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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-05-03
LEGACY CONES: HUBBY GOES.
But lie WI. ~ Right When Pocr
Wifi. Tells Couri

New York. Ma . Euri"u krc,cr wa:
= hrSt-claSs husband a. lou- IS he VA,
p""r. according t. hts wife. hvilda.
I;ut kr"y'T Nas notified a month 90
ny knauth. Ns"h"d ( kuhne. bankers
that a legacy of sHo."n loft ny his father
in leipzig. Germany. MAS waiting for
him at their Offices
According {" Mrs. kr"ycrs story. told
in th" domestic Relations Court here
kre'"r left to collect tho ICcacv and
mover came hack II" was arrested
aboard the Italian liner Eascrta yestcr.
day aud IN tho stai"roou with him was a
French woman named Suzanne Gcnnci-
scr. with whom ne had booked passage
10 Naples. An agreement Was reached
Whereby Mrs. Kreyer and their three
children will receive monthly payments
and kroy"r will go to Germany or any
place els" he plcascs
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day. am afraid l cannot comply


with your request
No, she had used request" twice
Wish? Comply with your wish
No. that wasn't strong enough.
Crumpling the corner OF the blot
ter, she strove vainly for another
word Then, impulsivcly throwing
down her pen, she reached for the
phone. Her impotence demanded
the quickest way.
, Hello! Give me Mrs. Cordon's
apartment"
Lines busy" came the answer.
The impulse to phone passed as
quickly as it had come, and Helen
hung back the receiver with throb
OF relief that the line had been busy.
After all she had better write. Over
the phone she was always confused
and nervous. She could never say
what she wanted
Taking fresh sheet, she began
another notc-a more SCathlng one.
Ny Dear Mrs. Gordon: l fail to
why l should change my wash
day, since we have been in this
house longer than you. and have
always washed on Tuesday. Since
on the same day with mine, you
had better arrange to have YOUR
washing done on Wednesday.
Yours very truly,
HELEN L. CURTIS.
There were two "sinces," one Of
them should have been "as," but she
was too nervous to rewritc it.
Anna" she swung through the
pantry door, take this note over to
Mrs. Gordon. Just hand it in. Now
don't say word to the maid"
With grim exultancy, Helen pic
tured Mrs. Gordon reading the note.
Yet she felt the incident was not
closed. Mrs. Gordon's arrogance and
obstinacy would drive her to any cx-
treme to gain her point.
What would be her next move?
Vaguely troubled and apprenticeship.
Helen started to put up the new null
curtains in the bedroom. She was
running the last curtain on its slen-
der brass rod when Anna announced
that the superintendent wanted to
see her
"Mr: thompson Oh, bring him
right in here"
Instantly Helen knew why he had
come, but she kept on with her work,
trying to seem unconccrncd. MT.
Thompson, plainly embarrassed,
stood by the door. awkwardly finger
ing his watch chain.
"H-hum, Mrs. Curtis, Mrs. Gordon
just spoke to me about your wash
day. When the maids get down there
10 L.
ing than work, and Mrs. Gordon
thinks you'd better not wash on the
same day. Now if Wednesday would
suit you as we'll"
I'm afraid it wouldn't, Mr.. Thomp-
SON l believe we've been here longer
than the Gordons-perhaps Mrs.
Gordon would like to change her
day." i
Eyes, THAT'S what l suggested.
but she says her works so arranged
that her maid couldn't wash on We'd
nesday."
Helen's fingers trembled as she
pushed along the gathers to even the
curtain on the rod, but her voice was
frigid.
That's unfortunate, for Wednes-
day would be quite as announcement
for me-"
"I-well, it's just this way" ner-
vously twisting his watch chain.
Mrs. Gordon is a-well, a somewhat
peculiar tenant. She's made more
to the agents about the
heat and service here than anybody
IN the house. and IL thought if you
could arrange
"Mr. Thompson, I don't want to
make things difficult for you, but hap-l
ben to know that Mrs. Gordon has
laid some very unkind things about
ne. She told q number of people in
he house that L. Oh, well, there's
10 use going into that now. but attef
he insolent note she sent me this
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I This series IL continuation of
Their Married Life produced BY
Mabel Herbert Urner for four years.
1.-THE Married Life Of Helen and War
rem" appearing eHcIusiveIy In this pa
per. is the only series now being writ
ten by Mabel Herbert Urner.
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Calf Kills Man.

Huntington. W. Va, May Thomas
Maynard. a, Pike County. KY. farmer,
died 10 minutes after a tugular vein
was severed when calf which he intend-
ed to kill kicked the hand In which he
was holding a sharp knife.
Maynard had stepped near the animal
when IL became frightened He was
found by members of the family bleeding
to death. and before a physician could
be summoned he died.
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none of that here. No woman on
Gods earth will ever dictate to me
Just remember that. From now on
you'll wash on Wednesday. or you'll
send the clothes out. An right, leave
the table! Go throw yourself on the
bed and have Mysteries. l don't care
q whoop WHAT you dor
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Chamber of Commerce Notes

The monthly meeting of the BOARD
of directors of the Chamber OF Com
merce will be held Wednesday even
ing at o'clock The Chamber meets
on Tuesday, May II, at p. m.
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JITNEY BUS PUZZLES
MANY MUNICIPALITIES
Heavy License Fees Are Exacted of
Operators in Boise and
Oklahoma City.

An Interesting article on "Jitney
Bus Problems appears in this week 6
! issue of the Municipal Journal The
| writer deals chiefly with the question
of regulation and license of the new
factor in the transportation world
and says in the introduction:
The advent of the jitney omnibus
as factor in local transporta ton has
given rise to a number of problems.
and it is becoming common for mu-
inequalities to license and regulate the
motor omnibus business in general.
Jitney legisla ton has in few cases
been framed with the apparent OBJ
ject of abolishinG the business en-
tirely. As general thing. however.
the policy has been TO impose rea-
sonable and legitimate restrictions.
Careless and irresponsible drivers,
unsafe machines. traffic law viola
tions, overcrowding, indignities to the
female passengers. lack of liability in
case of accident. arbitrary changes
in routes-evils such as these make
regulation of the jitney desirable"
The following table shows the va
ration of licenses in cities where the
license fees are now exacted of jitney
operators:
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-12
SYNOPSIS.

a curious crowd of neighbors invade
the mysterious home OF Judge Ostrander.
county Judge and eccentric recluse, fol-
lowing a yelled woman who has gained
entrance through the gates OF the high
double barriers surrounding the place,
the woman has disappeared but the Judge
Is found Ii a catalcptic state. The Judge
awakes. Miss Weeks explains TO him
what has occurred during his seizure. He
secretly discovers the whereabouts of the
yelled woman. She proves to be the wild
QW OF man tried before the judge and
eieetrocuted for murder years before. Her
daughter IL engaged to the judges son,
from whom he Ia estranged. but the MUIR
der ~ between the lovers. She plans to
clear her husbands memory and asks the
Judges aid. Alone IN her room Deborah
seoville reads the newspaper clippings
telling the story OF the murder Of Alger-
non Etherldge by John Seoviile In Dark
HOLLOW, twelve years before The Judge
and Mrs ScovIlle meet at spencer's Folly
ana she shows him how, on the day OF
fhe murder. she snw the shadow of a
man, whiting stick and wearing q long
peaked cap. The Judge engages her and
her daughter Rcuthcr TO live with him In
ms mysterious home. Deborah and her
lawyer, Black, 20 TO the police station and
SOC the stick used TO murder Etheridge.
She discovers q broken knife blade point
embedded IN IT, Deborah and Reuther go
70 live with the Judge.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-12
IS CHILD CROSS,
FEVERIsH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue is
coated, give california
Syrup of FIGS"


Children love this fruit laxative
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply win not stop playing
70 empty the bowels, and the result is
ahey become tightly clogged with
~nste, liver gets sluggish, stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross. half-sick, feyerish, don't eat.
sleep or act naturally. breath is bad,
system full Of cold, has sore throat,
stomach-ache or diarrhoea. Listen,
Mother. See II tongue Is coated. then
give teaspoonfuI OF California
Syrup OF Figs" and In a few hours all
the constipated waste. sour bile and
andigested food passes out OF the sys-
tem, and you have a we'll child again.
Millions Of mothers give California
Syrup Of Figs because II is perfectly
harmless. children love II, and II nev.
sr fails 10 act on the stomach. liver
and bowels.
Ask al the store for a 50.cent bottle
Of California Syrup or Figs" which
has fun directions for babies. children
OF al ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. ADV.
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the Claymore inn when that inn was
simply a tavern.
Then she found herself looking into
drawer half drawn out and filled
with all sorts of heterogeneous ar
ticles-s sealing wax, roll of pins,
penholder, knife--a knife! Why
should she recoil again at that? Moth
ing could be more ordinary than to
find knife In the desk drawer OF a
young man! The fact was not worth
thought; yet before she knew it her
fingers were creeping towards this
knife. had picked 1t up from among
the other scattered articles. had closed
upon 1t. let II drop again, only to
seize hold of it yet more determinedly
and carry II straight to the light
The knife was lying open on her
palm. and from one of the blades the
end had been nipped. just enough of
1t to match
Was she mad! She thought so for
a moment; then she laid down the
knife close against the cap and con-
templated them both for more minutes
than she ever reckoned.
The candle futtering low in its
socket reused her at last from her alb
straction. Catching up the two ar
tieles which had so enthralled her, she
restored the one to the closet, the
other to the drawer. and, with swift
but silent step. regained her own
room. where she buried her head in
her pillow. weeping and praying until
the morning light. breaking In upon
ner grief. awoke her to the obligations
of her position and the necessity of
silence concerning all the experiences
of. this night
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-12
Pet Colt Figures in Divorce.

A pet colt was introduced into the
complaint of Mrs. Sarah t. Langdon
for divorce from Leslie Langdon. II
was set up as contributing to one OF
the many acts of cruelty charged
against Mr. Langdon. He is thirty.
three and Mrs. Langdon nineteen. In
the trial of her divorce action before
Judge Monroe the other day Mrs.
Langdon said her husband threatened
to sell the colt. She wanted g. keep
it because she had raised Il His
threat to dispose of tho colt wss TO
annoy her, she said, ard thereby she
suffered mentally.
But you can't always keep the colt
a pet; it will grow too big for that, /"
commented the court. But in her
mind, once pet, always a pet. The
decree was granted on the ground OF
desertion and nonsupport.-Los An
geles Times.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-12
SOME GOOD IN VIVID COLOR
Frenchmen Found Their Red Caps
Useful In Signaling to Their
Alert Comrades.

The French have, with the oncom.
ing of winter, put into use the recent.
ly adopted great coat for infantry. II
Is not, as heretofore, dark blue, but
blue-gray. The French have left
to their British allies the khaki color,
and they could not adopt the gray.
green hue which had already been
chosen by the Germans. So they &C.
cepted blue, which is neutral and
from distance scarcely visible. II
blends with the fog of the morning
and the smoke of battle.
As for red, 1t is now definitely pro.
scribed. The yermilion military cap
is covered with blue. So the foot sol.
diers hereafter clothed in shaded
foggy wear will attract less attention
from the enemy. But" says lie erie
de Paris. ''if red offers in time of war
greater danger to the wearer, it may
on occasion present some advantages,
The other day wounded soldier re.
counted how he and several of his
comrades wandered into a position in
advance of the French lines. AS they
were taken for Germans every time
one stuck his nose above the trench
they drew the fire of our soldiers. All
at once an idea came to them. They
put on the ends of their bayonets
their red caps from which they had
removed the cover. The firing ceased
and they were enabled to return to
their countrymen. This time IL was
the red that saved them"
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must Have tieaIthful slnen.

Edison, the inventor. has been
quoted as saying that little sleep is
necessary, and that the time viii come
when mankind Will not sleep al all,
and therefore not waste fourth or
nfth Of valuable time OF the "a hours
OF the day In condition equivalent
60 death Az the moment. OF course,
Mr.. Edison was breaking into the role
Of the professional humorist. All Of
Che thing called nature demands rest,
and the most eloquent description OF
misery ever written was that In Mac.
beth" when Il was declared that the
murderous thane should sleep no more
that he had murdered sleep So the
person who fails to have healthful
aleep has In one way or another muir.
aered sleep.
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bearing 1t had on the relations she
had hoped to establish between him
and Reuther, that she had waited for
the house to be silent and her child
asleep
Unhappy mother just as she saw
something like prospect of releasing
her long-dead husband from the odium
of an unjust sentence, to be shaken
by this new doubt as to the story and
character of the man for whose union
with her beloved child she was SO
anxiousIy struggling
There was a room on this upper
floor into which neither she nor Reu-
Their had even stepped. She had
once looked In, but that was all. To.
night-because she could not sleep:
because she must not think-she was
resolved to enter it, divers room!
left as he had left 1t years beforel
What might 1t not tell of a past con-
corning which she longed to be reas-
sured?
The father had laid no restrictions
upon her, In giving her this floor for
her use. Rights which he ignored she
could afford to appropriate. Dressing
sufficiently for warmth, she lit
candle, put out the light In her own
room and started down the hall to
this long-closed room.
A smother of dust--an odor of de-
cay--a lack of all order in the rooms
arraupafnnpfa and f,.rni.,h{,.~.
a general disarray, hallowed, If not
affected, by time-for all this she was
prepared. But not for the wild confu-
slon--the uncomfortable litter and all
the other signs she saw about her Of
a boys mad packing and reckless de-
parture.
There was an inner door, and this
some impulse drove her to open. A
small closet stood revealed, empty
but for one article. When she saw
this article she gave a great gasp.
then she uttered a low pshaw! and
with shrug of the shoulders drew
back and flung to the door. But she
opened 1t again. She had to. One
cannot live in hideous doubt, without
an effort to allay it. She must look
at that small, black article again;
look at it with candle in hand; see
for herself that her fears were with
out foundation; that a shadow had
made the outline on the wall which
She returned to the closet and slow
ly, reluctantly reopened the door. Be
fore her on the wall hung cap-and
1t was no shadow which gave 1t that
look like her husbands; the broad
peak was there. She had not been
it was the duplicate of the
one she had picked up in the attic Of
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-12
sTRENGJH.
Without Overlooking The Stomach.

The business man. especially. needs
food In the morning that will not over
load the stomach. but give mental Wig.
or for the day
Much depends on the start man
gets each day as to how he may ex-
pect to accomplish the work on hand.
He can't be alert with heavy, fried
meat-and-potatoes breakfast, requiring
4 lot of vital energy in digesting 1t.
A Calf business man found a food
combination for producing energy He
writes:
SFor years was unable to find a
breakfast food that had nutrition
enough to sustain a business man
without overlooking his stomach, caus-
ing indigestion and kindred ailments.
Being very busy and also very
nervous man, had about decided to
give up breakfast altogether. But luck
lily | was induced to try Grape-Nuts.
Since that morning | have been a
new man; can work without firing.
my head is clear and my nerves strong
and quiet
Il find that Grape-Nuts, with little
sugar and a small quantity of cold
milk. makes delicious morning meal,
which invigorates me for the days
business
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read. "The Road to Well.
yille," in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above Ietferf A. news
one appears from time to time. They
are Genuine. true, and full of humnn
Szte-csf.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-12
"steaI or kiIl?"


Traffic in the downtown district of
st. Louis was blocked for half an hour
the other day when Frank Witt, ma
chinist out of work, paraded the
streets wearing the following sandwich
sign:
Chief Young wants 800 more po-
licemen to stop the increasing crimes.
What shall / do?
mo work, no money, four mother
less children to feed.
Shall ] steal, commit highway rob-
berry or kill myself and children?
One thousand are in the same po-
sition in this city today.
Enormous luxury; enormous pow
erty
What shall / do?"
The sign" said Witt in Jail, twas
the only way of attracting attention in
the hope of getting a job. I've tried
everything else. My wife died re-
Gently
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-12
DRINK LOTS OF WATER
TO FLUSH THE KIDNEYS
Ear Less Meat and Take Salts for
6aekaehe or Bladder Trouble
Neutrallze Acids,

Uric acid in meat excites the hid.
neys, they become overworked. get
sluggish, ache, and feel like humps OF
lead. The urine becomes cloudy: the
bladder is irritated, and you may he
Obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night. When the kid.
neys clog you must help them flush
on the body's urinous waste or youu
De real sick person shortly. At first
you feel dull misery in the kidney
region, you suffer from backache sicl,
headache, dizziness, stomach gets sour
tongue coated and you feel rheumatic
tWinges when the weather is bad.
Eat less meat, drink lots of water.
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces OF Jad Salts; take a table
spoonful in glass of water hafora
breakfast for few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This "a.
nous salts is made from the acid ~
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with hthia, and has been usad 81,
generations to clean clogged kidneys
and stimulate them to normal ACTIVITY
aiso 10 neutralize the acids in urina
SO II no longer is source Of irrit.'
tion' thus ending bladder weakness
'ad salts is inexpensive. cannot in.
!ure' makes a delightful effervescent
nthia-Water drink which evervona
should take now and then to keen the
klaneys clean and active Druggists
nere say they sell lots of Jad Salts Il
.olks VINO believe in overcoming kid.
ADV. eiouDie.--
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-12

hams Vegetable Compound / improved
rapidly and today am well woman. l
cannot tell you how happy | feel and !
cannot say too much for your Compound.
Would not be without it in the house it
it cost three times the amount Mrs.
CHAs. CHAPMAN, R. F. D. No. z, Belle
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Woman's Precious Gift.
The one which she should most zeal
ously guard, is her health, but it is
the one most often neglected, until
some ailment peculiar to her sex has
fastened itself upon her. When so af-
fected such women may rely upon Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, a
remedy that has been wonderfully sue
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women.
liz you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia e. Pinkharn's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia Il. Pinkham Medicine Co.
(confidentiaI) Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held i'm strict confidence.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-12

| dermined a strength which she mad
always considered iaexhaustible. Reu-
Their began to notice her pallor, and
the Judge to look grave She was
| forced to complain of cold land In
| this she was truthful enough) to &C.
count for her alterations Of feverish
| impulse and deadly lassitude. The
trouble she had suppressed was hav.
ing its quiet revenge.
Yves there no medium course? Could
she not learn where Oliver had been
on the night of that old-time murder?
Miss Weeks was a near neighbor and.
saw everything. Miss Weeks never
forgot; to Miss Weeks she would go.
She had passed the first gate and
was on the point Of opening the sec.
ond one, when she saw on the walk
before her small slip Of brown pa.
per. Lifting 1t. she perceived upon II
an almost illegible scrawl which she
made out to read thus:
For Mrs Scoville:
Do not go wandering all over the town
for clues. Look closer to home,
And below:
You remember the old saying about
jumping from the frying pan into the fire.
Let your daughter be warned It Is bet
ter to be singed than consumed.
Because Deborah's mind was quick
1t all flashed upon her bowling her in
spirit to the ground. Reuther had
been singed by the knowledge of her
fathers ignominy, she would be con
sumed If inquiry were carried further
and this ignominy transferred to the
proper culprit. Oliver alone could be
meant. The doubts she had tried to
suppress from her own mind were
shared by others-others
In five minutes she was crossing the
road, her face composed, her manner
genial. her tongue ready for any en-
counter. The truth must be hers at
all hazards. II 1t could be found here,
then here would she seek it, Her long
struggle with fate had brought to the
fore every latent power she possessed
Miss Weeks was ready with her
greeting. A dog from the big house
across the way would have been wei.
coined there The eager little seam
stress had never forgotten her hour
in the library with the half-uncon
scious judge.
Mrs. Scoville!" she exclaimed, fiut
tering and leading the way into the
best room; "how very kind you are
to give me this chance for making my
apologies. You know we have met
before"
Have WEI" Mrs. Scoville did not
remember, but she smiled her best
smile. Il am glad to have you &C,
an old acquaintance. II
makes me feel less lonely in my new
life"
Mrs. Seville, am only too hap
py." It was bravely said, for the little
woman was in a state of marked EN-.
barrassment Could it be that the Wis.
itor had not recognized her as the
person who had accosted her on that
memorable morning she first entered
Judge Ostrander's forbidden gates?
(TO BE CONTINUED)
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-12
Trust in Providence.

When we meet one of these big.
blazing motor headlights while riding
in the modest electric belonging to our
wifes relations. we just go ahead
trusting that Providence that watches
over children and drunkards win take
care of US. too.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-12
NEGLECT YOUR SCALP
And Lose Your HAIR cutlcura pre-.
yents u. Trial Free.

cuticura Soap shampoos cleanse
and purify the scalp OF dandruff while
the Ointment soothes and heals the
irritated scalp skin. Dandruff and
itching are hair destroycrs. Get nc.
quainsed with these supercreamy emol.
iients for the skin and scalp.
Sample each free BY mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura. Dept. ky.
BOSTON. Sold everywhere ADV.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-03-12

Church see the letter carriers in
Portugal save themselves much walk.
sns on Sunday by delivering letters at
church
Gotham But should think the de-
livery Of the letter carrier would In.
serfere with that Of the preacher