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The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
SHAVING GUARDS HEALTH.
Men Without Mustaches Less Subject
to Colds Than Those with Them.

10 ColoS nan IhoSe win mem.
London.-"Clean Shaving as Pro
phhylactic Measure" is the subject of
an article in this weeks Lancet. The
matter is brought up by contributor
in The Lancet noticing that clean
shaven persons enjoy a kind of i'm
munity from common colds or are less
frequently attacked than those who
cultivate a mustache.
The Lancet says that it is conceiv-
able that the mustache affords a nur-
sery for organisms, whereas a daily
shave acts as a regular antiseptic rou.
tine. At this rate women should en-
Joy similar immunity, says The Ian
Get, unless stress be laid on the fact
that no method of their toilet eqIals
the drastic cleaning process of the
razor and soap. Moreover, fine downy
hair is natural to the lips of women
and children.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
MOSES THE BEST JOURNALIST
Reporter Of Grimes Such as No Mod.
ern Paper Would Dare
TO Print.


TO Print.
Kansas City, Mo.-Addressing the
Ministers Alliance of Kansas on The
Faith of a Journalist" Walter VIII
Hams, dean of the School of Journal
ism at Missouri University. spoke Of
the similarity of the Bible to the mod
ern newspaper.
"The best journalist with whose
work l am acquainted" said Mr.. Will
liams, was Moses. He was the first
great editor. You plead for the publi-
cation of only the good and the beau
tiful in your favorite daily newspaper.
1t was an earlier people, not wiser
one, who cried: 'Prophesy unto us
smooth thin IS
"In one of the five books Moses
edited the great editor gave more
criminal news. and that more graphi-
cally, than to-days newspapers would
dare-for example. the reports of the
disobedience of Adam, the drunken
ness of Noah. the falsehoods of Abra-
ham, and the iniquity of the city Of
Sodom."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
VIII Lose Out.

The country which fails to build
good roads is inevitably going to lose
out in the prosperity game; the farm
er is going to the market that gives
him the easiest haul, even though II
is a longer one. II he can carry ten
bales of cotton to a market twenty
miles away on a single trip. he is
surely going to that market in pre- 'er.
ence to one only ten miles away where
he can haul but five bales at a load
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
Sufficiently Marred.

You want TO cct % a''y. e-,.
pose" said the lawyer to whom Mrs.
Donovan husband escorted her on
the day after she and Mrs. Leahy had
INDUCED in a little difference of
opinion.
Damages! echoed Mrs Dono-
van, shrilly. Haven't | got dam
ages enough already, man? What
I'm after is satisfa gtinn."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
Uncle Sans Employees.

The Governments employ
list is growing by leaps and
bounds. The grand total of all
Federal employees at present
is 370,065, as against 306,141 in
1907, an increase in the two
years of about $4,000 persons
or about 90 per cent. There
were 2S,947 persons in the Fed
eral employ in Washington on
July 1 last; the annual pay roll
for them is S31 ,541 ,225, an aver
age of nearly $1,10O each. This
total will be temporarily swol-
len by the addition of about
1900 persons to the clerical
force of the Census Bureau,
adding nearly $4,000 900 in sal
aries during the year or more of
their employment.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
Not by Aesop.

Mrs. Hen, having performed her
oviparous function. took constitu-
tional around the yard. Returning to
her nest she found it empty and
clucked angrily.
WHAT'S the trouble, ma'am?" ask
ed the rooster.
IT'S mighty funny" she grumbled
that | can never find things where
lay them"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
lunchroonese.

Three men went into a quick-lunch
restaurant and ordered a ham-and-
egg sandwich and a glass of milk, two
poached eggs on toast, and two saus-
ages on macaroni. Here's what the
lunch-counter man sang out to his
invisible cook:
"One combo with a COW; two meu
on a raft, two Bleriots on the Chan
nell"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
SUICIDES BREED SUICIDES.

Toronto Professor Talks at Yale Of
morbid Influences."
New Haven, Conn, n.,-Close inquiry
into every suicide to determine the
cause of the act was advocated by
Prof ]. G. Hume of Toronto Uni
versity in paper read by him before
the American Philosophical Asso la.
ton at Yale.
He asserted self-destruction was be,
coming more and more prevalent and
that realistic. sensational accounts in
newspapers OF narrowing details OF
unfortunate acts" exerted morbid in
nuence upon those struggling with the
temptation to commit crime.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
IDIosYNcRAsY COSTS LIFE.
Scratching Left Ear with Hoof, Tren-
ton Mans Purchase Is Strangled.


Trenton, N. J.,-Just because
horse tried TO scratch his left ear with
one of his hoofs, Thomas NJ. Everett,
a Trenton man, is out S251. He pur-
chased the animal two days before
and had to pay 81 to have the dead
body removed from his stable
While attempting to do the acrobat
ic stunt the animal slipped and was
strangled by the halter about his
neck. The beast had habit of scrat-
ching his ears with one OF his hoofs,
and his former owner always put an
unusually large halter about his neck,
but Everett was unaware of his
horses odd habit and as conse-
Quence is mourning his financial loss.
The animal was dead several hours
before the body was found.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
Defininu the Russian,

The Marquis de Custine once de-
fined the Russian government as "an
absolute monarchy tempted by assas-
sination." The present situation is
described by Constantin WaliszewsH
as IAN anarchy tempered by a state
of siege"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
All Going out.

Judge (sternly) Three times in a
month! What do you make of this.
sir?
Rastus (apologetically)-'Deed
doan' make muffin. You fellows up
here seem to be de only ones dat get
any 'cuniary profit out of hauling me
up.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02

The use OF oil and tar in road con.
struction is attracting the attention
OF road builders the world over, par
icularly as the effect of modern mo
tor traffic has completely changed the
conditions OF wear on roads that suf-
fer any great amount OF this kind Of
traffic.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
Safe.

A kind old gentleman, seeing a very
small boy carrying a lot OF newspa-
pers under his arm, was moved to
pity.
Don't all those papers make you
tired. my boy?"
Nope" the mite cheerfully replied.
~ can't read!"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
An errort is being made TO orgapi2

An effort is being made to organize
Good Roads Clubs in every county In
Georgia. BY common consent. the
Rural Mail Carriers, of whom there
are about 1900 in the state, are TAX
ing the lead in the agitation and form
ing the nucleus for the thoroughly per-
fected state organization which is
aimed at
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
Lax on Chinese.

The $500 Canadian head tax on Chi
nese immigrants is causing a scarcity
of unslilled labor at Victoria. The
British Columbia salmon Gamers are
petitioning for a reduced head tax. in
order to permit Chinese to enter the
province.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
HINTS FOR R0USEKEtPERS

A few drops of lemon juice .
added to eggs that are being
scrambled improves the flavor. .
A little oil rubbed on the stub
end of a pen will prevent its ;
rusting in the handle.
Large Gothic letters are the :
most in demand for marking
, household linen.
Stand in boraX water for a
little while dishes that have be-
come brown from baking in the
: oven and they can be easily
: cleaned.
Rubbing with a piece of po-
. tato dipped in common baking
. soda is said to be an efiicacious
method of cleaning silver.
A plate scraper is wooden
device shaped to fit the curves
of a plate and attached to a
handle of convenient length.
Il 4. r. 4 Il 4.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02

a lot of little hairpins and a circle
of double meshes passes through the
middle part. Hairpins are also attach
ed to this circle and are woven into
the meshes. When one of these nets
is adjusted it is there to- stay until
the wearer is ready to withdraw the
multiplicity of little pins that hold it
in place. Fitting so closely it has not
the objection raised to some old-style
nets that the ends come loose and
give an untidy appearance to the Golf
fure.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
They Mere Shady.

Bung-So you have succeeded in
tracing back my ancestors? What is
your fee?
Genealogist-Twenty guineas for
keeping quiet about them.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
Valuable information.

Guide: After this point there's no
vegetation, fiye hundred metres high.
or. no beer. and after another i've
hundred, no post cards,
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1910-02-02
Notes and
Comment
or Interest to Women Readers
NEW HAIR NET.
Small Hairplns Are Woven Fast to
the Borders and MeshIna.

HS po'ueTs anu "SSHiHS'
II required three Londoners to de-
wise the improved hair net which is
shown in the illustration. but it would
probably take more than three to get
1t off miladys head unless some one
of them knew the combination. The
net portion of this important article
is no different from that of any other
hair net, but the value of the inven-
tion lies in the fact that 1t will stay
put" Along the borders are fastened
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
CLEAN THE STREETS.

COlumbia's streets should be kept
in a better condition. Mud that has
been allowed to accumulate on the
pavement and at the street crossings
IS an ineXcusable nuisance. People
despise to tip-toe through half inch
or more OF sticky slime when beneath
that there is a good brick pavement
Tor the express purpose of doing away
with mud. They are apt to ask the
return of the old cObble stones, be-
cause they keep one above a street
that ought not to be sloppy. But
there should be no excuse for recalling
them
Ali the streets should be kept clean.
especially should there be an effort
to have cleaner crossings.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
THE ODD HOURS.

To have something to do is just as
necessary as to have something to eat
in order to live. Every person has
some time when he may be free from
vocational care or regular business
and be able to vary his thoughts and
activities. These fractional moments
may be used to strengthen his mind
or physique or to weaken his health
and mental efficiency.
There are things which may be done
at spare times to obtain pleasures,
rest ones mind, and produce utilities
at the same time. The sum of these
odd hours will be great portion of
ones life. To get the best and most
of life, no one can afford to throw
the odd hours away.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
TOMORROW NIGHT.

The third and last concert of the
present season by the St. Louis Syn
phony Orchestra will be heard in Co
lumbia tomorrow night.
The benefits to Columbia of the
visits of the Symphony Orchestra sllg
gest that the last concert should be a
glorious climax to the series. Ii is
earnestly hoped that the attendance
will be large, AMI the interest great
Certainly the concert will be a dis
tinct event Of rare Importance in the
musical life of Columbia.
Let's put Columbia really first in
the state in the higher things Of life
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04

the university during stunt week"
Columbia would be crowded with visi-
tors. Both the town and the uniyer-
sity would receive splendid advertis-
ing, which is always a good thing.
The objections OF tradition Or Gus
tom. which some have raised are en-
tirely overbalanced by the advantages
OF an all-stunt week. Does anyone
think that students would so home
to spend the weeks vacation with
such week OF pleasure here?
Let us not permit the year 10 pass
without taking steps for an all-stunt
week
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
FOR NEW MISSOURI CAPITOL.
Prizes Offered for Editorials on Pro-
posed Amendments.

posed Amendments.
The Missouri immigration Commis-
sion has inaugurated a prize editorial
contest. which will be open to all the
newspapers in the state, the object be-
ing to boost the proposed S5,OO0,00O
capitol for Missouri.
The first prize OF $50 will be
awarded to the editor publishing the
best editorial in behalf of the pro
posed constitutional amendment,
which will provide for new state
capitol. the editorial not to exceed 500
words in length. The second priZe
will be $2:. the third $l5 and the
fourth SO.
The contest will close May l. News
papers containing editorials TO be en-
tered in the contest should BE- marked
and addressed to Walter Williams, Co
lumb!a. Mo. The judges of the con
test will be: Walter Williams. dean
of the School OF journalism OF the
University of Missouri; c. +. Morris.
of the St. Joseph Gazette; Dante Bar
ton, OF the Kansas City Star; Homer
BassfOrd. OF the st. Louis Times; p.
+. Burton, OF the Joplin NewS-Herald;
Thomas Speed Mosby, of the Missouri
Dairyman, and William Marion Reedy
OF the st. Louis Mirror.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
SOCIAL LIFE AT THE UNIVERSITY

Is there too much social life at the
University of Missouri? This depends
upon the individual. The young man
who comes with the purpose to put
to his fullest use the few years he
is to spend here will give little
thought to social matters. His time
will be fully occupied. A certain
amount of social relaxation is neces-
sary, nevertheless, to his welfare, but
this will be easily found without any
special provision. The danger is that
this social relaxation will be permit
ted to develop to such an extent as
to encroach on time that should be
given to studies 1t is not that the
evening assigned for the dance can
not be spared. This would not be an
extravagant waste of time. perhaps.
But the thought given to that evening.
in anticipation and in memory, de-
tracts much from studies and aids in
lowering grades.
There is small need at the univer-
sity for any concerted action to pro-
vide social life for the student. He
NAV be trusted to find all that is nee
essary-and more.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
DR.. ELIOT REEVES OLD WORD
He Tells Legislative Committee That
6IIboards Are "UgIifiers."

BOSTON-C. w. Eliot, president
emeritus OF Harvard, revived an old
English word yesterday, and most OF
those who heard him supposed he
had coined the word himself. With
others he appeared before a legisla-
tive committee to urge passage of a
bill OF the Cambridge Municipal Art
League, for restriction and control
of advertising signs. President Eliot
said the billboards in nearly all Ameri-
can cities We're defacements. We're
ugly in themselves and prevented per
sons from seeing the open spaces OF
land and sky. He styled many of
the posters absolutely unchaste and
"uglitiers' to our landscape.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
PHI MU ALPHA TO EXPLAIN.
Will Tell Chorus Monday Why "MeIu,
sina" Was Left Off Program.

The committee representing the Uni,
verSity OF Missouri chorus consulted
Wednesday night with members OF Phi
Mu Alpha, the musical society which
has charge OF the ST. Louis Symphony
Orchestra concerts, relative to the az,
Jion taken by this society last week.
The committee was told that a meet
ing of the Phi Mu Alpha would be hold
and that an explanation would be
made of the societys action in leaving
off the program the presentation OF
Hoffman's choral work. "Melusina.'
upon which the chorus had been work
ing for about five months. The com
mittee will report to the chorus Mon
day night.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
CORNELL coLoRS IN HER EGG.
Hen at Ithaca Has Caught the Real
College Spirit.

ITHACA, n. Y, March $50 con,
tagious is the Cornell spirit" that a
white Ithaca hen of unblemished char.
acter has been persuaded, after a
course of dietetics with professors of
the Cornell State College of Agricul-
ture, to lay eggs bright with the Cor,
nell colors. The yolks are red and
the albumen white.
A harmless dye was given the hen
with her feed, and when it was seen
tnat her plumage began to turn deli,
cate pink her eggs We're examined and
found to be still more deeply colored
Other admiXtures of dye turned the
yolk of the egg pink and the hens feet
the same color
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
University Calendar

Fourth Annual Exhibition OF oil
paintings daily in Museum of Archae-
ology until March 6.
March 5-St Louis Symphony Or
cheStra
March s. Prof W. C. Curtis on
Experimental Zoology at assembly.
March l.. Prof. George Lefevre on
Evolutionary Zoology at assembly.
April 7-Quarterly meeting of Board
of CuratOrs
May 80 to June Final examina-
tiOns.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
M. U. MEN ARE CHOSEN
Positions With State Fair Board foi
Several Faculty Members.

Positions With State Fair Board for
Several Faculty Members.
Some important positions on the
state fair board We're given yesterda!
to University of Missouri men at the
annual meeting in Sedalia. f. b.
Mumford, dean of the College OF Agri-
culture, was made director in charge
of the draft horse department. E. A.
TrOwbridge, instructor in animal hus
bandry becomes superintendent OF
this department. c. H. Eckles. pro,
fessor of dairy husbandry. J. c. Whit
II. Demarea, assistant in agronomy
We're chosen judges Tor the awarding
OF premiums.
The board passed on the premium
lists. An increase was made in the
premium on live stock, this increase
affecting especially the premium on
draft horses.
The contract has been let for 4
new $25 900 women5 building on
the fair grounds. The building VII!
be used as building for women's con,
crosses and will contain rest and re,
ception rooms. The building will be
finished by the time of the opening of
the 1910 fair, in November.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
THIS GUN SHOOTS CURVES
Machine Will Give Batting Practice
at Naval Academy.

ANNAPOLIS. Md. March 4.-.'as2-
ball candidates at the Naval Academy
this season will try out a new r!tcii-
ing gun. which is expected 10 s.Ne
them all the preliminary training that
they need TO face any rival pitcher.
The gun, in throwing a ball from the
pitchers box over the plate. may be
made to give curve as wide as
eight feet in any direction by simple
regulation in the breech. The ma
chine is the invention of one OF the
Naval Academy officers. 1t is oper-
ated with compressed air.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
AN AIL-STUNT WEEK.

The carnival given by the Ad club
points out the possibilities of a sue
cessful all-department stunt week.
If every department in the Univer
sity of Missouri would get together
and set aside a week in the spring
during which each would have a day
for its stunt, a most successful affair
would surely follow and a big prob
lem would be solved.
Department rivalry would insure a
solid week of interesting. clever
stunts. People from all over the
state would make it point to visit
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
Poultry Course Closes Tonioht.

The short course in poultry hus-
bandry which has been held for the
last three weeks at the Agricultural
Building will close tonight. This
course has been held for the benefit
of the regular agricultural students
and the short course students. About
sixty have taken the work.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
Sneed Heads Boone Club,

A Boone county club composed of
students who live in Columbia and
Boone county was organized at the
University of Missouri yesterday. The
officers are, President, G. W. Sneed,
vice-president, p. E. Magruder; sec,
retary, Frank Allen; treasurer, H. A.
Roberts. A permanent organization
will be effected at 4:30 o'clock Mon,
day afternoon. The club will affiliate
with the University Ad club.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
A CHESS GAME BY CABLE.
English Colleges Will Challenge Amer,
leans to Six Contests,

NEW YORK, March 3-Oxford and
Cambridge have at last been heard
from in regard to the annual cable
chess match with the American col
leges. They announce that an official
challenge will be forthcoming shortly
The chess players at Oxford and
Cambridge have had some difficulty in
financing the match. and therefore
overstepped the time limit for chal-
longing laid down in the deed of gift
for the Rice trophy. This has been
waived, however, at a meeting of the
American Alumni Committee.
April % is suggested as the date for
playing the games, which will be six
in number.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
Conductor Dies of Tuberculosis

Charles J. Acton, 29 years old, died
of tuberculosis of the stomach and in
testines at his home in Columbia at
O'Clock last night. He was a rail-
road conductor and is said to have
contracted his disease in Old Mexico
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
Dr.. Cutler to Speak in St. Louis,

DR.. w. p. Cutler, state dairy and
food commissioner, will speak to the
Missouri association of wholesale
dealers in eggs, poultry and butter at
st. Louis Monday. His subject will be
What Missouri Is Doing to Develop
Dairy Production
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
City Democrats to Meet

A city democratic meeting will be
held late this afternoon in the Ex-
change National bank building to de-
eide when the democratic primary
elections will be held.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
E. w. Stephens to Speak at Y. M. c. A

f. w. Stephens. OF the Stephens
Publishing company. will lecture in
the Y. NJ. c. A. auditorium at O'Clock
Sunday afternoon. He will tell of his
observation of foreign missionary
fields on his recent tour of the world.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
DR.. EIIwood Will Speak Tonioht.

DR.. c. A. Ellwood, professor of So
ciology. will address the Social Science
club tonight on Substitutes for Eco
nomic Socialism" The club will meet
at l:3o O'Clock in room "a of Academic
Hall.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
Notes of Society.

The +. +. O. society enteEtaln"'!
friends from , to ) "Wednesday at the
Acacia house. Mrs. Katherine Noe
was hostess. About 10 guests were
present. Miss Madge Mundy and Miss
Nora zimmerman sang several selec'
tions. The society has fifteen mem,
berS.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04

News item: Packers say that the
extravaganza OF consumers is the
cause of the high prices of food
(Subject Of cartoon in St. Louis Star.
The packer dimes on turkey,
With no thanks to the Giver;
The consumer scans the menu
And is forced to order liver.
The packer eats his sirloin.
And on occasion duck;
The consumer gives his order
For ten-cent slice OF chuck.
The packer autos through the
town.
His head held high in air;
Consumer digs down in his jeans
To produce his live-cent fare.
The packer calls for Extra Dry
His countenance to cheer;
The cOnSumer-well, he orders
A nickers worth of the stuff
that made Milwaukee famous. c.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04

WANTED THE GERMAN MU-
tual Life Insurance Co of st. Louis, in
corporated 1857, desires a competent
local or district agent for Boone county
and vicinity. Address H. F. Giere.
General Agent, st. Louis, Mo.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-03-04
A Foxy ReoIy.

One of the most caustic replies ever
made during an election campaign
was that of Fox when he called at a
shop during one of his candidatures.
The shopman happened to be rabid
opponent. Taking hold of a piece of
rope he said, savagely: Vote for you.
Id sooner hang you with this rope.'
Very interesting" remarked Fox
blandly. examining the cord. "A fam
lily relic, | presume. e."-Westminster
Gazette.