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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1913..
THE ARGUS.
Published ea.Hr at IC Second ire
ue, Reck Iilind, III. (Entered at tha
postofflc as second-class matter.)
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tion. JTo such articles wKl be printed
oT fictitious siarnat'Jres.
Telephones in ail departments. Cen
tral Union. Rock Island 14S. 1143 and
3141
savings fund committee Mrs. Bel-!
moct. Miss Morgan. Miss Rob'.nsoa '
: Smith, and others put forth the spug ,
idea a lit'le tentatively. It caught cn ,
like wildfire. Every one wanted to be J
a spug. Every one who in bis or her ;
heart, had been bitterly resenting the i
annual bold ops under the disguise ot j
Christmas spirit wanted to faunt aj
spog pin with the courage that goes .
wt'h a crowd. Leaders, spugs and
spug captains met in the vacation com-)
mlttee's rooms in West Fortieth street. ;
and had Ions heart-to-heart talks i
! about it. and about the better pres-
I frnri tho mfir burin T.resen? thpv
Eare " " " '
', wre going to make with the money
" which the spug pin had saved them.
.Most oi tne memoers are Business
gir'.s. but their ranks are being joined
by housewives and women of all types, j
who have also suffered the burden of;
Cbristmases too busy to be merry.
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE H. TAVENNEB
Congressman from tha Fourteenth District. .
Saturday, November 15, 1913.
KEEP UP THE FIGHT.
TAVE-ER1 ARMOR PLATE ILAN.
; The Davenport Times suggests joint
; action by the Greater Davenport com
! mittee, the Greater Moline committee
j and a committee of the Rock Island
. club to back up Congressman Tav
j er.ner's efforts in drawing the atten
; tion of congress to the peculiar ad van
' tares presented by Rock Island arsen
; al as an ideal location for Secretary
of the Navy Daniels government
(Special Correspondence of The Argus.)
Washington, Not. 13. The presi
dent was weary the other morning
when he met the Washington news
paper correspond-
7 lar weekly meet
ing he holds with
them. The lines
on bis face show
ed that the respon
sibilities of his of
fice are weighing
on him. He was
palHd, tired. His
answers to ques
tions lacked the
play of humor that
characterized his
utterances when
he first entered
the White house.
He knew in ad
vance the ques
tions that would
CLYDE H. spring first. Mex-
TAVLNNER ico. It has been
the theme of these
hi"
armor plate factory.
If Rock Island is to be relieved, tem- Congressman Tavenner, a.ert to ev- white house meetings for months. And
porarily. of the ills that have afflicted opportunity for the proper devel-jthe questions were sanguinary, war-
1 opmetit of Rock Island arsenal under like.
It; if eventually it hopes to be purged , the supervision of the ordnance de-1 Had Huerta sent to the powers a
of iniquity and made clean, it must ipartment. and who has already asked note of defiance of the United States?
keep up the fight. This applies to an'n appropriation of congress of overiiad Land prepared to break off all
aroused and rlgh'eously indignant i million T he legitimate ordnance 1 diplomatic relations? War! War!
citlxenshio The 'act should not be I induRtrJes- ,,as cow nce!Yd the idea. War! How soon That was the un-!-,
Zl, ,Tv V , , pif havin n-"-tIt. the vpokent but apparent eagerness be-
lost, sight of that the forces of evi.. . feasibility c.r making armor plate for h7nd mot,t of ,he question8
those low elementa that fatten cn v.ce battleships here as well. The president answered all natienr.
Mr. Tavenner, in his public state-i ,y He kDew Qf no nQtp Und Jg
ments and dispatches, has set forth ! nmy the mfaium for communication
forcibly the claims which Rock Inland s ; he is not Iayla down oItinlatll But
arsenal possesses in this respect, but ; the president br hi, manner showed he
nv ff f f n r-f thftt mifhi he rendered fIV t ,, . .
, . reauzea tne lutnity or trying to im
in every conceivable form. Lexer sleep.
With this class it is an occupation, that
applies to every day in the year. I may
poesibly be in the bushes now, but the
buakesarc but an ambush from wbi h ; ,h organizations of the three cities. I preRS upon gome of tne8e' new8 wrlt.
awvaax;a va in t ii w it i -v;ujv:i av ""7 um
there will be another outbreak. After i
! ad vancemei.t of the entire community,!
ers the necessity for moderation in
a rMinmhla snuann i.t rvrmnViorlnr . t , v -" Mueiou.
- - ( lore MJ t. il f u rjl in 1 1 1 1 b? uiav ur unr-
there mill be a come-back. rated hv the hou to art in the srem-
Constant vigilance is the pr.re of jses pursuant to Conrressman Tav
decency, and the citizen who at any ' enner resolution,
turn In the battle for a better lowni
shrinks from the obligation or c.vic re
sponsibility is not made "f the tna
their articles dealing with the Mexl-
j MIW l I Kf lOR K 1HH PORT.
teri ou: of which come good soldiers ; VMA IaIone &nec,or of the port
I of New York, to succeed John Purroy
I Mitchel, who was elected mayor of
manifestly j Vt,w york The appointment was well
kept up . j mll.itwi There was not a more en-
ln time of national per:
patriot is always on du'y.
It is therefore In tder,
In order, that the fight be
The Argus Is gratified to know of the
positive stand iaken by a committee'
of citizens, represen'atlve, it Is under j
niuoa, oi me nuiutniai sirenp'ii aim whieiwind
.lorce or a large percn'age or tue
--business men of the community,
which yesterday summonod into its
pteten?e the routicipal commission
and, figuratively spe iking, read the riot
act. Such an ultimatum wi.l accomp
lish sreat results, but that iKidy of men
must understand, and The Argus be
lieves does fully understand, t hat an ulti
matum carries with it. the warning ct
. drat-tic measures if it its not heeded.
Whatever may be the means eniplod
thusiastic Wilson man in the courtry
than Dudley Malone. He went me.eor
like throurh the campaign and was a
of strength, especially
among the young men.
At tne lialtlmore convention he was
a bundle of nervous energy, working
night and day. fnd proving a valuable
aid to the men behind the heavier
guns.
He is apt to be heard from many
times and favorably in the future po
litical history of the country-
Yefhe did not terminate the inter
view without making the trial his
usual trial. Because of the White
house custom I am not permitted to
quote bis exact words. Rut he gave
Uons and the surmises of the report
ers, raw boys some of them, and the
pure "war fakes'' are telegraphed
promptly to Mexico to create further
excitement and a little more hatred in
an already excited country.
It is a pity that this is true that
newspaper owners will assist the
sprfad of Inflammatory rumor and
guess. It is not usually the fault of
the reporter. His writing reflects the
wish of his employer. And so, to get
the "good story" he draws foundation
less conclusions, he snatches a straw
and with it predicts the tempest, or
he resorts to that contemptible thing,
the out-and-out fake,.
Happily I almost wrote unhappily
there will be no war unless the
American people desire war. It is
good that the people have this free
dom of choice. But the people as a
crowd are sometimes easily excited,
yielding to war hysteria. As Champ
Clark said the other day, the United
States has been the aggressor in get
ting into every one of its foreign wars,
And no one knows better than the
president the effect In mob psychology
of this continual, hypnotic repetition
of the tocsin of war with Mexico. It
puts the nation into a frame of mind
ready to be aroused to fury by some
act that might otherwise result mere
ly in a diplomatic incident.
Do those who are writing news that
makes the president's task difficult, do
those who own the newspapers which
r.r!nt these articles, know what war
mans? Aside from the fact that It
would set back for years the growing
movement for "the new freedom,
aside from the wound war would give
to the nation's ideals, aside from the
cost in money, war is a terrible curse
to a nation.
Speaker Clark said that an invasion
of Mexico would cost 25.000 American
lives American boya' lives, for wars
are fought by boys. One of the 25,000
might be your boy. reader, or your
sister's boy or your daughter's boy
:ykcois
HENTCT HOYLAND
The Daily Story
A SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENT BY F. A. MITCHEL.
Copyrighted, 1913, by Associated Literary Bureau.
the reporters to understand that the Are you willing that your boy shall
pay wJTTi his life for the desire of a
few larS'j city newspaper owners and
the Standard Oil 'company and big
business in general, that the United
States gratuitously seek war with Mexico?
newspapers are making it very hard
for the administration to deal with
Mexico. The sensational, jingoistic
headlines not only excite the Ameri
can people and appeal to the worst
side of their nature, but the distor-
EDUCATIONAL NOTES
A " Society for the Instruction tf
Eugenics" recently founded in New
York already has 200 members.
The way t .lea.! Rock Island is not
only f ,fner an enforcement . but 10
. . . ..... ... .!.!
ly me committee, wnaiever course u j , ,,,n 0,jt 1hc d!v(p naii thtm p r,er.
may see fit to pursue. The Argus take . n,.,,,,-. and drive t!ie disreputables
tms occasion to eay mat. it uaTeof all aises ou; 0f ton-and
the supporrii cooper'.:an Of this
paper tviuv extenf tftai'ft may b? de-
keep
them out.
One Idaho county has more than
350 boys and girls organized in sew-
W (II K.
Joliet aims to get rid of delinquents
in its schools by putting the boys too
. big for their classes Into a special
class in charge of a man teacher of
1 frrceful personality.
ranging from $2,700 down to $10 per
week.
Native children in the Alaska
- i c's ii-id r the United States bu
reau of education become so enthus
iastic over the personal hygiene cam-
! paign that they frequently bring
! their fathers and brothers to school
to have them put through the clip
; ping and cleaning process at the
hands of the teacher.
Wemom
For nine Ions years she worked away
With all the strength she had;
She showed improvement day by day
And made her parents glad:
She went abroad to study titere,
Hr father's purse rrrew thin.
But "maestros" said her gifts wen
rarck
In Paris and Berlin.
and
ind
She practiced in the mornings
She practiced lata at night:
She gained much strength of arm
hand.
Her tou h grew sure and light:
While other girls were having fun
In foollhh. girlish ways.
She practiced steadily and won
Her teacher's honest praise.
At last, with nothing more to do.
She sought her native town.
And there was wooed and won, there,
too.
She quickly settled down.
Her babies play upon the floor.
Her husband's purse is thin.
And "maestros" think of her no mora
In Paris or Berlin.
Notwithstanding that every effort f ma r.o-nes h! love."
. . . .. . . j "Silver." exclaimed Mr. Hispin-
has beeu made recently to prevent . be sclentist-s naml
certain scientific discovery, or. rather. entns!(lstic,uy.
its application, from being; known to Xol so fajtC Tou remember
the public. It has leaked out and Is pro- j t!m Jt ,s not n race or figure that alone
ducing a great deal of talk. We are j produces love; there are many idiosyn
happy to announce that a reporter of crasies that combine to that end. While
this .paper got wind of what has been j the photographic impressions on your
If there is an invij-ible government j ,.jn
. ... . ! . I , T I . . T . f .. j . :
iii' ei ii- jc e u iu i'ji-iv jsiauu. wierv is : Qjant
an mvisioi iorce ior gooa mat win
put the invisible government so far in
the clear that It will never come back.
itG. From wha' It knows of the
iaracterof the men who hae enlisted
themselves in this ms,t timely raus-e.
The Argus is not only w illing but glad
. to tender any good effi-e within its
. power to bestow. j :
So far aa disclosed t!i(; otjut of tlie The German editor who kept cases
iiieu who have taken a hand iu the on the number of persons killed by
nor '. uplift in Rock I-Iand is not a roal notor cars must have been too
C 'Rand for Puritaniil reformations j bny to count the number of news
No one with a reasonable conception 1 papers suppreF.-sd.
of what Rock Island should be enter- .
tiias any such notion. The Argus for
Vs own par: believes In the Greatest '
measure cf individual liberty within,
' the law. I- believes in the broadest
'form of citizenship. It realizes thati
Emory and Henry college, Virginia,
until recently an institution of the
literary type, shows interestingly the
trend of the times in its efforts to
meet more directly the needs of the
immediate vicinity. Without weaken-
reckoned of greater importance than "8 ' "
higher mathematics." !e 13 s;ekln5 t0.pUl ilS ounS. me
Kdinburgh," says Sir James
"the imprebsion is gaining
ground that physical culture comes be
fore the humanities, and hygiene is
r'or the informal ion of the rogue it (
When an epidemic of cholera is rag
ing in the Philippines, the authorities
do not close the school1 to avoid con
tagion. They keep them, open as cen
ters of hygiene information for pre
venting the spread of the disease.
Lucky.
"I am afrafd," said the doctor after
he had thumped the gentleman on tha
chest and again and again tried his
pulse, "that there is something radi
cally wrong with your heart. I don't
want to scare you. but be careful
about running to catch trains and
don't hurry when you go upstairs. If
you are careful you may live . for
years. Still. If you have not made
your will and arranged your affairs
so that they would be in good condi
tion if you were suddenly taken off it
might be well for you to attend to
those matters. I would not tell you
this if I did not feel that it was "
"Thank heaven!"
"What do you mean?"
"Now, I'll have an effective excuse
when life insurance agents come to
see me and I wish to get rid of them
in a hurry. Just put It all in writing,
will you doc?"
may be ail that while all roads lead '
lo Kock IMand for the desirables, all j The Mat8achuiiett3 state board of
roads in Kuck I.-iand lead out for the cducation maintains a teachers' regis-
ume.-iraoies.
The worst thing about these horse
hair aigrettes is that they will h just i
es fashionable as the genuine so long!
n t li & riric. flto unme !
all men cannot think alike, an.i it -. j 1
abomina'es intolerni'e :n any fcrm. ; Tl Mexicans will keep on getting
The troub!e is. and :!-,. unforiuna'e re. kl. s until they will be leaving
part of it is. tJiat wheie any la-iiude. , I u blonde of mercury tablets lying j
however, harmless it ma em iu i's around looe like they do iu the L'nitfd j
'general scope, is permitted, it is quick ' States. I
to be taken advantage .i ana vice
becomes notorious and crime rampant.
The ideal under p'.l circumstances
is the regulated ct'v. an administ rat ion
that Is capable of dis-t'n.suii-hiiig be-
tweeu what the people want and what
the lawless want, a righteous di.scrim- . The r.n.f.ort deer hunters in the Mich
. 'nation that will gi.e to 'he people a : Span woods haven't much on the mil
liberal and conservative form of mu-! Hons of sta -at-homes except the extra
nb ipal cov.rnment and tafeutiard the hazardous ratia;.
people from the nietia ing influences;
of every shade of trans.resbicn. and ' As the Russian government has only
at the same time e nuna'e absolutely! had 3'.'' Jews tuatsacred :n five
the debaucher. the ;ug. the eul-throat. ; j ears. it claims to be becoming quite
the crook and the confidence man. j humane.
' Tublic sentiment, well directed and : "
t emphatically enforced, but ceas.lt It I -fe to assume that turkeys will
in Its power and influence, will bring ' le high for Thanksgiving, and the deal
to Rock Island cond.tions that all will ers are working hard to find a reason
approve, for a town, as has been sa'd. I 'her for.
must, be what the people want it to be.
tration bureau for teachers desiring
positions ia Massachusetts. In the
i past year the first of its existence, the
j bureau- filled S'j positions at salaries
into touch with the everyday life of
the rural communities from whicIT
they come. Recently a demonstra
tion agent was secured to have his
headquarters at the college and direct
agricultural and industrial work both
for the students of the college and
the people of the surrounding communis
Paris The French cabinet has ap
proved the recommendation of the
finance minister for the issue of $260,
000.000 of peri e'ual 3 per cent govern
ment rentes.
Safe.
The night is dark and cold and wild.
The wind is howling through the street;
The snow againot my door is piled.
The stars are hidden, and the sleet.
lAke shot, against the pane is hurled;
I hear the never-ceasing roar
Of lev waves that manly beat
Against a bleak and cheerless shore.
As if they tried to wreck the world.
But, safely sheltered from the storm.
The child that claims my love Is warm.
His prayers are said, his dreams ara
sweet.
In
"The Young Lady Across the Way"
1HF. -lt- IIIKI.
Of course it may be rushing the t-ea-l unprotected,
cn, taking time by the forelock, and j
... .t-. . ... . I The rvlrlesl
The t'bicago and Milwaukee break
waters that were washed away in the
stem ought not to have been left out
ii; that, but since the Christams maga- oiaesi gou ciuo in id i nnea
...... , ... I States will be 25 vears old r.cxt week.
. ; So w
till many of America's most prized
I'p to the hour of going to press the
harrowing question as to what to do
with ex-presidents was not bothering
Mexico.
seems justified in rising to remark j
. "that within the range of possibility is
the organization of a local branch
. of "pug. A "fuk". it may be ex-
. plained, is a human being of unusual;
discrimination and courage, a "spug"i
Is a member of the ne v. aud gr- at. anoi( Ncw tht he nas teen indicted for
.glortoua Society for the Prevention of getting slabbed General Wax may
I'seless Giving, an institution that j find ,ife Mfer ln H.vana.
bould flourish in the land of the treei
and the home of the brave. And IncidetaUy. 7t isabout to be
The society had an interesting fhown tha, ,hre hrave wman ia
origin. sa the New lorfc Times The. RHk Iand too
leaders of the vacation Savings fund!
Idea found that the shop g:rl and! j really doth appear that a few of
other workers w ithin their fold were i the uades-raoles are still banging
I weighed down by the obligation to con-j ground.
tribute toward presents for the meal
'and women "higher up:" that such! Vincent Astor is worth 165.000.000.
collective riving had become llxedly'He didn't even earn the ciphers.
customary, and that an individual re
Having in mind the situation In Mexico, we asked the Toung lady
across the way if she feared k casus belli and she said she'd always been
The Glory That Was Rome's.
'"What most interested you
Rome?"
"In Rome? Say, IU never forget
Rome as long aa I live. They had the
sweetest little manicure girl in the ho
tel where. I put up that ever trimmed
a nail."
Hard for Mother.
"I suppose you often find it rather
trying to have six marriageable daugh
ters on your hands?"
"Oh, I don't mind it so much myself,
but my wife has a pretty hard time of
it, seeing that she can't possibly watch
at more than one keyhole at a time,"
Common.
A monkey In the New York zoologi
cal garden has the mumps."
"Thats nothing. I've known lots
of monkeys who claim that they have
had measles and whooping cough."
Appreciated.
"I wish to present my bill."
"Thanks. It's the only thing I ever
got from you without being over
charged.
Evidence, of Prosperity.
The upper berth continues to be
useful only as a place in w hich the oc
cupant of the lower may store his
overcoat.
Inevitable.
If a man were paid for doing tf)e
things he likes most to do he would
at once begin to want to do some
thing else.
fusal vaj practically impossible. The, It s on to St. Petersburg for PindelL more afraid of appendicitis than anything else,
A Difference.
"HaTe you ever seen me act?"
'No. 1 have frequently seen you
on the stage, though."
"And what became of that girl who
was such a matchless beauty In our sot
when I went away?"
"Sua still U."
"What, after all" these years?"
"Not so much of a beauty, but match
less- She's ii old maid." Houston
going on and by diligence has ferreted
the matter out. A part of the story
comes from a private gentleman, Mr.
Samuel HIgginbotham; a part from in
vestigators in the Institute For Origi
nal Research, while the rest is ma do
up from various persons connected
with one ot the most remarkable scien
tific wonders the world has ever seen.
This is the story as constructed from
the material at hand:
One bright morning Mr. Hlggtnboth
am entered the reception room at the
Institute For Original Research and
sent In a card to Dr. Carrelton. When
the doctor appeared Mr. Hlgginbothaiu
said:
"Doctor, I am not a scientific man.
but I have been thinking on some of
the results obtained by your experi
ments, and I have come to believe that
a certain something I wished produced
is possible."
"Be seated, sir," was the response.
The two sat down, and Dr. Carrelton
gave his visitor his attention.
"As you are aware." Mr. Higginbotb
am proceeded, "this is an age of Inter
est in human beings physically and
scientifically considered. A few years
ngo the great Edison asserted that
memory was a camera by which events
are photographed on plates to be called
up at will. Then came another scien
tist proposing a possible clew to deter
mining sex by watching plants, and
lastly a president of the Association
For the Advancement of Science has
indicated that the immortality of the
soul may be proved scientifically.
"The especial branch of these dis
coveries to which I would direct your
attention is the photographic nature
of the human braiu. Thirty years ago
a single photograph of an object -was
taken; now a quick succession of pic
tures of a moving object passed before
the eye gives motion. By the develop
ment of this principle photographic
plays are enacted on the mimic stage.
Likewise infinitely delicate photo
graphs on the human brain produce
impressions which make up our rela
tions with the outside world."
Mr. Higginbotham paused and then
added sententlously, "In other words,
photo plays are enacted On the same
principle as those of human life."
Dr. Carrelton's attention changed
from indifference to interest. "I don't
know." he said, "that the matter ever
occurred to me in exactly that light."
"My object iu seeking this inter
view," resumed Mr. Higginbothnm, "Is
not to enunciate a thought, but to
consult with you on the application of
a principle. I have accumulated a
laro fortune, sir, and desire to traus
mit it to my descendants. I have one
child, u son. but he has met with a
misfortune in the loss of a girl be loved
nnd has vowed that he will never
marry. He eschews women's society.
j nourishing his love for the dead
j through a picture of her when she
lived. On account of his celibacy, at
his death the fortune that I have spent
years of toil in heaping up must bo
disintegrated-."
The speaker paused. Dr. Carrelton
s.ii.l that he did not understand the
connection between his enunciation of
a principle and this disappointment In
his son's celibacy, whereupon Mr. nig
glnbotbam proceeded.
"My son's love I do not consider In
the nature of romance, but a material
condition. Indeed, today elnce the
death of the object it Is reduced to a
matter of memory. No more mental
photographic pictures of her are Im
printed on his brain; Instead of photo
graphic action, so to speak, there Is
photographic sameness, just as before
the moving we had but a single im
movable picture."
"I think I begin to get your drift,"
said Dr. Carrelton. "What you pro
pose is to start again the life pictures
on your son's brain, producing impres
sions which may tend in another di
rection." "Exactly."' exclaimed the visitor, evi
dently much pleased at being under
stood. "And you would like me to invent a
process by wbich this may be done?"
"That was my object In calling upon
you, sir."
"H'm," sflld the scientist thoughtful
ly. "You have given me a problem to
solve which I believe will one day be
solved, but I fear that I am not now
up to the work. However, I will think
It over and if I hit upon any method
worth the trying I will advise you."
The visitor departed, leaving his ad
dress, but owing to the difficulty of
the problem he bad left for solution
he bad but little hope of the scientist's
success. He heard nothing from Dr.
Carrelton for several months, then re
ceived a note inviting him It oil on
aim at the institute. When the two
were again together the doctor said:
"I have been unable to dismiss from j
my mind the problem yon offered me.
Various plans have sujr?e;tel tliem-l
selves for accomplishing your objact. i
To change the impressions ou yonr j ,7T- ArM,,Pl of confederation adot-t-
ftuu b iijixm iruui cue w nt js ue&u tu ;
one who lives roust be effected, if at
all, in one of two ways first, a new
woman mny be introduced to make
him forget tils dead love for her."
"Impossible." said Mr. Hlgginbotliam.
son's brain may be gradually replaced
by another combination it does not fol
low that the individuality we call soul
will be able to charm him."
"We my at least make the experi
ment." "Tes, we may do that ar.d there is ft
reasonable expectation that If we are
successful ln effecting the substitution
of physical features in your son's braiu
he may fall in with the other differ
ences under the influence of another
mental faculty."
"That is?"
"The imagination."
"The Imagination?"
"Yes. Let your son once be intro
duced to the living woman whose fea
tures through the portraits have re
placed on bis brain those of the dead,
and be will be so pleased that he will
imagine the living possesses the charm
which he admired In the dead."
"Professor," exclaimed Mr. niggln
botbnra. "I have read of your scientific
victories published to the world, but I
never thought that I should be tho
humble instrument of drawing forth
one of the most remarkable of them
all."
"You are showing the importance of
one of tho faculties I have mentioued."
remarked the doctor coolly.
"What one?"
"The imagination. Ko sooner An T
suggest a method of procedure than
you imagine the work to bo accom
plished. You may overcome the ob
stacles that are to bo expected, but I
fear you will not."
Leave that to me. I shnll leave no
stone unturned to accomplish my pur
pose. I shall proceed with all the care,
exactness and delicacy that you scien
tists practice in your own experi
ments." Grasping Dr. Carrelton's hand and
squeezing it so that the scientist cried
out with pain, the enthuslustlc Hlggln
botham took his departure.
It was not long after this that Al
bert Higginbotham, standing before tho
picture of his dead love, noticed a
slight change, it being fresher looking
than before. He spoke to his father
about the matter and was told that h
had sought to please bis son by calling
in a picture cleaner to take the dirt off
it. Occasionally thereafter Albert fan
cied he saw some change in his picture,
but was not sure. During a year a
dozen pictures were substituted. In tho
twelfth little remained of the features
of' the dead: Indeed, it was u portrait
of Miss Anna Searsdale, a living per
son. Mr. Higginbotham. Sr., had found
this young woman somewhat resem
bling his son's dead love after a lon
search. He had Interested her in hi
plan concerning his son, and she had
consented to lend herself for the ex
periment. Rut she did not consent If
it were successful to marry Albert.
She was vell off In her owirrlght and
disposed to marry only for love.
After her owu portrait had taken the
place of the one worshiped by young
Higginbotham, one'day when he was at
home she called on bis father ostensi
bly on a matter of business. Albert saw
her as she passed out and was para
lyzed with astonishment. Hastening
to his father, he Inquired who she was
and, taking him to the supposed pic
ture of the girl ho had lst, exclaimed:
"Can it be possible?"
"What possible?"
"That there was some mistake that
Edith lives."
"N'o, my dear boy. This young lady
is not Edith. She is Miss Searsdale, a
very estimable person."
"Where can I find her?"
"Do you wish to know her?"
"Indeed, I do."
"Very well. We will have her t
dinner."
"Tomorrow today T'
"Tomorrow Jf she Is disengaged."
Dr. Carrelton that afternoon receive .
a visit from Mr. Higginbotham, who
took the doctor in his arms in a bear
hug and nearly crushed the life out of
him.
"Success:"
"Success?"
"Yes. My son has seen the livln
woman, an 1 she will dine with us to
morrow. You mutt come to the wed
ding."
"If it takes place."
It did take place within a fetv '
months. Albert nigginbothaio married
Anna Searsdale. and the match turned
out a very happy one. .
This Ih probably the first case In
which the material constitution of love
has been scientifically proved! Parent
with sons and daughters who persist in
making unfortunate marriages should
le encouraged to hope that their chil
dren's uuions may be guided scientifically.
Nov. 15 in American
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"The other alternative is to find a j
woman not unlike his dead love give i
an artist a likeness of both the dead j
and the living, have him paint a num
ber of portraits showing a gradual
transition of the feature of the dead
to those of the living and substitcte
these pictures, one after another. Iu
aiaim at tha one through which your
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