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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-09
PLAYED IT AT CLUBS.

While az Tables and the contract
was held by West at three clubs. NJ
table five North laid down three TOP
spades and saved the game and then led
diamond.
AZ Table s on the same club make. the
three OF diamonds was opened by North
and West made five odd and game az
clubs.
a remarkable hand. though the var'a
tons were somewhat due to bad WORK
both in bidding ana play and the at
tempted justification OH some OF the pays
only accentuated their character. How
ever. the players were above the average
in ability as auction players and the mana
is a record so far as we know.
IL also points out how the same cohdi-
tons permit of different points OF view
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-09

socjety under the dictatorship of Nicho-
las Elsenheimer.
Cardinal Farley. accompanied by ms
secretaries and Morsignor NJ. J. Lavelie
will be present and occupy the box d.
,cctlv over the main entrance TO Carnegie
Hall.
banul,et will be given in honor OF
Walter Damrosch. composer OF the ope''s
"Cyrano." by his fellow members OF the
German iedorkranz at the clubhouse. NO
III East 18th street, on Saturday evening,
March y. at ! o'clock. The honorary
guests will be Messrs. Giulio Gatt.-Ca-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-09
QUERY HAND.

Here is A hand for thought. South dealt
and declared one royal, West and North
passing. East declared two CLUBS South
two royals. West and North passlns' East
declared three diamonds. South passing.
West held the following hand:
Spades -Q.9-8-4.
Hearts A .Q.9-7-2.
Oiamonds.7.
CIubs-3.2.
The score was love all, rubber game.
What should West do?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-09

sazza. director of the Metropolitan opera
COMPANY. William j. Henderson. the
librcttist of the opera: Alfred Hertz con
ductor. and Pasquale Amato. creator Oh
the title role. DR. Emanuel Baruch Is 10
be the POSTMASTER.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-09

Virgil Gordon gave an interesting studi
musical on February "a, at which mum
Der of his advanced piano pupils played
Miss Christiana Loos. soprano. assisted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-09
EAsT's POSITION WAS SOUND.

analysis points different action.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
Work Made Letter Great
Merchant Prince Who Started As
Clerk, Rises Trough Ability to
Labor Tremendously.
Madison, & Peters

EVT ZEIGLER LETTERS family
set sail from Amsterdam in jan
uary 1890. and in March landed
i'm New York-Herman, and his wife.
two sons and a daughter They made
their way to Washington county. Mary
land, and rented q small farm The
sons married and the little village OF
numerous Letters became LeitersburE
and here Lew Zeigler was born in 1884.
He worked hard on the farm and at
tended the district school in winter
He found employment in the village
dry goods store at 81 q week In 1898,
at 49, ne went west, stopping at
Springfield, Ohio, where he remained
a year in Peter Aurray's dry goods
store.
Peter was "a hard task master. and
when young Letter left him he eX-
claimed: There goes the best boy L
ever had or expect to have
With $50 in his pocket he pushed
his way to Chicago, securing employ
ment in the firm of Downs & Van
vs. yck, beginning with 81 week,
which was soon increased to $40. He
rented q room for 81 Week and ate
around. In two years he saved 500.
He entered the wholesale house OF
Cooley, Wadsworth & Co., and this
connection proved to be the real start
ing point of his great career. He re-
NAMED with the house through its
time he had enough saved to purchase
an interest in the business.
Two Great Merchants in Embryo.
At the same time another young
man, Marshall Field. who had entered
the employ simultaneously with Letter,
had also stake in the concern. Letter
and Field Joined their capital and sold
out their interests to John Y. EarWel
Then they combined and secured con-
troll in the business of Potter Palmer
which became and continual
the firm of Field. Palmer and Letter.
Palmer soon dropped out and the firm
became Field, Letter & Co, and thus
remained until 1881. when Mr.. Letter
retired from mercantile life.
Ius step by step Levi Letter rose
from poor boy to a merchant OF in
irrational fame and wealth
Great Working Ability.
BY his great power of application
and endurance he was enabled to eN-
ecute an amount of work which would
have killed an ordinary man, and by
the exercise of rare intelligence he
increased the business of his firm un-
I'll it occupied the leading position of
the whole west
His retirement from the Iaborious
business of merchant did not mean a
cessation of work. lie turned his at
Jent1on to real estate and corporate
interests and thus vastly increased
his already enormous wealth.
+ He was public spirited citizen and
gave great sums unostentatiOusly to
civic works.
In 1856 AIr. Letter married Mary
the daughter of Benjamin
Carver He had three daughters and
one son. The eldest daughter Mary
married lord Curzon of Keddleston. az
terward viceroy of India. Joseph e.
Letter the son, startled the world in
1897 by 'cornering' the wheat market
on the Chicago board of trade.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
REALITY A Delightful Talk With CEnD ETC
= - = ~ 4 Priscilla Kn0Uss AJ1GAAGs & ~

lids become red and swollen, and final
ly assume brown, Wrinkled appear-
ance, which is due entirely to the
fact that they have been abused. Never
read too long. Stop reading even if
YOU happen TO be in the most interest
ING part of the book if your eyes hap
pen to have that very wide omen feel
ms which indicates that they are over
tired, Never hold your reading matter
close to your eyes Keep the page at
least loot away, and always have
the light strike the page from behind
IT you find that you have strained
your eyes unknowingly, battle them in
not and cold water, an application OF
not then cold, and then close them
gently with something dark placed
over them for about five minutes. This
is wonderfully refreshing.
Beautiful markings are essential
for good eyes; long eve lashes mean
shat the eyes are wen taken care of.
and they should have an application
of cocOanut oil about three times a
week The brows should be shaped
night and morning with a tinv eve
brush, and If anything is applied to
make them grow it should he done
very carefully for hair is ant to come
IN the wrong place, and the contour of
the eye brow is very important
Never Wear Wells.
AND now, never wear wells. I could
never tel YOU just how much harm it
does to the eye. A certain amount of
strain is brought to bear upon the eva
anyway, but undue strain should be
avoided and face wells induce suuintin0
and all sorts of eye torture Ewes Of q
beautiful color are attractive. but even
the bluest blue or the softest brown
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

The answer that invariably give
IS That one should not expect the finite
mind OF men TO comprehend the In
finite. Just try to think of infinftv-
10 embody it in single thought with
q period to It, You can't do it, Think
Of am infinity of space. 1T can't be
ocne The mind insists on putting a
llIlll 70 everything We can't put the
tHoLs1I OF lnilnlty into human terms.
me difference between the present
and the hereafter, my Laura is ex-
pressed i'm the difference between our
IDEAS OF finite things and our inability
TO express infinity. Tn the great be-
and many other things The thing for
US TO do now is to have faith
You might think that warning Won
as did before your marriage I would
seize this opportunity to call your at
t5ntion to the fact that [ was right
But, as matter of fact. 7 probably
was not right. Anyhow. YOU have
made your choice. Be consistent
Laura dear no matter what comes
now, remember that fl was for better
o. worse. i'm sickness or in health
Have faith, my dear. Don't think of
sending for Jim Burke Oh. know.
he said ne would 20 to you at any
time but don't test him. He prob
AMY Won dn't go now. He and Molly
are very happy
Faith, and not charity, 7 verify be-
Heve, is the greatest Of all the viz
tues Low many Of as have IT reaily2
Not many I am afraid We think we
nave, until we are really tested. But
why should you not have it2 IF there
is any thing wrong, you viii learn it
soon enough. 5ust sit back and have
1aith-real faith-and see what viii
happen Affectionately.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

Those of us who have sufferfd-and
who has not2-from the ticking of
the plumes which women win insist on
wearing. stuck at ridiculous angles in
their hats. must needs feel much SYM
pathy with the irate individual who
caused miniature Donnybro5k in an
omnibus by endeavorins to duck one
of these ircOnsiderate turte doves.
Probably. his assault was uc deHber-
ate. When foot of feathr whiszs
INTO ones face every half minute. id
eNcltes the same kind Of releX action
OF the muscles as does a fly ietuing on
ones nose Mans costume may be as
ugly as YOU please, but il seldom Of
tends anything but Che eye Women. i'm
their personal adOrnment. al STRANGELY
apt 20 be without the sma est COnsid-
GRAFTON for the comfort or convenience
OF their neighb0rs Men hive grOaned
under the tyranny of the crtwheel hat
and fled i'm terror from til murderous
natplu- Are they about to abel aeainst
the nose-tickler2-Pal 1Il Gazette.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

brings his wife along, apparently for
protection. If it hadn't been for the
things that happened before he ECame
would have died of modification. But
/ had told Mr.. Hurley that expected
jim, thinking it would be nice to give
him party-just a white little lie
and Mrs Jim fitted in nicely.
You are wondering that / take it
so philOsophically. Oh. mater. dear
everything is all right now Jack final
ly told me of his own acCord-eVery-
thing He attended the meeting in
wan street that dreadful night and
advanced the money that was neces-
sary to square the defalcation of that
scamp Springer Then he went to fill
an appointment with Mrs Whitney
She had demanded a further settle
ment of 100000 on a threat of MAX
Ing trouble. Tt seems that while she
always complained of Mr.. Hurley's
friends as not being the equal of her
society friends, some of the latter are
quite lively. She has taken to drink
ing considerable and she treatened
that she would call here and make a
scene unless Mr. Hurley gave her the
money on, mater, Gear, New York
II roadway Ii seems to set into the
blood of the people who inhabit it,
-IheN get the cafe, theaJer and drink
hablt; and when they get outside of
mat feVerish atmosphere they are like
drug ueHds without the drug.
In order to save me from a scene
and worry, AIR. Hurley went to meet
her. She had her lawyer there and
he had his. But think of it, she called
me on the phone before he cot there
or else had someone else to call me-fn
order TO cause trouble between ms.
Jack waited to tell me all about III
until after everything had been set
tied definitely Probably he wouldn't
nave told me so soon. only he received
a letter from his lawyer. which ex-
planned everything, and ne suddenly
became cheerful-fOr the first time in
to me at the breakfast table never
let him dream what I had done: and
I would be too ashamed to ten him
the real truth about my sending for
Jim ] am in doubt as to whether lin
really suspects why I sent for him.
He seems to accept my exclamation
that it was just to have a married
couples party tonight
Lovingly,
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
Mater


New York Civ Dno 7e
Cr-rTr,D -,
A N useu TO Ieel
We sorry Tor father, because I
a believed that he could not helm
+7,. 7,f,,7-fr,,~ 7,otf+ h.. - -,...t-5
-"4 va --'i'-''7 i-'''i1 ii9 i1'u a04 uli Gu
But / have seen enough OF life now
to know that any of us can do with
ourselves e,,,+1,- ,,-I,,4 ,,-., ,.-,,+ g., ~,
W NO'
AI is merely question OF wanting
to do 1T. Most vicious habits are due
to laziness Not many young girls
have had so much crowded into their
lives in a short time as have had.
Tn the four months that 7 have been
here 7 have had thrust uDon me more
knowledge of life than I dreamed that
one could acquire New York seems
so furnish a Knowledge of life i'm
capsules.
i don't long any more to go out and
save the world I don't want to be n
great leader. I lust want to- be helm
ful to my husband and those around
me That is the-feal function of life.
That is what I believe was meant bv
universal brotherhood Christ told us
that we must love our neighbors as
ourselves When he cid 7eierj11,T,.
believe he meant neighbor When we
so beyond our own immediate circle
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

HOlbrOoke. Va Dec
r AURA Dear: This is the time
my dear for you to snow your
stability of character. I supnose
if I were like some mothers I would
rush to you at once. This. however.
would only upset Mr.. Hurley. who. for
all we know, may be bearing bur
den of his own. I don't try to account
for his visit GO his former wife. There
IS no use trying. 1t seems inexplicabIe
% us now. but 1T may seem very sim
pie and clear later on
have frequently had people ask me
whether i could give them a single
concrete proof of the existence OF Coo.
nave tried to point out that the evil
Qence is found in the fact that there
has been placed I'm all of us-even I'm
the breasts of savages-a simple faith
IN some higher power; that this faith
has been handed down from generation
- SenerauOn- that ii has lived through
me dark ages and through periods OF
the greatest SaTagery. I'm every age
YOU VIII find people looking upward to
the heaven You viii find even the
non believers when they are brought
face to face with death. falling uDOn
their knees and mumbIng PRAYERS to
some higher power.
BuL you viii hear people saw
what proof is there2 III there is such
8 place as heaven, what is it Iike?7
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
Made DoubIy Ridiculous.

New Il Ork CITY Dec. II.
"a n OTHER Dear: I have been made
WI ridiculous. doqply ridiculous.
and yet J am happy
Never was there such fool as l.
and yet I am happy No sooner had I
written you the other morning. than
7 wired Jim Burke, reminding him Of
his promise to come to me If ever 1
needed him- I confess to YOU now
that i'm my desperation, / had two
thoughts; first, that Jim might actual
~ find whether lIr. Hurley was call
ing ON his former WIFE and second,
that If this should prove TO be the
case, I would be able. to make him
Jealous In reDrisal, by exhibiting Jim.
On, j know what you viii say. mother,
QeaT-but Just remember that I didn't
nave TO tell you all this. Pm being
very honest so think tOlerantly OF
me- L am very much in love with my
husband ana 4 suppose love destroys
the reasoning power.
NeFer again VIII I say that men
snirk when the time comes to keep
llelf eNtraTa&ant promises, made in
the throes Of love. You remember
how Jim said that I could have him
az any time, wife or no wife. children
or no chuqren--that all 7 would have
t. do was to send for bim2 He said
IT to me and he said it to you. with
reference to me. Well. he kent his
word He came flying And as he
walked into apartments here behind
him trOOped-Mouv.
Think of it, he comes to me and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

preach the gospel every Sunday, and
whose trustees are interested in mis-
sion work. But they won't spend any
money on the tenement house 1 no
ticed tie same situation with refer
ence to one of the theatrical managets
I know. He is an enthusiast for moral
plays He believes the function of
the stage is to educate and improve
the minds of the people. He wants
sermon in his plays. He usually pays
the women in his plays salaries on
which they find it difficult to live
honorably. 7 am beginning to think
that it would be better for this man
aver to put on plays that merely en-
terrain. but which would be profitable
enough for him to pay his people de-
cent salaries. We cannot be certain
OF the effect of general reforms We
can only be sure when we put them
into effect in our immediate circle. I
have written more than I intended,
mother, dear. so III say goodnight.
Additionally,
Laura.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
Mabel Herbert Urner's Great Series
Married Lies Troubles
For the First Time Since Their Marriage Warren Gives
Helen Real Christmas Gift
RY MAREL. EERRERH ILRMER
By MABEL HERBERT URNER

D him than all her other presents IN
spite of herself there was a lump in
her throat as she went on opening the
NO. that isn't for you TO play with
Grossly as Pussy Pur-1leW reached a
playful paw for q narrow red ribbon
second the kitten had cluCched the rib
con. pulling down the whole mass Of
letters, cards and boxes.
" I'm l4ll erect, she scanpered away,
while Helen patiently gathered up the
things
Message.
Lets go into the library, dear. so
{ Nora can clear off the dishes and
Helen took the mass Of Christmas mail
ID 10 the library table.
Just then the door bell rang Tt was
a messenger boy with a box addressed
30 AIRS Warren T. Curtis"
Helen signed the receipt and opened
the box her heart beating fast. 1t
It was large siIVered thermos bot
tie, but the card tied to il read. with
the seasons best wishes from Carrie
ooh, how dear of themr' trying TO
hide her disappointment "And it's
something I've always wautedr'
instead Of starting off for his usual
sunday and holiday morning walk. to
Helen s surprise. Warren now settled
himself with the newspapers by the
library table.
They were to dine at his mothers at
l0atled dinner in the middle of the dav.
II was after 10 now and she went into
her room TO look over the dress she
was Eolns 10 wear, Tor her clothes
must be in perfect condition when she
1lned with his people
Aren't you going to straighten up
looks like the devil If anybody comes
Yes, dear in just a minute"
Helen came back and folded I'D the
ra.rr rrsl7-r
letters and put the presents in the
boxes
why. Warren. what's this? Where
did this come from2 holding up a
small. unaCdressed package.
Wonderlng1y she opened it, then she
caught her breath as she saw the vel-
1et Jett5el case SEe touched a
spring and the lid flew back disclosing
2 gltterins pearl and diamond laval
For moment she gazed at IT in
speechleSs -amazement then turned to
Warren with a -breathless.
Look! look. How did this get here2
JUS some mistake. Nobody Intended
sending me this-r
A Surprise for Helen.
Warren was looking at it with an
eNpressIOnless face.
How did il set hereT persisted Hell
en- eNcitediy- Was It wrapped in some
of those boxes by mistaken How shall
[ find who IL belongs tor
To these excited questions Warren
maintained q stolid silence. Then Helen
caught a ghmmer of something in his
face Gould IL be -
The next moment she rushed into his
reluctant arms
"Oh. why didn't you tell Newly
didn't YOU tell mee sobbingly. ooh, I
didn't dream --'
Huh, You were pretty dense And
mad TO hang around here all morning
SO IL Wouldn't be pitched out With that
paper and stuff
-Oh. dear. love you-I love YOU sol
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27
BIZ 1IAUDE MILLER.

IS" BE light that lies in woman's
eyes, says Miss Priscilla
Knowles, of the Academy
Of Music Stock company. sis the light
that rules the world. Beyond that
facial beauty is unnecessary, for peo-
pie rarely look, beyond a beautiful pair
OF eyes, save TO let their attention
wander 10 the mouth, which needs to
be sweet in expression only, not beau
tifuL That is just the trouble with
the present day girl-she spells her
mouth by allowing it to look hard;
she draws its softness into straight,
unbecOming lines. Perhaps you did not
know that unpleasant thoughts sucn
as envy. hatred and the like, show i'm
mediately in the expression of the
mouth and eyes
"To return 20 the subject Of the
eyes in the first place. whether or not
God has seen fit to bless you with
eyes OF an unusual color or shape. it
VIII AVIAN you nothing if your gaze is
not clear and honest Never let your
eyes SHIFT from the direct glance OF
another, III marks You -as untr1rst-
worthy once knew girl who had
peauuIul ewes. but who looked all
around the room while YOU We're talk
Ing to her She would never Give Won
glance for glance
Consequently the beauty of her
eyes was never wholly apDreciated
ana besides there came time when
Of real, true friendship straight-
forward glanceI helps you to be hon
est II inspires direct confidence i'm
your neaFL and 1T gives other people
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

! relatives with whom we cannot get
along in harmony. There are some
Z people from whom we instinctively
/ turn away. We cannot be friends
with everybody and by the same token,
I suppose. it is not easy to find
suitable mate Mistakes viii fire.
quently be made. L try to realize this
but my old-fashiOned notions revolt
against it. L know it is true but
when 1 was a girl they taught US diff
ferently.
Try never to be jealous of your hUs-
band, dear There are two strong rea-
sons for not being jealous. One is
that 1t eats out the heart and the other
is that it never has the slightest effect
in curing the situation that creates it.
Jealousy is simply form of egotism-
We are kicked on the shins of our
pride and are indignant that we have
been Inundated. / haye known mar
rled women who really dislike their
husbands, VINO didn't want them
around, and Yet who became furious
when they found the men paying at
tentlOnS to other women We all
hate to be deceived Men are espe-
cldIly Uouchy IN this way I have
heard so many men say. II wouldn't
let any woman make a fool of me-"
and yet what harm would it do them
II they had had dignity within them
selves They would simply find that
the women were unworthy of their
love and would turn away. If they
preserved their own dignity. they
would not be harmed in the slightest
The man or woman who is faithIess
must settle with his or her own con-
science They are the ones who are
harmed; even more than the ones
whose faith in them has been be-
uayed- Always remember this dear.
Don't look for trouble. If ever YOU are
deceived, YOU viii learn it soon
enough. and by not looking for evil
dence, you viii at least avoid the
danger of being miserable without
cause.
Your father has been in bed sick
now for q week and 7 did not tell YOU
about it because I thought he was ma
lingering The doctor says that it is
case of acute alcoholism. that he
may get well now, but that his whole
system is impaired and that he may
De taken off suddenly at any time
I rather doubt it. I think your father
encourages the doctor in his theories. (
hoping at last to become a hero
through illness In fact, he is so
pleased with his role as a sick man /
That fear he viii never leave his /
bed
had intended to send Phil to YOU
TINS week, but the patient says that I
ne wants his boy" with him. "Ah," {
he remarks, dramatically do YOU see /
yonder shadows They are closing in 4
on me Let my boy stay with me to I
the end All his speeches have be- /
come poetic I slipped quietly into
mis- room yesterday and found him
pFacuclng certain gestures-flowfDg Z
gestures-as he reclined lux /
urlCusly on his pillows He is having Z
the time of his life, I verify believe (
Goodnight dear.
1Ta+ar
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-12-27

Views ON Divorce.

Holbrooke, Va, Dec. Il.
"a q r Dear Laura: Your letter was
IVH a great relief TO me. I am
glad that your fears have not
been realized-it would have been too
dreadful I suppose there are some
cases where man who has made a
failure of one marriage can succeed
in another AID have been hoping
that this case might be one of the
fortunate ones. I suppose / am very
narrow about divorce, but have al
ways feared that the qualities that
made for failure i'm on uarrfase
would make for failure i'm another.
know that this can't be true. because
If it were it would have to be carried
into all matters affecting the rela-
tons between men and women We
know that there are some OF our own