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Now She Has
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Sccretaries
THURS, ill-INNlS & CO.” is not a
duly izzmrporntcd firm. but just
Stork. common
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or prcfcrrlal, is
n xuwtnvrship.
not for said. if it were
for 541110 Willi Street probably would gob
iliC it. up. For the partnership earns
Something like a million for in
(livltielills——r‘u'
amounts to
turns thoumnls of dollars :1
cont.
whatever porccntngc it
invested
week and
gowns from
when nothing rc-
motor curs and thc latest
Fans.
The junii r [l'il'il't‘l‘ in this enterprising
concern is l-Itlu 1v llcunis, pretty. 17
your; old and ultil truly mnrvclous cyes.
'l‘hc s-rcnior pnrtncr. or pnrfncrs, is
spooks. Conan Doyle's kind. Except those
are wry licpcuviniilo spooks, on duty all
the tlmc, jui’cu: and ciiicicut ln their
tenancy of tho :lt‘orcsniil marvelous eyes.
A :mr u'ta tlu- junior partner. Eugene.
was (in! E'Jlniif-Zli. it little aurkwnrtl, ging-
llsm: :. iwncil nixtn n ycar‘old (laughter of
n hum' lo \\'n ulcnrvt-r. wllnst- home was on
one of the extrmncly unassuming streets
on the outskirts of a small town in Kan-
Suniluys iiu' family went to church
was put
8:15.
and Eugcuo's gingham gown
Suturdny was
payday and Saturday night Eugene ran
over to w grnrcrv sturc to [my the bill
' and stopped {it lilo butcher slmp on the
way ilili'k to luly Fulnf‘ ruune! stcnk for
Sunday (linncr my! pay for the week's
lulmbnrucr. ()tltcr llnys didn't count for
much.
Then surm- vmtmnt szv‘ok, roaming
around in snarl-ll of cxcitctnczlt, some-
thing he lioroun al [turbid wandercd
night. times in liar—ind. was nttrrlcicii by
those murvclnux (yrs of I‘Zligcnc—-shlliin:
especially, perhaps. over a sumlzlc at the
city's drug storc~and decided they would
make good habitat.
The spmk movcd in and paid his first
month's rout by rcvcaling these eyes a
murder scenc. fivc. milcs away. at the very
moment an enterprising and romantic
young man. son of the butcher. was about
to punctuate a Sunday night automobile
rldc. with a kiss on the lips that rcddened
belowdhe eyes.
The kiss was spoiled-perhaps the
spook was misrhicvounmhecmlse no girl.
cvcn if only 16, can enjoy a kiss while
witnessing a murder five miles away, at
the other end of the city. She screamed
out about her vision and persuaded the
butcher's son to drive pell me]! to the
locality pictured in her eyes. When they
arrived, sure enough, a murder had just
been done and the culprits had fled. But
the eyes had seen the murderers and de-
scribed them to the police and they were
caught and convicted.
Certainly this performance was a good
month‘s rent. for the spook.
Every one in the small Kangns town
heard about it and. over night. pretty lit-
tle Eugene Dennis became famous. The
story has been widely told-how people
flocked to her father’s home and asked
her to see things no merely human eye
could see. and how she discovered the
blrling place of lost and stolen brooches
and bracelets and necklaces and how she
nuddenly became known across the coun-
try an the "girl with the psychic eyes."
“She couldn't undarstnnd it herself,"
she exclaimed. “She just saw things
happening. and when persons came to
uk her whore something or other was
hidden or lost, or where somebody or
other had strayed to—vzhy. her eyes im-
mediately law the thing or the person
and just where they were."
Somebody offered her a little money
one day for telling where a diamond
breach had been lost. and where to find
it. That mad. the woodworking father
quit. angry and hurt the feelings of the
little girl. She declared her father's
Saturday night envelope was quit. g
gouty to provide neat gingham dream
r week days and pretty foulnrda for
Bundny.
but. evidently. the spook bad a noun.
'ciul turn of mind. and was a. clever pro-
moter; A researcher became interested
. seen.
Her f‘Psgchic Egcé’
A" Little While Ago She was Just a
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three year:- ago.
suddcnly in Eocene and soul for her.
and submitted her to all sorts of psycho-
logical tests. The more 120 tested the
hurllcr the spook \vorkcd t) mnkc good
for those marvelous eyes. The re-
scurchel had a confederate. drop. a [‘o'iifkflt-
hack into a mail box and then h‘xrry to
Eugcne and plead for some information
us to where her pocketbook "hail been
lost" and "where she could find it."
Europe shut her eyes, the spook got
busy. and when Eugene spoke she told
the inquircr to go to .the general post
office and ask for a letter carrier whose
runner was so and so: “Ila will return
pocketbook," she sold. Amazed
owed the confederate obeyed in-
structions and lcfior carrier number so
and so proved to be the one who had
empticd the mull box where the pocket-
lnck had been droppcd. he had
turmoil in his find. ”0 tool; the confed-
croto to the where the
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proper window,
[hli'ili‘lbfiok Wilt? turned over. a
That settled the rcscarchcr's doubts.
lic took Eugene back to her humble
Kunsns home {Rid tallied long and earn-
estly to Eugcnc's father. Occasionally
Enccne herself interrupted to tell Dad
about the wonderful things to be seen
in Kansas City, where she had been a
guest in the rescarcher’s home. Prin—
cipally was she eager to tell how she
badn'tqseen n singlo gingham dress while
,she was in the Big City and how most
girls her age wore dresses prettier even
than her Sunday foulard every week
day. And the wonderful picture shows!
Oh. Father! '
So the partnership was formed.
Spook. Dennis & Co.
Eugene. wearing her foulard now on 8
week day, was taken back to Kansas
City. There the foulard was changed.
at a department store for a stylish crepe
de chino or something like that. and she
was taken to call upon a. theater man-
agar.
That was a. few months ago.
To-day every steamer from Paris
brings Eugene a new dress. And these
dresses are the marvels of Missouri. She
still goes to the theater. 0n sunny days
she goes in her pearl gray sport road-
ster, French make, with her monogram
on the rakish door and ninety miles an
hour in the motor.
If it’s cloudy she goes to the theater
in her British made coupe, royal purple
hued, custom bodied and with cloissone
clock and toilet set. Sundays her chauf-
feur takes her and gay parties cf young
friends long drives in the country in her
limcmzine. .
In contrast to the time, a. few weeks
previously. when a. grateful neighbor
had Mined her money for telling where
the brooch could be found, and thus hurt
her feelings nod her father's pride, just
the other day a resident of Wichita, Kan.
who had been told by mail in response
to a written inqu‘r; where to drill on
his farm for oil, sent her an order for
an additional motor car, the most ox-
penslve she could buy. He had cheep-
ishly drilled where she told him to. mnr- T
veling at the accuracy of hot descrip-
tion of his farm. which she land never
Oil gushed up, no site said it
would. This time Eugene took the to-
ward, tossed the order for tin motor car
to one ,of her secretaries. with instruc-
tions. to "get a Rolls-Royce and sell the
old limousine.” '
Mentioning the secretary reminds-
she has three of them: a male secretary
to handle her business correspondence.
attend to her bank account, &c.; one
young woman to supervise bor metal on-
gagements. nnd another young woman
to make’ business nppointménts and col-
lect the fool.
And those fees! I
It has boon disclooed that when the
research:- mentioned above mrnod to
Eugene Denali. the Kansas country girl.
J
Min Dennis n: A high Ichoo' girl. a few month! ago,
wearing her
Kunsas City with Eugene. having her
fathom. ccnscn'. for "public appear-
ance-{#40 thc.satisfaction_ no doubt. of
the senior partner in Spook, tennis a;
Co.—~he presented Eugene a twenty dol-
lar bill for Ipocket money." lx'zver hav-
ing scan a twenty dollar bill bJore, it
‘. said Eugene sent it to her father for
him to look at. urging him tc talk with
mother about how she should spend it
when, his curiosity about it satisfied. he
could return it.
To-day Eugene is “at homc" to (3311ch
from 11 o'clock until 5 every d:.y. liar
third secretary makes appointmcnts ten
days in advance. granting no one more
than fifteen minutes For tllcsc fifteen
minutes each culicr pays 55h to the third
secretary—in advzmco.
Special appointments upon matters of
extraordinary importance may be had
with Eugene. the first secretary con-
senting. in the evening or early morn-
mg. Fee. $300 an hour—Amish; no
checks unless certified.
it is Eugcnc‘s mnnngermndditlcnnl to
her three secretaries—who fixes the in—
terview fees. When she first made her-
self available to the public at the sug-
gestion of the researcher this manager.
who was employed for her. knew there
would be many callers. After grave con-
sideration in long conferences he decided
that to spare the little girl too many
visitors it would be well to make the
interview fee rather "stifl." He placed
the figure at $2——calls to last not more
than an hour. ‘_
Among the very first callers wan
Samuel »Broncnto of 431 East Sixth
street. Kansas Clty,'who had received a
draft for a substantial inheritance from
Italy: Brancnto had been moderately
prosperous, but this inheritance mounted
to tens of thousands. He could not re-
sist the temptation to fondle that much
money all at one time—actual money.
He cashed the draft at a local bank
and took the money home. Its exhibi-
tion there was to be made the climax
What Makes
investigations of, a French
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l scientist incline him to the old
theory that the blueness of the
sky is due to the color of the atmos-
pheric oxygen. instead of to suspended
dust as most authorities have held since
Tyndall's celebrated experiments on the
subject. The Frenchman has detailed
his reasons in an interesting way.
He classifies the explanation hitherto
offered into two divisions: Tho physical
type. based chiefly on the experiments of
Tyndall on the illumination of vapors;
and the chemical type, more rarely ud-
vnnccd, .founded on the intrinsic color of
thewcom , nento of the atmosphere. The
ronc n criticizes the experiments on
which the physical theory is based and
'whicmfgro supported, by a romarknblo
mathematical analysis by Rayleigh of tho '
reflection of light from particles in tur-
bid» mediums. Such a medium may to-
flecf‘nn. unusual proportion of wave. of
shot-glowing no that if. willuppeur M
dis 5%punsmittod light and bluish by
roll light. Besides this the phno of
'polnrixafion in such a medium is 51mm
on W11 experiments indicate.
“M'tho Frenchman. by absorbing tho
blue ray: of the sky has, it appears.
demonstrated that the polarisation of
the sky's light in not a. sufficient, proof
of the optical origin of the bills. lino. be
shown that other mum also polarized:
Rnyleigh’l theory would tuber lend“!
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of n cclebration joined in by
his friends. ' ,
There much hilarity
during. this celebration—412!“
bans some wine, which had
been stored away. no doubt.
since before prohibition. At
any rate the next rooming the
money could not be found.”
Samuel remembered that he
had piled it up on the table
during the feast. permitting
cnch guest to examine and
handle. under scrutiny. one of
the thousand dollar bills. Then
he had carefully wrapped it tip—he re-
mombered that. but nothing else. It would.
be fruitless to attempt description of the
scene in the Brnncato home when a
whole day's scorching proved fruitless.
Such things cannot‘be translated into
words. ' -
, Eugene had been in town but a few
days. Much had been printed of her
ability to “find things." Mr. Brancato.
Mrs. Brancato and the children hurried
to her hotel to seek an interview, pay-
ing their 82 before they wore ushered
into the psychic presence.
Eugene listened for a moment and
then raised her hand. commanding.
silence. "
“Return to your home. Hurry before
the ash man comes to empty your ash
bin. Take out the waste papers Mrs.
Brunette threw into the bin this morn-
ing when aha tidied up the kitchen be-
fore getting breakfast. You will find
the money in the newspaper in which
you wrapped it last night in the midst
of this waste paper. Mrs. Brancato
gathered it up with the other paper on
the kitchen table where your llttle'boy
put it after you had wrapped it up.”
Just as Eugene said. the money was
there, in the “fill bin. where Mrs. Brun-
cato had thrown it, thinking the pack-
age Jhull: a bit of crushed waste paper.
The story was immediately told in the
newspapers. Tbe'Bl-ancatos told it broad-
the . Sky Blue
experiments with a long tube confirm.
Besides, the dust of all kinds that ren-
ders the atmosphere turbid does not rise
higher than 1.000 to 2.600 miles, and the
weight and electric state of the air make
it impossible for its particles to remain
at rest and hastens their combination
into flakes. ,
Are the solar rays, then. reflected by
the gaseous molecules themselves? Hero
enter the obseryations of Boret. which
prove that this hypothesis has no founda-
uon. neither in the case of liquid- nor in
that of solids. The Frenchman first men-
tioned has 3130 shown its falsity for
ma. Another authority bu explained
the illumination of the atmosphere by
attributing it to layer: of diatom: densi-
ties, which inter-mingle. causing reflec-
tion and Infraction of light rnyu.
'Flnaily.’ in the case of the ntmoopherc.
the Frenchman explain. relying on n
calculation based on the proportion of
oxygen in the liquid state. the mount
of this 'gau contained in“ tho“ air.
without counting tho oxono nud- other
bodies. will suffice to give tho l“91mm!
a sufficiently intense blue colornuon .to
explain the appearances thnt are air
my at different heights in the colon-
gm vault. The vnflwoin of intensity in
thabluo and it: thinning outdo certain
directions, wouldfbovduoptbe dust which
ya; formerly thougbt‘copubl not coping .
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was
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“the girl with the psychic eyes."
to—day.
dust in tho‘diuctlonwbod
Mina Dennis.
It cont: $390 an
hour to all: to he.
cast to all their neighbors and
friends. Within the next .
three days 30,000 persons
wrote to Eugene asking per-V
misBiou to come and see her
—~for information as to lost
articles, domestic aflairs or
other mysterious matters.
'It was then the manager
raised the fee, promptly and
with commendable business
acumen, from $2 to $10. Other
thousands of letters poured
in. A newspaper reporter.
assigned to confuse Eugene
and expose the ridiculousnesa
of her pretensions. paid the required $10
and presented a concrete case. A few
days before he had lost .a manuscript.
He made this his test. thinking it woufl
be taking no unfair advantage of the girl
-—-it would not be 3 “created test." Eu-
gene told him where to look for the lost
document—and he found it just there!
This was told honorably. At once the
fee became $50 for fifteen minutes. 3300
for an hour by special arrangement—and
there it has remained.
A schoolgirl friend was sent for by
Eugene after her first excitements in
Kansas City—she wanted some one to
help her take care of her new dresses and,
perhaps. to button them. Now there are
two maids attached to the staff of Miss
Dennis—besides the three secretaries and
the manager. ~
Of course, there still are lots of argu-
ment about those eyes and the spook that
is supposed to aside therein. “Psbaw!
She's just: a good guesser." say some.
“Intuition! and clever," say others.
These are fond of retelling of the recent
incident of Eugene's being unable to lo-
cate her own bracelet. a. favorite bit of
jewelry. because it was the first thing she
purchased with her on earnings and
which she lost. she couldn't find itgand
advertised in the newspapers onering a
reward for its return. There was secrecy
about the advertisement. but a news”?
per man discovered Eugene to be the ad-
vortloor and she frankly admitted in “I
have never Men able to help myself." she
sweetly explained. .
“Of course." say those who believe. and
they dismiss _ this incident With scorn.
And still my 350‘ for fifteen minutes.
When the nou~boliavers laughed a little
too loudly about this affair of the lost
bracelet Eugen. couldn't and. she just
permitted Edgar L. Bowmnn. t wealthy
owner of an extensive farm. near Leaven-
worth. who had come to hot forgonon!
“3W latex-vulva, to publfih“?th§’i‘e
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The Bowman farm has belonged in the
funny :ulnc’e before‘tbo c1311 war. Dur-
ingtho’gm,uccording to a family tradi-
uommo senior Bowman had buried a
considornblo‘ sum of money on the than
before bo‘dbin’ed the Moral Army. It
been found, although the Inter.
marched to. Irina-sumo, ,
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Eugene nnd one of
her motor can. There are
two other: now.
Eugene had told Edgar Bowman the
money Was buried under the northwest,
corner of his cellar.
“But there is no cellar
house," Boman replied.
“There must be," said Eugene. "I 6321
see it distinctly, and the minc)‘ ‘15 156'
neath the stone flagging at the northwst
corner."
Bowman, disgusted, zcturned tom?-
W'hen he reported to others of the family.
one of them said: “She must have meant
the old house grandfather built for the
tenants to whom he used to let part of
the farm on shares."
This old abandoned house had a cellar.
The Bowmans dug beneath the Huggins
at the northwest corner and found the
frame of what had been a carpet has and
a pile of old gold coin-2. .
When Bowman made this story public
the incident of the advertisement for
Eugeue’s own bracelet was to some com-
pletely answered. Anyway it caused it!!!
argument over the merits of Eugeno’s
psychic eyes to continue.
Eugene herself, despite her sudden
wealth and the very businesslike atmos-
phere in which she moves now. seems to
have lost but little of her childish win-
someness. She is 17 now and she is best
described perhaps by the- butcher’s son
from home. who in his Sunday suit.
culled my»! ho? in the big city fen day!
ago When he returned to the Kaunas
town he reported. “Genie's still a result:
girl."
"‘But I won't be thinking of manna
until I'm 21, anyway," says Miss Dennis
“Marriage, you see, will be a personal at-
fair of my own. and, as when I lost my
brncéiet, I won’t be able to ‘see' any-
thing about my prospective husband on}?
one else couldn't see." ,
It is ehtimated that Eugene must have
accumulated a bank account in the in?
months of her operations as "Spook. Del?
nis & Co." running well along into 51‘
figures—and this. despite the childiSha’
travagance of those three costly 1110“"
cars. the weekly consignment 0‘ m
dresses. the secretaries and maids “I
lucky that is packed in a satety no
posit. but until she's old circush ‘0 “mm
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