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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-29

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Nasx Third ~Asenue theatre Il
fxz Q tbllos the old Third Ave
= assi1s Into innocuous dezue
- sza'srer that il. The trans
49, property IT Third and
~ rnEnfed yesterday. means
q Z q sharrh building wlll be
81 = esee 20 make room
y A<ssn Improvements
payhaass he church build
peg . so. snd rather inglori-
aa,eFT oaif once was is tiny
g hr'nsd ~ The flame q real
a' = al. and that was when
s'sss broke IN there for a few
~ The New York idea" IN
ne lhealfe was formally
y. NJ I 2 Detember 1. 1905. a. Tav.
q ts''ss Garden and Miniature
v, 4. 4 being Charley Tay.
~ % have elephanta and
= u. 4. asssioek browsing around on
! -. = over ilooF while the big
49, - sAag on apytairs The
4. .', ~. Idea died quickly. and
asssills show above ran FOR
-. nor time giving way 10
=. ~ Aassen and bis opera CON.
y. |. sass elosed for lack Of busl.
80 nonih after It opened. IT.
4. =. W. Il reopaned AZ Hold.
4 = '..Ia AFenae theatre. but after
struggle closed again
1T -. 4 mat year Taylor again
go $3.50 :. charge Of the house
| al I WITH hls stock company
Il. se'eh BY Gypsles.9 Dprlne
FL ~ - snleh lasted until March
~ - - nc'lse enjoyed a fairly
[. A. s..'sesa q times. The clos.
I ~ :. bore the significant the
y Ls At Dawn.
N, ~ apfil |. II. Ftiedlander tried
!, ~ ss weeks Of burlssque al the
nj 80 and was followed bv
nv both losing heavily The
ia,..ss1 . . remained DARK unfil
tHssssa. Diew took hold Of n h
l 4 -, ises, and presented tho
'Emr.,I 's W J. stock COMPANY In
~ go. 10y. The old meiodra,
i !. ,s'Ions could not be- rallied :
|has.,.. ~ show shop 10 paving
ssrk.s =. sha Manager Russell IN
y D.. - .s s.s finish came In Deem
|hsls,s N n bad lont % 900 on ths
esS 4. u fhe Allen Curtis com ,,,s
II s.s i. .aIse weeks and the Lam.
isAu II company ia tao tsaT,
a. i history Of the lnoute n
A1zx.r' 4 ! January Of this go y
NJ Al s q remarked d tb a'
~ 49,, ns Third Avenue wand
Y Ii ~, s,sa, 3 used as a playhons .,'
''e'ion has come true.
+. s, 's.' ssms's" Gymnasium.
sl,I,.l 'aaeed a dun a. 49,,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-29
HENRI. JENSEN
AND FAMILY
At THE FAIR
This Prize Aggregation
Makes "Bloomers" of
All Attractions Along
the Pay Streak.

The prize family in numbers.
years. height aud weight was tho
feature of the Pay Streak. NJ the
A..Y-p yesterday afternoon n
was the family of Henri Jensen. Of
Topeka. Kansas. consisting of
Jensen. his wife. 10 sons and 7
daughters,
The family travelled In bunch.
and was such an attraction that
the barkers OF the different Pay
Streak shows gave UP In disgust
trying TO induce people to take In
their shows as long ma such show
remained outside. Finally one
barker solved the solution by do
mating passes to the family. and
tho crowd followed. While he
donated 25 admissions he secured
500 he would not otherwise have
had
Here 10 the Family.
The family. by namo. follows;
Henri. father; Sophia. mother.
Iohp. William. Ole. Henri. Jr.,
Prank. Ernest. Lloyd. James. Peter,
Remsen. Arthur. Victor. Charles.
Scott. Johnson. Archibald. boys.
Anna. Elizabeth. Mary. Susan.
Nellie. Dorothy. Myrtle
The father 10 81. the mother IS.
The children range In Age from %
years 10 months. with John the
oldest aud Myrtle the youngest
They range IN height from Peter.
who In six feet five and weighs ESQ.
90 Myrtle. the babe. Father Jen.
sen IL Hix feet four and weighs
2T9. and Mother Jensen II five feet
eleven and Weighs 100 pounds.
The total years of the 20 len.
sens IL sss: the total weight
1897 pounds: the total height is
i25 feet aud Inches. II each Of
the jenRcna was the aRIue age he
land shol would be 10 years and
"a months II each Jensen was
the same weight each Jensen
would weigh just a fraction under
las pounds II each Jensen vas
the same height each Jensen
would be a small fraction over five
feet.
Were Wed In Neu York.
Father Jensen IL a native Of
Norway. Mother Jensen Of Sweden.
They we're wed In New York City
Just 80 years ago. when Mr.. Ien.
sen was ~ and Mrs. Jensen was
rs. They have been measurabiy
busy over since MFR. Roosevelt
once sent Mr. and Mrs. Jensen the
compliments Of the season. Other
trophies held BY them are many
medals and blue ribbons from Kan.
aAa fairs
Father Jensen used 20 work In
the Michigan woods lie now
owns several farms He was one
OF the present crop % KAnaaa
welitodoa who did not leave Kan.
nna during the hard times for tho
very good reason that he Couldn't
get away He has little TO say.
looks and thinks good deal. and
keeps from being the center Of
attraction az much as he can
under the circumstances Thle IL
easier than Il might seem on first
thought. as the Jensen family. all
together. looks more like a Sun.
day school or a church member
ship out for a good time than one
family.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-29

Yours Merriiy. John X. Rogers.
one Of the best known advance men
In the business. will soon be ia
town ahead Of Eddie Foy.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-29

BRIGHTON aspircs 10 be.
- Known as the architect
~ nsade Seattle famous.
m " has been going up and
~ nrd. erecting playhouses
ruhiay putting the Seattle
nIf ID the lower lefthaad
teth Ia this city Hough.
w d Moore. the Grand and
- 10 HIS credit. and the
- afhenses In all the ether
- cities have all come
20 - tsawn on the fourth
~ - fnllins building.
- ecants that day lost
I'D Z - sol land another the
"a 111r eommlsslon. Yeater-
ke.a sxn Francisco house.
- / wire from Manager
nth xaax him g be tn san
- 4 4 about November |.
y - ~ rrsngements VII -
~ 11e way Tor . new house
! y {zzhrns4 metropolis TO serve
b = xrnxneat San Francisco
~ " Messages Carts attrac.
ionzhsra also hzs shvee other
ghoazes nader var Il his time
N b q rev koase Ia Portland for
4 Hesiix. the spcond u q new
Ips& "a Spokane for he Shnberts
|nl The laird Is q nsw hoase In
~ fur John Cert.
nv cf our readers have the
y ,1<y want built. let them step
~ b the office 81 old Doctor
14son He's not very busy
~ tzss. With only a paliFy four
sza CO his hands.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-29

rslss...,,' ZONES" Gymnasium.
.''sal prss s a aull day when a the.
xa.'liss s. agent cannot think up
sssss, sAa new and the gentle =
sma ! Ms Of Going some sat
"'a typewriter de other
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-29
|||GHTON BUILDING
] FOUR NEW THEATRES
4 Architect Is Mott
~ 10 Report to John
70 N san Francisco
kssuber |.
I. ~ Has Houses Under
y, n Ogden, Spokane
u Portland, for Differ
q Firms

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|.s1sneA--@6clns Some" =
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s.s-Yns Del Lawrence Com =
~ lissh to ssth perform =
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80 ard vaudeville. =
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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-29

And booteea for wee
BARNS. knit with fine
wool and rib b o n
trimmed: the comfy
sori. priced fro m
$3.50 down to. csc
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-09-29

Western Washington


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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
FACTS ABOUT NEW YORK CITY.

Owe 100000 people work at night.
There are 1872 department stores,
employing over $4,000 people.
Over 476, OOO, 900 gallons OF water
are used every day in the greater
city.
The transient hotel population is
figured at 100000 people a day. The
hotel properties are valued at over
$780, 0O, 900.
A child is born every four minutes,
and a death occurs every seven min
utes.
The city contains 5000 lawyers,
5000 actors, 5000 actresses, 5000 ar
lists, 10000 musicians, $4,000 ste
nographers. $4,000 statesmen and sales
women, 1900 farmers, 1900 undertak-
ers and $50 female BARRIERS.
The population is now 100000.
London's population is 100000 more,
but New York Is growing seven times
as fast as the British metropolis. and
should become the largest city In the
world inside OF 10 years. The popu'
lation increases 1t the ratio 81 ave
to ono. compared with TIE sncreass 81
the rest Of the country.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

Buckles were first made in 1850.
The Belgian navy is the smallest In
the world.
Barometers we're first made by Tor.
ricelli In 1913.
The London police arrest over 1Os..
900 people a year.
Moscow has the lowest priced daily
publication. 1t costs a farthing.
Young Lone Wolf, a Kiowa Indian
chief, is a Baptist minister. He is a
graduate, and reads in his
Greek testament every morning.
There are more than 100 firms manu-
featuring chocolate in the United
States
Japan's postal and telegraph receipts
for 1908 were SIS, zoe, a gain of
1925, 900 over 1907.
L%ondoners live, on an average, to
an age of 81 years. In most parts Of
England the standard is below this.
Elizabeth Akers Allen, who wrote
the famous poem, Rock NE to slee,,
Mother" MY years ego. 10 II years
old. Born - Maths, she began d
write WIN - ~ s-OlE1 q Is.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
ATcH1soN GLOBE SIGHTS.
There is never plenty Of time.

There is never plenty of time.
The more a man amounts to. the
ousier he is.
Somehow, we always hate to see
a woman handle a gun.
How we all admire discipline when
it is applied to someone else!
You can't work and worry at the
same time to good advantage.
A mar who worries throws rocks at
his troubles, and hits himself.
1t is as important to keep out OF
;ourt as it is to Keep cut of debt.
Lots of men have discovered that 1t
is not dangerous to swear to a lie.
An unhappy roma always looks
unhappier than an unhappy man.
Every man represents some other
mans idea of an undesirable citizen.
A true test of the friendship of a
hunter is when he gives you a quail.
We never care much for the woman
known as "a popular society woman
Even il a farmer Intends to loaf. he
gets up in time to get an early start
1t is always safe to tet that the mar
who isn't prejudiced isn't interested.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

If 1t be necessary to stir rice, use
a fork.
Always add a pinch of salt to your
cake; it will improve it.
Use vinegar and a copper cent to
remove paint from windows.
Always cool oats in boiling water
and sprinkle them in a few at a time.
Mop off linoleum once a month with
boiled linseed oil and 1t will look
like new.
Dip a new broom in a good soap
suds once a week and see how much
longer 1t will last,
Keep an oyster shell in the tea kettle
and the lime will collect on it and not
IN the sides of the kettle.
If o will add salt to your starch
the clothes will not stick to the
irons; also add a little lard to make
clothes shine.
When laundering starched articles
in winter always add borax to the
starch and the cuffs and collars will
not lose shape.
By adding ore tablespoonful Of but
ter Or q half cup OF cream to the bat
ter. pancakes can be baked without
greasing the griddle.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
DYNAMITE ON A FARM
Experiments of shooting" the Soil
Successfully Tried in Pitts
burg, Kan.
DR.. WILLIAM HAMM's PLAN.
Nearly 5000 Farmers Saw New
Means of Loosening Earth and
Many Are Converts.

Farmers in this section are greatly
interested in the scheme of using dy-
Mantle to loosen up the subsoil OF
fields being prepared for cultivation, a
Pittsburg (Kan.) dispatch to the Kan
sas City Times says. Three thousand
persons watched a demonstration of
the system given on the grounds OF
the Manual Training School.
DR.. William Hamm of Vienna was
the first to recommend the use OF ex-
plosives in agriculture. His idea was
that the lowest strata Of the soil could
not be reached by n of the agricul-
tural implements now in use. To
demonstrate the feasibility of the idea
a number OF interesting experiments
have been conducted by agricultural
departments over the country, among
them that conducted by h Kansas
department a few days ago.
The demonstration was so s%atisfac-
tory that many farmers are planning
to follow up the scheme on their farms
as soon as possible. If all the arm
ers who are talking Of trying the ex-
plosives in farm work really make the
attempt it will oon be a common &C.
currence in this part of the state to
drive out In the country and see farm
ers shooting their ground as stead
lily as If they were following the pillow.
One-half of the shots were fired by
battery and the other half was by fuse.
The dynamite was in stick form n a
quarter of an inch In diameter. 1t
contained % per cent of nitrate am
monia powder. The sticks were placed
twenty-five feet apart and holes were
drilled to a depth of three feet. The
shots fired by the battery seemed to
give the best results. seemed to shake
the ground better and leave 1t In a
better condition. as he whole surface
of the ground was shaken at once.
The soil was thoroughly pulverized
for a distance of six feet from each
shot. Cracks a In each direction
from the shots, showing that the e
plosions had left assures in every d.
rection under the ground as well as
on top.
1t is estimated by those who have
experimental in this class of ground
| culture that each shot leaves q reser-
voir where several hundred gallons of
water can collect and furnish moist
IRE from the bottom, instead of re.
ceiving all of the moisture from the
top, the water thus carried into the
ground feeding the roots of whatever
is planted much more readily than II
all the water came from the surface.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
8 DIE, 4UU hE5GUEO
IN AN ILLINOIS MINE
Explosion Is Followed by DEATH
Dealing Gases in Pit Near
Herrin.
OPEN LAMPS CAUSE DISASTER
Prompt and Gallant Rescue Measures
Are Put Forth by Manage
ment and Others.

Eight men we're killed and the lives
explosion of gas in mine "a" of the
Chicago and Carterville Coal Com.
pany, near Herrin, III. Open lamps
carried by the mines engineer and his
assistants caused the disaster. There
were three men and a boy in this
party and all lost their lives. Prompt
action by the management of the mine
resulted in the safe exit of the hun
dreds of men who were at work be-
low ground. Within five minutes of
the first reports of the explosion the
miners in the immediate vicinity OF
the accident were started toward the
surface and on the return trips OF the
cages rescuers were lowered to entries
Nos. 7 and s west, where the catastro-
phe took place.
The dead are: Eugene Barrett, as
sistant engineer; Salvatore Greece,
Thomas Harder, miners; w. T. Pierce,
mine engineer; Pietro Romeo, labor
er; George Snyder, miner; Thomas
Williams, assistant manager; uniden-
titled boy, about 16 years old.
James Quincy, superintendent OF
the mine, and Robert Hueston, mana
ger, headed the first relay of rescuers.
Despite the black damp which flowed
into the chambers adjoining those in
which Pierce n his party were kill
ed, these men plunged into the work
fngs. Three bodies blocked their path.
Hasty examination showed hat the
men were alive, and they were rushed
to the surface. One of them was A. j.
Hueston, a brother of the manager.
The others were Charles KLEIN and
Albert Shelton. All were revived and
are expected to recover from the eff
fects of the gas.
The rescuers next found the bodies
of Snyder, Greece and Romeo. None
of these men had been burned, the
condition of the bodies testifying
mutely to the force of the conclusion.
Harber's body was badly burned, the
features being scorched almost be-
yond recognition. The valiant efforts
of the rescuers to penetrate more
deeply into the workings were re
pulsed by increasing banks of after
damp. The ventilating apparatus of
the mine had not been damaged, but it
could not cope with the gases and
Quincy and Hueston and their help
ers were forced to retreat, leaving the
bodies of Pierce and his companions.
Fire also began to gain Roadway.
Later all efforts were directed to-
wards fighting the flames. Conditions
are such that it is hoped they will be
confined to the two entries affected by
the explosion.
The mine is under the active man.
agement of j. B. Peters, of Carbon
dale. who is vice president of the Chi
cage and Carterville Coal Company,
The president of the concern is James
Pease, of Chicago, former sheriff OF
Cook County.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

Peanut shells poured into the cook
stove at her home caused a column of
flame to shoot upward, which ignited
the kimona worn by Mrs. Kate Hoov-
er, of York, Pa, and before the flames
were extinguished she was fatally
burned. Mrs. Hoover is "a years old.
She had enjoyed a lunch of peanuts,
after finishing which she went to the
stove and poured the shells into the
fire. With her dress ablaze she hur-
ried into a neighbours house, and then
ran again into the open. She was fol-
lowed by the neighbor, who threw
water over her, extinguishing the
blaze. Her burns extended from her
feet to her head.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

Cold water will enable cOrpuleQ1
to acquire sylphlike FORMS. d.
vine Myrma, stage diver and swimmer
is the discoverer of the secret. Since
childhood, the diver. whose real name
is Ethel May Donough. has been .
devotee of all aquatic sports. and
through these, she says. she learned
how the form can be nodded into lines
most desired. Battle every morning
in the outer air until 1t reaches q tenn
p~erature OF As degrees" she says.
when outdoor bathing IL impossible,
the bathtub is a fair substitute. With
one-half pound Of salt added to q tub
of water the effect Is better. The bath
should be taken one-half hour after
rising and the same length Of time
before breakfast"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
Gu11Lor1NED By PAPER CUTTER

The first man ever guiilotined in
America was John Drey. whs fell t.
his death under the keen blade Of q
huge paper cutter in a paper mill -
Whippany, N. J. Drey was employed
by a paper company. his duty beine
to see that sheets of paper were prop
erly placed under the knife. which
regularly fell and rose. cutting thou.
sands Of sheets at each fall. A piece
of paper fell awry athwart the knife
plate and Drey, in stretching yer It -
straigh,en the sheet. slipped and tAe
just as the knife came down.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
PERUVIAN MUSIC.
~~~~~~~~~

The native music OF Peru. according
to Geraldine Guinness, the author OF .
recent book on that country. IL exceed
ingly interesting and strange. u
seems fitting that the people Of suc1
an unusual country-the children Of =
unique social system-should have
characteristic style Of national music.
Certainly the yarapis OF Peru are M
like any other music.
When first I heard their splanttve
notes come wailiug through tho night
air, l listened spell-bound to this new
thing. AS l came to know ana love
the ancient melodies they tsok hold Of
me in a strange way.
There Is surely a similarity In spirit
and construction between these ln1ia1
poravis and the sobbing lyrics sung
by the exiles of Babylon. They arr
intensely patriotic and deeply q
full. "The memory of former wrongs
has tinged their most popular songa
with sadness. The young mother lulla
her infant to sleep with versea. the
burden of which is sorrow aad despair.
and the love songs usually express the
most hopeless grief"
Indians are always singing. Far out
on the pampas away from all human
habitations. I have heard strange
Kechua words crooned BY little sheD
herd boys; harvesters. Is they toll NJ
hill with their immense loads Of bar
ley, invariably sing some plaintive old
song, and families travelling along IL
dusty roads unite their voices -
strange pa~rt-harmonies to wailins
melodies in a minor key.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
DEvELoFxHMT.

Fast interurban trolley cars.
Telegraphy and telephony vithoas
wires.
The electric p~ropulsion Of vsAie'a
and boats.
The luminous are lamps which TIM
night into day.
The telharmonium. which Usedue0l
electrical music.
The powerful e1eetxtc jo~oafoAlio19
which afS Visible ~ htn9fe1
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
FORTY HURT IN TRAIN WRECK.

Mail Clerks Barely Escape from
Burning Car Near Manknto, Mimi.
st. Paul passenger train No. 43, run-
aing north at thirty-1ve miles an hour,
spread the rails one-half mile east of
Good Thunder, Mimi, and plunged into
the ditch. Forty passengers were hurt,
none fatally, it is believed. The mail
ear rolled down a thirty-foot embank-
nent and caught fire. The mai clerks
had a narrow escape.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
Stay. wife. children and Self.

George G. Cheuvrent. a prominent
resident of Fresno, Cal, killed his wife
with a hatohet and then perhaps IA
tally injured his children, a boy of IA
and a girl Of 10 a Following
this, Cheuvrent rushed to the Southern
Pacific tracks, threw himself under a
passing train and was killed. 1t Is
thought he suddenly became insane.
He was a rancher.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
Three Cbtldrcn Burned to Death.

Three children lost their lives in a
dre which destroyed the residence of
Jasper Williamson, of S%unbury, Ohio,
while the parents were working In a
barn 200 feet from the house. 1t Is
Believed that one of the children was
playing with matches in a bed. as the
Gre started in a bedroom.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
He eats too much or not enough:

That the aurora b~orealis, or north.
ern lights, is an electrical display is
evidenced by the fact that during a
recent wonderful exhibition Of this
natural phenomena it was impossible
to use the Atlantic cables or the wire
less stations.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

The government Of Brazil has deter
mined to develop iron smelling and
the iron and steel industry generally.
ana thus make use OF the vast deposits
os iron ore which exist IN several por.
aoss 81 the cosatry.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
EX-SENATOR HARRIS DEAD

Prominent knnsan IL Suddenly
Stricken in Daughters Home.
Former United States Senator Will
lam A.. Harris, of Kansas. who two
years ago vas Democratic candidate
for Governor of that State, died sud
denly of heart disease at the home Of
Mrs. Lydia M. Mackey, in Chicago.
He was a member Of Congress from
1893 to 1895. and was United States
Senator from 1897 to 1903. He was
prominently connected with the Amer
lean Short Horn Breeders Associa-
ton and the International Live Stock
Exposition.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
New orlean. Plan. Exposition.

An exposition will be held in New
Orleans to celebrate the opening Of the
Panama canal and incidentally he
200th anniversary of the founding Of
the city. Plans have been announced
for a meeting of all the commercial
bodies of New Orleans to work out the
details of the project.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31

Armory Burns, Cartridges Explode.
The Fourteenth Regiment armory Of
eAe Pennsylvania National Guard VS.
eetally destroyed by fire In Pittsburg.
Ontailing Z loss estimated at 500. 900.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
The Uuattninable.

Bill Bifins yearned to satisfy
The men who criticise.
When he resolved that he would try
To make a name and rise
They said he was too young ~ yet.
A few years onward rolled
And the with courteous regret
They said he was too old.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-12-31
He once was slender as the limb


They said he was o old.
He once was slender as the limb
That grows upon a tree:
Then broader outlines came to him,
Quite comforting to see.
Approval still he fails to win:
His friends assure him hat
While once he may have been too thin
At present he's too fat.
He eats too much or not enough:
He's oversad or gay,
His language is a bit too rough
Or too ornate, they say.
No wonder that his frame OF mind
Grows steadily more glum.
How can he ever hope to find
The happy medium?
Washington Star.