Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-03-25
MR.. AND MRS. woRTHINGToN
BLISS.
Heaters of domestic wounds.

of the man with surprise and inquiry.
at is surprising" he said, that you
should be surprised. There Is no pro-
fession In the world calculated to do
30 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-
monlal brokers and divorce lawyers.
Why not peacemakersT
"What is your clienteleT
"a wife Is wretched from some dis
agreement with her husband. A hus-
band Is wretched from some disagree
ment with his wife. A daughter or q
son is making his or her parents miser-
able either from extravaganza, bad in
huences 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. A better name for
our profession perhaps would be re-
pairers of fractured Affections When
the mechanism in which the gem love
Is set becomes weak or broken we
make the necessary repairs"
But how do you accomplish re-
suits 2" l asked, with growing wonder,
yet struck by the plausibleness of the
mans words
THAT will best be explained by CIV
ing you a few instances. A wife re-
Gently came to us whose husband was
home and his children. Mrs. Bliss. I'M
der pretense of being a former school
mate of the wife, made the family a
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. 1t worked to
a 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 veritable 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. / did not believe my client
was giving me the real cause of his
objection, and l set about discovering
1t. Diagnosis is as much the principal
part Of our profession as Of medicine.
I 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 were made happy.
"And you were well paidr'
every we'll, indeed. There are no
troubles-not even at times sickness
and death-so dreaded as those we re-
move. In this case l 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-
gregating $1,000"
"Do you keep a record OF your
casesr
Certainly, and it Is now 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 a great many
cases which we put down under the
head Of scattering. These scattering
cases are very numerous"
81 see," l said, then, after some
thought, continued:
II would like your services in 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 Will
restore her to her senses l will give
you the biggest fee you have ever had"
Within a fortnight, by previous ar
rangement with me, Mrs. Bliss obtained
a place with my wife as seamstress.
I not only wished the healer to influ-
ence her, but to make a note of her
clandestine meetings with her lover.
At the end of a week Mrs. Bliss dis
appeared from my house, and re
@IthNd tAiC AOiloNlll5 AlVlS AlOAd hSi LUIS
band:
We regret to inform you that in your
case we have found our first absolute
defeat y would be impossible to con
vince man so utterly unworthy OF q
noble woman, so insensibe to his owr
defects, that in him lies the cause of hi:
domestic wound. Your wife has confess
ed that her supposed cavalier is really
her nephew, whom you have never I'll
recently seen. She has been pretending
to flirt with him. hoping to pique you and
bring you back to your true allegiance
Inclosed you will find your shortcomings
listed. We would advise you to read
them over every day for a month
took Mr.. Bliss advice and at the
end of week ate humble pie and paid
a large fee for the privilege OF being
convinced that it was my duty to do so
But the heaters earned their money.
f. A. MITCHELL