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The Washington herald., 1915-03-21
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booked all the important productions,
for Reno was able to fl the house TO
capacity, and at metropolitan prices. too.
No longer will the big theatrical troupes
pass Reno by as they jump to and from
the coast. for they will be assured of a
golden harvest as in the days of a year
or so ago since the divorce Mecca has
come into her own again. Three dollars
seat was a common price for Reno to
pay, and she expects to pay it again.
Then there is the university, a big
one. too. Reno sees its class rooms
graced once more by the beautiful wom-
en-. who. although sojourning for some
thing else than study, found relaxation
as well as profit in Willing away the
tedium OF waiting by taking course in
art or music
Again will the mountain trails ring
with the laughter of the visitor-or resi-
dent. although short time, if you please
on horseback or afoot, and the trout
streams be lined with those Of more
meditative mien.
Six months of this in the exhilarating,
intoxicating air of the peak Of the Sierra
Nevada. and six months pass like
happy dream.
When an orthodox legislature set its
mind, a year or so ago, on Furnishing
Nevada's name SO that all the world
might see its face in it. Reno's slipping
movement began. Shopkeepers who had
an inside tip on what was in store sold
out well and wisely in advance. Others,
hesitating to abandon field so rich,
chung on in the hope that rumors of i'm
pending disaster were exaggerated or
false. They did so to their sorrow, for
months before the new law went into
effect the shors began to feel the blight.
Along Reno's white way" remem-
bered by the thousands who saw the
Jeffries-Johnson fight as the brightest
for its length in the world. things began
to sag
The proprietors Of Reno's largest
restaurant, which had moved to a busy
corner in Virginia street two or three
months before the curtain fell. made
things last as long as they could.
Thomas had the reputation OF having
entertained many a party as brilliant as
those which enliren New Works famous
places today. and Il wouldn't have been
decent not to be game to the last. So
they waited for the final New Years eve
and the dollars that rolled in on its crest.
Departing. they were heavy in pocket
and down in heart.
Removal signs began TO apnear above
stores ard shcDs Fr:lls and inery
which had tempted double eagles from
the pretty gold purses CT divorces were
sold for less than half what they once
brought. Several stores went into bank
ruptcy.
Hardest hit Of all were the lawyers.
Many at once sought other fields: otuers
kept their Offices open in the hope that
something would stem the tide Of re-
form at the last moment. Physicians
and dentists, reapers of the bountiful
harvest OF eastern money, did the same.
Let the divorce business come back
here!" said one lawyer, who made
speciality of the loosing Of matrimonial
bonds. Just let it come back! II 1t
does am going to hang streamer
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TITS On to Reno" again. for after
twelve mighty lean months kind
and sympathetic legislature has
passed the Easy Divorce Bill"
and now all those in a hurry to
slip the CALLING marital yoke can get
decree in six months as in the halcyon
days of yore.
No sooner was the bill passed than
Reno started to dress up in preparation
for the invasion of the matrimonial
weary from all points of the compass,
Tor prosperous days are in store once
more. Owners of hong untenanted fur
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by early afternoon they are being rolled
about the beautiful grounds of the
worlds greatest fair
A return trip by moonlight over the
California hills and the picturesque Ne
vada desert, and the would-be divorce
is back again in her legal" residence at
Reno for the balance of the twenty-four
hours, more than enough to establish
that Reno is her home
1t was a little more than a year ago
that the law put Reno out of the quick
divorce business. That law extended the
required period Of residence in the state
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across the street in from; of my office 1t
will read. Divorces Guaranteed for $50.
i can get EN- for that price and make
fortune at it. All they've got to do is
come fast enough"
That was just after the new law had
been put through. The lawyer is still in
his Office. but mad to get q state job to
support his family.
Lawyers fees in Reno used to be on .
sliding scale Divorces cost little or
much-usually much-depending on the
wealth and social prominence of the
client. Sometimes a lawyer was fooled
in sizing up a prospective Divorce. but
he never allowed his early mistake to
rule when it came to final payment.
Illustrative of this is the story that
early one morning a beautiful young
woman walked timidly into the office Of
one of Reno's busiest and most success
full decree getters who happened at that
hour to be discussing his grapefruit and
coffee in a coy breakfast room in Riv-
erside drive. Ito be sure And it's not
so different from New York's either)
The office boy telephOned him to come
down, but he took his time, for the boy.
something of a judge of such things
himself. had whispered that the lady
didn't look like much"
When the fair client was at last closet
ed with the lawyer in his private office
she told story of marital cruelty that
touched his sympathy.
I'm sorry for this poor woman he
thought. Wonder how she got money
enough to come away out here from
Chicago? Guess I'll have to let her
down easy on the charges
The client was simply dressed and
wore no jewelry. Therefore, when she
inquired about the fee. the lawyer, who
made 1t a rule never to take case for q
retainer of less than fifty dollars, said:
Give me fifty dollars as a retaining
fee The charge will be fifty dollars
more when the decree was granted"
The woman drew from her handbag
pocket checkbook and, with practiced
hand. filled out a check. CHANGING at 1t,
the lawyer was astonished to see 1t was
for s1O0-his entire fee in advance. Mis-
taking his lifting of eyebrows for some
thing else, the woman smiled.
1.-The checks all right, l assure you.
It's on my fathers private bank"
After he had bowed her out he began
to scratch his head and figure. That
afternoon he telephoned to the Riverside
hotel and was connected with an expen-
sive suite on the parlor floor. He didn't
have much to say except that he had
looked thoroughly into the lady's case
and found II much more complicated
than he had thought. 1t would be neces-
sary-ahem!-to have a check for $500
as a retainer. The fee for the actual de-
cree would be 1000 more.
Half an hour later the r. aiming check
was in his hands, delivered by special
messenger.
But that was once upon q time. In
the last year the ruling scale has been
800. ard there has been none too much
patronage even at that bargain figure
The comparatively few lawyers remain
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n!shed cottages. which in the old days
were kept spick and span in readiness
for the next sojourner in the divorce col
ony. lost no time in giving them an air
ing. redecorating the walls, installing
new furniture. and getting everything
shipshape for the expected pilgrim in
search of the quick and sure brand of
marital freedom.
And to make It moro pleasant for the
fair seekers Of freedom, there has been
established a special automobile service
bstween Reno and the Panama-Paciac
IMPOSITION at San Francisco. Tho Reno
oottagers step into q omfortably ap-
Doo.4sd sutomoedls n the morning "a
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they fit by. She sees her pretty. COM
modious cottages, her luxurious fats. her
elaborate hotels. her gay restaurants
filled again with the wealthy from the
east She sees her fashionable shops.
for the last twelve months rather run
down at the heel. crowded again with
the rich shoppers from the Easy d.
vorce Colony"
Then again society, such as 1t was.
was lively enough in the old days.
Automobiles and taxicabs, filled with gay
sojourners from the east, fitted through
Virginia street-Renos white way
at all hours, for there we're merry sup
pers and balls galore to while away the
days and nights as the colonist awaited
the decree. Reno's big theater, support
q by the army Of divorces seekers.
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ZH.E COZONZ,AZ
ANeCf for D1vorceec.

for divorce applicants from six months
to a year. Divorces under that law
were just as easy to get as under the old.
but it was such a wearisome wait So
wearisome, in fact, that Reno after a
few struggling gasps expired as the di-
vorce Mecca of the western hemisphere.
Reno was just beginning to feel the
full effects of the blow when the legis-
lature waved the magic wand and put
her back on the map. Is she joyous?
Well. bark back to the day when you
were a bride or a bridegroom and you
can imagine how Reno feels. She sees
again the rich season when one could
spend six breezy months in Reno and
scarcely count the days, SO speedily did
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Five Suits Are Filed First Day


herr pr rips
% Reno Tread route There h score the MARTA sd will have
which Of
The the an conn u
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-01-30
Queer Cases of Jilt.

A well known novelist was once jilt'
cd by a girl who took exception to the
Inadequate punishment meted out to
one of his fictitious villains. She de
clarpd that us he regarded vice with
so lencnt an eye he must himself be
at heart reprobate and unworthy OF
true love and that she must request
thar their acquaintance cease.
An eminent lawyer in his younger
days mct with a similar mishap. The
Indy TO whom he WAS engaged, chanc-
ins TO hear that he had delivered a
most skiilful though futile speech In
defense of an arrant rogue. wrote,
saying that she must decline to know
one who could thus strive speciously
to excuse crime. In return he pleaded
the cxigencies of the profession. but in
vain. The lady was obdnrate and soon
afterward. by the strange irony OF
fate. married man who was ulti-
matciy convicted Of gross fraud. main
ly through the forensic eloquence Of
her former lover.
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"We must save ourselves first"
OF TIE police. ion can trnst Dorr L
be looking for those papers right thi.
| minnte.r
= promised Drake by 4 messenger
\ that we would have him out before
| night" he responded
"We must Aave ourselves iirst,' she
said angriiy ''And we must be dis.
gEiscd'
After some argument Nvilkcrson
agreed. ana they decided 10 20 south.
III viii give us time % plan things
out. ana you can work things out at
yonr ieisure," lean fod him.
"Bul how shall disguise myselfT'
ne demanded.
Mrs l)arncll's eyes cleaned mali
ciously. "Nou must 20 as-at old man.
she tald nim--.lny father. yon see"
He rebclled bnt linaliy acauiesced.
and within short time lean and the
maid had transformed him into Il very
i'fesentnble old man.
Now, 20 and buy our tickets she
ordered 'F'steIe and will pack up
while sou are gone"
Tickets TO wbere?"
Tickets 10 Los Angeles" shelsrap-
ped
So be departed. to return in an hour
with the tickets and an expressraan-
When the trunks were gone Mrs.
Darnell sat down with Willzerson, and
they went over the situation again,
with the result that she took his adj
vice and disguised herself and made
Estele also do the same.
After d hasty supper they then called
a taxi and went TO the station. Mrs.
DarneI and her maid Immediately en-
tered the drawing room reserved for
them. and Wilkerson feed the porter
to make up bis berth in the body OF
the ear Immediately.
..Safe.' he muttered to himself as
the wheels began to turn and he saw
tie faces of several plain clothes men
on the platform
Neither be nor Mrs. Darnell was
aware that in another car Ruth and
her maid and John Do'r ana Tom
kane were also heading for the south.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-01-30

| Miss Gallon dresses aud acts. wan
| you to impersonate her for littl,
while"
"But. madane"-
There Is no danger at all" Mrs. Dar
nell went on. "All you have 10 do /:
to 30 to this address and get those pa
| pers.
The maid looked nj the advertise
mcnt and finally consented to 80 tc
the Hill street address and see il they
were really Ruths deeds and If so re
cover them In few moments she
bad departed on her errand, and viii
kerson and lean once more resigned
themselves TO waiting.
EsteIie trIpped along the street TO o
car line and took the first car that
came along. which. the conductor in.
formed her. crossed the street she
sought
Arriving AT her street. she got OF
and found herself in neighborhood
inhabited by very poor people. She
looked With disgust Mt the tumhledown
shanties aud dirty shacks that Uttered
the rubbish heaped yards, Two blocks
up from the car line she found ber
number. house slightly better kept
than most. But she noticed In the
yard an uptilted ash mans cart. In the
rear was q rickety stable, She entered
the gate and rang the bell
A very large. III dressed Italian wo-
man opened the door. letting out
tremendous odor OF garlic aud cheese
She surveyed her caller with suspicion
and then beamed-
"oh. you come iooka de papes?" she
demanded
Estelie merely showed copy Of the
advertisement.
Yes. my husband be put that in de
pape." the woman said. losing her
smile.
For sqne moments Esielle tried TO
get "a GLIMPSE OF the documents The
italian himself came On the scene and
demanded . fun DESCRIPTION. When
Estslle said that they had heen lost
from the Manx hotel he nodded and
explained thar be mad been renIos.ns
the ashes therefrom when his eye had
been caught 10y the folded papers. but
be still Insisted on an accurate de
scrl2tion. which the maid could not
xf<.. 4. f~r% H. ~.t,3 .t,fatf. ss-rl,r
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Psper Lifeboats.

Rear Admiral Yokoyama of the Japa-
nese navy has invented collapsible
lifeboat or. rather, raft. made of pa
per. Having found very tough paper
known MS hashkirazu. made from mul.
berry tree fiber. he sought for and dis
covered a chemical treatment to make
It waterproof. After experiment he
found that the best device was to take
several pinelike bags and place them
side by side as In D raft As finally
given forth 1t Is a life raft quite i'm
nune from wreck and so collapsible
that It could be slowed in subma-
rine and always he ready for use.
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'~~~~ ''~''fs 'fNh t'teNN~f
The result was that things went to
the had. and the boys they come to
me and want to know how long they've
got to lay OF.
g J suppose ye mean how long before
pay day, says TO 'cm. so far as
know nobody has laid you or
They agreed With me. but said they
rouldn'f feed their folks without mon
ey. and II they got no money for It
why work:s
They haven't been paid. thenYr
"No, Aud wllkerson cut or all cred.
u st the store. ! guess ! got In bad
with Tubbs when diyided np a lot
o. nonr and spnds thar was in the
cook shanry among the worst OF ones
There was some ugly talk. aud before
! could kind OF settle the boys minds
they trested nill pretty roughly. So I
Just told myself that would come to
San Francisco and explain thines--how
Wilkcrson deserted the camp and the
mine was closed down and your people
were starving
''ohr mourncd Ruth. aghast nj the
blunt story "And seen 10 have been
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the return Of Ruth and the cook, VIII,
recounted their adventures.
| I'll get Wikerson.~ JOHN Dorr said
quietly when they had finished Mean
while we must get ahead with our fix
ing up Of the affairs Of the Master
| Key mine"
Wilkerson's last future had driven
him furious. He did not know what
to do,. and he especially dreaded re-
turning to Jean Dprnell with the news
He walked the streets for long tsme.
lunched in q cheap house and tDei;
doggedly started downtown. On thc
way he bought an evening paper and
read Of brakes arrest With scowling
brows he pcrused this infinitely until
he was sure-that his tool had not be.
trayed him so far. But be knew that
minutes We're precious. He must gct
into communication with the yonng
man and assure his silence lie could
not do this without Mrs Darnells
help.
AS he expected, she few into tow.
ering rage, but her keen mind saw
that Drake must be paciiied. and she
managed to control herself at last.
She read the account carefully md
then looked through the rest of the
paper for some item about John Dorr,
Her eye lit upon an advertisement,
which she read twice before speaking,
then she pointed it ont to Wilkerson.
He. too, read 1t;
FOUND.-Deeds to certain mining prop
erty. On proof of ownership same win
be returned. Reward expected. S ] e..
201 Hill street.
They must be the papers," he &C.
knowledged. spell probably threw
them away. for fear of their being used
as evidence against him, and some one
picked them up
This time shall see to the matter"
Jean said sharply. N"Whether they are
the papers or not. we must be snre."
Other people viii see that adj" he
suggested.
"All the more reason for hurry" she
snapped. Then she called her maid
"Estelle." she said. Il want yon to
dress for the street and 70 on an er-
rand for me. II Is very important
and you must hurry"
Eyes. madame"
"And II You show good Judgment
ycn shan't be sorry. You know how
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i v y
down OF the wall; for this protection
could be broken down only by disloy-
atty, carelessness. sin. on lsraeIspart.
The Original Vine Dressers.
4 While the entire nation Of Israel, Is
represented by the vineyard. the hus-
/ bandmen We're the religious leaders.
| These yine-dressers became conceited
and acted as II they were the owners.
and not merely the Owners servants,
Even in their speech they became &c.
| customed to call the people "our pco-
ple,' my people," etc. Thus they fail
| ed to glorify God properly, and felt
| themselves to be more than the scry-
! ants Of God, honored In being permit
ted to be vine-dressers in His vine
yard.
In due time the Owner. Jehovah.
sent His servants, the Prophets, to
Israel. These servants and their mes
sages became tests Of the loyalty OF
| the vine-dressers and Of the character
development of the people. But alas
the vine-dressers' pride and desire to
show off before the people prompted
the mistreatment Of the Prophets.
Some OF the servants they beat, others
they stoned, others they killed
Finally the Owner sent His Son.
The Bible informs us that God fore
knew that Israels rulers would cruci-
fy the Son. But the parable states
the matter as though the Owner had
said, 'aThey will reverence Ny SON"
Surely the Jewish rulers should havcl
recognized Him OF whom people de
clared, Never man spake like this
Man" Surely they should have heark
ened to His Message. shoulG have re
pented of their sins and come back
through Him into harmony with God.
However. the spirit of seltislinessl
and self-conceit often leads its pos
SCISSORS to monstrous acts which after
ward appal even themselves. The Jew
ish Doctors, clergy Of that time. per
ceIved that Jesus, the Son of God
Representative Of the Owner of the
vineyard, exerted mighty influenced
over the people. They reasoned tkatl
to whatever extent Ills cause should
prevail, their power. their influence
their titles, their honors Of men, would
fade.
In their exasperation against Jesus,l
the vine-dressers determined that Hsi
death was necessary for the succcssl
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into the hills to some quiet hotel. You
can catch the night train"
"Nonscnser' Everett said quickly.
IAN Of you 50 with her. la Look nft-
er matters here for a week. II need
be I'll 90 down to the mine myself"
With the papers safely in her possess
sion at last jean Darnoll became once
more the guiding spirit and told VIII
kerson that thcre was only one thing
for them to do--gct out Of town imIne-
diatcly.
Drake is in jail. and we'll have to
bail him eut through some third party.
We daren't trust ourselves In the hands
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unfortunate all around. but I know
tIint John will fix things"
Tom Kane 6xed bis honest old eyes
on the girl and shook his head. Il
don't want to discourage you, Ruthie." :"
he said quietly. but until that man
WilkersoD is out Of the mine for good
you can't do more than patch matters
up temporarily"
Meanwhile Wilkerson and Jean Oar
neil we're anxiousy awaiting news
from Henry PelI It was getting along
In the forenoon. and the woman In
sisted that II he had succeeded in get
ting the papers he should have been on
the ground long before. Her compan-
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Tho Stone that the came upon the jew
Builders Rejected ish nation. In A.
D. 20 1t was overthrown, and has never
since been restored, nor will it be until
Messiah shall establish His Kingdom.
The New Vine Dressers.
The Lord said that they were wicked
yine-dressers. He appointed new ones
the twelve Apostles, st. Paul taking
the place of Judas. Moreover, He
started a new vineyard. putting into
II only the true Vine. OF this vineyard
our Lord said, Il am the Vine; ye are
the branches" Century after century
these true branches of the true Vine
have been planted by baptism into
death with their Master and have been
bringing forth the peaceable fruits OF
righteousness. Ere long. we believe
this fruitage will all be gathered and.
by the resurrection change be trans
planted into Heavenly conditions.
& The Scriptures also represent the
Church by a pyramid, which has five
corner-stones, the chief one of which.
the top-stone. is itself a perfect pyra-
mid. Jesus, rejected by the Jews, cru
eiRed, is the Chief Cornerstone of this
great Temple Of God, the Church. Al
ready He is glorifled, and His Church
will socn be united to Him.