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The Lamar register., 1908-05-06

Search the lives of the men who have made
history of the men who have achieved true great
ness who have fame, who have acquired
wealth.
The vast majority OF them married. OF
these the greater part married young. Their
wives instead of transforming themselves into
shapely but heavy millstones and dangling about
the CALLED necks of their liege lords. have. in
nine out of ten, done more than all other
Influences combined to crown their husbands
lives with success Nearly all great men who
have been married would confess they owed much
of their fame wealth to their wives.
There are of course obstacles to happiness in
married life So also there reefs and shoals
in the Atlantic. But the sailor does not for that
reason become a landsman. He studies the shoals
and learns to avoid them. The pitfalls In matri-
mony can far more easily be studied and avoided
by any couple possessed Of moderate degree
OF
100 marriages are happy and that not more than
five out OF that number unhappy.
Apart from love itself there is companionship
in married life that draws closer and more beau
tful the years go by.
During my last visit to Europe met distin-
guished man who expressed the deepest interest
in country.
"Why do you not visit us. them" 1 asked him,
"if you have SO kindly feeling for America and
Amercans?"
Because he repls'. simply. my wife could
not stand the voyage and would not, for any
personal or selfish reason. be responsible for one
days separation from her.
The couple had been married 40 years
Again. many man maid postpones marriage
because in neithers heart has dawned that WON
derful creation of the novelist known as love
at first sight
This is mistake. Propinquty is the most
powerful factor in making two hearts beat as
Many women form their ideals of n husband
on novels and plays DISBURSEMENT is bound to
follow They flnd that the once idealized husband
is only a common mortal without even pn-
feather on his shoulder blade. Then the wife feels
she has been deceived. So she has. But by her.
self; not by her husband.
Another grievous blow to many a wife is that
her husband does not always remain her lover.
She fforgets that he is toilng every day for her
welfare. as no lover would toll. She forgets also
the wide difference between masculine and femi.
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nine nature. Man loves. but not quite woman
loves.
While man may become SO wildly infatuated
as to spend his business hours in drawing Gu
pds all over his letterheads. yet love can never
permanently occupy SO large a place In his lie
as 1t does in womans. His life Is too full. too
active. too varied in its interests.
Concession on both sides is the sovereign rene
dy for domestic differences.
II you were to drop two strange cats into a
barrel and then clap the lid you would not
marvel at the ensuing sounds of wrath nor at the
floating upward Of errant scraps OF fur.
Yet when man and woman, reared along
different lines and in separate environments. do
not agree in every particular the world stands
aghast at the tale of marital infelicity. Whereas
little forbearance. careful study Of each 9TH
er's moods and failings will soon reduce this
strife to minimum.
1 believe that no couple who began by loving
each other and had the right consideration for
each other ever came to serious trouble. The
effort Of each to please the other leads In little
while to not having to try, because Of the sym
patty between them.
kiss and make up is a good rule. II tho
couple do not properly consider their relations
there will be a good many kisses. but far more
necessity of making up.
mi Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles)
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The just published biography of
Manuel Garcia, by Mr.. s. Mackinlay.
contains some interesting details of
the daily habits of that distinguished
parsonage. who died at the age of 102.
1t is recorded that he led the simplest
of lives:
His lunch invariably consisted of
the same simple fare-some sponge
cake and a pint of milk. which would
be fetched from baker close by by
my younger brother Charles. asked
Senior Garcia once II he did not feel
hungry long before dinner. teaching as
he did all day on such slender diet.
NO" he answered. Il don't feel half
the discomfort from waiting that
should II l took hearty meal in the
middle OF the day and then tried to
teach Immediately afterward. Besides,
1 don't really need 1t. Most singers
and teachers Of singing eat more than
they should. man with moderate
teeth, such as have. can grow old on
sponge cake and milk" And he lived
for more than 30 years after that to
prove the truth of his remarks.
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eff could be out of physical pain"
said a lifelong invalid, Il would ask
no other. heaven" IF could be In a
place where l might know that my
husband never could be killed on the
train!" cried one of the gentle "wor-
riers" whose capacity for suffering IL
neither understood nor respected by
the sanguine III could take
my children to a world where every
time hear a croupy cough my heart
did not stand still with terror" urged
another. that would be heaven for
me-" The mulatto girl who burst into
joyful tears at hrst sight Of q marble
bust of herself. because It was
white" had glimpse of her heaven
before Its time.
Heaven must be like any other
form Of happiness. only more so.'"
said a thoughtful man. And the
conditions of happiness are three: .
clean conscience. something to do,
and some one to love."-Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps. in Harper's Weekly.
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wind they seem to mock the vanity of
him who wished this huge pile Of stone
for his tomb.
In striking contrast, in a secluded
spot. overshadowed by two solitary
pines and surrounded by many flow
ers. Is the resting place of John Keats.
Fresh interest is awakened in this
grave by the discovery of a new ro-
nance In the poets life.
In 1919. two years before his death.
Keats fell desperately in love with
Fanny Browne. who drove him to dis
traction with her caprices. After this
unfortunate love affair he left Eng
land with his faithful friend Severn
and took up his residence In Rome,
where he CHANGED to meet the woman
who filled his last days with happiness.
1t was only quite recently and as the
result Of researches by an Italian stu
dent that this heretofore ignored cpl
sode OF Keats life in Rome has been
discovered.
AS the poet was ascending the steps
of the Trinita del Monti one day he
was struck by the marvellous beauty
of young Italian girl who was going
in the same direction. The attraction
was SO strong that without moments
reflection he offered her his arm.
which she unhesitatingly accepted.
From this chance meeting a friend.
ship grew up which soon ripened into
love. Keats love was SO strong that
he succeeded In hiding until the very
last moment the illness which eventu-
ally carried him away. lest his Italian
sweetheart, Maria Landi, should suffer
pain.
After his death she disappeared. and
no trace Of this short but happy cpl.
sode of Keats life was found until the
discovery OF the following letter from
Keats to Maria Landi. which is in the
possession OF one of her great-grand-
nephews living in Rome:
MY Dearest: Although said I
would not write you. still I wish to
talk a little more with you. my dream
and my hope. my smile and my one
and only Joy. You do not know how
much love you. you do not know it
and I cannot tell you how much.
But you are everything to me, as
for you alone smile amidst my tearf,
and l put one sweet thought amon1
many bitter ones. and have many OF
them. love, many, a whole sorrowful
crown, a most sorrowful crown Of
them. But when am near you for.
get them all because l love you with
great. immense and infinite love. with
a love that no words can express.
"Oh, II you were here. II your dear
face with its look which promises
wonderful sweetness, would greet and
comfort me! Oh. II you were only
with me. my adored! II you knew how
long for your presence in certain
moments. wish for your suddenly at
times in the peace of dawn. at others
in the calmness Of the night. and Il
seems as II your voice reached me in
the silence. your silvery voice as mu.
steal as q waterfall"
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of this territory of the breeding places
of mosquitoes, permanent relief could
be secured. In reviewing the life-his-
tory of the mosquito 1t is evident that
the fight against the adult is futile and
that the effort Of control must be d.
rected against the breeding places of
the insect.
1t is the common opinion here that
the taro patches and rice fields are
mainly responsible for the abundance
of the mosquitoes. They do breed to
some extent in these places, but the
writer has found the source OF mos
quities. even in the immediate vicinity
of taro patches and rice fields to be
mainly the many exposed receptacles
filled with standing water, common
about the laborers' quarters. 1t Is not
in the fields, moreover. but about
them In the clogged bitches and about
the sides, where the water remains
comparatively shallow and unchanged
that the larvae are found. The writer
has, however. found that in abandoned
rice fields. where the water stands in
more or less confined areas for a
great length of time. the larvae do
occur in large numbers.
In the outlying districts. where city
water is not supplied and rain
water must be stored for use. the
many containers used for this pur-
pose, especially about the native
houses and Chinese shacks. are by far
the greatest source of mosquitoes.
The writer has counted as many as
II tubs. barrels and other containers
about one native house all breeding
mosquitoes in immense numbers.
Generally speaking. the extermina-
ton of the mosquito can not be ac-
complished. The remedy is by sys-
tematic and continuous effort to do
away with their breeding places or.
II that is not practical. by the prop
er treatment. to render the conditions
unfit for the development of the
larvae. In favored localities this will
result practically in determination.
d. l.. VAN DINE.
Entomologist, Hawaii.
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Valet Gave American Millionaire
Few Pointers on Dress Toys.

The valet applied the backing with
his fingers. being very careful not to
soil the boots white tops.
"You Hamericans," he said, lave
the cash, but you hain't got no sech
handles as as London. Me former
marster, the young Marquis Of Car
abbas, as a separate pair of boots.
The boots cost from G3 hup, the
trees from 92 hup. You don't do that
sort of thing ere. You hain't hup to
1t.
"carabbas as two tailors, one for
sportin' toys, one for dress toys.
Heach tailor as stuffed manikin, a
perfect model of his ludship. to fit
the clothes on to. hain't seen no
manikins ere.
"Carabbas and all his family-hit's
a common thing among the swells-
hallers sends their linen to the south
Of France to be washed. Them there
French laundresses is splendid; the
southern sunshine. too. bleaches the
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in America. 1t is easier for the poor to live here
than in London, but every year it is growing less
easy. In proportion with the poor mans growing
Inability to support wife, vice proves ltse1 10
be on the increase. This advance in vice is found
even in the west and there. well as in the
east it is due to the growing financial disability
to marry.
During my recent visit to Kansas City several
married women applied to me for positions on
The Salvation Army farms On investigation
learned that they had not heard from their hus-
bands for years.
l made inquiries, and in each case found that
the wageearner of the family unable to get
work. had gone away. penniless, to seek liveli-
hood elsewhere, and had been forced to leave MS
wife and little ones to shift for themselves. The
stories were profoundly pathetic. For they told
Of men and women whose right to wed and rear
families was inalienable and yet who had been
forced to Part from all that each held dear.
Poverty, not more merciful death, them did part
Can any situation be imagined that would be
more crushing to man of heart and OF pride
than to be forced thus to condemn to poverty
and loneliness the woman he loved? Could wit
nesses to such tragedy require a stronger deter
rent to matrimony?
There is far suffering of this kind among
the poor than the world large ever hears Of
Poor people proud. and most of them have
passionate love Of home have seen whole
families resign themselves to probable death
sooner than to allow their homes to be broken up
The great dread of the unfortunate poor is lest
their children be taken away from them and
committed to an institution. "Domcide." the
breaking up of the home, is to the poor man what
regicde is to loyal subjects of any king.
From a sociological standpoint there are many
arguments for allowing the poor man to have
home and family. 1t is rs right He is fonder
of his children rule. than is his rich neigh
Dor. His home is dearer to him. Home ties are
his only joys. his only recreation.
When find starving and unable to sup
port his family do not believe in tearing out
his heart by proposing the breaking up Of his
home and the commitment of his children to an
institution. suggest to him rather, that he go
into the country, where work is plentiful
and living cheaper. and try to find the means
for him to do So
Perhaps the best maxim to solve the marriage
problem among the poor is:
place waste labor waste land by means OF
waste capital. and thereby convert the trinity
of waste into unity of production.
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles)
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families as a rule than do persons better able to
afford do so. should be forced to remain single
while men and women whose marriages are of
advantage to the community to posterity
may wed at will.
Conditions among the poor in many cases
such that the rearing and the keeping together
of family rendered impossible. On every
had the poor mans efforts to establish and
maintain the sacred relations of matrimony
discouraged.
How. for instance. poor take to him
self wife when the cost OF living is SO high that
he barely support life in himself? How
he ask woman to share his lot when he knows
he may at any time be thrown out of work and
perhaps be obliged to watch her starve? How
can man rear family when the chances may
be all against his being able to maintain it? For
mai. cannot maintain family when he has
work The sight of starving wife and children
has driven many man to Disqualification to
crime
Yet 1t is the right of the poor to have a home.
With them that right is as inalienable and per-
haps more precious than with the rich. And
cia conditions should be arranged to allow
the poor to escape from the burden of vice
through the blessed bonds of matrmony. These
conditions. which rendering marriage among
the poor more and impossible are every
day bringing more and more sin into the world.
maintain most strongly that there is a remedJ
for vice And that remedy consists in making
marriage possible among the poor and in provid-
ing for such people home.
In this country, 1t is true there is a brighter
side to the question than in Europe as may be
proved from statistics.
In London out of every 1000 manageable per-
729 are unmarried. More generally speaking,
less than one-third of the manageable population
of London (the largest city Of the world) enter
the state OF matrimony. More than two-thirds are
single. The conditions for marriage there are all
against the poor man and woman. They may fall
in love utterly as could any millionaire, but
the gates of the Eden of matrmony are closed
against them and guarded by the flaming sword
of poverty They may sigh for marriage, but
they realize that such luxury is far and away
above their means.
In this country the marriage statistics are al
most exactly the opposite of London's Here about
two-thirds of the manageable population are
married, leaving barely third unwed
The explanation OF this difference between the
two countries Is. of course. easy to find. 1t
sists in the better wages the increased chances
for work. the general conditions which prevail
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NOTzLIKE ENGLAND'S DANDIES

stuff wonderful; but you. sir, well.
you're content with a steam laundry
wot works hamobinable.
Yer English swell as town clothes
and country clothes. In town he only
wears dark. shiny things-top ats.
black tail'coats, dark blue or black
overcoats. In the country he wears
lounge or sack suits, flannel shirts.
gay overcoats. tan boots. But over
ere you don't hobserve them distinc-
lions. You wear country clothes in
town. You carn't deny it, sir. l see
it hoften"
I'll try to learn. Algernon," said
the young millionaire humbly, as he
got ready for his bath.
We'll, you're in good 'ands, SIR"
said the valet in an encouraging tone.
Listen to me. and you'll soon be hup
to snuff."
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KEATS ITALIAN ROMANCE.
Love Affair Of Poet In Rome REVEALED
by Discovery Of Letter.

Rome.-The English cemetery in
Rome is full of wild beauty and clas-
steal interest. From the outside 1t ap.
pears to be covered by innumerable
Expresses and pine trees. Close to It
rises the famous Pyramid Of Caius
Cestius, 116 feet high.
From time to time, owing to the
winds and rain which have swept over
this spot. pieces OF the marble which
coated the sides Of the pyramid are de.
tached and now tufts of weeds have
taken root in the cracks and crannies,
and as they wave to and fro in the
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spirituaIist and sportsman.

Sir Oliver Lodge. scientist and au-
thor, presents the rather impressive
aspect of Spiritualist who is at the
same time a sportsman. Sir Oliver
is a constant golfer. a member of the
Sutton Coldfeld and Felixstowe golf
clubs. and. in fact. has played the
game for 80 years. At st. Andrews,
where he learned the game under Prof.
TAFT, the latter said to him one day:
You don't play golf with your
muscles: you play with your morals"
But l hope" said Sir Oliver. in telling
the story. mo one will consider my
morals as bad as my golf"
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I'll AH moon called on
AH How do you like matrimony?" |
-NR. asked.
- Tam utterly wretched," she replied
asked her why.
Because did not try 1t sooner"
And that speech of hers frivolous It may
appear. sounded the keynote of the marrying
Question far more truly and resonantly than could
the sneering epigrams of world full OF cynics.
bear unqualified testimony to the fact that
the man who passes his life In what is miscalled
single blessedness" has missed most OF life's
pleasures.
Life at 20-even at 3O-may seem pleasant
enough to man without a wife to share its
triumphs and failures The world Is young. There
is much to distract and amuse. Home perhaps
seems "a place to go when all the other places
closed" Friends plentiful; relatives and
Immediate family about him.
But when reaches middle old age?
Friends not many perhaps so dsin-
tcrested at 20. old-time pleasures lack their
zest.
Blessed thrice blessed. then. is the who
has home wife and children to ease that last
stage of fe's long climb Most miserable of NOR
tails is he who must look forward to a loveless
and lonely old age
Annexing wife and family in youth is merely
a higher and wiser form of putting money in
bank No other investment yields such interest
in later years.
Let a marry Just soon as he can sup
port wife. The youth who puts of this great
step in order that he may search through the
world for affinity is foolish. In the search
he is than liable to pass by his true affinity"
and to choose at last wife whom stretch of
Imagination could twist into an affinity for any
one. The traditional man who wandered for days
through a forest looking for material for cane,
and who at last picked up crooked stick
fortunate If that crooked stick did not turn out
to be snake.
man is Just likely to hit upon his ideal
early in life later My advice then, as
the supposititious mans lawyer. is: Don't wait"
Marriage halves ones privileges and doubles
ones troubles is an idiotic probably invented
by a bachelor There is too much talk OF this
sort Men speak Of matrimony as milestone
tied about the neck of youth The lives of the
worlds most successful men give the lie to this
faacy.
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!oFAINFEREsT TO THE JUDGES.

The debate was fierce and prolonged.
but, as frequently happens in such
cases, the disputants on one side had
the others. relying upon their having
the popular side Of the controversy.
depended solely on their oratory.
Hence the '"Baconians." having learned
all that could be said in favor Of their
contention, made really a very plaus-
ibie case and had decidedly much the
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Need Thorough Cooking.

Raw pullet, raw veal and raw hsh
make the graveyard fat. This IL hun
dreds Of years old. A New York
caterer. perhaps the most efncient in
the city. said: There are three i'm
portant articles of food that must. un-
der no circumstances. be served un-
derdone. They are fish, chicken and
veal. By chicken I mean all poultry
of a domestic nature. All game birds
should be rare. You want to be lit.
tie careful about lamb. too: give It
plenty Of cooking"
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better of the argument. At the close
OF the discussion the three judges
who had been selected held brief
consultation. and decided in favor of
the negative. "r
why did you decide against us?"
subsequently asked one of the dis
putants. You know we presented
good arguments. while the other fell
lows didn't show any" go
That's all right" answered the
Judge to whom this question was ad-
dressed, but two of US had Just
bought expensive copies of The
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Two Columbia students rooming to.
gether cook some of their meals them
selves and take turns in doing the
marketing One of them brought home
two chops the other night. intending
them for breakfast. Some time in the
night cat stole one of the chops.
This brought about the first quarrel
that had arisen between the young
men. They could not decide the ques-
ton Whose chop did the cat eat?"
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81 noticed" remarked the piano
stool to the pArlor lamp. that you
started to smoke last night when Mrs
Yerner was entertaining Mr.. Tim
mid"
YES" replied the lamp. II saw
she was Just waiting for an excuse
to turn me down." ts-
The Lamar register., 1908-05-06

Works of William Shakespeare that
cost us SIS. Do you suppose we were
going to acknowledge that. Shake
speare didn't write em?"-Youth's
Companion.
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Church to q. Bull. Of Paper.

Paris is to have a new church
made entirely of paper. rendered i'm
permeable by means Of. aicoating OF
quicklime mixed with curdledA milk
and white of egg. 1t will accommo-
date 1000 people.