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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23
Heart Hunger
for a
Home

came of race of home makers
The instinct of home and husband and children
stronger IN than love of independence, money or
a
Try as I would, desire for home, for companion
ship would not be staed To the cheer1ess walls of
the hall bedroom in which 1 found shelter at So a
week poured out my anguish. was ionelyi O
God, how loney
thought of the anguish of those days, anguish which
hearts In like surroundings.
The social opportunities of the we'll bred refined,
educated woman thrown midfe upon her own
in great city not conducive to matri-
mony. The more realized the hopelessness of my
situation the ! hungered for husband and home
felt that deserved thcm had right to them. 1
resolved would have them
But how was the seeming miracle to be accom-
plished?
The smart world had known was no longer for
me. was past 40 before found an occupation that
brought an income, which, to quote Mark Twain,
really in" originated the unique business of
house opener. opened and closed town and coun-
try houses and made them ready for occupancy
Early in the went in response to an adj
vertisement, to old homestead in CORTLAND park
While the agent was haggling over the price the
owner in.
What fuss and feathcr!" said he Il wager that
the aborer is worthy of her hire Give the price my
good man, and let's what order and cleanliness
the young will bring out of this eaten
pile"
With smile and bow redolcnt of old school gal
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23
Making the
Most of
Personal!
Charms

Old fashioned sentmentalists, strong minded mod
erns don't be shocked Don't dub me Coarse y
Common" vulgar" Indecent" for neither my hus-
band my friends would recognize in such
company But then they do not know what am
telling you; perhaps if they ddwel it's too late,
for l bagged my game fairly and squarely any
sportsman in the field, and have no hesitancy in
saying that it the happiest day of my life when
went from my sef-made nest under Fifth avenue
to the old CORTLAND mansion its owners
lawfully welded wife.
In the seven years since we were married neither
OF has had TO regret it and probably never
shall, for ours is union based on common sense, a
common need. Our house is in every home,
and we cited model of conjuga felicity, but
what is more to the point, WE ARE HAPPY.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

his purchases with such belief in their charm that
never dare TO give way my real feelings
During the last summer brought face To face
with crisis in which my only hope lay NOT daring
to say the things I wanted say. l discovered that
my nance was paying good deal of attention to
another girl felt that II was only a passing
fancy and that his real love was for me
hundred times during these last few months
have been the verge OF saying things thar would
have spoiled it all 1 have never dared to question
him, reproach him, say thing that would Let
him know knew.
I never dared to say word In depreciation of
the girl or word that would arouse any feeling on
his part to protect her. never dared call atten-
ton single fault of hers, for fear he would think
was jealous. Sometimes when I have seen them
together had to hurry away for fear that would
scream and heap reproaches upon them both
But now it has come out right He has begged my
forgiveness for his foolish Irritation and has proved
by word and deed that he loves me more than any
else in the world
How glad now, as look back over the things
never dared tell him. that they remained unsaid
Many of them were bitter and cruel. some of them
foolish, a few wrong but all of them
were unnecessary
When was little girl and l couldn't understand
things / used to comfort myself with the thought
that some day. if went to heaven. would ask God
the explanation. I wonder if ] will darel
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

cherry and l know whereof l write Inc
first was in accordance with the time honored custom
of conventional society; the second was OF my own
making and its success prompts me to "fess up as
children say, that others may profit by It. Wnen l
think of the thousands of husbandless, homeless,
heart hungry women in this great city, wasting vital
ty in mad pursuit of careers, aging in the unequal
struggle for bread scattering their forces upon Chi
meras feel like crying OUT
"Stopi Stop before it is late! Consecrate
vour nsdrected energies upon getting husband and
a home, and both will be yoursF
The world is full of good men yearning for good
women.
A GOOD HUSBAND AND "A GOOD HOME
ARE WITHIN THE REACH OF EVERY
WOMAN WHO TRULY DESIRES THEM AND
IS WILLING TO BRING TO THE GAME THE
SAME TACT, INDUSTRY AND VIGILANCE
SHE SO UNHESITATINGLY GIVES TO WHAT
so LARGE A NUMBER OF NEW WOMEN ARE
PLEASED TO CALL THEIR WORK, THEIR
DUTY"
was once the loneliest. the hardest worked
in New York, and in all probability I would
still be dray horse in the industrial army had not
suddenly awakened and looked 1ife-my life
squarely in the face.
What had love, poetry, romance, brought me?
Nothing. Absolutely nothing but heartaches, gray
hairs and eyes bloodshot with weeping blasted
hopes, shattered ideals. My first marriage in
ecstasy of grlish love- which quickly uprooted
by the brutal heartlessness the inhuman selshness
of the my parents approved, the church blessed
and society deemed paragon of domestic virtues
Pride kept in bondage, until one day found cour-
age to revolt. fed from my gilded cage and
plunged into the workaday world.
Long and hard the road travelled until my
husband died Not tear did death draw from me-
for they had all been shed during my life with him.
| was devoutiy thankful when he was no more God
had joined together, and had consented to
man made law putting asunder. His death gave
me new lease of life. Being of resource
/ made various business ventures But how few
women, however clever industrious can earn more
than bare living; really achieve anything worth
while outside that kingdom for which they origi
nally created
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23
Well Laid Plans
to
Capture Him

of the stock market. devised all sorts of ways
attract him to my sky paror until he realized that
1t the most comfy" nook in Gotham smoke
after dinner cigar his favorite books
magazines. which l failed to have in ready
reach. There was scarcely commercial political
question current that | had not at my tongues end.
Now, when man has passed SO he needs squirting
His blood does surge with the impetuosity
OF youth, but at the same time he enjoys less
keenly than youth the excitement of contest / saw
that if to hold him I must be easily or
too cheaply There must be a rival two, but
how to conjurc them up? l had friends of
the drop in, take you sort" Ny imagination and
invention. however, served well at this crucial
point in my wooing
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

He has been wanderer over the face of the earth
and he longs without knowing it, for the anchorage
of home with who will not bore him and
who will be comfortable to live with.
/ made up my mind tina. WAS THE WOMANi
How to make him see me in that light was the prob
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

with an equal sangfrod-
But with the passing of very short dresses the
time OF indifference masculine approval went BY
and ever since | have been learning the many
things that women do not dare to say to men. Cen
turtles and centuries of training have taught Us to
hold tongues. in spite of the reputation we have
for garrulity. Darel That is just the word for IT.
We are afraid of something-of many things; OF
blows of loss of pleasure, money, admiration, love
/ was brought up in large city OF the middle west,
where society is made up of people of medium and
comfortable means, large number of whom have
raised themselves thereto by their own efforts. In
many cases the most eligible young men are ambi-
tious fellows who have prospects" but who lack
the polish and social graces that so common
among the society men of the eastern towns So it
can easily be imagined that a girl of fastdiOus
tastes would have many occasions when she dared
not express some sentiment of disapproval that
simply tngIing the tip of her tongue
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23
The Madness
of My
Desperate Love

kept me up? Simply the fact that if gave UP 1
would be openly acknowledging very shameful act
That and-when I looked into his face again.
couldn't. Low? Certainly. Unwomanly1 Maybe
lie tried once again, but I simply showed him one
OF the invitations had just been sending out, the
date OF the wedding a month ahead. He said it
not me but the fact that / coercins him that
would keep him from ever loving me. But that only
made me desperate, for realized that if let go
now it would be forever But if l held on oh! how
he would love when he knew my heart. Then
the matter of fact world would fade, and realm OF
color, fire, essence, beauty take fits place.
We were married. He took this house and had it
ready. When the ceremony over he brought me
straight here, showed up to these rooms that
have become my cage, and after seeing that
had everything necessary for my comfort he turned
and left me and went to the rooms he had prepared
for himself downstairs.
And that has been my life
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

lem which / set to solve.
He had a few acquaint-
ances outside of an exclu-
sive business circle, and
there were scarcely any
women of his old set in
town. I began keeping tab
upon his movements as
does a Wall street stats
tician on the rise and fall
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

Moreover, this dear man
has an atrocious taste in
colors, but he prides him
self upon his artistic sense.
He is always buying things
for the home we hope TO
have and he brings them
to me for my approval.
Dear mani He takes such
pleasure In it and exhibits
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

Never tell his faults even If he asks you
If you must, invent that he will like better
than praising his virtues
Always seem to believe what a says without
quite doing A may mean what he says
when he says but and seasons change
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

When the time limit was
up he heard a froufrou on
the stairs and then, flushed
with the joy of an mag
mary social triumph, l
swept into the room and,
throwing off my evening
wrap, stood forth in a
decollete gown, concocted
out of past fnery for this
quasi society event.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

There was the man who
SMILED, the man who had
little vulgarisms in his
table manners, the man
who came to take you to
some entertainment with
the details of his dress all
wrong. How I longed TO
tell various youths of the
little habits and manner
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

Tony, the negro butler,
was my slave, and never
was a Cleopatra better
served. 1t was to Tony I
intrusted visiting cards of
men | knew, had known or
was likely to know-men
who stood for something in
business or society. Obedi-
cnt to instructions, scarce
aller cuddled for the evening
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

Twice in my life my hus-
band has kissed me. Once
when the priest told him to
at the altar, and once when
l had nursed him through
slight illness. That ill
ness of his-caring for
him, touching him, having
him depend on met may
be that that is all my
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

HUSBAND and home are the birthr1gnf
of every woman, and if she forfeits them tor
a mess of pottage there is generally no one
to blame but her Indifferent or indoient seii.
l have had two bites at the matrimonial
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23
| Determine to
TO
Win Him

how She does her refusing. He had been brought up
among southern girls who expect this game, and
know il is game. So when he proposed to me l
knew il was to see whether I would dgnihedly tell
him take home Immediately, or undignihedly
box his ears No other alternative entered his head
It did mine, though. He thought this was but bit
OF fun But ! knew it my predestned hour with
Fate TO gamble for my happiness, the breath of my
nostrls, the beat of my heart.
And so I accepted him. l hid my face when did
It. If he had obliged me TO look at him l could not
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23
WHAT | WOULD
TELL A MAN.
IF | DARED
By a Pretty Cir

" HERE was time in my life, but strange
and remote now that 1t seems to belong to
another existence, when I said anything l
pleased 10 men. I stuck out my tongue al
the ice man and slapped the boy next door
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

have held to II.
He drove home very
quietly, all his gayety
suddenly gone. The next
day he came and told me
that / surely must realize
that it had all been a joke,
and he apologized humbly
for what he had done. And
then do Won know what
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

TVENTURED all-eyen self-respcct-on throw
| once because love was the stake. l ventured all
and won the throw.
And now ] am a dscontented woman
Not one person has ever suspected it, for | have
very gentle feminine face with pretty little features
and the world thoughtlessly judges, by our carnival
masks, our souls beneath. 1t forgets that those
women who usually have the biggest tragedies back
OF them-nuns-have always the most placid faces
have often felt that perhaps the gnawing would
stop for little time OF rest at least, il could only
tell this story but to whom does tell such tale!
have not even in the confessional, told 1t yet
But now have chance tell it. not to one ear but
to many, yet so that none shall know me
met Frank five years ago He was p and l
a. I had sometimes prided myself on the fact that
had so far been absolutely untouched by love 1
did not even allow myself 10 toy with the sham
rlannequins of love-frtations. And when the hrst
glance OF Franks dear boy-man eyes, so clear and
clean and sweet, awakened me to full fedged love
it was too mighty for me; my unaccustomed hands
could not guide the reins, the Horses OF Disaster
plunged with me where they would
We met but four or FIVE times before that night
when made the throw-and won. To him they
were casual meetings. To me they made his love as
necessary TO my heart as breath is TO my body
and one who fights for breath has not the power to
weigh the ethics of ones means
tt was the night Of that supper Each man was
asked to bring certain girl, and / was named for
Frank He called for me, and the way there he
told me that the girl who had been his first boysh
fancy would come TO town the next week, and he was
wondering whether that FIRE would reawaken
That settled it. He thought he taking me for
su evenings frivolty. 1 knew l going to a bat
tie and the defiance and cruelty and exutaon of it
were shouting their war cry in my heart.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

At first the novelty of
the situation spurrcd me
on. There was inspiration
in independence, JOY in the
discovery that l, who had
always been cared for
and protected, could battle
with the world, earn money
and hold my own. But l
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

When the time came to
go home he took me away
in a spanking little auto,
and went up the drive in
stead of straight to my
apartment, where l lived
with some friends. I knew
he was just the sort of boy
who would propose to a
girl for a lark, just TO see
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23
S 7 UDIE S IN
Discomfort
By a Woman Who Says Her
Marriage Is a Mockery

rVENTURED all-eyen sclf-respcct-on throw
once, because love was the stake l ventured all
and won the throw
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

gal ly had my one and only {
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-05-23

And that has been my lie,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-03-18
FIGHTING THE FLY.

The av must go. The edict ha-
gone forth that means destruction fol
the household pest that for ages, has
been counted a necessary nuisance 4
new name has been given the insect
Instead of the house fly it is to b.
called the typhoid fly" For It ts
declared that the fly carries disease
and death with it. The warfare upon
the mosquito has brought good re
suits in many places. 1t is now pro
posed to push as vigorous a fgbt
against the fly.
Several of the southern states have
undertaken the campaign. The FLO.
ida commissioner of health has pub
lished a set of instructions for dealing
with the insect. Posters have been
distributed broadcast throughout tn"
commonwealth showing by illustra.
tons the filthy habits Of the house f.
and it's prOcivities for gathering anc
disseminating disease germs. Georgia
Louisiana and North Carolina are act
tive in the same fight The most ei
fective attack is that directed against
the breeding places Of the insects. h.
some places registration of stable
keepers is being required, with tn
purpose Of Furnishing those who d.
not keep their stables in sanltary
condition, the manure pile being re
sponsible for millions of the pests
The south is leading off in the mai
ter because the approaching spriB2
is bringing with it swarms Of the Of
fensive insects. 1t is proposed t.
push the fight in the northern states
as the weather grows warmer. No
will be paid to the hopeless
citizen who declares that there ar
too many flies and that, therefore. the
struggle against them is futile. WhaL
has been done in the case OF the mos
quito can be zone with the fly. II pun
lie sentiment can be created, so mat
SHAY and kill" becomes the motto OF
everyone who sees a fly anywhere Il
is believed that much may D. &C
in a single season.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-03-18

quires a reduction of duties in many
if not in all cases.
will his view prevail or will that
of the protected interests? Let us
hope that of the president, though
anxiety as to the issue is fully justi-
fed
The testimony of Carnegie routing
as it did, at least temporarily, the
stand-patters on the committee,
opened the eyes of many. Yet it must
be remembered that truth does not al
ways win victories"
In conclusion Judge Parker called
attention to the fact that the pro-
tected interests are forming their lines
for the present battle. at may be, -
he said that this apparent line of
battle is after all intended for a mock
not a real, battle. Rumors persist
that the ways and means committee
have found a way to revise the tariff
by lowering the rate of duty and at
the same time increasing the actual
amounts of the duties to be paid, the
plan being, while lowering the rates
Of duty, to appraise the value of i'm
ported goods in the United States,
necessarily much higher since in
cluded therein is a great part of the
protection already afforded by the
present abnormal rates of duty. BY
that plan a smaller rate will never
theless produce a larger actual amount
of duty.
This scheme, it is said, is highly
regarded by many republican poll
ticians. 1t seems to them certain to
satisfy the people who demand a re-
ductiOn of duties, to have the APP
pearance of uphO5ding the honor Of
the party, in that it seems to keep its
pledge, while, best Of all, assuring The
continued loyalty and contributions Of
"the interests'- beneficiaTies Of
special bOunties from a government
originally organized and still profess
ing to exist in hostility to special priv
ilege.
LET us hope that this time justice
may result, but be assured that it will
not unless the people demand it so
loudly that the congress dare not re-
fuse
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-03-18
DEMOCRATS ASK
FOR SQUARE DEAL

Washington, March 1.-THE Geo..
gia delegation in the house yesterday
adopted a petition to the democratic
caucus of Monday asking the demo
Gratis, before entering into an agree
ment with the republican "iusurgents"
to bind the latter to vote against Can
non for speaker, until his successor is
elected; to join with the democrats
IN providing for free debate and the
privilege of offering amendments or
the floor of the house to every scbed
ule of the tariff bill, and TO vote for
the adoption by the house of a new
system of rules.
The support of the new members
from Iowa is the object OF a bitter
fight among the regular and "insur-
gent republicans. Pickett, Good
Kendall and Woods of Iowa, after Is
visit at the white house, held cor
ference with the steering committee
of the insurgents The Iowa mcu
bers asked the insurgents TO consenf
to a compromise, under which tbe
fight on the rules will BE- postponed
until next December, when q commit
tee to be appointed by The speaker.
should report on the subject Tn.
steering committee stated that it al
prOpOsitiOn for appointment of a rev
soluteIy refused to consider az
sion committee by Speaker Cannon
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-03-18

DR.. Miles Anti-Pair pills relieve rain.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-03-18
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
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Failure of a College Education.


We'll" observed old man Potts,
i've spent a heap Of money on my
boy Bills education, more'n nine
hundred dollars jest to see him
through, Yale. And I amt through
yet. 1t shorely makes me sore to
think Of the money I'm wastin' on a
boy who amt got as much sense
now as he had before he went 10
college"
Whats the matter, fatber?" asked
Mrs. Potts. 'Mebbe you're a little
hard on Bill"
NO, I amt Mary" answered the
old man. Jest to show you-a little
while ago I says to him ] think 1t
was going to rain tomorrow. What
fool answer dye suppose he made
me?"
I'm sure I don't know, father
He begged my pardon! Harp
ers Weekly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-03-18
% II = "a.
pI ,Th8 Kind You Have Always Bought
Sis. 2; IH2N1z1/
women in Roman Catholic choirs

The official text Of a decree in re-
gard TO women singers in Roman Cath
Ollie churches has just reached this
country. The Congregation of Rites
refuses to exempt churches in the
United States from the operation o.
the well known Motu Proprio, except
as a necessary expedient. According
to the semi-official Ecclesiastical Re
view the choir lofts customary in Ro-
man churches in this country. where
men and women sing during solemn
services, are no longer to be permitted.
when there is dearth Of male sing
ers. and when it is necessary for the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-03-18

'Evel' said Martin, I will not lose
you He dragged her two PAGES in
his arms. All power Of resistance was
gone from her That doctor shall
not have YOU'LL spoil that, at least.
He stopped, kissed her lips and cheek
flung himself, with her in his arms,
over the edge Of the precipice into
the black ahYSS
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-03-18

solemnity of the service that mon sna
women join in the singing, even tkeC
men and women are to be absolutely
separated" 1t would be q novelty 10
see a choir loft equipped with a cor
vent grille.-The Churchman.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-03-18
Pampered Children.

Unselfshness in a parent usually
produces the opposite characteristics
in the child with its many attendant
evils, and when carried to excess II
nothing more nor less than seifishness
in disguise.