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\ /lftaQa3ine linage BLUE FOR BEES—NOT FUES ONLY $130,000,000 Flump cnu fashionable pHAT IS DEATHT ' ^Ltu pJt Wait W1 la color t Why are many Ih fight porfeot otherwise, to distinguish red from Woot Why is a color-blind woman unknown T How do you explain the extmodinary fact that many women, absolutely blind, can dis tinguish colors by feeling; for in ^tance,^ colors of yarns that they | Why do blind women sorting yarn in London like blue and dis like rod? i More important because it is practical, why do flies dislike bluet Paint your kitchen bright blue and you have fewer flies. * On the other hand, if you paint beehives blue, the bees will be hap i pier. Perhaps It is because bees In joy themselves under the blue !«ky, while flies Hke to be out of ilha sunlight and away from the (blue sky. In a blue kitchen they j may think they are outdoors under the sky.’ They are not very bright. ^ Preferred stock of Standard Oil of Now Jersey pays 7 per cent. Money is cheap, 7 per cent inter est isn't businesslike, and the New Jersey Standard Oil Company plans to buy back all its preferred ! stock, paying owners $115 for a $100 certificate. This $230,000,000 operation isn’t considered big in our day. One million dollars used to make men shiver. Now $200 000,000 is the unit that ONE BILLION is the mark that really big men shoot at. Tne TRILLION AIRE is coming. t* * J 4“ **" ^ The wise Japanese establish aii annual “Time Day” in ail cities and towns of the Empire. “Watch Your Time” is to be the national slogan. Every .lay ought to be “Time ^T>ay” Y.ivli CAv*„,/ue. No spend - -- . 1. tKriff ever lef money slip 1hrough" his* fingers as the average maa lets his life slip away. Florcnc? megfeld, who continues “glorifying the American girl,” but insists that she be “modestly dressed,’* says “the plumper girl is coming in,” He predicts dis appearance of the prevailing type that looks half starved as a result of dieting. That’s gvo.,1 news for the tired business man vvno sits in front. Still better news for the other man who wonts the next genera tion to bo worth, while, and fe&ra trouble wh*n the half starved babies of half starved mothers grow up and take hold of the nation. Thirteen burned to death in mountain inn at Haines Falls, N. Y., cannot be identified and will go to the grave with religious rites of two kinds. First, Roman Catholic rites were celebrated. Next, Protestant rites will be add ed. If there happens to be a Bud dhist, Mohammedan, or Confudan among the thirteen, he will hare to take his chance. Mr. Sam Wing, accomplished gunman of the On Leon Tong, went to the electric chair, but first gave orders for burial serv ices, both Chinese and Christian. He was never a Christian, but told his friends that the electric chair being unknown to Chinese gods, they might have no provision for a corpse from that source. Christians having invented the electric chair, doubtless have a God that would know what to do with the remains, so the thought ful Chinese decided on both re ligions for the funeral service. < We spend our lives watching* men and women passing through a door labelled “Death,” and we all have theories, but nobody apart from faith, has any knowl edge of what is on the other side of the door. By and by our time comes, and we go, then we know— perhaps.__ _ Sir Alfred Blond tolls Britain’s Society of Chemic?! Industry that science will control genius, morals and sex, and also prolong youth. 1 Sex has been put beyond our control. Men’s vanity would call for too many boys. What we call “morals” is a re flection of the times in which we live. Me*1 always trying to seen) a lit*-,<' ’ v'r than he really is, THE ALARMING PREVALENCE OF HEART DISEASE. , i Lai my reader bear ftn that I am speaking strictly from my, own experience, not from toe au thorities. My opinion is, that throat infections land in serious heart affections. Influence i is e most dangerous and deadly ! thing if neglected. Tonsillitis may cause either valvular ttissass, or \ myocarditis. No throat infection should go untreated for a single hour. | Colitis, accompanied by putre faction in the colon, is a potent ; source of heart disease. The pres-, j ence of indican in the urine tells us r that we have the makings of ser-, I ious carlo-vascular trouble, unless we attend to that colon, and diet accordingly. Once heart disease is set up, every hearty meal aggra- ! vates the circulatory disorder. If i you happen to have a large abdom-j en, out of proportion to your gen eral build, you are putting up with1 something that will make you trouble sonje day. Watch the colon.! Of course pneumonia and rheu- i matism often leave defective j hearts, both of them bearing dis-^ ease-germs from the respiratory' { organs. With such a heart it is I utter foolishness to give heart stimulants with the idea of effect- j ing a cure, until you are rid of j the germs that are causing the j weakened heart. In my experience,- j vaccines are the most rational treatment for infections, though many physicians seem to believe differently. When failure occurs, the diagnosis is probably inaccur ate. i Two valuable suggestions f<x/ the heart are,—do not neglect your throat, and, take care of the colon j —do not overeat. In this way you may lessen your chances for heart disease. \ T-Text Weeks— Now She Goes Every where! Her Hair is Long and Beautiful SHE always loved a good time, but her unruly hair kept her at home, while her friendshnd their fun. But finally she used Nelson’s Hair Dressing, and now the “stay at-home” has become a “butterfly.” Now her hair is smooth and fine and glossy. She goes everywhere. No party is complete without her. Try Nelson’s. Wash the hair thoroughly with Nelson’s Scalp and Hair Cleaner first. Then apply Nelson’s Hair Dress:ng as directed. Don’t accept substitutes. Nelson’s is the oldest—the original. It comes in a metal container, enclosed in a pasteboard box. If your druggist cannot supply you wc will send both the Scalp and Hair Cleaner and the Hair pressing, direct, on receipt of fifty cents in stamps. NELSON MANUFACTURING CO. RICHMOND, VA. JJsa NELSON'S Scalp and Hair Ciaaner with tha Hair Dressing • t I ] iVluch Efficiency By E.J.(*3*>Rdth DI%IN HERE TODAY JOHN W. DROOKB, hardware mn»tnn(f, l:nn arranged with Kronomj- nr.d Kfllclcncy Corpor ation, Limited, to mBiigc his household, Brooke, a widower, has left town without laformlag hi* three chlldrea of the aew arrangement. H. IIEDCB, eflleleney eagl ■cer. assigned to the Job, haa arrived at the Brooke mansion and read the document, which *l*ts him unlimited control In masaglap all affairs off the house, to tho astonishment off the three heirs-to-he. Ho now prodsceo a second, leas otffclal communication, and proceeds to read. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY 66Tti|,Y DEAR CHILDREN: “I shall be away from home until tho evening of February 19. I am In perfect health. My trip Is chiefly of a business nature. In order to make all proper provision for your care and comfort, I am placing a personal reprcsent&tU e In charge of my house hold, a man In whom I have com plete confidence. My personal at torneys are charged to communicate with me In case off emergency, but under no other circumstances. It wrlll be useless fpr you to Inquire my whereabouts from them. I feel that this short separation will be of benefit to all of us, and I shall look forward to our reunion with affec tionate anticipations •‘In the meanwhile Mr. Hedge will g be In full and absolute charge, with p the authority that I have conferred upon him In another document. He Is a man of excellent character g thoroughly recommended by his em g. ployers, and, I am satisfactorily as § 6ured, a gentleman. He will reside | with you. and will have full financial i responsibility in all household and g family mattery. “It is needless for me to say that | you will co-operate wKh him in every S way; I know that you will. Treat | him as you would me. •‘And now. my children. I bid you. \ = for a short time, an affectionate j | goodby. **Your loving father. I t “JOHN W BitOOKE." “Thet document you may keep." | said Mr. Hedge, as he passed the 5 letter to Constance Brooke. The one Rwith the red seal he replaced In his pcckeL Still the three Brooko children spoke no word. Speech was not theirs for the moment; rather. It was theirs to gaze in mute bewilderment at the bearer of the documents. They saw a person who was some what above medium height and of slender frame. The lines of his h£ad were angular, an effect heightened by his almost black hair and the stiff, uncompromising manner In which It was brushed straight back past his ears. His eyes were dark and disconcertingly steady. His nose was long, but straight in the bridge and not badly molded. His lips closed firmly, but not harshly. There wns a faint cleft In his chin. He was dressed quietly, but obviously well. As to his age. It was probably twenty-eight or nine. Mr. Hedge bore the scrutiny with composure, as though It were some thing he had quite anticipated. He mesaured glances with William Brooke without the quiver of an eye lid, while he regarded Constance as Impersonally as though she were an Inanimate fixture In the library. It was Alice who spoke first. "Where Is my father?" she de manded, in a frightened voice. "I— I don't understand. Where Is dad?” "I am unable to answer." replied Mr. Hedge easily. "I do not know. It Is not my business to know. He Is, however, as he explains In his letter, quite well and he will return to you on the day mentioned." . / •’February 19!" gasped Constance, glancing at tfte lettar “And—and this is December! Vou moan to say wo will not sco our father tn all that time?” "Evidently not, unless ho should change his pluns." “But what will we do?” "Continue to reside in your home under iny protection.” observed Mr. Hedge, with a casual glance that em braced the principal features of the upartment. The scion of the Brooke family, after gulping twice, found his voice. "What sort of a Joke ts all this?” he demanded. "No Joke. Business." said Mr. Hedge tersely. "Well. 1 propose to And out." "Very well. Too late this eve ning, however. Tomorrow you may telephone to the offices of our cor poration and obtain a verification.” •But what's the Idea of It all? If I®_ I “For the time being I am your father " r^ the old man wants to go»away. well and good. But why can't we run things? Where do you come tn?" Mr. Hedge emlied faintly, a digni fied yet not unpleasant proceeding. "I came In t>y order of your father.'* he answered. “In fact, for the time being. I am your father.'* “Good Lord!" The exclamation canto from the Ups of Billy Brooke. He surveyed the stranger from head to heels with plain intent to express contempt Why. he was bigger him self! “I prefer, however, to be called Mr. Hedge. And the reason that you cannot run things Is that l am going to run theta." There was a snap in nts voice that made the Brooks children wince. “And now.*’ be added. In a more comfortable tone. “1 believe U is time for dinner. Let us go ln.“ Constance hesitated, which meant that her brother and sister did like wise It was a characteristic de velopment of every crisis tn I be Brooke family. They would have scorned to acknowledge it. but the older brother and the younger sister had unconsciously fallen Into the habit of vsiting to see what Con stance would do. Mr. Hedge sensed the situation. He had eyes only tor the oentral figure of the trio She met his glance quite steadily, with a slight narrowing of her sjraa calculation. Her poise ua.l r>. u iu l to her; even at the first s!t? n- . been frightened. although m.vumab:/ startled. Constance was not sa pretty e* I-r fifteen-yen r-old sister: tl. ,t «ou 1 have been diincult. for w j pretty beyond all reason. None thr less, the young chatelaine of tl - Brooke mansion presented to tl. * world A coumniani'o of which on' ; tlio most exacting could make coin plaint. It was tho kind that graphs with myt-terious effect, be cause tt h«dd something more than mero comeliness, something ctuslv > yet discernible, something that, fer want of a more successful descrip tion, ts usually called character. John W Brooke alwnvs instate-? that Constancy was her mother, ov* r again. Yet sometimes ho saw him self In the straightforward glanco cf her gray eyes, and others saw It. too Mr. Hedge did not seo it. because ho had never beheld John \V. Brooke. Nevertheless, ho saw enough to con vince him that he had made no mis take in addressing himself chlcllv t > the young woman who stood »>eforj him. “Certainty: wo will dine.“ said Cor. stance abruptly. She led tho way from tho library, 'down the broad hall and Into a spa cious room that lay on the opposite side of the house. Alice followed her closely, then BlUy. Mr. Hedr, > brought up In the rear, making swift note of "his surroundings and occa sionally frowning slightly. V* . Tho dining-room In tho Brooko mansion was all that a Fifth Avenue dining-room should bo. It was almo: t a banquet halt Mr. Brooko had paneled It in a walnut, becauso ho could easily afford to; ho had place d no check upon his architect, either in this or any other apartment under Mo roof. Tho family tablo. always employe.I when there wore no guests, sccmc.l absurdly small in the great room. It was not placed In the center, but drawn close to an open fireplace, wherein a few logs of high-priced driftwood were burning with strango flames of green and blue and yellow. It was quite a long walk to tho table, and the procession moved in single file. Mr. Hedge's active glance flitting from side to side. Even Horace, the’ butler, from his place behind Constance's chair, could dis cern that the stranger was complete ly at ease. He neither hurried nor loitered; he did not carry his hands in his pockets, nor rub his nose fur tively. nor straighten his tic. Ho moved as nonchalantly toward the table as John W Brooke himself. "My father's chair.'* said Con i' t i? 4 . i i i I I n s i standi- wun a or.ei gesiur*3. Mr. H-dge seated himself in It ‘You may serve dinner. Horace .*' murmured Constance. "Yes. Miss Brooke." and Horace, wrenching his glance from the face of the stranger, disappeared on his errand. There was naif a minute of silence, broken only by an embarrassed cough from Billy Then Mr Hedgo spoke. , "Now that we've all plunged In the water Isn't so cold, after all. 13 itr* The three Brookes looked at him sharply and with obviously surprised faces. Constance and her brother exchanged fleeting glances. Alice pursed her Ups. The observation had sounded rather human, quite differ* ent from the Hedge of the library He was smiling, too. “You see." he continued easily, "the first shock was not In the fact that I arrived on the scene, but tn the fact that your father didn't.'* Constance was not wholly sure of this. , “I can readily understand your sur* prise." said Mr Hedge. "It Is en tirely natural. We are all more or less creatures of surprise. But sur prises are not necessarily unpleasant or attended by any unfortunate con sequences." <4 Constance made a note of the fact that the stranger thought well of himself. - --***■*«( "I'm simply your father's agent for a short time. 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