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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-25
THEIR ANONYMOUS
LETTERS.
by C. q. LIE c0IS.
Copyrighted. 1908. by Associated
Literary Press. ,


Everybody. including themselves,
said It was a love match between Kit
ty Rayns and Harry Smedley and that
such love. trust and confidence were
seldom to be found. 1t did not all end
with the honeymoon, rs a certain rus
ty old bachelor predicted, but when
they had been married a whole year
the doves were still cooling.
Then one evening Mrs. Smedley had
a lawn party, and Al half a dozen
people sat together 1t was announced
that the writer Of an anonymous letter
had succeeded In separating a certain
man and his wife All expressed their
sorrow and indignation. but host and
hostess felt called upon to go further.
The husband who will pay the
slightest attention to an anonymous
letter should be tabooed from associa-
ton with all sensible people" was the
observation of the husband as he
placed his arm around his wife's
waist mo one but a coward writes
those letters, and no one but a cow
ard would act upon them"
"If l should get a hundred anony-
o letters concerning Harry / should
only laugh at them" added the wife
as she kissed him before them all.
Three mornings later at his Office
Mr.. Smedley received a letter. As 1t
was addressed In the handwriting of a
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-25

woman he felt quite a bit of curiosity
find 1t contained an anonymous letter
no date, nc signature, just the words:
Watch your wife and you will dis
cover
The young husband laughed and
started to tear up the missive. Then
he restrained his hand, and his laugh
faded to a grin. 1t was a good joke
to send him such a missive. He would
carry 1t home at noon and laugh over
1t with his little wife.
When the coward picked him out to
receive such a warning he took the
wrong man. He whistled and put the
letter In his pocket and began his
work. 1t was funny. 1t would raise a
laugh They would show it to their cir
Gle, and others would laugh with them.
Five minutes later he was sayiItj to
himself:
watch your wife and you will dis
cover
Discover what? he mentally kicked
himself for asking, and yet the query
kept bobbing up. A contemplate cow
ard of a woman wrote that unfinished
sentence and wrote 1t to make trouble.
If he could find her out she should
suffer for it Discover anything wrong
on the part of his pure hearted little
wifei The idea was villainous.
He put 1t aside again and again and
felt himself almost as mean as the
writer when It bobbed up again. The
forenoon vas so long that he left the
Office half an hour before II and start
ed for home. He wanted to show the
letter to his wife and have a laugh
over 1t, but something occurred to
change his plan
He was within q block of the house
when a maj came out, gave a look up
and down the street and hurried away.
Then, too, as he entered the door his
wife exclaimed in surprise and almost
demanded to know why he was half an
hour ahead of his time. He kissed her,
but it was a perfunctory kiss. She nes-
tied up to him. but he thought he
could feel her trembling.
At 8 o'clock that same morning the
carrier had left a letter for her In a
mans handwriting. She opened 1t,
thinking hat it might be a bill from
the grocer, and the next moment her
merry laugh rang out
watch your husband and you will
discover were Its sole contents.
Watch Harry? For what? Suspect
him of what? 1t was an anonymous
letter. but 1t was too funny. She felt
like running out and showing it to the
girl In the kitchen. She would go and
show it to a couple OF her friends and
let them enjoy the laugh with her.
She put on her hat. Then she halted.
The laugh had died away. Could there
be anything In 1t? Was it possible that
Harry was deeeiving herr No. neverl
Ebs would tear up the letter and never
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-25
An Expert.

In n Of the interior towns there.
lives a farmer who brings butter, eggs
and produce to market, and, being IL
literate, also brings with him his son
to do the figuring"
The other day the son was ill and
the old man had to venture alone. For
awhile he got along pretty well by
letting his customers do the figuring.
but presently he sold two rolls of but
ter to a woman who could not figure
any better than he.
The farmer was much puzzled, but,
being resolved that she should not
know that his early education had been
neglected, he took a scrap of paper
from his pocket and began. He put
down a lot of marks on the paper
and then said:
Lets see; dots a dot, figures a fig
ure, two from one and none remains,
with three to carry-$1.50, madam,
please"
She paid over the $3.50. took the
butter home, had it weighed and "ig-
ured up" by her daughter, who dis
covered that the price should have
been $2.10 instead of $1.50.-St Louis
Globe-D Democrat.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-25
DAYS OF somnoLENcE
She Thinks Of Ultimate Questions Of
Accusing consolence.

EN~8NA
1t has been said that we are conttn-
nally a~rraigning ourselves before the
bar OF our mentality; that there seems
60 be no end to Jul i~ntrospection and
to self Questionings concerning the
correct mode of life and methods of
treating our bodies. When we are not
worrying over the problem of too much
or too little sleep we are hdgeting
about the food that nourishes our
structural formation and the amount
OF exercise necessary for perfect
health.
We speculate about the proper al
bowance of fresh air, our recreation.
the quality and quantity Of our literary
pabulum- In short, we seldom give
ourselves a moments rest or peace,
and the burning questions Of the hour
seem ultimately TO resolve themselves
into the following queries: "Do we
worry too muchT. and rs our sense of
humor declining2"
In the good old days we cared moth
ing for modern problems" which
grow thick as blackberries. Persons
accepted themselves and others for
what they were and wasted no time on
wild speculations. They ate, they
drank, they slept probably as nature
dictated and gave little or no heed to
their internal economy or mental bal
ance. Neither were they morbidly in
quisitive concerning their own degen-
eracy.
Owing to this sublime Indifference
our forbears were undoubtedly health
Ter mentally and physically, and If we
moderns did but ask fewer questions
and take ourselves less solemnly there
would be greater inclination to cult
vnte a sense of humor and less time
to analyze imaginary troubles. Some
times one longs to shrek from the
housetops that 1t really does not
amount to a tinker's lightest curse If
it be right or wrong to go hatless or
breakfastless, IL 1t be sinful to take a
holiday or If 1t be criminal TO sleep
eight hours. Hands orr shrek our
souls, and a frenzied desire SEXES us
to take our chances and live the life
that nature intended.
That most things right themselves
seems a foriorn hope, but let us fondly
imagine that some time we may snap
our fingers at nasty problems and re-
turn to the bovine Indifference Of Other
days and the delightful apathy of our
ancestors.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-25
HOUSEWIFE HINTS.

To clean lace fans spread the fan on
a towel and thickly over 1t with block
magnesia. Put a fold of the towel
over it and whip lightly with the
hands. Reverse the fan and treat the
opposite side in like I'M A badly
Boiled fan "A be cleaned with benzine
and dry talcum powder.
Use all small undeveloped or green
potatoes In soups OF hash, for the un-
developed potato will not cook well,
and 1t often has a very fat flavor.
potatoes, though 1t is almost impos-
sible to cream them Or make them
palatable unless mixed with other
vegetables or cooked with meat.
Before cooking canned goods place
in a coiander and drain off all juice
and rinse with cold water. The sea-
soning must be supplied with good
fresh butter, milk, salt and pepper.
Leave no canned goods in a can that
has been opened. Remove at once.
This may rob the vegetables of some
food value, but It is safest and best to
do so.
Hot dishes sometimes leave whitish
marks OF vanished tables when set,
as they should not be. careiessly upon
them. For removing them pour some
lamp oil on the spot and rub it hard
with a soft cloth. Pour on a little
spirits and rub It dry with another
cloth, and the whole mark viii disap-
pear, leaving the table as bright as
before.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-25
WORKING FOR AN IMPROVED DRIVEWAY
TO MAINLAND
North Wildwood Board OF Trade
In Conjunction With Wild
wood and Holly Beach
Organizations, VIII
Urge Board of Free
holders TO raise
and Widen
Turnpike

The North Wildwood Board of Trade
al a recent meeting took active steps
relative to the widening and raising of
the driveway leading from the Island
20 lfe mainland. A set of resolutions
were drawn by J. Fithian Tatem, Esq,
and unanimously adopted, asking the
County Board of Freeholders to take
immediate means to bring about this
much needed improvement. A COM
mittee of two, Robert Bright and w.
E. Young, were appointed to confer
with committees from the Councils of
the sister boroughs and the committees
to he named by the Wildwood and
Holly Beach Board of Trade. These
committees collectively, will arrange
to wait upon the Freeholders, with
Mr.. Tatem as their spokesman and
urge upon that body the great benefit
that will result not only to the Five
Mile Beach resorts, but TO the entire
County and the State at large. The
driveway, in its present condition, is
100 narrow to allow of the passage of
Two teams or automobiles in perfect
-afety, while many of the high tides
cover the road bed, making it almost
impossible at times.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-25

Bert Hewitt, brother of Ellsworth H.,
will shortly go out west to resume his
regular profession at the g~lassworks.
Quite a number of club men came TO
the Anglesea Fishing Club house at
First and Pennsylvania Avenues,
among them our friend His Corpulency
who has enjoyed himself hugely for
several years, the champion of heavy
weights.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-09-25

Little dogs start the hare. but great
ones catch tt-ItalianzP reverb.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-18
ENGLISH FINANCIER
SEES VALUE IN PANIC
Sir Edgar Vincent Looks Upon tn"
Recent FURRY in America as
Valuable to Commercial
Interests
By Associated Press.

NEW YORK, March 17.-Sir Edgar
Vincent, formerly financial adviser to
the khedlve of Egypt and man OF
affairs in England, looks upon the re-
cent panic as a development of ines
unable value to the commercial future
OF this country. He sailed this morn
ing on the Kron Prinzessen Cecelie
after a trip through this country and
Canada and discussed his visit to Can
ada and the American west. Sir Edgar
said:
Il was surprised when / landed three
months ago to find that the financial
conditions had not had more apparent
and far-reaching results. Instead L
found the west absolutely fiourishing
and New York affected in triiling
way. This merely proves how sound
and stable are the commercial and IN
dustrial pillars of this nation.
after studying these conditions with
great interest | have come to the con-
ciusion that a furry of that sort Is
cnly natural after a growth that was
too rapid.
Some may bewail the elimination of
fortunes, but these fortunes We're porn
as quickly as they died. In the imam
cial history of all nations we find these
occasional panics, and l dare say the
one of 1907 was caused by COM
bination of overspeculation and dis
trust"
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-18
AMERICAN CAR IS
WEST OF OGDEN
BY Associated Press.

OGDEN, Utah, March 1.-THE
American car arrived at Kellon, ninety
miles west of here, at 10 a. m. Part
Of the distance was travelled over the
cid Central Pacific railroad.
ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo., March IL
The Italian car tied up here last night
and left at $3.50, mountain time, this
morning. The car made nineteen miles
yesterday, but will probably reach
OGDEN, Iowa, March 1.-THE sec
ond French car left here at 6 o'clock
this morning. intending to run TO
Omaha by night if possible.
DENISON, Iowa, March 1.-THE
German car started for Omaha al s
o'clock this morning. 1t expects to
reach Omaha II o'clock this after
noon.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., March IL
The first French car reached here dur
ing the night. The shaft which has
given so much trouble broke again
during the night and the car will be
delayed here for probably three days,
OMAHA, Neb., March 1.-THE Ger
man car passed Missouri Valley, Iowa,
at 1 p. m. and is expected to arrive
in Omaha late this afternoon.
OGDEN, Utah, March 1.-THE
American car reached PrOmontOry,
Utah, at the head of the Great Salt
lake at midnight and tied up for the
west of ogden by road, but only twen-
ty-four miles by railroad, which goes
straight across the lake.
The car left Promontory at 9 o'clock,
mountain time. PromOntOry is the
point where the golden spike was
driven when the two ends of the Pa
cific railroads originally met.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-18
FALSE START
AT OAKLAND
BY Associated Press.

By Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 17.-There
was a peculiar incident attached to
the two-year- old race at Emeryville
today, which was won by Pomare.
While at the barrier Collice broke
through and Starter Hoffman called
to the boys Come on" They were
not ready and only about four horses
got away. Polnare won from Ocean
Queen. Yolo was third.
A crowd gathered around the judges
stand and loudly expressed disap-
proval. The judges decided that the
best way out of the trouble was to
call all bets off. This decision pleased
the crowd.
Form seemed to be at discount
today and the st. Patricks handicap
resulted in a big upset. Janeta fur
nished the gossip by her sudden re-
yersal. In her last three races she
could not raise a gallop. Today she
trailed her field to the stretch and
going two jumps to the others one,
scored by a head from Johnny Lyons
and Import. Fantastic, the favorite,
stopped badly and finished fourth.
Results:
First race, Ave and half furlongs. selling
-Boas, los CW. Miller) to l. won
Dareignton, 107 (Butwell, to l. second ;
Wap, 104 CIV. Kelly), to ., third. Time
/: :O6 AS. Abbey, Adena. Bannock Bob, Bon
heur Karennina St. Charles, Love Of Gold
and Mein Liebling finished as named.
Second race, three and half furlongs,
purse-Pomare, III (Sandy), IL to 5. won;
Ocean Queen. los CIV. Kelly, no odds, Sec
ond; Yolo 104 (Stuar), 20 to l, third. Time
Al AS. Collice, Right Easy. Cavellean Ad-
riana Lecouvreur, Lula G, Enamour, Winna-
kee, Rose Kismet and Pallas finished as
named.
Note-Owing to a false start in which
Collce was standing in front of the barrier
when the field dispatched the judges
called the SECOND no contest and de-
clared all bets off
Third race, seven furlongs selling-May
Amelia, los (Buxton), to ,, won; Andrew
B. Cook, 112 (Knapp), IL to 5, second /;
Kruka, 1Os CIV. Miller), to l, third. Time
1925 2-5. Nagazam, Boloman, Captain Bur
nett, Peggy O'Neal, Adele Brooks, Anona
and Day Star finished named.
Fourth race, one mile, st. Patrick's Day
handicap-Janeta. 9s g. Butler). 20 to ],
won; Johnny Lyons 103 (Hayes), to /.
second; Import, 101 (Gilbert), to l, third.
Time 1 :39 1-5. Fantastic, Grace G. St Elm
wood and Rather Royal finished as named.
Fifth race. mile and a sixteenth-Silver
Line, 1O3 (W Kelly. 13 to s, won: Tonic,
1O6 "a. Walsh), 5 to /, second; Taunt. 106
CW Miler), to 8, third. Time 1:47 15.
Alsatian, l Told You. Senator Warner,
named.
Sixth race six furlongs-Gypsy King 12O
(Miller), to 2, won; Hilgert, 110 GA.
Walsh, 15 to 1, second; Galvanic, lis (But-
weld, 80 to /, third. Time 1:14. Sibari,
Como, Gene Handlon, Bryan, Dr. Coleman,
Kenilworth, Marwood, Golden Sentiment and
Mary b. Clark finished named.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-18
ROUGH WORK
BY BATTLER
Big Fellow Makes Turk and Fritz
Frey Stop in Less Than sched-
uled Time-Flynn is
Ready

Battling Johnson seems to be making
remarkable impression on the fans
who have been witnessing his feats at
the San Pedro Athletic club. Yesterday
afternoon the Turk started in to act as
sparring partner to the Russian, but
before the three rounds were finished
the assistant had enough for the day.
Fritz Frey fared even worse than Abb
do, for the lively German was put out
in the second round and was unable to
continue for the allotted sessions.
Besides all this work, Johnson put in
time skipping the rope, punching the
bags and handling the weights. He
did eight miles on the road i'm the MORN
ing and came back to his headquarters
feeling fresh, according to his report
after his rub down. Johnson will re-
peat practically the same program to-
day and Thursday, after which he wilt
tighten up a little in his work.
The spectators at San Pedro who have
been gazing on the practice work of
the Russian are wondering If he can
do the same to Jim Flynn. IT he shows
the same strength and activity when
he enters the ring at the Cabin next
Tuesday 1t will be all off with the fire
man, and a knockout Is looked for by
the fans.
AT the East Side club Flynn is work.
ing away harder than ever, full of con-
lluOiiNG anu IOL dl dll dlldlO u NethC
the consequences of all he blows which
Johnson can administer. In fact, IL
Flynn carries out the program he has
planned he will sail in at the tap of
the gong and try to reach vulnerable
spot on the Russian at once. All those
who have seen both men in the ring
declare that the bout Tuesday will be
one of the fiercest ever seen here.
Flynn started in his work yesterday
by ten-mile spin on the highway near
the Athletic club. In the afternoon he
went through his usual stunts in the
gymnasium, such as rope skipping, bag
punching and contortion exercise. Then
he took on Rose, the Cleveland middle
weight, and there was no taking when
the two met in the ring. Both of the
men went at the work hammer and
tongs, and before the first round was
finished Rose was badly punished and
the ring was Spattered with the blood
which several hard blows administered
by Flynn had started flowing from his
nose The second round was just as
fierce, and the Cleveland boy just man
aged to last through the third.
This is the way we always work out
here" said Flynn. I'VE believe in go
ing just the same as we would In the
ring at the pavilion, and while 1t may
be little severe, 1t is good training
and will be of great benefit In rounding
us into shape"
The fireman expressed himself as
highly pleased with his present condi-
tion, and says he is confident of de-
feating the Battler.
Phil Brock continued his work at
East Side yesterday but did no boxing.
He finished early and came to town in
the afternoon after his workout. He
will take up his boxing Saturday in
preparation for his bout with George
Memsc April 3.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-18
BEES BEAT
BARBARIAN FOUR
Game Is LstIess at the Start, but
Riverside Players Finally Get
Together and Score
Eight Goals
BY G. L. WARING

Special to The Herald.
CORONADO, March 17.-The game
today was between the Riverside Busy
Bees and the Santa Barbara bunch,
the former winning. 1t began in a
sticky manner. After a lot of light
play at the end of the second period
the score was one all and nobody suf-
fering much except the spectators.
After that the Bees woke up and
played a much better game. Redmayne
was much better than on his previous
appearance and played reall we'll The
others on the Riverside B team We're
about as they were before.
At the end of the period both teams
were doing well, and il become more
open as they progressed. Eventually
the Barbarians We're stung by the
Busy Bees to the tune of goals to 4,
and the latter will play off for the
finals against Burlingame on Friday
afternoon.
Tomorrow the losers in the first round
of the tournament will commence a
tournament for cups donated by Wal
ter Dupee. Los Angeles and the Riv-
erside No. l team will hook up.
The score today was as follows:
Riversde-First period, 0; second, l.;
third, 4; fourth, 6; fifth, Z; SIXTH 8.
Santa Barbara-First period / sec
ond, /; third, /; fourth, 2; fifth, g.;
sixth, 4.
Gu Thursday the first series of races
will be brought off. They have all filled
we'll
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-18
ST. PATRICK
FAVORS HEN
GUARDIAN SPIRIT OF IRIsHMEN
HELPS ANGELS
FIRST GAME OF LAST SERIES
WON BY DILLoNITEs
Bad Weather Prevents Usual interest
of Chutes Gathering, but Victory
by Local Nine Lends
Enthusiasm

Charlie Comiskey's Romans strug-
gIed bravely to overcome the pull Hen
Perry had with st. Patrick on March
II. but with Joe Farrell the French
man from Chicago, attracting the at
tention of the hoodoo from the rooters
box. they were forced to surrender oy
the score of to 4.
Cool and cloudy weather kept all put
the most fanatical fans away, and the
captain of the Chicago JOY brigade was
about the only one there who could
stop shivering long enough 10 oacA
the Yannigans with noise.
The playing of both teams was al
fected by the absence of warm-faced
Old Sol although the hindrance did
not make serious inroadS on the error
For the first time in any of the ex-
hibition games at the Chutes, capt
Davis trusted one pitcher to 40 the
plotting for the entire game. IeaVlIis
Olmstead and Weaver on the pollts
for the nine innings. Capt. Dillon got
the right hunch to substitute Pel1can
Koestner with Nagle in the sixth, when
the score was tied, and the ramrod
veteran proved effective for the re-
mainder of the time. ~
Koestner did much better than on MS
first appearance, but Is still tar from
contract form and was commencing 10
show symptoms of last weeks falllIgs
when taken out of the box. Inc All
gels cinched their victory by manner
ing Olmstead for five trips in the last
of the sixth. Delmas started on the
dailv lucky streak an act early py
waiting for the final bad one after
watching three balls and a brace OF
strikes go by Easterly seemed at
glance to be doomed to the out dlVls-
ion ON an easy one to O'Neil, but the
second baseman misplaced Anderson
location after gathering IN the
grounder and Easterly saved MS pase'
Nagle violated all rules about slap-
s+er being handy with the biff stick
and dropped a soap and suos slnsle
into the conservatory, where the sun
should have been, bringing Delmas 10
+he bench. Bernard poked a halI
hearted bunt down the th1rd corner
chalk. but before Purtell could make
I'D his mind to embrace the leatneI
Easterly had usurped ms coNeteu
cushion and Bernard was helping An
derson hold down the Whlsthng post
Cakes improved in favor WIN -
Berry and the bleacherites by picking
out the wood lot for the resting place
of a. single. giving Easterly and Magic
their clearance signals. Dillon dled
martyr to Anderson unasslsteu III
order to let Bernard get drink, anu
I[ittv Rrashear boosted Oakes over the
Anal obstacle with one to the off gar
den. Jud Smith had bad luck with Win,
contrary slam, which was meant for "a,
drive to right, but which landed III
Olmstead's nit, retiring the side
The Light Sox could do nothing Win
Nagle until the benedictory session.
when the ramrod twirler got too pre-
vious for the end to come ana Mas
tanned for three singles, which added
up to one run.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-18
CITY PARK SUNNI AIRY
BY Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS, March 17.-City park re
suits:
First race, 3h furlongs-Glorolo won, Miss
Imogene second, Lurid third; time AZ 20.
Second race, steepechase, short course-Re
jectable won, Lndale second, Buckman third
time 3:01.
Third race. 5h furlongs-Lorrimer won
Wausau second, Spunky third; time 1907 80.
Fourth race 1 Lie miles-John Carroll won
Green Seal second Temaceo third; TIME
Lab 3-5.
Fifth race, furlongs-Bell Wether won
GOLD Proof second, Cooncy X. third; time / :l3
Sixth race, / lie mies-Watercooler won
Lady AImy second, Czar third; time 1;46 40.
Seventh race l 1-16 miles-Jack Witt won
Warner Criswell second. Flaxman third; time
las 3-5.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-18
SANTA ANITA sMATTERlNes

Jockey Harty had all his mounts
taken away from him yesterday, as he
could not pay the 500 fine the judges
imposed on him Monday, when he rode
Critic. Finn was substituted on Fran
ciscan for ,Harty, and with the latter
riding the fTullum colt would have won,
as he was a head in front of STRAIT Mar
tin when Finn let his head go and
started to whip him. This caused the
colt to go to his knees. Finn would do
better at some other occupation than
riding.