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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29

ing a child craves more than sym pathy, and we mean by that, sym pathy that is hearty, honest, sincere, not the kind that says hurriedly to the one seeking it: "Yes, yes, see; it's very nice, but run away now, like a good child, for mothers very busy"
 The untruthfu1ness of an imagina- tive child is the most difficult to deal with because more intricate. In nine cases out of ten the child has not lied and has not had such an inten- ton in his mind. Most children see things only as they are presented to their view in shape, size and dimen- sions, and can be relied upon to state facts with unswerving exactness. But occasionally we come upon a child who sees not only all this, but the subject as it might be enlarged and embe1lished. He has, in fact, a wider if not a broader view, and makes statements compatible with this sug- gestion, which to his mortified parent looks like deliberate attempt to dis tort the truth. If we take lying to mean an intention to deceive, we must be just to the child and see whether the statement.
 Most children with this characteristic have faulty memory, and should be | cid strictly accountable for facts, end the difference between these facts and what they would like to think to be, be pointed out to them, that they can see where truth ends and fancy begins. But to punish him is not
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29

the folds being arranged in a huge knot at the back, from which escapes
 long chain of jet beads which con meets it with the cabachon and tas- se1 at the end of the cascade. The front fastens in a similar manner with the chain drape, continuation of the one in the back which passes through the knot and drapes in with the folds below the elbow. The gar ment is lined in a beautiful shade of ashes of roses summer velvet which is a distinctly new feature in Things, adding not only warmth but a most elegant background to the gown worn beneath 1t, especially since the gowns of this season are either dull lustre satins or yelled brocades and their dead tones sink into the soft folds of the velvet in a way suggesting an old maStarniRca
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29
INDOOR GAMES TO ENTERTAIN
 YOUNG ONES ON RAINY DAYS
Scraps of Paper, ClohesPns, Odds and Ends They
 Can be Kept Quiet Amused for

wonderful battles, and the most spiri5 ed exploits are performed by the res. cuing party.
 The delight they took in "acting" the Indian stories they have heard gave the mother an idea for new game. As with many small folks, history is one of the most uninter- esting of their school studies. Dur ing the story hour that they have st twilight, she tells them tales that have for their foundation the history lessons they are studying.
 It is part of the game that these stories can be t'acted'' only on days that they cannot play outside, and they are honorably kept till such days. For that reason, more than ordinary attention has to be given to the stories in order to remember them Since she has started this new line of storytelling the history lessons have become "more alive" as her ten-year- old son expresses it-and so more de- Hghtful, as he judges the desirabiIity of all things by their degree Of "altVea ness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29

Then they cut off heads, arms, legs, put all in a heap, mix them up, and then start to making up" their own people and animals and building their own houses It stimulates their in- Genuity, and certainly keeps up their interest. They paste their people on the sheet of paper, and when it is covered, cut out the new pictures, using the paper as mounting. They take great pride in showing the re- suits of their days work to the ''grown-ups' in the evening.
 A game that meets with favor when something more strenuous is needed to meet with approval is an Indian game''
 For this she gives the children some old wooden clotbespins, a few old kid gloves. bright pieces of yarn or cloth, a pencil or bit of charcoal, some feath- CTS from the duster, little paste and scissors. They make their own IE- dians. even to the fringed leather leg gins, and very warlike they look with their feathers! Then the dolls, the Teddy bears and the Indians have
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29
PARENTS FREQUENTLY TO BLAME
 FOR MENDACITY OF CHILDREN
Lack of Confidence Them and Fear Prime
 Cause Little Ones Lie-Sometimes Merely Iag gnaton

may start1e mothers to be told that the watchfu1ness should begin with themselves, for they are constantly undoing the work they are trying to make a success by acting, speaking 8 and living untruths before their chil- dreR day after day.
 In our associations with the greater things of life we forget that the life Of a child is made up chiefly of the little things that we would brus a aside unnotfced. They are, in fact, the atoms thrown off from the great CT bodies of our interests as they re- voIve about the experiences that make up all that seems worth while to us in duties, pleasures and am bttions. The child is taught variable ness in truth by such seeming trif1es as the following: Mother will be right back and get the string for you in second;'' but mother is gene for an hour perhaps, and forgets u } string. If the child has not wanted the string badly, he also has forgot ten it; if he has wanted it, his im- patience and reproach are manifested
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29

cut longer in the skirt, the extra length being caught up beneath the band of velvet, over which it blouses slightly. At the waist line it Is cut rather in Empire fashion, the shirrings of the blouse fitting down over it. The sleeves are slightly full, just enough to slip on and off easily and are finished with faring cuffs of the are trimmed with carved buttons of black jet, four cf which are used on either side of skirt to fasten it with, the frog-like loops being made of a cording of the silk.
 The lapels are prolonged into a fac ing down the front where it jcins the band about the lower edge of the coat.
 The hat is one of. the new Napoleon shapes, turned up wide and daring in the front and three p1umes superposed at the back, a little to the left This one iss of artichoke satin to match the velvet, the plumes shading through greys to articholze. It would be an excellent model for general utility hat of black satin, to wear with nu- merous gowns.
 The coat would be very useful de- ve1oped in broadcloth or polo cloth for winter weather and warmly lined
 A Worth Gown.
 The tailor built suit is the product of the Worth atelfer and exemplifies the new cut Of coat and skirt. It is done in sphinx co1ored tussor with but tonholes. collar, cuffs and braid of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29

don them. In short, we uncon- sciously live up to our clothes. It therefore behooves us to clothe ourselves in calm, dignified ap- parel, thus saving doctors bills by assuring us steady nerves for our manifold social and economic duties.
 To return to our heaviest yoke, that of clothes, evening coats in particular, this one was of that delicate new satin known as Satin Prema, an exquisite china blue of dull lustre and wonderful tex ture. The coat proper is very simply cut. It is as though made of one very wide, square piece of cloth fitting smoothly over the chest and across the shoulders with neck and armholes cut out, thus making shapeIess bag-like looking garment which is quickly brought into graceful shapeliness by tacking the two edges of the center back together, then allow ing the surplus cloth to fall in a graceful cascade down the back. The hem of the skirt, which
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29

to cure him, for after the punishment ina agtnation and the ability to use it. and should never be thwarted by ignorance. Guided into it's rightful channels by wise, intelligent, com pretending mind, it cannot fail to be a valuable adjunct to the higher de velopment of the child as man or woman.
 The child of slow moral nature can be quickened by teaching him the diff ference between courage and cow ardice. Help him to understand that he is fighting the Giant Lie, but when he boldly confesses his wrongdoing he has escaped from the prison of the Giant. This will arouse his interest in making an effort to conquer his weakness, and will aid in developing his imaginative faculty, of which he probably has but little. Above all things, avoid correcting the fault of child through the cultivation of it's fear.
 Rainy Days for Children
 One mother has found that a game that will keep the attention for hours can be supplied by the advertising pages of magazines, some old fashion books, or even newspapers. She spreads a large sheet of heavy manila paper on the floor, mixes 8 little flour paste, gives the children scissors, and lets them cut the people, houses, animals they can find.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29

11Ag9 1c01t O1 S11G G111l0 IS OAS O4
 the most trying that the
 mother has to contend with;
 perhaps becadse 1t is least un- derstood by her, and is therefore more of 8 problem. She spends, per haps, more anxious hours over this subject in the endeaVor to find 8 means whereby the fault may be either checked or eradicated than over any other development the child may show, and arrives at the same conclusion each time: Punish him and cure hira.''
 But this method of dealing with the trouble Is hardly just to the poor lit tie offender. Faults are, after all, very like diseases; they must be treat cd from the cause and not the re- suit, and to apply external lotions for an internal trouble is not the way to get rid of it. Lying is a fault, that is to be deplored, but not despaired over by the conscientious mother, for 1t Is capable of being cured by a slow, patient treatment of sym pathy, watch fulness and judicious kindness. It
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29


 < The hat is severely plain, of huge proportions and made of crow blue poiluchon, the upper brim and crown of ashes of roses satin. The brim is much wider in back where it turns up more abruptly than in the front where 1t is almost straight, rolling up to the crown in square corner at the side, being fastened to it with a cabachon and string of beads like that on the coat.
 The gown is in pale gold enchant- ress satin yelled in violet rose nous seline de soie. The tunic polOnaise is of gold mousse1ine. de soie while the little stomacher is of pale gold satin, yelled like the underdress in violet rose mousseline. The tunfc drapery is caught up in the back just below the hip line on the left side showing the violet underdress which extends in a long narrow train.
 The bodice is filled in above the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29

front, the rest of the skirt be- ing quite plain and straight the pleats being inverted in the back and stitched fiat Gs far as the hip line, so one gets the impression that the skirt has been reversed back to front. The wide, softly falling revers are characteristic of nearly all the impQEted models, but the high standing collar is a decided departure. Very smart lines are given by the obIong piece stitched to the front and an excellent finish is given by the wide stitchings and flat satin braid.
 The hat is another variation of the very popular trfcorn model, with stiff brush ai- grette. It is made of the satin that trims the coat, the aigrette matching the cloth of the coat.
 Our Grandmother's Clothes.
 In the evening gown and coat we have in truth returned to the polonaise and do1man of our grandmothers, which add not a little to the gracefulness of ones carriage, adding length
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-04-29

to the figure and quiet dignity that is most restful in these days of start ling fashions, which seem to possess a subtle power of imparting to us their own spirit of unrest the minute we
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-23
FOREIGN NEWS.

The century old fisheries dispute,
the source of constant diplomatic fric.
ton between the governments of the
United States, Great Britain, Canada
and Newfoundland, vas finally closed
with the award of the international
court of arbitration at The Hague,
largely in favor Of the United States.
The American government is sus.
tanned On points @, 3, 4, 6 and z out of
the total of sever points in which the
issue was framed.
During the week Of Aug. % to Sept.
3 there we're 9,S99 ley cases of chol.
era in Russia. with 4.405 deaths, com.
pared with 1869 new cases and 1890
deaths in the week previous. The to.
tai for the season is 17O,363 cases and
77,466 deaths.
Virtual martial law prevails in Ear.
letta. the center Of the Italian cholera
zone. as the result of a clash between
several thousand starving and unem.
ployed people and the military.
Barcelona, Spain, is in the grip of
a general strike. No newspapers are
published, street cars are tied up and
business generally is at a standstill.
Reports from various towns in the
flooded districts Of Moravia indicate
that a heavy death roll will result
from the recent torrential rains.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-23
NEWS OF NOTED PERSONS

In his speech before the National
Conservation congress at st. Paul for.
mel President Roosevelt declared him
self in favor of a rational and practi.
cal conservation programme which
should give those who are living today
the benefit Of our national resources
as we'll as those Of later generations.
He warned the people against the in
sidious activities of agents of the spe
cial interests, who, as victory draws
nearer, are redoubling their efforts to
defeat the conservation movement. He
added that it would be no small mis-
fortune If a meeting such as this
should ever fall into the hands Of the
open enemy or false friends Of the
great movement which it represents.
Mr.. Roosevelt strongly urged federal
control of water power sites and
pointed out that most Of the "preda.
tory corporations" are interstate and
therefore out of reach of effective
state control. One OF the prime OBJ
jects of those corporations that an
grasping and greedy, he said, is q
avoid any effective control, either ~
state or nation, and they advocate a.
this time state control simply because
they believe it to be the least effec
tive. He further declared that We
have passed the time when needless
waste and destruction and arrogant
monopoly are any longer permissible.
Henceforth we must seek national e..
ficiency by a new and better way, by
the way of the orderly development
and use Of our natural resources. Mr.
Roosevelt urged the establishment o!
a federal board of health and in this
connection said that the needless loss
to our people from premature death
and %avoidable disease each year has
been calculated at nearly twice what
it costs to run the federal govern.
nent.
Cardinal Vannutelli, tie aged repre-
sentative of Plus Y. at the Eucharistis
congress at Montreal, tainted in the
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-23
OF
bALL|NCER Meet
Members of Com.
mittee at Chicago.
LACK ONE OF QUORUM

Said Chairman Nelson Has Proxy Of
Senator Flint, the Absentee, and a
Report Generating the Secretary
Of the Interior Is Expected-Partici.
pants Unable to Say How Long Ses-
sion Will Last.
Chicago, Sept. 14.-Shortly before
moor Senator Knute Nelson called to
order the meeting Of Republican mem.
bers of the Ballinger-Pinchot investi.
eating committee which he had ap.
pointed to be held in this city. The
committee was called to gather at 10
o'clock, but the train on which Senator
Nelson came to Chicago was delayed
and he arrived nearly two hours late.
Senator Nelson declined to say on
arrival just how long he thought the
meeting would last or Which, the report
of the members of the committee now
in session here would be made public.
. AS was expected the Democratic
members and Mr.. Madison of Kansas,
the progressive Republican, who on
Friday, in Minneapolis, made public
their findings which condemned the Of
fetal acts of Secretary Ballinger, failed
to attend.
All the Republican members, with
the exception of Senator Flint, were
here. Senator Flint is not expected
to return from a trip abroad for some
time. His absence will result in no
quorum being maintained.
However, it was reported that Sena.
tor Nelson has a letter from Senator
Flint authorizing him to cast Mr..
Flint's vote with the majority of the
Republicans. If this is done action
on the question as to whether the
Republican findings in the controversy
shall be made public now may be
expected. The Republican members
were n~on-committal before they met
regarding this phase of the dispute.
Luncheon was sent to the commit
tee roo and the executive session
continued during the afternoon. Sena-
tor Sutherland left the meeting for a
few minutes, but declined to discuss
the deliberations.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-23

midst of a brilliant reception given IL
his honor by the Canadian govern.
ment.
Secretary of the Interior Ballinger,
at the Arctic club smoker at Seattle
given in honor of Secretary of Com.
mere and Labor Nagel and Attorney
General W'ickersham, spoke bitterly Of
his %dctractors. with my conscious.
ness Of rectitude of my every act, ia
private and public, and my determine.
ton to go forward in the same path
| do not fear the criticism of any man
or set of men," said the secretary.
Prior to the banquet of t.ae HAM!
ton club at Chicago, given in his
honor. Colonel Roosevelt refused fatty
to attend unless United States Senator
Lorimer was excluded. The commit
tee in charge of the banquet then RI.
called the invitation to the senator.
A notable party Of Irish leaders will
leave for America Sept. u on a tour
which will take in most of the large
cities of the South and West. The
chief figure Of the mission Will be
John r. Redmond, the leader of the
Irish party.
After an absence of three weeks
Colonel Roosevelt is home again,
weary from his Western trip, but we'll
satisfied with the result. He enjoyed
every minute of it, he said.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-23
COLONEL ROOSEVELT SILENT
Refuses to Discuss Result Of Election
in Maine.

New York, Sept. 14.--Theodore
Roosevelt, up bright and early from
Oyster Bay to pay his first visit to
his editorial Offices since his return
from his Western trip. was not in
clined to comment for publication on
the result of the Maine election. Asked
to express himself on the subject the
colonel said:
Nothing to say"
Colonel Roosevelt was no more COM
m%unicative. either. on political topics
in general. Pressed for some state.
ment on the general situation he re-
sponded:
mo. have just returned from a
hygienic tour to steep myself in lit
erary calm With that the colonel.
who had momentarily emerged from
his private quarters. beat a retreat to
his Offices
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-23
Eugene Fields Memory.

One Of the New York newspapers Is
distressed because the sixtieth ami
versary Of the birth of Eugene Field
recently passed almost unnoticed.
Field has been dead fourteen years,
but he is by no means forgotten. BE
lives In the beautiful lines he wrote.
In city A,ld country. on the platform
Of IT,. dig lecture hall and back of the
Teachers desk in the little red school,
house Eugene Fields verses are re-
cited by professional and amateur "elo-
cutionists." Many Of his 'pieces" still
fit about in the orner of newspa.
pers. city and country. His complete
works are said to have a considerable
sale. .... ...
Moreover. in his W native state,
Missouri. Field is signally honored by
having an annual Eugene Field day"
in all the public schools. observed at
the instance of the state superintend-
ent Of public instruction. In St Louis
one Of the most modern public school
buildings bears his name. Two or
three other public schools in the state
are named for him. 1.-The children's
poet" is much more than a mere tradi-
ton throughout the nation.
Eugene Field was the first of the
newspaper poets'' to gain fame. Sew
eral writer's Of verse for newspaper
consumption have arisen who possess
high talent. but almost invariably
their work is compared with that Of
Eugene Field. to their detriment.
Hes a second Eugene Field has
squelched the ambitions of several
original verse writer's. who scorn any
imputation Of initiating Eugene Field
or any other fellow rhymester. First
in this peculiar field vas Eugene Field.
and. though he has passed from his
Sabine farm to the world beyond. he
remains the foremost figure in jour-
nalistic poesy. AS one of his brother
versifiers Of the press has written:
Delightful ancient in n modern guise.
He walked with Horace under halcyon
skies.
He was the verdure and the vine and
fruit
OF gardens ron1ping children love to loot:
A constant and reiterant surprise.
Like woodland echoes. now his voice is
mute
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-09-23
The Last Straw.

Just when the open season for shoot
ing straw hats begins is a matter of
locality and climate. According to the
unwritten law of New York. the last
straw should have disappeared by
Sept. Is. though it is said that several
brave citizens Of the metropolis still
wear their cereal headgear. scorning
the imputation that the straw hat is
out of season. A year ago the mayor
of Chicago by semioficial edict pro-
claimed FIVE days of grace for straw
hats. making it illegal to capture and
confiscate straws before Sept. 20.
1t would seem that a man living in
Florida or southern California should
be permitted to wear his straw hat as
long as the weather warrants it and
that the residents Of the northern
peninsula Of Michigan might very
properly return to the derby even in
August. But as a rule it is only in the
big cities that the comfortable. becom-
ing straw top piece has become the
butt of a joke. The common sense
view of the matter would seem to be
that a straw hat may be worn just as
long as the wearer's p~leasure-or bis
~purse-elects.
Perhaps when the hair begins to
grow up through the apertures. due to
wear and tear. or when the q is
subjected to the pneumonia breezes
Of winter. society may step in and
shoot the straw hat. In any event it
is safe to predict that it will be a very
cold day when the federal constitution
is SO amended as to set a definite day
for opening the shooting a in re-
lation t this ubiquitous species of
game.