Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 207, 12 August 1915 — Page 7
THE RICHMOND FALLALUUJM. AND SUN-TELEGRAM, THURSDAY, AUG. 12, 1915
PAGE SEVEN
GOTHAM POLICE USE FLAGS TO SIGNORDERS Adopt Signal Corps Methods to Relay News and Instructions From He adquarters to Precincts, j
WIG-WAG ON ROOFS
Police Expected to fHelp in Defense of City; Should Foreign Nation Try to Land Troops. BY GOTHAM KNICKERBOCKER. NEW YORK, Aug. 12. No, the multi-colored flags to be er.en nowadays waving from the roof of,' the Municipal building and the Woolforth tower are not etorm signals. Th& police department of New York Is 'aeing placed on war footing, that if, to the extent that a signal corps luts been created. The men waving flagB from the tops of skyscrapers are nor. weather forecasters, but policemen' trying to learn the wig-wag system, in use in the United States army. In the unlikely ent of war, New York probably would 'be the first point attacked by the enrtmy. Also in the event of serious riot s, New York would be virtually in a ijfcate of war.. In either exigency the,' New York police, would, at the vexy outset anyway, have to bear the brunt of the trouble, and for this reasonjthe powers that be have decided thac the police should know how to wig wag. Whole System Connected. Not satisfied ith entire dependence upon the telephone in case of riots or war, Ftoliee Commissioner Woods has inaugurated a wigwag system of communication between police headquartees and every precinct In the five borroughs.. Information to that effect ('me when two policeman were seen 'on the roof of the Municipal building, waving signal flags with more enthusiasm than accuracy. When the commissioner's attention was called to the unusual sight, he e plained: "Yes, these men are members of thedepartment's new signal corps, which has been at work at, leas two weeks under Inspectors O'Brien, Morris and Cohen and an officer detailed by Rear Admiral Ufjfier, commandant of the New York iravy yards, to assist in es
tablishing this signal system.
city had bien mapped out for signal stations, aiid a system of communications established, through the Municipal bulldipg, radiating from police neadcjuartrs to each precinct in Manhattan, ad Including Brooklyn headquarters. The signal corps now is working in the Bronx, he added, and it is expected that that borrough very soon will be connected with headquarters. By the ends of the month, it is hoped, Queens ''and Richmond will be ready to recede and send signals.
BRITISH KEEP EYE M SHIP TRANSFERS
LONDON, Aug. 12. British shipbrokers have been asked to keep the boari of trade fully informed of every suspicious case involving the transfer of vessels to neutral countries. This Is one of several further steps to curtail German operations on the sea. All'" the agreements between the Germain lines and the British and Allied conipanies have been cancelled, with not likelihood of renewal. Those entires of the Holland-American line
American and North German Lloyd, axe now in Dutch hands, and about twenty-five per cent of the total are yvvneci by the White Star and Atlantic Transport lines. This is regarded jis a very satisfactory development, as ft was known that the German concerns were using their financial influfrnce against the great Rotterdam comi pany, all of whose liners were built in Belfast.
By EDMUND B. D'AUVERGNE
Her Husband's Widow
A Thrilling Story jpf Romance, Adventure and Intrigue, in Which a Beautiful Young Bride Plays j , . the Part of the Heroine.
WILL KEEP TOWN DRY.
MARION, Ind., Aug. 12. Church people of this city have a novel scheme on foot by which they hope to keep Center township dry, despite the wet victory there last month. The rounty commissioners will be asked to ?rant liquor licenses to men who will guarantee not to operate saloons. Attorneys for the wet element declare that such a subterfuge to defeat the
will of a majority of the voters ot Center township can not be legally
put across.
Modern torpedoes have a range
slightly exceeding 7,000 yards.
ACID STOMACHS ARE DANGEROUS
"Acid" stomachs are dangerous be
cause acid irritates and inflames the delicate lining of the stomach, thus
hindering and preventing the proper
action of the stomach, and leading to
probably nine-tenths ot the cases ol stomach trouble from which people
suffer. Ordinarily medicines and medicinal treatments are useless in such
cases, for they leave the source of the trouble, the acid in the stomach, as dangerous""as ever. The acid must be
neutralized, and Its formation prevent
ed, and the best thing for this purpose
is a teaspoonful of bisurated magnesia
a simple antacid, taken in a little
warm or cold water after eating, which not only neutralizes the acid, but also prevents the fermentation from which acid is developed. Foods which ordinarily cause distress mav be eaten with impunity if the meal is followed with a little bisurated magnesia, which can be obtained from any druggist, and should always .be kept handy. Bisurated Magnesia, No. 25 E. 26th RL. N. Y. C Adv.
SYNOPSES. Leslie Morne, a govorness, goes to walk by the sea and is spoken to by a man she does not know. She is rescued from his attentions by Victor Steele, a sergeant in thie British Army, and the two hope to xmset again. CHAPTER II. Of course, she met Ihim again. Hasings is not a very great town, and the visitors flock mostly to the same sports. 'The morning after their first meeting she saw him riding along the front. He rode with s.n ease and naturalness that contrasted oddly with the 6elf-conscious pose of many of the riders whom he pas sed. She thought 6he had never seen so fine, so dashing a cavalier. He saw her, too, raised his cap, and smiled, and shot a swift, curious glace at tl63 three children with her. She boweJ, blushed deeply, and heartily wished that she had sent her charges down to, the beach. Harry, the eldest, plied hps- with questions. "Who was that swell? How had she got to know him? Perhaps he might give him a ride on his horse?" She told the boy to mind his own business, and so incurred his sulJky resentment the rest of the day. That night she v?nt down again on the esplanade, moved by that curious superstition comrrion to many of us
that where something pleasant has
happened to us it may happen again
And, sure enough, he came strolling
along with a fox terrier at his heels. Both expressed their surprise at meeting the other. '"You don't mind me speaking to you again, I hope?" he asked, searching ber face anxiously. "Why should LT? You have earned the right to spec k to me, I should think. I rather wandered whether you cared to." She spoke about his dog, about whose merits he was enthusiastic, and from the dog passed tc admiring the horse. "It's not a badl horse," he agreed, thoughtfully, "though I've ridden better." Then he as'toed abruptly, "Were those boys your brothers?" "I'm a governess," she said, shortly, and glanced at him keenly. "A governess eh? I suppose you know a tremendous lot." His stiffness seemed to rela t, but he looked at her with a certain 'twyish respect. They Give The:ir Names to Each, Other. "Hadn't we better introduce ourselves?" she sa5d, turning on him with a bright, smiles "My name is Leslie Mornc." "Mine is Sterile Victor Steele." She liked tbje name it seemd to fit the personalitjy. He added no sort of description of himself. Probably he had no profession.
"It's awfully nice to meet any one I can really tal'c to down here," she ventured nervousJy. They made an appointment for the next afternocjm. She could not sleep that night fcr the pleasure of anticipation and fosr her delight in thinking about him. IDe was the very hero she had dreamed, of. Her new Eriend proved neither inquisitive nor communicative about himself. LucLily they found a common topic of int.csrest in books, though his reading appaared to be of a more serious kind than hers. Presently he displayed an intimate acquaintance with Egypt and ften out-of-the-way Cyprus. Leslie was enchanted. Never before had she talked with any one who had set foot outside of the United Kingdom. And this (man had actually trodden the sancls otf the desert and clambered up the Great Pyramids. He talked very well, in a graphic, impersonal way, about these strange places and peoples, illuminating his disclosures with flashes of a crude, boyish humor ond considerable power of criticism. He evinced, though she did not know it, a greater intimacy with the natives of the Levant and a better understanding of their character than most travellers attafcn to. "But all these yarns must bore you," he said apologetically, breaking off in the midst of a narrative and drawing
a cigarette, from a little yellow packet.
He became invested in her eyes with the glamour of the wonderful lands he described. In his company she tasted a far greater happiness than she had ever known. They met every afternoon now, sometimes in the evening also. She was obliged to feign repeated headaches to the landlady and to hire
a girl at her own expense to look after
the children.
They made excursions to Battle Ab
bey, to Bexhill, to Winchelsea, and took long tramps to the pretty villages
behind the old Cinque Port. She no
ticed that he always wore the same suit and that he never recognized any
one.
Then one day, the desire for closer
communion overmastered her, she de
parted from her reserve and told him
of her ambitions and her discontent
with her present life. "I want the best
of everything," she cried passionately,
resting her pointed chin on her hand and staring out to sea. "I can't see that life Is worth living if there isn't, joy and light in it. When I see the pretty women coming out of the big houses and hotels, and the lights, and the gaiety, I feel as hungry as a starving man. If I get another situation I'd only be a little better off or a little worse. I wish I could get on the stage." "I wouldn't do that," advised Steele, looking grave. "I don't know why you say that. I wish to heavens I had the chance. To get away from those vulgar people. Uhrl I do hate them!" You'll Marry a Rich Man One of These Days." "You'll marry a rich man some day," he encouraged her, with a smile she thought a little rueful. "No fear of that. But let's talk of pleasanter things." She had never been the least bit in love before, so she must be excused for not knowing what bad come to her. She could hardly restrain herself from running to the place of meeting. "I'm leaving Hastings next Thursday," he announced abruptly as they met In the arbor in the quiet little Gensing gardens. "Next Thursday!" she gasped. He nodded and turning saw tears in her eyes. "Do you care much, little girl?" he asked attempting to laugh. "Have I made things any lighter for you?"
She made a choking sound and dabbed her handkerchief to her eyes. He bit his lip hard, looked away, then turned sharply round and threw his arms about her. Tve held myself in long enough," he said, almost angrily, and, clasping her to him roughly, he rained down kisses on her lips and eyes. : It was the first time a man had kissed her. Yet she had no impulse to resist. An ecstasy possessed her. He felt her lips pressed in greedy response against his own. For two minutes or more they clung to each other. Then he released her. She sank back in a corner of the arbor trembling, a flaming red spot on her pale cheek. He regarded her shamefacedly. "I oughtn't to have done that," he muttered; "it was a low down thing to do. But there it is! I'm in love with you." "I think I'm In love with you, too," she said in a low tone. "I like you to kiss me." His eyes were troubled. "Yes, but well, it's not quite fair to you. I shouldn't have done that unless we
were engaged. And you know
Oh, I know, I know." she interrupt
ed. "I don't expect. . . . In four days time we shall part and never see each other again. Let's be sweethearts for that little while." He still demurred. "It's not fair to you " She stopped him with a kiss. "Bother explanations! If I think it fair, who else has a right to say anything? I'm
only nineteen. I need not think of mar-1 you wjh g0 home?
"You don't look down on me, do you?" he asked. r "Look down on you! Oh, my dear, my dear!" And she drew down his face and kissed him. Three days later he found her waiting for him at the pier head. "I'm leaving Hastings, too," she blurted out almost breathlessly. "I'm dismissed." "Dismissed,'he echoed. Then he noticed the despair In her eyes. She Is Dismissed From Her Position. "Yes," she went on hurrie-ly. "It's that cad that man who spoke to me on the front! He's Mr. Richard's cousin. Of course I didn't know. He's been spying on us, watching us meet. The brute! "Mrs. Richards .came down last night. He he called this morning and recognized me, of course. Then she called me in and asked me if it was true that I had been going about with you every afternoon and if if you had been kissing me. I I couldn't deny it about you. "She asked me if we were well, what sort of understanding there was between us. Then 6he told me to leave the house by 5 o'clock or she would send my trunks to the station. Fancy that wretch! Oh, I could kill him!" She clenched her fists and set her teeth. Steele checked an oath and seized her hands. "Well, is it so serious?" he asked. "You didn't like the place. You can easily get another ... I suppose
don. What do girls do when they are stranded like, this? I shall make a living somehow," she wound up doggedly"And it's I who have brought this on." he said hitting himself with his cane violently, j . "Oh, you needn't reproach yourself! That cad would have told on me just because I snubbed him, even if I hadn't met you again." Then, with an attempt at calmness, she added: "I'm sorry that this should have happened
before you left, I really am. its aj
shame to bother you. lou have made me very happy." We had better say good-bye now. I dare say I shall manage somehow." Victor Resolves to Stand by Leslie. She smiled bravely, and looked up at him. "I'd rather you went now, and we got over it," she urged him. "You talk silly," he broke out sharply and gripped her arm. "It's not likely I'm going to leave you in a hole like this. Look here. I'm a poor man, but I love you. That's straight." "Go on," she said, nerving herself. "Well," he stammered, flushing all over his fair face, "I wish I could help you some other way, but if if I 1 thought you would have me I would
ask you to marry me."
GERMANY INVINCIBLE
violence. "Well," looking at her, Tm nilPH limitl ICOFIITP ya! ! of EN . H tUlfi Abo til I &
made love to you. . I never intended you to know. At any rate, you must let me help you out of this fix." He gazed miserably at the dull grey sea. She saw the pain in his eyes, and the next instant was aware only of the beauty of his profile and the marital erectness of his form. She forgot her desperate plight, and knew only that she could not bear to lose him. She slipped her cold hand into bis.
I m a snob and a fool, I know," she
said in a sobbing voice, "but I do love you. Take me and marry me,if you like, dear." To Be Continued To-morrow.
WOMEN LEAYE MAIL IN LONDON SUBURBS LOXnON, Aug. 12. In spite of the authorities, woman is forging her way into the various gaps in the community, in which the war gives her an opporuinity to prove her usefulness and patriotism. In addition to the various
"To marry you?" She had not ex-fotii?r otnoes women are now filling,
rtage yet. And you are not spoiling
any chances. Men in his position, she knew, did not marry governesses, nursery or otherwise. He loved her. She was grateful for that grateful, too, that her first lover had been so handsome and so much a man. He searched her face anxiously.
"Home," she repeated derisively, "I
have no home. Do you think my aunt
would take me back after this? She would be glad of the excuse to shut the door in my face. I couldn't give a reference. Besides, I've no education." "What do you think of doing?" "I don't know. I shall go to Lon-
pectcd him to gay that. "Yes." He turned and faced her, noting the surprise in her tone. Then he comprehended. "Good Heavens! what did you. think? Oh, see. No, I'm not that sort." He faced her with a defiant smile. "You not a gentlemen?" she faltered. "But I thought I had the idea you were a squire's son, or in the Army" "I am in the Army. I am a sergeant in the 25th Lancers." "A sergrant?" She looked at him blankly. She had allowed herself to be made love to by just a common
soldier. She wondered if that man would find this out also.
He winced at the disappointment in ! her voice. "That makes all the differ-j once, doesn't it?" lie said mockingly, j "If I had a star on my shoulder in- j stead of, the sirijtcs on my arm. . . j Til have a st;ir yet, and a cross on my j breast too!" he burst out with sudden ;
aiready published in the American, quite a number of women are serving as pestwomen. The districts around London are gradually becoming accustomed to the trim figures of smart young women, escorted by a mere postman 'carrying the .sacks, distributing missives of a business and social nature to eager recipients. Young men who never bothered about the time their letters arrived before leaving for their work, now rise at least an hour earlier-in order to hear the fair letter carrier give the famous "rattat" at the front door and, if possible express their
other thanks in person, for the businesslike I postgirls are off with the swiftness of
a tuiiumer swallow as soon as the missive is jettisoned.
STOCKHOLM. Aug. 12. Dr. Svn Hedin, the famous Swedish explorer, is firmly convinced that Germany and Austria-Hungary will defeat ' all ot their enemies. On his return from the eastern theatre of war he said: "The German army cannot be defeated. It does not matter how long the war may last. The serength of the German race, the iron discipline, the wonlderful training and the milk tary spirit of the nation are uncc querable. Germany Is Invincible."
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