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Show ment I turned to htm and said: 'Bill, County Hospital and .was burfeA .la the Hw Fetter's freia." sata Mr. Skinner. I neceeeary to pay this excellent "1 regret; to inform you ha was tailor. Loan me twenty dollars.'. not" t'iDDV reoHed. with a faraev rtonhnrmt nrescienr smtl. "What did H lay out 4rnk one night and Ttnerled. contracted pneumonia . He only lastme in era, tie jooxea caimtyin buted three ha spent those Cappy replied, and said with the most thre daysdays, In the bear, in wonderful, childlike sympathy on hi town and 1 buried him is a hopeital paid grave face: 'Mr. Ricks. I'm mafhty .sorry. erected a email tomb rock over mental resolve to 'protect my taflor hut I haven't cot's red cent wtfh me!' and " htm. catumenioraung htr virtue. in rey p"otoge- - happened to I Tt TMdTo eHramtm ii''aid I think he waa one back-fir1 fejl for his scheme Just Wong and he did, taking my twenty bis rascally mar mea"I have ever to see how it would work out. I gave dollars with him. - He never gave It of the moat honest . anown. him the twenty-do!!bill and he hat. and to the day of his death waikd with mejto the tailor's, where he laughed-a- t ma every time he met (Copyright, by United Feature ftyndl- the little play wa pulled off accord-in- ; ice." oate. aii ngnta- reserved; Repro- , to schedule. "I suppose he died la the City and At the proper mo uuct.ion prooioitea.i CAPPY RICKS DISCUSSES THE HARD LUCK STT) hu lust occurredfairto ma, -- said K rCsiray rack luncheon, as Mr. Skinner, his general manager In charge of tna kkki Lambrinc Company, and 5u.it Feasley, president and general tion Company, 4r5Ped Into th latand a Ur"a offic for a mum the Ricks affairs In general a dramatic pause and Cappy pausedover. looked them Matt "Hot with it. auereate heartily. Feaaley . "Your idea are usually valuable, 'Don't hoard sir," said Mr. Skinner. ' torts." . 'Tvi. com to the conclusion that ' an rc I retired from bmineea ten yeara aeo I have more sualnea to attena tu than I ever had. - "For Instance?" suggested bla Km "Well, rm rapidly drifting Into the oenKer class, cappy compuunea. ai leaat rm aekea to make a tot or on - sevuied tneiTti:"Xn TwSrrie wag on J name to a , fetreet. must have sold my aa part of a of promoter itraif ucker Net. because of iate I'm bom barded with flashy literature that seeks to daxale me with profits be vond tit of averace and are -- frtcer In dreams the good oH daysJt used to be- - gOM mines' m TSsxtaa rr ofrunner but late plantation In Guatemala, yeara the sour, a or on gusners n eentured the nubile Imagination and aa I a result there la considerable tearing of hair and gnashing of teeth heard in the land. Skinner. I want you to turn orders m the general office that i the first man or woman there wtio lew an Tela set dbck one year on um iowanre toward a coveted Increase In alary.' Cappy sighed. "Pity the rich,enm-or-' ' those credited with riches." he plained. "I think the average human Tultur firuret that aa a man grows. bid he grows kindlier and hence, eaa-Ur. And I don't know but that's philosophy.? When I whs sretty soundcuuhl turn down a ready younger 4 son of a horse a touch. from ' thief aa easily a I could wrap mymushrooms. with a. steak self srounil Mow I find myself developing a lot toucher the of belated sympathy for son of lint becauae he 18 a 1 dls- have hone thief. Moreover. covered that for ton dollars I can of a nuisance quite usoatly, get rid touch has tor Ufa. because, once theseldom ha beta made, the toucher ' the courage to face me loucnee I have while the debt remains unpaid. ' also discovered that while the tnuoh-sr'- s demand are usually modest, he for twice as much a Irenerslly ! aska to ret: ronseauentiy, now- nn mv utji wn t'w y mwnw " r ' uuif. n worthy hu been reduced fifty per -Sent. "Wefl, I suppose somebody ha to Help take care-- of tne misuis oi urn, Mttlfc opiiM .; orH,: "Oh. 1 don't mind doing far more than nr ahare toward taking care of life's misfit," Cappy protested. 'The ' bov that rile me are the snappy ones, well dressed, putting up a big front, pretending to be that which they are not and which they do not Intend to . tna If the can avoid it. I'm getting fed- up onpollt crook. - I was up t a meeting of the board of directors of the Marine National bank this morning when we considered a loan of one hundred thousand dollars tothe Oriental Import - A Export Company. which la the name under which an amiable wastrel named Albert T. Dickson baa been doing business in this city for ten yeara. We bad a statement of Ills net worth, but, listed mon his liabilities. I failed to find n overdue promissory note for six thousand dollars due to the RicksI Logging A Lumbering Company. 8o from the meeting, excused myself to the cashier and a- drifted' around " - ' TUrvbaAn hjt a credit beawice of twelve thousand dollars in hi account. In order to be on the 1 Just naturally attached it ' safe side and entered suit on that overdue - ota." "Yea. Dickson eaJted up about noontime," said Mr. Skinner, "and begged me to eail off the dors. I didn't know anything about the suit, so I an " eagie "Skinner, tr I didn't keep eye on this Dullness I'd be so deep in red Ink folks would mistake me .for An Indian. Why do youif suppose it Isn't I'm a director la six banks, sense It's a fine way tn get a line on our creditors' credit? Dickson was falw rrylnjf to torrew I caught him at It and pntaasea. trwwid him In the air. New, I don't honest that la. I think Irtokaon Is think he would prefer to be honest, ail tilings being equal but he's in a Tarn and rngnienea ana mox me one fatal chance, which failed." "Pratty hard on Dickson," said Mr. alklnner. "You've knocked him for a V goal.' "His loan would have gone through IT ha had had the courage to tell the truth about hie condition. Now, if he ttuata, we're safe and we should worry about him! Why didn't he take a hanc on human nature and the natural sympathy of one business man for another? We've ail been up gainst it at one time or another, and a hard hick tale from a man who has always kept his credit clean is ometht nc that almost any human.be-in- a will listen to respectfully and eynjpatheOoaily. If he had told me we wouM have renewed sorrows hu his note for ninety days or six months out. 4s help him "No. Skinner! I cannot feel sorry for Dickaon. I'm a hard, cruel, old man when a man who never had any oredit, never wanted one and never tried to get one, but who, nevertheless, begs a loan on a fictitious credit, runs up against me. If a man needs fcerp on something he really believes in. TU help him, even if I do not believe In his proposition, because it's aU Ih4iU tkinv In itav t ... , hfe without somebody to believe m one. but verily I say unto you, my brethren, take an ax handle to the man who says: 'I say. old man. loan sne a hundred until pay day. wIR you? Absolutely, I'll give it back to you then.' Such a man is a fraud, because If he (Ives your hundred back to you on the first pay day, he's still a hundred In the red ink and has to borrow ft again from somebody else. Meanwhile, he has 'Stabilised his credit with you and paved the way for ready touch three month hnce. and in the Interim he has not the hope of emerging thriftyhi with red Ink. Skinner. It requir-- s from courage to be thrifty, because . thrift means and weakSinjrs ilrny fco in th theenserves nothing, long run somebody Is etuck for that hundred and H is never the prudent man who la "On the' other hand, if a poor but honest fellow says to you: 'I need A. hundred worse than I need salvation, and I've elected you to loan It to me. I don't know when I shall repay, but Til try to get square with Ma sooner or later" such a boil fellow will quite usually touch mv h.ird And I've observed that oui;. jeart. usually J get tt back. :"Speakln; of adroit touches. I am feminded of a dissolute fellow who claimed by friendship, despite his fault,' many years ago. He was a awwwpaperman, doing- waterfrojft for a local rag. and frequently called me for a story. Well, sir. one da upon this chap met me aa I came out of the Merchant dub and besought an Interview. I was In a and told him so. I even made hurry the mlstahe of "talking- too much, for I added, furwaa en route to my ther, that I was 's none of hi buaUicafc) fwhlch and begged to be excused. '"One moment, Mr. Ricks,' said tha 'A peculiar of credit pftarise In my mind. queetioa Now yon ara a rtch man and I have observe! in 8 tailor ahopa a Un which reals-"deposit required with all orders " Does your tailor bold you to this rule' " ",' I repMad, ha doe not. When I go Into order a new. suit of I uaaaliy jajr him for J ha U it clothe one,' - cnr J father-in-law- ," , T' ' ! i i -- He "His shifty eye brtghttbed. haltii jaoked iwrii troii hich hsd a tendency toward lace at hed. 'i need a the bottpm. and new suit very badly ' he inoui ned. no credit but unforunately I have s hold me to VU,h tailors. They siwa-that rule- - about the deposit, and' 1 never seem to have the deport, As a result I'm very, very" shabby." about to sympathizxe with "I him, hut he waved away my proffered '1 have a brlKht idea, Ur. sympathy. ha declared. 'Suppose you Ricks,' hand me a 'twenty dollar bill now. Then I'll walk down to your tailor' aitlf you. To be seen entering his shop a a familiar of yours will lenl to stsbillxa my standing with hlin insomewhat neglectstantly, despite my ed appearance. I w(U help you select your ikrth and when you go to pay him for your, last suit discover that you ar twenty dollars shy of the witnout a mo necessary amount. turn to me ano say; ments hesitation - 1 TtlMl rm" I whTyaolliir Hill; to pay short of the amount necessary this excellent fellow what 1 owe htm. me have twenty dollar until i can get back to my office, when I'll send you a check to cove." To this i repiy: wny, wnn Are you quit nleasure. Mr. Ricks. oeruun- - weij .! eSooughT-Iaeit.jshave a thousand If you want it : But you Insist that twenty is ample, and I will give It to you. The tailor will He wUl think 1 am. be Impressed. without' a aouDl, a ricn. out careless business associate of yours, for have you not borrowed twenty dollars from me In his presence? My credit rating 1 Fill order wi8a.ie..b-iu-eoveriortK suit of rlntnes snt that "deposit required" sign. By tlieI time the clothe have been made will have had two paydays and the tailor alll have been paid. The next tln.e I order a suit there, wi.i uot svi " -- - " By BETTY BAXTER. ly increased. Take those closest to ins. by 6aM Lake Tribune. the. president. Ilk Frank W. Stearns WAS HI NO TON, r sure" to be nd. hi wife,, they Aug. Instead of 01 now hoUm hare most of the time and will, soon tfc center of the stag in Wash-Irart- he considered prominent Waehtmrtoa ociai leader. And it looks a though socially, lust a It hs become tho earn will be true of Wlkiam the poUtloal taagnaU of-- lii country. BuUer. Boston' lawyer and textile Boston, instead of Marlon, Ohio, . i Kumifactwer and member of the the potlUcal nub of the Cnited Stataa. Massachusetts RepubUcajcnvm4ttee. -To MaakahhtfMOs i society laSeir be even mare than they first piece smonsr the tare croup of have been for prominent the last couple of tat , aocisties tn Wash ine ton sow, years.for' They have lived in Washington some time sow. and were not dlsplacin; the Ohio society. Which has at ail active soc laky during the Dexno led beeaus of the importano of Its cratie admini8Uitlon, but blossomed Copyrta-ii- l W . - JUGS- trtirued me mightily. ' stt Join. If in- - knew he. wn't worth two squirts of swamo wirtefr but h4 ipaychoioiry wa with. n out a flaw, and, after an. stuplait "Then ba said ha had to.be runnlns slon- aad ha did. tsJdiic mv ttrantr dollars with him cannot lortnve;. And the orb crime wMh man.,. a gave i; back, and to the day of his" death he laughed at ma very time he met me," not Ho, a was ; stupid he - 1 To t. members heretofore, for It claimed a president, a former sresident and a chief Justice of thai suprem court, anofter suprerne court Justtear in the person of Justec Day and fully 'a of o tilers of prosu- ' Now the Massachusetts society claima a presidsnt. the speaker of the house, Frederick Gillette, and the secretary of-- war, John W. Weeks, atxi goodness knows how many more, for, of all the prominent iiaisachu- people eJrtady hwe. practicaitr all teerng and ail of the many more who ara oounc to take up residence her soon, most of them are but to pt, the slightest difficulty.' Well, the brilliance of his plan Bay State Has Strong ,Claim on Recognition Because of Numerous Citizens ' : Now in Capital.' 5 Lt i ! e. u I Threatens tT CrovydOfeioT Out of" Washington Limelight MassacKuisettis - By PETER B. KYNE. "An idea, nm-tu- tta " nawae OCICTY NIW TAR. AH of these oeoole will clar a prominent part In Washington society this winter. Of courae, ail of them, like the Coohdgea, Weeks and - hwva oooupisd front ranks here for some, time, but they will be. even more In the limelfght now, and their number will be great ts- - members rs VyHXTDt ton. Black is sura to ba than ever bow rhat ws tsaso kat prwidenU partteaiawy. for tiie--season. Mrs. Cooiidge, the new kHiy of the land, had many owns in her wardrobe already. i for alternoon. ana eewoins; Seen la wearj While she la eomertm araaC nstsr-o- f wrapped turoaw or oeneej-titaa- s; coiors with tier taiaonsdj matching suits er gowns, Mrs. CooUdcs has mt penchant, for wide, rather stmsrht- -i h has thai back, trimmed jbntsv knack, which is a rare one, of put- -, ting bar hat at exactly the tight,' tn?). She arrange her hair that hat and headdress) couftaus wits each other, also rare in Una Geer. when hair and hat have no trlatkja to each other. Mrs. OooUdcs aa a. rule wears her hair waved aofMy back.rom her face and onued aiats a ne center inck .of the head, ro- of her reahnr about ears, and softly falls over her foreShe oocasionaUy wears sin;) head. pearl or costume tnatchina; earrirKs. hich become her verm much. Tbo new first lady has very siiwg. trim feet, and she is ewaya sensibly anod. her europs or slippers tjetneT in exaoC accord with tha hour and occasion. The other day. she was wearing , Whninr"resswlffiiatusa in fine outline, all ever It and with it she wore dark blue shoe. Mrs. Cooiddge has always been in clined toward, plain, weM cut sod be-coming- ciOtheS for variety from laach: and whit to navy blu and a aoft shade of Pomp elan red, most beoont-ing red to Mrs. Cootidare s Trvaciouecoionrar, and nor intimate friend a ruls Ufc er Je In tinse shade. three-ouarts- ra out considerably after Hardins; wu made president. Mrs. Reynold frequently entertained last winter & oomolimant 4o- Mrs,- - Cuoiide. . . WashingtoBj-i- a not going to ba gay socially for some months yet. but it is going to ti far from dult. There are likely to oa cabinet chanetes. some American War Mothers change which mean new people wiit come forwscd on our social stage-to Meet .in MontpeUer com Into the limelight. Then leaders of the Ropoblican party will be POCATEIXO. Idaho, Ana lA - Tns constantly floakans; Into, town, to con-- ; th fer with the presHierrt and John T Adams, chainaan of the Republican American War Mothers win be bast' 23. at JJ and MontpeUer August oocamttteav of dekgates from tbs lossij TO SUMMON GOVERNORS. organisation will attend th meet- -' The president plans to summon the ing. duriwr which addresses lrU be rovsmor of ail .states to a White mad by Mrs. Kate DwKay of BMr-foo-t, House conference early in SeptemMrs. Jan Scott of Malad. Mr. ber to discus prohibition errforoe-men- t. Winnie Horsley of Soda, Springs, sirs. The first week in Septem LUy Whitman of MontpeUer, and ber there will oe the big polo matches Mrev John Anderson of PooateQo. The between .our army . teams, ajvd Brit-is- h delegates o th oonventioa will be taken on an auto trip to Bear lake srmy teams, a departure in polo. Thvoerh the game and other points of interest are to be played at Meadow Brook. sessions. Extra Salespeople Extra Cashiers Open a Charge Account Extra Wrappers We solicit charge accounts payable Tnonihhr. You will find a charge account a great ConHIGHER-PRICEvenience. MERCHAJT-DIS- E SOLTr OIT THE CLUB PLAN. Inquire about You will be interested. (Auerbach's Mfti Tloor.) at Auerbach's D Insure Prompt, Courteous Attention to All EASY-PAYMEN-T it . - WITH A EN COLLECTIO:) ' 409" (rimmed hats terMtuinn. t om-v-under aJKL LaZGTcUL modes Snorts and tailored H&is - 11W IIlOSl DBUU1 every womaivwuLwamii&'op out-o-f cy -- tnese styies,pr Us' oooi u&o 0 EACH SALE MTT8T rOTTB STATE BE FINAL STBVEET V( 5?. WINDOWS - -- m w er eelf-deni- - tall-or- "7 was oPopittt1 W I1T lirflftAAX Ca M 0, 0 Promptly at 9 o'Clock, - It seems impossible to describe these models they are so varied. We are confident ' of having the wanted style for each type. We feature middle-age-d women's hats as well as '" youthful styles for misses. - Auerbach's -- Second Floor. THE EXPLANATION- These hats were bought at the very last ptoment and rushed to us by "EXPRESS" to insure our patrons of the VERY NEWEST STYLES. These are shown for the first time tomorrow. Each one is a sample haffrom the finest American makers direct to you. . 600 of these Hats have arrived, and will on sale tomorrow. Hats will continue to arrive by. fifties and hundreds to r , add to our sale daily. ' Be Sure That You Take Advantage of These Offerings be-place- d - , - ; Fm"'"" 'Auerbach's Second Floor. Still they cometables and tables of New Fell Hats clever and. incomparable. Extreme value. MANY WOMEN BUY: TWO AND THREE HATS.' We will NOT limit quantity, so shop early and daily at this sale. Each Morning New Arrivals! 4 |