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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18
Story Of the Nerviest Doctor.

Shortly after started in practice"
relates a physician on the Kansas
side. our next door neighbor came
over to our house one evening and
asked to use the telephone. He called
a downtown doctor and asked him to
come out at once. In a few minutes
he was back to ask my wife to come
over until help could reach them from
the city.
THE M. D. having arrived, neighbor
was back to request the loan of my
case of instruments. The other doctor.
coming without his emergency bag,
was unprepared.
Il thought this the limit. but pres
emily he made q fourth trip, bringing
his small son along this time. He
kindly pointed out the fact that having
my own child to look after 1t would be
less bother to have them both, az they
could amuse each other.
rs there q nervier case on REQ
prd?" he challenged.
"One," replied the householder.
Agents make life miserable In our
ward. but the most persistent one
have had to deal with recently was
selling door plate which read:
Positively No Agents!'"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18
Diagnosis Wrong for Once.

"It's a dangerous thing" said the
physician. ito jump at diagnosis be-
fore getting all you can of the pa
tents personal history. 1 knew q
doctor who while still q young man
had attained considerable repute as
a specialist in nervous diseases. One
day a man visited him with a tale Of
woe. and after listening the physician
leaned back in his chair, joining his
finger tips with the true professional
air. and said:
What you need. my dear sir, is Q
broader vision. You have got into q
rut. You ought to read more. Get
the opinions of able writer's on the
current topics of the day. Your mind
has become stagnant 1t has been
dulled by the petty commonplaces of
your own little sphere. Read the
newspapers. Get familiar with what
is on in this country-in the world.
By the way. may l ask what is your
occupation"
Tn an exchange editor replied
the patient with a melancholy smile"
Star.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18
THEIR LITTLE SCHEME
Lovers Take Time by The Fore
lock and Earn Honeymoon
Money.
BY FRANK FILSON.

But a whole year is an eternity
Muriel." pleaded Frank Crawford, az
he babe goOd-by to his fiancee, Muriel
Lee. upon the scoop of her boarding
house. Why have you SO strong an
objection to getting furniture on the
installment plan? There are several
perfectly reputable firms and it won't
be such a great drain on our in
come"
Muriel was adamantine. my DEAR"
she said for the twentieth time, Il
won't start married life in debt.
We've got to have two hundred dol
lars to begin to furnish our apart
ment. Now. you be patient, and l will
be, and we'll each save up a hundred
during the coming twelvemonth."
Frank went away disconsolate and
Muriel went to bed and cried herself
to sleep.
But on the next evening Frank was
back. jubilant. In his hand he held a
copy Of the evening paper.
Look. dearest" he cried, thrusting
it before her eyes. DO you see this
Mumford & Curtis have promised a
hundred dollars to the first one Of
their employees to get married. And
Caber & Roche. not to be outdone,
have made similar offer. Now,
them"
"But, my dear boy. you aren't an
employee of either firm," protested
Muriel
mo. but don't you know | can ar
range to begin my vacation tomorrow
morning? And those department
firms always want help Of some kind.
Why, tomorrow morning l can get
position at eight dollars a week as
a packer, and we'll get married at
nOon.'
Suppose they don't pay?"
"Of course they'll pay. Why, the
newspapers will be full of the story.
They won't dare 60 back on their
agreement"
But the newspapers" said Mu-
riel. pouting.
But hundred dollars!" said
Frank. "Muriel, darling, won't sin.
gle hundred do?"
We'll" said Muriel, after an inter-
val of thought. IF you can really get
that position l'll-Ill meet you at the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18

swered the tortoise" II can borrow
i've thousand more. l will pay the
amount if you promise me to run
straight in future for" he clenched
his lists again-"for Miss Lanfreys
| sake"
| You good old tortoise OF course
WILL. said Snyder, cIapping him
upon the back And when I'm in
Davenrich's place I'll make you az.
sistant manager
When you are in Davenrichs place
shall look for another position"
said Mowbray quietly. and turned on
mis- heel and went back to his desk.
The wedding was set for June, three
months ahead. The tortoise" went
no longer to the house on Madison
avenue. The whole course of his
orderly life was changed. After he
had paid in the nine thousand dollars
ne began looking around for another
position in anticipation OF Davenrich's
retirement. But Davenrich retired
earlier than had been expected. for
he died.
Then rumors began to spread con-
corning the financial condition of the
corporation. Inquisitive men, con-
nected with the state, began porting
nightly over the books. Then one
day they summoned Mowbray before
them.
There is an item of nine thousand
dollars paid in by you on March 2
last, according to the books" they
said. Can you explain this?"
Yes" answered the tortoise" I'M
finchingly. Il stole that money to
play the races. won, and paid the
money back. What are you going
to do about it,"
Where is that nine thousand dol
lars?" asked the chief inQuisitor. 1T
was entered but never deposited.
The tortoise" could not think
quickly enough to answer So they
arrested him and closed the business.
Next day the world learned that near.
ly two hundred thousand dollars had
been embezzled by q high official in
the corporation. And the tortoise"
sitting in his cell, discovered that
Snyder had taken his nine thousand
and added 1t to his other plumber
ings. The hare" was moving much
more swiftly than the tortoise"
The lock clicked and the Jail gov
ernor stood before him, accompanied
by the lawyers for the state.
"You want me?" asked the tor
toise" quietly.
"Yes." answered the lawyers "As
witness. You are free. Mowbray
blew his brains out yesterday even
Ing"
Good Lord!" said the tortoise"
Then, Il am really free?" he asked.
Il must go-I have an important
engagement" And, finding that he
was really at liberty. he went to the
house on Madison Avenue In the
window was a bill announcing that 1t
was for sale. In the parlor sat Gym.
thia
II camel came to say how
deeply sorry-er-" began the tor.
toise"
Cynthia was crying, but 1t was not
all through grief. She knew that,
unaided. the tortoise" would never
get to the goal So she put her arms
round his neck and kissed him.
Copyright. 1912. by W. G. Chapman.)
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18

marriage license bureau at half.past
twelve. Which firm are you going to
try?'
"Mumford & Curtis" answered
Frank. Il know man in the packing
department. He'll take me on"
You're sure it won't be Caber q,
Roche?"
Sure. Why?"
"Oh. nothing. Just wanted to
know" said Muriel. And they spent
the evening figuring out what a hum
dred dollars would buy. Frank Lee
left her in high glee at eleven o'clock.
On his way home he read and re-read
the newspaper paragraph dozen
times, to make sure that he had not
deceived himself
His first act en- awakening was to
read 1t again. His second was to tel
ephone to the Office. asking that his
vacation might be counted as COM
mencing from that morning. To eff
feet this was easy, for he was one Of
large force of clerks in the big life
insurance Office where he was EN-.
ployed, and his work could easily be
undertaken by others Then he put
on an old suit and went down to the
big department store of Mumford &
Curtis, which stands, as everybody
knows. at Seventh avenue ana TOLLS
street.
He had intended to apply 10 his
friend, the assistant head of the pack
ing department, but on second
thoughts he decided that this might
lay him open to suspicion So he
went, instead to the mailing depart
ment.
You want job?" queried the
woman superintendent. What can
you do?"
I've had some clerical experience"
answered Frank. Il need a job In the
worst kind Of way" he added. I'm
willing to start in at anything SO that
l can get employment here" He had
never spoken more truly.
WELL" said the superintendent. 81
believe they want some addressers
just now. Write your name on this
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18
Mean Thino.

They (of course were girls) were
talking (of course in the incest man.
ner possible) about a third girl-a
mutual friend.
YES" remarked one of them, "she
quarreled with Jack, and returned all
his presents
"Oh, really? And suppose he very
naturally returned hers?"
Every one of Them" replied the
other. Why, he even went so far as
to send her half dozen boxes Of
face powder, with a note explaining
that since he first met her he must
have taken that much home on his
coat."-London Opinion.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18

love anyone else. He could not ash
her to share his thirty-flve dollars q
week. but could he dare ask her to
wait?
And Cynthia had laughed a little
and cried little and treated him
like a big, overgrown school boy.
Somehow everybody treated Mowbray
pretty much in the same fashion.
You're too late." she said, with a
little sob and a following laugh.
"James-llr. Snyder-asked me yes
terday."
But that was always the 'tortoise's"
way. He was always one lap behind
the hare" So. because he had not
expected anything different, he went
away. Next day Snyder, who had
somehow guessed his secret, began
laughing at him. He told some OF
the men in the Office, and they laugh
ed at him. too. But these men were
toadies of the hare"
It was about this time that the
tortoise was temporarily placed in
charge Of the books of one of these
toadies and discovered something
that made him sit up all night, think
ing. In the morning he went straight
to Snyder and told him what he had
found. Snyder leaped out of his chair.
my God, Tortoise" ,he yelled.
did old Davenrich put you In charge
of the books?" Then he came to his
senses
You'd have done the same IL you'd
been in my place, Tortoise" he
whined. How did you suppose | was
going to keep up my style of living
on seventy-flve dollars a week? Be-
sides, it wasn't really crime, for
Davenrich is going to make way for
me next year, and he owns half the
stock in the concern Then, when I've
married Cynthia, it will be practically
my own business. won't it? What
are you going to do about it?'
These defalcations." said the tor
toise' slowly. clenching his fists
for somehow he always hated to hear
the hare" pronounce Cynthia's name
to nine thousand dollars
and seventy-three cents"
"Cut out the cents" said Snyder.
Yes, I guess that's about the fig.
ure.-
Il have four thousand dollars" an
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18
HARE and TORTOISE
Another Instance Where Honesty
Proved the Best Policy
and Won Out.
BY GEORGE ELMER COBB.

Tortoise" Mowbray they called hin
at school. in contradistinction tc
Hare" Snyder; and never were two
sobriquets more fairly earned. Sny
der was the particular bright boy o.
the class, and always at the top, while
Tortoise" Mowbray Jagged respect
ably near the bottom of it. Wher
Hare" Snyder took advantage of thu
honor code to cover his cuffs with HE
roglyphics and passed his examina
ton for college with honors, "Tor
toise' Mowbray got in by the skir
of his teeth and kept his soul I'M
sullied
After college it was the same
Hare" Snyder and Tortoise" Now
bray obtained positions in the same
corporation, Snyder through a pull
Mowbray because the straightforward
clean-cut appearance of the young
man favorably impressed Henry Da
venrich. the president. And Snyder
went up and up by means of sundry
devious and doubtful short cuts, while
Tortoise" Mowbray remained pretty
much where he had started, in the
accounting Office.
The hare" made money and spent II
recklessly, while the tortoise" put his
aside, added to 1t, and lived modestly
and soberly. They were always friends
OF sort, for Mowbray was patronized
by Snyder and never openly resented
1t.
The test Of this friendship came
when they both fell in love with the
same girl Cynthia Lanfrey was a
niece of Davenrich and lived in a
big building on Madison avenue,
where she kept house for him. At
this period the hare" and the "tor-
toise" had been working with the cor.
poration for nearly ten years. Snyder
was pretty near the top. thanks to
the pull aforementioned, and was
a constant visitor at Davenrich's
home. Mowbray was invited casually,
on some grand occasion; but Cynthia
liked him and he was invited again.
Then. one evening, Mowbray told
Cynthia his story in a plain, slow
spoken, manly fashion. He had loved
her for long time, he said simply,
and he was quite sure he would never
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18
The Greatest River.

The Amazon is the Jkorld's greatest
river. The Nile. Mississippi and
Ganges are mighty streams. but in
length. probably. and in breadth.
depth, volume of water and reach of
clear sailing the South American river
leads them all
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18
Grows on Telegraph Wlres,

Thers h a form Of plant which
grows on telegraph wires. It has no
roots, but derives its nourishment
from the air, and prefers slectric
wires to the nourishing earth. The
seed OF the plant-which when fully
grown resembles an orchids carried
to the wires ty bir1s and insects.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18
Legal HolIdaye

The general (presidentiaD election
Is legal holiday in all the states
except Alabama, Arkansas, Connecti.
cut, Delaware, Georgia, Maine. Massa-
chusetts, Mississippi. Nebraska, North
Carolina, Utah. Vermont. Ohio. Kan
sas and West Vir--i,ria
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18
Worn Out,

Said the man in the aisle to the man
sitting down: You ought to stand
up and give that seat to me. I am
the tiredest man in America. l have
Just taken part in a sixty mile motor.
paced bicycle race"
Said the man In the seat to the man
In the aisle: You have nothing on
me In the line Of exhaustion. Maybe
you rode in the race. but l sat and
watched It."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18
Daily Thouoht

Ninetenths Of the good that is done
N the world Is the result not o. laws
however wise. or Of resolutions how.
ever strong. but of the personal inf,u.
ence Of individual men and -omsu-
Sir Samuel Chisholm.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18
Booked Ahead

NOW that your son is through col.
iege. 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, 1915-06-18
Flour to ExtInouIsh Fire

II should be matter of common
knowledge. since -four is always with
Ii convenient reach. that wheat -four
Is the best extinguisher to throw over
hre caused by the spiliing and ignit.
Ing CT kerosene.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18
Universal Desire

10 De happy at home is the ultimate
result OF all ambition. the end to which
every enterprise and labor tends and
OF which every desire prompts the
prosecution.-Samuel Johnson.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18
She Supports Him,

"Who is that little man you were
talking to just now? He said he
couldn't live without music. l thought
he exaggerated"
He told the truth. He's the hus.
band Of a prima DONNA
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18

CFecfs Belongs 70 Labor.
n Ne rightly estimate things, what
n them is purely owing to nature ana
wAat to labor. we shall find that nine
C-nine parts Of a hundred are wholly
to be put IN the account of the labor
Locke.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18

Cats ct cat show are not scored
On their rat catching records; there.
tore It would be of no use to enter
Phoebe. She'll have to be shown In
. steel and wire trap exhibition
Toledo Daily Blade.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18
Measure Of hanniness

A woman is happy when she thinks
she Is better looking than the lady
cashier at the downtown cafe where
her husband gets his thunderstorm.
land Telegram.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18
That Boy AGAIN.

That Boy Again.
Why. your hair is black, Mrs. Wop-
SON."
"Of course it is. Johnny. Did you
think 1t was some other colorr'
"Yessum. cause I heard my father
tell my mother that when Mr.. wop-
son stayed out late you got red
headed"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18
Immune From Many pI,.,...

~a men attending the pans IN s.,,
s ~orks are generally supposed r. ' :.
Exempt nom cholera. smalIno, - o,t 70
let fever and influenza scar
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18
Do You Love the Summer7

% YOU Love the Summer7
feast-And you say your wife leaves
you and spends all the summer in the
country?
Crimsonbeak-Yes; you know mat
love the summertime"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-18
Yea. Whxf

fee, Why?
why IL 1t that the last words OF the
"a. ga are so much wiser than any they
change. 1
The Washington herald., 1915-02-06
WILL CONSIDER PLAZA AWARDS.
Seven Parcels of Ground on CaIen-
dar for Today.

Seven parcels of land comprising the
most valuable properties to be included
in the Union Station Plaza extension will
be considered by the plaza commission
on awards today. Parcels 2 and 5
already belong to the government
through transfer from the District of
Columbia. The remaining parcels have
been valued under former condemnation
proceedings and it is not expected their
owners will appear to demand any high
er valuation. The square is bounded by
the plaza, Massachusetts avenue, North
Capitol and L streets.
Under the valuations established previ-
Ously on the parcels to be acquired by
the gOvernment parcel No. was valued
al S3,43S and is held by Edward F.
Abner and Peter A. Drury in trust for
Abner & Drury Brewing Company; part
of parcel , was appraised at S22,2 ,2O9, with
title represented by the Real Estate and
Improvement Company of Baltimore
parcel 8 was valued at 35.5SS, with
Samuel c. Mcdowell holding title; par
Gel Z, the remaining property, was as
sessed at $3.50, with title in Ellen NJ
Morse. Daniel r. c. Waggaman. Julia
r. W. Daniel and Agnes w. Willett
The Washington herald., 1915-02-06
With the Washington Churches

Manila, was built by the Washington
District Epworth League in 1908. Mr..
Boss exhibited pictures of the church
and its pastor, Rev. Huddleson, with his
congregation of natives.
Irvine L. Miller. president of Foundry
Chapter, called attention to the fact that
a bill has been introduced in Congress
which, IL enacted into law, would seri-
ously conflict with the American insti-
tuition of free speech by placing certain
restrictions upon newspaper and periodi-
cal articles on religious beliefs. The mat
ter was referred to the civic committee
for Investigation and recommendation to
the next meeting of the board.
John T. Schrott, president Of Gorsuch
Chapter, who is chairman of the Balu-
more conference delegation committee,
announced that he had secured special
railroad accommodations for a party of
80 Epworth Leaguers who will journey
to Grace NJ. L. Church at Baltimore on
April c, where they will attend the Ep-
worth League night of the Baltimore
conference of the NJ +. Church. Miss
Florence c. Day. chairman of the Ep-
perth League Rest Cottage at Washing
ton Grove, Md. reported the work done
at the cottage during the past year. The
board voted to purchase the cottage
property from its present owner and to
SOhbIlluc llle "OIh lnueuulleIy. Inc IlTSl
of a series of projects to procure funds
for the maintenance of the cottage will
be a tag week" The week of February
I has been set aside for this purpose, and
appropriate tags will be sold in all
Methodist churches in Washington dur
ing that week.
The president Dr. A. c. Christie, ap-
pointed a new excursion committee for
1915 TO consist of Lee B. Emory. chair
man, and DIR. A. C. Christie, William f.
Truman. and w. A Jump. Delegations
from the following named chapters at
tended the meeting: AnacOstia, Bells,
Brookland, Chevy Chase, Douglas Eide
brook, Foundry. GOrsuch, Hamline, Iowa
Avenue, Lincoln Road. Metropolitan,
Trinity. and Wilson Memorial. The next
meeting OF the board will be held at
Iowa Avenue VI. T. Church on Wednes-
day evening, March ,.
At the meeting of the Epworth League
Of Mount Vernon Place NJ. r. Church
South a letter was read telling of the
work done by the native Japanese mis-
siOnary who has been supported for
many years by this league 4 special
Offering will be made this year for the
new Southern Methodist Mission in Cen
aral Africa.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-06
CARNEGIE MAY ADDRESS BOARD
Trade Body Will Hold Delayed Ban
quet Wednesday Night.

Invitations to th~ Board Of Trades
twcmty-fifth anniversary meeting. which
was postponed from last month on ac-
count OF the death OF William H. Single
tor, president of the board. we're sent
"u, yesterday. The meeting will be held
at the Willard next Wednesday night.
Arrangements are under way to have
Andrew Carnegie deliver an address be-
fore the board. Mr.. Carnegie is one Of
the two honorary members of the body.
Gen. George II. HarTics, who is the other
honorary member. and who served
number Of years both = secretary and
president of the board, is scheduled to
speak.
Other addresses will be made by Col.
Myron NJ. Parker. the first president
of the board. and +. c. Brandenburg,
who is president now. Ogle r. Singleton,
son Of the late President Singleton, will
read the address prepared by his father
for the anniversary meeting the day be-
fore he died Reports will be heard and
regular business transacted.
With the invitations were sent out the
lew membership lists OF the board. in
Guiding officers and committees and an
alphabetically nEed list Of members.
The Washington herald., 1915-02-06
ROMAN CATHOLIC.

At the o'clock mass tomorrow at ST.
PatriCk's the members of the League of
the Good Shepherd will receive their reg
ular monthly communion. They will meet
again at 1880 p. m. for the weekly Office
Mgr. William T. Russell, spiritual direc-
tor OF the league, will officiate at both
services. In the morning he will give a
short instruction on the Gospel OF the
day. and at the evening devotiOns there
will be the usual sermon, followed by
benedictiOn of the blessed sacrament.
Rev. James a. Smyth will be the cele-
brant of the high mass at II O'Clock. with
two fathers from Holy Cross College as
sisting as deacon and subdeacOn. The
master OF ceremonies will be Rev. NJ. p.
J. EEan. The sermon will be delivered
by Mgr. Russell.
Vespers and benedictiOn at o'clock
will be sung for the first time by the
Seminarians of Holy Cross College under
the direction OF Mr.. Silby. The music will
be as follows: Psalms AntiphOns, and
Responses CGreEorian); MagnifCat, third
tone and Falsibordoni CSnbyD; 20 Salu-
taris" tSilbyp; Ave Verum" CGregorian): /:
''Tantum Ergo plain song, and
''Adoremus" CGreGorian).