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The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11

AT three O'Clock one morning Sidney
reused from light sleep to hear q
rapping on her door.
as that you, Aunt Harriet2" she
called.
'Tt's Christine. May I come INF"
Sidney unlocked her door. Christine
slipped into the room. She carried a
candle, and before she spoke she looked
at Sidney's watch on the bedside table
II hoped my clock was wrong" she
said. 81 am sorry to waken you, Sid
ney, but don't know what to do
"Are you ill?"
mo. Palmer has not come home"
what time is it?'
after three o'clock"
Sidney had lighted the gas and was
throwing on her dressing gown.
when he went out did he say"
''He said nothing. We had been
quarreling. Sidney. am going home
In the morning"
'You don't mean that, do you?"
Don't look as if / mean it? How
much of this sort of thing Is woman
suppose to endure?"
perhaps he has been delayed. These
things always seem terrible in the
middle of the night, but by morning"
Christine whirled on her.
This isn't the first time. You re-
member the letter got on my wedding
dayP
Eyes"
Hes gone back to her."
"Christinel Oh, I'm sure you're
wrong. He's devoted to you. Oh, l
don't believe itv'
Believe 1t or not" said Christine
dOggedly, that's exactly what has hap
pened. / got something out of that
little rat of Rosenfeld boy, and the
rest / know because / know Palmer.
He's out with her tonight"
The hospital had taught Sidney one
thing: that It took many people to
make world, and that out of these
some we're inevitably vicious. But vice
had remained for her a clear abstrac-
ton. There were such people, and be-
cause one was In the world for service
one cared for them. Even the Saviour
had been kind to The woman of the
streets.
But here abruptly Sidney found the
great injustice Of the world-that be-
cause of this vice the good suffer more
than the wicked. Her young spirit
rose in hot rebellion.
ut isn't fair !" she cried. "It makes
me hate all the men in the world.
Palmer cares for you, and yet he can
do thing like this !"
Christine was pacing nervOusly up
and down the room. Mere companion
ship had soothed her. She was now,
on the surface at least, less excited
than Sidney.
'They are not all like Palmer, thank
heaven" she said. There are decent
men. My father is one, and your K,
here In the house. is another"
At four o'clock in the morning
Palmer Howe came home. Christine
met him in the lower hall. He was
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11
BILIOUS, READACHY,
SICK 'CASCARETS"
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
you sleep.
Get a 10-cent box.

Sick headache, biliousness, dizzi-
hess, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver; delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged in the In
testines, instead of being cast out
Df the system is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue 1t causes con.
sestion and that dull, throbbing, sick.
sning headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove the sour, undigested
.ood and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11
B0SCHEE'S GERMAN SYRUP

Why take ordinary cough remedies
when Boschee's German Syrup has
been used for tifty-one years in all
towns in the United States, Canada,
Australia, and other countries, for
coughs, bronchitis, colds settled in the
throat, especially lung trouble. 1t
gives the patient a good nisSt's rest,
free from coughing, with easy expec-
tOration in the morning, giving nature
q chance to sOOthe the infiamed parts,
throw off the disease, helping the pa
tient to regain his health, assisted by
pure air and sunshine when possible.
Trial size 25c, and 75c family size.
Sold In all towns In the United States.
Canada, Australia, and other coun.
trieS.-Adv.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11

Christine sulked-be wanted goou
cheer; Christine was intolerant-he
wanted tolerance; she disapprOved of
him and showed her disapprovaI-he
wanted approval. He wanted life TO
be comfortable and cheerful, without
determinations, little work and much
play, drink when one was thirsty.
Distorted though it was, and founded
on wrong basis, perhaps, deep in his
heart Palmer's only longing was for
happiness; but this happiness must be
of an active sort-not content, which
is passive, but enjoyment.
Come on out" he said. I've got b
car now. No taxi working It's head off
for us. Just little run over the coun-
try roads. eh?"
1t was the afternoon of the day be-
fore Christine's night visit to Sidney.
The sffice had been closed, owing to a
death, and Palmer was in possession
of q holiday.
"Come on" he coaxed. We'll go out
to the Climbing Rose and have sup
per-"
l. uOn want 70 go.
That's not true, Grace, and you
know it,"
you and are through"
Its your doing, not mine. The
roads are frozen hard; an hours run
into the country will bring your color
back"
Much you care about that. Go and
ride with your wife," said the girl, and
flung away from him.
The last few weeks had filled out her
thil figure, but she still bore traces of
her illness. Her short hair was curled
over her head. She looked curiously
bOyish, almost sexless.
Because she saw him vince when
she mentioned Christine, her i'll temper
increased She showed her teeth.
You get out of here" she said sud-
denly. II didn't ask you to come back.
don't want YOU"
Good heavens, Grace! You always
knew / would have to marry some
day."
Il was sick; / nearly dieo. didn't
hear any reports of you hanging around
the hospital to learn how l was get
ting along"
He laughed rather sheepishly.
II had to be careful. You know that
as we'll as | do. / know half the staff
there. Besides, one Of" He hest
tated over his wife's name. "a girl /
know very well was in the training
school. There would have been the
devil to pay if I'd as much as called
up"
'You never told me you were going
to get married"
COrnered, he slipped an arm around
her. But she shook him off.
II meant to tell you, honey; but you
got sick. Anyhow, II hated to tell
you, honey"
He had furnished the fiat for her.
There was a comfortable feeling of
coming home about going there again.
And, now that the worst minute of
their meeting was over, he was visibIy
happier. But Grace continued to stand
cycling him somberly.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11
PICKING a MPeachW

"Marcella?" Eyes, Waverly-
"Where is the milk?"
Fright there in the bottle
"This one?"
mo, the next one. That Is just
like you"
what is?"
ITO reach right over the sweet one
and pick the sour one. You always
do that"
Not always"
"Td like to know when you didn't
"When l got you"
"Huh 2"
when got you, Marcella, reached
over a whole bunch Of lemons and
picked a peach"
"Oh, Waverly!" - Chicago Daily
News.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11
Sidney comes to know sorrow intimately and Christine, the
bride, is disiIusioned about her man.

Lesfoyne a queer with gentle
invalid mother
old maid Harriet dressmaer Sidney becomes
O. brilliant
distance
hospital
who with Wilson Jealous
Her Palmer
take
Max keeps his old friends urgent
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11

rather pale, but entirely sober. She
confronted him in her straight white
gown and waited for him to speak.
II am sorry to be so late, Chris" he
said. THE fact is, am all in. l was
driving the car out Seven Mile run.
We blew out a tire and the thing
turned over"
Christine noticed that his right arm
was hanging inert by his side.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11
Strono Character

"a strOng-minded woman, you say7"
"UnquestiOnably. ] don't believe she
would show any signs Of agitation
whatever If she were to discover that
she had left home without her powder
puff
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11
Seeking a Publisher.

us ScrihSon still engaged in the pur-
suit of literature?"
mo. Scribson thinks he has ground
out enough literature to make him ia
nous and he Is now engaged In the
pursuit of editors"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11
LADIES CAN WEAR SHOES

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot-Ease
the antiseptic powder for the feet Shaken into
the shoes and sprinkled in the foot bath, Aliens
Foot. Ease makes tight SHOES feel easy and gives
instant relief to corns and buuions. Try IL today
Sold everywhere Csc. For FREE trial package
address, Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.-Adv
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11
travelling Birds.

Not only 90 birds of feather
flock together" but those Of different
feathers often seem to love each 9TH
er's company. This is usually notice
able during the spring migration
flights, when it is not at all unusual
to find juncos, white-throated sparrows
and an occasional winter sparrow fra
ternizing together quite contentedly.
Possibly one reason for this is that
their food habits are more or less SINH
Iar. This may also account for the
fact that nuthatches and chickadeeS
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11

Do you think that Christine is
justified, now that she has
learned her husbands true ma
ture, in going back to her folks
and in securing a divorce7
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11

are frequently found in each others
company, working on the same trees
and journeying together in a friendly
way from one feeding ground to an
other. In midwinter, when fiocks of
snow buntings swirl down out of the
north, it is not at all unusual to find
shore larks keeping them close COM
pany In the same flock. Different va
rieties of wild ducks will feed together
contentedly, often congregating In Inn
mense fiocks, but as q rule when on
sustained flight each variety tends to
separate unto itself.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1917-04-11
DEATH TAKES RICHARD OLNEY
Upheld the Monroe Doctrine In Vene-
zuela Controversy While in CIeve-
land Cabinet.

Boston, April 10.-Richard Olney,
secretary of state under President
Cleveland, died at his home here.
Mr.. Olney, who was eighty-two
years old, had been Ill several weeks,
although it was not until Sunday that
his condition became serious. In an
announcement issued by the family II
was stated that he died suddenly. Mrs.
Olney and their daughter, Mrs. George
r. Minot of this city, were with him
at the end. Mr.. Olney's other daugh-
ter, Mrs. G. FL. Abbott, is residing
temporarily in Paris.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-25
MUST OBSERVE LAWS
OF CLEANLINESS
Health Officer ~Unrelenting In Chase
After Deadly Disease
Germs.

Health department crusaders are
pursuing their vocation with energy.
Yesterday Justice Crutchfeld fined
fourteen Greek and italian confec-
TONERS for failing to properly protect
the fruit displayed In their places for
sale, assessing each IS, while he fined
Gus John $50 for selling oleomarger-
inc without having the necessary sign
displayed in his place, after having
been warned by the health officer. A.
r., Millas was fined SIS on a similar
charge. except this happened to be
his first ~offense.
A large number of warrants were
served last night on merchants, res
taurant men, lunch-counter operators
and hotel proprietors, charging them
with falling to observe the laws con
corning cleanliness in handling. milk
and ice-cream receptacles. The laws
are plain and strict in such cases
These charges will 20 heard in police
court today.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-25
BEND EFFORTS.
FOR LIBERTY BONDS
stock Markets Short Session Proves
a,Duil, Rails Proving Weak-Mer-
-.
Is camille Marine Rooms.
BY sToxoN WALL.

New York, Oct. 24.-Today's short
session of the stock market was dull.
International Merca ntile Marine rose
70 a new high record on a report tina,
the board meeting in a few days
back dividends are to be declared.
I Union Pacific and Brooklyn Rapid
Transit fell to new low levels.
Rails. with but few exceptions. were
weak, scoring losses of from / to
6-S points. Steel shares lacked sup
Port. United States Steel recovered
some of it's early decline, closing with.
= net loss of IA point. Bethlehem
p" fell l point and Lackawanna
6teel / 1-2.
Practically everybody In Wall street
was bending every effort during the
day to sell liberty bonds. Brokers de-
ciared a pronounced success win mean
much to financial interests, restoring
confidence and stimulating business.
:, Brooklyn Rapid Transit rallied at
The close, recovering a point over Its
low for the day and closing at yester-
days figures. Union Pacific also rail-
He'd over a point. but scored a net
loss OF / SIS. The tobacco shares were
weak but Consolidated Gas and Peo-
pies Gas were strong. apparently on
short covering. Each gained / Ia
points. -,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-25
SUFTRAGIS1S TO ELECT
DELEGATES 10 CONVENTION

Election OF delegates and a~lternates
from the Richmond league to the sew
enth annual convention of the Equal
Suffrage league Of Virginia will be
the principal business of the regular
weekly meeting of the Equal Suf-
frage league of Richmond this after
loon ut suffrage headquarters. Fourth
and Franklin streets. at 1870 o'clock.
The state convention is to be held
in Richmond. November IL, 13. IA.
the sessions taking place at the JEFF
ferson hotel and at headquarters.
Discussion of current events per-
tanning to women will follow the cleo
ton. Hostesses for this afternoon are
Mrs. Roland Garrett. Miss Marianne
Meade. Mrs. John G. Munce. Ms. e.
L. williams. Mrs. Sally Nelson Rob-
ms. second vice-president Of the Rich
mond league. will preside. The pub
lie is cordially invited to be present.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-25

royal armies seem 10 BE- making Gpo4-
II the list OF honors won " thme
men Is a criterion, they are indssa
second to none In valor and nghting
spirit. Almost 1000 have enlisted
since the beginning of the war. OF
these, three received the victor1a
cross. twenty-five receivsd The d. q
o., and twenty have been mentioned
have consistently shone In the great.
est battles and 1t Is reported that ovee
half OF them have been killed Ind 8
high percentage OF the remainder
carry wound stripes Of their rms
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-25
NEED MORE ROOM At
tP|lEPT|C COLONY
More Applications Than Gan BE
Handled at State Institution in
Amherst.
DIR. pRIDDYs ANNUAL REPORT
High Cost of Necessities, Forced by
Rigid Economy. Brings Down Per
Capita Cost Per Patient.

The necessity for more buildings, the
mates. and the reduction of the per
capita cost of support are notable fea-
lures of the eighth annual report OF
Dr. A. s. Priddy. superintendent OF the
Virginia Hpileptic colony, which now
also cares for feeble-minded females
committed to it's re, in this class be
ing a large number of the faeorrigtbie
and delinquent classes.
An interesting paragraph In the re-
port tells Of q ~stx-year-oid boy sent to
the colony from Rincrnohd on the be-
lief that he. was mentally defective.
After q years observation IL was as
certained that the supposed defective
WAS really a very bright-manded mute
He has been sent to the state school
for the deaf. dumb and blind at Staun-
ton and will be educated.
s. L Ferguson, appointed as q COM
mittee of the special board in charge
OF the institution. In his report which
Ia Introductory TO that OF DIR. Priddy.
pays high tribute to DR.. Priddy and
his associates and declares that the
patients are cared for in a comfortable
and economical fashion.
DIR. priddy says that no~twfthstand-
tEg the Generalization caused by the
soaring prices. conditions at his insti-
tuition are In generally satisfactory
shape. although IL Is supporting in the
ncigtborhood of $50 more population
than was intended at the time the ap-
pt opriation was made on which the
Institution Is being operated.
with the exception OF a mild out
break of a suspicious form of fever.
treated as para-typhoid. the health Of
fkn inmates has hren good @ev,es l<>
The following fable IN ,Hraay. space
indicates the extent OF the work of
the states institution in Anaherst-an
institution the scope Of whose opera
Itiona is very much greater than the
! average citizen dreams Of;
Male Female Total
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-25
WhhTS COUNTY
!; TO GO F|FIy-fIFTY


a conference yesterday be-
tween the administrative board. a
Hronamittee from the chamber of com
~1nerce, representatives of The board of
supervisors OF Chesterfield county and
ua repr esentative of the state high
WAY commission, it was determined to
meet with the Chesterfield county ST.
! uefvisors moor at Chester
Held Courthouse. where arrangements
for the city's part In improving the
Petersburg turnpike may be com
pIeted.
The administrative board is not
favorable to the arrangement deter
mined upon by h supervisors at a
recent meeting. That body had ar
ranged to begin the work at a point
some distance from the city and pro-
coed toward Petersburg, spending
the $25 .00e derived from the citizens
!, Of Richmond In that way, while the
administrative board was supposed to
Improve ten miles of the roadway be-
ginning at Hull street. South Rich
mond, and going toward Petersburg,
with $1,000 appropriated by city
council. The board did not think this
! fair apport!onment of the work, In
tamuch as the supervisors had the
! convict road force to help them, while
the city had nothing but It's $40, 900
\ to place upon almost as lengthy a
strip OF territory as the county had
with more than twice the money.
: It Is upon this point the two bodies
hope to get together. The city would
like to ave the right OF securing the
necessary gravel through the super
yisors at their price. and. IL possible.
have the road force assist the city ell
-~f4neer beyond the corporation line.
Those at the meeting yesterday
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-25

Chicago. October 24-The grain
markets on the board of trade were
strong todsy. 1t was a short day be-
cause of the rush to dispose of liberty
bonds in large quantities. The board had
an open house" so to speak. and the
big dctngs proved to be a success. The
action of the board of trsde directors
In eliminating business IN December
4and November corn except In the way
.'oA settling outstanding contracts.
threw new speculation over into the
January and May futures. Corn closed
IN to INC higher; oats were up 4 TO
ssc atat. provisions were 224 to 55c
Higher.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-25
SOLDIERS MAY STILL
WEAR

sued at Camp Lee ~forbidding the SOL
diers from wearing sweaters was de-
MED today at the headquarters of
Richmond chapter. American Red
Cross. h rumor came a a great
surprise and caused considerable wor-
ry on the part of Richmond women
who are knitting for the men OF the
army. 81
Mrs. Andrew D. Christian, chair,
man OF the military COMMITTEES of the
chapter, said she had talked over the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-25
THE HInHyorr NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ooroBER2s 1912

phone with Major Waidron, Of Gen.
rial C~ronkhite's stan. and that he had
said there was no truth In the rumor.
Mrs. Christian. said Major Waldron
told her there was no objection to
the men wearing sweaters. provided
they wore them underneath their
coats or blouses. 20 that they were
not visible. He said the sleeveless
sweaters were preferred by the men.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-25
! uia,ion treated is taken into considera.

uf0Jfon tFeaIed Is taken INTO C~C1siusFa-
ton.
Young Women Show Improvement
Great improvement is noted In the
young wome committed to the care OF
the colony. There have been q large
number of applications for admissions
to the colony, those actually received
being but a small proportion of the
applications handled.
Sixteen of the feeble-minded girls
were paroled In the care Of their fani-
lies or where the influences about them
were good. with excellent results, but
one case of bad results being reported.
and that was where the psroled girl
was taken to Washington to live by her
family and exposed to undesirable in
ffuerices.
Reference lis made to the reduction
of the per capita cost OF support by
$4+2S, the present per capita annual
cost being about 1852.
Without new buildings and increas-
ed number of mat the total cost of
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-25

operation will approximately be $50
600 a year, a delight having been caus-
ed Of approximately $I3, 900 by reason
OF the soaring cost OF necessities, the
failure to include insurance in pre-
vious estimate of expenses. and the
increase number of inmates over that
originally anticipated. Three build
Iings are needed to cost approximately
$4,000 each. to enable the colony to
approximately keep up with the de-
mands upon II.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-25
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS


New York. oetobes' 24.--TradlnT on
the curb was almost at a standstili
-tAe-aeaiaerand- abort
accession, The general trend of prices
awas To lower levels. Movements OF
.erices were limited to fractions,
United Motors was weak. selling al
:, most half a point lower on a small
. amount Of business. Aetna Explosives
and wright-Martin Aircraft were un-
changed.
Independent oil and mining securt
.itAs were dull
Chevrolet. closing, bid. as: Magma
COP, closing hid, 40: Con. Ariz, clos
ing bid. ia Keystone r. and r., clos
ing bid. I2A; Wright Martin. closing
S1
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-25

Deaths and discharges set the popu-
Iation Of the colony at the end Of the
year at $40, the daily average OF pop
uIatfon for the year being sac. There
are four officers and nffy-sfx employees.
Including attendants, making a total OF
sixty.
All Available Space Used.
The population has increased in the
wear net sixty six. and available dormi-
tory space fs IN use.
The superintendent notes that while
heretofore the. colony has been prac-
ticsllv free from rsffarra and tuber-
cuIosts. so frequently round in similar
If situations. these diseases are hecom-
ing more apparent. although not to
that extent as to constitute a problem
as yet for the institution. The con-
d,tion Of health of many OF the IN
mates make them to some extent sus-
ceptible to the development of these
diseases.
There have beer hftv deaths In the
institution his year. TT per cent of the
total number Of patients treated. This
Is about the rate prevailing in similar
institutions elsewhere. and II 10 not
large when the character of the pop
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-25
.sEomen to Learn Ranking business

lr women will be given the women
n rnployes Of the Richmond banks each
tuesday night in the John Marshall
kigh school. This course will be con-
I. Mcted by the Richmond chapter OF
10 American Institute of Banking,
md George Keesee. cashier OF the
! ederal Reserve bank. will be the in
tructor. A similar course has been
shyon the men in banks ard broker
gs196 houses. The loss OF so many men
sspuaen. to take many - the vacant