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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-01-05

n thing-that, while there is really
no genuine cynicism there, there is
just a tritllng Eel present suspicion.
1t has its own laws. 1t has its own
conventions. They are different laws
and different conventions from those
which rule the rest of the world-the
human world, l might call it. You
remember yesterday when Ludlow
volunteered TO carry your grip?"
Yes" said Dora in amazement.
you refused" said Holcomb. Did
you know, or was that just good luck {"
II don't like him." replied Dora,
''and | did not wish to be obligated to
him or be obliged to put up with his
company, even with the advantage Of
being relieved Of the grip"
Then you do not know the ruler"
said Holcomb. 1.-THE rule is this-it IL
as those Of the Modes and the Per
sians-the IN that an actor is
e carrying the grip Of a feminine
member Of the same company 1t is as
sumed"-
IL don't think" said Dora, a little
stiffly, I'VE need talk about it any
mOre. l understand you"
But Eolcomb's straightforward. nan
ly attitude toward her. his occasional
ly brutal frankness when he suggest
ed something to her which she knew
was for her own good, made her look
more and more toward him for invisi-
BILE support.
They opened in a small town in New
York state not far from Albany. and.
though every other member Of the
company was downcast at the end OF
the performance, a new world had
been opened up for Dora. The more
experienced and the knowing ones In
the company knew that they had what
they described most. peculiarly as q
oliver" They were able to look across
the footlights and see in the crowd
ed house the paucity Of live ones as
they denominated those who had maid
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-01-05

In the second act Of the play a dance
necessary for a thin, attenuated and
also pretty woman Of about thirty to
appear as a gay %coquette. Dora was
not on the stage during this act. and
for that she was extremely grateful.
Her curiosity was excited from the
very beginning as to the caliber Of the
woman who would play this part. The
woman was without c-oarseness, and in
addition she did" a very good dance,
which made her an additional and
high priced member of the company.
AS they travelled from town to town
during the first few days Dora watch
ed the women's behavior on the trains.
The various members of the company
broke up into groups during these first
few days, some reading magazines,
some novels, One-the heavy old man
reading a volume Of poetry. while the
others played penny ante" a mild
form of gambling, solitaire and even
checkers.
The woman who played the coquette
and the dancer spent her time sewing
or knitting and always alongside Of
the feminine members Of the company,
usually the lady with the multitude
pous and m~ulticolOred past.
1t was when they were leaving SYRIA
cuse one morning that Dora got her
first insight into the business attitude
that these women o toward their
profession. She was sitting In front
Of the manager of the company. There
were no parlor cars on the train, and
they were all in what was famboy-
antly advertised as an especially en-
gagged coach" She would have pre-
ferred not to overhear the converse
ION. but afterward she gloried in it.
The dancer. Miss Weston. came up
10 the manager and began:
Can | talk business with you for a
moment?"
Sure" he replied, with the cigar
still in his mouth and his hat at the
proper managerial angle. "Sit down"
THAT dance of mine is not getting
over" she began earnestly.
"Oh. quit worrying! Wait until we
strike a real town and you'll see that
1t will be all right. Don't, for heavens
sake. start changes on me now!'
But | know" persisted Miss Yves
toni know that IN white my figure
looks awfully large. Now, in black or
In red | look a great deal thinner, and
1t is more becoming to me-"
"You are Just nervous" said the
manager.
"But my figure is not nervous" an
swered Miss Weston laughingly. I'm
serious. Mr.. Bleiman, l want to make
a hit In this thing. and | know from
my experience In vaudeville and in mu-
steal shows that | don't do my best
and don't look my best In white. Now.
II you won't pay for a black dress ]
will pay for 1t myself"
The conversation continued. and Miss
Weston devolved into a discussion in
which her figure was intimately on
versed about. She specialized as to
whether white stockings caused her
limbs to appear disproportionately
large. She insisted that she be given
either red or black stockings.
The talk Of the manager and the
playeLyent on for a few moments
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-01-05

e. c. MILLER, m. D.-Physic.an and
surgeon. Hours: 8 to 1880 a. m.
1880 to 4:30 p. m Z to 8 p. m.
Phone, office, 70; residence 275.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-01-05

very attitude OF being businesslike
about things that are not ordinarily
the subjects Of conventional converse
ton. lay entire safety for a person OF
education and of sound instincts But
possibly her puritanical Aunt Cornelia
would not have agreed with her con
corning the matter.
At any rate. the broad vista of life
es IT Is In n many sided. complex
world was beginning TO unfold before
Dora. and little could she foretell as
to what the future held in store for
her.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-01-05
Professional Cards.
c

B. r. GREEN-Physician and surgeon.
Office, Binford Block, Room I. Phone
B-9. Hours 8 a. m. to IL m. 1 D.
m. to s p. n. Residence 715 9Th
Ave-, Phone 293. Hours 5 p. m. to
3 a. M, IL m. to l p. m. Calls
answered at all hours.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-01-05

ROYS-General practitioner and
surgeon, also special attention given
lung troubles. piles and chronic dis
eases. Rooms 4 and s Binford block.
Office hours: 10 to IL: 2 to s..
Phone, 10; residence, BIOL. Resi-
dence, corne Medary avenue and
Williams street.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-01-05
CHAPTER III.

fA IT had been in a way a fasci-
* mating two weeks. with now
@YSs,.e and then periods Of despond-
GNSS ency, the result of the vOltaic
shocks that were administered to
Dora's sensitiveness. She had known
when she undertook the task that
there would be things disagreeable In
1T and had simply made up her mind
that, no matter what occurred. she
would go through 1t bravely and have
at least to her credit the fact of con.
Guiding one experience without wa
vering.
The first two or three days nothing
at all had occurred at rehearsais that
IN any way disturbed her e%quanimity.
In fact. II was all interesting. exciting
and, as far as she could observe. as re-
fined Ms anything In her own exclusive
life. Just the same as other men and
women they came they attended to
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1911-01-05
sIRDsEYE VIEW OF BRoCKNGs.

No Saloons.
Two Bands.
One Bakery.
Three Hotels.
Three Dentists.
Six Physicians.
Two Laundries
One State Bank.
Eight Churches.
Two Osteopaths.
One Music Store.
Big FIGURING Mil.
Four Restaurants.
Four Drug Stores.
One Machine Shop.
Two Meat Markets. .
Two Cigar Factories.
Fine Lake Near City,
Three Barber shops.
Three Weekly Papers
Two National Banks.
Four Grain Elevators.
Three Lumber Yards.
Moving Picture Theatre.
City OF Beautiful Homes.
Best Schools in the State.
Good Water Near Surface.
Marble and Granite Works.
Four Thousand Inhabitants.
Glove and Mitten Factory.
Cement Block Mandatory.
100000 Brick School Building.
500, 900 Grad School Building.
Municipal Telephone Exchange.
One Bonded Abstract Company.
One Semi-Monthly Farm Journal.
County Seat Of Brookings County.
United States Experiment Station.
Seven Hundred Students In College.
Municipal Sewer and W~aterworks.
Finest Church Buildings in the State.
One Monthly Periodical, The Collegian.
First-class Opera House and Auditorium.
State College of Agriculture and Mechanic
Arts.
over Nine Hundred Students in the City
Schools.
Two Billiard Halls and Bowling Alley as
places of amusement.
Electric Light and Heating Plant Owned
and Controlled by City.
Brictson Manufacturing Company, makers
of the Brictson Tire Tread.
Surrounded by the best farming land in
the state, where crops are sure and bountiful.
Beautiful trees line the streets and the
city presents a fine appearance, matted as
II is In the midst of n fine growth of shade
and ornamental trees. Her citizens are will
ing and ready to encourage and assist every
helpful industry.
Home Of the Brictson Tread.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16

sent us the marble for the white altar,
chapel are red jasper from the noun
tains of the far northwest. The pale
limestone surrounding the altar place
was brought from Minnesota. while
Peekskill hills have been diminished TO
supply the granite for the outside
walls The angry looking, yellow spot
ted marble that throws into high relief
the altar table in the oriental chapel
was brought in freight ships from
Egypt, and the delicately wrought ia
BILE itself was quarried in the marble
fields of Carrara. The glass of the
high east windows, stained in deep
tones and on which are traced in col
ored picture the stories of the Bible.
was made in English studios.
An Imposing Sight.
In ST. COlomba's chapel the wrought
iron candIesticIs that shoot out their
twisted branches several feet above
our heads were Wrested from perhaps
a more congeniaI background in the
ballroom of some Italian palace, And
these branching candlesticks are not
all that Italy contributes, for the cele-
brated Barberini tapestries, now in the
Metropolitan Museum of Art, but des-
tined some day to hang on the dull
gray cathedral walls, were made in
Rome nearly 800 years ago. Set in the
floor before the high altar and framed
in a rim of hammered brass will be a
tile more than thirteen centuries old
from the antique shrine at Ephesus,
where, as tradition tells us, st. John
the Divine was buried
Truly as the eye roves from color to
color and from stone to metal and
glass the fancy rides on the winds, and
stories of the far places which have
contributed to the wonderful assem-
blage and even snatches of the native
songs of those distant countries strike
across ones memory.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16
THE BRIT0N OF 10000 YEARS
Essentially the Same In Structure and

Essentially the Same In Structure and
Form as the Man of Today.
The modern Britisher and every
American who traces his ancestry back
to British stock will feel personally in
terested in an Englishman who lived
in London 10000 years ago and whose
recently discovered remains have been
the subject of considerable research
by Professor Arthur Keith of the Royal
College of Surgeons, London. The fos-
sill remains were found in a gravel pit
in the valley Of the Thames some
miles above Gravesend.
The condition of the bones, certain
primitive points of structure and the
fact that remains of similar type of
man have been found on several Occa-
sions in ancient strata on the CONT
nent Of Europe have been considered
conclusive proof that the remains are
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16
FRONT VIEW.

those of a man who lived in England
when the Thames flowed on land which
was nearly 100 feet above its present
level
The ancient Englishman, while diff
fering in several features, was essen
TALLY the same in structure and form
as the man of today. He was a little
over FIVE feet in height, round chested
and narrow shouldered, with a well
developed muscular system. His brain
development might be estimated from
the size of his cranial cavity Q,360
cubic centimeters), a fair endowment
when his small size was kept in view.
and from east of that cavity which
revealed a highly convoluted brain
showing all the essential features of
the modern brain. From the molding
of the lower jaw we might safely infer
that speech was developed. His teeth
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16

and muscles of mastication did not diff
fer markedly from later men of the
neolithic period. His face was short
and his forehead of type quite common
among modern men. His peculiar fea-
lures We're the extreme length and
narrowness of the head (tbe width was
about CT per cent of the length, the
shape Of the upper and lower ends of
the thigh bones and the shortness of
the leg bones.
In the accompanying pictures the
head Of the. earliest known Briton is
compared with that of a modern Eng
lishman. The head of the former is
shown In dark lines, the head of the
latter in dotted lines.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16
Az=RsIE7EEaTHTII e-I ,GEse-El,f
49, : : G 3 r ~ HI
SANTA FEES 121 FOOT LOCOMOTIVE.

special heater before it goes into the
boiler. and all steam is superheated be-
fore it goes to the cylinders. The To-
connective has duplicate compound air
pumps, power reversing apparatus and
two electric headlights, one ahead and
one at the rear. The locomotive
weighs 100000 pounds and rests on
ten pairs of driving wheels, two lead
ers under the pilot and two trailers
under the cab, making twenty-four
wheels under the locomotive itself and
twelve under the tender. The tender
has two six-wheel trucks where the
ordinary tender has two four-wheel
trucks.
Shows Progress In Eighty Years.
The articulated type of locomotive is
In reality two separate sets of engines
with their wheels connected by one
long rigid boiler of tremendous steam
capacity. The rear engine is rigidly
attached to this boiler, while the for
ward engine supports it by massive
slide, so as to permit the locomotive
going around curves. !FFhis latest eER-
CINE, No. 5000, marks milestone in
railroad progress.
It is more than a hundred times as
powerful as Stephenson's Rocket. show
ing how locomotive building has pro-
crossed in eighty years.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16

afternoons when
the sun is bright
that one or two
uzz e d a b o u t
your ears. They
are here. But
there are only a
few now. Maybe
there was only
one in your house
+b u t did you
swat it?
G ct u t t h e
swatter of screen
wire that you
used last year
and get the flies
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16

who will attend includes prominent
clergymen of other than the Episcopal
denomiDa ton, as well as public Off
Gals and we'll known men in many
walks of life.
The crossing is only the central
square from which the complete cathe-
draI will develop. One arm is the
choir. The choir and crossing, ire
spective of the chapels. are 240 feet
long. The crossing is 100 feet wide,
and there is an interior height of $50
feet in the crossing and 120 feet in
the choir
NobIest Building In America.
This magnificent structure will be
the noblest building in America. In it
Americans will possess one of the
very greatest and grandest of the
worlds churches. When completed it
will cover $4,000 square feet and will
take the fourth place among the sane
tuaries Of the Christian world. Those
larger are st. Peters, Rome; the
Cathedral of Seville, in Spain, and the
Duomo Of Milan.
Although in architecture the Cathe-
dral of st. John the Divine is dis
tinctive and represents modern Amer
lean art, it follows the traditions of
cathedral building to some extent. In
a general way it may be termed round
arched gothic The most conspicuous
feature of the cathedral will be its
central tower. The westerly tower
will be 245 feet high. The total in
terror length of the structure is to be
525 feet. The dome will be 252 feet
high.
The total cost is estimated at $10,-
100000.
The dedication ceremony will be en-
tirely religious in character, as pre-
scribed for the dedication in the
prayer book.
A special place in the ecclesiastical
procession will be provided for Presi-
dent Taft if he is able to attend. The
guests will assemble in the synod hall
and proceed to the south door of the
cathedral. at the western end of the
choir The procession will move in
reverse order out Of the synod hall
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16

way of getting actually started until
1886. The work has since steadily pro-
crossed.
Not a Local Product.
In the old world cathedrals interest
centers in the fact that the building
is a local product. 1t was built by the
personal work of some little cOmmuni-
ty without money. without machinery
and with only the materials that could
be Quarried or manufactured in the vi
cinity.
In our modern medieval structure
how different the circumstances! Con-
tract labor supplies the hands, and
each stone is laid to the tune of at
least four languages. But it is in the
distance from which the materials
themselves have been brought that the
cathedral loses all possibility of purely
local favor
Beneath the granite columns and
around the bases Of the walls gIows
the rose coIored stone of Georgia, and
under that in subdued light lies Penn
sylvania's cool green onyx. Vermont
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16

uDOI lit " ute
sand Of the bottom almost like mir
ror: sleeping six men in tent on the
hank of the same stream, often sand
wicbed between a lot of foul smelling
Mexican jackaIs; eating camp chuck
cooked in the open, with the insanitary
sand blowing from every direction, is
not any fun, and this is what the
regular army of the United States is
now facing.
Scattered from San Diego, Cal, to
Brownsville, Tex, these khaki clad de
Tenders of the flag are watching night
and day over the dcstinies of 4 sister
republic that is making no effort to
guard it's own frontier.
Four Hours Guard Duty.
Throughout the entire distance, from
one end of the international border to
the other stretch the brown. cOninal
tents of the soldiers, Squads OF five
or six men occupy each tent, a corporal
or a sergeant in command of each
squad. Every man does his four hours
Of guard duty and then rests until his
turn comes again. With trying to get
sleep between times the soldier has
very little time for diversion.
Water is always scarce in camp and
at times has to be conveyed a cOnsid-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16
HITCHCOCK TO WED u?

Only Bachelor In Taft's Cabinet Re-
ported Engaged to Miss Switzerland.
Announcement of the engagement Of
Miss Mary Switzerland, daughter of
Admiral and Mrs. Switzerland, and
Frank Hitchcock, postmaster general,
is expected to be made soon. Mr..
Hitchcock is the only bachelor in Pres
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16
AT MESS.

miles from railroad, especially those
along the Rio Granda, east of Ell Faso
and south Of the Southern Pacific rafI=,
road, i'll the country called the Big
Bend" Food and even hay for the
horses must be transported by wagon,
and the contract price is / cents "a
pound for every pound hauled. If the
wagons fail to arrive on time men and
horses must wait. The only subsis :.
en"c ihe country affords is goats nd
occasionally beef, but soldiers in tfek
field i'll small squads cannot CONSUME
4 beef, and, besides, they have no all
thorjty to buy one. The cooking must
be done i'll the open. under the shelter
Of a mesquite or a 'torniIlo tree, ami
boiling is about the only method of
preparing meat.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16

tA1 is SAID TO De
the largest rail
way locomotive
in the world is
nearly completed
in the Topeka
shops of the At
Gibson. Topeka
and Santa Fe
R a il w ay CON-
pany. 1t is an
articulated NAL
let compound en-
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16
J HIS GRAVE is MARKED.

After Ages of Neglect Memorial Stone
Was Placed Above St. Patrick.
After ages of neglect the traditional
resting place of st. Patrick, Ireland's
patron saint, in the cathedral grave
yard at Downpatrich, Ireland, was
covered with memorial stone in 1901.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16

in fifteen minutes Her blindness Is
said to be due to the error of physi-
clan who ordered the application of
hot Doultices to her inflamed eyes
when she was six months old, thereby
destroying the optic nerve.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16
Soldiers
Suffer
Hardships
< \ :: < < x X :: = -

, United states
troops on the
Mexican border
are learning the
w a 7 game
they are paying
for it with many
di s c ON 70 rts.
True, there are
few complaints.
but pacing up
and down the
sandy bank Of a
dry stream, the
hot sun shining
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16

CINE, and it is for use in handling
freight trains over the Arizona grades.
Numerous Mallet type engines have
been built in the locomotive shops in
the east, but this is the first of the
kind and also the largest engine built
in the Topeka shops and also the lar
gest one in the world.
Is 121 Feet Long.
This locomotive is 121 feet long 1t
win be operated tender foremost, as
the great length of the boiler obstructs
the view of the engineer. Oil will be
used for fuel, as no man could shovel
coal into its gaping nav fast enough
to keep up the 225 pounds Of steam
pressure required to operate the loco
motive to it's best advantage. Not
enough men could get into the cab to
handle the coal for the boiler, and they
could not throw it far enough into the
frebox to properly distribute the coal
over the heating surface.
The boiler is a sectional, nOneXplo-
siye type All water is heated by a
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16
FANNY CROSBY IS 81.

Blind Poetess and Hymn Writer Bios
Fair to Live to Be Hundred.
Fanny Crosby, the blind poetess anu
hvmnist. who recently celebrated tne
ninetv-frst anniversary of her birth IS
in excellent health and spirits. ohe
has written more than 5000 hymns
and these have been translated into
MANY foreign languages. Perhaps the
best known of her hymns is "Safe IN
the Arms of Jesus" which she Wrote
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16

ing the birds of
song, which are
now coming back
to their haunts
for the summer.
The plan is to
attach a small
bell with Il strap
or ribbon on the
neck of every
cat. No mention
has been made
so far Of the
tinkling at mid
night serenades
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16

before they multiply. The fly is born
in filth and lives on filth. He can't
be blamed, then. because he carries a
supply Of bacteria constantly with
him.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16

ident Taft's cabinet and has been a
social leader among the bachelors Of
Washington for several years.
Miss Switzerland is TALL striking
looking brunette and moves in the
most exclusive circles of Washington
society. She is one of Miss Helen
Taft's most intimate friends.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16
INSCRIPTION ON THE STONE WHICH MARKS
THE GRAVE OF ST. PATRICK.

THE GRAVE OF ST. PATRICK.
The stone is a rough weather beaten
bowlder of granite, weighing about
seven tons, from the mountain side of
SIieve-na-L argie. where it rested at a
height of 600 feet
Upon the upper surface of this bowl
der is incised an Irish cross. faithfully
reproduced from one cut on an equally
rough, unhewn stone found on the is
land of Iniselothran, one Of the is
lands of Iongh Rec, where st. Diarmid
founded his famous ecclesiastical set
Element about the middle of the sixth
century Under the cross the name
'fPatric' il cut in Irish characters
copied from the earliest known Celtic
manuscripts
This simple treatment is considered
TO be the nearest approach to the form
Of monument which would have been
constructed about the year 45o, the
supposed date or the saints death.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1911-04-16
SWAT THE HOUSEFLY.

Strike Early and the Pest May Be Ex
terminated.
Now IS the time TO begin to bIHg the
fly. Perhaps you've noticed on mild