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INDIGNANT AT THE INJUSTICE
Scholars Would Not Stand to Sec
Much-Loved Teacher Not Get
ting Her Rights.

The following incident told Of
public school teacher of CHEEKY man
ner and marked ability, noted for her
success in leading backward or un-
willing pupils along the rocky road to
knowledge.
In laboring with an especially try
ing class she was wont to encourage
the members by such confident re-
marks as "Of course we can do it,"
"Of course we can learn this lesson as
well as other people, if we try!" AS
examination time drew near and the
little ones became more nervous, she
changed her tune to "Of course we're
going to pass!" The children did pass,
duly, but, natural pleasure in the I'M
expected success having evaporated,
were sulky and disagreeable almost
beyond belief 1t took their new
teacher long time to get at the root
of the misunderstanding, over which
they whispered in corners and be-
cause of which they treated her like
a bitter enemy. At last, however, she
drew from the most pliable youngster
this indignant, fearful admission:
1--WE amt a-goin' ter study nc more
in this darned ole school. Here, we
come up from Miss Blanks room, an
she stays down there all alone, when
she knows so much more than we do.
It's plumb shame that they didn't
her pass, tool"
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fractions yes-and also the maniere de sen
servir! The way to use them! Here is the tri
umph of the woman of forty-when she gladly
lets herself loose"
why not?' murmured, fascinated by one
who certainly lets herself loose. She contin
ued gaily:
why, the intutions of the very young man
are unerring in this matter. The youth OF sew
enteen, with senses painfully fresh and keen,
begins with grande passion for the woman
OF forty Instinct tells him that she is the
loveliest The thing is traditional, from Harry
Esmond down to Porter Charlton And Joseph
even; how did she get that coat? We laugh
Laughter Is sudden glory--over human mis-
chance The youth himself refuses to arrive
at charming forty beside woman OF sixty
three; yet his first untroubled Judgment was
to award the apple where 1t belongs"
''The man of forty evidently. ;" began
The worst enemy of the woman of forty is
the man of forty" persisted Otero. "She is
the mirror in which he breads to see the
shadow of his own degeneracy-f forgetting that
his wear and tear of ten years past have not
been hers. So the man of forty marries the
girl Of twenty-three. In spite of his wear and
tear, she finds in the charm OF the full man her
profound satisfaction without looking ahead
Why look ahead? In Paris we see daily men OF
forty making inexperienced young fellows APP
loved-man Of Paris over whose elegant person
FIVE hat-pin duels have been fought in the past
three years-the latest on the Biarritz board
walk, between young matron and bud OF
society He will be forty-two years old next
February"
Otero did not cite his name. so will initiate
her wise discretion.
1.-THE man OF forty is vain and suspicious"
said Otero Even when In full possession OF
his physical and mental PROJECTIONS, he must
punish unofending loveliness that walks be-
eide him In the path of years. Oh, yes, he
makes the woman OF forty suffer! The fair
creature would be more than human not to re-
sent It, Unspoken malice in her laughing eye
causes the fatuous fellow to grit his teeth with
hate And so two perfect creatures. at the
Hocd of all that is best in them, too often turn
their backs upon each other, leaving opportu
nifty open to less prejudiced hearts and heads
Ito girls with their intuitions. and to men Of
nfty puryed OF petty vanity"
Even sc. women of forty rule Paris. Madame
Otero COLLECTS portrait photographs. Scatter
ing package OF foremost Paris beauties on
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-10-05
Treasure From the Sea.

Boys that live at Pine Brook, N j., did not
know that there was buried treasure near at
hand or they might have gone hunting for it.
Two fishermen found It. strong line much
larger than you have ever used unless you have
gone fishing for whale or something of that
sort. was caught in the bottom of the river
The men tugged on 1t and found that it gave
little, and just then an automobile came along
the road. The men asked the automobile man
to give them little assistance, and they tied
the line to the rear axle and let the car pull
on 1t. The line strained and slowly moved out
OF the water. drawing with It q wrecked canoe
full of mud and stones. In the canoe was found
heavy chest. which was removed By the men
and loaded into the car, and then the driver
and fishermen went on to town. There they
displayed the find, and the chest was recog
nized as the silverware box belonging to
hotel The box had been stolen in 1904. and
no trace Of the robbers had been found.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-10-05
A HIT
What She Gained by Trying Again.

A failure at first makes us esteem
final success.
A family in Minnesota that now en-
joys Postum would never have known
how good it is If the mother had been
discouraged by the failure Of her
first attempt to prepare it. Her son
tells the story:
eve had never used Postum till last
spring when father brought home a
package one evening just to try it. We
had heard from our neighbors, and in
fact every one who used it, how well
they liked it.
"Well, the next morning Mother
brewed it about FIVE minutes, just as
she had been in the habit of doing
with coffee without paying special at
tention to the directions printed on
the package. 1t looked weak and
didn't have very promising color, but
nevertheless father raised his cup
with an air of exceptancy. 1t certain
ly did give him great surprise, but
I'm afraid it wasn't very pleasant
one, for he put down his cup with a
look of disgust.
Mother wasn't discouraged though,
and next morning gave it another trial,
letting It stand on the stove till boil
ing began and then letting it boil for
fifteen or twenty minutes, and this
time we were all SO pleased with it
that we have used it ever since,
Father was confirmed dyspeptic
and a cup Of coffee was to him like pol
son. So he never drinks 1t any more,
but drinks Postum regularly he isn't
troubled with dyspepsia now anu Is
actually growing fst. and I'm sure
Postum is the cause of it. All the chill
dren are allowed to drink It and they
are perfect pictures of health" Name
given by Postum Co.. Battle Greek,
Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road to
MELVILLE" In pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
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passed her ninety-first birthday, re-
members them all and her lively and
unclouded mentality still maintains an
interest in these great things of life.
extraneous though they may be to her
quiet ways of existence.
Grandma Bush, as she is commonly
called, is remarkable woman. silver
of hair and benign of expression. and
she scans her daily paper without the
aid Of spectacles
She was born at Dingwall in the
highlands of Scotland. 1t was little
town and during her girlhood she re-
members seeing there Lord Brougham,
Lord John Russell and William e..
Gladstone, indeed the grandfather of
the last named was mayor of the
town. She remembers distinctly the
festivities incidental to the coronation
of Queen Victoria.
She came to America in 1889 by
sailing vessel and the voyage took
five weeks. The few steamboats, of
that day were considered entirely too
dangerous to be trusted. From New
York she came west via the EudsOn
river, Erie canal and the great lakes.
At that time there were only two rail
roads in the United States; one ran
from Schenectady to Albany. N. Y.
and the other from Detroit to Ann Ar
Dor, Mich. BY means of the latter
railway, In train that was plain,
slow cramped and jolly, she reached
Ann Arbor. There a man and team
were engaged and for days she rode
through the dense forests to Gun
Plains, Allegan county, where her
home has since been.
In contrast is her latest journey,
upon which she visited Chicago.
Boarding a parlor car at her home
station, she reached the city without
change, and an automobile took her
to the home Of her relatives. She Is
not at all nervous about the devil
wagons" and rather enjoys a little
speed stunt down the boulevard. In
going to the station upon her return
home. she motored past Grant park,
where a dozen aviators were clearing
the air like birds, in close prophecy
of yet more wonderful modes of trans.
portation.
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advised by her family medico to try
travelling for a time; there was
chance that such a change would i'm
prove her state OF health. The hus-
band readily fell in with this advice.
as he wanted his wife to be painted
by distinguished foreign artist. Dur
ing her absence from home the lady's
portrait was painted and to the en-
tire satisfaction of the husband. On
Their return home, a reception was ar
ranged to give their numerous friends
All opportunity OF seeing the great art
lists work. To that reception the lady's
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sculptor noted down m1nutely, numerously,
all her exact measurements in order to repro.
duce such perfect anatomy in marble -Four
weeks later i'll verifying the measurements be-
fore an increduous confrere, he was astonished
to discover that not single one concorded;
the ACCIDENTALLY perfect anatomy had budged
all along the line-toward the voluptuous
beauty priced by common mortas!"
And the maniere de s. en- servir!" mused
Il accuse not only the young girls green
acidity, her forming body, sleeping tempera-
ment, and crudity of mind" summed up Otero
In northern lands, the sleeping parts may get
the sand out of their eyes by twenty-five: but
even then, years pass in looking round and
wondering what this world may mean So, at
thirty the average young woman loaded down
with natural arrogance and ideas that have
been imposed upon her, tranquilizes a grow
ing disquiet by repeating to herself: I am
young thing! Up to thirty-nve the satisfac
ton of ruling may have been her chief profit
Now she wakes completely to the pulsing life
OF things, knows herself and--dismayed by
sense OF loss--plunges avidly, or else"
Or else, discouraged, sinks back muir
muring: i am an old thing!'" / finished the
sentence for her.
That's it," laughed Otero IF she grows
panic-stricken, she enters the terrible ouaran-
tame indeed. They may be the terrible for
ties or the splendid FORTRESS as she makes
them as her world permits her, or as she dom
mates it, with happy insouciance brushing
aside every obstacle and f1inging herself into
the harmonies of an instrument finally at
tuned Then she is truly terrible-terrible to
younger undecided women whom she mocks
and bamboozies, borrowing their admirers from
them out of pure lightheartedness; terrible to
men, on whom she avenges the neglect of
years to comet"
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acts: desire, seduction, tragic triumph. Never
has dramatic work EXPRESSED femininity with the
grace, mystery and intensity of those three
scenes. Now, look you, In the south of Spain
they say 1t takes eight years to form
flamenco. Perfection Is unattainable; because
this exhausting dAnce-twelve minutes show
me danseuse OF the opera who will accept a
variation of Twelve minutes-contains three
roles that are unconnected: the ingenue, tina
amoureuse, anG the tragedienne. One ought
to be sixteen years old to dance the first
and forty to dance the end of the drama, in
which Ruhia, magnificent at fifty, fixed the
tradition"
Madame" asked. is it possible that you
are old enough to dance that third act?"
Il am forty one" she laughed. Il had made
two trips to the United States before settled
in Paris in 1851; and was just of age when
starting out. II am not worn like some great
flamencas 1t is thanks to the life of Paris.
Those who remain in Spain use themselves up,
monsieur 1t Is a magnificent public, but 1t
fatiguee the artistic. In Paris, the good people
interest thems elves as much In my jewels and
accept what give them. So have been able
to live reasonably. Luxury is good for WON
an OF selfcontrcl. Those soft creatures who
lie around and overeat, 1 have patience
training from my work. though owe much to
the Turkish bath. ~.
The Hammam? asked.
NO, no; / have a sweatbox in my apart
ment fitted with fifty eleci-ic-light bulbs !
often take it four times week when not
dancing, followed with tepid dorche, turning
cold. There is an apparatus to frigSten young
beauties, monsieur
Certainly Il remarkable woman. On the
stage, from Copenhagen to Vienna. from Lon
don to Rome she is known, always and above
ALL as a beauty. She sings after fashion.
She has made successful ventures into pan
tomime And now, at forty. she has made her
self an actress of merit, appearing in emotional
roles on the great Paris stage Now. also. at
forty. she continues to pose for the best sell
ing beauty photographs on the European mar
ket After her comes Lima Cavalieri, with no
third in their class. Other beauties sell as
well in certain successful poses; but Otero
and Cavalier never cease posing.
Women Of fortyl" exclaimed Otero. What
pathetic disdain, what proud anticipation, what
unhappy acuuiescence, Fastening out to meet
fate more than halfway, cause SO many to IL
more their splendor and even wander into self
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know of nothing eloquent of her superior oveiness
Let her arrive unknown in community thirty
The other women Will give her hirty-six prn
ciple And all the suspicious their
in such matters will be that delicious
possibly hrtyfour maximum tact poise sup
pleness quo all kinds OF unknown obviously
peror suIioundings!"
I'VE it day" said Fine women have the age
they look"
mo, the of forty is positively ioveliest
the lovely specialist "We must distinguish Physical
thing academal perfection of form
of voluptuous subjects rolling green lawns
bacchanes spraying festivals Neptune
ming golden eproached by
compromising brethren doing because they wuy
their models To attain the of beauty
enlarge rondies exaggerate tend toward the
noire of purists and delight
unearthy charm by giving the nymph eighteen
outlines that she
What clarifying by chic beauty orty-whom
these painters seldom obt model there is always
some prevent it,"
Also said they must pretend their eighteen
for the of forty"
Betses" laughed Otero I'm times overweenEg plump
have been danger to the lazy seidulgent
even but the modern changes
tween thirtyve and fortyve academcal purity Of
line Incorporating sculpors
- give purity sentiment lost not at forty but at
the pure beauty of wentyhveye arod model
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-10-05
WONDERS OF LONG LIFETIME
Michigan Nonogenarian Who Has
Lived Through Ninety-one Most
Marvellous Years.

Plainwell, Mich.--From the slow
plodding of the saddle horse and the
grooming ponderosity of the ancient
stage coach to the rapid rush of the
great locomotive; from the lingering
postman to the wireless message;
from the crude sailing vessel to the
airship of the present day-these are
some of the changes witnessed by
anyone who may have lived through
the most of the past century an
epoch-malzing period-and Mrs. Sophia
Bush of this village, who recently
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that were colored by millenniums of
tropical sunshine. bat in the course
OF time the Japanese will be as white
as any European. Even now there are
vast numbers of Japanese who cannot
be distinguished In complexion from
the so-called white races.-Japap
Times.
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family doctor was invited. He gazed
long and earnestly at the portrait. aft
er which he took the husband aside
and said to him: Now know what is
really the matter with your wife,
Well answered the husband, what is
it? Insanity was the doctors one
word That lady died in an asylum
within a year" From Chronicle and
Comment in the Bookman.
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Subtleties of Portraits

they have been trying all their lives
to hide. He thinks the painter some
times does this unconsciously. The
following instance IL more Or less IA
miliar, but he cites 1t as having come
under his personal direction.
"A strange case Of the revealing
power OF the portraitist's art came
under my notice some time back. A
lady who was suffering from some all
ment that baficd all the doctors, was
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-10-05

Connellsville. Pa.-Ross Cunning
ham. retired business man. had suf-
fered for eight years from stomach
trouble, which resulted in nervous
collapse. On the advice of his physi-
clan, he gave up the use of tobacco
and began to chew tansy. and as a re-
suit he vomited up four-inch lizard.
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After Studying Painting, Doctor TeiIs
Man Fils Wife 10 Afflicted With
insanity.

In his volume of personal reminis-
aeences, eThe Herkomers," Sir Hubert
Won Herkomer refers to the aversion
many people feel toward sitting for
their portraits. He attributes It In
part TO their fear that the painting
will bring TO light some trait that
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-10-05
Eoreoodinns.

Webster had made his great speech
in reply to Hayne.
"Some day, suppose" he unused, 1T
will devolve upon Hennery Cabot
Lodge or Winthrop Crane to squelch
Ben Tillman, and I'm not so blamed
sure they can do it,"
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The HERDS Lament.

Achilles lamented his vulnerable
heel.
1T means my wife will always make
me wipe my shoes off when come in
the house he cried.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-10-05
Thieves steal ! .rwo-story House.

Cleveland. O.-SSome one stole and
carried away two-story house be-
longing to the city. The building
stood on the West 38th street play
.rounds
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To Freshen css Mantle

Carbon deposits which blacken o
gas mantle can be removed by burn
ing a little common salt on the burn
Or.
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Robert Roosevelt of Washington and
New York. She Is the possessor OF
several million dollars, which she in
herited from her mother, who was
Mr. Roosevelt's first wife. Miss
Roosevelt made her debut in Wash
ington two years ago. and is one OF
the most popular of the capitals
younger set.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-10-05
ENGAGEMENT IS ANNOUNCED
Miss Olga Roosevelt, Popular Young
Washington Heiress, Soon to
Be Married.

Washington.-MIs Olga Roosevelt,
whose engagement to DR.. Brecken-
ridge Bayne of Washington has just
been announced. is the daughter OF
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The Japanese is slightly yellow be
cause he has descended from ancestors
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1911-10-05

doubt! Love
illness Is a liv-
ing thing made
Of b e a u { y.
charm, grace
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no MORE ASTHMA

Stop it. Learn how. Send at once for health chart,
booklet and FRHH TRIAL. Scientific constitutional
treatment. Wonderful cures. HENRI MiLLAR
REMEDY CO., 721 So. f.. St, Tacoma, Wash.
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sienal beauty OF the gay French capital.
She explained herself:
Il refer to fine women. In health and
the enjoyment OF rational Injuries, they
need emily two things to triumph in the
charm of their full nowering-will to
keep in condition, and mastery of that
pathetic disdain which tempts them to
stand back In the shadow"
She rose and paced the room with cat
like grace. She snatched a mans hat
from the table, cooked it over her eye,
flung the end of cloak over her shout.
der. and struck an attitude.
Il have our value impressed on me
ever in the Spanish dance" she said.
'"rhe grand dance OF the flamenco!
What a dance, monsieur, what drama!
It is the whole of woman's life in three
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-01-13

this may be forthcoming when its ad-.
Instability is clearly shown and reso-
lutlons in sympathy with such al move
ment were adopted by the, club: .Mr.
Kelly was appointed to further the
movement under the plan mapped out.
Coming Conventions. =
President Horton of course has
many committees to appoint and he
has deferred action in this particular
to give the matter proper thought The
committee on entertainment for the
coming conventions of the hardware
and implement dealers and farmers in
stitute were considered at once as
we'll as those for Chautauqua, and the
auditing and are announced on anoth-
er page. Adjournment was not taken
until a late hour and then under diff
ficulty as all seemed so enthused ov-
er the prospects that they were will
ing to discuss all night the ways and
means Of making a bigger and great
er Devils Lake.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-01-13
TO ENLARGE.
!. ON SCHOOL

WILL ADD TO THE WORK AS SOON
AS CONDITIONS PERMIT.
IN The public schools opened Monday
morning after atwo weeks vacation
and Superintendent Godward reports
q considerable increase Id enrolment
In both grades and high school. 1a.s,
The; school work of the last term
has been especially satisfactory to the
school authorities Some Of. the re-
suits OF this work are shown by the
fact that the percentage of retarded
pupils dropping out OF the grades be.
fore completing the eight grades Of
the course decreased last year over
three per cent. This means that more
pupils are comp letting the school
course than ever before and fewer pu.
pills are behind grade. None OF the
pupils dropping out were under fifteen
years OF age and all OF those who
dropped ont were needed to work for !
living.
The increase III the percentage of
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-01-13

railway system will not be in opera
ton this year to aid in this particu-
lar, still transportation has been pro-
vided, in the securing of several. large
passenger automobiles that will seat
thirty passengers. This together with
railroad facilities will greatly help
this year.. The street car system as
planned and as shown as one of the
things to be accomplished also met
with great favor which makes it look
like bright possibility.
Draining Mouse River.
One Of the very important things
brought up by Joseph Kelly at the
meeting was the project to drain the
Mouse River, sending it's annual over
flow into the waters of Devils Lake.
This may be possibility and while
it might take a vast amount of money
1t would serve two purposes and since
it is hardly possible to drain the
Mouse river into Canada, the plan to
direct its course to Devils Lake seems
very probable. An appropriation for
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Devils Lake e i has g had b iss awakening


AS Devils Lake has had iss awakening.
1t occurred last Tuesday evening when
the annual session of the Comm ercial
club was held. Byn no means ms has Dew Dew
Ills Lake been dead. It's increase in
population, a greater percent than any
city ii North Dakota, assures the cas-
.ua1 observer that the citizens of Devils
Lake have not been sitting back on
their haunche les. The akeniug hoW-
ever, has been brought about BY en-
thusiasm over the accompl plishments
and adyancemen that the cityEllas
made, thus the greater things are pro
missed lii the future. The work Of the
past and especially since the inRtitu-
tion Of the re organized Commercial
l club has been marvellous and now with