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THE WIDOW'S WAYS Widows, from time immemorial, have, for some reason, or many rea sons, been looked upon as most de sirable beings by men. One sees the wisdom of widows extolled in poem and prose, in song and jest. She is considered with favor, perhaps, be cause she is wise to the ways of the world, is dot unfamiliar with the fail ings and needs of man, or fs perhaps rich in the coin of the realm as well as in knowledge. Widows therefore, are always more or les4s in the lime light in comic operas and the pun sters' department and they seem not' to object to publicity. But there is one widow in Montana who out Pankhursts Pankhurst in making herself clear on the subject of pub licity. She writes to a newspaper as follows: "To Whom It May Concern: It has been noised about that I, Mrs. i fell heir to $600 and $1,800. I want the people who are poking their noses into my business to un derstand that t want them to keep their bills out of my affairs, or I will make them keep out. I know four or five men in that are trying to attend to my affairs "and I want this stopped at once or there will be' trouble in store for them. I don't intend to fool about it any longer and want them to understand it. There is one man who lives near 'me whom I would like to get hold of, and he will be sorry if I ever do. It's nobody's business but my own if I have six or eighteen million dollars. "Mrs. ." Her exact reason for objecting to having tn.e fact that she has fallen heir to $2,400 noisetTabout she fails to make known. Whether it is a swarm of suitors or .creditors she fears Is not known. However,, to judge from the punch she puts in her letter, it would seem inadvisable for any man to argue the question with her, , , js , FEARLESS SLIP OF A STEEPLEJACK --S .JLpJ" V Cotis-fetuce Bwnett Constance Bennett shinning up the 85-foot flagpole surmounting tha Equitable building tower, 420 feet above street level. oo i A LIGHT VIEW v Willie Pa, what is a luncheon? Father The feminine for lunch, my son. Woman's Home Compan ion. - . - - 1 I jfttflfe ifn if i iiifiwriBi if 1)TraiMaimSji nfJM wmmmmmammmmm