The Falls City tribune., 1909-08-13
The Point in Question
II KINDLY CRITIC

Our old friend, the Indian, with his
feathered head-dress and his familiar
features, is soon to leave us, and in
his stead will come the face of Alb
raham Lincoln-the new penny is
now being circulated, and the old
one will gradually disappear. Many a
man, now a power in his community,
gained his first lessons in finance
through handling the copper penny
with the Indian head thereon. Panics
have come and gone, great ~financiers
have passed away, new states have
been admitted to the union, great in
ventions have come to bless mankind,
and political %upheavals to disturb his
equanimity, but the Indians features
have remained impassive through it
all. He has been the friend of the
fodder making his first purchase
for many years; he has been the
nucleus for many a fund that ulti-
mately helped to go into the uttermost
parts of the earth and preach the Cos
pel-why, that little old copper coin
with the Indian head thereon has ac-
complished wonders since the first
one came bright and shining from the
min And nov it is to go. True,
h Indian head is supplanted by a
kindly face, but it is with a tinge of
regret that We see our old friend pass
away and become merely a curio in
the hands of the numismatic. Good
bye, old friend, goodbye.
Some of the laws upon the statute
books of the state of Nebraska are
for ornamental purposes only, or pos
sibly were placed there without a
hope of rigid enforcement. One
comes to this conclusion when riding
over Richardson county and viewing
the untrimmed hedge fences. In
some localities it appears as though
land owners had gone into the hedge
post business. The trouble is with
many good laws, a lack of enforce
ment. An untrimmed hedge fence does
not particularly intrude itself upon
mankind, hence no one sees to it that
the law is obeyed. But those who
are informed upon the subject say
that it is a good law, and should be
enforced, and really they are the ones
to see to. it that it is enforced. "a
committee of one" can accomplish
much toward law enforcement.
Most of us have become accustom-
ed to the names of "Mayme," "Kath-
ryn,' and Claire" which were SIM
ply Coined from the Wholesome and
time-honored names of Mamie, Kath-
crime and Clara, but the new name
that is going the rounds-"Peryle"-
in lieu of Pearls going too far.
Think of a girl going through life
signing her name "Peryle." One
can almost see in his minds eye one
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will quit school long ere she gradu-
ates and will be launched into society
so called-before her shoe tops will
have vanished. But after all, when
one stops to ponder, the minds eye
discloses that "Peryle'' took after"
her mother, and is in no wise to blame
for being foolish and romantic.
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1t takes the milliner to remind one
of the passing of the seasons. Here
In midsummer are these caterers to
femininty talking of fall styles in
headgear, and going to market to
lay in their fall stocks with which to
tempt their customers. That summer
creation is soon to be cast aside
off with the old and on with the new.
Some of these abandoned hats will
come to light again, however, recon
structed and re-created, while others
will be buried with the debris of the
garrett. Let us hope that the peach
basket fantasy will be buried deep, or
better still, burn it.
If YOU happen to see a well-dressed
STRANGER upon the streets, with dia-
.3 Ia -birt front rim orc uDOn his