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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-10-18
The Present style.

Mary had Q little skirt
Tied tightly in a bow,
And everywhere that Mary went
She simply couldn't 50.
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The bee., 1910-12-20

neid out a little wnIte mana ana snow
ed him a blister thereon-n0t q big
blister, Just sort of beauty spot Of
a biister-wouId have taken that hand
In his and ali but wept over It. He
would have asked her to give that
hand to him and to come along with
1t herself, and would have sworn by
high heaven and the marching stars
and the sun and moon and sky that
never again should that wonderful
hand know the wearying stress Of
toill What did Alfred do!
He looked at the blister appralsing-
ly-withoHt taking those taper fingers
In his-and he said:
stick a needle under It from one
side and let the water out, then put a
little peroxide on It tomorrow"
Shades OF Romeol Memories of
Dante and Beatricel Was II any
wonder that Prudence brought her
pretty lips together in straight line
and registered a mental vow that Al
fred should rue this speech some day?
Let us now pass lightly on again
Come we now to Christmas eve. Pru-
dence had, by ways and means familiar
to the feminine mind, conveyed to the
bashful Alfred the intelligence that
she had made for him a Christmas re-
membrance. Never mind how she did
this. You. If you are man grown,
will be able to bark back into your
own past and bring up some instances
Of woman's diplomacy wherein she
was able to tell you something with
out saying anything in particular. Just
gave your intuition chance.
Knowing this, Alfred knew that 1t
was his bounden duty to reciprocate-
and to reciprocate in advance. AL
ways, always, a man must reciprocate
In advance to a lady.
So Alfred might have been seen
stepping hesitatingly up the steps of
the Milton home on Christmas eve.
He carried a small package in one
hand. It was his intention to deliver
this to whoever came to the door, with
a message that 1t was for Prudence.
In answer to his ring no less a per
son than Prudence herself opened the
door. Her eyes were sparkling, her
cheeks were rosy, and in one hand she
held bunch Of green stuff"
why, Alfred!" she exclaimed
Come right in. I'm putting up the
Christmas green's"
So Alfred came right in, shyly and
slyly depositing the little package on
a small table in the hall as he entered
Prudence led the way to the living
room. which was empty Of other poo
pie, fortunately, at that moment
"Wnn't Won helm me7" she asked.
The bee., 1910-12-20

rA,MF there Il anything In the
lZeAT world moro aggravating to q
~ fNW young woman than young
~ n man who Will not, or cannot,
IN see that she favors him
60 j above all the rest, 1t has not
yet been listed.
Prudence Milton as much as q year
ago discovered that Alfred Ruthveu
possessed all the qualities that go to
make a man noble and splendid and
brave-no, not bravei A brave man
would have proposed to Prudence Rng
since. But Alfred. Prudence knew.
was handsome and intelligent. and
prosperous. Just one thing he lacked
-self-confidence. Alfred was bashful
on the love subject
A great many men are SO. They
can discuss politics, the musical
glasses, the drama, literature, art,
science and the classics fiuently with
a young woman. but they shy away
from the real heart interest like an
laeroplane lodging a church steeple.
Why, Prudence had inveigled Alfred
into long walks with her In the sill
very moonlight of spring and the gok
den moonlight of summer-all to no
avail Once, Ia August. she was boat
ing with him, and she had pretended
to be afraid the boat would capsize.
What would you do If it did?" she
asked him.
Naturally she expected him to reply
that he would plunge In after her
and save her or perish IN the attempt.
Such heroic remark as that would OF
course lead into a more passionate
avowal Of his reasons for being will
ing to lay down his young life for her
and then, Of course. he could easily
hop-skip right along to request that,
since he was willing to die for her.
she might consider favorably propo-
sition to share his life with him. or
words to that effect
But when she asked him, with a
tremulous shake In her lovely voice,
and with a world of faith and trust
In her lustrous eyes:
what would you do If the boat
capsized?"
He never even stopped rowing. He
tust said:
cit wouldn't matter much. The wa
Ter isn't over three feet deep here"
Prudence almost capsized the boat
from sheer vexatioa then. When a
woman becomes Yexed with a man be
cause he does not realize that he loves
The bee., 1910-12-20

"That Is, She Allowed Him to Put the
Kiss Back Where He Got t."
Il think 1t is such fun to decorate the
house with the holly and stun for the
holidays. Now I've Just been trying
to tie this bunch to the chandelier
She mounted chair and affixed the
bunch OF green sprays to the chande-
lied. Alfred stood in dumb admira-
tion. He looked at Prudence. and he
looked at the green herbiage whish
she fastened to the fixture. She look
ed down at him, smiling. then put out
her hand.
Help me down." she said.
Alfred caught her hand to assist her
to come from the chair.
Heroes are made in a moment. No
man knows In what instant his soul
may flame within him so that he will
do and dare as he never dreamed OF
doing or daring The philosophers
call such times psychological mo-
ments. This was one. Alfred helped
Prudence down, and It was quite nat
ural and easy for her to find herself
in his arms when she reached the
floor. And then before she knew what
he was about-at least, so she said
he had kissed her.
Mister Ruthven!" she exclaimed.
How dare your"
"T-I-you know-the-the mistle-
toe!" he stammered, disengaging one
arm and pointing to the decoration
above her head.
81 forgot that" she said, demurely.
And then Alfred found tongue at
last and told her what she had wanted
him to tell her all the year. And he
asked her to be his Christmas gift,
and she consented In what is so often
called the time-honored way. That is.
she allowed him to put the kiss back
where he got It,
Later that evening Alfred said to
her:
do you know, don't believe ever
would have had the courage to pro-
pose to you If II hadn't been for that
mistletoe"
THAT mistletoe!" she laughed. "Al.
fred. that mistletoe Is smilax. | don't
believe 1t would have worked at all II
1t had been real mistletoe."
Copyright, 1910 w. D. Nesbit)
The bee., 1910-12-20

her, you may go out and stake all
your worldly possessions that sooner
or later she will bring that man to
bis knees, or her feet. as you like to
put It.
Let US pass lightly over the glorious
days of fall, when Prudence allowed
Alfred to call several times and find
her In the kitchen with an apron on
helping her mother put up jellies and
preserves and things. Let US even
pass lightly over the evening when
she showed him the blister upon her
fair white hand made by a sputter-
ing drop of apple butter. Yes, pass
lightly over It, Any sane man. any
man in possession Of ordinary facul-
ties. when beautiful young creature
The bee., 1910-12-20
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yet withal they penetrated to the farthest
south, and prohting by this experience,
they assert that they will make still an
other dash and reach the long-coveted
goal.
OF course the discovery Of the two
poles means much to science, and the
world at large was intensely interested
in the respective narratives of these In
trepid explorers, but DOW that the first
flush of excitement has passed, even In
terest in the bitterly contested contro-
versy between Peary and Cook has begun
to wane and the average reader of news
papers asks: Now that we own the
pole. what shall we do with it?'
OF far greater interest to the average
man and woman are the feats of the
little band of bird men who have mas
tered the currents of the air and so set
their planes that they ny aleft and skim
through the air with all the grace ana
speed of fast winging eagles. Here. too,
America comes to the front, as the Wright
brothers-Wilbur and Oryille-have done
more ,owards perfecting aviation than
any other two men in the world Glen
H. Curtiss, another American; Henry Far
man. an Engiishman, and Louis Bleriot,
Frenchman, form the quinterte that
stands head end shoulders over all CON-
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exceeded these figures. soaring to height
of 1890 feet, while Orville Wright at
Berlin rose to height of 1900 feet.
s The Wright brothers have been loath
to enter any contest where prizes were
at stake: yet whenever they heard OF a
new record being established they went
quietly to work and smashed 1t, thereby
maintaining their lead In the forefront OF
the worlds greatest aviators. Wnbur
Wright's fight from Governors Island, nj
tho lower end of Manhattan, up the Hud-
son River, to point opposite Grants
tomb where he turned. encircling the
armada of the worlds warships here
gathered for the Hudson-Fulton celebra-
ton, gave New York its first real taste
of the airship game, since which time 1t
thirsts for more. New York is airship
mad and scores of wealthy men and
women, firing of the automobile craze,
have gone in for aviation with might and
main.
Less than 10 years ago, when one Of
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men--both observation-disclosures pro-
claimed that each was the first to plant
the Stars and Stripes at this long-sought
goal The claims of Commander Peary
have been passed upon by the foremost
scientific body in America and our gov
errment recognizes In him, its servant,
the real discoverer OF the Pole DR..
Cook has been so unfortunate as to come
under the han of suspicion, and many
charges have been made against him,
all OF which tend to lessen the glory
that for a time was his alone. But In
any event. whether Cook is d charlatan
or the most sinned against hero In the
history of the world, the fact remains
the Pole Is ours-a statement accepted
without question by every civilized ma
ton In the world.
But a few short weeks before that
thrilling message flashed over the wires
of the world announcing the discovery Of
the North Pole, word came that Lieuten-
ant Shackleton, of the British Navy, and
a band Of faithful followers, had gotten
within 119 miles of the South Pole A
day or two later more detailed account
of the experiences or this little band
came, and for heroism. privation. suffer
ing and every sacrifice known to man
their narrative exceeded anything Of a
like nature in the history of the world.
There was nothing In the tales related by
Peary and Cook that approached that of
this sturdy young Brfton. Instead of
making his way over smooth ice fields on
dog sleds he and his men were compelled
to pick their way over mountainous gla-
ciers through canyons of ice and snow
and skirt the Drinks of deep and forbid
ding precipices. In many cases one false
step would have meant a horrible death,
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speed on the surface, dived to depth
OF 20 feet in 4 minutes and 20 seconds.
beating the best previous time
In connection with the achievements OF
the Octopus the name of Lieut.. Kenneth
Whiting, an American naval officer, stands
boldly forth. While In the harbor of Manila
last August he demonstrated that it was
possible to escape from q submerged sub
marine by being shot to the surface
through a torpedo tube. His feat was no
less hero'c or daring than that OF Con-
gresham Richmond Pearson Hobson, the
hero OF the lterrimac and one of the real
heroes of the Spanish-American War. 1t
Is confidently expected that Congress at
its present session win vote medal TO
Whiting. for his dA~ing feat has shown
his brother officers and the men under
them a means of escape from one of the
most horrible of all deaths
While treating of new t>>cords in the
Navy 1t might be well to l1ention the
recent trial trip of the battleship North
Dakota, the most formidable super-Dreao-
nouxht afioat This 2oOo0-ton lighting
engine developed a maximum speed OF
| 2225 knots and S5, $50 horsepower, Tar
eclIpsing the record OF her sister ship.
| the Delaware. which had her trials over
| the same course on October p. Not even
| the Neptune. the great superb readnought
| lust launched for the British Navy 4
| likely to equal her. and the Bellerophon
| the oueen Of the British Navy at "a
| present time. Is completely outclassed II
| every particular.
mt there is in course of construction
- thu New York Navy Yard. however.
hattleehfp for our Navy which Ii d
sirned to eclipse even the North Dakoes
| The FIorida-as this huge mass OF stes
tron will be chrfstened when launcpe
r ns1t spring-will be the largest, tastes
aod nest powerful of all battlesnip
she is to be equipped with the me-
formidable guns of any snip IN the en'i ~
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petitors in mastering the air currents.
At the international Air Ship meet at
Rheims, France. last August, all aviation
records were broken, although they did
not discount Bleriot's feat in flying
across the English Channel and the rec
ords established by the Wright brothers In
America. Farman dew the greatest dis
lance ever covered in a continuous fight
In an aeroplane. His fight Is officially
recorded as 1896. which was covered
in hours minutes Sc 2-3 seconds This
world beating achievement won for Far
man the $4,000 prize
America was represented at this meet
by Curtiss, who established worlds rec
ord for the fastest fight when he covered
Is 3-5 miles in % minutes % 10 seconds
or at a speed of nearly fifty miles an
hour For this achievement Curtiss was
awarded the 81, 900 cash prize and the
International Cup. At this meet Hubert
Latham reached the greatest height, 400
feet. Since then, however. Latham has
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-TTHOUGH the twentieth century
Just rounding out its first dec
IA ade those Of who pause to re-
feet will readily realize that 1t
has opened with a rush and that
in every field of endeavor man has es-
tabllshed new and startling records. The
past IL months have been notable, epocb-
making and thrilling in signalizsag fne
successive triumphs OF man over matter.
Science has made marked advances ana
each day revealed new possibilities IN
overcoming those forces which SO long
banned the most noted scientists OF the
world The conquest of the air: the per-
recfion of the submarine craft; the dis
coyery of the North Pole: the thrilling
experience of an English explorer VINO
got within 100 miles of the South Pole,
the launching of the most formidable
Fighting ship In the world and new speed
and endurance records In every heid OF
sport are a few of the events which
will 60 far toward making the year 1909
one OF the most notable In the worio
history.
or course. the claims Of rival explorers
Commander Robert E. Peary and DE-
Frederick A. Cook-for polar honors ana
the notable advances In the science OF
aviation oyershadow all other achieve
ments In the worlds calendar, causing
them to pale into insignihcance. In this
article, however, an endeevor Will be
made to give n general resume or the
tremendous strides in the nine years
since the twentieth century dawned, and
especially in the Il months just closing
within the past year the Frozen North.
whose gates have been so securely locked
as to resist the numerous daring attempts
made within a period OF 400 years to
force them, have been opened. and two
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the ocean greyhounds plying between
here and English ports made the voyage
in seven days, the feat was herald&d as
little short of marvellous, for less han
100 years ago it required at least 80 day<
to cross the Atlantic. Within the past
decade the time has been shortened by
seconds, minutes, hours and days, until
now we have in truth the four-day boat
This Is all the more remarkable when 1t
Is recalled that in the summer of 1885
the first Today boat docked at New York
In 1907 the nrst nve-day boat appeared
But on September last the giant Gu
nard steamship Lusitania coiAoeted the
voyage from Daunts Rock Lightship to
the Ambrose Channel Lightship-over
which all ocean records are computed
in days IL hours and AZ minutes. This
trip clipped three hours from the best
previous record. which was made by the
Mauretania. her sister ship. Since then.
however, the Mauretania has regained
her lost laurels and now holds all rec
ords over this the short or summer
course.
While countless new records were
being made on land and sea and in the
air. eq1hliy startling feats were being
accomplished beneath the waters The
Octopus. a submarine built for the United
states Navy. broke the worlds record on
May % last by reaching the remarkable
speed Of more than IL knots an hour
. under water. According to the official re-
port, the Octopus time was three knots
better than the previous best record,
made by a British submarine last year.
| Then, too. the Octopus underwent a div
ing test. plunging through the water al
| an angle of eight degrees to a depth OF
! % feet In q fraction less than 40 SECONDS
The next best record in this test wds
| made by the Fulton, sister ship OF tns
| Octopus In addition to these maneu
| vers, the Octopus, while going ae iul
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CLUBS FOR THE WEEK
MONDAY

MONDAY
Sc. Cecilia club--AIiss Ida Selby, 24S Occi-
dental boulevard, shakespearian program
Florence Stone Ferris, passion scene from
Romeo and Juliet"
Ebell club-2:sO. Rev. Robert j. Bur-
dette. Human Orientation."
TUESDAY
Highland Park EbelI club-Masonic hall,
Pasadena avenue, 1880 o'clock.
Ebem club. Expression section-Mrs. VIII
liam l.. Jones, curator, Uses Of Great Men
Emerson" 10 o'clock.
Friday Morning club-ReeeptiOn for char
ter members. Guests. 3 to ) o'clock.
WEDNESDAY
Wednesday Morning elub-Business meet
ing. 2 o'clock.
wv chapter. P. Il. O.-Mrs. John Fer
rail-, hostess.
Pasadena Woman's improvement club
Food Sanitation" Miss Moray.
Eben club Art and Travel section-1O
o'clock, "Tate Gallery and Houses of Par
lament" Miss Alice Il. Milton, instructor
Mrs. b. n. Pratt, curator.
Hollywood Woman's club-"songs of
Life" Charles Farwell Edison, bssso,
Toberman hall. Tea.
Ruskin Art club-"Anahuac," Mrs. w. w.
Stilson and Mrs. w. c. Cochran. leaders;
'MexlcO and Cortez."
Gamut club--COmpOsers' night.
THURSDAY
Harmonic cIub-Mrs. George H. Doane.
1888 West Thirty-fifth street. "Grieg and
Current Events"
Matinee musicale-Gamut club house
Russian Composers" r. w. Heffelfinger.
Ebell club, Books and Conversation sec
tion-Mrs George Goldsmith, curator. 1O;S0
o'clock, reading, press Cuttings, George
Bernard Shaw, Literature of Suffrage" Pro-
gram in charge of Mrs Sumner p. Hunt
and Mrs. Eugene Pettigrew. Luncheon in
charge Of Mrs. William s. Cross.
FRIDAY
Friday Morning club-"Educational Pos
sibilites of the Moving Picture" illustrated
by stereopticon, Hobart Bosworth.
SATURDAY
Dominant club--LuncheOn. Ebell club
house. Miss Helen Bertram and Miss Cath
crime Fisk, guests of honor. Luncheon in
charge of Mrs. J.. j. Selby.
College WOmens club-Receptlon and tea
for Miss EvangeIine Gray. Hotel Alexan-
dria. 3 to o'clock.
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Club News

The charter members of the Friday
Morning club will be honor guests at
the annual reception next Tuesday af-
ternoon in the club house. The custom
of rendering this courtesy to the wom-
en- who were instrumental in organic
ing the club is pretty one, and is be-
coming generally observed among the
larger clubs.
The Friday Morning club was organ
lied in April, 1891, and so becomes one
of the oldest clubs of the city. It's list
of founders is a large one. Women
whose mental activity and ambition
prompted the founding of the club are
still conspicuous in it's working, and
faithful in guiding it toward progress
sive ideas and broad outlook.
Among the club women who may be
seen in the receiving line are Mrs.
William Niles. who is a life member,
and Mrs. Ernest K. Foster, Miss Eliza
beth Benton Fremont, Mrs. j. A. Os-
good, Mrs. J. F. Sartori, Madame Car
oline M. Severance, Mrs. Shelly Toll
hurst, Mrs. George H. Wadleigh, Mrs.
II. B. Whiting, all of whom are hon
orary members.
other charter members who probably
will be at the reception are: Mrs. j.
H. Abbott, Mrs. William D. Babcock.
Mrs. George f. Bugbee, Mrs G. c. Car
renter, Mrs. b. S. Covell. Mrs. Emma
DeGarmo, Mrs. G. E. English, Alham-
bra: Mrs. Fred E, Fay, Mrs. M. M,
Fette, DR.. e. A. Follansbee, Mrs. w.
Gillelen, Mrs. w. l.. Graves, Mrs. L. A,
Croft, Mrs. Rose M. Hagen. Mrs. F. j.
Hart, Mrs. Godfrey Holterhoff, Mrs J..
d. Hooffer, Mrs, Ella P. Hubbard, Mrs.
Chloe B. Jones, Sierra Madre; Mrs.
Sarah f. Judson, Mrs. j. o. Koepfii,
Mrs. Kate C. Lindley. Miss e. C. Nc
Cullough, Mrs. ]. w. Mitchell, Mrs.
George North, Mrs r. w. Pridham,
Mrs. Minnie Seward, Mrs. Caroline M,
Seymour. Mrs, Kate Thorpe, Mrs. e. A,
Karner Mrs. George H. Wadleigh, Mrs.
]. f. Waterman, Mrs. Frank Virgins,
Mrs. Charles Dwight Willard, Mrs. M.
Burton Williamson, Miss f. M. Wills,
Mrs. Horace b. Wing.
DR.. Dorothea Moore, who now re-
sides at New Haven Conn. is one of
the charter members who will be great
ly missed this year, and Mrs r. A.
Eastman, now of Chicago, is another
charter member. Members of the ex-
ecutive board will also be in line, and
the club house will be in gala array
q
Mrs. Denver c. Macl<ey is the new
" elected president of the Wellesley
club of Southern California. and Mrs.
Clinton Miller better known as
Cieorgiana Kendall of San Bernardino,
is the secretary. These officers were
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RABIES SPREADS IN KANSAS

TOPEKA, Kas.. Oct. $3.50 wide
spread has rabies become in four
counties in northeastern Kansas that
the state board of health has ordered
a. quarantine of all dogs in these COM
munities. The order provides that
every dog must be fitted with a muz-
zle during the next ninety days. I'm
Inuzzled dogs will be shot. Fifty cases
of rabies. originating among persons
residing in northeastern Kansas and
northwestern Missouri, have been treat
ed in the last three months at Topeka
and Chicago Pasteur institutes.