The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-01-03
A Wife Who Wanted Her Husbands
Love More Than Wealth.
HARD DsINKtR CURED BY ELECTRICITY
Two World-5eatin1 Athletes Among "t,s
Finest'--New York Beautiful in
Sarb Of Snow snc Ice.

biNr-Nlt winch NnGruSsps Us from our C3l-
low days to The days II shadows toe N s.
tory Of wonans heart one CLINT Of light
upon the great my slery l. cast by . essc
now IN the courts. the Mcdonnell divorce
suit, The husband IL great nerist wRosc
/ Fifth BVenue establishment is patronized
, by the Nandcrhilis. the AStors aud the
Four hundred generally HIS income Is
S=hup q year Dresses mud Jewels and
fine house 81 country and ia town, servants,
carriages and a yacht may satisfy soiuc
women. bat net Mrs. Mcconnell. She says
| her husband was as siad aud couSiderate
as . busy man could be, but the IN
dulEenccs OF money did not satisfy the
! cravings OF her heart.
lie answer 10 his wife's petition f0y ali
mouy pending the trial Of the suit the
hlEshAn1 submits the following letter he
1 received from her:
Last week received from our lawyer
7 the papers o. divorce. J am very sorry you
are determined to rid yourself Of mt. but
as you have taken this action J don't pro
/ pose to defend the suit
Z 'One request want 70 make, and Il VIII
be the last | viii ever ask Of you, and that
7 Is try and not have any publicity. am only
woman, and my name IS the only think
have, and ! trust you viii do all In your
power to keep the matter quiet, as It can
DO neither OF US any good TO have 1t tried
( in public
/ II regret our life Is 10 end thus. though
/ you must take into consideration that
! little blame of all this falls on YOU
! You have been slave TO your business,
I " nat nave you nHETed me IN tne way OF
attention which q woman looks fors Since
: We were married you have never spent any
I time in your home. Is that any way for
woman to livef 4 woman Graves for affec-
tion aud attention.
You have been Kind and indulgent
husband, giving ME Injuries, but luxurieS
are not what make woman happy-not
but what | have been happy with you, for
I have.
i know you cared FOR me in your own
1 way. but no sooner would you come In and
Is. AZ 4
again., leaving me 10 while away the hours
the Nest / knew how. II was no life Tor a
woman 20 live ] trust you are well and
your rheumatism IS better. Mabel"
! Mcdonnell Is hut one 81 many thousands
( Of husbands held so tightly in the thrails
! OF business that he has ro ume for love or
who thinks the courtship Of . woman ceases
when the marriage VOW Is taken. Mrs
Mcdonnell, amid the Injuries her husband
lavished upon her, ate her heart out long
ing for re tenderness ana devotion she
never received from the money slave she
called husband" Another man came into
her life, winning her with the subtle nat
terry and attentions she craved And now
she's TO be divorced Who's TO blamet
~
Spread the glad udlngs throughout the
land. let the blue ribboners rejoice, Sat>N
has been punched In the solar picxus and
temperance has won glorious victory, for
roionius Navarro is on the water cart. OF
an the Tanks in New York none could equal
Polonius lie had many vanlties, bur the
principal ono was GIN FIX. Electricity has
cured Polonius Of his thirst but Il II doubt
full II even the most ardent of temperance
advocates will advocate the electric cure
which Polonius discovered. Polonlus Is .
gauGy big macaw with a black beak. bright
yellow face, q red hacGle Ike golf Jacket
and gay wings and tail. lntil he took Inc
cure poionius was valuable and his Ian
guage, sacred and profane, marked him as
the most accomplished parrot that ever
came over the pike" In the Hotel Ma
vsrre he was . great attraction. Women
called him Polly, but he resented the sug'
gcstion ~ fenniniuity, for Polonius Is gen
fleman bird lie had more tricks than a
monkey and would say things, cspcciaiis
when women were present, that made per
son think Polonius was an arrant knaNe
Now the strength Of jaw and oil among
the macaws Is something wonderful. Down
In their native Brazil II has passed into
proverb. polOnlus was wont TO show on
his strength by biting the brass buttons
of the bellboys into bits and swapping tho
necks Of empty soda Bottles. He was proud
of this accomplishment and fond OF wan
dering into the barToom 10 exhibit II. Here
he fell into the habit OF slipping from his
friends glasses, and soon he deyeloped
into c Thorough topper. scofe OF times
every day he strutted into the bar, new
up on the rail and yelled, Gin fizs' Cir
fzz." In a voice that could he heurd n'
Lately the barteuders have shooed Polo
MUS away with towels, but on christina
Day his many admirers interceded for hin
and ny p. m. Polonius was drunk. iii
v,nddIed into the office and h,inked al The
cashier He saw a live electric light WIZ
shove the partition. and ambition straight
away fred his fuddled fancy -. ..,.,.-
''sa-a-ayi Watch met
Thercupou Polonius Sew IN on the rsr
titlon and bit the electric light wire in Two
The shock he derived from the sputterini
ends threw him nat on his back on TIL
floor. In q moment. though, he was on ch'
wing and out ~ the office. He swoopet
through the lobby out int" Seventh ave "a
and away, screaming various sorts Of parro
epithets Those Who saw MS flight dc
scribed Il as a protsne blue streak
4 policeman brought roio~ius back.
Nhen he met the cashier Pol0nins shly
cred until his quills ratified and stuck gu
! bis white and blistere1 tongue
$ Po,onius has net spoken since Neithe
( hiss he taken drink q anything stron-e
than water.
IFS favorlte pastime with some Per
= sons whom in their cups to try to whip
policeman. II you have any inclinati u ina
way be careful when you come 20 Ne,
1 York that you pick your man. and pick al
easy one, for II you should tackle job
a Flanagan or Matthew J. McGraL, wa
/, have just passed the examination for ap
, pointment 10 the force. your friends WI
be lnquiring as 10 the cost OF crepe. FLAIR
agan Is the champion hammer thrower q
the world and MeGrath has won man
prizes for putting the hfty-six-poun
! weight
. Both men are splendid specimens q
physical manhood. McfiTath stands six fee
one zach and weighs 2ls pounds Flansga
: is five feet ten inches and tips the beam 4
, 215 pounds, Out OF l5,0g men VIII to-
the physical examination for position O
: the police force Flanagan came out y
= and AcGrnth No. ., In the mental exam
). nation. participated IN hy 1900 men WI
had passed the physical test. McGrath stoa
eighteen on the list ans Flanagan forty -on,
showing they are intelligent as well q
Y stroac.
Fiansean holds the worlds record OF II
feet fer hammer throwing McGfa IA. 4,
greatest opponent. holds the next best re,
ord, l0S feet nine inches As hsndlets ,
the htty-six pound weight they ais exc,
r all others. Flanagan having record {
e thiFty-six feet nine and oneehan ~ les M
10 McGrath thirty-tour feet eleven Inchcs
Neither man uses tobacco or alcohol
% any form All their spare time Is devote
g 10 gymnasium work. They werc born B
h adjoining farms In Ireland and have hra
friends since hoyhood.
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= That most wonderful Of painters nature
!. hes touched New York with tbr nurcst ,