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Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
Davis Speech as a Trust DESTROYER

came back to Washington he was met
upon his arrival by Senator johnson
of Alabama, who exhibited a mournful
countenance and spoke in funereal
tones.
"Well, I'm up against it this time,
he said to Davis, with a voice betray.
ing final resignation to hard fate.
What is the matter!" chirped the
big senator from Arkansas, who is
something of an optimist, despite his
melancholy speeches on the general
state of the union.
THAT 30-day rule has ruined my
pet bill," said Johnson.
"Th1rty-day rule! What is that?"
Thundered Davis.
Haven't you heard about it," re.
Piled Johnson, meekly. "Why, If you
fail to get action on your bill within
30 days after you introduce it. it ia
dead-d-e-a.d."
Whats that?" shouted Davis, al.
most frantic with rage. do you
mean to tell me my antitrust bill is
dead? I'll hold my colleague Clarke
responsible to the people of Arkansas
If that bill died In my absence"
He dashed off without another word
In search of his colleague. Naturally
Senator Clarke soothed his worked-up
feelings by assuring him that his bill
was safe. but Senator Davis had had
his scare, and then and there began
the preparation of his second speech
on his bill which upset the traditions
and dignity of the senate.
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
" CHRIS %TwAS GNRT''
An ADei@Dt Custom

When the universal Christmas hold-up con.
fronts you, don't explode.
Refuse, If you want to; but don't dwell in
your thoughts. upon the increasing depravity
of the human race; don't exalt the rugged in
dependence of our forefathers.
You may not yield cheerfully to the spirit of
the season when the time comes to remember
the office boy, the bootblack the hotel wait
ers, the restaurant force, the ashman, the gar
bage man, the messenger service, the news.
boys and others. Somehow you picture the
Christmas "hold-ups' of bygone days, when a
daring hfghwayman barred the progress of the
numbering stage coach and coolly took his toll.
Christmas largesse is almost as old as
Christmas
In the south, If you happe1 20 be in any Sec
tion that preserves even a mo>icum of the old
time atmosphere, you are liable to encounter
everywhere, on Christmas morning, from such
negroes as have some claim to knowing you.
the familiar phrase:
Christmas gif!"
1t means, as one Of the class favored by for.
tune, from you the less lucky are free to ask
Christmas largesse and that with no sinking of
independence, with no sacrifice of self respect.
The custom doss assume the superiority of
giver-does. indeed. assume it not very far
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

WASHINGTON. - A mighty funny
W thing happened in Washington re-
Gently, and certain man has not got
through explaining things to his wife
yet. This man was In Oregon on a
business trip few days before the
light between Johnson and Ketchell
Mt Colma. He had expected to re.
turn to the wife Of his bosom by a
certain date. but instead Of that sent
telegram stating that he would have
to remain in Portland. Ore, at least
two days longer than at first sched-
uled. He reached Washington accord
Ing to his revised schedule, and his
wife was all the happier to greet him
because Of his remaining away a lit
tie bit longer. The other night one
Of the enterprising city papers gave a
moving-picture exhibition of that par.
ttcular fight in Colma. This just re-
turned Washington man told his wife
that he would like to have her 20
down town with him and look at the
pictures, and she went. The. films
hadn't been running off but a few min.
utes when the wife yanked her hus-
bands arm and said: "You see that
nan In the front seat there. He GER
tainly does look like you."
The man glanced at the front row
Indicated, and cold shivers ran up
and down his backbone. It never had
entered his head that there would be
anything but just the prize fight to
be seen, and he realized in a second
that the man on the front seat not
only looked like him, but was him. The
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

I F horses laugh, and some say there
is such thing as horse laugh,
the noble animal, properly labeled
mans best friend" can utter merry
ha, ha, over the news recently given
out by the department of agriculture
that war has been declared on the
loco weed.
No longer are the mustang and the
cayuse of the plains to become plumb
locoed" if the bureau of plant industry
has it's way. The term plumb To-
coed" has been a sort of stock phrase
in the range literature ever since the
cowboy first noted the peculiar actions
of a horse, COW or sheep resulting
from an overindulgence in the loco
weed, which abounds in the range coun.
try from Texas to Montana. The
word loco" is of Spanish origin,
meaning crazy, and has been popular
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

Paris Pattern No. 30S6, All Seams
Allowed.-This pretty design for
corset cover closing in the back will
appeal at once to the lovers of fine
needlework, as the plain front affords
a good place to display a bit of hand
embroidery. The neck may be cut
In either round or square outline and
daintily finished by brier stitching
done in fine embroidery cotton, be-
low frill of Valenciennes lace. The
arn1holes are trimmed to correspond
The use of the peplum does away with
all unnecessary fullness at the waist
line, and insures neat, trim fit. Main
sOok, cambria, longcioth and crossba1
are all used in the making. The pat
tern is in seven sizes, :22 to- "A inches
bust measure. For 36-:nch bust the
corset cover will require one yard of
material Sc inches wide or three
fourths yard AZ inches wide, with 81
yards edging.
TO procure this pattern send 10 cents
to Pattern Department" of this paper.
Write name and address plainly, and be
sure to give size and number of pattern.
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
Fairbanks Shave Recalls Few Other.

ly thereafter proceeded to the floor OF
the senate. A bill was up for consid.
Grafton in which he was interested.
He rose to his feet and addressed the
chair. Senator Henderson of Nc
braska was presiding. He glanced at
the man addressing him, and was
about to call for the sergeant-at-arms
when he was prompted by a clerk
who had sized up the situation. Sena.
tors smiled in perfectly senatorial
way, while those In the galleries
roared.
The bearded statesman has gone out
Of style. apparently. Only one such
is in President Taft's cabinet. He il
James Wilson. secretary of agricul.
ture. There are only q few bearded
lawmakers In the senate. among them
Nelson Of Minnesota. Burrows Of Kan.
sas, Cullom Of Illinois, Hale OF Maine.
Scott Of West Virginia. and Stephen
son Of Wisconsin. all Of them Of the
old school,
When President Taft started on his
13,000-mile swing around the circle in
September he weighed about 270
pounds. What with possum dinners
in the south, chilli con carne on the
Mexican border, and the conventional
banquets in other sections, he has re.
gained the weight that he lost aurins
his summer holiday.
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

As NOTHING of great Importance
n has come before congress, men,
bers are putting in their spare time
between sessions gossiping and chat
ting about incidents of the last ses-
sion, most Of the discussions being
about the great tariff fight. A joke
on Senator jeff Davis of Arkansas has
caused much amusement among the
members, some Of whom heard it re-
Gently for the first time. His speech
last session as trust batter is cher.
lshed as a monumental example of
what can be done with the English
language when one actually tries.
The history of the making Of that
speech is this:
After breaking all precedents Of the
senate by making his first speech II
days after he had been sworn in as
a member Of that body, Senator Davis
rested on his laurels. He went out
to Arkansas, leaving his long cher
ished antitrust bill in the hands of
the senate, having warned that body
that he not only wanted action on it,
but wanted it quickly. When he finally
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
At the National Capital
Gossip Of People and Events
Gathered in Washington
Caught by Moving Picture Machine

man, with a jerky little laugh declared.
Of course, that was just absurd, and
that he couldn't see the slightest re-.
semblance to himself in the man on
the front seat. The wife kept on
watching, however, and positively de-
clined to leave the scene, and her
mouth got softer and softer" as she
began to realize how her husband had
lied to her. Before the end Of the
third round her husband simply had to
acknowledge that the man on the front
seat was himself sure enough. He
suggested little supper down town
to his wife. which she accepted. and
teen he suggested q new long sealskin
coat. which she also accepted. and,
furthermore, she got number of 9th
er handsome presents which she
would not be possessed Of to-day had
not that husband Of hers remained
over to see the fight in Colma.
While, of course, this story has its
comical aspect, there is another to
Offset 1t. A lady in Washington in
the mutations of life was separated
from half-grown brother great
many years ago, and much to her sor.
row and regret lost all knowledge of
his whereabouts. One night at NOV.
ing picture of some great carnival or
convention in southern city the face
of a man right in the forefront of the
picture impressed itself upon her as
being that of her brother A second
and third time during the process OF
the film she saw the face. The next
day she visited the manager of the
moving picture show and asked for a
special repetition of that particular
film, that she might study the face
She made sure she wasn't mistaken,
and through the picture there was a
joyful reunion between brother and
sister, each having long believed tho
other to be dead.
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

TH HE national capital was stirred
/ from center to circumference re-
Gently when the news came hurtling
over the cables from the far east that
former Vice-President Fairbanks had
shaved off the chin whisker that he
has worn since early manhood. It re-
called to old.timers men Of tho past
who disported hirsute adornments. the
memory Of which has become q part
of the traditions of the town. There
was former Senator Mitchell Of Ore
gon, whose beard dropped to his waist
line. and Senator Mitchell of Wiscon-
sin, whose multitudinous whiskers
were a topic Of discussion in the dis.
course OF nearly every capital guide.
and Senator PETER Of Kansas, who fre-
quently carried his long black beard
inside of his coat, and many others
too numerous to mention.
Oae day Senator Mitchell Of Ore
xon had his beard removed. and short
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
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Something to Lauuh At.

A wealthy but close-fsted old lady
deposited sealskin jacket at the
furriers.
After a sudden fall in the tempeya.
ture she called on the tradesman tc
claim her jacket, and put it on there
and then.
The furrier, to avoid mistakes, was
In the habit of affixing a label to each
Of the garments left in his charge
stating the name and address Of the
owner, and quality and description OF
the article. This time, owing to the
!ady's haste to get away, he forgot to
remove the label.
On reaching the street the wearel
of the jacket could not understand
why everybody stopped to look at her
and then burst out laughing, until
compassionate soul drew her attention
to the label ON her Jacket
The lady at once tore it Of, whep
she read, to her horror, as followe:-
''Mrs. W, address. r. strost;
old r.; rather shabby"
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
OLD CURE FOR COLDS

A library could be made of the various cures
that have been recommended for colds The
old English cure, discovered more than 100
years ago by Dr. J. B. Williams, called the "dry
cure" has lately been revived after decades of
disuse It consists simply in abstaining from
all liquids for 4S hours or so, starting with the
very first moment the cold declares itself.
Bread, fish, vegetables, white" meat ann
pudding may be eaten, but no soup. It thers
is great thirst spoonful of tea or coffee mas
be taken in the morning and small glass o,
wine and water during the day. Some modern
authorities consider this cure very efficient
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

the first Lee. The change, mayhap, will not be
congenial to the invader, and SO, possibly, Vir-
ginia will not be sorry if this specific kind Of
northerner recrosses the Potomac.
Virginia, the District of Columbia and Mary
land have the holly habit. The holly has grown
here in profusion from the day that no man
knows, but it will not continue to grow unless
there is a reform in habit and In law The
negroes bring to Washington great branches of
the holly, hacked from the parent stem with
darky disregard for saving anything. The hOl-
ly trees are among the chief beauties of the
Potomac hills. They are going the way of 9TH
er trees of the Appalachian range, and before
long it will be necessary for the lawmakers to
follow the lead of the Massachusetts legislat-
ure which was compelled to intervene to save
the trailing arbutus, the mayhower, from the
hand of the vandal
No part of the country perhaps can claim
monopoly of the natural beauties of the sea-
son, but there is a glow about Christmas in
this semi-southern country that is not found
in the colder north. 1t may be the glow of ex-
ternals only, but it appeals to the eye and to
the sympathy. Out-Of.dOors there are contrasts
in the Potomac regions that are not to be
found farther north except in sections where
the evergreens abound. The mountains are
white topped, and below them in the valleys
are the dark greens of the holly, the laurel and
Lle WllQ nOneySuckle ana the Qark browns OF
the oaks whose leaves do not fall before the
spring comes.
Scattered through the country south of
Washington are old plantation homes still oc-
cupied by the families who have held them
since the days of the colonies. There seems
to be general belief in the north that most
of these old places are forsaken and desolate,
but there are many, more than the city dwell.
er knows, still remaining prosperous and show
ing scarcely trace of change as the result of
age.
1t was said the other day by an old south
erner in Washington that no home-loving Vir-
ginian ever would move until after the next
Christmas" The next Christmas comes and
goes, but there is still another to come, and
the moving is put off, and will be put of until
the holiday spirit has gone from the south
a spirit that will go when the south goes.
Arlington, the old home of the Custises and
of Robert E. Lee, is standing as it has stood for
century. 1t is situated just across the Poto-
mac river from Washington, and it is typical
of the old mansion homes of Virginia. The
grounds of Arlington to-day are a national GEN.
etery, but their beauty is characteristic Of that
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

(wild Sheep, barking deer, musk
deer, six kinds of pheasants. three
kinds of partridges, wild duck, wood
cock and snipe, so that the sportsman
can have shooting practically all the
year round. Living Is cheap, too. and
1T Is possible for a man with very
limited income to have a winter
residence at 1000 feet. a house in
which to spend the rainy season at
1000 feet. and tents to camp
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
Sportsman Paradise in Hin1alayas

In Kulu, India, 1t is possible to get
a climate suitable to all conditions of
men and their many diseases BY NOV
ing up or down the valley only few
miles, and there are places where
hot sulphur aud mineral baths can be
had, all free to the world, where one
can undergo a "oure" under ones
own conditions. For sport there are
bears, black and brown, panthers,
ibex and tahr wild goats). burrhel
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

does not have to travel far however, through
the state of the Carriers, the Boyds, the Pen
dletons and the Randolphs, to find in this hol.
lday season the scenes of cheer that once
gladdened Arlington
washington makes The most of Christmas.
In Its feast1ng and thanksgiving it is thor
oughly southern city at the holiday season.
1t has its cheer and it's charity In full meas
ure and these things together make "A Merry
Christmas"
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
Making Meal.Time Pleasant.

A Harlem mother has struck upon
plan which adds greatly to the gen
eral good humor of the household
over which she presides. A son works
with his father down town, and there
are three girls and boy III school.
At dinner every night each member
of the little circle must tell the fun.
niest incident in his or her personal
experiences of the day. Trieu as an
experiment. the idea has been made
permanent. and it provides barrel
OF fun every "a hours. It also has
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
Branding His Politics.

A Virginia editor winds up an edi.
torial with these words: "Ht:s::::s,.5 Ht::::,.5 :s
little else than a vindication Of the
wisdom of minorities." Now you know
which side that editor was on In the
political fight.
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

increased the powers of observation
Of every member Of the family, and
now the plan finds natural develop.
ment in a scrapbook in which the
pick of the crop of stories is jotted
down.
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

about for sport on the mountains
during April, May and June and from
the 15ta of September till the list of
November. Where else on earth
could ran keen on sport find such a
country?
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15
Your Guests.

If you c. 4 send guests away from
gathering feeling that they have
talked well, they will be disposed in
that genial mood to concede conver-
sational merit to the other participa.
tors-A. G. Benson.
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

Paris Pattern No. 3114, All Seams
Allowed.-A rather unique yoke, cut
In pointed outline, distinguishes this
pretty model, made up in pale gray
messaline, trimmed with silk soutache
braid in the same tone. The tucks in
front and back are stitched to the
Waistline except those at the shoulder
in front, which terminate at yoke
depth. Linen, madras or any of the
washable fabrics may be used or
silk, either plain or fancy, matching
the color of the skirt. The pattern is
In six sizes, 80 to AZ inches bust
measure. For 36-inch bust the shirt
waist will require 35s yards of mate.
rial 20 inches wide, 81 yards "a inches
wide, two yards sc inches wide or 1A
yards AZ inches wide
TO procure this pattern send 10 cents
70 Pattern Department. of this paper
Write name and address plainly, and be
sure to give size and number of pattern
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

of all the old es.
tates of the wood.
ed country.
Arlington now Is
q sad enough place.
and the Christmas
feasting in the
house where Rob-
ert e. Lee married
Mary Gusts is
but a memory Ono
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

tween Tue SOuLutIu aAu
northern Christmas. The
spirit OF the holiday sea-
son OF thl south makes
itself felt through the District Of Co.
aua6ia, through Maryland and we'll in
to Pennsylvania. Here it Is still the
thrlstmas of the candlelight and OF
the blazing log, the Christmas of the
distinctive old England cheer.
| lt is probable that there has been
. Christmas tree in the White House
at every holiday season in every ad-
mlnistration excepting that of Theo-
dore Roosevelt. Old residents of
washington say that even the bach
elor and the widower presidents had
christmas trees to remind them Of
their own childhood, or to be used as
IN attraction for specially invited chill
dren guests.
President Taft's youngest child,
Charlie" is of Christmas tree age
and inclination. Both the president
and his wife are young in heart, and
the Christmas tree has always had a
place in their holiday merrymaking
The presidents two older children,
Robert and Helen, are in college, the
one at Yale and the other at Bryn
MaWr. Like all other college students
VINO can make the journey home, the
presidents older children are with
their parents.
Christmas in the White House Is
no CI,,se,t In %10
homes CT all American families. When
there are children in the great colon
lal mansion stockings are hung up,
and the expectation and excitement of
christmas eve are just as great as
1hey are in any of the humber homes
In the land. Christmas Is a home
DAY for the president and his family.
All business is given over, and the
White House clerks and employees, to
say nothing of the cabinet officers and
che senators and representatives who
make daily Journeys to the presidents
office, know that on Christmas day Of
all the days in the year the president
wishes to throw off the cares of state
and to have the same privilege that
any other American citizen may have
the privilege Of enjoying his family
and OF partaking with it undisturbed
of the Christmas cheer.
1t has been said that there was no
Christmas tree at the White House In
the holiday seasons when Theodore
Roosevelt was president. There were
six children in the Roosevelt family.
all of them of Christmas tree ase
when the colonel of Rough Riders he.
came president. There were always
happy times at Christmas in the
Roosevelt household, but the Christ
mas tree was barred because the pres.
ldent being strong advocate of the
preservation of the forests, thought
that it was little less than a sin to
cut down trees and of necessity kill
them, in order to use them for merely
decorative purposes.
1t is said that on one occasion tha
youngest boy of the household had a
tree give nhim, and thinking that in
asmuch as it was already cut down
he might as we'll keep it, he put il in
the closet off his room and there sur
reptiously trimmed it. It is also said
that his father discovered the tree.
u
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

The Christmas waits OF England, with their
God rest you, merry gentlemen; let nothing
you dismay,' soon established the precedent
that, wherever they chose to intone their car
OILS before door, that door must open to them
Hospitality, and a table must be furnished
forthwith with good things Of the season for
their prompt refreshment.
But there were curmudgeOns among them
then as there are now. Persons who happened
to have other pleasures on their hands, and
realizing keenly that the jovial waits came un.
invited, could not perceive why anyone should
play reluctant host. The curmudgeons unques-
ticnably had the right of it, but the carol sing
ers many time burst in doors and wrecked
house furnishings in their wrath at the re-
fusal There was Christmas hold-up in grim
reality.
'Christmas gift isn't altogether bad, as it
isn't altogether new. 1t is only a recrudescence
of an old, old custom by humanity whose ma
ture, in the mass changes slowly.
And when it is all sifted down to it's es-
sence, you are getting rather sincere compli-
ment-the same compliment his jongeurs paid
bold William the Conqueror, and his felow-cit-
izens paid Dick Wilmington, who became lord
mayor of London.
Willmar tribune., 1909-12-15

from the level of overlord and serf.
But that is because it has passed
through the slough of slavery, which
was serfdom, in literal fact.
At any rate, the custom goes back
at least to the sweetest and most
touching of Yuletide doings in Eng
land, the Christmas carol. That, too,
came first into being when serfdom
was England's common law, when the
lord of castle and Of keep was seren.
AIDED by his dependents, and, in his
munificent turn, gave them lOrdly lar.
gesse to drink his noble health.
But the beginning was not then.
Farther and farther back we must go,
carol and of the song of England
even back to days of the wandering
singers-the jongleurs and the min
strels, who came from Normandy with
conquering William, and were gentle
men adventurers as independent as
you please, and very ferocious fight
ers in the bargain.
So the christmas gift" In the
course of the ages has had its ups and
downs, ranging from the lordly accept
ance by titled minstrel of plain yet
royal wages to the humble appeal of
the dependent serf, whose welfare was
at his overlord's will and pleasure.
The spirit in which, at various periods.
it has been given and received was
really what determined it's social sig
nificance; and there have been times
when that spirit was precisely the
spirit of the most polite highwayman
who ever bade startled traveller stand
and deliver.