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GENMMLT
IS URGED TO CUT RIGS
PRICESATLANTA PAYS
Government Estimates Show Gate
City Second Only to Boston in
Living Expenses—Shopping Condi
tions Barrier to Effective Economy. i
Why is the cost of living higher in
Atlanta than in any other city of
♦he United States Boston alone ex- (
cepted?
Careful and widespread investiga
tion by the Federal Government, im
partially distributed throughout the
Union, places Atlanta right near the
♦op notch as an expensive city in
which to live, and although explana
tlons of rj ndict met I
have been many and varied, no one
of them has seemed to explain coni- •
pletely and convincingly.
And yet, there must bo some re a
son why the cost - f living is rela
tively so high in Atlanta in Atlan
ta, where, of all places it should be
at least as reasonable ns the average.
If not below the average, taking into
consideration the very many advan
tages Atlanta unquestionably Ills as a
place <tf residence.
Some of Atlanta’s marketmen
frankly admit that the Government's
figures do Atlanta n<> injustice what
ever. They say the cost of living Is
high In this city, and that they can
not help it or, at hast, if they can
the way has not yet been shown
them.
Other marketmen vehemently deny
that there is anything whatever about
Atlanta s marketing situation that
differentiate* it <onsplcuously or un
favorably from anj other city, and
that the Government figures simply
jnuke a mountn n out of a molehill,
to Atlanta s senseless disc redit.
Various i«as n are assigned for
the high cost • ! living in the Gate
City of the South.
High Living Blamed.
Atlanta people merely are high
livers, ami pay the price because it
Fuits them to do just that; the farm
ers do not diversify their crops suf
ficiently to make Georgia independent
of the outside world, which they
might do easily enough; Georgia
farmers do not raise beef, and for that
reason the city is dependent upon the
West for its meat supply, and this
runs up the cost of living tremen
dously; rents are abnormally high In
Atlanta, and the merchants have to
add to their margin of expense suf
ficiently to take care of the rent, of
course, and this the consumer neces
sarily pays; cotton < rowds all other
lines it agricultural industry so close
ly that many foodstuffs must he ob
tained from sources beyond the State,
at a higher rate of expense than
would be entailed if wheat, oats and
corn .. . at home; butter,
that might be made in Georgia, is not
made here in particularly apprecia
ble quantity, and thgt keeps the price 1
of butter up. freight rates are dis
criminatory. and people do not shop
intelligently, any way!
These arc a few of the reasons
why Atlanta, a ' "i.i.ng to local mar
ket n -n, b.u* been handl'd the doubt
ful aw ird of being next t<» the most 1
expensive < it\ in the United States
In v h.. h to I.vi
WT.a.es r • cauav may be for the
high ( ;t l.v ng in Atlanta, how
evri. one thing seems t<» stand out '
undi p e re <•<>■ t of living Is some
high, ail ughi
The One Vital Question.
Indeed, th. re is no topic in which
the publ I home mi ke expe
cially, i . » vitally and coinpellingly '
interest <1 . this problem of living 1
within th< family income.
Th ]’ ■■; “f Atlanta are much
n. • ■ ■ . I wt 1 the
quest.on of how * * live, on their daily,
weeki, i monthly stipends than they
iii • w wl Mayoi Woodward
is a *‘ch»ap .• kale” or Dr. Lincoln Mc-
Connell "<• coWard!”
They will hearken much more In
terestedly t • a sensible dissertation
on how the cost of living may be
brought down, oven a I t tie bit, than
they w .11 to why somebody sent His
Hon«»r a tube of carbon dioxide in
stead of a nosegay of tuberoses.
What .Mr and Mrs. Atlanta want to
knov.. above all things else nowadays,
is how th-y m ix live within their in
come and lay by something for a
rainy «lay ’
As the matter stand < they not only
are “up against it to the limit every |
month, but constantly are in dread
that conditions may grow to be even
w or sb
And Mr and Mr*. Atlanta are not
pessimisms- tar be pessimism and
h from t m!
They ieh<\« in their home town
they .ax* < - • -earing by. and not
nt. this fait city for years, and they
pro: *'*■<■ ro procfiui right along that
optimists, mi prim rosed path in the
fui are.
It is only that they are able to see
the p »int v. •en V.lanta is unfavora
bly held up in «•omi-arisen with other
• . r
ability t meet ou;.<de criticism fair
ly and n ••• illy, to recogrnlas unto
ward conditions and to remedy them
enthus •. Gv. • at li ß made At
lanta thf* great and wonderful citv
ft is.
It is not ''knocking" Atlanta to say
that su< : and such a condition ex
ist* here that ought not to exist, and
that does not ex st in some other
great riti.-w
T’o -r i: d- sn't hurt any city that
is frank hi leanest with Itself and
uitfi its i • a. i---rs and friends.
Must Face the Question.
If Atlanta is honest with itself and
with i;> neighbors and friends, which
I pr<
to affirm it is. then there can come
nu harm. even if there comes no
go-d. of. facing this question of the
high cost of living openlv and above
board.
After ’’ t is a question con- '
• orrnng A . mta more, in its inline- |
‘ ■•l.'-- than any other city. j
The pr- them to be solved in rir
cutn>- .■ . s of -he r resent cost of ’iv- I
Ing u nn versal. and Atlanta's lead i
it g-y high or disturb-I
r!iZ f- " m.ny rain’s of view, when*
the . • ' re ition is taken into con - j
-id-rat ion
- o -■ r •< explanations of the
T i'.'-agitt-d and • >.; in the pubik j
W t
* • o t iQgaal and rational ;
I statements of fact, and stiff others
shots in the dark
Maybe the farmer might relieve the
status of affairs by diversifying his
I crops. He haw had that preached to
him for many years, and he ha ■» of
late ihnwn some inclination and dis
position to accept the advice and sug
gestions. Whatever he tuo done in
that direction, however, the price of
food steadily has advanced, never
theless
' Maybe rents Ar s rttle wtlfT In At
lanta. but landlords are not going to
lower rents so long as the demand
for store space in Atlanta is growing
more and more insistent; and no
bodv wants to throw any obstacles
in the way of progress in the city •
p trticularly that quality of prngn .*r
indicated in < ontinuously increasing
r» t! estate values.
Many Atlantans are high livers,
relatively sf-eaking, but the average
citlz»n will deny the Impeachment
vociferously, when put to the test,
and no doubt his denial will be right
!« r.us . nough. and his ability to prove
It ample.
Maybe freight rates are too high.
Tne Chamber of Commerce might
look |/ito thi«, maybe.
Maybe a lot of thing . of course
and yet. no one maybe thus far
thrown out appears to suggest a rem
edy guaranteed to produce material
results.
<>l<l High Cost of Living remains
right on the job. grinning in mockery
and derision, the while Atlanta heins
and ha’a .m over the whereforenes* of
Old High < ’ost’a why!
Estimates Are Truthful.
This writer has talked to many
persons of late concerning the prob
lem revealed to A Manta In the recent
more or less dlwoncerting Govern
ment figures with resjaTt to the high
cost <>f living
The Government’s estimates arc
truthful—they were bused upon hon
est Investigations scattered al) the
way from Maine to California No
body’ und« rtakes to dispute or ques
lion them. They concern themselves
with various staples nf life house
hold necessities that ran not be dis
pcniied with in the average house
hold without serious <llj*-omfort both
to health and happim*s9.
Very few people exj>cct nr antici
pate any considerable reduction In
the cost of living b-.-ause of the
(•narrmrnt of the new tariff law. Per- i
haps that wij! save a few dollars here
and there, taking the year's outgo as
a whole, and perhaps it will save a
good many. If the latter comes true
it will be <i pleasant and agreeable
surprise to Mr and Mrs. Atlanta
who are hoping'.
Not very many households are fig
uring next year’s expense account
upon the new tariff schedules, how
ever Ask the first ten persons you
meet and see if anyone of them Is
taking the new tariff law seriously
into consideration as a possible factor
in relieving perceptibly the present
expense of living
What, then, if anything, CAN be
dom to bring down the expense M s
living In Atlanta'.*
V\ • 11, there is one housek?eper In
Atlanta who has *<»me notions about
things, and her ideas are worth con
sidering. for they suggest a metho i
v\hereby conditions may be remedied
in a measure in Atlanta, If not tre
m» ndously' n lieved.
Work of Housekeeper.
This w»man, who is the wlfp nf an
Atlantan receiving a monthly salary
'•f >lf.o and the mother of three chil
dren. talks after this fashion:
"The questions of freight rates, di
versification of crops and the like are
things for the business men to set
tle, I think, and no doubt each has its
specific bearing upon the cost of liv
ing Inasmuch as the men are as
deeply concerned in this problem as
the women—-the one the bread-win
ners and the other the bread-dis
tributors Inside the family 1 take it
that they will not shirk the respon
sibility of regulating those things <n
due season.
“My business Is to distribute the
money my husband gives me for
housekeeping purposes intelligently,
economically and with as great re
sults as I possibly ran manage. Nam
ing distresses me more than to think
that 1 have frittered away or used to
small purpose so much as a dime of
the hard-earned salary my husband
provides for the home and its up
keep.
"We have just so much Income
every month. I know exactly what
house rent is. approximately what
lights and fuel will cost, what must
go to the church and the Sunday
school, what pleasure is to have
awarded to it for w»» spend some
thing that way—and what must go
into the savings bank for life insur
ance. taxes and fixed charges of that
kind.
“My husband puts and rightfully,
the responsibility of shopping and
marketing on me. 1 should not re
spect him so much as I do if he didn’t.
\nd then, having put the responsible
tty there, he turns me loose and he l
never 'makes a holler’ if I fall to ge f
the maximum of result from the min
imum of financial effort. That, per
haps, is one thing that makes ne
feel so bad when 1 know, away down
in my heart, that I haven’t done the |
very best that might be done with my
household money
“The worst obstacle I find in dis- |
pensing my household funds intelli
gently is the apparent impossibility
of really intelligent marketing in At
lanta.
Good Food Hard to Find.
“I (io not think the quality of food I
Isold In Atlanta always is al! that i:
should b< N • ?.. J do not mean by
that that I think It is not possible io :
obtain :he \• r> b< st of food ii M- I
' lanta—for I think it is—but what I io
mean is that it is next t • impassible
for the average ni.-rk-♦♦•r. which 1 ttn. ;
to locate the best that may be haTi
for a given sum
Take the average display of food- I
stuffs ii t|ir averag- Atlant.; mar- I
k«-t ,*nd cr-’cery >p>re. it up
high war*/ mark? I think not it
maybe tl:» n h.i been a scuryi;. |
I COST OF LIVING INCREASE SHOWN
IN THE LARGEST CITIES OF U. S.
r///. fable uhoicx thr prirtu charged for ttcvcn nt'lple ar-
ti< lex of food l>n dealers of the xaoie rank in fifteen of the bug
<xt cities m the country, according to figures compiled by expert)
of tl ' 111 yurtmmt of l abor. The total in the last column xhoirx how
nni' h th, consumer in each of the fifteen cities paid for his order of a
pound of sirloin, round steal., pork chops, bacon, ham. eggs and cream
ery butter.
Sirtoin Round Pork
Steak. Steak. Chops. Bacon. Ham. Eggs. Butter. Total.
Boston 38 .35 .24 28 .32 .35 .30 »2.22
ATLANTA .. . .27'> .20 .22'4 -37 .22'/ a .30 .40 1.99'4
New York 25 .25 .22 .24 .28 .31 .41 1.96
Cincinnati .. . .28 .25 .22 .30 .30 .20 .42 1.97
Los Angele, . . . .25 .20 25 .30 .35 .20 .35 1.95
Seattle 22 20 .25 .30 .30 .25 .40 1.92
Denver 22 2 20 .20 .35 .30 .25 .40 1.92. 2
' Baltimore ... .24 .22 .20 .28 .30 .24 .40 1.88
Kansas City ... -25 .20 .22 .30 .30 .20 40 1.87
Chicago ... .25 20 .18 .30 .30 .20 .40 1.83
Charleston ... 22 .20 20 .25 .28 25 .40 1.82
Buffalo ... 24 .20 21 .22 .27 .25 .40 1.79
Washington ... -25 ‘.23 .22 .25 .20 .22 .42 1.79
Cleveland ... 25 22 22 26 - 21 22 .40 1.78
Detroit • 26 18 20 123 - 24 22 .39 1.66
of <ood. pitimp. sound tomatoes, far |
instance, this year, but I have not seen !
it no stated anywhere. Yet it is a j
fact that nowhere in Atlanta, with I
nerhaps an u.-ional exception, has
it been possible to see the best of
th»*m on display this season. a
"The price of tomatoes in Atlanta
mav b‘- the same as the price nf »-
nii.to's in Nashville, and yet if Nash
ville gets a better tomato for the sam«
money than Atlanta gets the Atlanta
hous» ke<’per is the loser.
Truck gardening s* • ms to have be
come a hist ;<rt around and about At
lanta. In the remoter residential S‘-c
--tlons wagons fresh fr -m the farms
visit households occasionally, an 1
sweet, tender vegetables, fresh eggs
ountry butter and the like may be
had but the total sum of this sort of
in Atlanta is relatively noin
Ing
Small Store; Big Price,
"If a housekeeper has to pay ever
the downtown price for produce thm
acquired, which she doesn't, she hot
saved money, nevertheless, for sh»
has obtained a more wholvsomi
art h ie of db t more often than not.
and she h. s rri l ived it fresh from
rhe farm, besides Raving the tlm»
and carfare of a rtip downtown.
Khe depends upon the neighbor
hood gTocerj store for nothing much
mon* than the small necessities, foi
experience has taught her that she
can not expect much more in that
quart*',. She realizes that the small
grocery of the* neighborhood must
c harge a maximum price in ord» i
to live at all. She has no possible
quarrel with the neighborhood gro
cery she merely knows it is not a '
particularly Inviting place in which
lo make her pennies stretch very far.
"W hat, then, is my remedy” I have
set up numerous objections to shop
ping conditions as they now exist In ‘
Atlanta, and it is ‘up to me.’ I sup
pose, to say what I am going to do
about It! 1
"I can tell you what I would LIKE 1
io do about It. and what I SHOULD I
BE able to do about, and the which
if 1 could do about it, could save J
tnym If a pretty eum •♦■ ry month
I and get a I ytter quality of food in
mv home, moreover!
If had in Atlanta a big (’enter 1
market or, better still, a (’enter, a i
Northern and a Southern market —1
could go there and get the best of
evervthing the markets afford, am! I
get h exactly uhen, how and aftei (
whatever fashion I desired.
In one of these city markets it it t
possible to shop with a maximum of i
result, and at a tremendous saving of <
time and nerve tissue, moreover. ]
Articles offered for sale in one of «
these* markets necessarily are of the <
best quality (for the money asked)
to be obtained As kissing goes by ;
favor, so patronage in a big market,
where contrasts in displays arc* ini- ,
mediately observable, goes to the <
most deserving. ;
"If Marketman A in a big marke
offers me toniatm s at so much per j
dozen or per pound, he must make |
me the offer-in the full and steady
ing knowledge that right next door to
him. in the neighboring stall. Market
man B also has tomatoes for sale.
Whicheve r has the best tomatoes for (
the price gets my coin!
"It is tin same* way with cauli
flower. snapbe ans, beats, pickles, pre
serves. c heese and what not. Over
in the meat and fish stalls the same l
rules obtain. Get the point—it is
plain enough.
“A shopper can not very well con
trast tlw wares of Groceryman A, on
this corner, and Groceryman B. on
yonder corner, two or thnee blocks
away, for one can not carry things
of that sort In one’s head. But when
they are in a big market, side by
each.’ as the saying goes, one can tell
mighty quick which is which!
Salesmanship Inspired.
"A city market inspires anti
prompts salesmen to offer only the
SEE HEDEj
'wit'*’ wMCTr XHa a » jfli~ ■WtjJIT JnC
Dainty
Dashing Br JL
Oi Singing S
'•I Dancing
GIRLS
WITH THE y ,
BIG WHITE.. 7 \
WAY I lA A
BURLESQUE Co.>
Fun, Frolic, Mirth, Melody ®SBHOMBS£aBBBB
COLUMBIA
Burlesque Theater,
16 Central Avenue.
Opposite Union Depot.
WHITES ONLY,
j *■!!■■■ Mill. I I——
HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERIC AN. ATLANTA. GA., NDA ». sEP'I EMHr.R 21. r.'l3.
best of oventhing for the price ask-
Cii-lt makes It a necessity that the
marketman offer a maximum of ma
terial for a minimum of charge.
Moreover, what he may lose In mar
gin of profit by reason of this change
as compared with his present meth
ods of selling his goods—he more
'han makes up in the increased vol
ume of business he does. He has
the additional satisfaction, too. of a
perfectly pleased patronage, without
any loss whatever In the total of
money ht makes.
' It Is astonishing to me that At
mta. has no city market. There Is
hardly a city of its size in the na
tion that has not two or
is a matter of fact, I know of many
mu< h smaller cities that have city
nark, ts .to make glad the hearts of
housokec'pers
"There must be a mistaken idea
somewhere a, to the value or a ■ ity
market, or Atlanta long ago would
iiav. had one or more.
“I feel safe in v<nturing the a»-
• :tlon that no present resident of
Atlanta who ever has lived in or near
municipality wherein a city mar
l;<-; is located will say that it did not
make shopping easier, more eco
nomical and more satisfactory in
dozens of ways.
"Who has visited one of these city
markets habitually for any length of
lime, and failed to be won complete
ly by the sensibleness and merit of
it as a business proposition?
"They do not interfere with any es
tablished business that ought not to
be interfered with —on the contrary,
they frequently greatly extend estab
lished businesses and make them
more profitable.
"There is another thing in favor of
the city market, and any physician
will affirm this statement—it Is pos
sible to enforce sanitary regulations
therein with far less expense and far
bigger results than it is to enforce
them In scattered markets, small and
managed by dealers unmindful of the
great jxirt sanitation plays nowadays
in the matter of conserving health
and happiness among the people.
Question of Sanitation.
"Seldom, if ever, are bad odors en
countered in city markets—the dealer
who manages a stall that fails to come
up to every reasonable sanitary regu
lation is hopelessly outclassed by his
neighbor who does—-and whose ef
forts may be plainly seen and imme
diately contrasted.
"1 honestly believe that I can take
a dollar bill into a well-regulated city
market and make it go as far as a
dollar and a ijuarter now goes and it
1 could do that In Atlanta, I could
solve part of MY problem of the high
cost of living, all right!
"I know’ I can do this, because 1
HAVE done it In another big city in
which 1 once lived —a city In no way
more delightful, more inviting or more
charming than our own dear Atlanta,
at that!
"To be sure. I da not offer my city
market suggestion as a final and com
plete solution of the high cost of liv
ing problem. After such a market
were established there still would be
a high cost of living problem to face
—only eternal vigilance and persist
ent application of common sense and
Intelligence will hold within reasona
ble limits tlie problems of living, rear
ing a family, and otherwise becoming
a level-headed, reasonably contented
and satisfied American cltizea
"But I know' there is merit in the
city market suggestion—l know’ it by
experience extending over several
years in another city that I left to
come to Atlanta, and which leaving I
never have regretted.
"Atlanta is a great city, constantly
growing, forever expanding, continu
ously waxing greater and grander
can take another long step for
ward in establishing r city market
er two or three of them- and sooner
or later she will. The sooner, how
ever. the better!”
Bill All the Week
“Almost a Husband.”
Three Shows Daily.
Mat. 3 P. M.. Night‘7:3o
and 9.
Prices 15c and 25c, Boxes 50c
Smoke if Yep Like.
CLERK BEMES
MILLIONSIIIE IN
JOST ONE ffl
Burr Byxbee, of South Norwalk,
Left $lO-a-Week Job; Makes
Millions in South America.
-''■l'-M YORK, Sept. 20. Young man, ;
go South!
That is rhe advice that gomes from
''larence Burr Byxbee. a year ago a'
SlO-a-week Insurance clerk in Ms
home town. Norwalk, Conn., but n ov
'he possessor of more than t 2.609.000
as the re-ult of mining operations'll!
South America. He Is 21 years old.
Success came with leans and i
bounds. A student of theosophy and I
a deep thinker, Byxbee met Miss
Stella Chinllla. daughter of a weal'll, !
Chilian planjer and the possessor of
a 3100.000 dowry. She, too. was In
terested In the “New Thought" move
ment. and It was this that brought
them together.
The wedding was a double one, for
Let the Big Store Be Your
First Shopping Place To-morrow Morning |
Hos it is here where you will find the articles you want —and find them at much lower prices than you J
had expected to pay. Take advantage of our dignified credit system —it will help you lots. |
Specials Specials I
Mjuare: a fifteen do’ ’ 5 11 WB Jf| I W W V ’-W ▼ V V V » * Iwl /7J ▼ V V'/W ■■Quaker” rcr-
lar value tn-inorrnw \ H /Cm J 7 fll V >“ 8
SJ'” ft Y yMZ/ f
IS fit if a
5108 $1.25
A chflYnroiff' 1n either WW '-*KGL‘ ’’•2 'ij
oak nr mahoßany fin- f.f El I V E l-Jvfl F 11 \
l«h Whbh lu,» . Ift. Ml —•ran' LU B ■ MW B H v 1.1 i>r.M 1.. ?
wparalc blao- tor XjAbH ' ’■Wi • ' I ffl| ]•! BSffl ■ .. .. S> " 0
Nl ■ r $39.50 f ' r
Very attract!,, nair f Jmiiwrt" paiterna * I
■ ww.'.':’' ’"i.’i Flore Is a three-piece parlor suite which will add attractiveness to any room. The frames are made s’liu’i™ j
* f ?Tr th rei^CTi!>n M *n' of ,na, "’> ri > n ’ z e<l rock maple, polished to a mirror like finish. The suite Is well proportioned, substantially I,,!,'"’’Va,"”'.'.'u? I
t Sorrow”Tot",Jd, made, has best re tempered steel springs anti is upholstered in genuine leather. This Is a rare value—the ■
I ““b kind tluit’s found only at the big store. jard, for onb si
1:1 cls This Suit Sold On Special Terms of $2.50 Cash SI.CO a Week ;5 ds |
S = $17 ’ 90
rain '/A M S fw m
'.aJMlbJasi
i WOODS’ SPECIAL DAVENPORT
One of the handsomest and most attractive of 1014 designs. It
I> This outfit consists of one two-inch continuous post gold bed, makes an Ideal piece for the parlor or library, and by a simple and
one pair comfort-giving bod springs, one sanitary cotton mattress easy ONE MOVEMENT you can quickly convert it into a full-size
and one pair sanitized feather pillows. This is the greatest value comfortable bed. We will give free this week with this davenport
in a “complete” bed outfit in Atlanta. Come in and see for yourself. a finP sanitary felt mattress. Furnished in Golden Oak, Mahogany.
The price is remarkably low and the terms are easv. tbsm r\n or Mission finish. <J»T'7 PA
90 Cents Cash, SI.OO Per Week $17.90 $2.50 Cash SI.OO Per Week <p3/.5v
ue Bar s ain ® asement !
If v ou want to get the biggest values of vnur
hfe. come to our blue tag bargain basement to I
make your selections of odd pieces. You will
H n< l what you want here, carrying price tags
y th 3 * are amaz i n g- Come to-morrow —sure.
$70.00 China SIOO.OO Mahogany $30.00 Parlor IH \ a’ '
1914 BflbV Vehicles Closet $35.00 Dresser $50.00 Rocker $15.00 IH "fl xSL J 81
$50.00 Buffet $25.00 $40.00 Golden Oak $25.00 Library ■-»/
Now On Display $30.00 Si de- _ » 2 <>oo SIOOOO »*2. 5 0
All have rubber tires, best re-tempered » IK nn board s..> 30 slo 00 Mash (Mahogany) $45.00 iV
$16.00 Dining Stand $< n 0 $95.00 Librarv
steel springs, will give your babe com- Table SB.OO $6.00 Rocker J 3.00 Table $12.50
fort and you genuine satisfactory ser- ■■■■■■■■■MMiMHßßaaM 11 --i.il-hmi.l- ~
vice. To-mor- TI M y- wx
I row you car < MK » M Attractive good
- - iJH ori OcL
value for only g. ft \ V ¥
Sz.a 18
I 103-5-7-9-11 Whitehall Street. Corner Mitchell CdltS
I her sister Iren*- was mairud at the
same t me to Chari* s R. Hammers-
1 l< -y. a icher, from their home town.
‘ Valparaiso. • 'hili. The nuptials tou»<
pi • e in Brooklyn Augu-t 30, 1912.
"This is the land of opportunity.”
I Bvxbee write hi» widowed mother,
Mrs. Eunice J. Byxbee, In Norwalk
‘Everything is in the embryo state i
and anybody with energy can
money fast. Just watch me.”
Now he is rich. He has purchased
i a modest home in Iqnique. Chili, the ;
center of his operations. His yountr I
I wife is spreading her . ideals and ;
j thoughts among her native people.
i Byxbee writes he will come ba k j
home when he has made his third '
l million. Norwalk is preparing i i
rousing reception for Byxbee when h» I
• comes hack, and it is s J that the
mayorship will be offered him.
GOLD CROWN PLACED
ON PRIZE COLLIE'S TOOTH
GRAFTON. W. VA.. Sept. 20.—Dr. '
N. E. Shat has placed a gold crown
■ on a broken tooth of his prize collie. 1
Ina fight some time ago the dog had
one of its teeth broken off. The bro- i
ken tooth interfered with the dog's !
1 eating, so last Sunday Dr. Shai put ‘
i in a gold tooth.
The dog objected strenuously’ to
i the operation, but after the work was 1
| over seemed delighted with it.
TERRIER ADOPTS KITTENS.
SAI,EM, OREG., Sept. 20.—1 n lieu
nf her first two puppies, which died a
fr*w days after they were whelped,
two orphan kittens have been adopt
ed by a fox terrier belonging to T. M.
Jones, a liveryman of this city.
M OF TBIIL
MIIIG MS
BffIECONTENT
Wife, 21, Says Novel Match
Proves Truth of Theory That
Freedom Holds Love.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20.—One of
i the country’s best known trial mar
• riages has proved to be a sucess as
-1 ter a year, according to Mrs. Julia
I Davis (’handler, of this city, whose
’ daughter. Miss Heloise Chandler, was
. married to Carleton W. Washburne, a
student at the University of Chicago, ;
at Los Angeles a year ago.
An agreement was reached by I
which each was to enjoy a sense nt '
absolute freedom, and was to be tied |
down by none of the contentions. The
death of love in either party to the
contract was to be the signal for free,
unostentatious separation.
In a letter which her mother has
received from the trial bride the latter
wrote:
"The fact that we know ourselves
■ be makes each show the best
side to the other that we may cois-
■ nuv to hold each other by me one
t than can ever really hold people
. together—love.”
Mrs. V. ashburne also wrote that her
| husband says that they are as happy
■as two young people possibly can be.
; and that their love for one another is
■constantly’ increasing.
Immediately after the wedding Mrs.
' : Washburne obtained a position as il
. lustrat<u. on the theory that she
should enjoy as much independence
as h» r husband. She is JI years old
and her husband is 23. Thev h**’. »-
! v d near Pasadena since their mar
riage.
Husband Kept From
Church by Wife, Sues
Wealthy Pennsylvania Man Takes
Trip to Reno When Rellgius
Devotions Are Stopped.
RENO. Srpt 20.—Janies G. Shep
ard. of Scranton. Pa., unable to esti
mate his wealth because it Is mostly
i standing timber in the Northwest,
i said he had a wife who would not Is*
I him go to church. Te testified in his
' divorce case to-day that Jennie Shep
i ard. his wife, however, told him he
i might go to church to live. She per-
I petuallv nagged, he asserted, an>l
i spoiled a nine months' trip abroad in.
that manner. Finally she threatened
him with a revolver as he was dress
ing for church.
He left her January 13 last. Shep
ard owns a famous art collection.