The Laclede blade., 1907-02-23
HERE AND THERE.
DOings That Have Taken
Place in Laclede the
Past Week.

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the Baptist church next Sunday
morning and evening at the usual
hours.
The "Deestrict Skule" will be given
by high school students under the
direction Of L. Kathryn Felt at the
opera house next Friday evening,
March 1. Admission 10 and 20 cents.
Good music and fine program.
The editor of this paper has q warm
place in his heart for the friends who
bring or send in news items. tits the
desire Of this paper to give all the
news all the time and those who lend
us their assistance to that end have
our unbounded gratitude.
THE BLADE has put in this week a
!; e of fine job type known as the
Mitchell series, one of the handsomest
and most useful faces turned out by
the Inland type foundry Of st. Louis,
and twenty case type cabinet, a very
useful as well as ornamental piece of
office furniture. In addition to this
several hundred pounds of job stock
was received yesterday and we are
nov. better prepared than ever to do
frat class work on short notice.
The New Idea Woman's Magazine
has taken up the subject Of child-train-
ing in new way. 1t has sent an in
terviewer to an expert school teacher
to find out how it ia that children
whose parents "can do nothing with
them" do not give the least trouble in
school. The first interview is printed
in he March number of The New Idea,
and deals with ''The Lazy Child and
the Unwilling Child" Some of the
points made will surprise and perhaps
not convince the average parent
Tie Marceline papers mention a
charming valentine party given by
Mrs. d. T. Edwards at her home in
that city on Thursday of last week, in
honor Of Mrs. Geo. Smith, of Laclede.
In the unique invitations issued by
Mrs. Edwards, the guests were told
that cat hearts will we play" and this
game, so appropriate to the day, was
a leading feature. The decorations
were elaborate, the color scheme being
red and white, worked out in hearts
and arrows. The'hostess also carried
out the Valentine idea in serving her
delightful refreshments, as the viands
were in heart shaped patterns.
In trial debate held at the school
building on Friday night of last week
Paul Jones, Paul Lomax and Walter
Gates were chosen to represent La
clede in a public debate to be held at |
the Laclede opera house on March 10,
between three students of the Laclede
high scho ol and a like number from
the Linneus high school. The Lin
neus debaters are Forester Pratt,
Lawrence Lock and Carl Cornett.
The question is, Resolved, That cap
ital punishment should be abolished.
Laclede takes the affirmative, and the
Linneus boys will appear for the neg
alive.
Rev. w. j. Calfee and wife are
here as announced, and are in charge
of the services at the Methodist Epis-
copal church each evening. Great
of people are attending the
meetings, listening to the gospel in
story and song. The interest is
splendid for the beginning. Come
and hear this great preacher and also
The chorus in charge of Mrs. Calfee,
rs well as her good solo work. Let
every man in the community attend ,
The mems service Sunday afternoon .
1t 8 o'clock. During next week i
here viii be services each evening at !
7:50 and each afternoon at 8 O'Clock.