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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18
The Dependable Woman

'She is a very dependable person. said one friend of another. You always know that what she says she will do. will ne done, and promptly. too. You need not give 1t another thought
 It was this remark that set me thinking
 Tt certainly is not true of the average woman that her word is as good as her bond Apparently. she Is as ignorant Of the one as of the other.
 am not saying this merely to criticise. but one cannot help wondering why 1t is 50; why su womsu e not Eeelise the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18
Washington Ices

To serve ice cream of February 9, make balls of vanilla cream, pile three up like cannon balls and stick small silk flag in the top of each just before sending to the table. The cake may be cut from a large sheet of layer cake into rounds by using a biscuit cutter; frost all round with chocolate icing and serve with the Ice cream. Children are delighted with this pretty arrangement. It only takes little extra time and surely the birthday of the nations father is special occasion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18
Washington A Students
 Ode

God, working out mans destiny through man,
 Hath left him free to choose that des- tiny,
 Hath given him power to use each fac ulty For right or wrong, and choosing right to span The great gulf fixed by human sin, And work as God, because God works within, Men, viewing from afar a soul so great Say, "Lo, a genius.' as Of one apart Scarce comprehending that in every heart The might of all Infnity doth wait Mans recognition and his will to ask To work through him the superhuman task George Washington, whose greatness is our boast. Was great because, as child or man or youth,
 He laid to heart that glorious old time truth. ''Ye are the'temple of the Holy Ghost" And worshippng it's deity divine, Nithstood all desecration of the shrine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18
IA "G Washington" Tale That
 Dolly Has, NeOer Heard Before
 in
 of Persuaded That Fright"

spects to me. Whats that you've got. Looks like a roll of greenbacks.' Its my new green hat" said the Mere Man. adjusting 1t upon his head so that it formed a toboggan slide with his nose.
 "Oh!" said the other
 "Oh, what replied the Gentleman in the Green Hat. Sounds like one of Mary Roberts Rineharts detective stories, The Man in Lower Ten," or something of the sort, doesn't it?)
 Nothing" said the other man. You are bit in advance of St. Patrick's day. Your hat would be very appropriate then. always hated the blasted things anyway when men began to wear them years ago."
 Whats this. a sort of Reinforcement ber-you- u-but-I-remember-yo r-your-gown,' atti- tude.'' asked the gentleman in the Green Hat Sounds like two jealous women." Green stands for jealousy, you know,' said the other. Never was jealous of anyone in my life,' said the Gentleman in the Green Hat.
 "Where'd you get it?'' was pounded to | him quick as lightning. | The Gentleman in the Green Hat men, tioned the name of the shop, the price, etc. and stood waiting.
 "All nice little gentlemen take off their hats in the house." suggested, but he was going, and so my remark was un- necessary
 Looks like a bally fool" said the big fellow in the Derby Hat and the unpre- teptious business clothes. "I wouldn't go as far as that" hedged. "Do you like those green hats?" he asked.
 q do NOT" I said unhesitatingly, and he left.
 An hour later chanced to pass the gen. teman of black derby and inoffenslye business clothes fame, and to my amaze ment he was arrayed in a "dudish" brown effect, red tie, tan shoes, and, Horror of Horrors. a green hat When he saw me he reddened to his eye brows and as he bowed with embarrass- | ment I noticed that he glanced askance at his hat to see exactly how bright a green it was in tint. Which shows that men are quite as l foolish as women in the matter of dress.
  1 from the chandelier to the corners of the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18
Lil Honey, mebbe George Washington DID say, "I kennot tell CT Lie," but dat wuz buffore he wuz CT Mar ried Man. Yassum!

No hero he, by sudden courage moved To win his cause or die upon the field, But through his life long habit not to
 yield, perforce he conquered; but his victory
 proved That only they who draw on years of
 strength. Can meet the crucial test which comes
 at length. By being great, great men he made. Too strong To hold men weak, himself too truly
 brave To dream of cowardice. he thereby gave His strength and bravery. Too stern to-
 wards wrong For men to hold it lightly thus it came
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18
Tributes to Washington

GEORGE WASHINGTON. BORN FER
 RUARY %, 1732,
 By James Bryce, Ambassador to the
 United States from England.
 Washington stands alone and unap- proachable, like a snow peak rising above it's fellows into the clear air of morning, with a dignity, constancy and purity which have made him the ideal type of civic virtue to succeeding generations. No greater benefit could have befallen the republic than to have such a type set from the first before the eye and mind of the people
 Inscription on the stone placed by China in the Washington monument:
 In devising plans Washington was more decided than Ching Shing or Woo Kwang in winning country he was braver than Tsau Tsau or Ling Pi. Welding his four footed falchion he extended the frontiers and refused to accept the royal dignity. The sentiments of the three dynasties have reappeared in him. Can any man of ancient or modern times fail to pronounce Washington peerless?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18

from the chandelier to the corners of the room, and the center decoration being a huge bowl of blue asters and the tiny pale yellow dwarf chrysanthemums.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-02-18

'''''s''''ss'sssss''s''s''ss ssssssssss"s's'""' dius Of % miles were born John Marshall, George Washington, George Mason. Thomas Jefferson James Madison. James Monroe, Matthew Fontaine Maury and Robert E. Lee
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
9 Sp!v63S?%z fs S3
&NNT by "Jtick" ~ Himself

Men of South Bend" is the title of a little
paper which is the official organ of the Y. NJ. G..
a. of that city. The following appeared in that
paper recently. under the heading, Laying
Foundation and Building Carcers:"
One part cement. three parts sand and FIVE
parts stone. properly mixed, makes an indie.
structiblc building foundation. One part desire,
three parts time, and five parts perseverance,
likewise properly mixed. lays a foundation upon
which almost any career can be built. The ca
rccr is something like buildings placed upon
strong foundations; each building may be diff
fcrcnt in shape. size. character and use: likwisc
careers vary. But both careers and buildings
depend upon their foundations. Specialization
or variety is only possible when foundations are
adequate t" hold up the superstructure.
Thus much effort to be expended by young
men chiefly because they left school too early
must be that of laying foundations which they
neglected to blild earlier in life. The associa-
tion's business is to give the self respecting fcl.
low a chance to relay his foundations first and
then build up for the career he seeks later. I'm
fortunately. too many wish to build the building
before the foundations arc laid. Foundation lay
ing. however. depends upon the right mixture of
the elements of desire. time and perseverance,
and this no ono can furnish save the man or boy
himself.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
DANGER CONFR0NTS
UNIVERSITIES
OF TODAY
They May Become Technical
Schools, Declares Mani
toba University Man.

DR.. Swale Vim :ent of the depart
ment of physiology at the University
of Manitoba was the c%onvocation
speaker at 1880 this morning in the
university gymnasium. His subject
was Science and Culture: the Uni
versity and Modern Life" He said
that there is great danger of present
day universities degenerating into
technical schools. 1t is a good thing
to have e%nEineerir and agricultural
departments In universities. but SUBJ
jects in these courses should be
taught in a broad way SO as not to
make the education of students too
technical. Every person attending
school should give some attention to
the study of science. Science is one
of the best means Of obtaining Gull
ture. Scientific study reveals the uni
verse to the students and should be
encouraged. People who have never
studied science in school should go
scientific articles. In this name
they will receive knowledge along sci
entific lines. The beauty of nature
studies does not seem to attract peo-
pie as it formerly did.
DR.. Vincent believes that university
degrees are obtained too easily at the
present time. Investigation and or
lginaI research should be made n Of
the fundamental requirements for
students in the university. The stand
ing Of a university is not determined
by the number Of students. the size
Of it's campus or the beauty Of its
buildings. but rather by the amount
of original work done by the students.
The sources of information ought to
be studied and then added to by new
discoveries. The university profess
sors ought not to spend out their time
teaching. but should also be able to
do some original work. The examin-
atoms given at various times during
the year are bad. says DIR. Vincent,
because student work on things in or
der to pass these examinations, rath-
er than to obtain knowledge. Profess
sor Vernon p. Squires presided at
convocation. Another interesting
a r of the c~onvocation program was
the reading given by John Adams
Taylor of the English department.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
N STANCHH|ELD TO
HAVE DAYLIGHT
STORE
Extensive Improvement I'm
der Way-Plate Glass
in Abundance.

NJ. S~tanchficld. who has conducted
a clothing store at the corner of De-
Mers e and Third street for over
sixteen years. is about to realize one
OF the principal ambitions of his life
which Is to have pen one of the most
down-to-thc-minute clothing estab.
lishments in this part of the country.
Dinnie Bros, contractors. have start
cd the work of rebuilding the old
store. which is to be remodeled in.
side and out at Il cost of several thou
completed the Stanchfeld store viii be
IN a class by itself and will be me
of the few real daylight stores in the
northwest.
Plate glass windows extending the
entire length of the establishment on
the two streets will he Il feature of the
exterior improvements. The entrance
10 the store will be on the corner and
VIII he ten feet square in size and will
be tiled. adding much to the attrac.
tlveness of this busy corne
Inc interior of the establishment
VIII be a genuine delight to the mar
VINO Is looking for something to wear.
The customer M the clerk will not
nave to look all day to find what they
want for silent salesmen'' will be
ready to wait on the trade.
aNoNeS Will DC features OF
the inside arrangement of the store
II hundreds of feet of glass show
cases will be added to the fixtures
Practically the entire stock will be
displayed under glass.
The Office will be arranged for the
convenience OF ~bookkeepers, clerks
n the boss himself" and in appoint
menfs will be in keeping with the ele-
CANT and attractive scheme Of ar
rahgemcnt to be carried throughout
the establishment.
" has always been Il desire of mine
to have a nice store on this corner"
said Mr.. Stanchticld this morning. This
pace has not been what / wanted for
some time and now I think / am going
TO have a place of business that the
town can we'll BIO proud of. You know.
after a man has been in business for
a long time he begins to think of the
kind of a little place that he dreamed
OF when he first started out.
1T isn't always money that commits
IN this world. A business man likes
to be represented by a first class busi.
ness home some time in his life. The
work will be rushed to complexion "a
fast as possible. believe the store
VIII look right when things are fixed
up" Wv ""eu
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
STATEMENT BY MR.. RUDsER
Bears OH Controversy Between Him.
self and NJ. Londcrgan Of AS
sessnlent Commission.

To the Editor:
In answer to Mr.. Londersan's
statement. L will state that the as
sesslnent in my district is made in ac-
cordance to frontage. a corner lot
pays thirty per cen more than my
center lot in the block. or. a corner
Tot across Woodland avenue pays
$622.17. The center lot pays s479 or
s14s.T less than the corner lot. My
lot is Il corner lot. but mine has no
paving in front. My assessment is
s526.9O which is s3S3.13 more than
the corner lots pay over the frontage
share of the paving. If the so foot
front of my lot he paved at the pres
ent price of paving 1919, the paving
assessment of my corner lot will
amount to s%1,005.90. This is plain
enough to show that 1 am entitled to
Mr.. L~ondcrgan's promise of paying
my assessment. So i hereby thank
him for his generous offer.
Yours respectfully.
john j. Rudser.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
Y :. i * x * y * x X 4.
PERSONALS
+ ): s. = * i: Il q 4: \ X X

- . !" - y y " * Z. y y X K u
Fl: NJ. simons of Michigan is regis
tered in Grand Forks.
Frank 4. Welch. register of deeds
IN Walsh county, is a visitor from
Grafton today.
Mrs. l.. 0. Dunn of Grafton is shop
ping in the city today.
Warrent ]. Buchner of Devils Lake
is at one Of the hotels.
Orr residents in Grand Forks TODAY
are +. r. Foster and Burr Yaple.
Miss Eva Vessels is a guest at one
Of the hotels.
Miss Laura Ruby Of Cavalier is q
hotel guest in the city.
Guy Miller of Mimic is here on bus.
iness.
Brocket is represented in the CITY
by D. r. Officer.
Miss Nellie Fulton Of BARTLETT is ut
n of the Grand Forks hotels to-
day.
Mark Lynch Of Marvel is looking
after business in Grand Forks.
". p. Stevenson Of Minot is here
on business.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL Eaton of Fisher.
Mimi. are hotel guests in the city.
Fl. F.. Nesne arrived from Fargo
Friday night.
C.. A: simonson and J.. H. Brown
OF Devils Lake registered at one Of
the hotels Friday.
Angus Mckay Of Gardner is here
on business.
j. NJ. Qualley Of Petersburg III
tered in the city Friday.
W. s. Reid of Egeland is here on
business.
st. Thomas is represented in the
city today by N. Sandbo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Larson Of Dew
Ills Lake were guests al a Grand
Forks hotel Friday night.
Ed. Garseth of Fairdale is looking
after business in Grand Forks.
II. Armour arrived fro mFargo Fri
day night.
NJ. B. Nelson Of Marvel is spending
today in Grand Forks.
a. Evans of Orr is in the city on
business.
O. III. E%ddington of Bathgate is here
on business.
Andrew JorRenson is REPRESENTING
Pilot In the city today.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
TO GIVE PLAY

The girls of the Kappa Alpha Theta
sorority will present Il play this even
ing at Corwin hall. The play was
written by Miss Vera Kelsey of Grand
Forks and is entitled The Flower Of
Power" Only invited guests will be
present this evening and they include
the patroncsses. sorority mothers and
sisters. some freshman girls and Mrs.
March of the University of Minnesota
chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta who
arrived Thursday evening and is being
entertained as the guest of Mrs. T.. j..
King of University avenue The pres
cntation of the play will be in the ma
ture of a social function and the girls
who will take the leading parts are
Miss Clara Pennington. Miss Jessie
Bulge. Miss Margaret Fawcett. Miss
Donna Forkner. Miss Selma Hassell
and Miss LaBelle Mahon of Langdon.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
WAS. SPLENDID LECTURE.

The Search After the Functions Of
Swale Vincent's lecture Friday after
noon in science hall. About fifty sci
entifc men. including physicians and
medical students. were present: Dr.
Vincent used the adrenal body or
.superadrenal capsule as a type OF or
gan for. his address.
He spent some time on the history
OF anatomical and physiological
knowledge Of the organ and showed
that 1t has two distinctly different
medulla. DR.. Vincent also spoke of
the comparative anatomy Of these
parts and gave, some data as. to the
function OF each. He discussed the
past and present Of medical knowl-
edge and also spoke Of its possibilities
for the future.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
W|OEMAN GETSCALl
TO OUTDOOR LIFE
AND ANSWERS
Y. M. G. A. Directors Has
Resigned-Boasts Co.
pher Claim.

Armed with a brand new repeating
rifle and carrying in his pocket blue
prints of q little bungalow that he pro-
poses to erect. Bert Wideman for two
Years physical director of the Grand
Forks y. NJ. c. A. will leave for his
claim, thirty miles south of Roseau,
Mimi. early in April.
Mr.. Wideman handed his rcsigna.
tion to the board of directors If the
Y. NJ. G. A. last fall. intending to re-
main here until the coming June. The
call of II gladstone springtime and
tho invitation of this wistfuily expected
season to come on out and gamhol
on b green" have reached the physi.
cal instructor. however. and Friday
he notified the directorate Of the in
stftution that he desired to leave the
first of next month.
With summer approaching. which
means that the indoor games and VIM
nastnm work will be given up for the
outdoor sports. the directors of the
Y decided that they will have no
physical director for a time at least.
a special effort will be made to inter-
est the boys in outdoor games. Later
another instructor will be secured for
The gymnasium.
MIR. W-idcman will probably appea
IN a. number of wrestling matches in
n state before he leaves for Mime
sofa. He has a series of dates about
arranged n will take on some Of the
best material in the state before going
TO his claim 10 become a real ranchcr.
am anxious to get out on my
claim and build this little bungalow"
said MIR. Wideman this morning. That's
the reason that / am giving up my
position here the first of the month.
Will probably have a few wrestling
matches about North Da kota within
the next three weeks. There are sew.
eral boys in the state that want to
meet me and ] have a sort of an in.
clination for the mat game.
The work in the Y. NJ. G. A. GYM
naslum here has been mighty pleas.
ant II ! have enjoyed working with
the boys. However. that little claim
appeals to me and ! am going to get
there very SOON"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
AN I M

/ was a jack upon the deck.
The deck had Just been shufflel.
And appeared a perfect wreck:
My feelings sore were rufflcd.
thought that | would play my hand.
But twas OF little use,
For though I tried to catch a queen
only got the deuce.
] made a bluff. II WAS enough.
a king full did tho calling.
Then he drew one. and when he done
] found myself a-Sprawling.
] yelled. Don1 cut" The king stood pat.
] saw his royal flush.
said. "Iou win; now take the pot.
Together lot lis lush.
For was but a sailor jack.
4 king of %>harpcrS he.
And this is but tho story of
An intcr"ccan spree.
-Garrctson in n. y. Globe
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23

An insurance expert gucSses AS follows: \
mysterious fire took place recently at a country
house. and upon Investigation. it was found that
the fire had started under the roof in a spot where
there was no tluc or chimney near. But Just
where the fire broke ont Il hole was found under
the caves. and il had been remarked that some
startIings had built a nest in that spot. The
conclusion arrived at was that a startling had
picked up Il Smouldering cigarcttc-probably
gold-tipp",|. as these birds arc attracted by gilt
tering objrrt>--and conveyed it to the nest. where
it presently set fire to the ~intlammablc rubbish.
1t seems a bit far-fctched. but it stands until a
better guess is made.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
FARMERS CAN USE JUICE

r. ID. Mure, who is connected with
the lighting department of the General
Electric company Of Schenectady, N.
y, spoke this morning OH Rural
Electrical Applications" Mr.. Mure is
an interesting speaker and is skilled
in his line of work. He Is travelling
for his company for the purpose of
trying to extend the use of electricity
into rural districts. He thinks that
farmers have not had the advantages
OF electricity because they believed
ii was too expensive to carry 10 the
country. MIR. Murc says that electric
ity can be used in the country without
very much expense and his matter
should receive careful attention be-
cause of tho advantages to be gained
by the farmers.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
LUTHERAN LECTURE COURSE
Pastors Onion Makes Arrangements
for Series-First Will Be Given
ON Sunday.

The Grand Forks Lutheran pastors
union has arranged for a lecture
sentatives men of the different Luth-
eran church bodies have signifed
their willingness TO come here and
lecture.
The first lecture of the course will
be given next Sunday afternoon at 3
o'clock in the Zion Lutheran church
by Prof. Carl NJ. Wesvig Of the Uni
ted Lutheran seminary, st. Paul.
Mimi. His subject will be: Work
Among the Young People,"
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
East Side News
IS MEETING TODAY
Proposition Of Awarding Contract for
Pavement is Under Consid.
Grafton.

This afternoon the East Grand
Forks city council is holding a meet
Ing for the purpose of awarding the
contract for the laying of pavement
on DeMers venue 1t is probable that
the recommendations of the council
committee. for sandstone pavement,
will be adopted.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
Meetings for Men and Bows.

Meetings for ME and boys will be
held at the Bethel and Key West
Presbyterian churches on Sunday.
meeting in Key West will be held
at , p. m. AT these meetings plans
will be outlined for carrying out the
work as suggested at the Men and Re-
ligion Forward Movement in Grand
Forks. Rev. r. Drysdale and James
Cumming will conduct the services.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
LIVELY MEETING.
Three Townships Strong for Better
Farming Movement.

Farmers and business men of three
townships net at Inkster Friday after
noon and listened to Director Thomas
Cooper Of the Better Farming %associa-
tion discuss farm problems in a pract-
ical way and explain the purpose of
the better farming movement.
Following the meeting a number of
I'M were added to the petitions
calling for an appropriation for the
work in this county. Three repre-
sentatives were also appointed to meet
with the county commissioners in
Grand Forks today to express the
sentiment of the farmers Of Inkster
ana vicinity toward the better farming
appropriation.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
Funeral Sunday.

boy who was frozen to death in a
Montana blizzard tho first of the
week. will be held from the r. Bach
residence. III North Fifth street. at
gao o'clock Sunday afternoon. The
service will he conducted by Rev.
Matthews.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
Reh,kah Dance.

Maple Leaf Rehckah lodge No. ?
will give a dancing party at Odd Eel
lows hall next Tuesday evening. All
Rehckahs, odd Fellows and their
friends arc invited.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23

e. A. G%lossner, "a Ontario St.. Roch.
ester. y. Y, has recovered from a
long and severe attack Of kidney trou-
bic. his cure being due to Foley Kid
ncy Pills. After detailing his case. he
says: II am only sorry I did not learn
sooner of Foley Kidney Pills. In a
few days time my hackache complete
~ left me and I felt greatly improved.
NJ; kidneys became stronger, dizzy
spells left me and ] was no longer
annoyed at night. 7 feel 100 per cent
better since using Foley Kidney Pills."
McGrath's Pharmacy.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-23
Sizing Things Tn.

n. j. Hinck left for Devils Lake
this morning to look after business
and incidentally to see how things are
looking politically. Petitions are he
ing circulated in Ramsey county for
the nomination of Mr.. Hinck as a
candidate for the Office of Judge of the
county court.