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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-16
STAGE STRUCK AT FORTY
By WINIFRED

CHE'S going on the stage, my
y friend OF forty
She has pretty town
house a rather stunning country
place, good husband, two grown
children, a circle of friends. a good
cook, five new frocks every season.
fair automobile, two pet dogs, a
thumb ring, five sets of dangling
earrings, a rather decent figure,
good eyes, voice like a peacock,
well manicured hands, a fad for
actors and about as much ability
TO act .as-as. oh, as to cook a good
dinner, and if her cook should leave
her you'd starve to death rather
than dine at her house. But for all
that, she's going on the stage.
u have the temperament the
physique, the face and the am
bition," she said when she told me
about it, I'm tired of this empty
life of teas and bridges and auto
trips; | want to live. to breathe
the higher air, ! want to express
my soul"
What piece have YOU selected
for your debut" l ventured to
ask.
The Vampire. she replied
promptly. They are dramatizing
il for me, It's glorious part" and
the woman of 40 looked at herself
in the mirror. settled her hair,
nipped in her waist. made eyes at
the looking glass and laughed
lightly" like her favowto heroine
in her faVOritC book.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-16

n FRENCH writer of reputation,
~ Henri Bordeaux, has just
been visiting a school for
blind deaf mutes near Poitiers, and
his establishment over what he saw
leads him, in one of the great Paris
newspapers, to characteristic
outburst of sentimentality. But
out of the bushel of literary chaff
which he offers, one can pick a
few grains of very interesting facts.
which are well calculated to in
spire reflection.
We will take simply his account
of young girl named Marie
Mary Heurtin. She was born
blind, deaf and mute. She has
never seen the world around her.
nor heard its voice, nor been able
to communicate with it in any other
evident way than by touch. She
comes of an humble family, ignor-
ant of all the higher studies. bv
means of which we imagine we at
tain an intellectual elevation that
must be incomprehensible to crea-
lures less fully endowed than our
selves
Her relatives could do nothing for
her or with her. Having themselves
all the ordinary faculties of human
beings. they thought that she, who
seemed to lack everything, was
doomed to pass her life in dull
blind ignorance, without wish. or
thought, or spiration-eating.
drinking and sleeping; incompara
bly, more helpless than brute
animal Perhaps they thought she
had mind, but they believed there
was no way to reach it.
But q good sister of charity
found the way. | do not know the
details of her operations, but they
can not have differed essentially
from those practiced in the cases
of Helen Keller and Laura Bride-
man, whose histories are so well
known in America. Under that
dull exterior. which presented to
the outer world but a single mar
row avenue of approach-the sense
Of touch-was found a human soul
as full of possibilities as that of
any person possessing all the
senses. Marie Heurtin had only
one of the three senses which we
are accustomed to regard as the
most important, but with its sole
aid she has learned so much about
the world around her that she sim
ply amazes her visitors. She un-
derstands what light is, although
she can not see it; what sound is.
although she can not hear it.
She has been taught to compre-
bend the ideas of POVERTY, AGE
AND DEATH.
Fond of Reading.
She Weeps when she is informed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-16
Fond of Reading.

She weeps when she is informed
of the death of a friend.
She wept when she read with
her fingers. on the types that are
furnished for the blind, of the
putting out of Samson's eyes. She
pitied him. and she did not want
him to become like herself.
She Is very fond of reading
which is done only with her fingers,
remember-and she has two favor
lite authors-Bossuet, whose grave
discourses on religion hold her at
tention and stir her moral senti-
ments, and remarkable to relate)
Alphonse Daudet, the teller Of vi
vacious stories, in which light,
color and description of beautiful
landscapes always play a conspic-
uous part. If the pictures formed
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-08-16
| Couldn't Stand 1t.

couldn't stand it a minute long
er: really couldn't; so | went
home.
on the way home l met the actor
know. | told him about the wom-
an of 40. He threw up his hands
Save us" he said. what is the
stage coming to! They are all there
at the stage door, the women of 40.
The girls have all got some other
fad these days It's the women who
drive us mad now. What is she
going to plav-'The Vampire"
aIIo,,- 9id van know" asked
'0' -,
rave you met "ei
The actor laughed Not TINS
one" he gurgled Historically Il
The Detroit times., 1912-03-07
They Owed Him an Apology

Colonel Abe Gruber. the Republican
leader, told the oher day about one
of his campaign experiences. says
the New York correspondent OF the
Cincinnati Times-Star He had sent a
young lawyer whe- wanted 10 work
for the cause to an outlying district
Something wrong up there" the
lawyer reported when he came back.
never tried so hard in my life. and
didn't win a cackle."
Colonel Gruber said he would go up
there himself and talk TO the workers.
Colonel Gruber is some spellbinder
when he can get his mind of his
wrongs Especially is he good at tell
ing a funny story. He can tell even
story that isn't funny so well that
the average man will smoker himself
into a cough Colonel Gruber went up
to that district and the leaders hired
large. wide hall, and packed ii with
Republicans. and Gruber got on the
platform and talked his best
There wasn't a sound" said Grlrber.
81 tried EN- with tragedy and they sat
there and looked at me like a lot of
horses. And | gave 'em lot of thrill
ling stories and they didn't stir. And
then / made up my mind I'd smash
that awful calm or gosaway from there
III farrer tUtd EN- funny stories
untll my larynx felt like stone
bruise. i was never i'm such good form
in my life, for was mad and het up.
The audience sat there and looked at
me. Just once, away back in the hall.
one. fallog-- whoepeds e%t, in a }ead
laugh. BY and by gave 1t up. | con-
eitidcd that must be suffering from
spellbinder's glass arm, and sat down.
Then a member OF the committee APP
preached me. That was fine speech,
Colonel said he. but the committees
got an apology 10 make TO you
Il glared at him. There was a guy
The Detroit times., 1912-03-07

such an act could be contemplated
even Tor Il moment Unless some char
liable person pays the little girls
passage. she will have 10 remain be.
hind Monstrous and inhuman seem
words too mild.
Verify, we are becoming dangerous
iy good. and 1t is wonderful If wings
will not soon sprout, so that we may
soar through the sky, for surely the
earth is too mean place for such
mefeiful. humane and just creatures
as We are What fun the devil Will
have next Sunday watching us put
our money on the church plate in cur
usual Cody. sanctimonious way
TO send TO the poor benighted
heather" How We long TO tell them
about the tender and compassionate
Jesus. Ii some of these poor. Ue-
nighted heather" came 10 Detroit We
might get chance 10 tear away one
OF their children from them, even like
INTO a pack OF wolves. for wolves
could do no more. Have We forgotten
TO be gracious? Then God will for
get 10 be gracious TO us. Righteous
ness has exalted our nation and
righteousness alone will keep K alive.
Cruelty and tyranny come froln> TIE
lower regions, and they eventually
bring ruin and decay TO any land.
Should we not make laws which will
enable us TO act in such emergencies
and not be dependent upon some pos
sible charitable person." Ii tire
parents are reasonably kind to the
child. then our country should pay
the little ones passage. or else allow
the parents TO remain here with her.
We are SO busily engaged erecting
immense structures and cities, taar
we have left little wherewith 10 buii'i
the walls of our beloved land. and
walls of brick or stone are soon Ge-
molished. but a wall of mercy. justice
and righteousness can resist the
storms of time and stand erect
through all eternity. Let us do unto
others as We would like them 10 do
unto us This motto has made oar
country great, and II alone can keen
IL great.
MARGARET FLORENCE McAULEY.
S39 Brooklyn-ave., March 8, 1912.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-07
"Bill" Edwards on Unity.

Big Bill Edwards. who bosses
New York's street cleaning depart
ment, talked at the annual dinner or
the City Hall Reporters association
OF the need for united effort among
the city officials.
The men of every organization
should learn how to get together"
said big Bill" The only way We
can get anywhere in this world is by
united effort. We ought TO stop think
Ing of what we wotifd individually
like, and go 10 thinking of what we
can do il we do il altogether And
men can't get together unless they
pack punch. A pessimist is a dead
weight. wouldn't have him on the
premises"
He told this little story of bygcne
football game 10 illustrate his point.
IL was between Harvard and Prince.
ton-"Big BIZ was star on tie
Princeton line-up-and Princetons
team had not been playing any TOO
good ball that season. Whereas Har-
ward had been "A sensation.
we were on the way 10 the dress
ing room" said big Bill" we hadn't
got into our uniforms yet The pest
man on our team walked with the
captain.
Tn afraid we're going 10 be
beaten said he. I've been thinking
this over. and | don't see where We
nave n chance 10 beat Harvard
What's that? asked the captain.
I've been comparing the two
teams, said this star player, and |
don't think that We can possibly beat
Harvard
BY thunder beloved the cap.
tain, striking the other man in tho
face, you needn't put your uniform
on. I'll have no such man as you on
Il team | run. Go back TO the stands.
| won't let you in the dressing-room.'
And" finished big Bill" Prince
ton won"''-Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-07
Editorials by the People.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

To the Editor OF The Times:
/ enclose clipping from the Detroit
Free Press, which shows the activity
OF the Sugar Trust Publicity bureau,
and the now somewhat antiquated
methods adopted 10 coerce congress
aud the voters OF this country into
continuing the principle of protection
TO UnfanD industries like the sugar
trusts.
OF all the years that have elapsed,
under high protective tariff In vogue
this wealthy concern has failed 10 IN
vest "the millions" they now speak or
investing upon the eve OF the threat
Cned removal OF their special
privilege.
The object of the publicity is evil
IDENTITY TO fr.ghten the farmers into
believing the sugar industry would
decline and one OF their sources oil
profi be removed, IL the tarif be low
cred.
The reason for establishing sugar
plants in Michigan and elsewhere In the
United States was 10 utilize the Ter.
tile land suitable for the purpose, and
the willing labor available at low
rates, and also TO save Transports
ton costs from producer TO CON
sumner
These incentives have been artlh.
really enhanced lin The past by the
tarin and have resulted in the accumn-
lation OF rather a fabulous fortune IN
the hands of a few and increased
cost OF living TO the many
The farmer and the laborer have
performed their services; and when
We consider the drain upon the soil
owned By the farmer. AZ reasonable
cost. the capitalists, the promoters
and the politicians have reaped the
extraordinary profits. and the pubii-
( cation OF items like the above are
intended TO continue the high cost OF
living To the consumer and the flow
1 of cash in TO the producer" but
mainly 10 those who maintain the
+ publicity bureau.
The people OF Michigan are learn
! Ing TO look to your PAPER TO set them
right upon the meaning OF such
publicity as this.
c. S. BEADLE.
Detroit, March G, 1912.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-07
His Real Motive

General F. d. Grant, at Washing
tons birthday dinner in New YORK,
told a story about a young Boston
Tory.
This Tory" he said, fought dur
ing the Revolution neither on one side
nor nthe other. He took pleasure
trip on the continent, and he didn't
come back home again until the war
was over
He was treated very coldly by So
ciety on his return, and this grieved
his good old mother 10 the heart.
The dear old lady tried 10 explain
the matter one afternoon to Boston
belle.
Naturally, as the head Of the fam
lily she said. my son could not take
part In the war. To him fell the duty,
perhaps the more arduous duty OF pro-
tecting his mother and sisters and
looking after the interests OF the es-
tate
"'Oh, madame said the belle. with
an icy smile, you need not explain.
I assure you I'd have done exactly as
your son did-I'm such a coward -
New York Tribune.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-07
tnhuman Separation

To The Editor OF The TImeS
Notice I'm The Times OF Feb. I9th
that a Polish couple are TO be &C.
ported from Detroit as undesirable
aliens. while their little girl. who -
American born, may be ietr befind
because. forsooth. the parents have
no money with which 10 pay the iittle
ones passage. and the government
mas no authority 10 pay 1t. We call
ourselves Americans and prate about
the land of the free and the home
OF the brave yet, how art tGou
fallen. O sons of true freedom" when
The Detroit times., 1912-03-07
Pastor Messias Lutheran ch
March 8, 1912.
Capital Punishment and the Jailer


To The Editor Of The Times
,'or several days | have noted IN
your Editorials by the People tnat
there are some people objecung 10
capital punishment ara others III
favor
Let us take, for instance. Canada
where they have had capital punish
ment far back as most or us can re-
member Do they have as many Hur-
ders, assaults on young childrel, tc''
as we have here in this country!
The criminals there are afraid, as
the saying go s. "of the rope. In
this country, as one OF the men VINO
responded in favor OF capital pun
ishment says. the most they can get
is life Imprisonment, with good
chance OF pardon when they have
served short time. This same man
referred 10 the bible for certain pas
sages. wish TO quote Deuteronomy
2l-22. And il man has committed
a sin worthy of death. and ne be put
to death. and thou hang him on a
tree. etc" This IS. of course, taken
from the old testament
Z those opposed TO the capital pun
ishment will refer to the book OF ST.
John, 14-34, reading as follows; a
new commandment | give unto you
that We love one another" and wish
10 keep this commandment. they III
not wish TO place our j; ilors in the
same danger that our public and little
ones are daily being subjected to by
! leaving him 10 dwell among MS.
| The bible does not give us the right
! 10 personally take life. but 1t says
the law is written, and by IT shall
| YOU abide. II we make laws. let uS
/ live up TO them.
JOS. II. DILLON, Jr.
412 Concord-ave.
! March 9, 1912.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-07
From Another Point of View


grandmohers into
lingering illness
s
a
who $50 hand
spend his fortune Can II
be landed and board?
shift his cabinet said cabinet
reminding o meodrama
The Detroit times., 1912-03-07
Give Credit to Whom Due.

10 The Editor OF the TlWeS:
Permit me TO say that praise and
support should be accorded TO such
OF our councilmen as have the ccur-
age OF their convictions. In the stand
that Aid. Frank j. Mason took against
tn locating OF saloon In the prCS-
unity OF our Y. w. c. A., We cannot
otherwise but uphold him in his own
Fourteenth ward. We owe it TO cur
selves 10 protect from the breath of
contamination institutions of this
kind. Righteousness is more than
office-holding.
A. HOMRiGHAUS,
Pastor Messias Lutheran church.
March 6,19f2.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-07
The Blizzard No Barrier

The Detroit Times was the only
newspaper delivered on our streets
Wednesday of last week. This was
accomplished by Glenn Vorheis. The
Times carrier.-Birmingha Eccen-
trio.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-07

Wnlcn were 10
make the south.
ern cavalryman
one of the most
feared members Of
the confederate
army throughout
the border states.
III organ s first
raid was a little
one with only 20
men Is miles from
The Detroit times., 1912-03-07

coming between Gov Osborn and ambitions he
Republican either himself candidate favored
by him
Wilson toward which the preference
Republican would face certain defeat
doesn't the preference
and the refuse vote for it.
we'll!
The Detroit times., 1912-03-07
TO-DAY IN HISTORY.

March Z, 1862, Capt. John II. Nor
gan started on the first OF the raids
The Detroit times., 1912-03-07

Official figures show that New Zea-
land has nearly 25.000.000 sheep.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-07
OUR NATIONAL VAUDEVILLE

all alone the White House when Roosevelt
candidacy announced
The Detroit times., 1912-03-07

MurfreesborO Tenn, toward Nash.
VILE. but as success gave assurance.
Morgans raiding parties became larg-
er.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-07

In Northern Chile there has been dis
covered an extensive deposit of high
grade tungsten ore.
The Detroit times., 1912-03-07

back there said the committeeman
who laughed at you once-but We
thrun him out"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-20
SINGLE TAX UP
FOR VOTE AGAIN

Seattle single tan will again vote
on the eingie tar next March.
Councilman Erickaon'a rcsniu.
tion. passed by a vote 81 five 20
three on Monday. re-submiiH th"
single tax on n graduated basis. 50
that Il will be four years before
the exemption Of personal property
and improvement becomes com
plete This Is the same system
now Obtaining In Vancouver and
Victoria, u. G.. and which was re-
Gently adopted at Everett
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-20
CHARGES WlCKERSHAM
is SHIELDING ARCHBOLD

III a poor devil OF a counter.
fciter or a mounshiner had been
Indicted" said Gray. he would
have been 'pinched.' Hut In this
ease. whore tho powerful Standard
on company IL concerned. Wicker
sham steps in aud aaya: 4 under.
stand the evidence II not sufficient
20 convict. and directs that the
warrant be not served on Archboid,
1T strikes me that the Texas
federal grand jury. not Wicker
sham, should determine whether
tho evidence IL sufficient or Insult.
flcient."
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-20
RICH SEATTLE PIONEER
DESERTED BY HIS BRIDE

lie was divorced from his first
wife. who died about elk montha
ago. lie has two sons. Frank and
Fred. living near Kent Fred w.
Newell, manager OF the Newell
Mil Co. Is a sonin.law.
MIR. Cavanaugh stated today that
while his wife was going down tho
gangplank AZ Hongkong she told
him that she was through with
him." and that thenceforth they
would follow different paths.
Inquiry was made today among
members OF the Cavanaugh family
at Kent. None OF them knew OF
tho honeymoon trip. or even that
Martin Cayanaugh had married
again.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-20

After n honeymoon spent In tho
Orient and the Holy Land. Martin
Ia Cayanangh. "a. a wealthy pho.
neer OF Seattle. but who OF recent
years has made his home Mt San
joae, Cal, arrived at san Fran
cisco ON the steamer Mongolia 90.
day aud told reporters nc tho pior
That hia bride OF 81 years had de.
serted him at Hongkong, and that
he would give his fortune. estimat.
cd at s250.00e. TO get her back.
Cayanaugh was one OF tho first
settlers OF the DuwamlHh valley.
lie has been miner. but most OF
his wealth. II. II said. Is In real ea.
tate. which has Increased In value
with the ETowth of Seattle.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-20
UGH NOT CALOMEL, OIL OR SALTS
BUT DELICIOUS SYRUP OF FIGS
eW your stomach, liver and 80 feet of bowels thorough
danGng. without grpc Ends headache.
biliousness indigestion and constipation

no weakness. To tho old days
people let these matters run until
they needed large dose Of physie.
then they took some hing severe.
like castor Oil. salts or cashnrtlcs.
that meant abuse 10 the bowels.
These are the days OF tho gentle
and ma uFal---the days of syrup of
Figs. This way you arc no, drug.
ging yourself Syrup Of Figs being
composed entirely Of luscious figs.
SIENNA and aromatics can not cause
injury.
Ask your druggist for syrup Of
Figs and Elixir OF Senna." and look
for the name. California Fig Syrup
Company on the label. This IL the
genuine--oid reliable. Any other
socalled Fig Syrup IL an imitation
often meant 10 deceive you. Re
fuse such with contempt.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-20

NJ Wonderful fruit laxative
- = 1 liver and bowel cleanser
- mot A. an irriiant- It's
- b natural and gentle - No
So II b delicious no dread
1 \ , positive and prompt
= un1line
\ ~ stomach Is sour and
- M vile xases. yuBr head
- = you are bilious. nervous.
~ haf sick. Jour tongue coat
q ~ thirty feet OF bowels clog.
r. M vsse not properly carried
s-tmt walt Surely take a
tlDpnfui Of delicious Syrup OF
= Knight. Ard In The morning
: oes{ipafed waste. sour bile.
- ~ poisons win move on
- It q the system. gently bur
ul1Aly-no gripang--no nausea
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-20
GIRL TELLS HOW
COMPANION DIED

mLuNBuS. O.. Nov. 2o.--Miss
oIruh Parry. the ssenographsr ON
a, A. he shooting OF Alvin 4.
S.T.rrr resumed the stand again
~ Standing In frunt OF the
~ Ion. tie girl accompanied her
- With realistic actions Ia her
ssnp( 10 show that ZoIliuger
- accidentally shot In a city park
y Nay.
IA luw vosce she told bow she
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-20

WASHINGTON. Nov. go..-ffnt
charges that Attorney General Geo
w. WIekcrsham Ia protecting John
y. Archboh. president OF the
Standard OH Co. from arrest on a
federal indictment returned la
Texas. we're made here today by
Attorney W. II. Gray. OF Houston.
The Texan conferred with Wick.
crsham regarding tho indictment.
which charges Archbold with viola.
tlon OF tho sherman antitrust law.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-20
BROTHER OF SEATTLE
MAN KILLS HIMSELF

ROSEBURG. Or. Nov. 20
whsicomb Field. representing a
large Eastern syndicate In q Doug
las county land colonization ven
ture. was found dead In his room
here today. lie had shot himself
through the temple. He was suf-
fering from a nervous breakdown
lie left a note 10 notify hts
brother. Henry G. Field. In Seattle.
He was 30 years OF age.
Field formerly was Associated
with Louis ID. Brandeis OF Boston,
and was lecturer In the Harvard
law school.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-20

met zollinger In public dance
hall. OF the power be had over her.
Of how he wrongod her. aud OF her
love for Jerome Qnlgley. TO whom
she was engaged.
Miss Farley said that when
Quiglcy asked her 10 marry him.
she refused on account " her rcla.
tons with zolllngur.
He said that nay willingness "a
tell all was sufficient she said.
soon after accepted hla pro
posai.-
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-20
MEET TO DISCUSS
CEDAR RIVER DAM

Discussion OF the Cedar river
dam by Representatives OF various
civic bodies and OF the city govern
ment was the program outlined for
a meeting at the Chamber of Com
merce this afternoon. Two years
ago, the people voted 100000 for
this project. Ever since then there
has been considerable opposition
manifested from certain sources.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-20
RECALL EFFORT NOW
FORMALLY DEFUNCT

President J. l.. Kahaley OF the
recall association has officially no
titled Comptroller Carroll the re-
call attempt Is in defunct state.
While Kahaley did not say II In
exactly that way. he wrote Carroll
that the business mons recall as
soclation waived all rights" to fur.
niah additional names within the
ten days allowed by law.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1912-11-20
PUBLIC MARKETS


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ztc p. Csntrtuhnrt cheese. 9sc each
German breakfast Cheeao. Sc each
: cans milk. lac duck eggs. tec dos. /.
aardtnra. } cans Toe, olives. zec bot
tie. bottle catsup. stc. brick cheese.
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