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Show AT ONCE AN INFANT AND GROWN WOMAN PERPLEXITY IN WHICH MABEL MERCER OF MISS PITTS-BUR- G IS INVOLVED FIGHTS FOB HER FREEDOM Laws of Pennsy Uan'a Place Her Under Father's Control, Bat in New York She Is Her Own ANSWERS TO THE CURIOUS. A Misnomer. 'Twas 12 of the night, and the tired No, Amateur Thespian, the heavy man, unable to sleep, was listening to man It not a stage wilt the dog barking after rats on one side, An Old Subscriber Is Informed that another howling at the moon, on the wives are not like beefsteak you can- other side cats fighting and yowling not make them tender by beating on a shed near by, and rata squeaking as they scurried to their holes. them. A Lover The way to open the door "And these fool nature writers call to a successful courtship Is very sim- them our dumb animals!" bo mutple. All you have to do Is ring the tered. Baltimore American, belle. REAL REASON. If Epicure wants the best way of mince avoiding indigestion through pie, the remedy Is easily learned. Don't eat It. A correspondent who signs herself "Fastidious" wants to know how to convey a delicate hint to a lady guest who persists In using cigarettes. If she smokes, put her out. This applies equally whether she smokes cigarettes or sets herself on fire. Easy Mark asks the surest way of detecting counterfeit notes. Try to get to serve a term on the grand Jury, and then you will know how to And true bills. It Is hard to answer your question without further data, Lily Hell. The fact that your heart flutters strangely and that you are always blushing, may 7m But Mr. Frick and Capbefo' tb" tain Mercer caught them had to knot was tied and Miss Mercer little daughter. dutiful a like go home serious Here, however, was a more situation. pr.s-oneShe found herself piactlcally a Mations watched her all the was taken time. Even her clothing to wear away from her and she had If she esa of prisoner; uniform the world that caped It would tell all the he was under restraint. Miss Mercers native wit overcame honk all the obstacles. She heard the the In out automobile honk of the of road, she hastily made a rope window the forced she upon sheets, beand squeezed her trim little body window of her bara iron the tween and slid In safety to the ground. The automobile did the rest. Hut let Miss Mercer tell the story herself; "I have broken with my father forever," she said, emphatically, with a toBs of her shapely little head, and no power on earth can ever get me under his control again. I'm a woman here In New York, even If the law say's I'm an Infant In Pennsylvania. I wantI did run away from home ed to go on the stage. My reasons for leaving home are my own secret. I wont tell them to anybody. "At once my father made a search for me, and finally found me in the Plymouth hotel. I was about to secure an engagement to go on the stage when he appeared with another man and forcibly took me away. My father told me that my mother was sick In Pittsburg and wanted me home. Inveigled Into an Institution. be married. Mistress-Dar- ing Escape from Institution in Which She Had Been Confined Ward of H. C. Frick Involved in Romantic Story. New York. Grown woman in New Miss York, Infant In Pennsylvania, Mabel Mercer hag decided that she wants to stay In the metropolis. She thinks that the laws of the Empire state give her a better chance than those of William Penn's old state. As long as she stays In New York she Is perfectly safe from capture by her father, who put her In ths Country home. At Germantown, Pa., the other day, because she wants to be Independent t Miss Mercer Is Just turned 18. Here ths law says that a woman of 18 Is of age. In Pennsylvania a father Is a child's guardian until she Is 21, and until then she Is an Infant. But back of all this Is something more. Miss Mercer had to make a sensational escape from the home to get without the Jurisdiction of the laws of the sovereign state of Pennsylvania. She slid three stories on a rope made of sheets, met a young man In an automobile, whlHked away to Philadelphia, exchanged the institution! uniform for a dress, which she borrowed, made the first train for New York, and here she is now, defiant, but happy. Of Prominent Pittsburg Family. 'new-thoug- I Would Look With Sas7' Oa any man who gold pleca for SIO. Jewelry you buy. poor money with u 1 triad ta tell bn, Appi, t, Vuu and no brg ESTABLISH! me. "Who was lie? Don't ask M Borntraeger, Mr. It was young Fricks ward, however. went on "There at the restaurant, the I proprietors told Miss Mercer, was kind wife of m.v escape and she SALT LAKE OIXU?; me. enough to help she and Raonabla Irlrw wounds "She hound up my to dress a me She gave cave me food. uniform take the place of that horrid I sent a Then Home. of the Country York asking hat Ideas-t- hey telegram to New may bring, that very night Protect your and me sent be money Patents, Caveat, Trade Mark hothe at room old 1 was back in my quickly obtained. Information lurnli tel. I had been away Ju6t five days. upon application. I what In I am right "I know that ) I have have dose. A lawyer whom my me that assured consulted has ATTORNEY AT LAW. AND SOLICITOR Of Hu) father has no right to force me to goJ 102 MERCANTILE BLOCK, SALT LAKE cilrZ with him, home or any other place. own am fully capable of earning my 8ECRET OF GOOD manner I and own life, of my living living and am going to do bo. Chiefly a Combination of Good tj iiWi L Family Is Divided. and Good Nature. mu "I am going to make every effort Art A friend of yours and to get my daughter back, declared mln, isia Is Incorrigible. defined "She Mercer. very Justly breed good Captain It sister be to "the of my result help much good "And I am going n good nature and a little keep out of the hands of her father, said her brother, George A. Mercer, a the Bake of others, and with J when he to obtain the same Indulgence tr deputy coroner In Pittsburg, III them. of this. Taking this for granted heard I think It cannot be disputed- -! Miss Mercer has two other brothers, 11 one a clergyman and the other Is still astonishing to me that anybody irsat school. As iot young Borntraeger. has good sense and good nature j 1,1 essentially fail In good breeding n he Isnt saying anything, but something may happen any day. At any to the modes of It, Indeed, they J roo rate, when he's 21 and comes Into the according to persons, places and cumstances and are only acquired dM $2,000,000 which Mr. Frick Is husbandobservation and a be wedding. II there bat may for experience, him, ing ubstance of It Is everywhere do But It will take place In New York, where girls of 18 may marry, without eternally the same. Good nuti itei lIf( are to part: :!ar societies what their parents consent This Is the letter Miss Mercer wrote morals are to society In genen.1 in to her brother when she arrived here their cement and security. And lit in free New York, where girls of 18 laws are enacted to enforce p III morals or at to least the Infants. prevent are no longer effects of bad ones, so there are e Suppose you have heard about dad tain rules of civility, universally j putting me In some kind of a convent If, and also of my escape. Monday he plied and received to enforce p ue Saturday, about 12 manners and punish bad one Vr put me there. oclock, daytime, I escaped by un- Chesterfield. screwing Iron bars, crawling over two FATHER OF THE POOH roofs and falling. By mere good luck fl I reached New York In a Queer Charity Seen Every More; condition. 1 had not a cent when I Near Paris Market. ran away In a calico customs of blue were roofs and white check. These At a certain point of Paris, ft covered with barbed wire, and my near the Halles there Is every m tt arms are all covered with bandages. to be seen an Instance for Soon as I could I communicated with a Ing It would probably be difficult to K ad Mr. O'Reilly, the Thaw attorney, and many parallels of that benevolW which combines with money eipJ iv tures the elements, of person!? PATENT! Harry J. Robins p k self-denl- CO - z -t half-livin- g iy ice. DCl eld gentleman, well dresed,r sents himself at an hour, no W known to those concerned, and Hr distributes with his own handjli large bowl of soup, which hot1 tastes himself, to as many poor;1 pie, who, It need hardly be added,;! 1 there waiting, for him. Then he withdraws, walks form distance, and is taken up la i b motor car, which whisks him rg away. "The Father of the Poor the only name wh.lch can be lira t An ht good-lookin- roller-skatin- feu r. "We took a train for Pittsburg. However, after the first stop, when we got over the Pennsylvania line, the strange man, who proved to be a New York detective, left us. I became suspicious at this, and my suspicions were confirmed when we got off at North Philadelphia. "When we stopped at a restaurant to eat I tried to get away. I found that I could not do this, but I had a chance to write a telegram and send It out by a boy. It waa to my New York hotel, directing that no one be allowed to remove my effects without my consent. From the restaurant we went to an Episcopal mission on East Walnut lane, Germantown. My father left me after I heard be either signs that you are romantichim tell the matron that I was to be ally In love or that you have Indigesput at hard work. tion, "I had never worked before in my Worried Wlfle If buying a new She Grace could get along with her The Mercers are among the best bonnet Is a crime In you husband's husband If she wanted to. Where known people In Pittsburg. The fa- life. I had to scrub, wash, Iron and do other menial tasks. I made my escape yes. Just charge It to him. Iialtlmore theres a will theres a way. ther Is George S. Mercer, super- last Saturday. The day before I had American. He Her husband says where there's intendentCapt of In Allegheny a will there's a won't. Chicago Jour- county. Now, buildings Miss Mercer had finBREEZY, INDEED. nal. ished school, and was about to take her place In society, when she met The Old, Old Story. Of mystic cults I'va tried young Carl Borntraeger, a ward of Henry C. Frick. He was young, In vain to be a scholnr. and he stands to Inherit a forOnly to learn that, 'WfUT all," It take hard work to tarn the dollar. tune. He proposed; she accepted. Judge. But Mr. Frick couldnt see It In the that the young people did, aud light Fellow Travellers. for that matter, ' neither did Capt. A Greenwich man tells of a Connecticut farmer who, after having Mercer. There was a stormy scene, driven a lot of bogs to Greenwich, some hot words, and Miss Mercer sold them for precisely what had stalked out of the house. "All right, she said, "you dont been olfored him before he left home. "You don't seem to have made much have to support me. I can get a position on the stage If I have to. by bringing your hogs down bore," Her father laughed at this, but the remarked the man who tells the made good her threat She did girl story. a In "The Earl and the Girl" "Well, no," replied the agricultur- get place and she came (o New York company, "1 monno made ain't ist, dejectedly, She I think hes such a breezy ey, but then, you know, he added, his to rehearse for her part. It looked as face brightening, "I had the company if she would succeed. She was dainty, chap. does Ho He certainly blow a great of the hogs on the way down. Har- winsome, extremely pretty and chic. But along came Papa Mercer. deal about himself. Brooklyn Eagle. pers Weekly. "Your mother Is very 111 he said DETERMINED. "and you must come home to see her." Everybody Busy. Father has gone back to riding a wheel; Of course the girl gave In. TearThe family Is madly gyrating; fully she took the train for Pittsburg, Mother has bought a new automobile, as she supposed, hoping to see her ' Aad the children are all dear mother before Bhe died and to Washington Star. beg forgiveness for running away from The Interest In Risks. home. There .was a stop at Philadel"People are always willing to listen phia. to a man who wants to make a "We get out here," said' the father, speech." sternly, and suddenly a detective ap"Yea." answered Senator Sorghum; peared he had been coached for his "Ita the sporting Instinct of the Amerpark ican people. They know lie's taking a "You've got to come along, ..aid chance on saying something ho will be the man, "and Itll be better if you don't make a scene." eorry for." Washington Star. Then Miss Mercer realized that It An Advantage of Elaborate Diction. had all been a trap. Her mother was "You say he accused you of being not 111 and she wasn't going to Pittsuntruthful?" burg at all. Instead she found herself "That's what happened." answered on the way to the Country Home, an Piute Pete, with much embarrassment. Institution conducted by the Protest"And lives to tell the tale?" ant Episcopal church at Germantown, you see he used long words yla "Well, a suburb of Philadelphia. such a roundabout way that he Molly How are you going to reform Before the girl could recover from I town was out o' before bad flggered him? her surprise and Indignation she was out exactly what he meant." WashDolly Marry him. In uniform aud under restraint That Star. Does he need was on ington Molly Goodness! March 28 last Right then and such heroic treatment as that? there she made up her mind to escape. Discouraging News. And escape she did. Now she can Yeast Dtntsulu, the Zuly chief, has May Redivlvus. her fingers at the laws of Penn- noticed a window on the third floor snap hint IIUIc with a 'um. ahlch he enter n grapbophone Mary Also some little buns. sylvania and her father, too. She la front which I thought I could squeeze talas hla guests, and also an organ of Slia mudn khikIw li lies out of them. of ago In Now York and an Infant no through. That morning I pretended English build on which be himself Just llks lb railroad onus. that I was sick and they locked me In longer. performs. Judge. Here shes a woman; there she's a my room. Crtmaonbeak No wonder missionchild. At about two o'clock one of the maaries are getting more scarce. Yonk-er- a Theoretical Treasure. So here she proposes to remain. trons came Into my room. I sprang Statesman. "HNno rich men are unable to count out Into the hall and turned the key all their Hep money." Planning Escape. In Dreamland. In the door, locking her In. "Yes," said young Mrs. Torklcis, All tills took wits and pluck. Miss "How does It feel to be counted "I had nothing but the uniform "when Charley sits down and figures Mercer realized that she was being of the Institution on, and ugly out." they asked him. I knew that much how he to U the win at going deanswered know." don't watched the "I minute. She was made If I did get out the chances were that next day I am almost certain to scrub every floors and wash dishes, wait I could not feated pugilist. "I was a billion miles track get very far away. Howto Isn't to able he count le going It" was Chiwhile on." the that table at and going make beds things ever, I was dosperate. The window away Washington Star. she had never done before in her life. I cago Tribune. got out of opened upon the roof of a She scrubbed and washed and Ironed As Phrases Change. porch. It waa protected by a sash of Sour Crapes. "You know iieopio are criticising until her white little hands were all Interwoven Iron, but I managed to lift "Newed seems to be awfully proud your puralmony," said a candid friend. red and sore. But all the time she up one end far enough to, squeeze my was waiting her chance. of hla wife," said the old bachelor. "Never mind," was the answer; body through. And the young ward of Mr. Frick "Well," rejoined the unsuccessful "wait till 1 get as rich as some of was Fredom at Laat. outside, waiting to help her at aultor, "be hasn't much to be proud these railway magnates; then ths Just the moment. proper This be90 was of. She only weighs "It was a hard task, and left black pounds." magazine writers will compliment ms on my heroic frugality." Washington cause Miss Mercer was able to smug- aad blue mark on me that I have yet. Chicago Dally Nows. gle a letter out to him making an ap- But once on the roof I slid down on 8 tar. pointment for him and his big automo- a rope of sheets 1 made from my bedCould Hear Him. bile at Just the right time. to the porch below, and then I Not ding, Lucky. husband Is takher still Patience Nor ess this the first time she hsd lost Bill Does your brother carry a rabmy balance and fell to the ground. made an appointment with young Mr. ing soup every day? "The only person who had seen my foot? bit's he's Well, Patricr taking soup Jill No. but he goes around wltb a Borntraeger. Last December they ran scape was a young man who waa very day, but he's not still about It away together this 18yarold girl standing bare lip. Yonkers Statesman. by his automobile scrota the Yonkers Statesman, and this jr any means! by Intending to street. I appealed to him for protea- . as poss explained as qu!ckly con-been placed in the vlinHt my will. I asked him to In North take me to the restaurant I had stopped with where Philadelphia previous. This my father the Monday Hon la v fl him. J. His Lucky Horse Cheitnut G. Simpson, who had beta ire ed as an alleged bookmaker, ten!, begged Lieut. Wheeler, after be 1 l! been released for want of erita against him, to return a horse chi nut which the lieutenant bad ta from him, says the Philadelphia h Is ger. "Please let me have It," he pleat; "I might Just as well try to play races without money as without 1 horse chestnut I can't lose if I a' It" When It was restored to him seemed more glad to get It back ft he was to obtain hla discharge h custody. g. Seasons and Fashions. Woman's apparel blossoms oat gorgeousness simultaneously with 8 trees and flowers. Queen. reccivod advice and help from him. The de ectlve dad had with him is In all kinds of trouble. Even a r cannot be taken from one state to another without a warrant from the governor, and. too. I am of age In thl, mur-dnre- Would Have Gone Crazy, 111 to do any law fighting, m00!4 aUornpy t0 for me. been crazy had I In tho convent much longer. stayed As 1 "I am too ?? ifI .no"' look have 825 hav nervous prostration. terribly battered and IlL I to last me until I start to re- - ,t :7r" 'XT." girl other company bwn ,0 00'1 10 ne. n vent, while kneeling for wor,h,P. 1 thought hey ,0 ,hlnk (JoJ er Didnt Concern Him. "Sir," the sad faced man ealdt! heavy-se- t man who was smoklti ' long, black cigar and reading paper, "would you allow your lJ smoke cigarettes when he growl "Ive never given the question a utes thought" replied the other. What! Never pondered upoe effect upon the constitution, to nothing of the mind of your u allow him to smoke the 41 things?" "Never a thought no, sir." "And will you allow him to drlaV I have never thought about It "Oh, can such things bo? Are letting your ohlld grow up In the of temptation without speaking' therly word "Look here, air! You mesa wf'h r suppose, but lot me tell you tbit been a confirmed bachelor for tb, to" 20 yeari." Greatest Horseback greatest rtde on horj ever done up to his time was dot Rid-Th- Cowpnr Thornhill, Huntingdon England, April 29, 1745, who rode miles In 12. hours and 17 mlauM win a wager of 600 guineas. 811 . Jlso ihM S?d on a I ! f"0,h,,LbMlher0" r1 yfni t Six by ,th"URhu room. infants? Nw rth z- for their rolls would have commit- - ' '1 ttw rna Pr terrible In that Lovingly. Ik!, mu m York World. 0 Germany's Various RulerGermany Is ruled by one etnp' lour kings, six grand duke. princes and one simple count, y sovereigns occupy very dlffrMy greea of Importance, even In the of their own Immediate ut)Jects. SfX In one degree or another they all the dignities and privilege of hlp, and all have to face some d reiponalbllltloa of state. Every of them has a capital and court own. Some of the capltul ' Tory big cities, but they sr - Proud. . , |