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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
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NEWS OF THE WEEK
CONDENSATIONS OF GREATER OR
LESSER IMPORTANCE.
A BOILING DOWN OF EVENTS
National, Political, Personal and Other
Matters In Drier Form for All
Classes of Readert.
Foreran
Promlor Asqulth announced In tho
houso of commons that tho resolutions
concerning tho Iioubo of lords which
nro to bo submlttod by tho govern
ment on March 29 would lncludo a
proposal for shortening tho duration
of pnrllamont.
Dr. Doydcn, tho French scientist,
end Captnln Van Langendonck of tho
Belgian army fought a duel at tho Hip
podromo at Nice, Franco. At tho
6ocond attack Dr. Doydon pricked tho
captain's right forearm, wheroupon
tho seconds stopped tho combat Tho
duolljts wcro reconciled.
Vesuvius has suddonly becomo net
ivo again. Thoro lmvo boon eruptions
for tho past twenty-four hours of
stones and ashes, this bolng accom
panied by Internal dotonatlons. Sov
oral fissures havo opened, from which
gasos nnd lava aro emerging In groat
quautltlos.
A company of distinguished Brit
ons, with many American residents,
gavo a banquet in London to Former
Vlco Prosldont Charles W. Fairbanks,
under tho auspices of tho Pilgrim so
ciety. Tho Earl of Salsbury presided
dosplto his eighty-four years and
talked eloquoutly of Dunker Hill and
Anglo-Amcrtcnn friendship of lato
days, Tho .speech of tho evening was
mado by Mr. Fairbanks.
General.
Trado of tho country has Its draw
backs, but tho spring outlook Is
good,
Tho house commlttco mado a dras
tic chnngo In tho administration's rail
road bill.
W. L. Parks of tho Union Pacific
has been olectod vlco presldont of tho
Illinois Centra.,
Prosldont Taft'o congressional pro
gram Is by no means certain of being
carried out.
Champ Clark, tho loador of tho
minority In tho houso of roproscnta
tlvos, rocelvcd congratulations on his
clxtloth birthday.
Motlvo power on many railroad sys
tems lino been put In bad shapo by
tho sovero winter.
Tho postal savings bank bill is
destined to slumbor for a tlmo In a
houso committee,
Tho homo of John P. Cudahy at
Kansas City, was tho sceno of a sen
national affray and nrrosts.
Lands embraced In tho Bella
Fourcho Irrigation projoot of South
Dakota nro soon to bo thrown open.
During tho funeral of Senator Piatt
in Now York from 10 to 12 o'clock tho
United Statos Express offlco was
closed.
Huddled down in tholr nbandonod
nlolgh, two women nnd a llttlo child
wcro found frozen to doath In South
Dakota,
Meat prlcos havo advanced in all
tho principal consuming and pro
ducing sections of tho world, accord
ing to statistics,
Representative Smith of Iowa in
troduced' n bill authorizing tho ox
pondlturo of $75,000 for tho construe
Hon of a federal building at Rod Oak,
la. Tho govornraont nlroady owns a
eho in that town.
Thd fJorrann gcpgraphlcal Bocloty
has docldod to sond out a South polar
discovery oxpcdttlon and so contost
-with tho United Slates and Croat Brl
tain in tho race through tho Ant
arctic.
Enrico Caruso, tho tenor, is qunklng
with something worso than staga
fright. Tho black hand has demand
cd $16,000 or his llfo in two succos
clvo letters,
Tho governor of Nebraska will par
don no moro persons who soil "near
bcor" now that a now Interpretation
. of tho law has been mado by tho su
promo court.
Montgomery Ward of Chicago was
(seriously injured In an automobllo ac
cldont at Los Angeles. Ills loft
tmouldor was broken when ho foil
from tho tonnoau of tho machine
Victims of tho Wellington, Wash.,
tivnlancho aro now thought to num-
Lor a hundred.
Senator Bovorldgc Introduced n bill
providing for tho pormnnont rotontlon
by the government of tho Alaskan coal
lands.
Presldont Taft disclaims responsi
bility for tho solcctlon of Wndo Ellis
as republican chairman in Ohio.
Tho Nebraska plan of distributing
seed to farmers from tho oxporlmont
etatlona provonts monopoly prices.
Tho revolutionary cause In Nica
ragua has about petered out.
Tho burning of a cotton warehouse
caused a loss of $38D,Q00 at Now
Bedford, Muss.
A Dallas, Tex., mob Invaded a court
room and lynched n negro.
It Is now estimated that 225 mon
wore killed In tho Tlslna and Pa
tnpa (Nicaragua) battloB,
Portland, Ore,, has boon mado tho
gateway of nil tho llarrlman Hues,
The house passed tho postolilco bill,
carrying an appropriation of $211,000,
000.
President Taft nnd Attorney Gen
oral Wlckorshnm havo decided to
push tho anti-trust war.
noprosontntlvo Henry Introduced a
bill to compel tho extradition of tho
bcof barons to stnnd trial.
Tho department of justlco has ac
cepted Prococutor Oarvon'n offer to
sond ovldenco on tho beef trust.
Senator Burkott says he is confi
dent of re-election and will depend
upon tho rnnk file of the party.
Nicholas Tschalkovsky was acquit
ted and Madamo Breshkovskaya sen
tenced to exile, In St. Petersburg.
Railroads and tho government havo
a different lucoptlon of tho twenty
eight hour llvo stock shipment law.
Threo of tho defendants with Ma
bray in Council Bluffs pleaded guilty
and tow may turn stnto's ovldenco.
Tho taking of testimony was con
cluded In tho trlnl of Tschalkovsky
and Mndamo Brcshkovsknya In St. Pe
tersburg. All railroads In Nebraska received
a total rovenuo of over $50,000,000 for
freight and passenger sorvlco during
tbo year 1909.
General Estrada, tho hoad of tho
Nlcaraguan revolutionary faction, Is
now ready to accopt any reasonable
torms as n basis for pcaco.
Two hundred Kansas editors and
tholr wives wero banqueted at Wichita
ns tho closing ovent of tho Kansas
stnto editorial association.
Sons and .daughters of Iowa and
friends to thd number of 300 gathered
at tho annual banquet of tho Iowa
society of Now York nt tho Hotel
Astor.
All omploycs of tho broworles In
Buffalo, numborlng about 700 men,
will receive an nycrago increaso in
wnges of $1 weekly by contracts JUBt
signed.
Without oxcltcmont or ceromony
President Mendcza was formally in
augurated prosldont or Pannma, suc
ceeding President Obnldla, who died
sovoral days ngo.
Tho English army estimates for
1910-11 show a total for maintenance
of 1138,800,000. This is an lncrenso
over tho cstlnntes of tho -preceding
year of $1,026,000.
Moro than 0,000 stcorago pnsscngcrs
havo loft Suthnmpton for tho United
States within a fortnight, breaking
nil records. Kvory steamer has taken
her full capacity.
Itobbors dynamited tho safo of tho
Bank of Edna, Kansas, socurlng an
amount estimated at $3,000, nnd
escaped on n hnndcnr aftor exchang
ing shots with a number of cltlzons.
Ono of tho cltlzons was shot, but It
Is bcllovcd not seriously wounded.
Wasntngton.
Colonel William If. Blxby, chair
man of tho Mississippi river com
mission, was examined by tho senato
commlttoo on commerco rolatlvo to
tho Improvements proposed for tho
Missouri river from Sioux City to
St. Louis or Kansas City to St.
Louis.
Intornnl commerco movemonts for
tho month of Jnuunry, 1010, according
to statistics of tho department of com
merce and labor showed heavy move
ments of coal and coko In tho cast.
Tho bill creating a court of patents
was passed by tho sonnto. It author
izes a bonch of flvo mombors. Tho
chlof justlco would bo nominated by
tho prosldont nnd to sorvo ror ltfo nnd
tho othor four justlcos to bo selected
by tho chlof justlco of tho United
States supromo court from nmong tho
circuit and district court judges of tho
country nnd to sorvo for six years.
FOREIGN
Tho dopnrtmont of Justlco will nc-
copt tho offer mado by Plorro Garven,
prosocutor of Hudson county, Now
Jersey, to furnish tho government
ovldonco, ho has on hand In tho beef
trust caso and has asked him to for
ward to Washington copies of tho
Indictments recently found there.
A now bill providing for tho erec
tion of American embassies abroad
was roported by Roprosontatlvo Low
don from tha foreign uffalrs commit
tee Tho bill, which takes tho place
of tho ono defeated on tho lloor of
tho houso last Wednesday, provides
a limit of $160,000 for any ono build
ing, Including grounds nnd furnish
ings. Two Chlppown Indian chiefs who
camo to Washington tho othor day from
Orr, Minn., to ask congroas for addi
tional land for tho Bols Forte Indlnn
rosorvntlou, woro asphyxiated by Il
luminating gas In tholr lodging Iioubo.
Tho postofllco appropriation nlll,
carrying appropriations aggregating
$311,000,000 passod In tho houso, whllo
tho senato disposed of tho agricultural
bill with total appropriations of $3,
1 500,000. Tho sonato was In hossIoii
throo hours, tho houso about tlvo.
Personali
Ex-Sonator Piatt of Now York died
from diabetes.
Philadelphia strikers and tho pollco
department aro far apart In tholr es
U1USUU3 Ul IUU HUIUULT 01 IllCU on
strike.
Louis Klopsch, editor of tho Chris
tian Herald, Is dead,
Roprosontatlvo Hlnshnw of Nobrns
ka docllnos to commit himself as to
his candidacy for ro-eloctlou to con
gress.
In a brief filed In tho supromo court
Formor Senator Forakor attneks tho
constitutionality of tho corporation
tax law.
Tho prosldont may uso his lnfluonco
with tho houso -to onnct Into tho son
nto postal savings bank bill u feature
ho asked for,
NEDRA8KA IN C.I.
News Notes cf Interest From Various
Sections.
Geneva expects to do a good deal
of building this yoar.
Mr. and Mrs. Orvillo B. Messongor
of Cliadron celebrated their golden
wedding. ,
Kearney Is shipping many carloads
of alfalfa hay to St. Louis, Knnsas
City nnd other points oast and south.
Threo weeks religious meetings In
Albion brought but llttlo Interest out
side of church members.
The ministerial union of Fremont
is planning to havo "Billy" Sunday
hold forth In a series of meetings In
that city.
Custer county now haB no safo placo
for Its records slnco burning of tho
court houso. The proposition to build
has been defeated.
Henry D. Wcller, ono of Rlchnrd
non county's most prominent cltlzons,
died Inst week. Ho formerly acrvod
in tho legislature.
Break-up of tho ico in tho Platto
river destroyed tho brldgo near Fre
mont. It Is likely that a steel struc
ture will tako Its placo.
W. L. Park, general superintendent
of tho Union Pacific, has boon elected
to the vlco presidency of tho Illinois
Central, to succeed R. G. Rawn.
Mrs. John Mcdoma, living on a
Klnkald claim, attomped suicide by
cutting her throat. Sho was des
pondent over failure of oyoBlght.
William Konzack, n boy hunter, of
Clay county, nccldontnlly shot himself
whllo after gnme, tho hammer or his
gun catching In tho wlro fonco. Ho
cannot live.
Tho peoplo of Omaha havo sum
moned a water expert to look Into con
ditions. Much typhoid fover prevails
In tho city nnd tho water Is thought
to be responsible.
A horso belonging, to Fred Lake of
Merdock was found In the possession
of a stranger at Auburn by Sheriff W.
H. Jones. Tho thief confessed and
was delivered to Plattsmouth ofllcers.
The lato grand Jury mado a report
on tho county jail of Soward county,
to tho effect that It wns an unannltnry
structuro and not a fit placo for tho
sheriff nnd prisoners to live In.
Two horses belonging to Dr. F. A.
Claussen of Beatrice wero run Into by
a Rock Island trnin. Tho animals
wcro so badly Injured that It was
round necessary to kill them. Ono
vva3 valued at $250.
William H. Gllmoro, tho Burlington
engineer who was so badly Injured In
a wreck east of Nebraska .City, died
from his Injuries. Ho Viib born in
West Lebanon, N. H., October 31, 1802,
and went to work for tho rnllroads
when ho was 14 years of ago, and at
18 was In charge of an engine as
engineer.
A Johnson countv fnrmor jmvs
chinch bugs nro to bo found In eront
numbers In tho bunch grass and weeds
and unless destroyed will bo on hand
early in tho spring nnd will work
much destruction to crops. Ho snya
mo tanners should burn all grass,
brush and weed patches about tholr
premises at an oarly date as possible.
l no $200 per aero mark for Morrlek
county land has been renched, a cash
salo Involving that' consideration hnv.
Ing beon closed. Tho land sold Is tho
Ilascombo tract near tho old fair
grounds, comprising fifty acres.
Through the Kenoroslty of T. n.
Hord, Nobraska Central college, tho
Central iClty Quaker Institution of
lenmlng. Is to bo nrnvhlml
school of ngrlculturo If tho terniB of
Mr. Hord's gift nro mot bv tho Mnmio
or tho college. Mr. Hord has ilnniir.
ed $5,000 townrd a Bchool or agricul
ture in caso $5,000 moro is raised by
tho college.
Tho county recorder's oirico of .Inf.
feraon county did tho largest day's
Dusincsa in Kb history Mnrch 2. Fifty
Instruments woro filed and far ni mnrt.
gagos amounting to over $00,000 were
placed on record.
Warden Smith's latest ronort shown
that a number of convicts at tho N,.
braska penitentiary lo3t thirty days'
good time" ror tho offonso of stonllng
shirts. The KarmontH
nnd upon investigation wero round
in tlio cellB of tho mon who recolved
the penalty.
Everything Indlcntes that this year's
Chautauqua at York will bo among
mo nest over hold. Secretary II. E
Cutler nnnounccs that tho nrocram
Is nbout completed and that tho tal
ent will bo exceptionally lino for this
season.
It la now a settled rnct that Itml
Cloud will bo a mombor or tho No
braska Stnto league, there having
been Komothlng ovor $2,000 nledend
Tor tho support of tho same, nlso tho
$500 rorrolt has boon forwardod to
tho presldont of tho league
"If they Htnrtcd to send mo to tho
ponltentlnry I'd" and William Bark
doll of Lincoln pinged the muzzle or a
22-callbro rlllo beneath his chin nnd
pulled tho trlggor. Tho bullot entered
just behind tho lower Jaw bone and
inalntaluod an uvwnrd and backward
direction, but did not reach tho brnln.
Ho will probably recover.
Six houses In Ravonnn wero entered
at some time In tho night. At none
of tho places was anything valuoblo
socurod with tho exception of tlm
rcsldonco of James Motslck, whoro n
pockotbook containing $75 was takon
from his trousers.
Denver (Colo.) dispatch: Charging
that ono of her children was born
without oars becauso of HI treatmont
by hor husband, Mrs. Mnry Nowlands,
rormorly of Oninhn, tins beon granted
a divorce In tho county court In Don
vor from Peter R. Nowlands, believed
to now bo living In Omaha.
8TATISTIC3 SHOWING REVENUE8
THEY HAVE RECEIVED.
HOW SMALLER PLACES LINE UP
No Raise In Rates on Alfalfa by the
Railroads, Miscellaneous Mat
tors at the'State Capital,
Statistics showing tho rovenuo re
ceived by tho railroads from the snlo
of tickets, freight forwarded and
freight received for the lnct year
Bhows the ambitious smaller cities of
the stnto lino up In this position:
Grand Island, first, $921,839.79; Fre
mont, second, $038,813.90; Bcntrlce,
third, $C21,C70.C2.; Hastings, fourth,
$G08,430.99; Kearney, fifth, $445,597.
22; Nobraska City, sixth, $424,939.12.
In tho above group Nobraska City
shows a decrease of about $20,000
compared with tho year before, whllo
Fremont shows n decrease of about
$30,000. Tho other towns mentioned
all show an increnso.
Compared with last year Omaha
nnd Lincoln show Increases, whllo So.
Omnha shows a decrease. For 1908
Omaha paid out to tho railroads $10,
108,917.29, compared with $10,392,
994.34 for the last year; Lincoln paid
to tho railroads in 1908 $3,030,930.08,
compared with $3,079,093.48. In 1908
South Omaha contributed $G,010,449.
99, compared with $5,875,971.18.
Of tho smaller cities Schuylor mado
tho greatest Increaso of any town In
the state, Its increaso being $221,000.
In tho amount of tho Increase Schuy
ler ranks next to Omaha, which In
creased its expenditures with tho
railroads Homo $284,000.
Tho total revenue for tho entlro
Btato received by all tho railroads for
1908 was $48,112,211.00. For 1909 tho
total rovenuo amounted to $50,040,
187.75. Omnha and South Omnha con
tributed almost one-third of tho rev
enue. Alfalfa Rate Stays Down.
Tho Burlington railroad has been
refused permission to lncrenso the
rato on alfalfa hay from Scott's Bluff
to Omaha from 20 to 23 cunts. Tho
order refusing this permission was
Issued by the railway commission
n few days ago, after having recolved
protests from tho Omaha Commercial
club and the Omaha Alfalfa Meal
company.
It was set out by the company that
when the Peters company's plant at
Omnha burned some time ago the
rate on alfaHa hay was reduced rrom
23 to 20 cents per 100 Tor tho benefit
of that company. Now hat tho com-
puny has got on Its feet again the
railroad desires to restore the old rate,
and with its application was llled a
Btatemont from tho Potern company
waiving objection to tho Increase.
Those who protested, however, sot
out that the Peters company had
established mills out In the state and
wns now shipping to Omaha tha lln
iBhcd product and no longer was It
Interested In tho rate on alfalfa hay.
Mlscourl Pacific to Fight.
Tho Missouri Pacific railroad will
fight the Bartos act, which provides
that railroads shall mnlntaln nt de
pots a telephone for the convenience
of the public. That is If tho railway
commission insists upon tho Installa
tion of a telephone at Burr.
Night Races at Fair.
Tho state fair board Is figuring on
having races at tho state fair this
year.' Tho plan Is to havo the racos
and a display of fireworks each even
ing. Heretofore tho board has boon
having tho flroworks put on by n
company, but It has discovered that
It can put on tho show lt3elf and this
will be dono this yoar.
Conservation Congress.
Tho state conservation congress,
called by Governor Shallonborger to
be held In Lincoln tho last or March,
promises to bo n big meeting. Tho
committee choson to arrange tho do
tails havo Issued notlco regarding the
number or delegates to bo chosen by
tho difforent political divisions nnd
elected ofllcers.
Express Rates on Ponies.
It Is just ns cheap now to ship nn
undersized pony by express ns It Is
to oxpross an oversized colt. Tho
railway commission Issued nn order
thnt hereafter tho oxpress companies
should chnrgo $5 for shipping n 700
pound pony or n colt not crated, nnd
whoro crated and tho weight la 900
pounds tho chnrgo shall be tho saino
If tho express companies hnndlo tho
shipment each shall recolvo $2.50. If
tho animal weighs moro than 700
pounds It Is to bo expressed ns a
horso and given tho horso rate.
Insurance Rates Differ.
State Auditor Barton Is mnklng an
effort to prevent discrimination In
rates chnrged for fire Insurance by
companies In Nebraska. Ho haB re
eclved evidence that many companies
charge less for a policy In some local
IticB than In others on tho same class
of risks nnd even In tho same local
itlcs ho has ovldonco that thoro Is
discrimination. It has boon roported
that whllo thoro Is a rate war on at
Hastings Insurance Is . being written
for 10 cents a hundred, while In Lln
coin the rate Is $1.20 n himdicd.
A CONSERVATION MEETING.
The
Governor Issues Proclamation
Relative to Same-
It has been decided to hold a Ne
braska Conservation and State Devel
opment congress on Tuesdny and
Wednesday, March 29, In this city.
Tho subjects to be treated are:
"Conservation of Natural Resources,"
'Good Roadu," "Seed Corn." "Prob
lems of North western Nebraska."
Public Health" and other kindred
subjects.
Governor Shnllcnberger has Issued
call for tho convention, during
which he says:
"Tho benefits to bo derived from
Improved methods of cultivation, tho
Improvement of our grasses and
grains and or tho llvo stock upon tho
farm are things which must bo
brought homo to every farmer, Our
dairy Interests- are ever growing and
should ho fostered and encouraged as
ono of tho most important sources of
our material wealth. Good roads
should be built to enable the produc
ers or our products to reach the rail
road markets easily and oulckly.
Practical and Intelligent work upon
our country roads can be mndo easily
possible If careful attention 1b given
to this matter by those who mako our
aws and they who mako nnd ubo tho
rondB. A great deal is being said
about tho valuo to ho derived from
tho Improvement of our inland water
ways, but still greater benefit will
follow a systematic and thorough
Improvement of tho roads over which
the farmer must transport his raw
material to market.
"There aro problems of develop
ment and proper conservation of our
natural resources which confront tho
peoplo or western Nebraska that aro
to bo considered along entirely dif
ferent lines In' tho eastern portion of
our state. Tho representatives of tho
different portions of our Btato should
meet In n state conference once n
year to consider the30 questions and
come to mutually understand tho
needs and requirements of each sec
tion nnd discuss those matters that
aro essential to every portion of tho
3tate and necessary to a realization or
all tho possibilities of the future. It
would bo of vast benefit to us. if for
no other reason than It would open
the eyes of our people and tho coun
try gonorally to the matchless oppor
tunities for the development of mater
ial prosperity and a representative
citizenship In Nebraska.
"With n firm belief that vital bene
fits would come to the people or tho
3tate by calling a convention or rep
resentative men from every county In
Nebraska, to meet at the capital city
of the commonwealth, to consider the
vast problems which I have briefly
touched upon as essential to our
further advancement. I hereby pro-
lalm and call a convention to no
lield at Lincoln, Neb., Marnli 29 and
30, 1910, to be known as The First
Nebraska Conservation and State De
velopment congress, and earnestly re
quest tho entlro citizenship of tho
3tate to co-operato In carrying out a
plan for this gathering, so that It may
result In making for tho rurthor de
velopment or all the natural rcsourcos
of our state and opportunities for
manufacture and Improved agri
culture as well."
Expenses of the University.
Tho report of State Accountnnt
lohn W. Tulleys shows that out or a
totul or $019,012 paid for wages and
3alarlos for the two years ending
April 1, 1909, at tho Btato university,
$308,498 went for classes at tho uni
versity nnd $104,895 for claasoB at tho
3tato farm. A total ot $1,238,822 was
expended In two yenrs Tor all pur
poses. Governor Appoints Delegates.
Govornor. Shnllcnberger hns ap
pointed Judge Lincoln Frost of Lin
coln and Judso Leo S. Estollo or Omn
ha dolegates 10 tho Amorlcan academy
or political and social science, which
will moot In "Philadelphia April 8 and
9. Among othor subjects tho academy
will consider juvenile court methods.
NEWS (OFFICE) LINCOLN
For Better Train Service.
C. Hildroth or Franklin, has Issued
an appeal to Nobraska nowspapers to
assist In securing better train sorvlco
rrom south central and southwestern
parts or tho ftato to Lincoln and Oma
ha. This manifesto follows up tho
complaint mado to tho state railway
commission, which was hoard recent
ly nt Hastings.
The Industrial Exposition.
Besides living dates for the great
er Lincoln Industrial exposition, May
24 to 28, tho commlttoo arranging for
that event has agreed on some or tho
details to bo provided. Not only the
auditorium building but nlso tho out
sldo spaco ;.t Thirteenth and M will
bo utilized for displays and tho en
tortnlnmont or tho crowds. Tho out
doors dopajtment will probably ln
cludo a number of machinory ex
hibits. Tim auditorium will bo par-
tloncd off ror booths, nnd these will
nil bo constructed In advance,
Sl' Calves In Year.
H. Huff of Spalding has reported to
to Socrotaiy Mellor of tho stato fair
board that ho has a cow which has
given birth to six calvos during tho
last fifteen months. Tho cow Is n
reglatered red Polled-Angus.
Death of University Athlete,
G. O. Hammond of Pnwneo City,
prominent University of Nebraska
athloto. died a fow dnyr. ago from a
stroke of paralysis. Ho was a Junior
'n tho easlneorlng college of tho uni
versity.
His Misplaced
Confidence
Mro. Brnltbwalte opened tho kitch
en door in nnswer to a timid knock
and n small girl handed hor a noto.
Sho rend:
"mondny Chicago. Dear madam Mrs.
Wcndt Cnnnot como to wash taovMy
for I am felling vcary bado aru I
will como to wash next monday yonr
Truly MRS. WENDT."
When tho small messenger had
been sent on her way with a nickel
and the last piece of cako In tho
Iioubo Mrs. Bralthwalto considered
thq situation.
"I never havo washed boforo, but
what woman has dono woman can
do," sho murmured. "I'll Just cole-
brato my month-old wedding anniver
sary by making it my first wnshday."
It wns nearly 11 o'clock boforo Mrs.
Bralthwalto began to put her plan in
to execution.
Presently sho stopped to rest a mo
ment nnd ruefully contomplato hor
reddened hands robbed of cutlclo in
moro thnn ono place. Then tho wa
ter boiled over In tho wash bollor on
tho gas stove. Sho raised tho lid, fill
ing tho tiny kitchen with steam, and
nt that moment there camo a tap at
tho door. Lid in hand, Mrs. Bralth
walto answored tho summons and was
confronted by n graceful flguro in a
gray suit.
"I couldn't ring tho front door bell
becauso of tho nowly painted steps,"
explained tho caller. "Is Mrs. Bralth
walto nt homo?"
"I am Mrs. Bralthwalto."
"Phil's wlfol How perfectly de
lightful to meet you I I am Evolyn
Du Bols. .You will oxcubo my calling
nt this unscasonablo hour, but I'm
passing through the city and took tho
opportunity between trains to make
tho acquaintance or Phil's wlfo.
Plonse, may I como In?"
"I beg your pardon," Mrs. Bralth
walto said, painfully conscious of her
abbreviated skirt and the boiler lid in
her hand. Sho led tho way into tho
sitting room through tho piles of as
sorted clothes on tho kitchen floor.
This, then, wns tho girl Phil had
boon engnged to!
Mrs. Bralthwalte looked around hot
In dismay. Never boforo had the llt
tlo sitting room shown such dlsordor
Sho gathored up an nrmrul or things
from a chair and begged her caller to
bo seated.
"Phil and I have known each othor
for years," Miss Du Bols observed.
"He's much older than I, you know,
I imuglno you aro nearer his age. Ho
always said he novor would marry o
brunette, but there's no depending
upon n man's word, as I suppose you
havo learned already. What a dear
homo! And so very, very tiny! Some
how, I can't lmaglno Phil crowding
his six feet of staturo in hero. Of
courso he keeps up his singing, Mrs,"
Bralthwalto, and you play his accom
paniments?" Mrs. Bralthwalto shook her head
and became conscious ot tho sweep
ing cap. Sho removed It, nttempted
to smooth back her hair and felt tha
curlors. Aii embarrassed flush stalnod
her cheeks.
"My hair curls naturally," Miss Du
Bols volunteered with n superior
smile. "How do you keep your hands
In condition to play tho piano when
you must wash? I nover dreamod that
Phil would ask his wlfo to do tha
washing. Ho wns always so consider
into nnd "
"My husband hasn't tho' faintest
Idea that I'm washing," Mrs. Bralth
walto broko In indignantly. "Tho wom
an failed to come."
"Of course," Miss Du Bols
acquiesced with n politely Incredulous
nlr. She consulted hor wntch, adding
ns sho rose: "Positively, it Is no'arlj
iluncheon tlmo."
Mrs, Bralthwalto roso also, a norv
ioub something tugging at hor throat
Phil would never forglvo hor for lot
ting Miss Du Bols go without somo re
freshment. ' But tho pantry waa
'empty! Saturday they had dined
downtown; Sunday they had dined
with friends.
"You muBt lot mo give you a bite
,nnd Bup," Mrs. Bralthwulto urged.
"Whllo you lay aside your coat in
tho hall, I will proparo It quickly."
Seated at tho table, bn.vo with prot
ty now nnpery, cut gln&s and silver,
Miss Du Bols helped htrsoir daintily
I to bread, butter and Jolly, begging to
bo excused tor omitting eggs, which
Eho never ate.
"Did you havo n cnllor to-day?"1
nskod Bralthwalto of his wlfo when
they met.
"Yes, Miss Du EoIs,w alio answored,
"I mot Evolyn on the street and sh
tried to got mo to go to lunch with
hor," oxplnlncd Bralthwalto. "I told
,her I wanted hor to meot you. She
thought maybe you wouldn't bo pro
pared ror callors and all that sort ot
thing, but I omphaslzed tho fnct that
you nro always prepared and havo
given mo loavo to bring anybody horaa
at any tlmo for a meal. Evelyn, you
know, enn't turn her hand to anything
In a house beon waited on all hor
llfo. It was all right to send her up,
wnsn't it?"
Mrs. BrnlthwalU said "Yes," rather
faintly. Then sho ndded, as though
tho thought had Just flashed on 'hor.
"Porhap8 It would bo best, though, to
call up and soo it I'm at homo and
ready for visitors beforo you send out
anybody again."
"I'll do that," ho agreed. "But I'm
cortaln you woro prepared to day," ho
declnred, with tho bHsshil lgnoranco
cf an Inexperienced husband. .,