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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05

But it was a difficult honeymoon,
for every time the bride looked pen
sive her husband would say to him
self:
"Ha! hai The artistic tempera-
ment is working again. I must fly
to the jewelers. or all is lost"
This acute phase passed after
few months, and for two or three
years the millionaire husband felt Sc
cure; but, to be on the safe side, he
continued to lavish jewels and
checks on his wife. Her dress allow
ance was practically unlimited.
Said one Newport matron to her
one day: MY dear Mrs. GOelet. do
tell me how you manage your dress
allowance 1 am always overdraw-
ing mine"
And Mrs. Goelet replied:
Dress allowance! | have none. I
have never been able to spend my
income during any year since my
marriage"
When young Goelet vowed In the
wedding service that with all his
worldly goods he did his wife endow,
he evidently meant it. Two children
were born; the last is now two years
Of age On the birth of this second
child the happy husband gave his
wife new pearl necklace that cost
over 100000. And now, explains
close friend Of both the young peo-
pie, for the first time gift failed to
please the wife
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05

and preserve them. Five or six of the kernels are
enough to supply good, clear light
In Jamaica is found the socaled life tree" If the
leaves are broken from the plant they will continue to
grow. Nothing but fire will destroy this tree
tree that loves darkness rather than the light is
the sorrowfu tree" found in Western India It is So
called because it weeps every morning. The tree -four
ishes only in the dark Through the day and up until
sunset, not flower be seem but after darkness
has fallen, the tree becomes mass of blossoms. At
sunrise the flowers drop off in shower thus producing
the of weeping. The blossoms open every night
in the year
Another kind of travellers tree has leaves that
closely resemble the plantain No part of is edible
but the large leaf stalks used for the partitions
walls of houses and the leaves themselves ha cn
roofing
In China can be found many interesting tree
growths but most of the peculiar effects produced
by expert grating For instance the gates
to many of the temples evergreen trees split
from the bottom for about six feet The two halves
then set about three feet apart and each has the
to the place where they meet thus forming
sort of arch, through which is expected the
shipper shall pass on entering the temple
The Chinese very fond of braiding sprouts to-
gether and allowing them to grow in that way.
Throughout the empire many other attempted improve
ments on Nature may be found result oTthe
Velous horticultural skill of the yellow people
One of the strangest trees in the world IS inc
bash, whose wood is the lightest known being only
about two-ifths heavy cork. 1t is found In the
waters of Lake Chad in Africa, body wafer remark
able Tor the tact that, while it has Of 10000
square miles, 1t averages only six feet in depth
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05

vited her to motor with him out in
the country. When they were near
Goshen he slowed down the car, and
pointing to a superb view of hill and
valley, with lovely woodland and
meadows, he said:
Here, my dear. Does this beau
tiful view appeal to you? Doesn't
it make your soul throb with joy
just to look at it,"
Yes, it is very pretty; but | can
not see any picture in it."
1T is all picture to me-" replied
her husband. "And because it is, /
bought it for you All this view is
yours. Here / will build a house
that will cost one million dollars if
you will but give up your desire to
be an artist"
Your millions no longer have the
power to kill my artistic temporal
ment. Oh, | could live in a hut 50
long as | have brush and paints!"
This episode made very clear to
the husband that nothing he had to
offer would now affect his wife.
Sadly he returned to New York, and
shortly afterward his wife and chill
dren went to Newport
They have been there all Summer,
and rumor has II that Mrs. GOelet
will keep her residence in that town
all Winter. In July Mr. Goelet vent
to his Canadian camp. As last des-
perate appeal to his beautiful wife
he sent her several Sdlmon that hA
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05

church outside of Philadelphia-St
curious folk flocked to the place and
surrounded the bride on her way to
and from the church door. Peanut
vendors and lemonade sellers ranged
themselves along the roadway, add
ing the last circus touch to the affair
The oldtime love story would end
here: THUS they married and lived
happily ever after" But these are
modern times and this is a modern
story of domestic life, where the real
tale begins after the wedding cere-
mOny.
The young husband, so very much
in love, began laviShing his wealth
on his bride as soon as the honey
moon began. He apparently realized
that, as it was his millions which
won her in the first place, it would
be his millions that would keep her
And he also realized that he must
kill the spectre of the other Bobby
and her love for Art.
In Europe he deluged her with
gifts-jewels that made his sister,
the Duchess of ROxburghe. look at
him with CONSERVATION. His eXpen-
ditures were so large that his mother
felt constrained to rebuke him; but
to all criticism he said:
MY millions are my own to do
as | please with, and if it pleases me
to shower them on my bride, that is
my affair"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05

had caught with his own hands. but
she could not be won even with
salmon any more than with pearls.
All Summer, while her friends
have been making great efforts to kill
her interest in art. and while her
mother has been urging her anew
to think of the value of the wealth
she seems to be throwing aside. the
would-be artist has been painting
steadily under the tutelage Of we'll
known artist. She uses the studio
belonging to Henry Clews, Jr., who
has been i'm Paris, and every engage
ment she has made has been contin-
gent upon the progress of her great
painting.
No one knows what its subject is
whether it is portrait, landscape
or II real life study. The Clews
studio is secluded from general view
and no one can get near enough to
peek In without being discovered
But all the time this has been in
progress the work ON the picture
Estate" as the Goshen place is
called, goes merrily on. The house
Is built on plans once drawn by Mrs
GOelet when she was a girl and used
to dream of the kind of house she
wanted some day to have The
grounds are being copied from those
of chateau i'm France which she
once said were the most lovely i'm the
world.
Was there ever Il more lavish. a
more devoted husband?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05

Nine years ago Elsie Whelen,
daughter of the late Henry Whelen,
of. Philadelphia, was the most noted
beauty and belle in the Newport col
ony as well as in Philadelphia. Her
beauty was as well known in Eng
land and on the Continent as in this
country. She was besought by suit
ors of all kinds and degrees. With
her great beauty and her undoubted
social position, she lacked but the
one thing needful, in the worldly
eyes of her mother and her friends,
and that was wealth.
A woman in society has, when
placed as Elsie Whelen was placed.
but one way to acquire wealth, and
that is to marry it. Her own de-
SireS did not run toward the posses
sion of great wealth, but her mother
was keenly alive to the high finan-
cial value her world placed on such
beauty and charm as her younger
daughter possessed, and she made up
her mind the year that Elsie came
out that she should marry the rich
est bachelor society had to offer
Robert Goelet, son of the late Ogden
Goelet, of New York.
Mrs. Whelen did not have a free
field, but in the end the prize fell to
Elsie, for the simple reason that
young .GOelet was tremendously in
love with her. He knew that her
mother was forcing the match, and
also that the beautiful Elsie was
very much in love with another man
whose name also was Bobby; but, i'll
spite of all; he persisted in his suit,
and at last the much beleag@ Ted girl
said yes.
Three times between the announce
ment of the engagement and the day
of the wedding Miss Whelen broke
her engagement giving as her rea-
son each time her desire to become
an artist, but renewed it under the
urgings of her mother and her lover
The wedding took place at a little
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05
SSSOSSO ~
WinHs Bride,
Couldn't Keep
< Her Nth His
Millions, and
Is Now Spend
ing Millions
More to
Get Her Back

Elsie just picked it up. looked at
II and said, I would so much rather
have a studio fitted up with the
money that cost
"'Ye gods!' cried the husband
Has that ghost not been completely
laidP
No. replied the mother of his
son and heir, it is very much alive.
| am more determined than ever to
paint a great picture, and | shall
turn my library into q studio as soon
as l can
Do you not tOve your children.
II you do not love me? sadly asked
her generous husband.
How do | know what and whom
/ love? l feel that there is some
thing within me driving me to art.
| must express myself on canvas.
And what right have you to kill this
instinct? AS for my children of
course | love them. That is but nat
ural. But any woman can have chill
dren and love them. II is the
genius among women who can
paint great pictures, and know that
| am cut out to do great picture.
Was there ever more trying po-
Sltion for any husband? Things went
from bad to worse after this scene.
But the crucial moment was reached
in June, when Mrs. Goelet arrived in
Newport without her husband. but
with a grim determination to pursue
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05

high art at all
costs.
But just before
this the husband
W h o S e millions
had been devoted
to making happy
the girl whom he
had wed sprang a
surprise on her. 1t
was as though he
was making the
one last effort to
keep her. He in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05
HUSBAND

VUT ILL the milliondoar estate that Robert Wilson
w Goeet is offering to his beautiful wife win her
W back to him? The members of fashionable So
ciety in this country wondering whether Bobby"
Goeets latest bid his wfe's favor will prove sue
cessful the between her desire for freedom
and an artistic career Bobbys desire for her to
turn to him his wife.
It all depends, says society how ardent her desire
to go on with her painting and how deep and wide the
chasm between them has grown during the four months
that Mrs. Goelet has maintained a separate establish
ment at Newport. During these months her husband
loving her dearly and yearnng to go with her, has d
vided his time between Canadian camp and the new
estate he is developing near Goshen, N. Y, always
planning ways of lavishing money on the girl he
married.
On side in this interesting contest is the husband
Offering his wares in the warmest tones of love.
Take all l have, oh, my beloved. Here my
ducats, thrtyve millions of them; here is my Newport
mansion; my house on Fifth Avenue my opera box and
all the jewels of the Goeet family. All this offer you
If you will but give up your Art and return me-"
But the obdurate wife, whose soul yearns express
itself in High Art rather than Love- looks from her
latest canvas and says:
Away with your wealth. Away with your temp
tations! feel within the desire to become great
you two children, and have been a gracious hostess
for you. But must have freedom. must be left
to fulfil my destiny"
The present unhappy stateof affairs is not of recent
growth; 1t is in the logical outcome of the mar
rage OF these two young people, which took place nine
years And to understand it fully it is necessary
to dip bit into ancient social history.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-05

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-05

The of
migrated the SrOng thoughts
half the block
sidewalk attracted his attention.
AS he approached the
the girl in white
stone Light from the
She bent her graceful head
your pardon whispered ask YOU to helm
P
Rutherford stopped wheeled short
Il really in
Could ask find a cab2"
Twill
1T there something ugentrao4e
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-07-05
Copyright, 1907, by Robert W. chambers.)

HE card game bid fair to develop
into an aII-night seance; the foreign.
diplomat had shed his coat and light
ed a fresh cigar; somebody threw a
handkerchief over, the face of the
clock, and a sleepy club servant took
reserve orders for two dozen siphons
and other details.
THAT lets me out" said young
Rutherford, rising from his chair
with a nod at the dealer. He tossed
his cards on the table, settled side
obligations with the man on his left,
yawned, and put on his hat. He
sauntered across the hallway and
down the stairs into the court, refus-
ing the offered cab. The night air
refreshed him; he stood a moment,
then tossed away his cigar and step
ped out into the street.
1t was deserted; darkened brown
stone mansions stared at him
through somber windows as he pass
ed; his footsteps echoed across the
pavement.
,arded up-sign that their tenants had
ease, thoughts nowhere, he had trav-
Crittenden record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-191?, 1913-01-09
Office over Farmers Bank
Marion, Kentucky.


THE man addressed as Sol,
whose name | afterward learned
was Solomon Wiggleford, turned
to me. Does Highfield Jones
tell the straight of it?' he asked.
Il told him that Hightield was
lying, that he himself was the
guilty man and that was inno-
cent. | told him my name, add
ing that l was from Ford's Fer
ry and that | had come up on
very important business.
Solomon had, as | have said,
just come from the tavern bar
and had by this time begun to
feel the effect of a dram or two.
Well, said Solomon Wiggle-
ford, scratching his head in per-
plexity, I don't know who
struck Bobby Broadway, but, by
George, it is plain enough that
Bobby Broadway was struck by
somebody while he was simply
exercising his political rights
under our glorious constitution.
Now the question is, Who struck
Bobby Broadwsy? If you two
fellows think it will be another
Billy Patterson affair you are
mistaken. Pm not an officer,
or l would arrest you both, to
make sure the capture of the
scoundrel who struck Bobby
Broadway. l would, by jinks,
or I'm not Solomon Wiggle-
ford. By jinks, | can whip the
man who struck Bobby Broad
way, and / can whip the man
who didn't! Whoop-ee! Hurrah
for Horace Greeley!'
The longer Solomon talked
the more excited he became. and
l was about to go on and leave
them, when he stepped over to
the gate and yelled, Toni
He's calling the town mar
shall, whispered Highfeld Jones,
and Dickinson will be here in a
minute. We've got to get out
of this the best way we can
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reported by R. C. Haynes.)

N1SSPOL IO0 w I've ~ AAS~J AA~S'/
A few days ago a number of
men had gathered in one of our
popular barber shops, each wait
ing his turn to be next" and,
being comfortably situated-en-
tirely exempt from the effects
of the cold, north wind which
blew up the streets and whistled
around the corners of the build
ings, sending great blasts of
snow against the less fortunate
pedestrians without-they were
passing away the time by ex-
changing stories of various hap
penings of which they had
knowledge, among others, the
attempted escape of a certain
prisoner from Judge Blues court
recently.
Ever since a certain period
of my life," spoke up a gentle
man who had been so far a
silent listener, whenever | see
a chase such as has been so ably
narrated and commented upon,
my sympathy goes out to the
fellow who is being pursued
rather than to his pursuers.
ITO what particular period do
you refer?" he was asked.
Tell us about it, Zebulum.
The crowd, knowing Zebu-
lum's propensity for story-tell-
ing, drew closer around, feeling
confident he had a good one in
store for them.
There was an incident in my
life, gentleman" said Zebulum
in compliance, which, must
say, completely revolutionized
my views on such matters. /
cannot now. by grab, see a rab-
bit chased by dogs without want
ing to lend a helping hand to
the rabbit by scattering the
blamed dogs to the four winds.
The incident to which l re-
fer" the story-teller went on,
happened years and years ago.
before some of you gentlemen
were born; yet it can be remem-
bered by some of the oldest res
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BY grab, I've just got to
get away / replied. I've no
time to fool with courts and
sheriffs and town marshals, by
grab. I've more important bus
mess on hand and l felt in nv
pocket to see if the license was
still there.
l see the marshal coming
run! rum cried Highfeld Jones,
and may heaven bless you."
Looking over toward the tav-
ern, | saw a big long-legged man
making his way toward the court
house in run.
i knew | had no time to lose.
Being innocent, | could not stand
for being arrested and being
brought up before the court and
perhaps sent to Jail especially on
such an occasion as this. / knew
that Nell-bless her would
be at home, rugged up in her
wedding attire waiting for me.
The preacher would be there
waiting to perform the ceremony
The guests would be there enioy-
ing themselves as only guests at
a wedding can.
with these thoughts in my
mind, | determined to escape, if
| could. l could not reach Slick
Selim, for the marshal was be-
tween me and the horse. So l
lit out afoot. AS the marshal
came up on the north side of the
courthouse l ran around to the
south side, and when he was at
the front entrance | was stand
ing on the second step of the
back. entrance. AS he darted
around the south side of the
building to the back entrance 1
ran around TO the north side.
When he reached the back en-
trance where he had first seen
me, instead of going around to
the north side where | was he
ran up the steps to the inside Of
the courthouse. ISknew he
thought l had gore into some of
the offices in there and that it
would take him a few minutes to
hunt through all of them and 1
could hear him raising Cain in
Offices in there.
Taking advantage of the
Marshals error, / left the court
house and ran north, crossing
Salem street, passing the White
Tavern and taking down the
Fords Ferry road as fast as my
legs would carry me.
When l had gotten about
two hundred yards down the
road I looked back. The town
marshal, reinforced by sheriff
and deputy and Highfeld
Jones and Solomon Wiggleford,
crossed Salem street, coming in
my direction. Down the road
the five came after me, in full
tilt, yelling like bloody indians. "
This remarkable adventure, as
told by Zebulum himself. will be
continued in this department of
- ~ II
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CHASED BY THE SHERIFF
idents of the county.

idents Of the county.
" | have never told of the
adventure but a few times, my
wife being averse to having it
narrated, owing to the figure
she cut in the affair, though,
bless her heart, l have always
been proud of the heroic part
she carried out on that occasion.
Seeing, gentlemen, that l
will have to wait some time for
my air.cut-w which you see l
stand in need of will tell you
the story in as few words as
possible.
1T happened, as have said,
years ago. when l was a young
man; and now, by grab, l have
grandchildren thinking of get
ting married.
Marion at that time was a
very small town, not even as
large as my own town of Ford's
Ferry. 1t was little more than
a place where two roads crossed.
Yet it was the county seat and
had a courthouse, where justice
was dealt out, same as now. 1t
had a sheriff and deputy and a
town marshal, whose duty it
was to see that no guilty man
escaped. same as now. 1t had
lawyers and a Judge, whose duty
it was to expound and apply the
law, same as now 1t had a
physician or two. whose business
it was to see that no scoundrel
escaped vaccination or jumped
his quarantine, same as now. 1t
had a tavern, including a bar; a
couple of general merchandise
stores, in one of which the post
Office was kept; a drug store. a
church, a school house and a
few residences occupied by
mighty good citizens. 1t had no
railroad, no telegraph, no tele-
phones, no express Office, no
newspaper, no banks, no rural
routes, no electric lights, no
automobiles, and there were
fewer buggies and carriages in
the county then, by grab. than
there are automobiles now.
Such. gentlemen, was the
town of Marion at the time l
refer to. | was a stranger in
the town, though / was quite
we'll known in Ford's Ferry and
the country round about, having
come there several months be-
fore from Smith county, Tonnes
see. About the first thing /
did,. by grab, after / got here
was to fall in love.
Yes. gentlemen. l fell in
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love, heels over head. | had a
desperate case of it. You could
not have blamed me though if
you could have known Nell at
that time. To my way of look
ing at things, she was the only
girl worth considering in a mat
rimonial way. In fact, every
pound that girl weighed repre-
sented to me, by grab, just that
much preciousness.
But l didn't start out to tell
you OF my courtship or my love
affairs, and will not do so, ex-
cept the part connected with
the unfortunate adventure to
which | have referred.
1T was a day in October and,
after eating an early dinner, !
donned my best suit of clothes,
mounted my old horse, Slick
Selim, and started for Marion.
| was going on very important
business and was as happy and
gay as the birds that sang in
in the trees over my head as /
rode along the road. | was
going to the county seat for my
marriage license.
had asked Nell if she would
mt be my wife and she, after
treating me like a dog for a
week by making me wait in
doubt and cold perspiration as to
my final destination, graciously
accorded me an answer in the
affirmative.
After giving her a couple of
kisses and a hug as a reward for
her somewhat delayed but salts
factory reply l, as l have just
said, mounted old Slick Selim
and started on my way for a
visit to the county clerk.
Il arrived in Marion between
one and two o'clock and know
ing no one in the town | went
directly to the clerks office.
After satisfying himself that he
could do so without violating II e
Kentucky statutes, the clerk is
sued the license and tossed the
paper toward me across the
table, corking his ink-bottle with
his right hand and holding out
his left for his fee.
Going down into my poe
ket l unbegrugingly fished
out the necessary coin. What
was a paltry dollar or two COM
pared to the great favor the
commonwealth of Kentucky had
just bestowed upon me?
Taking up the folded paper,
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