Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-28
Peeu1iarities of People.

/. (Written for the Times-Republican)
| Blood will tell, and not every man can
De bribed, as the following sketch Will
| show:
Years ago loving and trusting girl
| of fine birth and breeding united her
fortunes with wealthy lover IN the
southwest. The result of their union
was boy. Then the father began TO
lose interest in himself and family and
Went from bad to worse until cruelty
was added to his crimes. The mother
land child fled to escape the infiiction
of heartless father, and in due course
| of time a divorce was secured. After
while the mother and child found a
man in every sense of the word, and the
result of this marriage was love and
happiness Altho other children were
added to the family, the foster father
/ showed to that boy as much love and
consideration as he gave to his own.
! Under the careful instruction of the
parent, the lad grew to manhood and
bis today making his way successfully
in the world. Nothing was ever heard
| from the original father, until few
weeks ago, when he wrote to the son
saying he had made fortune in the
mines and If the boy would take his
| dhe parent's) name again. his Will
would be made in his sons favor.
To that letter the boy sent the fol-
lowing reply:
The only father have ever known
| is the one who took your place. Every
advantage I have ever received has
come thru him. He has always been
kind and considerable, always thought
!, full, always anxious TO bring out the
best there was in me until today a
successful man / feel for him sense
| of gratitude your wealth can not buy.
With no desire to injure your feelings
| 1 wish to say / spurn your effort with
contempt"
| This is not fairy tale, but bit of
real history taken from life. The
parties are known to the writer, who
further knows that the step-father
feels rewarded for all the anxious mo-
ments and all the sacrifices he has
made to give the lad fighting chance
in the world. No higher compliment
could be paid than was paid to the
foster parent in the letter which the
boy wrote to his own father. A boy
that will turn down fortune to stand
by the man in old age who stood by
him in youth is boy to be proud of,
| indeed, and the father who would turn
down such a lad after such letter
would be lacking in genuine pride by
failing to give to the son now what was
denied him in boyhood. Money is a
poor excue to offer in place of the love
| he owed his child.
saw 1t happen on a street car. On an
outside seat sat a well-drsssed woman
| with her parasol poking at an angle of
As degrees-just the angle to trip the I'M
| wary. An old lady boarded the car, and
in passing caught her foot in the um-
| brelia and away it flew. The old lady
| would have fallen had the watchful con-
ductor not caught her. The possessor of
| the parasol looked daggers and STOPPING
| to pick it up said to the old lady, II
think you might at least apologize"
| ..Apologize?" echoed the old lady;
seems to me the apology should come
| from you, for your idiotic way of holding
/ your umbrella might have thrown me
into the street II had been getting Oft
the car instead OF on It."
That's the gospel TRUTH said the
conductor aside. Fifty times day
come within an ace of breaking my
neck over those deuceG umbrellas. It's
a woman. Now lock at her!" Her"
was another lovely woman who was get
ting on the car with her sunshade under
her arm at the usual angle, its sharp
point nearly putting out the eyes OF the
man behind her. II told your said the
| irate conductor. They never will
learnt and he punched my transfer as I
got off.
Alot of little girls on ----- avenue
recently had dolls wedding at the
| home of prominent club woman, the
| mother of one of the children. Great
preparations were made for the event
and all the children in the neighborhood
attended, bringing along their dollies
| dressed in their best.
Besides the groom and bride there was
doll minister, a ring-bearer. maids OF
honor and the usual wedding attendants.
Some grown folks on the street without
watched the ceremony and were re-
warded with the following words sung
to the tune of the "Lohengrin" wedding
march:
| "Hail to the bride!
Get onto her stride!
See how she wobbles from side to side!
Here comes the groom;
Hit him with broom:
See how he watches the things in the
room!''
There is here an absence of all Brown
ingesaue obscurity, and the words are
to be commended for their simplicity
and directness.
We don't know the little girl who
wrote the lines but there is bright fu-
ture in store for her, and We'll wager a
good deal that before she is twenty, her
Ename will be on the most popular
novel of the month" list.
The specialists have been discussing
in the Sunday papers how much OF
mans anatomy may be pruned off with
out destroying his usefulness. DR..
Marks thinks that after mans ex-
tremities are Tapped off, he really ought
to live longer. because the labor OF the
heart is lessened to force the blood to
the furthermost points, the nervous
system is less harassed, and the respira-
tory organs are not so easily overcome
| in the stress of life.
DR.. Metchnikoff. 1.-The distinguished
bacteriologist,. ventures the opinion
| ~. a., $3.50 tar M rt of tfle intestinal