The Hallett Herald. (Hallett, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 21, 1911 Page: 2 of 4
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The Hallett Herald
L T. JOHNSON. Edit*
HALLETT. OKLAHOMA
Tbe Joy rid* too oft«n end* In gloom
Many a iummer girl will aoon be
com# an autumn bride.
Automobile racing continue* td an-
nihilate apace and spectator*.
The aeroplane gun, It appear*, 1*
■urer than th* aeroplane Itself.
An aeroplane motor 1* like a mule;
generally balky when you want It to
Co.
Our ance*tor« got rtd of bear* and
catamount* inatead of fleas and mo
qultoea.
Seattle la going to have a sky-
acraper 42 stories high, but only Se-
attle knows what for.
New York state's hobo farm la allow-
ing good results It Is driving the
hoboes out of the state.
A man In Pittsburgh has discovered
a cure for hay fever. Moreover, he de-
clares It Is not to be sneezed at
An aviator Is called a blrdman, but
there Is many a gay old bird who
never has flown In an aeroplane.
The wife of the prize model husband
ha* committed suicide. It is a warn-
ing to wives who expect too much.
California report* that a single ranch
there produced $5,000 sack* of bean*.
Business of rejoicing In Boston.
;GUARANTEED
TO BE PURE.
ncucvis
•one
mi
assus?
S&SSl Utopia's Eyt Wafer
The French lady who has challenged
an editor to a duel will probably In-
sist on fighting with a fatal hatpin.
The statue of Liberty needs a pew
gown, but we hope they will not go
so far a* to dress the lady In a hobble
skirt
A new comet I* coming. A* If this
poor old world has not already trouble
enough without this herald of more to
cornel
Our notion of the height of Incon-
gruity Is the national laundrymen's as-
sociation holding their convention in
Pittsburg
Feed your husband if he drinks;
don't nag him," says a woman lecturer.
But what if he persist* in coming
home full?
Los Angeles I* to have a squad of
policemen on roller skates They
ought to be funny, If they^ are not
very effective.
In aplte of the fact that an aeroplane
gun has been invented our sportsmen
are not clamoring for an open season
for aeroplanes.
WANTED TO BE AN AVIATOR
Missouri Qlri Evidently Very Much in
Earneet In Her Desire te Nav-
igate th* Air.
Mr. Claude Orahame-Whlte, the fa-
mous English aviator, Is constantly
besought by young women to teach
them to become aviator*. Many make
application by letter. One of these
letter* reached him the other day
from a point In Missouri. Cleared of
Its error* In grammar, spelling and
capitalization, it read something like
this:
"Oh. Mr. Orahame-Whlte, teach me
to b* a 'planar.' I saw one of them at
Kansas City and I think It 1* Juat
heavenly. I would like to run a
Wright monoplane or a Blerlot bi-
plane, but If you have a better flyer
I would try that I think I would look
cute running a baby flyer. Pa *ay* he
wouldn't mind my having a baby one.
Couldnt you bring one out here for a
week or ao and *how me how to run
it? I assure you a good time."
Mr. Grahame-White was compelled
to decline the young woman's kind In-
vitation.
Written in Pencil
By CLARISSA MACKIE
Two ef a Kind.
1 find that my huaband haa been
having the office boy call me up every
day and mumble terma of endearment.
That'a a nice way to fool his wlf*.
He'a been going te the ball game."
"How la it that you didn't catch on
to the voice r
"Well, I'm buay at bridge every day,
and Tv* been having the cook answer
the telephone."
Borne people look on bay fever aa
a Joke, but the Texas man who
eneezed himself to death probably falla
to aee the point
And some of the American heiresses
want to. know what they have done
that King Oeorge should reconsider
hts Intention to create s bunch of new
English peers.
Few women ever do learn anything
about the proper use of wespons. A
girl in New York laid down a copy of
the Congressional Record to bit a
burglar with a rolling pin
A Chicago man has discovered that
eows like to hear mualc while they
are being milked. This opens a field
of useful and harmless occupations for
name of the elngere on the vaudeville
atage.
A health expert In Chicago aaya
that nature and providence never in-
tended children to live In flata.
Neither, it may be added, do land-
lords
A citizen of Boston, seventy year*
eld, announces that his health Is due
to a diet of oatmeal and crackers. He
doe* not even mention the sacred
bean.
Ducks In a Massachusetts poet offlc*
■sved the place from burglary, but
they never will get a* much advertis-
ing out of It a* the gee*e that saved
Rome
Flats may be bad thlrga, but houae*
In which the maldleas housekeeper
tolls upstairs with a baby on one arm
and a bucke' of coal on the other are
worn*
A Sen Francisco millionaire's wlf*
wanta a divorce because he allows her
only $S0 a month. Com* to think of
It, being a millionaire's wife on <10
a month ia not what might b* called
e Df**ssnt pastime
Let me fall In trying to do some
thing rather than alt atill and do noth-
Ing.—Cyrua Hamlin.
A FINE NIGHT-CAP
Th* Beet Thing In the World to Qe t*
Bed and Sleep On.
"My wlf* and I find that 4 teaspoon*
fuls of OrapeNuts and a cup of hot
milk, or some cream, with^t, make*
th* finest night-cap In th* world," saya
an Alleghany, Pa., man.
"We go to aleep a* aoon as we atrlk*
th* b*d, and alumber like bablaa till
rising tlm* in the morning.
"It ia about 8 years now since w* be-
gan to us* Qrape-Nuts food, and we
alway* have It for breakfast and be-
fore retiring and *om*ttin*b for lunch.
I waa *o sick from what th* doctor*
called acut* indigestion and brain fag
before I began to nea Qrape-Nuts that I
could neither eat. Bleep nor work with
any comfort
"I waa afflicted at the name time
with the most lat*nae pains, accompan-
ied by a racking headache and back-
ache. every Urn* I tried to eat any-
thing. Notwithstanding an unusual
pressure from my profeeslonal duties,
I waa compelled for a time to give up
my work altogether.
"Then I put myaelf on a diet of
Grape-Nuts and cream alone, with an
occasional cup of Poatum as a runner-
up, and sometimes a little dry toast. I
assure you that In laaa than a week I
felt like a new man; I had gained six
pounds in weight, could aleep well
and think well.
"Th* good work w*nt on. and I waa
aoon ready to return to bualneea, and
bar* been bard at it. and enjoying 11
av*r alno*.
"Command me at any time any one
•nqulrea as to the merits of Grape-
Nuts, You will find me always ready
to testify.'' Name given by Poatum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, "Th* Road to
Wallville," In pkga. "There's a reason."
■ver tMi th* ebeve letter* A see
e e linen tr m Mm te tlm. Tkty
ere tesaiM, tree, u< tell ml lama
•atereet.
"I can't atand it any longer—I won't
stand it!" waa Nellie Page'a decision
as she sank wearily luto a chair. "U
I had dreamed that Bob waa so
wretchedly poor—I don't care, I will
say It—I would never have marrted
him, so there I"
Ther* was no on* to hoar this pas-
sionate outburst of Bob Page's young
wife, unless on* counted Bob's homely
bull dog Flinders who crouched on the
dusty rug before the empty fireplace,
hla bulboua eyea fixed on the girl'a
flushed pretty face and his black lip
curled in Its habitual sneer of derision.
Nellie had always thought Flinders'
sarcastic expression waa cute to a de
gree but tonight as she aaw his Bteady
gase fixed on her, aa If he auspected
disloyalty to his mastsr, she hated the
curl of his Up above hie row of little
white teeth—she hated Flinders be-
oauae he was Bob's dog.
It had been a miserable day, a day
like a hundred others since she had
married Bob Page. Bob had left hasti-
ly to catoh his train Into town and
Nellie knew that he had acarcely tasted
the wretched breakfast which waa the
-heat she could prepare after several
months of experimenting In the
kitchen.
Henry Borden had so provided that
Nellie could have acoompllshmenta of
a showy sort, depending upon the
beauty and charm of his daughter to
consummate the sort of marriage that
would lift her above all the petty de-
tails of economy and housework. There-
fore Nellie Borden was a brilliant
pianist and could sing prettily; could
paint a little, embroider exquisitely,
could make a ooncoctlon of creamed
eggs in the chafing dish—and that waa
ell.
Nellie didnt fall in love with a man
who could Immediately place her at
the head of a retinue of servants who
might relieve her of any responsibility
In the home-making. Nellie fell in
love with a struggling young lawyer
and Bob Page waa struggling, slipping,
sliding, scrambling to keep a foothold
on the running board of an overcrowd-
ed profession.
- Nellie Page waa slowly becoming
that moat unfortunate of women, a
dlsoontented wife, and Bob was being
aa slowly disillusioned of his dreams
of love In a cottage.
Nellie reread a letter she had re
e*lv*d from her mother that morning.
In the eplatle Mrs. Borden had eald
that she and her husband were about
to take a little southern trip and If It
w*r* not for the fact that Bob needed
his wife at home they would take Nel-
lie with them. Nellie rebelled now
because she could not go She had
nothing to wear
Suddenly she Jumped to her feet
and toesed the letter Into the waste
basket She looked at the clock and
saw that It lacked two hours of Bob's
homecoming. "I'll do It—it will
frighten him well—and serve blm
right!"
For a half hour Nellie Page worked
busily and at the end of that time sbe
packed a suit case, dressed herself for
a Journey and sat down and scribbled
a note to her husband, ^he wrote it In
pencil on a scrap of paper and sbe
managed to convey within a small
space and in a few words all her dis-
content with their mode of life and
her disappointment in him and she
told him that she was going away.
8he was vexed that she had to walk
the quarter of a mile to the railroad
station. One of her neigh bora pasaing
ewlftly in a motor car, apparently did
not aee her and Nellie's discontent
with life was deepened.
Ther* w*re not many persons going
Into town on that train but the woman
In the motor and another one who
lived next door to the Page's subur-
ban cottage were In the same coach
and In the semt-darknees of the win-
ter afternoon sat down in the seat be-
hind Nellie without recognising her.
The train started and the voices of
the women in the rear w*re lifted with
unconscious clearness so that N*ill*
Pag* beard every wi.d that was said.
"Jack aays he will put the case In
the hands of Mr Page—he thinks Bob
Page is a clever lawyer and bound to
get to the front."
"If he Isn't too heavily bandl-
nlght Did you hear that she made
-a soup out of smoked beef—the
shaved sort, you knowT"
"Somebody told me—wasn't It ab|
surd? I wonder who ate it?" They
both laughed.
"She gave It to her laundress, and
the woman told our Nora."
"What right has a woman to get
married If she doesn't know how to
take care of a house and make her
husband comfortable?"
"No more right than a man has to
marry when he can't support a wife.
But Bob Page Is certainly holding up
his end."
"She doesn't play fair In the matri-
monial game." was the other woman's
comment "I suppose she would be
thunderstruck to think that he waa
disillusioned—I'll wager you he's sick
and tired of married life already."
"It will end in divorce," declared the
first speaker decidedly, as they arose
and went toward the door for Just then
the train came to a standstill in the
big station.
8tunned by the realization of ber
own position in the matter, as re
vealed by the thoughtless chatter of
her neighbors, Nellie Page walked out
of the train and into another one that
was due to leave In five minutes. One
thought whirled around giddily In her
mind. She must hurry home and de
stroy that dreadful note Bhe had writ-
ten to her husband. Sbe must never
let him realize what a selfish, unreas-
onable woman be had married What,
she asked herself, over and over
again as the train sped toward home,
what had she contributed toward tbe
happiness of their home?
Suppose anything happened to Bob
before she had a chance to tell him
that now she knew what was wrong
she would work hard to make It right
—she would take cooking lessons—sbe
would study the housekeeping maga-
zlnea. ^
The more sbe pondered the greater
was her wonder that Bob bad ever
married her; she marveled that he bad
been so patient Suppose, after all hla
love for ber waa dead—that he waa, as
the women on the train had suggest-
ed, disillusioned. What would her life
be without Bob's love and devotion?
Thoroughly frightened and remorse
ful and hating herself for her blind-
ness Nellie Page fairly ran down th*
street toward home. Her heart almost
stopped beating- when she saw a light
in the sitting-room window. Bob must
be home He had taken an earlier
train and by this time he had found
her note and read It and—Nellie did
not dare think of tbe look he would
give her.
The front door was unlocked and
she slipped noiselessly In and dropped
her tell-tale bag In the hall closet.
Theu she stood unnoticed in the door-
way and looked at her husband wtth
questioning scared eyes.
Bob was playing with Flinders who
frisked heavily around his master,
barking sharply as Bob waved a crum-
pled scrap of pap^ to and fro over
tbe dog's head.
It was the note. He had read IL |
Nellie leaned against the door, a sud- {
den falntness assailing ber. Bob i
imust have cared little for her If be'
could glv* her note to the dog for a I
plaything
All at once Flinders saw ber. ber j
'body stiffened and he stood rigidly
watching her. hts head poised on one
(Bide, tbe little black sneer curling his;
Ulp.
"Woof!" said Flinders and tore
across th* floor to meet her aa be
used to do in th* days before sbe re-
(buffed blm.
"What 1b Itr and Bob turned quick-
ly, to see bis wife staring dumbly at
him "What 1b th* matter, sweet-
heart?" he asked, gaining ber aide.
"The note, did you read it. Bob?"
she gasped, pointing to the scrap of
paper he held and which was now
nicked around the edges by the playful
teeth of Flinders.
"Was it a not*?" asked Bob, sur-
prised ' Why, no. When I got home I
found Flinders chewing thla scrap of
paper Into a ball and we've been play
Ing with It." He smoothed It out a lit-
tle and then shook his head over the
half obliterated charactera. "It waa
capped!" waa the other woman's start-, jrrttten in pencil and I guess Flinders
ling remark.
"Handicapped? Oh, you m*an hla
wlf*."
"Y*a—I long to shake ber. some
tlm** 1 wonder how a aenaible, am-
bltloua young man such as Bob Page
waa. ever fastened htmeelf to such a
ball-and chain affair as his wife haa
turned out to be She's a pretty girl,
too, In a way"
"Discontent«-<t looking. 8he ought to
be thankful to hav* gotten such a
clean, whole-soaled huaband as Bob
Page He's one in a thousand "
"Looka awfully seedy and down
nowadays "
"What mao wouldn't when be haa
te help with th* houa*work
has chewed all the aense out of If' he
declared, tossing the paper Into tbe
waste basket.
Nellie was down on th* floor ber
arms around Flinders whom abe waa
bugging Bhe turned a rosy face up
to her husband "Oh. Bobby, dear, if
ever you're tempted to write a perfect
ly silly, unjust note to anybody—Just
write It In pencil and leave It around
for Flinders to destroy!"
Then Neill* Page crept Into her bus-
band's loving arma and told him th*
whole atory
"Because It will take both of us to
play th* matrimonial game and play
It fairly." she said. In th* light of hsr
new understanding
You'll be de-
lighted with the re-
sults of Calumet Baking
Powder. No disappoints —
no flat, heavy, soggy biscuits,
cake, or pastry.
Just the lightest, daintiest, moat
uniformly raised and most deli-
cious food you ever at*.
ON THE SAFE SIDE.
The Parson—Rastua, ef d* Lord on
Jedgment day should Bay to yo', "What
yo' done do wlf all doa* chickens yo'
atol*?" What would yo" say?
Rastua—Parson, I might say dat mah
wife done cooked 'em, but yo' know
e man ain't compelled to testify agin'
his wlf*.
THE TRUTH ABOUT BLUING.
Talk No. 3.
Avoid liquid bluing. Liquid blu-
ing ia largely wat*r. Water ia adul-
teration. adds nothing to real valu*
to the consumer. Think It over.
Be wise. Ua* RED CROSS BALL
BLUE, the bine that'* all blue; mak*a
the laundress smll* on waah day. AT
ALL GOOD OROCERS.
Th* Cruahlng Proof.
"Here, Willie, you come right away
from that bad boy!"
"He ain't a bad boy, mamma. He'a
a nice boy. He gave me half hla
orange an' a big bite of hlB tandy."
"Mercy, the child is a Socialist!
Come away from his thla instant!"—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
i cnimren, ana a** mat it
, Important to Mothere
diamine carefully every bottle at
CA8TORIA, a safe and aur* remedy for
Infanta and children, and a** that It
Bears th*
Slgnatur* of (
In Use For Over 10 Y*ara.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Caateris
Early Standarda of Mendacity.
Eve meditated.
"I think that atory Adam told me
la a lie out of the whole l*af," ah* an-
nounced.
It la atlll about as easy to find a
nan who will Bell bis birthright for
a mess of poltag* aa it was In tlM
Urn* of Esau.
A peck of troubl* looka Ilk* a bush
el to the man who la up against It
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Johnson, L. T. The Hallett Herald. (Hallett, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 33, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 21, 1911, newspaper, October 21, 1911; Hallett, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc180407/m1/2/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 6, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.