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Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-23
Christeninu a Trench

Interesting incidents at the from,
were described by the primate of Ire,
land in Belfast when he addressed
meeting of shipyard workers on .ha
question of prohibition during the war
Inc primate, who visited the somme
last spring, said he was going dow
trench when he was asked m chit
ten IT, and he did so. naming il Don
gal Pass after the widely KNOW Due
Iast thoroughfare. He did not hon
grumbie In the trenches or the hos.
p,tals' and ne did not see a man loot
gum except poor fellow whose n;Ta
mao Just been broken.-London raIs
graph. H''n Heie-
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-23
Shaw Didn't Like Him.

Many years ago I'm a house in Ash
ley Gardens" writes G. Bernard Shaw
in the New Witness, 81 was walking
along a corridor with other guests ~
a musical evening when saw coming
toward me a man who produced an ex-
traordinarily disagreeable impression
on me, a tall young man in evening
dress, with blond beard and. Ms 81
seemed to me, hateful expression.
He was coming straight at me.
moved aside to avoid him. and he
moved too, apparently to get into NV
way again. An impulse of rage nj this
insult was checked just In time by the
discovery that instead of walking along
corridor was crossing square
landing and that the detestable an.
partition who had chilled my very souJ
with his abominable aspect was n re-
Election of myself In the wall of mirror
which the tenant of the Ashley Gar
dens fiat had put up TO give his
dwelling an appearance OF
spacious magnificence."
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-23
Truth and Evasion.

The cruelest lies are often told I'm
silence. A man may have sat i'm y
room for hours and not opened his
teeth and yet come out of that room
a dislOyal friend or a vile calumniator
And how many loves have persisted be-
cause, from pride, or spite, or diff.
dence. or that unmanly shame which
withholds a man from daring to be-
tray emotion, lover, at the critical
point of relaxation has but hung his
head or held bis tongue? And again
lie may be told by truth, or a truth
conveyed through lie. Truth to facts
is not always truth to sentiment: and
part OF the truth, as often happens in
answer to question, may be the foul
est calumny. A fact may be an ex-
ception; but the feeling is the law
and 1t is that you must neither earble
nor belle to tell the truth, rightly nm.
derstood, is not to state the time
facts, but convey a true Impression
truth In spirit, not truth to letter 4.
the true veracity.-Robert Louis Ste.
venson.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-23
SURELY AN UNUSUAL WOMAN
In Spite Of Tempting Window Dis
plays, She Had Spent Less Money
Than She Had Intended

She didn't look different from the
common run of WOmankiHd-iuSt n
plump, comfortable. neat kind ~
woman. with pleasant face and big,
dark eycS-and perhaps | should never
have rem, inferred sitting opposite her
II II had not been for the remark she
made 10 her companion. The station
was crowded with tircd-lool,ins WON
en-. who, judging by the hat boxes and
bundles of all sizes had been doing
their shopping.
had been going over in my mind
the things had purchased that could
very well have done without, and la
mentinS as usual that the old prOverb.
"A fool and his money are soon part
ed is just as true today rs i'm the
IohG ago time when the wise man said
il.
Inns woman took up her handbag.
opened IT, took out her purse and
counted It's contents. with a little wOr-
REQ me coming between her eye
DrowS, ANA ] felt So sorry for her. for
evidently she was having the Same diff
'"' a diNdNS tAIeFlencG-lTN-
ing 10 decide what in the world be-
comes of bill after il is broken. But.
bless you! that woman looked up at
her companion and said audibly: Il
haven't spent near as much money as
| aimed To spend"
Gracious me! How I'd like to rry
the feel Of such an experience as that
after a whole day in the city. | knew
right then that she was no ordinary
woman. Every shop in that CITY had
decorated the windows for a temuts-
non or dare to every woman who
paused to gaze a moment.
There were lovely suits, filmy lacy
waists exquisite ribbons and collars
ana gloves. And the hats! MAYBE
she didn't see them. And the new
DOCKS and music and china! Her eyes
ooked perfectly gOOd-and | lust cant
account for ii. I'll probably never see
Ter again and do wish had plucked
Up the courage To take her to one side
hd ask in confidential whisper:
How ever did you do itT'-IndIanapo-
is News.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-23
improved Portable lann

A new form of portable lamp. the
light from which is adjustable. is no
ing brought out in Germany, ACCORDING
to the London Electrician. A small
spiral resistance In series with IN.
lamp and switch is mounted above tba
battery. The resistance can he raoa
ny varied by the motion of a smaIh
KNOB at the side of the case. the bright
ness OF the lamp being thus altered
within the limits of maximum intensity
and dull. red glow. This enables err.
rent to be economical when only ,
small amount of light is needed. pro.
longing the life of the lamp and hat
terry. The resistance is also useful iv
preventing the tendency to overrun th..
lamp unduly when a new battery ~
for the old one
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-23

a dripping sword, only to plunge 4,
again and again into the ouiverinp
breast Of its victim. Finally he dashed
II down, pushed the paper from him as
one would spurn a vanQuished enemy,
ana sank. limp and exhausted. into a
chair. l snatched up the paper eager.
ly, and read:
Falstaff: 1 call him dog, forsooth he
cause he snarls-
Snarls, dye hear?-and laves his rabid
fangs
In slobber-froth that drips in slimv
gouts
Of venomous SANDER Out upon tho
cur!
He sets his NANCY foot upon the sod
And grass grows rank and withers at
the touch,
And tangleS into wiry thatcb for
snakes
To spawn beneath. The very air he
breathes
Becomes poison gas. and generates
Disease and pestilence. Would he
were here,
That 1 might whet my sword aeainst
his ribs,
his rotten, putrid soul nm.
housed
Would breed a stencil worse than NV
BARRIERS breath.
The dog! The. damnable-
Pistol: Hist here he comesl
Gods body master, has he overheard
tbs cock-crow with thy ghostl
Poins (entering) How now, my Jack
Prince ass of Jacks, methought heard
thee bray.
Falstaff: Ay. well and marry for this
varlet here
Deserves more brays than praise. the
scurvy dogi
food lack! thou might'st have heard
me call him dog
pebbles toss from this; but now that
thou art come,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-23

| ~ Up and down a little space of hal, ,
dozen steps. and wheeling at the liz
its Of bis walk, as nimbly as the ho 10
quin in the pantomime and repeotino
as though to himself, II am tho -
l am the man."
We'll, sir" said l. forcing nvso,.
into an air of indifference did no, ,oaI
well, SIR, not for moment oros
tiOning your own belief as r. ,his
strange influence which NAV noSsoss
you at times, you will pardon me for
| expressing the vaguest Skepticis,,
since / have never been 50 fortpn.to
as to witness an actual dernors.r,
ton He was about to interrun+ mo.
but | continued coOlly. by wbat cir'
cumstance is this influence introduced
or how prOduced-iS it"
He broke in on me with a keen ut,,o
pang OF Il laugh that almost made mo
shudder. you are my convert " ho
exclaimed excitedly. Quick Give
me paper-give me paper" Rnt no
fore L could take my notebook from mn
pocket he had hurriedly snatcbod
scrap of wrapping paper from tho
counter, and bending over it, was writ
ing with great rapidity.
His manner was decidedly sinouIor
In the occasional pauseS he m,do ho
would lean his forehead i'm tho noI,,
of his left hand, with the fingers DOR
ing nervOusly upon the bald sno+ on
the summit Of his head, while with tho
hand that held the pencil he kent nm a
continued rotary movement i'm tba air
Then he would suddenly pounce down
upon the paper before him as tboucb
in a perfect frenzy of delight. and line
AFTER line would appear as if by magic
each succeeding one preluded by that
sharp little yelp of a laugh: and ere
three minutes had elapsed. he had COW.
cred both sides of the paper. He then
threw down his pencil, as though 70.
uctantly. pushed me the scran and
notiOned me to read.
L was at first completely mvstifad
or what l had confidently expected IN
AJS was pIOSe Out ere / had
Examined it far I was as highly graft
led as at first disappointed. The writ
ng, although so recklessly scrawled
vas quite legible, and here and thara
ave evidence of more than ordinary
race and elegance; the punctuation
far as l was able to judge. seemed
erfect in every part; and in fact the
ntire production bore the appearance
having been executed by a skillful
and.
| copy II verbatim from the original
rap which now lies before me: l.
BY this time they had come unon
lie figure Of the old nag. seated by the ,
'adside, and. in a harsh, cracked
'ice, grooming a dismal ballad. "Bv ,
DDS rood" quoth the knight. in q 6
irst of admiration, did not tell I
zee twas some fair princess, decoyed $
ON her fathers castle and thus trans v
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-23

formed, through the despicable arts of
some wicked enchanter; for thou hast
but to perk an ear to have the sense of
hearing bathed and overfiowed with
melody. Dost thou not also note rare
grace and sweetest dignity voiced, as
1t were, from the very tatters that en-
clothe her fOrmf" Indeed thou may
est" said the squire "for have heard
! 1t said rags may enfold the purest
gold. Yet in this instance l am re-
strained to think 1t more like the hidal-
COS dinner-'very little meat and
good deal of tableclOth.'" Hold thy
peace, bladderhead," exclaimed the
knight, 'lest l make thee gnaw thy
words with lOosened teeth. Listen
what liquid syllables are spilled upon
the atmosphere"
my fathers halls, so rich and rare
Are desOlate and bleak and bare;
My fathers heart and halls are one.
Since i, their life and light, am gone.
20, valiant knight, with hand of steel
And heart of gold. hear my appeal:
Release me from the spoilers charms.
And bear me to my fathers arms"
The knight had by this time thrown
himself from his steed, and with lance
reversed and visor dotted he sank upon
his knees In the slime and ooze of the
dixie, exclaiming: BE Of good heart,
fair princess Thy succor is at hand, |
since the Fates have woven thee-the
pearl of pearls-into the warp and
wool of my great destiny. Nay, nayI
No thanksl Thy fathers beaming eve
alone shall be my guerdon, for home
Lhou shalt go, even though I must
needs truckle thee thither on a bar.
row."
Good" said 1, grasping the old man
~ the hand. Hail, Cervantes
"Cervantes? Cervantes?" he unused.
Is though bewildered; "why, what
lave been writing? Is it not poetryr"
"Yes." / replied enthusiastically,
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-23
both prose and poetry and that of the

| "Oh PioSe duu poetry ana tnat OF the
rarest school Read fc Yourself"
handed him the SCI ip, Nut he push.
ed 1t from him with d ges,dre of i'm.
patience. Il told you once / could not
read it, nor do l know what l have
written. Read ii aloud"
Although l fastened 70 comply. | did
1t with Il decided air of ipcredulitv as
TO the belief that he did not already
Know every word OF il. and even closed
with the gratuLtous comment that |
felt assured the quotation was perfect
In every particular.
Quotation. repeated the old man.
commiseratively: "a citation! We're
you as we'll versed il such works. NV
son, as you led ne AT first to presume,
you would know m once that not n
single line of that occurs in Don
QuiXote, although / do grant that
am the humble instrument through
which the great Cervantes has lust
spoken" With this remark. delivered
In half-rebuking. half compassionate
tone he stood milking his beard and
blinking at the chandelier.
l acknowledged my error, and asked
pardon for the insinuation, which |
begged he would believe was not in
tended TO offend; and that. upon sec
ond thought, | was satisfied that no
such matter did exist In the printed
history, which fact l have since proved
by thorough investigation.
1t required, however, considerable
inventive tact and show Of admiration
to counteract the effect of my indis-
Greet remark; and this was not effec-
tually accomplished until | had Incl |
dentally discovered q marked resem- |
Dlance of his brow to Shakespeare's. |
winch, by actual measurement, found |
TO correspond to fraction with the |
measurement Of the mask of that IL
iustriOus bard. as furnished by an ex-
haustive article 1 had seen a short |
Time previous in one of our magazines.
This happily brought about the re-
suit l so much longed for, as was
extremely DESTROYS Of a further op-
portunity in which to study the char
lcter of this remarkable man. "Ah,
said he, in a burst Of
genuine eloquence,-"there was a mind
he gods endowed with wisdom ages
lave yet to learn; for bright and lus-
rOus as 1t shines tOday-the Morning
Star Of human intellect-its glittering
'urity has yet million million dawns.
ach brighter than the last. Its chas-
ened rays are yet to blaze and radiate
he darkened ways Hold! My pen ,
Ill Quick-quick !"
He snatched at the paper wildly,
nd bending over it, began writing
18th a vindictiveness Of effort that
'as alarming. He slashed the is and 4
tabled the punctuation points savage
:. The writing continued, inter
persed occasionally with a pause in
hich he would flourish his pencil like {
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-23
No Trouble.

That's a funny house Smith IL
building. He's got the billiard room
and his den in the cellar" "Tbst.s
his wife's idea. She got tired of he..
ing him grumble every time he had =.
go down In the cellar to attend to ths
furnace" 'ss
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-23
Dear Me-

"Horrorsl While mother wos u,
"Off toyw paiht-
ier-Journal. s'iiie Oour-
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1916-12-23
Object Of Special soI;c;.,,,..

dis. a,oo uont dislike a man because h.
's sTa with you In politics~
that's ts S,r' replied Senator Sorghum;
a' the man try to make ui - =.
tne hope of changing his ppind 10 IN
The sun., 1916-11-14
CHELSEA WANTS TO GROW.
NrighborhoOd AssOciatiOn Begins
nj pHian To boost Membership.

Fifteen teams of business men. icsi-
dents and property owners Of the Chel-
sea neighhorhood. Fourteenth tn Forty
second street, Fifth venue to the Hud-
son River, will hegln n campaign to-dFr
To obtain members Of the Chelsea
N~cighhorhood Association.
\ special campaign committee con-
sists 81 Benjamin Moore. Clarkson
Cowl. Louis NJ. Hart. James s. Cush-
man. pr. I. Wyman Drummond. Mrs.
Herman NJ Riggs. Or. John l.. Elliott,
Charles Francis, Mrs William Herbert.
George Frink Spencer. William !.
O'Shea, Charles r. Lamb. Mrs. Joseph
Woods Cushman. Mrs. Harvey Wiley
Corbett. the Rev. William r. Merrill
Mrs, Frederick Stymetz Lamb, William
Rosenbaum. \. v. 3 Olcott, William u
Baldwin. Frank P~resbrey. John sloane
Percy S. Straus. the Rev. Father Thomas
A. Thornton and Mrs. l.. NJ. Bokkelen.
Work for 1917 by the association in
cludcs AZ .AmeriCanization campaign
through industrial and commercial
plants, schools and churches, to urge
attendance NJ night schools upon non.
English speaking %neighbors. TO encour.
age naturalization. and to make avail.
able Information relative to employ.
ment. health and everyday problems
often beyond reach because OF unfamil-
iarity with English.
The sun., 1916-11-14
BRIDE KEEPS SECRET
UNTIL SHE CAN COOK
Girl Studies Housekeeping
Eighteen Months Before She
Reveals Marriage to Parents.

IT want to learn to be a good
housekeeper. mother. Let me watch
YOU do the marketing and cooking"
said Miss Elizabeth Mary Robinson eigh-
teen months ago to her mother. Mrs.
Robert McClintock Robinson, wife OF a
jamaica. Queens. lawyer.
Mrs. Robinson. sratihed at her daugh-
ter's ambition. acquiesced. She learned
Yesterday the reason for Miss Robin
sons desire when the young woman an
nounced hat she and Charles Miles Of
were married on May 10. 1916.
and that they had kept the wedding a
secret until the bride had learned TO
Keep Rouse for her husband.
Lawyerlike. Mr.. Robinson demanded
proof when his daughter t%elephoned to
his office In the Jamaica post Office
building to tell him the news.
why, father. the proof Is right In
your safe it's been there all along"
she replied. III you'd only been a little
curious o might have known about
IL long ago"
Robinson produced from his safe a
roll OF insurance policies and other
papers that his daughter entrusted to
him for safe keeping. In the package
he discovered her marriage certificate.
showing that the ceremony was per-
ormed by the Rev. Or. Houghton at the
Little Church Around the Corner on
May 10, 1915.
The sun., 1916-11-14
BLAKELOCK RAPIDLY
GAINS IN MENTALITY
Passes His Days Sketch
ing or Painting in the
Riverdale Section.

So improved Is ne. mentally and
physically, that friends OF Ralph Albert
Blakelock. distinguished painter. believe
no effort will be made to restore him to
the state Hospital for the Insane at
Middletown at the expiration Of his six
months parole. Mr.. Blakelock left the
hospital a few days more han W
months ago. after having been confined
for sixteen years
The artist IL now In the sanitarium OF
DR.. Flavius Packer In Riverdale. Friends
have transformed his room into a
studio and when he is not painting there
MIR. Blakelock strolls out into the open
and masses the day hours In sketching.
The Riverdale neighborhood has many
attractions for "A landscape artist and
Mr.. Blakelock Is said to be supremely
happy.
Acc riding to the reports received by
his guardians. John O. Agar OF 81 Mas
sau street and Mrs. Van Rensselaer,
Adams, Mr.. Blakelock has added weight
and strength n has given other un-
~mistakable evidences of Improvement
since his removal to Riverdale about n
month ago. His friends do not pretend
to believe that his mental condition will
ever be entirely normal. for he Is now
nearly 20 years old, but they are conf
dent he need never again be placed In an
asylum for the insane.
Mr.. Blakelock was paroled September
The sun., 1916-11-14
MADISON 50. GARDEN
COMPANY BANKRUPT
Owners File Voluntary Petit
ton Giving S3,O58,870
Liabilities.

Another chapter vas added yesterday to
the story Of the stormy career Of the F. &
u. Company. owners OF Madison Square
Garden. when the directors filed a volun-
tary petition In bankruptcy In the United
States District Court. Trouble has been
finding the owners Of the old garden fire.
quently during the last few months. In
June the New York Life Insurance Com
pany brought suit to foreclose a 81. $780,
600 mortgage on the property. and only
last week the Show Company, l~essees OF
the property. were evicted because they
could not pay 100000 back rent.
In the bankruptcy petition liabilities Z
the company are stated to be S3,05s.s7t
and assets s2,753.141. The only secured
creditors are the New York Life for the
amount Of It's mortgage. with interest,
making a total Of &2.444,s41. and Thomas
W. Joyce, who holds a second mortgage
on the property for &650.000. Unsecured
claims amounting to s2s. 900 are stated
as follows: J. NJ. Ellsworth. $4,000 G.
l.. Boissevain. $4,000 @. L. Coms,ock,
$4,000. and Harry NJ. Stevens, $4,000.
Albert Edward Maves Is attorney for the
petitioners.
The directors Of the company include
Mr.. B~olssevain. who Is president Ed
mund +. Boissevain. Mr.. Comstock. Mr..
Ellsworth m Alwyn Ball. Jr.
The sun., 1916-11-14
CALLS HER HUSBAND
CHAMPION EGOTIST"
Wife Says Walter Pulitzcr's
Self-assertiveness Drove Her
to Seek a Separation.

II Mrs. Lillian Hearne Pulitzer were
distributing prizes to men with the mos,
highly cultivated sense Of their own i'm
p%ortancc. her chief reward. Judging by
papers made public In the Supreme
Court yesterday. would go to her hus-
band. Walter Pulitzer. who has pro-
NOTED many publishing enterprises.
among them Satire. the Welcome Guest
and the Pulitzer Rertcr.
Mr.. Pulitser Is a son OF Albert Pu-
liter and a nephew Of Joseph Pulitzer.
Mrs. Pulitzer. In the papers made pub
lie yesterday. asserted that she was
driven to file suit for separation and
alimony because her husband IL the
champion egotist OF her acquaintance.
His self-assertiveness. she said, not only
sought expression In cruelty to her, but
went TO the length Of INJECTING indlgni-
ties on her dog
household, II appeared from Mrs. Pulit-
GERS affidavit. her husband forgot the
divine right Of every servan to walk
out II subjected to too much back talk
from an employer. lie ~tyrannized so
often over a negro maid, according 10
Mrs. Pulitzer, that the maid remem-
bered her dignity and quit in a hun,
leaving n note accusing Mr.. Pulitzer OF
too much free speech.
As for the maid. Mr.. Pulitzer retorts
In the answer he flied YESTERDAY. she
was ungovernable because OF a mania
for Shakespeare. An overdose OF
''mothcr-in-law' was the time honored
way In which ne dia -nosed his family
ills. His wife figured It out quite dif-
ferently. after this fashion:
at Ia impossible to explain In words
the character and temperament of Mr.
Pulitzer. All our married life he has
preached TO me upon the subjugation OF
women, and he has been ~tireless In his
efforts 10 break my will. His one thought
Is OF himself and his egotism Is unsur-
passed by any one ] have ever met"
Mr.. Pulitzer made general and specific
denial last night OF the allegations in his
wife's bill.
My home is waiting for her II she
ever decides to come back" ne said.
Tit whole affair is a tempest in a tea
pot. a piece of foolishness. She has no
justification for her charges OF unkind-
ness toward herself. her family or ever
her dog"
The sun., 1916-11-14
CAMINETTI APPEAL
ATTACKS MANN ACT
Lawyer for Defence Says Law
Concerns Only Traffic
i'm Women.

wAsHIHGroH. Nov. 10. Argument
owe whether the Mann white sla We act
applies TO personal immoral e~scapades
or only 10 cases involving transportation
of women for commercial gain began
late to-day before the Supreme Court.
The law itself has been upheld by the
court. bu the question OF Interpretation
IL raised for the first time In appeals OF
+. Drew Caminetti and Msury l.. Diggs
n Sacramento and l.. r. Hays OF Alva,
Okla, all charged with Transporting
women in violation OF the law. but with
the elements Of comnercialism and CO.
ercion absent.
The present administration Of the De-
rartnent of Justice has brought prose-
cutions In all cases of Transportation OF
women for immoral purposes. whether
for commercial purposes or not,
Harry q, CHASER OF counsel for the
aprellants insisted that the title Of the
white slave act itself indicated absence
Of intent by Congress to have the Ia W
applied to cases OF mere immorality'
He asserted that a fair Interpretation
" the act was that II was intended
solely 70 stamp out organized or un-
organized traffic in women for immoral
purposes by prohibiting their Interstate
transportation.
Citing decisions Of the Second, Seventh
ana Ninth Federal circuit courts sis-
tanning the Interpretation given by the
Department Of Justice. Assistant Attor-
ney-General Wallace argued that Con-
gress had the power to prevent i'm
morality by barring transportation OF
women for immoral purposes, and that
the Mann act should be 40 construed.
Inc extent or degree OF immortality
should not he n factor. said Mr.. Wallace.
He referred TO the case OF Jack John
son, the negro pugilist. In which the
DEPARTMENTS Interpretation had been
sustained. though admitting that Judges
OF lower Federal courts had differed re-
gerd.ng the laws construction. He con-
coded that Digs, Camlnett! n Hays
were indicted for offences without ele,
ments OF commercialism The argu-
ments will he concluded Tomorrow.