everything but beating
hor. Ho flattered 'her, wheedled her,
parodied, satirized, rebuked her, and
occasionally ho cursed her. She did
not rebel even against his profanity,
becauso she had no confidence in her
self to support her resistance. Sho
felt that she was far worso than ho
said, sho was when ho said she was
worst. Sho used all her funds of res
olution In keeping from throwing down
tho part and running nway In tears.
Sho had none left for asserting her
right to politeness.
Onco Dnphno was out in the street
again and released from the ordeal of
pleasing Battcrson, youth and ambi
tion brought hope back again. Broad
way at twilight was athrob with en
thusiasm and she caught zest from tho
crowds. She was going homo to study,
carrying her little set of textbooks llko
n schoolgirl. But sho felt tho wings
of conquest fledging nt her nnkles or
tho wheel of fortuno spinning under
hor-toes.
Her very first effort hnd succeeded.
Sho wns n womnn with n salary. Sho
would bo no longer a paraslto on any
man. Sho had a career and a business
as well as tho best of them.
Her mother wns at homo alone.
Leila had gono from thnt tea party
to another to which Mrs. Kip wns not
Invited. Dnphno's mother greeted her
with relief. Sho told her news with a
gush of enthusiasm. It left Mrs. Kip
cold, very cold.
Sho was a pious, church-going wom
an, Mrs. Kip. Sho had always looked
upon tho theater as a training school
for tho still lower regions. Sho went
to plays occasionally, but usually with
a feeling of dissipation nnd worldll
ness. Besides it was ono thing to see
plays and another to act them.
Daphno tried to reason her mother
out of her backwoods prejudices, but
sho only frightened her the more. Mrs.
Kip retired to her room to write nn
urgent telegram to her husband de-
1 tnnuding that he come on at once and
rwuo ,r child. Sho nlwiiyn called on
him an emergency and he always
rlonllotl,
I ollu cnine homo eventually full f
frVMp nud triumph, Her JBntflh gown
Iwl lo u tionnnuloiw set:as.s; tho
Mhor unuou wanted to murder her.
Mv. Kip broko In on Ih" ofcronk'lca
xllh tho illiinnl nniiotmonront of
lVpluw ww Insanity, ratlin wh al
Wtit hlHor lu oppnfttttoa an Mrs.
Wp had boon, but from instil nnofher
UWUvx Lollft had nririawnttc hn-puW-t
Ud looked forward to social
splendor. Sho would ptU uo holp
from tho (not that hor uKfoinftt sister
wns n theatrical vtrugglur.
Dsvphno osoaped nn oUUhs battlo
with her by referring to tho need of
elofco study, and retreated lto her
own room, locking hor mother out.
Sho stayed there, repenting her lines
over and over nud trying t remember
tho action that went wltfi Micro ns
Miss Kcmhlo had played k. Site had
a quick memory, but tho tatoantlon of
the lliie- gave her extrnortfuwy ifrffi
culty. She remembered one o Miss Kem
ble's most delicious effects. Stic-came
on tho stage unannounced ond, paus
ing in the doorway, smiled whimsically
nnd snld. "How do you dor" That was
all Just "How do you do?" But sho
l f w
The Next Day Battcrson Telephoned
Her That He Had Called a Rehear
sal With the Company.
uttered it so deliclously that a ripplo
of joy ran through the nudlence.
Daphne tried to master the trick of It,
but with no success. She said "How
do you do?" In dozens of ways, with
no result except to render tho phrases
meaningless gibberish.
Dnphne flung down tho pnrt sho was
studying and flung awny ambition, and
went out to tell the family thnt she
agreed with them.
Sho was confronted by Leila in a
role of despair. Baynrd had tele
phoned that ho could not get home for
dinner. Ho would not be home In
time to tako Leila to the theater as
he had promised.
Leila was in a frenzy. Site had noth
ing to do but wait for her man to
come and tako her Somewhere,
Daphne understood the tragedy of tho
modern wife: dowered with freedom,
pampered with amusements, deprived
of tho blessing of toll, unaccustomed
to seraglian torpor, she must yet wait
on the whims or necessities ,of her hus
band. Dnphne reconsidered her decisions,
Better all the difficulties and heart
aches of the actress-trade than this
prison loafing of wifely existence. Sho
had something to do.
CHAPTER X.
Tho next day Batterson telephoned
her that ho had called a rehearsal
with tho company. Daphno went to
tho theater In terror. The stngo
looked utterly forlorn with theactora
and actresses standing about in their
street clothes. Under tho bright lights
with tho people rande up and the au
dience in full bloom, llko a vast gar
den, there would bo Impersonality and
stimulation ; but the present sceno was
as doleful as tho funeral of an unpop
ular man.
Courage was largely a matter of her
supcrself forcing her reluctant feet
forward. A soldier ordered to leavo
a bombproof shelter for an advance,
a playground of shrapnel, has Just tho
struggle with his vaso-motor system
that Daphno had with hers.
With tho kindliest smile an nmlablo
wolf over wore Batterson Invited the
fluttering lamb to como to the stream
and drink. Dnphne amo forwnrd In
n franco and heard Batterson say:
"Lndles and gentlemen Miss Kip,
our new understudy. Glvo her nil tho
holp you can."
Miss Kemble had graciously chosen
to bo present for thnt purpose, though
tho result was only to Increase Daph
ne's embarrassment An Imitation In
tho presenco of tho living model was
n double load to carry.
Daphne's hopes of becomlno a
great actress recelvo a rude
shock, but she Is given a chance
to show what she can do, and
again It Is Duane to whom she
owes the chance. Ghe Is afraid
of the obligation under which
she is placed, but Duane as
sures her that she can repay
him In the end.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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