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IB It I . 'IV Uxil I l v-S; 5-3 Ml M I ZWiWPj :" .'.. if. ii ,v w mw& I M IVM 111 111 II il- : 111. I I Hull II lllnPH ill vi i i .' nut i r "vrvH-Suort. tom. t.-w i? , . v'r MY v ; iff -r'-OTU in" 1 T Tlf.i ssmnff &rss?iwas u;. . a y-v- There's Lesson for ' is A MAN t when Fate begins to 'deal the unkind blows that are to ruin your fortune or vour business, do sou come home at night and tell your wife, end prepare her for the economy that is judicious? . ' When Fate keeps on dealing tts blows, and ruin is near, do. you tell her then? Or do you conceive it your manly part to bear your burden alonK that yu nW et er enjoy the Jew days or weeks or months that remain to her of the happiness you dread to : see dissipatedt - - '. . f f ERT8 la ,g problem which. In' Ita leaa aout. I ., I ttagea. eonfronta every huaband and every 171 wife, from the millionaires r intrenched in riches that . no . Ispm w ' ifnance can-wrench them into Prty. the helper the farm who wonders anxiously whether the q ueru ou eonplaiati Tof hla amployer. aver th xofn crop mean that he ehall be out of work 5545iKefl - It is a Problem which, in Its criala, has i confronted . htrndreda oY men?and,,9ln ita moat cruel .denouement, -some acorea of women. i " vi.k-lj., It la one which, in every aspect 6t a tft ' and to herself, confronted. onJy- m J Oeorge . McReynolds, one ct chleago'e most : Jpfomi- - nent Hoard of Trade tperators, Jiii It wa nearly twenty, yjara ago JhatOeorgiMo ReyMlda courted Hattlbel Coo.. It ,wm Wod, Mn. , t, plain American romance of the Um and the Plo, MUTh2'were no modernnewf agld onUona of money, aocial statue and feminine fads tp 1J8 - course o true love.;. McReynolds was a fairly good t looking. ambitious.-, earnest young . man.r whose most notable qualincstlon was thai heTkart the .capacity for 'felling very deeply, ardently and devotedly in . love , with a certain pretty girl named Hattlbel. 11 The girl was IntellTgenf, educated, -tond of flowera, ifond of home, fond of the -. Innocent pleasures j-tnat irlghten Ufa In the most worthy atratum of American - - . ( the o;;lgo:j su:,day journal, Portland, Sunday horning, atril n, f9C3 aoclety, with a special faculty for appreciating affection of some one partiouiar man. . ... From these aallent detail it will be apparent that McReynolda and the girl he loved were a remarkable pair eo remarkable that they were precisely -like the others among the millions of Amerloan men and women Who never get Into the newspapers. To them, aa to others of the million", the tlma ar rived when both realised they were made for each other. At Nilea. Mich., on Ootober 31. 1688. they were After their tnafrUgei they gradually assumed ehar acteristlos that served to differentiate them from the rest of the population. , , . , MoReynofds, well-to-do, gradually grew more wealthy-tot lna amall way,, for that would have left him still In the class of the average oltlsen. He forged rapidly onward as a grain broker, his progress being Wm v "Ml 5 ' 4c.uw'cu; cycwfc'. OCtEXY ia now deeply taken witntno new- r Butit'i new in that it U done with th 7' distinct tui08d j6f takbg exercise. Ii wii v; done lor the mere purpoa(o graceful pleasure in. . - tn groves of Hellas, andjidoubtlesa, in the early day after Ev left Edca. y ... '. ' ) T&'i III . ' , . . . He became vice president of the Board ct Trad. one t tne soiia men oi i;mi. "V"," il Aittnr tending hi. advancement, universal alhamrVJ Mm with being a millionaire,, which la one 'e wealth iest things for credit that Uaa f,1be"Sontv that Hla wife waa aura he waa a millionaire. Not that he ever "old her "far from t. Her Oeorge b.lonjed to that class of business men who divorce, absolutely, the office from the home. , He never carried any troubles home to wornr her. Apparently, and in reality, for mnr. mnT didn't have any. He aimply went to the dry, old office Svery morning, like other Chicago Uvea In business, with never a "ought of retfrtng until they resignedly drop In the harness, die f? satfsfaotlSn In having worked hard "V! were kids, and leave their famlllea comfortably well off. Mrs McReynolds appreciated hlm-wbat woman wouldnT Every year oi thelr married life brought to ' their splendid home the daily newspaper containing ac counts, more and mora numerous, of rich ma nere and rich men there who had thia excuse to tftk them from home to seOet, disgraceful pleasures, or had that Uaiaon. long mysteriously iherlshed; to sUrtla Into heart pangs some confiding, complacent wife. : - But with her Oeorge there waa never any excuse, never even the possibility of a disillusion or a scandal. He was always in the offioe or on the floor, occupied with trade, or at home, devoted to his wife. Was there any fault to be found with him? Bo far as Hattlbel McReynolds could discern, none. Kven when it came to that last, crucial test, money, he was as liberal aa the most extravagant of women could wish. Her regular monthly allowance was U000. The household and other bills that he met always with . a.Jll.a mIU iwaAa A' aa1J t Aval InOllrfa in-r that cenerout allowance of ber. which amounted t 'it went on. In the fine,' free, lavish fashion, year after year. She could not make a call upon his gener- , oslty and his resources which be did not meet pleasantly, gladly aa though, . Indeed, he found it hia greatest de- llgni to Brainy nr wn, ownr Her girlish fondness for flowers fl sally settled upon for flowers n.ally settled upon varieties and of all costliness. that most delicate, most violet She developed a WHS VI IIIUUBIUIUB, VL ail vwicun nuu v& ... vwBh....av. Violets became ner cnarming, eiegani noooy. io aucn I 1 - It ' 1 1 "i ' f l- ' '' , id "." .-'r'i? "mmmm . ; lii&f"'' t 3 -, -'(j 1 1 Site i : ' " .? , "... S ;. ; . If" v ? ' ' F ' ' ;; V -V-., : 1 V I ' I I I ! ' - - -' .83SiaEs2ri; : ' - : TSri f "V - . "" :o?2 " It's merely tho dance aa old as the hills, hut in the form of a new waltzXlt'a from the "Merry r tiuui w ju.cjkij now using it as a vJ'j - a -t Wliflw and ioeiety women are no ' means of reducing weight by pleasing and ef- - fectire measureat least that portion of Ameri can society dominated by" Mrs. Henry Payne Whit : ney and Mrs. 57, K. yanderhilV J in Kw York. a degree that she craved to be the creator of all whoe fleeting fragrance aha breathed. Her borne. J.enUworth. did not afford her the facilities she needed. . . . "Well, dear," Mr. McReynolds hastened to urge her. "why not buy a farm somewheref" Bhe bought the farm, at Olencoe and ha paid for it aa he would have paid any other bill that might come ,n The violeta came, vast masses of them, making th .home one great, delicious conservatory, overflowing to the homes Of the delighted friends, building tip upon an odorous, beautiful pedestal, the social position that i craved by women when they near middle age, and is to be commandeered by those wbOv having ample wealth, contrive to do some strikingly original thing. ueorae aic7njHj, uu v .,w nolda A Co.. operated three grain elato. tapor- tan l concern, even in tnu u- m r? . draws upon territoHes greater than European kingdoms. Chicago at large, and Hattlbel McReynolds in particular, no mora dreaded of the posribUlty of the firm becoming embarrassed than the little cash glrle in a big atore , dream of the possibility of white violeta. , Suddenly, two years ago. came the failure of the oowerful train firm. It would be hard to find a , wow IXreS5x ?ol Suabilities against a pitiful ot assitaTlt waa one of those failures which could not hap pen unless somebody deserved the penitentiary. . P Somebody did deserve it-George McReynolds. The ; authortUes proved, beyond any doubt, that ha had ma. , "puUted fraudulent warthourecelpts i to Income which, for some time, had enabled him i to main tain the heavy expenses ot his wife and his home Th wife? Bhe atood by him with a loyalty, a devo tion, a aplendld faith la hla tar; nV" woman-and every man. for that matter thrill; and, a SfhtoSw Tkniw McRiynolda and hla Charming wife charlWad fS7 vloletsT it was all Chicago that thrilled Sverthe brave, fond, loyal delusion of the wife who39 toU'X1i2djuylnvloWd,hmf.od th. iudga aentenc Mm to JolleL with an indeterminate aeutence. Throughout tho trtal aha Tat at hia aide, to give him the comfort of her companionship, to hold constantly before tha gazu Sf the JurV the epectacle of a wife who knew her hu- bW,Jollet'a 'closed Won the convictj Jollefa broom factory received another workman; twenty yeara c I i,.r,ninPMi twenty yeara of devotion to a lovely and feg wFaf temiSSad a memory, receding with the drag -gngntha of.tha aenteace, for which no period waa ia " But ouUlde. from the hoar of December 16. W06. when rted from blm. In the final aurrender to the clutcu 5 iSientfesa lawraba waa waiting for him to r ?orJr waltlna with the firm, etaunch loyalty a wlfa tmEZrut the huaband who, whatever may hava b"n bla crime? haa been true . to her In thought and WWaUingeuntil March 4, HOS. Than aha' sued h!m for dlvoroe before Judge Olbbona. - han did you aeparata from your husbandr her "'"rnber IS. 190J -aha replied rhen Mr MeReynolda waa convlotedby a Jury for fraudulent yoTknow K'youru.band U siwP. "He la in the Joliet penitentiary." jt The Judgment In the oonvict husband'a easa i hflnViS tft tha court A pen tentiary aentenoe is atat 5wn? ground f for divoTco. Mra. McReynolds received hera'in'ten minute, by the clock, Sha gave her reason l0r4he grefteafmlstak. a man canaka 'is to ke. -a wife in ignorance of his business affairs. Of cour. S- Aoea It because he wants to shield her from un pfeasantne1... but It i. not only a mlatake, but an i.t. Suit to a woman'a menity. - . - Reynolds deedded the problem when it cams up to h. V ... .L.I AW. t All ' SOCIETT has fliscoverea mat -la really exerolse. ' v,,Xt effectively reduoea the weight tt the to , material, and ia aald to add fle.h to the tl. It tones up the depressed and soothes ths nervous r - ' about the waits. 7 . d . nt'a eo merry, ao strenuous, so tull go. clared a younr matron. v .,.., That is it-it has the --; thers are ftulck stert and lithe, active bodUy movemente. , -I ahould Uka to learn It.? declared anotheryou, woman, wistfully, looking t the handaoma Brlan 4 "And I'd ba eharmed to teach you,: chlvalrou volunteered the "prince" of the opera. - t " DallghUult It waa ao good of h!m. But nen. "Why not nowf he asked. . ; , ' And so thers was a rehearsal. A fsw days later Mra Whitney gave a tea. lh there was another rehearsal. "tTao exciting, ao refreshing,- declared one r Mr' srian Volunteered the Information that it 1 reduced hla weight nine pounds.1 ernanc1"' that Mlaa Ethel Jabkson, who does the dance w. s Sm. naan't needed any massage to improve he tgu. since aha tegau doing ths "Merry Widow" waits. A FAD XWT AN INSTANT Boaociety took .up th. wait. a. an V. Just that twlat Which made it W'- Serolsel , Who HJ CZ .Si.at .irfh w.Ita certainly nu y - - ' 'viXi I of benefltt thw we(l ou,,.f f; of benefit hVg th, nerves 1 c .faring from ";Yhrpravl.ue ev. "'VvfrVmely fat women would . m-t K "l. dancing but thera-la har.u.v ion. "i Sni V doV a ia And the walu effecUve. i---l;.
