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New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
After Settling Down
WITH still others the age for keenest delight
wv .,,aI-;,,a of friends is the time when

WITH still others the age for keenest delight IN the
w making of friends is the time when one IS
safely married and settledif marriage may be con-
sidered to settle anybody nowadays Then the firta-
ton element is absent supposed to be absent and
really is when people have married primarily for the
fun and the Joy and the peace of being together.
With such married folk as | am now considering
there has come hull in the excitement of living
One has time for people, new ideas, the delight
of conradeship, and still the deepest and dearest
elements of happiness quite safe. SO one makes
little excursions into the country of new minds one
chats for hours the piazza over the hedge or IN
the comfy depths of two cOmpanlOnabe armcha1rs
in ones den. After one married there is a new
realm to discover and possess and talk about and
dream with any congenal soul who, preferably,
is married too
There are Johns delicious peccadillos to analyze
and laugh over happily with another possessor OF
Tohn; there are Mary's amazing and absurd little
girl fobes to compare with the equally entertaining
feminine traits of your best friends brand bride.
And all this without trace of dlSOyalty. Ou say
nothing you could not say t" Mary or John; you
merely have the satisfaction OF comparing notes to
this entertaining business of being in love- and with
a person who is himself or herself deep in the
game the game of matrimony, which has its
and prizes
1t IS think. only very big people with whom the
friendship age comes late in life; for to make
friends must keep plastic. Capitalization is
death to friendships at least to the winning of
friends But the who preserves the en-
thusiasm of youth capable of making new friends at
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
T H E

AFTER all this is the ideal time of life, and 1T
n differs with different temperaments. With
some of it is the season of irresponsible child
hood when every attractive stranger is subject to
the small king queen, when there IS no sense OF
the hideous perdy of time when charity large and
the sense of humor is limited and love IS lord OF all
But some children TOO shy for many TREND
ships The ideal age comes later with schoolboy
and girl enthusiasns, with the freshman year at col
lege perhaps or later still with the first grown up
dance dinner Then the girl has her private sitting
ROOM and the boy goes calling, and parents allow tor
the young humans need of privacy, of tete-a.tete
moments of blessed moonlight walks to and from
some entertainment, unchaperOned unObserved by
all those eyes that somehow lessen the charm
of young pleasure.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
Well Worth Pro1onging

THE friendship age seems then, worth prolOng-r--
L And to prOIOng it one must above all thlng- .-
progressive alive one must avoid the stagnant ego
tisr common to the -was-sO-shall-1ta away-ae
individual For in friendship in marriage mus
90 forward or else will go backward, as there
must always be progression retrOgreSS1On the
characters of friends. Some of friends out
grow and -alasl-Outgrow US, but the real.
equal enduring friendship Is that between two peo
pie who are trying to develop mentally and morally
They NAV not each other in years. and yet the
golden thread remains strong and bright They MAY
meet every day and yet avoid the contempt bred hg
familiarity because of that slender cord, the Thread
of romance, of poetry. And when friends laugh 20
gether when they see the tricks and Wh1nS OF Fate
from the focus, when they give each Othv-
Iargesse of sympathy that IS yet not pity ano
honest praise that Is not fattery, then they count
to each other not only for to-day. but for all time
Each is helping to build the others house OF lie.
building it strong and big and beautiful
Such friendships may exist where there are aIre~-.
close t1es-between parent and child, husband and
wife brother and brother. The tie of blood may
hold of its own strength; but when our kinfolk
also our friends then is forged chain stronger than
time distance or death
For all of uS. If only viii. the friendship age
may endure and it is never too late 70 make Friends
of those already very Own,w1th that son who IS
little shy and alOO because he feels that We do nos
understand him, or even care to understand him and
his problems. with that brave wife who takes
faith vet in whom do not fully COnflde with that
scatterDrain schOOlbOy girl, who has a warm
heart and full set of deals.-f we but set about
finding them in the right, wise way. Increasing t-e
number of friends and prOlOngng the Friendship
age makes for the ft1llneSS and the happiness Of I
for ourselves our friends, and our children Schdrr-
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
A Much Loved Old Lady

A Much Loved Old Lady
ITO people like this, blessed: 1mpressonabe, en-
L thusiastic souls life is one long roadway leading
through sunny fields of growing things. L know an
who is capable of new friends, new delight IN old
friends exactly though she was an eager g1rl IN
her teens She writes little loving notes. this dear
old lady to her favorites. If you paint good PIC
ture or write readable story or marry nice man,
of if YOU lust do the little everyday duties Cheertuly
and happily this old lady tells you pretty, encour
aging comforting things, and makes you feel that
old age and friendship synonymous One reason
she makes 50 many friends this dear lady IS because
she ignores all the hard things in her own life She
had more than her share of both,-but about how
lovely her daughters to her, and about what
clever work and 50 is doing and what charming
baby somebody else possesses.
She isn't wonderfully gifted or beautiful or bril-
liant this old lady; but when you think about her
your heart warns and Your checks flush, and some
times tears creep into your eyes. For somehow she
and enthusiasm and her love for human kind thrill
YOU exactly like fine poem or like the sound OF
a band PLAYING your national music IN strange and
far country. | once met a real Princess and have
looked upon good many Presidents, and l know
painters and sCulptOrs OF international
fame and a real poet wrote verse tor me IN
book a that has never been printed and IS
beautiful; but believe | am prOudeSt of the friend
ship of this old lady.
One of the lOveest things about being Aneri-
is the fact that men and women are allowed to
have friendships together when they do not
marry each other. This IS possible believe be-
cause Americans have two priceless possessions, a
sense of honor stronger than the indisCrininae
sciousneSS of SEX and sense of humOr in the
as real and more subtle than that of most
When YOU possess a sense of hurnOr and a sense of
honor then YOU can have friends. though you
are married. and that without rObbing your husband
your wife of their full due
The delightful thing about sincere and honor
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RTE N D S H p A q E

able friendship of true minds IS that 1t enrlche9 '
tbe other relations of life 1t brOadens your OutooE
it deepens your human experience. 1t makes you O.
better wife a finer husband. wiser parent. nor
helpful friend Please understand that THIS brand E
ties; it doesn't go with hand llsslngs. or subc1H-
scious love making, or that m1snaned anona.E
platonic friendship 1t IS the possession OF strong
sensible steady men and women, and, IT there
usually a golden thread of poetry or romance run
ming through its warp and woOf, the thread Is pure
gold without alloy thread so fine and strong tha-
an the tests of life itself cannot break It tarnlsh t.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31

rub him down and keep him from getting cold Which,
as the statesman in question always speaks TO the best
of his ability and sinews, thought not unlikely. But
q political henchman in their State tells that she
knows every inch of her husbands district, and in
recent particularly bloody" campaign they always de-
ferred her for the weak places to which to send their
sneakers.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOX JULY 81 lSio

winter however, the puppy died, and IN her deep a
ton she forgot the impending senatorshlp ana 1ei "
n1omaCv and became Just BRIDE. Governor NJ uIeu
suddenly. Come home" she wired her husband Tor
sympathy The Congressman inference was obvious.
The Governor of his State was dead The Lieutenant
Governor was be proplt1ated at once lie MADE iol
the station without change of collar But he was not
alone in his ambition nor this delsion HIS secretary
leaked to the secretaries of other ambitious members IN
his de1eqation and as consequence four dlsheVeled
coeagnes came suddenly face to face in the smoking
room of that homeward bound tram hat use 10 gdie
at one another? 1t ended in laugh drink ana tnen
conference in which they proceeded in order to smut
out common enemy, to agree on one OF the Iol tie
place The lot fell to the brides husband
Even the absence of despatch IN the evening papers
confirming the "sad news did not perturb them; but
the morning brought each of them telegram IN answer
to their wired condolences the widow OF their State
executive They were all alike Il don't appreciate
practical iokes and signed by the supposedly deunct
Governor The brides husband had an extra one now
ever which read, No need to come home HAD 10 oury
nunnv Named new one for Governor M.
ExDlanations the brides husband found, were not
onlv painful but very disastrous to his dignity !nougn
the men good humoredly all rallied to their pedge anu
Dressed their Endorsement of him, the Governor unIor-
tunatey had deficient sense OF hu1iol anu ~
This is the inside story of the bride herself and she
added aegrievedly that when she asked her huSoani
whether She could do anything, he was nearly cross
out on the prares he'd like go out there and dro"
his sorrows She says she is convinced there is no OPP
Dortunitv for woman to be political hel pnate IN
America and that gloves are cheaper abroad TOO
The Silent Partners
IN the other hand there are all those wives of Con-
~ gressman who do not aspire to be anything OUT
silent partners in the political game, and yet have
the problems thrust upon them and regard the1r snare
of their husbands career even humorously
t,ncny hot or 4
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31

hands had tugged at it. though of course it was only
the rough edges of the suagette benches that IT.
But here was food for thought One IS accustomed
to think of the American woman who shares her nus
bands political burdens saved from comparison WIN
the Dodo only because she couldn't become extinct
never having been at ALL that the woman who sWays
nolitics in America is like stagedoor Johnny largely
myth; that the best thing politicians wife can 90 IS
to sing small. ITO
Having followed up the advice of my neighbor OF the
sufragette meeting, however, and consulted any Con
CHEESEMAN'S WIFE | have come to the conclusion 'haC
the political helpmate is with us emphancay' even
though she may not be enrolled under the suffragette
banner and even if she had best sing small and that
what she needs to face her problems IS not so much
a vote as the third eye" Mrs. Annie BeSant mas
spoken of. ,.,1,+
in America often hinders.
The wife of Congressman whose district includes S
the lower section of large city, who gave pink tea
to help along her husbands when delegation OF
ward heelers came Washington on an excursion has
decided that there is nothing ungraetul as American
politics For the Natures gentlemen, whose elbows
crooked awkwardly above low tea table lett her en-
bryonc salon in deep disgust and at the next election
that part of her husbands district controlled by them
turned the young Congressman down as "toft and
"la-deda,' and he shaved through on the vote OF
contingent whose spokesman declared, Ah let MN
aIonel He's all right Hell learn better to be fused
nv the women folks by and bV.
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
In Honor of the Governor

A STILL more recent instance lies in the case OF the
II bride of Congressman from the Middle west
who had married with the idea of becoming true po-
htical hepmate She had a college education and had
been abroad for six months and she knew that woman
name is writ at least footnotes of all political intrigue
in the Old World. Therefore in America she should
appear in the main text of diplomatic records! SO,
when there occurred a vacant senatorshp from her
husbands State she named pet poodle for the Cover
nor sure that such diplomacy would recommend her
husbands appointment to the unexpired term.
Before she Joined her husband in Washington for the
New-York tribune., 1910-07-31
By Elizabeth Newport Hepburn

any and all times. With him, or her there IS no TREND
ship age or better every age the age tor winning
love and arousng interest in other minds and heartS
The Detroit times., 1910-11-07
Amendment Increasing Forced Paw
ing From 100000 To $5o0,00O.

A BILL 10 amend section OF chapter
IL OF an act entitled AN act TO pro-
vide a Charter for the City OF Detroit
and 20 appeal all acts and parts OF
acts in conflict herewith" approved
June Z. 1888. as amended
The People OF the state OF Michigan
and the People OF the City OF Detroit
enact:
Section l. That section OF cha pier
IL OF an act entitled AN act TO provide
y charter for the City OF Detroit and TO
repeal all acts and parts OF acts In con-
hict herewith" approved June Z. 1889.
as amended. be and the same II hereby
amended 30 as TO read as follows:
Sec. g. The proceeds OF each special
assessment levied for the grading or
paving OF any street or alley shall be-
come part OF the street paving fund and
be credited therein To the account>of the
specific Improvement for which the as
sessment was made: Provided That the
common council shall not in any one
year enter into contracts for the grad
Ing or paving OF streets. alleys and pub
lie places. the cost OF which will exceed
IN the aggregate fve hundred thousand
dollars except upon the petition OF the
holders Of the larger portion OF the real
estate directly abutting upon the por-
tons OF the street or alley proposed to
be improved.
Sec. 2. All acts and parts Of acts I'm
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-07

The People OF the State OF Michigan.
and the People OF the city OF Detroit
enact,
Section l. That an act entitled An
act supplemental TO the Charter OF
the City OF Detroit and relating 70
parks. boulevards and other public
grounds in said city, and 10 repeal act
No 37f OF the Local Acts OF 1879. en-
titled An act TO provide for the es-
adjustment and maintenance or
broad street or boulevard about the
limits OF the city OF Detroit and
through portions OF the Townships OF
Hamtramck. Greenfield aud spring
wells. I'm the County Of Wayne, APP
proved May 81, 1879. as amended. be
and the same is hereby amended by
adding new section thereto TO be
known as Section 50. as follows:
Sec. 90. The Commissioners OF Parks
and Boulevards OF the city OF Detroit
is hereby given the control OF all docks
on Belle Isle. lie is also hereby en-
powered To provide for the construc-
ton OF such additional docks on Belle
Isle as in his discretion may be deemed
necessary. Said commissioner Is also
empowered TO enter into agreements
without cost TO the City with private
parties for the construction OF docks
on Belle Isle and as payment therefor
70 give the parties constructing the
same the exclusive use thereof for a
period not exceeding two years at the
end OF which time the docks so con-
structed shall be and become the prop
erty OF the City of Detroit.
Sec. >. All acts and parts OF acts in
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-07
Amendment Permitting Lighting
Commission to Sell Light
and Power.

A BILL to amend Section . OF Chap
ter 10 OF the Charter OF the city OF
Detroit so as 10 authorize the Pub
Tic Lighting Commission OF said city
10 engage In commercial lighting
and the sale OF electricity for power.
The People OF the State OF Michigan
and the People OF the city Of Detroit
enact;
Section l. That Section 2 OF Chapter
10 OF the Charter OF the City OF Detroit
be and the same is hereby amended so
as TO read as follows:
Sec 2. The said city may engage In
commercial lighting and may sell cleo
tricity for power for public and private
consumption. and may contract for the
lighting OF public and private build
ings. streets, avenues. parks, public
grounds and places for n period not
exceeding three years.
II shall have power TO procure lands
and purchase or construct the neces-
ssry buildings, engines. dynamos and
other machinery. tools, lamps. lines,
condults, poles towers and other APP
paratus and appliances, constituting
plant for lighting the said city by cleo
tricity, or by any other means or sys-
TEN. and IL the common council deem
II desirable IL may purchase towers.
poles wires. lamps and other appli-
ances. and cause lines OF wire to be
constructed. the use OF which IL may
let 10 any person or corporation con-
tracing TO tight said city. II shall also
have power TO lay pipes and conduits
IN the highways, alleys and public
places Tor gas or electric light wires.
and TO erect in the highways. alleys
posts for wires or lamps. and "a place.
construct and maintain the necessary
lines OF wires. either below or above
ground. IN the highways, alleys or
Sec. :. All acts and parts OF acts In
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-07
A Park and Boulevard Amendment.

BILL to amend an act entitled AN
act to empower the City OF Detroit
10 borrow money for the purpose OF
constructing subway on the line
OF the Boulevard extending south of
Nisgar street across the right of
way and under the tracks OF the Wa
bash. St Louis and Pacific and Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern rail-
ways, the Grand Trunk Railway OF
Canada, and the Bay City division
OF the Michigan Central Railroad
Company"
The People OF the state OF Michigan
and the People OF the City of De-
troit enact:
Section /. That an act entitled. AN
act TO empower the cay OF Detroit to
borrow money for tho purpose OF con-
structing a subway on tho line OF the
boulevard extended south Of Visgar
street across the right-ot- way and I'M
der the tracks OF the Wabash. ST. Louis
and Pacific and Lake Shore and Michi.
gan southern railways, the Grand
city division OF the Michigan Central
Railroad Company" be and tho same Is
hereby amended so as TO read as fol-
ing subway on the line of the boule-
ward extended south OF Nisgar street
across the right-of-way and under
the tracks OF the Wabash. ST. Louis
and Pacific and Lake Shore and the
Michigan southern railways. the Grand
Trunk Railway OF Canada, and the BAY
1lIN 1iVlRiOn or me MlCE1Ran ContfAI
Railroad Company, together with the
necessary approaches thereto and the
payment of any damages which may
be awarded TO any person or persons
having an interest in any lands abut-
ting upon said boulevard by reason OF
said Improvement, the common council
OF the City OF Detroit, with the APP
prevail OF the board OF estimates there
OF shall have power to borrow upon
the best terms II can make. and for
such time as II shall deem expedient,
not exceeding one hundred and nfty
thousand dollars. upon the credit or
the City OF Detroit and shall havo
authority 10 issue bonds pledging the
faith and credit OF said city for the
payment of the principal and interest
OF said bonds, which bonds shall be
denonninated, boulevard Improvement
bonds OF the city OF Detroit" and
shall bear interest at a rate not exceed
ing four per cent per annum. The
controller shall keep an accurats
register OF all said bonds issued, show
ing tho number, date and amount OF
each boud, and to whom the same wal
issued. And the money raised by SucI
bonds shall he expended solely for TIN
purpose OF the aforesaid improvement
OF said boulevard. and the balance, II
any, shall be used for the purposes OF
the Department OF Parks a Boulevarda
or be applied on the appropriations OF
said department as the Common Coun-
Gil shall direct
The Detroit times., 1910-11-07
Amendment Pertaining To Museum
of Art.

Amendment Pertaining To Museum
Of Art.
a BILL to amend section s6 OF chapter
OF an act entitled IAN act TO provide
Charter for the City OF Detroit and
TO repeal all acts and parts OF acts In
conflict herewith" approved June Z,
1881 as amended
The people OF the State OF Michigan
enact:
Section 1. That section IS of chapter
charter for the City of Detroit and TO
repeal all acts and parts Of acts in con-
Met herewith" approved June Z 1883.
as amended he and the same is hereby
AMENDED so as TO read as follows:
Sec; Sc. The Common Council shall
also nave power TO appropriate each
Year for the support OF the Detroit
discretion may be deemed necessary
Iof such purpose. which sum shall be
paid from the general fund: Pro-
SHAH be made upon the express condI-
ton mat admittance 10 said museum
SHAH be free to the public at all times.
subject to such reasonable regulations
as TO the hours as the board OF trus-
tees OF said Detroit Museum OF Art may
establish. The common council shall al
TO time such sums as arc necessary for
tho purpose OF erecting an additional
building or buildings for the Detroit
Museum OF Art, which sums shall be
paid from the general fund The COM
mon council shall also have power.
with the approval OF the board or es-
Inmates, for the purpose of erecting
such additional buildlng. or buildings
Tor said Museum OF Art to borrow up
on the best terms II can make and for
such time as II shall deem expedfent
such sums OF money as IL shall deem
necessary, not exceeding the sum OF
nifty thousand dollars. and shall have
authority TO issue bonds pledging the
faith AMI credit OF said city for the
payment OF the principal and interest
OF said bonds. which bonds shall be
donominated Detroit Museum OF Art
bonds" OF the City OF Detroit. and
shall bear interest not exceeding four
per cent per annum. The controller
such bonds issued. showing the num-
her, date and amount OF each bond and
10 whom the same WAS Issued. The
money received from such bonds shall
be placed in the city treasury and shall
be expended solely for the purposes
therein specified under the supervision
and on the warrant OF the board OF
trustees OF said Detroit Museum OF
Art. The common council shalt have
full authority to provide by resolution
for the advertising and sale OF said
as nearly as may be practicable TO the
regulations heretofore prescribed by
law for the issuance OF sewer bonds.
The bonds herein provided for shall
run for a period OF not less than ten
years nor more than twenty-five years.
Sec. 2. All acts and parts OF acts I'm
conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
The Detroit times., 1910-11-07
Amendment Providing For Building
Docks on Belle Isle.

4 BILL 10 amend an act entitled AN
act supplemental 10 the Charter OF
the city Of Detroit and relating to
parks boulevards and other public
grounds In said city, and to repeal
act No 374 OF The Local Acts OF 1879.
entitled An act to provide for the
establishment and maintenance OF a
broad street or boulevard about the
limits OF the city Of Detroit and
through portions OF the townships OF
Uamtramck. Greenfield and Spring
wells. in the County OF Wayne. ap-
proved May "a, 1879. as amended. by
adding n new section In which the
Commissioner Of Parks and Boule-
wards Is given control Of all docks on
Belle Isle with tho power 10 provide
for the construction OF additional
docks said section 20 be known as
Section 81