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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-12

Mrs. Corbin's wedding had been de-
lerred. Indefinitely deferred. Rumor
said, and no one ever contradicted
Rumor, that on the eve OF the we'd
ding the bridegroom elect had re.
ceived an anonymous letter so ma
licious, yet so circumstaniially con.
vincing that ne did not doubt it's
contents. Who had written or in.
spired it? Conjecture was active,
because in paying his suit TO the di-
vorcee Mr.. Sanford had always
passed the mansion Of the late Philip
Corbin, in which his son. Charles
Corbin, then resided But the tan
gible or, rather, the intangible and
disappointing result was that there
was no wedding Chagrincd, Mrs.
Corbin removed TO New York City.
The former society favorite of New
Briatin became boarding house
mistress in New York.
After seven years Mrs. Corbin is
demanding her rights. why do you
ask to have the divorce set aside at
this late day." an inquisitive person
asked her Because | am about
down and out" she replied. And
want what is due me- Her rights
are not the rights which, seven
years ago, she so Willingly waived
The right to be the wife and share
the income of Charles Corbin was
not then glittering right. She found
no allurement in it, II want what
Is due me-" she demands. What is
due her, Mrs. Corbin thinks, is
share in the $4,000 he didn't have
when she divorced him. 1t is not
matter Of matrimonial joys, but a
matter of dollars and cents.
While Philip Corbin lived the
divorcec who had been his
daughter-inlaw was provided
for. although she thinks, meag-
erly. When the divorce was
secured she accepted a lump
sum-" her father-in-law inform
ing her that she would much
better accept that than an ali
mony allotment for Charlie"
would never be able to pay the
alimony." Which she thought
advice so sound that she fol-
lowed it.
But this was before her hus-
bands marvelously quick re-
covery. Not having visited him
at the sanitorium for ten years
she was not prepared for the
: suddenness- of that recovery.
And then his marriage. And
then his fathers will bequcath-
ing to him $4,000 and the in
como from $4,000 more. pro-
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-12
Mrs. Guggenheim Vail, Whose Case Is
Quite Similar TO That OF Mrs. Corbin.

vided within year he took unto
himself a wife The elder Corhin
was clearly OF a mind that mar
riago may make a man.
Very well, then, why not take unto
himself the old wife? 1t should ap.
peal to the New England spirit of
economy. It would save all the tim6
OF courtship. 1t was conveyed TO
Charles Corbin by friends that to re.
store his former shattered marriage
would be a wise and conservative
course. To which Mr. Corbin re-
spOndcd with n smile full Of mean
ing Just what meaning the friends
were not sure.
That meaning they discovered
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-12

spoon. seven years ago, will have I'd
give up the new wife for the old
He Will have 10 be handed back a 8
though he were a. chattei Mrs. CorI
bin Number Two will lose the husI
band whom she. in good faith, mari
RED. Life Will begin for them all as
Ii was seven years ago, but with tha
evil start OF Earring, soaring memo9
ries.
The case is analogous to thad
brought by Mrs. Grace Guggenhe im|
VAIL. who suffered similar change|
OF mind and who also chanted. Il
want my husband back" TO thd
courts. Although she had herself
brought suit for divorce, had won ID
and had snbseQuqenqtqly married.
Mrs. Grace Guggenheim VAIL waa
silent longer than Mrs. Corbin. There
were twelve quiesccnt years afted
the divorce secured in Chicago bel
fore she besought the courts
Mr.. William Guggenheim, youngest
Of the brothers who have been called
the Copper Kings, welded Mrs Gracd
Herbert in Chicago. She divorced.
him and within the year married
Jules Roger VAIL. a Frenchmani
After four years with Monsieu}
Wahl. Mrs. VAIL found herself
again alone. He had gone back I'd
France. driven there, she says, bJ
her doubts as to the validity OF th5
divorce secured in Chicago. Ate
eight years Of reflection, Mrs. WahI
decided that she had not, after all
legally divorced her first husband
and set about having her own dill
vorce set aside.
That case was thrown out c1
court in New York.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-12

Mrs. Corbin went
20 Bermuda ! q S t
Spring. l have heard
t h a t h e Y met
on the boat and that
he became interested
at once"
Occasionally gossips
are right. This was
one Of the occasions.
Mrs. Corbin's engage
ment to Mr.. Sandford
was announced. Her
trousseau was pre-
pared. Mr.. Sandford
even accompanied her
10 Hartford to pass
upon the merits of
two rival sets OF
TT l m m | n & for the
brides gown. And
then-that mysterious
something that halted
the evolution Of Mrs.
Corbin's state while
1t promoted her for
mer h u S b a n dis oc.
Cured.
Mr.. Sanford was
evening shortly be-
fore the wedding. In
stead, he sent a tele-
gram. curt, unsatis-
factory and ominous.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-12

shrewd and effective business man.
with a legacy of sl50,0oO.
In seven years Mrs. Corbin's evo-
luton has not been so pronounced.
A very beautiful woman-she was
classed as one OF Connecticut
lovcliest were. OF course, APP
plicants for the honor OF succeeding
Charles Corbin as the head OF her
household Paul Smith, the famous
boniface OF the Adirondacks, was
thought to be one OF these. He Wis
tied Mrs Lillian Corbin at New
Britain and there was magnificent
solitaire that Mrs. Corbin's many
friends understood was the symbol
Of their betrothal. But New Britain
society was never hidden 10 their
bridal ceremony. and the Connect
cut towns chance for the delightful
mo-sel OF a gossip about a wedding
was. for that time, lost
AS the seven years ayeu toward
their end, Mrs. Corbins daughter
was married. At their wedding
James Everett Sanford was a guest.
Who is Mr.. Sandford?' whispered
fashionable New Britain TO its neigh.
Dor.
He is rich farmer from War.
wick. New York. He is a great
friend of Governor Odell." responded
the neighbor
Aha" eXulted hopeful New
Britain. "He seems most devoted to
Mrs. Corbin
$50 he is. And so ne has been for
seNeral month"; In fact eyer since
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-12

years ago. when be
was poor. will I'D
compelled to enI
dure his society
Mr.. Corbin. Wild
swallowed the bit]
ter dose Of medi|
mine fate adm mis-
tered to him, his
wife holding TN a
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-12

"1magine the ccnsterna.
ton of Mr.. Corbin, who
thought he was divorced
and who has taken an
other wife. Sudden
there is a tug tn
threatens TO disrupt T.
new home and he sud
denly finds that the mari
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-12

so are men. But. as a rule,
these quick changes have 10
90 with minor affairs. Mrs.
Lillian Corbin changed her
mind about divorce. and a
divorce. everybody who has
had one or who contemplates
having one will agree. is no
minor matter
Seven years ago Mrs. Corbin di,
vested herself of husband who to
ner mind, had become an incubus.
HIS manners and habits had made of
MIN matrimonial milestone. With
much effort she cast him off Now
she wants him back Strange? In.
eXplicable? Not at all You see. in
the interval her former husband has
reformed. He has taken unto him.
self a new wife. And very much,
perhaps still more to the point, he
mas inherited the neat sum OF
$500 600.
Mrs. Lillian Corbin is in the at,i.
tude Of one who lifts up her voice
ana walls above a pitcher OF split
milk. No Nailings have ever gotten
pack the milk. But Mrs. Corhin be.
!!evez mat her lamentations NAV no
exceptionally successful. She enter.
'alns ne hope that hers will no, be
!o!e tears hui industrious and fruit
:ul ones
u was rot withou; reason that the
ect!ert Psychologists said The com.
plea man or woma. was made owe.
ever seven years. Larte-!v the
tina, the complete transformation &C.
c2-S o::sH+r, say evsry TWO years.
an al extremist asserts ina, IN.
uitar Femoulding occurs once every
eleven months. The casa q: Chsrles
Co!oil, son OF he late Philip Cor.
bin. head o: the Hardware Trus,.
confirms the first theory. When
Mrs. Corbin divorced MIN sevao
years ago ne was regarded as the
= er'do.wel. soon OF a multi-million.
aler father. re was an inmate ~
z sanitoriUm al Cottage City. Mass
= nurse. attended him He never
Talked. .on' except under the yisi.
liant eye Of nurse
Assuredly Mrs Corbin would seem
TO have been justified in severinc her
ties WITH so inulile an husband.
'"' HV''i years are magic work
erS In seven years Mr. Charles
'orhn mas almost miraculously -.
covered his health. Indeed. the re-
coVeFN seemed to have occurred
very quickly after Mrs Corbin So
cured her divorce. Almost inne.
aiateiy. thereafter he appeared in
ms Iathers Office and began a task "
long deferred, the learning OF he
business. In seven years Mr.. Cor.
hin has taken unto himself
another and handsomer wife.
one who is very tall, has an
abundance OF Titan hair. ana
VINO considerably the FIRST
Mrs. Corbin's junior In sew.
en- years Charlie" CorbIn
evolved from dependent in
his fathers household into
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-09-12

III 4T"' 7" NH HI!IU UIINctIil
another and handsomer wife.
one who is very tail. has an
abundance OF Titan hair. ana
VINO considerably the FIRST
Mrs. Corbin's junior. In sew.
en- years Charlie" CorbIn
evolved from u dependent in
his fathers household INTO a
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29

The house illustrated this week Is one
that IL well adapted TO the needs OF the
average family and Is well arranged and
convenient The exterior OF tho house
In OF frame and stucoo gables and the
foundation is OF pressed brick
The porch extends across the entire
front Of the house, but Ia only covered
over the portion at the entrance.
small vestibulo lends TO the large living
room. extending across the front Tho
fireplace is in one end and the stair to
tho second floor Is at the other end.
At each end OF the fireplace are the
buiit-in bookcases and between the Nv
Ing room and dining room Is n pedestal
opening that 10 somewhat different from
tho average opening. The pantry Is be-
tween the dining room and kitchen and
Is equipped with the latest pantry cup
boards and work tables The kitchen IL
lust large enough for tho housewife TO
do her work nicely without having to
walk ali over to get from ono place to
another In her kitchen.
On the second floor are three large
bedrooms and good-slzed bathroom and
a fine sleeping porch. The sleeping porch
is directly off tho hall and is finished
the same az one of the rooms.
Anyone desiring further information
relative 20 the cost of this house or the
price Of plans. specifications and de-
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
REAL ESTATE. MEN PERK UP
Tendency to Ease Up and Let Go
Of Money for Investments
Cheers Them Nightly.
FARMERS MORE CHEERFUL TOO

An increased demand for homes and
for investments was noticed In the real
estate offices during the last week. Real
estate men. generally. feel somewhat more
optimistic just now than they have for
some months. as they feel the increased
activity Of the last week indicates the
coming Of an era OF prosperity in the
real estate business
Il don't know what caused IT," said
one membero Of a large firm, but we
have had more inquiries this week and
have done more business than we have
in many weeks. People seem TO feel
easier; they seem to have a more optim-
istic feeling. and are moro ready to in
vest. Whether II Is the rift In the
cloud, that is in the Bernstorff note on
the sinking of the Arabic that indicates
there will be no trouble between Germany
and the United States, OF whether II Is
something else, do not know.
"At any rate tho demand has been
good, not only for moderate homes, but
also for investments, There have been
many people in during the week with
quite little sum OF money they wanted
placed. There lie a tendency TO ease up
and let so OF the money again People
are not holding on to 1t with fear and
trembling as they did"
Frightening with weather.
Other read estate men suggest that tho
Frightening up of the weather had some
thing TO do with the little squirt that was
noticeable in the business Of the week.
II is notorious that in a long spell OF
dark. cloudy weather. business is not
good, other things being equal. There is a
depressed feeling that prOvsies the minds
OF ell. Now that for a week the sun has
shone at least part Of every day. there
has been a different atmosphsro In ali
business circles.
Then, too, the clearing up of the Ne
braska sky hRs brought about a better
feeling among the farmera This has been
reflected Immediately In the business in
the towns out in the state and in turn IN
the cities. For some time there was doubt
whether the wheat could all be saved, on
account OF the super-abundance of rain
and slush. Now that the sky has cleared
threshing has commenced again. and there
is still a good chance OF saving most OF
the wheat crop. much OF which for
time was In danger OF rottinR in the
shock.
Farmers More Cheerful.
Not only the wheat situation has been
cleared up somewhat by the better
weather OF the last week. but the corr
situation Is also looking better. All the
farmers have wanted was few weeks OF
sunshiny weather at the close Of the
summer to bring the corn out in fine
shape. 1t looks now as though It were
going TO be granted them, and they are
happy. A big wheat crop and a big corn
corp In Nebraska. with good prices as
they have prevailed In the last half
dozen years. and especially since the
European war started. always means
prosperity for Nebraska. and good busl-
ness In real estate.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
Barbed Wire Fence
Separate Barber
and His Customer

Correspondence of the Associated Press
INNSBRUCK, Austrian Tyrol. Aug. %
The swiss-Austrian frontier is CAREFUL,
marked off and closed by barbed-wirc
fences. but that does not at all proven
fairly free intercourse between the Swiss
and Austrian soldiers. Soldiers OF both
countries are grouped along the Engadine
border and In the Swiss ranks Is a barber,
the only one OF his profession on either
side. A recent visitor to this front who
desired shave found It was easily OBJ
tanned BY the simple expedient OF sitting
In chair on the Austrian side and al
lowing the Swiss soldier to extend his
arms through the wire meshes.
The shave was not the equal OF one in
a regular barber shop. bit ragged and
rough In spots, but It was far better than
none and was accomplished without any
break OF neutrality. Austrian officers,
It Is stated. resort almost daily to tn,
odd expedient
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
SEVEN HUNDRED MARRIAGES
BY PROXY MADE IN FRANCE

Correspondence Of the Associated Presa)
PARIS, Aug. co.--Since the new law OF
April OF this year. authorizing military
marriages by proxy came into Gree. over
700 such marriages have been performed.
The law provided that two months must
elapse between the application for au-
thorization and tho performance OF the
ceremony. One result OF this delay is
that In several cases the bridegroom has
been killed on the battlefield by the time
the proxy marriage took place.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
Complete
Rental Guide

There property owners with de-
sirable homes to rent will do we'll to
list their holdings Because there
tenants who are DESTROYS of moving
are looking for better locations Be-
cause it is easier to look over the list
of properties for rent, to select those
deemed most suitable and then to go
see those most promising -easier than
to lose time and temper, as we'll as
grow tired in wearisome tramp in
an endeavor to see many locations.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29
3URD MILLER FINISHES
PLANS FOR EVANSTON HOME

Burd r. Miller has just finished the
aians for new house to be built IN
Evanston by Fred w. Householder. II
will be built on Harvey street near tn
new Watson home.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29

Apartments flats, houses and cottages
can be rented quickly and cheaply by
Bee For Rent"
Omaha daily bee., 1915-08-29

If there's something you want to buy,
something you wish to SELL or even
something to trade; or maybe it is a
house to buy, sell or rent-no matter
what, nor when, nor where-the CLASH
fled section of The Bee is the easiest
way to do it.
To Rent Property-the most satisfactory
way to 60 about it is to the new de-
partment of our classified section, the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-01
LADY STRAPHANGERs.

E. G. Proctor says every woman 7
should have a seat. Coming home
from work as bricklayer and work
ing eight hours a day, that isn't an
easy job. When the days work is
done man is more than glad to sit .
down coming home in the car, if be
can find a seats
If the ladies' would only go home at
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-01

Socialists, unemployed and working
class against those who think they
own this earth.
Condemn all taxes.-L. Spelina.
NOT LOAFERS- am writing you
in behalf of the candy butchers in
theaters, who are judged wrong by
the public who believe them to be
loafers. have been in the business
for over II years. / have averaged
over $40 a-week. I am my own boss
and more independent than anybody
in any line of business. l also wish
to state that candy butchers in Chi
cago are organized and have their
own union. - P. Sapertos, National
Theater, State and Harrison.
VERY LIKELY. - A hungry DO
went to and fro, and in the winter
season; and searched for shelter high
and low, until, for some queer reason,
he went into a granary, where on
nail suspended, a big horse blanket
he espied; and there his search was
ended.
The granary was in a loft, twelve
miles from other shelter; the blanket,
it was warm and soft, he wanted
nothing better. And soon his weary
eyes did close, as on the floor he rest
ed. The crumbs in swarms then left
his clothes and in the blanket nested.
But soon the weary DO did wake,
from embarrassing slumber, and
hove this crumb-lined blanket on an
unusued pile of lumber. From out the
granary he crept, the world once
more to wander, while safely in the
blanket slept his million friends, by
thunder!
The man and wife who owned the
place were good old-fashioned farm
ers, who gave old clothes to charity
and money to reformers. So one day
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-01

WAR NEWS.-While we are an
about the war business, want to5c8Hl
attention to one thing which the
plute press has overlooked as a pefaq
tinent news item: u
Some time ago Senator Stone Of
Missouri introduced in the United
States senate a resolution which,
reads that war against another maj
-tion (not in case of an invasion) may
be declared only by referendum, ana
that every voters wish must be regaI
istered in writing, with his nanfe
signed thereto, and in case a major
ity vote for war, each and every male.
voter who declared his desire for wa!
must satiate it by Immediately re- /
spending to the call by enlisting as a
private. And every one who adv0Q
Gated war, either by mouth or witt
ing, must Join. ..A
Guess this would interest the big
fellows into advocating peace. Need
less to say, this resolution was not
adopted.-A. E. Carver. 10y
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-01

they'll wonGer who the donor is and
keep those poor folks guessing
1t was public school house where
this bundles ride was ended, and to
the basement of the place with Oth='
ers it descended. With raglans, hats
and underwear, and shoes that were
mismated, it wasn't long til every
thing was all contaminated.
So workingmen, if out of jobs, and
food and clothes are needed, do not
accept this shady stuff-let bundles
go Unheeded. But rally at the ballot
box! This curse win then be ended.
With all their old clothes, plutes BY
fiOcks to hell can be descended. 42lIl
WEST Side Cotton Stocking" aon
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-01

Socialists, unemployed and working
class against those who think they
own this earth.
Condemn all taxes.-L. Spelina.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-24
WRONG TO TAKE RISKS
AUTOISTS MUST HANDLE STIMU-
LANTS WITH CAUTION.
OVerinduIgence in intoxicating Liquor
While Driving Car May Be Most
Serious Matter.

The exhilarating effects of motor
speeding, whether due to alcoholic
stimulant or otherwise, dispose GER
tain motor car drivers to assume risks
that they would avoid at another time,
and it is this unsteadiness that makes
! these motorists unable to control their
machines as promptly and efficiently
as ordinarily.
Of course it would be almost i'm
possible to enforce a law prohibiting
motor car drivers from using intoxi-
eating liquors before or during a drive
unless their disobedience causes Sc
rious accident. The vast majority of
accidents are not due to evil intention.
Joy riders generally mean no harm,
but are frequently carried away by
the eXhilarating effects of oyerindul-
gence.
When the brain becomes stimulated
beyond it's normal condition through
influences other than the excitement
from speeding, it becomes easier to
understand the condition of a driver
who has consumed more than a mod
C1dIS quahlAIy VI dlCOAOlt CAOu5A ~
quicken his senses and affect even
though slightly, the coordination of
his brain and muscles.
In the first place, such a motorist
takes greater risks than he would 9th
erwise; and, secondly, he cannot con-
troll his muscles as promptly and ac-
curately as before. Consequently,
great number Of accidents occur on
what are practically intoxicated JOY
rides, whether they arr recognized un-
der that name or not, and such offend
ers must be punished accordingly
Francis M Hugo, New York Secretary
OF State. ..,.. - .a>s.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-24
Raooinu the Chain.

Tire chains when used at this time
of year usually become so dirty that
handling in order to replace them into
the burlap or canvas sack is unpleas-
ant. A good method is to grasp them
with the thumb and forefnger only
and hang the chains to hook-protrud-
ing part of the car. Then slip the bag
over the chains from underneath, thus
avoiding handling. If the top is down
it is possible to use the top iron on
the front seat for this purpose. Usu-
ally, however, when one needs chains
it is raining and the top is up.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-03-24
Front Wheel Attainment.

Numerous complaints are registered
because front tires wear out more
quickly than the rear tires. The fact
is that front tires should last consid-
erably longer than the rear tires, in
that they are relieved Of driving strains.
Excessive wear on front tires is more
generally due to misalignment of the
front wheels. Drivers forget that they
often hit the curb with the front
wheels, and in this manner throw
them out of alignment. The front
wheels should have a slight fOregather
and a slight undergather. These di-
mansions should be checked frequent
ly if one wishes to obtain best results
from his tires.