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The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-21
:: CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE ::

You see l know my fraternity
"'What do you know about it, Miss
Newton?' one of them asked.
Nothing that 1 don't know" an
swered Alma for me quickly. We've
been out in the country several hours
and we knew nothing about the matter
until we arrived here
awe have had word from New
York that some woman frantically
called Congressman Smith on the tell
phone from Washington this morning
and was much perturbed because the
room clerk would not disturb him.
Have you any idea that there was a
woman in the case?' asked one Of the
reporters.
although I had promised Alma I
would keep still 1 could not help say
ing, Yes, there was woman in the
case-his Wife
"Alma did not even glance at me. l
saw her stiffen and I knew she thought
I was fool to NEEDLE, but / could not
help it as l thought Of the letter Mr.,
Smith had written me and the perfdy
Of that woman.
ooh said the reporters in chorus,
"Now, look here, boys demonstrate
ed Alma, why don't you interview
Mrs. Smith? Miss Newton has been
Mr.. Smiths secretary for only a few
months and she really knows very
little about him. If were sent out
to get that story I'd 90 to Mrs. Smith,
eve have they said in chorus.
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sing and act? At the name the colonel
Strengthened his shoulders, looking
down at the brilliant eyes of the girl.
Then he told Miss Charity that he
would educate Marie for opera and
sign a ten.year contract with her.
"Oh, but Col. Moulton," cried the lit
tie woman. How dare l permit the
child to sign the best years Of her
youth so, without her mothers permits
sion? l do not know whether she is
dead or alive"
And you'll waste time waiting to
find out" answered the colonel impa-
tiently. 1.-THE child has voice and
personality. She belongs to opera"
So against Miss Charity's wishes
Marie prepared for her career. Pre-
pared according to the colonel's ideas
and notions, a bit old fashioned, but
thorough and shrewd. Her year al
languages and instrumental music
came in New York, 10 be followed by
three abroad. She would have har.
mony with one teacher, technique with
another, dramatic expression with an.
other, and lastly, lie would open with
her in Paris for a season in order %
make the American public's mouth
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-21
HEALTH HINTS

The problem of preventing tubercu,
losis among troops is one chat looms
large and formidable in the present
war.
Reports from France are to the eff.
feet that 40 per cent. Of the soldiers
returning from the front are suffer
ing from active tuberculosis and that
a great part Of the military disability
Of the European nations is due to this
disease.
Dormant tuberculosis infection is
very common among apparently heal.
thy individuals.
This is famed into active disease
by the physical ard mental strain, ex.
haustion and exposure and the priva.
lions of camp and trench life. Men
disabled by tuberculosis are unable to
return to duty. The vast army Of the
tuberculosis remain a charge upon the
nations resources
Close watch in selecting the men for
the new United States army will pre-.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-21

"Alma and I did not say anything
to each other about seeing Flossie
Smith in the car with Senator Ross
We we're too much engrossed in the
yisioning Of the terrible tragedy that
was hanging over those unconscious
lovers, said Paula.
~ hate to call them lovers, for to
me that word means everything that
is beautiful and good. When l think
Of lovers I like to think of love IKE
that Of the Brownings-I like to think
that love is something outside and
beyond the flesh. What do you think
about it, Margie"
"Well, my doar,' answered, Il
have come to think we cannot put the
emotion Of love into the small space
that encloses our brains; neither can
we measure It In tho vast but some
what chaotic cavern that holds our
imagination. What you might call love
might mean to me vastly different
thing. One truth however, do know
and that is there are as many differ.
emit phases Of love as there are Oh
life"
put, Margie,' said Paula, you must
know Flossie Smith did not love Sen
ator Ross"
"1iy dear, know nothing Of the
kind. Because man or woman is a
villain is no surety that neither can
love. I'll grant you that their love may
he selfish, may be all that is repre-
hensible, but 1t is probably at that
the sweetest emotion-yes, and the
purest emotion they know. 1t is very
probable that Flossie Smith would new
er have loved Senator Ross II ne
had not had money, but such as It
was I believe from what you have told
me Flossie Smith must have had a
tenderer feeling for Ross than she
had ever had for anyone else
.eWen, perhaps that is So" said
Paula with sigh, ''but hate to think
that such splendid life as that OF
Frank Smith should have been, sacrt
iced to the selfish passion she deem
ed love.
"Margie, as Alma and I returned to
Washington after that drive, the boys
were crying, 'Wuxtra, wUxtra! All
about the suicide Of Congressman
Frank SMITH l c0nvuIsively clasp
cd Alma's arm which was as white
MS tho linen dress she wore.
"'she has murdered him body and
SOUL ] said bitterly.
"'And yot, she ~ what the con,
yentional call . good woman said
Alma.
trJYhen We arrived a our apartment
i found hat there had hen frantic
cans from Congressman Smiths Office
FOR us-that a number OF reporters
mad been waiting 3 long while.
'Letme do the talking. said Alma,
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would steal out on the great darkened
stage and imagine herself each Of
her favorite characters, speaking the
lines as she had learned them from
listening to the members of the COM
pany. And down in the big vacant
auditorium Miss Charity would often
stop her work to listen to the childish
voice and and smile. 1t reminded her
Of Eloise Joycelyn. There was the
same sweet cadence, the same rich
infections.
Then came the opera company when
Marie was fifteen, and with the added
work she helped Miss Charity after
school hours. So it happened that one
day when the colonel fell asleep after
a prolonged rehearsal Of Faust" he
was Weakened by voice singing Ste'
bells Flower Song" 1t was voice SO
clear and fresh, so thrillingly sweet
that 1t seemed as though youth and
spring had suddenly burst into song.
God bless my heart and soul!'
gasped the colonel, who is that"
Miss Charity was listening, too,
thinking herself the only audience,
She hurried down the side aisle to
where he sat, trembling and anxious,
explaining in her little hesitating way
that Marie Jocelyn meant no harm
at all.
"Harm?" Numbered the colonel,
rapturously. 81 wouldn't have missed
it for $4,000, my good woman. Tell
her to sing more-try the Jewel Song,
my dear"
Marie Jocelyn took her good fortune
very calmly, quite as If it were only
her Just due. She listened to the ex-
cited ordinations of the old gentle
man in gray and to Miss Charity's gen
tie expostulations in quite the same
spirit. Why should she not be able to
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water with anticipation Of the treat

water with anticipation of the treat
ahead.
1t was while they were still in New
York that Nine. Alvani, Marie's teach
or, permitted her to sing once for
charity. The old Countess of Helver-
ton was over for a brief stay, getting
money for the Red Cross, and Marie
made her first public appearance at a
select morning musicale. Miss Char.
ity never forgot her as she rose, her
heavy blond hair in such striking con-
trast to her dark eyes and dark lash.
es, with the little foreign air of aloof-
ness that so we'll became her. Stand.
ing at the end of the long hotel ball
room was the colonel watching his
protege contentedly, and suddenly as
she began to sing the "Chanson de
Florian" there came smothered cry
from the audience.
"Marie!"
Always thereafter Miss Charity con-
tended that If Marie had not been a
true artist she would have stopped her
song, but the girl went on, even
though she could see the figure in
black with out stretched arms, and the
piteous white face of Eloise Jocelyn
recognizing her.
YES" the colonel would say in re-
lating the story often, 1.-THE mother
was the Marquise De la Croix. She
lost her memory the first year Of the.
war in the horrors she went through.
She forgot that she even had child
until Marie rose to sing that morning.
After that-well, what would you? The
child has wealth and love, everything.
They took Charity back with them to
France and yet I'd wager all I'm worth
that some day Marie will throw 1t all
aside, and step back to the footlights
and the lifted baton of her leader"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-21
Can, Pickle Preserve and Dry
Foods Urges Sec. Houston

to can all surplus pertshable products
for which they have containers and to
dry and keep in paper any additional
surplus suitable for such preservation.
Canning calls for no special skin
and for little equipment beyond wash
boiler and jars. Fresh products, clean
illness and heat are the chief require.
ments, as even sugar is not essential
for canning fruits under modern pro-
cedure. Fruits and vegetables, more
over, can be dried efficiently in the
sun. over a range or gas stove, or be-
fore an electric fan. Home made shall
low trays Of wood or heavy wire screen
are the chief equipment required
Drying is time.tried home industry;
conservation of food by drying is
largely matter of restoring to the
home great.grandmother's method Of
seeing that her family had good food
In winter as relief from monoton-
Gus diet of root vegetables. Canning
and drying can be practiced as etfec-
lively in city house or apartment as
on farm or in a suburban dwelling.
Canning, Of course, already is a
profitable industry for women and chill
dren in thousands Of homes and trust
will become almost universal this sea-
son. To aid the home conservation
movement, the Department of Agricul.
ture has issued a new Farmers Bulle.
tin on home canning and another on
home drying of fruits and vegetables.
These free pamphlets should be read
and followed in every household which
wishes to translate patriotic impulse
into concrete service"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-21

NEW YORK, June 2O.-Mrs. Grace
Humiston, woman lawyer, is making
the police of this city look foolish. She
is New Yorks Sherlock Holmes.
Taking the same evidence the police
have, she succeeds where they fail.
Solving the Ruth Cruger mystery is
her latest big score on the police. And
no sooner had she solved that mys'
terry than she announced % other girls
probably had met similar fate. She's
going to work on those cases next.
1t was Mrs. Humiston who took up
the case of Charles Stielow, condemn
ed to death, and saved him from the
chair after one of the most spectacular
fights on record.
The police are coming to fear this
woman's efficiency in uncovering
crime and an era Of unusual police en-.
ergy is promised as a result Of her
work.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-21

WASHINGTON, D. c., June 21.-
Every housewife this year should re.
store to her home the often overlook.
ed home industries Of canning, pre-.
serving, picking and drying of per
ishable fruits or vegetables" said Da-
vid F. Houston, Secretary Of Agricul-
ture, today. "The large number Of
new backyard gardens which have
been planted this year shortly will be,
gin to yield their extra harvest Of
beans, peas, carrots, beets, sweet corn,
and tomatoes. The regular supplies
also will reach the markets and, as
happens each summer, the local sup;
ply at times will exceed immediate
consumptive capacity. Not to con.
serve much Of this surplusage Of val
liable food would be sinful waste.
1.-The present food and labor situa-
lions are such that no household Is
justified in looking to others to re-
lease 1t wholly from individual re-
sponsibility and constructive action in
saving and conserving food. All any
home should expect of others is to sup.
ply those foods which can not be pro.
duced effectively by its own members.
The railroads will be burdened with
the transportation of staple foods and
civil and military necessaries from To-
calities of production and manufac-
ture to districts Incapable of supply.
ing their own needs. 1t follows that
all locally produced foods, conserved
by home methods, lessen the winter
pressure on transportation agencies
and also release similar products OF
factories for other purposes.
81 urge every household, therefore,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-21
THE DAILY
SHORT STORY
Miss Charity.
BY SYLVIA TURNER
Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure

Newspaper syndicatel
n Mss Charity, that Is what they
M nicknamed her when she first
WV went to the Opera House as care.
taker and queen of the scrub ladies"
That was the way Charlie spoke Of
her, and the rest Of the Opera House
employees took their cue from Charlie.
From his point of vantage in the box
office he welded almost as much pow
or as Daniels, the house manager
The old theater had fallen into a
Eorlorn state that year. Then Col. Moul-
ton came on from New York. saw its
possibilities and took the lease over.
He had the place remodeled, sent on
East for a flrst,class opera company,
and sat back in an orchestra chair at
rehearsals watching the result.
It was here that Miss Charity first
saw him, slender old gentleman, in
a light gray suit, wearing pearl Fed
ora with black band Remarkably
gentle in his way Of speech, and cour-
teous in his manner-eVen to scrub
ladies'" When she reached home she
told Marie Jocelyn about him, and the
child listened gravely.
Some day Eliza she answered,
you shall take me to see him, and If
like him, too, may sing in his com
pany."
Mis- Charity had laughed and petted
her, in just about the smae way as she
might pet her canary or the maltese
kitten, or any other tiny waif or cir
cumstance which she had taken in to
care for. It was three years since she
had received Marie Joycelyn as a
special consignment from Fate. She
had been wardrobe woman at the
Opera House then, back in the day OF
the stock company, and there had
been Nine Joycelyn-"Eloise Joyce
lyg' on the pfogramme-with her
twelve.yearold child. 1t had seemed
very natural that when the call came
from France Of. the fortune awaiting
there for Eloise that she should leave
her little girl with Miss Charity un-
til her return,
"For have you not been our good
angelo" Eloise said fervently. "In this
most lonely land Of lleartaches have
no woman to call friend but you, so
/ leave to you my dearest treasure,
Marie. In one, two maybe three mon
tbs shall return, and then we shall
be happy and with much money. ] will
pay her board, but also you shall re-
ceive the gift that shall make you In
dependent, dear madam, for your kind
ness and sheltering my darling"
And Miss Charity had believed her.
Besides. che was glad to have Marie
for while, even few short months.
But the months had stretched to years,
and had no word had ever come back
from France OF Eloise Joycelyn. Miss
Charity had never told the child that
her mother might be dead, but simply
that she was detained and would sure
IL return some day. So Marie had
grown like flower, with her mothers
great dark eyes and blonde hair And
how she loved the old opera house! 1t
had been her playground through the
the years. She knew every foot Of 1t,
every box, every hidden corner in the
balconies, each Of the dressing rooms.
When the rehearsals we're over Marie
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never found anything to equal your
Lotion Tablets, which entirely cured
me of this disagreea5le feature."-MRs.
A: M. EASTMAN, 1903 W. Garry ST.,
Richmond, Va.
If you are sufferer, if your daugh-
ter, mother, sister need help, get DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription in liquid
or tablet form from any medicine
dealer to-day. Then address Doctor
Pierce, Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y,
and get confidential medical advice
entirely free, or a book on woman's
diseases or Mother and Babe" sent
free.
Doctor Pierce's Pellets are unequaled
as Liver Pill. Smallest, easiest to
take. one tiny, .SggGy.cOated Pellet
a Dose. Cures Sick Headache, Bill.
ious Headache, Dizziness, constipa.
ton, Indigestion, Bilious Attacks, and
all arrangements Of the Liver, Stomach
and bowels.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-21
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
9 ASTO RIA
NOT A DAY LOST
AND THE CREDITS
DUE WENTWORTH
B. & o. Brakeman w. II.
Goodnight Now Able to
Work Right Along.

Mr.. Goodnight lives at Ill Diamond
street. The following recently signed
statement was given to Cranes drug
store by a grateful user. 1t is mighty
interesting reading:
II purchased two bottles Of Nerv.
Worth from Cranes drug store and it
has ENTIRELY CURED ME. The doc.
tors said had every indication of ap-
pendicitis for the last 10 years. /
would work week and lay off week.
Got SO l could not ride the engine on
account of the pain. am now working
every day. Have not lost a day for
three months.
' "W. H. GOODNIGHT"
Ill Diamond Street.
So we'll was Mr.. Goodnight's wife
pleased with the benefits conferred
upon him by Wentworth that she now
is using it herself. Your dollar back
at Cranes drug store if Nerv!Worth
does not benefit YOU.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-21

Richmond, Va.-0I have given birth
10 eight children. and as a nrecaution
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-21

vent the enlistment of men already &C
lively tuberlous. The same kind of a
watch on the men in service will re.
suit in the detection of the disease be-
fore it becomes advanced and incura-
BILE. 1t will make possible the dis.
charge of the tuberculous while they
still have chance for recovery. When
tuberculosis has progressed to the
place where it causes actual physical
disability, it is usually far.advanced
and incurable.
Physicians skilled in the diagnosis
Of tuberculosis will likely be called
Upon to assist military surgeons in
tie examination of recruits. The i'm.
portance of the problem will likely
lead also to a demand for more pub
lie tuberculosis sanitariums, which at
the present time are unable to meet
tie needs of ordinary conditions.
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to guard against
many of the un-
pleasant features
and the many dis
comforts, / took
it all through my
delicate state with
four Of my child
ren, and could not
have had an easier
or more comforta-
bic time. For a
catarrhal condition
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-21
Perfect Health Is
EvsryWoman'sBir

Parkersburg, West va.-vI have had
benefit from Fayorite Prescription I
had trouble with my back and limbs.
The pains were constant, especially in
my back. I saw Favorite Prescription
advertised and 1 used one bottle. I
gained and felt easier and better every
way."-MRs. LIMA AscoNE, 642H 9th
St., Parkersburg, West Va.
Richmond, va.-"1 have given birth
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-21

HEALTH QUESTIONS ANSWERED
VI. o.: Can anything be done to
correct bowlegs in a young woman
CT 2O?"
No,
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-21

Miss R. T.-"What causes goiter?"
Golfer is an enlargement Of the
thyroid gland, but no one knows deGi.
nitsly what causes this enlargement.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-01
TRAIN RUNS OFF WITH
TEN INDIAN PAPOOSES

Great Falls. Mont, Jan. 30.-Ten
squaws. papooses upon backs. were
on their way here from the nearby
Indian reservation with beadwork.
moccasins and other products of sew
eral weeks labor when they found an
empty passenger coach on siding,
Now, an infant strapped to the back
is no light burden. and with one &C
cord the squaws deposited their pro-
geny on the seats of the coach to re-
main there until they had disposed OF
their wares. and then exchanged the
wampum received for food
An engine came along, hooked onto
the coach and started with it for
Lewiston.
There was weeping and wailing and
CONSERVATION when the squaws re-
turned to where the coach had been.
They besieged the office Of Division
Superintendent, c. L. Whiting, and
conveyed to him the value Of ten cute
little papooses. But II the problem
seemed great to them, II was not to
Whiting. Thirty or forty miles down
the line the coach was stopped, hook
ed onto a returning train and brought
back. The babies were cooling and
happy-but hungry--and their first
train ride had been in a special car.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-01
FIRM PROTEST AGAINST
Administrative BOARD
Oak Grove Citizens Issue Proclama.
ton, In Which One Man Offers 500
For Abolishing Commissioners.

A proclamation circulated in Oak
Grove, South Richmond. yesterday as
result OF the impossible condition
of the streets in that neighborhood.
which citizens say the Administrative
Board has shamefully neglected and
put off with indefinite promises. The
proclamation Is as follows:
Have we any streets for automo-
biles? No. There are several stuck
In the mud here now, and any man
that is so unfortunate as to have bust
ness in this section would do well to
have a hydroplane. Have we a Pc
limits? No. We only have one of
those Rivers of Doubt discovered in
South America by T. r. Have we
anyone in the city government to look
after these conditions? 1t does not
seem so. as the former secretary of
the Oak Grove Civic League has been
repeatedly after the Administrative
Board to have them improved. We
are the same as the South Sea
and work in rain and mud to help the
unfortunate merchants who want our
trade, but cannot reach US.
But we have public-spirited citf-
zens: the first solicited says he has
500 towards a subscription for the
abolition Of the Administrative Board
and the appointment of a man at the
head OF our government who will look
after the small things ana the welfare
Of the citizens. We trust that every
taxpayer In the city will read this,
and II In doubt. come over to our
section, where said Administrative
Board has been invited so long and
where we cannot even get temporary
relief"
The existing conditions In this sec
ton. 1t is said, are another outgrowth
of the annexation proceedings When
this territory was taken into the city
limits citizens declare. the roads and
streets, kept up by county authorities,
were in excellent condition. but now
they have been allowed to deteriorate
until they are not fit for travel in any
way.
Southside citizens. in making their
protest, feel much bitterness against
the Administrative Board. they say,
because that body continually con-
tends that 1t has no money for street
improvements and still recommends
an increase in the salaries of city
employees. In a number Of places in