Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1910-12-15

the reaIty was q complete sur
prise. They gave what they called
an Art Exhibit. At noon on the
9th, each student received an invi-
tation. On entering the auditorium
they found the center occupied by
a booth tastefully draped and
ornamented by a variety of nom
descript articles. This booth was
presided over by the officers of the
Club, the Misses L. Semmes, L..
Powers, N. Lynch, j. Weinsberg,
M. Reid and @. McFadden. Miss
Lynch announced that catalogues
of the Exhibit would be distribute
ed and those desiring to enter the
guessing contest" should enter
their names on the presidents
book. The contestants were in
structed to read the list of MASTER
pieces given in the catalogue and
guess which representation in the
booth correspondent to the work of
art. Thirty minutes were allowed
for guessing, then the catalogues
were returned and three prizes
awarded, a first, second and a
"~booby." While the guessing was
going on the other members of the
club the Misses l. Lang, M. Nc
Cormick, J. Daugherty, NJ. Heger,
and M. Kimball, invited all pres
ent to their refreshment table to
partake OF a piece of "St. Nicholas
Pie" Although the pie was not of
the digestible sort, if we except
the minims pie, all enjoyed their
pieces very much. This week the
students enjoyed their annual treat
of listening to the gifted Shakes
pearean Reader, Mr.. G. E. w.
Griffith. x.
Post Dispatch: est. Louis youths
who yearn to till broad acres, and
who are not Indifferent to the
charms of rural Missouri woman
hood, are b~esieging John Fl. Cur
ran with applications for places in
the line which is to form in Ozark
Lane at the Coliseum next Thurs
day night, at the opening of the
National Land and Industrial Ex-
position. Curran, who was lately
State immigration Commissioner,
announced a few days ago that
Ozark Lane would be lined with
booths from various counties in
Southwest Missouri, and that in
each county exhibit several or
more manageable young women,
each guaranteed to be an owner of
farm land. would be ready to meet
suitable young men from the city.
There is no promise that any OF
the Ozak girls will wed the first
man who says how-d'ye-do to her.
They will have to be suitably
courted, just like any other girl,
and the city youths will have to
take their chances with SWANS at
home who may have a more or less
definite claim on soma of the
maidens. All that Curran has
promised is that the girls will be
on hand at the show, and that they
will be worth almost any bache-
lor's time to stop and look at.
references must be furnished,
Curran has announced, by the
candidates for introduction to the
lassies of the Gasconade and Bald
Knob regions. And there have
been plenty of references in the
letters which have been sent to
him. 81 am a chauffeur" writes
one South St. Louis man who
would apparently be glad to ex-
change the steering wheel for the
pillow handle. 81 am very fond of
music. | do not smoke or drink.
My references are DR.. - and the
- automobile company" An
other writer inquiries, rather anx-
iously whether age will bar a man
from Ozark Lane, and confesses to
40 years. He refers to Father Tim
Dempsey, proprietor of a hotel for
homeless men, but does not say
whether he was ever one of the
priests dodgers. Other applicants
represent various callings, with a
common desire for a wife and a
home with a large outdoors de-
partment. Besides 81 Missouri
counties, eight other states, the
Canadian Government, various
railroads and the five bureaus OF
this state which will have exhibits
at the Land Show, interesting
features have been arranged for
each of the seven days. Among
the attractions will be the giving
away each day of a five-acre farm.
located in the Arcadia Valley,
Each visitor to the show will be
given an opportunity to get one oil
more of the seven farms. The
deeds have been made out in
blank, and at the end of each day
the person entitled to one will have
his name filed in. A marriage
will take place at the Coliseum
next Sunday afternoon, and the
bride will receive a deed to a FIVE
acre farm. So many applications
have been made by couples who
are willing to have the ceremony
performed before the visitors tina
each couple has been asked to reg
lister a guess of the number 0.
seeds in an ordinary sized pump.
kin. The pumpkin will be twelve
inches across and 40 inches il
circumference. The pumpkin cut.
ting will be on the opening night
What do you think of this? A
mans heavy, heece-lined suit o