davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
New Pink Silk Chemises

They just pretty and dainty they can be
and they both chine envelope shape
gathered the hemstiched The other
trimmed with wide insertion and tiny uck Both priced
$475. 3
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
Time for High Neck
Ni9htgowns
Say Many Women

coming Here four Styles all
dantly made, and in good taste.
All ykes tucks and fine ebroideres for trimming
and all are of good quality cambrics.
1925, $2.75 and $2.S5 each.2
Floor
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03

good in appearance as low
as $3.50 and most charm
ingly proportioned and
decorated kinds up to $40.
G. enuine American
made china sets are here
rs low as $50, and they
will recommend them
selves to every lover of
good and beautiful china
for their quality as much
as for patriotic interest.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
Hamadan Mosul Rugs
$37, $42 and $45

specify this
is much superior to Turkish Mosus.
For Hamadan Mosuls these unusually low.
o
colorngsod blues, mahogany reds
Foo,C stnut)
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
When You Entertain VISITING
knights TempIar

you will want some Fall
flowers on the table--and
graceful vases to hold
them.
Remember that this is
(Fourth Fl,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
Store Opens at Q
Fine Lamps at q Fourth
TO o. Half Less

We have never held a
sale Of lamps in which
there was so much inter-
est as there is in this one.
There are small mahog-
any boudoir lamps at So,
little umbrella lamps with
cretonne shades at 81,
decorated boudoir lamps
at $4 and floor lamps in
mahogany finish at $3.50
to $35.
Small Japanese silk
shades at $3.50, 1925 and
81, and a large and varied
lot of large shades for
floor lamps at 25 per cent
reduction.
(Fourth r
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03
Women's Oxfords With Long
GraC eful Lines

are these of mahogany-color cafskn
and the long and with ndi
Gated wing tips.
are Cuban.
Price $12 pair.
Mark
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-09-03

the month of the Sale of
Cut Glass at Wanamaker's
and that hundreds upon
hundreds of the most
beautiful cut glass vases
are much reduced.
r, ChestnuD
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-13
PENN. BANK IS CLOSED

International News Service.
PITTSRURG PA, Feb. l3,-Thc Park
bank was ordered closed today by tine
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-02-13

ond class cities as follows:
Nror. $4,000 and city controller.
$4,000
senator Van Aucken presented a bill
defining EolSue1 tsm arid providing
punishment for such practices
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-21
MAKING THE MOST OF MARRIAGE
Series of Plain Talks to Married People Written
by Ray c. Beery. President of the
Parents Association

90 Der reading as you 90 On you;
readinS.
To show yo0r good faith. take an
Interest ID a~luiug hsr to s~gsrt and
procure ~hat she chooses. This x-l
remove aay feeling ~AscA she may
Otherwise have entertained that vou
are selfish ahoct reading nlarter
As1er y0ur wste gsts some new
magazine. ses good eram9ie before
hsr os taking reasonable interest ia
& ycuTs@lt Yaa need not 20 10 ex-
frenes. Won rsed not .xaggerate vossr
interest in the magazine. bur jasr "a
es friendly and com ansonable. show
some interest ia Is TOR the simple -ea
son that yogr wff4 : Interested i'm
Il. Wv -
By setting this example az srisnd
liness and consideration. yOa arp CIV
ing vcur site the 5sst eucouEa genie nj
20 treat voa in Like manner.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-21

(csniina~a fFsn rsse onel
hsm an4 AZ Ga ser A4a ~ uianes =
sav ne. far ae nd iist 4hnal a.
nnip~rv ana "a $50 ~s~rytAln~
hsi Il Aas eosf Ars - H,cass q
tey my 4ocsors hiils ans n~.-i lk4'
maesy lAas Nr kails tcsok very naach
k1ns ahsco1dsa iArs~ ysafs arn ~ish
rsssSai estates ir a. % rssioi,
Au.an< tssrn ~ts sssi = h,ti- Efna
s-s.srse. ~ 6slssr nd e..oue Ellis
lan4suar. ssr ls sess,e-a shn ~
"a nes -. ,he srv<rsiss ts-aes N
~. borf He "a seat % n peni'
nfs4rs ia.i ss~s tor f-risFln< hiu r.
SIT
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-21

Sometimes we fina that the wife
objects TO the amount Of usonev her
nasband scends In personal reading
r1affer and vice versa.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-21

nfriin. Jaiv .t-rfly-scar psrccn'
q ~ vo,ers IA ~ asa natoaal 49,
serlbiy slesr.cn ~e-r wosnsn fA'
,ogai nambsr % qualified vossrs 49,
= al. .s.,a - against ig.e'e.e.,s n m
ilst rsighsta< eifs- sons-
Yoang ~acssr prUvsd mors artrn'
than ycofhs Of tae sane are. hosa
xin<e - -. socialists D.Siet torEy'
i've ard o.s hsi, rsr e-nf % The
'ocsl vote
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-21

Toxic. July ei--A committee 10 cs-
Courage roserratnate study % the
part az Jsraue<s students In American
scientific trs;iruthons hss been form
~ here That japanese medical stu-
dents snoalt 20 70 the United Sfates
iustsaa ct Germany IS ons Of the it,as
behind the p-o!*cs
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-21
rlescsacssR INJURED evg.

Henriesta. July ei-Sa-seons are
trvtrv 20 save fhs -i<hf eve ot Arthur
Rorr. son " John Bora pr Ftially
blown n0t 1V gns r~n manure exg s0ss .0n
cf t0rxe tirscrarssr during the
Fourth - Jaly csIeeration nl.-od
nolsoEiax is searet
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-21

Fer example. husband writes 10 nv
My wffe seems unwilling for
me 20 tske any panprs at an that
SIZE does not herself en5ov. am
an electrician and hike to read the
EiectrHcai Exrersnerter. no you
flsr- ought TO give 1T up
Ne, yoa certainly shNald read Glon4
Tho lue cs v0ur own work
Make u serious aft.usnt 10 Fntsr-
est your wife in vcar work hv col
seekins Interesting tacrS about IA and
teliirsg them to her TN friendly way.
no noy rhlnk OF becoming discouraged
II yCu cannot gain her eRshns astic
interest IN five minutes riule. slve
her ArtersStiag facrs. Very few al
tinae and when she happens to 81 in
good wcosi Sire wllE gradually BE-
crne Interested And after she rs
once interested in el~ctrfeatv. she Will
iihe the periodical 20 which voa refsr
ar at least tolerate tt tor ySnr sake
Sometimes when q wife llke vaa-s
rallies extra money for e~tFtng her
, new hat might POSSIBLY ne secured
hy the reading az heHrtul ideas Fa vhs
raseazfne. u tends SlightIy 10 remove
Fhp objection II Is just as wen not
n nse this POINT in the form ot an
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-21
zhss.id Reading Matter Be su,ssi,,
In,sressirs'

Very Few men are interested In ths
wQnan's magazine and few men arr
Interested I'm a ma <aTiRe designed
principally for men. IL i obvious rhat
both husband and wife will dss5rs
GstGorert periodicals in the home.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-21
sssAolgs's c-lsr 70 ENGLAND

sydney. Australia. july -i-Soen'
FsHr von I-ncknsr. commander u ih'
German raider Sesadlfr. which Ssns
t~srty-fIve nsrcharg vessels N n
SUN trlsnr's IA fsi.. has been sent
hsck 20 England 70 - r--safrts'et 70
Germany On the sAui~ vessel ASo
was sest LIeaferan' Ni-chisss N"n
Inckn.rs Secon.t-in -comutdrd ~ tAs
S@sadlsr and crhsr~ % thar raitsr's
crsx
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-21

when rhe b4av 4 satterins the don
BE asETicriou OF hor weather and
bowel disorders the remedy needed is
NcGEE'S BABY FsI.ENFR- 1t reduces
the fsvertsh condition. c,orrects the
stomach aad CHECKS soosenass OF the
bowels For sale hv aH druggists.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-21
STIFF JOINTS
SORE MUSCLES
enk~ Up esfeA3s ue6s tAs Ssst2ink I
Psasrs1ng App6<sfsa II
T. uxm6n's WQ2d q

In cases OF rheumatism and lame
back il penearstes euscxIy, criTes oct
soreress. and iinbers rp STIFF, aching
Iosnts ard uuxeicx
WIZARD Oh Is Ar Absolutely re6-
able, 1nsiseptic zppEicasion fer cuts,
tarns. bites, and stIngs Sprzins and
crEises heal readily under It's soosh-
lnT, penetrating qualities.
Get u from druggists for 10 cecex
II not sztishtd return the bottle and
get Fo1r uscncy back
Ever constipascd or hare SICK
hezdzeh-s Just try Wizard Liver
Whips. pleasant lFttie pink pills, 30
centx Guaranteed
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-21

At the bottom ve picture two aluminium ein.
melSsA Each serves fuii package of Ji1y-lsu
They are valued az - eenss sAsh
Seni us ave end labels from Iify. .Jeu paeb.
sSss - the end labels naming the hzvor - end
~e viii send either mold yea want. Or. 4 yov
prefer. send a groSers sales alp showiaS . ;
package purchase.
Send them to " with the coupon bsiov. ssst
ing the noits you want Cut cot TIE saUze
oasr 90 you wont forget
l.<S~ LII W...I-k. W.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-21
THE
MONDAY. July n.
AsrSer Dawes
GETTING MsRy mAssgsn '

N- FNI MEEf NARHAEC."
h~r psrrragaI ct th@ role Ut MARY.
fae M@eh &ssp8sed step -asughtsr "a
~u out artsrceFaE, IL one AZ TIE hessr
caar1cteFtzaEfcns she hrs ever expr :
trs3rtsd to rhe ~Cr~eE She nutS an
immense aEngunr of x-.sf in the ruse
and her vars0us scenes fsrrn one kyrg
procession OF delight. Miss Davies
mas as her leading mar. Norman Ker-
~. white Others wh0 appear are Matt
Moore. Frederick Barton. Amelia
Ssammervilae. Constance Reanmar and
Elner Gsandin.
Lloyd oomeev.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-21
TUESDAY. July n
-THE GIRL WHO STAYED AT
AOAE
Wna, Old she %


In France Can she p@rsssenne faru
Sd tor her frtvolity fac- her pcsga
when he comes back xita a STORY ~
we1f she DID Ehar will briRg syv Ia
his heart
In America e-Whar SORT az a story
viii Cutie Beautiful. the eabarSr <srI.
tell him TO uAaae hfrr hove hsr =1ore
than the dav be left%
ID W GrsffFrh's great story cf the
homecoming tells ID all Did they
IN rsA great flgh' against temptation
while he vas gone >s
Extra acdeu asyractions- Nod . VII
MovSes Literary Digest. Nine reeas
az no advance. Note. Frank White
says this Is as big picture as Bs-a
of Sasson-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-21
TEACHERS EXAMINATION

Teachers examiEasioc kill be held
in the ctsice OF The craasy superfn
t4ntsnr. Guthrie. oEta.. July - - amt
Ssh
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-07-21

Send ave end labels from linyJeu packages - the
end labels naming the favor = and We VIII send the
entire act
Losanberry and Pineapple are two dessert hsvors
whish We particularly wan, YOU to Try. They havors
which be sealed keep. So they impossbis
in old-s,yle geatine desserts
In Jiy Jen the iruuiee comes in liquid torm
In So with all iFu nsyors There Is wealth OF
the real-fru favor condensed from the fruit itself
Include Losanber;. Pineapple, Lime and Mint in your
purchase o. Jy je Learn the delights of these liquid
havOrs They have won millions OF honsewives =
JTy-Jeh
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-03-27

loses his credit with one house,
he loses it all along the line. The
farmer knows what serious
thing it is for him to lose his
credit with his banker and how
effectually his hands are tied
thereafter, especially if his delin-
quency is due to carelessness and
neglect rather than to mlsfor-
tune and inability to pay.
Rules of credit which apply to
individuals are applicable like
wise to municipalities. The city
of Kennewick has always been
rather careful in it's expenditures
and has never let it's outstanding
debt get beyond its ability to
pay. AS a result, its credit has
never become impaired and its
securities have been sought by
investors, but Just now it stands
chance of losing it's good finan-
cial standing because of the dila-
tory methods and Indifference OF
some of the Washington street
property owners.
The first interest payment on
the bonds of local improvement
district Is fell due February Is,
and has not been paid because
many of the property owners
have failed to pay their assess
ments, the first Of which is now
long overdue. The assessments
are not large, in some instances
amounting to less than 81. The
property owners must know that
these assessments must be paid
sooner or later and delayed pay
ment is not going to make them
grow any less. If they are not
paid, one of two things is going
to happen. Either the holders
of the bonds are going to bring
suit against the individual own
ers who will have not only the
assessments but the costs of the
action to pay, or the city will sell
the property and issue c. DIS
which will draw Is per cent in
terest.
In either event the credit OF
the city is going to suffer. II
is going to be in bad with the
purchasers of municipal bonds
and in the future Kennewick's
paper is going to be a drug OF
: the market with no takers. Tn,
, time has come for the city t.
: quit monkeying with the proper
ty owner who obviously can bu
doesn't pay up.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-03-27
w w
Mark Well the Mark

~ EW of our readers, perhaps,
have ever given more than
passing thought to the little
trade emblem which for several
years has appeared at the top Of
this column. Some may have
conjectured as to its significance
and others may have regarded
it as the insignia of some sort of
printers-publishers secret socie-
ty. Yet this little sign has really
meant something to the people of
Kennewick, in fact meant more
to them they they have Known or
thought. 1t has meant that the
purchasers of printing in Kenne-
wick have been given the advice
and counsel of Americas very
best printing brains" and skill,
a service, which by the way, but
few towns of Kennewick's size
has enjoyed.
The emblem shown is the
trade mark of all Master Print
ers, wherever located, who con-.
duct their businesses according
to the principles of fairness, in
tegrity and square dealing, fos-
tered by the. International Asso-
citation of Master Printers (the
United Typothetae of America)
The emblem is the badge of
quality and is assurance that
your printing requirements will
be met in business-like, salts
! factory manner. The reason we
are entitled to display it is be.
cause we have made our business
methods conform to those high
standards adopted by the Mas
ter Printers association. Else
where in this issue there is re
) produced in part a full-page ad
; vertisement which appeared il
the Saturday Evening Post. Reat
it. 1t is the first of series tx
appear in several of the leading
z magazines of the country.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-03-27
wv wv
Getting in Bad

@VERY business man knows
that about the worst thing
that can happen to him in BUSH
ness way is for his name to be
written on the 'sin-bad' list of
the wholesalers association. He
knows that if, because Of his di-
latory methods and Indifference
to his maturing obligations, he
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-03-27
The Spearmint Flavor

~ILLIAM WRIGLEY, Jr.
III has purchased Santa Cata-
lima Island for four million dol
lars and will spend several more
millions in fixing it up as one of
the great show places of Amer
lea.
Where did Wrigley get, the
four millions? From the sale of
chewing gum. How did he get
it? BY advertising. In recent
interview he said: Gust as we,
have looked to advertising to
build up our business so shall we
make known the fame of Cata-
lima Island. The power of the
press is one of the worlds great
est agents of advancement.
Without advertising it might
take twenty years to accomplish
what advertising makes possible
in one. ("
Mr.. Wrigley was not here talk
ing for effect or propounding a
beautiful theory of doubtful
practical value. Justsas he back
ed his advertising with a product
of merit he is backing his talk
with his money. One of the most
conspicuous and attractive adj
Ivertisement in last weeks Cour-
ier-Reporter was of Wrigley,s
Spearmint, with a "flavor that
lasts" In this weeks issue, not
one, but two of the most con-
spicuous advertisements have
the Spearmint flavor, and for the
next three months Mr.. Wrigley
has contracted for more advertis-
| ing space in the Courier-Report-
| er than is used in twelve months
by some of Kennewick's mer-
chants in advertising their bust
ness and their goods.
4 Isn't there something here for
the local merchant to think
about? If the readers of the
Courier-Reporter chew enough
gum in a year to make it worth
Mr.. Wrigley's while to make lib
eral expenditures for local ad.
vertising space, isn't it logica
deduction that these same read
ers wear enough shoes and cloth
ing, consume enough groceries
and ride in enough automobiles
to make it worth the while of tn,
dealer in these commodities t.
advertise his business and hi!
! wares in the Reporter
Aren't the people just as open t
conviction concerning the styl
| of their shoes, the cut of thei
coats, the trim of their hats an
the wearing qualities of each, a
; they are concerning the flavo
: and lasting qualities of thei
| chewing gum?
! But, says the local merchant
! Mr.. Wrigley has his millions an
his corps of high-salaried advel
/ Using experts and can afford t
; advertise. But Mr.. Wrigle
= hasn't always had his chewing
gum millions and the reason h
. has them now and can afford t
! advertise is because he realize
] early in the game that he coul
/ not afford not to advertise.
/ there any reason why Mr.. Wris
i ley should be any more the ma:
: ter of his business, should be an
. more able to take hold of it, mol
| it, and make it grow, than tn
/ local merchant is master of HI
j business or efficient in it's mai
I agement?
/ If Mr.. Wrigley's. advertiser
IL Z
campaign in the Courier-R epor
! er is the result of expert advic
then isn't it good advice for tt
local merchant to follow? Ism
se' it reasonable to suppose that Il
On readers of the Courier Report
:: :: spend in a year more for shoe
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-03-27

more for local advertising than
the merchants of Kennewick |
spent last year for shoe advertis-
ing. If it pays to advertise chew
ing gum in Kennewick, wouldn't
it pay to advertise shoes? Does
it pay Wrigley? The answer is
Catalina Island.
But, continues the local mer-
chant, the goods we carry are adj
vertised in the Saturday Evening
Post, the Literary Digest, the
Ladies Home Journal, etc. Quite
true; and so is Wrigley's Spear
mint gum, but its maker has
learned by experience that his
advertising in periodicals of NJ
tional circulation does not be-
come really efficient until it is
connected up with each individ-
ual community. He has likewise
learned by experience that the
only satisfactory connecting link
is the local newspaper. The To-
connective down on the track may
be a bear to pull, but it will never
get the string Of box cars up the
hill unless it is connected up.
National magazine advertising
can never be made to exert it's
full pulling strength until it is
brought closer home to each in.
dividual community thru the me-
dunn of the home newspaper.
The maker of Spearmint gum
1 isn't the only national advertiser
to discover this truth. One of
the largest advertisements in
( last weeks Courier Reporter was
:! that Of Prince Albert smoking
tobacco, another large advertise
I ment will appear next week and
! SO on thru the year. The Stand
ard Oil company, for several
weeks have been advertising
Red Crown gasoline and this
week they start on another angle
of their selling campaign. And
later the schedule covers a SIM
liar campaign for Mica Axle
Grease. And so it goes, week ;af-
ter week, from one years end to
, the other the Standard Oil COM
pany talks, thru the columns of
this paper, directly to the people
of the community about the SUI
!, periority Of Standard products
Does it pay? Would the Stand.
ard keep it up if it'didn't?
These national advertisers are
? not shooting in the dark. They
3 know what they are doing. There
. is no guess work about their 10
: cal advertising campaigns. This
4 class of advertising during thu
8 last two years has doubled, yes
: trebled, in the columns of thu
; Courier-Reporter and shows
much greater percentage Of IN
! crease than does the local ad
! vertising. The national adver
tiser knows what some of tn
! local merchants have APPARENT.
= not yet learned, that the Cour
er-Reporter each week offer
: an opportunity for him to NOR
: firmly entrench himself with tn
j buying public of this community
= an opportunity which he canno
= afford to pass up. He knows toe
that whenever he permits tn
Courier-Reporter to go to it
!, readers without carrying hi
4 message he is either steppin
: aside and giving the right of wa
= to his competitor or making a
easy road for a competitor t
come in, if he has not one now.
g w w
Getting in Bad
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1919-03-27

Instead of the hairs of our head be-,
ing numbered, we would prefer to have
them fastened in better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-06
TOMORROW TO BE TAG DAY
FOR HOME OF THE BLIND
Committee of Women, Under Di-
rection of Mrs. Josephine Jacobs,
to Conduct Sale.

Tomorrow will be tag day for the
Home of the Blind. A number of
women, under the direction of Mrs.
Josephine Jacobs, president of the Aid
Association for the Blind will start
out with 10000 tags. Tags will be on
sale in department stores. hotel lob
bies. theaters and on street corners.
Headquarters will be at l.. NJ. Minnix
Company, 1880 G. street northwest.
Women who will assist in the sale
are Mrs. G. U. Rose. jr.; Mrs. Mary
Gheen, Mrs. w. B. Spransy. Miss H. c.
Metzerott. Mrs. John Metzerott. Mrs
p. p. Mullett. Mrs. A. Hines, Mrs. Will
liam White, Mrs. G. G. Dennison, Mrs.
W. Smith, Miss Sarah Hannay. Mrs.
Thomas Calver, Mrs. David Skinner.
Mrs. John King. Mrs. Roger Shale,
Mrs. John F. Gaynor. Mrs. c. F..
Henry. Mrs. Annie Bell. Mrs. n. c.
Harper, Mrs. Philip Muth. Mrs. Rob
ert Sutphen, Mrs. James H. W. Blake.
Mrs. Beverly Evans. Mrs. Sidney
Bursley, Mrs. A. o. Tingley, Mrs. D. P.
Bush, Mrs. J. NJ. Baker. Miss Esther
Behrend, Mrs. Andrew Stewart. Mrs
w. H. Callahan, Mrs. Ruck. Miss Levy
Mrs. Baxter. Mrs. Newbold, Miss
Scott. Mrs. Swavely, Mrs. O'Keefe
Mrs. Huston and Mrs. Fettis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-06
The Knocking Wife

a wlfe's not worth the sock
she's knitting, she lacks all dig
nifty and charm, who goes
around the town admitting her
husband is a false alarm. But
yesterday l heard a lady COM
planning of her welded state !:
she sat beneath All elm tree
shady and rallied and grumbled
at her fate. She said, "Alas.
when | was married | left nv
mascot in the lurch; l picked a
lemon when | carried my veil
and bridal wreath to church. I
cuss my luck in Greek and
Latin; l might have had a bet
ter man, who would have
bought me silk and satin,
equipped me with fine sedan.
But | was young and Fate was
yellow, I'd only lived through
eighteen unes, and so l gath
cred in a fellow who barely
earns enough for prunes.' She
grumbles as she does her hem
min, she grouches as she kicks
the cat; it was the husband
drew the lemon-her line of
talk is proof of that. The wife
who's worth the rags she's
wearing won't call her hub an
also ran, though he is punk, she
still is swearing she harvested
the finest man. He may be
trif1ing as poet, as worthless
as a can of soup, but she won't
let the neighbors know it, won't
let the news leak from her coop. |
She may pull out his whiskers
hoary, and press hot fatirons on
his head, but ere she'd tell her
friends the story she'd see her
self among the dead.
WALT MASON. |