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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-26

need not possess a geometrical edu-
cation to solve this. 1t just takes a
little ingenuity and addition.
or course. 1t is evident that Mr..
Taft at the beginning of his journey
will be several miles nearer Washing
ton than Mr.. Bryan. Is this an ad.
vantage? Again, it's up to you.
Choose your own route correctly fol.
lowing the lines of cities as given in
the map. You need not cover all the
lines, but you must pass through each
state capital. Mr.. Bryan certainly
would and so would Mr.. Taft if the
victory of either depended upon it,
In order that you may work at this
during your spare time and be un.
hampered, it might be best to cut out
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-26
YOU CRAVE FAME?
NURSE THAT ROlGRg

During n recent performance Of the
Metropolitan Opera Co, a well-known
fashionable late.comer drew TO herself
much attention. She was so graceful
i'm her manner and so beautifully at
tired that for a moment even the
famous Caruso was cclipsed The
stirring beauty Of his voice, however,
quickly cast its spell again. 1t was
at the close of the first act and Caru-
so had just finished an enhancing
theme when a harsh, nasal voice
broke the silence, "Oh, John, | wish
you could sing like that" So beau
tiful a wish but so discordant a tone
caused all eyes to turn in that direc-
ton. The unmusical voice belonged
to the beautiful lady. Her fashion
circle was yisibly disappointed-and
she probably wondered why her social
aspirations were never realized. Al
though she possessed all other assets
necessary for social supremacy, she
lacked that most important personal
asset-a pleasing voice.
If Nordica sang in her throat, the
clearness of her beautiful voice would
disappear. She produces her tones
right ON the lips. If you watch her
lips move, you will see that she grips
the tone vibrations with them. If
the tone formed in the throat is
driven to the outside air through the
flesh of the neck and face, we rob the
voice of its natural power. Nordica
says that every tone must be pro-
duced right out on the very edge of
the lips The throat is for another pur-
pose. In the throat there are two
little cords that vibrate the breath.
When this vibrated breath reaches the
lips, they form it into sound, If you
force the throat TO perform a wrong
duty, you hamper it in performing
the right one. Brilliant tone is pos.
sible only when the tone wave is so
formed that it can move on without
obstruction.
The lips. the teeth and the tip of
the tongue are amply sufficient TO
form all consonant and all vowel
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-26
Partisan chlekweed Sellers.

The vender of chickweed ia Paris
Is n well-known figure, The sellers
are numerous and their cry is one OF
the most noteworthy Of those that re.
sound in the morning in the streets OF
the French capital, According to tho
Bulletin des IIalles there are about
hundred thousand canaries In the cap
ital and the daily consumption Of
chlckweed Is estimated at $4,000 This
sum looks large, but it only allows
two cents for each bird. A Paris con,
temporary points out that goodly
portion Of land between Suresnes and
Courbevoie is set aside for the cult
walton OF the weed.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-26

Is between the two original Bills
Bryan and Taft-so perhaps in order
that your advance information may
be of truly authentic character, per-
haps IL would be best to try starting
from Lincoln and Columbus.
This problem is not alone for the
man who is vitally interested in the
presidency, although he may value the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-26

never run for the Office again, and it's
all over. You are then ready to settle
down and wonder who Is going to get
annihilated in the message to con-
gress and whether the senate will
stand for being bossed.
There are no speeches to listen to;
no periodical cry from Wall street
that there should be no executive Of
hcers; no photos of the candidates
family seated upon the lawn at "the
modest homestead at Minneha-ha-on-
the-veldt." There are no campaign
press agents to wrestle with. no SPELL
binders and no worry. It's all over
in a few minutes, the time being
gagged by the ingenuity of the persons
engaged in endeavoring to arrive at a
plausible solution. I
They say the solid south is for
Mr. Bryan Of Lincoln and the solid
north is for Mr. Taft of Cincinnati.
aud that if MI TAFT can win Missouri
ana a part Of Kentucky he will
win, while II Mr. Bryan can capture
the southeastern corner Of Indiana
and Idaho his will be the victory. so
You sec the manner OF settlement
which is presented here doesn't allow
you TO worry about Indiana and Mis-
souri,.
Here is a good system, II you are a
bit puzzled about the way to start aft.
er a solution:
Cut out the map and paste 1t on
cardboard. AS you trace the route
from city to city write down the
name of each city and the number OF
miles from the city last touched until
you reach Washington. Then add up
the figures on your pad and you will
have the total distance travelled.
This puzzle Is fascinating. Most
problems which come from the regular
puzzle manufactures are hard, but
oftentimes they cannot command your
attention long enough for you to ar.
rive at a solution There are puzzle
fiends, OF course, who study days
over the hardest sort of problems. bal
II takes something really interesting
to amuse the American populace for a
stretch of 20 minutes. And we have
II here.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-26

the drawing and paste 1t upon a good
sized sheet of cardboard. Then with
well-sharpened pencil-for there is
accurate figuring to do--and a pad of
paper, gather the family around and
hit it up for Washington. Start eth
er at Lincoln or Columbus. The de-
parture is of your own selection.
If you are a constituent of Debs,
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-26

1OU nave heard wnat Hearst
W says about Foraker, Bryan
and HASKELL what Roosevelt
says about Foraker, Haskell
& 81 and Bryan; what Foraker
says about Taft, Roosevelt
ana hearst; what Bryan says about
Taft, Foraker and Roosevelt, and what
Taft says about Bryan. All this per-
sifiage contained in statements given
out to-day attacking" etc, SINNERS
down to a mere question Of four
years leasehold upon the White
House, the presidential domicile at
Washington
No doubt It's worth money to you
TO know whether Bryan or Taft is to
be the successful bill" The author
of the puzzle embodied in the accom-
panying diagram knows. He figured it
out several weeks ago, merely await
Ing corroboratlng circumstances be-
fore he submitted it to the editor.
Hence, by a little mental eXertion
you may find out for yourself who is to
be the next president. The problem is
this:
II William Howard Taft, Republican
candidate for the presidency of the
United States, starts from Columbus,
o., capital Of his home state, at the
same time that his opponent in this
ocean-to-ocean race, William Jennings
Bryan, Democrat, starts from Lincoln,
Neb, his home capital, which one of
the pair would reach Washington, ID.
c., first, after having touched every
state capital in the country? OF course
they both travel at the same speed
The puzzle manufacturer gives you
this assistance: The smallest number
Of miles in which either can travel
the prescribed distance OF course, the
candidate who has the shortest dis
tauco to traverse wins.
Now, which one is IL? That's up to
you, and there is not a citizen Of the
United States who wouldn't accept adj
vance information on the next occu-
pant Of the chair after President Roose-
welt steps out to hunt the wild deni-
Eens Of the East African jungle.
One of our esteemed citizens who
the representative of the puzzle fac
tory submitted his complex PROPOSE
tion, and who rates himself something
Of "llidder," exclaimed as If insulted
In having his mental ability ques-
toned.
Why, Bill will win, OF course"
One lonesome smile crept round the
room. 1t lighted up the face of the
T. c. (esteemed citizen.
Yes, Bill will win. But which Bill?
Bill Bryan or Bill Taft?
We might even go as far as allowing
Bill Randolph Hearst TO depart from
New York city and touch every capi-
tai IN the United States, eventually
arriving in Washington, and then ask
you which Bill will win.
You could arrive at partial solu-
tion OF that problem by the process OF
elimination, but then you might imag-
ine there was some trick connected
with it, which there isn't. II Is just
a plain puzzle in the simple science OF
addition, commngled VITA an ounce or
two of reasoning power.
The map gives the distances be-
tween the adjacent capitals. These,
of course. must be used in order that
the puzzle may work out correctly. a
straight line Is the shortest distance
between two points. you were taught
II you studied geometry, and that
ought to help you little bit. but you
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-26

Chain or William Randolph Hearst
you can work it out on those lines for
the sake of amusement. Hearst's
start properly would be made from
Albany, N. Y, that being the capital
of the Empire state, while Chain
would depart from Springfield, H.,
that being the Illinois state capital.
But Of course the race apparently
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-26

returns most. 1t Is for boys. girls.
young men, young women. middle
aged men and women; for the aged.
halt, deaf and dumb alike.
Even a one-legged man may
solve It. He doesn't have to
actually traverse the distance. so
his defect doesn't count in this
sort of a race for the presidency.
The beauty of deciding the presi-
dental struggle in this way is that
it's all over in Is minutes, the re-
turns are In in less time than 1t
takes to tell 1t, there is only a scant
possibility of needing recount.
The pantomime loser congratulates
the pantomime winner; the latter
thanks him and promises TO never.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1908-11-26

OU have heard what Hearst
says about Foraker, Bryan
and Haskell; what Roosevelt
says about Foraker, Haskell
and Bryan; what Foraker
says about Taft, Roosevelt
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-06-06
A Queer Grammar Lesson.

A consul Of the United States in
,ne of the French seaports was asked
to preside at an examination in Eng
lish at municipal school.
jean" asked the teacher of the
head pupil. anxious to show him of
before the American-"Jean. you will
conjugate the verb I have gold
mine'
Jean arose, floundered mentally for
a moment, then plunged in:
Il have gold mine; thou hast a
gold thine; he has gold hisn; we
have a gold ours: they have . gold
theirn!"
The consul was speeches. with as
constituent at the progress the French
children had made in the English
language as 1t is never spoken at
home!-Washington Star.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-06-06

demanded. even if it be made a pre-
requisite l,r a rooming house license.
The boarding house should be 1.uagh.
back, and the Gaze life resisted "A
every possible way Fundamentally.
at the bottom Q. these things are, .:
course. better education ard better
wages.
In the same magazine Eleanor IT,
Woods, OF South End House, Boston.
writes Interestingly Of the humani.
tartan efforts of certain movements
in Boston fer the sOcia. Det.ermeui
in its lodging districts A room reg.
istry organized at South End House
three years ago fer the assistance OF
patrons seeking rooms and to stimu-
late business methods among the
housekeepers has attained 4 reason.
able degree Of success. 4 card cata-
logue OF $50 houses is on file, con-
tanning Information 2s 20 location.
price, quality, etc. A charge Of 10
cents is imposed for 4 list OF avail
able lodging houses and a postal to
be used II room is secured by the
applicant. Housekeepers are charged
one-half a weeks rent for a tenancy
OF three weeks. Otherwise, 10 per
cent. The neighborhcods are scru
tinted carefully and d;sreputable PEI,
pie elected. This registry serves
as source Of Information to patrons
Of the South Fad district. and labors
for cleanliness and morality.
This writer advances hopefully
suggestion for boarding club houses"
for business women, something on
the plan Of a private house accommo-
dating twelve CT fifteen. with two or
three for household work. An expert
ment on this line worked successfully
in Boston. and for women no longer
in the youngest ranks the writer be-
lieves such household would prove
a strong attraction, and she advo-
Gates a series Of houses so organized.
ucder one general management. Free
from domestic restrictions. and with
relative hcme surroundings, such
houses would prove superior to the
general run OF lodging4houses. and
would Cbviate the loss which women
feel when housed in caravanaaries
where social responsibilities are dis
couraged by the constant experience
Of being thrown with so many whom
it is impossible to know, and yet in
whose company all the significant
home functions are daily practiced.-
From tie American Review OF Be.
views
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-06-06
The Window Sign.

There is a butcher shop on the
North Side which makes speciality
If sea foods.
Last Saturday they got in ship
ment of Holsters. The manager Look
ed over the stock and decided that a
sign on the window would help to dis
pose Of them.
he ordered him to print a sign on the
window to help sell out the stock.
: The clerk did as ordered and return
cd to his work.
In q few minutes one Of the part
ners of the shop entered. There was
frown on his face. and he called the
manager to him and entered into
noisy discussion.
The clerk who printed the sign was
called to the front and severely rep
rimanded as result.
Next time" cautioned the irate
partner. next time that you put up
such an insulting ad. you'll lose your
job. young man."
"But-but what is the matter with
1t, sir" stammered the poor clerk.
The partner led him outside and
pointed at the window.
Beneath the names Of the partner
ship appeared the advertisement in
the following manner:
HEATH & BROWN.
FRESH LOBSTERS.
Chicago Record-Eera!d.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-06-06
~ For The -,
Children

The Lazy Lad.
Young Albert was lazy lad.
And idled all the day.
he was not really very bad.
But had a slothful way.
he would not work, and even had
A great dislike Tor play.
On journeys he could never go.
he tried and tried in vain,
but he was always late. and SO
Al nome he would remain,
Because he was SO very slow
He always missed the train.
once he took up a slice of bread
And looked at 1t in doubt,
AND when they asked him why, ne saiu
AS he began to pOut.
The butter Is SO hard to spread
Id rather go without"
And when the Christmas sleigh bells rang.
And Santa Claus cried whoa!
AND when the RENDERS swiftly sprans,
Across the winter snow.
HIS stocking he would never hang.
Because it tired him SO.
1t made him tired to go to bed:
1t made him tired to rise;
It made him tired to lift his head.
And tired to shut his eyes.
lie would not wink. because, he said.
1t seemed like exercise.
And so through life young Albert went.
A lazy, lazy lad.
he never earned a single cent,
And never wished he had.
On. he was very indOlent.
And yet not really bad.
Arthur Macy in st. Nicholas.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-06-06
Mr.. Cannon on Philanthropy.

One of the cloak room SORES re-
lates an incident that happened
about Christmas time. A member
who had grievance against the
speaker because Of his committee as
signment insinuated that Mr. Cannon
had displayed something mo:e than
partiality for the Illinois delegation
and for Others whose names stood
for material help in the coming cam
paign."
In his most perfect son OF the soil
manner Mr.. Cannon whinec:
''Wall. cut il my country it isn't
considered a crime to buy your own
children pants before you put neck
ties on your aeighboc's Christmas
rees."-Harper's Weekly.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-06-06
The Hungry Wood Folk.

One OF the marked signs Of the
,eason is the hunger Of the creatures
Of the wood while the deep snow COW
ers many food treasures, and when
the long, hard winter has exhausted
every source of provision.
The juniper tree makes an excel
lent feeding ground for these hungry
creatures, because food bits are so con-
spocuous at a distance on the twig
tips. One year, at this time. we tied
bits of suet and openwork bags of
sunfiower seeds to the twigs OF an
old juniper, high up on the sunny side
OF the pasture. Cornbread, waste
bits Of bread, cakes and pastry adorn-
ed the boughs, doughnuts and partly
decayed apples were tackled to the
trunk. while under the tree, and far
out around it, the children spread
every sort of waste their several ia
bles afforded.
The sight of this diplay Of goodies
created a furore among starving crea-
lures. From far and near came crows.
lays. not-hatches. chickadees, wood
peckers, squirrels, habbits.-Home Her
aid.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-06-06
DRUDGE AND DRoNE.
How the American Woman is Name
Chiefest BLESSING.

AS a teaser of the public John Cor
bin becomes daily more virulent. He
harried Harvard University not long
since. and thereby accumulated such
quantities of abuse and derision that
he longed for r'ore. Now he is pitch
ing into the American Drone." by
which pleasing epithet he designates
the American woman. This will yield
lots of fun for John Corbil-indeed,
infinitely mere fun than sticking pins
into Harvard men. who were few and
far between. whereas American wom-
en-, especially at this season OF
shopping, are more numerous than
the sands of the sea- Besides. they
assay high as regards ginger.
Still l am confident that Corbin
will contrive to cope with them. He
will readily reply, being so logical
himself, to their feebly reasoned pro.
tests. Separated only by eight and
half inches Of text in his little trea-
tise stand two sentences that serve
as emblems of his adherence to con-
sistency. One reads: "She has
achieved a new. a glorious, hitherto
unattainable ideal-that of lifelong
comradeship with man" The other
declares: "She has been unable to
establish any enduring comradeship
with her own menfolk." Let the wom-
en- of America think twice before
tackling a reasoner like Corbin.
The clerk values his existence too
previously to venture beyond the out
er skirmishing lines of this exhilarat-
ing and altogether en1cbling little
row. l daresay there's somewhat to
be said on both sides. So, without
Joining the colors OF either foe. con-
tent myself with comment upon the
American Drcne, considered as the
chiefest blessing CT the American
Drudge. Maybe it's fine, theoretical
". fer wife to slave all day, saw
ing or earning. Maybe it's theoreti-
cally refreshing for a fellow to come
home tired out to woman equally
tired out. Practically it's no sucn
thing.
Notice. I'm net eulogizing feminine
idleness. Mr.. Corbin's Drone keeps
busy enough by his own account OF
her. But her pursuits aren't those
that flag. After day OF evaporation.
which has torn a man pretty well to
pieces, he meets comrade stiIl
blithe and buoyant and zestful. Ten
minutes in her company will recruit
his vigor. dismiss his anxieties. re-
fresh his soul. BY not working she
enables him to work without breaking.
Her duty-if not her first duty. GER
tainly almost that's to keep herself
strong and unfatigued against his
hours of exhaustion. Perhaps MIR
Corbin will say that such an arrange
ment makes the husband work unduly
hard. What of it? He enjoys work
ing unduly hard II new life begins
Tor him every evenings life at once
restful and stimulating-in the com
panicnship Of his best OF friends.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-06-06
Busy Mr.. Frog.

Hello, Mr.. Frog, what are you do
in in my garden?" said Jimmie to the
big brown toad that was sitting In the
middle of the lettuce bed in his "cor-
ner" Of his fathers garden.
Hello, Mr.. Frog, l said, what are
you dom in my garden?"
But Mr.. Frog answered never
word. He just sat there and looked
solemnly at Jimmie out of his bright.
beady eyes.
"Well, Mr.. Frog" Jimmie persist
ed, III you won't tell me what you are
dom I'll just wait and see what
you're doin'."
So Jimmie sat on the ground close
by and looked at Mr.. Frog. and M.
Frog, in turn, looked at him. Pretty
soon a little red bug few down and
lit on the lettuce near Mr.. Frogs nose.
Jimmie saw something flash out of
Mr.. Frogs mouth and back again
"ouick as a wink" And Mr. Red Bug
was not on the lettuce leaf any more.
Jimmie was sure Mr.. Red Bug did
Mt fly away, bue he wasn't sure about
what had happened.
He thought, ''rH watch Mr.. Frog
better next time" Again bug
stopped close to Mr.. Frog. and again
something jumped from Mr.. Frogs
mouth and back, and Mr.. Bug was
gone. And this time Jimmie was sure
that Mr.. Bug had gone into big Mr..
Frogs mouth.
Before his mother called him to
supper, Jimmie had seen Mr.. Frog
catch twenty-seven bugs. He asked
his father how Mr.. Frog could catch
bugs SO well, and was told that he had
| a long. slender tongue with a stick
end. and. when he tipped it against a
bug. Mr.. Bug would just stick on and
30 back into Mr.. Frogs big stomach.
.Mr. Frogs a good fellow to have
In your garden. son. and you had bet