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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-28

State-census Pretty near every man in the State wht could get hold of twenty five dollars joined us @ #. We were maxim too much They organized an ;ns, gaton in the legislature and demanded the books w, T aaa msaid em m somewhere and they couldn't be had Us. They claimed demoralizin the population And And guess they were right in way You see the thing was too good as said for human nature
 For there aint terrible many people who dollar an hour and the consequence was that vatnl rom bein bugbear, got to be of luxury People got so they just naturally loved wait Eyerybody at the depot for instance would get mad when the train was on time When man would give his order at the @ faole in hotel he would say to the waitress Now then he'd set his watch and read his newspaper and pray tor the girl net to back By and by ts of course demoralized the help.
 Same way everywhere. Farmers would wait ,,ntH the last day before plantin corn hired would wait until the team had dgested their breakfast before they til they appeared Contractors would wait for the ear penter and the owners would tell the contractors not to rush
 The Brotherhood deliberatin' putin up brass plate or monument or sumpn in my honor the spot on the railroad platform where the idea first struck me tombstone man in town but told him not to hurry as they wanted the thing done well and they'd be glad wait
 "Wel, SIT, the tombstone man was member of the l. O. M. T., and he told his wormen not to hurry and cinc for all parties concerned as fhe feer says They waited so long that never got that tablet.
 Well of course you know that sort of thing couldn't
 
 Men got so alfred pleasant waitin for their wives to prp that theatres wouldn't begin till te and the actors all bein members of the order pleased
 "A large section of the population seemed to have gone into the watn' business for livin' We were slippin back to Oriental It got you couldn't tell an Indiana town from Spanish village. Every body grew confounded peaceful and good -natured that business pretty nigh come to standstia They had motto put up Tn the church in Kokomo: They also serve who only stand and wait
 "You see, it agin' the American grain. The people spon' for activity. And the only outlet for their energy the monthly sociable And that propered like green bay hos the feiler says Every human bein and dog within drivin distance to attend the sociable And by and by, naturally the blame fools got to overdoin 1t It like monthly Fourth of July. Stores closed Processcns marched. Games all day and fireworks and booze all night
 "We just had to cali halt hated to but had to. Also had to dig Up all the funds and hand 'em to committee of the legislature. All I saved was a1itte pi-money for and the girls and enough of my salary to build this house.
 Tt was beautiful idea" concluded Mir Waln1csiy, gazing dreamiy up into the curling smoke from his cigar, Out the world wasn't ready for it Indiana especially wasn't ready. That's why moved here to New York, where could be along with Hartman and Depew and them kind of felers and where people is generally broad -nindeder"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-28

q couldn't. thought he was vowed for life And. and when he said he didn't dare to stay near mel-I thought he was vowed, and sent him away
 Virginia" soothed. "you must write and e,plain SO only that he didn't dare stay
 And you didn't encourage him to 2?
 How could I when he was vowed?" said Virginia Steps crunched on the gravel. "A boy to see you from the rectory, miss, sald servants voice.
 We rose and walked together until we to the light shining through the drawing-room windows In the shadows beyond stood small boy
 Brother yoimes tolt ter bring yer dis Miss Vr- ginia," he said, and put book in her hand
 Why it's my prayer-booI auntie lost" said Virginia turning it over slip of paper fell out. stopped and picked 1t up.
 Darling" it said, T couldn't find courage to tell yoa when I was with you, but here alone can write it. want you to be my wife, and" Virginia said, handing it to her. this is for you She bent her head and read it.
 Oh cried Virginia. and ran into the house We found 1t behind bed in the rectofy, continued the small voce-"one of the kids must a crooked it. Say, IS she his masht?'
 "Co home" said hurrying toward the house ope of the darkness behind me came the whoop of little "'cause seen him kiss de book"
 Henry" panted Minerva, as entered the heusA Virginia just rushed by with the prayer-book lost in her hand I wish you would ask her If ] paper left in 1t IS still there?"
 "It is not; looked Minerva" said
 Its of no consequence" said Minerva. door mounted the stairs, "Tell the boy to wait m es T's'o eone STe Vrgna " called s M walk over and leave it."
 "She couldn't have written more than three words" Minerva said as two minutes aftcrward walked out of the door.
 I found Brother James packing; his eyes looked to newell any way he was packing.
 I know how handle the clergy, thanks to Minerva Young man." said sharply, do you love my nieee?" "Yes!" he retorted with an unclerical snap of the jaw.
 Then why don't you ask her to marry youl" Because she's just sent me away-shc wouldn't have me"
 Read that" and handed him Virginia's letter. This is an answer to prayer, said Brother James. raising radiant eyes to mine
 It's in answer proposal from the curate Of Rye Saint Ann's to her aunt" said, Then explained q don't what it's an answer to. she's mine~ mine" said James
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-28
THE VOW AND VIRGINIA
Copyright rooa by Benj. B. Hampton.)
By Forrest Halsey.

(Copyrght 1909, by Benj B. Hampton)
 TH I put on my hat I am well preserved and
 Sa the top es my head is prominent. but it's too
 prominent to be kissed.
 Are you going to church ?" queried Virginia.
 My goodness mel shall be late again. cried Mrs Haubuck. bursting upon the veranda in garments suggesting potpourri of Josephs coat and Solomon's idles-ffas the first load gone
 Well if they get there in time that hateful curate ray excuse the rest of us being late If cergycn only practical they would begin church before .frshtful social night Saturday is in the country You have curate," I remarked -s. +Dont speak of him., mourned Minerva. Since the rector Europe it's been long agony Oh the steps Minerva always calls attention to objects ss though her companions were blind I'm in quiver-I know that horrd is going say something to wound my feelings, and Pm sure dreadful sermon on animal slaughter I've worn my maribout feather hat to church once-its -bred to call marderess because feathers soften the face and I'm sure one had better be murderess than look like one; still haven't 1t. And Lydia Van sart who's such fun, won't here more because after his sermon gambling forbade the bridge tables m the drawng-room Sunday. She says dis
 acts her to play upstairs where she can near the click with me and inplore the dear Bishop give quieter curate but she said that this young man was vowed -eebate she thought her duty as mother to suffer rather than expose Augustine any bachelor the Bishop might send-Maria is selfish since Augustine came out; v.
 Get in people" said Mrs Haubuck. Minerva always fdirects people do whatever she sees them doing.
 "Oh!" she cried one foot poised the step of the iomnibus
 T know he'll preach on divorce, and the Colburn Whites in the first wagonette. don't why An tcnia White will go to church when so much ot the service applies to hcr and Minerva mounted the steps tcf the carriage though 1t religious turnhrn %Sc you don't like the curate? asked as the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-28

wsn it was tfain time Then renected on the nuner
 ous husbands a-sittn' around downstairs watin on the madam they could go to the show soewheres, and the evil tepers and family ructons caused by these incidents Besides, there people in the doc
 tors anteroorn wan for their turn and the people i'll the boxofce at the theatre when the line extends down the street; and the folks in church ahodin their breath watn for the preacher say Amen; and the oce-seekers standing first foot and then the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-28
By Frank Crane

you crowd the rourners. She's dawnin' gradually You foller and you'll see.
 The lrst thing did to organize learnt that back in Massachusetts There when they anything even rain. they organize and appoint committee My idea was to get my tr1ewa together. So cetved the notion of getting up of secret society like the Elks or the Odd Fellows or the Modern Wood
 
 T drew up my plan and when had worked it all out
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-28

on paper called in Dill Did you know Dill. c. Din, of Indianapos? No? We'll he the greatest joiner,
 guess, these United States Belonged to everything had three four hundred degrees in the Masons both kinds, Scottish and York; grand patriarch, what
 ever you call it. of the Odd Fellows and the main jiastcutus of the Woodmen; besides being seven e eight kinds of Knights and don't know what all else Knew many signs O distress and grand halin signs
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-28

and the people who are watn for their case to get tried in court; and the old maids New England waitn for the to make Up their minds and ask em and the farmers watn for rain; and wives waitin for let ters and music teachers waitin for their pupils and old folks just waitin to die Say, the idea was most stranein' me by the time the train came.
 "But how to help its Just be patient doc; don't
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-28
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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-08-28

uM EAR UNCLE said Virginia and kissed me on
 4A the top of the head. JfN put on my hat. I am well preserved and
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-24
THE BATTLE OF PAVIA
February "a, 1925.
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

"H HE battle Of Paviai fought 3S7
years ago today-Friday, Febru-
airy p. 1525-wiH always occupy
a distinguished place in history. The
victory won there by the Bourbon and
his, imperialists over Francis the First
of France. while not followed by the
far-reaching results OF some other
battles, was vet one that changed the
current Of events and made itself felt
in French and Italian history for many
generations.
Francis the First and Charles the
Fifth were both ruthless eXplOiters OF
humanity. willing. II they could ada
to the glory OF their crowns, 70
have their subjects murdered right ana
left. and it made but little difference
to mankind in general which one Won
in the game Of war Whether II va
Charles or whether it was Francis VINO
was on top, the people suffered all the
same. Neither OF the royal scoundrels
cared the toss of a penny for human
rights or human happiness.
When, therefore, at Pavia II oeIel
that Francis was defeated by Charles
no great principle was won or lost
The result of the battle was that
Francis was whipped CAPTURED and
held as a prisoner for something more
than a year. at the expiration Of this
time he was released. after promising
to let his ambition run no more IN me
direction Of Italy
But Pavia is Of interest to US from
the fact that IL was the last great
battle that was fought in armor-the
last contest in which the knights,
plumed and steelclad dashed at each
other with mace. lance and. battleax
After Pavia the use Of firearms, Nth
ertO in its infancy, was to become gen
eral: and that fact had meaning that
the men who fought at Pavia knew
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-24
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After Many Trials, In Which
Her Daughter Also Fig q.
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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-24
Woman Who Retains Love For
Unkind Man Deserves Ridicule
This Is Reply One Who Being
Object Of Her Affections
DOROTHY

T HAVE received a letter from a wo-
man who says that she thinks that
men like Richeson anG Beattie, who
kill women when they get tired Of
them, are really humane compared to
the men who simply love and tLan ride
away, and leave the fOrlorn damsel
whose affections they have won to live
through long years of loneliness. Ny
correspondent goes on to say:
"A Few years ago man came into
my life who bent every thought and
care to win my heart He did, for then
and always. 1 tried to keep him. I
loved him so, but he left me. In the
bitter years that followed ] tried to for
get him, but the love was still there.
Il married and did my duty as wife
and mother, but the man 1 married was
a drunkard- / had been so wrapped
up in the memory Of the man I loved
that I had not studied the man mar
ried, and when turned from the grave
Of our child 1 went alone, and I have
not seen my husband since.
'T wrote to the other man and begged
him to meet me once a year-Only once
a year-to give me courage TO go on
through my life, but he never an
swered Cruel, cruel: Last week on
one of those cold nights 1 stood next
speak to him. but I did not dare. I
touched his sleeve. so gently that he
did not know it. Even to be near him
was heavenly. I must go on and on.
living out my QIedE1 ne Dul WISH
that he had killed me when he babe
me goodby 1t would have been better
than this living death without him.
What do you think OF that Tor
heart wall? Doesn't IT sound like an
echo from the kind Of novels our grand
mothers used to read, where the proper
caper was for the heroine to have the
cringing spirit Of whipped dog, and
the more she was kicked the better to
love her master?
I had supposed that the race Of such
Iackadaisical women was extinct and
that the art of pining was lost art
but apparently there are a Few cave
women left in our midst who are stun
capable of cherishing a blighted az
lection.
She Deserves RidicuIe.
I don't like to seem unsympathetie'
but to my mind if there's any one per-
son on earth who deserves our r1d1cule
and not our pity, 1T is the woman VINO
continues TO worship as a hero and
god the man who has prO6d himself
a bastard to her. It is easy enough to
see how any woman may fall mistaken
" in love with a man. and attribute 10
him qualities he does not possess, but
why she doesn't fall out of love with
him when she finds out that her idol
not only has feet of clay, but is made
OF mud IS one Of the inscrutable mys-
teries Of life.
How many women can continue TO
love q man who abuses and misuses
her. who insults her and neglects her,
and who shows that he is dead weary
Of her and wants to get rid of her. IS
something past the comprehension OF
anything except a worm of the dust.
Nay. even worm would turn under
such treatment
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-24
THREE BOYS HELD FOR
SHOOTING A MEXICAN

Tularosa. n. n, Feb 24.-Three boys
have been arrested charged with
shooting a Mexicsn named Jose No
reno in the leg Moreno was found
living wounded beside the railroad
track between Tularosa and Temporal
AIr and Mrs. Lupton, Mr. and Mrs
Howard Hunt and daughter. Emeline,
and Miss Bertha Eisenberg. all rela-
tives Of z. T. Gunton, have arrived
15fee 5Ia-euerite Gunton. daughter
Of E. T. GuntOn. has arrived from II
aso. where she has been attending
school
here 10 look over the town and sec
ton I. E. Lumbley and D. D. r5 fs-LA
ness accompanied them to the Recon
athers land tract
r. = Lewis IS improving his home
stead northwest OF town OlAe "l1le
IS assisting him
Andy Little. OF La Luz. is here look
fng after business interests ana FlslI-
1ng friends
J. W Prude IS az nome rom 1850 49,
Zero. where he has been on business
Little Jennett Jones is very SICK
eTith q severe cold
George EIkins is here from his cattle
ranch above MescalerO to visit Win ms
Maud Abbott, who has been very
-sfck. is Improving slowly.
Mr and Mrs W s. Holloway are
home from Duran. where they went on
e short visit TO friends.
s. Sanders is shipping carload
OF hay 10 the FL Paso market
F. III Simmons is kept busy pruning
hfs orchard on his farm west OF lo"H-
T-hor7as Rutherford is assisting him
Mrs. Fr8nk Coffman and chllqreh
have left for their home in spring
FIELD No. where she VIII join ner nus
walter Piclzard IS putting in alfalfa
IN his farm northeast Of town
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-24

This is called the faitAfulness of wo-
men, and, believe me, II there's one
ONerdOne virtue in the world It IS wO-
mans f2ithfulness. Before there is any
merit in being faithful you must have
some object that Is worthy OF faith.
ny should woman spend the ball
ance Of her life in wearing the willow
Ior some cad who has amused himself
oy winning her love and then jilting
her2 The more fool she, If she ever
gives him second thought except to
De glad that she escaped marrying
man VINO was selfish and cruel enough
70 lind amusement in playing with
woman's heart
Why should a woman who is married
70 a lazy. drunken loafer rend the air
with her walls of bereavement when
ne finally joins the ranks of wife de-
serters! She should get out brass
let she Is expected TO be brokenheart-
ca over mis- loss, and when he comes
BACK AFTER years Of absence, she IS
lnought very hard and unwomanly II
she slams the door IN his face instead
OF taking him IN and cOddling him up,
turn.
Why should the woman whose hus-
oand has wearied of her and fallen in
toEe with an other woman break her
heart over his faithlessness? Nine times
out OF 10 he's a good radiance, and she's
peter Off without him. Yet in the
q" "ollaH VINO dlQn take II nara
When she lost her husband-no matter
what sort of a husband he was-Was
an object Of suspicion
fortunately nowadays women are
earning to take a more sensible view
OF such matters. They have found out
mat when 1t comes to changing the
mental attitude toward love they can
oedt men TO 1t. Broken hearts have
gone out of fashion. and instead Of
wasting her time pining after a man
VINO has wearied of her, the madern
woman charges the account off to
profit and loss and opens a fresh
ledger.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-24
Secrets OF Famous Chef = By Emile Bailey

away in the kitchen of a hotel OF cele-
brated restaurant, under the direction
of a chef, watching him and learning
how TO order a well balanced dinner,
and to discriminate between what Is
really good cooking and what is merely
good food spoiled by Over-elaborate
preparation
Here they learn the combinations Of
food and vegetables. salads and desserts
which later on make their dinners sucn
gastrOnomic successes.
Mutual Understanding
1t is largely because the French hos
tess and her chef or cook understand
each other and because the woman of
the house discusses and advises with
her cook that the French cuisine IN
private houses still ranks higher than
in other homes
If you want good cooking and IN
derstand anything of the subject you
VIII know that to get the best re-
suits from your cook you must do more.
than write orders on a slip of paper or
have them transmitted by the house
keeper or maid.