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15 M TO GUT HIGR
FRIGES MIA PITS
Government Estimates Show Gate
City Second Only to Boston in
Living Expenses--Shopping Condi
tions Barrier to Effective 4 Economy.
Why is the cost of living higher in -
Atlanta than in any other city of
the 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
top notch as an expensive city in
which to live, and although explana
tions of this unsavory indictment
have been many and varied, no one
of them has seemed to explain com
pletely and convincingly
And yet, there must be some rea
son why the cost of living is rela
tively so high in Atlanta in Atlan
ta, 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 has as a
pla< o (if res.donee
Some of Atlanta's marketmen
frankly admit that the Government’s
figures <io Atl.inta no injustice what
ever. They say the cost of living is
high in this city, and that they <an
not help it -or, at least, 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
differentiates it conspicuously or un
favorably from any other city, and
that the Government figures simply
make a mountain out of a molehill,
to Atlanta's senseless discredit
Various reasons are assigned for
the high < oat of living in the Gate
City of the Souih
High Living Blamed.
Atlanta peopl merely are high
livers, and pay the price be< ause 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 ami the merchants have to
add to their margin of expense suf
flclently to take (are of the rent, of
course, and this the consumer neces
sarily pays; cotton crowds all other
lines nf agricultural industry no close
ly that many foodstuffs must be ob
tained from source s beyond the State,
at a higher rate of expense than
would be entailed if wheat, oats and
corn were raised at home, butter,
that might be made in Georgia, is not
made here in particularly apprecia
ble quantity, and that keeps the price
of butter up, freight rates are dis
criminatory. and people do not shop
Intelligently. anyway'
These are a few of the reasons
■why Atlanta, according to local mar
ketmen, has been handed the doubt
ful award of being next to the most
expensive city in the* United States
In which to live.
Whatever the cause may be for the
high cost of living in Atlanta, how
ever. one thing seems to stand out
undisputed the cost of living is some
high, all right'
The One Vital Question.
Indeed, there is no topic in which
the public, the home makers, espe
cially. is so vitally and compelllngly
interested as thi- problem of living
within the family income.
The people of Atlanta are much
more serioualy concerned with the
question of how to live on their daily,
weekly or monthly stipends than they
are with whether Mayor Woodward
Is a "cheap skate or Dr. Lincoln Mc-
Connell a coward"’
They will hearken much more in
terestedly to 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 of a nosegav 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 lay by something for a
rainy day '
As the matter stands, they’ not only
are "up against if to the limit every
month, but constantly are in dread
that conditions may grow to be even
worse
And Mr and Mrs. Atlanta are not
pessimis m -far be pessimism and
auch from th* m!
They belie ve in their home town — ■.
they have been swearing by, and not
at. this fair < ty for years, and they
propose to proceed r ght along that
optimistic an t pi imposed path in the
future.
It Is only that they are able to see
th< point when At'.mta is unfavora
bly held up r comparison with other
cities And it ever has been their
ability to meet outside criticism fair
ly and manfully, to recognize unto
ward eon iitions and to rmnedy them
enthusastlcally. has made At
lanta the great and wonderful city
1t is.
It is not "knocking" Atlanta to say
that such and su a condition ex
ists hen that ought not to exist, and
that does not ex In some other
greet cilie-
The truth do* sn’t hurt w city that
Is frank and honest with Itself and j
with it- »;e.chbor> and friends.
Must Face the Question.
7? quanta is honest with Itself and
with ii- neighbor- and friends, which
every patriotic Atlantan lw prepared
to affirm it is, then there can <un*
no harm, even if there comes no •
good, of facing this question of th*
h.c’ cost of iving optnly an I ib ve
board.
After all. that Is a question m
ceming Atlanta more. In Its imme
diate asp- . ts. than any other city. ,
The problem to be solved in < ir
cum-’an e> r tl •• present cost of Ih '
Ing univ*rsa! .-rd Atlanta's Iraa
Is not .• toni.- 'ng!\ high or disturb
ing, from many joints of view, when
the entire situation is taken into con
sideration.
A n nnber of explanations of the
situation In Atlanta have been pro
mulgat'd and exploited in the public ’
pr •• * Some of t s explanation.*!
mii: . • termed •■-!' ■.•:* s and ex-j
cu.-es others log. al and rational’
statements of fact, and still other
shots in the dark
Maybe the farmer might relieve th**
status of affairs by diversifying his
'Tops. He han had that preached to
him for many years, and he has of
late shown sonv inclination and dis
position to accept the advice and sug
gestions. Whatever he has done in
that direction, however, the price <»f
food steadily has advanced, never
theless.
Maybe rents ftr r a rttle stiff 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
body wants to throw any obstacles
In the way of progress In the city
particularly that quality of progre.w-
Indicated in continuously Increasing
real estate values.
Many Atlantans are high livers,
relatively speaking, but th* average
citizen will deny the Impeachment
vociferously, when put to the t t.
and no doubt his denial w ill be right
teous enough, and his ability to prov
it Jituple.
Maybe freight rates are too high.
The Chamber of commerce might
look U>t*> this, maybe.
Maybe a lot of things, of course
and yet. no one maybe thus far
thrown out appear- to suggest a* rem
edy guaranteed to produce material
results.
< >ld High <'oMt of Living remains
right on the job, grinning in mockery
and derision, the while Atlanta hems
and hm over the whereforeness of
old High 1 'o.-t’s why’
Estimates Are Truthful.
This writer has talked to many
persons of late concerning the prob
lem revealed to Atlanta In th** r* ant
more or less disconcerting Govern
nient figures with respect to the high
cowt of living
The Government’s estimates are
truthful they were based upon hon
est Investigations scattered all the
w iv fr >m Maine to < Jalift mi i
body undertakes to dispute or ques
tion them. They’ concern thenwwlves
with various staples of fife house
hold necessities that can not be dis
pensed with In the average house
hold without serious discomfort both
to health and happlm ss.
Very few people expect or antici
pate any considerable reduction In
the cost of living because of the
enactment of the new tariff law. 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 latter corms true
it will be a pieas’jint and agreeable
surprise to Mr. and Mrs. Atlanta
who are hoping.
Not very many households are fig
uring next y<ar's expense account
upon the new tariff s* hedules, how
• •ver \sk the first ten persona you
meet and see if any one 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
done to bring doyvn the expense <»f
living in Atlanta ’
Well, there is one housek?eper in
Atlanta who has some notions about
things and h« r ideas are worth con
sidering. for they suggest h metho i
whereby conditions may he remedied
in a measure in Atlanta. If not tre
mendously relieved.
Work of Housekeeper.
Tills woman, who is the wife of an
Atlantan rec* iving a monthly salary’
of $l5O. and the mother of three chil
dren. talks after this fashion:
"The questions of freight rates. 11-
\ * ■ silication 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 I 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 can manage. Noth
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 w ill cost, what must
go to the church and the Sunday
school, what pleasure is to have
awarded to it for we spend some
thing that way and what must go
into the savings bank for life Intur
.•n* . . taxes and fixed charges of that
kind.
• My husband puts and rightfully,
th* responsibility of shopping an 1
marketing on me. 1 should not r?-
spcct him so much as I do if he didn’t.
And then, having put the responsible
ity there, he turns m< loose and he
never 'make* a holler* if I fad to get
th maximum of r* suit from the min
imum < f financial effort. That, pc--
haps, is one thing that makes no
f»*el so bad when I know, a wav down
in my heart, that I haven't done *he
very best that might be done with ny
household money.
i’h* worst obstacle I find in dis
pensing my household funds intelli
gently is the apparent impossibility
- f really intelligent marketing in Xt-
■
Good Food Hard to Find.
’I do not think t , qualitv of food
sold In Atlanta always is all that it
Now
th.i’ that I think it is not possible io
obtain the y. r\ best of food in At
lanta for 1 ’hink it Is but what I <o
for the aw-ag. mark ’er. which 1 im
t-' • • st that may 1
for a k ivej. sun
"Take t <• average display of food
stuffs ( v. - <g. • In , r
ket and -:r .-ry < i. h >
high wju i m i k It r .\ a- it
maybe that th- r«- has been a arcitv
A
COST OF LIVING INCREASE SHOWN
IN THE LARGES! CITIES OF U. S.
rllE iwj t'lbh .ihui'-K th< pt i' it • luirqrd fur Keren staple ir
tu !• k us tuud h)i dcilerx us tin nnme rank in fifteen us the /arg
ent i tie- in th< '-ountru. nriurding tu figure* eunipili d l>u t\rp< rtn
us th' fti pat tint nt us l.'ihur. The tutal in the hint column nhoirn hotr
mw h th' ' onnumei in ewh of the fifteen eitie* paid far hi* order of a
pound us Mi> loin, round nt'ah, pm K chop*, baeiin, hani, egg* and eretun
l erg butter.
Sirloin Round Pork
Steak. Steak. Chops. Bacon. Ham. Eggs. Butter. Total.
Boston . . .38 .35 M .32 .35 .30 $2.22
ATLANTA .. . .27 ? .20 ' /2 .30 .40 1.99 <;
New York 25 .25 .22 .24 .23 .31 .41 1.96 '
Cincinnati .. . .28 .25 22 .30 .30 .20 .42 1.97
Los Angeles ... .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 .13 .30 .30 .20 .40 1.83
Charleston ... .22 -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 .23 .24 .22 .39 igg
——————
of good, plump, sound tomatoes, for
Instance, this year, but I have not seen
it so state<l anywhere Yet It is a
fa< t that nowher* in Atlanta, with
perhaps an <»• < islonfil « x< option, has
it been possible to see the best jf
them on display this season.
"The jrif•»• of tomatoes In Atlanta
may be thu same ;*s the price of >-
inat'H y m'Aashvillr, and yet if Nasli
vilb g»*ts a b* Iter tomato for the sam»
mon* y than Atlanta gets the Atlan a
h«ms»'keeper i* the loser.
■ Tru< k gardening seems to have b -
come <1 lost art around and about At
lanta. In th* remoter residential s
lion w>g »n- fresh from th** farms
visit o- '’asionaUy, uni
sweet, tend* r vegetables, fresh egg*
country butter and the like may be
had but th*- total sum of this sort « f
shopping In Atlanta is relatively Hold
ing
Small Store; Big Price.
"If a housekeeper h;t- to pay » ve!
the downtown price for produce thus
acquired, which she do sn’t. she hftf
sav* d mon* v . n**v* rth» less, for sh*
h 1 ..1.! ini 1 mor< w hob aoim
article of diet more often than not.
ami sh< has received it fresh front
fai 1,. d< Bat Ing thi tlmi
and carfare of a rtlp downtown.
"Sbe depends upon the neighbor
hood groc» ry store for nothing much
moi’e than the small iv-cessit les. fol
experience has taught her that she
<an not expect much more in that
quarter. She realizes that the small
grocery of the neighborhood must
charge a maximum price in order
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
to make her pennies stretch very far.
"What, 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.’ 1 sup
pose. to say what I am going to do
about it!
"I can tell you what I would LIKE
to do about It. and what I SHOULD
HU able to do about, and the which
if 1 could do about it. could save
myself a pretty sum • very month
and get a better quality of food in
my home, moreover!
If we had In Atlanta a big Center
n irket OF, th tti r still, a Center, a
Northern and n Southern market—l
...uld go there and get the best of
everything the markets afford, and
get it exact!} when, how and after
whatever fashion I desired.
In one of these city markets it Is
possible to shop with a maximum of
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
beat quality (for the money asked)
to be obtained. As kissing goes by
favor, so patronage in a big market,
where contrasts in displays are im
mediately observable, goes to the
most deserving
“If Marketman A In a big market
offers me t(»matoes at so much per
dozen <>r per pound, he must make
me the offer in the full and steady
ing knowledge that right next door to
him, tn th** neighboring stall. Market
man B also has tomatoes for sale
Whichever has the best tomatoes fur
the price gets my coin!
"It is the same way with cauli
tlow•* r, snapbeans, beats, pickles, pre
serves, cheese and what not. Over
in th**' meat and fish stalls the same
rules obtain. Get the point—it is
plain enough.
"A shopper can not very well con
trast Gw wares of Groceryman A, on
this corner, and Groceryman B, on
yonder comer, two or throe 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 and
prompts salesmen to offer only the
oHisEtwinsHror
Dainty 'f
VShI Dashing JL
Mr 1 '" Singing X U
v Dancing
girls
WITH THE y.
T \
WAY \
BURLESQUE Co.\?
Fun, Frolic, Mirth, Melody
COLUMBIA
Burlesque Theater,
16 Central Avenue.
Opposite Union Depot.
WHITES ONLY.
HEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN. ATLANTA, GA SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 21. 1913
beat <>f everything for tho price ask
f,<’ *' makes It a ncccsalty 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
than makes up in the increased vol
ume of business he does. He has
rhe additional satisfaction, too, of a
perfectly pleased patronage, without
any loss whatever In the total of
money he makes.
"It is astonishing to me that At
mfa has no city market. There is
hardly ji city of Its size in th** na
tion that has not two or more-and,
us a matter of fact, I know of many
much smaller cities that have city
markets to make glad the hearts of
housekeepers.
‘ J here must be a mistaken idea
somewhere as to the value of a city
market, or Atlanta long ago would
have had one or more.
J feel safe In venturing the as-
• rtion that no present resident of
Xtianta who ever has lived in or near
municipality wherein a city mar
k'd Is located will say that it did not
make shopping easier. more eco
nomical and more satisfactory tn
dozens of ways.
"Who has visited one of these city
markets habitually for any length of
rime, 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
manage*! by dealers unmindful of the
great part 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 denier
who manages a stall that falls 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 quarter now goes—and if
I could do that in Atlanta, I could
solve part of MY problem of the high
< ost of living, all right!
“I know 1 can do this, because I
II \\ E 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, I 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 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 the problems of living, rear
ing a family, and otherwise becoming
a level-headed, reasonably contented
and satisfied American citlzea.
"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
She can take another long step for
ward In establishing a 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 You Like.
GM BEGDMES
MILLIOffIfiE IN
JUSTGNEIEM
Burr Byxbee, of South Norwalk,
Left $lO-a-Week Job; Makes
Millions in South America.
NEW YORK, Sept. 20.—Young man, i
go South!
That is the advice that com. s from |
■'larence Burr Byxbee, a year ago o’:
$lO-a-week insurance clerk in hts
home town, Norwalk. Conn., but n >w
the possessor of more than ?2,600,"05 '
as the result of mining operations ,n I
South America. He is 21 years old.
Success came with leaps and I
bounds. A student of theosophy and |
a deep thinker. Byxbee met Miss
Stella ('hlnflla, daughter of a w.-.i, i. i
Chilian planter and the possessor •!’
a 1100.000 dowry. She, too. wae In
terested In the “New Thought' move
ment, and it was this -ha' hrouei
them together.
The‘wedding was a double one. f r
Let the Big Store Be Your
First Shopping Place To=niorrow Morning
Loi'.it is here where yon will find the articles yon want —and find them at much lower prices than you
had expected to pay. 'fake advantage of our dignified credit system —it will help you lots.
Specials Specials
B irv t Wtll U n! fi'WvW s oS' n ?:-; , "ii! n
l»r value to-morrow KU * I Y T 111 — Jj* 'f tains. Three to five
only forth.- -mall "9 tedfrM f’ v J u-- k-L - L L n PI / / dollars j>er j-alr S<e
Alim of a IB'l fc’a Ek 15 i> 4 - r W I 1 our Monday special.
K't ift F l Fp |[BBWriBET"" If KB JJ r " T 0,11 y
vflff wJI| i-i
;’.h Vkhl Ll I | Ujll u I U Add rrojr hr... .. ..
place tor I T ■ W 7 <? Bl B «■ «'«»' '•
eterythln- a man \, W • 5 -L ■■ • Hnxl
" ar. 1? S oJr I,™" \ W f ZJ tl| * ''. r J* ’*"»« ™
a » . I' 539.50 I sl
Very attractive stair / it ’ '
inX'."' '"id?” rT ' -r, ‘ ,s s thrw-pleeo parlor suite which will add attractiveness to any room. The frames are made |, ’' r .aw W/ma™
”7. ' , ' l ii"e! k , M l k " mal”>ganlzed rock maple, polished to a mirror-like finish. The suite is well proportioned, substantially "Vak"" r i'u r
morrow*'"iv'r"'raid. made, has Ijest re-teuiperetl steel springs and is upholstered iu genuine leather. This is a rare value—the I rhofc#, per square
°“b' kind that’s found only at the big store. >" r 4. tor only
This Suit Sold On Special Terms of $2.50 Cash SI.OO a Week • ;scts
fITTTT 7 ' 90 s
QOc Cash, SI.OO a Week 9
This outfit consists of one two-inch continuous post gold lied,
one pair comfort giving bed springs, one sanitary cotton mattress
and one pair sanitized feather pillows. This is the greatest value
in a “complete” tied outfit in Atlanta. Come in and see for yourself.
The price is remarkably Jovv and the terms are easy, nn
90 Cents Cash. $ 1.00 Per Week <Ml "0
f . LU ..
1014 Sturgis Baby Vehicles
Now On Display
All have rubber tires, best re-tempered
steel springs, will give your babe com
fort and you genuine satisfactory ser-
e„ z Rh o o3
$ ZOO W
103-5-7-9-11 Whitehall Street. Corner Mikheil LCHIS
I h*r sis’pr Iren»> was married at the
Fame t:me to Charles R. Hammers
. ley. .1 tea-her. from their home town,
: Valparaiso. Chili. The nuptials took
place in Brooklyn August 30, 1912.
"This is the land of opportunity,”
Byxbet ur e his widowed mother,
: Mrs. Eunice J. Byxbee, in Norwalk
“Ever > i.ting is in the embryo state
and anybody w!*h energy can maw
money fast. Just watch me.”
No v h#* is rich. H<* has purchased
: a modest home in Iqniquc. Chili, th?
i center of his operations. His youn ?
wife Is spreading her deals and
thoughts among her native people.
Byxbee writes he will come ba Sc
Lhome when he has made his thirl ,
i million. Norwalk is preparing t
rousing reception for Byxbee when he
I comes back, and It is s .1 that the
mayorship will be offered him.
GOLD CROWN PLACED
ON PRIZE COLLIE'S TOOTH
GRAFTON. W. VA.. Sept. 20.—Dr. i
N. E. Shal has placed a gold crown
ion a broken tooth nf his prize collie
In a fight some time ago the dog had
j one of its teeth broken off. The bro
| ken tooth interfered with the dog’s
, rating, so last Sunday Dr. Shai put
' :n a gold tooth.
The dog .objected strenuously to
i the operation, but after the work was
over seemed delighted with it.
TERRIER ADOPTS KITTENS.
SALEM, OREG.. Sept. 20. —In lieu
of her first two puppies, which died a
few days after they were whelped,
two orphan kittens have been adopt
• ed by a fox terrier belonging to T. M.
t Jones, a liveryman of this city.
Blue Tag Bargain Basement
If you want to get the biggest values of your
life, come to our blue tag bargain basement to
make your selections of odd pieces. You will
find what you want here, carrying price tags
that are amazing. Come to-morrow —sure.
$70.00 China SIOO.OO Mahogany $30.00 Parlor
Closet $35.00 Dresser $50.00 Rocker $15.00
$50.00 Buffet $25.00 $40.00 Golden Oak $25.00 Library
stnnn mao ' Chiffonier $20.00 Chair $12.a0
$30.00 Side- _ _ SIOO.OO Settee
board $15.00 $l;>.00 Wash (Mahogany) $45.00
$16.00 Dining * Stand $7.50 $25.00 Library
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WING FINDS
DGIDEGDNTENT
Wife, 21, Says Novel Match!
Proves Truth of Theory That
Freedom Holds Love.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 20.—One nf
; rhe country’s best known trial mar
riages has proved to be a sucess af
ter a year, according to Mrs. Julia
Davis Chandler, of this city, whose
daughter, Miss Heloise ( handler, was
married to Carleton W. 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 tlea
down by non? 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
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'o be free makes each show the best
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together—love.”
Mrs. Washburne 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 th? wedding Mrs.
Washburne obtained a position as 11-
; lustrat'T. on the theory that she
should enjoy as much independence
is her husband. She Is 21 years old
and her husband is 23. Th?v have
’ \>d near Pasadena since their mar
riage.
Husband Kent 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 wealth because It Is mostly
standing timber in the Northwest,
said he had a wife who would not ist
hint go to church. Te testified In his
divorce case to-day that Jennie Shep
ard. his wife, however, told him he
might go to church to live. She per
petually nagged, ho asserted, an!
spoiled a nine months' trip abroad In
that manner. Finally she threatened
him with a revolver as he was dress
ing ior church.
He left her January 13 last. Shep
ard owns a famous art collection-
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