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GENTRALCITYMARKEI
IS URGED TO GOT HIGH
PHICESMII PAYS
Government Estimates Show Gate
City Second Only to Boston in
Living Expenses—Shopping Condi
tions Barrier to Effective Economy.
J .
Why is th* cost nf living higher in • •
Atlanta than In any other city of j
the United States. Boston alone ex
cepted? !
Careful and widespread investiga- .
♦ion by the Federal Government, im- i
rartiaily distributed throughout the i
Inion, places Atlanta right near the j
♦op notch as an expensive city in ;
which to live., and although explana- »
tions of this unsavory’ indictment 1
have been many and varied, no one »
of them has . remed to explain Com- •
pletely and convincingly. i I
And yet, Ih< ie mi it a >me rea
non why the cost of living is rela- ♦
tlvely so high in Atlanta in /Mian- t
♦a, where, of all places, it should be >
at least as reasonable as the average, |
If not below the average, taking into (
consideration the very many advan
tages Atlanta unquestionably ha* as a r
place of residence.
Some of Atlanta’s marketmen r
frankly admit that the Government s (
figures do Atlanta no Injustice what- 5
ever. They say the cost of living is .
high in this city, and that they ran t
not help it- or, at least, if they can , t
♦ho way has not yet been shown
them.
Other marketmen vehemently deny »
that there is anything whatever about
Atlanta's marketing situation that g
differentiates it conspicuously or un- t
favorably from any other city, and f
that the Government figures simply r
make a mountain out of a molehill,
to Atlanta's senseless discredit. r
Various reason- are assigned for H
the high cost of living in the Gate
City of the South ,
High Living Blamed.
Atlanta people merely are high
livers, and pay the price because it
bints them to do just that; the farm- j
ers do not diversify their crops suf- r
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 t • their margin of expense suf
ficiently t<« take care of the rent, of
course, and this the consumer ne< es- j
sarily pays; cotton crowds all other
lines of agricultural industry so close
ly that many foodstuffs must be ob
pained from sources beyond the State, j
St a high *r rate of expense than
would be entailed if wheat, oats and ’
corn .. .. raised at home; butter,
that might be made in Georgia, is not ‘
made here in particular!} apprecla- r
ble quantity, and that keeps the price J
of butter up. freight rates are <liw
criminatory ami people do not shop '
int elligent !y, any way!
The are a few of the reasons
wh\ Atlanta according to local mar- 1
ketinen. l i been handed the doubt- ’
ful award of being next to the most *
expensive Hly in the United States 1
in whi h t » \ .
Wi>a;< \ . : range may be for the '
h. • •; t . living In Atlanta, how 1
ner. one thing seems to stand out *
ui. i'i.: ‘d :1m cost of living Is some
high, all right! ]
The One Vital Question.
Indeed, there is no topic In which
the publi the horn mak . - pi
daily, . .- > vitally anti compellingly 1
interest 'd this problem of living 1
within the family income.
The people of Atlanta are much 1
more s» r.ousl\ com fined with the 1
question of how t • live on their daily,
wevkh or monthly stipends than they
arc with whether Mayor Woodward
is a “cheap skate’’ or Dr. Lincoln Mc-
Cornell ”a coward!” 1
They will hearken much more In
terestedly t<» a sensible dissertation
on how the cost of living may be
brought down, even a little bit than
they will to why somebody sent His !
Honor a tube of carbon dioxide in
stead < f a nosegay of tuberoses.
What Mr. and Mrs. Atlanta want to
know, above all things else nowadays,
Is how they may live within their in
come and lax by something for a
rainy day’
As the matter stands, they not only
are “up against it" to the limit every
month, but constantly are in dread
that conditions may grow to be even
worse.
And Mr. and Mr= Atlanta are not
pessimists tar be pessimism and
such from » cm’
Thcx believe in their home town
they have b. en swearing by, and not
nt. this fair rite for years, and thej
pro* use to proceed right along that
optimistic anti primrosv<> path In the
futur<
It is only that they are able to see
the r in: w i.er At’mta Is unfavora
bly held up n < omparlson with other
cities. Ami it ever has been their j
ability to n;e. i . s;de criticism fair
ly and manfully, to recognize unto- I
ward conditions and to remedy them
enthup stical’y. that has made At
lanta the great and wonderful dix
it is.
It is not “knocking” Atlanta to sax
that such and such a condition ex
ists here that ought not to exist, and
that does not exist In some other
great it : « «
n’t hurt anx city • hat
1b frank and honest with Itself and
with it.- neighbors : nd friends.
Must Face the Question.
If Atlanta is honest w ith Itself and j
with its neighbors and friends, which 1
even patriotic Atlantan is prepare!
to affirm it is, then there cm come .
no harm, even if there comes no
l d. of facing this question of the
high cost of living openly and above
board.
After al! that is a question con- j
< erring Atlanta more, in its imine- j
< ’• • cs. than any other city. j
The ; r« Idem to be solved In cir
cum • the present cost of liv- I
• t s lead I
I? gh high < r disturb-
c • points of view, when
■ .tit.: tion Is taken into con-
xplanations of the
A* been pro-
r ’ .\« :.,jt j in the publi
r b-me * explanations
■ ‘ nd ex - !
vb # .uy. ul and rational
statements of fact, and still others
shots In the dark.
Maybe th* farmer might relieve the
status of affairs by diversifying his
crops. He has had that preached to
him for many years, and he has of
late shown some Inclination and dis
position to aecept the advice and Sug
gestion.*. Whatever he has done in
that direction, however, the price nf
focfi steadily has advanced, never
theless.
Maybe rents ar* a rttlo stiff in At
lanta. but landlords are not going to
lower rents so long as the demand
for store Bpace in Atlanta is growing
mor* and more insistent; and no
body wants to throw any obstacles
in the way of progress in the < Ity -
particularly that quality of progress
indicated in continuously increasing
real estate values.
Many Atlantans ar* high livers,
rebitively speaking, hut the average
citizen will deny she lmpea<hment
vociferously, when put to the test,
and no doubt his denial will be right
teou.s enough, and his ability to prove
it ample.
Maybe freight rates are too high.
Th* Chamber of Commerce might
look 1/.to this, maybe.
Maybe a lot of things, of course
and yet, no one maybe thus far
thrown out appears to suggest a rem
edy guaranteed to produce material
results
< >ld High Cost of Living remains
right on the Job. grinning In mockery
and derision, the while Atlanta hems
and haws over the whereforenens of
Old High <’ost’s why!
Estimates Are Truthful.
This writer has talked to many
persons of late concerning the prob
lem revealed to Atlanta In thr recent
more nr less disconcerting* Govern
ment figures witn respect to the high
cost of living
The Government’s estimates are
truthful Ihfly were based upon hon
est Investigations scattered all the
way from .Maine to California. No
body undertakes to dispute or quo
tion them. They concern themselves
with various staples of life —house
hold necessities that can not be dis
pensed with in the average house
hold without serious discomfort both
to health and happiness.
Very few people expect or antici
pate any considerable reduction In
the cost of living because of the
enactment of the new tariff Jaw. Per
haps that will 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 latt< r comes true.
It will be a pleasant and agreeable
Mtrprise 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 <»f 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
doth- to bring down the expense of
living in Atlanta’.'
Well, there is one housekeeper In
Atlanta who has some notions about
things, and her ideas are worth con
sidering. for they suggest a metho i
whereby conditions may bn remedied
hi a measure in Atlanta. If not tre
mendously n lleved.
Work of Housekeeper.
This woman, who is the w ife of an
Atlantan re< eiving a monthly salary
of |I5o. 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 th* business men to set
tle. 1 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
n<*rs and she other the bread-dis
tributor* Inside the family- I take It
that they will not shirk the respon
sibility of regulating those things ’n
due season.
“My business Is to distribute th
money my husband gives me for
housekeeping purpose* Intelligently,
economically and with as great re
sults as I possibly can manage. Notn
ing distresses me more than to think
that i 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 Incom*'
every month I know* exactly what
house rent Is. approximately wh.it
lights and fuel will cost, what must
go to the church and the Sunday
school, what pleasure is to
1 awarded to it —for we spend some
thing that way- and what must go
into the savings bank for I’fe Insur
ance. taxes and fixed charge* of that
kind
“My husband puts, and rightful’v.
the r<‘sponsibllity of shopping and
marketing on me. I should not re
spect him so much as I do if he didn't.
And then, having put the responsibP
ity there, he turns me loose and he
■ ’make* a h< Iler* if i fall
the maximum of result from the min
imum of financial effort. That, per
haps. is one thing that makes n.»
feel so bad when I know, away down
in m\ heart, that I haven’t done th*
very best that might be done with ny
household money
“The worst obßtacle 1 find ’n dis
pensing my household funds intelli
gently is the apparent impossibility
of n ally intelligent marketing in At
• lanta.
Good Food Hard to F'nd.
“I do not think the quality of food
Isold In Atlanta always is al! that i'
should bt a 1 do not mean by
■ that that 1 think It is not possible io
| obtain the \- r\ h*-st of food in M-
I lanta -for I think it is—but what I io
mean is • t is next to imp -ssibh
for the average marketer, which 1 jm
to local* th< best that may be had
for a give: -um.
“Take th.- .v.rage display of food
stuff* in th. average Mlanta mar
kvt and gro* ry s’os-* !< it up ,o
high water n. i n’’ I think not r.
maybe hat th<r ~;u • n a scurcir.
i
COST OF LIVING INCREASE SHOWN
IN THE LARGEST CITIES OF U. S.
r/f f'iU'Hring table xb'tu'n the prices charflrd far terrn staple ar
tielea of food by dealers of the same rank in fifteen of thr larg
est cities in the cuunrry. according tn figures compiled by cryerts
of th« Ih partmrnt of Labor The total in the last column shoirs hoio
mil' !• flo consunor in each of the fifteen cities paid for his order of a
p'tuiid of sirloin, round steak, pork chops, bacon, hum. eggs and cream
ery butter.
Sirloin Round Pork
Steak. Steak. Cho : .s. Bacon. Ham. Eggs. Butter. Total.
Boston ... .38 .35 24 .28 .32 .35 .30 |2.22
ATLANTA . . . .27/i .20 .22»/ 2 .37 .22*4 .30 .40 1.99’ ' 2
New York 25 .25 .22 .24 .23 J1 .41 1.95
Cincinnati ... .28 .25 22 .30 .30 .20 .42 1.97
Los Angele* .. . 25 .20 25 .30 .35 .20 .35 1.95
Seattle 22 2 0 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 1.83
Kansas City ... -25 -20 .22 .30 .30 .20 .40 1.87
Chicago - 13 - 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 “ -22 .26 .21 .22 .40 1.78
Detroit .. • ■ -26 18 20 23 -22 .39 1.66
„f Kood, plump, eound tomatoes, for j
Instance, this year, but I have not seen <
It ho Htated anywhere. Yet it la a I
fact that nowhere in Atlanta, with j
perhaps an occasional exception. ha»
it been possible to see the best of
them on display this season.
•Thu price of tomatoes In Atlanta
may be th** same as the price of *>-
miitoes in Nashville, and yet if Nash
ville v* is a better tomato for ttie sam“
mont'V than Atlanta gets the Atlanta
hiuts' ke* per is the loser.
•‘Truck gardening s* eins to have be
come’ i lost art around and about At
lant*. In th*- remote! residential sec
tions wagons fresh from the farms
visit households oeeattionally. an .
s.veet, tender vegetables, fresh eggs,
country butter ami the like may be
hi! but he total sum of this sort of
shopping in Atlanta Is relatively notn
Ing
Small Store: Big Price.
“If n tiousek*** tier has to i*ay evet
the downtown price for produce thur
in quired, which she die sn’t, she hat
saved money, nevertheless, for sh*
has obtained a more whol* som*
article of diet mon* often than not,
and she has received It fresh from
th* farm, besides saving the tim*
and carfare of a rtlp downtown.
“She depends upon the neighbor
hood nroi civ store for nothing much
more than the small necessities, foi
experience has taught her that she
tan not exp***’t much more In that
quart* r. Sh** realiz.es that the small
grocery of the neighborhood must
.barge a maximum price In order
to live at alb She has no possible
quart* I with the neighborhood gro
cery she merely knows it Is not n
particularly Inviting place iu which
to make her pennies stretch very’ far.
“What, then, is my remedy? 1 have
act up numerous objections to shop
ping conditions as they now’ exist in
Atlanta, ami it Is 'tip tp me,’ 1 sup
pose, to say what I am going to do
about it! ,
I can tell you wliat I would I.IK I
to do about It, and what I SHOVED
BE able to do about, and the which
if 1 could do about it, could save
myself a pretty sum every month
.mil get a better quality of food in
mv honi<*. moreover!
•if we bail in Atlanta a big < enter
market -or. better still, a ''enter, a
Northern and a Southern market—l
could go there and get the best of
everything the markets afford, and
get it exactly when, how and aftet
wluitever fashion I desired.
In one of these city markets it is
possible t‘> shop with a maximum of
result, ami nt a tremendous saving of
tim.* .111*1 nerve tissue, moreover
"Articles offered for sale In one of
these markets necessarily ar** of the
best quality (for tile money asked)
to bi* obtained As kissing goes by
favor so patronage In a big market.
* when* contrasts in displays are im
mediately observable, goes to the
most deserving.
“If Marketman A In a big market
offers me tom;.toes at so much per
dozen or per pound, he must make
m.* the Offer In Ute full and steady
ing knowledge that right next door to
him, in the neighboring stall, Market
man B also has tomatoes for sale,
whichever has the best tomatoes for
the price gets my coin!
"It Is th. same way with cauli
flower. snapbeans, beats, pickles, pre
serves, cheese and what not. Over
. In tim meat and fish stalls the same
rides obtain. Get the point- —it is
i plain enough.
“A shopper can not very welt con
, trust tlve wares of Groceryman A, on
i tliis corner, and Grocery man B, on
yonder corner, two or three blocks
away, for one can not carry things
i of that sort In one’s head. But when
they are in a bit market, ’side by
t cich,’ as the saying goes, one can tell
mighty quick which is which!
Salesmanship Inspired.
“A city market Inspires and
* prompts salesmen to offer only’ the
' Dainty
Dashing A
ihr-'l Singing
Dancing fj -'a
GIRLS Vh wj
wz .-m > - Jr
WITH THE >
BIG
WAY A A
BURLESQUE
Fun, Frolic, Mirth, Melody
COLUMBIA
Burlesque Theater,
16 Central Avenue.
Opposite Union Depot.
WHITES ONLY.
.'ll __ L
HEARST’S SI’NDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, GA.. NHAY. ’I’nMBER 21. 1!
I b*«t of everythin* for the price ask
i efi -It makes it a necessity that the
marketman offer a maximum of ma
terial fnr a minimum of charge.
Moreover what he may lose In mar
gin of profit by reason of this chan**
as compared with his present meth
ods of selling his good*—he more
fhan makes up j n the increased vol
ume of bußiness he does. He hgs
the additional RHtisfaetion. too. of a
perfectly pleased patronage, without
■ny loss whatever in th* total of
money he makes.
“It Is astonishing to me that At
anta has no city market. There is
iiHdly a city of its size in the na
tion that has not two or more—and,
a matter of fact, I know of many
.Hitch smaller cities that have city
markets to make glad the hearts of
housekeepers.
“There must be a mistaken idea
somewhere as to the value of a city
market, or Atlanta long ago would
i.ave had one or more.
“i feei safe in venturing the as-
J » t tion that no present re sident of
Atlanta who ever has lived in or near
i municipality wherein a city mar
ket 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
time, and failed to be won complete
ly by the sensiblenrss and merit of
i s i ba <hi. ss 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 *cattered markets, small and
managed by dealers unmindful of the
great juirt sanitation plays nowaday*
1n th* matter of conserving healtn
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 i* hopelessly outclassed by his
neighbor who does—and whose ef
forts may be plainly seen and imme
diately contrasted.
“I 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 quarter now goes—and if
I 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 I once lived —a city In no way
more delightful, more inviting or more
charming than our own dear Atlanta,
at that!
“To be sure, T do 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 jrtill 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 the problems of living, rear
ing a family, and otherwise becoming
a level-headed, reasonably contented
and satisfied American citize.i.
“But 1 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, contlnu-
I ously waxing greater and grander
She can take another long step for
ward In establishing a city market
er two or three of them —and sooner
I or later she will. The sooner, how
‘ ever, the better!”
Bill All the Week
“Almost ’ Husband.”
Three Shows Daily.
Mat. 3 P. M„ Night’7:3o
and 9.
Prices 15c and 25c. Boxes 50c
Smoke if You Like.
MBECOMES
MILLIONAIRE IN
JUST ONE itSLI
Burr Byxbee, of South Norwalk,
Left $lO-a-Week Job: Makes
Millions in South America.
NEM Y<'RK, Sep’. 20.—Young man,
go South!
That is the advice that com* s from
Clarence Burr Byxbee. a year ago .a
110-a-week insurance clerk in his
home town. Norwalk. Conn , but now
the possessor of more than J 2,600.000
as the result of mining operations tn
South America. He is 21 years old.
Success came with leaps and
bounds. A student of theosophy and
a deep thinker, Byxbee met Miss
Stella Chinilia, daughter of a w.*<l;*i .*
* hlllan planter and the possessor of
a SIOO,OOO dowrv. She, too. was In
terested In the "New Thought" move,
merit, and it was this that brought
them together.
The wedding was a double one, for
Let the Big Store Be Your
First Shopping Place Tomorrow Morning
For it is here where you will find the articles yon want —and find them at much loyver prices than you
had expected to pay. Take advantage of our (lignified credit system —it will help you lots.
Specials Specials
Uplift
V L m ■'WL. K ~
A chtfforcb** in cither ' i, V .-Jg
oak or tnahoiany fln- I J LUI ■ B OV II Arid nr<.of bra
ui, „ Hl ■ u IH xl z J ■■ ■ c
wpar.te place for T f |W /■ 7 HI B ,*■!**'• tlnl-l !
'1 * $39.50' If ®
T J j I
V< rT * a "r M "y e «*wn«T pattern, you ■
Ind*’. w”c; "Tad Here Is a three-piece pnrlor suite which will ndd attractiveness to any room. The frames are made «•*» in a.nuine ■
tree tbi. wed* Make of nuihognni’zed rock maple, polished to a ndrror-like finish. The suite Is well proportioned, .substantially } r 'T',' ' Tak^’r'u r I
w'r’ow”’ 11 ?!?" yard, made, has best re-tempered steel springs and is upholstered In genuine leather. This Is a rare value the ' ..ire JET mLiare I
"ni» kind that’s found only at the big store. y “’’ d * ,or onl ’
75 cts This Suit Sold On Special Terms of $2.50 Cash $1.09 a Week p cts |
fTTrn ii
| | 1 90 c Cash, SI.OO a Week I |
y I / Wifi
L beef U
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WOODS’ SPECIAL DAVENPORT
One of the handsomest and most attractive of 1914 designs. It
This outfit consists of one two-inch continuous post gold lied, makes an Iderfl piece for the parlor or library, and by a simple and
one pair comfort-giving bed springs, one sanitary cotton mattress pas - v 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 ne sanitary felt mattress. Furnished in Golden Oak, Mahogany*
The price is remarkably low and the terms are easy. (1>i a 7 a a or M’ ss ' on finish. C*‘9'7 rrt
90 Cents Cash. SI.OO Per Week 51L/v $2.50 Cash SI.OO Per Week j
ue Tag Bargain Basement Sy |
If you want to get the biggest values of your
con,e *° our hhie tag bargain basement to
make your selections of odd pieces. You will
find what you want here, carrying price tags YB 7
that are amazing. Come to-morrow —sure.
1011 RzlllV VphirlAC Closet $35.00 Dresser $.»0.00 Rocker $15.00 tH n Hl
IMI4 Mnrgis bao) vehicles SSOOO Buffet $2500 moo Golden Oak |2500 Library
Now On Display $30.00 Sl d e - Ch,ffonler ,2000 SIOO.OO
board $15.00 $15.00 Wash ( Mahoxanv) 545 00 Y ’Lie” X.
All have rubber tires, best re-temperM , 16 00 DJnjnp Stand $7.50 E
steel springs, will give ycur babe com- Table SB.OO $6 00 Rocker $3.00 Table $12.50
I fort and you genuine satisfactory ser-
vice. To-mor- A f'
W *BB Eg ! H Attractive good
flh o ds§}-AVooq. 5P
$/on 48
Whitehafi^treet.bonier Mitcliell Cents
I h' r sis.er Iren* was married at the ;
same time to Charles R Hammers- ■
i ley. a teacher, from their home town,
| Valparaiso. Chili. The nuptials took
1 place in Brooklyn August 30, 1912
“This? is the land of opportunity.”
| Byxbee ur re widowed moth*r,
Mrs. Eunice J. Byxbee. in Norwalk. ,
“Everything is in the embryo state i
and anybod\ with energy can ma«e j
money fast. Just watch me.”
| ! No vhe is rich. He has purchased |
I ‘ a modest horn* in Tqnlque, C’hili. the ;
| center of his operations. His young
wife is spreading her ideals and !
i thoughts among h*r native people.
Byxbee writes he will come ba 'k ;
home when he has made his third i
million. Norwalk is preparing n I
’' rousing reception for Byxbee when he
com.es back, and is Is s J that the
, mayorship will be offered him
GOLD CROWN PLACED
ON PRIZE COLLIE’S TOOTH
GRAFTON, W. VA.. Sept. 20.—Dr.
i N. E. Sha 4 has placed a gold crown
; on a broken tooth of his prize collie.
In a fight some time ago the dog had
• * one of its teeth broken off. The bro
( j ken tooth interfered with the dog's
eating, so last Sunday Dr. Shaj put
in a gold tooth.
The dog objected strenuously tq
the operation, but after the work was
* over seemed delighted with it.
TERRIER ADOPTS KITTENS.
'' SALEM, OREG., Sept. 20.—1 n lieu
of her first two puppies, which died a
i few days after they were whelped,
i two orphan kittens have been adopt
ed by a fox terrier belonging to T. M.
■ ' Jones, a liveryman of this city.
M OF FOUL
KEOOING FINOS
DniiJLuUmuil
Wife, 21. Says Novel Match
Proves Truth of Theory That
Freedom Holds Love.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20.—One of
the country’s best known trial mar
riages has proved to be a sucess af
ter a year, according to Mrs. Julia
Davis (’handler, of this city, whose
daughter, Miss Heloise Chandler, was
married to Carleton \V. Washburne, a
student at the University of Chicago,
at Los Angeles a year ago.
An agreement was reached by
which each was to enjoy a sense of
absolute freedom, and was to be: tieu
down by none of the conventions. 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 free makes each show the best
side to the other that we may coft
i.m- to hold eac h oth -r by tne one
: !’■ than can ever really hold people
i together—love.’’
.Mrs. Washburne also wrete that her
; husband says that they are as happy
ing ~, o] •• | • BBiMjf can be.
Lind that their love for one another is
1 < onstantly increasing.
■ . ■ redding Mrs
Washburne obtained a position as 11-
’ i-tr; r. on the- theory that she
should enjoy as much independent
as her husband. She is 21 years old
and her husband is 23. Thev hav<-
’ v - d near Pasadena since their mar
riage.
Husband Kept From
Church by Wife, Sues
Wealthy Pennsylvania Man Takes
Trip to Reno When Religius
Devotions Are Stopped.
RENO. Sept. 20. -James G. Shep
ard, of Scranton, Pa., unable to esti
mate h’s nealtii because it Is mostly
standing timber in the Northwest,
said he had a wife who would not let
him go to church. Te testified in hla
divorce case to-day that Jennie Shep
ard. his wife, however, told him ho
might go to church to live. She per
petually nagged, he asserted, and
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.