Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 38, Number 265, 15 September 1913 — Page 8

THE RICHMOND- PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, MONDAY, SEPT. 15, 1913

PAGE EIGHT PALLADIUM'S MAGAZINE AND HOME PAGE THOROUGHBREDS-EAST AND WEST Copyright. 1913. International News Service By Nell Brinkley Married Life the Second Year

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HELEN was in a flutter crt preparation. It we dav, the day she ha

BY MABEL HERBERT URNER.

ELEN was in a flutter or excu-

ras satur-

had asked

Will Farrel to dine with them. With some misgivings she had told Warren of the inviiat'on hut he had onlv tntnted an indifferent "Oh, if vm, uant to have Sim), all right. 1 met turn once, and he seemed to me pretty much of a eh urn p. "Why, he's anything but. that, answered Helen jndigna atly. "And if he comes ( want you to he particularly nice to him." "All right." carelessly, 'bring him on." And with thU assurance of his consent Helen had prepared the dinner with much care. There csn be no more delicate or interesting .situation for any woman than that ot" ent ertaining, after her marriage, a maji who wanted to marry her. And to the possibilities of this situation, Helen Aas keenly aiive. She wanted to move to Will Farrell that she had marie no mistake in her marriage. She wanicd him to see her home, her baby and her husband at their best. It was almost six, now, and she was putting the last touches to the table uefore hurrying to dress.

"Here. Delia, (ill tins sliver san eei

ir An.' thai isn't the dish

i vim to use the one with

tbe handle. And put

mi the celery, I

HER FEARS FOR WARREN. liy hall past six. she was dressed and' was laying out Warren's clothes. He had promised to come home early. Surely, he wasn't going to be late tonight! , , At quarter to seven he had not come. 'I'li'; lump, that always rose in Hel-

thrcat, when sne uhiusiu ucmcu

nesilected. or nustreatea,

for the ne with

some more ice

want it to be very

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flagranti

was now longen mere, w in uc sjwi& lo fail her tonight? Seven o'clock brought Mr. Farrel, seeming bigger and better groomed than ever, in his evening clothes. Helen led the way to the library, and motioned him to a morris chair by the gas logs, which she had just lit. "I am so sorry Mr. Curtis has been detained. Hut I'm sure he will he here any moment now." She tried to talk gayly, so that he might not see her uneasiness about Warren. "What a delightful apartment you have here," he commented. "Oh, yes; we like it very much. Its erv convenient, just a block from the subway. Mr. Curtis can reach his office in twenty minutes." "Shall I serve dinner, now. Ma'am or wait for Mr. Curtis." asked Delia, appearing at the door. "Oh, why 1 guess we'll wait a few minutes. He's certain to be here very soon. I can't, imagine what has detained him so long." Another half hour passed and Helen, knowing the dinner would be spoiled if they waited longer .ordered Delia to serve it. HERE HE IS NOW SHE SAID. They were hardly seated when the liall door opened. "Oh, there is Mr. Curtis," announced Helen joyously. She thought, of course, he would go to his room and freshen up before coming to the table. But to her sur

prise he bolted right in upon them.

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The horsewoman of the West (you meet her on a bend of a high mountain road you ask your way of her on the prairie trail in NewMexico and Arizona, across sage and pine, over mild farm-land of the Middle West, over the placid rivers and the mild, gentle hills of the far East over all that lies between them) the horsewoman of the West looks into the eyes of the horsewoman of the East. And they smile! For they are the pick of their kind and thoroughbreds, and can afford to be gracious, as beauty can afford to be sweet to beauty. In the East and the West alike the nondescript rider fills the bridle paths, rigged out more or less alike, though perhaps you will not believe that. You can scarcely tell one from the other save in the degrees of bad riding. But the thoroughbreds, horse and rider. East and West, the crack players of the riding game, stand as wide apart in looks and manner as the poles. Only in these things are they "blood" their perfect "form" of so different a kind, their oneness the girl and the animal between her knees, the fear they never know and the hearts that beat beneath shirts and chestnut hides! East has her short-backed pony with his three-quarter bobbed tail; her slippery little eggshell of a saddle, her short stirrup almost as delicate and clean-cut as an engagement ring, her thorough mouthful of bits, reins held taut with fine feeling, and give to her and the cruel

curb a trifle more lax than the kinder snaffle. Over her shoulder she carries her mallet, pointing to the misty blue heaven of the East. She weais outing shirt, gloves, jockey-like cap with its bird beak, white breeches, a short sleeveless coat, dull finished boots. She is a perfect picture, short of useless ornament, a clean silhouette fitted to the bald, green lawns and white balustrades of the Eastern country, whose coloring is quiet, rich and cultured. Her hair is close and sleek like the lawns and as the mane and foretop of her brainy pony are shaven. West has her long-headed, slim-legged pinto with his hint of the Arab-Spanish horse who turned wild, bred in the Far West when it was new. Foretop and mane are long as banners and wind-whipped. The girl's hair whips in the wind to match. Her bridle is as simple a thing as the Indians, with a trace of the silver and jingle about it that the red man loved. She has one bit a curb that, under a hand fine in feeling, is a double one tender snaffle and subduing curb. Sometimes you will find her with bridle hung to 'saddle horn, the pony's mouth free, traveling in halter and single rein. Her saddle is the "chair saddle" of knighthood. There is much leather and comfort about it and she hugs it like a cavalryman. She wears soft hat with wide brim and three dimples in the crown; soft skirt, gloves.

broad belt of leather, skirt short and divided, and the tan of the desert, sturdy boots, heavy of sole and broad of toe. Her stirrup Is broad, safe thing thai half swallows her little foot. Her rope swings like a coiled snake against her knee and she doesn't like it new! Beside her the tall blossom of the Spanish bayonet points to the vivid blue of the Western sky. Her tans and golds, flowing mane and tail of hair match the brilliant yet thinly lovely coloring of the West the sage, the singing hills, the ethereal distances. Far apart they look both thoroughbreds, crack players harmonious, in perfect form with the lands they are the flowers of. On the polo field, wild mane and tail, loose hair and soft gray hat and much saddle leather, would violate your eyes. In the vasty mountain and prairie land, wrapped pony legs, shaven foretop and tail, ring stirrup and polo coat would smash the picture into bits. Each In the other's domain would seem flapping with useless trappings. In their own they are fit and trim. Only in these things are they of one blood their perfect "form" of so different a kind, their oneness the girl and the animal between her knees, and the hearts that beat beneath shirts arid chestnut hides. NELL BRINKLEY

the heijflit of the silly,

One glance at his flushed face and stage.

garrulous ! to remove them from this environI ment. thoueh occasionally you may ob-

over-brilliant eyes and Helen knew he

had been drinking! "Ah, that's right that's right. Glad you didn't wait," with a foolish smile that always came when he was half intoxicated. "Warren," Helen's voice was curi-

Here Relia brought in the roast and serve an intrepid and foolhardy ad-

tonight, Delia." "Mr. Curtis is

placed it be-fore him.

"Oh, I will carve said Helen hastily,

tired." "Not a bit tired," said Warren cheerfully. "Never felt better in my life,"

ously strained, "I want you to meet ; as he took the carving knite and tork. Mr. Farrel again. I believe you did i He speared the roast with an uncermeet several years ago." i tain hand and made an attempt at "Why, of course, of course! How ! carving. The first effort splashed are vou, Farrel, old man? Mighty glad some brown gravy on the cloth. The to have you with us." j next assault brought the roast perilHelen half rose from the place at J ously near the edge of the plate, the head of the table which she had ; HELEN CLENCHED HER HANDS, taken that -she might serve in his ab- j Helen clenched her hands under the sence. j table and waited. Then a sudden "Oh. no no. tnv dear, keen vour seat I movement of his elbow would have

The head of the table for the Madame sent a glass crashing to the floor had ; heart of Colonel Roosevelt with ap-

everv time, eh Farrel?" not Farrel caugnt it wun quick nex- provai ann aeiigm.

Helen felt herself grow sick cold, ! terity. tremblingly sick. If only he wouldn't j "Warren, let Delia take the roast talk, they might get through the din- into the kitchen and carve it. pleaded ner somehow. But. with him, drink al- 1 Helen. ways brought first a foolish, maudlin "What for?" with obstinacy of alcovolubility, followed later by an irrita-'hol. "I always carve, don't I? What's ble sullenness. And now he was just ; the matter with my carving tonight?"

venturer attempting the feat at a six

ty-cent table d'hote dinner. In appearance the fish is somewhat unprepossessing, being lacking in profile and having a mouth that resembles that of a violent orator. But it has a lovely, sinuous, straight front figure that atones for its facial delects. It is also possessed of a high moral character, being calm and collected, and little given to temperamental impulses. The habits of the fish are most exemplary. The males of the species are always on the water wagon, while the lady fishes are so industrious and so averse to race suicide that they fill the

ing. It is extremely expensive, a little hand caught fish not three inches long frequently costing from $300 to $500. Among other well known varieties of fish are the sucker, which abounds

among sports instead of among cruel and unusual and inhuman punishments is a mystery no one has ever attempted to solve. It must simply be set down as one of the vagaries of human nature that a man will leave a nice,

LCSSOHS IM UNNATURAL

S"V TDOROTHY Xix:

The chief characteristic of fish ap

pears to be their sense of humor. They are the great practical jokers of the animal world, and they like nothing better than a day's- sport with a man with a $250 outfit, whom they will josh into sitting for hours at a stretch in a humped position that gives him the cramps, or else they will string him along for miles through a shallowstream without giving him anything to show for his trouble but a cold in his head. There are a great many different kinds of fish. The most common variety is the One-I-Caught-But-Could-Not-Land. This species is extremely large, about the size of a sperm whale. It is also exceedingly game, and is only caught after the most brilliant manouvering on the part of the fisherman. The chief peculiarity, though, is its shvness, for it is observable that

in Wall street waters; the goggle-eyed t cool, clean, comfortable office and perch, who infests the sightseeing au- i spend from $10 to $100 to sit on the tomobiles and rubbers up at the tall end of a broiling pier, holding a dinky buildings; the lobster, which flirts little pole with a silly little line at-

around the bars of the Great- White

Way, and the clams, which are plentiful along Fifth avenue. Women, who are great fishers of men, and frequently make big catches, find that-the most effective bait to use is a combination of good looks and flattery. Almost any kind of a he fish, especially an old one, will rise to that bait. How fishing comes to be classed

tached. fishing for a fish that hasn t been in that vicinity for ten years, and then he will return home with a blistered neck, every muscle in him aching, and brag about the fun he has had. As has been said, fish are found in all parts of the world, but the finest varieties are to be discovered at your butcher's. Also you will find that that is the cheapest place at which to fish.

ers had mastered. For the first fewmonths, this youth did naught but dream, went about the large factory with a far-away look in his eyes and seemingly a drone in the hive of busy bees. But the young man was riot idle. He was thinking and dreaming and preparing to make his dreams come true, which did come true one fine day in a most concrete form. To be brief, be was the man who perfected the now ever-popular player piano, a musical instrument that was invented almost one hundred years ago, but which had laid dormant until the dreamer perfected what was a crude curiosity of a musical instrument to its almost present state of perfection. This youth was a dreamer, but he dreamt dreams of negative quality. In other words, when he was ready to place his invention on the market, he had thought out in advance every detail of its complicated construction. Of course, there are other kinds of dreamers, men who have not the faculty to make their dreams come true, who are as inconsistent in their thoughts as many men are in their work, but dreamers are unsafe, so long as they restrict their dreams along

i progressive lines, and carrying their

dreams to a logical conclusion.

The Thought Germ at Work

which makes possible the quotation at j the head of this article. i

Taken at Your True Worth PERHAPS it would be well for the jvorker to figure out for himself just how much he is worth to his employer. It would cause him to see values la a new light, perhaps increase efficiency, and at least let one understand what the employer has in bis mind when he can't see his way clear to raise salaries. If a worker is getting $50 or $60 a monOi yid requires the watching of a l' "5 man. how much profit is the taployer making, and how much is the worker actually worth? This is precisely the way in which you would have to figure that matter out if you were hiring help yourself. The modern employer wants intelligent helpers, and the advantages that are to be had from this class of workers to the other employes are such as have seldom, if ever, been accorded by any who lag and falter behind, or work under like conditions. So pleased are the managers with the outcome of tbe efficiency shown, that It is planned to thus instruct workers to their true worth. To the near-Idle we quote the words of Svdney-Smith: "Iet every man be

occupied, and occupied In the highest

A FISH is a small, moist, unpleasant looking body, which is equally at home in the water and cola storage. It is also the father of lies, and full of ptomaine poisoning and temptation to tell tarradiddles.

'S'MA TTER POP

Fish are found in all parts of the world, but their favorite habitat is a cold and clammy plate, where they are discovered surrounded by a white sauce that tastes like bill-stickers' paste. Few people have the hardihood

MERSON defines commerce as "taking things from where they are plentiful to where they are

needed." Let us see just how far com-

this paragon of the finny tribe is nev- merce would progress without the er hooked except when a man is fish- J WOrker to bridge over the stream and : ing alone. ; tne crossing of human gullies.

I he next most laminar

Manv eniDloyers mistake a man

w ith embryo ideas, who apparently is j firoaminp nwav his davs. for a slue- i

As a rule, employes know and welljgard but it 0ftimes happens that the I r ti'rM ti ito tho fart that fffieient Vi f ! n- : - . . . i ; : - .-... . , L- i !

ers meais efficient product that the .-who I hh hJ ntuL

work done by those who love work for " the" areamer with disdain ,nd rapaoie. ana oie wua cqmciouiwork's sake, has greater commercial rij t j nc-ss that he has done his best, value than that turned out by the wor- ' " " oanine, ,nli ! is paf to 8a'. no man fure ker, who requires the gad to spur him .Hf urgP' of ncen I ,hat h38 hearU faitD "nd hOP- "d on. Some workers are called dream- i virtual itLt are on nr ' every- 'aUure ,n5ict8 ,he Uck of ers. but it so happens that many times j a' . ,in" "Lf rf thePthe man who dreams of his work ! ductive, but the true spirit of the pro-, Tafc hart hop on have faltn an4 make these drelms come true in tan-1 Active dreamer does not long remain ; tn wwM mwt pay you t. gible form. Let us take for example, undiscovered. j reward.

the case of a well-known Dianoforte i ! ou will try.

i manufacturer, who had a son. who. at Two of the largest circuses carry; Then success Is yours, for as Lord

ue.i niufi lamiiiai , . , .,,- t i

, . x . 11 j I vo lULl as lilt II ua , XT -wvi yj t u. fi-sh that a man netnallv noes

catch. This variety is a small, in-! Just so 10nS sna'l intelligent workers j tne conclusion of his studies was plac- their own electric plants, niummaimg ; waeon nas written, a ise man win significant, measly" creature that his and helpers be required to fashion and J ed in the piano factory to learn the J everything from their largest to their ' "V more opportunities than he wife doesn't think worth while cook- i manufacture articles of commerce, j trade which his fathers and torefath- smallest tents. finds."

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