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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-01

Success consists in doing what you
can do we'll
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-01

But for the little men In the world
great men wool never be noticed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-01

Any first-class watch maker can de-
liver selections from his own works.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-01

Mrs. winslow's Soothing Syrup
For children teething softens the gums reduces IN.
nammaton, allays pain cures wind collie. 2jc bottle
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-01
DARING DEED

lucky Deadshot had the following ar
ticle, topped with fireworks headlines:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-01

The way of the transgressor is often
rough on the other fellow.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-01

What politician says is one thing
and what he does is another.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-01
CONDEMNED IN MISSOURI AND CON-
FisCATEO IN NEW YORK,

Judge Clarke of ST. Louis has con-
vlcted and fined heavily number OF
grocers for selling baking powders
containing alum.
The week before the Health Depart
ment of New York seized quantity
Of stuff being sold for baking powder
which they found was made from
alum mixed with ground rock. and
dumped 1t into the river
The Health Authorities are thus
taking effective means to prevent the
Introduction into our markets of in
furious substitutes in place OF whole
some baking powders.
As alum costs only two cents a
pound, there ia great temptation for
those manufacturers who make sub
stitutes and imitation goods, to use
It. Alum baking powders can be de-
tected by the health authorities by
chemical analysis, but the ordinary
housekeeper. whose assistance In pro-
tecting the health of the people Is i'm
portant. cannot make a chemical ex-
animation. She may easily know the
alum powders, however, from the fact
that they are sold at from ten TO
twenty cents for a pound can. or
that some prize-like a spoon or
glass, or piece Of crockery. or wooden
ware-is given with the powder as an
inducement.
As the people continue to realize the
importance of this subject and con-
sumers insist on having baking pow
der of established name and charac-
ter, and as the health authorities con-
tinue their vigorous crusades. the
alum danger will, it is hoped. finally
be driven from our homes.
Several beauty doctors from New
York are installed in fashionable
quarters in London, and are doing a
rushing business in preparing faded
damsels who desire to look charming
for the coronation festivities. Wrin.
kles are removed, sallow yisages are
given the tint of youth. and to dull
eyes are impaired lovely brilliancy.
The beauty doctors promise to do all
this, and are shrewd enough to get
their pay in advance.
THE way to keep the price of meat
within reasonable limits is for the
public to quit buying it," suggests Vic
tor Smith. Let US all try for two
weeks. We consume in fourteen days
over 500,000.000 pounds of meat,
which we do not require as a physi.
illogical necessity. Peas. beans, po-
tatoes, cabbage. onions. corn, whole.
wheat bread. corn bread, some fruits
and plenty of water are all We need.
No one likes meat more than do, but
last year did without it for eight
months, and after the first week or
two did not yearn for it. Result-bet
ter general health"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-01
Judge BIaCkenham'S Heroic Moment
BY JAMES NOEL JOHNSON.

Copyright, 1902. by Daily Story Pub. C
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1902-05-11

2ippcn duf ben t6ren.
SIN felben Moment flan8 bonn BART
neQc fer Da8 Stolen zines a~nfa6renDen
0dQcn8, Der Dor Dem 6au1e bielt, un0
Qlcid bdruuf na6te pom 8arteniaotc
aus Elm raider 69ritt unD bic Stimz
me bc8 alien 9iener5, Der nDhl auf Ger
Gu4e na6 6rdulcin Don 8ie8beim
mar, ricF auf bic 3crraTc 6indus:
n@ndbige5 6rdulcin, Der gndDige
5err 7ino ioeben nit elmer 9ro76te
ppm 8a6nbof gctpmmCn."
Die jungc 6rau Bate ft4 fdon BEL
bcm Na6cn Der S6ritte aus Den Or
men bes Offi5ier5 befreit uno itur5te
icBt 6aitig, o6ne nod Elm Wort fir Den
s3urutbleibenDen gu baben, an DEM
9iener borij6er, Der i6r eilig folgte.
9ur9 Die offengelufene S6iir tonnte
Der Sberi tIeutnant nod ic6en, tpie Iie
i'm 5Iur iubelnD etnem alien 6errn I'M
rem 0al5 fiel unb i'm 6er36aft dbfiiBte,
or t0rte cine cttDas Grqerline W}Gnnerz
itimme ith punbern, Dap cine 9epeI4e
nod nidt angetommcn lei, Dann Idlug
cine SGlr gu uno QQcs mar iti1. 9alb
betdubt begab er Ii6 auf fem 3immer.
Sort mari er 7i6 auf ba5 GDpba. Gr
fnir56te nit ben 3d6nen bor Corn uHO
G9mer5. 9ieie 8ctbcr. GebOrCHe
S9auipielerinncn itnD Te Q1e.
9ieIcs iungc 0eIG6pf bra9te c5
ftrtig, T4 nit Dem SUB fiinDi8sr 2icb:
auf ZEN 2ippcn gu F%reuOiser 8egrIz
Bung in Die Nrme Deg betrOgenen Set
fen 81 i~tiir3en, Mobrli4, fie mar
nidt pert6, DaB Elm W}ann lpie er ftf
au6 nur orei Sage Ieines Qebens
nur4 iie bate pergiften luTen. CT be-
f6lOB, iie ni4t fpieber3uieben,
ltnterOeB ftonO 2iid BON 8Iihingen
i'm 3immer oes teimgste6rten 6aus>
herrn nit uuf benz Riden perf9lunge@
uen 9Gnben an Den groben &a9elofen
gelebnt unb bDrte nit Seelenrube 81,
pie Der alte 9err in ieinem 2ehnieHel
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1902-05-11
Dou eirc1u bis ilbcr bic Obren
}Icrliebtn mo rclucl
gilbnrrl1.
Bon 5ermonn 9epermon5,
II, C(miterDam).

Sin iu1ger 8OlontalDarenAdnDler
M}0gli6 audi, DaB er S6lG6ter mar ;
ieDenfuQ5 1T gum 8eritGnOnjB ieiner
4benteuer Die 8enntniB 7einer geiellz
79aftli9en SteQung ni6t Qb1Olut err
ForDerIid. elder 1T, OaB er Den
gr6Bten She'll De5 Cages Atnter etnem
2aDentiI4 5ubr6te.
Gr mar @ittner. @ie ii6 ba5 nit
Ieiner Sugenb reimt, niiBte i'd aQerz
Dings ni6t gu ertIGren. Sd Dermut6e
a6er, DAB er itd Iebr fri6 O%er6sirot6et
unO BALD Darauf feline 5rau oerloren
bat.
2u1o : er mar Elm jugenbIi6er Saul
mann, 0ittper unD berliebt. Bis
iiber bic O6ren berItsbt in cine iunge
Dame, Die fat tGgli6 Gintdufe Bel inn
mQ9te uno iebesmul baar be3a6lte.
9as Bate feline Nufmertiamfeit err
naGt. Sic banO feline 8dren auf, Oerz
langte feinen Q(uff4ub, Bat nt4t nm
3reDit, bate feline &ontobu6: iie be-
3ablte fpfOrt.
QuBer6em bate ie ein rei3enOes
GtumpfnGs4en, etnen iebr 4ibi4en
M}uno uno elm paor 6dnb6en, Die.
Rur3um, er berliebte fi4, pOg t6r
Iber 0a5 @ept6t gu unO lieB iie tibet
mGBig groBe Stiide Safe prObtren.
Gine5 3ages blteb ie fOrt.
IS mar etrpa5 geI6e6en. 8ieQet6t
nit Der Butter. 8ieuet4t nit Dem Sc
piGt.
Sic blie6 fort.
Gie mar entlpeoer trant, oOer iie
faufte Bel einem 2(nDeren.
9a begann ct GrtunOigun9en elm
3u3ie6en. GrIt bel ben 9ienitmGD4en
in Der Ia6bari6aft Die tannten ite
ni6t, Ie po6nte nod ntdt LANCE in Der
GtrQBe. Damn BEL Dem 9tenItmann,
Der fannie 5te nO6l, Der bate t5r Ytat
elm 8afet Fortgetragen, meiter muBte
er aud nt6t5,
Sine Wo6e lang blieb tie fort, 0ann
6olte fte Elm babies BfunD &ii4sniol3
unb bann : 6tmmeltreu3OonnerDetz
ter - bann fab man ie pieOer ni6t.
On einem Gonntag entDedte ct tbren
6amiliennumen. Sie DO6nte am Gnce
Ser @trQBe - t6r 8ater mar S6terar3t
-1e6r nette 2eute = DON gutter Ser
funft : unb @eIo obenOrein, Sic fab
Dor Dem Tenfter in elmer blauen 8IouIe
6inter rDt6en 9eranien uno gelbfeiDez
nen 8~orbdngen.
6ie lo6te. sic Id6slte. sic griBte.
Gr fii6Ite bic Steine ni6t, obi4on
Die StraBe ie6r ihleat g]epfLaitert mar,
lief ME i'm Sruum, partete Dlele Sage,
biele Wo6en. sic blie6 fort.
Gr trduerte. Mnie6en tDnnte man IS
inn niht; iein rotbpangiges, leu6tenz
bes 0ntliB gIdn3te unO leu4tete bei
Der Wiegei4aLe, IuItig 7pra4 er nit Den
9ienfmGD6en uno nit ben &unben, in
better Stimmung fGnttt er 8urit uno
S6inten auf.
Qber CT trauerte troB oQeDem; er
fino Griuen. Gr blifte in einem fort
auf bic 6traBe binaus. 8erge6ens. sic
fam ni6t, iie nit benz 6tumpfnd54en,
benz Wliino4en, ben 5dno6en. .
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1902-05-11
Err BtoInn elmer Aarritrr.
3on S. s ettel6etm n.
Der WiirfeI mar gefauenI

Del 0iirFel mar gefauen!
Sd bate einen Gngagsmentssger'
trag in Der SaI6e, ouf Dem Deutlta gu
lefen ftanb, baB i'd BEL Ni4teintrsffer
cine &onpontionaLtrufe BON fIntbunz
bert 9ul0en 3u entrtdten bate.
Nie id m1r 0orfam, na4Dem th blez
fes Document in Die 8ruittaf4e geiao7
ben.
Q8t5e6n Sabre aft, pon Der 8lii4en6=
ten 8egeiIterung fir Die 8iibne beiselt,
erFiQt BON benz Orange, in tur5eiter
5rtIf Die 606en Der Gduuipieltunit gu
ertlimmen, mir einell PlaB unter Den
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1902-05-11

Que5 ue6rt8e 1T 5el6Foerit3nOlid.
unfer 6el0 bratte feline Gnt5aulOiz
ounQen bor, bot ShaoenerioB an -
Ser S6ierar3t mics inn entrititet Die
56ir.
9l6er 6o5 Qerg1te fam nod,
0rauBen 66rte er, pte Der 9ottor
nUt6enD ausrtef:
sd t6nnte f~Do6r6oftig mel
men, th 6dtt' ne Sans ge6eirutbet. 6dtz
tet Du BEN &erl ni4t DrauBen parten
InTpn fDnneu2.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1902-05-11

6rau: o@as meinit On, Mdnne,
penn mir unIerm 0ientmdOaen 5u
@eibna6ten eiren 8aRO 9einer Sc
Di4te i6entten?"
Mann: guniinn, bic 0umme Sans
fam ia nidt leien!"
Hrau: sg2un, e6en parum!"
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1902-05-11
Damn befam er cine Ginaebnnq.

Gr bate na6 5ebn 1br nod Elm Ipez
Mig frii4e Cuff ge160pft.
8ei i6r, 6inter ben gel6ieibenen @ors
6dngen, brannte Qi6t. Die S6atten Der
8erQnien fDielten duf ben Gardiner.
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1902-05-11

Die critic 2ie6e lit bod immer bic
f60nite; finoeit Oh Oa5 njht au9?"
Sd ia, pom metner @nna babe i4
let nod @erGn@ertes i'm Spin0."
Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1902-05-11
Il

Sin tleiner Sunge patete zines
Na6mittag5 treu3ftoel bis an bic
3u0ael i'm i6lammigen 8aIer ums
Der. oWarum 6iit 9u 0enn ni9t in
Der S6ule, &leiner2" fragte elm bpr=
u6artommenDer 6err.
,Beil iA ben &eu96uTten Babe
antportete ieetenrubt3 Der Sunge.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-06-13
GOT A DOVER FOR HIS BRIDE.
shrewd weatcrner Headed subscrip-
tion List and Donations
Were Liberal.

Some years ago when the west was wilder
and more woolly than it is to-day young
man, since grown rich and now famous as a
fnancier and capitalist, was a regular board
er at hotel in frontier town. He and q
number of his friends were wont to resort
every evening to the smoking-room of the
hotel which they used as a sort of club and
their wants were attended to by fair wait
ress who may be called Miss White. She
was nice, quiet girl, without any nonsense
about her and attended to the wants of her
patrons with regularity and promptitude,
relates the Chicago Chronicle.
One evening after she had retired for the
night the landlord informed the company
that this was the last night. she would wait
upon them, as she was going to be married
next day. When the landlord had gone out
Jimmie Hughes, the young man referred to,
got up and said he thought it only right
that they should show their appreciation of
her services by making her a little present
on this auspicious occasion. He took sheet
of paper, wrote his name down for 5000 and
passed it round. The girl was popular and
the idea caughs OR and when it came round
again to generous Jimmie the total amount
ed to something over $4,000. They sum.
moned the landlord, handed over the
amount to him and asked him to give it to
Miss White next morning with their hearty
good wishes for her happiness. Next day
she was married and the happy bridegroom
was-Jimmie Hughes.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-06-13
WELCOME RESTING PLACE.

board floor is very desirable. since It
permits the use of this when the grass
ground would be moist. The smooth
floor also affords splendid chance
for children to play in wet weather,
or indeed in any weather, since their
clothing will become soiled much less
easily when playing on such floor
than upon grass ground or gravel.
This place can also be made to shell.
ter a hammock, stretching this from
one corner to an opposite corner. The
roof frame should, of course, be
braced in the same direction as that
occupied by the hammock, running
a two by three strip of lumber from
the top of one corner post to the top
of the one opposite; also placing a
similar piece between the tops of the
other two opposite corners. The cloth
gables should be fitted to the frame
and tackled in position, after which the
roof, side and end flaps (all in one
piece) can be stretched into position,
and held in place either by tacking OF
by cords through eyelet holes and tied
about the frame.-Country Gentle.
man.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-06-13
Bronze Grass Keats Timothy

Bronze grass and timothy were
grown at the North Dakota station
to compare the yields of green grass
and to study their relative value for
hay, considering their yield and chem
ical composition. In five cuttings dur
ing the season bronze grass yielded
5,537.6 pounds of green grass, or
1928 pounds of dry matter per acre,
and timothy 4,6s1.6 pounds of green
forage, or 1,422.s pounds of dry mat
ter. The results were decidedly in
favor of bronze grass for permanent
pasture. Bronze hay contained about
twice as much protein as timothy,
and no more fiber than the average
for timothy grown in different parts
of the country. Owing to it's larger
root system, bronze grass is consid-
cred better humus producer and
soil improver than timothy.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-06-13
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

Make the boys interest in the
farm SO profitable that he will be
anxious to make farming his life
work.
The farmer as we'll as the business
man who is going to forge to the
front these times is the one who
thinks and plans.
Broom corn should have frequent
cultivation till the plants are two
feet high. Then the cultivation may
be stopped unless needed to retain
moisture.
If one has been so unwise as to
have gotten in more area of crops
than he can cultivate properly il
may pay him even now to abandon
some of it and cultivate thoroughly
the remaining portion.
Irrigation produces such large re.
turns for the outlay that many
farmers could well afford to invest in
an irrigation plant of their own il
not in an arid or semi-arid region
where irrigation is carried on by
means Of great systems.-Farmers
Voice.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-06-13
GEOGRAPHICALLY OFF.
A Hitch in Spelling That Was
smoothed Out by a Harvard
Graduate.

They were making copies of inventory lists
when doubt arose as to the accuracy of the
spelling of jardiniere in the original copy.
Miss Brown" called the typewriter,
"please spell .jardiniere.' ,.,
Certainly" returned Miss Brown, blithe-
ly. "J-a.r-d-a-n-i-e.r-e."
"Oh, / don't think that second syllable is
spelled dam Mr.. Wyeth, will you spell
jardiniere"
"Ja.r-d-i.n-i-e-r-e," returned Mr.. Wy
eth.
The typewriter blushed, says the New
York Sun. Mr.. Wyeth was partner, and
it's hard to tell partner he can't spell. Il
don't think that's quite right" she faltered.
Lets look in the dictionary"
The dictionary was an old edition and
didn't contain the word. Suddenly hope
ioomed large in the person of the senior
partners son. He was fresh from Harvard,
and the entire Office appealed 20 him
through Mr.. Wyeth's: "say, Ransome,
spell jardiniere.".
"Search mel" replied Ransome. Put
the thing down as flower pot" Which
they did,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-06-13
UHunREyA VAHuFF CURED OF
"a IUUuE ID WuEE PELVIC cATARRH
She Suffered for Years and
Felt Her Case Was Hope
less---cured by
Pe-ru-na.

Mrs. Judge McAllister writes from
1917 West 33rd St., Minneapolis, Mimi,
as follows:
"Isuffered for years with pain I'm
the small of my back and right side.
II infcrfered often with my Domestic
and social duties and never Supposed
that would be cured, as the doctors
medicine did not seem to help me aHy.
"FOrfunafeLy a member of our Or
der advised me to try Peruna and gave
1t such high praise that decided to try
II. Although started In with little
faith, felt so much better In a week
that IfeH encouraged.
"Ifook IL faithfully for seven weeks
and am happy indeed to be able to say
that am entirely cured. Words fan
TO express my gratitude. Perfect
health once more Is the best thing \
could wish for, and thanks to Pernna
( enjoy that now. "-Minnfe e. Meat
lister.
The great popularity of Peruna as a
catarrh remedy has tempted many
people to initiate Peruna. A great
many so-called catarrh remedies and
catarrhal tonics are to be found in
many drug-stores. These remedies can
be procured by the druggist much,
cheaper than Peruna. Peruna can only
be obtained at uniform price, and no
druggist can get it cent cheaper.
Thus it is that druggists are tempted
to substitute the cheap limitations Of
Peruna for Peruna. 1t is done every
day without doubt.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-06-13
Ration for Young Turkey.

Feed the young turkeys stale wheat
and corn bread. A few hard-boiled
eggs mixed in the bread with little
salt and pepper is good for the first
week. Don't forget to give them
plenty of grit in the way of sand
mixed with their feed or broken
shells, dishes or lime rock. The main
thing to keep turkeys healthy and
growing fat is to keep them clear of
lice. Commence ON the old hen be-
fore they are Matched. Dust the hen
twice week with ashes and few
drops of coal oil added, grease the
hen and young turkeys as soon as
they are Matched with fresh butter
or lard with drop or two of coal
oil to every teaspoonful.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-06-13
TRADE UPON AMBITION.
Unscrupulous Publishers who Make
Money from Persons with Lit
erary Aspirations.

Everybody is writing nowadays
sighed magazine editor, disgustedly,
as he ran through pile of manu-
scripts heaped up on his desk, accord
ing to the New York Herald. Here is
a sonnet from a cabman, a story from
policeman and an essay from soap
maker at Penobscot, Me-" 1t is true.
All the world is pushing the pen or
hanging the typewriter, and one never
knows at what moment his best friend
may not draw a deadly historical novel
on him or demand that he peruse a
driveling narrative of "rustic life"
In this era of well-nigh universal au-
thorship there has arisen a band of
unscrupulous knaves who, with the
skill of a confidence man, endeavor to
turn the popular desire for literary
fame to their advantage.
1T is the greatest graft that ever
happened, my boy" said one of the
most cold-blooded of these rogues, as
he boasted of his achievements. 1--WE
have our hands on the most potent
valve of the human mind-the conceit
of literary authorship-and when we
press the button the money is sure to
follow. We keep a sharp lookout as
soon as we learn of an aspiring author
who is engaged upon 'magnum opus,
or has had one turned down by big
publisher, we camp on his trail, and
we never let up till we land him.
"Of course we adopt n stand-offish'
policy as soon as he begins to nibble,
| tell him that we can never consider his
book until it has run the gauntlet of our
readers and critics, but that is only for
the purpose of increasing his own be-
| lief in its great qualities. Lord bless
| you, if il is the veriest rot ever penned
we will handle it. An adverse criticism
upon book is an unknown quantity in
our shop.
"Then we inform him that the ex-
| pense of publication will be about
$500, which we expect him to stand. He
| demurs, whereupon we ask him how
many copies he thinks he can dispose
of himself. Incautiously and ignorant
| lyhe estimates the number at 1000. In
reality. if he has good luck and lots OF
friends he can sell about so. We show
him. however, that by his own state
ment he will be able to publish at his
own risk to much better advantage
than if we offered him terms, and so he
is at last firmly hooked.
THAT $500 is merely first contribu.
tion, though. He speedily finds that hi,
manuscript must be thoroughly re-
vised. corrected and punctuated, at a
cost of 500; illustrations must be Sc
cured, the proof must be read and g
hundred other little things done, each
of which has its separate fee. l may
say that'I never let an author get away
from me for less than $500.
FINALLY, when he Is MIXED dry, W,
turn over 1000 printed and bount
books to him and give our attention tt
a fresh victim"
"Do they ever come back with a sec
ond book?"
"Never. That is the sole drawback
to the business. One never has tn,
chance to make steady connections
for our clientele is always changing
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-06-13
Feeding Soy BEANS to Hogs.

Prof. c. +. Curtis, of the Iowa e1-
pertinent station recommends that If a
person has corn, soy beans and shorts
to feed to sow with pigs, the best way
is to grind the corn and beans and feed
with the shorts in the form of slop.
The proportion recommended is rs
pounds of corn, 6opounds of shorts and
Is pounds of soy beans. Two feeds a
day of soaked corn is also recommend
ed. Soy beans are new feed, and it
will do no harm to use even small
er proportion until the sow and
pigs are used to it II it has never been
fed. The feed should be mixed when
dry and made into slop later. This
will insure better mixing and more sat-
isfactOry results.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1902-06-13
CLEVER BLIND CHILDREN.
Act Upon the Stage without Making
Single Mistake I'm the Whole
Performance.

A company of blind children enacted
the play, Jack, the Giant killer" at st.
Louis recently, reports an exchange of
that city.
1t was their first attempt in the his
trionic line and was pronounced the
success of the season by the theater-
goers. The children belong to the
Missouri school for the blind, and the
entertainment was arranged in cele-
bration of the institutions fifty first
anniversary.
The teachers made all of the cos
tunes and trained the performers for
weeks beforehand. The latter entered
into the spirit of the occasion with all
of the zest which more favored chill
dren might have exhibited. The re-
markable feature was the keenness of
perception which they displayed.
Guided by some instinct, they never
made one false step, but passed and
repassed each other on the stage and
always found their respective places
without collision. Their movements
were all ease and freedom and grace
and their steps were as firm and full of
confidence as though they had been
blessed with the brightest and keenest
of eyes.
Sightless lords and ladies bowed to
blind king and queen in courtly
style. A blind fairy waved her wand
over their majesties without once
touching their crowns. The blind Giant
Blunderbore marched in all his terrible
might across the stage with the most
threatening strides and blind Jack the
Giant Killer strutted gloriously up and
down with his trusty sword. 1t was
all done with such astonishing accu-
racy, and never was there mistake in
word or action. The orchestra which
furnished the music was composed of
Is blind boys, and the attendants of
the king and queen numbered some 20
eightless little cnes.
So that it was company which real
ly crowded the narrow stage and made
the excellence OF the performance all
the more notable. a particularly pret-
ty scene was the part in which Jack
led the Princess and Fairy Good in a
dance which was very much like the
Virginia reel.
After the play s. NJ. Green, superin-
tendent of the institution. was the re-
cipient of many congratulations upon
the histrionic achievements of his pu-
pills.
"They can do things and accomplish
good in the world just the same as
people that have eyes," he said. proud
ly "Our motto is this: 1t is the soul
that sees
I'VE took that motto several years
ago to impress on the public the fact
that blind people are not lot of hap,
less, unfortunate creatures. as some
suppose. Aside from the misfortune OF
being deprived of their sight, blind
children are just like other children
They are affectionate, they like to
romp and play, they want to be out in
the fresh air and sunshine. and they
enjoy hearing the songs of the birds
and smelling the perfume of the flow
ers."