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SIDE TALKS
bY Ruth Cameron
SPECIAL PRIVILEGES OF BOTH SEXES

Il think have pretty good dis
position" I heard the husband Of a
friend OF mine say the other day. Now
lots Of Men would blow up and make
IN awful fuss II you forgot that"
Ills wife had forgotten Il little thing
which she should have performed. The
result was Z slight annoyance to her
and he had been only moderately indis-
nant about It. Hence his self congratu-
la Ion.
HIS Right 10 Ne Cross
And ye; I suppose he was right.
Many. x not most. men would have
taken tho opportunity 10 blow or n
lot OF steam in scoldIng thefe wites
for such an oversight. She shouldn't
have forgotten and things weren't quito
so pleasant for him as II she hadn't.
It was his inalIenahle right as the mem
her Of the more powerful sex to be
dtsa Grerable about 1t.
Hut suppose ne had forgotten any
thing Of similar weight. would his wife
have been privileged to blow up and
make an awful fuss Not by good
deal She would probably have remind
ed him and he would have said. Yes.
hv love. did forget. I've been fear
fully busy Mt tho office" and that would
hc the end Of II. And II she took special
credit To herself for not making any
fuss ne would have thought her crazy.
There's no doubt about It, ono nf
mans special privileges * the right 70
he cross when annoyed.
What Arc wousn's Special Pr1v1leHsS1
Aad then | wondered. do women
have spncia! privileges too. and de-
'.d,I they did.
For instance. heard a woman
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Chapter 81

Chapter 81
Evan vet that summer spent in the
country is like q dreadful nightmare 10
me. There Is no use In recording the
dajly chickering's. the disaSreemehIs'
Kei.h was SO busy. at least he SAID So
that often he remained IN town during
the week. sleeping at his club and only
coming down for the weekend. l rea'iJ
suffered. Not only was l unhappy IN
my environment. but l knew that AiFo'
De L,sle had also remained IN town
contrary 70 her usual custom. "neh
talking with Margaret she had said:
II never have remained in town. But
Il Is SO cool and there are the roof gar
dens, the inns whore one can motor ror
dinner, and other pleasures shaI'
trv IL. I. don't like II III come down
and tnd a place near you.
She had not come.
To me- who knew Of her intimacy
with Keith. and intimacy that even 70
myself I called only friendship. t WAS
torture to know she was where he cou!o
and did. as found out-spend his
evenings with her.
Had been happier in my own envi-
roonent perhaps I should not have SC
constantly dwels upon this intimacy
bat unhappy, alone. away from Erma.
had no outlet for my misery. SO self
pity, worry. and anxious. unpleasant
thoughts took up much Of my time.
We were in mourning for mother 50
could not take part In the social ar
fairs Of the summer colony. Gloria and
Irene were the only members Of the
family who did 80. and :h"irs wrr"
simple outdoor childish pleasures.
often longed TO join them. but IL I so
much "a mentioned doing anything
Margaret accused me OF pretending
cared fo1 Mother Sande.son so she
would leave me something.
About the middle OF August. Tom
Benedict came down to the country
club. which was near US. for his raca-
ton He called OF course. I vas aw-
fully glad 20 SEQ him. and ne knew f.
Margaret said "gushed' Ike q school
girl.
After Tom came down I was no,
quite so miserable simply because
was not quite 80 lonely. had not so
many hours 10 think and fret. He used
10 meet me when I took my long morn
Ing walkS-Marsarec monopolized the
car In the country as In town. and
walking had been my only exercise.
had thought o. buying saddle horse
or hiring one with a part Of the money
In the bank. hu: something held me
back and seemed 70 tell me would
need u all. so. each morning after
Juno was dressed and attended to.
l.
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frankly tell the other day how sht
proposed to got out of paying q bill
which she had made up her mind wal
not reasonable bill.
The Law would most empha tically not
have sustained her in this point OF view
but she didn't care. She said she felt
sure she was right and she had planned
method Of getting around the law
The method was not one which any
man Of her standing would have boasted
about. But shs did. And II was plain
that the men who heard her. both men
OF high standards of prob!ty and JUS
,ice, were moro amused than shocked.
rot Particular About Ethical
obuRAtons
Afterward We were speaking OF the
matter md they said NO. you wouldn't
think much Of a man who did that sort
Of thing and boosted about It. but you
feel differently about n woman"
Evidently Il Is one Of women's special
PRIVILEGES not 70 be as particular about
ethical and moral obligations as men.
Another example OF this Is tho OLD
saying that n woman Is privileged TO
change her mind. with whatever that
IMPLIES OF cancelled obligation.
Women also are privileged to have
less courage than men. A woman CHI
Yield TO almost any kind OF fear without
losing caste.
wonder II there Will ever como =
time when neither sex Will nave speciAi
prIyileges but each Will deal with the
other on terms OF equal obligations ana
equal expectations.
suppose Il is biologically Impossible
N, us aver 70 arrive at such time
hr, - n isn't and II am going to
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! Little by little he fitted the scraps
together and gradually thare grew I'M
! der his fingers the complete phrase
I Two pounds Of butter"-words harm
! less In themselves but destined 10 lead
| to the solution OF the entire mystery.
/ As Canler chuckled with delight OF
his discovery. one OF his assistants
! looked over his shoulder and exclaimed
1T means nothing! What has two
pounds OF butter 10 do with this rob-
| berry? There were no provisions
stolen"
: NO" admitted the Chief. tho
! thieves preferred gold and silver and
| jrwclry. But two pounds Of butter
which they probably bought and honest
! their detection
! Those about the room looked on in
amazement. not daring to take the
| words Mt their face value and yet dar-
: ing TO doubt them--for. since his mas
| terly solution Of the problem OF tho UNI
known man. NJ. Canler had become the
! idol Of the entire force, tho detective to
! whom nothing was impossible.
After ne had laid piece OF glass
over the ashes and carefully trEced the
, handwriting on n thin sheet OF paper.
the chief OF police gathered the original
! fragments together sad tossed them
into the air.
There" he exclaimed. as the bits OF
sh fioatcd through the air. there 10
! all the evidence necessary to secure con-
! viction. / shall return when have fol-
! lowed the clue 10 It's conclusion"
Canlers first move was TO divide the
! city OF Paris into squares and. taking
these one by one, 10 call upon All the
| dealers in butter In each section. 1t
was a task staggering in Its magnitude
since Mt each store. he had to produce
his copy Of the phrase Two pounds OF
butter" and compare It with tho hand
, writing Of each clerk, but II brought
| results after TWO hundred and e!ght-siI
! failures. At the two hundred and eighty
seventh store the proprietor recognized
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Metallic Fumes

meL8k11C uulob
Such fumes causing acute ar chronic
poisoning, are associated with zinc
brass and bronze smelling: lead working
mercury works (such as mirror FACTOR
ies) amalgama,ion plants and hrc-gild-
,Sng establishments The dust OF such
metals also act as do the fumes. Non
metallic fumes and dust which are AIS"
associated with specific p"i*onnGS are
10 be guarded against in tho reduction
and smelling Of the precious metals tar
sonic sulphur. and !ts c"mpoundSl, tel
'lurium and I compounds. Cyanogen
compounds. phosphorus works ana
match factories employing white phos-
phorus: chemical works and dycing es-
tabltshments Chromi" acid poisoning
may be caused by the chronic acid or
chromates used in chronic tanning.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
In Indiscretion
"A week ago | trimmed my primula
and overlooked washing my hands care
fully. rubbed the on my face ana
around my eye. This plant Is c"nS!d-
cred poisonous and some cannot hannie
IL NV cheek swclled until could
scarcely see out Of my eye. until sack
OF water gathered but did not break.
I painted freely with iodine and at last
becoming alarmed for fear OF erySlp'lhS'
7 consulted our doctor. lie Is a me
young man. He said there were no
symptoms IT crNsireias and Thought
had applied rather too much Iodine. lie
gave me q zinc ointment anu that was
all. The swelling has zone down nut
the redness Is s,lll there and when
do my cooking each forenoon. the heat
from the grill cause me great Distress
cheek gets scarlet and II feels just like
a burn when heat Is applied.
Answer think the young doctor
should have praise and announcement.
He did we'll and YOU should go to him
FOR further treatment. Rut doesn't It
haat ali hnw neoDle Will Apply SO strong
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BRAIN TESTS
2 Minute, 70 Anwsr This.
By SAM LLOYD

John sells his Ice a trihe cheape,
whom a customer takes a full hundred
pounds, so Mrs. Hogan and Mrs. Gala
han md II to their advantage to poo
their money and take the big piece.
This morning Mrs. Hogan contributed
the larger part OF the purchase price
80 Mrs. Callahan's portion Of the cake
was only five e!ghts the weight Of the
other.
What were the weights OF the two
pieces:
Answer to Ysstsrday'1 Puzzle.
PAD plus ERE plus WRAP minus
RAP plus SKIN plus ETHER minus
NEITHER leaves PADEREWSKI.
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A DAINTY DRESS FOR PARTY OR


Pattern 1855 Is here illustrated. II
b cut IN four sizes: s. 10. IL and "a
years. 1c-year size will require "A
Yards OF 36-inCh material
Batiste. wolfe. e.noro!deries. net. silk
lawn. poplin. linen. crepe and crepe dc
chine could be used FOR this design
The sleeves may be IN wrist or elbow
kngth The fiounces may be omitted.
A pattern OF this illustration mailed
To any address on receipt OF l2c In sill
Ncr or stamps.
Write name and address, plainly. Send
IL cents TO Intelligencer office. Wheel
AE. w. va.
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Boom 70 Grow n
A secondhand clothes dealer In WON
inxton was selling . suit - very neck
and easily satisfied young man tast In
from Virginia. All went veil unit! the
pants" were tried on, Thsy may hHve
been '.nade to Order" - the dealer
yoved-but II %. for . aaaA some 6esAn
sizes larrer than this candidate sum
moning up his courage. the Violin asked
timidly "Aint they Jest leetls ON the
big side. misterr'
big! Veil I should ~ notF" sxclaim
ed the seller In disgust IVY man. tAsyrs
wearin' 'em dat way dis season. They're
shust IN style. Let mo haul EN- up .
leetle nit Dc suspenders. Al. levsiy!
And they're roomy and comfortable.
amt theyf"
Tho poor customer wdESlad Not bad
mister" no said meekly-'but jest
leetle tight under the arms"
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1t is one thing To praise love. and
another thing {" jrIc'iC" il" We may
llud II as Tho gr"atcest thing ir III"
world and We; make Il III" very least
IN our own world--EXchanEc.
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Ana h OoAYad.

Here You. str" cried the irate old
gentleman. didn't tell you never T.
enter this house again."
No. SIR" replied his daughters per-
s!stent sutton. You said not TO CROSS
your Threshold so climbed IN at the
window"
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be rsincarnatsd, I DO hope one q my
reincarnations happens then And Ist
a chance to 500 how like It.
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YETI
Not yet She's so fat the surgeons
don't know whether to operate or blast"
New York Evening World.
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, an !rri;ant as iodin" near so tender al
organ as the eye
Languid.
am 81 years ~ age. For the past
several Years ! have been afflicted
throughout Tho summer season with a
most miserable drowsy or languid feel
ing. I haven't the energy to do any
;hinr. I take light exercises. preceded
by cold bath and am also dict!ng--fOl-
lowing The fruit and vegetah'" prinCiDlG
hut still ! do not seem to get results
Am GU On NV fathers ranch and
should hc getting som" good results
from II rae outdoor l!Cr. etc. but still
remain ;h'n and weak. ! am OF the
mental tyrc Am Il writer Of short
stories. IN Tact. but for the past few
months have been unable Ia do any
thing even in this line
Answer Go To Eoccaccto We are
all of us of thu mental type. more ar
less Get thoroughly examined To- he
sure Won haven't malaria or sometime :;
like THAI. Then lead the Hygcnic Life
taGliCc gent S"m by malll and Quit
writing for Il month You tenpcrmcntal
fellows work out your Vcin every now
and then. Dieting be hanged for one or
Your sort Eat meat one" a day. And
every day 60 out and walk~-Or better
still. help your father.
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All inquiries addressed to DR.. Huber
in care Of the Health Talks" depart
ment will be answered in these columns
In their turn. This requires consider
able time. however. owing - III" great
number received. 50 If personal or
quicker reply IS desired. a stamped md
sclf-addrcSscd nnvciop" must be en-
closed with the question The Editor.
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WOMAN TO LEARN
HIS WIFE IS DROWNING

PITAAN, N. j.. July lA.--stroihns
along the boardwalk at the lake 1t
Alcyon Park yesterday afternoon. Paul
Greene. Of Gloucester City. saw a
young woman struggling In the water.
He leaped overheard fully clothed and
went to her rescue. When he got her
ashore he learned that she was Mrs.
Daisy Benner and that his own wire
had been with the woman and that she
was at the bottom Of the lake. Other
hathors rescued Mr.. Greene and both
women were given first-aid treatment.
Mrs. Greene wis later treated by DR..
LummiS.
The women were members Of large
picnic party Of the Daughters OF Poca-
hontas, which came from Gloucester.
klrs. Greene and Mrs, Benner went In
to bathe In the lake. They got into a
hole ard were unable to extrtcate
themselves.
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Thursday night with Mrs. Clark Du-
ca, wife OF the pastor Of the church
Durea. who II not an ordained min
uter and whose church II not regu-
lsrly organised. not only admits his
wiz ran away with Mrs. VsrNooy's
husband. but that he stood by whom
they announced their purpose to slops
and made no effort to stop them. He
merely expresses the hope that Mrs..
Dursa and Mira. VsrNooy VIII get III
vorcss 70 his wife and her companion
may be married
The elopsmAnt 10 the elimination Of
q romance which has been the source
Of gosstp here for three years. Last
Thursday night VcrNooy smugGled
his clothes out Of the house, cranked
up his car and drove TO the Dursa
home. Mrs. Durea was waiting for
him and the pair informed Durea that
they were about TO go away together.
they left, taking with them the Du-
rea children--0ladys, twelgo years
old. and william, ten.
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TARIFF FRAMEDBY
c. 0. ?. CALLED BIG
AID TO WORKERS
Cong. Treadway Cites Benefit
In Bay State That viii Come
With Protection.

The Fordney tariff bill was framed
TO secure the workers employment
and prosperity" declared Congress
man Treadway of Massachusetts, dur.
ing a speech In the House today
THE interests of the Democratic
party are evidently with the foreign
manufacturers. as shown by their 90
licitude for the sale OF FOREIGN GOODS
In this country" he said. the Re
publican party is anxiously solicitous
for home industry and the employment
of American labor.
Unemployment Rife.
Fall River and New Bedford are
two OF the great industrial centers OF
Massachusetts. In both places more
people are seeking aid from the pauper
department than ever before. In fail
River the local pauper department 10
spending $4,000 per month, and In
New Bedford $4,000 month. A. the
cotton mills are likely to shut down
entirely by August !, these conditions
promise to grow worse.
Recent word from Tokyo ID to the
effect that Japan Is operating $4,000
cotton spindles, making goods to be
sent to this country, supplanting those
which should be made by the labor OF
men and women now asking aims OF
the cities of Fall River and New Bed.
ford"
Treadway said the Fordney bill was
a composite one, framed to benefit all
sections of the country. because no one
section can prosper TO the detriment
of another. With the hill law and
after there has been a proper revision
of the revenue law. he predicted q re.
turn of prosperity such as the country
ho nndar normal COndt-
lions in many years.
The taxes on crude and fuel oils
carried In the bill were opposed by
Treadway, who read letter from Gov
ernpr Cox of Massachusetts,, saying
that the duty would be a serious blow
to the New England industries. which
use about 500, 000, 900 gallons Of Mexi-
can crude oil annually. and that 80 per
cent of this crude oil was equivalent
to 2,750. 900 tons of bituminous coal.
VIII Not Aid Monopoly.
1.-THE domestic supply of oil and it's
products are quite largely marketed
through monopoly. A tariff may aid
this monopoly, but this bill Is not writ
ten in the interest OF any monopoly.
Unless Mexican oil can be brought into
this country free, we will shortly find
ourselves in the same situation on Oil
as on lumber, wood pulp and other
natural products. Our supplies will
be go rapidly dimipished that In a few
years there will be great consterns-
ton.
New England is a consumer OF fuel
oil for power, heat and light. A duty
on oil will add at least a cent a gallon
to every gallon of oil used in New Eng
land. This represents an additional
cost in production and manufacture
of goods in Massachusetts Of at least
81, 0O0, 900. or causes the manufactur-
ers to consume 2,750.000 additional
tons of bituminous coal"
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TOUSSA|NT TRIED !
JULY Il AS HIS
FATHERS SLAYER
Former Washington Boy Said
To Have Confessed Shoot
ing-To Plead Insanity.

WICHITA FALLS, Tex, July A.
THE trial of Henry J. Toussaint.
self-confessed slayer Of his father.
Otto H. Toussaint. who was shot and
killed in this city on the night of
February 6, last, will begin in the
Thirtieth district court July 81. The
0efendant has been held in the
Wichita county jail since the morn.
Ing OF February Z, whom q full
confession was obtained from him by
Chief Of Police Lee Huff.
The elder Toussaint, who was
formerly hotel proprietor of Wash
fngton and who was well known
throughout the East, was murdered
while walking to hts rooming house
from the home Of friend. The
case gave promise of being a battling
one, as the shooting took place late
at night In a dark and sparsely
settled section OF the city. No clues
were left by the assailant.
When brought before the police for
examination the following morning.
the son Of the dead man displayed
absolutely no emotion, and 1t was
this which first cast a shadow Of
suspicion over him. This suspicion
was later confirmed when the room
which father and son had occupied
was searched and n blood stained
shirt and the watch which the
| slain man was wearing when killed
were brought 70 light.
Following the discovery Of this
4 Evidence young Toussaint was sub
,Jected to a grilling examination,
which eliminated in his making q
full confession to the police. This
was later corroborated, in substance,
before the county attorney.
In his confession Toussaint de-
clared he planned the murder Of his
father for at least ten days before
the deed was committed. He told of
purchasing a revolver for the ex-
press purpose Of shooting his sire.
He also told Of wrecking the cleo
lyrical mechanism Of his fathers ma
home OF a friend, so that the old
man would be compelled to walk
alone through dark streets, where
II would be easy to fire and escape.
An estrangenent between Tous-
,saint and his wife. brought about,
1t IL alleged, by continual criticism
on the part Of the father; threats of
Toussaint, ST., to dissolve the build.
Ing and construction contracting
firm Of which the son was Junior
, member; and alleged acts Of violence
iperpetrated by the elder Toussaint
against his own wife. finally result
ing In her death. were given by the
boy as his motives for committing
the murder.
An insanity plea will be the basis
of the defense. according to current
rumors, and to this end a large
number of witnesses who knew the
defendant while he was at school
In Washington and while in service
have been summoned. 1t Is ex-
pected that young Toussaint's wife,
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z. e. RlsDoN HEADS NEW
Y. M. C. A. AUTO SOCIETY

Il. r. Risdon was last night cleo.
ted president Of the "Y" Automotive
Club; C. p. Haiisr. vice president; r..
c. Carter. secretary. and J. M. Mar.
shall, treasurer. The executive COM
mittee u composed Of J. H. Ward.
DIR. d. Davis. B. r.. Slough. w.
schutxe. +. A. Waters. and A. d.
Peyton. with the officers of the cab
- sxofficio. The advisory cepsrnitt~s
y william Knowles Cooper. ssnesai
secretary of the Y. N. G. A.; A. u.
Ward. director Of education OF the
Y. M. G. A. schools. and Il. A. Drumm.
principal OF the automotive school.
The object Of the club - to pro
mote knowiedee Of the automobile
and related industries. Membership
IL restricted to graduates of the "Y''
automotive schools. but no restrIc.
ton IL placed on the schools from
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BONUS CHECKS SENT TO
NEW JERSEY WAR HEROES

TRENTON, July 1.-THE first
checks under the New Jersey State
Bonus Act were sent out yesterday
to 1000 men and women veterans
of the world war. The law pro.
vides Cor payment of $40 for each
month of service, the maximum not
to exceed 800.
1t is proposed TO send out 10000
checks a day until $4,000 have been
mailed. when $50 day will be
mailed. Fifty thousand arplica: IONS
have been approved. There ara in
the State $4,000 ex-service men and
women and dependents OF persons
who gave their lives for their ooIh-
try. Bonus bonds to the amount Of
S12, 900 900 have been sold.
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CITY DECLINES HORSE
IN LIEU OF SIS FINE

YORK, Pa, July IA horse that
proved to be a "jinx" to Charles A
Trimmer, was offered as a gift to the
city Of York yesterday, but was de-
clined.
Trimmer was arrested for permit.
ting the horse to wander into a truck
patch and do damage. Trimmer of.
fered the horse in lieu of g SIS fine.
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which they may have graduated
Meetings viii be held the first Tues
day OF each month.
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WIFE LOOKS ON AS
. HUBBY FLEES WITH
PASTORS SPOUSE
Monticello Woman 6lames
Weird Church Creed for
Her Troubles.

MONTICELLO. N. r., July H.
Blaning the doctrine Of non.resistance
Of the so-caiied Church Of Holiness
for her troubles. Mrs. Earl VerNooy
yesterday announced her intention Of
bringing suit for divorce.
She alleges her husband eloped last
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who Is now In Pittsburgh, and a
brother living In Washington will
come to Texas to attend the trial