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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
When Turkey Had Its "Season.

When Turkey Had Its Season"
The famous landlords of fifty and
sixty years ago who ran the worlds
finest hotels from Maine to Oregon.
men like Para, Stevens Of the Revere
house, Boston: Fifth Avenue hotel,
New York, and the Continental at
Philadelphia never served turkey be-
fore early October nor later than
March 1. Until ten years ago only a
few eastern hotels and restaurants
served turkey between April and mid
September. Since then the large
patronage of eastern hotels, restau.
rants and clubs by well-to-do western
people has made the turkey and the
oyster an everyday item on bills of
fare prepared by landlords and
stewards VINO used to say that Meth.
er turkeys nor oysters should be eat
en- in springtime, summer or early
autumn.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
! BEFORE AND AFTER MARRIAGE
What Occurs When Mr.. Pennypacksr
Takes the Lady Of His Choice
Out to Dine.

Fragments of Mr.. Pennypacker's
restaurant conversation, when the
lady accompanying him is his fiancee:
II hope you're good and hungry.
dearest. know I am"
You would like some oysters and
. little clear soup, Of course"
Il think nice cold quart Of Cha.
teau Qquem would 60 about right,
don't your"
Suppose we have some Of that
hlet mignon with fresh mushrooms.
Two portions. SO wen both have
enough"
Don't want any salad? O. do have
some salad. Let's have a nice fruit
salad with alligator pears and things.
huh?"
You'll have some dessert. won't
you, an ice or something-and then
some cheese and a demi tasse?"
20, don't let's hurry. Let's stay
while It's SO coy here"
Fragments Of Mr.. Pennypacker's
restaurant conversation when the
lady accompanying him is his wife:
You're not very hungry. are you?
know I'm not"
You don't want any oysters or
soup. do your"
you don't want anything to drink.
do you?"
Suppose we have a steak. One
viii be enough for the two OF u.s."
i don't care for any salad. do
your"
20, shucks! Sweets will only up
set your stomach. They always do.
o. very we'll; have 1t II you want to-"
Il don't want any cheese and cot.
fee, do you?"
Come on: let's get outside It's
awfully stuffy in here.
Times.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
To Build an English Village.

William B. Osgood Field has let inc
contract for the building Of NINA
ture English village at Highlawn. ms
Lenox estate. Within the circle OF tne
old trotting track, where the stallion.
Of Highlawn were trained Mr. REV
will have cottages for chauneu''
coachman, head farmer and garage;
barn, greenhouses and storehouses' az
of brick. A little further south thel.
will be a poultry plant big enough ~
house six thousand fowls. Inc loc%
ton of this tiny village is on nlsn
table land, overlooking Laurel LAM
and about a third of a mile from HIGH
lawn House, which Mrs. F1elds no.n
err, Mrs. William Douglas Sloane ou"'
and gave to her.-New YORK Hefa'0'
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
VAST BANKING POWER.

Total resources of all the banks In
tho limited States on June IA, 1912.
amounted to 24,9S6 million dollars.
These figures we're obtained from the
comntroller of tic currency from
about 20 800 hanks of all kinds. There
was an increase in four years OF 5,4O3
millions, or 27.5 per cent.
Ahout one-fourth Of the banks re-
porting were national banks, which
had about one-half the total capitaliz-
alton of 1850 million dollars
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

Thirteen years ago, when President
Cleveland left the White House,
South Bend Und) Democrat vowed he
would wear a beard until another
Democrat should be elected. His
name Is Peter Kreczmer and his hair
is very red. He had to pay so cents
to get his beard shaved. 80 rank was
the growth of 10 years. He gathered
up the fiery red bunch and has had
a watch chain made of it, which he
will send to President-elect Wilson.
Thirteen is generally considered an
uncanny numerical combination, and
President Wilson will get the full ben
eft of it "for better or for worse"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

a princess. It was about year ago
that the ex-tutor met his wife and, 1t
is said, they fell in love at first sight
in spite of the many usually insur'
mountable obstacles that bar NOR,
ganatic marriages. The princess had
numerous royal suitors for her hand,
but she rejected them all, and resolved
to marry the tutor. She was lucky IN
enlisting the sympathy and help OF
her grandfather, the emperor, anu
owing to his support. her parents were
at length persuaded to consent to the
marriage. However, since her nus
band was not OF the blood royal "
was necessary for the princess TO ~
nounce all her royal rights.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
Spanish Mutton,

Dog meat, we learn from the Frank.
furter Zeitung. is largely sold in Ger.
many, and more especially in Saxony,
but rarely under its own name. Trad
ers describe 1t as Spanish mutton, and
their customers are less chary OF ask
ing for 1t. Catfish In this country is
treated in the same euphemistic way.
There was a time when this fish was
never seen in the shops. Then some
f1shmongering genius invented the
name Of rock salmon" and be-
slowed 1t npon the despised catfish,
which now has an established place in
the market
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
Emily Bronte.

G. K. Chesterton has added his need
of praise to Emily Bronte, the woman
writer, who Of all others has perhaps
won most unstinted praise from men.
A splendid creature. Chesterton calls
the author of "Wuthering Heights, i"
and the book itself he finds likewise
splendid. But there is nothing hu.
man about it. 1t might have been
written by an eagle"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

them like that which the American
Federation of Labor holds toward its
affiliated bodies 1t is believed that
such an organization will have power
to better farming conditions and re-
duce the cost of living 1t will make
country life more enjoyable and it will
endeavor to stop the present drift Of
young men and women from the rural
regions to the city. C. F. Sanford, Of
London, Ohio, is president of the con-
gress. The meeting was largely at
tended and the launching of the. new
organization stirred up great deal of
enthusiasm.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
TO BE THE WHITE HOUSE BABY.

For the first time in Is years, When
Governor Wilson becomes president OF
the United States, the White House Will
have a baby occupant. The baby ls Jo'
sephine, daughter of Mrs. Perrin Cotn'
ran of Raleigh, N. c. Mrs. Cothran IS
the only daughter of Mrs. George
Howe, the only sister Of Governor Will
son.
Josephine is about Is months DID,
and is a favorite Of her great uncle.
The mother is only twenty-five years
old and will probably enjoy the gay
cites of Washington life as much as
her cousins, the daughters OF the
president-elect.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

Tuskegee, Ala.-A few months ago
a few special friends of DR.. Booker
T.. Washington organized a movement
to secure special gift Of $4,000 to
tighten his burdens and encourage
him in his work at Tuskegee, to be
given annually for five years from a
number Of selected persons through.
out the United States. The move
ment has been so successful and so
spontaneously responded to that
$4,000 year for five years has been
guaranteed.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

dress reform,
was eighty years
old November 26,
1912. Her home Is
IN Osw ego, N. Y,
ard all of her liv-
ing relatives re.
side in that vicin.
ity. Much Of her
life has b e Q n
spent in travelling
about the country,
with long periods
OF residence In
New York. Wash.
ington and other
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
BUFFALO COATS FOR SOLDIERS.

More than 1000 buffalo overcoats
which the government has preserved
for the past 20 years, or since they
we're worn by the troops In the north
western Indian campaigns before 1891,
are to be used by soldiers in Alaska.
Last year nearly 800 of the coats
we're sold at an average price OF $34.
but Quartermaster General Aleshire
Of the army in his annual report sub
mitted to Secretary Of War stimson
Recently recommended that no more
be sold.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
soc,etv Man Vows to Die.

SOCISCy wait WV " s'S'
Newport society is gossiping over a
remark made recently at dinner by
q bachelor society man that he was
tired of the world and everything IN
general. He is quoted as saying:
In less than two years l will have
passed away, and by my own hand"
The woman sitting at his right
turned quickly and asked: DO you
mean to commit suicide?'
That's just what I mean, precise
ly," he replied.
His identity is being closely
guarded. Every one at the dinner was
pledged to secrecy by the hostess.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
WHITE HOUSE AGAIN WHITE.

The White House is once more
white. It is always supposed to be
white but during the course OF a
wear he gets pretty dingy. Usually 1t
ia nainted, but this year there was no
money to pay for painting it. 80 the
fire department was called on In
stead and the hose was turned on
tho house with very good effect
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
Many 4 One.

Speaking nearly twenty years ago
to a great gathering OF women, Mrs.
Ellen M. Henrotin. took occasion to
say: 1.-THE value Of one persons mind
or one persons work is steadily d..
diminishing; 1t is the associate mind,
the many hearts beating as one, that
now move the world; and this is so
well understood by women that they
are rapidly learning what can be &C
complished In economic, social, and
intellectual life by the power OF an
educated public opinion"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
LAUNCH ORGANIZATION TO
IMPROVE RURAL LIFE
A movement Of great Importance
was launched in New Orleans a few

days ago when, at
a meeting Of the
Farmers National
Congress the Ma
tional G. oun try
Life Federation
was brought into
being. It's purpose
is to bring into
one body all the
o re a n / Ia t ions
t h r o u 6 bout the
country interested
in rural life. and
1t will have rela-
tiOn tn each IF
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

love story or tho
Archduchess Elisa
beth Franziska,
granddaughter OF
the emperor OF
A u s tria, and
Count Georg Won
Waldburg, whom
she has recently
m arri e d. The
count was once .
tutor with no
property and few
prosp pee t s OF
wealth-today he
is the husband OF
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

frlnce Miguel OF
Braganza. son O,
the Portuguese
pretender. W h O
might sit on a
throne in purple
and ermine II on.
iy the Fates had
spun a fe W
threads OF a DIFF.
ferent pattern.
This woman Is
Princes Lazaro.
vich Hrebeliano.
vich, Htfe of the
present head 80
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

negligible. and the statistics no longer
take account of It. In Germany the
army recruits showed $40 OF ! per
cent. illiterate In 1905; In Great BTU
ain the percentage Of illiteracy among
army recruits In 1903-19O4 was l.
In France the illiteracy among the
population ten years Of age and over
In 1906 was AL.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
8rIaht Side,

Doesn't 1t annoy you to have a
member Of your congregation 70 to
sleep?"
mo-" replied the patient clergy.
man. II take It as an evidence that
he has profited by my previous in.
struction and has q clear conscience ;,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
Got to Live Them Down Again

Got to Live Them Down Again.
do YOU think he will ever run for
office again."
Il don't think so. 1t will take him
all his time living down again the
evil things they discovered in his past
during the last campaign"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
UnansWerable.

In a recent debate at the Wichita
high school the woman suffrage
amendment was under discussion. ut
would be unwise to give woman the
ballot" declared a budding Daniel
Webster, in attacking the proposition.
woman could not be relied upon to
exercise good judgment in voting. She
changes her mind far too Often" .u
The next speaker was a young wom-
an. She arose and cast q plying
glance at her opponent. Il would like
to ask my honorable opponent" she
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
Her Method.

Mrs. Eve-Does your HUSBAND o,
refuse you when you ask him 'of
little money?
Mrs. Wye-1 never ask him loi
little money: ask him for a lo'' "D~
what get Is little.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
On the Altar Of FashIon n.

Football Athlete Tin towering
rage)-What's become Of my mole
skin pants!
His, Mother-Now, Everard, there's
no use Of your raising fuss. W.
had to cut them up to make jacket
for your sister,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

In the comedy Of matrimony a wife
must be able to play chorus, scene
shifter, property man and hired ap.
plause in private and can be ready
to assume the role Of leading lady,
with brilliancy and eclat, in public at
a moments notice.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

BY the time mans wife has trim
men the raw edges off his cynicism,
taken tucks in his morals, polished
up his manners. ironed the wrinkles
out Of his disposition and put en-?
broidery on his tastes he wouldn't rec
oznize the ghost of his youthful self if
he we're to meet 1t on the street.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
Not a Greek.

! "Is your furnace controlled by
thermostat, madam"
well, we have a man come in to
look after it, but I don't think he's
one of those Greeks you mentioned,
because his skin Is black"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

Never "stoop to conquer man or
a cat; Just sit still and pretend not to
hotice them and sooner or later
they'll come around, stand on their
hind feet, roll over and purr for pet
ting
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
Very Absent-Minded

Bill-Gin was nearly drowned.
Jill-How was that?
Bill-He's so absent-minded, Won
know. He went under the water and
forgot to come up.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

cooed sweetly, III he ever tried to
change a woman's mind once 1t was
made up?"
The young woman got the decision
Kansas City Journal.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

A man weeps for his lost love with
his fingers spread wide apart SO that
he can see the next coming.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

In this age Of progress, the people
who 60 on before must bear the
torchlight Of intelligence; must be
abreast of every hour; must read be-.
tween the lines.-The Baptist Rival,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
Flow She Cured Him.

Flow She Cured Him.
Edith-'Why did she marry him?
Ethel-To cure him of drinking
Edith-And did she succeed?
Ethel-Yes; she's SO extravagant h,
can't afford It
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

Not Strong on the Particulars.
# What was that story about Hero
and Leander
II don't remember the particulars
There was q woman in the case, but
i don't happen to recall her name"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
DR.. MARY WALKER, 80,
SPENDS TIME ON FARM

Or. Mary e. Walker, the widely.
known advocate of woman's rights and
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

A true gentleman" is one who is
always chivalrous toward the weaker
vessel" even when it is filled with in
consistency-always tender toward
the "clinging vine" even when its
clinging has begun to choke him.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

A mans "remorse" in after years
appears to be not for the foolish
things he shouldn't have done and did,
but for the foolish things he might
have done and didn't.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

Hate heats the blood but it is not a
good tonic.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
e..,,no. Under Control.

Feelings Under Control. ,,.
"A man must dissemble IN po''s'S''
said the defeated candidate. 49, #
what reminds you OF t9at! ,or.
81 find myself obliged to senu .uy
gratulations when I'd like TO n'e
for libel"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

For every hot day gone there's a
cold one coming.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

He that plants thorns will not gath
er roses.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

What Is to woman dream Of a
bonnet Is to her husband an awful
nightmare.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
AMERICAN GIRL WIFE OF
PRETENDER TO A THRONE

There is another American woman
than Anita Stewart, who marr,ed
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

/ Up and Down and Far and Wide.
YES, believe in seeing America
FIRST"
a How much of It have you SEEM"
"A lot. I've travelled from Upper
6andusky, Ohio, to Lowville, N. r.,
and from Longmeadow. Mass. to
Brodhead, Wis" ...
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

The firt easily RECEIVERS after a dis
covery. ~.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

You'll not be able to throw any
more light on the subject by burning
your candles at both ends. @'
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

A little Impotence causes great
trouble. . W.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20

Education as the pancea Tor all Of
the illiterate conditions under which
the colored race is struggling was adj.
vanced by Judge John E. Schwarz in
an address before the Negro Civic I'm
provement league at the Masonic
temple in Savannah, Ga.
Education and charlottesville
Foes of Disease and the Friends Of
Prosperity" was his subject, a very
appropriate one for tuberculosis day
He sketched the progress of the negro
from the time slavery was introduced
into the southern states until the pres
ent day. showing that mo race has
progressed so much in the same space
of time"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
ROMANTIC LOVE STORY OF
ARCHDUCHESS FRANZISKA

There Is material for romance
worthy the pen of any novelist in the
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-20
AFRO-AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

We have received and studied with
great interest, copy Of the Negro
Year Book-Annual Encyclopedia OF
the Negro" complied by Mr.. Monroe
N. Work Of Tuskegee Normal and
Industrial institute. The book was
planned to meet the growing demand
from all parts of the United States
and some portions of the old world
for accurate and concise information
in regard to the history and progress
of the Negro race. Probably 1t would
be possible to condense a greater
variety OF important facts into the
same amount OF space, but we doubt
1t. In this book one can find import
ant facts-the essential facts-touch-
ing the progress of the Negro in any
and all fields wherein he has been
worker. Nor is this all.
All legislation bearing upon his des.
tiny both as slave and as free.
man are given here In condensed
form. Negro education before, dur.
ing and since the Civil war, Is treat.
ed in an interesting way In fact it
would be difficult to think of any sub
ject, any line of endeavor, with which
the Negro is, or has ever been, identi-
fed. that is not found here, and the
facts put in a form which makes
them easily accessible.
Among number Of surprising first
things or persons" may be mentioned
these: "The first settler in Alabama
was Negro" Paul Cuffe, noted
Negro skipper was the first person to
advocate colonization of Negroes in
Africa; Lot Carey the first mission.
airy to Liberia" THE first slave in
surrection occurred in New York"
John Brown Russwurm was editor
Of first Negro newspaper in the United
States, and was one of the first Ne
groes to graduate from college in
this country" Daniel Walker, the first
Negro to attack slavery through the
press" Negroes have been inventing
objects since as far back as 1884.
when a Maryland free Negro was
granted a patent on corn harvester.
1t is curious in the light of later
developments to note what strenuous
efforts. as given in this book, were
made by many of the Southern states
to abolish slavery in the first quarter
OF century of its existence.
The price OF the Negro Year Book"
is, we believe, Csc, and to say that 1t
is worthy many times that much,
would be another way of trying to
indicate it's value.
The book should be in the hands of
two classes of people: Those who
make some claims to know something
of the progress and development of
the race, and those who didn't know
anything at all about the subject
and this, I believe, includes all Ne
groes and just as large proportion
of white folks.-Dallas Express.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-08-30
New ORLEANS ADOPTS
THE COMMISSION FORM
DECIDE ON NEW CITY GOVERN.
MltNT BN VOTE or TEN
10 ONE.

NEW ORLEANS. Aug ga COM
mission form of government, includ-
Ing the right Of initiative ana refer
cudum, was adopted at the special
election here today hy "a yoA of moro
than ten To ouc The official returns
were $4,000 dpr ana 2,1l9 against.
Both regulars and rrformcrs voted
for the new system ~ Government,
In the general election In Noycm-
hor constitutional amendment VIII
Dee voted upon, the carrying of which
win mean that the right Of recall
win also ho made "a feature of the
commission government just adopted.
Under the city's new governmental
system the executive power Will be
lodged IN mayor and four commis-
son councilmcn. Primaries to select
candidates win hc held The muni-
cipal election win bee held AT the same
time as the general election In Novcm-
hor