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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18
New York Instructor Says Children
Play "Postoffice,D But Elders
Should Refrain.

Chicago.-Chicag children need
more kissing games, according to Pro
lessor Perciva1 Chubb Of New York
university and head Of the depart
ment Of English and pageants IN the
ethical school Of New York, who lee
tured the other night at the henry
Booth settlement house under the
auspices Of the Chicago Ethical So
ciety.
kissing games. as played by chill
dren. are harmless" he continued
Drop the handkerchief, postofice,
clap in and clap out, and dozen
more games of the same sort hurt no
one.
mind you, don't advise them for
the elders, but before the young peo-
pie have reached the age of sixteen
they are all right
Professor Chubb declares that old
er people. too, have forgotten how to
play.
The old time play spirit is gone, .
he continued, THE children no longer
play games at parties and their ED
ers play bridge most Of the time.
The Sunday comic papers are
among the chief offenders against
children. In the schools, for exam.
pie, we work to develop certain
standard Of literary and esthetie
4 tastes In children. Constantly, II
school and out Of school. the Sunday
supplement works against any edu
cative efforts. In place of better quail
ties, in the trough of the comic sheets
\ children learn snlartness, yulgarlty
/ money tricks and irreverence.
Besides establishing bad habits O
taste, the Sunday supplements make
/ for q scatter-br state Of mint
among children. The habit of sus
tanned attention is lost. / for ont
would prohibit these papers to chill
dren until they are sixteen years old
THE whole environment of ths
child Is that of the adult. On tn,
streets, for example. the advertise
1nents greet him. Some of them sug
gest that, child as he Is, enc bran.
/ Of whisky would be good for him. An
other sign suggests that If he ha
headache by drinking certain prepare
4 tons the ache will be cured.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18
ILLINOIS GIRL A LIBRARIAN
As Secretary of State Commission
She Is in chares Of Circulating
Volumes.

Bloomington, Ill.-Illinois has fallen
into line with many states in conduct
ing campaign Of education through
the medium of circulating libraries,
The legislature, at the last seFsion,
adopted an act which created a library
extension committee or commission,
relieving the Illinois Woman's clubs
Of service in this direction.
While a leader in most lines of edu.
cational endeayor, Illinois was slow
to recognize the Importance Of public
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18

libraries and the necessity to obtain a
collection Of books to which the pub
lie could have access. After the work
by the Woman's clubs it was finally
decided to ask the general assembly
to follow the example Of Massachu.
sets, Wisconsin, Iowa, Kentucky and
several other states, and create q
state commission.
In 1909 the state library extension
commission was authorized by amend
Ing the state library act Of 1874. The
commissioners of the state library
were empowered to appoint two per-
sons, who, together with the state Il
brarian, should constitute a board to
be known as the Illinois library ex-
tension committee" The state IL
brarian, Who is the secretary Of state;
the superintendent Of public instruc.
ton, and the governor, constitute the
state library commission.
Mrs. Georgia Bacon of Macon coun-
ty, for several years president Of the
Illinois Woman's clubs, is leading
member of the extension committee,
and it was largely through her efforts
that the legislature was induced to
authorize the extension work.
The committee selected a Blooming
ton girl, Miss Eugenia; Allen, as secre-
tary, and upon her devolVes the major
portion Of the duties of the commit
tee. Miss Allen has been engaged in
library work for the past ten years
and is regarded as one of the most
successful in her chosen profession in
the west Since her appointment as
secretary last year, following the or
ganization of the committee, she has
been actively engaged In carrying out
the ablishment of libraries in COM
mInities without such an institution,
and the Importance of her work is
now widely recognized. When the
Illinois Woman's clubs retired from
the field in favor Of the state, they
turned over to the state no less than
225 circulating libraries which they
had assembled and which were loaned
to rural communities. There were H.
900 volumes in this collection.
According to the statute under
which the commission operates, it is
required to loan these travelling Ii
I braries to any organization or COM
munity not vet possessing an estab,
/ lished library, the idea being to use
| the loaned books as a nucleus for the
formation Of q public library. After
such an institution has become prop
erly established, the borrowed books
| of the state are to be returned. Ii
through financial difficulties or other
wise, it is a slow process to secure
/ the requisite number of books, tht
commission is required to send an
other set upon the return Of the frs
and keep UP this exchange system TN
til all of the books owned by the state
have been forwarded, thus securing
to the greatest practicable degree tn
use and enjoyment of such books t
| the people of the entire state. Tn
commission may also conduct a clear
ing house for periodicals as a fire.
offering to local libraries and perform
such other public service as ma,
seem to it to be for the best interest
of the state.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18
Cooperation in Iowa.

EdgeWood, Ia, farmers have or
gained a cooperative commission
company. The new company is or
ganized for the purpose Of shipping
stock and other farm produce, and is
hoped to be Of mutual benefit to farm
ers and consumers. All over the en-
tire country, north, east, south, west,
the farmer is waking up to the posi-
biIities of working with his neighbor
and not against him.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18
URGES MORE KISSING GAMES

Advertisements take the place OF
the old criers. We have forbidden
the noise Of one as nuisance. but
the appeal Of the more recent method
Is just as loud, just as ugly as the
older street criers. The whole glar-
ing, blinking system tends to lower
the standards Of things Children be-
come precociousadu before their
time.
4 would urge a system Of festivals
and pageants In which school and set
Element should unite.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18
In the Hog Pen.

Drafts under the floors are death
to pigs and even to grown hogs.
Hogs and hens do not go well in
the same house. Don't try It.
Do not let the brood sows that are
to farrow in the spring become too
fat.
Dark hog houses are not heaIthsa7.
Let in the light and keep -Four pork
ers healthy.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18
Electricity for Stimulating.

A Texas farmer has decided to ex-
pertinent with the use of electric light
for stimulating vegetable growth. He
has arranged to procure power from
a neighboring plant by which he Will
supply a network Of tungsten lamps,
placed $50 feet apart all over the
fields. These will be illuminated all
night, and II IS expected that they
VII increase the growth Of the crops.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18
Bar Actors Local Jokes.

San Antonio. Tex.-Guadalajara,
Mexico, has just passed an ordinance
making it an offense for an actor or
actress to poke fun at local celebri-
ties In the audience.
The man with hairless crown or
unusual nose formation can now at
tend theatre in Guadaiajara with the
assurance that his physical defect will
not serve as the trellis on which to
hang an alleged joke.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18
That Awful MRS Jon a.

Mrs. Smith She is SO unobserving'
Mrs. Brown-And always complain
ing. The other day, while baliooning
near storm center, she collided with
a rain cloud and reported to the au-
thorities that the driver Of an aero
plane sprinkler had, splashed water all
over her best gown. - Widow.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18
One Happy Condition.

Wireless is a wonderful thing, isn't.
It? It's going to take the place
of everything telegraph. telephone,
thought transference-W why, they even
transmit newspaper photographs that
way
Yes, but there's one thing they'll
never do with wireless. \
What's that ~
Wire pulling
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18
Crown Prince to see America.

Berlin.-It is reported that in con-
sequence of the curtailment Of his
present far eastern trip because of
the prevalence Of the plague in China,
Crown Prince Frederick William will
undertake tour of the world in the
coming autumn. He will go to
Vladivostok, it IS said, by the Trans
Siberian Railroad and thence to Pc
king and Toxin. He will return by
way of the Pacific Ocean and San
Francisco He will cross the Ameri-
can continent and will arrive in Lon
don early in 1912.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18

The Chicago Fire could have been pre-
vented with one pail of water. but the
water was not handy. Keep a bottle Of
the fiery pains Of inflammation.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18

TayIor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum
and Mullen il Natures great remedy
Cures Coughs, Colds. Group and Whooping
Cough and all throat and lung troubles At
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18

Can a woman become member OF
the Daughters of the Revolution just
because her ancestors murdered tho
kings English?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18
GREAT BRITAIus NEW SUPER DREADnAUGHT

q aN5oN.--The most spectacular thing
L. about the new battleship Neptune, re-
gently commissioned at Portsmouth, is it's
ability TO fire a full broadside with all its
ten l2-jHch guns Experiments have proved
that the terrific conclusion of such a broad
side wrecks many Of the lighter fittings OF
the vessel.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18
Prussiass Population.

Berlin. Prussia has a population
Of 40,157, 573. The increase of the
last i've years is slightly more than
that OF the preceding census period.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18

DR.. Pieree's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels.
Sugar-coated, tiny, granules. easy to take.
Do not grippe.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18

1t is sweet to feel by what fine spun
threads our affections are drawn to-
gether Sterne
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18

A woman always fears she won't be
In time for the bargain sale.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1911-03-18
CHEAPER THAN INSURANCE.

Mexican Mustang Linirnent il made
of the best oils and penetratesa quickly,
soothing and healing the affected parts
1T makes good all losses occasioned
BY accidents and is cheaper than any
insurance policy.
IT viii take curb off your horse Or
cure him of the heaYes. y
IT will cure him Of cracked heels or
grease heels.
No matter how 1ong-standing or
deep-seated the pain, this old rellable
remedy will kill it.
csc. soc. 81 bottle a Drug C Gen'l Stores.
The Washington times., 1911-02-09
Novel Eyeglasses Are
Invented By German

A German inventor has devised what
he calls telescope eyeglasses. They are
intended for the use of short-sighted
persons by the very simple means Of
enlarging the image on the retina. They
are especially designed for that class of
near-sighted people who cannot wear
the ordinary simply corrected glasses.
The monocle combination consists of
two parts united in a single metal
frame, a front objective lens or collect
or, and a second nearer the eye to dis
perse the rays at the proper angle to
make the correction for the degree of
myopy in question. When properly pre-
scribed and made the two lenses have
such relation to each other that there
is no distortion, astigmatism. or colored
border to the image obtained.
Another German has invented what he
calls police eyeglasses. On the side next
face they have tiny concave mirrors
which may be extended sideways or be
folded back so as not to show. They
give the wearer, if he has normal sight,
an image of what is going on almost
directly behind him. They are proposed
for the German secret police. Whether
adopted or not. is not to be ascertained
from headquareers.-Tit-B
The Washington times., 1911-02-09
British Ambassador and Mrs Bryce Give Luncheon
In Honor of Count Apponyi, Austrian Statesman
Miss Dent Entertains
For the Misses Wright

Miss Eugene Dent, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. Louis A. Dent, was hostess
at luncheon today at the Raleigh. in
compliment to the Misses Wright,
daughters of Judge and Mrs. Dan
Thew Wright, followed by box party
at the Columbia >Theater.
The additional guests were Mrs. Cuno
Rudolph, Miss Summers, of Baltimore;
Miss Norton, Of Mexico City; and Mrs.
Dent.
Miss Ida Thompson entertained a
party at luncheon today at her resi-
dence, ITO Massachusetts, avenue.
+
Mrs. NJ. Z. Allies, of 1870 ] street, viii
not be at nome today nor on the re-
manning Thursdays of the season
Mrs. f. F. Parham will not receive to-
MORROW, Friday, but will receive FIJI
days, February II and "a.
Mrs. George T. oliver, wife of Senator
Oliver, will not receive this afternoon
but will receive Thursday, February l6,
for the last time this season.
-
Mrs. Barden and Mrs. Connor will not
receive this afternoon at the Washing
ton Barracks.
Capt. c. il. Lyman, u. S. NJ. c. ana
Mrs. Lyman have given up their apart
ment at the Versailles, and are at l'lS
Twenty-first street. where Mrs. Lyman
will be at home Tuesdays.
Mrs. Phillips and the young ladies OF
the Laise-Thillips School will receive
tomorrow afternoon from TO 8 O'Clock
=
Mrs Ben Miller and Miss Frances
Miller will receive informally Friday af-
ternoon.
+
Mrs. Hartman and Miss Hartman
will not receive tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. William w. Townsend will be
at home tomorrow afternoon and the
remaining Fridays in February.
=
Mrs. Cuno Rudolph will be at home
tomorrow and the remaining Fridays
in February.
The Washington times., 1911-02-09
Diana of Philadelphia"
Inscription on Coin

At the Mine in Philadelphia are a
of coins far more precious than
any which find their way into circula-
ton. They are a collection of curios,
and many Of them date from times Of
great antiquity.
Perhaps the most interesting among
them is a handsome coin bearing on Its
face the profile of u woman, which has
a striking resemblance 10 the Goddess
of Liberty of our own currency. Under
meath is the single word Demos,
which is the Greek for people. On the
reverse of the coin is a beautiful figure
of the goddess Diana, arChing her bow,
and the inscription, translated into Eng
lish, reads Diana, Friend of the Phila-
delphians."
The coin was minted more than 2,OOO
years ago at the city OF Philadelphia, in
Asia Minor, where there grew up in
later years one of the seven churches
of which St. John writes The prize was
discovered some years ago in Europe
by citizen of our own Philadelphia
himself an authority on coins. By him
it was appropriately presented to the
mint in Philadelphia--New York Press.
The Washington times., 1911-02-09
Protects Winter Apple
Crop With 19,5OO Stoves

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 9:-To heat a
square mile of orchard with oil stoves
sounds impossible. but that Is what w.
ii. Underwood, of Hutchinson, Kan.
saws he will do net spring. Mr.. Under
wood. who is a fruit grower, was in
Kansas City yesterday directing the
manufacture of 1880 stoves. These
stoves, each of which has a reservoir
which holds ten gallons of oil, will be
placed in his apple orchard near Hutch
inson to prevent damage to the trees
by frost.
The orchard contains 600 acres, and
about thirty stoves will be used to keep
the heat of each acre above the freeZ-
ing point.
The Washington times., 1911-02-09
Has Title of Colonel in
Army of Unemployed

I'VE Americans" said Simeon Ford,
the famous after-dtnner speaker, at a
banquet in New York, ARE justly IA
nous for our titles.
II used to think that the finest of all
our titles was that of Col. Abraham
Hardgrass. who told a questioner that
he was neither a regular nor a voIun-
teer colonel, but a colonel by marriage,
having welded the widow of Col.
Harrison Pike, OF Pink Creek
But l come across the other day q
still better colonel than this. He was
rather seedy and, handing ME a soiled
visiting card. he asked me in a low
voice If l could lend him s.
II glanced at his card. II was in
Ecribed Col. William Melcher Dana.
You are, I presume said. "A
colonel in the army
Yes. SIR said he.
Regular or Salvation?' | asked
Neither. (sir,' he answered. Army
of the unemployed Detroit Free
Press.
The Washington times., 1911-02-09
Emerges From Prison
After Forty-one Years

BOSTON, Feb. 9-From the days OF
reconstruction to the present is the
jump William f. Hill, negro sixty-two
years old, made today when he came
out Of Charlestown prison, after spend
ing forty-one years
Styles. customs, transportation, build
ings, everything presented a strange
sight to the aged negro, who went to
prison when Grant was President
His release followed his pardon yes
terday by the governors council All
others connected with the murder for
which he received a life sentenc are
dead.
The Washington times., 1911-02-09
Mrs. Tiller to Depart
On Southern Visit.
THIS SHAMPOO HELPS
TO DRY THE HAIR

1T may sound paradoxical to say that
shampooing helps dry the hair" writes
Mae Martyr. IN the Los Angeles Rec
ord "but it is a fact that women using
canthrox in cleansing the hair and scalp
find their tresses dry quicker than when
shampoo mixtures are used. Aside from
this. it leaves the scalp in a vigorous
condition and gives the hair its natural
glossy appearance.
Next time you wash your head try
this simple recipe: Dissolve A tea
spoonful of canthrox in a teacup of hot
water. Pour on the head and rub brisk
ly until the scalp is thoroughly mas
saged, then rinse well.
"Canthrox costs but a trife, but the
only certain way to get it pure is to
buy an original package"
The Washington times., 1911-02-09
Woman Gives Fire Alarm
And Hundreds Are Saved

CHICAGO. Feb. 9.-More than 100
men and women residents of the Stan
ley Terrace Apartments fed in their
night clothes down fire-escapes and
through the snow and zero weather
when a fire was discovered in the build
ing early today. Many women, too
frightened to move, were taken off the
third floor escapes by firemen.
That there were no lives lost the fire.
men declared was due to the bravery
of Mrs. Anna Manning. Awakened by
the smoke, Mrs Manning carried her
two children to safety, awakened her
husband, and then ran through the
halls of the building. rapping on doors
and spreading the alarm.
The Washington times., 1911-02-09
FaVOrite Fiction.

"Buckwheat Cakes with Maple Mo-
lasses, Ten Cents"
''One Day After Date I Promise to
Pay"
You Will Find Our Prices the Cheap
est in the City"
And Now, My Friends, Word in
Conclusion"
I'm Going Out, Maria, to See Man"
with Illuminated frontispieceD
Yes, Had an Invitation to the
Party, but Couldn't Co."
Subscription Price, One Dollar a
Year, Invariably in Advance"
"Dr. Justout, Physician and Surgeon"
Your Honor, All My Client Asks in
This Case Is Justice"
Twenty Minutes for Refreshments" a"
Chicago Tribune.
The Washington times., 1911-02-09
Finds Sweetheart, BLIND,
After Ten Years Search

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Feb. 9.-After
a search of ten years. Hans Toelsdack
found his fiancee, Miss Annie Roedeger,
here today, only to learn that she had
gone blind during their separation and
that she may refuse to marry him be-
cause she fears a blind wife would be
burden.
The pair left theeir homes in Saxony
eleven years ago and settled near Chi
cago. Both were taken i'll and were
sent to different hospitals. Miss Roede-
ger on her recovery attended the ILL
nois State School for the Blind.
Every since that time Toelsdack has
been searching for her.
The Washington times., 1911-02-09
Receiving Days

Mrs. Young, wife of Gen. g. B. NJ.
Young, u. s. A., will receive tomorrow
afternoon at the Soldiers Home and
will be assisted by the wives Of the off,
GERS.
Mrs. Henry Wells will receive infor-
mally tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. Edgar Allan will receive tomor-
row afternoon.
Mrs. William Scofield Hoge and Miss
Hoge will receive informally tomorrow
afternoon.
Mrs. Charles NJ. Hammett and her
daughters. Mrs. William r. Myers, Mrs.
T. Nelson Conrad, and Miss Hammett,
will receive tomorrow afternoon from 3
to 6 o'clock, at their residence in +
street.
Mrs. Ben de Mier Miller and Miss
Frances Miller will receive tomorrow af-
ternoon.
Mrs. H. c. Shober and Mrs. C. NJ.
Ambrose will receive tomorrow after
noon at 1851 Eighteenth street.
Mrs. de B. Randolph Keim and Miss
Keim. Of 1913 street, will receive to-
morrow afternoon and will have with
them Mrs. Edward Burr. Mrs. E. N.
johnson, Mrs. Walter Mclean, Mrs.
John Ross Martin, Mrs. Courts, Miss
Courts, Miss Welch. of Philadelphia, and
Baroness Uchida, wife of the Japa-
nese ambassador, will receive tomorrow
afternoon at the embassy.
Mime. Ali Kuli Khan. wife Of the
charge d'affaires of Persia, will receive
tomorrow afternoon.
Mrs. JOHN S. Blair will receive to-
morrow afternoon at 1914 Sunderland
place.
Mrs. John B. Larner and Miss Ruth
=
Mrs. f. c. Brooks and Mrs. LuciGs
W. johnson will receive tomorrow af-
ternoon.
Mrs. Bates Warren will receive to-
morrow afternoon.
The Misses Calhoun will receive to-
morrow afternoon.
=
Mrs. George Thomas Smallwood will
not be at home tomorrow afternoon
but will be at home tomorrow evening
February 10. from to 10 o'clock.
=
Mrs. Myer Cohen and Miss Cohen
will not receive tomorrow, but will be
at home the remaining Fridays in Feb
ruary.
=
Mrs. Archibald NJ. Hazard will be al
nome tomorrow afternoon at her resi-
dence, 1850 CUrcoran street.
=
Mrs. Tiller to Depart
On Southern Visit.
Mrs. Theodore II. Tiller, of the Dres-
den, leaves Washington tomorrow for
, a months stay in Georgia and Florida.
=
Nine. Pfister, wife of the naval at
tache OF the Italian embassy. is spend
ing several weeks in st. Louis, Mo.
r
The Peruvian Minister and Nine
Pardo entertained a small party in
formally at dinner last evening at the
The Washington times., 1911-02-09
Marie Corelli to Write
Playlet for Hipprodrome

LONDON. Feb. 9.-After making he
roes of Satan and Barrahas and attack
ing many of the fads and follies OF the
day in her novels, Marie Corelli has en-
tered into a contract to write a short
one-act play for the London Hippo
drome. The title will be THE Sedan
Chair" and II is understood that the
woman novelist will take advantage of
her opportunity to make several attacks
on the suffragette movement, with which
she is not in accord
The Washington times., 1911-02-09
Are Hooligans.

Prof Dixon related at the dinner of
the Chemical Society a story Of a young
woman, being examined for the ma
circulation examination of the society.
who, having faint recollection of the
terms "halogens' as applied to chlorine,
bromine, and iodine, explained that
these elements ARE so active that they
are classed ,under the name of hooli-
gans'
The Washington times., 1911-02-09
Plays Waiting Game.

Said the lady outside the assembly
chamber, impatient to witness the in
augural ceremonies: why do they
keep us waiting so long,
Madam" said the old Democrat
alongside of her, you have no kick
coming; l have been waiting for nine
teen years. Albany Argus.