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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1910-02-05
EDITORIAL
Saturday. February 5, 1910.
THE LOVE OF TINSEL.

Ray Stannard Baker discussing
the industrial condition of Ne
groes last week at the home Of
Mrs, William j Baldwin said one
besetting sin of the Negro is his
love of tinsel. The Negro keeps
himself poor and uneasy by buy
ing snowy things on the install
ment plan and when he cannot
afford them, He said:
visited many Negroes in all
parts of the South, and if [ can
sum up the many visits | made in
a single conclusion | would say
| think, that was chiefly impress.
sed by the tragic punishment
meted out to ignorance and weak.
ness by our complex society
would find home of one or two
rooms meanly furnished, but
having in one corner a glitterin g
cottage organ or on the mantel
shelf a glorlfied gilt clock, crap
on portraits, un xpressibly crude
and cold, but framed gorgeous y,
are not uncOmmOn-the first un-
certain, primitive, (not unpitlfuD
readings out after some of the
courses OF a brighter life. Many
of these things are bought from
agents, and the prices are extor-
tionate. Even a Negro family
will pay mcnthly for a year or so
on some costly CLOCK or chrome
or music box or decorated mirror
paying the value of it a dozen
times over, only to have it seiz9d
when through sickness, or lack
of foresight, they fail to meet a
single note. InstaIlment houses
prey upon them, pawn. brokers
SUCK their blood, and they are in.
fnitely the victims of patent
medicines.
This is doubtless a great short
coming among many Southern
Negroes. But many Northern
Negroes are victims of the same
and kin Dire / weaknesses. 1t is
the same desire for show that
causes the Northern Negro 10
overdress on the credit plan. II
IS the same desire for fun that
will prompt the Northern Negro
to buy a piano and attend the
dances at the expense of his real
needs and his health
Everywhere there is too much
appreciation of the shadowy and
not enough of the substantial
things of life. The Negro needs
every were to come down to earth
and realize the sure and only
ways to the respect Of his neigh
bors, to brighter and happier
future. He must learn to sacri
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1910-02-05

flee many of his pleasures that he
may buy and furnish a decent
home. He must be Taught to dis
pense with the gew gaws that he
may have the real things of life.
New York Age.
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1910-02-05
Gall at The

New millinery shop for the
latest style hats. Best COURT
sizes given all and your patron
age is solicited. Come one and
all.-Mattie Tucker, Prop, 2O6
N. 14th st.
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"Oh, Douglas! Thou hast passed be
yond the shore,
But still thy voice is ringing Ger the
gale
Thou st taught thy race how high he1
hope may soar,
And bid them seek the heights, MOI
faint nor fall"
Paul Laurence Dunbar on Fred
Douglass.
You can always depend on The
else.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-12-04
LIKE 4 BOULEVARD DRIVE
"Old Dobbin" on Forbidden Place, But
Driver Didn't Know 1t.

Beginning where equine knowledge
generally leaves OF, D0bbin." fam
lily horse. started on an exploration
tour yest=rG2! morning. lie Went
through the Eighth street entrance TO
the campus as ii there were no iron
posts 10 repCl intruders. While Dob
bin had no troubla in getting through,
il was q narrow "squeak" fo:' the Bug
gy. which persisted IN following him.
He meandered along the cinder path,
apparently oblivious OF the man,
woman and TWO children who were
seated in the vehicle. His bump OF
Iveneration led him toward the col
umns. Just as he was going to make
his obeiSance he noted the astCnished
looks Of several students who hap
ipened TO be near He realized that he
had overstepped all equine bounds.
The man who was driving? He
didn't seem to care where the animal
| went-just like boulevard drive to
him. The horse. receiving no assur-
ance there as to the proper course
which he should follow, acted on his
own initiative. Slowly turning round,
lie sadly retr2ced his steps. and took
the passengers back 10 4 paved street.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-12-04
OLD.T|hE CHR|STHA
SAID TO Be PASSING
Business and Public Influence
Are blamed for Neglect
of Former Spirit.
FIRE-PLACES ARE GONE
Attractions Socially and Fra,
. ternally in the Home
Lacking. 1t Is Said.

Is the old-time Christmas passing?
Persons OF advanced age say that it
is. and they speak OF it in tone Of
regret. They say that in the old days
the holidays We're celebrated in a diff
ferent and q more desirable way thar.
they are now 1t l. said that in for
mer times these festival days were
spent around the homes in a more So
cial manner, while now the attractions
are not at the homes. and there is
not the same care-free and fratcrnal
spirit that characterized that period.
Various reasons are assigned for
this change OF mode i'll commemorate
ing tire most widely celebrated time
Of the year. Too much business is
said 10 he partly responsible. and the
growth of the cities, bringing the I'M
limited number of public attractions.
is blamed for the turning OF persons
from the old way OF spending Christ,
mas. Then the modern homes have
not the big open fire-places, around
which the young and old of one time
would gather and spend their even
ings. With the passing Of this style
Of fireplace went the universal Gus,
tom Of hanging up the stockings on
Santa Claus night"
Fifty and sixty years ago the coun,
try districts were sparseiy populated
Only on Sundays and holidays were
neighbors able to congregate. Christ
imas Day was one time tiat a general
gathering was held. All would gather
at some appointed place TO spend the
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-12-04
NO HOLIDAYS FOR rRAINMEN
Christmas Means More Work for the
Public Service Employees.

The approach of Christmas brings
to most persons expectations of hap
piness and good cheer. To the rail-
road men. however. Christmas brings
days of toiling and long hours of
drudgery. and he usually is too tired
to enjoy holiday if he had one.
The railroad man says Christmas
means only a day when the work is
harder than usual and the hours
longer. The Christmas rush in the
freight department begins about De-
cember 10, and continues until the
end of the month.
The Christmas trade does not affect
the express companies until about
three days before the holiday, and
then it comes all at once. New cars
must be put in service and new men
hired.
The increase in the passenger trade
is not so noticeable except, of course.
in college towns like Columbia. In
Columbia about 1880 students attempt
to leave town in one day.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-12-04
BAD SEASON FOR WILD DUCKS
Dry Weather Has Made Birds Scarce
Around Columbia.

On account Of The dry weather. this
fall has not been good season for
wild ducks. Still on cold rainy days
they are plentiful down on the low
lands OF the Missouri river. They
do not stop close around Columbia
but go en- to the river and. one has
10 go there to find any at all. What
few ducks that have come in this fall
are extremely wild and hunters have
to use greater caution than usual TO
get within shooting distance.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-12-04
M|TTENS, 50 FATHER
CAN TEND FURNACE
That's What One Little
Girl Is Planning as
Christmas Gift.
WATCH FOR SURPRISES
Fingers of the Little Folks
Are Busy Preparing for
big Holiday
WATCH FOR SURPRISES
What do you want for Christmas?

What do you want for Christmas?
It's again the time of year when
that question is being asked by the
children, all OF them thrilled with
childish delight, as the day of all days
TO them, draws nearer and nearer.
Even sorority girls are busy trying to
figure out just what they want and
what they want to give; but to the
children comes the greatest joy and
merriment. and the most eager eXpec-
tation as to what they will give and
receive.
A thousand times, maybe more.
maybe less, the children attending the
University Elementary School ask the
question, or at least it flashes through
their minds. And they are answering
it, every one of them. What's more,
they know just what they want for
Christmas and what they want to give
their parents.
Their Gifts Ready Early.
They are busy these days solving
the gift problems, and they are setting
an example in getting their gifts ready
early, an example their brothers. sis
tiers and parents might follow to their
advantage. Should the parents of
these children drop in on them one of
these days, there is no doubt but what
they would cause great excitement
There would be a scramble TO hide
from papa and mamma. the things
they will later give them as presents.
The little girls are painting Christ
mas cards and making various little
things for gifts. Some are weaving
Indian baskets. The boys are working
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-12-04
STUDENT LIFE AMONG WOMEN
Miss Eva Johnston and Others Speak
to Home Economics Club.

MISS Eva johnston and others Speak
to Home Economics Club.
Studel.t life among the women in
several OF the colleges and universities
in this country and in Germany was
the general subject discussed by the
members of the Home Economics club
Thursday night. Miss Johnston talked
about this phase Of life at the German
universities; Mrs. C. W. Greene, at
Leland Stanford University; Miss
Rebecca Conway, at Wellesley; Miss
Nettje Humfeld at the Teachers Col
lege.
Miss Johnston brought out the fact
that there is little social life among
the womer in the German schools.
On the other hand. it was shown that
social life exists in all of the institu-
tons in this country, though each one
has its characteristic air
The club is composed of women in
the Home Economics department, and
it has regular meetings in the Geology
Building.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-12-04
day in a social way. A dinner was
served about 2 o'clock in the after
noon.
An Old-Fashioned Christmas.

After this hour the women would
assemble in room, where they would
spend the rest of the afternoon quilt
ing and chatting about things of COM
mon interest. The men would walk
around the plantation or sit in some
comfortable room. These would tell
Jokes or discuss timely questions. but
never falling to frequent the cup
boards. where a good supply of fruits,
candies and other deiicacies were in
store.
In the evening the floor of the larg-
est room was cleared, the fiddlers took
their stations, and the old style dance
began. None was left out of this days
feature. for the old men and women.
as well as the young boys and girls
knew how to dance and always took
advantage of such opportunities. But
before the midnight hour came the
festivities of the day were closed, and
, the guests departed for their homes.
Everything Is Changed Now.
Talking about these old days and
the pleasures they brought. A. D. Ty-
son. keeper of the Columbia city Jail
said:
Nearly everything is different now
from the time when l was boy. We
| used to have our Christmas at home,
but now business and public attrac-
tons have broken nearly all OF this
up. We did not have so much of this
| 'hurTyhurry,' and we always had a
good, jolly and social time once year.
! There were no fireworks, or Christ
mas trees or children's toys, but we
enjoyed it just the same I'll tell you.
l thinl; we had happier times then
than we have now"
This seems to be the opinion of
most of those advanced in years, and
not a few OF the younger generation
| express themselves in about the same
way. Is there any reason why. it has
been asked, business, public attrac-
| tons and similar influences. should
destroy the old and probably better
Christmas spirit? Many persons say
not. who choose to return to the Gus
tom of making much Of that day, cele-
brating at home. They want families
days, to spend the time in really
enjoyable and social way.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-12-04

Is the way we figure to sell you your Winter
better quality and little lower price than an.
every benefit the wholesaler can give and SUI
vantage.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-12-04
To Talk on ToIstcy.

Prof. A. W. Taylor. Of the Missouri
Bible College. will speak on Tolstoy
in the Y. N. c. 4. auditorium at
o'clock this afternoon.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-12-04

Your razor honed sharp-25 cents.
Your hair cut to your like % cents.
J. G.. Williams, Barber Shop, ia
Broadway. -
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parents by giving them as presents
specimens of their skill as wood
workers.
What They Really Want.
1t is interesting to hear the replies
OF these children to the question
What do you want for Chfistmas:"
Like a fash the answer will always
come. Everything from fuIl-rigsed
sailing yacht to an air gun or pair
of skates is included in the boys list
OF wants. And of course every little
girl wants a doll. as. TO most little
girls, Christmas would be meaningless
without dolls. some sage once said.
One little girl wanted to give her
papa pair of gloves to wear down in
the furnace room; another desired to
give her papa a calendar, and many
were the things that they wanted to
please their parents with. Here is
what some of the pupils answered
when asked what they wanted old
Santa Claus to bring them
Millicent Gibson-"A dell. some
paints and some books"
Lawrence Babb-"An air gun to kill
chickens with and lots of things"
Helen Jackson proved to be an ex-
ception to girlhood She didn't men,
ton a doll All she wanted the good
saint 10 bring her was "a pair of
skates"
John Calvert gave his vivid boyish
imagination full sway. He wants "a
tfull-rigged sailing) yacht Probably
to cruize through the blue waters OF
the Hinkson in search of buried
treasure
Matte Whitten-"A doll and doll
house"
Ruth Moore-"A doll"
Sylvester Whitter-"A pal: Of
skates"
They Do Other Work. Too.
The children are also at work deco
rating two rooms III the basement of
the school building. The boys are
painting the walls, and soon the girls
will be helping them by making cur
tains for the windows and in other
ways.
The rooms are to be used for man
ual training and domestic science.
These departments have only recently
been installed in the school. The pu-
! pits are taking a great interest in this
kind OF work and they are making a
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-12-04

fore the Christmas holidays. They
probably will be open for inspection
before that time.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1910-12-04

hard in their manual training work
and many Of them will surprise their
parents by giving them as presents
specimens of their skill as wood
workers
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convince the Civilized world that kiss
ing is pernicious and unhealthful."
Still Active In Profession.

Mrs. Belva Lockwood, who is the
only woman In the United States who
was ever candidate for the presi.
dency, is now near seventy-five years
old, but continues to practise her pro.
fession. Recently she was down in
the south, paying several Cherokee
descendants money for their claims in
Oklahoma She represented the IN.
dians in their claims. and each one ra
ceivad ahout S17k
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-08
MILKMAIDs IN TROUSERS GO
Machines Take Place Of Girls In Mod,
si Dairy Whore Japs Once
Were Employed.

Seattle, Wash.-One of the model
dairies In this state, near North Yaki
ma, has received shipment Of mod
ern milking machines and so white
trousered girls are thrown out of en-
ployment. The girls had been doing
the milking for several years, having
displaced Japanese. who were found
10 be unhygienic. Each girl wore q
tight-atting pair of trousers and Z
short-sleeved jacket to match. The
garments were boiled and starched
each day in the farm laundry.
Probably there never were farm ami
mails kept 80 clean as are the COWS on
this farm. Each COW Is bathed In
warm water and soap twice daily
combed and brushed. The floors oi
the dairy barn are scrubbed many
times daily. and every precaution ta
kan against germs.
The newly acquired machines are
Designed to draw the milk by pump
,ing method. power for which is sup
nlisd By . gasoline engine.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-08
DYNAMITE TO SCARE WOLVES
Alaska Miners strategem, Hastily Do
vised, Proves Effective 40
Life Saver.

Tacoma, Wash.-Besieged in hia
cabin by hungry pack Of timber
wolves, his rifle jammed and useless,
and a rapidly rising creek threaten,
Ing to carry away his sluice boxes
and destroy The work of weeks, Joe
De Blondeau, well known in Haines a.
an Alaska prospector, scattered tho
wolves and rescued his imperiled
sluice boxes by the aid Of dynamite.
Do Blondeau threw two sticks wrap.
ped in an old sack with a long fuse
attached among the wolves. AS tho
ferocious animals surged around tho
sack the dynamite exploded.
De Blondeau's cabin was shaken BY
the shock, huge hole was torn in tha
frozen ground and the wolf pack was
scattered far and near. De Blondeau
says he thinks that no less than ten
wolves were killed by the explosion,
but that he could not recover enough
fur to establish the number of casu.
alties. He asserts he has not been
bothered by the wolves since he intro.
duced dynamite.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-08
NAIL IN LEG TWELVE YEARS
Victim Never Knew It Was There
Until Treated at Hospital for
Slight Abrasion.

iladelphia.-When John Dayssee
Of 1927 South Twenty-sixth street ap,
piled at the Pennsylvania hospital the
other day for treatment for slight
abrasion on the leg he learned for the
first time that he had been carrying
q horseshoe nail in his leg for twelve
years. The discovery was made by
the physicians at the hospital, who
say that the remarkable part Of the
case is that nothing serious developed
from the presence of the metal.
After the nail was extracted Days
see could not at first recall how it got
into his leg, but later on he remem'
bered that on Independence day
twelve years ago toy cannon loaded
by him with slugs, nails and other
pieces of metal exploded and injured
him. He paid little attention to the
wound, and yesterday was kicked on
the leg by a horse. Although but a
slight abrasion, the injury panied very
much, and the young man decided to
go to the hospital for treatment.
The doctors could not understand
why the wound should pain, and made
further examination of the leg, with
the result of locating the nail. When
the nail was extracted it was bent
and in a blackened condition. The
physicians who performed the opera
tion say that now, as the nail has
been removed, there is little possible
ity of any further trouble from the
wound
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-08
Why Men Wear Trousers.

No living man of this age ever de-
liberately chose to adopt trousers" :"
He was forced into them and all other
eccentricities of dress by women. In
the very earliest sartorial experiences
be is swathed in queer bundle Of
lncoherent bandages by woman.
Later she puts him in cute dresses SO
that the neighbors can't tell him from
his little sister. Still later she cuts
off his curls and puts him in knicker-
bockers, and he put on long pants
when she gives the word, not before.
That is all that man mas to do with
wearing trousers. Women forced him
into them in the first place, and now
be is afraid to wear anything else for
fear of making a sensat1on.-Benton
(Mo) Democrat.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-08

nnest ever brought together in Queens.
land, has lately been assembled. Mum.
bering just over 80 pieces. the set ia
valued at considerably more than
$4,000 and comes entirely from
Queensland fields. In some of the
specimens the vividness and peculiar
blend .Qf the colors are almost dax.
Eling, even in the dullsst light. One
especiall. fine block Of the harlequin
pattern opsl presents the appearance
Of q mosaic, done in all the colors Of
the rainbow. while another, an oval
shaped stone, graduates in color from
. glorious amethyst blue at one end
to a fascinating combination Of fully
30 different colors and shades at the
other.-London Globe.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-08
FORM AN ANTI-KIssING CLUE
Organization In Cincinnati Will Pro
tect Infants as Well as Adults
Who Like to Kiss.

Cincinnati.-An anti-hssing club hal
been formed here with the title
Worlds Health organization. The
president, Mrs. L. Rechtin, has sent
out the following appeal:
1T has been estimated that one per
son in every seven is infected with
consumption. Who offers to greet you
with kiss? Is it an infected personl
Who wants to kiss the little folks? Il
It an infected person? You may not
be able to answer these questions, but
you can join the w. H. o. and protect
yourself and your friends.
If you have the welfare of youl
country at stake; If you prize your
own health; If you care for the health
Of your relatives; If you have seen q
loved one weakened by consumption:
II you want to protect the babies; d
you want to do the world little good
before you die, join the w. H. o.
There are no dues necessary ia
Join the club. The motto is Kiss not
We have a club button bearing this
motto: Kiss Not
IF one of those buttons could be
put upon the bib of every newborn
baby and worn until the child is 81
years old there would be more old
people than there are today.
kissing friends in greeting and
parting, kissing the baby by we'll
meaning but infected relatives, are
the means Of spreading consumption
faster than any known scientific rem
edy can check 1t.
"Why not stop kissing? It is time
honored custom and one person can.
not stop it. It is only in unity that
aufncient strength can be gained to
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1910-12-08
FROGS STOP CLASSICAL MUSIC
Bandmaster Refuses to Wave Baton
Again at Beach Until croaI<ers
Arc Removed.

Santa Barbara, Cal.-Music may
nave charms to sooth the savage
beast, but it only stirs the peaceful
rog to outrageous rivalry. La Mon.
lca. the famous, the great bandmaster
with the standing hair. has tried it and
has failed.
"Ah!" he cried. Those frog: they
must die or my music perish!"
This was afteSrNsthe first Saturday
night concert Of the season In the
Plaza del Banos, on the beach. with
lts sweep Of city gardens stretching
out beyond, and the frogs that lurk
h the lagoons and marshes,
Signor Muscente was playing the
mad scene from Lucia" La Monaca's
1.-THE and willowy form was bending
In unison with the music and making
his educated hair bow and bend grace
FULLY as the cedars Of Lebanon. The
reeds and the brasses were blending
In grand symphony that tugged at
every soul string of his listeners. when
from the flower and palm gardens
came the discordant note of an elder
ly gentleman frog with a basso that
denoted years of training.
Then the lady froggies joined. too.
and all the little frogs, until the strains
Of Lucia" were lost in the discord
and La Monaco was enacting mad
scene in real life. He spoke Italian
volubly and fuently and with apparent
relief.
But he refuses to waste his baton
On the beach air again until the froeA
IRE removed.
Meanwhile La Monaco will conflne
his music to the uptown parks until
the last froggie has croaked his last
croak. -.----