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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
"REMINISCENCES.

Oh, do you recall that old time song,
''Ta- ra-ra-b oom-de-ay
To the unsophisticated throng
1t seemed by far too gay
And the dance that accompanied it-ah me!
1t was something that many must blush 10
see.
We were shocked by what they called
lanjeree
In that quaint old-fashioned day.
Since then we have taken most every chance
On Terpsichore's display;
The ragtime prance, the Salome Dance
And the rhythms which they say
employ;
And we now suspect that we might enjoy
Some dancing modest. demure and coy,
Like "Ta-ra-ra boom-de-ay!
Washington Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05


number of women studying in institutions for higher
education would be quite half the tale of men, while
educational institutions would be facing the danger Of
being swamped by the horde Of women camoring for
admission?
Taking Oberlin, the first coeducational institution
and therefore, the best for such comparison finds
the number of graduates divided into 115 against
1881 women. Women now outnumber the men In va
rious other Western universities and Stanford has had
arbitrarily limit the number Of admitted lest
1t should be overwhelmed. In the East, Tufts College
has been forced to decide the segregation of its
women after fashion of Harvard for they
ing in so fast as to upset the mems department
So to the music of June new note has been added
the sound light yet solemn Of thousands of grlish feet
marching down the college aisle and the COM
stage and out into the great wide world 1t
thoughtful of the to choose the same month
as this fine flower Of Observation-Disclosures too
for she faces serious rival The sweet girl graduate
holds the center the stage and if poets have not be-
gun to rhapsodze it Is merely because the sta
tistician has not yet finished with her.
1t is not easy to figure out that more than 90 per
cent Of college marry and it Is hard struggle
get that far Some colleges have pretty full figures
as Bryn Mawr and Smith
Since Of SS7 students at Bryn Mawr pa have
married Out Of 1854 students at Smith 1926 married
DR.. Mary Robert Smith, who studied for the Amer
can statistical Association drew the conclusion that
the Of marriage would be between rs and
q years, two years later than for noncoege won
en- The average age graduation is probably about o.
goes back five years to look at the figures the
number of marriages does not show very well. Be-
ing generous and going back ten years. one gets 30
per cent in Smith, less in Bryn Mawr. DR.. Smith
made careful and important study, but one is inclined
to think from these figures that college girls, in the
East any rate, must rather later than the
she gave Prof c. F. limerick, writing in the current
Political Science Quarterly remarks that the marriage
rate for vassar jumped from 535 per cent for
those 40 years of age to about So cent for those
at At Cupid is not always. apparently, hasty boy
Why women colleges should be 30 "touchy' the
subject of matrnony it not to understand There
is certainly no disgrace in remaining unmarried and
doing share of the worlds work in ways other than
domestic.
Although she marries later and probably marries less
than other of her class the college has
nearly as many children She has more in proportion
the number of years she is married But this
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
1000 HORSEPOWER Gas Engines.

1t is difficult to say when gas en-
CINE becomes a large gas engine. A few
years ago 300-horsepower was considered
the starting point, then 500-horsepower,
and now in a recent article published in
a German paper 00-horsepower seems
to be taken as the minimum. The list
gives the name of twenty-eight makers
nineteen on the continent, four in Eng
land and five in the. United States. Alto
gether it adds up a total of 628 engines
or more than 1,OO0,O 00-horsepower in
large units.-Cassiers Magazine.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
HISTORY OF A CONTINENT.
vicissitudes of Exploration Within the
Antarctic Circle

Strange have been the historical viscis-
STUDIES of the antarctic continent. A
Pigment of geographic fancy evolved by
Ortelius in 1870. the great Capt. Cook
thought that he had demolished it in
1878.
n. B. Palmer, in 1920, it took form and
definite location under Wilkes daring
and persistent explorations Of 1910. sup
plemented by those of D'Urville, Ender-
by and Kemp.
Ross eliminated Wilkes discoveries
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

A boy who became entangled in the
ropes of a balloon and was carried to
dizzy heights at Santa Cruz, California,
ESCAPED with his life because the aero
naut maintained his presence of mind
and effected a rescue. He Jared bet
ter than a farmer who recently was
dropped to death after similar tangle.
AS ballooning is becoming quite COM
mon, these incidents should warn those
who are in charge Of aseensions to fence
out the curious and keep all ropes care
fully coiled.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
Less Precarious Also.

Scott-So Rawson has become a
preacher. Last time saw him he was
in doubt whether to be that or a law
yer. 1 wonder what decided him.
Mott-He probably recalled the say
ing that it is easier to preach than to
practice.-Boston Transcript
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
Shackleton Shocks the Penguins.

I'm the summer time," said Lieut..
Shackleton, 1--WE brought out the ma
chine Jour gramophOne) to the penguin
rookery close to our hut, and hundreds
of these queer birds waddled out in
line and assumed almost human atti-
audes. They clearly expressed their as
Willie and it is only fair to say that
this air seemed TO offend some of the
older birds, who went off with an air of
disgust. | succeeded in getting some
excellent photos of these gramophone
concerts with their Antarctic audience
of penguins. London Daily Telegraph.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

A company has been organized at Eau
Claire in this state to manufacture
patent device for generating an electric
current by means of a windmill. Some
of these days, il not in the near future,
the power of the wind and the heat OF
the sun will be employed in place OF
coal for the production of energy needed
to operate machinery. This will
result in conservation of Industrial re-
sources far beyond anything likely to be
accomplished by means of statutes.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
SLUG IN HIS SALAD.
How One of King Edwards Grandsons
Countered on the Monarch

This ancient but good story is now
At luncheon at Buckingham palace
one of the young Princes of Wales be-
gan, 'Oh, grandpapa," when the King
interposed with some severity, Little
boys should be seen, not heard; go on
with your luncheon and don't talk"
Collapse of the small prince to whom
presently the King, relenting, said:
''Well, now you can say what you
were going to say" The prince re-
The King said, Nonsense; if it was
worth saying five minutes ago it is worth
saying now"
The prince said firmly, mo, grand
papa; there was an enormous slug in
your salad and you've eaten him"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
WASHBURN PRINTING CO., Publishers

1t i'll becomes Americans who believe
the wild stories of Japanese secret
stores of arms in California to laugh at
the English agitation concerning Ger
man warships lowering over the tight
little island" at night Sin the dark OF
the MOON"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

from lrrogulari-
ties, terrible drag
ging sensations,
extreme nervous.
ness, and that all
gone feeling in my
stomach. I had
given up hope of
ever being we'll
when / began to
take Lydia E.Pink-
hams Vegetable
Compound. Then
I felt as though
nov, life had hpaT1
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

The French are applying the princl-
pie of progressive taxation with a venge-
ance. One of their new taxes is col
lected from owners of dogs-so much Tor
keeping one dog, more than twice as
much for two dogs, still more in proper
ton for three dogs, and so on. 1t Will
be hard on the poor man with kind
ness for yellow ours, and it will not
please the rich man who hunts with a
mack
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

sive ever made within the antarctic
circle. He has determined the location
of the magnetic pole, largely increased
the known area of the southern CONT
nent, virtually reached the south pole
and added materially to our general
knowledge of those regions.-Century
Magazine
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
Confidence of Cupid Up-to-Date.

Perfect trust is found as seldom as it
is justified.
A great love comes only once in
mans life-for the same woman.
The salve of sympathy can heal a
broken heart, but there is no ointment
which will soothe shattered vanity
Nina Royal in Lippincott's.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

Partisan newspaper men and scientists
expect this week a formal announce
ment from Marconi regarding his lat
est invention, the "telephonotypo-
graphic" This is a device by means OF
which words spoken through a wireless
telephone are recorded in writing at the
receiving station. 1t is said to work
over a considerable distance, and the re-
ceiving instrument is reported to take
the message without the aid of an op-
orator. 1t looks like an important con-
tribution to human progress.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

The report from Dean c. Worcester,
insular secretary of the interior, that
the head-hunters of the Philippines are
yielding to the influences of civilization
will be reassuring to those who have
been making investments in the archl-
pelago. But the native warriors will
have to be watched just the same, for
many years, as they will doubtless break
away from restraint occasionally and
indulge in orgies of crime. The North
American Indian did this. and in intelli-
gence he must be classed a number OF
grades higher than the natives of the
Oriental archipelago.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05
AFTER
FOURYEARS
OF MISERY
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound

Baltimore, Md. --"For four years
my life was a misery to me. I suffered
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

"A report from Consul General A. M.
Thackara of Berlin describes a trackless
trolley line in the suburbs of, Vienna
which is a little over mile in length.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

Advertise in this paper, and make your
stimulate enterprise in our vicinity.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

Advertise in this paper, and make your
wants known to your home people, and
stimulate enterprise in our vicinity. ~
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

A man who thinks more of a dollar
than he does of his self-respect is in
sult-proof.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

Prince Henry XXXII. of Reuss has
lust passed his examinations at the Com
mercial academy at Cologne, whereby he
secures diploma as qualified mer
chant.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

A circle of friends is nice to have
round
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

At Trenton, New Jersey, Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward Yates are the parents of lit
tie daughter, their thirteenth child but
first girl, born on the thirteenth day of
the month. Some folks are suspicious of
ill-luck attaching to the number thirteen,
but the parents of the little Yates girl
look upon her coming rs a great good
fortune. Mr.. and Mrs. John Il. Yates,
who are childless, have offered to pay
$4,000 for the privilege of adopting the
little girl. but the offer has been refused,
and probably would not be accepted if
it were raised to $4,000. Thirteen is
no unluckier than any other number.
Thirteen American colonies participated
in the American revolution and became
the most fortunate nation in the world.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

One of the sad incidents of 1Ddepend-
ence Day at Pittsburg was the killing
of a babe in the arms of its mother by
a descending rocket. The missile from
the skies was only one of thousands
which We're sent kissing into the air,
each potent of michief ON its return IN
obedience to the laws of gravitation.
People rarely think of these menaclng
contrivances when they are looking up as
though inviting disaster by exhibiting
fair mark A Milwaukeean residing on
the east side found a rocket speared into
his lawn, on the morning after the
Fourth. The depth to which it was
driven indicated force sufficient to nave
caused a fatality had it found living
mark.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

The Dayton, Ohio, Journal sent up
some type, small hand-press, and re-
porters and printers in the balloon LOO
sier, last week. and a miniature edition
of the paper, printed above the clouds,
was scattered broadcast over several
towns which the balloon passed on its
trip. An exciting incident occurred near
Darrtown, where farmer with a rifle
took several shots at the big bag. For
tunately, the balloon and it's basketful
of passengers escaped injury. The ex-
ira edition of the newspaper thrown out
of the car at the next town contained
an account of the dastardly attempt.
The Dayton Journal claims recognition
as the first newspaper printed and cir
culated from a balloon.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1909-08-05

It's pretty late in the day for the
French to wrest from Benjamin Frank
lin the credit for inwenting the lightning
rod. The French Academy of Sciences,
it is said, as long ago as 1854 recognized
a French physician, Jacques de Romas.
as having announced a means of divert
ing lightning in 1850, two years before
the episode of Franklin and the kite;
but the whole French people honored
Franklin when he was in that country
as representative of the struggling col
onies, and it was a Frencbman who
framed the epigram erediting him with
having scratched thunder from the
clouds and the scepter from tyrants."
Erecting a monument to Romas will
nroVe nothing.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-26
Oil Rathipo-

Oil bathing is Il regular institution
among the Iiindoos. An experienced
maSseur rubS the oil on lis patrons,
friends or relatives generally once a
week. And it is a fact that moles.
warts and such faults of the surface
of the skin are very rare among them.
The newborn infant gets the oil bath
daily for forty days. The intervals
are then gradually heightened, but he
will be considered very naughty
boy who during his school days tries
to shirk the oil bath at least once a
week. AS youngster he yells all the
time he is being bathed. Perhaps it is
good for his lungs. Anyhow. nobody
thinks of finding fault with the nurse
for the hallooinS of her charge. and
generally speaking it may be said that
Indians have better lungs and better
pectorals as compared to the body
weight than the Europeans. aud the
feminine bust is decidedly fuller and
more perfect.-C. n. Saldanha in Ian.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-26
Well Known Traveller Will
Speak on Sicily and the
Greek Islands.
SHE SPEAKS AT Y. N. C. A.
SLIDES SHOWN TO ILLUSTRATE
HER LECTURE ARE HAND.
PAINTED, THE WORK OF A
PROMINENT ARTIST,

Miss Marian Cock will present her
lecture. 'Sicily and the Greek Islands"
at the Y. NJ. c. A. this evening. Her
slides, prepared by an artist under
her direction, have an unusual charm
of artistic value. They are not col
ored by professional "coloris:." but
by Miss Alice Hunt. who accompanied
Miss Cock and made the sketches on
the ground and from these she pain l.
ed the slides.
Miss Cock handles her themes with
rare grace. holding the attention OF
her audience by the naturalness and
case of her manner and the unvarying
freshness and enthusiasm of each pre-
sentation.
A slight idea of the grandeur of this
production might be gotten from the
following synopsis of the lecture:
Sicily and Greek Islands.
Departure from Naples, Stromhnli,
Harbor of Palermo, with Mount Pelle-
grino. Pig-skins of oil. Gay Sicilian
carts. Street scenes. S. Giovanni
degii Eremiti. Sicily, not Venice, the
store-hOuse of medieval mosaics. The
Capella Palatina. Up the hill to Mon
reale. The cathedral and it's cloisters.
Cefalu. Straits of Messina. The ruin
ed district before the disaster Beau.
tiful Taormina. Rock of Acis. Scene
of the Polyphemus myth. Syracuse,
rejecting perhaps more history than
any city in the world, with one excep-
ton. Theater. Galleries of Fort Fury
elus. White road lined with prickly
pears. The pathetic quarries. Ear of
DiOnysius. Sulphur Boats. Evil
Eye" Girgenti the most beautiful
city of morals"-Pindar. Temples of
Concord and Juno Lacinia. Old water
carrier. A stormy voyage across the
IOnian sea. The Aegean Islands.
Delos. the sacred island of Greece.
Wonderful Mediterranean colors. Max.
os. Primitive agricultural methods.
Melos, the home of the Aphrodite. Re-
cent excavations in the Island of
Crete. Our ride donkey-back to an
Gent knOssOS. Curious sights Ell
route. Group of excavators. Palace of
the Double Ax-the Labyrinth" Cor
inthian canal. Site of old Corinth.
Corfu, most beautiful of the IOnian
Islands. More white roads. Old olive
groves. Where is the "whte-armed
Nausica, daughter of Alcinous, king of
the Phaeascians? Lo, the Princess
passes!
This is a rare opportunity for those
who appreciate a really artistic pro-
duction and those at all interested in
such things should be present at the
Y. M. c. A. tonight
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-26
WILL HOLD MEETING
National Commercial Teach
erS' Association Meets
In Louisville.
WILL DISCUSS BENEFITS
(American News Service)


Louisville. Ky. Nov 26.-Benefits
derived from commercial schools and
methods for improving the efficiency
of these institutions. will be discussed
at the fourteenth annual meeting OF
the National Commercial Teachers
Federation. which VIII be held in the
city. December $3.50.
The program provides for general
and sectional meetings; the latter en-
bracing sessions of private commercial
school managers. business teachers,
high school teachers, penmanship
teachers. and shorthand instructors.
The members will be welcomed AT
general meeting Tuesday morning
by Mayor Head of Louisville. Follow
ing the response by Mr.. 4. ID. Wilt, OF
Dayton. Ohio. Mr.. II. Lockyear, of Ev'
ansville. Ind. president OF the Organi
cation. will deliver his annual address
This will be followed by the reports OF
the various officers.
The election of officers will take
place on Wednesday afternoon and the
convention will close Thursday night
with a dinner
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-26
r A MERCHANT OF FEZ.
Description Of His Rise and His isno
E>t

Description Of His Rise and His isno-
minious Fall.
The merchants Of Fee are to be
found all over Morocco. In due course
Ali Mahmoud launches out into bust
ness on large scale. He prospers
exceedingly and presently purchases
a black female slave to assist his wife
in her duties. Ali Mahmoud takes a
house in the Medina quarter of Fee.
overlooking the pleasant olive groves.
In course of time be buys two more
slaves and is fairly set up as a house
holder.
When his first daughter is born
there is great rejoicing. The baby is
immediately stained all over its little
body with henua and then smeared
literally with butter and wrapped in
wooden cloths. On the seventh day
these are removed. and the child is
washed for the first time. When the
girl has reached her first year her
head is shaved. leaving a little tuft by
which Mohammed could catch her up
to heaven if he were so disposed. In
her seventh year her hair has grown
long again. She is then yelled. and
her proud father sets about looking
for a husband for her. 1t is still the
custom to betroth children from in
fancy.
Ali Mahmoud prospers. and. save for
a few domestic troubles. his life runs
smoothly. In the evenings Ali will sit
and smoke in the bosom of his family
On Thursdays and Saturdays he Wis
its his friends. They pass the time
i'll simple games of cards or in listen
ing to the weird efforts of itinerant
musicians. Our merchant gets stout
as he approaches middle age. One day
his world tutnbles about him. Such is
the uncertainty of fate in Morocco.
He was serving in his shop when
the customer suddenly raised his voice
and cried out that he was gettin. false
weight. The accusation was terrible.
and Ali vehemently protested his in
nocence. 1t was an arranged charge
by an enemy of the merchant. who
philosOphically bowed his head with
the saying: "Kismet, Mine enemy has
found me. and the serpent requires
milk" The arbitrators are called. and.
IRVING Deen DrlDeu previously. they
find Mahmoud guilty and sentence
him to the usual punishment meted
QUE to givers of false weights. He is
dragged To the southern wall of the
city. to place where a tall gibbet is
erected. BY the irony of fate it is
within sight Of his own house A rope
is made fast to his right wrist and
hoiSted up until his toes can just touch
the ground. Here he is left till sun
set. The idiers jeer at him, and the
gamins of the quarter pelt him with
stones and refuse. At shutdown his
friends carry him home. a poor, bruis-
ed and senseleSs body. Broken and
disgraced. thus ended his career as a
respectable mere hant.-Moro Cor
London Graphic.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-11-26
WANTING In Grit.

At one Of the fashionable seaside re-
sorts on beautiful evening last sum-
mer handsome couple promenaded
the beach until they were tired and
then threw themselves on the sand
to rest. The young woman watched
the waves. while the young man toyed
with the moonlit sand. tossing it from
hand to hand.
Reginald. dear, you puckered up
your lips just then as if you were 60
ing to kiss me-" said the beautiful
creature dangerously as she glanced
at her companion.
Il intended to- replied Reginald
hesitatingly. but | seem to have got
some sand in my mouth
For heavens sake, swallow it," ex-
claimed the young lady. You need it
badly in your system"