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The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-04-22

C0X.-Mrs. Charles Phillips, of 1914
ia avenue west, received a telegram
this morning telling OF the death OF
Mrs. Martha Cox, a former resident OF
Oskaloosa, at Winfield, Sunday, April
1s. 1909 at five O'Clock p. m. She
had been i'll only few hours. She
will be brought here for interment
Funeral announcement later. Mrs
Cox formerly resided in Oskaloosa, liv
ing in her property at 1910 A avenue
west. +. nr&
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-04-22

ferings were received from sympa
thizing friends.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-04-22

FENWICK.-Died. at her home in
Ottumwa, Saturday, April IT, 1909, at
11:lO p. m. of bronchitis and heart
trouble, Violet Fenwick, aged IA years
THE remains arrived at one O'Clock
this (Monday) afternoon via the Rock
Island and were taken to the McAuley
Memorial Chapel, where a short fun
eral service was held and interment
was made in Forest cemetery. The
deceased was the daughter OF Rev.
and Mrs. T. NJ. Fenwick of Otlumwa
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-04-22

DOWNEY.-Died, of pneumonia, at
the home of the parents at Lacey, Iowa,
tabout $3.50 O'Clock p. m, Sunday, April
IS, 1909, Edgar NJ, infant son of Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. S. Downey, aged seven
months. Funeral from the Downey
home at 10, o'clock Tuesday, April 90
Ifnterment in Forest cemetery, oska
loosa. Mr.. and Mrs. Downey have the
sympathy of friends throughout the
lcounty. .......
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-04-22
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

Z Joseph H.Wetherwax, Oskaloosa So
$3.50 and G9l7d
Emma Gibson. Oskaloosa. ..... 80
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-04-22

Robert Davis, Buxton. ....2
800 and
Maude Jackson, Buxton. a...,..,2
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-04-22

Des Moines, lathe following are
the bills that were passed by the Gen
eral Assembly which closed its SEES
sion April 8, the subject matter OF
the bill being given: %j"i
The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-04-22

FRITCH.-Born. Sunday, April Is
1909, to Mr.. and Mrs. Art Fritch. girl
Mother and daughter doing nicely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14
AN INERADICABLE WORD.
No Use Trying to Gust Lady"
From Our Dictionaries.

From the Columbia Is. c. State.
The Richmond Times-Dispatch laughs
good humoredly at the Louisville Courier
Journals resolution to drop the word
LADY" from its chivalrous columns. It
says:
"Marse Henry Wattersons bright
young men will write exclusively OF
women henceforward. So We read. but
we honestly doubt it. The reporter ap-
preached the woman at her doorstep
the reference being to the prettiest So
ciety leader in Louisville. would fall
gratingly. we fancy, on well-trained
southern ears. and would not yet prove
popular In all quarters
1t is rather remarkable, but the USE
of the word lady presents difficulties
that are not met within the use Of its
related term gentleman. The title
gentleman" has practically been dropped
by the press of this country, except for
some rare use or attribution. We do noo
say: THE reporter approached the gen
tleman at his doorstep; but IL would
seem. because of immemorial usage, quite
natural to say that he approached the
lady" at her doorstep.
1t is not impracticable, however. for
the term LADY" to be avoided without
giving offense or without seeming tn
dodge the objectionable word. In the case
l.
better. anyhow. to say that Mrs. So-and-
So was approached at her doorstep. We
do not feel IL a hardship to use this form
i'm writing of men, and why should We
when writing OF women-ladies, Ii You
please?
But the use OF the word lady con-
notes more and connotes such infinitely
rich associations and such shades or
meaning and respect that its use will per-
haps never be abandoned. century or
NodN N
her sweetheart as gentleman - such
usage, for instance. as we hnd in the
poets and dramatists of the Elizabethan
and restoration eras. but we continue 10
speak of and to think of our sweetheart
as lady" Even I'm The Vampire:
The fool he called her his lady fair
(even as you and ID. And so those
mighty lovers of the antique world. Dante
ana Petrarch, and SO Col. Loyelace. the
idol of loyers-and so on perhaps as long
as we love. and that dear and haunting
word endures and adornS and adds tj
music to our language.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14
BUYING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
Start Early, Cecilia Says-She Has
Already Begun to Look.

From the New York Sun.
to buy my Christmas presents early, ear
lier than ever.
Il don't know what will happen, but I
am going to make q great effort to get
through this year In time. 1 began weeks
ago to make lists OF the things that I
want to give. My, I wish I could give
everything I'd like to, And know pref
ty well already what / want to get. I
may have to revise these lists somewha t
as We 60 along. l may discover that
some Of my folks or friends change their
minds and express in their casual con-
versations, of which l take mental note,
new preferences which / shall want to re-
gard. but i have got now pretty good
rough lists Of what 1 want to buy. and
l have already begun to look. L have
done this now for two or three years. but
/ am going to get through earlier than
ever this year and avoid the rush.
They tell me that in the old times
buying till the last week before the holt
day. and the last day. and then all join
in one mad scrimmage, and i guess there
must be many who do that now. / know
there are. because I hear people say now
distractedly when the crowded days come.
I don't know what I'm going to get for
Susan. 1 don't know what I'm going to
get for John: but know there are more
and more people nowadays who think
these things over in advance and make
up their minds and then go ahead and
buy the things one or two at a time and
get them into the house out OF the way.
II know I do that. / start weeks in
advance and find the greater variety and
get what / want and things that haven't
been mussed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14
AS TO THE IDEAL WIFE.
Views Of Some Philadelphians Who
Regard Themselves Experts.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
A Philadelphia clergyman collected and
read from the pulpit last Sunday a num-
Der Of letters from husbands-presumably
model misunderstanding on the subject
OF the model wife.
One man wrote that the ideal Wife
should not spend SO a week when the
income was but $50. He probably meant
that. in any event. s25 was too much
and only an extravagant housekeeper
would lavish any such sum upon the
home. 1t was a man of this sort who
when he got off the old and trite re-
mark about the bread that mother used
to make. was tartly told. well, you
don't make the dough that father used
to make The hardest domestic ex-
perience for any woman Is to have her
husband ascribe to her lack of thrift
the failure to lay by money against a
rainy day. when the real reason is that
his own earning capacity is Inadequate
to supply the elemental requisites. Wom-
the spenders. and when the penny is laid
by on It's way to the dollar mark the saw
ing is generally due to her economy.
Another man holds that IL Is the part
Of the ideal wife to keep herself neat
and tidy. 1t is; but too many men throw
the whole burden of the household
drudgery upon a woman's shoulders,
without once rejecting that a maid-of- all
work cannot keep her couture, her COM
plexion and her attire as immaculate as
the lady Of leisure. who may loiter as
long as she likes before the mirror and
the toilet table in her boudoir. 1t Is q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14

the fly is ready for business. Then he is
evil career. not easily killed and indus
trious Jeyond the busy bee in summer
time. Early or late. coming or going, the
fiy has no friends, as he deserves none /;
but at all seasons and In every clima men
join with the late Josh Billings in the
ejaculation: Darn a fly" So It has
ever been and always will be until the
heavens melt with fervent heat or the
war for his determination has proved
complete. But with this contamination
achieved, might not the scientific sharps
discover that. after all. the fly had some
redeeeming traits that humanity had
learned OF too late and must suffer GER
tain pains and penalties therefor?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14
OLYMPIC GAMES OF AZTECs.
Thieves Market, Visited by Tourists,
Scene Of Strange Ceremony.
From the Mexican Herald.


One of the sights more commonly
known to Americans. either from hearsay
or from actual knowledge of Mexico City.
is tie thieves market. The name does
not actually come from the fact that
thieves sell their stolen wares at this
market. but because there is such a va
riety of bric-a-brac to be found for sale
at this place that it would seem to the
visitor to have come from many wealthy
homes through the medium OF disciples
Of Caco The fact is that the merchants
at this market take advantage OF many
forced sales to stock their shops. How.
ever the place offers many essential
points of historical interest, among which
may be numbered the fact that at one
time. during the reign OF the Montezumas.
II was the Olympic grounds, as 1t were,
of the Aztecs.
Among the Mexicans 1t is known by
the name OF e. Volador (the Flyer, and
its name is taken from one OF the many
games. matches and contests which In
those days were played at this historic
place. The particular game from which
the name of Ell Volador is derived con-
sisted i'm a contest, the merits of which
may be judged from the following de-
scription. which one of the historians
who came with Cortez made of 1t:
a high pole entirely bare OF limbs was
planted securely into the ground. At the
top of this pole there was placed turn
ing wooden drum. from which were hung
four ropes. These four ropes were
twisted around the drum. and each meas
ured the exact length of the pole.
-Four men dressed In imitation Of
eagles or other high-fight birds would
dance around the top OF the frame or
drum. at the top of the pole, and at a
given signal would tie themselves by the
waist with the ropes twisted around the
drum, and would throw themselves out
into space. Their weight would make
the drum turn faster and faster, as mo-
mentum was gained. and In the mean
while another set OF four men would re-
main on the drum, dancing while II was
going around. At the twelfth turn. and
one turn before the flyers would reach
the ground, the four men dancing on the
drum would launch themselves out on
another set of four ropes which hung
from the frame, in an endeavor to reach
the ground before the other flyers COM
pleted the last turn Should they sue
coed in doing SO, they would be pro-
claimed victors; otherwise the flyers
would win the game"
Almost every game or religious service
of the Aztecs was symbolic. and the thir-
teen turns of the game just described
represented the thirteen cycles of their
century.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14
MARYLAND HISTORY.
Flag Snatched Out of Barbara
Frietchie's Hands.
From the Baltimore Sun.


Poor Barbara Frietchie. will they never
let her rest? Comes a Kansas historian
with a discovery. the 1,249th made in re-
lation to this affair. He snatches the flag
right out of Barbara's hands. Twas not
Barbara who waved the flag in the face
OF the Confederates, he says; it was not
any member of the Frietchie family. In
fact, he accuses her of being a southern
sympathizer.. and mot a patriotic north
ern woman" This Kansas chronicler. by
name William F.. Connolly, ayers that II
vas Mrs. Archibald Quantrell and her
daughter Virginia who waved the United
States flag defiantly in the faces OF the
the streets OF Frederick. Md" He proud
ly points to the fact that Mrs. Quantrell.
was the aunt of William c. Quantrell. the
guerrilla leader. who lied many a band
into Kansas" and who laid waste the
town of Lawrence.
Mr. Connolly puts some new frills on
the old story. He says Miss Virginia was
waving little United States flag at the
gate, which go aroused the anger or the
Confederates that a lieutenant with his
sword cut the flag from her hands.
About Barbara the Marylanders certain
~ have to go from home to hear the
news" Whittier, who knew perhaps as
much OF Maryland he did OF Senegam-
bia. wrote a poem that gave wide cur
rency to an incident that they tell us
either never occurred or certainly did not
occur at all as he related 1t. Then 1t
was embodied in a play. which not only
differed from the facts but disagreed
with the poem.
Now comes the western iconoclast who
takes the glory entirely away from Whit
tiers favorite and confers it upon an
aunt OF Kansas. The Barbaraites seem
to be unable to agree with history, recol-
xx,;fh nfh a
story has as many twists and turns TO ii
as the north pole dispute. and perhaps
the best way to settle II would be to
name q commission empowered to de-
termine the true and authorized version.
the said board to be composed OF repre-
sentatives of the following:
First-Those who declare that no such
incident ever happened In Frederick or
anywhere else.
Second-Those who hold that something
or other occurred, but nothing resembling
in any way what tradition or the poet
describes.
Third-Those who assert that Barbara
waved the flag in Stonewall Jackson 8
her. just as Whittier has related 1t.
Fou-th-Those who hold that there
never was any such person.
Fifth-The new element who assert that
the flag was waved, but that Barbara
didn't wave II, the glory going to some
blocks.
SiXth-Those who do not care cents
whether it ever occurred or not, but
would like to hear the last Of 1t.
Thus every element of our citizenship
would be represented. II the commission
ers settled the thing, it would give the
public a grateful rest. If they didn't, n
would provide a row that would be anus
ing and exciting. Trot out your Barbaras,
gentlemen. Entries for the Frfetchie
daR-WRyfnR contest are ODen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14

source of unhappiness in many a home
that the man makes disparaging compari
sons between his careworn and preoccu-
pied wife and some airy fairy Lillian
whose chief concern is whether her white
shoes are spotless and her gloves quite
clean.
Another man believes that the ideal
wlle is one who does not harass the
life and soul out of man.. Heckling
or henpecking at home Is. beyond per-
adventure. the continual dropping that
wears away a stone, nut ii Is only fair
that the man should ask himself a few
searching questions before he b ames his
better half. Has he been kind or cross
after the days worrisome business? Has
he been thoughtful or negligent about
the minor items that in life's appraisal
make up the major portion of the in
ventory? The man who finds fault with
his wife will sometimes find that ION
his own head, in his own hands, the sin
and the saving lies
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14
The Friendless Fly.
From the Springfield Republican.

Housekeepers who pride themselves on
being of the Careful sort-a type not
always loved. but who greatly respect
themselves-are not infrequently over
quick at removing fly screens. To all
such too forehanded folks let the words
OF Chicago health commissioner, DIR.
w. A. Evans. appeal: Keep your door
and window screens in place until snow
falls; screen all food. especially milk.
Don't eat food that has been In contact
with flies. Shun restaurants where flies
are numerous. Screen the children's beds
and keep the baby's bottle. the baby's
food and the baDy's comforter away
from flies. Keep flies out OF the sick
room" But do not take the first snow
furry to mean the end of fly time. These
pests are much like Brer Rabbit when
''he lay low'-they become torpid-but let
nature heat up or the furnace start, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14
Four O'Clock Coffee.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
When he first got back from a trip
abroad the young man felt strongly the
need of his afternoon coffee and cake
when 4 o'clock came around. This was
not only custom but a bit OF medical
advice because the doctor at Carlsbad
had told him that Americans didn't eat
enough, and that was reason why they
were SO nervous.
The young man expected when he went
into one OF the small lunch places down
town that his request for coffee ard
cake might be looked upon as some
thing odd, typically foreign. 1t was 10
his surprise. then, that he found that
he was not by any means the only
person in the lunch place who was there
with such an object.
There was fair crowd, each man TAX
ing his coffee and cake. Some of the men
appeared 20 be clerks and others were
Just office boys. So the young man spoke
to one Of the men behind the counter.
"Oh, yes" replied he. there Is always
q good crowd in here at this hour. think
you will find the same thing in other food
places. People seem to come In here just
naturally for that midafternoon food,
and with these fellows 1t isn't a case OF
a deferred luncheon. either. They do it
because they are hungry, and they don't
want too much. The habit has come up
very strongly in the last few years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14
Tea Adulterants.
from the London Chronicle.

Adulteration of tea, now practically
unknown in this country. was common
enough seventy years ago. The Times
of May IA. 1888, reports the case of a
defendant charged at the Mansion
House with gambling. who stated that
he earned from five to six shillings q
day by picking slOe leaves and black
and white thorn leaves in the fields
around Camberwell and selling them
for a penny a pound to a local cow
keeper. The cowkeeper was visited. and
it was discovered that he disposed OF
the leaves to tea dealers In the city.
AS the duty on tea was then eighteen
pence and the cheapest tea on the
market fetched four shillings a pound.
huge profits must have been realised
by the fraudulent dealers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14

Attention has been called by some off,
GERS OF the guard to circular letter from
the War Department setting forth the
laws of Washington, oregon and Mon
tana. which forbid any but troops of the
Regular Army. Marine Corps or the or
sanized militia wearing uniforms similar
to those now prescribed for the military
forces of the country. infringement of
these laws is punishabl by heavy fines.
Exceptions are made of actors on the
stage and of civic societies of uniform
rank, when on parade. But while the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14
Lay the
DUS !

When ono considers tho dangerous baciln con-
taiued in the flying particles OF dust which come
In at tho doors or windows. are brought IN
on the soles Of tho shoes il Is not strange that
tuberculosis. typhoid and other malignant dis-
eases are 80 prevalent in our large cities
The LAYING of disease laden dust Is in itself q
great step forward in the perfect sanitation OF
The home. the store. the once oniiulhg, tue
school or in fact any building occupied By
hmm N beings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14
NEWS OF THE LOCAL
NATIONAL GUARDSMEN

y EORE than twenty candidates
III for commissions or promotions
N In the National Guard of the
4V1 District appeared before the
brigade board of examination
during the last week. Each candidate
was examined by the medical officers of
the board. and. although no official re-
port has been given out, it is understood
that several OF the applicants were re-
jected. Those candidates who come up
to the physical requirements, seq
forth in the instructions issued by the
Secretary of War for the government
Of the organized militia, will be examined
on the drill regulations and other military
information by the line officers of the
board.
II is generally understood that the OK
animation. both for commissions in the
guard and for promotions In rank will
be more difficult than was formerly
the case. and il Is thought that any
candidate who is passed by the board can
be- courted upon as a thoroughly COM
petent officer.
In addition to the usual examination
Cor the line officers, sets OF questions
have been prepared for candidates in the
quartermastcrs and ordnance depart
ments and also i'm the separate organiza-
tons. There are candidates for COM
missions in both the SlInal Corps COM
pany and the 1st Battery. Field Artillery
and special questio will be prepared for
these candidates i'm these separate
branches of the service. r. y. Conwell
OF the Naval Battalion has made appli-
cation for commission as ensign. The
transfer Of Lieut.. Carmody from the
Naval Battalion to the ordnance depart
inert of the guard will also make a
vacancy to be filed from among the
Junior officers of the battalion.
The 1st Battery. Field Artillery, was
inspected last Monday by Col. Grin b.
Mitcham of the ordnance department,
L. s. a. From $40 I'm the morning until
nearly dark he examined the material
of the command. dismounted two of the
guns, changed their carriages. removed
the springs and oil from the recOil cylin-
derS, and gave the material general
overhauling. He will make his report
on the battery to the Department OF the
East, and then it will be referred to Dis
trict Militia headquarters.
During the inspection Adjt. Gen. Smiley,
District of Columbia Militia: Maj. Edward
F. OHern. major of the ordnance depart
ment, and Capt. Leroy T. Hillman of the
Coast Artillery. L. s A.. visited the bat
terry armory and examined the material.
Col. Mitchem condemned the armory as
unsuitable for battery of field artillery.
but he was informed that the 1st Battery
would soon move into the new quarters
that are being prepared for ii and the
Signal Corps Company. Quarters for the
officers. medical corps and a room for
the examination of recruits will also be
furnished in the same building. 1t is To-
Gated at 413 Maryland avenue. and is not
far from the Center Market Armory.
Reports from the recruiting officers in
dictate that enlistments in the guard are
on the increase, and that all of the COM
mands will be recruited UP to the required
before the inspection next spring
by the officers of the War Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14

II pays TO read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds Of situations are filled
through them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14

The Crittenton Wheel Club met Thurs
day at the home of Mrs. Helen NJ. Wood,
the Hub The scribe, Mrs. Mary w.
story. the financial scribe. Mrs. Eleanor
Brown, and the chairman of home com
mittee gave their reports, after which
progressive euchre games were enjoyed.
Mrs Emily Tracy taking the prize.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14

Exclusive variety
all beautifully hand
chased and a ring
that sells all over the
city at $500. our
S pc cial Removal
sale CT no
price ......~As>o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14

Mrs. Henry Jay Staley entertained the
Columbia Heights Art Club Thursday,
Mrs Stokes In the chair The essayists
were Mrs. Davis. whose paper was on
The Arch of Constantine and Mrs
WOlhaupter. whose paper treated Rome
in It's Decadence.' A social hour fol-
lowed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14

militia is called into actual service OF
either the state or national government.
even these civic societies are not permit
ted to wear uniforms resembling those of
the army. The ACCESSIBILITY of urging the
adoption of a similar law in the Dis
trict is being discussed by National Guard
officers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14

Our doors will open for the continuation of this
ful-everv article desirable Christmas present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14
Genuine lax. Gold Front 40
Collar Pins ~

These Pins are beau
tifully hand chased in
the most artistic de-
signs. A regular $50
value. guaranteed to
wear. AS many as
you want, at, AOc
per pair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14

Regular $3.50 values. Very fine lot
10 select from-all hand painted, and
an extra value at $50. Special O2c
sale price, tomorrow. ......--.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-14

Regular prices on everything
/ get choice selections.