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is he Mystery of Iha
Paper JVa.pKjrt'f
RODERICK waa in a wor
ried and ill-tempered frame
of mind. He was stalking
up and down, picking up
magazines from the table
of the club library and try
ing to read them only to
hurl them back with bo
much unnecessary noise
that I said to him:
B;
“See here, Brod, several of your
humble fellow-members are trying to
read. What is wrong with you? What
has upset you? If you won't tell me,
at least stop your rumpus.”
He turned on me sharply.
“It is the sight of you or rather the
remembrance of what you stand for
that keeps me from forgetting what
Is on my mind. Hang It! I may as
well tell you.”
A dozen other men about pricked
up their ears.
“You and your partner Rand are
professional investigators of the prob
lems and puzzles of this troubled hu
man life. He is the cleverest man
alive and you—well, you know how to
look wise. I am tormented by a de
sire to tell you, or somebody who can
think it out, a perfectly foolish, en
tirely absurd set of circumstances
which has come under my notice.
They amount to nothing at all and
yet they are arousing my curiosity.”
The whole room was listening.
“Curiosity is the broom of the mind.
An unexplained fact passed over is
the beginning of mental untidiness,”
said Lawrence Rand’s quiet, distinct
voice from the doorway behind us.
“Go on, Broderick, perhaps the trivial
will lead to the important.”
“Well, I will, on one condition. You
two are not In this business for the
entertainment you derive from it and
I suppose you know that I am not like
ly to embarrass myself when I ask
you to undertake this case on a gen
erous retainer and pursue it to a fin
ish at my cost.”
“Very well,” said Rand. The listen
ing members, seeing badinage turning
into business, turned away and sever
al were about to leave the room.
“No. no. Don’t go, you fellows. I
want everybody to hear this, only
don’t laugh at me. Last night Just
* lore six o’clock I went into Lang
vSdter’s stationery store on Sixth
a\enue Just south of Herald Square
and asked for a dozen paper nap
kins. I wanted Just that sort of paper
on whijh to lay some damp specimens
to dry, and It occurred to me that pa
per napkins were quite what I wanted.
A pretty little black-eyed woman be
hind the counter spoke up when I
stated my requirements.
“ ’I am sorry,’ she said, ‘but we have
Just sold every one we had.’
“ ‘Nonsense, there are nine gross
down in that third drawer,’ said a
man behind the counter.
“ ‘No, they are all gone.’ corrected
the woman; ‘even the broken lots. A
young man came in here in a rush
just before lunch today and asked for
all the paper napkins I had. He got
fourteen hundred and ten.’
" ‘lf you will wait Just a minute,
sir.’ said the man —he may have been
the proprietor of the place. Judging
from his manner —‘I will send across
the street and get some.’
"I waited while the boy went out.
He was gone an unmercifully long
time and at last arrived on the run.
out of breath, clutching the two-dol
lar bill he had' taken to pay for his
purchase.
•* ‘Dey ain’t none in no place around.
I been clean over to Ate Av’noo. Dey
says some guys bought ’em all out
today.’
“We all laughed and I walked out,
but it suddenly struck me as extreme
ly queer that any man who really
wanted a large quantity of paper nap
kins should not telephone a wholesale
house. He would have saved time,
money and trouble. There was no
excuse such as the wholesale stores
being closed, for it was Tuesday in
the middle of the day that he was buy
ing and everything was wide open in
all New York. On my way home I
passed two places that might sell pa
per napkins and I went in. Both were
sold out. Both had sold to a hand
some young man. The last place was
on Broadway close to Fifty-seventh
street, more than a mile from Lang
stadter’s. Now, Lawrence Rand.
Prince of Pryers—tell me what that
fellow wanted with all those broken
lots of paper napkins!”
There was a little nervous laughter
among the assembled men. but it was
plain to me that the simple problem
bad sunk deep into their minds.
It adds nothing to the main thread
of this story to say that inside of an
hour every man in the club had heard
the premises and that the most inter
esting evening we havo ever had en-
AS TO AERIAL JOY RIDERS
Aviation is malting astounding prog
ress in more respects than one. It
would be difficult to estimate the num.
her oi .azy, incompetent and depend
ent dreamers who are now hard at
work for the first time in their lives.
Their activities are carried on behind
closed barn doors, ano their women
folk declare, with something like a
rebirth of the old pride and hope,
• that father is Inventing a flying ma
chine" The “rial "Joy rider will
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sued. Imagine one hundred men cud
gelling their brains for probable ex
planations of this odd but most tri
vial occurrence. I mention it merely
to show how many of us are much
more curious than we will admit.
Next morning, at Rand’s suggestion
I telephoned the Jobbing house down
town and soon found that the few that
handled paper napkins had received
no unusual orders; in fact, no orders
from dealers or individuals not known
to them. In a word, before we left
the house, we were sure that our mys
terious young buyer of paper napkins
had confined his efforts to the retail
field.
We went first to Langstadter’s and
then the neighboring stores. This was
Wednesday morning the eighteenth of
May, and by Thursday evening, when
we sat down to dinner at the club,
the field had been swept clean and
the facts before us were these:
The buyer of the napkins was a
handsome fellow of about thirty
years, dressed in a dark sack suit with
a pin stripe, a black derby and pat
ent leather button-shoes. His eye
brows vrere black and heavy. The
left upper incisor was of gold and
there was a white triangular scar on
one ear-top. His ears were the dark
red of a healthy vigorous man of his
type. This description was carefully
pieced out of more than one hundred
versions of his appearance.
We soon found that he had bought
out the paper napkin stock of every
store in a circle the approximate cen
ter of which was about Madison
Square when we checked it off on the
map. The total of his purchases was
about one hundred thousand napkins.
In each case he had carried away the
packets himself or when they were
very large had called for them later
in the day and piled them in a cab.
He had done that at a store on Four
teenth street and also at one in Thir
ty-fourth street where they had a
large stock. His cheerful, nonchalant
manners were those of a westerner
and nothing about him suggested the
lunatic or crank. His funds were
mostly In fresh twenty and flfty-dollar
bills. That was all that we could rake
or scrape and Rand went carefully
over every detail with Broderick, Har
greaves and every club-member who
could get within hearing distance that
night.
“But,” said Broderick, “can’t you
give us a guess as to what he wanted
with a hundred thousand paper nap
kins, purchased at the retail stores,
which he could have bought at a ri
diculously lower cost wholesale? Isn’t
there anything on which to hang a
conjecture?"
“Frankly, old man, I am more puz
zled than I was In the beginning, for
I have satisfied myself that out of my
two hundred barely possible explana
tions not one fits the facts. I have
not the faintest glimmer of light on
the real ‘why.’ ”
There was a long pause, then some
one ventured a remark and soon the
whole place was a-hum with the talk
of the bewildered club-members.
“Mr. Rand, Just a moment,” said
Reynolds, coming up to us about an
hour later. "This is Dr. Reiter, an
eye and ear specialist, who dined with
me tonight. He and I agree that on
last Tuesday evening about seven
o’clock we saw a young man in even
ing dress in the Waldorf-Astoria who
answers your description, particularly
the white scar on the red ear. Dr.
Reiter noticed it, being interested in
such things, and mentioned it to me.”
“Come on, Dunk. I think we have
hit the trail,” cried Rand.
“Why so?”
“Well, that little scar observed so
definitely and carefully by a special
ist like Dr. Reiter is a clincher on
identity. He, doubtless, was living at
the Waldorf. Let us go and see.”
In half an hour we knew from a
dozen porters and clerks that there
was such a guest. He had not been
there long. None knew his name or
room number, but all had seen him.
“But, see here,” said Rand to the
head bell-boy, when we were about at
the end of our string, "to what room
in this hotel did several hundred pack
ages go on Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday?”
“Suite 501, sir,” the man answered
instantly.
“How do you know?”
“There was more small square stuff
went into that place them days than
I ever see before In any Job I ever
been in. Everybody knows it. Just
ask the floor staff up there.”
Rand now stated his full case to the
management. In two minutes we knew
that Suite 501 had harbored “Mr. Wil
liam Walling, Chicago,” who had ar
rived Sunday night, with a suit-case
only. He had baggage checks but
probably be the next step in the ad
vance of this fascinating science, and
our news columns will glisten with
accounts of the "aviateur” who flew
too low while crossing Orange moun
tain and was caught in the tree tops,
from which perilous situation his
friends, the cook and the chamber
maid, were rescued by local talent.
We/ shall hear also of him who tried
to "show off” by flying too low and
was caught on a spiked fence, and oi
had been unable to get his trunks and
had left Wednesday night There
were no telephone calls or messenger
calls on his bill and he received no
mall that they could recall. That was
all the office could tell.
It is only by chance that I have
anything to add to this story. Chance?
No, only by reason of Rand's wonder
ful sense of perception. Three weeks
had gone by without one new fact be
ing adduced. Tom Rahway and I kept
watch on the New York stores, Whole-
Bale and retail, by occasional tele
phoning, to see if the napkin-buying
should be resumed, but it never was.
The part the napkins had played in
some big game was finished.
Rand, Tom Rahway and I were leav
ing the Van Norden Building on Fifth
avenue on the twentieth of June,
when Just as we reached the curb a
big red touring-car came swinging
around the corner out of the side
street Into the avenue. The only oc
cupant of the car was the driver, well
shielded in motor rig. He shot by us
within four feet of our faces. Rand
clutched my arm.
“Quick, Dunk! There’s our man!”
The only Identifying thing Rand
could have seen was the tell-tale ear.
I asked no questions, for I knew that
was the point. In front of the bank
stood a vacant Mercedes, which I rec
ognized as belonging to a friend of
ours. Rand caught sight of it as be
whirled about seeking means to fol
low. Without a word he sprang for
it and was already opening up as
Tom Rahway and I clambered into
the rear seat.
We lost tlra£ by being under the
necessity of turning around and, as
we headed up the avenue, we could
just make out the flying car In the
scattered traffic of the mid-forenoon,
perhaps seven blocks away.
The steady subdued hum of the
splendidly balanced and groomed ma
chine under us was reassuring, and
with Rand’s adroit steering and van
tage-taking. we loßt no further time,
so that while not running at a speed
to attract undue attention from the
police, we were nevertheless gaining
on the other car. About Ninetieth
street we were but two blocks be
hind. At One Hundred and Ninth
THE BUYER WAB A HANDSOME FELLOW, OF ABOUT THIRTY.
street we were almost alongside. Rand
drew as close as he dared and hailed
the solitary motorist in a friendly
tone.
Mr. William Walling. If such he
was, turned quickly, gave us one
frightened look and then threw on
speed with a leap. Away he went
around Into One Hundred and Tenth
street, cutting across our nose, and
before we could possibly meet his
move in kind he was two blocks away.
He swung into Manhattan avenue and
still widened the gap. In a few min
utes we saw him top the rise before
Durando’s old place and hustle across
the Harlem river.
Our gain was relentless in the open
and the man In front knew it. He
waited till I could have tossed a peb
ble from our car into his and then
swung into the first side road. It
happened to be the one to Scarsdale
Station and he had not gone forty rev
olutions of his drivers before the kill
ing grade of the hill began to tell and
in a moment we were almost along
side.
“Ah, thunder, you’ve got me!” he
called back, throwing out the gear.
“Sorry to chase you away up here
on a small matter, my dear sir,” an
swered Rand.
another who lost his head while do
ing the grapevine twist around the
Coney Island observatory and was car
ried out to sea and drowned.
How to Treat Them.
“Give a man a banquet and a wo
man a new gown and each is happy,”
remarked Mcßromide.
“Treat ’em like a Christmas goose,
you mean,” corrected his friend.
“Like a Christmas goose? I don’t
get you.”
“Why, stuff ’em and dress ’em!” —
Boston Journal.
By Robert Naughton
Ts being made co-respondent, though
Innocent, in a stage divorce suit, a
■mall matter for the son of a governor
who may be president if his family
behaves? Oh, wall, toss me your
subpoena.”
“I have no subpoena,” answered
Rand.
“Well, I’ll be— Say, what do you
want with me?"
"I want first to inquire if you are
the Mr. William Walling who occupied
suite 601 at the Waldorf for three days
three weeks ago?"
"I am Bob Macready, son of Govern
or Bob Macready, but I was at the
Waldorf as Mr. Walling. Yes."
“Well, Mr. Macready, I am a paid
investigator, and if you’ll be eo good
I want you to tell me for a curious
client what you wanted with all those
paper napkins.”
Macready stared a second, then burst
into a wild fit of laughter.
“Great snakes! is that what you
have been hounding me for? By
George, that Is rich! Say, the whole
thing is too funny to tell. I will give
you a quick glance at it. You see, I
was on my way to New York when I
met at lunch on the train between
Buffalo and New York a tall, splendid,
gray-eyed young woman dressed in
black, perhaps you would say mourn
ing. We began with weather talk and
I found out she was Russian. Be
fore we left the dining-car she said to
me suddenly:
•“You are a stranger, but you are
honest and good or else I do not know
men. I have a task on which my
whole fortune and future depend. It
must be done for me at once. I need
a purchasing agent. Will you enter
my employ at a liberal salary?’
“You mayn’t believe it when I tell
you, but she must have had fifty thou
sand dollars in big bills In her purse,
and she gave me five thousand as soon
as I said I would work for her. What
do you think of that? She laid the
plans and worked out her scheme.
When we arrived, she got suit 603 at
the Waldorf, and I registered as
•Walling’ on her orders and got suite
501. She went on the books as ‘Mrs.
Elinor Kent, London.' Before going
up she bade me goodnight
“ ‘Now, Mr. Walling, begin tomorrow
morning and collect all the paper nap
kins you can find in all the stores
about here. Get them to your apart
ment. Pass them across the hall to me
this evening and continue that until I
have enough.’
"I bought all day Monday and all
day Tuesday and had almost Bwept the
uptown field by Wednesday afternoon.
When I passed them in she said:
“ ‘Remain In your room after dinner
and expect me.’
“She did not come, but sent me a
note instead. This is it:
“ ‘You have done your work well.
Your pay does not satisfy my entire
Indebtedness to you. Auf wiederse
hen.’
“I walked the floor two hours, then
packed up and got out, and that is all
I know.”
Rand started to speak but changed
his mind and backed the car.
In less than an hour we drew up in
front of the big hotel that had har
bored our mystery.
Mrs. Elinore Kent was still a guest.
She was to sail in the morning by the
Hamburg-American line. Yes, she
would see the manager and his friends.
It waa rather an awkward situation.
A most attractive young thing she
GIRL’S IDEA OF BUSINESS
A certain young woman, although
she is a trained stenographer, type
writer and bookkeeper, had very bad
luck last fall in trying to obtain a po
sition at even a fair salary. Though
there was no Joke in the continued
disappointments, she found a funny
side to one experience. The manager
of a place whose advertisement she
answered told her that the salary paid
at first w : ould be $S a week; that by
ihe end of a year it would be in
was, surrounded by a perfect mael
strom of feminine trifles laid out to go
In her trunks.
She was very angry when Rand
broached the subject of our search,
but his wonderful smile gradually won
her over.
"Well, if you must know a little. I
will tell you. lam the only child of a
Russian prince. My father and mother
both died when I was a child and left
me to the care of an uncle who has
been always with the army in Siberia.
I have come and gone about Europe
and America as I saw fit. Before my
father died he led me to a long corri
dor lined with bewildering mosaics in
the palace and pointed to one tiny
pattern where, if I touched a certain
stone, a little door opened. Within
was a small chamber In which was a
vast fortune. He died and I remem
bered the little design. I pictured it
every night and morning in my mind
while In a convent in France. I was
here in New York two years ago and
one day in the window of a little store
I saw a paper napkin with the exact
design In purple in the corner. When
I went home again I was very sick.
I had told my secret when I raved and
now I was spied on by my uncle’s serv
ants. If they had known the mosaic
design they would have killed me. I
have been spied upon ever since and
in my illness I forgot the details of
the design. It was a bold idea to hire
this young man to buy mo all the de
signs from the little stores In hope
of finding it, but I triumphed. Here—
here—next to my heart is one crump
pled old napkin with my secret on it,
and I am going back.”
CRADLES OF VARIOUS KINDS
Customs Differ as to Highly Import
tant Matter of Transporting Baby
From Place to Place.
| HEN the first mother
picked up her first child,
to carry it from where it
was to where she want
ed it, the first step in
1 the great business of
W
fetching and carrying was taken.
Since then many thousands of devices
for carrying the baby have been tried;
but it cannot be said that the oldest
of all problems in traffic has yet been
finally and satisfactorily solved.
The New Guinea baby lives in a net
suspended from its mother’s neck, or
Is allowed to hang from a convenient
peg in the dwelling, and the infants
of tropical America spend much of
their time In hammocks. The Africans
never invented any device for the
convenience of their little ones, either
at rest or traveling. Usually the ne
gro mother gathers her child in the
folds of her shawl or other garment.
If it happens that she wears no gar
ment to serve as a sort of sling In
which to carry the baby, the youngster
clings around her neck.
A European Invention.
Wheeled carriages for babies were
devised by .Europeans, consisting, in
their simplest form, of an oblong
frame with a crude receptacle for the
infant, and two wheels attached to
the crossbar.
More commonly European mothers,
and American mothers of European
descent, carry their babies upon the
left arm. Of all methods of carrying
the baby, this is the worst, wrenching
the spine and distorting the body. Pic
tures of the Madonna represent her as
carrying the Christ-child in this man
ner, although it is safe to say that
she never did it. Both the ancient
Egyptians and the ancient Hebrews
carried their children astride their
shoulders (Isaiah xlix: 22). It does
not appear that the Greeks used
cradles for their children, but the
Romans did, representations of their
devices bearing some resemblance to
those used by the Sioux Indians.
Rigid cradles in which the child is
placed, and tightly laced or strapped
there, are found in northern Europe,
northern Asia and North America. The
cradles of the Laplanders are hollowed
out of a log. with a hood for the pro
tection of the child’s head. The Sa
moyed cradle is described as “a box
shaped like a coffin, and laced with
narrow strips of hide, in which the
child is placed, wrapped in furs.” The
Yakut cradle is said to be "shaped
like a coal scuttle”; and that of the
Tongus, inhabiting the shores of the
sea of Okhotsk, is a box lined with
reindeer fur, closing up tightly, with
a valve of leather for the Admission of
air.
Common to Russian Empire.
The baby’s bed and carriage, made
together, or with the bed firmly at
tached to the carriage, is common to
almost every one of the medley of
peoples of the Russian empire, in
cluding the Georgians, Tartars, No
gais, Kalmucks, Yakuts, Buriats, Os
tiaks, Samoyeds and others. The gen
eral similarity of these cradles to
those used by the North American In
dians may, possibly, be considered an
argument in favor of the opinion that
the American tribes are of Asiatic
origin.
More probably the cradles used by
all these tribes and peoples, inhabit
ing widely separated regions, were de
creased to $9; while by the third year
she would receive the mngnifleent
sum of $lO. Mechanically, she agreed
to let him know, and went out. Ap
parently she had made a good im
pression, for when a couple of days
had gone by she received a note ask
ing whether she wanted the position
or not. She sat down and wrote:
“Dear Sir: Of course I intended to
accept the position. I am simply
waiting for the two years to pass, so
vised to suit climatic conditions, or
because of the needs created by the
nomadic habits of the people. That
the cradles of the trlbea of Rusßia and
Siberia resemble thoae of the trlbea
of North America la doubtless due to
the fact that all lived largely by hunt
ing. They, therefore, devised beds for
their little oneß that were easily trans
ported, and In which the babies were
reasonably safe from accidental In
jury or long Journeys, and well pro
tected from the cold.
Although there Is a certain similar
ity of design In the cradles used by
the trlbespeople of North America,
the whole way from Alaska to Mex
ico, there are great differences In the
materials used, in the methods em
ployed for fastening the babies In the
receptacles, in the child's wrappings
and in ornamention. Many of these
divergences may be traced to climatic
Influences, and the natural resources
of the regions In which the tribes
live.
Among tha Northern Trlbea.
Many of the tribes of Alaska and
northwestern Canada make cradles of
birch bark, bending It Into the form
of a trough, adorning It with porcu
pine quills, and lining It with soft
fur. The Sioux and other tribes of
the northern plains region formerly
made their cradles of buffalo hide,
with the hair left on, bending the
hide into the shape of a trough, much
as the tribes farther north do with
birch bark. The Klowas, Comanches
and other tribes of the southern plains
region removed the hair from the buf
falo hides (owing, perhaps, to the
warmer climate) and lashed the
dressed skins to a lattice of flat
Btickß. The Iroquois, Mohegans, Dela
wares and most of the other tribes
of the eastern and northern states
made board cradles, about two and
a half feet long and ten Inches
wide at the foot, becoming wider
at the head. To this, the conven
tional bed, made of skins, was
fastened. The Utes and Nez Perces
similarly form their cradles of kite
shaped boards, often beautifully orna
mented, to which the bed is attached,
with protective hood to shield the in
fant’s face and head from the
sun and elements. Dugout cradles are
made by the Indians of the North
Pacific coast, and basket-work cra
dles by many tribes of California,
Oregon, Washington and Nevada.
Often the basket cradles are made
like little chairs, in which the baby
sits, with its feet free. No doubt
this departure from the usual custom
Is due to the madness of the climate.
Hurdle cradles consisting of n num
ber of canes or sticks arranged in an
oblong hoop frame, are used by the
Mojaves, Yumas and Wichitas. The
Apaches, Navajos and Pueblos com
bine the basket board and hurdle
types, protecting the child's face and
head with a hood or awning. The
Navajos make the bed out of skins,
heavily laced with leather thongs, but
the Pueblos usually make use of cloth,
purchased from the trading stores,
for the bed.
Burden Well Distributed.
Most of the tribes place bands or
straps upon the rigid frame of the
cradle, so arranged that they can be
placed around the mother’s forehead,
permitting the cradle to rest upon
her back. The burden is thus well
distributed, placing no unequal strain
upon one side of the body, as is the
case with the method of carrying the
boby common to the mothers of civi
lized communities. Frequently an
other strap is placed at the top of
the rigid frame, by which the cradle
may be swung from the pommel of a
saddle, suspended from the limb of a
tree, or hung upon a nail driven in
the wall of the Indian’s cabin.
Strangely enough, the Indian mother
never places the cradle, with the
baby in it, flat upon the ground. It
is always hung up by the strap pro
vided for that purpose, or leaned In
a nearly upright position against the
wall or some other convenient sup
port. Pillows or pads of fur, hair,
shredded bark or feathers are al
ways used, often In away intended
to produce a flattening or other dis
tortion of the skull. Trinkets are
sometimes fastened to the awning or
elsewhere on the cradle, to serve as
rattles and playthings for the papoose.
Often charms and amulets are pro
vided, in the belief that they will
keep away evil spirits from the small
tenant.
Numberless superstitions survive
among the various tribes relating to
the cradles. Among some of the
tribes of the far north it Is custom
ary for the mother to take the era*-
die as soon as the child has out
grown its use and secrete It In a hol
low tree or other secure place in the
woods. It is their belief that any
injury to the cradle will unfavorably
affect the health, life or fortune of
its former occupant. Among some of
the tribes a squaw could not be
tempted to sell the cradle in which
one of her children had spent the
first months of its life for all the
silver dollars it would hold. Among
other tribes to use the same cradle
for more than one baby would be
considered an unspeakable impiety.
that I can begin at $lO per. Youn
truly.”
Discretion Necessary.
"That speech of yours wasn’t what
I should call a display of Impassioned
eloquence."
“I didn't intend that it should be
so,” replied Senator Sorghum. "A
man who indulges in too much elo
quence these days is liable to earn
the immediate and combined resent
ment of his party associates owing to
a fear that he is trying to get to th«
front with a personal hit."
WHAT WILL
CURE MY BACK?
Common sense will do more to
cure backache than anything else.
'Twill tell you whether the kidneys
are sore, swollen and aching. It will
tell you in that case that there is no
use trying to cure it with a plaster.
If the passages are scant or too
frequent, proof that there is kidney
trouble is complete. Then common
sense will tell you to use Doan’s
Kidney Pills, the beßt recommended
special kidney remedy.
A TYPICAL CASE-
James C. Hardin, Weatherford,
Tex., says: “My feet and limbs be
came numb and I bad terrible pains
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ney secretions Telia a
caused untold
troublesince"
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Cholly—This is leap year, Mrs.
Twicewed. Great time /or widows.
Mrs. Twicewed —Oh! We wldowa
don’t have to wait for leap year to
propose.
PIMPLES ON FACE 3 YEARS
"I was troubled with acne for three
long years. My face was tho only part
affected, but It caused great disfigure
ment, also suffering and loss of sleep.
At first there appeared red, hard
pimples which later contained white
matter. I suffered a great deal caused
by the itching. I was in a state of
perplexity when walking the streets
or anywhere before the public.
"I used pills and other remedies but
they failed completely. I thought of
giving up when nothing would help,
but something told mo to try the Cuti
cura Soap nnd Ointment. I Sent for
a Cutlcura Booklet which I read care
fully. Then I bought some Cutlcura
Soap and Ointment nnd by following
the directions I was relieved In a few
days. I used Cutlcura Soap for wash
ing my face, and applied the Cutlcura
Ointment morning and evening. This
treatment brought marvelous results
so I continued with it for a few weeks
and was cured completely. I can
truthfully say that the Cutlcura Rem
edies are not only all, but more than
they claim to he." (Signed) O. Bau
mel, 1015 W. 20th Place, Chicago, 111.,
May 28, 1911. Although Cutlcura
Soap and Ointment are sold by drug
gists and dealers everywhere, a sam
ple of each, with 32-page book, will
be mailed free on application to
‘‘Cutlcura,’’ Dept. L, Boston.
Rather than lose out at the last min
ute, the bride will promise to obey—
but she always has her fingers
crossed.
Pon’t be misled. Ask for Red Cross
Bar Blue. Makes beautiful white clothes.
At all good grocers.
If a girl really wants a man's love
she returns It.
TWO WEEKS’
TREATMENT AND
MEDICINE FREE
do matter what your disease. If you suffer
from Rheumatism.write. If you suffer from
Kidney Trouble, write. No matter what
you suffer from, write to
MU N YON'S DOCTORS
53d and Jefferson Nts., Philadelphia, Pa.
NOT A PENNY TO PAY
Offer Is Good for the Nest Thirty Days
*onnn 22 cash prizes
ftZUUU.oo GIVEN AWAY
TO THE BEST PLAYERS AT
PYRAMID
THE NEW FASCINATING SOLITAIRE GAME
Pyramid can only be played with
Rayo Cards and tho players sending in tho
highest number of records of different com
binations from which by successful manipu
lation the 8 color sequences have been worked
out In accordance with the rules and Instruc
tions, will receive $2OOO, divided as follows:
$l,OOO lor Ist highest number of rtoordi
$ 600 for 2d
$ 100 each for next 5 highest numbers
This money has been deposited with The
Columbia Trust Co., 135 Broadway, New York
to whom contestants must send their records.
Contest is open till May Ist, 1013, allowing
ample time to become skillful at the game.
Each pack of Rayo Cards contains instruc
tions for playing Pyramid and tells how to
preserve records for Prize Contest.
Kayo Cards cost 50c. per pack and all orders
enclosing money order for 50 cents will bo
tilled in order of receipt.
RAYO CARD COMPANY
09 C. 42nd St., New York City-