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The General Demand of the Well- Informed of the World has always been lor a simple, pleasant and efficient liquid laxative remedy of known value; a laxative which physicians could sanction for family use because its comf ponent parts are known to them to be wholesome and truly beneficial in effect, f. acceptable to the system and gentle, yet prompt, tn action. In supplying that demand with its exi cellent combination of 8yrup of Figs «nH t Elixir of Senna, the California Fig Syrup f Co. proceeds along ethical linm and relies on the merrts of the laxitive for its remarkable success. That is one of many reasons why Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is given the preference by the-Well-Infonned. To gpt its beneficial effects always buy the genuine — manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by aU leading druggists. Price fifty cents per bottle. A. a II. W. ELECT OFFICERS At the annual meeting held Tburs- 1 day evening Cape May Lodge No. 21. A. 0. U. W., elected the following 1 officers: Master Workman, L. T. . oracers : master workman, L. T.

Stevens; Foreman, S. B. Wilson; Overseer. G. H. Reeves ; Guide, A W. Hand ; Inside Watchman, H. S. Rutherford; Ootside Watchman, S. O. Barton ; Medical Examiner, Dr. James Mecray ; Representatives, H. S. Rutherford. A. W. Hand ; Trustee. G. H. Reeves ; Recorder, A; S. Bush ; Financier. S. F. Eldredg* ; Auditors. S. B. Wilson, G. H. Reeves. A. W. Hand. KMONE TUT E HEDIONE "I have suffered a good deal with malaria and stomach complaints, but I have now found a remedy that keeps me weii, and that remedy is Electric Bitters : a medicine that ia medicine \ for stomach and liver troubles, and run down conditions," says W. C. Kiestler, of Hal 1 1 day, Ark. Electric Bitters punfy and enrich the blood, tone up the nerves, and impart vigor and energy to the weak. Ycur money will be i k ^?u2(led ifc fai,s to help you. 50". at L All Drug Stores. .-dec , _Mr. Alfred Rush, of Plioenixville, ! r «-• 0IJ» of the company that is to'. build the hotel, says there is a souB derful opportunity just now at Stone ' , Harbor to the men who will get busy 1 at once. They will, rush work on the < bote! and have it open at the beginning I .ivpi^i *uu nave it open at tne oeginning

of the season. It will contain about eighty rooms, will cost about $60,000 and be built not far from Harbor Inn, at the corner of 86th street and Firat avenue, taking in the 86th street side of the entire block. QERMON-SMITH Miss Edith Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Smith, of West Cape May-and Edward Germon, son of the late Mrs. Anna Germon, were united tn marriage on Saturday evening last by the Rev. James Burns. The ceremony took place at the parsonage. S. S. S. CLUB ENTERTAINED. Miss Naomi Whitney, a member of the S. 8. S. Club, entertained the Club and some of its friends at her hofiie on Windsor avenue on last Saturday evening, by giving a jirogreeisve novelty. Mr. Samuel Marcy « won the gectleman'a [first prise and Mrs. Jack Parks obtained the ladies first prize. The decorations in the dining room were I — — — ■" »uc uiiujjg mum were

very pretty, the table was draped with ivy and from the chadelier hur.g a huge bunch of iTy tied with the Club colors, maroon and steel. Every one j expressed a good time and a vote of J fianks w as given to the hostes. j CASTOR I A For Inf&nts and Children. Tbi Kind Yon Hue Always Bought & • • By O. HENRY. ICopyrigbt, 1306. by the S. S. McCluro Co.] OF course there are two sides to the question. Let us look at the other. We often hear I "shop gtrte" spoken of. No such persons exist There are girls who work in shops. They make their living that way. But why* turn their occupation into an adjective? Let us *>e fair. We do not refer to the girls who live on Fifth avenue aa "marriage girls." Eon and Nancy were chums. They came to the big city to find work because there was not enqpgh to eat at their homes to go around. Nancy was nineteen, Lou was twenty. Both were .. pretty, active country girls who had no ambition to go on the stage. The little cherub that sits up ajpft guided them to a cheap and respectable boarding house. Both found positions _and became wage earners. They remained chums. It ia at the end of six months that I would beg you to step forward and be Introduced to them. Meddlesome reader— my lady friends. Miss Nancy and Miss- Lou. While you are shaking hands please take notieecautloualy— of their attire. Tea. caof'oriy, for they are aa quick to rqpect ' Bpi Tr, I

a stave as a lady la a box at the bona ■bow la. Lou is a piecework Ironer In a hand laundry. She Is clothed in a badly fitting purple dress, and her hat plnmf • fa four inches too long, but her ermine I muff and scarf coet $25. and Its fellow j beasts will be ticketed In the windows j at $7.98 befpre the season Is over. Her cheeky arc pink and her light blue eyee bright Contentment' radiates 6 from her. , Nancy you would call a shop girl— bet tause you have the habit There is no type, but a perverse generation is always seeking a type. So this is what - the type should be. She has the high 1 ratted pompadour and the exaggerated , straight front Her /skirt is shoddy, but ( has the correct flare. No furs protect her against the hitter spring air. but she wears her short broadcloth Jacket as Jauntily as though It were Persian . lamb. On her face and in her eyes, re , morseless type seeker. Is the typical shop girl expression. It Is a look of silent but contemptuous revolt against cheated womanhood, of sad prophecy of the vengeance to come. When she laughs her loudest the look ly still there. The same look can be seen in the eyes of Busslan peasants, and those of us left will see It some day on Gabriel's fgee when he comes to blow us up. It Is a look that should wither and abash man, but be has been known to smirk at it and offer flowers— with a string tied to them. Now lift your hat and come away , while von receive Ten's Mi»rp "Kaa • you cheery

» yot again" and the sardonic, sweet . smile of Nancy that Teems somehow - to miss you and go fluttering like a white moth up over the housetops to 3 the stars. The two waited on the corner for Dan. Dan was Lou's steady company. Faithful? Well, he was on hand when Mary would haTe had to hire a dozen subpoena servers to find her lamb. "Ain't you cold. Nance?" said Loo. "Say, What d"cfinmp you are for working tn that old store for $8 a week! I i made $18.50 last week. Of course Ironing ain't as swell work as selling lace 1 behind a counter, but it pays. None of ns ironers makes less than $10. And I don't kndw that tfs any less respectful work either." "You can have It" said Nancy, with uplifted noee. "I*U take my eight a week and hall bedroom. I like to be among nice things and ewe . people. And look what a chance I've got! Why. one of our glove girls married a Pittssteelmaker or blacksmith or something— the other day worth a million dollars. I'll catch a swell myself time. I ain't bragging on my looks or anything, but I'll take my Chances where there's big prizes ofWhat show would a girl have k rered. What show girl

t id a laundry?" 0 "Why. that'-s where I met Dan." said • Lou triumphantly. "He came in for his Sunday shirt and collars and saw me at the first board ironing. We all try to get to work at the first board. Ella Maginnls was sick that day, and I had her place. He said he noticed • my arms first, how round and white ? they was. I had my nleevea rolled up. • Some nice fellows come into laundries. | You can tell 'em by their bringing their . clothes in suit cases and turning In the door sharp and sadden." "How can you we»r % waist like that Lou?" said Nancy, gaalng down at the offending article with sweet scorn In her heavy lidded eyes. "It shows fierce taste." "This waist?" cried Lou, with wide eyed indignation. "Why. I paid $16 for this waist It's worth $25. .A woman left It to be laundered and never called for it The bow sold It to me. It's got yards and yards of hand embroidery on It Better talk about that ogly, plain thing you've got on." | "This ugly, plain thing." said Nancy ! calmly, "was cooled from one that id | copied

i Mrs. Van Alstyne Fiaber was wearing, b i The. girls say her bill In the store last J year was $12,000. I made mine my- , j self. It cost me $1.50. Ten feet away j you couldn't tell it from hers." 1 "Oh, well," said Lou good naturediy. "If you want to starve and put on airs, go ahead. But I'll take my Job and | good wages, and after bours give me | something a^fancy and attractive to I wear as I am able to buy." But Just then Dan came, a serious I young man with a ready made neck I tie, who had escaped tbe city's brand j of frivolity— an electrician earning $30 j per week, who looked upon Lou with the sad eyes of Komeo and tb ought ber ] embroidered waist a web in which any i fly should delight to be caught. 1 "II y friend, Mr. Owens— shake hands I with Miss Danforth," said Lou. I "I'm mighty glad to know you. Miss 1 Danforth," said Dan. with outstretched band. "I've beard Lou speak of you "Thnnks." said Nancy, touching his fingers with tbe tips, of her cool ones. J "I've heard her mention you— a few . times." Lou giggled. ' "Did you get that handshake from . ' Mrs. Van Alstyne Fisher, Nance?" she asked. "If I did you can feel Bate in copy- i 1 ing it." said Nancy. , "Oh. I couldn't use It at all. It's too i 1 stylish for me. It's Intended to set off i diamond rings that high shake la. Walt till I get a few and then I'll try i 1L" , "Learn It first" said Nancy wisely. < "and you'll be more likely to get tbe 1 rings." ( "Now. to settle this argument" said I Dan. with his ready, cheerful smile, « "let me make .a proposition. As I can't t take both of yon up to Tiffany's and c do the right thlng.-what do you say to 1 a little vaudeville? I've got the tick- t eta. How about looking at stage dia- r monds since we can't shake bands t with the real sparklers?" t The faithful squire took his place 1; close to the curb. Lou next, a little 1" peacocky in ber bright and pretty v clothes; Nancy on the Inside, slender t and soberly clothed as the spurroir. r

* bat with the troe Van Aistyne Flsbai . walk. Thus they aet out for their erend Ing e moderate diversion. 7 0 do not anppoae that many look - upon a great department store as an e educational Institution, but the one v In which Nancy worked eras something • like that to ber. She was surronnffed r by beautiful things that breathed of e taste and refinement. If yon live In " an atmosphere of luxury, luxury is yours whether your money pays for " it or another's. 0 The peop^ she served were mostly I- women whose dress, manners and poelt tion in the social world were quoted ti as criterion* From them Nrfncy be1 gan to take toll, the best from eacn. ac1 cording to ber view. l From one she would copy -and prac1 tice a gesture, from another an elo1 quent lifting of an eyebrow, from othJ era -a manner of walking, of carrying a purse, of smiling, of greeting a 1 friend, of addressing "Inferiors In star Hon." From her best beloved modM. 1 Mrs. Van Alstyne Fisher, she made r requisition for that excellent thing, a '■ soft low voice as clear as silver and 1 aa perfect in articulation aa the notes | of a thrush. Suffused In the aura of ' this high social refinement and good 1 breeding. It was impossible for her to | escape a deeper effect of It As good habits are said to be better than good ' principles, so. perhaps, good manners are better than good habits. The teachings of your parents may not keep alive your New England conscience, but 1 - »uve your new t.ngiana conscience, but

« If you sit on a straight back cha'lr and ' repeat the words "prisms and pll- " grims" forty times the devil wili flee 11 from yon. And when Nancy spoke In 0 the Van Alstyne Fisher tones she felt the thrill of noblesse oblige to her vety r bones. There was another source of learn. 1 lng In the great departmental school. 1 Whenever you see three or four shop gtris gather In a bunch and Jingle their wire bracelets as an accompaniment to apparently frivolous conversation, do 1 not think that they are there for the purpose of criticising the way Ethel | does her back hair. The meeting may • lack the dignity of the deliberative bodies of man. but It has all the Importance of the occasion on which Eve i and her first daughter first pat their 1 heads together to make Adam under1 stand his proper place -In the honse- ! hold. It Is woman's conference for common defense and exchange of strategical theories of attack and repulse upon and against the world, which is a stage, and man. its audience who persists In throwing bouquets thereupon. Woman, the most helpless of the young of any animal— with the fawn's grace, but without its fleetnesa; with the bird's beauty, but without Its

"IT/IJ/. / paid $16 for thU waUt " • ■ power of flight; with tbe honeybee's I '

t burden of sweetness, hut without its I 1 t but

I oh. let's drop that simile. Some'of us | t may have been stung. During this council of war they paes F weapons one to another and exchange ] stratagems that each has devised and 1 . formulated out of the tactics of life. I "I says to "lin." says Sadie, "ain't you | i the fresh thing! Who do yon suppose ? I am. to be addressing sucb a remark < to me? And what do you think be j says back to me?" Tbe heads, brown, black, flaxen, red and yellow, bob together, the answerI Is given, and tbe parry to the thrust j ) Is decided upon to be used by each i thereafter In passages at arms witb the common enemy, man. Thus Nancy learned the art of defense, and to women successful de- j reuse means victory. Tbe curriculum of a department store I is a wide one. Perhaps no other col- 1 lege could have fitted her as well for j her life's ambition — the drawing of a j matrimonial prize. Her station In the store was a fa- 1 vored one. The music room was near j enough tor her to hear and become fa- j miliar with the works of the best composers. at least to acquire the familiarity that passed for appreciation in ' the social world in which she was vaguely trying to set a tentative and aspiring foot She absorbed the educating influence of art wares, of costly and dainty fabrics, of adornments that almost culture to women. The other girls soon became aware of Nancy's ambition. "Here cornea , your millionaire, Nance!" they would call to her whenever any man who the role approached her counIt got to be a habit of men who hanging about while their worn folk were shqpping to stroll over to the handkerchief counter and dawdle the cambric squares. Nancy's im- 1 high bred air and genuine dainbeauty were what attracted. Many 1 thus came to display their graces 1 ber. Some of them may have millionaires. Others were certain- ' no more than their sedulous apes. learned to discriminate. There ' a window at the end of the handcounter, and she could see the 1 of vehicles waiting for the shop- 1 ! |

I- per* in tbe street below. She looked and imrcelved that auto mobiles differ I es weft as do their owners. a Once s fascinating gentleman bought i four dozen handkerchiefs and wooed ' I ber Hi-roes the counter with a King I Copbetna sir. • When he had gone one t of the glrii said: i " What's wrong, Nance, that yon Ad , I not worm np to that fellow? He looks I r ibe swep article, aU right, to me." 1 •CimT" said Nancy, with ber coolest, r sweetest, most Impersonal Van Alstyne J .l-'lsber smile, "Not for mine. . 1 saw a l" Ihlra drive up outside. A twelve horse- ) I . power machine and an Irish chauffeur! , " . And you saw what kind of handkerchiefs be bought — a Ilk! And he's got _ . 'd:i; tylls on him. Give me the real I . thing or nothing. If yon please." Two of the most "refined" women tn t the more— e forelady and a cashier— I had a few "swell gentlemen friends' . witb whom they now and then dined ( Orx-e they Included Nancy in' an ln- , vltarJnn. Tbe dinner took place in a k l spei-tacular cafe whose tables are enI gaged for New Yearia eve a year tn adi vain e. There were two "gentlemen I friends." one without any hair on hta head— high living ungrew Jt, and we i can prove it— the other a young man whose worth and sophistication lie Impressed upon you in two convincing E ways — he swore that ail the wine was corked and he wore diamond cuff buttons This young man perceived Irre- — sistlble excellencies In Nancy. His It bisiohc excellencies in rvancy. tils

J ran to shop girls, and here was one that added the voice and manner.* B of lilsTUgbTocln1"wortd-to the franker a chnfms of her own caste. So on the t following day he appeared In the store f and made her* a serious proposal of marriage over a box of hemstitched. , grass bleached Irish linens Nancy „ declined. A brown pompadour ten feet > away had been using her eyes ana r ears. When the rejected suitor had » gone she heaped carboys of unbrald- , lnga and horror upon Nancy's head. I "What a terrible little fool you are! I That fellow's z millionaire — he's a , nephew of old Tan Skittles himself. , And he was talking on the level too. . Have you gone crazy, Nance?" >) "Have I?" said Nancy. "I didn't' . take him, did I? He Isn't a millionaire , so hard that you could notice it. anyhow. His family only allows him $20,- . 000 a year to spend. The baldhead-* , ed fellow was guying htm about tt tbe , other ulght at shpper." The brown pompadour camp nearer J , and narrowed her eyes. ' "Say. what do you want?" she Inquired In a voice hoarse for lack of chewing gum. "Ain't that enough for you? Do you want to be a Mormon : and ma itt Rockefeller and Gladstone '

Duwie and tbe king of Spain and tbe whole bunch? Ain't $20,000 a year good enough for you?" ~ Nancy flushed a little under the level gaze of the black, shallow eyes. "It w'asn't altogether the money, Carrie." she explained. "His friend caught him In "a rank He tbe other night at dinner. Jt was about some girl be said he hadn't been to the theater with I Well. I can't stand a liar. Fut everything together— I don't like him. and that settles It When I sell out It's not going to be on any bargain day. I've j got to have something that sits up in a ! chair like a man. anyly>w. Yes, I'm j looking out for a catch, but It's got to j be able to do something more than j make a noise llkf a toy bank." "The pbyslopathlc ward for yours!" ! said the brown pompadour, walking I away. These high Ideas. If not Ideals, Nancy j continued to cultivate ou $8 per week, j She bivouacked on the trail of the great unknown "catch." eating her dry ' bread and tightening her belt day by day. On ber face was the faint, sol- | dierly. sweet grim smile of tbe prec e

~ dalned man hunter. The store was h : forest, and many times she raised b j rifle at game that seemed broad an tie * j ed and big. but always some deep u jj erriug Instinct— perhaps' of the hun I ress. perhaps of the woman — made hi bold her tire and take up tbe trs Lou flourished In the laundry. 0< ; ; of her $18.5(1 per week she paid $6 ft ' } her room and board. Tbe rest wet j mainly for clothes. Her opportunity i for bettering ber taste and mannei ■ were few compared with Nancy's. I j the steaming laundry there was notl ing but work, work and her thought of the evening pleasures to com - Many C06tly and showy fabrics passe i under her iron, and It may be that b< I growing fondness for dress was the transmitted to her through the *coi I ducting tnetul. When uhe day's work was over Da i awaited her outside, ber faithful shac j ow in whatever light she stood. I Sometimes be cast an honest an ' troubled glance -at I.ou's clothes tha Increased In conspiculty rather than ] in style, but this was no disloyalty; j be deprecated the attention they called ] to her in tbe streets, i And Lou was no less faithful to her chum. There was a law that Nancy should go with them on whatsoever outings they might take. Dan bore the extra burden beartily and In good cheer. It might be said that Lou furnished the color. Nancy the tone and Dan the weight of the distraction seektrio. The escort, In his neat but obviously ready made suit, bis ready made tie and unfailing, genial, read; made wit, never startled or clashed He was of that good kind that you are likely to forget while they are present, but remember distinctly after they are To Nancy's superior taste the flavor of these ready made pleasures was sometimes a little bitter, but she was young, and youth is a gourmand when it cannot be a gourmet. "Dan is alwayn wanting me to marry right away," Lou told her once. "But why should I? I'm Independent. can do as I please with the money 1 earn, and he never would agree for me to keep on working afterward.

■ . NOW IS TBE TIME FOR OH cloth, Linoleum, Stove Boards^ Oil Heaters, Stove Pipes,, and Coal . I Have a Stock On Hand. PRICES REASONABLE ctiARLES A. SWAIN 305-7 Jachson Street ,K8€-

| THE DAYLIGHT STORE OUR AIM IS NIGH I "Oj We sell only worth while (* .things in • jf.Cv# MEN'S FURNISHINGS " ^ and hit the mark when it comes to \jT\k the best quality for the lowest money LADIES' AND MEN'S FURNISHINGS 0. L. S. KNERR, 518-20 WASHINGTON STREET 1 catcli one before von ha 1 yon

x And. "T. Nance, what do you want to stick to that old store for, and half q starve and half dress yourself? I could get you a place In the laundry -. right now If you'd come. It seems to t me that you could afford to be a little 1 Ten stuck up If you could make a j good deal more money." , I "I don't think I'm stnek up, Lou," said Nancy, "but I'd rather live on j half rations and stay where I am. I t suppose rVe got the habit. It's the p chance that I want I don't expect to i be always behind a counter. I'm i learning something n ejr every day. , I'm right up against refined and rich i people all the time, even If I do only wait on them, and I'm not missing any pointers that I see passing around." I "Caughty our .millionaire yet?" asked Lou, with her teasing laugh. "I haven't selected one yet," answered Nancy. "I've been looking . them over." "Goodness, the Idea of picking over 'em! Don't yon ever let one get by

u "I've got the tl ckctt for the show tonight.' you, Nance — even If he's a few dollars d shy. But of course you're Joking. Millionaires don't think about working ir girls like ua." J "It might be better Tor them If they 'T did." said Nancy, with cool wjedom v "Some of us could teach l hem bow to d take care of their money " '• "If one was to speak to me." laughed d Lou. "I know I'd havfe a duck tit." E' "That's because you don't know rtfcj t Tbe only difference between swells f and other people Is you have to watcb 5 'em closer. Don't you think that red > silk lining is Just a little bit too bright e for that coat, Lou?"t, Lou looked at the plain dull olive e Jacket of her friend. "Well, no; I don't. But it may seem r so beside that faded looking thing s you've got on." s "This Jacket." said Nancy complai centiy. "has exactly the cut and fit of one that Mrs. Van Alstyne Fisher was r wearing the other day. The material cost me $3.98. I suppose hers cost . about $100 moiy." r "Oh. well." said Loo lightly, "it don'l r strike me as millionaire bait Shouldn't wonder tt

g a ay way." t Truly It would have taken a pbilosoI pher to decide upon the values of the T theories held by tbe two friends. Lou, , lacking that certain pride and fastid3 lousness that keep stores and desks , filled with girls working for tbe barest living thumped away gayly with her • Iron In the noisy and stifling laundry. 3 Her wages support 3I her even beyond j the point of comfort. 'So that her dress 3 profited until sometimes she cast a , sidelong glance of Impatience at the 3 neat but Inelezhnt apparel of DanDan. the constant, tbe Immutable, the J nr. deviating , As for Nancy, her case was one of r teas of thousands. SlUc and Jewels and laces and ornaments and the perfume I Bad music of the fine world of good breeding and taste— these were made for woman; they are her equitable por- , tion. Let her keep near them if they ' are a part of life* t« -. r and if she will. She is no traitor to herself, as Esau was. for sbe k-ep* Iter birthright, and the po:;ugc she ear..* Is often very

In thi< atmosphere Nancy belonged, and she throve hi II uiid ate her frugal meals and scbem -tl ever her cheap I dresses with a def, -ruined and contented miud. She already knew woman, and she was stKd-h.s man. the animal. both as to his habits and eligibility. Some Y!av she «••> 1 bring down - the game that sin- ant.-j, tint she promised herself It v.o.nd be what seemed to Iter the.bigg.--t and tbe best and nothing smaller. Thus she kept her lu' :y trimmed and burning to receive tne bridegroom when he should cine But auother lesson rl.e learned, perhaps unconsciously Her standard of values began to silifl a-id change. Sometimes the dollar marl; grew blurred In her ml; ,->■<■ and -iiaped itself into letters Unit s| : lied ■oich words then Just "kindness" Let make a likeness or one who hunts the moose or elk In some mighty wood He sees a little dell. Anossy and embowered, where a rill trickles, babbling to blm . of rest and comfort. At these times the} spear of Nirarod himself grows ■ bluflt. •' So Nancy wondered sometimes If c Persian lamb was always quqted at its market value by the hearts that It cov r ered. One Thursday evening Nancy left the store and turned across Sixth avej nue westward to the laundry. She was expected to go with Lou and Dan to a musical comedy. ( Dan was Just coming out of the laundry when she arrived. There was ! a queer, strained look on his face. t "I thought I would drop around to see if they had heard from her," he ■ said. "Heard from who?" asked Nancy. 1 "Isn't Loo there r "I thought you knew," said Dan. "She hasn't been here or at the house where she lived since Monday. She ' moved all her things from there. She told one of the girls in the laundry ■he might be going to Europe." "Hasn't anybody seen her anywhere?" asked Nancy. Contiomed Ne^t Issue. ,