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The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1909-05-21
98c White Waists
for
So cents

White Lawn Waists, trimmed with
lace insertion and medallions. A
limited quantity at this low price.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27

dry goods business. When he retired,
20 years ago, he was millionaire,
known as a confirmed bachelor, whose
affections were conferred upon good
dinners, good horses and good friends.
He liked society, and he was never
happier than when he was giving a
party for some debutante to whom he
might have been a grandfather. His
chums In those days were William H.
Vanderbilt and Roswell p. Flower.
His home he made at the old Wind
sor hotel, New York. burned down ten
years ago.
But his resolutions to remain a
bachelor all his days were like chair
before the winds, when Mrs. Lee Ag-
new, wife of the inventor, confided
her troubles to him. Her life was
miserable, she told him, and he tried
to console her. The Agnews lived at
the Manhattan hotel and he at the
Plaza, New York. Tosmake the story
short, the day Mrs. Agnew got her
divorce and the custody of her little
girl of three Mrs. Chapman married.
Not soul was let into the secret and
the pair-the bridegroom Of 76 and
the bride of less than 30-hurried of
to Europe for their honeymoon.
Few Months Of Joy.
There the little secret got out
many bumper was drained to "the
good old boy" who had at last fallen
a victim to shafts of the god Of love
after three-quarters of a century Of
bachelorhood. Mr.. and Mrs. Chapman
came back to this country to live and
took suite at the Plaza hotel. There
Mr.. Chapman died, IS months after
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27

are actually forced to guard them
selves from unwelcome attention; to
keep on denying this matrimonial al
lance and that; to shut the door daily
to men of title and position who fall
head over heels in love with them
to say nothing of their wealth. Poor
Mrs. Mckee; poor Mrs. Chapman!
Galaxy Of Suitors.
Just listen to Mrs. Chapman, who,
Just before sailing for New York on
the Mauretania week ago, in fight
from her swarm of suitors, said:
Sim not engaged to any one. There
isn't any prospect of my being en-
gagged to any one, either, though !
have been besieged with suitors on
every side. Gossip has had me en-
gagged to Lord Robert Keith-Falconer
that Is not SO. Now am informed
that / am engaged to Gen. A, de
Tcherep Spiridovitch of the Russian
army. No such engagement exists.
Count Spiridovitch has repeatedly
asked me to become his wife, he paid
assiduous court to me In Paris, but
that is all there II to It."
II these were the only two reports
OF her engagement Mrs. Chapman
might have laughed at them and let
II 10 at that. But there were dozens
Of shitors before these two-the lat
est. Her troubles began, to quote
49, ~,~~ds DoIunoafs hofOre nv
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27

his marriage. And from that day to
this his beautiful widow has known
not a single days peace of mind.
Five days after her husbands death
she received this letter:
Hoboken, N. j., Oct. %. 1907.--Dear Lady:
read in the newspapers of your misfor-
tune. and take the liberty to write you,
because I want ask you II you like get
married again with me. am a young
noble italian gentleman Of 50 years OF
age. speaking little English and will
you please try my personality. Waiting
for a kind answer, believe me to be, Very
Marquis LOUIS LANcELoTTI.
Hoboken.
AS she said then:
1T was not alone letters of proposal
that I received. but letters of all sorts.
Detectives seemed to make me their
particular prey. writing me scores of
letters requesting positions and ap-
pointments to look after my interests.
"Then i was bounded by the almost
incessant ringing of the telephone.
One evening 1 was called from my
dinner Ave times to answer the
phone, and in only one instance. did
know the party talking. 1t became
go terrible that asked the manage
ment Of the Hotel ST. Regis to cut
on by telephone. and for two months
I had peace from that direction.
Worse Abroad Than Il Home.
"Then received letters from %.
e I.I.. 49, -. AZ -
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27

and misery. advise all Sunerlng
women to take Lydia E. Pinkham'S
Vegetable Compound" MRS. El1xA
WHEATON,, Vienna, w. Va
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
full drugs, and to-day holds the record
for the largest number Of actual cures
of female diseases Of any similar medi-
cine in the country, and thousands Of
voluntary testimonials are on file In
the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn,
Mass, from women who have been
cured from almost every form Of
female complaints, inflammation, ul-
ceration, displacements, fibroid tumors,
irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
indigestion and nervous prostitution.
Every such suffering woman owes 1t to
herself to give Lydia Z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound q trial.
III you would like special advice
about your case write cOnfiden-
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
Lynn, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27
Embarrassing.

Not only the houses of the Mex.
leans, but whatever you admire Is
yours. II you express sentiment
of appreciation of anything, the own
er at once says: "Senor. 1t is yours"
but he simply intends something fat
tering, and you are therefore not ex-
pected to accept anything that is or
fered to you. An amusing story is
told of Sir Spencer st. John. the Eng
lish ambassador, which illustrates how
this national courtesy often provokes
embarrassment. Sir Spencer. who is
gallant old bachelor, was prom.
enading with some ladies In the park.
when he met a nurse girl with a
bright-eyed baby. The ladies stopped
to admire the little one, and Sir Spen.
Ger asked whose child 1t was. Senior.
1t is your own" replied the nurse, with
courtesy. Sir Spencer has never in.
Quired as to the parentage of pretty
children since.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27
GOING UPl

City ways were not altogether new
TO him, but, as he waited at the eleva-
tor shaft, in one of Omaha's large Of
fice buildings. he said to his COM
panions.
"well. I'll be hanged If that isn't q
beaten"
why, what?"
"Just look at that COMPOUNDED rail-
road advertising on an Omaha eleva-
tor-UP! What won't they do next?"
His companion replied, Ssh. Sh-,
those letters mean up"
When see that word, this jingle
always comes to my mind:
Whenever the little word up you
see,
Think of Safety, Speed, Service via
u. p
You will see that word at almost
every passenger elevator in the coun.
try, but before you leave for the West
be sure to buy your ticket via 'The
Safe Road to Travel"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27

Chou" and her petit lapin" and her
'pauvre petit dada" meaning that he
was her dear cabbage head and her
little rabbit and her poor little silly.
When things got this far the counts
creditors thought 1t was time for a
settlement. So they mentioned the
matter to him.
Certainly" said Apponyi.
Then he bfoached the matter to his
rich young fiancee, asking for loan
against their marriage.
$50 1t is my money you wanted.
after ALL" cried Mrs. Mckee, or Ia
words to that effect, and Apponyi got
his congo.
But he still held the high trump. II
he was to be dismissed, then he would
show those little love letters to a
laughing world. What was poor
rich, beautiful young woman to do?
She cabled to her father, Col. G. M.
Baxter of Louisville, KY, to come
right away to Paris. Meanwhile she
called upon a trio of friends to act
as a committee to protect her, and
Messrs. John M. Rusk of Texas,
Joshua Brown of Tennessee and VIII
liam H. Wheeler of New York said
they would.
And here the matter stands now.
The persistent Apponyi is held at
arms length by these husky Amerf-
cans from being Mrs. McKee's third
husband. willy-nilly. @
It's very hard--this being beautiful.
and rich! ~
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27

only to be denied as so many others
before had been. And there the case
rests now-Mrs. Chapman, fleeing
from America to Europe to escape
one train of suitors, has hurried back
to America again to escape another
train.
Mrs. Mckee has taken another
course. Instead of trying to escape
them by fleeing from Europe she has
called upon her American friends to
come there to her rescue. They have
formed themselves into a vigilance
committee to protect her-and her for
tune.
Those who read the newspapers
must be familiar with the romance
that seems to cling close to the life
of the beautiful Cornelia Baxter that
was 1t is story Of Denver. San
Francisco, New York. Pittsburg. Paris.
Everybody remembers how the
beautiful Miss Baxter Tilted rich Ger
aid Hughes of Denver to marry richer
Hugh Tevis of San Francisco. Mr..
Tevis died in Japan on their honey
moon, leaving everything to his beau
tiful wife.
Mrs. Tevis went first to New York
and then to London. There she met
Earl Rosslyn, who became smitten
with her beauty--to say nothing of
her dollars. The actor-earl was very
fascinating and of good family and
all. that sort of thing. but when Mrs.
Tevis heard that his family thought
more Of her $4,000 year than they
aid of her brief cable message went
under the water. It read: Engage
ment on" The earl, who had been
revealing in congratulations at his
great match, was naturally very peev-
ish. II
Then the Mckee Cage.
Meanwhile there was q great TODD
IN the courts of PittsburG Pa. A.
Hart Mckee and his wife. Miss Lydia
Sutton that was. were airing their
matrimonial infelicities.; Mr. Mckee
settled $500, 900 upon Mn. Mckee and
she rot the divorce and TIE custody
OF the children. This settled, Mr..
Mckee was free and he promptly mar
ried the young widow Of Hugh Tevis,
when ali the time folks had been link
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27

man went abroad to escape the aten-
tons Of the impoverished. when she
got into It deeper than ever. Then
on the scene came young Lord Robert
Keith-F alconer, who did his wooing
By proxy. The spokesman was the
earl Of Kintore, his father. That
elderly nobleman met the stunning
Mrs. Chapman at Aix-le-Ba where
che was taking the cure" He be-
gan by showing her a portrait Of his
son. Then he told her that he was
the best partridge shot in all Eng
land. thinking that would appeal to
the lady. He urged that she would
be the eleventh countess of Kintore
and added II she became the wife of
his son she would become one Of the
court ladies' of Alexandra, queen of
England. And SO Lord Robert was in
troduced.
Things went along swimmingly. It
turned out that the young nobleman
had debts amounting to $1,500,000
and that he was badly In need of
someone to save the family estates
The engagement was reported, only
to be denied vigorously by young
Mrs. Chapman, when she learned that
her money figured in the affair quite
az much as she did.
why can't they leave me as am"
said she. almost plaintively.
Then 1t came out that 1t Is almost
a mania with her that every man who
pays her court does 80 through desire
to obtain possession of her fortune.
1t is her one besetting fear-that her
suitors chiefly desire her for her great
wealth.
Her Life One Of Worry.
And SO Gen. Tcherep-Spiridovitch
got his dismissal perhaps Mrs. Chap
man feared for her wealth. He met
the rich young widow In New York
and was very very ardent in his suit.
New Workers heard that he was very
close to the car and the youngest
general in the Russian army. When
Mrs. Chapman went abroad to escape
suitors in America he followed. Then
came the report of the engagement,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27
A Hero.

Tommy's mother had made him a
present of toy shovel and sent him
out in the sand lot to play with his
baby brother. Take care Of baby
now, Tommy, and don't let anything
hurt him. was mammals parting In.
junction.
Presently screams of anguish from
baby sent the distracted parent flying
to the sand lot. For goodness sake
Tommy, what has happened to the
baby?" said she, trying to soothe the
wailing infant.
There was a naughty fly biting him
on the top Of his head, and killed II
with the shovel" was the proud re
ply.-Exchange.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27
The DOLLAR Sian.

When It came time for Mrs. Bluffer
to pack her trunk and depart from the
resort where she had spent many
pleasant days, where she had been
the cynosure Of all eyes. where she
had fiirted and gossipped land been
gossiped about, she visited the pro-
prietor.
I've just received check for $50
from my husband" she told him. you
will honor 1t, won't your"
The proprietor bowed and rubbed
his hands.
my dear Mrs. Buffer" he ventured.
II will not only honor It, but will fall
down and worship II"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27
CAREFUL DOCTOR
Prescribed Change Of Food Instead o,
Drugs.

It takes considerable courage for .
doctor to deliberately prescribe only
food for despairing patient, instead
Of resorting to the usual list Of med
icines.
There are some truly scientific ply
sicians among the present generation
who recognize and treat conditions AZ
they are and should be treated regard
less Of the value to their pockets.
Here's an instance:
-Four years ago was taken with
severe gastritis and nothing would
stay on my stomach, 30 that was on
the verge of starvation.
II heard (of q doctor who has sum-
mer cottage near me-a specialist from
N. T.. and ~ . last hope, sent for him.
after he examined me carefully he
advised me to try small quantity Of
Grape-Nuts at nrst, then a. my stom-
ach became stronged to eat more. "a
II kept at II, and gradually got 20 I
could eat and digest three teaspoon
fuls. Then began to have color IN my
face. memory became clear, whore ~.
fore everything seemed blank NJ
limbs got stronger and could walk
SO ! steadily recovered.
Nov, after . year on 0rape-Nuts ]
weigh 1ge lbs. ~ people were su1>
prised 4 ne way ! srsv Asshy ahd
strong "a this focd.s 4
Read the lit<ls book ~rhs nosd -
" sTs ~-~;- xT~~> - !. " \. y y.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27
DIFFERENT.

Mr.. Wholesale indignantly
What's that? You say the cash is
not correct. always thought that
bookkeeper was rascal, and was rob
bling me.
Expert Accountant-The cash is $50
over, sir.
Mr.. Wholesale-O. well, just give
me that and say nothing to him about
1t. Perhaps he's forgotten to draw
some Of his salary.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27

Es fIIlkn6m b voB0-
table Compound.
Eleven years ago ]
was . walking
shadow. Ihad been
under the doctors
carebutgotnorehef.
Ny husband per-
suaded me to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound and itworked
Ike Q charm. 1t re-
lioved all my pains
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27
The DREADFUL
El1BApQ SSl[ENT
OF TOO MANY
WOODS

- EW YORK.--Pity the sor-
N rows of poor Mrs. Hart
~ Mckee, who Is rich and
beautiful. Sympathize with
~ poor Mrs. William H.
Chapman, Jr., who Is
beautiful and rich. Those of us who
are homely and impecunious are not
called upon to face their trials and
tribulations-we are not pestered to
death, at least, with hordes of suitors.
Love notes bring no terrors; an ar
dent wooer might even vary the mo-
notony of things.
But not SO for Mrs. Mckee: not SO
for Mrs. Chapman. For them any
spistle couched in amatory terms is a
pest. A man who says anything more
than "the carriage waits" or What
can we show madame to-day?" is
taboo. II men would only stop pro-
posing how happy both would be!
But men won't.
So these two ladies-young, hand
some, unattached, lowered with mil
Hons-have taken matters into their
own hands, says writer in the New
York World. Mrs. Mckee has called
upon committee of gentlemen to
protect her from over-ardent suitors.
Mrs. Chapman has fled from London
to New York in the hope of stopping
further proposals from titled English
men and Russian generals and others,
whose eyes are just as much taken
with her dollars as with her good
looks.
1t would be almost pathetic were it
not so amusing. Imagine the situation
II you can. These two very smart,
chic, rich young American matrons
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27

ING his name with that of Mrs. Law
renee q. Phipps Of Denver. whose do.
nestle troubles were also in the
courts.
Everybody thought that the beauti-
full Mrs. Tevis was happily and safe
ly married at last, but--not SO fast.
They quarreled. Mr. Mckee thought
that Mrs. Mckee was still receiving
other suitors and went SO far as to
say SO in court. Mrs. Mckee came
back with charges of cruelty and de-
manded the custody of her two sons.
Hugh Tevis and Andre Mckee. She
even declared that her husband had
spent her money and had forced her
to live on pickles and sardines!
Well, the case came to court. Tho
French Judge, with Gallo impartiality.
dismissed all Mrs. McKee's 26
charges against her husband and then
denounced him for using her letters
In court
Then came more suitors. once the
divorce was filled. First 1t was Mar
quis Guglielmi, the Italian nobleman
Of whom Mr.. Mckee was so jealous.
Once more an engagement was de-
MED. Nobody could see what the ia
belle Americana" could see in per.
fumed fortune hunter.
These French people," exclaimed
Mrs. Tevis-McKee, cant seem to un-
derstand an honest American woman
wanting to get rid Of brutal hus-
band to live quietly with her chill
dren."
For a year things went smoothly
and the suitors were easily stood on.
Then came Count Apponyi, son Of
Count Apponyi, the elder. attache Of
the Austro-Hungarian legation at
Brussels.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27
OWES
Her
LIFE TO.
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Vienna, w. We. feel that i owe
the last ten years of my life to Lydia
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27
Mrs. Nick ee's Error.

The young Magyar was all atten-
ton. He was good looking, of unim-
peachable social standing and charm
ing manners. They became engaged.
Mrs. Tevis-McKee wrote him many
letters, as often fiancees write to the
idols of their hearts. In them she
called her count her "Cher Chou
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27

CALEsMEN: We have q good opening on cuI
- sales JORGE for three or four 1--we men. Men VIII
cessfui experience selling goods locally and Wish %
proposItIon. We have high class line that sells 70
best class Of trade. COmmisslon bases Men earn
lf Iowa City. Iowa.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1909-11-27

EW YORK.-Pity the sor-
rows of poor Mrs. Hart
Mckee. who Is rich and
beautiful. Sympathize with
poor Mrs. William III.
Chopp,au Tr ,,,h1 a..
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1909-10-01
Value i'm Little Things.

Mepmhis News Scimitar: From
waste paper alone one railroad In I
year realized $1,000. Pins, pens.
nails, old brooms. bo,tleS, tin cans
and worn out machinery OF all sorts
are gathered up along the routes by
all the railway companies and turn
eel into money. Even the cinders "A @
sold or utilized for improving lie
roadbed
These things seem small TO COM
mand the attention of n rich railway
company. But il must DC rcmem-
beIed that the railway company is
rich Largely because Ii looks after the
little things.
The gIeatst corporations i'm the
world are not above tIlIing care of
even the fractions of pennies.
Waste forms one of the most vital
questions i'm economies, not alone for
railroads and big manufacturing
plants, hut for every business house
and for every household.
1t is impossible, of course, for any
very considerable sum To be realized
in the saving of waste i'm IA house
hold. And yet the usual waste of any
home is proporlionaiely far greater
than that OF n railroad We may
think IL mean and misery To look
after the little things. And for that
reason, more than for any other, hui
! man life is cursed with poverty and
pauperism There is less meanness
In poor mans saving penny than
in rich mans saving n million.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1909-10-01
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Up Before the Bar.

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