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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-05

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; clock. at Mcponald's hall.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-05
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r. meets the first and tAir1 Non
layI. Waiting Pat1archs Welcome
=. A. MCDONALD, Scribe,
: B. ZIMMERMAN.
Chief Patriarch.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-05

fsited brotherhood Of Carpenter
AID Joipers Of America. Local 177e
Meets each Thursday night In
Morgan 4 Grower hall, over
Bates DRY Goods Store. visitins
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-05

Gov. and Mrs. Trammell Now
AZ Waynesville, N. G.
Hon. Park Trammell, governor of
florida, who has been attending the
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25

blue and white marks that decorate every dwell
ing in the village.
Scotland is as WELL the land Of cakes, and at
this season the bakers shops are nlleo WIN
toothsome dainties sugar covered and mottoeo
in ice.
Germany observes various customs. Calls are
made on January /, and gifts are exchanged;
delicious little cakes are eaten In hohor ol inc
festal day. Different neghborhoods have char
acteristio rites and superstitions.
Thus in the Black Forest workman likes 10
work little bit at his trade the first day OF the
year to coax luck In business most picturesque
is the vender of clocks who sets out to sell one at
least of his wares Munich drinks deep to the
health of the season in good Bavaran brew.
jena whose people recognize descent from those
ancient Germans who believed In god that
brought light and warmth each year into the
world to overcome the cold and dark OF winter
builds in its public square at New Years time
great bonfire, which typifes this ever new gilt
of the genial old deity that loved warmth ana
gave light
Thther at midnight the people carry the things
they wish to cast out of their lives with the ola
year
Fire as a New Years symbol Is favored In
Wales as we'll. There fires are burned on New
Years day to purify the house for the entrance OF
a new and gladstone era; and the ashes are Kept
sacredly from year to year, esteemed Tor speclA
medicinal virtues.
The ringing OF bells to announce the death OF
the old year and the birth Of the new one Is
common in England and Scotland and In some
parts of the United States. In many English
churches impressive midnight services are held
In the dales of Westmoreland 1t is usual to
open the west door to let the old year out and to
open the east door to let the new year in.
In England It is still enjoyable practice to
offer a mince pie to every caller during the last
week OF the old year. for every pie eaten under
different roof represents happy month during
the year to come Often January draws near
one hears the expression:
Thanks. have eaten my twelve. so please ex'
cuse me-"
What probably is the strangest New Years rite
is held in the Ceyennes mountains In southern
France At the last evening mass OF the old
year the herds and hocks OF the peasantry are
gathered before the portico OF the little stone
church high up on the mountain side and are
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25

blessA by the priest and sprinkled with holy wa
ter fgi kse acolvte who follows him, In order that
that MS the sole wealth of the countryside, may
increas and prosper during the year TO come
The sight of the holy hour is wonderful As the
church bell tolls above them the frightened ami
mails beat and below and try madly to escape
First the oxen are blessed then the COWS, next
the sheep and lambs, and finally the goats and
pigs.
Throughout Europe many delightful customs
prevail In Scandinavia a feast is always pre-
pared for the little birds. which might otherwise
go hungry, account of the deep SHOWS
In Holland, as in Scotland, the wind is noted
with care, because the luck of the year will be
determined by the direction whence it blows The
south wind brings heat and fertility the west
wind milk and fish, the north wind cold and
storm and east wind fruitful season.
In Italy the New Year is day of greeting and
good will and special feasting Sicilian peasants
take advantage of the fete to drive to town IN
their gay CARTS that the country roads are
merry with the music of tnklng bells.
And Swiss folk practical Industrious, stop their
work for the nonce and visit friends, even when
they have to carry their babies down the noun
tain slopes in cradles on their heads.
Bulgaria's heart history is of especial moment
Just now. On happy New Years day in Bulgarian
villages the small boys run from house to house
waving branches of the cornell tree and shouting
greetings as they tap all they meet with the luck
bringing branches -. +.
Bulgarian girls go. through interesting cere-
mony in an effort to pry into the secrets of the
days to come. On New Years eve queen, chosen
by lot guards kettle full of water in which both
men and madens have dropped finger rings or
some personal trinkets. Till dawn she watches
Then to an open place in the center of the vii
lage she takes the precious kettle covered with
cloth, dancing, singing crowd following her. An
oracle, who has BEEN selected for eloquence of
speech, proclaims successive fortunes. He cries:
1.-THE lucky girl whose ring shall appear shall
marry the best man in the village"
The queen of the festival dips her hand into
the kettle and brings forth ring, and its owner
receives it from her in the belief that good
luck betides her matrimonialy before another
New Year.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25
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WOMAN OF HONOR
BY MAY EHoIcoTT.

MY wife" said John Andrews TO
his stenographer, rs good woman.
and II would break her heart to real
iEe what l have long since realized
that we we're never meant for each
other"
Esther Sinclair made no reply, but
bent over her notes. Only the height
ened color In her face revealed her
emotion.
She did not like to hear her employ
er speak slightingly Of the pretty, sim
ple little woman who had once come
into his ofiee, spoken kindly TO her,
and chartered in her irresponsible
way until 1t was time for her husband
TO take her home. Yet, after all, Es-
Their had long ago realized that there
could be little in common between her
and Andrews, whose forceful personal
ity demanded that sympathetic under
standing which it was not Mildred An
drew's to give.
They two had been associated to-
gether in Andrews work for nearly
six months. She had liked him In
stinctively the moment she set eyes
on him, and he had singled her out
from among a host of applicants, ap-
parently without a moments heslta'
ton. He trusted in her completely IN
her share of the difficult work which
he performed as secretary to the chem
ical company.
But her woman's instinct had surely
told her, during recent weeks, that
something more than esteem was
growing up between them. This was
the first occasion on which Andrews
had ever limited at domestic unhappi-
ness. She knew the depth and inten-
sity of his nature.
She went home to pass an almost
sleepless night. She reviewed all her
past. She was already thirty years OF
age: no love worthy of the name had
ever come into her life. And she could
not hide from herself the knowledge
that Andrews and she were made Tor
one another. She could give him such
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25

devotion as was his need, if once she
let herself dwell upon the image of him
that was enshrined in her heart.
She fought against this awakening
love. Day after day found her on her
guard, lest by chance word, even
a look, she should betray herself. And
so the days passed
It happened at last, though. The
struggle was an intense one. she
had not realized how it had depleted
her of her strength. She had fought
fought, in the hope of being able to
retain her position there, and the in
eyitable reaction came. Rising to go
home one evening, she suddenly fell
to the floor in a dead faint created by
utter nervous exhaustion.
And when consciousness came back
to her she found herself seated in
chair and Andrews bending over her,
and his lips were pressed to hers, and
his hands clasped hers tightly; and
she. too weak to resist, lay there pass
lively in his arms.
At last she gathered strength to
rise. She stood up; she looked at
him and he at her. Both realized the
tragic nature Of the passion that had
come into their lives. Neither spoke,
for there was nothing to say
Goodnight, Mr. Andrews" she
said at last, moving with an effort to-
ward the door.
He bowed his head and she went
home. Not to rest, though. All night
she lay in fever, and in the morn
ing she was flushed and delirious, and
for many days thereafter unconscious
of realities.
Andrews had left flowers for her ev.
cry day, and once, after she began to
mend. little Mrs. Andrews called on
her and spoke of how much her nus
band valued her and of the gap that
her illness had created in his work.
When the little woman had gone
Esther vowed that the past should
be forgotten.
But this was not to be. A letter
came from Andrews, full of passion
ate love. He must see her, he said
Life without her had become unbear-
able. Their lives must lie together;
and If she tried to escape him he
would follow her to the ends OF the
earth, IL necessary, to find her and
claim her.
Esther read the letter thoughtfully,
and once again the memory OF her
love for him was strong within her.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25
Can Get Alona Without Eaas.

If it were not for the widespread
belief that eggs cannot be dispensed
with as an article of diet, we should
never have heard of the 100000 men,
bers OF the Housewives league engag-
ing in "a 30-cent egg war" But the
belief is not altogether well founded.
Eggs are highly useful, beneficial, nu-
tritious, but not Indispensable.
But eggs are popular because they
are easily prepared. 1t is less work
and II takes less time to boil an egg
than to broil a steak for breakfast. In
that simple fact may lie an explana-
ton of the great demand for eggs and
of the ensuing excitement when prices
rise
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25

and second inside man. So IL,
to run her household on the EngliBd
plan, or she remembers Mrs. Edith
Wharton's earlier stories in which
butler always figures, also bishep.
But we learn from England, writes
Philip Hale in the Boston Herald.
that the reign of the butler is passing
A rash journalist ascribed his undo
ing to his arrogance, insolence and
ignorance.
w. Holloway, who describes HIM
self as a butler, answers in a gallant
manner Dealing with illogical wom-
en- does not conduce to a compatibility
of temper or efficiency. lot or
money is wasted on finery, while
request for the house, such as clean
ing utensils, is greeted with black
looks and Why do they wear out?
And Mr.. Holloway remarks that II
the old type of butler has deteriorat-
ed so has the old type of gentry. DO
nestle service is not worth the can
die; the navysis to be preferred. AS
for gambling and drinking below
SJdlrS, upstairs SETS IuS CAdhPAS'
Is it possible that the old family,
crusted, equity butler in England 1s
passing? In the old fashioned plays
he was delighted with his Il have
known master, forty years, man and
boy" ETC.; and there are fine buffers
in fiction One of the best is the
father of Ethelberta in Thomas Har-
dy's romance, who is proud of his
daughters literary fame and enjoys
the discussion about her while he
stands near the dining table. Then
there is the butler in Our Mutual
Friend" who pours out the wine with
the air of a disappearing analytical
chemist.
We do not see how any American
who in his boyhood saw all at table
helping themselves, spearing potato
or a doughnut with a fork, or asking
a neighbor to hurry up and pass the
butter, can view his butler or his
valet without quavering voice and
trembling of the knees. Octave MIR
beau's journal dune femme de cham
bre" is widely known. We should
like to read the memoirs of butler
in an exclusive" American house
hold
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25
GETTING BACK.

why do you insist on trying to sell me beef
steak and beans and buckwheat cakes?" de-
manded the barber Il told you all / wanted
was two fried eggs"
well, was in your shop yesterday" retorted
the restaurant man. "All l wanted was a shave
but you bulldozed me into shampoo, a foam
fizz and a tonic rub"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25
A SAD AWAKENING.

Warden, where are my flowers? Give me
those flowers"
Those flowers for an embezzler in the
next cell"
Flowers for embezzer, with a murderer
in the same jail? life of crime is not what
led to expect"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25
NOT DIFFICULTY.

Il wish could do something startling" said
Gladys Gloom. sick unto death with ennui
We'll, Gladys, that is easily accomplished
said her close friend Bella Bazes. Go back
to that little old-fashioned town where you were
born and smoke a cigarette on the public
square"
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25

she knew that she loved him. spite OF
dishonor. Il was not the opinion OF
the world for which she cared. But
there rose up before her eyes the Pic
ture Of innocent. pretty, pathetic lit
tie Mrs. Andrews. She could not
prove q traitress 10 that little woman
whose whole life was wrapped around
the man she loved.
She tore Andrews letter into frag-
ments and sat down to compose her
answer. In II she said that they must
never meet again. She Acknowledged
her own love for him. but-but-
She could not finish that letter. She
tore IL in pieces also.
Then a wild idea came into her
head, born. perhaps, OF the delirium
through which she had passed. She
took her pen again and wrote him an
effusive. foolish letter such as must,
she knew, disgust a man Of Andrews's
depth Of feeling. II ran like this:
Dear friend of mine,
Your letter is no surprise to me-
I. too, love you. o, the sacredness
and mystery of such sublime love as
ours! / have been waiting ever
since saw you for you to tell me
that you were not Indifferent to me-
You are the most wonderful man in
the world to me, you are my god, with
your tall, straight figure and magni-
ficent eyes. And your hair curls in
lust the way that l have always liked
a mans hair to curl Now that
know you love me my heart beats so
fast it makes me dizzy. l am look
ing forward a thousand times day
to our next meeting, when you can
kiss me again like you did that time
and tell me that / am wholly yours
for ever"
No one could imagine what it cost
Esther in self-respect to write that
letter. And when it was written she
sent the landlady's daughter out to
mail it, lest she should be compelled
to recall it.
1t was the memory of little Mrs.
Andrews that enabled her to accom-
plish her task. And when she had
finished a great peace came into her
heart She knew now that 1t was 1r-
reparable, that never again need she
see Andrews, that he would seek, and
perhaps find in his wife's love those
qualities which he had discovered in
her.
On the following evening a letter
was received by her in answer In 1T
Andrews said briefly that he was sail
ing for Europe with his wife, upon
three months holiday. He enclosed
her a check for her salary during that
period and regretted that there would
be no further need for her services.
Esther tore up the check as she de-
stroyed Andrews's letter. Then she
sent out for a newspaper and studio
the advertisements for fep'a ~ y
wanted. A ASAM
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1913-12-25
YEYl7c5> ODI2zYp-

OWHERE does New Years cere-
mony mean more than in the land
Of the little people whose faces
have become familiar to us on pa
per fans. Indeed, from a natlonal
point of view, this season is the
greatest occasion of the year.
Elaborate preparations are made
long in advance. Houses are
cleaned inside and out. Doorways
are decorated with rice ropes and
fern leaves and evergreen. Every
: housewife buys pot or two or
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1913-09-05
A BUGS PRAYER.

Oh Mr.. Man, IL you have heard Of
that Ross Dead Quick" spray, forget
il pray thee, or die. Be merciful
and use on me anything else, and /
may pull through. The mosquito said,
Amenl" Ross Dead Quick" spray
sold in Union City by divers Red
Cross Drug Store. adyt
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1913-09-05

Miss Mignon Maiden. Of Dresden,
will be Miss Pauline Calwell's visitor
next week at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
D. ]. Caldwell, Main street.
Ole Boxley leaves Tuesday for two
weeks visit at Dickson Springs, Tenn.
He goes by the way of steamer up the
Cumberland from Nashville.
Rev. W. S. Long. of Memphis, will
preach three sermons next Sunday at
Fremont with dinner on the ground.
Everybody invited to the services.
Mr.. Walden has gone to Birmingham,
Ala, to enter the service Of the Crosby
Mills as miller. This is one Of the
largest millingplants in the South.
Miss Edna Hughes, Of Pleasantville,
Tenn, who has been the guest OF her
cousin, Mrs. Joe Harpole, for several
weeks, left Wednesday for her home.
Miss Elsie Tanner, who has been at
tended the Chicago School of Expression
taking special course of several weeks,
has returned to her home in Union City.
DIR. G. w. Miles leaves Tuesday for
business trip through Louisiana. The
doctor is interested in farming lands in
that State and holds an option on a
large sugar plantation.
M. L. Clogs, one Of our High School
boys, left this week for Nashville to
enter the employ OF the International
Shoe Co., wholesale. Friends wish him
success in large measure.
Mrs. d. Threlkeld, northwest OF the
city near Woodland Mills, was visitor
in the city yesterday. She reports that
her sister, Miss Anna Harris, who has
been very sick, is some better.
It will be pleasing to the friends and
former pupils OF Miss Jennie Buquo to
hear that she is to be assistant Latin
teacher at the Middle Tennessee Nor
NAL at larger salary than she has ever
heretofore received.
It's too late to laugh at germs, That
day has gone by and there is no medium
more deadly than the common HOUSE
FLY. DAHNKE'S CREAM BREAD
is wrapped in GERM PROOF WRAP
pERS
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1913-09-05

Mrs. OK. Lyon is visitor in Mem
phis at the home OF her daughter, Mrs.
Lawrence Vaccaro. scr
Messrs. John G. Griffith and Leo
Brewer, Of Mayfeld, we're social visitors
in the city Sunday.
Mrs. Laurie Casebere, who has been
at Pine Bluff. Ark, visiting Mrs. L. P.
Garner, has returned.
Miss Virginia Haste, OF Grand juno
ton, Tenn, is visitor in the city with
Mrs. Maud Williams.
If you need an artificial eye DR.. Nc
Michael can make you one as natural
as perfect eye.
Mrs. A. Stratford and daughter,
Elizabeth, Of Martln. were in the city
Wednesday shopping.
Miss Matte Cartwright was pleas
ant visitor with Misses Lula and Mamie
Gale few days last week.
Miss Cynthia Conner, of Paducah, is
visitor in Union City this week with
Miss Jeanne Garth, Ury street.
Mrs. Kate Davis and granddaughter,
Miss Love Davis, were Monday and
Tuesday visitors here this week.
Big Muddy washed nut coal is best
for cooking. At Union City Ice d
Coal Co.
Mrs. Hunter Elan is at home from
Paris. Her many friends are glad to
know her health is much better.
w. III. Chaille, real estate broker
OF Miami, Fla, is in the city visiting
his cousin, Mrs. Mamie Reeves.
Mr.. Morris Halves leaves Saturday re-
turning to Nashville after visit in the
city with homefolks and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Avery Beck and Mr..
and Mrs. Lee Harrison are enjoying q
visit to Dawson Springs this week.
You want CLEAN bread. Then ask
for DAHNKE'S wrapped in GERM and
DUST-PROOF WRAPPERS.
Miss Theresa Arm is attending
house party in Columbia, Tenn, given
by Mrs. Mack Martin, of that city.
Mrs. Jas. HI. Arm and son, Jas. H.
Jr., and Mrs. Nettie Penick had a very
pleasant trip to Nashville this week
Geo. A. Gibbs, Jr., and Vernon Yer
hine leave tomorrow for two weeks
vacation on the south coast, near Sayan-i
nah, Ga.
New tools and fine mechanic, Bill
lie" Parker, make Dietzel's repair work
satisfactory.
Mrs. Charley Yarbrough and little
daughter, of Nashville, are visiting Mrs.
Yarbrough's uncle, ]. L. Cochran, and
II. b. Horncr this week.
Mrs. Ellis Jackson, who has been in
Paducah for several weeks under the
care Of physician, is very much inn
proved and will be home Sunday
Mrs. Henry Hassler and Richard Sc
mones, the appendicitis patients, have
returned from Nashville rapidly recover
ing.
Rev. and Mrs. w. S. Long, of Mem
phis, are in the city visiting the home
Of Mr. Longs parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Long, Sr.
Misses Marion, Doris and Beth Hud-
of Fulton, are 10 the city this
week visiting the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. S. Talley.
Misses Annelle and Mabel Reynolds,
81 Memphis, are the guests Of Miss
Maggie Lee Harris at the Harris home
north Of the city.
Misses Lila and Sarah Agnew, Of
near Union City, are visiting relatives
and friends in Covington and Brighton,
Tenn, this week.
Mrs, f. ]. Smith and son, ]. g., have
from a visit to Mrs. Smiths
sisters at Colorado Springs, Colo, Flag
taft and Clovis, New Mex.
Mrs. w. g. Reynolds and daughter,
Alice Lee, left yesterday for Pine Bluff,
Ark, TO visit Mr.. and Mrs. LidwelI
Payne Garner and children.