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women are taught the graceful and
useful art. Many New York women,
too some of them leaders of So
cicty, arc rotcd for their skill in the
water Nj - Helen Gould has long had
a reputation as being most expert
swimmer, and when she was u member
of the Ladies Athletic club in New
York she was the only member who
could 90 clear across the big tank at
Berkeley lyccum with ono stroke. A re-
Gently printed article says that Miss
Gould has just had made Il new bathing
costume, and so it seems that she intends
to lave some fun i'll the breakers this
summer
When Mrs Cleveland resided in New
York, she took IL course Of swimming
lessons and became quite accomplished.
Quite u famous swimming club is the
Mermaids club of Brooklyn. About 10
young women belong to it, and they have
Il private natatorium of their own. They
not only know how to swim and dive,
but how to play all sorts of water games
and tricks
While men are generally the strongest
swimmers, women are more graceful.
The stroke they ordinarily use is the
common breast stroke, but some of them
can do the side stroke which is used by
professional swimmers.
The belle who is an expert swimmer
will always be found to prefer the sea
shore to the mountains. A few years
ago IA woman who could swim well and
dared discard the life lines when the
surf was running high was good deal
of Il novelty ut even the nest popular
bathing beaches, but today you will find
at any Of the Atlantic coast resorts that
there are as many women who arc at
home III tho breakers as men. The am
bition of every belle of the beach is to
learn the overland stroke which all the
life guards use when swimming in
rough water This is not graceful
stroke, but is the only practical one when
the surf is high. The arms arc made to
rcvolve like the sails of windmill, and
the swimmer is carried over the crcsts
of the highest rollers, but it takes we'll
developed biccps as well as strong lungs
to keep this stroke up for any length Of
time. SEwELL FoRD.
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ENGLAND'S FOOD SUPPLY.
And How 1t Might BE Endangered In Ger
tain War Contingencies.

And How 1t Might BE Endangered In Ger
tain War Contingencies.
Strong as the English war fleet is, 1t
is very far from being strong enough to
successfully engage il possible combine
ton of fleets and ut the same time pro-
tect our sea borne food supply. If the
United States and Russia declared war
with England, there would practically
be no food supply left to protect. They
would keep the immense supplies we
now get from them at home, and the
fear of capture or destruction would eff
fectually prevent Argentina and other
neutrals from sending food to us in any
sufficient quantity.
What is wanted is that, instead Of
only u precarious weeks supply, we
should have stored up III this country
enough corn to last for at least ~
months. Experts i'll the corn trade agree
that there would be no insuperablc diff
Guilty i'll gradually accommodating this
store Of corn. 1t would be for experts to
advise as to the best methods and places
of storage
Perhaps the best plan would be to dis
tribute it over the country III magazines
at the military depots, giving the mill
taly authorities charge Cf it, but if it
was i'll the country and safe it would
not so much matter where it was. AL
though most Of our corn is made into
-four at the great ports, it would not be
wise, seeing that most Of them are SO
dCfenselcss, to store ii there.
The entire control and management
of this great national store of corn
should be under some permanent gov
eminent department. Although its exist
encc could not fail to have Il steUdyilG
effect on the corn market, it should Ec
outside all speculative influences. the
price ut which it would be sold, when
necessary to sell it, being fixed by law
1t would be no sacrifice, in the long
run, for the country to provide such Il
reserve Of food, us it would always be
worth its cost.
Other nations accumulate gold for
use i'll wartime. We should have IL war
chest of corn. If we have it, what will
it do?
1t will give our navy time to devote
itself to the crushing Of the navy on ra-
vics opposed ous, twill give US time,
with our great resources, to augment
our fighting fleet to almost amy extent,
and it will give our farmers time to
grow three or four times as much corn
and breed Il much larger quantity cf
cattle and sheep than they now do
Nineteenth Century
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chairs and plenty of hooks, takes the
place Of the g.ecnaWard and the bushes,
while, instead of Tia" accomplished Bill
Jones, there is Il swimming professor
who can do tricks that Bill never dream
ed Of
But while the country boy is still
learning to swim i'll the old way the city
girl i'll these advanced days is having
almost as much fuL i'll the water as her
father used to have. OF course she can
peTer taste the delights of the swimming
hole, but she manages to have good
deal of sport at the natatorium. In ev-
cry big metropolis there is from one to
a dozen places where women and girls
may learn to swim, and, after they have
become proficient, may indulge in all
sort of aquatic antics
Chicago is particularly well supplied
with natatoriums. Perhaps the reason
for this is that the up to date young
woman who expects to spend at least
part of the summer at the seashore
looks upon swimming as Il necessary
part of her education. She takes her
swimming instruction as regularly as
her bicycle lessons until she has fully
mastered both arts, and then she is
equipped for the summer campaign.
The lake waters are generally too cold
for bathing purposes, so great artificial
pools have been constructed in the heart
of the city.
Perhaps one of the finest pools in the
city is that of the Chicago Athletic club
Twice week the tank is placed ut the
disposal of the female relatives and
friends of the members. The walls
around the pool are lined with marble
and mirrors, against which the dark
green of hundreds of palms shows with
fine effect. A shimmcring grecnish light
comes through the glass dome and re-
fleets upon the pool of crystal water be-
meath. Every known device and appa-
ratus which can add to the enjoyment
of the swimmers is found in this beau
tiful place. There are hot rooms. drying
rooms, shower baths and attendants to
answer any call. There are spring
boards, diving platforms and rallied bal
COMES around the pool.
Besides this there are several nata-
forums which are run as private enter
pris9s. Many of the young women who
shine i'll Chicago society are regular III
tendants at these places, and they get to
be very expert i'll the water. They div"
from the highest girders and take doubl
somcrsaults from the flying rings which
hang over the water with the fearless
ness of professionals.
The professors at these places E@vJ
reduced swimming instruction to Il sci
encc. Each instructor has his OWL mcth-
dds, but they nearly all begin by teach
ing the pupil to 60 through the motion
on dry land first. When the beginner i,
first put into the water, belt is fastened
around the waist, and rope, running
on IL trolleylike arrangement, is fas-
tened to the belt After IL lesson or two
the rope is taken off and IL cork life pre-
server substituted. When the pul Il takes
her first stroke alone, her pride j. great.
III Philadelphia there are also num-
Der Of natatoriums where we'll known
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the old "swimmin' hole No grown up
boy will doubt that James Whitcomb
Riley, who wrote those lines, knew all
about it.
You have never been bOy--a real
country boy, [ mean--if you cannot re-
member way back somewhere in the
past, just such place, just such Il scene
of fun and frolic. us is pictured i'll
the verse of the Hoosier poet. Don't you
remember now that long June day when
the schoolroom seemed so hot and bar
rem by comparison with the glimpscs
you got through the window of the cool
green shadows cast by the trees outside
and how at the noon recess that bad
Bill Jones Stamped" you to play hook
ey and Ego long with me AID Sam
Brown down fer a swim?'
And you did it too. You knew that
the teacher would miss you and that
retribution would probably follow on
the morrow. You knew that your mother
had told you to keep away from Bill
Jones also, but you wanted to go swim
ming the worst way, and besides you
We're not going to be ''stumpcd. "
And what glorious time You did
have! Before the hole was anywhere III
sight you We're half undrcsscd because
you wanted TO be first to strip" But
Bill, whose raimcut consisted Of pair
of trousers ncld up by anc suspendcr and
shirt fastened at the throat with Il
single button, was ahead Of you. Then
you called out as you struggled with a
refractory collar button:
elbows the water, Bill?"
And Bill said:
''Great! Warm as mudn
Then You finally did get into the
water, and with Il triumphant shout of
First to duck!' plunged into the clear
crystal water to splash about and shout
and feel such Il glorious abandon and
careless JOY us only boy knows.
And Bill showed you how he could
float and tread water and bring
bottom" from the deepest part Of the
hole and exhibited such wealth of
aquatic lore that you wondered how IL
fellow with so many accomplishments
could have managed to acquire such II
bad reputation as had Bill. You decided
then that your mother and the other
folks about the village had made big
mistake as to Bill Of course your ad-
miration for lis talents wancd "A little
when he sneuked ashore and tied the
arms of your shirt in hard knots and
stood by while You tried to unite them
shouting: "Chew raw beef! Chew raw
beefn'
But, then, didn't he make amends,
when q button came off your shirt col
lar, by producing thread and needle and
sewing it firmly if not neatly in place!
True, you had to explain to your mother,
a few days later, how that particular
button came to be sewed on with black
thread instead of white, but you still
thought that Bill meant we'll, even if
he did make an occasional oversight.
Both You and Bill are older now, and
the latter, who may have continued in
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FUN IN A NATATORIUM.

and enlarged on his evil ways, perchance
could ecno the pathetic sentiment with
which Riley closes his poem
And wish in my sorrow could strip to the
And dive off in my grave like the old swim
min hole.
Those early swimming lessons and
experiences will never be forgotten. The
boy who knew Bill Jones may now be
far from the old swimming hole, but ten
chances to one he still INDUCES in dip,
only now he goes to his athletic club or
to n big natatorium where marble lined
pos takes the pee Of the old "hole. "
A neatly furnished dressing room, with
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1.-THE divine Sarah has just been
describing the emotions that shook her
when she appeared for the first time ON
the boards: II can picture the evening
as though it We're now. The excitement
oh, it was SO grand!-drew forth
my inmost passion, for l was very young
then you know, and it gave me zest
and fervor for the ordeal l had to face
can see the little theater and the peo-
pie seated i'll the audience. My heart
for the moment seemed to stand still
The first words | uttered fell from my
lips with distinct accent. l made one
grand step forward, and then all my
nervousness vanished ~
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The birds of the south polar regions
migrate north on the approach of win
;er.
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SING AGAIN.

You sang me song,
Twas the close of the year.
Sing again.
I cannot remember the name
Or the words.
'Tis the same
We listen to hear
When the windows are open in spring
And the airs full of birds.
One calls from the branch some sweet thing,
And one sings On the wing
The refrain.
You sang me Il song
My heart thrilled 10 hear.
The refrain
Has run like Il i!llet of gold
Through the wool
OF tho cold
Dark days of II year.
Tonight there's year ut its start,
All tho birds re alOuf.
Your eyes hold the sun tor my part,
And the springs in your heart
Sing again!
-Scribncr's Magazine
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THE OLD SWIMMIN HOLE
You Probably Remember It If
You Were a Boy.
IF NOT, YOU'VE MISSED GREAT FUN

Perhaps You Swim In the Surf Now and
In Winter Take "a Plunge at the Nata-
torium-How the City Girl Goes Swim
ming.
Oh, the old swimmin holc III the long, lazy
days,
When the humdrum OF school made so many
runaways
How pleasant was the journey down the old
dusty lane
Where the tracks of our bare feet was all print
ed so plain!
You could tell by the dent of the heel and the
They was lots of fun On hands at the old swim
min hole.
Doesn't that tell Il story that is as ia
miliar to you and as dear, too, as "A
stands for apple and b stands for boy"
You're right. There was lots of fun at
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The everyday cares and duties which
men call drudgery are the weights and
counterpoises of the clock of time, Civ.
its hands Il regular motion, and when
they cease to hang upon its wheels the
pendulum no longer swings, the hands
no longer move, the clock stands still
Longfellow.
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Art thou Il man, and shamst thou
not to beg. to practice such Il servile
kind Of life: Why, We're thy education
meier SO mean, having thy limbs, a
thousand fairer courses offer themselves
to thy election. Bon Jonson.
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The barber's art i'll Europe dates from
the time of Alexander the Great, B. G.
$50. He ordered every soldier to shave,
lest the beard should give handle to
their enemies.
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Many Of the self-made men ought to try
again, and get facial manipulation to assist
them. Adams Freeman.
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When a baby comes
to the house real hap
piness comes. Worry
and work and care and
anxiety count for moth
ing against the
5 Ill o o t h ly d a inty,
clinging touch of the
little hands and the
sound of the little
voice. The highest
function given to hu-
man beings is bring
ing healthy, h Tppy
c ildren into the
world. Nothing equals
that - nothing COM
pensates for the loss
of it. The woman
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-01-28
HESPER.
January %, 1896.

January %, 1896.
w. H. Camp spent Tuesday in La
Crosse.
E. E. Meader is apparently grow
ing weaker.
Miss Gertrude Chase recently visited
friends in Decorah.
F. H. Meader accompanied by Miss
Emma Reed of Burr Oak, visited at
Decorah the Goth.
o. CastertOn has purchased resi-
dence in Decorah and expects to locate
there in the spring.
Mrs. H. f. Cleveland visited with
the family of G. A. Oliver in Decorah
few days recently.
j. HI. Carroll of De Smett, S. d.,
spent several days with his sister-in-
law, Mrs. Josephine Strong.
The Tea given by Mrs. E. M. Carter
in behalf of the M. E. Helpers was a
decided success throughout.
The office of the Northwestern Tele-
phone Co. is located at b. NJ. Lein's
and that of the Iowa Union at T. G..
Meader's.
Mrs. G. c. Harper who has been
visiting her many friends, returned to
her home in Thedford, Nebraska, last
Thursday.
Miss Mary Helen Carter starts Tues
day for Des Moines, where she will
take instructions in painting, for
which she shows marked ability.
She will make her home with the fam
lily of G.. w. f. Hill.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-01-28
CRESCO.

January 25, 1896.
Peter Morton went to Decorah Sat
urday.
The whist club met last week with
Miss Edith Webster.
B. N. Hendricks of Riceville trans
acted legal business in town Saturday.
Miss Mable McClaskey visited rela-
tives and friends here the past week.
Rumor tells us that department
store number two will open in the
spring.
Miss Nettie Peck, who has been very
sick with typhoid fever, is reported
some better.
The Thursday Evening Round Table
met last week with Supt. and Mrs.
Mcpherson.
The social event of the season oc-
currs next Friday eventng-a grand
Leap Year ball.
Senator G. c. Upton came up from
Des Moines Thursday to look after inn
portant legal business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Farnsworth enter
tained friends Friday evening in honor
of her friend, Miss McClaskey.
Don't forget that Frank Longs COM
pany opens weeks engagement at
the opera house next Monday evening.
Friends of the Hon. John McHugh
will be pleased to know that there is a
marked improvement in his condition.
The Social Club gave another oftheir
popular dances last Saturday evening.
Carpenters orchestra furnished the
music.
d. E. Billings returned to his home
at Wells, MINI. on last Saturday, to
recuperate after his recent attack of
pneumonia.
Mr.. Macarthur and c. G. Burgess
represented our lumber dealers at the
Northwestern Lumberman's Conven-
ton in Minneapolis last week.
The Rebecca Mckenzie Concert Co.,
under the auspices of the Cong. Ladies
Aid Society, gave our citizens an excel
lent musical treat on last Thursday
evening.
The Golden Wedding of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. r. Mead was celebrated last
Wednesday evening. About sixty OF
their friends had the pleasure of spend
ing most enjoyable evening at their
pleasant and always hospitable home.
The bride and groom of so many years
were the recipients of many beautiful
presents, together with congratulatory
letters from absent relatives and friends.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-01-28
BLUFFTON.

January "a, 1896.
f. G.. Shaw has finished filling his
ice-house.
f. Banning returned last week from
Greenville.
Mr.. Elingson of Plymouth Rock was
in town Monday.
Miss May Akers spent few days in
Hesper last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morton are happy over
the arrival of baby girl.
We have had quite a heavy snow
storm, it having showed for two days.
McCauley Il Carolan have moved
their goods to Decorah, leaving the
Meader building empty.
Mr.. j. Carver of Decorah gave lee.
ture in the Friends church last Wed
nesday evening, on The Logic of Facts
or The Social Worth of the Young
Man. Mr.. Carver, who is an able
speaker, held his audience for tive
hours.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-01-28
RIDGEWAY.
January 25, 1896.

January 25, 1896.
Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Libby are
on the sick list.
The meetings have been well attend
ed the last week.
Miss Ella Oleson spent several days
in town last week.
Mr.. st. John and Henry Ringeon
drove to Decorah Saturday.
Miss Mable Dorm gave a crokinole
party Saturday evening, Jan. Is.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Anderson We're
Decorah visitors last Wednesday.
Misses Cummins and Wampler went
to Cresco on Saturday to visit friends.
Mrs. Smith and daughter, Mrs. Var
wood, spent Saturday with Mrs. A. w.
Dorm.
F. J. Mcneil of Cedar Rapids was a
guest at D. Dorn's several days last
week.
Mrs. Albert Oleson left for Toledo,
Ohio. Tuesday last. Mr.. Oleson goes
in short time.
Miss Cora Allen visited friends in
Cresco last week and purchased some
new millinery goods.
Rev. Williams and G. r. Baker at
tended the S. s. convention at Ossian
Friday and Saturday.
F. j. Mcneil and Miss Mabel Dorm
were the guests of Miss Grace Adams
of Decorah Monday last.
Archie Mckinley of Postville was
in town last week trying to organize a
Circulating Library here.
Miss Vina Lemon and Mr.. Jones
were married at the brides home,
miles west of town, Thursday, Jan. 16.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-01-28
BURR OAK.
January 25, 1896.

January 25, 1896.
Sam Mclaughlin has returned from
his trip to Tennessee.
Mrs. Ross Tyler was in Decorah
from Burr Oak Thursday.
VIM. Glice was a business visitor in
Decorah from Burr Oak last Friday.
Frank Malcomb of this place trans
acted business in Decorah last Tuesday.
Born-to Mr.. and Mrs. w. Malcomb,
Tuesday, Jan. IA, a seven pound girl.
DR.. Barnes and wife have been lee
turing on Spiritualism the past week.
Mr.. Welch, brother of Mrs. James
Hogan, spent Thursday and Friday in
Burr Oak.
Burr Oak seems to be full of life this
winter, there being something going
on every evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ike Reed are rejoicing
over that new girl that came to their
house Wednesday, Jan. Is.
A party at Ike Gates Wednesday
evening for the young people proved
to be just what it should be.
Mrs. Chill Pierce of Burr Oak went
down Tuesday for visit with her
mother, Mrs. Pollitt, of West Decorah.
Mr.. Carver gave very able discourse
on "The Social Worth of the Young
Man." in the Advent church last Tues
day evening.
1t is reported that James Hogan in
tends setting up a blacksmith shop for
himself in Bluffton in the spring. Burr
Oak will thus lose first-class black
smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Maltby went
down from Burr Oak last Friday to see
"Forget-me-not', played by the Ida
Van Cortland Company at the Grand
that evening. They remained in the
city until Sunday.
G. w. T.. Hill went down from
Burr Oak last Friday to fill an appoint
ment at Freeport. Monday and Tues
day of this week he will speak at
Ossian and Castalia. Mr.. Hill is doing
very good work in this neighborhOod.