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The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1915-03-26
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NEW CUMBERLAND
John H. Swartz. 30, Dies After Week S
Illness From Pneumonia

Special Correspondence
New Cumberland, March 26-John
II. Swartz, aged 80 years, died at his
home on Water street yesterday after
weeks illness with pneumonia. Mr.
Swartz moved from York county to
New Cumberland about year ago and
was employed by j Ohm McDanel, boss
of railroad repairs. He leaves a wife
and five small children, the youngest
being only weeks old. The funeral
will take place on Sunday afternoon
from his late home at 1.30 o'clock
lnterment at Camp Hill. M. A. Hoff is
the funeral director.
The Sunshine Guild will hold its reg.
ular monthly meeting at the Council
chamber, Fifth and Bridge streets, on
Monday afternoon at o'clock prompt.
ly. There is to be some important busi-
ness transacted at this meeting. The
president urges all members to be pres.
ent.
Mr.. and Mrs o. X. Eshenower, of
West Fairview, visited d. w. Miller
and wife yesterday,
Mrs. w. w. Zimmerman and daugh-
ter, Mrs. w. A. Cookery, spent Thurs
day in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Mary Eisenberger and daughter,
Miss Sara, who have been spending the
winter with Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Bobb
at Sebring, Fla, have returned.
Jacob Grissinger moyed from Eber-
ly's Mills to Fourth street yesterday.
Prof. j. A. Srrenkel will make an
address at the township High school
commencement, to be held at Oakville
this evening. Prof. r. R. kohr, for.
mer teacher in the New Cumberland
High school, is the principal.
One of the most beautiful sights is
the New Cumberland green house, in
charge of Mr.. Hanson. There are
5000 blooming hyacinths, besides other
blooming plants.
Mrs. Willard Wertz, who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam Simmons, returned to Bellwood
yesterday.
Harriet the 11-yearold daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Uptegraph, is very
i'll with pneumonia.
Paul Wintermyer, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Wintermyer, of Marsh Run
while running hand car yesterday
fell from the car, which ran over him
He had his chin and face cut badly, but
fortunately escaped serious injury.
Mrs. A. J Shuler spent Wednesday
with her sisters, Mis-. Norman Lichten
berger and Mrs. Lewis Tress, in Har'
rishurg.
Miss Frysinger, one of the Elkwood
teachers, will open a select school Mon
day, April 3
Mrs. Jacob Bitterman, Miss Jessie
Hartman and Mrs. w. D. Meyer, of
Harrisburg, called on Miss Euphemia
Meyer yesterday afternoon.
The Citizens Huse Company will
hold its regular meeting on Monday
evening, March 80.
Buttorff & Straley have received
their last shipment of oranges from the
Buttorff orange groves at Lake Helen
Fla.
The funeral of Joseph E. Thorley
took place from his late home at Marsh
Run Wednesday afternoon and was
largely attended. The Rev. S. n
Good, pastor of the Church of God, this
place, conducted the services. Mrs
Nestor Bair and Mrs. S. n. Good, mem.
Ibers of the Church of God, sang sew.
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SEEKS DIVORCE FROM MAYO
Alleged Wife in Scranton Proceeds
Against Wealthy Radiator Man

Scranton, March 26.-The expect
ed divorce suit of Mrs. Florence
Weeks Mayo, of Sunset avenue,
against Virginius j. Mayo, radiator
manufacturer of New Haven, Conn,
was filed yesterday morning with Pro-
thonotary Griffith. Former Judge j..
w. Carpenter and Frederick f. Scott
represent the libellant
The libel contained the usual in
formation, the papers representing
that Florence w. Mayo and Virginius
j. Mayo have been man and wife since
May IA, 1890. In December, 1897,
Mayo is charged with deserting her.
The writ is made returnabe April
26, 1915. 1t is understood that petit
tion for alimony and counsel fees will
follow in few days.
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BLAIN
Calvin Hess Buys Farm From David
Hiassinger

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Special Correspondence
Blain, March 26.-David Hiassing
er, of Jackson township, sold his farm
to Calvin Hess, of this place.
About twelve men are fixing the old
union graveyard. The vines, weed:
and .briars are being grubbed out an6
hauled away.
William J. Grenoble and family
moved this week to Beaver Spring, Sny
der county.
James Mumper, of Landisburg, spent
some time visiting his sister, Mrs. Kate
Kline, who is i'll.
The examination to admit pupils OF
the surrounding townships to the High
school will be held in this place on
Saturday at $40 a. m.
AT the spelling bees held last week
at Mt. Pleasant and Manassa, Warren
Shumaker was the best speller at Mt
Pleasant, while Miss Ruth Pryor took
the honors at Manassa.
Mrs. j. G. Reighard is visiting her
mother, who is ill, at Gettysburg.
Arthur tdassnger spent the weekend
with David Hassinger
A ban has been placed ON cigarettes
by the authorities and as result the
dealers do not have them in stock.
Miss Bun Kistle. of Kistler. spent
the weekend with David Hassinger.
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You Need This
Great Nerve Tonic
For Over Eating, Drinking,
Smoking or Overwork OF
Any Kind Causing
Nervousness
Take AMBITION PILLS

H. G.. Kennedy is having lively
sale of Wendell's Ambition Pills these
days because the people of Harrisburg
who have tried them know that they
tone up the entire system and impart
vigor and energy into run down people
in few days and because they are
guaranteed to do exactly as advertised,
and H. c. Kennedy is authorized by
the maker to refund the purchase price
if anyone is dissatisfied with the first
box purchased.
If you feel blue, have lost confidence
in yourself, are respondent, weak and
tired out, a 50-cent box of Wendell s
Ambition Pills is all you need.
Finest prescription for headaches,
nervous troubles, poor blood, kidney
and liver complaints, malaria, neu-
ralgia, trembling and loss of appetite.
They never fail to end constipation.
Get them at H. C. Kennedy's and
dealers everywhere for so cents. Mail
orders filed, charges prepaid, by the
Wendell Pharmacal Co., Syracuse,
N. Y.-Adv.
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NEWPORT
S. B. Watts, of Harrisburg, Lectures
Under Auspices OF Mems Association

-. D. WdIIS, VI I1dITlSUuTS, Lectures
Under Auspices OF Mems Association
Special Correspondence
Newport, March 26.-The last free
illustrated lecture given under the aus
pices of the Men S Association was held
last evening in the Men S Association
rooms on South Third street. The lee
ture was given by s. B. Watts, of Har-
risburg, on 1.-The Growth of a Great
Modern Utinty.'
Warren Faulkner, of Ellerslie, Nd,
is visiting Edward Gardner at fair
Ground farm.
Miss Marguerite Brandt, of Lewis
town, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Maur-
ice Wolf
Daniel Cluck ald son, Harold, of
Ddncannon, visited the former S broth
er, j. A, Cluck, and family.
j. II. Shoop, of Dry Run, Franklin
county, spent the weekend with his
son, G. j. Shoop, and family.
Harry Brown, of Mt. Savage, Nd,
is visiting his sister, Mrs. II. A. Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Manning and
two children, of Harrisburg, spent the
weekend with Mrs. Manning's s mother,
Mrs. Alfred Jones, and Mr.. Manning s
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. X. Manning.
F. A. Fry is visiting his sister, Mrs.
William Sheaffer, and his mother, Mrs.
Mary l.. Fry, who is Ill, at junction
City, Kan.
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MEDICAL LAW INTERPRETED
Doctors Not Legally Liable for Mis-
takes Made in Treating Patients

Pottsville, Pa, March 26.-' A doc
tor is not liable in law for mistakes
made in treating patient. He can
not be held for wrong diagnosis if he
treats the patient according to what he
honestly believes is wrong with him.
But if he treats patient unskilfully,
such as might be manifested by admin
istering an overdose of chloroform, so
as to cause death from anesthetic, he
may be held liable in law declared
Judge Bechtel in court yesterday.
Counsel on both sides of the case
agreed with the Court in this interpre-
tation of the law.
The suit is against DR.. Fred Klein, a
veterinary surgeon, of Shenandoah,
who is charged with causing the death
of a horse belonging to William Minkie-
wicz by chloroforming it prior to an
operation.
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TOBACCO BUYER HELD
Lancaster County Grower Makes
Charge of False Pretenses

Lancaster, March 26.-R. L. Kim.
brough, who has stirred up Lancaster
county's tobacco circles during the
past year through his efforts to form a
tobacco pool among the growers, has
been arrested and held under bail for
hearing before Alderman Doebler,
to answer to the charge of false pre-
tense, preferred by Samuel NJ. Coov-
er, of Mannheim.
The latter sold his tobacco crop to
Kimbrough, as pooling agent, and
Coover alleges that Kimbrough falsely
and fraudulently pretended to have
funds in the Lancaster County Ma
tional bank to pay check for $1O2.-
23 in payment for the tobacco. The acs
cused says the trouble arose through
the promised banking aid being with
drawn.
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ENOLA
Fire Company Will Hold Street Car
nival and Fair in April

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Special Correspondence.
Enola, March 26.-The regular
monthly business meeting of Court
Enola No. 1906, of the Independent
Order of Foresters, will be held in
the rooms of the Enola P. r. R. Y.
NJ. C. A, Monday evening at s
O'Clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Huston and
son Edwin, Mr.. and Mrs. E. Shell, mo-
tored to Chambersburg on Thursday.
Calvin Reidinger, who had his right
eye injured several days ago when he
fell on a file, is improving.
A special meeting of the Enola Fire
Company No. /, will be held in the
hose house on Altoona avenue, Mon
day evening at 8 O'Clock.
Thomas II. Jones has returned home
from a visit to Shamokin.
George w. Fisher and son, George,
of Harrisburg, visited the former s
parents on Wyoming avenue, on We'd
nesday.
Mrs. NJ. J. Bard and Mrs. George
w. Fisher have returned home from
visit to Trenton, N. J.
Ralph Orumleigh, of Duncannon,
was a business visitor here to-day.
NJ. E. Keller, of West Toledo, has
returned home after spending several
days with friends.
J. ii. Kinter visited in Marysville
to-day.
F. E. Powers, of Nanticoke, was
business visitor here Thursday.
W. G. Miller has returned to his
home in Reading.
William Oliver, of Halstead, called
on friends here Wednesday.
The Enola Fire Company, No. /,
will hold street carnival and fair on
Altoona avenue during the week of
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DAUPHIN
Five Converted at Prayer Service by
the Rev. George johnson

ehO AsSNs 0coA6S ooAhooh
Special Correspondence.
Dauphin, March 26.-The week of
prayer service which is in progress in
the chapel at Speeceville is largely at.
tended and great interest is being
shown. The Rev. DR.. George Johnston
pastor of the Presbyterian church at
Duncannon, who is in charge of the
services gave the invitation at which
five persons Immediately responded
Miss Carrie Bailey, of Harrisburg
spent Sunday with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Joshua Bailey, Zionville.
5. A. Douglas, of Harrisburg, was in
town on Sunday.
Mrs. Fred Schiender, of York, is the
guest of her aunt, Mrs. Sarah Sponsler
Albert Bailets, of Sunbury, was in
town on Tuesday.
Miss Ruth Shaffer is visiting her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Da.
wilson.
John Wolf spent Sunday at Harris
burg.
Roy Welker is visiting his uncle
Parker Cofrode, Johnstown.
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NEW FURNACE TO TRIPLE OLD

Reading, March 26.-The historic
100-ton Robesonia blast furnace, built
in 1855, is to be removed to make
way for large stock with a capacity
of 800 tons of iron day. Frank c..
Roberts, of Philadelphia, will superin-
tend the work.
The company has perpetual right,
Gas long as grass grows and water
runs,'' according to the grant, to ore
enough for one furnace from mines at
Cornwall. This amount is now thirty
times the quantity originally used.
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Move to Close Stores on Sundays

Shamokin, Pa, March 26.-Repre
sentatives of the Federated Protestant
Brotherhoods of this city and ward con.
stables met last night at City Hall at
which steps were taken for the closing
of all stores on Sunday. Constabes
were asked TO enforce the blue laws to
the letter in their respective districts
The constables say Sunday closing is up
to the borough authorities.
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FORM RING FOR FAIR FIGHTERS
Slatington Men Encourage Them tt
Pummel and Pull

Slatipgton, March pa pitched
ring battle was fought Wednesday
night between two Allentown women,
Minnie Danner and Jennie O'Rourke.
They came to Slatington in company
with a drummer and Miss Danner
seemed to get jealous.
Bystanders formed a circle while
they pulled hair and pounded each
other with fists until the police stop
ped the bout. AS the aggressor, Miss
Danner was fined $5 by Burgess Mil
ler.
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FAN WANTS B. B. DECISION
Tells Judge Lands Schoolboy Could
Give Answer in Three Days
y Associated Press.

Chicago, March 26.-"Any school
hoy could decide that baseball suit in
three days. a patron of baseball in
Danville, Ill, wrote to Federal Judge
Kenesaw M. Lands yesterday.
The Judge was amused on receiving
postal card on which this sentiment
was expressed. The writer asked for
information as to when the followers of
baseball may expect the decision in the
suit filed by the Federal League against
organized baseball.
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Fire Damages Tamaoua Block

Tamaqua, Pa, March 26.-F'ire dam
aged the Haefeker business block, West
Broad street, to the extent of $4,000,
distributed among the following: Kes-
sler Brothers, clothiers; j. T. Bond,
druggist; Lewis Buchanan, barber;
Graeff & Graeff, law Offices; Samuel
Books, apartments, and George Howell,
apartments.
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Woman Wins $4,000 Verdict

PottsviIle, Pa, March 26.-Mrs.
Annie Conway, of Palo Alto, was yes
terday awarded a verdict of $4,000
against the Pottsville Union Traction
Company for the death of her husband,
a railroad conductor, who fell through
a bridge being repaired by the trac-
tion company.
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Her $4,000 Estate to charitv

Lancaster, Pa, March 26.-Mrs.
Eliza A. Dunham bequeathed her $12,-
600 estate to the Missionary Society
of the Methodist Church, American
Bible Society, Church Extension So
ciety of the Methodist Church and Old
Ladies Home of the Methodist Church
in New York City.
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Elevated to Episcopal Priesthood

Pottsville, Pa, March 26.-The Rev.
Leroy Birmingham, curate of Trinity
Episcopal church, Pottsville and Joseph
Kinks, pastor of Christ S church, Sus-
quehanna, both deacons, were elevated
to the priesthood of the Protestant
Episcopal Church with impressive serv-
ices conducted by Bishop Talbot here
yesterday.
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Oldest Resident Dies at 9s

Honesdale, Pa. March 26.-Mrs
Susan Kane, Honesdale IS oldest resi-
dent, died yesterday at the age of 9S
years. She had been resident here
eighty years.
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MILLEESTOWN
Methodist Ladies Aid Society to Give
Supper Tomorrow Evening
1e'iaI Lorresp0ndence

VI NJ NVIT espVNUtICt.
Millerstown, March 26.-James Kipp
has moved from Pfonts Valley to the
Beaver property on Sunibury street.
Mr.. Kipp Will erect house this sum
mer on the lot he recently purchased
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eral selections. The pallbearers were
the brothers and brothers-inlaw of the
decedent, t. A. Thorley, Adam Thor
ley, Jacob Neidig, F. L. Taylor, Levi
Kaufman and David Zimmerman.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-17
THE DEAD TOWN.

Did you ever go into a town and, as
you stepped from the train, have it
strike you that the town was dead?
Have you ever had a town described
to you as "dead" town? Have you
ever stopped to analyze just what is
meant by these words "dead town?
In the last analysis they mean just
one thing-and that is that the mer-
chants of the town don't advertise. A
dead town has certain positive as
poets of demise which are as bald as
piece of crepe hanging on the door
of private house. The stores seem
to be merely existing. Their shelves
are covered with apparently unsafe
able goods. The storekeepers seem
to be vying with each other to see
which will win the first prize as the
town crouch. If you talked with them
they knocked the town, they knocked
business, they knocked the mail or
der house. They were continually
complaining that other people did
business and made money, but that
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-17

they didn't seem to be able to sell
anything. They guessed it was the
town. Yes, that was 1.-THE town. If
you asked that merchant if he ad-
vertised, he would have looked at you
with amazement. What was the use
of advertising when business was so
bad? People who had money to spend,
he would tell you, were sending it to
the mail order houses. No, he would
say, he didn't advertise. He wouldn't
throw good money after bad. On the
other hand, go into live town and
what will you see? The merchants
have attractive displays in their
stores. The daily or weekly newspa-
pers are filled with big announce
ments of special sales or low priced
goods. They are not afraid of the
mail order houses because they have
the same means to reach the people
advertising-that makes the mail
order house great. The merchants
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-17
RAISE MORE CORN.

If Montana farmers will put their
land in squaw corn instead of wheat,
and then feed the corn to hogs, they
will make much bigger profit, ac-
cording to Prof. Thomas Shaw of St.
Paul, in talk at Helena recently.
Professor Shaw, who is one of the
most widely known agricultural ex-
perts in the United States, and who
came into prominence in Montana be-
cause of advocacy Of certain theories
with reference to dry land farming,
declared that the best farmer can
do with wheat is $12 per acre. He
says that the land can be planted to
squaw corn which natures in 80 or
80 days.
Nets Bigger Profit.
Every 25 bushels of squaw corn
will put on 10 pounds of pork, and Mr..
Shaw knows from actual experience
that feeding of this corn to hogs will
net the farmer SIS per acre.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-17

Professor Shaw points to the fact
statistics show there can be raised
only one big crop of wheat in every
two years. This is true in all sec
tions of the country where there is
an annual rainfall of less than 18
inches. During the good year, the
farmer takes from his land an aver
age of 30 bushels per acre. In case
the second year is failure, this
means that the farmer gets from his
land only Is bushels per year on the
average.
1t Natures Quickly.
Squawk corn, he says, will mature
in 80 or 90 days in any year, which
means that the farmer if he will feed
this grain to hogs will receive SIS
per acre every year. Whereas, he
can expect only $12 for his wheat
during the best years, and much less
than that in lean years.
Besides, Professor Shaw states
wheat robs the soil of chemicals that
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-17
LOSES HORSES IN MUD GEYSER.

=
Earl Irwin of Cow Creek was here
on Saturday and reported that Mr..
Ayers, a farmer of that vicinity, had
lost two very valuable horses through
their sinking in mud geyser. The
animals were registered Percheron
stock and were valued at $1,000.
Upon discovering one of the horses
sinking in the geyser, Mr.. Ayers went
to his ranch and returned with a team
to pull it out but failed, and in the
course Of the struggle, another horse,
registered stud, also got caught in
the mud. Both horses died as re-
suit. The third horse sank in the mud
likewise, but was extracted and left
near tie scene or The disastcr. Neither
Mr.. Irwin nor Mr.. Ayers expected to
find it alive in the morning, but it
was and now has fully recovered.
In the early days when thousands of
cattle roamed the open range these
mud geysers were veritable death
traps and almost invariably bones
and hides of stock could be seen in or
around them. Some of these geysers
are no more than three or four feet
in diameter, but apparently have no
bottom. The writer has a vivid recol-
lection of the first geyser he ran
across. 1t was located in the Yellow
stone bad lands and there was a
steer in it. We labored with poles
to get it on dry land and few min
utes later it got there and took after
the writer with the intent to gore out
his vitals. Later on we discovered
that this is invariably the first move
of rescued cattle.-Wolf Point Herald
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are needed for good production of
grain. Planting in corn is as good as
summer following, and the following
year the farmer can rotate his crops
and sow his land to wheat.
Create New Pasture.
Professor Shaw also advocates the
creation of pasture which is now in
sufficient in arid sections. He sug-
gests sowing the land to winter rye
and sweet clover. 1t takes from 10
to Is acres of pasture to sustain one
animal in the arid sections, he says,
but if pasture is created many ami
mails can be created on the same
amount of land.
He decries the big waste of straw
in this state. After threshing, farm
ers burn their straw, which Professor
Shaw declares can be utilized for
stock food or used for fertilizer. He
declares that he brought up two
steers on straw alone, and at the end
of 18 months, he received $65 for
chem.
Bring Cattle Here.
Upon his arrival in St. Paul, Pro-
fessor Shaw will suggest to James j.
Hill that he ship into Montana num-
ber of dual purpose short horn cat
tie, purchased in the middle western
states. The proposition will be con-
tingent upon whether Montana bank
ers will help finance the deal. He
proposes to pick up as many of these
cows as he can, and they must show
a record of 600O pounds of milk a
year.
Mr.. Shaw says that the dual pur-
pose cattle have been found best for
Montana. 1t is the generally accept
ed idea that pure dairy breeds should
be used in the dairy industry, but
Mr.. Shaw says this is a mistaken
theory so far as Montana is con-
cerned, for mixed breeds have been
found the best for this state, breeds
that can be used for milking and beef
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-17
I)S.

4 lazy. drifting sea of blue
With golden shafts a-shining through
A yacht, chap, flapper:
Brass rails, crowd all well dressed.
too,
It's an "ad" for clothing by Dapper.
A girl, and by her side a man
In yachting cap and cheek of tan,
Adoring, you'll discover;
a jar-some flowers in a pan.
It's an "ad" for freckle remover.
A maid, she seems to turn and smile.
And coyly rolls her sleeves the while.
You'll want to be her friend, sir;
A room--quite spotless, without guile.
It's an lad" for a kitchen cleanser.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-17

have their local association for mu-
tual help, and behind the association
the local newspaper is pushing, push
ing, pushing. Everybody is working
and everybody is happy and boosting.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-17
TRAIN KILLS ANTELOPE.

On Monday evening of this week,
westbound train No. Alb run over
and killed an antelope which was
caught in a cut about miles west
of here. Conductor Bingo told An
drew Nesti about the accident the
next morning after returning to
Whitehall and Andrew went out on
the speeder and picked up the ami
malls head, which was severed from
it's body. Andrew will have the
head mounted-Outlook Promoter.
The Glasgow courier., 1915-12-17

A man sometimes attains the dis
tinction of being his sweetheart's
ideal, but not after he marries her.