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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
The FIashy Show Girl.

Mabel Taliaferro in Success Maya,
zine calls attention to a popular in,
accuracy. She says: at was not
the first time l had been brought
face to face with the humiliating
fact that, to the average person, an
women who make livelihood from
the other side of the footlights are
actresses. 1t was not the hrst
time l had been Inundated like that,
no matter how hard | tried and stud
led, and worked or how high climb,
ed | would still be classed with the
girl of the pretty face who knew moth
ing of toll, study, or ambition, and
who cared for a good time, rather
than a good name. 1t was not the
first time | had been hurt by the
cruel lack Of discrimination which
bundled us all in one class-great
stars, delightful condolences, charm
ing ingenues, fashy show girls, bal
let dancers, members of the chorus
and labeled us actresses. But
had never before realized the utter
hopelessness of a situation which alb
solutely discounted brains ability
culture, education, birth, sweet wo-
manhood, years of study toll, and
strife, and forced the hundreds Of
good women of the stage to suffer
through the thoughtlessness, or the
downright badness of a stratum Of
theatrical society, which is as far
removed from that of the real act
ress as the position of an ignorant
cOal-miner is from that of the learn
ed engineer who opened up the mine.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
MASTODON SHoD WITH IRON.
Farmer Proves Bones Which Puzzled
Scientists Belonged to 4 Horse.

Farmer Proves Bones Which Puzzled
Scientists Belonged to a Horse.
If archaeologists had been satisfied
to let well enough alone and not keep
digging and digging for the whole
hog, this town might have had the
honor of being the ancient home of
the mastodon or something just as
good, writes a Pemberton IN. j. cor
respondent to the New York World
Instead of being a fly speck ON the
map, six miles east of Mount Holly
and bounded by Rancocas creek and
the Hightstown road, it would have
had its name printed on the mammoth
case IN every museum in the world.
But it is too late now.
After finding the first batch of bones
on Walter Antrim's farm the wise
men kept digging all over the place
for more, because the photographers
and reporters and scientists who came
out from Philadelphia and Mount
Holly Mount Holly is full of scien-
tists) to look at the relics said they
were queer. But after the first find
Pemebrton's glory dwindled with ev-
cry shovelful turned over. 1t was
finally conceded that the bones were
not those of a mastodon, but had been
the framework of a three-tOed horse
or an ancient pyxOlOOn.
Finally the diggers found a curious
piece Of meal, a sort Of three-quarter
oval or elipse, with several pointed
nails sticking through holes in the
rim Of it. This caused no end of ex-
element in the village and greatly
puzzled the scientists. They could not
account for the metal which had GER
ainIy been fashioned by the hands Of
man along with the bones Of an ami
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26

upon the same building, to pillow in
the same field, and to hammer iron
in the same shop. along with the
white people.
The custom has been in the North
to permit the negro equality in the
church, in the school, in the theater.
IN the railway coach, but no equality
IN the shop, the foundry. or in the
department of bricklaying or carpen-
try. The South has been disposed
TO offer him equality where his IA
tons are involved. They have be-
heved in feeding him, or in giving
MIN chance to feed himself. What
good does it do the negro TO offer
him equality at the top of the lad
der If 1t is denied him at the bot
tom? Our northern friends saw Won
can do whatever the white folks do
at the top of society, but you can
90 nothing they do at the bottom.
The southern people say to the ne
gro, you can work along with the
white folks in the realm of industry
and thus make for yourselves the
means to enable you to create ton
for yourselves by your own efforts
and among your own people. In the
South the white people viii have
their own top, but they have been
willing for the negro to work and
build up top for himself, too.
In the North it has been a top for
the negro in church, in school, with
no work in the trunk lines of in
dustry at the foundation; in the
South it has been work at the foun-
datton, with a chance of making a
top for himself in his own church
and school and society.
AS we have been giving the negro
industrial equality for As years. we
must continue so to do. The ideas
winch prevail in the North concern
ing negro industrial equality should
not be permitted to make practical
expression of themselves in the South,
1t is generally conceded that the
North did a good thing for the ne
gro in setting him free, and now 1t
IS the trun of the South to do a
better thing for him by giving him
work, so that his freedom shall not
be a curse, but a blessing. The
emancipation proclamation of Mr.. Lin
coin was significant and historic
document by one man; to stand for
negro industrial opportunity as the
South has done for 45 years, is equal
ly as significant and historic a fact
continuously practiced by great peo-
pie for nearly half a century.
We thank the people of the north
for all their ideas and help looking
toward the establishment of fair and
just relations between the races in
the south, but we implore them to
withhold from our people the ideas
322sE3>& BEssssE among their laboring
people concerning the negro's right
to work along the lines he has fol
lowed since his freedom The ne,
grOes are entitled to our sympathy
and encouragement They nursed
many of US when we were babies
They told us tar-baby stories when
we were children. They have been
with us in this country nearly 3OC
years. They have cleared our for
ests and fenced our fields. They
have produced the cotton and sugar
cane upon which the country has
grown rich. They are not foreign
ers; they have been here ever since
1920. The doctrine that would drive
them from work they have been per
forming since 1865 should be crush
ed at the beginning of its career ot
mischief and misery.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
WANDERLUST OF
The AUTOMOB|L|ST
PASSION OF THE TRIBE TO ANNl.
HILATE DISTANCE AND
TIME
STRANGERS IN OUR MIDST EAs.
lily DISTINGUISHED BY
GARB AND MEN.

To one practiced in the art of scent
ing news, it is not a difficult task to
descry strangers within our gates, es
pecially if they are members Of auto
parties even from nearby towns. One
grows accustomed to the town ma.
chimes and their drivers, but there Is
an indehnable something, whether 1t
be in the accOutrement or the atmo-
sphere Of going somewhere" which
marks all others as ships that pass In
the night.
Interesting from every point of view
are these ships Of passage Curiosity
Is not always the moving spirit which
draws the OnlOOker to a closer Obser-
walton of these tourists. They are
living opponents Of the outside world,
breathing evidences of life and pro
gress in other communities, and bear
silent testimony to the tendencies of
the modern age-that of change, ra-
pidity, caprice, and above all
pleasure.
Few Of the parties who come whirl-
business missions. The spirit of
change, the irresponsible desire for
new scenes, the force of wanderlust,
the Unsuitable demand Of the modern
sportsman for utmost celebrity Of move
mental these are the mighty forces
which unite in making our country
one of automobile madness. There
q. n Il
since ceased to be a mania-it has
developed into a science. The art of
auto travelling may yet be introduced
into the curriculum Of our schools
Take a discriminating look at the
average tourist party. Amid a whirl
wind Of dust and a battery of inquIr-
ing looks an aggressive touring car
caTCcns up to the door Of a favored
hotel Veranda loafers and pedestrians
cOvcrtly measure the distance to as
surcd safety with unerring eye, and
believing themselves to be not in jeop-
ardy of life or limb, allow themselves
the privilege and pleasure of specuIa-
ton
Who are they? Whence came they?
On what mission, and where 'mout they
be a-goin? These unuttered interrO-
cations follow in rapid sequence
through beWildercd minds. Not long
are the curious ones left to ponder
for these migratory specimens are of
quick motion and every action is TO
the point
The chauffeur, the man Of the hour,
looks to the quivering vehicle; the
others 'dismount, and in a maze Of
dust and EXPLANATIONS Cmostly from
the feminine element) they trail their
way to the desk, where in scrawling
hieroglyphics appears the solution of
mystery number one. So if you can
decipher, you know who they are.
Whence did they come? The at
tire tells the tale Fitted for a long
journey: goggIed, gauntIeted and I'll,
stored the men; uIstered and yelled,
the women Depth Of dust on features
and habiliments measures the miles
traversed-even one might safely con.
lecture the direction from whence
they came.
Their mission?
Usually they haven't any-eXcept
just to prove that there is nothing
new under the sun. Look at the man
at the wheel-ofttimes the owner of
the car! If he has the automobile
face ten to one he is a motOr-maniac.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD.

What little boy can tell me the
difference between the quick and
the 'dead?'" asked the Sunday school
teacher.
Willie waved his hand frantically
Well. Willie?'
please, ma'am, the quick are the
ones that get out of the way of the
automobiles; the ones that don't are
the dead"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
AFTER MANY YEARS.

He loved the girl in silence,
AS people do in books.
For she had mon"
And he had none
And wasn't much for looks.
At last he broke the silence;
The answer wasn't no.
In fact, she said
When they were wed:
"You certainly wuz slow"
Louisville COurier-Journal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
THE CAUSE OF THE WAR.

Ginger, why don't you enlist?'
asked a white soldier.
"Wen, massa," said the contra,
band, did you ever see two dogs
fighting for bone?"
Certainly, Ginger"
wall, did you ever see de bone
fght?"
mo"
Wall, massa, I is de bone"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26

so happens that a part of the grave
yard of the dinosaurs comes to the
surface right at the spot known as
Bone Cabin Quarry, and it was here
that the first important discovery of a
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
The Friend in Distress
y Type Of Incompetence

\ young lady wanted to take up type
writing as a fad, so she persuaded her
father to give her a place in a factory in
which he owned a great deal of stock.
The manager could not afford TO offend
the wealthy stockholder, but the IN
competent girl was the trial OF his life
On rainy days she would appear in a
cab about ten o'clock if she came at all,
and she would be absent for every re-
ception and tea the town boasted.
Worse than all, she had the peculiar,
slanting penmanship affected by young
ladies a few years ago, SO that the men
who had to decipher her scrawlS fairly
tore their hair over her work.
She chattls.d and ate candy and
laughed and did everything but work.
and the patient and long suffering COM
petent workers in the Office had 70 do
and undo her work constantly. There
was a Ganeral celebration when her en-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
On The Side
The Various Stages

The Various Stages.
Freddie-The country doesn't do
much for a hero In these days, does
it, dad?
Cobwigger-No, my boy; the hero
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26

A Cleveland paper says there are
1900 poets in Ohio" And there
will be more just as soon as the
weather gets a few degrees warmer
Toledo Blade.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26

~ NE of my old friends, who
81 looks at life through a vista
U u of fortunate years, says in a
~ postscript to a recent letter:
Most of us in this world are plain
folk, who don't figure in high society
or high finance, and who don't take
much stock in the new-fangled ideas
about divorce, written, l suspect, by
persons who never knew real home
life. The whole question of salts
factory living is the preservation and
betterment of this home life, which is
also the basis of all good government.
And this home life ought to be the
supreme business Of the marriage part
nership. No partnership can succeed
when the partners are forever stand
ing on their rights and forgetting
that their first duty is to get along
together. If husband and wife would
each give a little and take a little,
instead of wearing out their nerves on
rights they would make themselves
happier and the world better"
He says he speaks for himself and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
Presenting Upon Social Position

GEeSuhAAhs Opoh oVSIdA GOSAbAcn
Perhaps the greatest nuisance of all in
business life is the woman who man
ages, by hoo!, or crook. to keep in the
social life her former financial circum-
stances warranted, and who presumes
upon this relation with her employer.
To her the office IS always a parlor,
and everyone must show her the same
consideration she receives in the houses
of her friends Discipline is for the
Others but for her-ncyer.
The rules laid down for the others
never apply to her, and an outsider
would ina Inc she was present only as
a guest Her mistakes her laDseS from
business methods, her frequent requests
for vacatio0s-everything tEat her as
sOciates avoid-.nust be treated in such
a manner that her tender feelings are
not injured.
One silly woman who worries the life
half out OF her employer does not earn
half her salary as she dallies at her
desk day alter day. She calls him
Fred" and stops him to retail bits of
society news. besides staying up so late
night after night as to be unit for work
Years ago, when he was struggling
young business man, her father set him
on his feet AID gave him 4 start, 50
ne cannot forget that timely help. The
daughter knows this, 50 she continues
to worry him with her familiar ways
and lack Of business ability.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26

now does it for himself. He first
sells an interview to a yellow journal.
then writes a magazine article, after
which he goes on the lecture platform
and winds up in the dime museum
Newspaperdom.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
FIT YOURSELF FOR YOUR WORK

If any woman IS helped to a place for
which She is not fitted by friends who
sympathize with her, her first duty 10
her employer, herself and her friends IS
70 TT herself for the work. The fact
that you once wore diamonds and trailed
your silken gowns through marble halls
does not interest your employer, bit
clean page, a clear brain and steady
nerves do.
He IS paying Tor well-kept books, &C
curate statements, careful work and con-
formity to rules. not for a doleful ac-
count OF what you did before the family
fortune vanished II You must pity
yourself. do ii in private. Your en-
ployer may continue TO employ YOU. be-
cause he is sorry for you or is indebted
TO some member OF your family. but
don't worry the life out of the poor
man. You will win your way TO his
favor by being prompt. cheerful, ac-
curate and trustworthy, and also be
more eontented.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
The DIFFICULTART fBOWING
Simple But Rigid Etiquette of Solicitations

ness and conmon-sense. They show the
nature, the heart, the disposition. Bad
manners are attributed to "a lack of fine
perception which sees little things, a
want OF that delicate touch which
handles them, and OF that fine sympathy
which superior moral organization al
ways bestows."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
Date Bread

Make a sponge with one quart Of
luke-warm water, half a cake of COM
pressed yeast, teaspoonful OF salt and
one and one-half pint OF -four Set it
TO rise in a warm place When quite
light and spongy add half q cupful each
of sugar and molasses and sufficient
flour to make stiff enough to knead.
Work in two heaping cupfuis of
coarsely-chopped da . knead and set to
rise again When light, mold into
loaves. and when we'll risen bake for
three-quarterS OF an hour in a good
oven This makes a delicious bread.
Children frequently prefer it TO cake,
and it is more wholesome for them.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
Date Jelly


Wash one pound of dates and let
them soak in four cupiuls OF water for
two hours. Drain off the water, strain
It, and put it in a saucepan with one
and one-half cupfuls OF sugar. Stone
the dates, add them to the syrup, and
let simmer for FIVE minutes. Before
removing from the fire, stir into them
half box OF ce,atine which has been
soaked until soft in half cupful OF
cold water. Stir over the IRE until the
geiatine is dissolved, then pour into a
mold and set in a cold place until
hardened. Serve with whipped cream
heaped around the base Of Jelly.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
What the Marriage ssrxsss xsana

what the Marriage ssexsss 1saaa
Frequently | have been asked aAwwa
the wording of the masriage sagvAaSsA
the same old questions thar coma 10 70
uiarly to preachers and parents ssa g.
tors. No wording can possibly cover AR
exaggerate or affect the seeSsdns@a Cd
this contract.
No marriage service ] have sssa
and have read most of thsm-SA-
presses all that Is involved In the @sss~
mony.
For instance, this might DO e&AeA
from one Of cur master writers: I've
persons who have chosen each othse
out of all the species, with a design ID
be each others mutual comfort and eA~
tertainment, have in that action bound
themselves to be good-humored, aRabAa
discreet, forgiving, patient and joyf&
with respect to each others frailties and
PROJECTIONS, to the end of their nRturm
lives"
Give and Take
There never was a time when the
give-and-take rule was so necessary In
the home
Our modern civilization invents a new
worry each day; feelings and conditions
are swift and quick; it is all too easy to
get out OF joint and infict your nervous
r"ss on your partner But don't do h.
A little thought, little patience, little
copsideration-they don't cost anything
and they bring what millions cannok
buy
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26

A man judges himself to be honest
by those he might have done, but
didn't.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
THE WOMAN IN BUSINESS


gagement was announced, and the office
force thankfully sent an expensive gift
to speed the parting.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
Be Neither Rrusque nor Elusive

In this age OF careless haste people
are often too brusque in their manners,
but while a brusque manner is rude, a
very ELUSIVE manner and a low bow
are worse. The correct salutation is
between these two extremes.
Good manners are not a superficial
veneer. a thin covering over a rough
surface, but they are founded on kind
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26

III tOGCl-sIUII- u good OTCcQITlg. 1 ne
manner in which the bow or salu-
tation is made indicates ones train
ing, nurture or culture, because a cul-
tivated, well-bred person is careful in
all the trivial civilities OF life.
A well-bred person feels it incumbent
on self-respect to be courteous to all
sorts and conditions OF people, not Civ
ing a cordial bow TO a person who may
be considered OF Importance and then
greeting one inferior in the social scale
with a careless nod or a mere elevation
OF the eyebrows.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26

Voice from second-story window:
Hello down there!-that you. post.
MANI
yes"
Got anything for me?"
Eyes"
"What?"
Envelope"
"How-how many stamps on it?"
six"
a groan; window descends with
bang.-The Editor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26

Be Pleasant
Someone has said that, of the people
we casually meet, we ask only that the
salutation be pleasant This seems to be
at the root OF the entire matter of greet
ing-to be pleasant. A bow is made in
stinctively and promptly as soon as one
meets the eye OF an acquaintance,
whether on the street or In a room
When bowling, the head is inclined
Sights. Even when persons know each
other very we'll it is nor correct to ac-
company a bow with broad smile, but
there may be smile in the eyes,"
beam of goodwill which lightens the
countenance and prevents an impression
of GOODNESS, indifference or absent
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26

More workers and fewer knockers
is what the world needs.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26

BY Their Stamps We Shall Know
Them.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
Date Blanc-mange

Flavor a quart of plain blanc-mange
with vanilla; while warm, stir in two
cuDfuls of stoned dates, pour into a
-wetted mold, and set on ice to harden.
When firm, turn out and cover with
whipped cream or the whites of two
eggs whipped to a stiff snow with two
tablespooniuls Of powdered sugar
Decorate with blanched split almonds or
halved English walnut meats.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26
MADE
WITH DATES
Palatab1e and Nutritious
Novelties

T HE date is an extremely whole
some and nourishing food, and
one which could be much more
- advantageously used til a n
seems the rule 1t is much cheaper than
prunes or apricots Of equal grade, and
requires practically no sugar in the SIM
pier dishes prepared with it. A very
few minntes is required to cook dates,
and they are easily and quickly washed
and stoned They come from dusty
and not too higienic country, however,
and should be washed thoroughly,
whether they are to be eaten cooked or
unCooked. After washing, drain and re-
move the stones. Some very pleasing
ways of serving them are the following
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1909-08-26

NOME people suppose that business
Sss men have little or no trouble with
their helpers, especially those who
~ pay good salaries. The public has