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Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-05-15

Mrs. J. b. woolery is home from
a visit to her daughter, Mrs. Richard
Kidd, Of Quincy, Ill.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-05-15

M. A. Rodgers has opened a restau.
rant in wentsville, Mo.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-05-15

sob schopp Of ST. Louis is
y sons. Arthur and Char
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-05-15

J. B. Rutter has in 100 acres of
oats and will plant 100 acres OF corn.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-05-15

Mrs. Scott, Of st. Louis, well
known in Mexico and a sister Of Lam
artine Lakeland, is very III.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-05-15

DR.. and Mrs, Coil and Miss Anne
Lewis motored to Sturgeon Thurs
day and enjoyed the beauties of
nature in that garden spot of Mis-
souri,. :.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-05-15

Mrs. G. c. Brown visited her old
home in Slater for several days this
week.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-05-15

Miss Mary Tut OF Bunceton is
the guest of her aunt, Mrs. S. P.
Emmons.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-05-15

Mr.. and Mrs. s. j. Buckner are
home after a delightful ~sojourn at
Eureka Springs, Ark.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-05-15

MFR, and Mrs, Henry Bartels have
returned from a visit In Illinois.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1913-05-15

The infant of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Haislip, of near Benton City died
Friday night. The funeral was held
Saturday. The Ledger joins friends
In extending sympathy to the bereav-
cd
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VK7HEN husband is behaving badly II Is not always
wv easy a wife punish him. II the wife does not
happen to have Independent means Of her own 1t is
not convenient leave himor If she way to take
Of herself be satisfaction to him rather than
punishment II she leaves him Il has remained for Mrs.
Justus Sheffield of New York, to find to solve all
three problems srokeo leave her husbands
genial presence support herself and little daughter
and TO Neet even" with Mr.. Sheffield in he doesn't
relish This she accomplished by writing novel; the sale
of which paying living and her portrayal Of
her as conspicuous character In the book
has made him furious,
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At One Stroke She Solved the Problem of Living Apart,
Supporting Herself and Hum1iliating Mr. Sheffield

unreasonable have no money. How can give II to
you II haven't anyY
"'Sel the rich things in the house and pay or,
rejoned the butler. II you don't we' stay right
till you do
MAC shifted his position.
"'You welcome to remain II you like he said
Tomorrow We leave for the country. shut up the
house If you stay you starve,
"I took up Kipings ballads Mac resumed his
study Of the book catalogues
."'Are your hands cean2 ne questioned me, gapcing
out the pages he perusing Yes answered
I try to keep them sol
"'Did you wash them before after dinner?
"'Before dinner
"'Well, go and wash them again. If you are going to
read that book
N complied with good-humored tolerance"
Toward the end Of the book the author gives snap
shot Of Macs personal appearance. "Fis light hair
hung very fat across his forehead"
That, the residents OF Short Hills remember, was
characteristic Of the vanished Justus Sheffield He
very tall and thin and pale, to his hair which
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Her Husband and
Replace His Support

u
Replace His Support.
Mrs. Sheffield, as all her friends know. Is esser
TALLY domestic She the simple life. and eve
In these days Of feminine unrest finds 1t eminenf
satisfying. She makes Babs. her other self, ssy
~How long TO live q plain life, with my folder
sewing, and my books. and Bother my head ovc
menus, and daily husband. Mac would be an int
mittent one. Good night to you. I want to cry"
Her mood is purple In a succeeding lett
for she writes "I pictured myself dead, and the ear
being shovelled down upon me- and hoped they wnul
arrange my hair becomngly and not ask lot
people. I hoped Mac would not wear black. He is 4
tall and fair. and black Is unsuited TO him."
Nor does she share MACS" liking for golf. u
his method Of playing it,
Mac is so carefully consistent In his score that
don't even dare think shot without counting IL
golf for me- always seem to be holding up every q
and never getting anywhere-just standing aruun
while they shout themselves hoarse yelling Fore
me. No golf for me. 1t makes me feel like count
without any boundaries. jacques says that's exAc(1
what I am, "a country without any boundarilf
Babs refused her suitor twice. but accepted him q
third time For this she gives her reason, sheddiz
light the continually recurring question, Wl
loes woman say No when she means Yes'7
"a man should have three chances think The 1r
time he asks you to marry him ne Is carried away
his ardor. The second time he feels he must rxl
good. But u he asks the third time it's safe"
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thin and lay fat upon his head Mrs. Sheffield
conhded TO visitor to Short Hills that he
tall and pale and forlorn looking that she married
him because he needed somebody to take Of him..
The handsome author has said but little about the
book and the identity Of its characters. But she has
admitted that much in her novel grazes the truth and
that this passages embraces It: I could hear Mac dis
coursing the respective merits Of music at the other
end Of the table.
''Its this way he saying When don't like
opera keep going to 1t and again. that
may discover why don't like It."
That .Justns Sheffield inveterate opera fre-
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07
>"HE Golden Hollow" IL the name OF little
. novel which has accomplished three results

-HE Golden Hollow" In the name OF little
novel which has accomplished three results
1t has enabled the writer to live apart from
m uncongenial husband sales have paid her living
expenses and the characterization OF one OF the per-
sonages In the book has extremely annoyed the hus
band Mrs Justus P. Sheffield the wife Of New York
lawyer, Is the author OF the cook She is now living
In Short Hills. N. J., with her child.
"I might as wei ten you" said Mrs Sheffield, what
brought about the final separation between Mr.. Shelf
field and me- He sent telegram up to New London
the day before Christmas three years ago. saying that
he was coming on Christmas Day, but would bring no
money and make provision for the ch1ldrens
Christmas. At the time he had money Tor ta1lcaos
and seats at the opera. We had two children then.
"In spite Of his provision for the kddes Christ
mas had a tree, which my women friends hxed for
us with gifts on II for Mr. Sheffield, which the chill
dren had made, and one Of my own verses framed.
which read:
LIFE's AUTOMOBILE.
When the world is out Of kilter,
And the running gears askew,
Tighten up your grit little,
And you'll surely buck Il through
-RENA CARY SHEFFIELD.
sMr. Sheffield arrived Christmas Day, not armed
with good holiday cheer wishes but with legal
paper drawn by himself which no spent the entire day
trying to forcc to Sign
when refused to sign this paper he tormented me-
and threatened to turn out into the streets
to force my hand, he said he had decided to put Bar
hara the in child parts to money for him.
Barbara was not four at the time"
Mrs Sheffield's book takes the form OF a series OF
Imaginary letters written by "Babs" TO sympathetic
friend and conhdant Captain Calderwood." In this
series Of heartexposng letters is frequent mention Of
character named Mac. It Is In this character Of Mac
that Mr. Sheffield declares he mirror Of himself.
Enough distorted and he has asked the publishers Of
he book to stop printing It,
Early in the book Babs writes IN Of her letters:
"Why am unhappy? Of dametrical opposf
ton Macs mind Is unusual and brilliant, but, some
how he does not understand He cannot understand
anything that is not built upon geometrca lines and
backed by logic Life to him is simple and pleasure
able adjustment Of facts. not necessarily coreatedust
facts Life to is algebrac problem, equalling
the unknown mystery Of things stand in Of logic
and 1 good at equations, so don't get any
further than the doorstep Of Macs mind. and I sit
there like a child who has been locked out all unknow
ing!y 1t is the lonely little spirit Of waiting in
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the darkness-and ! am afraid"
Not q promising outlook for per-
manence IN marriage, and We are not
surprised to come In later letter
upon this In the book:
Tonight there Is dinner and I
am hostess. Long ago Cornelia gave
me that honor, as she does not like
to preside. At the last dinner party
Mac slipped into the dining room and
changed the place cards. He thought
/ might find the man on my left too
interesting. Mao guards me from
what he considers temptations. am
always put with the chauffeur on any
motor trip II there happens to be q
goodlooktng man along. Just how
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Held left their home
In the book Babs says II In this
way: II am saying to the man on my
left, Yes, We have seats for the opera
as usual this Winter. Mac adore5 It
and always go because I want to
please him. I don't care as much for
music as he does. I get 80 tired
hearing over and over a lot Of
people I don't know screaming about
lot Of things l don't care abb In
a language don't understand
That sounds raw, doesn't it"p
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now run into thousands, most Of them de luxe and
very charming. The editions retain their worth intact
and, might add, appreciate in value he seldom
takes them down except to exhibit them to some ad-
miring inquiring connoisseur, and the pages are
STILL nearly all Of them uncut.
There was rap at the door. The servants stood
there angry, righteous mob. We want our money
they demn nded.
MAC smoothed the backs Of his thin hands. He
calmly looked the servants over.
"'I have money! he said finally. I don't see
that you badly of Haven't fed you for
months and provided roof your heads? You are
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quenter admits no denial. Il
didn't dislike music, but I did
not care enough for opera to 90
with him to hear II six times q
week." is his wlfe's retrospect,
In the novel Mao and Barbara
split upon the rook Of her
charge that he had lived for
years upon her money. That
Mrs. Sheffield says is mere
novelist's license, a needed
climax. The climax came In
the affairs Of the sheffields, so
the author-wife will state In
court, when her husband pro-
posed to place their siy-year-
old daughter, Barbara, on the
stage to increase the family in
cnypo Indictment Mra Shat
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som et1m09 c0nfradfC-
tory, and we see also
some Medician collars
OF very fine lace rising
behind the neck.
The vests are all
colors, all embroidered
and Of greater variety
than ever. They are
slipped into the robes,
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SlJ 'O, JUL uiOT6 uSll-
cate than before.
We shall not see
the high girdles OF
a few months past,
but m ore drap-
Ing over the hips,
with straight gir-
dies. made Of me-
tallic materials, rib
bon wound into
ropes. or even gar
lands OF flowers,
one b o low the
other.
The skirts are
formed OF folds OF
China crepe or very
light silk, with some-
times q rose In full
blossom embroidered
on It
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Very New and Fashion Novelties Be Seen

even broad-tail, in all materials. even
the heaviest. All are bordered with
broad bands OF fur, either of sable or
skunk.
Otter, being little fiat, is used only
for square collars. falling over the
shoulders and making seeming sleeve.
A small scarf, shaped and made of
ermine, bordered with white moire. is
masterpiece OF arch coquetry, worthy
OF the shoulders OF capricious Du
Barry.
The extremely high price OF furs ex.
plains this tendency A cloak OF ermine
does not cost less than four thousand
dollars, mink coat costs three thou
sand. chinchilla two thousand and q
nne coat Of sable, the queen OF furs.
twenty thousand dollars. Last year
Ida Rubinsteln ordered one at this
price.
4 The materials out Of which the
! gowns are made are sumptuous, in
deed almost royal in their magnlfI-
cence. They are embroidered and
n decked with splendor, but are nor
\ stin as formerly. On the contrary.
Y they are marvels OF modern work.
manship, being soft and clingIng, as
A IL they were muslin. Draped and
II redraped, they are truly Oriental in
h.,& LII
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or appear under the
reers, reaching down y
even to the waist '
The cuffs arc very long,
even falling over the hands,
but some are made with rows
of tulle or fine lace In con-
centric rows.
But the greatest attention
Is being given now to the de-
tails and the foibles OF the
toilette, especially In conneo-
uon with afternoon and even
ing gowns.
The Persian tunics are not
kept stiff any more with
metal, but they have been
made more beautiful and
practical by adding a
\ simple border Of fur. When
these tunlcs are made Of
different colored tulle, en-
broidered In silver or gold,
over a black and white
skirt, or even white tulle
over a skirt OF violet tint
they are wonderful In ef-
feet and quite IN perfect
taste.
For the theatre and din
ner In a restaurant the
English style has won q
real victory, for even In
the most modest music
hall q stylish woman may
sho herself
a. fully decollete
~ and without a
MA hat. This means
con q n q ra hl0
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he reconcIles It with his don't see. Peo-
pie attribute It to his eccentricities.
Things moving backward with Babs and Mac ac-
cording to a speedily following letter:
eft Is a sombre me who Is writing you tonight.
Macs last sally into stocks went up like rocket, with
alluring spray of gold that vanished, and the stick
when 1t fell, struck home. He is game to the end
though. and goes about usual One could not help
admring him, If 1t In worthler cause. The
children go about tiptoe and nnumerable ques
tions.
II have begun sorting the household things Mao
won't tell me just how far he Is involved but surmise
1t is more than little. wish could care for him
for want TO stand by him but l don't care. He
Is such q bully. He takes much tor granted He ts
unsympathetic and unreasonable. He has shown for
months that going to the wall, yet he hasn't
drawn In on his extravagances changed his mode
Of living He almost to have dared the gods to
do their worst"
In letter written by Babs Is this:
II am caught up with the storm. No suggestions OF
mine are tolerated It's his affair, he says and he in
tends to run 1t TO the last. He is like drunken can
tain that knows his channel but cannot keep It vet
refuses to give up the command. am waiting breath
lessly for the crash. 1t is nearly upon us.
Ihe Japanese butler still opens the door with much
ceremony to the casual visitor, and chef
&prv,-
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not exist fifteen years ago.
Jewels will play leading role this season IN
ing toilettes. At the opera when attending
receptions we shall wear diadems, dog-collnrs and
Hunbursts without stopping to Inquire whether the
occasion permits them or not Magnidcence Is 70
be the rule all Winter.
The leading jewellers have found ways and means
to design diadems for every head. making them so
graceful that no woman can Withstand them, even
Copyright. 1913,
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But the most interest
ing and novel features Of
the latest creations are
the collars and vests.
These exquisite COM
binatfons are charming.
and-what Is far more
to the point-new. The
edict has been issued:
"You must go with neck
exposed. No more high
collars under any pre-
textI" Some Of the col
lars lie far back from
the neck, Japanese
style. The head looks
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like a bios
gom is8u-
Ing from its
calyx, and
this calyx
is made up
OF tu ii q
a a d e m
b r o I dered
laceB, But
styles are
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They may be replaced by
rh!ne-stones which light
up a gown splendidly, but
are not intended TO i'm
pose upon any one.
As to rings and chains, 1t
seems impossible TO wear
too many and the fan has
It's chain as we'll as the
lorgnette. Even the rings
have fine chains running
up to the bracelet, giving
a very odd effect.
Wells and bandeaus are
Il
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every one must have Jewels,
no matter whether they can
be afforded or not. How they
get them and what they are no
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-12-07
Paris, Nov. "a.

IT'S the silhouette that counts now.
II a-days. The outline IL the main
point, and II the sleeves are not
Just right how can you get anything
that looks correct7 How can you carry
out the idea OF skirt and overHkirt
unless you study the sleeves, and
what sleeves there are2 They are
kimonoesque. and yet there Is dif-
ferent touch. The sleeve ia loose,
and yet 1t is caught up in various
ways. making the task OF the dress
maker more difficult. But the effect
Is far better than has been seen for
years.
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one know5-but
they have them.
AS to pearls, as
every one can
not wear them on
account OF their
fabulous cost. 1t
Is now admissi-
BILE to use good
limitations, n o t
too large, giving
very fine effects
on dark gowns.
But no one wears
false diamonds
that IA She law
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progress from the point Of view Of
elegance; in q stylish restaurant or
at a private reception. there iB a
kind Of homogeneity now which did
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turns out marvels Of epicurean art from al
most nothing and French maid buttons
and unbuttons my frocks that are beginning
TO grow little shabby. But yesterday the
gas was turned off. To-day they discontin-
ned the telephone service. The circle is
narrowing. Soon shall be like the boy
that stood on the burning deck, whence all
but him had fed"
The story Of growing poverty and side
light on Macs personality ts shown In these
words:
His library has increased amazingly In
the past years. Its hundreds Of volumes
that filed the shelves when I first came
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for a family dinner. But
do not think that gems
are any cheaper, But
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9 h 0 w herself
fully decollete
and without q
hat. This means
con g 1 d G rable
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riety. and almost any way that suits the
wearer. Head-dreses are more fantastic
than ever before, possibly because OF the
banishment Of the hat.
The cloak and shawl are 70 play leading
parts in the boxes OF the opera and theatre
this season. 1t Ia quite the thing TO sit
against the background OF q magnificent
velvet coat. or even a silk one. The latest
thing this year Ia the shawl. It is the lat
the stickiers for "chic" to wear a shawl IA
on the back and running down low, with tn
front, crossing and pinned at the waist, or
fngert1ps.
These shawIs are made OF the most m
terials-damask, velvet, gold and silver
La Junta tribune., 1913-11-01
tppl- Grower, >tung

Last week the pure food commits
sion IN Washington notified the ship
pers of Colorado apples that h.rsaf-
ter every box entering interstate
commerce must be- branded for eN-
actly what II u.s. As result the
Colorado Beauty an apple long fam
Gus In the east for is fine color and
flavor, viii die natural death for II
Il nothing more or less than a plain,
cyery day Bon Davis, although In 40
pcaraneo at least n j. one hundred
per cent better than the same variety
grown tn the east The Black Ben
another Colorado apple famous for
color and flavor has also been mark
ed Mp a. spurious for II is nothing
IN the world but the Gano. a close
cousin OF the Ben Davis and II will
hereafter have 10 stand on it, own
bottom as such. There are other
names under which our apples have
been shipped that viii be heard of
no more Although Colorado has
quite reputation built on the fan
~ names It gave It's apples. even
though the parent tree was a com
mon old Ben Davis. II l. not belicy-
ID that the order Of the government
Will affect the markets In the least
for the apples are Just as highly fla
yored and beautifully culnr.d as
they were when shipped under the
name Of the Colorado Beauty The
idea Is TO do away with the fraud OF
mishrandluE and TO this extent at
l~st We are held responsible as our
brothers Keeper
La Junta tribune., 1913-11-01
ZIG s.s.r - P.ya.y soa..


On November lstA almos, $780,
900 will Be paid out ~ the local fac
tory to growers. OF this amount
two-thirds goes 70 farmers In the
vicinity OF Rocky rord. Approx
mately one-third goss 10 growers In
the Lamar and Las Animas dis
tricts- The average farmers pay
day for the next thrss months OF the
campaign will b e3oo. 900.
Sugar per cent Of b~e,s already
made into sugar has verared about
Is. There is little or no difference
in the average for beets grown In
this vicinity to that OF previous years.
The tonnage average II not expected
to be so good AZ that Of Las, year. In
1912 the Rocky Ford district aver
aged for the season more than twelve
tons to the acre.
Only few growers have finished
the delivery Of their beets to the fac
tory. and AZ yet II II not known who
has the record breaking crop. E.
9. Woodside. who has always held =
splendid record for growing sugar
beets. averaged twenty-three tons to
the acre on the small tract he grew
this season
La Junta tribune., 1913-11-01
r-ocs.-.,. r.-.y o.,y HOG.

"Aaine!" Colonel Roosevelt
squared his powerful shoulders.
doubled up his fist and delivered IN
upper-cut At the invisible govern
ment n he answered:
The Progressive Party has Just
got down TO fighting weight"
II was the morning after the by
election In the rock-ribbed. hide
bound district some time represent
ed In Congress by James q. Blaine.
and with others Of an inquirinE turn
OF mind l wanted 10 know why the
Progressive candidate had run q
poor third" ss the Republican press
deiightedly announced. So ! asked
the First Progressive. and he answer
ed right off the bat ~ have indi-
Gated. Then. with q belliGerent
thrust Of the head. the colonel add
ed:
And it's 4 fight to = finish. The
men who wish TO bring either OF the
old parties and the Progressiyes to-
gcther must underxtand that II they
want to effect . substantial agree
ment with US they can do II In . very
simple way-by adopting our plat
form and thereby declaring their
adherence to It's principles. But the
amaIkamators must accept Progress
sive principles out and out. not In
part When We say the people should
and shall rule. We mean II. We ab-
hor hypocrisy and We know Just
what We mean. Mr.. Bryan is just
as much In error about the Progress
siyes as Mr.. Penrose himself. Mr..
Bryan speaks Of the Progressive par
iy AS a halfway house to Democrx-
cy. On the contrary, II is really
much farther away from Democracy
than is the present-day Republican
machine. Both OF the old party or
ganiIations are substantially alike.
and the Progressive party is really
fighting the battle OF the rank and
file OF both the old parties against
the two old party machines. III.
b. Necdham In the Saturday Even
ing Post.