Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-01-12
COUNTRY BANKS The BEST.

| vouno Men Find Ihero 0reStost OP
! portunitI.,, Says chieasoan.
"Young man, 60 to the country II
you want a thorough groundwork for
| q financial career. Shun the big city
bank, where you are liable to get into
a departmental groove and 80 no high
er."
Joseph r. Talbert, president Of the
Chicago Clearing House association
AID first vice president Of the Com
mercial National bank Of Chicago, was
talking Of the reasons as he saw them
for his being called to New York as
4 vice president of the National City
bank when he gave this advice to
young men.
Mr.. Talbert attributes his success to
the fact that he was trained in a coun-
try institution and says that he rub
bed elbows with the farmer"
I'm the banking business, as we'll as
in any line Of trade, the man who
knows his customers, their habits and
peculiarities. is going to get the best
results. l have never regretted that
my start was in the country bank. 1t
was a good school. and no young man
who is in earnest will have cause for
regret IL he takes course In It,"
Tho Shade He Wanted.
Delacroix. the painter, was walking
out one day in Paris with a friend Of
his when he fell into brown study.
What is up with you now?" said
the friend.
Il can't get certain shade OF yel-
low." replied the artist.
what sort of yeiIowY
Just then cab drove past.
1.-THE very thing! the painter gasped
out stop. stop!'
II am engaged" the cabby replied
without stopping.
Delacroix started in pursuit and at q
steep place in the Rue des Martyrs
overlook the cab. Opening the door.
be said in tones OF cntreaty to the pas
senger inside:
DO please tell your driver to stop.
/ want your complexion for painting
on which l am at work. There Is q
color merchant close at hand. l shall
not detain you above five minutes. and
In acknowledgment of the service you
render me l will present you with
sketch of my picture"
The bargain was struck. Delacroix
got his yellow. and few months later
the fare" received a sketch of his
assassination Of the Archbishop of
Liege."
Dr.. Hale's Day.
Or. Hale and the late Bishop Hunt
1ngton Of New York were fast friends.
The latter had been a Unitarian. and
his shift caused a sensation, says the
Christian Register. The Episcopalians
have saints assigned to the various
days in the year. When an Episco-
palian minister writes letter on any
day for which there is saint be al
ways writes the name Of the saint at
the close Of the letter instead Of the
date. Bishop Huntington learned all
these things quickly and began to prac-
tice them at once. The first time he
had occasion to write to his old friend
Dr. Hale after joining the church he
placed "St. Michaers day" after his
signature. A reply from the doctor
came, and after his name be had writ
ten 10 full. round band. Wash day"
Work Day On . Mississtppi Plantation.
The day begins on plantation when
It Is yet night. The big bell rings be-
tween 4 and s O'Clock for the hands"
to go to the fields. Nanny starts her
small sable assistants around at the
big house" with early coffee about 6.
without this tiny cup Of cafe noir
your true creole gets up on the wrong
side of the bed. He has no appetite
for breakfast after ride through the
fields and still less for his generous
dinner. Supper is served at
night, and the dishes are typically
corn and batter breads. |
fried chickens and waf1les and 6g pre-
serves, with 'sillabub," that moon
beam mixture that makes modern ices
and connections heavy by comparison,
for dessert. Life on a plantation Is
not dull. There are visits to town and
a constant stream Of visitors from
town. There are sugar house" par
ties and hog killings, Christmas doings !
and Thanksgiving dinners, to say moth |
Ing Of house parties and hunts.-Mem-
phis Commercial Appeal.