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The Washington times., 1908-11-01
FATE LIES
IN CONTIGUOUS HAND
Molokai, the Leper Colony
in Pacific, May Be
Destination.

The ultimate fate of John Early. the
leper. lies in the hands OF Secretary Of
the Treasury Cortelyou.
Still resigned. and placing his trust
IN the Lord, the leper and his wife are
awaiting with resignation his utterance.
Under the decision Of Attorney Gen
eraI Bonaparte. which is awaiting the
return of Secretary Cortelyou. the lepeT
can be sent 10 the colony at MOlOkai,
in the Hawaiian Islands, or to any
other point designated by the SecTe-
tary. As North Carolina would prob
ably fight the entry of Early within
her borders, no attempt. it is thought.
Will be made to send him back there.
Every other State will most certainly
object. and should Early be transport
ed, there is, therefore, only one place
to send hinl-Moloksi. in the Hawaiian
Islands.
Should Early be sent 10 the Hawaiian
colony, il is believed his wife would be
sent with him. should sine request II.
II she should go, it is probable she
would never again be permitted 20 leave
the colony.
II is believed that Secretary CorteI-
you win be able TO throw considerable
light on the entire subject when he re-
turns TO " Washington either tomorrow
or after the election
It is made plain, in the Attorney Cen
erals opinion, thHt the District Com
missiOners have no authority To deport
Early. but that the Secretary OF tie
Treasury may do so, provided d regu-
lation is issued 10 the effect that lepTOsy
within the confines Jf the District iz a
'menace TO the public. Such a regula-
ton would call for Eariys deportation,
and the expense could be paid under
its provisions Therefore. the only
thing that stands in the way or his
being sent to MOlokai Is the probability
Of conflict with the Federal and State
authorities. should an attempt be made
10 even carry the lepeT across a State.
II will be recalled that about = year
ago a West Virginia leper was shunted
around from pillar 20 post until he died
IN q box car, without ever having
reached Molokai, HIS destination
The Washington times., 1908-11-01
BACON WILL SERVE
AS THE PRESIDENT
Assistant Secretary 10 Rep
resent Roosevelt at White
House Tuesday.

Robert Bacon. Acting President Of
the United states"
That is probably the inscription that
will appear on the card of Assistant
Secretary OF State Bacon next Tues
day. Tor in the Gysence or disability Of
every member of the Cabinet he will
lie called upon 10 steer the ship Of
state through the turbulent waters.
Secretary Metcalf is the only Cabinet
member who viii be able TO resist the
call of the polling booth. and he only
because he is TOO sick 70 leave his bed
So it is that it is up to Bacon 20 stick
to the ship, and cling desperately 70
the rudder.
When il became known that the entire
Cabinet was to he off the job. the ques-
ton of who could act i'm on emergency
arose. President Roosevelt will not
leave the good old bark without a helms
man, however, and it is thought that he
Will name Bacon TO act as his under
study.
The Treasury Department will be alb
soluteIy depleted OF all its Assistant
Secretaries, and for the first time Ia
history the department will be ruled by
bureau CHIEF. The Director Of the
Mint will probably be designated by the
Hrs sident to take charge Of Uncle
Sans purse strings
Secretary Loeb viii accompany tile
President on his quadriennial voting
trip to oyster Bay. Secretary or State
Root will also vote In New York. Sec
rotary of War Virgin will cast his bal
lot in Tennessee. Postmaster General
Meyer will visit the polls at Cambridge
Mass Secretary OF the Interior Ca
field will add a needed Republican vote
I'm Ohio. Secretary Of Agriculture VIII
son. already IN Iowa will also vote
there. and Sscre airy Of Commerce and
Labor Straus and Secretary of tho
Treasury Cortelyou will help out up in
New York.
The Washington times., 1908-11-01
POCKETBOOK GAME
NETS A NEGRO S13

Robert Wheeler, negro, OF III First
street southwest. reported to the police
last night that he had been fiim-fam-
med out of sl3 by the old pocketboolI
game Wheeler, who has not been In
the city very long, met a negro at
Iowa circle. and the two walked down
Fourteenth street
While on I street. between Fifteenth
and Sixteenth streets northwest, Wheel
er's attention was attracked by another
negro. who had picked up pocketbook.
The negro agreed TO divide a $50 bill.
which was supposed to have been in the
purse. If The pair would say nothing
about his finding It. Wheeler produced
&l3, and was given the pocketbook.
watch later he discovered contained a
piece of paper.
The Washington times., 1908-11-01
THE REV. Macleod TO TALK.

The Rev. Donald Campbell Macleod,
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church,
viii give series of addresses. describ-
ing conditions IN the Holy Land and
Egypt which he visited last winter,
during November. The first lecture,
the subject Of which will be Egypt
the Land Of Mystery" viii he held on
so evening of November 10, at the
church.
The Washington times., 1908-11-01
FALLS FROM WAGON

Forgetting 10 balance himself properly
While sitting on the rear Of a wagon
Yesterday, Richard Jackson. coIored, 270s
n street, fell 20 the pavement at Thir-
ly-hIsL and X streets, and suffered con
cussson OF the brain. He was taken TO
Georgetown hospital
The Washington times., 1908-11-01

The charm OF mahogany
furniture is well expressed
in this Dresser. which can
be had in dark or Tuna
mahogany with full swell
base French beV-
Ell plate mirror; COR
richly Fl n / shed. = ~
Our price.
The Starkville news., 1908-01-03


WHAT we need is doctrine OF
w marriage. There is no clear
cut doctrine OF marriage. The church
is tied up to the ethics of 1000 years
ago, the oriental fantasies Of Paul.
"The old idea of marriage was In
culcated and secured through two
fundamental principles--reverence to
parents and the understanding that
marriage was to be permanent These
principles are both imperiled. is the
idea OF DR.. Felix Adler.
Under present conditions they are
no longer tenable, for the first was
founded on the idea that the child had
no rights except through It's parents.
It's position was one Of the sub
servience, OF unquestioned obedience
to the parents, and as regards the per-
manence OF the marriage tie, It was
chiefly bond that tied the woman to
the man. Her position was one OF
subordinatiOn.
To-day We admit that the child has
rights which We are bound to respect
and that the woman Is the equal Of
the man.
The Starkville news., 1908-01-03

HE prevalence of divorces in the
! United States is reproach alike
to the country and to the church, is
the declaration of DR.. Robert Stuart
Macarthur. The American republic
has a most unenviable prominence in
this regard. The detailed accounts of
suits for divorce, as these suits are
pressed in the various courts, are dis
gusting in the extreme. They bring
reproach alike upon American men
and women in all parts of our country.
These facts are admitted and at the
same time are sadly regretted by our
best citizens and our most devoted
churchmen and churchwomen.
The causes for divorce are numer-
Gus. They are not limited in re-
sponsibility either to men or to
women. 1t is not a sufficient state
ment to say chat the broader educa-
ton of women and their emancipa-
ton from the greater subsection OF
former years is the chief cause, as
Mrs. Anna Rogers says. The men
and women who rush into the divorce
courts elicit our contempt for their
vulgarity and coarseness, not to use
even stronger terms. 1t is difficult so
to control ones moral indignation be-
cause of the vulgarity of these di-
vorce cases as to speak of them with
the restraint becoming newspaper
article. How men and women can
stoop to charge abominable crimes
against each other in order to secure
divorces makes one ashamed of his
race. Idleness, lack of spiritual occu-
patton and suggestion, and vulgar con-
formity to low ideals in life-these
are causes largely responsible for the
prevalence OF divorce. Hasty mar
rage is also somewhat responsible.
Many men and women rush into mar
riage with less serious thoughfulness
than they would show regarding any
ordinary business transaction. The.
clergy also are somewhat responsible
by the haste with which they Of
ficiate at marriages without knowing
the facts in the case OF those who de-
sire to enter into this relationship.
Marriage must be made more hon
orable, it's obligations must be lifted
to higher level. In single word,
the correction OF the evils Of divorce.
as In the case of all other evils. must,
In its fnality, depend npon higher
spiritual ideals, nobler characters and
more religious conceptions Of all the
duties and obligations Of life In its
manifold relations Uniform divorce
laws ii the states would partially re-
move the evils OF divorce. There Is
no one specific cause there Is no one
specific cure. When men and Womer
realize their dignity and glory as the
children Of God and heirs Of eternity.
The Starkville news., 1908-01-03
HAD NO DOUBT OF HIS FATE.
Mr.. Jerome Evidently Was Aware Of
His Wife's Culinary Ability.

Some weeks ago the wife Of Judge
Blank. Of Pacific avenue, lost her cook.
and since she had no other resource
she rolled up her sleeves and for a
week provided such meals as the judge
had not enjoyed since those happy
days when the Blanks did not keep
cook. The judges delight was so great
that by way of appreciative acknowl.
edgment he presented Mrs. Blank
with beautiful ermine cloak. Quite
naturally, the incident was a good
deal noised about among the social
acquaintances OF the Blanks and
spirit Of envious emulation was de-
veloped in certain quarters. 1t was In
this mood that Mrs. Jerome recited
the story to her husband. What do
get, Jerry?'' she asked, "if will do
the cooking for a week." We'll"
said Mr.. Jerome, "at the end OF q
week, my dear, you'll get one of those
long crepe wells. San francisco
Argonaut. i
The Starkville news., 1908-01-03
ECZEMA COVERED BABY.
Worst Case Doctors Ever Saw-Suf.
fered Untold Misery-Perfect
Cure by cuticura Remedies.

"My son, who is now twenty-five
years of age, when four months old
began to have eczema on his face,
spreading quite rapidly until he was
nearly covered. The eczema was some
thing terrible, and the doctors said 1t
was the worst case they ever saw. At
times his whole body and face were
covered, all but his feet. used many
kinds of patent medicines, to no avail.
A friend teased me to try Cuticura.
At last decided to try Cuticura when
my boy was three years and four
months old, having had eczema all that
time and suffering untold. misery. /
began to use all three of the Cuticura
Remedies. He was better in two
months; in six months he was well.
Mrs. r. L. Risley, Piermont, N. H..
Oct. "a, 1905"
The Starkville news., 1908-01-03
Mean Revenge.

A man had been very badly treated
by the proprietors OF a boarding
house, and when in temporary imam
cial difficulties had been forced to
leave. Some time later. smiled upon
by tickle fortune, he achieved success
and prosperity as a popular dentist,
and soon found means to revenge his
former landlady's slight The method
he adopted was simple but extremely
effective, quite running the business OF
his enemy. Directly opposite the
boarding house he opened his new
dental establishment, and upon tho
largest window in bold letters ap-
peared the following notice: "Steel-
pointed boarding house teeth q spe-
cialty!"
The Starkville news., 1908-01-03

Other Reasons Given.
Or is it that young couples look at
marriage too childishly and do not see
the economic, sociological and political
The Starkville news., 1908-01-03

OF the romantic bliss of courtshfp?
And when they find each day there Is
less ecstasy and more imperfections
discoverable in each other do they
rush Immediately and without second
thought to the divorce courts?
The reason, II just got tired Of Al
fred" or Margaret became such a
BORE" has been given by more than
one person who has applied for di-
vorce. Looking. in marriage for indi-
vidual happiness only, how could they
remember their duty to the state?
Sociologists, writer's, doctors and
legalists on all hands are asking,
What Is to be done? Should there
be uniform divorce law that all the
different states will ratify? Should
the magistrate. the priest and the
preacher. when marrying couples, I'M
press upon them the sociological as
pect of their union, as well as tho
spiritual and romantic?
The Starkville news., 1908-01-03

MARITAL unrest is neither an OF.
lvx spring of the new woman nor the
evil outgrowth of freer and juster di-
vorce laws, declares Dr. Clarke
Houghton. 1t is as old as the world.
To charge it up to the conscience OF
the new woman" is neither fair mind
ed nor rational. The Old Testament
reeks with it, and the biographers OF
our great warriors, statesmen, poets
and prophets all the way down the
ages, from Earle or Gorky of the pres
ent day back to Potiphar's wife and
David of old show it to have been the
same yesterday, to-day and forever!
David's own wives are described
as women of eomely countenance and
of good understanding, and there is
no record where either Abigail or
Ahinoam closed their cook books to
study law or uttered single idea not
the echo Of their joint husband. II
they had, who knows? They might
have saved him from the sin Of send
ing the poor Hittite to the aforefront
Of the hottest battle that he might
take his beautiful wife Bathsheba.
Who knows, had they seasoned the
sameness of the married way with
an occasional dash of original thought?
The sacred Milton, the divine Shell
ley, Cicero, Dante and the immortal
Shakespeare are all melancholy ex-
amples of marital unrest. though
none Of them was divorced.
If divorce is growing greater it Is
not because marital unrest is grow
ing worse. but because offenses In
marriage and hypocrisy are growing
less.
To make the happiness OF the indi-
viduals only an incident In marriage
is only to defend DR.. Adler's dream
Of higher and finer race. Insure the
happiness Of husband and wife and It
will follow as the day the night that
we will have q finer generation Of on
spring and purer society Of men and
women.
The Starkville news., 1908-01-03
BOTH GAINED
Man and Wife Fatten on Grapefruit.

Man and Wife Fatten on Grape-Nuts.
The notion that meat is necessary
for real strength and the foundation
of solid flesh is no longer as prevalent
as formerly.
Excessive meat eaters are usually
sluggish part of the time because
they are not able to fully digest their
food, and the undigested portion Is
changed into what Is practically q
kind Of poison that acts upon the
blood and nerves, thus getting all
through the system.
Il was heavy meat eater" writes
an Ills. man. "and up to two years
ago, was In very poor health. suf-
fered with indigestion SO that only
weighed 95 pounds.
Then heard about Grape-Nuts and
decided to try it. My wife laughed at
me at first but when I gained to 125
pounds and felt so fine, she thought
she would eat Grape-Nuts too.
Now she Is fat and well and has
gained 40 pounds. We never have in-
digestion any more and seldom feel
the desire for meat. A neighbor OF
ours. 68 years old, was troubled with
Indigestion for years; was heavy
meat eater, and now since he has been
eating Grape-Nuts regularly, he says
he is well and never has indigestion.
I could name q lot Of persons who
have really been cured OF Indigestion
by changing from q heavy meat diet
to Grape-Nuts. There's q Reason.
Name gisron by Postum Co, Battle.
Greek Mich.
Rel the little book The Road to
Wells3Ie" In pkgs.
The Starkville news., 1908-01-03
WHY?

:: :; :; :; !: : :: : !: : :: !; :
States. These figures are
0S reau at Washington. which
Is still at work preparing the complete
and official report.
This is an increase of 100000 in
the last 20 years over the 20 preced-
Ing years, and the appalling part OF
IL is that two-thirds, or nearly 100000,
of these divorces have been granted,
says the New York Sunday Herald.
When the census bureau began it's
The Starkville news., 1908-01-03

meets, because we are not submissive
to our husbands misconception and
misunderstanding of us"
But" the defenders of the conven-
tional type of woman reply, "you can
not accomplish anything great in lit
erature, science or religion. and you
never have produced works of great
and universal genius. The most you
can do is to mako your own bread and
butter. Your trivial creations in art
and literature can be spared, and 1t is
your intellectual discomfort and un-
rest that is spreading the divorce
germ, which threatens soon to de-
velop into divorce epidemic. Take
the place assigned to you by nature,
be mans helpmeet and all will be
we'll"
Has higher education made woman
dissatisfied with the domestic sphere?
Or is 1t that the nigh tension Of
modern everyday business life has
prevented the husband from giving
his wife the romantic attentions and
caresses demanded by her nature?
Modern Man Too Busy.
1t is not uncommon for the wives
of business men to spend summer in
Europe and winter in the south, and
many times they find in these places
the romantic companionship and at
tention their own husbands had not
time to give them at home.
Like birds In gilded cage" they
were treated, their husbands sending
them packages of lace and bundles OF
silks, and bringing them home hand
fuls of jewels, but If they ever sus-
pected their wives need of romance
and tenderness they were unable to
supply 1t, because of the demands on
their time by their many business in
terests.
Or Is 1t that the modern inventions
for picking, preserving, dyeing and
cleaning have left the twentieth CEN
tury woman with vast leisure" on
her hands, and has her lack of domes-
tic occupations and cares made her
dissatisfied and hypercritical of her
busy and worried husband?
And does she brood over his "cold-
ness" all day because in his haste to
keep some business engagement he
hurries forth without the morning
kiss?
Other Reasons Given.
Or is it that young couples look at
marriage too childishly and do not see
the economic, sociological and political
The Starkville news., 1908-01-03
Horrible.

$50 your father has failed, eh? I
suppose he will have some money
left?"
mo, everything is gone; I have
have nothing left but my beauty"
Gee! I didn't think it was that
badi"-Houston Post.
The Starkville news., 1908-01-03
From Various Views.

The different churches have diff
ferent beliefs concerning marriage,
the different states have different
laws governing it. and they are both
content to rest their case there!
Thus the greatest sociological prob
lem in the United States to-day is be.
ing tossed back and forth as if it
were some rubber ball, and yet
/ 100000 divorces In 20 years are sure
to leave their influence on many lives
and many families.
Back in 1748 Nine. de Chateauroux
said: II see plainly that there will be
general overthrow if no remedy is
used"
What she said about the political
condition of France then we may say
about the divorce situation in the
United States to-day.
The divorce congress two years ago
accomplished practically nothing, well
intentioned as it was. II federal legis-
lation is urged in the spring on the
strength of the detailed report of the
census bureau it will be challenged on
the ground of it's being unconstitu-
tional
The Starkville news., 1908-01-03
Daily Thought.

A little fun,
A little play,
A little laughter
Day by day.
A little school
And Wen confess
A little bit of waywardnes&
A little grief
A little woe
As down the later
Years we go.
A little love,
A little strife,
A deal Of hope
And this is life.
The Starkville news., 1908-01-03

they will 50 order their lives that III.
advised marriages will be rare, aud
they will then SO conduct themselves
in their married relations that d.
vorces will be practically unknown.
The Starkville news., 1908-01-03

"One trouble with modern marriage
is that the masculine element pre-
dominates In the ceremonial. This
should not be So The great trouble
is that people who marry nowadays
look in marriage only for happiness.
Happiness is not the end Of marriage,
as. most people think, but only an In
cident of married life. They are
bound to find many trials. They should
respect the etchical ideals; their great
responsibility is to future generations,
the good OF the race!
Under the multiplication of d.
vorces in this country the issue is
whether the sensuous nature Of the
marriage contract is to prevail or
whether the spiritual is to predom-
mate. l believe in separation, but
never In divorce"
sides of the family? Do they not
realize its integral relation to the
state?
Do they consider 1t as personal
thing, and does their dull sense of the
sociological aspect Of marriage dull
them to the sociological aspect of d.
vorce?
Or are marriages too lightly entered
into? Rev. Dr. Houghton, pastor OF
"The Little Church Around the Cor
ner," now has the bans called, which
means that three weeks public notice
is given of all intended marriages in
the church.
Do husbands and wives expect to
find in marriage only a continuation
The Starkville news., 1908-01-03


investigation it had to leave out near.
ly 100000 cases which were pending,
and Of the 1900 investigators, clerks,
etc., employed in the bureau in the
preparation Of this report lao are still
at work getting it in its final and COM
plete shape.
France has only 70 divorce courts,
Germany only Is, England only one,
and the United States has 1921 courts
empowered to grant divorces. These
facts alone are sufficient to give the
thinker pause and ask What is the
remedy?"
"New Woman" Blamed.
Writer'S who defend the conven-
tional and domestic" type of woman
put all the blame on the "new wom-
an" They say she has left her legiti-
mate sphere-the home-that she no
longer loves or inspires love, and that,
in defiance OF all history and her own
apparent destiny, refuses to consider
marriage and motherhood the object
of her existence.
They urge she has abandoned the
hearthstone to become a writer, an
artist, a playwright, an actress, a
teacher, or whatnot, and during the
period in which she has gained her
rights (the last 20 years. the mar
riage institution has been assailed on
all sides.
Is it the new woman's" fault?
The new woman" differs from her
sister in this respect at least-she
has no flattery for ''the tyrant man."
She turns right around and places all
the blame for the marital unrest on
his shoulders.
Man does not understand our COM
plex nature" she says, 'and while he
considers marriage as only one stage
of his own mental and spiritual devel-
opment, he insists that we shall con-
slider 1t the only excuse for our ex-
istence.
Calls contentions Unfair.
ssThis is unfair" she continues.
.We are not to be classed with our
domestic sisters. We pity them but
we are not OF them We have aims,
aspirations and ambitions the same as
men. and to attempt to force us into
domesticity Is to suftocate us. We
object to being called undutiful help
The Starkville news., 1908-01-03

I AM minister of the gospel. I be-
! lieve In the Bible. 1t is regrettable
that there are SO many different state
laws governing divorce, and feel
sorry for the children of all these d.
vorced people, says Rev. Phoebe A.
Hanaford
No, it is not the fault of the new
woman" There is no new woman"
A woman is a woman. There are good
women and bad women, but no new
women"
There are too many hasty mar
riages. This should be looked after.