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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-17
NEAT JOKE ON "C0LLECT0R"
chlnaware on Which She Had Set Her
Heart Really Was Not Of Extreme
ly Ancient Make.

birmingham Quizzle made his
money In beans: navy beans, the kind
best for army soup. He took some of
his money to Long island and bought
q pretentious place" Thereupon
Mrs. Quizzle acquired a taste for old
porcelain. Now every one knows that
many Long island families are of pre-
revolutionary stock. What was more
logical than Mrs. Quizzle's deduction
that old families have old china?
She attended auction sales of house.
hold goods. such are frequently held
In Nassau county. and gathered q col
lection Of stoneware and crockery. Re.
Gently she was bidder for some Of
the goods and chattels Of old Mrs. Del
monte. who comes Of accepted Long
Island ancestry.
How much for these blue cups and
saucers?" asked Steve, the village
auctioneer. There are two cups and
three saucers."
Zone dollar for each cup and sau-
GER" bid Mrs. Framingham Quizzle.
They're yours!" shouted the auo
tioneer.
After paying for her purchase Mrs.
Framingham Quizxle turned to Mrs.
Delmonte.
my" exclaimed the old woman, 'if
I'd only known It! I could have
bought . whole hogshead Of them
cups and saucers." rg
"You-you-bought thanh" asked
Mrs. OUTSIDE. t, i. vrs,, ..,.. s.il
"Yes'm; I'VE cents apiece q the
grocer's roun IL corner they was.
only last week"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-17
Immune From Many DIsea.ea

Men attending the pans in salt
works are generally supposed to b
exempt from cholera. smallpox, scar.
slet fever and influenza
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-17

I sunk deep In the Ground. Around the
brass face of the dial was inscribed
the legend: Il mark only life's sun.
ny hours"
Standing beside the sundial, knee.
deep in purple and white heliotrope,
stood Paula Wayne. Her bright, un-
covered head was bent over the dial
and her slender forefinger traced the
words around the circle.
AS Arnold rushed toward her in the
runaway car their eyes met in mutual
terror.
She heard his voice shouting some
thing to her. She darted back to-
ward the piazza, and then the car
ended its journey by smashing into
the stone pedestal and dislodging its
Disguised owner.
BLESS my souly yelled Mr.. Wayne
as he came flying from the house,
his pen dripping ink over his best
white linen suit. There goes my
heliotrope!"
Never mind your old heliotrope!"
sobbed Paula as she few past him.
Arnold is killed."
They discovered the young man sit
ting dazedly in bed of crushed and
hopelessly ruined flowers. In his lap
was the dial plate. hurled from its
pedestal by the impact of the little
car. which turned over on its side,
grumbled fitfully and twitched spas.
medically from inward disturbances
peculiarly its own.
Everywhere there was a sweet and
overpowering fragrance of heliotrope.
What do you mean by this sort of
speeding in my grounds?" demanded
Mr.. Wayne pompously. your posi-
ton as my future son-in.law doesn't
entitle you to take such liberties. You
have made fearful wreck of my most
cherished"
"But I am not your future son-in.
law, Mr.. Wayne!"
Arnold endeavored to rise, WINGED
and resumed his seat.
The old gentleman glared from
Paula's downcast face to Arnold's pale
countenance.
"You didn't tell me, Paula" he
gasped in an aggrieved tone.
"He is your future son-in-law!" burst
forth Paula tearfully. Il don't care
what he says-I shall marry him, 80
there!"
"Tut-tut!" chided Mr.. Wayne, star.
tied at his daughters words and cleo.
trified by the change in Arnold's ex.
preston. You'll have to settle it be.
tween you. and II Arnold is injured he
must be taken into the house at once
and doctor must see him."
As Mr.. Wayne disappeared in the
house Paula sank down in the hello.
trope beside her lover. She leaned
her elbows upon the dial plate and
her fingers traced the old legend
around its rim.
Thanks to that blessed little car.
the dial still marks a sunny hour for
US, Arnold" she whispered tenderly.
Fortunately for Arnold, his arms
were still in good working order.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-17
Eccscce33cs3Es33sES3c
SOUL OF THE ARTIST
Wonderful Skill of Great Violin.
ist Possessed by His Wan.
dering Daughter.
az FRANK FlLsoN,

ZACH, you make me tired!" said
Bittelman, leaning back In his swivel
chair before his desk in the opera
house Offices and exhaling q cloud
of fragrant smoke. you make me
tired, Mr.. Clough."
But the girl is q genius" ex.
claimed his wealthy patron excitedly.
Il tell you. Bittelman. you'll miss the
sensation Of the season unless you let
her play"
"Ach. you enthusiastic" exclaimed
the director, disgustedly. Genius!
There has been no violinist who was
a genius since Lemarsky died. No
where outside of Poland can there be
q violinist who is a genius"
We'll, Miss Helen is q Pole" in
terrupted the other rudely. Let me
tell you about her"
"All right; 60 on" said Bittelman
resignedly. He knew that he could
not AFFORD to offend the millionaire,
whose enthusiasts were, neverthe-
less, the bane Of his life. Every week
Clough was discovering new genius
and every week Bittelman was turn.
ing him or her away with mutterings
Of execration.
IT'S like this, Bittelman." began
the millionaire. Last Monday night
was walking home from my club.
saw this street musician-pretty
looking girl, only about twenty. She
wa rlay L . Rhapsody"
i.lmr. Is what they all
play"
I'm the street, and there was a
crowd listening. They didn't know
that the finest living violinist in
America was entertaining them for a
few pennies. But I know 1t. I have
heard Joachim and"
Have you heard Lemarsky" in.
quired Bittelman sourly.
Il have!" cried Clough triumphant
~. "And 1t was her playing that re-
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-17
Yes, Whv7

WY 70 II that the last words of the
49, go are SO much wiser than any they
change. 1
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-17

Arsany haAk sseksr Of @vuros W.
- eolored woman who said: -9aA
ai1t dun nufan particular. but 49,
lpsed ma taste fob him.
Courier Journal
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-17

VoSsSVSsVUus
minded me Of Lemarsky. had a
talk with her. She wouldn't tell me
her name at first, then said 1t was
Braun. It seems she's Of fine Pol.
ish family and won't degrade the
name. as she says, by having 1t
known that she plays on the streets
for a living. And she's all alone in
the world and"
Enough" shouted the irascible
Bittelman, springing to his feet.
Nov listen, Mr.. Clough. II I'm to
remain director Of the opera house
/ don't listen to any more penniless
geniuses and tell them they're no
good and can't play no better than q
cat. 1t upsets my digestion and
makes me cross. Now, IL you get
this genius on at Crossways hall
some Sunday and the critics says
she's good-the good critics, mind
you'll hear her. Otherwise-no."
Clough had to yield. He knew that
Bittelman would carry out his often
repeated threat to resign If he in.
sisted. After all. Bittelman had been
good to his proteges. The trouble
was. Bittelman did not know that
this time he had discovered q real
genius. There was no doubt Of tho
strange young woman's talent.
you will eggscuse me-" said Bit
lehman ponderously, - he shook
hands with the others. Listen, now,
and I tell you Something's. I and Le-
marsky were like brothers in Warsaw
before came over here. You know
about Lemarsky. Never was there
such . God-sent violinist a. him.
And he got married and his wife had
. baby and she died, and then Le.
marsly used to get Grassy drunk and
ended up. when the child was about
twelve years old. By cutting his
throat, poor devil. And 20 ever since
then do not care to hear the violin.
When I heard Pluck play tho Rhap-
sody I said to myself: so! You arc
the famous violinist, but have
heard Lemarsky In my minds ear
and I hate the Rhapsody. don't
want to hear no violin geniuses un-
less I've got to. You got her on ct
Crossways hall and maybe give her
Q hearing II the critics say abe 10
good"
When Clough was gone he sat down
in his chair and. from q secret drawer
he took out a photograph. It showed
Lemarsky, his wife and their child.
taken fifteen years and more ago.
They had saved Bittelman when he
was starving in the gutter. He had
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-17
Many 4.x. Planned New Jude.

Israel zangwill's plan u . new Ju.
dea" for the Jews has been shared By
many illustrious people. Oliver Crom.
we'll In 1854 planned such q new Judea
in Surinam. and even before that the
Dutch West India company had drawn
up . similar scheme for Curacao. Mar
shall SAKE projected . Jewish kingdom
In South America, with himself -
king. and in 1926 Maj. Noah pur-
chased Grand island in the River
Niagara and attempted to found on 1t
. Jewish state. and today there are
In Palestine some 20 colonies Of Jews
who have managed to return from ex-
lie.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-17

loved Lemarsky better than his life
. And after his death he had spent hun
dreds Of dollars to try to trace the
child who had been placed in some
institution. But he could not go back
to Poland, and SO his quest had been
vain. And now this gutter girl want.
ed to play the Rhapsody.
"Bittelman-Paul Bittelman, when
you were starving / heard you!" he
thought he heard a voice say. It was
Lemarsky's voice. He started up,
trembling all over. sHe must have
fallen asleep at his desk. for 1t was
growing quite dark. It had been .
dream, then. Yet he could have
sworn that his dead friend had sent
him that message from across the i'm
measurable space that separated
them!
Perhaps It was only . dream, but
It left . profound impression upon
Bittelman. All that night he thought
Of 1t, and the next day, and the up.
shot was that he decided to 60 to
hear the gutter musician at Cross
ways hall. But he would 60 secret
~. he determined. for Clough would
be there and he must not know that
he, Bittelman. was curious, or his
power would be ended.
A word from Clough would secure
for anyone q place in the orchestra,
but apparently the millionaire had
used his influence to better purpose.
Surely enough, on Sunday week, &C
cording to the morning paper, Frau.
lein Braun was to play a solo. There
were dark hints of discovery which
would amaze the musical world. Bit
lehman smiled maliciously; but he
went. buying his ticket like any or.
binary mortal.
And when the girl walked on the
stage and bowed to the audience
there was something In her appear
ance which arrested him and drove
the devils of malice out Of his heart.
He had seen them so often, these
young women, who hoped to make Q
reputation: and always they failed,
as the men failed. OF q hundred, not
one would be found who could play
as he had played-as Lemarsky had
played.
The first strains Of the Rhapsody
sobbed on the strings and the wild
music thrilled through the auditori.
UNI. Bittelman was sitting up now,
gasping. He heard what the audi
ence heard, wonderful technic
coupled with an interpretative skill
that showed the soul of tho artist;
but he heard something that they
did not know, something that stirred
his very soul. This was the passage
!. = now. she was coming
to It. None but Lemarsky had
ever played 1t in that way. Would
she? Would she?
The Rhapsody was ended and the
house rang with applause, but Herr
Bittelman was behind the scenes,
and. as the girl left the stage he
rushed forward with outstretched
arms, and, clasping her in them,
kissed her on either cheek.
"You are my little Stasha!" he
cried. "You know me? am Bittel.
man-old Bittelman, your fathers
friend!"
He turned to the amazed million.
aire.
mo. She will not play at the
opera house," he said. "This 10
Stasha Lemarsky. Don't you under.
stand? Lemarsky's girl. and his soul
plays through her fingers. But she
will never play In public again.
Henceforward she will play only for
mel"
Copyright 1918. by W. q. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-17
FATE At THE WHEEL
BY BARBARA coLviN.

Copyright, 1915. by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-17

Now that your son is through col.
lege. what are you going to make of
him." Cant tell for a couple of
years. He went to a coed institution.
and he's booked up for two years
solid to act as an usher at weddings"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-17
Daily Thouoht

Nine-tenths Of the good that 10 done
n the world Is the result not o. laws,
however wise. or Of resolutions how
ever strong, but of the personal influ.
euce OF individual men and ~omen.-
Sir Samuel Chisholm.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-17
Phesbs's Only Chance.

Cats 1t . cat show are not scored
% their rat catching records: thsrS
tors It would be Of no use to entsr
Phoebe. She'll have to be shown IN
Q steel and wire trap exhibition
Toledo Daily Blade.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-29
TO MAKE REPUBLICANS PAY

An interesting analysis Of the new
taxation requirements Of the Demo
cratic administration has been made
which shows a tendency on the part
Of the Democratic majority in Con
gress 10 oppose any OF the taxation
laws recommended by President VIII
son. except a reduction in the income
and corporation exemptions. and an
inheritance tax.
The causes underlying this position
show the partisan spirit OF the Demo-
Gratis behind IT, for it is pointed out
hat the chief and predominant rea-
sons are that very few OF the Demo
cratic States would be affected by
such taxation 10 any Objectionable ex-
tent, and further the Democratic lead
ers argue that the class paying these
taxes are for the most part Republi-
cans who are now opposed TO the
party's policies. To cover the whole
ground, from this point OF view. the
tax on pig iron and fabricated Iron
and steel ought 70 be included in this
penalizing scheme.
Another deduction is found in a
study OF the record Of the income tax.
which shows very plainly that six
States pay greatly in excess Of 20 per
cent Of the entire corporation and in
come taxes. These States are Cali
f%ornia, Illinois. Massachusetts,. New
York. Ohio and Pennsylvania. All OF
the States are nominally Republican.
and therefore the imposition OF add
tional burdens on the corporations and
the rich would have no appreciable
effect on States that return Democratic
presidential electors. n anything like
such a course is attempted BY the
Democratic majority We can see where
the Republican minority will be In a
position 70 make matters 20 hot that
the projectors Of the scheme will wish
they hadn't u Is simply Ubiquitous
In conception.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-29
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 90, 1915.

airy members. it is understood, is to be
eliminated from future appropriations.
Anyhow the worthy objects Of that
measure must not suffer because of
previous -nonsensical disbursements
under the name OF river improve
.nents. and among the worthy. the iE-
perative works is the canalization OF
the Ohio river. It has been the fash
ion Of the Eastern press. particularly
the papers OF New York to belittle the
Improvement OF the Ohio. but we no
tice they are loud in the demand for
the extension Of navigation OF tho
Hudson. a wholly unnecessary work
compared with the benefits to be de-
rived from the establishment OF a 9
foot stage in the OHIO. There Is no
pork" in the work of making the
great waterway Of the Ohio Valley
navigable all the year round. for II
carries a greater yearly tonnage than
issues from the great seaports of New
York and Liverpool combined.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-29
DIR. DANIEL j. MCCARTHY

Why the best. the most self.
sacrificing. the truest woman
hood OF Europe-yes. of the Unit
ed States-should at this time.
when women are so unselnshly
seeking to cooperate with men.
become the object OF mean as
persion Is difficult TO comprehend.
Why Americans. sons Of the gen
erations whose fevers OF the
camp and wounds OF the battle
field found in the volunteer nurses
of the Civil War their most eff
Client aid. should swell the vulgar
hue and cry. is altogether beyond
understanding.
II is time that some one. who
knowns the truth as TO the part
women are playing in the great
war hospitals Of Europe, should
tell it, Surely the most demo-
cratic among us cannot feel that
viliflcation and ridicule are TO be
visited upon a woman. who. for
for the sake Of the ideals most
lauded In her sex. is doing the
dirtiest and most hideeous work
OF this war. When the abuse is
for no reason other than that by
birth. breeding and kindly i'm
pulse. she has the right to the old
fashioned title Of lady" We
used to be rather ore than proud
of the ladies who nursed our sick
and wounded. North and South.
during those dark years that fol-
lowed Bull Run.
II seems TO be the policy OF
newspaper correspondents in Eu-
rope to condemn as useless and
TO heap ridicule upon the untrain-
ed woman helper in the auxiliary
hospitals OF the countries at war.
In this resepct. at least, the cor
respondents-all OF them. presum-
ably. men experienced in the use
OF their eyes and their Judgment
place themselves in the same class
with the superficial observers
who. after a few visits to one OF
those Institutions. take occasion
In public lectures or in public
prints TO offer criticisms which
are not only unfounded but de-
structive.
These correspondents speak
neither with authority o with
any intimate knowledge OF the
conditions and the necessities or
the case. II should be borne in
mind that trained nursing. as n
profession, does not exist on the
European continent. The type of
trained nurse who often goes into
the countries at wal is moved
more by romantic impulses than
by a well-studied and sincere de-
! to help and. even so. what
with the immense number OF
wounded and the very great num-
Der Of hospitals 10 be taken care
OF. il is questionable whether the
entire supply OF trained nurses,
both in the United States and Eng
land. could suffice TO meet the de
mand for efficient nursing as we
q ii in the modern hospital.
At the best equipped hospital,
with extremely III patients, one
trained nurse to every ten patients
would not be too many. With a
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-29
SIGNIFICANT OMISSION

There is such a thing as covering
|hll the issues but one in a platform
|hnd fooling some people, but you can't
pull the wool over the eyes of all the
people. This is the case with General
LILLY who. in his announcement Of his
candidacy for the gubernatorial nomi-
nation. w an awful amount OF
ground. but neglected TO state how he
stood with reference to the enforce
ment of the prohibition laws. As toe
fundamental measure received a ma
|jority Of over 10000 there will be a
large majority of voters in West Viz.
|ginia who will require some definite
expression on this point. and who.
In the absence of any. will draw their
own differences n act accordingly.
Now it so happens that General
|Lilly's associations were with the con.
|spfracy in the last legislature which
sought to discredit the prohibition law
by Withholding the proper a~ppropria-
|tions for State government. and also
defeated just measures OF taxation
which would have relieved the people
|of any extra burden on account Of the
Withdrawal OF $500 900 Of revenue. for.
merly obtained from liquor licenses.
$50 General LiIly's whole platform
falls because OF the omission OF a KEY
plank.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-29
COX'S SLICK PLAY

Former Governor Cox, OF Ohio. is
evidently getting ready for a third
nomination. He was buttering his
nomination bread when he made that
call at the White House not long 2
and urged the President to get Con
gress to provide for the appointment
Of a tarin commission. OF course the
President agreed that a tariff com.
mission might be a very good thing.
The time might come when the coun.
try would feel the lack OF such a body.
very painfully. But. said the Presi.
dent. until the time comes. until the
war ends and our industries sink back
into the rut again. why press matters?
Let US wait and see how badly we
shall need i'll
IL Is more than probable that Cox
knew he was going on a fools errand
when he thought OF visiting the White
House for that purpose. for he Is quite
familiar with the staunch old. vigor.
Gus policy Of the administration 10
w%atchfully wait instead OF doing
things. But the former Governor Of
Ohio had an Interior motive. He lives
IN a great manufacturing and indus.
trial State where the tariH. the pro.
t~ective kind. cuts a good deal OF ice.
and where IL IS going to cut more
Than ever next year. He can now 20
before the people with a quasi record
In favor Of tariff revision through this
appeal 10 the President.
Confidentially Mr. Cox cares no more
about a proper protective tarih thar
any other Democrat. but be is now I'm
p position 20 make believe he does.
However. the Ohio voters know who
10 go to. who TO depend on for the kind
OF tariff they want Mr. Cox cannot
fool them.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-29

night service. that would practical.
ly allot twenty patients TO n
nurse. Under the conditions OF
war, 1t becomes simply a mat.
ter Of calculation how many
nurses are actually needed.
With the small number OF train
ed nurses who have volunteered
Tor war service. the demand foi
help has been so great and so ur-
gent that very many unframed wo-
men. inspired by the highest mo
uves and the most sincere desire
TO aid. have volunteered. As a
rule, they are women decidedly
above the average in~telugence
After three OF four months they
not only develop into competent
nurses in the field OF surgical work
but they become so efficient gen
orally that II is hard TO distin-
euish between their service and
that obtainable from the trained
nurses-except. perhaps, that they
display more persistent zeal and
a larger willingness to sacrifice TO
their work their comfort and their
health.
All Of this was assuredly true
OF the auxiliary nurses at the
American Ambulance, where 1
had. during four months. full Cd
portunity OF studying their work
and their spirit for il. / yield to
no n In my admiration for the
tralned nurse in her profession:
yet feel even a greater admira-
10 Tor the spirit and the eff
cheney OF the auxiliary nurses at
the American Ambulance. They
are mostly Americans, with some
English, Irish and Russian M
there may have been Justly
some criticism OF their service in
the early months OF the war. as
suredly no woman would continue
as many OF these women have
done, in constant contact for more
than a year. day after dav and
night after night, with the most
repulsive wounds and the most
horrible suffering. II they were
merely sentimental creatures and
not impelled by motives higher
than those that go with pressing
the brows and holding the hands
or conyalescent soldiers"
It Is. therefore. neither right
nor Just for lecturers to reflect up
on the exceptionally valuable work
or these women, whose efficiency
every surgeon assigned to the
American Ambulance will attest.
And let there be no mistake as
TO the sweeping character OF my
comment regarding the generous.
whole-souled. intelligent and thor
oughly capable nursing given the
wounded and sick OF war-torn Eu-
rope by the ladies who have come
forth from comfortable and often
luxurious homes TO do their wo-
manly part. What / have said OF
the auxiliary nurses at the Amer
lean Ambulance applies with equal
justice TO the non-professionaI
nurses serving at the Russian Hos
pital. the japanese Hospital and
many other such institutions.
which are so desperately over
crowded in this dire and long
emergency.