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Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

Edison has now announced that the
horse will become an extinct animal
in less than a century but 1t may be
just aB we'll not to sell off all the
hopes on the strength Of this predic-
ton for Edison has made predictions
which failed to come true.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

The attempted introduction OF free
love into a socialist colony In New
York broke up that organization and
we do not wonder at 1t for when men
get SO low that they are willing to
divide up their wife with the neigh
bors there's another and shorter name
for them than socialist.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

It is not what you want but what
you get that makes you fat and 1t Is
not the amount of money you receive
but the amount OF money you save,
that makes your bank account grow
corpulent.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

One OF the claims made for the adop-
ton of a commission form OF gov
ernment for q city il that It will re-
duce taxes. There are also several
other advantages claimed for It but
the first one is enough to interest US,
all right
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

We are SO very contllidg in our
nature that 1t Is actually hard for us
to Etlieve that even the pictures In
tee book the fruit tree man carries
are exaggerated q bit.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

The Angel OF Geath must be quite
joker in his way for last week a
New York steeplejack who has work
ed on, and fell from the highest stee-
pies in the city. fell from step ladder
while hanging pictures and broke his
neck.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

Among the foolish IDEAS people get
into their heads about making an easy
living is the idea that they are going
to find Q lost pocketbook and receive
q fat reward for its return. When a
person gets this notion into his or her
Uranium it's usually goodbye to work
for q while.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

or course every one should receive
their Just dues but we rise up In meet
ing to announce that In our candid
Judgment, II that was all some people
received they'd starve to death In
week
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

Love and hate are largely owing To
the actions OF the other party, some
people will let you love them while
others will force you to hate the very
atmosphere they breathe.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

Invite some people TO take a chair
in your house and they at once become
possessed OF the idea that they own
the whole place.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

About the only way some women
will succeed In making living will be
to marry 1t and then may the Good
Lord have mercy on the man for the
wife won't.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

1t is good thing that there are
lots of optimists in the country for II
there were not man could never sell
tickets on the stuff he wants to rattle
off
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

We might perhaps excuse woman
for mothering a teddybear or a doll
but when her maternal instinct leads
her to mother a poodle we find no
extenuating circumstances.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

When the days are long and the
clock runs, oh! 20 slow, 1t is usually
a pretty good sign that you don't take
much interest in your work.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

Among the professions In life in
which we have never had hankering
to engage is that of being a profes-
sional Juror in justice or police
court
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

We claim to be different In this re-
spect also. When we had the grip
we did not think that we had It harder
than any OF the ueighbors had.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

We regard 1t as a mistake to be
always finding fault with officials for
their non.performance OF duty. Where
would you and be now II the Fool
Killer had been strict with us?
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06
an optimist is man who believes that
his wife ID jealous.

Now Is the time to plan your gar
den and send for seed catalogues. II
you are wise you will refrain from
going farther than that In the work.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

II seems that on the Trouble & Ca
lsmity railroad all the trains are fast,
through. trains and that the line IL
never blocked by snowslidss
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

1t is our idea that the Lord had q
little bit Of material left over after
he got done making snakes and that
he took It and made Snoop.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

II takes mighty careful and just
man to refrain from mixing medicine
for others which he himself would dis
like to take.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

Our idea Il that skunk 10 the
quintsscense Of nobility when COM
pared with the snake that crawls In
ths erass and stings It's benefactor.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

Ded you ever stop to think that the
rsaspn Some men are abss to buy A.
nost anything they want IL just b.
canse thsy don't
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

II you can't have something that you
want to use nowadays It may be that
you forgot that It was Lent
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

A man may forget his wedding an
niversary and hia child's birthday. but
he never is known to forget the date
of payday.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

Just thirty-one more days to April
1st. Where will the federal building
be located and when will Main street
be paved?
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

The simple. plain. hardworking life
is the best life OF all--for the other
fellow.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

We rise to inquire why, II the un-
written law is SO just and fair. is 1t not
Incorporated In the statutes?
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

early to bed" IL a good proposition
when you don't have TO neglect your
work. or your business. TO get there.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

Has the fact struck you that 1t has
now been several weeks since an avi
ator has been killed?
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

A good many Democrats VII favor
reciprocity with Canada even IL Champ
Clark is for It.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

"Ah flesh is grass. all grass makes
hay. We're here tomorrow but we're
gone today"
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

Commodore Perry's nephew. aged
6S years, died recently in Fort Col
lins, Colo.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

Another differences IL that . psssi.
mist IL man who u Jealous, while
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

Lizette's
So slim
She's 'shamed
To swim.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
So fat
Is Kate
She hates
To skate.
Springfield Union.
So long
Is Kit
Her bed
Don't at.
Denver News.
She has
To lay
All bent
This way
Nl
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

The initiative and the referendum
does not amount to \ great deal where
q good primary law 10 In force.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

W As,isvs tAal - ruls. y y safer
- tAinb thiAsu without deasg tAsm
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

Did you get your bills all paid up
yesterday
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

The tonic most men need is q goot
strong tonic for the backbone.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

than 1t is to do things without think
Ing.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

When the family lies abed while
mother gets breakfast the team Is not
pulling evenly.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

If you happen to be beaten, return
to the charge.-Marcus Aurelius.
Semi-weekly herald., 1911-03-06

We get a good deal OF consolation
from the thought that we cannot be-
Meve that benign Providence will
ever allow both the ssventeen-year 10
custs and the harsm skirta to hit the
countsy In any one year.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-07-27
RUDE AWAKENING FOR ELIZA
Too Late She Discovered That Wis
ltor Was Not the Object Of
Her Alteration.

The gentle Eliza was sitting drearily
in the darkened room, waiting miser
ably for a visitor, whom she feared
would never come. To tell the truth
Eliza and William had quarreled bit
terly the night before. But what is
that? A ring, a step, masculine
voice. She waited not, but threw
herself into the visitors arms.
"Oh, my darling!" she sobbed, with
her head upon his bosom. Il am SO
glad you have called. did so long
to make up and do my best to pay
you for bringing light into my life.
Let US settle peacefully once more
with each other"
well, MISS" said a strange voice,
I'm wlllin', I'm sure. But my in
structions is that II you don't I'm to
cut on the gas!"
And It was only then that Eliza
found out she had mistaken CON-
mon gas person for her William
London Tit-Bits.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-07-27

| prig. an overfed pet; nor a pig, over
fed pork; nor a despot, an over-in
dulged dependent. He is not the cen
ter about which the family revolves
nor a despot adapting 1t to his
caprices. When a boy rules the
home he ruins himself. He is to be
adjusted to the family life and not the
reverse. He may be born ruler but
Is to be under regents till he comes
into his own inheritance and thereby
learns how to rule.
But, in that subordinatlon. he is en-.
titled to find respect for his person.
atty, his talents, his individual tastes,
his elemental and God-given right of
choice, Oh the proper exercise OF which
his efficiency in life depends. Even
from the start, his will must not be
over ridden, but stimulated and
steered. II there Is a clash between
his will and that of the household
head, all that the latter can do is to
set forth the penalty Of the wrong
choice, let him have all the facts Of
the case before him In the decision,
let him know that the penalties cannot
be escaped. The plans for him must
be positive, constructive, optimistic,
sympathetic; not negative nor destruc-
tive nor gloomy nor autocratic. Those
plans are adapted TO him end adapt
him to the home people. He and his
pa can do team work, as he assists
with manual or mental or mechanical
labor-with typewriter or at bookkeep-
ing or garden making or farming. And
yet, often must obedience be exacted
of him, without explanation or option,
and he must know what that authority
means. Ordinarily, when his sense Of
partnership with his parents has been
intelligently and practically murtured,
he gets discipline and delight, ef-
ficiency and satisfaction, out Of It. It
is a Fhole university In embryo, with
technology thrown H.. Even the care
Of pets Is Of great Importance In teach
ing him gentleness and unselnshness
and sense Of responsibility. They
make use Of the whole boy In that
way. His imagination comes to tBe
aid Of the family. To call a boy good
for nothing and lazy. Just because he
dreams. is a degradation of the one
who says It To accuse him Of doing
wrong is to suggest to his Imagination
that form Of wrong doing.
He must be trusted and have the
sense Of It. as they trust
ed the boys at Rugby. He must ind
u the spirit Of the home makers the
spirit into which be win grow, more
md more. He must md knowledge OF
delicate things In q way that win not
excite unwholesome curiosity. He
must be Allied with admiring love for
ne home makers and take his place
y their side "a lovs Tor the Father 81
hem an
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-07-27
COMFORTABLE FOR THE BABY
Best style Of Rompers That Can Be
Devised, and Comparatively Easy
to Make.

Here is q fine idea for rompers for
the baby. Take any simple dress pat
tern, with either round or square yoke
or a plain slip, and, after cutting
straight across the bottom, measure
nine inches from each side toward the
center. Cut out the center between
these points, rounding to depth OF
about five inches in the middle. This
forms the seat, between the legs.
Face with the fabric and work three
buttonholes in the front, with but
tons to correspond at the back. Gath
er the right nine inches in front and
back into band ten inches long, and
to its front end work q buttonhole.
This band is to be buttoned around
the baby's leg above the knee. Treat
the left side in the same way.
When the rompers are put on, but
ton each band around the leg and the
front to the back. This is the most
convenient Of rompers for many rea-
sons, and il not nearly so complicated
to make as 1t sounds. Bingham or
chambray is the best material
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-07-27

Mamma, l wish was two little
puppies. so / could play together
When little Joe said that, he revealed
two of the strongest characteristics
Of boyhood. Unsuitable fondness for
play and companionship. But with
him, play was first Of all; companion
ship was to promote play. That was
in the early stages Of Joe's life. BY
and by, It will be just the reverse. He
likes children, especially boys;
shrinks from being alone, likes team
work, from the very start. But there
are about Eve stages in the develop
ment Of his social relationships, du-
ring his boyhood; then several, du'
ring the remainder of his life, but
we arc not, at this moment, concerned
with tracing him beyond the bound
airy OF boyhood.
First is the indiscriminate and i'm
personal stage. when he scarcely asks
who his companions are, requiring
only that they be boys and plenty OF
them, the more the better. To be
sure, he has his preferences, but he
has not yet specialized, in decisive
and final way. Their work Is play, ex'
clusively. not original, but initiative.
During that period, he Is apt to be
carried by his strong team sentiment
over into the realm Of the opposite
sex and fall furiously in love with
some little girl. In fact, he usually
does so, each season, or each session
Of school, and he thinks he can't live
without her. This Is about the only
thing in his boyhood that he cannot
turn into play. Whenever he forms
q special attachment for a boy, the
friendship Is like soda pop, comes
with q phiE and bang and they must
make the most of It while It lasts.
The two use the same slang, the same
yell, the same tones Of voice. the
same games and, seemingly, the same
personality, the same chewing gum;
and, when they have q quarrel and
make up. the one who was to blame
usually treats. They acquire stock
of' common possessions and, when
their spell is over they are apt to
scrap for the possession Of It. This
period seems provisional and tenn
porary.
The next stage comes when he is
about ten or twelve years old and 1t
has the element Of perma'
nency in It. What has already been
said applies partly to this more per-
Bonal phase Of his team work. He
and his chum may become chums for
life, and they almost surely will. II
they are living in the same COM
munity when they enter the next
stage.
The third period begins when he is
Twelve or thirteen. That has been
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-07-27
How TO Hanu = Skirt.

Home dressmakers sometimes ex
perience great difficulty in fitting q
skirt on themselves so that It will
hang properly when finished. Here Is
IN ingenious method which the WON.
an who thought Of It says is infalllble.
Slip on the skirt you are making
and over It another skirt which hangs
very well. Stand on a chair and have
some one (even a child can do this)
put pins in the new skirt at the ex-
act bottom Of the old one. When you
have pins all around the bottom. turn
ND the hem at the row Of pins. Your
skirt will thus hang perfectly with
out wasting your time or labor.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-07-27
The Boy at Home

In the midst Of his greatest excite
ments and enjoyments there ought t
be a steady and perceptible pull at hi
heartstrings in the direction Of home
and there will be, unless there Is some
thing very much the matter with hin
or the home; and II the trouble II
with him 1t probably began with the
home. There was q welcome for hin
when he first took his place as a mem
Der of that family. That welcome
must await him whenever he returns
from work or play or school. II his
arrival is greeted with complaints and
nagging about what he has and has
not done. he will make his arrival as
late and his departure as early az
possible; and he will take his perma'
nent departure as speedily as his cir
cumstance will permit.
He is q distinct part OF the house
hold and is entitled to a definite place
where he-can be monarch Of all he
surveys. He has as much right to a
room, with decorations suited to his
tastes, as his sister, even more so,
for she has certain other home ties
through which she may be satisfied
and trained. His individuality re-
Quires an individual room and his So
cial life needs q place where he can
bring his friends; and his talents may
be encouraged to decorate It. His
stored up energies demand exercise
and not every room in the house is
suited to It. Il "a mighty comforting
10 him to know that there Is one room
where he is at home with himself.
He IL also entitled to q position in
the household as wen as to q place In
the house and his standing must be In
their understanding. II he gets the
right standing he is willing to do a lot
Of running. for the benefit Of the fam
lily. It is not enough to say that he
must work because some one else Is
the broad winner and he ought to be
willing to do something. Another mo-
tive must be touched. that he IL q
part Of 6he household and what he can
DO is Of the highest value in itself.
And so II Is. Manual labor has men,
tai and moral value; and when special
talents are utilized Il gives q special
training for his life work. And when
hey are used In the equipment Of the
home. he derives q special reward
rOm H. Drawing. the graphic arts, mu-
Iic. modelling. writing. reading aloud.
may have q productive !
place In his home life. He has to be |
allowed % be his own self and do
THAT he can do.
That standing q not at the center
loF Il II sitting on the throne, but By
hs side or under the wing Of the head
Z the home. He n q boy. hut only
90. He holds the iuturs. but muSt -
~. q present Be 4 not % - 3 j
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-07-27

without q foudation by sewing the
loops together at their bases.
No. 2 is a simple flower form made
by sewing q scant rufiie Of ribbon to
foundation Of buckram or net or
to a wire stem. BY folding down
the outer edge at intervals, and tack.
ing them to place, separate petals
are simulated. This rosette is made
or ribbon three or more inches wide.
with four or FIVE irregular rows Of the
petals from the center to the outer
edge.
A very novel and beautiful form Is
shown in Fig. 8. A circle Of bonnet
wire forms the center Of this rosette,
which consists Of a series Of loops
with ends brought about the wire
circle and tackled to place on the I'm.
der side. Two long ends Of ribbon,
tied in q simple bow, finish this ros-
cite and add to its beauty.
. Innumerable beautiful forms may
be invented Of ribbons, but the fac
ulty required to design them seems to
be very rare. A greater number OF
people, with a genius for fashioning
things, will be inspired to turn their
attention to this particular use for
their gift, since the work Of this new
designer meets with an instant sue.
cess and shows a public waiting for
new developments Of ribbon into beau
tiful forms.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-07-27
Y lRe Y -
n BY DRLS.NRTLy n V1I
Team Work
By DRLSkRTLEy

identified as the gang period. Here
again, his attachments are more Of
less impersonal. though restricted tC
the gang. The social nature Is unfold
ing in new ways and they do new
things, new even TO their forgetful IA
theirs, who wonder why boys are
such strange creatures, and declare
they were never like them.
In this period Of team work, they
get together by neighborhoods, as q
rule, under the direction Of some boy
who is a natural leader and assumes
all the functions Of leader without
appointment and without hesitation.
There is no rotation In office and,
when the chief goes. the gang Is al
ready gone; 1t has reached its natural
term and expires by limitation and
the boys have no more use for 1t than
for their fathers old clothes. This
team work Is In original activities,
original to them but not to the rest
of mankind, present or past, for that
is what the race has been doing all
its life. It 10 fellowship in frolic and
fun, adventures by land and water,
swimming and skating and hunting
and fishing, provided the fish bite
fast enough; games Of all kinds, with
no Discrimination for rough ones. To-
The fourth stage Of his team work
IL that later chum period, when the
gang breaks up and they come out Of
1t, as the animals came out Of the
ark, two by two. He ties up with
some special boy and likes him better
than any other boy that ever lived,
and they are apt to be friends all the
rest Of their lives. He will like play,
but It is different now. This Is the
pairing age. He and his chum will
have many things to talk about, but
the two paramount topics will be
their future careers and their girls"
as they always call them.
The NTH stage Of his boyhood team
work Is when he has a great inclina-
ton to form an intimate attachment
with some fairy creature Whom ne
considers the most angelic being on
earth. His sentiments about girls
have changed. Something new has
walked up in his soul. He can talk
with his chum about It, but with no
one else. They are just alike on that
subject and know how to be conflden-
tial. A great day has dawned upon
him. Imagination is at new tasks.
The rational and deliberative facul-
ties are in the field. Sentiment hangs
haloes over the outlying future. Each
stage Of his friendship has added
to him and now this one
seems to put some finishing touches
to his rapidly crystalizing character.
His team work has been a success.
He is ready for q new life.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-07-27

This is a most elegant dress that
would look equally well carried out in
satin or poplin.
The trained skirt IL cut with a
slight corselet that IL handsomely
embroidered with crystal and silver.
The bodice has a square yoke and
undersleeves Of tucked chiffon; the
material is arranged in deep folds
over the shoulders, and has q band Of
embroidery across front below yoke,
the oversleeves being trimmed to cor
respond; punches Of orange blossom
are worn each side face, the veil be-
ing arranged in puffs behind the rib
bon bandeau.
Materials required: 81 yards dou-
ble-wldth satinn, 2 yards insertion,
IL yards tucked chiffon 20 inches
wide.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-07-27
Varying Prices Of Lobsters.

Lovers Of lobster ought to get lot
Of comfort out Of a recent paragraph
In the famous old Kennebec Journal,
which says that the crustaceans are
dirt cheap" However, the Journal
adds, they are not as low in price
rs in the old days, when they sold
six for rs cents, but the price has
fallen to 16 cents a pound, which is
decidedly different from the figures
that were being quoted early in the
spring. Then they were being bought
alive for so cents a pound from the
fishermen. and the price In Boston and
New York scared to so cents pound,
and, in some cases, beyond"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-07-27
Thar Native Heath.

DR.. Eugene Fuller, president Of the
American THEOLOGICAL association, said
at q dinner in New York, apropos Of
Independence Day:
I'VE must all try to be as truthful as
George Washington was ! am afraid
we have not, Of late years, upheld the
reputation for truthfulness that George
Washington gave us. / am afraid
that we have published to the world,
through our yellow press and by other
means, a good many tall stories.
THUS an English teacher once said
to q pupil:
"'What Is a miracle?
"'Please, SIR the little pupil an.
swered, it's something that happens
in America"