The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-23

even SO much as a fin, and she despaired
NEWS OF TIE BOOK WORLD
Metamorphoss Of Man-From City Slave
to King of Small Farm-Home Build
ing and the conquerIng of Hill Side
Acres, Told In a Book.
Poets may be born but not made,
but the rule does not apply to
farmers oo Henry in the story of the
recreation of city-bred man into
a farmer, and the process is an absorbing
study, especially to one who has had
thoughts of DESERVING the stone streets Tor
the feel Of the earth beneath the feet, as
this chair has The trouble with the chalr
has been that to farming there is some
thing besides the feel Of the earth beneath
the feet. Unless one has bank account
to draw on, there is much work to farm
ing, and there is where the chair draws
the line; but it may have to come to It
yet.
But all that is aside from "The House
in the Woods" The book gave the chair
the real pleasure Of seeing. another or
others going thru the process of readapt-
ing themselves from city to country life
There was the building Of the house, and
| then they thought they would be DONE IN
reality, they had just begun. There We're
literally thousands of things to do after
that, and then came the acquiring Of
knowledge Of farming by experience, an
expensive but effective method, and with
al full Of joys as well as disappointments.
The couple In Mr.. Henry's book found it
So, at least. They were philosophical
Ia1 ind. w Influences
at work upon their own lives and took
| pleasure in Analysing them. They saw
| the gain to themselves from association
with the sturdy and simple life about
them, and sought in their turn to give
something back. This they did by making
the house in the woods a gathering place
for the countryside for winter amuse
ments. The country friends Of the re-
made farmer had had their own expert
ences, caught glirnpses Of city life and
| drawn their own conclusions. Here is
one:
| "At first T thought the city was great.
After while I couldn't tell whether I
was really succeeding or had fever. I
would as soon join a stampede of cattle
as go there again."
| The owner Of the farm and the expert
ences told in the book drops a suggestive
remark now and then which it would be
good for those who dream Of flight to
country life to weigh: He: says IF. We
/ would live in our palace of dreams we
must do the Chores and farther on he
j says it takes six hours to do the chores.
Il Well, that beats the eight-hour day. But
There are more things than chores to be
done on a farm. s,a
BUcoL1C RHYMES r
/ CA legend Of Quoge. or Setauket or Ronkon-
koma, Somewhere Else.)
Soy a1Inc1a Pete To IInc1e Simon T.
Who, people thought, was {good at rhymin',
4 ''D'ye think tibet it would vex We eff
1 Ye he'd to rhyme 'Alexieff 2"
SEE Uncle Slime to Uncle Peter:
II vum,. We couldn't ha' done it neater,
There amt no rhyme that wrecks We eff
L Ye don't git stuck by 'Alexieff.' !"
Sez Uncle Pete to Uncle Simon;
s'Then here's another word to rhyme on
81 There amt no blessed Tommy Atkins ~
{ Hezr got a name like Kouropatkin's'
I ''No fair seq Uncle Simon GRIMM;
4 '"Thet 'S' was tryin to steal its innin'
Jess some guy'ment bureau what kin
1 In Ireland, now, hez kouropatkin?
I Two hours old Simon capped old Peter,
i And each prune and .raisin eater;
The grocer watched the dried fruit goin',
i Without bit Of anger shown.
4 An then SEE he, 81 guess We better
/ Pay for two pounds tibet rhymes with debtor. ?
: SAHAAS $3.50
Jess charge it up an pass the bitters.'
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The Uneasy Chair.
Wooden Men as DeIegates.-The mel
who make presidents are growing fewe
q and fewer with each presidential con
: vention, says James Murray Allison il
: Leslie's Monthly for June. The delegate
don't count, except as shouters. Here !
q what Mr.. Allison says of them:
v The men who. rea lily run things at nationa
q [conventions grow constantly fewer in numbers
: The average delegate, noInnally the direct rep
: resentative of the voters of his party, is nova
tdays scarcely more OF factor in the choice Q
candidates than the slowest -witted voter In hi
;, nome ward. y5s
j. '"The Mighty Men Of Russia, 9TH
I Eternal Gullible'' and Fighting the Goo
: Fight in Missouri are other interestin
I features in the number.
E Elements of Success.-Under this head
9 ing Successful American for April give
It some hints Of values.
A front is tin thurder. It is sand located WOOD
and however much it looks like stone, it will nc
! stand. the strain.
The buffer is at discount when it comes
!. a showdown.
= The clay feet of the front-maker are likely
!, cruInble at any minute
That tells the aspirant after success on
It thing to avoid at any rate.
The Successful American will hereafte
Y be quarterly, but will give its reader
the same amount Of material.
ID Down. with the ;Tubercle BacilIi.-
Cheering words for those who have cor
II sumption are found in an article on '.TI
!, Great White Plague in Everybody
Magazine for June. Eugene Wood thel
says:
y Be done forever with Patient Resignatio
Fight this enemy Of the race. Never troub
Tho latest word OF modern medical science is:
- Consumption is Catching,
81 It is Preventable.
1t is Durable.
Z. Another striking feature of the numb,
Is q series Of clever and striking carics