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The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-10
TEACH CHILDREN PoLITENEss

A child should be taught all the
small acts of courtesy so necessary
to well-bred and attractive man or
woman, in order that they may become
accustomed to them; then when they
are grown it will not be an effort to-
them to be gracious, courteous and
polite, even in the smallest matters.
What man can really make good
friends and keep them if he is per-
petually making rude remarks, neg
lecting to show respect and courtesy
to a woman or to appreciate her
many little acts of friendship and per-
haps unselfishness
A man can never be too polite or
show too much courtesy to a woman
At the same time a Young girl or
woman must never allow herself to
talk too Familiarity with a man; she
should always demand his respect by
her sweet and simple manners, her
lack of holiness in her manners and
speech. Loud laughing and talking
which will attract the attention of
all who are near her, is very unat-
tractive.
A child should always rise when an
older person enteres the room and re-
main standing until the older person
is seated. They should never be al
lowed to monopolize the conversation
or to whisper to one another when
other children or older people are
present. They should never be al
lowed to interrupt conversation and
should always be particularly courte.
Gus to their elders. Boys should also
be taught to be considerable and gal.
liant with the girls.
In all matters of etiquette it is
quite possible to at least lay the found
alton of their correct observance when
those under ones care are merely
boys and girls.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-10
THE INDEPENDENT PATTERN
GIRLS DRESS $500

The simple frock that is easily made
is the one that busy mothers find most
attractive and here is a model that is
SO pretty at the same time that it be-
comes desirable from every point of
view. In the illustration it is made
of pale blue chambray with trimming
of white embroidery and is just as
dainty as we'll can be. 1t is, however,
appropriate for all the simpler wash
able materials of the coming season
and also for the light weight woods,
such as cashmere and the like, of i'm
mediate wear, while again it allows
a choice of the full or plain front,
so that there are many possibilities
found in the one design. The full
front is prettier and perhaps better
for the dressier frocks, but the plain
front is equally correct and is particu-
larly desirable for the remodeIing
which often means limited material.
The skirt is simply straight and
gathered at it's upper edge, SO that
the whole dress can be laundered with
perfect ease and success
The dress is made with plain BODY
portion, the full front and the straight
skirt. The full front can be arranged
over the plain one or used singly as
preferred. The skirt is gathered and
joined to the waist and the belt con-
ceals the seam. The sleeves either
can be gathered at their lower edges
and joined to straight cuffs or tucked
and finished with the Follower sore.
Again, the standing collar Or the turn
over collar can be used as liked while
the trimming on the waist is OPP
tional.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-10

after graduation, what?" Basing an
opinion on the fiy-leap poetry of the
past, it would seem as if the girls of
that period, when they quit school
must have been kept busily engaged
in fulfilling promises to think about
former schoolmates. The fly-leaf
poets seemed to have been haunted
with an awful fear that they might
sometime be forgotten, and they did
all they could to forestall such la
mentable calamity They were con-
tinually reiterating such declarations
as.
Time cannot change this heart of
mine,
Though clouds shut out the sun and
shine.
I'll think of you where'er you be;
So you remember to think of me-"
This was forceful and to the point,
If not smoothly poetical How could
one negatively answer the following?
Perhaps in vain these words will be:
To ask you to remember me;
But must it ever be our lot
To meet and then to be forgot?"
And among the popular forms of
expressing the ever-topmost sentiment
were these:
otis sweet to be remembered;
Tis sad to be forgot:
And you, my dearest schoolmate,
Forget, forget me not"
"All I ask is one small spot
In which to write Forget me not .
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-10
FLY LEAF AUTOGRAPHS

1t must be confessed with con-
siderable degree of reluctance that
in the incipiency of the craze it
tickled our vanity just little when
some one begged us to write in his
or her book. 1t was nearly always
'sher," for the feminine half of the
public seemed to fall easy victims
to the autograph book mania
To a close observer it really looks
as il the school book fy-leaf was re-
sponsible for it ALL With our maid
en- aunt's permission, we open the
books she used at school when she
was amid youths delightful surround
ings, with innumerable rainbows
gladdening her skies, and read the sim
cere sentiments therein expressed.
Snug up in a corner of page, writ
| ten in a girls neat hand is:
''This space is mine
In which to write.
Remember me
When out of sight"
| Then follows couplet that, judg-
| ing from the frequency with which
| it appears in the schoolbooks of that
day, must have been prime favOrite:
Remember me when this you see,
And think of one who thinks of thee
| The question that presents itself to
the sweet girl graduate OF today is:
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-10
LONESOME

Mothers gone to stay week,
House don't seem jest right,
Kind o. hot and kind o. cold,
Diff'rent-mighty sight;
Don't care where you go.
Guess I'm sort O. lonesome
Mothers way you know.
Seems that somethin's sort O. lackin',
Things don't taste quite right,
Bones re kind O achy and I
Don't sleep good at night
Gettin' tired idlin' round,
Work seems putty slack
Guess I'm little lonesOmer-
Mother hain't come back.
Wantin' somethin' all the time,
Can't tell what it is,
Don't want any visitor,
Honest, what's the use O. dodgin'?
Tell you what's a fac
I'm most awful lonesome
Wanttiin' mother back.
Arthur E.. Brown, Mimi. House
keeper.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-10
HONE LIFE

Scoop the buttermilk up in the hands
and lave the body, using circular
motion to insure its absorption by the
skin.
Special attention must be given to
the face, arms and shoulders, which
should be bathed first. For the neck,
shoulders and arms the circular mo-
ton in applying the buttermilk is the
one to be employed, especially the
forearm, as it will tend to develop
and make it rounder, and the motion
should be toward the shoulder; that
is a great help to circulation.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-10

The following blends a touch OF
utilitarianism and dash of sentiment
in a most subtle manner:
when all alone and washing dishes.
Remember me and my good wishes"
Here is one that is frequently seen
among the fy-leaf offerings.
Though oceans roll between us,
And distant be your cot.
This one request wish to make:
Forget, forget me not
One frequently finds in boys books
of that old-time period the following
social gem, of which the opening
couplet is sure to be found On the
front fiy-leaf:
IF my name you wish to see,
Look on page 23.'
There is something about the sau.
cy, crudely-scrawle challenge that
makes you take up the search for
the hidden name. But on page %
the searcher is told:
IF my name you still pursue,
Look on page 1922"
On page 1O2 these lines have been
penciled in the margin.
"If you care to look once more
Turn to page 204."
The willo -the-wisp leads one on
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1906-05-10
euTTERMiLk BATH
II You Take One Often Your Complex
ion Will BE Almost Perfect

So long as the circulation is weak,
the digestion poor or the liver slug
gish, 1t is not to be expected that one
can have really good complexion,
but as there are many women, old
and young, who have good digestion
and circulation and whose livers are
as well behaved as the majority whose
general health Is up to the average,
and who still lack the outward and
visible signs of all this inward well
being, it is reasonable to suppose that
the trouble is local, and that it is the
skin that is in need of attention. For
them, as well as the rest of woman
hood, there is salvation in the beauti-
flying buttermilk bath.
If your skin is thick and sallow and
oily the astringent qualities in the
milk will correct that and render it
white and free from oil, and like a
glove for smoothness. If your skin
is thin and sensitive, the sort that a
strong wind will dry and crack, the
buttermilk will here act as an emol-
lient, making it soft and velvety, and
at the same time impervious to the
bad effects of sudden changes of tenn
perature.
If you sunburn and tan and are
inclined to freckle the buttermilk acts
as bleach, whitening and refining
the skin as nothing else will 1t slim
ulates the pores and is a corrective
for most Of the minor ailments and
imperfections to which the skin is
prone.
Is 1t expensive? That depends en-
tirely upon the sort of bath you wish
or can afford to take Buttermilk
costs six cents quart, and if one
takes a tub bath of it nightly at
least five gallons will be necessary
and that will count up to a pretty
penny in month, but single quart
will be almost, it not quite, as bene
fetal, if used with discretion.
OF course, the ideal way is to lie
in tub full of the milk, after the
other bath, but equally good results
will be obtained by the following
method:
First thoroughly battle the body, as
usual, with warm water and soap
See that the bath water is always
softened by some means-bran Of
borax will answer, though the former
is to be preferred. If the skin is in
clined to be sluggish, brisk and thor
ough rubbing with a brush Is advis
able, SO as to promote circulation ant
free the pores.
Before getting into the tub prepare
the buttermilk by putting it into ;
large washbowl, one that will hole
the entire quart. When the bath il
over drain the tub, but remain in II
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-27
TRADE AND TRAFFIC.

The trade of Chill Is almost entire
" in the hands Of Europeans.
j; France imported 100000 worth OF
apples from Canada last summer and
fall.
In 1904 Denmark sent to England
over $4,000 tons of butter, valued at
$45,O0O.00
It is thtimated that 1000, 900 tons OF
steel rails for 1907 delivery are under
negotiation, and that fully half that
tonnage has already been placed.
It is said that the hides of American
live cattle sent to England to be killed
and eaten are, by prearrangement all
sent back across the Atlantic, there to
be tanned, and, mayhap, reshipped to
England as leather or. in boots and
shoes. &%$T
Shipments of anthracite coal during
May amounted to 3,254, ,32O tons. against
6,005,15S tons il May last year. For
the year, to date, the shipments aggre-
gate 19,709,7S3 tons, contrasted with
24,872,954 tons in the corresponding
period last year.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-27
CLEVER DOCTOR.
Cured a. 30 Years. Trouble Without
Any Medicine.

A wise Indiana physician cured 20
years stomach disease without any
medicine as his patient tells: l. :
II had stomach trouble for 20 years,
tried allopathic medicines, patent
medicines and all the simple remedies
suggested by my friends, but grew
worse all the time. ~
Finally a doctor who -is the most
prominent physician in this part Of
the state told me medicine would do
me no good, only Irritating my stom-
ach and making it worse-that must
look to diet and quit drinking coffee. !
Il cried ont IN alarm, Quit drink
ing coffee! Why, ,ssfW what will Il drink
Try Postum, said the doctor, 4
drink It and you will like it when It
is made according to directions, with
cream, for II Is delicious and has none.
Of the bad effects coffee has, @ @,sS
Well, that was two years ago, and.
4 am still drinking Postum. My stom-.
sach Is right again and know doctor
hit the nail on the head when he de-
cided coffee was the cause Of all my.
trouble. only wish had quit IL
years ago and drank Postum ID It's.
place Name, given BY Postum Co.
Battle Greek, Mich. .ssszs.sS
/ Never too late to mend. Ten days
trial Of Postum IN place Of coffee
works wonders. There's : reason. Il
Look In pkgs. for the famous lit
I tle book The Road TO Wellytle. :
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-27
WAS NOT IMPRESSED.
Country Hotelkeeper Not at All Awed
T.: by the Dignity Of the Governor
Of the State Of Ohio.

They tell this one on former Gov.
George Hoadley of Ohio, says Judge.
Once upon time, in the midst of
q campaign, Mr.. Hoadley was to de-
liver a speech at q little town in the
great and glorious Buckeye state.
When he reached the one hotel the.
town boasted he walked up to the:
register and wrote his name. The.
proprietor head porter steward
neutrality-suspicious. was behind
the desk in his shirt sleeves, his hat
on the back of his head, and q cigar
stump held between his teeth. When
the visitor had put down his John
Hancock, the factotum turned the
register around, read without flicker
OF an eyelid the name there written,
wrote 10" beside it with a lead pen
Gil and said:
s"You kin jest take yer grip right
up that stairway there an back down
tn hall clean to tn end. Yer rooms
right on tn lifet-hand side Of tn hall,
in tn corner-No. TO-"
With considerable establishment and
not little injured dignity, Ohio's
chief executive pointed to his name,
smiled family, and said:
Il am George Hoadley, governor OF
the state of Ohio!"
Turning then with look OF exas-
perated impatience on his face, the,
hotel man exclaimed:
"Well, what dye expect ms t do
kiss ye?"
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-27

II MARY, Mary, quite contrary"
be an Algerian, perhaps her garden
grows with silver bells and cookie
shells and sponges all in a row. The
cultiyation of vegetable sponges is
making progress in Algeria. About
ten species of the plant are known
and they are cultivated in Asia and
Africa, being extensive in the regions
Of Algiers and Oran. Prior to ma
turity the fruit Is edible; when the
stage of ripeness, however, has been
passed the pulp becomes separated
from the fibrous matter which then
forms the spongy mass entitled the
vegetable sponge, Fine specimens
when bleachsd in weak lime bath
are sold at about nickel apiece.
Paris is at present the chief market
for most Of the vegetable sponges
grown In Algiers. They are suitable
not only for toilet and bathroom, but
also for domestic purposes - !=s:} 3= !.
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Chinese Students Uniforms.

The establishment of government
schools in China, and the equipment
OF students in uniforms is furnishing
a market for military clothing. d: Ac-
cording to the British consul at Wu-
chow 60 of these schools have been
opened in that prefectorate alone. The
uniform consists of coat and trousers
of foreign cut, with brass buttons and
peak caps, and shoes Of foreign pat
tern. The material used is either
serge, union cloth or cotton tweed for
winter uniforms, and for summer
wear any light cotton cloth. In the
strictly military schools khaki is
worn. All the uniforms seen appear
to be of British cloth, but there is q
rule, which is evidently ignored, that
only native material be used. Caps,
buttons and braid all come from ia.
pan. The shoes are said to be OF
Hongkong manufacture, but very in.
ferior kind is made locally of native
leather. The cost of uniform of cot
ton tweed, the cheapest, is only $3.50
Mexican ($1.80 American currency
made to order; a set of buttons, five
in a set, costs 20 cents, and cap from
40 cents to S2.20; shoes from s1.10 to
$3.50. Quality in every case is ex.
tremely poor. This uniform, the con.
sui adds, is becoming fashionable
among the younger male generation in
that part of China, and every child
whose parents can afford the expense
Is now decked out as miniature stu.
dent,
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What is
candidate
though
Craftsmanship
N- ~
He
ofsFammany
politician
d.
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had his endurance the of meeting
before thing for three anxious
his Late night waited his
for legislative favor At his capitol he
burdens the speakeh the
enthusiastic with color his that maid might
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-Esisss =
fered a long, long
time with my bach. ].
g an n d felt draggy !
and listless and
all the time. I lost,
fro o nj my usual
weight, 225, to TO- !.
Urinary passages
were y too frequent
and I had to get
up often at night.
I had headaches
and dizzy spells
also, but my worst:
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-27

Indian Eduactions That Count.
The Indian school at Us hilocoo has,
just graduated the largest class in it's
history, and some Of its graduates and
many Of its other classes will help the
sugar beet raisers in the vicinity OF
Rocky Ford, COL, during the vacation.
Over $50 of the young Indians are now
engaged In this work In that district.
and@will remain there until the crop is
all gathered. They will be back in the
school in the fall, ready to resume their
studies.
At Chilocco and many Of the other
government schools the young Indians
get tho right sort Of education to 1T
them for their new role in life. The
education is equally divided between
the books and the workshops. The
boys and girls are taught all that 10
impaired in the ordinary grammar
schools Of the country, and a little
more, in some cases. In addition the
boys are taught to make and repair
harness, to shoe horses, to build
houses, to do farm work of various
sorts, to raise and care for cattle, and
some of the rest of the things that
need to be done in the average COM
munity in the west or east. The girls
are instructed, by actual practice, in
cooking, baking, laundering, nursing,
sewing and other work suitable to
their sex.
This is the education that counts,
says the st. Louis obe-Democrat.
The Chilocco school was in practical
operation at the st. Louis worlds fair,
and was one of its most attractive fea-
lures. 1t was visited by hundreds Of
thousands OF people during the seven
months of the fair. Admiration for its
system and for the intelligence and
good behavior of its pupils was ex-
pressed on every hand. Superintendent
S. NJ. MCGOWAN, the head Of the school,
was here with it, and won Ugh praise
for tho thoroughness and practical
character of the work of his pupils.
The United States government made
many mistakes in its dealings with the
Indians in the old days, but for the
past quarter of a century it has been
on the right track. Chilocco, Carlisle,
Haskell and the rest of the great gov
ernment schools are doing a good work
in training the young Indians of both
sexes to help to intelligently bear So
c1ety's burdens.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-27

suffering was from renal collie. After
I began using Doan's Kidney Pills I
passed gravel stone as big as bean.z
Since then have never had an attack
Of gravel, and have picked up to my:
former health and weight. am well
man, and give Doan's Kidney Pills
credit for it, EsssE~,r :.
Sold by all dealers. 50 cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-27

This selling Of song birds for hatr
is a'epitiful: business. 4 There ought t.
be no necessity for going to law IA
stop: it, and" there would @ not be, i
all women were as tender and merci-
full as they like to be thought. a dead
bird in a hat does not advertise pleas
ant qualities. =.@ f;55s5... v
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The larger outlook Of the get
great boost from such splendid piece Of the Armstrong
signs that combining
foe. which happens the n :
Odel
expected
still the chairman
could integrity
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SOCIETY ASPECT OF THE $4,000, 600 THEATER.

Abram S. Hewitt once said 1T takes ten years
to do anything in New York" He might have
added, land costs millions. The city is about to
have, after at least ten years of talk, two-mil-
lion-dollar theater. It is to be placed upon a.
block OF land covering little more than an acre
and in artistic beauty and richness Of decoration
it will have no rival but the Paris opera house.
The fashionable architects, Carrere & Hastings,
have not forgotten the lesson of that opera house.
Garnter, it's designer, was young and unknown.
He gave his design the most magnificent staircase
to that: His design was accepted. The New the
ater-that is to be it's name-will have staircase
1t will have an immense foyer leading to the stair
case It will also have elevators by which the
staircase may be side-stepped. Its >46 boxes will
be owned In perpetuty by the owners of the bui
anyone of them will in ten years, time be worth
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-27

It must not be supp bo1>d that tbs
manufacturers Of back pepper s. are
confined to the use q lamp mi
tapioca. They can u q = . llsif
article out q ground mt & ahSl B
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THE PRESIDENT A NEW YORKER WILL. INTERFERE

The president has not the slightest idea of let
ting things go that way. And he is not deferred,
as most men would be- by precedents of non-in-
reference. Arthur's interference for FOlger was
disastrous, though Arthur was a good president
and Folgerr an able and reputable candidate for
governor, This case may be different. The presi-
dent IS responsible mainly for the selection Of
ability who will be- heard from ins Washington,
where he is serving his first term, county chair
man. Parsons has had to suffer- all sorts of in
dignities at the hands of the Oddities. It is to
aid him mainly that Reynolds is to come to New
York. The president was also responsible for the
selection of young Jimmy Wadsworth as speaker
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-27

While "Uncle joe has been much In the lime
light and the public has been engaged with his
accomplishments and wondering how he could
get through with SO much work and handle 1856
members Of the, house with 80 little friction,'
those who are acquainted with the inner workings
of congressional life know that the speaker owes
much of his success and a great deal of his good
health to- the work and soictude of his secretary,
L. White Busbey Those who know from the in
side the careers of public men are aware of how
much the latter owe to their private and confi-}
Dental secretaries. The secretary to the presi-
dent can make the latter popular or ~unpopulars
The same is true of the secretary to the speaker
of the house Of representatives AZ! =: .s.:@ -
Mr. Busbey who had been in journalism for a
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-27
Women Want Much.

Skoller-Of course, the generic
term man" includes the women
Maryat-Not always.
Skoller-O! yes. You see
Maryat-Nonsense! For instance,
the sentence, MAN wants but little
here below: would be ridiculous in
that case Washington Star. r -
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JIMMY IN: THE LIONS DEN, AND WHY.

Why should Reynolds return to New York to
mix at the presidents request in Republican poll
tics? Why should Mr.. Roosevelt interfere? '~
New York Republicans hardly ask the ques-
ton On the east side Of the city it is joke but
the solemn truth that the Hon. Big Tim selects
the Republic fcanSas we'll the Democratic district
leaders. @ However, Mr. Roosevelt is personally
popular there, and man having his mandate, and
who is besides as well known as Reynolds. can
do considerable work. From politicians stand
point it is foolish to leave great mass of friendly
voters at the mercy of leaders named by the OPP
position. 1t was this one-sided system that beat
Hearst for mayor last fall. The Republicans cleo
ton officials obeyed the Democratic leaders.
Hearst's watchers were sometimes bribed away
from him; sometimes they were mere boys and
The Virginia enterprise., 1906-07-27

Some men are considered smart be-
cause they gre able to talk well, but
some others are smarter because they
are able not to talk.
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that could not have Busbey
character
the latter perfectly