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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24
X y Fire Fighting Least Of Forest Rangers Work

tions-personals, stories, suSgestions-for
publication in the little pamphlets.
A few of these news letters from va
rous forest districts already have been
received at the Washington Office of the
forest service. They are neatly mimeo-
graphed, and with artistically prepared
blue print cover designs appropriate to
the contents. They contain much inter-
esting material. showing the preservers
of our national forests at closer range
than the public usually see them.
They tell stories on each other, try
their hand at humor and occasionally
natural form Of expression for those who
our noble forest primevar' and who
sleep by night in these same romantic
surroundings. Here is an example from
The Sierra Ranger, the news sheet Of
the Sierra national forest 1t is entitled
THE Old Rangers Reverie.'
Nv fireplace shed It's ruddy glow
Out on the cabin floor:
/ watched tho sparks and Goals red
And thought of days not far ahead
When might see the smoke roll high
And tongues OF fame burst to the SKY:
When might breathe the nungcnt smn;e
And fight and swear and sweat and choke
Until my boomin' back broke
Then watch the fire roll by.
MY fire still burns my granite hearth
BUT doubts and fears gone
On Signal Peak and Shut eye grim
A ookont's watchful eye does skim
The forest for trace Of smoke;
His daily task-and it's joke
His telephone Ia near at hand.
His message starts husky band
As ever graced Il fremans land
No shalf fires burn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24
Wyo., Has

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Has
~ a Big Show All Her Own
That Cannot Be Duplicated
the World Around-All the
Daredevil Stunts That Have
Been Developed In the West
Since the Prairie Schooners
First Pushed Across the
Plains Have Been Corralled
and Brought Together in a
Great Entertainment Known
AS Frontier Week-There
the Spirit That Made the
West Assemblies All It's Vo-
taries in One Great Demon
stration of the Pluck, the Per
severance and the Merry
Love of Risk That Made 1t.
copyright. 1911, Icy W. A. Du Puy)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

One day soft-spoken Gentlemen
met her as she returned from her
Daily toll and said that a Syndicate
was about to take over all the Hold
fngS OF the Bullion G. and S. NJ. and
d. Co., Inc. and stood ready to pur-
chase her Stock
With trembling Hands she undid the
Bundle. 1t took a long time to make
the count out when he got it all
Strengthened out and figured up. he
looked her straight in the Eve and
said: 1T comes to One Dollar and
EishtyTwo Cents"
Moral: Fiction is stranger than
Truth.
Copyright. 1911. BY George Ads.,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24
Her Youngest Child.

HARRY y. ATWOOD, the aviator,
Aras the guest OF honor a; dinner in
lew York on tie occa sion of his recent
record flight. Mr.. Atwood's eloquent
reply I" toast on aviation terminated
neatly with these words:
The a,r3Flane has come at last hut
= was Il long time coming. We can
iIlat,iEie necessity. the mother of inNen-
tiur.. looking up sky all criss-crossed
WIKI Hfin% machines and then saving,
Wiz stake % her old head and con-
tened smile:
" or all my family. the aer1plane has
oeGn the hardest to raise :
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

lilies or in study. The Nevada Ranger
from the headquarters at Ely Ncv.. OF
this district, says that the celebration
held at Ely July >, and ; last attracted
large crowds vino were entertained with
horse races. wild west shows base ball
games and fireworks Evidently the
rangers We're busy on their districts as
none of them attended the festivities. :"
In the same strain the Apache News
speaks Of deputy supervisor. when it
SAYS that he must be busy on his new
forest as his letters have been mostly
memos go far"
Reports to happenings in the vari-
Gus districts are chrnnicled in the little
publication issuc,l at each forest head
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24
Miss Sears and an Epiura.n,

MISS ELEANOR SEARS who i n
marry Harold Vanderbilt is MOI Ok
uaFa2ant' hut, naturally. having no need
- economize. she objects 10 the mouot-
onous ana irksome self-denial that econ
omy implies
IN Boston last winter Miss Sears CON
teipialed Tie purchase of a Blerot mo-
hepiane equipped with a l0b- horsepower
Inome motor. \ friend ventured 10 Law
before her the eNtrayagant cost OF ayia-
ton, whereupon she epigrammatically re-
pied:
Well, | like extravaganza Economy.
ANYHOW, is only way of spending money
without getting any fun out of it,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

it is annually pulled off on the level
plains just back of the little city of
Cheyenne. in sparsely populated Wy
ouing. where COW punchers do congre-
gate and the mournful cayote bowls in
the offinE
For there is the last stand of the
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feet The prospective riders are dragged
mere and there. Others of the wild horses
run into them. and all sorts of entangle-
ments result. Each cowboy. however,
concentrates his energy upon the task Of
mastering his own horse. and in doing it
in the least possible time. He may be
dragged about among the other horses.
tramped upon, knocked down. dragged
through fences-a dozen things may hap
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

HE greatest show
TO be seen in Amer
lea today is not
under the tents OF
the men who do
stunts profession
ally, nor in the tin
seled theaters OF
the metropolitan
cities where the
millions thronG
10 be entertained.
on the contrary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

the spirit and the skill of the sons of
frontiersmen are still abroad in the land.
So. to show the glory of the passing west,
these men of the plains concentrate all
their stunts at Cheyenne on frontier day.
and then and there is seen such a riot of
hair-raising performances as are to be
witnessed nowhere else in the nation.
The fair grounds at Cheyenne consist
of huge Steel-built grandstandS to accom-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

ting the most vicious horse possible. NO
man who gets thrown may ride In the
finals. ANY man who pulls leather as
holding OIL to any portion OF the sad
die is STYLED. is barred.
The horses have either never been
ridden before or have become outlaws
or horses that cannot be tanned Inc
saddling of these horses is a hazardous
undertak king : mounted cowboy brings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

Another less ambitious poet, this one
from the Kaibab forest, Arizona. declares
of the old childhood verse Little Drops
of Water that lit may be true, but in
this country
Little drops of water.
Little grains OF sand.
Have cut great canyons
Through solid rocks and fertile lands"
A third poet this one also from Ari-
name is better known than that of the
author Of Little Drops Of Water" sings
a follows:
When the last Circular Letter is written and
the Supers lean and old.
When the youngest Ranger is pensioned and the
last stick of timber is sold
We shall rest and faith we shall need TO. sit
back for two
Till the Super of all good Rangers shall send us
new things TO do
And only the User shall praise and only the
User shall blame.
And no one shall work for money and no one
shall work for FAME.
But each for the joy OF working and eaca In his
separate star
Shall do the thing he sees IL for the God of
Forests that are
In reporting the marriage of one of the
rangers in the Apache national forest.
Arizona. the correspondent says:
Everything passed of smoothly. Miss Me-
Gnniss never looked prettier and Pritchar,i
never looked paier. They left horseback amid
n shower Of and with several pairs of old
shoes tied behind their saddles
When Forest Guard Spencer Burk was
transferred from &. e. station to Hanni-
gan Meadow station. in another district
OF the Apache forest the News reported
that said Burk lost his educated pack
mule for two whole days in the streets OF
k.agar, while en- route to the Blue range
It's wise mule the News adds that
knows when 10 get lost
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

in a Religious Weekly. 1t said 10
Hurry and get a Slice of the BuIkol
Mining Company because on July l
the Price would be whooped from 81
a Share to so75. The GuSgenheims
wanted it. but the Directors preferred
to slip it to the American People
The Property was right up against
some other Property SO rich that the
Workmen engaged in lifting out the
Precious Metal had to wear Goggles
TO keep from being blinded
The Man fell for It. He rushed
to the Savings Bank and drew his
Wad and sent it to a Man with sew
eral Chins. who had to sit at Desk
for nearly an hour each Day taking
Money out of Envelopes
The Stakeholder received Certif-
cate. II had at the Top an Engraving
Of Lady splitting Golden Nuggets out
Of Cornucopia, and below was a Seal
Of the Company. Any one standing off
ten Feet from this Certificate couldn't
have told 1T from a 1915 Bond of the
Pennsylvania Company.
Every Week the Stakeholder found
In his Mail a Report from the Expert
in charge OF Shaft No. Is in the
Skiddykadoo Fields showing that the
Assay ran $42.1s and the Main Lateral
had been opened as far as the Mez-
canine Drift, which meant that the 81
Shares would be selling around SIS
before the Holidays.
Whereupon he would pinch out some
Of the Money about to be FILTERED
away on Dress Goods and Cereals and
send IT to J. Etherington Cuticle, Pro-
moter. who was thus enabled to have
. new Collar put on his Fur Coat.
In course of Time the incipient
Monte Cristo had a Bale OF Certificates
He could borrow pencil and figure
cot. u . few Minutes. that when the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24
Fable of the Treasure Lock

nee there was a
Ifireling at the
I al lie n d of n
+ ay r oil whJ
longed to get I
Chunk of Money
so that he could
own a House and
pick out his own
Wall Paper.
He read an .id
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

race the following day and had the same
experience. turning up a the grandstand
i've minutes later covered with dust
from head To foot This same cowgirl,
hoWever. landed a prize in the relay race
on the third DAY. when she rode as rec
lessiy as before, despite her previous
tum blcs
indian maldenS from the Sioux reSerVa-
ton performed similar stunts and partici-
pated in similar races These same In
dams also put on the carly war dances of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

the methods used by the sturdy ad-
venturers through whose instrument
tally the great west has been con
qGsrcd. 1t is truly and exclusively
American. 1t could he staged nowhere
else than in this passing west. and il can
be staged only in the present generation.
Here is the personification of the old
days being For the last time portrayed
Here are people coming for a last view
Of IL before il is gone. Here is tho last
stand. For the wild west is passing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

The same issue of the Apache News
contains this item, which. with the aid o.
little imagination. gives quite a picture
to the mode of life of Ranger Sizar
The ranger reports. it says. that he has
moved into the house a. Honeymoon sta
ton. Ranger Sizar must feel queer Twin.
in a house, with stove to cook on"
But the rangers find little time for
amusement outside of that pleasure which
they get from their work and from quiet
evenings spent at home with their fam
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

Another suggestion recently made by
the Washington officials of the service,
whereby it is hoped to keep the rangers
in closer touch with their work and with
each other. is to have news letters pre-
pared at each forest headquarters and
distributed through the. districts. The
men have been urged to send contribu-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

0HF, thousands of forest rangers
and patrol men scattered over
the national forests of the
United States usually breath
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-24

pen to given man which look like posi-
bic death encounters. But the COWBOYS
pay no attention to these small things.
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
FOR EMERGENCY GIFTS.
Advice to Avoid Last Minute Despair
 Over "Another Name"

Advice to Avoid Last Minute Despair
 Over Another Name"
 For the last moment gifts one should always have at hand some boxes of candy and perhaps a few very fine flowers. One, for instance. might rather have single orchid than all the carnations in the shops. while a gardenia is the most admired of all blossoms by the average young girl Either of these. exotic gifts may be tied up in a little box and decorated with spray of fern or holly, so that it will look attractive
 For the bfg hearted woman who al ways at the last moment adds another name or two to her Christmas list what could be better thanssilk stock fngs? These she may buy and have on hand in assorted sizes, and when a name pops into her memory all she needs to do is to tie up the silken af- fairs in a pretty box and~ they are ready to send on their way. Having q few such auxiliary gifts in the house saves the busy woman much disappointment. ,..>,.... .-a
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
SOME SENTIMENTS
 OF CHRISTMAS TIME.

A MERRY Christmas to us all, my
 dears, God bless us. God bless us every one, said Tiny Tim the last of all-Charles Dickens. M FEN cannot live isolated We are all
 bound together No higher man can separate himself from the lowest carlyle. s.
 REALIZE that doing good is the only
 certainly happy action of mans Hfe.-Sir Philip Sidney.
 CHRISTMAS time I have always
 thought of as a good time-a kind, forgivfng. charitable, pleasant ttme.-- Charles Dickens.
 HEAP on more wood. The wind is
 chill; but, let it whistle as it will. we'll keep our Christmas merry stili!- Sir Walter Scott. ' WHEN arose a joyous clamor from
 the wild fowl on the mere, and a voice within cried: Listen! Christ mas carols even herev'-Charles Kings ley. A GAIN at Christmas did we weave A the holly round the Christmas hearth. The silent snow possessed the earth and calmly fell on Christmas eve.-Tennyson. .-
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
FIRST LADY" WAS CHEF.
Wife of John Adams Cooked White
 House Christmas Dinner.

Wife of John Adams Cooked White
 House Christmas Dinner
 The first Christmas dinner at the White House was in 1900, when the wife of President John Adams, who prided herself on being a model New England housekeeper, served in the capacity of chef.
 Under her directions old colored "mammies," clad in bright calico frocks, long white aprons and bright colored kerchiefs on their heads, fit ted hither and thither before the roar ing blazes on the hearths as they pre- pared the food for President Adams and his Yuletide guests.
 The mansion was but dimly lighted compared with the present illumina- tions by numerous candles and lamps. Instead of steam radiators, heat was furnished by great wood fires on the broad hearths, which roared and crackled and sent showers of sparks up the ample chimneys.
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
OLD CHRISTMAS SUPERSTITION
Recalling Time When Peculiar Popu-
 lar Prejudice Existed. A well known fifteenth century carol


 A well known fifteenth century carol begins: .-
 Holly and ivy, box and bay
 Put in the church on Christmas day. But the customs of those times were rigid regarding the removal of all dec orations from churches and dwellings before Candlemas day, Feb. 2, for peo- pie had superstitions about their re- maining longer. Herrick alludes to this popular prejudice in the lines: Down with the rosemary. and so
 Down with the bales and the mistletoe, Down with the holly, ivie, all ..r Wherewith ye drest the Christmas hall. That so the superstitious find
 No one least branch there left behind, For look how many leaves there be Neglected there. Maids, trust to me, So many goblins you will see.
 Perhaps the superstition was a pre- text of the particular old housewives who knew that by Candlemas day the crisped green things, dried by Yule logs and many torchlights for tllumi- nation, would be nuisances of falling leaves and berries to tread underfoot. However this may be, the belief ob- tained.
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
The Mistletna.

Here in@her fathers library
 On Christmas eve I wait sedately Till Mistress Nancy comes to me, e- That damsel most serene and stately. And dangling from the chandelier
 A berried spray Qong since knew it) Reems to proclaim: "She hung me here. dare you-dare you-do 1t, do it.'' We'll, Christmas comes but once a year. Less often such 8 chance fancy. So ere you cross the room fear
 That something may surprise you. Nancy -Theodosia Garrison in New Englan'
 Nnvaz'ue. 41
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS.

It has been said that seal skin coat usually makes a de- yout Christmas churchgoer. It's a foolish girl who gives her beau the mitten before Christmas. Few do. Better paid pork chop than 7 fat turkey on tick. Don't forget to kiss your wife ; just once under the mistletoe.
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
Leather, Velvet, Tapestry Bags

Ladies' Seal Hand Bags with German Silver frame,
 long leather handles, leather lined throughout and silver trimmed inside purse to match 495 Sapphian leather hand bags with fancy gilt frame, lined with silk and long double strap handles $e.98 Seal Leather Bag with bellows bottom, gun metal flame, suede lining with inside purse. .$12.00 We have other leather hand bags at 50c, $100 150, 1.75, 1.95, 2.45, 2.69, 29s, 3.45, 39S, 45O, 495 and upwards to 25.00 each, .#. .- Velvet Bags in many different styles with coedeier handles with gilt silver and gun metal frames, at $1, 125, 1.50, 175, 1.95, 225, 2.45, 298
 Tapestry Bags in many different colors and designs
 some pictured figured and others plain with overlapping pockets at soc, $1.0O, 200, 300 .a 3.25, 400 4.50 ,t
 Full line of bill books, card cases, pocket books at
 many different prices from .25c to $7.5o
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
Jewelry

JC~CAy We particularly call your attention to our special
 showing of German silver mesh bags, with ball
 trimmings and kid lining, These bags come in
 4 inch, 5 and 6 inch widths and great value
 at $450. We have marked them at. $2.69 Among the latest novelties is the Persian Ivory - Picture Frames. We have them sale at our
 Jewery counter in plain and carved effects and
 with square and oval openings from soc to 2.50 Bead Bags in all the latest combinations and colors at 100, l,69, 1.95, 2.69, 2.95, 3.45, 465, 5.95, <. $50, TOO and 795.
 German Silver Mesh Bags with kid lining at 100, 1.50, 200, 2.50, 269, 2.98, $50, 4.50 and 500. Misses and GhildrensNGold Filled Rings for ts.-- LUG to l'Oo Beauty Pin Sets, gold filled and enamel designs, at Misses and Childrens Gold Filled Bracelets plain and
 chased and fancy settings at........ .5Oc to 400 We also have a full line of brooches, chains, cuff linkss, scarf pins, belt pins baby pins and all s kinds of sterling silver novelties
Connecticut western news., 1911-12-14
', TfaveIing Cases

Atthe toilet counter have fine line of manicure
 and toilet sets, either separate or in leather cases. Travelling made of seal grain leather with moire - lining with seven pieces, including brush, comb,
 soap box, powder box tooth brush in glass holder 5 TOT. :.'' Slooo Gentlemens Case, made of pgskn, with eleven
 pieces, including manicure and shaving set. # beauty for ........................ 14OO We also have for lady gentleman at, $1. .00, , 125, 350 4.50, 5O0 750, $50, 1000 up to 4.O0. Don$ forget he would appreciate pair of Military ~'@ Brushes We have them at soc, 69c, 100, 1.25, < .-. 200, 250 300, $50 up to 500.
 Complete line of Parisian Ivory Articles for the
 toilet table, priced from 39c to 4.50
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-16
Good Work at Brightside School.

The writer had the privilege of
looking over a set of the usual BIZ
monthly examination papers made by
the pupils Of the first and second
grades in the school at Brightside.
Many people have the idea that be-
cause children are in such an in
stitution, that they must be below
the ordinary in intelligence and ap-
prehension. To be sure these chill
dren do come from the lower ranks
and there are. little negro children,
Pollocks, and every conceivable sort
there. To get much that is good out
of such a mixed lot seems hardly TO
be expected, but these papers reveal
altogether different condition We
have not seen in any school papers
We ever had the pleasure of looking
over. any better work. The papers
were on reading. numbers, history
and spelling OF course some of
them were rather crude. but the big
majority were fully up to any stand
ard. In a class of second grade
spoilers a list of twenty-five words
were given such as are applicable to
every school In that grade and the
very lowest one was 81, while sever
al were marked one hundred The
average was we'll up to ninety-five
for the entire class. This we think
will be a. good mark for many of
the schools where similar work Is
done with surroundings that are sup
posed to be more favorable. 1t
speaks well for the children them
selves. 1t speaks we'll for the
teachers. and it speaks well for the
whole Institution. Mrs. Work is
careful to give each child a chance
to do his best. Last summer before
the regular school year began, there
were hours In the day when the
regular routine of the institution
gave time for certain of the chill
dren to be In school. and instead of
waiting In idleness for the school
year to begin, Mrs. Work employed
a special teacher to take these chill
dren each day for given hours. The
children were not forced or driven
to the work, but it was made pleas
ant and agreeable to them, and
endeavor was made to advance them,
so that they will, as opportunity is
found, be ready to 60 out to homes
that may open for them. prepared
and equipped to please those who
take them into their homes. Mrs
Work, and everyone who has any
part In the work of rearing and edu-
eating these more unfortunate little
ones, is entitled to due praise for
any work that will fit them to go
out into the world better able to
fight life's battle. We are glad to
make mention in this way ef the
very excellent work done by these
pupils. 1t shows the efficient labols
of the teachers who have charge,
and is proof that, given a chance,
many of these children will compare
well with those in more favored cir
cumstances.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-16
BIRTHS

A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Marvin Maurer of Polk town.
ship Monday night.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Fill
son of Inwood, on Sunday morning,
a nine and half pound boy.
A ten and half pound daughter
was born Sunday to Mr.. and Mrs.
A. r. Keller living on the Lamson
farm.
On Friday, Nov. 10. there was
horn to Mr. and Mrs. Albert Scheure
man, living in the Linkenhelt house
'corner Laporte and Plum street, a
seven. pound girl. Mrs. Scheureman
will be remembered as Mabel Strunk
daughter Of William Strunk, the
Pittsburg railroad mail clerk.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-11-16
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