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Son in Law, She
SdUS. Owes Her a
Boardbill. and That
She Thinks Is
PrettU Good
Grounds For TAX
inc Advantage of
COnGTeS Smdn
VOLTS Bill.

Frank" said Mrs. Renner. who was
to do with his marriage" and Mrs.
Renner looked perpIexed and annoyed.
as though she did not understand the
whole transaction.
Congressman Wolf. however. only
smiled when told Of the embarrass-
ment Of his clients mother. The day
I fled the BILL" said he. I had had
trouble with one OF the masters over
anothe: young girls divorce case. The
master held It up until 7 procured an
order OF court directing the papers TO
be signed Some OF our judges ere
very strict about young girls appear
ing IN divorce cases and Il IS aeyis-
anle that there should be no delays
when young people see they have msds
q mistake and want 10 separate
Over Since the ding OF the rather
unique bill, however, the court house
habitues have been digging into ths
old law books looking into authorities.
while the young girls who have made
marital mistakes are wondering II
their mothers win be kind enough %
get them q divorce.
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Is Character
Passing Away 7
By MRS. JOHN A. LOGAN.

N---F - @s0A2As
r He most glaring Illustrations Of
eowardly and INSCRIPTIONS con-
duct OF some men who were
really born TO nobility OF char
aeter' but whose dissipation robbed
them or every spark Of manhood is
chronicled daily.
At one time it was thought thar all
OF the cravens were on the other side
OF the Atlantic. but we now blush TO
confess that Of recent years too many
American men have been copvinq
Europeans in their prodigauty and In
oolence.
Many Americans have spent their
pat-Imony IN riOtOus living and dis
graceful escapades. Eventually pur-
sued BY creditors. bankrupt IN finances,
character. and morals. they resort to
the same ignOminious tactics employed
BY European debauchees.
They set out IN search OF a right girl
whom they endeavOr 70 begufle into
marriage, expecting that the portions
received from their wealthy parents.
or what is more to their liking. what
heiresses may have IN their own right.
can be used 10 pay their debts. as well
as enabling them also 70 continue their
indulgences IN pleasure seeking.
England has. perhaps, furnished tbs
greatest number OF morally and finan-
cially bankrupted fortune hunters OF
any other country Strange 10 say,
with AL our boosted rePubUeanislu,
the glamour OF titles. however much
handicapped BY bankruptcy and moral
depTavity. has attracted innumera5le
beautiful women. whose parents. gen
orally the most democratic OF Amer
leans, have seconded their daughters
ambitions By willingly surrendering TO
the demands OF these scions OF nobility
for large sums OF money before they
viii agree to marriage ceremonies.
The consideration is the comforting
upon their guileless daughters cues
tlonable titles. often so many deg-ees
removed as 10 prohibit the delu1ed
brides from participation re any Of
the honOrs Of the court. and 10 which
privileges their husbands have been
restored By the good American dollar.
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sands upon thousands of ruins to
mind and body caused by the
awful suspense and agony while
the wheel revolves. Great forces
of detectives and plain clothes men
are constantly employed to pre-
vent murders and suicides, and
despite them the list IS appalling.
Those gamblers at Monte Carlo
who have lost their all at the gam
ing table and were not driven TO
seek the grave, may secure money
enough to- leave Monte Carlo
through a bureau maintained by
the Casino authorities. II is kept
for that especial purpose. This,
however, is not generally known,
or there might be few less lives
given into the care of the morgue.
X x
Enormous Profits of Promoters.
From its beginning Monte Carlo
has been a source of immense
profits to the promoters. Last year
nearly 100000 was gathered in
by the authorities, and this was an
increase of more than S75O.OOO
over the previous year. Of the ire
mendous profits, 20 per cent IS paid
TO the shareholders, who include
Septemb er Is, 1907
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The Croupier DOn't Care.

Before this he has seen the scores
Of people OF all classes struggling with
chance. He has watched their ex-
pressions and therein many story is
told. The croupier who conducts the
table. stands there impasstve- 1t is i'm
material TO him whether the bank wins
or loses. He is working for a salary
and usually Is too wise 70 risk any OF
II from the other side Of the table
when he is or duty.
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:. Not Many Men Can Cook =

was brought home to me the other Gay
by a fine. stalwart young Briton who
sat next to me at a club dinner,
He conhded to me that he is an en-
thusiastic amateur cook. but went on TO
say that this fact had interfered seri-
ously with him in all his undertakings
in a very wandering and adventurous
life. Whatever he became. he was al
ways told off to cook.
He had been a gold miner, but knew
nothing OF washing or placer work, fo-
the flrss day Of his joining his party
OF miners it WIS discovered that he
could cook. and he had 70 do nothing
but cook during the whole time OF the
expedition
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operator to believe himself important.
too many love books about, and
the inevitable result; marry in haste,
repent II the divorce court
The divorce is accepted more as a
joke than a stern reality by Mrs.
Ward and her next friend" her moth
er. Mrs. Ward laughed when she talk
Cd about it. Mamma hasn't thing to
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away with her husband. a telegraph
operator. She looks as though she
should be IL a nursery instea1 Of
herself carrying a baby boy about. for
the youngster Is a year and a half old
and almost as big as his mother. It
was the old. old story. a schoolgirl.
an impetuous boy OF twenty. who was
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do With it" she insisted. I'm afraid
Mr.. Wolf has made many people think
my mother was Ike the mother-in-la~
you see on the stage. Mamma never
interfered with US, except when Fran
els wanted to beat me: then she
stepped IN between. Francis don't
want me to get a divorce, he has told
me so; but It's no use trying to live
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n Az I suggest to that enter
MI prising ard picturesque body,
the League Of Frontiersmen'
that they would be doing
good work If they took up the sub
ject Of camp cookery. Every frontiers
man ought to know how to cook beast
or a bril- after he has shot IT. and q
competition OF camp cookery might be
made very picturesque
Act I would be-The return OF the
from the chase Act IL
He cooks MS dinner. Act III-He eats
it. with the assistance OF SPECTATORS who
have paid Tor the privilege.
The scarcity Of men vino can cook
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he went against the bank OF Monte
Carlo" A little voice that he does not
recognize as MS conscience warns
him that II he does, he is lost Final
Iy. he takes the plunge and that Is the
beginning OF the end.
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When HIs auek Changes.

WHVH IT'S AWNh NHHHbUos
IThe banks strong box IS cavernOus
and is always yawning for gold.
Finally the winner OF few hours ago
is penniless. Everything he possesses
in the world has been swept away;
Even to his jewelry end clothes. He
cannot raise another cent and moth
ing but ruin stars him in the face.
There is no admiration for him among
those who fawned on him but a few
short hours ago, now. He is 5ostled
aside for the latest favorite Of the
tickle goddess. And so Il goes on one
after another without end and viii
continue 20 60 until some greater au-
thoritv puts an end to IT,
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Baltimore Mothers
in-LaW MaU Now
Bring Suit Against
ReCalCitTant Illus
bands as BEST
Friends ofDauGh-
terS, andOne Has
Already Done So.

'IVl ' a':' so-s 4'i So. :s
and get me q
divorce on the way homer"
Over in Baltimore young brides
who have had a tiff with their re-
vered lords and masters may in
future find it remarkably easy to
take their mothers with them into
their legal difficulties, now that
Mrs. Leila May Ward has, through
her mother, Mrs. Mary Renner,
sued her husband, Francis B.
Ward, for an absolute divorce.
Sounds strange, doesn't it, for a
girl to have her mother ask for a
divorce for her? "Old enough TO
mary, old enough to get a d.
vorce5" say the cynical. But Con
gresham Harry B. Wolf, wise In
his generation and with consider
able respect for the ideas of the
members of the supreme bench,
says il IS the safest way of securing
divorces for young girls
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the Pope of Rome and the Blanc
family. The latter hold the ma
jority of the shares, and the leading
member of the family is Princess
Marie Bonaparte, who is about to
marry penniless prince. They
will live in luxury on the blood
money wrung from the poor I'M
fortunates who are unable to resist
the fascination and lure of the
roulette wheel.
x x
The Irresistible Fascination of If.
. HAT there is a strong faseina-
ton about Monte Carlo with its
gilded casino, hoarse croupiers,
and frenzied gamblers. no one
VIII deny who has ever had a glimpse
OF 81. II battles all description. Many
is the man and woman who has visited
the casino sure Of their will power to
resist the lure OF the wheel only 10
be swept Into the vortex II the mad
scramble for iIl-gotten wealth and
eventually left penniless and disgraced.
Few go to Monte Carlo for the nvow-
ed purpose Of gambling. It is a re-
sort along the Riviera. and IL Is one OF
the European meccas for newly mar
ried couples as well as the fashion,
ables who 20 there for outings. Seen
ically. il is one of the garden spots
of the old world. The vice of Monte
Carlo is an Reconsideration. It
makes its appeal after one has arrived
there The visitor has scarcely been in
the resort twcnty-four hours before
he is. unconsciously perhaps. drawn by
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First Endured, Then Embraced.

There he sees beautiful! and richly
cOWned women and distinguished look
ing men. the flowers of the worlds ar
istocracy, rubbing shoulder with flashy
looking gamblers and highly colored
and jeweled demi-mondes; ali crowd
ing around the various roulette wheels.
The scene is a dazzling one The Wis
itor takes an extra gulp TO repress
his mounting excitement and vows
that he viii not join the throng. Be
fore long he has edged a little closer
to get a better view Of the game.
Finally, there comes a little tugging
somewhere In his makeup 10 risk a
dollar or two, so that when he goes
home he can tell all his friends how
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RIOped at Sixteen.

Little Ms. Ward is barely eighteen;
she was only sixteen when she ran
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1t was only a few weeks ago that a
young American girl bride and her
English husband were drawn 10 Monte
Carlo on their honeymoon. and the
visit was the primal cause OF their
deaths. They had only intended 10
risk dollar or two--''just for the fun
OF it'-like so many others before
them. They won and then their lust
for wealth knew no bounds. They kept
kept on playing until they were
ruined and disgraced. The next day
the Monte Carlo papers reported q dou-
BILE suicide.
One Man Who "Brrke the Bank"
one American. however. can claim
the distinction. II such II can be called.
OF having beaten the bank at Monte
Carlo. and he is none other than
Charles NJ. Schwab. A number or
years ago Schwab. when quite a young
man. visited Monte Carlo on a vaca-
ton trip. He had plenty OF money, a
splendid position with the Steel trust.
and none OF the gamblers spirit.
Nillio Al nioii'O cali ~ iio piaSou AOu%
lette. so It is told. for pastime. He
began with a stake Of ! COO francs. His
luck was nomenal. and he couldn't
lose. Spectators crowded around him
and tried to curry favor.
He remained oblivious to their pres
ence. He cared nothing for the "sys-
TENS" the inyenting OF which and put
ting into practice has cost countless
lives and fortunes, and played in
careless, off-hand me lner. He Is said
to have left the tables with hts pockets
bullying with Monte Carlo money The
croupiers looked for him to return the
next day, as did most other hrst-day
winners. To lose It all back and with
their fortune besides as accrued inter-
est. But schwab never went back.
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some invisible force straight to the ca
sino.
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with him, he won't support me, and
around pay day gets nasty and beats
ine. Besides. there IS another woman.
he admitted 70 me he had passed notes
to her over the coal bin at the tele-
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-20
CHAPTER II.

The following week saw Miss Sands,
of Virginia, private secretary to the
head of Randolph & Randolph, estab-
lished in little Office between mine
and Bobs. She had not been there a
day before we knew she was worker.
She spent the hours going over re-
ports and Analysing financial state
ments, showing sagacity extraordi-
nary in SO young person. She ex-
planned her knowledge Of figures by
the hand-work she had done for the
Judge, all of whose accounts she had
kept Bob and saw that she was
bent ON smothering her memory in
that antidote for all ills of heart and
soul-work. Her Office life was SIM
plicity itself. She spoke to no one ex-
cept Bob, save in connection with such
business matters Of the firms as
might send her by one of the clerks
to attend to. To the others in the
banking house she was just an uncon-
ventional young literary woman whose
high social connections had gained her
this opportunity of getting at the Sc
crets Of finance, from actual expert
ence, for use in forthcoming novels. 1t
had got abroad that she was the writer
of great distinction who, under a nom
de plume, had recently made quite a
dent in the worlds literary shell-a
suggestion that rightly guessed was
one of Bobs delicate ways of smooth.
ing out her path. had tried in every
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way to make things easy for her, but
it was impossible for me to draw her
out in talk, and finally / gave 1t up.
Had it not been that every time
passed her Office door was compelled
by the fascination which I had first
felt, and which, instead of diminishing,
had increased with her reticence, to
look in at the quiet figure with the
downcast eyes, working away at her
desk as though her life depended on
never missing second, l should not
have known she was In the building.
My wife, at my suggestion, had tried
to induce her to visit us; in fact, after
I let her into just enough of Beulah
Sands story so that she could see
things on a true slant, she had de-
cided to try to bring her to our house
to live. But though the girl was swest
ly gentle in her appreciation Of Kate's
thoughtful attentions. in her simple
way she made us both feel that ouS
efforts would be for nanght that -he1
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-20

shorthand, on the 1;.acE:s1e, ur at cor
respondence, also that she has been
contributor to the magazines. II
this can be arranged, she says she
will on her own responsibility select
the time and the stock, and hurl the
last of the Sands fortune at the mar
ket, and, Jim, she is game. The blow
seems to have turned this child into
wonderfully nervy creature, and, old
man, | am beginning to have feeling
that perhaps the cards may come SO
she will win the Judge out. You and
know where less than sixty thousand
had been run up to millions more than
once, and that, too, without the aid
she will have, for I'll surely do all I
can to help her steer this last chance
into spongy places"
Bob in his enthusiasm had complete
ly lost sight of the fact that he was
indorsing project that but moment
previous he had pronounced insane,
and with a start l realized what this
sudden transformation betokened. In
evitably, if the project he outlined
were carried out, Bob and the beauti-
full southern girl would be thrown into
! close association with each other, and
further acquaintance could only deep
en- the startling influence Beulah
Sands had already won over my or
dinarily sane and coolheaded COM
rade. AS l looked at my friend, burn
ing with an ardor as unaccustomed
as it was impulsive, I felt a tug at
my heart-strings at thought of the
sudden cross-roading of his life's high
way. But l, too, was filed with the
glamour of this girls wondrous beau
ty, and her terrible predicament APP
pealed to me almost as strongly as 1t
had to Bob. So, although I knew 1t
would be fatal to any chance of his
weighing the matter by common sense,
l burst out:
bob, l don't blame you for falling
in with the girls plans. II I were
in your shoes l should, too"
Tears came to Bob's eyes as he
grabbed my hand and said:
lin, how can l ever repay you for
XII thC 5Oou thiu6o yOu haNC uOhC III
mellow can II"
1t was no time to give way to emo
tional outbursts, and while Bob was
getting his grip on himself, I went
on:
Come along down to earth now,
Bob; let us look at this thing square.
ly. You and l, with our position in
the market, can do lots of things to
help run that sixty thousand to higher
figures, but six months is short time
and million or two world of
money"
She knows that" he said, land the
time is much shorter and the road to
go much longer than you figure" he
replied. This girl Is as high-ten-
stoned as the E string on Stradi-
varius, and she declares she will have
no charity tips or unusual favors
from us or anyone else But let us
not talk about that now, or we'll get
discouraged. Let's do as she says
and trust to God for the outcome.
Are you willing, Jim, to take her into
the Office as a sort of confidential Sec
rotary? If you will, I'll take charge
of her account, and together we will
do all that two men can for her and
her father
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over
Nothing of the kind, Jim. You
don't know the proud Virginia blood.
Neither that girl nor her father would
accept money help from any one They
would go to smash and the grave
first"
He paused and then continued inn
pressively:
This is how she puts it. She and
her father have raked together her
different legacies and turned them
into cash, a matter of 100000, and
she got him to consent to let her
come I'D here to see il during the next
six months she might not, in few
desperate plunges in the market, run
it up to enough to at least regain the
trust funds. Yes, know it is wild
idea. told her so at the beginning,
but there was no need; she knew 1t,
for she is not only bright. but she
has the best idea of business ! ever
knew a woman to have But 1t. Is
their only chance, Jim, and while l
listened to her argument l came
around to her way OF thinking.
But how she happen to come
to you with this extraordinary
scheme?" l interrupted
ITS this way-her father, who
knew Randolph & Randolph through
your fathers handling of the Sea-
boards affairs, learned of my connec-
ton with the house, and gave her a
letter, asking me to do what Icouid
to help his daughter carry out her
plans. She wants to get a position
with us, IL possible, in some sort OF
capacity, secretary, confidential clerk.
or, as she puts it, any sort of place
that will justify her being in the Of
Gee Shs tells me she is good al
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Domestic Bliss.

"Of all my women friends" re-
marked the spinster, Il know of only
one who is happily married"
is 1t possible!" exclaimed the mere
man.
ut is" replied the spinster. you
see her husband is naval officer, and
is away from home two or three years
at a time"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1907-07-20

The New Sun PUDDING.

A new and attractive mold for gel
attn or any dessert of the consistency
of cornstarch is in the shape of
circular sun, with the genial fea-
lures of old Sol on the surface
Teeth and eyes cut from the meats
of nuts and pressed into the pudding
Just before serving complete the ef-
feet.
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Eour.Leaf Clover.

There is an old superstition that
1t brings good luck to find four
leafed clover. The superstition IL
founded, first, on the rarity of the
specimen; but chiefly on the fact that
the Jour leaves are arranged in the
form of a cross.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-02-21
CHARLESTON

Andrew Slaughter, Of Montgom-
terday.
Rev. s. P. West, presiding elder of
tn1s district Of the b. M. 3. connec-
ZION, Will hold quarterly conference
at the. st. Paul churcn' Sunday,
preaching at IL a. m and D. m
Communion services will be held at
In the afternoon.
= Mrs. Eta Lowry and Louise Hazle-
wood left Tuesday morning for Pom
eroy, O., to spend a few weeks with
the formers parents. =,
The Ltfters of Simpson Me-.
Church met with Mrs Geo. E. Wan
ger tuesday night. A large number
or the members were present and
were served delightful lunch by the
hostess. - - - 1'-~> ~ ~''o
Miss Ida e. Alexander, teacher at
RAYMOND City, was the guest of Mrs.
Wllilam Holmes Saturday and Sun
day. ~. d..
Tonight the Aid Society Of simp-
son M E. church will meet with
Mrs. Frank Henley. All members
are requested to be present.
Mrs. William Holmes, who has
been seriously ill for, number Of
weeks, Is reported BETTER
Jas. l.. Taylor, a member OF West
Virginia Lodge No. 60, K. of P, Of
this city, met a horrible death at Gin
c1nnati last week, being crushed in
an elevator ..... 49,. =. =
j. w. Marshall, who has been quite
III, Is able to be out again. ii.
+. The choir of. the First BAPTIST
| church, assisted, eby other local tai
emit, gave. musicale, at the church
Thursday night. IT,. :"
The remains of John Knight, a for
! mer citizen, were brought to the CITY
from Columbus, O., Wednesday, for
burial.
Junius Mason has recovered from
a recent Illness.
John Johnson is Ill at the home Of
his mother on Sentz street.
Vivian Marie, the little daughter
of Mr.. and, Mrs. F. c.. Brown, is Ill.
Mrs. G. w. Clair and her little
daughter have returned from Lam
caster, Ohio. ....v .-..
Mrs. Walter Harris has been dan
! gerously Ill at her home but is now
very much improved.
Mrs. John Campbell was hostess
Thursday afternoon to the ladies of
the goth Century Club.
Prof. j. McHenry Jones of the
West Virginia, Institute, was in the
city few days this week attending
the legislature and looking after 9TH
er business matters pertaining to
that institution -
The Charleston Woman's Improve
ment League was entertained Fri
day afternoon by Miss Ida M King
at the home OF Mrs. B. F. Clarke on
Washington street. After the bust
ness session Miss King served a
dainty lunch followed by ices and
hot chocolate.