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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-29
Beside me singing

There is but one definition. and that
is, his best girl had poor habit OF read
ing aloud and most probably ruined his
finest verses by intoning them In see
saw rhythm through her nose.
Even those people who protest that
thew love to be read aloud to- will draw
the line sharply at a newspaper. Obit-
uary notices and society gossip contain
matter which they prefer to receive first
hand and, not as hand-me-down news;
stock reports never sound the same when
licked Off on another's lips; front-page
stories lack luster, and the wonlan's page
fails to charm when 1t is read aloud at
the leisure and discretion of the reader
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-29
Gentle Art Of Reading Aloud

Cally Ryland, writing on this subject,
says:
cit is long time afterward to be ac-
cusing a poet of a sneer directed at his
best girl, but just what did Omar mean
when he enumerated among the accessso-
ries of an earthly paradise
"A jug of wine, a book of verse, and
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-29

rHEATRICALLY SPEAKING.
One thing to the credit of Valleys
comet is that it always appears Inc an
'.all-star cast"
Most widowers are like babies-they cry
{ all the first summer, then they begin to
I take a little notice and you can hardly
null them through the second summer.
Z OF all words by wireless or rail,
The saddest are these: 1.-The comets lost
its tall"
''That woman ought to be arrested for
carrying concealed weapons
"Why?"
There never was anything more deadly
than her tongue
! Mr.. Gay Boys motto is: Business
before pleasure"
.why, he kisses his own wife before
he. kisses his neighbours"
ANOTHER VERSION.
Our eyes have met,
Our lips not yet,
But for you I'm set
You suffragette
Z HOW THOSE GIRLS LOVE EACH
Otheri
! miss Gott-rox has such weak eyes"
'I'm not surprised. They're in weak
s place."
: There was an old grandee of Spain.
! I can't remember his name; ~
In fact, doncher know,
This Is merely to show
I can write In humorous vein!
After ALL the woman who talks all fHe
time and says nothing Is the cleverest be-
Gauge she never gets into trouble.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-29
My Lady Modish

The slippers covered with Irish creole
will be more in vogue this season tia
last year.
The rough homespun linens do ea
wrinkle SO badly as the smooth OF -
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-29
What the Shops Offer

one notices all sorts of new silver Jew
elry. The little silver-plated and enam-
eed bar pins are pretty. They come two
In set and are decorated with either
forget-me-nots or roses ON a white
ground The sterling silver engraved
bars, two and a half inches long, are
smart for tie pins.
.'vanitas. vanitatumr, is what the more
strongminded ones among us exclaim
when finger vanity sets are mentioned
And yet 1t is astonishing how very beau
tifully and daintily these tri1es are made
In sterling silver they showed me SETS
both carved and plain and of exquisite
workmanship, consisting of a puff box
puff and mirror But the one which
should choose IL l were thinking of in
dulging is about the size of watch
When the lid springs back. instead of d
dial, you see a tiny little powder puff
and a diminutive mirror set in the lid
The girls who wore Dutch collars with
last summers, blouses will like the new
Dolly collars. They are fiat like Dutch
collar. and are made of pique, with 81
narrow poplin binding running around
the edges and flowing poplin tie ends
which the wearer arranges in sailor
knot. The binding is either pink, blue
or lavender.
We Americans have such a habit Of
adapting things to entirely different uses
than intended by their makers across
seas! The other day happened upon a
wonderful roaster. That is, it was a
rooster in Dresden, whence 1t came, but
here the shopkeeper informed me, it will
be used as holder for short-stemmed
flowers
Any woman who comes face to face
with the linen and linen crash suits
she had hers made to order. They have
pleated skirts, "a and 36-inch coats, with
notched collars and revers, the coats
being single-b breasted, with semi-ftting
backs. Both the crash and linen ones
are in the natural linen color.
To make really good-looking darn is
an art and an accomplishment which has
brought down on the heads of those who
have it not much painful criticism. But
relief is at hand. The new mending It's
sue saves both eyes and nerves. You
take a niece of II and r'H~7 Of the
.aaterse }el she eafnsAr on wish 10
epass lsse The neiieIr1 81 tie
hels % eat. ths pesch 4 iaa
slssp IS witH qf-
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-29
Dolly's Dallyings

THEATRICALLY SPEAKING.
One thing to the credit OF Valleys
comet is that it always appears Inc an
'.all-star cast
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-08-10
NEW YORK MAYOR SHOT. Il
. Taken to Hospital IN Hoboken and
Doctors Say Wound Is Not
Fatal.

On Tuesday morning at $3.50 Mayor
William ]. Gaynor, Of New York City,
was shot and dangerously wounded BY
one ]. ]. Gallagher. a former city EN-
ployee, but who had recently been dis
charged.
Mayor Gaynor had just boarded the
steamer and was about to sail for a
vacation trip through Europe. A num-
ber of the city officials accompanied
the mayor to the steamer and had
just formed q groupe for a picture
when suddenly man pushed through
the crowd and approached the mayor
and without word of warning fred
at him. Mayor Gaynor fell to the
deck with bad wound in the neck.
"A ship guard seized the would-be
assassin who was placed in jail
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-08-10
/. o. o. &. COUNTY CONVENTION
The Crawford County Association
Will Meet in Denison on Thurs
day, August nth.

Programs have been issued for q
convention Of the Crawford County
Odd Fellows, to be held In Denison
at the Germania hall on Thursday
August 11th, at one o'clock p. m. 1t is
expected that large attendance will
be present. At the public meeting in
the afternoon Grand Master D. b
Gum win deliver an addr IS; also the
Grand Secretary, R.. L. Tilton, will
speak. In the evening at the Odd
Fellow hall the exemplification of the
first degree will be given by the Wood.
bine lodge. The following is the pro,
gram In full:
Open meeting at Opera House.
Music.
Invocation Rev. DePree
Address of Welcome. :. Hon. Mayor
Response. Dow City and Schleswig
Music.
Address. Grand Master d. B. Gum
Vocal Solo.
Address, Grand Secretary R. L. Tilton
Defamation. Miss Florence Baker
Song America.
Address. i. -. Hon. Jerry 8. Green
Evening at Odd Fellow Hall.
Exemplification of First Degree by
Woodbine Lodge.
Good of the Order.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-08-10
THREsHER SEPARATOR BURNED.
Thomas Ransom Loses His Machine
by Fire Near Arlon Thursday
Had Just Started Fan Work. g;l

Thomas Ransom met with quite q
seveye loss on last Thursday after
noon near Arion. He and his men
were threshing on q place Just west
and north Of Arion. and had gotten
pretty good start for the afternoon
when his separator took fire and
burned to the ground. It seems to be
rather a mystery as to how 1t caught
1ire:as there was no fire around. They
were threshing from the shock
and when unloading a load oi
grain one Of the bundles in being
pitched on the feed board and Just, as
it entered the cylinder ignited and
hurst into flames, and in less time
than it takes to tell 1T the interior
sof the machine was all ablaze. None
Of the grain was burned, as in thresh.
ing from the shock there were nc
sta0ks Ehe loss to Mr.. Ransom is
sev this time when the fan
threading has just commenced. It il
understood, however. he will imme
diately buy a new machine.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-08-10
FOR SUPREME JUDGES.

The denomination Of Judges DeemeI
and Evans by the republican state
convention was wise thing for the
convention to do.
At the same time it was fittine
compliment both gentlemen being &C.
corded unanimous nominations.
Judge Deemer has had q long ju.
dicial career for q man as young as
he is. His record, first as district
and later as supreme Judge, has been
a, most enviable one.
1t is the opinion Of the members of
the bar Of this state and Of the people
generally that he is qualified to fill
q position as one of the judges of
the United States supreme court, and
his friends from time to time have
urged his appointment.
Judge Evans has had a shorter ex-
perience upon the supreme bench, but
had a longer one on the district bench
before his promotion.
His record as district Judge from
every standpoint was without blemish
and since his election to the supreme
court he has won the universal re-
spect Of the bar of the state for his
broad views as judge, his knowledge
of the law and his analytical and prac-
tical mind.
While we have such judicial, timber
to draw from in Iowa there is little to
fear but what the bench will be kept
up to. a proper standard.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-08-10

with Sec. 1875, Iowa's law requiring
the teaching Of the effects of stimu-
lants and narcotics. Mrs. Wise is a
teacher In the Des Moines schools and
has more than state wide reputation
as speaker and worker in temper
ance work.
Prof. w. G. VanNess, OF the Denison
Normal and Business college, will con
duct classes in psychology. methods in
arithmetic, rural school didactics and
rural school grading and classiaca-
tion. These classes will be especially
helpful to all beginners and rural
teachers in giving just the things most
needed.
Supt. e. w. Fellows, of Denison, will
give classes in parliamentary practice.
grade teachers didactics. ethics for
grade teachers and studies in educa-
ton.
Miss Efiie Schuneman, Of Boone. will
conduct classes in drawing. penman.
ship, primary methods and physical
culture. Miss Schuneman comes with
the very best of recommendations and
we are sure our teachers will profit
greatly in these classes.
I Miss Bertha Caldwell, of Logan. will
have charge Of the work in music and
industrial training. There will be two
classes in each subject beginning and
advanced so that all may receive the
nelp they need.
County Superintendent Hoffman will
make all announcements Of new rules
plans of work, ETC., for the new year
Supplies will be given out for teachers
and schools. Let every teacher be
present to hear the announcements
and receive her supplies.
The Lecture Program.
/ Prof. MacMurry Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday at 11:15 q. M. Lee
lures "Expressional Reading in thu
Public Schools"
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday a
1920 p. m. Lecture Recitals.
Tuesday at $500 p. m. Lecture
The Better Personality =
Prof. Colgrove Each day at 500 a
m. Chapel address.
Wednesday at $500 p. m. Sand
Sympathy and Sense"
Thursday at 10: 10 q. The Pub
| lie School and Good Citizenship
4 Friday at n:15 a. M The Teach
Sler's Need OF Inner Vision
4 Dean Athearn Fri lay at II; ;15 q
3 M The Attributes of the Mind. <
Friday at 500 p. m. The Ea
\ Marks Of an Educated Man..
Mrs. Ida B. Wise Thursday at az
p. m. Teaching Effects Of Stimu
lants and Narcotics In our Schools .
Thursday at 500 p. m. The Ethic
of Americas Greatest Problem.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-08-10
AlL BOOSTS
IT'S CARNIVAL
Twsnty-fiye Automobiles Make Tour
Of County Advertising the Vail
Carnival.
ACCOMPANIED ~ BRASS BAND
One Hundred Members Vail CONNER
cial Club Ia Line Maurice
o'connor Spokesman.

The boosters Of the Commercial
club at Vail have adopted unique
plan for advertising the carnival to be
held in that town beginning on Aug.
18th and extending over period OF
three days.
The boosters, perhaps yseventy-five
gOr q hundred in number, drafted into
{ use large number Of automobiles
and on Monday morning In the neigh
borhood Of eight o'clock started on an
itinerary which included all the towns,
at least. in the eastern half Of the
county and some In the western part
i Of Carroll county.
= The towns visited were West Side,
Arcadia, Manning, Manila, Denison,
Deloit, Kiron, Boyer and Breda.
On Invitation. w. C. Rollins, secre-
tary Of the Trans Continental Good
Roads association, accompanied the
Vail boosters, as did also "A. F. Boy
Ian and John Tamm, who furnished
two Of Tamm & Boylan's up-to-date
j cars for the trip.
we understand the boosters were
cordially received at all the points
visited and that the Woodman band,
consisting of twenty pieces. furnished
music at the various towns along the
3 line.
The head Of the party reached Den
ison soon after one o'clock on Monday
and in short time about thirty cars
pulled in. making very creditable
showing on Main street in the center
i Of the city.
"A large number of business men col
4 lected in the locality Of the cars and
! listened to an address by NJ O'Conol
the spokesman for the crowd, in which
me p1tnted out nnanswerable reasons
Why everybody should attend dsthe VA.
carnival. ss5
He held the attention Of the crowd
& 80 rapturously that the cars had
! started and gone toward the next town
before anyone thought of replying te
him and giving proper assurances thai
Denison would be on hand to assist IN
celebrating the carnival.
Notwithstanding the failure of any
i one to respond. Denison will be or
hand in sufficient numbers to impress
3 the committee that the effort at adver
4 tising was q success.
We like this method Of the people
Of one locality calling upon another
and If the automobile Is useful for nc
other purpose. IT is helpful in removing
distance and making neighbors OF com
munities far removed from each other
We commend the business men q
Vail for this original plan of adver
{ tising.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-08-10
THE STATE suPERlhTENDENcS

There was some surprise that Supt.
Riggs did not develop more strength
in the state convention for renomina-
tion.
i His vote at the primary was double
that Of any other candidate and he
almost. reached the required 35 per
cent of the vote which would have
nominated him.
In the state convention his vote at
no time amounted to enough to at,
tract attention.
His large vote at the primary can
probably be accounted for by the fact
that his name was more familiar to
the average voter throughout the
state than that of any other name.
Mr.. "A. NJ. Deyoe from Hancock coun-
ty led from the start and was nomi-
mated on the second ballot.
He is heartily endorsed by the peo-
pie of Hancock county where he lives
and, Of course, where he is best
known.
Crawford county was unable to
unite with the other counties Of the
Tenth Congressional district. which
would have given him practically. the
unanimous support Of the district. for
the reason that both Harrison and
Monona counties had candidates for
the same position. and as both coun-
ties are in our senatorial district,
naturally had first claim upon us.
The failure of Crawford county to
vote for A. NJ. Deyoe was for this
reason solely. and not because of a
want OF faith In him.
We believe that his nomination will
prove q popular one and that he will
be elected by safe majority.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-08-10

Miss Margaret Champion spent Sun.
day with relatives in Vail.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-08-10
|SARACHON SlSTE
LEAVE DENISON
Dispose Of Their Millinery Business
and After = Years Rest, Will
Locate In Chicago.
MRS. A. 3. sTEPP SUCCESSOR
Who Is Now in the East Purchasing
Fall Stock and Will Take Posses
sion August 25th.

+ Things occasionally happen in q
community that cause universal re-
gret. AS an illustration we mention
the fact of the announcement Of the
sale of the business Of the Sarachon
Sisters and their probable removal
from Denison.
It iss said their stock has been sold
to a Mrs. A, B. Stepp. of Omaha, who
will move to Denison in the near fu-
ture and take charge of the business
heretofore conducted by the Sarachon
Sisters. She is said to be lady Of
pleasing personality and will make
many friends in Denison. She is in
the east at present purchasing her
fall stock and expects to be here to
take possession Of the store about
the 25th of the month.
The discontinuance OF business and
the removal of the Sarachon Sisters
from Denison is a distinct loss to the
community. They not only have
proved themselves successful in bus
mess. but more than this they have
gained host of friends since they
located in Denison some fifteen years
ago. They are ladies of refinement
and education and count among their
friends every person in the community
whose pleasure it has been to become
acquainted with them.
It is said that for the next year
they will not engage in business. but
after that time 1t is reported they will
locate in Chicago and take up their
present line of business.
We wish them success wherever
their fortunes may be cast.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-08-10

James Luney, Of Los Angeles, CAL,
arrived in Denison on Monday for a
visit with friends and relatives. He
will leave the middle Of the month for
Dakota to look after the crops on the
Luney farm.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-08-10
DR.. c. ". CARR
RETURNS HOME
While Abroad the Doctor Visited All.
the More Prominent Places Of
interest, Including
PASSION PLAY, osERAMMEReAu.
His Description Of the Trip Fascinat-
ing and Instructive Enjoying
Best Of Health.

DIR. G. w. Carr returned the early
part OF the week from three months
Bsojourn abroad. The doctor reports
"a charming time while away and his
appearance indicates that he is en-
joying the best of health.
He sailed from New York on the
Steamer Hamburg for Naples, stopped
lat Gibralter, examined the fortifica-
tions and approved them and then
through the Mediterranean Sea, stop
ping first at Naples, from there to
Rome, Florence. Milan, in order, then
the Italian lakes Of northern Italy,
thence to Venice, where he met Den
ison friends, including the Voss, Nc
Mahon and Gulick people The meet
ing was surprise, but it was no less
enjoyable to be able to greet friends
from home.
From Venice he visited Vienna in
Austria and next in order was Munich
and then Oberammergau, where he
witnessed the Passion Play for four
hours in the forenoon and the same
time in the afternoon, with an audi
ence of five thousand people.
He said the talk before reaching
Oberammergau that the play was sac
religious was clearly disputed in the
sacred appearances and surroundings.
That during the entire performance
Isuch quiet reigned that one could have
heard q pin drop. The doctor says
the play made great impression
upon him.
After leaving Oberammergau he
'Evisited Berlin and from there took sew
Ieral side trips. He afterwards vis-
Iited Baden-Baden and surrounding
4 points of interest, including a trip
down the Rhine. then he went to
Berfe, Switzerland, where he attend
ed the International Railway congress,
accompanying his brother, who is en-
gagged in railroad business in the
i United States. He visited many places
Iof interest in Switzerland and en-
Ijoyed all he saw while there.
Il He says the crops in Switzerland,
las well as in France. have been great
lly injured and in some places to the
point of complete failure by reason Of
aIexcessive rains. That the weather In
many places was uncomfortably cool.
From Switzerland he went to Paris,
where, after spending short time, he
came to London fol. several days be-
fore sailing for New York.
He came home on the Steamer Muri-
tania. being but four days and half
on the homeward voyage.
The doctors description of his trim
is both fascinating and instructive.
Nothing escaped his attention and he
was in a frame Of mind to enjoy what
ever was worth seeing and hearing.
The doctor is compelled to admit
that he missed Monte Carlo and we
have to await the arrival of the other
party before we can get full descrip-
tion of this famous resort.
II you ask the doctors opinion, he
lwfll tell you that it pays to take trip,
abroad. That while he did not antici-
pate any particular pleasure before
going, he returns feeling that he was
well repaid for the time spent on the
trip.
Married.
At two o'clock this afternoon &C.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-08-10
THE CITY WATER SITUATION.
Notwithstanding Four New Well,
Have Been Built, Water Supply
f. Not Sufficient.

Have Been Built, Water Supply
Not Sufficient.
The reference In the Bulletin of last
week to the water situation in Deni-
son was slightly misleading In locat-
ing the blame for the shortage of
water.
The failure to connect up with the
wells was not in any sense the fault
of the electric light company. but be-
cause Of the failure Of the house from
whom the city ordered the parts to
supply them.
When the facts are investigated It
appears the city itself was not to
blame, because the parts had been or
dered in ample time but were not
furnished as they should have been.
The failure to keep water in the
|standpipe is' due to q shortage Of
water and not because OF the pumps
not being operated. For more than
four weeks the pumps have been go
ing continuously twenty-four hours
each day, except on one occasion for
three hours when tney were stopped
for repairs.
There is no use Disgusting the fact
that the city's supply of water is in
adequate and especially during dry
season such as this.
The pumping capacity is sufficient,
but there is not enough water to
meet the demands. After the connec-
ltion was made with the new wells 1t
did not take thirty minutes to pump
them dry.
The supply Of water for a city as
large as Denison is a grave PROPOSE
tion and the sooner our business men
appreciate this fact the better it will
be for all concerned.
\ 1t has been serious mistake for our
leading business men to refuse to &C
cept positions on the city council and
to throw this responsibility upon men
some instances without business
lexperience. The management of the
affairs Of q city is q large business
proposition and should be in the hands
LOT the hest business men of the city
It isS useless to criticize those who
have had charge Of the affairs of the
lGity, because In the main they have
done the best they could. The wise
thing to do is to come to their aid to
assist them in trying to solve the
water problem. Everyone is now will
ling to admit that digging the small
shallow wells was mistake. They
should have been dug larger and deep
er or not at all.
Our suggestion is that the CONNER
cial club take up the question Of q
better and larger water supply fol
Denison and that this matter be given
the serious attention which it de.
serves.
Other cities are confronted with the
same question and in many instances
are finding It the greatest problem fol
solution.
This matter is too Important to rest
and should be given Immediate atten
tion.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-08-10
Married.

At two o'clock this afternoon oc.
Cured the marriage of Mr.. Emil Koe-
mig and Miss Freide Luenert, of Char.
ter Oak. at the German Lutheran
church in this city. Rev. Freese, offic-
iatiEgs