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asd jsattoi tie- bm»> from tfc# out
side
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f**:.sp tbut tfce isystery of Sunny
»td» »a» Jout to l- so.-d 1 ran
im the *t-fo asd alter tfce drive
lust a; tfce e.eper ! raa full til* into
«• PE*heady mb© *e* o d to be as url
«arr*d a* 1 was It was not until I
bad -• - ed a step cr two that I fee
■** r-d Gertrude. and sfce me
"Ckead srac'-os*. Aunt Ray site #s
rlaist-d. ' wbat is tfc* matter*"
Tt.r. * t ^met-ody —k*d :a the
laundry. ! posted That is—unless—
yow didst »*♦ asy one eros*.e* the
lawn or ikaftm around tfc# bouse
did you*”
I tfctnfc me hate mystery on tfce
bra t ’ Gertrude said wearily No
I bates t *• - s ar.y one • Kept old
Thomas. mho k.jked for all tfc* world
as if b* bad he-a mssarkssp tfce pan
try '*U» bate you locked :a tfce
laundry T~
“1 can: »r: to erplain I rryM
1 BM V. art.* r froth tie k«dg* If
you * ac. it for i - tt. d better put
w® ? *ir '.•»* tm'j*« " And the® I bo
*• *-d that Ger-rade wa* : a.; .eg--not
a-ac* feu* c * —tTljr to mak- her
pny-o i«r* plow, ui seeu-tgly
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1> . Lit* hurt y ..r**!f ' I sad
wbarpiy
■ fell «*t tie carnage block." she
**t..- s-d T tho-ghT perhaps I
= c ■ —* -ey *as:ag home He—
fee ought to fc» here "
1 hastened to 'fee lodge
Where tt'ncr"' I asked
\—! thlak he . tr t-d. m* act ”
1 **■» Lite up ! said, ard for good
tei sa- «-t—w *h*- coor. Thomas I'll
w ait for Warner “
Tt's kind o' dose In fee-re saic"
k- «- d obe-yit-g £ ar-r!». ard disclos
■_i a «-ooi and roe.; rtabte looking in
*»* If p*':.t;a yo-.'d k*-*T to set oil
tfee porch at. r-st you seif ~
It was e- it dent That Thuoias dd
t«t want t.«- t- de that I went ta
T< I 'A'ara*r t* is needed in a tar
ry I repeated, ard turned into the
It* t ]e sit rxt room I could tear
Tfetman going up tbe stair* could
fcear a.m rouse Warner, and tbe steps
•f tbe rhaaflmr as he hurriedly
dreaet Hot eiy attentive was busy
W -th the TOOT3 fee-lew
Oa the cent-- tabie open, was a
sealskin tmteitag Hup It was filled
• ilk gold topped butties and brashes
and 3 fereatued ianury f*-c
tBKJty from er*ry rnefe of surface
How did *» get there* 1 was soli ask
ac ays,:* tae gt.**t o »s*a Warner
cat.- run ring down tbe s'airs tad
a © the runs. He was cx; k Te.j but
•otsewba* trw nncrmsaly dre»**-d. and
t.s < ,-a. fee; ah far- looked a hash.-o
He was a country b y. absolutely
frank _&d reliable, of fa-r education
an u Hfgi-ece—one at tbe MLail
arc j- >f kwsemcan yoaths who turn a
natural aptitude far *L*-ctac <w into
the »pexia1 f*a of the automobile,
and ejrr ju-| salire# :c a i on|i a il
nee uj'PLwn
d tat w t X * he asked
anxarcusty
11< re- is seen,* c*,e lot k*-d is the
laundry : r-1-;-. .»-d 'dr laxu.-esoc
■ tats '. -e. to h-ip Lie Wak the lock
Warner, whose bag is this*
He wa* 2S the doorway by this tint,
nad he pretend'd not to b* ar
■Warner* 1 called "con** back
here Whose bag s tMsT~
H- *tt>; < -»i o-t he did not turn
around.
' !t'*—M beloE*.* to Tbaanas,- be
sad. and Sed ag The drire
To fbceus' A Lstedon bag with
mstraa and cnaaBetw jar* of which
Tiiosat* cw.'l at< e - *c hate guessed
th» use' H >»« rer I put the big in
tbe bark of K.J maid, which was fart
fettatu snored with anomalous and
amwrey-tiy irr-eo* liable facts, and
kfhwed Warner to ft house.
L-iddy had come bark to tbe kitch
en. the door to -h- basement stairs
nas dowbbarred, ard h=d a table
feared against it; and beside ber on
twe table was mart of the hit-tea par
aphernalia.
T*;4 yoa see .? ther* was aay oae
=cie*«** as the boose I asked, ifaor
-** the array <* sauce pans, roOiaf
I 3M tad the poker of th*- raace
;; is Udd> eaid with
-clMm. S;.' had objected to Rosie.
• • ' Parke a-aid. frosa the start. ‘Sirs
t vises west cto her room, ate found
*he had foe* without her hat People
’-*• trast themselves a duxes miles
troa, the city, in stratfe houses, with
a*r-.aau they dost know, medal he
surj-r s» d if th-y make up some morn
.nx and find their throats cut."
After which carefully veiled sar
' _~m Lud dy relapsed into gioom War
n*. r came :a then with a handful of
s'-.all t • and Mr Jamieson went
w 'h him to the bisem*nt. Oddly
•noum. I was not alarmed. With all
ny t- art I w.shed for Halsey, but I
»a* cot frightened At the door he
was to forte Warner put down his
tools and looked at it Then he
turned th- handle Without the slight
est difficulty the daw opened, reveal
cx the t _ une's of the drying room
beyond*
Mr Jamieson gave an exclamation
of c:?x ist ‘tlune’” he said ‘Con
'11 ind !. . _rei- ?s work' 1 might
have known "
!• * ..s true f- rh We g it the
-‘-is on Cn--:iy and looked all
'h- .xh the three rooms that con
-t i ** d this m.r: of the has-ment.
Fk-ryt:rg was quiet and empty. An
• v; ar...t ->n of hoe the fugitive had
• s' »-d injury ».v found in a htajrd
u|> basked of clothes under the chute.
T: • i ask"t hud . n overturned, but
'i.' ■ - ■ ai: Mr. Jam,- * n examined the
v : * - ut.e w*. units fe'-d and of
'• r. d an easy escape The window or
door' Wui- i. w:-y had me fugi
>• --! a; d" Th- door seemed most
i at_nd I : ped it had been so
! c_.d cot have borne, j :>t then, to
■i ak that it was my poor Gertrude
»e tad been bound ng through the
:arkn- ss and yet—1 had met Ger
trud- not far iroti that very w.udow.
1 went upstairs at last, tir-d and
d- , res-ed. Mrs Watson and Liddy
w-rr mafe-nx tea in the kitchen In
-
r- ‘ :► tn times of stre-s. trouble or
- : -s they x >e tea to the dying
ana m-y put :t in the baly s cursing
But Before We Go On, I Want to Say This."
bottle Mrs Watson was fixing a tray
to b«- sent in to me. and when 1 asked
: r ab at Kosie she confirmed her
awaijce.
She s not h-^re." she said. "but 1
w o id not tn.nk much of that. Miss In
r*s Kosie Is a pretty young girl,
and perhaps she has a sweetheart- It
w :1! be a good thing if she has. The
ma.ds sta? much better when they
:._r. some’hirf 1 ke that to hold them
here.
Gertrude had gone back to her
room and wfc ie I was drinking my
r of t t tea. Vr Jamieson came in.
" > m uat t.ik* up the conversation
wt.rt t» .eft off an hour and a half
«g h- -u:d But before we go on,
I want to say tins The person who
d fro:;, the laundry was a worn
-n w :th a f<«o* of moderate size an<i
»*-il a* ued She wore rothing but
r rlgbt foot. and. in
-e of the unlocked door, sbe es
caped by the » ndow
And gain 1 thought of Gertrudes
sprained anaic V\ as it the right or
the left'
CHAPTER VIM.
T»e Oteer Half of tee Link.
Niss Innes.” the detective b-gan,
what is jour opinion of the figure
i you saw on ’he east veranda the night
> j and your maid were in the house
a.one: ”
it was a woman." I said positively,
And yet year maid afirms with
josi*;vetH>s that it was a man "
Nonsense.” i broke in. "Liddy
-*i her eyes shut—she always shuts
hem when she’s frightened"
And yo j r -. v*r thought then that
intruder who came later that
*' — miefct be a woman—tbe woman
-- (t. whom you saw on the reran
da?”
“I had reasons for thinking It was
a man. I said, remembering the pearl
ff-’-ink
• Now we a-e getting down to basi
s' s Wha’ were your reasons for
thinking that?”
1 hesitated.
If you have any reason for believ
ing that your midnight guest was Mr.
.Armstrong, other than his visit here
the r- it night, you ought to tell me.
Miss Janes. We can take nothing for
granted. If. for instance, the intru
der who dropped the bar and
scratched the staircase—you see, I
know about that—if this visitor was
a woman, why should not the same
woman have come back the following
night, met Mr. Armstrong on the cir
cular staircase, and in alarm shot
him "
■ It was a man.” I reiterated. And
then, because I could think of no oth
er rtason for my statement, I told
him about the pearl cuff-link. He was
m'ensely interested.
Will you give me the link." he said
when I finished, "or. at least, let me
see it? 1 consider it a most impor
tant clew."
"Won't the description do?"
' Not as well as the original."
"Well. ]'m very sorry." i said, as
calmly as I could. "I—the thing is
lest. It—it must have fallen out of
a box on my dressing table."
Whatever he thought o. mv expla
nation, and ! knew he doubted it. he
r. ade no stgn. He asked me to de
s ribe the link accurately, and I did
~o. while he glanced at a iist he took
; from his pocket.
' < me st t t: onogram cuff-links," he
r. .ii. ' em st i plain pearl links, one
-t-t cufflinks, woman's head set with
.ij ends and emeralds. There is no
mention of such a link as you de
- r..- and yet, if your theory is right,
Mr Armstrong must have taken back
:a h:s cuffs one complete cuff link, and
a half, perhaps, of the othtr."
The idea was new to me If it had
: not I t- n the murdered man who had
- ntered the house that night, w ho
had it been ?
There are a number of strange
-hing' connected with this case," the
ueteitive went on 'Miss Gertrude
Innes testified that she heard some
one fumbling with the lock, that the
door opened, and that almost immedi
1 ately the shot was fired. Now. Miss
Innes. here Is the strange part of that.
Mr. Armstrong had no key with him.
I There was no key in the lock, or on
the fioor. In other words, the evi
dence points absolutely to this: Mr.
Armstrong was admitted to the house
i from within."
“it is impossible," I broke in. Mr
; Jamieson, do you know what your
words imply? Do you know that
; you are practically accusing Gertrude
innes of admitting that man?"
Not quite that,' he said with his
friendly smile. “In fact. Miss Innes,
I am quite certain she did not. But
as long as 1 learn only parts of the
truth, from both you and her. what
can I do? I know- you picked up some
thing in the flower bed; you refuse
to tell me what it was. I know Miss
Gertrude went back to the billiard
room to get something, she refuses to
say what. You suspect what happened
to the cuff-link, but you won't tell me
So far. all 1 am sure of is this; I do
not believe Arnold Armstrong was the
midnight visitor who so alarmed you
by dropping—shall we say, a golf
stick' And I believe that when he
did come he was admitted by some
one in the house. Who knows—it may
have been—Liddv!”
I stirred my tea angrily.
"I have always heard," I said dry
ly. "that undertakers' assistants are
jovial young men. A man's sense of
humor seems to be in inverse propor
tion to the gravity of his profession."
“A man's sense of humor is a bar
barous and a cruel thing. Miss Innes."
he admitted. "It is to the feminine
as the hug of a bear is to the scratch
of—well, anything with claws. Is that
you. Thomas? Come in."
Thomas Johnson stood in the door
way He looked alarmed and appre
hensive. and suddenly 1 remembered
the sealskin dressing bag in the
lodge. Thomas came just inside the
door and stood with his head droop
ing. his eyes, under their shaggy grav
brows, fixed on Mr. Jamieson.
"Thomas." said the detective, not
unkindly, “I sent for you to tell us
what you told Sam Bohannon at the
ciub. the day before Mr. Arnold was
found here, dead. Let me see. You
came here Friday night to see Miss
Innes, didn't you? And came to work
here Saturday morning?"
For some unexplained reason
Thomas looked relieved.
"Yas. sah." he said. "You see it
were like this: When Mistah Arm
>trong and the fani'ly want away. Mis'
Watson an' me, we was lef in charge
till the place was rented- Mis' Wat
son, she've bin here a good w hile, an'
she warn' skeerv. So she slep' in the
house. I'd bin havin' tokens—I tol'
Mis' Innes some of 'em—an' I slep'
in the lodge. Then one day Mis' Wat
son, she came to me an' she sez. sez
she: Thomas, you'll hev to sleep up
in the big house. I'm too nervous
to do it any more.' But I jes' reckon
to myself that ef it's too skeerv fer
her, it's too skeery fer me. We had
it, then, sho' nuff, and it ended up
with Mis' Watson stayin' in the lodge
nights an' me lookin' fer work at de
club.”
"Did Mrs. Watson say that any
thing had happened to alarm her?"
"No, sah. She was jes’ natchaily
skeered. Well, that was all, far's I
know, until the night I come over to
see Mis’ Innes. I come across the
valley, along the path from the club
house, and I goes home that way.
Down in the creek bottom 1 almost
run into a man. He wuz standin' with
his back to me, an' he was workin’
with one of these yere electric light
things that fit in yer pocket. He was
havin' trouble—one minute it'd flash
out, an' the nex' it'd be gone. I hed
a view of 'is white dress shirt an' tie,
as I passed I didn't see his face. But
I know it wam't Mr. Arnold. It was
a taller man than Mr Arnold. Besides
that. Mr. Arnold was playin' cards
when I got to the club house, same's
he'd been doin’ all day."
"And the next morning you came
back along the path," pursued Mr
Jamieson relentlessly.
"The nex' mornin' I come back
along the path an' down where I dun
see the man night befoh, I picked up
this here." The old man held out a
tiny object and Mr. Jamieson took lb
Then he held it on his extended palm
for me to see. It was the other half
of the pearl cuff-link'
But Mr. Jamieson was not quite
through questioning him.
“And so you showed it to Sam, at
the club, and asked him if he knew
any one who owned such a link, and
Sam said—what?"
“Wal, Sam, he' lowed he'd seen
such a pair of cuff-buttons in a shirt
belongin’ to Mr. Bailey—Mr. Jack
Bailey, sah."
“I'll keep this link, Thomas, for a
while,” the detective said. "That's
all I wanted to know. Good night.”
As Thomas shuffled out. Mr. Jamie
son watched me sharply.
“You see. Miss lnnes." he said, “Mr.
Bailey insists on mixing himself with
this thing. If Mr. Bailey came here
that Friday night expecing to meet
Arnold Armstrong, and missed him—
if. as I say, he had done this, might
he not, seeing him enter the following
night, have struck him down, as he
had intended before?"
“But the motive?" I gasped.
"There could be motive proved, I
think. Arnold Armstrong and John
Bailey have been enemies since the
latter, a cashier of the Traders' bank,
brought Arnold almost into the I
clutches of The law. Also, you for
get that both men have been paying
attention to Miss Gertrude. Bailey's
flight looks bad, too."
"And you think Halsey helped him
to escape?"
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Women in Postal Service
The distinction of first appointing a
i woman postmaster does not belong to
' America, nor is the employment of
women in the postal service a new
i idea. As early as 154S a w oman post
master was appointed to look after
the mails of Braine le Comte, an im
portant town of France. In the try
ing times of the Thirty Years' War
the principal office in the postal serv
I ice of Europe was held by a woman,
1 Alexandrine de Rue. From 162S to
; 1646 she was in charge of the mails
! of the German empire, the Nether
lands, Burgundy and Lorraine. She
was known as a master general of
the mails. In America. Elizabeth
Harvey was the first to hold a place
in the postal department. She had
j charge of the letters in Portsmouth.
N. H., in the beginning of the seven
j teenth century. A half century after
i ward Lydia Hill was placed in charge
of the post office in Salem, Mass.
Chinese Thanks fer Rain.
The following quaint Chinese im
perial decree was recently issued from
| the palace in Pekin: "Owing to the
| scarcity of rain Prince Rung and oth
j ers have been detailed to pray at the
Takaotien on our behalf by dedicating
incense, and also Prince Tsai Hsun
' and others to the Shih yin-kung and
other temples to pray by dedicating
incense and now plenty of rain has
come for which we feel thankful
Therefore we detail Prince Tsai Hsun
to the Takaotien on the 7th July on
our behalf dedicate incense, and we
detail Prince Puhung to the Shao
chengmica. Duke Tsai Tse to the
Hsunjeumiao, Tsai Futo the Yikomiao
on the same day to dedicate incense
and to perform ritual sendee to re
turn thanks for the rain with desires
for further rainfall to console the
peasants."—Shanghai Mecury.
Where It Goes.
That man made an immense for
tune out of a simple little invention.”
i “Indeed! What did he invent?” "In
vent? Nothing, you dub! He was tbe
promoter!" 1
Latest Parasol
tPhotograpb by Underwood ,v Underwood. New York t
A PARASOL, of palm fiber t raffia 1 made in the alluring form of a small
square tent, v.i;h a natural fringe of the woven fibers, canopy top—
loop of raffia to carry on arm. It is especially adapted for sea shore
and outing, as the material is indestructibie and water repellent.
CORRECT STYLES IN GLOVES
Black Is a Color Little Seen This Sea
son, Tints Being Given the
Preference.
The new gloves show a good many
Innovations over products of a year
ago. Exdept for black costumes
wher'' an all-black scheme is desired,
black gloves are little used. Plain
white gloves also are less in evidence
than for some time, tints having taken
their place. All the soft pastel shades
such as pigeon gray, fawn, biscuit and
champagne are especially popular.
Just now suedes are liked far better
than glace kids. This is a whim of
the Parisiennes. who always go in for
the smartest fit for everything, and
suede certainly comes under that
class In the matter of gloves. With
the continued shortening of sleeves,
more 12-button lengths than any other
style are being sold. White gloves
with black stitching are popular with
black and white combination cos
tumes. For the street with the plain
tailor-made broad four-row stitchings
in self tones are considered the cor
rect thing.
TENNIS DRESS
This is a style suitable to be made
op in zephyr or casement cloth; the
skirt has a little fulness at .waist, and
is trimmed below with two folds.
The bodice is trimmed with box
plaits stitched at each edge. The Pe
ter Pan collar and cuffs are of lawn
edged with a narrow plaiting.
Chip hat with full crown of spotted
muslin, surrounded by a wreath of
roses.
Materials required: Eight yards 2$
inches wide.
FOR THE SUMMER BEDROOM
Simple But Attractive Furnishings
That Make the Apartment
a Delight.
Summer furnishings have a charm
that is quite foreign to the more pre
tentious appointments of winter, and
I every season they seem to be more at
tractive. The new toilet china shown
is extremely decorative. The quaintly
shaped little bowls are adorned with
equally quaint, conventional designs,
and there are lovely foreign lookir a
l copper jugs, with wicker handles, for
carrying the morning hot water. Col
■ ored and white tiles or squares of
glass mounted on a Cowered material
matching the room hangings are pro
I vided to set the pitcher of ice water
! upon, and if a room is to have two
| occupants all these fittings are to be
duplicated. For fastening back the
window hangings the old-fashioned
i brass rosette has been revived.
Speaking of bedrooms suggests
breakfast, for it is becoming more and
more the custom to have the first
meal of the day in one's own room,
and thoughtful hostesses always pro
vide one of the charming little break
fast sets which are now so common
in the shops for the guest room, along
with a tray of wicker, brass or wood.
A Lingerie Hat.
If you get a lingerie hat this year,
be sure to choose the mob cap style,
with large, high crown and double ruf
fles around the face.
This may be quite simple or of em
; broidery and lace. A pretty one in
sheer Persian lawn has the crown out
lined with three rows of oval eyelets.
The upper rr.ffle is edged with embroid
ered scallop, while the under ruffle
has a row of eyelets above scallops.
1 hese frills fall far down over the
face and around the high crown are
drawn folds of soft ribbon, ending in
a huge six-looped bow without ends at
the left side.
Where one does not wish to em
broider, the crown can be outlined in
three rows of German Valenciennes In
sertion, and the two ruffles finished
with a row of insertion and edging of
lace.
Odd Names to New Shades.
Some of the new shades have ex
ceedingly odd names. There is pheas
ant displayed in a number of tones,
from pale-reddish brown to a brown
so deep it is almost black. Ashes of
'iolet. a color of dull, faded purple;
king s blue, a cold Japanese-looking
shade, toning to brown; argent, a gray
like dull silver; drake, a bluish green
that is attractive, and a pale green
called almond that blondes of a deli
cate (not colorless) type find becom
ing Chantecler Is a rich, deep pink,
almost red.
Rubbers in Fancy Bag.
The traveler may not know that
rubbers can be fitted into gay little
plaid silk bags that are lined with
rubber and fastened over with a pearl
clamp. They are only about five
inches long and take up so little room
in a bag or a trunk that it is not
worth measuring. A woman will not
hesitate to travel around with her
rubbers even in a dress suitcase
when they are done up in such an at
tractive form.
KEEPING TAN IN SUBJECTION
Cooling Lotions for the Face That Are
Guaranteed to Preserve the
Complexion.
The girl who tans easily should use
not only the cream, but a wash com
posed of a combination of lemon juice,
borax, and rose water, which will
keep the tan in restraint and possibly
make the more severe treatment at
the end of the summer with strong
bleaches unnecessary. When the se
vere measures are necessary, it is well
to begin with lemon juice and follow
that treatment with powdered pum
ice and white vaseline mixed togeth
er. Peroxide of hydrogen is a still
stronger bleach than the lemon. But
termilk is a mild bleach. When the
face feels chapped and stiff, after an
exposure to a rough wind, one may
use in addition to the cold cream at
night a preparation made up of rose
water and milk of sweet almonds fre
quently during the day. When the
face Is unusually oily In hot weather,
some of the toilet vinegars help to
close tbs pores.—Harper's Bazar.
Effective Touches.
A charming gown of figured
chiffon or crepe is veiled w ith a loose
j tunic coat or drapery of black; a fas
cinating snuff-brown chiffon, with a
loose coat tunic f\y these two trans
parent materials is extremely pretty.
A more elaborate style of gown, suit,
able for dinners or the theater, is of
liberty satin in a charming shade of
gray. This is veiled in voile ae soio
a shade lighter or darker, the rolls
put on to lorm long flat plaits. The
effect gained is far softer than if th«
entire gown were of the satin and be.
sides is more up to date.
A Shining Nose.
Summer is a sorry time for the
woman with nose shines. She usual
ly resorts to powder, which coarsens
the pores, or she mops with alcohols,'
w hich dries up the skin.
Instead of these, try bathing the'
nose with hot water, in which a tea- i
spoonful of powdered borax has been
dissolved to each pint.
Wiping the surface of nose with a
soft flannel or piece of silk keeps
down the shine. Do not rub hard or
; redness results.
MOTHERS
WHO HAVE
DAUGHTERS
Find Help in Lydia E. Pink*
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Young Girls Heed This
Girls who are troubled with painful
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ache, dragging-down sensations, hunt
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immediate action to warn off the seri
ous consequences and he restored to
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If you would like special advice
about your cose write a confiden
tial letter to Mrs. l'inkhant. at
Lynn. Mass. Her advice is
and always helpful.
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For Proper Care of Tuberculosis
According to the National Associa
tion for the Study and Prevention ot
Tuberculosis. New York state leads
in the number of beds for consump
tives provided up to May 1, with 5.47*
beds; Massachusetts is second, with
1.403 beds; Pennsylvania third, with
3347 beds; Colorado fourth, with 1.4S9
beds, and New Mexico fifth, with
1.104 beds. As yet, not one state In
the country has made adequate prt*
vision for its consumptives. New
York has set itself the task of having
"No uncared-for Tuberculosis in 1915,"
and several cities in other parts ot
the country have adopted similar pro
grams. The national assoc: alio*
says that tuberculosis will not be
stamped out until all cases of this
disease are cared for either in their
homes or in institutions. With this
end in view, efforts will be made to
increase the number of hospital beds
in this country to at least *5.000 by
May 1. 1911.
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An Embryo Emancipator.
A little miss riding on a Brooklyn
trolley car the other day tendered
the conductor half fare. “How old
are you, little girl?" he queried, gin
gerly handling her fare.
She pursed her lips for a moment,
then calmly opened her purse, dropped
two more pennies into th* conductor s
extended palm, snapped her purse
and demurely replied: "You have
your fare, sir; my statistics are my
own!"
Something Lacking.
“Disappointed in Venice, with its ro
mantle lagoons and canals ?“
“Well, there wasn't any place to
shoot the chutes."
Circumstances are beyond the con
trol of man. but his conduct is is hit
own power.—Beaumont.
A DOCTOR'S EXPERIENCE
Medicine Not Needed In This Cas*
It Is hard to convince some people
that coffee does them an Injury! They
lay their bad feelings to almost every
cause but the true and unsuspected
one.
Put the doctor knows. His wide ex
perience has proven to him that to
some systems, coffee Is an Insidious
poison ihst undermines the health.
Ask the doctor If coffee Is the cause
of constipation, stomach and nervous
trouble.
**I have been a coffee drinker all
my life. I am now 42 years old and
when taken sick two years ago with
nervous prostration, the doctor said
that my nervous system was broken
down and that I would have to give
up coffee.
"I get so wreak and shaky I could
cot work, and reading your advertise*
tnent of Postum. 1 asked my grocer If
he had any of It He said; "Yes," and
that he used it In his family, and It
was all it claimed to be.
“So I Quit coffee and commenced to
use Postum steadily and found In
about two weeks’ time I could sleep
soundly at night and get up in the
morning feeling fresh. In about two
months I began to gain flesh. I
weighed only 146 pounds when I com
menced on Postum, and now I weigh
167 and feel better than 1 did at £4
years of age.
“I am working every day and sleep
well at night. My two children were
great coffee drinkers, but they bar*
not drank any since Postum came ir to
the nouse, and are far more healthy
than they were before."
Read The Road to Wellville." found
in pkgs. "There's a reason."
Ever read tke akrve letter! A aew
ear appear* from tlw»e t» Hate. Tt»e*
are mslar, trae, aad till at kutaa
latere* t.