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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-13
My Marriage Problems
Adele Garrson's New Phase Of
Revelations Of "a Wife
Adele Carrison's New Phase oi


ent WAS a." I began hotly.
Dicky put his hand over my mouth
In exaggerated burlesque.
Don't say It." he begged. Don't
utter the awful swear words that are
trembling on your pure young lips.
Count i've and twenty. Tattycoram."
A Surprising Question.
The reference to the absurd little
discipline so picturesquely portrayed
by Dickens. and which Dicky and
often had used as a catch word, COM
pleted the rout OF my Ill temper.
giggled outright. and he removed his
hand from my lips with an exag-
gerated sigh OF relief.
Now you're shouting" he said.
Coon. spill the beans and be quick
about II. Who were the friends that
picked you up and brought you here?"
l was malicious enough to wish to
-mystify him just a little.
Il didn't see n soul l knew from
the time l left Bridgehampton until
you walked into the room n few min
utes ago" 1 said emphatically.
Dicky dropped his arm and stared
at me.
We'll. I'll be DID," he said. IT am
sure that understood the woman per-
fectly over tho telephone.
mo doubt you did," / returned. she
simply wasn't telling the truth. And I
am great deal more mystified than
you can possibly be. Now. II you'll
promise not to interrupt. nor to scold
until you've heard the whole story.
TIL toll van oil oho,,f
"A clam Or an oyster would be a
laxative guy beside me-" he promised.
Go ahead"
/ settled myself moro comfortably
against his arm. and related every in
cident of my journey with its irritat-
ing delay upon the stalled train. and
the accident which had made me lose
consciousness for a minute or two. /
omitted no detail in my description of
the mysterious foreigner who had
forced his attention upon me with the
story of his being friend OF my
father and wishing to find out his ad-
dress. And 1 laid particular stress
upon the pains l had taken to elude
the mysterious stranger, including my
registration under the name OF Mrs.
Black at the hotel. At the end of the
recital Dicky gazed at me with quiz
zical eyes.
And you pretend to have been
something Of a government sleuth, "
he said. and can't figure that out7
That bump on your bean must have
been harder than / thought"
(To be Contiuned.)
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-13
DoRs DICKY HOLD THE KBY TO
THIS STRANGE sITUATIONi

Dicky turned from the telephone
and came back to the chair where
I sat rackinE my bewildered brain
for the solution OF the problem hts ac-
count OF his mysterious summons had
given me.
Now, there's a simple query I'd like
20 put to you, old dear" he said. SIT
ting on tho arm OF the chair and slip
ping his arm around my shoulders.
But there was hint OF sternness In
his voice that warned me something
A bit unpleasant was coming. and /
could very well guess what II was.
"wrl you kindly tell me why In
blaaes you registered as Mrs. Black
at this hotel7 or all the fool stuntsi
OF course you never can tell what n
woman will do. but l did give you
credit for mt least one-fourth OF an
idea rafting around in your beam"
drew away slightly. but decidedly
from his encircling arm.
II infer then that under no circum-
stances does a man ever register under
. name not his own" My tone was as
frigid IA my mental temperature.
Dicky frightened the grasp OF his arm
and compelled my return 10 its shelter.
"But Go On"
AT least he has n legitimate-or
illegitimate reason for so doing" he
said with a grin. And nothing doing,
old dear. I'm the high and mighty Of
Tended dignity pose. You've got US
both In devil OF mess, and I'd like
10 know how we're going TO get out
OF ~. But that can wait, although not
very long, for l can't linger around
here many minutes. So get busy, old
dear. and spill your reason. or rather
your excuse. You couldn't have had
anything that could be dubbed rea-
son."
My mental Thermometer took n
bound from subnormal TO typhoid
fever height.
You have no right to say anything
like that" I sputtered. You have no
more idea what l have gone through
than the-than the"
babe unborn" put In Dicky with a
provoking grin. That's a good. time
honored simile. Amt l the nifty little
thesaurus? You never ought 10 travel
without mo. But go on. This Is Just
what 1 want TO know. what have you
gone through Your tone hints at
things unrevesled by my mysterious
dulcet-voiced woman telephone cor
respondent"
Your woman telephone correspond
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-13

Never . week that rolls around
that / do not get a tcar-sodden letter
in which some middle-sged woman
tells me that her husband In tired OF
her, and wants TO be rid Of her, and
asks mo what shall she do.
Always the story Is the same. The
woman writes that she and her nus
band married when they were young
and poor; that she shaved and saved
to help him get along, and that they
were happy for 4 good many years.
Then the husband began 10 philander
around. and neglect her and his home
There was an affair with some pretty,
young girl. She forgave him that.
and he was sorry. and Il WAS like
old time for a while
Then some other woman. young
and stunning looking came into his
life, as they say in the movies, a
painted, slim, impudent-faced thing,
but he is infatuated with her, and he
tells his wife frankly that he doesn't
love her any more; that she Is old
and fat, and ugly. and that he is tired
OF her. and that the only thing on
earth that she can do 20 please him
Is 10 get a divorce.
And the woman asks piteously,
what shall she do?
i think there is no other story on
earth so tragic as this OF the wife who
has given the best years OF her life
TO man, and who, when he wearies
of her. Is turned out like a wornout
old horse 20 shift for herself. and live
or die. as II chances. For her trag-
edy is not only the tragedy Of a
broken heart and the loss OF the man
who has been all IN all 10 her, II is
the tragedy OF financial ruin. the loss
Of the support TO which she is entitled
| The woman has invested the labor
OF her life in her husband. She has
worked as hard as he has, but the re-
suit OF her toll has gone 10 him. He
owns the dollars and cents she has
saved by walking TO save carfare, by
/ pairing the potatoes a little thinner
by dressing shabbil'- and doing with
out the million little things tina,
women crave. lie owns the house
that her hands have helped earn, and
that is as dear to her as a part OF
her own life.
To take her home away from such
! a NDifidH 10 ltdif iltf very eOul Out
of its body. To throw her out in the
world TO make a living is like cast
ing a child out into a Jungle In the
night. The very thought of IL makes
her turn faint with terror. She would
not know which way to turn. She Is
as ignorant as a babe of commercial
usages, and the gainful professions
that young women follow. She could
not even be a servant. for the woman
| who has been mistress OF her own
house finds IL hard 10 adapt herself
to another woman's whims
And yet this woman's husband is
trying TO get rid Of her, and she asks
what shall she do? There are those
who would tell her TO wait patiently
and her husband. in the end, will
come back to her faithful love after
he has tired Of lighter loves. / do
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-13
WHY JIMMIE SKUNK LAUGHED.

Mr.. Fox stopped and looked back at
Jimmie Skunk. As rule he did not
carr TO DO within speaking distance of
him. hut now ne thought :; was q
black and white pussy.
When he discovered who &. was
Mr.. Fox started 10 trot along and then
he heard Jimmie laughing. and Mr..
Fox is very inquisitive. 80 he stopped
and looked back again.
What is the joker" he asked
being careful 10 step backwards as he
spoke. for one can never be sure OF
Jimmie Skunk's temper.
But Jimmie was feeling good ma
turcd and afraid Of hardly any one
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-13

So he sat down and faced Mr.. Fox and
kept on laughing.
Mr.. Fox was getting more curious
every minute. What is Il that pleas
- you so much. Jimmie?" ne asked.
IN tell you as soon as ! can stop
laughing" said Jimmie. You will
laugh. too. when you hear about it."
Al last he was able 20 talk without
laughing and Mr.. Fox, who now was
40 curious that he forgot 10 be care
ful. came nearer TO Jimmie and sat
down on the ground 70 listen.
You see, j was out quite early,
looking for grasshoppers. II is easy
10 ind them in the early morning.
when the grass is heavy with dew. II
Is just like picking berries"
Mr.. Fox began 10 fidget. for he did
not see anything funny about this.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-13
THE SANDMAN STORY

BY Abby Phillips Walker
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-13
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTE BOOK

This aftirnoon / went a errand for
ma, being one cent change from It.
and on the ways home I started TO 20
past Mommy Simminses store and
there was some sour balls in the windo
with sine saying, wills they last, 3
for a cent. Me thinking. G., if ma
gives me this cent III buy 3, ony G, by
the time I go home and see II I can
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-13

Demand for the embroidery and
drawn work Of the Canary Islands
steadily increased In 1921 and It is
expected that 1922 viii see this industy
on a normal basis once more. Exports
TO the United States for the first
quarters Of 1921 exceeded those
for the entire year OF 1890.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-13
WHAT SHALL SHE DO?
BY DOROTHY DIX
The Worlds Most Highly Paid Woman Writer

Copyright 1922 by the Wheeler Syndicate. Inc N Y.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-13
HON

There's no place Ike home. thank
heaven" sighed the fen-pecked man.
as he locked his hotel room from the
inside--Farn Life.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-03-13
BumStead'S WormSyruD

ITO children an ANGEL of mercy" Wheru
directions arc followed. 1T NEVER FAILS.
Despite scarcity and enormous cost Of
bANTONIN, It contains fun dose. Stood
ST ys.rs test; Sold everywhere or By
nst. O A. Voorhees,. NJ. D.. Philadeiphis
For sale by N. b. Danforth, Druggist.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-22
ONE HUNDRED PER CENT ARDMORE OWNED AND CONTROLLED

VIZ 1TH the first cold snap Of Autumn the inside
w Of the home receives more Of the familys
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-22
Boy Scouts Will
Furnish Cripple
Artificial Limb

At : joint meeting OF the various
troops OF the Boy Scouts which was
held Friday night. the boys pledged
themselves to go half on the proposl-
zion made by Dr.. Walter Hardy, some.
time ago TO purchase an artificial leg
Tor one Of their members, who was
Injured last February in Marietta.
The boy, Melton Vollno. is an Ital.
ian and is living with his mother help
ing with her upkeep. The father has
been dead sometime. Melton was pres.
ent at the county boys and girls encamp
nent last summer at OIL Springs and
became impressed with the work that
the scouts were doing at the camp.
He later came TO the office OF the
Scouts and asked IL il We're possible
FOR him TO be member in view OF
the fact that he was greatly handicap
pey. The boys were for him and when
ne was presented Friday night they
made resolutions 10 give up candy and
drinks until enough money could bs
saved for their part Of the payment on
the artificial leg.
There were over 100 boys present
OF the meeting Friday night at which
tine members Of the council were in
attendance. There were several dif.
ferent kinds OF contests held during The
meeting.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-22
DAIRYING FIRST
CONSIDERATION
BY farm WOMEN
Permanent Organization Will
Be Perfected at Meeting
to Be Held Here Next
Friday Afternoon.

pairying win be the first task M
nertaken by the farm bureau OF the
chamber Of commerce which was or.
Ssnized last Tuesday afternoon, il be.
s~ne known Saturday.
A meeting OF the bureau members
will be held at Hotel Ardmore Friday
noon when permanent organization will
be had and list or members prepared
Temporary officers are Chss. !. Gil,
Chairman. r. l.. Scott, secretary ana
John X. Dexter committee on by
laws and constitution
The bureau will have as its purpose
The development of all the asricutur
~ interests Of this section. but it f.
believed that dairying viii reward the
farmer and stocknan quicker at this
Zine than any other line, because Of the
OFT season that has just started.
8 survey OF the county for pure
breed stock has been under way by
the Garter county livestock association
and il is probable that this report
viii be used by the bureau officers
This division viii In no way interfere
with the workings Of livestock or farm
organizations that are now function.
ing, il Is said
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-22

VIII be solved. Great strides are being
made in this direction.
And as l have said. the farmers own
method TO this end is cooperative mark
citing and a revision Of short and long.
time credit TO an intermediate credit.
The late.named relief viii permit
him to hold and store in his own bins
and warehouses whatever surplus Of
production is on hand until such time
as he may market il TO advantage
both his own and the general public's."
Here Is Remedy
The American Farm Bureau Fedora
tlon Is launching q big campaign 10
bring about the amendment OF the fed
eral land bank act, by abolishin7 tina
limitation OF $4,000 placed on farm
loans.
Thereby. It is contendsd hundrsdl
Of farmers who must settle on March
1929. on loans contracted five years ago.
viii be saved from bankruptcy.
The proposed amendment which is
starting a national furore. would gran:
farmers loans OH an unrestricted basis
IN keeping with the value VI the aver
age farm,
The plan carries big agricultural ap-
peal Howard. who l. president OF the
American Farm Bureau Federation and
sponsord Of the mocs, sees in 1t this
farmers final hope to avert restriction
and his means Tor recuperatlon,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-22
RAISES BEANS AT RATE
OF $79l.2O PER ACRE

MUSkOGEE.-J. c. Berry. fruit and
truck grower OF Fort Gibson. makes
report on his experiment with the pro-
auction OF beans under irrigation this
year. Berry planted one forty.;hird OF
an acre to the beans, cultlva d exten.
sively and irrigated them obtaining 46
gallons from the plot. All but seven
gallons were sold for 40 cents per gal.
Ion. the seven being canned for home
use. This figures up al the rate Of
1878 gallons OF beans per acre or s7sl. 20
worth.
The crop was grown on two inches OF
natural rainfall aided by the supplying
Of eight more inches OF water by arti.
ncial means. Without the irrigation
work Berry is confident that the drouth
would have prevented the growing OF
the crop.
Irrigation Is not q theory any long.
r" says Berry. 1T Is a common prac.
tice almost in all countries OF the earth
and works successfully wherever used.
Irrigation Ia the only insurance Of fun
production OF crops regardless OF
whether IL rains or not. Irrigation in
The growing crops Is as old as history
ltself and should be more commonly
ased in this state
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-22
By Roy j. Gibbons

! CHICAGO. GO.--Contlnued shrinkase in
the purchasing power Of the farmer {
dollar is heading agriculture toward
certain destruction via the rocks OF the
auctioneers hammer and reefs OF the
mortgage forecluosuTe route
This is the opinion and prediction Of
James r. Howard. president Of the
American Farm Bureau Federation.
given In an exclusive interview with
! NEA service here.
Howard, as the recognized mouthpiece
of more than 1000 900 practical dirt
farmers scattered over the country and
knit together through their various
county bureaus into 4 formidable ma
tional body which he heads. bases his
rognosis-pessimistic as il may seem
on the following factors:
Flrst-The inevitable and disastrous
effect which he says will follow fur.
ther decline in the farmers ability 10
convert his produce into other commod.
tiles below the present 81 per cent lev.
el Of his dollars purchasing power.
Second-The continued shrlnllage OF
the agricultural dollar since 1913 (taken
as the normal year, and its recent
terrific plunge from II per cent in July
to its present rock.bottom position Of
less than 81 per cent.
Year Marks Crisis
Howard. who is coming more into
recognition as the man who really con
ceived and planned the new famous
congressional farm bloc" says:
This year will mark a turn in the
agricultural crisis. But q turn for the
better will be ushered in upon the scene
too late to save an unprecedented mum.
Der OF farms all over the country from
being lost 10 their owners.
while business men are wondering
what is the matter with business, the
farmer isn't puzzled. He has only TO
open his pocketbool to find the startling
answer. He has only TO note the ex.
change figures denetlng the purchasing
price OF his dollar.
by the purchasing price OF his
dollar is meant, the farmers ability TO
take n load OF merchandise to market
produce that he has grown-and sell 1t
for the sum OF 800.
Farm Dollar Shrinks
"In 1918 q farmer could take hun
dred dollars earned IN such fashion anc
turn around and buy 500 worth Of ma
terlal--tractors, seed. shoes for himself
and children and other necessary items.
But since 1918. this converting pow
er has gradually shrunk, urtil today, the
same farmer taking the same load OF
produce to market gets more-slS0-
but he is able TO buy only So worth OF
return merchandise.
His purchasing power has dropped
from 100 per cent TO less than 81 per
cent. Constantly facing that situation,
with mortgages 10 meet and short.time
notes. hundreds OF farmers have lost
their farms.
Now "a the time FOR the city man 10
realize what is happening because the
city men depends on the farms, and
when they're hit. he Is hit too--only
probably worse than the farmer.
In cooperative marketing rests the
cure.all for most OF Americas agricul.
tural trouble. Aware Of his own predi.
cament the farmer holds TO the coop.
crative pathway as his saving beacon
light.
Through the establishment OF stable
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-22

W. ]. Stoneburnsr who WAS so So
verely burned at the paint factory re
Gently. is getting along nicely at the
Hardy sanltarium where he Is undefso'
ing treatment. Elmer Cowlss. deputy
sheriff who has been confined to this
institution for several weeks as re-
suit of a pistol wound in his ankle
causing the smputation Of his foot 10
also getting along nicely.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-22

The state ex rel, John L. Hodge,
county attorney, has filed confiscation
proceedings in district court against
one Ford car alleging that it was be-
ing used for violating the prohibitory
law. Bailey Oyegstreet is named in
the petition as the alleged owner Of
the car. and who was in possession
when arrested recently by the city po.
lice and fined in municipal court.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-22
COLERA EPIDEMIC
VISITS SEQUOYAH

SALLISAW, Okla Outbreaks Of th.
dreaded hog cholera, Is reported in the
Price and Sloan Chapel districts by
County Agent Fred Ingram who has
been working this week in those neigh.
borhoods IN an effort 10 control the dis
ease.
Mr., Ingram ls snAAung the aid Of
all hog owners IN the communities il
stamping out the cholera before IL
spreads to other districts and believes
that the disease wil b7 Under control
within 4 few days. Other activities
Of the county agent recently Is ths
holding OF junior club meetings over
the county and conducting farmers
meetings in different districts with a
view Of getting crop diversifcation
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The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-22

sanskrit Is the language OF the an.
hent Hlndus, and Is regarded as the
lpeeeh nearest to that spoken by the
Aryan race, from which developed all
The white people OF today.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-22

I Judge Smith C. Matson Of the Grim
inal Court OF Appeals who has been
enjoying a few days duck shooting in
this vicinity returned TO his home at
Oklahoma city last night.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-22

An old custom was for unmarried
Tlrls 10 fast on Midsummer Day. lay
4 meal on the table atmidnight, leave
The door open. and wait for their tu.
mre husbands TO enter and eat
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-22

When fire occurs in Chile the own.
~ or occupant or the burned building
10 Immediately arrested and made 10
prove that he Is not guilty OF having
Jet or instigated the fire.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-22

The English channel has been cross
ed by an English engineer on two
floats propelled by man.pcwer by means
OF bicycle.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-22

and profitable markets the recurreht
dilema such as now faces our farmers
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-22

The Roman bridal wreath wss OF
verbena plucked by the bride herself
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-10-22
Making 1t Easy to
Furnish Your Home

In addition TO the suites Of fur.
n!ture and furnishings making
up fer most part the genera,
sehens Of your horne furnishing,
our display Of newer furniture
shows and embraces such sim.
pie and dainty odd pieces as
you row have need ior In max
ing further additions 10 the
Identification Of Jour home,
Wen gladly show you such
furniture We have In mind.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-05

Dear Annie Laurie:
am a young women. have been
married about a year. My husband
works in an office downtown, and of
late he has been paying close atten-
ton TO a girl who works in the same
office.
I have told him in a nice way
about il, but he only says that if It
doesn't suit me I can go. My mother
wants me 10 come home and get
divorce. but he says he will not give
me one. So please tell me what 10
do. We have a baby months old.
am only IS, and am good looking.
I do all for him that I can, but il
doesn't suit him. What shall I do?
Shall I stick TO my marriage VOWS
or leave? It is miserable for me.
A YOUNG WORRIED MOTHER.
"a Young Worried MOther). Are
you sure. my dear. that you are
right in saying that your husband IS
interested in the girl in his officer
You may have hurt him by sug-
costing such a thing. 1 would for
set that. II 1 were you, and try
never again 10 be suspicious It Will
make you and your husband very
unhappy. Very probably the girl
works hard. and has no thought in
the Office except her work. She may
have a young man of her own, too.
and if she hasn't now. she certainly
would not want to bother with a
married man.
Certainly, stick 10 your marriage
vows You knew you wanted TO
when you asked me that question.
Have you a right to take the baby
away from its father without the
most serious Of reasons?
Do your share. my dear, 10 make
your home and yourself so attrac-
tive that your husband cannot and
will not want TO think Of anything
but you and the baby. I think it is
all up to you. You can win! Do il!