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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06
ART IN CITY BUILDING.

There are more things to be con-
sidered in the making and keeping of
Il city than the value of real estate or
the dividends arising from business
enterprises.
When people begin to think about
selecting the place in which to spend
their lives-when they begin the maxi
ing of home-they seek to surround
themselves with comforts and refine
mentS.
Most of the expenses of life are
those for the things that appeal to
cur ideas of beauty and appearance
A man might clothe himself in the
Sarb of the savage for much less than
would be required in keeping pace
with the New York styles. He could
sit in his room without rugs or car
pets and could sleep in a bed laid
upon stone boxes. He chooses to do
neither, however
AS it is with the home, SO should it
be with the city The more it is made
to conform to the ideas OF taste and
harmony, the cleaner it is kept, the
more is life worth living in it.
Outside the removal of the eye-sores
from the vacant lots, the keeping down
wnG0C and n1 re
streets in front Of private premises,
the task of identifying the city is in
the keeping OF its people
Trim yards, neat fences, IL few
flowers, a we'll kept lawn are all
things of beauty that delight the eye
and please the soul.
a front gate swing on one hinge is
like a tramp standing in front of a
Fifth avenue mansion A broken
fence looks like lumber wagon in a
string of carriages waiting for the
close of fashionable society func-
tiCn.
These things often mar streets that
would otherwise be objects of beauty.
Another thing that gives beauty to a
city are boulevards and abundance of
trees. OF course these things are i'm
PRACTICAL in the business portion of
the city. But in the parts devoted to
residences there is nothing so de-
lightful as a stroll along wide boule-
varded streets where the trees make
delightful shade, and where the eve
is pleased and the soul delighted with
the bordering green
Much of the beauty of city lies
also in the uniformity of it's archi-
lecture. If all the buildings on one
street are in the same style, whether
Queen Anne, colonial, modified. Gre
clan, Italian, Renaissance or any other,
the uniformity is one of the chief
beauties
Architecture is beautiful because of
its harmony and not because of it's
contrast. A fine building has it's ap-
pearance much diminished by a barn
like one standing next A tar papered
shack sports the beauty of the two
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06
STORIES OF THE HOUR
A Dual Phenomenon.

John Sullivan described a joke that
he once played on Bob Fitzsimmons
when Fitz," he said, was interest.
ed in farming, l told him that my
cousin had a lot of fine Dorking roost.
ers, and would send him one if he
would care for it. Fitz said he would
lie delighted to add Dorking rooster
to his collection of chickens.
so gothic Dorking, packed it in a
basket, and then, for a joke, laid an
egg beneath the bird on the soft
straw.
"Fitz wrote to me the next day in
great establishment. He thanked me
for the Dorking, which, though roost-
er undoubtedly, and a fine one, too,
had yet laid an egg on its way to
him. Could I explainNthis phenome-
non? Had l ever heard OF such d
thing before?
81 wrote back and said:
'Tht Dorking rooster, in laying an
egg, has certainly broken all records.
What makes this happening still more
remarkable is that, if you examine the
egg, you will find it to be a hard
boiled one"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06
Pictures in the Smoke.

No sentimental poet, to wiring the
heart with woe
Or call up sad illusions to the Land of
Long Ago.
] leave such work to Riley, Let him in
duCe the tears
With poems Of the yesterday and Joys
of Other Years!
Yet what afflatus is in me comes surg
ing from afar,
what time | puff the azure clouds from
mn out big cigar.
The Muse. of Optimistic Things I Joy
fully invoke
And conjure up the pictures the MIC
lures in the smoke.
No sweethearts of the Might Have Been
are in those dreams of mine:
Caroline: 80
No dear old home" no promise that
childishly I vowed.
Come IN, in that vap,,rous picture in that
Dlue tobacco cloud
Nay! Nay! l dream Of luXuries that 7
am going to get
6Y saving up the coupons of q certain
cigarette.
we that scott at sentiment md Doom
romance a joke,
Come gaze with me at pictures-at pic
lures in the smoke.
An automobile-if I save four million
tags of that:
For seven hundred thousand bands of
-. this furnished fiat;
parlor yacht-for smoking thirty
. thousand tons of dope:
"A woman's but woman"-bu a good
49, cigar is more
Than lust 2 Smoke, dear Rudyard, il
d.. you strike the proper store.
But l have looked at pictures-at pic
and I am broke,
But I have looked at pictures-ta pic
lures in the smoke
Franklin r. Adams in Puck.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06
Worth Reneatinp.

A minor poet, at dinner, asked
General Horace Porter if living was
cheap in Paris. He said he thought of
taking up his residence in the French
capital, and he wanted to know the
cost of food there.
Paris is, perhaps, cheaper than
New York." said General Porter. Good
things there, as here, though, come
high. You can get cheap things in
Paris-cheap rooms, cheap dinners
but they won't satisfy you as more ex-
pensive things would.
"A friend of mine dined with a
young artist in the Latin quarter at
famous table d'hote.,
1.-THE host, at the end of the dinner,
said:
Pretty good dinner for two francs,
ch?'
First rate returned my friend.
Let's have another"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06
Discount for Shortage.

"A couple evidently from an exceed
ingly rural district recently presented
themselves at the home of Buffalo
minister, and announced that they
wished to be married The would-be
bride was of LONELINESS to cause
enc less pity for the blind, but the
groom seemed satisfied, and as they
possessed the necessary license the
minister proceeded to perform the
ceremony.
How much dew that come to, Par
son?' the man then inquired, bringing
handful of silver change from a deep
trousers pocket. Name yer regular
figger that you charge tn swells. I'm
a-goin' tn limit, by jinks!"
"Oh, have no regular charge" the
minister said, "just give me what you
think it's worth"
The groom turned and eyes his
bride In speculative manner.
"she's good gal, eff she amt much
On looks" he said, thoughtfully, "an''
I'll be gosh derned eff she amt wuth
a dollar an forty-five cents!"
He was about to hand over the sill
yer, when the lady caught his arm,
and deducted the fivezcent piece from
the sum.
Wait, ST." she said Take back
this nickel; you don't know 1t, but,
when ] was child chopped on two
toes with tn Ratchet" 4.
Astonished.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06
THIS DATE IN HISTORY

1352-Roger Lord Gray de Ruthyn
died.
1393-Sir John Hardwood, first En-
glish general, died.
1474-Buonarotti Michael Angelo
born.
1521-Magellan discovered the La
drone islands.
German divine, died.
1629-Edict of Restitution published
by the emperor
1693-Philip. third Earl of Leicester,
died.
17O1--Act of union passed by En-
glish parliament.
1766-Aurora boreais first seen in
England.
17S1-Engagement at Wetzells Mill,
N. c.
17S6-Sir Charles Napier born.
lS06-EliZabeth Barrett Browning
morn. Died 1861.
1S15-Riot outside OF parliament
building on account OF the Corn bill.
1S17-Insurrection at Pernambuco,
Brazil.
1S31-General Phillip H. Sheridan
born. Died Aug. 5, 1888.
1S4S-Income tax riots in London.
1S57--Supreme court decided bred
ScOot case.
1S67-Terrible earthquake at Alete-
kene, Levant.
1S73-President Theirs recognized
belligerent rights of the Carlists.
1SS2-Conkling declined supreme
court nomination.
1SS5-General strike of Missouri Pa
citic railroad employees.
disadvantage of the lnfanta Eul,-
lie of Spain to Prince de Montpensier.
1SS9-Milan l. of Servia abdicated in
favor of his son.
lS95-CZar of Russia prohibited use
of knout in Furnishing peasants.
1905-John H. Regan, last surviving
member of the Confederate cabinet,
died
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06
Differepce Between Chorus Girls In
American and In EurOnp.

Once in the chorus always a chorns
girl" maxim that prevails in Enrope,
certainly does not apply in America.
Young singers who 90 abroad to study
and are familiar with the makeup Of
grand opera companies on the Cont
nent, are well aware Of the barriers
that separate the European chorus
singer from prima donnadom. In
America it is vastly different. Here
any ambitious girl, if she have the
voice and be willing to study and wait
will sooner or later have her oppor-
tunity. Sometimes a member of the
chorus becomes a prima donna in
night. These instances are far more
frequent than formerly. when Amerie
.can grand opera choruses were made
up almost wholly of foreign voices.
This year Manager Henry w. Savage
has an all-American chorus with the
English Grand Opera company, the
first time in ths history Of grand opera
in America. The young singers with
tuneful, well-schooled voices bring to
their work ambition and finely devel-
oped vocal organs that entitle them to
be called embryo prima donnas. That
many of them are capable of taking
prima donna roles on moments no.
tice was recently demonstrated during
Mr.. Savage's engagement.
1t was during a performance of
Verdi's III Trovatore." The contralto
singing the important role of Azucena
had contracted severed cold, lost her
voice during the second act, and re-
tired. The Azucena understudy, who
had never been permitted to sing the
role, was suddenly hustled out of her
gypsy costume into that of Azucena.
and the performance proceeded as II
nothing had happened.
The incident only ILLUSTRATES the op-
portunities for young American sing
ers in an English grand opera com !
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06
Willing to Obligc.

@Senator Tillman was accusing a
Official leader of overbearing and ar
bitrary methods.
HE goes too far" said the senator.
HE is like the militia captain they
used to have in Concord.
This man came to Concord with a
war record, and got a captains ap-
Gointment in the militia.
He was martinez The first day
he received his company, he examined
every hair on their heads, every but
ton on their Goats. It was an ordeal
for them
"On the whole, the captain was
pleased with his inspection. One
thing dissatisfied him, though. His
men all had clean-shaven upper lips.
Some had side-whiskers, some had
muttonchops, some had COATES, some
had patriotic chin boards. There was
rot one who had a mustache.
The captain complimented his COM
rany in a short speech, and concluded
Ivy saying:
Only one thing is lacking to make
crack manufacturing company of
you-mustaches. want every man
Jack of you to raise a mustache.'
AT this order the men looked at
one another, and a young farmer,
stepping out from the ranks, saluted
and said:
What color will you have them,
sir?'"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06
ADJUSTMENTS
Beach & Bowers Minstrels.

Greene's opera house was packed
to the very doors last evening to wit
ness the opening performance of the
Beach & Bowers Ministries. There
was not a vacant seat in the entire
house, and many were compelled to
stand. The entertainment given was
one of the most pleasing ever pre-
sented by minstrel company in
Cedar Rapids.-Cedar Rapids Republi-
can.
Beach & Bowers will be here Friday.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06
Too Thin.

There is a representative in Con-
gress from the west who is exceed
ingly thin. Being very good-natured
man, this representative always takes
in good part any joking reference to
his slendeEness; indeed, he is not
averse to a jest himself in that con-
nection, as is illustrated by an acct
dent that occurred in a street car in
Washington.
1t appears that just as the car was
rounding curve burly citizen
lurched forward and sat in the con-
gressman's lap. He recovered him
self quickly, and began a profuse
apology, when he was Interrupted by
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06

Just why Mayor Duis should feel 1T
incumbent upon himself to issue a
manifesto, in which the coming build
ing improvements in Grand Forks are
srandiloquently recited, and to what
extent he is entitled to credit for hav-
ing discovered a fact that has been
heralded almost daily in The Even
ing Times for the past two months,
is something that surpasses conject-
ure.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06

pany. but also the superior talent and
vocal gifts of American girls, a fact
recently recognized by Nine. Schu-
mann-Heink when she said: "The
great prima donnas of the future must
come from America, where the girls
are endowed with the most wonder
full vocal organs of the world"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06
What the Ailment Was.

A New England statesman was re-
ferring to the dry humor of the late
Senator Hoar, when he was reminded
of the following:
One day Senator Hoar learned tAat
a friend in Worcester, who had been
thought to have appendicitis, was in
reality suffering from acute indiges-
ton.
Whereupon the senator smiled
senially. Really" said he, that's
good news. rejoice for my friend
that the trouble lies in the table of
contents rather than in the appendix"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06
every time you meet the man who jabs
you in the ribs to keep your attention.

every time you meet the man who jabs
You in the ribs to keep your attention.
Few men would sauce the count if
the whipping post were in vogue.
A candidate only needs one thing to
lie elected-a majority of the votes.
A bore'is person who tries to stick
price of used fly paper on your
mind.
The best motto for married people
is: United we stand; divided we
fall" ....
Compliments are like walnuts. To
be properly digested they must be
taken with salt.
Many social gatherings are miser-
able failures because the person many
wanted to talk about is present
The girl who is ungrateful for ten
dollars before marriage will be certain
to appreciate five after.
The longest period of a woman's
life is between the installments OF
continued story.
A five thousand dollar education
grated upon five dollar brain will
never produce fruit.
When a young man dimes with the
family and is told the girl did the
cooking, there's no danger of parental
interference.
Harpers Weekly has jabbed 4 hole
il the reputation of Washington by de-
claring the reason he did not want a
third term was because he could not
| carry the vote of his own state.
A Bismarck man asked a local
butcher for two pounds of dog meat
| and was thrown into the street.
If the average girl handled the dust
| cloth as carefully as she does the pow
der puff, housekeeping would be per-
| fectiOn
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06
Sentiment to BE Inculcateh

Let reverence of law be breathed by
Prattles in her lap; let it be taught in
the schools, .seminaries and colleges;
let 1t be written in primers, spelling
from pulpits and proclaimed in legis-
1attve halls and enforced in courts of
5u!tice;. in short, let it become the
political religion of the nation"
Abraham Lincoln.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06
NOTE AND COMMENT

Everybody has wished for the
awakening of China. It's here.
Every man believes he is popular
until he runs for office.
There are several Lords in North
Dakota-notably about Cando.
The most that some people have to
show. for their lives is the years.
You always think of chloroform
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06

the statesman's CHEEKY that's AIN
right"
But" added the congressman,
plaintively. Il wish, my friend, that
you'd tell me whether you thought I
was painted on the seat" Il
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06

story building with which it is con-
trasted.
Spokane is probably one of the
finest architectural cities of it's size
il the county, and much of it has been
PLANNED by Kirk Cutler, Il local archi-
tect who has made the city monu-
ment to his skill and taste.
Washington is the finest city in the
world, and it is SO because the origin
al plan made it impossible to destroy
the beauty by change in the design.
INTELLECTUALLY it has received a
black eye by the erection of the gov
eminent pension Office, and a few
other buildings of similar design, but
it will always be city of avenues,
and parks.
The time to begin identifying city
is in its infancy. Then the original
plans can be made for the guidance
of those who come afterward.
With the new buildings in prospect
at this time, there will never be a
better opportunity to begin making
Grand Forks a city of beauty both in
plan and architecture that cannot be
excelled in the country.
There is plenty of land, and the peo-
pie who are building homes have
abundance of wealth 10 make them
a source of pleasure for themselves
and objects of beauty to the city
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06

Christian man. Bible in hand
Pass by with looks of scorn and
pride;
Sweet women full of Christian creeds,
All clutch their skirts and sweep
aside:
Where are the Christ's sweet teachings
now?
Where His examples thro' the wears?
Did He pass by Il sin or sore?
No! Soothcd and healed by love and
tears!
The sins of this poor, erring one.
The world can Slibly figure we'll;
But what temptations bravely fought
What good deeds done---it cannot tell,
Just clasp him gently by the hand.
Speak words of cheer, nor cold or
Wipe from his brow the sweat of
shame
Remorse hath punished him enough.
William GlendinninE,
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06

The friends of Congressman Gronna,
who urged his candidacy in the belief
that he would exert his sound iudg-
ment and excellent business training
III the conduct of public affairs with
the same Jealous application that he
had maintained in the upbuilding of
lis numerous gigantic private business
enterprises, have reason to felicitate
themselves in that even thus early in
his official career he has afforded am
PIE proof that their faith in him was
we'll founded. Take, for example, the
bill recently introduced by him for
the protection of depositors in ma
tional and state banks. This measure
provides that banks shall pay to the
comptroller of the currency one per
cent of their capital stock and sur
Illus for the purpose of creating
trust fund to be used by the comp
tloller to protect individual deposit
tors from loss of their deposit i'll case
of the failure of the bank. Mr..
Gronna rightly holds that such a law
would have a tendency to create con-
fidence in the banking system which
must inevitably result, in putting
money in circulation that is now lying
in safety, deposit vaults, or is being
secretly boarded
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06
"Judge Not"

He stands alone, in tattcrs clad,
With wOrn-Out shoes upon his feet:
A torn, Soiled hat pressed on his head
A black blot on the sunlit street!
Drink on his face hath cut deep lines,
Spilled silver in his tangled hair;
Regret carved round his trembling lips,
And marked his brow with weary
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06

A Bismarck man asked local
butcher for two pounds of dog meat
and was thrown into the street.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06
Astonisl,ed.

A Chicago business man who last
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-03-06

If the average girl handled the dust
cloth as carefully as she does the pow
der puff, housekeeping would be per-
lection.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-12

Rosss must have Sod air and plenty
% *. without being too much exposed.
hence az elevated situation is better
than one that - lower OF stagaant
They should noS- however. be exposed
20 too violent winds. for tie foliage
CA1DOt sand whipping.
Sometimes the protection CT a ciunp
o. ryees Is sought but unless the plants
ars SCI vel away from them they viii
be robbed - nlant food by the roots Of
the ~ take advantage CT his
kind 81 protection the roses should be
set twenty-five feet further away from
the trees than the iRtter's height
The protection % buildings SHOULD
- avoided. tor 50 completely 60 these
sop the cirCulstic1 OF ar that uildev
and sights follow from sheltered ioca-
rious o. this character. There are.
however. exceptions 20 this rule. for
sometimes In an elevated position
here vii - suitable circulation q
ar even Close % \ building This de-
Ponds iarEely upon The prevailing
winds and the exposure % the locality
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-12

June and usually IN large numbers
The eggs are laid In the soil. generally
in light or sandy land. they are net
often troublesome IN heavy soil
Paris green and other pOisons 90 not
have much eject upon them Arsenate
q lead. when used in strong solutions
two and a half ounces 20 gallon f.,
viii keep them quite well in check.
but this material discClors the foliage
In the early morning when the bugs
are somewhat dormant. they may -
picked CT by hand. OF Knocked into a
pan q kerosene held underneath the
branches. This is a most difficult pest
&c control II viii also attack grapes
and other fruits.
The rose slug il the larva OF the saT
rs. which comes out q the ground IN
MAY. The female deposits eggs n cuts
made IN TIE leaves The eggs hatch
IN about twelve days after they are
aid.
They 2~e g SO. A~-aios 'n--- similar
70 the snail. and may De readily -
strcyed hy busting with heleoo-e OF
By the whale oil soap spray. They soon
seriously in.ure the foliage y not KEPT
2 check
Another very troublesome Insect and
enemy o. the rose Is the rose hopper o.
thrips These are small ~ ite rie.
that come 81 swarms. and they wors
mainly o. the under side q the leaves
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1906-05-12
How 70 Grow Cuttings.

How can you root summer cuttings
Make a 4 or 5inch cutting % rose
branch that IS coming into bloom. or
is just through blooming Cut just Dr.
iow an ere. leaving q small "heel or
strip o. bark attached Trim or the
lover set q leaves even with the WOOD
Leave the end leaf entire and trim the
leaf OF two remaining. back % the
1-sr pair q leaflets Insert these cut
uncs ll wei sand Up 20 the last eye.
Put them ID the window and keep con
srantiy damp until they root. which
should % Ia from s 90 Z weeks. Teas
i root easily BY this method.
To root from semi-dcruant wood.
( About tie beginning q autumn. sep
/ teuber in the North. October IN the
south take your cuttings Several
may - made from one cane. as pretty
/ sell ripened wood roots after this
method as vel as any. Make the cut
ItinEs about 6 inches long. Cut Just Be-
lov al eye. making slauttng cut.
and trim O the lower leaves SeE
dig q hole by the parent bush. Put a
handful q sand az the bottom u you
have b. and put iu your cuttings. set
ting them one inch apart and crmlnl
the earth very soidly about them
Only about an inch ~ the upper stem
should project above the ground. Pu
a glass fruit jar over the cuttings
F sinking the Ear weu into the ground
fhel hank up the earth a couple q
inches around the can Let the cat
rnes. Jar and all rigidiy alone unit
spring is well advanced. Il VIII ,
found then that nearly every clttin
Las rooted This plan seems 20 BE-
success wherever &C. is tried. Norti
South. East or West. Nearly all hybri
teas and uerperuals root vel ia tai
Way. So 90 moss. memorial and ran
tler ross
In the culture n roses the create
trials and Disappointment are NJ
with ln the insects that persistentiy a
tack them and 81 which there az
May. Oue q the FIRST in The ear
summer a. the green 1y or aphls.