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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12

William Elkjer visited at his
home in Mamre a couple Of days
last week.
c. J. Odell left on Friday for a
three months visit with relatives
and friends in Minneapolis.
Miss Florence Porter left on
Thursday for a visit with relatives
and friends in the Twin cities and
other points.
c. K. Robinson went to Austin
Friday to take charge of Perch
eron stallion which he purchased up
there the day before.
Manager Crosby says he has just
received a contract from the Donald
Robertson Players for one night.
The date will be announced later.
1t will be month at least. The
play to be given will be announced
with the date.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12
Harris Was I'm Town.

w. L. Harris of Minneapolis,
who will be remembered as the
gentleman who started things at
the Citizens Banquet held here
some time ago, went thru Willmar
yesterday on his way to Benson,
where he gave an address at a ban
quet given by the Commercial club
in the evening. As Benson already
has Bunch of Boosters, MIR. Har-
ris no doubt felt at home as soon as
he got there. And if by chance
the boosters should need to be boost
ed, they certainly let the job to the
right party when they sent for Mr..
Harris.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12
Cash PRIZES FOR
NEAT PREMISES
Commercial Club WIN Encour'
age Householders 10 Trim
and Beauty The Yards.

The Public Improvement Com
mittee Of the Willmar Commercial
Club will pay Fifty Dollars in cash
prizes for the best kept premises in
the City of Willmar during the
coming season.
First. there will be a general
prize of ten dollars that will be
open to all householders in the city,
this prize to be paid to the person
maintaining the finest premises, re-
gardless. of how it is done.
Second, Forty dollars will be d.
vided into five prizes of SIS, $40,
81, S. and So for the five best kept
premises where no gardener or man
is hired to do the work. The COM
mittee feels that the bulk Of the
prize money should 60 to the small
householder who cannot afford to
keep a man and who keeps his pre-
misses in good shape thru the efforts
of himself and his own family.
The points will be scored as fol-
lows: Boulevard, 20; lawn, 20;
flowers and shrubs, 20; backyard,
20; general appearance. 20. The
committee will make tours of in
spection in June, July, August and
September. Each member of the
committee will have a score sheet
and each item will be scored by a
different Judge, so that no one will
know what the result will be until
the footings are made after the last
inspection. The perfect score on
each item on each inspection will be
S points.
There will be no entries required.
The committee will try not to over
look any place where it is evident
that pains is taken to keep the pre-
misses in good order. It is hoped
that these prizes will encourage to
some extent at least the good work
that the people of Willmar are do
ing to improve the general appear
ance of the residence districts of
the city.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12
Fav0rs Good Roads Movement,
Editor Willmar Tribune:

Having noticed your discussion
of the good roads question with Mr..
O. R. Sletten, l wish to say that
you may put me down for good
roads. l believe the idea should be
encouraged and pushed along.
only wish that we had such roads
out to St. Johns that automobiles
could run on them in any kind of
weather. But the roads out our
way need to be Strengthened in
many places before much more
work is done to them. Here's
wishing success to the good roads
movement.
Respectfully Yours,
Peter H. LinstrOm.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12
Goeman Pott Receivers In Part.

K. Goeman Pott received the
welcome news the first of the week
that he had won his suit against
H. J. Hanson ct. al, for damages
and recovery Of real estate trans
ferred by him to the above persons,
corporation in Minneapolis. The
case was tried before Judge Powers
in January and he reserved his de-
cision until now. The court de-
creed that they should deed him
back his 200 acre farm near Ray
mond, and allows him $4,000 dam.
ags, for which he can get judgment
against the parties. This ends the
case unless they elect to carry it up
to the supreme court. DAILY &
Barnard were the attorneys for the
plaintiff in the case.-Renville Star
Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12
Willnar Not ON List.

Of the SO applicants for state aid
for the establishment of agricultur-
al schools under the Putnam bill,
the following towns were selected
by the State High School Board
last week at a meeting held in St..
Paul: Glencoe, Candy, Wells, AL
bert Lea, Hinckley, Red Wing, AL
exandria, Cokato, Mcintosh, and a
consolidated district in Goodhue
county. Willmar was one of the
unsuccessful applicants. Prefer
ence was given to those schools that
had already done some work toward
establishing such department.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12
HOW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured b
Hairs Catarrh Cure. F. CHENEY g. co.,
Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F, J..
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tons, and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by his firm.
WALDING, kINNAN g. MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O..
H alIs Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, Toe. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12
Bethel YonnQ People.

The Bethel Young Peoples soci-
ETY. will hold its next meeting on
Wednesday, May 10, at 8 o'clock p.
m. The following program has
been prepared by the committee
Piano Duet, Misses Amy Fridlund
and Lille johnson.
Piano Solo, Miss Amy Nelson.
Speech, Hon. Elias Rachie.
Violin and cornet duet, Messrs.
C. L. Collin and A. o. Nordstrom.
Vocal Duet, Miss Hilda Holm
berg and Samuel Nelson.
Refreshments will be served by
Misses Emma. Esther and Amanda
johnson. Everybody who is will
ing to come is welcome to spend
the evening with US.
Committee.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12

Bring in your furs and your fur
coats to be repaired before putting
them away for the summer. Twill
store your furs during the season
for reasonable consideration.
l23 John Walmark.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12
The Local Samplina Force.

AAS AOC0A o01upAA110 EOECGs
c. c. Clayton left the first of the
week for Minneapolis, where he in
tends to remain until the busy
grain season comes again. This
leaves only two state employees in
the local grain sampling force, Ed
ward johnson and o. Grendahl, as
compared with nine during the fall
rush. Grains have not moved as
slowly thru here as they do now for
three years. This is largely due
to the fact that about election time
last fall the railroads, the elevator
men and the commission men bent
every energy to get the grain in
from the great supply centers of the
Northwest.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12

Superintendent P. G. Tonning
will be the conductor of the Teach
ers' Training school to be held this
summer at Ortonville.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12

DOLLAR A MONTH-That' s
all. 1nsures against accident, ILL.,
ness and death. Insures women.
National Casualty Co., Carlson
Block. Hays. 6f
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12
Duinink has been very i'll with

Duinink has been very i'll with
pneumonia the past two weeks.
Mrs. Jennie Huisinga and son
George and H. Poortinga went as
far as Willmar with Mrs. Lizzie
Nyp., who left for Chicago last
week. where she expected to join
her husband and do missionary
work.
The school in the Boersma dis
trict gave a nice program last
Wednesday, altho the school work
did not really end until Friday.
The county examinations were held
the last two days. Miss Kater, the
teacher, left for her home Satur-
day..
MIR. and Mrs. w. Talen visited
with the A. Boersma family Thurs
day evening.
Henry Brink went to Pennock last
week to visit with his sisters, Mes
danes Neal Kragt and H. Den
Abel.
H. Wibbles and wife were in
Raymond Tuesday. Henry was
kept busy while fixing up the tel
ephone line and putting in new bat
teries in the Thorpe elevator phone.
There is considerable difficulty in
getting connected with Raymond.
Rev. Hylkema, who received the
last call sent out by the Prinsburg
congregation, was to have preached
here last Sunday, but owing to his
wife's illness he was prevented.
He has declined the call extended.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Ledeboer were
in Raymond Saturday and visited
with the Talen family.
N. Kleinhuisen and family were
Raymond callers Monday.
| Mrs. F. Hockstra and children,
from Roseland. spent Friday with
her mother, Mrs. Poortfliet.
Herman Van der Bit and family
visited with the N. Dykema family
in Roseland over Sunday.
Mr.. Kamstra's housekeeper has
returned from a visit with relatives
in Clara City.
| Mrs. ELENA has been here on q
visit with Mrs. J. Huisinga.
| Harry Giesecke, the mail carrier
on Route /, has been having the
humps. Meanwhile Fred Olson Of
Raymond played substitute.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12

The Metropolitan barber shop,
Bank of Willmar building, B. T.
Otos, proprietor, is the shop to get
q shave, hair cut or bath. f
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12

The Senior cass play, Sheridan's
Rivals" will be given at the
opera house May IA.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12

DR.. c. E. Gerretson, dentist.
Office in new Ruble block, Willmar
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12

For Quality and Promptness il
Photography try
48f WOLD & SIMONS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-05-12

DOLLAR A MONTH-That's
all. Insures against accident, ill.,
ness and death. Insures women.
National Casualty Co., Carlson
Block. Hays. 6f
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q third bracelet disconsolatoly. as she
says, 'Oh. take it. always keep my
word and you won it all right
Il knew I'd ret him this lime. right in
the chin too tho other replies. He
looked up 30 surprised a1d | waved my
band just as kittenish cs that tE
The guido explains that when the girls
throw the little pamphlets containing
pictures of the celebrated beaIsiss OF the
Anna Held production into the audience
it of course makes it more exciting II they
can hit somebody in the eye. Wc.yers
are sometimes made. .a' pts9
In the big room on the next floor, which
serves as foyer and greeproorn copbncd,
Julian Mitchell is trying to e1pIaiA thseig-
nificance of electric magnetism to half q
dozen girls who are listening TO him en-
Enthusiastically and another half dozen are
trying 10 make tho stage rnaragsr let
them off from rehearsal the next. day.
Anna Held comes of stage and passes
through double row Of admiring chorus
men and maids whom she greets en- prin-
cesse, throwing remarks here and there as
one throws buttered biscuit 70 hungry
pups.
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all the rest Of the girls was here having
the time Of their lives.
If could only swallow I'D be all right.
but can't even take champagne and it's
hard to get rid Of our perfectly enormous
salaries even when we play. unless we
buy wine. Yes. a flush; no. ] mean q
straight.
Amt it2 Well. it's because 'Gfnia 3
standing in front Of that light and I thought
the diamond was heart. Sure you won't
oome in9 There's plenty of room at the
table specially provided by the manage
ment-
The table consists Of two Merry Widow
hat boxes. placed one on top OF the other
and the blush roses and tiny buds Of the
covers decorations are picked out with
nckels and dimes. The interest Of the
spectators in the game is not relaxed.
only diverted moment by another ooou-
pant Of the room. who calls your attention
to the dealing of Miss Mantell.
"Ain't she cute9' she asks. -She just
throws the cards up In the air. Won't
deal any other way. Saysit's luck"
She remark gives psychic turn to
the conversation.
saw that maltese cat again. Mayme.
The sun., 1909-02-21

and just as soon as | got in my room
found lopg slit in my silks says one
player.
That's nothing" rejoins another,
Looked at the moon over Charles 8
shoulder and he didn't have any silver
in his pocket. No supper for me and !
amt had a mouthfUl since breakfast
not even a pickmeup."
TN boost you, Lottie. | came within
an ace Of walking under a ladder, A
friend Of mine walked right through a
funeral proct ssion, only three carriages
at the end, and sure enough in just two
years and ten months-kings up. OH /
was noticing! | amt one who can't do
hut one thing at time
The game being over, one Of the girls
offers herself as cicerons TO the decora-
tions Of the rooms. A long shelf covered
with makeup materials runs under the
.ries Of mirrors. abundantly lighted
with down dropping bulbs. most Of them
decorated with wreaths Of flowers OF
pendant ribbons. A few. in lieu Of better
decorations are wound and twisted
The sun., 1909-02-21

each child was to be furnished with her
own sewing box and materials. | began
with twelve and now ! have thirty. While
| have had of ers Of twice as many ! feel
that il is best for me not to try To overtaN
my strength,
Il beIin with threading the needle
and taking the simplest stitches My
most advanced pupils, those who have
been coming to me now for nearly three
wears, make many Of their own garments.
One little girl who is now o has just finished
a full set Of clothes for her baby brother.
While they are far from perfect they are
much better made and fitted than the
work done by the average cheap sewing
woman and dozen times letter than
those to lie had in our stores.
1T is not wise. according TO my expert
ence. to start a child on useless bit OF
cloth Just for the purpose OF teaching her
the stitches. Even my youngest pupils
begin on some garment for their dolls.
The fact that il is a garment holds their
attention and makes them eager TO finish
il and put It on the doll.
From dolls the natural step is to make
garments for themselves or some member
Of their household. As a rule they all
make some one or two articles for their
mothers before they finish their first
course OF lessons.
zone feature that has proved both in
teresting and instructive was an exhibit
which held last season OF the work OF my
classes II comprised not only the work
they were then doing but samples from
the very beginning.
"It was very funny to see the scorn with
which some Of them regarded their first
attempts IL was also amusing to see
the satisfaction Of the beginners when
they saw that the first work Of older girls
whom they now look upon as being prize
winners was no better than their own.
Now coming to my sewing class has
become a matter of course in the families
of my patrons. Az fast as their daughters
reach the necessary age they make their
appearance with their sewing boxes and
bundles of cloth under their arms,
There have been several classes
started since l began not in opposition
but because OF the demand. ! can't take
more than a certain number, and that is
very small compared with the number OF
little girls in the town.
People laugh and say they have TO
thank me for having made sewing fash
ionable, but do you know l think the
trouble with most girls who grow up not
liking to sew is that they have had no
proper teaching. Hand sewing is no
more drudgery than embroidery, so why
should il be so consideredl
Il have had so many applications
from the parents OF some OF my older
pupils that now am considering taking
them again next year for the purpose
of giving them a course in fine needle
work. When they finish that course
think they will be able 10 make their
own French underwear and shirtwsists.
There is another feature 70 my work
The sun., 1909-02-21

his coat. He looks at IL rehectively,
and his glance wanders TO the four points
of the compass as II uncertain. Then
he mentions casually that there certainly
is draught. enough to blow the hair on
anybody's head, and explains the wads
Of bills that he holds fanlike.
They 'vc all touched me for their next
weeks salary" he says. I'D like to
know what the girls do with all the money
they get. just as soon as Monday night
comes they re beginning on new credit
spend everything they get Saturday.
It's mystery TO me-
Part Of tho mystery is expla ined later
when. the limp porti.rs before one OF the
dressing rooms blowing in at your timid
rap. quartet Of girls are seen sitting
about an improv ised poker table,
Want to join the game?" they ask
Hospitality. and then bow amiably TO the
be!ated introduction shrieked through
the mesh by the press agent who only
looks inside twice, once when he comes
and once when he goes.
Don't tell em when you go out what
we're doin, will youY' says one OF them.
"They're all the time scolding us for being
late and We told 'em the other dav we was
learnin' to paint, and they beiev ed it.
Amt they the innooents?
"Wil | come in? Well ! guess ~
come in and raise yoI. Sit down any
where These silk tights make a soft
seat. Look ont for the hat!
You know, this room = perfect dandy
when It's cleared up. but just tonight
rs a little OFT Of order Oh, don't mind
these shoes; put 'em under the mirror
or throw 'em in the corner. Opened pat.
fUll house.
-Yoi don saw You don't mean you re
shy l.ottie WHAT"
Lottie-or was it May Hopkins deals
negligently.
Lost 50 last week" she offers as an
introductory remark, -and I've simply
got to touch Mr.. Kingston. wonder il
can't work the tonsllitis racket, Had il
all right The doctor told me lid he my
death If came out to the show. but what
would | be doing sitting round home
for whole week?
Did you ever hear anything like that?
Aint it exactly like uoctors to tell you
10 do some perfectly fool thing like that?
Why, I'd die sure il | saw myself alone
in my fiat fading away inch by inch while
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scraped their cups pretty clean noticed
that the majority were anxious to finish
that they might get back TO work on their
doll clothes. Knowing that they Nould
be more interested in making the dolls
dress than its undergarments had
stated at first that the dress was 70 be left
for the last.
IF you could have seen those little fin
gers fiy try ing to finish the undergarWe
in time at least to begin the dress that
afternoon! That was quite impossible,
however, even with the larger girls who
had had some experience with the needle
and when time came for them to 60 in
stead Of my hav ing TO urge them 10 return
the next week TO finish the sewing they all
begged to- be allowed to come.
MANY of them wanted TO come Monday
after school, but insisted that they wait
until SATURDAY.. At least half an hour be-
fore the appointed time they were all
seated in nv sitting room working for
dear life. That day all the dresses were
begun. but none Of them was finished.
On the third Saturday all the dresses were
finished
Those who got through frst turned in
and helped the little tots. who OF course
had less experience. Each garment had
been inspec ted by me and on many OF them
| had done considerable OF the work,
but when one remembers that the young
est OF my guests were less than It would
be only natural for me to give them some
help 10 keep them from becoming dis
couraged.
when the last doll was dressed and
hacked away ready to be sent to the sun
day school several OF the larger girls
asked me il l wasn't going to get more
to dreas. You should have seen the
anxiety with which my answer was
awaited.
.That> was the moment had been ey-
necting and hoping for. Very carefully
I exclaimed that while / would not have
anv more dolls to dress for the mission
school / had determined to open sewing
class TO begin the first Saturday after
the new year. l went into my plans.
explaining my charges for the course OF
sewing and mending and what | expected
INV pupils 10 accomplish.
Livery one Of the twenty was eager
10 have her name enrolled at once. but !
explained that they must first consult
their mothers. You know how impatient
children are once they get notion in
their heads. That night we had stream
OF visitors. the parents coming 10 ask
about my sewing class.
Following the suggestion OF my
mother, made my age limit from TO 10
and had IL distinctly understood that
The sun., 1909-02-21

with garters and monochromatic color
schemes prevail. -.
This 10 my end explains the guide
leading to a rose hued section. -You
see that's my most becoming shade and
picture OF Mark Twain. l put him at
the top. know a girl who knows him
and she says he's perfectly dandy. Yes,
in white nannels they say he always
wears them.
that's Faversham below. Amt he
got romantic face. just like man with
a secret sorrow? Oh. those babies; just
stuck them there because liked them.
but they don't belong to anybody All
the girls have babies pictures and kit
tens. They 60 30 well together.
THAT big picture is the brother Of one
OF the girls. He's q member OF the New
York Athletic Club and that foot on his
chest Ia the embol-I mean symblem-
oh. well. my tongues twisted. What's
that foot on Harry's chest, Ruby' Oh,
Of course. the club coat Of arms.
Heres a pincushiop, the chorus girl's
coat Of limbs suppose you might call
it while you're in the business. Amt
it kind o. cute with rune round the
knee, too-that vas before the ompeer
The sun., 1909-02-21

into the Legislature a bill giving a vote
To every woman who had one child and
an additional vote with every additional
child. Mrs. De Voc promptly announced
that she would offer substitute bull
making paternity a qualification for
holding Office All members OF the lower
house were to be required to have at
least two children, members OF the Senate
three, Supreme Court Judges six and
Governors an even dozen
Mrs. William l.. Howard was recently
appointed second probation ofiicer for
women at Rochester. y. Y. She is the
president OF the City Federation OF
Women's Clubs. She receives no salary
for her services.
Miss Ainslie of Marash-Tinkes gives
graphic description Of the rejoicing
in Turkey over the opening OF Parliament.
Cannon were fired and professions
made up of Jews, Armenians and Mlosloms
OF all classes marched through the streets
rejoicing Many people did not UNDER
stand what it all meant One woman
came TO Miss Ainslic and said she was
looking for Liberty She said no had
done her u great kindness in saving her
from the tax Sathorer who had troubled
her in former years. so she wanted 10
find him and thank him.
Mrs. Rose c. johnson OF Gorham, Me-.
has just been appointed visitor OF the
Maine State schools. She succeeds Mrs
Clarke Barker, daughter of .ex-Gov.
Frederick Robe. who hold tie Office
for more than ten years,
The sun., 1909-02-21

gown came in and we had to change the
underpinning. Amt Anna Held's figure
simply stunning? l call II just perfect,
and her accent too, Did you ever know
anybody that could roll their RS the way
I've got everything in it. Yes, that's a
she CAM They sound like soft rubber
ball going down marble stairs and hittin'
each stair. tried it, but they say it's
something you can't acquire. that you
have to have a nurse for II when you're
young"
The press agent. who inquiries very
anxiously il you've been able to get any
material Of the kind you wanted. insists
upon your going in 10 congratulate Miss
Lorraine. who has added that evening a
new song to the repertoire and is being
made up TO look like Lima Cavalieri as you
enter her dressing room, which she has the
proud distinction OF sharing with only
two others. She shows the six changes
Of costume that she has to make. among
them the famous white sheath gown worn
in the Abbaye scene, which fits so that II
makes the average costume Of the fash