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The Monte Vista journal., 1912-12-07

ness brooded over the darken.d ,,.
ter Langdon was impelled to xlunco
across the aisle. A woman sat there
watching him. upon her mouth the
faintest vestige OF a smile, But tbsro
might have been tears In her eyes-
In Lillian's eyes.
1t was Lillian. He knew ber TN.
mediately. She had changed bu, ~,
tie. though lines of suffering had come
about her mouth and her face was
more earnest. more mature. but NOT
less beautiful. Langdon rose in bIs
seat
sit down! Silence!" called som.
one angrily behind him, and he ,at
down.
he would go to her after the act
was over. He wanted her as he had
never wanted her before. For ber
sake he would lay aside the last
vestige of his pride, for her sake he
would confess his folly; and for his
own sake he would beg for the glory
Of her love-
he could not see her face through
the misty curtain that foated before
his own. He put his hand to his ewes
and was surprised to find It wet, He
looked again. He could not see her
now.
The curtain fell; the lights went up.
But Lillian was not there.
Was she a dream only, born Of his
Imagination and his desires? No,
there was the empty seat, and there,
even, was little glove, dropped from
her lap. He could not but know LII
lian's glove. He picked 1t up and
pressed 1t to his lips reverently; then
suddenly he found that people were
staring at him. He glanced round
him wildly-and all at once became
aware that all eyes were turned upon
the stage and that storm OF applause
mad broken loose all over the theater.
he looked up. Lillian was standing
oefore the curtain, and her bow was
to the crowd; but her eyes were on
his.
Then suddenly Langdon understood.
She was the author; she had sue
ceeded where he had failed, and she
mad put all the sorrow and suffering
OF both of them into the story. And
even as he watched her she was gone.
and he stood still In the aisle among
the moving crowds
The second seat was empty. Lang
don slipped into 1t, and presently he
saw her coming down the aisle toward
him. Her head was very high. her
cheeks afiame with happiness. And
she sat down at bis side
"Lillian!" he whispered, hardly dar-
ing to look into her eyes, 1T was
you'll"
YES" he heard her answer family.
Lillian, l have sought you all this
time. Why didn't you let me know?
Why couldn't you forgiven
But have forgiven long ago." she
said
Then you"
Il thought you knew where l was
living. l thought-hush, I'll tell you
afterward. See, the lights are going
out for the last act"
"The last act!" he muttered. lii
liam, how is it going to end? VIII
it-?"
TT ends as our romance will end"
she whispered. You will see soon.
Have patience. Haven't we been pa
tient for three years? It's only half
hour longer now"
And with this Langdon felt strange
ly content.
Copyright. 1912. by w. G. Chapman)
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tality of persons OF forty years and
over.
THE average length OF an Ameri-
can life," he says, has increased
about fifteen years during the past
century, and yet the span of life is
being shortened. During the last 80
years the general death rate has de-
creased approximately rs per cent,
and yet the chances of early death
after passing the age of forty have
steadily increased"
This, Mr.. Rittenhouse finds, is due
to the fact that while great progresn
has been made in checking communi-
cable diseases, other diseases, which
afflct middle age and later life. have
gone on almost unheeded in this coun-
try. Among them are apoplexy.
Brights disease, heart disease. and
arteriosclerosis. The intense life of
Americans and intemperance in eat
ing, drinking. and working have con-
tributed to their prevalence. Above
all, our carelessness in regard to life
is blamed, and from this cause come
increases in deaths from accident. sui
eide, and homicide.
while we have every reason"
says Mr.. Rittenhouse, ito felicitate
ourselves upon the wonderful result
OF the spread OF life-saving intelli-
gence, we must not overlook the fact
that we have increased the average
length of human life only by increas-
ing the proportion of people living in
the younger age periods, while the av-
erage duration OF life OF those who
pass into middle and old age has been
constantly shortened.
with all It's blessings modern civil.
ization has introduced hazards. hab-
its, and conditions OF life which not
only invite but which have increased
in many ways physical, mental. and
moral degeneracy. Insanity and
idlocy are increasing. Diseases Of
vice, the most insidious enemy OF this
and future generations. are spreading
rapidly, according to medical men.
so far we have lacked the moral
courage to openly recognize and fight
this scourge The alcohol and drug
habits are constantly adding new vic
tins to the degenerate list and TO the
death roll. Suicides are increasing,
and now reach the enormous total OF
$4,000 annually. Lynchings and burn.
ings at the stake continue, and are
common only to our country. At
tempts upon human life by indlyldu-
ais and mobs under trlfllng provoca.
tion or mona Mt NIL are ObylOusly I'm.
creasiDg.
in the United States the death
rate above the age of forty has stead
lily increased. while It has remained
stationary In England and Wales. The
important organs OF tho Lody arc
wearing out too soon. The diseases
OF old age are reaching down into the
younger age periods, The death rate
from the degenerative diseases OF the
hart, blood vessels. and kidneys. In.
GLIDING apoplexy. have Increased more
The Monte Vista journal., 1912-12-07
AFTER THE LAST ACT
Story of Suffering and Sorrow
of Two Lovers in Play.
BY RICHARD BENNETT.

Arthur Langdon had gone into the
theater quite accidentally; he had
been dining with a friend who was
suddenly called away, and, passing
homeward to his lodgings on Forty.
third street, he had stopped and found
himself gazing with passing interest
at the poster representing Miriam
Grey in THE Looking Glass" Under
meath the picture was pasted slip
bearing the words Opening night"
Langdon looked at the picture with
increasing anger and disdain He i'm
agined the morrow's criticisms-out.
fowings Of eulogy upon "a great heart
drama" or "a triumph OF art" by some
new dramatist-Paul Smith, this au-
thor called himself-who imagined
that he had penetrated into the
arcana of the universe and shared in
every human experience!
Then he bought ticket and went
in, in bitter mood, in order to sheer.
So the curtain went up and the per
formance began, and Langdon, sitting
in his seat, prepared to satiate his
chagrin and contempt.
He had devoted five years Of his
life to play writing. and every effort
had come back to him with the barest
formallty Of reply. So he had
abandoned that field to reap fair
success as story writer. But the
failure Of his earlier efforts had en-
Uttered him against those whose
struggles had been rewarded.
Yet when Miriam Grey came on and
captivated the attention of the au-
dience; when the plain, simple story
gradually began to make its way into
the hearts Of the audience; when sobs
punctuated the silence. Langdon found
himself gripped. enthralled, by the
writer's power, but 1t was not until
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The second act was half over that he
half leaped out Of his seat and then
subsidized. very white, very determined.
and sick with the sudden upwelling Of
memory. For this was his play, and
in 1t he had told the story of his own
tragedy.
1t was common enough story
that of the separation of two lovers.
1t had happened to him three years
tiers, and he had had their quarrel
But both were proud and both were
young; and so the little quarrel had
become big one, and finally he had
left her In anger, to find when he
was ready to ask forgiveness that she
had gone away. He had found no
trace Of her since that day. though
he had sought far and wide. Once she
had had literary aspirations. too; he
had hoped to hear OF her in some OF
the magazine Offices, but she had dis
appeared completely from the knowl-
edge OF all who had known her.
lie watched the development Of the
drama, the tragedy that set forth,
word by word, line by line, an in
delible picture that revived each sin.
gle memory and scared him to the
heart. 1t was his! 1t was he who
had written this and offered It to a
manager the year before. hoping that
In the final stage reconciliation Lillian
would read his own hopes and
dreams; that she would see 1t and re-
member their love and come back to
MIN And the play, rejected every
where. had yet been held long enough
10 enable some manager to make n
copy OF 1t and steal 1t and have 1t
produced.
There was no mistaking that. Skill
tully as 1t had been changed and re-
written, though every word had been
put through the crucible OF the man
ayers mind. yet the play had emerged
me same. 1t was his play! II was
MS play! And he would have Jus
uce.
suddenly. at the height of the sec
ono act, when the most tense still.
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and Incorporate habits generally. the
important fact is that tho excessive
waste OF human life from degenera-
tive causes continues and no general
campaign OF education or other or.
ganlzed effort has been made TO
check II.
THE remedy appears to be tenn
perate, healthful habits OF life. the
upbuilding OF bodily resistance 10 dis
ease. But In the meantime. whilo wo
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rate In the United States has been
reduced to remarkable extent, and
the knowledge has been received not
only with altruistic qualification but
with a sense of personal gain by all.
regardless OF their own time OF life.
But now comes Elmer e. Ritten-
house with the facts and figures to
show that the reduction In the death
rate has been due chiefly to that very
cry OF Save the babies!" and the
nght on communicable diseases. and
that 1t Is confined to those In early
life. While there has been reduc-
ton In the general death rate Of rs
per cent. In the last thirty years. 1t
has been accompanied by steady In
crease, amounting to about 27 per
cent. In the same period. In the NOR
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Princess, Books.

The princess royal OF England. the
only daughter OF George " Ia said to
be the object OF the same maternal
solicitude as her brother. the prince
of Wales. The princess. It is said.
shows no Interest in art as do most OF
the family, cares nothing for needle
work, as do her cousins and her aunts.
but she is fond OF books and knows all
the good authors. English and French.
But her prudent mother only permits
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her to read those books after u careful
scrutiny.
THE library OF the princess" says
a Paris paper, unique OF It's kind. con.
tRinB only mnsterplocse. but In these
masterpieces certain pages have been
carefully biackened with ink following
the fashion OF the Russian censorship.
The queen is not OF the opinion of Rus
kin; she does not believe that It 10 nee
.essary TO tell youngs girls everything
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uncla PennYMIae SAYS:

Things political are moving SO fast
that some OF the old wheelhorses are
having hard work to keep from being
run over.
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AVE THE BABIES!" Is a
cry that has been ringing
through the land with in
creasing earnestness and
with increasing attention.
but what OF the middle
aged American?
Everybody knows that
In raNnnf uanro ~. lA,th
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about by the successful campaign
against the diseases of childhood and
early life and the increase In those OF
later life:
DECREASE Per Cent.
Under age 20 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 17.9
Age 20 to 80. lis
Age 80 to 40. 23
INCREASE. Per Cent.
Age 40 to so. 1872
Age 80 to 60. .292
oV ana over .................. Zb.4
The change in the age constitution
OF the older groups" says Mr.. Ritten-
house. has been very slight and does
not account for the increase. Nor is
1t safe to say that 1t Is due to the
early breaking-down OF the weakened
lives surviving from the attacks OF
communicable diseases in the younger
Wales, where they have had virtually
the same decrease In the mortality OF
the early ages as we have, there has
been little or no increase above age
forty.
"One thing is clear-the cause is
local to our country. Evidently we
have not adapted ourselves to the
sudden increase in the life-strain due
to our complex and intense modern
existence. Whether or not It is due
to the strenuous life or to excessive
working, eating, drinking. playing.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-03

Women may be catty in little things
Vet they have a childlike trust in each
others honesty" said the man 81.
they hadn'.. they could never have sal
srrenely through the situation that
faced several OF them the other nigh,
M the opera had balcony seat
Reside ME sat n woman who discover.
ed at the end OF the first act. that
she had lost her parse. She thought
1t had slipped 10 tie seat in front.
The woman occupying that seat stood
up. shook her wraps, and looked under
the seat, but couldn't find the purse.
"'Stil. it must he some place she
said. My own bag has slipped down
under the seat in front of me- I'll -et
il when the opera is over
Then other women began to hunt
for handbags and purses that had fall.
en-. Some found them. others did not
put nobody seemed TO mind. They
had a perfect faith that the things
would turn up later. and settled back
TRANQUILITY for the second act. lmae.
inc a lot OF men letting their purses
lie around like that. They would have
found their money before quiet was
restored II the opera had been delay.
ed till midnight"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-03
All Have Beginning and End.

A sun 10 Ike q living Organism: h
wears out. It maintains itself and its
planets while its radiant power lasts
but It cannot do SO forever. It con.
tracts. fickers. struggles, fades ana
goes ut. Its lifetime Is millions Of
wears, but 1t has an end. Let us "A.
count az mere nothing" cried Bos.
suet everything that ends. for. though
we should multiply years beyond tn.
reach of numbers. yet all would h.
nothing when the fatal term Is reach
ed"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-07-03
Utilized Time

How is it that Bunks studied Law
in the spare time Of such a busy ca.
reer?"
"He read his books while his wife
was getting dressed to be ready In q
minute"
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EGAL
Published in The Topeka State Journal
June II, 1921
SUPREME COURT SYLLABI.
No. 1885.
The State of Kansas, Appellee,
VS..
Walter Berger, Appellant.
Appeal from Stafford County.

w AFTER Berger, Appellant
Appeal from Stafford County.
AFFIRMED.
Syllabus BY the Court Smith, ].
1. Where, in the trial for an alleged fell
ony, a witness is called by the state who
has testified about the same facts at the
preliminary examination, and the defense
produces and offers in evidence a tran
script of the court stenographer's notes
claiming a material variance, such tran
script should usually be admitted in evil
dence.
?. Where in such case, however, on
cross examination the questions and an
swers have been read to the witness, from
the transcript, in the presence of the
court and jury and the witness has been
Intercepted in reference thereto and he
has admitted explained or denied the
statements therein claimed to be at var
lance with his testimony in court, no pre-
iudice can result to the defendant from
the refusal to the defendant to allow such
transcript to be re-read.
g. On the trial of one charged with
felony the defense produced evidence
tending to establish an alibi and the state
produced evidence tending to prove that
shortly prior to the commission or the
and conspired the commission thereon. In
such case it was not error for the court,
after calling attention to such evidence,
to further instruct the jury that If they
believed beyond a reasonable doubt that
the defendant and others had entered INTO
an agreement or conspiracy to do the
criminal acts charged and that some one
spiracy did actually commit the acts
charged, then it would make no difference
whether the defendant was personally
present or not; that each such con-
spirator would be equally guilty wnetneS
or not he was present at the comnllssioA'
of the criminal act.
All the Justices concurrtng.
Attest: D. A. VALENTINE,
TSeaL1 Clerk Supreme Court.
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LEGAL
First published in The Topeka State
Journal June 5, 1921


Journal June 5, 1921
THIRTY DAY NOTICES OF APPIICA.
TON OF BUSINESS COLLEGES FOR
PERMIT TO CANVASS IN
THE STATE OF KANSAS
Topeka, Kansas, June 8, 1872
Notice is hereby given that the
Hutchinson Business College, Hutchinson
Kansas
has made application to me for a permit
to canvass in the State of Kansas for ths
purpose of selling tuition in advance and
contracting or securing notes for tuition
from students before their registration a,
the business college herein named
If satisfactory proof is furnished that
the above named college is incompetent to
furnish such course of instruction as is
advertised, or that the moral surround
ings of the institution are not good, or that
the premises are kept in an unhealthy
condition or that the agents of said in
stitution use misrepresentation fraudu-
lent methos in securing contracts, notes.
or cash from prospective students. in such
case permit will not be granted to such
business college
E. T. FAIRCHILD.
State superintendent of Pubic Instruction.
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No. 1859.
The City. of Emporia. Appellant.

The City of Emporia. Appellant.
The Emporia Telephone Company An
pellee.
Appeal from Lyon County
REVERSED
Syllabus. By the Court Benson. 7
city of the second class. by ordinance
passed in the year 1900 granted to a tele-
phone company the right for fifteen wears
to erect poles and string wires in and
over it's streets with other incidental
privileges reserving to the city a per
centage of receipts and the free use Of a
stated number telephones for CITY bust
ness, and prest bling maximum rates to
be charged. In the year 1905. the appellee
succeeded to the rights and privileges so
granted upon condition prescribed by thu.
city that the rates should not be in
creased. On July 10. 1909, the city passed
privileges. in which 1t was provided that
the company by accepting the privileges,
material improvements in its plant and
equipment and service, and should have
the right to charge rates specified therein
higher than the rates under the old grant
It was also provided that before any Of
the privileges should be available. the
company should file a written acceptance
of the terms of the ordinance, and a sur
render of its privileges under the former
ordinance. 1t was also provided that the
commenced within thirty days after such ,
acceptance. The last section provided
that the ordinance should take effect on
publication of the ordinance. filing of the
accordance and waiver. and the adoption
of a resolution by the city council that
the company has complied with the pro-
visions for reconstruction and improve
ments The acceptance and waiver were
duly filed, and the ordinance has been
published but the resolution has not been
II is held. % that the new ordinance
has not taken effect; (2) that the pro-
visions of the old ordinance remain in
force Including the rates prescribed there
in.
All the Justices concurring-
Attest: D. A VALENTINE,
ISeaII Clerk Supreme Court
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First published in The Topeka State
Journal Saturday June s, 1921
State of Kansas,
Executive Department.


Executive Department.
PROCLAMATION.
I, w. r. Stubs, Governor of the State
of Kansas, do hereby offer reward of
two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) for
the arrest within ninety days and final
conviction thereafter, of the unknown
party or parties who, about June
fifth, 1912, murdered Rollin Hudson and
Anna Hudson, his wife, in Miami County,
Kansas Said reward to be paid upon final
conviction.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF have
subscribed my and
caused to be affixed the Great
ISeal1 Seal of the State of Kansas.
Done at Topeka, Kansas, this
7th day of June, A. d. 1912.
w. r. STUBBS, Governor.
By the Governor:
CHAS. H SESSIONS,
Secretary of State
Asst. Secretary Of State.
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No. 1857.
Lee Monroe, Appellee,


A. c. Longren ct al, Ophillin billiard,
Appellant
Appeal from Shawnee County
AFFIRMED.
Syllabus. BY the Court r,or. ,
Appellant was sued jointly with Others
charged with the wrongful taking Of
pialntln automobile from garage,
Wnere 1t had been stored, and reckIessIv
driving the same, by which 1t was dam.
aged. 1t appeared from the evidence and
innings that he aided, encouraRed and
participated knowingly in the wrongful
taxing and wrongful use of the machine
Held, appellant is liable as a Joint tort
Ieasor for the damages sustained by the
owner.
All the Justices concurring.
a true COPY.
Attest: d. A VALENTINE
ISSedLJ Clerk Supreme Court