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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1910-11-04

The evening was pleasantly spent
with various Halloween amusements.
Rev. and Mrs. Grossly, Mrs. Abba
Wilcox and Mrs. H. North went to
Canova last Thursday to attend the
Central Association of Congregation
al churches. They returned Friday
evening.
The Rebekah's gave a basket social
at the hall Monday evening. Hallow.
cen amusements were in order and
all spent a pleasant evening. A neat
sum was realized which will be used
towards furnishing the Odd Fellows
Home at Dell Rapids.
Mrs. Jim Jenson planned a pleasant
surprise for her husband Tuesday
evening by inviting a company of
gentleman to join him at supper. A
lovely supper was served and the
evening pleasantly spent with cards.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17
dered is as follows:

dered is as follows:
side Lights on the Experiences of
Colonial Life''-Mrs. S. L. Heidelberg.
Review of Rip Van Wrinkle
Mrs. ]. G. Ballard.
History, conducted by Mrs. E. R.
Farrell.
At the conclusion of the program, "A
delicious two-course luncheon, consist
ing of roast turkey, jelly, sandwiches,
tomato with mayonoise and stuffed
dates, followed by charlotte house and
white cake, was served.
The members who enjoyed the af-
ternoon with Mrs. Ames were: Mes
danes H. A. Camp, J. A. Richardson,
p A. Carter, j. c. Ballard, S. l.. Hell
delberg, Charles Hays, ]. B. Walker,
John Burkett, f. r. Farrell, d. NJ.
Watkins, John A. Mcleod and her
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17
guest, Mrs, r. H. McDougal, of At
lanta, Ga.
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Wednesday Club With Mrs. r. N.
Collins.

wednesday Club With Mrs. r. ~.
Collins.
Mrs. R. N. Collins was the lovely
hostess of the Wednesday Club, We'd
nesday afternoon at her home on
Bay street. The members answered
to roll call with a quotation from
Wordsworth. The program was short
but interesting. Mrs. V. M. Seaman
gave a brief sketch of the life Of
Wordsworth; Mrs Love read a paper
on what is a Poet?' Mrs. Switten-
berg gave a reading, "The limitations
of immortality" while Mrs. Seymour
gave descriptions of nature from
WORDSWORTH poems.
Mrs. Collins, assisted by Mrs. E. l..
Robbins, Mrs. Henry Turner and Mrs
T. f. Ross, served a dainty buffet
luncheon to the following members:
Mesdames George Cotton, w. w.
Crawford, Grace Christian, w. A. Col
Inns, w. H. Cook, Henry Foote, Jr.,
M. G. Field, M. A. Hoffman, M. d.
King, ]. S. Love, A. X. McInnis, w.
w. Massengale, E. Wood, e. L. Rob-
bins, E. F. Rush, Henry Turner, v. M.
Seaman, s. V. Robertson, w. B. Sey-
mour and r. R. Swittenberg. Guests:
Mrs. T. E. Ross and her guest, Mrs.
Gardner, of Laurel, and Miss Earline
White, of Meridian.
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Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. F. Tatum and
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Travis and son,
together with their guests, Mr.. Ed
ward Lowe, of Grand Rapids, Michi-
gan, Mr.. Robert Hunter, of Mobile,
and Mr.. and Mrs. E. McLennan, of
this city, constituted an automobile
party, who on Wednesday made
trip to the present terminal Of the
Bonhomme & Southwestern Railroad,
in Lamar county. At this point a
delightful luncheon was served picnic
style by the ladies' of the party, which
was fully enjoyed. Afterwards ride
of twenty-five or thirty miles through
magnificent pine forest was made,
after which the party returned to the
! logging operation Of the Tatum Lum-
Der Co., where an opportunity was
given them to witness the modern
methods used in handling the timber
from the stump until It is loaded on
the cars. From here, the party re-
turned by rail to the company's mill
and thence back to the city by autos.
The day was one of great pleasure to
all concerned, and the cordial and
genial hospitality of the hosts was
fully appreciated by their guests.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17
1.-THE COUNTRY is SERENE"

We hove our little troubles and we
know not what they mean,
But the big sun says Good mornin!
an the country is serene;
The winds a lively whistle-tle rivers
sing to sea,
An l guess were bout as happy as
we're wantin' for to be!
Joy is on the highway: Don't you
hear him sing,
Bearing to the winter all the blossoms
of the spring?
, Evermore he's tellin' Of the happy
days we'll see:
ooh, I guess you're just as happy as
you're wantin' for to bet
So. in spite of all our troubles, joys
lightin' up the scene;
There's a comfortin', fine feelin that
the country's all serene;
The ripened fruit is falling in abund-
ance from the tree;
oh. | guess we're just as happy as
we're wantin' for to be!
Frank Stanton.
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roMoRRoW's SOCIAL CALENDER
Apternoon. Married Ladies caro-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17
HOTEL ARRIVALS FROM
NEARBY TOWNS.
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Hotel klondYke.

A, c. Ray, Meridian; w. Cochran,
Learned; c. w. Yarbough, Richton
b. T. Hines, New Orleans, L. B. Arm
old, New Orleans; Mrs. Parson, Epley
r. S. Fisher, jackson; j. S. Byrd, Sum
rail-; r. R. Hollom, Ovett; E. H. Bann,
Jackson; H. C. King, Sumrall; L. L.
knight, Merrill; ]. G. Keeton, Nor
ton; S. J. Gaynor, Meridian; J. n
Matheson, Mt. Olive.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17
BOTH PHONES IS:
Social and Personal
L. l.. ALLEN

Club; hostess, Mrs. w. H. Morford;
3 o'clock.
Afternoon: PIT. A. reception for
teachers of Ward One.
Evening" Younger Sets Masque-
rade Ball, Hotel Hattiesburg; 10
o'clock.
Mrs. Frank Gardner, of Laurel,
spent Wednesday with Mrs. T. f..
Ross, on Bay street.
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Miss Nellie Seaman, who has been
visiting her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Wood, on Court street,
returned Wednesday to her home in
Newton.
Misses Bessie Haney, Ethel Hill and
Corrie Haney returned this morning
from Gulfport, where they spent a
| few days with Miss Corrie Haney's
sister, Miss Alice Haney.
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The Parent Teachers Association
of Ward One will entertain the teach
ers of that ward, and anyone inter
ested in the association, Friday after
noon at 3 o'clock, at the residence of
Mrs. Ellis Hickman, on Main street.
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Informal Card Party.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. G. Arnett enter
tanned delightfully."- but informally,
Wednesday evening at cards, at their
coy home on Rebecca avenue. There
we're three tables and their guests in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. e. Wood, Mrs.
Walter Perry, Misses Leila May and
Clara Smith, Mr.. F. D. Lander, w. B.
Glover, j. W. Rodgers, w. G. Giles
pie and H. R. Wilson. After the
games Mrs. Arnett served, grape fruit
salad, nut sandwiches, waters and hot
chocolate.
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Mrs. Charles Ames, Hostess To
Woman's Club.
A delightful meeting of the Woman's
Club was held Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. Charles F. Ames, at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
]. S. Turner, on Main street.
Poll call wao anewered nv an early
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17

The editor of TIN departmen ,
never at her desk bet 2a3 II rt0 nours
u and /, or after 5 =. a., For any
news notes for this department please
call either phone 80, between s a. m.
and 70 m, and from l to 5 p. m.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17
THERE ARE wEIeHTY REASONS

THERE ARE WEIGHTY REASONS
why it will pay you to have us clean
or RENEW your old suit and over
coat. First, because we will do the
work so thoroughly that the garments
will look like new. Second, because
our charges are moderate, and you
save many dollars from the cost of
new apparel-which you would have
to buy if the old we're not made vir-
tually as GOOD AS NEW. Think it
over.
Union Cleaning &
Dye Works.
Both Phones SIT.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17
FAMOUS TRAP SHOT DEAD.

Bristol, Tenn, Nov. 17.-Millard
Hatcher, known among sportsmen as
one of the leading trap shots of the
South, having at one time been cham
pion of Virginia, was seriously injured
in a runaway near Bristol.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17

cts of rice. Another tow of 500 pack
cts follows later. All will be exported
to Porto Rico.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17
Hotel Hattiesburq.

Oliver B. Cowan, Moss Point; ]. H
Neville, Jr., Gulfport; NJ. H. Whitney
McComb; F. NJ. Weakley, Meridian
d. H. Smith, Jackson; ]. He'll, Vicks-
burg; ]. Rebason, Lumberton; w. c.
Mcdaniel, Jackson; B. ]. Morrison
Meridian; L. L. Rigby, Natchez; John
Miller, Mt. Olive; E. A. Slaughter, Me
ridian; c. R. Gaines, Laurel.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17
FURS AT HALF PRICE.

$500 Fur Sets at $500, $500 Furs
for $3.50, $500 Fur Sets for $3.50.
Reubenstein's Slaughter Sale.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17
RICE TO PORTO RICO.

Abbeville, La, Nov. 1.-THE steam
tug Pansy will tow to New Orleans
four barges loaded with 10000 pack
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17

Cut prices on ladies' and Misses
eIoaks, ranging in price from s1.es up
to 1898.
Reubensteln's Slaughter Sale.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17

Boys school suits, prices cut to
1913, $2.4s and $a.4e, worth twice the
money.
Reubenstein's Slaughter Sale.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17

Reubenstein's Great Slaughter Sale
is still going on. Bargains for one and
all.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17
sHRlNERs TO PARADE.

New Orleans, Nov. 17.-Jesuralem
Temple A. A. o. N. NJ, will hold a
ceremonial session Saturday night.
During the afternoon paraasuaauthe
principal streets with the Sd
win be given in full oriental
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17

HULETT UNDERTAKING COMPANY
DAVID FARLEY
Funeral Director And EmbaImer.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17
RAMSEY G. COMPANY,
LEADING UNDERTAKERS.
PROMPT AMBULANCE SERVICE.

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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-11-17

We are better prepared to you in WOmen's an
Chdrens Shoes than any previous season. Our Shoe
carefully selected and made especially to orde
by the best manufacturers in the country. Careful
fitting is strongest point
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
FIGHTS DEATH FIVE DAYS
Minnesota Settler, with Family
of Eight, Wins Struggle
with Fire.
WADEs THE RIVER TO SAFETY
Takes Nearly a Week to Travel
Thirty Miles-Faithful Dog
Saves Two Lives.

John B. Ewing and his wife, with
their month-old- baby, together Win
their six other children, the eldest OF
breaking thirty-mile trip through the
sparsely settled and flaming forest be-
tween Grand Marais, Mimi, and upper
Brule Lake. It took them five days to
cover the distance and they were al
ternately almost burned and frozen to
death. Two of the smaller children
were saved from drowning in the
swift current of Brule river by the
family's giant Newfoundland dog. Flee
ing homesteaders have left this entire
district uninhabited.
When Ewing and his family were
routed from their beds early the other
morning by advancing forest fires on
all sides they beat hasty retreat with
a small stock of provisions. The over
hanging smoke almost suffocated and
blinded the fugitives, and, fearing the
unknown perils which might await
them in the unmapped forest, Ewing
stuck stubbornly by the shores Of the
lake and Brule river.
The first day and night they pro-
crossed ten miles, so near to deer,
bears and other wild beasts that Ewing
was forced to drive them to one side
to furnish passage for his terrified
family. The cracking of flames in
the underbrush and the roar of the
wind-swept blaze through the treetops
overhead rang constantly in the ears
of the fugitives. Burning cinders
dropped on the bareheaded woman and
her charge. The second day they ad-
Vanced only five miles. The woman
was overcome with fatigue. The night
winds from Lake Superior chilled them
to the marrow and Ewing made a fire
in a vegetable cellar. In the morning
he discovered that the fires were i'm
passable. The next midnight, when
the glow ahead seemed to have died
out, the fugitives again set forth. They
proceeded about five miles, when sud
denly, upon rounding bend in the
river, they faced a veritable furnace
speeding through the dry and crack
ling timbers toward them. They re-
treated a short distance, until fires
were discovered behind them. Ewing
with his hand ak cut limbs from trees
on the bank, sought a favorable place
in the stream and stationed himself
and his family neck-deep in water, I'M
derneath a wetter screen or under
brush, which they saturated from time
to time until the fire burned out
The fourth day surrounding fires
again forced them to resort to the
same sacrifice, but the deep river
boiled here between narrow banks, and
two of the younger children who ven.
tured too far out were swept in the cur
rent. The big family dog, who had SO
far by swimming the river evaded the
flames, helped Elving to rescue them.
The next morning the family reached
an abandoned homestead, where they
found an OK and cart, in which they
made the rest of the journey to Grand
Marais. The dog was cut off by fire
while foraging for food and persisted.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
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Sporting
=. World :.

After winning two races in a row,
Bubbling Water met defeat in the
Clayton handicap at Emeryville, Cal.
The Michigan State League of Base
ball Clubs has been organized at
Grand Rapids, with Manistee, Luding-
ton, Muskegon, Cadillac, Traverse City
and either Greenville or Holland as the
sixth club.
The rainy weather kept the attend
ance down and greatly reduced the size
of the fields at Aqueduct, n. Y. The
Ozone stake proved a surprise when
]. R. Keene's Scrimmage, a to 1 shot,
won the event.
Andy Hall, Illinois State Bowling
champion in 1904. made a bid for the
1910 title at Chicago by rolling a
worlds record series of 725 in the in
dividual event of the Illinois Bowling
Association meet.
The Central Racing Circuit of North
Dakota is out with its announcement
for 1910. The circuit includes five of
the live towns of North Dakota, and
the program is such as to attract the
attention of horsemen throughout the
Northwest.
The Orloff mare that was shipped all
the way from Russia to be bred to AK
worthy, 2:151a, dropped foaI on
Washington's birthday at Mansfield
Farm, Lexington, KY, where she now
is, and her foal, which is a colt, has
been named General Washington.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Juarez Jockey Club in New York it
was decided to double the value of the
stakes offered last season, to increase
the value of the overnight purses and
to begin the meeting next Thanksgiv-
ing day. The minimum duration of the
meet will be until March 1.
Dr. H. W. Peck, of Fresno, Cal, n
forceful language, protested against
the Los Angeles Ministerial Union
adopting a resolution condemning foot
ball.
A meeting of baseball managers of
fast amateur teams in adjacent towns
in Wisconsin and Minnesota was call
ed at La Crosse recently for the pur-
pose of organizing Neighborhood
League of Amateur Clubs.
Iowa's board of control of athletics
passed two radical reforms at its last
meeting when it was voted to limit an
athlete to two major sports and to cut
down the number Of athletes who will
be taken on the trips of the teams.
c. Rockford, one of the most sue
cessful of the English jockeys, who has
been riding in India, has returned to
England and will be seen upon the
courses this year. Rockford won the
Corinthian plate on Kaufman and the
Viceroy cup on Retort, India.
University of Chicago baseball play
ers may invade Japan next fall for
series Of games with the Waseda Uni
versity team. According to an an
nouncement from Japan, the Waseda
officials will invite the Chicago players
to pay them a visit, and the Univer-
sity of Chicago authorities are said to
be favorably inclined toward the I'M
dertaking.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
The Color of Water.

The color of the seas, lakes, rivers
and streams in general are very often
colored. For instance, the water of
the Mediterranean sea is not colorless,
but green-blue; also there is brilliant
red river in South America. The st.
Lawrence, in Canada, is pale green,
and the Ottawa golden brown; where
these two rivers meet quite frequently
whole broad patches remain unmixed.
Here is a gold patch and there a
green one Otherwise than this, water
reflects the colors of its surroundings,
and so-called emerald pool" in the
White mountains, is green because the
birches on its borders in early summer
are brilliant green. The Blue Grotto,
in Capri, Italy, shows remarkably
rich color, near to green-blue, because
all the light received in that grotto
comes through the water at its en-
trance, and the Mediterranean is
green-blue. The water of the geysers
in the Yellowstone Park are also col
ored by natural mineral dyes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
ENGLISH OFFICERS TRAVELS.

Sees Strange Sights In 4,OO0-MiIe
Trip Through Asiatic Turkey.
Lieut.. Etherton, young officer in
the Carnival rifles, who has just ar
rived in England after completing a
secret service mission on behalf of the
British government, spent three
months in his overland journey from
the HimaIayas, through Chinese Tur-
kestan, Mongolia and Siberia, to the
Trans-Siberian Railway, a total dis
tance of 1000 miles, a London eX-
change says.
After suffering almost incredible
hardships and privations Lieut. Ether
ton finally carried his mission to a
triumphal conclusion. At the end of
his journey he received a cable from
England announcing the death of mis-
mother
Some idea of the remarkable nature
of Lieut. Etherton's explorations may
be cleaned from what he tells.
Strange nOmad women in Chinese
Turkestan, who ride bucking horses in
thigh boots with high French heels
and are WoOed and won by being cap
tured on horseback. As many as a
dozen suitors frequently take part in
an exciting chase Of love-
District officials who were complete
Iy won over by the gift of bottle Of
preserved gooseberries or a box of as
sorted crystallized fruit
Mongolian natives who were utter
ly cowed by the daily ''telescoping' of
the explorers coIIapsible bed.
A mysterious deserted lake. near the
Russian frontier, 500 miles in extent,
but of unknown depth, in which no
fish swim and no boats float
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
TELEGRAPHIc BREvIrIEs

The 500 railroad intends building a
| line from Ryder, N. D., to Elbowwoods.
on Fort Berthold reservation.
Commander Robert E. Peary sailed
from New York on the Kronprinzessin
Cecilie for a lecture tour of England
and the continent.
Friends of Richard Croker, the old
time Tammany leader say he will re-
turn before the summer is over to
make New York his permanent home.
The mystery surrounding the identi-
ty of the Harvard alumnus who had
offered 100000 to build new bridge
over the Charles River as an approach
to the stadium was cleared when it
was learned that Lars Anderson of
Brookline was the man.
A schedule of the gross assets of the
big spot cotton firm of Knight, Yam
cey & Co., OF Decatur, Ala, which
went into bankruptcy, as made pub
lie in the bankruptcy court in Hunts
vile, Ala, lends some hope that the
losses of the unsecured creditors will
not be SO great as was anticipated.
The Society of Colonial Descendants
has been organized, with headquarters
in Washington. Chapters will be in
stituted in all parts Of the country.
Brigadier General Carl A. Woodruff,
U. s. A, retired, is Governor General,
and DR.. Joseph G. c. Bulloch, relative
Of Colonel Roosevelt, is deputy COVER
nor general.
Under a guard of twelve heavily
armed men the Puritan mine, near Da-
como, Colo, was opened the other day,
the first Of the Northern Colorado
mines to resume operations since the
strike began. The operators announce
that they will operate other mines as
they secure men.
It is said in New York that efforts
will be made to prevent Doubleday,
Page & CO. from circulating The Book
of Daniel Drew" written by Bourk
White of Trinity Neighborhood House,
Brooklyn, which assumes to be a diary
Of Commodore Vanderbilt's ancient
financial enemy. The book bares many
Wall street skeletons.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19

my little son, when about a year
and half old, began to have sores
come out on his face. I had a physi,
elan treat him, but the sores grew
worse. Then they began to come out
on his arms, then ON other parts of
his body, and then one came on his
chest, worse than the others. Then /
called another physician. Still he
grew worse. At the end of about a
year and a half of suffering he grew
SO bad that | had to tie his hands in
cloths at night to keep him from
scratching the sores and tearing the
flesh. He got to be a mere skeleton,
and was hardly able to walk.
my aunt advised me to try Cuti-
eura Soap and Cuticura Ointment.
sent to a drug store and got cake of
Cuticura Soap and box of the Oint-
ment and followed directions. At the
end of two months the sores were all
well. He has never had any sores Of
any kind since. I can sincerely say
that only for Cuticura my child would
have died. l used only one cake of
Cuticura Soap and about three boxes
of Ointment.
Il am nurse and my profession
brings me into many different fam
lilies and it is always a pleasure for
me to tell my story and recommend
Cuticura Remedies Mrs Egbert Shell
don, R. F. D. 1, Litchfeld, Conn, Oct.
%. 1902
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
Our Love for MnkiP

1t is true that this is not a demon
strative nation, nor a demonstrative
generation, says A. E. Thomas in Sue.
men and women still living whose
memories run back to the days when
Jenny Lind, the Swedish Nightin
gale" was the idol of the hour; who
can remember the furore that hel
singing aroused. Perhaps there are
still living some of the men whose
hands took the horse from her car.
rage and dragged her in triumph
from old Castle Garden to the hotel
where she lived. At all events, they
can remember that it was done, and
perhaps thep saw it, even if they did
not help to do it.
We do not take the horses from the
carriages of prima donnas any more.
The prima donnas now ride in costly
motor cars, and gasoline cannot be re
moved with the same facility as
horses. Even if the singers still used
horses, it is doubtful if we should in.
terfere. But, though cur ways of
showing it are less ingenious, we are
still as ardently the slaves of the
great magician as ever we were. We
still greet with keenest interest the
cabled announcements Of the discov.
cry of some new wonder-worker in the
field of song or instrumental music
No, neither the magicians nor our
love of their magic is dead. We may
be no longer moved either to behave
like children in our wonder at the
wizardry, nor to credit old wives tales
regarding its origin. But we still love
above all things to fit beneath the
old, yet ever new spell of the per
sonal mastery of the great musicians
and, though we are less demonstrative
and more sophisticated than our fore
bears, we are by no means stodgy OF
stoical when the enchantment has done
its work
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-05-19
Importance of a Word.

If you should write a letter to the
man who is chief magistrate of this
republic you are at liberty to address
him as 'The President, Washington,
D. c." That will be sufficient. He is
not his excellency,' as is the supreme
executive magistrate of Massachusetts,
nor his high mightiness," a title
which, they say, sounded pleasing to
the ear of the Father of His Country.
But if you should write letter to the
Secretary of State of the United States,
whom the plain president appointed
to the job, prepare to dip your pen in
honorific ink. While the chief magis-
trate is plain president" without any
titular epaulets, his Secretary of State
is "the Honorable Secretary of State"
1t will not do to address him as "the
Secretary of State" simply. He is
something more than that The Ell
quette of the State Department re-
quires that the word honorable" be
prefxed to the word secretary
Boston Globe.