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Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

A man may think he is getting a lot
when he marries; but he knows he is CIV
ing up one thing that is dearer to his
masculine soul and body than the breath
Of life TO his nostrils. Indeed, IL Is the
breath Of life TO him-his freedom.
can see you girls jump on the seats
and shout. We'll! How about the girl?
She gives up her freedom, too" But please
sit down and listen. 1 am not TO be de-
tered by shouts and waving parasols. She
does not give up her freedom. She never
had any. You cannot give what you have
not possessed. There is not a nice girl
breathing but that has TO render an ac-
count OF herself to her father or mother
or society. She cannot stay out nights
without explaining. And even that does
not help much.
But a man can and does. He truts off
to the railroad station and takes a train
anywhere he hkes-if the train goes there.
And that not necessary to eXplainness is
the chief charm OF his unwedded bliss.
And the fear of losing II has driven more
men away from matrimony than an in
sufficient bank account could ever do.
A man told me that the word why was
the curse Of the matrimonified. Why didnt
you come home? Why must you go down
town? Why were you late? Why do you
like him? Why are you so quiet2 Why
won't you go 70 the Blanks dinner? Why
do you like to smoke? He declares that
these are the questions that are at the
bottom OF more divorces than any Of the
reasons mentioned i'm the papers.
What he means, girls, is that the ques-
tioning privilege which the wife assumes
makes him feel accountable to somebody
where formerly he was not called upon to
report, or even to analyze for himself the
whyness OF what he did or said or liked.
Marriage means freedom to a
Any one of you girls know in your in
most hearts that that is one of its chief
attractions. II means your kind of free
DOM It's chance to make or break for
yourself socially. It's an opportunity 10
be something more than an accessory in
a household that your mother runs. That
house may seem TO be conducted as a
background for you, but you know better.
You know it's stage. set by a stage man
ager who permits you to act on It, but
not TO direct your own performance. And
marriage puts you in the stage managers
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
Good Old Days on the Farm"

duced by returning that hungry, 6-week-
old calf from a moments feeding at his
mothers breast, II seems now II was a
mans work; then, it was boys, as well
as to carry SKINNED milk to those calves
by the pailful and teach them to drink by
sucking my fingers while the men milked,
and rested on three-legged stools.
After the frolicsome day was past ana
the chores we're done, was allowed TO go
to bed, except in the fall, when, as q
pastime, 1 husked corn in the barn until 10
o'clock, and in the winter time, when
picked over potatoes and apples in the
cellar by q candle stuck In the crevtce or
the stone wall, until the same time OF
night while the men sat around and rested
In the room above. Picking over apples
and husklng corn, however, were con-
sidered by my folks simply a pastime and
pleasure for a boy after he had done the
easy things above referred to during the
day.
This early New England life OF mine has
had an influence on my character to such
an extent that made up my mind some
years ago that, Cor the short balance OF
my life l would never touch hoe handle.
II It were necessary to hold. anything In
my hand OF that description, II would De
billiard cue or a golf club
THE only rest I ever enjoyed during NJ
farm life was at the family altar in tAe
morning just after breakfast when We all
melt in family prayer. and I fell sound
asleep during those few moments, although
I was supposed TO have had refreshing
slumber during the past night; OF, perhaps.
when our pastor came and we were all
called into the parlor, which was only
opened for prayer and on Thanksgiving
day, and we all knelt in the heat while
the preacher prayed. had long sleep
! then"
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

/ so well as comfort, and she proceeds to
make him comfortable
But the widow also knows that to make
man comfortable. thoroughly comfort
able, is no small matter; that il is, on
the contrary, fine art--a something not
to be learned in day, or a week, or
even month. For making a man COM
Portable does not consist. as the maiden
foolishly and fondly imagines in such
merely external details as shaking up the
sofa pillows for his head or making Aim
cooling drinks on the contrary II involves
such subtleties as avoiding all topics of con-
yersation which might bore or annoy him
and in leading up surreptitiously to those
which Interest and delight him, or. better
| yet upon which he can and does himself
hold forth with briniancy.
Indeed. II an honest confession could be
wrung from every widow, it would be
found that 1t is mans inordinate vanity
as conversatlOnalist, or rather a monoI-
ogist, that she exploits more than any
thing else. II spinsters would only learn
what every widow knows-that, be a man
never so silent, never so reticent, there
is always some subject upon which he
loves to talk, and fancies he talks well.
there would be no spinsters in the world.
The widow knows that while the average
woman can talk well on almost anything:
even though she knows little or nothing
about it, the average man does not talk
we'll at ALL on anything save one subject.
Moral: Find your mans conversational
hobby and then listen. It may not be in
teresting, OF course. 1t may be anything
tat all from the latest discoveries in
philology, which you might not know the
meaning Of. to the batting average OF his
base ball favorite, which you understand
still less about, but never mind that
listen.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
II Believe"-An Everyday Greed

l believe in my job. 1t may not be
very important job but IL Is mine. Fur
thermore, II is Gods job for me. He has
"a purpose in nay life with reference to his
plan for the worlds progress. No other
fellow can take my place. IL isn't q big
place, to be sure, but for years / have
been nodded in q peculiar way to fill
peculiar niche in the worlds work.
could take no other mans place. He has
the same claim as a specialist that make
for myself In the end the man whose
name was never heard beyond the house
in which he lived, or the shop in which
he worked, may have a larger place than
the chap whose name has been a house
hold word In two continents. Yes, I be-
lleve in ,my Job. May be kept true to
the task which lies before me-true to
myself and to God who intrusted me With
IT,
/ believe in my felloWman He may not
always agree with me. I'd feel sorry for
him II he did, because l myself do not
bSlieve some Of the things that were abso-
Sdtely sure in my own mind a dozen years
ago. Nay he never lose faith in himself,
D because. IL he does, he may lose faith in
me, and that would hurt him more than
the former, and IL would really hurt him
more than II would hurt me.
believe in my country, believe IN Il
because IL Is made up OF my felloVIpen-
and myself / can't go back on either Of
us and be true TO my creed. IL II isn't
the best country in the world Il is partly
: because l am not the kind OF a man that
should be.
- believe in my home. It isn't a rich
home u wouldn't satisfy some folks, but
II contains Jewels which cannot be pur-
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
~ The Bees k0me Magazine page a
How to Train a Wife

There comes a time in the life Of every
commuter and his wife when committing
seems a fiat and Improbable business.
The-sweet pea crop fails or perhaps the
cut Am attacks the tea roses. thereby
Hng the Commuters wife that there
Is ycut worm at the heart Of life itself.
or maybe the ''Mountainvilie Express
company neglects to deliver its Saturday
night cargo and long and boerless Sunday
ensues
Tor the benefit Of non-dweliers in Noun
tsinvilie it must be explained that in that
interesting suburb il is not considered the
thing to have a brewery wagon halt before
your door Instead. a neat vehicle bearing
in large red letters the legend Mountain
willie Express co.. draws up before your
home. and what it leaves there is entirely
h matter between your conscience and the
Au.sskssman.
whatever il is that causes this dangerous
unrest The Confirmed Commuter and his
Hopeful Housewife had been its victims
for some time
In vain the mountain sent down It's cool
jug breezes-ln vain the sunlight dappled
he dancing maple trees-in vain the scarlet
salvia IKE the triumphant army or red
koats. marched its serried ranks across the
own. No ono looked-no one cared.
The langaior the disenchantment Of the
bog days was.upon the Commuters house
Fhoid Even Wool Wool, the Incompatible
scollie, held a once optimistic tail at half
mast, and for hours at a time retired under
he stationary tubs in the laundry to repent
his sins
Lets 20 away for few days, the
COmmuter desperately exclaimed. Let 5
get on a boat somewhere | feel as IL
- =. IN
some things I'm a bag and Wen start! My
Friend scribbler was telling me the other
kIay about, a short trip he and his wife
bitten take. You. have twelve hours on the
boat each way and plenty Of time to have
dinner on shore and a dip in the ocean
before you start back to the city,
"Finer exclaimed the, now sparkling
Housewife.
md so they started, with bright hopes
hearts beating high, on the most
fous journey 1t is in the power Of
ehty-dollar bill purchase
What pen shall describe the horrors of
ong breezeless night In six by four
cabin de luxe?
kennel do luxe, it ought to be called"
Exclaimed the Commuter angrily, when he
survey ed the sleeping quarters for which
pc had paid $.
IYoB don't suppose I'D let my collie
kDy a hole like this!'' the Hopeful
isewife said Indignantly.
it the dinner was even worse. Every
& was canned. There was canned soup,
kned chicken, canned corn and all sour!
Fen the canned Caruso in that ten-year-
pld photograph was sour. l guess the
record was cracked
The worst OF it is we've paid good
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
Widows Still Hard to Understand

Blanche Bates, writing in the Chicago
lTrlbune on this subject, goes on record
ln breezy fashion. She says:
The way OF man with maid. Solomon
Aaecared, was past all understanding.
He would better have said, the way
bf widow with a man, AS matter of
fact the game a man plays with a young
airl is the most obvious and transparent
Filing in the world whereas that Of a
SSdow with a man has all the skill and
cunning and mystery of an East Indian
6uggler's trick.
This, perhaps, accounts for the fact that
Solomon Is no curiously reticent about
widows and their charms Indeed, he
quite ignores them. Search the scriptures
with magnifying glass and you will find
that this connoisseur OF womankind, he
the husband of 100 wives, makes but a
single mention Of the genus widow, and
hat is to speak of her in his large mascu-
line pity as sitting desoate in garden
of lcucumbers. Personally. have always
rafd an exquisite touch Of irony between
tfapse lines. and l opine that the widow
4in Nolomon's day was quite as dangerous
rs She is today and that, being unable
10 understand her. the wisest man in the
world preferred to remain dlscreetly
silent.
However that may be, the fact remains
that single women and ysung girls haven't
chance In the world with the average
man IL there is a widow anywhere on the
YhAorizon. o.,
The question has been asked 10000 times
nine people out of ten viii tell you
is unanswerable Well it isn't, where
young girl is romantic and the spinster
sentimental, the widow is simply practical
She meets the eligible man as a think
| ing, reasoning animal She knows, for in
btahce. that there is nothing a man likes
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

pIace
So here's the distnction-and the differ
ence. The whying method seems to your
husband an endless chain. It's a sign OF
his lost freedom, his kind Marriage has
given you freedom, your kind Suppose
you say nOt-"Why are you later as II
you wanted to find out the reason of his
hardness and so convince him that he
can't do a thing without being made
to give an account of himself" But
I'm so glad you are here" as II the one
cause for your concern about his nonap-
pearance was the misery you felt at being
robbed of his company.
Your interest becomes Distinction; he
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

The following amusingly reminiscent let
ter from a former farmer boy to his city
uncle-written from San Antonio, Texts
taken from Harper's Weekly:
Dear Uncle George: Your letter was re-
ceived. During my early boyhood in New
England / associated with farmers and
farmers sons. / got up at o'clock in the
morning. 1 MIXED five cows before break
fast and then having a few minutes to
spare before our frugal meal 1 turned the
grindstone, a boys work, to sharpen
scythes and moving machine knives, while
the man bore down with all his weight to
finish before breakfast. After breakfast
spread the hay which five men moved,
while the elder member OF the family rode
on a moving machine, II being q boy 4
work to spread hay and a mans to ride
the machine. l ran home for jug OF
sweetened water and vinegar with little
ginger on top at half-past ten, while the
men rested In the shade by the spring
'1n the early afternoon loaded hay
while two men pitched on. and then wa
put into the NOV under the caves, on a hot
August day, to stow away that hay, with
the Thermometer at 100 degrees, this task
being easiest for boy, while the hay was
pitched off the cart to me by an Irishmar
receiving a dollar a day and board, and
being worked TO get our moneys worth Out
of him during haying time.
| AT dusk / was sent for the cows, q
boys work, while the men rested, and
after driving them in, l was allowed tC
hold back a calf by a rope, while it rar
to it's mother. dragging me across the barr
floor and, when a suck or two had in
duced that mother TO give down, wal
allowed to drag that calf back to its per
by the same rope and over the same flool
that mad been dragged q few moment,
before. As 1 think OF the exercise pro
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

money for it and I've got our return tickets
in my pocket" the Confirmed Commuter
groaned. "But, cheer up Wen get a
splendid dinner when we land and I'll have
chance to take your picture in your
cute new bathing suit"
The countenance Of the Hopeful Housewife
cleared miraculously, but the glittering
prospect held out by her husband was not
TO be realized. For the boat was late, so
late that there was just time to discharge
It's passengers and permit those who were
making the return trip to buy souvenir
post cards at the dingy landing, which
offered an unrestricted view of the local
cemetery.
On the return trip the boat rolled and
tossed and the Hopeful Housewife, with
every movement Of the craft felt that she
was going to die and wanted to.
Il know that am never going to bet back
to my beautiful house" she said dolefuly.
But late in the afternoon OF the next
day they did get back-tired, starved,
jolted and sore in body and mind.
A cool breeze came down from the noun
tain TO greet them, and every mapleleaf
nodded a gracious welcome as they dragged
themselves across the clean shaver lawn
The relocated salvias saluted stifny as
they passed. Wool Wool galloped down
the front steps to meet them-tail and
ears and ruffled coat Haunting all the
flags Of JOY.
was there ever such a beautiful place
as this?" asked the Hopeful Housewife
rapturously.
"of course mott" answered the Commuter
gruffly. What do you suppose 1 took you
away for If it wasn't to teach you to APP
preciate your homer
The Hopeful Housewife smiled.
well" she said, I'm SO pleased to be
back that believe I'll let you get away
with that
Copyright. 1910, by n. Y. Herald Coz
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

chased in the markets Of the world. When
/ enter its secret chambers. and shut out
the world with its care. am a lord. It's
motto is service, its reward is love. There
is no other spot in all the world which
fills its place, and Heaven can be only
a larger home, with a father who is all
wise and patient and tender.
believe in today. 1t is all that
possess. The past is OF value only as it
can make the life Of today fuller and
freer. There is no assurance of tomorrow
I must make good today!-Re Charles
stelzle in Ladies Home Journal
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31
This * the
Day Ne
Celebrate
August 81, 1911.
Name and Address.

eandAd dess.
Amelia
- 1S
Ruth
Thomas Baumgardne 221S
Dolie " Caswe North Fourteenth
.-
C. Eldredge ~ .-...
=!
t. i
Margaret
1899
lEmeia
High ...lSs4
Central Park 1897
Long 1902
Mary Thirtyourh High 1898
Clarence Eleventh Bancroft
D. Thtyfourth Windsor l9Ol
Barbara CASTELAR, 1902
Spreche
Conception 1901
Bonnie Twentyourh St. Saratoga 1897
Twentysh St. German Lutheran 1893
Twenty-sxth St. Lothrop 1909
UoUar Wlson.
S227 California ST. Webster 1893
Mary Woodcock 6O5 Cedar
Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-31

Recently facts have come to light in
Paris and in the large towns Of France
which point to revolution brought about
by girls Of good families who, tired Of re-
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1911-08-26

ming ~ of the underlying causes If
the short hour movement was by Il
statesman, no less than the late Thomas
u. Reed.
II follows N I ~ long ~ machinery
aud methods continue ~ IL improve
that less hours atc required for pro
ductiyc labor, the IDEAL workiug.day
will be- shutter and shorter.
Labor duc- not expect To- live without
work 1t complains that there arc too
many who live without work. ans a
would like ~ make the hours short
enough 80 that all will have to work.
It notes that banking aud profession
.Hl men work five hours ~ less, and hope,
to reach the same IDEAL some time.
70 provide work for the idle affect.
The supply 1T aud demand for labor and
fuvornblv affects wngcs.u, al short.
hout trades well know hut the desire
of the worker ~ have some time fot rr
creation aud amusement stimulates the
demand for shorter hours.
~ our wugc curuors hocomc better
educated the, heroine more determined
~ have more uf the benefit ui luh"r
saving machinery.
They desire more leisure That their iu
I]ustrinl life MAJ be- prolonged
They desire their follow men to b,
]rmplovcl
They desire good wages aud realize
that 'o preserve them their frlIow men
must be- rmployrd.
Th, bate Grurgc e. Mcneil. called
'hr father ut the eight hour movement
said Blight hour, for worh. eight hours
fpr rest. eight hours for what We will
Thi, seem, like ru equitable division
ls luui n. eight hours b, the objective
hu' o.. invention follow, invention. ~ d,
likely the figures will have tu be- rc,i.
rd.
The ideal short hour worklav D., M,
shortest day possible that will give GOO,
wages. aud give the l%cargr~t measure ul
freedom. recreation and enjoyment =,
'h, worker. enabling him To- support hi,
family. educate his children. and la,
aside something for the rainy iay.
SAMUEL. GOMPERS
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LABOR HANGING IDEAL

Organized labor .dral ut 70 short
worsdav change. wlfN varying roudI
iiou,. 40 one time 30 wa. customary 10
work o. or more hours per dny, hui us
civilization advanced the working day
has been steadily reduced.
IN reducing the hours Of labor the
union have BEEN chiefly Instrumental.
~ thev have iu various trades rstah.
lished n shorter workday aud then fol-
lowed IL up hy legislation wherever they
have been strong enough
Though eight hours r'ay be- the
objective which organized labor now
seeks to accomplish, IL doe. not follow
that eight hours is ideal, or that IL viii
be- the goal ~ the future. The short
hour movement rests Fundamentally mp.
ON necessity.
''The constant Improvement IN ma.
chiuery aud consequent Displacement
Of labor. together with the further dis
placement of labor by the tendency n.
ward consolidation in all lines Of IN
dustry. must ultimately compel us To
choose between three things First, We
NAV shorten the hours of labor 10 dis
tribute opportunity for employment, or,
second. we may tax property 20 support
the idle, or. third, we may have revo'
lntion."
This mastery and unanswerable sum
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ldnh" Fails, Idaho. Nug. 3D.. That
dry farming mrthud, when properly
followed, are successful has just buru
demonstrated nv Professor, Brrpy,.
N"1rn"N aud ~uar'y, ut fHr department
'i Agriculture. who boo behalf ct iu. I.
rnr'm"ut. hH," completed nu iu,r.t.-u
'i"n ~ 'h" dry turm- 100 ihr. valley
Professor BrIgg,. hrturr leaving this
.iiF, stated that 900 roo of the tu,rI.
'i 'hr committee b. Nn. not seen either
irrigated ~ non. irrigated farming winch
produced better result, than were o.
b" found IN Nh" dry farm. here, m 'br
face 1T th" tucr that the wear ha, brcu
uu" "i seven" drought
The W"od-mau.cc and Webster farm,
ni 5000 arrr, rs producing 2iuu mere. ut
Turkey red wheat shat will average
nat lees than ~ hu.hol. when thre-hcI
tn. result b, obtained under dry farm
ing tillage methods, and the use Of 30
pound, of seed 10 the acre.
Mr. g H. Woodsmau.cc Of Rrvburp.
Idaho, one Of the owner, IT thi. ranch,
have hcen invited To- nddrrs. the Sixth
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NOTICE ron PUBLICATION

Department VI the Interior, 4. : Land
Onice ~ rucumcari. y NJ
August ~ lall
Notice il hereby piver that Freeman
VI. Smith. of Tucumrari, y. NJ, who, on
Nov. 20. lnOl. made " H. No. jill,
for W. Nwi, sud NJ SwT See. p.
Twp. II y. Range 10 T.. v VI y Merid
ian. has filed notice NJ intention to make
Final Five Year Proof. 50 estahli.h
claim to the land above i'scrihed. b"
fore the Register aud Receive, e. :.
aud Oaicc g. Tucumcpt. y ", on
the gath day IT Octoher, 1911
Claimant names ~ witnesses Will v
Davis, It Cimnrrm. y w., \. 4. DAVIS
Thomas Jackson, otis Altord, all ~
Tucumeari. y VI
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A STATE FAIR IN REALITY

Albuquerque, y VI, Aug. - With
the signing ui the resolution hy rtrSi
dent Taft in Washington IN Monday.
August -. granting statehood 20 New
Mexico. the New Mexico Fair A,sn
citation received p".itiNr assurance that
D., officers had been correct iu the sur
mise that New Mexico would he q state
before October, and that b. had taken
the right stand when n had prepared
for the Fair to hr held in Albuquerque
October " to - uud"r the name ui
rh" Thirty first Annual New Mexico
state lnur. The word ''rhiri, first 30
Wa retained because Use ~ the word,
First state Fair would indicate that
'h' Fair sac, % urw institution on
ser. of the Fair Association are mar,
enthusiastic than ever because ui the
granting of statehood aud have uIuup
eel INT" their work with urw nriur The
Fair will hr Tor nll New McNiru uuu
~ o., already nu assured fact that the
Initial state Fair will L." 'hc greatest
boo 'N, hr,t"ry ui iutr, Tor thrr" irrudr,
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department NJ the Interim. 4. =. Land
Onicc ~ Tucumcnri. y VI.
August ~. 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Henry
i. rcudcrptaft, ut PLAZA. y NJ, who. on
Oct. !. 1900. made ". T.. No 1896. for
NEi,. See. 10. Twp ~ y. Range % T..
y. VI T. Meridian. hn, filed notice of
intention ~ make Final Five Year
Proof. a. establish claim go the land
above described. before The Register
and Receiver, T., :. Land Ontrc, NJ tn.
cumcari. y VI. On the 3l,t day ~ DE.
iohrt, 1911
claimant names ~ witnesses. Boshv
V radon. George Parker. Frank lapl",
f. " Tuplc. ull of Plaza. y. VI
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Department Ut the Interior, y. = Land
ONCE ~ Tucumcari, y VI.
August ~. 1911.
Notice - hereby given that Robert
". Drake Ut Ortou. y NJ. who, IN
.iuly =. lpO6, made H. T. M. $500.
for swi,. See. 2. Twp. ) Y, Range %
T.. Y. VI. T.. Meridian, hrs filed Notice"
~ intention ~ make Final Five Wear
Proof. to establish claim Nv the land
above described, before MURRAY "
shaw. T.. : Commissioned NJ Hassrll, y
VI On the 18th iay of September. 1911
Claimant names ~ wituc,sc, rhom,,
r. Hogan. Of Ortou Y NJ Francis VI
Bollinger, ~ urtou. y. VI, Charles II.
Wilson. ut Harris. y. VI. Ahc Drake,
~ Harris. y. NJ.
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