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The evening world., 1912-11-07
STOLE HUSBAND,
GRANDMA SAYS,
IN HER KITCHEN
Once She Surprised the Pair,
and, Well, She Had to
Run Away.

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this afternoon one the piaihtiH ana the
other the defendant In suit for alleged
alienation OF grandfathers affections.
Mrs. Annie zimmerman OF NO. L. West
One Hundred and Seventy-hrst street.
whose husbands name - ADAM Drought
suit Tor to.VU against MIS- ClaM
konseman OF NO. 10 west one Hundred
ana SECOND street. me defenoant mas
husband. FREDERICK w. but sne "a SAIL
10 Do wealthy IN ner own Hsnt' oeans
credNed win owning several apartment
houses
The close relationship or the two fam'
h'es was established when the I'mrner-
mans daughter married the son OF MT
ana Mrs' honseiman' lhey nave one
chi'n' 'ouhse' ior ohe pla'h''n sugsesteh
mat an arransement ne mace not 70
cnh ,ne young TOMS pu. attorney
wehdeii TOT inc oe'ehse would not agree
10 any s.ipu'auoh'
pam 'a''or-haoe Sult OF piacK' with
biack nat trimmed with white. She Is
tall ana dignihed. Mrs. konsclman
wore storm coat OF gray and her we'll
moulded features were almost hidden by
a black, dotted veil. She didn't change
her expression while the plaintdr was
| testifyiny. looking stern all the while.
The plaintiff began by telling how shc
| injured her ankle. In MAY, 1909, shortly
before her husband is ALLEGED to have
| left her. she said TINT during tho thine
sbe was laid I'm Mrs. Konse,,an called
almost evrrv dav Arriving each finn.
about tan n,,n,,,.. ho,or. z,r,r,x.rr,, >,
wo. due ,o ~o,,,rr ,r,o-, ,vo,a,
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"e"' "o"e' 'or We s"'Hs "
""Ne oo"euA"s 10 ""h' INC" 'heS
went INTO 'he kitchen 10 prepare inc
drink comdnt fohow as l was un-
@o'e 10 move pecause OF my ankle
hearu them wMspermg.
once the witness said, she heard ths
DEFENDANT complain to zimmerman tina
man had thrown her over and tina
zimmerman consoied her by Sayint
Why don't you get another oneT" Mrs
zimmerman toid OF several PARTIES wher'
the honseinans' the Zimmerman's an
the young folks met. There was on
on Christmas. 1909. on New Years an,
on Lincolns birthday, 1910. Each time
the witness said. her husband. who IN ,
chef. coohcd tho meo, ard NJ. Xn,..,
mar alw.v. ,n.,s,.a -, h.,r,- -.
20 -. 80 p".s nun
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GIRL IN WALDORF
CAUGHT WITH GRIP
LEFT AN ASYLUM
Identified as Angie Cummings
After Being Held for Rob-
berry in Hotel.
STOLE A MANS SATCHEL.
Young Woman Rode All Over
Town in Taxi and Made
Many Stops.
STOLE A MANS SATCHEL.

0urVrisang developments In the casa OF
Anx,s Schuck, the fashionably tailored
ysung woman who was arrested last
nAght In q guests room at the waldorf.
makes her plight to-day one needing
usrs the attentions Of an alierist than
che courts. For out Of q perfect maze
Of contradictory stories and tangled
saatches Of self-revelation has come
che solution OF the girls real Identity.
9he II Angle Cummings, OF promi-
nent Southern family. md sister-in.law
a William II. Reddy, a real estate OPP
erator whose office 10 Mt No. l.l33 Broad
way. Through some series Of circum-
stances which Reddy will not reveal the
Girl wac recently committed to the
state Asylum at Middlstown and Reddy
ala not know until the identity OF the
aira was revealed to him by an Evening
werA reporter to-day that she was not
stfli under restraint In the homo for the
insane.
Madness impsiied THE slender slip Of
Q gin. with a daintily chiselled brow
asd full HIPS to cover fully twenty-five
milss of the city's streets In a taxicab
Osfors she was arrested last night In
Room No al at the Waldorf. Under
ths Same spur Of q warped mentality
she told to-day a dozen different stories
10 account for her presence In the room
with q vaiise belonging 10 Its occupant
IN her hand; all were fantastic.
AAAolsrRATE WANTED TO FINE
neo Roo %AArIMor
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SULTAN WANTS POWERS
TO ACT FOR TURKEY.

PARIS, Nov. Turkey has decided
to give the powers complete liberty or
action in arranging conditions of peace,
according to a despatch from Constan-
tinople to the Journal des Debats.
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BONES OF PRIMITIVE MEN

Eleven skeletons Of primitive mon.
with foreheads sloping directly back
from the eyes. and with two rows of
teeth in the front of the upper jaw.
have been uncovered In Craigshiil, at
Ellensburg, Wash. They were found
about 20 feet below the surface. 70
feet back from the face Of the slope.
In q cement rock formation over
which was layer Of shale. The rock
was perfectly dry.
The Jaw bones. which easily break.
are % large that they will 20 around
the face Of the man Of today. The
other bones are also much larger than
those Of the ordinary man. The f.
muir II 20 inches long. indicating.
scientists say. man Of 50 inches tall
J. p Munson. professor Of biology
h the state normal school. visited the
spot and pronounced them the bones
Of . primitive man. The teeth In front
are worn almost down to the law
bones. due. DR. Munson says. to eat.
Ing uncooked foods and crushing hard
substances with de teeth. The siop-
ing skull. he says. shows an extreme
" low order Of intelligence. far
earlier than that Of the India1s
known IN the whites
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OBSERVE ANCIENT CEREMONY

The ancient ceremony Of the plant
ing of the penny hedge" or horn
garth. was observed recently near
Whitby. England. The custom II sup
posed to be of feudal origin. Its OBJ
servance ID connected with 4 farm
about six miles from Whitby near
Robin Hoods Bay. and II the cere-
mony be not duly observed ''on the
morn Of the eve of Ascension Day"
the farm lands must revert to the
holder or holders OF the immortal
rights. The tenant Of the farm along
with the bailin lays the hedge with
''ten stakes. ten strout-stowers. and
ten yedders-" The ancient horn IL
blown. the tenant shouts. "Out on ye.
out on ye." and the ceremony 10 over.
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ECONOMY AND SYSTEM ARE
MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS.
The Boy or Girl Who IL Thorough Is
the One That Attains Great
est Success.

There recently died In Connect
cut town an old gentleman who was
known to old and young as Pussy
Jones. To the people generally be
was known as an old man who was
always picking up things on the
street. to his neighbors as man who
always fastened his gate when he en-
tered his yard. and to his intimate
friends as a man who gave attention
to little things. They will tell you
that throughout his house everything
was always in place. and that he knew
Just where to ind them. He was par
ticular regarding little things as we'll
a. big. and when he died left small
fortune to his town for the establish
ment Of public library, on the condi-
ton that one-fourth of the books on
Its shelves should be on economics,
because he believed that his fellow
townsmen needed to study economy
more than anything else.
It IL possible that Mr.. Jones placed
too much stress on little things. that
is. on some little things. he holding
that not even pin should be wasted !;
yet no one will dispute the wisdom
Of order and system in the home. be-
cause economy 10 there OF great value
and advantage. From these habits 1t
would seem that each and all Of US
might draw lesson. for as you re-
member. BENJAMIN Franklin empha-
sized the same habits. Regarding
money ha once said: Take care Of
the pennies and the dollars will take
care Of themselves"
There are hundreds Of boys and
girls. yes thousands, who through for
tunats circumstances get into the hab-
It Of giving scant attention to little
things. They do 30 in their homes.
In their schools, and Afterwards In
their life work. They do not seem to
be aware that their fortunate circum-
stances compensate for losses which
their careiessness causes. for there 10
no loss except At some ones expense.
Sometimes they awake to the mistake
that they have made. realizing that II
they had paid more attention to lit.
lie things they might mot have met
misfortune They learn that the boy
OF girl who has been Thorough y the
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Lesson In ssif.RsIIanes.

A young man had been holding
down a flve-dollar-a-week job in one of
the big insurance companies for sew
eral years. It was getting to be a
habit. Men higher up dropped out.
but their places were always filled by
friends of those still higher up. The
Zine" did not seem to move. The
young man began to feel that he was
doomed to q narrow. prohtless life.
He could see nothing ahead for him.
One day he discovered that he want
ed to get married. Five dollars a
week! What . mockery! Nothing
short Of 4 miracle could connect him
with an income sud1cient to support a
wife.
He appealed to 4 friend to perform
such miracle. or to direct him to
some worker Of wonders in his be-
half. The friend compiled at once by
putting the young mai face to face
with himself. "lf you will come to
me as stenographer and typewriter.
I'll start you in place here" he told
him.
Well. of course. that was fmpossi-
BILE. replied the young man. because
ne didn't know the nrst thing about
either stenography or typewriting.
Then the friend treated him to some
very plain talk about the possibilities
within the grasp Of the young man
who wills. He succeeded in rousing
the spirit Of the conqueror In him.
About two months later the young
man had qualified for the new posi-.
tion. and soon thereafter he was win.
ming prixes offered for expert work.
This was only beginning. Before
long he had multiplied his income
eight times and was supporting
charming family Of his own.-Ths
Christian Herald.
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PLANTS GETTING PERILous

1t 10 fact recognized by botanists
AZ beyond dispute that the carnivo-
rous habit among plants 10 more wide
spread than 1t was formerly supposed
to be. The specialized sundews (Dro-
seras) are but the advance guard Of
large army Of species which depend
for their existence more or less upon
absorption Of animal salts through
their foliage. There 10 no gainsaying
the statement. recently put forward by
more than one scientist. that the ten
dency to rely upon carnivorous diet
10 on the increase. OF course, this II
only In q line with the simplest evo-
lutionary principle. II 10 possible to
trace the steps by which the highest
types of species. which seize and hold
their prey, such as the Venus ny trap
(Dionaea) have been evolved from
those which merely capture their vic
Tins by the use Of an adhesive fluid.
such a. the ~ catcher Of Portugal
(Drosophyllum). 6till lower in the
seals are the plants, such ~ the
tsaslss (Dipsacus) which drown the in
sscts IL strange buchst-liks contriv-
ancss located 1t the base Of the
leaves. Files which may chance to
fall Into the water are Of course
drowned and the plant absorbs the nj.
trogenous elements from their decay
ing bodies.
1t Il q startling conception advanced
by some scientists that in ages to
come these plants may become 10 ad-
vanced In carnivorous tastes A. to be
a real menace to animal creation.
Dreadful indeed must be the sundews
and the Dionaeas to their insect VIC
Tins ut the present time. The unfor-
tunate ny which II captured by the
leaf Of the sundew finds itself held
down by strong arms which are able
to resist its violent struggles. The
largest Drosera on earth at the pres
emit time produces leaves which are
perhaps nine inches in length. Mag
nifty this plant until the leaves are
ten feet in length. and we have an
exceedingly formidable plant. Many
Of the palms and other tropical spe-
cies have foliage which IL much in
excess Of this measurement. 10 that
the idea OF leaves as big az this IL
not altogether fantastic. To be pro-
portionate, the tentacles could scarce
ly be less than ten inches in length.
and these would be able to grapple
with birds Of considerable size. We
may conceive that the giant sundew
would be able to hold out some spe-
cial inducement for its intended vic.
Tins to visit the leaves. Probably
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tho bait would be In the form Of some
sweet.tAsting secretion. On alishting,
the birds would probably not ind The
adhesive nuid which the leavss would
produce more than slightly annoying.
The movements which they would
make in an endeavor 70 tree them
selves. would b allsuaa11ent to give
tho stimulus to the sensitive tentacles.
These would rapidly close tn ON their
prey. and In few moments escape
would be out Of the question. Finally.
tho unfortunate birds would perish
miserably. the bodies In their decay
yielding to the plant the nitrogenous
matter desired.
time innocent-looking plants rather at.
tractive In appearance. These species.
A. is well known. hnd their home in
boggy tracts. where they spread their
foliage on the surface Of the ground
In the form of q rosette. II the leaves
Of the butterwort are closely exam
ined. It will be seen that they are
thickly covered with two sets OF
glands. one set Of which 10 plainly Wis
ible to the naked eye. This visible set
resembles d miniature mushroom.
while the other set 10 microscopic and
Is formed of eight cells grouped after
the manner Of wart or . knob. 1t 10
the practice Of these glands whenever
they come into contact with any OBJ
ject to pour out copiously q mucilagin-
Gus fluid. which acts much In the same
way a. bird lime. Acid secretion IL
also produced. which aids the leaf in
the digestion of the object-supposing
that the capture should BE- an insect.
In order to make assurance doubly
sure, the edge Of the leaf In certain
species IL seen to curl slowly inward.
Now we can imagine that In the very
far-away future with which We are
dealing. the Pinguicula will develop
leaves which will hardly be less than
I'VE or six feet in length. These lying
along the surface Of the ground will
make a,special appeal to grazing ami
mails
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Spare Hours.


In Albany few days ago man WHO
had been q telegraph operator for "
years committed suicide because his
wire" had been given to a younger
employe The older man was assigned
to other work. the change being made
because his successor could operate
Notwithstanding the older
man had never learned to do.
That man had at least rs years In
which to learn to operate typewriter
He must have had many spare hours
which he spent In some other man.
ner. A few Of them would have suf-
feed.
What opportunity are you overlook
ing daily. you who read these line1
for the Improvement OF yourself. fol!
keeping yourself up to date In the
march of world progressl What are
you doing. and what are you not do
ing in those invaluable spare hours"
which glide away every day?-Wichlta
Beacon.
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How One Who Thought He Was
"Down and Out" Finally
Succeeded.
GRIT AND GOOD SENSE WIN
An Experience Which Goes to Prove
Thst Man 10 Never Down and
Out Until He 10 Actually Dead
-hs Only Thinks That
He 10.

A mnn Is never down and out until
be 10 actually dead. He only thinks
he u. Those sound like idle words.
my own case. at least, which seemed
pretty bad to me at the time.
had been working in q dry goods
store In Milwaukee as an assistant
buyer in department at salary Of
$500 4 year. That seemed like a
pretty fair income. but the duties and
requirements Of the position were such
that my expenses used up all was
making. 10 that at the end Of the year
! had scarcely anything more than the
$500 had saved up when took up
the position. thought could do bet
ter than that. SO ! resigned and went
to Philadelphia, where had been cor.
responding with another house about a
similar position. took with me $50
Of my savings. sending my wife to stay
with her parents In Minneapolis.
When got to Philadelphia found
there was no chance for the position l
had been writing about. 10 l went to
New York. inquired at all the large
oeVtSo WAtAOub BuCCobb. EEctly oVoh
my $50 was gone and had to open
another $50 My wife kept writ
ing me cheering letters. but felt
pretty blue about my prospects and
had about decided to give up and re-
turn west to take anything could get.
One night when was sitting in the
hotel the thought came to me: Here
I am. young man. capable. energet-
ic. enjoying good health, and yet prac-
tically down and out. Then realized
that I must change my methods II
was to amount to anything.
Before morning / had decided TO 60
into business for myself In . small
town in Minnesota. remembered .
vacant store On the main street which
would do very we'll I would rent that
store And make the venture.
Thea started out to purchase stock.
The flrst house came to was large
lace concern on Broadway. whore ]
ordered q bill Of goods amounting to
about SIS. Then asked to see the
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Man Who Came Back

credit man. explained my plans
to him and assured him that had
enough capital to start with finally
convince. him that i was all right and
he gave me 60 days dating on my nrst
bill.
/ took = duplicate of this frst order
with me and visited other wholesale
houses. confined my purchases to
jobbing specialties.
This took me several days. Mean
while had written to my wife telling
her to go to the town had selected.
rent the vacant store. and notify the
express company to hold my packages
that came for VI.
As soon a. I heard from her set
out for the town. When / arrived
there found many packages awaiting
me. rented the store for $25 q
month and got the owner to put par.
tition across 1t. Then bought q
cheap bed and fixed up a case for a
table. SO my wife and could live
there. Next I went out and rented
some old counters and show cases and
opened up with the goods that had ar
rived. BY that time my capital had
dwindled down to one dime. still
have the dime. 1t Is getting shiny. but
1t will never slip away from me-
The first day we took In $40: but
about a month after we opened our
sales averaged $40 day. kept on
ordering more goods from New York
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pRussIA's OLDEST WOMAN

In Prussia today there lives . wom-
an who has completed her one hun
dred and tw 1ty.hf-h birthday. Census
oflicials have been interested in her
case for the last 30 years. first ON &C
count OF her marvellous memory. and
more lately because OF her longevity.
She 10 now almost blind. and bent fair
~ in two with rheumatism. She has
been transferred. within the last year.
to . Catholic institution where she
will b cared for. her children having
all died, one son recently at the age Of
eighty-nine. Another was Jesuit
priest, who died in 1910 At the age Of
one hundred. Her daughter died the
very day the mother attained her one
hundred and twsnty-fifth year. aged
ninety-four. She had. in all. ten chill
dren. three dying In infancy. Her de-
scendants number nearly three hun
dred. counting many great-grandchil-
drsn. Her married life extended over
sighty-nve years. and she has been
rs ysars q widow. She was married
in 1901, at the age q fifteen.
Untt1 within nve years she ne1nem'
rbsrsd perfectly the NapoIeonic wars
and prominent of1cials Of Prussia con-
suited her a. 70 happenings which
we're matters OF historical dispute In
the vicinity of Germany where she
flrst saw the light. In order to con-
arm his dates. an Italian historian. ten
years ago. travelled to Prussia to inter
view her at the suggestion OF the
keeper Of archives in Potsdam.
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Treat Patrons Right

but one meter. and the employees e.
planned to him that he had the build.
ing wired for two meter service. One
OF the meters was in . little ware
house about twenty feet from the other.
and Its consumption of current would
run about so cents q month. while he
was charged 81.
I'm talking with him about the mat
ter he complained Of the company.
saying that he could not get any sat
isfactfon or explanation from them.
He also turned out A. many Of the
lights as possible. and was negotiat-
ing to put In his own plant or change
to gasoline for illuminating purposes.
First. ! asked that he turn on his
sign that night. which he did then
went back to my once and called for
the meter man. He came to me. and
found after few minutes conversa-
ton that he was much better fitted to
be lumber jack thar to NIL the post
ton he held. He was q big. inexperi-
enced. uneducated fellow. wholly unit
for such position. inquired who
had hired him and learned that 1t was
the foreman of the construction force.
had this man transferred to the pole
gang and Immediately sent outside for
man more suitable for the position.
We then changed the wiring of tho
building at cost Of but $3.50 SO one
meter would register all the current
used. and the owner of the buildings
said that all was satisfactory.
This little grievance. was of loneS
standing. and this man had come ouS
so bitterly against the power company
that others Joined and he had beer
unanimously elected on 4 municipd
ownership platform.
Thereafter, at the suggestion op
the officers of the company repre-,
scented. attended all the meetings of
the city council and met all the trou-
bles In exactly the same spirit until
the council decided that we wanted to
friends.
THE newspapers of the town were
practically all against the company.
began to advertise in the same way
that any other business would adver-
tise. telling the public through the
medium Of the press about the actual
articles We had for sale. also kept
the public informed as to the actual
work which was being done In the
way Of extensions and improvements
in the service. The result of this pol.
icy was that the newspapers soon rec
ognized that the company was willing
to do all It could for the community
and became our friends.
In answer to the question asp.sp
how to get along with the public. I
would say. generally. use a little COM
mon sense. be q good Judge of human
nature, also be diplomatic and patient
From my experience in contact with
the public It is no hard matter to get
along with the general public as long
as you are firm in giving the public
square deal and fair treatment"
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1T ALWAYS PAYS TO De SQUARE
WITH THEM.
Montana Public Service oficIai Has
Experience which Proves Cor.
rsetnsss Of Axiom.

w. B. Mcdonald. who manages the
Idaho and Montana Power company at
Kalispell. Mont, 10 = public service
oncial who believes In being honest
with the public. when ! went to
Kalispell." said MIR. Mcdonald. Il
found that the company for which I
was to work was anything but popular
In the community. The nrst night
was in the city noticed that an cleo.
trio street sign on . prominent building
was not burning Upon inquiry
was told that It was the mayors. In
calling upon him the next morning
learned that the company had placed
two meters in his store with - mini
mum rate on each. He insisted upon
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and from salssmsn who came from
Chicago. Most Of the recorders were
for about half the original amounts.
As our stock grew our daily sales In
creased. We. didn't spend much on
ourselves. and by the time the frst
bills were due had enough to meet
them. l never failed in this. and I soon
had an established credit. kept tho
store for a year and half. when I
sold out. clearing up about $1,000.
But what II had let myself think
In New York;
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Little Things That Count
one that always ..taihs tn. creates.

one that always attaihs the greatest
degree of success.
And that is the very thought that
We want to impress upon the boys
and girls who are readers of this pa
per. Thoroughness in home life. in
whatever duties there may be to per-
FORM thoroughness In school and in
preparation for vocations and profess
sions. 10 the keynote to success.
There 10 NO motto more appropriate
for the boy and girl than this-"Don't
Overlook Little Things"