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Show me Liqftf tftat tatkd in M A&jvp IrndT I I VcAN II II - l "' '" ; It IL' I -A Rich Spinster, Who Itj ricked You Oiit for Her I- Companion. Lavished All II; t Thcso Tliincs on You Willi Irl rrodignl Profusion If) A XI) It' ll Age, iicnuriously counting its days Mil toward sunset, and Youth, spending In its morning in the tavern of plcas- llf uic. havo failed to mate again. This ll; time it's a young woman and an cl- IN dcrly one. If" Komanco never entered the life of Iff Miss Estclla Akin, nor did sho ever 111 see I he arbutus in love's Springtime. lh As a girl, she spent her time sttldy- It ing. instead of visiting with her best l young man in the dim-lit parlor. IIJ And when she entered business and lls struggled for a living well, she Ml concluded that she hadn't missed ' imuch. Sho just minded her ownjiffairs. Hv Men were friendly to her and she to Irj them. Tltt was sufficient. Itf Consequently, having reached the lj half-century milestone, with a law-l law-l ycr's sheepskin on the wall, and a lr small fortune amassed, Miss Akin III glanced around upon a tiny spinster If) flat, decolately empty of an heir. So l Miss Akin sought to take a beautiful ll young woman into her mauless ll; world to havo her fortune at such If- time as the lawyer-spinier should be In called to relinquish mortal treasure. In Miss Rose Allen Nolan was a sleu-l; sleu-l; ographer in the Chicago law offices lh -whore Miss Akin was likewiso emit em-it ployed. Sho enthusiastically ac-Iji ac-Iji cepted Miss Akins' proposal, as a In relief from the single-handed task lh of supporting a mother and two If? brothers ono of them a helpless lh cripple on $6 a week. According Br to Miss Akin the terms of tho agree-ll.j agree-ll.j ment were that Miss Nolan should If! live with her, care for her in her lh old age and in sickness, and in re-llj re-llj turn should bo supported, taught (ho i rcsponsibilltiCB of money, and have II her mother and brothers cared for It In tho general household. ll DESEKTED BY HEK l CHERISHED DISCIPLE. l That was five yearsT ago. Last January Miss Akin became a victim r of mental anguish upon finding her-: her-: self deserted by her cherished dis-t dis-t ciplo In tho New Philosophy that IF woman is sufficient unto herself t and man an unnecessary incident in f the general scheme of happiness. eatelr mvr TgaBsiSgw v,vw ..V.46".V.:.:.J: 1ST l'JMf'--y.o''..', - -'iWvl - - v 73ATMINC V v CAP t WNGi ' & ' --? , IV 111 tho Summer Time Slif Atlircil You in the Ycrj XcmtcsI ami .Most Fetcl.ing Hatliinu I'oslunio.s, With IJorjlIiini,' .Ualched AND The reason for the desertion is best told in the words of Miss xkin words uttered with a pang of loneliness lone-liness in her voice: "She was often with a man walking walk-ing with him, riding with him, dining din-ing with him. She would not reciprocate recip-rocate for what I had done. I suppose sup-pose this new association spoiled her." And that is why Miss Akin the . unusual contract at an end recently recent-ly sued Miss Nolan for a lump sum of money expended for various items ' ranging fiom several suits of clothes to a pair of tango slipper3. To be more specific the New "Woman wished wish-ed to recover money for: A silver spoon, a blue-striped suit, a broadcloth suit, gray cloth, for skirt, a winter coal, a blue coat, an underskirt, a bathing suit caps and wings, a coat chain, pearl beads, hand-painted toilet set, an umbrella, a diamond ring, neckwear, hosiery, shoes, a handbag, black satin slippers, slip-pers, tango slippers, white kid glove, a parasol, a camera and supplies, a muff, a corset, underwear, hair ornaments, orna-ments, a bracelet walch, dentist bills, carfare, theater tickets, boxes of candy, lunches, cafe dinners, embroidered em-broidered towels, Turkish baths. Miss Akin told how 'she had mothered moth-ered the girl and described the unique "confidential relation" that existed between them. "It is tho ingratitude that hurts," ahe explained. "1 rented a flat for our homo together. That Miss Nolan No-lan would bo happy, her brother Daniel and her sister Catherine vcre asked to come and live with us. My ft 'M w ? H II ' Just to 3lakc l'ou Happy, Sho nought You a Cain-ern Cain-ern and n Winter Coat, and Turkish Haths to Jiecp You Fit and Trim AXD will was made, naming Miss Nolan as my heir, with her sister as alternative al-ternative beneficiary. Things looked bright Then Miss Nolan obtamed a better position and grew away from me. After the death of her brother I was informed that the flat was too small for us to live together, and that I should get out." And it was about this time, declared de-clared Miss Akin, that the man was smoothing lifo's pathway for Miss Nolan on the pneumatic cushions of a motor car. MIbs Nolan, pretty and vivacious, described her life with the benefactress bene-factress who is so widely nnd favorably favor-ably known In tho professional world. "It was nice for a tiine, but " and tho girl sighed. SHE WAS JEALOUS, SAYS GIKL. "Sho was jealous extremely Jealous. Jeal-ous. Why, she was even Jealous of my mother "When friends would call she would apear real downhearted. down-hearted. "Don't have anything to do with them,' she'd say. 'Don't I mean more to you than they9' Espe- ;l Miss Kstella Akin "adopted" a pret- ; , !; ty stenographer and offered to make ; the girl an heiress if sho would ic- !; - t W main with her as a companion. But JES the "right man" came along and Hie JMBSk ' jl beautiful protego forsook" her Now iMMRUt N - Miss Akin wishes to recover money .iJPJH t ;.-,, A silver spoon, a blue-striped suit, wSSHJHI ' y a broadcloth suit, gray cloth for J8&138HI skirt, a winter coat, a blue coat, an iSKSSSE underskirt, a bathing suit caps and . vaUHBHmi wings, a coat chain, pearl beads, HSfli " hand-painted toilet set, an umbrella, I jflHsPlll v and numerous other articles. S SJHHI v hh sSf' " " " ' v f ro L -' m II She Gno You Pearls and Wrist Watches and Uenu-tiful Uenu-tiful Lingerie So That You Could Hnke Yourself Even 3Toro Lonely A'D cially did sho object to my male company, even advising mo not to marry. "Miss Akin never seemed satisfied satis-fied unless Bhe was buying me pretty pret-ty things. Tvo only got you.' she would say. 'You must accept them. No matter how hard I pleaded with her she'd send pretty things to the apartment. I never asked her for one of fhem. Ono Christmas she gave mo a certificate of stock in a big corporation. The certificate was wrapped up in a handkerchief. All these wero presents not part of an agreement, as sho says. "Miss Akin took mo to lunches A?.. V 4. 111 T? m frill PEL Ji k " ip She Took You Out to Din- nor at the Most Expensho and Exclusive Cufes and Nought You lluro Fur nnd Other Things AND and many dinuer parties in cafes always acting as my only escorL 'If I can't have you to myself, I'd rather not have you at all,' she would say. We used to go in bathing at the beach together, and because sho wanted mo to look pretty sho bought mo a nice bathing suit and cap. "GAVE ME NICE CLOTHES, ALWAYS." "Yes, Miss Akin always was particular par-ticular about providing me with nice clothes. Sho insisted that I havo plenty plen-ty of them, and that they be of good material and make. And, too, sho desired de-sired that I havo pretty baubles to go with them. "For Instance, nothing would do Miss Akin but that I should wear a coat chain, bracolet watch, a diamond dia-mond ring, pearl beads and fancy hair ornaments. 'They will enhance your beauty,' sho was wont to remark. re-mark. And despite my protests sho would buy such things at frequent intervals. "Like all young girls, I liko to dance. Miss Akin never seemed to discourage this sort of amusement. Porhaps she knew It wouldn't have done her any good to protest She bought me a peachy pair of tango slippers and I wore them out in no time. Heallyrl think that was about tho most appreciated present she over ov-er gavo me. "A TurkiBh bath was a luxury I w &' ;'A S Y'ililS kSyl;i III'Ca ! IF WcU Would Yon Deaert f Her Like Miss Koso Allen Nolan,' "Whoso Picture Is . at, the Ton of This Col- V uiun. Did? '. WOULD YOU? never Indulged In until I became tho companion of Miss Akin. Sho paid the bills for several of these, as well as seeing that a dentist placed my teeth in good condition. Oh, Miss Akin was never a bit stingy when it camo to making mo pretty! That was some task, though, don't you think?" Miss Nolan smiled coqucltishly. NEVE It SEEMED TO HE HAITI Ell. "Wo eujo.Vcd seveinl theater parlies par-lies together, and Miss Akin never seemed happier than w hen seated be- side me watching the performance. Fact is, she told mo many, mpny times that I had brightened her life and mado her very happy. Why, sho would hold my hand byftho hour and relate how- much sho cared for mo. "But I tired of it all. I suppose we would still be good friends if It wasn't for her unreasonable jcal- 11 I ousy. A young girl, I longed tor the H companionship of pcoplo my own H age. I could not think of allowing H hor to choose my friends and for- H bidding mo to have gentleman com- H pany. So I just quit. No mot o M 'adoptions' for mine." H Miss Akin los.t her suit, tho court ruling that tho gifts sho mado to K liss Nolan wero prompted by an "eccentric affection," an "absorbing IH passion," and -ero not the out- M growth of a "confidential relation.". H Yes, Miss AJcin's World of No Man H has failed. Youth, it seems, will not H accept a comfortablo but manless H homo in exchango for sweet noth- H ings, nor a cozy, assured future in H tho hazards of love. 11 (Copyright,. 1916.), H |