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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-11
BY Lou Tellegen.
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II WILL not talk Of my troubles with the
lady who has been my wife. The mar
= rage which was begun so happily In
over There is no reason to believe that
the broken match will ever be mended. I
will not talk now of the causes for the I'M
happy break between us, but -,
Love, to endure, must be fifty-fifty. Taat
Is not poetic expression. It Is CONNER.
cial. It Is the recipe for happy marriage
Fifty-ffty! Half hundred meets half a
hundred and makes century of achieve.
ment or Joy or usefulness =. It means give
and take equally. Not give all by one and
take all by another. ~. ,S-IO. .. III. 4.
II Is not true that artists cannot be happy
IN marriage, But they must first be human
beings. The human relation is the biggest
thing in any life. 1t Is bigger than am.
bitiop. bigger than career. II is the
greatest thing In the world--the well-bal
:anced, perfect human relation. II Il were
maintained there would have been no world
war, there would be no war in households
There would be no sundeHed marriages,
no fragments OF lives, no broken hearts.
There cannot be true human relation
where there is an enlarged ego.
n I will moe talk of the cause OF this sepa-
ration of Miss Farrar and myself, but
The overlarge, humorous ego Is rock
upon which the domestic ship is wrecked.
The person who has such an ego does not
say, -snan we go to the theatre tonight
to see Soand-SoT Oh, no! Such per
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Dear, what do you think Of an afternoon
in the country with So-and-So?" II he said,
Il don't care about it.: Let us 60 toa
motion picture instead" she said. ivory
well. II you don't like It we won't CO."
But don't think II is, on one side: He al
ways consults her, always considers her,
always is governed by her wishes. That
pair are artists. Successful artists, too.
So is Nine Farrar an artist. but
Shall I tell you Of two great persons
who had a long and happy love match
They were Monsieur and Madame Curie.
They we're in perfect accord. They were
humanity, fully happy until he died. They
were scientists without those promptings
of romance that an artists work suggests,
Cold scientists, so-cslled.- but they loved
each other and were happy all lof their
many years together. And would have
gone on loving and making each other
happy had they lived to hundred years.
For each considered the feelings OF the
other. .. -...
I win not talk of the SCATTERING Of my
marriage. but 49, 2. s
The admission Of other Influences iato
o home threatens It. The home Is for how
many? Two The persons who found II.
When others enter It and are consulted
about this step of one or that proposition
of another strife begins. II is unwise to
take counsel with other than your spouse
on matters that concern the home. When
that is done you wound your mate and
surrender your own individuality. There
must be no leader in family. No boss"
One must cultivate the individual All.
De- Al. "a
an | family. II, must be we household
or II falls. Cultivate the individuality, by
all means, but let Il not be an overpower.
ing, crushing, smothering power in the
home. Let that strength be- shown to the
persons one week-ends with or whose par
ties one attends. or in business Let It be
active then lest It weaken and diminish.
Jealousy? do not account that fault.
Il is part Of love. II is the shadow
thrown by the substance Of love. The man
tc) 1921, BY star Company.
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that hurt me deeply. He said, Lou Tello-
gen says he does not know anything about
his wife's business! What an admission.
He'd BETTER wake up!" -...
It is true that did not know anything
about my wife's business-butI will not
talk of the case a..
To make marriage happy, even endur-
able, one must take into account sensitive.
ness. Even IL one be not sensitive, one
must consider the sensitiveness of others.
One must not hurt 1t beyond healing or
forgetting. ~.
Why should not artists be as happy as
others in marriage7 Because Of their tenn
peraments? ~ !. ,E-. =
There should be no more temperament
among artists than among housekeepers
or bankers or housemaids. / have seen
both exhibit high degree-or shall I say
low degree-of temperament Ridiculous
The artist should be a gentleman or a
gentlewoman--with all those beautiful
words imply. Such do not display temper
nor fall back upon temperament as an ex-
cuse for q vulgar, disturbing display of
feeling. .sr st ..... w., .-a .Ar.s ,.
But must not talk of my own troubles
with Miss Farrar---
Inere may De many happy marriages
where there is consideration At least six
Of every hundred marriages are successful.
It is possible to go through long life to-
gether-faithful, happy, an example to
others. You are pessimist II you say
that the strain of life and human nature
are too great for the permanently haopy
marriage. l know couple, both members
Of which must be sixty-fve, who have borne
the strain OF forty years together. They
are deeply in love and supremacy happy.
went into the kitchen one evening and
had to beg their pardon for entering while
they kissed each other. With that pair
there is no gigantic 81" There was only
modest, beautiful "We."
I have never heard that wife say IT am
going to do so-and-so." She says, 81 will
speak to tlet us call him Fred), about II
She never said, II am going away with
some friends this afternoon" She said,
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Gently, quietly. without any appeal to out

gently, quietly. without any appeal to out
siders. # .s.
Rejecting upon your marriage customs
can but decide that the doors of the d.
vorce courts are too widely open. You
take on your bonds too lightly and drop
tnem too thoughtlessly
look at your beautiful young girls.
see them working so hard to attract the
male. They dance and preen and smile
and wag their eyes. I want to say to them,
my dear young thing, don't work so hard
1t is not necessary. Wait for twenty years
or more. That will be the time to work.
Then you win have to work to be enter
tanning. Now 1t is enough simply to look
ut your dew.bathed youth. Don't hunt the
man. You won't need to. He will pursue
Even Bernard Shaw viii admit that wo-
mans pursuit of man must be yelled. She
might get ir his way until he is used to
seeing her about and will miss her IL she
isn't But he must not be made to say 4
can't go any where without seeing Marv.'''
There are three ages of love In the life
Va "V'hdu, 90 PuiOSUpuST VI neaTt
has said. There Is the first age, which
revolves abcut the axis of seventeen. Then
a girl has but to be herself Her youth,
the Spring Of life, the glory of being young
is sufficient allure.
The next age seems to revolve about
twentyeight and the woman who looks
twenty-eight. She has caught the male
and wants to keep him happy. I would
prescribe for her the golden fule of happy
marriage. That is consideration.
There is a third age-the Autumn of
loves year. That is when woman is, as
you say in this country, fading" It IA a
cruel term DAnnunzio was cruel, too.
when he wrote In his Duse-inspired book
OF his "ageing woman" and her "withsred
skin" .'.. s..
I. who Rave played many lover roles and
have observed the women of many lands
and worlds. say to such women, Don't
despair. Charm is greater than beauty"
II Is subtle thing Don't be ixed
quantity TO your husband or lover. he.
velop new traits and charms. Be subtle
II you have been frank. Change the way
you wear your hair. Adopt q new color.
Or new modiste. Be vivacious II YOU
have been calm. Change. And the poor
male who Is your satellite will think,
what creature OF infinite variety she is
Always something new.
Ever differentl
Ever entertaining"
Love Is so fragile, so delicate, so pre-
cious. II is like gem that must be con-
stantly polished. II must not be cast away
In dust heap Of habit, to be forgotten in
the press OF other things-a friendship, a
business, profession
win not talk about my separation from
Miss Farrar. All, mol
But the ego is wonderful thing. Il is
ourself. our spirit. Il must be fed AS q
fame is fed. Yet II must not be allowed
to grow until II becomes monster.
A bss le Frankenstein!
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which centuries Of different living have
thrown between them. It Is not an I'M
bridgeable chasm. Couples Of different ma
tionalities, different upbringing, different
standards Of living have been superlatively
happy. Did not the granddaughter of
Russian Prince? Julia Dent Grant, was Il
not, who married the Prince Cantacuzene3
That was an ideal match. II has stood the
strain Of nearly twenty years. The con-
flict Of different standards Of living will
come, but the differences can be adjusted
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There must be faith In love. In that re-
spect love is like religion. One has not
seen the object Of worship, but one has
faith that He exists. One may not have
mathematical proof that the other loves
her or him, but one must believe And
our reward is the love we covet
What Is the test OF love? II is trying to
please the other. When one ceases to do
that the love partnership is threatened, as
a business partnership would be. Fancy,
for instance, two business partners con.
sulting as to what It were best to do for
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the firm. Imagine one Of the firm
calling in this person or that to join
the conference. Is that trying to please
the other! Is THAT consideration! Is 1t
kind? Is II taking into account the SEN
sitiveness Of the otheri
win not speak Of the collapse of my
own lost happiness, but. 1922.
When man and woman are drawn
together by an oyermastering attraction
they must remember that If they were
born and reared in different worlds.
with the background Of different tradi-
tons, they start in the love race, with
a handicap!
1t is not as though they had grown
up together from their childhood-had
known each other and were acquainted
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with each others
idiosyncrasies as
long as they could
remember. Soon
er or later the
difference in point
Of view will be
apparent. Then
loving compre-
hension, 10 vim 9
kindness, tender
patience m u st
bridge the chasm
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z TO broken romance has aroused so
IN much amazement and conjecture as
. that of Geraldine Farrar. one of the
loveliest of American prima donnas. and
Lou Tellegen. her husband, known as the
stages most perfect lover.
Everyone had supposed that the two
were stili desperately in love with each
other. Not long ago they even had taken
a number of intimate pictures showing how
apparently happy was their home life.
Then recently became known that the
prima donna had locked her romantic hus.
band ignominiously out of their house!
or the causes which led 10 the separa.
tion, which is now making its way toward
the divorce courts, Miss Farrar has been
silent. Beyond saying that temper and
temperament" were at the bottom of the
fuss, Mr.. Tellegen has, up to date, re-
NAMED equally silent. His attorney, Mr..
Harry N. Steinfeld, says briefly: Artists
cannot live happily together"
In Mr.. Tellegen's extremely interesting
dissertation on this page upon wha. makes
marriages happy or unhappy, he prefaces
his remarks by saying: II will not discuss
the lady who has been my wife, bur
Is It logical to infer that 90 long as Mr.
Tellegen's welded romance has ended, 1t
could not have run along the lines that he
indicates would have prevented such 70.
mances from ending disastrously7 And.
also. is it not equally reasonable to infer
that the conditions which he points out as
disastrous to welded romance must have
entered into his own? "-.
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whose wife is Jealous
Of him should not be
angry, He should be
complimented. H err
jealousy proves that
he > has not lost her
interest, her love. But
there are two kinds
of jealousy. There
are the high and the
low. The high jeal.
ousy is beautiful. It
is protective, 1t says,
THAT, my god. my idol,
is threatened I must
safeguard'hi I who
adore him must keep
from him all evil
things" -
But there is a low
order of jealousy. 1t
is primitive, hideous,
consuming. The per-
SON who is afflicted
with the fire of sus.
picion should try to.
control and suppress
1t. It Is a devouring
flame. It is mean and
little and destroying.
You will understand
that I say nothing
about the lady who
was INV utfa hut-
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son says, II have
arranged for a box
at the theatre to-
night. We will see
so-and.so."
Poor ifty-ifty,
the insurance for
success in mar
riage at has
become Of It?
A man wrote
something for a
newspaper once
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-07

their houses to look at II. Passing
overhead, it disappeared into the
southeast. taking about two minutes to
accomplish its visible course. 1t was
observed In eleven States, from Ne
braska 20 West Virginia. over Cen
trail Illinois It broke into fragments
like rocket. and in Indiana and Ohio
1t formed a flock OF meteOrs forty
miles long and five miles broad.
In February, 1875, brilliant me-
teor shaped like an elongated horse
shoe was seen all over Missouri and
Iowa. II had flowing jacket OF flame,
and detonations caused by its burst
ing shook the earth. When II fell.
near Marengo. Iowa. an area seven
miles long and four miles wide was
fairly strewn with pieces OF iron
Weighing from a few ounces 10 "A
pounds.
An exceedingly picturesque and
even romantic interest attaches 10
such visitors from outer space. and
exceptionally large ones are worth a
lot Of money. There was a farmer
In Kiowa County. Kan, who used sew
eral Of them Originally fragments Of
single "bOlide," presumably TO hold
down his haystacks Having found
out what they really were, he sold
them for enough 20 clear the merit
gage off his farm.
The largest fallen star" ever found
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is today exhibited at the entrance of
the Museum OF Natural History in
New York City. 1t IS a mass OF iron
with some nickel and cobalt) weigh
ing 36iz tons-11 feet, 2 INCHES long;
feet, 8 inches broad. and 8 feet high.
This is the famous meteorite that was
fetched By Peary the Arctic explorer.
from Cape York, on the west coast of
Greenland.
Bringing The Meteor Home
Several centuries may have elapsed
since this giant meteor fell. Sir John
Ross heard OF II from the Eskimo
when he visited Cape York in 1918.
But Peary was the first white man
that ever laid eyes on it. The Eskimo
regarded 1t with superstitious venera-
ton. and had named It The Tent"
Two other large meteoric masses.
found in the near neighborhood. they
called The Woman" and The Dog. "
Their notion was that some god haG
thrown them out of the sky.
Peary brought home with him 1.-THE
Woman" and The Dog." but he was
obliged 10 90 back with special ma
chinery TO fetch the great meteorite.
To get Il into the hold OF the ship
was a big job. and dangerous. because
slip Of the tackle might drop it
through the bottom Of the vessel The
mass Of iron was dragged aboard on "a
track Tad upon beams extended from
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GOSHEN NEWS

Mrs. Guy Symeusma. 81 years old,
died Tuesday nigh, at her New
Paris home Of blood clot ON the
brain. Surviving are her husband.
her father John Hoover of near
Milford and three sisters. Funeral
services VIII be held Friday at 10
"a. ~. at salem church. southeast
Of Milford
Thomas A. Starr OF Goshen. who
with Mrs. starr is wiutering ~ san
"a Re. Isle OF Pines. West Indies
writes that beer is ICtailed mt 30
cents q small bottle or 10 cents FOR
"a small glass Bull Durham tobacco
at 90 cents O. package. gasoline and
coal oil ar 90 cents a gallon. eggs
at t1.I0 per dozen. and butter at 81
per pound. Mr.. Starr while at Santa
t'e became acquainted with GOV.
Pack formerly OF the Philippine
Islands and who while there knew
Charles r.. Harris of san ose, cal.
formerly OF Goshen. Pack went
from th, United States 90 the Philip
pines iu "a regiment with Maj. Fttz-
gerald. formerly OF Goshen.
The engagement OF Hiss Gladys
Cline. daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Frank w. Cline of Tucson Ariz..
formerly az Goshen. and Charles
Kinney o. Tucson has been an
uuuucCl
The annual farmers institute Is
being held .u the Auditorium 40
Nappauee with Dr. Ada Sveitzer of
the Indiana state board of health.
Mrs. Lillian T. Pierce OF Knights
town and ST. l.. Shearer of Co
sheu. agricultural agent of Elkhart
county. on The program Attendance
u large The institute VIII end Fri
dav afternoon.
The body ~ Mrs OIeya Rose
hrough 81 South Bend. who died az
the home of her mother. Mrs o. l..
Metz OF South Bend. was Inferred in
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-07

the beach TO the bulwark. hydraulic
jacks being used to force II up 20 a
point where the gun-tackles could
grasp and handle 10.
When at length II was safely slowed
IN the hold. with sand ballast and
beams to prevent it from rolling about.
the problem Of its transportation had
only begun 10 be solved: for, on the
return voyage, the presence OF the
enormous mass Of iron rendered the
compass useless. and on this account
he ship was obliged to keep in sight
Of land until she reached Sydney.
where she arrived with food supplies
reduced 10 the last biscuit.
THE Woman" is OF irregularly round
ed shape, II feet in circumference.
with a length OF 4 feet. inches. and
weighs 5000 pounds Its entire sur
face has been worked and pounded by
EskimOs for many generations, iron be-
ing so precious TO them that small
pieces broken off with flint tools were
worth any amount OF labor. THE
Dog" weighs about half a ton.
Hunt For 4 Metcorite
The second largest fallen star
known is a chunk OF solid iron and
nickel weighing about % tons. 1t was
found. in 1900, by Prof. Henry a.
Ward. in the state OF Sinaloa. Mexico.
It's existence had been known as far
back as 1925. but no scientific man
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had ever seen it. and the story was
supposed to be a myth. According to
the tale. It lay near the village OF
Bacubirito, in the far northwest.
Ward, who was an ardent hunter OF
scientific curlOsities, started out TO IN
vestigate. He was obliged to cross
Mexico by train, to travel by steam
boat 500 miles 10 Altalts. on the Gulf
OF California, and 20 undertake thence
a four days horseback journey TO
Bacublrito.
His trouble was amply repaid: for
he found the meteorite a short dis
lance south OF the village, IN a corn
held-a huge object o. black iron
shaped like ham. half buried.
Twenty-eight native laborers helped
him dig it UP. and they lifted it on
levers so that Il could be photo
graphed. With much difficulty Profess
sor Ward detached small piece,
weighing II pounds, which ne carried
away with him.
Afterwards the mass was taken 70
the City Of Mexico. where II is now
preserved. It was Is feet long. feet
wide, and over feet thick. A cast OF
it. which looks exactly like the or
iginal. IS on exhibition at the Museum
OF Natural History IN New York. The
piece broken off by Professor Ward
was analysed and found TO consist OF
50 per cent. iron. per cent nickel
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-01-07
PLYMOUTH

William O'Connor of Culver was
i'm the city Monday and reports that
Russell Saline. who was shot by the
Culver bank robbers, remains in
about the same condition and that
ne may live several days. although
he can not recover. The bullet
pierced the spinal cord. causing
paralysis.
Jack Burns, one Of the Culver
bank robbers. said they expected TO
ind Culver easy but their foot
slipped
George Dausman. county record
or. vacated his office Jan. /. Mr.
Daniel Bollinger is his successor
Mr. Dausman will engage in mer-
camille business. He is president OF
the Crescent Tire CO.
Carl II. Mote. secretary Of the
public service commission has re-
signed. He Will engage in business.
The grand jury convened Monday
by order Of Judge Carr Their spe-
cial business is 10 consider the Cul-
yer bank robbery and make report
by indictment or otherwise.
John Bolinger, 909 y. Walnut st,
died Monday of heart trouble. He
was 20 years old. His daughter.
Miss Olive Boiinger OF NIishawaka
is one OF the six children surviving
Funeral services viii be held Mon
day morning at S.. Michael's
church
The bank robbers will not have
preliminary hearing. Their cases
viii come before the grand jury.
will be tried upon the nature Of the
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services were held at the Presbyter-
ian church in Nappanee.
A revival meeting at Waterford
Mills is being largely attended.
In the circuit court here Henry
VI. Mangus of Nappanee has sued
Lizzie Mangus for divorce. alleging
cruel and inhuman treatment. They
were married July o. 1919. separat-
ing May 10, 1920.
For the first time in many years
golf is being played in Goshen and
vicinity in mid winter
Goshen post. 40. 30, American
Legion basketball team won its fifth
successive victory when IL defeated
the Syracuse five at city park pa
vilion by a score of IA To IL.
The Rieth-Riley Construction Co.
of Goshen has filed articles of in
corporation with Sec'y Of State Ed.
Jackson The company is capitalized
at S25O.OOO and ia formed for the
purpose of constructing bridges.
roads and highways
The Highway Iron Products Co.
of LlgOnier has made five percent
cut I'm wages effective.
Earl q. Lehman OF Toledo for
merly of Goshen. head of the COM
merCial saIesmen's section OF the
Mems Apparel club. addressed menu
beers of the Kiwauis club here on
Good Salesmarship.'
An N-ray was used 10 locate a
piece Of broken steel which lodged
i'm the hand of Hershel Reed OF
Ljgonier while he was carrying coal
from q shed at the rear Of his home
into the house. Surgeons had made
several incisiOus and failed 90 find
the splinter until the N-ray was
used
Mrs. Elmer T.. Mummert OF Co
shen. secretary of Goshen chapter.
American Red Cross, has filed a re-
port on the services given by Miss
Naomi BloSser Of Bucyrus, o.. pub
lie school nurse, who has been com
PEELED TO retire temporarily on ac-
count of the illness Of her father at
| Ada. O. Miss Blosser made many