The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-04
With the Long Bo,D
Chapters in Strange Ideas that Sometimes Get
sion of a Man and Incidents Illustrative OF the
same-showing that Everybody Is Little
8 Started Somewhere, Except Us.

W. VAN DYKE of Denver, secret
National Savings & Loan company

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National Savings & Loan company of that city,
-. holds place Of the highest standing in the
business world Yet he has some ideas that give MS
associates cause for wonder
In 1905 Van DYKE met in Denver Mrs. Anna Bell
An affection sprang up between the two ana upon
Mrs Bells return to her eastern home they eorle
snonded until a letter from Van Dyke failed OF de-
l;verv and the romance interrupted. Five years
later Mrs Bell visited Denver again Van Dyke saw
her on the street. but feared to speak to her
op the advancement. He firm believer IN tele.
pathy and began directing to her his own particular
brand of wireless messages. The charm worked ana
few days later he saw her standing Speioouna III
front of the office of the Savings and Loan assoela-
ton of which he then assistant secretary TIC
grabbed his coat and hat, ran out to meet her anu
they married that night So much Tor the astfal
Van Dyke then head of the Astrological
Brotherhood of Light. His marriage deprived MIN OF
the office. He was also potatoarlan An agreement
was made between him and his bride to the effect that
she might eat animal food provided she prepared his
food without using any animal products. Friends OF
the couple say, however, that he began to protest
against the of meat by his wife and the rouple
came to crisis when he discovered that certain dsnes
prepared for him had been cooked in animal tat This
trouble continued to grow. .-.
Finally the strange astrological freaks of her
husband became unbearabe to the wife and she LETT
for California and has remained there since. Van
Dyke has now secured divorce and married Miss
with r May will be harmonious than in the
former case time will tell. Judging from nor first
initial P. May Is also vegetarian.
IF your husband is rather commonplace and likes
to sit around in his stocking feet, read the evening
paper and comment sarcasticay the fooishness Of
the world therein exhibited, thank fortune that you
are not welded to man who has ideas like f. May
Ames' present husband and who spends tune straight
enne planetary KINKS ironing the vibrations out
Of the astral, trimming the astral lights. Just
plain man Is good enough.
There Is accounting for the strange ideas man
will get and harbor relgiously thru of years.
hotel clerk tells of lawyer who frequently visited
his hostelry who had fright about the num-
ber 49, You'd naturally think that man who is big
enough to be corporation counsel for Of the largest
cities in the west this u.s. would forget it, but
he does not. He was born the 10th Of the month
and that, he says, Is the why he hates the
number, which, he declares, has always been real
live, sure-enough hoodoo to him.
~ One day when he arrived the hotel nearly full
and the only that fitted his requirements was
No. 10. When he was told the number of it he came
near falling down. He took another roo1n-one that
didn't suit him at all. ..> -,
When he went away the cashier put up Job on
him and made his bill amount to an even 49, II
when he that bill. He gave strange clutch
at his forehead and turned chalky. He spent half
hour with the cashier trying to figure the bill either
over under the $40, but the thing coudn It be done
and eating another dinner. That put his bfl
above the $21 mark, and he went away with salts
fed smile, like man who has beaten the game.
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Almost every man living has his peculiarities AM
supersttions. I once knew man who had an in
superable prejudice against paying bill. He woul
work months to tire the other fellow out It becam
religion with him. He had every artifce and dodg
known to the Beaters profession down to an almos
perfect science. tried to collect bill of s
from him. I soon found I might well have trie
to make the sun stand still upon Gideon He size
me up the first time. The first three months worke
at him every other day. then my pride being arouse
went at him daily with fattery, abuse, threats
pleadngs, and jbes set others on his tract
professional collectors who had been against every
thing He wore them out. He was always polite
those gentlemanly and apologetical sdewhisl
ers yet. Finally gave it up and got little rest.
= Speaking to Che grocer about him once a peculie
look came over the bogus butter mans face. All th
grocers knew this beat well. He practiced on them
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Not many years ago there was a man In busne
In this city who convinced that the earth was fla