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Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30
IN THESE DAYS OF DIVORCES
Really Nothing Remarkable In shs
Simple and Frank Explanation
Of the Small Boy.

We were walking down the street
Sunday and we saw the most beaun-
ful child sitting on the front steps
of a pretty house, says Ted Robinson.
HIS eyes were 80 big and blue, has
curly head so golden. his innocent
smile SO frank and inviting that we
could not resist the temptation to en-
ter into conversation with him.
well, son." we said In the idiotic-
ally genial way with which an adalt
usually addresses child, how old
are you?"
-Four" lisped the infant. (Eie dida't
really lisp it, because you can't ksJ
when you say four; but that's the way
children are supposed to dol
Isn't that fine!" ct would have
been just as fine If he'd been tfnee
though. or five. More id.ocy.) And
whose little boy are your
Mammals lii boy
Aren't you papa's little boy, too
Nope"
why aren't you papa's little boy
THE decree gimme to mamma"
Then we went on our pleasant Way
Savannah Morning News.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30
PROPER DEGREE OF NEGLECT
Mother, to Know When to Draw
the Line.

Wholesome neglect is about the
best kind of care child can receive, -
she said. And my children have all
had plenty of lit"
The other mother was so impressed
by the words cf the mother of seven
healthy children that she actually be-
gan to practice little bit of whole
some" neglect with her own eve lamb.
One day the little girl came running
to her with a cut finger. Formerly
that mother would have called in a
physician to bind up the cut. But hav-
ing decided to make use of whole
some" neglect, she merely took out
her handkerchief, wrapped it around
the child's finger, dried her tears, and
told her to run back and play.
The mother of the seven children
happened to be present When the
little girl had run away she said to
the other mother. "That is a very dan
gerous way to treat a cut. Do you
usually follow that practice?"
NO." replied the other mother; 81
usually send for the doctor. But l
am Following your example, and using
wholesome neglect"
The other mother meditated a mo-
ment, and then she said. ut is not
necessary, think, to call in a doctor
when child cuts her finger; but to
bind it up with a handkerchief that
has been carried even for a few hours,
exposed to dust, and not to cleanse
the finger thoroughly before binding
1t up at all, seems to me. IL I may say
SO, to be not wholesome but "un-
wholesome neglect. So many per-
sons" she went on, confuse whole
some with 'unwholesome' neglect. /
don't blame them at all: it is hard
always to know the one from the
other!"-Home Progressive Magazine.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30
Silk Street Costumes.

The vogue for silk street costumes
continues, and the colored silks which
made their appearance last year are
to be found in greater variety and
more beautiful designs this fall. Many
materials are shown in piquelike
weavings in blac kand white, and are
utilized for costumes and coats.
Tartan and checked material are
shown in velvet and silk as well as In
the regulation wooden fabrics. There
are blue-green checks, through which
run red. blue or orange-yellow
threads and large shadow squares In
dark colorings fiecked with various
tints-
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30

Statistics recently compiled at
Washington show that the value OF
the American farm land is now over
sA1 200. 000,0 900, an increase in value OF
s21 900 .0OO. 900 In 20 years. There are
over 100000 farms. covering close
to 100000. 100000 acres A large ma.
Jority of these farms are worked by
their owners. the small farmers. who
number In round figures over 5,0O0,-
900 voters, forming the largest single
class of voters in the United States
and the one that is least likely to be
reached By socialistic appeals.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30
Feather Ionuee.

It seems as though a hat made Of
feathers should be light, and so the
plumage toques are in actual weight;
but they have a heavy look, thanks to
their compactness, and this Is not be-
coming. Nevertheless they will be
very fashionable up till Christmas,
and are already obtainable in many
colors and shapes. Very few OF them
have brims, but nearly all belong TO
the saucepan, the pudding basin or tho
coal scuttle persuasion.
Their only trimming is in nearly
every case a little knot OF brilliant
feathers at the side, culled from a
tropic bird.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30
No Broken Parts.

During the progress or the mornins
bath of few months old infant Ed
tie neighbor girl came into the rosm
carrying a doll and stood watclsNS
the operation for some time. The G-
tie girls doll was much the worse Tor
hard usage, being minus an arm assd
n leg. Finally she said to the mother
OF the child:
How long have you had your
baby?
The child was informed. and, look
ing from her doll to the baby, sac
said:
MY. but you have kept it nice
National Monthly.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30

There is a widespread use OF the va,
por. or Turkish bath. Even in arctic
l.apland the use OF a Turkish bath Of
very primitive form is common. It
consists OF a hut attached to every
farm, says IIarper's Weekly. In the
middle of the hut is raised a kind OF
beehive OF the rough stones and In
this a fire is lighted. When the
stones become red hot they are drench.
ed with water, so that the place is
filled with vapor. Then enter the
bathers, who are armed with birch
twigs. with which they belabor one
another until all are In state Of pro-
fuse perspiration. Then all leave the
Aut and roll in the snow outside. This
Mast function. 1t will be observed, is
equivalent to the cold plunge which is
the final experience in the Turkish
bath as known to us ALL
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30

A society OF Gotham brides have
organized an antinagging club. with
rules denouncing the new woman who
knows nothing of housekeeping, and
prescribing that husbands shall have
their breakfasts at any old hour.
served by neatly dressed wives, that
husbands shall be kissed duly on their
return. and have an evening off every
week to spend how and where they
please. The praises of this club will
be fervently sung throughout the land
and its members will be held up as
exemplars for their sex, but the pess.
imistic will recall that these members
will not stay brides.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30

Today the free lunch is one of the
deepest-rooted trees in our forest OF
hardy conventions. Occasional ef.
forts have been made to tear IL up
from the friendly American soil, bh
without avail, says the New York Sus.
To be sure. some Of its greatest luz
uriance has been Topped of; such free
glunehes' as some set forth in thai
Ausustan age known as the Jim Fisk
Pccaissance" no longer stimulate the
= lis OF the casual visitor to even the
best open-handed caterers to the pub.
b first.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30
Empty
Cradle
Worlds
Greatest
Peril
BY Prof. Ceorde Barr Hope
University of Edinburgh

Of land, whether by drainage of irrigation
Nautilus it would be to limit the procreaton
the greater evil of extinction through the overOu
aon of productive time his theories
Since deal Of water has flowed under the bridge and
TODAY congestion humanity the greatest peril that cnfrons
civilized nations is the empty Instead Of multiplying the leading
an ever-diminisling birth rate.
Every what happening in France through the unw
couples than two children
condition will lead the certain downfall of
and brilliant
England Ireland and Scotland fewer and fewer children
class that best able to for them and
Germany boosted Of its prolific moer the tendency
enlightenment though their statesmen full Of dreams Of
obivious fuy Of wider domnons the material to I'll them
is wanting.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30

There has always existed In Ameri
Ga strong admiration for the Spanish
people. a sentiment of good will az
persistent as It is difficult to define or
account for on materialistic grounds
One can only record that a hustiins
new world people, busy at the task
of conquering = primitive continent
have felt more than ordinary good
will for a reserved and dignified race
no longer the first In military power
but excessively proud of its glorious
history.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30
p.NcHANr FoR THE TELEPHONE.

PENcHANT FOR THE TELEPHONE.
OF the 10000. 00O. 900 telephone calls
that passed through the central offices
OF the world during 1911 no less than
14.s00.000.000 or 80 per cent. were
from Americans. In other words,
Uncle Sam took down the receiver
Just about twice as often as all the
rest OF the world combined. With
this fact in mind, II is not at all sur
prising to learn that OF the 12.453.OOO
telephones in the world the United
States has no fewer than $4,000 or
that the American telephone invest
mcnt is $1.025. 000, 900, compared with
a worlds total OF s1.729. 100000. Most
OF these things should occasion no as
constituent. The telephone is an
American invention, its utility was
first appreciated by Americans. and
Americans have been mos; persistent
IN employing 1t and making II an i'm
portant factor In their everyday lives.
Everybody knows this, says the Gin
cinnati Times-Star. But one thing
not so generally known Is that the
wide use OF the telephone in this coun-
try has been accompanied by corre-
spending neglect OF that other and
earlier American invention for elm
mating distance-the telegraph. When
the figures concerning the worlds en-
ployment of the telegraph are given
1t Is different story. Only II per
cent. of the 579. 100000 kilograms sent
In the world in 1910 were forwarded
,n this country.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30

As one who supremacy respects woman.
hood and who looks forward to a new and
blessed era for humanity through woman's
emancipation, / would like to say word
in defense Of the so-called "suggestive' gar
ments.
To me it seems almost incredible that
ordinarily decent, respectable, God-fearing
men should have the hardihood to denounce
all women who wear such skirts as wantons,
when surely everybody knows that multi
tudes of as good and modest women as can
be found anywhere use these tight-litting
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30

A Cincinnati woman claims to have
married a man without a fault She
may yet get up barefooted some nigh,
and discover that he throws his wood
en- laundry studs on the floor.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30

Mona Lisa. the picture that 80 mys
teriously vanished from Paris, is now
reported to be in Russia. Given liz
sle more time and patience. the lady
OF the inscrutable smile will be found
finally to have circumnavigated the
globe.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30

Nautilus, the renowned writer on politi.
cal economy, had mankind badly disturbed
in his own day and for much later period
by his plausible theory that the human race
would ultimately starve to death.
Nautilus laid down the doctrine that the
earth's population would increase much
faster than the means Of subsistence, and
he predicted time of universal famine. He
argued well, according to his lights, but he
took no account of The increased productiy-
ity Of the soil through scientific methods Of
cultivation, nor Of the reclamation of vast
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30
Contrary Causes.

"Why did Jinks break up housekeep
ing?"
Because his wife broke down"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teethiDg, softens the gums, reduces inflamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25c bottle N
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, small, sugar-eOated,
easy to take as candy, regulate and invigorate
stomach, liver and bowels. Do not grippe. ADV.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30

Storm centers as a rule defy central
limitations.
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30
The IanouaQc

80 the firms gone under"
Yes, / am sorry to see them going
up"
Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-30

An effective little house dress this.
made in Nile green cashmere.
Il has a Magyar bodice trimmed at
neck with embroidered galloon, which
Is shaped to 1T; IL is also taken down
in a "v" and trims sleeves and forms
waistbapd.
The skirt Is eased to this.
Materials required ga yards cash
mere A inches wide, 2ls yards gal
loon, ~ dozen buttons.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-07
A HOSPITAL FOR THE BLUES.

Boston Is to have n hospital esrc-
cially for people who suffer from that
woctul mental malady commonly known
as TIE blues.
This is something now. There ars
many hospitals for many diseases. but
mono for tho men and women who.
without apparent reason, find them
selves immersed in melancholy. The
new enterprise ought to be a success
IL only for the reason that misery
loves company. The sight OF somebody
blucr than himself ought to make any
MAJ, cheer up.
The strange thing is that such a
hospital should have originated In Bos-
ton. The people of the Hub of tho
Universe" have always protested that
thei, lot is so much better than that
of persons forced to live elsewhere
that 1t is surprising to learn that such
a thing as the blues can exist in the
city OF the sacred goldfish. 1t is not
admissible TO contend that the insti-
tuition Is for strangers visiting Boston,
for Bostonians hold that any visitor to
the American Athens should at once be
filled with gladness and pure 10y of liv-
ing.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-07
At the Hotels

Jcfferaon--A. Miller. New York: F..
Ii. Mitchell and wife, T.. A. Leonard and
Wife :. Il. McClung ands wife, w. A
Pankey. Il. ~ Becker, James w
Hatcher. w. H. Easlcy, O, q. Noel, f..
7. Akers. all of Blucncld. w. a.. w
H. Beall, Philadelphia; II. NJ. Cox.
Philadelphia: l.. NJ. Smith, wife and
child. Winston. y. C.; +. T.. Zook, West
Virginia; T. r. Iiiblcr. West Virginia;
Fergus Bowman. Roanoke. Theo Caper.
Blueiield: Fred Copper. BlueReld; ].
a. Whitlock. Blueheld: w. L. Burton.
Graham, Va: William Mitchell
Graham. Va; f.. 7. Meeks and Wife
Norfolk, Va; L. Z. Watts. New York ;
Nathan lShute. Philadelphia; r. L.
Henry. New York; H. b. Schmidt, Gin
cinnau. Marshall Henderson, Pittsb-
urgh; c. f. owen and wife, Winches-
ter Va; f.. NJ. Barker. Boston: Chas
u. Herring. Lynchburg; George b.
White. Boston; B. NJ. Stephens Pa
ducah. Ky; Charles |. Porter. Boston,
c. w. Trcnary, Front Royal. Va.
Julian Connell. Charlottesville: w T.
Swift New York; S. Westover. Nor
folk: h. a. Payne and WIFE, Stanton;
l.. NJ. Porter. Staunton: G. ID. Du Bots
New York: q. l. Burger. Munc!e Ind :
Miss May Robertson, Burkeville. Va. !;
i. V. MacLenn, New York; l.. G.. Bur
ton. Arcadia. Fla: Mrs. George S.
Bruce, Emporia. Va; L. C. Cabcll. Nor
folk +. X. Schacfer and wife, New
York; L. +. Nicdel. New York: VIII
liam f.. Mes. New York: p. 0. Canin,
New York: II. y. Boggs, Athens. Ga. ::
a. ID. Elliott. Mayheld, Ky: w. NJ
I.owcnback and wife. Iiarrisonburg.
Va; Il. Somcrs and wife. Welch. w
va; j. w. Johnson, Welch, w. Va:
a. q. Gilbert, Lynchburg. Va; d. +.
Bumpass and wife. Mineral. Va: H.
G. Marley, Greensboro, y C; Charles
Gehrman and Wife, Baltimore; j. ).
Rawlings. Jr.. Baltimore; Max T..
Wolf and wife, Virginia: y. T. Col
Inns and wife. oxford, n. c.: w. a.
Hopkins, Baltimore: y. p. Vincent and
New York; James c. Calls and wife.
George \. Sohl, Mrs. ~ Y. Stokes.
Miss Elsie DemitZ, Walter Lcmbccht.
X. L. Lembecht and wife. Edward
Lcmbecht, all OF Baltimore: Samuel
Walach. New York; ". T. Mcleod and
wife. Virginia; j. w. Hunt. Washing
ton; L. c. DIETRICH IIagerstown, Nd. {:
r. H. Murphy. Lynn. Mass; Il. o..
,Hickle. Parkcrsburg. ". Va: a. w.
adelphia: c. r. Cosby and wife.
Brooklyn: John p Judge. Baltimore
j. y. Stannahcn, Newport. L. f. 'Diggs
and wife, Lake City. S. c.: W. j. Norris,
West Virginia; Warren Leopold, Phil
adelphia; Harry b. Kruger. New York
Boyd Smith. Mineral, va: r. G. Stcph-
ems Rolanda, Ga; C. l.. Allen. New
York; j. w. Webster. Roanoke: 70. II.
Trip. Boston: j. Il. Jacobson. Cincln-
natl.
Hotel Observation-Disclosures Bcnner
and wife. Philadelphia; w. O. Sticn.
Reading. Pa. L. S. Miller. New York
r. C. Berry and wife. Blueneid. w. Va:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-07

500 for this great work. Mr.. Wise
ana MS associates are anxious TO be-
gin the distribut!onrUf this educational
matter. and II depends upon the
amount OF money subscribed for this
purpose as TO how Il can be beat used
iuahE or the country sportsmen have
pcch quoted as saying that the city
sportsmen We're presumptuous IN maxi
ing game laws when most of them do
not own an acre OF hunting land and
II Is 10 absolutely avoid any feeling
or this kind that tho game depart
hent of the Audubon Society T. ap-
peallnS TO all sportsmen to assist MS
in the dissemination OF educational n
formation among those who have little
conception OF conditions outside OF tha
community in which they live II the
people are fully informed on the SUBJ
Ject, they Will demand OF their repre-
SShtatlVeS at the next Legislature that
game law In which all OF our people
40 not have a part In its making will
oe unpopular and about as big "A farce
as those we now have, and | believe
me correct way for us TO get a com
prchensivc game law is to pursue the
method now contemplated by the game
department of the Audubon Society,
and am firmly convinced that. 4
the sportsmen throughout tho state
VIII contribute Il small sum each. in
order to familiarize every man witt,
the game law that Is operative In
Alabaina and other States we shall
nave no trouble in passing such "a
y the farmers. will demand it,
Send Mr.. Wise a check and LIST
( those TO whom educational litcra-
nrc should be sent. paying particular
ttention TO the rural landowners
i'lchnond. NJ. =. HART.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-07

mission form OF government for cities
mas been such marked success. and
whereas the Same form OF government
can DO successfully used In county af-
iairs. this association favors such leg
lsiation as will cnablo the cities of
tho first-class to consolidate the oity
ana county under ono government"
Could thcre be stronger indorsc-
ment of commission government than
this? 1t means that In communities
where 1t has been tried out fairly it Is
working out to the compl-te satisfac-
tion of the people. It is in limo with
progress that the system. having dem
onstrated Its usefulness In town and
city. should be extended to tho coun
~ 1t is simple. 1t is economical. and
1t appeals to the man who wants right
government.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-07

nave so succeeded only Roosevelt was
promoted to the presidency.
The Senate gets along with its pre-
siding officer quito us well. II not
better. when the Vice President IS abb
sent for tho Vice President is rarely
nm experienced parliamcntarian. No
one would argue that the present
Nice-President is anything near the
skilled and able master of parliamen-
tarN procedure that the acting presi-
dent pro tenpore OF the Senate. SEN
ator Bacon, of Georgia, is. When the
vice presidency is vacant there is no
unoasiness about the presidential sue
cession, for that is otherwise provided
for.
The office in fact has no real neccs-
sity for being" is the conclusion to
which the Philadelphia Press comes.
and that to which every thinking stu
dent of American government must
come. There is no valid reason why
the Senate should not elect from its
membership its own presiding officer.
just as tho House does. In such "a way
efficiency and experience would be had
and an unnecessary office and an UNI
necessary salary abolished.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-07
According to uncIc Ahncr.

OF course, thcro nre arguments for
and. aEin' the cclluloid collar. but the
fact remains that the fcllers that wear
en- seldom get higher than congress
tnen.
There Is only one safe weather prog
nostication. That Is that IT will rain
oE the day set for the sunday school
picnic.
Ez Trims has got hnc lob on a
newspaper down to New York. and amt
wrote home for money curing the past
month more than three times. His
father feels quite cncouragcd
Hod Pcters's son. Bushrod. who left
home about nine years ago. is dom
quite well down In New Orleans, where
he is Il cashier of "A bank. Those around
here who believe in hcrcdity are Will
ing 10 bet 1t is a faro bank
Mrs Anse Frisby gave a reception
last Thursday afternoon which was n
great success. with the exception that
she made mistake and served several
dozen OF Ansc's poker clips instead OF
miUt waters she had planned to have.
All OF the guests was polite and said
nothing. but they did a lot of deep
thinkin. as Anse and HIS wife are both
pillows of the IIardshell Church.
Hod Peters ruined brand new pair
Of overals the other day b. settin'
down on piece of fly paper He tore
the scat outn tho overalls tryin' TO null
tho BANNED thing off
Hank Purdy, who has Joined nine
lodges during the past winter. expects
To be a candidate for highway commits
s!oner in the near future and nggcrs
that he ought 20 pull through some
how Hank now has more different
grips than travelin' nan.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-07
MORE SMALL FARMS.

One OF the most striking results OF
the agricultural advance In the South
is the breaking up of large planta-
lions into small farms. 4 report has
been issued lately by the Census De-
partmcnt dealing with farm tenure
in seven Southern states east of the
mississippi River and south of the Ohio
River: Alabama. Georgia, Tennessee,
South Carolina, North Carolina, Ken
lucky and Virginia
These states increased 100 per cent.
In population between 1860 and 1910.
In that period the amount of land
utilized for farming increased only
Ia per cent. This means that so much
farm land was abandoned that il al
most offset the great amount of now
land which has been brought into
cultivation in those States. The land
in farms In 1910 was 716 per cent. OF
the total land area of those States. In
1850 tho land in farms was 7o.6 per
cent. of the total area
The special sirnificance of the er-
ures has TO do with the rapid in
crease in the number of farms in those
states and with the tendency to make
farms smaller and smaller. The aver
age farm in 1860 contained 22l acres
In 1910 the average farm in those
states comprised only 81 acres.
Throughout the period considered
there has been also constant in
crease in the proportion of improved
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-07
Voice Of the People
ADD GcncrnI NIunford,n Nnmc.

To the Editor OF The Times Dispatch
Honor To whom honor Is due
IN the several notices published OF the
lVing Confederate generals the name
oil Thomas I. Munford has always been
omitted General AIunford was APP
poihteu oriGa"ier-Ecncral November.
1864, succeeding General ". c. Wick
nam; serving as such TO the close OF
the war.
Roger y. Pryor was not n brigadier-
ing resigned IN 1852 and ioincd the
ranks as "A private (nothing TO his
dlscrcd't for ihat); therefore he should
NOT be classed as one of the living
generals OF the Confederate army.
HOS Y. BIDGOOD-