The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-01-09

one just described was rather dam
gcrous to have around the house.
Owing to the convey nature of tho
bottom of the bowl 1t was best to hang
1t in the corner of a room, and even
there it would seldom stay in place.
a brisk II of wind, or the. slamming
OF a door or window would set it rock
ing like a cork ON the bounding main,
once the "esky thing got to rolling
around and batting the two walls it
spring off the nail that held It,. II
anybody was in the room this aero
battle bowl was almost certain to leap
out n strike him on the head; and
IT no one was about it would lie in
walt, just longing for the baby to grab
1t up n lick some of its tinsel Off.
THESE are only a few of the reasons
why SO many of these fancy bowls
were filled with dirt and turned into
flower pots.
Both the chowder bowl and card
board notices were fancy but neither
of them ever gave the mantel piece
a hard run in the popularity stakes.
a home without a noticed mantci
piece was almost as near a barren cell
us could be imagined.
1t is more than probable that the
reason these mantel pieces became
SO popular Is that agents handled
them. Anything that a travelling agent
>~~AN " SAN"SS SllIdI LOT llIlSCIl
Years was not worth thinking of.
They went through the country clean
ing up wheat crops-after they had
been turned into money-like cinch
bugs were Won to do when the wheat
was i'm the sprout.
These agents had no fixed prices for
their wares n were willing to take
anything in trade. Once your front
door was opened you had as we'll be-
GIN 10 make wall space for a mantel
piece. There was no escape from
them. The majority of those mantcI
such as I'm God we trust The Lord
is ever present" God bless our
home" or The Lord is my shepherd'"
Another favorite was What is
home without a mother?" Also was
there one of the same kind for father.
Advertisements like What is home
without a safety razor?" and "What
is home without a carpet beater?" did
moi tend TO popularize these notices.
Other notices were, Strike while
the iron is hot ''Procrastination il
the thief of time Never put off till
tomorrow what YOU can do today"
"; ~ st,'e sn IN time saves nine" and
II motto-buying habit is not dead:
II a simply changed in form. The
sons and daughters of the people who
used to purchase mantle pieces and
WORK caro- n bowls now
buy clever sayings and advice printed
ON post cards or posters. Some of
them come in frames.
The crisp epigrams of popular au-
thors have taken the place of religious
Quotations and reverential savings,
aiph Waldo Emerson, James Whit
comb Riley. Walt Whitman and Ell
bert Hubbard furnish a large amount
of the writings that this class of trade
buys. Generally speaking, the advice
they give is not 80 hard to take as
was some of that our fathers had
slipped to them. "
Here is a popular poster motto:
When you are down in the mouth.
remember Jonah: he came out ali
This is another that has had a wide
sale: "'"'
Don't sit in the meadow and wait
Tor the COW to be MIXED. 60 after
the cow"
That tells the laggard what to do
Just as effectively as our old friend.
make hay" etc. But one more K
~ to take the latter advice. The
mere suggestion of shining sun IT.
enough to make a man crawl under
house. but strolling through "a
! meadow after a COW does not seem
70 be a task. Yet both mean the same
thing-get busy.