Goprtta Ptntt Stromal
By FRANK P. MAO UCIflf AN.
Entered July 1. M75. as second-clma.
matter at the postofflce at Topeka, Kao..
order tlie act of congress.1
VOLUME XXXVI...
.No. S7
Official State Paper.
Official Paper of Shawn re County.
Official Paper City of Topeka.
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NURSE-TRAINING SCHOOLS.
Mora training aclioola for nurses and
better distribution of them are shown !
to be necessary from statistics just
complied by the United States bureau j
of education. There are 1.094 nurse'
training "schools in the United States,
and nearly 80 per cent of these were
in the small area of the eastern and
north central states. In all the rest;
By the Way
BT HARVEY PARSONS.
Jack Supp says the tango is a simp
sport, and he can't see why people
want to do it. Mr. Supp has a flat
wheel and can't, tango.
Vnllva hlh nriest of Zlon City, has
of the country only 304 nurse-trainims about reached the jumping-on ynrc.
schools are reported. i He has regulated the conduct, dress
.,,,,,, - ,, .mining have and manners of the Zion men. ana got
Standards of nurse gaining away with it, but his success has so
been rising constantly, in keeping witn far tupned nls head that he has an
the growing importance of the nursing idea he can regulate the garb of the
profession. Thirty-four of the states Zion women.
and the District of Columbia now have J T. .
laws prescribing examinations and j whT was toed out of a Washington
other tests for the "registered nurse. ni. hlr th- nnllee SO vears ago, is
The states that have not yet legislated going to run for governor of Ohio.
on the subject are: Alabama. Ken- Harry Kemp should nasten to get in
NflVAda. l nits thajc oa uuiuiuaic w
WiUJAIlTHISCEAD.
(Continued from Page One.)
his automobile to Gage park, and the
chief told him It was the farthest he
had been away from nre department
headquarters in many years. Later he
and W. O. Tandy, city commissioner
of streets, invited him to accompany
to every alarm, day and night. The I them to Lawrence, but it was not until
iceclad buildings in sero weather and he had spent considerable time in hunt
the suffocating heat in midsummer I ing up J. B. Billard, who was mayor
haa no terrors for him. me swaying at tne time, ana securing ms consent,
of walls, the intensity of heat and , that ho would go. He said it had been
forty years since he had been in Law
rence.
At another time Mr. Lane induced
him to visit Mr. Lane's farm. He
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Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news w
ganlzatlen for the exclusive afternoon
publication In Topeka
The news Is received In The State Jour
Hal building over wires for this sole pur
pose. . -
Mr. Taft arises to explain that when
he spoke of "coming back" he re
ferred to Yale athletics and not himself.
A California minister says that
more men sin at forty than at twenty.
It must be true, then, that the good
die young.
Congressman Glass says panics
will be impossible under the new cur
rency law. But will that Information
be pleasing to everybody? -
Andrew Carnegie's fondness for the
Biplodocus Is all the more unusual in
asmuch as all of the dinosaurs were
well equipped for combat.
tucky. Maine, Mississippi.
Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota,
Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Utah and Vermont. Sev
eral of these states have organizations
actively working in behalf of adequate
safeguards for nursing, and it is be
lieved to be only a short time when all
the states will over the subject or
nurse training.
According to officials of the bureau.
training schools for nurses throughout
the country are steadily effecting im
provements in their work ana conai-
tions. The professional iieia oi
ing is widening and embracing new
and important activities, and offering
new incentives to effort. One of the
notahla developments in the last two
years, since the last complete report
on the subject has been lssuea.
application of nurse service in ever-
Increasing extent to the puDiic kbuu
Public interest in hospitals and
training schools Is growing, and an in
telligent public opinion on nursing affairs-is
gradually forming. The educa
tion of nurses, long lookea upon as
matter in which hospitals only were
concerned, is now beginning to be seen
as a matter in which tne puoiic aio
is deeply and necessarily concerned.
Sulzer says that grafters got
18.000.000 out of the state of New
York. Inasmuch as he is "the same
old Bill," he ought to know.
Still, the Rothschild who paid
f 5,000 for a flea will probably be able
to get his money's worth of diversion
out of it if he places it properly.
Taiuui has probably reached the
conclusion by this time that Con
gressman-Captain Richmond Pearson
Hobson Is among the dead and burlea,
Secretary Bryan appears to be an
other one of those peace enthusiasts
who are keen for the expenditure of
large sums of money for military
purposes. ""
Conditions seem to be shaping them
elves so that Kansas will experience
another crop faljure. This time,
though, it's the ice crop that is likely
to be negligible.
Eighty-two murders a year In Kan
sas, which is the figure for each of the
last two years. Is a rather unusual
record for a land of prohibition and
peace and plenty.
Rigid rules as to the right of way
In the air will soon have to be framed.
Another collision between two flying
machines occurred the other day, this
time In Germany.
It occurs to the Washington Post
that now that a naval officer has won
prize for writing on "Intelligent co
operation Is of infinitely ; more value
than mechanical obedience," it be
hooves the army mule to take note.
At least one redeeming feature Is to
he found in the Mexican situation.
There is small likelihood that John
Llnd will write a book or give lectures
on his experiences in that much-muddled
land when he finally returns
home.
Perhaps President Wilson Is Insist
ing on all haste In the enactment of
rural credits' legislation because he
lias figured It out that the farmers
Will need unusual assistance to offset
the severe bumps that the new tariff
law Is giving them.
Sooner or later a crusade will be
begun for man's rights. Along comes
a Georgia judge with a decision that
. a husband has no right to kiss his
wife against her will. But, come to
think of it, what sort of a man is he
who would care to kiss a wife under
such circumstances? "
They're rioting in Japan nowadays
and the demonstrations are not of an
anti-American variety. They are pro
tests on the part of the Japanese peo
pie against the grafting of their public
officials. And these predillctions for
grafting are also evidence that Japan
Is becoming modernized rapidly.
LINCOLN.
An aDDreclation and character
sketch of Lincoln, unusual and unique
In form, but nonetheless forceful, is in
.h current issue of warpers nwujr.
x. from the pen oi witter
Bynner, and 1b as follows:
Lincoln'? second Maine.
The first regiment In Washington from
Ofcoedecup;
we was mtri i . -
W was all green
I ain t never oeen vo
I didn't know how to behave;
i ain i h
can see as pnun 'j
whfirp he sat In
TIThan ha Wfl.lt Shot.
n.i - a nanlA
When we found our rmunu "
shape he was In;
Never saw a soldier in the world but what
Yes sir. His looks was kind o' hard to
forget.
He was a spare man,
i'Sr"--. -ii eht vou know.
But he wan't a smooth-appearin" man at
an,
Not In no ways; .
Thin-faced, long-necked,
rnd a swellln Rina oi a innc. up "
A . ckhnnrln' fflrmtf.
And he was a jouy uwi it,u..,
He wan t so high but the boys could talk
to him tneir own w.
Yx-l.ll T uaa aorvln' t the Hospital
We'd come in and say. "You look nice m
here,
And he'd bend over and talk to the boys-
Ana he d talk so gooa to em bo ufc
...i... T II hhn n. farmer. -
I don t mean inai everyming auvui
Want ail T1KUL, jruu i ....... .
t.'c aa nrnii T wan a. farmer
. J. " . . 1 J ... ..l.lllu.11.
And he was jes every uimj iicwiiuu-..
1 guess even you yuuiig mian
liked him. .
governor.
It is reported that the original Pro
gressive party is nunting rare plants
in South America. Heretofore, his
only vegetable interests were publish
ing plants.
Enquirer: No, Maude; Mr. Lauder
has a nair of real Dants to wear while
on the street, so there is no danger of
his acauirina- chilblains on xne pa.
tella. But your fears are justified by
the pictures of the noted comedian
and numismatist.
However, the case against Senator
Gore is not liable to bring out any
testimony that he said to the stenog:
You certainly look good tp mun.
The Duroose of a Mexican- warship
in docking at New Orleans Is not
known, but It is suspected tnat tne
idea is to be where the police can
prevent rebels from taking said war
ship away from them.
Patient in the next cell, who spent
dozen newspaper years in N'Yark
and Albany, says of the report that
earthauake shock was felt in ew
York: "What they felt was probably
the jar occasioned by Tammany shak
ing down anotner contractor, some
of 'em fell mighty hard."
There is this to be said in favor of
the catfish: he is not generally muss
ed up with mashed potatoes ana
fried in little dabs, like the low.
browed codfish of commerce, one
does not have to mix him with some
thing else to make him edible.
Our platform Includes revision of
temperatures upward.
Not satisfied with putting their own
country on the fritz, the militant suffs
have Invaded Scotland. Now when a
Scotch country house la "all lit up.'
Scotch highballs are not necessarily to
blame.
As we understand it. no man is real
ly prominent until he has been rolled
for a smoking tobacco endorsement.
Which Is tough on the poor goop who
Just can t smoke the stuff, no matter
how hard he tries.
smoke, the groaning of burning floors
and celling, and the roaring of flames
aroused no fear in his dutiful, daring
and coursLKAoiifi rhnrap.ler.
Known either nersonally or by! scent a dav there and enioved himself
reputation by every fire department ' immensely. But he was too unaccus
head in the county. Chief Wilmarth tomed to being away from duty, and
was an authority In fire fighting mat- one day off was as much he could
ten?. His civil service ana pension
plans have been adopted in every part
of the United States. The equipment
used by the companies in Topeaa to
day was built to follow out the plans
and designs of the veteran fire fighter.
In late years the chief was watcnea
carefully by his officers. Mara oi
hearing, he was ' in constant danger
whilA fia-htinar a fire. For several
. . . J AficauK. AIM wttKVU BUWft L UU1U1
years he has en ctnmwnte con- whch nearJ nu f n ,n
stantly unknown mlrJT!,y1 Jl . the air. The chief ordered Mr. Newland
driver. Scores of times he has been
dragged bodily f rom .a burning ;t , . . ordered hlm to -top
Jayhawker Jots
Don't fool away your time, advises
the Hiawatha World. Strikes are be
ln called on you, even If you can'1
see the umpire.
If only "Fourteen" knew the value
of money as well as "Forty." says the
Logan uounty mews, how ".Fourteen'
would scramble for it.
The man who dyes his hair, says the
McPherson Republican, doesn't fool
any more people than does the man
who whitewashes his conscience.
Despite the fact that this is a mis
fit winter, says the Ottawa Republic,
the buckwheat cake has held Its own
by a scratch, If in a battered condl
tion.
Wisconsin is wicked
Vice Committee " Flans to Make It
Good by Legislation.
Madison, Wis., Feb. 12. I am
surprised at the amount of vice in
Wisconsin. I never dreamed there
could be so much. I don't suppose
Wisconsin is any different from any
other state, but the people don't know
one-fourth of what is going on.
This statement was made today by
Senator Howard Teasdale of Sparta,
chairman of the vice committee.
Senator Teasdale said the lnvestiga
tion thus far conducted, had con
vinced him additional legislation
needed. He expects to recommend
"A state agency that will compel
local communities to enforce the laws
stand.
Newland's Incident.
Frank Newland, commissioner of
water and lighting, was at one time a
member of the fire department. In
response to a fire in North Topeka, he
drove a one horse fire wagon. The
chief was on the back end. Mr. New
land discovered his horse was unman
ageable. The wagon struck a bump
Inf. Tt was
should be the last man to abandon a
doomed structure, as ions as me
water flowed through the hose, the
veteran stuck to his post. He was a
constant stimulant to the eriiciency oi
the officers and men under his charge.
Hia Power of Endurance.
Smalt of stature, but rugged and
vigorous. Chief Wilmarth always has
been a most familiar cnaracier in
Topeka. His attention to the most
trivial affairs of his men made him a
lovable character a type oi maniy
love. His recognition of service and
duty, brought under his direction a
most competent and loyal depart
ment of nremen and officers. His at
tention to the smallest details of his
office and working equipment made
him an official of value and economy
to the city of Topeka. -
The lire chief would nave Deen i
years of age this spring. His last fif
teen vears of service nave Deen a
marvel to his friends and associates.
His power of endurance, his ability to
withstand the soakings of wintry
blasts, his constant service at the of
fice, his exposure to the neat ana
cold his physical makeup has suf
fered the torments of a score of nat
ural lives.
Chief Wilmarth began puDiic ser
vice by the organization of a volun
teer fire department in Topeka the
first in th history of the city. He
was appointed the first chief oi tne
paid department. He has built up
the organization until today it in
cludes ten companies, 64 men and
possesses $160,000 in equipment.
The last wora tnat tne cniei sent to
his men was Wednesday morning
yesterday. He called "Tommy" Hig-
glns, his driver ror years ana now in
charge of station No. 5, to his side.
Reaching up ana giving nis lamuiur
nat nn th shoulder, the chief Bald:
This Is weanesaay ne soou to
day. Tommy, my boy."
It seems tnat weanesaay always
has been the hardest day for the de
partment in Topeka. It was the one
day in the week that "Tommy" drove
the chiefs car. And for many moons
the unlucky Wednesdays have wit
nessed from one to live iires. ai wan
the first Wednesday for months that
the chief was not ready to respond to
the alarm. " S ;
Kind, biweiuloyal..' fearless a
grand old man. Truly, Topeka has
been stricken today!. -
at a certain hydrant, but the - horse
went right on by, following another
fire wagon which was ahead, and stop
ping only when the other team stopped.
As soon as the fire was over Mr. New
land was called "on the carpet."
"Why did you disobey my orders and
not slow down when I told you to?"
demanded the chief.
"I could not stop the horse," was
Newland'B reply.
"Why did you go on to the next
hydrant when I told you to stop at
the first?" was the chiefs next ques
tion.
Again Newland replied that he could
not manage the horse.
"You are a large, husky young man
Mr. Newland, why could you not stop
that horse?" demanded the chief.
Then Mr. Newland explained thatf In
the hurry of hitching up, someone had
neglected "to place the bit in the horse's
mouth. The horse had simply taken
his own gait and followed the other
team.
Was a Fearless Ma n.
Incidents showing th3 chiefs fearless
ness in fighting, fires are innumerable.
Many times he was carried out of burn
ing buildings by his men. At a fire sev
eral years ago at Tenth and Topeka
avenues, he rushed into the buildng
and fell through the charred floor into
the basement. Smoke had overcome
him when he was rescued by two of
his firemen.
When the old Crawford opera house
on Jackson street burned years ago, he
fell through a skylight and received
an ugly gash on his head. Again he
was rescued by his firemen. Commis
sioner Newland recalled a fire near
Kansas avenue on Crane street. The
chief was knocked over by a stream of
water, fell through a hole In the roof
and landed astride a joist with his
feet portruding through the plastering
of the celling. He was rescued by Mr.
Newland.
Knowing his disregard for danger.
the prediction was often made that
when death came to the aged chief,
It would find him actively fighting a
fire.
IP FARMERS WOULD WRITE.
There Is money in English, and lit
erature from the farm could well be
one of the annual farm crops, sug
gests D. M. In the Kansas Industrial
ist. The farmer who can get up
simple-worded, well-balanced article
on some live farm subject has no trou
bin In selling his story. The farm
journals and Sunday dailies, are con
stantly on the lookout for just such
articles, and the editor of your local
weekly would be very, very thankful
for any contributions. If the subject
in nf n mechanical nature, there are
the trade journals and the magazines of . the state and the city ordinances.
devoted to mechanics. The papers
have recently been endeavoring by
various means to create an Interest in
writing of this sort. One magazine
offers a monthly cash prize of 120, in
addition to their regular space rate.
for the best article sent In by a non
professional writer.
If the farmer would only train him
self to look at the everyday events of
his community from the viewpoint of
the newspaper man, he would see ma.
terial for a dozen good stories every
time he drives to town, or goes across
the fields to a neighbor's. The mater
lal is found all about the farm and
neighborhood. The farmer, however.
seldom thinks of the news or human
interest value of a story of how Bill
Jones stopped the wash from the big
ditch that was carrying away his land,
and how he now has in its place a
permanent pond from which he waters
his stock, irrigates his garden, and gets
fish for his table. There are half a
Raising the age of consent of
female from 14 to 18 years.
"Increasing the penalties for pros
titution and immorality. A jail or
prison sentence is necessary.
' Our investigation shows the great
est cause for glrla' downfall is the
wine room and the palm garden,"
continued Senator Teasdale.
BIRTHS REPORTED.
The following births were reported to
the office of the city clerk today:
Walter Glen Fargo and wife, 167 Em-
mett street, February 5, boy.
Harry Melson De Jean and wife. To
peka, February 10, boy.
DEATHS O FIOTALS.
John Allen, age 60, died last night at
hia home at Z04 Washburn avenue. The
body was taken to Frederick, 111., this
afternoon.
i
dozen magazines or papers tnat wouia 1322 North Jefferson street, who died
be glad to pay 110 or 915 for sucn a Tuesday, will be held at 2 o'clock Fri-
Hls Life Story.
George O. Wilmarth was born In
Providence. R. I.. In 1843. in
the fall of 1855 he joined the band
of sturdy Kansas settlers, who were
struggling to make of It a free state.
At the conclusion of the border war.
he returned to his former home to
finish his studies, and in 1859 came to
Topeka and established the first book
and stationery store in me cny. in
1889 fire destroyea nis estaDiisnment,
which for those days was large. The
loss was complete, not even a dook or
an account being saved.
In 1865 he was appolntea Dy tne
mayor and council to the office of city
clerk, which he ; held until 1870. It
was during the ' latter year that he
became a member of the fire depart
ment. Joining Safety hook ana lea
der com Dan v No. 1, in which com
pany he soon attained the position of
. . - . nHo
assistant foreman, ana in Apm, hi,
was chosen chief of the department.
which office he has filled with honor
to himself and credit to tne city up to
the present time, being in continuous
xnrvice 44 vears. 41 years and 10
months of which he was chief. This
is the longest service record of any
flrn chief in the United states.
Chief Wilmarth was a strict dis
ciplinarian, although not harsh.
Never forgetful of his men, he was
studiously attentive to their safety
andl comfort, both at nres ana wnen
off dutv. At fires he never called on
his men to go where he nimsen wouia
not bo.
Chief Wilmarth was a meraoer oi
the National Association "of Fire En
gineers, a body comprising the chiefs
of the principal fire departments of
America. - -
During his long term of service he
received several injuries, and had
many narrow escapes.
His home Is located at lioi west
Eighth street, where he leaves a wid
ow, but no children, his only son hav
ing been killed a few years ago in an
elevator accident in California.
Although he had no children of his
own. he was probably aaaressea as
father" more often than any other
man in Topeka, and those who ad
dressed him thus did so with respect
and endearment. He was "father
to all the "boys" in the lire depart
ment and to the city hall employees.
San Francisco probably got a lot of
secret satisfaction out of the news con
cerning the earthquake shocks that
visited the territory between Montreal
and Philadelphia. Beg pardon,
though! The word earthquake is not
In the San Francisco vocabulary. Its
catastrophe of a few years ago Is now
styled as "the big fire."
Here's a rich one. Dick Croker
writes from Ireland to old friends In
Tammany Hall expressing the opinion
that that organization will never win
tinder the leadership of Murphy, and
the hope that "some good men will get
in and drive all them grafter-contrac
tors out." And yet during the heyday
of his power and Just before he found
it convenient to expatriate himself this
same Dick Croker testified under oath
that in his pursuit of politics he was
"Torking tor bis pocket all the Urns,"
story, told in plain, clear-cut English.
Why let this money go to the enter-
poising chap from town who gets his
Information second hand? Think It
over, then prepare yourself, and get
busy.
Journal Entries
At any rate, gum-chewing is never
so annoying as rag-chewing.
Most business is done on the basis of
the largest possible profit.
Not a few of the men who marry are
deserving of Carnegie hero medals.
day afternoon at the Second Christian
church at Twelfth and West street.
Russell Lewis, the 3 year old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lewis, died Wednes-
aay at tne family nome eignt miles
southeast of the city. The funeral ar
rangementa will be announced later.
Tribute in the House.
Washington, Feb. 12. One-half
of congress halted its grind of busi
ness today to pay homage to the
memory of Abraham Lincoln. In the
house the chaplain referred to the
martyred president in hia opening
prayer, and time was set aside for
memorial addresses by Representative
Russell of Missouri and Representa
tive Foss of Ohio. In the senate the
great emancipator's birthday passed
by unrecognized.
One reason, undoubtedly, why poli
tics is so Interesting is because It's so
uncertain.
v
You only hear of the self-made men-
who succeed. But t". ere are many more
self-made men who make miserable
failures.
The Evening Story
Saving the Situation.
. (By Dorothy Douglas.)
When Eleanor Gaynor learned that
her attractive young sister had be
come engaged to George McWade, she
flew into a calm yet intense anger.
"You have no right to engage your
self to one of the finest men in the
village simply out of pique!" she told
her sister frankly. Sincerity was Elea
nor's chief charm.
Gladys glanced swiftly up while
guilty color flamed her cheeks. She
would have spoken had Eleanor given
her an opportunity.
"Because Harry Fawcett happened to
take another girl to the theater -is no
reason why you should engage your
self to a man whom you have not the
slightest intention of marrying."
'How do you know I won't marry
George?" demanded Gladys.
'Because you are In love with Faw
cett. I think even your frivolous heart
would not permit you to marry one
man while loving another,'' Eleanor
stated calmly.
I am not In love with Fawcett, de
nied Gladys, but her voice trembled.
"And I am going' to show him whether
I do or do not." she added.
"Gladys, why won't you see that
Fawcett took Miriam to the theater
because she is his sister's guest? I
think if you are going to wait for him
to come back on bended knees to you
you will wait a long time. He is not
the kind of a man to be twined about a
girl's finger."
"We will see," muttered Gladys.
"Dearie," said Eleanor patiently,
"your head has Just been turned by
so many admirers. Why. will you not
listen to advice? I have had perhaps
as many proposals in my life as you
will ever have, and it is only because
I have been fair and square with men
I want you to be the same, instead of
spiteful and narrow."
But Gladys was not to be cajoiea ana
her vanity had been hurt.
I think I can manage my own ai-
fairs," she said with her eyes flashing.
and what's more I will marry ic-
Wada bv -oecial license if I so desire."
She swept out of the room with her
head in the air.
Eleanor sank into a chair and pon
dered. After all, Gladys was very
young. It might be that in time she
would grow to love Mc wade, put tne
chances were slim. Gladys had formed
a deep, if tempestuous love for Henry
Fawcett and in her greater knowledge
of human natura Eleanor felt that
Fawcett was the ideal mate for her
small sister.
In any ease It is not fair to Mc
Wade," she decided. "I would not want
any girl to treat a brother of mine as
Gladys is treating George McWade. I
think," she paused in thoughtful con
sideration, "yes. I know it will be the
best thing to do in the end to go
straight' to him and have a good sen-
sible talk with him." Eleanor arose
and donned her out-door garments and
went down toward the village business
aistrict.
She had met McWade but once or
twice and her knowledge of the young
architect was slight.
When she entered his private office
and stood face to face with the stalwart
McWade her Interference with his love
affair seemed strangely humorous.
His smile was genial and his hand
clasp warm. Eleanor returned his smile
and gazed anxiously back at him.
"You are engaged to my sister?" she
questioned in her straightforward man
ner. "It Is about her I have come to
talk not the building of a house," she
added with another of her rarely sweet
smiles.
I have the honor of having won
your sister's hand," said McWade,
more than a trifle curious but oddly
interested in his visitor. He had not
recalled Glady's sister as having so
remarkably beautiful a pair of eyes.
"rler hand but not her heart!
Eleanor said bluntly, but none the
less sympathetically. "Do you realize
tnat, Mr. McWade?"
"Well no I did not know the
exact state of her heart. My speaking
to uiaays was ratner sudden unex
pected at the moment even to my
self. She was looking unusually ap
pealing; there were music, and scent
of flowers and a young moon. I pro
posed and Gladys accepted me." He
looked frankly into Eleanor's amused
eyes and found himself not one whit
overcome by the knowledge of what
sne naa toia mm.
Vlt seemed a dreadful thing for me
to do," she continued, "to come and
inform you that my sister accepted
you out of pique, but somehow I could
not make myself see the right of let
ting you two marry under the cir
cumstances. I sincerely believe It
would mean unhappiness to Gladys
ana yourseir m a very short time.
McWade was silent for a long mo.
ment while he contemplated with a
very deep interest the girl who had
the courage to talk straight from the
heart, as Eleanor Gaynor had done.
He knew it was no slight task she had
taken upon herself and that only great
affection for her sister had prompted
it.
"You are a brick," , was the way
McWade expressed the bulk of his
sentiment. "I am not going to rave
and stalk about the office here be
cause of Gladys's lack of love for me.
I think, however, I could make her
happy." He kept his glance fixed on
Eleanor and wondered how she had
escaped his notice while the more
frivolous Gladys had Interested him.
Eleanor found herself flushing un
der his steady gaze, but scarcely knew
a reason for her sudden shyness.
"What would you suggest by way of
saving the situation without bringing
any unpleasant relations between
Gladys and myself?" asked McWade
finally with so unexpected a twinkle
In- bis eyes that Eleanor rorgot nor
nervousness and smiled at him. .
I hardly know wnat to say, "
told him. "For the moment uiaaya
la determined to marry you by special
license simply because I told her sne
did not love you." i
McWade laugnea nearuiy.
T m afraid. Mies Gaynor. yon are
guilty of having ruffled your sister
feathers." He became suddenly seri
ous. "I will hold Gladys to her prom
ise to marry me until she herself asks
release. Is that satisfactory to youi
Before Eleanor , could answer him,
McWade took up the telephone that
had rung an imperious call.
'Excuse me! ne saia to Bieioor.
Hello!" into the telephone. "Oh. its
you, dearest! What? I must not can
you dearest! Well your neari im
about as changeable as they make
them. Our engagement in this case,
was short but sweet. Yes, yes I will
forgive you so long as you are nappy
with Fawcett. Certainly I will stick
together the broken pieces of my
heart. Sure, Gladys and I wish you
and Fawcett every happiness. Good-
by!" He hung up the receiver ana
turned to Eleanor. She was laughing
happily if a bit emotionally.
"The situation Is saved without our
help," McWade told her. "Gladys and
George Fawcett are on their way for
special license. She, my erstwhile
betrothed, suggested that I call upon
her sister and make her peace for
her." McWade waited mbre anxious
ly than he had ever awaited the words '
of any girl for Eleanor's answer.
"It would be a very good ending,"
she said without looking up at him.
I would can it a beginning a very
beautiful beginning," McWade cor
rected softly, "to another situation."
(Copyrighted 1914, by the McClure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
UIICOLII A BALL FLAYER
Aged Woman Relates His Prowess
During Pioneer Play.
Decatur. III.. Feb. 12. That Abraham
Lincoln was a great ball player as the
game was flayed in his day, is the
statement of Mrs. Rachael Billington.
who today is celebrating Jier ninetieth
birthday. Mrs. Uiiiington lived only a
few doors away from the Lincoln fam
ily at Springfield and also knew the
statesman as a lawyer in Decatur. In
those days, says Mrs. Billington, the
batter stood with back to a wall. Lin
coln, she said, could hit the ball every
time it was pitched to him.
mil f.:Efuio:i.
The Brotherhood of the Westminster
Presbyterian church held a meeting at the
Commercial club quarters today.
L. G. Maronv has resigned his position
with the Bankers' Life Insurance com
pany of Des Moines and has been ap
pointed general agent for Kansas of the
American Central Insurance comnanv nf
InJianapolls. Mr. Marony has been man
ager of the Bankers' Life In Topeka and
ppntral Kflfisii. for thtf, namt fifteen
months and has a wide acquaintance here.
The American Central company is a new
one and has just recently decided to open
up agencies in Kansas. Mr. Marony was
selected to take charge of the state of
tlces and he accepted. The company will
open up the state offices immediately. .
Sal -ty razor blades sharpened better tnan
new, 25c-3Sc dos Brunt lrug Co. Adv.
Sherman Taylor, charged with assault
ing clarence Kamlowski with Intent to
kill, had his preliminary bearing in the
court of Topeka today, and was bound
ployees of the Wolff Packing company..
Where Taylor works as day watchman,
testified In the case; the man who gave
himself up to the county attorney, frank
ly telling the story of the shooting. Is
represented by Otis Hungate.
Sunflower Camp No. 53S, Modern Wood
men of America, will adopt a class of 10
candidates next Tuesday evening. Elabo
rate ceremonies, accompanied by an in
teresting program, will be given.
PERU IS REGOGIilZED.
Wilson Changes Policy Regarding Gov
ernments Fonnded on Force.
Washington, Feb. 1 2. Secretary
Bryan, late today, directed American
Minister McMillan, at Lima, to recog
nize the new provisional government
of Peru, on behalf of the United
States.
A Lincoln Day Lesson
Henry Bayleas Is Dying.
Henry Bayless. the man who
shot last December, and whose assail
ant has never been arrested, was re
ported to be dying this afternoon. The
county attorney and the undersheriff
went to the man's borne to take bis
dying statement.
Sorrow at City Hall.
The news that Chief Wilmarth was
sinking cast gloom over fire depart.
ment headquarters and through the
city hall. Men gathered themselves in
groups and recalled incidents of his
courage, loyalty and faithfulness to
duty.
"He never hesitated to call any of
the fire department boys on the car
pet when he thought they needed a
reprimand," said Mayor Cofran, "but
after one of the boys nad received a
talking to that was the end of the inci
dent. He reserved to himself the right
to do all the criticizing of the men un
der him. and no one resented a criti
clsm of his men quicker than he did.
He was loyal to every man in the fire
department. Only a few months ago
I attempted to talk to him about the
conduct of some of his men. I knew
I had a Just complaint and there was
no doubt of the facta, but before I could
get fairly started he stopped me with
'Now. Mr. Mayor, please do not talk
that way about my boys. and that was
as far as I could get with the subject."
During the long service he gave the
city. It is probable that the occasions
when he was beyond the sound of the
tire bell could be counted on the fin
gers of one hand.
L. R. Lane, superintendent of streets,
recalled one time be bad taken him lr
wn; I ii i