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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-08
ARE MEN PAST FORTY wooERs?

Flame at the core of the world.
And flame is the fire of the ancient
spheres
The other is Junes TO be;
And, oh, there's fame that Is ootn
their flames
1t has often been said that If a man
does not marry in his early twenties
he is not apt to wed until late in life,
if ne does at all. There's M-ore than
grain of truth In such a prophecy. 1t
is very unusual for family to urge
a petted son TO wed early, no matter
how sweet the girls are with whom he
ss thrown in contact "You will have
plenty of time, later on, to choose" is
the parental advice.
If he declares he is already in love,
mis- diplomatic father sends him on a
business trip which most any OF the
clerks in his employ could have at
tended to better than he. By adroit
ruses, the young man is kept out or
harms way until the feryor OF his
passion has waned. La seeing newer
and prettier faces he forgets the girl
he left behind him. If his heart is OF
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-08

up and idleness Killed mis- ambition.
He became a wanderer, then tramp.
He was one now, as matter of fact.
For 4 month, however, he had bet
tered in one respect. A drinking bout
had got him in with a criminal crowd,
and had he not abandoned them he
would have landed where they did--in
the penitentiary. The experience
scared him He took refuge in local
option district. He had not tasted
liquor for a month. With sobriety
had come sane saddened thoughts of
the girl he had left behind him. He
had faithfully sought work, but did
not find it to do So, handouts had
become his portion.
"Hello!" calculated Neal in a sud-
den sprightly way.
There had come a rustling in the
bushes behind him and then big
handsome collie dog bounded in front
of him, shifted towards the outspread
lunch and then sat up and held out
paw.
Shake, old fellow" hailed Neal
Hungry? / see you are All right.
Well make it fifty-ffty. and there you
are!"
1t did Neal good to see the half
famished animal enjoy the toothsome
meal, which he divided evenly with
him. 1t was getting on toward dusk.
Neal had tramped good many miles
that day. He chose a soft grass plat
just off the road and stretched him
self out
The dog made no demur, more than
content to stay with his new master
as long as the la :ter smoked and
spoke to him. Az Neal closed his
eyes for nap, however, the animal
got up near to him, pulled his sleeve,
pranced about, showed plainly that he
did not consider it bedtime, nor the
site of the siesta favorable for rest
and comfort.
What you trying to tell me, old
fellow?" queried Neal whimsically
Want me to go somewhere? All
right-rnarch ahead
The animal at onGe adopted the
methods of guide. Down the road
he proceeded, then across a lot and
darling along a narrow lane arrived
at an old barn structure.
He locked invitingly at Neal as he
entered it's doorway There was a
pair of stairs and loft with sufficient
old hay on its floor to make a very
comfortable bed.
We'll, well,' laughed Neal-"tit for
tat! share my meal and you pilot
me to first-class bed. Good for you,
Towser!"
They became close chums, those
two, during the next few days. The
constant companionship of the animal
pleased and cheered Neal AS to
Towser, a grateful sample of true
fidelity he seemed to be supremacy
content. One night, however. when
they arrived at the barn, they found
the doors barred and padlocked, and
it was not so dark but that Neal could
read scrawled across the new bar
rier the chalked words: "Trespassers
will be prosecuted according to the
law"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-08
MAN, IS, IS CUTTING TEETH
Uncle Peter Has Four New Moiars.
Which Appear on Birthday
Celebration.
San Francisco.-There's an old
song that runs something like this:

San Francisco.-There's an old
song that runs something like this:
George, dear, George dear.
DO you love me true?
George. dear George, dear.
I'm certain that you do.
Please get up and light the fire.
Turn the gas little higher,
Run and tell your Aunt Marian
Babys got a tooth.
They were singing this recently at
the Marin county almshOuse-and
there's not a baby in the place. 1t
was all over Uncle Peter T. Hansen.
who was celebrating his eighty-fifth
birthday and who had been feeling
poorly of late. For three or four days
he was in bed, suffering from a high
fever
They thought it was all up with
Uncle Peter.
There was a consultation between
County Physician J. H. Kuser and Dr.
Waid J. Stone Something had to be
done Finally the seat of trouble was
found in Uncle Peters mouth.
Uncle Peter had four nice new mo-
lars, two upper and two lower and
what luck!-opposite each other.
Uncle Peter ate chicken that night
for his dinner. And he was Just a.
proud of his new worries as was the
baby's mother in the song. :,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-08

One hour with thee! when sun is set,
Oh, what can teach me TO forget
The thankless labors OF the day;
The hopes, the wishes-flung away.
There are some girls whom 1t Is
difficult to bring to a realization OF
the fact that it Is best for a man to
make the first move on loves checker
board. Modest maidens have been
and always will be, timid, clinging to
romantic belief, that the right heart
mate Is sure to single them out soon
or late from the rest of the world of
women, and straightway begin a seige
upon their heart.
This girlish day dream is a valuable
armor for unawakened hearts, keep
ing them innocent and pure.
There is another class of young
women who rebel against the old the
cries and defy custom by refusing to
await mans leisure in beginning the
love quest, and lose no opportunities
in casting about for a suitable mate.
IL a new acquaintance drops a chance
word that she has a manageable sim
gle brother, the love chaser does not
stand upon ceremony in her endeavOr
to make a bosom friend of the sister
without delay. II someone casually
mentions that this ioctor or that law
yer is heart whole and fancy free, she
adroidtly inveigles her equity old IA
Their to change his doctor for at least
one or two trials.
The unsuspecting head Of the house
never imagines for a moment that
there is motive back when his daugh
ter insists that he must settle some
trifing matter by consulting the
aforementioned young lawyer to con
firm or dispute the judgment of the
parental opinion. Fathers suspicion
is not aroused even when his pretty
daughter insists on accompanying him.
donning her Sunday-go-to-meeting
clothes for the visit.
The love chaser inveigles all her
acQuaintances into Introducing her to
nice beau, makes the life of the men
folks of her family miserable by eager
~ cycling the good-looking men whom
they salute in passing, and nagging tof
an introduction.
Such girls rarely make good. Men
do not like to behold the evidence &
admiration in a girls gaze the first
time they meet her. They do not REX
ish being pressed for promise to call
soon upon her in the first sentence Of
so that falls from her lips after they
have been introduced. Every man
, knows full well when he is being
angled for, and With the perverseness
Of mankind, will evade the baited trap
at any cost. He concludes, seeing her
so anxious to make an impression on
him, that she is unable to awaken any
other mans heart whom she may have
| met.
1t brings warm glow to the heart
of even the most worldly Of men to be
| able to bring a blush Of sweet girlisn
confusion because of his presence to
the face Of sweet, bashful maiden.
| A man does. not want a woman tc
| teach him loves subtle art; he feels
confident that he knows quite as much
! about the game as she does, probably
much more, in fact. a.a
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-08
.BOWERY IS ORDERLY
New York Thoroughfare Not as
Black as Painted.
For One Man Who Would Insult q
Lone Woman, a Hundred Would
Fight for Her-ls Port Of
Missing Men.

New York.-"There is nearly as
much crime committed in Fifth avenue
every day in the week as there is in
the much-abused Bowery," says Fa-
Their William J. Rafter, in charge of
the Holy Name mission in the Bowery.
"A lady could start from Cooper
square and walk on one side Of the
Bowery down to Park row and back
again on the other side and there
wouldn't be one slurring remark
passed regarding her. II any man
dared there woI!d be hundred ready
to fight him.
I'm the mind of the average citizen
the name 'Bowery' is ole of evil re-
pute-tfe recognized habitat OF
brazen vice and unfettered crime. He
believes that no one lives within its
crime-steeped precincts except the
predatory and murderous deniZens of
the underworld. To him it is the
Bowery of fiction.
How vastly different is the poor
old Bowery today. Its character
may be summed up in three words
poor but respectable. Physically
considered, it Is one of the main
arteries of the city's downtown traffic.
Across it at every block the East side
pours its teeming thousands into the
Broadway business district. 1t is
practically the Broadway of the East
side. On both sides Il is lined with
retail stores of every description. BY
night it is lighted by store and street
lamps, and during the day the side
walks are crowded will people. It's
people-and. there are as many as
$4,000 of them-are mostly honest
harmless. law-abiding men. Poor?
Yes. Many of them would be abso-
lutely homeless w~ye it not for the
cheap lodging-houses where for ten or
fifteen cents one may obtain shelter
for the night. 1t is the Mecca Of the
poor and unfortunate We have many
college graduates within our midst.
and most of them come from good
homes.
There is scarcely town or city III.
the country which has not at least one
representative on this thoroughfare.
Indeed the Bowery belongs to the
whole world There is no better
place to look for a missing man Only
the other day two young girls came
to me seeking to learn the where,
abouts of their father. whom they
hadn't seen in years. I expected the
man to cali about six o'clock, for it SO
happened that he was one of my spe.
cial charges, It was scarcely five.
so Trey went to a small restaurant
near 10 have a bite to eat. Scarcelv
were they seated when the door
opened and in came their father With
a shovel over his arm. l had helped
him to save some money from his
small wages and he now is an indie
pendent, upright man.
"Few of our men are drunkards,
| though 1t is the common belief that
habitues of the Bowery spend every
penny they get on liquor. Our men
do not drink. On the contrary. when
they have a little money they pay
back what they owe or save it for a
rainy day."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-08

truer mettIe, and he writes to his sistey
that he cannot forget the maiden OF
his dreams, unless the attachment Is
greatly to be desired, If he must wed
young. the sisters take pains TO intro
duce the girl to other young men quite
as eligible, in the hope that she may
take fancy to one of them and be
safely welded ere her brother returns.
No thought of cruel injustice in this
matter enters their minds. But, all the
same, her brothers love dream is shat
tered. He thinks all women untrue be-
cause of the faithlessness Of one. He
takes a grim pleasure in attracting
women, hattering them, and riding
away. In the strength and vigor Of his
manhood, women are susceptible to his
fascination and are not averse to being
woosd by him.
When man has reached forty years
of age, he has his ideals. Unless
woman is able to touch the tiny silver
cord TO which his heart responds, as
if by magic, he fingers by her side
OuI ohOAI Win AOA SA~
turns away He is no longer on love
quest. He simply wants to be amused
by fair women to pass the time away
He thinks he is proof against
Cupids arrows. There he makes q
grave mistake. At forty, mans heart
is equally as susceptible as it was at
twenty. He is simply waiting for the
right woman to appear. He will WOO
her with an ardor which surprises
even himself. l,.st
,He realizes the time that he lost in
single blessedness he can never re-
gain. He is not willing to wait a
tweive-mcnth, but presses his, suit
with eagerness and haste. He realizes.
though host Of relatives say him
nay. that he needs his own home and
wife in it now, IL ever Even the
opinion of his closest friend will have
no power to turn him from his pur-
pos. He is aware tbas sGs most pre-
cious possession that comes to man
in this world is a woman's heart The
man who has steered clear Of mar
riagable women all of his life is very
prone to engage in the love game and
to make q better and more considerable
husband at forty than at twenty.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-08
DOG PHONES IN FIRE ALARM
Central" Calls department in Wiscon'
sin City nnd Mans Lie
Is Saved.

Oshkosh, Wis.-"Number. please
said central at four o'clock the other
morning "Woof, wool. woof," was the
answer. Then there came banging
at the subscribers end or the local
telephone line. A long-drawn howl
more barking, and then silence. Cen
trail was surprised at such an early
call, though Fred Peters collie has
been taught to Aaik over the phone
The dogs anti.s worried her, but she
called through the phone Good old
Prince"
The dog barked and howled again
The hello girl, convinced there was
trouble, called the fire department,
which, arrived in time to find the Pc
ters &ttic in flames, with Peters near
ly unconscious from smoke.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-08
DIVER WINS IN LIFE FIGHT
BY Great Strength Frees Hand From
Monster Suction Pipe and Sig
nails Attendants.

Laporte, Ind.-George Culbert of
Michigan City, professional diver, en-
ployed in the digging of the new wells
in the Kankakee river for Laporte's
auxiliary water supply, had a thrilling
experience while in S5 feet of water.
One of his hands became caught in
the monster suction pipe, holding him
fast so that he was unable to reach his
life line and give the signal to the
men above.
For ten minutes he was helpless,
while those above continued to pump
air to him, but finally by superhuman
efforts he was able to pull his hari
out of his rubber glove and then. BE-
fore the onrushing water could over
come him, he jerked the life line ana
was hoisted to the top.
gilbert was none the worse for his
experience, although it was some time
before he was able to resume his work.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-08
EH%NNESENANkNNNkWNkANkM
Loyal,
Valiant
TOWSer|
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
By
| augusta Goodrich ShertOin
copyright. 1915. by W. G. Chapman)


Worthless, wandering Neal Barrett
opened a package done up in a news
paper and smacked his lips in glow
ing anticipation. Then as the con-
tents were revealed his rugged face
broke into a smile.
"A right royal hand-out!" he gloat-
ed. Chicken and cake, and biscuits
all buttered, too. Must have had a
banquet at that house last night"
Neal sat down on pile of boards
and started in to discuss the tempting
viands that lay before him. In his
grateful mind was memory of the
pleasant little housewife who had so
sumptuously provided for him.
It's been hard grubbing for day
or two" soliloquized Neal, 'but this
makes up for it all. It's better than
free lunch-and without the tempta-
ton. ! don't. pick up much work, but
I'm in dry district. That's my-only
safety zone, and I'll stick!"
He was a good-natured and good
looking fellow. Too good-natured b.
far he had been in the past. 1t had
led to his grieving sweet fond girl.
1t had ended in her father forbidding
him the house. That was good many
miles from Meals present town--of
temporary residence. Neal saw the
Justice of his dismissal, for Mr.. Par
sons was poor and Neal was spelling
the chances for marriage for his
daughter, Florence.
Neal had lost his position through
being too easy-going with a reckless
dissipated set. He left town and
Florence. Work was not easy to pick
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-08
Ends Life a Human Torch.

Toledo.-The body of Mrs. Agnes
Yoder, twenty-five. wife of Edward
Yoder, lay preacher of Milford,
Mich, was found in a bathroom in q
home for girls. All the clothing was
burned off and the flesh cooked. The
coroner found that Mrs. Yoder had
committed suicide by saturating her
clothing with coal oil and igniting it..
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-08
CARLYLE on Warfare.

Are not all true men that live, or
that ever lived, soldiers of the same
army. enlisted under heavens cap
taincy, to do battle against the same
enemy. the empire CT darkness and
wrong? Why should we misknow one
another fight not against the enemy,
but against ourselves, from mere diff
ference of uniform? All uniforms shall
be good, so they hold in them true.
valiant men Carlyle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-08
BLOWS ALL IN ONE NIGHT
Lumberiack Saved Ninety Dollars, But
Only Had Fifty Cents Left in
Police Court.

Spokane, Wash.-Having worked
three months in a logging camp near
Bovill, Idaho, Daniel Schubert, husky
young woodsman, came here to spend
the $40 he had saved. He succeeded
beyond his widest expectations, ac-
cording to the story he told In police
court next day, where he was tried on
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-08
ParoIed Boy Repays Theft.

Glenwood Springs. Colo.-"Bitten in
the foot by his own false teeth" is the
claim Of Emil Freidheim, well-to-do
rancher of Grand Valley. He shows
the sore foot and a dentists bill to
corroborate his story. Freidheim was
reading in bed when he sneezed and
out flew the teeth. He hoped out
of bed to rescue them and stepped
on two teeth,
The manufactured rlolars "bit" into
the tender portion Of his foot and in
fiicted painful injury.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-08

patton, at the out
set, is a grave
problem indeed. If
she picks up any
daily paper she
finds columns de-
voted to the adj
vertisements of
those who are
eager to offer
work to young
women in the ca
pacity Of house
maids, cooks, and
general h o u s. e.
workers. She may
find two or three
o p e n i n G 8 for
s t g N o graphers,
mentioning, how
nvpr that thov
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-08
a disorderly conduct charge.

You're welcome to all I've got.
your honor" was Schubert's reply to
Justice Wits remark that he thought
S. and costs would be about right.
"How much of that $50 have you
left?" asked the court, and the youth
full lumberjack smilingly replied. $50
cents"
That's going some" said Justice
Witt. "The sentence is suspended pro-
vided you get back to Bovill and go
to work again and stay away from tho
bright lights"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-08
LauraJeanLibbey'S
Talks on
Heart Topics
TIE HOUSEHOLD PROBLEM.
19l5, by the Mcclure Newspa-
paper Syndicate.1

On what strange grounds we build our
hopes and fears;
MANS life is ali 6, mist, and in the dark
our fortunes meet us.
Whether we drive or whether we are
driven,
Is an. tbs ouys: Il good. the act of
heaven.
no the girl who must make her own
way In the world the choice of occu-
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-08
Comlno in Throngs.

MY wife is greatly disturbed"
whats the trouble?"
"She says the red ants are holding
an old home week in our pantry."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-08
LOVE CHASERS.

One hour with thee! when sun is set.
Oh, what can teach me to forget
The thanklesS labors OF the day;
The hopes, the wisheS-fiung away.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-09-17
MILLIONS TO AID
HANDLING COTTON CROP

Washington. definite steps have
been taken by the federal reserve
board and Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo to extend aid to cotton grow
ers and to clear the way for handling
the fall crop without last years un-
certainty and difficulty.
The board has issued new regula-
tons authorizing federal reserve
banks to give special rediscount rates
on promissory notes secured by ware
house receipts for staple agricultural
products with the restriction that
member banks which avail themselves
of this rate must not charge more
than 6 per cent to the borrower,
Mr.. McAdoo announced he soon
would deposit $15,OOO,OOO in gold as an
initial deposit in each of the federal
reserve banks at Richmond, Atlanta
and Dallas. Fifteen million dollars
more is to be deposited later. The
secretary SAID that if conditions show
the need of deposits elsewhere to aid
in handling any other crop he would
extend similar aid.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-09-17
ANOTHER BIG Liner GOES
DOWN NEAR irish COAST
Steamer Hesperian With $50 Passen-
gers and Crew Aboard Probably
Torpedoed-Many Are Saved.

Lonuon.-The Allan line steamer
Hesperian, with $50 passengers and a
crew of 900 aboard, bound from Liver
pool for Montreal, was attacked with
out warning by German submarine
off the Irish coast just as darkness
was falling Saturday evening.
Six second-cabin passengers, six
thirdclass passengers and thirteen of
the crew of the steamer Hesperian,
torpedoed $50 miles off Queenstown
Saturday evening, are unaccounted for
to date, according to the revised Of
fetal figures issued by the Allan line
Monday. This brings the probable
death list, including Miss Carberry of
st. Johns, N. F., whose body is at
Queenstown, up to twenty-six. The
captain of the stricken liner remained
by his ship until it sank.
Captain Main and the officers who
remained aboard the steamer while
efforts were being made to tow the
liner to port were able to save some
of their effects before the ship plung-
ed to the bottom, seventy-eight miles
southwest of Fastnet, not far from the
scene of the attack, taking with her
9,545 bags of mail, much of it origi,
mating in neutral countries.
The flooding of the forward com.
partments which caused the Hespe,
rian to sink SO much by the head as
to throw the propellers out of the
water, made the task of towing the
liner to Queenstown impossible in the
rough seas.
The names of the missing second
cabin passengers follow: Miss Ban.
mister, Mrs. Fisher, Joseph Fowler,
Mrs. Hannah Fowler, Maria Jenkins
and Miss Murray.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1915-09-17
Royal Arch Masons Adjourn.

San Francisco, Cal.-The delegates
to the general grand chapter. Royal
Arch Masons of the United States,
concluded their business sessions Fri
day with the election of officers and
the selection of Washington, D. c., for
the next triennial convocation. The
work of the Mason War Relief Asso-
citation was Endorsed and contribu-
ton Of $4,000 voted to the relief of
distress in the European war zone.
Approval also was given the proposed
plan of Washington Alexandria lodge
of Masons to erect a half-million-dol.
lar memorial building at Alexandria,
Va, to be dedicated to George Wash
ington, the Mason and Man" New
officers elected and installed includ-
ed: General grand high priest, Geo.
E. Corson, Washington, D. c.: general
grand captain general of the host;
Chas N. Rix, Hot Springs, Ark.