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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-06-09
Confessions ofaMfe

some way they seem like one OF
those sweet things In life that one
hides in her heart and hugs to her
delighted soul. :.
The little tokens and the notes
he has sent me have been only
those that any admiring friend
might send to woman in my con-
dition to cheer her up, and yet
they are SO sympathetic, SO much
more than merely thoughtful that
I cannot help feeling that in some
way 1 am a little more in his
thoughts than most women.
! expect, little book, that most
Of the good" women of the world
would consider this a terrible
weakness, IL not a terrible sin, on
my part (aren't you glad you are
not for publication?), but l wish
some of those women who know
what they would do under any cir
cumstances could live the life that
Margie Waverly has lived since
her marriage, and come at last to
lie here where she is now lying.
Then let us see what they would
do under the circumstances
1t would not be human to re-
fuse to grasp the little JOY | get
out Of 1t. OF course, II l were like
other women, we'll and happy, or
even just in good health, l hope I
would be strong enough to resist
the subtle flattery of the little
jade god of dreams and the coral
saliva.
l think of that little Jade god
of dreams-very much. Poor little,
lonely bit of flotsam that out there
somewhere in the sea is being cast
hitler and thither in it's long
search for its mate.
VIII Fate. who seems a cruel
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-06-09
THINGS BECOME ..MIxD
UP" IN MY MIND

VI IN Nh nAhND
What Pat saw in Alice's face
must have surprised him, for he
made peculiar, inarticulate
sound.
For a moment his face went so
white / thought he was going to
faint.
"Alice!" he cried, in a voice SO
strange that, had l not been look
ing at him, would not nave
dreamed had come from him.
Poor Alice's head dropped like
a flower. For a moment he looked
at me.
Oh! little book, how l wished l
had power to move from the room.
] felt that his pain and Alice's
agony were too sacred for any
eyes but their own. But there l
was, and there I must stay.
1t seemed to me hours before
either of them stirred. Then Alice
said in a stifled voice, "If you
don't need me, Mrs. Waverly, l
think III go out into the air a
moment"
AS she started to go Pat turned
and again he only said her name,
Alice" but this time the word
contained all the love, all the pity,
all the tenderness that could pos
sibly be compressed into 1t.
Before she had taken a step he
was at her'side and had her in his
arms. And she, after one look into
his eyes, buried her face in his
coat while her form shook with
sobs.
"Take her into my sitting room,
Pat, DEAR" I said, for we had been
talking in my bedroom because
Pat had come so early. He looked
at me gratefully, and then what
did that blessed Irishman do but
pick that little woman up In his
arms as though she were hurt
child and carry her into the other
room.
l felt my cheeks wet where the
tears were chasing themselves
down and hastily dabbed them
with an end of the sheet. I did not
seem to have handkerchief
handy.
Then I began selfishly to won
der what I should do without my
little nurse. She has grown to be
such a part of me that l shall feel
more helpless than ever when she
is gone.
I am glad, little book, that the
great specialist from Vienna is
coming over, and I have deter
mined absolutely to abide by his
decision about myself. To you,
little book, I am going to confess
just how happy it makes me to
know that Malcolm Stuart still
thinks of me.
Isn't it strange how things
come about2 No one seems to re-
alize best Mollie that I, too, had a
letter from him, and Mollie has
attached so little importance to
the fact that she has never men,
toned it. l do not really under
stand, little book, why | do not
tell anyone about these things. but
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-06-09
Friday, Juno 9, 1916.
creature. ever bring them togeth-

creature. ever bring them togeth-
|er?
IL the story told to Malcolm
Stuart by the wise man" typical
of mortal affinity?
Do we. too, have to 20 about
for countless ages hoping to find
our other selves; sometimes think
ing we have done so only to be
parted by some untoward thing
and then have to take up the
search againf
Have those two happy people in
the other room found the very
one for which each was unconsci-
ously searching?
As Malcolm Stuart said 80 often.
at is all mixed up"
Ito BE COntinued.)
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-06-09
EDITORIALS
Lamb Chops--Any Style

The of u lamb chops served family of six the other day
$120 There elderly child table, and lamb
chops everybody knows highly nutritious and easily dgesd and
and of invaids.
But 10 each how of either have lamb
chops three times week?
Not spite of the fact that country arrived degree
high
of living plane in it's history.
High viewed of
must be reckone by and by what
well by
which
needs be
to a dol
lar will buy dollars day.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-06-09

"Ruby''-ROse water and gly-
cerin Is very good for u rough,
scaly skin. It should be applied
once or twice daily or as often as
the skin requires 1t. fIt
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-06-09

WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS
No Place Like the Right Place
to Save ON Groceries
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-06-09
A Hint to Carranza

Without the slightest malice would call the attention of the 10000
soldiers
when Santa Ana surrounded American force Buena Vista with
five as
TO i'm
than Carranza s
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-06-09
NH|NINIIIII|hlN| MISUNDERSTANDING
JAMS WEIR 81:
:EBY CYNTHIA GREY
Observation-Disclosures INH|

my throat for "a hours and It
will go away. II you know
of anything different. please
tell me al I am afraid Of
snakes. l.. ID.
A.-The cure your friends sug-
gest Is absurd and Will not remove
the gOifer. The only reliable cure
is a surgical operation or medical
treatment by first-class physi-
clan. and I advise you not to delay
in consulting one.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-06-09

WILSON'S REBUKE TO STRIKERS

WASHINGTON 3Secretay Labor Wilson the following
Mdsn Association Seattle:
advised Pacific
1915 called section
the International
Lngshoremens Association which
hany
witness, which follows:
"Ths
1915
notice the other writing the desire the
"sSuCh Notice Must Be Given at Least Sixty
Days Prior to Said Change Going Into Effect
The proposing change agreement
CSIGNED) EMPLOYERS ASSOCIAT
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-06-09

Q.-I have a goiter grow
ing in my throat. 1t hasijust
begun. Can you tell me same
thing that will cure It? My
friends tell me to take q gar
ter snake and tie 1t around
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-06-09

agreement without
changing it to something else.
1.-THE American labor envabe reputation for v
its contracts advantage
order No influence for good which deiber
ay violates its contract gain Where the honor and integrity
union justly assaed grounds Of bad faith in
the welfare the workers everywhere either
union union The worngman little
honor and integrity When that gone he plight indeed May
earnestly through members
work under the the contract December g. 1915
pending the notice provided for in the labor
use its good offices bringing about adjustment just
for dispute"
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Congratulations, Longshoremen

Times wishes the
union both for the successful finish of it's egtdas strike and on the III
teligent in which it conducted
We said would
counseed resembling
let the other fellow do all the clustering and worrying
The The afford the higher
scale Now for shattered shipping records.
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Q.-Where should apply
for civil service examination
for the United States printing
offices? p.
A.-TO the civil service. com
mission at Washington, d. O.
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Q.-My husbands folks
live on their farm In the east.
They are now both in poor
health and he insists they
should come out here and
make their home with US.
would not object to them
being near and looking
after them, but our home Is
small and I would not be
contented with them living
with us all the time, which
is What he wants. They are
we'll fixed and can live in
comfort the rest of their days,
but If they came out here
their home would be with US.
Should not my happiness
count for anything, or should
| sacrifice all for them?
Awaiting your relp in the
Times. j. B. s.
A.-Your happiness should
count for everything. Il Is no
more than right and natural that
your husband should feel deeply
concerned about his parents In
their hast days upon earth; but he
should not insist In putting them
before you, especially when they
are well able to care for them
selves.
Perhaps IL you put the matter
rightly, you can get your husband
to compromise and fix u home for
his parents near you. Since you
feel as you do, 1t probably would
not be any more pleasant for the
old folks to live mt your house
than IL would be for you.
"Housewife''-Mix bOrax and
sugar and sprinkle it about your
pantry as the small black ants will
eat the sugar and the bOrax will
poison them. II you can find
where they enter pour hot I've
water down their retreats and
close them.
"Ruby'-ROse water and gly.
cerin Is very good for n rough,
scaly skin. Il should be applied
once or twice daily or as often as
the skin requires 1t.
Q.-Where should I apply
for civil service examination
for the United States printing
offices? r.
A.-To the civil service com
mission at Washington, d. O
Q.--I have q goiter grow
ing in my throat. 1t hasijust
begun. Can you tell me some
thing that will cure It? My
friends tell me to take q gar
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Full Provision

The national republican convention has five chapans
Thus the blessing
what it about do and His what doeprovided the five
don't get to fighting OF boiling
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23
MARRIED
BY Contract in New York Are
Two Prominent College
Graduates.

NEW YORK, April 22.-Miss Anne
Page, Cd, of Brookline, Mass, Rad
cliffc graduate and niece of the Rev.
DR.. Percy Stlckney Grant, has become
the wife Of Robert Leopold Wolf, a
Harvard graduate, by a contract mar
riage.
Wolf and Miss Page were able to
persuade City Court Justice La Fare
to sign contract by having the
Rev. DR.. Grant tell Justice La Fare
that there was no reason why the mar
riage shouldn't take place.
1t appeared that Miss Page went to
the chamber Of Justice La Fare, acs
companied by her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. George Page, OF Brookline. while
Wolf was accompanied by his father,
j. w. Wolf, Of Cleveland, and other
relatives.
When the bride and bridegroom filed
their contract they were compelled
to pay fees OF $1.02, but there was no
other charge. They expected to take
the contract away with them, but were
assured that IL they did so their mar
riage wouldn't be legal. Their con-
tract is the third to he flied in County
Clerk Schneider's office.
Ono OF the clauses in the contract
was a promise to faithfully perform
to the community all the duties and
obligations of marriage necessary to
its welfare"
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23
So Far as Minerals Are Con-
cerned, According to Geo.
graphic Society.


WASHINGTON. April 22.-with
one-third OF all the silver In the world
today having come from the mines Of
Mexico. tho metallurgic history OF
this county has fully Justified Hum.
boldts famous description of II as
the treasure house OF the world
according to bulletin Just issued
by tho National Geographic Society
or Washington, which says:
"A close contender with the United
States for the flrst place In the pro-
lductton OF silyer---the two having
produced nearly seventy per cent OF
tho worlds output in 1914--and
ranking NTH as q gold producer.
Mexico Is easily maintaining its
position as one Of tho worlds richest
nations with respect to minerals, a
position 1t has held since the Spanish
conqulstadores first began to extort
gold from the vanquished Aztecs.
Precious Metal Sent.
when Cortez landed in Mexico he
told tho natives that tho Spnniurds
suffered from a disease which only
gold could cure. and the chiyalrous,
credulous Astecs, II Ia said, sent the
Europeans great wheels OF precious
metal as we'll as ornaments OF all
sorts. which. reckoned In values Of
today. were worth $40. 900 900.
Immediately after the conquest
the Spaniards began to work the gold
and silver mines of Mexico, but many
mineralogists are OF the opinion that
there are gold mines which were
known to the Aztecs and worked by
them but which even to this day have
been hidden from the white man, the
Indians. actuated by superstition.
keeping their secret. As II to sub.
stantiate this attitude OF the natives.
the handsomest monument that
graces tho City of Mexico between
the capitol and the castle Of Chapul-
tepec stands to the memory OF
Cuauhtsmoc, the Aztec prince who re-
fused to reveal to the conquerors
the source Of his peoples wealth,
even though his torturers In their
endeavor to make him disclose the
whereabouts OF this vast wealth
burned the soles from his feet.
Bright Pages Now.
THE modern investigator of social
and Industrial conditions prints drab
pictures of the natives in some OF the
Mexican mines, but these are bright
pages compared with @the black
chapters Of the early days In the
rich mines OF Guanajuato, where the
laborers. under cruel taskmas ters.
toiled from great depths up notched
poles, bearing 100 pound bags OF ore
on their backs. and then were driven
back after scarcely time for breath
OF fresh air. II was not until about
the time OF the death of Shakes.
peare. whose tercentenafy the world
is celebrating this month, that law
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23

from, state ofilcials Of Iowa, Kansas.
Indiana, Illinois. Missouri, and Wis
consin. At this point Mr.. Mnthichm
called attention to letters Of endorse
ments which he had received from
Just us many health and food officers
Id some Of these and other states.
Mr.. Greasy said 1.-THE National
Dairy Union is not opposing this
resolution. provided an investigation,
II ordered, Is made broad enough to
cover the whole field and do justice
to jail. In the last few years there
has been a sHs tistit = ilF'fet-
Great Improvement = T
in the sanitation, Of dairies and
creameries" Mr.. Greasy attacked
the 1912 report Of, the bureau of
animal industry, which severely
criticized the dairy industry Of the
country, on the ground that tho scope
Of the Investigation was altogether
too narrow and charges made much
too sweeping. He claimed that most
Of the milk now used for commercial
purposes is. pasteurized, and that this
10 true Of seventy-fve per cent Of that
used in interstate commerce." n
The dairy interests asked for q
postponement Of the hearing until
about May 10, when a dairy conyen-
ton will be held In, Washington, and
o full defense Will be given to the
committee. This request was granted
and the committee adjourned. At the
meeting In May. Mr.. LInthicum will
also have more evidence to present,
1t was announced.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23
LIFE OF SLAVE +
BEATS THAT OF
SOCIETY MAID
Society Girls of America Would
Be Better Off if They
Were Slaves.

BOSTON, April 22-American
girls do nos ,re as happy lives IS
Chinese slave girls ana would be
much better OF IL they were fcld as
slaves. according to Mrs. Katherine
T. Larsen, of Manila and Shanghai
wife Of member of the Standard
Oil Company Of China.
Mrs. Larsen, who Is a friend Of the
former Chinese minister to the
United States, WI Tlngfang, said
that her tour Of this country. that
commenced in San Francisco, has led
her to form this opinion.
Is College Educated.
Mrs. Larsen is college educated
herself. Her mother IS one OF the
wealthy women of Shanghai. Just
short time ago she bought an s.
year-old Chinese girl from the fam
Inc district for SIS in gold. This
girl, according to Mrs. Larsen, is
happier than are girls in what she
terms our "so-called land of free.
DOM"
Speaking with the utmost fran,-
ness in regard. to the life of Chinese
women and her impressions Of this
country. Mrs. Larsen said:
I'm China the lot of the poor girl
is much better than 1t is here. The
girls who work in your department
stores, for example, are really slaves
under existing conditions. II they
were in China, or were treated as are
Chinese women, they would be sold
into slavery.
"In America there is no happiness
have observed this ever since land
ing in San Francisco. I will say,
however, that the people OF San Fran
cisco know how to enjoy life much
better than do the people of Boston
They are more light-hearted. YOU
meet them on the street and they are
laughing or exchanging cneery sal
utations. Here in Boston 1t is al
most the reverse. Everybody seems
reserved and cold. The people, as in
New York, are supremacy selfish and
worship money.
Il noticed that the shop girls in
New York were short and curt in
their answers. They try, as do all
other Americans, to live beyond their
means and make a huge success OF
their attempt.
Better a Monarchy.
This country seems to me to be in
a constant turmoil. and that leads me
to remark that it would be better un.
der a monarchy than as 1t is as a re.
public. The Chinese republic will moi
long exist, for the Chinese people dc
not want 1t. They will soon return tc
their old form Of government, an
led to believe.
II would not live in this part OF the
world for any consideration. have
noted that Americans who stay in the
Far East for any length of time re-
turn there II they chance to come
here for a time.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23
MEXICO Is TREASURF
HOUSE OF THE WORLD

passed in this mining district for.
bidding the branding Of slaves on the
face.
Brutal taskmasters did not al.
ways escape unpunished. however,
For Instance. in the valenciana
mines. which produced $780, 900 900
worth OF silver in so years. the slayet
rose in 1850 and maasacred every
white man In that region.
Silver Found In Ashes.
An apocryphal story. strongly
reminiscent OF the Peruvian tale d
q IRE built against an overhanginf
silver boulder, Is told Of tho discovery
OF the rich silver deposits OF the
Guanatuato district. 1t Is related
that brand OF muleteers discovered
In that neighborhod one morning the
glitter OF refined silver in the dead
ashes fof their campfire. y irts
"All the stories OF early mining op.
eratlons In Mexico are not blotched
with the blood Of poems. There Ia
the interesting, authentic account Of
the famous Avino mine, worked as an
open quarry and decided by the owner
to all the white men who wouldtbutld
their houses close etogsther for nu-
tual projection against hostile tribes.
This was the beglnning'of the pros
porous City of Sunshine. Durango,
ut Is OF the Durango vicinity. In
cidentally, that one OF the most
pathetic :stories rot nh ancient pros
poctor's blasted hopes Is told. Thirty
years after the conquest wealthy
Spaniard, hearing Of a mountain OF
solid silver, started ION journey OF
exploration. He travelled for days.
hoping each morning that the rising
sun. h. T.
Would Reveal u Gigantic Peak
OF glisteningi treasure. At last II
came In view. He hastcned on. but
when he reached the base OF the
mountain he discovered that It was OF
iron instead Of silver. Crushed In
spirit. he camped that night at the
foot OF the mass of ferrous ore. In
dams foil upon his band and some
OF his followers wore killed while the
leader himself was mortally wounded.
He died while making his way back
to the capital, This. ,adyenturer's
name Is perpetuated In the famous
mineral mountains. Zero dc Marcedo.
one of the richest outcroppingsyof
iron ore In the world 44, Has "
"No-ancient mines Of Mexico were
more important to the. aboaginas
than, those Of obsidian. the CLASSY
volcanic rock from which the. Aatecs
made most OF their edged toelsiIand
many Of their weapons OF war ~ rs
"lunumerable are the stories OF
lost mines which imaginative pros
pectors are constantly 'rediscovering'
for the benefit Of credulous investors.
About the searches for some Of these
el dorados there could BIO written
histories which would rival lin
picturesqueness and thrilling ad-
venture the most extravaganza rom
ances OF Rider Haggard, James
Fonnimore Cooper. or o Jules verne.''
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-04-23
GOOD COOKS ARE
VERY SELDOM
DIVORCED
Lazy Woman Who Gads About
Sends Husband to Saloon,
Says Senator. ''

Domestic preparedness for the war
against divorce! .,.s
That is tho poignant plea Of Sena-
tor Smoot, of Utah, who has just urged
the Senate to act on his bill for In
creased appropriations for home eco
Monies "to prepare the girls and the
mothers OF tho country for their life
duties" writes AIRS. Charles Edward
Abbott in the Washington Post.
Few mon get divorces from good
cooks" the senator solemnly assured
the Senate. "1f had q dozen daugh-
tiers. and was able to give each of them
million dollars the day OF their mar
riage. would still want each to know
how to cook. make her own clothes,
and, in fact. be q superior house.
keeper. Ti 80
II cannot understand why girls OF
the working classes are ashamed to
confess and rather pride themselves
on their Ignorance Of the simplest
forms OF cooking. Then. after mar
riage, they bewail their fate II their
husbands, tormented by dyspepsia.
seek relief at the restaurant. or, in
many cases. In strong drink.
Homes Ruined by Poor Cooks.
at is crime and is wicked in the
sight OF God to have the products of
the farm made next to useless by poor
cooking Tens Of thousands Of homes
are ruined by helpless and ignorant
housekeepers, and the American gar
bage can is the latest in all the world.
Every girl should know what to
cat, how to eat and how to cook. Do
nestle sciences are not taught at Bryn
Mawr. vassar. Wellesley, Mount Holy
oke, Smith and Swarthmore. Nearly
all these schools require four years
Of latin"
Not to Be Treated Flippantly.
Isn't 1t just little singular that
Senator Smoot should show such few