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DIVIDEND NOTICES.
Wells FARGO & COMPANY
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January 8 ls-o
NOTICE IS HEREBY c--EE. tAzr - -egu-
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80. RS 1o-or:-g Restitution vas 2do2-s-=
RESOLVED. r1z- q ezra DIVIDEND q $50
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ana .e-ocers5 - ys- c'c-ocE =. n. February
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" ZIMMERMAN Secretary.
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THr PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
COMPANY

Fhuacelphla. February !. 1910
Tie Board o. Directors has this day declared
9 ,,.a-re-ls, DIVIDEND % One and one-hah per
cent. {Serenty- five cents per share( upon Ire
czpt1zl stock % the Company. payable OF and
s.re- February IS. 1910. % stock1ol Ge-s as
registered --c- -ke books q ;f6 Company al
-he close q business, February z, 1910 Checks
-tl1 be mailed % stockholders who have G-ec
permanent dividend orders.
JAMES z FAENEsToCE Treasurer.
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BANK EXCHANGES AND SALES.

The bank exchanges of the New York
Clearing House and the stocks sold on the
New York Stock Exchange last week and
in the same week OF the preceding two
years compare as follows:
Feb. 5. 10 Feb G. 'oe. Feb. s. 'os.
Exchgs So AS 1871 Ga 81 69S as. 497 $780, SOS
Shs sold 4S2T. $50 1887. 49, 2.3IS,75o
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-07
MEETINGS.

eCEOEARTE LIGHT & POWER COMPANY
The annual Meeting q the Stockholders cf
Wis Company W:,l be held on Monday me 2,st
cav q rebrIizr--. al No. 90 West Street iTaooa
1920 II tie Csrv OF New York. $50
O'clock ? " for she election g : Board of
Directors and the transaction q such other
business IS may properly come be:oEe t1e
meeting.
81 order O the Bosrd Q: Directors,
4 E FORSYTH. Assistant Secretary
Enhokrn. y. J. Eeh-aa-y :. 1910.
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Trustee
Executor
Chartered 1922

Executor ooo 0
Chartered 1922
The Farmers Loan and Trust Company
Nos l6 Is, 20 % William Street
Branch Office, 475 Fifth Avenue,
New York
,ornoy 20 p,. 9. u-,i PARIS Boulevard Haussmann
Travellers, Letters Of Credit. Foreign Exchange.
Administrator uuoiuion
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-02-07
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

TIE Tragas has -gg E5:s5s he e9 oss SAP q
NE f5iro -s MsSA gsisz o s1SA5a. or ii
per cent and seven -e-u-, losses o. SiS-S+s
q = per cent ne Foois Sh Rgy $50 ga;s
has also printed the gross earnings q
twelve railroads Or systems Ior me Iooc,-
wssk n a Iss 5S OF @H Ds9 cent and one
returns E loss OF sass. g 6,S Per cent
RE Whole shows gain o. Isl. Dc. OF ls-s
1910. 1903 Inc-sas. PC
% ss1ss5:s SO - So So 50 &c - = 50 3
It's IS COS. 400 $50 - SO ass slso= aa4 80
!, c o955a Gss S. Iss ss s1ss -! 90
! company. 1880 Ses ASS os
us = eos.. SsS75, o6s s5.7+4oo s1.1sl.oe2 1ss
COLORADO SOUTHERN
y y, ~;:s .s ss=5 ..ss ssi S
DETROIT : MACKINAC
- wee" f, il 81 s sss95 s S5 G GS
INTERNATIONAL GREAT NORTHERN
y ~ssT i 81 go go s 5s s sSS! SO
INTEsocEAHIc OF MEXICo.
3 II H i.5 n ! s 6S ss SIS SIS s sss $3.50
MISSOURI PACIFIC
III V i5. n jan s. 1 ssSS9 sss Sf
MEXICAN INTERNATIONAL
III ga. i j s4 sess5S s53Gs sss =
NATIONAL oy MEXICO.
ar wssS II Ian e; 81 80 SO SIS %
July Liam 81 2S2CS.Sa1 2oSSSoS -
rExAs s PACIFIC.
Jgiy i - N 81 81. Iss4i3 i2s6SSS is,Ss5
ROCK ISLAND.
Morth c: Dec 1909 1905 Inc-e1sss
6 a55saS? 2evsaus IS o7S IS ss4ssSsS .ssssss
o5 rs: ss ss ,E:s os SsI. sSG IS 5ss
Net revenue. ssss2!s 81. 50 e2s -sSaI eSs
Taxes ---------- 2SogS ls'.>es Sis
oper.. income. s76s.GSo $3.50 III -ss2S So
opsT. revenue So. 7so.74I Isl s:ssso s2.sS: So
Nes. Opsr. rev.sll -oSs.ogl ss.7!ss.s SISSY:
Outside oP- deb s., 49, $3.50 2S>S
Total net rev. so. Gee. SO $9.7oael4 81 -, 81
Taxes ----.---- l.2Tl.S7S ltSSo+ lS4s2;
Oper. income. 50. rs. ocs SsS7ssS7 Sl1s4TaS
Decrease
ST Paul
Month o. Dec
oper, expenses. sSeS,!si sii25sS STTsIS
Net op4r rev. <sSs.0Df 81. SCI $40 81. I56, So
Outside op tnetl SS6 10TiS -als7
Net revenue. s6sI. SIS 81 sS2CS2 -s1.ITo.SSa
Taxes ..-.--- 100 alsS las SOL Sos
O3e-. income. S4oi. SIS si6SS5l5 SLIT. sS5
July l-Dec. 81
Oper revenue SIS eia SIS So SOT Te9 81 s04. sS9
opsT. expenses - $50 50 SA0sS 50 50 1OT
Net oper. rev SlI o,a eSa SO AZ 27s 81 4Ia SIS
Outside op. CasIl IIOS-s Ie4 7Sa SsAs
Total net rev Sit 200 $50 SIC asa OSS 81 AIS 49,
laxes ....--... .sS 10S is IS 44a.S
oPer- in-eHs, So es7. se4 siI4sSSol .siaS,ssT
Decrease.
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The Bank Branches Agents in all the principal Caa ~
Towns United Kingdom and Correspondents Throughout the vr
of Couny and Foreign Banks
or Private Circular Notes and Letters of Ct o
carts Of the Of Europe America and elsewhere effects pr
and an British and Foreign Socks and Shares o
on and Shares and the hapaY of Officers Pe
Annafe etc. and Undertakes Executoips and Trusteehi
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DoIoREs MINES COMPANY.

IL 6-Cz6~sy. New EC-E. Csc- 18th. 1900
Ire Directors o. he DOLORES MINES CON-
FASZ -o-6sy declared The usual quarterly CIV
6e-S o Ecu- s-5 oce-hslf per cent payah-e on
Fe.--z~- 2z-l. 1910 70 stockholders q record
g -ss closs q business OF February l4-h- 1910
re Transfer Books o. -he Company VIII remain
esossS from February "a. ---1l after he pay
yrer- CT ne t-v1csn6-
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RAILROAD AND OTHER STOCKS.

IS the
final prices OF me
weekag
1910 with the hlsn anu " ~
the year,
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So otal sales 7a e9os
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-01-13
AGED MAN FROZEN To DEATH
FOUND IN A FIELD SITTING BY
A SHOCK OF CORN.
Laws, Got Lost In the Storm,
and Sought Shelter.

Council Bluffs, Ia, Jan. 10.-tSpe-
ciaH: James Barge, aged 55, was
found sitting upright against shock
Of corn in a field thirteen miles south
east of Council Bluffs Saturday. The
man had frozen to death, having come
to his death last Tuesday.
Barge left Council Bluffs last Mon
day to walk to the home of his broth
er-in4law, VIM. Tinnell, who lives near
Scion, small station between here
and Glenwood. Monday night Barge
found shelter at the home of farm
er and resumed his journey Tuesday
morning, evidently getting lost in the
storm, and, seeking shelter of the
corn shock, sat down and died from
exposure and exhaustion.
A farmer named Rist saw the mans
figure at distance while hauling hay
from another field, and on closer ex-
animation discovered barges dead
body.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-01-13
FROZEN PIPE THE CAUSE
The Water Could Not Circulate and
An Explosion Resulted.

The explosion Monday that did con.
siderable damage to the property OF
Dillon Stalker, No. $50 North G. St.,
coupled by the George l.. Price family
was due to an obstruction in the
water front" apparatus affixed to a
furnace in the basement An examina.
ton of the furnace, which was prac-
tically wrecked by the force of the
explosion, was made upon authority
of the property owner. The pipe lead
ing from the water front" which fur
nishes, the means of heating water
used In the house, had become frozen
near a window which admitted a
current of cold air against the pipe.
This must have been frozen to con
siderable extent. When the furnace
was started up, the water in that
portion of the apparatus next to the
furnace had no chance to circulate.
1t was heated to the steam point and
great pressure was developed. Fully
$50 pounds pressure and probably
more than that was developed before
the explosion or the bursting of the
"water front occurred The load of
steam was expelled with great force
when it "let 60 that tore the furnace
from its foundation, ripped a great
hole in the floor above it and the
force was sufficient to break several
window glass in the house.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-01-13
BAD BLAZE IN WATERLOO
OVER $4,000 DAMAGES TO MER
CAMILLE HOUSES.
Many of the Tenants in Flats Above
Stores Have Narrow Escapes
From Death. ~.

Waterloo, Jan. 10.-Fire Sunday In
the heart of the East Waterloo bust
ness district did over $4,000 worth
of damage.
The largest losers were as follows;
w. c. Kohl, shoe store, loss 1923, 600,
insurance $4,000; James Black, dry
goods company, loss $4,000. covered
by insurance; Taylor's Music House,
loss $4,000, half insured; Palace
clothing store, loss about $4,000, Gov
cred by insurance.
There We're a number of other min
or losses and damage to buildings,
Fred Lambertson one of the tenants
over Kohls store, was awakened by
the smoke and ran four blocks in his
bare feet and night clothes to give the
alarm. with the mercury twenty be-
low. His wife and two little girls
were rescued, but they lost nearly all
their wearing apparel, the children
being wrapped in bed clothes to keep
them from freezing.
Mrs, Frances Antoine, another ten
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-01-13
PROF. AYREs IS
NOW PRESIDENT
Has Been "Acting President For
The Past Two Years.
'faassaTp
MUCH WORK AHEAD FOR C. H. U.
New Ice Storage viii Be Erected
Many other improvements un-
der Consideration Not
Yet Made Public.
MUCH WORK AHEAD FOR C. H. U.

Burt Wilmot Ayres, PHI. d., who
has been dean of the Central Holi-
ness university since its organiza-
ton and who mas been at the head
of the Institution as Acting Presi-
dent" since the resignation of Presi-
dent A. M Hills in 1908, has been
elected president of the institution.
The election of Mr.. Ayres is the re-
suit of the action of the official board
of trustees of the university which
met in regular stated session this
week to care for affairs of admins
tration.
Mr.. Ayres came to Oskaloosa in
June 1906 and has been connected
with the university ever since that
time. He was immediately chosen
dean of the school. His work and in.
fiuence in behalf of the university
have been of a highly commemorate
character and have proven his capa-
bilities and capacities as the head or
the institution. Since being placed
in charge of the administration as
acting president ne has given EVIL
dence of executive ability necessary
ITO the successful conduct of the
school. ia
President Ayres Is man of. broad
education. He was at Taylor uni
versity at Upland, Indiana, for nine
years following the completion of his
degree work. He received his first
degree, B. s., at Taylor university in
1898. and followed with the degrees
of A. M. and Phi. D. In 1900 and 1902.
His collegiate experience was based
upon successful work as a student in
DE Pauw university from 1885 to
1888. He was then engaged in edu-
cational work in Indiana for a period
CT four years, aus teacher and school
superintendent He next accepted a
position as principal of the normal
department of Taylor university at
Upland and became professor OF
Psychology and Pedagogy. In 1902
he was made Dean of Taylor univer.
sdty and as member of the faculty
occupied the chair of Philosophy He
accepted the call to the faculty of the
Central Holiness university in June.
1906, and has been acting presgdert
OF the institution since, 1903. F.,
The Board has taken UP numerous
ether matters connected with the uni
verstty. A decision VISA reached to
erect large ice storage building i'm
mediately and to pack a supply for
the use of the university. sd
Other business transacted refers
only to the affairs of the university
and contains nothing of general in.
terest at the present time.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-01-13

Table cover.
Doll dress.
Language work.
Number work.
Paper cutting and mounting.
Paper folding and mounting.
The premiums will be paid by Sup
erintendent Young himself, unless
the necessary funds outside, for in
stance, a small admission fee to a
spelling school to be held one evening
during the fair.
How The "Fair" Was Started.
The plan for the County Fair of the
country schools is practically original
with Superintendent Charles Young.
1t is a pet idea of his. He has been
thinking and formulating his plans a
couple or three years and this is the
first opportunity he has had of try
ing them out" He says that the idea
of the "fair" or school exhibition or
contest Is not exactly original with
him. 1t has been carried out sue
cessfully in city schools. 1t results
in special work by pupils, each taking
pride in excelling in some particular
line of work or with some article. 1t
promotes interest of pupils and par
ents in school, it develops the spirit
of rivalry along avenues of excellence
and it stimulates pride in both school
and personal work. 1t brings school
pupils and parents into a fuller under
standing and relationship in school
work and has many other commenda-
BILE features to recommend 1t. Mr..
Young has desired to make the idea
of the town school exhibit and to give
it to the schools of the county in a
way that would bring the schools to-
gether in one great contest or fair.
The schools of this county and chill
dren and the schools will be greatly
benefited by such a gathering and
test will insure the success of his
plans. A feature of the fair may be
noted in the declamatory and orator.
cal contests now held in. connection
with the Farmers Institute, and in
deed the fair if rightly managed,
might be made a division of the in
stitute and held at the same time.
The success of the first fair will de-
termine it's future management. 1t is
desired to make the fair an annual
feature of the country school work
in Mahaska county and to that end
the county superintendent will ask
the cooperation of his teachers. A
meeting of the teachers of the county
has been called to discuss the plans
and to develop the possibilities OF
the first gathering to be held next
month.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-01-13
ON IOWA AGRICULTURE.
Blanks Sent Out to County Auditors
For Use by Assessors.

Des lMoines, Ia, Jan. 10.-SecretaFy
Simpson, of the state board of agri-
culture, has sent out to the county
auditors the special blanks on which
the assessors are to report the infor-
nation required under the new law,
which will enable the department of
agriculture to give valuable report
on Iowa agriculture.
In the past the assessors have been
required to report the acreage OF a
few of the leading crops. To this has
now been added information as to
acreage of other crops and yield of
same, information regarding nipple
ments, barns, farm equipment, and in
regard to butter and poultry, and al.
most everything necessary to make
up a good crop report. 1t is a step in
the direction of that ideal system un.
der which Iowa agricultural and in
dustrial information will be collected
and published regularly in manner
to be valuable.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-01-13
FAMINE CAUSED BY PATRONS
JAMES MORAN DEALS IN PLAIN
TALK OF COAL SHORTAGE.
Iowa Manufacturers and other Users
Are Blamed For Purchasing
Illinois Coal.

Des Moines, Jan. 10.-Miners in the
Des Moines field were asked by the
dealers to work over time Saturday
and to work all day Sunday to aid in
relieving the coal shortage. The
proposition was taken up at their
meetings with the result that it was
turned down, the miners refusing to
work more than the regular five
hours on Saturday and no work on
Sunday.
Jtmes Moran ymauJber OF the ex-
ecutive board of the Iowa district of
the United Mine Workers of America,
conferred with members of several
of the local miners unions and with
some of the operators on the local
situation, in an effort to persuade the
men to work the extra time.
IF the corporations and the deal.
ers would buy their coal in Iowa
throughout the year the mines could
be kept open all summer and the men
would be at work all the time instead
of part of t." said Mr.. Moran. las
it is most of them go to Illinois and
to other states for their coal and the
mines here are closed part of the
time. In an emergency they come
back to Iowa and demand that the
miners work extra time to make up
for the lack of foresight in not laying
in sufficient coal during the warm
months. The men are tired of being
treated this way and see no chance
Of persuading them to put in a min
ute's extra time.
Il think it would do little good for
the men to work overtime, anyhow"
he continued. "As it is the railroads
are handling all coal turned over to
them at the mines. The officials OF
the roads stated that they are taking
care of all their coal business, the
statements of the coal dealers to the
contrary notwithstanding. The coal
is being hauled to the exclusion of
everything else and this will continue
until the crisis is passed"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-01-13
COUNTY SCHOOL EXHIBIT.
Superintendent Young Has One Planned
for February II, Is and 10.
University.

Superintendent Charles Young, OF
the schools of Mahaska county, has
planned sort of fair" or a contest
in school work and manual training
work for the pupils and teachers OF
the rural schools Of the county. The
dates arranged for the exhibits or the
fair" as some are pleased to call
it, have been fixed for Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday, February II, Is
and 10. Great interest is being de
yeloped in the affair and its success
Is assured. While the contest is for
the pupils of the country schools
meetings and programs for the coun
try school teachers, the school direc
tors and for other departments will
be arranged and announced later
Mr.. Young feels that incalculable
good will result from the contest il
the plans now formulated are carried
out. .!.. u.s...
Premiums are offered for the best
school work and the best articles OF
best work done by pupils of the coun
try schools. These articles are to be
exhibited at a place to be named latei
and the collection will make a big
showing, Circulars have been sent
to all teachers in the county and Sup
erintendent Young hopes to have
every country school represented in
the contests or the exhibit.
Two premiums will be given, the
first one dollar cash and the second
fifty cents. Five dollars will be paid
to the teacher making the best and
largest exhibit. No entry fees are to
be charged. Premiums will be paid
on the following:
Specimen of penmanship.
Collection of drawings or water
colors.
| Note book of school work.
Composition by pupils on stated
subject.
| Work in arithmetic.
| Set of maps.
| Historical chart.
Physiology chart.
Two-horse doubletree.
Hand sled.
| Article made from corn.
| Work Apron.
Comforter, tied.
| Six button holes.
Specimen of mending.
Ten ears of corn.
Best ear of corn.
The exhibit list is as follows
Paper on subject of history.
Collection of snap shots of school
buildings of county.
Collection of grains and seeds.
Model chicken house.
Model chicken coop.
busting cap.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-01-13
ELMER H. WELTONDEAD
Pioneer Farmer of Harrison Town
ship Expires Suddenly.

Il. H. Welton, OF Wright, a prosper
Gus farmer and one OF the best
known residents of Harrison town
ship of Mahaska county, died sudden
ly and unexpectedly at his home
southwest of Wright, about four-thir-
Sy O'Clock this Saturday morning,
death ensuing from a sudden attack
OF heart disease. The date of the
funeral is Tuesday, January IL, at ten
o'clock a. m.
Mr.. Welton was in his usual excel
lent health Friday evening and so far
as is known had experienced no dis
tress of any kind. He was out Fri
day night in attendance at church
service and returning to his home fol
lowing the meeting attended to the
usual duties that occupied him about
his residence. He retired at his us.
,Ial hour. Mrs. Welton was awaken
ed about four O'Clock by the evident
suffering of her husband and she call
ed her sons who are inmates of the
nome. The father was helpless and
was evidently dying, A physician
was hurriedly summoned, but the suf
iferer was past any material aid that
could be administered and passed
away about fourtihirty O'clock.
MIR. Welton is regarded as pioneer
farmer of the township, having resid-
ed in the place about forty years. He
Las been a successful agriculturist
and was as popular among the people,
his neigh'bors and associates, as he
has been successful. He leaves a
family OF three children, two sons,
Ray and Jay Welton, who are at home
on the farm with their parents, a
daughter, Neva, the wife of DR.. c. G..
Baldwin, and the widow.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-01-13
MUCH MALLS HANDLED
Trains Arriving Yesterday, Bring
In Weeks Accumulation.

The Oskaloosa postoffice handled
an avalanche of mail matter, letters
and papers Friday, that caused the
boys to go some before the task was
completed. Mail came from some
places yesterday, the first time in
over a week, or since the heavy snow.
Trains were through the first time
since the storm and making connec-
ton with local trains dumped a great
mass of mail into the office. More
than car load of papers alone Were
handled during the day, not to men
ton countless pieces of frst-class
matter. At one time the sacks were
piled so high about the distributors
that they could not see over he top.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-01-13
COUPLE ARE REMARKED.
After Twenty-Eight Years They Find
First Wedding is Illegal.

The Nebraska State Journal OF re.
cent date tells OF the reImaTriage oil
Millard f. Haskell and Della Gerard
Haskell. people known in Oskaloosa,
the husband being nephew OF the
lcJse Wallace Haskell CT this city.
The occasion for the unusual proceed.
ure was the discovery that the for
mer marriage, twenty-eight years ago,
was null and void on account OF the
illegalfty of divorce obtained by the
wife from her first husband, Silas v.
Gerard. Re-application for marriage
license was made to the court at Lin
coin, Nebraska. with full statement
of particulars and the ceremony was
performed by the Judge OF the court.
1T was most unusual and singular
case.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-01-13
ANSWER TWO ALARMS,
One Was False and other Was a Tri.
vial Affair.

The fire department responded to
two fire alarms Sunday, making a to-
tai of five calls for the month thus
far. The first alarm occurred about
eleven o'clock in the morning and was
for the residence of Fred Grimes,
No. 4l0 North d street. The alarm
was false. no fire existing. A small
Grimes child ran to the house of a
neighbor, where the mother was max
ing a morning call, and stated that the
house was "all on fire." The mother
promptly turned in the alarm by
phone before investigating and when
the house was found to be all right
it was too late to stop the fire depart.
ment.
The second alarm was for the j. S.
Dutton home, No. 113 b avenue East,
at five o'clock in the afternoon. The
department made quick run, but the
fire had been extinguished before the
arrival of the company. The fire was
started in the roof by sparks falling
from an active chimney. The blaze
was seen before 1t had much of a
start and was easily handled with a
couple OF pals OF water. The damage
was trivial.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-01-13

must vie with eight thousand others
in competition, for over eight thous-
and books are coming hot from the
presses every year, and publishers are
busy buying new presses to increase
their output.
Promise OF most interesting year
is given in The Housekeeper pages
for January. The fiction is well chos-
en-. including such writers as Caroline
Brett Mclean, Cralice Vallette, Will
liam H. Hawley, Mary Garden. the
great prima donna, talks to American
girls about her early life and expert
ences in Paris.
The publishers of the New York
Clipper announce that they have in
preparation series of articles on
Notable Players of the Past and
Present" beginning with Edwin For
rest and continuing down to the pres
emit time.