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ill vi i i .' nut i r "vrvH-Suort. tom. t.-w i? , .
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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
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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
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" It's merely tho dance aa old as the hills, hut
in the form of a new waltzXlt'a from the "Merry
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now using it as a
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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.
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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 - -
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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.
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