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mrs, YOUNG CONS
z new pR0nOWNS
"He'er" and "Him'er" May
Soon Be in Usage
Will Fill Want.

CHICAGO. January "a common
personal pronoun for both sexes-that
problem which for generations has
worried professors Of English into ner.
vous prostration and has turned many
peaceful classroom into a battle
ground Of strife-was invented In an
instant BY Ella Flagg Young and
caused roomful Of school principals
to gasp with establishment.
Mrs. Young sprung ner little sur
prise at meeting Of school princi.
pals. The prehminaries were over
rose to address the assemblage on "A
Simplified Course Of study"
"A principal should 80 conduct
his'er school that all pupils ar engaged
in something that 10 profitable to
him'er and where the pupil Is required
to use knowledge in school in accom-
plishing his'er task" began Mrs
Young.
All gasped In unison. Mrs. Young
paused to survey the effect her words
had made upon the group.
"Wh.what was that" came the
SuSsy TWIN 0SvSbol poi 10 W e"S hoo'u
I'VE don't quite understand what that
was you said"
Mrs. Young smiled and continued
- don't see how any one can map out
tho work for the fifth or sixth grade
when he'er has always done the work
In the grades above or below.
II don't see what can be astonishing
you unless 1t Is my use or misuse OF
the personal pronoun." said the super
1ntendent.
II have simply solved need that
has been long impending. The Eng
lish language Is in need Of persona
prOnoun Of the third person. singular
number. that will indicate both sexes
and will thus eliminate our present
tawkwardness Of speech.
Some years ago ut the university
which I attended this subject came VI
flor discussion. and after two and one
half hours We came 10 no decision and
VIC nj bore a rather strained attitude
toward one another
1.-THE problem has bothered me fire.
Quently. and the solution Of It occurred
to I'VE 40 ! was on my way to this
meeting. Most Of the prOnouns Of the
feminine gender end IN er. and 30 all
you have to do to make the common
pronoun 10 to take the masculine form
and add err"
Mrs. Young used ;he simphfied form
throughout her address. Some of the
forms she used were her'er for he OF
she. his'er for his or hers, and him'el
for him or her.
The principals expressed themselves
enthusiastically over the Innovation
and each resolved AZ he'er left the
meeting that he'er would introduce the
form in his'er classroom.
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A Curious Oath,

The following curious oath WAS until
recently administered in the courts of
the Isle of Man: by this book and by
the holy contents thereof and by the
wonderful works that God has miracu-
lousy wrought in heaven above and
in the earth beneath in six days and
seven nights l do swear that I will.
without respect Of favor or friendship.
love or gain. consanguinity or affinity.
envy or malice, execute the laws Of
this isle justly between our sovereign
lord the king and his subjects within
this isle and between party and party
as indifferently as the behring's back
bone doth lie in the middle Of the fish. u
London Standard.
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years. and at times became 50 bad l
would become unconscious. l have been
found in that condition many times
Physicians did not seem to he able to
do me any good. l would become
weak and for days at a tine could do
no work. Not long ago l got a boz
of DIR. Miles Laxative Tablets, and
after using them found l had never
tried anything that acted in such a
mild and effective manner. believe
1 have at last found the remedy that
suits my case"
Thousands of people are sufferers
from habtual constipation and
while possibly realizing something
of the danger of this condition. yet
neglect too long to employ proper
curative measures until serious i'll
ness often results. The advice of
all physicians is, keep your bowels
clean" and its good advice.
DR.. Miles Laxative Tablets are
sold by all druggists. at IS cents a
box containing IS doses. II not
found satisfactory, your money is
returned. ,
MILES MEDICAL CO., E,khart. Ind.
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Mrs. A. Greedy. sos 10th St. indianapolis.
Ind, and Mrs Edyth Faith Corey.
Alton. Ind. the only laxative given /,
DR.. Caldwelis Syrup Pepsin- It has
been found to answer most perfectly al
the purposes Of q laxative, and its very
mildnees and freedom from gripping
recommend It especially for the use OF
children. women. and old folks gener-
aliy--people Who need . gentle bowel
stimulAnt Thousands Of American
families have been enthusiastic about it
for more than q quarter OF q century.
Anyone wishing to make q trial Of this
remedy before buying II In the regular
dollar . large bottle (family si1el can
have Z sample bottle sent to the homo
re Of charge by simply addressing DR..
Monticello. Ill Your naDo and address
o. q postal card win -
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What's The Matter
With Your Baby?

The young unother-and many an old
one. tools often puzzled to know the
cause OF her child's Ill nature Tho
loudness Of its crying dos not neces-
ear1ly indicate the seriousness Of its
trouble. II may have nothing more the
matter with 1t than headache or q feel
ing Of general dullness- 1t cannot. OF
course, describe Its feelings. but an .
trying . mild laxative.
10 all the child needs, for Its restlessness
and peevtshaess are perhaps due to OBJ
otruction Of the bowels. and once that
has been remedied the headache. the
eluggtshness and the many other evi-
0enco0 Of constipation and indikeotion
viii quickly disappear.
tic pllls Or nasty WoesrS for tSeso Vim
cat - puFEative1. and they are too
Otro0H 4or Q child, In IT, 6aRilioD a
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Many cases OF
typhoid fever.
appendicitis an d
other severe dis
eases are trace
able to prolonged
clogging OF the
bowels, Regard
he effects OF
constipation, G.
L. Ayers, = S2hin
ST, Montpelier,
VT. says:
Il was amtctc0
with constipation
and hilin,.spe4s Far
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DISCUSS TAXATION

BUFFALO, n. Y, Jan. 9.-The State
Conference on Taxation, which was or
ganized in Utica last year, began it's
second annual meeting in this city to-
day. The session. which will last sever
al days. is attended by numerous rep
resentatives of public organizations in
terested in taxation and oficials of mu-
inequalities throughout the State The
conference will give its attention to
the existing methods of assessment
and taxation in the State Of New York
the details of the tax laws and sugges-
tons for improvements. 1t will not,
however, concern itself with the de-
tails of local or state expenditure or
any theoretical matters.
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iNational News Association

MADISON. Wis, Jan. 9.-What
promises to be one OF the best annual
conventions in the history OF the Wis
consin State Horticultural Society as
sembled in the capitol today and will
continue in session over Wednesday
and Thursday. The feature of the open
ing session was an address by w. H
Hanchett Of Sparta on The New Era
in Horticulture in Wisconsin" The
program provides for addresses by
we'll known fruit growers and horti,
cultural experts from several states.
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How to Clean Hair Ribbons,

Ribbons--the children's hair ribbons
especially-are excellently cleaned in
bath of soapsuds and gasoline and
then stretched tight on a marble OF
glass sheet and left to dry. To re-
move the little wrinkles brush the rib
bon crosswise with a soft brush after
it Is on the marble or glass. The rib.
bon needs to be very wet or 1t will
not stick tightly to the surface Of the
marble or glass. and this drying in a
glued down way Is what takes the
place Of ironing. A hot iron should
never be set on silk Of any kind. There
should always be soft cloth or tissue
paper between the iron and the silk.
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A Queer Animal

THAT IS the only animal I ever saw
that would eat and drink and sleep
upside down." said u visitor to the zoo
indicating fruit bat or flying squirrel
from Borneo. 1t hung head downward
In tt cage. Three curved claws on
what appeared to BE- its tail embra Geo
. roof bar. In its pendulous position
It reached out for the disks Of banana
the keeper passed through the bars.
Finishing its meal 1t swung over to q
cup Of water and took 4 drink. Then
folding its membrauous wings, 1,
closed its eyea and was soon asleep-
New York Sun.
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WAR ON THE TIPPING GRAFT BEGUN
Travelling Mems Organizations Start Crusade to Make
Hotels Pay Living Wages to Employees
Slogan-"Belong to the Union

Next week Mr.. Employer makes a
mild protest.
He says he can't afford to raise his
own wages.
Why only get $3.50 myself he says
and here you're kicking because you
only get $500.
You say nothing but walk out.
He runs after you and says-where
are you going
You glance at him CONTEMPORARY.
Home-where'd you 'spose
But / -er-who's going to get out
the paper-or-or the laundry or
whatever the case may be-"
You say you don't know and don't
care.
That you can't work any longer for
only $500. Its starvation. You are tired
being robbed by the corporations and
the middlemen.
Then you 60 home send for the au-
tomobile to come round and go out
for spin.
In the meantime Mr. Employer pulls
I
s-$11.95-decides he can't afford
to run an open shop and sends for the
foreman.
Next morning he timidly telephones
! you to come back--that he has conced-
ed your very just demand and that he
hopes your heart has siven you no
trouble during the night
! You haughtily return.
| In the interim Mr.. Employer calls
in his editorial writer-a university
man with five degrees and several Car.
negie medals awarded for heroism in
writing editorials on the water-works
the traction situation and the wool
defining the true difference between a
progressive and stand-patter-and
mumbled that on account of the high
price of living he found he would have
to cut the editorial writer's salary
from $14.5O a week to $11.99.
The reporters were then called in.
They stood in a row and salaamed.
On account of the stringency in the
money market, says Mr.. Employer, We
find it impossible to maintain the
high standard of wages which ha.
made working on our journal a sine
cure.
All those getting So will now be GU
to $644. Those on 81 will be marked
down to $3.50 while the cubs will re
main the same-$179
The reporters caucus and organize
union.
You smile at them pityingly
Knowing that they are unskilled labo
and cannot organize. That there are
ten million college graduates yearl,
hiking for the buildings housing tn,
molders of public opinion.
They want to be journalists.
They end on the re-hash machine
Brains count nothing in the none,
marts.
All you have to do is to join a unio1
or corporation and watch the clock.
In the meantime the people between
work one hundred hours a day at
rate of half mill an hour.
And most of them are run through
the wringer and mashed to a pulp
These are the victims of special priv
lege
And yet both extremes point the fin
ger at them and say you're it,"
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Evident.

Evident.
Smith and Jones were speaking
about the fine points of their respec
tive sons.
THAT boy Of mine.' remarked
Smith extravagantly, lis the genuine
article. He's all wool, you can bet"
shouldn't wonder" commented
Jones. Il notice that he shrinks from
washing"
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The Smiles Faded.

The Smiles Faded.
A pretty American girl travelling IN
England was sorely tried by the an
noyances and stares to which she was
subjected on account Of her American
Irregularities" She went into shoe
shop in London to buy pair OF shoes.
and the clerk tried on innumerable
pairs Of veritable boats" as she called
them, much to the amusement OF two
Englishwomen customers seated neal
by, who regarded her through their
"starers" as If she were some strange
animal in a menagerie.
Finally the clerk said apologetically
1--WE 'aven't anything narrow enough
for you. miss. You see. miss, our ladies
have wider feet because they walk sc
much, miss"
The two Englishwomen smiled with
the air Of superiority that she had met
for so long. and she felt she could
stand it no longer. do they walk on
their hands, too?" she flashed out.
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A HOld-Up
An Oppressive Trust.

Before the Coffee Roasters' Association, in ses-
sion At Chicago on Thursday. Thomas J. Webb.
Of Chicago, charged that there is in existenes z
coffee combine which . ''the most monstFous I'M
position in the history Of human commerce."
There 10 very slight exaggeration about this
statement. It comes very close to being literally
true. There is . coffee combine in Brazil from
which country comes the bulk Of the coffee used
In the United States, which il backed by the gov
eminent Of Brazil and financed by it, which COM
pels American consumers, a. Mr.. Webb said, ito
pay famine prices for coffee when no famine
exists"
The worst thing about this is that the eonsum-
ers Of the United States have been compelled to
put up the money through which this combine,
to further cinch them, has been made effective.
There were formerly revenue duties imposed upon
al coffee entering the United States Those taxes
were denounced as IN imposition upon the people;
n taxing the poor mans breakfast table, and tho
like. The taxes were removed Immediately
thereafter Brazil imposed IN export duty upon
coffee up to the full amount Of the former customs
taxes in this country. The revenue which for
merry went into the treasury OF the United States
vas diverted to the treasury Of Brazil. The poor
mans breakfast coffee continued to cost him the
same Old price.
But this was only the commencement. Tho
'@valorixatjon'' plan was evolved in Brazil
Through this plan the government, using tho rev.
euues derived from the export duties for the pdr-
poses, takes all Of the surplus crop in season Of
large yields and holds It of the market, thus
keeping tho supply down to tho demands Of the
market and permitting tho planters to receive .
much higher prics than they would otherwise
have done.
The United States consumes moro Brazilian co.,
fee than does the rest Of the world. We are the
best customers Of Brasil, and Brazil buys little
from N. Now Brazil = promoting. financing and
maintainanga trust designed, and working effect
lively for tho puzpose. e compel Amszsssn een:
eume,v to Day a enorhifsat price Tor t6e colfse
thew use. What 10 tie reunedy7-saseth Pese-Ln-
teutoeseN-Hee. -, 1911.
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Children Partios.

=
Women noted for being successful
hostesses say that they believe in CIV
Ing children's parties. that nothing
brings out the boys and girls 20 well
and that nothing makes them 50 self
possessed and 30 we'll able to under.
stand each other.
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MAKE ROADSIDE TREES PAY
osrmsns Far Ahead % Us In Utiiiza.
ten 81 Waste opaes.

osrmsns Far Ahssd 81 Us In Utiiiza.
ten 81 Waste Space.
The auction sales Of native fruit
grown on the trees bordering the coun
try roads In the township Of Linden.
adjoining the city Of Hanover. yielded
last autumn ?OGl2 marks $4,000,
Along certain stretches Of these roads
1887, per kilometer. or at the rate Of
sos per mile. The province Ut Han
over has some 1000 miles Of country
highways bordered with fruit trees.
the prode Of which IL appropriated
toward the upkeep Of the roads. These
ro0dx, which are commonplace to the
native resident. are the delight Of the
American tourist. who often wonders
why roadsidea In the United States
lre not thus planted to fruit
This applica ton Of the beautiful.
practical and economic possibilities
embraced In the control of such public
property a. roads IL a 6pe itlustra ton
Of the community thrift Of the Ger
man. During the three or four weeks
period Of ripening sharp eyed old
watchmcn ON bicycles patrol the roads.
being particularly active on Sundays.
when the people are out in large mum
bers. 1t IN forbidden to pick up fruit
from the S-ound. ana to knock it from
the trees il subject to fine Of 100
marks N23.SO or more for each offense.
Laws and regulations for the general
good. however. excite such respect on
the part Of the German that cases Of
theft OF fruit from the highway fruit
trees rarely occur.-From Consul Rob-
ert J. Thompson, Hanover. Germany.
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In keeping others alive, physicians
appear to lose their own lives. OF all
professional men their lives are the
| shortest. Between the ages of forty
five and sixty-five five doctors die on
an average to one clergyman.
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Sulxsr's New Story.

Congressman Sulzer Of New York
has stopped telling after dinner stories
The New York congressman and J..
Adam Bede. the Minnesota wit. were
speakers at a banquet in Washington
not long ago. Bede held the floor for
au hour and told some amusing yarns.
When Mr. 1u!zer arose he shook his
Henry Clays at the guests and started
out to win the hume: Marathon him
self
II will first tell you story that
Adam never heard" he began and then
launched into the recital OF an anec-
dote so aged that everybody III the
audience could call it by its front
name. Mr.. Sulzer hadn't progressed
very far when Representative Stanley
Of Kentucky reared up and in hoarse
whisper. heard all over the room. said:
why. Bill. Adam invented that
ttory."
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vsntriloquiseN.
ventriloQuism was 6rst described IN
rs &. c. Greeks ascribed It to tho
operation Of demons.
Constipation, If Negaected.
Causes Serious Illness

Constipation, if neglected, leads
to almost innumerahle compl,ea-
tons affecting the general health.
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Points
FOR
Mothers

Clothes Suggestions.
The fancy for frocks Of two fabrics
IL one that the little house mother who
has to nurse carefully a minute income
finds quite invaluable. Small girls grow
out of their garments, and, no matter
how delighted one may be to see the
children growing big and healthy. there
Is another aspect not to be- neglected
which is almost equally appalling. The
sleeves run up the little arms, the skirt
stops short at n point which mammas
strongly disapprove. and the waist be
comes tight enough to suit fashion
able young lady instead OF an ener
getic schoolgirl.
Happily ut present two small frocks
may be made into one large, II needs
be. or a piece Of new material may be
ingeniously Incorporated with the dress
that has become too little for its wear
er.
In the former case take one Of the
frocks to use as the under robe and
having unpicked and ironed 1t. use the
lower part Of the skirt mounted either
plain or tucked upon foundation
The upper part Of this same skirt will
make the top Of the corsage and
sleeves. From the second frOck cut
away the bodice part and lift up the
skirt so that It forms a corselet ant
tunic: cut round foot and hem In wide
scnllops. II there is not enough ma
terial the upper part above the wais'
line may be cut from the sleeves.
II fresh material is used either thu
new part may make the tunic ant
bodice. while the old Is utilized for the
hem, the collar. the belt and sleeves
or vice versa. a vest or plastron beinf
introduced to relieve the tightness Of
the corsnge. 4 striped or spotted ma
terial should be used to go with thu
old fabric. and with this novel trim
ming the little girl will feel as II sh'
had quite n new frOck.
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The forest area of Canada, which
approximates 1867 100000 acres. is
more than double that of the whole of
Europe.
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Jack Got Even,

A judge, presiding one day In court,
asked sailor whether he saw the
plaintifr strike the defendant.
"Who Is the plaintiff?" asked the
sailor.
Pretty man you are" said his
honor. that you don't know the plain
tit from the defendant! Well. where
did you see the man strike him?''
"Abaft the binnacle." said Jack tar.
"Where is abaft the binnacle?' in
Quired his honor.
Pretty judge you are" responded
Jack. that you don't know abaft the
binnaclew
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Amusement For the Little Folk.
There are more children made hap
py in the vacation days and holidays
by paper dolls than by any other
means. Paper dolls can be manufac-
tured out Of the pictures in fashion
paper. and there are picture books that
show not only children. but even grown
folks. These can be pasted in scrap
books and arranged by the children
under the direction Of their elders and
are fascinating. Sometimes the maya
zines. too. show lovely pictures of
house decorations. pictures Of porch
furnishings and drawing room sofas
and chairs. and a big blank book. a
pair Of scissors and some paste will
help the little ones to have their paper
houses arranged according to the best
method in which they are planned in
dainty homes. This type Of paper cut
ting 10 not only useful in keeping little
ones employed. but serves to help them.
too. in their first observation of order
In q homo.
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Teach Children Care Of Nails.

Teach Children Care Of Nails.
II the little girls finger nails are died
for her once a week she may easily be
taught to otherwise care for her hands
and nails. Children should be taught
that the care Of the hands Is n neces-
sity. Many persons think that the
hands Of a child do not become sOiled
az much us those Of an older person
But they do; indeed. more so. The
huntls, although washed frequently, are
not cleansed any too often. The school
books. pens. pencils. papers or toys
they handle are frequently covered
with tiny germs. and no mother makes
a mistake who impresses upon her chill
dren the Importance of bodily cleanli
ness. After few months practice
with young children habits of cleanii
ness should be so well established that
the mothers care can be lessened by
having each child do as much as she
can herself. the mother thereafter max
ing IN inspection.
Every two weeks a young child
should have her hair and scalp thor
oughly shampooed. And II Mt any time
the uttle one should be SO unfortunate
AZ to have her head infected as thu
result Of too close contact with a chile
whose head and hair are not clear
keep the little one home from schoo
for a week. Purchase tincture Of lark
spur from any druggist. saturote thu
hend end hair the first evening and
wrap up the head with an old towel t
protect the bedclothing. The next day
champoo the head we'll with CASTLE
soap and warm water. The third day
to make sure all destruction has taker
place. saturate the head once again
and on the following day give the hea(
another general shampoo.
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Oh, all right, you say.