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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-11-22
!5rhe Alternative.

would you leave q mean man7
5..Do you think would hesitate b.
tween alimony and parsimony =
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-11-22
rabls,au'l.

Tab100U.
they sat beneath the apple bios
aoms The moon shone softly.
Suddenly he broke the silence:
.sWhats to prevent my kissing
Y you7" 1.
.sWhy, my goodness" she exclaim-
"a. But It didn't.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-11-22
REV. r. C. EiSELEN
DECIPHERS OLD LETTERS

Four thousand years ago in Baby
lon young man wrote a love letter
-. - hin au,oaf cart
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-11-22
SIR THOMAS Upton
PLAYS BEING NEWSB0y

An amusing incident occurred not
long ago at Boulogne on the return of
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-11-22
aure Proof.

..Does the old millionaire really
Ernst his pretty young wife!
s.Well. he eats her mince pies.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-11-22
WEEDS The MAN HER
DAUGHTER Rejected

Mrs. George A. Mclean Of River
side, ILL.,. is the bride OF George lsham
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-11-22
"A pause.

"The old saw says. Beauty is in
the eye OF the beholder. 4"
"But suppose the beholder squints?''
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-11-22
specialist.

Mrs. Hoyle NY husband is pessi-
& mist. !. sa
Mr.. Doyle-I don't know much
about the different schools OF meoi
cine. II
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-11-22
rha only way.

Mr.. YoungwifeDo you cook lob
ster?
New Cook Always, mum. Do youse
81 yours raw? Brooklyn Life.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-11-22
II Pays to Advertise,
"Why should I advertise 7"

well, here's an example. America
wasn't named after Columbus, who
discovered It, but after Amerigo Yes
pucci. who first advertised it,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-11-22
ora Must Eat.

81 presume there ID the deuce to pay
when Scriblet writes q poem?
"No. It IL usually the butcher"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-11-22
r,,hIl,,altII.Ia .p|lffer,ent

Pater NY daughter can never
yours, sir! .3 \, N.
Il yuyenis want her for Z wife.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
Daysey Mayme and Her Folks
By Frances L. Garyfde

Mayme wiped out the radish bed and
began again
When her work was done this time
the canvas showed a woman win
prophetic look in her eyes sitting IN
the ground. Behind her were fe1,
rocks, a little grass, and a lot ~
stakes, set in the ground at regular
intervals.
In one corner Daysey Mayme painted
the title: Hope AS Defined in New
York"
The woman" she explained. gers
twenty a week as a stenogra Dber
Fifteen years ago she bought a lot in
Scrub Valley. paying twelve dollars
month and which will be paid for in
nineteen years.
Every Sunday in the summer shs
goes out to Scrub Valley and sits on
her lot and dreams dreams of how New
York will grow. She sees a fifteen
story skyscraper on the lot on the
left, and a twenty four story sky
scraper on the lot on the right and
she hears herself refusing seven
million for her property, knowing shs
will get forty two million if she holds
on till next week
THAT is the New York version Of
Hope"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

young person who does not believe in
sham Of any kind sham jewels or
sham feelings.
Now. sham jewelry is almost always
detected, excepting when one is dressed
in such manner as to throw the jew .
els in the shade If YOU wear inexpen-
sive frocks, wear plain and inconspic-
uous pins; even real pearl necklace
will be branded as fake" if it is worn
with an inappropriate costume.
Whatever clothes you wear. see that
they and all the acces series are appto.
pirate, A party hat and d rancoat
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

don't go together unless the hat is pro-
tected by a veil.
The business girl can't dress like he.
sister who stays at home nor should
the busy. housewifely woman dodge tbs
carly morning dress question by slip
ping on a wrapper The shirtwast suit
buttoned in front in one piece is a
blessing even greater than were the
shirtwaist and skirt and it has come to
stay There is no reason for untidiness
on one hand and overdressing on the
other, for these simple frocks are with
in the means of almost all of US
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
" HE most that may be said about
Daysey Mayme Appleton as an

" HE most that may be said about
Daysey Mayme Appleton as an
artist is that she has all the
paraphernalia and the mannerisms.
Attired in an apron that would scare
inspiration away. and with her hair
twisted in a knot so hard the monkey
wrench has been added to her toilet
articles, she looked the part.
Il want to paint picture of Hope,
she unused. II don't want the stereo-
typed one of a maiden sitting in a
white kimono looking at a rose.
want to be original.
She soliloquized no longer but
worked with her paints with feverish
energy. Then she called her father
to criticise.
Now what makes you paint such
grewsome things?" he complained
Who wants picture of man sitting
beside a grave?"
THAT isn't grave" screamed Day
sey Mayme That's a radish bed, and
he is waiting for the radishes to come
up That is a picture of Hope"
Lysander John mumbled something
about it being better to paint Hope as
a woman: that men didn't know what
hope is. and left the room. Daysey
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31

w YHEN you go down the street you
w instinctively Judge every girl
you meet by her clothes, don't
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
WHEREIN DOES HE FAIL?

Dear Miss Fairfax
l am twenty and deeply in love
with a young man with whom |
have been keeping company for the
past year He says he loves me-
but does not seem to show it, He
has told me several times that he
really loves me and would wish no
better girl for his company.
E. NJ. NJ.
He tells you he loves you; he has
been your steady company for two
years. Two proofs he does Is the
third proof lack of respectful attention
or failure to escort you to places OF
amusement?
If the former don't have anything
more to do with him If the latter
perhaps he can't afford it,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
HE Will NOT MAKE YOU HAPPY
Dear MIS- FairfaX:

Dear MISS FalrtaN.
| am keeping company with
young man who is desperately jeal-
Gus of all who pay the least bit of
attention to me. Although | love
him very dearly, | can not help but
feel embarrassed when he gets an
CRY because the boys ali make
fuss over me. WORRIED.
Jealousy is only another name for
selhshness. He is not the kind of a
man TO make any woman happy and il
a break should occur in your relations
l am sure it will be for your ultimate
good
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
LET THINGS TAKE THEIR COURSE

Dear Miss Fairfax.
While at a dance / met young
man with whom | fell deeply in
love He took me home and asked
to take me out ! refused telling
him J. did not know him well
enough. haven't seen him since
Kindly let me know how / can re-
new his friendship. LOVESICK
You were right in refusing his at
tentions on such slight acquaintance
and no i'll can come to you because OF
your decision.
If he really cares. he will make OPP
portunity for getting better acquainted
Until he does, try not to think of him
Don't let yourself think for moment
that YOU are in love with a man you
have seen only once.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
TELL HIM YOU'VE FORGOTTEN.
Dear Miss Fairfax:

| am a young lady of nineteen,
and dearly in love with young
man four years my senior. / love
him. but | know that he does not
love me | know he loves another,
yet he often calls to see me on
Wednesday and Friday evenings.
He said he will take me into So
clety to make me forget 1t will
break my heart to give him up.
A CONSTANT READER.
Are YOU not making a mistake il
letting him see that you love him? H,
is most kind in offering TO take yol
into society to help you forget | mar
vel at your lack of pride in failure tt
resent it,
Tell him you have forgotten you eve
loved him And make your word goot
by forgetting it.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
BY Margaret Hubbard Aver.

w THEN you go down the street you
w instinctively Judge every girl
you meet by her clothes, don t
you? Do you realize that she is judg-
ing you by yours?
I recommended a young girl for a po-
sition as stenogra pher not long ago and
sent her with letter to a friend OF
mine who had a very good position to
offer
The girl was ca pable and efficient.
and was nicely and suitable dressed
at least she was when she left me with
the letter-but she evidently thought
she would improve herself by adding q
few trinkets and make better impress :
sion on her new employer, for | received
this irate message from him over the
phone: She's impossible don't care
how well she can work. can't stand
cheap jewelry-whv should she wear a
big sparkling film fam on her chest in
the Office? My wife would never think
of wearing so many noisy jewels even
for a big dinner"
1t was hopeless to argue with him. rs
the thermometer was almost at boiling
point and the man was right anyhow. I
had a heart to- heart talk with my small
girl She won't make the mistake again
OF wearing imitation diamonds, even in
the form of hatpins, during working
hours for she was judged at once by
the most conspicuous thing about her
the sparkle of cheap. pretentious and
absolutely false and unsuitable orna
ments.
No Real Rule.
SO much imitation jewelry is worn
nowadays that one can not merely wave
it aside and call it all vulgar, as was
the custom even ten years ago
There are plenty of good, near pre-
cious stones, but there is one unfaiing
rule for them Never wear the imita-
ton when it would not be good taste to
wear the real jewels if you possessed
them
No woman of the fashionable world
wears her beautiful diamonds with a
plain shirtwaist or a simple cotton
frock
The woman Of wealth never wears a
profusion of jewels except on state oc
casons and never by daylight. She
confines herself to a brooch and lace
pins generally of semi precious stones
for morning wear such as are neces-
sary to her costume. incidentally 1t is
not considered good taste to wear many
rings on the middle finger, for the sim
pie reason that this makes the hand
look larger and more awkward than
when the rings are placed on the fourth
finger Of either hand.
$1,000 Worth of Clothes.
The girl in the picture is wearing
$1,000 worth OF clothes, including her
hat. With this costume she could wear
jewels OF any price. and were she to
wear good imitation iewelry no one
would ever believe that it was not gen
uine But she looks as if she were a
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
THAT WHERE YOU ERR.

Dear Miss Fairfax:
am eighteen, and very much
in love with a man of twenty one.
have been going with him for
eight months, and he seems to care
for me. but never told me so Some
times he is very Indifferent, and
this makes me angry. as | am never
that way TO him. F. s.
You tell the source of all his cold
ness in that one line, Il am never tina
way to him"
Why not? Why let him see that YOU
heart hangs on a branch, ready 70
him to pick it whenever he pleases?
Meet his indifference with indiffer
ence. 1t will at least arouse his curl
osty. and man who is curious L
never inattentive.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
ADVlCE ~ lF1E LOVELORN y y By BeatneF

planned. | got no reply. Last sum
mer | went to Europe to try and
forget him. but failed. Recently
have met him at two dances, and
he was real nice to me, and wanted
to know where l lived but l did not
tell him. Do you think he still
cares for me. and how could | win
back his love? HEARTBROKEN.
He wants to call give him a chance
Undoubtedly he is still interested il
you, and if you are al all clever you
can easily give him an opportunity tC
disclose his feelings without letting
him know you sought the disclosure
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING.

YEA MISS ak laA
am -. and considered very
pretty. About eighteen months ago
! met a young man about the same
age. and kept company with him
six months He told me he loved
me, and wanted me 10 marry him.
which ! did not want 10 do. as h.
had not a good salary ! was called
away suddenly. and had no chance
10 LEI him know bui wrote and eA
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-07-31
LOVE OF MUSHROOM GROWTH.

LOVE Or MOSNH ROOM GROW n.
Dear Miss Fairfax;
| am young gentleman of
eighteen and deeply in love with
lady about my age. | often meet
her on the street and she speaks
pleasantly and that is all. do not
know her name or address. and yet
| feel that life is getting unbear-
able without her love,
DISTRACTED.
You are in love. desperately witt
a woman whose name you do not know
Then how do you know she is not mar.
ried? Do you know if she is amiable
intelligent capable? Do you know i
she is really the kind of girl you wan
for wife?
Think all this over with a coole
head Perhaps YOU may decide YOU
infstuation is only passing sentiment
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-05
SAVING LABOR
FOR HOUSEWIFE
Kitchen Tables and Cabinets
OF Proper Height Will
Prevent STOPPING
MANY KINDS FOUND ON MARKET
Frequently Kitchen convenlenees Made
AZ Home Are More Satisfactory
Than Are the Factory
Articles.

Kitchen tables and cabinets should
be OF such height from the floor that
one can stand erect while working,
without either STOPPING or stretching.
II Is easy to make the table legs long.
er or shorter, as needed. and thus add
materially 10 the convenience aud
comfort OF the work.
A cabinet will save many steps by
having the needed things all In one
place. They are found on the market
In great variety OF design and range OF
price. Frequently. however. one that
Is planned and built for the kitchen
will be found more convenient than a
factory article. When one can not
AFFORD the expense OF a cabinet, the
kitchen table can be made into fairly
good substitute. The accompanying
illustration shows how this can be
done. A shelf is built below for hold.
Ing utensils or supplies. and on one
end are two hooks for the dish-pan or
other articles. while on the opposite
a ten-cent towel rack furnishes a place
for hanging the towel or cloth often
needed In q hurry. Above II shelves
for holding supplies and a row Of cup
hooks for the smaller articles com
plstes the homemade cabinet.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-05
sANp As A FERTILIZER.

} Many Jokes are made at the ex
pense OF farmers who use fertilizers
OF low grade. which contain sand or
soms similar substance as q filler. The
fertilizer manufacturer puts sand In
low grade fertilizers simply to make
weight In order to give farmers the
type OF fertilizers they demand. Under
ordinary conditions It Is OF no value
And yet II has been found that sand
- added TO certain types OF soil Is
of the best substances for increas
ing the yield. DIR. Hllgard. of Califor
mia. In a series OF experiments on
stlfY clay soil used various fertilizine
materials to find their effect on crop
production. Nitrogen. phosphorus and
potassium. when applied by them
selves or In various combinations, al
ways increased the yield. But DIR.
Hilgard found that the largest yield
was secured when the clay was d.
luted with an equal weight OF sand and
no fertilizer applied. The application
OF sand did not increase the yield be
Cause Il added any plant food. In
stead. the plant food was diluted one
half by the application of sand. What
M did do was to make the soil more
favorable place for root growth. The
olay was too stiff and the soil particles
we're so close together that the roots
could not force their way easily
through the soil. This does not mean
that 1t would pay to apply sand as q
fertilizer. for II would have 20 be put
on in rather large quantities to have
any effect. The amount OF sand that
might be used as filler In fertilizer
would not have any effect whatever.
The physical side OF the soil is as
important a. the chemical. We need
more organic matter and coarse stun
plowed under In our soils SO az TO
loosen them up and give the roots
a chance TO develop.-Firman E. Bear.
College Of Agriculture. Ohio State Uni
lversity.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-05
MIXED GRAIN FOR
FATTENING HOGS

A subscriber who has a bunch Of
shoats weighing about seventy-iye
pounds asks for information concern
ing the cheapest grain mixture that
can be used in making rapid growth
and large gains. says Iowa Homestead
He says that barley Is worth Is cents
a bushel. rye 6S cents, corn 70 cents
and oats 80 cents. while oilmeal sells
for 81 per hundred pounds.
This is a combination Of feeds that
should enable good feeder to get
good gains on bunch of healthy hogs.
Oilmeal, at the figure mentioned, 10
very high In price. and during the sum-
mer season while grass Is available
we cannot recommend II very strongly,
because 1t would be an easy matter to
throw away the entire profit Of feed
Ing period by using too much oilmeal.
A mixture composed OF equal parts
Of barley. rye and corn, with all the
grains fed whole and soaked for twen-
ty-four hours, will be found to be pal
atable. and we believe It can be fed
advantageously once or possibly twice
q day. II will increase its pala bility
II one part Of oilmeal Is mixed with
ten or twelve parts Of this combina-
tion. As barley and rye are richer in
flesh forming constituents than corn.
these help TO balance the ration and
lessen the necessity OF adding high
priced concentrates. II a grinding out
fit is available we believe II will pay,
and pay well. 10 grind the barley and
rye, In which case II can be made into
a thick slop and fed TO good advantage
In that way. II might be practical also
10 grind oats and use a combination
composed OF equal parts OF barley. oats.
rye and corn. but In some instances OBJ
lection Is raised to oats. owing to the
fact that the bulls often irritate the
lining OF the throat and induce a great
deal OF coughing. Because OF this many
successful swine breeders do not ad-
wise the use OF oats under any circum-
stances. Whether the grain Is soaked
whole or ground and fed the form
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-05
BETTER ROADS

Is there a great big mudhole In the
middle of the road near your house?
Since this is not a fit day to gather
in corn take the grubbing hoe and
shovel down there and dig a good
ditch to the lower side of the road
so the water will run off nicely and
drain all the water out OF the hole.
Pile lot Of stones into the hole
and then throw the dirt from your
ditch on top Of the stones to make 1t
smooth. What IL 1t does take you an
hour to do II, or maybe half a day,
II you have to haul the stone. Just
as like as not two or three men will
break their wagons down in that hole
before winter Is over and you will
spend a half day helping them out
and have to feed them and their
teams besides. OF course 1t is the
other mans business to fix that
place, but he has neglected 1t, and
how kindly the neighbors and all the
folks up the road will feel toward
you when they see you doing this
as a kindness to them. And maybe
they will fix the bad places and ruts
along by their places. But II they
don't you can claim Gods blessing
for obeying the golden rule, and, af-
ter all, Our chief aim in life should
be to please God. 1t is a good thing
to apply the precepts Of the Bible
to our daily work. Get your testament
right now and read Matthew 5: Al,
and when you are ordered out to
work on the roads do about twice as
much work as you are expected to
do and there will be very few mud
holes to fill up next winter.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-12-05
INTENSIVE FARMING
Conducted by FRANK S. MONTGOMERY, MS.
Instructor Animal Husbandry and Special Investigator
How Long Will The Timber Last2

Now that the corn is about gather
ed and the fodder taken care of the
time has come when the farmer has
to exercise his ingenuity to keep busy
at profitable employment. Where
there Is still a little timber men will
find employment. in that, hauling ties
and spokes while the roads continue
good and when they become impass-
able the supply for next summers de-
livery will be worked out and incl
dentally the fire wood from the tops.
How is II in your neighborhood? Is
tie timber little scarcer this WIN
ter than last? DO you have to drag
the ties q little farther down the
mountain and over rougher ground
than you did last winter and winter
before7 How will II be next winter,
and five years from now? What are
you and the children going 20 do
when the timber is gone? Did you
ever stop to think OF these things?
Did you ever hear the quotation.
"woodman, spare that tree?' DO
you kill your fall pigs for your win
ter's supply OF meat. or do you XIII
hogs eight months TO a year or more
old? II you kill nature hogs for meat
and save the pigs to grow for next
years supply when you have no lease
on life to insure you that you VIII
be here TO eat them next winter,
why do you go Out into the woods ant
cut down thrifty young oak. poplar
and chestnut trees that are increas-
ing in value from 800 to $500 every
year? You say you need money 10
clothe the children. SO do you neeu
meat to feed them. But you VIII 30
ont and scour the country for two
or three lean spring shoats that you
can fatten up and save the pigs for
next wear. When you go out to cut
timber be very careful In selecting
vour trees to cut those only that are
nj their best or are growing In such
a way as to injure some other more
promising tree. When tempted to cut
n fine growing tree, stop and think
good while whether you need The
money II will bring now more than
Won in your old age and your chill
drcn with their growing families VIII
need 1t ten or twenty years from
now.
Last week a man who owns s.
acres of land a few miles southwest
of Berea told me that 20 years age
he thought his fine forest of oaH
and chestnut and pine would nevei
give out. But now he hasn't SOL
worth OF tie timber even on hi'
place. and but little fire wood ex
cent brush and scrubby oak. All hi'
neighbors but ono we're of about tn
same opinion and all of them but on
have no timber to speak OF whii'
the man who saved his forest ha'
lived better, raises better crops, ant
has more stock than any of his neigf
bors and has forest on his piac'
the net proceeds from which woul'