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The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24
An Unnecessary Confession.

A hearty laugh was occasioned at
the Birmingham police court by a pris-
oner who gave himself away in a very
delightful manner. The man was the
first on the list, and the charge against
him was merely one Of being drunk
and disorderly. He stepped into the
dock, however, just at the moment
when the dock officer was reading out
a few of the cases which were to come
before the court that mornins and a
guilty conscience apparently led him
to mistake these items fer a list of his
previous convictions.
He stood passive enough while the
officer read out about a dozen drunk
and disorderlies, but when he came to
one "shopbreaking" the prisoner ex-
claimed excitedly, THAT was eight
years ago, your honor" Everyone be-
gan to laugh, and the prisoner, realiz-
ing the blunder he had made, at first
looked very black indeed, but finally
saw the humorous side of the matter,
and broad smile spread over his face.
His blunder did not cost anything
Birmingham Mail.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24
Before DAYS Of Free Press.

Many of the restrictions that hamp
cred the influence of the press re-
manned in force until the close Of the
eighteenth century in England. It was
not till that period that newspapers
obtained the right to criticise the pol
icy of ministers and of the king. Mr..
Walter. the first editor of the London
Times, was prosecuted for censuring
the duke of York. He was sentenced
to pay a fine of $3.50, stand In the
pilIory for an hour, be imprisoned for
year and give security for his good
behavior for seven years. The order
with regard to the pillory was cam
celed, but he had to serve his term in
Jail.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24
PLENTY OF GOWNS NEEDED PRETTY AFTERNOON GOWN
Several Simple Dresses Are Much Bet
ter Than Few Very Expen-
siVe Ones.

There is a tactlessness in dress that
is almost as ineXcusable, and can as
nearly often wreck a woman's chances
of happiness, as tactlessness of speech
This, perhaps, is somewhat of an ex-
aggeration, but there is enough truth
in it to warrant women giving it their
attention.
We all know how Ill at ease wom-
an is who is not suitably gowned. If,
unfortunately, she has chosen a high
neck gown when other women are clad
in low neck ones. she has reached the
most acute stage Of discomfort If she
clothes herself in a tailor-made when
the occasion calls for an afternoon
frock, she is still uncomfortable. but
not so absolutely wretched as in the
first instance.
The woman of small income should.
therefore. have in her wardrobe sew
eral simple gowns that will suit every
occasion. rather than one or two ex-
tremely handsome ones. 1t seems that
the plain coat and skirt are the form
of attire for which the larger number
of occasions exist just now And a
good looking tailor suit is absolutely
essential if a woman wishes to be
we'll dressed. They can be had with
good lines and Of smart cut in near
ly all the shops, but one should be
careful not to select one that is over
trimmed
A simple theater frock of some light,
attractive color, slightly round at the
neck and with the short sleeve, is also
a very necessary garment. Then If one
possesses a black crepe de chine din
ner gown, low in the neck, with lace
or net sleeves, one has the three es-
sential garments in a woman's ward
robe, and one can always feel that
one is IN no danger of finding herself
without a suitable frock for any &C.
casion.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24
TOO Ardent a Lower.

Georgotto Fontano, an embroiderer
who lives in the Rue Sevres in Paris,
has found herself condemned to a
months imprisonment for what seems
to her harmless act.
She was going home from a concert
few evenings ago when she decided
she would like to see her fiance. AS
he happens to be a fireman whose
station is in her own neighborhood it
occurred to her it would be very easy
to summon him to her side by break
ing the glass of the fire alarm and
sounding a call.
She did so anr in a few moments
fire engines came from several direc-
tons, all laden with fremen, of course,
but alas! her fiance was not among
them, and more than that all the fire
men were angry, and before she knew
what had happened she was taken to
a magistrate, who proceeded to make
the course of true love run unsmoothly
by sending her to prison for a month
In spite of her tears and protests that
she thought it would be a simple way
Of bringing her f1ance to her side.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24
NEW SAWS BADLY NEEDED
Don't Seem to Fit Into Mod
ern Situations.

you Know all the copybook, Nc
Guffey's reader line of talk about Ia
king the advice Of ones elders?" be-
gan the sad-eyed, understood little
man on the car. Sure you do. Now
big apartment house over there on
the right? And that little business
block right next to it?
''Well, there weren't any apartment
houses or business blocks on it when
i first clapped eyes on it. 1t was a
bowling wilderness, in fact, and you
could almost chase rabbits up here.
That was about eighteen years ago.
1 had a bunch then-and 1 was only
eighteen years old at that time-that
this land would some day jump in
value by leaps and bounds. When
was twenty years old 1 came into
bunch of SIS, 900. I went to my guar
dian, an old man, pretty prominent
in estate management and wisdom at
that time, and told him I wanted to
soak the whole S15, 200 in this block
of ground l pointed out to you. The
block was then on the market for
exactly $4,000. The old gentleman
pooh-poohed me.
"tGo away. boy he said to me, with
a patronizing smile. You don't know
what you want. It's my duty to save
you from such wild notions as this
one you've got into your head. They'll
be shooting rabbits and squirrels out
there on that plot so years from now.
G'way.'
81 argued it with him, and he sat
down on me. Then he went and in
vested my 200 at three per cent.
Three years ago the man who
bought that same block of ground for
$4,000 sold it for about $200,0U0 cash,
and he's now cruising over in the
Mediterranean or some place or
other, while Pm taking my wife out
for nickel car rides and wondering
where my $4,000 went.
There's got to be a new set of
wise saws invented for twentieth cen
fury consumption. The McGuffey's
reader kind are moth eaten"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24

TT ONE DRESS - Mulberry-colored
n cashmere makes up smartly in
this style. The skirt is a circu-
lar pattern trimmed with silk en-
oroidered galloon. The bodice has the
oVer-sleeve cut in with it; embroidery
and lace, with tiny velvet revers. form
the trimming; the vest and long
sleeves are of finely tucked silk. The
fulness at waist is drawn in by a vel
vet waistband. Materials required:
yards As inches wide. yards gal
loon. u yard lace. % yard velvet on
the cross. liz yard sill, % inches
wide.
Tweed costume-Soft greenish grey
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24
French Official EtIauet.

The wives Of the new French minis.
tiers share in the honors conferred on
their husbands, the degree of defer
ence due to them being infinitely es-
tablished by the "protoco1e." When
the wife of minister enters a room,
if any deputies or senator's wives are
present, they are supposed to rise
and remain standing until she is seat
ed. Other ministers wives may rest
in their chairs, but should the prime
minister's wife arise they also must
stand to attention. And even Nine.
BRAND Ctf there were such a person),
would have to show similar Difference
to the wife of the president of the
chamber. With her, according to the
protocole, "e'est la representation ma
tionale qui entire, lie suffrage univer
sci Ia France."-London Chronicle.
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tweed is used for this costume; the
skirt is trimmed with a band of the
material lightly braided, with buttons
and cord loops in front. The fronts
and back of the coat are cut with
curved out pieces just below the shout
der. in which a button is sewn; the
edge Of fronts is cut to follow the
same lines; buttons and cord loops
form the trimming. hooks being used
for the actual fastening The collar
is braided all over Large velvet hat
trimmed with a grey bird Materials
required: 612 yards 46 inches wide. 10
buttons, yards cord. yards skirt
lining. yards silk for lining jacket.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24
Vivid at Least.

DR.. Hiram G. Cortlandt, the web
known theolcgian of Des Moines, said
in a recent address:
Thomas A. Edison tells US that he
thinks the soul is not immortal; but,
after all, what does this great wizard
know about souls? His forte is cleo
tricity and machinery, and when hs
talks Of souls he reminds me irresist.
IDLY Of the young lady who visited the
Baldwin locomotive works and then
told how a locomotive is made.
" You pour she said. a lot of sand
into lot Of boxes, and you throw old
stove lids and things into a furnace
and they you empty the molten stream
into hole in the sand, and everybody
yells and swears. Then you pour II
out and let it cool and pound it, and
then you put it in a thing that bores
holes in it. Then you screw it to-
gether, and paint it, and put steam in
it, and it goes splendtdly; and they
take it to a drafting room and make
bluep rint of it. But one thing for.
got-they have to make a boiler. One
man gets inside and one gets outside,
and they pound frightfully; and then
they tie it to the other thing, and you
ought to see it goi'"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24
WORLD GROWING BETTER.
kANS

Every issue of a newspaper which
events Of the day seems to be on its
face an indictment of the human race
and modern civilization. Stories OF
greed. oppression. wrongs and crime
often take up most of the @pace in its
columns. The effect upon the reader
is sometimes to make him think. for
the moment at least, that the world
is growing more hard and cruel. and
that society, as it is constituted. is
failure. But such a view is all wrong,
and the thoughtful reader soon real
ICES 1t. The world is growing better
all the time. and humanity is steadily
advancing from one plane OF life to
another The reason there seems
more wickedness is that the people OF
the earth are in closer communication
with one another than they were only
few years ago. says the Cleveland
Leader. Crimes which once remained
unknown to all but a comparatively
few are now revealed to the entire
civilized world. that it may know the
sort of men IT must suppress, the ex-
tent Of the harm they inflict and the
manner in which they are dealt with.
Wrongs which once fourished be-
cause they were hidden are now
dragged into the light of day and ex-
posed in all their meanness in the
pages of the newspapers. Modern
civilization. through it's most power
full agency for progress. the public
press. lays bare the hitherto hidden
wounds inflicted upon society that
they may be cured and their IL
ton prevented. No. the world is not
growing worse. There is less of pow
erty. crime and suffering than ex-
listed only a few years ago. Life is
easier. more profitable and more full
Of joy The man with the shovel gets
more out Of it than did the man with
the two-handed sword in his castle.
brief remove back in the life of the
race.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24
An Alaskan Luncheon.

Runners Of woven Indian basketry,
with white drawnwork doilies at each
of the II covers, were used on an oval
mahogany table. The doilies were
made at Sitka In the middle of the
table a mirror held tall central vase
of frosted glass, surrounded by four
smaller vases, all filed with white
spring blossoms. The edge of the
mirror was banked with the same
flowers. Four totem poles were placed
on doilies in the angles made by the
runners.
Place cards were water colors of
Alaskan scenery. Abalone shells held
sailed nuts, and tiny Indian baskets
held bonbons. The soup spoons were
of horn, several of the dishes used
were made by Alaskan Indians, and
the cakes were served on baskets.
The menu was as follows: Poisson
a la Boring Sea (halibut chowder),
Yukon climbers (broiled salmon, po-
tatoes Julienne), snowbirds avec
aborealis (roast duck with jelly),
Shungnak river turnips, Tanana
beets, Skagway hash (salad), Fair
banks nuggets (ripe strawberries ar
ranged on individual dishes around
central mound of powdered sugar.,
arctic slices (brick ice cream, Circle
City delights (small cakes), KIondike
nuggets yellow cheese in round balls
on crackers), Nome firewater Coffee.
-Woman's Home Companion.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24
Rankers and Bank Notes.

-Four men, three of whom were con-
nected with brokerage concerns in the
Wall street district, were discussing
United States paper currency and the
disappearance of counterfeits. I'VE
are SO sure nowadays" said one of
the party, 'tas to the genuineness of
bills that little attention is paid to
them in handling, except as to de-
nomination To prove his assertion
he took a SO yellowback from his
pocket, and, holding 1t up, asked who
could tell whose portrait it bore. No
one knew, and by way of coaching
the broker said 1t was the first treas
urer of the United States. Again no
one knew the name. why, It's
Michael Hillegas," said the man
proudly. But in confidence, I'll tell
you, I didn't know it five minutes
ago.'-New York Tribune.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24

Exchanging professors with Ameri-
can institutions Of learning is an in
creasing practise among educators
abroad For several years the inter
change has been going on between
this country and Germany, and some
Of the ablest Of our teachers have
served in Berlin and elsewhere. while
German professors have done similar
work in American universities and
colleges, says the Troy Times Now a
prominent business man of Copen-
hagen has given 100000 to the Scan
dinavian-American Society to pro-
mote the interchange of professors
between American and Danish univer.
stiles The Rhodes scholarships,
through which American students re-
ceive the benefit of advanced courses
at Englands great university of Ok
ford. furnish another illustration of
the solidarity of learning which incl
dentally must tend to draw nations
nearer to one another
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24
Planting Wedding Oaks.

Princess August Wilhelm, wife OF
the kaiser's fourth son. has set herself
the task Of reviving one of Germany's
oldest customs, that according to which
newly welded couples Immediately af-
ter the marriage ceremony plant a cou-
pie of oak saplings side by side in a
park or by the roadside Of their ma
tive town.
The town of Mulchausen, in Thurin-
gta, is the first to respond to the prin-
cess appeal municipal off cial ap-
pears at the church door after every
wedding and invites the bride and
bridegroom to drive with him in a car
rage to a new road near the town and
there plant oak saplings
The tree planting idea was started
by former elector of Brandenburg
with the object Of repairing the raw
ages caused by the 80 years war The
elector forbade young persons to mar
ry until they had planted a number of
fruit trees.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24
TWO Very Old Ladies.

We have heard a great deal lately
about long-lived people, but it is prob
able that the Oldest two people in the
world today are Fran Dutkievitz and
another old lady named Babavaslika
The former lives at Posem, in Prus-
sian Poland, and was born on Febru-
airy 81, 1885. She is therefore one
hundred and twenty-five years old.
The latter, however, is nine months
her senior. having been born in May,
1854
She is still fairly hale old woman,
and for nearly one hundred years
worked in the fields Her descendants
number close on 100, and these now
make her a joint allowance. She lives
at the village Of Bavelsko, whose
neighborhood she has never quilted
during the whole of her long life. She
remembers events which happened at
the beginning of last century much
more clearly than those of the last
40 years.-Dundee Advertiser.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24

Runaway matches have been known
to turn out ideally. but not often.
Their average course is toward wreck.
age and Indebtedness. The very need
OF secrecy and flight is generally in
dicative of a fault in the scheme
somewhere, and young girls who are
willing to defy parental love and care
and marry by stealth need feel no sur
prise when their idols feet turn out
to be clay. and a poor variety of that
Spite OF the jokesmiths. the cartoon.
lists ard the waggish poets. marriage
is the most serious step in the lives
OF men and women, says the Boston
Post Even the mature ought 10 give
1t at least as respectable corsidera-
ton as they would any other invest
ment Boys and girls need to take
advice on the matter, not railroad
trains to a quick-service city clerks
Office somewhere across the line"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24
Holidays in the States

Washington's birthday is a holiday
in all states. Decoration day in all
states but Florida, Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Tennessee and Texas. Labor
day is observed everywhere. Virtu-
ally every state has legal holidays
having to do with it's own special af-
fairs-battle of New Orleans in Louis
lana, Texan independence and battle
Of San Jacinto in Texas, Admission
day in California, and so on. Missis-
sippi is like the federal government
in lack of statutory holidays, but by
common consent independence day,
Thanksgiving and Christmas are OBJ
served. A new one is Columbus day
in a few of the states.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24
Christmas Boxes.

Not In the English sense of q
Christmas present, but as an early
preparation for the fast-approaching
season of gift-glving.
To make them. cut pieces of card
board and cover neatly with fancy
wallpaper. then lace the corners with
baby ribbon run through eyelets and
attach ribbon to the top. with small
bows and punches of silyered artif.
cial holly or mistletoe.
This makes a pretty receptacle for
holding homemade bonbSns or other
trif1es
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24
crIpple Ride Bicycle.

George Anstey, aged II, cripple.
or Leicester, England. is one of the
most remarkable cyclists in the coun-
try. Both his legs are withered and
useless, but the Leicester Cripples
Guild has provided him with two
wheeled pedalless machine, with a
padded tube covering the axle bar
Across this he lies face foremost, and
with wooden clogs strapped to his
hands he propels himself along the
streets and roads in a marvelously
rapid manner. He has complete con-
troll of the machine, his hands acting
as pedals, steering gear, and brake
combined.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24

The largest whale OF its type OF
which there is scientific record was
captured recently on Port Arthur,
Tex. He measured sixty-three feet
in length, and was estimated to be
about three hundred years old. Cap
tain Cob Plummer, mate of q United
States pilot boat, sighted the monster
In the shoals OF the jetties, and the
crew of his vessel captured the mann
NAL. The huge body was towed ashore,
exhibited and much photographed be-
fore being cut up.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24
Difference In THE RACES
Mexicans In the Main Unjust In
Blaming Americans for Lack
of PoIiteness.

All the Mexican correspondents
who have written on the subject Of
why Americans are not better liked
by Mexicans agree that it is largely a
question of a lack of politeness on
the part of the foreigner here, and in
some cases an ill-concealed contempt.
The latter is inexcusable, and certain
ly must emanate only from inconsid-
crate or poorly educated persons, from
which no nation is free. Po1iteness,
however, is largely a matter of form
and training. It is undenfable that
the Anglo-SaXon salutations, methods
of expressing thanks and apprecia-
ton, ETC., are simpler and shorter
than the Latin forms. To many who
have all their lives been accustomed
to the briefer Saxon ways, an attempt
of the more elaborate Latin politeness
seems, for them, nothing short Of af-
fectation, and they simply cannot do
1t. There are exceptions among Amer
leans and Englishmen who readily
adopt the courteous phrases of the
Mexicans and use them naturally, but
they are the exceptions. And it is
difficult to see how this can readily
be changed. Our Mexican friends
should understand, on the other hand,
that if Anglo-Saxons do not, as rule,
go through as many social formaIities
as the usages of the land prescribe,
they mean no offense thereby. They
are accustomed to taking a good
many things for granted that their
Latin cousins give verbal assurance
Of Naturally, it is the duty of the
outlander to conform as nearly as he
can to the ways Of his adopted coun-
try, but human nature and settled
habits are pretty hard to make over,
particularly unless you catch them
while they're young.-Mexican Her
aid
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hospital and at the risk of death be cut.
Plain common sense shows the better way
is to stop food that evidently has not been
digested.
Then, when food is required. use an easily
digested food Grape-Nuts any other If
you know it to be predigested (partly digested
before taking.
We brought to Court analytical chemists
from New York, Chicago and Mishawaka, Ind,
who swore to the analysis of Grape-Nuts and
that part of the starchy part of the wheat and
barley had been transformed into sugar, the
kind of sugar produced in the human body by
digest1ng starch (the large part of foodJ
Some of the State chemists brought by
the weekly" said Grape-Nuts could not be
called "predigested" food because not all Of
it was digested outside the body.
The other chemists said any food which had
been partly or half digested outside the body
was commonly known as "pFedigested."
Splitting hairs about the meaning of word.
It is sufficient that If only one-half Of the
food is "predigested," it is easier on weakened
stomach and bowels than food in which no
part is predigested.
To show the facts we introduce DR.. Thos.
Darlington, former chief of the NJ Y. Board
Of Health, DR.. Ralph ". Webster, chief Of the
Chicago Laboratories, and DR.. B. Sachs, N. 7.
If we were little severe In our denuncia-
ton of writer self-confegsed ignorant about
appendicitis and its cause, It is possible the
public will excuse US, In view Of the fact that
our head Mr.. c. w Post, has made lifetime
study of food, food digestion and effects. and
the conclusions are Endorsed by many Of the
best medical authorities Of the day.
Is it possible that we are at fault for
suggesting as a Father and Mother might to
one OF the family who announced pain In the
side: Stop using the fass sEeasy meats,
gravies. mince pie, chess c much starchy
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24
Rat Bounty ExcItes Merriment.

Seattle, fearing the introduction OF
bubonic plague by rats, has offered =
bounty of ten cents a rat. This moves
Tacoma, safe from infection from the
sea, to raucous laughter. and the Led
ger says that the bounty, though nos
intended for rodents of Tacoma,
Everett, Bellingham and other popu-
Ious and busy centers, has been nud.
ing its way into the pockets OF non
residents of Seattle for nonresident
rats. But the joke would be on US 4
it were found that our rat popuSr
ton had found its way into the SeAb
tie census"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-24
For Hatpins.

To carry hatpins when travelling
make case the length of your longest
pin and about liz inches wide of
white or colored linen. Finish the side
and one end with a shallow buttonhol-
ing and bind the other end Fold the
material twice like an envelope and
embroider the word "Hatpin" on the
outer fold.
Inside the case have a piece of elder
down. about half an inch narrower
than the linen and as much shorter as
the length of the flap. Through this
the pins are to be run. 1t can be
ufted out so that the case can be
washed.