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that none Of her rights IS infringed
upon by either OF the others.
The stars demand that their
names shall be printed in type Of
the same size In all posters, and
each OF them insists that her name
shall be the only one to appear In
the theatres electric sign. Mr. Gest
will doubtless be able to get around
this latter difficulty by having the
artists arrive and leave the theatre
at different hours and by providing
three separate signs, each bearing
the name Of one OF the stars. Thus
with a little careful planning It will
be possible 10 have each artistic see
her name flashing by itself in cleo
trio lights when she passes the front
Of the theatre.
None OF tine temperaments must
be given the slightest precedence
over the others. II their motor cars
should chance to reach the stage
door at the aame time. they must
be drawn up at the curb in such a
way that the distance from the door
to each Of the cars. will be precisely
the same.
Another point on which all three
contracts agree is that art cannot
flourish without a reasonably sym
pathetic atmosphere To provide the
proper amount OF sympathy, each
star demands twenty OF the best
seats for every performance to be
distributed among her countrymen.
Polaire. Of course, will give her seats
to Parisians OF the boulevard type;
Lady Richardson will distribute hers
hmong monocled Englisihmen, and
Miss Hoffman will endeavor to find
in every city score of typical
Broadway first-nighters to be her
guests.
but these contracts all seem very
one-sided" one of Mr.. Costs friends
remarked. What do these eSacting
ladies condescend to do for you in
return for all the attentions you are
going to lavish on them?"
oh" replied Mr. Gest, they are
willing to sing and dance and act
a little occasionally. and they gra-
cously allow me to charge admis-
sion to hear and see them What
more could / expect?"
II tact is able to keep this tan
talizing trio OF temperaments work
ing tremendously together for even
part OF season. 1t will indeed be a
triumph. But many husbands and
theatrical managers, who have failed
dismally In their efforts to crafty
the whims OF only one artistic wo-
man. declare that Mr. Gest might as
we'll try to bring the moon to Broad
way.
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.oLAIRE-once known to fame as
- the ugliest woman on the

D0LAIRE-once known to fame as
the ugliest woman on the
stage, now by her own admis-
sion one of the most beautiful-is
sitting at her writing desk In her
Paris apartment. Before her are
spread out the 100 closely typewritten
sheets, which compose the contract
binding her to tour Of America with
Lady Constance Stewart Richardson
and Gertrude Hoffman. Beside her
sits Morris Gest, of New York, the
man who has been careless enough
OF his o"n peace OF mind to under.
take Harvesting together three of the
most tempestuous temperaments that
ever drove n manager insane by their
efforts to get what they want when
they want 1t.
In the background stand a half
dozen French, English and American
lawyers. They look weary, these
lawyers, and why not? For two
solid weeks they Aave been trying
TO reduce to legal contract form all
the feminine fads and foibles the
eccentric notions and artistic jeal-
ousies which make this tempera-
mental French woman what she Is.
Is Polaire really going to sign at
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through a costly plate-glass window
1t narrowly missed killing promi-
uent English nobleman who CHANGED
to be passing In the street below
Polaire's contract provides that
her dressing room shall be draped
from floor TO ceiling with purple
hangings, and that uiaee 10 consid-
Grafton shall any other member OF
the company be allowed to wear pur-
pie at any time. At the close OF her
act butler In purple livery must be
on hand to serve her with cham
payne OF vintage and at tempera-
ture carefully specified in the con-
tract.
How Jealous Polaire IS of her fell
low stars Is shown by the clause
which provides for tmsted serv-
ant Of hers to ring the curtain up
and down for her act This is done
for fear the theatres regular cur
tain man might be bribed to deprive
her OF her proper share of applause
by lowering the curtain too soon.
Each Of the stars demands a man.
ager, press representative and mu.
steal conductor of her own-all at
Mr.. Costs expense. And each will
have. in addition. the exclusive serv-
ices Of private detective to SEQ
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it-no, not for ten million francs-
unless you provide in 1t the protec.
ton for my pauvres petites, my
precious pets"
AT this moment the door opens and
the pinkest of shouts appears, fol-
lowed by the famous pig. Harls,
rubies and diamonds sparkle on his
plump form wherever they can find
lodging, for 1t is Polaire's' newest
pleasure to adorn piggie with her
Jewels instead of wearing them her.
self. Behind the redoubtable Napo-
leon come his inseparable comrades,
Dodo and Fiji, the crippled little
puppies which Polairc rescued from
death on the road to Versailles after
one Of her motor cars had crushed
them
With q scream of delight Polaire
PUSHES toward her pets, gathers them
one after another in her serpentine
arms. and fairly smothers them with
ardent embraces. 1t is an effective
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boy from the room"
The sight or sound OF an
alarm clock irritates Lady
Richardson's sensibilities
even more than lilies-of-the-
valley do Miss Toffman's.
Her contract becomes null
and void II by any chance
she find an alarm clock in
her dressing room or at her
hotel. In London once she
became so enraged at the
sight OF one Of the hated
things that she hurled II
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half suspects, simply because Miss
Hoffman Is known to be fond OF
such pets.
Polaire signed the contract the
following day without any further
trouble. 1t is written in duplicate
In French and English, covers 1Oa
closely typewriter pages of legal
ioo1scap and is beyond doubt the
most complicated agreement Of the
kind in the history OF the law.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-07-19

they were Just father and me, Wal
ter. And every picture that he has
bought he has given away, That
splendid painting at the Metropolitan
hospital, for instance. was presented
by father. on the understanding that
his name should not be made public,
And your old Man on n Doorstep
which you thought so highly of--that
was given by father to the public
school on Thirtieth street and not
bought by them. And so with every
thing. II It wasn't for father, Enoch
would still be paying you $25 apiece
and you wouldn't have made anything
more than you used to do. And now
know that things are back Just
where they were two years ago, and
| oughtn't to have told you, but
couldn't marry you with lie In my
heart, Walter. So kiss me once and
then will leave you and not see you
again until-why, Walter!"
He was bending over her and Laughs
ing, and the kiss that he gave her
did not seem in the least like fare
well kiss, but rather harblnger OF
many kisses to come.
me? You are going to forgive me?"
Mollie whispered incredulously.
Walter sat down in his chair again
and drew her on his knee and kissed
the last of the tears away.
Now you listen to me, Mollie, and
don't you interrupt me until am
through" he began. "of course II
had known OF that little trick should
have been extremely angry. But It
, has helped me in more ways than you
imagine. In the first place, this Civ
ing away of my paintings to hospitals
and schools has advertised me and
created a demand for hay work.
/ YES" breathed Mollie.
! "And only last Friday l was In ut
Wallis's and he said to me: ! Wish
you wouldn't give all your WORK to
Enoch, Mr.. Barrett. Why don't y u
let me have some of it?' Sol ted
him that 1 had made years contract
! with Enoch to give him so many g
lures and that couldn't break It, Aad
what do you think? Well, II | haGlt
entered into that arrangement SAC, ID
have been able to dispose OF my W tx
at Just about twice as mitch ag' H.
and If my pictures hadn't l2en dis
persed throughout the city | could
have a collected exhibit this winter as
Wallis wants. So that you and my
respected father-in-law to be have de-
prived me of just about half years
income"
"Walter!"
Five thousand dollars. and I'm 60
ing to get it back from YOU"
"How?" asked Mollie, smiling
"One dollar apiece" answered Wal
ter. Five thousand kisses at com
pound interest, soubling themselves
in five and twenty years"
Copyright. 1918, by w. G. chapmano
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-07-19

and in establishing fishes in new wa
ters. There is scarcely community
In the entire country that has not
profited by these operations of our
government.
These direct efforts have been sup
plemented by most valuable service in
saving the lives of fishes that are
stranded every year when the Missis-
sippi river and its tributaries go on
the rampage. When the waters sub
side the cry of Rescue the perishing!'
goes up In behalf of millions of the
best food fishes of the interior waters,
and the cry 1t responded to by the
agents of the fisheries service. who
seine out the temporary ponds and
pools left in open places by the re-
ceding floods and restore the fishes to
the main streams.
zone important point in increasing
the fish food supply is the encourage
ment of the utilization of many kinds
of good fish which are now neglected.
Our fastidious tastes and the abun-
dance of our water products have
caused US to discard many excellent
resources which other nations have
utilizing for many centuries. A recent
inquiry by me has shown that each
years over 100000 pounds of sim
gle fish now caught in our east coast
fisheries are thrown away. not single
pound being sold or consumed. Yet
this is one of the best favored fishes
in our waters, and last fall saw it
being sold In Hamburg at several times
the price commanded by mackereL
Dozens of other fishes which Euro
peans eat are regarded by use as be-
meath notice. l may mention In this
connection the very abundant and
widely distributed sea mussels, which
are extensively eaten in all the coast
wise countries of Europe, while we for
! years have entirely ignored these
wholesome shellfish and have only re-
Gently begun to recognize their value.
Our people we're once even more
wasteful OF food fishes. than they are
] today. remember to have seen as a
| boy the shores of the Potomac river
below Mount Vernon piled with the
remains of sturgeon, whose meat ID
| now relished, but which the fisher.
man at that time threw away Some
of the fishes weighed as much as $50
pounds, and one of that size caught
today, now that the sturgeon is almost
| extinct in our coastal river, would
| give a fisherman fair income for al
| most an entire season. The time will
come when we shall be using and es
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-07-19
BUDGET FOR THE HOUSEHOLD
One of tho Most Valuable Schemes for
Bringing About Economies nd
Stopping the Small Leaks.

Practical application of the budget
plan to household as we'll as to city
and state finances is something new.
Helen Louise Johnson writes of 1t UNI
der the title, "The Gospel of the New
Housekeeping" in Harper's Bazaar as
follows:
There is a very evident desire on
the part of many people, forced upon
them perhaps by the economic condi'
tions of the day, to learn to disburse
or use their resources in better way.
Economy is becoming the fashion
Right here we have need to remem
Der what Ruskin told us many years
ago: We have warped the word econ
omy in our English language into
meaning which it has no business to
bear. In our use of it it constantly
signifies merely saving or sparing
Economy no more means saving mon
ey than it means spending money 1t
means the administration of house,
it's stewardship, spending or saving
money or time or anything else to the
best possible advantage
This is the meaning of the budget,
but this is not all. For the spending
or the saving of money is ouly one OF
the means to an end, and it is,the fall
ure to see this end which is making
so much unnecessary trouble in so
many homes.
1.-THE ideal, or aim, for which every
budget is directly planned is freedom
"a definite freeing of time, strength
and money that these resources may
be used for the attainment of what
/ we have termed the higher life. Nee
essary as food, clothing and shelter ac'
/ tually are in all their varied forms
! which make for the greater distribu'
ton of expenditure, they too are but
means to the greater end of life"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-07-19

stared at him; he might have been q
bridegroom of for his honeymoon.
Ten minutes later he was seated In
his car, watching the flying landscape
as the train steamed through the
pleasant country on its way toward
the little Pennsylvania village.
II wasla six hours run. Croft's heart
was beating fast when at last. well
toward shutdown, the train slowed
down and ran into the little station.
He left his suit case at the station,
directing that 1t should be sent up to
the house where he had been born.
The little tumble-down cottage had
long been empty. for his parents had
died since his first departure. but rea-
sons of sentiment had prevented Croft
from selling It; besides, he had al
ways resolved one day to return there
to live. He made his way down the
village street under the long shad-
ows of the elm.
It was long street, and before he
had reached the end the sun had set
The gracious twilight of spring shroud-
ed all things IN mystery. The place
had not changed at all. He might have
been returning thither from college.
All sense of the intervening years had
left him. AT last he was standing at
the bottom of Mildred's garden.
Mildred" he called.
Then his heart pounded violently In
his breast as he saw slim figure In
a sunbonnet start out of the house and
move toward him with the old, leis-
urely grace, And so she passed be-
tween the borders of Towering lilac
and at last stood before him. Why,
this was his Mildred, unchanged
we'll, hardly changed, and not at all to
him. He knew now that he would love
her until he died.
Mildred" he cried, and then he
had clasped her in his arms and her
heart was beating against his own
And for long time they forgot every
thing, save that they two stood there
together as they once had done.
John, dear" she whispered, raising
her head and looking into his eyes.
Mildred"
SIT has been all mistake. hasn'
It? 1t was the city that killed oul
love. Dear, you don't know how hap
py your letter made me- If we coulC
always live here together!"
Dear" he said softly. 81 want yor
to know one thing. / always loved you
Sometimes, when we we're least hap
by. / fancied that there were two
Mildreds-my wife and the sweethear
who came from Clayton to marry m'
five years ago. But now they arr
both one and we will live here togeth
err and start our married life anew"
Copyright 1918, by w. G. Chapman.)
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-07-19
LIFE IN THE CITY
Rush OF Work, Sordid Struggle
and Cramped Quarters Kills
Romance Of Life.
BY ISABEL JONES.

John Croft had written to his wife
and dropped the letter down the mail
chute. She had been gone. three
weeks. but she had communicated
with him twice during that period so
that the breach between them was
mot irrevocable. That morning her
second letter had come. and now that
ne had answered II he took 1t up and
began reading 1t again.
Dear John" she wrote. Il have
been thinking n good deal during our
separation and have come to the
conclusion that neither OF us Is so
much to blame for our disagreements
as the other thinks. 1t is our life In
the city, John, the rush OF work, the
cramped quarters, the killing of the
romance OF life by the sordid struggle
for existence. John, shall we try
again and see II We cannot be kinder
20 each other7''
John Croft had come to the city
form the country, like 30 many coun-
try boys, burning to make name and
fortune In the field where the prizes
are immense but the struggle acute.
No mercy In given on that battlefield.
l1o wan JWchty ehoht anu ANANAS -
Carter had told him that she would
wait for him, II need be for ever.
They had been sweethearts for three
years and neither had been in love be-
fore. And Mildred waited. though the
wait was long. Year by year John
Croft had struggled vainly, hopeless
~. until his sudden recognition came.
Then he had married. And that was
ave years ago and though success
seemed certain he was not yet out OF
the press of that remorseless battle
John fell to musing upon Mildred.
He remembered her as she used to
walk shyly by his side to church;
he thought of those many lovely hours
In the old town, where their homes
adjoined; Of stolen kisses at even, OF
all the thousand and one things that
q lover recalls. How fond of each
other they had been! Then came his
married life, begun happily. but gradu
ally embittered by misunderstandings
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-07-19
FISH F0OD SUPPLY.
Fisheries Bureau Has New
Commissioner.
His appointment Was In Nature Of
Promotion, az He Had Served Sew
eral Years In Subordinate
Positions In Department.


Washington.-That the United States
bureau of fisheries, even with the
many limitations imposed by law on
its activities, nevertheless Is In 20
sition to contribute materially to the
increase of the nations food supply
and to give valuable assistance in the
solution OF the cost-of-living problem Ia
the opinion OF DR.. Hugh M. Smith, the
new commissioner, who in recent days
has been confirmed for the important
office given him by President Wilson.
DR.. Smiths appointment was in the
nature of promotion. and during the
years In which he has served in sab
ordinate positions in the bureau of
which he is now the head he has be-
come an authority on the work which
the government is doing to increase
the fish food supply of the United
States.
I'm the conservation of fish food re-
sources, our activities are both direct
and indirect" said Commissioner
Smith in explaining the interest Of his
bureau in the costofliving problem.
"By it's very extensive fish cultural
operations in all parts of the country
the bureau each year is bringing into
existence and starting on their career
hundreds of millions of food fishes
that, without the governments work,
would never have gotten beyong the
egg state. Overwhelming evidence Is
available to show the value of this
work in maintaining the fish supply of
streams and lakes, in. restoring depict
ed waters, in stocking artificial ponds
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-07-19

taxes on consumption should be abol-
ished and that part of the govt-----.nt
burdens should be borne by the
wealth of the country was hailed be-
fore the bar of public opinion as being
guilty of extreme radicalism.
yet even those who condemned the
proposal have enacted law taxing
corporate wealth and have ceased to
protest against an equitable income
tax that shall fairly distribute part
of the tax burdens of the govern
ment on incomes derived from all
classes of property.
THE tendency of our times UNI
doub-edly is toward greater freedom
OF thought, uplift to humanity. abol-
ishment of governmental privilege.
equalization of the taxation burdens
and an open; honest administration OF
the laws.
What may be regarded as radical to-
day may be the inner citadel OF con-
servatism tomorrow.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-07-19

tell me as long as you love me now.
You do love me. don't you, dear?" he
continued, shadow of anxiety cross
ing his face.
Mollie threw her arms round his
neck.
with all my. heart" she sobbed.
But, Water-O, how can l tell you?
But must, even though you will re-
fuse to marry me-"
Nothing could make me refuse"
he answered. Nothing in the whole
world"
"Do you mean that, Walter? You
won't hate me for what'I am going
to say?"
Hate you, sweetheart"
yes, hate mel o, Walter, did
1t for the best. I thought it was for
the best. And now see that / should
never have done it. 1t was father who
advised me-"
Come, out with It," said Walter;
but he was smiling no longer, What
could it be? Something dreadful, no
doubt, and something by which he
was to prove the sincerity of his love
for her.
Then listen, Walter, and let me
finish before you say a word" said
Mollie, sitting up primly and stifiy be-
fore him, TITS about your pictures.
During the last year you have been
getting better and better prices for
/ them from Enoch, haven't your"
well, should say have. Two
years ago was glad to sell paint
ing for $25 and used to turn out
one every week as regularly as clock.
work. Now / can't do them quickly
enough to find purchasers at FIVE hun
bred apiece. Why. last year l made
ten thousand dollars"
"Then listen, Walter" said Mollie
| quickly. THAT il all trick of mine
and fathers. When you asked me to
/ wait until you had made a name fol
yourself father thought youu foolish
He had money enough for both of us
he said, and nothing would have
pleased him better than that you
should continue painting all your life
and let the future take care of itself
But when you refused-well, you know
that Moonlight Over Brooklyn Bridge
OF yours?"
We'll. l should guess 30. Enocf
gave me $3.50 for that and it was
| my first success"
"Tnoch didn't buy It," sobbed Mol
lie. cat least, didn't buy 1t on chance
as you suppose. Father went to him
and told him he would pay $3.50 fol
that when you took, 1t to Enoch ant
$50 extra for each picture you painted
until you reached thousand dollars
And those customers of Enoch's who
you thought bought ell your pictures
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-07-19
BOYS FLAG SAVES RICH MAN
Weakness of Struggling OF
Bull Meant Certain Death, but
for Red Emblem.

Emlenton, PA small red flag, In
the hands of Lawrence Mortland.
boy of ten years, saved the life OF
Joseph Grieff, wealthy oil operator.
when he was attacked by an Infatuated
bull on his farm at an early hour the
other morning. Grief was crossing
the field, when the animal made rush
for him. BY lodging he managed to
evade the onslaught of the bull
Taking advantage of the only
chance to save his life, Grieff caught
the animal by the neck and attempted
to prevent goring. In his efforts to
evade the horns of the bull Grief was
several times hurled to the ground and
trampled on.
When 1t appeared as II he would
be killed, young Mortland, who had
seen Grieff's predicament from afar.
came running down the road with a
small red flag, waving 1t furiously and
yelling. or a sudden the bull looked
up, and, seeing the red flag waving
sat him through the fence, made a
wild rush for the boy. Grief, although
badly injured, managed to crawl to the
fence and through to the road, while
Mortland was haunting the maddened
bull with the flag. Grieff fell uncon.
scious moment after reaching safety.
He sustained several broken ribs and
was badly injured. His condition Ia
critical
The bull, in his efforts to reach the
red flag and young Mortland, nearly
tore down the fence.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1913-07-19
VOTE ON RIGHTS OF DOGS
Ordinance Barring CANNES From
Streets subject Of Referendum
In Kansas Town.

lola. Kan.---The right Of dog to
run at large will be the subject OF a
referendum election to be held in
lola. The city commissioners passed
an ordinance providing that no dog
should be permitted to run at large
and imposed heavy dog tax. Own
ers of dogs appealed to the commits
sioners without effect. At mass
meeting petition for referendum
on the ordinance was drawn up II
was returned with 500 signers, more
than 25 per cent. of-the voters.