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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21
TOLD ACROSS THE
BREAKFAST TABLE

"The Ashland editor who said after
the fire that wiped out the business
section of his town, We intend to put
Ashland back on the map hit the Mis-
souri, spirit squarely on the head" be-
gan the man who reads the University
Missourian. Its the spirit the men
who crossed the Mississippi and built
Missouri out of the wilderness carried
with them. That spirit has made it a
great state"
I'VE had an exhibition of it here on Rol-
Inns Field not so very long ago, don't
you forget" reminded the red-headed
SOph with the wart on his nose.
The solicitor for the Oven nodded.
I'll admit for one cheering didn't come
so easy to me when Iowa made that
touchdown. That 2l-to-6 score of last
year kept bobbing up in my mind, and
the words sort O. stuck in my throat,
but / did the best / could"
"Sort O. stunned those Hawkeyes,
too; they found they had more things
to buck than that Tiger line," the
Freshman finished.
well, winter is on the way" re-
marked the Junior Medic, glancing at
the raindrOps trickling down the window
pane. Good thing, too, for these warm
nights weren't made for study"
Talking about studying cut in the
football man, 'the Scientific Association
had a discussion on scientific grading
in the Universities. Our system came
in for a good deal of attention"
wait until next June when we begin
to give it some attention. the Soph
added. We'll be able to advance few
original pointers ourselves"
"At last it has happened" the man
who reads the University Missourian
said after pause.
What has," someone queried.
"The Wabash has discovered Colum-
bia."
Balloon pr airship?" inquired the
wag.
Neither. 1t happened per letter."
The reader of the MissOurian went on.
'Well,' the Junior Medic concluded,
pushing his chair back, with a new
station promised, two railroads break
ng their necks to serve us, the theat-
'ical season finally on and a winning
ootball team, Columbia can't exactly
De called the lost city any longer"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21
Fraternities Dance and
Dine-Columbia
Marriages.

THE Sigma M Fraternity enter.
tanned seventeen couples at an in
formal dance at the chapter house
Monday night in honor of Miss Rather
inc Ferguson of Rich Hill and Miss
Maud Bittle of Kansas City.
Miss Ferguson is a sister of William
Ferguson, now student in the Univer-
sity of Missouri and was formerly a
Christian College girl. She has been
visiting in Columbia since the Iowa
game and will return home this even
ing.
Miss Bittle has been visiting Miss
Sarah Moss and some Kappa friends
since Saturday and will return home
tonight.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21
Beer VS.. Water.

The remark of our distinguished en-
mayor, foreign tourist and commenta-
tor on things abroad t"Dearo" Fitzger-
add that he found the price of glass
OF beer IN Germany to be only two
cents, while water is ten cents. deserves
elucidation. No doubt bottled mineral
water is as cheap and as pure in Ger
many as 1t is anywhere. In German
hotels, where foreign tourists most do
congregate, the managers have a habit
of making water as expensive and as
difficult to get as possible 1t helps
their wine and beer business.-Boston
Herald.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

A pupil of one of the public schools
in Chicago sends this communication:
Dear Sir: In our school this morning
an amusing dialogue took place.
A primary teacher of Chicago, wishing
to impress on her pupils the necessity of
greater quiet, said:
Il am great deal larger than any of
you, yet don't make any noise when
walk around the ROOM"
Perhaps remarked little seven-year-
old Kenneth, you don't wear Shoes
"Oh, yes 1 do" quickly replied the
teacher; just look. Did you ever see
any larger than mine!'
Kenneth surveyed them carefully.
Yes he replied slowly, "once-in a
show"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

II. IIerndOn. Mrs. r. l.. Holland.
The Sarah Bryan Chinn Chapter, Wentz.
vile: Mrs. Jennie f. L. Forestelle
Regent, Mrs. Lizzie d. Morris; alter
nate: Mrs. Arthur McClueror, Mrs
+. {. Peers. Mrs. A. Shore.
Usage Chapter, Sedalia: Mrs. d. T.
Abel. Regent, alternate: Mrs. Will
liam Harde, Mrs. Sidney Calvert.
Nancy Hunter Chapter, Cape Girardeau: +:
Mrs. r. L. Wilson, Regent, Mrs. w.
ID. Nandiver.
Columbia Chapter, Columbia: Mrs. Alice
.. Macfarlane, Regent, delegates and
alternates: Miss Mary B. Breed; Mrs.
r. /. Todd, Mrs. Kate Conley; Mrs.
Lizzie b. Morris.
Hannibal Chapter, Hannibal: Mrs. Thos.
&. Dulaney, Regent, Mrs. B. McAles-
ter; delegate: Mrs. Bozarth, Mrs. c.
B. Miller.
Lafayette Lexington Chapter, Lexing-
ton: Mrs. Matthew D. Wilson, Regent.
Mrs. W. S. Williams.
Macon Chapter, Macon: Mrs. Mary c.
Doneghy, Regent, Mrs. Matte c.
Sears: alternate: Mrs. Webb M.
Rubey. the Athens, Mrs. C. B. Bowling.
Louisiana Chapter, Louisiana. Mrs.
Augusta P. Buell., Regent, the Athens.
Mrs. .JnO. y. Belcher.
l'allatin Chapter, Gallatin: Mrs. Mollie
Price Brosius, the Athens, Mrs. VIM.
Hirth.
Narrensburg: Mrs. Mary T. McCluney.
Mrs. W. S. Williams.
-hillicothe: Mrs. Emma P. Tracy.
It. Charles: Mrs. VIM. Lee Parson.
Defiance, Mo-, Mrs. Mitchell Castillo.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21
A Reflection.

Ihe late Senator Allison" said a
Dubuque lawyer, "was a stickler for
personal cleanliness, even for personal
elegance. There was no quicker way
for a man to get on his black books
than to be unshaven, to have the trous-
ers impressed, the boots unpublished.
I'VE used to have here in Dubuque
a decidedly slovenly lawyer. This law
yer appeared one afternoon at a meet.
ing with rose in his buttonhole. The
sight of a rose in the buttonhole of such
a sloven excited a good deal of COM
ment.
Il wonder where on earth he got it 80
said I.
Senator Allison smiled.
Probably said he, it grew there"
Minneapolis Journal.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21
Shopping in Columbia.

To the Editor Of the University Missourian.
L have wondered whether her wome~
encounter the difficulties in shopping
here that l have!
l have shOpped in much smaller towns
and in large cities but L have never
encountered saleswomen so irritating 4.
in Columbia dry goods stores. wonde,
that the employers do not notice and
adjust these things. Such experiences
make one long to avoid these unpleas.
antnesses by shopping out of town.
L have been shouted at from across the
store and from the rear to the middle
of the store by saleswomen too indolept
or too thOughtless to come any closer or
to remain silent until l was within rea.
sonable speaking distance. In one case
in particular l was challenged with Did
you get what you wanted." the length
OF the store after l had made my pur-
chases and was passing out.
Not less irritating is the other ex-
treme. / have stood and waited at n
counter while a saleswOman unconcern.
edly rolled up dress goods and replaced
it on the shelf. Another saleswoman I
encountered lolled on the pattern coun-
ter and did not change position when
asked to see style book. Its down
there" she vOuchsafed me, with an in.
different side movement of her head
toward the right. Another saleswoman
and her customer were covering the book
with some dress trimmings and stood
helpless. Finally 1 left without being
waited on.
Saleswomen can make friends for their
business house if they know how to be
courteous and tactful. MRS. X.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

lNN!E of Of the wonders of st. Loui
is the echo in the old Court
house rOtunda at Broadway
and Market street. If one stands upor
the stone floor directly beneath the
apex of the dome and speaks in al
ordinary tone he will hear it repeated
and echoed from point to point above
his head and the echo sounds loud in
the hollow of the dome.
In the Courthouse in Minneapolis
Minn., is similar echo, but more won
derful, according to the following ac-
count of it written by a correspondent
from that city:
minneapolis has the eighth or at
least the ninth wonder of the world.
Lurking somewhere in the rotunda of
its Courthouse is an echo which de-
fies all the laws of phonetics and ac-
cOustics by working backward. A series
Of syllables addressed to this echo viii
be returned clearly and distinctly, but
reversed in their order.
so far as the public is concerned
this phenomenon has only just been
discovered, and its discovery was an
accident. A man who recently came to
Minneapolis to live was engaged in
showing party of friends through the
Courthouse several days ago, when it
was suggested that one of the women
in the party, a noted vocalist, should
sing few notes to test the acoustic
of the rOtunda The singer
was standing then about twelve feet
to the west of the statue of the Father
Of Waters and she sounded four notes
Of the scale in full tOnes-"do. me. sol,
do
Almost Immediately the sounds were
and so like in tone that the
singer and all of her friends supposed
Tor moment that some person was
her.
Other tests showed that the repeti-
ion of sounds really was caused by an
'cho, and then it was noticed that the
'cho was reversed. Instead of coming
'ack in the original order, the syllable
Uttered last would be echoed first. and
When the young woman would sing "do,
ne, sol, do" the echo would reply. "do.
ol' me, do."-st. Louis Post Dispatch.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21
Carnival Week in the Cities.
10 the Editor Of the University Missourian:

TO the Editor Of the University Missourisn.
Far along in the night the street
cleaners are at work so that when Sun.
day comes no evidence will remain to
tell the tale of the reign of carnival
which has endured from Tuesday till
Sunday of last week in st. Louis, Kan
sas City and many other of the larger
cities of the United States. The con-
fetti is swept up and burned, discarded
horns, broken feather ticklers," false
faces, masks, all signs of the "revelry
by night" are carried away and made
the funeral pyre of an era the like of
which comes but one a year and that
once is carnival week" That week is
the circus day of a large city, but on
grander scale in proportion as the
city is larger.
Strange, isn't it, that some people
do not approve of carnival week? Some
people, however, do not approve of cir
Gus day. 1t interferes with business.
Oh, that almighty dollar again! Our
pity is with that unfortunate individual
whose life is entOmbed within the four
walls which enclose his business; whose
eye can see none of the things in life
which are really worth while, whose
ear can hear no sound save the elusive
jingle of money.
Most persons are glad when carnival
week comes. After waiting a whole
year between times and attending to
business, they are more than glad to
have their thoughts stolen away from
the office or the factory Nothing is
quite so fascinating as to mingle with
khe crowd. There's real music in the
confusion of laughing and talking and
in the blaring of horns. Of course
if you're looking for something exclu-
slve, carnival streets are the wrong
place to look; carnival week belongs
TO the newsboy and policeman as much Z
Is to anyone and a quarter of dollar
will buy a good time. The fun is really
n the people while the spirit of the
arrival is love of human companion
harmless and admiraoie
pirit.
Saturday night ends it, out people 90
lot mind. They have had royH
ime all week and work doesn't seem
uch drudgery now. Then there are tn
which will endure even thoueA
ne confetti must be burned and tns
ags must be folded away until nea'
ear. They're willing to 60 to wo'.
ow and work hard till next carnivsi
eek, but don't count on them mnen
hen; they've got something on for tns'
eek. l. n
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21
Best Time for Cold Bath.

The best time to take cold bath for
ITS tonic effects is Immediately on ris-
ing. To lessen the shock. draw few
inches of warm water and stand in it.
Let the cold water flow in, or, better
still, if it is possible for you to do so.
draw the cold water at night, allowing
it to stand in the tub all night. 1t is
then about the temperature of the room.
Remain in the water not longer than six
minutes.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21
The Uses of Thrift.

Be thrifty, but not covetous; there
fore give
Try need, thine honor, and thy friend
his due.
Never was scraper brave man. Get, to
live;
Then live, and use it; else it is not
true
That thou hast gotten. Surely use
alone
Makes money not contemplate
stone.
G.. HERBERT.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

Consigned to the verbal inferno by the
BOOkman are the following popular
phrases:
Along these lines"
Automobile"
'Brainy."
"Clubman"
Dandy" las an adjective).
Exclusive" las social term).
''Gentlemanly."
''1e (she, it, struck new note.'
In touch with" Except as a techni-
cal term in military or naval discourse).
Locate" las an intransitive verb.
Lunch"
Nom de plume"
Phone" for telephone, either as noun
or verb.
Pleased to meet you"
Social standing"
stylish"
Sur lie tapis."
The four hundred"
up to date"
The BoOkman's lessons in etiquette
are to continue. They have, somehow,
a tinge of snObbishness.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21
THAT SORT
OF THING
When You've Done Your Best.

/
When you've done your best, having
hoped and planned,
And, in spite of all, you have failed to
land;
When you've done the thing that for
many days
You have banked upon, and no word Of
praise,
Brings the flush of joy to your careworn
cheeks
When you've done your best, and when
no one speaks
The cheering word you have longed to
hear,
And nobody seems to know or care
When you've done your best and your
rivals sneer
And the hopes are shattered that were
so fair,
When the dreams are ended that were
so sweet
And the victory that had seemed so
Has been turned, somehow, into sore de-
feat
When you've done your best after plan
ming long,
When you've had your chance and have
failed to score,
When you shrink from the gaze of the
passing throng
And wonder why you had hopes be-
fore
Then-then, when your best has been
done and all
The airy castles around you fall,
Be victor yet-with conqueror's will
Fling your challenge forth-and do bet
ter still! S. E. Kiser.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

Il saw the majors wife at her win
dow early this morning. She looked 40
years old"
You must be mistaken, your high
ness; no woman is as old as she looks
in the morning!"-Fliegende Blaetter.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

A French lady living in America en-
gagged carpenter to do some work for
her at a stipulated price. She was sur
prised later to find that he charged more
than the price agreed upon. When she
attempted to demonstrate with him,
however, her English failed her and she
said: You are dearer to me now than
when We were first engaged"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

Mrs. J. S. Ankeny is in Kansas City
to attend the wedding of her niece, Miss
Ruth Gentry. of 26OO Troost avenue, to
William Ii. Bush of Chicago.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

G. A. Underwood, A. B. 'O5, A. NJ. O6,
is doing work toward Ph. d. degree
at Harvard. His address is 43 Conant
Hall, Cambridge, Mass.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

Miss Mary Alice Heron and Miss
Cornelia Ellison, of Maryville, Mo-,
alumnae of the University, are guests
at the Kappa Kappa Gamma house.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

MISS MARY MACHIR DORSEY,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. r. w.
Dorsey, and DIR. Andrew j. Bass,
of st. Joseph, Mo-. were married at 10
o'clock this morning at the home of the
brides parents, six miles southeast of
Columbia. The Rev. w. S. st. Clair sol
emnized the nuptials. A china shower
of Miss Fannie May Estes Monday af
ternOOn.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

The local Zeta Phi chapter of the
Beta Theta Pi fraternity will give
dance at Entertainment Hall. Friday
evening. Oct 30.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

Roy Elmer Brown and Miss Fairie
DOggett, whose home is in Centerville,
Ia, will be married here this evening.
Miss DOggett and Mr. Brown were
schoolmates in Quincy, ILL.,, and later
met in Columbia. Mr.. and Mrs. Brown
will be at home after a short wedding
tour at their new home, lis South Sixth
street.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

Loren b. Boyd, who was in the sec
ond-year law class last year. is now at
the University of Kansas.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

The Senior girls at the Y. W. C. A.
house will entertain the Alpha Phi
Sigma this evening.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

MIR. and Mrs. w. I. Conley have re-
turned to Columbia from their bridal
trip and are at the home of Mrs.
Kate COnley. They will move soon to
IA Maryland Place.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

The UNIVERSITY MIssOURIAN On
sale at the Drug Shop at two cents
copy.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

The Phi Gamma Delta fraternity will
give an informal dance at their chapter
house Saturday evening.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

The Sigma Chi fraternity will give
an informal dance Saturday evening at
the chapter house on College avenue.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21

Mrs. SnOdgrass and Mrs. Webber of
Kansas City have been visiting their
daughters, Laura SnOdgrass and Helen
Webber, who are attending the Univer-
sity, since Saturday. They will return
to Kansas City tonight.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21
ul-bred Audience.

To the Editor Of the University Missour,,,.
The theater assuredly is no place "a.
babies, and humane parents don't suh
ject them to the excitement, glare !,
light, bad atmosphere and long bow,
there. But babies from six montbs !.
six years old were much in eyiden..
at the Columbia theater last night.
So was the noisy loafer in front a.
the foyer. So was the gentleman vh.
sticks his knee into the back of vo,.
chair. So was the ill-bred gallery god
Catealls, whistles, Kisses and len,
are not tolerated in well-regulated tn.
aters. The Columbia theater. as 7 nm.
derstand it, can draw on the intelliee.t
patronage of university communitv
of more than 1000 here, if properly
conducted. r
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21
VIEWPOINTS

(The University MissourIan invite.
buttons, not to exceed 200 words. on 49,
writer should accompany such letters. nv. g
not be printed unless desired. The T.,s
sfty MissOurian does not express annrov.'
disapproval Of these communications by ~
ing them) " -
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1908-10-21
CURIOUS ECHO

~ NE of the wonders of st. Louis
I is the echo in the old Court
house rOtunda at Broadway
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-28

The. Chelan'county republicans at
their convention endorsed the local
Option issue. and the stateeanventfon
at sSpekane;'put locahoptden- plank
in itss platform. 1t hash been deemed
ladgisahle by theses iHtarested- in tenn
peEance legislation tosAnve prepared
1.-The. draft of such bill as they desire
Ito have. their Legislators support at
Olympia next winter. And the con-
ventions to be held at Spokane and
Seattle are for the purpose of plan
ming the draft Ola local option bill
to be submitted for the endorsement
OF candidates and voters.
The meeting tonight is non-parti-
san. and is called for the purpose of
bringing out all citizens in favor of
local option.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-28
DRcHARDisTs 4 ATTENTION

Before shipping your output be
sure and write Cassidy q Anese, 327
Peoples Bank Building. Seattle. ana
get their plan Of getting your fruits
to the consumer to better advantage
to yourself than any other way. Only
a few wanted and first come first
served. 1923
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-28

If you want your work in hurry;
If you want your diamonds remount-
ed; if you want a new piece of gold
work, bring 1t to Huck & Fitch, jew
elers ana opticians. opposite the post
Office. $50
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-28
TO Lake
WenatChee

Lake Wenatchee-C hiwaukum stage
line meets trains daily at Chiwaukum.
Nine miles to foot of lake. Good fish,
ing. Fare $3.50. Oliver Bates. pro-
prietor.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-28
TO SEND A
DELEGATE
LEAGUE CONVENTION.

A meeting Of those interested in
the local option issue that is to have
an important place in this years pc.
Tltfcal campaign Ii ssa2leds lis sel-
'ening ct 8, 9cl9Gk sat-the fepftheuie,
at vii ting R tier Bt shiine
: :soag gAMst e., 'iAsAE' III 4
end Seattle, August 5. will be cdt.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-28

Have you seen the big line Of
shoes for children ct Parshalrs. All
that's new in footwear. -
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-07-28
WENATCHEE APPLES
ALASKA EXCURSIONS.

DR.. Eva c. Ditman, General Prac-
tice. Specialty-Diseases of Women
and Children. Columbia Valley Bank
BuildiuE. Phone 1885.
The Newtown bee., 1908-01-31
RANK ROBUSTNESS.

"When attacked by cough or cold or when your throat is sore, it is rank foolishness to take any other medicine than Dr Kings ''New Discovery, says c. O. Eldridge, Ga. '1 have used New Discovery seven years and know it is the best remedy on earth for coughs and colds, croup and all throat and lung troubles. My children are subject to croup, but New Discovery quickly cures every attack" Known the world over as the king of throat and lung remedies. Sold under guaran- antee at R. H. Beers & Co.,, New town; Taylor, Curtis & Co.,, Sandy Hook; P. J. Garvin, Bethel; L. Gou- lett, Stevenson; H. w. Osborne, Eas- ton; W. B. Hawley, Sherman; Smith