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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19
+ PUBLIC OPINION

tlieir aWful riousIsess and az aps
olute certainty That the INST eligible
chap who comes along win wfecE 81
the rules and regulations, chartet, cons
shtution and bylaws Of the organtza;
ton and walk of with the president.
And this Is as 1t should be. Without
discussing any woman's right to be-
long to any other club on earth mem;
bership in an organization having for
Its purpose the restraint Of matrimony
is contrary to the spirit OF American
citizenship.
Realizing that marriage Is some
thing more than porch chairs and
poetry, crowd Of Eoosier girls form
ed a society to establish financial
standard to which every male sutton.
must conform before he could hope.
to win a member to welded bliss. The
schedule adopted by the Young La,
dies Protective Society," follows: Each
prospective husband must have sal
airy Of $4,000 year; life insurance.
s.. 900; license fee, 50, and some def,
mite idea of the financial needs of u
household and its re,gning queen.
Not single fellow with $1,000
showed up. They didn't even explain
that the ordinary joys Of bachelor.
hood are considerably enhanced by a
salary Of $4,000. Then the men who
had and had not $4,000 a year got to.
gether and started the Young Mems
PrecautIon Club" and they proceed
ed to make few demands them
selves.
A $4,000 man wants a wife who can
cook If she has to, take care Of the.
house, darn, sew, tolerate smoking
about the house, spend some Of her
time at home, be reasonably cheerful
and not have the theater habit. The
young men held close to these rignts
and they won. The Young Ladies'
Protective Society and the Young
Mems Precaution Club" were merged
and all is lovely along the Wabash.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19
coMmE OF NEW Frs ON
4 vsftETY OF TOPIC ~.
IzERs4lF As Az AssETs

Omaha Bee.
Amefiean citizens Of foreign birth
are fdfnishins me Naturalization Blu
rsau 81 washington with additional
eSidence 81 tic value Of citizenship in
lbs country III Ming protests against
mat part 81 new law that presumes
citizenship to have lapsed after two
yeafs 81 dence IN the mother cotllli
IL The protests prove the excellence
Oh ne measuFs, which was adopted by
Congress the request Of the state
Department officials, VINO have had
10 end 81 trouble in the past trying
e protect, as American citizens, for;
eisners who had taken out naturaliza'
lion papers in this country and then
returned to their native land to re-
striking illustration was furnish.
cd IN the case Of Ion Perdicaris, cap
5tiffed by balSun, lne hEVlOSSS S'-'i' =
"a s04. Perdicaris. a Greek by birth,
hadsiiyed in America and secured nat
nfaiisation papers. He then returned
tosEurope and engaged in business at
Algfers, where he was captured, He
lad not benin America for 20 years
LA mn nronerty or interests here and
aid not discover his wonderful allegt-
afce to the land until he was in the
hands n the bandit. Then he appeal
ed 10 our State Department and caus-
ed an international wrangle before he
was released.
Reports from other countries snow
that the practice of trading in Ameri,
can citizenship has grown too com
mon. Foreigners, with American cit.
izenship papers, return to their
homes eyade military duty, avoid jury
service and hold themselves exempt
4 rom many obligations and taxes that
must he borne by their rellow-citlzens'
they do this as American citizens, al
though for the most part, they have
no idea Of ever returning 10 this coun'
Try. or using their citizenship except
for Misconceptions II may secure them
In their old homes. Under the new
NJ q e b y ~
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19
The King A Good spender.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
King chulalongkorn mas come out
of the East to show penurious Europe
the virtues of a royal spender. This
prodlgal potentate may put his mon
ey in the bank every Saturday night
when he is at home IN Siam, but he
scatters it with lavish hand when he
travels. On his present progress
through Europe he has done much to
establish the good old traditions.
1t used to be considered the prop.
err thing for a king 10 toss bag of
gold" to everybody he met, just as
Vice President Fairbanks passes his
inspired biography out OF the car win
dow when he goes campaigning. The
presumption has always been That roy
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19
RestorIna the Eoreste.

Washington Post.
Pittsburg is contemplating an enter
prise much more prodiglous than the
Chicago drainage canal or the under
ground subways Of New York. 1t Is
estimated that in what is called the
'Pittsburg district" the property loss
on account of floods during the month
Of March Of the present year amount.
ed to- the gigantic sum Of $15O,OOO,oOO,
and this vast total does not include a
particle Of the enormous losses from
floods on the Ohio below Pittsburg
The destruction by the floods from
Pittsburg to Cairo grow more exten'
sive year by year, and PIttsburg's very
existence is threatened.
The watershed of the Allegheny ana
Monongahela rivers covers an area OF
more than 10000 square miles, once
virgin forest; now comparatively bar
rem of trees. The destruction Oh grow
ing timber in this region occasions the
disastrous floods. 1t is computed that
to restore the forests will require the
planting Of 2,OOO,OOO,ooO trees, which
would not be effective until 10 years
have elapsed.
It is proposed to secure legislation
conserving the forests, and then pro
coed to plant trees ID the places nov
barren. over a territory more than
one.half the area of the State Of Ken
lucky. 1t means vast expense and stu
pendous labor, but in the end 1t would
amount to enormous saving fol-
floods are become annual visitors anc
more disastrous every. year.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19
cupId and finance.

Kansas City Journal.
II is not a matter OF record that
any girls matrimonial protective as
ISOLATION has ever succeeded in hold
ing Itself together longer than the
frst opportunity Of some traitorous
member to break out. The chief charm
about these bachelor" girls affairs
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19
should Raise His Salary.

AS there are no swear words in the
Japanese language, the pay of the in
terpreter who translates Admiral Bob
Evans remarks to the Japanese Off
GERS should be temporarily raised
Kansas City Journal.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19
Strange.

How curious 1t seems for Texas to
have a stringent law forbidding the
sale of trust goods in that State and
to have a man in the United States
Senate who is mixed up with the
Standard Oil company-Kansas City
Star.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19

"Mr. Rockefeller is a wonderful man,
1 couldn't go through court examina-
ton like him."
MOI"
NO; I'd have to laugn."-Louisyille
Courier.Journal.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19

Among the exhibits at the colches-
ter flower show in England last week
we're some Omar Khayyam roses
brought from the grave Of Edward
Fttz Gerald, at Loalge, Suffolk. The
roses we're grown on tree sent to
England by the Persian government as
a tribute to the man who introduced
Omar to the English reading world.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19

From May list we give ali mall sub
.srIb.r. the paper for $500 psr year.
Instead Of 800 something no other
Ealrmon. daily doss.
NOTHING SUCCEEDS LIKE CIR y
CyLAT.lo'N
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19
70 write one news letter eEch 5VeeI :

Many Of the best newspaper NEtt
er the country started out ~ sor
responding for their home paper y
IL worth the tfoabie as an Educational
training. We vim gladly furnish
stamped addressed enyelo pes and pa-
per tot one who YIN take up THIS
work ana appoint them our agents To-
their community TO solicit and receive
subscriptions to the daits Of Semi
Weekly west yIrginian
we Will also pay the corfp ~
ents for this work.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19

The Grand Duke of oldenburg has
conferred on Ambassador Tower the
Grand Cross of the order of the
House of Gutenberg, presumably on
account Of Mr.. Towers recent visit
to the Grand Duke for the purpose Of
comforting on the latter the diploma
and medal of the st. Louis Exposition.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19
We Believe This

We believe without question Of
doubt that the issues of the Fairmont
west virginlan on MONDAYS AND
T47YRsDaIS affords tie advertisers
Of Fairmont o better medium than any
other paper published in Marion
county, and as good as can De ,t9ee'
anywhere. SE"i At"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19

General Lawrence and Senator Gal.
linger, who are in Paris, on learning
that a female descendant Of Paul
Jones was living there in absolute de,
ptltution, visited the aged lady, paid
up her rent and outstanding debts and
placed a comfortable account in the
bank for her
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19
Why?

n Ii hecause We have added OUT Gu
fire weekly subscription list to these
two issues. The weekly West WI.
sin,on "a the Oldest paper publssha
IN Marion county; was estaSGfSed In
1sBs. And has a big list 81 IS tSssl sup.
porters as any pspsf ptbsished in
west Virginia, the &erchant who
uses these two iss!sSs not only gets
t6e benefit Of DE best local medium,
But reaches 4 Class Of people out OF
town Who have not heretofore been
appealed 70 for trade through the col.
umlRs u TIE daily paper. This plan OF
giving Iour weekly subscribers two
,patsr a week for the price OF one
stss proved to be very popular and
p,ur liberal offer is bringing in numbers
NJ new subscribers daily. YOU GET
YOUR AID IN TWO PAPERS ON
THESE DATES FOR THE PRICE or
ONE.
Now we are not making this asser'
lion in the way OF an idle circulation
boast, but we present the matter to a
TAR thinking advertising patronage
AZ we look at it, and II you will but
try it yoa will find that you will even
tually think and see as we do about
It.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19

working with several OF the prisoners
about the courthoussi suddenly dis
appeared Tuesday afternoon wien ne
guard was not looking
Sheriff Grosscross was about tosend
out deputies to hunt Scott when ne
appeared at the jail saying he licuglit
he would take adyantage Of the ol
portunity to visit his wife aiid chll
dren.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19

English critics are predicting tiat
"The Merry WIDOW run 60 London
will last for three years.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19

The descendants Of Jonathan Fair
banks, who emigrated to this country
in 1898, of<whom Vice President Fair
banks is one, will hold family reun-
ion, as usual, in Boston, beginning
July 80: The Vice President and Mrs.
Fairbanks will attend.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19

.suDscrlbe Tor the West vlrginian.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19

Ben vanasek, who five years ago
sold newspapers on the streets Of Mil;
waukee and played cornet in a news.
boys band, has been awarded the
grand prize for cornet playing by the.
National Conservatory Of Music at
Paris.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19

BE ssvsA
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19

- FAIRv1Ew,
HARRINGTON
MANNINGToNSs
woRTHtNGToN,
MoNoNGAH,
~. WATSON, mi
ENTERPRISE,
sP7 BooTHsvILLE
METZ
GLovER's GAP
GRAY,s FLAT,
BGRRAGKVlI9LE
BARNsv1LLE, Etc,
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-07-19
Gorrespo ndIiI'e q: J. i
Wanted

In view Of making the chang A. tlis
weekly edition Of this paper and serd.
ing the daily, semigeek for &c
same subscription price Of oiIE BOZ
LAR PER YEAR and IN order e i1a;
prove the value Of the paper e tas
readers throughout the county We
sire to have a regular CORES endent
at each postoface Of any s VA esI
clally at ali such places 6
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07

the barbed wire fence and had torn our coats
or trousers one of us-it seemed as II
they Just rolled up to meet US. /.
Melons to right of us, melons to lett OF
us," misquoted Joe, with a gigge, as ne
sprawled out over several, ending up with the
caution. "Now don't make mess OF 1t ana
get green ones"
In my trepidation, / forgot all about the
"tunk" and snapped off the first big one
laid hold of, and crawled back with 1T and :,
great scratch on my hand from those beastiy
barbs.
The others ventured in further. until ! got
uneasy and laid my melon down and follow
ed up a figure took to be Joe, when l saw
il go behind the cabin.
[ stopped then, not wishing to be so daring,
when suddenly Allen rushed up to me.
"Get out of this, all of you! Somebody
else is up here, he managed to say, as nc
% And we all followed down to the bridge
and over it like a flock of sheep, with noise
enough to have awakened the Seven Sleep
ers," as / thought of it afterwards.
at may have been the old man himself" :"
painted Joshua, as flew on up to the
spring as fast as our remaining breath would
let us.
There we stopped and encouraged ourselves
with the idea that he could not have knoWh
us in the dark. -.
Then we crept on up to the dormitory. 1t
was no small undertaking to get back to the
second floor on the iron rungs OF that hre,
escape Win Il Dig lneIou apiece, puI IL hsio
to be done, and, as Allen was the tallest, he
went up first, left his melon one on IT.. the PLATFORM
1t was well he did. for the first rung was
eight feet from the ground to start .f with; with;
safe on the platform at the hall window,
ready to be taken into Josh Peters room Just
inside.
That is, all but Fatty Powers. He was
the clumsiest, and had the biggest melon melon
Of everything-and just as he had pufed
himself up to the den last ap rung gbnf he slipped bgP
Ie-bump, bump, bump, for two or three rungs,
and then ksrsmash and there it was p1a all to to
b;s exclamation; while Fatty was swinging
from the rung with b, his han hands, struggling to
But that wasn't the whole of it.
Chats too bad, boys, for %o1o the melon Melon
ont from the corner of the hail. Come right
along Allen and boo bGost up l Powers H He adsd
cbuckling once, then, continuing, "You boys
can rest now. It's quite Sabbath days jour
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07

Eve won't wait; we'll go this very night"
he declared, in conclusion.
"Where"
OF course that couldn't be any one but
ways around. L don't suppose the, boys at
Walton ever planned any scrape but that
Effie got hold of it sooner or later.
She never reported us, though: but 1T was
surprising how she could wind the boys around
her little finger-for we all thought every
thing of her-and head off so many OF her
dcings.
But this time we wouldn't let on that we
heard her, and Allen called us away in the
midst of her usual warning to keep out OF
scrapes," with NUNS the word. was
little sore over Josh's contemptuous fling, and
wanted to prove myself not so green about
that "tunking" matter, so ! started on, when
which she had dropped, and had to pick it
ND and 90 back to hand it to her.
"And it had all my birthday money in it!
she cried, as she thanked me gladly, Il
should have been so sorry to lose it, and you
bows bows would, too" she added, archy.
[ didn't see how, and when she stopped me
long enough to say, Now, Charlie, you'll all
be sorry if you go" put on most innocent
"Go where?' said l. as meek as lamb, and
hurried off, whistling "Over the Garden Wall, y
to put stop to any answer she might give.
"Effe's splendid. but she has spoiled too
many good chances for fun one way and
said that night to us when some one felt
afraid we would be found out. "She's true
blue"
And so she was, as we discovered.
We had settled on ten o'clock as the best
hour to go, and at that time we stole from
our rooms and filed out of the hall window
and down the tire-escape, for there wasn't
any possibility of getting out any. other way
with the dormitories locked at nine.
So down we climbed baekwSrds and slipped
we held short council It wasn't far then
to get out into the road and down to the long,
covered bridge.
just across that on the right side was Daddy
Giles watermelon patch on the side hill. and
we could see before we crossed that there was
no light in his rckety old cabin.
"We'ye caught the old fellow snoozing this
''i"S, "Snre as preaching" Allen snickered back.
And like great lot Of S niSnnies, % We we let Allen
10 me that he didn't like the idea of hooking
them, hut we went on 5 Just 4 the s;s same; me-.
that every square inch in that patch was COW
] cred. BY the time we had squeezed through
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07

ney up those escapes alone, to say nothing
of impedimenta in the shape of melons. just
leave them here; they will be perfectly safe"
Well, we would have been glad to have
left them there; but Joe got nervous as
Preston finished and made a break for the
window, when somehow he knocked the melon
pile, and the next minute they were sailing
one after the other off that platform down
on the area steps below.
We didn't stop to hear the last one strike,
but slid through the window and to our rooms
as fast as any twelve boys ever did.
1t hadn't wound up just as we, expected,
and we felt pretty mean. Come to look at
it after we got to our rooms, it had very much
the appearance of straight-out stealing.
We didn't feel much better the next
morning either. when Master Cant sent us
word, while in the lavatory, to remain in our
rooms till he sent for us.
He thinks you've been broken Of your rest,
and need an extra nap of Sleep" Martin said,
with knowing grin, as he told us.
He was a "Soph, and the "Sophs" always
carried the orders to the Fresh"
"What are we going to do? groaned Fatty,
nursing the big bruise he got when he lost his
hold:
"We're. going to take what comes, just as
Allen did, for we deserve the whole business
l only hope it will be as SOFT" Ben concluded,
rather lugubriously, as he labored at Aliens
hair, from which he was trying to remove the
traces of watermelon.
My! Didn't we look like criminals as we
filed into the office when sent for, and Master
Cant told us to sit down?
Then he began. WE'LL there wasn't anything
we wouldn't rather have taken than that talk.
He didn't call us any names; but it was a
thousand times worse, for he made us call our
selves all the names we could think of, and
especially when the real facts of the case came
out
1t seems Daddy Giles had seen great deal
CT trouble in his day. and now that he was
old, he had terrible fear of being sent to
the poorhouse So he had rented that sandy
side-hill of Mr.. Hope every year, and had
patched up little cabin and stayed there
during the season to keep off intruders.
For three summers he had made enough
to supply his wants fol. the year. Then, the
day before we went there, his last trouble
came His only daughter had died, and he
was away at the funeral when we were there
You may guess we felt as if we had been rob-
bing the dead.
Master Cant had just finished telling what
dishonorable way to have fun were such
doings-and he didn't make it bit too strong
where there was knock at the door, and
Tutor Preston came in with Daddy Giles.
CONTINUED ON FOLLOWING PAGE
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07

10 A = 10 shouldn't have done tive all knew
I~I that-and I'm sure we wouldn't II
VV we had known all the facts in the
IENlTy5l case, as the lawyers say.
(eskGxSj Nearly all of us were Fresh boys
at Walton that year, not bad boys
but full of mischief, and we had an idea that
Daddy Giles was a miserly old curmudgeon,
just coming money out of us; and then, too,
like great many other boys, we had wild
desire to do anything that we were not al,
lowed to do. And Just at this time we had
been forbidden to 60 down to the bridge alter
seven o'clock in the. evening.
Up to that time. after seven had been our
regular bathing hour. but the rule was sud
denly announced, and permission couldn't
be had by hook or crook.
OF course it was getting along toward twi-
light at that time, but what twilight and our
bathing at the bridge had in common that
was incompatible We couldn't fathom.
81 expect it's Daddy Giles watermelon patch
and twilight" observed Joe Miles. when we
were discussing the subject.
"or, the patch and our bathing that don't
away with the toe of his shoe against the
lower step of the stile.
For all that, after the order was read from
the chapel desk, that morning, we boys felt
as though life wouldn't be endurable while
bathing at any other time; and after Joe
suggested Daddy Giles patch, of course we
naturally got to thinking more about 1t than
was good for us, and as a result every mouth
began to water for watermelon. =,
Daddy Giles only asks ten cents apiece,
Ben Arthur yentured
"And that's ten cents too much, when he
picks them out himself" grumbled Allen
Myers.
''Well, he'd better pick them for me, for l
wouldn't know green from ripe hazarded.
Not that was any better than the others,
but if l was to eat watermelons and pay for
them wanted to be sure of their quality.
"Pshaw!". exclaimed Josh Peters, in .supe-
rior sort of way. 'Any greeny ought to know
the 'tunk' ripe one gives"
"Well, any greeny don't know the tunk'
a green one gives" | snapped back, for Josh
had very aWggravati99g W way wellm,aggra-
"a green one doesn't 'tunk,'" he replied,
very scornfully.
And don't know how it would have ended
if Allen hadn't broken in:
"Well. we haven't been forbidden to 90 To
the patch, and / propose we go. One melon
apiece only means dozen, and they won't
ever be missed"
Allen generally had his own way as a leader
Los Angeles herald., 1907-07-07
Copyright by James Elverson.)

a 1lE shouldn't have done tive all knew
WI that-and I'm sure we wouldn't II
AZ we had known all the facts in the
NTs5j case, as the lawyers say.
;ZGGy Nearly all of us were Fresh" boys
~ XNaltor that xyaar NOT had hOyS