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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06
But his rival bowed all over the
place,
Till the judges, heads were hum.
ming.

And faster yet the contest ragged
There never was such battle waged!
Till both regretted they had engaged
In such an occupation.
Distress was shown by the Be-Ba-Bo,
His heart would have been in his
boots, know,
If he'd had any boots where his heart
could go
A painful situation!'
When all at once, with a sudden
snap,
The Mandarin's head fell into his lap!
And, through this rather grave mlshap
The other emerged winner.
He bowed once more with an extra
charm, ...
While the Mandarin fled in a state Of
.a.- alarm, ..
With his head tucked hastily under
,. his arm .,.
And the rest went home to
80. dinner. "
ID. L. Stevens in St. Nicholas.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06
REvA HAS SOME TURKEYS.

Dear Editor and Juniors:
I am little girl years old.
have brown eyes and light hair.
I go to school. I HAYES a mile and q
half to go.
will write and tell you about my
pets. have one pet cat Its name is
Topsy.
white and some are black. have some
little turkeys too.
Reva Alkaline Goodwin,
F1oris, Ia, r. No. 3
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06
SEVEN RULES FOR THE JUNIORS.

1. Use one side of the paper only.
2. Write neatly and legibly, using
ink or sharp lead pencil.
8. Always sign your name in full and
state your age.
1. Number your pages.
s. Do not copy stories or poetry ana
send us as your own work.
6. Always state choice of prize
on q separate piece Of paper, with
name and address In full.
Z. Address the envelope to Editor
Courier Junior, Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06
THE COURIER JUNIOR.
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING CO.,
oTTUMWA, IOWA.
MATILDA DEvEREAux,
EDITOR.
ALE1TER CONTEST.

Dear Juniors:-For the big contest
this week we want all the Juniors to
write interesting letters about the
summer of 1913. The prizes can be
selected from among the following
articles: 49,. =. So,
Sweater, rain coat, roller skates, doll
fountain pen, book, football.
The contest opens today and closes
Monday. Sept. IL.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06
ABOUT PRIZES.

n the Courier Junior has ever
failed to send out prizes when the
winners names were published we
want to be told about 1t right away.
We also want all Of our prizes &C.
knowledged. 49,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06
Dorothy's Papa Has Taken
Courier for "a Years.

Dear Juniors:
This is the first time have written
to you. I like to read the Junior page.
Ny papa has taken the Courier for "a
years. e.
My teachers name is Miss Crone.
like her fine.
For pets have dog and two cats.
Dorothy Schorr,
sol Sheridan Ave-, Ottumwa, la.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06
WILL SEND POST CARDS.

Whenever the Juniors write short
stories or nice letters they Will receive
post cards, the latter being sent out
when the letters and stories are pun'
lished.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-09-06
ANNOUNCE PRIZE WINNERS.

The name of the prize winners IN
the current events contest Will De an
nounced next week.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-08

possibility that the marriage may not be
for life, though both desire It to be.
l should make the marriage ceremony
consist of three questions addressed sew
orally to the bride and bridegroom.
Have you read the marriage contract"
do you agree to IT,"
Have you signed it?"
The clergyman or civil officer would
then say: Then you are man and wife"
The contract would be as follows:
Whereas we wish to join in wedlock,
we agree to devote our lives to each other
and consecrate them to the highest good
of all concerned. We obligate ourselves
to foster peace and harmony by mutual
concessions, to apprehend and fulfill each
others wishes within the limits OF com
mon sense and reason, to encourage sane
and sound posterity, to decide mutually
upon a course OF instruction and discipline
of our children at their birth, il not be-
fore; to raise them in simplicity and in
modesty; TO teach them 70 respect their
elders and their parents, and to be worthy
example to them. We recognize this union
as a sacred and holy bond, %herein we
find JOY happiness and peace. We ac-
claim ourselves the relatives and custo-
dams of good, here on earth and in heaven,
that we may enjoy that heaven which we
create We shall aim to exercise patience
and poise in all matters under discussion.
Having agreed thereupon, we now as
sumo the marital obligations set forth,
and should either party fail in these obi
cations, or should he or she wilfully re-
ject them after TIE period of one year in
marriage, the wife may claim her rights
as dowager and the husband may claim
the dover privilege, he agreeing to su0'
port her modestly and properly The chill
dren must IN every instance he provided
Tor BY the father. and accordmS to sub.
s,antjal physi-A and educational REQUIRE
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-08
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ments the mother to have the custody of
the children unless otherwise agreed upon;
any sons over ten years to be in the Gus
tody of the father The father agrees to
make appropriate provision for his chill
dren in his will without preference for
any. The dowager nav renounce all right
to her dover income II she have a fortune
of her own, accepting therefor stipulated
interest in his estate"
Each of the contracting partners in the
solemn business of marriage would sign
this. If they lived according to the letter
and the spirit Of the first paragraph they
would have no need OF the second
But if incompatibility should develop If
the wife ran about to clubs and bridge par
ties and neglected her duty as homekeeper
or, developing flirtatious tendencies, neg
Iected the duty of the heart keeper; II
the husband were neglectful, unkind or
unfaithful, the aid of the second part Of
the marriage contract could be summoned
10 sunder the bonds that are no longer
holy.
Marriage is a holy state SO long as the
true ideal OF marriage is upheld. Let me
define marriage at it's best. II is the as
sociation of q man and woman for the
betterment Of each and for the highest
good of the world and posterity.
Divorce is what? The dissertation, or
dscontinuance, of the marriage bond
through default. Divorce is sure denote
ment of the abuse of mutual privileges
and the breaking CT the legal contract and
moral obligations that unite man and
woman
The new divorce, which have been in
vited to advocate before a Congressional
committee, is one which permits and en-
courages collision. Collision, which has
been regarded as a crime, would dignity
as q virtue II is agreement as to what
Is the best for each
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-08

Because there are sometimes wrong
ingredients mixed in the cup OF marriage,
too strong flavor of temper, dash too
much of selfishness, or the bitterness of
indifference or unfaithfulness, one may
have an overdose of wedlock, and it were
well to spill the cup.
BY mutual agreement man should be
permitted to make his wife a dowager.
He could present himself in court and
say: "Your Honor, wish to make my wife
a dowager." The court could ask the wife,
who would be present, or be represented
if this were her wish. The question of the
husbands income could be gone into and
settled, and divorce could be as simple
as marriage. Thereafter Mrs. john Smith
would be Mrs. John Smith, Dowager.
There would be no mistake as to her
marital status.
She would receive one-third Of her nus.
bands income for life, unless the hus-
bands income were so large that her
share would be more than fifty dollars
n week. Fifty dollars, | believe, should
be the maximum. II a woman had any
hope of securing more than two hundred
dollars a month there would be more
marriages for money than there are II
that amount were fixed as the greatest 1t
would stop marriage graft.
The odum Of divorce will be wiped
away when by mutual agreement wife
accepts the title Of dowager. There will
be no threshing out of incidents, undigni-
fed, or worse in public. The children
can retain their respect for their parents.
Such plan would have obviated the ne
cessity Of Mrs. Ava Willing Astor's public
suit for divorce. 1t would have spared US
the international jest OF the Chanler-Ca-
valieri dissolution of the bonds Of we'd
lock. We would not have had the Mrs.
Raymond Belmont details with our morn.
ing coffee.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-08
What Her Bishop Said.

Before going to my fathers house /
went to the Bishops. Bishops Court was
at the other side of the island, and it was
noon before l drove under it's tall elm
trees.
'The love in which husband and wife
contract to hold each other in holy we'd
lock is typified by the love of Christ for
His Church, and as the one can never be
broken, neither can the other"
"But my husband does not love me-"
l said. Neither do love him, and there
fore the contract between us is broken
already
The Bishop was very severe with me for
this, telling me that as a good child of the
Church | must never, never say that again,
for though marriage was q contract it diff
fered from all other contracts whatsoever
when you married your husband, dear
lady, you were hound to him not by your
own act alone, but by mysterious power
from which neither of you can ever free
yourself. The power that united you was
Cod and whom God has joined together
no man may put asunder."
I felt my head dropping. What the
Bishop was saying was what had always
been taught, though in the torment of my
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-08
What Her Father Said.

his massive and powerful head was
propped up by pillows in the campbed
Whlcn was all he ever slept on, and he
was looking so i'll and 80 changed in SO
snort time that was shocked, as well
as ashamed of the selhshness of having
thought OF myself only all the morning.
But he would listen to no svmnafhv
protesting there was little or nothing the
matter with him, that Conrad was
croaklng about cancer" but the doctor
was fool.
n,, What about yourself, though" he said,
Great doings at the Castle, they're telling
me-" As
thought this favorabie opnortrpi+v
10 speak about my own affMSrR so heean
on my story again, and though I found
II harder to tell now that my listener was
my Iather, struggled on, and on. as well
as could for the emotion that was chor>
ing me- 0' NAo'A'
thought he would pity me. exneoted
mn mn 10 Dc angry Although he was show.
ing nue. some OF the contemptuous tender.
ness winch he had always assumed toward
my mother. yet l was his daughter. and r
leit sure that he would want to lean ont
OF pea that he might take my husband nv
the throat and shake him as a terrsar
SNAKES a rat. But what happened was
something quite different.
Hardly had I begun when he burst ont
laughing 81 ou'
God bless my SOUL" he cried. "von,ra
never going to lose yer stomach over a
thing like that?" -
thought he had not understood me- so
tried to speak palmer. ~
see,' he said. "Sweetheartinx some
other woman, is he? Well, what NJ ito
he isn't the first husband who has done
the like, and I guess he won't 10" he Of ths
last" NO 'ne
Still I thought I had not rnaSa r,vea,e
clear so said my husband had hean ur.
true TO me, that his infidelities under nv
own roor had degraded me in NV own
eyes and everybody elses, that / conld
NOT Dear to live such life any longer and
consequently
Consequently" said my father. "von
come 10 me to fight your battles for YOU.
gath no, nsht them yourself, gel. No
IL was mans point of view sunnora
p 1 was ready to cry with vexation and
disappointment and though ] conouered
cue impulse to do that | could 90 no
farther " ~ ~
Who's the woman" he asked
party. "o0Se'
Then cut her out. guess vou,ra
We'.,. enough 70 DO 1t, whoever she is.
You've got the looks, too. and DONE
grudge you the money. Cut her ont
that's the best advice l can give Won
Make your husband see you're the better
woman Of the two. Cut her out. I'm saw.
ing. and don't come whining here like 4
cry-baby, who runs to her grandmothers
apron-strings at the scratch she gets
outside SSsS
THE full instalment of the "The Wo
man Thou Gavest Me- from which these
few excerpts have been taken, can be
found in the current number OF HEARsT's
,MAGAZiNE.)
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-08

Hush! Hush! Don't say that, my
daughter Think Of it as one Of the mis-
fortunes of life which We all have to
suffer How many poor women have to
bear the sickness and poverty, not to
speak of the drunkenness and death of
their husbands! Do they think they have
right to run away from all that-to
break the sacred vows of their marriage
on account of it? No, my child, no, and
neither must you. Some day it will come
right. You'll see it will. And meantime
by the memory of your mother-that
blessed saint whom the Lord has made
one of his own. S.. :"
Then what can do?"
pray, my child, pray for strength to
bear your trials and to resist all tempta-
ton. Say rosary for the Blessed Virgin
every morning before breaking your fast.
I'll say rosary, too. You'll see yet this
is only Gods love for you, and you'll wei.
come His holy will
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-08

trouble and the fierce fire of my tempta-
ton l had forgotten it.
THE civil law might divorce YOU" con-
tinued the Bishop. 81 don't know can
say nothing about that. But 1t would have
no right to do so because the law can have
no right to undo what God Himself has
done"
Oh, 1t was cruel! felt as if the future
of my life were darkening before meas
If the iron bars Of prison were closing
upon me, and letters were being fixed on
every limb.
But even If the civil law could and
would divorce you" said the Bishop,
think of the injury you would be infict-
ing on the Church. Yours was what is
called mixed marriage, and the Church
does not favor such marriages, but it con-
sented in this case, and why? Because it
hoped to bring back an erring family in a
second generation TO the folds of the
faith. Yet what would you be doing?
Without waiting for a second generation
you would be defeating it's purpose"
A cold chill seemed to creep to my
heart at these words. Was 1t the lost
opportunity the Bishop was thinking of
instead of the suffering woman with her
bruised and bleeding soul?
I rose to go. The Bishop rose with me,
and began to counsel forgiveness.
Even II you have suffered injury dear
lduys ue salt uOn say you haven't
isn't it possible to forgive? Remember,
forgiveness is a divine virtue, enjoined ON
us all, and especially ON a woman toward
the man she has married. Only think!
How many women have TO practise it
every day, all the world overt
"Ah, WE'LL" l said, and walked to the
door.
The Bishop walked with me- urging me-
as good daughter of the Church, to live
at peace with my husband whatever his
faults, and when my children came Gas
please God they would to 'instil into
them the true faith with all a mothers
art, a mothers tenderness" so that the
object of my marriage might be fulfilled.
and a good Catholic become the heir to
Castle Raa.
$50 the Church can do nothing for
me?" I said.
Nothing but pray, dear lady," said the
Bishop.
When I left him my heart was in fierce
rebellion, and, since the Church could do
nothing, l determined to see if the law
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-08

My fathers advocate received me with
his usual bland smile, gave me his clammy
fat hand, put me to sit in the armchair.
hoped my unexpected visit did not presage
worse news from the Big House, and
finally asked me what he could do.
told my story over again, emitting
my sentimental grievances and coming
quickly and with less delicacy to the
grosser facts of my husbands infidelity.
The lawyer listened with his head
aside, his eyes looking out on the sea and
his white fingers combing his long brown
beard, and before I had finished I could
see that he too, like the Bishop, had de-
termined to see nothing.
you may be right" he began
81 am right" | answered.
But even il you are, / am bound to tell
you that adultery is not enough of itself
as a ground for divorce"
mot enough?"
eff you were man it would be, but be-
ing woman you must establish cruelty
as we'll"
Cruelty? Isn't it all cruelty?" I asked.
"In the human sense yes; in the legal
sense, no. answered the lawyer.
And then he proceeded TO explain to
me that in this country, unlike some 9th.
ers, before woman could obtain divorce
from her husband, she had to prove that
he had not only been unfaithful to her.
but that he had used violence to her,
struck her in the face perhaps, threat
ened her or endangered her life or health.
your husband hasn't done that, has
he? No? | thought not. After all, he's a
gentleman Therefore there is only one
other ground Oh which you could estab-
lish right to divorce-desertion, and your
husband is not likely to run away. In
fact, he couldn't. II isn't to his interest.
We've seen to all that-here," and, smil-
ing again, the lawyer patted the top OF
the lacquered box that bore my fathers
name.
But assuming that you could obtain
divorce" said the lawyer, "what good
would it do you? You would have to re-
linquish your title"
Il care nothing about my title" I re-
piled.
And your position"
II care nothing about that either"
Come, come" said the lawyer, batting
my arm as If had been an angry child
on the verge of tears Don't let a fit Of
pique or spleen break up a marriage that
Is SO suitable from the points CT property
and position And then think Of your good
father. Why did he spend all that money
IN setting ruined house on It's legs
o"AA' mat Nc might carry on MS name
in noble family, and through your chill
dren. and your children's children''-
Then the law can do nothing for nae?"
/ said, feeling sick and sore
sorry, very sorry, but under present
conditions, as far as / can vet see, moth
ing" said the lawyer
Good day, SIR" l said, and before he
could have known what was doing had
iieapt up, left the room, and was hurry
ing downstairs.
My heart was ia still flercer rebellion
now would go home. would appeal
to my father.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-08
What Her Priest Said.

r OFFER a solution of the twin problem
which is one of the foremost of the
H. haunting, vexing problems of today.
Willingly assume the risk of startling
the few for the sake of helping the many.
The new marriage form which offer and
the new procedure in divorce which ad-
vocate would make homes purer and
hearts happier. In the hope of bringing
about such desirable states will willingly
bear the onus of the dreaded term IAN
advanced woman"
/ should like to see every young person
about to be married have marriage con-
tract in his or her possession and see him
or her seriously studying every clause in
it for q week before marriage.
BY this the marriage ceremony could be
simplfled. There would be no mumbled
responses at the altar to questions only
half heard and not half understood. There
would be no mental reservations. With
that contract before him the bridegroom
could study carefully the obligations he Is
about to assume. He would ponder over
them, would be filled with a sense Of his
responsibility to them, would weigh them
carefully before signing.
The bride, no matter how young or fr1v-
olous. once she was face to face with the
document, would find it most absorbing,
for she would understand that this was
the pivot on which her marriage ceremony
would turn.
The three brief questions asked at the
ceremony would merely be the seal upon
the marriage contract.
The marriage contract have drawn up
and which | shall offer as a model for the
consideration of a Congressional commit
tee in the interests OF uniform marriage
and divorce laws, has the advantage Of
combining sentiment with foresight, There
is a frank looking into the future of prob
able parenthood. an honest facing of the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-08

to our parish the sun had been darkened
by his shadow.
"But take care" he said. 1--WE told no.
body about the compact We made with
your husband-nobody but our Blessed
Lady herself-and you mustn't think OF
that as way out of your marriage"
But [ can't bear It, I can't bear it."
cried
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-08
MI Co said with smile and glance direction that things
'nrow King of Glen"

Tell your old
priest everything
my child, and if
there Is anything
he can do"
Without waiting
for more words l
sank to my knees
at his feet, and
poured out all my
troubles - telling
him my marriage
had been a failure;
that the sanctify-
ing grace which he
had foretold as
the result of the
sacrament of holy
wedlock had not
come to pass; that
not only did l not
love my husband;
my husband loved
another W ON a n,
and that she was
living here with
us in this very
house.
Father Dan was
dreadfully distress
ed. More than
once while I was
speaking he cross
ed himself and
said, Lord and
His Holy Mother
love u.s." and when
| came to an end
he began to re-
proach himself for
everything, saying
that he ought to
have known that
our lad (meaning
MARTINI did not
write those ter
rible letters with
out being certain
thew were true;
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-08
Hall Caine Describes in HEARSTS
MAGAZINE The Struggle of a
Battered Wife Against Her Own
Heart When She Found She Was in
Love with Man Not Her Husband

HEARSTs
sh novelist has perhaps the
oNe the little convent bred girl
Immediately
hearts,
LordRa
reaitionth love him Hoi "A0
ON the
in
number MAGAZINE
aidhe
"The m In Inc warren
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-08
low 1.-THE Woman Thou Gavest Me- Met Temptation

could do anything, so / ordered my
chauffeur to drive to the house Of my
fathers advocate at Holmtown.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-08

seIed me to pray to God night and day
10 strengthen me against my temptation.
Inc evil one Is besieging your soul, my
child" he said. Fight with him. nv
daughter"
tried to follow my ghostly fathers
direction, but how hard it was to do so!
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-03-08

Martin had only to take my hand and look
into my eyes and all my good resolutions
We're gone in moment.
What Her Priest Said.
More of the same kind there was, all
music to my ears. and then Father Dan
came to closer quarters, saying Doctor
Conrad had dropped hint that was not
very happy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29
Responses. c. Millinan.
Farmer Shoots Self and Dies.

Council Bluffs, Aug. 29.-Lying face
downward on the floor, with a rife
under his knees, the body Of Fred Dali
ton. a bachelor living alone about six
miles this side of Macedonia, was
found Thursday morning when a
neighbor sent child to the house on
an errand.
Death was caused by a bullet wound
in the head, evidently self-in1icted. In
dica tons were that Dalton had been
dead for several days.
Dalton was last seen alive Tuesday
evening, when he made some purchases
of groceries from neighbor. The
packages were still unopened on the
table. while the condition Of the room
indicated that on his return home Dali
ton had taken a bath and dressed him.
self in fresh clothing.
Whether in handling the rifle he ac-
cidentally shot himself or whether the
shot was Aired with suicidal intent is
uncertain.