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11 SILK H AT HARRY'S DIVORCE SUIT -: it Was ConsMerabie BrodieJust the Same .:. Drawn for jhe Bee by Tad f j. ' : 1 . 1 rr . - - - - Married Life the Third Year Warren Fails to Brings His Mother a Present and Helen Bays One Here. Br MABEL HERBERT CRXER, r'.'icvo''--.s 4 It wu t breakfast, th second morn ing after Warren's arrival, that Helen asked suddenly: "Warren, didn't you brlnf your mother anything? I just thought of It now and I don't remember seeing thing when you unpacked your trunk." "By George, I illd forget that! 1 t course. I In tended to get her Something. But 'that last day was . so rushed that It I want clear out of I my mind.' I "Oh, . then you'l) I have to 'get some I thing her. She'll not knowwher It came froma By thing will be better than to ' let her think you'd forgot ten her.'r Wen. "you'll have to get It. I haven't time Ho to tool around shops.' "But, dear, I won't know what to get. It's always so hard ton me to select any. - thing for" year people."" "That's absurd get anything. Mother's not particular. ?he only cares for the remembrance. And be sure to get It to day, for we're to go up there this evening. I phoned yesterday that we'd come." , Helen laid down her fork With ' startled',' ' . . "Oh!" What's too matter? I've been back two day now. 8hould have gone before this-; , "Oh, yes, but but It won t be neces sary for me to go, will It?" "Why notr i Why, you know dear, when your .mother was her last Oh, I wrote you sl about it,' Nonsense! Mother's too big to harbor any little unpleasantness and you ought to be." 'It Isn't that you know It Isn't. But can't you sea bow embarrassing It will be for m to go there now? This first time. I think, you ought to go alone.' v "Nothing' of the kind. Of course, you're clng with me. Oet something for mother today and we'll take It up with us. I don't like the Idea of lying about It. but sues mother would be hurt If she houfht'rd forgotten her. There," aa the k struck th quarter hour. "It's it of r kmc sgo.' And before Helen hsd time to protest further about the call he bad kissed her hurriedly and waa gone. All daf th dread of going to hla her e " hung ever her. She knew of rmm, umi sooner or later sne wouiq ve to go but she did not think It would be so soon. The memory of lira Curtis last call with Its unpleasant Hi' ddwnt -still rankled. She felt sure that there would b no mention of that this evening, but she knew Mrs. Curtis would be stiff and formal, sn-l that the herself 'would k painfully self-conscious and 111 at ease. But mors thin th awkward situation. Helen dreaded th subtle Influence this can might have. In tSe two days Bloc Warren's return things hsd been better- mack better- than they bad been for many months. . In many ways they seemed nearer to gether. She knew this wsa du partly to tb lack of financial worry, but she tried to believe, too, that Warren fared fr be." more, that th separation had mad him mils, his reed of her. And now thai call on., his mother ah feared might be disturbing. That his mother Uked her lea than ever before, ah felt assured. Just what reference the might make to th letter sh had writ ten Warren. Helen did not know. But now star everything wss so "right" between tbem ehe dreaded even th thought of any aatagonistia Influence. After tuadMon so vent Sewn town to look for th present, gbe almost wore herself out walking through a big de partment stnre before sh rtmlly derided on a small traveling etght-day clock in a leather case. When Warren cam horn that evening -be shewed It to him. a little douMful of Why that's bully Just the thing! Much better to get something sensfbl like that than some foolish gewgaws. But I till don't Bice tb Idea of tying about It- Why not tell mother tb truth that I forgot to get anything ot there, so got It herer "Oh. no. I wouldn't d that-ehe wouldn't appreciate H a much. Just say yea brought at for ber-end she II think. of course, you got It on your trip." "Huh. I don't ses much difference be tween telling a le and acting one. But all rtght-w'll let It go at that." Helen flushed. She knew that In small things she was not so brutally truthful as Warren. 8he could never quit ses why It wss not escusable to tell a harmless fib if It saved some one's feelings. Now, we don't went ' to fool around her too long I phoned mother we'd be up there about t You'd better be getting ready." . i '"It1 All th way up la th subwsy Helen kept dreading the rsll and wondering whst It would be like. She hoped some of the rest of the family would be there- It would be much tees smbarrasslng. But Mrs. Curtis wss alone. She greeted Warren cordially, and Helen with prim formality. But Warren dispelled th awkwardness of th first few moments by plunging at once Into an account of hla trip. Helen wss sitting In a low, straight chair by th window. Sh had taken it nervously and now found she most uncomfortable. It waa very low and had no arms, and she felt curiously awkward and conscious of her hands. which added to iter confusion. She took up a magaxlne from a nearby table Just to have something to hold. She had hardly spoken 'since sh entered, but sh knew thst Mrs. Curtis was observing her. "Oh. here, mother her' a little re membrance I brought you," said Warren, drawing th package from his pocket. Mrs. Curtis opened It and took out th tiny traveling clock. "Oh. how thoughtful of you. That's something I've always wanted." "And It runs eight days, mothsr, that's th best of It." "Oh, It does," delightfully examining th back of It. "And It has an alarm, too. But Where's ths key?" Th key?" repeated Warren. "Isn't '.i 1 1 j AS DCTTKR. 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"Oh, then you didn't bring this with your asked Mrs. Curtis stiffly. Warren laughed, a little disconcerted. 'To tell the truth, mother, I was so rushed the week I left that I Just forgot to get you anything. So Helen got this here." , . ... Vo, I see, mora- coldly. "Well, I'm sur It waa very nice st her." And then as she ross to put th clock on th table something fell clanging to the floor. "Oh, there's the key," as Warren stooped to pick It up. "It must bav dropped out when you opened ths box." Mr. Curtis put th key bssld th clock on th tsbl and then returned to her chair with a stiff nod. "I'm sur It will be a very ussful present, and I am vary much obliged t you both." After this, although nothing mora was said about It, vn Warren seemed slightly constrained. And they left rather early. "Now, that' what you get by acting' a lis," he begsn when they reached the street "But. dear, I only did It for her o sh wouldn't think you'd forgotten her." "Well. It never pays to II about any thing. And you'v got to hav darned sight better memory than I have to get away with It successfully." "Oh. dsar, I wouldn't call that a lis, that was such a harmless little" "Tea, you dodge th truth whenever It suits you, and call It 'harmless fibs.' Wall, anything that's not th truth Is a lie There's nothing between. And th next time you Inveigle m Into a scrap Ilk tonight you'll know It." little extract from sum statist tea given by Henry Halt. In hla booklet. "Animals' nights." published In Lon don. "One dealer In London Is said to hav received aa a single consignment Coos dead hum ming birds, M.orsl aquatic, bird and X ft pairs 0 C wings. A Parisian dealer had a con tract tor .0M birds, and an army of murderers were turned ut to supply th order. No less than 4ft V terns hav been sent from bong island in on season for millinery purposes. At ons auction slon In Lon don there were sold M.M West Indian snd Bratlllsn bird skins, and M.M Bast Indian, besides thousands of pheasants and birds f paradise." Th meaning of such statistic Is sim ply that the women of Europe and America hav given an order for th ruthless extermination of birds. . . It la not seriously contended In any Quarter that this wholessl destruction effected often In th most revolting and heartless manner, la capable of cjss or Justification, yet th fforts of those whs address themselves to th better feelings of ths offenders appear to meet with Utile or no success. Th causa of thla failure muat un doubtedly be sought In the general lack of any clear conviction that animals heva rights, and Ihs evil will never be thor oughly remedied until not only this par ticular abuse, but all such abuses, and the prim sourr from which such abuses originals, hav been subjected to The Right Road to Health . . . .. Good News for the Stout Woman and Reducing Secrets In this picture) Miss Kcuermann is illustrating, tne position to mmt9 be take by those who wish to redoce their lower limbs and back. A 1 The exercise) consists mostly of kicking vigorously, to be fol- I p t lowed by the second position, which la to lie flat on th bark, lift Ing the limb alternately. Thla form of exercise la also excelled for waist and abdomen reduction. By Annette Kellerman J 'tysjf yr j5r ' If Im"f i r v; I jj i . . .. ,a.i'UiSiJBdsA)' 4 "P "r 1 j ' " I '&--V?".'itL. UC' - ' ! ' slsswa iiTtif i' - 1 ' U yon hav rr beea to a fasblonabl Turkish bath when th wealthy tat lady la catered to joe know why sh doesn't get thin, not matter bow much money sb may spend en herself. Thla Is the ordinary procedure: Enter Fat Lady. "On, my dear, I'm sur I'rs gained at least tan pound since I was ben before! Tea, I know I should exercise snore, but bow can I? There is so muck to da! Now, Ltanri." (this to tb patient bath atten dant) T want yea to work over me as hard as yea can. I shall stay her all tb afternoon snd I'm sure I can melt oft son of this flesh." Well, sb stays there tor hours, pers piring freely and being rubbed and pummeled until yon would think there ought to b sen raductioa m 1 - "M. tnd probably there would be. too, aly after sen has beea la the bath two or three hours sh emerges with most enormous appetite and feeling: that she should really Indulge herself after being so good about taking th hot bath and trying so hard to reduce sh orders a meal that staggers even th waiter who fat seasoned to th orders of tb Pat Lady. Then she tells yon that nothing helps her, and that all methods of reducing flesh are foolish and useless. As long s yon are going to b self indulgent about your diet It la quite usv less to try to reduce. , Th appetite of a very fat person la often unhealthy, quite aa unhealthy as tbeir tat. on tne other hand, some stent a good deal of liquid nourishment or are not Inclined to axerclie. In an easss tner la a constitutional reason for th Increased weight and a physician should be nonsuited. For the really ebeie. exercise of any kind la difficult, but for th woman who is Just beginning to get stout, dancing, swimming, fencing, tennis, bicycling all the things ar to be recommended a well as regular work In a gymnasium, or housework, with the xercls, some of which I have already suggested, and others mentioned below. LJ Tat on the beck on th floor, hands elapsed under th head. Lift th left leg to a perpendicular position, toes ex tended away from the body, stretch the kip and thigh muscles vigorously. Re turn th leg to th floor, keeping muscles quite stiff. Bsis the right leg and re peat the exercise. After practicing thla peopl eat very Jit tie. Vsuslly they takJ alternately twelve timv kick th legs In aaylng this I do not. of course, mean to Imply that spsdsl efforts should not b directed sgalnst special cruelties.- . In saying this I do not, of eouVes, mean to Imply that special efforts should not be directed against special cruelties. I have already remarked that th main. responsibility for ths dally murder which fashlonabl millinery la instigating must ii st th door f thos who de- mand, rather than thos who supply, -the hideous and funereal ornaments. Unfortunately, th process. Ilk that of slaughtering cattle, la' throughout dele gated to other bands than thos et the, ultimate purchassr, so that It la atossrt Ingly difficult to bring bom a due seas' of blood-guliuness te th right person. Let every woman who claim te b more than a mere skeleton upon which tin apparel la hung., every wemaa who' bellevea sh has a heart and a mind. Pause and consider th snormlty af the erlm against th feathered creature of earth which fashlonabl millinery wages.' , anq let her resolve to us ber fsmlnln Ingenuity and last In creating haw and. bonneta for her ewn ns which de not re- quirs th corpse of or feather et dead birds to mak them beautiful. Ther is no more greteequs sight te beheld than a Woman' club luncheon where women wearing every manner of Mrd decoration en their heads meet tni amours into in world nJJ Besides th cruel aspect f til ques tion (subject, rather, sines it la i. ,ua. tlon). ther Is ths anpalllne? fact thai th.' decrease of birds means lha lncr..u - - -lh.ii ui iruiis, grain- vesreisbl.a and trees. . From ari Industrial, as well as a hu-' man, point of vlw, women should er' ganlas a no-bird mlllnery movement. ' ' Beautiful creations la head soar are', fashioned out of ribbons, Isce, fsrns, flowers and Jet. Analysed, th Idea of carrying a dead ' bird, or anything which mean Jh .da-' st ruction of llf on th head, la mon strous, Insrtlstlo and senseless. , Ths wearing of furs can be defended", by th argument that wild animal would soon own th earth If not - strayed, and that human being need emus 10 atre msm rmm mm But no such argument can be offer'. In excuse by the women who cause birds to be slaughtered by th millions fas their us In head decorations. Tell your milliner, dear lady, te fash..' Ion you ths most exquisite hat Possible out of nature's and art's Inanimate ar-' tlcles. Huggest Ideas te her, and endeavor t' produce something which shall be so! beautiful It puts to shame the miniature butcher shops which other women snort ' Talk tbls subject to your friends and. te your enemies, and make It familiar to ' -th minds of all women. ' Refuse to belong te A club that doe not consider this question on of Impor tance to the progress ef'wsmhn' vigorously with thigh muscles relaxed. Exerclre lX Stand erect, hands on hips, twist the body at th waist, turning first towsxd on sloe, then toward the other. Keep the chest raised and shoulders back while doing this movement. Exercise II I. -For reducing the lump at th back of the neck, stand erect, head very high. Lift th shoulders, draw them back as far as possible. Now move them In a circular manner backwsrd, up and forward, putting a great deal of vigor Into the motions with th desire to heighten the ciruclstlon In that particular and very disfiguring lump on th back. Carry th shoulders back whenever yon can remember to do so, even If tb posi tion I stiff and awkward. Tbbt exercise and the following one will help reduce the six of th bust. Exercise IV. -stand erect with bands en the cheat. Slowly stretch th arm and hands back as tar a possible, keeping them on a level with the shoulders. In hale deeply. Bring the bands bark to th first position. During this exercise keep nrssslng the neck back as If you wars pushing sgsinst your collar. Re peat many times. Ton can't get thin In a hurry, because very bit of fst baa to be literally burned out of ya with th oxygen you brexthe. and tb exercise ar to aid you In tbls That Is why I say: Fat people, get out or doors. It's fresh air pumped Into your lungs that la going to consume the car bon or fat which worries yon so much. The better the air the quicker the re sult. ... . A Tonic Test "Ws ars all weak creatures," saya lira,. Corney, laying down a general principle. "fa wa are," said the beadle, Jut think, for example, of the number of fabulously rich and powerful men. aa-' eluding John I), himself, who have to' . wear wigs. Bald heads stand a glaring emblems of mankind's Umltattena. We; can slice continents In half with great canals or push towers higher Into th heavens than ancient BabeU but' w all feci like weak creaturea again the m to ut ws hear th barber saying te a shiny' patcd customer; "Try a tHtla tonic err?" A wonderful creative genius had Brows ing, but when thla great man "expert mentally" shaved off his beard' one day. he must have felt aa small and power-, less as an ant tii hear bis wife .order: "It must be grown again thla minute." And so it Is with none 'of the vp roarious levity of some of oar-contampo-' raries, but rather with a sympathetic appreciation of the stupendous nature of ' his task, thst we begin te watch tke year' long "demonstration" of a Chicago hair tonic manufacturer who recently waa lav' st rooted by a municipal Solomon to prova ' the merits of a specific by growing hair. -on a bald-headed policeman. Harper's Weekly. ' . What Jan sal. Did yon hear the satirical reply Jan Sharp mad to Tommy Glider?" ' "No; what waa It?" "H said, Tt wouldn't be ay money7 yon would marry me tor, would It? " "And what did Jan ear?" "She said. -What awful conceit r ' Cleveland Plain Dealer.