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' I SHORT STORY I
The White Satin Gown.
By HILDA MORRIS.
(Copyright. 1917, McClure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
. I11CT nnnKRTA hurl Rpnf (hp1
A white satin to Barbara's mother
years before, when Barbara war
only a child. Its shining white lengths.
>. j , carefully folded In a sheet, had been
laid away in the top drawer of the
old mahogany highboy ever since Barbara
could remember. Sometimes
when she was very good, as a little
girl, her mother would get the satin
out to show her, and when she grew
older her mother promiced that it
should be hers for a wedding dress.
When Barbara was in her teens, a
slim shy girl with smooth brov.-n hair
and brigth cheeks, she used to steal
to the highboy and look at the satin,
stroking its folds and seeing visions.
, Once she even took it out and draped
it about her shoulders before the mirror,
but she never told anyone of that.
Aunt Roberta, who had sent this
rich gift to the little gray farmhouse,
had been a very beautiful and wonderful
person. She had not stayed at
home ana married one 01 ine village
boys or a neighboring Tanner, but she
had gone away to the city. There she
had worked at something until her
prince came along, and after that,
rumor had it that she kept si* servants
and her carriage. She had sent
back money, too, and bits of cast-off
finery. But Aunt "oberta was d"ad
now that Barbara was grown, and the
white satin was her most tangible
monument to the glr' ~ -lir.rn never
looked at it wi" i
of her aunt's romauue, -ud woudering
whether she. too, would one day meet
a prince. But the years went on until
she was twenty-eight and the white
satin still lay In its place of honor.
"Barbara don't seem to g< much
notice from the boys, does she?" remarked
Aunt Amelia to Barbara's
mother during the course of an afternoon
visit.
Mrs. Gilman bridled a little. Such
remarks put mother's on the defen
rive.
"Oh, I don't know." she said. "Barbar.-'a
mighty particular. She hasn't
cared for anyone since Morgan Burns
went away. I guess she could have
had him, it she'd chosen."
"Well, he's a fine young fellow. 1
met Mrs. Burns only yesterday, and
sh-* said hat Morgan was coming
honu for the C"--?*nnial. I didn't ask
if he was married, tut I suppose he is.
Morgan must be thirty-one or two by
now."
Barbara was iu the next room, sewing.
She had not meant to sten, hut
she could not help hearing Morgan
Bf ns' name. Morgan Burns! She
had tried not to think of him for a
Inner tlrriP- To hear hpr mnfhnr sn<>nlf
of him In such a way sent a swift
wave of color to the girl's cheeks: she
laid down her work and stole out to
the shady orchard to be al-ne. Five
years before she had meant to marry
Morgan Burns, h it there had been a
misunderstanding between them and
he had gone to the city shortly after.
It was Morgan she had been thinking
of the day she draped the white s tin
about her shoulders ;she had dreamed
of h'm the times when she reverently
stroked Its folds. But that was
nil over now?she would never wear
that dress for any prince. he sud-1
denly res ted the fact that it should j
I CONFESSION:
"That's rather a good sentence,",
said Dick, as I finished the paragraph
about women not being able to accept
fealty with a string tied to it.
"Do you know, dear, that this woman's
philosophy makes me think of
yours?"
"Of course, and do you know the
roason why, Dick?"
"It Is because the philosophy of all
womon who live and think and experience
is the same. We want truth
and loyalty without strings, just as
you do. It Is humanity's great desire,
a desire seldom attained."
"Well, what does the 'wompn outside'
say?" Dick asked as he sat for
a moment silent, evidently digesting
my idea.
"She says, 'And what is the answer
to it all?' I asked the man. And the
letter continues:
" 'Why, dearest, you have already
had the answer," he returned. 'The
whole thing Is over and I do not even
wish to sec her again.'
"Mrs. Margie, it may bo that 1 was
jealous, but it seemed to me that he
was a little too anxious not to sec
her. I felt that he was not so sure
that it was all over as he wished to
make me sure that the obsession was
ended.
i Laiiuuk ica juu uuw i leu. for
the first time In all the two years
that had seemed to mean so much
to both of us, I did not at all relish
being mother confessor. The maternal
side of my love for him languish
ed and my heart choked me so that
1 could not speak as I quietly covered
up the hurt. And then as I gazed
I through blurred eyes at the appealing
smile on the face of the man opposite
me, I suddenly found that if ,ltul
no power to move me.
"Mrs. Margie, I think that was the
l greatest pain 1 have ever known. 11
did not for a moment realize that
something beautiful bad gone out of
>. my life?that something that I
thought quite necessary to my happiness
had died and that I must bury
it decently and quietly from all human
eyes, eyen the Ingenuous ones
which were looking at m? from across
\ the table in consternation.
"'Sweetheart, sweetheart, don't
' you understand, can't 1 make you understand
that I really care for you
and for no other woman in all the
world? Why the very fact that I had
to come to you with this story confirms
my own feelings in the matter.
1 know now better than I ever did before
that you are everything to me. I
want you always, dear. I need you.
" 'I rely upon you, my dear, as the
*s " ~
PAGE F
UNCLE SAM'S FIRST
it ; y ' 91
R
^n E^EI^P
Iff ;' -y <}&* ' ^
Here are some mail men who are
, unduly inquisitive is disproven by th
' lutely ignored by these two WashingMcGrath
(left), wife of a man now in
Mrs. Pernclio Campbell (right), wido
1 there, waiting, for something that
would never come.
"I believe," she resolved as she sat
alone in the orchard, "'that I'll make
th-? dress tip to wear at the Centennial."
The celebration ot Mllford's centennial
was to be an elaborate -ne.
Ah the wanderers who could do so
were to coine home, and there were
ti be a pageant, an evening w' '1 a
program, and a dance In the town
1: " Parliarr. was to sing at the pro|
grain. She was generally accounted 1
the best soprano in the village, arid
had sung in the eh ch> ir for
years. It was necessary that she
should have some sort of new gown
fcr the occasion, and he hail very 1
tl y. Why not use the white
sr.tln? That would end the matter,
one- ind for all.
Having decided. Barbara proceeded
to put her plan into action. Her mother
and horrified A-nt Amelia found
1) "* r nntt n nn tho sntin :in
hour or so later; Indeed, she had L :?n !
< lit into it.
"You're not going to use it!" Aupt [
Amelia exclaimed. "Not to wear!
Why .Barbara, I always thought If
yi didn't marry It would be a family
heirloom for Marguerite. I didn't
suppose you meant to make !t up,
ever."
Burbara was not impressed by this
protest from Marguerite's mother.
She snipped calmly into the next
1< ngth.
"It's mine," she said, "and 1 need
a new gown. I can't afford to keep
this sny longer."
Barbara's mother sighed.
""Well," she said., "1 always
S OF A WIFE |
Christians of old were said to hang
on the Everlasting Arms. Speak to
me, sweetheart. Tell me you understand
and that in the near future you
will go away with mo far from all
this unsatisfactory unrest and this
life of struggle and hurry.'
"1 could hardly believo my ears,
Mrs. Margie, and as 1 write it to you,
t wonder if my story Is unusual or
have many women had this same
kind of experience. Can a man hold
a woman in his heart; can he single
out one set of emotions which are
for her alone while playing at love
with many others?
"As I write, that old song comes to
me which Roslna Yokes used to sing'
about the sailor who had a sweetheart |
i nevery port, but 'whose 'cart was'
true to Pol'?the wife he had left at
home.
"However much wo try to show
ourselves absolutely true to another
person, we never can do It because
we are never absolutely true to ourselves.
Perhaps If the man had never
told me about the American beauty
rose I would have gone away with
him. T will never know If under
those circumstances 1 ' would have
been strong enough to resist not him
alone but also my love for him."
66N, PAnsN, WM/TT DID ^
\Jni) TUtuis that 5
: CAMOUFLAGE PftaTY .1 c
OF HELEN'S-PRETTV L!
CLEVER, 'EH ? '
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3 WEST VIRGINIAN?Fi
FEMALE MAIL MEN
HOE ??
not male. The theory that women at
e way in which postcards are alts:
ton women lptter rnrriors?Mrs Vol)
Dncle Sam's military service, an
w of a Washington letter carrier.
thought that you at least had on
nice thing to he buried in?I doa
know hut what it'll be all out of sty
for that if you n ike it up now."
"1 lu 7c so," said Barbara, laugl
lug.
The gown was a great succos
Even Aunt Amelia admitted that Ba
bara looked pretty in it. and "te
years you. cor." It was no more gb
sy than the girl' brown hair, and In
bright cheeks glowed more rich!
than ever above it. When she ai
peared on the platform to sing, a lilt
h-?7 of admiration went over the at
dience. All of them had known Bn
bara iv r since she was a chi'I. hi
they h. . irver seen her look so pre
ty.
There was one young man who fe
something more than admiration t
he looked at Barbara. He was a vcr
tall young man. mown and lean, wel
poised and well-tailored, typical i
the big eitv true which h had com
He had met a c:cat many g' 's In tli
years since he left Milford, but ni
r,ne of th< i had stirred him as tl:
slender white lad girl whoso dea
voice rang out so sweetly In an oh
fashioned song?a song he had heat
her sing in those years before the
had ended everything. He ha
thr...-ht that larbara would be uia
rled hv this time: it was strange tin
a e'vi so attractive should remain
eyes followed her ;i? she took Ik
place back In the audience.
And so It \v s not strange that Mo
yan Burns came up to Barbara tli
DON'T WORRY MOTHEF
T.
By BIDDY BYE.
As surely as the proof of the pui
ding is 111 the eating is the worth ot
d/et In Its effect on the health of cii
dieters. Nearly every American fan
ily just now feels a particular Inter?:
in the United States army ration n
cause Its sou or brother, husband '
nephew is proudly serving with th
colors?and incidentally, eating off Ui
cle Saul's tin plate
Many a maternal heart suffers fen:
for the welfare of a son's heulth und
the dietetic ministrations of a tnei
government. Let such mothers tab
comfort In the facts In the officer
training camps?under the same di.
used in the present army cantonmeni
?the average gain 111 weight in -
Eacli lay The West Virgiulai
by Mrs. S. I. Brobst. t-alrir.ont's
Cut them out anU save them. Tc
ESCALLOT
Twenty-five oysters, tri'o cups
Itvo tablespoons butter.
Brush bakedish with butter; cot
lay the oysters in carcSully; dust v
breadcrumbs; pour over the milk
Bake in hot oven 20 to 25 minutes
DOINGS OF 1
lOT 'SPECUIlN -l'.* 1 I T=
OME EXPECT ON DAT
amoflo55 BUSINESS
^SELF^ |
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URMONT, FRIDAY EVENIN
OMEN
very minute the entertainment was)'
I over. She turned startler] fiVCta II T\r\r> !
j him. her color rls'ng. *""** |
I "M^y I walk home with you, Miss*
Gil. an?" he asked.
"Yes," she agred simply. He help-1
cd her with her long blue cape, and j
they walked a half-block in silence.;
Barbara's heart was beating so that |
she could not speak.
"Barbara." he said at length, "why:
should things that happened five'
years ago make any difference to us? !
I don't suppose that you could care
for me now. there may be some one:
else?but we can at least be friends? j
and if you could?"
His voice caught, and Barbara nn:
swered quickly.
"There isn't anyone else." she said.
If he kissed her in the shade of the
| roadside elms, there was no one there
| to see, and Mrs. Gilnian hardly knew
j the starry-eyed girl who came in with
Morgan Burns a few minutes later.
Mrs. Gilman was a wise .mother.
I however. She withdrew to the dining ;
I room and listened to the rumble of j
: Morgan's bass 4nd Barbara's happy
Itreble; she dreamed as mothers do. j
! "Perhaps its Just as well, after all.,
ithat Barbara mado up that white |
satin." she reflected. "Perhaps?per- t
linns she will use it for a wedding:
; dress. In spite of everything. She
looks mighty pretty in it?I shou! in't
wonder if she'd be married in it yet."
And so she was. For flic prinre
! had come back.
! HEALTH HINTsI
1
If high prices are getting "your
0 goat," come rlwiit back at them by gcJ'
ting a real goat.
? ; Goat's milk has been repeatedly Buggested
by many as a cheap and available
supply of this necessary food.
" Medical men In favor of using goat's 1
ic milk say that although the goat tuuy be ;
't infected experimentally with boviuo, I
Ic tuberculosis it Is in the natural state , |
immune to the disease. I ,
i- Lir. Xocard in France some years i '
ago showed that among 130.000 goats 1
s. and kids slaughtered lor lood not one j
r- suffered from tuberculosis,
n It has been contended that tho odor I
s- j of the mile goat makes the milk unpala
>r table, hut this objection may be oveily
come by keeping milch goat? in sep i- v
j- rate and clean barns. I
le The gout as an economic proposition P
l- Is to be seriously considered in war- I
r- times. It will eat practically any va-11
it rlety ol grass or herbage and can, ii!
t- fact, extract a good living from ground ]
thai would support no other animal. !(|
It The goal, in spite of its odor, is a
lP clean animal, and the flanks and udder j
" do not become dirty as in the case of
the cow.
I- Goat s milk is richer in various hedy '"j
>f building properties than is either lui- v
e- man or cow's milk, especially in onic
portion ol casetu.
,t The following table of percentages 0
c gives some idea of the va'ue:
it- (,'aselu Fat Sugar, a
p Humau milk 3.5 3.3 ti.S x
n Cow's milk 3.5 3.7B 4..S f
y Gout's milk 4.30 5.80 4.94
HEALTH QUESTIONS ANSWERED, a
I-. E. C. M. "Fretiucnily 1 feel as v
it though 1 were on the verge of a necv |
a ous breakdown. What should I do to !.
is prevent such an occcrrcnce?"
r He examined at least twice a yc.tr
.by your physician and then follow hl?
r- instructions regarding a rational daily i
ic regime. I
. . !
I, VNCLE SAM
AKES CARE OF THE BOYS!
, weeks was i5 pounds to reach man:
. I TTtU'lo Snm in*sr mm much rnnpomir.H
| ill Uie proper feeding ol Ills sons in
a i the army and navy as a mother is in >
ie! feeding her sons at the family table?
I and it is done .villi all the care, clean
.! liness and scientific skill that money
] and brains can provide,
e- j The menu Is so good that L)r. Harvey
>" | Wiley himself, high chief diet expe-t
a j of the nation, declares that it could be
i- reduced almost one-third not only with
' safety, but with actual benefit to the
"a j soldiers.
ir So when soldier son writes home
e ) "Please send me something good" to
:c! eat," don't waste a minute in worry.
?' i Just pack up a parcel of fudges and
it j cake and send him?its only a bit of 1
>; j luxurious sweetness lie wants?and '
* 1 then ask him how much he weighs! i
a publishes one tested .ecipe prepared 1
foremost authority upon culinary art. i
iday's recipe is for? ]
I
'ED OYSTERS.
bread crumbs, onc-fourln cup milk, '
cr the bollom with bread crumbs, then
rith sail and pepper and cover with the
and dot with remainder of the butter.
["HE DUFFS?(PANSY DIDN'1
G, NOVEMBER 9,1917
AND T
DANCE IN SILVER LACE j
Here Is shown a lovely frock of si1.er
brocaded black velvet worn over
i silver lace skirl. The velvet is do
achable and the silver luce frock may ie
worn as an evening gown without it.
Silver brocaded velvet is one of the j
nost popular of fabrics Ihis autumn.
I'HAR6AH'S RUN.
ll
Mrs. Guy Wilson, ot Clarksburg, e'
ras visiting Mrs. Lavinu Keefover Hie
mst week and was also visiting tile
ilisses Emma and Eisie Rice and Mrs.
onnie Smith, and Mr. Wilson was
ilso calling at Kccfovcr's Sunday. Asbury
Valentine .of Minister's .
tun, was visiting friends here Sun- I
lay.
Newton Rice, of Fairmont, was visting
relatives here last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Smith And Mr.
nd Mrs. Will Snider, of Rivesville.
cere at Madisou Smith's Sunday.
Ennna Rice, Millie Wilson,'Hugh c
nd John Thorn were at C. B. Keof- %
ivcr's Tuesday evening
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Valentine t
ind two children. Virgil aud Ruby, f
vere visiting at the home of J. C. '
lice Sunday. e
Messrs. Fred Eddy, of Fairmont,
nd Willie Williams, of Grafton, were
isiting friends on this Run Sunday, j Miss
I.illio Rice, of Fairmont, was | "
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UN OPERATION 1
AVERTED I
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Philadelphia, Pa.?"One junr ago I ~
was very sick and I suffered with pains
tin my side and back
until I nearly went
crazy. . I went to
differentdoctor3and
they all said 1 had
female trouble and
would not get any
relief until I woulu
be operated on. I
had suffered forfour
vears before this
time,but I kept getting
worse the more
medicine I took. Every month Bince I
was a young girl I had Buffered with
cramps in my sides at period?and' was
never regular. I saw your advertisement
in the newspaper and the picture
Df a woman who had been saved from
an operation and this picture was impressed
on my mind. The doctor had
given me only two more days to make
up my mind so I sent my husband to the ;
drug store at once for a bottle of Lydia
E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
believe me. 1 soon noticed a change and
when I had finished the thfrd bottle I
was cured and never felt better. I grant i
you the privilege to publish my letter i
and am only too glad to let other women
know of my cure."?Mrs.THOS.McGON- :
IGAL, 8432 Hartville Street, Phila., Pa.
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the most wa
Isiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs Sa
uhn Rice, Sunday. " Uj,
Ms. Margaret Hawkins, i>i l .iirlont,
is visiting relatives here. U;
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Smith and lite
granddaughter spent Saturday I si
rcning at Jesse Rice's.
Sam Rice was at C. B. Kcefovcr's
ucsday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Coon spent te
Now Is a Good Tims
To Tr
Mild weather aid treatment. (* '
Don't be'misled into thinking that:
'our Catarrh is gone. The firrt touch ls
if winter weather will bring it back 111
nth all its discomforts. rc
But this is an excellent time to
horoughly cleanse the blood of the
jerms of Catarrh, and be forever at
ia ot tlie troublesome sprays and }'<
louchcs that can never cure yon. th
S. S. S., the recat blood purifier, -""I
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r its women. It is and has ever been Ar
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Thousands of women awaiting mother- At
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nd wonderful work l>y the use of the on
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isily when baby is burn and the crh-ls Tl
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There is satisfaction i
that carries with it an
and refinement. Our E
leaves nothing to be des
ty of type styles to selec
and note sheets that hi
dame fashion are here
May we have your orde
better for both of us.
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These Hats are
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/ork Hat Manufacjrers
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1 A. ?i* *
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turelay evening and Sunday with
and Mrs. Frank Arnctt. '
Miss Hazel Floyd was in Fairmont
illowe'cn.
Mrs. Lavina Kcefovor and lira,
lao Coogle nro on tlia sick list.
Mike ilidge was In Pittsburgh last
ok.
Jrs.f Rico and family were visiting
lathes at Royal Sunday. -A
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sat Your Catarrh
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cm entirely out of your system. It
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iccilic Co., Dept. G Atlanta; i
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wmsmm
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To neglect the use of "Motbar**
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bo in their livca,
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