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The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15
He lurched heavily against the coun-
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Z He lurched heavily against the coun-
ter. His watery eyes began to fill,
partly through his condition and partly
from some long dormant tenderness
which was beginning to reawaken.
"The boys considerable childish" he
went on, rousing himself a little at
the consciousness Of being listened to
by men who. usually passed him with
out recognition, "an' likes. things to
play with. So, bein' it's Christmas,
an he jest comm, why, I thought
;mebbe I'd better hunt some toys" ~
= ''Of course" cried Dobson, the
sheriff, heartily; and "Of course" "Of
course" came promptly from others
of the group. ,51<.s}< sse. ~ - ~
And then they looked about the store
inquiringly, eagerly, in search Of some
thing that would please ten-year-old
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15

ard, who'd a right to dig his grave
without opposition from nobody; now
you're markin' out trail for that kid
to foller. See? Me an my friends
here amt no call to interfere between
father an son." dropping his voice to
an easy, familiar tone, and placing a
hand encouragingly upon the tremu-
olus shoulder, $50 long as the father
makes a good deal; but when he
slumps, his voice was still soft, but
the steely CLINT returned to his eyes
then me an my friends step in. Sabe?
Bein' the first kid in camp, we've con-
stitooted ourselves his guardian-just
like every. man In the place will do
soon's they hear Of his bein' here"
He turned back to his companions.
The watery-eyed man, after one long,
wistful, farewell glance toward the bar,
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15
His Luck
%. 1922, Western Newspaper unlor.)

ANELL I'll be getting lots of
: w presents soon," he said. He
had just met some pleasant new
friends. - ..-I
"Yes," he continued, "Chrlstmas is a
good time for me. You see I'm popu-
lar with wives. l get notes from hun
dreds Of them; there are any number
who write to me, and when Christmas
comes they knit ties for me or buy a
handsome silk handkerchief or two, or
"a fine muff1er-a little thought Of me
at any rate. And I've never been in
a divorce case yet" he ended.
"You must be a diplomat or luckier
than you deserve" someone remarked.
Neither" he answered. I'm milk.
man and milkman's Christmas is apt
to be full Of cheer and the good-heart-
ed wishes Of the ladieSp ---.. .-.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15

resumed his Tult-
less search of the
goods. There was
nothing now to-
div.id e hi s q t.
tention he knew
the men with
whom he had to
deal, and real
lied that hence
forth the bar was
to be as far re-
"OVeu lTOm uIlu
as though a wall
Of granite inter-
vened. But, to his
credit be it said,
even with tn e
realization came
q new fir1nness to
his ewes
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15
Great Savers.

How our mothers and grandmothers
would have appreciated the wonder
fully efficient electrical appliances Of
the present day. Probably most Of all
the electric washer and ironer, be-
1Ause, if the proper machines are Sc
3lected, they represent the greatest
economy. Not only do they save money,
time and backbreaking drudgery;; but
the very clothes themselves.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15
d iqs3. VtsftRN NEWSPAPER UNION
ALF a dozen .unshayen. red

.ALF a dozen unshaven. red
shirted miners were gath
cred about the dingy coun-
J ter of Bilger's, the one store
in camp. It was Christmas
! eve, and they wanted some
{ thing extra for their dinner
on the morrow-just to keep
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15

] s&ASSk on the mOrrOW-JuSt TO keep
sHsMp WE them in mind Of the day,
Ethey said. But there was little nov.
telty In the forlorn remnant of cans
upon the shelves, or in the half-empty
barrels and boxes under the counter
land massed in the corners of the room.
One man found a stray box Of sar-
dimes, and took possession of it with
the remark that, while. it was mot
..Christmasy," he could have the sat-
,isfactions Of knowing he was eating
1.-THE only sardines in camp; another
drew out q can Of Boston baked beans
from behind squadron Of tomatoes !;
while a third, of more investigating
and determined turn Of mind, hunted
among the boxes and barrels until he
actually discovered can of Cape Cod
cranberries.
This brought the entire group Of
Christmas hunters into compact,
envying circle; and while they were
anxiously debating the pro and con-
Especially. the con-of division Of
spoils. the door opened quietly and d
s.oop,shouldered, watery-eyed man en-
tered. r.. i - p
"Have you got any toys?" he asked.
hesitatingly. 2>S :.
TIE storekeeper stared, and unanf.
mously, as though by preconcerted ar
rangement, the group around the
canned representatives from Cape Cod
turned and stared also. :
"Any-what?" the storekeeper asked
blankly. ~
'Toys," the man repeated looking at
the encircling faces with ubashed en-
things to play with, I
mean, like children have at Christ
Ir1as. You see," with curious
lmingling of apology and pride in his
voice, ''my little ten-year-old boy came
in on the stage just now-clean from
his grandma's,s back to Missouri. I've
been sendin' for him these two years.
but couldn't seem to get to it. till I
struck vein last month"; -
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boy who: was s
childish. But there
W as little they
saw; only huge
miners boots, py'
ramfds Of picks
and shoyels and
blankets. barrels
OF flour and beans
and pork ;. and on
the shelves, tobac.
co and came d
goods, and a small
assortmen mt o1
earthen and tin.
ware; and then,
at the far end OF
the store, q bal
for the accOnmo.
dation OF those
~ ?. d.
The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-12-15

" A0L . luuI OA lAC IVY SAS1A6 A0
asked suddenly. .,
: 'That? Oh, that isl Dunno" hesi-
tated the storekeeper, as he took down
the object in question and examined it
critically. 1T got in with some goods
a year ago, an has been up there ever
since"
!, "Why, you chump!" cried the cram
berry owner derisively, mot to know
"a jumpin' jack when you see one !
I've bought lots of 'em to home for the
children. See !" and he pulled string
which sent the acrobat tumbling up
over the top Of his red pole. "Just the
thing for a kid"
= "Just the thing" repeated the
watery-eyed man, drawing small bag
of gold dust from his pocket: it'll
make the boy laugh"
AS he was going out, the owner of
5the cranberries stepped to his side.
.Here, take this along with you," he
said, relinquishing the can to which
he had been clinging SO fondly. It'll
help to make out a Christmas for the
boy" ".1
.And this, too" "And this" added
the owner of the sardines and the
apwner Of the baked beans; and then
Sheriff Dobson pushed before them
and slipped something bright and
heavy into the hand which held the
jumping Jack.
/ "It's nest-egg for the KID" he said
gravely. "Now you better 60 home an
ill up his stockin'; an to-morrer you
can tell him Merry Christmas from US
ALL"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-05

nouncing to tradespeople that they would
refuse to pay bills for wives who were too
extravagant or who had left their homes
Even the Earl OF Craven felt it necessary
after his return from his elopement with
the Countess Of Cathcart to protect him
self from further financial obligations to
the young and beautiful wife whom he had
left behind by inserting just such an adj
vertisement in the London papers His
own Countess had refused to return to him
after Deauville, and he seemed to fear that
she would continue, however, to purchase
necessities and luxuries in his name.
Under the new ruling, and In similar cir
cumstances-even If 1t were she and not he
who had run away--he will not have to
resort to the newspapers. He will be pro-
tected under the rights Of the new hus-
bands charter.
And so IL Is seen that behind the erudite
opinions there is double tragedy. Not
only has the Earl Of Cathcart lost his wife
finally, but the Countess of Craven-whose
romd ce with the Earl was the talk of all
English society seven years ago while the
young nobleman was still Viscount Uf1ng-
on-thas lost her husband.
It WAS only recently that an advertise.
ment.was published in London paper by
the Earl Of Craven to the effect that he
would no longer be responsible for hii
wife's debts. 1t was not by any such JUST
fcation as that owned by the elderly Ear
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-05

credit, and such has been the understand
ing under English law for many genera.
tions."
ut is time that tradesmen realize" re-
piled the Judge, that wife has no right
to pledge her husbands credit beyond the
amount that he may stipulate as her allow
ance or as being sufficient for her needs.
A tradesman runs chance which he ac-
cepts upon his own responsibility, when
ever he acts upon any other assumption.
It IS for the husband, and not the wife, to
fix the scale or standard of their social
and domestic life. It is for the husband
to say how much his wife shall spend and
how much she shall save: and tradesman
is protected only when he is assured by
the husband himself that such bills as his
wife may contract are within not only MS
stated allowance to her, put within his
desires"
1t was then argued before Justice Nc.
Cardle that the Countess had lived some
what extravagantly and that she had been
allowed so generously that the tradespeople
could not be expected to question any new
ravagance-especially since her husband
always had promptly paid her bills.
Il understand that the Countess has been
purchasing from fifty to sixty dresses a
year." said the Judge, "all OF which have
been paid for by her husband. fail to see
any circumstances in our social life which
would justify fifty or sixty expensive
dresses for any wife within the course Of
a single year. Such extravaganza would
indicate upon the face Of 1t that the wife
guilty Of 1t certainly must be stretching
her husbands generosity to the limit Such
extravaganza in itself should be warning
to tradesmen."
And then Justice McCardle went on to
make several other terse, pungent remarks
which, as they were part Of his decision
UNFOLDING the Earl Of Cathcarts right to
deny payment for his wife's purchases
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-05
Mem and Extraordinary Rules, Just Laid Down by Hie
British Justice Seem Likely to Revolutonze the Sta
of Every Wife Astounding Situation Brought About
Just Because Pretty Countess Cathcart Ran Away
With the Young Earl of Craven

fully determined when she purchased the
dresses to elope with young Craven.
ut certainly cannot be lawful to compel
a husband to provide his wife with trous-
seau for honeymoon with another man.
Therefore I do not see how the Earl of
Cathcart can be expected to pay for these
gowns, which were purchased, not to add to
his rightful enjoyment OF his wife's beauty,
but for the pleasure OF another man to
whom he certainly owed no consideration"
But" said the plaintiff dressmakers, I'VE
had not been warned. We supposed that
as the Countess of Cathcart madam had
ample authority to pledge her husbands
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-05

w THAT is perhaps the most amazing
w set of rules ever laid down for
the regulation Of the status be-
tween husband and wife has just been
written into the English law by the grave
and learned High Justice McCardle of the
London High Courts. Already Justice Nc
Cardle's rules have been termed "the hus-
bands charter" and undoubtedly will go
down in history as the outline Of new
rights that every husband may demand of
his wife and of their mutual society.
q Justice McCardle's decision is a part of
his findings in the interesting case Of the
Earl of Cathcart, who recently refused to
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-05

Abbey and was quite happy so far as the
world knew, to resume his married life.
But he evidently grew restless. for be-
cause of escapades his wife twice brought
suit for divorce against him in 1920. When
the old Earl Of Craven was mysteriously
drowned in August Of that year and the
young Viscount inherited the earldom the
divorce suits were dropped.
Now it seems he is most eager for her
to divorce him so that he might marry
the Countess of Cathcart. but she Is taking
no such steps, ON the advice, 1t is thought,
of the Dowager Countess, whose disap-
pointment over the conduct of her son Is
matter of general knowledge, and who
has apparently changed her attitude Of
opposition to the marriage for a bearing
of sympathy for her daughter-in-law. The
Earl Of Craven is quite open In what d.
vorce courts describe as misconduct"
The official record of the divorce trial
of the Cathcart case shows that steward
ess on Channel steamship by which Lord
Craven and Lady Cathcart crossed to
France testified that when she went to
their cabin in the morning she found THE
gentleman's artificial leg on the settee and
the lady and gentleman were in the berth
in the same cabin"
When the Earl of Cathcart cut OF his
wifes allowance last August she and the
Earl of Craven were in Deauville together
With her last 125 francs she won $4,000
francs in two hours at the gaming table.
One fact that brought out much comment
at Deauville was that the youthful Earl,
while Haunting the disruption Of his own
marital scheme, wore mourning band for
his father.
AS has been shown, the affair is par.
ticularly complicated since it is said that
the Countess of Craven has no intention
of divorcing the Earl. 1t is believed that
he and Lady Cathcart would marry imme-
diately IL he could incite his wife to divorce
him. He has no ground to bring suit
against her, 1t is believed.
The Countess of Cathcart Is regarded as
one of the most beautiful women of Eng
land. She is 80 years Of age. She 10 the
daughter of the late John Fraser Of Caps
Town, South Africa. Before her marriage
to the Earl of Cathcart she was the natural
widow of Capt. de Grey Warter. She mar
ried the Earl of Cathcart in 1919.
Her faithlessness to her husband might
be explained in the fact that Cathcart is
60 years old. Some Of her defenders in
British society point 1t out as somewhat
natural that young and beautiful woman
should be attracted away from her elderly
husband by such youthful and handsome
mar as Lord Craven.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-05

wheu she first wore the most splendid OF
These new gowns. Instead It was the
young Earl of Craven who applauded with
both hands and eyes the magnitcence OF
her appearance in those marvellous crea-
lions Of the dressmakers art. Certainly
the Earl of Cathcart might be excused for
announcing that under the circumstances
he could not understand why 1t should be
he. and not Craven, who should pay the
dressmakers' bills.
OF course, he was quite willing, and
always had been, to pay for other gowns
that his wife had purchased, and 1t Is OF
record that he expended almost one-quarter
of his generous income in supplying her
with just such dresses. But for those eight
gowns-not single pound, said the Earl,
whereupon the dressmakers, pleading utter
ignorance of and responsibility for the
disappearance Of the Countess and young
Craven, entered suit against the older Earl
and asked the courts to collect from him
the amount that her ladyship had ordered
them to charge to Cathcart.
Justice McCardle heard all the evidence
and Investigated thoroughly into the finan-
cial arrangements which had existed be-
tween the Countess and her husband prior
to the episode Of Deauville.
The dressmakers pleaded their case most
= eloquently and with many convincing ar
guments. They accepted madam's com.
mands to charge her purchases to her hus.
bands account In the utmost good faith.
they said. She was at that time undoubt-
eddy her husbands wife, they reminded
the court. It was after that she ran away.
they said. and anyhow, they repeated.
whatever dissatisfactions might exist
between the Earl and the Countess GER.
tainly could not affect the propriety Of
their having allowed her to take her gowns
away, leaving them with the expectation Of
payment from the one who legally was re.
sponsible for her bills.
And just here is where Justice McCardle
commenced to lay down his new charter for
husbands. First, the Justice said that II
was plainly evident that the Countess was
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-05

and wife, yet II the wife be
told that she must be econom- z
ical it deprives her of any W
agency to pledge her hus-
bands credit.
"Any one who trades with
a married woman on credit, :.
so far as it goes against her -
husbands wishes, does SO at W" ~
his own risk.
"Prodigality is feminine e
fault and not feminine
necessity, and tradesmen
everywhere must always look
askance upon any extrav-
agant trading by married woman.
"An Earl can, ii he so wishes, absolutely
limit the standard for his Countess even to
the extent Of one dress year, If he SO
desires, and this same privilege becomes
that Of the cofnmoner as well.
There is no rule by which husband
may be made to pay for purchases made by
his wife when they are in the nature OF
luxuries, such as elopement gowns or even
gowns for his own delight If they be more
expensive than he thinks they should be-"
In view of this decision half the trades
men in Great Britain must at once revise
the methods of their dealing with the wives
of their wealthy customers.
AS one Of them said in commenting upon
the decision:
Certainly, hereafter we will have to
make sure that when married woman
makes purchase from us she is not about
to clone with sOme man other than her
husband. And having satisfied ourselves Of
this, we then will have to make sure that
her husbands love for her is so strong that
he will delight in paying her bills rather
than in questioning them"
The decision will have undoubtedly wide
spread effect. Heretofore few husbands
have escaped payment Of their wives bills
no matter how exorbitant. 1t has been in
formally held that husband was RESPONSE
BILE for even his wife's extravagances.
Husbands have even resorted regularly to
advertisements in the newspapers an
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-05

must become q
part Of English
law, establishing
as they do a firm
precedent for all
other Judges for
all time.
Among his find.
ings were such
s e n t enc s as
these:
Even II an al
lowance be not
agreed upon be.
t W e g n husband
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-05

At top-The young Earl of Craven,
who deserted his pretty commoner wife.
BeIow--The elderly Earl Of Cathcsrt,
whose refusal to pay for his
clipping wife's gowns brought into
existence the remarkable
charter for husbands"
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-05

Above-The beautiful young
Countess of Craven,
who was commoner's daughter.
Ii was she whom the Earl
left behind when he eloped to
Deauville. Below--Father of the
Present Earl of Craven. His
wife was Miss Cornelia
Bradley Martin of New York.
Of Cathcart when he published similar ad-
vertisements while ago. The Countess Of
Craven had not run away with another
man as had the Countess of Cathcart.
Lady Craven had been loyal. The situa-
ton was straight reversal of the much
simpler circumstances which resulted from
Lady Cathcart's elopement. Together con-
sidered, they become complicated. The
Earl Of Craven eloped with the Countess
of Cathcart. He was named as correspond
ent In the undefended suit for divorce
brought by the Earl of Cathcart, who, In
cidentally, is 60 years of age, as contrasted
to the rs years of Lord Craven.
The present Lady Craven was before her
marriage the youthful and beautiful daugh
ter of the town clerk of Scotch village
Then Lord Craven, as Viscount Ellington,
fell in love with her and married her. He
was 10 at that time. His romantic mar
riage to the daughter of the clerk Of a
little Scotch town was responsible for
much talk. Her maiden name was Mary
George.
He met her when he was training for
military service at q camp near Invergor-
den, the native town of Lady Craven. The
date of the marriage was October 4, 1916.
Although the union is said to have been
frowned upon by the parents of viscount
Ellington, they were at last influenced by
the war to permit 1t, and his mother, the
Dowager Countess of Craven (who still
lives and who was then the Countess.
before her marriage Miss Cornelia Martin.
daughter of Bradley Martin of New York;
took her sons bride to live with her at
the ancestral home Of the family, Combe
Abbey in Yorkshire, while the young hus.
band was soldier in France. In 1917 a
son was born to Lady Ellington and chris
tened William Robert Bradley Craven.
The young husband and father and sol
der served valiantly in the war with the
result that he lost his left leg and his left
arm was badly shattered.
After he returned from the hospitals
where he was confined for more than a
wear and a half and where he was visited
by his pretty wife and child time afteI
time, he settled down for while at Combt
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-05

pay dressmakers for a
number Of gowns which
the young and beautiful
Countess Cathcart had
purchased. 1t will be
recalled that the Earl,
who Is an elderly man
and one of the most
prominent peers Of the
realm, last February d.
vorced his young Coun-
tess. British society
was startled by this d.
vorce, since it revealed
that not long before the
pretty Countess had
cloped to Deauville with
the dashing young Earl
Of Craven.
It seems that just be-
fore she left her hus-
bands home for the
more romantic vicin-
tiles of the fashionable
resort Countess Cath.
cart ordered her dress
makers to make for her
eight Of the most beau
titul and expensive
gowns London could
supply her.
Charge them to my
husband" said the
Countess W h en- the
gowns were delivered.
Or course any dress
maker IL London would
most gladly charge any
thing to the wealthy
arA distinguished Ear.
of athcart. especially
If ordered to do SO by
Ei' charmiif wife
Then tive Countess
ran away, with his
yea 2 l9rGship the Earl
=. Craven helping her
to carry some OF the
suit cases in which
those very gowns were
packed. 1t was not the
diguiEel and b G n {
shouldorod e arl OF
Cptbrart who expert
cnced tho JOY of seeing
his beautiful Countess
The Devils Lake world., 1922-05-03
POOR PLACE TO HIDE MONEY
French Peasant Now Convinced That
Shotgun Is Unreliable as
Bank Of Deposit.

The ingenuity of French peasants in
hiding money has surpassed itself in
the case of man near Lorient who
received a 1000 franc note and a
500 franc note in payment for prod
uce. He hid them in the muzzles Of
his double-barreled shotgun, believing
that would be the last place thieves
would search for money.
He made mistake, however, in not
taking his wife into the secret. A
neighbor called few days later, in
the absence of the man of the house,
and asked for the loan of the gun to
get a hare.
The hare escaped and when the
peasant came in that evening his wife
remarked that the neighbor must be a
very bad shot.
"Why?" the peasant asked.
because he used both charges Of
your gun on hare without hitting it."
my shotgun?" inquired the peasant
with gasp, at the same time making
for the corner where the weapon hung.
The civil court of the department Of
lorbihan will have to decide the deli
cate point of law whether the neigh
Dor is responsible for the loss Of the
$500 francs.