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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21

AT a table in a little Booheomian res
taurant in New York sat two women
and two young men. The women
were painted and powdered. palpably
loud colors, one OF them at least IS.
The men were little more than boys,
scarcely over IS and 20 years Of age. All
were drinking champagne and in a short
time the young men began to show the
effects of 1t.
1t was a sad spectacle They were nice
looking boys. evidently from nice homes.
One could see this was their initial VEN
ture into dissipation Of this kind, for their
faces still had the frank, boyish express
sion, the clear, honest eyes which boy
hood has that has grown W in a good
home with a good father and a good
mother. Yet it took no occult power to
forecast their future and ones heart ached
for the mother and the fathers, for the
boys themselves and the future they were
shaping.
Speaking OF the scene later to the moth
err of two mali boys, she sighed and
said: What is one going to do? 1 dread
to see my boys grow up. I can train them
as carefully as POSSIBLE. I can warn them
of all these evils. Yet it all may be use
less and they may go and do just what
those boys are doing. With all my eff
forts 1 cannot insure against it. When 1
think of all the snares set for boys and
how their lives may be wrecked, I some
times wish my boys had never been
BORN
But is there no way to insure safety in
spite of these snares? Is there no way
to render temptation null and void?
Isn't there something defective in the
training that is not proof against these
~onslaughts, not IN the individual training
of the mother or father whose son goes
astray, but in training in general that
these evils so often come off victorious?
Had these boys been raine from
earliest childl cod into a real love for the
genuine ard sincere, would these painted
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21
SERVANT PROBLEM IN AFRICA.
They Are Al Men and Are the Dirtisst
in tho World.

Servants are an absolute necessity
in Africa, declares a woman writer In
the Delineator. But Mex to the cli-
mate and the insects. the native SER
wants are the greatest pests. Even the
best of them are the worst ina ENABLE.
They delight In grease. rags n dirt.
They never do anything II they can
avoid II.
Servants are all the male gender.
they are engaged by the month and
spaid IN cash or merchandise, at their
option. The principal servants are:
Cook, house boy. small boy. jackwash
and headman.
/ was very fortunate in getting one.
His wages were IS q month cash, and
All he could steal. He dressed In an
4undershirt and the CASTOR trousers of
some white man. At the end Of the
month. when he received his wages.
most Or It went for run and anisette
bought ct the factory. When the
money wal: gone. he tapped a palm tree
md drank OF its fermented Juice. No
smaatter how intoxicated he became his
srnaalDSwere always on time and he was
7Aolite and deferential. He called me
saBScause We both spoke English and
NJ British subject. he looked
Sftesme In . way. He instructed the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21
,e had better steer for her."

we had better steer for her."
A signal was sent to the engineer
ana the wheel spun o IND the en-
gineer passed the order to the stokers.
In a minute the black smoke was going
along the water, and the tug with her
course changed was plunging forward.
THAT is the Dixey," announced the
house. she's flying a distress signal,
too. l guess we are all right"
With a glance through the glasses
Captain 81 swept the horizon. 'And
the Andrew Gregg is the only tug on
the lake today" With a click. the
window sill and the captain caught
the spokes of the wheel on the side OPP
posite the mate.
There was water in the hold of the
Dixey and she was going to pieces.
Captain Allen knew 1t and was glad
wnen ne saw the smoke of the tug.
10 the masthead he ran the stars and
stripes upside down. And then he went
Into the cabin and told his daughter a
tug was on the way.
Il reckon 1t must be Captains Lati-
mer n the Andrew Gregg. The
weather never gets too sharp for him
or that boat"
II am glad he has come" said Hettie
Allen, the daughter of the captain Of
n schoone Dixey. rs there any way
or getting aboard the tug?"
Not till the Dixey goes to pieces. l
can't promise how long she will hold
together"
Just then a long low whistle came
and they knew the tug had sighted
tnem. An U later the tug came to
the " side and a line was thrown
across Its brown pilot house and was
caught by a deck hand. Captain 81
stood aft when the hawser was made
fast to h bitt on the deck and snapped
taut as the tug swung to the port side
with the weight of the schooner. In
The door of the cabin Hettie stood and
h panels framed her into a picture.
Her hair was loose and bent back into
the wind which whipped at her skirts
and howled through the bare rigging
and sailless masts.
Pretty much of a wreck" called
Captain ST to Jay Stebbins, the mate at
the wheel. II know that girl. She's the
OF the captain Of the boat.
and. somehow. l wish she wasn't there"
AT the end Of the hawser the Dixey
plunged and turned, throwing her
worm-eaten sides far into the waves
and coming up all dripping over TO go
down again. 1t was a guess whether
h tug could pull the crippled ship to
river and her docks.
The outer water crib was sighted and
passed: the lighthouse came and went:
n ltve-saving crew sat before their
house; the salt docks, the cloud and
the river with its drawbridges passed.
The whistle of the Andrew Gregg. and
the Dixey was beside the dock.
YOU'D better get our cargo out,
captain. and If you've got any pas
sengers aboard get them ashore" Cap
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21
BRIDGE RINGS.

With the prevalence of card games
and parties. a new finger ornament is
seixed with avidity by the woman who
would keep pace with things UP to
date. and who has the w~herewithal
TO indulge.
The.snew bridge. rings. as they are
called. are an evolution from the older
but equally stunning banquet or din
n q rings. Artificial light IL not now
demanded to make them good form.
They are designed for the small finger
of the left hand, and the separate
beauty Of each ring has as much to do
with its attractiveness as the value Of
the stones with which 1t is incrusted.
IN the design an ~irregularity Of out
line is one OF It's most interesting pc
culiarittes, and the settings are often
al inch In length and sometimes long
er. while their width depends upon the
design chosen or the size of the finger
they are to adorn.
There 10 usually q large center stone
-or. three Of varying sizes are used.
and around these the mailer stones
are ret.
The old fashioned brilliants and rose
cut diamonds used in brooches and
among family treasures. may
boarded among family treasures, may
be used in f%ashioning one Of these
bridge rings, and when thus congregat-
ed will. give sentimental value to what
il really a most striking and individual
ornament.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21
DESTROYING THE SEED OF WILD OATS.

PAROLES of women have attracted them?
Rather would they nave Disguised them
as any cheap. tawdry imitation disgusts
the person Of trained and cultured taste.
The man WHO genuinely admires beautiful
and pure gjrlhood knows why he admires
1t. what 1t stands for in life and will stand
for In his life. will see nothing to admire
in a fat woman OF IS, with her cheeks a
paint-pot pink. her eyelashes and brows
black from the pencil, her hair a peroxide
yellow. an uncouth hat on her head sur
mounted by enormous vivid green wings,
her neck encircled with cheap, imitation
stones. His trained sense of the beauti-
tul and love OF the true that follows in
Its wake will revolt.
If his mind has been trained to enioy
only the refined and the elevated, and q
mind properly trained will find here the
rarest enjoyment, he will have no pleas
ure In the company or the conversation
OF such women as these of the restau-
rant.
II he has been taught to know aM love
genuine and healthy pleasure he will
worthless imitation.
FIJI a boys mind and heart and life
full to overlooking with good and evil
will have no place to get in. It isn't q
matter of talking 1t or preaching it. OF
making it some ~far-off, idealistic thing to
try to be livel up to. It is a matter OF
making 1T a genuine and healthy part Of
everyday life. as much a part OF him as
his appetite for dinner or his desire for
q stylish suit Of clothes. It must be real.
1t must be right In his life and a matter
of-fact part Of it. He will be able them
to tell real pleasure from It's imitation |
real womanhood from its parody. and theI
one Will nave no more attraction for hin
than would a piece of glass in place of |
diamond.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21
Way l1a'n s lAgl|M2AzE1m!.5e:
s s,'s' ,s ;S:s y ss &c., ,m- ~ HAkY A.ARnSTRoNl.

tain Sis voice came back from the
door of the pilot house as the Andrew
Gregg poked the river water into foam.
When Captain ST ven ashore that
night q note was awaiting him at the
tug office.
hotel tomorrow evening. want to
thank you personally for saving the
DiNey-and all that We're on board.
Miss Hettie Allen"
Captain ST wore, better clothes that
evening than We're necessary on board
the Andrew Gregg. And Hettie was
gowned differently, too, than when the
captain had last seen her.
This is Captain Latimer, is 1t not? Z"
the young woman asked as she met the
caller.
And you are Miss Hettie Allen??"
There was a smile on the smooth face
of the captain.
How did you come to be out on the
lake when we. wanted you? 1 did not
know until today that the distress sig
nal was at the masthead. Anyway. I
ant to thank you II do in the name
Of every living soul there"
No telling where Hettie would have
stopped. The captain waved his hands
and protested. but she tool possession
Of him, and before he was aware was
leading him to the dining room. and
here they sat down before a better re-
past than could be served on the An-
drew Gregg.
sat there. And after that night tho
captain called regularly. n when frost
came there vas a wedding, and the An
drew Gregg had a new captain.
Boston Woman's Novel Occupation.
From Myerson's American Family Maya
zine.
A wide-awake woman in Roston has
found a new outlet for women's activity
In taking charge of weddings. On the
day of the ceremony the bride and the
BRIDES mother are generally too busy and
too tired to give much attention to The
management OF details. AS a helper in
this household the wedding
director fills a long-felt want.
The name. OF this pioneer Is Mrs. Nellie
eBlifhns land she lives with her husband
and daughter on Boston's aristocratio
Beacon street. She gives the impression
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21
"ooNT's" FOR THE
HOME BUILDERS

Don't invest in cheap plumbing
and lavatory fittings. II you
do you'll soon discover 1t to
be the most expensive"
economy you eve tried.
Don't substitute cheap thing for
the mantels and hearths when
a rich colored paving brick
gives far better satisfaction
and q much more artistic re-
suit.
Don't plan deliberately turned
grill work nor let your car
penter talk you into using 1t
when rooms finished in stright
lines with plain wood stained
a harmonious color are much
more practical and artistic
as well as more economical.
Don't buy cheap limitations Of
patterned metal fittings when
you can have the plain fitting
for less money and q more
refined result.
Don't plan a wonderful variety
of color schemes in decorat-
ing when the consistent use
of a simple color combina-
ton gives far more pleasing
and decorative results.
Don't forget that rooms de-
signed after simple straight
lines lend themselves more
easily to decoration, prove
more sanitary and are less
tiresome to live in than badly
arranged rooms.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21
A Patriotic Response.
From the New York Sur

From the New York Sun,
The teacher of a Brooklyn school IL
which Germans largely predominant was
trying to instruct her pupils in patriotism.
To impress the lesson on them she draped
a large flag behind her desk and spent
some time explaining 1t to them, and tell
ms them stories of the flag and its de-
tenders. Confident that she a made an
impression. and perfectly certain that a
call for The Red. White and Blue" would
result, she then said:
Now, children, tina you have heard all
about this beautiful American flag. let us
sing. You may choose the song. What
will 1t be-"
From forty lusty threats came the an
swer: Die Yacht am Rhein."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21

te@t, 80. ..uaa he was planning the
house i'll which he and his bride We're
to live. he deliberately and with love
of forethought arranged the children's
room next to his and put his wife's on
the other side of the ouse.
II am the stronger" he said. II am
better able to get up at night and at
tend to their needs tina YOU. Such
things are not the tax on a mar that
they are on a woman
oh, wondrous man. to live up to
mans proud assertion that he is the
stronger of the twain!
There is scarcely a man living who
doesn't believe ana emphatically state
that man Is stronger than woman. Yet
hell lie n sleep all night while Nail,
weak woman gets UP and nurses the
baby. or watches by a croupy child or
makes Willie a mustard plaster or
does the hundred and one exhausting
anxious things a sick child demands.
Under great stress the husband may
be prodded to do 1t, but it would prob
ably be a martyrlike performance. But
here is a man who willingly. nay, In
sistently. takes all this on himself be-
cause he so thoroughly believes he is
stronger than woman that he Is will
ing to live up TO his belief. 1t was not
a matter Of before-marriage enthus-
iasm, either. He did it with premedi-
tation n he has carried out the pro-
gram for years.
Neither does this husband say he
doesn't know how to care for children
because he knows man considers his
judgment just as good as woman's and
If it is as good in one thing. 1t is as
good in another. So he really and ac-
tually looks after the children and his
wife gets her needed sleep. And it Is
needed sleep as any one knows who
has taken care of a house and washed
and dressed and attended to the wants
of children. A more e%xhausting day
would be hard to 1nd thsn the dav of
the mother of several small children
who does her own housework.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21
If his body is bent;
And his cheeks fallen IN:
II he weaves as he walks;
II his figure Is thin;
II fishlike his eye,
And pallid his lip,
He's not a consumptive.
He's Just got the grip.
Marsha own Times-Rel
Modieska's Early Experience.

when / think of my enthusiasm of
those days, even now I feel thrilled
with its recollection writes Nine.
Modjeska. IN the beginning Of her
Memories" in the Century, of her
first experiences on the stage. I'VE
lived in rooms which were barely furn-
ished: we had to Sit on boxes n all
sorts of i%;nprovised seats. I had only
two dresses, one black and the other
white, with two tunics, which I used to
transform by addition OF black or pink
ruches. Our meals were frugal, but
from the porch I could see fields Of Wild
flowers, trees, and mountains; above
all. 1 had my parts. Walking up and
down on the veranda, I studied them to
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21
Took the Hint.

FFOm tne Chicago News.
1t was midnight by the mission clock.
Still he fingered. She had thrown out
hints by the dozen. but he refused to
notice them. She grew desperate.
Archibald" she yawned finally. don't
you know there is something about YOU
that reminds me of President Roosevelt"
He felt fattered.
Il am glad to hear it, he chuckled.
Now what is 1t about me III reminds
you of President Roosevelt?'
Why. o are a big stick"
Without another word he called for hi.
coat and cane and departed.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21
HA<.>- ,A>1<
the accompaniment Of birds songs, an,
felt as proud and wealthy as the rich.
est -
What Socialism Disreaard..

Socialists plant themselves firmly m
the postulate that present economic
conditions. the unequal distribution Of
wealth, are responsible for the diner
ing conditions Of men. The redistribu1
ton of wealth would make all mel
equal, sl men happy and contented
Inc soclaiists overthrow, by paying nd
widely held that it is the inequality h
the capacities and in the ambitiona
temperaments and dispositions okJmei
That have made economic condi2ionI
q that have brought the rewar
OF accumulations to the industriou
ana the thrifty, and have visited It'd
penalty OF narrow circumstances upo|
eae ~nprovident and the prodigal.
No ever saw a small man tryinI
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21
. Common Source Of Supply.
From fhA na1inantor

The stork had just visited Arthur's
qouse n Fred was filled with envy.
AS the doctor was leaving afte. one
Of his visits he heard Fred sag: II
say, Arthur. where did you get your
little sister, anyway" Why, DR..
Brown brought her. Or. Brown"
said Fred in great surprise. why, we
take OF aim"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21

This IL the season Of the year when
men are looking for the place where
they can catch fish as fast as they can
throw In the hook.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21

NJ. Jusserand. the French ambassador
to this country. Is a voluminous author
whose works abundantly show the
thoroughness of the writer.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21
Maple Junket.
Easter Salad,

This salad is both novel and attrac-
tive. Mix cream or cottage cheese with
o~ne-fourth the amount of English wal
nut meats. carefully shelled and pound
ed to a paste. Moisten with cream
or mayonnaise, and season with a lit
tie salt. pepper and a few drops Of
onion juice. Tint the mixture a rich
cream color and roll into tiny egg shape
forms. Arrange them In crisp lettuce
hearts, putting four or five in each
leaf. Serve with mayonnaise. tinted 2
green.-Harper'S Bazaar.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21

No nj ever saw a small man tryinl
to blow q small horn.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21
: TESTED RECIPES. :

SNu0t00 Ftu0 HPPio SITip3.
"candied pineapple strips are delic-
Sally Sanders in Woman's Home Com
panion. 1.-The fruit is first peeled, then
cut in strips two inches long, half
an inch wide and about a quarter OF
an inch thick. Measure the fruit and
add half the quantity of granulated
sugar, and let it stand until the sugar
is dissolved, which may be nearly "a
hours. Drain off the juice and boil it
five minutes. then add the fruit and
cook for three or four minutes; drain
the pineapple and spread on a platter
to dry. The process may be FASTENED
by putting the platter in the sun. the
warming closet or even on the top of
once and then rolled in fine granulat-
ed sugar. The process is a much more
lengthy one than that required for the
fruit peel, but a few pieces put in each
box makes a delicious addition"
Washington Salad.
This delicious new salad is especially
attractive. Wash four medium sized
blood beets and cut into small pieces:
place in a stew pan with one table,
spoonful of chopped onion. one table
spoonful Of chopped pepper. three
tablespooEsful of sugar. n saltspoon-
full Of salt. one bay leaf. four cloves
and three peppercorns; pour W. all
one pint of cold water and cook slowly
until the beets are tender. then add
one-half cup Of lemon juice. Soak one
large tablespoonful of g%ranulated gel
atine in a little cold water two min
utes. then strain the hot mixture over
It. Blend thoroughly. n strain again.
Turn into individual moulds and set on
Ice until firm. Serve on ribboned let
tuce.-Harper's Bazaar.
Maple Junket.
Maple junket makes a dainty, whole
some dessert. Slightly sweeten and
warm n quart of milk: flavor
with one %teaspoonful of maple flavor
ing. Dissolve one junket tablet in one
tablespoonful of cold water, then add
to h warm milk. Pour into glass serv-
ing dishes and when Arm. set in. the
icebox and chill. Chop one cupful of
maple sugar and one-half cupful Of
blanched almonds together. and when
ready to serve the junket spread a
layer on top Of each dish.-Harper's
Bazaar,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-21

This tale of a
husband seems like
y fairy tale for it's
almost too good
to be true. But
it is true. he's a
real, tlesh-and-
blood husband and
he does these
things. May his
tribe increase!
nn'c ON nrHht-
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-13
Before the Committee.

Representative Ransdell, Pujo and
Esropinal were before the House Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs today to
urge a favorable report on the Esto-
pinal joint resolution to authorize the
President to invite foreign countries
to participate in the Worlds Panama
Exposition in 1915 at New Orleans.
The Louisiana members made a
strong plea for the exposition and as
sured the committee that the State
and city would give a guarantee fund
to insure the exposition a success. 1t
may be we'll to note that San Francis
co is making a great fight for the ex
position and it behooves Louisiana to
get busy and hustle. California had
big delegation before the committee
today.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1910-05-13
Free Sample
Helps Weak
w oInen

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