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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09

Dorcas shivered. 'Emiline. what
has this TO do with Miss PRgetr'
The girls eyes grew round with tsr-
roF.
She had er necklace ob dc svellest
tuqouotses glib her = month ago BY .
gemmAn. Shes always gittin' pres
ents firm semmen. Dey was q pale
blue ea de sky when she got dem. She
wears dem all de time. day and night.
You see dem on her when she was
actin'E'
Dorcas nodded.
She nebber takes dem on. Ops
day ! tof her dey want near 81 blue
ez dey used to be. She took dem to
q 1eweler man en- he'd dem cleaned. Hit
didn't do dem a mite oh good Dis
mornin." Emiline paused az in terror
Of repeating 1t, dis mornin'. Mis-
Wentworth. ez sho' ez Gawd made me.
dem tuQQuoises was turned green"
Dorcas sat staring at her.
Il screamed when l sot my eyes on
dem" The girls teeth chartered She
asked what was de matter, en- | tol'
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09
AND WHAT WAS HE TO DOT.
Almost Any Married Man viii Appre-
eIate the Situation Poor Hubby
Got Himself Into.

What q beautiful new hat and
coat!" she cried, as soon as he came
home that afternoon.
isn't It? l mean, aren't they?" he
said proudly. Bargains, too. The
overcoat was SIG. reduced from some
thing, and the hat was a, but they're
going to raise the price next week"
His young wife crowed with delight.
Herman. you look stunning!" she
exclaimed. Let me put them on, to
give you some slight idea Of the gen.
eral effect. You can never tell on
yourself, you know
And she put them on. The coat was
4 nobby plaid Balmacaan and the hat
was Nile green felt, very swagger.
"By Jove. Cecile," he cried. "if
look half that good in 'em I'm salts
6edi"
She walked to the pier glass.
You look very fine in them, dear"
she said hesitatingly, "but-truth COM
oels me to say they're more than twice
as becoming on me. You know, the
Homen are wearing mems hats and
coats this winter. Don't you think You
:ould get yourself another outfit to-
norrow-something in colors little
more becoming to you, perhaps? We
nave fried chicken and waffles for din
aer, Just the way you like them"
And-but what's the use?
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09
10
sYNoPsis.

Enoch Wentworth. journalist, And An
drew Merry. actor. play a hand At poker.
the stakes absolute control of the future
OF the loser. Wentworth wins. They de-
eide to keep the matter secret. DorcAs.
knowing from her brother. Enoch. of
Merrys shortcomings. tries to arouse his
ambition. Andrew outlines the plot of a
play he has had In mind and she urges
him TO go to work on II. When the play
Ia completed Merry reads II TO Went
worth, whose life ambition Is to write .
successful play. He demands Merry's
play forfeit Of the bond won in the
poker game. Preparations for staging tho
play are begun. but Merry. who IL to take
tho leading part, II missing Dorcas
proves q success In the leading female
part at rehearsals. She quarrels with her
brother for taking credit for play she
knows to belong to Merry. Dorcas nnds
Merry among the down-and outs IN a
bread line and persuadss him to take mis-
part In the play. The producer suggests
certain changes In the play. which went
worth tries to induce Merry to mako. The
actor refuses. but finally consents on con-
dition that Wentworth cease his atten-
tions to Zilla Paget. the heavy woman In
the play. who has a bad reputation. The
play proves a great success. Dorcas ac.
cuses her brother OF theft. The blind
child of Zilla Paget appears and 10 heart
'essly repudiated by the mother
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09
STICK TO IT
Until Coffee Hits You Hard.

1t il about as well to advise people
hard enough 20 that they will never
forget their experience.
A woman writes and her letter ie
condensed to give the facts in q short
space:
II was 4 coffee 1lave and stuck to It
like topper to his cups notwithstand-
ing frequently had severe attacks Of
sick headache; then I used more cof-
fee to relieve the headache. and this
feet wore OF.
Finally attacks Of rheumatism be-
gan to appear, and ultimately the
whole nervous system began to break
down and I was fast becoming a
wreck.
After a time l was induced to quit
coffee and take up Postum. This was
half year ago. The result has been
most satisfactory.
nerves practically we'll and steady. d.
gestion almost perfect, never have any
more sick headaches and am gaining
steadily in weight and strength"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 'The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Postum comes In two forms:
Regular Postum - must be well
boiled. 15c and Csc packages.
Instant Postum - is soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickly
In cup of hot water and with cream
and sugar, makes a delicious bever.
age Instantly. 30c and SOC tins.
The cost per cup OF both kinds 10
about the same
There's q Reason" tor Postum.
sold by Grocera
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09

foolish enough to try blackmail. Any
thing like" he paused for q moment
as II trying to find q suitable word.
like sentiment for instance-or call
it what you wish-died a natural
death one afternoon when l tried to
explain things to you. The minute a
woman lets herself go and shows the
devil in her makeup at white heat.
sentiment can die-die very sudden
death Besides, have nothing on my
conscience. l treated you as gener-
ously as any man would have done
under the circumstances"
Miss Paget threw back her head and
laughed sit down." she advised.
This is a different affair entirely.
Do not fiatter yourself; there is not
a ghost of sentiment in this"
Enoch walked to the mantel, leaned
his elbow upon it. and stared down
at her. I'll give you exactly ten min
utes to explain what you want II 1t
il about your child. l am quite - anx-
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09
STOP EATING MEAT IF
KIDNEYS OR BACK HURT
Take 4 Glass Of Salts to Clean Kid
neys n Bladder 6others YOU
Meat Forms Uric Acid.

Eating meat regularly eventually
produces kidney trouble in some form
or other, says a wellknown authority
because the uric acid in meat excites
the kidneys. they become overworked;
get sluggish; clog up and cause all
sorts Of distress, particularly hackache
and misery in the kidney region: rseu-
matte twinges. severe headaches. acio
stomach, constipation. torU1 nseks
sleeplessness, bladder and urinary :
rtation.
The moment your back hurts or -
neys aren't acting right, or II tiaddet
bothers you. get about four ounces OF
Jad Salts from any good pharmacy:
take a tablespoonful In . glass OF
water before breakfast for . few daye
and your kidneys will then act fine
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon Juice. COM
bined with lithia, and has been used
for generations to flush clogged kid
neys and stimulate them to normal
activity; also to neutralize the acids in
the urine SO 1t no longer irritates. thus
ending bladder disorders.
Jad Salts cannot injure anyone;
makes delightful effervescent lithia-
water drink which millions OF men and
women take now and then to keep the
kidneys and urinary organs clean. thus
avoiding serious kidney disease.-Adv.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09

her de story OBJ de oil Colonels Misses.
OATS when she whaIed me cross de
mouf."
But" queried Dorcas with a pus-
zled frown, what does it all mean?"
'IAwdy. dem tuQQuoises would have
stayed sky y-blue on 20, Mis- Went
worth. er on any lady dat want doin'
all dem kind OBJ wicked tinss."
Rubbish"
Il swar to de IAwd hits true" cried
Emiline appealingly. I've heard my
granny tell hit many a time"
Dorcas laughed. Although the story
was absurd. her skin had grown chilly
while Emiline talked
I'm tell yo'." The girls voice grew
intense. Don yo member she had
dem tuqQuo:ses on las night when yo'
come in wild de little blind boy? Lawd,
| could er choked her dead wild my
own hans, She was de oil debil his
self. en- der's a judgment a-comin' on
her. When yo' WAS gone. de t'ings
she done say was curdlin' to de
blood"
Miss Paget is not good woman !
know, but
Good" interrupted Emiline She
didn't murder nobody den. en- | reck-
on she ain't since. but dar was murder
In her heart. En- den, dis mornin'-
fore she woun out bout de tuqquoises
--somet'ing queer happened. somet'ing
terrible queer"
What"
She come upstairs wild er bunch OBJ
letters in her hand, right arter lunch
time. She laid dem down; but befo
she done took OF her t'ings she took
took her hat OF she opened it en-
read 1t. She dropped de envelope on
de floor, saw 1t. Hit want ad
dressed to her, hit was somebody
else's letter The negro girl paused
irresolutely for moment.
"Well?" queried Dorcas.
Hit was TO- Mrs Alice v. Bourne
Gotham Theater."
Alice V. Bourne!'' Dorcas jumped
to her feet.
"Yessum." Emiline's tongue ran on
excitedly. Miss Paget, she was took
| wild de queerest fit yo' ebber see arteI
she done read 1t. She lay back en-
screeched en- laughed. She got cleal
hystericky. Den. all OF er sudden. she
started to fire questions at me bout
little Julie Bourne en- Mrs. Bourne, en-
where dey lived en- where dey come
firm. | didn't know muffin but where
dey lived. l went up once to Harlem
wild Mrs Bourne to help her bring
some stuff OBJ Miss jules to er"
Where did she get the letter.
asked Dorcas.
''Yo' kin search me-" answered Emf
line briskly. Dat oman 'ould steal
er murder er any OIL ting"
There was a long silence. Emiline
rose to go.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09
Seemed Probable.

Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachu.
setts and a fellow senator sat at
lunch in the senate restaurant one
day. and Lodge confided in his asso-
ciate that he hoped to die in Office.
The other senator noted that Lodge
was eating green apple pie, with lots
of cream on it, and French sardines-
Lodges favorite MONDAY repast.
WE'LL" he observed. IF you keep on
eating combinations like that maybe
you'll soon get your wish."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09

worth's say So" cried the old negro.
I'm gwine tell him bout hit"
When a woman's voice from the low
er hall answered, Enoch's face went
pallid white.
You dippy old black fool. ! know
my business. Cabby. take up that
trunk as / tell you to-"
Wentworth could hear Jason expos
tulate again. ''Marse Enoch don know
you're comm Missy Dorcas am out
en- she amt glib me no orders bout
company"
Missy Dorcas," repeated the WON
an with = contemptuous laugh. Get
this out Of your noddle straight away:
I'm not company Miss Dorcas 10 ex-
pecting And here's q bit Of advice
lose your doddering old jaw. then an
nounce me to your master"
Enoch. with . few quick steps
reached the top OF the stair and leaned
over the balusters. The cabman
glanced At his stern face, then drop.
ped the trunk from his shoulder and
steadied It on the edge Of q step.
Stay right where you are ordered
Wentworth abruptly.
He turned to the woman. who stood
on the stair She lifted her face and
greeted him with . derisiye laugh.
VIII you be good enough. Miss
PAget. to tell me what this intrusion
means!
The Engiishwoman laughed again.
II was . peculiar laugh. a sweet. shrill
ripple. without a ghost Of merriment
in 1t. It had a thrill as OF something
demoniac. She did not answer his
question, but turned to the cabman.
the landing. l can't pass while you
block the stair. Then go down and
wait until l call you"
The man obeyed The actress
paused on the top step and looked
down at Jason. As for you.' she
looked at him with a sneering smile,
mind your own business now. l have
announced myself to your master
Wentworth stood with his hand
upon the railing of the stair His face
was stern and there were hard lines
about his mouth. He held the door
of the library open.
Come in here" he said. There was
no cordially in his welcome.
The actress brushed past him with
q short. unpleasant laugh Her man
ner was full of self-confidence. Went
her look more beautiful; still his
pulses did not quicken by beat She
wore a gown Of strangely lurid blue
which few women would have dared
to affect. The harmony between the
dead gold of her hair and a willowy
blue plume that swept down from her
hat was almost startling. Her atti-
tude was aggressive and certain
sense of power lay behind her the
atrical entrance. Enoch's face settled
into q frown, although his eyes were
full OF scowling perplexity. He raped
the door shut and turned the key in
the lock.
Now" he demanded sharply. be
good enough to tell me what this
means"
Aren't you going to ask me to sit
uoWn! Inc woman spoke WIN Al
enticing smile.
No. l have no intention of asking
you to stay SO long"
Ella Paget laughed and sank Ian
guidly into a chair beside the fireplace.
Il would suggest that you sit down.
she said suayely.
Enoch shook his head
You may get tired before l am
through talking. 1t will take some
time to discuss this affair"
What AFFAIR."" Wentworth turned
on her with quiet scorn- Don't be
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09

Mis- Wentworth she asked hest
tatingly, "ef yo' hear OBJ er good place
would yo' send 70 ne? Jason ne
knows where TO fin me anytime" She
paused irresolutely. You don want
a nurse 70 de little blind boy, l reck-
On. Tse er born nurse. I like it"
Il don't know yet. Emiiine, what
plans | can make. or what will be done
with Robin: but I'll try to find some
work for you"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09

The only way to get along with some
people is carefully to conceal your
opinion of them.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09

The most common form OF pes
simism is the belief that q good be-
ginning makes a bad ending
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09
Weeks Break Up-A-c Cold Tablets
A guaranteed remedy for Colds and
La Grippe. Price 25c OF your druggist.
It's good. Take nothing else.-Adv.
Extreme Devotion.

EItFcme DeVot10n.
Mrs. Gadders is all wrought up over
the plight of the Belgians."
Indeed. she is. Why, she even neg
lects her poodle to attend meetings Of
relief committees:
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09

Makes the laundress happy-that's Red
Cross Bag Blue. Makes beautiful. clear
white clothes. All good grocers. Adv.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-01-09

People seldom try to sit down on
the man who stands up for his rights
Evening journal., 1915-11-17
THAT scHooL.CL0sING ORDER.

TT is not right to punish thousands Of Wilmington
Il school children for the shortcomings OF the Bay
nard-cooper clique in the Board Of Education.
While the people OF Wilmington are ncensed deeply
by the conduct OF that clique in dealing with the
ter Of sanitation in fourteen Of the school buildings,
they are naturally and properly ayerse schools
being closed and the educational OF the chill
dren sacrificed the altar Of departmental stu
pidty.
There is lack Of appreciation of tho activity Of
the Board Of Health Of it's determination TO have
the school buildings in question put a sanitary
dition. The feeling is, however that plan should
be devised which will permit of the work being done
without the money being entrusted to the Board Of
Education for expenditure.
The FOR the Discrimination OF City Council to
vote any more money for the use Of that board is
clearly apparent Fifteen thousand dollars that
voted to the board with the distinct understanding that
il be used for pscng the schools in sanitary condi-
on has been diverted other regardless of the
interests and safety OF the school children and their
teachers. In other words the BaynardCooper clique
has broken faith with City Council and there Is no
desire the part of that body put premium upon
double dealing by that clique by making further APP
preparation. We think most persons sympathze with
the Councmen in that attitude
Beneath II ALL however, rests the educational in
teress Of the children Their health and wellbeing.
OF course arc of greater immediate moment than is
the interruption OF their studies Il would be better
close tho schools than to keep them open in their
present unsanitary condition. In view, however, Of
the interests at stake why would It not be wise to
pursue a middle course? The Board Of Health has
made an investigation. Il knows what ought to be
done That something must be DONE later,
is conceded That being true City Council should ap-
proprato the money needed and entrust to the Board
OF Health for intelligent expenditure. In that way
would be possible obtain the improvements needed
and at the same time, to permit the schools TO con-
tlnue to perform their beneficial functions
That. OF course would permit the BaynardCooper
clique to get away with the original $4,000 sanitary
fund for other purposes but it probably is gone, any
way nothing will be lost except the reputation OF
that clique which already has been frayed TO an at
tenuated fragment
Evening journal., 1915-11-17
COLDEY's COMMENCEMENT.

yvNNENTY-NINE years ago Professor H. S. Goldey
founded Godey College in this city In the in
tervenng time It has grown to such proportions that
today It is recognized as being Of the biggest and
best OF Demarvias many educational institutions How
high it stands in public favor revealed clearly by
the large audience that assembled The Playhouse
last evening i witness the annual commencement
ercses Il not only large audience, but also
representative made up not only of the relatives
and friends OF the students but also embracing hum
dreds of men and who went out OF sheer love
and admiration for college that had been founded
and fostered wisely and we'll
The building up OF that college has not been light
task It has called for the exercise OF intelligence,
energy and sefsacrihce OF the highest order. Pro-
fessor Godey and the whom he assembled TO
assist him gave to the college and its students the best
they han IN them The result is institution that is
known well and favorably not only in America but also
abroad 1t is becoming better known all the time.
Since it founded IT has taken many forward steps,;
but a backward one
When Professor Goldey to Wilmington twenty
five years ago he poor in pocket but rich in his
abiding faith IN the enterprise he had in mind Through
all the vicssitudes Of fortune that followed he never
that faith Before he died he had the satisfaction
knowing that his faith had been we'll founded and that
when his end he would leave living, breathing
pusatng useful and beneficial monument in the com
munity which entertained for him such warm af-
fiction That monument is Godey College Year after
year it takes material from the youth Of land
after year it turns out the finished product In
these days the name "Goldey' is household word and
those who have Goldey diplomas are to be found
in all walks professional industrial and commercial
life
We felictate those who obtained diplomas last night
upon receiving such splendid rewards for their intel
lectua industry We congratulate President Douglas
his associates in the faculty upon having produced
such results during the college year just closed They
are engaged in a splendid work It is conducted
high plane. They adhering to Goldey standards
which invariably have worked for the good of indivd
uals and of society at large.
Evening journal., 1915-11-17
Editorial Opinion
A STnRM RELT AHEAD.

From the New York Sun.
An incidental advantage TO the ad-
ministration's frank change OF front
regarding adequate equipment for ma
tional defence will be the cover such
action will afford to a probably in
evitable bond issue. Bond issues in
times of peace are never popular. On
the eve Of a presidential election they
impinge upon indiscretion.
Whether made necessary by eXtraF-
agance or by i'll advised application
of theories of uplift to tariff revenues
there is a distinct limit to public toll
Grafton of management resulting IN
deficit that can only be made good by
the governments appearance in the
market as a borrower. Even as
measure necessary to the furtnerahce
of so popular a movement as that lor
an adequate navy and army, the TEND
ency to look askance at it and to IN
quire infinitely into just how much
and how little the war preparedness
program is responsible, will be very
strong and will naturally be pressed
with embarrassing insistence by the
party in opposition.
Yet with that disagreeable feature
quite inevitable, the imposition of a
bond issue to meet deficit of equivo-
cal origin will be much alleviated by
such freedom from harsh exposure as
the cover Of a patriotic purpose to
meet military aggression will afford
d ~ H.
watchfulness over the application
made of the proceeds of such loan.
II there are latent plans for the
diversion of any part of such revenue
to a government plunge into a mys-
FERROUS socialistic mercantile marine
/ speculation, it will be well for those
harboring such projects to trim shiT
| for storms ahead.
Evening journal., 1915-11-17

pleasant diplomatic complications, and
and has now practically nullified the
parts Of the seamen's act which sought
to compel all the other maritime coun-
tries to raise their standards to those
Of the United States and Australia.
Now we have law on our hands
which creates one more cost discrimina-
ton in favor of foreign shipowners. And
even the seamen, for whose benefit and
whose benefit alone the La Toilette law
was passed, are now finding it's inspec-
tion and qualification provisions a bur.
den and are running to the Commerce
Department at Washington for relief
from them
Secretary Redfeld. having announced
his readiness to suspend the law TO meet
other unforeseen contingencies, is now re
quested to let up on the examination Of
seamen on the Pacific coast, SO that
crews can be got for vessels sorely need
ed in the Pacific trade
The wonderful masterpiece of deliber
ate craftsmanship so applauded by III
author has been shot to pieces even be
fore II has had a chance to work. Nearly
everybody afectc by it wants i
amended. It's lifcsaving provision
apart, il is hardly worth amending. tn,
sooner its non-life- saving provisions ar
repealed the better it will be for ship
owners, for our seamen and for the fu
ture of the American merchant marine
Evening journal., 1915-11-17
The Seamen's Law Farce
lFrOm the New York TrIbune.l

In his monthly magazine Senator La
Toilette is lauding tbs seamen's law as
masterpiece of delibc ate and intelligent
craftsmanship denouncing "the ma
tion-wide newspaper raid" ON that law
as IAN aflront to honest journalism" At
one OF the sessions yesterday Of the
Academy OF Political Science, the editor
OF "1he Harvard Law Review boosted
that the La Toilette seamen's act had
elevated our navigation regulations to a
level far above that Of any other mari
time country, excepting Australia. Why,
then, should. anybody complaint
Unfortunately, the United States Gov
eminent expects the owners Of American
vessels engaged in foreign commerce to
compete with the vessels of many other
countries far more potent and active in
the deep sea trade than Australia is or
is ever likely to be. Most of the other
big maritime nations give subsidies, di-
rect or indirect, TO their merchant ma
rines. We give none, and TO make con
ditions still harder for our shipowners
we are forcing on them an artifcially
increased operating cost. Mr.. La Fol
lctte was undoubtedly sincere in his de-
sire to deal as roughly with competing
foreign shpowners using our ports as he
did with American ship owners, But the
administration has not had the courage
TO discipline foreign owners, fearing UNI