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The wageworker., 1910-04-15
Proud Of Hi. Prospects.

Louis Pierre was one OF a number
of Canadian immigrants who settled
at Fitzgerald, Ga. AS he spoke both
French and English, he rapidly be-
came a man of importance. and was
successfully elected to the offices of
city marshal, coroner and justice Of
the peace.
A dispute arose between the French
and English settlers as to the supe-
riority of the United States over the
Canadian provinces. They finally
agreed to leave the decision to Judge
Pierre, who handed down this deci-
sion:
"Yoost tage look at me. Ferst
dey mage me constabul, den coroner,
und now joostis of de pees. Soon be
ze governair den senator, den prest-
dent. l wood be re long time in Can
adaire fore dey mage me queen
Circle Magazine.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
Life's Lessons.

An old gentleman, well on in years,
sits handsomely and naturally in the
bow-window of his age, scanning ex-
perience with reverted eye; and.
chirping and smiling. communicates
the accidents and reads the lesson of
his long career. Opinions are strength
ened, indeed. but they are also weed
ed out in the course of years. What
remains steadily present to the eye
of the retired veteran in his hermit
age. what still ministers to his con-
tent, what still quickens his old hon
est heart-these are "the real long
lived things"-that Whitman tells us
to prefer. Where youth agrees with
age, not where they differ. wisdom
dies. and it is when the young dis
ciple finds his heart to beat in tune
with his gray-bearded teachers that
lesson may be learned.-Robert Louis
Stevenson.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
P0IsE OF TROUT AND KEsTREL
Both the Eish and Bird Present A.
Turing Sight to the Lover Of
Beauties OF Nature.

AS the kestrel is to the clouds so is
the trout to the crystal waters. Both
kestrels and trout display that mag
ical posing, as If suspended by in
visible threads-only now and then,
when cross currents are encountered.
is sign given to show that life itself
Is not in suspense.
A brief agitation of the kestrePs
wings, a swishing of the trout's tall
the cross current is weathered, and
bird or fish poises motionless again.
And as when walking along we are
pulled up in ever fresh wonder by the
sight of the lowering kestrel. SO we
must needs pause on a bridge when
there is a trout in the stream below.
He looks his best poising with head
to the stream-a shapely form against
the background of smooth brown peb-
bles and waving emerald weeds. Lean
over the bridge with eyes on the trout
a vision is conjured-an alluring fly
drops on the water. then slack line
| tightens, there is song from the
reel, a rod bends; there follows daz-
zling dance OF vermilion spots against
the green of the bank.
| Or as we come to the bridge on q
winters day we think we hear
mighty splashing of water over the
pebbles-which turns out to be the
play of 30 or 40 trout-the play of the
last round of some water tourney. AS
they come to the surface, rolling and
wallowing-their great fat sides look
twice as big as when seen through the
clear water-they almost make dam
across the stream as they jostle each
other seeking for the choicest places
on the spawning bed.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
WHITE GIRL LEADS.
Calls Eleven Hundred Negro Girls
Out Of Tobacco Factory.

Calls Eleven Hundred Negro Girls
Out of Tobacco Factory.
LOUISVILLE, KY, April 8.-HazeI
Spaulding, white girl, succeeded in
calling strike of LOO negresses en-
ployed as stemmers by the American
Tobacco company. The young woman,
known as "The Girl in Blue" sue
ceeded in slipping past the COM
pany's guards into the plant, shout
ing, Strike for your rights and fol
low me-"
In an instant the hundreds of ne.
crosses left their work and rushed
pell-mell after her, later joining the
400 white girl strikers who had pre-.
viously gone out at another plant o,
the company. Earlier in the day a
crowd of girl strikers and their sym
pathizers had surrounded the plant in
an endeavor to get the negresses to
strike, but the police prevented them
The wageworker., 1910-04-15

to work at the employers offer before
the strike was declared off were
present in force and voted solidly tn
gig back. President Coffey of the
State Federation of Labor and Will
NJ. Maupin urged the men not to con-
slider the open shop proposition, but
their advice was not needed. The
meeting was a stormy one.
A lot might be said on this subject,
but in the opinion of this humble lit
tie labor paper the least said the bet
ter. Unless the Painters, Paperhang-
ers and Decorators reopen the SUBJ
ject, it is a closed incident with The
Wageworker and with the CLOSED
shop" unions of the city.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
For the Children.

The mother who believes in begin
ming the artistic education of her chill.
dren at the earliest possible moment,
may do a great deal in that direction
with the aid of the nursery walls.
The sides OF the room are first pa
pered with some plain neutral color.
then divided into frieze and panels.
outlined with the darkest shade of
the chosen neutral tint and upon these
subdivisions are pasted brightly COL
ored and well-drawn figures of ami
mails and birds, which are to be OBJ
tanned in the form Of long sheets of
wall paper. which may easily be cut
out and affixed to the walls. Thus
young child may not only be taught
much that is essential in regard to
the proper placing of colors and their
composition. but because of the ques-
tions which they will be apt to ask
about the animals and birds, will ac-
quire great deal of valuable informa-
ton about natural history.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
Fine Fox Hunt without Witnesses.

Fine Fox Hunt Without Witnesses.
The East Essex hounds had a re-
markable run recently. A fox which
they had hunted through the village
OF Bradwell swan the Blackwater.
and the pack followed. but the depth
Of water and the dangerous banks
prevented the field from crossing.
They had to go for two miles along
the bank until they reached a bridge.
and by the time they had crossed fox
and pack had vanished. After a
search of three hours the hounds
were found ten miles from the place
where they had crossed the river
whimpering round a barn at Chalkey
Wood, beneath which the fox had
gone to earth.
A1r. r. D. Hill, the master, called
the hounds off and gave the fox a
respite for the splendid run he had
given. "The best SO minutes the
East Essex have had this season" !"
was the description Of Cockayne, the
huntsman. although there was no
one riding with the hounds and no
witness of their performance."-Lon
don Evening Standard
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
VERY LIKE BUSINESS MATTER
Little Romance In Many Of the Mar
riages Contracted by Ger
man Couples.

From the beginning the little Ger
man girl is trained to matrimony. Eat
your fish fresh and marry your daugh-
ter while she is young" runs the Ger
man proverb The girl, coming from
a race of predetermined, deft-handed
people with counter-balance of ideal
ism, has her dreams of fairy prince.
They dwindle and fade in the face of
realities till at last she is glad to
marry sober business man from 10
to 80 years her senior. This dis
crepancy in years is due to the cir
cumstance that man in Germany, ac-
cording to government regulations,
must spent so many years in prepara-
tion for his profession that by the
time he is able to support wife he
is at the age when an American man
has already made the initial success
of his career. But men and women
are anxious enough to marry
When other hope fails some Of
them advertise, for many German
newspapers have kind of marriage
market in their columns Such ad-
vertisements read:
Il am still young, strong, and with
a fortune of $4,000 marks. How shall
I go about getting husband? Kind
advice sought by and SO on
"A Jewish lady of 25, beautiful, with
dowry of 100000 marks, would like
to marry man of title and good fam
| lily. She would be willing to be bap-
tized into his religion. A meeting must
be arranged for in dignified man.
ner"
"The manager of good business
would like to marry pretty widow,
very strong, weighing about 18O. but
of good figure, and with a fortune Of
few thousand marks"
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
VERNONtheGR GREAT

own and has met with remarkable sue
cess. He will be at the Oliver The
atre five nights next week.
Below are a few flattering notices
he has received from the daily press
in the cities he has visited.
The wonderful performances of Yer
non is of high quality, and convinces
the most skeptica1 that hypnotism has
has possibilities aside from it's anus
ing features-Topeka Capital.
Vernon's striking exposition of hyp-
notism is causing unusual comment
this week. A program of absorbing in
terest holds the attention of his AT.
diences from the rise to fall of cur
.ain.-St. joe Gazette.
The performances being furnished
by Vernon this week are especially
designed to amuse, however, the per
feet CONTINGENCIES of his hypnotic
demonstrations produces profound
mpression.-Daily Oklahoman.
We heartily recommend Vernon s
hypnotic entertainment as sure cure
for the blues" AS laugh provokel
his performance is a distinctive and
individual ilass by itself.-Beatrict
Express,
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
Blessed Illusions.

Thank heaven that a little illusion
is left to us, to enable us to be useful
and agreeable we don't know
exactly what our friends think of us
that the world is not made of look
ing glass, to show us just the figure
we are making, and just what is going
on behind our backs! By the help of
dear friendly Illusion, we are able to
dream that we are charming-and our
faces wear a becoming air of self
possession; we are able to dream that
other men admire our talents-and
our benignity is undisturbed; we are
able to dream that we are doing much
good-and we do little.-George
Eliot.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
TEMPLE DIRECTORS.
Hold Brief Meeting and Escape With
out Doing Much Business.

The directors of the Labor Temple
Association met Monday evening, but
did not transact any business worthy
of mention. There are two or three
plans brewing that promise much,
and until these plans are we'll under
way little else will be considered.
The Temple proposition has received
a big impetus during the past week,
and there are stockholders who
wouldn't sell out at so per cent
premium, knowing what they know.
1t is possible that some of the
plans now under way will be in full
swing by next Monday night, so
every director ought to be on hand
then to get the facts.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
ProcIaims His Feelings.

Without the doctor and my better
half l have my doubts whether there
would have been an opportunity to
write this, and this reminds me to say
that, against protestations. I'm pre-
pared to say, there Is no easement to
to the afflicted and no satisfaction
so intensely intense as when you are
sick and pain seems unbearable to let
your voice proclaim the feeling. Stoi-
cism is very noble. to be sure. but
when nature demands the tribute of
hearty groan or grunt from suf-
ferer she is apt to revenge herself II
1t is uppressed.-Ocala Star.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
A Polytheist.

when the late Bishop Foss was
president of Armenia seminary" said
an aged Methodist of Philadelphia, II
once heard him deliver an interesting
Easter address on heathenism and
idolatry.
Bishop Foss showed us, with a lit
tie story. the bad effect that the many
gods of Apolytheism has upon the mind.
"He said little English boy living
in India was rebuked by his mother
for telling a falsehood.
"'God, If you tell falsehoods, will
be very angry with you.' said the
mother.
Very well.' the youngster an
swered. Then will change my
god.'"
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
A Poultry Point.

always ask for the right leg of
chicken or turkey" said chef. IF
the left leg is offered you. refuse 1t.
1t will be tough and stringy.
You see, these birds nearly always
roost on one leg, the left. Hence. that
leg becomes very muscular. The
sinews are like steel. 1t is an excel
lent leg from the athletic, but vile
one from the culinary point of view.
But the favored right leg remains
tender and juicy. Therefore. as the
advertisements say. ask for and in
sist on getting the right leg"
The wageworker., 1910-04-15

of assistance in the work Of organi-
zation, and they can have room in the
Labor Temple any old time they
want to get together.
There are enough men of the sheet
metal craft in Lincoln to organize a
strong local. They owe it to them.
selves and to their fellows to orga-
niZe right away.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
Pawn Shop Run by City.

The Dutch pawn shop of Amster-
Dam, known as Bank van Leening, is
under the control of the municipality.
and Is one of the Oldest in the coun-
try. Up to 1916 the business was
leased by the city to private COM
pany, but as it refused to reduce its
interest on pawned articles the city
took over the business. and has man.
aged it ever since.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
A Desperate subterfuoe.

Henrietta" said Mr.. Meekton, "can
eat anything find growing on a
tree and still be a consistent vege-
tarian?"
Certainly"
"Oh. joy! | notice that lot Of our
chickens have taken to roosting in the
woods"
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
PAINTERS AND DECORATORS.

The strike is off. Despite the efforts
of loyal unionists to hold the men,
bers in line, the meeting last Friday
night accepted the open shop, accept
ed the proposition of the employers
and went back. Men who went back
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
Huh! !!

It's easy enough to be honest when
life flows along like song, but when
you're out of work and the rent is
due and your wife is i'll and the chill
dren are hungry and you see some
thing you want and there's nobody
looking and you've got to point
where you don't much care If there is
some one looking, because a warm
cell Is as good as a cold pavement
why, then-?-Life.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
SHEET METAL WORKERS.
Now Up to Them to Get in Line and
Organize the Craft.

Every building trades in Lincoln Is
organized with the exception of the
Sheet Metal Workers. Why do they
hold out? They ought to get busy
and get in line with their fellow
workers. They can count on plenty
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
imposaihle.

Losing at poker again? found
these two aces in your pocket"
stormed his wife.
Losing with two aces in my pocket7
Absurd, woman!" he retorted.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
Patriotic.

Artist Ito tentative customer) r)-Now.
I'll be quite frank with you. I refused
a thousand dollars for it from an
American, because l don't want 1t to
go out of France, but I'll let you have
1t for ten.-Bon Vivant.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
Not our!Lanauaae.

.Your wife says your youngest baby;
can talk"
"Yes." answered Mr.. Bliggins, with,
slight hesitation. But he appears
to take naturally to something like,
Volapuk or Esperanto.
The wageworker., 1910-04-15

Everett v. Sommerville, known to
his many boyhood friends as Eng
lish" is we'll known in Lincoln, as he
spent his boyhood days in this city.
He left here fourteen years ago with
DIR. Herbert l.. Flint, hypnotist, was
several years student and protege OF
the famous O. b. NGriffth and two
years ago formed a company of his
The wageworker., 1910-04-15
Roisterous Mirth.

what makes you laugh SO loudly
whenever Bliggins tells funny
story?"
I'm self-defense. l want to make SO
much noise he can't tell another"
New-York tribune., 1910-03-13
THE ACTOR IN THE BIRD.

few exceptions, on the ground that it would i'm
pose too much strain on the actors 1t was
seen that the least fatigue and the least weight
We're necessary.
For 4 long time NJ. Coqucn-Whose death
prevented his taking the title roe-insisted that
as the Rooster he must have the use of his arms
There was deadlock IN the arrangements one
morning Coluelin. surprised in the bathtub by
the designer. Edel, fv.3id!y recited ChantecIer's
Hymn to The sun" without lifting his arms
from under the water. The designer pointed
out the feet that CoqueIin was most eloquent
aTmess bird ana the comedian conceded the
point. When completed, the Cocks dress was
made up of body covered with plumes and
supporting the movable wings q crested head
with long plumes overlapping the back a gor-
Seous tail fixed on wires and the legs termirat-
ing in suitable claws and spurs The original
legs had feathers on them, but a closer study
Of nature eliminated the feathers
The head of the bird caused the most trouble
NJ. ROstand at first desired an entirely natural
beak not showing the actors face. The artists
objected. They argued that the audience would
lose the advantage of observing the play of their
features. The author yielded TO convention and
the costumes were made with the faces visible
beneath the bird beaks An exception was made
in the case # the owls. The gCrgeOusness of
New-York tribune., 1910-03-13
THE GREAT CH4NTECLER.
He Couldnt Make the Sun Appccr,
but lie Could Hats and GOzcns

Hen pheasant hats are already adorninp vror,
en- IS heads on Broadway and on the boulevards
OF fa1ls, which tends to show that Rostands
NhdhtecIcr Is another masterpiece. The play
was produced at the Theatre Porte Saint-A Mar
In last month, after six years Of announcement
Dnd many pOStpOnements. It is being trans
lated into numerous languages and soon all the
world VIII have a chance to become intimate
with the lives of farmyard poultry A gorgeous
ly mounted drama, probably nothing was ever
seen on the stage to compare with it except
Aristophaness Birds" which most peonIe are
TOO young to remember. There is realism on \
sehh-ellcal scale IN the transactions of th.
pirdS' beasts, reptiles and insects that figure in
the Rostand play in human size proportions.
The plot Of the drama can be told briefly
Chantecler lord Of the barnyard, thinks that
the sun rises because he crows. He falls in
love with the Hen Pheasant. He sees the sun
rise one morning without his growing He
creeps back to the barnyard a chastencd and
humiliated bird. and he has lost his pheasant
sweetheart. The story is unfolded with poetry
irony and Wit. 1t is an allegOrcal phantasy
When the curtain rose on the first perform
ance of "Chantecler' it meant a total expcnse
Of some $120,O10. About a ton of feathers We're
used in making the costumes, and they cost
around $1,000 The headdress for Nine simon,
as the Hen Pheasant, cost 500 for feathers
o1OliS. lC tApeiSS OF compete costumes
ranged between $50 and $o4O an actor. Experi-
mental costume work cost 81 900 and about the
same amount was spent in the final accoutrc-
ment force OF thirty workers was busy on
costLles and settings for almost three years
There are 1-9 different birds and beasts, rep
tiles and insects in 'Chantecer" These include
4o cocks, l pheasant, guinea fowls p owls
l backbird, > pigeons, / black swan a bird
called the imitator," l cuckoo / warbler /
nightingale, ducks, rabbits, dogs a cat
an Indian cock, a rat. mole, a donkey bees
drone fly, butterflies young chickens.
toads, l spider and 3 bats
The execution of the costume designs by NJ.
Edel was intruSted to Louis Louw and Nine
Bertha Guillouet. the chief costumers of the
Theatre Porte Saint Martin. 1t was at first
planned 90 make the bird and animal costumes
largely dependent rechanism to obtain life
like effects. This idea was given up with a
New-York tribune., 1910-03-13
HOW THE DOG is MOVED.

the rooster costume Worn by NJ Guitry as
ChantecIer, was exceeded only by that Of Nine
Slmone, in the role of the Hen Pheasant with
gold, red and black plumes
scale of proportions had to be established
10 make the human size birds harmoniZc among
themselves and fit the scenery. Since a man is
about five times tai as barnyard fowl the
stage properties had to be made about five
times larger than usual. In the first act the
barnyard scene exhibits Il shoe above four feet
in length, a horse collar six feet across and
other objects to correspond. IN the third act
there is Il chair more than SIX feet wide and q
straw hat with diameter of three feet Trees
IN the fourth act are ten Get in thic kness
Besides the domestic fowls. dogs. rabbits
toads and other animals had to be costun1ed for
the play. Special devices were necessary to al
low certain fowls to pick up grain and the
acrobatlc pigeons to perform tho turns and
agile actors were engaged for such PARTS In
order to make the eyes of the owls and other
birds brilliant in the darkness, electric lamns
were placed in the artificial eyes The furry
costumes of the dogs. the rabbits and the rat
We're reinforced with quantities of whalebone
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-03-24

pray and depart quietly to their
homes, keeping the Watch"
Easter will be a glad day for
our hearts. Services at the
usual hours. The morning ser.
mon will be brief. The Primary
department of the Sabbath
school will have a prominent
part in this service. There will
be several special numbers of
music. At 7:30 the worship
will be entirely in sacred music
both vocal and instrumental.
In this the choir, chorus and
Sabbath school will have q
part. You are cordially invited
to this feast.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-03-24

Congregational Church Notes
The Ladies Aid meets in the
church parlors March 3Oth,
with Mesdames Moody, Ras-
mussen. Farnsworth and Laud-
er.
The Holy Week is being OBJ
served with good attendance
and splendid interest. The
Lords Supper will be observed
tonight. Mrs. Meckstroth will
sing ct this service also to.mor-
row night. Saturday evening
ut 500 o'clock a short service,
the organ viii be played, the
people viii come and silentIy
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-03-24
Notice to Contractors

Bids for the construction of
a City Hall, according to the
plans and specifications made
by Eugene Schiller. Architect,
Wahpeton, N. D., will be receiv.
ed by the Auditor of the City
of Wahpeton' N. D., until April
18th, 1910. Plans on file at the
office of Schiller Bros, Wahpe-
ton, N. D.; Builders Exchange,
Minneapolis, Mimi, Builders
Exchange, Fargo, N. D., and at
the Office of the City Auditor,
Wahpeton, N. d.
Right is reserved to reject
any or all bids.
f. B. McKEAN,
Wv City Auditor.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-03-24
KIDDER co., N. D., MUST PAY

Bismarck, n. D., March 49,
Under decision of the SUI
preme court, handed down this
evening, Kidder county will
have to assume the indebted
ness properly belonging to it
on account CT the segregation
of two tiers of townships from
Burleigh county and their at.
tachment to Kidder county in
territorial days.
The action to compel appor-
tionment of the share of indebt-
edness of the territory segre-
gated was brought by States
Attorney Stevens. Kidder
county's defense was that the
action was brought too late,
contending that the statute of
limitations had run out.
This view is not upheld by
the supreme court, which says
the Legislature has exclusive
jurisdiction and the court will
not interfere. The amount in
volved in the case is between
$1,000 and $4,000.