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their best work Of the women. She buys
their best pieces and markets them In
Eastern cities. The Indian women were 90
delighted with the first glazed pieces that
they rubbed their cheeks against them,
like a child with a kitten.
There IL a Brooklyn woman who for
many years has spent her summers in an
old homestead among the New Hampshire
mountains. She has furnished designs and
Ideas for improving the woven rugs of the
locality and is now helping to market the
product Of the Keene Valley looms They
are very loosely woven rug the woof
almost as loose a. the warp, and each rus
has its own design.
Then there are two young women whose
father was once a rich New Yorker. He
lost all his money and they were left without
any training for ~self-support. They were
then in California and had for some years
been studying and working in leather for
pure love of II. visiting Mexico and Spain to
study IN Spanish feathers Of the Middle
Ages preserved there.
They opened a studio in San Francisco
n Dol riders for wrought leather. After
while they came to New York and now only
m~lllionaires are rich enough to buy their
iodlucIs' lncy ucslGu anu oAoCutS wall
coverings as we'll as small pieces.
Their is a group Of women in and about
New York whom the art craftsmen Familiarity
designate as -the early Pratts.' When
Pratt Institute first introduced metal work
it was taken up by a number Of girls then
in the school. They lave developed, the
craft until their Jew elry, OF beaten gold
and silver, adorned with precious and
semi precious stones, is known among all
who love to buy hand made things
The large majority Of the art craft workers
are women, a direct reproduction OF primi-
tive conditions. when the men were busy
hunting and fighting, and the women made
things at home. There are many men
among them. however. There is one young
man in South Lincoln. Mass, who has built
a kiln from which he turns out pottery
enough to make his living. His pottery,
which has Just begun to be seen in the ex-
hibits, is precisely the same old gray stone
ware that o~ld-fashioned churns and butter
crooks used to be made OF. But he decorates
IL in a dull, indistinct blue monotone.
Whether men or women. the art crafts
men are all alike in one thing. They don't
want a job, or m one TO tell them what
they must do. They want to build a little
kiln out in the back yard, or a carpenters
bench. or a weaving room, and mould and
hammer and beat out things with their
own hands at their own sw Get will.
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and beckonings all round the circle. They
also possess an advantage because * many
can take part in them at once, whereas in
other sports zach must wait his turn.
AS you see, athletic dancing brings
every muscle Of the body into play and
keeps every part Of the body in motion
all the time. Il comes as near to being
a complete system Of physical training in
itself as any one form OF exercise can.
1T teaches correct breathing in h most
natural way. simply by making it impos-
sible to get along with any other. II en-
larges the chest. expands the lungs and
stimulates the heart. Without drawing
attention to any one part Of the body it
gradually and naturally brings all to a per-
feet and uniform condition. reducing the
abnormal portions at the same time that it
is increasing those which are too small.
Dancing decreases the size Of the ankles
and wrists because it tightens the muscles
about them and makes them more compact.
1t also lessons the waist measure. and ap-
pears to increase height.
1t does not really add to ones stature.
but teaches one to stand so as to make the
best Of every bit Of height one has. 1t
stretches one up from the waist; keeps one
from settling in that region. as so many
people do.
-Of course il produces grace. Grace,
you know. is only the perfect coordination
of the muscles Of the body. Awkwardness
is another name for uneven development
Of the form. 1t is the part which Ia out Of
proportion and not under control that is the
seat Of ungainliness.
For this reason some OF my most en-
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o~ourasing pupils, before 1 began the public
school work, were classes OF men. They
were generally men who had completed
the regular college course in gymnastics
and were preparing themselves for teachers.
They were in such fine condition physically
that az soon as they had overcome the idea
hat dancing was merely a fad, beneath
their serious considerable 4, the most strap
ping and athletic giants became the most
beautiful and accomplished dancers.
1T is this a~ntagonistic n entail attitude
that is the hardest thing to overcome
it'll regard to athletic dancing, not only
in men but in their athletioslly inclined
sisters. Let them once realize what hard
work II, really is and they become enthusi-
astic for the sport
Il think no one will dispute the fact that
athletic dancing teaches mental concen-
tration and coordination Of the mind and
muscles as no other form OF gymnastics
does. II brings the body to respond with
consummate ease to the slightest dictate
Of the will. There is never a step which
may be made mechanically; in which thu
feet may move while the mind is thinking
OF other things, as in social dancing"
The character OF some Of the dances
which are being introduced Is shown in
the accompanying pictures. Miss Gibboney
has composed a number OF odd danoes
with dumbbells and Indian clubs. These
are especially designed to display fine
Observation-Disclosures, which, Miss Gibbonev
teaches, is the foundation Of all true grace.
Miss Helen Maud Peck, on the other hand.
favors Greek dances, symbolic OF various
phases OF nature, such as The Dance of
the Hours" and The Dance Of Ceres
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in which village danes meet together in
he market place, greet each other with
hand clapping and gossip with expressive
gestures. Then came a swift gliding figure
and one in which zach dancer turned COM
pletely around by jumping our times in the
air, making a quarter wheel "a time.
In one of the figures Of a Swedish dance
the pupils moved forward with long, swing
ing steps, two long lines describing circles
around each other. At zach step forward
the body was swayed from the waist side
ways first to the right and then to the left,
as far as possible; and as the body swayed
an arm stretched out straight in front
swayed also, moving rhythmically and
evenly from the shoulder.
The accompaniment of music is one Of
the most delightful parts Of dancing as an
exercise said Miss B~urchenal. We all
have music in us more or less, and it acts as
a stimulant as well as a guide.
1T insures the motions being smooth and
even, and that is a point which makes dane
ing an ideal form of exercise for women,
because while il develops the muscles TO
their fullest extent il makes the figure
round and comedy instead of producing
the hard, knotty appearance in the arms
and neck which is the result Of gymnastio
work where the muscles are held tense,
and the movements are jerky.7
Miss Burchenal collected many Of the folk
dances which she teaches while travelling
abroad, and has also secured a number from
foreigners in New York. She will not accept
the national dances usually performed in
kirnesses in this country.
When you wish to catch the real spirit
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and meaning Of a dance, she says, you
must learn il from a native Of the country
TO which IL belongs. In Canada she Sc
cured a number Of Scotch dances, and
in this city she obtained several fine Irish
dances from persons who performed them
in the old country.
I'VE have many pretty American dances,
too" she said. up in the rural districts of
Maine especially there are dances which
have come down unspoiled from earliest
days and which contain many odd, attrac-
tive steps and figures. These American
Virginia reel.
The Russian dances are the most difficult
Of all. In one of them, for instance, there is
a figure in which each dancer balances her
self on the ball Of one foe and while bend
ing the knee until it almost touches the
ground stretches the other out stiff and
straight before her. II takes endurance as
well as splendid physical control to hold
such a position
A neck and knee exercise in a Russian
dance which the class at the De lit Clinton
High School is learning at present proved
quite sufficient for its members. The head
was nodded and the knees were bent alter
nately, keeping time to the music, first
slowly and then faster, until combs were
flying into the centre Of the circle and
pompadours were ~collapsing over faces
amid gales Of laughter.
"One thing I especially like in folk dancing
as a form Of athletics is that it is SO jolly
and sociable," said Miss Burchenal. Every
dancer is constantly swinging or dancing
to another and there are pretty holdings
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DIX DANCES IN THE SCHOOLS.
1LEED THE IDEAL FORM OF
EXERCISE FOR GIRLS.
- Hundred Teachers Now Being Trained
70 Instruct Pupils Plans or the Girls
Branch OF The Public schools Ath-
leffc League-Hcalth From Dancing.

Though the girls branch Of the Public
Ichool Athletic League came into being
~ January, it was not until this autumn
,af It's plans were completed, and a definite
|yetem of work begun. E
Feats Of strength and agility such as their
|rothers delight in, it has been decided,
ball nave no place in the athletic training
the girls. Folk dancing is the one
|fhietic art in which for the present they
Nm be drilled. Interclass dancing con-
.1ts for trophies at the end Of the school
|ocr win take the place Of the GINNING
xnping. vaulting and other sports usual
skhletic meets.
Already five afternoon classes, oompris-
- more than five hurired public school
n1bers, are learning folk dances under
y direction of Miss Elizabeth Burchenal,
no for four years was teacher Of classic
icing at the Teachers College Of Column
University, and who has been called
% to organize and supervise the work
the new branch Of the league. The most
po1cient of her pupils have in turn formed
neBes Of girls In forty Of the public schools
4 are i~nstructing them in the dances.
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IBSEN'S BUTTON SEWING.
A jon HE WOULDN'T TRUST ANY
WOMAN TO DO.

with the Result That There Was = Hidden
LIE In the LAfe OF the Dramatist BE-
cause HIS wIfe Butted In HI Literary
work Always Done In Rigid Secrecy.
Some amusing anecdotes OF Ibsen v
lust been published by the Norwegian
writer. John Paulsen. who was on inti-
mate terms with him for many years. Ono
Of his stories he prefaces with the remark
that. however much the dramatist upheld
the rights Of women, he by no means con-
sidered them superior TO men in n line;
in fact he considered them inferior in many
spheres in which the world In general puts
them ahead. One Of his maxims was:
mo woman could write a o book
and no woman can sew a button on fast
He lived UP to the latter part Of his die
tum. When he detected a loose button on
anv of his garments he retreated to his
own den, looked himself in, and with elabor-
ate preparations sewed the button on.
He took as much pains with it as he would
with the final, fair copy of one OF his plays.
Then he used 70 brag about the perform
ance, saying that he wouldn't put trust in
a button sewn on by any man even
by his wife.
ironioal expression on these occasions.
She confided 10 Paulsen that she secretly
reeewed all the buttons that TIE poet had
sewn, sewed them good and I. 1t, as only
a woman can. she said. explaining that he
the buttons would come OF in a few days
IL she did not look after them.
But don't undeceive him. the faithful
wife added appealingly; lit makes him so
happy to think that he did it,
So, Paulsen remarks, there was q hidden
lie in the life OF the great apostle Of frank
asked Paulsen in the most concerned way
whether he polished his own shoes IN the
morning. With a feeling OF in~deecribable.
guilt, Paulsen confessed that he didn't.
But you ought to- Ibsen urged; You
will feel a different man il you do. No
man should let another do for him what
he can do for himself.
Begin with polishing your shoes and
you will soon come to keeping your room
IN order. even to making your own firess In
this way you will gradually develop into a
self-reliant man, independent OF servants
and all other people"
Ibsen was extremely sensitive about
anyone's finding out the least hint regard
ing any incompleted work that he had in
hand. He never revealed a plot, an Incl
dent or a scrap Of dialogue until the work
was completed,
Once his wife picked from the floor a
scrap of paper with h words "the doc
tor saws" upon IL. She asked her husband
jestingly what the doctor did say and who
he was.
Ibsen vent into a paroxysm of rage. He
declared that he was not safe in his own
house: he wal surrounded with spies. All
his ideas were ruined, his plans thrown
awry.
He was only pacifed when his wife showed
him the paper and explained where she
had found it. The play was An Evening OF
the People; the doctor was Stockmdu.'
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Il nave found that folk dances are far bet
ter for general gymnasium work than classic
dancing, especially where children are to
be taught" Miss Burchenal explained.
Classic dancing is really a fine art. In it
the dancer renders a song without words,
as 1t we're.
For instance, there is a charming COM
position by Mr.. Gilbert, the originator Of
classic dancing, called Wild Bird In
this the dancer exactly describes the fut-
terings and hyings of the little creature
she portrays. Then there are dances
describing the breezes and clouds, the COM
ing Of dawn, &c, all of which require real
artistic feeling and comprehension IN the
performer.
. Folk dances do not make this great de-
mand upon the mentality, though they keep
the mind constantly alert. They are also
thoroughly athletic, being danced with the
whole body, not III feet alone, as is social
dancing. They form a splendid foundation
for the classic art, which the members of the
league may take up in a year or two, when
further advanced"
Last year while experimenting with
methods Miss Burchenal taught folk dances
to four classes of children in school A.
Each class learned a separate dance, and all
mastered a fifth dance in common. At the
end Of the school year an interclass dancing
contest was held for a trophy given by Miss
Leverich, president Of the girls branch Of
the league.
we do not care to have our girls appear
in public athletic meets such as the boys
branch Of the league holds every year, said
Miss Burchenal; but We hope to AVE inter
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IN THE WHILE YOU WAIT CLASS
The Enterprising Barber Put Up . New
Sign I'm HIS shop.

Heinrich was a barber by trade. He
had just arrived in this country ands
becoming contaminated with the spirit OF
enterprise he saw displayed everywhere,
determined to start a little shop of his own.
He was very ambitious and anxious to
Guido all others, Of course, with an y to
the great profits he would CLEAN. Having
for some time carefully canvassed his
neighborhood to see what was doing and
having noted the various signs displayed
over the doors and in the windows OF his
fellow tradesmen. among which he noted
especially the constantly recurring -Press-
ing Done While You Wait" Of the tailor,
the Repairing Done While You Wait Of
the cobbler, and so on, he evolved this
simple legend--Shaving Done While You
Wait"
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As a matter Of fact the jelly proved q great
success, and thirty-four glasses were put
away on the closet shelves, but to this day
the Young housekeeper has never dared
to calculate that the expense OF that jelly
was.
From that date husband resume his
Office as head marketer OF the family, ard
no criticism has since been directed toward
his purchases.
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OBITUARY

Tilford N. Bruner, the third son of a
family of ten sons and one daughter,
was born to Green B. and Caroline Dick
erson Bruner March 18th, 1912, in Jes-
samine county, Kentucky, where he
spent his boyhood days on a farm.
At the outbrcal; of the Civil war IN
1861 he enlisted Us I private in Co. x,
1st Kentucky cavalry, where he served
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river on July 18th, 1864, he was serious
ly wounded, incapacitating him for fur
ther service in the army.
After the close of the war he spent
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brother A. C. Bruner, who was then To-
Gated in Texas and with whom he was
associated in business till the time of
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AS his friends and relatives remember
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He was given as good and careful
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ali of his sickness, but to no avail, and
his earthly existence ended peaceably
at about five O'Clock p. m. January 18th
at the home of his brother in Spring.
field.
A large gathering of people attanded
the funeral next day conducted by Rev.
Morris and on Sunday the remains were
taken to cemetery near Garrett, Ok
lahoma, and inferred beside brother,
Monday, the 18th.
The sorrowing relatives are grateful
for every kindness shown them in SYM
pathy, word or deed.
The Springfield herald., 1906-01-19
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Stoai,gto.l Items.

Jan. IL, 1875.
Born to 4. l. Walker and wife
q boy.
E. Wallis and family returned
from their trip east.
Mrs. L. A. Krise and son Wis
tied at d. Woolley's Sunday.
Misses Della Haney and Ag-
nes Greathouse, and John Mob
ly attended the dance at Richfield,
Kansas, last Friday night.
Mrs. Chas. Fulis visited with
Mrs. ]. w. Doris Sunday. We
are glad Mrs. Fullks is able to be
out again after her long illness.
Western Girl.
The Springfield herald., 1906-01-19

Fine weather nowadays, but
windy today.
y. Miser brought down a load
Of telephone poles Monday and
has gone to Lamar for another
load. The poles are nice and
straight.
The Stinson we'll drill was
brought in Tuesday and Harvey
kett and Murt Tanner are at
work putting down a well for r.
w. Mcfarland.
Miss Jennie Morgan, who has
been visiting at Judge Herbert's
at Blaine since last summer came
over Tuesday and took the stage
next day on her return trip to
Ohio.
N. A. Shanks went to Lamar
yesterday to look up location,
as he intends to leave Baca coun-
ty in the spring. Ranch life is
too strenuous for him in his pres
ent state of health.
A number of his relatives and
friends gathered at the home
Of William II. Denney Mon
day evening to celebrate his
birthday. All report a good time.
Ice cream and cake were served
and the crowd was treated to a
magic lantern show by Lester
Denney.
Mrs. R. S. Bray has received
word that her son Ollie N. and
children are sick with pneumo-
MIA at Rocky Ford. o. M. had
not reached the critical stage
of the disease but it was expected
in about five days and the out
come was problematic. The
children the Doctor said, were
out of danger.
County Surveror A. C. Bruner
assisted by H. Tankersley, A. B.
Allen and w. M. Stewart sur
veyed R. w. McFarland's pas
ture and some town lots recently
purchased of the county, yester-
day. Mr.. McF. will set his pas
ture fence on the south line of
his property soon and this will
shut off the road where it angles
from the range line to North.
Main street. This will necessi-
tate change in the route by
which the telephone line enters
town. 1t will probably come in
on Upton avenue, west of the
school house, to 9th avenue,
thence east to Main.
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COUNTY NEWS.
Blaine Vicinity.

Jan. II, 1906.
Mr.. Hsnneberg is almost as
well as usual again.
Miss Herbert and cousin were
guests at Crill's Sunday after
noon.
Morgan Davis was the guest
of James Falk one night this
week. 49,
Miss Lillian Henneberg visited
at the Davis ranch Tuesday
night:
MISC Jennie Morgan started
Tuesday, for her home in Spring
field, Ohio.
Mrs. M. M. and Mrs. John
Myers:werse callers on some Of
the village people this week.
Miss Carrie Hammond, whom
most Blaine people will men,
Der, is now located at Troy, Ohio.
JAAEs G,
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