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TIEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, MAY 11, 1013,
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Mrs. Von Claussen Denies Pact
Won't Marry Prominent Briton
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Her Stormy Career Is Recalled
rnitmij’S
lliliFE; APOLOGIZES;
CALLS IT A "JOKE”
Ft. McPherson's System of Keep
ing Fighting Men in Good
Humor Successful.
LOVE PLAYS BIG PART
Regular Wears His Heart on His
Sleeve-and Wants Sweet
heart Badly.
Confronted, aq are military officials
everywhere, with the problem of how
to decrease desertion* and to foster
contentment urnon# the soldiers, the
authorities at Fort McPherson, At
lanta's suburban army po*t, think
they have solved it to some decree.
Dances and moving picture show*
are their most powerful woai>onH in
the fight against discontent.
Colonel John T. Van Orsdale and
Chaplain Henry L. Durrant have
Trorked together in the introduction
of interesting innovation* by which
they hope to hold the heart and In
terest of the* enlisted men. The plan,
as outlined yesterday by the chap
lain, tells the story of a great trust
put In the efficacy of wholesome
amusement ns the best antidote
against dissatisfaction and restless
ness.
"We encourage these things to
overcome the great loneliness and
restlessness that affect* the soldier,"
said the chaplain. "He i* essential
ly a wanderer, and grows tired of
suri'oundlngs without change."
He told of 'other phases of the
plsn. An enlisted men’s club has
been established. A library of fic
tion is offered, without cost, to the
soldier for his reading. The weekly
dances and the picture shows three
time* a week are only part of a big
scheme to hold the men. Boxing,
baseball game*, vaudeville shows, all
are encouraged.
The dances, the chaplain explained,
are extremely popular, offering to the.
soldiers that companionship with
girls, for which thpre is a peculiar
yearning in the hearts of all Soldiers.
Petticoat World.
"Pretty much their whole world
revolves around the ‘petticoats,’ as
they call the girls," he said. "As
with sailors, so with soldiers. On
the street they are honestly excited
by the sight of a pretty girl. it
may be due to the fact that he is
kept eternally with hundreds of other
men. but for some reason the soldier
man is keenly susceptible to feminine
charm*.”
The soldier’s girl is as much a type
as the soldier himself, Mr. Durrant
said And, according to his analy
sis, here she is. the composite sweet
heart of Fort McPherson:
% She is honest and sincere with her
soldier lover, and demands sincerity
in return. The soldier always tells
the truth about himself to her.
8he is ladylike and proper enough,
and yet she has no mock modesty.
This is her sincerity again. She
omes out to see him, and is not
Ashamed to admit it.
She is a good fellow. She under
stands. She knows that he has not
all the money in the world, with his
$15 a month, and consequently does
not demand anything of him. She
even is ready to lend him money, if
he wants it.
Fond of Simple Thing*.
She is fond of the simple things—
likes to stroll a-field, to pick flowers,
to watch the Sunday afternoon base
ball games, sitting on the grass like
a good comrade, and candidly yelling
for her favorites, This, ifith her, is
preferable to picture shows.
And then, of course, she is pretty,
in varying degree*.
Mr. Durrant explained why the
men sometimes desert. There are
times when to this big-hearted fel
low there comes an acute loneliness
and restlessness. The world of men
is too much with him. He longs for
the streets and the sight and com-
paniorahip of grls, even more than
is afforded 1 him by the free discipline
at the fort.
Loneliness and restlessness are the
biggest factors.
The chaplain was hearty in his en
dorsement of the plan of the War
Department whereby a regiment is
kept in a post only a short time.
Old Plan Unbearable.
"Under the old plan, with ten or
twelve years’ stay in one place, prob
ably, army lfe became unbearable to
many men," ht j said. _ "There were
desertions. Many nun did not ru-
< nlist at the expiration of their
terms. Now. with the change of
scene, it is *ome\vhat different, and
the life more to be desired."
The chaplain's whole analysis of
the pleasures and the behavior of the
enlisted man tended to an analysis of
the soldier himself. The picture
which he drew of the soldier in the
Atlanta post is that of a type. And
it is:
He is very much of a boy. "crazy"
a bout the girl*, and in love w ith
Jove. His heart is on his sleeve.
He is fond of the simple pleasures
—the stroll afield, the baseball game,
the moving picture, dancing.
He is of the stripe that makes
heroes, full of a buoyant enthusiasm
and patriotism, ready to cry at "taps’’
and to cheer at the sight of a waving
flag.
He likes the melodramatic spice of
life, and is always locking for it. He
is a wanderer, and in his wanderings
he looks for romance.
H»- gambles, and usually he drinks.
Again he i- the boy, because the
temptations are very attractive to
him.
But with it all, he is very much
of a man. because, you know. "The
bravest are the tenderest, the loving
the daring."
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Mrs. Ida Von Claussen shown in an aeroplane while on a
visit in London.
Street Car Inspector May Also
Discharge First Husband,
Who Is a Conductor.
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SAN FRANCISCO. May 10 —George
E. Sutton, a street car conductor,
found out yesterday that his wife,
with whom he is living, had been
! married for three years to his chitm,
j Charles W. Cobb, a street car in-
I spector.
Hut Cobb has apologized.
Besides Sutton might lose his job
If he gets too peevish about it. Cobb
i Is an inspector on the same line that
i Sutton is a conductor—the Presidio
! and Ferries railroad.
"Darn it!" said Sutton. "He knew
I was married to her. What did he
want to go and marry her for?”
Sutton thinks it is a serious case.
! Cobb, however, and Mrs. Sutton-Cobb
referred to it as "a little joke." Sut
ton had felt vague premonitions that
I things were not quite right between
I his wife and Cobb, but he got his
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Woman Who Has Stirred Whole World At Last
Figures In a Negative Capacity.
NEW YORK. May 10.—Cablegrams
from London report that Mrs. Ida,
Von Claussen is not to marry Fred
erick Davis, Jr, whose family are
among the prominent persons of Great
Britalfi. Tiie match had been publicly
announced and the denial was of gen
eral interest.
It is the first time in her unusually
busy career that Mrs. Von Claumen
has ever figured in the news in a neg
ative capacity. Heretofore she has
been a live, active figure in the doing
of something, and there is no woman
of ihie generation who hns created so
much interest in her earnest efforts to
see that no stagnation ever took
place in her immediate neighborhood.
Mrs. Von Claussen is the daughter
of Adolph Claussen (minus the "von"),
a merchant. Her grandfather was
Mike Byrnes, once a New York con
tractor. who left a comfortable for
tune. From it Mr*. Claussen holds an
interest amounting to one-eighth in
the Hotel Lorraine that pays her
about $6,000 a year.
From this beginning she ha* cause*
cyclonic disturbances at the court of
a king, been a thorn in the side of a
President of the United States, a com-
bative litigant in courts, the assail
ant of bank officers in a knockdown
fight, anti lias generally commanded
the center of the stage whenever it
pleased her to start something.
A • Ida Claussen she married Dr.
William- Francis Honan. The w edding
took place in 1899, and one child, *
little girl, was born to the couple
She got a South Dakota divorce in
1905. and shortly after that event
went abroad. It was during the sum
mer that a naval officer introduced
the tall, striking-looking woman to
old King CTscar, of Sweden. The in
troduction was at a lawn fete, and tin
King told her to drop in and see him
time she happened to be in
dom.
ippened to be along that way
and went over to Minister
H. Graves’* house in Copen-
>r the purpose of having him
pr- sent h« r at court In the mean
time she had prefixed the t it H
"Counter" to her name and added tin
link of "von” on the strength of th«
idea that she belonged to a nobh
family of Germany. Graves was not
satisfied with her credentials and de
clined to present her If
comes to an official at a foreign court
Minister Graves probably is entltb
to pose as an expert authority on re
gret
She preferred charges at \V
ton against the Minister She
was President and do-
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MILE TUNNEL
BEING PUNNED 8!
K tlSt/Wl88LE Will
Outburst of Affection Also Results
in Call for Reserves in Quiet
and Sleepy Yonkers.
This, With Three Others Con
templated, Will Practically
Eliminate the Rockies.
WINIPEd, May 10.—A double
railway tunel. 16 miles long, the long
est in the world by nearly four mile*,
is being planned by the Canadian Pa
cific Railway.
It will pierce the Rocky Mountains
through Kicking Horse Pass, link
ing Alberta and British Columbia. It
will pass under the cresfcof the Rocky
Mountains. Its eastern outlet will
be In Alberta, its western in British
Columbia.
Cost $14,000,000.
It is estimated that the tunnel,
with all modern appliances for con
struction, will cost over $14,000,000
and will take seven years to build.
The. Canadian Pacific has an even
greater plan afoot in the West. For
purposes* of commerce the company
proposes practically to eliminate the
Rocky Mountains. It is said to be
Its plan to have no less than three,
possibly four, distinct routes from
Winnipeg to the Pacific Coast. Two
of these routes are already partially
completed: one of them, the present
main line, is done except for tunnel
improvement.
The line partially built Is the
Crow’s Nest Road, which, after tra
versing the Kootenay district to Nel
son, will almost certainly be directed
to Portland, Ore., through the Cas
cade Mountains. The object of this
line will be to capture the fast
NEW YORK, May 10.—Fijty
guests sleeping soundly in a Yonkers
hotel were routed from their beds
and police reserve* were called out
early yesterday all on account of a
kiss.
According to Policeman Barney
O’Neil, Miss Gretta Smart, a fash
ionably dressed young woman living
at 163 Nepperham Avenue, Yonk
ers, was the author of the fuss.
Miss Smart reached Yonkers with
an escort shortly after midnight. S
had been to a tneater in Manhattan.
She and escort went to a hotel in
Getty Square to have -supper. As she
was leaving the restaurant an hour-
later she says a young man approach
ing her on the sidewalk attempted
to kiss her.
She rebuffed him, and, becoming
hysterical, created a commotion that
brought the guests from their beds,
and subsequently the police.
EASILY EMPTIES
TIE cm
Judge, Prosecutor, Her Own
Counsel, Witnesses' and All
Except Her Husband Fled.
Poor Man Has Equal and Excel
lent Chance There Says
Dean of College.
ST. LOUIS, May 8.—A woman who i BOSTON, May 10.—Dean Byron S.
was prosecuting witness 'in a case in Hurlbut of Harvard College, declares
Chickens Raised on
$1,000,000 Tract
Pittsburg Woman Keeping Down the
High Cost of Living by Little
Farm.
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PITTSBURG, May 10.—Mrs. John
S. Flannery, president of the Mar
keting Club of Pittsburg, Will solve
the high cost of living problem by
raising her own chickens and vege
tables upon a million dollar tract of
land at Grand Boulevard and Fifth
Avenue.
Mrs. Flannery has rented the old
McCurdy homestead, which is within
a stone’s throw' of the University of
Pittsburg and Carnegie Institute. Sht
got it at a bargain, she asserts, and
is really saving $10 in rent.
Mrs. Flannery moved into her new
home Monday, and had the ground
around the house ploughed and put
in some of the seeds. Chicken coops
were made ready and a hen with 11
chicks, purchased at $2 from a down
town butcher, was installed. Mrs.
Flannery has (lug up practically all
of the ground.
From her "farm" Mrs. Flannery ex
pects to get fifty bushels of potatoes
and fifty heads of Yorkshire cab
bage. She also has planted corn,
beets, lettuce, onions, parsnips, car
rots and radishes. She plans to plant
pumpkin se^ds, peas and bea.ns. Shv
secured her seeds from the Govern
ment.
Letter Travels 3
Miles in 20 Years
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Missive Long Overdue Is Finally
Delivered in San Francisco.
Mailed in Oakland.
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manded h1s removal. The patient
buffer. Loeb, was then keeper of the
tent door at the White House, and he
shunted Mrs. Von Claussen off with
out allowing her to get at the Presi
dent.
She came to New York, prepared a
complaint addressed to the Supreme
Court of the United States, and filed
it in all of the newspaper offices in
town. In it she named Roosevelt,
Minister Graves and his wife, and
Robert Bacon, Ambassador to France,
us defendants, and she besought the
Supreme Court to force some lawyer
to represent her The burden of her
complaint was that the officials had
kept her out of society and that the
hotels in this country considered her
an undesirable citizen©*.* on account
of their activity Nobody ever paid
any attention to the suit, and she toon
a glass pistol, loaded with perfume,
up to Saratoga, wheer the Republi
cans were pointing with pride and
viewing with alarm in State conven
tion In 1911 to oppose anything that
Roosevelt wanted. As he wanted
almost everything in sight, she had
plenty or opposing to do, and the
papers had a* lively lot of gossip about
her doings.
Trouble in Court.
About the > ime time she appeared
in the Domestic Relations Court to
make r i fight upon her former hus
band, and created such a scene, in
court that the Judge had a couple of
capable policemen eject her vi et
arm’s. She strenuously obpected. and
went out in the street, mounted a
goods box and spoke her mind to a
grinning street crowd.
The woman is powerful and ath
letic. Her arms are like steel, and
she Is proud of her muscle. When
she could not get the officials* of the
United States Mortgage & Trust Com
pany to see a financial matter in the
light that impressed her. she Invaded
the banking house at 55 Cedar Street,
and when the smoke of battle cleared
two vice presidents were stretched on
the floor, knocked out by punches
from her good right.
Her troubles were more or less of
a minor nature for a time, but she put
all of the energy of a gladiator into
them. They resulted in her being
‘’ent to Bloomingdale as an insane
person. She fought this procedure,
on. Judge Morschauser. in March.
1912. declared her sane and directed
her release. Then she announced that
she was to marry a distinguished
citizen of another country whose
name she declined to give. Following
her -nival in London, some week?
u . it whs* called that Mr Davis was
the man.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 10.—A let
ter which was posted in Oakland 20
years ago was delivered the other
day at the office of the San Francisco
Board of Education. “Found in box
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by carrier” was written on it, to ex
plain why it had lain so long neg
lected.
The envelope contained a card en-
nouncing the marriage of Joseph B.
Travis and Nellie C. Wallace, on
Thursday. May 18, 1893, at the Cali
fornia College in Oakland, and stat
ing that they would be at home in
Tulare, Cal., after May 23.
It was addressed to Mme. Louise
Humphrey-Smith, teacher of elocu
tion. San Francisco. On the envelope
was a stamp of the Columbian Expo
sition isfeue, commemorating the
World’s Fair at Chicago.
The San Francisco postmark of
May 23, 1893, was on it, indicating
that it was received on this side of
the bay. Apparently it was sent back
to Oakland, the Oakland stamp of
May, 1893, and also of April. 1913.
being on it. It has been sent to the
Board of Education with the idea that
Mme. Humphrey-Smith, being desig
nated as a teacher, can be reached
in this way if still living.
Justice Willecken’s Court in Clayton, j
a suburb, talked down the prosecut
ing attorney, talked down her own
lawyer, talked her case out of court,
talked the witnesses out of the room,
talked the Judge off the bench and
kept on talking until everybody con
cerned except herself and her hus
band had taken refuge in liight.
She is Mrs. Clara E. Furnish of
Meacham Park. St. Louis County. She
was there to prosecute Clara Ming, a
negress, for disturbing the peace. The
defendant pleaded not guilty and As
sistant Prosecutor Chappell called
Mrs. Furnish to the stand.
Rapid Taller.
“Your Honor, this is a frame-up.”
she began, speaking rapidly, as soon
as she had been sworn. “But I am
going to tell you just how it is. I
had to go to”—
"Wait a minute!” shouted Chappell.
“What do you"
" to the grocery to get some
things and told my two little boys to
come down and"
"Hold on!” shouted Chappell. "What
do you mean by a frame-up?"
“This whole thing is a frame-up.
And told my boys to come down to
the grocery, but this Clara Ming"
"Just a minute, madam," said the
Judge. ’‘Let’s get this thing straight.”
“Judge, I know this is a fram^-up.
This Ming woman locked them in the
house”
‘‘Wait. Mrs. Furnish,” her own at
torney, Charles'Noble broke in suave
ly. But Mrs. Furnish kept on talk
ing. *
“Your Honor, the ease is dismiss
ed!” shouted Chappell.
Mrs. Furnish kept on talking.
“Mr. Const&ble, tell the witnesse
to go home!” Judge Willecken ex
claimed.
But Mrs. Furnish did not pause.
Chappell caught up his books and
departed. Noble followed soon after
ward. The witnesses filed out. But
Mrs. Furnish went on with her story.
Still Talking.
After another effort to stay the
tide of words the Justice announced
court was adjourned and hastened
out of the room. Mrs. Furnish fol
lowed him, trying to explain, until
he had disappeared into another of
fice.
One of the last persons to leave
the court was the defendant. She
had been looking at the prosecuting
witness with amazement.
"Is they through with me?” she
asked a spectator, getting an affirm
ative Answer.
“Well, that white lady’s collocation
sho’ is surprising ain’t it?” she ob
served.
that Harvard has been wrongfully
termed "the rich man’s college,” and
that on the.contrary, there are more
chances for a poor man to get an ed
ucation at Harvard than in any other
large university in the country.
Dean Hurlbut rushed to the defense
of the college in an address to the
freshmen and to contradict the story
that Harvard men spent thousands of
dollars on cigarettes, expensive wines
and champagnes. The Dean claims
that fully one-third of the men in
Harvard College work their way
through college, that the average
Harvard man wears a suit of clothes
costing between $15 and $20, and that
false impressions of the college are
given by some of the Mt. Auburn
stret erow’d with more money than
brains, who give the college notoriety
through their escapades.
Dean Hurlbut says:
"An article appeared in one of the
Boston papers recently giving an ex-
aggerateu idea of the cost of clothing
worn by Harvard men. The average
man in college does not wear expen
sive clothing.
Here’s How They Dress.
"Here is a table of clothing worn
by a vast number of Harvard stu
dents:
Suit $15 to $20
Shirt $1 to $1.50
Tie 25c to 50c
Underwear $1 to $1.50
Collar 12
Socks 25c
Handkerchief 10c
Cap 50c
Shoes $4 to $5
Garters 25c\
Two Collar Buttons 20c
Two Cuff Buttons 25c
Total $22.92 % bo $30.17V 2
J.AB0R UNIONS ASKED TO
RAISE FUND FOR DARR0W
CHICAGO, May 10.—Clarence S.
Harrow surprised the Chicago Feder
ation of Labor to-day by walking in
and taking a seat. He was given a
rousing reception and addressed the
Federation on the child labor ques
tion. Later it developed that Har
row’s fortune of $150,000 had bee.:
swallowed up in his two trials.
A letter was read from President
Charles H. Moyer of the Western
Federation of Miners calling on all
union labor organizations to sub
scribe to a fund to assist Darrow in
his third trial. This move was in
dorsed by the Federation and collec
tions will be made. The trial is set
for June 16.
• ‘‘Thus it is possible to wear clothes
of very little value at one time and
still appear respectably dressed. It
is not necessary to have more than
$90 worth of clothes a year and hun
dreds of college men do not.
“What gives the average man the
impression that Harvard is a rien
man’s college is the fact that a few
with more money than brains becom2
involved in escapades which cause an
unthinking public to credit the whole
college with the actions of the few’.
Only a Few of Them.
"Wild stories are heard of the do*
ings and financial splurge of the Mt.
Auburn 9treet crowd. Yet it forms a
very small percentage of Harvard's
men.
"Harvard’s professors deplore the
fact that .the actions and mode of
life of these few’ too often preju
dice the public against universities.
"The average college man is not a
man of means, and he goes to college
to work to gain an education and to
fit himself to occupy a better place
in the world than he ordinarily
would.
“A man can live, and most men do
live, on very little at the Cambridge
institution, and the statement so of
ten made that Harvard is a rich
man’s college is erroneous.
"Harvard men are typical of the
better class of Americans. Harvard
is not impressed by money or social
’position, but recognizes an aristocra
cy of brains and ability.”
first real jolt several days ago. Cobb
Jumped on his ear and said:
"I want to apologize to you.
George."
"What for?" asked George, who had
an idea when th^ Inspector came on
board that he was going to be called
down for something.
“I want you to see that I am doing
the right thing and am playing the
man." continued Cobb.
"What do you mean? What are you
apologizing to me for?” asked But
ton.
Cobb laughed and said:
"Oh, it’s nothing but a little joke.
I’ll tell you about it later. ”
Then he jumped off the oar.
Cobb referred to his "little joke"
several times after that and Mrs.
Sutton also appeared to have some
sort of secret.
Finds Marriage Record.
"I became suspicious." said Sutton
"and questioned her about Cobb hist
Sunday. She owned up. I could hardly
believe It, but I took a day off yester
day and went to San Rafael. I found
at the registrar’s office that Cobb and
my wife were married on March 22.
1910. She had given her grandmoth
er's name of Mary Ooonan.
"I don't know what made her do it.
She says that she don't know. He per
suaded her with his soft words, prom
ises of money and fine clothes. Sh j
told me he had promised her these
things.
“It is a serious case. I don’t want
to cause anyone harm, but I want
Cobb punished. He knew she was
married to me. He knew of the chil
dren. Some men would kill him. but
I can’t see what good that would do.
1 have placed the case in the hands
of my attorney and it Is puzzling him
how to figure It out. I don’t want to
do anything to my wife. I want to
see Cobb punished, but I don’t want
him hurt. Cobb told me be would
square it by having the marriage an
nulled, but that would be letting him
off too easy.
Both men "have been in the employ
of the company more than 15 years.
Sutton resides at 2294 Union Street
with his wife and two children, one a
boy eight years old and a girl five
years. Cobb lives at 2717 Union
Street. •
Thanksgiving eve. 1903. Sutton mar
ried Agnes McGuire, who had come
to this country from Ireland. They
were married at St. Brigid's Church
in Van Ness Avenue. For the first
few years life was happy for the cou
ple. As an old friend of Sutton, Cobb
was a frequent visitor. I
through freight trade, mainly meats
and fruits, between the Pacific States
and the Canadian prairies.
The third transmountain and Brit-
ish Columbia line will be by way of
Edmonton, in the northern competi
tive territory. Two practicable pass
es remain in the North, the Pine Riv
er pass and the Peace River pass.
Both would open up fine, productive
territory and either would give the
Canadian Pacific what it Is ambitious
to obtain—easy access to Northern
Pacific ports T>y way of Saskatoon
and Edmonton.
It is said the completion of these
improvements will make the Cana
dian Pacific main line 300 miles
shorter than that of any otheT trans
continental railway either in Canada
or the United States.
The Kicking Horse Pass was a
historic stumbling block in the path
way of the Canadian Pacific Railway,
and it was the dominent genius of
Sir Donald Mann for railway con
struction. together with laborious in
vestigations by some of the best en
gineers in the world, which enabled
the company to penetrate the barrier
with the 41-2 per cent grade that
existed for twenty years. That grade
has lately been reduced to 3 1-2 per
cent, and it will be Mess than 1 per
cent when the tunnelling is com
pleted. The route will also be short
ened by five miles.
Genius of Winsted
Misses a Chance
Greatest Nature Fakir in America
Lets Green-Spotted Birds by
Unclassified.
CAPTAIN LORD TITANIC
SCAPEGOAT SAYS PAPER
LONDON. May 10.—The May num.
ber of the Nautical Magazine con
tains a defense of Captain Lord, th‘
skipepr of Leyland liner Californian,
who was reprimanded by the British
Court inquiry into the Titanic dis
aster for neglecting to answer that
vessel's wireless calls.
The periodical maintains that sev
eral unidentified vessels were much
nearer the Titanic than the Califor
nian was, yet no steps were taken to
trace them. Captain Lord, it says,
did r.ot have the opportunity of de
fending himself.
"In consequence pf the finding of
the court Captain Lord was asked to
resign, and has been without employ
ment until recently.
“The Board of Trade declined to
hold an inquiry into his conduct wh-n
asked by, him to do so after the
Titanic inquiry.”
Has the fertile brain of the genius
of Winsted, Conn., lost its cunning?
It surely must be so. For years read
ers of newspapers all over the coun
try have chuckled over stories un
der the Winsted date line, which dealt
with some of the most marvelous na
ture fakes that it is possible to im
agine. But yesterday there came
over the wires an item which admit
ted of the greatest possibilities in the
hands of the imaginative correspond
ent of Winsted, and instead of send
ing out a story of some new' wonder,
the following matter-of-fact para
graph tricked over The Sunday
American wires:
WINSTED, CONN., May 3.—Bird
lovers in Pleasant Valley thought
thej-'-Jiad discovered a new bird yes
terday when a flock appeared with
spots of green on their plumage. But
somebody remembered that the old
iron bridge is receiving a fresh coa'
6f dark green paint and the local
naturalists decided not to write to
any of the museums.
In the words of Shakespeare,
"What a fall was that, my eountry-
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is guaranteed pure. Costs
10 cents a box. White or
Flesh Tint. Made only by
Talcum Puff Co.
Miners and Manufacturers
Bush Terminal Bldg.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
The Ideal
Floor Covering
Made of twisted strands of toughest wire-grass-—full
of body and substance — with warp to stand severe strains
— CREX possesses great durability —is comfortable
under foot — germ proof — artistic and costs but little.
If you want the BEST, look for the name CREX, woven
(almost invisibly) in the side binding on rounded edge.
Beware of imitations. Insist on CREX, the original
and genuine—recognized as the STANDARD grass floor
covering.
Best dealers carry a varied assortment of rugs, carpets
and runners.
Write for “The Story of CREX” and cat*,
logue of numerous patterns in natural colors.
CREX CARPET COMPANY
Dept. 18 377 Broadway, New York
Originators of Wire-Grass Floor Coverings
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