Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-07-19

tneHl IN nrSC-claSS shape. Bring them
in and leave them with me.
j. G. WOLFE.
Mrs. Armstrong, mother-in-law of
Manager Latter of the Manning Monit-
or, was transferred through here Tues
day to her home. She is quite sick
and had to be handled very carefully.
The war feeling is growing here
since such awful news comes from
China. The 5lst has offered her
services again and Clyde Baker says
that if his old company goes he
will go with them.
Mrs. Will McFarlane and her moth
er, Mrs. Emma Sharp, departed last
Saturday for the home of the former
IN Omaha. They went by the way of
Denison, where they will stop and
visit relatives of Mr. McFarlane.
Henry Herbert, well known all over
the county, arrived home from Wash
ington, ID. c., this morning. Henry
holds government position but is
taking vacation to shake hands with
his friends and renew old acquaint-
ances.
Mrs. Fred Buthweg and son return
ed from Stuart Tuesday, after three
weeks visit with relatives and friends.
Anyone could tell by the looks on
Fred's face that he was glad to once
more have home, not void of what
makes home.
Last week was a red letter one
among the various implement houses,
not only in Audubon but all over the
county. Binders were in demand
every place and the yellow grain is
fast being gathered. Farmers are
jubilant over their prospects and be.
lleve everything now safe for a good
year.
The Agricultural Association is
making every effort to have this one
of the best fairs ever held in the coun-
ty. The prospects for some fine dis
plays this year is good. Crops are
fine and in good condition. The yield
and growth are as good as has ever
been heretofore. No community can
afford to be unrepresented. Your por-
ton of the county will be judged by
your display. Make an effort to have
the best foot forward.
The Misses Edith and Myrtle
townsend, Susie Mussen and Mildred
Smith expect to go to Atlantic Friday
to visit their ex-schoolmate, Arlie Vail
The ties Of youth are strong, butt the
ties of school, forged on the anvil of
hard work binds closer ties and strong
err affections than sports and games
In their vacation they can recount the
victories won, the problems solved,
the stolen good times, and in their
vivid imaginations draw up the future
and from the solved theorems of the
past form the scholiums of the future.
The past is alive with bright memories,
the present is prosy with the stern
facts and the future is teeming with
buoyant hope. These young friends
seem to realize it all and enjoy life to
it's fullest purpose.
p. j. Spencer sold one of his fine
paintings last week for $500. This
speaks well for his work for few can
put such talent on the market. Any
one may learn to "daub," but there
are few who have the subtle, strong
imagination that leads to the true
artist 10 him the plain contour of
the human anatomy is full of beauti-
ful and even lines. Each flower is q
gem upon which his fancy draws the
ideal of the beautiful. The memorable
law of human eXistance expands to
the sublime and beautiful beneath his
touch. Memory seeks in her labyrinths
and finds store house of images. A
picture by true artist is the history
OF soul fighting its way to the UNI
certain reality of the sublimest gran
duer. The travail of a strong imagi-
nation, striving to lift men to the
highest point Of the strongest ideality.
If his subject be the people, he feels
the pangs, the pains of poverty, the
anguish and the squalor, and closing
his eyes, he blends the colors into one
dramatic scene with>the world for his
critics. Mr.. Spencer seems to have
caught the inspiration of the masters,
for his work shows an art rarely found
In amatuers.
The entertainment Tuesday evening
was one that fully equals many given
at former times. Miss Lands is an
adept in her chosen profession and
each number on the program was rem
dered with a charm and grace that
Her graceful poise, her wonderfully ex-
| pAS'oiNC ldCC1 ACl easy, SldCSlul
gesture, showed her to be one who is
master of the art. The large audience
was well pleased with the whole en-
tertainment. The music is highly
spoken Of An entertainment of this
kind will be just as the hearers feel.
Most go expecting to be entertained
and go home well pleased. Others ex-
pect lecture and OF course are disa-
pointed. Our people have heard
enough to know what to expect and
of course were pleased. A reading
may seem prosy, dry and void OF
humor which under the master touch
of a reader artist becomes trimming
full of humor, life and vivacity. An.
other may seem to lack sentiment or
emotion and we throw it aside never
having felt the deep thrill of humani-
ty that the reciter brings forth by re-
citing it. Thus they are means of ed
ucation. An author, unknown, be-
comes the embodiment of wit and
humor, or another becomes the torch
! that kindles the flames of sympathy
for some great truth. Feeling is the
slow fire that heats the furnace OF
compassionate smouldering embers