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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
Tea and Gossip

From the New York Sun
II wonder what there is in a cup. OF
tea that makes women gossip said an
observer in uptown tea room the
other day. Women who never seem
to gossip at any other time get a loose
tongue after they have imbibed one cup
of tea.
This one cup seems to contain
enough gossip to destroy the reputation
Of almost any person we know and
many we do not know. 1t seems to
invite sort of recklessness, too and
words of scandal are not spoken in a
whisper. ybut the neighpors across the
way get the benefit. Women frequently
use names while relating some scandal
Gus doing and that is what leads to
trouble.
Not long ago such a conversation led
to domestic row in which the husband
was the victim. The woman of the ad-
,yenture.s who did not seem to see the
HARM told OF 1t. using the mans name
IA fIdendssof #the wife happened to oc-
cupy ans Fad Joining table and it was re-
peated.i Consequently the husband had a
dreadful. TIME inventing a satisfactory
explanation. 4
II mas Deen nOtlced Inat tea also In
vites sociability. Even in the best up
town tea rooms on crowded after
noon when two strange women have to
sit at the same table all restraint is
often, thrown :. to he winds and before
they leave they are chatting i-:e ole
time friends. !. The, tipping question is
often "a good lead, or a woman happens
to observe some situation that brings
forth a comment. Then the discussion
begins and seems to have no limit.
"A woman will tell you about hel
Paris gown or her latest divorce. Bu
women who met in this informal man
ner were seen exchanging Visiting card:
the other day. They had discovered
that they had friends in common. ~
Whether it is the tea or women are
finding more in. common is a question
that arises when one witnesses these
scenes. 1t would seem that women are
getting more like men in their socia
life" n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15

gasped Then he took Marguerite and
came 10 Chicago and wouldn [ let mt.
see her or hear from her any more.
OH. why do YOU think he wants me
now? Do you suppose that she is dead?a
And in a spasm of emotion she half
rose from the table ] rose, too and
we went to our car silently. Seated
there, she gazed stupidity at the chang
ing scenes, dulled by the noise of traf-
fic. F'.roused her by asking:
why did he take Marguerite from
you?" ssa, sos
''He said wasn't fit to have her."
she replied dullya L reckon | wasn't
When | knew what the matter was
with baby, and thought that later IL
might come to Marguerite. thought
we'd better all just die. So I gave the
children some poison. and took a lot
myself. Tom was away
When | could speak / said, tand they
could save only you and the little girl?'
Yes'm The boy died, They put me in
an asylum for year for | went out Of
my head. But when | got well and
they turned me out again.
We We're still for a long time. Just
before we reached our street, ! gave her
a card with our address upon it, that
she might know how to find me If she
wanted me again 1t was well that
did so, for at the door of the flat We
pdileu- III answer TO our ring, a tail
man came to the door, handsome, ac-
cording to the cheap type. Her cry:
20. Toni was hardly more than sob
A harsh charge not to be a fool. a re-
fusal with scant courtesy to admit me-
.midding missionary woman" and the
door was locked in my. face.
Only later when the mother, penniless
and with her 15-year-old daughter to care
for. came to us for further guidance, did
I learn the rest of that story Left to
her own devices. practically alone in
Chicago little Marguerite had been won
by promise of pretty things. to her own
undoing. Her father knew of but one
remedy for such a condition. He paid
a doctor to rent the flat to which
we had gone and to perform there in
due time the unspeakable operation upon
the helpless girl.
There was law for those who rented
the flat. There. was law for the doc
tor who did the deed. But the man
the father, to whose account were
charged two abprtions. three ,poisonings
a. blind baby, case of insanity, and
a girl robbed of her girlhood-for him
there was no law. He was the one who
went free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
Not Always Conscience

From the New Orleans Picayune.
There is a notion that the stings, th.a
scorpion Whips of conscience, consti-
tute the most frightful and agonizns
punishment which the human evil doer
can suffer. -,
This notion is taught almost excIu-
sively In the old time books ON religion
and morality. in the hope that it would
deter men and women from the COM
mission of sins with, threats of future
spiritual punishment to backnit up.
But 1t is not too much to say that
We have reached q point of human de-
velopment when the stings of con-
science and the fear of future punish
ment have very little effect upon the
deliberate and intentional perpetrators
of serious crimes. This is seen in the
fact, instances Of which are made
manifest every day, that public Off
cials and private persons in business
of various sorts whose lives are Sc
cretly long courses of crime, but who
until finally they are exposed, live
In the odor of the highest respect
ability-political, social and financial
who probably never felt a twinEe 20 4
conscience.s but are crushed with the
shame and humiliation of having their
black lives made public.
Good men, upright and honorable in
their lives, but who, either in self de-
fense or purely by accident have taken
a human .ltfe.. have been made to un--
dergo extreme suffering by lashihKs of
conscience and the stings of regret.
while the really bad man fears moth
ing but exposure, and. until he: is
called to account, Is noted for his
cheerful disposition and his happy and
free from care frame of mind.
1t has come about that conscience
and fear Of spiritual misery only op
crate on the good, while the secretly
wicked and criminal can only be made
to suffer for their sins by having them
brought to light. with the result of
pouring out upon them Che shame and
humiliation which alone they had rea-
son to dread
therefore. punishment for crime
ought to invoke as much publicity and
humiliation as possible, Whereas. IT,
seems to be the obtsct "a The gadnipiss
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
THE ONE WHO WENT FREE j
BY GERTRuD SEYMOUR


Hesxelusiye service The surrey press Blu.
reauD
Alone in Union staten stood woman
Her dress of heavy mourning emphasize
the drawn pallor of her face and the
frightened ezrressionHof her wide eyes
Other passengers who had come in OF
that morning train had taken their way
from the station; but, she stood there in
tire waiting room hesitating. She Seemed
TO be not so much waiting for some ens
to meet her as certain which way to go
'Can help you2'' I approached her
''You seem TO be alone.
Flow she started, But presently tn,
terror died Gown in here eyes though sh,
made no reply.
"I am here to help travellers" ] con.
tinued. where did you want to go?s
From a dingy bag she drew a telegram
Come at once. Marguerite III" Ant
the address of street miles away from
the South Side.
"Will he let me have her, do yol
think p she. questioned incoherently
What could that mean? The womani'
face was. quiyering; her control was civ
ing away.
I'VE win go and see her. ! answered
Bust first you must have some coffee
for we have a long distance to go
| Numby she followed me into the dining
room. and as we had our coffee in q
| quiet corner, she gasped out her story
searching my face from time 20 time, tt
, make sure that she was safe in trusting
me-.
She had married him IS years ago
trusting. him utterly, happy in the, pros
pect of her own home and the, hone for
children year later, Marguerite came
and in the rememberance of that joy the
lines in her face softened for a mo
ment. But only for moment; the sor-
row returned The second year he hac
been busier: later at the office, anc
often the firm had sent him out o.
town for. several days. She was lonely
those days while another baby was com
ing; Still he was away a great deal
land l said nothing, for ] wanted him
to feel, free to come or GO, she added
with a gesture of pride.
The second child was restless anC
fretful, not sunny tempered like Mar
guerite. 1t was often dull and seemed
not to see well. Another year and ther
suddenly all romance was shattered ir
her life When she told him Of the
promise of a third child, he threw re-
serve to the winds. He told her bru-
tally that he could afford no more chill
dren. and that this one must be pre-
vented. She scarcely survived the crimi-
nal operation, but as soop as she was
strong enough to walk, she took the veal
old boy to a good doctor.
I'd hid my fears in my heart abou
Tom,' she sobbed, though | couidn'i
help being suspicious sometimes wher
he went away so much. Then I'd hate
myself for thinking such things, Bp
now the. doctor told me- He saw. tha
was after the truth, and he told M
| that my boy would be blind because hi
| father was a bad man.
She covered her face for moment
| Then she went on rapidly.
Tom acted something awful sh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
Attacks Foreign Governesses

goyernesses in Paris, play the chief
part in Les Anges Gardens" 1.-THE
Guardian Angels"), the latest novel
by NJ Marcel Provost, the we'll known
academician and writer of feminine
topics.
The book is, in fact, an urgent in
stigation to French families to Danish
from their household these strangers
from abroad. e ~ -
NJ. Provost holds that foreign gov
ernnesses taint the minds of children
at their most impressionable age, mold
them to the ideals and ways of another
country, and are a perverting infiVen &C
in the atmosphere OF patriotism and
French culture that should surround a
child.
"Consider," says NJ. Provost. "a girl
Of 18 or 20 years of age, of a certain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15


tration of justice to- subject the crimi.
nal to as little exposure as possible.
and if one should happen to get a
term of imprisonment he is saved as
much as possible from the hardships
of prison life and from the degreda-
tion of wearing the stripes" the
badge of the criminal
( 1t issonly they shame and humiliation
of exposure that make the real punish
ment for such criminals. s.7sand If the
punishment has been as. free from de-
grading conditions as possible, when
he receives his pardon he will feel
that the worst has happened to him
is the loss of time spent in prison, and
whether he shall have reformer or not
he determines not to be found OUT
/ l. gPss Ths l,tt ,,,0,ss,,rss s. snon SrA,
mails is complete exposure and num.na-
ton, and if these are made as light
as possible there is no retribution.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
No Idea of Suicide

Sometime ago Marcel Thouvenot,
aged 10. having broken with his petite
amie,' Louise. demanded from her the
photograph of himself which lie had
given her in the early days of their
now shattered idyll. Louise refused,
whereupon the unchivalrous Marcel
promised to stick" her one of these
days and in the meantime served out
several licks on account. Louise took
refuge in a cafe, which she did not
leave until an hour later. and then UNI
der the safe conduct of a policeman. /
Marcel was still i'll waiting around
the corner and received Louise and her
protector with revolver shots, both of
which went wide. Arrested, hezAap-
peared in the criminal courts, humble
and Iachrymose by this time II am
not bandit" he snuffled. II am an
acrobat by profession. and work very
hard for my living. Give me a chance
to become an honest man. +
Quite unimpressed by the outburst,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15


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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
State Wedding Presents

on the evening of their wedding day
a young couple in Paris entered their
bridal chamber to find two burglars
busily making up package of their
goods. The burglars Immediately drew
their revolvers and called on them to
"stand and deliver" The newly mar
ried pair turned and fed down the
stairs. A policeman whom they met in
the street returned with them and cap
tured one of the burglars. The mem-
bers of the bridal party seized the bur-
glar and beat him severely. The other
burglar was arrested later.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15

~ - = IT &
the court condemned. the remorseful
Marcel to IS months risonment.
On hearing the sentence the accused
made bound to the railing of the
dock and thence plunged head foremost
to the floor, below. There was gasp
of horror and a, ,craning of necks. Then
stupefaction yielded to laughter when
1T was seen that Marcels mortal leap
had been suicidal neither In intention
or. effect. The prisoner had, in fact,
landed lightly on the palms of. his
hands and was now giving gratuitously
the acrobatic performance which among
the Initiated goes by, the name of the
'chene fourche"-the splits. Legs out
spread and swaying rhythmicaily, he
pirouetted on the palms of his hands,
repeating the while his protest that
he was not "a bandit. Still splutteEing. 8.
he was turned downside down and
dragged off to the cells.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
A Dog Story
Tvs
From the New York Sun.

From The New YOrk Sun.
"A steamboat drew UP to- the dock at
Memphis and a lady alighted carrying
one of those hairless Mexican dogs--a
vest pocket, edition of the genus ca
mis-. III Assft
long. lank Missourian unfolded
himself from the nail keg on which
he had been reposing and slowly ap-
preaching the lady with deferenet
drawled: f.s4
81 beg you pahdon, madam, but is
tsatatoh dawgss' 9If z9I
1T is" snapped the lady
rs that all the dawg you got?'
Yes, sir
WAL, l beg you pahdon, madam.
but amt you mighty near out of
dawg?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
American Causes Trouble

All Paris is sympathizing with the
ambassador of one of the powers who
wishes his King to relieve him of his
post. The innocent cause of his trou-
BILE is a beautiful and charming Ameri-7
can lady, now living in Paris for whom
the ambassadors wife has conceived an
extraordinary and quite groundless
jealousy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-06-15
The Important Question

I can't live without your daughter.'
Well, can you live without her fa-
ther?''
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-17
BASEBALL CHATTER
FROM FAR AND NEAR

Gilhooley, the new member of the
Boston Braves. batted for AN average
of .9li while with Montreal this sea-
son
BY putting up league record for
successive victories, Lowell swept the
other New England league teams off
their feet aud rompcd home "a pen
nant winner.
Hcine Zimmerman Of the Cubs who
led the National league in batting last
year stands eleventh in the Nationals
list of loading sluggcrs this season
OF the leading trio of batsmen, cobb,
Jackson and Speaker, in the American
league Jackson and Speaker have taxi
en- part in thirty more games than has
Cobb.
Walter johnson. the Washington
star, has a big lead in the race for
pitching hunors in the American
league, while HUMPHREYS, of the Cubs,
looks like winner in the National
league.
George Bricklcy, brother of Charley
Briclllcy, the Harvard football star,
has poincd the Athletics. He has been
playing in the outfield for the New
port IN. H. team this season.
The great start Fritz Maisel of the
Yankees gets in stealing bases re-
scmbcs the speedy work Of John Nc
Graw when John starred with the Bal
timorc team a few years ago.
MordcCai Brown and Ed Ruolhach,
the former Cubs. have been pitching
fine ball of late Brown is holding ms
own i'm Cincinnati while Ruclbach has
proved himself bear in Brooklyn
In boosting the salary of Manager
Bill Carrigan the owners of the Boston
Rcd Sox have made it plain that they
have confidence in Sir Williams abal-
itv To produce a winning team IN loli'
Charley Carr, the former big Lacquer
who resigned the management of the
Kansas city team recently, says that
n, will devote his entire time To ms
now baseball college in Texas in the
future.
Manager McGraw will wig-wag ms
athletes from burglar-proof coop u
,bc Athletics and the Giants meet in
the worlds series. Johns idea Is to
cross any attempt on the part oil the
athletics to steal his signals.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-17
INDIGESTION, GAS OR
SICK, SOUR STOMACH
Time lt!-"Pape's Diapepsin" makes
your upset, bloatcd stomach tccl
fine in five minutes.

Really does" put bad stCmdchcs in
order'-"really does" overcome indi-
gcstion. dyspepsia, gas, heartburn and
sournoss in five minutcs-that-just
lhat-makes Papc's Diapcpsin the
largest selling stomach regulator in
the world. If what you eat ierments
into stubborn Jumps, you belch gas
and cructate sour uudigcstcd food ANA
acid. head is dizzy aul aches. breath
foul; tongue coated: your iESidcs illlcG
with bile and indigcstiblc waste, re-
member the moment "papc's Dapcp-
I'M" comes ia contact with the stom-
arh all such distress vanishcs. IT'S
iuly astonishing almost marvellous.
md the joy is it's harmlcssncss.
\ large hf:y-ccnt case OF Papes
hiapcpsin will give YOU a hundred dol
lus' worth Of satisfaction or your
druggist hands you your money back.
us worth its weight in gold to men
aud women who can't get their storn-
achs regulated II belongs i'm your
homo--should always be kept HANDY
.n case of "A sick. sour, upset stomach
during the day or ut night. It's the
Quickest. surest and most harmless
stomach doctor i'm the world.-AdVer-
tsemcnt
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-17
WOULD RETURN
To OLD CUSTOMS
Believed FiIipinos Would Revert
to Old Life II U. S. Withdrew

That the people of the Philippine
Islands will lose the civilizing effect
OF the American invasion and lapse
back into their old customs if they
are given their freedom in the near
future, Is the opinion of Miss Anna
Donaldson, for II years "a teacher in
the archipelago, now visiting at the
home Of Oscar Mather POI South
TWenty-iirst avenue East, Duluth.
English is generally understood
throughout the islands," said Miss
Donaldson, nut the older generation
would assume charge and hold the
important offices If the United States
severed it's connections now. and the
older natives favor going back To- the
Spanish LANGUAGE and customs.
The schools would become disor-
ganizcd, because there are no Spanish
speaking teachers competent enough
To carry ON the elaborate educational
systems that have been established in
the islands under American supcrvis-
ion
we teach Spanish IN the schools.
1t is an elective course, just as in an
American school. English is given
! the preference and all the pupils are
proficient in its use II would take but
few years of native rule To do away
with it all however" said Miss Don
aldsun. AT present we are cramped
| in our work because the assembly has
disregardcd appropriations for educa =
tional purposes during the last three
| years.
There is "a standing sum t. bc used
| by the schools, continued the Duluth
visitor, but it should bc Increased an
nually. We have grade schools, nor
mai schools, and a new university, with
a law school, medical school and an
excellent agricultural college. Sin hun
drcd students have been graduated
with degrees of various kinds Their,
are between 1900 and loo students in
the Manila normal school
The embroidery work done by girls
in our grade schools is as good a,
that done i'm European couveuts,' sai'
Miss donaldson, They are experts in
Irish crochet, Cluny and Venetian
point work. The courses they are given
are Industrial to "a great extent, as
they learn weaving, sewing and cook
ing.
The boys are taught manual train
ing. They make their own tools ant
with them fashion some very fin,
pieces Of woodwork. The native wood,
OF the Islands are as good for carviul
purposes, and much of the work turn-
eel out in Manila cannot be equaled ii
! the United States"
Miss Donaldson will return to tn,
normal schpol at Manila in May, 1911
Before going to the Philippines she
WAS teacher in southern Minnesota.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-17
Bank Block Brings $1,000

The Bank of lrunwuod block at the
corner of Suffolk and Aurora streets,
lronwood. the only piece of real estate
in Michigan belonging TO the estate of
Fritz karste was sold at public auc-
ton by Administrator w. =. Baird.
The bidding, which was lively during
the time that MIR Baird welded the
hammer, started at $4,000, rose rapid
~ to $4,000, but only two bidders re-
manned after the figure passed the
$4,000 mark The property was final
~ sold To Byron NJ. Brogan. of Iron
wood, who was bidding for himself his
father, NJ. l., Brogan, ana other mem
bers of the family. for $4,000. Before
the transfer is made. Probate Judge
Curtis Buck must approve the sale,
which the judge informs the News
Record that he will do this week. un-
less he receives assurance Of sub
stantial increase from the offer that
has been made by Mi. Brogan.
The building is a two-story brick
structure, the ground floor embracing
the former bank quarters, McCabc's
drug store and j. \. Sullivan's insur-
ancc Offices. The office rooms upstairs
are occupied by Drs. COnleN Thomas
and Fracc. Mr. Brogan, in the event
of the sale being confirmed by the pro-
bate court, ContcmplatcH making OK
tcnsiyc IMPROVEMENTS ON the building,
having two or three plans for rear
ranging the first .tgdi. tu SUIT yarious
parties who desire lOng-tcrm leases.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-17
SPECIAL ACT GIVES
OFFICERS NEW POWER.
Makes Desertion in Certain Gases a
Felony For Five Years.

As - result Of a special act passed
by the recent state legislature, local
officers expect to take action i'm u
humber of cases where man has
married "A girl to escape prosecution
and then deserted her. Hitherto tho
officers have been practically power
less in these cases unless they brought
action for non support, and such
cases were generally settled by a
money consideration.
The new law declares that every
man o. boy who shall marry any
woman or girl for the purpose of cs-
Gaping prosecution for a criminal act
aud shall afterwards desert h"r with
cut good cause. shall bc deemed
guilty Of felony, and shall upon coll
viCtiun bc fined not more than $1,000,
or sentenced to three years in state
prison.
\ prosecution may hc brought un-
der this act any time up 10 five years
after the date of marriage After the
hvc-ycar period, uou-support actions
must be brought iu abandonment
cases.
Still further strengthening the hand
of the officers is a provision permit
ting q wife to testify against her nus
band i'm these cases without his con-
sent In most other cases she cannot
do this.
The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-09-17
INVENTORY p. o. PROPERTY.
Stupc ,oous Task is Undertaken by the
Postal Department.

wa sNington, Sept. 17.-An iuvcn-
tory or all postoflicc property of the
United states is to be undertaken by
the postotiicc department. II will
mark the first attempt of that depart
mcnt uf the Federal government To-
obtain an accurate cchsus of its inn
mensely valuable property
The idea originated with Postmaster
General BurlcsOu
1t was stated 10y an official OF the
department that no one knew just
what the postoilicc department owns
or VIVA. it's assets were 1t is the post
master generals idea that there should
be regular inventories at stated peri
eds.
That the inquiry will be stipend
Gus task, IS indicated ~ the fact that
there are more than $4,000 offices and
their MANY branches with much
equipment constantly i'm transit in
railway mail cars and mail bags.
The first step i'm the investigation
already has boon taken