Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1911 — Page 2

Fate’s Vagaries

By MABEL CHASE ENGLAND

Helen Winslow, secretary to John Benton, lawyer, closed her desk for the nitfit, donned her outdoor wraps, j left the office and started _ briskly along Broadway. The walk home in the evening, after the close‘confinement of the day, formed always a definite and recurrent enjoyment. As jAe went happily along, her cheeks j glowing with the exercise, she became conscious of some one, a man. Just a little behind and evidently keeping pace with her. She hurried her steps nervously, but a moment later heard his voice at her side. ‘'Good evening.” She turned swiftly, looking up at him, and a wave of angry disappointment swept over her. "Aren’t you making a mistake?" she asked coldly. The young man returned her gate confusedly. "I thought—lt was Just a mistake. Tbrglve me.” He lifted his hat and was gone. Helen walked on blindly, her heart In a tumult of bitter resentment. Again and again, in her walks to and from her work, she had met the man who had just accosted her, and there had somehow come to exist between them an imperceptible and unacknowledged, but none the less real, recognition. Unconsciously she had woven many dreams about him, had imagined how they might sometime meet — aha was so sure he would find a way, some day, to meet her and come into her life. And now he had actually apoken to her on the street Her cheeks burned. How could he. have done It? It was such a foolish excuse, too, to pretend to have mistaken her for some one else. Well, it .was over now. That ended it! In the days that followed she saw him rarely, and when by chance they met he looked past her with a set gace and an air of absolute aloofness. She imagined, as time went on .that things were not going well with him. He seined thinner, more careworn, each time he crossed her path. In her ready sympathy she began to forget her indignation at what he had done and to think of him even more than before. One wet, bleak evening toward the end of November she boarded a ear for home and dropped into a seat near the door. Looking Idly down the row of faces on the other side she gave a sudden start. He' was down near the other end. He seemed absorbed in thought and apparently had not seen her. Her heart contracted with pity as she noted the pallor and weariness of his face and the dark circles under the gray eyes. Surely he must be In trouble. There was something eo desolate and hopeless In his look, »o boyishly appealing in his whole attitude. When at the next corner the man beside him got off she rose resolutely, and walking down the car dropped into the vacant seat beside him.

•“Good evening,” she said, smiliug op at him. He turned toward her, startled, and first a look of -amazement, then of gratitude, leaped into his eyes. “Oh,” he exclaimed, “how good of you—how unbelievably good of you!” “I wanted to apologize for my harshness that night you—you spoke to me.” she explained, bushing slightly. “I don’t know why, but I imagined—” She stopped confused. “I knew what you thought," he said eagerly; “but I knew, too, that I could never explain, never make you understand. You see, it wgs this way” —he paused a moment, searching desperately for words that would convince her of his truthfulness —"things were going rather badly with me, and I had no one to talk to, no one to whom I could go for even the comfort of just a little human companionship. I used to get desperate. I had met you so often in my walks and I had come to watch for you. It was the only thing that kept me up, somehow, just those little, fleeting seconds when I could look into your eyes as I passed. Probably you weren’t even conscious of it, or of me, bnt I liked to Imagine you were, that you recognized me when we met. And then that night, such a longing came over me to speak to you, to tell you, that I— Oh, I was a fool! How could you understand? And when you turned toward me with such hurt and anger in your eyes I stumbled out some foolish excuse and left you. Probably you don’t understand, even yet; but you see it was just that I was longing for companionship, sympathy. anything ” “And then I tailed you!” The tears stood in her eyes and glistened in her «*«>« His eyes darkened as he watched her. After a moment he turned his head deliberatetly away from her. “And are things better now?” she asked softly. "Better?" He laughed mirthlessly. “They are—finished, I think. The fight is over." “Tell me,” she commanded. "Well, it’s just this way. I am a lawyer, and when I graduated everyone cried ‘New York, New York,* at me. ‘There Is no future here,’ they said; go to New York. New York is the place to get ahead. 1 And Ibe lldved ft! 1 came here and rented an office. 1 had been given letters to

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one or two Influential people, who all promised to do what they could and send things my way when the chance came. But, somehow, things haven’t come, and the few little cases Tve had have in most instances failed to pay up. I hate to tell such a hard luck story,” he en&ed, “but these are bard facts, it can all be pul In one word, I suppose. - Tm a failure.” "You are nothing of . the kind,” contradicted Helen Indignantly. “Now don’t let’s talk any more about it. This Is my street, and I want you to come home with me to dinner." "Really, do you?” he breathed, with such a look of Joy and'gratitude that Helen’s eyes filled again as he fejl into step beside her. ”My name is Archauld,” he smiled, as he handed her his card. “And I am Helen Winslow. Isn’t it odd,” she laughed, ”1 had forgotten all about names. This Is the plape,” she added. W’hen the elevator had taken them up to the snug little apartment which she shared with her aunt she led him into the coxy living room. “Thfs is Mr. Archauld, Aunt Anne — a friend whom I have just met accidentally,” she said. ”1 brought him home to dinner.” Miss Winslow greeted him with a gracious warmth and sweetness that brought a lump into his throat, and after showing him Into her own bedroom that he might make a perfunctory Toilet, turned inquiringly to Helen. “I’ll tell you all about it~ later,” whispered that young woman as she disappeared into her own room. "Be very good to him, dear.” When Bhe reappeared, wearing a soft, trailing gown of pale rose,,, she found Archauld talking with her adnt, and as they all passed into the dining room she noticed that the table was set out with even more than its usual daintiness, and flashed a glance of Joving gratitude at Misß Winslow. All through the meal, as they talked and laughed llghtheartedly, Archauld’k eyes kept straying to Helen’s face in a sort of ecstacy of adoration, while in his heart there swayed an undercurrent of wonder and unbelief, as if he might wake suddenly and find himself back, lonely and heart-sick, in the bleak desolation of his little hallroom.

After dinner Helen played and sang to him, and when he left she said: “I wish you would come in again tomorrow evening. I have something to suggest.” When he came thenext evening she was radiant “I wanted to consult Mr. Benton,” she said, “In whose employ I am. He has been speaking for some time of the necessity of taking an assistant and he wants you to come in tomorrow to see him. He is an old friend of the family,” she explained, “and gave me the position I have with him when my father died, and he has a great deal of faith in my judgment of people.” She laughed up at him teasingly. “And really, you know, in New York It is so much better to start in with some one who is known. It is Almost impossible to build up success alone. Do you tbink you would care for It?” “Care for it!” His eyes expressed what he could not find words for. “It’s a case of John Benton, Barrister, caring for me,” he added, whimsically. And considering the fact that John Benton, Barrister, did care, and eventually took him into partnership, it seemed an unfair deal of Fate that the firm of Benton & Archauld should thereby lose a very . valuable secretary.

Extraordinary Honor.

The compliment paid to J. P. Morgan by Dr. Kuns, the gem expert, in namong a new variety of pink beryl after the banker, will carry his fame into unknown regions. It will put his name In the dictionaries, a thing all his financial exploits could not have done, and introduce him to learned societies that have never heard of the steel trust or the As coll cope. “Morganlte” Is a graceful recognition of its namesake’s services to art and science. Men have had their names perpetuated in mountains, promontories, diseases, chemical elements and articles of wearing apparel. The list extends from Bright’s disease to Blucher boots. Dr. Kuna himself will be known to posterity by kunzlte, an amethystine varety of spodumene. But the number of semi-precious stones is so small that the distinction conferred on the financier should please him more than a college LL. D. or an Italian royal deooration.

Exclusive.

The New Curate —And . what are your leanings, Mrs. Abercrombie, high church or low? Mrs. Abercrombie —Dear me. high, to be sure; I never could abide anything common or vulgar.—Life.

Brother's Advice.

"Do you think 1 can catch him If I set my cap for him?’’ "Cap nothing! Set your peach basket hat for him; that will hide your face."

Non-Shakespearian.

“How do you like ‘Lear?' “ \ , ■_ "Haven’t seen (ter yet Does she do one of those sensational dances?" ) W :,'f» r%2 y' * 1 I '

Two Late Costumes

VELVET COAT.—This is a most handsome coat and would look well in any dark colored velvet; our model Is In black; it is semi-fit-ting and is taken to within about six inches of foot of skirt; the fronts are double-breasted, and are fastened by invisible hooks and eyes. Braided buttons and ornaments trim front and sleeves; these latter’ are edged with fur, to match stole and muff. Hat of champagne-colored felt, trimmed with black satin and feathers. Materials required: Nine yards velveteen 24 inches wide, 1 dozen ornaments, 1 dozen buttons, 9% yards satin 22 inches wide for lining. Visiting Dress. —A dress such as

PACKED INTO SMALL SPACE

By the Exercise of a Little Ingenuity It Is Wonderful What Can Be Done. Traveling in these days .when motoring saves many a long wait at country junctions, brings out latent talents In trunk packing. To stow away everything required, not only for a night at a hotel, but for a two-day visit to friends on the line of route as well, makes a demand on closeness of packing which in old times used to be considered the prerogative of the sailor and the yachtsman. One of the most useful contrivances is a small home-made hold-all to contain the needs of the day, carried out in dark silk, such as green or navy blue, and lined with thin mackintosh sheeting. If the silk is turned back at either end for half a yard, and sewn down, two pockets \yiU be formed, which will hold a fresh motor veil, light gloves, to take the place, when Bhopping, of fur motor gauntlets, together with a veil for the face, an extra muffler and the comforts which are necessary when all weathers have to be expected,%and when many adventures may be encountered. A sponge bag of the usual dimensions can be substituted by a square of mackintosh covered with silk to. match the hold-all, and divided into pockets, intended to contain not only washing apparatus, but bath and toilet soap, a case of tooth powder and brush, tin for methylated spirits, hair curling etna and other toilet .necessaries, which it is best to isolate in a damp-proof case. This can be rolled up so as to make a large or small parcel, and secured with washing ribbon.

White Collar and Cuffs for Girl.

Nothing is daintier for the small girl’s school frock "than spotless collars and cuffs of white linen. These collars are of the popular turn-down variety which may be bought'in the stores, of plain starched white linen, with cuffs to match. But much fiber sets can be made at home out of the handkerchief linen with a simple buttonhole edge and t hey are much smarter than the readymade eton and Byron collars of the stores. The cuffs are the most Important garniture, for it Is a labor of love to keep snowy cuffs on the little sleeves which seem to rub all the soil off the school desks, but these white accessories are so charming that the trouble is well worth while.

Dyeing White Slippers.

For white kid slippers which cannot h« cleaned successfully after having been previously cleaned, buy a ten-cent tube of ivory black art paint. To one-half cupful of gasoline add enough paint to make fluid the consistency of cream. Apply evenly with a small brush, allow to dry thoroughly, and then polish with any good shoe paste. This does not harden the leather and wIU not wash or rub oft

this would look well in wine-colored Amazon cloth. The style is 'Princess, slightly loose-fitting, and is trimmed below the knees by Russia braid laid on in a handsome design; an edging of fur is sewn below the braiding; a similar trimming is arranged on bodice, which has a yoke of tucked chiffon edged with fur; thiß also edges the over-sleeves, while the under ones are braided material. Hat of black velvet, lined with crepe-de-Chine, with a cabochon at the front. Materials required: 5% yards cloth 46 inches wide, 1% dozen yards braid, 6 yards fur, % yard tucked chiffon.

SUITED TO THE DEBUTANTE

Dancing Frock Patterned After One That Was Worn by Empress Josephine. ________ i These mid-season frocks have the same straight, Slim lines, with little surplice bodices above a high sash or girdle which were noticeable In the earlier costumes. From Callot has come one of the sweetest little debutane frocks of the year—a dancing frock patterned after a little morningcostume worn by Empress Josephine in the days when Napoleon was first captivated by her slim loveliness, r Josephine’s dress —like all the costumes of those lax- days—was very thin and very, very transparent and was so narrow and straight that it revealed the slender, rounded limbs beneath with the frankness of a veiled statue; but, of course, the Callot reproduction Is more in keeping with the customs of later times. Here is 'the quaint little -high-waisted frock with long sleeves to the wrist and a perfectly straight, narrow skirt, but this little frock, made of very fine pure-white lace, falls over an equally straight, narrow slip of palest pink satin. Around the high waist-line, reaching from just beneath the bust to almost the natural waistline, is a broad girdle of the pink satin bordered at the top with a line of pink rosebuds, and at the back sash ends fail from this girdle to just below the hip.—Jean Carrington’s Fashion Article in Columbian.

LATEST TOQUE.

A new toque by Caklier, of btaek velvet, with motifs of coral vslvet embroidered in silver.

Velvet for Afternoon Costumes.

Velvet leads the fashions so far a* street wear is concerned, and the call; log costumes for the at homee and receptions immediately after New Year’s are made almost exclusively of this material. Although In the details the afternoon costumes may differ In general effect, they are really very much alike. V' >

HOW THE GANDER GOT EVEN

. . " - 4Png Dog stopped Tormenting the Geeee After He Received • Good Thrashing. It Tfrould appear from the testimony ’ & ranchman in the northwest that a goose is no fool, and still less is a gander. Indeed, 5t is clamed the particular gander herein referred to possessed a real sense of humor, and evinced a predilection for practical jokes.:The ranchman had a little dog, Harry, very round and fat, very annoying to the -geese, and* unfortunately, quite near-sighted. He used to be Called to his supper about the time the geese were called to theirs. He had to go through a gate to get his supper, while the geese took theirs on the outside. Now the gander, a most observant bird,-was not long In noticing thejfact of Harry’s appearance simultaneously with his own, and at once proceeded to utilize that discovery. He arranged his females on two lines on each side of the gate and leading thereo. Not dreaming of anything untoward, the trustful Harry trotted briskly between the lines, and there made an awful error. . The first goose nipped him as cwply a goose can, and then the opposite goose, and so on alternately. The unhappy dog ran the gantlet, howling with anguish «until he finally got through the gate. Then the geese gave utterance to divers shrieks of demoniac laughter, long and loud. Three times did the wretched Harry fall a the wiles of his enemy, till finally he would stop short, raise one paw, regard his tormentors sadly, and* then run around to the other side of the inclosure, where a friendly hole In the fence gave him entrance. In time Harry was succeeded by a pug who thought his chief duty in life was to rash upon the geese unexpectedly and drive them from their supper. He was a great success till his fate overtook him. One afternoon fie tackled the gander and seized him by the tail.

The gander immediately made for the pond, half-running and half-flying, but. with such speed that the astonished pug did not dare to let go. The feathers were strong, and the dog performed most of the transit in the air. When the pond was reached the gander, with undlmlillshed speed, reached the middle, where the pug got a chance to let go and struck out for the shore. The gander was behind him, and before he reached land he was the recipient of the most scientific and colossal thrashing an offending creature ever endured. A sad little dog reached the shore, where he sat down and lifted up his voice and wept. After that he thought it not to his interest to-meddle with the geese.

School for Amateur Huntsmen.

The skill acquired by the would-be huntsman in shooting at a still target is of no value to him when he is in the. field after wild game. The conditions are altogether different. The sudden appearance and disappearance of a rabbit or the startling rise of a partridge offers a new sensation to the man who has been used to shooting at a range target. One requires slow, deliberate and careful action, while the other necessitates instantaneous Judgment and action. In order to acquaint the amateur huntsman with thesis conditions a French gunsmith has established a huntsmen’s school of target practice, where the targets consist of various representations of small animals and birds, which have a variety'of movements closely imitating those of the’ living counterparts of the fields. All the possible contingencies of the field experiences are duplicated, so that after one has gone through the practice in this school he is quite well prepared for what he will encounter in a bona fide hunt.

Birds With Peculiar Eyes.

The eyes of'certafiT’birds, such as owls, eagles and cocks, are provided with an organ which, says the Scientific American, French naturalists, as the result of experiments, propose to call the “parasol.” It is attached to the retina at a the optic nerve enters. It consists of a, thin, black, opaque membrane. When closed It forms a narrow line lying in the optical axis, and not Interfering with vision; when open it covers the retina and protects It from any strong light thrown into the eye. It is said that when a cock appears, to be hypnotized by a strong light the fact is that the bird has simply protected Its retina with the .“parasol,” and when an eagle “looks at the sun,” It does not see it. The membraneyis impervious to both visible light and ultra-violet radiation.

Serious Oversight.

An elderly gentleman, who knew something of law, lived in an Irish village where no -lawyers had ever penetrated, and waß in the habit of making the wills of his neighbors. At an early hour one morning he was aroused from his slumber by a knocking at his gate, and, putting his head out of the window, he asked who was there. "It’s me, your honor —Paddy Flaherty. I could not get a wink of sleep, thinking of the will l have made.” "What’s the matter with the will?*' asked the lawyer. “Matter indeed!” replied Pat. “Shure, I’ve not left myself a three-legged stool to sit unon." * ■ . ;V '

And the Grounds.

Lady Customer —Do you keep coffee la the bean? -Hew Clerk—Upstairs, madam; this Is the ground floor.—Princeton Tiger

PURSUIT OF THE TIGER

ENTAILS CARE WHICH MARKS' BPORT WITH ..GRAVITY*. Safety of One’s Companions Is Always a Matter-of Great Concern—DanFascination. Perhaps some of the fascination of tiger shooting lies in the mischief that results from bad shooting or methods., This entails a carefulness which Invests the -sport with a gravity, marking it as apart from other shooting.-, For first and foremost stands the safety of one’s companions* whether they be beaters, trackers or elephants. "Shoot dead or leave well alone” is a ; counsel of perfection which shouldi ever be borne in mind-, even if not always attainable. With the tiger lying dead or gone away unwounded the: trouble Is ended until you wish to start it again. With a wounded beast afoot the trouble is hardly yet begun save in the matter of getting beaters and such like up trees or out of danger’s way elsewhere. With elephants, especially bowdah elephants, pursuit may begin at onco or he delayed, according to circumstances. Without them an hour or two’s interval or more on occasion should elapse before starting on what may be a pleasant or an unpleasant duty, according to the sportsman’s ; taste in these matters. But a duty it (nearly) always it. Wounded tigers are not articles to be lightly left littering a place. The Interval before pursuit allows of a chance of three things—ana of one other which must be accepted unwillingly. The wounded tiger may die either directly from the wound or from the effects of drinking water on certain wounds. The wound may incapacitate him, from loss of blood or stiffening, for mischief. And his rage may have time to cool down. But he may also get clean away. The pursuit begins. Htts methods must vary under the many circumstances possible. Sometimes a tracker is necessary, and he works covered by rifles under the trunk of an elephant or close to the sportsman if he he on foot. Risk there is, especially in dense country, but with proper caution |md ft is reduced to a minimum, such as previous reconnoissance by hawk eyed experts up trees, stone throwing, the careful noting of the movements and sounds of animals, especially those of the übiquitous monkey, peafowl or crow. The treed experts having "made good” a zone, It is traversed and another started on. Sometimes if the covert is dense and impossible and If herd of buffalo or even of goats be procurable they can be driven into particularly likely places. Although buffalo have a wholesome dislike of tiger, still on occasion they will face him en masse. Sometimes they perform their duties rather too well, and with horn and hoof obliterate him, dead or alive. More usually they cause him to move, and so give a chance of a shot.—Badminton Magazine.

Fishes Don’t Need Ears to Hear.

Just because fishes haven’t ears is no reason why they can’t hear, according to Dr. Arthur Gordon Webster, professor of physicß in Clark university, who recently opened a-series of lectures on "Sound in Speech and Music” at the University of Pennsylvania. \ Doctor Webster declared that sound Is motion. “The outside of the ear,” he said, “is not necessary'jo hearing. It is possible to hear through the teeth. This can easily be proved by putting a pencil between the teeth and holding It on the sounding board of a piano. “Thqre has been much discussion as to whether flßh can hear. Some persons have declared that fish cannof distinguish sounds because they have no ears, but sound is motion, and as long as vibrations reach the inside of fishes’ heads it makes no difference whether they have ear orifices -or not.”

School Banks Nothing New.

Those' 1 who believe that the school savings banks are a recent thing are mistaken, for Bchool savings banks have been in operation in the United States more than quarter of a century. The first bank was opened in a Long Island school in 1885, and in the 26 years that have followed, the number of banks has been increased to 108. In 1910, deposits were collected In 7,330 schoolrooms or stations and the depositors numbered 166,525. In the years since the first bank was established the total deposits have amounted to $4,618,734.96. The withdrawals in that time were $3,893,637.47, leaving $725.097.49 in the banks January 1, 1910. — From the report of the United States Commissioner of Education for 1910.

Manuscript of Pepys’ Diary.

Pepys* library Is of great interest and value, but the six volumes containing the diary—called by its author his journal—are immeasurably the most interesting and the most valuable of the bookg preserved In It. These volumes are uniformly bound, but slightly unequal In size. Although the diary was written day by day, it la a marvel of neatness and looks aa if it was carefully written out •t «**e time. Even in those place* where Pepys describes himself as being careless In his writing there is little difference observable. — Wheatley. ?: '-rl: . . V.-- ' .