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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-10
But there isn't rat about tn

house! Heavens, man, if"
And he went up the street on the
run, with the German delicatessen
man and many small boys crying
stop thief" behind him. The few
| seconds that it took him to unlock the
door ceemed hours. Down the hall
| and into the sitting room, and he reel
ed as he noted what was on the read
| ing table. A glass of water, a spoon.
a square of paper bearing the label
"Arsenici"
She's done it,"
Mr.. Agnew's statistics told him that
| at least four residents of Vine avenue
J ought to commit suicide that year, but
, it had never occurred to him that his
wife might be one of the number.
| With groan that ended in a wall he
entered the bedroom. There, on the
| bed, was his wife, and clutched in her
fingers was slip of paper bearing
| the words:
Il forgive you! FaEAwell!"
A cry-a wail-the doctor!
| The medical man said it was prob
| ably too late, but he would do his best
If the patient had taken I'll the poison
it was an overdose and her life might
be saved. Mr.. Agnew was sent for
emetics and stomach pump and then
kept busy in the kitchen, and the doc
| tor was about to begin serious work
when the woman sat up in bed and
whispered:
as he out in the Kitchen"
Eyes. Did you take poison?"
"Not a grain"
well, what sort of a circus do you
call this?"
Il want to scare Stephen"
"Oh, l see. So the poison is all a
bluff?'
stephen is q good man, doctor, but
! he's all taken up with statistics or
! something and | can't get him out of
the house of an evening or enjoy his
company myself l thought he ought
to have a shock. Help me with it,"
The doctor did. Mr. Agnew came
! in from the kitchen with mustard
water and the hot-water bag and salt
! and various other things, and he heard
! the stomach pump going and the doc
Tor saying to himself that there was
! just one chance in a thousand If
statistics in that case are ever com
! piled. they will show that his tears
flowed freely
Drawn back from the grave at last
and the doctor taken his departure
the husband hung over the bed and
appealed:
Darling, what drove you to do it
what. what?"
"Your neglect"
Put IT,"
you had got to be a stick of stats
! tics. You thought of nothing else
You handed me mortuary tables from
morning til night, and made me
dream of them as WELL Why, Steph
en-. can tell you how many men in
Ohio will break their necks in the
next twelve months"
| "Um! I see. | had to learn the
tables and carry them in my head"
The recovery Of the patient was Sc
rapid that the husband left for the
Office at the usual hour next morning
He was back in a couple of hours
however, to exclaim:
Nov old times shall come back!'
''What is it, dear?"
'Tve changed from life to fire in
surance"
"Yes?"
"All the statistics you have to carry
in fire insurance is that out Of 5000
farm barns, 21 will be struck by light
ming between May and October!"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-10
Remember Only Today.

Finish every day and be done with
II. You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities no
doubt crept in; forget them as soon az
you can. Tomorrow is new day; be-
gin It well and serenely and with too
high a spirit to be numbered with your
old nonsense This day is all that is
good and fair. II is too dear with its
hopes and aspirations TO waste a mo-
ment upon the yesterday Emerson.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-10
To Have SmalIer Feet

The sex will rejoice to hear that an
English scientist declares that WON.
ems feet are growing smaller. He
claims that a study of former types
of feet goes 10 prove that the feet Of
modern people are more shapely than
those of their ancestors or those of the
savage races. Perhaps. after all. the
mistakes of ill-n,ting shoes have not
seriously deforled the general type
of foot.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-10
Unmarried Eiris

The number of birds imported into
the United States annually amounts
to about 100000. and as many as H..
900 have become jewellers in America
within one day. The half million
feathered strangers represent 1900
different species. but the greater num-
Der of the importations are of ca
naries. parrots and game birds.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-10
As TO Old Kim Cole

Mother Goose tells US that Old King
Cole was a merry old soul Therefore,
We presume he had the laughing habit.
1t would be interesting to know what
made him chuckle all over when he
called for his pipe, and called for his
bowl, and called for his fiddlers three.
Does psychology contain an answer
for this Chicago Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-10
Selection of a Wife

In France, Germany. China, Japan
and many other countries, wives are
selected for the man by the parents,
with the assumption that the parents
being older and having larger exper.
fence with life, are better capable of
selecting wife than the inexper.
fenced youth. 1t is not yet proved
that this is an unwise course.-Ex.
change
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-10
Her Quaintness.

CUTS CONAN, muh wife is" com.
planned Brother Bogus. She'll b'lieve
any kind of story bout a forriner,
but she won't b'lieve her own awful
welded husband on OATH B1ieves
dat tale bout Jonah and de whale fun
beginnin' to end, but when / comes
rollin' home fun de lodge at two
o'clock in de mawnin' and tells her
what kept me SO long was he'pin'
'nishiate a stUtterin' candidate, she
snawts like a camel. kansas City
Star
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-10
To Wash White cordnrnu

Wash in warm, soapy water until
clean, using good quality soap, then
boil one-half hour in soapy water.
Rinse in clear water, changing the
water three times. and rinsing again
in cold bluing watn~. Don't wiring or
squeeze, but hang dry open
air If possible). ron.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-10
Anniause at a Concert.

You seem to enjoy the heavy Wag-
merriam numbers on the program" Il
don't. Then why do you applaud so
strongly" Il want to hear the pretty
little pieces they always play for en-
cores
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-10
Telephone Record.

The French language has been
found much Better adapted &c long
distance telephoni2g than the English,
and expert operators in Paris have
succeeded IN transmitting messages to
London at the rate of 100 words min
nta
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-10
DRAWING the Line.

Tomdix-"1s it true that young
Greenes engagement is cff?" Hoax
"Yes." Tomdix-"What was the trou-
ble-did the girl decline to live in a
fiat?' Hojax-"No; with one"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-10
The End of All Ihinns

Man with Paper-"Here's a preacher
In Syracuse, n Y, who declares that
the time will come when there will be
no liars In the world" Pessimist-
well, the world is due to end some
time. canadian Courier
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-10

1t amazed him that Sylvia should
show no trace of contrition. shame
or concern about the manner In which
she was treating him. She acted as
though she was perfectly all right
and appeared to have no uneasiness
over Burchards acquired gloom. On
the contrary, she seemed to be having
decidedly good time. That she ac-
tually could enjoy Gillmyer's society
was an agonizing blow to Burchard.
His mind was such a mixture of un.
happiness and bewilderment that he
did not even try to figure out a solu
ton
He was agreeably surprised when
he called one evening to find that
Gillmyer was not present. He took
his old chair. but sat on the extreme
edge because 1t really wasn't all his
chair any more
"Mr Gillmyer," Sylvia remarked,
casually, has been sent west for a
month"
Thank the Lord for that" Burch.
ard burst out, explosively. Il don't
wish him any bad luck. but hope the
train runs off the track"
why, Ted Burchard," said Sylvia,
in proper horror. The idea of your
feeling that way"
i've just discovered how | feel"
said Burchard, grimly. And now that
| know my esteemed friend Gillmyer
can't break in on us at any minute
and that ] actually have your undi-
vided attention, I'd like to go into de-
tails and elaborate on the subject"
"Why, Ted" said Sylvia again. you
amaze me, But-er-go on, please"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-10

A holder for ice cream cones has
been invented that enables them to
be filed without danger Of breaking.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-10
No Kick to II.

Agreeable advice is like pleasant
medicine, easy to take but of little
beneft.-Lafayette Courier.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-10
WHEN HE
WOKE UP

1t was a surprise TO Burchard when
he dropped in to call upon Sylvia TO
find strange young man occupying
his special chair and acting quite as
much at home as though he belonged
there ny right.
Burehard had been calling on Syl-
via for months. even years, and had
sat in that particular chair innumer-
able times. A sensation of being i'll
used and injured surged through his
soul as he bowed with stern cordially
to the young man.
MIR. Gillmyer." Sylvia was saying
sweetly. lis brother of my old
school friend, Dot, of whom you've
heard me talk so often, Ted He's
come to Chicago to go into business.
Isn't that delightful"
Lovely" agreed Burchard There
really was nothing else that he could
say. Speech seemed to have been
smothered within him by that first
wave of surprise which had over
whelmed him.
Try as he might to enter into the
conversation, Burchard found himself
relapsing painfully into silence every
little while
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-01-10

W MIN.
Try as he might to enter into the
conversation, Burchard found himself
relapsing painfully into silence every
little while.
The more he thought of the situa
ton the more Indignant Burchard
grew. by the time lie said good even
ing he was able to give Sylvia the
rostiest sort of nod and barely to
touch the tips OF her fingers The
surprise i'll her eyes was succeeded
by flicker OF something else. which
was quickly hid by her lowered lids.
Bulchard would have been a good deal
surprised if he had known that in
stead OF dragging herself slowly up
the stairs to weep over his cruelty
Sylvia dropped down on the bottom
step when the front door closed and
laughed.
Naturally Bun chard called the next
evening to atone for the GOODNESS OF
his good-by. Sylvia was wearing a
particularly large bunch of violets,
which he eyed Indignantly.
Il love violets," Sylvia said alb
sently, patting them You can al
most smell these"
Almost" Burchard repeated, be.
wildered.
They're artificial Sylvia explain.
ed. Did they fool you?"
The bourd of relief that Burchard' s
heart gave when he found Gillmyer
had not sent the flowers was perfectly
evident, but Burchard was too upset
to grasp the fact. He was conscious
OF an inner triumph when he left at
1880 that he had had the field to
himself. But these triumphs were
few, for Gillmyer bobbed up at all
sorts of moments.
He knows SO few people in town."
Sylvia said once. And, really, he's
awfully nice, don't you think, Ted?"
Fine chap" agreed Burchard, with
sensation of swallowing red-hot
Goals.
The worst of It was that Gillmyer
really was fine chap. He broke
into the Sunday night chatting dish
suppers that Burchard had been wont
to enjoy with Sylvia, and he cut ur
the cheese and beat the eggs as
though that had always been his duty
Between whiles Gillmyer invited
Sylvia to go to the theater and
brought her books and candy as
though there was no reason why he
shouldn't. The little ranking jabs
attached to this phase of the situation
was that there really was no reason.
Yet Burchard felt outraged.
The evening he called and found to
his dismay that Sylvia had gone out
somewhere with Gillmyer without the
preliminary of letting him know when
1t was his regular night to call made
Burchard see stars. Women, he said
to himself cuttingly as he strobe home
at great pace, are tickle, unreliable,
frivolous, unworthy and unnecessary
cumberers of the earth He had
thought Sylvia different, but that was
merely because he was an imbecile.
Burchard sat and stared at the wall
for an hour, smoked three cigars and
then turned In. At midnight he was
still awake. Il suppose they are Just
about getting home now" he muir.
INJURED.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-01
Euery Girl Can Be a Venus
How DEA
AND SHE
BY Emily Illineworth

BY Emily Illingworth
The first of six articles written es-
pecially for the Tribune by the ia.
nous dancer hailed by public and
critics as the modern.day Venus and
the "Pavlowa of America"
Study Yourself and Your Ideal
Every girl, evey woman may pos
sess figure that will comply with the
measurements of the Venus de Milo
If she will dance and follow the prop
er form of PHYSICAL exercise.
Through dancing and the physical
exercises I shall describe in these
articles l have developed a figure
artists and sculptors have declared
is "the perfect modern figure"
And "the perfect modern figure
l possess measures the same as that
of the Venus de Milo in practically
every detail.
l have seen girl after girl develop
from the ungainly, unframed figure of
the modern American girl to the
worlds ideal of womanly beauty thru
exercise.
1t is essential that you study your.
self and your Ideal. From your ideal,
no matter whether from a plaster
cast or from the measurements will
give, you must learn your defects
the points to be remedied.
Compare the lines Of your body
with that of your Ideal. Garry in your
mind a mental picture Of the most
beautifully proportioned woman, for
part of your success will rest on your
ability to see within lies the beauty
of the Venus de Milo. --f.f"
II you are taller or shorter, you
must work to build a figure whose
dimensions will be in the same ratio
to each other as are the Venus de
Milo's. ..n .r~a. ~.
If you are to stout or too thin, con.
slider whether you must resort to diet
as we'll as exercises. If you think
a diet is also necessary, consult your
physician. sgs -..a ra.. -,a.
No one knows how the Greek won.
an who posed as the model for the
statue Of Venus, found on the Island
Of Melos in 1920, attained her figure,
nor how she preserved it. g..
But I can assure you: 10y
She followed sane diet, which
made no provision for candies or ice
cream sodas.
She did not slump into heap when
she sat down.
She knew how to relax properly
when lying down.
She did not allow every little thing
to worry her.
She did not wear high.heeled shoes.
She did not mold herself out of
shape with corsets.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-01
REGULARITY OF HABITS HELPS TO KEEP
BABY WELI-BEG1N SYSTEM EARLY

cries at night unless it is feeding
time or the diaper needs changing.
Sometimes baby has just become
uncomfortable and turning it into a
fresh position will send it back into
sound sleep. So.
The mother can teach baby to stay
awake at the time she wants it to
be by playing with it or by taking it
up from the Grip at that time.
If started right the baby will take
a long sleep in the morning, stay
awake several hours during the mid
die of the day, and take another nap
in the early afternoon. Then it will
sleep soundly at night.
Better wages make better health.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-01
''Meat Takes An.
other Jump fa-

VSAOA " ~SAAA| q IA
milar headline in your daily
newspaper. Butwhy worry
about the cost of something
you don't need? The most
expensive foods are gener-
ally the least nutritious. In
Summer health and strength
come from a meatless diet.
Oneor two Shredded Wheat
Biscuits, heated in the oven,
covered with berries or other
fruits and served with milk
or cream, make a complete,
satisfying, i1ourishing meal
at a cost of five or six cents.
All the meat Of the whole
wheat made digestible by
steam cooking, shredding
and baking. Made at
Niagara Falls, N. Y.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-01
Bridge Party This Afternoon.
AN OLD PRQNERe.

It used to be proverbial that every
man land it is certainly no less true
of woman) is either fool or physi-
clan at forty. This means that every
intelligent person must learn SO much
about caring for his own health that
by the time he is forty years of age
he can almost be reckoned as a physi-
clan.
Why then, is there so much talk
by doctors against decentralization?
A woman can recognize all ordinary
ailments without calling on q doctor.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-01

If they are ailments distinctive to her
sex she generally knows enough to
use that greatest of all remedies for
such ailments, Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and likewise
she is familiar with the standard
remedies for other diseases.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-01

When baby has
become accustOm-
ed to eating and
sleeping at GER
tain periods he
will do so with
out a Whimper
and thus make
things easier for
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-01
Society Nelus
E1kertdi,1S at Dinner
for Montana Guests

WI. duu MI6. .. ~. COOh Oh 4ulEu
street entertained yesterday after
noon at an informal dinner at the
Country club, in honor of their visit
ing guests, Mr.. and Mrs. r. H. Gun
bingham Of Helena, Mont. Mr.. and
Mrs. Cunningham stopped here en-
route home from an eastern trip
which included points in New York
and Pennsylvania. Covers were laid
for the honor guests, Mr.. and Mrs F.
L. Conklin, w. G.. Bundle and the
hosts.
Mandan Guest Here.
Miss ]. Kelleher of Mandan was
the guest over Sunday of Mrs. Edith
Goodwill of this place.
Returns From Lakes.
Mrs. T. c. Madden of Second street
has returned from a several weeks
sojourn at Detroit Lake.
Entertaining kenmare Guest.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Craig of Man.
dan avenue are entertaining as their
guest, Mrs. E. A. Hubbell of Kenmare.
.,,., Enjoying Vacation.
Miss Emma Lou Larson of the suit
department of the Webb Brothers
store ise enjoying a two weeks vaca.
ton, at her home in Sixth street.
:-.. To Leave For East.
Lewis Warren, teller at the First
National bank, will leave Thursday
for his home, near Portland, Me-,
where he will spend his vacation.
-,.,c...... Goes to Lakes.
Ralph Jewell, Granville Grambs and
Wallace Peck of the city left last
evening on No. 2, for Detroit Lake,
Mimi, where they will spend the next
ten days.
Returns From Mitchell.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Truax of Main
street have returned from Mitchell,
S. D., where they were called by the
death of the formers brother, Ellis
worth Truax.
Returns, After Visit.
Miss Mile Teske, who has been
the guest of her cousin, Miss Minnie
Teske, of Fourteenth street, for sew
eral weeks, has returned to her home
In Chaska, MINI. .... .
'.' To Entertain Society. ".'.
The Misses Cora and Mabel Grove
will entertain members of the Young
Peoples society Of the Trinity Luth.
eran church this evening at their
home in Fifth street. f@7ss"
Returns From Western Trip.
Miss Olive Proctor Of Fifth street
and Mrs. Fanny ,Oeltjen of Main
street have returned from an extend
ed trip to the Pacific coast. They
also visited Glacier Park.
TO Leave on Motor Trip.
DR.. and Mrs. e. P. Quain and
daughter, Miss Marian, of Sixth
street, will leave this week on an ex-
tended tour, to include the Black
Hills and various points in Montana
."} g. Iowa Visitors Here.
Clark Lewis and son, Robert, of
Usage, Ia, have arrived in the city
and are guests of the formers moth
er and sister, Mrs. Mary Lewis and
Miss Maude Lewis of Mandan av-
enue.
Leaves For East.
Miss Marian Frame of Fourth
street left last evening on No. 2, for
Randolph, Mimi, where she will visit
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-01

When baby is awake don't get it
in the habit of being held; it will be
just as we'll satisfied and much more
comfortable if it is left in its crib.
Do not take baby up just because it
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-01


GUS points Of interest in Minnesota
before returning home. ....
+, - = - Phelps ~ Crimson. : 80
DR.. w. j. Hutcheson Of the McCabe
Methodist Episcapol church officiated
at the marriage of c. F. Phelps of the
city and Miss Elsie Johnson of Flash.
or. They were married Saturday eve.
ming in the church parsonage.
Visiting Mother Here. ....,..
Henry Freede of Arkansas, but for.
merly of this place, has arrived in the
city and is the guest of his mother,
Mrs. Ellen Freede, of Eighth street,
Mr.. Freede is representative of the
West Publishing Co. Of St. Paul.
Civic League Meeting.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Civic Improvement league will be
held this afternoon in the CONNER.
cial Club hall. The meeting will be
called at $3.50 and number of i'm
portant matters will be considered.
Goes East to Lakes.
Mrs. A. v. Marcellus and children
of Regain left yesterday for Detroit
Lake, MIMI, where they will spend
the remainder of the summer. Mrs.
Marcellus is a daughter-in.law of Mrs.
F. ]. Marcellus of Seventh street.
NhureL cAa;>A., Na>>S;..
The Young Peoples society of the
Trinity Lutheran church will hold its
monthly business and social meeting
this evening at the parsonage in
Sixth street Rev. and Mrs. F. C.
Proehl will act as hosts to the men,
bers. ...-s.. .....i ,.
jamestown Visitor Here. r.
Miss Mary Mason of Jamestown is
being entertained this week by Mrs.
W. E. Breen and Mrs. Lydia Morris at
their country homes near the city.
Miss Mason will leave shortly for a
tour of Yellowstone National park
and the Pacific coast states.
seSSOsVo edSISCU lid,
Mrs. H. E. -Ingledue and son of
Sixth street returned Sunday evening
on No. 1. from q visit with friends
and relatives in Forest Lake, the
Twin Cities and other lake points in
Minnesota. Enroute they visited Mr..
1ngledue in Valley City.
Ha>. - M;ahsn>.
Mrs. F. B. Strauss and daughter of
First street left Sunday for Frank.
fort, Mich, where they will make an
extended visit with Mrs. Strauss par
ents. She will also join her two sons,
who have been spending the summer
there. DR.. Strauss will Join them lat.
er.
Returns From California.
Miss Margaret WEIGH, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. WEIGH of
Fourth street, has returned from San
Francisco, CAL, where she attended
sorority convention. Miss WEIGH
went as a representative Of the Alpha
Chi sorority of the state university at
Grand Forks.
To Live in Dickinson.
Mrs. w. Jones and family of Fourth
street left yesterday for Dickinson,
where they will join Mr.. Jones to
make their future home. Mrs. Jones
was rendered a farewell during the
weekend by the clerks Of Johnson's
store, where she was formerly con-
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-01

nected with the alteration depart
mont
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-08-01
REGULARITY

Regularity of habits does much to
keep a baby healthy. ,".'