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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
Woods and Streams Await

The love of outdoor sports is one
fthe best possessions that the wo-
man engaged in trade or in one OF
the professions can have. 1t Is a
love that can be cultivated, like any
thing else, and the return it gives
in pleasure, health, and mental Sc
renity Is beyond computing.
Think how all the wild beauty OF
earth is waiting for you If you care
for walking, riding a horse or a
wheel, If you like canoeing and sail
ing: think of the sweet still forest
nights that brood over the camper,
of the fresh delight of a swim in the
ocean, lake or river when the morn
ing calls you out. Cold water to her
who enjoys 1t is water of life in
deed.
The chief excellence OF games like
golf and tennis Is that they are played
in the open air and take you away
from bricks and mortar and give
you a chance to perspire freely. They
make you use your muscles, and force
you to put your mind on physical in
stead of mental eXertion.
But it Is the things you can do en-
tirely by yourself, with no companion
other than the great mother Nature
herself. that are particularly good
Fishing, for instance? What is more
glorious than a long, cool spring
day alone by a stream with rod and
line and reel? The full and murmur-
ing brooks, brown as ale and clear
as crystal the spotted beauties Turk
ing in the pools, Swallowed by the
young green of willow and alder
The lunch beside a spring with the
fresh caught trout curling In the pan.
How you enjoy the freedom of your
fishing clothes, the smell of the
meadows! You may be tired at the
days end, but 1t is a fatigue fit for
goddess, and followed by a sleep
that is an epic.
Why leave all this glorious fun
to men? Yet so few of US women
ever lear nto enjoy the fascination OF
outdoor life with any thoroughness
At the best we are dabblers and anna
tours, afraid of solitude or of de-
pending upon ourselves. Why, even
in a Colorado mining camp I've
seen the women toddling around on
high heeled shoes, restricting them
selves to the one street for their
outing, leaving the splendid noun
tains, the deep canyons unvisited
and unexplored. The best ridine
horses in the world were to be had
for the asking, but most of the wo-
men had never been in saddle.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
Stink Bugs

Phew! Damn These were the
EXPLANATIONS heard on the streets
Tuesday night. Everybody looked at
everybody else like they wondered
why the devil they didn't go home
and take bath. Friends eyed each
other askance and debated whether
or not they had better tell him that
he didn't smell a bit good, and per-
haps he had better go home and take
a bath. But the secret Of the whole
thing was horde of ugly green bugs
some of a bright green, some pea
green, some dark green and some had
faded until they were tan. But
they we're here by the millions about
the street lights heralding the COM
ing rain storm. No matter what par
ticular shade of green these bugs
were they had a smell that ruined
the soda fountain business for that
night, and If the big rain had missed
us and the atmosphere had cleared
up and the bugs not drowned and
washed away, skunks would have
had to been imported for relief. The
smell was so strong where the bugs
had been smashed on the cement
side walk that great cracks appeared
in the cement.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

Four rooms on the second floor OF
the New England building in To-
peka house a veritable beehive OF
busy workers. The four rooms con-
stltute the headquarters of the Dem
ocratic State Central committee.
In the front office Secretary w. b.
l.. Pepperell Is installed with a corps
of stenographers handling his cor
respondence and getting out circu-
lars, Autographs and various forms
of advertising. AS jolly as ever,
Pepperell has little time these days
for anything but the good OF his
party, and to talk about certain
Democratic success at the polls in
November.
In the fourth room Chairman Hen
derson Martin is situated, where he
can keep In touch with every depart
ment, and keep a watchful eye on ey-
erything. In the rooms between, the
chairman of the speakers bureau
and the publicity bureau are busy
with their various duties.
Headquarters were officially opened
Thursday, September 5, when the
chairman and secretary of both the
bureaus opened their Offices for bus
mess. Since the party council the
temporary headquarters had been es-
tablished at the Hotel Throop, where
such work as was necessary in prep
aration for the campaign was done.
Arrangements are being made for
one OF the most strenuous campaigns
in the history of Kansas Democracy.
1t is the intention of the chairman
and his staif not to leave stone UNI
turned that might aid in the cause
In the coming struggle. And mas
much as there Is lots of work to be
done, everybody is as busy as bee.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
Poor Eyes Cause Stupidity

A woman in Indiana has sued the
township for $1,000 damages due to
the health of her child. She as
serts that on account of the improper
introduction of light into the school
room the child's eyes were kept on
a strain which resulted in an impair
ment of the nervous system.
AS the school belongs equally to
all citizens, it hardly seems right
that one citizen should sue the 9th
ers for what is her own neglect OF
duty. Fer it should be the duty OF
every parent to investigate the con-
ditions in the schoolroom attended
by her children.
The schoolhouse reflects the char
acter of the community, and 1t will
be Just as modern as is demanded by
the parents. The members of the
school board, who are elected to rep
resent the people, will provide all
improvements that are demanded by
the parents.
Medical inspection of school chill
dren has proved to be great bene-
fit to many children. 1t is not un-
usual to find child so near-sighted
that she is unable to read the lesson
from the board. Many children have
been ranked as stupid when the real
fact was that their eyesight was so
poor that they were unable to read
the questions on the board correctly.
The majority of teachers try to
seat their pupils so that the near
sighted ones will be near the black
board, but with forty pupils to look
after all day long it is impossible for
her to give the individual attention
that Is needed by certain children,
and some with poor eyesight escape
detection and are ranked as stupid
DR.. Edith B. Lowery
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
WAY A BACHELOR GOES TO BED
AS Explained BY a Garden City Man

AS Explained by Garden City Man
He saunters aimlessly up to his
room-as though there was some
thing he was forgetting time
from IL p. m. to a. m. Removes
his hat, collar and tie, coat and
shoes, chances over the daily paper,
throws it aside, lights a cigar, Gig
arctic or pipe-nOt because he loves
the smell of the cigar or the taste
OF the smoke but because he Is lone
some. After the first few whiffs, he
falls into reverie and while his
cigar is going out he recalls the
pretty face and neat form Of some
girl he has seen during the day and
wonders If he can make an excuse
to make her acquaintance. Wonder
if-the first time said something
to her with some sense to it-H 1t
would be "all off, with her as 1t
has been with all girls have made
the acquaintance of heretofore?
Most girls fear a brainy man as
the Devil fears Holy Water, but will
make you think she admires your In
tellect but wait until you try to talk
to her a second time--if she isn't
hard to catch, she Is an exception.
Wish | could find girl that is
broad minded-Eone that could talk
or be interested in something besides
shows, fashions and society gossip.
am not looking for a Cleopatra or
Venus, but ! want one that is fair
locker and of neat ppearance-one
that could be proud of regardless
of any station of life that | might
be called upon to fill. Oh well, l
guess they are all about alike-in a
way; would like to be the leader of
late 'fashions-but what's the use OF
thinking unkind thoughts Of them
they can't help it.
Think I'll go to bed and-sleep a
little, maybe.
With child-like simplicity he
kneels by his bed and-since bach
elor is supposed to have things his
own way
Now lay me down to sleep,
| know not DER me what will creep,
But should they bite before l wake
| pray thee, Oh God, their jaws to
| break!
Shirley, in Garden City Telegram
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
SKETCHES OF WOODROW VIII
SONS LIFE
The Life of An Able Democratic GOV.
ernOr and Fearless Demo-
cratic Candidate for
President

It was on the record year and a
half as governor, and on the per-
sonal character displayed in making
that record, that the people have
built their faith in Woodrow Wilson.
Yet behind the achievements and the
character that thus won national rec
ignition lay forty years of prepare
ton. The public knows little of
these years. These articles will tell
something of them:
Woodrow Wilson was born in 1856,
in Christmas week, in the town OF
Staunton, in the beautiful Shenan-
doah Valley. When he takes his
seat, he will be the eighth President
born in the Old Dominion. And in
temperament, ripeness of statesman
like views, capacity for political lead
ership, he is practically fitted to be
the successor of Washington, Jeffer-
son, Madison and Monroe. AS they
we're prepared above all other men OF
their time, to do the particular work
of founding the government of the
new republic and giving the first cast
and direction to our political institu-
tlons, so, 1t is no idle rhetoric to af-
firm, is Wilson uniquely fitted to
preside over the critical hour when
the nation is perplexed by the neces-
sty of meeting new Industrial social
and commercial conditions UNI
dreamed of by the fathers OF the Re
public.
Woodrow Wilson's grandfather
James Wilson, was born in Ireland
whence he emigrated, landing in
Philadelphia, a little more than a
century ago. James Wilson was a
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
KEEP IN TRAIN

In college towns where physical
culture is preached daily, it is COM
mon to see bare-headed and lightly
CARRIED men trotting through the pub
lie streets for a few miles OF jog
trotting. Such evidences of physical
training are less common in other
cities, although Wichita has few
exceptions of the athletic life.
The Y. NJ. C. A. teaches the value
of physical fitness, and the newspa-
pers as part of a general campaign
Of education take an occasional
whack at boosting the good thing
along, but still our population can
not be called athletic.
We are reminded of this physical
unpreparedness every time somebody
like Capt. Hobson sounds a bugle
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
THE EMPTY SCHOOL HOUSE

An empty school house is the lone
Hest object in the world. For nine
months in the year it is filled with
children who laugh and study and
love each other and try their wits
with the teachers, until to the pas
serby, 1t seems alive with youth and
aspiration and joy. But in the other
months to pass it is depressing for
its whole atmosphere Is that of some
thing bereft of its soul. The trees
grieve for the shouting troops Of hap
Ply young ones that are wont to play
beneath them.
The gloomy, silent rooms are
haunted by the ghosts of those who
dwell in Latin literature and Ger
man poetry, and Uttered with frag-
ments of the multiplication tables,
elusive geometrical theorems and dis
jointed words which the littlest ones
have tried to spell. To peep in one
of them is enough to turn cold the
current of the warmest heart. But wait
another half month, and these de-
serted places will be like GASES in the
desert and all the young life in town
will be journeying to their pleasant
greenness. Faces will bloom above
every desk, and brown eyes and gray,
blue eyes and black will be search
ing along the paths of learning for
the trails into the land of under
standing. And the lonely school
houses will then assume iaunt-
ing impertinent expression, as much
as to say to the other houses in town:
What are you doing? How do you
manage to think you are happy with
just a few children when most OF
them come to me for the best part of
the day?"-Kinsley Graphic.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

They are laughing yet, in Hous-
ton over a story told by William
Breen, an enthusiastic hunter-even
for Texan. Bill was strolling over
Big Thicket one day with his REM
ington repeater over his shoulder,
every now and then adding to his
bag. Coming over the clump of a
hill he met a fellow huntsman pack
ing an old single shot rife.
What yo'all huntin,' queried
Bill.
might pot deer" answered the
other laconically.
Seen any?" said Bill
"Only three, so far" returned the
stranger.
Get a shot?" persisted the Hous.
tonite.
"Yas, they was two got pretty nigh
but | amt got but one load for
my gun and l want-a hunt all day,
was the startling explanation that
still amuses Bill and his friends,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

printer; he obtained employment in
the office OF the Aurora" which was
the leading Democratic paper of the
day, recognized as the political organ
of Thomas Jefferson. philadelphia
was then the capital of the U. 81
James Wilson worked hard and
prospered. In the year 1872 he APP
pears by the Philadelphia Directory
Of that date as publisher of the pa
per. AS such James Wilson must
have known jefferson, who contin-
ued his interest In the Aurora" af-
ter his retirement from the Presi-
dency.
About the year 1920, James Will
son contracted the western fever, and
moved to Stubenyille, Ohio, where
he founded or bought the western
Herald" and made himself a power
in the Democratic party in Ohio, be-
coming Judge Wilson"
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
A Deformed Girl Writes Book with
Her Toes

Three years ago Miss Ephie Gladys
Virtue, now aged twenty-four years,
but a physical dwarf since childhood,
started to write book. She labored
at it many hours day, revising and
revising. Recently it came from the
press-a neat volume of 175 pages
and she is happy.
When three months old Miss Vir-
tue was stricken with spinal menin-
gifts. Grown to womanhood now
her mental strength is marvellous
but she cannot use her hands.
Every word of the book was writ
ten on typewriter by the use OF
one foot. Holding pencil between
her toes, she clicked off the thou
sands of words, striking the key
board with the pencil and paying
little attention to fatigue. Three
times did she rewrite the entire man
uscript before she was satisfied.
Miss Virtue lives with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Virtue. at No
26S Inglehart avenue, st. Paul. Hell
book is called "Helen Dale" and ev.
cry character is drawn from real life
--girlhood friends of Miss Virtue.
you mustn't give me too much
credit for the book" she said. 1.-THE
work was inspiring. Pm a Christian
Scientist. The story is based on this
religion"
Unable to go to school, little Ephie
one day askeL her mother to teach
her the alphabet. Her mother made
the letters up to &C." but two days
later found that the girl had worked
the whole alphabet out for herself
Gradually she learned to read and
write, and when she came to St
Paul, ten years ago, from Tennessee
she had become deep student OF
classic literature.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

Henry Allen hands out this recipe
to wives who want to know how to
successfully manage their husbands:
when you marry him, love him.
After you marry him, study him.
II he is generous, appreciate him.
When he is sad, cheer him. When
he Is cross, amuse him. When he Is
laxative, listen to him. When he is
quarrelsome, ignore him. If he is
confidential, encourage him. II he
be slothful, spur him. II he be no
BILE, praise him. If he cares for
pleasure, coax him. II he does you
a favor, thank him. When he de-
serves 1t, kiss him. If he faVors So
ciety, accompany him. Let him
think how we'll you understand him.
But never let him know that you
manage him."
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

A storm in China Monday, killed
10000 people in one night and mil
lions of Others are now facing star
walton, still, that news gave us not
nearly so much concern as did the
fact that thousands of horses we're
dying in Kansas.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

Governor Stubs has offered re-
ward of 100000 to the man who
first finds a cure for the horses VINO
become stricken with the terrible
disease among the faithful animals
In Kansas.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
RUNlSIAGE SALE

The Ladies Aid OF the Presbyterian
Church will hold their annual rum
mage sale Saturday, September the
21st In the Craig Building. A good
supply of hats, coats, shoes, dresses,
and mems clothing will be sold cheap
and plenty of material to make over
for children. 9-13-2t.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

We always like to be original, and
we wish it to be noticed that the
Democrat, unlike all other papers,
has advanced no theory as to cure
for the horse disease which is raging,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
ooacer,, bawled an excited Ne,

: UlHCbI, UaWItU IN tANIlIu LNuW
Yorker. Hey, officerl"
whats got your goat?"
"Oficer, there are four thugs
around the corner beating up and
robbing a citizen"
Much obliged for your informa-
tion," responded the patrolman more
cordially, but won't mix in. Four
men ought to be handle him without
extra help. Besides, they won't want
to split the loot Ave ways. Pitts
burgh Post.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
WANTED

We will pay five cents per pound
for clean old rags to wash presses
with.
We have on hand a large number
of old papers which we will sell very
cheap.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13
Big Dinner

The ladies of the First Baptist
church will serve dinner, ice cream
and cake, Sept Is, at the Craig build
ing three doors east of the P. 0.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

IT here's SO much good in the worst
Of us, and there's so much bad in the
best Of us, thatit doesn't behooVe any
Of us to speak Ill Of the rest OF us
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

Chas. Summers and wife return
ed Wednesday night from a pleas
ure trip through the west.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

Mrs. E. Van Hosen, a sister of Mrs.
NJ. F. Cayanaugh is here this week
from her home in Reco, Colorado,
visiting
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

Entered as second-class matter January g.
1911. at the post Office at Liberal kansas
under the Act OF March Q. 1879
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

1t is better to never eat but one
meal at a time.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

This publication day is Friday, the
thirteenth-O, Shivers!
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

A thing of duty is a bore forever
Improperly is the spice of life.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1912-09-13

Published every Friday morning
ut Liberal, Seward County, Kans.
Subscription Price $3.50 Per Year
Evening journal., 1912-01-16
HINTS BY MAY MANTON
A DAINTY LITTLE FROCk.


This dress that is made with fiat
bertha and with panels is very new
and very smart. IN the illustration
it is finished with round neck and
with short sleeves and is made of
dotted voile with trimming of lace. II
is very charming and adapted to dane
ing school and occasions OF the kind,
yet it is perfectly simple. The four
gored skirt is gathered and joined TO
the blouse that is cut all in one piece.
The panels are attached under the
bertha and are held in place at the
waist line. in this instance by a sash,
but for the sash straps could be sub
stituted a belt, if a simpler frock l.
wanted. In the back view, the same
dress is shown made of linen with
embroidered edges and with high neck
and under-sleeves and the model suits
both materials and both treatments
equally well. II something still
simpler is wanted the panels can be
omitted when the frock becomes just
a plain one with pretting becoming
lines.
For the 10 year size will be re.
CURED n l-4 ydluS OF lndleIldl -, .
yards SO or A inches wide with z
yards OF banding and 1-2 yards OF
fringe TO trim as shown in the front
view.
A May Manton pattern, No. 1879, is
cut in sizes for girls of 8 10 and II
years of age, and will be mailed to
any address by the Fashion Depart
ment OF this paper on receipt OF ten
cents.
No.. ...... 80. -....
Name ....... ...... -. ............
Address ...... 49,. ...'.'''...,
Size. ............-..... ..''.'
CLARIssA
cold Medal Flour. MALINDA.
Evening journal., 1912-01-16

chainstitch of common string and run
in the beading, and it does very nice
ly for a short time
When you are picking beans, or in
fact any kind of dry fruit, you will
find that it makes your work consider
ably lighter to put the fruit to be
picked into a colander. The fincr
dust and chaff will go through and
save you the trouble of picking 1t
out and the danger of having it stay
in.
One Of the things not generally
known is this method of cleaning
black silk: Brush the silk thoroughly
and wipe with a cloth, lay on
board or table and sponge with hot
coffee which has been strained. After
the silk is partly dry, iron on the
wrong side. The coffee removes the
greas and restores the brilliancy
without making it shiny or stiff.
Labelling articles and canned fruit
should become a household duty. An
easy way to accomplish this, saving
time and trouble, is to clip OFF the nap
containing the seal of an old or dis
carded envelope. This gives paper
enough for q few words. Moisten the
seal, and the label is ready to be
placed on the article.
To preserve stories or articles from
magazines. do not cut nor tear out
the pages. Take the entire maga-
zine to pieces, by removing the wire
Chaps used to bind it, and separate
the pages. This will leave neat, wide
margins on the stories you ave, and
will facilitate rebinding them.
Many people have wondered if the
shiny appearance that suit of clothes
is apt to acquire can be removed. u
can to a great extent by rubbing the
shiny spots with very fine, black
emery paper, that can be purchased
at any hardware store for few
cents.
BY heating a lemon thoroughly be-
fore squeezing It nearly twice as much
| Juice will be obtained as otherwise
would be the Casa bit OF economy
easily put into practice.
To remove obstinate shoppers from
glass bottles. dip a piece of woolen
cloth into boiling water and wrap
tightly about neck of bottle In a
few minutes the stopper can be re-
moved.
When blankets become thin, torn,
faded and frayed at the ends, cover
them over or spread them between
sheets of silkaline or silk and tutt
them with ribbon or worsted. In
place OF an old. untidy blanket you
now have an attractive covering for
vour bed.
Evening journal., 1912-01-16
HOUSEHOLD NOTES Maud. 2 Z che,

To remove. grease spots from wall
paper, sprinkle a piece of blotting pa
per with baking soda and hold it over
the spots. The blotting paper will
absorb the grease, and the soda pre-
vents injury to the colors in the wall
paper.
Steel knVes that are not in gem
eral use can be kept from rusting
If they are dipped in strong solution
of soda
Heat your plates before putting hot
pies on them when first taken from the
oven. The hot pies on cold plates
cause a sweat thai makes soggy under
crust
Sometimes a. new ribbon or tape
is needed in a garment that is almost
worn out Perhaps it can only be
washed a few times more. Crochet