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Iff THE DAILY |l
I SHORT STORY
I Via Terry.
By I8ABEL FROST.
Mt '.Copyright, 1917, by the McClnre
' Newipaper Syndicate.)
t T there wai one thing more than an/
I other that Virginia prided henelf
' Oh It wit her aloofneaa, which this
V'* ' ability to live months at a time In a|
' New York apartment house without I
I becoming acquainted with any or ner
neighbors.
i.J 'In spite, of the fact that she had to
I saw her own living now, she never
I) Mrgot for one moment tbat she wee
Miss Carrlngton, of Carrlngton Hall,
n Georgia. She mlgbt make dozens of
' silken lamp shades and hammered
brais and copper novelties; she mlgbt
live in two rooms and kitchenette, so.
called, and get her meals over a twojf
burner gas stove, but she would not
^ associate with the bol polio! or gratify
X even her iMdlady's curiosity on lntlm'(
ate details of ber past present or full,
Are.
y TShe occupied the back suite on the
second floor. In the front there was
^ a young sculptor whom she did cot
even know by sight. The rooms above
her own were occupied by Wells Lewis
an Incipient dramatist; the floor bo'low,
by an Interior decorator and his
1 wife. On the very topmost floor were
' little skylight rooms where several
r- birds of passage lived, students for
j Jtba most part.
The only personal mall she received
/ was from Terry. He usually wrote
Ia.W hovrfah on*
|| once a weea, a urityi, join/i i/w/Miu vy .
latle, fall of complaints, football, 'eats'
p* ud railings at Latin, English and
L everything else under the sun except
mathematics and herself. He never
L had a word against her, though he
[i would say It was "pretty tough on a
ft fellow everlastingly trying to live up
' to his sister's measure of a man."
This did not bother Virginia at all.
< She felt herself responsible for Terry
and his proper upbringing as a Carrlngton.
If she could work and sup
| port herself, their slender income
[ would suffice to send Terry through
I school and turn him out a civil enf
glneer, as her father had wished. .
1 She had not realized until these days
' Of early summer how fagged out she
was getting. She found berself fumbling
over little things and dropping
them, nervously alert at unexpected
noises and thoroughly indignant at
every street piano and little brass
' band that dared to play out In the
street.
) "Miss Carrington, you'll break down
If you don't stop working so hard,"
| Peggy said at the office, as Virginia
\ waited to see the buyer for the art
I goods department. "Dont you ever
get tired?"
Virginia went home that day feeling
rather puzzled. Was that what was
the matter with her?" She studied her
face In the mirror carefully and then
thoughtfully opened a letter she had
picked up from the table in the lower
*' frnm thfl
II nan. it was mi luvtiaiiuji uwui v..v
, Chaplns, for her to visit them on their
houseboat over the week-end.
She left that Friday night for the
I shore with a feeling of elation, as
though she had escaped from the mild
sort of prison. On the front steps
|| Bhe passed Wells Lewis. He was perA
sonally conducting several paper bags
ti of superstitious groceries that Vlr'I
glnla knew represented light housekeeping.
She bowed to him absently
as she always did to her neighbors,
and went on across the square drawing
on her long gloves.
Terry arrived on the 7:45. Convoy
ing a suitcase and several mysterious
parcels along sportsman lines; be arrived
at Mrs. Flnnegan's at nearlj^9
o'clock. Lewis heard the alteration
In the lower hall while Terry tried to
explain bis relationship to Miss Cari
.rlngton and his rights and privileges
II 'In her absence. But Finnegan was odvdurate.
It might be so and then again
^ it mightn't. She would lake no
| | confession:
| "Do you know, Margie," said Paula,
"some day 1 am going to write a
book which will deal with what a man
feels compelled to fall In lore with?
| I mean the different kinds of women
he must at some time In hi3 life
love.
i "You remember a passage from Tho|
mas Hardy In The Well Beloved, do
I you not, where he describes this man!
ljr (?) trait thus: 'To his Well Be'
loved ho had always been faithful;
[ but sho had had many embodiments.
Each Individuality, known as Lucy,
Jane, Flora, Evangeline or what not,
| bad been merely a transient conditlpn
^ of her. He did not recognize this
L- as an excuse or as a defense hut as
I a fact simply.
" 'Essentially she was perhaps of
!' no tangible substance?a spirit, a
I dream, a frenzy, a conception, an arI
oma, an eptiomized sex, a light in the
[Isye, a parting of the lips. God only
I iknew what she was. ho did not shp
I was Indescribable.'
"That, my dear Margie, Is every
man's Idea of the Well Beloved, from
the cradle to the grave. As soon as
he 1b able to realize love a boy loves
his mother. Many of them state sturdily
that they are going to marry their
mothers when they grow up. Later
it 1s their nurse maid or governess
that appeals to them. Then the little
girl across the way with whom
they share their lolly-pops and Jam
tarts.
"But a boy never really feels himself
a man until he falls frantically
In love with a woman older than himself.
And you know. Margie, on the
Character of that woman depends
nearly all thatjaoys life. Personally
when a boy shows me he loves me
I feel not only much flattered hut also
very humble and I try my best to
^hape that love so that when ho Is
^giady to give it to some girl of his
own age it will contain a great faith
|n and reverence for woman.
,'Many an unthinking older woman
has destroyed forever a boys faith in
.the entire sex. Because he finds bis
idored one is Insincere and selfish he
HPya uie cuiitxua'nn ??i WA*A
>AGE F
Beauty Lesso,
TO HAVE A BEAU'
Taka a L?iMn from Mixlno E
Maxine. ]
Fourth of a aerlea of articioa anaiyz it
By IDAH M'QLONE QIB80N.
(The West Virginian's Beauty Expert
and Author ot "Confessions
of a Wife.")
Schopenhauer says, "The fate of Innumerable
girls has been decided by
a slight upward or
downward curvature
Pascal has often
been quoted to the
effect that "If Cleopatra's
nose bad
been a trifle larger
the whole political
geography of the
world might have
been different."
Maxlne Elliott has
a perfect nose. You
^ ' will notice It Is not
MR8.QIB90N small.
____l Womanly beauty
has come to mean something besides
structure and color. Unconsciously
chances. If he liked, be could hare a
cot down In the furnace room, but she
would not give any keys out without
orders.
"I saw Miss Carrlngton go away
about 6:30," called Lewis over the
banister rail, "Anything I can do?
Won't you come up with me until she
gets back."
Terry accepted with lacrlty. He
not only came up but be pitched Into 1
the remains of Lewis' supper and cleared
It up to the last crumb. For two
days ana & nan ne uvea aere, anu m
the end of that time he had managed
to impart every incident and accident
that had happened to the Carrington
family within his memory.
Lewis listened sympathetically to
everything, even when Terry told how
he had been "bounced" from the 'prep'
school. There had been a little affair
of guinea pigs, many qulnea pigs hid'
den all around the assembly ball on
a certain evening when the younger
boys were excluded from a senior
dance. Their purchase had been traced
to Terry and when they were even
found in the lockers of the senior dormitory
the matter was taken before
the faculty.
"Some fellows cant take a Joke."
5 OF A WIFE I
men are insincere and selfish.
"Because ho comes to kuow the one
woman ?nnn n-knm ho has kaiivaA a?1
all his youthful worships, loves only i
h6rself, he Immediately declares all (
women are self-lovers. i
"If this woman wounds her boy ad- j
mlrer's pride he never gets over the {
hurt and he scoffs at the devotion and i
self-sacrifice of woman ever more, t
Margie, I think there are quite as i
many boys' lives ruined by women as (
there are girls mined by men.
"The results are different. Girls go I
down in the whirlpool of scandal 1
where, losing self-respect, they lose i
all. Men, skirting around the edges i
of the abyss keep their own self-re- 1
spect but lose all respect for wo- i
men. I
"Why, Margie, do you know I have (
known men who were suspicious of i
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Elliott
IB famous beauties of America.
perhaps we look boirlnd the beauty of
the human machine for the utilitarian
strength and adjustment of Its part.
We like a long nose becaflee we know
that lte owner will have a more sonorous
speech. We dislike visible nostrils
because they are unesthetlc to behold.
We like a little curvature at the base
of the forehead, as you see In the hose
of Maxine Elliott, because it denotes
perfect development of brain cavities
and high Intellectual powers.
Whatever the shape of your nose, my
dear girl, you can keep It clean, \ever
let ugly blackheads appear at the side.
At the risk of hurting some one's feelings
I am going to Insist that blackbeads
are only tho result of personal
uncleanllness. If through neglect one
finds them making their appearance,
wash the face carefully with a flesh
brush and pure hot castlle soap lather.
Rlnce with tepid water. Then daub
with witch hazel and lastly rub with
ice.
Terry concluded, scathingly. "I'm glad
to be out of It. I'm sixteen and 1
ought to be at work Instead of letting
a girl sister support me. WlBh you
could set me a job before she gets
back."
Lewis considered the matter. He
liked the boy. It was the age of specialization.
He himBelf regretted every
year of his teens spent in an expensive
"prep" school. The end of it was
that he called up Stockton and asked
him to put the boy to work at draughtmanship.
"I'll help you on your "math" at
night. 1 don't think your sister has
room for you downstairs. I'd like it if
you'd bunk up here with me. old man.
and keep me company."
Terry loved him for that phrase, "old
man." He went to work the next morn-'
ing. and walked in on Virginia that
night a full-fleged business man, with
1 steady Job and a salary. She listenad
to his explanations In silent amazement.
"Why, Terry, I have only a bowing
acquaintance with this person."
"Well, we'll fix that," replied Terry,
comfortably. "I'm going to share his
room, and pay my bit. so you'd better
get acquainted, Glnnle. If it hadn't
:helr own sisters because some unscrupulous
woman had early In life
murdered their faith In the sex.
"What I started out to say, Margie,
when I went off on this tangent was
Ftartc* Krtvo il roo m rt( folllnfr in l/\vn
Jiuo), uy.ia ui emu wi laiiuib tu tuiu
with an actress. Because a woman
stimulates an emotion in an Ideal
manner on the stage they dream in
real life her own emotion would be
correspondingly ideal. Consequently
many men and most boys invest an
ictress with powers of loving that
ire denied to the rest ot her sex. They
io not realize her peculiar power Is
hat of acting, not of loving?that
vhen she loves she will be like every
ither woman.
"Jack Van Renssalaer had all these
deals of an acrtess and I know he
lad not fallen in love with me. but
with what he thought I typified. 1
vas thinking of how I could disabuse
lis mind and still retain his respect
md admiration not only for mysell
>ut all my sex when the denouement
:ame, which was funny to me but
rery tragic to him."
DOINGS OFT:
Has dq || 7<r
A* soop -7?
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ft) MEET IT ANO CAN
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Ready-to-Serve Cat
Wash four jars; wash rubbers; I
get empty jars in pan o? hotwi
V Use
only fresh, young carrots.
Wash carrots thoroughly.
Boil until three-fourths done.
Feel and slice carrots.
Pack carrots in hot quart glass
Cover with clear, hot water.
Cleanse rubbers quickly in hot s
quart water.)
Put rubbers and caps in poaitior
Place jars on false bottom in v
of tops of jars with water same torn
Put cover on waahboller and bt
Start counting when water begl
Remove jars.
Tighten cover*.
Invert and examine for leaks.
If leaks are found, change rubbi
Store in a cool, dry, dark place.
DON'T MISS
Out this out NOW and save it,
been for him, think where your little
brother might have ended up?lost in
a great city, while sister was houseboating
gaysomely. I invited him down
for dinner with us. Of course, if you
don't want him, we can go out."
Virginia stood at the open window,
looking down on the courtyard where
one lono sumac tree braved ihe city's
summer heat. From the windows abovo
floated a whistle that had become
familiar?Lewis holding forth on
his favorite melody, "I'm going back,
back, back to Carolina; back where
I was born."
And all at once she knew that she
had been lonely. That isles of safety
could be very desolate tyhon one is
a stranger in New York. Even Terry
could not realize that the walls of
Jericho had tumbled down, as she said
"You'd betteer run up and tell him
it's all right, before he starts getting
his dinner himself."
[HEALTH HINT!
Produce as little heat as possible and
get rid of what heat you do produce as
quickly as possible. Follow these two
rules and one can keep cool and healthy
no matter how high the tempera
UUiO iUUJ9>
One way to avoid producing beat Is
to eat as sparingly as possible. By
chewing wliat you do eat to as fine a
pulp as possible you will be able to
get a greater amount out of little food.
Also you will not want to eat as much
and your stomach will not have to
work hard to digest it. Eat plenty ot
fresh fruit and green vegetables. They
are non-heat producing articles. Meats
should be avoided. Fat pork, butter
oils and starchy substances are essentially
heat producing articles. Fried j
foods also should be avoided for they j
have a tendency to prevent proper elimination
of the body's waste. When
this occurs the body easily becomes
overheated.
In hot weather one should drink
twice as much water as at other seasons
of the year. This produces perspiration
which helps to cool the body
when It goes through the process of
evaporation upon the surface of the
skin
The daily bath Is especially essential
when, the weather is warm. It
helps to wash off all waste matter secreted
upon the skin by the sweat
glands, if this coating is allowed to remain
upon the skin surface it causes
the body to overheat.
Cool off by taking a cold bath just
before retiring. It will enable one to
drop off to sleep despite the heat. A
good night's sleep is one of the best
means of preparing for a hot day.
Do as much of your work In the
shade as possible. Take the trouble
to walk on tho shady side of the street.
Work hardest during the coolest part
of the day and ease up when the heat
becomes oppressive,
HEALTH QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
J. M.: "Will you kindly tell me what
to do for hyperacidity?"
Have an analysis of your stomach
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rots Home Canned
:est rubbers (or quality,
iter and let boll for IS minutes.
jars, using all space within the Jar.
oda bath (4 teaspoonful soda to 1
i; not air tight
rash boiler filled to within two inches
perature as contents of jars,
ill for 1 hour,
ns to boil.
irs, and boll again for 10 minutes.
ANY STEP.
Watch for tomorrow's directions.
contents mad?. Treatment dcpenda
on conditions which can only be determined
by such an analysis.
Obeying the Law.
See here, waiter, the ice in this
lemonade is all molted.
Yessah; we aip't allowed to serve
only soft drinks, sah.?Boston Transcript.
WHAT THE FOOD PRODUCTION
BILL PROVIDES.
Eleven million three hundred and
forty-six thousand tour hundred
dollars to he used In stimulating
production, for protecting and conserving
foods, and for a survey of
the country's food resources.
Staff of county agents to be Increased
until at least one agent will
be stationed in practically every
agricultural county in the United
States that will co-operate with the
department and the State Agricultural
College.
Women county agents for demonstration
work in home economics
to be Increased in rural counties
and similar agcnt6 to be placed In
towns and cities for first time.
Farm-help service to be extended
In co-o"peration with United States
Department of Labor to assist In
bringing fanners* and farm laborers
together.
Country-wide survey to be made
of food on farms, In storage, In
shops and In homes. Estimates of
family consumption of food to be
made.
Extension of crop estimating to
crops not hitherto reported and to
include special inquiries to gather
information on extraordinary farm
conditions.
Hog and poultry production to be
stimulated as far as practicable.
Increased production and conservation
of dairy foods to be encour
agea.
Animal diseases to be combated
on larger scale,
Increased efforts to be made to
combat insect pests of plants and
animals.
Further steps to be taken to destroy
animal pests and predatory
animals which injure crops and kill
live stock.
Work for the control of plant diseases
to be extended.
Survey of seed supplies and needs
to be made and results published so
that farmers will be assisted in obtaining
a sufficient supply of good
seed. Seed to be purchased and
sold to fanners by the department
if necessary in restricted areas.
Demonstrations to be carried out
in the proper handling, packing,
shipping, and marketing of perishable
fruits and vegetables to decrease
spoilage.
News service for various farm
products to be extended so that producers
and consumers can be better
informed as to the supply and
demand and can sell and buy with
less expense, less spoilage, and less
lost motion.
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notice. i
Tiro Sizes Too Large.
Bix?You lost your head completely
at the banquet last night.
Dix?That accounts for it, then. I
felt sure the head I got on me this
morning wasn't mine."?Boston
Transcript.
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WEST VIRGINIA PATENTS.
As reported by H. C. Dunlap, patent
awjer, of Wheeling. W. V#., the Pefr
?nt Office record* show tho recent
sEue of the following patent* to West ~
Virginia inventors: John W. Graham, . rM
Hinton, typographical or *lug<aetlng
nacblne; Berta B. Gunnoe, Beckley,
look for antiskid-chains; Claude W.
Stewart. MarUntburg, armored tire
ORDER OF BOARD OF HEALTH.
In furtherance of the orders ot the
Boards of Health ot Marlon and Her
rlson counties at a meeting held at , '.ij
Iraction Park on August 12, 1917. at ; i
which meeting, Dr. C. R. Weirlclc, representing
the State Board ot Heftltb,
was present and concurring, it was
ordered that:
"On account of the present epidemic
of infantile paralysis It la deemed Advisable
that all children under the age ,
Df 1G years be prohibited from attending
moving picture shows, Sunday
schools and all other public gathering!
for a period of 30 days."
Of thisorder parents will take due
notice.
Fortunately there are no cases ot ln<
fautlls paralysis in the city of Fair*
uont at the presont time, but as it ia
on all sides of the city it behooves us
to bo extremely careful. Let us all pay
strict heed to these orders. ;
BOARD OF HEALTH CITY OF FAIRily
ANTHONY BOWEN, Mayor.
UntU Further Notice
Boil All \ I
>?
Drinking Water \
The Department of health la aor
ry to announce that the city water
is not safe to use for drinking
purposes without being boiled. We
hope to have this condition corrected
within a week.
Set of Teeth $8 I
GUARANTEED 10 YEAR8
Utowo anil bridge worK, $5.UU.
Tooth fillings, 60c and up.
Examinations -nd oetlmatee
Dental methods have totally
changed in the last few yearn and
to get tne best of dentistry,
consult a dentist who lg prao- 49
Using the late methods.
We guarantee our work.
Office on Main street opposite
Court House, over 5 and 10 Cent cj
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Bell Phone 921 J. 1
ays Insist on :?
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