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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-12-21

American army scouts killed forty
five Moro outlaws in battle near
Lanao, Mindanao. P. l. The Americans
suffered no loss.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-12-21

Senator Burton Of Ohio laid before
the senate a memorial appealing to
congress to place an embargo upon the
use of the expression $50 help me
God" In oaths taken in court and else
where under the jurisdiction of the
government.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-12-21

AS the result Of an understanding
reached it is believed that the United
States senate will pass before the
Christmas holidays the house resolu-
ton terminating the 1882 treaty with
Russia because of discrimination
against American-Jewish citizens.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-12-21

"The laboring man is the hope of the
country in the fight against the rum
traffic." declared John B. Lennon OF
Illinois, treasurer of the American
Federation of Labor to the delegates
at the annual convention of the Anti.
Saloon League of America at Wash.
ington. d. c.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-12-21

The Sherwood "dollar-a-day" pen
sion bill, which, 1t is estimated, adds
from $35,OOO.OO0 to $45,0OO,OOO to the
pension roll. passed the national
house OF representatives. The vote
was along non-partisan lines. the
great majority of Democrats and Re-
publicans favoring 1t.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-12-21
Washington

The pure food board of the depart
ment Of agriculture at Washington de-
cided that the importation Of absinthe
into the United States should be pro-
hibited after January l next. The
board declares that the drug is dan
gerous to the health of those addict
Cd to its use.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-12-21

In the belief that the feminine de-
sire to please the eye exists until
death, the st. Louis Book and Flower
guild has decided to give face powder,
toilet water, perfumes and delicate
soaps as Christmas presents at the
homes for the aged
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-12-21
Domestic

More than 100000 worth OF cattle
were sold by stockmen who attended
the convention of the American Ma
tional Live Stock association in Den
yer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-12-21

Samuel B. McHenry OF Chicago, who
has annoyed Miss Katherine Elkins
Tor two years with love letters. was
sent to the hospital for the insane at
Washington.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-12-21

President Taft sent to congress a
brief formal message transmitting the
full text of the report of the investi-
eating board which found that the bat
tleship Maine was blown up in Hav-
ana harbor by an external explosion.
The board was headed by Admiral
Vreeland Of the navy, and included
Col. William Black Of the corps of
engineers of the army.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-12-21

A monument erected to the memor.
OF the unknown dead Of the Civil wa
was unveiled at Newton, Kan. It wa
given by the Women's Relief corp
and cost $500.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-12-21

Poising nude on a beam across the
Masonic Temple well" in Chicago.
James F. Greek leaped nineteen sto-
ries to his death. His body was
crushed into an almost shapeless mass
at the impact with the floor Of the
rotunda.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-12-21

In a special election citizens OF
Wichita. Kan. voted to expend $4,000
to build separate schools for white
and colored children.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-12-21

Attorney General Wickersham In
his annual report said the recent Su-
preme Court decision had demonstrate
ID the effectiveness of the Sher-
man antitrust law, and told of the
activities Of the department of justice
during the year.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-01

talk, but much can be accomplished
through a straightforward confidence.
Acknowledge n Fault.
A mother does not demean herself when
she admits to a child a mistake of her
own. 1t will not lessen the respect of a
sixteen-year-o boy for him to hear from
his mothers lips that she has so be-
lieved in him through all his life. so
trusted him to do the right thing of his
own accord, that she has neglected TO
point the way for him that his feet
should travel.
The most effective correction Of a lie
of which l ever knew was accomplished
by a young mother who. when her
twelve-year-old boy admitted that he had
lied. burst into tears and sat there be-
fore him sobbing as though her heart
would break: sobbing through many min
utes that seemed each thousand years
to the child.
He never forgot her grief, and 1t i'm
pressed upon his consciousness forever
that lie was a terrible thing; thing
to make a good woman sob: a thing TO
bow his beloved mother in the deepest
grief.
AS for taking boy out Of school be-
cause of his faults and sending him out
into the world unequipped-well. the
world teaches a young man many things.
but it does not supply in his character
those qualities that his home life should
instiII. and the boy who is deficient needs
school training even more than the boy
whose habits are such that he can be
trusted.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-01
BALTIMOREANS LETTER
INDIGNANTLY CONTESTED

In answer to the question: IF you
could pray you a prayer or have just
one wish granted. for what would you
ask?" many letters have come to me
filled with as many and diversified hopes
of which the human heart Is capable.
Given below are two of them Others
will be published as space permits. and
every reader is invited to send the an
heart dictates.
Here is an answer to the letter sent
me by a Baltimore reader, which was
published last Friday:
Dear Mrs. Manz-Just a word or two
about the Baltimorean's opinion Friday.
see no reason why she shouldn't credit
others with just as much sincerity as she
has frankly displayed. I really believe
the answers 20 your questions are gen.
uinely sincere. If I could have only one
wish, II would be for the real home
where love and duty work together hand
in hand at all times, and God rules every
action. When poverty comes in through
the door. love flies out of the window.
you know she says, and to my way Of
thinking it is more important to hold
love than just to win it.
while 1 think there is greater art
in holding love than in winning it. I
think, too, that II love lasts only as long
as the money, 1t isn't worth holding
Given plenty Of money, one may obtain
all the things that make life worth
living at all. which means happiness. as
nearly as human conditions permit hap
piness.'
II she means happiness obtained by
lifting others burdens, that is quite
different, but any woman with the one
wish for gold for the sake of glitter and
like shallow nature. c. B. R."
Would. Ask Contentment.
Dear Mrs. MANI: II 1 could have
granted to me the one thing above all
others that I should ask for, it would
be 'contentment,' because it is the spring
that controls all else in life. What do I
The Washington herald., 1911-08-01
Little Bed Time Tales %m H4yzzs

they looked down upon a very crowded
street from a secOnd-story office WIN
dow. And then, away down the street,
Roy suddenly heard the sound or
music. and then into view. around the
distant corner, came the parade.
How the people cheered as the band
came nearer. First came line OF
policemen mounted on prancing horses.
Then the laundering band. The music
made the blood tingle, and Roy and
Marion shouted with the rest. Be-
hind the band came a company OF SOL
diers stepping ahead like one huge ma
chine. and the sunlight danced on the
countless rifle barrels like silver fire.
Another band drowned out the tune
of the first band, and into view there
came a line OF the most beautiful floats
you ever saw. There were great
wagonloads of children, who waved
tiny flags and sang loud their songs.
Then came more soldiers and more
floats There were some clowns and
Indians, too.
"Oh, it. seemed as II 1t would never
end" thought Marion and Roy. but
it did; and do you know, long after
they got home that night they seemed
to hear the music OF the bands ringing
in their ears?
The Washington herald., 1911-08-01
WOMAN WHO BRINGS
LIFE TO HELPLESS SOULS
CANNOT AFFORD DIVORCE
By DOROTHY DIX.

time before she deprives her children OF
this support and advantages that their
father can give them. A woman's family
may sympathize with her ever so deeply
in her marital wrongs, but she will find
out that they will not accept with very
good grace the burden of her support
when she divorces her husband and
comes back home to live.
As for the wife revenging herself upon
her husband by publishing his shame to
the world, she forgets that she cannot
disgrace him without also disgracing her
innocent children. His name is their
name, and every stain upon it reflects
upon them just as much as It does upon
him.
Cannot Remove Their Bfrthright.
AS long as they live her boys will bear
that name, and, If there is any stigma
attached to it, every time they attempt
to go into business or aspire to any posi-
tton of honor or influence 1t will be a
handicap against them. Everywhere her
daughters go people will whisper the Sc
cret she has made public, and people will
glance at them with that plying con-
tempt that cuts a sensitive soul to the
quick
Can any vengeance be worth paying
this price for? Could children ever for
give a mother who had brought this
shame upon them for the sake of getting
even with a man who had wronged her?
This view OF the divorce question Is
not intended to condone mans inf1delity.
but to urge women who are unhappily
married and who have children to re-
member that their first duty is to their
children and not to themselves. Mothers
have many sacrifices to make, and
among the luxuries that they should
deny themselves is that Of divorce.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-01
WHAT YOUR BOY OR
GIRL SHOULD WEIGH
When Shown in Accurate Ia
BILE Proves Surprise.

How much exercise are the children
getting now?' he asked.
The little mother noted the undernote
Of dissatisfaction. Very little during
these hot days" she said
II asked" he said, because the chill
dren are too thin. thought they must
be overactive: they look like skeletons"
Not exactly" said the little mother,
soothingly.
They are too thin" he repeated.
She dropped the ice into his tea and
passed him the glass. When did you
weigh the children" she inquired
Il don't need to weigh them. / can
see that they are too thin
Then you don't know what they
weight"
No"
Nor what they should weight"
They should weigh more than they
do said he, positively.
Il mean more definite information"
II don't need any," he replied.
The little mother smiled. No" she
said. you don't, but mothers do. Marian
and John each weigh exactly what they
oughL, according to expert authority.
She smiled again. Il weighed them just
this morning and here is a table which
is more helpfully definite than our half
blind eyes:
AVERAGE WEIGHTS AND HEIGHTS.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-01

after mile Of wide forest which appeared
in panorama Of russet and gold and
red, to grow the more resplendent when
they should arrive opposite the high
bluffs which line the stream almost to
the town of Wheeling.
Below these upper reaches, then the
least settled and widest portion of the
country along the Ohio, the river fiat
tened and widened. the current becom-
ing more gentle, and the shores, though
not yet wholly cleared of their forests.
presenting here and there scenes of rural
rather than of savage beauty. Civiliza
ton had not as yet taken full hold
along this rich valley. The old town
of Marietta, the cities of Louisville and
Cincinnati, the villages huddled at mouths
of such rivers as came down from the
Virginia hills, or the larger settlements
marking points near the debouchments of
slower streams like the Muskingum and
Wabash, which crossed the f1atter lands
beyond, made the chief points of traffic
and Of interest in those days OF w,st-
bound travel
On the upper deck or along the rails of
the lower deck, many passengers were
gazing out at the varying pictures of the
passing shores. Not so the young officer,
erStWn1le dCCOsleO dS ydileT VI d W.
man. later limited to be something else
than jailer. With eyes cast down, he
spent most of his time pacing up and
down alone. Yet II was not an irresolute
soul which reposed beneath the half
frigid exterior. He presently arrived upon
a plan of action.
The public, too, had its rights, he con-
cluded, and the woman as a woman had
her rights also to her good fame. He
must not harm her name. Beet then, to
disarm suspicion by playing the game
wholly in the open. The midday meal
now beoing announced by loud procla-
nation OF the boats gong, he turned, and
soon raped at the door Of room nine-'
teen.
Jeanne. the fearful but faithful maid
who shared her mistress fortunes, by
this time had done what she could to
mend her lady's appearance. The traces
Of travel had been quite removed. by vir-
The Washington herald., 1911-08-01
MODERN WOMAN WEARS
MANY SLENDER BRACELETS

Time was when a girl was satisfied
with one simple little gold hoop encircling
her slender wrist. But that time Is now
long past. Two, three, four, fve-some-
times seven or eight silver or golden
circlets now jingle merrily upon her arms
as she moves them to and fro. and tie
bracelets keep up merry tinkle and sill
very clash-clash as the summer girl goes
her way.
OF course, the gold and plated brace
let's and bangles are best liked. Some
times they are severely plain, sometimes
chased lor engraved. In width they vary
from thin wire-like models to styles half
an inch thick.
This season has seen a revival Of the
silver bracelets which have been ''out"
for some time. These, too, come in all
the widths and styles of the more ex-
pensive gold trinkets, and are almost as
fascinating.
The Washington herald., 1911-08-01

There was to be big celebration IN
the city where Roy and Marion lived.
and all the little people from far and
near were very much excited.
Already the great buildings Of the
city were fairly buried in quantities of
gay red, white, and blue bunting. and
beautiful, indeed, did the whole city
seem.
The one event that interested Roy
and Marion the most was the great
procession which was to occur in the
afternoon They were going down
to their fathers office to see it from
the windows.
Are you sure you little people won't
get too tired?" said Mr.. Talbot the
night before the great day. 1T will
take the procession at least four hours
to pass the Office
1--WE wouldn't get tired II 1t took a
whole day to pass" cried Roy, climbing
up on his fathers knee.
Nor a week." echoed Marion, close
by her fathers easy chair.
Mr.. Talbot laughed. and then kiss
ing them goodnight, away they scam
The Washington herald., 1911-08-01

her plate II slight flush tinged her
cheek 1t scarce was visible. is that
all?" she asked at length.
Madam, you yourself could best an
swer your own question: He looked al
her keenly, not showing his case: not
telling her that Dunwody had shown him
her hasty note. Not the flicker OF an
eyelash betrayed her own thought. Sure
ly, she had courage. Surely. she meant
trouble.
How delightful she resumed at
length. calmly. Not that I weary of
your company, sir; but 1 told you my
parole was ended when We reached the
boat. Suppose, now, 1 should stand W
here and cry out that I am being re-
strained of my liberty. What would be
the resIIlt?"
Il should be hung at the yardarm in
stantly. 1 should be lynched. Dunwody
would come in the lead crashing over the
tables. 1 fear Dunwody, even bearing a
rope. as we used to say-in Virgil. was
it?"
Admirable, Now, since that Is true.
suppose you and I make some sort Of
terms I'm tired of being jailed. even in
a travelling Jail. I told you fairly /
should try to escape; and so / shall
He needed no second look to catch
the resolution in her glance. Our game
Is somewhat desperate. madam, L ad-
nit" said he, II scarcely know wheth-
er you are in my hands or I in yours.
As I have already given you consid-
Grafton. let us hope you will do as
much for me- remembering at least the
delicacy of my. position. I'm under or
der. and I'm responsible for you.'
''Yes?" she rejoined. Now. as to what
I suggest. It is this: You shall leave the
hoat at louisville or Cincinnati. Your
errand is already sufficiently well done.
You have got me out Of Washington.
Suppose we set Cincinnati as the last
point of our common Journey"
But what then for you. madam"
"As 10 that, I cannot tell. Why
should you care? Do not be concerned
over details. You have brought me into
this situation. / must escape from II IN
my own way"
you sting me deeply. I've had to do
this. Just as an executioner may have to
The Washington herald., 1911-08-01

Those who bring children into the
world have given hostage to fortune.
and to my thinking. they are bound
morally to do everything, to endure
everything, to suffer everything that
makes for the welfare Of these helpless
souls on whom they have thrust life.
Personally. I am not opposed to d.
vorce. When a couple have no children
and they find it impossible to get along
In peace together, 1 think they are a
thousand times better off to separate and
go their different ways. But when there
are children in the family the case is
completely altered. Then divorce be-
comes a crime unless 1t is absolutely GER
tain that the children will be contami-
mated by the association with an un-
worthy father or mother.
1t is a terrible thing to break up a
home and to deliberately make children
half orphans. 1t does them the deadliest
wrong that can be done them on earth,
for no man, no matter how he tries, can
take mothers place to children. nor
can any mother, however devoted, sup
Ply a fathers loss to them. 1t takes
both parents and the atmosphere of a
home, in which to properly rear girls
and boys. and give them the right start
and chance in life that is their due.
So for the children's sake husbands
and wives should be unselfish enough to
declare truce and make the best of a
bad bargain and keep the home together,
st least until their boys and girls are
grown.
Practical Side.
There is also the practical side of the
question. and any woman whose husband
is liberal provider should think a long
The Washington herald., 1911-08-01
MOTHER CRIES OUT IN
PAIN FOR REMEDY WHICH
IS ALREADYsHER OWN
By JULIA CHANDLER MANI.

81 have son who seemed to be all
right until he was fourteen" writes a
Washington mother to me.
II was obliged to take him away from
a private school and send him to the
public school because am a widow with
very littlo means and could not pay his
tuition.
He don't like his school. He is not
favorite with teacher or pupils. He
seems afraid of all the boys, but if he
gets chance he will strike a little girl. y
The letter goes on to state that the boy
IS supersensitive, according to his teach
er, and although now sixteen years old.
has thought only of himself This dis
appointed mother wants to know II !
think that she should take him from
school and put him to work, and asks
remedy for timidity and the boys mean
inclination to impose upon his sisters
while he is afraid of his brothers.
All these sixteen years of his life, my
dear disappointed mother, the remedy has
been yours, and now that wour boy is
almost a man you cry out in pain for the
help which has been yours to use from
your boys infancy.
Child's Nature Plastic.
he comes only with human tendencies
He is like a tiny piece of putty in his
mothers hands to he nodded as she wills
II is just as easy for baby to form good
habits as it is to him to acquire bad
habits. The only difference lies in the
mother of the child.
Ii takes less time and less
thought on her part TO let him ac-
uuire the bad habits.
But the care and time she saves
In his babyhood she pays for in
henrtache when her baby boy is
growing into manhood.
know a mother of three children
whose SpaSmOdic government of their
small lives will bring them to just where
my correspondent is to-day. When it is
convenient to her she eXacts obedience
from them. and when she will be put
to some trouble to do so she simply lets
some principle she has instilled into them
previously slide by the board, which un-
does all the good her former training
has accomplished.
May still Do Something.
To begin now at sixteen years to instill
in Your boy the principles of manhood,
of courage, of consideration for others,
that he should have been learning since
his infancy, is a task that even the most
splendid motherhood in the world will
find it hard to accomplish
Perhaps it is impossible to totally Grad
icatc the deplOrable faults that have
been builded strong in sixteen years. but
the mother who has just awakened to
them may still do something.
There is in the heart of every boy in
the world a great big tenderness for his
mother. whether she has any demonstra-
tiOn of it or not.
Find it, find IT. and find it quickly!
And the way to find it is through
frani;neSS.
Tell that lad of yours how deep
Iy his faults hurt you, tell him the
sort of man they are making of
him; tell him what the world
thinks of cowardice and meanness
and lack of chiva1ry.
Appeal to his pride; to his hope of
friends and happiness.
1t is not possible to do it all in one
The Washington herald., 1911-08-01

mean by contentment? To be satisfied
with ones station in life, whether 1t be
high or lowly; to live in harmony with
ones surroundings, and not to be al
ways reaching out in search of the I'M
obtainable. To bring 1t down to a lower
plane Of expression-to take things as
they come and be pleased withal.
Gem Hard to Find.
Possibly. like the philosophers stone
this gem will never be found; that is. in
its entirety. but certainly those who
most nearly approach it are the happiest
in this life.
If, then, happiness lies concealed with
in its folds. who is there who would not
want it? For has not the supreme wish
Of mankind. through countless ages, ever
been happiness?
And have not untold numbers spent
their lives in search OF it, only to find
that, like the mirage, 1t is ever beckon-
ing them on. and yet always a little bit
beyond their grasp?
Il say contentment controls all else.
Doesn't it? If you are satisfied with
what you have it makes no difference
whether you are rich or poor-you won't
measure happiness by money standard.
IF you are resigned TO your station in
life, you won't be wasting precious en-
ergy in longing and signing to be some
thing else.
Take Things CheerfulIy.
Experience has proven in your lif,
and in mine that We are a great deal
happier when We take things as they
come. cheerfully and without complaining.
James Whitcomb Riley has embodied
this idea in those familiar lines, When
God sorts out the weather and sends
rain why. rains my choice
so, where contentment is there Is life
in its truest sense. Love, joy, peace. and
all the other 'desiderata' follow in its
train. NELLIE W. HALLAM"
'54 Seward square,"
The Washington herald., 1911-08-01
N0peL Russian Suit.

In the accompanying illustration we
show Peerless patternbNo. 553l. This
gives us a novelty in the Russian suit.
The sleeves are cut in one with the
body of the coat section. and this gives
us the popular and simple kimono
shoulder. In arranging the closing 1t
is placed far over to the side. and ex-
tends from the shoulder seam TO the
hem of the dress. The outline OF the
neck is round and this is trimmed with
band of embroidery, which is also
carried part way down the line OF the
closing.
The belt which IS worn may be OF
the material or OF leather, the latter
being somewhat newer.
Peerless Pattern 5531 is cut in sizes
2. 4. and years. 1t can be obtained
by sending 10 cents to the Office OF this
paper.