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and often thereby involved in controversy against
my will and judgment.
My every action is subjected to the most jealous
scrutiny and my natural courtesy to the fair has
to be suppressed to avoid giving unintentona oense
Even my girl stenographcr has had to be dismissed
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
OF AN OLD MAID
Relieves Ideals Than Realizes

to FIRE him on to bigger things and sympathy to heal
the hurt and tiredness of daily toll and strife He
wants thought TO match his thought, inteIi-
gence to understand his own an echo to every senti
ment.
1t seems to me that marriage today really affords
happiness to two classes-thc people who ALSO
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man is accompanied by woman
The principle, you say7 Very true But is there
not also some principle involved in saving woman
the agony of humiliation she is called upon to endure
while her escort is raising miniature riot with the
conductor or waiter over FIVE miserable cents!
think so; and I'd tell the man so-if dared
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lutely commonplace and VINO
are contented to take things
just as they come and to
whom the shrine of Nam
mon is the Mecca toward
which they wend their pill
grimage, or the small minor
ity who grow spiritually into
a rare compromising. And
outside of these two classes
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When a STILES those and accepts false reali-
ties her tragedy usually begins.
What does girl-the average girl-know OF love?
Or what does she know of the man before she mar
ries him, or he of her? First, love is sentiment
based romantic warnings, ones longings to be
loved and certain element of vanity
A marries a girl because of her youth, her
prettiness, because, perhaps, she loves him, which
pleases his vanity And the girl, what does she
know of the man? Nothing-less than nothing To
her he is a dream god and his halo is created only
by the vague colors of her ideal of him.
Then they marry-for all time and eternityl She
was willing to love him the depth and height OF
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
When a
Mother
Should Apologize

he caught his train So little Tom is vindicated
He has just telephoned here"
Nov. isn't that like Joe?" said Mrs Green "He
is blind bat and proud to admit it, and here
I've blamed the boy. Well. that puts Tommy beyond
my control l shall dread to meet him when I
go home"
that Mrs. Green could not take offense; IF / were
you | should have serious talk with Tommy. and
frankly own that sorry had been hasty in
jumping at conclusions Make him feel that in the
future you going to trust him.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
When Your
Son Is
Openly Defiant

is the result of weeks moral suasion."
Il believe, said Mrs Van Colt, that he did not
break them and spoke truthfully, and | know him to
be just the kind OF child who would away"
yes" said Mrs. Rogers, 'if you wise you will
stop whipping him. Let's see-he's nearly IA.
But" protested Mrs. Green, 81 must do my duty,
and my husband gives no help with them. That is
why children love their fathers better than their
mothers We poor mothers have to do the punish
ing"
and" said Mrs Van Colt, "they their mothers
constantly--that makes difference. There is
another course, however, advised by old Quaker
ess. A mother had complained to her that she had
tried every method of punishment on her children
without success. Madam, said the old Quakeress,
hast thou ever tried the letting alone" method?'
Why not try that Tommy for while Mrs.
Green?"
The phone then rang and our hostess left to an
swer 1t. She returned with a beaming face,
saying to Mrs Green:
1T was Mr.. Green who broke your glasses. 1t
seems that Tommy has been trying to find the guilty
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things. She finds there IS no
depth and height, only the
plains of the commonplace.
Will she love him to the level
of every days most quiet
need" also? Will love stand
the wear and tear of petty an
noyances, of poverty or defeat
in life's battles, of the little
quarrels and trivial faults
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and, declaiming in loud tones
that 1t was "an outrage. sir;
an outraged" excused himself
and sought the desk, whence
he returned with triumph
ant air.
Il made him back down. he
said, with a pleased smile.
"He won't overcharge me
again in a hurry. Thought /
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Kitty" she answered laconcaly, blessed little
Kittyl You don't know what she's saved from
for two or three days. You know Kitty Graydon
don't your"
q certainly do" my fervid response Kitty
is one OF those joyous souls whom it is privilege
know
"Yes," proceeded Silvia, kitty in early yes
terday all dressed up to take a miserable
bridge party was booked for, but I'd already made
I'd nv mind to crawl out of it somehow"
what happened them" ! asked.
ooh, 1 told her TO make any excuse-to say
wasn't we-anything, in fact, to get out of it
gracefully.
"Il fix it all right for you, Silvia, Kit said cheer
fully and she did.
when Mrs. Van Steen asked her where I was
OH haven't you heard? Kit said innocenty. Poor
SilviaP What is itF said Mrs. Van Steen. That
old neuralgia trouble is threatening her again, she
thought she had better rest today
"She told such yarn to everybody who in
CURED after me- till finally, said when in
she had me sick abed, and in
quiries and flowers have been
The Power of pouring in today and Mary
has orders to let any one
the Little get past the front door, and so
Whita lie I'm free from the eternal
round for few days"
"And the price, Slvia1"
"The price? reiterated she, looking puzzled
Eyes, dear; look in that glass"
Silvia got up and, walking to the mirror Examined
herself attentvey for few seconds.
Il do look rather washed out" she admitted. and
queerly enough Patricia, l felt splendid yesterday
and I've really got that neuralgia Kitty credited
with. I've had it all night and today"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
The Secret
of My
Happiness

gods without, in the heart of the world, the gods
within us are stronger and they hold for the di-
vine Key and we are never unhappy alone if we
have the open sesame of the higher life
Laugh and love and live so that you may be loved
and the world will turn sweet for you, and YOU too
will rest by the calm river of contentment
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16

" w marked a. Silvia i,
w walked in the
other afternoon, i
don't need to ask you
how you do, Silvia, judg-
ing from your looks. Is
It the new cook. or has
Dick been manipulating
stocks unsuccessfully,
or"
Neither" interrupted
Silvia; I'm sick abed!"
"You arer I calculated.
Certainly" responded
the lady, suddenly and
Unexpectedly beaming,
~and incidentally I'm
able to enjoy myself and
do the things l like best"
arrT ! - ,.. - - -
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16

~ I'D you know that fellows that write big
: :: :: :: !: !:
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suIt-as I raised the Whip he
caught it with both hands and
broke it.
Mother he said, with
flashing eyes, Pm too old TO
be whipped. If you choose to
believe Nora you may, but
I've told the truth, and if you
ever try to whip me again
I'll run away That, ladies,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
Two Kinds
of Happy
Marriages

is the great majority who have only to live long
enough to find dislusionment.
Sometimes l look about at the self-satshed,
well fed couples l know-at the lukewarm preference
they display for each other Then I sit and wonder,
Where is the love which swept away empires, for
which Paolo and Francesca braved the of the
inferno, for which Launcelot fought the lists for
Guinevere? -
And what have l missed? / have had my
dreams. Who hasn't? 1t is something we all have,
for carefully piece them together in the days of
our youth and then tear them apart in the
of our maturer years And the best cure for of
the little love affairs is usualy-another. The
secret for learn is be eternally young,
pretty and-not to love much.
Some of the I have known have married
hopelessly inferior men-not has been ideally
mated Yet they pity mel who rich in my
own kingdom, | who never alone, whose world
is peoped with shining dream folk who will always
keep young. In my kingdom there is world
WEAKNESS no disiuson.
And so l sit and watch the fire glow; the light
plays upon my books and my pictures look down
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
Sweep Away
False
Conditions

trcia"
Its to keep you and everybody else from ever
getting that stage, and to show you the only royal
road to everlasting youth, health and happiness,
said that feel like preaching the world at large
some of the truths I have realized"
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16

party and he rang his father
up. He told Tommy that he
had intended tclephoning you.
He had been in a hurry to
catch the Sis train and laid
a heavy bundle on the table
while he lit his cigar. and he
discovered the broken glasses
when he took it up. He could
not find you to tell you before
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rising voices, until the attention of several other
diners drawn to table
AT last after having attracted the attention of al
most everybody in the dining room. our host rose,
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
The San Francisco Sunday CAY
WHAT [ WOULD TELL A MAN
IF DARED
The San Francisco Sunday
IF | DARED
BY A PRETTY GIRL

was an easy mark, guess But showed him
Now, if 1 dared, would tell Mr.. Z that IN my
opinion it would have been little more IN keeping
with good pay the check as it stood and them
if he felt aggrieved, make complaint at the desk
later in the evening, any other time when there
were no ladies in the party. But-nol He was beng
taken for good thing; it would never do to let
waiter overcharge him much as cents even II
his guests suffered the humiliation of being stared at
by every diner in the rooms
~For fully 10 minutes party had been the
cynosure of all eyes. that Mr.. T. might crafty his
vanity and salve his wounded pride for being taken
for an "easy mark" Yes, he showed him But ne
also made it so very uncomfortable Tor US that we
left as quickly and unobtrusively as possible
Mr.. T. is the only one | have seen men IN
argue until red IN the face over nickel
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from their height. And one
by one my little dream elves
creep from their hiding places
and fill the room with their
radiant presence-and some
how the horns of elAand blow
in the distance the Lorelei
music of harmony to me.
Then I know that no mat
ter how weak are the earth
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And their FEMININE SOAllPdll-
ions, who would gladly have
given many nickels to avoid
the publicity and embarrass-
ment, were obliged to sit
tamely by while they sput-
tered and stormed- There
was never a nickel coined
that is worth a public scene
at any time, much less when
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16

r OMEN are divided into two classes,
/ those who have ideals and those who
haven't. Unfortunately it is usually
~ the former who marry. And marriage,
y beyond everything else, means perma-
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yes, It was a lie, although a
white one" l answered, as
Silvia looked volumes at me
you set in motion causes
that devitalized you. Kitty
kept' on repeating the story,
each time adding something
TO it, and by and by you had
a whole collection of people,
ali loving Won. all interested
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
Setting
Thought Waves
in Motion

'i''. Thought Waves
each time adding something i'm Motion
to it, and by and by you had
a whole collection of people,
all loving you, all interested
in you thinking sickness and i'll health for YOU You
probably taking a little rest at the time.
Weren't your"
She nodded.
Consequently you all relaxed, so the SYM
pathetic, commissioning thoughts had the best pos
sible chance alphabetically register themselves
your subconscous mind.
The worst of it is" continued, mercilessy, you
are through with it. Those people who are call
ing and inquiring after you and sending flowers
helping strengthen and further develop the con-
dtion of i'll health you allowed to be foisted on you
"Oh, dear l never thught of all that" sighed
Silvia, miserably whatever shall | dor
Contradict the lie. Sweep away the false condi-
ton you yourself created by bracng up and going to
Mrs Winters tea this Afternoon"
Silvia made grimace
And my three days respite, Patricia" she said.
appealingly.
Never mind that" l said. Better cut down your
lief LADY, mine and undertake. than.
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when you are Overwhelmed
with engagements, resort to
subterfuge which because
of its untruth can only result
in pain and discomfort to
yourself"
"Botherl" said Silvia. Il
suppose you are right, but. |
shall certainly be old and de-
crepit before | learn to put
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-16
By a Hateful Husband

IN The Call of recent Sunday there article
under the title, Studies in Discomfort" in
which the writer expatiated the natural
longing of woman to possess home of her
l. own, and, while reading it, did feel real SYM
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uTITELL, l re-
wv marked as Silvia
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-01
Reflections of q Bachelor Girl
By Maude Marie

Most of us never graduate from the sschool of love" until after we have taken the ''third degree'
 Husbands seem to fancy that wife's af lection, like mint sauce, can be kept on ice until wanted and then just warmed over to order.
 The average mans love-making, like Wag- ner's music, may not be so foolish as 1t sounds.
 When man begins telling woman all about his past love affairs, it is a very good sign that he is about to have "just one more"
 History says that Orpheus went to hades in order to find his wife-but you can't make married man believe that.
 Most men are so delicate that they cannot face the naked truth about themselves unless it is covered with chiffon veil of fattery. When man has said ''Never again ' and taken dose of promo seltzer, it makes him feel so good that he is in prime condition to begin right over. Funny what dead weight little thing like a clinging vine can become to mascu- line oak after few years of matrimony. Don't attempt to freeze mans love out just try to keep it at boiling point and it will simmer down to nothing.
 Love is life's liqueur; it should be slipped slowly in small quantities; not swallowed down like a glass of beer.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-01
OfPassing Interest
Municipal Voting Places

Detroit is about to provide elect; booths for its citizens, and its alde,m are contemplating contracts with 1', % vate owners of property. It is poin,a, pn out that the city already owns mo than l50 buildings. These incros ' school houses, fire houses, police tions, and the usual municipal bnaa ings. These are all available for na poses of registration and voting at n. maries and elections. The service Janitors and caretakers are av,;Io,, without extra expense. Nearly all n buildings are we'll located for tbo ,a pose, especially the school hone. r' which have followed the trend of ulation. The fire houses are more oIoT I[T ly grouped. Ward boundaries need n be affected, and only slight rearra,n. ment of precincts is needed. The e. of these facilities, it is urged worn be both economical and better than I temporary rental of barber shons .. cant stores, and even the fronts =, liquor saloons, closed for the day
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-01
Press Comment
Burden of Tariff Tax

From the Boston Journal.
 The workingman is assured bv o. gress that the tariff revision win r.. impose additional burdens upop b;, The dealer with whom the workincna. does business says that it v-L T1. framers of the tariff bill prodpea n, proof in support of their assertjon, The merchant lets the price of his goo1. speak for themselves. When the vo.
 ngman pays from 10 to 30 cents mo,. for dress goods for his family than b. did year ago he will realize that t. IS being taxed, and he will want ,. know who is getting the rakeof l., it the merchants That individuai e.. show that he, too, is paying niche, prices for his goods. Is it the iob6er, The middleman can produce invoice, for last year and for this year and |, difference in cost ranging from l5 po, cent to 35 per cent will be shown Tho increase, then, originates at the factorv It is there that the harvest of ii, creased profits will be reaped.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-01
DISCOURAGERS OF MOBS

The strike disorders near Pittsburg bring again into public attention the state constabu- lary of Pennsylvania. That body is perhaps unique among police forces in the United States. It has relieved the militia from the hard duty of maintaining order and protecting life and property in conflicts between labor and capital. Their methods are those of determined courage against mobs. The total force of 600 mounted men is divided into four equal troops. Many of the members are men who have served in the regular army, and some of the officers are former sergeants in that service. The force is specially trained to deal with rioters, using fire arms only as last resort. They carry. billies instead of the cavalryman's s sword. Their dem onstrated courage exercises much moral infiu- ence. Their reputation, firmly established, re- strains the turbulent. Their commander reckons that each trooper counts for 100 men in mob They have been put to the test repeatedly, and the fact that they have never failed to quell riots is in itself deterrent to mob violence The force is constantly active, at all times in patrolling rural districts that lack protection from ruffians and highwaymen.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-01
PISTOL CARRYING AGAINST
 PROSPERITY

There IS an agitation Tn Alabama against car rying concealed weapons. One remedy pro
 posed is to make it a prison offense to discharge
 weapons with a barrel less than twenty four
 inches long. It is proposed, also, to abandon jury trials for this otfense and to empower the judge to pass sentence after hearing the eyi- dence The suggested statute would also provide for the coniscation and destruction of all pistol
 cartridges that can be discovered within the
 state. That would be an interesting search into personal armories from which some household CT might shrink.
 This agitation is based upon growing con
 sciousness among the thoughtful that the habit of carrying concealed weapons directly encour-
 ages homicide, and that the further effect has
 been to deter both capital and homeseekers from investment and settlement. The statement is frankly made in the Birmingham News that
 the deadly pistol has contributed heavily to tie
 record of murders, and that its influence has
 been to lessen the regard for human life. But the admitted prevalence of the evil does not
 mean that 1t cannot be abolished, just as can any practice that otfends the wholesome deter. imitation to build up civilization and to substi-
 ute the adjustment of disputes by logical argll-
 ment and rational conclusions for their violent
 continuation in murders that prove nothing ex- cept the displacement of reason by rage It is possible that after the long and habitual pre- valence of this practice, drastic methods may
 be necessary at the outset to bring about the re- form. But persistent education of public opin- ion would soon secure it's support for the ar
 rest and punishment of obstinate offenders. A
 few object lessons, even if bitter to the cnlprits would be a long step toward abolsling the cauSe of untold domestic sorrow and industrial joss. The way to desirable reform of ba,i
 personal custom is to be found in the will of intelligent social reprobation.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-01
Restrain the Irresponsible

From the Detroit News.
 We have become so delicately seusi. ble to the rights of those who are moved to violence, and so fearful les we fail to understand where crime he gins and where Responsibility enter that the alienist has become a com. handing figure in the court. The biz wig lawyers, the fuzzy-wuzzy judges the crier, the sergeant at arms, and all the high officials of the old court did not know the alienist. There was 10 place for him beside the bench. Judge and jury did not abdicate in his favor in murder cases. He did not rob Hs mans gallows of it's carrion, nor did he cheat the dungeon of its victim by his fiat.
 But in these days the alienist has become moving figure. He is "ciy of refuge" for the poor, befuddled vie tim of homicidal mania. He is the magistrate, the physician, the father NOhAtooOis llt tdu SuIlNt it maniac of his sin, the murderer of his guilt.
 The state can drift in this dangerous direction for little while, but the re action must come. We have either got to magnify our idea of the menace constituted by giving liberty to those who are subject to temporary insanity, and guard them as safely as we do sane criminals; or we will have to discard this sentimental cloak. for violence and proceed as before. To protect ourselves against violence, whether from the sane or the insane, is the end sought An alienist might with profit examine our murderers after they are sentenced so as to determine to which place Of detention for life they should be con signed.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-08-01
A Polygamist's Confession

From the New York Evening Post.
 Another tradition is scattered to the winds by the published record of our latest experimenter in wholesale mat rimony. Of the seventeen women whom Christian Johnson of San Francisco can remember leading to the altar, only two were spinsters. The rest presuma ply were widows.
 Johnson, who practiced polygamy i'' revenue only, and who, in fact, never married woman if he could make off with her money in any other way like the burglar who never stays unleS he is absolutely compelled to, lays !" down as a general proposition that ul' conquest of woman is easy. "Irea' her little harsh. and be little as tant, and she will come to you. V women, in general, the thing has Oce' said before. But in the present instahc' as we have pointed out, for women we must read widows What, then becomes of our vast stores of gnoln' wisdom concerning the widow as
 menace to man7 Her guile has pe'' pictured ss infinite; her patience as " exhaustible; her will as of adaflSO'' her eye as unAinching; her hand ., sure. The ancient world thougn' V. Artemis and Atalanta as maldens, Oa' if you believe the cynics, the true nun ress was a widow The world "% ~ her game preserve. Houng ana V' wise and foolish. those who dll Hy, T know enough and those who SnOus have known better, she ran down "''' equal ease.
 So much for the legend The i%.T % of course, is quite the opposite hs from being mans implacable foe' 'a widow now stands forth soft seu' mental, gullible-her own wcrst eH'D''