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The Detroit times., 1916-03-23
Y Per1nahency Of the
Il 4 lOvien Ii Threatened
u BY This Sort of Thing

- 80 - @~s~-~ 49,.
4 All the signs, but one, point to the
monde q having established itself as
4 permanent institution
Az vet il has not reached the limit OF
\ rcssibilities or Of its popularity.
Ihis i particularly true of the movie
( ~ residential section. where the din
y dishes are not washed Immediately
II n,0Ee-the tired housewife insists
n bang taken to picture show, or,
ng. kustles her man there, with the
(1r6n, too, il there are any.
~ diversion for the wife and the
Un, ma n right, for it affords
en opportunity to get into the air,
y toaid ntial movies" bill is gen
~ md Of m educational nature
rous Of parked autos, every
7 & ~ wtsl<, attest the popularity
~ hbcthood movie" and it, at
n hound to remain . fixture
~ 1x " the family lie, unless there
xttention paid to the one sign
/ 1s ~ psrmanency.
N ~ stnsovie" is being USED
- n 1 49,.
~ into : ''movie" out North
~ t2he Other evening and found
M ylItnrss calculated to have
1oGite effect upon the audience
fxu6 shown ii : residential sec
n l|b ~ = b ought u have.
xoS W. nilitaristic in the
| dfnIy intsuded 10 stir the
IS9, - which end the orchestra
an 1yokl fnSe a. patriotic airs.
~ ~ ahown and the orches-
IooGs with the Star Spangled
ArDIENCE DID NOT RISE
NJ Star Spansled Banner was
- rnnnaeer Of that theater should
n note Of the fact, too.
- object q the pictures, the music
= nv business was too palpable to an
II. peaceabIe, homecoming and
vfng audience, gathered from the
H1i6l district.
d ~ 1T the drift Of things because
~ % raw, and would not become a
3 ~ ire preparedness scheme.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-23

The navigation school OF the Roy
al Technical college at Glasgow Is
said TO be the most perfectly
equipped institution Of the kind IL
the world.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-23
The Keep Well Column
TEETH.

From early childhood the habit
should be formed OF giving the teeth
The Detroit times., 1916-03-23
Extends Upward.

"she has beautiful ivory shout
ders.'
And the ivory doesn't stop there
intImated q jealous friend.--kansas
City Journal.
The Detroit times., 1916-03-23

your teeth at least twice year and
TO advise you. II is better and
cheaper for you TO enlist his services
in the prevention of trouble than to
wait and give him the larger oper-
ations which will be harder for you
and cost more.
Remember that exercise is Just az
necessary to the proper develop
mcnt and healtbful maintenance Of
the teeth and tissues into which
they are set az of any other part OF
the body. In these days OF pre-.
pared foods the teeth do not get the
proper exercise that vigorous chew.
ing Of food provides
The Detroit times., 1916-03-23

Some men are old al IS. others
are young At 40. II IN not so much
a question OF the calendar az Il Is
matter OF right living that de-
tcrnines old age and the period Of
usefulness
The Detroit times., 1916-03-23

Why this little pig went TO market.
You can figure on baby's wee toes,
The reason Is found
In perks price per pound,
Which is JUST why he went,
We suppose.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-08-25

But there were other ana seeming
ly more momentous things to claim
her attention just then. The pros
poets" upon which their marriage to
g. certain extent depended were show.
ing disconcertingly halky tendency,
and Fleetwood, who had been over to
Boston in regard to them, had writ
ten a rather gloomy letter the day be-
fore, telling her that it might be six
or eight months before they should
materialize.
He was expected back from his trip
that night, and in order to salve
his disappointment and signalize his
home coming, she was arranging a
little fete just for the two of them
Meanwhile, her mother having fin
ished the note she was writing,
called a messenger boy and dispatched
it to the address upon the envelope.
Then she called up Batson Kendrick
on the telephone and assuring herself
that no one was within hearing, held
a long and cryptic conversation with
him over the wire.
That evening, Fleetwood Blair, on
returning from Boston, found the note
she had written lying On the table at
his bachelor lodgings and was read
lily deceived into believing it was from
Ruth.
Tearing it open hastily, Blair read:
Fleetwood Dearest: You must not LET
yourself be disappointed over the Boston
matter. I would wait for you until
Doomsday, If necessary. And, besides, II
may be all for the best. Last night Bat
son Kendrick was playing chess with
mamma, and I overheard him say that
he needed a man for some important
work in Alaska eff Blair were at liberty,
he would oe just the man." ne said, land
the job would be worth a thousand dol
lars a month to him, but will not risk
sending any new bridegroom on this af-
fair. The chap who takes it has got to
have all his interest in the work"
Z rather think, though, that he is going
to approach you with an offer, and If he
does, I would certainly accept the COM
mission, and agree to remain single dur
ing the time you are engaged upon 1T.
You could quit him, of course the mo-
ment the Boston people decide to go
ahead and in the meantime, so long as
we have to wait anyhow, you may as
we'll be drawing that salary.
am sending this to your rooms so that
you may be prepared in case he ap-
proaches you this evening, as L under
stand from mamma that he Is to be al
the house to finish their game. Mean
time, 1 am waiting and longing for you
every second. Devotedly, RUTH
Blair gave vent to low whistle as
he finished.
Little did he dream how carefully
baited was the trap into which he was
walking with his eyes open.
On arriving at Mrs. Alden's, he was
shown into the drawing room, where
he found Kendrick and also, some.
what to his surprise, Estelle Abbott,
He greeted the girl pleasantly, but
the two had hardly an opportunity
to exchange more than half dozen
words before her uncle seized upon
him and drew him to one side with
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-08-25

she uttered her protest against his
going away, had seemed to stumble
and catch her heel in the rug, and
Fleetwood had naturally tried to save
her from falling.
But Ruth could not know this. She
only saw him holding Estelle in an ap-
parently ardent embrace, and Estelle
with her arms wound aroun1 him.
Her dark eyes wide, incredulous,
sh, stood staring at the spectacle;
then with a low cry of pain, she turned
and rushed blindly up the stairs and
to her own room.
Blair in his dismay at the sight of
her and the evident significance she
placed upon his attitude, was for the
instant nonpIussed, incapable Of &C
ton; but recovering himself mo-
ment later, flung Estelle almost
roughly to one side, and dashed Lad
ly in pursuit.
In vain, though. were all his en-
treaties and attempts at explanation.
Finally Mrs. Alden with an air of
motherly sympathy persuaded him
that it was better to defer until morn
ing his efforts to repair the misunder-
standing and so induced him to leave
the house.
Hardly vas he out o. the door, how
ever, before Ruth experienced re-
vulsion of feeling. After all she told
herself, it was only fair to hear what
he had to say.
In this frame of mind, she was
awaiting his arrival the next morn
ing, when a maid brought her word
that Estelle Abbott desired to see her.
Ruth hesitated, more than half in
c1ined to refuse; but Estelle, covertly
abetted by Mrs. Alden, had taken no
chances on being denied, and follow
ing almost on the heels Of the maid.
Don't turn away from me, Ruth, T"
she pleaded Historically. "It is bet
ter that you should hear what I have
to say; for l tell you frankly that
Fleetwood Blair is not worthy Of you
not worthy of either of us, for that
matter. But as between u.s." her
voice broke, and she sadly bowed her
head, mine is the stronger claim
upon him"
Something in the tone arrested
Ruths attention, and leaning forward,
she caught Estelle by the chin and
forced the girls face up to meet the
searching gaze she bent upon it.
Then as she read there the confirma-
ton Of what she suspected, she fell
back with sharp exclamation.
"Oh!" she cried. "Oh!" and bury
ing her own face in her hands, she
turned away, while Estelle satisfied
at what she had accomplished, crept
from the room.
When Blair called a little later On,
he was informed that Miss Alden
begged to be excused from seeing him.
Needless to say, Mrs. Alden lost no
opportunity to widen the breach, and
on the evening of Blair's departure,
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-08-25

the muttered excuse to Estelle that
he wanted to discuss little matter
of business with Mr.. Blair.
AS the two men stepped away to-
gether, the servant who had admitted
Blair appeared to inform him that
Ruth was still dressing, but would be
down almost Immediately.
At last, though, all ready, and a
radiant girlish vision, in her SHIN
mering gauzes and tulles, she came
tripping down the stairs and hurried
toward the drawing room to find
Fleetwood.
But as she crossed the hall, her
mother with apparent unpremedita-
ton intercepted her and during the
momentary pause, the sound of
voices reached her from beyond the
drawing room door. Two men were
speaking.
you agree then to accept the s12,-
900 and remain unmarried as / re-
quire?' 1t was the curt, business
like voice OF Batson Kendrick, his tone
raised slightly as IL for emphasis.
ST agree to your terms, Mr.. Ken
drick, and viii promise to remain
single"
Her lover? Oh, no; 1t could not be.
Why, this man waS no better than a
Judas.
Kendrick spoke again from behind
the drawn curtains.
Then / suppose you will have no
objection to starting for Alaska this
week." he said.
But before Blair could make an
swer. Ruth was startled by hearing
another voice-the shrill, almost de-
spairing cry of woman.
ITO Alaska? Oh no. Surely you
are not planning to send him as far
away as that?"
With a quick step forward, Ruth
reached the portieres, and flung them
back to disclose the sight OF Estelle
in Blair's arms.
By a clever hit of acting, Estelle as
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-08-25

as she came upon Ruth sitting hard
and dry-eyed by an open window, she
was thrilling inwardly with triumph.
"Ah, my dear, don't grieve for him"
she purred. HE was never deserv-
ing Of you. The older you grow, too,
my daughter, the more you will learn
that all men are alike. Money is the
only thing that counts in this world"
Ruth stirred from the apathy Of her
pose.
is Batson Kendrick here this eve
ning?" she Lsked irrelevantly. Il
thought I heard him announced bit
ago."
Then when Mrs. Alden answered in
the affirmative, she arose and with a
reckless, bitter smile sauntered down
to her mothers sitting room.
You paid $4,000 for Fleetwood
Blair I believe, Mr. Kendrick. Now
what price do you offer for me? You
will have to bid higher than $4,000
though. / tell you that before you
begin"
The millionaire glanced at her ques-
tioningly appraising as he did so the
curl OF the lip, the smoldering fire in
her eye, the defiant swagger in her
manner.
Its only the result of this upset
she's been through" he said TO him.
self. THAT and maybe this sudden
hot spell we're having. She'll come
around all right, once she's settled
down and knows Just where she
stands"
But therein Batson Kendrick made
the one great mistake of his life. Ruth
did not come around" She never as
his wife allowed him to forget that
he had bought her." AMI that she ex-
pected him TO pay the price. Colby
aloof, contemptuous of herself as she
was OF him, she piled extravaganza
upon extravaganza until his misery
soul fairly stood aghast-
His only method OF revenge, he
learned, lay In forcing her into asso-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-08-25
THIRD STORY
The Tangled Web

A long bobsled loaded with laugh
ing, shouting young people whizzed
down the white, glistening slope like
runaway express train. Mrs. Alden's
house party at Tuxedo was enjoying
the opportune snowfall
Fleetwood Blair, flushed from the
exertion of helping drag q heavy
bob" back up the hill, spied couple
OF boys with a small sled who had
stopped on their way home from coast
ing to watch with solemn curiosity the
pranks and antics Of the grown-ups.
Let me have the flyer, kids" Blair
sprang toward them. Here, I'll pay
rent for it in advance" tossing over
a half dollar. And without waiting
for any further negotiations, he caught
the rope out Of their hands, and hur-
ried to the summit where the group
with which he had come trudging up
the slope were taking their places on
the bobsled for another trip.
Wait minute, Ruth" He singled
out from among them dark, strik-
ingly pretty girl in scarlet cap and
iacket-tbe daughter of his hostess.
you and I are going to try it alone
this time"
Blair swung his small sled around
to the track, assisted her to a place
forward on it and settled himself at
the back to steer.
81 / mply had to have chance to
L IL l. hot
cackling crowd" he was murmuring.
81 can't keep it back any longer, and
although it's little enough I can offer
you now, dear, if you are willing to
start on love and stout heart"
In the ardor of the moment he
quite forgot to steer. They struck a
bend in the course, and, swerving off
at right angles to the track, dashed
headlong into a great piled-up drift.
Like a couple of grotesque figures
they emerged.
Fleetwood did not permit the mis-
adventure to battle him.
Ruth" he repeated, as he floun-
dered toward her, will you marry
me?"
Such persistence deserved to be re-
warded.
While Fleetwood and Ruth Alden,
out there in the snowdrifts, innocently
and happily "plighted their troth, !"
Mrs. Alden and Batson Kendrick sat
together over a game of chess and
schemed.
Both Mrs. Alden and Kendrick were
practical persons" and there was lit
tie necessity for words between them.
Mrs. Alden was a society mother
with a hallmark position as unques-
tionable as the sterling" on silver,
but somewhat hard put to 1t to support
it with the essential finances.
Kendrick, on his side, wanted a
wife-not a companion or helpmeet
fitting to one of his years and settled
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1916-08-25

habits, but merely to serve as an ex-
hibition of his wealth.
After inspecting the seasons flock
of debutantes he had definitely fixed
his choice upon Ruth. and the matter
was supposed to be settled.
But at this interesting juncture
Fleetwood Blair had chosen to in
trude.
Credit must be given Mrs. Alden
for shrewdly seeming the danger in
the situation as soon as it appeared.
Not once did she raise any ooiec-
tion to Blair, or seem to interfere
with the freedom OF association be-
tween him and Ruth. And kendrick
pIsved I'D skillfully to her lead.
This snowy afternoon as they sat
.cozily over the chesshoard with all
the young people out of the way over
on the hillside, they touched eau
tiously upon the subject uppermost In
noth their minds and made plain their
,Ians in a series OF indiTeetions.
t was hird cf you TO invite my
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-19
Mountain Trees.

Some interesting facts relating TO
mountain trees are given by Enos A..
Mills in his Rocky Mountain Wonder
land" He says:
"A few timber line trees live thou
sand years. but half this time is a ripe
old age for most of the timber line vet
GRAMS The age of these trees cannot
be judged By their size or by their gen
eral appearance. There may be centu-
ries of difference in the ages of two
arm in arm trees of similar size
examined two trees that were growing
within few yards of each other in the
shelter of il cIag. One was fourteen
feet high and sixteen inches in diane
ter and had 33T annual rings. The
other was seven feet high and five
inches in diameter and had lived 400
years.
One day by the sunny and sheltered
side of bowlder | found tiny seed
bearer at an altitude of 1880 feet.
How splendidly unconscious it was Of
its size and its utterly wild surround
ings. This brave pine bore a dainty
cone. yet drinking glass would have
completely housed both the tree and its
fruit
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-19
ARMY DECIDED UPON
WILL REACH 261,5OO
Report to Senate Shows In
crease Over First Estimate.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-Revised fig
ures on the army reorganization bill
as agreed upon by house and senate
.conferees and submitted to the senate
by Chairman Chamberlain show that
the new army will be even larger than
announced when agreement was
reached last Saturday.
Careful analysis shows the maxi
mum strength in time of peace will
be I'll 900 officers and men, including
$4,000 staff troops, Philippine scouts
and unassigned recruits, and that the
war strength will be 236,50O officers
and combatant troops, which, with
staff troops, scouts, ETC.. added, will
bring the aggregate maximum
strength of the regular army to 261,-
500. The National Guard as reorgan-
lied would total $4,000, making
total of 71S,500 available.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-19
Music of the Church.

Nothing is palmer than the seemingly
hopeless decadence Of the music of the
church as compared with modern pos
sibilities and realities Of musical art to-
day. 1t is now some 200 years since
the spirit of music left the church
since the church could hold and spir-
itually feed great composer as it had
done in the preceding centuries. The
spirit of music, emancipated from the
materialistic and purftanical influences
which overlook established religion.
brought forth the great modern art of
music, with Beethoven as it's leader.
says Musical America. What has hap
pened to that art at the hands of com
posers less lofty and less spiritually
minded than he the world knows only
too well, especially of late. The d
vorce has become almost complete
Not only has music, in its greatest pow
ers. forsaken the forms of the church :
latterly it has departed from spiritual
vision and aspiration within it's own
artistic province.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-19
Oriuin of the Letter ",

The letter V may be regarded as the
mutilated remains of one of the SYM
bcls used by the ancient Egyptians In
their hieroglyphics or picture writing.
\ common animal in their country was
the two horned sandviper. a represen-
;ation of which stood for V. The priests
ultimately found that for the practical
purposes of everyday life it was a
waste of time to use elaborate hero
glyphics and invented a kind Of short
hand to meet the occasion. In this the
snake was reduced to v with dash
V-) to represent horns and body.
The Phoenicians adopted this letter,
and from them we get our V by loss of
the dash, leaving only the two little
horns of the original picture. This
snake is still common in Egypt and is
probably the one mentioned in Genesis
Xix. II. Dan shall be a serpent by the
way. al adder in the path, that biteth
the horse heels, so that his rider shall
fall backward" Travellers tell us that
it is still addicted to this unpleasant
habit.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-19
The Aches of House Cleaning.

The pain and soreness caused by
bruises, overexertion and straining dur
ing housekeeping time are soothed
away by Sloan's Liniment. No need to
suffer this agony. Just apply Sloan's
Eminent to the sore spots, rub only a
little. In short time the pain leaves,
you rest comfortably and enjoy re-
freshing sleep. One grateful user
writes: sSloan's Liniment is worth its
weight in gold.' Keep a bottle on
hand, use it against all soreness neural
gia and bruises. Kills pain. Csc at
your druggist. 2
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-19
PERMANENT BENEFIT
Forty Years in Stock.

The latest coincidence which has
Just come to my knowledge (writes a
correspondent .befell an elderly gen
tleman well known in literary circles.
Wishing to refer to a book he had
used in his schooldays, he visited the
secondhand shop in Charing Cross
road which specializes in this class of
work. On inquiry he found they had
one copy of the volume in stock.
When he opened it he found on the
front page his own name written there
well over forty years ago.-Pall Mall
Gazette.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-19
IMMIGRATION BILL CHANGED
Senate Committee Removes Japanese
Entirely from Measure. M

WASHINGTON, d. C.-To meet ia
pans objection to having the so call
ed gentleman's agreement for the re.
striction of immigration enacted into
law in the pending immigration bill,
the senate immigration committee
agreed upon an amendment which re-
moves the Japanese entirely from the
bill, but accomplishes Asiatic exclu-
sion otherwise by specification. of
latitude and longitude which will take
in China, Siberia, India and the islands
of the Malady archipelago with the
exception of the Philippines. It leaves
immigration from Japan to be gov
ernee entirely by the RootTakahira
agreement The change is understood
to be satisfactory to the state depart
ment.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-19
new LIGHT THROWN
ON LAMPERT DEATH
High School Teacher Supports
Theory Of. Suicide.

WAUKEGAN, ILL. - That Ma
rion Lambert committed suicide will
be backed up by hitherto unrevealed
evidence in the Orpet murder case, it
is declared. The day before she kill
ed herself she sat in the chemistry
class at the Deerfield township high
school and listened to Professor E. J.
day, Feb. 8, Professor Craego told his
class about cyanide of potassium.
"It is a deadly poison" he said. "It
kills instantly"
While he was talking he noticed one
Of his students gazing at him wild
eyed. She seemed to be drinking in
his words. He noticed that her face
was pale. That there was an inten.
sity in her eyes unusual even in the
gaze of the most interested in chemis
try students. He suspected nothing,
knowing nothing of the things this
student was nursing in her heart 1t
was Marion Lambert
When Will H. Orpet was brought
from the University of Wisconsin
and accused of poisoning the girl he
had loved and grown tired of DR..
Craego volunteered as witness for the
defense He told Orpet's parents of
the chemistry class the day before
the tragedy
ut is my positive opinion" he said,
that Marion Lambert listened to me
with only one idea in her head, and
that idea she carried out the next
day"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-19
Factors That Determine Salaries.

In the WOman's Home Companion !;
successful business man says that sal
aries are fixed by the amount and quail
ity of work that man can deliver
Pull" in his opinion. is a negligible
factor in the business world.
"And that applies to the man who is
getting $4,000 year just as truly a.
it does to the man who is getting $50 !,
month The only way that | can be
paid more money than | am getting is
by delivering more work to my com
pany than am now delivering or by
showing my company how. to save
more money and so have larger profit
at the end of the year.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-19
The Various Aces.

In. the Greek mythology four-the
golden. self sufficient: the silver, self
indulgent: the brazen. warlike. and
the iron. violent; together with the
heroic, nobly aspirant. between the
third and fourth.
In archaeology three-the stone age
the bronze and the iron.
In history the middle and dark. be-
tween the ancient and the modern.
In Fichte fve-of instinct. of law
Of rebellion. of nationality. of conform
ity to reason
In Shakespeare seven infancy,
childhood. boyhood. adolescence. man
hood. age, old age
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1916-05-19
WILL NOT STOP MAIL SEARCH
Britain, However, Says Envoy, Holds
Out Some Hope of Relief.

WASHINGTON, d. C.-The British
ambassador, Sir Cecil Spring Rice,
told Secretary Lansing that. his gov
eminent was striving to eliminate the
delays and interferences to mails to
which the United States is again
about to make protest, but that Great
Britain could not relinquish it's claim
to the right to prevent the use of the
mails for transmission of goods or in
formation by it's enemies.
The United States is about to make
a renewed demand that the interior
ences with mails, particularly those
of neutrals, be abandoned immedl
ately.