The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-15
GOSSIP OF NEW YORK.

vels the factest who travels alone"
So enunciated Rudyard kepiing, in
a covert defense of that condition
of life indicated by race auici
Which only goes to show tiat even
poet Of strenuosity may on occas-
ion hand out the wrong line of dope,
DR.. Mitchell, of Oklahoma, has
come to New York to set us right
on the subject. So far as Gchenn.
is concerned, Doe says as how the
Matrimonial Limited is a through
express without change, scheduled
to overtake the sultry regions in
the briefest possible time. In Doc"
Mitchell's book, Gehenna is chalked
up as an / to favorite in the We'd
ding Bells Handicap.
In other words, Dr.. Mitchell, en-
gagged in the public discourse in
this metropolis, while incidentally
soliciting funds for purity home"
in the sage-brush belt, let loose the
observation that seven out of eight
married couples are unhappy.
AS this is the silly season in Park
Row literary circles, Doc Mitchell
Immediately became a marked man.
| The seven slush sisters and the Ba-
zoo bilgewater brigade of ground and
| lofty interviewers Immediately
| bounced upon the Oklahoman, and
proceeded to elaborate upon the sub
| ject of matrimonial infelicity with
original signed statements, hereto
| fore unpublished portraits and dia-
| grams depicting the scene of the
crime.
Now Constant Reader" Fair
Play and "Heartbroken Wife, have
been dealt hands in the game and
are filling the agony columns of
the Evening Sob with heart-rend-
ing accounts of marital unhappiness
and sugar-coated descriptions of do
nestle bliss. SO far the contest ap-
pears to be about ''hoss and boss, "
thus proving, if it proves anything,
that the Oklahoma Investigator s
estimate is a trifle exaggerated.
But not forever must we gnash
our hair and tear our teeth in the
outer darkness of the matrimonial
| Gehenna. Doc" Mitchell is hep to
the cause of our misery and has put
| us wise to the cure
Tobacco, alcohol, spices and tight
lacing are the diabolical inventions
of the evil one which have caused
the infelicity of the unfortunate
seven out of eight AND
the remedy is the simple life, as H.
Illustrated and illuminated and exem-
plified by Doc Mitchell's purity
home in the sagebrush section @.
Oklahoma
Cable Anniversary.
Tomorrow will be the Semi-cen.
tennial of the sending of the frs
cable message across the Atlantic
from Queen Victoria to President
Buchanan on Augusut IS, 1858. II
is also the anniversary of the news
paper 'scare-head,' since it was that
momentous event which led even the
most conservative of New York
newspapers to break forth into lu-
rid announcements of the wonder
full news.
A perusal of the newspapers OF
that day shows that New York was
then more capable of enthusiasm
than now. According to the public
prints, the people of the metropo-
lis, wildly excited by the news that
a message had actually been received
over an ocean cable 1850 miles
long could sccarely retain hei1
JOY at the performance of such a
marvellous feat. All over the city
factory whistles shrieked, church
bells rang and bonfires were built
to celebrate the tremendous event
There were brilliant Examinations
too, and one newspaper recounts that
famous hostelry of that day dds.
played no less than 1000 lights!'
The days celebration wound up with
a fire in the City Hall, which added
to the excitement. There was a pa.
rade three miles long, in which carts
and drays took the place Of floats
Later a great official celebration
was held in Trinity Church follow
ed by dinner given by the Common
Council to Cyrus w. Field, the
father of the cable. And 1t was jus,
at that time that the cable ceased
to work and the rejoicing was turn.
ed to deepest gloom.
But Cyrus Field, whom New Yorh
a few years before had called an en-.
thusiast and not a dreamer, not ia
mention crazy crank and similar
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