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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-11-28
Anlado NerVo

A quien 81 podcmos rcprocharle su con
ducta es a la mOrganatlca prometlda.
En- sus palabraS, en- efecto, no hay nj
ternura. nj amor, III siquicra carillo
No hay mas que vanidad. Su 0ticio de
cortesana par6cela honrado en- su bella
persona por las caricias de un rcy. Guam
to ha disminuido en- el gremio ell orgu-
llo magnifco que hizo inmortalcs a las
mperio, a las Ninon, d las Deiomc
Aquellas sablan que no hay cetro mas
poderoso que el de la belleza. Aquellas
Sc creian mas grande que las relnas
Aqu6llas hacian eSperar en- vano sllS ia
vores a los Soberanos...
Pero, en- verdad, "a que comparar
mademoiselle Gaby Deslys con Ninon de
Lenclos? Fin Paris, hasta esta ultima Sc
mana, nj siquiera tenia range de prince
sd en- la cOrte del PecadO. Era una lin
da muehacha, que habia llegadO I'm dia,
de repente, de su Provenza natal, con
unos ojos muy claros y unos dlentes muy
blancos. I'm gran senor americana la
habia cubiorto de perlas. I'm tcatrliio
del R,IeYar lie habia confiado un pape!
sin importancia Y gracias a este de
but. y gracias sobre todo a su caracter
POGO oxigentc. habia rodado, entire besos
y flores. de cafe-concierto en- cafe-con-
cierto, hasta llegar al tablado de Capuci-
mes. seg1n ella 10 asegura, ell rey don
Manuel fu6 4 b,lscarla una noche de pri-
mavera del ano pasado. luego, claro
esta. su range elevose. FL "Gil Bias ;"
v "Coemedia pubIicaron "ecos" de sls
vegios am3reS. Pdro, prohablement ~
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-11-28
E| idi|iO del rey

paris-Con una indiscrecI0n dehclo-
q madcmoiselle Gaby ACADIA de contaf
nm "reporter" de Viena ell secreto Dc
ne reoios amores. Altiva y desplada-
da. ha dicho, hablando de la calda de
,u amigo don Manuel:
MAS vale ESQ.
Verdad es que luego ha agregado;
E'-Asi sera mas feiz. "
La que de tai modo Sc expresa, no Obs
tante, estuvo a punto de sentarse, 81 he
mos de Greer 10 que sc dice en- Lisboa, Ell
j trono de Portugal. Ell adolescente coro-
nado sonaba. Ell efectO, en- caSarSe n!arga
naticamente con la linda actriz plebeya,
siguiendo el ejemplo de los principles aus
triacos, que. al fin y al cabo, rs I'M buen
ejemplo.
No ser6 yo, por mi fe, quien de tai cul-
pa 10 acuse. Al contrario, 81 hay aI%O q1e
N su vida breve de mOnarca prade hacer
10 estimable, es eSe ardor amoroSO. Me
1os que 6l valen hacendados neXlca-
nos cafeteros brasilehos que, antes. ha-
han tenido ell honor de comprar los ia
vores de la linda Gaby, y ninguno de
Hos pens6 jamaS en- hacerla Su esposa.
81 don Manuel 10 pens6, es porque su al
ma es ingGnua y porque su corazon es
apasionado. iQuien, en- nuestro siglo de
caIculadores, va reprocharle tales vir-
tudes q un Soberano'
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-11-28
ProcesO nove|escO
Ell CAMBIO DE LA NINA

Parls.-Un telegrama de Perpig7lan
la cuenta de haberse presentado ante ell
juzgado de Ceret una denuncia curiosi
sima
Hace mas le ypio+icinoo a"os, IN ma
trim0nio rico do Paris tlvo una hija, cue
confi6 los cui'29os de una nodriza re
sidente en- Cere;
Ell anna de eric tanio otra rim. Esta,
la suya, era delicadlsima y estaba d, Sd
huciada por los rn6cicoS. La nilla al ona.
en- cambio, Sc e,'iaoa robu>,a y luerte.
La nodriza Sc resotgi6 d cambi.r los nj
nos, quedandose con la ajene : entire
gando a les sonJreS Ia pro2ia.
La criatura enfermita admitida pol- el
natrimonio rico como suya, falleci6 al
'oco tempo Y Sc "a entorr6 con IN nom-
-e que no Ia pertenecla.
La nina robad2 SO eric admirabIeman-
to y. va mujer,. coatraio matriuonio.
Durante tant0> amos, nj Ia anJorcsada
supo ell secreto, ai nadie tuvo "a menor
sospecha de que sc hubiera efeo:uado cI
cambiO.
Pero, hace alsunOa meses, ei 1aarislo
de la nodrza eay0 gravemente enfermo
y, al considerar cercana la hora de su
muerte, llam6 Ia que hasta entonce>
habia pasado p0r 81 hija la hi2o Ia tc-
~rible confession De todo 10 ocurrido.
La pobre muohacha, aturdida Por
'quella revelation, cOnf6 el caso d su
narido este es ei que Sc ha presentado
Il juez de Ceret denunciando el hecho.
La nodriza Ia muerto tambien y, por
10 tanto la prueta del delito 81 hace Ii
ficilisima.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-11-28
La Mascara de BRONCO

die habria vuelto a hablar del idilio por-
tugues, POGO importante despes de todo,
4 no ser por la tragedia reciente
Hoy, un beso de mademoiselle Gaby
vale mas que un collar de diamantes.
A.i es la vida.
Asi sera siempre la vida.
Y, TO que es peor-6 10 que es meior,-
asi seran siempre las mujeres; asi como
esta atricilla que, Viendo huir sin cami
sa a su- dneio de la vispera, no tiene
para 6l Sino piedad ydesd6n.
FL reysz-ha dicho,' en- efecto, la cor
tesana I'm buon muchacho, ileno dc
sshtimientos de piedad. Sus relaciones
con sn mama son 10 mas .carincso que
puede sonarse. La mama es. ,su conec-.
jera y su mejor amiga.
ESQ es todo.,Y, sin embargo, don Ma
.nuel es un Undo mozo, de ojos. .suaves Y
de Iabios agradahles.. iQue seria 81 en-,
vez de se1: asi, hlbiera sido viejo Y feo,
o solo feoi
I ~ T1nu.,,JI,
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1910-11-28
IA VIVIR! IA VOLAR !

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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-01-29

was not until he went on a western
trip last October that he scattered
money to the winds.
He went to Walla Walla and attract
ed national attention by his ex-
travagance. He spent $4,000 in four
days for tips, it was said He al
lowed no one accompanying him to
buy a drink, paid band $40 whenever
it played; tore 500 bill and gave
the band leader one half, with prom
Use to give him the other half when
he finished playing and then threw IS
bills at newsboys in the streets.
Early in December he went to De-
troit, and repeated his performances
there 1t was said he ordered cham
payne for everybody spurned
change for $50 at the bar; pinned $40
ON a bellboy's coattail; stuffed $40
bills in the pockets of an old man in
the barroom, and calmly burned two
$40 bills.
When he announced that he intend
ed to go to Paris to stir things up
be said:
They tell me they're pretty spry in
Paris, but they'll have to go some to
hold me down Let me get a few
friends and there'll be something do
ing from Montmartre to the Place
vendome-" AS he spoke he gave a
waiter $40 tip for serving wine
Henry c. Dolph of the Ostermann
company did not deny that Ostermann
virtually had been asked to resign.
"Ostermann may have gone out and
had good times" he said. but it is
hard to believe he was so reckless as
has been said The publicity he has
brought upon himself has injured the
company's business and is bound to
affect his credit and that of the COM
pany."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-01-29
MUST PAY BACK MONEY.

Now, how about household borrow
ing? Do you have to pay back money
you borrow from your wife? OF
course there is no other side to the
questionable wife can't borrow from
the husband; he always gives it to
her. So. for the benefit of all hus-
bands who will persist in borrowing
from their wives, let 1t be- said for
once and all, you've got to pay it
back under the law" What's more,
the statute of limitations, which in
validates an ordinary debt after a GER
tain number of years, does not debar
the claim of wife against the hus-
band for borrowed money.
This case came up in Bloomington,
ILL.,. before Judge Owen P. Thompson,
in the Green county circuit court.
when Mrs. Bessie Waid sued her hus-
band for $4,000 he had borrowed from
her. They subsequently quarreled and
separated. He refused to return the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-01-29
ENTER THE THIRD PERSON.

Quite enough when the contents OF
the pocket searched belong to the hus.
band But when something Is taken
belonging to third party the situa-
ton is wholly different. as Mrs. John
White of Cincinnati learned to her
sorrow.
Miss Anna Chapman gave her gold
watch to John White to take to a
watchmaker's to be repaired In her
customary search of her husbands
pockets Mrs. White found the time
piece and confiscated it So Miss
Chapman had her arrested
The Solomon in this case was Judge
Dumont- Miss Chapman got her
watch. Mrs White her freedom and
White the angry word from both.
Let this be warning to all wives, So
said Judge Dumont
There are various phases of this de
cfsion which gets back to the root of
all evil-money- If husband can
have some say over his earnings. how
much must he give the wife? In Mis-
souri, the rule is 20 per cent
The Joliffes. husband and wife. have
Just had that little matter settled.
Mrs j. W. Joliffe had her husband be
fore Judge Kyle in Kansas City.
charged with disturbing her peace.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-01-29
One Spanking Doesn't Count.

money, and after many years Mrs.
Waid sued her husband and won, even
triumphing over that bugbear of cred
itors. the statute of limitations
What's next to money when 1t comes
to making riffs in the domestic lutte?
Don't all speak at once-you're all
right. OF course, it's the mother-in-
law! Can the husbands mother do
the Poor Johni" act around the
house? Is ma-in-law privileged to
come and stay as long as she pleases
just because poor, dear Marie is SO
lonesome? No stree, The courts are
unanimous on this question and with
out any reservations whatsoever.
Mother must go. no matter which side
of the house she comes from.
In the case of the Keerys it was the
husband siding with his mother. John
KERRY, a prosperous New Jersey farm
er, married a trained nurse and took
her home.
Feed the hogs and put in your
other spare time working on the
farm!" was the gist of the orders
handed to the bride by the bride
groom's mother. who lived on the
farm with them Young Mrs. Keery
rebelled. Keery sided with his moth
er, and so this particular Mrs. Newly
wed left home and her husbands
mother. Then she sued for separate
maintenance, which was answered by
Keery that he was perfectly willing to
provide a home-his home-for her.
But there was ma.
And that spoiled all his otherwise
good defense in law Vice-Chancellor
Stevenson, in Jersey City, held that
the mother-in-law couldn't be boss
and would have to go. or else Keery
would have to provide another home
for his wife.
In other words. the mother-in-law
must go!
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-01-29
GUST SC07TY'S RIVAL
Directors Disapprove Man Who
Burned His Money.
Henry C. .ostermann's Threat to Show
Paris How to Spend Coin Loses
Him the Presidency of
Company.

Chicago.-At the height of a spec
tacufar career as a spendthrift, in
which he threatened to eclipse "Scot-
ty' of Death Valleys Henry C. Oster-
mann, founder and former president
of the Ostermann Manufacturing Com
pany of West Pullman recently sew
cred his connection with the concern.
After dazzling Walla Walla, Wash. !:
Detroit, Mich. Chicago and other
cities with his prodiga1ity he said re-
Gently he would go to Paris to teach
Parisians how to spend money.
Ostermann, it was said not only re
linquished the presidency of the COM
pany, but sold all his stock and with
drew from the business. In financial
circles it was said the directors told
him his pleasure jaunts had brought
unpleasant notoriety to the company,
and he must either buy all out other
stockholders or sell his own holdings.
The man who had burned $40 bills
to see what color the flame would be
and gave a cafe scrubwoman $50 to
ascertain what she would do with it,
was told, it is said that he had worn
out his welcome in the company's Of
fees. lie is reported to have received
$25O,000 for his stock.
Efforts were made in the office of
the company to keep his retirement
from becoming public. That Oster-
mann had given up the presidency
was admitted, but no details of the
change were told.
At the Ostermann home, 1884 Monroe
avenue, relative of the former manu-
facturcr said it was true that Oster-
mann had severed his connection with
the company, but declared none of the
family had anything to say about it.
OStermann was not at home and could
not be located.
Not many years ago, Ostermann
was poor and employed as a railroad
engineer. He invented a coupler and
organized a company to manufacture
it. Within a few years he was
wealthy.
He gained a reputation in Chicago
for his lavish entertainments, but it
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-01-29
WEE NOT A SERVANT.

There are two new decisions re-
garding just how much work a wife
must do In Ohio she can get on
with 1ittle or none. A housewife may
lie abed late, let the dishes go I'M
washed. refuse to mend her husbands
clothes. neglect to sweep, and still be
deemed a true and loving helpmate
James Young sued for a divorce at
Quail dismissed his plea of gross neg
lect and refused him the relief prayed
fora divorce.
"A mans wife is not his servant"
was the gist of the decision
Nor is she to be household drudge
in New Jersey. under the latest de-
cision at Bayonne. Mrs Charles Gfere
hailed her husband to court, charging
him with choking her. Giere pro-
tested and added that she never was
at home.
why, judge he exclaimed. bitter
ly, @-many's the time I've come home
from work only to be told to get NV
own supper. I've often washed the
dishes and made the beds for fear nv
friends might drop in and see every
thing upset"
And this is what Gfere got from
Recorder Lazarus:
"A married woman has a perfect
right to go out when she pleases. and
should not be expected to spend all
her time in drudgery-"
And to rub it in on the husband he
had to pay $40 fine.
On the other hand. Jersey law pro-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-01-29


Out Of his $50 month the husband.
SO the wife ayerred, didn't give her
enough money. After both sides had
been heard these pearls of wisdom
fell from the bench:
AFTER the rent and the household
expenses have been paid you ought to
give your wife three dollars a week
She's entitled to that much She
takes care of the children and she
never goes out of the house She'll
save more money than you will out of
that three dollars a week.
She takes money from under my
pillow when I'm asleep" Clipped in
Joliffe, and"
Your wife must get her 20 per
cent regularly" declared the court,
waving aside the indignant husband
and settling the matter for good and
ALL
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-01-29
WHEN DINNER COMES
One Ought to Have a Good Appetite.

A good appetite is the best sauce
1t goes a long way toward helping in
the digestive process, and that is abso-
lutely essential to health and strength
Many persons have found that Grape
Nuts food is not only nourishing but
is a great appetizer. Even children
like the taste of it and grow strong
and rosy from its use.
1t is especially the food to make a
weak stomach strong and create an
appetite for dinner.
Il am 81 years DID," writes Tenn
grandmother, land have had a weak
stomach from childhood. By great care
as to my diet I enjoyed reasonable
degree of health, but never found any
thing to equal Grape-Nuts as a
standby.
when 1 have no appetite for break
fast and just eat to keep up my
strength, 1 take teaspoonfuls of
Grape-Nuts with good rich milk and
when dinner comes l am hungry
While If 1 go without any breakfast I
never feel like eating dinner. Grape
Nuts for breakfast seems to make a
healthy appetite for dinner.
My 13-months-old grandson had
been very sick with stomach trouble
during the past summer. and finally we
put him on Grape-Nuts. Now he is
growing plump and we'll When asked
If he wants his nurse or Grape-Nuts.
he brightens up and points to the
cupboard. He was no trouble to wean
at allzthanks to Crape-Nuts." Read
the little book, THE Road to Well
viIle," in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever rad the shove letter: new
are Eenu1zes fxues and full OF bwuan
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-01-29

falls this newest decision in the
eternal questionable is boss, hus
band or wife.
'Loudes VS.. Loudes'' was the case
in the Essex Market court for his
adjudication. In a word, Mrs. Loudes
sought an order directing Louis Lou
des, her husband. of IA Forsyth street,
to give her a certain amount weekly
out of his SIS pay envelope. Her plea
was that he gave her but so cents a
day for herself and the two children;
naturally she wanted more.
MY wife," protested Loudes, wants
me to turn my pay envelope over to
her every Saturday night, sealed. She
wants me to give her every cent l
earn and make me beg her to hand me
out nickel every time 1 want a cigar
or glass of beer or car fare. That's
not a respectable position for hus-
band and father to occupy"
Mrs. Loudes owned up to all this
You want too much" declared the
learned court in words that brooked
no argument. ITO require your hus-
band to turn his unopened pay en-
velope over to you every week would
amount to tyranny of the sort most
dangerous to the perpetuation of the
home as the sacred institution it is to-
day. A wife has no right to make
such demands upon her husband. The
husband is the sole owner of the
fund"
Having gone thus far the court went
further and took up the other burning
question: Has the wife the right to
go through her husbands pockets?
Here Magistrate Breen sided with the
wife.
IF a man has the right sort of
wife," said the court slowly and DELHI
erately. ct see not the slightest OBJ
lection to his allowing her full free
dom in going into his pockets while
he sleeps or under any other circum-
stances. The trouble with my wife
is that she doesn't get enough when
she goes into my pockets!"
But the question was on the pay
envelope only. and not on the pocket,
and so the case was dismissed. As
for the pocket question the Breen de-
cision leaves it up in the air. because
all a husband has to say to knock 1t
out is that "the right sort of wife,"
to use Magistrate Breen's qualifying
clause. wouldn't want to go through
his pockets.
Fortunately. however, other judges
have been more specific in recent de-
cisions on this vital issue. And the
law is all with the wife, No law is
needed for the husband on this vital
question, because. it is argued. can
the average husband find his wife's
pockets at all
Three decisions, recently handed
down in as many different parts of the
country. seem to settle the matter for
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-01-29

tects the husbands bank account from
the WIFE She can go through his
pockets and she can work or not, as
she pleases. but his savings are i'm
mune.
Mrs. Ernest c. Quick OF Asbury
Park withdrew about $500 of her hus-
bands money from the Citizens Ma
tional bank at Long Branch and
placed it in her own name. But Quick.
true to his name, promptly got out an
Injunction restraining his wife from
spending a cent of the money! And
he's got the money yet
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-01-29
SOFT, WHITE HANDS


For preserving the hands as wen
as for, preventing redness, roughness,
and chapping, and imparting that vel
vety softness and whiteness much de-
sired by women Cuticura Soap, assist
ed by Cuticura Ointment, is believed
to be superior tosall other skin soaps
For those who work in corrosive
liquids, or at occupations which tend
to injure the hands, it is invaluable
Treatment-Bathe and soak the
hands on retiring in strong, hot,
creamy lather of Cuticura Soap. Dry
and anoint freely with Cuticura ONT
ment, and in severe cases spread the
Cuticura Ointment on thin pieces OF
old linen or cotton. Wear during the
night old, loose gloves. or a light BAN
dage of old cotton or linen to protect
the clothing from stain. For red.
rough, and chapped hands, dry, fis-
sured, itching, feverish palms. and
shapeless nails with painful finger
ends, this treatment is most effective
Cuticura Remedies are sold through
out the world, Potter Drug & Chem
Corp, sole proprietors, Boston, Mass
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-01-29
A Nasty Diq.

"As nasty a dig as ever admins
tered in my newspaper career in Viz
ginia City" said Mark Twain, was d.
rected against a man named Fer
guson.
ferguson, at Christmas time, in
vited me to see the presents he had
given his wife. They were magnificent
gifts. The man expected, of course. a
write-up.
We'll, he wasn't disappointed. The
next day, in a prominent place on the
first page of the Enterprise, inserted
this paragraph:
John H. Ferguson's Christmas
gifts to his wife are being much adj
mired They include diamond stonn-
acher and many other beautiful speci
mems of cut glass;
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-01-29
WITHIN WIFELY RIGHTS.

WITHIN WIFELY RIGHTS.
In New York city Justice Newburger
in the supreme court has just said 1t
is all right. Mrs. Adolph Schwartz
was suing her husband, rich lawyer
with Offices in New York, San Fran
cisco. Philadelphia. Chicago and other
cities. She searched her husband's
pockets and found letters from that
other woman
did you think that was right?"
asked Schwartz's lawyer.
at was perfectly right to search his
pockets" announced the court de-
cisively when the lawyers began to
wrangle. He was her husband"
In Omaha the case was more seri-
Gus. Henry Mills was suing for di-
vorce before Judge Crawford He al
chiefly in the fact that she systematic
ally searched his pockets for his
wages. leaving behind her only Is
cents day for his car fare and beer
If Mills wanted more money he had to
take his wife into his confidence and
tell her what he intended spending 1t
for, which was the cruelest kind of
cruelty, according to Mills. But not
according to the court, which decided,
in dismfssing the suit, that it was the
wife's privilege.
Man and his wife," said the court.
ARE one. and the property that be-
longs to one is also the property of
the other; so. If a wife takes money
from the pocket of her husband with
out first putting him in fear. it would
be impossible to make a charge of
robbery from the person, pocket-pick-
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-01-29

Husband Must Pay Back What He
Borrows.
ing, or even common larceny lie Case
dismissed"
of the Washington Cd. CD police court
says in the case of Ridgway VS.. Ridg-
way-a decision handed down when
George Ridgway was arrested on his
wffe's complaint because she feared
bodily injury when he discovered she
had been ransacking his pockets for
the last nickel therein. Says the
learned court:
1T shows the interest the woman
has in the man. 1t shows that the
woman loves the man. A woman who
does not go through her husbands
pockets does not love him They all
do it"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-01-29
Eccentric Character Gone.

Old Mr. Forbes. the ballet girls
preacher. is dead at IT, He Travelled
here and there. and hither and yon.
holding meetings for ballet girls. in
small towns as well as cities Only
once he saw ballet girls On the stage.
He looked in for minute. and then
hurried out. Neither borrower nor
lender be" was one of his sayings.
and he always gave outright. pointing
out that to lend money is to lose .
.riend.-New York Press