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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
IS MARRIAGE A BUSINESS CONTRACT?
BY LAURA JEAN LIBBEY.

There should be an understanding
before marriage as to just how much
he is able and willing to expend for
the upkeep of a home. The home in
cludes the wif1s personal expenses,
her clothes and other feminine ad-
juncts. Cash to meet these expenses
of the wife should be handed out to
her as regularly rs TO the bookkeeper
in the office. What would any work
ing man think OF the employer who
gave him his wages in dribs? How
long would he work for him if he had
TO beg and plead for il? That is the
pitiful condition in which some men
place their wives. A husband should
realize that a wife puts as much into
the business of hOme-making as he
does. She bowers him with her youth.
her love. her hopes and the wOmanly
qualities which make earth an Eden
for man. Not one wife in thou
sand would think of asking her hus-
band for the hard dollars her service
is worth to him.
iIuNbuuuS are lew anu ldA OtAhCNh
who are thoughtful enough to hand
money TO their wives, calling it pin
money or spending money-whatever
fancy name they like. Yet every man
owes ii to his wife. 1t is a bona fide
debt, be she head housekeeper for her
rich husband or kitchenette worker
for labOring man. The question of
money causes more friction and I'M
happiness In households than the
dwindling of fervent love into friend
ship ever could. 1t is the main cause
of unhappy wives, petting their de-
spair. No doubt the husband is a
well-meaning man, intending to do
what is right. but he oyerlooks the
principal problem in wedlock.
Copyright, 1861
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
CAL0MEL MAKES YOU SICK, UGH!
IT'S MERCURY AND SAL|VATES
Straghen Up Don't Lose Days Work. Clean Your Sluggish
Liver and Bowels With "Dodson'S Liver Tone"

Ugh. Calomel makes you sick. Take
a dose of the vile, dangerous drug to-
night and tomorrow you may lose a
days work.
CalCmel is mercury or quicksilver
which causes necrosis of the bones.
Calomel, when it comes into contact
with sour bile crashes into it. break
ing 1t up. This is when you feel that
awful nausea and cramping. II you
feel sluggish and all knocked out" if
your liver is torpid and bowels consti-
pated or you have headache, dizziness,
coated tongue, if breath is bad or
stomach sour, just try a spoonful of
harmless Dodson's Liver Tone.
Here's my guarantee-Go TO any
drug store or dealer and get 50-cent
bottle OF Dodson's Liver Tone Take
a spoonful tonight and il it doesn't
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
Not Much Choice.

When William A. Garrett was gen.
eral manager of the Pere Marquette
railroad, he had an aversion against
employees smoking. He therefore is
sued an order that any employee smok-
ing while on duty would be discharged.
Garrett was walking through one of
the company's freight yards one day.
not long after the issuing of his anti
smoke order, and saw a freight brake
man quietly. contentedly putting at a
cigar.
81 see you're smoking" remarked
Garrett.
"Yes, you're exactly right" replied
the brakeman, in deferential tones;
I'm smoking" And he kept right on
smoking.
you probably don't know who
am" observed Garrett.
"Oh yes l do" said the brakeman.
I've seen you around here before.
You're the general manager"
"Then evidently you haven't heard
about our new order against smoking"
went on Garrett.
Sure, heard about it-a week ago"
replied the brakeman, courteously put
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30

straighten you right up and make you
feel fine and vigorous by morning
want you to go back to the store and
get your money. DOdson's Liver Tone
is destroying the sale of calomel be-
cause it is real liver medicine; entire
ly vegetable, therefore it cannot salt
vate or make you sick
| guarantee that one spoonful OF
DodsOn's Liver Tone will put your slug
gish liver to work and clean your bow
els OF that sour bile and constipated
waste which is clogging your system
and making you feel miserable. guar
antee that a bottle Of DodsOn's Liver
Tone will keep your entire family feel
ing fine for months. Give it TO your
children. 1t is harmless; doesn't grippe
and they like its pleasant taste-AdV.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30

to be frank. 1t is dangerous for MIN
to blindfold the woman he is to wed
by concealing his exact income and
outside expenditures. If he evades
that subject. he is pretty apt to play
hide-and-seek in lodging the money
problem all the rest of his life. He
has no right to keep her in the dark
as to where his money is at the pres
ent going.
If a man enters partnership with an
other man in business he would have
to show clearly every detail connect
ed with it. Marriage is a contract
equally binding and more serious.
Every wife has a right to know just
how her husband stands in regard to
his income.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
Queen Nathalie of Serbia,
Missing Since War Began,
Found Working in Hospital

The mystery of the whereabouts Of
ex-Queen Nathalie of Serbia, who dis
appeared at the outbreak of the war.
was cleared up when she was discov-
cred working as a common serving
woman in big hospital in Bordeaux.
While investigating the medical serv-
ice of Bordeaux, Jean de Bonnefon, a
well-known Catholic journalist, who
used to attend the court ceremonies in
Belgrade during the reign of the last
Obrenovitch, found the queen sweep
ing the hospital floors.
When the war began the queen,
whose history is the most tragic court
story known to Europe, placed her pal
ace at Biarritz in the hands of a
friend, princess Ghika, and ordered
1t converted into a military hospital.
CAS- for me-" she added, 81 am 60
ing to efface myself. The times are
so tragic that those who were once
rulers of men must aid them In all
humility"
On the same evening Queen Nath-
known destination, and her suite had
not heard a word of her since. In the
hospital where De Bonnefon found her
she volunteered her services under the
name of Nathalie Kechoko, her maiden
name. and for the last two years has
performed the meanest and most ex-
hausting duties.
when 1 last saw her at the Bel
grade court" writes De Bonnefon,
king Milan's widow wore a blazing
diadem and looked a naughty and
queenly beauty. She was attired in a
purple velvet cloak lined with ermine.
Now she wore brown Holland overalls
instead of the purple cloak"
The wounded soldiers are totally ig-
norant Of her identity. They speak
gratefully of her SANITY goodness"
and her untiring efforts to aid them.
At the queens urgent request the ex-
act location Of the hospital is kept Sc
cret, as she intends working incognito
until the end of the war.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
Marathoning at Home.

Running marathon at home is not
as difficult as it sounds. A machine
has been devised which makes it easy
for the runner, including the fat man
who wishes to reduce by adopting this
form of exercise, to run at home any
number of miles he desires. notes the
Popular Science Monthly;
The machine consists of a wooden
tread tightly drawn over rollers. The
whole apparatus is supported on steel
legs, and when not lin use can be fold
ed up. Handlebars enable the runner
to exert an additiSnal force while ne
is running and p fvent him from fall
ing.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
Rearing and Feeding
Chicks.
By D. e. WARNER
OF Connecticut Agricultural coIIeg

or Connecticut agricultural Sohege'
Rearing chicks has its serious prob
lens, but the first six weeks of their
lives are the most dangerous. Follow
ing are several essentials which, fol-
lowed, will help in keeping the mortal
ity low:
1. Select strong, vigorous, well-ma-
tured breeding stock that is free from
disease and has been properly housed
and fed. This gives the chicks a good
start, providing the eggs have been
properly incubated.
2. Make sure that the mother hens
are free from lice and mites before the
chicks are Matched.
8 II artificial brooding is used, be
sure that the brooder has capacity
large enough to allow the chicks a
chance to get away from the heat when
they want to, and that II is economical
In its cost and in the fuel used.
4. Remove all dead chicks from the
brooder and bury or burn.
B. Mark ali the weak or sick chicks
so that they will never be used as
breeders.
8. Keep breeders clean and well dis
infected.
z. Do not feed chicks until they are
4S to 60 hours old and then only limit
ed amounts of easily digested food for
the first week. Use only clean and
wholesome food. Provide a variety of
feeds containing enough protein and
ash. Give skinned or sour milk to
drink from the first day.
1t Is an established fact that the
chick does not use the entire yolk Of
the egg while developing in the shell.
The remaining part of the egg is taken
into the abdomen Of the chick just be-
fore 1t matches, and this material is
sufficient to maintain the life of the
chick for a number Of days.
DIR. F. P. Shaw, who has made an ex-
tensive investigation of this subject,
says that, "The digestive functions of
the stomach (of the chicks) are devel-
oped by the second day after Matching,
whereas the pancreatic ferments are
improperly developed before the sew
enth"
The finding of Doctor Shaw explains
the common practice Of not feeding
chicks until two days old and then
giving them only limited amounts Of
easily digested foods for the first week.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
important TO Mothers
Nun Becomes "kniuht."

A heroic French religious, Soeur
Gabrielle, a Daughter of ST. Vincent
de Paul, has just been made a
knight" of the Legion of Honor. The
text of the 'citation" praises her cour-
age, presence Of mind and care of the
wounded at Clermont-en-Argonne in
1914. The little town was burned
down, but Soeur Gabrielle, under whose
care were not only wounded soldiers,
but also many infirm men and women,
saved her hospital, where she nursed
the Germans as carefully as the
French. Often the Germans had re-
course to the sisters counsel and as
sistance wheS any severe case present
ed itself among their own wounded
her skill as sick nurse inspired them
win absolute confidence, and they
knew that IN her large-hearted gener-
2sity she could be relied on to do her
> best for thy linen.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
To that end--TRY
HOSTETTER'S
Stomach Bitters
1t helps Nature bring
back the appetite, aids
digestion and promotes
strength and vigor
Luminous Insects.

Luminosity is normal in the we'll
known luminous beetles, including the
various fireflies and glow worms, and
results naturally from the oxidation of
some organic secretion. Other insects
are luminous in rare instances. Rev.
J. HolrOyde. vicar of Patchum, Eng
land, lately noted luminous moth
larvae, similar to those observed once
or twice previously; and the chirOnO-
mOus-a kind of gnat-and the Ian
tern beetles" of South America are
among the creatures sometimes
lighted up. The occasional luminos-
ity has been attributed to disease, or
decomposition from bacterial infec-
ton.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
A Little Bit of Everything.

Fifty thousand combinations are DOS
sible with a new combination paddock
An entirely new and apparently rich
oil field has been discovered In Burma
By an electrical refining process 8
plant in Norway is producing 5000 tons
of zinc annually.
Switzerland, in proportion to its pop
ulation, spends more on poor relief
than does any other country.
The Chilean government has post
poned conversion Of its paper currency
to gold until January, 1919.
According to German scientist, a
particle Of water evaporated from the
ocean is condensed and returns In ten
days, but it remains there 3,46O years
before being evaporated again.
There are no distilleries, breweries
or public houses in Persia, and the only
intoxicating beverage used is home
made wine.
A clip has been invented for holding
a spoon on the edge Of cooking uten-
sill or medicine glass.
New York state consumes 370,550, 900
feet Of lumber annually In making
packing boxes and crates.
A bed that folds into a wall and is
hidden by a pair of doors is the idea
of Colorado inventor.
One Paris motion picture plant pro-
duces an average of 100000 feet of
films weekly.
The temperature of new electric
fiatiron can be regulated to four differ
ent degrees.
Oxygen and alcohol vapor are being
used to stimulate the heart by English
physicians.
The first electric lamps ever made In
Argentina were recently turned out at
a new plant.
The white pine blister which Is dam
aging the forests has been traced to
the current and goosebery bushes. Con-
sequently the state of New York has
ordered the destruction of the berry
bushes as one of the steps toward the
eradication of the plague.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30


said, if Santa Claus will forget about
me. | have been in the Hospital so
long, he may think am still there
$50 she wrote another Note, telling
Santa Claus that she was Home again,
and Please not to Forget her.
ut was the Night before Christmas
and Natalie had hung her Stocking on
the end of her Bed. 1t hung there look
ing so thin and queer. How different
1t looks now from the way it will look
tomorrow thought Natalie.
"And then the thought came to her
that Santa Claus might have Forgot
ten she had been brought Home, and
she called her Daddy.
May write one more Note to San
tn ClausY she asked.
Dear me- said her Daddy. Santa
has started off long ago. But l am
sure he got your Letters. They were
gone every morning. And he won't
Forget YOU
But he may have arranged every
thing for the Hospital said Natalie
and have nothing left for herer
"'Well. said her Daddy, shut your
little Peppers and in the Morning we
shall see! Santa Claus is a pretty
Wise old Fellow and l don't think he
will Forgetr
$50 Natalie was comforted and she
fell asleep, watching the Stocking
hanging from the Bed.
"SoOn the Stocking grew larger and
larger, and she could see from behind
that two hands were putting things In
the Stocking.
"'Oh, can't I seer she asked.
"And a jolly Voice said, Here I am
There stood Santa Claus, and he
looked just the way Natalie had al
ways Thought he looked.
"'Your Pictures are very good of
you, Santa Claus she said. 4 would
have known you anywhere
That's good said Santa Claus
smiling. 4 think myself I take a pref
ty good Picture. And even though
they're copied and copied, they al
ways look like me-
"'My stocking is quite full, said
Natalie suddenly.
"'Well, well, well, and did you think
Santa Claus would leave you an empty
Stockingr
"Dear me, no. said Natalie. But
you know was afraid that you would
think 1 was still in the Hospital
az got all your fine Notes, said San
ia Claus. They had my Stamp on
them, too
"'What is your stamp, Santa Clausr
"'When carry my Mail up the
Chimney at Night I am very apt to get
SCOT on the Letters-it's my Stamping
place. Do you seer
"'And you liked my Letters said
Natalie, feeling so Happy.
81 certainly did, said Santa Claus,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
Around the World

Turkey has put bakeries under gov
eminent rule.
China will teach papermaking in a
government school.
The United States coastguard last
year saved 1907 lives.
Australia boasts of the tallest trees
grown on British soil.
In Cuba tobacco Is planted, grown
and gathered in 80 days.
A. Lafrance of Ottawa, Ont. has six
sons in the British army.
English colonies total 1902, 321
square miles in area, with a popula-
ton Of 3S9,O65,O35
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
ARE YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK?
Thousands of Men and Women Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect 1t.

Nature warns you when the track of
health 10 not clear. Kidney and bladder
troubles cause many annoying symptoms
and great inconvenience both day and
night.
Unhealthy kidneys may cause lumbago.
rheumatism, catarrh of the bladder, pain
or dull ache in the back, joints or mus
cles, at times have headache or indiges-
ton, as time passes you may have a sal
low complexion. puffy or dark circles
under the eyes, sometimes feel as though
you had heart trouble, may have plenty
of ambition but no strength, get weak
and lose flesh
II such conditions are permitted TO
continue, serious results may be expect
ed; Kidney Trouble in its very worst
form may steal upon you.
Prevalency Of Kidney Disease.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30

but now / must
get on with my
Work
"The Stocking
was filed and was
Of the Queerest
Q h ape in tn e
world. In ne
place II looked as
If II held an
Orange, In an
other a Doll, and
In another some
thing quite too
queer to even try
to guess what 1t
might ho
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30

p a y n z honest,
needful household
expenses, m o s I
any woman ought
to be able TO
make a happy
home for the man
who has chosen
her. When dis
content arise s,
who's to blame?
Why, both. assur-
edly, Tor not hav-
ing a heart-tO-
heart talk before
marriage concern
ing the home that
is to be set up.
OF all times in his
life this is the &C.
caSiOn for a man
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30

pltaI Tor many
weeks, but a little
W lille before
Christmas $ h e
was well enough
to be taken Home.
"She still had
to lie in Bed, how
ever, q n d $ h @
spent her time
writing Notes to
S anita Claus
which her Daddy
put by the fire.
place for her.
- tI yr~nn1or che
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
ceasing to puff at his cigar.

without ceasing to puff at his cigar.
Garrett then began to get mad. "See
here my good man." says he, (which
looks the best to you-that cigar or
your job?'
For some moments the brakeman
stared off into space, putting at his
cigar, and apparently thinking the
proposition over. Then he declared:
II hardly know what to say, Mr.. Gar
rett-they're both so rotten"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
SOME SMILES
A Feminine Genius.

Say" said the man who had patron
lied boarding houses for years, I've
struck an ideal place at lastr'
whats the answerY queried the
man who married in haste and was re-
penting at the free lunch counters.
"The landlady has it down fine" re-
piled the other. "She keeps all the
leftover stuff separate and properly
labeled, so that each boarder gets back
his own scraps in hash and pudding"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
Wise Restraint.

Teddy, aged four, was looking out Of
the window. A storm of sleet and
snow was raging. II bet l could go
outdoors if wanted to-" he said. Then,
with a glance at his mothers face,
added :'"But bet 1 don't want to-"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
He Had Hopes.

Anyway" re-
marked the anna
teur poultry rails
er, "if i don't
make anything at
the game, 1 have
hopes that my
hens will soon be
self-supporting."
How do you
figure that out?"
queried the gen.
tleman from Mis-
souri,.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
Clothes Sprinkler.

Take an ordinary catsup bottle with
a screw top and punch holes in the
cover. When filed with water this
makes a handy clothes sprinkler.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
Diplomatic.

MY wife asked me what l was
most anxious for as a Christmas pres
ent."
did you tell herY
Certainly. / told her / was posi-
lively crazy for pair of lace parlor
curtains"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
Sold for AZ years. For
Malaria, Chlls & Fever.
Also a Fine General
Strengthening Tanic.
Soc and 500 st all
Drug Stores.
Circumstant,al Evidence.

well, they can't say the new en-
press of Austria is crazy like others
in the imperial family"
Perhaps not, but to look at her
pompadour in her pictures must make
many suspect she has rats"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30

DEATH Turks IN A WEAK HEART,
20 on first symptoms use "Renovine"
and be cured. Delay and pay the awful
penalty. "Renovine" is the hearts
remedy. Price $1.00 and 50c.-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
SAGE Advice.

What am to do" asked the very
young man, who was about to butt into
society, when the conversation gets
too deep for comprehension
go to the owl, young man; consider
her ways and act accordingly" an
swered the Shelbyville Sage. Look
wise and let out boot occasionally"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
HEAL YOUR SKIN TROUBLES
With cuticura, the Quick, Sure and
Easy Way. Trial FREQ

Battle with Cuticura Soap, dry and
apply the Ointment. They stop itch.
ing instantly, clear away pimples,
blackheads, redness and roughness, re-
move dandruff and scalp irritation,
heal red, rough and sore hands as
we'll as most baby skin troubles.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard. Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
Sure Identification.

81 am not sure know this young
man you say is coming. / think,
though, I've seen him. Is his COM
plexion very freshT
mo, but he is"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
Custard Pie Hint.

In making custard pie do not beat
the eggs more than just enough to
have them mix with the milk then be
careful not to bake it too long.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30

Obstinate attacks of Piles are relieved
and the difficult stools which accompany
them are softened through the use Sf
Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills. SerAt for
trial box to 372 Pearl St., New York. Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30

STOP THAT HACKING COUGH.
Mansfield formerly Hungarian)
Cough Balsam heals the inf1amed and
lacerated membranes and quiets the
tickling nerves that lie underneath the
infected portions. Invaluable for ba-
b1es. Price 25c and 50c.-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
Charitable Sex.

I Hazel-SO you are really going to
marry young Sapleigh, are you?
I Aimee-I sure am.
Hazel-Well, 1t will save you the
trouble of hunting one when you get
ready to begin housekeeping.
Aimee-Hunting what?
Hazel-Why, q fiat.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30

WoMAN's GROWING GLORY
IL her hair. II yours is streaked with
ugly. grizzly, gray hairs, use La Gre
ole" Hair Dressing and change 1t In
the natural way. Price $1.00.-Adv.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
Its Kind.

Il had the unique experience of see
Ing q drawn battle the other day."
"A pugllistic encounterT'
"No; a tea fight"
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30

Too many girls regard marriage as
a lark instead of frantic leap in the
dark. n
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30

To heroism and holiness
How hard il Is for man TO soar;
PM how much harder TO be less
Than what his sweetheart loves him for.
Given a peaceful, loving husband
who does not raise a hue and cry at
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
To Drive Out Malaria
And BuiId In The system

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking. as the formula is
printed on every label. showing il Is
9uinine and Iron in a tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria. the Iron
builds up the system. so cents
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
Good Definition.

Little Willie-Say, paw, what is Cos
sip?
Paw-Gossip, son, is some kind of
mouth disease, If / understand 1t right.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-30
An Instance.

Birds of a feather flock together"
Exactly; swallows generally are
found associated with larks."