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i FIFTY-EIGHT I FIFTY :! 1 By R. RAY BAKER. I I*4*. ty McClure Newspaper Syndicale ) It dl«l not look like a good invest ment Hint Hilda Caruthers had made. No. Hilda had not taken a flier in copt*er. oil or motors. She bad simply bought n dress. Clothes being a necessity, the pur chase of n dress when one is needed Is nn Investment. But Hilda was fairly well supplied with wearing apparel thnt was pretty enough, but suited only to everyday wear. The reason the dress In question did not look like n good Investment wns that she wanted It for one special occasion, and It cost $."5.50 of the fOO she hnd In the bnnk. It seemed like downright foolishness but sho Just had to go to Anne's wed ding. and as Anne's wedding wns to be an event of stellar social Impor tance common clothes would be out of place. Anne wns the best girl friend Hilda ever had. They had been chums In school and had been together so much they were taken for sisters, and even hegnn to feel thnt way themselves. In their senior year at high school the two c!r!« became separated when Anne's parents moved with her to n nearby city. However, the two girls correspond**] regularly nnd were n« good friends ns ever, spending most of their vacation periods together. Hilda was graduated from high school, took a business course nnd be came a bookkeeper tn n department store. Anne took n (sMltlon ns ste nographer in n broker’s office. Three ^enrs Inter enme the surpris ing news from Anne: “I'm going tn marry n millionaire!' It seemed that Anne's employer fell In love with her nnd she with him nnd there could be only one natural result In the midst of preparations for the wedding the Moorehou** home burned tn the ground, nnd plans were tipset for a short time. Then Anno got the Idea sho would like to be married In the little church she nsed to attend In her old home town: so the two families most con corned motored thither. It wns to be nn elaborate function, nnd conMsjnrntly when Hilda received nn Invitation she knew It behooved her to adorn herself suitably for the oc casion. The wedding was set for eleven o'clock In the morning, nnd nt nine Hilda set out nfoot for the church. It had I.- n raining herd but hnd e'enrod off nnd the sun « >s stdnlng brightly. Two block* from the church she ntopjwd at n corner to let n big coupe roll past. The machine was closer to her than »he had . d.minted a« «he stood on the walk, nnd the rear wheel churned up n sen of mud nnd hurled a tidal wave at Hilda. As the auto vanished round n cor ner a block away the girl stood nnd with her flirts nibbed wet dirt out of her eyes and looked down nt her dress to «ee thnt It was ruined. Hilda realized th t n« far ns her presence was concern**! the wedding might have been on Mars. She simply could not attend In that tnnd-l'espat terod costume. There wns only on** tl.i* Jss !•*> worth of mined good* and spend the day In misery In her room. As eh* " uMm •! »h tonard her home, trying vainly to brush the cling ing mud from her. a feeling of rage gradually rose within her. She re membered how she had seen a young mnn driving the coupe, nnd she re called that be had smiled at her ns he drenched her with mm! For n moment th.- smiling faro bad attracted her nnd she had wished ' । ah. might know the young man. No" she hail the same longing, but for n different ronson. She would like tn pro«. at him with n slice of her mind. Fretting nnd fuming. HHdn wended her «nv homeward, while the welding pl e«t* crowded the church. and the brtde to be. with the assistance of a maid, got Into her gown in her room ,t it. I ■ I ” tn hl. room with hl« father and smoke.! black cigars to steady hl. nerves In the midst of these preparations the telephone In Anne, room sum moned her. nnd when she turned from th** instrument she displayed <xcde ment , , ~ -Get mother.” she ordered the maid "Gwendoim ha. had s nervous col lapse am! rant act as bridesmaid Anvbmb would think she «n» w to be married. Instead of her cousim I was afraid «he'd do something like .hat she's «o high .tning Moth* rln msted on haring her though, Now maybe she'll consent to Hilda < antth era If It • possible to get word to Hilda this late, and If shell consent to play Inc second fld.He So Mrs M-’rehou.e fluttered! n > the acene and when she had I eon made a^naln.ed with the * nm-bm She fluttered to the young man «b • wa« about to b-c ue her .on-In aw The ’niter's broth, r who was to ar* aa beet man had Ju«t driven up in his machine. , “Frol ’ dirr* '*d the pro«p* ettr -take a run up to the churoh end yank I! Ida Cbnthers out of th audience and bring her here. She can • ear one of Anne's dr* “1 don’t know her” Frol objected. Mrs Mocrohonae fluttered back to |er daughter and return.*! with a plc tore of Hilda. Fred's face took on a purer. elated expression ss be stud **^ThaCl funny* r*«n«rkt<. 1 o’d that girl Just a little while ng< • a corner u few blocks from here.’ He went away, muttering. * , “The real funny part of It Is. though | thnt she struck my eye and I nearly । rnu over an Ice wagon, because I was | looking buck at her.” Fred was unable to And Hilda among ‘ the gm sts assembled nt the church. I He asked the church n«bcr« anC they Stilted positively that Mis* < :i uthers had not arrived. So b» go-. ad dr. ss nnd went to her home Hihia had entered her and was on the point of taking off the mud rulned tires, when her aunt called her Hilda s parents bad died within a year of each other shortly after Anne moved from the city, and she was liv ing with her uncle nnd aunt. "There's n young man here to see you on ImiKirtant business." said the mint. "He wants you for bridesmaid at the wedding. He's the brother of tin* groom." Hilda began to unfasten her dress. "I won’t change." sho decided sud denly. "I'll just show them that 1 did have n good dress, even If It Is ruined now.” When she saw Fred her feeling of anger returned, but the smile with which he greeted her made It liupos sll Ie for her to harbor her w rath. So she smiled in return nnd said: "You're to blame for this mud. Your oh! car did It. nnd that's the reason I'm not nt the church now." "Never mind." he returned. "Come along in the car, and I'll apologize on the way. They'll tlx you up nt the hotel." But Fred did not take the shortest way Instead he drove several block. In the wrong direction. The truth Is he w»is captivated by Hilda —well, you can't get around it. There Is such a thing as love nt first sight, and mud can't alter it. i At the hotel the bridal party waited । In vain for the bridesmaid and best man. Mrs. Moorebouse wns all aflutter : nnd was for telephoning the police an*! ' th<> hospitals to ascertain whether ' there hnd been nn accident. The moth er of the prospective groom was little I more composed, while the two fathers held an < xilted conference and the young num who wns to become n hus bund smoked black cigars nnd dug his Anger nail, into the palms of his I hands. For half nn hour the bridal party united, and the assemblage at the church grew restless, nnd some of It left. The tension nt the hotel ended ; when Anne was called to the phone. | "This Is Fred." said the voice on 1 the wire. "Say, I forget all aliout your wedding. 1 was to Interested In your friend Hilda. You'll pardon me. bnt I couldn't help tnking her for i^ rlile, nnd we had a mishap. Oh. we didn't get hurt, but we got pretty well acquainted. We ll be right up to the hotel. Better get those clothes ready tor Hilda, because she's going to be your attendant, nil right: but what s ■ more Interesting to me—there's going ' to lie a double wedding." HISTORIC RELICS IN BOSTON — Painters’ Arms and the Boston Stone Have Been Preserved in Building Erected in 1652. Two mementoes of the colonial perl od. the Painters' arms and the Boston ' «tone. are set in the wall of an old building In the north end of Boston, 1 a historic quarter which has changod ■ I little with passing time. This build ing. envied In ltk"2 by Thomas Mur shall, b.u ame. In IGH2, the property of Thomns Chud, the painter, who erect ed his arms over the doorway nine . ' yei r* Inter, testifying to a partnership in business between the painter nnd . his wife, for the Initials which em bell 'h the carved board. "C. T. K . . are Interpret*-*! as standing for "Child. Thomas am! Katherine." The date. I 1701. appears finely graven In wood. • I am! showing the striking design which I w * . omvived Ao advertise the talents । of th* "painter stalner," as Child was > referred to. The Palntera’ arms has I an artistic as well as a historic value. < Tlwmus Child an<l Ills wife were also responsible for the Boston stone. The round grinding stone was found i In 1737 by Joseph Howe, who bought i the site of the colonial paint shop, t while he was cleaning up the yard. I The stone was covered with paint, ami a little inquiry proved conclusively * that It was Hie means Thomas Child has usiul to grind his colors. i James I‘avis, who bought the prop ■ erty In IS3N. set both the Boston stone and the Painters' arms Into the wall of his new building. Ills heirs have - the same regard for these relics that he had and have seen to It that both ; stone and sign are protected as sym bols of the industry which Aourlshed * on the site 20d years ago. Considerabls Pelting. While motoring with a party of 1 r . , . , f rv\Mt MT ear crash**! through a wooden railing on a high embankment nl**ug a drive near the (»ngon river. ' Th*’ car ran flfl feet down the hank ' ami landed In the midst of a picnic party which was Just la-ginning to have a feast. The big car da-hed among the picnicker*, made them scatter, and *letn«>l!»hrol the spread. We cot gratulated ourwlvea that th* 1 car hnd n«*t turned over and trie*! tc rxjda ii matters, offering to pay for all damages, hut the plcnl* ken*, none ot whom under*t*Kid Hngtish. assaulted ns with the mangled remains of their , l*anquet. We hurried away and found our . selvra ronstderablji disfigured by the, pIM. cakes, pickles. Jeily. chickan and broke* ‘Hsbea with which art w«v | pelted-ExcbaaM. THE DAILY GUARD WOMEN’S PATROL OF THE LONDON POLICE FORCE f ><* ft JLSLI I 4 - o ;A;' it— : ~ — Thl« lx die complete Hoinen’M patrol of the London police h nv. it is un outgrowth of the war and whs ofgan- | teed recently. The female Bobbies look after women and aii<l children, es|»ecia!ly. FOUND HIS LONG-LOST SISTER BY WIRELESS ’ fltrCT ... z ^*^l* z si Iki w ' LW W \ '$ _r_ 9 i ,^^so ■ \ / j ! Al r ? L --n- ■» . . misi J* * Letter Archer, mhi of Mrs. liorothy Archer of Toledo. with hi* wireless set with which be found his stetev Cleo, aged seventeen, for whom he and his mother had Ihhui searching for 13 yenrs. No trace could t>e found of the girl shortly after she hnd been placed In a children’s h une near Unia, 0.. until one of many wireless appeals sent out by Lest« r locutvd her on n farm near Bockford, O. Cleo Is shown nt the right. USING CALIFORNIA'S WATER POWER rmwaSlW x.' ■ ' . fc ' * - ':^W '■ ’. A Within n few years Cultfornia will be freed from the danger of fuel shortage, for the state * water power is being developed rapidly, many dnmu being bull! along lt« waterways. This la th*-Ju«t •■"tup!’rod KerckoC dan near Fresno. 125 feet high nnd 400 f. et long nt the top. The water will oper ate turbines for the generation of electricity. ENGLISH GUNBOAT AS AN APARTMENT \ • I \ JN. I '^Bii \ 1L Mtrtr « IV’ *' x In the old English gunb* i*t Nortbumpton m<M*rod nt Temple Step*. l>*n don. as a training ahlp for sea aeouts. the chief Instructor has Atted up a very cozy apartment. FOR SALVAGING OF SUNKEN VESSELS < - TO »-.»w.-.'-irr^^-wmiaoBSww^^«s^«a«wamanumwr5«STr>^.VM.'^ /. 1 I ■. sswr*.. J -». l . -uiuati 4 Jw ' H 'Jr t. । Tills flor lng <!ry dock of immense pn>|*urtlons has t*een launched In Genu ay for salvaging sunken vessels. Tl*e dock la towed Into |>o»!tlon di mily ever Aa vaaaal t> ba aalved, and by maaM of pmtoou* the ably ta j raUed. j ’ j SUGAR FOUND IN FIR TREES IF x>-*'' i daShMMZMM* luscovery of the growth of sugar on imuglas fir trves in British Columbia Is announced In the American For entry Magazine. The discovery re sulted from Investigation by I'rof. John Pavldson of the University ot British Columbia at Vancouver *l>* c.n < n« are mild to have indicate*! the presence of a large percentage ot I an extremely rare variety of sugar. Indians have umde use of the sugar tor many years. The Illustration ‘‘.hows a fir tree branch with tlie sugar oozing from the bark. PRINCE SIXTE AND~BRIDE ■ Ju 1 Vg \ I >4l*'' 1 I ■iwkV > K | Prince Klxte of Bourb*m-Pnnna. off! . evr of the Belgian unify during th* war. and his brides Mlle* Hedwtgi . de la Rochefoucauld, daughter eg the I Lmc de Boudeauvllle. Prince State to ib'xher e< ak-Baipefw Kaaft «M» MANY IRISH NAMES IN CUBA Sign, on Some of the Most Noted Havana Street, Reflect a Trans planted Aristocracy. There nre many curiously named streets iu Havana, but perhaps the in terest of the tourist Is no other way so pfqimntly eccited ns when lie sees the mime O’Reilly attached to one ot the old thoroughfares. The cognomen surely Ims no suggestion of Castilian origin, remarks the New York Evening Post. Despite the name, the man for whom O'Beilly street, or to give it its Cuban title. Calle O’Reilly. Is culled, was a Spanish subject bearing the title of count, and he was one of the first of the long tine of captains gen eral who ruled Cubu for a |ieriod of 80 years. His ancestors left their na tive heath after tlie battle of the Boyne, migrating to Spain, where they were ennobled for services to tlie crown. Although an aristocrat, the first O'Reilly was not averse to becoming a moneymaker. He engaged In the not very poetic monopoly of delivering beef from tlie slaughter houses to the various markets, which monopoly was handed down for several generations from father to son. O'Donnell is another Irish name In scribed on street signs and it Is writ ten in great letters on the lighthouse of Moro castle, which lighthouse O'Donnell was instrumental In build ing. O'Farrell Is nn IrishSpiiiilslz name connected with the governmental nnd commerclnl life of Culm of the past, as Is also thnt of O'Lawlor. These men had titled prefixes which were bestowe<l because of military or civil service, or which they bought out right after tlie custom of the time. HEARD OWN BURIAL SERVICE Dying Millionaire Had What Might Be Called a "Rehearsal” in His Bedroom. When Mr. Parker Mason, n shrewd nnd level-headed millionaire of the United States, was on the point of dying n few years ago he conceived the quaint Idea of having a relumrsal of ids own funeral service In his bed r*xun. He called In n Presbyterinn minister, nnd n few members of tlie church choir, nnd the full service we» rehearsed in his presence mid that of his family nnd n number of his friends. The clergyman preached nn eloquent and touching sermon on the virtues and charities of the dying man, nnd tlie choir sang appropriate hymns. At tlie conclusion of tlie service, which the millionaire had followed with the closest Interest nnd attention, he warm ly complimented both clergyman and choir on their performance, mid after dismissing them sent for mi under taker and mnde the necessary arrange ments with him mid hnfl n personal in terview with tht pull-bearers. He died ten hours inter, and wns buried with the sume service to which lie had Ils toned when nlive. —Montreal Herald. Where the Fault Lay. As the Irish iwllce recruit strolled along on his first turn of night duty, loud yells of "Fire" rent the nlr. He tmlted quickly to the spot, mid found u house well nllght. with n man hnlf hanging out of an upstairs window. "Help: Help!" lie yelled. "If I Jump, will you catch me?" "Sure, an’ Oi will!" replied the po lleeinun readily. So the man Jumped, only to crash to the ground nnd lie then- stunned. When, n few minutes later, he recov ered consciousness, he hsiked up nt <he constable reproachfully, und mur murad feebly: “1 thought yon said you could catch me?" "Begorrnh!” replied the Irishmnn. “Gl wu* only waiting for ybz to bounce, im' *M'<l have had yez!"— London Answers. Egyptian Women Prospering. The fellaheen of Egypt, for cen turies the most ignorant mid Improvi dent of serfs, has ridden Into prosper ity on the tidal wave of reconstruction, nnd with Idm his long suffering wife. Still, ns in the days of Christ, one may see him mi Ids donkey, while Ills wife, with her heavy burden on her Aiead. trudges behind. Yet there is n real. If Invisible change In their relations. , Through the sudden rise In the price of cotton from sL‘<> to >IOO a kantar since the beginning of the war. the housewife lias Iwen enabled to make long-neglected purchases and bus been enabled to display her native shrewd ness In bargaining and financial mat ters. It Is she who markets all the prtslucts of the farm. Guna on Airplanes. One of tlie Inventions of the great war was the art of shootlug a machlae pin through the propeller of mi air plane without danger of hitting the propeller blades. The French aviator. Roland Garros, was report**! to be the first man to employ this device, which wa« us**! by hundreds of air fighters throughout the war. Before that time the machine gun was mounted above the aviator so as to Are over the pn*|*eller blades. Ma chine guns may also be mounted In a. revolving turret or in the roar of tbn* airplane. Tlie Browning machine gua will Are 20.000 shots at the rate of flG|b per minute. Potttry-Maklnp flimpUflod. An Inventor has patrated aa attok trically driven tnachlM attack flNlMf* th* ranch day boaaa in which la swt^sctH to heat ta tataa. «Mt taratac.** flea* atosrty bv iMMrt*