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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04

temporary for evident that TINS M kH
community accomplished nsn the use 9, the
OF drafts checks and
notes the efficiency multiplied several times over
beef packers may use
money Of its bank account viii De the
receiving everywhere payment o med
the checks draws IN payment
cattle being for small payments 10 labor
bank community ana everybody paid
bills check
the eda
And the situation but slightly
daily exchange among themse
each other which pacnay onset
paid In cash This caeo
Clearing House where
their accounts with eacn otner
constantly receiving from Its customers those
localities drafts neck
usually sends for deposit to few correspond
which maintains
consolidated
community sells and buys about the
these payments largely offset
intimately related to the It'd
industry banker dealer In credit much more
his credit must be above question
his credit for the credits ACQUIRED by the and
conduct
his obligations with cash
credit shall
cash"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04
still They Wonder Why.

The two women were discussing
that never failing theme-the incom.
potency of domestic servants. And
the bit of the conversation we over
heard gave US line on possible rea-
son for many a disappointment in
that line.
We'll, I am looking for new cook"
said one of the women. and I am at
my Wits end. They come to you as
experts, well recommended and all
that. and they turn out to be lazy and
incompetent. declare I can't under
stand it,"
What became of the cook you had
last week." asked the other
MY dear, she was positively the
limit. She couldn't cook. she broke
dishes. she wasted food, she wasn't
neat and she was impudent. l have
reason to believe that she drank Oh,
had to get rid Of her. Honestly. she
was 30 bad in every way that could
hardly think Of thing to say when
wrote q recommendation for heri"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04

He stepped toward the elevator. and
Of course stepped aside. TN take
the other" said.
Sorry, miss, but the other eleva-
tors out of order" said Sam sympa'
thetically.
Well, there was no help for 1t.
entered this one and turned my back
on Jack, who got in and took the other
corner.
The elevator began to go very slowly
and jerkily, and all at once it stopped
between two floors. Sam looked at
me with a frightened face.
Il guess we're stuck, miss" he
said.
He tried and tried, but he could only
move the elevator few inches. At
last he said:
II guess could climb out to the
floor above and 60 down and fix It,
MISS" he said. THE lubricating
mechanism must have cast SHOE
mean q valve"
1t seemed to me that he was re-
peating those words by rote and didn't
know what they meant.
Before / could utter Q protest be
was scrambling to the floor above, at
the imminent risk Of breaking his
neck, leaving me alone with Jack.
turned my back on him again and hum.
med. to show him didn't care. But
It was a terrible situation. thought
Of the days when we had been en-.
gagged, before I became disillusioned
about men, when Jack was all the
world to me; and before l knew 1t
was crying.
Suddenly / felt Jacks arms about
me.
Forgive me, sweetheart" he was
saying. Il love you awfully, dear
Won't you let me put the ring bach
again."
And somehow, in spite Of his In
famous treatment of me, I had not the
strength to resist him. l just lay In
his arms.
Jack" l sobbed, who was that
dreadful, dreadful person with you al
| F1avin's?"
THAR inquired Jack. 20, yor
mean Miss Partridge. Why, she's en-
gagged to young Carson, you know
Carson was delayed, and SO we chat
ted until he came along, just aftel
| you went out. She's a very nice girl
And how about me?" l fared up
furiously.
You're the sweetest, dearest, nices
-" he began, in the most foolish way
Somehow it only seemed a minute
after l had let him put the ring bacl
before Sam reappeared. He enteret
the cage in the same way.
Its all right, MISS" he said
We've got a new valve now" Ant
the elevator descended.
saw Jack slip five-dollar bill int
Sans hand. 1t really seemed extrava
CANT, but after all 1t was worth 1t, see
ing what Sam had done for US. Tn
only thing that disturbed me was tn
grin on Sans face. 1t almost seemed
for the moment, as If he had made tn
accident on purpose. However, Q
course, that couldn't be.
| Copyright, 1916 by w. G. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04

was a devotee of the chatting dish.
He wished she had some good man to
take care of her.
She was never pretty, and not In the
least degree so at the present time.
with her eyes swollen from weeping,
and her nose decidedly pink. The
treasurer knew that she was worried
over having to go.
As a matter of fact, Miss Thatcher
was almost equally worried over their
impending separation. Six years Of
office companionship cannot but mean
a good deal. And though she knew
her day-dreams we're foolishness. still
they persisted, even though this cata-
clysm that had come on both of them
We'll, Miss Thatcher, I have given
you a lot of work today" said era.
shaw. But there will be very little
more. And now l have a great and
trust pleasant surprise for you. Miss
Thatcher, there is something I want
to tell you"
Little Miss Thatcher was totally un-
able to prevent the electric thrill that
ran through her. The very words! 1t
was coming at last! Amazed at her
prescience, she only stared at Ora
shaw with her weepy eyes.
Since you have been here" he re-
sumed. your work and your devotion
have inspired me with the greatest ad-
miration. Miss Thatcher"
The treasurer broke on in astonish-
ment Miss Thatcher, always so staid
and self-possessed. was weeping open
ly. More. she was weeping on his
shoulder. And then she looked up at
him with a face that was 30 radiant
that the treasurer was no longer as
tonished-only glad.
He did not know how II happened
either, but his arm had fallen about
her in the most natural way in the
world. Mr. Crashaw was so very big
and Miss Thatcher SO frail. that there
was one position toward which they
inevitably gravitated. In fact, IL any
Office boy had happened to enter at
that moment he would have seen Miss
Thatcher seated almost-not quite
for the chairs edge did interpose a
tiny edge-well, on the treasurer
knee.
my dear" faltered Crashaw, won
dering how such a wonderful piece Of
luck had come to him, and whether
he had blurted out anything which
might have been construed as dec
/ laration.
That was the time when Miss
Thatcher altogether forgot the rest o.
the day-dream. For she only raised
her eyes to Crashaw's and whispered
Eyes. l will. OF course. will"
And Crashaw found himself gladdel
than he had ever been in his life.
Copyright. 1915. by w. G.. Chapman)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04
DEUS E MACH|NA
BY GEORGE MuNsoN.

/ was SO angry with Jack that re-
solved never to see him again. He
had called me a flirt and refused to
listen to me when l said that / really
had known Mr.. Oliphant years before,
and that my meeting him at the cor
ner was quite an accident. He was
SO vulgar, too. and Jack had never
been vulgar before. l suppose he
thought he had me on q string and
could show himself in his true colors.
He told me that had made q date
with Mr.. Oliphant, who was one OF
fathers old friends, and whom ! hadn't
seen for years.
just gave him back his ring
qpietly-right on the street corner
and said ! was glad he had shown
himself as he was before marriage in
stead Of afterward. Then l walked
away. ! didn't care a bit. ! hated
Jack.
OF course, I never expected to see
him again, but to show him that all
was over ! moved from Mrs. Brum
mell's. ! left my address with her
but told her not to give 1t to anybody
and I knew Jack would have to try
hard before he got 1t out Of her. Oi
course, she can't really keep anything
secret If you insist
New York is large enough for two
people not to meet Jack knew thai
! worked for Mr. Stevens in the Bent
witch Building, but he couldn't yer,
well come there when his own ofac'
was so far downtown. So altogether
l felt he wasn't likely to trouble me
again. Days passed, and he made ne
attempt to see me. l was more fur
ious than you can imagine, and yet |
showed me very clearly that my es
innate of him had been correct.
I didn't let the grass grow unde
my feet. l went out to dinner will
old Mr.. Oliphant. who is the deares
man, and l suggested Flavin's, be
cause know Jack sometimes has al
extravagant habit of dining there whel
his work keeps him downtown.
wanted Jack to see what he had lost
Well would you believe men cal
be SO base? The second time MI
| Oliphant-wh is a perfect dear-tool
me there, whom should see but Jack
seated at a table near me with
| dreadful looking person, a blonde
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04

with a heap of false hair-I suppose
Jack didn't see it was false--and fash.
ing teeth Poor boy! felt SO sorry
for him. She was not good woman
at least, II she were good she
wouldn't have worn false hair and
been so terribly overdressed
After that ! never went to Flavin's
again. began to think more Of Jack
Was it my duty to try and save him
from that creature. at any personal
secrifice?
Before had decided terrible
thing happened. The empty Office Of
our floor was rented. One day l saw
that the painter had put up new
name on the brass door. Whose dc
you suppose it was' Jacks. He had
rented that Office for his business
Of course. to annoy me.
And the next day l saw him.
had known that we would meet, and
I planned to show him my complete
Indifference TO his prosecutions.
resolved to pass him without the faint
est sign of recognition. especially
after his brutal conduct in Flavin's
We passed. l held my head high, bu
Jack didn't notice me at all HI
passed me as II we're a stone. Pos
itively, the man seemed a brute, {
heartless, uncultured clod. What al
escape l had had!
NJ
longer even looked at Jack. He seem
ed to close his Office the same tim,
Mr.. Stevens did. but l always tool
the other elevator. l think Sam, tn
colored elevator man, understood on
, antipathy, for he always smiled 9,
/ alphabetically at me, and looked 81
; sternly at Jack
! 1t was. l think, on the fifth evenin
after Jack had rented the office, tina
! dreadful experience happened to me
! had been working late. and ever,
body had left the building-orn earl
! everybody. was happy that nigh
because l knew that Jack would hav
gone home long ago. 1t must hav
been eight o'clock when I finally lai
aside my work, put on my hat, an
went out.
pressed the elevator bell and Sar
came up, Just as saw his GRIMM
face behind the grille who shout
come along the passage but Jack
He had been working late, too.
hesitated to believe that he had bee
waiting for me Just to persecu.e m,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04
Explains Delaware Boundary.

Why the northern boundary Of Della
ware should have been circular in form
is often a source Of wonderment. It
came about in this way: After william
Penn had obtained a grant Of Penn.
sylvania he was DESTROYS Of owning
the land on the west bank of the Del.
aware to the sea He procured from
the duke of York, in 1882. q release
Of all his title and claim to New Cas-
tie and IL miles around, and to the
land between this tract and the sea.
A line that was the arc of q circle of
. 12-mile radius was then run with
New Castle as center. When the
three lower counties" on the Della.
ware became a state they retained
this boundary.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04

Or, ignorant of life though she was.
and lonely. had come to realize that.
She pitied the big man without a
woman to take care of him. to take
charge of his life. His coat was al.
ways so dusty. She was sure he ate
things that we're not good for him.
But since Crashaw had received six
months notice. according to contract,
Miss Thatcher had been worried about
her own future. At thirty a woman
Of Miss Thatcher's type finds II diff
hcult to start at the bottom again;
and she saw no prospect Of ever re.
ceiving twenty-five dollars to start
What would her ability count against
the magic Of personality?
That she lacked sorely, and she only
waited while the inexorable months
hew by. She was too honest to look
for another position until Bryant &
Co dispensed with her services. So
she did nothing. and It was week
before Crashaw was to leave that the
blow fell.
II came in the shape OF a curt Official
letter. intimating that her services
would be no longer required one week
from date.
Little Miss Thatcher had not nerved
herself for the blow. though she had
expected II so long. She cried all
night and went down to the office
the next morning with a red nose
All that day Crashaw kept her
buster than ever before in his private
once. II was not until FIVE O'Clock
that he leaned back In his chair and
watched Miss Thatcher attentively
He was chucking to himself. kindly
man that he was. He had known
that Miss Thatcher would be dis
charged. and he had arranged to take
her over on his stan with the origina
Bryant. who was starting another
business. He knew that the new PEG
pie, with their tricky ways, would
eventually have to go under. and per
nit Bryant to buy back the control
But he needed Miss Thatcher, and h,
had always felt sorry for her.
Somehow her clothes seemed old
maidish; and he was sure that sh,
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04
Patent for Prince Henry,

Prince Henry Of Prussia, brother of
the German emperor, has just received
a patent for an apparatus for cleaning
the wind shields of automobiles. 1t
has wipers on both sides Of the glass
which by one stroke of the chauffeur's
hand may be moved over the glass to
remove dust and water.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04

Disease 70 Extermlnats orasshsppsrs.
To exterminate havoc-working
droves Of grasshoppers In Salvador
and Guatemala some virus has been
obtained from Brazil. and a number Of
insects are to be ipoculated and
turned loose Tho disease TINS spread
IL remarkably Fatal to grassl.opccrs.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04

Wauvou POINT Nemom60r00.
When little Billie was visiting q
lunch one day he had strawberries
and there were but q few on each
ones plate. Billie looked at the small
assortment At his place. then whis.
pered: Remember. Aunt Marie.
that I'm company."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04
IhA SauafA Maal

Our language il a riddle. A man
will eat a pound of round steak, a
pyramid Of mashed potatoes, half q
dozen oval biscuits. triangle of pie,
drink two cups of fat coffee-then
call it a square meal.-Toledo Blade
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04
OUR PUBLIC FORUM
IV.-F. A. Vanderlip
On The Business of Banking

The farmers Of this nation 10 come into their O,
must study business. We must, as class. underst,
the fundamental principles that underlie every ndus
it's functions to society and its relation to agriculture
there can be no intelligent cooperation without u
standing Mr. F. A. Vanderlip. president Of the Natsi
City Bank of New York. when asked, What Is baai
said in part:
The first and most familiar function Of a baul
that of gathering up the idle money OF . communI
small sums and large and thus forming pool or red
yoir upon which responsible persons may draw y
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04
Man With Glasses.

It is a greater crime in the eye Of
the law to strike a man who wears
glasses than it Is to assault one who
does not wear glasses. In most Of
the states this law obtains. II not In
all of them.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04
Natural Law.

Every man is his own ancestor and
every man is his own heir. He devises
his own future and he inherits his own
past-Exchange.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04
A Disappointment.

I'm terribly disappointed In my
boy"
Whats the matter? Did he fail
in school?"
mo. He's bright enough in his
studies, but he wants me to buy him
q canoe"-Detroit Free Press.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04
Better to Spend Wisely.

II man boards money and enjoys
It not, he is a fit companion for the
donkey that dimes on thistles when
grass is plentiful
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04
Very Similar.

Life is 9 good deal like baseball. 1t
is one thing to get to the top Of the
league and another to stay there.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04
Another for New York.

New Yorker Arrested for Acting
Strangely on Street Car."-Probably
gave up his seat to woman.-Phils-
delnh,a North American.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04
Unusual.

Speaking OF long memories, a writer
in the Boston Globe says: II can re-
member my grandmother when nine
teen months of age."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04

What Should He Take for Kf
Motorist skids across the street and
hits another machine Pardon me,
but am suffering from auto-intoxica-
ton Judge
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-08-04
The Germans Are Again
Resorting to the Inhuman
Warfare of Gas

And humanity the Mosquitoes.
with their disapproval but the implies
open harmless safely sprinke
the appearance the delicate
RUNS EN- which spreads onster the flesh Smells good
nation in the great druggists, 1Oc.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-11
AUTO KILLS GIRL
IN FRONT OF HONE
Victim Struck by Car Speeding
on Wrong Side of Street.

Jeanette b. Gibson, nineteen years
old, only child of Mr.. and Mrs. William
H. Gibson, who live in the Arden
Apartments, at 361 Lafayette Avenue,
Brooklyn, died last evening in the
Swedish Hospital from injuries re-
ceived when she was struck by an au-
tomobile in front of her home.
About 8 o'clock the girl told her
mother that she was going to see a
friend living across the street. a few
minutes later Emil 7. Krieger, of 245
Emerson Place, who was walking on
Lafayette Avenue. heard Miss Gibson
scream, and, looking up, saw a large
touring car going east on Lafayette
Avenue at terrific rate of speed, on
the wrong side OF the street. He ran
TO the girl, who was lying IN the gut
ter, and carried ner inlU the apartment
of Mr.. and Mrs. T. ID. Wilmoth, on the
first floor of the building in which the
Gibson family lives. Mrs. Gibson was
called and tainted at the sight OF her
daughter. At the hospital the cir! was
found to have a fractured skull and
both ankles broken and died an hour
later.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-11
GIRL ROUTS BURGLAR
WHO CARRIED LADDER
Governess, Undaunted by Pistol
Summons Dinner Guests.
IBy Telegraph TO The Tribune }

Newark, n. j., Dec. 10.-During din
ner party last night in the home of
Edgar w. Heller, at 1916 Broad Street,
Newark, burglar climbed into a room
on the second floor, where Heller'ss
nj. ni.ie-vear-old daughter Elizabeth had
Just been put TO bed by her governess,
Ida Polinsky.
0hen the burglar saw the child, who
had not yet fallen asleep, he held re-
volver to her head and warned her not
TO cry. The governess was IN an ad-
Joining room. and, hearing the voice,
opened the door. The burglar, me-
dunn sized man, with a sandy mu~-
tache. turned the gun on her. He Kissed
70 her TO keep quiet, but instead she
slammed the door, rushed to the head
of the stairs s-tC shouted for help.
Heller and his guests dashed up
stairs, bu the burglar had fled through
the open window, slid down a ladder
and escaped. The child was in Mysteries
and a doctor had to be called. The rob
bcr evidently carried his own ladder. 1t
was green. very light and had not been
seen before in the neighborhood.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-11
SEES u. S. SUPREME
IN AMERICAS TRADE
Berlin "VOrWaerts" Calls Its
Opportunity Tremendous.

London, Dec. 11.-Copies of the Ber-
lin "Vorwaerts" received here contain
an article discussing the probable COM
mercial and financial effects of the war
on the United States. Under the head
ing "The Real Victor" the writer con-
cludes that the Tn ted States will resp
the greatest economic advantages from
the war. and that neither Germany nor
Great Britain stands TO gain anything.
whichever wins.
THE sudden withdrawal OF German
exports from the world markets" saws
the article, affords the United State
a tremendous opportunity for extend
ing its trade. particularly in south
America, while the accompany ng fnan.
cial expansion will be made easy by
the new American currency laws
eff the American operations are skill.
fully carried out. the English ba .ers
in South America will feel their effects
and the Americans will RAPIDLY secure
such tinanc al predominance in tn,
southern continent as under ordinary
circumstances could not 81 expected
for nifty years" 1
New-York tribune., 1915-12-11
Fine Gowns Accused of
Smuggling In MOdisteS

Baroness Jeanne d'Etreillis and her
sister. Nine. Sylvia Montegut, wept.
They wept, and talked, as only French
women can, doing the one prettily and
the other almost intelligbly. They
were Just beginning TO be so nicely
known by ze better ladies Of fashion
IN New York as Boue Seurs, makers of
tho dresses OF the last style and now
ter-reeble! Here come Procurateur
Carstarphen and spoil eet-and we
must go TO pree-son!
"since last Friday, when they told
ps Mon Dieu. we have spent three
months in prison already Baroness
d,Etreillis said. She couldn't speak
English, but this is about the way he
;,,erpreter said il for her. And why
w. Rad "A nice business in Paris, Lon
don many places in Europe before the
war. ,..t....
"Thcn the war came-our business
got shall / say almost ruined! but
20 Rad many rich American ladies who
we're our friends, and they advised us
to come TO New York and start our
s.sbinnable business. We came, last
s,,usf We had an exhibition OF our
oo%ns at-fhc Biltmorc. New YORK liked
sa,.inu,d ON psgc z, column
New-York tribune., 1915-12-11
LINER, BOW SMASHED,
BEACHED OFF CONEY
Antilla COllideS with BargeS-
Grew Sticks by Ship.

The Ward Line steamer Antilla, out
ward bound for Santiago, Cuba, was
beached off Norton's Point, on Graves
end Bay, at 8 o'clock last night, after
having a huge hole torn in her port bow
in collision with tug and tow Of
barges of Sandy Hook.
In respons eto Captain J. K. Curtis's
wireless appeal received at the Sea
Gate station tugs went to the assistance
of the crippled freighter and planned to
stand by all night.
With a crew of forty-two men the
Antilla left her pier at Fulton Street,
Brooklyn, late yesterday, carrying a
general cargo. There were no pas
sengers on board.
Heavy seas were running when the
steamer was beached half mile Oft the
extreme western end Of COney Island,
beyond Sea Gate.
New-York tribune., 1915-12-11
Ban on WhitlOCk
Seen as Retaliation
for Recall.
BLAME PUT
ON BRITISH
Safe Passage Asked for
DiplOmats-Allies May
Require Pledge.

The Kaiser personally has re-
called Captains Boy-Ed and Won
Papen. The announcement by Am.
bassador Won Bernstorff caused much
satisfaction in official circles in
Washington. But the possibility of
more complications in the case is not
yet removed. Berlin may see fit to
tell the United States that it does not
believe Washington's action was JUS
titled.
Moreover, the negotiations in the
Lusitania and the Frye cases are
still pending. Until they have been
settled, Washington says, a break
with Germany is still a possibility.
Of Austria, the United States has
asked pledges which Germany up to
now has refused to give. The An
coma note, according 10 we'll estab-
lished reports from Washington, was
in effect an ultimatum, and was in
tended for Berlin as we'll as Vienna.
The crisis in the Austrian nego-
tiations has now been reached.
Whether Germany's concession in
the Boy-Ed case is an indication that
Vienna, too, will yield promptly, is
the question on which Washington
speculated last night.