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eager friends who come to welcome
them. If the Americanized friend is
q woman, especially If she be a young
woman, one may depend upon 1t that
her unsophisticated countrywoman has
got to be amazingly "prinked up be-
fore they set off together. Not tnfre-
quently 'lady friend gifted with
forethought will have brought with
her an entire new wardrobe all la
mode for the newcomer, and it is a
common occurrence to see one of these
ambitious kinswomen literally forcing
her dazed peasant friend to lay aside
her picturesque kirtle and bodice, her
gay headdress, her long pendant ear
ring-beloyed treasures-and don in
their stead, in such privacy as can be
secured in the door ways of the long
exit corridors, cheap and tawdry black
skirts and a white shirt waist and a
picture hat laden with flowers and
feathers.
In a few months the peasant girl
becomes habituated to wearing cor
sets about her strong young waist,
and she bushes to think of the sight
she must have been when she landed,
with a bundle on her back, and when
she in turn goes to meet some one Of
her friends it is difficult to realize how
radical has been the transformation.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09
AT ELLIS ISLAND.
Grotesque IMMIGRANT and Change
Made by Years Residence.

Grotesque migrant and Change
Made by Years Residence.
Ellis Island-that gateway to New
York through which this year Will
enter about a million refugees from
the ignorance, despotism, poverty and
hopelessness of the old worlds one
of the most interesting places In the
metropolis. There the student OF hu-
manity Is never in want of an en-
crossing subject There he may see
"in the raw the peasantry of sunny
italy, of iee-bound Finland, Of Lithu-
Rnia, of Poland, Of all the many lands
Of Europe and western Asia-the Jew,
the Catholic, the Mohammedan, the
Protestant, the adherent Of the Greek
Church-each attired in the grotesque
and semi barbaric garb Of his native
village and speaking rude dialect
which the educated from even his own
land can scarcely comprehend.
Heavy, stolid faces-product of cen
turtles of toll, poverty and ignorance
confront him, but he will detect little
Of viciousness. These ox-like men and
women are not criminals. Only rare
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

A New York club woman said few
DAYS ago: THE worst fate that could
befalI q woman, 1t seems to me, would
be to marry q man Of inferior intel
lect." Does the club woman desire to
shut up all of the female colleges?
Where, for instance, would one be able
to find a man of other than inferior
intellect as compared with that of a
graduate of Nassar, Wellesley, Bryn
Mawr or Lucy Cobb? The dear girl
graduates will have to go right along
marrying men of inferior intellect or do
without husbands.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

have been impossible. The influence
of home affairs has been a stumbling
| block to many a man; not because Of
wifely improperly, but because Of a
| timidity on her part, shrinking from
public observation, a tremulous disin-
| clination to be in the front rank. I'm
der such restraint the husband has
been kept from the station which his
merits deserved. Because he has a
wife who seconded his efforts, who
appreciated his gifts and the touch Of
whose hand meant push and not pull
Mr.. Fairbanks has long been a much
envied man.
Cornelia Cole was the daughter Of
Judge Philander Cole of Ohio, and
when young Fairbanks was a student
at the Wesleyan University she was
co-editor with him of the college
paper. A mutual appreciation led to
marriage, which has been most
happy. Step by step the young lawyer
went upward; year after year the wife
grew in womanly sweetness The five
children-four boys and a girl-who
blessed the home in Indianapolis re-
ceived their full share of maternal
affection and attention. But the am
bition Of the wife, the yearning for
mental growth and the desire for lead
ership were not drowned in the cares
of motherhood. She took part in club
life. She watched politics. She studied
parliamentary law, and when she
finally came to the presidency Of one
of the foremost societies of women in
the world-the Daughters Of the
American RevoIution-so splendid was
her equipment that she was at once
hailed as queen among women. For
several years she was at the head of
this organization.
While Mr.. Fairbanks will acknowl-
edge the helpful influence of his wife
upon his political fortunes, Mrs. Fair
banks will cheerfully accord to him
the credit Of training her in parlia-
mentary science
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ly among the tens Of thousands Of in
Corners is there one lacking the simple
virtues of the peasant, and the excep-
ton may be detected as easily as may
a wolf in crowded sheepfold.
Of the $4,000 men, women and chill
dren whom the ships brought to Ellis
Island last year less than one in a
hundred were rejected, and only the
smallest sprinkling because of crimi-
nal record. Those who were sent
back were refused admission because
they were in i'll health, were likely to
become paupers or were contract la
borers.
The metamorphosis which a years
residence in the United States causes
In these uncouth immigrants is some
thing astonishing, particularly if the
newcomer is woman and has spent
the year in the metropolis. When the
immigrant lands at Ellis Island he
or she-is an misunderstanding OBJ
ject, outlandish as was ever no stage
clown. Invariably he has a bundle,
and his wife has a bundle-a bundle
done up in anything from the size of
a pocket handkerchief to a large ia
blecloth. If the bundle is small one
1t is carried in the hand or slung across
a stick over the shoulder; II 1t is
large bundle the woman ties it across
her back, leaving her hand free to
balance, perhaps, a small paper trunk
on her head with one hand, and with
the other to drag a load of precious
and archaic pots and pans to which
she has chung like grim death since
the eventful day when she left her
howell far behind. The children, or
such of them as are not babes at the
breast, follow In line, each bearing his
own little momento OF old world house
keeping tea kettle, a pot, a wooden
spoon.
They see nothing to be ashamed of
in all this-on the contrary, they are
Unfortunately proud of this public pa
rade Of their worldly possessions, and
it is hard for them to understand the
shame and modification which their
gaucheris causes their loving and
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

I'm eookEn' 6 m
American people needed nancy instru-
ments with which they might make
life more capable of great achieve
ments. Peter Cooper lacked schooling
and capital when he started in life.
Yet he accomplished deeds which were
the envy of those who had been
equipped with both Of these. Having
made his fortune, he devoted his life
to the conduct Of his great philanthrop
ic enterprises. He established Cooper
Union in New York, making the insti-
tuition forever self-supporting
His Americanism was intense and
mastering. He believed in the people
and the future Of the United States.
His concern was that the great masses
Of men and women FMo do the work
of the world should receive the reward
of their own labors. He was patTi-
arch who practieed all that he believed
Ia msn for whose living the world is
better.
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MRS. CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS.
Foremost Parliamentarian Among the
Women OF America.

Foremost ParIiamentarian Among the
Women OF America.
Some women reach high position In
official society by virtue of their hus-
bands superior gifts and adroitness in
politics. They may grace the places
which they occupy and make their
homes favorite spots with the great
men Of the land; but the fact remains
that it was the husbands who brought
them to elevated social station. Occa-
sionally, however, there is to be found
In official prominence man In whose
upward progress the wife has kept
step with him. contributing ability,
tact and even genius which has had q
marked influence upon the career of
the husband. Without her he might
have gained but mediocre distinction,
despite the possession Of talent; but by
their combined effort public favor and
eminence were attainable. What his
own merit could not have accomplish
ed he achieves by fortunate domes-
tic partnership.
Charles Warren Fairbanks, Vice
President of the United States, does
not shine by the reflected light Of his
gifted wife. He gained his place as
leader Of the bar Of Indiana by virtue
of native genius, finished education,
industrious habits and a wealth Of &C
cumulated learning. This was the lad
der by which he climbed to the United
States Senate and later to the Vice
Presidency. Had his domestic rela-
tons been different, however, there
might have been such interference
with his progress that success would
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

One result of the Russo-Japanese
war Is to restore the bayonet to its old
prominence as a weapon In all armies.
When the Krag model of rife was
adopted for the United States army
about fifteen years ago the bayonet
was shortened and so changed in shape
that 1t might be used as an intreneh-
ing tool If desired But the night fight
ing In Manchuria has repeatedly
brought the Russian and japanese
forces into close quarters, where bayo-
nets have been used on both sides with
tremendous effect. Consequently the
army general staff at Washington has
determined that the United States bay
onet for the new rifle adopted In 1908
shall be four inches longer than the
Krag bayonet and preparations are al
ready under way at the national armo-
Fies to make the change.
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s2oooo, 900 or more annually. It

SOS 600 or more annually. It ID
impossible to prevent all this waste
In some respects the worst that fire
can cause, because it takes years to
replace it-just as it is impossible to
establish conditions whereby all other,
forms Of property shall be protected
against this agent Of destruction, but
it undoubtedly is possible to enforce
policy or policies to very appreciably
reduce the danger and the loss II once
the public Is brought to realize the
gravity Of the situation. In Germany
and France these experiences are
guarded against in large measure, be-
cause the governments have strict for
estry laws, and the forests are well
policed and vigilantly cared for Here
the general government can do little
except on it's own preserves and the
work Of protection must be left to the
States, which as yet do not seem to
have risen to a sense Of their respon-
sibilities.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

American hberality to education Of
all grades is the admiration and the
envy Of educational and social observ-
ers of all other nations. Yet the COM
plant Is often made by discontinued
Americans that higher education after
all remains here, as elsewhere, priv1-
lege Of wealth and something at which
the wage-worker's son has little or no
chance. A recent bulletin Of the Mas
sachusetts Labor Bureau throws inter-
esting light upon this complaint. 1t
shows that in Harvard often called "a
rich mans college," nearly 10 per cent
OF the young men and nearly IL per
cent of the young women are the chill
dren Of people classed by stat1sticians
as wage-workers. In Boston Unfvers-
ity, the largest Methodist institution Of
New England, over IS per cent Of the
students are the sons and daughters Of
wage workers. The record Of Clark
University Is even more remarka bic.
This is devoted entirely to post-gradu-
ate and research work-that is, to the
kind Of study which must wait longest
lO4 1SluAhSs ASt AACGhAAy 80
per cent of its students are from wage
working families. OF course, it may
be said that the number Of students
from wage-earning families Is by no
means proportionate to the number of
such families for higher education pro-
portionate to their number. Before the
qualification can be sought or had the
desire must exist. OF course, all nor
NAL parents wish for their children
easier or more fortunate lives than
their own. But the ideals of parents
differ according to what their own lives
have been. The father who has gone
from the common school to work with
out repining and who has won what
Ike deems success, Is apt to think that
higher education Is a useless if not a
pernicious luxury. There are always
exceptions, but that Is the rule. Charles
M. Schwab's objection to higher edu-
cation for business career, based on
his own success without 1t, illustrates
the point. Only those parents who
have had themselves some touch Of
higher educa tion-who have obtained
some inkling Of the joys OF knowledge
for its own sake-are apt to inspire
their children with real desire for it.
That is the rule whose workings cut
down enormously the proportion of
wage working families which feel any
deprivation if their children do not get
it, If In Massachusetts,, where social
distinctions originally produced by
wealth, whatever their present basis,
are more real and binding than in any
other American state, so many children
Of workers are getting higher ed
uca ton, what must be the conditions
elsewhere-in States where society has
not become anywhere near SO firmly
stratified? The answer to the charge
that the poor boy has no chance of
higher education is the simple fact that
wherever he and his really desire it he
is getting it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

Mississippi River at Thebes H.
bridges the
planned and
several and located not
sections ID
fifteen railway
probably
greatly viceabene Of the bridge The expert
material this particular and tne
Its OF engineering skill
directed and the railways
freight
bridges built earlier date
holding
the to a with the Southwest
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

many because or the
association Of his
name with some Of
his benefactions, was
Cooper. His charity
covered schemes of
he Up care f u ! y
planned and intelH-
gently worked out. 1t
never was his pur-
pose to give mere
aims. He helped men
to help themselves.
His own C ar e e r
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

evangelist, and is a
student of Eureka
College, where she
fitted herself for
the ministry. She
formerly occupied
the pulpit to which
again she has been
called, but resigned
in order to enter
C o IL e G e. NJ j S S
Parke's home Is at
Staunton, III. She
Is but IS years of
age, and is thought
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All communications for this paper shoxA be
panied By the Of the Suthor not necessarily foa
publication but evidence Of good faith the part
the writer. Write only side of the paper Bs
particularly careful In giving and dates to have
The lettere and figures plain and distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09
Wants to Get Even.

Churchill man is going to bs
struck by an automobile, what's the
difference whether the machine is 60
ing ten miles an hour or fifty?
Gorham-A good deal of difference
How is man who is knocked down
going to tell a chauffeur what he
thinks Of him If he's going at fifty
miles an hour?-Yonkers Statesman.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

A fashion authority says that
women should buy hats to match
their hair. But it Is not every wom-
an who can afford more than four or
I've hats in a year.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09
His Testimony.

Agent-Did my patent medicine do
you any good?
Customer should say so! I got
SO strong on it that l actually had
the nerve to tell the landlord that
the roof eaked!-Detroit Free Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

DR.. Morrill, says 'the devils doller
h worth more than the stingy saints
nickel" No, Dr. GLADDEN., and Mr..
Rockefeller, Of course, he didn't mean
anything personal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

AS to the use of corncotas i'm the
manufacture Of maple sugar, 1T should
be explained that the cobs are mere
" used to furnish the unmfstaka BILE
and genuine maple favor.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

A Kansas man who has returned
from Panama says it will take 200
years to finish the canal He did well
not to wait.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

That New York physician who is
trying to start a crusade against
long dresses may as we'll give it up
He will have no better success than
the late Mrs Bloomer had.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

The Appellate Court has decided
that hat trimming is no art. Family
men have always considered 1t high
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

A woman has been granted a dt-
vorce and $500 month alimeng, with
permission to remarry without losing
the alimony 1t will be her own fault
If she long remains a widow.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09
A Little Lesson
In Patriotism
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


LET our object be our country, our
whole country, and nothing but our
country. "-Danied Webster.
A philanthropist, whose fame is Sec
ond only to that of George Peabody,
and who is better remembered by
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

The woman who is to have $500 a
month alimony, even if she marries
again, will probably not have to ad-
vertise in any Of the matrimonial
Journals for the purpose Of finding a
new affinity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09
Inevitable IiesuIf.

He never took dishonest dollar
In his life"
rs he as poor as all that "-Illi.
nois State Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

A Delaware man has been crippled
for life by kneellng often and for
long periods at prayer. Let not the
skeptics forget that many other PEG
pie have been crippled for life while
engaging in impious practices.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

E. Benjamin Andrews is afraid the
yellow peril will overtake us If the
Japanese win. 1t must be uemem-
bered, however, that E. Benjamin has
always had a sharp eye for buga-
hons
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

When there is woman caller In the
evening, and her host takes her home.
it seems to the hostess that 1t takes
her husband twice as long to get back
az 1t shouid.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

One OF England's women novelist
is abusing the hoopskirt. Probably
fat woman.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

II the experts want to learn the
real speed limit of an automobile they
should time it after it has run over
and injured q man.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

King Edward is reported to be los
ing his teeth Still, they might be
going even If he were a poor, over
worked, undergrad laborer, so where
the rm0raT2
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

The President is doing all ne can to
make "bully" classic.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

Contentment may be better than
riches, but a little Of both is more
satisfactory.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09
GIRL OF 1918 PASTOR.

Miss Myrtle b. Parke, Noted Evan
gelist of the West.
Miss Myrtle B. Parke, who has been
called to the pastorate Of the Christian
Church at Ramsey, H., is noted as an
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

Excessive modesty has kept many a
deserving mans nose to the grind
stone.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

MYRTLE B. PARKE by her instructors
and church associates to have before
her a successful future.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

The average destruction by forest
nres IN this country Is estimated at
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

When 1t comes to paying back
visit there are mighty few women on
the dead beat list.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-06-09

It 10 better to be everything 20 some
body than something to everybody.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-07-19
LEARN TO SMILE.

A smile is much better than frown--
We do not mean a deceitful smile, Ike
the kiss of Judas, but smile from n
heart that has sunshine in it. Look
ing on the bright side of things" is
habit worth cultivating. Such practice
will give out a pleasant countenance-
Perhaps love that "hopeth all things"
is worth obtaining. That is, that
hopes it is not so bad as represented
A hea It wreathed in the love of God
will nearly always make an illumined
face, even in spite Of sorrow. Some
one has beautifully written:
I saw a smile--to a poor man twas
given,
And he was old.
The sun broke forth; saw that smile
in heaven
Wrought into gold
Gold of such luster was ne'er voucn-
safed to us.
It made the very light Of day more
luminous.
Wrought into COLL. We that pass
down lifes hours
So carelessly
Mint make the dusty way path OF
flowers
y We would try.
Then every gentle deed we've done
or kind word given,
Wrought into gold. would make us
wonlrous rich in heaven.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-07-19
POEMS BY JOHN HAY.

l4ANCi w.
What man is there so bold that he
should say,
Thus, and thus only, would ] have
the sea-"
For whether lying calm and beautiful,
CIasping the earth in love and throw
ing back
The smile of heaven from waves of
amethyst;
Or whether, freshehed by the busy
winds.
Ii bears the trade and navies of the
world
To ends of use or stern activity;
Or whether, dashed by tempests, it
Eivesway
To elemental fury. bowls and roars
AT all IFS rocky barriers. in wild lust
OF ruin drinks The blood of living
things,
And strews its wrecks DER leagues
Of desolate shore
Always il is the sea. and men bow
down
Before S vast and varied majesty.
So all in vain will timorous ones es-
say
To set the metes and boandS al liberty
For freedom is its own eternal law;
II makes its own conditions. and in
storm
Or calm alike fulfills the unerring will
Let us not Il en- despise it when it lies
Still as a sleeping lion, while swarm
OF gnat-ike evils hover round its
head:
Nor doubt it when. it mad. disjointed
! lines,
1t shakes the torch of terror. and its
CRY
! Shrills DER the quaking earth. and in
! the fame
OF riot and war we see its awful form
Rise by the scaffoli where the crimson
AK
Rings down its grooves the knell OF
shuddering kings
For ever in thine eyes. o Liberty,
Shines that high light whereby the
world is saved,
And to thou slay us we will trust in
thee