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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27

there been a systematic study and
analysis OF the types OF plants which
make up the field crops today. with
view Of accomplishing this object.
The fact that cotton was used and Of
necessity cultivated by the Indians, is
recorded by several early Spanish ex'
plorers. as 1t has been more recently
by many ethnologists. In the villages
OF the cliff-dwellers of Mesa Verde
National park numerous fragments OF
cotton cloth have been unearthed, and
In Utah the seeds OF the plant itself
have been found.
Today. among the Hopi Indians Of
Arizona. the cotton plant Is highly e.
teemed, and Its fiber enters into many
Of their ceremonies. as we'll as into
many practical household activities.
Unfortunately the native Hopis, once
deft in the art Of weaving blankets.
nantes, rugs and other articles from
cotton. now find it far easier to pur-
chase. the yarn already spun. the cloth
already woven. or the complete gar
ment. and thus the art IS gradually
being lost. Cotton is still cultivated
ty them. however. to small extent.
in a village in the western Navajo
reservation and In another OF the
Moqui.
The department Of agriculture has
carried on experiments with Hopi
cotton for the past seven years. This
particular species OF cotton Is re-
markable in the rapidity with which
1t grows and the early date at which
1t blooms, it being the earliest to
blossom Of several hundred species
put to test
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
What Every Wife Needs.

She needs good temper, a cheerful
disposition and knowledge Of how
her husband should be treated. She
needs a capability Of looking on the
bright side Of life and refusing to
be worried by small things. She needs
secure grasp Of such subjects as
are of interest to men and should not
be above studying even politics in or.
der to understand should her husband
speak of them. She needs sympa-
thetic nature in order that, should sor-
row fall upon them, she may be able
to give comfort to her husband, says
Woman'a Life. She needs to under
stand something of sick nursing; a
wife with no notion Of what to do In
cases of illness Is but useless thing
She needs considerable tact and pa
tience-the one to enable her to know
when to remain silent and vice versa,
and the other to put up with him
when his temper is rufled.-Chicago
Inter-Ocean,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27

to Paris, he hung out his shingle and
by sheer force of character and ability
has won a place among the best law
yers of eastern Illinois and western
Indiana.
Encouraged by the results Of the
congressional election Of two years
ago and the disturbance In the Re-
publican party last spring. leading
Democrats of the district determined
to forestall the Cannon program by
nominating a candidate strong enough
to attract the support Of the whole
party and attract those Republicans
who wanted Cannon defeated.
Announcing himself as progress
sive Democrat with no strings tied to
him, O'Hair went forth on get &C.
quainted" tour of the district and
amazed old campaigners with the in
slant success that he met everywhere.
Attired in an old suit of clothes and a
SLOUGH hat, with good cigars bullying
from every pocket. he visited every
village, town and crossroads commu-
nifty in the district This meeting Of
the voters at their homes, coupled
with his unassuming and friendly
manner and a ready command Of the
homely stories that appeal to the ru.
raj people, was something new.
While Uncle Joe" was stumping
the district on a special train accom-
panied by a lot of other candidates,
O'Hair was helping the farmers stack
and thresh their grain, or was admir-
ing their stock while pleading for
their support.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
Iowa State Dystallo-
SYsTANpER PUB. co. Publishers,
pEs MoINEA iowa
WITH PRETTY HANDS
Chinese Have the Most Beautiful
Spanish Use Theirs
Best,

A Kieff paper publishes a study Of
women's hands by Nine. Sjebinoff.
which has been reproduced in Paris
magazine. According to this author
ity Chinese women have the most
beautiful hands. Their fingers are
narrow, free from knots, as soft as
velvet yet not flabby, but they keep
the nails of the left hand little long.
Hebrew women have find hands, al
though the bones are too tender, with
the result that the last Joint has
tendency to turn outward.
American women, by taking great
pains, have fine hands in appearance,
but they are hard on contact. The
back of their hands Is slightly red.
dened and the inner side hardened by
sports.
German women have villainous
hands, and English women are not
much better. Russian and French
women have small hands, even too
small, and they load them with rings
Rings should be used only to hide de-
fects.
Italian women also have small
hands. but they do not keep them
clean. The hands of Spanish wom-
an have a classic beauty and their
movements are Incompatible. Such
hands cannot be described, they can
only be admired. When they manipu-
late fan, or roll cigarette, when
they raise a skirt or arrange man.
tilla 1t is always done with infinite
grace. A Spanish woman alone knows
how to use her hands as they truly
should be used-New York Sun.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
,PAJAMAs IN THE NAVY.

Omcial orders for the wearing of
pajamas were issued at the navy de.
partment the other day in a circular
describing the dress of enlisted men
of the navy. Henceforth. all enlisted
men will be required to add two suits
OF pajamas to their equipment on
board ship. The pajamas are to be
of white drill. Marines also are to
be pajama-clad hereafter, the orders
issued affecting the men in this serv.
ice. Heretofore men in the navy and
marine corps have been left to their
own devices as to what they should
wear or not wear at night Only pa
tents in the hospitals or sick bays
have been enjoying pajamas.
Among other changes in the uni.
form dress of the bluejackets is the
addition Of a non-elastic chin cord
to the familiar pancake" sailor hat.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27


largest organizations of the kind the
world has ever known.
According to Mrs. Schoff's theory
there are no bad children. only bad
parents, bad guardians, and evil sur
roundings," she says: IF the child Is
bad. the parents are the real Grim
inals, and If We cannot teach them to
bring children into the world proper
ly, to nurture them properly and to
train them properly. we had better
punish the parents when the cEild
does wrong" The child's wrong do
ing can usually be traced to the ig-
norance and neglect of the parents.
and she believes in order to remedy
this and to bring the children up into
healthy, happy and useful citizens
that it Ia necessary to better the con-
dition of the parents.
The incentive that led to Mrs.
Schoff becoming the champion OF un'
fortunate children occurred one May
morning little more than a decade
ago, as she sat reading the morning
newspaper in the library Of her luxuri-
GUS home in Philadelphia, when the
startling headlines on the first page.
"A Prodigy Crime" caught her atten'
ton and she became interested IN an
account of how an eight-year-old
child had deliberately set fire to the
house In which she lived, burning 1t
to the ground. The child was ar
rested, brought before the presiding
Judge. and as the girl herself admitted
she had started the fire Ito see the fire
burn and this engines rum" she was
sentenced to the reformatory. 1t was
found on investigation that the little
girl had been left an orphan at the age
of two years and placed in home, but
recently had been sent to city board
ing house, where she was acting as
helper and general household drudge,
Ler onls companions being ignorant
servants.
Many q mother in that City Of
Brotherly Love-" who read those star
Ing headlines, though Justly shocked
at the seeming depravity of the little
waif, felt also a thrill OF pity for her;
for there were mothers who had not
forgotten the day their little girl had
started fire out of similar curiosity,
or lust for fun" however, the paper
was laid aside, and the newspaper
phrase which has been the means of
redeeming thousands and thousands
Of juvenile offenders against the law
was soon forgotten by all but one
great-hearted woman, whose eyes fol-
lowed her own three little daughters
as they played about the room. What
II It had been one Of them!
Her heart went out to that mother
less child, and within an hour she was
demonstrating with the bewildered
judge. who declared he had no other
place to send her. This made Mrs.
Schoff more determined than ever to
rescue the child. and to learn more Of
the law that branded little children
as criminals and send them to re-
formatories. Horrified at the existing
system of handling Juvenile criminals,
SIC Immediately began the work of in
ve1tigating the local conditions
Her efforts, after ten years work,
resulted in the establishment in Phila-
delphia last juno of the first juvenile
court in Pennsylvania
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27

Of women should stand for election.
At present, out of about sixteen thou
sand councillors, only one hundred
and thirty-four are women, and during
the last seventeen years the number
Of women serving on rural district
councils has somewhat. diminished.
There are many matters to do with
the warehouses, the hospitals, the
housing and the care Of children of
district that only woman can fully
understand. Although the time she
has devoted to her work has meant
giving up much of her social life, Miss
Henry finds 1t SO fascinating that she
does not regret this. Miss Henry was
only a girl when she was first elected.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
Goino Too Far.

Mitchell Kennerley, the New York
publisher, had just rejected novel.
The mortified author called to see
Mr.. Kennerley at his Office about it.
IT think you are making a grave
mistake" the author said. This book
OF mine is sensational. And don't
you know. sir, that all the best sellers
have been sensational of late?"
".That may be true" Mr.. Kennerley
answered coldly, "but surely 1t Is 60
ing too far when you So murder the
English tongue as to make three or
four sensations on every page"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
NEW NICKEL SOON READY.

The design Of the new nickel to sup.
plant the f1ve.cent coin now in circu.
lation will be perfected by Secretary
of the Treasury MacVeagh within a
few weeks. George E. Roberts, direc-
tor of the mint. and ]. E. Fraser. Of
New York, an artist who is working
on the design, conferred with the Sec
rotary today.
An Indian head will adorn the face
of the coin and the figure OF a but.
falo the reverse. The design Is in.
tended to honor the disappearing In.
dams and buffalo, linked together IN
American history.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
TO ENeRAvE ExEcUTIvEs-ELEcT

The bureau Of engraving and print
ing already is preparing to engrave
likenesses Of Woodrow Wilson and
Thomas r. Marshall for the archives
of the nation.
Secretary MacVeagh of the treas
ury department requested the presi.
dent-elect and the vice-president-elect
to furnish copies Of their favorite
portraits, from which the bureau will
make engravings Governor Marshall's
picture was received the other day.
The likeness of every president
and vice.president Of the United
States has been reproduced on an en-.
graved plate by the bureau Of engrav.
ing and printing. The engravings Of
presidents Roosevelt and Taft are con
sidered masterpieces by the bureau.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27

Were they spies in war of arms. in
stead of war for money. they would
be shot as soon as found.
II they learn Of a valuable trade
process. they are likely to lay hands
upon 1t and send it home. Some OF
them will enter factories and buy
blueprints Of new machines from mer-
cenary employees If any such faithless
workmen happen to be around. They
watch new buildings for hints in con-
struction and study tariffs and the
rates Of land and water transporta-
ton. German spies-able and tech.
nical men, speaking English and ma
king no secret Of their activities-are
posted in every part of the United
States.
Many cities. having the trade
scouts OF foreign countries right in
the thick Of their own affairs, often
overlook them, unless there Is mon
ument TO Kossuth or Rochambeau to
be unveiled. or the British-Americans
hold runion with Caledonian games,
or the "Wacht am Rhein" Is sung at
a festival Of merry and unforgetful
Teutons. At the same time American
spies overrun the earth in all direc'
lions. Once they were big-voiced pol
iticians uttering ready and maybe
shady recollections of state and ma
tional conventions and voicing boasts
of their intimate relations with sena-
tors, governors and judges. Nova
days. however, the words, American
consul" stand for something very
much better than loud eloquence on
the stump or party diligence in wards
and precincts. Then there are spe
cial and extraordinary spies. or COM
mercial agents, as they are called,
with rowing commissions, who travel
the globe in search for facts and
the guarded discoveries of industry
and applied chemistry.
In sense, Albertus H. Baldwin is
captain Of the spies, common and un-
common, stationary or itinerary. The
consuls. officially. are employees Of the
department of state. Mr.. Baldwin.
however. is permitted to call on them
for information. and copies Of their
trade reports 60 over his desk: SO
they are auxiliaries to his own staff.
which numbers more than eighty
men. Moreover. under a new law.
he is to observe and help domestic
trade within the United States-to
keep tabs on sales here and abroad
and IN nrOmOte all kinds If hrsinpSs
whenever and wherever he can.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
Public Protection Of Health.

Students of civic affairs comment
frequently on the reluctance Of mu-
nicipal authorities and taxpayers to
spend money for health protection. 1t
is difficult to convince the average
legislator or citizen that appropria-
lions for this purpose are of greater
public benefit than the spending of
large sums on the protection OF prop
erty. We are all inclined to take
chances on the lives OF ourselves and
our fellow-citizens.-C Record.
Herald.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
kissed the Women Jurors.

Hugs and kisses for the women and
shaking hands for the men on the
jury made up part of the trial Of
Matthew Murray. an attorney. of Ia
coma. Wash. charged with defrauding
IN ignorant client. The young attor-
ney's wife gave the kisses and they
followed verdict Of not guilty. cap
ping the climax in the court. made
sensational by the defendants per-
sonal appeal to the jury in which he
wept, the women on the jury doing
likewise.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
INDIANS GREW COTTON.

The origin, growth and development
Of the cotton industry in the United
States has received much attention
from historians, ethnologists and sta
tisticians. Much interest has been
manifested in the identity and de-
scription of the varieties which. form
ed the foundation Of the American
upland cotton. but only recently has
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
The Girl Who Talks Loudly.

! The greatest mistake girls can
make is to talk loudly in public
places. Unfortunately the habit of
thus discussing people and private at
fairs is very prevalent in omnibuses.
trains or tearooms, and it often gives
rise to a good deal OF mischief, as
there is great danger in talking over
personal matters when the speaker Is
not aware who is near her, says
Home Notes. The world is very
small place, after all, and such con-
versation may be made use OF in an
unexpected way.-Exchange.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
ADVANTAGE.

1.-THE attention have given politics
would have made me fortune in pri-
vate business, said the statesman.
"Yes," replied Senator Sorghum,
"but you are permitted to stay In
the game, while II you had made a
fortune you would be struggling to
slip q contribution into somebody's
icampaign fund"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27

A demonstration of Browns wave
and gravity motor was held at
Young's hall in Baltimore.
The machine Is the invention OF
Frank Brown, who. says that it will
eliminate the use Of coal. reduce the
cost of labor and do away with ex-
pensive electrical energy.
The invention is designed to be
placed in the ocean where the reced-
ing and incoming waves and the
force of gravity produce motion and
in turn produce electrical energy 1t
Is claimed that the current generated
by this machine can be used for
lighting, for moving trains and for
running machines several hundred
miles from any given point where one
Of these motors may be placed.
The motor is designed to rest on
base OF reinforced concrete, fortified
against climatic changes. A series
of buoys are used to make the motor
steady and regular.
The Atlantic Perfected Motor com.
pany, incorporated under the laws Of
New Jersey, with an authorized cap
ital of $250000, has been organized
to manufacture Mr.. Browns inven.
ton. The promoters say they expect
to begin operations next spring.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27

Now what do you be meaning by
that?" asked the aunt, impatiently.
"Aweel" said Tibbie, they have
ma asked me to gang t kirk WI
them yet, but last night they went on
WI a grand quarr'l they were having,
all the three O. them, WI me talking
the dishes on o. the table, jist az IL
I'd been one O. the family"
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
AFRO.AMER|CAN CULL|NCS

A city-wide campaign to raise s25.
900 among the men and women of the
race toward 100000 fund for a new
building for the Colored Young Mems
Christian association opened In Bal
timore. julius Rosenwald of Chi
cago has promised to give s25 900
and the local white Y. M. c. A. the
remaining $4,000.
The campaign is in charge of In.
ternational Secretary J. E. Moorland
who has conducted successful cam.
paigns for new buildings for the race
in a number Of cities. The work of
raising the $4,000 is apportioned
among ten captains, each Of whom
has ten men under him. The cap
tains are T. A. Date, Walter s. EN-.
erson, DR.. T. s. Hawkins, Dr. Albert
o. Reid, w. r. Greenwood. Glendford
Pennington, DR.. T. 8. Hawkins,
Thomas J. Smith. DR.. ]. G. Robinson
and Samuel E. Young. James A. B.
Calls, DR.. Howard e. Young, John H.
Murphy, editor of the Afro-American
Ledger; Joseph Gurner Of the Balti.
more Times; James w. Hughes, the
Rev. w. Edward Williams, E. Bernard
Taylor, George s. White and W. F.
De Bardeleben, general secretary Of
the local association, are among 9th.
ers active in the campaign. The Col.
ored Y. M. C. A. Is nearly twenty
years old and is at present housed at
1919 Druid Hill avenue
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27

One Of the great hindrances to the
progress of the black mans fraternal
societies is that they elect to mem
bership some men and women whom
they wouldn't have the nerve to In
vite into their homes and Introduce
to their wives and families.-The
Seattle Searchlight.
That the colored brother has made
plumbers in his management Of his
fraternal organizations is undeniable.
His blunders are due partly to his
ignorance and largely to the exigen.
cies Of the circumstances surrounding
him. I doubt whether the original
founders of secret orders among US
expected them to be strictly social in
their functions, maintaining we'll de-
fined lines of social demarcation. OF
course it Is rather discouraging to
have your wife or daughter associate
with the "soiled doves" Of society in
these fraternal organizations. But
the insurance features in these or
CARNATIONS must be maintained, and
hence the necessity Of blinking at
some things that seem inappropriate.
The fraternal organizations. however,
are no greater sinners in this re-:
spect than are negro churches, and
the former have more excuses for
dereliction in this respect than have
the latter. But the disease Is work.
ing it's own cure. Hundreds are join
ing organizations where meetings and
consequent loss OF time and undesir-
able associates are unnecessary
Dallas Express.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
Tired Postal Card Arrives.

A postal card written by E. H. Aid.
rich, business man Of Bloomington.
ILL.,, from the Columbian Exposition
grounds during the worlds fair in Chi
cago on October IL, 1893, to- H. 8.
Curdy, a friend in Bloomington. was
not received by Mr.. Curdy until this
week. No explanation of the long de-
lay was made.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27

for them - are
hard at work
throughout the
world. They wear
frock coats and
stovepipe b a I 8
and are received
Hospitality wher-
ever they 60. Gov.
erments welcome
them. Manufac-
turers and bank.
ers freely talk to
them and often
entertain them at
I \ a n n m q q
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27

lndolent.
n presume Timpers is always on
the qui vive for Opportunity to pay
him q CALI" ~
mo. I hardly think man could
be ON the Out vive. as you say. who
spends 30 much Of his time In an
easy chair" ,1
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27

gresham, W a 8
born AZ years ago
In a log cabin in
a remote section
of Edgar county
Of humble Irish
parentage, and
spent his boyhood
days on a farm.
After graduating
from the common
schools he enter
ed Purdue univer-
sity, where he
took the law
course. Returning
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
MRS. FREDERICK scHOFF
THINKS ALL TOTS GOOD
Prior to 1899 Mrs. Frederick Schor
Of Philadelphia, known as the wom-

an Judge Lind
sey" Of Pennsyl-
vania. and the Or
iginator OF the ju-
venile court move
ment, had never
even thought Of .
public career. To-
day she Is the
president of the
National Congress
of Mothers. and
the acknowledged
leader of 10000
American moth.
org. opa of the
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
Eaely Lesson.

you know refused you half doz
on times before we were married, "
said Mr.. Meekton's wife.
Yes" replied her husband. II sus
pect that's what kept me from ever
wanting my own way again.
ington Star.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27

The world has taught the negro
that to be born humble is his in
heritance. It has also taught him
that on the foundation Of poverty he
must build his structure Of life, his
future hopes and aspirations are met
with misfortune and deprivations,
but he has been unmindful Of the
great commotion of all, and has placed
his foot firm on the ladder that leads
to higher plane of life and is strug'
Cling to reach the goal Of perfect
manhood.-Seattle Searchlight.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27

Newbury Eng
land) Rural Dis.
trict Coun ci l,
Every man or wo-
man voter In that
country will be
called upon to
elect members for
the rural district
c o u n ellis next
March, and, in
the opinion of
Miss Henry, it is.
of the utmost i'm.
portance that an
Increased nnp,hor
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
Qualified Admiration.

Don't you admire man who
laughs at dangerf ..... +
only to certain degree. He may
have courage, but he unquestionably
possesses 4 poor sense Of humor."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1912-12-27
Broken Neck 10 Not Fatal.

After living five months with bro.
ken neck, Harold Million of St. Jo-
seph, Mo-, succumbed to Bright's dis
ease. He suffered his injuries at
Guide Rock, Neb., June 30 last, when
he dived into shallow water in the
Republic river. For time it was be.
lieved he would recover, as he partly
regained the use Of his arms and legs,
which were paralyzed when he was
first hurt.