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' - / "About seven years ago a small
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1 'so that I began to scratch it , and It
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like a scab. The irritation was always
l .worse at night 'and would not allow
' . me ; to sleep , or my wife either , and it
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i ealth. I lost fifty pounds in weight
r iand was almost out of my mind with
i i ; pain and chagrin as no matter where
The ! irritation came , at work , on the
street or in the presence of company ,
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' the * blood running down into my shoe.
. ; . ii simply cannot describe my suffer-
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f. ' ccribable on paper and one has to ex
: ' perience it to know what it Is.
, "I tried all kinds of doctors and rem
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I : , ( induced by my wife to give the Cutl-
J I ' teura Remedies a trial. After taking
i ( ( the Cuticura Remedies for a little
I ; , while I began to see a change , and
{ i , after taking a dozen bottles of Cuti
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i . the Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint
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j I peared and my leg was as .fine as the
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, Ii i six months with no signs of a recur
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II Senator William Alden Smith tells
'of ' an Irish justice of the peace out
! 'in ' Michigan. In a trial the evidence
: I ) was all : in and the plantiff's attorney
; had ( , made a long and very eloquent
. argument " j , when the lawyer acting for
the defense arose.
' "What are you doing ? " asked the
ljustice . , as the lawyer began.
"Going to present our side of the
case. "
N ' "I don't want to hear both sides ar-
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I ; i i coort. ' = Washingtonian.
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II Opinions Aired.
II "Were the commencement exer
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: ' \twew \ ' advice from public men on the
: , ; [ selection of a career and suggestions
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s Examine carefully every bottle of
: 'CASTORIA ! , a safe and sure remedy for
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' lm Use For Over 30 Years.
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avoid muddy crossings ; it all depends
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Dr. Pierce's . regulate
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MEREDITH NICHOLSON [
Copyricht , 1904 , by The Bobbs-Memfl Co. .
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CHAPTER , XVI. - ( Continued. )
There was no mistaking the glean' .
that lighted the old man's eyes. '
"Who's your purchaser ? " he asked.
"I think I've mentioned to you the
Patoka Land and Improvement Com
pany. We've decided not to confine , our
selves to our flat scheme alone. We'rt
going to handle big real estate schemes
wherever we see anything good enough
and big enough to make it worth while
That wasn't our Intention at first , bui
I've persuaded our people to see It thai
way. All the big fortunes In this coun -
try have been made in real estate am"
the possibilities haven't been exhaust
ed yet. If we can hit a fair price , weT
take your lots and work them off ir. i ;
our own way ; but I shouldn't bother
with the thing at all if it weren't thai
[ hope to get that creek strip from you. "
"Who are in your company ? " asked
the old man. His need for cash was
great , but he tried to conceal his anx
iety , and he was really curious . to know
who were behind Balcomb.
The promoter reeled off a long llsl
of names , most of them unknown tc
Dameron , but Balcomb's ready explan
ation Imparted stability to. all of them.
There were half a dozen country bank
ers and a number of men who were or
had been State officers.
"You seem to have drawn largely on
the country , " remarked the old man ,
dryly.
"You are quite right , I did. It's : .
easier. There's lots of money in these
country banks that's crying for invest
ment I know a lot of business houses
right here in our Jobbing district that ;
go to the country for their loans. These
old Marlona bankers have never got
over the panic of ' 73. Every time they
make a loan they make an enemy. A
man whose credit is Al doesn't like to
have to go over his past and the his-
tory of his wife's relations even unto
the third and fourth generation every
time he borrows a few thousand dol-
Jars. Not much ! "
Dameron laughed , a little uneasily ,
but he laughed. Two years before he
would have shuddered at such heresy.
"Well , " said Balcomb , rising , "you
think over the matter and let me know
whether you care to sell. I'll give you
one thousand dollars for an option on
the creek strip at sixty thousand. I'll ]
see you in a few days. "
"No ! No ! " The old man's voice
rose querulously. Delays were dan-
gerous. If Balcomb could do it he must
effect the sale at once.
"The figure I named yesterday , " be-
gan Dameron.
" -is out of the question , " said Bal-
comb , with finality.
"Then nine hundred dollars apiece
for ' the block of lots. "
"Perfectly absurd. " And Balcomb
turned toward the door.
The . old man rose and rested against ;
his desk heavily. His bent figure was
svholly pitiful ; the claw-like fingers on
which he leaned trembled so that his
thin , worn body shook .
"Suppose you name a figure , Mr. Bal-
omb ; , " he said , with a pathetic attempt
it jauntiness.
"I am authorized to close at twenty
housand ; cash ; and my commission
: omes out of that. We'll say fifteen
lundred commission. But I am not
inxious to buy at that price - it's quite
mmaterial to me. What I want is the
ptlon. "
"I have better use for th'e money ;
res , I can use it to advantage : , " said
Dameron , as though he were pondering
he matter gravely and seeking to Jca-
ify himself.
Balcomb took a step toward him.
"In other real estate , by the terms & ! .
the trust , " he said , smiling in an In-
inuating way.
"Yes ; yes , of course , " said' ' Dameronv .
tastily.
"And there's the order of court. "
"To be sure-there's an order of
ourt required by the terms of the
rust. I suppose you wouldn't mind :
raiting a little for that. The trust er-
lires in a few weeks I prefer to go to 1
he . judge with the whole settlement at
nee. "
"But you prefer not to go to the
udge to ask his approval of this par-
icular deed. All right. The abstract
leedn't show these requirements
.ttorney' will not be particular. Til fix
hat for you. "
"Yes , you can arrange that , I sup-
lose , " said the old man , weakly. He
vas trembling now , visibly , and his
roice shook.
"That will be worth five hundred
lore - as special commission and guar-
nty that you won't forget , the court's
Approval , " said Balcomb , coolly.
"N 0 , oh , no ! " wailed the old man.
I'm giving It away. You are taking
mfair advantage. I am not well-I
myself to-day. "
am not quite
He sank into his chair , breathing
lard ; but he recovered instantly and
miled at Balcomb with an effort.
"I'm not a man to back out when I
tave pledged my word , " he said , grand-
ly. "A trade's a trade. " And Balcomb
jrinned.
"Now. one other thing , Mr. Damer-
on. , I'll be square with you and tell
he truth. I've got to have' the option
on the creek strip. My people are not
a bit crazy. to buy lots like these , but
iur apartment scheme is a big thing ,
.nd to get your strip of ground out
here on the creek bank we're willing
to bu ) these lots of yours - just , as the
ellow said , to show there's no hard
eeling. "
"At seventy-five thousand for " -.he :
reek : strip. Not a cent less. It's a
lart of the trust. It's my daughter's.
1 shall not give it away. There are
inly a few weeks more in which I : shall
lave any right to sell-and-and I
lave had another offer , " he ended ,
veakly.
"Quite likely ; but It Isn't so easy : to
ret so much cash on short notice. And
here's the difficulty of finding "other
eal estate to reinvest the money In ,
ind the order of court and all that.
Balcomb stroked his beard and eyed
ill prey. He dropped the suggestion
ibout the reinvestment of the pro
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his acquaintance with the terms of th (
trust. It amused him to remember Ez
ra Dameron's old reputation a hai-- ;
customer. He was proving , in. Cal- ]
comb's own phrase , almost too e rsy. ,
"We'll call it twenty thousand then :
for the block of lots , " said the old man
smiling' and rubbing his hands.
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"Very well , " said Balcomb "witl ;
two thousand as.my fee in the matter ;
and an option to buy' the creek strip at I
sixty thousand. "
The old man stared at him with n ;
sudden malevolent light in his eyes , ,
but he said with exaggerated dignity : .
"Very well , Mr. Balcomb. "
Dameron drew from his desk an ab
stract of title covering the Roger Mer-
riam addition. It was in due form , the
work of a well-known title compan
Balcomb took it and ran his ey
through its crisp pages.
So the next afternoon a deed was
filed with the county recorder , convey
ing the block of lots to the Patoka
Land and Improvement Company , Ezr
Dameron receiving eighteen thousand
dollars as consideration and J. Arthur
Balcomb two thousand dollars as com
mission. Opportunities to make two
thousand so easily were not to be put
aside , and Balcomb's conscience trou
bled him not at all over the transac
tion _ . _ Van 91eve I , thevicejpresldent and
I attorney , did" exactly what Balcomb ,
th ? treasurer , told him to do without
question ; and when Balcomb expressed
himself as satisfied that the court's ap-
proval would be forthcoming shortly
when the whole estate was settled , and
that weanwhile the deed should be r:1- :
corded , Van Cleve readily acquiesced.
Balcomb told $ his associates that it was
the only way in which Dameron would ]
give the option.
Balcomb did not , of course , tell his
associates that he was accepting a
/commission from Dameron ; for there
were times when J. Arthur Balcomb's
volubility gave way to reticence of the
austerest kind. He plumed himself
upon at last having secured at sixty
thousand dollars an option on the creek
strip , where the ideal apartment house
was to be built ; and he sent notices to
hIs director.3 of a meeting to consider
plans - for building. The fact that the
company had just bought , through his
shrewd agency , something like fifty
thousand dollars' worth of lots for
twenty thousand would , he told Van
Cleve , "look good to the jays , " and it .
did.
CHAPTER XVII.
Copeland , the lawyer who never
practiced , reached the Tlppecanoe Club
every week-day at exactly thirty min-
utes past twelve o'clock. A good fig
ure of a man was Copeland. He had
steady brown eyes In which a keen hu-
mor lurked ; and his hair that had once
been black was now white ; but ' he was
3tlll young and the snowy cap over
tils dark features was becoming. In a
rock coat Copeland would have graced
he : Senate .or the President's cabinet
able. : He had telephoned Leighton to
neet him one day near tfce end of Sep-
ember. :
"Nothing ? You reject my offer ? "
iskcd Copeland. "It's better so at your
. . When I in the . "
ige. was practice -
"That was in the day , " said Morris ,
'when a law library In these parts
neant the State decisions and a few '
text- : oks. "
Copeland continued to speak with
haracteristlc : crispness.
"I have a customer up In the coun
try who- has made the acquaintance of I
rour particular friend , Mr. Jack . BalI I
omb. : Do you follow me ? "
"Your customer must be & man of I
arts. Balcombdoes not cultivate peo-
ple > unless he sees something : : pretty I
rood In them. " I
"I believe that is correct. Well , my i
ustomer : , whose name is Jennfngs , has .
ought some stock In what is known j
as the Patoka Land and Improvement :
Company , of wMch } Balcomb is treas- !
jrer and' ' one thing and another. There's
& lawyer up there in his building- - "
"Van CTeve , " suggested Leighton.
"That's the chap. His eyes look like ,
a bowl of elam broth. He's the attor- .
tey for the company. The ! reason hei i
tolds the job is not difficult to. detep- I
nine. His , father Is a banker. down. I
iere on. the river somewhereand Is. '
srell-tO'-de. Balcomb , I understand , is
caching Van Cleve how things. are' '
Lone in large cities. "
"He's a competent teacher. * Go. on. " .
"A client of your'office Is also . in the I
rame toa certain extent. I ; refer to
2zra Dameron : , that genialj. ; warm-
learted impulsive old fossil. They
ell me on the quiet that he'sbeen
nonkeying with options. He's selling
his company the old Roger Merriam
roperty > south of town at half' its val-
ue and he's given them an option on
lis strip of land out here on the creek.
lou know Balcomb's scheme. He's go-
ing to build an Ideal flat out here at the
dge of town - fountains , playing ev-
irywhere , roof gardens , native forest
rees - it's a delightful psospect Dam-
ron's corner is a great place for .it. It
nakes no difference , whether the
cheme is practicable or not. Balcomb
nakes it sound awfully good. It's been
written up in the newspapers most se-
tuctlvely. It's so good : that only the
lect ! can get in. "
"I know Balcomb and his habits of
bought. How much Is he paying
Dameron for that property ? "
"Balcomb has an option at sixty
housand. Jennings told me that th3
itockholders had already paid in most
of their money so that the purchase
ould : be made at once. ' The price- is
imazingly low. He must be hard up.
Salcomb tells Jennings and the rest of
hem that he bought these lots merely
to be able to get that creek strip ; but
s's a bargain and they'll make a good
hing out of the lots. But what's the
natter with Ezra ? I thought perhaps
Jarr's relations with Dameron were
iuch that this Information would in-
erest you. The property Is part of the
Margaret Dameron trusteeship and I
lope Miss Dameron will get all Sh ' 8
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curious will that was ever probated ii 1
our county , " Copeland continued , wit ;
the exaggerated gravity with which h
talked of legal matters. "But thai
woman certainly had an extraordlnar
faith In her husband. Nobody else i ij ;
this township would trust Ezra Darner-
on round the corner with a hot base
burner. But Mrs. Dameron was a <
proud as Lucifer. She was a Men-lam
and she must have thought that bj ; ;
leaving her property to Ezra in trusl
for their daughter she would put a
corner-stone under his honor. But th $
trusteeship expires on the first of Octo
ber and the old man is selling propert ;
at a ridiculous figure to a crook. II
looks rather queer , doesn't It ? "
"Dameron must have had something ;
of his own ; he had his wife's property !
to play with and if he hasn't done well
with it ! it's his own fault. I'm sorrji !
that he has fallen into Balcomb'a .
hands. "
"Oh , well ; you : can't make a sill
purse out of a sardine's tail , " observed
i Copeland , reflectively. "And I fear that
i E : : ra is a sardine. "
When Morris reached his office , ha
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found a first draft of Margaret Damer
on's will , ritten in lead pencil on a
faded piece of manila paper" , in Carr' :
small regular - hand. Leighton nad
come upon it once in cleaning out an
old desk , and he had put it among hia
own papers as an interesting specimen
of Carr's handiwork. He unfolded the
sheets now and examined intently the
form of the will. The terms were clear
and unequivocal ; he noted the change
of word and phrase here and there , in
> every case an improvement in the . ; n-
terest of directness and clarity. . * There ,
was no question as to the meaning of
the will. Real estate was not to be
sold except by permission o { the court ;
and proceeds were to be reinvested in
other realty. There was good sense In
. the idea , but had Dameron sold the
: . Roger Merriam addition entire to the
Patbka { Company ! without referring tha'
sale to the court ?
The question must be answered , and
he went to the court house and asked
permission of the recorder to look at
the deed from Ezra Dameron , trustee ,
to the Patoka Land and Improvement
Company. It was in the hands of a
clerk for transcribing , but Morris was
allowed to examine it. It was written
in Dameron's hand , and had been
copied from a printed form of trustee's
deed. The consideration was twenty
thousand dollars , the receipt of which .
was duly acknowledged. Leighton was
a lawyer and he felt a lawyer's disguat
with the situation that the case pre
sented. Dameron was clearly in seri- .
ous need of ready money or he would
not be selling Teal estate at a ridicu-
lous figure. It was also patent that in . .
his necessity he had turned to Balcomb
as a man who would not scruple at
oblique practices.
Morris went the next day to the of-
fice of a title company where he was
acquainted and waited while the sec-
retary made up a list of the property
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held by Ezra Dameron , trustee.
found ' that the sale of the Roger Mer
riam addition , which had Just been re -
ported , left the creek property , The
Beeches and the Qld Marriam home-
stead the- only realty remaining In tho
trust.
"I thought Mr. Dameron was a hea\ y
real estate owner , " remarked Morris.
" said
"That's a : popular superstition ;
the secretary ; "but he's sold it off rap- :
Idly during the past two years He
> wns nothingpersonally , and he has
Deen converting his daughter's prop-
jrty very fast. I hope there's nothing
fvrong about ifc. "
"I don't know Are you sure he
hasn't been buying other real estate ?
Something of the kind is required by
he ; terms of his wife's -will. : ' '
"Not in this county at least. The
secretary was silent for a moment. "It
voold be a delicious , irony if Ezra were-
to- turn up broke , wouldn't it ? " he saidk .
jrlnning.
"That depends om the point of view , " '
emarked ti [ o rris.
( To be continued. )
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Hammock Cort&e Bal y.
' cradle has
A substitute : : for baby's
been' ) invented by a. Tennessee man
in the form of \ a hammock , adapted
, obe - hung over "tha parents' bed.
Phis " nammock is so designed that It
ombines : perfect comfort far the occu-
> ant with perfect safety and is wlth-
fu. . easy reach of the1 mother if baby ;
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BABY'S Hs1S3I0Ci.
needs attention. The body portion of
the hammock is boat-shaped affair
of some flexible material and laces
together at the end. A hood shelters
the head of the device and a belt
passes around it and serves the dou )
ble purpose of keeping the infant from-
falling out and keeping his covers on.
Ropes are attached to each end of the
hammock and their other extrem
ities fastened to hooks in the oppo-
site walls. Thus suspended the ham-
mock swings over the bed in full view
of the child's parents , who can
rock it as they lie abed and with
much , less trouble than it takes to rock
the ordinary cradle. When not in
use the hammock takes up no more
room than the space required to hang
it on a hook In the closet.
A dog can run as well on three legs
as four , which Is about all the credit
we are willing to give to a dog.
By refusing to listen to secret oat .
Is saved unlimited trouble.
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Awarded Estate of His Father.
Johnson County - John Wilson , jr. ,
is the rightful , heir to the estate left
by his father , a fortune in lands and
monies estimated to be worth thirty
thousand dollars. This was the de
cision rendered by Probate Judge
James Livingston after a hearing- last
ing most of the day. The scene in
the court room when the court ren
dered the decree was dramatic. Wil
son , who throughout the hearing had
been probably the most unconcerned
man in the room , which was filled
with interested persons , broke down
as former neighbors pressed around
to congratulate him , and he wept. Al
though made the undisputed posses
sor of a comfortable fortune he de
clared he would much rather forfeit
the estate if it would permit him to '
once again see his dead father and
mother , with whom he parted over
thirty years ago following a boyish
grievance. The hearing followed a
number of adjournments at which it
was sought to establish the rightful
claimant to the estate of John Wil
son , sr. , a pioneer Johnson county
resident.
John Wilson , jr. , now a man past
middle age , a lawyer by profession ,
of Houston , Texas , left home
while a young man , declaring ,
it is said , at the time , he
would never return. His aged par
ents sought him for years , but wIth-
out success , but never abandoned the
hope that he would eventually return
and claim his own.
The parents both died , the father
about five years ago , and he left a
will providing that if the long lost
son within five years ; returned and
satisfactorily established his identity
the estate should go to him , other-
wise it was bequeathed to three
nephews of the testator. Mr. Wil
son's wife took the initiative in claim-
ing the estate for her husband , mak-
ing a trip to Tecumseh and finally in-
ducing her husband to come. He has
been in Nebraska now several weeks ,
and in that time former neighbors of
the family and his own intimates
when a boy claimed to have recogniz-
ed in the Houston lawyer the lad who
left home years ago. Wilson through-
out has seemed indifferent as to the
outcome , but was anxious to prove he
was not an 'adventurer and bogus
claimant. The estate is fully worth
$30,000.
Injunction Case Decided.
Scottsbluff County-The injunction
case of the Gering irrigation district
against the state board of irrigation
was decided in favor of the latter by :
Judge Grimes. He held that even
though the Gering and Mitchell
ditches took their water from ' \ 'y om-
ing they had their appropriation from
Nebraska and for that reason he dis
solved the injunction.
Roosevelt Personnel.
Douglas County - John L. Kennedy ,
chairman of the committee which will
have charge of the reception of Colon
el Roosevelt party which comes to
Omaha on September 2 , will comprise
William B. Howland , Ernest Hamlin
Abbott and Harold J. Howard , all of
the Outlook staff ; Frank Harper
secretary to Colonel Roosevelt , and
the redoubtable 'T. R. " himself.
Death From Eating Peaches.
Dodge County-George Lorenzen ,
janitor in charge of the city school
building at Fremont during vacation
was taken suddenly sick , after eating
five peaches- and" was taken to the
hospital , where. he died. He had been
in his usual health , . but overeating of
peaches brought to a head a stomach
trouble which took an acute form.
Baby Has But One Ear.
Washington County A baby girl
born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schmidt at
Calhoun has no ear on one side of her
head and on the other has a perfectly
formed ear with , no visible opening.
Faifs in Suicide Attempt.
Hall County - Mrs. : John Snook ,
wife of a railroad employe , despairing
of her ill health , left home accompan-
ied , by two sons , aged 1 1-2 and 9
years , engaged a room at the Altoona
roomirfg house and in the presence
of the boys drank what she supposed
to be carbolic acid. Physicians sav
ed her.
Drowned in Shallow , Creek.
York County-Paul Bernstein , sev
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enteen years old , son of William
Bernstein , was " drowned in Beaver
creek while bathing. With a number
of other boys Bernstein , who couldn't
swim , ventured into the creek , and
stepped into a deep hole.
Omaha Man Shot at Eustis.
Frontier County-Samuel Richards
and C. C. Banks after a trip to Eustis
in . a buggy were on the point of start-
ing ; home when as Mr. Richards plac
ed a rifle into th ° buggy was accident-
ally dischared , striking him in the
region of the heart. He lived about
an hour. His home is in Omaha.
Set Fire by Lightning.
Fillmore County-During the elec
tric storm the house of A. J. Price
was struck and set on fire. The fire '
was extinguished with but little dam- ' ,
age. Nbne of the occupants were m .
juredi
Farmer Killed by Lightning.
Saline County - Ted Kattaa , a
young farmer living with bis par-
. . ents about two and a half miles south
west of Kramer , was killed by light-
ning. He was found lying in the fur
row where he had been plowing
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Mr. Johnson Unable to See Where If ?
Any Way He Had "Put His
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humor in a person. Yet the very
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President
on a certain occasion with
Johnson. "He was one day , " says a
writer in Harper's Magazine , "visit-
Ing my mother , and a friend , Mrs.
Knox , a widow , came in. She had
known Mr. Johnson some years be-
fore , when he was a member of the
legislature , but they had not met since
then. :
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and to model a certain bust in view of
the . # audience. This fairly electrified
the ; critics , but when going into rhap-
sodies over the technical skill in han
dling the clay which Mme. Bernhardt
exhibited they showed that they knew
little of the artistic tricks of actors
and actresses , ; as a matter of fact , she
does nothing of the kind. The bust
is modeled and baked , and over it is
placed damp clay of the same color.
This the talented actress merely pulls
off , exposing the beautifully modeled
head underneath.
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