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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
The Answer.

The Answer.
This incident happened. To those who
were there. it was the most wonderful
phenomenon they had ever witnessed.
At least that is how It happened to all
but the medium. And the medium was
myself. Would YOU like to know how
it was done? I will tell you.
No spirit stopped the clock. No me-
chanical means stopped it. Even l did
not stop It. IN THE FIRST PLACE.
THE CLOCK WAS NOT GOING AT
ALL, How and why was ticking
heard?"
Here is the whole story: Back of me.
on a roll-top desk. had previously
placed very tiny alarm clock, noted
for its loud tick. Nobody thinks of a
clock until you mention Il. When 7
said You hear the ticking over there
OVER THERE" the audience mag
ined the sound emanated from the di-
| reCtiOn l pointed; and. by suggestion.
! on which is based hypnotism, by the
way, they had placed IL as coming from
the silent clock on the mantel. Then.
while they were listening for the unex-
pected. half turned to the opposite wall.
l had. unobserved, slipped my finger to
the pendulum, stopped the alarm and
dropped the clock into a drawer,
But then how was the other clock
the exact time?"
Before the audience had arrived
had placed the hands ahead several
hours and had brought my experiment
to conform TO the very minute l had
arranged This was simple-in a flash
of lightning l had casually looked at
my watch. The mystery of the night.
the darkness, the wonders already wit
| messed, had all aided me to fool these
intelligent people among whom were a
magazine writer, an artist. two theat-
rical folks, and several writer's and law
yers
Now consider this: That this expert
ment was far more dramatic and mex
plicable than Is generally seen at pro
! fessional seances, where money is paid
| for admittance. Yet on incidents such
as these. the credulous people of the
masses are convinced of spiritism and
defrauded by takers, whose wonders ]
warrant could be unraveled as simply
as the one | have just recorded. / did
these things to study and expose. Pro-
| fessionals do them fer money. Is it not
highly probable that others who earn
their living at this mockery are forced
to work out similar "wonders?" 1 do
not say spiritualsm is wrong 1 do not
essay to pass judgment on this great
question. 1t is %gainst the takers that
direct my campaign, beseeching every
sensible man and woman to save their
nardearned money and evade them.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
THEIR MARRIED LIFE, s7M4sR7 HERBERT 9agza

~ ARTS at o'clock OF a summer
evening! The cleaning lights,
the gay gowns OF the women, the
trees. the outdoor cafes-Helen, clinging
to warren's arm. walked down the broad
boulevard athrin with the glamour of It
all.
II had been just four hours since they
arrived from Cherbourg tired, dusty,
travel-stained. But now. rested and in
cooler clothes. they started out to find,
as Warren expressed it, "a place to
feed
Where should they go? Helen sug-
gested a number of well known places
that she had read Of In the guide book
But Warren was determined To have
their FIRST dinner at a restaurant he had
been particularly fond Of when he was
in Paris eight years before
Although he had forgotten the name
he had felt confident of his sense Of To-
cation They had taken bus to
Porte St Martin and had walked sew
eral blocks In what he felt was the right
direction.
Must be around here somewhere"
frowning down a street that was plain
ly unfamiliar Il don't believe they've
moved"
isn't that a restaurant over there
where the lights are" asked Helen
hopefully
by Jove! believe that's the place"
as they crossed the wide street. I'D
have sworn it was on the other side D."
Entering. they were met by an Off
cious head waiter, who hustled ahead,
ushering them to a table in an inner
room.
ooh. we don't want to sit back here. "
on the veranda
Sorry, monsieur, but they're all
taken"
why, there's half dozen vacant
ones up at that end
They're all reserved, monsieur re-
pested the head waiter stolidly.
Warren turned to Helen with a scowl-
ing so they know that game over here,
too This fellows looking for five
francs. Well. what do you say? Want
to sit back here-or look up some other
placer"
"Oh. dear, let's go somewhere else"
resehting The supercilious air Of the
head waiter. VINO stood impatiently
tapping the dinner card with his pencil,
Outside Warren demanded CURLY:
Now. where to? It's getting late and
I'm hungry We don't want to wander
around all night, you know"
But. dear. We don't want to stay
there That man was almost nsolent'
He Blames Her.
We'll, you're pretty darn particular"
as usual throwing the responsibility
upon her. Wed have been sure Of
good food there. anyway But you're
always kicking Suppose you md
place now
Helen realized that Warren was on
the verge Of one OF his irritable moods.
when he would blame her for whatever
happened, however inconsistent or un-
just He had had nothing 70 eat since
that early and unsatisfactory luncheon
on the train Ii was q critical mo-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
Very Smooth.

BY Jove. that is pretty smooth" ad-
mitted Warren, Isn't this the stuff the
Illusions raved over when they got back
last year? Wen have this often-that's
sure.
When the waiter had cleared off the
table. Warren lit his cigar and turned
over the check placed unobtrusively be-
fore him
Ten francs-two dollars Well that's
what / call good run for your money.
everything specially cooked, too-and
that was a whole chicken. To get a
dinner like that in New York, you'd
nave TO order it a la carte, and with
that wine II would cost you not a cent
less than SO"
Now aren't you glad we didn't stay
at that other restaurant insisted Hell
en- with a true feminine persistency.
The food COULDN'T have been any
better, You see l didn't find such bad
place after all"
But Warren was no longer in an in
tammable mood. The excellent dinner
had had a most pacifying effect on his
temper. So 70 this raraer indiscreet re-
mark. he only shrugged a good ma tured
lymph, that's rlght-rub it in"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
Confessions of a. Medium
No. 3.---When the Clock Stripped

turned on the gas. flooding the room
with light, Then they crowded about
the clock-pale and wide-eyed. It was
stopped, no question of that The men.
comparing it with their watches. found
it recorded just one minute behind
theirs.
wonderful Weird Proves
spiritualism absolutely" Gould NEW
Err have been done by human or ma
teriaI means-it was surely the work of
spirit" These were the comments
rapidly uttered. as they examined the
clock to see if any wires or mechanical
contrivances could have been connected
with it,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
A Request.

Spirit, think carefully now please.
Here is where the experiment begins.
Can you-will you STOP THAT
CLOCK?"
Deathly silence ensued. Just tick
tick-loud and clear and sharp as a
bell.
No answer
Spirit, will you do it,"
Tick-tick-tick.
"Win your"
"Why-why, yves. I'll try" came
the answer in mysterious taps on the
table.
Tick-tick-tick - tick -- each second
seemed an hour to the so auditors. who
sat half turned toward the clock,
eager cared, faint-hearted.
Tick-tick--
Snap! In the very middle Of a beat,
IT Stopped
oh, the eternity OF silence that fol-
lowed broken soon by storm of gasps
and screams. There was a crash of
thunder, and some one, no longer able
to stand the oppression Of the darkness.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12

pleNions, and the gracefully rounded,
tall figures, and ] decided that as a
near-milk cure made you pretty and
the absolute milk-dietist was conced
ed to be the prettiest Of the sisters,
perhaps 1t would be a good idea to 20
right off and corner the milk market.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12

Helen, who. womanlike. always wanted
to go back over a situation, instead
of being content TO let well enough alone
And I couldn't bear to have our first
dinner in Paris an unhappy one"
who in thunder was going to make
it unhappy, unless you were?" growled
Warren, who hated post-mortems
What the devil are you harping on it
now for, anyway
oh l only meant dear" began
Helen. Fastening to conciliate. But for
tunately at this moment the waiter
uncovered the fowl, roasted to deli
cafe brown, and Warren's attention was
diverted from Helen's untactful re-
mark.
Dear. there's not so much difference
in the gowns worn by the French wom-
en-" commented Helen, now anxious to
change the subject There aren't any
sensational dresses here. That woman
over there in pink, is rather striking,
but any of the others might be in New
York"
well, this isn't the sort Of place
where you'd see much in the way Of
dress. Some night I'll take you to sup
pei al hdNAlll - AllG SpNlls luGft IL De
striking enough"
oh, are we going to Maxims?" de-
lghtedly. Il thought it was a dreadful
place"
Not so dreadful as they want you to
think-that's their best asset, You'll ind
it pretty tame. More than half the
crowd will be rubber necks like our
selves"
But Helen had read and heard much
of Maxim's. and as she minced over the
fruit salad she gazed down on the gay
boulevard in eager anticipation of sup
per there.
Dear what is this?" as the waiter
placed before them two small brown
jars filled with a thick creamy substance.
Search me- shrugged Warren. investi-
eating it with a spoon.
That's Creme de Zeigny. Monsieur.
VIII you have sugar with it?"
I'm try it straight first
'Oh, it's delicious dear" exclaimed
Helen enthusiastically. IT'S sort Of
sour, salty and sweet! More like deli
cate liquid cheese"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
A Night of Wonders.

Within the darkened room, fifty
frightened people held firmly to their
chairs and listened to the deep. far
away tones of the speaker medium This
had been a night of wonders. Tables
and chairs had foated about by unseen
supernatural means. Wonderful mes
sages had made fifty hearts futter like
leaves in a Kansas cyclone. To these
persons. accustomed to unusual things
brought about by their mystifying lead
er, the startling events of the meeting
had overshadowed anything of the past.
And now the thought of something still
more dramatic brought them to breath
less and awed attention.
Dear spirit" breathed the medium.
raising his eyes to the ceiling. I'VE
crave your assistance and beg your par
don for firing you so much this day
Accomplish this seeming impossibility
which / am about to put to you, and
prove your existence and your ability
to communicate with US. to the most
skeptical, unbelieving member Of this
circle
"Over there is clock"-and the
speaker pointed a long, lean, bony fin
ger to the opposite end of the room,
where on the mantel could be family
traced the outlines of ponderous old
fashioned timepiece.
Listen. Spirit. listen. over there,
you hear the ticking of that clock over
there-you head it,"
Tick-tick-tick fell on the ears of the
listeners. who held their breath for
fear it would drown the sound which
grew louder and louder with each sue
eessive second, until it seemed to beat
on their very hearts
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-07-12
Two in a Train

* A THIRD class single to Cal
n way. please." Miss Mathers
moved away from the ticket
Office, but not before tall man,
wrapped in a thin ulster. with a tweed
cap pulled down over his eyes. had
seen her-started first at sound Of her
soft voice, and then deliberately fol-
lowed her TO the waiting train It
was a bitter winter evening. and Miss
Mathers shuddered inwardly as she
thought Of that long, long train jour
~ through South Wales, the odious
crossing of the Irish Channel ana tine
wearisome journey to Galway.
Tears started to her eyes as she
thought Of past arrivals there. How
different they had been, Then she
had travelled thither as a guest Now
all was sadly changed, and she was
going back TO dear, we'll remembered
places 10 earn her own living as a
governess.
Seated in the corner Of third
class compartment, Mary Mathers
settled herself under her rug for the
first stage of her journey.
A warning whistle from the train
the door was wreuched open, and a
man, wrapped In a big ulster, got
in, followed by ii porter with a bag
and bundle Of golf sticks There was
momentary hustle, during which the
express began to glide slowly along
the platform. The porter jumped out,
shut the door-they were Off
And in the opposite corner was sit
ting
Mary's heart gave a jump.
II thought it was you" said Mere
dith, quietly. Aren't you going to
speak to me2"
"Of course" she stammered, with
lips that tried so hard not to CULVER
You startled me So" She smiled at
him CALAMITY You see, you are
about the last person ! expected to
see. Are you going to Ireland ?"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-13

1890
BUSTER BROWN BATHING SUIT
JOLTED AT STYLE SHOW
The Buster Brown" bathing suit
did not get a proper try out at the
garment makers show in Orchestra
Hall last night because of the bash
fitness of Miss EIoise Brighton, an
artists model, who admits she has
posed in the altogether"
Miss Brighton explained her back
wardness today, sitting in room
decorated with a hundred pictures of
its occupant in different poses.
Understand" she said, I'm no
prude, as you can see by the pictures.
I've posed in a hundred pictures in
the altogether, but it was for the
sake of art. You reporters saw that
Buster Brown suit.
We'll, l told the garment manu-
facturers that hired me: None of
that in mine,' or none of me in that.
Do you suppose l was going to run
around the stage with my knees ex-
posed. They ought to make people
that wear those things go to Central
America"
Aside from Miss from Miss Brigh- |
tons refusal to parade in the stock
ingless, lOw-cUt, sleeveless, skirtless
Buster Brown" the show was a sue
cess.
The suffraget march was the event
Of the evening. Fifty young women
paraded the stage CARED in what was
said to a sUffraget costume. Sits
in front and behind surely made for
freedom for women. The Jackets
were simple and attractive, and a
little hat topped of the best-looking
costumes of the display
Two hundred and fifty models dis
played the various gowns. The sill
houette girls were much admired.
They walked before big light that
the diaphanous skirts.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-13

UNCLE SAM MAY RECOGNIZE
MEXICAN REVOLUTIONISTS
Washington, Aug. 13.-The one
thing the U. 8. will NOT do is to
forCibly intervene and make war on
Mexico.
Commenting on published state
ments about intervention, President
Wilson said: Those are persistent,
impudent and colossal lies"
If Huerta continues obstinate the
administration will probably recOg-
nize the belIigerency Of the Mexican
revOlUtiOnists.
This would aid the revolution. It
would let in arms and ammunition
from the U. S., and enable the revO-
lutionists to get credit and money.
The rebels would then be people
fighting for independence instead of
a band of marauders or bTigands as
some papers call them now.
President Wilson says frankly he
would like to hear from Carranza,
the revolutionary leader, and the men
who are fighting for constitutional
/ Senator Sheppard, Texas, says the
reYolUtiOnists have $4,000 men in the,
field and control much more territory
than Huerta with his regular army
does.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-13

the policeman pay for the food that
guests were compelled to leave I'M
paid for, but their demands were in
vain.
Healy has taken out police court
summons against the officers in
charge of the raid.
-o-o-
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-27
STATE CONFERENCE
OF Y. ". c. A.
PHASES OF YOUNG WOMEN'S
CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION WORK
TO BE CONSIDERED.

h two branches of the Young
Women's Christian association, stu
dent and city, are making ready for
the Montana conference of Y. w. C. A.
to be held in Missoula this week. Dele
gates are expected from all the Young
Women's Christian associations in the
state. There will be a series of prof
liable councils on methods of work in
the various departments. The sessions
will be open to all ladies and gentle-
men who may be interested in the
work of the association. Mrs. Walter
Hartman of Bozeman, who is a mem
Der of the northwest field committee,
will be the presiding officer of the
conference. She will make an add
dress at the reception which opens the
conference Friday evening at Craig
hall.
Saturday Morning.
Saturday morning there will be a
brief leaders council with Miss Free
man Fox at her room, then the en-
eral assembly of the conference will
be opened at 8 o'clock with a Bible
hour led by DIR. N. H. Burdick, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church at
Helena, held in Miss Corbin's room at
the university library. Addresses will
follow, "A Review of Association
Work. by Miss Fox; "Co-Operation
Between City and Student Associa-
%tions,' Miss nellie Houston of Mis-
soula; Travellers Aid" Miss Anabel
Lockhart of Great Falls. Group coun-
to 1890 o'clock in the various class
,,nn,, ar1 rffi1a, ,f tl,o ~, Ia, r-{{, Ii
brary. These will be city Work. led
by Mrs. G. l.. +. Kellogg of Missoula;
Membership" Miss Mary Murphey Of
Deer Lodge; bible Study" Miss Ida
Fell of Helena; Mission Study Mrs.
j. N. Maclean of Missoula; Social"
Mrs. G. F. Reynolds of Missoula;
Publicity" Miss Anabel Lockhart Of
Great Falls; Religious Meetings."
Miss Alice Shepard of Missoula; Elk
tension Miss nellie Houston of Mis-
soula; Finance Miss Elizabeth Fox.
Afternoon and Evening.
From l o'clock until 2:3O Saturday
afternoon there will be a luncheon
with "Gearhart Toasts' at the city
association house. The afternoon
meetings will be held also at the city
association house; the program will
include a song service n addresses
by Miss Helen Brewer of the faculty
of the Montana state college at Boze-
man, by Mrs. G, f. Reynolds of Mis-
soula, and by Miss Murphey of Deer
Lodge. The evening session will be
held in the university assembly hall.
Rev. Fl. S. Galley will be the speaker
of the evening. Sunday afternoon the
conference will close with a public
meeting for women.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-27
DAMAGES AWARDED
MRS. COMERFORD
JURY FINDS FOR PLAINTIFF IN
SUM OF S17,5oo, BUT RELEASES
CITY OF MlsSOULA.

The jury in the case of Agnes
Comerford against the James Ken
nedy Construction company and the
city of Missoula returned q sealed
verdict Yesterday morning at 6 O'Clock.
The verdict was in favor of the plain
tiff and against the defendant James
Kennedy Construction company for
ST 800. The wording of the verdict
released the city of Missoula from all
responsibility of the affair. The jury
de1iberatcd approximately IL hours.
Mrs. Comerford brought the suit be-
cause Of the death Of her husband
who was killed in a cavern on the
sewer trench in which he was work.
ing on West Cedar street on the aft
crnoon Of September "a, 1910. The
complaint asked for damages in the
sum of $3G,420.
The court granted the defendant so
days in addition to the regular time
allowed by law in which to a
bill of exceptions on motion for a new
trial.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-27
EVENING
BY |. c. S. FRATERNITY

one of the most enjoyable gather
ings of it's history was the meeting
Tuesday night of the /. c. S. fraternity
at h Barber & Marshall hall. Dur
ing the business session that was first
held, u new members were taken into
the organization which is growing
rapidly, now having a total member
ship of so. After the business meet
ing a social session was held at which
We're present about rs members and
their friends. The hall was p~rettily
decorated in colors of the fraternity,
purple an gold, and in carrying out
the color scheme many I. G. S. PEN
nants were used with tasty effect.
There was an informal program of
music and speechmaking and then all
enjoyed dancing to the music of the
hour. The first talk on the program
was by Mr.. Bisbee, who touched upon
he objects and aims of the fraternity
from the standpoint of the school and
the helpful and fraternal relations
which the organization promised each
student. In reply, President r. d.
Graham of the association spoke in
standpoint of the student. Other num-
bers of the program included a piano
solo by Mrs. Bisbee, clarinet solo by
Mr.. Graham and a either solo by Mr..
kriedis. All in all, the gathering was
splendidly planned and thoroughly en-
loved.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-27
GOOD BUSINESS.

A week of good business is reported
by the BlacllfOot Land company. The
Burbach homo has been sold to w. j.
darlington through the agency of this
company; several lots at Ovando have
been sold and w. r. Glasscock is now
at OVando arranging to establish a
bank and other business enterprises
there. The prospect of a new railroad
up the Blackfoot valley has stimulated
interest in the district to a gratifying
degree, if one may judge by the in
creased number of inquiries made by
prospective investors.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-27
MAUDE MCCULLOUGH
WRITES OF WAR
DAUGHTER OF LOCAL PHYSICIAN
DRAWS GRAPHIC PEN PICTURE
OF FIGHTING IN MEXICO.

DR.. G. T. Mccullough received yes
terday, two more letters from his
daughter, Miss Maude Mccullough,
Who is visiting in the City of Mexico,
and right in the midst of scenes of
letters are dated February 10, IL, Is
and II, the last W. having reached
Missoula only yesterday. A feW SEN
fences from the letters serve to show
the tense excitement of the situation
there. She writes:
For the last few days I have been
just about as close to real warfare as
| ever hope to be. Everything in the
city is closed and no street cars are
running. Every one is seemingly
trying to keep out of the way of bull
lets. Many bullets have one whiz-
zing by our windows. Men picked
up handfuls of shot that fell in our
patio. Aunt Jessie and 1 went out for
a walk this morning just after break
fast-we were about two blocks from
home when firing began. You should
have seen us, with mobso of Mexicans,
tearing for the shelter of the house.
Last night there were scarcely n
lights in the city. Telephone and
trolley wires are lying on the streets
in a perfect net work A building and
a church about a block from US are
badly blown to pieces. The damage
being done to lives and property is
awful. We have had no mail for the
last five days and there is nj telling
when we shall get any. We stayed
in uncle's house at Hombres Ilustres,
119, until yesterday afternoon, then
word came that Diaz was going to put
on his big guns and fire wherever he
wanted to. American friends, who
own this big dairy at Ell Rosario,
asked us to come out and stay with
them until the war should be over.
We were glad to close the house and
all move out here. These. people are
charming and we are practically safe
here. The city is in a turmoil, all
telephone connections are broken and
every store. is closed tight. We think
hostilities will surely end within a few
days. We are safe, so don't worry"
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-27
NELSON AND FLYNN
HAVE MUCH TROUBLE

County Commissioners Nelson and
Flynn had n lot of trouble Yesterday.
ON account of the transposition of a
line in The Missoulian's story of the
proceedings of the board Tuesday,
Nelson instead of Flynn was credited
with having moved to select the old
~frecnough property for the site of the
now fairgrounds. Those who know
the attitude of the two commissioners
on the proposition could not under
stand why Flynn had not seconded the
motion made by Nelson. The facts
were that Flynn made the motion to
which there was no second.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1913-02-27
MAC PETERSON CONCERT
TO Be THIS EVENING

Louise MACPHERSON, whose recital
at Elks' han will take place this
evening, has rams a Gecid-
cdlE striking program and is in
Guiding tby reqlcst) her teacher,
t~'oldsmith's, wonderful arrangement
of LISTS Eighth R~hapsodie, that
made such Il hit recently in Helena
and which she plays with all the fire
and imagination Of the velitable
Gypsy. Mrs. r. A, Price, the distin-
guished singer of this city, will be the
assisting artist.