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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11
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The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1915-03-11
Sunday

"Vision of the Shepherd" A Selig
two reel special.
"The Way of Woman" An Essanay
drama.
"An Insurance Nightmare. A Ka-
lem comedy.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-28
thirteen Stone.

: "That child" she screamed; and then
she laughed in her best sarcastic manner.
There's one thing" she said viciously.
"YouH have your hands full! Well, she'll
keep you from golf; and that's more than
sensible woman could dol Isee the hand of
Providence. -
Providence, in the view of Fan, is of a
disciplinary nature,
g won't hear anything against Nettie,a
! declared, with pretended indignation.
"Oh!" said Fan, i've nothing to say
against the child; except that she IS child.
Not such child as you think, Master
Georgel suppose you thought she was a
baby and safe to rhilander with, and--oh,
yesl knew her sisters. The Symons girls
can take care of themselves . Still,
that's no discredit to a girl 1t might
have been worse, hut-well, she's the last
girl in the world that I should have chosen
for you, and wash my hands Of it."
That was exactly what | wanted her to
do.
Fan went off homie in very bad temper.
/ stayed behind in very good temper, and
had pleasant afternoon at golf, followed
by pleasant evening at bridge. / forgot
all about the engagement" till saw Nettie
on the promenade the next morning. She
had been bathing, and her black hair was in
rats tails. She was without hat, and she
was whistEng like a boy. She seemed to
be in better spirits even than usual, and /
couldn't help thinking what bonny
young creature she was
walked up and down with her for bit.
"By the way, Miss Nettie, u said, "don't
be surprised if you hear startling rumor.
/ told a fair relative the other day that I
was engaged, and she seemed to confuse
golf with matrimony."
"Who is the rlImored LADY," Nettie
wanted to know.
you, I Think" stated
She laughed like anything.
"Oh, Major Thornton!' she cried i'm
pudently. Don't! You make nv mouth
water! Just fancy me engaged!n She
clapped her hands with delight.
what would you do with a hance, you
big, baby-girl?" asked.
Make him buy me ices and teach ne
golfl' she answered promptly.
OF course I took her across to Cartridges
and gave her ice-creams and sweets; and
I'm hanged if she didn't beguile me into
taking her to play golfl I don't believe
there's another girl who could hare done it.
never saw such 3 display of misguided
and reckless energy as Nettie's golf. She
took ao7 to go round-at least that-was her
way Of scoring it It should have been
more, but sometimes she put the ball in the
hole when my back was turned. She lost
three balls, hit caddie, played old Browns
ball instead of her own, when he was passing
US, and broke two Of my clubs. She spoke
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-28

"To give me away2" / suggested Come
on, Net" She looked at me. Don't you
trust me to play fair?"
She gave little nod and we walked on
again.
That's just why didn't contradict
you," she explained, with her old cheerful
ness. 81 knew you'd get me out of it, if
you could. Ish0H get in a row if you don't.
You see Auntie's awfully good-HovibIy
good. She doesn't see the difference be-
tween telling stories, and"
" Storytelling! suggested
"Yes. That's it."
Why did you2 Compose your fiction,
/ mean?"
She waited till we reached the dunes, and
sat with our backs to the sand, and our faces
to the sea. Then she favored me with her
explanation.
cts dull at Aunt's," she said "The
Redmonds asked me here; and was having
the time of my life I"
aUmph!" | said. a boy, I suppose7' .
-Four or hvel But think there
were six"
Including me-"
KoNI Poot she tossed her head.
"Well," ] said, you were flirting with a
number Of boys-not including me- Go
on"
Noe she protested, II don't firt,
but-somehow | think l look as if / did.
/ don't know how it Isl"
II think it's your eyes," 1 stated, cor
your mouth, or"
sit doesn't matter" she interrupted.
!" The Redmonds asked me to stay on; and
WANTED to. thought Aunt would let me
if I made her believ4that had chance of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-28

so, May I ask for fance's privilege and
take her for lesson in golf this morning8"
The old lady softened Immediately, and
permitted me to accompany her to the
hotel.
Nettie was reading in the drawing-roon1
She looked so amazed when she saw me with
her aunt, that was satisfied that she had
not been aware Of the old lady's call upon
me.
"Your aunt has sanctioned our engage
ment, said sweetly, and she says that
wemay go and play gof."
Nettie stared at me for moment. Then
she laughed rather uneasily.
III get my hat, she said, and ran out Of
the room. Her cheeks were very red.
She called that she was ready without
coming in again. She did not look at me
as we walked along together. She seemed to
be rejecting upon her enormities-or mine.
Eve aren't engaged" she stated at
length.
1--WE werenJ," / corrected.
eve won't be, she substituted firmly.
" How dared you tell your cousin that we
were?"
"How dared you write those letters to
your aunt2" retorted.
"Oh-h-h-h!" said Nettie family. "She's
never shown you"
"She has" said coolly.
"You are nasty, mean, horrid thing"
cried Nettie, "and | hate you! There!"
"That isn't wholly true" l observed.
may be nasty and mean and horrid, and
] daresay am thing; but you don't hate
me. You like me-"
"Then / hate liking you'll"
You want cooling, " asserted. Come
and have an ice"
"Ye-es / think ices help you to
arrange your thoughts and explain things.
think you had better have one"
We both had ices. / had arranged my
thoughts by the time that we reached the
Sandown Wall. I then offered my explana-
ton.
Nettie giggled a good deal. When l
pointed out that did not think that anyone
would believe in our engagement, she
laughed outright
Lots of people would think that / was
quite suitable to be engaged to, she stated.
Well, shall have the opportunity of
finding out, replied calmly
You won't!" She tossed her head.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-28

There was a girl staying at the South
Eastern Hotel, who exactly satisfied
these conditions: Miss Nettie Symons;
bIack-eyed mischief of nineteen-ffteen
years my junior. / had spoken to the
young monkey three times.
If I tell you,' / said, with pretended
hesitation, you'll go and brighten the fish
of"
Then you aren't engaged" Fan cried.
"Well," / said, "it's IA sort of under
standing You see she isn't very old, and
I've got to write to her people. If you go
frightening her or them"
q won't say word to her." Fan prom
ised, cor to anyone here"
"Then," said, "it's a Miss Nettie
Symons. She comes from Maidstone. You
know the family slightly, think. .
Fan literally jumped; and she weighs
thirteen stone.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-28

People wouldn't believe it, unless you
came to see me, and took me out lot," she
observed
81 should certainly claim that privilege"
assured her. e
" Wouldn't you find it rather bore7"
Not in the least. Would your" -"
OF course notl It would be Jolly, only
Il am afraid we couldn't pretend properly,
because-you see engaged people are so
siIlyln
Eve should have to be sillyi" as
serted.
Pretend to be, you mean,' shecorrected.
Do you think it would be quite what
nice girl would do? You wouldn't tell me
to do anything that wasn't, would your" 10
I felt myself turning red.
Net, | said, I'm a wicked old hum
bug. ] thought I was too old for you-
Dash it all, I'm not old, but you think SO.
IL meant to try and turn the pretence into
reality. I've meant that at the back Of my
wicked old mind from the moment I set
eyes on you-you little fascinationi Won't
you give me the chance, Metz"
IT think I'm IA humbug too, she said,
family. Tive been giving you the
chance all the time"
METZ cried. met! You're engaged
to me? Really and truly engaged to me7
You'll marry me"
"I1l marry you," she said, and I'll be
much better wife than you'd expect Of such
a silly girl"
! suppose you wouldn't believe me, if /
told you the sort of wife that Nettie is, but
perhaps you'll accept Fans opinion.
George has the best wife In the world,
she tells people, and he has to thank me
for herr ;
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-28
eorYIsleM1 lale

getting engaged to someone old enough and
rich enough TOTO take me of her hands
soon. NoaO you see!"
II don't see why you selected me, in
particular, commented.
81 thought if I chose somebody quite out
of the question, nobody would believe it,
she giggled again.
Some people" I retorted solemnly,
would think that l was quite suitable to
be engaged to-"
We burst into laughter simultaneously.
Isn't it FUNNY" she cried.
at may be funny said, "but don't
know if you realize that can't get out of it.
Your aunt would certainly bring an action
for breach of promise against me"
Nettie became suddenly serious.
eff TIE got to do the getting out" she
cried, "why have you made it worse by act
ing like this? made sure you had plan!
Oh, ] shall get in row! "
No, you WON'T | said. "Look here,
Net | didn't accept the engagement just
to tease you; and certainly not to trap a
pretty little butterfly girl, who is far too
nice and young for an old buffer, who is
not suitable to be engaged tot" q
You aren't an old buffer, Nettie as
serted. You're awfully suitable to be
engaged TOTO somebody suitable"
Thank you! meant it as temporary
arrangement until somebody suitable for
you came along. Perhaps he has, Metz"
She shook her head. Honor bright"
Honor bright, " she vowed
"Then be engaged to me, till he does"
Pretend, you mean? OF course-we
should know ourselves that it was only pre-
tending"
Even the pretence would be pleasant"
/ remarked.
But we shouldn't pretend when we were
by ourselves. !"
"Umphl :. 5. 1t would be good prac-
tice"
Don't be a Donkey OF course we
shouldn't"
Very well, agreed sadly.
She considered with her finger on her
cheek.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-28

who wants you to marry
her. There may be ex-
cuses for that mean the woman who
wants to marry you to someone else.
Ny Cousin Fanny is that sort of
person. If / had married all the
ladies whom she selected for me I
should have a regular haren; but I
escaped them all. This is the story
of my escape.
Fanny lives at Canterbury. I had
gone to Deal to play golf. I was
there for fortnight before she found
out. Then she motored over and
wanted me to go back with her /
guessed at once that an eligible spin
ster was waiting there. I knew that
Fanny would give me no peace till I
went. / knew that, if went, lost
a days golf a day on the Deal links /
/ had to sacrifice my golf cor my
veraeity. If you think that / hest
tated, you don't play golfI
Look here, Fam" I said. "You
needn't worry about my matrimonial
affairs any more. I'm seeing to
them myself. I can't possibly leave
Deal, because-wen, the fact is, I'm
engaged"
Engaged" Fan cried. En-
gdgsdi"
You should have seen her face.
Engaged" I said firmly.
"You aren't confusing golf and
marriage?" she inquired suspiciously.
No, said. You are!" This
was perfectly true.
Who is shes" she wanted to
know. She seemed awf1lly ag-
grieved at having no finger in my
matrimonial pie.
Well | said, 81 don't exactly
know mean / don't know if I
can tell you yet. We haven't made
it public
Fan got UP and swished her skirts
round.
"I don't believe it," she said.
II isn't girl that's keeping you
here, only golf.
saw that the critical moment
had come, and that all was lost-at
any rate a days golf was-unless
named someone If / did not, Fan
would stay at Deal to investigate,
and find me out; and if l did she
would probably stay to investigate
the suitability of the lady, unless
she knew all about her. So | had
to select someone whom Fan did
not know personally, but knew ali
about. / thought it best to choose
d lady so obviously unsuitable that
no one would take the report seriously
when Fan set it about.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-28

" And you haven't explained the worst part.
Why didn't you tell Aunt that we weren't
engaged"
81 did till I saw your letters. After that
| wasn't going to give you away Why
didn't yoN tell her, when we came in2"
!" wasn't going to give you away either"
she retorted with giggle that seemed to
burst out.
The result is that we are engaged" !
stated. 81 suppose l ought to call you
darling ?"
She stepped short:
I'm going back to Aunt" she said
furiously.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-08-28

TAHERE IS no nuisance on
earth like the woman
who wants to marry you.
/ don't mean the woman
who wants you to marry
The Washington times., 1915-12-23
Found His Calling.

The AmeTica"-N'hY did YOU leave
Your Italian hills?
The EN-BriEs nd--Too tame. WHY.
only killed two people = month there
hut since I became chauffeur it's a
POOR month when ] can't land twenty in
Nha Observation-Disclosures.
The Washington times., 1915-12-23
POTROAST, NOT RED
HAIR, CAUSE OF WOE
ShOningerS Split on Appetite In
stead Of Brunette Tresses,
Doctor Testifies.

NEW YORK, Dec. 23.-Dr. Lee S.
Shoninger, testfying in his defense in the
separation suit brought Ivy Mrs Fidvthe
Shpninger. told Supreme Court Justice
Cot that his domestic uuhappineSs was
due to the fact that social activities
bored him, and he preferred life at the
Yale Club.
Nv wife is a Nivacious yorng Woman.
fond of society and sociol affairs while
T. am a professional nan A" said Hr
Shoninger. ~ rebelled against the
perpetual round Of calls and par
t tee wanted smS to tb be at W., home me
popular hour for calls l didn't care to
60 out with my wife"
When MaX y. StcIer. attorney for
Mr. Shoninger asked II there was any
other reason, the defendant rerlied:
ives. there WAS n financial reason
also. To keep ur. appearances IL the
set of which my wife was n member it
was necessary to have money, and
didn't have the money for such useless
luxury"
When asked about his wire's testi,
money that he EXPRESSED n preference
for "redhC adPd. fat chcstCd women,
whereas she has black hA'T and a gooC
figure. DIR. ShonirGcr said Lie remarl
to this effect wHs only i"kc. "NN
wife often told her friends mt to bt
surprised " she tnIrHd rsda"arCd -somt
dav but she was only carrying out my
ioFe.' ssid the defendant. u answer
to other questions. Dr, ShoFinCer said
MY wife liked dainty desserts anC
things like that, while NV upnetife dc
mandcd that I cat substantial foods
such as not roasts. rc"etRb'es. ALI
thhlgs at the table, pho r.'hel'ed. m,
then trouble started. she 'hou ~ tina
rot rcnsts we've only for 'he lsINrini
man. hut l didn't aCree with her
The Washington times., 1915-12-23
MEN THROW away
SlO.4OO,OOO IN HATS
That Amount Annually Wasted
BY Males MHady Repairs
( Her Old Headgear.

NEW YORK. Dec. 23.--Despite joke
smIths' traditional harping upon the
millinery extravaganza Of milady. fig-
ures complied here claim to show that
men IN the United States annually throw
away 10000 900 worth OF hats. while a
large percentage of women make over
their old hats and save probably as
much as the men send to the ash heap.
Philadelphia dealers estimate that
their men patrons throw away. $4,000
worth Of hats a week. Upon this basis
1t Is estimated that New York men dis
card $4,000 worth: Chicago. 500 900; San
francisco, $50. 900; Cleveland. $4,000; Bos-
ton, $4,000; Denver. $4,000; Indianapolis.
eeles, $s.0DO: Milwaukee. 5000: Pitts
burRh, $4,000; Portland. 5000: Omaha.
5000; st. Paul, 1900: ST. Louis, $4,000
Washington. s.. Oc0 and other towns and
cities sufficient to bring the weekly total
ub TO 100000, or S1O 4OO0o0 year.
A Low Estimate.
Probably this is an exceedingly low
estimate. Some estimates place the an
nual amount at SIS. 100000. This amount
represents about 100000 spurned sky.
pieces, at least: nor does It take into ac-
count caps and other substitutes for
average price pdlu LOT mats 10 Dt-
lieved to be about 50. but that gives no
idea Of how extraYagant some men can
be on their hats. These include hard
and soft felts, silk hats. straws OF every
kind, including Panamas. There are
men who order specially made Pana-
mas, as many as half a dozen at q
time, to cost $50 each. Others can get
modest straw for 50 cents, and from
that up Very good Panalnas may be
had, it Is stated. for S75, and some as
low as s.
When 1t comes to soft felt hats, $50
VIII buy the best and for, hard felt, s.,
while $40 will secure the best French
imported silk. high hat.
When woman buys a new hat she
has 1t sent home in an elaborate box
covered with roses like the old-fashion-
ed chintz or wallpaper patterns. II
gives 1t a Partisan atmosphere, even II
the creation never saw Paris, but when
p man buys a new hat he usually tells
the halter to chuck" the old one
Sometimes, very seldom, he has 1t sent
home, intending to give 1t to the man
who cuts the lawn and takes out the
ashes, and then he forgets all about It,
and his wife gives II to the rubbish
man or the Salvation Army man at tho
first call
As for the "cast-offs" that are chuck
ed by the halter. the secondhand mar
comes around and takes them away
tie refurbishes the ones worth while
and sells them at any price; the. Others
are stripped OF the bands and bindings
and leather sweatbands for the ragbag
and the remainder goes to the dump.
The Washington times., 1915-12-23
HOSPITAL MEMORIAL
TO EDITH CAVELL
Queen Surrenders Honor in
Favor Of EngIand's Martyr.
Nurse.

LONDON. Nov. 20 Cby maid The
Alexandra Home, an addition to the
London Hospital now being built. will
he named the Edith Cavell Home.
Queen Alexandra. in whose honor the
home for nurses had already been
named, voluntarily surrendered the
honor in favor of EnRland's martyr
nurse, Edith Cavell. executed by the
Germans in Belgium. A shilling fund
inaugurated by a London daily has
already provided thousands of dollars
for a Cayell memorial. which. by the
the dead nurse. will be the Edith Caveli
Home. 1t was the express wish OF
Miss Cavelrs aged mother. at Norwich.
that a statue should not be erected for
her daughter.
Arizona republican., 1915-10-04
IS N. First Ave.

the right track-given them all of the encoura cement of a NEW start.
 They are on their feet this DAY and while the "call of the stuff" is still within them-before they are thoroughly healed-yet in the Wean- inS process, we are threatened with laws from high places which would disrupt our new social status-Which would, in many cases make men ALL of them by any means, for some of them have met themselves return ing-have FOUND themselves-and for them there would be no going back
 California has taken no step back ward. California did not inspire this move The people of California are innocent The local option, or dry districts, are dry from choice-they don't WANT such law-they don't want WEIS-Y.
 Arizona's people do not want whisky. And if any such law is passed here-if any such ruling is made here-any opinion" brought to bear then I say, it is not a case of what the PEOPLE of a soverign state WANT. It is what they have got to take. Judge or no judge court or no court it is an iniquitous plundering of the rights of a com monwealth and l, for one. am not willing to believe that it will ever come-not THAT.
Arizona republican., 1915-10-04
Ripping Rhymes
GOOD WEATHER
By Walt Mason

Just think of all the handsome weather we've had since weather was designed We've often had ten days together of climate smooth as one could find Nine-tenths of all our days are bully. with sunshine scat tered everywhere; then comes day that's wild and woolly, and how we groan and paw the air! This eli mate surely is the limit thus are our vain repinings voiced the fog s so thick a man could skim it. the rain is always damp and moist In winter when we need hot weather they send all kinds of snow and sleet; in summer, when we pray to- gether for snow, they send us sizzling heat" The weather bureau couldn't hand us climate that we'd all ln- dorse: we'd say, This sort of thing will land us out in the boneyard, meath the gorse" On tropic isles no doubt the heather complain Of skies too blue and fair; they'd move up north and start to breathin the fresh and crisp Alaska air. And mid the bleak Alaska mountains the na- tives say they'd give a dime. if they could go where sparkling fountains are squirting in a sunny cline.
Arizona republican., 1915-10-04
Where the People
 May Have Hearing

To the Editor of The Republican: Sir: Huxley defined evolution as a general name for the history of the steps by which any living being aas acquired the morphological and phys ioiogical characters which distin- guish it. Evolution as history is as much a fact as the best histories of human. affairs and t is arrived at by the same processes as are em- ployed by the historian. That pres ent forms and characters are the re- suits of evolutionary developments is fact accepted by all naturalists and scientists worthy of the name. The steps or natural processes by means of which evolutionary developments was brought about are matters of which naturalists and scentiests are not agreed but all accept evolution as a fact. Evolution is the only log ical explanation of the relation of facts that exist in nature. No one with an open mind may study these facts and their relations and avoid the conclusions eXpounded in the doctrine of evolution. Evolution was not devised for the purpose of insid- iously undermining the foundations of christianity. It was natural outgrowth of the study of nature. It quenched an intellectual thirst and craving for a systematizing of the great mass Of seemingly heterogen- ous and unOrganized facts observed in nature. That these facts were re- lated was felt and believed rather than known before the advent of evolution. Evolution made their re lationship plain and the naturalist could then sleep Q nights.
 A general acceptance of the doc Urine of evolution will have no more effect on christian belief than did the acceptance of the Copernican in lieu of the PtOlmaic system. Christian ity has survived many cosmogenic revisions and will survive others yet to come. Christianity has for it's basis a foundation much firmer and more enduring than the crude cos mogany originating in the untutoTed minds of nomads. There is no es- sential relation between revealed re ligion and cosmOgony. The latter IS defined as "the theory of science of the string on which observed facts are strung so that they follow in logical sequence. If the christian re ligiOn had depended for it's exist ence upon any particular cOsmogony, it would have passed into the discard along with the supplanted theory. The christian protagOnists have for gotten their vehement and useless diatribes that at one time were di rected against the acceptance of the then new Copernican theory. The Copernican theory evicted the Ptol- maic theory because the latter Waa a less logical explanation of observed facts. Christianity remained unaf fected.
 The defenders of christianity are wasting their time and misdrecting their efforts in disparaging evolution. Moreover they are compromising themselves in the opinion of the pub lie as to their ability and capacity to lead and direct.
 R. D. O. JOHNSON. Phoenix. Oct. 2nd. 1915.