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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1904-05-26
FORSYTH MISSOURI, THURSDAY, MAY se, 1870
Professional Cards.
un. G. BADINC
Real Estate

Farms, Wild aud improved lards. suitable for
ofcharding aud sheep aud goat hu-bandry.
you waut To sell quick .jst with me. Ny cou.
tract DOES not preclude you from making sale
yourself .>ddfcss, WN. C. HANNA.
Forsyth. No.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12
0LD-TIME ASSOCIATIONS.

Speaking of old-time associations
connected with flowers" said a middle
aged woman to the New York Tribune,
the other day, few people, 1 fancy,
have more delightful recollections of
their childish intimacy with the love-
ly denizens of the old-fashioned gar
den than my sisters and l. My mother,
who had all sorts of theories, some
delightful and some, we thought then,
distinctly otherwise, always put away
all our playthings, with the exception
of our dolls, the first Of May, and lit
orally turned us out OF doors into the
great spreading garden, where the USE
full and ornamental were most salts
factorily combined. On either side of
the broad, well kept walks, where we
could race and play, were wide boards
filled with every variety OF flower and
shrub, which we were permitted to
pick ad libitum, with big grape
vine covered arbor at one end, where
we took our breakfast and tea, and,
incidentally, picked and ate the grapes
when they were ripe. The rest of the
garden was devoted to vegetables and
fruits of all kinds, which we ate at will
during their season. The grand flowers
around the house, which the cross old
gardener would not permit US to touch,
we did not care for, but how we loved
all the well known favorites of our
own garden! The flowers were both
our companions and playthings, and we
discovered many things about them.
Did you ever know, that you could
write legibly and draw pictures on the
back of a lilac leaf? Any sharp point
makes a clear, clean, dark line. We
used to write all our notes with a
darning needle on the back of lilac
leaves. There was a certain yellow
weed that used to make the prettiest
shoes for our china dolls. We called it
bread and butter. BY cutting off part
Of the flowers and turning up the end
for heel we made perfect little CO.
lonial slippers. There was another
plant we had great fun with-hen and
chickens we called it. 1t had thick,
succulent leaves, and by soaking them
in water the outer skin would become
separable from the inner, and we could
initiate them like bags by blowing in
them. The balsam seed pods, too, we
used to love to press be-
tween thumb and finger and
hear them suddenly explode. We used
to have flower balls in the arbor--a tu-
lip ball, rose ball, a lily ball. The
inverted flower made the full, fashion
able skirt of our day. The stem was
the body which we arranged cleverly
with flower petals for waist, ana
beautiful shady hats made out of corn
flowers served for both head and hat.
l wonder If there are any children that
do all that kind of thing now! know
mine do not; they are too busy with
their games and their ponies; but
should like to think that there are
some children somewhere who spend
the summer days playing with the flow
ers in dear, old-fashioned garden who
are enjoying themselves as much as we
used to do"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12
SHE BALKS AT A CROSSING.

For wonder, the crossing at Fourt,
avenue on the south side of Fourteenth
street says the New York Sun, was
quite clear for two consecutive min
utes shortly after o'clock in the aft
ernoon. A tall. elderly woman in black
approached from the Broadway direc-
ton, got as far as the southbound
track, and SHE'D at a northbound car
half a block away.
The tall cop beckoned her to come
one, but she was seized with panic
and ran back to the sidewalk. The con
was going to fetch her over when a,
couple of wrangling truck drivers came
around from Fourteenth street and di-
verted his attention.
Watch her." said one of the loung-
ers on the corner. She'll never start
to cross again until It's as much as
her life is worth to leave the curb"
The woman put her foot out once
or twice, as a person does who is try
ing how cold the water is. She moved
up and down the curb for ten feet
or so.
Her face showed signs of mental
agony. But she never left the side
walk. The cop had his hands fulY
guiding the living stream in and out
between the vehicles, and forgot her.
Suddenly there was shout. The
woman had again reached the south
bound track, and the shout was from
the motorman of a car which had
just cleared the Fourteenth street
tracks.
The man was, grinding down his
brake furiously to avoid striking the
woman. The cop bravely dashed to
her side, and the front of the car made
a dusty mark on his uniform as il
stopped.
Then he held the woman with all
his might, while she struggled to walk
deliberately under a northbound car,
He never let her go until he had her
landed on the eastern sidewalk. She
seemed very little disturbed by the
episode as she stalked along Four
teenth street, but the cop took off his
helmet and wiped his forehead.
"One of the nervous sort" remarked
the lounger
"A woman is all right till she balks."
said the cop. Thousands of 'em cross
mere, and most of 'em go over Just as
senslbly as a man would But there's
some that's all nerves, and it's my
belief that the dynamos in the cars
Just drag them. You know. they saw
nerves is all electricity or something,
and believe it's true-with some won-
en-, anyhow"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12
THE FULL SKIRT.

Fashion is a good deal like Cupid
she keeps us in chains, but we love
the shackles with which she binds us.
Fashion says this or that, and this or
that we do. She pull the string and
women dance like paper puppets.
Strange to say, we rather enjoy this
agile hopping about according to the
whims and say-sos of the erratic old
dame. Were she to tell us to wear cab
bage for hats we'd fall into line with
the same old smile and think Mrs.
Fashion quite a clever creature.
Oh. we'll. says the Chicago Record
Herald, what's the difference? There's
something exhiliarating in keeping up
with the procession. One would rather
die from overexertion than to rust TO
pieces, and to keep well clothed is
part of the play. The fundamental
idea is the desire to be dainty and
trim and sweet and tidy. so If one tags
after the great yle--it only
makes the effort a little more interest
ing.
The latest whim of Nine. Fashion is
the full skirt. She might do worse by
us-much worse. The full skirt does
one kindness at least; II annihilates
the figure-out- lining gowns that are
so Objectionable to those women who
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12
A RING WITH A LOVE STORY,

''The1e is a man with story" said
the elder clerk in a big jewellery store.
The old clerk, says the New York
Press, was looking at another elderly
man who just had turned away to talk
to the superintendent. The customer
was particularly well-dressed man
with white hair and mustache. a. mic
ture of success.
What kind of a story?"
Il suppose you would call il a ro-
nance. Twenty years ago he had US
make woman's ring that we assumed
was to be worn by his fiancee. 1t was
the most beautiful and certainly the
most costly ring we had ever made.
1t was bit of jewelry that If YOU
once saw you never would forget. The
woman for whom we knew it was in
tended was a customer of ours, and
most of us watched eagerly to see
how it would look on her hand. She
was prominent socially, and her name
appeared in the papers so often that
any one could tell where she was and
pretty nearly what she was doing at
almost any time of the year.
ITO our surprise she married another
man few months after the ring left
our store. Then we thought it would
come back to us. Within a year after
her marriage her husband died, and al
though this man devoted himself to her
again she remained a widow and he a
bachelor. She died about a week ago.
and he has just been here seeing about
exchanging the ring for some old Dutch
silver he wants. He told me he had no
further use for the ring. L had il
made he explained, twenty years ago
for special use. Now / have no fur
Their need for it,"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12

have a few scattering ideas about mod
eety The show-girl way of holding
ones frock about one very snugly,
with swirl and whirl of ruffies at
one. side, is a back number and en-
ttrely out of Date. You will notice,
If you take the trouble, that good style
nowadays is suggestive of everything
that is ladylike and lovely. Loud,
clashing colors are only for the SOU
brette in the play; they are not for the
woman in real life.
With the new full skirt comes the
usual dilemma-how to hold it up
properly. The walking skirt is made
to clear the ground by one inch, but
even then ii must be held up at street
crossings, if one would keep ones hens
in nice condition. AS a general rule
the new skirt has plaits and things
To clutch at the back folds indis-
criminately would mean to destroy the
long. straight, pretty lines. SO the
only way is to take hold of the back
breadth up close to the waist and lift
the skirt a few inches.
1t is always funny to see a woman
lift the front breadth of her gown
and imagine that the hem all around
is clearing the sidewalk. Old ladies
have this habit to a large degree, the
back part of the frock flowing aim
lesSly through every mud puddle that
happens to be along the line of march,
When the day is very bad and the
gown is very long and full q woman
needs about eight hands to be able
to perambulate with any sort of COM
fort to herself and safety to her gown
But since she was given only a single
pair of hands she must do the best she
can under the circumstances.
1t might not be out of order to add
few lines about the care of ones
clothes. 1t is the gown that is kept
well brushed and nicely cleaned that
lasts the longest. The well-dressed
woman now pays so much for her
gowns that unless she has a pocket
book that suffers from extreme FAITH
ness she can't have more than a gown
minute. To take care of ones clothes
is necessity, as a hygienic good-sense
habit There is nothing so destructive
as dirt
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12
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23 CHILDREN IN 1s YEARS
In an Oklahoma Deputy sheriR's
Family Are 1B Boys and Girls.

In an Oklahoma Deputy sheriR's
Family Are 1B Boys and Girls.
Guthrie 20. To Correspondence of the
Kansas City Journal
Should a society for the prevention
of race suicide be formed in Oklahoma,
Deputy Sheriff Frank Carter of Law
ton would likely be chosen it's first
president Although married but eiRh-
teen years, Mr.. Carter and his wife
are the parents OF twenty-three chill
dren, all living. There are fifteen boys
ana elght girls in this remarkable fam
lily, and 1t is said that President Roose-
Velt mas written a personal letter to
MT Carter in which he wished the
Oklahoman success in raising his chill
dren. Fourteen Of the children are
twins.
At one time, it is related. seventeen
of the children were sick with the
measles, and in order to supply them
with water, during the hight of the
fever, Mr.. Carter attached a hose to a
faucet, and in that way the children
could pass it srom one to the other
without disturbing their parents. Dur
ing their whooping cough period life
was somewhat trying for the sheriff,
and his wife and he declared that when
ten or twelve children are all whoop-
ing, with an apparent effort to see
which can whoop the loudest and long
est, sleep is next to an impossiblity.
This siege lasted for four months, and
1t was the only time that Mr.. Carter
found his family an inconvenience. He
declares that with the exception of the
whooping cough period II is as easy
to raise twenty-three children as only
two or three.
The family resides in house of but
five rooms. and because of numbers
especial arrangements had to be made.
which all the boys pile at night. lying
crossways. The same arrangements
obtain In another room where the girls
sleep, although there Is a little more
room to turn over 1t was impossi-
BILE to find a table which would At in
the house and at the same time seat
all the children, but there is no sec
ond table" They draw lots each week
as to which ones will have seats at
the table, and the rest stand up or
sit on the porch. The clothing bill Is
somewhat large, but some of the boys
are now getting old enough to work
little for themselves, and this is
great assistance.
Mrs. Carter, who was Miss Lizzie
Shaw, is only 80 years old. Both were
born and raised in LAGRANGE, Tex
where they were married. The cou-
pie moved to Oklahoma in october,
1891, at the opening Of the territory,
and settled at Lawton, where tney
have lived ever since.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12
HOW TO RULE A HUSBAND.

When the writer was about to mar
rW says the National Magazine, the
wife of we'll known Judge gave her
this advice:
MY dear a woman needs the Wis
dom of Solomon, the patience of JOB
and the meekness of dove TO get
along with the best man that ever
lived. l have my third husband. all
good men. but all cranky at times.
When they are cranky, keep still; when
they fret, hold your tongue, and al
ways remember that it takes two to
make a quarrel"
In writing to the dear old lady att
er some. years of experience at the
headquarters of an army. where l was
surrounded by some thirty thousand
men, / took occasion to say;
The more see of men the better
like them; and as to quarrelllng, you
are quite right. 1 should like to add
that your admirable advice might per-
haps be supplemented by adding: 'Ex-
ercise tact. and spell it large Tact
will win nine times out of ten, where
open hostility and aggressiveness
fails"
The response was:
You are right: we are improving
with each generation"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12
THE WRONG BLUFF.

A clock in a nearby tower had Just
tolled off the hour of 4, says the Phila-
delphia Press, as he arose unsteadily
from tn card table, where he had sat
for three hours, stretched his weary
limbs, babe his comrades goodnight
and started in the direction of his
home.
After a half hours walk in which all
the lump post and telegraph poles in
sisted on getting in his way, he arriv
ed at his home, took out his bunch of
keys, at last found the elusive key
hole and softly opening the door and
discarding his shoes at the foot of the
stairs, climbed heavenward on all tours.
With cat-like footsteps he crept across
the threshold of his bedroom and pro-
ceeded to undress. He heard his wife
move restlessly, which made him hurry,
and In doing so he upset a chair Step
ping quickly over to the cradle in the
corner he commenced to rock it vio-
lently.
"Is that you, John?" came his
wife's voice from the bed.
Yes, dear" he replied.
"Well, what in the world are you
doing?" she asked.
why, I'm rocking this blamed kid
to sleep
How long have you been there?"
'Since half-past H."
well, John, think you had better
get right into bed, as 1 have the child
in here beside me, and, moreover, I've
had him here ever since IL O'Clock last
night"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12

homer" asked the rector.
I'm the church, If you please, doc
tor"
"wiIl there be an announcement? p.
asked the rector.
Announcement? I did not know
that was customary
LAS you prefer. Some prefer an
announcement, you know"
mo, doctor. / did not know THAI
You know, it is our first"
Yes, of course. At least, hope so -
Pardon me. doctor. but 1 do nor
think 4 quite understand"
II mean | hope it is your first mar
riage," said the rector, who was
becoming slightly confused himself "S
"Marriage?" asked the young worn.
an; and the young man echoed the
inquiry MARRIAGE" And then the
young woman, taking her cue, said;
We've been married a year-near-
ly."
And the young man echoed. Eyes.
nearly"
you never told me-" said the rec
tor.
mo, we never told any one until.
recently; did we, Harry?"
Not until recently" echoed Har.
"Then. what is it you wish. coms
to the point, my dear young peo-
pie. 1 have an Engagement"
: why, doctor ! We WANT you tn
christen it,"
"Ah, bless you, my children. Arv
time for that. Bring IL TO the chantry
tomorrow morning. And the rector
put an emphasis on sit" which
showed that he understood his
business
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12

which find are grimaces. and live in
world OF sorrow for the sake of my
beauty"
There is little chance that you will
be any prettier weeping than laugh
ing" I told her. I'm real life tears do
not take the form Of pearls chasing
each other over rose-petalled cheeks.
Tears are not becoming. The eyes and
nose turn red and there are deep lines
in the face. But smiles and laughter
may be charming If you will only train
them properly. Practice them every
day before your mirror. Learn what
your faults of expression are and cor
rect them before they make indelible
lines"
Almost every woman overworkS her
face; nervous women especially do so.
In general, the most unpleasant ex-
pressions and consequent wrinkles
arise from bad temper; but, contrary
to poetic Justice the best tempered
women in the world often do their
faces great injury by over-smiling and
overlapping.
Stand in front of your mirror for
half an hour and hold animated con-
verse with q real or imaginary per-
son. Watch yourself sharply during
that time and see If you can't catch
your face in mischief.
Are you raising your eyebrows abb
surdly high to indicate surprise? This
is not pretty thing TO do in the pres
ent, and a ruinous thing for the flu
ture. If you make habit of this, the
years to come will show you tiny hori-
zontal lines trooping down upon your
forehead in a host. Then you will
either endure them, looking old before
your time, or take up the tiresome and
expensive battle of massage.
Whether or not these lines have al
ready appeared, indulge them no long
err. Surprise is shown just as well by
slight rising of the eyebrows and
opening of the eyes. 1t should be in
frequently shown anyhow. Many peo-
pie make the mistake of thinking that
continual starts and gasps and stares
make them appear interested listeners.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12

said: You seem to know a few of
the girls. even II you have only been
here a short time"
His friend looked at him in a chesty
way for moment, then replied: Yes,
and they are a fine lot. The most So
ciable people on earth. Why, old fell
low, ] know every woman in Monte
video." The capital of Uruguay is a
city of several hundred thousand in
habitants, ana the newcomer caution
&c the boaster to go slow. A bet was
made and they started out. In the first
block they met five women; in the
second, seven, and so on for several
squares. Every time the hat came off
there was a smile and a nod in re-
turn. The newcomer gave in, and told
his friend he was a wonder. After he
peculiar custom, and now he is wait
ing for some stranger to show up so
that he can get even.
Every year is leap year in Paraguay.
There are six women In the country to
every man. A long time ago this lit
tie nation passed through a disastrous
war, during which the major portion
of the male population was killed.
Strange TO say, nature has not cor
rected this unequal state of affairs for
since that time the great majority of
all children born have been girls. A
bachelor does not stand any more show
of escaping matrimony in Paraguay
than an old maid in Alaska. He must
marry or give some mighty good rea-
son for not doing so. There are SO
many women after him that it is less
trouble to marry one OF them than to
be continually bothered by all of them,
The prevailing scarcity of men has
made the women a rather strenuous
IAe
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12
THE OVERWORKED FACE.

What misfortune it is that a wom-
an seldom sees her face except in re-
pose. What a pity that ones mirror
can not in some way follow one
around. If we could only see ourselves
as Others see US, as we laugh and as
we frown and as we talk. what lot
of reforms would be taking place.
When you approach your mirror
says the New York Press, ii is to tie a
four-in- hand or brush a pompadour or
adjust a hatpin. At such times your
face is practically without expression
You may catch sight of slight scowl
if the tie is perverse, or a pleased smile
If the hat is becoming; but for the
most part you stand before your glass
like wooden image. You have no
idea what your face is like when busy
One day 1 came up behind a bright
girl friend of mine while she was
dressing her hair.
Don't let me interrupt you,' said
Chat with me while you are finish
ing that coll"
So she continued arranging her hair
her eyes fixed on the mirror. while she
told me of her recent pleasures. As
ing party, we both burst into hearty
laughter. Suddenly she stopped as if
she had been struck.
why. l never saw myself laugh be-
fore! she exclaimed. What a dread
full looking creature I am when 1 do
It. and" she added frankly, Il always
supposed / was a pretty girl. My face
turns contortionist when 1 laugh.
vow I shall never indulge in laughter
as long as l live. I'll fix my mind on
the tombs of my ancestors or, IL that
fails to bring me to tears, I'll nibble
horse-radish or peel onions. From
this day forward / renounce smiles.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-06-12
COMBING HER HAIR IN PUBLIC.

'It is the most extraordinary thing
the way you women over here comb
your hair at the theaters," exclaimed
foreigner, says the New York Trib-
une. rive just been watching that
girl over there.
"She has taken every comb out of
her hair, run it I'D the back of her
head several times and then replaced
it,. Now she is patting her hair to see
that it is all as she wishes it to be.
I've seen lots OF girls over here go
through the performance. Rather
shocking, when you come to think of
it. Look at this one-she's going to
do the same thing!"
1t was a very fuzzy blond head that
was being combed this time. A good
many sweeps of the big side combs
were needed to bring together the lit
tie frowsy curls that had sprung their
confines and were hanging down from
the pompadour.
! The girls gestures In arranging her
| hair were not in the least furtive. They
were as deliberate as though she were
standing before her bureau at home.
Cant see exactly how il ever start
ed" murmured the American whose
attention had been called to her coun-
| trywoman's action. Il never do it
myself, but I'm afraid that I have
seen so many girls do it that 1 have
become hardened to the sight
81 remember an American woman's
| look of disgust when she saw French
man comb his mustache in Sublic.
That's pretty bad, too; but this is in
my eyes the more awful, for one ex-
poets daintiness and charm from wom-
en-, and this energetic combing and ar
rangement of hair in public places is
extremely vulgar"