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The log cabin Democrat., 1913-06-19
GREAT FUTURE IS SEEN FOR HENDRIX DONACHEY TELLS PLANS THINKS IT WILL NOT BE DIFFI- CULT TO RAISE $35O,0OO
 FOR COLLEGE.

Little Rock, June 18.-"Hendrix College is to be the leading education al institution in Arkansas" declared Former Governor George w. Dona- ghey on Wednesday afternoon, land the election of Dr. John H. Reynolds as the president is the first step on a campaign to increase the endowment to $5O0,000 and erect buildings to cost not less than $150,000 in five years. There is no doubt in the world but
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-06-19
MAKING UP SHfRIff'S
 DNNUAl SETTLEMENT

Former Deputy Clerk Frank Whid- don is at work in the office of County Clerk J. A. Lea, making up the annual settlement of the collector for the taxes of 1912. The settlement will come before the county court for ap- proval the first Monday in July, after which the sheriff will pay into the treasury the various funds collected and also make his settlement with the state auditor.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-06-19
WILLIAMS REPLIES TO M|LWfE LETTER DENIES APOLlTICAL DEAL FORMER LEVEE BOARD OPEL GER TELLS WHY HE IS
 FOR HAYS.

Little Rock, June 19.-The closing days of the gubernatorial campaign is getting rather interesting in political circles, and rather choice bit of re- partee has been indulged in between k. F. Milwee, manager of the Brun- didge campaign, and Eugene Williams of Forrest City, former Hays SUD- porter.
 Williams was for number of years member of the St. Francis levee board. He has been prominent in east Arkansas politics, and several days ago Judge Milwee wrote letter to J. M. Bush of Marianna, his brother-in- low, declaring that Williams had come to Little Rock and visited the Brun- didge headquarters, pledging his SUD- port to Col Brundidge in return for the disposition of certain patronage. Judge Milwee stated this was denied him and he then visited the Hays headquarters, where the proper prom ises were made and Williams became a Hays supporter. Judge Milwee inti- mated that Williams desired to name the members of the St. Francis levee board to fill vacancies caused by terms which will expire this year. The let ter was published freely in east Ar kansas and brought forth reply from Williams which is now being circulat- ed by the Hays forces.
 In reply Williams wonders why Bush should be interested in his vote, and if so, why he did not journey 16 miles from Marianna to Forrest City to ask him, instead of going through Forrest City to Little Rock, and then back home before writing the letter asking for the information. Williams declares that Milwee inspired the let ter from Bush in order to give foun- dation for the answer which was later published. Williams denies that he made any political deal with Hays, and asserts that he is no longer a member of the levee board, nor ever will be again. He says he would not accept the appointment if it was ten dered him. Williams also denies that he visited the Brundidge headquarters, until after being solicited to do so, and when he did go, that Milwee offered to make any sort of promise to get the Williams influence, but it was refused
 Williams says he told Milwee he would support him personally for an office, but was personally against Brundidge
 Judge Milwee has prepared an an- swer to the Williams letter, in which he reiterates all the assertions in the letter written to Bush, and gives some inside workings in Arkansas politics, as played by members of the St. Fran cis levee board.
 The complete text of MT. Williams letter will appear as an advertisement in the Log Cabin Democrat of tomor-
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-06-19

Miss Lacy Paisley returned to Ar genta this morning, after having at tended the Stevenson Wilson wedding
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-06-19
: Admission, 5 and 10 cents

Dr. A. c. Millar has gone to Little Rock.
The log cabin Democrat., 1913-06-19

The complete text of MT. Williams letter will appear as an advertisement in the Log Cabin Democrat of tomor- row.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-29
=: An O1d-Fashioned Mother =
Her Letters to Her New-Fashioned Daughter

Nothing shall ever take him from me
but death.
have not yet been tried or tested,
mother dear, but even if the pessl-
mistic predictions, which you have
made come true, I will not be found
wanting I am ready to face the
storms and the sunshine I have no
illusions about married life I know
the conflict of wills; the selfIshness
pulling two ways even in the best of
married lives; the times when we are
not equal to the key of romance to
which we have pitched our lives /
know of the concessions which / shall
have to make-concessiOns of pride,
comfort and even of my deep-rooted
convictions But I am ready to make
them as sacrifices upon the altar Of
my love
We have talked this all over. Jack
and I, and we know each other and
are taking no step in the dark The
reason for all unhappy marriages.
mother dear, is that the man and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-29
Marriage Not a Lottery; Should Be Profession
Inevitable Logic Effect Works Out RenIey In Domestic Relationship
By DOROTHY DIX

view, who are climbing I'D together
VINO share equally in the profits of
their joint labor, who talk things over
together and have an equal voice in
other in their individual CAPACITY Der-
sonaI liberty, and you have got q
husband and wife whose domestic
felicity is strong enough to draw
money on at the bank.
Furthermore, a man who has any
Intelligence tries to get along with
the people with whom he deals. II
ne was always quarreling with his
partner he would know that the
house was bound to come to disa ster
Women know these things too, and
there is nobody who is more long suf-
ferlng, and patient, and filled with
IorDearance than the business or pro-
fessiOnal woman who has to cajole
the men above her in order to hold
down her job.
Just Suppose.
suppose these men and women, who
are so plausible and suave in order
to succeed in their business should
apply an equal amount of diplomacy
at home, suppose these men and
women, who are so careful to side
step the little peculiarities of their
customers, would be as nimble. in
sidestepping the little peculiarities Of
their husbands and wives. wouldn't
they make matrimony as great a sue
cess as they do law, or medicine, or
the grocery business?
We quarrel with those with whom
we live because we do not think it
worth while to keep the peace. We
say brutal things to them because
there is no money in our pocket for
being polite We wound them in their
tender sensibilities because they can't
get away from US. anyway. We make
marriage a failure because we are too
ignorant and lazy and careless to
make il a success
And the shame is on our own heads.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-29
~ BE most deadly mistake Of
matrimony is:
4 NOT TO MAKE MATRIMONY

matrimony is:
NOT TO MAKE MATRIMONY
A PROFESSION.
Perhaps the greatest mistake Of
all, and the one that sums all the
others up. consists in regarding sue
cess in marriage as an accident in
stead Of a premeditated result
The most mIschlevous idea that has
ever been promulgated is that mar
Rage is a lottery, in which everything
Is determined by blind chance, and
in which il is a mere matter Of luck
whether you get a desirable life part
ner or an undesirable one, or are
happy or miserable.
Nothing on earth is further from
the truth than this. Nowhere else
does the inevitable logic of cause and
effect work out so relentlessly as in
the domestic relationship. Nowhere
Else do we so absolutely reap as we
SOW as in the family circle.
The trouble with US is that we have
never Yet elevated matrimOny to the
1ignity Of a profession, for which we
have thought it worth while to pre-
pare. That is why we fail in the
most important thing in life. No
Young man would expect to make a
hOWling success as a surgeon or
lawyer If he had never even cOntem-
plated seriously medicine or the law,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-29

yet a poor deluded woman marries
him under the impression that she is
getting a firstclass husband, and he
himself has no doubt of his qualifica-
tons on that score.
A young woman who wants to be
an opera singer devotes years Of
arduous labor to fitting herself to sing
on the stage, but she does not spend
an hour preparing herself to fill the
Tar more difficult and complicated
role Of a wife and mother.
A Wrong Assumption.
People seem to think that a knOwl-
edge Of how to be good husbands and
wives comes by nature, as DOgberry
thought the knowledge of how to
read and write did. Both assump-
tons are equally false. 1t takes eff
fort and perspiratiOn, as well as in
SEPARATION, TO succeed in any calling,
and especially the domestic calling.
Undoubtedly the matrimonial situa-
ton would be enormously eased if
men and women would begin married
lie by thorough understanding of
just the elementary things. If every
woman knew how to keep house and
make a comfortable home when she
marries instead Of having to learn
her trade on her husband, and if
every man could be brought to real
lie before marriage just how much
money II costs to support family,
young couple would start out with an
Infinitely better chance for happiness
than they have where the wife gets
hysterical over her inability to cook
a meal that isn't a menace TO life it
self, and where the husband is in
perpetual crouch when it dawns on
him that matrimOny is conducted on
a cash basis, instead of the hot air
currency of cOurtship.
A Secret
It IS literally true that almost any
marriage could be made happy. or at
least endurable, if either husband or
VIE would pursue the method that
he or she would in trying to attain
success in any profession or business,
and all that would be necessary to
DO TINS would be to use the same tao
tlcs tnat are used in the practice Of
business or the professions.
Take the matter Of the husbands
and Wlfe's relationship. That is merely
a partnership, and all that any mar
ried couple need to achieve ideal
happiness IS Just to rise to the point
where they can treat each other as
two men in business together do
Find husband and wife who work /
together with the same interest in
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-29

that they allow it to play upon their
nerves and perhaps to bring a storm
of tears In its wake. Tears wash away
more than a heartache. so don't indulge
if you want to fight off Father Time.
"In the first place, jealousy lodged in
the human breast and allowed full sway
preys upon the whole nervous system.
And when the nerves are all Unstrung
the digestive system comes in for a
general Upsetting. The stomach is af-
fected. the appetite goes, and the energy
that should be expended upon the cares
and problems of everyday life Is alb
sOlUtely given over to the green-eyed
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-29
@POnd Lily in the Mire.7
HOlbrOOke, Va, Nov. Is.

AURA DEAR.
The letter from your young
IL friend, Mr.. Springer, came in the
same mail that brought your own
letter. It was such a jumbled affair
that would not have been able to
understand it had it not been for your
letter. He said that you were a pond
Iilv. growing in the mire." Ny, my,
my! Is that poetry or barrOOm talk?
He respected you so much. he said,
that he wouldn't marry you, if Mr..
Hurley would agree not to do so. Evil
IDENTIFY he thinks IL some KIND OF
l might have been shocked had Mr..
Springer's letter come month ago,
but l am getting quite acclimated to
New Yorks ways now. (SOlely hear
say evidence, my dear)- But [ believe
it is a faux pas for lady to be seen
with her own husband there or for a
husband to speak affect1onately, OF ms
wife in public or private That 1 un-
derstand, is a vulgar display of emo
ton. 1t is also proper, L believe, for
a wife to be seen with husband so
long as he is not her own Thus,
reason, it is quite the normal thing
for a young man in bank, like Mr..
Springer, to make love to the young
woman with whom his employer Is IN
love I suppose Mr.. Springer must
be ndrrleQ. But no. L LtCOlltGt liicL
you told me that he was unmarried
isn't that too bad2 It seems to leave
the picture incomplete. Don't trust
him. my dear, if he is not married
am told that unmarried New York
men cannot be relied upon at all; that
only the married ones can really re-
main steadfast to the unmarried girls
they lOvel
I won't pay any attention to this
caddish letter. of course 1t is an alb
surd thing, full of mawkish seni-
ment It runs the gamut from the
terrible Tenderness of the modern stage
to the terrible temptations that sur
round a lonely woman in New York
Strangely enough, I feel quite COM
Portable about you, so far as young
cads like Springer are concerned 1t
is only a kind. normal and sane man
like Mr. Hurley could have Won YOU,
but Oh the pity that there should
have been the insuperable obstacle
You say they are now divorced, but
wonder if they are-in the eyes Of
God.
Your loving
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-29
A New Proposal.
New York City. Nov. II.

New York City. Nov. II.
~ EAR MOTHER; Talbot Spring
er, the young man who is as
- ISOLATED with Mr.. Hurley, called
on me last night, and if you receive
a letter from him, please pay no at
tention to it. He acts as though he
were crazy. I have met him only half
a dozen times and yet he has asked
me to marry him a dozen times. He
persisted last night and when I told
him that I really did not care for him
and could never care for him, he
turned on me and cried; "Oh, know
what's the matter with you. You are
in love with Mr.. Hurley. His wife
got her divorce today and ne went
west on the midnight train last night
to make sure that the final decree was
in the right farm. But you viii never
marry him. Mark my word, you will
never marry him"
I told him he acted as though he
a very nice young man, but I am
afraid he is one of these over rich
youths that infest New York. Mr..
Hurley has said that Mr.. Springer
was drinking more than was good for
him. He was one OF the young men
with whom Mr. Hurley surrounded
himself in Pittsburg, when he was in
the steel business, and he brought him
to New York because of his unusual
business ability. But New York has
seemed to undermine his will. He
has persisted in waiting at the
stage door for me every night and 1
was afraid to tell Mr.. Hurley about it
lest he discharge him. He now threat
ems to expose me for a flirt to Mr. Hur-
ley and write to you, denouncing me.
Isn't he a cad? L told him to write
to you by all means. If father were
the right kind, I really believe I would
Ter him handle q
guess the best thing for me to do is to
sit down and write Jack all about il.
The only thing that daunts me is that
/ do not know that Mr.. Springer will
don't want to get Mr.. Springer into
trouble but what else can / do? Let
me know if he writes to you.
Really, mother, dear, 1 have done
nothing at all to stir all this up.
have simply been polite to the young
man. Apparently he has been inter-
preung my pOl1teneSS as flirtatiOuS-
ness Men are such curious creatures.
They talk about the vanity of women,
but did you ever see a homely woman
who thought she was a regular man
killer? You never did. But 1 know
hundreds of homely men who are con-
WINGED that all they have to do is to
look at a woman to have her at their
feet New York is filled with them.
/ have been stared at by horrible cab
drivers, who leer at you and think they
are making a hit. How to they dare
do it2 And when you come to a good
looking chap like Mr.. Springer-wen
a queen on her throne would be none
too good for him, to his way of think
ing.
L feel quite upset about this bust
ness. 1t was before the theater that
Springer called and afterwards I felt
SO restless and worried that I went out
TO supper with James Davitt, the Irish
man of whom I once spoke to you. He
is very clean cut and successful and
very platOnic. Oh, you can't imagine
what relief he was. But the late
hours and the glass of wine have
made my head ache / almost wish
were back at Holbrooke.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-29

monster. So much for this part OF
beaUtv's mdoing.
Gives Her Colds.
"a woman who Is subject to fits of
jealousy Is constantly exposing herself
to colds. Every jealous fit overheats
the blood and IS therefore very weaken
ing And as for facial characteristics.
Watch the jealous woman and read her
trouble in her eyes, which are cold.
hard and restless, not tender and allur-
ing as a wOman's eyes should be- Watch
the expression OF her mouth and the
decided lines in her face and ask YOUR
self If she can be attractive to any
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-29
MOTHER.
Faith in God.
New York City. Nov. 16.
nEAR MOTHER

- EAR, DEAR MOTHER
have your letter before me
II as I write and the last sentence
literally faseinates me. You are a
religious woman and your faith IN
God is beautiful But do you really
think that you, and other religious
people, really pay God tribute when
you picture him as hard and cruel
don't believe any higher power ever
ordained that there should be mar
riages without love. The very thought
of such a thing violates the Sanctlty
of marriage. We should do all we
can to preserve the idea of holy unions
between men and women We should
do all we can to prevent mlsmaIlng-
What / never viii be able to under
stand. however, and what literally
makes my blood boil is that the world
SAYS that a lOveless marriage IS hon
orable, while a divorce that makes
a love marriage possible is all wrong.
Perhaps I should say that the world
believes this fallacy- As a matter
of fact, thinking people no longer be-
HeVe it In HOlbrOOke, the idea may
still be good doctrine. but nowhere
else in the civilized world. There are
too many marriages lightly contracted
and lightly dissolved and perhaps II
is Wen to make certain rules to gov
ern the masses, but no sane person
would want to keep two persons to-
gether who are Unsuited to each other
in every way. The continuance of such
a union cannot possibly benefit the
state, society or the individual.
Mr. Hurley wired me this morning.
The decree Of divorce is final and we
viii be married quietly soon after he
returns. 1 won't ask you to come on
TO New York, mother dear. It might
interfere with your Puritanical scru-
pies. But you can believe this much;
When I take my vows to love and
cherish my husband for better or for
worse" it viii literally be for better
or for worse. I will go through the
fires of hades for him. If he needs me
I will love him sick or we'll, in triumph
OF disaster. in prosperity or penury
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-29
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING LETTERS.

SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING LETTERS.
The letters are exchanged between
Laura Crawley, who started out to
make a career for herself in New
York in grand opera, but has finally
drifted into musical comedy, and her
mother, who is running a small hotel
in the little town of HOlbrOoke, Va,
close to a fashionable summer hotel
known as the Homestead. Mr.. and
Mrs Hurley are a New York couple
who had taken Laura under their
wing, but who, it now appears, have
become estranged, Mrs. Hurley pro-
ceeding to the west to obtain a di-
vorce. Jim Burke is a former sutton
of Laura who has decided to marry
another girl who has always remained
faithful to him-Molly SiddOns. Al
though he feels that there is. no use
waiting for Laura, and intends to
marry Molly, he asserts that if Laura
should send for him at any time he
would go to her, wife or no wife.
Laura intimates, mischievOusly, that
she may send for him. Mrs. Craw-
Iey's trials with her husband and her
son Phil also figured in preceding let
ters. After a modern New York court
ship, Laura finally announces to her
mother that she intends to marry Mr.
Hurley as soon as his wife receives
the divorce she is seeking
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-29

one. Her women friends know her fail
ing and laugh at her behind her back
because she let's it dominate her. And
as Tor being attractive to men. she has
made this forever impossible. A woman
must appeal to man through another
woman, or not at all
"And so we must all fight against
this jealousy, which Is a universal fail
ing. Some Of US succumb to it easily.
some only Tor real cause, and some, not
at all, for It affects every one differ
entity. But fight against it we must.
if we wish to establish a beauty record
of any kind among American women"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-29
COLORADO BANK Is CLOSED.

Mesa County National bank. the Oldest
financial institution in the county and
capitalized at 100000 was closed to-
day by order of the controller of the
currency. National bank examiner
Walter ". Smith. of St Louis was
placed in charge. The First National
bank of Clifton, Colorado. which
cleared through the Mesa County Ma
tiOnal bank. was closed temporarily
but it was announced would reopen
shortly without reorganization.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-29

woman do not know each other and
do not understand the contract into
which they are entering The man
thinks he is marrying certain
woman whom he has in his mind; the
woman she has told him she is The
woman thinks she is marrying the
man she has in her mind; the man
he has told her he is That is all they
know-what each has told the other.
But when the door closes behind them,
as they enter the home which is to
be theirs Jointly, they begin to sea
beyond the spoken word, each looking
deep into the character Of the other
We have discussed all this. mother
and even now, before marriage, thank
God, we know each other. You doubt
me now. mother dear, but wait and
you shall see
Lovingly,
TATIRA
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-29
Beauty and "7he Green Monster"
DON'T Be Jealous Says
By MAUDE MILLER.

II HERE is a girl in New York who
is SO attractive that the attrac-
ton of one particular feature
does not stand out, but is merged into
one alluring whole. She IS so Won
derful that with her first appearance
on the stage a current of electricity
runs ike fire through the audience. And
when YOU ask yourself what there IS
about her after you have had time to
somewhat collect your senses, YOU are
nowhere nearer solving the problem than
YOU were before. Beauty IS there, but
YOU have perhaps seen beautiful women
before without ner strange attraction.
This Is exactly how Miss Dorothy
Jardon. Of the Winter Garden. i'm
pressed me, and when I asked her what
she did to bewitch people she told me
that it was something she would like
TO share with every one. because It was
IN very truth beauty secret that every
one could use
Her Secret.
IF ] am attractive to people it IS
because L have gained personality
through not being jealous. Jealousy is
the bug-bear of the American women.
[ have never seen ANYTHING like the way