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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-25
Eighth Grade.
Il BRITTLE OF THE CLOUDS
Jays and Squirrels Fought Furiously LUhiie Fur,
and Feathers Fieu.

(Fifth Sixth Grade Prize.)
most interesting incident nature that think o.
at the battle that witnessed between the
red squirrels and buejays in neighborhood
It the fall when the DROPPING
squirrels out in the back yard cutting
whpstoc heard the wild of buejays and tbs
chatteng surprised at this but ookno
strange sight caught There In the oa
furious battle that both parties aftea
fighting buejays darno
down and striking right and left like mad while tho
active squirrels doing their best to deolh the jays B
fully passed and bits Of fur and
falling squirrels however found that
and scampered OF to thein
hollow trees. Sheldon WILDER, !
Fifth Grade Aitkin MINI.
The courier., 1902-12-13
HE COURIER

supply the local demand, but as soon as
the representatives Of the big packing
companies found 1t out they cut the
price of meat to such q low figure that
the Lincoln men had to abandon the
business. OF course everybody knows
how they stopped US from killing on a
large scale when they came in here
about eleven years ago. We tried to
fight them for a time but ruin stared us
in the face and We gave up the battle.
'Since then some Of the butchers have
increased q little each year in the home
killing business, but have an idea that
il 1t continues to grow the packers will
cut in again and run us out as they did
before. When they entered the city at
the time / mention they sold beef, NUT
ton, and pork at such low figure that
we were unable to touch their prices.
After they downed US in the competition
the prices went up and 1t stayed there
despite our protests at different times
that the stuff was sold at a higher fig
ure than the people ought to pay. We
had to shoulder the blame and the
butchers of the city were held up by
the public as a set of robbers, when the
shoe was on the other foot.
Il for one" he continued, would like
to see the big packing combine which
has been talked of come to a head. I
believe that it would give an independ-
ent home concern a fighting chance to
enter the field and force down the price
of meat to a more reasonable figure the
year around. Such a corporation with
plenty of money behind it could hold its
own in each community if given proper
encouragement The idea is to have all
the killing done in the town and CO.
operate with the farmers by making
local market for all their surplus live
stock The money would then be kept in
the city that goes into the Golfers of the
packers, located at other places, and
Lincoln would be benefited to such
great extent financially that it would
be felt strongly in all lines of business"
The courier., 1902-12-13
Lmeoln's
medf Supple

IL one was to ask the average Lincoln
ite where the meat supply of the city
comes from, he would probably answer
that IL was all bought from the big pack
ers that have branch concerns i'm the
city. But this is a mistake, as an inves-
tigation will disclose. Several of the
leading butchers kill on their own hook
every week, and one dealer until recent
ly butchered every pound of meat that
was sold over his counter. The packers
ship in something like ninety head of
beeves a week to the three branch es-
Establishments in the city.
The slaughter-house where the killing
is done and where all that is butchered
for the Lincoln trade is handled. slaugh-
tiers about twenty-five beeves and thirty
five calves a week. Besides this, men
who have a big meat trade get prac-
tically all their hog product from the
farmers, and find ii profitable to do SO
because the latter practice a kind of re-
ciprocity and take beef and mutton in
return. leading dealer stated that
people would doubtless be surprised to
learn that there is a large and growing
demand for home-killed beef
Customers have found out" said he,
that il tastes fresher. Is more tender
and the flavor greatly superior to the
packing-house article. The meat that
comes from the packers may have been
killed for a couple of weeks or perhaps
longer. and while it is kept sweet by
means of cold storage, ii loses some of
its freshness and flavor. 1 am inclined
10 think that chemicals are used to pre-
serve it, Efforts have been made from
time to time by a firm in the city to
The courier., 1902-12-13

art will take place in Venice next spring.
The exhibition is open to contemporan-
eous artistic productions of the world.
The town council. aided by the govern
ment, has appropriated 1000 lire for the
purchase of exhibits which will be placed
in the Galleria Internationale d'Arte
Moderna of Venice. Many gold and
silver medals are offered. Works, which
must not have been previously exhibited,
must arrive at the Giardini Publici be-
tween March 18th and March 3lst. The
jury must be notified by intending ex-
hibitors before January 1st.
The courier., 1902-12-13
Tm He World
".Mm

Charles Holloway of Clinton, Iowa,
has won the first prize in the contest for
the design for the official emblem Of the
Louisiana purchase exposition. The de-
sign contains six figures typifying agri-
culture. commerce. art, science, genius
and progress. Mr.. Holloway was born
in Philadelphia forty-two years ago.
The courier., 1902-12-13

will leave England before the 18th Of
January. On his trip across he will be
accompanied by Paul Helleu, the noted
dry point etcher. Immediately after his
arrival Mr.. Sargent will leave for Wash
ington where he will paint the portrait
of the president.
There is an impression among some
dealers in art that the very commendable
bill for the removal Of the tax on art
will not be passed at the coming session
of congress without opposition.
Everyone interested in art favors the
passage Of the BILL" said a gentleman the
other day who has been interested in
legislation of this character for many
years, but am afraid that the PROPOSE
ton to put art on the free list will not
go through-even IL 1t is only recon-
mended that pictures fifty years, or more,
of age be exempt from taxation. The
reason is that such legislation might be
considered as a step toward a revision
of the tariff laws. My own opinion is
that it would be wiser to ask for a spe-
cific tax of, say, 500 to $500 on each
foreign work Of art. This would at once
shut out bogus pictures and would SIM
plify matters. Mind you, would like to
see the tax on art abolished altogether,
but 1 have my doubts as to whether 1t
can be done"
This is the season of the year when the
galleries along Fifth avenue in New York
city are particularly attractive through
the exhibitions Of the works-a dozen or
two prouped topofher af a fime-Of the
individual artists.
At the galleries of Messrs. NJ. Knoed-
Ter & Co., No. 355 Fifth avenue the dis
play is especially notable. In the water
color galleries are a score or more water
colors, chiefly landscapes, by I. A.
Josephi, whose exhibition last year is
favorably recalled. In the upper front
gallery is an interesting collection of
pastel portraits by Miss Juliet Thompson
and in the large rear gallery the Mac
Even harmonies in two chalks will give
way on Monday to Paul de Longpre's
annual exhibition of water colors of
flower subjects. Mr.. de Longpre again
presents the results of studies in Cali
fornia-
The Oldest woman artist in the world is
doubtless Mrs. L. Goodman, who recently
celebrated the ninetieth anniversary of
her birthday at her home. No. 56 Clarence
square. Brighton, England. She has
been painting portraits for seventy years
and still works at her easel Among her
better known portraits are those Of the
late Sir George Macfarren: the late Earl
Of westmoreland. grandfather OF the
present earl; Sir Francis Goldsmith ana
ho Cossnfa.. Of Wo1AoUroUo
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MAT Aida LARSON SAYS:

/ a 'santhemum an look at a cabbage as
look at 'santhemum an eat a cabbage,
but I'm only one among many an I'm more
used to admirin' what I like n what !
ought to, seems If. .
II see you haven't put in anythin' but
potatoes, an mighty few Of them Miss
Larson came up from the cellar and shut
the door behind her. II dunno but YOU
show sense, for when folks put away a
lot Of vegetables for winter use now
adays, they're more apt to get green's m
potatoes when they want to use EN-
Modern houses don't seem 'dapted to raise
much but coils and coal bills, I was
talkln' to OF Mr.. Schultz, jes' las night.
He never stayed in q house with fur
mace over night. an he's over ninety:
but what cures one II kill another, seems
II, an you can't make any rule.
dunno as you know the Johnsons?
Mr.. Jim Johnson was married las spring
an lives In a flat buildin' jes' back of his
fathers. It's more convenient for Mr.,
johnson n for his wife. an when he wants
anythin he jes' slips down the back way
an over home. She's foun' him there
ca tin breakfas' more N once when he
wasn't satisfied TIL what she gave him.
man d sooner hurt his wife's feelin's
n his digestion, seems it, which amt the
way With women. They eat frs an think
after.
It's convenient for OF Mrs. johnson
too, an she fms it mighty easy to go in
the back way to see t Mrs. Jim S maxim
hash the way Mr.. Jim likes it. There
isn't more suspicious bein' on the face
or this earth n woman whose son s
jes' married, seems il.
We'll, as I started to say, Mr. john
son was over at his pas one evenin', an
they got to talkin' OF the things he used
to put In the cellar when the children
were all at home, an how much they en-
joyed slippin' down an film their
pockets 'th apples before goin' to school.
| It made Mr.. Johnson jes' yearn to have a.
cellar Of his own with barrels Of apples
In 1t. Seems if he jes' had to have those
apples, an mex mornin' Mrs. Johnson
was called up by the janitor, an he didn't
speak very pleasant, either, when he
asted her where she expected, to have
brought over barrel of Bellfowers an
barrel Of Northern Spies an barrel
Of Wine Saps. Mrs. Johnson wouldn' t
believe they were for her, but the grocer's
boy proved they were. There isn't room
in any fiat In town to store three barrels
| of apples, an she went over to Mother
Johnson's to asst her what to do
| An now those apples are in the OF
Johnson's cellar an whenever Mr.. Jim
Johnson wants one he has to go down two
| flights Of stairs, across the alley an down
the cellar. 1t isn't what he thought it
! was goin' to be. but there isn't anybody
| to blame, so far's can see, not even the
! janitor.
! IA boy might as we'll be satisfied If he
enjoys thing once. for he can't expec'
to have secon' helpin' of anything, an
relish it as much as he did the frs plate
| full, seems if
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
Urged Affi|iation With the
American Federation Labor
MISS MARGARET A. HALEY IS RECOGNIZED LEADER OF
THE CHICAGO TEACHERS IN THEIR STRENUOUS
STRUGGLES TO READJUsT PUBLIC SCHOOL
CONDITIONS

social organism were united in the home.
Our complex civilization has withdrawn
from the home the industrial and also the
educational function. They are separated
not only from the home but from each
other. Rational unifica ton and co-ordi-
nation must follow the lines Of least re-
sistance. The line Of least resistance is
that Of harmony and cooperation among
existing organizations"
Miss Ella Rowe, president of the fed
GRAFTON, said Of the matter:
1.-THE feeling Of discomfort among the
teachers has been fostered by the way
they have been treated. We will carry
on the tax fight in the courts, and the
fact that we belong to labor organiza-
ton may help us along In this matter"
In joining the federation the teachers
followed the advice of Miss Jane AIDA ms
who addressed them by special request.
when the matter was under constderat ton.
She told the teachers that their cause
would be very much strengthened by af-
filiation with the Chicago Federation of
Labor because the members of the latter
body were all voters and most of them
had children in the schools.
The vote at the crowded meeting was
the teachers for joining the Federation of
Labor was the increased influence that
such q step would give them with 200, 600
or more voters who are members Of labor
unions. By gaining the support of the
voters the teachers hope to have abolished
such evils as overcrowded rooms and low
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
LUSCIOUS NEW PRUNEs

The new prunes which have just been
received are pronounced by experts TO
be the finest that have been IN the mar
ket for several seasons. The variety
known as silver prunes are plentiful, and
the more expensive grades OF the dark
variety are very large. They average
twenty to the pound. Ffures are not only
q wholesome food, but since the pruns
industry has assumed such proportions
in the United States, many new ways OF
preparing them have been devised. The
time -honored stewed prune Is favorite
breakfast fruit with many. Prunes to be
stewed should be washed carefully and II
hard and dry should be soaked an hour
before cooking. Put them In porcelain
kettle with enough boiling water to cover
them; boil closely covered for five or ten
minutes, or until swollen and tender;
then add one teaspoonful of sugar for one
pint OF prunes and boil few minutes
longer, but not enough to break them.
II the prunes lack flavor add little
lemon Juice.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22

ITsz-1HE most recent development of
IE3 HSI educational troubles in Chi
iE& k8s! cago is the decision of the
l&# ESa| great Teachers Federation of
that city to join the American
Federation OF Labor. In this matter un-
doubtedly the leading spirit was Miss
Margaret A. Haley, formerly teacher in
Chicago and one of the two representa-
tives Of the club who carried to a tEt
umphant finish the teachers tax fight
against the Chicago corporations. Miss
Haley will be we'll remembered. by most
of the Minneapolis teachers, for she was
elected president of the National Fedora
ton Of Grade Teachers which was organ
lied in Minneapolis during the meeting Of
the National Educational association in
July. This national federation had its in
ception among the leaders of the Chicago
organization.
Miss Haley was one of the principal
speakers in the discussion of the question
of joining the Federation Of Labor and
her views are of interest. She said in
part:
1.-THE utilization of the teachers with
the labor unions Is the inevitable outcome
Of the growing consciousness among
teachers that the public school must
either properly relate itself to the other
organs Of the social organism or become
a prey to the destructive forces disin-
teSrating our civ1liza ton through lack Of
coordination among these organs. There
was a time when all the functions of the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22

salaries. They expect to find the trus-
tees of the board OF education more amen
able to reason when they are backed by
the Federation of Labor.
In addition to a general desire to Sc
cure a favorable and influential backing
for any measures that may affect their
welfare, the teachers have already one
specific matter in which they want help.
Miss Haley tn an address before the So
cial Economics Club Tuesday called on
the teachers. organized labor and women's
clubs to help defeat the new educational
bill Of the Civic Federation.
Miss Haley not only denounced the. new
educational bill and the school board OFF,
Gals who suffered 1t to be framed as 1t
words that it was an insidious blow struck
by the commercial interests and the poll
ticians at the last remaining shred OF
autonomy and self-respect that the
teachers have been able to retain through
a long series Of prosecutions.
'"rhe federation Of the teachers of Chi
cago and the labor organizations was
We were compelled to fight, to rebel as
desperately as the American colonists
rebeled a hundred years ago, and
naturally we turned to those most likely
to make our cause their own,
This bill seeks to deprive Chicago of
Ine TlSnI 10 HnaIlaSe us SCnOOI system ny
putting it into the hands Of farmers from,
Podunk. Cairo and Egypt. It makes the
superintendent Of schools as much an
autocrat as the Gear of Russia. It says
to the teachers themselves: You must
stop thinking. you must become q mere
automaton, your work must be mechanl-
CAL ''>' -
"Commercialism has poisoned and par
alyzed our intellectual, physical and moral
characters until we are scarcely able to
recognize a wrong when we see it. But
this wrong is seen-and we are going to
crush it,
BY a unanimous vote the Teachers
Federation Endorsed at its last meeting
the amended child labor and compulsory
education bills that Chicago club women
are working for.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22

such as would not be permitted to be used
in lodging houses, being extremely small
and badly ventilated. In many cases such
rooms were built centuries ago. Little or
nothing appears to have been done in the
way Of constructing larger windows or
Of providing other means Of ventilation.
1.-The condition OF the staircases and OF
the pantries is in many instances unsatis-
factory. Even in some of the modern
buildings the staircases are inconceiv-
ably badly lighted and ventilated.
THE Eousemaiding Of the bedrooms is
supposed to be: done by scouts, and it is
not to be wondered at that these men
sometimes allow the bedrooms to get into
an aboninable, dirty and dusty, condi'
ton"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
A TRYING SOCIAL PUZZLE.
OF THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN A TEA AND RECEP-
TIoN-MosT HosTEssEs IGNORE ALL DISTINCTIONS

When there's woman in a reception
gown at each end Of the table, it becomes
the most formal of afternoon functions.
You never can tell what you are going to
until after you have been, any way, for
invitations throw no light on the mat
ter" .'-- .*~
1T would seem to me-" remarked the
interlocutor, with a wrinkled forehead,
that your friends would like every party
to be either a buffet luncheon or an infor-
NAL dinner" go
'They would, Indeed" was the prompt
response. ''It is rather amusing that
there were not half dozen receptions
given all last year in Minneapolis, but
nearly every woman who received dubbed
her affair tea. AS one of them said to
me: You don't have to do anything in the
way Of decoration or refreshments at a
tirely. In fact. you can give tea for half
what a reception will cost and entertain
the same number Of friends
Guests, you mean" interrupted the
third voice. '"One cannot have 200 friends,
and one seldom invites less to q recep-
tion." #~%:
But T have always thought that the
name was question Of hours and not Of
food or expense" said a fourth voice; join
ing In the discussion. "A tea can be
given only from until 6 O. clock, just as
the hours for coffee are definitely stated
as from 8 until or a chocolate from 10
to IL. The tea is a native Of England and
no Engilshwoman would think OF announc-
ing it to begin at o'clock and dwadle all
through the afternoon. A reception may
include a tea or coffee or, a chocolate II
| it commences early enough and lasts long
enough for it may be given at any hour
| In the morning, afternoon or evening.
| But tea is confined to the two hours
preceding 6 o'clock. by the woman who
really understands the little distinctions
Of entertainments.
| Il believe you are right in theory, but In
practice you will find that Minneapolis
| women grade their entertainments as the
J tea, the informal tea, the informal recep-
ton, reception and formal reception with
the accessories to match and they give any
one of them at any hour they please
'"Then they are wrong" and the fourth
| voice never lost it's emphasis.
And you would sooner be right than be
Mrs. President" misquoted somebody.
Il would, indeed" the answer was I'M
hesitating. "a woman cannot afford to
| make social mistakes"
Then g. tea Is always reception but
| a reception only occasionally becomes q
tea to the woman who Is correct?"
EXACTLY" declared she who knew.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22

'.Dea ex machina'' Of Lord Rosebery' S
party, wherever she goes, and she goes
almost everywhere, championing the ex-
premier's. cause. Society credits this tai
ented and fascinating woman with several
OBJECTIONS which have occurred from Sir
Henry Campbell -Bannernan' section OF
the liberal party. = = . r..
Lady Colebrook is gifted with rare in
telligence and an excellent voice; she can
be seen at all the principal race meetings
and social gatherings, and the catholicity
of her political friendships can be judged
from the fact that after a recent large
reception to the liberal league she stayed
at the Duke Of Devonshire's for the derby
races.
; Lord Rosebery has gained a powerful
ally, whose leadership Is more open than
his own. Sir Edward Colebrook seldom is
seen in public, and is generally known as
q bookworm. -, :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
FOREIGN FOLK AND FOIBLES

The great popularity Of the American
cakewalk dance and music was the SUBJ
ject, Of a. leading editorial in the Figaro
the other day. The cakewa1k is indeed
the leading feature at the Nouveau Cirque
and with half dozen music halls most in
vogue. Star actresses, such as Jeanne
Granier, Reiane, Marcelle Lender, Eve
Lavalliere. Gernaine Gallots. Mariet Sui
ly, and others have become adopts at the
American "danse du gateau.' The
sprightly refrains Of Georgia Camp Meet
ing'' are heard nightly from Montmarte to
"Boule Niche
The cakewalS is now danced at the most
reactionary and historical chateaux. in
Touraine and Normandy, where fashion
able society at this time of year delights
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-22
WOMAN PARTY LEADER IN ENGLAN
LORD RosEBERY HAS SECURED POWERFUL ALLY IN LADY
COLEBRO0K, SISTER OF ALMERIC AND AR
...... -. THUR PAGET.

A new woman political leader has APP
peared in the person Of Lady Colebrook,
and there is great interest in her plans
and movements. Lady Colebrook is
especially interesting to Americans, being
connected by marriage with two leading
families. Her brother, Al1neric Paget.
was for several years society leader in
st. Paul, and during that time married
Pauline Whitney, daughter Of w. c..
Whitney, whom he had met In winter
journey on the Nile. Her brother, Arthur
Paget, married Mary Stevens, daughter, Of
the celebrated leader OF New York society,
Mrs. Paran Stevens. Mrs. Paget Is her
self one of the most influential as we'll as
the most energetic and resourceful Of
English society leaders. She has been the
successful originator and manager Of most
of the largest charity affairs given in the
last dozen years. -. .'-a" -.
Lady Coiebrook is now regarded as the