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University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-09

is in love with beautiful young thing
who has absolute faith in him. In the
story We are de- fly shown how an abb
sorbing love for a beauteous creature
can put muscle on the arms and life
in the nerves and enable the hero to
be called from the grand stand when
the best player is cripped, so that the
hero may, though utterly out of train
ing. seize the ball. carry it around the
end, burst through all opposition,
trample upon all the other eleven, and
finally win the game Immediately
he gets up, dust himself off, and basis
in the ardent gaze of the heroine who
has inspired him.
The other hero is the husky, willing
youth who allows himself to be kick ed
and mauled and beaten to pulp so
that the members of the regular elev-
EN- may be fit to meet the big oppo-
nents
He gets the bulletins of the game
from his cot in hospital and is never
heard of afterward.-Wilbur D. Nesbit
in the Chicago Record-Herald.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-09
MIDDLE NAMES ONCE ILLEGAL
Old English Law Was Sometimes
Evaded BY Ingenious Combinations.


Old English Law Was Sometimes
Evaded BY Ingenious Combinations.
Middle names. hard as it is to credit
in this generation, were once illegal
The old English law was very definite
as to the naming of children, and, &C.
cording to Coke, "a man cannot have
two names of baptism" 1T is requi.
site" this law goes on, that the pul.
chaser be named by the name of his
baptism and his surname, and that
special need be taken to the name
OF baptism"
Royal personages have always been
allowed to have more than one given
name, but as late as 1900, it is said
there were only four persons in all
England who had two given names. In
1920 the Mayfower sailed for America
and there was not man or woman
upon it who had a middle name.
! Even century and half ago DOL
BILE names were very uncommon. The
English used to dodge the law at times
by ingeniously compromising names.
Thus on old parish registers in Eng.
land there is occasionally seen such
combinations as Fannasabilia, which
is Fanny and Sybil Joined together,
and Annameriar, made up of Anna
and Maria. Maris is one of the ear.
Hest middle names of record for bows.
1t was given in honor of the Virgin
Mary. AS much as they dared, begin
ming along in the eighteenth century,
parents evaded the "one-name law"
! But even as late as hundred years
ago custom was against the middle
name. If the names of the signers Of
1.-THE Declaration of independence be
looked over, it will be found that only
three OF them had middle names. The
first five presidents of the United
States had only one name each -
George Washington. John Adams,
Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and
James Monroe. Before Grant, eigh-
teenth of the line, there were only
three double-named executives-John
Quincy Adams, William Henry Harri-
son and James Knox Polk.
When middle names got going and
became the fashion, the law having
dropped into disuse. parents went u
work combining names of their off
spring enthusiastically. One custom
was done away with in England in con-
sequence of this, the plan of naming
the eldest son of the estate, particI-
larly when he succeeded to that estate
through his mother. This old idea is
lstill followed to some extent in this
country by the mothers maiden name
being given to the eldest son. 1t iden-
titles the boy when he grows to man.
hood. and so has a positive value.
During the time Of the Civil War and
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-09

just after. hundreds of parents named
sons simply Lincoln or Grant.
Such instances have, however, been
uncommon the past fifty years. The
middle name has become well-nigh
universal. Sometimes the case arises
of a man prominent in public life or
literature leaving off his first name al
together and becoming known by his
middle name. Grover Cleveland, whose
baptismal name was Stephen Grov..r
Cleveland. has been the most conspic-
uous example of this.-Harpers
"Three Twins" "Follies of 1910"
hits at Allen Music Company. 81
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-09

payne" she said today, land lemon
ade is best of all for the health. They
tell me sometimes have drunk OF the
fountain of perpetual youth. That
fountain is filled with lemonade. If
you wish to be healthy and young, eat
lemons. work hard and say your pray
ers to the good God"
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-09

Donath's hand-painted china. The
acknowledged leader in fine china
Sold only by Buchroeder. ="
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-09
TWO KINDS OF FOOTBALL NE;

One Is Magazine Hero; Other Is Scrub
MangIed BY Regulars.
There are two kinds of football he
roes.
One appears in the magazine stories
in November, the other appears on the
field during practice games.
The hero in the magazine story is
sent to the bench, or wherever they
send hopeless prospects, during the
early trials Of raw material. But he
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-09
HOW BERNHARDT KEEPS YOUNG

The Divine Sarah Drinks Only Lem.
onade and Champagne.
NEW YORk.-The following is
Nine. Sarah Bernhardt's recipe for re-
tanning her youthful appearances:
Il drink only lemonade and cham
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-11-09
BUY AT HOME

An editorial from the University
Missourian, November 2, 1910.
If the community is good enough
ftr YOU to live in and make your
money in, it's good enough to spend
it in, This ought to be a self-evident
proposition, but unfortunately there
are a few persons in every community
who do not consider that they are I'M
der any obligation to the community
and who do all or a portion of their
trading way from home.
If a man has money invested in
real estate in Columbia, and accumu-
lates more he invests his surplus
money in new building. He is adj
| ding that much to the value of all
| the real estate in the city. The
| amount of change of value that this
one new structure produces may be
small but if thousand men act in
this way the effect becomes marked.
Again, if person goes away from
home to make purchases for his own
use, purchases that he could have
made at horne, the influence of his en-
ample tends to encourage others to
send away for some of the things they
may need. If many families were to
do this it would be a serious handi-
cap upon the development of local
business.
1t is unfortunate for Columbia that
many people send their money away
from home for groceries, furniture
hardware and wearing apparel. The
practice of buying at home-local mer-
| chants can duplicate the prices to he
| found anywhere else under the same
conditions-and of investing money ct
home is the rule for the great major
ity of the people. Keeping money in
circulation in this community is some.
thing like keeping it in the family
Every one is benefited and it makes
the city grow.
Columbia has the finest stores to be
found in Central Missouri they are
entitled to your patronage.
Spend your money here and assist
in building up Greater Columbia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-23
TIMELY H|NTSFOR
WOMEN READERS

A woman who is not strong enough to
go into salt water. yet likes ocean bath
ing. has developed her own way OF hav-
ing it in her chamber. and IL she is to be
believed she has about as much stimula-
ton from 1t as though 1t were the real
thing
1t is not only salt water" she says,
but exercise. air and contact with warm
sand that makes sea bathing so beneficial.
and I've made up a combination that suits
me. A bother? Perhaps. but We all have
time in summer. you know, and 1t doesn't
take me any longer than it does the
others to go to the beach and get ready
and dressed again.
Il have pail OF salt water brought 10
my room. Once i'm while, but not o1ten'
the water Is heated. AS rule prefer
II at the natural temperature. 1 stand
on q bath mat. and draw on a mitten
made from Turkish toweling. The ma
terial is rather stiff. you know. You can
buy the mittens wherever toilet articles
are sold.
THE hand with this on is dipped into
the water and used as a wash cloth, rub
bling and splashing In fine shape. al
ways make a point, when the day Is
pleasant. of having my bath stand In
the room where the suns rays Will ran
on il. The process Is much more inNlg-
Grating then.
ALREADY on the floor, where the sun
will strike 1t, is thick, ordinary blanket.
and over this sea sand just as II mas
been brought from the beach is sprinkled,
perhaps half an inch deep. That is my
beach, you see, for just as soon as my
body has been thoroughly wet, and with
out drying. / sit on the blanket and be-
gin TO rub my skin in the sand. Of
course. IL l did this hard l would fay
myself, SO / take great care to do moth
ing of the sort. Gentle rubbing gives
sensation not unlike that of mild cleo
tric- needle. and 1t is decidedly good. The
blanket prevents the sand from going
over the floor. so nothing is upset in the
soom.
After ! have rubbed until I'm tired l
lie down and wrap the blanket about me-
Then, because / am keeping down my
hips to the truly sylphlike size, l roll to
and fro for five minutes-not hard, for
then 1 would be 100 heated and the
sand would hurt.
by this time l am dry, and, standing
upright, / brush off any sand on the skin
with soft towel / do not wash Off the
salt water, because l think 1t good. The
blanket is shaken out of the window and
rolled up for the next day. It's nice
substitute sea BATH
MARGARET MIXTER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-23
Women and Happiness.

Apart from the crude economic aues-
ton. the things that most women mean
when they speak Of "happiness'-that H..
love and children and the little republic
Of the home-depend upon the favor OF
men, and the qualities that win this IA
vor are not in general those that are
most useful for other purposes. girl
should not be too intelligent or too good
or too highly differentiated in any di-
rection. Like a. ready-made garment. she
should be designed TO At the average man.
says the Atlantic. She should have just
about as much religion as my William
uS... The aae-Iong operation of this
r,,Ie. by which the least strongly individ-
ueIixed women are the most likely TO
rave a chance to transmit their quail
,te. has given II the air OF a. natural
law. Though the lady has generally
Yielded II unauestioning obedience. she
often dreams OF a land like that Of the
Amaxons. where she might be judged on
her merits instead of on her charms. See
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-23
When All Goes Wrong.

Unquestionably the most difficult detail
Of daily life of a woman who keeps house
is maintaining her standards when she is
not we'll. 1t is SO desperately hard 10
keep herself up to time: to give as much
care in ordering meals and keeping sher-
self looking attractive. Yet, as each
knows to her sorrow, II once she has
given way, let her do SO but for two days,
the effect goes straight through the house
to maids and cook, and everything goes
wrong below. The coffee is not so good,
and the meat is not properly cooked The
waitress apron is not scrupulously fresh
and table appointments are at right an
giles. This may seem an exaggerated
statement to a woman who has not Deen
through the throes of housekeeping under
difficulties, but 1t is a statement OF simple
fact.
No matter how much a woman would
like to give up for time, she cannot
while she remains at home. If she must
relax she must go away to do so.
The only thing for IL is to stand by the
Job at home, just as man does down
town through the day. He grinds away,
no matter how much he may wish TO give
up. and II Is a woman's share or lie 10
keep the domestic side running smoothly.
especially when she Is married. More
often than not II is the mans income that
keeps the household running-that is. sup
plies the money. When the woman faiis
to use IL to the best OF her AFFINITY she mas
not lived up to her obligations. The man
works and pays for place in which TO
be comfortable: he supplies his wife for
her own needs as mucn as he can anord
more than he can, usually, i'm this coun-
try 1t probably Is not as much as she
wishes, but 1T should be matter of hon
or to her to make II go as far as she
can, for the best of both. and that, too,
without whining. An American woman
is nothing IL not clever, and she can do
this IL she will.
When she feels well and the weather is
cool the task is not SO difficult, but when
she Is tired and matters are awry her
daily path takes on the aspect OF being
beset with mountains. The obstacles
which loom up-for example, the incom-
petence Of the maid or the lack of one
are really not vital. though none denies
they are trying. But to grow irritated or
dissatisfied is only to make 1t worse.
1t Is a wise plan to be thankful for the
benefits one has. and try to be just as
good a woman at the helm of the domes-
tic bark as the man Is at the financial
one. In other words. a firm resolve to
play a fair game, doing ones part equare
IL, will cause many a woman to see that
her mountain is bat molehill.
ROSANNA SCHUYLER.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-23
Mourning in England.

Sumptuary mourning laws were former
~ found necessary in England TO restrict
the extravaganza OF the nobility and their
imitators In the matter Of funeral cee-
tune. says the London Chronicle. At the
end Of the fifteenth century il was iaid
down that dukes. marquises and arch
bishops should be allowed sixteen yards
of cloth for their gowns. SLOPES
mourning cassocksD and barons eight.
knights six, and all persons Of inferior
degree only two. Hoods were forbidden
to all except those above the rank 81
esquire OF the kings household. In the
following century Margaret. Countess Of
Richmond. mother OF Henry VII. issued
an ordinance fer THE reform aticn cf sp-
parel for great estates Of women In the
time OF mourning" 80 II seems that mon
and women have met In the extrsvagancs
Of sorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-23

non-Prussian states. as well as in their
own kingdom.
The system which gives to q majority
OF ID per cent of the Weather classes
the right 10 outvote and to exclude from
all participation in affairs of government
all Of So per cent OF the people would
seem to be in itself SUFFICIENT protection
OF the privileged aristocracy from the at
tacks OF the practically disfranchised
democracy. But IL is not. system OF
what Americans would call gerrymanders
aggravates the inequalities of the Prus-
sian system. In the Prussian diet there
are now 433 deputies. In the province or
east Prussia. where the landlords still
maintain feudal state and where the
peasants are kept in a condition OF prac-
teal slavery, the ratio of inhabitants TO
each deputy is 63.OO0. In Berlin, where
the population is large and the PEE PIE
are prosperous and well educated, eacn
deputy represents 100000 people.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-23

bill. the people were furious In their dis
appointment, and rioting demonstrations
took place in all parts of the kingdom:
The question Is farther from peaceful
settlement now than ever before.
Conservatism in Germany often is rep
resented by aggressive champions with
definite reactionary programs. One OF
the chief menaces to German democracy
IS the increa sing agitation among the
tory aerarians and the other aristocratfc
and plutocratic elements for a reform OF
the imperial suffrage laws, abolishing
universal suffrage and substituting for II
in the whole empire the Prussian three
class system. This Is advocated, OF
course, as a means Of stemming the ris-
ing tide of socialism. The conservatives
know that even with the ingenious gerry
manders and the other means OF pre-
venting a true test OF popular sentiment
the country cannot long remain out OF
the hands of the socialists IL their pres
ent ratio Of increase Is maintained.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-23

The local detective ONCE today received
request from Fredericksburg. Va. to
be on the lookout for a negro known as
has. Bundef, wanted in that place on the
charge Of having committed an assault last
SATURDAY night during a drunken brawl.
No further Details OF the affair have been
Furnished the local police. The man is
described as being i've feet eight or nine
inches In height and Weighing about $50
pounds He 10 believed by the Virginia
authorities 10 have left Fredericksburg
for Washington early Sunday morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-23
Origin Of Word Etiquette.

The French word etiquette" really
means label or ticket" How, then,
comes IT to denote conventional forms
OF ceremony?
III is said that a certain Scottish gar
owner in charge of Louis xIv's garden at
Versailles was very much put out because
the courtiers walked over his beds To
keep OF these trespassers he placed labels
or tickets-"et iouettes'-at various spots,
with instructions as to the proper paths
Al first the naughty courtiers did not
deign to notice these placards, but a hint
from high quarters that their walks in
future must be within the .'etiquettes-
compelled their obedience.
Thus. according to the story, originated
our present use Of the word etiquette"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-23

votes I'm eighty-one seperate constftuen-
cies. and yet did not succeed in eiecting
a single deputy.
IT is probable that the democratic eie-
ment i'm Prussia would be willing 20 ac-
cept q proposition to reform the electoral
system on a more equitable basis, even
IL property qualification still were to re-
main the determining factor I'm granting
the privilege to vote. But the people
will not be satisfied with pretended re-
forms such as those vouchsafed within
the past few years. The Prussian SUI
frage problem contains the germs OF .
revolution.
TOmOPrOw@THE GERMAN ADVANCE.
XX-The Burden Of Taxation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-23

The population OF the city OF Toledo,
Ohio. is 1ss.4s7. as compared with
i3l.Sse in 1900. and S1.43f in 1890. ac-
ording to figures given out. at the
ensus ONCE. The increase from
1909 to 1910. therefore. Is 3e.ss5. or
s1.s per cent. as compared with an in
crease given for the preceding decade
OF 3e'sss, or 61.s per cent -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-23

Ing that in the world a woman's social
position. her daily food. her chance Of
children. depend on her exerting suff1cient
charm to induce some man to assume the
responsibility and expense OF maintaining
her for life. and that the qualities on
which this charm depends are sometimes
altogether unattainable by a given wom-
an. II Is not surprising that exceptional
women are willing to eliminate from
their lives the whole question Of mar
rage and motherhood for the sake OF a
free development. irrespective Of its bear
ing on the other sex.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-23

When the present distribution OF seats
was made the rural population OF the
7 country was ~
Ratio Changes, per cent and the
-. urban popula-
cent OF the whole. At this time the ratio
is % and IS per cent. yet the representa-
ton OF country ard city remains the
same. This gives the land-own.ns
agrarian element complete mastery of the
diet, even without the three-ciass system.
The combination makes assurance douoly
sure. In the last election but one the
socialists polied 20 per cent OF the vote
In Prussia. having a majority Of all the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-23

Democrats. whether socialists or only
liberals, in other states than Prussia. are
opposed to the
Others Oppose present Prussian
6lectOIui Syssen' not only as SYM
pathizers with the Prussian people, but
because Of the potent menace TO their
own liberal electoral laws. The agrees
siye reactionaries in the Prussian diet,
representing the landlords OF east Prus-
STA and the aristocratic junkers, have
adopted a policy which Is doing more
than anything else. to foster the growth
of the social democratic party in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-23

BERLIN. August 10.-The most acute
political quarrel in Germany is that occa-
stoned by the demand of the socialists
and radicals for reform Of the
Prussian electoral system. Under this
system the wealthy classes are given alb
soIute and complete power to control the
politics of the kingdom. the three class
suffrage laws effectuaily preventing the
possibility OF a popular political vic
tory. Although the question is technically
Prussian AFFAIR. the fact that Prussia
is the largest of the federated states. hav-
population, any governmental problem In
Prussia is essentially q German problem
The bundesrath. or federal council. Is
dominated absolutely by its Prussian
members. and it prepares all the govern
The imperial chancellor. head of the ex-
ecutiye department of the federal govern
ment. also is chief minister OF state OF
the kingdom of Prussia. And then, most
important of all, the kaiser is only
but he is king in Prussia. and as such ex-
erc;ses q power vastly In excess OF that
guaranteed TO him by the federal imperial
constitution.
4 4
sense enough not to assert his absolutism
last March.
Shouted Demands when 10000 Of
at Palace Windows. subjects yio-
lated the sanctity Of his royal castle
grounds and shouted into the very win
dows Of his palace their demands for pop
ular government and equal suffrage
Never before in the long history or the
house of Hohenzollern had one OF Its
princes permitted mere subjects thus to
approach so nearly to the royal presence
in anger. But that Sunday the king must
have felt the Hohenzollern throne trem-
bling under him. for the police and the
soldiers disappeared as II by magic. and
the people, whose anger had been heated
white-hOt In the meeting at the Circus
Busch, vented that anger against the cold
and unprotestng window panes of the
schloss.
Next morning the editor OF a great
socialist newspaper printed across his
pie who believed In suffrage reform to
take walk with him the next Sunday
afternoon in the park. More than a hum
dred thousand responded to this invitation,
and this great army Of protesting Prus-
slams, still true to their national train
ing, divided itself as IL by magic, into
companies and squads and began its peace
full and orderly march through the park.
But here the police could act without
seeming to represent the immediate per-
son of the king, and the men in the pa
rade were attacked by the soldiers with
the mats of their swords and were rid
den down by the mounted police
n.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-23
Good Recipes.


Have in readiness one quart of small
one quart large sliced cucum-
bers, one quart green tomatoes sliced, one
quart small button onions and four green
peppers cut fine.
Make a brine. using four quarts OF
water and a pint of salt. pour it over the
vegetables and let them soak over night.
In the morning heat through just enough
TO scald and, turn into colander to drain.
Mix together one cupful flour. one cupful
sugar, six tablespoonfuls mustard seed,
one tablespoonful tumeric and table
SPOONFUL celery seed with cold vinegar:
then add enough more vinegar to make
two quarts Cook until smooth, add
vegetables, heat through, then turn into
cans or Jars.