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for Each Member of the Family
cure of mniti! derangement
by the sudden pronunciation of a sin
gle word is the achievement of Dr.
Shepherd Ivory Frans, who is in
charge of the psychological labora
tory of the Government Hospital for
the Insane at Washington. He suc
ceeds by working ou the theory that
there are thousands of cases of in
fi sanity which can be successfully
treated if the cause of the mental
disease can be ascertained, and the
explanation made to the pwtlents that
their unhealthy thoughts have no
foundation in fact.
There was sent to him recently a
young man who had an overpowering
fear of open places, the outdoors or
any unenclosed place, and who was
tinder the domination of this terror
to such an extent that ho could be
made to leave his bedroom only by
physical compulsion. I>r. Frnnx took
him Into the •'treatment room” of the
laboratory, where there is very' little
light and no noise. Seating his pa
tient in a comfortable easy chair, the
aAotor him to rpUn hlmiflf and
try not to think of anythin* After
• dead silence of several minute* tho
•• doctor began to pronounce with sud
den emphasis single words which he
thought might produce in the man's
mind some Idea of having a bear- ;
P"'Hiif Mi the *31 use or his delusions. j
Every time he pronounced a word
he loaned over and struck the patient
gharply on the knee.
He went through more than a hun
dred words without getting any re
suits. Finally, when he wild "hole,’'
the man paused a moment before
making an irrelevant answer. That
pause encouraged Franz His next
word, accompanied by tho tap on tho
knee, was "trench.” From this he
got results, and gradually, with In
finite patience, he brought out tho
gtory of what had unseated the pa
tient’s mind. It was this: One morn
ing he had been running at the top
of hU speed to overtake a moving
street car, and the chase had carried
him halfway down the next block.
Just as he was about to grasp the
handle bar of the car and swing him
self aboard, he looked down and silw
yawning at his feet a freshly dng
sewer trench. One more step and he
would have had a fall of eight feet,
but he managed to bring himself up
A(*"first the experience had had no
appreciable effect, but such shocks to
the brain Work gradually, in a few
weeks he felt an aversion to walking
-in open iienis. Nextf he disliked .to
cross the street, and this went so far
that he could not be prevailed to do to
unless he was accompanied by a guide..
After a while longer, he refused to
walk across the yard from his house
to that of his next-door neighbor, and
the final stage of the disease was that
he was afraid to leave his room. Hr.
Jr‘r*nz. hft\ lug established all this by
bis theory of suggesting to the
patient the real trouble by the, use
«f word* calculated to bring the men
tal pictures hack to him, had com
VAl UiriUlt'n "“’a vs* -
raratively little diflU uly in explaining
*/lhat the dread was founded on fiction
*nd that there was really nothing to
fear The man's complete recovery
followed, and hw again occupies a
prominent place in the business world.
These peculiar ('uses of insanity arc
Biassed under the general title . f
•’phobias '’ The man who feared the
Opel, places was an agoraphoblao. An
'other case Dr. Frans had was that <>f
B pyrophohta—the fear of lire. This
Was a woman who dreaded fire, and
at .v arious, periods ,io the day. imagined
that she was enveloped In flames. At
«i oh time she suffered as much as If
'ihc had been actually on fire. On
very bright, sunny days, the bril
liance ol the sun persuaded her that
» the. world w.-ts burning up. The doe
tor was successful with her on tha
third word, which was "matches.'*
That reminded her dimly of her baby
having Iren burned to death as tha
— rerun of playing with matches. Grad
ual. h- made her understand that
the child's death was no reason for
her to think the was on lire or to la>
Urve that fire was to ho dreaded all
tho time.
it U difficult to trace these
•‘phobias" to their true causes be_
cause, as was pointed out in the ease
of the agoraphobiac, the effects of
the shook to the brain do not appear
at once, but conic out long afterwards.
_ The- families of the patients are often
Unable to assign any reasons for tho
mental breakdown.
The asylum had one amusing case.
ThU was a mysophublaa. a man who
feared dirt a* ordinary people . fall
»way from pestilence. His mania for
washing his hands was never satis
fied. and the hospital attendants tin
ally agreed to let him go through
these ablutions tight times a day.
On one occasion ho was allowed to
go into tho lavatory unwatohed, and.
when he was found forty minutes
later, he had used seventy tow-la. It
was later discovered that his trouble
had come tn -r. hi* seeing on the
Street a man v hi appeared to be
particular1' unkempt and dirty look
ing At ’.he time this patient's com
panion had been n physician, who
had pointed out the probabilities of
the tramp spr< ■ liny disease. Through
Spring Food That Will Nourish
Without Increasing the Flesh
_
. These Include Vegetable That A r** Not Starchy, Fruits That Con
tain Practically No Sugar and Meats That Devvl
I * op Muscle.
Certain kinds of food are nourish
ing without being flesh making. For
Instance, meats build muscles, and, of
course, every one knows vegetable
and flour products make flesh. Fruits,
With the exception of bananas, pears
gad peaches, satisfy the appetite tem- '
|*orart!y. without being in any way i
nourishing. The fruits excepted are
. flesh builders.
A woman who wishes to keep In a
: healthy condition without gaining
Bosh will cat soups daily, but she will .
hot take those called “cream." The
- broth from clams and oysters Is ex
cellent, while meat broths. In which
>b«b«dables have been boiled, are
among the best she can select. Un
tew flesh reduction is the object, the
vegetables should be left In.
An excellent daJly dietary for a wo
tnan who wishes to preserve her flg
tpce Is a cup of hot water taken when
arising. This Is to flush her system
i as water applied to her face cleanses
^W-'Hsdf wtluwMfunwrdf Ah' hbtir
palter breakfast she may take the
M .Juice of an oraiK-e or grape fruit and
f ~ ' pie«-e of flah or meat broiled, a
of toast buttered and a cup
Kba Qne agg may be substi
and nourish any one who Is not do
ing severe manual labor. Any feel
ing of faintness through the morning
will be remedied by drinking a cut
of hot water.
Luncheon is similar to breakfast
except that a little soup may In
taken Fruit or greon salad wltt
French dressing should take the plac<
of sweets.
If afternoon tea Is taken It shouli
be with lemon Instead of cream, am
crackers rather than bread and but
ter. A small piece of cake will no
be harmful.
Dinner should begin with soup 01
oysters, followed by a piece of roas
or bro'led meat and two vegetables
such as spinach or beets and tic<
or hominy. One who Is trying ti
lose flesh should not take either o
the two last named cereals. Oreei
salad with French dressing, or grap<
fruit, apple or orange salad, make
pleastng variety. There Is no objec
tlon to eating 'a small piece or c-hecs
with It. Sweets, such as puddings am
pastries, are not to be Included in thi
list
The diet given is one that will kee;
flesh solid without reducing th
ikhm peculiar kink in hla brain, the
patient had dwelt on that remark
and had allowed It to become the
dominant thought In hla life, vault
ing in hla having no other desire
than to take bathe at)d waah hla
hands. While thta Incident can be
related briefly. It la Illustrative of the
doctor's patient methods that he had
to use more than 4,000 words In the
course of many treatments before he
act the man’s mind to thinking of
the actual cause of the trouble. The
successful word was "doctor,” al
though such words as "germ" and
‘disease” had failed to make any
substantial suggestion to the patient's
: mind.
One of Dr. Frans's patients was a
1 beautiful young woman who was
i taken to him because she had a fear
i of anything red. Ked curtains, red
i carpets or anything of that color
I threw her into what amounted to
■ convulsions of fear. He took her Into
the darkened, quiet room. It was a
; summer afternoon, and nothing could
! be beard but the smooth hum Of an
electric fan on the table. He allow
*d hvr to ill perfectly quiet for more
Lhan five minute*. Then he leaned
’orward, and. tapping her on the
inee, said sharply: “■Suicide!” "Yes,
/es,” she said, and hesitated a mo
Hunt. Thun she -oonltnucdt ’tt sn*»
it a ball," “Pistol!” exclaimed the
loctor. That brought back the whole
story of how she had been at a ger
man one evening and had seen a
mun commit suicide In a conserva
tory by ahootlng himself In the tem
ple. The sight of the blood on the
suicide's shirt front had been the
starting point of her delusion. She
was cured In two weeks.
A peculiar case was that of a man
who had suddenly forgotten his own
Identity and had traveled through six
different States without knowing who
he was. He was picked up In the
streets of Washington and sent to the
Hospital for the Insane. There was
nothing to suggest who he was, abso
lutely no clue to hls home, his occu
pation or hls name. It afterwards de
veloped that he had been away from
home eight months and had been go
ing down-hill all the time, until he
looked like the most miserable of
tramps The doctor saw the futility of
trying to suggest to him hls Identity
by using all the names he had ever
heard Accordingly, he trlod the em
ployment line. None of the ordinary
professions brought any response
Mention of doctors, lawyers, Journal
ists or ministers gave no result. The
same was true of all the words refer
ring to such avocations as plumbers,
bricklayers, carpenters and teamsters.
Finally the doctor said: "I am look
ing for somebody to tune my piano.'
It proved to he the right cue. The
patient was a piano tuner from one
of the middle Western States. After
three weeks of questioning and
prompting the doctor retraced with
the man all hls wanderings, made him
remember hls name and restored to
him tho complete mastery of alt hlB
mental faculties.
one of the most batTItng cases Franz
ever hud was the fnan who not only
was frightened evel-y time he saw a
horseshoe, but who was constantly
possessed of the Idea that It would
t« used as a means of killing him.
Of course, the natural assumption was
that he had been kicked by a horse
or run over by one, Rnd that the
shock of the accident had unseated
his reason. Working on this theory,
ihe doctor wasted many precious sit
tings and used up hundreds of words
without making any progress toward
discovering the true cause of the trou
ble. It finally developed that the fel
low had been struck on the head by
a horseshoe, which had been nailed
over a door for “good luck,*' and
"which had fallen on him ns he enter
ed a friend’s house.
A direct opposite of the man whi
feared the open places was the womai
who dreaded all closed or dark plac'-.*
bht had claustrophobia, and had de
veloped the manta of staying out-of
doors and never entering the hous,
unless compelled to do so. As Is ofter
the case with mothers, her troubh
had come from an accident to hei
child. She had seen it, while play
ing In n big linen closet, have It:
hend caught 'and crushed by _ tie
closing of a heavy door, and the shod
of the child’s suffering preyed on he]
mind until she had come to fear any
thing with doors.
The “phobias" are the most trouble
some curable cases with which thi
t psychiatrist or alienist has to deal. If
| any of these patients had died whlli
i . . ■ _- «Vv ,. i r month
Ill »»'M r*' » - ..
derangements, and autopsies had beet
performed on them, their tirairo
would have appeared perfectly nor
mal. Their sufferings do not comi
from any decay or disease of tie
brain tissues, and It has been demon
st rated that were It not for the. “won
treatment, all that could be done fo
them would be to allow them to suffe
for months and months, perhap
years, before they could recover. WitJ
the now method, however, they an
! often cured In marvelously shor
i time.
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CCPVRJQHT.JBIO, BY THE
SIDELIGHTS ALONG
WASHINGTON BYWAYS
WASHINGTON. March. 4.—Twoj
members of the House were walking
up to the Capitol—their customary
morning: exercise. On the way they
passed a store occupied by an Italian
sculptor whoso occupation is supposed
to bo confined to making images for
pious Italians in Washington. A. large;
bust in the window attracted the at-;
tentlon of one of the statesmen j
"Mr. Congressman,” he remarked,
"that bust is tYio most outrageous Uhel
on Henry Clay that I have ever seen. *j
' "Right you are," replied the other;
statesman. "1 have had my doubts
about the art commission Sam McCall
; wants to create, but If we are to have
1 that bust Inflicted on us as a faith-’
any time since he was elected a mem
ber of Congress.
Mr, Plumley la serving his first term
In Congress. Speaker Cannon ap
pointed him a member of the House,
Committee on Agriculture. Now.
Mr. Plumley is not a farmer. He
would not know how to dig a potato,
but he is an excellent law'yer. with
an Intimate knowledge of Interna-j
tlonal law, and his friends maintain]
that he would be a valuable mem-j
ber of the Committee on Foreign:
Affairs and also the Committee on|
Judiciary. In 1903 he was appointed
by President Roosevelt as umpire of]
the mixed commission of Great
Urttain and Yenesuela, and Holland
ful likeness of Henry Clay I'm going
to vote for the commission. Let us
inquire about the matter."
The two statesmen accordingly on-;
toted the store. They pointed to tho
j bust anil asked who it had been made*
for. The attendant could understand
only a little English, but he pointed
: with pride to half a doion similar
| busts on the shelves.
' "Hlga-do-nuni," said the Italian.
■ "Flne-a-da-man. lie like Garibaldi.'*
I "I know something about Henry
Clay myself." said one of the states
; men. "What I want to know Is where
' are these busts going to be placed?
Who bought them?"
i "He did," replied the Italian, point
' lng to the bust.
! "Who did?"
"Tin Man," answered tho Italian,
ij
ind Venezuela, siting in Caracas,!
Later he was selected by France and,
hy Venezuela as umpire in the French-,
Venezuelan mixed commission.
Mr. Plumley, therefore came to’
>Va»hlngton loaded down with lnfor-i
inatlon about International complica-l
tlons. He landed with a thud In
the Agricultural Committee, and,!
being very short and obese, the thud
made some noise. Ever since he
landed Mr. Plumley has been smok-i
lug cigars as rapidly as possible and
looking wise. Not until Mr. Plumleyj
himself made a frank confession did
his associates in the committee realize
the handicap under which he was
laboring.
The committee, after devoting
weeks to a variety of problems of in
terest to the farmers, goraround, to:
attain pointing to the bust. "Dat's
heem," 'lie continued, pointing his
finger to the brass name place on the
base of the bust. The plate read;
"William Suiter.”
"Quod night!" exploded the states
men In unison as they hustled from
the store.
"Bill’s friends, collectively and in
dividually, are going to have a pres
ent." remarked one of the statesmen,
"and l opine that these works of
art are the harbingers of a guber
natorial campaign.”
Representative Trank Plumlcy, of
Vermont, la happy—happier than at
a bill for the preservation of tho
Appalachian forests. Mr. Plumley
pricked up hln ears, let his cigar go
out and, when a witness concluded,
addressed the chairman:
"Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask,
the witness a ft'w questions. The chair
man may have observed that hereto
fore 1 have never asked a question.
I don’t min risnylng that this Is the
first subject discussed before this com
mittee about which I know anything.'*
Mr. Plumley, knowing all about the
White Mountains, then proceeded to
ask some questions, and for the first
time the committee realised that it
had a live wire in its midst.
WHEN WOMEN VOTE
"When X try to road the paper,
William's face la In a frown."
“Why don't you ’talk* and tell me
What has happened In the town?
Tou know 1 am alone at home
With children all the day.
And you never Mem to want to have
A single word to say.
I’ve known the time—'twas long ago.
In days when Man was King,
When you had time to cook and sew
And to the babies sing.
But now It’s always 'office*
Apd busy m a bee..
Oh! why on earth Is It that you
Cannot my outlook see.”
It was restful to a man
When he left a busy office
To have quiet. If he can.
I was glad, behind my paper.
Doubly glad that X could quote
His own words to me la to to
Before women won a vote.
«.& a
Joke Over the Wire.
A lady called up her grocer yester
day rtiornlng, but Central gave her a
local automobile factory by mistake,
"Send me three doseu area" ehe
began.
"Pardon me, ma’am," Interrupted
the auto man, "you 4ea*t WMt<ogga
isaledM
How Girl Invited to Dine in a
Restaurant Should Treat Escort
A girl who has been Invited for the
first time to dine In a restaurant
writes to ask what she shall wear
ind how to conduct herself. To the
irst query I say she may wear either
her dressy cloth gown or a pretty silk,
ind 1 favor a cloth suit with dainty
leparate waist. Her dress hat should
t>e worn, for she must look attractive
without being conspicuous.
Her escort should call at her home,
ind when they enter #the restaurant
he should precede her.’ When her es
cort notifies the head waiter that a
table for two Is required, according
to the custom in this country, the
jlrl follows the waiter, preceding her
host; but If she wishes to follow the
European custom, and allow her es
cort to go first, he will be directly
behind the waiter. Then, if the loca
tion does not suit, the man can ob
ject before the girl has seated her
self. Whether she precedes or fol
lows her oscort Into the restaurant
is optional.
The girl takes the seat opposite
to her host, the chair of which should
be drawn out either by the head
waiter or the escort. Only when the
table Is very large, so she could not
talk to her host comfortably, does
the girl sit beside him.
As a rule, the man selects the din
ner. The girl has a menu card given
her by the waiter, but unless she Is
TWO FOREIGN RECIPES
Chop Suey.
Dear Mrs. Telford:
Please let me know. If you can, how
chop suey Is made and what Je pu*J
In It. O. AND C.
New 1ork City.
Chop fcuey, which la one of the na
tional dishes in China, la faat becom
ing a favorite food here, and while
many of Its Ingredients are puisd-t
to the uninitiated, once maatered. tht
dish can be manufactured easily i
any home kitchen. When made wit
young and tender pork as a foimdn
lion the dish is known on the Chinese
bins of fere as "fine chop”; made(
with chicken It is called guy chop
suey,” and when with chicken and
mushrooms it has the title of "mo
goo chop suey.”
With each of these is served the
Chinese condiment, brown and
piquant, known as see yu, or gee
gow. It corresponds to our Worces
tershlre and can be purchased from
any Chinese dealer, as can the bean
apt outs or water chestnuts that go
THE ODD CHANCE.
A Japanese cook, famous for the
Ught snowy apptaruo* of his rice,
washes the uncooked Crains through
several waters until not a traoe of
mtiTI-r— Is seen la the water. To
two oupfula et the rtoe be allows a
quart of boiling water, cooking Slow
ly for an h»w without stirring. From
time to time be shakes the kettle,
* ‘ ** . when
tipping ft from side to side. When
the water Is all absorbed he lets It
stand on the baok of the stove to
■team and plump.
SUVA PADDOCK TKLFORD.
with the dish. If It cannot be obtaln-j
cd, an excellent Imitation may be
made by mixing equal parts of Wor-,
ccatershire sauce and Porto Rican
molasses. Peanut oil Is usually
utilised m the making of chop swey
but olive oil can be substituted with
good results. If you cannot obtain
bean sprouts, wrap some rice In a
wet towel a few days before the dish
Is to be prepared. If the towel 1
kept moist a sufficient quantity o
rice sprouts may be obtained tha
will answer the same purpose.
To prepare chop suey with mush
rooms for five persons, taken one
pound of the white meat of cold j
chicken or of young pig and cut Into
Blloea about ap Inch long, half an
Inch wide and a quarter of an Inch
thick. Add two chickens’ livers, gla
eards and hearts, also sliced; two
■talks of celery and a half-ounce
green ginger root. Put four ounces
olive oil Into a frying pan over the.
Are and when hot add the meat,!
calory and ginger. -. -4
As soon as lightly colored, add two!
tablespoonfuls vlnegpr, half a cup
boiling water, a teaspoonful Worces
tershire sauce, a half teaapoonful salt,
red and black pepper, cinnamon and
cloves to taste.
When the pork and giblets are
nearly tender, add a small can mush
rooms, a half oup bean sprouts
(which you can get at any of the
Chinese grocers'), French green pee*
string beans chopped fine or aspara
gus tips. If you use the bean sprouts
they must not cook too long, as they
are better when not more than half
done. Drain off the superfluous liquor,
add a teaspoonful of the brown sea
yu sauce and serve with bowls of
boiled rice and unlimited tea.
requested by her host the makes no
suggestion us to what shall he or*
dered. If he does ask for her pref
erence* or If she likes one or more
dishes he mentions, she Is at liberty
to express an opinion. Some men
dislike to order a dlnn »r and ask a
guest to assist In choosing the coursea
Any dishes she likes She may then
suggest to him. but It Is good form
for him politely to eliminate those
he does not care for.
As to drinking wines with dinner,
that Is a problem tho girl must de
cide for herself, but It may help her
to know that no girl dining alone
with a man may drink wines without
subjecting herself to criticism. If ths
escort wishes to drink claret or white
wine and the girl docs not care to
drink It, the fact need not prevent
the man from ordering it.
After dinner linger howls are
served, and the tips of tho fingers
are dipped In. The napkin la not
folded, but laid on the table as taken
from the lap. It Is good form to re
main at the table while tho man
smokes. Leaving the restaurant the
girl, as a rule, precedes her escort,
but European custom, which Is gain
Ini? ground her*, has her follow him.
on the theory that a man should go
first In a public place to make way
for the woman accompanying him.
ROSANNA SCHUYLER.
EXPRESSED SENTIMENT
BY ITAJfUBT BilOOS.
(Coprlght, HMO, by Asaootatod Lit
erary Press.)
Mystery appealed to Don Werner.
One evening while on his way home
he stopped In at an express company’s
auction—a yearly funotiori held by
these corporations to relieve them
selves of unclaimed packages—and at
a trilling expense secured a substan
tial leather bag. The bag was locked.
Chanco led him Into the auction
room. His Imagination did the rest.
Now, as he plodded home, he was In
a fever of excitement. His wearisome
day at the office—he was a book
keeper In a commission house—was
forgotten. He anticipated a pleasant
half hour In examining his treasure.
His romantic mind conjured up all
sorts of probable reasons as to why
the original owner of the bag had not
claimed It Heart disease, a trolley
accident everything possible came In
for 1U share of supposition.
In this leather vehicle there might
be certificates of deposit for thou
sands of dollars—Don s heart quick
ened at the thought; an unread will,
leaving a vast estate to a properly
appreciative relative, cut oft by the
absence of It without a penny; shares
of mining stock In a Western hole In
the ground that had suddenly devel
oped into a bananza.
six years had been spent In the heart
of New York. He was alone In the
world. His father and mother were
both dead. Akron, Ohio—his blrth
place—had seemed too small to the
ambitious youth and he had sought
the big city.
Others had done this before him.
The majority of them had returned
to the snug havens whence they had
flitted, when a proper conception of
the smart competition existing in the
metropolis had been disclosed to them.
Young Wernor proved of sterner
stuff. Perseverance finally won h m
a fairly remunerative position with
a large establishment, and his rise
had been- consistent with his almost
phenomenal ability.
He was a youth fair to loei- upon—
large, six feet and of tne true Saxon
type. He had few close acquaint
ance* In the city. He made no cronies
His dreams were the growth of a se
cret ambition to become as big ana
great as some of the princes of hie
world—the world of business
Now. with a light step he mounted
the steps leading to his iodging
and climbed the dingy ststrfitght lead
ing to the first floor and hla own
room.— -~
With the aid of a Jack-knife, h€
speedily forced the lock of the leath
er bag, tingling with the great ex
pectatlons — bis—-he*
wrought up.
A look of disappointment gradual-'
Jjr swept the optimism train bis eager
toco as the bag gage forth Us con
tents. First came -^well-folded pair
of trousers, of good material. Ev«m
had Werner cared to annex these, It
was quite evident that they were built
for a smaller man. Two night 'Shirts
followed; three shirts, else 16—Wer
ner wore sise 16; a bundle of col
lars, all too small; two Turkish tow
els; a modest comb and brush, and
last, a book. No mysterious papers
met the eyes of the searcher. Ho
turned the bag upside down—use
Werner was not satisfied. Unrea
sonably. he had expected something—
some feminine intuition bad told him
to expect somethin*.
He sat down on a convenient chair,
and picked up the book. It was an
ancient volume of fiction, published
by some old firm Ion* since a>n« to
Its dust, and stlltedly uninteresting.
There was no owner’s name on the
fly leaf. Absent-mindedly, the youth
turned the pages. The obsolete type
made a dim Impression on the yel
lowed paper, and he was about to
dose the book when he came on the
Her!
Never In his most Imaginative mo
ments had Don Werner conjured up
such beauty! This maid was perfec
tion—from the h&lf-poutln* Cupid's !
bow mouth to the broad, InteUlRent >
brow—and the fact that her great
mass of hair was done In a style that
harked back before his day did away
with none of the charm at it. Th*a
woman might have been his grand
mother as far as age was concerned
—the dead-and-gone fashion of- her
pretty gown, the dullness of the un- .
mounted print, everything about her
pictured self told him this—and yet
his aching heart Insisted that here
was the one gtrL
Don had known many girls in the !
old home town, but none who had
awakened In him the feelings that
this picture maiden Inspired. He i
closed the volume, carefully replacing * I
in It' the photograph, and with a sigh ,
retired.
The next day Don Werner startled «
his employer by demanding a long
overdue vacation. Akron, .Ohio, wag
the objective point. He suddenly
had an Inexplicable hunger to see the
old town—to renew old .
The next day found him In the
Buckeye State.
At the best hotel In Akron he dined 1
alone. There was a noticeable scar
city of guests. The winter hoBdaya
aaa cauea tnem Horne. — r
At the small table at Ota right of !
Werner sat an elderly man alone. Aa )
Don rased at him a pretty girl w*»
piloted by a waiter to a chair be
side his neighbor. Hhe was more
than pretty: she was handsome, and
to the solitary diner . at the other
table, who now sat positively gasp
ing, she was even other than this.
She was a reincarnation I
For the princess who had Just en
tered, faultlessly dressed, to the fash
ions of the times was a living, breath
ing double of the maid whose like
ness Werner had found but two ev
enings before In tlje old book.
With an effort the youth recovered
himself. In a daze ho finished his
meal and left the hotel for a short
stroll before retiring.
"Hello. Werner.”
A hearty hand slapped the return
ed one on the back, and he turned
to recognize and eagerly greet his
boyhood’s chum, Fred Ldsdon.
Their families had been neighbors
and then the elder lladon had moved
to some Eastern town, entered busi
ness, and prospered, rumor had said,
sdthough Don had lost track of them.
Young Usdon was a well put up
chap. b]g and broad, blue-eyed,
brown-haired and well groomed. The
long years had Improved him. Dos
shook his extended hand enthusias
tically.
A tew minutes' swift dialogue, la
which the fortunes of each war*
made clear to the other, ensued.
"So you are located In New York?**’
came from Llsdon. “How easy It is -
to lose track of old friends! But
come back into the hotel. My snoie
and cousin are here with me. I wank,
you to meet them."
Then .went into tee hotel and
surprised Don was presented to t]
gentleman and girl who bad been a!
the adjoining table. With an el
he acknowledged the lntrodocrlo:
and the quartet repaired to the
lor of the Llsdon suite.
It was only aftejr the theat-r party) j
following that Don found opportuni
ty to speak to the girl alone and tell }
her the mystery that was puzzling
him.
To Don's surprise the girl laugheAl
musically as he completed the tale.
"Your mystery Is no mystery at
all," she railed. “The photograph .
you have is of me. It Is a proof— •
that gives' it Its look of antiquity,
and It was taken In a masque -ade1
costume. The mystery slims up to
only one thing: Why did that suit
case go to New York instead ot New
ark. It belongs to father, you kne«f
and we have never been able to trace
It Not that It was of any particu
lar value, but father la a col'e -tor e#
out-of-print hooka and you are now
holding in your poeaeeeion the gene
of his collection."
Don Werner changed the subject, i
Upon hie return to New York he ,
made a special trip to Newark to. i*e
return the old print And, thereafter
he did not need an excuse to calf.
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REASON ENOUOM