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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-03-01
Notice of Appointment

Notice OF the Appointment of an Executor
OIL the Estate OF John Pickworih, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given. that the subscriber
mas been duly appointed Executor of the
JOHN PICKwOkTH,
late OF Springfield Township In the County of
Winnesheik, State OF Iowa, deceased.
ana has taken upon himself that trust as the
law directs All persons having demands upon
the estate of the said deceased are required to
exhibit the same; and persons indebted TO the
SAID estate are called upon to make payment
"a c. j. WEISER, Executor.
Dated at DEBORAH. Iowa, Feb. 4th, 1904,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-03-01
ELLIS J. HOOK
COUNTY SUPT. SCHOOLS.

School Officers Blanks and Rec
ords, Secretary's Order Books,
Treasurer's Account Books, Di-
rector's Enumeration Records,
Teachers Daily and Classifica-
ton Records, always kept on
hand. Teachers Examination
the last Friday and Saturday of
each month.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-03-01
Bank Money Orders.

We with the
their MONEY ORDERS payable anywhere
the AMERICAN SURETY
through the mails in this
letter these should
expense trouble the purchaser
They much cheaper than either Post Office Orders Express
the following table will show:
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south cross trips, from Iceland to Aus
tralia. The world is not 50 large a
place after all.
Miss Alderman lives at Apollo Pa,
near Pittsburg. She began life as
young lady of means with a taste for
travel, also a taste for humanitarian
work. In her life she has happily been
able to blend the two fancies. Her first
mingled mission of travel and philan-
thropic work was undertaken at the in
stance of the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, when Frances Willard
was president of that organization.
Miss Willard selected Jessie Alderman
to go around the world as a temperance
missionary to foreign countries. This
was in 1888.
From land to land she went, travelling
alone, a young American lady, all over
the world. She presented her creden-
tials to the ruler of every nation within
whose borders she sought to preach
temperance. Such book as the story
of her experiences, humorous and 9TH
erWise, would make! She usually spoke
through an interpreter. conforming her
self as we'll as she could to the customs
and pFejudices of the land in which she
found herself. In China she was told
that her mission there would be more
successful if she adopted the China Wo-
mans dress This she did and found
the one feminine costume which has
been in fashion 1000 years without a
change so comfortable and convenient
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hole work or Irish lace, my dear madam,
or, for the matter of that, why don't you
make yourself one2 It's easy enough,
and nothing can be smarter in summer
millinery. Select any style of frame
that suits your face (although a French
sailor or a baby shape is most suitably,
all over imitation English embroidery
designed white material with a raised
figure or openwork effect. You lay this
material on the frame and cut it to f1t.
The edge of the brim you finish off
with three rows Of valenciennes lace.
Another useful white hat for more
dressy occasions is made of tiny ruff7es
of valenciennes on wire frame which
tits up very suddenly in the back and
is perfectly fiat in front. The sole trim
ming for this sort of chapeau is an Al
satan bow of soft ribbon. This may
be pinned on and changed to suit the
costume, which is a great economy.
This hat is particularly good with those
dainty white gowns worn over pink or
pale blue slips.
The girl who has not much money to
spend should certainly invest in white
gowns and vary them with touches of
color. The alluring pink or even pale
blue dress is adorable while it lasts. but
it fades, it won't wash we'll, and every
time it comes back from the cleaners
it is a different tone. A white dress is
good as long as the threads hold togeth-
er, and you can alter it from year to
year, which is another consideration.
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Pennsylvania. Mr.. Jenkins went from
his country home in Susquehanna coun-
ty at the age of sixteen, becoming a
travelling book agent. He went to Can
ada, then to South Australia and grew
up with the country. becoming at length
one of South Australians most useful
and best known citizens. For ten years
he was premier of his colony, and it was
during his term of office, he throwing
all his influence in its favor, that wom-
an suffrage became a law of the land.
One suffra gist who came over the sea
to attend the Portland N A. W. S. A
convention is Jessie Alderman, globe
circler temperance propaganda and
apostle of universal peace. Miss Ack-
erman has Travelled farther and in more
lands than any other person living. The
record Of her journeyings sums up $50, =
900 miles, ten times around the globe
She has been actually all around the
earth four times, the rest of the count
of miles being made up of north and
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Woman Suffrage
Convention at the
Portland Exposition

IA VERY alternate year the Ma
- tional American Woman Suf-
frage association meets at
Washington for its convention
In the between years the association
carries its banner now here, now there
aiming to distribute its meetings i'm
partially among the large cities in ev-
cry part of the Union. 1t is evidence of
the growing favor with which the ballot
for woman is looked on that everywhere
the N A. w S. A. goes its delegates are
received with distinguished welcome
and honor. In New Orleans the suf-
frage ladies had the time of their lives.
Usually at any meeting outside of the
national capital the first part of the
programme is an address of welcome
from the mayor of the city where the
convention has gathered. Outing par
ties to see objects of interest. and re-
ceptfons by prominent citizens are ar
ranged for them, so that oftentimes the
assembling Of the representatives of
what d few years ago was a despised
and jeered at cause seems like a junket
of honOred guests.
The 1905 convention was put later in
the season than usual in order that the
delegates might see Portland and the
Lewis and Clark exposition at their
pest. The meeting is of uncommon in
as represented at the exposition started
in bravely with Sacajawea. day, June s,
when the statue of the Indian woman
guide of the Lewis and Clark expedition
was unveiled. Then came Flag day,
June Il. with the national meeting of
the D. A r., this being followed June
% to July 3 by the annual national wo
man suffrage convention.
Each year the sufragists believe they
twelvernonth. This time their hearts
are saddened by the departure from
their earthly ranks of Mrs Mary A
Livermore. for half century a faithful
worker for the rights of her sex. On
the other hand, they are gladdened by
the opportunity to welcome a new and
most able recruit to their army Mrs.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox. This gifted and
influential woman has recently come
out i'm a strong article in favor of the
ballot for the feminine sex. She makes
also the remarkable prediction that
within the next decade women viii be
voting everywhere.
Single hearted reformers live long. A
few of the first agitatOrs for the enan-
cipation Of woman in this country are
still on the earth plane, among them
Susan 3. Anthony. Julia Ward Howe
and Isabella Beecher Hooker. If the
prophecy of Mrs. Wilcox come true. and
if these three belong under the new dis
pensation which grants a century Of
life to mankind, maybe Julia Ward
Howe viii be able yet to apply to .anoth-
er cause which is to her sacred the
words of her own battle hymn:
mine eyes have seen the glory of the
coming Of the Lord"
Since the last annual convention of
the N. A. W. S. A. it has transpired that
women received full suffrage in South
Australia largely through the efforts Of
a man of American birth and bringing
ap, Hon. John G. jenkins. formerly Of
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that in the privacy of her own apart
nent she has worn it ever since. Her
crusade among Empress Isl Ans sub
jects was directed specially against the
opium habit The Chinese, however,
did not have much use for a foreign
devil" of any kind, even one who want
ed to reform Them They did not think
they needed reforming. Japan she
found very different. The Japs had had
their great awakening and eagerly de-
sired to learn of any plan that promised
Improvement on their own ways. They
listened to her most courteously and
kindly, welcoming her Hospitality.
The king of Siam told her she could
not do any good among his people be-
cause there were no drunkards among
the Siamese. Their religion, Buddhism,
forbade them to drink Intoxicating liq-
uors. AS an offset to his shining vir-
tuousness as a temperance man, howev-
er, the king of Siam maintained ha-
rem of 1900 women
On the west coast of Africa Miss Ack-
erman donned a woman pearl divers
suit and went to the bottom of the sea
in quest of novelty. She found it. She
visited President Kruger of the Boer
republic Dom Paul told her he had no
use for women anyhow, and he would
only talk to her in Dutch, because, he
said, that was the language spoken in
heaven. In Iceland she Travelled 500
miles on horseback and on one occasion
had a bed made for her in a stable be-
cause among the short statured Ice
landers no bed could be found long
enough for her tall frame. At AlIaha-
bad Miss Alderman saw the Moham-
medans on their knees praying for
Queen Victoria in her last Illness.
After a number of years spent in the
temperance cause Jessie Alderman
started to journey about the earth on
the mission of the brotherhood Of ma
tons She carried with her to the va
rious countries a message from the
American branch of the Universal Peace
union It was Endorsed by Secretary of
state Hay. She has presented peace
flags to King Edward, to the emperor Of
Germany. to President Loubet and to
Car Nicholas. all of whom received
her kindly and babe her godspeed on
her mission of good will
ALICE w. MORTIMER.
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AGAINST THE VIEWS
OF HER FAMILY.
h hrs. BRADLEE BoUFFER had

hrs. BRADLEE BOUFFER had
W just moved into the aristocratic
suburb of Ellington. It was
named Ellington from the old original
Billingtons who settled in that sylvan
spot before the Revolution. A few of
the Ellington race still resided in the
neighborhood and thought they were
somebody. Mrs. Bradlee Bouffer was
highly commended by certain Billing
tonites who had known her before she
was married. She also belonged to the
same church as the one the Billingtons
had been connected with for 200 years,
and that, too, stamped her as the right
sort. The senior Mrs. Ellington called
on Mrs. Bouffer. Mrs. Bouffer strove
to make the conversation pleasant for
her caller. She thought of all the fads
ladies were usually interested in and
then began:
81 saw wonderful exhibition of psy-
chometric power lately. A woman took
a sealed letter that she certainly could
never have seen before, placed it against
her forehead and read the contents as
easily as could have done with it open
before my eyes. She took hold of your
hand, too, and told you to TX your mind
steadily on some certain object in the
room and she would tell you what it
was. She did it every time. Since then
some of US have been experimenting,
and we find many persons have this
same power. It's very interesting
81 don't know anything about these
things. MY family don't approve of
them" said Mrs Ellington, Sr-
Mrs. Bouffer tried it again:
do you belong to the woman's club
here, Mrs. Ellington"
mo. don't My people don't believe
in women's clubs"
Again: by the way, Mrs. Ellington.
what do you think of this idea that the
mind has unlimited power over the
body? They say that if we train the
will and thought power, as all can do,
we may even heal diseases and prevent
them from attacking u.s."
Il say it's all tomfoolery- My folks
don't go in for anything but the old way
of doctoring, and that's the only right
way. If there was any other right way
my folks would know it."
Once more: DO the ladies here play
bridge, Mrs. Billington? ?"
"Some of them do. but don't. MY
people don't play cards ever. and
wouldn't touch one"
Mrs. Bouffer was getting rather en-
barrassed. What could she mention
that would please her caller? Just then
two pretty girls loped by on horseback,
riding cross saddle. Here was some
thing.
"Ah, I see your ladies have adopted
the fashion of riding astride. So you
are quite up to date. Many of the most
stylish women ride that way now said
Mrs. Bouffer.
For the first time Mrs Ellington
showed signs of life. She actually rails
ed her hands and her voice.
81 think it's outrageous for females
to ride astride." she said. Paw and
NAV thought just that way, too. and
said so before they died. It's outra-
geous!' says NAV the first time she saw
a woman astride. It's outrageous says
paw, and that's nearly the last time he
ever noticed anything. My folks would
never let a girl ride that way, and that
settles it for everybody else
81 hear your daughter wishes to study
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TO INCREASE HEIGHT.

There is no royal road to success. and,
although special apparatus has been
introduced for aiding growth, its ap-
plication is attended with difficulties.
The two means available by all are the
horizontal bar and sleeping in the ex-
tended position. By swinging on the
bar while it is grasped with the hands
body weight tends to stretch joints and
limbs, and the extension afforded by
lying at. full length is also of benefit.
Children should not be allowed to curl
themselves up when in bed. AS a rule,
they assume this position because the
foot of the bed is cold.
There is a belief that a cold bed and a
cold room make for health. If that is
the case the proofs have never yet been
shown.
Why should cold sheets be beneficial?
In hot weather they are certainly de-
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kEEP in THE SUNLIGHT.

Keep in the sunlight. Nothing beau
tifuI or sweet grows or ripens in the
darkness.
Avoid excesses of all kinds. They
are injurious. The long life must be a
temperate, regular life.
Don't live to eat, but eat to live
Many of our Ills are due to overeating,
to eating the wrong things and to ir
regular eating.
Don't allow yourself to think on
your birthday that you are year older
and so much nearer the end.
Never look on the dark side Take
sunny views of everything. A sunny
thought drives away the shadows.
Be a child. Live simply and natu-
rally and keep. clear of entangling ALI
ances and complications of all kinds.
Cultivate the spirit Of contentment.
All discomfort and dissatisfaction bring
age burrows prematurely to the face.
Form habit of throwing off before
going to bed at night all the cares and
anxieties of the day. everything which
can possibly cause mental wear and
tear or deprive you of rest.
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people realize that their parents. while
very interesting to themselves, are mere
strangers and quite ordinary folks to
other people?
A little more tact in married life
would prevent a few divorces. And,
speaking Of marriage, the worst in
stance of pessimism have heard for
a long time was that of an old bachelor
upon hearing of the marriage of
young friend.
"And so you are married?" he
grunted.
yves. to the sweetest girl in the
world" replied the youth after the man
ner Of his kind.
Hunt" murmured the cynic. ''Wait
fifteen years No. wait ten. No. wait
five!"
Now wouldn't that discourage any
one?
Poor chap! Perhaps he had married
one Of those women who settle down"
Their sin be upon their heads. I have
one as a next door neighbor. She has
been married less than a. year, and yet
you would think the sorrows Of the
world were resting on her head. She
wears matronly hats; she is always dig
niffed; she has married woman" writ
ten all over her, and she spends her
time practicing songs on the piano and
doing embroidery. At that rate she will
be a mummy in less than the old cynic's
five years, and I don't blame any man
for becoming tired of her; / should be
myself.
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The Useful White Dress.

I have in mind a stunning white gown
of why linen, the kind that looks like
coarse wolfe. you know. This was
trimmed with bands of that string lace
which seems to wear forever. The skirt
was made with three tucks at wide in
tervals, and it cleared the ground. The
sleeves were elbow length, and there
was a bit of beading through which to
run a ribbon bow. This gown was va
ried by means of the high girdles and
elbow sleeve bows with which it was
decorated. There was one belt of pale
blue, and this was worn with a blue and
white hat and a blue parasOl. A pink
belt was similarly matched, and a hat
covered with American Beauty roses
also had it's parasol and belt. Thus
three different effects were gained with
one gown.
At this time of the year the proper
belt to wear is one of linen. Leather is
too yellow to go with white frocks, and
silk soils too easily. Buy a couple of
well made, handsomely embroidered
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vat ffteen years. .

U shaped effect. The three inches of
edge which were left to button were
fastened in a double breasted effect, the
whole suggesting a mans evening coat.
The fiat collar of Alice blue came half
way down on either side. Of course
with front so open as this one must
wear the laciest of blouses; that goes
without saying. The sleeves were shfr-
red on the seam, and they ended three
quarter length with cuffs Of the Alice
blue There was a very wide bias belt
Of the white linen with tiny blue but
tons. The skirt was cut circular (Which,
believe me, is the coming style), and it
has not the slightest fullness on the
hips. but hared instead very much
around the feet The particular model
Of which I speak was decorated with
bias bands Of the material. forgot to
mention that what made the costume
even more odd and rich was that the
Alice blue material was pongee en-
broidered in two contrasting tints.
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A COSTUME OF ALICE BLUE WOLFE.

her to share their summer vacation
which is the first two weeks my friends
husband has had in three years, SO she
says.
Why on earth don't men have more
tact? They are quick to find fault if
their wives bring their mothers into tn
house. When the mOther-in-law ques-
ton is made a joke of in the comic pa
pers it is always the wifes mother who
is the heroine, you viii notice. But
there are two sides to it. Why won't
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sirable. but not in weather that IS not
hot. Rest of body is effected more
thoroughly by sleeping extended than
by curling oneself into a letter s.
and the health is never improved By a
chill. Not seldom the shock Of lying
down so thoroughly awakens the per-
son that sleep does not take place for
hours. That a cold room is more health
full than one of moderate temperature
is one OF the decisions that help to
make life miserable
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wonder? Meanwhile they become
heater and more precise and more fault
finding year by year.
It's funny. isn't it, how critical women
are when a man begs for the honor of
their hands? I know one woman who
surveys each prospective husband al
most through a microscope. She doesn't
take a good look at herself, however, I
can assure you. She is no $4,000 beau
ty. and she is full of faults.
It's funny how blind we women some
times arel
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PRESENCE OF MIND.

An amusing story is told of man
and his wife who were in a railway ac-
ctdent- The wife was telling the his
tory of it all to a friend and said: I'VE
were suddenly thrown out Of the train
on to an embankment. John said to
me, Are you hurt? said, Not a Bit
Then he up with his fist and gave me
a black eye, and we claimed $500 dam
ages. Now, call that real presence Of
mind.1
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child and that, besides this. the state
shall pay a gratuity on the child's birth
and additional payments at regular in
tervals as long as the child keeps up to
a certain standard of health and in
crease the payments for exceptional de-
veIopment Of mind or body.
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medicine,

medicine. Mrs. Ellington" said Mrs.
Bouffer.
She shan't do it. None Of my grand
fathers or my grandmothers or my IN
cles or my aunts or my cousins ever
had a girl study medicine. My people
don't believe in women doctors, and it's
not woman's place. If it were, my
family would know it"
TABITHA SOURGRAPEs
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m o ) I Dl6SSCu
thing a b 0 u t
men. was en-
joying every
thing like a boy,
but the wife
had on a stiff
hat and a stiff
tailor made and
a spotted little
veil, and she
was p kin g
along as if she
were her own
mother and re-
garding with la
dylike di s a p
prevail the dust,
the crowd and
the general cir
cusy'' atmoS-
phere. Finally
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I shouIdl I shonIdl ] ahonldI

Last week our club discussed the
burning question OF whether old maids
are cranky or whether crankiness is
really common to both the unmarried
and the single. I say the single ones
are apt to be more cranky.
There are some women born to be old
maids just as surely as some are born
to be masters Of men. They are fussy
from the cradle; they are too neat. too
self centered to admit any disturbing
male element into their lives. AS chill
dren they don't like to play with boys;
they find them too rough and noisy. As
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tired of dragging along this lump of Ia
dylike boredom, and we heard him say:
Goodness, Mary, brought you down
here to have a good time. Why can't
your
There you have it! She was Settled
down." and I don't blame any wide
awake man for becoming soured under
such conditions.
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PENsloNlNc MOTHERS.

The idea that motherhood is a serv-
ice to the community and not to a par
ticular man and consequently should be
recognized by the state by establishing
a fixed income for mothers is developed
in H. c. Wells Utopia" It is proposed
that each husband shall be required to
pay certain wage to the mothsT o. his
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Kate clyde at coney Island.


The other day, I own up to it, went
to Coney Island and enjoyed myself
hugely running in and out of every
show in the place. also eating every in
digestible thing to be procured. Per-
haps I ought to be ashamed of being so
childish, but I-can't help it. I had an
awfully good time, and the person who
accompanied me had a good time too
Well, as we went scurrying along we
passed a married couple. The man,
with that eternal youth which is the
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MISTRESS AND MAID,

When I go out. whate'er the hour
Or what the work to do,
My household staff with one accord
All straightway go out too.
Ny housemaid and my Iaundress.
My waitress and my cook
All leave the house whene'er do,
With ne'er a backward look.
They never stay at home and work
Unless I, too, stay in.
1t sounds like Wretched management
And lack of discipline.
And yet my house is not i'll kept;
The work each day is done.
You see. it's thus-I am, myself,
Mistress and maids in one.