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THE ROCK ISLAND ARGUS, THURSDAY, JULY 0, 1914.
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THE ARGUk
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i Rock Island. lit tEntereJ t the
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BY THE J. W. POTTER CO.
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have reai name attached fer publica
tion. No such articlen will bo printed
ever fictitious signatures.
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tral Union. Reck Island 145. U4S and
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gold during the past fortnight are at
tributed to the bidding up of exchange
by bankers who had unfulfilled con
tracts for supplying France with the
basis of a large government loan. Ex
change harlng fallen, such shipments
w ill be less profitable to American gold
exporters and they will doubtless hold
fast to their yellow metal.
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C,TRADCSl,Ua7J COUNCIL
Thursday, July 9, 1914.
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It may be the fault of the admlnia
tration, also, that potatoes this year
are running largely to top and the
tubers are retailing at $2.50 per bushel.
I (The fact that there are 13 avowed
! aspirants for sheriff of Rock Island
: county of course will be construed as
an 111 omen by the 12 men who fail
. to land.
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. "The Missourian who married a wid
. ow to take the place of an alarm clock
I probably found the substitute fairly
satisfactory till he undertook to shut
eff the noise-making apparatus.
The pastor of a Missouri flock has
arranged a system of cooling the
church with ice. thereby reversing
the popular impression that the con
cern of the church In temperature mat
ters is confined to the hereafter.
The number of candidates for sher
iff who have been brought out by the
long drawn out investigation of that
office doubtless can be explained on
the theory that the more the afore
said aspirants have seen of the inside
the better they have liked it.
' California next fall will vote on one
; of the most drastic eight-hour laws
ever drafted. It provides penalties of
'. not less than 350 nor more than $500
for any employer permitting an em
; ploye to work more than eight hours
4 except "in case of extraordinary emer
t gency. caused by fire, flood or damage
S.to life or property." Evidently the
farmer in the extremity of the crop
and harvesting season will have
to pin his faith to the provision re
ferring to danger to property.
- REGULATING RESTAUR ANTS.
-" ; The state food commissioner is mak
fng a commendable effort to safeguard
the public against contagion through
. the food secured in public eating
houses. The following rules which he
has promulgated, while they may be
considered radical by those who are
forced to operate under them, do not
go too far:
Food may no longer be displayed
- in lunch rooms if exposed to flies.
All milk and cream must be covered,
Cafeterias must place a railing eight
laches from the tables, so that patrons
may not cough, breathe, or sneeze
'over food.
Cafeterias must place food under
glass shelves.
No cats or dogs will be permitted
' in restaurants or kitchens.
No persons will be permitted to
sleep In kitchens.
Every employe handling food, dishes
or napkins must wash his hands when
ever he goes back to work after leav
ing off for any reason.
' Proprietors must furnish an ample
- supply of water, soap and towels.
No proprietor may employ help with
. tuberculosis, venereal disease, or other
contagious disease.
Kitchen girls must cover their hair
with caps.
Waiters are forbidden to use the
same towel to wipe off tables and
chairs, perspiration and plates.
EATING AND HEALTH.
The adult human body requires from
2.500 to 3,000 calories a day. A cal
orie is a heat unit. How many heat
units are in the various foods? Bend
a dime to the department of agricul
ture, Washington, telling what you
want and you will be supplied
pamphlet telling all about it.
It is not so important what you eat.
The great bane of the American peo
ple is overeating. Everybody concedes
that w-e eat too much meat, and many
physicians contend that it is one of
the principal causes of the unduly high
death rate among persons over
years of age. The danger to the body
is in the protein, or albumen, which
is taken in through the stomach. Th
sugars and fats are fully digested an
assimilated. The body doesn't use the
excess of protein and gets rid of It
through the kidneys. One of the
products of the chemical change of
the protein foods is uric acid and other
poisonous and irritating substances
which gradually and surely sap vital
ity.
The general impression is that the
more costly food is the better it is.
This is an error. The coarser the
food, the better for the stomach no less
than for the pocket. "Weight for
weight, breast of duck is only half as
nutritive as beef, chicken is only one-
third as nutritive as cream cheese,
while rice is more than twice as
nutritive as veal, equal weight for
equal weight." declares the chief of
the division of public health education
of New York. He reaffirms what 1
gradually coming to be recognized as
a great truth, that wisdom in regard
to our habits of eating would make us
both healthier and wealthier; and
every one who by precept and example
will make this a matter of common
knowledge will confer a benefit of the
greatest value upon himself and upon
all those with whom he comes in con
tact.
The Greatest Humanitarian Work
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
.l So many evdences point to a gen
eral improvement in business condt-
.tions that the Construction News, a
trade magazine of Chicago, publishes
to editorials citing the fact. The no-
... mis t&kable evidences of a bumper crop
have been generally accepted. Presl
dent E. P. Ripley, of the Atchison rail-
' way. who has been deploring business
- conditions and the outlook for rail
ways for several months, has suddenly
become Joyous over the crop prospect,
w-hich promises big business for the
fall and causes an abandonment of
the Intention of bis company to re
trench in expenses.
The Jones Laugblln Steel com-
-ipany announces It authorization for
..tie construction of eight new tin mills
In addition to the 24 now in commls-
.sVn, end they are expected to be in
operation by the end of the summer.
The American Sheet & Tin Plate com
pany, which shut down some time ago
because of dull business, started nine
l of its 11 mills in operation a week ago
and the other two will be started as
soon as repairs are completed.
The dull times in Europe have re-
. suited - In a period of liquidation and
considerable dumping of securities.
, There has also been a very active set-
. tlement of trade balances which calls
for an unusual demand for gold. The
London Times predicts that the un
usual wheat crop of the United States
;: will be drawn upon heavily by Europe
and that this will turn the tide of gold
ack again. The unusual shipments of ,
AIDING PUBLIC EDUCATION
A striking illustration of the chang
ing conditions in educational ideas
may be found in the growing appre
ciation on the part of leading univer
sities of their responsibility to the
public. In former generations a uni
versity was regarded as a thing apart
and a college professor was looked on
not only by the humorous paragraph
era of the newspapers, but also by the
mass of people, as a man living in a
world of ideas, without any connec
tion with practical affairs. Today our
leading universities are recognizing
not only the opportunity, but also the
duty of making available their know!
edge for the benefit of the masses.
This tendency is highly commendable.
especially In the field of public health
and prevention of disease. The Har
vard Medical school has a standing
committee on public lectures which
arranges each' year for a course of
Sunday afternoon talks by members
of the faculty. These talks are open
to the general public and are on topics
of general interest. For instance, last
year the course of 20 lectures includ
ed such topics as "Preventive Medicine
in Relation to Industrial and Interna
tional Concord," "The Care and Feed
ing of Young Children," "What the
State Board of Health is Doing to Pro
tect the Health of Its Citizens," "The
Dangerous Effects of Patent Medi
cines," and "The Preservation of
the Teeth." This year's course
includes talks on "Rational Baby Feed
ing," "Bodily Effects of Rage and
Fear." "Spectacles and Eye-Glasses,
Their Use and Abuse," and other sub
jects of practical interest. The lec
tures given in the past have proved
cJT P. alue and so popular that they are
now being Issued in little pocket-sized
volumes at popular prices under the
title of "Harvard Health Talks." In
Minnesota the daily press is cooperat
ing in the same bind of work. A ser
ies of articles on disease and its pre
vention by Dr. E. P. Lyon, dean of
the University of Minnesota, recently
appeared in the Minneapolis Journal.
The University of Missouri Is one of
the few state universities that has rec
ognized the growing tendency by the
organization of a distinct department
on public health. A series of bulletins
for public reading and distribution are
being issued. The five so far complet
ed are on "Bacteria and Disease," "The
Prevention of Typhoid Fever." "The
Prevention of Contagious Diseases in
School Children," "Resuscitation." and
"The Relation of Sight and Hearing
to Early 8chool Life." Each of these
universities has apparently worked
out its 'plans in accordance with the
needs of its own particular field. In
Boston, popular Sunday afternoon lec
tures; in Minnesota, newspaper arti
cles, and In Missouri, pamphlets on
specific subjects seem to meet exist
ing conditions. The significant fact,
in the opinion of The Journal of the
American Medical Association, is that
our universities are recognizing their
responsibilities to the public and are
making serious, intelligent and prac
tical efforts to meet them.
The story of probably the greatest
humanitarian work under considers
tlon in the world today the draining,
canalising a'nd reclaiming of the flood-
devastated, famine-stricken Huai river
region in central China Is told in the
American Red Cross magazine for July
by Mabel T. Boardman, chairman of
the national relief board of the Ameri
can Red Cross.
In the last half dozen years the
American Red Cross has expended ap
proximately $730,000. including tht
value of donated supplies, in trying to
afford some measure of relief for hun
dreds of thousands of emaciated, starv
ing, misery-ridden human beings In
that area where, according to the ofll
c'al Chinese records covering 25 cen
turies, periodical floods have laid waste
vast stretches of richly productive ag
ricultural lands.
Inasmuch as the act of congress In
corporating the American Red Cross
provides that it shall devise and carry
on measures for the prevention of dis
tress and suffering, as well as give re
lief after they come, the Red Cross, in
cooperation with the republic of China,
Is financing an investigation by a
board of eminent American civil engi
neers in the afflicted territory with
the intention ultimately to prosecute
a reclamation and conservancy scheme
which will cost approximately $20.-
000,000 to be paid by China- The pres
ent investigation will entail an expen
diture by the Red Cross and China of
about $75,000.
The members of this board are:
Lieutenant Colonel William L. Slbert,
engineer corps. United States army,
builder of the Gatun locks and dam of
the Panama canal, chairman; Arthur
Powell Davis, chief engineer of the
United States reclamation service, and
Daniel Webster Mead, professor of hy
draulic engineer in the University of
Wisconsin. Charles Davis Jameson,
the Red Cross engineer who made the
preliminary survey, is accompanying
the board as general advisory engi
neer. Several assistant engineers, in
cluding a brilliant young Chinese, Syl
vanus T. Suen, are with the conserv
ancy board.
Miss Board man's article, under the
caption, "The Proof of Friendship, "
says in part: .
The great master, Confucius, was
once asked by one of his disciples, 'Is
there one word that may serve as a
rule of practise for all one's life?' The
master replied, 'Is not "Reciprocity"
such a word?" Another time the same
master said, 'At first it was my way to
hear a man's words and give him credit
for his conduct. "Now I hear a man's
words and look at his conduct
Wise, Indeed, was old Confucius. In
acts, not words, is to be found the
proof of true friendship. The great op
portunity to do an act of friendship
for China, an act of humanity for her
people, has been offered by'the Chinese
DEVIL AS
ia he is -ea
government to the United States
through the medium of the American
Red Cross. This opportunity lies in
tha linn of helne- nf Raa.lHts.nce in the
work of flood prevention In the central JJJf HOWILJJjO
ISta- b V i aaassa u vsa- Q --
the untold sufferings of hundreds of
thousands of famine victims; and, fur
thermore, of reclaiming a large amount
of rich agricultural land In a district
where every square foot is needed for
food production."
Speaking of the general plan. Miss
Boardman continues
"A dam has been created by the
high dikes of the grand canal. Sev
eral large, shallow lakes, some back
ing directly up against the canal dikes,
have thus resulted on the west side
from the back waters of the Huai river.
which, flowing first in to the Hungste
lake, have not sufficient outlet to the
sea. Much of the land not actually
under water in the lakes is still of a
useless, marshly character. At times
of heavy rainfall, these shallow lakes
and the swamp land cannot take care
of the water, which, finding no ade
nuate outlet to the sea, spreads out
for hundreds of square miles over the
surrounding country, ruining the
crops and reducing the large popula
tion to utter destitution and starva
tion. Tha plan of the Red Cross en
They live the devil
hoofs and horns
Who picture blm
with brush or
pea.
So that whoever
fears or scorns
The dread arch
enemr of men
May know him for
a fiend, may
know
The cunning; that
Is In his glances.
And, therefore.
meet him as a
foe.
However slyly he
advances
They err who have
him thus por
trayed So that ail men
may know bis
well;
gineer. Mr Jameson, is to carry the h"
water ot lue iiuui river uuu .u
Hungtse lake through a well-built
channel across the Grand canal into
the old, mow unoccupied, bed of the
Yellow river, with its high dikes; to
shut off this water from the lakes to
the southeast; and to drain these
lakes by another channel luV the
Yangtse river. This plan, if feasible.
as the land elevation and other topo
graphical features indicate, will not
only prevent all floods save those
caused by absolutely abnormal rain
falls, but will reclaim a million acres.
and improve probaby about nine mil
lion more.
"The Ye and the Shu. other rivers
farther north, and improvements on
the Grand canal, are included in the
conservancy plans.
"The first step In this important
work is the sending of a board of emi
nent engineers to China to study Mr.
Jameson's plan, report upon its value
and practicability and make such
changes as a more extensive survey
may suggest. The Chinese government
has left to the American Red Cross
He comes fair-fronted, with a smile
That nuleklv rids us of suspicion
And makes us think him splendid while
He sruides us downward to perdition.
Peculiarly Appropriate.
"And now," said Mrs. Porkenham af
ter the expert In heraldry had ar
ranged a suitable device for her coat
of arms, "I think we ought to have
a motto of some kind lettered across
the field."
"Yes. That' would be a good Idea.
Let me see? How would 'The pen is
mightier than the sword' do?"
"That's very nice, but don't you
think we ought to have something that
would be peculiarly appropriate for
our house?"
"I think, madame, that is as appro
priate as anything we could find. Did
I not understand you to say that your
husband had made bis money in the
bog-killing business?"
The Daily Story
A Piece of Professional Advice By William Kurd Hfli
Copyrlrhted. 114. by Associated Literary Bureau.
Perhap.
"Mrs. Filklns seems to think a good
deal more of the dog she carries
the selection of this board and has around with her whenever she goes
asked, in case the plan is carried out, anywhere in her automobile or her
that the American Red Cross recom- carriage than she does ot ner litue
mend to the Chnese government an I boy. You neve.' catch her snuggling
engineer, preferably an army engi- him up to herself or taking him any-
neer, for appointment as engineer-in-1 where.'
chief. "You may misjudge the good wo-
The president, the secretaries of man. Perhaps she has turned the
state, war -and interior, and congress, child over to a harsh and unsympa-
have all lent their aid to the Chinese tfretlc nurse Just to avoid any danger
government and the American Red of making a mollycoddle of him.
Cross to further this effort.'
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I From- Electrical Field.
Vacuum cleaners are used to clean
parlor cars.
Electric power is generally used in
watchmaking.
Electricity will operate the entire
Panama canal.
New types of Mazda Incandescent
street lamps are capable of 5,000 can
dle power.
Electric fans are used In city stores
to drive away flies. Flies do not like
electric fans.
Electricity is to be secured from the
Potomac river near Washington. The
river will be dammed at Chain bridge
The Other Girl.
T lftl white hands lav In mine.
to make a lake nine miles long. This ! Be smiled, looking upward at met
dam will be 115 feet high" and the river Perhaps you had thought her divine.
will produce, it is estimated, nearly
100,000 horse power at this point.
Electric motors are used in modern
glass factories where formerly the
work was nearly all done by hand.
A second submarine cable will be
laid from New York to Colon, Panama,
owing to the increase of business.
It requires 7,000,000 kilowatt-hours
of electricity a year to charge all the I And my heart would have leaped with
See beauty that I didn't see;
I know that men say she is fair.
I might have admired her. -too.
Had I. as we stood alone there
Supposed that her love was for you.
Not a thrill did her fingers Impart.
I was charmed by no word that she
satd:
But pain would have entered my heart
Had her cheeks, when she saw you.
gone red.
Hello! Is that Mr. Burton T
"Yes, ma'am." "
''Well, this is Mrs. Merriam. Could
I see you a few minutes tomorrow
morning?"
Now, I had a case in the courthouse
at that time, so I said:
"Won't tomorrow afternoon do Just
as well," Mrs. Merriam? Say 5 o'clock.1
"Couldn't you make it 4? I'm going
to a tea at 6."
Now, I bad an engagement at 4 with
another client.
"How about half past 3, Mrs. Mer
riam?'
"Oh, I'm so sorry 1 I don't see how
I can manage it I'm Just obliged to
be at the Woman's club from 3 till 4."
"Yon couldn't postpone it until day
after tomorrow?"
"No; not possibly. It's very impor
tant. Er you conldn't see me at 2
o'clock, could you, Mr. Burton?"
Now, 2 o'clock is my lunch hour. To
interfere with that is again my most
Ironclad rule.
"Why, I don't know, Mrs. Mer
riam" I began; then, on a sndden in
spiration: "I'll tell you, I might see
you at luncb. Suppose I meet you at
the Chelsea at 2 o'clock."
"Oh, I'd be so glad if I could see yon
then. But won't that put yon to some
inconvenience, Mr. Burton?"
"Not in the least. It's a pleasure, 1
assure you.
I did not tell her that I was break
ing another Ironclad rule of mine.
which Is never to talk to clients at
lunch. And I never do ordinarily.
That was bow it happened that I
lunched today with Mrs. Merriam.
The business she wished to consult
me about was not very complicated
a matter of some Investments and 1
electric vehicles used in New York
city.
There are nine telephones to every
hundred inhabitants in this country.
The telephone is used in this country
more than any other.
dellKht
If the Klrl who looked up In your eyes
Had cared for a moment, that night.
To lure me with two or three sighs.
SINGULAR, INDEED.
wiuiam uraay.n.u.
The Indispensable Draft.
"Mrs. Williston
is such a singular
person, isn't she?'
"I have never no
ticed anything
strange about
her."
"When she and
her husband were
In New York she didn't write on Waldorf-Astoria
paper to any of her
friends."
BIG FISH JERKS WOMAN IN
Boy of 12 Rescues Chicago Nimrod and
Her Husband from Lake.
Marinette. Wis., July . While fish
ing alone in Beescber lake, twenty-five
miles north of Marinette. Mrs. L. E.
Edwaids, Chicago, lost ber balance
when she attempted to land a bass, and
fell from the boat. Hearing her cries
for help, ber husband attempted to
swim out to her. but was exhausted be
fore he reached her. A 12 year old
nephew procured a boat and rescued
both.
Our benighted ancestors, medical
and lay, had some interesting ideas
about fresh air. They hardly deemed
it a suitable medium of respiration un
less it was carefully warmed and medi
cated first. At night they considered
it safest to exclude fresh air altogether
from sleeping rooms, it being suspected
there were miasmas or humours or hob
goblins afloat in the atmosphere after
sundown.
Even our grandparents can remem
ber when the fear of night air was so
common that anybody who went
abroad after the chickens were at roost
as assumed to be going after the doc
tor.
Drafts and Good Health.
Secure good ventilation, but avoid
drafts" has been advised and attempt
ed so many years that at first blush it
might almost seem within the realm of
pose ibl ity. For instance, you may open
the window of the bedroom a few inches
even at night now but in order to
is exchange of air.
rent of air.
A draft is a cur-
As It Seemed to Him.
"What do you consider the secret of
But the great difficulty has been to your success?" inquired the young
distinguish between actual physical man who bad Just taken up the study
discomfort and mental uneasiness. The of law.
catching cold delusion Is to blame for "Well." replied the famous attorney,
this. There are still plenty of mis- "I think the use of words that were
guided souls who imagine a, draft can too big for either the court or the Jury
make them ill even when the draft is to understand has bad most to do
comfortable. And there are others
who say, sensibly though ungrammat
ically: "Drafts be blowed! I want
fresh air!"
Questions and Answers.
E. H. asks: Can you give me any
advice regarding my case? I have
Buffered with Itching piles for several
years, and I have tried a dozen reme
dies without relief. I am 43 years old.
a traveling salesman, and in other
ways perfectly healthy so far as
know. My liver is occasionally trou
blesome.
Reply.
Within the past few weeks we have
with It."
avoid a draft von ar aunnn.od tn i, 1 8een several very different conditions
itu mo pauenia ana tneir man-or
der medical advisers had called "itch
ing piles." One was really Internal
piles. Another was eczema. Another
was a fistula. Another was fissure.
And the last one proved to be ring
worm -a. parasitic infection of the skin.
No one remedy or line of treatment
could have relieved more than one of
these cases: that must be obvious to
anybody. Therefore we can not ad
vise you except to say that you should
stop "trying" things and go to your
physician and be examined.
Teacher writes: Will you kindly state
through your "Questions and Answers"
whether bleeding is now employed for
apoplexy or uremic convulsions?
Reply.
Yes, It is occasionally employed with
use of that curious contrivance called a
window-board. The board fills the space
under the lower sash and thus directs
the incoming air current upward to
the ceiling, whence the draft is sup
posed to distribute itself equally
through the room without seriously in
juring you.
Well, the window board worked won
ders In its day, at that. It enabled
timid souls to set a breath of clean
night air who otherwise would have
suffocated by Inches. The modern
fresh air propaganda rendered the window-board
obsolete.
Ventilation Implies Drafts.
As a matter of fact, ventilation Im
plies a draft, and you can't secure the
one without enjoying all the advan
tages of the other, even if the family
aocior aavises you l try. Ventilation very good results.
Dr. Brady will answer all questions pertaining to health. If your ques
tion U of general Interest It will be answered through these columns; If not
It will be answered personally if stamped, addressed envelope Is enclosed.
Dr. Brady will not prescribe for individual or mak dijrnni a.
j dress all letters to Dr. William Brady, care of The Argus, Rock Island, 111.
Not Always.
"It IB always the unexpected that
happens," she remarked, Just because
it was necessary to say something.
"Oh, no, not always," the cruel man
replied. "I knew the moment I saw
you that you would have me cornered
somewhere inside of fifteen minutes."
In Glowing Terms,
Bbe Mr. Wlmbleton spoke of yon
In glowing terms last night.
He I am gratified to hear you say
so. I have always regarded him as a
fine Judge of men.
She Yes. It was one of the worst
roasts I ever heard.
They Deserve Mention,
"We bear a great deal about suc
cessful men, but little about success
ful women."
"I know It Yet every little while
we nteet a woman who has succeeded
In marrying off four or five daughters."
His Love.
"Still waters run deep, you know,"
said the mother of the lady who bad
been married four years.
"William must love me very deeply
then. He's terribly still about it."
Misted the Name.
Guest of the Doctor's (late home
from the theatre) Huny up, old chap.
and let me in. Absentmlnded Doctor
(who has forgotten all about his vis
itor) Who are you? Guest Mr. Trane.
Doctor Missed a train, have you?
Well, catch the next. London Mall,
"B06E r I ORTEDw?
gave the best advice I conid ana
promised to look further into the af
fair and render a more detailed opin
ion in a few days!
I have been Mrs. Merriam's lawyer
for some time, but bave never bad
any extended conversation with her
until today. Jack Merriam and I had
been intimnte friends ever since we
were college boys, and I was his law
yer np to the time of bis death. Jack
went out to Colorado In 1880 on ac
count of bis lungs. Three years later
he came back, radiant with regained
health and successful mining stocks.
He brought with blm bis young
bride and ber maiden aunt, who was
her nearest relative. I took dinner
with him several times at bis borne
In Brooklyn, but Jack and I did most
of the talking;
After Jack's death that was two
years ago Mrs. Merriam stayed in
Brooklyn, .where she and her aunt
kept house. I saw her two or three
times while the estate was being set
tledI was naturally looked upon as
her legal adviser but Jack bad been
sensible to sell out bis mining inter
ests at, a good profit and invest the
money in gilt edged securities, so
there was not a great deal to do in
the way of legal contriving.
I had never seen much of Mrs. Mer
riam. I had but one definite impres
sion "concerning ber. It is a mental
babit of mine to classify every woman
I see, according to her looks, in one
of thsee grades A. B and C I bad
classified Mrs. Merriam as A that was
all.
Today after we had finished with
business matters we talked about
things in general for awhile.
She is really quite sensible. I must
say I enjoyed myself.
She Is a rather slender person of me
dium height Her hair I think yon
would call it dark brown, but I am un
der the impression thai it bas a reddish
tinge. I don't remember what color
her eyes are.
She is not at all reserved, yet some-
bow remarkably dignified T insisted
on paying the bill over ber solemn
protest I trust I did the correct thing.
I'm in a Quandary. Mrs. Merriam
came to my office yesterday to learn
the result of my investigations and re
quested me to present a bill for my
services.
Now, I bad never dreamed of charg
ing ber anything. It bad been no trou
ble at all, and I told ber so. Sbe said,
"Very well I shall have to pay you
what I think the advice is worth if you
decline to fix a price," and this frose
me to tbe bono,
"Do you think $50" sbe began, bnt 1
roused myself and cot ber abort with:
"Ob, never mind. Mrs. Merriam, I'll
send you a bill at tbe end of tbe month
If you desire it It's, not customary to
pay nerore then. We can ttttu
price at that time. I've no doub?.0" '
Tbe fact is I wanted a cW.
think. Fifty dollars! She iT
believes that lawyers are blcW7
Tbe whole affair bs.
more than an hour of my am. 7
connt tbe half hour spent at the
sea. That was recreation and
ment
I think I wi!l send in bill fo, ,
cents and make a Joke of it jw Z
might not like that Yes. sbe cta i2
a Joke. I know sbe can. But hen!
wouldn't It be a bit rade-nther tl
presuming?
Yet why not? Jack MerrUm
one of my best friends. I have ban Z
their home, and an that - .
I am glad I don't have to decld, th,
question of the bill at this time. f
- uuo... uv at iue ena of th
month.
e ,
I have been working very bartuts.
ly. The Thayer case has gone throogj,
the mill again, and our side gained It
but the other side made a federal qg
tlon of tbe thing and soe& out a writ
of error in tbe supreme court of tbe
United States.
The case is now locked np before
that august tribunal. Tbe erldene
fills 200 pages.
In addition to this and five or tlx
other cases up for trial, I hare hid
a good deal of business to transact
for Mrs. Merriam.
Right here I must say that ray con
science is not unclouded. To bs wrt.
I have stirred np no lawsuits, nor
am I guilty of the crimes of main,
tenance and champerty. But I am
forced to confess that I have rendered
ber business more complicated than It
might bave be- n.
To put it pla aly, I have made pro
fessional conferences necessary wher,
by a little management they might
have been avoided. I have advised her
to ask advice. I entwined her bujinen
with red tape.
Yet I have not mismanaged her af
fairs. I have made money for ber. tad
she knows it
At tbe end of the first month I sent
in my bllL "To professional serried
rendered, 100 cents."
And. do you know, sbe refused to par
it She sent it back with a note claim
ing that the charge was exorbitant
end that sbe thought SO cents was a
fair compensation for my services.
Yes, she has a sense of humor, all
right!
Well, I tore up the bill and wrote
another, putting 30 In the place of 100,
and tbe return mall brought me ber
check on the Manhattan Trust com
pany for 30 cents, since which I bara
rendered ber no more bills.
Yesterday afternoon, while I was
dictating a letter to my stenographer,
the office boy looked in from tbe mala
room and remarked:
"Mrs. Merriam's outside."
A few minutes later I bad sent tbe
stenographer to bis machine, and tht
was following me into my private of
fice. Tm so sorry to bave kept yon wait
ing." I said. "But that letter Just bnd
to be finished. Have this chair, Mrs.
Merriam. Now, what can I do for
you?'
She seemed somewhat embarrassed.
"Mr. Burton" she began.
Then she stopped. I waited.
"You've been my lawyer for soma
time, and I've learned to respect your
Judgment There is something aboct
which I would like your professional
advice."
Her manner had become quite bo
nessllke.
"Certainly. Mrs. Merriam," I sail
"I'll take pleasure in giving you what
ever aid I can."
Then sbe told in a calm and Biraistt
forward way bow a certain wealth
widower bad offered himself in mar
riage and bow sbe bad the matter o
der consideration.
"Mrs. Merriam." I said, "it la very
difficult to give advice in a case Bit
this."
Here I paused. I was thinking bard
and fast
"Yes. I know It is" she was ban
ning, but I interrupted her.
"You bave asked my advice," I "
measuring my words, "and I shall glT
you my best Judgment The question
is a difficult one. You say this man
a widower of long standing. That a
of course, a disadvantage. But with
out going Into details," I -went on, of
excitement getting the better of fc
"here is my advice: Do not marry V
widower. Marry mo instead."
She stared at me in smasement
Then the color rushed to ber cnestt
and her eyes felt -
I saw any opportunity. I cbanw
my role from counselor to advocate.
"Rose!" I cried.
I said a urea deal more, bnt it ww""
K. nn nf nleco here, because it W
entirely unprofessional. But when, f
er awhile, she asked me what she mo
say to the wealthy widower I aavwes
ber to tell blm. as genu- as pos.
that his suit had been nol srossedv-.
July 9 in American
History.
1700 Battle of Fort Duquesne, Ft.
best known as "Braddock'sl
feat" British troops under Gesf
Braddock were almost annitulw
by Indians, and their leader J
tally wounded.
1850 General Zachary Taylor. "
deader In the Mexican war. 1W
and twelfth president of tbe
ed States, died in ofilee: born 1W
lS04-General Jubal Early totf w
feated Federals commanded w
General Lew Wallace at Monoea7.
Md.. and marched on to WaaUinr
ton uuoniosed.
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