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The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-15

Miss Helen Loeb of Atlanta. Ga, is expected here tomorrow to visit Miss Maude Sch muster.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-10-15
Social And Personal.

Miss Jesse Lee has returned to her home in Carlowville after~a short visit to friends here.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-05-12
Elephant Ear

The elephant ear one OF the
most striking plants for use In bed
ding. borders or for clump planting
on the lawn. 1t grows from six 10
ten feet high and it's large green
leaves grow to be three or four fees
long and two and one half feet wide
II has been used with great sue
cess In subtropical gardening In the
central and southern states. IL
makes an excellent plant for the
margins of aquatic gardens as II
thriyes best If given plenty OF water
II grows from tubers which are best
started in pots in sand and grown
indoors until June when they should
be planted out in well drained. warm.
light soil. A rich soil and frequent
waterngs with liquid manure will
produce excellent results. In the
fall all the leaves except the cen
trail ones should be cut back to
within ,wo inches Of the crown Let
II rema in this condition for a
f. W day 20 Tipen and then take up
and stor, in any cold frost proof
place. Those plants have variety
Of uses besides ornament. In the
Pacific tropics they are made into
A drink. The starchy roots are ed
ible ard in Japan are used much
like our potatoes The young leaves:
are also edible when boiled. -
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-05-12

their calling list to a chosen few,
have been persuaded to join this or
that organization for the sake of a
quiet rubber between engagements,
and they play cheerfully with wo-
men whose advances they would
have snubbed 3nder ordinary cir
cumstances.
So excellent a sportsman is the
Engllshman and so excellent a sports
man is the Englishwoman that loss
es and gains are taken most pkflo-
sophically. The professional ele-
ment rarely ereeps into a club, the
professional element in bridge mean
ing of course those players who are
working to win for the sake Of the
money added to their incomes. Many
an excellent steady player who loses
.philosophically and is always ready
to play has been surprised at his
sudden social popularity. He nnos
himself the recipient of numerous
invitations from persons he never
hoped to know. The same thing
holds good among women. An after
noon bridge party is arranged, some
one fails to appear. the hostess tel
ephones wildly to all her friends.
VIII some one bring a fourth for the
incomplete table? Some one does
and the hostess greets the newcomer
as deliverer.
rms happens in houses where in
vitauons used to be as difficult to
obtain almost as a court presenta-
tion. Thus has bridge leveled the
prejudice and conservatism of En-
glLsh society. King Edward is an
enthusiastic bridge player. and when
he sends word to a friend that he
will dine with him on an appointed
evening the friend knows that bridge
must follow the dinner. The king is
not a strong player, and takes chanc.
es that would certainly bring a lee.
ture from his partner were ne less
august person. His good humor is
unfailing, and no one laughed more
readily than he not long ago at a
retort of Mrs Keppel's. She was
mis- partner and the king made 1t no
trumps on so weak hand that
when his trumps went down on the
table even his opponents gasped
Mrs. Keppel took one long look and
then murmured softly: - he king
can do no wrong, but the Lord help
Alice keppell Miss Jane Thorn
MI is the best woman player in
England. and she is in great demand
for royal bridge parties, as the king
likes skillful players.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-05-12

world is ever his own boss com
pletely and us a good thing for
many of us that we can't be. Some
of us If we could woul 2 be idlers,
loafers, tramps, putting off all re-
sponsibility. doing as we pleased
Such may he restrained by the ne
cessity of providing for others; we
can't idle or loaf; but | tell Jim
that you take the run of people. the
great majority who work and who
never think of doing anything but
work. and there is not one of them
but has somebody over him. or a
boss in the shape OF the restraints
of laws and and customs,
mo man can do as he pleases
no man can get so high but what
he has something or somebody over
him. or he has to conform to some
restraining power. This is so all
the way up, clean to the top.
II suppose Jim would think that
the president of the United States
Is his own boss because he is The
the highest up man IN the land
but good heavens. he has 10000. 00O
bosses scattered all over the coun
try, TO say nothing about the few
thousands or few hundreds or few
score who are near enough to hin
so that they can make him hear
and who are continually holiering al
him to do this or that or the other
thing.
NO. no man can ever be his own
boss In the way Jim is thinking
about--free TO do as he pleases One
thing a man can do, II he has got
the stun In him--he can by exer
else Of self-control boss himself;
and the man who can do this is a
big man: but ! suppose the man
that comes nearest to Icing a real
boss is the man that gives the best
service.
Maybe Jim will come to under.
stand these things sometime"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-05-12
Mronu Shaver.

1t was = small country town and the
tourist learned with apprehension
that the oniy barber in the settlement
was i'll and rad closed his shop.
Excuse me he said. accosting a
station lounge but it is Saturday
night and / riust have a shave. DO
you know any one around here who
can shave?' IN
The lOunger pointed lanky finger
toward the corner There goes a
man who shaves," he laughed "Go
catch HIM
The tourist ran over and touched
the stranger on the shoulder. DO
you shaver
Sure"
Well tell me where your shop is
located I must be shaved tonight"
The stranger smiled broadly
I'm afraid you don't understand
sir
But didn't You say you could
shaye?"
Eyes. notes. I'm a money lender "
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-05-12
BRIDGE A LEVELER.
Skill at the Game a Powerful So
ciaI Weapon.

Cial weapon
London Letter to New York Sun.
Bridge whist is proving the great
est leveler that English social life
has known. Houses which had al
ways been inaccessible to the aspir-
ant 10 social success who could not
give good account OF family and po-
stion are open now to the outsider
who can make a good fourth at the
bridge table. The Englishman has a
passion for games. as all the world
knows, and the Englishwoman shares
his interest. Girls and boys are
often taught to play chess at very
early age. and they seem TO learn
whist In their infancy. Yet ii is
safe 20 say that no game played
here has engrossed so many people
Of varying station in life as bridge,
and no game has lasted as long in
its first vigor Once moro the car
toonis' is busy with the card table
and its followers, as he was in the
past when gaming was in its hey
udg HI IsuEAdUus AtliAt libAN llbli EAiG
pulpit Of fashionable city churches
preachers thunder forth denuncia-
tions Of the sin Of gambling and
once more society votes all enter
tanments dull where game of
cards Is not PLAYED
Bridge clubs flourish many are
mixed. and men and women mem
bers arc fairly matched as to the
game Almauacks is the smartest Of
these and at six cents point cor
siderable money changes hands in
he course Of an evening. A rival
70 AImanac6s has fust been founded
by Mrs Frankau better known as
FRANK Danny the author OF pigs
in clover etc Conservative home
loving women who would not ioir
woman cllb ordinarily and whose
am 10 lie has been 10 Gu, down
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-05-12
HO90 1t Pays Women to
Dress Neatly at Home

One Of the chief obligations Of the
homemaker 10 members OF the house
hold, and TO herself, is setting the ex-
ample of pleasing appearance.
II is an accepted fact that the bust
ness woman must dress we'll and suit
ably as a part of her effort to win
success in her vocation. While many
homemakers dress we'll and suitably,
there seems to be a sort of general do,
nestle prerogative in the wearing OF
untidy and shabby clothes.
Amy old thing will do TO wear while
doing chores round the house" said
the mother of three growing girls the
other day.
This mother carries out her precept
in the wearing of unmended and
soiled wrappers and frazzled-out after
noon gowns, down-at.theheel and
brok en-at-the-toe footgear, while busy
with kitchen and other home duties
1t goes without much saying that this
mothers slovenly appearance has a
deteriorating influence upon her
daughters estimate of the necessity of
personal neatness while about the
house
This mothers example and the in
fiuence It has upon her daughters de
generate the ideal of the homemaker
into frowsy. bedraggled unkempt
personality necessary TO household
drudgeries.
Another homemaker who isn't a
mother recently said:
It's a matter of economy to Wear
garments during their last stages of
holding together while doing house
work. This is way of saving money
in the purchase of clothes and paying
laundry bills. II doesn't matter what
woman wears at breakfast and lun-
cheon at home. What's home good
for II woman can't be comfortable
in it2"
This woman is fostering in her
brain treacherous belief that Stat
ternly dressing at home is an easy
way to cut down expenses, and at the
same time she is acquiring the PERM
cious habit of feeling comfortable
when shiftlessly dressed.
Husbands. brothers. and sons. all
the menfolks Of the family lose a
certain sweet admiration for women
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-05-12

Concre,e has been used with en-
tirely satisfactory results in the Chi.
cago stoCkyards, where IL has entered
INTO the construction of cattle pens.
even including the fences and troughs
In New York Governor Hughes ref
erence in his message TO the need OF
state inspection for the proper sLper-
vision over the Strengthening of ami
mails in the state of New York for
the protection OF public health was
hailed with satisfaction by dealers in
the live cattle industry who are
complaining of the condition of the
stockyards through which the local
| meat market is supplied There is a
probability that bills will be intro
duced i'm the state Legislature at AL
bany for the purpose desired by the
governor, says Cement Age New
York;. One has already been drafted
by representatives of the farmers and
drovers of Buffalo, proposing that all
stockyards should be constructed of
steel and concrete and paved with
brick or concrete, without wood being
used except for partitions. gates or
roofing This bill would also enact
that all yards must have perfect drain
age, combined with sanitary improve
ments. Two very apparent defects In
the bill are the clauses allowing brick
pavements and partitions. roofs and
gates OF wood. Much filth would be
absorbed by the porous brick pave
mcnt and the wooden structures would
soon decay All may be easily con-
structed of concrete, which would
mean great economy In the end.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-05-12
GENIUS AND TOLL.

No great work of art is possible
without previous training in the art
Of work. We speak yaguely of "ge-
Mus as explaining any achievement
in writing, hut We only need TO
know liCtIe Of the inner literary
history of any time or country 70
see what toll lies at the back Of
what we call genius Even those
forms Of art which appear most
spontaneous, such as poetry and mu-
sic. are not struck of al a fash or
II any single piece Of work seems
g. be so struck off that is made
possible by years Of past training.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-05-12
A New Wonder.

4 certain Irish police inspector was
reviewing an r. |. c. station. the
sergeant of which was a very bad
speller. Looking through the books
he came upon an entry Found a pig
wondering on the public road"
Sergeant" said he. what was tho
pig wondering att"
'f don't know sir said the be-
wildered man.
Well said the inspector grimly.
"I DO He must have been wondering
why J promoted you!'-Exchange.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-05-12
Modern Requirements.

Have you thrown the COW into the
antiseptic Tank
Yes"
Have you washed the can with
carbolic acid solution
u have"
Have you plunged into the germ
destroying bath, yourself?'
Certainly"
All right Go ahead now and take
the COW into the alright glass cage.
but feep OF the lookout that no stray
bacteria get into the milk "--Bohem.
ian
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1909-05-12

who don't keep themselves tidy. well
dressed and attractive when under the
home roof. The woman who values
the tendeTest love and admiration. as
we'll as the respect of the men of her
hosuehold should accomplish her real
erimy task in the smirched clothes
when every male person is outside the
locked doors of FER domicile. Home
makers who so contrary TO this bit of
preaching will gradually lose the deli.
cate attentions and tie tender helpful
ness OF their own men tnl,s. It's a
natural trend Of masculine nature to
let women of unlovely appearances
wait upon themselves, anywhere al d
everywhere.
As to saving grace, in the guise of
money, through wearing untidy and
bedraggled clothes at home-it really
courts little to the family treasury.
II isn't necessary to buy the finest
qualities of fabric for dressing sacques
and morning gowns and afternoon
costumes, These garments may be
plainly and prettily made The cost
of pretty shirtwaist suit of excellent
quality is but trifling.
A halfdozen morning sacques can
be built 1T small expense. 1t isn't
necessary for the home undergarments
10 De beruftled and trimmed with lace
True it is :Lat plain garments with a
dainty touch in finishing, neat and
clean. charmingly distinguish the pre-
siding genius OF the home.
Likewise. just as the business
woman is supposed to dress well and
suitably because she earns wages, so
the homemaker may be- supposed to
dress well and suitably because she
earns remuneration,
The wife and mother. tho woman
who runs the house. should dress up
TO the dignity and beauty of her po-
sition. But IT doesn't follow that she
should dress deliberately and expen-
sively Many a calico gown, neat and
trig. has so "set Off woman across
the breakfast table that the man in
the case has carried the pretty refiec
ton in his heart all day. and TO the
extent of arriving home on time for
dinner instead of dropping into his
club or arranging a date" down town.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-16
TWENTY YEARS AGO

/ idenE dendenhaII. advocating the
claims OF the jamestown college.
Jacob r Schrtsber was ad5udged In
sans. It seems that he had been dis
charged from the army on this ground
Charlie Hommel's market was set on
IRE BY mice nibbling matches, but the
flames were extfngnished before much
damage was done.
oct 1.-THE Southwestern train
ran into a flock OF Theron Platt's
sheep and killed seven OF the 40.
Senator Haggart announced that this
was the fifteenth anniversary OF the
frsl election for the organization Of
the county and there was only one vos-
ing place in the whole OF Cass and
that was upstairs where az Front street
now IS, in the building known as Pink
hams hall. The judges Of election were
e. A. Grant, A. Il Plummer and A.
McHench. and the commissioners
elected were Uncle Jacob Lowell. w.
II. Leverett and N. whitman The
total number OF votes cast was SOC.
The supreme court at Deadwood re-
verse6 the case OF Herman Boss VS.
case Of ". p. smith vs.. the Continen-
tai Insurance Co. Some thirty decis-
ions were handed down and seven
cases went over TO the South Dakota
supreme court and three to the North
Dakota.
J. T. Mccarthy was securing a good
deal CT publicity at Spokane because
OF his enterprise. He was an old Far
go boomer.
Charles VI. Day and ]. Tomlinson
bought The Sioux Falls Leader OF the
Goddard Bros, who were cousins of
Mrs. Grover Cleveland. and are very
kindly remembered by old timers in
the north.
Quite q sensation was caused by the
claim OF e L GOodkind, a wholesale
liquor dealer of Bismarck. that pro-
hfbition had not carried in North Da-
kota because the special clause on that
question did not receive a ma jority Of
ali the votes cast for the instrument
itself.
The sessions Of the Presbyterian sy-
nod were enlfyened by a case brought
from the presbytery at Pembina where
q preacher had been suspended but
had not been granted a trial
1t was reported hat Alex Capehart
had bought Major DarIing's Eighth
street residence for $4,000.
Oct ia report from Washington
showed that nearly all Of the Knights
Templar from Fargo at the conclave
were sick. and it was charged 10 the
poor food.
Fred Walker shot a goose near his
residence Sunday morning; it was a
large fat one and later proved TO be
tame and the property OF Willie Sturtz-
kopf
Oct 16.-The law firm Of Goodwin,
Van Pelt & Cannon at Lisbon dissoIv-
ed
Walter Muir reported that he was
convinced that he would be elected
one OF the senators from the new state
OF North Dakota
Colonel MagiIl, who was accidentally
shot while hunting at Island Lake in
RoIetre county and was brought home
by DIR. Darrow and son Harry, was
resting well.
The Methodist CONFERENCE appoint
ments were made and Rev. Mr.. Cable
was designated to organize new
church in the northern part of Fargo.
Rev. Mr.. Planette continued as pre-
siding elder
Mr.. and Mrs. z. S. Page arrived from
Iowa and were the guests of Colonel
and Mrs. Morton.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-16

Our fan and winter fashion catalogue
Is now ready for mailing and viii be
sent to any address upon receipt Of 10
cents TO cover the cost OF mailing. You
should not overlook this opportunity
to see over 1000 Of the newest designs
for ladies' Misses and clrildren's cloth
ing Its worth many times the price.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-16

Farewell 10 rats. FASHIONS latest
HIctum is that the rat must go and
The hair WIZ be dressed as simply as
possible. The question is being asked
On all sides as to what Is the latest
fashion IN hair dressing and when one
" Fargo's fashionable hair dressers
WAS asked this question she said.
Rats are 20 be relegsted TO the back
shelf and instead Of the many exsg-
gerated puffs, which have simply been
played or the boards, the hair win be
dressed as simply as possible" The
marcel waves are receding and the
stiff, artificial fashion OF dressing the
hair which has been In vogue for so
'ong, has given way to simple mode.
One OF Fargo's young matrons who
spent the summer abroad, is authority
Tor the statement that ia Paris. puffs
and fancy coiffures are not seen at
al and the hair is combed softly back
from the face either parted in the
middle. on the side or with the faint
est suspicion Of being waved and in
lieu OF the coifgure. the hair Is rolled
Into a fat twist or braid and IS
brought around the head in wreath
fashion. The hair is worn close to
the head and IN other words is Just as
different from the recent styles as
possible
Ernest Yerxa- who for the past five
years has had charge OF the T. &
Terxa grocery store in this city win
give up the active management soon
and VIII leave for Los Angeles, Cal
Mr.. Terxa's father, owner OF the big
Yerxa stores IN the twin cities and
other places, Is failing in health at
Tos' Angeles. and IL Is on this account
thar Earnest TerIa leaves Fargo. A
successor 20 Mr.. Ysrxa as manager OF
the Fargo store. has not yet been
named. but the store viii still be con-
Quoted In this city on the same lines
as at present
Since coming to Fargo five years
ago Mr.. and Mrs Terxa have won a
host OF warm personal friends who
are sorry % nave them leave. A mum
Der OK friends are planning on affairs
OF which Mrs. Yerza win be the guest
Of honor before they leave
One Of these f. being given this af-
ternoOn az the home OF Mrs a. z.
BestiC- 1t is In the nature Of a fare
wei reception and promises 20 be a
very enjoyable affair.
81
A social event of Monday which was
charming in its arrangements was the
musicale given by DR.. and Mrs. ].
w. Campbell in honor OF Mr.. and Mrs.
f. H. Wright who left Friday for their
new home in Washington. Quantities
of bright fall blossoms were used in
beautifying the rooms and at the con-
clusion OF the splendid programme
refreshments we're served. The fol-
lowing popular musicians entertained
the guests, The Misses Fridd of VAL
ley City: Professor Stevens, Mrs. e.
r.. Wright, Professor Boehmer Miss
C'hampine. Mrs. c. H. Anheier, Mrs.
Oscar Simonson and Mrs. Earnest
Wright.
Mrs. A c. Clifford arrived in the city
Tuesday from Fallon, Mont, and is the
guest Of friends here.
a
R K. Keller, one of the proprietors
of the Waldorf, returned Monday
from an extended trip TO the Pacific
coast states, visiting Seattle, Port
land and many ether cities o. Wash
ington and Oregon and taking a trip
into Alaska He spent some time in
British Columbia and returned via
Salt Lake City, Denver. Omaha and
St Paul. He had a delightful trip
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-16

Oct IA grand concert was given
at the operah0use and the star Of the
evening was Walter Grafton. who rem
dered Rocked in the Cradle OF the
Deep. Mr.. Grafton is now q resident
of New York city.
| J. Nansen was trying to improve the
electric light service
Rev. Leon s. Koch was down from
Cavalier visiting old friends.
/ It was claimed that the state sen
ate Just elected did not contain a sim
gle lawyer. but there was Col c. ID.
good chairman for the judicial COM
mittee
RichIand county gave LII votes for
prohibition and SIS against; for the
constitution 1.40s, against %.
Gerald Pierce was at work in Trail
county advocating the election Of
George b. Wfnshtp as associate to hfs
father as United States senator.
Quite a sensation was caused by the
announcement Of the organization Of the
Great Northern Railway Co. but Hem
~ d. Minot. president Of the Eastern
Minnesota railway. said that it was
simply a movement 70 place all OF the
lines controlled By the Manitoba under
one management
The St Paul Pioneer Press thought
there was no doubt bat what Govern
or Pierce would be elected as one OF
the senators from North Dakota and
among the others announced as can
didates for the second place were .ex-
Governor Ordway. George B. winshIp.
Billy Bulge, George walsh. General
Allen. Walter Muir. u. y. Johnson and
P. ]. Mccumber
T. A Hunt and Miss Eugenia Me-
knight were married at the home OF
the brides parents.
The barns Of the John Haggart farm
were destroyed by IRE. involving loss
Of some s12Oo0.
Oct 11.-Jud La MOure announced
that II prohibition had carried the re-
publican party must enforce the same
and during all these years he has re-
deemed the pledge.
IL was announced that lumber was
so scarce down in Richiand county
that Col Chauncey Teller had bOught
q house. torn II down and was using
the boards 20 hive the "opadildoc" on
the Owasco farm
A dispatch from Bismarck announc-
ed that all the election returns were
in and that $500 votes had been poll
ed. Hansbrough having a majority of
$4,000. Miller, 1850 and prohibition
1,100- Less than twenty-five per cent
Of the votes were cast against the con-
stitution-
The ST. Paul Carnival association
decided that there would be no win
ter carnival unless the city council ap-
propriated $4,000, to aid the commit
tee.
New York was making an effort to
secure the Worlds fair instead of Chi
cagO and w. w. Aston gave a dinner
at Delmonico's at which he said that
New York must have the fair and If
necessary he would foot the entire bill
estimated at S2O.o00, 900, but Chicago
secured favorable congressional action.
The Dairy Maids was an entertain
ment put on at the armory and the
grand march was lead by Harry Eek
enrOth and Miss Jennie Rhodes. The
Noronna Singing society was highly
encored
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-10-16
should BE kspt DRY.

The coroner was investigating the
cause OF the railroad accident and
the engineer was asked why he did
not blow his whistle, when a by
stander. in an aside. said: Because
he wet 81"