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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30
Eggs for Sale.

Ii Single Comb Rhode Island Red or
Buff Leghorn Eggs, S1.b0. From Prize
Pen Single Comb Rhode Island Red
$3 90 per Is Eggs. Incubator Eggs 100
$500. Al. Montgomery, Madison, Miss.
Or D. p. MONTGOMERY,
a. Greenwood, Miss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30
Horror Of Richss

Horror Of Riches.
This invention of your fathers,
Myrtle, Is liable to make him a mil
lionaire.'
"But / don't want a millionaire IA
Their"
"Why not, childr
",Cause when / grow up I would
have to marry a duke"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30
DISPOSED or,

every mar Is for sale"
"You don't say sou
Don't yeu?"
"Well, some of them are sold al
ready"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30
tnsInuatino.

IT never knew before that you are
such a consummate liar"
Didn't you? Why. have been
taking private lessons"
Private lessonsT
yes"
"Indeedl How long"
Ever since / have been associating
with you"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30

A vaudeville program leaves the I'M
preston that the woodman has spared
the chestnut tree,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30

With a smoker there are few things
for which a cigar will not do as a sub
stitute.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30

etili Farther.
"Never put of till tomorrow what
you should do today"
81 never do"
"You do 1t at once. then7"
"Not exactly. I put 1t OF till thu
day after tomorrow"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30
Eouals,

The airship, proud. It's wings may swell
And sail away.
The auto is q bird as we'll
A bird Of prey.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30

A tall friend may be short when you
want to borrow some change.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30
Peas for Sale.

800 bushels OF SpeckIed Peas at $1.75
per bushel delivered at any railroad or
river point. Address
W. R. KING,
New Albany, Miss.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30

Silence has all other bluffs beaten to
q FRAGILE.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30

II we take care Of our next presi-
dents the ex-presidents will take car
Of themselves.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30
Household. Goods for Sale.

Joe Stein, at the KitchelI Hotel, has a
lot Of household goods for sale at q
bargain.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30

Learn TO stand alone. If you find 1t
hard, a rich uncle will be pleased to
give you n correspondence course.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30

One eason why q woman doesn't
want the last word Is because she
wants to keep on talking.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30
Diplomacy.

on, SAY, ipon'T WANT you ro|
THINK THAT THINK yOU1E a |
lHY pOcRIT6 AND REALLY Hopf
THAT EOrG % mo HEARTED aRtck
lpoES nor FALL ON rcug FLAW
HEAD arc .EIcJ
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30

Defeat may b.
good for us, bui
we don't cotton
to the things
whose only merit
lies In the fact
that they are
good for us.
her a woman
says she looks
like a fright 1t Is
a nean man who
will keep still and
let 1t go at that.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30
Humor aaa Philosophy
BY DUNCAN N. SMITH
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

1t takes childlike faith to order
scrambled Eggs Ia n restaurant.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30

Had . Bet N u.
"Will you marry mer
"No. thank you"
THE pleasure il all mine. ! assure
you"
@Impudent! what DO you meanf-
II win"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30

1t Is harder to he patient with soms
people than 1t LIS to pay ones debts.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30
PERT PARAGRAPHS.

The fear Of the health officer In very
often the beginning Of civic improve
ment. @
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30

Diplomacy is the gentle art OF saying
what you don't mean In such a name
that 1t means what you don't say.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30

The Commonwealth does
the best class of Printing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30

A windy man seldom blows himself.
Pride goes before a fall, but accom-
panies a slippery spring.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30

The more money . man has the
worse b hates to waste II paying
taxes.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-04-30

Going y FIR that Jon can't back OF
Wills o. doubtful wisdom. Il oftsn :
ans s~dnuyisnt 70 eourags.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

late .rears the stage has run to putridity
unlimited. Tales have been told of a.
shocking nature, situations developed so
suggestive as to cause innocent audi
tors to feel ashamed. The broadest
illusions have been made with perfect
freedom. And in the main. to no good
purpose. Occasionally a play may have
been produced which has justified it
self as a powerful moral lesson despite
or possibly because Of the challenge to
the finer senSibllties But the average
theatrical manager has cared nothing
for the play as n missionary agent and
everything for its drawing powers. His
chief ambition has been to get his
production discussed. If possible de-
nounced by ministers as improper, and
he has then rested content with the
assurance that his box office would be
bcSieSed with ticket seekers as soon as
the word spread that the performance
was In any degree naughty"
1t will he in the interest of the poo
pie If the new law in New York state
is utilized sensibly and carefully, not
sensationally. II the managers are in
earnest in their proclaimed determine
tion to improve the morals of the stage
there Will be little need to apply the
statute. But reliance cannot be placed
In any organization representing tho
first class theaters. They may seek to
establish decent standard, and there
Will remain scores of places where the
Silest exhibitions are given twice daily.
The chief difficulty Is that there is no
fixed scale of morality, and obviously
the courts to which the cases are car
rled under the now section of the Penal
Code will be hard put to lay down def
mite lines of guidance. Washington
Star
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ELEVATING THE
STAGE IN AMERICA

Now for long line of edifying court
proceedings in New York city regard
ing the morality and the wholesome
ness of the plays produced on the met
ropolitan stage. Gov. Hughes yester-
day signed a bill recently enacted by
the legislature declaring 1t to be a mis-
demeanor to advertise. present or par
ticiDate in any immoral or impure
drama, play or exhibition (which would
tend to the corruption of the morals
OF youth or others" 1t is left to the
courts to ascertain whether a particu-
lar performance or production falls
within the definition and to lay down
rules and standards OF purity and
morality beyond which managers and
actors must not pass, The initiative
may be taken by any citizen with the
nerve to swear out a warrant, and IL
is easy to foresee that there will be no
loss of time in the institution of pro-
ceedsngS. Nor is 1t difficult to believe
that in some cases managers will be
willing to hale themselves to court, un-
der cover OF proxies. for the sake of
the incidental advertising. And there
may be evolved new skill IN play
writing, to cure defects pointed out by
the court so as to render an obnoX-
ious situation or speech or plot innocu-
Gus enough to pass muster and vet
wicked enough to draw full houses.
The advertising possibilities of the new
law. IN short, are infinite
But it Is nevertheless to bo hoDed
that this innovation of legislative en-
actment Will have a good effect. or
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

Lake did take this step
In Ogden. the people under the lead
OF Supt. Mills, Rev. Elderkin and
others, are taking vigorous steps now to
increase the efficiency of tine Carnegie
library by bringing its benefits
through branch libraries and other
means within closer reach of the peo-
pie. This is not to say that the library
there Is not doing n great work. Its
reports show that 1t Is splendidly re-
inforcing the educational work of the
city; but the people want more of the
good 1t gives to go forth. They are
stirring up the library habit among
those who have not yet acquired it.
Ogden too. has begun to take an in
terest in the gymnasium side of the
work We certainly expect the juno
tion city to do things" in this line
shortly.
A FINAL WORD.
1t is possible that we may have over
looked some cities that are doing
things. We have reported as faith
fully as we could the progress, as we
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

| hall. gymnasium and reading rooms.
Some 81 200 has already been expended
with most pleasing results. The peo-
pie there are very proud of their work
In this line. Much good will surely
come Of their efforts.
OAK CITY.
Oak City, Millard Co. has also taken
another lead In the plans for their
new mectinghouse-a $4,000 structure
provision has been made to make 1t
strictly up-to-date by giving the base
mcnt over to ary-gymnasium pur-
poses.
PAYSON
Payson, through Supt. Wilson, re-
ports:
I'VE had plank put in the platform
of the Prohibition party at tho recent
election fayoring the establishment OF
the library gymnasium. The prohibi-
tion ticket won out. The mayor, Jo-
seph Reece, who Is an ardent supporter
of the movement. is again to be mayor
for the next two years. He and
met the other day and partly selected
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Mr.. Braucherr secretary of the National
Playground association, says:
IL was very much interested in your
pamphlet on library gymnasiums Il
seems to me to be well gotten up. I
was extremely pleased this summer in
visiting a number of different play
grounds. to see the number that hal
libraries on the grounds. The reason
for arranging libraries in connection
with the Fairgrounds is the one put
forward in your pamphlet Z great
many of the children using the library
upon the playground would not go to
regular library
Your aims are so similar to those
Of the National Association that we
certainly ought to be in close touch
with each other"
Such words give us even moro faith
in our great cause. The library-gym-
nasium movement has come to stay
There seems to be little doubt about
that. Gradually the various cities of
our state have seized upon 1t as the
best way of supplantlng the saloon evil
and other loafing habits, until now
nearly half of the cities of our state are
working in various ways to realize the
institution in their midst
THE STATE COMMISSION.
The year 1909 first of all brought to
the movement state recognition. The
legislature responded to the request of
those who had promoted the cause
through It's beginning stages: and ere
ated a state commission to carry on
the work. This state commission, ap-
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close-knit organization which will bring
all parts of the state nearer in the
movement This organization could
discuss freely the needs of the move
mcnt as they arise. Librarians and
gymnasium directors and trustees Of
the institutions Will all have many
problems which a mutual exchange OF
ideas would help greatly to solve. AL
ready in many communities, the first
steps towards such an association have
been taken Local committees have
been appointed in many places to pro-
mote the cause. 1t has been suggested
by the commission, and the suggestion,
by resolution In the convention, was ac-
cepted, that each mayor be asked to
appoint such u local committee to CO.
operate with the commission in its
work. Wherever such committees have
been appointed, the community Is making
good progress towards a ltbrary-gym-
2asium Later. the representatives
from such committees. with the ubrar-
ians and gymnasium directors, Will
undoubtedly get together in some state
organization. When such a step is
taken. the movement will receive the
reinforcement that cooperation alone
can bring. Unless such an organization
is soon effected the work will go on in
haphazard fashion and much need
less waste of time, money and eff
fort VIII result. There should be state
conventions of this league at least twice
year to begin with; and each county
might have its league meet oftener to
promote the work within It,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18
By Howard R. briggs, Secretary
Utah Library-Gymnasium Commission

have received It. In q largo sense, I'll
parts of the state are at work. Scarce
ly hamlet is there that has not in
somo degree felt the moving impulse
for better books, cleaner sports, more
wisely directed Dastimes for young and
old.
RELATION TO PROHIBITION.
The great prohibition wave that is
sweeping over our state has reinforced
the library gymnasium movemen.
greatly. Add substitution to prohlbi-
tlon if you wish to make prohibition
effective" Is the cry that has been
caught up. And whether g. prohibition
ist or not, every citizen Is readily con-
verted to the canso that offers better
pastlmes than street loanng and the
saloon curse for the people OF our state
The library-g has come 10
stay. 1t will go on. till In some form
or other 1t is developed into great
institution. reinforcing the schools. tli7
church and the homo in their efforts
to redeem the waste places among OIL
youth
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pointed by the state board of educa>-
ton. consists of Dr. William M Stew
art, president; DR. George Thomas. vice
president; DR.. L. G. Gowans, assistant
superintendent; John S. Welch and
Supt John NJ. Mills. members. with
Howard r. briggs as secretary.
The commission entered into active
service about May l. It's main work
since that time has been the visiting of
various cities to promote the work and
guide the activities of the people as
they have begun to establish these in
stitutions.
WHAT MOST IS NEEDED.
The commission. in state convention
held in Salt Lake. Oct. z, last proposed
the organization of state league to
promote the work" Such an nssocia-
ton is greatly needed. Each commune
ty is willing to work: but all need def
initc guidance There should be
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

sive place dedicated its library. which
has cost some $4,000 to build and fur
nish-the funds having been provided
by Mr.. Carnegie, and the generous
mine-owners and people of Eureka On
the evening of the day of dedication at
the banquet given. about $1,000 more
was raised to buy books Governor
Spry, Senator Sutherland. State Supt
Nelson and Howard r. briggs. secre-
tary of the commission, joined with
the people in their exercises of the oc-
casion- The library is now doing ex-
cellent service.
'is-'ps.e 81 FOREST DALE.
This town was among the first to
vote the library fund; and it has been
maintaining a modest but effective IT,
brary ever since. The committee in
charge-Ceorge Woolley. president of
town board. Profs. Bcnnion and Coray
of the University, T. Albert Hooper,
and Mr.. Cope. have administered the
affairs In a thorough going business
like way. A very choice collection of
books has been gathered and they
have gone far and wide about the COM
munity. The secretary of the board of
trustees reports that the applications
for books IS rapidly increasing.
CEDAR CITY.
The gymnasium side of the work
was first taken up here. This city by
cooperating temporarily with the
normal school, has been able to offer
its young people the advantages of a
good gymnasium under n trained 6i-
rector. And the boys. especially those
that have not become habituated in
the street corner and worse habits, are
getting the gymnasium habit The
mayor reports encouraging success in
this phase of the work.
The library and reading room has
also now been opened in Cedar City
with good promise OF effective work A
live committee consisting OF Mayor
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Since the beginning of the movement.
some three years ago. a great deal has
been accomplished Not only has the
soil been prepared and the seeds sown,
but some of the harvest is now being
gathered. The first commission, ap-
pointed by the state superintendent to
carry the burden till the state should
assume it. is deserving large share
in the credit for the accomplishments
up to date. Under its leadership
the library y-gymnasium gospel has
been preached and published in prac-
tically every county and In most of
the cities of the state. Several pro-
gressivc communities during that time
voted the maintenance tax; and sew
eral Libraries and gymnasiums have
been brought into being as a result
Among the foremost cities to act are:
EUREKA.
On Oct, 13, of this year. this progress
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-18

NJ YHEN Utah adopted the Ii
NJ brary-gymnasium movement,
wv she not only put herself right
in line with the leading
thought of the nation in such matters.
but she became 81 leader among the
states in a great cause. Some of the
older states have developed the pubic
library system far moro cfrectuaily
than have we but in promoting the
gymnasium with the library, Utah has
made a new mark for her sister states
to measure up to.
The library ministers to the mental
side of man alone. The lIbrary-gym-
nasium provides for both body and
brain. The two should go together.
And they are fast being brought to-
gethcr as the work develops.
ENCOURAGING WORDS.
In q letter to the Utah commission.
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Provo is also moving upon the pro-
tect The latest reports are that the
citizens of the Garden city. have start
cd out for a $4,000 gymnasium. And
whit Provo starts out for she usually
gets.
Her Carnegie library Is doing splendid
service under the direction of Mrs. Par
fridge. librarian. DR.. Taylor, president
OF the board and the others I'm charge.
The last annual report shows that the
library had an average attendance or
30 visitors doily while during the year
21619 books were loaned out.
KNIGHTVILLE.
knightville. Juab Co. the little mining
camp In the mountain tops-has also
done things recently that are very COM
mendable- The people there were
given large building by Jesse Knight:
and each of the miners of the camp
gave ono days wages to help In remod-
cling the building into an amusement
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-28

= ~ ' ~
/ center of the movement is here. sun-
derstand that about 10 per cent OF
lthe Ticntsill school children are low
girls and that their schools embrace
all grades from the kindergarten to
1.-the high school. There are also nor
mai schools where Chinese girls are
heing trained for teaching the prt-
mary schools and there is 9 school OF
domestic economy, where they 3learrl
cooking, sewing and housekeeping
a MEDICAL coLL1aG1 L; FOR
NgO MEN
The only medical college for women
lin China is IN Tientsitl. 1t was sestab-
lished by Yuan Shih kai. and Is sun
ported out of the salt revenue. Salt
is a government monopoly and one OF
Y the chief sources from which the gov
eminent funds come. This medical
school is an academy rather than a
college, 1t is totrain women to act as
teachers in medical schools which are
to be established, to fit girls as lnatrons
for the new hospitals and as aids in
the new sanitary Worli which is to be
carried OH throughout the empire.
a The head of the college is DIR. famei
z Kin, q Chinese woman OF 70 or ~
years, who was educated in the United
states. She spent a part of her life
In Washington. and came here with
a strong endorsement from President
Roosevelt. DR.. 1amei Kin Is q sradu-
ate of the Medical College of the New
York Inhrnlary for Women and Chill
$dren, the educational partsof which in-s
situation has since been merged into
the medical College of Cornell IIni-
versity. she speaks English fiuently,
ard had a most interesting talk with
her today concerning the school ana
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-28

it's possibilities.
s'SIt' was in company With Mr.. Will
g,ia ms ar consul general to 5Iientsin,
that d called. We found the sch Dol in
the old Chinese city, on y $ reet SO
narrow that we We're crowded to the
wall by the carts and y nrik has as
we made our way in, Entering IL 70 !,
4 4 i Az Al, slye came into Il compound filled
viii many one-story buildings OF
chinese architecture. The roofs We're
5the share OF a 4 bow, and they over
&Sb,,nft i,fick wa Ills, in which We're lat
4 t;ceswork windows, backed witt white
',,nner They seemed odd, and. upon
INJURY. I found that they had been
used for more than 160 years ~ as "a
Chinese orphan asylum FllsS asylum
was founded by an Emperor VINO q
reigned more than 30 years before our GU
5Declaration OF Independence was sign
al ana tho institution has been kept
IN with money furnished by the
chinese government from then until
now. DR.. Kin tells me that there are
stilI 1870 girls 1T. and that 1t admits
about 100 orphans per yea r.
WOMEN DOCTORS FOR THE
CHIMES 38,3
During our stay DR.. Kin took us ver
the institution, saying that The orphan
ASYLUM had beenmoyed to buildings on
the Opposite side of the river. and that
these buildings We're to. be devoted
from now on to her school. There are
,enougfsof them to accommodate humid
reds of pupils, although, SO far only
% have been admitted. Said, Dr.
Yamei Kin ~
Women doctors are greatly needed
in China, Our customs are such that
it is not proper to call in men to at
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8a drudge or a. slave so,,,
widows lI :, are very young 3o ans, Of our
have , families !, at home. With = Z 50 some
Wing. s = tleir own
AS we visited the classroon,s
81 g h1nesc professor teachin.4 saw
aniltoiny Of the brain. with ' 1 L,, the
xh hte G aed III aG rs and ss.s vas haa
sof he room. happened to , ,1s back
sne feet ofSthe students. and rem ,,v q. Z
that they were unbound. The ,e'', Gala,
8repiied: ~ DOCTOR
one OF our girls is allowo1
COMPRESS her feet. They .t.,i, ~ TO-
han HANDBAGS Of. when they are ADJ aam uhelr
and are rGioiced at their f rnns.d
Many Of the more advanced Of fe thar.
7 haNs s,, nsser . bound W their feet, and
with all Chinese girls In the, m, vase use
distant future iar
FRANK G. CARPENTER
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/ TIE AWAKENING OF CHINA

80 . = / ft5s
tend women, and IL most of our cities
there arc neither female doctors nor.
trained nurses. The few Chinese Wo-
men who have received dicai ed n n
cation abroad have al and m ore than
they can do. Those trained N N the
stlissioI, schools are largely employed
IN the mission hospitals, and " Is al.
most impossible for us to get chinese
women teachers for this institute
AS lit is now,Swo do not claim to be y
college. We are, rather, y medical ca
academy, and we give such an ed uca q.
ton as is common in England and.
America for district visiting nurses
The Institutions supported by the gov.
ernment and the tuition Is entirely
free. Our students will enter@t the GOV
eminent service as soon as they
graduate, and they will work for the
government for a fixed number OF
years. For this they vii lsI.,. receive
salaries, and afterward, If they wish
ways have more than they can do
* PROFESSION FOR WIDOWS. s
Ii asked DR.. Kin from what classes
OF society her students came, She re-
Piled:
From every grade of Chinese So
sciety. We have the daughters OF .mer-fs
chants. and also Of some high officials
One Of our students Is a slaVe glri.4
We have; many widows, and i look
Tor medicine to becometa favorite pro
fession with such women in the future
The condition or the Chinese widow Is
not as bad as that Of the widow OF,
India. but 1t is often unhappy. She
must live with her parents-in-laW,l
and IL they are not kind she may PC