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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30
, LEE LEARNED GALL G H

Like many another New England
housewife, Mrs. Greene was familiar
enough with the old-fashioned "One-
Two-Three-Four Cake the arithmetic
ally progressive recipe for which calls
for one cup Of butter, two of sugar,
three Of flour, and four eggs. Her
daughter Grace. who married several
years ago and went to San Francisco
to live, has recently come back with
her children for a visit. When the
tiniest Of her grandsons one day begged
for "One-Two-Three-Five" Cake for
supper, Mrs. Greene laughed the de-
lighted laugh Of the grandmother.
BLESS the boy" she cried. Just
hear hin trying to count"
oh, Billy can count, MOTHER said
Grace. But that's what we call that
cake now, ever since my Chinese cook
began to make it.
THE children are very fOnd of this
particular cake, SO after Lees arrival I
undertook to teach him to make it. 1
had learned by that time that 1t Is
useless to tell him how to do anything;
but l had only to make u dish before
him, and then he could make 1t exactly
as we'll as l..
$50 I measured out the butter, sugar
and flour, and began to break the eggs
1 broke three, one by one, and turned
them into the bowl for beating; but as
the fourth seemed the least bit doubt
full 1 stepped to the door n threw
it into the pail, and coming back to the
table, l broke another egg, hich
proved to be good.
Shortly afterward I happened to be
in the kitchen when Lee was making
this cake. He broke three eggs into
the bowl, as 1 had done, II then
stepped to the door and threw, out the
next egg-which was perfectly good.
when 1 protested, he said, I makee
cake samee Missee.' And when I looked
into his expressionless eyes,, somehow
I knew there was no use in combating
the centuries of the Chinese Empire. I
gave up, and just changed the name Of
the cake. 1t was easier than to make
Lee overt"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30
l stood there with my arms about her
If only the curtain would fall!

| stood there with my arms ABOUT neri
If only the curtain would fall!
But what was this that came to my
ears? A perfect salvo Of applause
Usually at this point there was n death
ly silence in the audience, and l knew
the people out front used to say to
themselves, What a hound that Carl
ton is"
It's all right; leave 1t to me, uar-
ry," Miss Allen whispered.
And all at once the ice in my veins
turned to hot blood again. She had
never called me by my first name be-
fore. And she was not angry.
The applause finally died away. She
withdrew herself from my embrace,
lifted her face and said: Come, Will,
my love let US walk in the garden.
The walls are so c~ontining."
And with my arm about her, we slow
ly walked up stage and out the center
door.
Curtain, quick! !" she called to the
first stage hand we passed, and prompt
ly tainted.
Helen told Frazer the truth the night
she announced our engagement.
80, after this, governor" she said,
see that you cast lis for lovers all the
way through; it will Ue safer
Which he has done ever since.-Bos
ton Post.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30

space of ten months at a cost of So
5OO,O OO.
Close by Is the slender pile of st.
Paul building, whose sheer height of
3oS feet, would be more impressive
were 1t not entirely overtopped by Its
taller rival, Park Row building. The
Empire buildings is also q 800 feet
ediice Boosting of twenty-one stories.
It's great height Is somewhat lessened
by the dome of the Manhattan Life
building. one OF the first lofty office
structures to be erected In New York
City. The dome of this stately build
ing vas for several years the home of
the Weather Bureau Service of New
York, and from Its lagpole storm and
weather signals were displayed.
There are d dozen buildings In our
picture 800, feet and more In height.
They have all been erected within the
last twelve years. The builders assert
that it would be perfectly practical to
construct office buildings 500 and 600
feet in height of the composite steel
and-masonry type If there were any
advantage in doing so. 1t has been
found, however, that the limit Of eco
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30
Marriage in Korea.

There ls not much difficulty In mar
rying off a daughter In Korea. Where
there are defects, such as feeble health,
paralysis, deformities, ETC., m expert
intermediary who knows how to con-
ccaI them is employed. 1t is her bust
ness to make the girl presentable to
the parents Of the sutton. AS the
bridegroom does lot see the bride until
the day of marriage, when it is too late
to recoil, he is obliged to make the best
of the situation. In marrying Korean
girls are not exempt from contribut-
ing to the support of the family. This
applies to the grande dame as we'll ms
the humblest peasant. Ladies Of rank
who have become impoverished and are
obliged to support themselves may earn
u livelihood by knitting or rearing silk
worms.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30

Why The CuIIQiD Went Down

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= T was an awful thing to do. but l
simply couldn't help it. My feel
ings ran away with my judgment.
But I must go back and start from the
beginning.
From dallying in amateur theatricals
I grew to be absorbed in them, and
when l happened to cross the ocean on
the same steamer with Frazer, the big
manager, my fate was sealed. He told
me I would just suit a small part in a
play he was bringing over from Eng
land, and offered me the chance to play
1t. To be sure, 1t was a small part, but
l didn't hesitate a minute.
For six months we toured the coun-
try. Wild horses could not drag me
off the stage after the taste of 1t, and
I had my reward. Late In June Mr..
Frazer summoned me to his office.
Bates" he said, how would you
like to play with Miss Allen?"
I gasped. Helen Allen was the star
of the Frazer constellation. Her plays
were always the pick of the bunch and
she Invariably stayed for half the sea-
son in New York.
Il should like it above all things,
Mr.. Frazer managed to say.
Every WELL" he went on. Il have
purchased the American rights Of q
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30

nomic height lies somewhere between
sixteen and twenty stories.
1t takes 5000 men to light h City
Of New York for twenty-four hours.
Fol purely artistic effects. The result
of their work is best seen In the gloam-
ing. An American writer says: See
lower New York from either of the
rivers between five and six o'clock in
the afternoon Of a business day. See
the city when it has put on its pur-
pie and diamonds No city ever wore
such diamonds or 50 many of them
before. The silhouetted towers blaze
with electric fire, while in all direc-
lions, over bridge and ferry and ele-
waited road, radiate trailing lines OF
light"
Another writer says: In order that
we who have Il penchant for moving
may fit from the battery to the
Bronx, and still command the con
venience Of turning on and off a flood
of light by the twist of a screw or
the scratching Of a lucifer, there are
gas mains extending over every part
Of the city, covering, it is estimated,
about $500 miles, two thirds OF the
way across the broadest part Of the
United States. During the cold days
of last December the amount OF coal
used for manufacturing gas amounted
IN one day to $500 tons"
That electric lighting will entirely
eliminate gas in the business districts
of New York within the next five
wears is conceded without a question.
A canvas of the leading architects and
real estate firms resulted in a unani-
nous statement that 100 per cent Of
the business buildings and 0S per cent
of the resident buildings erected with
in the last two years in New York
City have been equipped exclusively
with electrical fittings. Seven-eighths
of the sky-scrapers erected within that
period maintain their own plant, the
voltage ranging from 40 to ZIG, which
furnishes both illumination and motor
power for the elevators.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30

greater New YORK presents a pictur-
esqueness In bulk and In detail quite
unexampled In the history Of the world.
Unfinished here and there? Yes
but greater Greater New Yorks are not
built in n day."
The tall buildings are nearly all to
be found on the southern end of Man.
haitian Island. Starting at the left OF
our panoramic picture of these wonder
full structures. we have first Park
Row building. opened in 1900. 1t has
twenty-nine stories. The two flag
poles on the top of the building are
81 feet in height. From the base of
It's foundations to the top of It's flag
poles the building measures sol feet,
or nearly a tenth of q mile. 1t has
a restaurant over 800 feet above tine
ground. The highest offices are $40
feet In the air, and their windows com
mand n view of over forty miles. AS
many as $1,000 people use the building
every day, and Its various elevators,
op4ifts, boast Of a passenger traffic of
nearly 10000 people daily. The build
ing alone weighs 10000 tons. and was
erected In the comparatively short
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30
Nav Yard Wa.te.

One Of the worst sins OF omission OF
the Navy Department is the wasteful
way in which good ships are allowed
to lie idle at navy yards and rot or go
to pieces, when with prompt repairs,
made in a business-llke way, they could
be made to do good service for years.
A ship that a private owner would re-
pair in a month the Navy Department
will sometimes permit to lie at the
navy yard for several years. the prey
Of all sorts Of patchwork. Vast sums
of money are wasted in this way. Yes
sells that would be OF the greatest value
in training the naval militia are allow
ed to lie idle and deterlorate at navy
yards until finally they go to the junk
heap because they become too expensive
to repair.-New Orleans Picayune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30
who by a queer coincidence, made {
reputation In ."rhe Tenderfoot."

who by a queer coincidence, made a
reputation In "The Tenderfoot.'
The last for Maude Adams, however,
Is not very much larger than Miss
Whites. 1t is said that Julia Mar
loves father worked in Webert's shop
as an assistant to the shoemaker. Miss
Marlowe's last is there now.
Webert Is a bit OF a prophet in addi-
ton to being a cobbler. He says that
the foot Is a better indicator of a per-
sons future than either the lines OF the
hand or the bumps of the head.
He predicted, from the lines of their
feet, that Mary Anderson. Mansfield
and Maude Adams would become ia
nous. In the same way when lie
measured Keene, the tragedian, for the
first pair Of slippers he ever wore ms
Hamlet, Webert prophesied that the
actor would never gain the success to
which his talent really entitled him.
Webert has made shoes for Buffalo
Bill, for Frank james. the outlaw. and
for men IN all ranks OF life. He has
received 4s7 diplomas and medals for
his work.
The highest price be ever received
Tor q single pair o.sessoots was $40, vet
IL viii llalfsole your shoes for YOU
While you walt. and at a moderate
rrIce.a toos-New lork sun,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30
A TRYsT.

I will not break the tryst, my dear,
That we nave kept so long,
Though winter and its SHOWS are here,
And I've no heart for n
You went into the voiceless night;
Your path led far away.
Did you forget me. Hearts Delight,
As night forgets the day?
Sometimes I think that you would speak
II still you held me dear;
But space is vast, and l am weak
Perchance / do not hear.
Surely. howe'er remote the star
Your wandering feet may tread.
When l shall pass the sundering bar
Our souls must still be wed.
Century.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30
coHsLER AND PROPHET.
A st. Louis Shoemaker Who Has
Made Shoes for Famous People.

A st. Louis Shoemaker Who Has
Made shoes for Peoplc.
To n little shop in Chestnut street ;
st. Louis, famous folk from all over
the country have gone TO have their
shoes made.
Charles Webert, the cobbler who does
the work, has been In that same little
shop for twenty-five years. He has on
his Enthusiastically. ION his books
the foot patterns Of more than 1900
men and
When a customer comes to Webert
the feet to be shod are placed bare
upon the open pages OF n good-sized
ledger. Webert carefully draws the
outline, marks the location of the corns
or bunions and shuts the drawing up
In the book for future reference. He
then makes a last, which Is also la
belled and preserved.
Among the lasts In his profession are
those of Henry irving. Richard Mans
field, Maude Adams, Julia Marlowe,
Mary Anderson, Clara Morris, Virgin
In Harmed and scores OF other we'll
known persons. The smallest last In
the collection is that for Ruth White,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30
HOW THE CHEF is TRAINED.
1t Takes Him Ten Years to Acquire
Art OF

1t Takes Him Ten Years to Acquire
Art of Cooking.
The chef, whose salary Is $4,000 a
year, tipped the cabman handsomely
and entered his club, says the Phila-
delphia Bulletin.
"How one becomes a chef?' he said.
"You want to know how one learns to
be a chef, Ell? Well, the answer is, by
hard work-nine or ten years Of hard
work."
'The Chef" he said, "begins as a
boy, as apprentice to a master. For
several years he works under the vege-
table cook. He learns how to make
mashed potatoes that look like white
roses, how to cook and arrange all the
vegetables, from the trufle down, In a
hundred fine and beautiful ways. He
gets no salary. He only gets his
board. --. ..
"Now for a year he studies raw
meats. He learns how to select them
and how to cut them up. He can tell
! at a glance, for instance, the genuine
salt-meadow mutton from the false.
Along with this raw meat course also
| goes a study OF fish and or game and oil
poultry-how to stuff, dress, lard, truss
and so on.
Next for a year, at a small salary,
he stands before the range, learning
how to broll, fry, roast and bake.
"He now reaches the foundation OF
his art and Is admitted into the pres.
ence Of the chef himself-only assist
ants have taught him so far. The chef
teaches him how to make soups, pas
tries, Ices and the more complicated
buildings and soufles. Three or four
years Is none too long a time to study
| here.
Tel years Of hard work should turn
a quick apprentice into a good chef.
| Such n chef without difficulty earns
from $25 a week up to $3.50. If he
gave half as much time to the bar, the
church, or medicine, he would earn
| thrice as much"
1t frequently happens that a woman
who was proud Of a man as a beau is
ashamed of him as her husband.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30

ODERN New York Is undoubt-
y edly n of the sights of the
world. Owing to Its situa-
tion on the Island Of Man
haitian lateral expansion of the busiest
once portion OF the city has been i'm
possible, with the astonishing result
that the city has built upwards to a
height never before considered pos
sibie. In order to obtain the accom-
mediation demanded the modern sky
scraper has become a thing OF famil
lar1ty In New York. They are, how
sy51,Tso ovsfTo--s!:s IN their indi.
vidual outlines and in their massed
effects that to the dweller among these
stupendous buildings and to the stran-
pr alike the hold upon the imagina-
hon 10 very strong.
In London Sphere a writer says:
There have been the 'mouldly gloom
and dim splendor OF old Rome the
uumbled glory of Athens, the majes-
tic ruins Of medieval Europe, the ar.
chitectural marvels Of the cap
ttals OF civilization, the Ingenious re-
0nsments Of modern landscape art In
union with the most gorgeous enter
prises Of private and municipal ambi-
ZION. But the New York that Is rls,
Ing majestically within the threshold
" the twentieth century expresses all
Of these elements MS they never before
have been expressed in any one place.
Eyes, New York even has ruins. But
her glory IL that she has rekindled the
architectural magnifcence traced In
the ruins OF the ancient cities while
creating ! picture entirely new In the
world. In no other city Is archltec.
bnfal beauty written In such big lines.
No othsr city has 80 many commercial
palaces. No other city has SO many
q the monuments Of private wealth.
II no other city have municipal and
corporate enterprise undertaken such
titanic tasks. striding like a colos-
~ : great bay and a great river,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30
sEAwEED CROP OF NORWAY.
1t Furnishes Profitable Employment
for Many Persons.

Tor Many PERSONS.
Consul Rasmussen, of Stavenger,
writes of the gathering of seaweed in
Norway, which has become one of the
leading local industries and furnishes
profitable employment for a large NUM-
Der Of farmers, according to the New
York Post. Along the shores Of Jar
deren, OH the southwest coast Of Nor
way, the seaweed grows In vertitable
forests not the common grass variety,
but actual trees from Ave to six feet IN
height, with stems like ropes and leaves
as tough as leather. 1t begins to sprout
in March and April and gradually COW
5ers the ocean bed with a dense, impen-
become tender, the roots release their
suction-like grip on the rocky bottom
and the autumn winds wash 1t ashore
IN such great quantities that 1t looks
like n huge brown wall along the entire
coast. The fall crop Is Of comparative
" small value. The only use that can
be made OF 1t is for fertilizing purposes,
because 1t is only in the spring that
1t can be successfully burned and at
this time there Is such a demand for
1t that every stalk and leaf is gather
ed as IL 1t were pure coin.
The weed-burnlng season is the bus
lest of the year and every member of
the household Is drafted to assist in
gathering, drying and burning. At the
close of each clear day the whole coast
seems to be afiame from the thousands
of bonlres that are Kept burning FAR
into the night. This Is one Of the many
natural resources that are unexpected
ly developed in Norway and no one
ever dreamed twenty years age that
this seemingly worthless weed would In
a few years, as a source Of Income, sur
pass the fisheries. which have been the
malnstay OF the people for ages, nor
rival that OF agriculture In one OF the
lealing agricultural districts in Nor
way. Yet such IS the 8 today and
tbe&s who are fortunate enough to eNhl
ilald abaIting the seasiiofe can ssssai
the most profitable crop OF the year
Ownsrs of farms located where TIN
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30

This sectional view
of the Cunard Line
steamship Carmani
shows the wonderful
arrangement for utll-
iging space in the
modern ocean steam
er. The Carlnania Is
the largest turbine
vessel in the world.
She Is G75 feet long
and 81 feet high from
the keel to the foot of
the smokestack. She
has eight decks, six of
which are above the
water line and for the
accommodation of pas
sengers, the other two
for provisions. Below
them are the boiler
and engine rooms and
coal bunkers. The first
or upper six decks
from A to L are as
follows (A) Prom
enades and lounge.
OBJ 0 m e II d g s.
drawing room and
state room en- suite.
Co Promenades, state
rooms and dome Of sa-
loon. (D) Dining sa-
loon. (E) Second
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30
A Jewel Of : Wise.

The minister's wife had an unwel-
come visitor in a very laxative scan
dalmonger, so the minister went out for
a stroll. Returning half an hour later,
he called out, THAT old cat gone, sup
poser"
Yes" said his wife, who had still
her guest talking to her, Il sent 1t
home in a basket, my dear, this morn
ing"
What do you think Of that for pres
ence Of mind and absence Of cat?-
Christian Life.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30
new play. Miss Allen will play the
leading part and you will be the lover"

new play. Miss Allen will play the
leading part and you will be the lover"
1 gasped again. Hitherto I had been
allowed to make love only to soubrettes.
"Is-ls-it-do you mean for me to
play the lead?" 1 stammered out.
"Well, in a way 1t is the lead" he
made nswer but I am bringing over
IN Englishman to do the heavy bust
ness. He'll be the other lover, but you
are one Evelyn will prefer" and a
smile lurked IN the corner Of his
mouth.
When the parts were given out l real
lied with a blush why Mr.. Frazer had
picked me for the part of VIII Garlic
ton. He was just the sort Of fellow
my mirror reported me to be. It seemed
that my histrionic abilities had not
been the sole test Of my future, after
all.
Never mind, though. I told myself
tat 1 would prove to them that l could
do more than look the role.
When we began to rehearse I found 1t
hard to stick to my resolution. Will
Carleton was an awful cad. In the
fourth act Evelyn goes down on her
knees to him he turns from her, picks
up his hat and walks out Of the house
and out of the play. The situation gave
Miss Allen a magnificent opportunity
for strong acting in making her plea of
Innocence, and, Of course, I could see
chat l was q mere "feeler."
She made a rouslng hit in that scene
the first night, and the play was a sue
cess. But the thing went terribly
against the grain with me. Miss Allen
seemed to understand my feelings per-
fectly and used to say consoling things
to me when she came on after her
triple calls at the end.
One memorable Sunday 1 was in
vited to her apartments to tea. / real
lied that this was no common honor.
The next night I found 1t harder than
ever to 60 through with my role. As
she stood there before me, making her
plea, Evelyn Of the play seemed wholly
merged In Helen Allen OF the pretty lit.
tie home I had visited the afternoon
before.
AS God Is my witness, WILL" she
was saying, Il am as worthy Of your
love to-day as the night you placed this
ring on my finger"
This was my u to take her hand
hold 1t firmly in mine for an instant
Then, with a sudden movement, l was
to wrench the ring on and ding It to
the floor.
But this night I did nothing OF the
sort. Gazing into those clear blue eyes
I lost sight Of everything but the purity
that was mirrored there. With . sud
den movement l dropped her hand,
opened my arms and folded her into
| them.
Then, like a dash Of ice cold water, II
came oye me what l had done. l had
of course diverted the whole trend OF
the play. Miss Allen would be deprived
OF her great pantomime scene. What
was / to do next? How was I to gel
on the stage, and what was Miss Allen
to do when l did get Off? My veins
seemed filed with Ice when / thought
OF her opinion of the awful deed l had
done.
All these things darted through my
brain n the fraction Of q second. while
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30

PATHETIC SCENE IN A FISHING VILLAGE CHURCHYARD, BRITTANY
At the little fishing village of Plonbazlanec, near Paimpol twenty-five
miles @ st. Brieuc) there is in the churchyard a wall. called lie mur des
disparus on which are placed tablets crosses, and other memorials to those
who have been drowned ats sea, and whose bodies hav never been recovered
The fishermen o n this coasttft should be said, mostly GO to the coast Of Ice.
N for their fish,. The memorials are mainly OF wood, those painted black
being n memory + married men, and the white indicating that the lost sailor
In question vas unmarried. II is pathetic to see the women IN this corner
of the churchyard on Sunday after mass praying for the souls IT their lost
husbands, brothers. or sons; and the scene brings forchly to mes ndnds ta
factt that the women o fsherfolk have their share to bear of the harddns
attached Ito the mems peHlous calling
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30

1t would make every man &c out to
the barn and hang himself for a fail
ure if he knew how much the neigh
bors sympathize with his wife.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30

There is one test OF being a good
husband that few men a pass: That
Of putting their wives in the air cas-
ties they build.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1906-03-30

weed seems to have n prediction to,
drift can burn as much as 5000 kilos.
a wear.