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Helen, in Warren's Interest, Calls on the Wife of a
Western Millionaire
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By MABEL HERBERT t'RHER,
t "But, it's so hard. Warren, for me to
' call on any one I don't know. I always
feel so awkward I never know what to
talk about."
"That's absurd. Mrs. Griffin Is a nice
woman a mlgiity
nice woman. You
won't have any
trouble talking to
her. You'll find' her
the easiest person
to"
"Oh, I don't mean
that," interrupted
Helen. "Only I can't
tell you how I
dread to call on a
perfect stranger."
"Now", look here,,
I've told you why
I want you to make
this call. ' ' Griffin
will only be here a
week, and anything
we can do to enter
tain them will be.,
a whole lot to my advantage. And here
you're whlrining because I ask you to call
on his . Wife."
"Oh. no. dear I'll go. You know how
glad I am, to do. anything I can to. help
you."
"Well, then, don't make so much fuss
about 'it. list go. up there this afternoon
and make a short call. That's all. She
doesn't know anyone In New York and
sho'll appreciate itGriffln will, too."
"The Goldhill is such a big place,"
mused Helen. "I wonder where she'll
receive me? There are so many recep
tion rooms it's bewildering."
"Oh," she don't receive you downstairs.
They have a suite their own private
parlor. When you send up your card she 11
have you come "up there, of course."
"A private parlor at the Goldhill!"
and Helen's voice expressed her aston
ishment that anyone could afford a
private parlor there.
"1 told you Griffin was a rich man
a very rich man. Don't know Just what
he's worth but a couple of millions at
least."
"And they've never been to New
York?"
"She never has. He's been here a few
times not lately. Now when yoii' call
don't be so stiff and stand-offish. See If
you can't arrange to go shopping. Take
her to a tea or matinee some of the
things women like to do. He'll be down
town with me most of the time and she'll
be there alcme. By jove!" glancing at his
watch. "It's almost 9 and I wanted to
get down early this morning."
It was a little after 4 that afternoon
when Helen went up the broad stone
steps of the Goldhill and through the
great revolving doors.
At the desk she gave her card to one
of the clerks and asked that It be sent
to Mrs. Griffin. Consulting a big re
volving register, he scribbled a number
on the card, handed it to another clerk
and motioned her to a reception room
just beyond.
As Helen waited she watched with
much Interast the throng of people pass
ing through. In no other place can one
see more- varied types of faces than in
the corridor of a great hotel.
A bellboy, oame hurrying toward her
now with a slip in his hand.
"Mrs. Curtis?" inquiringly.
Helen nodded.
"This way, please."
He led her down the corridor into one
of the mirror-line delevators and out at
the twelfth floor, down another long hall
and around a turn. Stopping before a
door numbered 1236, he rang the bell.
From Warren's desofiptlon Helen knew
that the. pleasant-faced middle-aged wo
man who opened the door was Mrs. Grif
fin herself. There were a few words of
murmured greeting, and Helen found
herself in the drawing room of what was
evidently a very elaborate suite.
"Won't you have this chair by the win
dow? I think the view from this side
is especially interesting."
The window, overtopping the adjoining
buildings, looked far out (to the East
river.
"Oh, that Is a wonderful view,',' mur
mured Helen, grateful for having the
awkwardness of the first few moments
relieved by so easy a subject for dis
cussion. '
"Yes, we think it is, and it's very beau
tiful at night with all the lights."
"Oh, it must be," murmured Helen,
vishlng that she could think of a more
intelligent" comment.
However, they managed to talk about
the view several moments longer. All
the time Helen was trying to think o!
what other subject she could introduce
when this was exhausted.
But when Che awkward pause cme she
could think of nothing better than the
stereotyped and Inevl'able:
"And bow do yon like New York?"
Mrs. Griffin said she had seen very
little of it as yet. This was an opportun
ity to follow Warren's suggestion and
offer to show her more, but she hardly
knew how to put it. so she let it pass.
Mrs. Griffin was almost as constrained
and self-conscious as Helen. It was plain
that she regarded Helen with the diffi
dence that most outsiders have for New
York women. To live in New York, to
know it, to be a part of it there seems
to be a glamour about all this for the
out-of-town visitor, particularly those
from the western states.
So the first few moments were most dif
ficult for them both. But later when they
got to talking about the hotel and Mrs.
Griffin showed her through the, suite,
things were easier.
Helen soon saw that Warren was right
that Mrs. Griffin was a very nice
woman. But Helen felt that she would
have been much more comfortable in a
less pretentious place. It was evident
that the luxurious and bewildering ap
pointments of the big hotel depressed
her, for she said, rather pathetically:'
"I would rather have stopped at a
quieter place, but James wanted to come
here."
And when she showed Helen tier
rooms, it was with mingled pride and
depreciation. It's all very well fir -a
bridal couple,'' slie smiled, "but It seems
rather overawing for a matter-of-fact,
middle aged couple like us."
Helen could not help but think of the
expense. Warren had said they were
paying at least $30 a day for the ivoms
alone. But it was evident Mrs. Griffin
did not think of that, but merely of
the fact that she would have felt more
at home in simpler surroundings.
The rooms were fitted with every ultra
modern device, even to a combination
lock safe for jewelry built in the marbla
bath room wall, runnning ice water,
closets .Tilled with patent hangers, and
separate dressing rooms.
If it was not customary to show a
formal caller through one's apartment,
Helen was as happily ignorant jf it as
was Airs. Griffin. Helen had never t.e
fire been In a really elaborate hotel suite
and now with real Interest she noticed
every detail of the appointments.
The bedroom, with its rose-.si!k hang
ings and tapestried walls, appealed to
her most. There were two single French
beds, with a stand between for the iope
shaded liht and telephone. The hand
embroidered spreads bore the crest of
the hotel, as did the linen sheets and pil
low cases. The dressing table scarfs, the
head rests on the chairs, even the heavy
towels in the bath room were all of the
finest linen and all bore the same .m
broidercd crest.
Before Helen left Mrs. Griffin insii.ed
on ordering tea.
"I never care for it at home," she ad
mitted, frankly. "But here I feet I must
live up to the surroundings. I hope you
can stay and have it with me.
Here was another opportunity for
Helen to carry out Warren's wishes, and
this time she did not let it pass. And
Mrs. Griffin very gladly accepted her In
vitation to the matiness and tea for the
day after tomorrow.
It was after 6 o'clock when Helen
reached home. Warren was already
there.
While she took off her veil and best
white gloves and' folded them neatly
she gave him a hurried account of the
call. ,
"And oh, dear." as she finished breath
lessly, "Mrs. Griffin is a very sweet
woman and very simple. And she doesn't
care a bit for those elaborate rooms.
Why do you suppose he keeps them?"
Warren shrugged his shoulders. "Oh,
that's the western type. He's got a lot
of money,, and when he comes to New
York he wants to spend it. Now I want
to have them here for dinner before they
go back."
"For dinner!"
"Why not? That's just . what they'd
appreciate. It was Griffin's influence
that helped me put over that deal out
west. Now he's forming a company here,
and If I can get in right It'll mean a
mighty big thing."
"But, dear, wouldn't it be better to
take them out to dinner?"
"We may do that, too. But they can
go to all the restaurants they want to.
A dinner right here Is the thing. Now
don't begin to stew about it. I'll let you
know a couple of days ahead. In a way
Griffin is just as simple as his wife.
He's a mighty nice man and he's square.
Oh, you'll find them easy people to en
tertain." But Helen was overawed with the sense
of responsibility. Outside of his family,
she had never bad anyone to dinner
formally. And now to feel that War
ren's business Interests might be depend
ent upon this dinner! What If something
should go wrong? She was filled With
dread p nri apprehension..
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The Making of a Pretty Girl
Clothes and
manners both
change with the
way a girl does
her hair, and
the way her
complexiou
looks.
agrees with you, showing the best re
sults. The reason your face Is so greasy Is
because the little-plands which find their
outlet in the pores of tile skin are not
working properlyr
I explained to you In my last article
that during this trying period of read
justment between childhood and young
womanhood the circulation of the blood
Is very apt to go on a strike somewhere,
and cause you all kinds of trouble like
pimples and blackheads or a very oily
skin. These troubles will right them
selves In the course of time, especially
if you are careful of your health. In the
meantime, I would suggest to the girl
with the greasy face that slic try one or
the other of tnese treatments. Of course
1 take It for granted that you don't
omit your daily hath, and that you wash
your face carefully and thoroughly both
tilght and morning. The InveHtnipnt of
a face brush will repay you by clearing
the pores of ail Impurities, and making
It much easier for you to work on your
complexion.
The soap you use on your face need
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By MARGARET HUBBARD AVER.
Before I go on with the making of
our pretty girl I want to answer some
of the many questions that 'have poured
in from girls between fourteen and six
teen regarding their complexions.
I always feel deeply sympathetic with
girls of that age, because It is a very
trying time. One Isn't quite a young
lady yet, and one Is not a child, and
clothes and manners both change along
with the manner in which one does one'i
hair, and the way one's complexion loOkg.
A gl:l of fifteen who had taken my
last article very seriously to heart wants
to know what In the world she will do.
"The girls at school are making fun
of me," she writes, "because my face
Is shiny just like a mirror, and yet
you say I must not use powder, Ail
the other glrlg da. so what shall I do?"
Personally, I would rather see a shiny
little nose than one that was aii (fhallted
up with powder, but, my dear. If it
worrie you so much, here are a few
simnle ways that vciu may trv in ovr.
Beauty depends greatly on the way you take careVf your
natural charms.
come the greasy look. ,
In the first place I want you to re-
member now and for always that the '
lotion or treatment which ajrees wan
one skin won't agree with another and
you want to try and experiment until !
not be an expensive kind, but It must
be pure. Many soaps can be used on
the body or hands, but should not touch
the face. If the soup stings it is too
strong for the face, and one of the
simplest t'-sts is tn tasta it with the
Burning of the Gaspe
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By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.
Jane 8, 1TT8. .widening the breach between Kln
In Narragansett Bay. HO years ago, George and the colonies.
there was the little conflagration to which Narragansett Bay was an unfortunate
history has given the name of the "Burn
ing of the Gaspe." It was not much of a
fire, but It ninde a great light In the
world, and tho il
lumination, caused
by it Is still wak
ing up the dark
corners of things
over all the earth.
Great Britain, be
ing "civilised," had,
of course, her reve
nue laws, her "pro
tective" tariffs, not-'
withstanding the
fact that the com
merce of the na
tions should be aa
free as the waves
of the ocean It sails over; and because
the Yankees colonists were a little remiss
in recognizing laws, the Gaspe was cruis
ing In Narragansett bay for te purpose
of enforcing them.
While chsslng a vessel that was trying
to elude her, the Gaspe ran aground and
a party went down from Providence and
set her on fire. This act on the part of
the Americans maddened tho British
ministry and thus materially assisted in
SI
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THE FACE OF, BEAUTY AND "
SOME QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
be used on the face of the most sensl-tlve-sklnucd
girl.
Scrub your face with tho brush and
soap, toklng especial pains to scrub
around tho nostrils and chin and over
the temples where blackheads are likely
to appear. Rinse the face with several
warm waters and then cold water and
dry carefully and thoroughly. 'If 'you
use a facecloth take good care to im
that It Is kept clean. After you havj
used It wash It out In clear water with
a little ammonia and hang It up In the
window to dry.
Instead of using powder. If your nose
Is really very shiny. , got your mother
to give you about a tea-spoonful of epsom
Falls; boll about four ounces of water
and dissolve the salts In the water and
dissolve the salts In the water bottle, and
mop a little of this liquid over your nose
when you want to be sure that It is not
going to look shiny. By adding a little
more epsom salts you can make a simple
and excellent bleach for neck and face.
Don't let your mother throw away any
bits of cucumber, either the pulp or the
peel, because cucumber juice is one of
the best things for tho complexion, and
you can rub It on at night or during
the day. It acts as a bleach and will
correct the oily look.
On warm days when your face shines
you may be able to beg a little white
wlno vinegar about a tablespoonful-and
pour it into two cups of rain water.
Wipe your face with this, and add a few
dropa of perfume to the water If you
tako sweet odors.
Now for tho girl whose skin is blotchy.
Of course she aBures me that there Is
not anything tho matter with her little
stomach, and, as I don't know my corre
spondents personally, I cannot deny t'aat
they are right. But actually, dear Sweet
Sixteen, your face is a pretty good Indi
cation of the condition of your blood,
and If It Is blotched Just now, ask your
mother If she won't mix up a good, old
fashioned dose of sulphur and molasses.
I think probably it would do you good,
for I have seen more complexions cleared
up with the simplest remedies than 1
care to remember.
The girl with the little red nose is
exceedingly Indignant at me because I
said it might be due to stricture of
some kind, tight lacing, tight garters,
etc. She also Insists that she has not
indigestion, so I shall advlHe her first
of all tc avoid sudden changes in tem
perature, not to get overheated if she
can avoid It. to cut tea and coffee out
of her bill of fare, together with spicy
foods and too much meat.
Sometimes, If the nose Is very red,
a warm foot bath will allay the dis
comfort, and the feature will return to
Its ordinary coloring. On the whole, how
ever, the nose shows Indiscretion In eat
ing, and anaemia, which means a poor
or weak condition of the blood, and a
ehronio case of red nose should be turned
over to the family physician and cured,
because it Is an indication of some real
trouble.
Sweet Sixteen complains quite Mtterly
In her letters of the shape of her mouth.
Now the mouth Is shaped by character,
by the thought and will behind the face.
The Italians say that out eyes are what
Go.i Intended us to be, and our mouths
show what we have made ourselves.
Al j(ur age, with . J o'. HTe before yiu,
almost any kind of a mouth can be made
Iritc a feature which expresses character,
strength and sweetness of disposition,
place for King George's war vessel to at
tempt her tyrannical impressment. It
was to the shores of those same waters
that Roger WllllHms had tied 137 years
before, and it was on those shores that
he established, for the first time In the
whole history of the world, a government
that rested on the principle of a thor-l
oughgolng liberty, liberty of conscience,
liberty In trade, liberty lit everything.
A bad place, that, for the Gaspe to
come for tho purpose of making people
pay the taxes which seemed to them to
be unjust. The spirit of Itoger Williams
hovered over the waters and cheered by
that spirit the patriots refused to be
recreant to their consciences. They .
could not conscientiously pay King
George the tax that rightfully belonged
to their wives and children, but they
could, without a twingo of compunction,
burn the vessel' ho had sent to despoil
them.
One of the leaders of the party that
burnt the Gaspe was Abraham Whipple,
afterward a naval officer during the rev
olution. Others of the party became dis
tinguished for bravery during the revo
lutionary struggle.
Four years after the burning of ths
Gaspe, when Sir James Wallace, a Brit
ish commander, was in the vicinity of
Newport, some one pointed W nipple out
to htm as the leader tn the attack on
the Gaspe, and Wallace sent him the
following note: "You, Abraham Whipple,
burned his majesty's vessel, the Gaspe,
and I will hang you at the yardarm."
To this Whipple replied: "Sir James Wal
lace. Sir Always catch a man before you
hang him: Abraham Whipple."
Sir William did not "catch" his man
and Whipple lived to be tho progenitor
of some- of the most Illustrious homes In
our country's history.
and that, after all, Is real beauty.
For the consolation of the girl with
the big mouth, I want to tell her that
It Is a sign of a generous nature, and
that both men and women are begin
ning to bo rather critical of the tiny
rosebud mouth, which Is apt to say more
bitter things than the bigger, if less
classic, lips.
If you don't like the shape of your
lips and mouth, learn to enunciate with
great care ond distinctness. The preacher
in the pulpit Is a good example to fol
low, or If you know of a teacher who
speaks almost too precisely, imitate that
teacfier. Careful enunciation is an a
erclse for the lips. It strengthens all the
muscles in the lips, and if you form the
habit, In time you will get the well
shaped Hps which distinguish our best
actresses and actors.
HEALTH IN HOT WEATHER
In Europe during the summer of 1911
the excessive heat was observed by Va
Fleury to have had a-pronounced effect.
Not only was there increase In sickness
during the hot period, but after Its sub
sidence many pe.sons developed gastro
intestinal disturbances, congestion of the
.Iver r some skin affection of digestive
origin. In attempting to account for the
effects of the hot weather De Fleury
ays that the abuse of cooling drinks
with food, the tendency of foods to spoil
and the Increasing virulence of disease
Terms were Important factors, but he
believes that the most Important factor
vag the diversion of the water in the
body from the kidneys to the skin, wlfl
increased excretion of water, with lower
ing of blood-pressure, but with decreased
elimination of- poisons. The sweat-excret-,ng
apparatus of the skin Is equal to only
about a fourth of the filtering apparatus
of the kidneys and during the hot
weather fluids are excreted by the skin
almost entirely. It was De Floury's ob
servation that persons who lived on 1
fruit and vegetable diet, to the exclusion
of meat and eggs, escaped gastrointes
tinal disturbances. Hot drinks also acted
In a prophylactlo way, as did the em
ployment of the lactic ferments. Drug
which increase the blood-pressure and
stimulate the kidney function also had
beneficial effects. The observations oT
De Fleury, according to The Journal of
the American Medical Association, would
seem to confirm the dictum that In hot
weather It is desirable to decrease the
amount of protein food intake, to limit
the diet more closely to fruits and
vegetables and to drink plenty of plain
water or other bland drinks whjle the
stomach Is empty In order, if possible,
to increase elimination by the kidneys,
The frequency of congestion of the liver
would seem also to support the theory '
of a deficient elimination of poisons as
an important cause of the morbidity duo
to the heat.
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