The Daily Express. (San Antonio, Tex.), Vol. 45, No. 149, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 29, 1910 Page: 72 of 82
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THE SAN ANTONIO DAILY EXPRESS: SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1910.
A PRESENT FOR A GENTLEMAN
By IA(IE IRELAND
Well-known Daughters of Famous Men
MRS/SIDNEY DREW
• •nO£3 anyone on this porch owe mo
a nuaxter?" »aid the "Colonel,"'
doubtfully
yho wapf* ■ omfortably stretched on the
faded UCmrds, and'had been busy for some
tlm^vith a blank book and a pencil.
V)n the contrary, you owe me 10 cents,"
!sor father reminded her.
The "Colonel." with u reproachful
glance, Indicated it with u«r pencil top,
lying apart from the otners.
"I know." she bald, sturdily. "I'm
counting it out That's what makes me
a little short 011 my Christmas presents.
"By George, 1 do owe you sort e money.
Jerry," said her father's clerk, suddenly,
as one who remembers The little girl
smiled on him indulgently
Jim—you old liar"' she said affection-
ately, and returned to her calculations.
These Involved some hard breathing and
some deep sigh*. Otherwise tlie group on
the porch was ttn absolutely silent one.
The rose vines threw dancing shadows in
the chilly wind, leaves drifted to and
fro in the garden paths. The little "Colo-
nel" finished ner Christmas list, yawned
Joyfully and rolled over like a sleepy kit-
ten, with her face hidden in her arms.
Her father, the commandant, broke the
silence sharply:
"Don't g-> to sleep without something
over you. Colonel!"
"No, sir; I'm not.''
liad cvtjr occurred to her to think of her-
*eu at all. jerry wa.- friendly with all
the Indians and extieniei.y iond ui old
Ciiarlei . iney nad lung talk* together in
Hie ulu brave u own tongue, winch Jerry
liad learned from her in si gentle Indian
nurse.
Aunouyja the topic was carefully avoid-
ed, Jeiii anew that men: was trouble In
the an anu worrieu a iiltie about hei
li lends. L'hristiuas was near, a lane of
infinite joy and peace, and pooi oid Chui-
lc> wouui not have much mn: iieslues,
she had actually promised him a present
— ai.u hi* graifuchiJUren • aiid>
Tney'ii tllink 1 • 11 a ti-gjar quitter!
saiu the "Colonel in disgust, io young
tilll Bevis, one wet afternoon. The chil-
dren were currying iue carriage liorses,
a delightful tatk, m the warm stable
i 11 be uarned if 1 see why 1 can 1 send
Charley a present, went on the "Colo-
nel," with growing conviction. 1 know
waht he wants—-he wants an umbrella."
Bill grinned at tie thought »»t Charley
under it, but eyed i*is companion unei»si:>
none the less. Bill had been told not to
scare Jerry.
' Gee, your father d kill you,' wu> Bill's
spoken thought.
• 'Why?'' yald the "Colonel.firing re-
sentfully at'hls air.
"Oh, well, gee, you ask him!" Bill an-
swered, evasively.
The "Colonel" found it hard to get hold
of her father to ask anything, in the. e
busy, troubled days. Old friends. that is
among the women and children, were
leaving the post dally, new men were
coining in, all with an air of quiet and
j resolution too marked t<i escape even an
I absorbed little girl of seven. The "Colo-
| nel" wondered, and felt baffled But she
duly bought Charley';
. . 1 «v/c,R.,t « i.anvj » big umbrella, and
She got on her feet ! bided her time for permission to de-
and came sleepily to the circle of her liver it.
father s waiting arm. The others smiled 0,1 her father win no'
. . . .I. . l)e found. After a long hunt the "Colo-
at her without speaking She rubbed her | ner found his clerk, worried and tired.
VN his long and arduous stage
* career McKee Riuikln lias
patched up many a play for his
own use, and has at least one
original play to his credit, a
melodrama entitled, "True to
Life," in which lie showed the
constructive skill of the drama-
tist as well us the fervor of the
actor
Needless to say, not only his
historic, but his literary ability
as well, has been inherited by
hi- eldest daughter, Gladys. wIm
is known on the stage as Mrs
Sidney Drew, ami who has be-
'■nine ho popular with vaudeville
audiences In recent years as a
headliner with her husband In a
long line of amusing playlets
The audleii'< s who hnve
laughed so heartily dver the
setvipes and vicissitudes of the
husband or lover, as played b,\
Sidney Drew, and the wife or
sweetheart, as played by his
genial helpmate. Gladys Knnkin
Drew, have frequently been ig-
norant of the fact that the T2D^"5 -SIDltfTi:
merry little piny was evolved from the fertile ui'.nu of airs. ..
Drew Of late years Mrs Drew has ventured into more ambi-
tious fields, and from the author of one-act plays In vaudeville
has developed Into a dramatist for the legitimate field whose
work fills an entire evening and has been found worthy to
submit to Broadway audiences It w.as under the pen utjme
of George Cameron that Mrs. Kidney Drew's first serious
tin-
"Bil
been
by
play was offered in New York.
It proved to he written along
the conventional and somewhat
antiquated lines of the melo-
drama of the last generation or
two. It showed decided power,
however, and a splendid com-
mand of the resources of the
stage.
in her next venture Mrs. Drew-
achieved an unequivocal hit.
This was in a farce called
"Billy." presented early in the
prelfent sen An at Dab's Thea-
ter. with her husband in the title
role. In a company of excellent
balance, which included Mrs.
Stuart Iiobson, widow of the
famous comedian, and Mine.
Neuendorff. the celebrated in-
•erperter of character women
roles with the German company
lu New York, and a number of
younger players. The rapid fire
humor * of "Billy" kept New
Yorkers In peals of laughter
throughout the run of the piece
here. Its reception out of town
was equally favorable, with Mr.
1 ■ 7 tu the character created by the dramatists
I The farce was an amplification of a one-act play.
Tombstones," in which Mr. Drew and his wife hail
favorably received In vaudeville.
succoss of "Billy" hns marked Mrs. Drew's arrival as
iutlat, and other plays are in process of construction
THE CITY OF BEAUTIFUL DREAMS
By T BERNARD PRESTON
.n
nature
? stood
ger for
(Copyright, 1010. by the New York Evening Telegram V
York
Herald Company. All rights reserved.)
smooth little cheek against her father s.
"What's the matter with us today?"
said the "Colonel "We're all grumpy.
1 think it's going to rain. What is It?
Is It that somebody has got orders? No-
body's talkin' at all."
The doctor, moving his eyes to her from
the distant hills, laughed out suddenly.
"There II be talking enough before we
get through. Jerry. Don't worry about
that!" said he.
.Terry's father, still with absent eves,
shook her about gently by her thin little
shoulders
"No, ma am. No, ma'am. We—do—not
T^EVLl THINK I'M A auiTTcn: s\ip
The COLCKEX* IN DiSOVST
bit,
we
lat w»
n the
he gently
can do," said
steps, with j*
nervous little Captain
pipe against one of
—like it—a little
asseverated.
Also, we know w
the young clei k fi<
rather sorry grin.
The fourth man.
liewes, rapped his
the porch p< ->t.
"If it w mid only occur to em, once In
awldle, to put some man in hack there
in the bureau, who knows a little some-
thing about the nature of the ground
here," he began. In his fretful, high voice.
"fir about human hat tire," the do< tot
continued ti oughtfulD
"Or about Indian nature, will'h is a lit-
tle of both." J'-n.v's father added, with
his big laugh "Oh. yes, if they did, we
wouldn't ever have these little exchanges
of pleasantries."
"What s .appenlng to us?" the 'Colo-
nel" whispered in ner father's ear. At
seven sh• knew better than to intrude
que?tinns in moments of stress, like the
present The\ might morel\ not answer
her or the\ night call her a 'hotel
child." surely an unbearable term to ap-
to i person wh wore the insigna "f
Mr rank embroidered »n her sleeve- who
tried to be worthy of tt But the welfare
of her post was t»u< h for even hei
control She fcniffillv whispered her
quest ion.
"It's this question of right of way
again." In r father explained. "Your
friends of the reservation are, so to
speak, upon their graceful ears Your
father, who is a weak-minded Irishman,
instead of enforcing the first orders be
got concerning it. temporised with old
Charley Flshbo ba< k there on the res-
ervation. and to|d him he would writ' to
headquarters and see if there wasn't
some mistake The original order was
promptlv repeated " Me looked gloomily
{ The clerk was also her ousln, and not
vet out of his teens. He eyed her
thoughtfully and frowned when she put
the question to him Me had been In-
structed that the "Colonel'' was not to
be frightened. On the other hand, she
was su< h an officious little person that
; she wasn't to be kept Informed, at any
i cost. Also she was to be packed quietly
off the post, with or without her consent,
that very afternoon. Thinking all this,
Jim merely temporized. Me said it was
too coif] for her to ride at nil.
"Cold your foot!" said the "Colonel"
elega ntly.
"Well, see here." said Jim, the weak,
"you ride over to Archibald's, and if
Captain Archibald will let Daw ride with
you. or if you can ger BUI Be vis, then
come and talk it over again."
The "Colonel" leisurely wrapped her
Christmas gifts and duly rode to the
Archibald cottage. But both Bill and
Davy were over at the barracks, Sop
i Lucy told her. and the "Colonel" had
, orders from her father not to go to the
harra. ks So she perforce started alone
, ft-r the reservation, the package^ and um«
j brella bulging under her saddle straps,
j This was about noon and the short wln-
■ tor day was darkening swiftly when Ma-
! jor Fitzgerald, with a little group of tired,
'cold men rode into*the post. The clerk
met him.
"All quiet here, eh?" said the Major,
who knew it.
"All quiet." said the clerk, shaking a
puzzled head. "Hear anything?"
"Not a thing. Don't understand It."
The Major heaved an Immense sigh.
"'Colonel* got off with Mrs. Page?"
"Captain Page decided it was all right.
Mrs. Page didn't go."
The Major wheeled sharply. "Where is
she, then?"
His clerk turned bewildered-
snppope—
"Ycu suppose!" shouted the Major,
after a pause.
"Oh, Lord, we'll find her," said the
doctor. But he was white.
Major," said young Bill Bovis, coming
up the steps.
Hello. Bill." he said. In great relief.
Where's the 'Colonel'?'•
Bill's unhapnv face wan a study.
"If *he ain't here," said Bill, In a des-
perate rush, "she's still over to the res-
ervation!" He evaded his father's and
her father's eyes, his voice rising to a
level of dreary protest. "It ain't mv fault.
She only told me yesterday that she was
a-going. She said It was a Christmas se-
cret. She said I would he a hog if she.
did say so. dad! And so 1 diln't tell. She
was afraid some one would tell Charley
Flshboy about his umbrella and spoil the
sui prise' She- "
His voice failed before the horror In the
men's eves. But the pause was brief. It
was broken by the "Colonel's" own clear
accents.
"Wait 'til I tell you my secrets again,
Bill you sneak!" said she, coldly.
They .ill whirled about to see lu-r in the
library *wa\. She looked at the white
faees With innocent concern. She her-
self wag exquisitely self-possessed ana
trim—a vision of crimson frock and
smooth dark hair and twinkling shoe
buckles. She kept her place in "Men or
Iron with a small finger.
"Hello, dad." said Jerry affectionately,
"I didn't hear you conn- in."
"Geraldlne," said her father, in a dead-
ly hush, "you didn't g<> over to the reser-
vation today, did you?"
Jerry looked puzzled.
"Why. yes, sir, I did. I took them their
presents, you know. I had solemnly
pr mis >d Charley, f'r one thing. Arid it
was fun!"
THE HOUSEHOLD
What ShalS We Eat?
(By Emma E. Plrle, Supervisor Domestic Science, San Antonio Public Schools.)
THIS alarming prevalence of ailments
due to disturbed nutrition must
cause much concern on the part of
thoughtful housekeepers. The cause of
such diseases as colds, asthma, rheuma-
tism. many headaches, kidney diseases, ty-
phoid fever, some skin diseases and many
I others, ho hiding all forms of Indigestion,
! u conceded to be some disturbance in the
j digestive canal or in the diminutive or-
| gans. Diet ami nursing fiugre more large-
i ly in modern medical practice than drugs.
' But if each housekeeper could so conduct
her cuisine that the causes could be re-
moved or at least reduced, what a saving
of time, strength and sufn ig would re-
sult. We are constantly ••■ing reminded
of the lengthening of the spaa of human
life, due to medical pr<-- But this
result has been achieved ■ fly along the
line of children's disease I f the con-
tagious diseases, such as m' dlpox. Thou-
sands die in the prime ••! ife from ail-
ments that could be prew i 'ed.
Let us consider the wa.vs i which food
may cause illness. We ;i ill familiar
with acute Indigestion, usually due to over-
indulgence in some dalnt.\ Ptomaine
poisoning in this time of > dd storage and
lunch counters is also booouili _ reasonably
familiar. Foods contanda .ted l.y flies or
sewage may bring to us t> p'< I or bowel
troubles, and to the lnfuui e dreaded
cholera Infantum. Our belief m this last
cause, that is. in disease germs in food, is
; sue, i cpi
"Why-
Js,:
Smart Gown With Tunic
"Didn't you know we were having
trouble there, Geraldlne?"
arro«? the sunlesi vallev hmcI at tfie dark- | A mom.-iifs grncloUH .•on>i(|«.|-.uion. "No
ening :kv. I'romptlv reprated." I e said 1 on'' sa -l s<., dad. And 1 hated to think of
n*Mln, with ,|..iil.tful *1 .-ike of th.. lioa<1. P*'"r ( liarl.-) walling and waltlUK. And
"In consequence of which. " the doctor tney wie all nici-. 1 here are n 11)t of
mihtnlitcd .oprfullv, ' w.. will apend , tjrax-.-s did .ou know that?"
Christinas in peace plenO and purs'It of 1 . 1 ^ mieried as much,' said her fa-
the red brothei Trouble a-cortTln\ Kit*- ; JM s :;' ?®u.ied' , ,,
geraid Better send In f"i some more 1 ^ . 1•• tw fullv nice, went on
men, eh?"
"Oh, no." protested tic
"Let's don't have any
We're full now. and n do-s make the
parade look so shabrv old Charlev was
just probably drunk, that s all Some one
go tall; to him when he's not drunk."
"He won't talk," Major Fitzgerald said
to the group at large He sits there with
the young braves and simply shakes his
head to every proposltku What's the
use of explaining to the old fellow that
we are about as helpless as he Is ' No,
sir; he's looking for trouble, aid it looks
as if he'd find it. Those Ciermans who
live out on the Towertown road thought
something was wrong; they'll < rc into
the post nights. Sergeant Blum's wife
knows them I don't know but what we
ought to give the other families a hint-
Just to lock up nights and keep a sharp j "Yep
watch." I of thl
"Mrs. Bevis will go to her mother," T >r
Bevis said quietly. * \\V liad trouble
where we were before and her- nerv« i
"Ooo.t idea," the Major taid "I may
have to ship one member of mv own per-
sonal staff, too, I didn't like the look of
old Charley's message this morning. No
mistake, we may have to shorten sail."
"But that member will be awful!-, good.
an1 no trouble at all. If you'll just let
ner stay.' begged Jerry promptly They
-all laughed, which made her angrv but
there was no yielding in her father's
eyes.
"You're too friendly with the- whole
crowd." he objected. "They'll steal you
one of these d*py? and hold you until we.
come to terms'
"i'll never mention to Charlev that I
know nnythlng about It at nil!" the
"Colone?" promised readily. The ciera
whistled, and there was a stunned pause
before her father answered.
what? You're not to go over
there again this week, mv small friend:
understand that. Mention It, Indeed! D'ye
think we're going to be on calling terms
with them very long?"
Deeply hurt, the little girl subsided. Bur
I the "Colonel," enthusiastically Only
"Colonel." I they eoudn't seem to understand, for
co •! p.• nie - a wnlle, why I came a.ml they seemed a
it tie puzzled, you know And they talk-
ed and talked and talked, after that -
while 1 played with Nellie's baby. And
| then Charley called in- over, and asked
nie a lot of things. J|e kept isking tilt
If you knew I was coining, and I kept
laughing, and shaking n.\ ,■ a > at all of
j them, and saying 'no—no im: And then
Charley made me talk to them all In
their own way. von know he held mo up
on his horse, and they a 11 sat around.
And so I showed them the things, and the
I umbrella they all passed It around and
: opened it and I sort of explained what
; Christmas Is, you know." Hiie laughed
I a little bashfully.
: "Oh. you you explained, eh?"
sir. a little. And oh, yes, 1 spoke
road business, too."
"Mv country! What did you say about
tlint ?"
I don't sec why you all look so queer.
1 just said we were all go so»r.v about It.
And I said you wrote beck twice and that
i just walked up and down the floor
t w-
nig.hts. Aid I said what Captain
I 11cw es did, you know, about our not
i reoHv having ar y more to do with It than
! Charley himself We're all really In the
sa e boat, I said. They were awfully in-
terested. ftnd t! ev seemed to think you
| had sent me. But I said you hadn't ami
j charlev sai l that I never told lies. And
' he told them that he knew me since I
, was i little bit of a baby Kll.-t used
! to ( any me down to the reservation. Ana
| thep. the pow-wowrd about that."
Her voice dropped a little wearily. No
, one stirred.
"So then we said good-hvs," finished
the "Colonel" cheerfully, "and I came
; home and hod a bath. And I've been
j waiting and waiting for fill of you, oh.
! but I forgot! Charlev sent you a present,
and he said I must be sure to give It to
vou right away. He wouldn't let mo savs
! It until morning. It's just a letter, but
he called It a present. And dad." with
she confided tri Jim. when they presently i coaxing rves, as she produced a dirty ,
had the porch to themselves, that she and rumpled niece of paper, "vou imut
thought she was quite as safe over on ' pretend you think It's wonderful, won't
the reservation as "he was anywhere, vou? You thank him for It a" if It really
They were all her good friends, and she. was slippers or cologne, won't vou?"
Charley was not a scholar, but the fly#
men had "•» trouble with Ills s< rawied
message Thcv bent over It In silence.
"It's not well written." said the "Colo-
nel," anxiously, "hut it's Just to show a
frlendlv fe^lin
Her father suddenly caught her nrote
Indeed, had promised them at least
dozen Christ nuts gifts, which must reach
them, trouble or no trouble And beside
that, didn't she wear n little pistol, and
wasn't her horse the fastest on the post?
But she muttered of the Indians in her
sleep that night, and her father, atum-
ldln~ to her room through the chilly hall. I Ing little person and stiff hows in
decided that she had had enough of the | big embrace
thought for awhile So in the coming
Irounlous dnvs a frreat deal was kept
from the "Colonel" that might have fright-
ened her. She never rode off the nost
alone, jyhlch might have puzzled her If it
t "< 4 > M
I
\
not Ro deep as to make us rise in our
might against flies and filth, but we arc
w illing to accept I he theory after some of
our loved ones fall a victim. There is an-
other way in which food may cause ills
ease tliat we accept ill theory, but very
few of us consider in practice. That is. In
taxing the ellmlnatlve organs, especially
the liver and kidneys. Let us consider
first the overloading of the stomach.
EATING TOO MUCH.
The chief factor in overloading the stom-
ach is rapid eating. Laboring under a
delusion that If a certain amount of food
reaches the stomach it will he assimilated,
thousands all over the lar^l rush madly
home to luncheon or frequent the quick
lunch counters, undermining their health
and depleting their pockethooks when half
the quantity taken at leisure would be of
far more value. Mastication and insallva-
tion play a large part in digestion. In
very rapid eating they are almost elimi-
nated and the stomach Is left to struggle
with n burden for which it is not fitted.
I'nlike the hen, man is a < hewing animal,
and when lie attempts to abandon it trou-
ble ensues.
Pawlow. the great Russian investigator,
has shown that appetite is essential to
good digestion. Since the digestive fer-
ments do not flow freely unless there Is
an enjoyment of the food, in rapid eating
this stimulus to the palate is greatly less-
ened.
Fating while under great mental stress
such us anger, grief or anxiety is In effect
overeating since the stomach Is not aide
to dispose of the food taken under such
nervous tension. This bears out the theory
that appetite Is essential to digestion, for
under such conditions we are not hungry.
The flavor, appearance and surroundings
of food do much to create appetite, and for
this reason expense and trouble in this
line are justified. A cool, clean dining
room with an attractive table and properly
prepared and selected food Is worth tons
of digestive tablets and barrels of pepsin.
I »o not carry your worries to the table.
Neither speak of disease, death, mlsfor
tunc or other unpleasant topic-. Children
should be trained in this Hue and many
people will rise up and bless their careful
mothers.
Cooks, as a class. Including the house
keepers who do their own cooking, suffer
from Indigestion. This Is not surprising
when we consider that many of them have
the tasting habit and that a large num-
ber sit down to eat when very warm and
tired, then interrupt their meals to wait
on the table. Where there is no waitress
everything possible should be put on the
table at the beginning of the meal, and if
any one Is obliged to bring other supp'ies
It should not he the one who has prepared
the meal. Working --r exercising imme-
diately after eating is no better on part
of a cook than it Is In a business man.
The best housekeepers are the chief offend-
ers In this way. as they are afraid the
home will not he kept in perfect order.
But it Is well to remember that many good
housekeepers become nervous wrecks. ' If
you must wash the dishes rest a while
before you begin, putting away the food
and covering the dishes. This Is espe-
cially important after a full meal.
ANOTHKR HANGER IN OVEREATING.
Aside from the Immediate discomfort of
au overloaded stomach there Is even a more
serious danger In the great burden that
is put on the ellmlnatlve organs, the kid-
neys and liver The person that is subject
to hlMotis attacks is usually eating too
great a quantity or too much of some
class of food.
The protelds of meat, milk, eggs, etc.,
are not stored for use in the body when
more Is taken than is needed for imme-
diate use, hut must he thrown off. This
overtaxes the system and serious diseases
lesult. For this reason, especially In our
climate, should the quantity of meat or Its
equivalent he strictly limited. This will
not only Improve the pocketbook. but the
health In summer so many fruits are
available that one can easily lessen the
consumption of meat. Many authorities
believe that the preservatives used on meat
and 'n some canned goods are very harm-
ful to the kidneys.
Too much starch and sugar may result
j in an accumulation of fat that is not at-
I tractive nor comfortable. An excess of
sugar will often cause indigestion.
PTOMAINES.
i ills is the we are con-
fronted by sucli Headlines as "i-ive u*e
iruiji ne cream poisoning, ".ice il&u; uue
deau, two \e»y in,' etc., with suolcuus
explaining unit ptauiauic poisoning was
iiic cuuat. me word is deuveu linui me
Ureek word tor corpse auu literuliy means
ociiu bodies.
I'tomaiues develop in meat, milk, eggs,
elc, i ne poison develops very rapiiil> in
not weather and is especially active in
milk, in mixtures of milk auu eggs such
as custards, cream pUiis. pies and *ce
cream, in nsh ami in white incut, chicken,
tor instance, will be spoiled much s»v>ouer
ihau beet. Cold storage tood rapidly be-
comes clangorous when exposed to an or-
dinary temperature. Cooking does uot
renoer any vil these articles safe.
1'touiaiiies may develop m cooked foods
of tills class ll kept too long. To be 011
the sale side do not use any mixture of
iiiiik and can.! except on Uic day tnat it
i> made# II perfectly fresh tish canuot be
obialucd dispense with it. The tempera
THK warm Venetian sun was pouring
its abundant mellow effulgence over
everything In sight, brightening without
making garish gilt domes, creamy fa-
cades, red-striped awnings, the sapphire
water of the canals, and even the cloud-
less turquoise sky An enchanting, lan-
guid spirit pervaded the atmosphere; the
city seemed to breathe but faintly as a
sleeping, dreaming woman, and the very
flowers and plants at windows and on
balconies nodded slowly as if they, too,
were dozing. The few people visible
shared this semblance of rc ly A young
girl at a fose-framed window1 hao bjoh
making lace on a crimson cushion, but
stopped to gaze Idly out as a gondola,
floating slowly by, passed, causing
scarcely more than a light, lapping rip-
ple on the shining water. A city of "dolce
far nlente"; of lovely laziness, of beau-
tifully soft day-dreams.
But Felice was not In aecord wi'h this
harmony. The happy as>»c<
seemed to him too heartn.
near his gondola, ready but 1
a fare, with amis en ssed, his head hent
and a very miserable scowl on bis hand-
some dark face. Had he not the day be-
fore seen Asfeinta, oniji .1 tew hours after
she had tuld him she fwould be* his for-
ever, talking and smiling to Fietro Amal-
di? He was now a most detested rival,
though before a friendly acquaintance,
who hnd occasionally h ' 1 1dm tor whole
days at a time, and who owned tic riei.
farm and vineyards at Cavazuccherlna
on the mainland.
She had said she was unhappy every
moment he was away from her; could
scarcely be civil to her bedridden old
mother, though she knew hat was a
great sin, so cross did she feel at the
separation: she thought she could hardly
live till they had money enough to be
married and to exist for each other only.
And what a short time afterward it was
when, brimming witl> happiness, he
swung his gondola gayly around a curve
and had beef! shocked to see bis beloved
crossing a bridge near the house where
she lived, her arm on Pietro's and chat-
ting animatedly tnd looking up Into his
fatuous face!
Anger and wounded prid# kept tne gon-
dolier's eyes lowered after the first reali-
zation of what he h'ad seen, and be bad
passed swiftly under the bridge, bearing
his passeng rs to theii destination
DID NOT EVEN
KNOW WflETfJ&£ SH£.
Had sew him .at all
had taken them out of their way without
their knowledge, hoping that as he passed ,
Assunta s home he might have a glance
at her. She would be quietly occupied at j
her work, and be had almost pitied in |
advance the loneliness that would be hers
unless she should happen to look up and
see him, when he would flash a smile at
her, and she would be happy to think he
had again come near her. Now, be did
not even know whether she had seen him
at all; her conscience might not e ven have
this rebuff, though if she could lie so de-
ceitful it would not be- likely that she 1
would feel It. Or she might perhaps even |
find the incident an amusing one and I
probably try to tease him about it the
next time she saw him.
But that would not happen soon; he
would not go to her for a long while, and
she would see that he was not to be
trifled with, that he was not a .001.
Just then a voice, a foreign voice—he
detested foreigners, particularly the An-
glo-Saxons reached liirn and he fell me-
chanically into an attentive attitude to
hear himself asked If he would take the
speaker and his < rnpar.ion over the same
course he had taken them yesterday. He
recognized the pair—obviously a newly-
married American couple on their honey-
moon—as the people he had been leading
temporarily astray when he had beheld
the scene that so enraged him. Bv the
way, in his anger he had forgotten to
charge them extra for that additional 1
row, and he would see that he got the ;
money this time, especiady as they had \
come now at a time when he felt so little |
like having them. But lie nodded his
head in assent, without showing the un-
til re ot
ordinary rei
^erutor Is not
rot eyt-
to his
"Well, anything for friendly feelings,
'Colonel.' " said ho.
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pany. All rights reserved.)
vhoto. bv ooe:L .
Yards of t ny lead weight, . ... .1(0 tape are sewn along the Inner edges
of tunics and skirts to make the 111 cling about the limbs and fall in heavy, graceful
lines.
The tunic on this prcnio gown Is further weighted with a bend and sllP fringe,
and there Is a facing of broadcloth Inside the foot of the skirt. The gown is in n
shade of Nattier blue, and the Jint. .1 model for dressy wear, Is of black straw faced
vV 1th black and trimmed \ylth black ostrich plume*
cold enough to keep chicken over twenty
hours in Hot weather. If it Is to be kept
lunger put It In a covered earthenware ves-
sel ami pack in ice and salt. Ptomaines
cannot be detected In the first stages,
therefore use only those things which you
know to he fresh. It Is Interesting to note
In connection with this subject the modem
theory ihat ptomaines may be developed
In the body by the decomposition of pro-
telds, This theory is accepted by many
of the best physicians and furnishes an-
other argument In favor of restricting the
pr deids In a diet. According |o the theory
of a modern scientist ohl age Is due to
the bacteria that Inhabit the Intestines.
These objectionable bacteria cause the for-
matloii of poisons that make us old The
beneficent bacteria are the fountain of
youth. These evil bacteria are supposed
to he most abundant in the digestive
tract of the meat eater.
(iKit.MS OF DISEASE.
The germs of sj)fc4flc diseases may be
found in food. For example, typhoid is
caused by the typhoid bacillus taken In
with our food, so, too, Is What Is known as
summer complaint aud also the dreaded
I cholera Infantum. The contagion Is con-
! veyed to our food through dust, files, un-
clean persons, polluted water, etc. in
many cities the 1 ly seems to he the main
source cf c litagion and for this reason
I every housewife should war against them.
, If screens are too e xpensive; cover your
J windows with uicsqulto netting. clean
your yard and report your neighbors to
the sanitary authorities. Do not buy food
to which Hies have had access, or if you
must use any that has been exposed to
flies subject it to a very high temperature.
Boiled germs are safer. Another danger iu
unclean food such as raw meat or vege-
tables is the presence of parasites that
may Infest the human system. Among
these are trhdilna and worms of various
sorts.
CHEMICALS IN FOOD.
Food may he 11 source of disease bo-
cause of the chPmlcals used in Its prepara-
tion. Although only a small <ipantlty is
used in one article the aggregate will lie
enough to cause injury if many such ar-
ticles are used.
A little heiuoate of soda, a bit of sul-
phate of copper, a trace ot aniline dye anil
11 few grains of alum make an amount
that will disturb the digestive functions.
These chemicals act in two ways by over
taxing the kidneys and other organs and .
as liiechanic.'ll irritants to tl.«' mucous
membrane. Fried foods and condiments
may also serve as Irritants.
food adapted to season
The housekeeper Is apt to grow discour-
aged when she contemplates the formid-
able list of things not 1 » eat and wonders
what Is left. In selecting meats, eggs and
vegetables be sure they are fresh and c lean.
If canned foods are used re:hl the labels
nnd reject those artificially eedarcd or
treated with chemicals, in planning your
menus choose food adapted to the reason.
For summer, vegetables and fruits should
form a large part of the ration. Limit the
quantity of fats. Olive oil. butter, cream
and bacon fat are best. Ices dc yot cool
the body for any length of time and often
cause indigestion. Iced tea is pernicious
When taken at mealtime It retards diges-
tion by lowering the temperature of the
stomach. H leads to the consumption of
large uuantlties of sugar ami. a^ usually
made, lias more tannic acid than hot tea.
A clean, moderate diet will go far to main-
tain health and coinfoVt during the sum-
mer.
To quote from Fletcher: Economic nu-
trition Is not a Joke, is not a fad. It is
solely an appeal to self-examination and
self-instruction In the most vital question
of all the world, since upon perfect nutr!
tIon depends not only health, but strength,
mental acuteness. moral tendencies, attrav
tabilitv to others, happiness and In fact
Ufa Itself
willingness he felt, and the couple en-
tered his boat.
They were silent for a time, but sat
close together, clasping hands nnd occa-
sionally turning to each other in mutual
though voiceless appreciation of the new
vista they beheld. The sight of these
happy lovers hurt poor Felice cruelly at
first, then he smiled cynically, fancying
that their joy would be short-lived, :'or
probably the young bride would soon
weary of her husband, who would then
be unable to free himself of the bad bar-
gain he had made. Yes; Felice was per-
haps 1 ucky, after all. to r.uve discovered
Assunta • perfidy before he was bound
to her for good.
Absorbed in his self-torture, he did not
realize immediately that his patrons had
begun talking to each other. He had
served Engllsh-spe-a king visitors so oft...
that he had acquired a* very fair under-
standing of the language, though these
two never thought lie would be able to
tollow them, if, inch-• 1, being lovers, they
thought of him <.t all His attention w-»4
ari'ested by hearing the man say:
"This perfect, placid day reminds me,
dear, of the time when I finally bolstered
up my courage to ask you to be my wife.
How terribly anxious I was and how
afraid that you would not accept me!"
i t 1 V return°d his wife, "how fear-
r . li. u*n l'lat >'°u really didn't care,
after all; there were so many girls who,
thanlU roust appeal to you more
■•Such unnecessary modesty. Helen: But
uli.it made me so nearly hopele-: was tlie
apparently very tender Interest you had
!!'' fin' n"shlon. He was eueli a dash-
ing fellow tun, fini| hud always laselnat-
erl gins. I used to stand off fretting and
tumliiK and watch you two at those long
conversations and think thai, after al*
What kindness you had shown mo was
but Impersonal. Rut I never suspected
you ot coquetting, at any rate"
"That was manly of you Jack, a man
who would Judge a woman or being un-
stable with nothing but suspicion for
basis and without giving her an occasion
to justify herself would be both cruel
and cowardly, but lor him to have tho
courage to face the issue whole hearted I y
and take his chances denoted true
strength of character. It meant as much
to me as though you really had had a
rival."
"What a fool I was," answered Jack,
with a slight tremor in his voice, "not to
trust more to your lovable ways toward
71 #' Frtmk caused me much bitter doubt.
I felt like a blind man suddenly recover-
ing his sight when I found out why you
and he used to hold such endless tete-a-
tetcs. If I had only known that he was
trying to get you to .iclp him in his case
with your sister!"
He laughed easily and so did she. "Ah! '
she exclaimeS softly after a moment,
with a sigh of content, "we can afford to
laugh, now that we have each other. Hut
if you had not been so faithful and
courageous how unhappy we should have
been!"
Felice heard no more. Faith and cour-
age! These were |he qualities that had
won this brother man his happiness. He
had evidently gone through the same suf-
ferings he himself was experiencing, and
that is a close bond. Faithful and cour-
ageous! Had he been faithful? No; his
selfishness made him proud, and his
pride made him cruel; but wl at had he,
after all, to recommend him above any
other man, particularly an affluent one
like Pietro Amaldl? Had he been cour-
ageous? No; In his cowardly resentment
he had not dared to fknd out where ho
stood with Assunta. Cruel and cowardly?
Yes; that's what he was, doubting her
first with no real cause and then prepar-
ing to punish her by his absence; by
studied coldness to bring her to his feet.
He loathed and cursed himself for a self-
ish fool.
He had been so engrossed 111 this self
flagellation that he had not noticed how
near he had come to his sweetheart's
home. He looked up now to see her pen-
sively making her lace, an pa ient and as
true as Penelope at her loom. When he
was almost out of sight she saw him,
and her face lighted up divinely, it
seemed to him, as she threw him a litt ^
kiss that thrilled him through and
through. Radiant, intoxicated, he now
prolonged the trip, and, grown quite volu-
ble, dilated in explanations of special
points of interest or beauty to his appre-
ciative patrons. When he finally took his
good angels back to their hotel he wanted
to charge them such an absurdly low fee
that the man forced a large sum on him,
telling him the delightful experience was
well worth it.
"It was worth more to me than to you,
slgnor," he answered, and they smiled at
what they deemed an elaborate compli-
ment. Then, blessing them in his heart,
he rowed off.
Straight to Assunta's he went, to find
her very animated.
"1 have news great news for you," sho
said. "I have been so impatient to aee
you all day, Felice. When you didn't
come at noon, as you have always done,
I began to wonder if you were growing
tired or me, but I soon felt ashamed of
doubting your love and knew you must
be occupied. I suppose those beasts of
English people you had I11 your boat an
hour ago (to her simple mind there was
no material difference between English
and Americans) were already making you
work. But you will not have to do that
sort of work much longer. Listen, caro—
Pietro Amaldl was here yesterday shortly
after you left mo ami was very sorry to
have missed you. He has a proposal to
make to you. He knows how strong you
are. how steady and capable, and he
wants you to work on his farm, where
you will have more money than now
and we could have a little house, rent
free, and be married any time now, and
mamma shall have fruits and milk and
all she needs. I had begun to think, Fe-
lice, that we were a little selfish in our
plans when we did not think of her and
what comforts she would miss If we had
married without waiting a long, long
time. But now everything has turned out
so beautifully; it seems like a dream
come true!"
Felice's only answer was to take her in
his arms and strain her to him full of
contrition and shame, and a resolution tc
atone.
That night the pair might have been
seen in one of the many gondolas on th<
lagoon, the girl leaning back In happj
lassitude and gazing up trustfully, al
mos worshlpfully at her lover, as ho le\
the boat drift while he sang to her some
liquid Italian folk song. He was not the
only one making music, and the warn
air, tempered by a gentle breeze, wafted
fragments of many melodies to then
from other happy pairs; lights twinkled
far off like jewels In the crown of tin
l/ueen of the Adriatic, and then . »e moon
coming from behind a silvery cloud
hath'd both land and sea In a soft, melt-
ing flood, while Felice and Assunta float-
ed jilowly along in the City of Beautiful
Dreams.
(Copyright, 1910, by the New York Even-
ing Telegram New York Herald Com-
pany. All rights reserved.)
A Wonderful Sundial.
A remarkable sundial standi In ths
churchyard at Ouencunie,- Slate of Bu-
tane". Mexico, sayn n writer In the J;n:o
Wide World Maunzine. The dial Is twun-
tv-rivu fc.i ni height, the portion cn
which the tlgiireu anil llne.'i for denoting
tir.li) ar.! engraved being a solid stone sl il)
live feet in height. The opposite side
this slab Is also marked and has n
pointer for indicating time, so that
lliri.ugltout the year, no 'natter wlmt the
position of the sun, the correct hour,
quarter or half Is indicated. This in prac-
tically the only method the natives if
t'ueiame have for ascertaining the time,
ns such things as watche* nnd clocks are
i.lmost nonexistent In that town. The en-
tire monument was the gift of a youn/j
lawyer. Don F. Vasquez del Mercadc, id
the town, tie himself worked out the
necessary calculations to make the dial
exact, and also wielded the stone cutter'*
tools in the production of the face, not
wis!.ing to trust to any cue else for fear
of mistake, as Mexican mechanics ur«
1 ot exactly noted fur the accuracy ot
theif work.
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