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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10
THE AFFINITY BUSINESS AT
HOME.

Recently Kansas woman, disgust I'd
with the behavior of her husband who
seems to have been merely an average
man with the weaknesses that belong
to the average member of the race, adj
vertised as follows:
"WANTED-An affinity to claim my
husband if anyone wants him. He
grumbles at lis meals, puts his feet
on the parlor chairs and his head on
the parlor cushions, brings visitors to
the house and meals without letting
me know in advance so | can have
enough cooked for them and when |
ask for Xmas money he wants TO
know what | am going to do with it.
II any woman can see her affinity in
him | wish she would come and prove
property and take him away"
The Wisconsin Farmer does not
sympathize with the complaints of the
Kansas woman. 1t evidently regards
her as responsible, in large measure,
for the shortcomings of the husband
and looks upon him as one easily
converted into a model companion
Discussing her grievances, it says:
II the husband had not been some
what forehonded there would have
been no parlor chairs and nothing in
the house to cook for visitors and
with about six hungry children hang
ing to her skirts, she would hang to
that man closer than a cocklebur to a
mules tail, and if she saw anyone
talking to her husband in a mysterious
manner Size would sail into the raven
locks of the would-be affinity like a
swapping turtle on a Junebug.
That woman has had too much pros
perity. The faults described are grave
ones, but such that any true woman
can by little finesse correct in one
week.
Sidle up to him, madam, and tickle
him under the chin with a toothpick.
get him by the ear and kiss him as
you used to do WHEN you sat on the
lawn chair in the cleaning. Feed him
two or three days and pet the brute.
He will shave twice day, keep his
feet on the floor. lie with his head on
a wooden block if necessary and You
could not get him to look at an af-
fnity if you tried.
Go into the affinity business your
self and you will make your old par
lor shine like crystal palace if there
IS only one chair in it and tie stove
stands GOddIed on three legs
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10
Editorial Room, Telephone 90.
Americas, Ga, May 10, 1910.
A NEW ONE.

Babies are so little,
And the blooms are little, too;
We have the little songbirds,
The little drops of dew.
Goodness is so little,
But it's best, best, best
To take the good in little
If we have to leave the rest.
Fairies are so little,
And the rarest gems are those
That hide their dainty bauty
Like the beauty Of the rose.
Greatest things are modest,
And TIE lily in alright
That hide their dainty beauty
Turns as white as snow is white!
The grains of sand are little,
But the blowing dust of time
Is afterwhile the mountain
Where the human races climb,
The dove we give is little,
But it helps the feet to plod,
Up the footsteps to the bloom of Coo
Baltimore Sun.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10
GIRLS SHOULD-NO1 BE
AFRAID OF ENTHUSIASM
Thare is a Charm TO It
That is Attractive.
(By Dolly Madison.)

Have you ever realized what a
charm there is in enthusiasm? The
person who throws cold water on all
our plans. is never popular Life is
often SO monotonous that we OCCASION
ally like to be fired with interest, and
man or woman who is radiant over
small things is always delight.
think most of US have had the
experience of entertaining friends
who accepted stolidly all of our atten-
ton. The play that we had thought
would be such a treat was received
coldly. The little out-of-the-way Bo-
hemian restaurant which he had hop
ed would be such a revelation of
cosmopolitan ways, was such dead
failure. The art galleries, the shops,
the tea rooms invoked no word of
enthusiasm. We had no JOY in our
visitor because she expressed none.
We had no pleasure because We had
failed to please.
Bettina, on the other hand, ente
tanned girl friend the other day
who was a joy forever. Bettina is
not rich, and when she invited the
girl in question she was afraid that
the few simple pleasures which she
had provided might not be sufficient.
Her guest was wealthy, had every
thing, and had been everywhere.
f'Butshe just loves little things,
Bettina told me, rapturously. "SheI
gets as much fun out of a moving
picture show as some people get out
of an opera. The other day we went
down town and / treated her to a
glass of soda and we had our for
tunes read by a cheap palmist. When
we reached home she said that she
had had the time of her life and I be-
lieve it. 1t was not what we did,
but the way we did it."
Bettina is right. 1t isn't what we
do, but the way we do it. If we go
at things in a deadly, dull way we
will get deadly. dullness. If, on the
other han1@ge approach OUT. pleas
ures with gthusiasm we are sure to
have good time. l know two women
who are equally my good friends,
but when 1 want to have a happy-go-
lucky, careless afternoon, it is al
ways: my enthusiastic friend that
CHOOSE for my companion, rather than
the one who must have the big thin IS
for enjoyment Personally, l can get
fun out of trip downtown that boasts
nothing more expensive in the way
of amusement than carfare and a cup
of tea. In such jaunts l want with
me the girl who likes simple pleas
ures. want somebody who will laugh
at nothing. Don't you?
The girl who carries enthusiasm in
to her work, as well as into her play,
will find that she holds a winning
card. Work that is done for the "joy
of working" is likely to be we'll done
Lack of interest makes for dull rou-
tine. 1t brings discomfort and often
failure. The men who succeed are
the men who cam inspire both them
selves and others by their magnetic
personality, and there is nothing SO
magnetic as enthusiasm. People will
follow us, like US, and admire us il
we have it. 1t is worth cultivating
if it is not natural endowment.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10
A NEW ONE.

e-Schoolmaster's study.
Master-Why were you late for early
school, Wright?
Wright-Please sir, l must have ov-
erwashed myself-Punch.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10

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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10

Professor-"Jones, will you differ
entiate between the words discover
and inYent'?"
Jones-"Well-er-Peary discover
ed the Pole, and Cook invented it,"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10

The art of cattle roping is said to be
almost lost. The absence of Mr..
Roosevelt abroad may account for
this. But he is coming home now.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10
HOw's This?

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Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter-
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Testimonials free. Price, 75c per
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Take Halls Family Pills for censti-
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10

1t is SO natural to lie it's astonishing
how few people do it we'll.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10
KINNAN & MARVIN,

And a man ever sincerely loves the
ground a woman walks on unless she
owns it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10

Don't fool away your time telling
a man he is a liar. If he is he knows
II
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10

When it comes to an argument a
woman only gives in when she gives
out.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10

Woman is a thing of beauty and an
JOY forever.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10

official organ of the City of Americas
Official organ of Sumter County.
Official organ of Webster County.
Official organ of Railroad Commits
sion of Georgia for Third Congress
sional District.
Official organ U. S. Court, Southern
District of Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10

Entered at the postoffice at Ameri-
,us as second-class mail matter.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10
CENTRAL OF GEORGIA
RAILWAY
Arrivals.
Denarfnras.
Current Schedules Corrected to Date.


Railway Passenger Station 80 Meridian
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-05-10
Broadway Central Hotel,

Broadway, corner Third Street
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Only Medium Price Hotel left
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Special Rates for Summer
Our Table is the foundation of our
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American Plan, $3.50 upwards
European Plan, $1O0 upwards
Send for large colored Map of New
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-08-25

Max Ewers was in Bay City, Sunday.
Primary election Tuesday, September
9th.
Gratiot county fair at ithaca next
week
J. P. Losey and family Sundayed in
Bay City.
Excursion to Grand Rapids, Sunday,
Sept. 4th.
E. NJ Wood of Flint was in Alma the
first of the week.
Remember the social at the park Sat-
urday of this week.
Miss Beulah Parr is spending the
week at Crystal Lake.
Walter Vliet of Chicago spent Sunday
with his family in this city.
Mrs, w. H. Latimer of Detroit spent
Sunday with friends in Alma.
Mrs. J. II. Hanselman of Manistee is
the guest of Mrs. +. c. Crandell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gallup are spending
their vacation at the northern Michigan
resorts.
E. w. Redman is prosecuting an
active campaign for county drain COM
missioner.
Mrs. Ziggler and son Jack are the
guests of friends and relatives in St.
Louis, Missouri.
Mr. and Mrs. John Fogelsong of St.
Louis have been guests of Mrs. NJ. E.
Walls for the past week.
j. w. Stoddard and wife of Grand
Rapids were the guest of Eli Brown and
family Sunday of this week.
This is home coming week at Grand
Rapids. An elaborate program has
been prepared for the event.
Simon Messenger accompanied by his
daughters Misses Grace and Sadie left
Tuesday morning for New York City.
The Civic Improvement league will
hold its regular monthly meeting al
the Free Reading room Friday after
noon Sept ?.
Forty-six tickets were sold at this
station for the 2. NJ. X. r. excursion
east. They were divided between Mer'
rill Saginaw and Bay City.
Monday several friends of w. ID.
Clark surprised him by postal card
shower during his stay at the hospital
! He received about ninety cards.
Mead E. Dutt, pastor of the West
End Christian church of Chicago will
preach Sunday morning at 10 o'clock in
the G AR. hall. Everyone invited.
Mr., and Mrs. Niblick returned Tues.
day to their home in Reading after a
pleasant visit in this city at the home
of their daughters, Mrs. A. b. Scatter.
good.
Miss Mabel Strong spent two days OF
last week in the office of the county
CLERK at Ithaca, assisting in securing a
list of the enrolled primary voters of the
county.
We are pleased to see the familiar face
of our friend Dewey ID. VanDyne on
our streets again, after an absence OF
six years. He and wife and little
daughter are visiting at his mothers
Mrs. c. J. Barnes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-08-25
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

J. L. Miller was in Temple, Wednes-
day.
Rev. c. A. Austin was at NJ A. @.
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Birmingham spent
Wednesday i'll Lansing.
Bert Silver's tent show in Alma,
Saturday, September g..
Mrs. Alt Miller and daughter Phyllis,
visited in Lansing Thursday.
H. Walsters and family of Arcadia
spent Wednesday at Lansing.
John Youngs of Lansing was a guest
Of Charles De Planta last Tuesday.
The w. R. G. Thimble club will meet
in the w. r. c. hall Tuesday, Aug. 30.
Mrs. G. J. Barnes has returned hav-
ing spent month with her son, Archie
Van Dyne at Gaylord.
Petitions for the resubmission of the
local option question in Ionia county next
spring are in circulation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Case and Miss
Gean Bennett made al automobile trip
to Lansing, Monday of this week.
Miss Phyllis Miller returned home
Wednesday from two weeks visit with
her aunt, Mrs. H. Chedister of Flint.
Rev. w. 1. Coggshall superintendent
Of the Big Rapids district of the NJ. +.
Conference was in Alma, Wednesday.
The morning train south Wednesday
drew eleven coaches TO accommodate
those who desired to visit NJ A. @. that
day.
The Silver Family tent show carrying
80 people and % horses will visit Alma,
Saturday, September g. Remember the
date. x
Nelson c. Rice of st. Joseph filed IL,
900 names with the Secretary of State
last Monday as candidate for Lieutenant
Governor.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. G.. Rhodes returned
Tuesday night from Manchester by the
Sea. They report a most enjoyable
time while gone.
An examination for R. F. D carriers
will be held in this city Saturday of this
week. Twenty-Five applications have
already been filed.
The next meeting of the Ladies Aid
Society of the Presbyterian church will
be held in the city park on Tues lay
afternoon Aug. 30.
Miss Grace Pulfrey entertained st
Agnes Guild of ST. Johns church last
week at her home on Grant avenue
An enjoyable time was had by all
present.
The members Of the Ladies' Aid
society OF the Presbyterian church will
entertain their husbands at a pot luck
supper and corn roast in Wright Park
Tuesday afternoon Aug. 30 at 6:3C
O'Clock. All are urged to be present as
a very pleasant time is anticipated.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-08-25

Midland suffered $4,000 fire last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luchini spent Sunday
with friends in Saginaw.
Joe Watkins of the Alma Elevator
Co. spent Sunday in Merrill.
Miss Pugsley Of Nelson Bros, office
force is enjoying her annual vacation.
st. Louis Sugar Beet Co.'S annual
picnic is in progress at ST. Louis today.
Mrs. A, J. Hall entertained number
of friends at 500 last Friday afternoon
in honor of Mrs. John Hall of Eaton
county.
The Northern Michigan Press Club
will meet at Elk Rapids, September %
to "a. An interesting program is being
arranged.
After a weeks visit with friends in
this city, I. A. Johnson returned Friday
evening to his home III Okamulgee,
Oklahoma.
Clara Schaffer willsucce9d Mrs. Ray
Wells as collector and bookkeeper for
the Michigan State Telephone company
of this city.
Fifty-nine of our citizens took advant-
age OF the Ann Arbor excursion last
Sunday to visit friends at points be-
tween here and Toledo.
Base ball game Saturday on Davis
Field proceeds for the benefit of ST.
Mary's parish. You will miss good
game if you are not there.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-08-25

WANTED-A competent janitor who
can make himself useful about the
boarding department of Wright hall,
Alma College. A steady job with good
pay for the right man. References re-
quired. Write to L. Albertson or call
at the east door of Wright Hall, Alma
Mich.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-08-25

LOST-Green leather pocket note book
between Alma and Elwell. Reward if
returned to VIM. Schlegelmilch, 500 5th
ST., Detroit, Mich. l64ot2
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-08-25

WANTED-To sell our business in
the Edwards House. Have 20 steady
boarders and a good transient trade.
Reasons for leaving town, inquire of
Mrs. j. Fiudlater.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-08-25

FERTILIZER-Par wishing to
duplicate this years wheat crop should
see Howard Willard who has the ferti-
lizer that gets the results. x
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1910-08-25
ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST.

WANTED-An assistant cook. In
quire at Wright Hall, Miss 7. A.
Albertson.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-17
New York Tribune.)

Now that the curtain of The New
Theater has closed for the season on
drama and musfc in the forms in
which one is accustomed TO see ana
hear them, it will open again tomor-
row night upon curious aftermath,
something that has never been seen
behind the footlights in this country
before. Ii is TO be a dramatic bog
raphy" of Ledwig Won Beethoven,
showing the most striking occur
rences in the great composers lie,
together with the. incidents leading
upto and the circumstances under
which he composed some OF his most
famous masterpieces.
There is no plot or dramatic Sc
quence in the play. Characters come
on and go of, not 70 appear again,
just as in real life. OF The large cast
Of thirty-six persons the leading char
aCters are Beethoven. SCHNEIDER who
was his close friend and afterwards
his biosrapher; two of Beethoven 5
sweethearts. Glulietts Guidiccia and
the Countess of Brunswick; the com
poser's brother and the brother's
wife and child Besides these there
are roprcsented the members OF the
famous quartet with which he work
ed. all OF whom play on exact re-
productions of the instruments which
The original men used. instruments
now preserved in the birth house OF
Beethoven. at Bonn. on the Rhine.
The main theme running through
the play is the tragedy of the com
poser's increasing deafness. which al
Q critical moment finally shuts in
completely and leaves him a stranger
to his own music. Among the most
interesting scenes in the play is the
one in which Beethoven meets Gull
ietta Giudiccia in the gardens over
looking Vienna and asks her to marry
him. She refuses him finally and
leaves him. He gazes after her for
:. long time. when suddenly from the
orchestra are heard the first notes OF
the Moonlight Sonata Beethoven
turns. and striding up and down, as
IS shown in a well known painting
is seen to compose this one of his
most famous works. the name of
which is really the symphony in {
sharp minor, and which he himself
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1910-04-17
Remarkable Play on BeethOVen's Lie

there are 10 be some scenic surprises
that no one-no, absolutely no one
outside OF Mr.. Plat. the stage di-
rector. and his assistants, knows any
thing about. In London, b ethoYen s
death in the third act Was accom-
panied by the appearance in maiden
Is form n the cisions Of his nine
symphonies
IN the present production. saia
Mir. Ames to a Tribune representa-
tive. the death scene viii be pass
ing from out from the real into the
unreal. a fading from life into vision.
The exact scenic and musical ar
rangement of this ending is being
kept strict secret.
The man who will during the hours
OF the drama give up his identity
TO take on that of the crratic and az
flicted genius is ScOtchman 10y
birth. but comes here now from
Chicago. where he has recently made
himself conspicuous as "a player oil
good piays"-that is, plays or liaupt-
mann, Browning. lbsen, etc. Ills
name is Donald Robertson. and New
Workers may or may not remember
having seen him here as lad play
ing the cripple in The TWO Orphans
With Kate ClaXton. Afterwards he
made tours of the country with Dion
Poucicault.
One of the reasons why he was
chosen to take the part OF Beethoven
Is his remarkable facial and physical
resemblance to the great man OF
Bonn.
Il shall use very little makeup,
he said, when asked 20 explain his
coming Interpretation of the historic
al character. Il do not believe in
heavy makeup. II is a mask thai
hides the expressivencss Of face.
shall wear a wig, arranged as Bee
thoven wore his hair. and that is al
| need. You see. it is eXtraordinary
but am quite like him. am not
To be frank. knew very little abou
| the composer before | took hold al
| this part. but of course | have no"
made a detailed study Of his charac
ter"
His Plans for Portrayal.
"lIOw are you going 10 interest PEG
pie in Beethoven" he was asked
people who perhaps are not music
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