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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15
THE CALL
r., RUTH COMFORT MITCHELL

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MAN was coming to call on her. 1t was
n the first time in her life 1t had ever
n happened to her.
He was the new superintendent OF the sun
dav school in which she taught class OF wrg-
cling sticky little girls, but his ambition was
IN become q writer This was an additional
bond between them beyond their mutual laoors
F., .be vineyard. for In the lean leisure of her
suitorless evenings she penned timld little tales
and bits of palhd poetry for the staid weekly
and monthly journals Of the church. She
feared 10 send them to proud, paying publica
tions and her fears were well founded. Kind
hearted persons said Of her things that they
ycere really not so bad now and this was IN
deed the best that could be said Of them
Nevertheless, his fine young face had lighted
eagerly ON being presented TO her. Miss
Bcrfhn Fulton" he had said. "The Miss Ful-
ton whose stories I've been reading?
They had met but eight times-eieht popu-
Ions. impersonal times-four Sunday mornings
three teachers meetings and dime social-yet
no had asked if he might call. 1t had come
about quite naturally and spontaneously, and
so suddenly that young lady Of less poise
might have been hard pressed to pass of,
iauntly. the great moment Of her life. Look
ING back over the scene, however, she felt she
had Just cause for complacency. 81 wonder If
YOU can spare me an evening this week. he
had said. I'D like so much 20 CALI
With racing pulses and mounting blood She
had heard herself, in an odd, detached fashion.
saving quite calmly, "TiS week? Let
me think. Wednesday? No.
Friday? Yes, believe Fridays free. Would
that suit?'
It appeared that it would suit him excel
lently. He set down the date and her address in
n small book bound with limp gray leather
which echoed the delightful tone Of his spring
suit. his silken hose his narrow. crocheted tie,
the border Of his fine handkerchief and took
leave of her with blithc Until Friday, them
which kept her heart singing AN the way home
1t sang. indeed through all the ensuing days.
She put herself 10 sleep every night with the
retelling Of the fairy tale. and Weakened every
morning in vague glow Of happiness which
warmed swiftly into glad remembering.
II was curious that in all her twenty-nine
years NO nan had ever voluntarily spent an
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I've been wondering if you wouldn't be inter
csted in this course i'm short story writing lie
hestated again, and then said very frankly
ITS bully thing. can recommend it with
all nv heart. but the proposition is this-the
chap cirers me my tuition free if | can pet nm
six other subscribers, and I've got four al
ready"
Miss Bertha had not seen half a dozen great
emotional actresses in the whole of her life, but
she could have given the best Of them points on
transitions and repressons. Tense and cold,
concealng shivers with mightiest control, sud
denly faint for lack Of the food she had not
missed before she listened with sweet and eager
interest while he elaborated on the advantages
Of the course.
I'm q very little while he drew out a fetch
incly fiat watch and said he must be running
along. She spoke Of the light refreshment
which was waiting, but he warmly insisted that
she must not go to any trouble on his account!
Besides. he was going on to little dance at
The Kennedvs-she knew the Kennedys, of
course? Corking people, weren't they?-and
he had promised to make it by 10 o'clock. And
kitten" Kennedy had said she wouldn't hold
his dance another minute longer. He left the
printed matter for her further perusal, and 1t
was decided that she should give him an answer
about it at Sunday school.
lie wrung her hand in his merciless handbal
Grip and hoped he had not taken up too much
of her time. It had been awfully keen of her
to let him come, it had, indeed. As he passed
through the front door he almost colided with
the girl in the mpudent hat, taking protracted
leave Of the sutton incumbent
Well" she hailed Miss Bertha, bthey, be
lieve in sendn' 'em home early, huh? 1ou'n
me. both It's the wide awake dame that grabs
of the beauty Sleep" She halted at the foot
Of the stairs 'Want any help, clearing up the
feed?'
Fluttcring, frantic. like a mother bird before
the secret Of her nest, Miss Fulton urged her
upward giving her a playful push, babbling
excitedly mo, no, deare! No, thanks, You
run along, It won't take me a mlnute I'll
bring back your velvet--Im 90 much obliged!
You go right on up
She sped to the kitchen, shaking with nervous
haste. Others might come in aC any moment.
The collation. was waiting. The napkin, too
wet. had reduced the sandwiche5 90 PUPPY, IN
Inviting humps. and across .hc cod cocoa
heavy scum had formed.
Above the sink. in tho Jagged section Of mir
ror wherein the numbered cook found s5lace in
regarding herself she saw her face, white. with
red spots, like circus clowns
The nail polish had melted and run at one
corner of her mouth, and it looked as if her lip
were bleeding.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-15
THE LURE
By ROBERT II. ROHDE

TIME man In the art nouyeau Ves = =
got both feet on the station Fs',
u at Apple End, n. j., before C'iia
Hi Candy's quick eye had singled hin =
one to be suspicioncd and accordingly We
Two other passengers had alighted iT~
APT, but these Constable Candy had sa'I
Immediately with his optical q. K. Ihr
pie cases were good enough passports
mand free entry into Apple End AS
the noses on their faces, their professe'i
pedimenta bespoke for the one eonnesa'
the wholesale grocery trade and for %.
an association even to the point Of p'l
contact with drugs and druggists s
Constable Candy's deductive methods W
be gone into. This, despite the unfor'un.
mosphere of the introduction, IS no w.
story.
But an aura of the artistic rather 'H
commercial surrounded the third pasSs
desert the assured comforts Of the az
smoker for the dubious lures OF the hPFe
metropolitan district. In him the e
recognized a type. His derby was Div
suit Haunted a dashng check, his SO"
of glossy patent leather, with tops .n'
young viii Duberry's Sunday g'0'ax
girth was mighty, and looped acre"
posing facade at the point OF grea'e"
ference hung a chain Of beaten go'' 81
Any one approaching Constable "a 80,
the magnificent visitor followed ns
bag into Meth Parsons's bus eou'1
a bet Of a good jackknife to hncse's ..,<
shells and pea were somewhere inso'
distance of that gorgeous vest. 4. ..
Riding, as we are, on a swll' 10 "a
easy for us to beat Constable Os.
hotel and to look over the shoa'oe
quarry as he writes into the regis"
Jim the Penman flourish; 49,,
John J. Smith. BiankpOrt, eonn. III
We beat Constable Candy to H. ~ 49,
The case on bur own account. Ma'
reward a., q
Jim ]. Smith! Can we restFsir o.. =.
The GOOD constable can linser in y.
GROUND. darby suspicious, pa"| r.s
hin pocket every once in so often IN
no ieht.fneered accompiiee has u's -. ~
q the law by lifting old Betsy an LA
In many Ways the criminal VT"
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mo goose so grcU
But, soon or late,
ShcU ind an honest goJdey
For her mater
The facetious relative was long since gath
cred to her rest, and her hope lay in the same
grave. but with the tight grasping of the nett!e
Of realization about herself had come certain
stoical courage which was rather fine. She
learned to say. when / was your age my
dear" to girls of twenty. and could even quote
with an excellent imitation of nonchalance the
darkey's dictum that COZ maids is des' de hap
pies people in de worl', once dey quits strug-
giinI"
Now, in trice. life's leaden metal was
Transmitted into gold. A fine, outstanding young
man with vios in his voice and nice taste in
cravats had been the achemist. Her step upon
the boarding house stair, her voice in the dingy
office where she held sway over several younger
young women of peachy bloom, bespoke the
leaven which was leavening the soggy lump Of
life for her
The five intervening days were filled not only
with anticipation but preparation as well. The
deadly even tenor Of her way had called for
little in the way Of festive attire, the near
ready-made suit which served, with dari; silk
blouse. for Sundays and socals. being denoted
into Office wear the following year. Her slender
earnings could hardly manage more, after
keeping the shabby gentility Of Mrs. Hadley's
roof over her head and providing for the ever
stalking spectre of the Rainy Day. Now. in
this radiant emergency, she drew from her
hoard with bold and lavish hand. Slippers.
perlous of heel and tOrtuous of toe; silk hose,
the first she had ever owned, of a scandaous
sheerness; then, rising to dizzy heights of reck-
less expenditure, a lace waist! twas not even
a sale waist Il came one-in-a-boX, with shroud-
ings of tissue, and tapes TO tie 1t in. She
bought il on the food tide Of JOY, on the Thurs
day noon before the Friday night. All day the
thought Of it warmed her like an open fire, but
when she rushed home to her room and tried It
on she realized it was but the vestibule to fur
ther extravagances. Through its frank revela-
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MAN was coming to call on her. It was
n the first time in her life it had ever
n happened to her.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05
TO PANSY WAIST CO., EFT AL.
Tennessee Trust Co..
J. F. CrumIey Co.. ct al.

j. +. CrumIey Co.. ct al.
In the Chancery Court at Johnson
City, Tennessee.
In this cause, it appearing from the
bill or petition which is sworn to,
that Pansy Waist Co., Kramer & Sau-
Der. Jacobus Bros. & Co., Doroty
Waist Co., Marcus Shirt Co., Prakin
& Leboesky, George Jacobson, NJ. Har
ris & Co., N. Resenblum & Son, de-
PENDANTS. are non-residents of the
state. they are, therefore, hereby re-
auired to appear, on or before the
1st Monday of August next. before
the Clerk and Master of said court,
at his office in JoohnsOn City, and
make defense to the petition filed
against them in said court, and said
cause, by Cy H. Lyle, or otherwise
the allegations in said petition will
be taken as confesses as to them.
1t is further ordered that this
notice be published for four consecu-
tive weeks in the johnson City Comet.
This June, IS, 1917.
j. w. CASS,
Clerk and Master.
0. NJ. Fair, sol.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05
DOUBLE PROVEN
Johnson City Readers Can No Longer
sees . Doubt the Evidence. go. go.

This Johnson City citizen testified
long ago.
Told of quick relief-of undoubted
benefit
The facts are now confirmed. Such
testimony is completeTthe evidence
conclusive. 1t formes convincing
proof of merit.
Mrs. Sarah Foran, 405 w. Popular
street, Johnson City, says; my back
ached constantly and | was afflicted
with pains through my loins. My
kidneys acted irregularly, too. When
! heard about Doan's Kidney Pills,
got some from the Whitehouse Drug
Co.. and they fixed me up in good
shape.
Mrs Foran gave the above account
of her experience in December. 1910
and on March 10, 1915, she said: II
have taken Doan's Kidney Pills off
and on since | last recommended them
and have always had good results.
They are a worthy kidney medicine"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doans Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Foram has twice publicly recon
mended. Foster Milburn Co., Props
Buffalo N. Y.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05
NO TENNESSEAN
WILL FAIL NOW.
Every Person Has Something
to Do to Help United
States Win
PRODJCEMORE, CONSUME LESS
Each County viii Be Organized In
Committees and Each County Will
Be Helping the State Do Its Part as
Requested ey President Wilson.

In every county in Tennessee this
year men and women will be organized
to do what they can do to feed them
selves and to have surplus for the
fighting armies.
Every county will have a FOOD
SUPPLY COMMITTEE, headed by a
competent chairman The business of
this committee is important. There
Will, perhaps, be five subcommittee;
the chairman of the Food Supply Com
mlttae is responsible for what the
chairmen of the subcommittee do.
What can they do? Each county pre-
seats problems. Here are some sug'
gestions for action:
l. Farm Production Increase Com
mittee.
Encourage testing seeds.
Provide adequate seed supply.
Provide adequate supply of fertilizer.
Encourage cooperation in the use OF
farm machinery.
Insist upon economical production OF
livestock.
Insist upon increased acreage of essen
tial food and feed crops.
2. Farm Labor Supply Committee.
Enlist boys below Is for seed testing
md other farm duties.
Enlist girls and women for such duties
Tor which they may be fitted.
ENlist men for farm work-a service
equivalent to service in the trenches.
Encourage release of men from indus
tries not used for production of mu-
nitiCns, army supplies, etc, for use
in food production.
Provide for needed labor that may be
available under proper control.
discourage, during the war, the use of
labor necessary for farm in activi-
ties that can well be postponed.
3. Farm Finance Committee.
Asst members of community to Sc
cure necessary loans.
Assist members of community to make
profitable Investments when they
have surplus capital.
4. Farm Production Distribution
Committee.
See that local food, feed, and seed
needs are supplied.
Provide for profitable expectation OF
surplus food and feeds.
Provide proper transportation facilities
to handle all surplus food.
Insist that all exported food products
be graded and packed according to
the Federal standards.
s. Food, Feed, Seed, and Breeding
Stock Conservation Committee.
Enlist women and girls for canning,
storing, drying, and curing of sur
plus food products.
a rrange storage space for Irish ard
sweet potatoes.
Insist upon conservation OF fodder and
roughage for livestock feeding.
Arrange for grain storage.
Trench vegetables for winter use.
Provide ample. seed supply for next
season.
Prevent selling off or slaughtering OF
breeding stock.
Economic by supplying seed, feed,
and food to neighbors and local mar
ket before placing products upon
open market.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05
JOHNSON CITY
MANS LUCKY FIND
VIII Interest Readers of The Comet.

Those having the misfortune to
suffer from backache, urinary disor-
ders, gravel. dropscial swellings, rheu
matte pains, or other kidney and blad-
der disorders, will read with graft
fication this encouraging statement
by this Johnson City man.
c. w. Sharitz, retired hotel pro-
prietor, 104 Walnut street says: For
twenty years or more, l was troubled
by weak kidneys. My back was weak
stiff and sore and ached all the time.
The kidney secretions passed too
often and had dizzy spells and blur
red sight Hearing a lot about DOan's
Kidney Pills, l got a couple of boxes
from the Gregory Drug Co. They
did me a lot of good in every way"
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Sharitz had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05
NONRESIDENT NOTICE
In the law court at Johnson City
Washington county, Tennessee.
Chanfy Davis


In this cause it appearing from the
COMPLIMENTS bill, which is sworn to
that the defendant, Floyd Davis is {
nonresident Of the state. 1t is order
ed by me that publication be made
for four successive weeks, as requir-
ed by law, in the Comet a newspaper
published in Johnson City, Tennessee
in said county notifying said non
resident defendant to appear before
our said law court at a court to be
held at the court house in johnson
City, on the third Monday of June 1917
and make defense to said bill or the
allegations thereof will be taken foI
confessed and this cause set for hear
ing eXparte as to him.
This 1ith day of Feb. 1917.
j. l.. HILBERT, Clerk
By FRED M. LEWIS, d. c.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05
PRACTICE BUSINESS ECONOMY.

Do not use the beef bull until he Is
twelve, or better, Is months old. He
should be limited to twenty females
during the first year of service, and
should not be allowed over forty an
aualiy until he is three years old.
Under no circumstances should he
be permitted to run with the herd.
Bulls handled right will usually last
to give eight to twelve years service,
While under the careless method the
breeding life is two or three years.
1t is merely matter of practicing
business economy in cattle breeding
C. d. Lowe Division of Extension, Uni
rers,ty OF Tennessee. Knoxville.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to. cure catarrhal deafness,
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by in
famed condition OF the mucous lining of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube 10
infamed you have a rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing. and when il Is entirely
closed. Deafness is the result. Unless the
Inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored to its normal condition hearing
will be destroyed forever. Many cases of
deafness are caused by catarrh, which is
an iniamed condition OF the mucous sur
faces Halls Catarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces of the
system
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Catarrhal Dca fness that cannot
be cured by Hairs Catarrh Medicine. Cir
culers free. All Druggists 75c.
+. J. CHENEY q CO. Toledo. o.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05
Lingering Coughs Are Dangerous

Get rid of that tickling cough that
ops you awake at night and drains
our vitality and energy. Dr.. Kings
,ew Discovery is pleasant balsam
emedy. antiseptic, laxative and
promptly effective. 1t sootles the ir-
itated membrane and kills the cold
germs; your cough is soon relieved.
Delay is dangerous-get DR.. Kings
New Discovery at once. For nearly
fifty years it has been the fayorite
rmedy for grippe, Group, coughs and
colds. Get a bottle today at your
Druggist. soc.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05
EFFECTIVE
Monday, March 26th, 1917
THROUGH
MODERN STEEL COACH
Between
Knoxville, Louisville and st. Louis
VIA
SOUTHERN RALWRY SYSTEM
Daily


Joan is still very young. and the las,
Christmas eve found her more thai
eager for Christmas. Az = great trea,
she was allowed to walt up for tho
long-expected visit Of Santa Claus. but
in the course OF the evening became
sleepy. Presently she astonished her
careful and mild-tongued elders by the
emphatic exclamation: My bod
papa, but Sanity Taus IL later
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05
NEGLECTED COLD GROW WORSE

A cough that racks and irritates
the throat may lead to serious
chronic cough, if neglected. The
healing pine balsams in DR.. Bells
Pine Tar Honey--Nature's own rem
edy-wil lsoothe and relieve the irri-
tation, breathing will be easier, and
the antiseptic properties will kill the
germ which retarded healing. Have
it handy for Group, sore throat and
chronic bronchial affections. Get a
bottle today. Pleasant to take. At
all Druggists, Csc
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05

The pictures tell story. Some cows
have good udders, udders that yield
large quantities of milk. Others have
bad udders, udders that reduce the
market value of the cow. Keep the
cow with the good udder, the cow that
produces much milk. Udder (a) is
good one; all of the others have de-
fects that you will easily recognize.
After the selection of the cow by the
udder, look to the milk pail and see
whether she is the good COW she seems
to be. Looks are sometimes deceiving,
even in the udders of cows. Keep the
cows that produce such milk.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05
ONSTIPATION MAKES YOU DIL

That draggy, listless, oppresse,
cling generally results from constr
'ation. The intestines ar clogge;
nd tn blood becomes poisoned. Re.
we this condition at once with d.
>ing's New Life Pills; this gentle,
ION gripping laxative is quickly effect
We. A dose at bedtime will make
'ou feel brighter in the morning. Get
bottle today at your Druggist, Csc
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05

DR.. Kings New Discovery is a
soothing, healing remedy for coughs
md colds that has stood the test OF
lar,y fifty vars. For that cough
hat strains tn throa and saps the
itality try Dr.. Kings New Discov-
Try. The soothing pine balsams and
mild laxative ingredients soon drive
he cold from the system. Have
Jottle on hand for winter colds
:roup, grippe and bronchial affec
ions. At your Druggist, soc.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05
REDRAFT OF SECTIONE
OF ESPIONAGE BILL

Washington. - iJ.-Fiaal and
complete agreement on me admins
tration espionage bill, including the
newspaper censorship provision as re
drafted Saturday, the export embargo
search warrant and mail censorship
sections, was reached today by the
senate and house conferees. Their re-
port will be submitted tomorrow with
action first in the house, probably
next Thursday.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05
'HREE EXPLOSIONS IN
HOLD OF WHALER

Havana, May 31.-Three explosions
occurred today in the hold of the
american steamer Lackawanna while
IS cargo of coal was being unloaded
1t dock in the harbOr. Two Cuban
md one Spanish workmen were in
Iured, the Cubans seriously. The
.Amage to the vessel has not been de-
ermined, as the explosions caused
ire and it was necessary to flood the
iold. Capt. Johnson believes the ex-
'losiOns were caused by bombs placed
y spies in Norfolk, whence the ship
,ailed.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05
NONRESIDENT NOTICE
In the law court at Johnson City,
Washington county, Tennessee.
DOrtha Alice Earnest

Tate l.. Earnest
m this cause it appearing from the
compliments bill, which is sworn to.
that the defendant Tate L. Earnest
$ nonresident of the state of Ten
nessee: 1t is ordered by me that pub
,ication be made for four successive
weeks, as required by law, in the
Johnson City Comet, a newspaper pub
lshed in Johnson City, Tennessee, in
laid county, notifying said non-resi-
lent defendant to appear before our
said law court at court to be holden
at the Court House in Johnson City,
on the third Monday of June, 1917.
and make defense to said bill or the
allegations thereof will be taken for
confessed and this cause set for hear
ing exparte as to him.
This S0th day of April 1917.
j. l.. HILBERT, Clerk,
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05
u Actually Happened.

The traditional bet of a dollar to .
doughnut was recently made In a
down town cafe. The man who put up
the doughnut won, but when the
stakes were turned over he found that
the odds were not so much In his ia
vor as he had imagined. The dollar
was like the doughnut-had a hole IN
it.-LouisVilie Courier Journal
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Final Return Limit June %

Join Post &C" T. P. A. Special leav
ing Knoxville 7:40 a. m. Saturday,
June 8, leaving Morristown 9:40 a. m,
Stop-overs en- route permitted. Wis
it Tybee and enjoy the Surf. Side
trip tickets to Florida, June Is and 1G
For full information call on or ad-
dress w. d. CAFFEY,
Division Passenger Agent,
Knoxville, Tenn.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05
Ltsn's Destruction oecreed.

Every mans hand is against the
lion His destruction is encouraged
by all the governments OF Africa !;
and the occupation of most parts Ct
the continent by the white race IS
likely. before a great many years, to
close his history except In q few re-
gions.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-07-05

"Flattery Is dangerous to sensi''Ve
ladies'" says the Wise Man. ! an
always very careful in the matter De
cause one evening told lady 'ha'
she was as sweet as honey. and the
next day she had hives"