MANY GROUNDS
FOR DIVORCE
Pleas for Separation That Seem of
the Most Flimsy Kind— They Range
in Importance from Pumpkin Pie
and Dogs to Writing Poetry and
Kissing the Cat.
N-APOL.EON declared that every
man in the ranks carried in
his knapsack a marshal’s
baton. Victor Newman, a
clever English artist, now in
New York, declares that every
American girl tucks divorce
papers into her trousseau.
Whether the analogy be just or un
just, certain it is that the American
woman proves almost as fertile in the
matter of excuses for securing a di
vorce as she is in marshaling wiles
with which to net a husband, writes
Anna Steese Richardson in the New !
York World. For while scarcely more j
than a round dozen causes are cited i
by the law as grounds for divorce, i
even in this country of liberal and j
varied state divorce laws, the average i
woman can interpret the most com-1
mon cause, “cruelty,” in a hundred
and one ways, each of which will go
straight to the hearts of judge and
jury.
For instance, the superior court in
Seattle, Wash., was recently asked to
decide whether "dyspepsia” and
“cruelty” were synonymous terms.
Harriet Hendick Kohl was a culinary [
artist. Aher V. Kohl, her husband,
was a dyspeptic. So long as Mr. Kohl
stuck to a diet, he was a companion
able spouse. When he yearned for
some of his wife's tidbits he would
surely fall from grace and into a
tantrum. One Sunday he induced his
wife to make waffles. After eating
plentifully of these, floating in maple
Birup, he threw the family canary in
Its cage through the window. A batch
of especially fine soda biscuit led
him to stray from his diet, and that
afternoon he kicked the family watch
dog into the neighbor’s back yard.
When no family pet was at hand, Mrs.
Kohl was the butt of his displeasure
and dyspeptic rage. After eating an
unusual quantity of her very best
strawberry shortcake, Mr. Kohl act
ually refused to speak to his wife for
48 hours. Mrs. Kohl urged this in
gratitude for her culinary ability so
effectively that divorce on the grounds
of cruelty was granted.
Cruelty in Restricted Diet.
Mrs. Anna M. Hodge of Pittsburg.
Pa., secured a decree because her hus
band limited the daily bill of fare,
breakfast, dinner and supper, 365 days
in the year, to sausages and rice pud
ding. He throve on the diet, but
Mrs. Hodge called it cruelty, and the
court agreed with her.
Mrs. J. B. Stetson of San Francisco,
in applying for a divorce from a trac
tion magnate of the far west, cited as
“cruelty” the fact that she had to eat
pumpkin pie three times a day and
was denied the privilege of adding
soup and salad to the family menu.
Mrs Harry Maremount's divorce from
a Chicago carriage maker was due
largely to a difference in opinion over
sauerkraut. She liked sauerkraut,
but her husband could not endure the
smell of it. When she persisted in
cooking it he struck her and fled from
their home in anger. Mrs. Joseph T.
Colvin of Pittsburg secured a divorce
because her husband, a prominent
secret society man and an all-round
fellow, insisted upon supplying cham
pagne when she asked for bread. The
court agreed that no woman could
live on champagne alone.
Codfish Cause for Divorce.
In file little town of Union, Bergen
county, New Jersey, Mr. and Mrs.
Theron C. Knapp amiably agreed to
6ecure a divorce because Knapp, in
a moment of extravagance, brought
home a box of prepared codfish. Mrs.
Knapp had always humored her hus
band's fondness for codfish cakes with
the good-oldfashioned brand of cod
fish which you soak over night and
pick by hand. Shocked by his ex
travagance in buying the prepared
article, she pulled his hair. The rec
ords do not show which constituted
cruelty, the codfish purchase or the
hair pulling.
A Marquette (Mich.) man cited as
one instance of cruelty, in his petition
for divorce, the fact that his wife had
invariably refused to make for him a
lemon pie, of which delicacy he was
extremely fond, "much to his discom
fort." the papers set forth.
Family pets have often figured in
petitions for divorce. Mrs. Andrew
Mahu of Alton, 111., had 40 picked Leg
horns, which she kept at the rear of
her cottage. Her landlord served no
tice that his property could not be
converted into a chicken ranch. Her
husband announced that he could not
afford to sacrifice his trade as a piano
tuner by moving into a different neigh
borhood-. The two had been married
15 years, but Mrs. Mahu calmly
packed up her personal property, in
cluding the chickens, and moved away,
leaving Mr. Mahu to the cold comfort
of a divorce court.
Poodle Separated Fond Hearts.
William R. Entrinkin of Chicago ob
jected to the attentions showered on
a French poodle by his wife, and took
it out on the poodle, to the latter's
physical discomfort. Whereupon Mrs.
Entrinkin took herself to the divorce
court, with "cruelty” for her open
sesame.
On the- other hand, Mrs. Leroy Mor
r |
—was worth a thousand Gottliebs. I
Justice of the Peace William B.
Williams o£ Montclair, N. J., tried in
vain to make peace between a couple
whose names he refused to divulge,
but who were separating because the
wife insisted on kissing her cat good
night.
Differences over the site of their
home have led many a couple to the
divorce court. In Chicago, Willis
Howe, manager of the Palmer house
for 20 years, and later manager of
the Virginia, secured a divorce be
cause his wife refused to live in Chi
cago, and he refused to leave the
Windy City. She said that after Vien
na and Paris, Chicago was cruelty.
Her husband dubbed her actions "de
sertion," and both won their point—
a divorce.
Too Many Kisses.
Kisses, though quite within the
matrimonial law, have been known to
pass as cruelty. Poor Arthur Kehr, a
Chicago musician, sued for divorce
because his career as a bread winner
was interrupted by his wife's appe
tite for kisses: “I could not elude that
constant cry of ‘Arthur, kiss me,’ ”
he said in his complaint. •'.‘I was a'
prisoner at my wife's house. The
week I was there I earned just $4.20.
I had to run away, and after 16 days
of over-kissing I applied for a di
vorce."
On the other hand, Mrs. ’ Henry
Rodgers of Hasbrouck Heights, N. J.,
applied for a divorce on the ground
that her husband, who holds a prom
inent position with the United States
Steel trust, no longer kissed her on
leaving home and returning. Vice
Chancellor Garrison of Jersey City
dismissed the complaint because "the
wrongs complained of are of a senti
gan of Marion, Ind., secured a divorce
because her husband insisted upon
having his pet dog for a bedfellow.
Mr. and Mrs. George E. Abram of
Detroit, Mich., also parted over a dog.
Each claimed the family pet as his in
dividual property, and both bought
tidy brass license tags. The dog dis
appeared, and each accused the other
of kidnaping deal- little Bessie. The
cocker spaniel later appeared as ex
hibit A in the divorce trial.
Gottlieb Herring of Muskegon, Wis„
gave his wife her freedom and $125
in alimony because she insisted upon
having her Angora cat share their
couch, which gave noor Gottlieb a
creepy feeling. Theresa stoutly in
sisted that her cat—plus the alimony
mental nature and the court of chan
cery has no jurisdiction.”
When Mrs. Frederick W. Masch
meyer of St. Louis begged Judge
Hough to grant her a divorce on the
grounds that her husband cruelly re
fused to kiss her, the judge was in
credulous, for she was lovely and al
together kissable, but when he learned
that the refusal to bestow the longed
for kisses was the outward and visible
sign of an inward and almost per
petual grouch, the judge decided that
here was a .case of cruelty, indeed.
Children and Divorce.
Children often appear in petitions
as reasons for divorce. Prof. George
W Purrs a teacher in the public
schools of Cincinnati, secured a di
vorce because his wife, having borne
him ten children, refused to have any
further additions to the family.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Neuman of
Los Angeles had made an ante-nuptial
agreement that they were to have no
| children. Mr. Neunian, after a few
years, changed his mind on the sub
ject, but Mrs. Neuman did not, and
returned to her own home and mother.
Mrs. Hamilton Fries of^Stonetown,
N. J., thought her husband ought to
walk the floor with the baby when
the latter so desired, especially after
nightfall. Hamilton declared that
alter covering 750.000 miles of carpet
in the wee small hours, he was justi
fied in striking. Mrs. Frjes and the
baby decided that papa must either
walk or lose 'em. Papa lost.
But Rudolph Bartzat, Jr., of Lincoln.
Neb., thought Ills wife was going
some when she sold a $20 baby buggy
for one dollar in order to buy a ticket
for a theatrical performance. He said
he did not mind having her sell an
occasional article of furniture to buy
a new gown, but he drew the line at
her selling what he had given their
baby. Another case of home and
mother for hers. x
The most innocent pleasure, carried
to excess, may be counted as an ex
hibit in a divorce ease. Mrs. J. W.
Smith of Bellefontaine. O.. sat up in
bed at night to roll and smoke cigar
ettes,. and her husband secured a di
vorce. Mrs. Grace C. Markel! ol
Scranton. Pa., secured a divorce be
cause her husband would not permit
her to dance with other men, am
talked out loud about it, too. thereb.
cruelly embarrassing her in public.
Released from “Fire Fiend.”
Joseph A. Kuntz, a Bronx brewe*
is what the professional firemen cal
“a buff.” He lived opposite the lire
house, and, no matter what hour a
alarm rang, he followed the engines
This disturbed the slumbers of hi
wife, who after enduring the excite
ment of four years applied for a d’
vorce.
George G. Genereaux of Oakland
Cal., entertained his men friends a
poker in the family woodshed. Whe:
his funds ran low. he stepped into th
house and borrowed of the famil.
exchequer. His wife said this cut ol
the supply of household delicacies, am
she secured her decree v/ithou
trouble.
Jules Joseph Moquette and his wif
of Newark, N. J., split over Socialism
and his wife said she would not b>
kept awake nights listening to hi*
tirades on the subject. Mr. and Mra
Victor Johnson of St. Louis split be
cause he wanted to do the housewort
and let her seek a Job “downtown.’
She said she wanted to make the bis
cuits and broil the steak herself.
Charles F. Healy of Chicago must
have been a good-natured person, be
cause when his wife was ill and hei
doctor said that the divorce decree
which she wanted would be a sure
cure, he yielded without a murmur
Then she regretted the act, and or
her recovery he demanded that the
decree be set aside.
HORNED TOAD TOO REALISTIC
Prevailing Fashion Has Not Found Fa
vor with All of the Gentler
Sex.
“Will you look at that woman's
shoulder!'
“I don't see anything, un— Oh!
Isn't that queer!”
The third woman turned around to
look as she asked what it was. When
she saw she exclaimed: “Why, it’s
one of those new ornaments, a horned
toad.”
“Not a real one?” asked the wom
an who had first noticed the deco
ration, with some anxiety.
“Oh, no. That is, not a live one, but
a real one once. It has been metal
ized. That's the newest fad in orna
ments. The real flowers that were met
alized had their turn, and now the ani
mals are having theirs. Horned toads
are most effective, so they are most
popular. A good many persons be
lieve that these little lizards are poi
sonous and wouldn't wear one for any
thing, but. you see how stunning they
look.” The metalized horned toad cer
tainly did look weird. He was at least
four inches Ion#, his tail curled up
naturally and bis sharp claws were out
stretched his small horn-covered body
glowed with irridescent green.
"They may be up-to-date and nobby,
but excuse me!” was the ultimatum of
the woman who had been inquiring so
anxiously about the decoration.
When England Had Lotteries.
It was not until 1826 that govern
ment lotteries were abandoned in
Britain. For the 30 years preceding
an average annual profit of over
$1,725,000 had accrued, one contractor
alone spending $150,000 in advertise
ment in a single year. The money
thus raised was usually for a particu
lar purpose, such as the Improvement
of London, the purchase of Tompkins’
picture gallery, or the repair of vari
ous harbors.
From the seventeenth century to
the reign of George IV. the crown re
peatedly drew considerable reveuues
from such sources.
BAO LUCK ASCRIBED TO DAY
Basis for Belief of III Luck c-f Friday
Has its Root in Two
Causes.
The bad luck supposed to attach to
Friday is said to be traceable to the
worship of the goddess Freva, the
Venus of ibe north, who felt herself
slighted if anyone began a journey
on this, her festival. In punishment
Cor the dishonor thus brought upon
her Fveya was wont to direct misfor
tune to assail the offender, so that it
came to be thought that Friday was
an unlucky time to embark on any
enterprise, although most marriages
in Scotland are said to take place on
that day. In Walsh's “Curiosities of
Popular Customs,” is told the story of
the brig, Friday of Wilmington, whose
builder defied superstition by giving
her this whimsical name and launch
ing her on Friday. He also sent her
upon her first voyage on the sixth day
af the week, but on the succeeding
Friday a home-bound vessel "saw the
hull of a brig pitching heavily in the
trough of the sea. while her crew ran
about the deck, cutting loose the
wreck of the masts that dragged and
bumped alongside.” This w/.s tie last
of the ‘•Friday.” concerning whose
fate the shipbuilder’s wife merely said
when she heard of it, ‘‘I told thee so,
Isaac. This is all thy sixth-day doings.
Now thee sees, the consequences.”
Another reason for the supposed un
luckiness of Friday lies in the cruci
fixion of Jesus on that day. It is from
a similar historical source, ndeed,
that the “thirteen” superstition is be
lieved to have sprung, a natural dis
taste grew up for the number repre
senting the circle of the disciples wiit'n
the addition of Judas. -Yet it seems
as if by this time the world might be
willihg to forget its ancient supersti
tions and regard every day and every
number with equal respect.
There's always one good thing about
tight money—there are i^wer men'in
the same condition.
The chronic worrier worries because
he has nothing to worry about.
LOOK AND LONG FOR LETTERS
Young Folks Too Frequently Fail to
Real zs What a Message to
Home Means.
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"My boy,” writes a white-haired
mother tpyher soon, a busy man' in a
distant state, “write home often. You
do not realize what your letters are
to me, and hov?'.Jons it is between!
them.”
No, he had nor. realized it, and un- i
happily there are many absent sons
and daughters who need a similar re
minder. They would be indignant at
the suggestion of waning, filial devo
tion, but in the stress of business, in
the society of new friends, in the hap
piness of a new home circle, how ^rare
ly they spare an hour for a good long
letter to the aging mother in the old
home—the loving mother whose heart
ache, as the passing days fail to bring
the longed-for letter, is one of the
most pathetic tragedies of old age.
The decline of the letter-writing
habit of an earlier generation has
often be ' deplored, but'this feature
of the decline can neither be excused
nor defended. The post-card substi
tute is • little less than a mockery
when the cards are sent to the mother
who wants, and should have, so much
more than that. ... >
As youth lives in and for the future,
so docs old age always look back over
the slope as it nears the summit. The
parent is wrapped up in the son and
daughter; but as the son grows to
manhood and the daughter to woman
hood, they are absorbed in the plans
r.nd \he‘ processes of building the
coming years. Such is the law of life
and the basis of all progress, but it
is a pitiful thing when the son and
daughter fail to keep_dn mind their
obligation to the loyalty and .love of
their parents.
Blessed are the absent .ones who
write long letters to the home.. Soon,
they cannot know how soon, the preci
ous privilege will no longer be tlieirs.'
—Youth’s Companion.
No one cares much what y
doing unless you try to hv
Smart Set.
UTILITY JOB A HARD ONE, SAYS HOWARD
-- T
DEL SAYS “FILLING-IN” POSITION
MORE DIFFICULT THAN REG
ULAR BERTH.
MUST ALWAYS BE IN FORM
Utility Players Are Now Considered
Stars and Are Not Looked Upon
as Mere Substitutes to the
Regulars.
When Arthur Hofman, one time be
ing the utility man of the country,
came into the position of a regular
on the Chicago National team, George
Howard, or "Del,” as he is known to
his friends, succeeded him in the office
of filler-in, and has proved a most ac
ceptable substitute.
Speaking of the work of the utility
man, Howard said recently: “It is
very much harder to sit on the bench
ready at all times to jump in to take
the place of some other player than it
is to be in the game every day. Sit
ting and waiting, probably for a week
at a time, without a chance to get out
and show what you can do, is, to say
the least, very irksome. You see your
fellow players out on the field running
around enjoying themselves and win
ning the plaudits of the spectators,
and you have to stay there and cool
your heels and smother your impa
tience as best you may.
“All of a sudden, some day when
you least expect it, the manager calls
on you to go in and play. Your fel
low players are rather chary of you,
and the people in the stand look upon
you with eye askance. It is up to
you to get out and fill the other fel
low's shoes: yes, even do better, other
wise the wrath of the enraged multi
tude will descend on your undeserving
head. Get into the game without any
chance of warming up. and. nine times
out of ten at a critical moment, when
to make good means to win and to
slip up means to lose. Small wonder
that you are nervous.
“The slightest error draws down on
you a pile of criticism. Should the
regular player have made the same
mistake it would not have been no
ticed, but with the utility man it is
set down in big black letters on the
page of the manager's blacklist.
“A very short time, even five min
utes, may settle the life of a man as
a ball player. In the highly nervous
state of mind and body that you are in
when you get your try out you cannot
do yourself justice. There is nothing
more galling than to be taken out of
the game for some little offense, when
you know deep down in your heart
that you have the makings of a good
first-class ball tosser.
“You have to be able to play both
in the diamond and the garden, and
this requires a rather variegated set
of brains. Many a player may have
the necessary mechanical ability to
play both infield and outfield, but
when given a chance out of their reg
ular position fail because they have
not the needed adaptability of mind.
It is a hard thing indeed to be able
fro put into effect the different plays
from the different positions without
an instant’s hesitation.
“For instance, take a man who is
playing the outfield and put him
in the infield. Is it easy for him to
scoop up a hot grounder and drive
the ball to first, or second, whatever
the case may be, without stopping
to think or take a look around?
“Or, again, put a man in the out
field who has been used to playing
one of the infield positions. He is
accustomed to having balls come at
him with terrific speed. He knowrs
how to stop them and what to do with
them when he gets them. His throws
are short and quick, but now he has
to wait while the ball is coming out
to him. He has to figure what effect
the wind may have on it, and his
throw must be long and accurate.
“A little while ago the utility man
was looked on as a substitute, a per
son of no great value to a team. Now
adays, however, things have changed.
Now he is a necessary requirement
to a team. Managers to-day are on
the lookout for good utility men as
well as for star players.
“The baseball public, too, is begin
ning to know the value of the utility
man. He is now coming to be a sort
of a popular hero, as is the pitcher
or the reliable pinch hitter. His
work is cheered. Friendly yells greet
his appearance on the field and his
failures are allowed for.
“Many players whose names are
now on the head lines have advanced
from the utility ranks, and should all
the one-time utility men be suddenly
wiped from the baseball slate there
would be left a ragged row of names,
indeed.
“In my day I have filled in almost
every position and have had a fair
measure of success in each one of
them. But jumping from one position
to another is very wearing, and likely
to considerably shorten your baseball
life. I am proud enough to be able
to fill for the champion Cubs, but I
will be a whole lot happier when I
can finally land a steady job playing
one position.”
CATCHES FOR MILWAUKEE
BASKETBALL RULES CHANGED
Recent Revision Forbids “Dribbling”
of the Sphere and Eliminates
Tricky Throws.
Deciding that several changes were
necessary in the code of basketball to
make the intercollegiate rules elas
tic enough to permit a more interest
ing game, the committee has made
about a dozen changes.
The practice of “dribbling” up to the
basket and taking a step to shoot for
a basket is now forbidden under the
new rules. Provision is made for ti.e
contestant catching the ball on the
run. It will then be up to the referee
to use his judgment and give the play
er a chance to slow up.
To avoid the scheme of a tricky play
er to deliberately throw the ball
against a wall so that it v/ill carom
back to him or one of his team mates,
the new rules makes the ball “dead”
when is it thrown. The new rules per
mit a glass background for the baskets
as in the National A. A. U. rules. Mere-'
ly touching the line makes the ball
out of bounds” so there no longer will
be a dispute about the player's foot
or any part of his person being across
the line. The makers of official bas
ketball will have to change their ma
chinery a little, as under the new
rules the weight must be from 24 to
23 ounces, whereas, under the okl
rules they were to weigh from is to
2ft ounces.
Jack Warner, one of the backstops
for the Milwaukee American associa
tion aggregation.
McAieer to Manage Nationals.
James McAieer, manager of the St.
I.ouis American league baseball team,
announced the other day that he had
agreed upon terms to manage the
Washington club next season. The
amount of salary he is to receive is
not known, but it i» said he will be
given a block of stock in addition to
salary as an inducement to bring a
winning team to the capital city.
• MHk From Beans.
The Japanese have discovered a
cheap substitute for the milch cow
in the form of a tiny bean. The juice,
which is extracted by a special pro
cess from the bean, Is said to be an
excellent vegetable milk, the proper
ties of which render it highly suitable
for use In tropical countries. The
preparation, according to the Java
Times, is obtained from the soja bean,
a member of the leguminous family of
plants and a popular article of food
among the poorer classes of Chinese
The referee may call fouls on an I
the players while the umpire may call i
fouls on only the eight who are out of !
the scrimmage for the ball. Th s is *
intended to reduce the possibility of i
playei s other than those struggling for *
the ball to commit a foul. ° j
Burlington, Iowa, won the pennaiu j
in the Central assoc5 at ion. j
and Japanese. In making the vege- !
table milk the beans are lirst of "all :
softened by soaking, and boiled in wa
ter. The resultant liquor is exactly
similar to cows’ milk in appearance
but is entirely different in its compm
sition.
Wealth in Swedish Bogs.
The bogs of Sweden, it is now esti
mated, would yield 10,000 million tons
of air-dried j>eat. Compared wi. h pres
ent coal imports, thi would supply
the country with iu.. .t . . y4rs
GHOST OF THE POET DANTE
Said to Object to Anyone Using Room
in Florence, Italy, Where He
Was Born.
Florence, Italy.—Recent occurrences
in the house in this town where the
poet Dante was born probably wilt
make other people in the more pro
saic walks chary of taking up their
abode under roofs which have former
ly sheltered more celebrated people—
or at least will make them very care
ful tvhat trade they pursue when in
habiting such famous homes. The
one trade most to be avoided in such
circumstances seems to lie that of
blacksmith, judging from the uncom
fortable—not to say' painful, experi
ences which the smith now living in
House Where Dante Lived.
Dante’s house, whose shop once
formed the bedroom of the poet, has
just had.
Besides most mysterious noises
which were heard all over the house,
sufficiently disquieting to all good
Florentines, and uncanny “carryings
on” by his implements, which ac
quired the uncomfortable habit of ris
ing from where they had been laid
and placing themselves safely out of
reach, causing some very explicit re
marks by the blacksmith and his at
tendants, the most alarming manifes
tation of the presence of a ghostly
visitor made itself felt literally the
other day. A big hammer started
mysteriously from the bench and
dealt the blacksmith a heavy blow
on the head. History doesn’t record
his remarks on this occasion, but ev
erybody will sympathize with him,
whatever he said.
After a few days of exciting epi
sodes, of which the above are a few
examples, the inhabitants of the house
thought they had had enough and the
two assistants of the blacksmith, who
are believed to be powerful mediums
and the innocent causes of these phe
nomena, decided to hold a seance.
They therefore summoned two other
mediums and sat down to discover the
wishes of the spirit, which w’as evi
dently as much disturbed as them
selves. The spirit obligingly com
plied with their wishes and on being
summoned in the usual way revealed
himself as the ghost of the poet Dante
aftd handed over to them a piece of
parchment covered with waiting.
An examination of this document
disclosed the fact that the spirit had
distinct objections to any one occupy
ing the room in which he was born;
furthermore, he desired that two as
sistants, who were mediums, should
be dismissed. Needless to say, these
commands were attended to with alac
fity by the good blacksmith, who had
no desire to feel his heaviest hammer
descending on his head again.
All Florence has been agog over the
affair and the blacksmith became the
most sought-after man at the tavern
where he was wont to take his even
ing glass. His advice to every one is,
first, never to take a house in which
any celebrated person has chanced to
live, and, secondly, if you must, above
all, don’t be a blacksmith in it.
Mrs. Howe’s Old Age.
To me has been granted a some
what unusual experience in life. Nine
ty full years have been measured off
to me, their lessons and opportunities
unabridged by wasting disease or gnaw
ing poverty. I have enjoyed general
good health, comfortable circum
stances, excellent company and ths
incitements to personal effort which
civilized society offers its members.
For this life and its gifts, I am, I
hope, devoutly thankful, f came into
this world a helpless and ignorant bit
of humanity. I have found in it many
helps towards the attainment of my
full human stature, material, mental,
moral. In this slow process of attain
ment, many features have proved
transient. Visions have come and gone.
Seasons have blossomed and closed,
passions have flamed and fade
Something has never left me. My re
lation to it has suffered many change.
but it still remains, the foundation (
my life, light in darkness, consolat: >u
in ill-fortune, guide in uncertainty.—
Julia Ward Howe, in Harper’s Bazar.
The Law of Love.
Let us not confine ourselves to bar
ren words in recognition of virtue.
While we see the right, and approve
it, let us dare to pursue it. Let. us
now, in this age of civilization, sur
rounded by Christian nations, be will
ing to follow the successful example
of William Penn, surrounded by sav
agos. Let us, while we recognize these
transeendant ordinances of God,
the law of right and the law of love—
the double suns which illuminate the
moral universe—aspire to the truo
glory and what is higher than glory,
the great good of taking the lead In
the disarming of the natives.—Charles
Sumner.
Must Be So.
“Look here, Jane, it seems to me
that you’re asking me for money ail
the time.”
“That’s a delusion, John, dear. If
you’ll think a minute you’ll realize
that I’m spending it part of the time."