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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02
An Open Letter TO Girls

zUhom most Of yoA already knozu. She has
been interested in girls problems ever since
she scas a very young girl herself. and has
helped almost every type of girl auith her s0ise,
friendly counsel.
Come to Mrs. Herick zcith anything thai
is in your heart-svith trouble or Joy, for 3D.
vice or for sympathy, for hearty interest and
cooperation in your 1oork and plans. Dont
spare her! She loves GIRLS fairly greedy
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

tell how to brush dem clouds away" But
the sunshine is very pleasant, and we can't
have too much of it.
So begin and write at once. You know the
old saying, "Come early and avoid the rush"
That is what l would advise you to do. For
there is going to be a rush on this department.
and the editor already sees herself showed
under by pile of correspondence The rule
will have to be ""frst come, first served" Send
in your letters, now, those of you who wish to
have the honor of being first to appear in the
new department.
And now good luck to you all and to me
and to the department.. Such friends as we are
all going to be!
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deed we can lessen the trouble and make some
one happier, even if it is orIy for moment?
That is what this department is meant to
do We will help one another The girls will
be more good to one another than | shall be
to them, am sure, because there are so many
of them, and there is only one of me. Their
united experience outwelghs mine thousand
times. Their exchange of views and ideas will
be worth infinitely more than my advice. |
shall be the one who brings them together,
more than the one who advises, in very
short time | see thatl
Don't think, either, that you must wait until
someone has just the need you can fill. Sup
pose you have gone through some hard place
and have learned way by which it could have
been made easier. Write and tell US all about
it, and let me put your letter in the paper as
kind of guiding post for some other girl who
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

your names to me in writing,
but those names will be abso-
lutely confidential between
you and me. When your let
tiers appear in the paper,
there will be given only your
initials or any signature you
have asked me to use. Your
III
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

for more and more girl-friends. You can't
egear her patience out And, TOO, scrite and
tell her 4ohat yon like, or dislike, in the depart
ment-and then qvatch ont for change5i
We'Ue planned and planned, but 1Ue auant to
be guided BY yoa, yourselves; for, after all,
this department is yonrs-yonrs to use and
enjoy, and manage as you please.
To yoa, and to Mrs. Herrick-a hearty
1ueIcome.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

all that concerns them, I remember
SO very distinctly the days of my own
childhood, that feel as though there
were close bond between me and all
girls. Those know help me to feel
acquainted with those I have never
met, and encourage me to hope that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

have found out since. So will you, if you try
it. 1t means that there is no other JOY SO sweet
and dear and beautiful as that which comes
from having been of use to someone else. 1t
doesn't make any difference in what way the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

TT/ IiH this number, zveve opened
NJ nezp department-a department
iustfor girls-1ohere, from week
to sceek, girlish joys and sorrogus sviH be DIS
cussed by girls themselves, with Mrs. Herries
for their oagn special editor.
Ne asked Mrs. Herrick to take charge OF
this debartment because zce kno10 her g0arn'
feeling for grls-knozU, too, that she's not
stranger to you, bit strong, splendid s0omaa
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

girls who wish to get an opinion that
comes from an outsider who has no
prejudice for or against their case,
and can look at it from an impartial
standing. Often it is boundless re-
lief to talk things out to complete
stranger, who cannot fit names to the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

persons Of whom you speak. When mat
stranger is also friend it makes matters far
better. VIII you try to think of me as that
stranger-friend?
Come to me with anything that bothers
you. 1t makes no difference if it is big or
small. 1t may be something of no more I'M
portance than indecision as to how to dress
on a certain occasion or how to respond to an
invitation. Ii may be something as big as the
determination what you will do to make
living or how you are to adapt yourself to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

may be in the same kind of spot. If you have
found out the best way to do something that
girls like to do-whether it is managing your
allowance, or making your own Clothes or
turning out superior article of fudge-write
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

and tell me for the benefit of the
other girls. Don't turn over only
your bothers to the department. Let
US bring sunshine as we'll as clouds
with it. The clouds have their valnc,
both as improving the sunset effects
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02


Now word as to how you are to write.
In the first place, in ink Have you any idea
what trial it is to make out letter written III
pencil It is enough to put out ones eyes, and
would be afraid to tell you of the effect it has
upon the temper! So write in ink, and III ink
that is black enough and clear enough to read.
Then write only on one side of the paper.
That makes matters much easier for the edl-
tor In the third place, give your true name
and address, and in the fourth place, If you
wish personal answer, ENCLOSE STAMP
AND SELF-ADDRESSED ENVELOPE.
I wish [ could shout that so loud that every
girl could hear it and understand it. 1t is SIM
ply impossible to reply to letters that are not
accompanied with stamp. lry to remember
this. 1t may seem little matter to you-one
two-cent stamp! So it is little matter
where there is only one stamp. But when girls
from all over the country are writing and ask
ing for replies, you can imagine how quickly
the two-cent stamps mount up IN number and
cost. So send stamped and self-addressed
envelope with your letters if you want
prompt reply.
THE JOY OF SERVICE
Don't you think we will have good
time together, girls? do. 1t probably does
not make you feel so rich to have an editor all
your own as it makes me feel to think that |
have lot of girl friends all over the country.
1t is one of the incest things that ever hap
pened to me. And hope that we shall be real
chums and comrades helping one another in
every way we can.
A good while ago, when I was very I'M
happy over something, one of the best and
most helpful men I ever knew told me the
highest Joy in life was the Joy of service. |
did not know quite what he meant them but
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02
Mrs. Herrick's Great Work for Girls

Wv 7 HILE Mrs Herrick is too well known IN
NA/ literature to need an introduction to
v our readers, sketch of her life will
be appreciated by her many girl
friends.
Christine Terhune Herrick is the daughter of the
Rev. Edward Payson Terhune, d. D., and his wife.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

help has been given. or If it IS for
big thing or a little thing. The ser
vice is what counts. There is good
deal Of trouble and unhappiness in
the world, dears, as we all find out
as we grow older. Don't you think
it is lovely thing if by word or
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

ny DEAR GIRLS: Will you let me
M call you this already? Or is it too
much of liberty at this early stage7
When we know one another better, when you
have written to me and l have answered your
letters, when you have told me of your feel
ings and wants, when your names are familiar
to me, you may be willing to have me use the
positive pronoun, as well as the word dear.
. And yet l don't feel that we are strangers
even now. | am such good friends with so
many Young girls, | am so much interested in
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02
A PLACE AND AN EDITOR OF YOUR OWN

betterl The girls anxieties
and worries are just as much
to her as the tribuIations of
any older woman are to her,
and they demand more atten-
ton. The older woman may
have experience to help her de-
eide problems and bear mis-
fortunes. The girl, who is in
experienced, has no such aid.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

who is best known to the public as aMarion Har-
landn She was educated partly here in America.
partly abroad while Dr. Terhune served as Amerl-
can chaplain in Rome and Paris. Her foreign resi-
dence gave her facility in writing French. Italian
and German, and, besides significant point to us
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

they too will let me into their friendship
This department il to be just for you, my
dears-for you and me- For long time there
have been departments galore for older wo-
men. The housekeepers and the mothers have
had columns of their own and editors of their
own to whom they could write about any
problems that weighed upon them. The chill
dren have had their particular columns, devot-
ed to their special needs. But the girls have, as
a rule, had to fit themselves in where they
could. They felt themselves too old for the
children's corner and too young for the house
keepers quarters, although they have often
turned to the editors appropriated to these
older women, because they must ask advice
somewhere, and were at a loss where else to 90.
A PLACE AND AN EDITOR OF YOUR OWN
Now you have a place of your own and an
editor of your own. wish | could make you
believe how ready and eager shall be to hear
OF all that interests and bothers you, and how
DESTROYS | am to help you in any way I can.
For girls have lots of things to puzzle them,
as know very well. There is no use in older
persons saying girls have no troubles that
amount to anything, and that their cares are
mere tribes that will soon be gone We know
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

you, if only she knew how to get the help 70
YOU. Well, here is her chance and yours
When she sees the letter in which you tell of
the weight on your mind, she will write to the
departments least, l hope she willard
say what has done her good in similar clreur1l-
stances. And each of you will have made the
world easier for another-one by giving help,
the other by receiving it-and each of you
will have won friend. That is a big winning,
my dear!
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02
NOBODY WILL KNOW YOUR NAME

Don't think, though, that there is going to
be no privacy in this department. No names
will be given to anyone except at the request
&C The owner of the name. You must all send
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

utterly changed conditions in your
daily life. I do not mean to as
sumo such great wisdom that |
shall always be able to counsel
you Alright. But | shall listen with
interest, | shall advise to the best
of my ability, and we can at least
talk the matter over and open it
up to the light.
But this department is not to be
entirely a tete-a-tete. We are all
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-02

to be in it. Not only the girls and l,
but the girls together. No one knows
just how one girl feels as well as another
girl, and l want you all to become acquainted
with one another through this department. It
is a very old saying that we are in this world
to help one another, and it is as true as great
many other old sayings. Do you girls ever
stop to think of how much good you can be
to other girls? Does each of you suppose that
she is the only one who has had just the ex-
perience you are now going through Not
bit of it. There are no new patterns in both
ers, any more than in anything else. The thing
that is worrying you is probably worrying
some other girl in the same way. She has per-
haps found out something that would help
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-12-16
Anchoring to Icberrs.

It has been found that the currents
round the coast of Newfoundland make
at times wide difference in the direc-
ton Of the drift of icebergs and that Of
the fiat or pan ice, which, having no
great depth, is governed in its motions
by the surface currents and the winds.
The icebergs, the larger part of which
are submerged to great depth, follow
only the movement of the ocean water
as whole and are uninfuenced by the
winds. Thus a huge iceberg may often
be seen majestically maintaining its
slow advance: in opposition to the wind
and across the general motion of the
fields of fat ice surrounding it. The
sealers often take advantage of this fact
by mooring their vessels to an iceberg
to prevent their ship drifting to lee
ward. The movement of these great
mountains of ice is practically irre-
sistible.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-12-16
M1NNESO NEWS.
Judge areenlsaf Clark.

Judge Greenleaf Clark, one of st.
Pauls best known and most respect
ed citizens, died at $40 o'clock Dec.
Z, at Lamanda Park, Cal.
Judge Clark was one of the pioneers
of Minnesota, and during his lifetime
was one of the most prominent and
influential men of the state. He was
known as man of sturdy and rug
ged character, q gentleman of the
old school, who placed honor and in
tegrity above everything else. He
held important public positions, and
his administration of Iublic affairs
was always characterized by the
close attention to detail and policy
which careful men apply to their
own affairs.
At the time of his death Judge
Clark was president of the board OF
regents of the state university and
president of the State Historical So
ciety. He was appointed associate
judge of the supreme court OF Min
nesota in 1881 by Governor Pills
bury, serving one year.
Judge Clark was born Aug. %, '35,
in Plaistow, N. II. He fitted for COL
lege at Atkinson academy, entering
Dartmouth college in 1851, from
which he graduated in 1855.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-12-16
Butter Makers.

Another large delegation attended
the closing meeting of the state butter
and cheese makers at st. Anthony
Park. The announcement of scores in
the butter and cheese contests were
made. There were 129 entries in the
butter contest and Charles Levenik OF
Lakefield carried off first place with a
score of 97.7, G. II. Schenel of Rapi-
dan being second with 97.2', and c. d.
Jensen of Bernadotte third with 81.
In the cheese contest, A. w. Parkin
of Stanton scored first with 06.5; A.
l.. Parkin, second, 9e.5, and Mr.: Reentz
of Beever Dam, third, with 90.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-12-16

ut Is Said to Be Not Only Unsinkable,
But Is Collapsble.)
carrying steamships are able to carry
sufficient boats for lack of room.
The ordinary boats in case Of accidents
are liable to be stove when being low
cred, or when lowered to be overcrowd-
ed and swamped. The Englehardt COL
lapsible boats, it is claimed, combine
the requirements of economy in space
with the utmost carrying capacity.
Should emergencies arise the Engle-
hardt boats need not be launched. Only
the lashings have to be cut, and when
the ship has sunk the boats will be
found floating on the water like RATS.
Two men or boys can, in few seconds,
extend the sides of the boats simply by
lifting in the cross beams and thus con-
verting the raft-shaped boat into life
boat that will hold bread, water tanks,
oars and supplies enough to support the
passengers a considerable number OF
days.
The invention is pontoon-shaped
boat of wood or iron and filled with
kapok, in water-tight cushions, which
are placed in water-tight compartments.
Kapok combines the greatest floating
capacity with the best weight and will
sustain from 80 to IS times its OWL
weight in water.
The boat has superstructure which
can: be folded up or erected, the whole
surrounded by fender also filled with
kapok, in water-tight cushions. In ex.
tending the boat, the oars are released
an ,oval-shaped thwart supplied with
cross thwarts will slide into position and
stanchions and other parts drop into
their places automatically. The mech
anism Is simple and not easily put out
of order.
The boat, according to advices re-
ceived at the department of commerce
and labor, from Ernest L. Harris, COM
mercial agent at Eibenstock, Germany
has been subjected to exhaustive tests
and has successfully withstood all OF
them.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-12-16

the exhibits. The American consul at
all of the cities to be visited will be
informed in advance Of the exhibition
and its purpose and announcements
will be made in the public press of the
names of the firms whose representa-
tives are on board the vessel, their
line of business, etc., and the consuls
will be requested to see that importing
and exporting merchants in the inte-
rior and adjacent cities will be fully
advised of this exhibition.
The itinerary of the vessel is ar
ranged with q view of taking advan-
tage Of the time of year that is most
reasonable. with reference to weather
and climatic conditions, to afford,
apart from the exhibition purpose Of
the tour, notwithstanding cruise.
Exhibitors will be awarded 100 to 500
cubic feet of space and will be permit
ted to carry five tons of cargo If de-
sired. The lower decks, where the ex-
hibits are to be arranged, will be gor-
geously decorated, brilliantly lighted
and supplied with power While in
port the exhibition will be open from
eight a. m. to eleven p. m. The crew
will be at the disposal OF the exhibitors
In arranging and caring for the exhib-
Its. All exhibits will be set up be-
fore leaving Seattle and will remain
In place until the voyage is ended.
Only the exhibitors and their exhibits
will be carried. While there are &C.
commodations for PIG f1rst-class pas
sengers the number will be limited to
100 actual exhibitors, but rs of these
may have the opportunity to take their
wives.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-12-16

long as he lives. No chief justice of the
supreme court has ever resigned. All
have died on the bench. Chief Justice
Fuller has administered the oath OF
Office to four presidents, Harrison.
Cleveland and Mckinley twice. He was
appointed April 80, 1888.
Justice Fuller has been chief justice
of the United States since 1888, hav-
ing been appointed by President Cleve-
land. During his incumbency of the
Office he has been called upon to pass
judgment upon many of the most i'm
portant cases that have ever come be-
fore the supreme court in the history
of the nation, legal tangles that grew
out of the expansion of the nation fol-
lowing the war with Spain.
Justice Fuller was born in Augusta,
Me-, February II, 1888. After his
graduation at Bowdoin college, in 1853,
he formed q law partnership in his
native town. and also engaged in
newspaper work at the same time, be-
ing associate editor of The Age,
democratic paper there. In 1856 he
sought a new field in the middle west,
and settled in Chicago, where he
opened a law Office. From that time
until the date of his appointment to
the supreme bench he figured to con-
siderable extent in Illinois politics. He
was a member of the Illinois state
constitutional convention in 1862; was
elected to the state legislature, and
a delegate to the democratic national
conventions Of 1864, 1872, 1876 and
1880.
In Washington Justice Fuller has
been a prominent figure in social life.
and has been extremely popular with
all classes Of officialdom. He is a
great admirer of President Roosevelt.
and his desire to remain in Office long
enough to entitle him to administer
the oath of Office to the president on
the 4th of next March is the result
of the friendship Of the two men.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-12-16
CHIEF JUSTICE NAY RESIGN
Rumorsd Xhat He Nay Lsavs su-
prems Bench After Rooss-
r. ~ velt's Inauguration. NJ

Washington.-Chief Justice Melville
w. Fuller, Of the supreme court Of the
United States, plans, 1t Is said, to resign
his Office on March 5, 1905, the day after
he has administered the oath of Office
to President Theodore Roosevelt. In
this event it is conceded that Secretary
of War Taft will be appointed by the
president to the vacancy on the supreme
bench. Chief Justice Fuller will be "a
years old on February II, 1905, and will
then be entitled to retire from the bench
and enjoy a salary of $10,500 a year as
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-12-16
BIG FLOATING FAIR.
WESTERN TOWN Is GOING AFTER
THE ORIENTAL TRADE.
Seattle, WASH, Proposes to Show the
Asiatics What We Have to Sell
1.-THE FAIR to Sail
Next Year.

Seattle, Wash.-Thts place comes to
the front with Q twentieth century
development OF the exposition idea
that promises to have an important
bearing on the oriental trade that
everyone has heard 80 much about in
the last few years. Instead OF waiting
for people to come to fair the Sea-
tie people, or, rather the Northwestern
Commercial company of Seattle, pro-
poses to send the fair to the people
exclusively to people who have money
to buy goods. The exposition was to
have been started out this month, in
stalled on the steamship Victoria, but
the Russo-Japanese war upset the
scheme and the sailing date OF the
floating fair as been postponed to
November Is, 1906.
The idea is to offer American COM
mercial houses an opportunity to send
representatives to establish permanent
agencies and also to make immediate
sales to the countries bordering on the
Pacific ocean, which contain the larger
portion of the worlds population, and
which are in direct water communica-
ton with the United States. The
floating industrial exhibition will visit
the cities of Yokohama, Kobe, Nagasaki
(Port Arthur and Vladivostok If war
conditions permit), Shanghai, Hong
kong, Manila, Singapore, Colombo,
Mauritius, Delagoa Bay Tor Valparaiso
and Callao, South America), Cape
Town, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney
and Honolulu. The steamship will
remain from two to ten days in each
of the places named, according to
their Importance, thus giving ample
opportunities to all interested to visit
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-12-16
News Notes.

The Grand Army men OF Crookston
and other Minnesota cities will en-
deavor to secure the passage OF . state
law this winter exempting post prop
erty from taxation.
George II. Fifield, a well-known resi-
dent on the Minnesota road, was work.
inc with q lantern in his cellar, when
in some manner can of gasoline which
was stored there fell down and ignited.
Mr.. Fifeld was badly burned on the
face and hands.
Fire partly destroyed . building
owned by A. H. Reed at Glencoe.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-12-16
4 NEW UNSUITABLE BOAT
Many Requirements Have Been Net
a. BY the Invention Of Danish
Engineer.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. life boata
are numerous, yet when the test comes
these unsinkable boats do not fulfill their
requirements. The navy department
and the life saving service are just now
interested in experiments which are be-
ing made with the Englehardt unsink'
able life boat, the invention OF Capt
Englehardt, a Danish marine engineer.
The Englehardt boat is said not only
to be unsuitable, but is collapsible and
can be slowed in small space on the
decks. Few of the great passenger