Miss Warfield's
Good Intentions
They Went Awry Except
For Heraelf nd
One Other.
By CATHERINE LONG
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Edwsrd Frrni wan fifty five yr
old and worth $.',000,000, but had no
roof tre over bla bead. He had trld
llrlng In a bourn of bu own, but bail
given it op. It wia di'Dperalely lonely
and a lot of eara. The aervant quoa-
Uon alona wan enoutfti to render It in
tolerable. H had tried living with s
married frlwid, but the friend'a wlfa
oblected to bits hwauHa be waa nut
sufficiently careful aa to the furniture
and let the un la to fade h-r carpet
No: llvln with a friend didn't work
either.
Then Farrand tried hla club. The
furniture in tita room waa handsome,
but Uiere waa nothing else there. Most
club dining rooina are the lutinlltut
Dlacea in the world. The memlwr
who have honim don't eat there, and
few of the bachelor ran afford to do
ao. IlBHlduM, club tnannKra, being
men, have no conieptlon of how to
run a table. EverythlriK la nerved by
portion or half portion, and If
member order a variety there In
enough for half a doaen persona, with
an equivalent rout.
Of courae Fan-mid often turned to
matrimony A woman would not only
be a companion, but would take earn
of a houae. In other words, "he would
make a borne of It. Hut, thotiKh Mr.
Farrand acted on the jirlm'lple In hi
bueineNa that whutever desirable
could only be procured by tho organi
sation of that which would produce It
he found no auch provision for pro
mrtng a wife. The world, espcclitily In
America, looka on innrrlaxe aa a nat
ural mating prooeaH, which net-da no
organisation to bring It about. There
la uo bureau of love, with a manager
to turn out married couples. Tbl
works fairly well with young persona,
but elderly men and women, who have
not found or bava lost an affinity lu
youth or have let opportunities Blip by
without taking advantage of them, are
not provided for.
At forty Karrand aettled down in a
hotel There were always persons,
about This was an advantage, but
the only advantnKe. Since he had tried
very other plan, except nintrliiiony
and found all wanting, ho stuck to bis
hotel for fifteen yeurs. Ily Unit time
ha would have Riven nil of Ids n.ootv
00, except enough to live ou comfort
ably, for a home.
One morning while tit dreakfaat, ap
parently almortieil in IiIm tnoiiilnii news-
patter, lie overheard a man at anotuer
table sny to Ills vis a -via:
"Hee that tiitin over tlierat"
"Yes; wbut of him?"
"Thai's Farrand. the millionaire
banker."
"Ill st nice looking old gentleman
With (lurid complexion and white
halrr
-Yea."
"Well, sll I've got to any Is, If I had
bla motley I'd never put my foot In a
hotel. If ImalncHi ml led inn there I'd
pay aome one else to attend to it."
"Oh, he Uvea here! He's a bachelor."
"Wbatl Worth millions and no
homer
Ttiat was all Mr. Farrnnd heard and
more thsn he wsnteil to hear. Ho
arose from the table, took his hut and
coat from an attendant and started
for bla ohVe. I'sually be never felt
at bom except In his olll.e, but this
morning he found It Impossible to shut
ut the conversation lie bad overheard
at his hotel. The dav seemed very
ktnir to hltn. If he bud bud any one to
go to he would luivc left Inwlncxa to
take care of Itself nud Koue somewhere
As It wss he remained at his desk, nt
tentllim to auch dctuilH nx were re
ferred to htm. The hour of closing
waa approaching ami tie was tliliiklm:
cf returning to his hotel, when a card
was banded nun hearing the name of
Klita Caroline WnrtliWl
Mr. Farrand bad heard of Mhs War
Held as a woman devoted to rlmi itnlilc
work, but tbua far she bad n. ut ailed
on hlui for a aubHcrtptlou, and he had
never seen her He illie ted ili.it she
be ehonu into his omce and at the
aarue time he reitrlied for his check
book to have it ready. Mtm Wartield
had a very pleasant face, mid a Millie
reete! on her Hp that seemed very
much at home there At the name time
she apiieared a bit emlmrraased.
"I hav called," she said, "to Interest
yon In a movement w hich"
"I hare heard of your excellent work,
htlea WarrteUI." Mr. Farrand Inter
mpted, "and 1 prefer that you should
Sot uk the trouble to make an ex
planation as to this movement. You
ee only tell me how much you"
"I'ardou ni, Mr, Farrand; uiy scheme
b far out of the ordinary that 1
Burnt stste it I do not need money; I
Wish your co -operation "
Mr. Fsrrand. who had taken up his
ehavk bonk and a pen, laid both anlde
ud, tumiug In his revolving chair.
aumed a listening attitude.
"You and I, Mr Fsrrand, " continued
the lady, "belong to that elms of un
fortuuales who, though pecuniarily
abl to provide ourselves with borne,
have no homes and no ho of homes.
The listener's expression changed
from tta habitual ennui to decided In
teresst.
"I hate found In uiy work," Mk
Warfleld went on. "of helping the poor
that 1 itfust I'rcviJ that whkb Is need-
ful for their amelioration. I have bat
recently orrnii.d ; u a. :.-tloa for
bringing t'-tfi'tlier y-upg work,n : men
a.-id v.imieu In Inrgi? cities. They need
- ;-h other' comp.niioiiHlilp, and I be
l.ove that they art- for the niofct part
lM-ftcr o(T married l lion single. In the
country, where tin; sexen aie more
readily thrown tog;i her, Kiicb assiitt
tuicc Is not ik-i cssary, but iu a metrop.
olls"-
"My dear lady," Interrupted Mr. Far
rand, "w hy In hen veil's name don't
ym organize audi mi nssoolaiion for
the union of old laehelora and old
Maids V'
"You have taken a loud off my shoul
ders," repiiid Miss Warfleld, brighten
ing. "The object of my vlhlt is to In
terest yon in just sucb an iinxociiitloii."
"Mease enroll mi as a iiiciiilar at
once." siild Mr. In mind with eiitliu
MliiHin, ica him; anin for bis check
book. "What are tlit; fees and dues?"
"Tltcie ure no fees ur (lues, Mr.
Furrand. The members are to meet
at the homes of some one of the wom
en members"
"Homes!" Interrupted the banker.
Io iiumuri led woim-it have homes'"
"There, Mr. Furrnnd, In where our
nei have nu advantage (if yours. It Is
possible for n wouiiin to make a home
without a husband, but 1 am free to
say llatt an old maid's home Is not
iiiurli more i hecrl'ni than an old bach
elor's, Nutille Intended "
"Yes, yes, '.INs Wnrtlelil, When aud
chore ulll ilic nest meeting cotivene?"
"The next meeting, Mr. I'ai'riiiid,
w III lie at my house. There me very
few of tin women members who live
In houses (itteil for nich assemblies.
While I inn a mem' -im' of the associa
tion i -y object Is principally to alii
others. I hiii so absorbed In my vari
ous works 'hat"-
"I unih'i-Ni Mud. You. being n woman
of menus, un make a comfortable not
to any luxurious, home for yourself
while I, being n inn n of fortune, am
condemned to live at a hotel. Your
Interest lu the rest of us is all the
morn commendable from Us unselfish
ness," "Then I shall expct you on next
Friday evening at m.v Iiouhb, No.
- avenue?"
"1 shall moHt assuredly be there."
"For the present have decided to
enroll oulv persons of about the same
crude of relhieiiieut, though we hope
in time to form subHhlinry assemblies
covering other grades."
Miss Warfleld snmo to take her de
parture, and Mr. Karrand saw her to
her carriage, that was waiting at the
door, lie looked longingly at the seat
bendu her, bo longingly that she asked
If be would not penult her to drive
him to his hotel, lie accepted the In
tltutlou, and as tlie.v were driven
away he admitted to the lady that he
had no prlvule conveyance. Having
no one to rldo with lilui. he could
not enjoy rhllng, and. as for going to
ami coming from hit ofhYe, ho needed
tho exert'lsti of walking. Mlaa Warfleld
declared that she used her carriage
only In her dally work for the benefit
of the needful, but if Mr. Farrand
would penult her to call for hlui oc-
ciudoually at the bank she would lie
happy to take lit i n for n splu In tho
pnrk or In the country To this he
cheerfully assented.
When Mr. I'arraiid alighted at his ho
tel and went up to bis room he did not
nothe lis loneliness Ho was filled
w ith a new hope. Tlie cheery auiile of
Ml.sa Warllehl looked nt hlui from the
bare walls, and he was picturing, not
a room, but a whole bouse, tastefully
fui-ulslicd, maids hi blink and white
uniforms moving hither and thither,
an odor of flowers Issuing from a con
servatory, a ,'boerful tire otiriiing lu
tb library and. better than all, that
trim Utile woman sitting at the other
end of the dinner table, commending
to him this or that viand which she
had especially provided for him
When the evening for the assembly
came around Mr. Farrand was India
poaed and unable to attend, lie sent
a cartload of flowers with w hich to
decorate the rooms and a few v
later cancel on .Miss article to ex
press tils regret that he had been pre
vented from being preseuf. The lady
regretfully told him Unit her plan had
not been oversuccessful. The women
bad shrunk from meeting the men with
tho avowed purse of matrimony, and
most of the men had admitted that un
Iewi they couid marry women much
younger than themselves they did not
care to marry at alt.
"My dear Miss Warfleld," said Mr.
Farrand feelingly, "I deeply sympa
thb.e with you In the failure of your
plan, which Is an cm client one. If
these persons have not th common
practical sense to take advantage of
It they alone are to blame As for
myself, having Joined the association,
I am not mtmled lo resign front It If
you and 1 are Its only tnemlers. be
it MO."
"I fear we are," was the lugubrious
rejoinder,
"In that case I shall do the only
thing iu my power to hup your scheme
from Is'lng un absolute failure I.ct
there ls at least one result cf your ad
Inlrahle Intentions, 1 being the only
man In th association and vou the
only woman, It Is obligatory upon us I
to show these f,Mish pot-sens what they
have thrown over their s!ieu,V s."
This ns all there was to Mr Far ,
mini's proposal Had be faiked as a
lover Is supposed to ta!k he would
have spoiled It a'l. As It vn. Mi-s
Warfleld promised to take tho matter
under consideration and In duo time
pave him an a'tirmatlve answer.
Mr. Farrand now luMiriutcs tn the
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Independence, Oregon, Friday, November 17, 1916
State by state the country is going for
prohibition and the liquor interests have com
menced to realize that they are powerless to
prevent it. As a precautionary measure, a num
ber of the large breweries in the country are add
ing the necessary facilities to their plants for the
manufacture of soft drinks. The present dry
states are Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Georgia,
Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Mississippi, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washing
ton, and West Virginia. After Jan. 1, 1917,
Montana, Michigan, Nebraska and South Dakota
will be added to the group making 23 in all.
Legislatures pledged to enact prohibition laws
were elected in Florida, Utah, Texas and Wy
oming so these four states will probably be "dry"
soon. The territory of Alaska has also voted for
prohibition. The entire state of Maryland, with
the exception of the city of Baltimore, is "dry."
Unless public sentiment changes, national prohi
bition is coming .soon.
"Who Saved Oregon'' is the problem that Re
publicans are attempting to solve." Credit has
been given to the Oregonian, the Telegram, Mrs.
K. B. Hanley and Ralph Williams, national com
mitteeman. There ought to be "glory" enough
in the victory to divide the honor, but the fellow
who enticed enough Progressives into the Hughes
camp to win a majority, deserves the blue ribbon.
It was noticed that Mr. Williams always had the
Progressives at the first table and they were given
a liberal portion of the dark meat while when Mr.
Hughes was in California, Governor Johnson,
Progressive leader, ate in the kitchen, the same
place that Senator Poindexter ate when Mr.
Hughes was in Washington. Oregon stayed by
Hughes while California and Washington didn't.
The Literary Digest took a poll of the states of
New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana and Illi
nois just before election. The result showed that
Mr. Hughes would carry New York, New Jersey,
Indiana and Illinois and Mr. Wilson would carry
.emus' Ohio, which proved to be true making the Liter
ary Digest's poll the only oneot consequence that
came out as indicated. The straw vote, while
perfectly unreliable, seems to carry weight with a
large number and it is a pre-election pastime that
will continue.
All the counties bordering on -Mexico were car
ried bv Wilson, usual Remibliean majorities in
some of them being over turned. Columbus, New
I Mexico, where several Americans were killed
jwheu Villa "shot up" the town, went for Wilson
ibv a vote of (o-J to s2(). Kvidentlv the Mexican
policy of the administration has been satisfactory
to those who have suffered most because of it.
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YOU'RE not sorry for gophers and monkeys with
their faces all swelled out they are built that way,
pockets in their cheeks to hold stuff till it's feeding time.
I!ut you otn't help feeling sorry fur roan with a big wad of old kind
of tobacco ha isn't even getting satisfaction. W-B CUT ii rich to
bacco full of satisfaction a Hull chtw, it rieht tint, and it out! out to
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Because the. West went tor Wilson, the Chicago
Tribune, an exponent of the principles ot Theo
dore Roosevelt, calls it "yellow". In our humble
opinion, if there is ever anything" to fight about, I
the west will make a better showing than the
Hast and should anybody in the Hast have any
doubt about it, he ought to come out here and see
us light among ourselves.
tvite Utui at UIm'.
l! il l't-
The Democratic party of Indiana attempted to
carrv'the notorious Tom Taggart thru and was de-
1 . " 1 . 1 it 1 ti 1 . 1 : iV . - . t, -
leateu as u snoum ue. 1 ue onty umerenee ue
tweeu a Republican black sheep and a Democratic;
black sheep is that the Democratic black sheep
pretends to be more respectable.
NOW LET'S FORGET
Now it's over for four year3.
Let the victors have their little
cackle, and then let's forget it.
A man who can't take as well
as give, has no business eer
making a peep in politics. Sore
spots have no business in the
game.
Americans are in politics much
as they are at a ball game, with
the home team tied in the ninth.
They forget everything but the
man at bat. If he belongs to
thvir nine they cheer him hard
et ough to make h home run, and
if he is on the other team they
damn him over the backstop.
And the minute it is over, they
are all happy Americans to- i
gether. j
We have lined up and scrapped -for
till we had in us. On both
side men and women have said
and done things they would not
have done at s ny other time but
in a presidential campaign or at
a football game.
Aid new niiike the crow shott
&rd lorgtt it. Thirds are look
irg "ir.-rtv Pre" for Oregon.
Lt' Iriji mt and 1 us-h 'tin
along. Cor vauis Courier.
A REPUBLICAN
PROPHECY
Woodrow Wilson was re-eltct-ed
President of the United States.
Oregon remained true to her
colors in spite of the "He Kept
as out of war"' fallacy. The
Democrats are feeling very hila
rious over the election, as it is
riuht they should, but listen for
doleful sounds from these same
Democrats after the European
vsar closes. Let them rejoice
while they may. Eat. drink and
be nwry for there will come a
time when they will pull their
belts jet a little tighter. So
long as the United States can
furnish food to feed and ammu
i.ition to kill the hordes acioss
the waters, timt-s will be good in
ctrtain localitits, tut woe i;nto
the workers aiui the farrrers
when this war ends. Fails City
News.
MARSHALL TO WILSON
Dear Mr. President: ,r,Iis
not so deep as a well, nor so wide
as a church door; but 'tis enough
and 'twill serve. " -Thomas R.
Marshall.
THE SAME TO CONTINUE
Hnw!ey and mediocrity are in
tbe saddle agai. . Aurura Observer.