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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-12

1t was such peculiar little tw
may be interested in it, Miss WhitakC
Of mine, whose name 1 viii not use, a
shall simply call him Ned.
Ned came to Chicago when he
sister back in the home town, which,
his sister, who was sixteen, was ia,
'Of course, Ned came here deter
go home laden with wealth, but he d
does-he began to SOW his crop Of wi
the lower trail because he told me
he sometimes thought the undertow
had got him for good.
"About this time his sister wrote
that their mother had died, but he
hadn't a cent saved, not even for
carfare, and, ashamed, he did not
acknowledge the letter.
''But it was the spur that awak-
ened his manhood and slowly he re-
deemed himself, proved his worth to
his firm and worked to a position
near the top, when the niece of his
employer fell in love with him and
they married. All of this took five
years.
'sFor two years after he was mar
RED he looked back with a horror on
the days of his witness, but every
man must SOW the same crop, and
gradually he forgot.
''Thep his wife went away on
little visit, and he became lonesome.
One night he got thinking of the old
reckless days, and a desire came over
him to see Just how we'll he was
cured of his folly also to know if
the artificial gayety had any further
lure.
'sWhen he entered the old district
"a wave of nausea came over him.
The women with their painted faces
and their artificial smiles, their abso-
lutte caIousness disguised him, but,
he wanted to be sure.
eE1 shall have fO nXDlain a little and |
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-05-12

BY JANE WHITAKER

rating the double standard for men and women was
ght by man absolutely unconscious that the thing
ocular little twist in lfes ordinary routine that you
it. Miss Whitaker" he said. st happened to a friend
viii not use, as he is very well known in Chicago
Ned.
icago when he was nineteen He left his mother and
ne town, which, by the way a factory town, and
xteen, was factory employee working for pittance
anne here determined to do all sorts of big things and
7ealth, but he did just what the average young fellow
his crop Of wild oats. guess he went pretty far on
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16

They were telling hardmck stories
A sad-looking, middle-aeed man. who
had listened to the others while each
tried in his turn to prove that be was
the unluckiest human being extant,
finally said:
You fellows have had some bad
luck, ! admit. but claim that I'm &C.
tually the unluckiest man in the
world When / was young fellow
! lived In city that had a population
of about 100000 There was in that
town a certain girl who was destined
to become a regular shrew--a vixen
with a Ratchet face, a sharp tongue,
and a temper that would make it inn
possible for a saint to live with her.
Out of all the thousands of young
fellows who might have married her,
which one do you suppose did,"
When the silence had begun to be
oppressive, one of the other victims
Of hard luck said:
Il propose that We tender our SYM
pathy to the gentleman and return
now to the questisn whether Honus
Wagner or Tyrus Cobb is the greatest
ball player who ever lived"
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16
TAKING THEIR OWN MEDICINE
Like Many Other Schemes for Re-
Ts=ge, This One Recoiled on
Heads Of Angry Hunters.

Frank Chance, captain-manager OF
the New York American baseball
team, has a hobby for hunting when
he is not otherwise engaged In shap.
ing the destinies of hts baseball squad.
He spends his winters in California
When Chance makes q hunting trip
he is accompanied by his guests and
Chinese cook. The guests like a
little dram now and then, and the
cooks speciality is pastry.
These facts established, let 1t be
narrated that the last time they went
hunting the boys took a large jug of
good whisky with them. They had
been out three days before anyone
thought to take swig of the nectar,
And then-lo and behold 1855 two,thirds
Of the red ambrosia had disappeared,
investigation proved that none Of the
boys had been beating the others to
1t. so suspicion fell upon the Chinese
cook. Not one of the bunch was q
regular whisky drinker, so there
seemed to be nothing else to it but
that the Chinese had been visiting the
Jug himself.
Chance decided definitely that this
was the status of the case, SO he gath
cred lot of green persimmons. boiled
them up into puckerinE Juice, and
filled the jug with them 1t was such
q connection as no mouth could stand
without an emphatic protest
THAT will fix him." said Chance,
and he awaited developments
Next day an inspection Of the Jug
showed that a considerable portion
had disappeared. Chance immediate
ly called In the Chinese cook With
a smile that was childlike and bland,
All Sin protested his innocence. He
liked tea, but he wouldn't drink booze
NOT he!
well, where did that stun In the
jug 90 to-" asked Chance.
ooh, me use him, allie right" adj
mitted the Celestial Every day me-
makem miuce pies"
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16
A Wastrd PIca.
CHAPTER XIV.

Grace started gultly at her hus
bands troubled question. He took
her face between his hands and raised
1t to the light
You're tit" he exclaimed in quici'
dread You look actually CHASTITY.
Shall / send for a doetor?"
what nonsense" she laughed. I'm
all right. Just a little tired A good
nights sleep will put me on my feet
again
I've buried myself so deep in poll
tics" he frowued self acCusingly, Chat
hadn't sense enough to remember
that you might be worn out and might
want to 60 to bed But I didn't notice
that you looked badly at the station
It wasn't till just now whom the light
happened to strike your face Oh, but
I'm glad to see you here again, sweet
heart"
Really" she asked almost tlmidly
drinking i'm her husbands words as a
condemned man might gaze On his last
sunset.
GLADE" he cried, Indeed I am,
I'm afraid I'll never get past the honey
moon stage You don't want me to, do
your"
Il wonder" she faltered. eff you'd
never met me--ff you'd
I'd never have known what miss
ed That's where nature is kind. Peo-
pie who miss the real love never
know We only know when we've
found it,"
But" she pursued when people
find out too ate-~afterward-- That's
the bitterest thing in life l should
think 1t isn't easy to Judge people
women, specially-who find out too
late-and-and who try then to get
their brthright of happiness in spite
Of everything"
Such people have lost their birth,
right" he answered They've sold
it for mess of pottage. That's one
of the problems Of the ages, Grace.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16
HEALTH LAWS NECESSARY

the sanitary ordinances should
would
medately abolished.
observance of the
them punished.
the Of
gresve in enforcing
has spoiled indulgence
1cial duty
nances The old officials had who
they pleased and
rebeled.
why should do this do
worse
This question often heard and when
the matter could
week last Sunday D Clarke notified and
essees of the
their
Bulletin Clarke he
abashed He
the law observed offenders
Why is necessary that the health
sort TO extremes obtaining
think il the duty of citizen being
reminded OF It?
Let resolve help of opposing him.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16

CHAPTER / Congressman stand'sh
and the Woman, believing themselves in
love. spend a trial week as man and wife
IN hotel in northern New York under
assumed hHmes. Tho Woman awakens Ia
the tact that she does NOT love Standish
ahd calls their engagement off. Staudish
protests undying devotion.
CHAPTER yrT-.Tfe lays trap TO secure
the name Of the woman. He tells Miss
Kelly that he Is going to have a talk with
Standtsh and that at its conclusion the
latter viii call up number on the tele-
phone 10 warn the Woman. lie offers
Miss Kelly 500 for that number.
CHAPTER vrTI-At the conclusion OF
the interview with Blake Staudtsh gets a
New York wire and calls Plaz1 loot A
few minutes later Robertson tells Miss
Kelly to call Plaza 1901 and get his wife
or one Of tho servants on the phone
CHAPTER IX-Miss Kelly refuses to
give Jim Blake the number called by
CHAPTER X-Blake has story Of the
standish episode prepared ready to send
out as. soon as the Womana name is
learned. Tom Blake tells his father Of
his love for Wanda Kelly and q family
row eusuCs. Blaks's daughter. Grace ar
riVes with her husband. Governor Robert
s,sa
CHAPTER XT-Flake sends for Stan.
dish and Grace promises to entertain
him until her fathers return.
CHAPTER XII Miss Kelly calls on
Grace tu warn her that her gool naWe
IS threatened bv the .up"uIiuE ,NposGrc
II Statdl~h aUd IS iusHlted for t0- pai1s
FHAuTER NfTT-Graca appeals to
S'7Ad'sh 40 sive M th" light ln order
to p'uteet Ger name tie refuses.
CHAPTER XIV.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16
PENNY WISE.

The plan OF having all
which has been by the good one
nc M public favor
At Mondays meeting the city council Commissioner
thozed to retain the services Of inspect the
pumping system which will of raising
s
That the penny wise and pound foolish"
tration has dispensed
business men who suffered because
the TACT that the heating plants the 0
OF business were put out Of commission by
lust when 1t needed '"t
y IS not extraFagant to and
eNpeals on me ob YOU count he
avenue sewer needed to be the brains engineer
HIS services would have been cheap thousand dollars month
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16

Anna, H., July Especial -
nr. Il. A. Goodner. a prominent ply
ician of Nashville, ILL.,, this morn
ing succeeded Dr. W l.. Athou as
superintendent Of the Anna State
Hospital for Insane. DIR, Gnodued
was a member of the medical staff
At the Anna Hospital during the Ait
geld administration
pr Goodner is a son of judge NJ.
VI. Goodner, and was born at Chcs
ter, H.. As years ago, lie is a
graduate of McKendree College
Rush Medical College, Chicago; and
the jefferson Medical School of
Philadelphia He practiced medicine
In Nashville until 1898 when he
was appointed on the Medical STAFF
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16

on her hand and injure it, She was a
stenographer, and. of course, had to
quit work foe the time.
The first girl let cut q general howl.
Why should this thing happen to her?
How she had suffered. how she
couldn't afford to lose a weeks pay,
what mean thing life was anyhow.
and how little people sympathized
with her, etc.
As for the other girl. she just
laughed when l tried TO tell her how
sorry | was.
We all get something" she said
And anyhow, | needed a little rest.
and I've been reading two fine books
] never expected to get The time for.
Then every ones been SO good to me.
tell you it's worth while suffering
a bit to find out hew kind people are. -
And she couldn't afford to lose
money any easier than the first girl.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16
Reason for Reconciliation.

The newly married young woman
rushed into her fathers presence and
threw herself on her knees before
him.
oh, papa,' she sobbed. Il have
come to you for forgiveness and bless
ing! 1t was wrong and undutiful of
me. but | loved Richard so that just
had M elope with him But couldn't be
happy till | had been reconciled with
you. so here am at your feet"
Well WE'LL growled the old man,
much affected in spite of himself, Il
suppose III have TO. But you are
alone-where is--er Richard?'
He's just outside. papa dear. with
the cabman. And now that you have
forgiven us. please lend us enough to
pay the horrid brute SO that he'll so
away. You see, we only had enough
money for the license and the min
lister"
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16
His Comment.

"Thay say that women keep the
wheels OF commerce going" Maybe
so Here's a woman's program when
she buys anything: She opens q
handbag. takes out a purse, opens the
purse and takes out coin, shuts the
purse and opens the handbag, shuts
the handbag and adjusts her veil |
think business would slump II a man
had to do all that every time he made
a five-eent purchase
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16
BE A BOOST R

You are presented with opportunity of showing are to he
counted among the live of Cairo
the will dare djspua yo t :
brag about the 7 w
Nhee tao VIII win the remnant this
en MANNER II "hh the boys play bali They,
sWl game now ana they
h season we believe the
haeI Whch STANDS between and the
luno $20o to pay the PLAYERS cannot
pay salaries the club viii have to gaspe
all Of the live wilt
tuo aicay VIII he overcome If
= a 'nt circuit over as dead one in YOU want i
tr ote NO by subscribing fund M ANN
VIII De TOO large small acku ~ ''0 SUM
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16
Counterfeit Dog.

Does you member dat dawg used
TO have" asked Erastus Pinkley,
Yes, replied Uncle Raspberry. You
means dat mixed dog?'
"IIe was kind o mixed; hs was what
! calls bIack-an -tan-dale terrier.
Well, sub, dat dwag ain brought me
muffin but bad luck. I sold i'm to a
man fob two dollars. an de two dol.
lahs he slipped me We're counterfeit.
Whit you gineter do p
'Wut kin | do? # I shows I'm any
way to prove the transaction wu8 I'M
legal. he's ginter make me take the
dwag back.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16
TRY TO CONQUER TROUBLES
Seeing That 1t Is Impossible to Dodge
Them Ones Best Weapons Are
C-~-c5c ard Good Cheer.

You cant dodge them. Troubles
win come to each of us. and often it
does seem as though they got the
habit of trailing you, so that two or
three good strong troubles will be
found waiting wherever you 90. bob
bling up in the most unexpected places
and at the most iHconvenient times,
writes Jessie Roberts. in the Kansas
City Star,
No, we can't evade trouble, no mat
ter what life gives us.
But you can meet your troubles In
several ways, and there Is where the
success or the failure of life lies. II
you lie down and let trouble tramp
right over YOU you are going to lose
out There will be always more reason
for quitting and whining. and less and
less power to bear up brayely against
the sad and disagreeab1e things of
life.
But trouble tackled with courage
and good cheer is half conquered.
There is nothing SO discouraging to
trouble as the thought: Others have
had to endure this sort Of thing; why
should / expect to escape? But at
least it shant down me.
The other day / had the chance to
contrast two ways nj meeting prac-
tically the same kind of bad luck,
Two Of my friends Working girls, were
each laid on the shelf for about q
week by an accident One slipped on
the pavement aud sprained her ankle
go that she must spend some days In
bed the other had q heavy door slam
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16

hard"
And fighting fairly, too, know.
Dear, you'd never take an unfair ad.
vantage Of
Politics" answered Mark, rs war.
And war is the science of finding the
weakest point in your enemy's armor
and hamnering away at 1t till h,
yields, For instance, we've Just found
the weakest sort of spot in Standishs
You haves What is it?'
There are Only tso weak spots in
most mems armor. i One is money
crookedness. The other is women.
In Standish's case it was a woman.
An affair he got tangled up in five
years ago
And youll stoop to use such
weapon as that?" she cried indignant.
ly.
why not? He'd use the same sort
of weapon against us, fast enough;
if he had it,"
But that isn't fair fighting, Mark.
It's disgusting scandal"
That's his lookout. not ours. If
he CHANGED to know something dam
aging In my private life, he'd use it
in minute
But II / asked you-if | begged
YOU"
Don't ask me, dear, This is one of
the things You don't understand You'll
have to leave 1t to me-"
Perhaps" she retorted desperately.
Il may understand it far better than
you do. You say there's a woman con-
cerned In it. This scandal will pillory
her and"
THAT type of woman belongs in the
pillory"
You are cruell" she cried You
yourself admit that there is a chance
the Woman may have repented Are
you going to refuse her the benefit of
that ohance?"
"The chance is too small to be con
sidered. Don't let's talk of it. You
can't
Then" she continued, unheeding.
There's something else you don't con.
slider, Sc may have married. She
may be the wife of some honorable
man who loves her and thinks she il
perfect All his heart and all his
ideals may be bound up In her, Are
you going to ruin his life, too?'
,SIy t,,c -
fool who marries women of that kind
(ike the man who teaches his wife
to be dead game SPORTY deserves
what he gets. And generally he gets
it. Though, in both cases, he doesn't
always find it out Don't waste sym.
pathy on him. If he married her he
probably knew what she was If he
didn't know. it's time he learned. No
sane man should want to live in
FOOLS paradise"
Put her family! Her parents? Her
brothers or sisters? Surely they aren't
to blame, And they win be disgraced,
too"
such things are rather apt TO run
in families. Cankered flowers don't
grow from clean roots. You're vast
ing a lot of sympathy over a woman
and man who are unworthy to speak
your dear name, There are your ia
Their and the rest, getting out of the
elevator now. Go to bed, dear girl
and try to get a good rest. Don't SIT
up for me. III probably be up all night
on this Standish affair. Good night,
sweetheart"
AS he bent to kiss her, her arms
chung to his neck like frightened
child's. She tried to speak, faltered,
and hurried from the room.
ITO be continued
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16
His Indigestion Cured al Sast

After spending hundreds of dol
lars FOR medicine and treatment Tor
Indigestion and constipation with
only temporary relief 81. II. Hines,
of WhitIow, Ark, was permanently
cured by Chamherlain's Tablets. For
sale By all druggists
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16
Henry and His Wives,

Henry VIII. was king of England
and the greatest widower that ever
vas, states a boys essay He was
born at a place called Annie Domino,
and he had $50 wives The first was
beheaded and then executed, the sec
ond was revoked. and the third died,
and then he married Ann Bulletin. "--'
London Lancet.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16

The ginning IN Athama 10 lauUary
was lisa sac bales To 3his maet
ne added about S ner cent 10 ccycr
subsequent ginntrca and also about
60,Oa0 bales Of lnters. a state crop
Of about l.4500oo bales is expected,
as against crop of l.73o0oo bales
last year.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16

of the Anna State Hospital, TO which
he returns as superintendent lie
was appointed third physician and
was promoted to nrst assistant ply
stefan AND in 1897 ho went out with
the Republican landslide Whdc at
the hospital he faah up the study of
insanity and made a speciality OF it
which particularly fitted him for
his recent appointment.
pr. j. A. Norbury Of the State
Board Of Administration, was here
to install the new superintendent.
Mr. and Mrs. w. l.. Athon and
son Walter returned to their home
in Marshall, Ill, today. Or. Athon
has held the SUPPLEMENTARY of the
Anna Hospital for the past II years.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16

.. Brunswick defeated the
Pfusians.
1794-Batf'a of yv;a
defeated the Russians
'Vo-battie of Baylen, in Spain
the first serious reverses q,
-, Napoleon in the Peninsula
, rofher stone of New YORK.
University laid.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16

fS57-Batle of Maharajpur Qndian
Mutiny.)
Rosenthal, a con-
fessed gambler. was assassi-
mated in the streets of New
York by men who escaped in
an automobile.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16

Y0nr Con- lnXl0r

Improve Y0ur Con- lexi0n
Your complexion as well an your
temper is rendered miserable by q
disordered liver and by constipation.
Take Chamberlain Tablets ana
you will improve them both For
sale by all dealers.
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16
PEACE WINS

tah wei rejoice that strike o
$500 :. u east OF Chicago avertcd FoIou IN
ference at the White House oo"hP con
az u ,he employees would he submitted TO arhirt ' the
S5a,taa human act as provided in ofar, eF an
oi nevada, and tho senator
yalrosa 7 ahu signed by President Wilson The d; 'une
employees and employers ne differences
states Board OF Meditation 'o taken up by
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16
JULY l6 IN HISTORY.

l429--The town of Rheims in
france, was taken from the
English by Joan of Arc.
f717-Fattle under the vale -
Belgrade; the Austrians de-
feated the Turks.
Ifbo- Battle of Exdorf; the Primes
The Cairo bulletin., 1913-07-16

She Tried to Speak, FaItered, and
Hurried From the Room.
And man has made laws to govern it.
Laws that are wise and"
And often bitterly cruel"
Laws are for the many. Not for
the few. And the few must obey them
for the good of the many. But | didn't
give the rest Of the crowd the slip.
just to bore ySu by discussing ethics.
Was 1t foolish of me to run away,
simply to have a few extra minutes
with you? I've been fighting SO
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-10-07
OCTOBER Z IN HISTORY

17G5--Anti-Stamp Act Congress met
in New York city.
battle of Sarato~a
Springs, which led ten days
later to the surrender of Bur
goyne.
17S0-Americans defeated the Brit
ish at the battle Of Kings
Mountain, South Carolina.
and Clark entered Ore
gon territory at Lewiston.
lS12-Napoleon defeated the Rus
SLAMS at the battle of the
Moskowa.
1S55-First synod Of Roman Cath
Ollie church diocese of AL
bany, N. Y, met.
1S91-Equestr!an statue Of General
Grant in Lincoln Park, Chi
cago, unveiled.
190S--IIarry A. Garfield inaugur.
ated president Of Williams.
town College.
1912-Progressives in the West de-
clare Roosevelt's speeches
will elect Wilson, If Roose-
welt loses.
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-10-07
; FOUNDATIONS" "
) Of-------: !:
$ UNCLE HENRY :

Dear Ehiter, take my pen in
hand to let you know that l would
be willin to be commissioner if
they aint enough men wilin to take
offs. They is some which will be
little scared not KNOWN much bout
the thing. | aint that way. | am
willin to tackel anything which
needs tackelin. may not alters
grab aholt by the handle the first
shot out Of the box but | alters grab
aholt. I don't let nothin get away
from me while ! am tryin to see
where is the best place to grab onto.
And so | would be willin to tackel
commission form OF government II
was called to do SO. ! aint men,
tionin this because am tryin to be
famous. l am famous now from
writin these letters. but jest as a
matter of publick duty l am willin
to help out.
Commission form Of government
aint experiment. 1t has been
tryed and found sucksessfull in
many places. Whenever a City has
a crate calamity It is seen that the
old forms Of government aint suf-
fecently adekate to the accession and
commission form has to be adopt
ed. There aint no KNOWN when a
earthquake or a cyclone or flood
The Lakeland evening telegram., 1913-10-07

No Democrat of thiS generation
has done more to earn a seat in the
United States Senate than Oscar I'm
derwood, of Alabama, and now that
he has expressed a desire to go there
the people Of that State ought to
send him there by unanimous vote.
He Is one Of the few real statesmen
of the nation and as the man who
practically made the new tariff law
and secured its passage, his name
will be historic in our political an
nails.