Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-02-13
MR.. AND MRS. wORTHINGTON
BLISS,
Heaters of domestic wounds.

! looked from the card TO the lace !
of the man with surprise and inquiry.
1T is surprising he said. that you |
should be surprised. There is no pro- !
fession in the world calculated TO do !
so much good as ours. 1t is the only |
profession except medicine, of which |
it is in part branch. that brings COM !
fort out of suffering. There are matri- !
monial brokers and divorce lawyers.
Why not peacemakers:"
What is your clientele:"
"A wife is wretched from some dis
agreement with her husband. A hus-
band is wretched from some disagree
ment with his wife. \ daughter or
son is making his or her parents miser-
able either from extravaganza, bad in
fiuences or an unsuitable match. We
get at the cause or causes of these
disagreements. then set about remov-
ing them. In this way we restore
amicable relations. y better name for
our profession perhaps would be re
pairerS of fractured Affections When
the mechanism i'll which the gem love
is set becomes weak or broken we
make the necessary repairs"
But how do you accomplish re-
sults:" | asked. with growing wonder,
yet struck by the plausibleness of the
mans words.
That will best he explained by Civ
ing you few instances. \ wife re-
Gently came to us whose husband was
apparently losing his love for her, his
home and his children. Mrs. Bliss, I'M
der pretense of being Il former school
mate of the wife, made the family Il
visit. She soon discovered that the
wife was turning the house into
prayer meeting. 1t required the great
est tact for her TO convince the deluded
woman of her error. A brief season OF
gayety was prescribed. II worked to
4 charm. The husband soon tired of
it. and when he did he found his home
more to his taste. Mrs Bliss possessed
great skill or she could never have eff
fected a cure in this case. for the lady
in question was verita bic Puritan.
"A father came to me and engaged
my professional services in the case of
his son, who was bent on marrying a
girl whom the father did not wish him
to marry. l did not believe my client
was giving me the real cause of his
objection. and | set about discovering
1t. Diagnosis is as much the principal
part of our profession as Of medicine.
| found that the cause of disease in
this case was in my client himself He
had injured the father of the girl, who
had been his friend. After much diff
Guilty | convinced him of his fault and
persuaded him to go to his friend and
make reparation. After this there was
no objection to the wedding, and two
lovers We're made happy.
"And you We're well paid:"
VERY well, indeed. There are no
trOubles-not even at times sickness
and death--so dreaded as those we re-
move. In this case | have just men
toned every member of both families
was so delighted that. in addition to
our fee of 500. all sent us checks ag-
gregatng $1,000"
"Do you keep record of your
cases?'
"Certainly, and it is now a long one.
| We also classify them. We have thus
| far on our list 125 husbands and wives
reunited after separation and seventy
| four after legal divorce and thirty
seven sons and eighteen daughters
who had left home in enmity restored.
Besides these, we have n great many
cases which we put down under the
head of scattering. These scattering
cases are very numerous"
Il see,'' / said, then. after some
thought, continued:
| Il would like your services in a case
OF my own. My wife has recently be
come infatuated with little whipper
snapper ten years her Junior, neglect
| ing me and her children. If you viii
restore her to her senses / will give
you the biggest fee you have ever had.
Within fortnight, by previous ar
rangement with me. Mrs. Bliss obtained
a place with my wife as seamsuess
not only wished the healer to infiu
ence her. but to make Il note OF he
clandestine meetings with her lover.
At the end of week Mrs. Bliss dis
/ appeared from my house, and l re
ceived the following note from her hus
band:
We regret to inform you that in you
case we have found our first absolut
defeat. 1t would be impossible to con
vince a man so utterly unworthy of
noble woman. so insensible to his owl
u defects, that in him lies the cause of nj
domestic wound. Your wife has confess
ed that her supposed cavalier is reall
) her nephew, whom you have never IL
recently seen. She has been pretendin
| to fiirt with him. hoping to pique you an
bring you back to your true allegiance
lnclosed you will find your shortening
listed. We would advise you to rea
them over every day for a month.
took Mr.. Bliss advice and at tn
end of a week ate humble pie and PAL
large fee for the privilege of bein
convinced that it was my duty to do 81
But the healers earned their money
F. A. Mitchell.