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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-19
P.raIyzsd Woman FAN. on Stove.
pecial to Times-Republican.


Eldora, Jan. 19.-Mrs. Matt Rose, a
highly respected woman living in this
city, is in precarious condition as a
result Of a stroke of paralysis and in
juries received by falling. Mrs. Rose,
who is past 10 years of age, was alone
in her home at the time. When she
became i'll she fell against the stove,
and was severely injured about the
head.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-19
Brewster Again in su.in....

Creston, Jan. 19.-Word has been re-
ceived here by the friends Of 8. A.
Brewster, former editor of the Adver-
tiser-Gazette Of this place, that he has
again engaged in the newspaper bust
ness under the firm name Of .. A.
Brewster 4 Son. He has purchased
the job printing plant and business OF
the Brush Printing Company. located
In Joliet. III
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-19

Sioux City Woman Awarded Damages
FER 'Dsath q ADsd Husband.
Sioux City, Jan. 19.-Mrs. Catherine
Coleman was awarded $3.50 damages
against F. L. Hagan by the jury who
heard her $4,000 suit She asked this
amount because 1t was alleged that
Hagan had sold her husband intox-
icants in violation of law and that he
received fatal injuries while in an In.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-19

Continued on Seventh Page.)
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01
Settling an Obligation
By LOUIS r. WILLIAMSON

DO you rememb Der. marquis, hunting
for birds and shooting Il maiden:''
The marquis paled. but said nothing
Traitor TO France said the judge.
s-Take him awayr'
In half an hour the marquis head
rolled into the basket.
''Nextr'
These said a gendarme. "are the
Countess Duriac and her daughter
The judge started. Madame" he
said. you are accused of being
traitor to France. What is your de-
fense?''
4 make no defense. Defense would
be useless"
Him. said the judge. Take these
women to the little Jail in Rue st.
Jacques and bring them here temor-
row for sentence. The executioner is
too busy today to attend to them"
That night n Insffied figure appeared
before the little Jail in Rue ST. jacques
and presented an order for Nine and
Louise Duriac. Throwing a mantle
over each to conceal her features and
especially. her attire of gentlewoman,
he led them through some of the mar
rowest streets in Paris. Stopping sud-
denly beside a carriage and opening
ihC NOOA, ne Dddc enter NOT
doubling for moment that they were
going to the guillotine, they obeyed,
and their conductor mounted the box
beside the coachman. and they were
driven beyond the barrier. Stopping
now and again for fresh horses, they
travelled until at last they heard the
FLASHING of waves. Then they were
directed to alight and were put into a
boat.
Take this letter to Count Duriac,
madame" said their conductor, land
tell him that the man who gave it to
you may soon be executed as a traitor
to France"
The prisoners were rowed to an Eng
1ish vessel standing off the coast and in
an hour We're sailing for England.
Once on board Nine. Duriac opened
the letter to her husband and read:
Count-Eighteen years ago a fend shot
my daughter. and noble saved her for
me. 1 have sent the fiend to the guillo-
tine, and L send the noble two lives for
the one he gave me.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01
The Headache Season.

Rugs on the line;
Bed clothes on view,
Getting the air
At a window or two;
Chairs on the porch;
Paint on the floor:
Wife has a headache
It's springtime once mora.
Mud on my shoes,
And soap on the stairs:
Pictures and books
Piled in all of the chairs:
Fed in the kitchen,
And every one sore:
Wife has a headache
It's springtime once more.
Cropping to bed
Through g furniture maze,
Obstacles blocking
Familiar ways.
Suddenly meeting
a wide open door:
Wife has 4 headache
It's springtime once more.
Hustled from home
At the break of the day,
And secretly glad
10 get out of the way:
Homeward at night
And discovering then
That wife has n headache
It's springtime again,
Detroit Free Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01

- D11On, France After shot
by the Marquis OF Tours, aim
ed at something seen indistinctly in a
thicket. human cry was heard The
party found a girl of sixteen on the
ground bleeding from d bullet wound
in her side From the opposite direc-
ton man came hnrrying, and when
he saw what had happened he took
the girl up in his arms and, shaking
his fist at the huntsmen, cursed them
for what had been done.
rs it thus that you overrun our
peaceful fields, you mobiles who never
toll. but feed on what we common peo-
pie produce? Wait, messieurs. The
day will come when we will crush
you under our heelSI'
1T was an accident replied the
marquis. Here; take this throwing
him a golden louis. Were it not for
your threats 1 would make it ten times
as much. Come, messieurs. Let us go
on
The party proceeded on their way,
but had not gone dozen yards before
the coin was sent spinning past the ear
of the marquis. a young fellow of
twenty remained behind. Kneeling be-
side the girl. he stanched the blood
with his cambria handkerchief, then
said to her father:
''Let US carry her to her home 1 am
a student in the Paris School of Medt-
cine. l will see what / can do for her."
Henri Duriac did not leave the home
Of Antoine GARNER until the daugh-
ter, LiZette, was out of danger. In
deed, he alone saved her life. The
country doctors of that day knew moth
ing of surgery and could not have car
ried safely through such a dangerous
case. Three weeks had elapsed when
the young doctor said to GARNER:
1.-THE crisis has passed. Any physi-
clan can now attend to the dressing of
the wound"
Doctor replied the father. ''why
have you taken this trouble? You are
a noble"
Yes, but am a man."
"You have given me the life of my
daughter. Some day L may repay
you
Eighteen years later came the reign
Of terror Henri Duriac, now Count
Duriac, was about to be arrested. but
succeeded in escaping across the Dor
der. Count Duriac had been married,
and his wife and her daughter, Louise,
were about to follow him when they
received q warning not to attempt to
do so.
Nine. Duriac, though beloved by ill
the province in which she. lived, was
at last arrested and with her daughter
taken to the conciergerie in Paris.
One day they We're led out to be tried.
For what? For being of noble birth.
A man sat behind rude table, ready
to act as Judge and jury to send pris-
oners to the guillotine. Nine. Duriac
and Louise sat waiting their turn,
watching the people who were pro-
nounced traitors to France" marched
away to die. A portly man, who show
ed by his dress and bearing that he
was an aristocrat, stood before this self
constituted tribunal.
Your manner" asked the judge.
81 am the Marquis of Tours
The judge flushed.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01

one of the commencement day tradi-
lions at Princeton. At Yale the CORE
spending annual function is the execu-
ton of the Princeton tiger. This is ac-
companied by rites as grotesque. grew
some and barbaric as the ingenuity of
the alumni can devise.
Another Princeton stunt is that of
having class baby throw the bail into
play ut the beginning of the baseball
game. which is one OF the features of
these class day and commencement ex-
erciSeS.
Yale's prize winner in the costume
parade last year was the class of 1894
The graduates paraded as rough riders.
A more strenuous feature of class day
at this university is pushball contest.
The big sphere is nearly six feet in
diameter, and the classes struggle over
it as if there We're no other object in
life worth while.
At most colleges loving cups now are
given usually to the alumnus who has
come the greatest distance.
At West Point the commencement
and class day exercises have nothing
of the funny or ridiculous about them.
The iron discipline of the soldiers
camp is not relaxed, for the graduates.
as Il rule, step direct from the academy
to the first appointments in the regular
army. The feature of the class day ex-
ercises is the military evolutions-
GIRLS COLLEGES
The girls colleges are quite as in
genious and fanciful as those Of the
men in their commencement day cele-
brations. Barnard, just over the way
from Columbia, is now starting cos
tune parades. They are for the elect,
not for the general public The girls
do them very artistically, but have not
dared to seek for the funny and gro
tesque effects that mark the parades
o. the men, The great hit at Barnard
last year was one of the classes that
array ed themselves in s'bearskins' and
marched about as Barnard bears The
bear is the official animal and mascot
of Barnard The Barnard show last
year-the one that got into the papers
was made up of classic dances.
At Vassar the great honor of the
year in the graduating class is to be
the marshal in the daisy chain parade.
This is an elective post and is suppos-
ed to go to the <prettiest girl of the
class. 1t is seriously said that the pa
rade of the daisies may be abolished
after this year.
At Wellesley the great day of the
year is marked by the procession of
graduates and the ceremony of plant
ing a tree. The procession Is led by
the mistress of ceremonies. a girl cho-
sen for that part because she is the
most beautiful member of the senior
class. In 1910 all the 1900 students
dressed in Elizabethan costumes. The
freshmen presented old folk dances.
and the seniors gave in dancing an old
English InaSQue. Swarthmore women
students present equally attractive fea-
lures during commencement week
Planting the ivy is one of the fea-
lures of commencement at Bryn Mawr.
The ceremonies connected with it are
much the same as with the tree plant
Ing at Wellesley.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01
Large and Small InStitu-
tiOns Of Learning Pre-
pairing For Annual Ex-
erciSeS - Serious and
NOnSenSiCdI Customs
That Mark Graduation
Time---Origin Of Hood
and Gown.

The Introduction of many new de-
partments has led to the adoption of
distinctions for them. Pharmacy is in
dicated by the russell band, dentistry
by the lilac, forestry by russell brown,
and so on through all the special grades
of study. The coIors of the institution
shown in the hood are arranged in the
old principle of the colors on Il shield.
Both in its ancient origin and in the
care which has been bestowed uRon it
by modern educators the academic
gown is n worthy symbol Of the great
event it marks in the life of the stu
don't
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01
FROLIC AND FUN


But of recent years another form of
observing the close of the school year
has been adopted by students. Espe
ciafiy in the larger seats of learning
frivolity has entered as part Of the
commencement Undergraduates and
former graduates usually are ringlead-
ers in this sportmaking part of the
ceremonies. II
The principal feature of up to date
commandments is the aiumni-the
graduates of other yearS-who return
to make merry and renew old associa-
tons. Some of these college boys"
are gray bearded grandfathers: others
are youths of twoscore. All for the
time being throwSoff the burden of their
years and their cares and become again
the riotous youngsters they We're in the
brave days when they were twenty-one
1t is the stunts these alumni do
that make the proceedings of COM
mencement picturesque, even exciting.
They can think of more quaint fool
cry in FIVE minutes than the not yet
graduated can in their four years
course. The usual custom is for
class some years back to offer a prize
and for all the other classes to COM
pete for it individually. As a rule.
classes more than fifteen years back
do not enter actively into these con-
tests, which are primarily horseplay
in grotesque costumes. The older class
men originate the ideas and let the
younger ones do the work. Generally.
however, every class that has grad
uated in the previous fifteen years is
represented.
BLACK HAND ROLLICkERS
AT Columbia university last year a
class dressed as Cinnamon took the
prize-a silken banner. The chief mo-
gul sat on the throne that at dis
lance looked more gorgeous than that
of the ''son of heaven who once ruled
the Celestial empire.
Another highly successful effort in
these joyful high jinks was a class of
Black Handlers that made hit in Co
lumbia last year These men were
made up TO look as villainous as posi-
BILE, and much of the big success of
their hit was due to the three hand or
gans that they hired for the occasion.
Princeton is famous for getting I'D
particularly ingenious and frolicsome
| parades-
A procession last year represented
| Chinese funeral The corpse was a
bulldog. very realistically built OF pa
pier mache for the occasion
This killing Of the Yale bulldog r.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01

"&hE young student VINO Is get
ting ready to don the cap and
b gown in which on commence
ment day he will face his col
lege president TO receive the diploma
that entities him to practice his pro-
fession; the sweet girl graduate, who,
having mastered the arts and many
other things, is primping herself for
the day of valedictory. and all the 9TH
er graduates little dream OF the his
torical significance OF the attire they
wear on their final school day.
Away back in the dim miSts of the
middle ages, long before any but the
most ancient of surviving institutions
of learning had been established, must
the searcher wander to learn who orig
mated the commencement garb and to
ascertain its meaning.
In all ages man has found it conven-
tent to indicate rank and calling by
specialtieS in dress.
1t was not until the coming of mod
ern ideas, especially the upspringing
of republican institutions, that the hab-
1t of regarding clothing as a badge of
station began to fall into disfavor. But
even till the present time certain forms
survive that perhaps nothing can ever
change.
ANCIENT OXFORD GARB
The graduating class of this year at
Oxford, the famous English university.
Will wear just. exactly the same kind
OF ecclesiastical and civil robes that
were proper in the days OF the early
Georges, n couple Of centuries ago.
Cambridge goes long distance back.
The ordinary academic dress OF to-
day consists OF cap. gown and hood,
4r% 1,a
has been so unified that very definite
code has been established
There are three types OF gowns,
which are marked by varying cuts Of
hoods to represent doctor. master and
bachelor degrees. The doctors gown
has full. open, round sleeves, faced
with velvet. and has three bars OF vel
vet on the sleeves.
The masters gown has closed
sleeve. square at the bottom. falling
below the knees. The arm enters
through slit near the elbow. The
bachelors gown has long pointed
sleeves
The doctors and masters gowns
are of silk, the bachelors of worsted
stuff The doctors cap has gilt tas-
sci, while the others have silk tasseis-
Arts and letters are represented by
white trimmings, copied from the
white fur found on the Oxford and
Cambridge bachelor Of arts hood The
ologys and divinity are always fndi-
Gated by scarlet, the traditional color
OF the church, standing for zeal. Law
\ is Indicated by purple, the color OF the
kings courts
Green stands for medicine. original
" signifying the green OF the herbs.
The pink OF music is copied from the
pink brocade OF the Oxford gown OF
the doctor Of music.
Philosophy is blue. the color of truth
and wisdom. The yellow OF science in
dicates the wealth that science has for
the student, yellow being the tradi-
t5onal color Of gold
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01

Set Straiant.

The meek looking man walked up to
the book counter. II want something
to keep me home at night, show me
my faults, tell me how to spend my
Hold on, old man. said the clerk.
you're in the wrong department.
Marriage bureau on the left, three
aisles down. Record.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01
Not a Bit Romantic.

"What are the wild waves saying?"
murmured the woman as she stood on
the silver lining of the mighty main.
Nothing, Maria,' replied the man
hoarsely- ''They are like some people
we know-they make Il great deal OF
noise, but don't say anything.''-Tit-l
Bits.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01
PhiIanthrophy.

''I see one of our big corporations is
going TO do something for its old
clerks"
Good luck, What form will it
take:''
well after a man has been with
them twenty-five years they're going to
give him a gold stripe on his sleeve
Tit-BitS.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01
Caution.

"Do you expect to receive an ova-
ton when you go down to see your
constituents again?"
81 don't know replied the financial
politician absentmindedly. How much
do oyations cost ?''-Tit-Bits.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01
Presence of Mind.

Mate-Nhen he fired the pistol at
you what did you do, captain?
Captain-I moved to one side, ana
the bullet sped harmlessly by and
buried itself in the thick part Of the
mates head--Punch.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01
An Honest Sutton.

young man, how do you expect to-
marry my daughter if you are in
debt?"
why, sir, in my opinion it's the only
square thing to do. The longer ami
engaged to her the worse off L will bel
Life.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01
LEFT HANDED MEN IN THE
GREAT NATIONAL GAME.
Johnny King Makes Rosy Prediction
Fer Then-Obssrvstions by
Disciple of Fandom.

JcAIlIy AlluSs manager OF luo 6OS-
ton Nationals, AYERS that the greatest
hitting and fielding baseman of the fu-
ture will be a left handler. "Of this I
am certain" adds King, '-and 1 get
my cue from the work of Daubert OF
Brooklyn, who beat the Cubs in two
games by perfect fielding tactics
Harry Davis, manager of the Cleve-
land Blues, affixed a $4,000 tag TO Lefty
George, former Brown boxman, and it
can be said for Davis that he is no
puny Judge of baseball timber. Yet
some fans thought his figure for Lefty
George was too high.
Other famous left handlers in the
great national game this year are Mar
guard, Rucker and Plank.
Is there really a hoodoo influence
over Pittsburgh's position at first base?
Lots Of folks suspect there is. and
it is said that Hans Wagner lacked
the nerve to run the risk. But Dots
Miller, from the little town of Kearny,
N j., wasn't a bit superstitious and
took hold like soldier. Miller used
to play second, and the Pirates, who
had been hunting high and low for a
superstition proof player of quality,
concluded that Dots was the right
dope.
Random is watching the respective
achievements of seven teams under
new leadership. Achievements is used
advisedly concerning some Of the sew
en- teams, but not all. But, next to the
umpire. whose lot is harder than a
managers anyway?
What does it cost to rig out a major
league team? Thomas G. Davis Of the
New York Americans answers the
question as follows: Sixty dozen base
balls, $1,OSO; 10 dozen bats. $12O; so
uniforms and % sweaters, $500; bases
and plates, S25; masks, chest protec-
tors, etc. $50; % sliding pads, $50;
movable batting cage, $50; incidentals,
500; total, $2,32O. The players buy
their own gloves, spiked shoes, bat
bags and toe plates.
Ii might be remarked that the BoS-
ton Americans spent more for base
balls last year than any other big
league club The sum-it was $4,000
was twice as much as any other club
spent for the same purpose.
Some smart chap has revamped the
old grandmother's baseball funeral
joke like this:
Office Boy-Bess, kin be off this aft
ernoon?
BoSS-Is your grandmOther's funeral
going to be held again?
Office Boy-No. sir. 1t wasn't grand
ma that died last year; it was grand
pa, and grandma's goin' to be married
again this afternoon. She expects me
Mt the weddin' sure.
We haven't the remotest idea who
is going to bag the pennant this run,
but We're just as crazy as ever over
the home team
\. B.-There are lots more crazy peo
pie. i. NJ. a. FAN
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01
WAITING.

"And what is your last name. little
girl7"
Don't know. sir. I amt married
yet"-Boston Transcript
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01
Charity.

els there anything ultra mendacious
about that man. 'eNothin' so bad as
all that, but he's big Iiar.''-Balti-
more American.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01
Understood Him.

Afflicted Um-ah-er-ersrt
Ha, hal
Jeweler Ito his assistant)-Bring that
tray Of engagement rings here. john
Gargoyle.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01
Seeking knowIsdae.

Bjones-Don't you think a talkativei
woman is more popular with the mep
than any other kind?
Henpeckke-What other kind in
there?-Philadelphi Record.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01
A SeasonabIs Asset.

Mrs. Bacon-Is your girl competent?
Mrs. Egbert-Competent? Indeed she
is, She's the best f1y swatter we ever
hsd,-Yonkers Statesman
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01
Done with . Purposs.

..And why are you writing Personal.
on that envelope:"
81 want the mans wife to read the,
letter'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01
Getting Her Number.

Hattie-I have SO many callers that
really 1 get quite fatigued-
Mattie-Ah, / didn't know you were
q telephone operator before. Balti-
more American
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01

We haven't the remotest idea who
is going to bag the pennant this run,
but were just as crazy as ever over
the home team.
\. B.-There are lots more crazy peo-
pie. i. NJ A. FAN.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01

Random is watching the respective
achievements of seven teams under
new leadership. Achievements is used
advisedly concerning some of the sew
en- teams, but not all. But, next to the
umpire, whose lot is harder than a
managers anyway?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1912-06-01

%HE young student who is get
ting ready to don the cap and
IS gown in which on commence