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The Newtown bee., 1907-05-17
QUALITY CLOTHES
AT MEIGS & co. s.

Quality is defined by the Standard as peculiar or character istic excellence,' a particularly happy definition when the word is applied to Meigs & Go. clothes for men. It is this characteristic excellence consist enGly maintained for years that has made Meigs & Go. quality something which need never be questioned. and the business of this firm of magni- tude which tops that of all other out fitting tablishments in the city Not in quality alone do Meigs & Go. lead, however. but also in variety of styles, instanced in the present showing of five distinctive and entirely new mod els of sack suits, in wonderful range of the choicest of the new weaves for spring and summer wear. Add to these facts one other, that every size and shape of man is provided for in Meigs & Co.'S showing of spring suits, and still another, that prices are the lowest for quality, and any man has every good reason for buying his next suit at the big store. The same facts concerning the quality of Meigs & Co. clothing apply to their shoes, hats and furnishings for men, young men, boys and children. Hence the wisdom O1 outftting where quality is above ques- tiOn.
The Newtown bee., 1907-05-17
HOME NEWS.

PoOTATUCK HAS GOOD MEETING OUT
 LINED.
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a good wife, n what he says oe truA
or II his wife was good, as she de-
clarea she was. then the aged New
York senator was not wise enough TO
keep heS lie is not the first man
marked by Cupid, however, as being
unable to live up 10 his own epigrams.
When the separation Of the Platts
occurred a few months ago Mrs Platt
defied her husband Notwithstanding
the charges he made, and threatened
to bring suit against him. She In.
sisted that he should give her a share
of his riches. She is quoted as say
ing: "Iie bought my beauty; now let
him pay for IT," If the senator did
not pay in money, at least he paid in
sorrow and humilia ion and loss Of
dignity-paid to the last farthing.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-02

by good fortune, as Mr.. Corey was
said to be. Mr.. White lived for 80
years with the wife of his youth. To-
gether they had planned and worked
to build up the foundations of his
millions. After they had grown old
and rich together they found that love
had flown out through the window
as the millions came pouring in at the
door. Mr.. White left home and Mrs.
White sued for divorce. There was
no public scandal in the case, but it
certainly was enough to make Cupid
weep. He likes to see the white
haired man and wife going down the
hill of life hand in hand Having
borne the burden of the day together,
they should reconcile themselves to
the calm and peace of the evening.
w. J. Lemp, the millionaire brewer
of ST. Louis, also had trouble which
resulted in his separation from the
beautiful Mrs. Lemp. known in st.
Louis as the "lavendar lady" on ac-
count Of the prevailing color scheme
Of her many beautiful gowns.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-02

of my girl friend in Woodlawn We'd
nesday night. l came back up town
in the morning. l had about ten dol
lars when l left home-it was my
Christmas money-and | wanted to
come up town and see what was
displayed in the windows and | want
ed to buy some things for the folks
had a good time. | thought If I
put on boys clothes nobody would
know me-"
And was that the only reason you
left home, Dorothy?' some one in the
party asked.
The eyes of the little girl filled with
tears and she shaded her face With
her hands, refusing to answer
Il understand that Dorothy is OF a
most romantic nature and a great
reader of fiction" said Mr.. Kenyon,
one of the amateur sleuths. 1T is said
that the child has a penchant for act
ing, and has expressed the intention
of going upon the stage. Relatives
say that she has been in the habit Of
amusing herself by donning her ia
TIERS clothes and Disgusting herself
for the purpose of surprising her lit
tie friends"
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-02
DoNs KNIcKERsocKERs AND
GOES SHOPPING AT CHICAGO.
HAD STAGE ASPIRATIONS
Eleven-Year-Old Truant Causes Ex.
citement by Her Mysterious Dis
appearanee-ls Detected by
Amateur Sleuths.

Chicago.-Dorothy Eastman the II.
year-old child whose mysterious dis
appearance from the home of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs G. A. Eastman, 6l17
Kimbark avenue, aroused the society
section of woodlawn and caused a
1utter in the Hyde Park police de-
partment, was found under circum-
stances as dramatic as were ever pen.
ned by fiction writer's or portrayed
upon the stage.
Attired in a natty knickerbocker suit
OF gray and wearing a scarlet flannel
sweater and a gray cap pushed back
jauntily upon her shorn locks the lit
tie blonde runaway walked airily into
the Hampden restaurant, on State
street, at $3.50 o'clock and ordered
dinner with all the nonchalance of a
fin de steele youth. Sitting at an ad-
joining table TO the one to which the
masquerader was shown were two
men who had been tracing her for
hours. They were Harrison Van
Schaick and f. D. Kenyon, friends of
the tather of the girl and of her uncle,
John Drake, who had been making
frantic efforts to discover a trace Of
the truant since shortly after the hour
that she had dropped out of sight.
Kenyon and Van Shaick the latter
knowing little Dorothy Eastman by
sight, turned amateur detective to
aid their friend Drake, and they beat
out the police. But so completely
changed was the appearance of the
girl by her adoption of male garb and
the cutting of her hair that Mr.. Van
Schaick was not altogether certain
for half an hour as he watched her
at her meal that she was in fact Dor
othy.
AS the boy arose from the table and
approached the cashiers desk with
check presented by the waiter Mr..
Van Schaick stepped forward and
blocked the door leading to the street.
The apparent lad, with a smile and
pleasant remark to the young wom-
an at the cashiers desk paid the sum
demanded and then started to leave
the restaurant Then Detective" Van
Schaick reached down, and taking the
surprised child in his arms said:
Dorothy, wait a moment Uncle John
will soon be here"
With a shrek which startled the
diners who thronged the cafe, the
child struggled to free herself, crying
out; Let me go! Release me at
once | don't know you!"
but you are Dorothy Eastman. and
am your friend" assured Mr. Van
Schaick as he gently restrained the
frantic girl.
81 am not Dorothy Eastman. Let
me go; oh, let me goi" walled the lit
tie girl as she tried vainly to reach
the door.
Dorothy, l know you, and l want
you to wait until your Uncle John
Drake gets here, and he will take you
home. Your little sister has been
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-02

Chicago.-Surely New Years day
must have been the saddest that Gu
pid ever has spent When the little
god balances his books for 1906 he
will be compelled TO sit down and
weep. for the list Of the matrimonial
wrecks uf the year shows an awful
number OF disasters. There have
been enough domestic Jars TO shake
the continent worse than the earth
quake shook San Francisco If they all
had occurred at one instant The
tears that have been shed would make
a salty sea If they could be collected
in the desert basin Of Sahara.
Indeed It has been bad year for
Cupid Divorces have been moro
numerous than in any other twelve
months since marriage became an In.
stitution. Princes, dukes. counts,
statesmen, magnates. and millionalres,
butchers. doctors, grocers. lawyers,
and laborers have come TO grief in
their love affairs.
In the good old days people married
and lived happily ever after" Now
the problem OF the novel begins in
stead of ending at the altar. People
get married and then get divorced.
Chicago still leads the world in d.
vorce population. and perhaps in the
facility with which divorce is grant
ed. due cause being shown. The hear
ing of testimony and the granting Of
n decree I'm default cases in this city
takes only a few minutes. and the
average length of time consumed is
estimated at ten minutes by people
who study divorce methods. That
IS why the local courts are known as
divorce mills" They work with the
speed Of n steam buzz saw as they go
through the knots of matrimony. Your
lawyer files the papers. your case
IS called, and burr-r-r-you are di-
vorced.
II is the women who keep the buzz
saw working in the divorce mills in
Chicago. Four out of five suits are
brought by the wives The men are
meaner than the women. perhaps;
or else the husbands are more willing
20 tough 1t out without appeals to the
court.
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grave charges against Mrs. Hartje
and her coachman and counter
charges on the part of the wife that
she was the victim of a conspiracy,
in which her husband-the man she
had loved and with whom she had
lived-sought to blast her reputation
by hired and perjured testimony. This
was one of the most notorious domes-
tic tragedies ever aired in any court
of any land. 1t was worse even than
the Tagagrt case Alone it was enough
to make the year memorable in the
matter of divorce.
In contrast with this the trouble OF
Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes and Wilson
Miner were almost farcical. Mr..
Yerkes, the traction magnate, died
in New York i'm December last under
circumstances that called the atten-
tion of the whole world to his widow
Although they had not been living to-
gether harmoniously during the lator
years of his life, Mrs. Yerkes declared
that her husband had never ceased
TO love hor, and that she was devoted
to his memory
Yet within n month II was an
nouncod that Mrs. Yerkes had mar
riod Wilson Miner. At first the pub
lie refused to believe &C. Mizuer was
not 80 and the widow of Yerkes was
more than co. He was a gay young
soldier OF fortune, and people only
laughed when he smiled and admitted
that tho marriage had taken place.
especially as Mrs Yorkes tearfuliy
and Indignantly declared that the idea
was absurd.
But the news was true. Miner and
Mrs. Yerkes We're man and wife Be
fore people were through talking
about the case the couple quarrelcd
and parted and remained apart, 1t
was said, though not known TO be
true. that Mr.. Miner had insisted
upon her giving him Sl,0O00OO, and
that she had refused. After the sep
arauon Mrs Yerkes-Mizner explained
the marriage by saying: "AIr. Miner
came to me- at a time when l was
looking at life through eyes that We're
filled with tears. He was an artist.
lie enchanted me. The way | was ap-
preached first startled and amazed
me, then captivated me-" But within
few days she discovered, she says,
that the young man did not love her.
The case was nine days Joke to the
public, but it was great shock to
Cupid, who insists that all matters
pertaining TO love be taken seriously.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-02
Drops on Deer; Kills It.

Camp Bailey, Pa.-Peter Rinder-
necht is still talking of his narrow
escape from an infuriated deer, which
he finally killed in an unusual man
ner
While the other members of the
camp were away on long drive, Pete,
finding things slow in camp, decided
to do q little hunting on his own hook.
Back of the Hinkle farm he jumped
a large buck and fired a shot which
made a flesh wound The angry deer.
lowering it's prongs, made for Pete. who
dropped his rifle and climbed the near.
est tree.
The deer paved at the tree. snort
ing with rage. and Pete thought 1t a
fine joke until night began to dVw
near with the buck still on guard.
Pete yelled for help, but his cries
only echoed through the ravines. It
was very cold and the hunter found
that it would not be long until ha
would have TO release his hold on the
BREACHES and fall to the ground.
A desperate plan was determined
upon. Pete weighs close to ESQ pourAs,
and when the buck, walking around
the tree, was directly beneath him,
the hunter doubled himself up like a
ball and dropped.
He landed right on the bucks back.
breaking its spinal column and Grip
pling it so that the WORK of killing 1t
with his hunting knife was easy.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-02
AIr Of FestIvIty In Courtroom.

While Cupid weeps at the sight OF
n divorce court, that Is more than the
complainant does. one Chicago di-
vorce lawyer says that there is "A no.
room when cases are being heard.
The average woman who appeals to
the courts for release manifests no
sense of sorrow or humiliation. II
IS business proposition with her
She sues her husband for his cruelty
or desertion and tells the story to the
court in businesslike way. The
uninformed stranger strolling into
the courtroom easily might think the
dispute was over grocery bin or a
ruined gown. rather than a ruined
life. The law says she may have a
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-02
YOUNG GIRL FOUND
POSING AS A BOY.

crying for you all day." said Mr.. Van
Schaick.
At the mention Of her little sis
ter the child ceased to struggle Her
head sank upon the shoulder OF her
captor and she gave way to hysterical
weeping. Sympathizers gathered
about her, and after awhile she be-
came calm. Telephone communica-
tion was had with her relatives, and
while awaiting the arrival of the
girls uncle efforts we're made TO get
the youthful truant and masquerader
to tell something about her experi-
ence since she left home.
81 first cut my hair shorter myself
1t was not long TO begin with
Wednesday afternoon in a room OF
the home of a girl friend in Wood
lawn. ! do not know the number just
now" said the girl To-day l got a
barber TO slick It up a little better.
bought the knickerbockers, the
sweater and the cap in a State street
department store. l slept at the homo
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greater distress 70 Cupid, the deity
OF all true lovers IL would seem that
the CLEAN Of suddenly acquired mil
lions, as seen through the smoky at
mosphere Of Pittsburg, is sufficient to
blind the eyes OF love.
William e. Corey was ruined by Mr..
Carnegie, so Mr. Corey's uncle is re-
ported to have said This was be-
cause Mr.. Carnegie put Mr.. Corey in
the way OF becoming rich. The head
OF the great steel trust, looking for
pleasure and thrills" in the byways
OF life, found only unhappiness. As
the familiar saying goes, "he couldn't
stand prosperity" All the world is
familiar with the story Of Mr. Corey's
spectacular rise I'm the world Of A.
nance and of the alleged escapades
which caused his wife to leave him.
She obtained divorce last summer
after living I'm the state of Nevada
long enough TO acquire citizenship
under the liberal laws Of that state
In her bill she charged her husband
with desertioE, but It generally was
understood that the family happiness
was wrecked by Mr. Corey's public at
tentlons to Mabelle Gilman, an act
ress.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-02
Hunt Bear; Find a Pla.

Chippewa Falls, Wis-Led by Mus
tard Hardy and Charlie Kasoureck,
mighty hunters, all the male inhabit-
ants of Sadott and vicinity started
out TO exterminate all the wolves and
bearb in the neighborhood. The wom-
en-, in their gayest dresses, turned out
to cheer them on. For six hours the
hunters hunted in vain. Then scouts
reported tracks. They led TO a clump
of brush, into which the hunters were
about to fire, when Farmer Charles
Green rushed up, yelling;
Hold on, them's my old pig FannyS
tracks!"
That ended the hunt.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-02
Love Leaves After Many Years.

IL is small wonder that Senator Platt
declared in one Of his latest inter.
views that his life as he had lived Il
was not worth the living" and that
If he had the years back he would
spend them differently Rich and
powerful as he is he finds nothing in
his old age to compensate him for the
disrupted home.
w. j. White, the chewing gum mag
nate Of Cleveland, was the central
figure I'm one of the domestic wrecks
Of the year. Perhaps he was spoiled
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-02

when 1t was frigid and there was a
furry of snow, were given the cold
shlvers as they saw a pretty young
woman make a dash out of a bath
house, dressed in a bathing suit. and
make for the ocean on run. She
plunged into the icy water and re.
mained there Is or 20 minutes.
An effort was made to ascertain
the bathers identity, but she evidently
had expected there might be some
curious enough TO want TO know who
she was and therefore she had fixed"
the keeper of the bathhouse. She
was about 25 years old.
The girl started off on brisk walk
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-02

= OUT lUlth as WdllJ 1GHdIdAl0Ubs
Among the more famous Chicago
cases of the year might be mentioned
chat OF Clarence Eddy, The organist.
This was a musical romance, in which
The first discogd was struck after ncar-
ly 80 years of married life. The "ar-
tstc temperament of the great or
gaulst is mentioned In connection
with the domestic unhappincss. Cupid
has had trouble from time immemorial
with the artistic temperament The
separation of the Eddys occurred in
Paris. and Mr.. Eddy first brought suit
In Chicago, but afterward dismissed
his case and secured the divorce in
South Dakota last summer.
The list of the years domestic trag-
edies might be continued almost end
lessly. II Is no wonder that Cupid
weeps. Efforts are being made by di-
vorce congresses and reiormers to
cure the evil by a national divorce
law. 1t is claimed that If the road
to separation were made more diff
cult to travel there would be fewer
divorces and perhaps less unhappi-
ness.
In recent years, while the popula-
tion was increasing 80 per cent, the
number OF divorces has risen 800 per
cent The disproportion is increas-
Ing rapidly. If 1t keeps on for another
generation there will be a divorce for
every marriage.
Meantime detected Cupid ponders
the case. He knows how to make
people fall in love and marry, but he
can find no way in which they may
be happy though married. He doubts
much II legislation against divorce
would compel them TO continue 10
love one another.
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present unhappiness proves that the
belief was unfounded
Among the wrecks Of the year none
has caused more comment than the
"Pittsburg cases." which include the
tragical unhappiness of the Thaws,
the Coreys. and the Hartjes. and GER
tainly no other cases have caused
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-02

down the esplanade when she emerged
from the bathhouse, and finally disap-
peared in an auction shop just below
New York avenue.
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cupId and Senator PLAID.

Senator Thomas c. Plat Of New
York is reported as saying 1T is
better TO be wise than to be rich"
and that "A good wife is the best of
all a mans possessions" Yet Sena-
tor Platt WAS not wise enough To get
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-02
YOUNG WOMAN BATTLES
IN THE CHILLY SURF
Pretty Girl Startles Promenaders at
Atlantic City by Plunge In
Icy Ocean.

Atlantic City, n. J.-Board-walk
promenaders in the vicinity of Con,
necdcut avenue the other morning,
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zee, and she proposes 10 get It,
is all. II her husband has a
position or bit OF property, she
for alimony, The struggle for
form Of maintenance sometimes
pes strenuous, showing that the
ln regrets the loss OF the man
has been her support r9heS more
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-02
troubles Of HeIresses and Titles.

rOupleS OF 1elTeSSeS ana tues.
When the countess finally left her
husband, people on both sides of the
Atlantic said It served him right The
matter of separation has been set
tied, but the count still is clamoring
for money-millions of ito pay his
debts Perhaps in the final disposi-
tion OF the case he will receive an
allowance even greater than the ALI
mony of Mrs. O. II. p. Belmont. who
draws $250,O00 year from her former
husband, w. X. Vanderbilt Count
Castellane is said to have cost S15,-
GOO, 600 when the Gould family first
bought his title and 1t probably will
take as much more for them to be rid
of their bad bargain.
The domestic wreck OF the Marlbor-
oughs was more of surprise 10 the
world. There had been rumors of
disagreements, but these were not
thought to be serious. The duke OF
Marlborough, like the count de Cas-
tellane. was not able to understand
the character of American girls. They
might be attracted by a title, but they
would not submit TO the indiscretions
1T Is n mild word-of their hus-
bands. II was said at the time Miss
Consuelo Vanderbilt married the duke
that she had made the best bargain
of any American girl that ever
bought a foreign lordling, but her
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-02

coaohman Figures In Many Cases.
The Hartie case of Pttsburg made
the whole country gasp. It involved
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-02-02
SAD YEAR FOR CUPID
WAS ONE JUST PAST
DOMESTIC JARS FREQUENT AND SEVERE
Matrimonial Wrecks Almost Beyond Counting Haze
StreuOn the Shores of Life West Far Ahead of the
East in the Number of DiUorces That Haze
Resn Asked For and Granted

than the loss Of the man who has
been her husband.
All this is like a comic opera, but It
makes Cupid weep. lie has been tell
ing the world for thousands OF years
that marriage is a sacred institution,
and now he first discovers that II is
Joke
The proportion Of divorces TO mar
rlages I'm New York is one In four.
In Chicago it is one In nine; In San
Francisco It Is one In four The
further west you go the more fire.
quent are divorces. The decree sepa-
ration has hitchcd IT'S wagon to the
star of empire. Kansas City, Los An
geles, and Seattle are as bad as San
Francisco, I'm each OF these cities there
being one divorce TO every four mar
rlagcs. The statistics for Sioux Falls
are kept locked up in a reporter proof
vault.
The most notable case of the year,
perhaps. was the International tragedy
OF the Castellanes. For years the
world had witnessed the extrava-
khuN'h anu luhlN'l fNlNho VI NbhhN
Boni and wondered how much longer
the poor countess would endure them
for the sake of her children. Ameri-
can sympathy, almost without excep-
tion. has been with Anna Gould. for
however much Jay Gould the rail
road magnate, may have been dis
trusted his daughters always were
-. III II
diculous Joke to people who took life
lightly and an exaggerated villain to
those who took IL seriously.
Evening journal., 1907-06-05
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