Show c RARE RELICS OF POMPEII Property of Ludlow Man Which Came to Him in Interesting Way Springfield Mass — James Anderson a native of Aberdeen Scotland and a resident of Ludlow for the past six years has in his possession two pieces of pottery that came from the ruins of Pompeii Mr Gordon s eat last summer in his native coun-tiand while searching in an aunt’s house came across chese two pieces in a cupboard where they had been hidden for half a century They came into the possession of his family in an inway Ills aunt married teresting Gordon Couple Are to Live in One House But Never Meet-StraSituation Crenge ated by the Decision of a Chicago and Mrs Aarup OrJudge-- Mr dered to Live Peculiar Life — In making an as above bench a few days Honore a unique precedent for the disposal of divorce CHICAGO cases ' Mr and Mrs Aarup like many other mismated couples yere anxious to be bonds freed from the matrimonial which held them one to the other Mrs Aarup wanted the three children —Anna William and Edward — and the home they have lived in for many years at No 1709 Elizabeth street Chicago The house together with the land on which ‘it stands i3 the joint property of Mr and Mrs Aarup Mr Aarup on the other hand is willing to waive whatever rights he may have to the possession of their three children They can go with their mother provided that the divorce is granted All that he asked for — and this is where the problem arose which Judge Honore has Ingeniously solved — was the house at No 7009 Elizabeth street The husband had several good reasons for wanting to retain possession of In the first place It bethe house longs to him just as much as it does to his wife In the second— and most important — place It is his place of vorce he ordered the husband and family Mrs Aarup and her' children occupied two of the upstairs rooms on the drawing-rooand dining-roothe ground floor and the entire basement where there are two large kitchens and a laundry Housekeeping Arrangements The husband’s meals were supervised by his wife and served to him In his own office If he wanted any particular dish prepared for his dinner a note to his wife produced the desired change in the bill of fare He sent her money to meet the household expenses and he made It convenient to be out when his rooms were being cleaned and the bed made Just so long as Mr and Mrs Aarup remained husband and wife this arrangement seemed to furnish a satisfactory way in which they could continue to occupy one house between them But the court’s announcement that a decree of absolute divorce would be granted rendered such an arBoth rangement no longer possible this husband and wife recognize hence the desire of each that the other vacate Matters stood thus when Judge Honore was called upon to make a deAfter Intimating cision for them that he would grant an absolute di- - when tion of the partitions which completed' will enable Mr and Mrs Aarup each to live" in his or her own side of the house without any fear of ever meeting the other face to face At present they have no desire to meet each other and Mr Aarup has formed the habit of making a noise whenever he is about to walk through the front hall toward the front door or to the If Mrs Aarup is in the hall staircase or on the staircase when she hears her husband’s signal announcing his approach she withdiaws until all danger of having to face him has passed “I should think” said the court “that a stairway may be built from that one bedroom This will obviate the defendant’s having to go through that part of the house occupied by the An arrangement rest of the family may be made whereby they may have There might be a separate entrances separate stairway” another feaThere was ture of this complex problem which the court was called upon to dispose Neither Mr Aarup of in some way nor his wife Las any desire to remarry He is limited in his own home to two rooms one of which is his business office and in the other he sleeps Obviously he cannot be expected to do his own housekeeping under such circumstances Meals from Dumbwaiter Realizing all of that and also the fact that the divorced husband and wife are joint owners of the house in which they are to continue to reside and the one additional fact that both are equally entitled to share in the use of the kitchen stove and the laundry Judge Honore has arranged for the construction of a dumbwaiter leading from the kitchen to Mr Aarup’s office The dumbwaiter is to serve’ for the convenience of Mr Aarup’s meals which his wife is to cook for him In return for this service the husband is to contribute to the support of his There Is a sepawife and children rate entrance to the house from Mr Aarup’s office and this he is directed to make use of giving his wife and children the exclusive right to use the front entrance The suit of Aarup vs Aarup has been in the courts since 1907 A settlement would probably have been reached many months ago but for the peculiarly complex conditions under which the divorce was demanded FIND — business He has his office there and his business is such that if he were compelled to move to another neighborhood it would mean considerable loss of business and a heavy financial loss as well Recalls Judgment of Solomon The famous case of Biblical days in which King Solomon rendered his decision awarding the baby to the rightpreful claimant its own mother sented no more puzzling problem than that confronting Judge Honore If he were to grant Mrs Aarup an absolute divorce and award her the custody of her three children and the right to retain possession of their home it was possible that a great injustice On would be done to the husband the other hand “if Mr Aarup were given the tight to occupy the house it would simply mean that Mrs Aarup and her children would have to be turned out of a home which rightfully belonged to them Neither husband nor wife was willing to concede the house to the other It was plainly up to Judge Honore to decide Before presenting his solution of the deproblem the judge gathered some tails of the home life of the Aarups from thq time that the paths of husHe band and wife began to diverge learned that when they reached the Mr and the of Aarup ways parting and his wife began to avoid each other Mrs Aarup gathered her three children around her and drew an imaginary dead line across the house By tacit agreement husband and wife respected the dead line as far as possihouse ble in a Mr Aarup’s office is on the first floor rear and the room above is his bedrooms Part of the front of the house is rented out as a separate martment and is occupied by another wife who insisted on living in one house to continue to do so But the imaginary dead line drawn by Mrs Aarup is to be replaced by solid partitions and Mrs Aarup and her three children are to dwell on one side of the partition and Mr Aarup on the other Divided Up the House Judge Honore said it seemed to him since there was no other way out of the difficulty that some arrangement could be made whereby the husband might continue to occupy his office and the bedroom above it thereby restricting himself to the only two rooms in the house which he really needs for his own use As for Mrs Aarup and the children they could occupy the other two bedrooms as forand merly the kitchen drawing-rooand rent the other apartments in the front of the house There was only one obstacle to the successful carrying out of this suggestion and the attorneys Interested in the case called it to the attention of the court With his two rooms partitioned off from the other part of the house Mr Aarup would probably suffer some inconvenience climbing up and down a ladder and in and out of his bedroom window every time he There would wanted to go upstairs be no other way for him to reach his bedroom after it was partitioned off from the remainder of the house Has Private Staircase Judge Honore has disposed of this little problem by suggesting the construction of a private staircase leading from Mr Aarup’s office to the The judge has bedroom overhead even constituted himself architect for the reconstruction of the house that is to be divided against Itself and he has drawn up plans for the construc HOUSE Discoveries WITH TUNNELS In Razing an Cleveland Mansion Made Queer old secret tunnels built 60 or 70 years ago and leading from one of Cleveland’s oldest residences to artificial caves in the hillside above the Cuyahoga river have been discovered in the demolition of the old W J The tunnels have Gordon homestead existed for decades unknown to people who have lived in the neighbor-holfor 50 or 60 years Romance and mystery surround their early creation and use and many quaint traditions even found neys in the garret near chim- The old house was built nearly 70 years ago by W J Gordon a wholesale liquor dealer for many years and the man who later gave Gordon Park to the city The ground was terraced down from the hillside to the shore below and on this hillside the tunnels emerged into outer light through a big artificial cave made with pieces of rock fitted and slightly arched to form a supporting roof DOING Statistics THEIR FULL DUTY Prove That Americans Have Not Shirked Altar In these 20th century days says a writer in Success Magazine when the very young tell you that maris better riage Is a failure and that for the bachelor maid to bear the ills she has than fly to others that she knows not of it is reassuring to read a statistical report on marriage and divorce just issued by the census deIt seems that Uncle Sam partment became interested in this marriage question and sent his patient census enumerators to all the tying-uplaces In the country to find out what they could The results are astounding the last 20 years almost During brides and bridegrooms walked up to the atlar — 13000000 swains 13000000 with handsome on arms The their blushing brides American is a marrying man much more than is the Englishman the Frenchman the German tho Russian the Italiar the Spanthe Austrian iard the Swede or in fact than any European except the Hungarian And the habit is growing on the American so much so that every single man and maid in the country has a better chance of marrying than had his father or her mother even TONIC AN But One of the Best for Those That Are “Run Down” The person who is run down or languid or who is annoyed by a cold that clings despite all remedies should try cure much prized by our an grandparents — boneset tea This tea is easily made and Its tonic effect is remarkable on many persons whose friends One young woman thought her marked for tuberculosis cold in was cured of a a few: weeks by no other medicine of boneset three than a times a day The herb can now be bought in compressed packages and half a cake covered with a pint of boiling water will make tea quite strong enough Put the boneset into the water as it Just comes to a boil on the stove remove at once and let it stand until cold before drinking The tea can either be strained entirely when cold or each glass can be poured off the grounds through a coffee strainer lined saucepan is the A porcelain most convenient vessel for making Pottery Found at Pompeii Janies Anderson who was employed as a civil engineer on the ruins ol These articles were Pompeii In 1843 dug out of the ruins and carried to his home in Scotland where little or nc value was placed on them except as souvenirs One of the pieces is a lamp made oi earthenware and has a small metallic cover with an Egyptian figure on it The cover Is sealed with lava There is also a vase which has an Egyptian figure on it which is remarkably plain and distinct Both of these article are in a good state of preservation owing to the fact that the city was noi entirely destroyed by lava but by showers of sand ashes and cinders forming a light covering In addition to these curios Mr Gor don brought with him an old English luster which Jias passed its century mark This is made of earthenware the outside having a silverlike appear ance He has also a plate of a blue pattern and the plnmarks are plainly visible where It was held in place In Its process of manufacture Not the least interesting article is a coai miner’s lamp which was in use In the coal mines of Scotland He also has a Highland dirk with silver casings w'hich is also an old family heirloom and which did duty in the late South Mr Gordon says thal African war his family has possessed a large num ber of these curios but not knowing the value of them a great many have been given away He also has a rare Bohemian vase LEAVES GOVERNMENT SERVICE Henry Vignaud Oldest Member lomatic Service Resigns of Dip- 79 Washington— Henry Vignaud years old and the oldest member oi the American diplomatic corps has reservice signed from the government O The Danger of Me When are connected with them workmen began tearing the house dowm many unexpected queer things It was found that were discovered the house was divided Into three separate compartments and that it was impossible to get from one section to the other without going outdoors or through one of the tunnels to the big stone barn in the rear where passageways led to the other divisions Secret stairways of the old house and hidden closets abounded throughout the building and were located on beine secret cabinets every floor As he is without a private fortune of any kind a group of prominent Amereting Face to icans who appreciate his faithful service have raised a fund of $20000 for this tea Some persons prefer pour- him Among these are Levi F ing the boiling water over the bone Morton Whitelaw Reid James Gorset but the water cools too much in don Bennett Ferdinand Blumenthal to get the process the desired Andrew Carnegie John Harjes T J Do not let the tea boil as Coolidge Henry White and J P Morstrength if it is too strong it will disorder the gan Henry Vignaud has been secrestomach tary of the embassy at Paris for 34 years He paiticipated In many impoA few years ago rtant negotiations With Pleasure Tramp — Please ma’am can you as- the French government named him as controsist me along the road a bit? arbiter in the — Mr I am versy Mistress Well personally Vignaud enjoyed a considsorry to say I cannot but wait a mo- erable reputation as an author his rement till I have unchained my- dog searches into the life of Coi ambus behere He will do so with pleasure ing considered especially valuable Face |