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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-30

WEBSTER CITY, IOWA-H A. Dixie, Web
ster City boy. is engaged in the work Of trans-
cribing the old Latin classics and Shaksperian
works into characters such as can be read BY the
blind. He Is doing this work for Helen Keller
who is studying in uniyersity-
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DIES MONIES. .IoWA.--More than quarter
bank stock are represented in the viii Of the
late Major Hoyt Sherman The property is
equally divided among his five children and
one grandson. 80 - :
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SAUK CENTER, MINN.-Hans Hanson a po-
Eeer business man is dead.
osAKIS, MIME B. Downey, an old resi-
dent buried yesterday. ISIS
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BIG DEAL AT CLINTON
$33O,OOO Represented in a Sale OF
Stock of Trolley COMPANY.

CLINTON. IOWA.-One of the biggest nnan-
cial deals in the history of Clinton was con-
summated here yesterday, when Walsh Brothers
p l Calnan Brothers disposed of their stock in
loca! capitalists, represented by A. L. Schuyler.
l It Is o understood the stock sold amounted to
bonds, making a total transaction Of $3.50 900.
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HUMBOLDT, IOWA.-The Humboldt county
farmers institute adopted a resolution request
Ing Senator Winnie and representatives from this
secure the passage of law requiring railways
to sell 1,OOO-mile tickets for 500. good until
used, and good O an persons ma med
on the ticket ut time of purchase. !
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LAKE CRYSTAL. MINN.-The w. R. C. elect
ed the following officers: President, Sarah Clay;
senior vice president, Mary Folsom; Junior vice
president. Ella Barney; secretary, Alice Her
Wilson killed a wolf at Rapidan. seven miles
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Choose From

for each finds favor with a great many
men. One thing about the derby hats Of
this spring Is that there sare no novelty
shapes among them. While they look
little odd after seeing the large, full
crowned hat with the wide curled brim
which has been worn ali winter there is
nothing absurd and extreme about them.
They are verX stylish and will, no doubt,
be quite popular among the better dressed
men.
: MUST BE PARTICULAR.
Hats something that man has to
be very careful in purchasing. for if he
gets one that is unbecoming to him he will
be. noticed at once. Hat dealers, as a
general thing. endeavor to induce man to
get becoming hat. for it helps them III
their trade. If a decided novelty hat is
rot becoming TO a man they will usually
tell him so, for il hurts their business for
man TO so out of the store with some
thinG his head which makes him lock
absurd. They contend that if a man leaves
their place of business wearing a hat which
Is very dresSy and becoming TO him il Is
better advertisement than any they can
have, for every man who sees IL will want
one, as he will imagine that the hat is
as becoming TO him as IL is to the first
man.
Varieties of soft hats this spring arc
numerous. However. one of the most styl-
ish. and one which il is said will be worn
extensively, is the brOad-brimmed hat,
something similar in shape 10 those worn by
the cowboys. Some of these hats have per-
fectly straight brlms while others slightly
curl at the back and sides. Instead of hav-
ing crease down the center. as the soft
hats previously worn, they have a rather
oval crown and are dented. Most of them
are worn with four dents-one in front one
on each side and one in the back. The
soft hats that are to be worn are mostly
novelty hats. Besides the oad-brimmed
hats there is a smaller one with the brim
curled all around This hat is slightly more
dressy than the cowboy style, but il will
become men of a certain cast Of coun-
tenance only. Men with large faces will
look very well I'm the wide-brimmed soft
hats, and the smaller built men will look
very stylish in the lOw-crOwncd soft hats
which turn up all around.
One of the prettiest novelty hats that Is
Exposition" Ii is a soft hat. with a large
bTim that curls up at the sides and hack
with a deep role and with a drop i'm front
This hat is likely TO prove very popular,
II Is said. with young men. Ii will take
the place of the Stanhope hat that was worn
year ago. In cOlors lit comes i'm black
and covert or light brown. The covert
makes the prettiest hat. especially with 8.
contrasted band.
Every year the hat manufacturers de-
sign some novelty hat and put IL on the
market as leader. this year they have
decided on The Exposition. Ii is seldom
that a novelty hat Is as pretty and ar
tistic this one. There is nothing absurd
nor outlandish about IL. as is often the
case with novelty hats. and In the light
STYLES II will prove quite pleasing. The
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Spring Hats for Men Of Very Becoming Styles
10


unusual fact about this hat is that its
use is not confined TO any one locality and
is worn in both the East and West alike.
AS a general thing each city has hat that
is distinct with 1t, but this new novelty
hat is worn by young men all over the
country, and no doubt at the ST Louis ex-
position. from which ii takes its name, a
great many of them will be seen.
Another soft hat that will probably prove
quite popular is one which has not such
a broad brim. and curls up both at the
sides and back, and has slight drop in
front Universally the soft hats will be
in color similar to the derbies, and nothing
but brown and black will prevail There
will be various shades of. brown. however
and they will vary from a light fawn color
to dark brown.
FOR SOCIETY USE.
Silk and opera hats will be very much as
they were in the fall. "A silk hat is like an
evening suit in that is seldom changes
style, and when it does only slightly. The
opera hat is becoming popular for evening
wear and is rather taking the place of the
silk hat The silk hat is now for the most
part being only worn in the afternoons with
Prince Albert coats, and is popular for Sun
day wear and all afternoon social funC-
tons 1t is said that there will be a
great many of them worn this spring and
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A MARCH PRELUDE
PLAYED BY BIRDS

Y1HILE 1.-The huge world which roars
NV hard by has deep rhythm Of its
own that is traditional beyond its
lSA{tGSf vibrant rise and fall is a music
of the hours which soothes the
eye and ear and heart of all who were, in
infancy, "breathed on by the rural Pan"
1t is the old, old song of the elements at
their ceaseless work. planning the days and
nights, months and years. How blithely it's
benediction sends the human struggler back
TO his own natural task
There are days at hand when the sun
light plays upon the hillside and the sombre
little wood, so darkly green and so warmly
brown, as on harp of color; now the
little landscape sounds melody to the eye,
now is stilled awaiting the magic touch.
With strong. soft power the wind mutes
the cords OF light with feecy Clouds and
makes its own appeal TO the ear. In the
green dusk of tbs pines its murmur might
be the voice of the softly-falling snow,
and. again. in the leaf-hid oaks, the icy pat
ter of sleet. Quickly, then, is the restrain
ing touch withdrawn and burst of light
flashes across the waving plumes of the
red broomsedge and leaps to the bowling
pines and quivering oaks, while wind and
sun play brilliant harmony together. And
eye may travel after the wind, now, through
these bare, ruined choirs" across many
hills and valleys that shall soon be dra ped
in yendure to hide the mysteries of spring
In the mighty harmonies of nature birds
are but like grace notes, and the part they
play easily lost on the ear. But now, over
| the wet meadow, meadow larks soar and
sing once more. Their recurrent strain
seems to say, I'VE here again. We are
| here again" with lofty, minor sweetness
Through the little wood the chant of many
robins is waited from the foot of the hill
| Serenity is the robins theme-though there
| is ever a luscious suggestion of cherries in
| his tones. The cardinal has found his
| voice, but his reiterated wooing song is in
! terrupted frequently by sharp notes of
| ejaculation and the flash of carmine wings
| Indeed since Saint Valentines day Orlando
| is abroad in many guises with infinite
| wings" and Rosalind, in sooth, is OF many
minds.
Towhee, ever meath the catbrier, energies
| and mounts the treetop TO fling his spring
song on the air. This he manages with
| considerable dash and spirit in spite of his
| habitually plain ways. SO riOt0usly glee-
| full has the Carolina wren been all through
| the rigorS of winter that it would seem
| difficult for him 10 invent a single new
| note with which to hail the advent of
| spring, yet his repertoire is quite equal to
any surprise He makes glad the hours
with his matchless tones. From the hill
| top he carols and from the valley another
answers, the pair Wanting different songs
| in different keys. There is no chance in
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they are particularly popular among
church going men. The opera hat is worn
more by younger men. IL is seldom that
a young man is now found who does not
functions occurring after o'clock call for
evening dress, and with this the men are
wearing opera hats.
Many people are under the impression
that the silk hat and opera hat are sold
mostly i'm the fall, but in this they are
in the spring than in the fall. Many social
affairs take place soon after Easter and
men like to be ready for them, so they
purchase new outfits AS spring is also a
time for many weddings TO occur this
prompts men to buy evening outfits, and
possess an opera hat. for these hats are
not only dressy, but are convenient as well
and when one is attending social function
occurring after o'clock he looks out of
place without one of these hats.
The hat stores also carry a line of broad
staples. and they could no more get along
without them than a grocery store could
be conducted without sugar and coffee \
certain class of men, for the most part pol
iticians and professional men, wear this
style of hat. and they could not be pre-
are expensive, and one will last a man
year or more. The manufacturer who
makes them never varies in the style. and
they the same to-day that they were
fourteen years ago. Some like them with
exceedingly broad brims. and will pay ex-
ira TO have them thus. When man one
time becomes accustomed 10 wearing this
style of hat N is said that ne will wear no
other, for when people become used TO see
ing him with ii on they would hardly know
many Of them are prompted TO wear this
hat.
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Reading Club, which was organized in 1890:
The purpose of the club is the study OF
literature, history and art and also the
promotion of the general intellectual ana
social culture of its members. The Su-
burban Club, as its name implies, counts
it's members mainly from the residents OF
the two suburbs of the city-Orinoco and
Maple Grove. The people in these two
parts OF the city felt the need of an organ
ization by which those who were inclined
toward the study Of literature and kindred
subjects might be benefited and the organ
ization was at once effected. Its growth
and work since that time have been d1gn-
fed and helpful and it is now looked on as
a full fiedged sister of the other literary
clubs. The club selected the rose as Its
flower, and purple and gold are its colors.
Miss Ella Duncan is president. Mrs
Lucretia Armen first vice president, Mrs:
Mary Everroad second vice president. and
Mrs Gay Denison secretary and treasurer.
Mrs. Katherine Doup. Mrs. Zurilda Miller,
Mrs Lydia Caldwell. Miss Grace Price.
Mrs. Frances FitzgibbOn, Mrs. Isabel Gas
ton, Mrs. Gay DeniSOn, Miss Ella Duncan,
Catha n. Jewell Mrs. Emma Edenburn,
Mrs. Mary EverrOad, Mrs. May McEwen,
Mrs. Bertha Sappington, Mrs Nellie Hath
away and Mrs. Lima s. Reeves. The cor
Dowel Mrs Sue L. Aker, Miss Fannie
Pope. Mrs. Alice Denison and Miss Belle
Denison.
There are other women's clubs in the city
such as the Gibson Club, Les Bon Temps
and others. These clubs are purely social.
One club. the Kappa Kappa Gamma, is
composed of the members of that college
sorority who are residents of Columbus.
The mems clubs are numerous, as are the
clubs which include both men and women.
others are another story"
Columbus, March 10.
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If the American race, as Is claimed, is
not so hearty as its ancestors, no doubt
American habits have something to do with
the matter.
Business BE- Doctors get rich these
fore Health. days.. remarked doc
tor, smiling blandly,
because, in the main, men don't follow the
prescriptions for which they have paid. In
my dealings with business men who are
running down in health. / find that the
average man is irregular in his meals. Boys
are offenders in the same way. L have to
wait luncheon until half-past two for my
son. a lady tells me tearfully, and dinner
for my husband often waits until half-past
eight o'clock
Now, / take that kind OF a man in hand
and say, dear sir, this won't do; you can't
help being out of condition with such habits
as these. You must be regular at your
meals; your son must go promptly home
from school; you are breaking your wife
down with household anxiety and nervous
uncertainty. AS rule, the man doesn't re-
| form; he continues 10 get his luncheon and
| his dinner whenever there is no more bus
mess in sight. He drops off, after while,
and his only son--only sons are very preva-
! lent these days-drops off, too, before he is
| fifty, IL means something vitality wrong
| in ten blocks, and well-to-do widows, too.
! The men have lived wrong, and have died
| young.
When 1 was a boy concluded the doc
| tor. ''our family meals came next to re-
| ligion, and all the neighbors set their clocks
by my father. If l was late to dinner or
different now. Business comes before
| health"
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Illumination.

Dark was the night my soul knew till you
came
shackled thing, imprisoned and prone,
A tongueess bell that made not any tone,
A heart all bare of Loves illuming flame.
And then-your kinding kiss!-that swift did
claim
NV life as very fuel for it's own,
little days but the faggots strown
To feed the fires sacred to Loves name.
And now the darkling ember and the ash
OF that great hour left to me alone
JnOn my life the raindrops DASH
BY the chill breath of waning autumn blown;
Yet, heart mel the shining and the light
OF that first kiss are with me still tonight.
Jessie Storrs Ferris in Literary World
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each other very closely. This is especially
true of soft hats. "A clerk in one of the
downtown hat stores says that all of the
soft hats this year might be said to be of
the same family; that often in selling
them the customer cannot see the difference,
and mas TO be shown the points OF variance
between two of them before he is able to
discern them.
Both soft and stiff hats will be worn
this spring. Never was this universal in
former seasons. The styles have either all
tended one way-either to soft hats or
derbies-but this year both are going TO
have a certain amount of popularity. OF
course the derby hat is always stylish. be-
cause it does nos lose its shape as soft
hat does and, Is always dressy There has
been great change I'm the derby hat OF
this spring from that OF last fall. The
derby hat that Is TO be worn by young men
this spring is what is called fiat brimmed.
Instead of having the deep curl at the
sides as the ones worn in the fall the brims
viii be. straight The derby hats also will
not be quite so high I'm the crown and
rather low and tapering. Then there is the
conservative derby that is always in style
and worn mostly by older men. This hat
changes In style very little but there is q
slight change in IL from that sold in the
ian
The coIors OF the derby hat this spring
are brown and black No other shades
will be worn. IL Is a hard matter to say
EAich OF the colors Is the more popular.
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IEllSc4I and social organizations which
compare favorably with any in
the State. Although the present number
of clubs is devoted TO different lines Of
work. and some 20 no work at all save that
OF keeping life from being duh. the three
clubs which have been organized longest
and are considered the most substantial are
the Columbus Culture Club. the Monday
Literary Club and the Suburban Reading
Club. These clubs were each organized for
some distinctive thing. and. while all are
socially inclined, the members are given to
good hard work of the kind so rarely seen
in many of the so-caIled literary clubs"
In any city the women exert a certain
influence in affairs. While the influence is
sometimes exerted toward municipal reform
or betterment. it is more often turned in
the direction Of the schools of the city, and
out of the schools grows the free public
library. Hardly had the two older clubs
here become firmly established than they
began TO see the need OF a public library
The question was discussed at club meet
lngs- Discussions counted for naught and
the women took the subject dearest to their
hearts and advocated IL The younger club
also took an interest in the matter, and
Columbus were brought 10 bear on the then
burning question of Library or No Lii
brary." The School Board had money
enough in the treasury to start a library,
and the club women decided that TO see
the library start would be TO see half the
battle won. They were finally successful.
and rooms in the city hall were rented,
where the library opened The library
grew and the clubs prospeTed. At length
Andrew Carnegie was appealed TO, and gave
the city $1,000, TO which enough money
was ADDED 10 construct a building that,
from point of administration, is outclassed
by none in the State. The library is now
the Mecca of the club members, and they
are justly proud Of the part they took in
is conception. Other movements have
been inaugurated by the wOmen's clubs of
this city. but mono has been so far reaching
or mas accomplished the good which the
library movement accomplished.
The Columbus Culture Club was organized
in October, 1896, at the home Of Mrs. Mary
Long, who has since removed from the
city. Mrs. Harriet Amanda Arwine was
the first PRESIDENT, and at her death Mrs.
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Fine white Persian lawn. Valenciennes
lace edging and insertion with ties of blue
ribbon at the neck comprise the simple ma
terals used 10 develop this pretty sacque.
The full fronts and back are gathered onto
a square yoke OF shallow depth. the broad
round collar completely hiding this feature.
The sleeves are full in bishop style gath
cred into wristbands OF the insertion and
finished with lace frills The NmonO, which
is a separate garment included with the
sacque pattern. Is cut In piece and is
made OF fine French flannel embroidered
on all it's edges the sleeves and front being
tied into place with narrow ribbon bows
To make the saccue for child or two
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and are also becoming very particular as to
their headgear. AS il nears the Easter
season much attention is being paid to
hats by both men and women, for it is then
that everyone wishes to have new one.
This custom of having new hats on Easter
is becoming more general each year with
men as well as women, and the leading
hatters say that from all indications the
sales this year will exceed any previous
year, and that many men have already
bought their spring hats The lines that
are being carried this year are very COM
plete. and all of the stores are now display
ing their spring stock.
Mems hats are not as elaborate as those
worn by women, and consequently arc lot
so expensive. They vary in shape. however,
as much those of the women. and this
season there will be worn hats of many
styles, though all the shapes resemble
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c. w Kriel. 8, le distributor for Wilke
Collins. 10 cent cigar. Tom Benton. cent
cisar. Enoush sala
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is generally understood that
women are particular about their
hats, but it must be acknowledged
that men are also a little vain
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asphalt, with well-bred, well-dressed people
to observe her, she is on her native heath
and must show her SAVIOR faire. Once more
on the old out-of-town pike, and all is over.
The asphalt-gait is left behind; Dolly's head
sticks forward, her frame droops. she a.
most sleeps as she plods along, and is again
merely an old high-born country plug,
who has to be urged forward by voice and
rein
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"As we go to and from business daily
patron of the observation-disclosures line re-
marked, I'VE see droll human nature ex-
hibits on the street cars.
street-Car Not long ago l saw a fat
Mysteries. man on the cars, tenderly
nursing i'm his lap old
fashioned bandbox, papered with old-time
big red rose wallpaper. The box was tied
up carefully with strong Irvine, and he
cherished il as if il had all his worldly
wealth in il. Ii nearly killed me to have
to get off the car and not find out what
the fat man had in that bandSox. My wife
guessed hen and chickens. but FIN inclined
to think il was game rooster. Any how.
We never can know, and it saddens me
every time i think of il.
Another street-car mystery / ran across
lately was in two sections. as it were. AS
I went down town in the morning a tall,
rather ommonplace-looking man. dressed
only $3.50. got on the rear platform with
two small pillows under one arm. One pill
low had trimmed cover and the other
was plain. People looked quizzcaly at the
man with the pillows. but he didn't seem
to care. He rode past Washington street and
away off down town somewhere. In day
or two, when | was coming uptown. another
commonplace man, much like the man with
the pillows. got on the car with two quilts,
or comforts, over his right shoulder He
stayed out on the platform with his two
comforts-one bright red and the other dull
yelow-and acted as if the whole world
Travelled with their bedclothes over their
shoulders. l hoped he would go up and
get off where the fellow with the pillows got
on, but he disappointed me, and got off
| before we reached that place. Now, of
course, never can know where these two
men came from or went to. with their pill
| lows and their bedclothes. Isn't it sad?
when 1 told my wife about it, she
laughed, and said:
" 1 wonder how those two men happened
| to lose each other"
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)Women's Literary Clubs Of Columbus
A Distinct Force in the Community
Through Their Efforts the
Public Library-Was Es-
tablished and a General
Intellectual Activity Pro-
noted. Personnel of the
ORGANIZATIONS

dILE Columbus has never borne a
reputation for being a club town.
IL has a number OF literary clubs
and social organizations which
cOmpara favnrahlY with any in
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