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WEXTY-SEVEN years of uninterrupted pueooes, the indorsement of the friend of humanity, nnd the npplauso.
of more than three hundred and fifty thousand graduates, is tho nvord of the Koeley euro for liquor and
drug addictions. In 1880, when Doctor Kecloy declared that drunkenness wius a disease, and that ho had dis
covered a remedy for if, tho declaration was received much as tho news of (Jallileo's discovery that the earth
was round, or Harvey's discovery of tho circulation of tho Mood. Aim so and ridicule were heaped upon tho bold
scientist. Even so great a philosopher ns Bacon did not believe in blood circulation. Hut truth is ever triumphant,
and time and investigation have confirmed all that Doctor ICeeley claimed for his twin discoveries disease and the
remedy. "What Doctor Keeley said then, and what the pioneer Institute at Dwight, 111., and its many branches
throughout the Unifed States ami elsewhere, say today is, namely, that if the drink habit bo continued long enough,
the victim becomes a drunkard. This indicates a diseased condition wherein tho norvo colls have become so accus
tomed to performing their functions under the influence of alcohol that they are dependent upon it, and will no
longer perfonn those functions properly and painlessly except when under alcoholic, influence. This condition
proves that a craving exists. The craving proves a diseased condition of tho nerve cells. As tho physician diag
noses a cough as the symptom of diseased condition, the Keeley physician diagnoses the liquor desire as a symptom
of diseased nerve cells. The general practitioner aims to removo tho cause, when this is done the symptoms disap
pear. The Keeley treatment restores tho none cells to a normal condition, and the craving for drink disappears.
HE Keeley Institute build
ing with interior views of,
the spacious club room,
and o n e of the eleqant
sleeping rooms. The upper right hand picture shows Mr.
Burns, the manager, of the Omaha Institute at his desk. Mr.
Burns gives his personal attention to every detail of the in
stitute as well as answering all correspondence. Tho present
home of the institute has been fitted up especially for Keeley
Institute purposes, by Mi. Burns, after years of observation and experience
as to what is desirable in such an establishment. It contains elegant sleep
ing rooms, perfectly heated and lighted by the most modern appliances;
numerous bath and toilet rooms, with an abundant suddIv of hot water.
etc., supply as it does all the comforts and privacy of one's home. There are com
modious club rooms and offices. The dining room is very artistic and conveni
ent. The building is perfectly sanitary in the strictest sense, extreme care hav
ing been exercised in this most essential particular. All patients are cared for
in this perfectly appointed building.
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KOKB BUT THE SBURIABO XKOWB.
No one but the drunkard knows the abysmal depths Into which ''Tie Is
plunged by alcoholic reaction during the "bracing;" period. Tho most vivid
description of Gough, even the graphic pen of Zola, does not exaggerate
the reality. He has neither hope' nor health, neither peace within nor
calm without. This craving, this desire for stimulant, the Keeley cure
removes. In four weeks, self-control la revived, the will power Is strength
ened and the man Is sent back Into the world a Belf-respecting, normal,
sensible person.
Alcoholic tremor of the tortured nerve, delusions of the drunkard, nnd
the outward physical Indications of the hard drinker are alio removed.
In their place Is a strung moral courage, a self-confidence that has not
been manifested for years, and a renewed energy that means hope und
contentment.
A philosopher once summed up foolishness thus: "When a man Is a
fool and knows that he Is a fool, then he Is a wine man; but when he la a
fool and doesn't know It, then Indeed he Is a fool."
Many men fool themselves In regard to whiskey, but they do not de
ceive their friends. The "I-can-tuke-lt-or-let-lt-alone" man goes along
nicely on that policy for a time; then, In the progressive process, he "takes
It" and does not "let It alone." Of course, he says "I can quit." hut tho
whistle seldom blows for his quitting time. He finds that ho has a con
stant desire for alcohol, that the 'day's work cannot he done without stim
ulants, and that stimulant Is necessary to his even moderate comfort. The
craving grows by what It feeds upon; the nerve cells act abnormally, and
fall to perform their natural functions unless supplied with alcohol.
It Is with these cases that the Keeley cure has met its grevtcst suc
cess. The Keeley statistics on the development, progress and i limax of
the drink disease on certain temperaments are startling nnd Illuminating.
Irlnklng men are classified as "constant drinkers," "periodicals," "chronn
alcoholics" and "dipsomaniacs." The Keeley Institute does not trout
true dipsomania. There Is no cure for It so far as tho Keeley cure Is con
cerned, as It Is not claimed that it will cure Insanity .
"COwstajtt driskeb" xh sahqeb.
The "constant drinker" outnumbers the others; but however cunningly
he may plan to outwit alcohol, he Is shunted on the same road and finds
the same finish aa the other victim. He Is the "moderate drinker" at the
beginning; then, as the disease develops, more whiskey is consumed and a
tolerance for liquor is established until many times the usual amount Is
required to produce the stage of exhilaration dejrired. I.Ike the drug habit,
the whiskey doses are constantly Increased until the disease Is thoroughly
established. Though the "constant drinker" drinks dally, it Is not nec
essarily to the point of Intoxication; however, a large percentage also In
dulge excessively at Intervals, which become shorter and shorter.
Statistics show that a large majority of patients received at Keelev
Institute have a history of moderate to excessive drinking extending over
a period of from five to ten years previous to their arrival. Exceptions ara
noted where the moderate use of liquor was continued for twenty venrs
or more. The Keeley diagnosis of alcoholism is that It Is an acquired dis
ease and not hereditary. The best proof of this Is tho disastrous cITectH
of liquor upon the Indians, whose ancestors knew not Its use. It Is shov n
In families where boys fall victims to the habit and the girls do not. An
Kngllsh commission of scientists, who recently Investigated the subpart,
agreed that drunkenness was. not hereditary, but was an acquired disease.
Natural characteristics are transmissible, but not acquired habits or char
acteristics. There Is a destiny that shapes even the drunkard's end. He In moulded
Into the kind of a drunkard he Is by circumstances and temperament. Tho
"periodical" educates himself, one might say. In that fashion of drlnklni?.
He swings from strict sobriety to excessive Indulgence and back again.
The "constant drinker" has passed through freshman, sophomore and junior
classes until be graduntes a wreck In tho senior alcohol class.
Po, too with the condition of chronic alcoholism. Environment lias
much to do with the acquirement of the. disease; but once established, en
vironment has little effect. The farmer victim, leading the simple 'life
will Indulge In excesses equal to his brother In the city. Of moderate
drinkers, one man In every ten becomes a drunkard. Tile reason he be
comes a drunkard Is because he has a nervous temperament, peculiarly
eusceptlble to alcohol.
Tt Is a fallacy that beer or light wines, taken as a substitute for
whiskey, will not establish the dlsea.se. It has been proved that man"
beer drinkers take Into their systems quite as much the alcohol craved as
whiskey drinkers. In doing this the vital organs are overloaded and over
worked, flabby muscles and fattv tlsmir develop from It. the heart Is
weakened and lung power diminished Iteer b is been put under Hie oan In
the army of Imperial Uermnny. beaui It was discovered that the bc.r
drinking troops could not stand the fatigue of miirclilng an will as
abeteinerH.
SOBEBIMO-UP PBOCEBS.
The first "stepping stone" from "Ills d-nd -lf" I the sobering-up pro
cess. This requires a day sometimes two or three Victims to whom
liquor has been a necessity for years mn given liquor In such quantities
as niav be required to prevent nurT'-rlMf nl jni il.ey urn comfortable
without it, and then It is withdrawn complM H y This Is Invariably ac
complished In a few days, but never b f-.r the p itb-ril's condition Justlties
It there Is no nausea, ns the object m i., reinovi the craving or neces
sity, and not to create a disgust for liquor
If upon arrival the patient Is m. able to care for himself, he Is placed
tinder the supervision of an attendant. I.a.h patient li given a thorough
examination to determine the condltlmi of Mm m.-ni il and physical health.
In order that the treatment may be adapted to bis requirement. A clinical
record showing the patient's progress from rtiv to day is kept. The hypo
dermic remedy Is administered four times dully. At the same time, each
patient's pulse Is examined, and, If required, auxiliary medicines are pre
scribed. There Is no restraint on patients; they mnv go about as they please,
gentlemnnly deportment nnd regularity as regard1! the treatment only
being Insisted upon. They are reoulred to ntiend one lecture a week. These
lectures are given In the assembly room In tlie laboratory, and their object
Is to assist patients In their efforts tovvnrd a better life. Tbn personnel of
the patbnts is a surprise to the student of humnnlty. The vulgar and
toui;)i element Is not there. No drunkenness or disorder Is visible. Cheer
fulness Is a feature of the cure. Among the Keeley graduates are senn
tors. congressmen, business men. merchants, Inlmrlng men. anil physicians,
of the last named seventeen thousand have tnken the cure.
While thousands upon thousands of testimonials have been given by
the cured, the Kei ley Institute takes much prldo In the testimonials and
Indorsements of prominent men. who, not requiring treatment themselves
have observed Its wonderful effect. The late Joseph Medlll, publisher of
the Chicago Tribune, after a thorough test, wrote:
"J sent Iioctor Keeley five of the worst drinkers and opium enters T
could find. After a month they were sent hack cured. The poison had been
expelled from their systems. They looked as If a miracle had been per
formed upon them."
TE STIMOXUAXS.
"The Keeley treatment for alcoholism has won for Itself so many warm
friends that I could refrain from giving It the credit It hns earned.
I believe It to be a most efficient remedy against the destroying appetite
for strong drink." Hev. J. M. Olenry, Pres. C T. A. t. America
"I am thoroughly in sympathy with the Keeley Cure." Dr. l'arkhurst.
New York.
"I sav In conjunction nnd unison with the mothers who have been
blessed; 'God bless nnd prosper the Keeley Oold Treatment'" Mrs. Leonora
M. Lake, Third Vice-President C. T. A. V.
SHOWS QOOD KESULTS.
As has been stated, tho Keeley work was established In 1 5 S 0. and con
sequently It Is In Its twenty-seventh vear, long enough to convince the
most Bkeptlcal of the permanent benefits derived from the Keeley treat
ment. A business can be conducted for a certain length of time upon ad
vertising nTone. but results must be shown to insure continued prosperity,
and prosperity Is observable everywhere In the Keeley work.
CAUTIOH.
The Keeley Cure or Remedies are not given or used In Nebraska nr
anv Sanitarium or Individual outside the Oman Keeley institute. i no
onlv Institute In Nebraska. ,
The Ilemcdles are obtained from the laboratory of the Lcsllo K. Keeley
Company.
The only cure endorsed by the United States government.
BEW1BB Or IMITATIOHS.
To the Public! The Keeley Irstltute. corner of 95th and Ceil streets,
Omaha, Nebraska, Is the only place In the state where the genuine Xeeley
Remedies and Treatment la (Iren.
Signed THE LTBT.TT5 E. miTf CO I) -wight, W.
Curtia J. add, aecretary.
MOTHER OF BOWERY AND HER WORK
Missionary Bird on Her Nightly Round Among the
Lowly and Forsaken of New York.
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TVI I most Interesting statements made
A1 I V. ,r He. Ccic.lt T TM-.1 a
Mother of the Bowery," In a
long talk about rescue work, Is
as follows: s
"Every night at the mission when we
are all gathered together Just before tho
close there Is a moment of special signifi
cance, when heads are reverently bowed
nd the voice of the leader auks for help
for 'those of us who cannot get work.' "
Tears ago Mrs. Bird left her home In
Montclalr to carry on her work among the
homeless and friendless. Now 'Tho White
Door" at ai Clinton street invites the
needy Into the settlement home founded
by hex In which she lives. It was there
that a Bun reporter found her.
Mrs. Bird walks with a quick step. Every
motion is energetic, every word clear cut
nd Incisive. She Is plainly and becom
ingly gowned and her hair, white and
abundant, carefully colffured. She is at
tractive as well to the eye as the mind.
"How long have I worked on the Bow
ry?" she repeats. "Forty years. lo I
find that there Is less poverty now than
formerly? Do I find that charity wisely
directed, modern answers to modern prob
lems, have accomplished much?"
Mre, Bird repeats the questions, not to
give herself time to think, but rather to
mphasise her answer when It comes.
"It seems to ne that there Is more pov
erty and more dlshcartcnment; that there
Is more need of the help and service of the
rescue worker now than ever before.
"And the modern answers the reforms,
the so-called socialistic recipes? They
how a right spirit, perhaps, a spirit of
Interest and philanthropy, but you cannot
work from the external within. The re
forms, as I see them, merely touch the
utslde.
"I have not mnde, however, any special
tudy of economic conditions, of tho meth
ods of social reform. That Is outside my
cope. We accept conditions as they are
and try to help as we can, but the root
f the evil wo do not pretend to reach.
"Personally, I attribute the present con
dition to the gret unouut of Immigration,
which means that thousands of men are
brought here every week and there Is not
work enough for all. Our own are deprived
of opportunity.
"John O. Halltmond, the superintendent
of the mission, has repeated to me the ex
pressions often used to him by prosperous
business men to whom he has brought up
this question of employment. 'Your men
don't want to work,' they say, 'they're
lasy, that's the trouble.' Yet personally
Mr. Halllmond has gone about cecklng
work for them and has been unable to get
It. A pathetic side of this la that today
the man of 45 Is spoken of as 'too old.'
Just the other day a man told him he
would not take a certain persons recom
mended for the reason that he aa over J
euid was only good for a short time.
"I think it Is no exaggeration to say that
there are at the present time at least
(O.GuO men roaming the streets of New York
without employment, without homes, with
out resources of any kind except hope,
Mil It Is to keep that hope alive that we
are working shoulder to shoulder.
There are three kinds of Isolation In the
world one Imposed by the law upon him
S0s9 la Brnnounced moral leper, another
" 'All the help you can?' I repeated.
" 'But you musn't be too hard on me,'
he said.
"I will give him this one word of praise.
any barrier being put In my way by
others."
Regarding the rescue work among these
women, Mrs. Bird Is silent.
"I always refuse to talk about It. It is
Stevenson, or others, simple and sweet."
It was due In part to Mrs. Bird's efforts
that the Infamous Suicide Hall closed.
"When I first went there," says Mrs.
Bird, "I told McOurk that I had come to
nave the girls who frequented It from their
wretched lives, If possible. He welcomed
me In his genial way.
" 'Any help I can give you,' he said, and
he apparently meant It. I am Bure he
would have given me money If I would
have taken It.
"I made a gesture of abhorence toward
peu-iinpoeeu, jusi as lernoie, jusi as com- porauons, men wno nave ownea nuunti e jrynen men and women
pieie, ana a intra conamon representea Dy ona tana as wen as me poorest wait, ine
the man who has helplessly drifted away most hardened criminal. You can see
from all that Is pure and good from sheer how wide a range of sympathy and under-
force of circumstance. standing it Is necessary to have.
"It Is from thesA three tvnes tbnt thA ertn .1 a . A v.. Innv ntrn T ra-
Bowery mission Is filled night after night; ceived a letter from a voung woman up- Ie no ""' &ave me 6cce" that plac
It is from them that the famous bread town, whose address was In one of the at a"y and tlmc- but 8ft"'11 prevented
line takes its length. most fashionable sections of the city. She
"You can't reach the soul when the body wrote enclosing a photograph of her
Is starving, you can't Impress with doc- brother, who had suddenly disappeared,
trines when the winter wind is sifting jn8 mother was 111 and she wrote me that
through the clothes of the wearer. That Is the doctor said she would die If the boy
the reuson for establishing the early morn- could not be found. 'I feel sure.' she one Insistent tragedy. I have come to this
tng breakfast, at which every day at 1 wrote, 'that he will wander your way. If conclusion: To reach the girls you must
a. m. more than 1,000 men who have bean ne should come tonight, will you telegraph reach the men first. You must continually
walking the streets get a cup of hot cof- mey make them feel the truth that they are the
fee and rolls. 'Tonight? I looked at the faithful born protectors of women, of mothers and
"The hour Is wisely chosen. It Is only janitor, who like the rest of the mission sisters and wlvos, their own and others,
the derelict who Is tramping about at that worker, has a memory for faces- 'Why, and that every crime against them Is a
time. Those who have 25 cents, 15 or 10 jt may De weeks, If we ever see him.' crime visited In some way on those dear to
are In the lodging houses. "Later that same night John edged his the men themselves."
I'umig lasi winter ine DreaKiasi was way to the platform.
given to a total ot H4.1W nomeiess men .. .He.g herei. he ald cautiously, pointing
and boys, and up to date nearly 60O.O11O of unoDServed to a young chap whose face
was that of the picture.
"John telecraDhed ns Der Instructions
snd I held the service long enough to allow 'empty; tt was recess time. The teacher
the girl to get down. The young chap was drew forth a letter and commenced to read,
wan and tiale. He wore reliever the "Sav. teacher. Is that letter from your
year. They are given In the basement at clotne, tne pawnshop furnishes when the feller? Susie Jones' freckled face Is peer
e5 Bowery, where the mission Is located. weU mB(Jo gult ,s pawnfd. The ,ere sight ng at the teacher Just above the edge of
"The door of the mission opens where of the reIlevers l8 to a re8CUe worker a the desk. "Ain't you got no feller?"
ine crowa is ine uenwm unu ui me ii- tragedy In Itself
poslte end Is the beautiful pipe organ thit ..when the elrl' arrivcd Bhe was kept In
stood In the Marquand chapel of Princeton . ,iarWlrrou..d for of frightening
university. The number of men who come hlm Bway yhfn tne Bt.rvlce waa over unu
the crowd gradually dispersing, he sat for
a little time In his seat. I knew he wanted
to speak to me and was trying to get up
courage.
"I smiled encouragingly, but did not
hurry toward him. finally the seat back
Curious and Romantic Capers of Cupid
the homeless have been rested and re
freshed by Its means.
"The first of these breakfasts Is given on
Thanksgiving morning and the Inst on
JCaeter Sunday morning of the following
Some Joys of School Life
Tho-o was a ruh for the door, a holler
and a whoop. Tho little scnool room was
here to the services Is In excess of 30l,0o0
per annum.
"Speaking of that beautiful organ. One
ncrnlng the regular organist did not ap
pear and an appeal was made for a vol
unteer player. You never know who may
all sorts and conditions of men
"Suddenly a young man shultled through
the ragged lines, lie took his place at the
organ and at the first note a strange silence
fell in the assembly. It Is always still
In tho mission. It Is a stillness that some-
be In a crowd of that kind. It Is a medley of o h(m became vacant and the girl slipped tnat
Into it. Just then 1 leaned over his shoul
der and spoke.
" 'Thtre is some one back of you,' I said,
'who would do more for you than any one
clee in the world.'
"Ho started as if he had been struck and
times Is more eloquent than any cry could looked t me witn frightened eyes. He
be the stillness of despair, but this morn- dl(J not dare looiL au0ut. The girl stood
Ing the stillness. If posulble. was lntensl- up ttnd threw her arm around his neck,
fled. .1 shall never forget the picture, the beau-
"The man, weak, hungry, fainting, played tifuiiy gowned, exquisitely dtlicate girl and
'as If Inspired. Later he became the regular tn waywa.-d boy.
organist to the mission and continued -Today the boy Is the delight of a happy
there until his death, during which time )10ni8i respected and admired for his char
his oomp Millions have been published m-t,.,. jie had his till of husks,
and printed everywhere, and many a visitor ..r0 people like him who have been res
has come to the platform allured by the cufd forget us? Very rarely. 1 could tell
The door Is thrown open.
"Teacher, Hlllle Martin tripped me up
and hurled my toe."
The teacher goes to the door.
"Blllle, come here. Did you trip Sammte
Osier?"
"No; I didn't. He fell down, and tho cry
baby tried to blame It on to me. I'll punch
his face"
'dtop. We wont have any taJt like
"Teacher, can me and Mary go over to
the woods and get aome wintergreen?"
"No; not today."
"Well, I don't see why we ran't go. Jim
Osier and Billle Martin have gone."
"You know that those boys will have to
stay after school to pay for It."
"I don't see why we girls can't never
do nothing." muttered Mary, under her
breath.
"Oh, teacher, come quick I" It Is Sammle
Osier again. "John Hill has John Dennis
down and Is Just plugging him something
awful. Oh, hurryl He will kill him; I
know he wllL"
The two Johns have been wrestling.
"Say, teacher, what makes you wear
your hair that way? Ma said that It made
fame of his music. you remarkable stories of generosity. I
tl. ,aA lu.n -;i i.ir.lit. tho HlrPtl f.ir v . . . I .. ... I ....... 1,..,,ua a man lilra
. u - ------- - - " Jill V O Kill 111 I . " iii.oa.u.i - - . - ,, , . , , , , .
days, his little stock of money exhausted; o(t .UabDy coat on a winter's night and V llk " oldn m"1"1- aske1 lltUe
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g 1 a 10 .'ti. R
that be did not uted It, for he had an un
dershirt on. The mission is run tntlrely
by voluntary subscriptions and a generous
he had an equipment of only a few words
of English and was unable to get work
or even a hearing. Finally he asked a
tramp to tell hlm where be could get a
crust of bread and the tiamp mentioned proportion of the money comes from these
the Bowery mission, miles away, and his channels.
"Mr. Hallimond. with me and the other
feet were already sore and bleeding, but
he came.
"How do I talk to these men? Never lng on evil. It hurts us to hear men
twice alike, perhaps. Each one Invites called bums; we think It does harm to
to some special Inspiration. There Is In dwell on the uncleanllncss of their pasts,
every one a chord which rightly struck "The fundamental Idea is to fill the mind
will respond with a powerful note. with such uplifting thoughts, such beautl
"My ma said she should think teacher
would blow away some day, she Is so thin.
Why are you so thin?" Susie piped out.
"Teacher, how many more days of
cho.l?"
My sister Jennie has a ring Just like
mission workers, does not bclirve InVarp- yours with red glass In It. Jennie got hers
with gum. imw aid you get yours:
"Teacher, can me and Jim go and get a
pall of water?"
"Yes, but hurry'; Is almost bell time."
"Say. teacher, what Is that little brown
"Sometimes I speak of a little child, ful words, that there will be no room for spoi ngni unci 01 your icn o.. 1
sometimes of a mother, sometimes of am- the corrupt. Iut the seed of a flower In It come off?"
bltlon w hich has been drugged only. In the darkest mud and It will bloom some- "Oh. teacher, come here! Sammle Is felled
the Bowery mission I have talked to men times, an exquisite blossom. Often we read down In the mud and has lost his shoe."
who have become presidents of great cor- aloud poems of Engene Field, Robert Louis The bell rings. Harper Weekly.
".hake One, Weds Another.
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p m "lL' inyierious uiseuppearance 01
I I Miss Marie Heed from the home
George Reed, South Chicago, on
the eve of her wedding to Al
bert Larson, was explained when the
young woman returned as quietly ns she
had previously departed and Introduced to
her friends Edward Dickinson, 750ti Dobson
avenue, as her husband.
'This fact occasioned the greater surprise,
relates the Chicago Inter Ocean, when It
became established that Mrs. Dickinson
had first met her husband two weeks ugo,
at the time when she was completing her
preparations for her coming marriage to
Larson.
It was a' real case cf love at first sight,
for when she met Dickinson the young girl,
who had barely passed her 18th birthday,
was so smitten that she forgot all about
h-r forthcoming nuptials with Larson and
turned to the new man as a flower turns
toward the sun.
Dickinson was evidently also In love up
to his ears with the pretty bride-to-be, for
he soon followed her lead and was planning
and plotting with her with the purpose of
finding some way to lose LarBon In the
shuffle.
The wedding at the Reed home. In which
Larson had been announced as a co-star
with pretty Miss Reed, was set for last Sat
urday evening. All tho arrangements for
tho event had been completed and all the
guests had been Invited and were looking
forward to the ceremony with the pleasur
able sensation that a social function1 of
this magnitude arouses In South Chicago.
Suddenly and without warning Miss Reed
disappeared last Wednesday night. Her par
ents grew alarmed, fearing that some harm
had befallen their daughter. Search proved
fruitless, however. and when Saturday
night came and the bride-to-be had not
been discovered Larson was heart-broken.
During the three days which elapsed be
tween Wednesday and Saturday Larson was
the most persistent of all searchers, and
was loath to give up the hunt, even after
the hour sot fir tho wedding had passed.
Dickinson and his bride came to South
Chicago and called upon Mm. Dickinson's
parents and several friends, to whom they
confided the news of their elopement. They
would not tell where they had been, but It
Is said that Crown Point, Ind., was the
scene of the ceremony.
During their engagement Larson had pre
sented Miss Reed with many costly and
beautiful gifts, among which wns an elab
orate trosseau. A diamond necklace and
several rings and brooches were also among
the gifts, and as yet the girl has said
nothing regarding the disposition of these
articlea
Travels Far to Wed.
The voice of Cupid calling 12. coo m!l';s
over land and sea has been heeded by a
Chicago girl, who was teaching In 1 mU
slon school In Shanghai, China, a.d
the result a courtship carried on by let
ter for over two years was followed oy a
wedding lat week.
Miss Flora La Frlenler, the yojug wo
man In the romance, was married to Jnhn
D. Philips at the residence of her father,
F. M. La Frlenler. 564 West Hairl.-ou
street.
Miss La Frlenler gave up her position
and traveled half way around the aoiM
for the wedding. She came In response
to a letter from her fiance who thought
he had taught long enough. (he inudo
the long trip by way of Kuei canal ar.d
London, taking a steamer from .South
ampton for New York. Immediately on
arriving at the lntter port ehe.wroto Mr.
Philips at Walnut. that she would teaca
Chicago Sunday last, which srte did. The
wedding followed on Tuesday.
Too Many Wonld-lle Wives.
As tho result of advertising for a wife,
Oeorge Moon, a widower, 4 0 years old, cf
Third street, Ansonla. Conn., has been
bo overwhelmed with applicants that lei
lias posted a "no wives wanted'' sign
on his door.
.He says ho has done this only ns a
temporary expedient to enable htm to
give proper consideration to the ;iiny wj
men who have offered themselves us mat
rimonial subjects.
The conditions Mr. Moon Imposes uro
that his prospective wife must be between
15 and 35 years old, a protestant, 5 feet
In height and not a divorced person.
Every evening for n week Mr. .Moon has
had from fifteen to thirty women caller.-!
and he has received more than a hundred
letters, most of them with photographs
Inclosed. Ho has taken notes of tho np
pearance and qualifications of all and has
told them that thoy stand on in equal
footing. He says he will take several
weeks to make up Ms mind beforo select
ing his affinity.
One woman came from New York and
Insisted on his paying her expenses. Ho
demurred at first, because sho was a no
gress, but when she pointed out that his
advertisement did not draw tho color lino,
he gave her tho amount of her care fare.
Millionaire In Overalls Wins Ilrlde.
That Violet, Miss daughter of Sir
Thomas and Ijidy Brocklehank of Lon
don, whOBO engagement to George Weat
Inghouse, Jr., followed a case of pure
love, first saw young Westlnghome in
his overalls and greasy Jumper camo
out recently. Miss Violet several years
ago saw Oeorge Westlnghouse, Jr. at
work In his father's shops, and not know
ing his name, but only admiring the open,
frank countenance and tho athletic bear
ing of the workman, she asked hlm a few
questions.
Young Westlnghouse signaled the guide
who was conducting the party through
the works not to uaoover his Identity to
the young ldy. and ho showed her all
she wanted to know about his end of tho
'monster works of his father. She de
parted thanking him. even hesltatlnu
whether or not she would offer him a tip.
The strangest part of the whole affair
was that at this tlmo Sir Thom.is and
l4idy Brocklehank and Miss Violet were
guests at Solitude, the Westlnghouse
suburban residence, from where young
George Westliighnuse went each day to
tho works of his father, and to which
he returned tired 11 ml begrlmod each
night.
Miss Violet did not know that there
wns such a person as a young man In
tho WestlnghouHo family; hIio did not
meet him on her visit, and It not
until a year later that on one of his trips
to Europe young Westlnghouso mat for
mally the young lady who will soon be
his wlfo. Sho remembered her lord of
tho greasy overalls, and almost tainted
when she recognized In young Westlng
house, the heir to $50,000,000, the same
young man to whom she had talked to
freely as a workman In tho Nhops at
1'lttsburg.
Woman of Great Weight.
Mrs. William Mnurer of Chicago, 64 years
old, wife of Detective William Maurer of
the West Chicago avenue police station,
who died of fatty degeneration of the heart,
was burled with some difficulty, as she
weighed 530 pounds.
A derrick of the kind used In moving
pianos was necessary to remove the body
from the house. The derrick was fastened
to the roof of the house and the sash an
frame of a window removed to alhw the
body to be passed through. A special
coffin, thirty-seven Inches In width and
weighing 245 pounds. was neceFsary. This
was bound with Iron hoops and reoulred
ten- men to carry it. The largest hearse
in the city carried the bdy to Hose Hill
cemetery.
Mrs. Maurer had not left her home fop
seven years because of her Inability to
pass through the doorway.
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