Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, April 16, 1912, Page 2

PAGE TWO.. THE EVENING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA, APRIL 18, 1912, The coolest place in townis-oursoda fountain. When you are tired and hot you can always find some- thing sparkhing, deli- cious, refreshing and satis- fying here. The many varie- ties of our soft drinks ena- bles vou to get just what you want— Something That Goes Right to the Spot There are many ways and many ingredicnts for making soda water and other summer drinks, but we use orly the best methods and the best goods. QUICK DELIVER Red Cross Pharmacy PHONE 89 Y Why Not Smoke the BEST AR T BLUNTS oy For Sale at All Stands S.L. A. CLONTS Real [state CITY AND COUNTRY PROPERTY— SOME FINE BARGAINS. uffice in Clonts’ Building, Washington's Wise Advice. Being to advise or reprehend any one, consider whether it ought to be in public or in vrivate, presentiy or at gome other time, and in what terms to do it; agd in reproving show mno gigns of choler, but do it with sweet- Dess and mildnes:.—George Washing- ton. —_— History Repeats Itself. Not long since a restaurant was started on Tenth street just morth of Market. It was called “the Napoleon,” and the name was on the window in large letters. When the place failed not long after starting, some cruel wag chalked under the word patch. “Napo- } leon” “at Waterloo."—Pittsburg I'Il-'m. » The Irregular | | Meflber By Annie Hinrichsen | (Copyright, 1,12, by Assc ‘ ciated Literary Press) | | | “Re still. 1 wish to hear what Mr | Ralston is saying” Mary Collins | shook her head impatiently at the { men with her. | | “Nobody listens to Ralston,” scoffed ! the representative of a metropolitan | i paper. | “1 talks | well.” “He {s an irregular,” commented a member of the assembly, “a man who votes according to his own convic- tlons, Instead of obeying his party's mandates. He refuses to obey the dictates of the party leaders. He will not make alliances with the other party. No party or faction can claim him. He votes as he chooses, re gardless of party lines, and intro- duces all sorts of impossible but highly meritorfons bills, Because he will not stand by either party, neith- er party will stand by him. He s making a speech now in favor of one of his bills, but nobody is listening to him.” do,” she retorted. “He | assembly ‘ | you again. 1 love you very dearly,” ihe went on in a matter of fact tone. “But you are engaged to Grant Warren. If you were free I'd do my best to win you.” The next morning shortly after the convened Grant Warren rose and asked for recognition. “Mr. Speaker,” he said, “as chalr- man of the committee on election | contests | desire to report to the | house our decision in the case of | Jones versus Ralston. After a care | ful consideration of the evidence pre- | sented we have pronounced the elec- tion of Mr. Ralston an illegal one, and ! declare that Mr. Jones is the lawful member from Pike county.” “Mr. Ralston,” announced the speaker, “having been declared fl- legally elected, is hereby requested | to leave his seat in the house.” i There was silence as the sturdy, | erect figure passed down the aisle. As he reached the door Mary Collins joined him and walked with him into the rotunda. She drew him into the | empty state library. i “It is over.” he said briefly. *I am a political outcast, a legislative mis- fit. I am one of those men whose | misfortune it is to look on subjects | differently from their fellows. And 1| have to stand by my convictions.” “You are not a failure. You are a glorious success. For the sake of | your fideals you endured this humil- Mary Collins walked afaw from the group of legislators and newspaper men to a place near the irregular member. Accustomed from childhood to the unwritten laws of legislative proced- ure, tralned to detect and understand every conditlon and change in the mental atmosphere of the assembly, she knew that Ralston was speaking to men whose ears were deaf to the words of an irregular party man. The members were reading, writing or walking about. The presiding of- ficer sat in his chalr yawning osten- tatlously. The pages clattered nolsi- ly around the speaking member. Several times Ralston’s eyes met Mary's. When he sat down, reward ed by the Indifferent silence of his fellow members, he turned toward her. She smiled and nodded with emphatic approval in the shake of her pretty head. There was a flash of surprised pleasure and gratitude in his eyes. When the house adjourned she was standing near the entrance of repre- sentatives’ hall. “Your speech this morning was a good one,” she sald. When he smiled the firm-lipped, austere legislator became a boyish young man. “You are the only per- son who thought so,” he sald, whim- sically. “The members won't listen to me and since I never accomplish anything you newspaper people pay no attention to me.” “Is it Impossible for you to act in harmony with your party?” “lI despise the sort of legislation my party is advocating, and I won't work with them. [ don’t enjoy being a Parfah—an firregular is a Pariah— and I'm awfully lonesome. But I'l stick to my ideals.” “Ideals are sometimes cold com- panions,” sald the girl bitterly. They had left the state house and were walking toward the hotel. “They are,” the man agreed. *But when we give them up we sacrifice the best of ourselves; we give up all that ralses us above the common sordidness of life.” He pushed open the hotel door for her. In the lobby stood Grant War- | ren, a leader of the house and a mem- | ber of the party to which Ralston be- longed. He came toward them, nod- ded to Ralston and spoke impatiently to Mary. “I've been walting ages for you. Let’s go in to lunch.” “What do you see in that man to like?" Warren asked when they were in the dining room. “His ideals, | think,” she answered absently. The irregular was at a table not far from them. “The man has a lot of crazy no- tions. The political whirl is no place for him. He will soon have a chance to redeem himself with his party. The franchise bill which was fintro- duced a few weeks ago will soon be voted on. It Is a party measure and we can pass it by a majority of one it all the members of our party vote for it. But Ralston will probably re- fuse to support it. The loss of his vote will defeat the measure. If he stands by his party we shall forgive him his past misdemeanors. If he forsakes us we shall throw him out of the party and out of the house.” “Shall you vote against the fran- chise bill?" Mary asked Ralston sev- eral days later. “I have announced my intention of doing so. I can see nothing but barm in It.” “You understand, do you not, that your refusal to vote with your party on this measure will cost your a great price?” “It will probgbly cost me my geat in the house. I was elected by so small a majority that my opponent !1s contesting my seat. Election con- | tests are decided by a committee of the house. The committee is ruled by men who favor the franchise bill. [T have been told that my opponent, | |who ran on the independent ticket, | has promised his vote to the men | who will unseat me and give him my | place. If I persist in my detemina- |tion to oppose the bill I shall prob- | ably be unseated to make room for a man whose vote will pass the bill.” | *“Yet you persist in your determina ” “Ot course,” bhe answered, as if he regarded the question as super fluous. “I can’t vote for a dill | I shall leave the eavital. I shall probadbly mever see | | |deed to prevent a woman taking “one fation. Ideais are the only things worth clinging to. Do you still love me and waat to marry me? If you do I'll marry you now—whenever you | wish.” ! “What Mary?" “When | first knew you I was en- gaged to Grant Warren. I did not love him. But the life of a self-sup- porting woman {s sometimes very hard. . Mine has been cruelly bard. He has wealth and pesition. 1 in- tended to marry him for the material advantages he could give me. [ had had ideals of marriage for true love, but I had put them aside. When I knew you I began to care for you as I had never cared for any other man. But Grant was a success and very rich. So I trled to smother the ideals | and marry him. But I can't do it. 1| realized today when you walked from the house that 1 honored and loved you and the nobility you represent beyond anything else in the world. I want the man I love and I want to live up to my old ideals of love and marriage. But perhaps you don't want a woman who has been so mer- cenary. [ don't care what you are politically and I don't care how poor you are—", “But I'm not poor,” he sald, star- ing at her in joyous bewilderment. “I'm only a poor politiclan. I am sound in business sense. I have a great deal of money, more than you can spend. Do you really love me, sweetheart? It isn't just pity for a political outcast?” “An outcast?” she sald, scornfully. “I call him a hero.” are you talking about, TRAIN CHILD FROM BABYHOOD | ch'm., Fort "feade; W. J. J. Whid- den, Bartow; J. A. Cox, Lakeland; With the First Glimpses of Under T R Kirk, Secretary, Bartow, standing, Importance of Good Man- Kirk, Bartow. County Judge—W. 8. Preston. Bartow. Light and Water, Messrs, Haynes, Tax Collector—J. H. Lancaster, | Plllans and Southard. Bartow. tow, Whidden, Ch’'m., Mulberry; A. Lewis, Bartow; R. F. Langford, Ft Meade; J. E, Bryant, Kathleen; T F. Holbrook, Lakeland. (. E.D. Fenton’s Place, located on Lake Parker, one mile from Lake- land, has recently been purchased by C. A. Mann, of Kansas City, and is known as the Parker Lake Golf Place, and sub- divided into lots of 100x200 feet, fronting on Boul- evard, Golf Grounds and Park. € Lots in this plat are from $250.00 up. First come; first served. This addition is rc. stricted to $1,500.00 houses. This is located on Parker Lake, one of the largest lakes in this vicinity. € For further infor- mation, inquire of 1} \ Room 1, Raymondo Buildirg ELLIS & BARHITE R B B S S S T IR | Keeper of Park, Neil McLeod. | i Members of Council—Morris G.| Munn, CLairman; W. P. Pillans, Vice-Chairman; Messrs. 0. M. Eaton, G. E. Southard, R. . Scip- per, W, H, Pugh, P. B, Haynes, The following standing com- mittees for the year were appointed: Finance and Fire, Messrs, Eaton, Pillans, Haynes. OFFICIAL DIRECTORY. County Officers. Reach for Them. Great things are (but you must rescl | Horace Fletcher, W Fis keJchusc REAL ESTAT Loar s Negotiated Just abead Clerk—A. B. Ferguson, Bartow. Supt. Public Instruction—T. B Sheriff—John Logan, Bartow, Streets, Messrs, South- ard, Haynes, Ordinance, Messrs. Southard, Pugh and Scipper. Sanitary, Messrs.. Scipper. Public Improvement and Cemetery, Messrs. Pillans, Eaton, Pugh. State Officers. Governor—A. W. Gilchrist, Talla. hassee. Secretary of State—H. Clay Craw- ford, Tallahassee. Comptroller—W. V. Knott, Talla- Scipper, Tax Collector—F. M. Lanier, Bar- Pugh, Eaton (Buys and Sells Real Estate ¢ Grove Property a Specialty. Oraz Treasurer—J. T. Harmon, Bartow. County Commissioners.—E. S J ROOM 7. RAYMONDO BUILDING Uphoistering and Mattress' Maki School Board.—R. W. Hancock, State Senator—D. H. Sloan, Lake- T — e hassee. e lhoul:o i land. Treasurer—J. C. Luning, Talla-] OLD MATTRESSES madl Good manners (as well as charity) | Members of House—A. J. Angle. |pag500, FURNITURE REPAIRED should begin at home, therefore par- City Officers. Attorney-General—Park M. Tram.| CUSHIONS of all kind: n.d ents cannot begin too early to teach| Mayor—S. L. A. Clonts. mell, Tallahassce. order. thelr children how to talk and how to ('Phone 310-Red.) Commissioner of Agriculture—W.| CARPETS ad RUGS (! bexn?h.nd should say “Yes, father,” SW(‘]"“ and Tax Collector, H. L |A. McRae, Tallahassee. laid; also mnui-t.m', ete, “No, Mrs. Blank.” or “Thank you, | SWatts. Supt. of Publie Instruction—Wm | MIRRORS resilvered a Miss So-and-So;” never “No, sir,”| Treasurer and Assessor. A. (.| M. Holloway, Tallahassee. In regards to workma: “Yes, ma'am” or merely “Yes,” “No,” | Armistead. Railroad Commissioners—R. Hud-|Mr. W. P, Pillins of Luk or “Thank you.” The latter forms of Collector of Light and Water, C |son Burr, Chairman; Newton A |knew me for about 16 : speech are used by servants only. D. Clough, Blitch, Royal C. Dunn. W. C. Yon |lando, Fla. Drop me A child should always wait to be spoken to by an older person. He or gshe should never interrupt in a con- versation. A boy can Yardly learn too early that he should stand when a woman or young girl enters the room or comes to the dining table after he is seated. All children, both boys and girls, should be taught to stand whenever they are spoken to by older persons. No child should remalin seated when older persons are standing in the group of which they are members. To lose one’s temper with a child s one of the greatest mistakes a parent can make. In a child's mind to be “mad” is naughty, therefore when “Mother” or “Father” is angry or in ritable the child notices it and feels that if his or her parents can do this, why sbould they scold the child for the very same fault? Example means everything to a child. Therefore, it you want your child not only to be good and clever, but to have good manners and to talk well, remember you parents set the example in all. More Mirror Superstitions, It 1s not only In Greece that mir- ror superstitions survive. English folk still adhere to the belief that to break a mirror is to insure seven years of 11 luck; in Scotland the same calam. ity is regarded as a portent of a death. In the southwestern counties it {is considered unlucky for a bride to look in a mirror on her wedding day—but | the superstition must be strong in- last look” at herself in the glass on that most important occasion. Some folk, too, cover over all mirrors in the presence of death, and belleve that anyone looking in a glass in a house where a dead man lles will see the dead person looking over the shoulder. The Boston Courtship. “1 think 1 could make you happy,” he averred. “We are not here to be happy,” she explained. “We afe here to fuitill missions.” Marshal, W. H. Tillis, Night Watchman, F. L. Franklin. Municipal Judge, Gen. J. A. Cox. City Attorney, Epps Tucker, Jr or phong €4 Red, No avenue, 2 Arthar A.' lmgofifl Secretary. Al communications should be addrossed to Tallahassee, President of the Senate—Fred P Cone, Lake City. business. Anything you buy in our store is protected by a guarantee that it is the best article of its kind | possible to make. 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