Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 34, Number 300, 5 September 1909 — Page 6
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"Talked love, argued . urged love."
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OHE madly - raring storm itemed to fl have selected Chalmefs studio as IV the spot on which to centre Ita vloV1 lenen. In ever Increasing fury the Vind whistled diabolically, shaking the .Window frame and driving the sleet and now against the rattling pane, even forcing Home beneath the sash, where it accumulated in chilly little mounds in t'-t corners of the sills. Then shrieking as though In anger because the old casement had withstood its attack. It subsided Into threatening' tnutterlngs before again trying a fierce onslaught. Margaret Eaton Shuddered and left the chafing dish which he was superintending to pull the shade ' lower and the portiere closer. "Goodness! What a night!" she exclaimed. "1 Just hate to think of the poor w retches who havo to be out in this storm, ; bill It accentuates our comfort and makes ' this little room seem splendidly cosy." Then, after a pause. "Now. Joe. the sherry, please. Chalmer drew the cork and handed the bottle to her with a flourish. "Be sure to put in plenty,. Margaret," he said. "Don't leave anything to the imagination." , She spilled reassuringly and poured in a generous supply. "Lobster a la Newburg," she commented. "What profligate expenditure!" Then, as hi- saw him proudly bear from his cupboard the' crowning feature of the feast, exclaimed. "AND SAUTERNE! It wasn't o long since. Mr. Chalmer, that In order to have bread and meat at one and the) a trie time we either had to cut down the legitimate number of meals per day in each sin bllffhment or else combine our re sources for a syndicate purchase and even at that we had not always the proverbial butter that goes with existence under such poverty-stricken circumstances. ' And. oh. floe!" she continued, beaming upon him as If the good fortune were t.era Instead of Ills, "to think that for you such days are ast! Remember how we used to specu- . tat whether success would ever come - to either of us? And now here It is in our corridor and actually knocking at your door. No more sickening disappointments nil hopes deferred for you." Then, breaking off abruptly, she commanded: "Here, you sinner, stop sampling those cakes; they re for dessert!" . "The teachings of my childhood forbid my olng other than finishing wh- I havo already bitten." he returned, munching on, unabashed. "How near Is that concoction ready, anyway? I feel my appetite growing. Does it always take so long to thicken or are you shy of flour?" "Possess your soul in patience," she advised. "Just as soon as it bubbles it will 1e ready." - "My! But it smells good! enjoyment tef what money can buy has been mad k r by these years of deprivation." r. hing himself cross-legged on the dlvai tie watched her furtively for a moment or two, then burst out with: "I belle v( --nil look more than usually pretty to-t I wonder why." "I hS It is because I am more than asiu happy," she returned, calmly aceep' the compliment. "I am happy In you s cess even if it does mean that I am . oe deprived of my companion in ytC nd struggle as well as my good frlen ' md neighbor." "It eems a pity that my great gain
should mean only a loss to you. ana yet. If you'd permit, it eould be a gala to yoa also. Why, the first actual definable thought I had when things began to go my way, was that X was free to ask yoa to be my wife." "You mustn't. Joe. It's Impossible." sns Interrupted, hastily. "It would bo an Injustice to you for mo to say yes. becauso I would have ambitions beyond prosalo borne life. When a woman marries, her home should be her sphere." "You shouldn't worry on that score if I don't." he said. "I'd try my best not to Interfere with your independence, and goodness knows I'd help you all I could." "Of course you would. I know that you'd do .everything and be everything that a man eould do and be; but there are other reasons purely selfish ones, ones that you can't control no matter how you try. I don't want to succeed because of any one's help, even though that one be very near and dear to me. Don't you see that now your name is made, to be associated with you means a lift, a start through influence rather than merit? If I am ever to become anything worth while. I must feel that it is entirely through my own efforts. Then." she continued in a voice which she strove to keep steady. "I have a horriblo fear; it is that I should be so happy as your wife that I would be willing to settle down without a struggle to an ordinary peaceful existence. I don't want that to happen." A pause ensued. In which he watched her gravely, realizing that the victory was simply a matter of time, but puzzled as to what course he should pursue. "If. as Miss Eaton." she went on. taking a long breath and resuming full control of her voice, "I should succeed beyond the shadow of a doubt in winning a recognized place In the world, then my vain, selfish little soul might he satisfied and I might go to you quite content to settle down. If. on the other hand, as a failure. I should finally come to you and say: "Here I am; I have failed in my first choice: I've no art. no resources, nothing but you to fall back on; take me. it would be a poor compliment to you." "Then I am your second choice, no said, amusedly. "Well. I suppose there is some satisfaction in that. However," he added emphatically, "you are choosing in the dark. What do you know about the fulfillment of either love or art? You do not know the taste of satisfied amblton any more than you know the force of a man's love. You have simply sipped of each." The primitive man in him longed to break the barrier of their simple good-fellowship and crush her In his strong arms, but he feared to risk all on the- one throw, and the very reverence In which he held her made him dread the shock of her sudden awakement to the love ho knew to be lying dormant in her soul. "There is one thing." he went on, mastering himself with an effort, "that might put a very different aspect on the subject and cause you even now to change your mind and place love as first choice Instead of art, and that is real love-making on my part. But there are serious reasons against such love-making." As he progressed there was something In his voice which thrilled her, and she devoted herself assiduously to the task of stirring. With heightened color, she asked: "And what may they be. pray tell? I thought you had made love. You have certainly talked love, argued love, pleaded love, urged love." "That's all right." he agreed, "but I havo never actually made love. It Is said, and I believe it to be true, that a woman glories in being swept oil her feet by masterful wooing, but In this case it would neither be fair nor for our mutual happiness. Reaction might come bringing reproaches and regrets over an Interrupted career. No. you are right. If you come to mo at all, it must be by voluntary yielding, and because love offers more to you than a career or anything else in the world." "You say there are reasons." she ventured. "That, all summed up, Is but one. What are the others?" "One only," he replied, quietly, "but Insurmountable. We are living comparatively free from convention In this student Ufa of ours. You have trusted r-.e as your friend and co-worker and as sucn are under my protection, thus barring me from the thousand and one little privileges taken by the ordinary man 'who comes a-wooing to the family household. Barred, I must stay until you say the word which gives me the right." For a moment she gazed thoughtfully beyond him as though into the future; then, suddenly gathering herself together, added a piece of butter as a final touch to the dish she was preparing and said, lightly "Goodness me. Joe! This lobster has been
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done long sine. Lobster and love! Who over heard of such a ridiculous comblritlon? How could one expect to bo serloe at such a time? Pull up your stool and lefs not talk about It any more. X don't want a happy evening spoiled." He smilingly acquiesced and drew hts stool to the drawing-board, which, resting on the ledges of two easels and covered with a white cloth, served for a table. A Japanese screen cut off one corner of the room, hiding from view a washstand. trunk and a number of other useful articles, those unsightly and inartistic accessories of everyday life. An Oriental covering and a plentiful supply of cushions transformed the cot into a luxurious couch. Unfinished studies stood upon whatever could be made to hold them in various parts of the room. A few casts peeped out from unexpected places, and favorite prints adorned the cracked walls. It might havo been any one of the many studios of struggling artists in that section of New York except that upon a low shelf which ran around the room stood finished work, already sold. Chalmer sat facing a strong bas-relief of a beautiful boy. "That ba-rellef of little Sam." he said, as he poured the wine, "brought me a pretty penny. Don't mind if I harp on my luck, Margaret. I am still pinching myself in the night to make sure it Is no hallucination of the dark that the 'damdollar work and struggling are over." "After to-morrow, when your quarters are changed, I guess you will realise things more. A suite of rooms what grandeur! Who knows." she ventured, with a pensive look, "in a year you may be too proud to know your old friends, and forget all about poor little me!" 1 would havo been a thousand times more happy If It had been you who came out victorious first," he said, pressing designs on the cloth with the base of the salt cellar. "I wish you would let me pull you along; with mo to fame. Yet I can appreciate every feeling you have in the matter. Success from your own efforts will bo infinitely more satisfying. Of course." ho continued, trying to catch her eye, "if it hadn't been for your artistio ambitions I would never have known you. so I bless the ambitions that made you float this way. I'd like to see you make your mark, uut all the same I wish I were first choice, and he laughed ruefully. "Now you're trespassing on forbidden ground!" she cried, holding up a warning forefinger. "You brought It on yourself." lie retorted, "evidently having to learn that it Is well to let sleeping dogs lie. I'm only human, you know, and that foolish prophecy of yours about my forgetting you within a year led to the inevitable subject. It was foolish, now, wasn't it?" he pinned her down, enjoying her discomfort. "Well, then, I acknowledge It was my fault. Now. don't rub it In. But because I don't want your love-making, or rather love-talklng." she corrected. "Isn't saying I can't have keen regrets at your going away. Listen!" she broko off. "Did I hear a tap on the door, or was It the wind?" "Imagination. I guess," he answered. An unmistakable rapping brought him to his feet He went to the door and opened It, letting in a draught of cold air from the TnalL As his great hulking figure filled the doorway hiding the visitor from her view, she Heard him Say. "Hello. Sam!" and knew that It was the original of the basrelief. "I see you received my message." Chalmer was talking to the boy. "But I'm afraid you've got it a bit twisted. It wasn't to-night I told you to come. son. but tomorrow. You come bright and early in the morning and we'll have a beautiful day together, you and I. No work at all. Just Play. We'll go to the circus, and after thai to dinner, and you shall choose what you please to eat." Margaret strained her ears for the answer, but evidently Chalmer was having the conversation all his own way. as she could hear no sound of the boy's voice.
"Don't look so disappointed. lad" Chalmer went on In tones unfamiliar' to her. tones strangely softened from the heavy. ?1'on abitual to him. "To-morrow will quickly come. I can't very well havo you now. because I have company." ?KBU!."1Ve Wrd8 ln the hr rose ""'V' her tonue that sho knew Chalmer would heed, but a selfish 8htr?etl0n bOUt h6r heart h.'ld them bact last nZto?T D ,ntrnde? this their clink 15 ? camaraderie. She heard the clink of coin as Chalmer bade th. boy a
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l n-l' -good night." which was echoed by ..i disappointed llttlo voieo from the co A pissage. As Chalmer closed the door : l turned to Join nor. she finished th morsel of cake that ah had unconsciously held poised la the air during th lntrvlw; In some way it bad lost flavor; hr conscience chided her. "Joe." she asked, in a troubled voice, "do you think wo did wrong to let him go?"
"I think not," he replied positively, but with looks helloing his words and tone. "You see. those llttlo fellows ar Ilk rats: they ar used to all kinds of weather. He didn't mind coming, and probably won't mind going." Moved by a sudden Impulse. Margaret Jumped to her feet and hastened toward th door, intending to overtake " the little model and bring him Into the warmth and cheer of th studio. As she stepped Into the hall she almost stumpled over a forlorn little half-clad heap of miserablo childhood. He was sobbing quietly, and with an exclamation of pity she dropped to her knees beside him to wipe away the tears which had made tiny paths as they trickled down his grimy little face. As she put her arm about the child, she was horrified to find that his Uttle blouse, which was his sol protection against th cold and storm, was wet through. She stooped to raise him, but Chalmer was too quick for her. Gathering the lad in his strong arms, he bore him to the couch, leaving her to close the door and follow after. Tenderly he bathed O a llttl fac and hands, and bgan to draw off th wet garmc.-ta while she ""Arched the cupboard for drapand stray bits of clothing occasionally used by the models. When the warm atmosphere ot the studio had thawed his halffrozen hands and feet he drew a long breath and began his story In an apologetic voice. "I Just couldn't help comln today, Mr. Chalmer. I got your message all right, an I knowed you said to-morrow. It's like this, you see: While you was away', pop, ho died, and that left n?e all alone, an I didn't have nobody to look after me. While he was alive I always had enough to eat an a place to sleep, but after he was gone things was dlf'rent." He looked very weak and frail cuddled against Chalmer's gigantic figure. "Work was slack.- he continued, with gathering confidence most of the painters was awav like you. an' the others didn't seem to want no boy modelCourse I got little odd jobs ,o
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that was a lie. X was afraid to say X was hungry to-night for fear you might give your supper to mo an' not havo notbin' to at yoursoU." Chalmer softly stroked the glossy black hair away from the boy's forehead and mad no reply. Tv been thinking over since you sent me word to com." continued th waif, haltingly yet frankly, "how kind you always was to me. an then while I was thinktn about It I got to feel Just Ilk I felt when X didn't havo nothln' to eat. only It was
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when a stroak of luek corn a fallow's war It ought to brtng aapplneaa to eosae otbor follow, too. don't yon think T I havo sto llttl boy and yoa havo no fathor; w botk nd some ess to love us. Do yon think wo could eomhlnof For answer. 8ama llttl thin arms wro flung about tbs ack of tbo artist. Tbr waa somathrlag In the homelike) llttlo pleturo they pr sntod that stlrrod hitherto undisturbed osnottoa In tho girt
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ln a different plane." putting his hand over his heart. "If you will Just only 1st mo stay by you so as I can always se yoa, an hear you talk, ril work as hard clean tho place, wash your brushes, run errands, pose Just as still as anything, an' lota of things an you needn't pay mo a cent, an ril eat Just as llttl as you think a fellor of my size can get along on." "Sam." answered Chalmer. as tho boy paused with a gasp at tho possibilities his imagination had conjured up. Tve had a
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"Joe." said Margaret, making no effort to Hay the tremor la her voice, "do yon think tt Quite good Judgment to attempt to brloc p a boy without a woman's lnfluonoo? Becaus becauso If yon really need mo. a career doesn't seem quite oo great and grand as It did a few moments ago." Looking- up. Chalmer found that la her face that made him silently enfold her. And Sam, with the sure Instinct of a child.
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MORE FRENCH STIR OVER BIRTH RATE Total Births for Past Year Unler German Excess of Births.
DROP BEHIND IN EUROPE BERTILLION SHOWS THAT 445 OF THE BEST KNOWN FAMILIES HAVE ONLY 575 CHILDREN DISCUSS REMEDIES.
Paris, Sept. 4. With striking unanlmlty the publicists of the Paris press this week have attacked the question .of the depopulation of Prance. That is the word used "depopulation." Though the number of inhabitants of the republic is not now actually decreasing, it 13 doing so at an alarming rate relatively to the population of Europe. . . Louis Dumur shows that, while a
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century ago, Prance had a population of 28.0UO.OUO out of the 140,000.000 people included in the bounds of the six great powers, she now has only 39,000,000 out of their present population
of 050.000,000. Her population thua, from 20 per cent of the total has fallen to 11 per cent and her relative importance by this numerical measure is reduced by almost half. The case of France, he shows, is even worse considered in relation to Germany. In 1907 Germany had an excess of 8S2,000 births over deaths, while France had 30,000 less births than deaths. Last year, thanks to the reduction of mortality, the births in France exceeded the deaths by 44.000, but the total number of births in France did not equal Germany's net excess of births over deaths. M. Levasseur, the eminent statistician, compiles for LeMartin, which has entered into a campaign of agitation, alarming tables, showing the position into which the country is falling. M. Lecroy Beaulieu also is giving much time to the discussion of remedial measures. Among such measures proposed arc a reduction of taxes as the number of children increases, and bonuses for
births, increasing with the number in the family. It cannot be denied, however, that a certain number of French public men who regard themselves as particularly enlightened profess to view the situation with equanimity. They have no objection to sanitary measures looking toward a decrease of the death rate nor to the encouragement of naturalization, but they condemn the effort to increase the size of the French family. Quality first is their cry. To the wail that the population is decreasing they reply that wealth is increasing, and with the mournful seeming figures cited in the first paragraph of this article they contrast the statistics which show that the county's wealth has been multiplied by 6 since 1825. r: Still others, who hold both quantity and quality Important, find the chief cause of dismay in the fact that
Club Stuns Society Women By No Hats on Dance Floor Order
Chicago, Sept 4. "Only ladies without hats will be permitted on the dance floor." This little notice engraved on a card sent out with each invitation to a ball to be held at the South Shore Country club Wednesday evening, September 29, has been the innocent means of stirring up all sorts of indignation among society women. The ball for which the invitations have Just been issued will mark the opening of the handsome new ballroom of the club, and at the same time celebrate the third anniversary of the club's opening. But, the accompanying warning against hats, fair society members think was entirely uncalled for. "Who could be so ridiculous as to presume that any woman would attempt to wear a hat at a formal ball ?" haughtily Inquired the wife of one club member. I wonder If the writer of that card thought that we needed schooling in
ballroom etiquette?" was the sarcastic query of another. Just what led to the issuance of the cards with the ball invitations Is not known. Inquiry at the club failed to throw any light on the matter or bring forth any explanation. "Have the ladies been in the habit of wearing hats on the dance floor at balls?" was asked. "Not that I know of," replied a club official. "Can you offer any explanation for the issuance of the notice?" "Ntone, except that it was desired to let the ladies know In advance that hats were not to be worn." One club member offered an explanation, which, however, was not taken seriously. He said that a rumor had gained circulation that several society leaders had planned to introduce an innovation by wearing new 1900 fall models of a height that might endanger the overhead decorations contemplated, and that the cards had been sent out to forestall any efforts to carry out the plan.
the intellectual classes axe doing 60 little for the future, barely reproducing their own number of children, in fact, while all the increase comes from the lower and less capable classes. This week Dr. Jacques Bertillon publishes the result of a study he has made of the families of the higher classes. He wrote down a list of 445 of the best known names in France, and then Investigated the number of their children. The total number of these children, his figures show, is 575. If the rest of the population imitated the example of these chosen 445 families thirty years would see the country with half Its present number of inhabitants. M Bertillon divides the names into categories. The pollta-
eians, who number 111. have 193 children; the notable business men. 23 li number, have 33 children; 94 who are artists, have 104 children. 133 who are men of letters have only 127 children. 33 statesmen have 54 children and &1 other persons of various distinction have 56 children. Sixty-fire writers out of 133 are childless. M. Leroy-Beaulieu calls on the country at large to imitate the example of the more primitive sections. He cites the Department of Finlstere as a modeL ' "We have calculated," he says, "that if since 1871 all France had shown a birth rate and a death rate equal to that of Finlstere the country would now have 5s.000.PQ0 last earl of 33,-
COO.OOO of population." Objectors, however, point out that Finlstere is exactly the most ignorant, drunken and benighted section of the country. From this fact the disputants draw varying morals. Obviously you may say that ignorance and depravity necessarily go hand in hand with a high birth rate, or you may say that the upper classes owe it to the future not to let the ignorant and depraved father have the most children. Whichever be right, it is evident that France is deeply stirred on the subject.
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