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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-07-08

cerise, or green or gold or Tin greater
numbers than any other) black and
white combinations. There were para
soils with wide black and white stripes,
running around or up and down, and
there were those Of narrower stripes.
There were checks and bars in black
and white, and many Of these had
narrow borders of ribbon in vivid COL
ors shirred to the edge.
Perhaps the best-liked model Is the
stripe pictured in the illustration.
This style Is often shown with a wide
black or colored border about the edge
and often with lowered border Of
roses against colored ground. A
black and white parasol is the best
substitute for the all-black (Which
seems to be not in high favor Just
now. In this particular combination,
either in stripes or checks, one may
add border Of narrow shirred rib
bon in any of the bright colors, and
change this border to suit
Next to the black and white and the
all-white parasols, green has found the
greatest number of admirers. Cerise
may be conceded the third place, and
after that gold or orange color. The
black parasol, except in the small
hand shades or carriage" parasols Is
rather conspicuously absent from the
fashion parade.
JULIA BoTToMLEY.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-07-08
"What D'You Mean7s

had never repaid the money, and there
was no legal claim on him.
And just mean to get this forty.
five dollars out Of the old skinflint,
said Elsie to Carol Marston. Just to
show him what | think of him. Now
why is 1t, if l have a clear case, nc
other lawyer will take it?"
You have tried?' inquired Carol.
Yes the girl admitted. You see
Mr.. Marston-" here she blushed pref
tily--"you seemed so young"
Carol smiled rather grimly. 81 guess
they are all afraid of Richards" he
said That's why. He is a man OF
considerable influence, you know. But
! will take your case-and win It
too"
And have lot at the corner OF
Tompkins avenue and Seventh street"
the girl contided, so can pay you by
selling that. 1t is all father had to
leave me, and it isn't worth more than
couple of hundred dollars, because
the town didn't grow the way he
thought 1t would, but"
Well, being a practical lawyer, Carol
did not refuse her offer and assure her
that he would take her case for moth
Ing, even though he was conscious of
certain tiutterings In the region of the
heart when he looked at her across his
table. And so the case was filed.
Richards had two regulations. One
was that of being the meanest man In
town; the other of being the most vim.
dictive Carol expected to receive a
visit from him, and he was not disap.
pointed. Three days later Richards
came stamping into his office.
What's this ! hear about your filing
claim against ME on behalf &C that
Vincent woman?" he ro&rcd.
i don't know what you have heard.
Mr. Richards, but it is true" answered
Carol.
~ 9ou hloW can rum YOU, young
man.? cried the infuriated old man.
Say, are you plumb crazy?"
Cant say" answered Carol imper-
turbably, but that claim is going to
be met"
Well see, grunted Richards, and
stamped out again
That was the beginning of the trou-
BILE. One by one Carols clients
dropped away from him. The case
never came into court, for Richards
paid; and thenceforward Carol was de-
prived even OF the solace of Miss FL
sizes occasional visits. The young man
had little capital, and it seemed that
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-07-08
weleelse4z9NNeENeNKNeeease.e.x
AN OLD TIN PLATE
BY JOHN GREGG.

A dusty piece Of tin plate, one side
Of which bore the legend, "Tompkins
Avenue!"
Carol Marston, the young lawyer,
looked at 1t idly. 1t was lying in a
dry ditch beside the roadway, on the
outskirts Of the town. Some providing
dog had probably unearthed It from
the six inches Of soil in which It had
lain for years.
The discovery seemed not Of the
smallest Importance. Marston had
long since dismissed it from his mind
when he had call from Pretty Elsie
Vincent.
"Sit down, Miss Vincent" he said,
offering her a chair. He knew her by
sight, although they had never spoken
to each other. What can l do for
you?"
Il want to bring suit against the
Richards company" answered Miss
Vincent. "They engaged me by the
month as telephone operator in their
new apartment house at New avenue
and Seventh street, and dismissed me
on the seventh with weeks pay be-
cause they are cutting out the serv-
Ice"
well, you seem to have clear
case, Miss Vincent" said the young
lawyer, after he had learned some fur
Their particulars. The fragrant mean
ness of the action stung him. Old Sol
Richards had the reputation Of being
the meanest man in town; but this
was worse than anything he had done,
for Lewis Vincent had started him in
business, twenty years before.
Lewis Vincent had died when Elsie
was a baby. He had once been wealthy,
but had backed a note for Richards,
and when he died it was found that all
the property had to go to meet it,
Richards being insolvent. The man
had become wealthy since then, but he
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-07-08

"A GREAT throng Of smartly dressed
~ people, New Workers, English and
people from the Outside" world, gath
cred to watch the international polo
matches, arrayed In clothes that need
not fear any comparison. In the
games the English literally galloped
away with the trophy, and the Ameri-
cans took their defeat with good ma
ture altogether admirable. But II
the occupants Of the boxes and grand
stands might have been matched
against any other such concourse, any
where, as to the excellence of their
appareling, 1t is safe to say the New
Workers would have more than held
their own.
I The field was cheerful spectacle,
with the stands packed with men in
light suits and straw hats, making a
suitable background for the gay tints
worn by the women in their summer
finery. The colors were soft, with
many white and a considerable num-
Der of black and white costumes in
evidence. Except for turquoise blue
and bright green, nearly all colors
were SO toned down in shade or so
lightened to tint that hardly a trace
OF the former liking for the strong or
garish remained.
There was liberal display of col
ored parasols, and these provided the
decided color notes. They were Of
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-07-08

Richards would make good his threat
And then one night, while he was
turning over the situation in his mind.
there flashed across 1t the remem-
trance of that old tin plate.
It was a flash from the subconscious,
and for long time Carol Marston
/ could not imagine why the thought OF
it required so necessarily. And then,
suddenly, a dim remembrance came to
him which made him start up with a
cry of Joy.
The next morning he paid visit to
the town hall and spent the whole
forenoon burrowing among old maps
and charts of the village. Although 1t
was an ancient settlement, the popu-
lation, as with many small towns ad-
joining cities, was largely floating
one, and hardly anyone in the place
had lived there more than few years.
Hence the surprise of the discovery
was somewhat mitigated; neverthe-
less, it assumed enough Importance to
inspire the young man to write an
urgent letter to Richards, inviting him
to come to his office.
Meanwhile he had had a talk with
Elsie which made the young woman's
eyes sparkle with gladness. And, en-
boldened by the very kind look that
she bestowed upon him, Carol Marston
ventured to make q singular request
of her which, while 1t threw her into
confusion, did not produce any decided
rebuff.
When Richards stamped into the
lawyers Office, anticipating a plea for
mercy, he was considerably astonished
to see Miss Vincent there, and Marston
seated at his desk and bearing no
traces of spiritual humility.
We'll, young man, so you've come
round, eh?' growled Richards.
Sit down." said Carol. Mr.. Rich
ards, when you attempted to deprive
Miss Vincent Of three weeks salary
did not realize that you were actually
in possession Of stolen property OF
hers"
What dyou mean?" growled Rich.
ards, turning pale, nevertheless.
"Tilie records Of our town were de-
stroyed by fire fifteen years ago"
Marston went on; but fortunately
certain deeds were saved-among
| them that to your apartment house at
the corner of New Avenue and Seventh
street"
This is a conspiracy" yelled Rich.
ards, rising,
Miss Vincent" continued the young
man, possesses one Of those deeds
giving her possession Of vacant lot at
Seventh street and Tompkins ave
| nue."
He rose and, shaking his finger with
| that dramatic air that was we'll known
| in the courts afterward, continued
you internal scoundrel, Tompkins
avenue used to run where New ave
nue. runs today, and Miss Vincents lot
is that on which your apartment house
now stands!"
Five minutes later Richards got w
from the floor and wiped his knees
which were very dusty.
I'll send that check for ninety thou
sand as soon as | can fix the mortgage
Mr.. Marston,' he whimpered. "And
| you'll let it go at that?"
YES" nodded Elsie, and Marston
said yes" obediently.
But it was not more than a minute
before Miss Elsie was saying yes
also-in obedience to the singular
stipulation above mentioned
Copyright, 1914 by W. G. Chapman)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1914-07-08
OF No Use to Him

Coal Dealer-Why don't you wheel
the barrow along more quickly. Pat?
It's not a very hard job; there's an
inclined plane TO relieve you.
Pat-Aye, master, the plane NAV he
inclined, but hang me if l ami
Pearson's Weekly.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-05-30
JURY BELIEVED THE GIRL
Telephone Operators Testimony Out
weighed That of Dogs in john
son County Trial.

A jury decided that the evidence of
a telephone girl had more weight than
that of two trained bloodhounds and
brought in a verdict of mot guilty"
in the case of F. ]. Deskin, charged
with having shot his neighbor, John
Smizer, near Spring Hill, a town ten
miles south of Olathe, the night of
December 10, 1913.
The evidence showed that Smizer
had been shot with a charge of shot
which came through q window, badly
wounding him. Bloodhounds, brought
from Osawatomie, followed a trail to
the home of F. J. Deskin, mile away.
Ruth Samuels, a telephone girl at
Spring Hill, testified that she had been
talking to Smizer a moment or two
before he was wounded. After the
shot, Smizer's mother called her at
once. She, in turn, called Deskin on
the telephone and found him at home
with his wife. The time, the jury de-
cided, between the shot and the time
Deskin was found at home by the tele-
phone girl, was too short to permit
Deskin to have done the shooting and
return home.
The trial took three days and the
court room was crowded with specta-
tors throughout.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-05-30
EDITORS IN PULPITS
Big Audiences Greet Kansas
Newspaper Men In Law
renee Churches.
MAY HAVE STARTED REVIVAL
Henry j. Allen, w. A. White, Arthur
CaPper and Eleven Other Writers
Made Addresses.

A laymen's revival developed in
Lawrence when Henry Allen of Wich-
tia, VIII Allen White of Emporia, Ar
thur Capper of Topeka, and eleven
other Kansas editors spoke to crowd
ed houses at the morning and evening
services in the churches of Lawrence
under the auspices of the national
newspaper Conference
The theme of Mr.. Aliens speech at
the morning service in the Methodist
church was the improvement in vision
and ethical practice of the editors
and newspapers of the country.
William Allen White occupied the
pulpit in the Congregational church
IN the morning. The auditorium was
packed with his old friends and on
that account his talk took reminis-
cent turn He brought out the fact
that the Christ of today is a compos-
lite of the Christ of all times, working
in more practical way than in the
past.
Arthur Capper of the Topeka Capt.
tai, emphasized the fact that the pub
lie, not the editors, are to blame for
the poor quality of some newspapers.
THE average publisher or editor is
not wantonly giving the people a
poorer quality of newspaper than they
ought to have" he said in his speech
at the Baptist church in the morning.
Experience has taught him that the
public does not demand anything bet
ter; that, in fact, it will not have any
thing better, and might be pleased
with something worse"
E. E. Kelley, editor of the Toronto
Republican, spoke at the Unitarian
church at night He said that the
real editor, like the preacher, was
called into his work
In addition to these speakers, B. ].
Sheridan of Paola, Ewing Herbert of
Hiawatha, A. @. Miller of Belleville,
George Marble of Fort Scott, Tmra
Zumwalt of Bonner Springs, w. E.
Miller of ST. Marys, F. w. Knapp of
Beloit, Homer Hoch of Marion and c.
M. Harger of Abilene, addressed Law
renee congregations.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-05-30
KANSAS WHEAT KING DIES
}. N. Fike of Colby, succumbs to
Heart Disease-Was Pioneer
in Traction Farming

J. N Ffke, Kansas wheat king, is
dead of heart disease at his home in
Colby Mr.. Fike has been in poor
health for some time and only recent
ly returned from Colorado Springs,
where he had been taking treatment.
He was the first man to undertake
traction engine farming in this coun-
try and at one time was considered
in excellent, financial shape, but the
last few years of failure have caused
him to discontinue such heavy oper-
ations
Fike staked $4,000 in the last five
years on the chance that there
would be enough rain and seasonable
weather to give him bumper wheat
crop. Each year of the five something
went wrong, either it didn't rain
enough to start the wheat right, or it
didn't freeze enough to give it good
stand, or the high winds blew the
most of it out of the ground, or the
drought hindered it from maturing;
but there was enough of a crop in the
worst of the five years to return him
nearly all he had ventured, and in sew
eral of the years he made q profit of
mere $4,000 or so.
He had 1900 acres in wheat last
year and it was planted with less cost
than any other wheat in the state
His traction plows tore up the earth,
narrowed it and seeded it, all in one
operation, at the rate of 100 acres
day. It cost him $4,000 when the
1900 acres were in.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-05-30
Getting Together.

All the indications point to dis
position on the part of the Progress
i've voters to come back to the party
with which their traditional associa-
lions connect them Out in Michigan
at Grand Rapids. where the Progress
i've mayor was reelected for a fifth
term, a man who had been leader OF
that element. as soon as his election
was declared. he announced himself
a candidate for nomination as gov
ernor of the state on, please observe,
the Republican ticket.
1t is a get-together time. The fact
is that the Democrats who we're elect
ed from president down, were in most
cases minority candidates Take this
state for example, and it will be noted
that the governor was in minority
of about thirty thousand, and each
congressman was minority victor.
The Republicans together are a ma
jority of the country.-Hartford Cou-
rant.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-05-30
ANcIENTs KNEW OF GLAZING
Proof That Early Inhabitants of Mex
leo Used Process in the Manu-
facture of Pottery.

The discovery by Henry G. Mercer
of Daylestown, Pa, that the ancient
inhabitants of Mexico used a glazing
process In the manufacture of their
pottery has revolutionized the views
of ceramic experts at the University
of Pennsylvania, and may lead, says
American Art News. to the discovery
of beds of clay suitable for use today.
Mr.. Mercer, who is an expert on TIL
ing and a former curator of the Uni
versity museum, during recent study
of Mexican potteries at the museum.
had his attention called to the vari-
ance in workmanship in certain col
lections. He promptly classified the
potteries as possessing two different
kinds Of clay, and was surprised to
find that a distinct glaze was still APP
parent
The ancient Egyptians, says Mr..
Mercer, did not glaze their works. the
Chinese adopting this precaution at a
later date to make their vessels Inn
pervious to water. Civilization had
been established by this time. how
ever, and the use of the glazing art
by prehistoric Mexicans may unfold
interesting ceramics.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-05-30
POLICIES HELP RICH
Some of the Real Results OF
Democratic Rule.
Giittering Promises of Prosperity
Have Not Been FulfilIed-Coun-
try's Need Is Election of Re-
publican Congress-

The Democratic prosperity prophets
seem to have been chastened and
toned down by sad experience. Any
how, they are not making such ex-
uberant promises just now as they
were making antecedent to the en-
actment of the Democratic tariff and
upon the start In business of the
Democratic administration. At a bust
ness mems banquet in Rochester a
Democratic prosperity forecaster told
those around the board that "a great
wave of prosperity is due within
eighteen months
He was drafting pretty literally on
time. Eighteen months will about al
low for another congress to get into
performance and perhaps It may be a
Republican congress- Unless there
were another extra session, which is
not in the least likely, there would
not be sufficient time within eighteen
months for a repeal of the Demo
cratic tariff But the coming in OF
another Republican congress would,
doubtless, cheer up business from the
northeast corner of Maine to the
southeast corner of California
Henry L. Higginson, a Boston bank
er. in a recent letter to the Boston
Herald, foretells not prosperity Tor
the millions as the result of the
policies of the present administra-
ton, but prosperity for the million
aires. He declares that people OF
small means are being driven into
selling securities at far less than
their real value and that the rich
are buying up these securities. His
idea is that, instead of inducing gen.
eral prosperity, the policy OF the
Democratic government is operating
In a way to make the rich richer and
the poor poorer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-05-30
Mr.. Roosevelt Again.

Senator Poindexter sprang no suf-
prise when he told the Bull Moose
of Indiana that Theodore Roosevelt
should again be given the presiden-
tial nomination of the Progressive
party.
Everyone who has followed the
news has expected that the colonel
would be given the nomination if he
wanted it. Some have entertained a
doubt as to whether he really desires
the Progressive nomination. These
think he prefers the Republican NOM
ination. With the colonel still far
away. of course, there is none to
speak for him And even If he were
at home. still there would be plenty
of time in which to decide SO impor-
tant a question.
But If Mr. Roosevelt should not care
for the Progressive nomination, what.
OH what, is to become of the Bull
Moose party?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-05-30
Queered.

so you have decided not to let
young Fuddlethwaite have your daugh-
teri"
Yep. The engagements broken. 1
told Miriam I'd disfnherit her IL she
had anything more to do with him."
Il thought you rather liked him.
1 think I heard you say once that he
had q lot OF good points which most
young men lacked"
"Oh, 1 did feel that way about him
once But l had him for partner in
a game of bridge the other night"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-05-30

Evidently there has been a tre-
mendous sweep of Progressfves back
into the Republican ranks. A very
large proportion of the Roosevelt
voters have enrolled as Republicans
Others have not been willing to enroll
as Progressives inSopposition to their
old party and have refrained from
enrolling with any party Evidently
the party that Colonel Roosevelt called
into existence has rapidly disintegrat-
mains loyal to the third-term organi-
zation he helped to create.-New
York World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-05-30

But you can't vote for that woman.
Remember that you have been sent
here with instructions to vote for Mrs.
Pollington first, last and all the time.
You are In honor bound to obey those
Instruction.
File on your old instructions" re-
piled the lady delegate. Il wouldn't
vote for Mrs. Pollington even IL there
were no other woman in the world
to vote for. She's gone and had her
hat trimmed just like mine"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-05-30

he will be rich
rcr he Is worthy and ambitious;
his wit is-charmingly displayed
IN many merry quip and sally,
But, oh. his legs, alas. all, met
he could not stop pig If he
should ever meet one in an alley.
Hike her for her gentle ways
And for the quick appreciation
That she so charmingly displays
Or all that merits adulation;
with Judgment to distinguish worth
FROM that which may be merely pretty,
she has a pair of sparkling eyes
wherein no lurking evil Hes
But, oh, her nose-'tis such a pity!
like her for her dimpled arms
AND for the culture she possesses:
Her figure has its native charms.
No matter how absurd her dress Is;
In disposition she is sweet
Her foolish traits are few. IL any:
When wisdom speaks she turns to heed.
But, oh, her teeth 1t seems, indeed,
AZ If she had three times too many.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-05-30
IS OZHRS
SCI Us

SHE
I like him for his
manliness
And for his splen-
did erudition:
He has the good
luck to possess
A very lucrative
position;
His family is proud
and old
And he is free
from sinful hab-
it's;
He has a kind and
honest face,
But. oh. his ears
project in space
As prominently as
a rabbits.
I like him for the
wisdom which
He puts in phrases
so delicious,
Some dav no d0uht
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-05-30
His Own Fault

His Own Fault
Taking her hand in his. the young
man from Cincinnati said:
II am going to without further beat
ing around the bush ask you to be
my wife"
Good night" replied the girl from
Boston. The man who wins me for
his own has got to do it without split
ting an infinitive-"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-05-30

the charge against your wife?"
"Incompatibility of temper
HIM. Ever been divorced before?"
Never
How long have you been married?"
Nine years.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-05-30
ANOTHER RECORD ESTABLISHED

What is your
business ?" asked
the judge who had
been called in
hastily to hear a
divorce case
Il am an ac-
tor-r-r-r, sir"
"Ohi What is
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-05-30
just Guessjno-

Miss Poneonby told me the other
day that when she saw you and me
at the play together we made her
think of beauty and the beast She
must think you are a bear"
Not necessarily. She may regard
you as cat
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-05-30
In Other Words.

Il am not ashamed to say that 1
vote as my wife thinks 1 ought to
vote. She has more time than 1
have to study political conditions and
/ am perfectly willing to accept her
judgment"
In other words, you have the cour-
age of your wife's convictions"