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The Detroit times., 1914-12-15
The Difference.

The Difference.
The lights CLEAN low. the flddles wall,
The villain shrieketh, "Dammerl"
She hides her huddled head In her
arms
Correct. It's a problem play.
The lights CLEAN low. the fiddles wall,
The villain laughs blase:
She hides her huddled head In her
arms -s~
Correct! It's a problem play.
The lights CLEAN low, the fddles wall,
The slapstick whistles shrill;
She hides her huddled head In her
arms
Correct! It's vaudeville.
Puck.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-15

That Atlanta man VINO is six feet
IL inches tall and wears No. IL
shoe, stands that six feet IL inches
In some stocking feet.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-15
From Another Point of Nie.U

dresses frequently 90 Liz
wouldn't get line on me and hop
Ing 20 run across my mother
somewhere, not being sure Just
how the world was uslno her.
"Four years had passed when
brought up In Cincinnati one De-
cember morning With Just the
price OF coffe eand rolls.
81 walked Into restaurant up
near the Square and after fash
ed dime TO relieve the suspicious
Of the young follow behind the
counter, on came the Java and
the knobs.
with the first sip Of that cup
Of coffee there came q familiar
twano. took a second clip and
was confident I was right. I took
the third 20 make sure there could
be no mistake.
"a approached the young man
at the counter, and In confidence
asked him. n he would mind tell
Inc me the name Of the lady who
made the coffee.
Then ! hung intsntly upon his
words.
81 don't know her last name
said the young man, but her first
name ie Liz
"Whereupon tip-toed out and
hi. the street and took the first
freight for e. Paso.
my suspicious were correct
LIZ always made the punkest cup
Of coffee ! ever tasted and knew
II the first time choked."
In the country correspondence Of
valued state exchange we read tina
Mrs. Percy Gallup entertained q mum
Der of her women friends few after
moons ago and that dinner was fur
n.shed by the hostess" Which woult
II might have been expected
the guests would bring 1t with them
my candidate for The Order Of
the Can" typewrItes n. NJ. o., "is
the person occupying the seat be-
hind you In the theater, who per-
sIsts In showing the toe Of his or
her boot up through the back Of
your seat. The female Of the
species 10 az deadly ~ the male.
FeTcb HopiU4 VIC yVuUS iaoy WIZ
occupied 81, during the first show
at the Miles, Sunday evening,
chances upon this wall She
rubbed II In, all right; plastsrsd
II on thick also; fine black,
slushy mud from Grlswold-st. ~
you can't use this, hand u to
Everett True. He does things that
we'd be plnched for"
That Atlanta man who Is six fee
IL inches tall and wears q No. II
shoe, stands that six feet IL inches
In some stocking feet.
(By A. 1. N.Y.
Mr.. c., patron of an E1izabeth-st
house, is fond OF his buck
wheat cakes OF q morning. Monda!
the menu was changed Il
fried mush. and Mr.. c. observed Il
Mrs. NJ: "Ah, Mrs. NJ, I see old fried
mush has been called upon TO pinch
hit this morning." Yes" said Mrs
NJ, substituted for the batter"
The Detroit times., 1914-12-15
A CUP OF COFFEE LIKE
SHE USED TO MAKE

A CUP OF COFFEE LIKE
SHE USED TO MAKE
81 was born I'm Indiany.> said q
stranger, lank and slim.
@And us fellows I'm the RESTRAINT
was q kind o. guyfn' him.
"Ete., etc." said Happy Rogers,
as he began his narrative TO q
select half.dozen of Steve Rivals
customers, gathered close 20 the
base burner. consuming Its heat
unlts In anticipation or closing
time. Happy Rogers went on:
"A mans morning hobby 10 HE
coffee, and coffee was mine. II !
was to ask you fellows who made
the best cup Of coffee you ever
tasted, there wouldn't be but one
answer, so ! won't ask IL, but will
get at once into the text Of my
remarks.
my story Of a cup Of coffee,
suggested by the Tlndiany poem,
began with the death Of my father
when was pretty young, and the
appearance on the scene Of a
stepfather when . was a little old
er, with the result that ! got out
to make life easier for mother.
We never met after that for many
years.
1.-THE years rolled around and
finally married woman whose
name was Lizzie and we harmon
lied something like a burtesque
show quartet, with the result
that one day says to Lizzie:
LIZ, I've got tickets for New
York, for you and me to 90 and
see the slghts.'
~ put LIZ on the New York
train and Just as II started out,
] got OF and took one for San
Francisco.
Tho fret home paper I got had
story In IN about how had
abandoned my wife, but the fell
low that wrote II didn't know any
thing about the seIf-defense end
Of II. ! simply got tired Of having
Liz bounce fist-irons of my head
In bed and waking me from
peaceful sleep.
: 1.-THE paper said LIZ vowed
she'd like to Get hands on me long
enough to wiring my neck.
ain San Francisco hiked
straight 10 the ADDRESS ! got In
the last letter I had from mother,
but she had moved and ! was up
against II.
"From 'Frisco ! Jumped to New
Orleans, was In Juarez q time,
then hlked for Denver and from
Denver to Seattle, changing ad-
The Detroit times., 1914-12-15

CONTEMPT HEADLINE
Winter Here Woek Ahead OF
Schedule; Minimum Mark 2 Above
Weather Man Promises No Re-
hef'
The Detroit times., 1914-12-15
ReaI Merit

Senator Money, of Mississippi, ask.
cd an old colored man what breed of
chickens he considered best, and he
replied:
"AIl kinds has merits. De wife
ones Is de easiest to find. but de black
ones II de easiest to hide after you
gifts 'em. "--Tit-Bits.
The Detroit times., 1914-12-15
A Hannx Feasibility.

! Let's drop into this restaurant"
II don't believe I care to eat any.
thing"
well, come In and get a new hat
for your old one, anyway"
The Detroit times., 1914-12-15

A careful perusal OF the records es-
tablishes the fact that differences over
lot lines are settled regularly out OF
court, no later than the first heavy
fall OF snow.
Them was good old dog days.
Percy"
HOPING THAT THE WEATHER MAN
DOESN'T KEEP HIS PROMISE
OR Is 1T THREATt
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-01-25
lie answered grayely;

lie answered grayely:
I'm trying TO make up my mind
She mounted few steps, and then
looked buck
Let me know your decision" she
said, and, with littlo gracious bow.
left him.
The next morning she was down
earlier than usual; he was standing n
the hall in e. thick motoring coat ond
by his SIDE was a lady For mo-
mont, It seemed to her, he contemplate
ed fight, then he came
I'm SO glad to see you. should
Ike TO make yon and my wife ac-
quainted"
She came forward at once, with
outstretched hand.
"Wo'ro motoring up TO town" Mrs
Orme told her. "the weather is SO mild
for the time OF year
"And l." said Miss Merrilles, smil-
ing genlally "am of tomorrow, to
Join my husband at Nice; we always
winter abroad
She looked AZ Major Ormc with a
certain covert triumph and could
have laughed at the stupafaction ay-
pressed on his face; his lower Jaw had
dropped ever so slightly, his brows
were raised helplessly Il was rs we'll.
she reflected that his wi'e's eyes wers
not on him
"Perhspf." she went on, when l
come back We may meet again. so III
onlv say 'su revOlr.
She bowed and smiled and turned
toward the l.ft. as she went shs
glanced over her shoulder and. 5"e-
Ing that Mrs Orme had moved awav,
gave the major 4 meaning lt''H uod
and smile. witch were equivalent n
q delicate way. 20 making = long nose
AZ him ana her last visirn NJ h'm "99
OF q tall man standing heln'ess'F n
the middle Of the hail watching 10
the exclusion of everything e'se. ne
cage that bore her from h's s'eht
As phe walked down the softlv car
retsA corridor witch LED 10 her room
she LAUGHED n low amused '7n'h'
once. and then aeein
"I scored" shn r1u~rured NN'
7 thtrk 7 sccrad'' '0r shH had no'
g,,asrsd thai ha h0s UTE, neither
az vet. had sho a husband.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-01-25

Love- he said, stin moro softly,
in real lie is not"
The rich color swept over her face
and neck, and left her whittier than her
gown
"Loyel' she interrupted him with
bitter sarcasm, why do you talk Of
love? LOye-or what is no called--in
real liie is thing to be picked up at
time whom atmosphere music, the
scent of flowers. what you will. has
30 played upon the senses as 10 make
some demOnEtration Il feeling mat
ter of necessity TO complete the pleas
ura - the moment"
She smiled coldly.
"On the contrary, err on the side
OF caution" His faco grew stern.
Tho orchestra was tuning up, the
interval would soon be at an end she
put out her hand in It's long. suede
glove, and touched his arm; he turn
I'd and found her looking al him:
her face was rather palo, but II was
'ery lovely In its heavy frame Of
dark hair her lips were little trem-
ulous, her eyes smiled kindly: all his
/ harsh thoughts vanished
+ "He friends" She said softly. re
member rs the last night"
/ Tho lights we're lowered: no one
would see; he put out his hand I'm
/ pulsively. and clasped hers, nor did
she resent tho action.
You're cold blooded." he cried.
swept by a sudden gust Of passion.
Friends what Ia the good Of friend
chip when love" he stopped. pulled
angrily at hls mustaohe. and remained
silent
Friendship" she said. Sometimes
lasts or both sides love. generally.
only on ono so friendshlp. IN an I'm
perfect world. is the better posses
e'on."
He sighed mutinouslv; the curtain
rose. and thoy watched the last net
hand clasrsh IN hand-or. rather. she
watched Il sni he watched her.
Al tho hotel they parted at the foot
u the great staircase
81 wonder" he said. looking nj
her ~ yon ore a ccnsummlte hlrt OF
. rscu'ia-lv simple minded womanr
Shr laughed
! (which DO you thinhY-
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-01-25

He waited fer her to agree with
him, but, to his chagrln, she merely
shrugged her shoulders daintily, and
continued looking at the opposite box.
He fdgetcd IN Il jerky way which,
she had learned, expressed that be
found tho situation trying
Go and have smoke" she sug-
geRtcd
Don't let us squabble on this, our
last evening together" His smile was
chastoned, as OF one who had sue
ceeded In rising above his evil pas
sions 10 height from which he could
look down pitylnsly on those less hap
nilv placed
Our last evening? What OF tomor-
row7"|
81 hnd." he said. sadly, that III
have 10 start day earlier than e1-
pected."
II he had hoped that she would show
signs Of mourning he was mitaken.
We'll" wac her only comment
made IN a matter of-fact tone Of voice
Certainly she had paused d moment
or two before spesking-"we'ye had
very pleasant time"
Yet" he said, with Visible dis.
pleasure, You don't seem TO regret
that Il should end"
She laughed
i've told you before that I'm 30 ant
woman of tho world"
He frowned
What does Il moan 70 be 20, ant
a woman Of the world7"
at means being philosopher snt
stole rolled into one. and being vi
terry incapable Of illusons-yes
above all. being utterly incapable o
| Illusions
He could only zee her profile. but Il
looked to him a little sad
"surely"-he suggested softly. a.
tltude and voice inviting ronndenoe
that's not always the case7"
She was silent a moment. than Ab'
turned 70 him and lsushsd-she va
I herself again. That I'm ready 70 be
l'eye: can only speak from persona
pznerienc-
Hore he thought. Was a woman VII,
had suffered v~f Vho fought brayel
agalSst any d'sn'ay Of hoT woes II
! longel Is comfort hsr.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-01-25

enter into conversation.
I'm here" he remarked, "for q
fortnight's hunting"
so am !" she laughed.
Really"
Again she laughed.
Your hunting ground will be that
which is frequented by the fox" she
said; mine, that which is given over
to dressmakers; my pet shops are
here; I've come to rig myself out for
the winter"
He was disappointed, but tried no,
TO show II, she gave him a laughing
side glance.
The eternal feminine" he said,
and he knew she had understood.
Not only good looking" he thought
but clever, too" He felt an anticl-
patory thrill run down his backbone
Its not only children" he trans.
lated the thrill, certainly for his own
benefit, who enjoy PLAYING with fire.
o. she said, "the fires all right
IN fact, delightful on occasion; It's tht
being burnt that's unpleasant ant
should be avoided at all costs" anC
again he knew that she had under
stood.
Not only beautiful and clever. bu
dangerous he decided, and the thrill
| which IN itself was agreeable, was
mixed with something which he un
derstood to spsll a warning.
"A fortnight" he said. once more
voiclng his thoughts for their mu
tusl benefit, "ls very short time"
She answered with apparent care
lessness.
~ once knew a woman who got en-
gaaed. was married. and becams
widow in q fortnight"
For the third time she had under
stood: he felt that she was worth
/ talking TO-
"she was surely, sinsularly unfor.
tunate7"
"S'ng1ilnrlv fortunats. yon mean,
she had no time In which TO repent a
leisure
You're a cvnic"
NO: mrrelv 3n and n woman q
fhn world eh- laughed
The rnyt dar ronde-rsnicd - " -
deal sor. fo- tho ru-rcsa % hr''
from boz BEDROOM window shn ssy
him ride away, and she noticed tina,
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-01-25

pink became him wonderfully
That night they dined early at the
same table, and went to the theater to-
gether; Il was a good company and a
good piece and they both enjoyed 1t,
or, perhaps. it should be said, rather,
that they appreciated each others So
ciety and conversation the more for
the setting IN which they enjoyed II.
Each day they contriyed to spend
some hours together and the fort
night shortened 10 a week and the
week TO two days
Once more they went 70 the theater;
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-01-25

It was during the long interval that
he turned to her with What, even II II
we're a fell-bred member Of the family
was distinctly curiosity.
ITS IL days, 10 hours end 10 min
utes since nrst met you, yet I kno"
No more about YOU than that you're
STAYING at THE Queens Hotel thst
YOU. presumably, spend several hcnrs
a day With your drsssmsher; that you
apparently, know your London eI-
tremely well; that you are. without
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-01-25

you know no more Of me?'
Again she laughed meanlngly this
time-llited her brows ana gave him
a slielong glance.
Perhaps not 60 much. she sug-
gested
He felt himself get rel. ks a
schoclboy, ana he guawe5 his mus
tschs snvseely
81 admit that my reu7rk rounded
concsited," be- said wt4 hauteur
hut :, yss not 20 Intended" "
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-01-25
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doubt, handsome, stylish and 5000
form; that your conversation is amu'-
ing and your society dangerous
He broke of. but his very pause was
a question
She laughed indolently.
Tent that enough"
He looked her straight in the eyes
and said, mo"
Men are always eXact|ng, she
mufed. lifting her opera classes ana
directing her gaze toward the oppo-
site box
"By which you mean to imply that
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-01-25

.er dressmaker- and she grew I'M
p,nt. ,u.b
:, well set up, IN long ulster with
1,ed-up collar and tweed cap drawn
:, over his eyes. rounded the near
Ger and mounted the steps. He
- ced at her quickly, noticed shN
Tted something, and removed MS
I'D headrear.
an assist
hank you" she said. Il want a
c4
deuced fine woman" murmured
, man TO himself. as he shut the
aof the vehicle behind her
fter all" she thought, stepping
IN her destination, men are OF
eoe e practical use, suppose-some-
a. njght his table was placed near
~ she smiled and bowed languidly,
a,t he found himsolf locking with IN
,1,st q. her left hand. which some
., 10 his surprisc. was unadorned
,,t. nv IT'S own beauty-no negligible
o--~''.v
.rer dinner she took book and
-.s,., and eat in tho lounge; presently
r,f1v fn'l across the open page,
,'. looked M
.,rr name" he said, us Horace
Orns.
~ inclined her head.
3yrrt Won sit down" Capt OrmeF
\ lori he corrected her; you're
ih-a alt,srer"
h. gave nc confidence in return for
, J Later. he scanned the pages Of
- tvisitors hook. and found her en-
,s ID. somewhat vaguely as Miss
:, ,tilles. Lrndon.
" e accepted her tscit permission TO
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-01-25

HE stood N the hotel
steps, II o o X ! n g
straight ahead down
the long promenade;
II was drizzling in a
homeless. helpless,
backboneless sort OF
way, and she wanted
cab, but not one was
TO be seen. nor wen W
a hall 1orter SHe
had an appointment
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-17

Advertising Rates on Application. Entered as second-class mail matter.
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-17
eoYcoTTlNe CULTURE

How very small the very great are, how very weak he very wise" wrote Thackeray If the novelist were wing today, what themes for new "va.ity Fair" he might find in the way who are presumably great nd wise act under the stress of the war spirit.
 Here is the distinguished French composer Saint. isens advocating a boycott of German music on the round that "t impossible for any Frenchman to emand to hear Wagners operas as would be to go to oplaud marvellous singer who had injured ones moth IT,"
 Indeed? Here, where blood cooler, we have
 think long time before we can figure out any possi- e in which the great departed Wagner has injured ny living Frenchman. It seems as absurd as the at- empted boycott of Brahms and Beethoven in the Lon lon music halls, and the reported outbreak against shakespeare
 We used to think that culture and the products of utured minds, overowed geographical boundaries and nationality and race Goethe himself thought He would have nothing to do with narrow patriot War bored him. He rejoiced in being citizen of world of the universal democracy of intel ect Men of light and leading" everywhere have agreed slth him until this crazy beiudded them
 It the saddest aspects the war that among belieerent nations and even in neutral America the leals of the camp have swept away the larger ideals that heretofore made a word-broher- .ood of cultured men.
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-17
WOMEN VOTERS DISAGREE

Some of the woman-suimgists. both male and female surprised learn that when women get the ballot they do not vote a united sex.
 The Congressional Union particularly has been sadly iisllusioned This organization having decided that very Democratic congressman in suffrage states should defeated because the congressional majority has re- 1sed to push the federal amendment sent two misarries west to put the boycott into effect
 In Seattle they into highly indignant "Womens Democratic Club" which undertook to teach the ntrud lesson. It greeted them with set of resolutions ouching the boastful declarations Of two wordy erapateuc sunragettes bearing eamarks and char cteriscs Of the militant stripe scathing arragn ient of "the methods employed by women of the Test" The club thereupon proceeded to endorse the emocatc party, including the local candidate for con and ended with fling at the "emssaries of a cat mity hower who attempted by subterfuge delude the omen to vote against candidate"
 Obviously the female of the land are not going rise up to vote for or against any con- 3ivabe thing And it's lucky for the rest of that women sensible-or, if you prefer so in apable of working together in harmony If women all ad the ballot and all hung together what would be- of the men?
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-17

he might we'll have sad the ordinary people the med iocre ones
 Then why be ashamed of mediocray? Why not rec. ognize that after an are never going to rise far above the level intellect uay or any other way but that if every mediocre person does his level best such he has to the very upward
 limit of his possible efficiency after while the common level itself may be raised?
 That's what America. Not that here and there head may be raised above the common herd with the possibilities which that implies of false social or intellectual caste We want an our heads raised higher We want the standards of the mediocre common people of the generation be little higher little finer than those of we mediocre today.
 This cannot be done by hanging back and saying Whats the trying my hand at that? never can do anything wonderful anyhow" Suppose you don't do any hing wonderful You raise your own standard and perhaps that of a few people near you.
 Then the genius is always lonely soul misunder- stood and burdened heavily with the wordsorrow We ordinary folk may have companionship and all the little joys of life go along There are indeed compen. ations and blessings in mediocrity
Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-17
MEolocRlrYs elsssiNos

Two women had been friends and coworkers for years. One married and moved away Four years later the other to visit for the first time She walked around the little house marvellng audiby at what she saw
 But my dear how do you do it? Your house is all in order just if you did nothing else all day but look after it. Yet you write and write I always thought literary genuses lived in And here you and Henry both literary genuses. and find a restful orderly home and a beautifully served table and your child we'll mothered-how do you do t"
 "By being mediocre" replied the hostess. Let us grant st once that Henry may be literary genius I'm not I'm just a Jackofalltrades and master of none very from being loo percent perfect housekeep er You can find flaws an over if you look for them And neither anything like genius. There are plenty flaws in nay writing Irs quite possible that if were really senus either of those trades should be incompetent at everything else. By being merely mediocre get away with them both; and even if I'm only 75 or 80 percent perfect either enjoy them both and my family enjoys me much more than were one sided and perfect Blessed be mediocry,"
 Was she right? herself and her family manifest. y she was Every one to work out his own problem in accordance with the conditions given for his own life No one can decide these things for another The only test Is whether individual radlates good happi- ness To those around him. evil and the blues
 This woman was we'll and happy. So her family. Which proved that had regulated her life arght And she spoke truth when she said that she genius She was simply ordinary woman who was not afraid to use what ability she had because not of the highest gC1de
 And SO few people in an tho world have ability Of the grade Of genius, And many afraid to do their best with what they have! Most of us mediocre. When Lincoln exclaimed that God must have loved the common people because io had made many Of them"