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The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

| "Well?" with sort OF fierce I'M
patience.
"Oh, / don't know what to say"
faltered Helen.
"If you'd put up with a drunken,
brutaliZed husband just because you
believed he was true to you, and then
found that note in his pocket wouldn't
| you have done what I'm doing?"
81 don't know don't know. l
might not have the courage.
"Oh, | haven't much courage" con-
! temptuously. eff I'd stopped to
think it over, il I'd waited until this
morning. probably wouldn't have
gone But last night | was WILD!
Within ten minutes after Id read
that note, I'd thrown some things in
to that bag and was out of there. He
was too drunk even to know when !
, went"
What time was that?"
After II. told the hall boy TO
call taxi-that friend was sick
| and had phoned for me. Oh, it was
all SO weird" shuddcring, that drive
through the night alonc-and stop
ping at this place"
Ct lllCN SdNI VI. a WIN nio'i
think they would-a woman alone
after midnight"
"Oh, it may not be even respect
able hcrc-but what do | carer! Then
taking her purse from the bare bu-
reau top back of her, "Will you get
this check cashcd? | can't cash it
here. and | dread going out just yet.
II you'll do this. and bring me the
money tomorrow
"Of course I will, Only I'm afraid
I'm helping you TO do something
that'll not make for your happiness.
Would it make for my happiness
to go on living with him: As long as
| thought he was true to mc-oh, |
think woman can put up with any
thing If only she feels sure of that!
But now-aftcr that note"
But if he'd been drinking-can't
YOU sec a man might do a thing then
that he wouldn't if he were HIMSELF"
"He hadn't just met this girl-her
note shows that. And it's all the rest
too-this is only sort OF last straw.
If I've shred OF self-rcspcct. I'll
never go back. AS soon as | can pull
myself together, Pm going to DR..
Gardner-to ask him to get lie into a
nursing school He's always been our
physician, he knows Ed better than
any onc-and | believe he'll uphold
me in this"
"a nursing SCHOOL,: repeated
Helen, amazed.
What else can | do: can't go in
to an ofice-I don't know stenog-
raphy or bookkeeping. But I can
e-I1o1
and in three or four years I'll have a
profession"
Helen looked at her wondcringly.
Could this delicatcly-reared woman.
unused to work. go through the ardu-
Gus drudgerv of hospital course in
nursing? Was she physically strong
enough?
I'm stronger than you think" di-
vining Helen's thoughts. "I've had
to be, or couldn't have gone through
this past year. Pm 26. rather old to
start to learn a profession, isn't it,"
bitterly But they'll take you in a
nursing school up to 80. It's the only
thing ! could take up now. and if I
wait much longer-I'll be too old for
that"
II had grown dusk before Helen
finally started to go.
81 hate to leave you here, This
room is so gloomy-thc whole house
is so depressing; Can't you go to
more cheerful place"
ooh. ] don't think OF the place. I
dread the night. but ii can't sleep
III take some bromide. and in day
or so I'll see DR. Gardner"
Al the door she CAUGHT HeIen'S arm
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10
Mabel Herbert Urner.

This series IL . continue ton Of
"Their Married Life" produced By
Mabel Herbert Timer for four years.
1.-THE Married Life Of Helen and War
rem" appearing eHcIusiSely In this pa
per. is the only series now being writ
ten by Mabel Herbert Urner.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

>I'rrhl Con-. 'ond-'t ol Tia. Washington Herald
New York. May 9Th" famous old
broadway Central Hotel has been forced
into bankruptcy after many years struS'
81" against the Gucstless business sec
ton which supplantcd the once gay
lower broadway.
1t In the broadway Central that
Ed :. Stokes killed col. ''Jm'' Fisk
the Gaycst sport tn" White Way has
ever known. They had QUarrelcd over
Josie Mansfield. aud tho shooting took
place on the hotei stairway. The hotel
was also III" hom" OF Fire chief Croker
and as such received much publicity.
The moving OF IN" citya theater dis
irict and the construction of the new
subway which blocked the hotels doors.
and the invasion OF tho quick lunch. all
combined TO make the once famous
hotel failure. Ii had entertained such
famous guests as Patti. Edwin Booth.
and Jenny Lind.
In later years il housed diplomats.
actresses. priZefShters, Southern plant
crs and Western mine millionaires. 1t
remained always on the American plan.
Bank clerks i'm New York. il is reported
are going to demand higher pay. They de-
clare that in no other line where tact,
honesty and loyalty are so essential is
the pay small.
One more or less facetous bank EN-
ploye who signs himself W. f. H.,
writes TO his favorite paper:
Working in bank is great business
education for young man. II teaches
him to appreciate a good job when he
gets one. The spectacle OF the poor but
honest boy sweeping out bank and
ending up as the president is great even
IL il never happens. and cocaine artists
must live.
First the banker catches a boy for
whom wealth has no charms. At the
end of each week the boy is insulted
with the usual bank boy salary. At the
end of something under thirty years,
after he has stepped aside seventeen
times 10 make room for relatives of
stockholders, he is made assistant teller
with the same salary as a blacksmith's
apprentice. The best opening for
young man in a bank is the door.
Some bankers. however. grow whisk-
ers and so to South America. where
they cause detectives to get nice free
Jaunts''
Harry Harris was entertaining friend
from Washington the other day along
Broadway. They met Kid Broad on
Broadway and Harris introduced the
former pugilist 10 his friend. When they
Parted FIVE minutes later the Washing
ton man smiled.
Il am awfully glad to have met you.
Mr.. Wide" he said
One OF the reaGiustments of the
worlds commerce during the past few
months will be of commercial profit to
New York. The war has shut of Ice
land with its population OF 5000 and
the Danish colony seeks the establish
ment OF direct steamship line to New
York. ii IL expected that it will soon
e. Al
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

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Q eoy y years sf aSo-a ehilA e. IN
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

{ MABEL Herbert I rner Tor four years
THE Married Life Of Helen and War
rem" appearing eXcIusiSely In this pa
per, is the only series now being writ
ten by Mabel Herbert Urner.
The dingy lobby of the carlton was
! typical of the small, second-rate no.
tel. A colored youth in shabby
uniform lounged on the bench by the
elevator and thin. palid-faccd
clerk stood behind the desk. languid-
ly sorting the mail.
Helen approached the desk and
| then drew back in confusion. She had
for! Stepping behind dusty arti-
! fetal palm that graced the lobby. she
hurriedly consulted the note in her
/ purse:
II am at the Hotel carlton.
1c4 W street, registered I'M
der the name of Mrs. Wilcox.
Can YOU come to me here No
one else must know.
EDITH NJ. COLBURN.
! Again she approached the desk.
The clerk turned with an inquiring
air. but without glancing up from the
! letters.
81 should like to see Mrs. Wilcox"
Expecting YOU:
"Ies, but perhaps you'd better an
nouncc me-Mrs. Curtis
"Oh, you can go right on UP. 4-B."
Helen stepped into the elevator,
and the boy, shuffling off his bench,
took her up TO The fourth floor.
Four-B was the last door down the
narrow, rcd-wallcd hall. Helen
knocked twice before she heard the
slipping OF bolt, and the door was
cautiously opened.
! The moment she entered, Helen
felt the cmotonalism with which the
room was charged. Mrs. Colburn
was in loose gown, her hair in two
long braids. On chair were her
street suit and hat, and large travel
ing bag stood on the table.
Rcbolting the door. she turned to
Helen with a desperate, reckless ges-
ture. She had not spoken.
when did you come here?" asked
Helen tcnsely.
Last night"
"He doesn't know-where you
are"
"How can heo I'd never even
heard OF this place before. l drove
round in a taxi and stopped at the
first cheap, obscure-looking hotel He
might look for me in the big hotels
but never here"
But you can't stay here" glancing
around the cherries room with its
SCARED wallpaper and faded carpet.
81 can for while It's quiet and
cheap-that's all l ask just now"
She had dropped into a chair. and
now as she leaned forward, her hands
rigidly clasped, Helen saw how utter
ly worn and haggard she was. In the
gray light from the one court window
her face looked ashen.
Last night" asked Helen gently.
was he so much worse"
ooh, he was drunk. OF coursc-he
hasn't come home sober for week.
But it wasn't that-it was something
very different Something I hadn't
dreamed Of before"
Opening the bag on the table. she
took from an inside pocket a square
blue envelope.
Read that" quiveringly. handing
it to Helen.
It was addressed to Mr.. Ed. w.
COlburn. 1883 Wall Street. which
Helen knew was his Office. The note
was short, and in a crude, sprawling
hand
Eddie Boy: The wrist watch
is bcautl But you needn't think
YOU can always square things
with a present | waited there
until 0:3o. and | was pretty sore
when you didn't show up. Make
it the same place Friday. and this
time you'd better be Johnny-on-
thc-spot. Yours, FLO.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10
Steamer St. Johns in New Dress.

The steamer ST. Johns is being freshly
painted and newly decorated at Norfolk
in preparation for its summer schedule
OF moonlight trips on the Potomac. These
regular nightly trips have become pop
ular with the Young folk of Washington
who are eagerly looking forward to an.
other season. The boat will sail every
night except Monday, and will go abou,
to Indian Head.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10
REV. G. LEROY WHITE TO SPEAK
Child Welfare Association of Ana
costa to Meet Thursday.

COSTA 10 Meet IuuFsunS
The annual meeting of the Child well
fare Association of Anacostia will be
held on Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock
for the election of officers and the pre-
sentation OF reports. Rev. G. Leroy
White, pastor of the Anacostia Metho-
dist Episcopal Church. will be the prin-
Cipal speaker.
The children of the Episcopal Home for
Children, at the head of Talberr street.
will go to their summer quarters at Co.
lonial Beach directly after the close of
the present school term. Preliminary
plans include the planting of vegetables
at the summer grounds for use this year.
In addition to the regular inmates OF the
home several other children will be given
an outing this year.
Mothers Day was celebrated yesterday
in all the churches in this community.
Most of the pastors delivered special ser
mons appropriate to the day and white
carnations were much in evidence.
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10
sweet Charity.

Wealthy Benefactress (stopping in
at the hospitaD-"weH. wen bring
the car tomorrow and take some OF
you patients for drive. And, by
the bye, nurse. you might pick out
some with bandages that show-the
last party might not have been
wounded At all, as far as apybody
In the strests could sss."-Punch
The Washington herald., 1915-05-10

Augustus Dickerson, of Skowhegan.
Me. makes business of raising cats
to rid orchards OF mice.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-08-17

potatoes. lust as a Northerner / will
confess that the people of the North
do not know sweet potatoes, and an
ingenious Yankee could go up there
with a car load of Niger Checkers
Rarbadoes. Nancy Halls. Triumphs.
Hanove Vans. Red Noses, or any
thing good. bad or iniquitous n
show that they are better than any
thing else tina: grows, for they are
all better han nothing. and compari-
sons are Of no o when you are
dealing with a man who does not
know, and who has nothing else at
hand to compare.
But North Carolina can max the
best qualities of sweet potatoes, and
Catawba is telling the world that fact,
and proving it, and selling the spuds.
Now Catawba is not making anything
new, except hat one feature of tell
ing about it.
The things are community effort,
picking up the little things that can
b. of use, for the farmers are not
starting out with big herds and max
ing great splurges. They are adding
a COW or two, or more, adding a little
to the potato patches, adding a little
to something else, pursuing a policy
that will make the added products fit
to appear before the crowned heads
and the great men. and then they are
putting their stuff where it can be
seen and bought.
CataWba is opening the road to di-
| versified farming on a nodes scale
to include the whole people and make
and sell a product that they can stand
back of. CataWba stands for effcien1
work on a community scale, and thai
is a big thing.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-08-17

She was a young and pref
a sporting turn Of mind
she heard that a certain hot
win a certain race, ana ac
indulge in a little spec.a#
yer to a "bookie" and pr
on for a win. asking no" h
would get if it came Oft
If it starts 20 TO Il No
S21 back said the bookIe
TO /, 81 back; If at Z g.
get Sc back
II see said the maider-
starts at ! O'Clock. how mLcI.
then ?"-kansas City star
All the kings Of Prussia
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-08-17

monthly" Compound Safely re-e
of the very longest, most obstinate ahnoT -
in Three to Five Days without ha:I
Interference with work. Orders filed
mail. Single Strength $3.50. Double
s2.O. Testimonials and Booklet FkEh 81
o.. Ma. s9UTHikeToh REMEDY co. uSsA
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-08-17

All the kings Of Prussia
called Frederick or william
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-08-17
Reaard

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tee ny "a
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-04-29
Crouch Proof.

In Chicago a man has just left
a hospital whose inner works are
all topsy turvey, and yet the
world is exceeding bright to him
and his good nature radiates sun
shine wherever he goes.
His heart is on the right side;
his liver is on the left, when it
should be on the right side; his
spleen is on the right, when it
should be the opposite, and his
stomach is farther over to the
right than it should be.
He, has excellent digestion, is
happy, 43 years old, and has
never been in love.
He is crouch proof.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-04-29
Told That There Was No
Cure for Him.

AFTER suffering for over
twenty years with indigestion
and having some of the best doc
tors here tell me there was no
cure for me, / think it only right
to tell you for the sake of other
sufferers as we'll as your own sat
isfactiou that a IS cent bottle of
Chamberlain's Tablets not only
relieved me but cured me within
two months although / am a man
of IS years." writes Jul. Grobien,
Houston, Texas. 0btainable
everywhere.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-04-29
A WORD FROM THE
WOMEN.

Say! amt It funny what q lot Of things
men overlook.
They seem to feel we women never do
q thing but cook.
They really think they run the house
and everything that's In 1t.
But gee! they couldn't get along with.
out US for q minute.
We women are the ones who keep the
woodwork shining bright
Who buy enamel for the bath to make
II glistening white.
We women varnish tables and We buy
the stains for chairs,
And we buy the proper colors to
brighten up the stairs.
We women are the ones who say what
paint goes on the halls
Which shades for parlOr and for den
for baseboardB and for walls.
We women Stain md wax the foorS.
or else We make the man.
We women aEo ~ ones VIC hep tha
- ''o I'm "A A. IA
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-04-29
It's Up To Us.

A paragraph is fitting AROUND
in the press to the effect that
the future may be bright for
some, but the road will always
be dark for Others"
Of course some pessimist wrote
1t, for pessimists always mill
around in the shadows.
As a matter of hard fact, this
world is always just about what
we choose to make it.
If we pull long face and 60
out hunting for troubles, we will
find them-in punches.
If we saddle ourselves with a
case of the blues in the morning,
and hang on to it with a death
grip all day, and take it to bed
with US at night, we will prob
ably find life's pathway shrouded
in gloom.
But it will be gloom of our
own making, and we will be get
ting only that which we sought.
But how different is the other
side?
God inflicts us all with certain
troubles, but He also gives us
brains, and determination, and a
will power with which to rise
above the petty perplexities and
tribulations of life.
The bright side of existence is
all around as, in front of us,
everywhere we turn, constantly
knocking for admission.
1t is ours for the taking.
The man or woman who cam
not feel thankful for the pure
air, and the bright sunshine, and
three meals a day, is something
less than a normal human being.
There is a screw loose some
where.
Even the animals of the earth
and the birds of the air are not
so degenerate in their class, for
they seek always for the bright
ness of life.
And is our intelligence and our
will power inferior to theirs,
that we should live with an ache
and die with grunt?
Every trouble inflicted upon
us is for our own ultimate good,
and they are infinitesimal when
compared with the joys of a
bright mind, a clear conscience
and a determination to reap to
the fullest of life's blessings.
If the road is dark to some, it
is because they do not use the
brains which God gave them in
overcoming the obstacles which
He in His wisdom has placed in
their pathway.
Our future is up to us, to make
Or to mar, as we choose.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-04-29

as important o fire preventative as is
the removal Of rubbish from garrets
and areaways. He is therefore strong
ly urging "Clean Up and Paint Up"
weeks for every city in the state.
Inspections In the larger cities"
says the Indiana Fire Marshal, SHOW
that about 10 per cent Of all buildings
and premises within business districts
are being endangered by rubbish.
Though the residence districts have
not been inspected, the proportion, no
doubt, is Just as large. One Of the
most effective fire representatives. is
clean and tidy premises, both in bust.
ness houses and in dwellings,"
The Fire Marshal Is advising every
where the painting of the shingle roof.
''Paint not only makes shingles more
durable" says the Fire Marshal, but
It acts as q fire preventative as we'll.
BY covering and protecting the fuzzy
splinters that form on the outer sur
face Of shingles, the paint greatly re-
duces the likelihood Of fire from fall.
ing sparks"
Scores Of Indiana cities are follow.
ing the Fire Marshal's advice this
year. A "Clean Up and Paint Up"
cam6agn will reduce fire losses in
Ourt0wn.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-04-29
Clean Up and Paint Up
Get Behind the Brush

CPRINGTIME has at last come to
~ stay, to prepare all nature for
summers flowers and the autumn's
harvest
Even the abJect stir about their
wretched premises, plant morning
glories and try their best to ix
up the leaning pickots left from the
kindling needs of the later frosty
mornings. Good housewives tie tow.
els about their heads. grid up their
narrow skirts and chase the dust OF
winter from their rooms. The LATEST
pick and trihe with their belongings
to FIX themselves better to face the
changing seasons.
"Clean up!" is the phrase.
Why not enlarge It? Why not paint
up!"
And II paint up" why not do It so
It will LAST and PAY?
Painting is another. art preserva-
tive" Rightly done, II saves repair,
adds to length Of property-life, IN
creases property-attractivity, brings to
the tenants lips the pleased smile, to
the righteous landlord the wholesome
feeling Of duty well performed.
Between ourselves. there's room for
lots on lots Of paint here In Our
town. Well applied, in colors judi.
ciously selected, 1t would conceal q
multitude Of architectural and sanitary
sins from the discerning eyes Of tour
lists passing this way and from our.
selves.
Look over your OWN house, or
home. or business structure.
Don't YOU agree? Try our prescrip-
tion-"Clean Up and Paint Up"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-04-29
$500 For Sl.OO.

nAo RoPSA SOoAo WV 0OAAoA '
year.
In every issue opportunities
are offered in the advertising
columns that are worth a dollar
to you in one way or another.
By carefully reading all of the
ads before buying you often save
a dollar-or several dollars-ou
the price of your purchase, by
knowing which store to 60 to.
This is only one of the advan-
tages of reading this paper.
There are many others.
Get the habit.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-04-29
M. 0. G. Time Gard
EAST BOUND.

The day before election every
candidate swore he was sure of
election. And the day follow.
ing most Of them swOEe on Gen.
sral 1rinsiplea.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-04-29
Should Not Feel
Discouraged.

So many people troubled with
indigestion and constipation have
been benefited by taking Cham
berlain's Tablets that no one
should feel discouraged who has
not given them a trial. They
contain no pepsiu or other diges-
tive fermiuts but strengthen the
stomach and enable it to perform
iis functions naturally. Obtain
able everywhere. Adv.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-04-29
Make an Offer.

Make as an offer, and if il is
reasonable we will accept it, for
a whole block of ground in a
good part of town. Every foot
of the block can be farmed or
gardened. The block Is 300 feet
square, all good dirt, and will be
sold TO somebody soon.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-04-29
ChamberLainS
Cough Remedy.

..
From a small beginning the
sale and use of this remedy has
extended to all parts of the
United States and to many. for
eign countries. When you have
need of such a medicine give
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy a
trial and you will understand
why 1t has become so popular for
coughs, colds and Group. OBJ
taihable everywhere. Adv.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-04-29

w:SD. Pinnick, city auctiOneer.
Leave orders Ct News Office.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-04-29

Up" campaigns, to
reduce fire ha2.
ards, II for no 9th.
er purpose. And
he declares that
the application Of
paint to wooden
buildings Is quite
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-04-29
Clean Up and Paint Up
to Reduce Fire Hazard
D. WALLACE C0LDSA1ITH.
2

THE Indiana State Fire Marshal de-
i clares that every city and town
should conduct "Clean Up and Paint
Arizona republican., 1915-02-28
Noted Waltz Composer Dead.

Emil Charles Waldteufel. the French composer. died in Paris last week He was leader of the. or
Arizona republican., 1915-02-28

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