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IN DETROIT
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By STACY E. BAKER
(Copyright. 1910. by Auochtled Literary Press.)
The marriage of Marie Norfleld and
Anthony Morton, scheduled for early
June, was suddenly broken off by the
girl without a word of explanation.
As for Anthony, he was too proud
to ask for one.. The two drifted
apart.
Morton consoled himself with the
yellow-halrod Dotty Hemingway (Ma
rie's well-cared-for tresses were
black), and the dark-eyed maid who
had been his fiancee showed a de
cided partiality for Wayne Haskell, a
youth who had occupied a niche In
the young woman's affections some
time before Anthony had gained her
consent for an early marriage.
The curious of Drakevllle—and there
were many of them—found little to
gossip about In the attitude of either.
Each was cordial to the other, and at
the little parties given weekly by their
set, danced occasionally together.
Wayne Haskell was a brilliant
youth with an enviable future before
him.
He was a young M. D., just
from college, but popular.
Anthony Morton was an architect,
and while Drakevllle's need of archl
tects was limited, the sandy-haired
young fellow with the determined
take-life-seriously air, managed to
make more than a comfortable living.
Of the two, however, Haskell was
the better match for Marie—and Mor
ton knew this. Hence, many a sleep
less vlrgll through long restless
nights.
Marie Norfleld and Dotty Heming
way were of the crowd congregated at
Loon lake, some twelve miles from
Drakevllle, on the occasion of the an
nual outing of the Drakevllle hook and
ladder company. A hook and ladder
company in a town the size of Drake
vllle Is an Institution of social im
portance. Haskell and Morton were
both prominent In the organization,
and both were on the arrangements
committee. Therefore the esquiring
of the two young ladies was given
over to others.
Loon lake Is not to be reached by
rail. Vehicles and horses of all stages
and ages are pressed Into commission
on the day of this event.
It was late In the afternoon when
Marie drew away from the outing
groundu, alone, and In a clumsy punt,
for a cruise about the lake. Marie
was an excellent oarswoman.
Anthony Morton, the duties of the
day done, was sitting tete-a-tete with
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She Was Standing Erect In the Boat,
Using the Oar as a Pole.
Dotty Hemingway under a shading
tree. Both watched the athletic maid
in the boat draw
away. "Clever girl
Is Marie," ventured Dotty, her red
lips forming to a perfect smile.
This was the first time she had
ever
In Morton's hearing mentioned the
name of his ex-fiancee.
"Really, Tony, I never quite under
stood why you fell out with her?"
"I didn't," came gloomily from An
thony. "It's a curious situation, and
I don't mind telling you about it."
Thereupon he explained.
At the completion of his story the
girl eyed him scornfully.
"You men!" she exclaimed,
there was a world of meaning in the
phrase. "She expected you to demand
and
an explanation -of her. She hoped in
her heart that you could explain the
something that has come between
you; and she was waiting to give you
the opportunity. You have calmly al
lowed her to pass out of your life. I
don't believe there is a drop of red ;
blood In your veins—I honestly don't"
"U is too Içte now," came from the
pessimist "She Is completely Infat
uatetd with Haskell.
"She isn't," declared the girl,
grlly.
_,
You don t understand women
an
at all. She Is just running around
with him to show you that—well
slangily, that 'there are others'—ami
you are taking me about fpr the sam«
purpose."
Anthony had the grace to blush.
"I—I-"
"Oh, don't deny It. You know It is
true."
"Are you angry with me?" asked
the shame-faced Anthony.
"Of course not," she answered. •']
don't mind confessing to you, sine«
you have been so truthful to me. that
1. too. had an object in view in allow
ing this intimacy."
Anthony stared.
"Today my differences with—with
another have been adjusted, and I
would like to see the broken threads
of your own romance joined together."
"But-"
"There isn't any 'but' about it. I
am a woman, and it would be strange,
indeed, if J didn't know
There is a boat."
punt tied to a nearby stake. "Jump
in and hunt down your capricious
lady."
Anthony's troubled eyes roamed the
space about them. A fellow was strid
ing hastily toward their cloistered
spot.
ly Interpreted the girl's words as a
dismissal.
Disconsolately, he arose and made
his way to the boat. Slipping the
my own sex
She pointed to a
It was Haskell. Anthony right
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into their locks, he pushed the flat
bottomed affair from its mooring ar
plashed dismally out onto the water.
This was an idle mission; he knew it.
Marie Korfleld was not in sight.
I.oon lake is a bending body of water,
with wooded harbors all about, and
pretty little island near its inlet.
Toward this island Anthony threaded
his way. She was there! Further
more, without proffered assistance,
she bade fair to remain there. He
saw her as a turn brought the island
She was standing erect in
the boat, and using an oar as a pole
in a series of fruitless efforts to
the craft from a clinging sandbar.
Anthony, unobserved, kept
preciative eye on the picture. "Do
you want help?" he asked, as the girl
suddenly abandoned her efforts and
sank wearily to a seat.
A proud little head raised Itself to
stare at the approaching Anthony.
"No, indeed," came the sarcastic
answer,
know."
a
Into view.
move
an ap
"I am just exercising,
you
Anthony laughed.
"Perhaps I can
help you," he ventured, "but before I
do you and I are to have a nice quiet
little heart to heart talk."
"Indeed?"
I want to know," he continuée,,
"just why you saw fit to throw me
down so suddenly,
right to know."
"As if you didn't." came scornfully
from the girl.
I think I have a
"Well, I don't."
angrily.
The youth spoke
"And before you leave that
sandbar you are going to tell
about It."
me all
_ will >" agreed the girl freezlngly.
"Now—what about the girl In De
troit?"
"What about the -who?"
"The girl
Marie Norfleld.
in Detroit,"
"Is It possible thae
snappea
you think I don't know?"
"You talk foolishly." retaliated An
fhong. the angry red rushing to his
cheeks. "There never was any girl
In Detroit—for me."
"The one." continued Marie calmly,
"of whom
your friend had the sub
lime nerve to write about on
, , a postal
to you which you lost on the next to
the last evening that
It said, if I remember rightly:
'She is back here again with paint
her an nich thick,
will you come to town?'"
Gradually the anger faded from the
face of the youth. He grinned and
then suddenly broke into a loud laugh.
Funny, isn't it?" asked the girl,
crushlngly.
"Awfully funny,"
you called on
me.
on
Waiting. When
confessed
.. An
thony. "You see, 'my friend,' as you
call him, is the owner of a big garage.
It was my runabout to which he
ferred on the postal.
re
I had it there
for repairs, and then suddenly decided
to have it enameled,
attend to this,
I wrote him to
When it came back
from the onameler's he sent me the
card."
"Anthony, I—I wish
you would get
me out of this," said the girl,
flushed face averted.
She referred to the sandbar.
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Bass Ties Up a Councilman.
Councilman Elmer J.
Schmoyer
came within an ace of being drowned
In a tussle with a monster bass In the
Ontelanee at Kempton yesterday
was wading when suddenly there was
a terrific tug on his line. As he played
the fish he gradually walked Into deep
water. Suddenly the bass swam
He
, .. ■ around
several times In a circle, entangling
Schmoyer's legs in the line and putting
him Into grave danger on the edge of
a hole 20 feet deep. He had alreadv
begun to sink when his companion Jo
aepb Albright, a veteran fisherman of
seventy years, came to the rescue
; dragging out both Schmoyer and the
Ast», which weighed four pounds_Al
lentown Correspondence Philadelphia
Record.
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, Tboma8 A ' E< Rson 18 the patentee
of over six hundred inventions.
LABOR LEADER TESTIFIES.
A Member of Carpenters' Union Tells
of Explosions in 1909.
Indianapolis.—Spurgeon P. Meadows,
prominent labor leader and business
agent of the district council of the In
ternational Brotherhood of Carpenters
and .Joiners, came forward Monday with
the declaration that out-of-town men
caused four dynamite explosions in this
city at midnight. October 24, 1909.
followed the statement of
Charles A. Bookwalter, former mayor,
that local labor leaders were informed
by him two years ago as to who had di
rected the explosions of property of
Albert von Spreckelsen. an "open
shop ' ' contractor.
This
SANTA FE TRAINS IN SMASH
Engineer Killed, Another Fatally Hurt,
in Collision Near Dodge City, Kan.
Wright, Kan.—Unable to see the sta
tion lights in the blinding snowstorm
which swept western Kansas, Engineer
C. C. Deming of a Santa Fe passenger
train ran past the station.
Before he could back his train into a
siding after he had discovered his mis
take his train was hit by the Newton
Dodge City local, westbound. Deming
was fatally scalded, Engineer ,T. W.
Chnlfant of the local was killed and 12
passengers were hurt.
Walter Collins Arrested.
Winnipeg, Man.—The man who was
jailed here as Charles Ross, with $30,
000 worth of bonds supposed to have
been part of $85,000 stolen last March
from A. J. Bancroft of New York, was
remanded in the police court, awaiting
the arrival of New York detectives. The
prisoner asserts he is Walter Collins,
Chicago newspaper man. He will fight
extradition.
a
Gus Marshall Confesses.
Denver.—Gus Marshall, spiritualist
and gambler, withdrew his appeal to
the court against the verdict against
him, and is willing to accept the
fence of life imprisonment imposed upon
him for the murder of his wife, Lucy
Marshall, last August.
sen
Extend the Armistice 15 Days.
Shanghai.—There is reason to believe
that the armistice will be extended for
15 days. Yuan Shi Kai has requested
the extension and President Sun Yat
it condi
now being ar
Sen is willing to agree to
tionally. Terms are
ranged.
Shoot Grafters In China.
Shanghai.—By order of the president,
a prominent contractor was shot for ex
torting funds in Sun Yat Sen
s name.
' ' Polly of the Circus. ' '
An important event of the season will
be the return of Miss Ida St. Leon i
"Polly of the Circus," for perform
ances Tuesday and Wednesday nights
and Wednesday matinee at the Audi
torium theater.
This wholesome and simple story is
one of the most delightful plays of re
cent years.
The circus scenes of the third act are
revelations of stagecraft. It
there, rings, horses, elephants, clowns
and acrobats. The setting of the last
scene in the third act is as wonderful
as it is beautiful.
n
is all
Famous Actor Comes to Spokane.
Forbes Robertson, recognized by the
foremost critics of this country and of
England as the greatest English-speak
ing actor of his day, will make his first
appearance in Spokane at the
torium theater, Thursday night, Febru
ary 1, when he commences a three-day
engagement in his success of the last
three seasons, Jerome K. Jerome's mod
ern morality play, "The Passing of the
Third Floor Back," supported by his
entire London company.
Audi
' ' The Deep Purple. ' '
The dramatic sensation of the century
—"The Deep Purple"—one year in
New York, six months in Chicago, wii!
ho produced at the Auditorium theater,
Spokane, January 14, 15 and 16 by one'
of the best companies on the road.
"BILLY."
The Jessie Shirley company at Ameri
can theater, Spokane, will present some
thing entirely up-to-date and something
entirely new. starting Sunday night.
January 1*4, and with the regular bar
gain matinees Thursday and Saturday,
w'hen they will offer Sidney Drew's up
roariously funny comedy in three acts,
' ' Billy. ' '
been seen in Spokane, either by road
or stock company. The scenes are all
laid on the deck of an ocean liner, a
setting unique enough in itself. A fea
ture of the production of "Billy" will
be the panoramic view of New York
harbor shown as the ship leaves the
port.
"Billy" has never before
At the Orpheum.
The standard of vaudeville this week;
The Romany Opera Co., Juliet?, James
F. Dolan and Ida Lenharr, Mullen &
Coogan, Karl, Paul Azard Trio, The
Parrorfs. Have seats for any perform
ance reserved by mail—sending deposit.
Motion pictures and augmented Or
pheum Concert orchestra. Matinee
daily, 15c and 15c. A few at 50c.
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F a woman desire to make a
coat or cloak of any descrip
tion she .should not attempt
It unless her previous work
has led her by suscessful de
Jj grees up to it.
She should have had
enough experience to be
able successfully to make dresses of
different kinds and materials, which
will mean also that she has learned to
handle material properly. Then it
will not be too difficult and discoura
ging work for there can be nothing
more trying than to labor over some
piece of work and have it unsatisfac
tory when finished.
For general, every day wear there la
no more useful garment than a long
coat, and never has the long
played a more Important part in the
wardrobe than It does today, writes
Anna R. Morehouse, in the Chicago
Tribune.
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coat
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An evening cloak seems a necessity
and if one feels capable to attempt
the making of these things, the work
is pretty certain to be a real pleasure,
besides being an economy.
Broadcloth or velvet are too difficult
materials to handle, to choose at first
for the evening cloak,
the nap. Silk and wool poplin, heavy
satin, or serge or cheviot will be suit
able.
on account of
For the separate coat there zr.
the homespuns, which are popular this
year—cheviots, tweeds,
steds, etc.
are
or serge wor
Measures for any garment
are al
ways taken over one's dress, and In
buying a coat pattern give the bust
measure the same as you would for a
'valst patterr
Buy Pattern First.
It Is sensible to buy a pattern be
fore the material.
The pieces of the
pattern can be held up to one to see it
the length is right, and one can figure
carefully on the amount needed of the
coat material, the satin lining
everything which will be necessary in
the making. If the material chosen
for the coat Is woolen, It must be
shrunken, and this can-be done at the
place where the purchase la made,
It can be done at home.
and
or
Wring a sheet out of cold water, lay
It out flat on a table, and lay the
material on It—leaving the
folded down the middle.
coat
material
Roll the
sheet and cloth up together, watching
carefully to see that you keep both
smooth. Allow this to lay over night
or until the cloth Is thoroughly dampi
ened, then take out of the sheet
press on the wrong side until
dry.
and
Perfectly
First Method of Making.
Cot the coat first out of
muslin which
some old
been pressed
smooth, and baste together as careful
ly as if you were sewing on the coat
material. In trying on for
has
a fitting,
fasten together down the front
curately as if the fastenings
Another point to remember is to do
the trying on over as heavy a dress
as you will likely wear It over. Work
over this trial material until It Is
as ao
were on.
per
fect in line, shape and length, then
cut apart exactly on the seam lines
and press out again.
In using this cloth for a pattern to
cut the material by, do not forget to
allow enough space between the pieces
for the necessary seams. Chalk these
plainly, using French chalk in a color
which will show distinctly. Where
there Is no up and down to be looked
out for, one can lay the pieces on the
material, with the latter folded down
the middle, thus cutting two at one
time.
If the pattern measures too wide on
any piece to do this, the cloth will
have to be opened out, and the two
ends folded together, because there
should be no piecing if it can be avoid
Mark all seams close to the
lln, with tailors' tacks,
pieces of the pattern, cut the tacks
apart, being careful to leave thread In
each piece of the cloth, and baste the
seams together and try
There should be no alterations, still,
one should take the precaution
the coat
0(1
mus
Remove the
on.
;o try
on so as to make sure. The
fronts are reinforced with the softest
quality of tailor's canvas, and this
strip should reach up to the shoulders,
and be stitched in with the
seam.
Of pressing there has been
no men
tion, although it constitutes one of the
most important parts of the work. It
Is difficult to give much idea
work in a few
of this
w'ords and there Is not
space for more, but each part of the
werk should be pressed as the coat
progresses, and no prints of the Iron
must he left.
Never hold the Iron long in
place, and if by chance there Is
any one
anywhere, sponge the place lightly and
brush against the nap with a clothes
brush. 'I his usually removes It. Where
the pressing has to be done on
right side, lay a heavy piece of
bleached muslin over the part then
wring a sponge out of cold water and
rub ode way over the muslin, dampen
ng It evenly. Pr e BB , but do
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tli e n mnH! nK h th ! llDlnK out ' allow down
the middle back seam, besides the
ular seam allowance one in-v.
When stitching the s^m L TJ 6 '
th« C «d U onequarter of an Inclffrom
the edge press It open, and bring the
the C6 r *? eB markln K the positif
the regular seam line over tn
stitched seam, making l ° the
P a ^ iT* 1 * 8 * 8 Pßcessary, as the lining
wheJe l0 ° Ber thaD £ " a '
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