The Alaska citizen., 1915-09-06

Looked X good story is being Like His ;old about man who Wife used to reside and is
 well known in Fairbanks but as Il would be real naughty to give his name We will call him Charlie Brown just because that isn't it. and tell tne story as it really happened.
 Charlie is looking for young woman who looks just like his wife. dresses similarly to her and has the same kind of smile-in fact, the woman who can't be distinguished from his wife except by the closest scrutiny
 Brown says he merely wants his wife tU see and believe how easily one can be mistaken for the other and withdraw her divorce suit
 Brown got into Seattle late at night from d short trip to Portland. He expected his wife to meet him. When he alighted from the train, he saw a woman, took her arm. re marking that as he would have to go out the following morning, they would go to a hotel instead of the flat. to which his companion read fly agreed. Arriving at the hotel Brown registered his own name and wife and they were assigned and went to a room.
 Brown says that he did not dis cover that she was not his wife until they were in the room. Then he demanded of her, What does this mean? Who are you?' to which, according to Charities story she just stood there and smiled"
 When she had gone Brown re turned to the room for the night, The wife discovered the names on the hotel register the following day, and now Charlie Brown is up against suit for divorce.
 Brown now spends his time meet ing the boats arriving from Alaska ports, telling friends his hard-luck tale and warning them against la dies who loiter around the depots and docks.
 Pantages Nearly all the old timers Had The of Dawson knew Alex Right Idea. Pantages. the man who
 has made a fortune i'll the show business Outside by his brain and nerve while thousands of men were standing around and tell ing each other how hard times were. He was in his office one day talk ing to his local manager when I stranger poked his head in the door. See what that man wants" said Pantages. If he wants money, you talk 10 him. If he's got money, let me talk to him"
 That's system for you.
 To The some time ago stirred Climate. things up throughout the
 territorial press by the publication of an editorial in which they undertook to show that the climate of Alaska was changing, and nearly every paper in the terri tory copied the editorial.
 This of course got the people to talking about Alaskan weather, and t'e other night at social gather ing in one of the bright homes of Fairbanks the subject was under discussion.
 "I believe our climate is chang ing" said one of the gentlemen present
 Think so?" remarked another.
 Our winters seem to be getting warmer returned the first speaker. Well, the women wouldn't wear enough clothes. The climate had tC change. The women wouldn't" was the rejCinder of the second gen. tleman, and both glanced around the room and admired the beautiful gowns worn by the ladies present. He II is not very often Wigaled that Rev. Lumpkin is Out stumped for an answer,
 but if this story is true he was up against the real thing once in his fife, but wiggled out of the situation with credit to himself. It happened one time when he was teaching a Sunday school class. After conducting a lesson on the story of Jacobs Ladder" he con- cluded by saying: Now, is there any little girl or boy who would like to ask a question about the lesson?" Little Susie looked puzzled for moment, and then raised her hand. "A question, Susie?" asked MT. I.umpkin.
 "I would like to know said Susie, If the angels have wings