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Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13
An Assurances.

Don't you think a holiday Is more
cheerful when there is large family
gathered about festive board? ?"
Il do" answered the sardonie per-
son. "A large family is a glad assur'
ance that there is not going to be
enough turkey left to supply the menu
for the next few days"
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Nd II had come to
pass that on this
day before Christ
mas a man not
old In years sat In
his room at a ho-
tel In a strange
town and felt him
self OF all the
world the most
lonely. High and
low, rich and poor,
mingled In the
procession OF hap
by shoppers with.
out. He alone had
no thought for
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bells and catch the shouts Of children
on the street-to wonder II his child
still lived. and TO wonder further what
old Santa Claus would bring her-why
the man cursed the fears he could
not keep back.
A quarter Of an hour later the out
law was down on the street He
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13

nara. 1 0Te6 OF
four minutes pass
ed and then a
hand pulled at his
and a voice said:
Please. Mister
nice man, tell me
your name, that |
may introduce you
to mamma. |
think she will let
me have the doll.
The outlaw turned
and gaspe6 and
his face went
white.
"Gladys,-
Fred"
You here!"
And you'll"
Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1912-12-13

"And this is our daughter?"
Our Patty. Father was discharged
from the road and moved over here
to take another run"
1t was the next day. and Patty was
sitting on her fathers knee and the
happy mother was wiping tears from
her eyes. when the child said:
Say. mamma. just picked him out
as the very incest man in all that big
crowd. and | didn't make any mistake.
did /? Don't anybody sit down on my
doll and give her pain"
AEn
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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16
CITY BEAUTIFUL
MRS. s. e. HUTTON,

The purpose of this new department
in the Daily Star-Mirror, which is edit
ed by Mrs S. E. Hutton, for the Wom-
ems City Beautiful Auxiliary to the
Chamber of Commerce, is summed UP
as follows:
1. To acquainted the public, as well
as the members of the Auxiliary, with
the work attempted, with results, and
with plans for the future
| 2. To give public recognition to any
Individual or municipal effort to beau
/, tify either private or public property.
3. To publish the names of officers
and the personnel of every standing
committee in order that the proper
person may be notified in case of any
need of action.
4. To invite and publish cores
pondence. Letters of criticism will be
given careful attention. Letters ask
ing for information will be turned over
to persons qualified to answer
5. To publish from time to time ar
ticles on opportune subjects written
by recognized authority, such, for ex-
ample, as the following article on
ample, as the following excellent ar
ticle on pruning by Professor H..
Shattuck.
During this present week and for
several weeks to come, a great deal
of pruning will be going on in Moscow
Those of us who love trees are con-
stantly distressed by the sight of reck-
less blunders made in trimming trees
along sidewalks and in the yards. The
system of cutting off limbs and
branches seems sometimes to be near
er butchering than pruning. Some es-
pecially serious and fragrant mistakes
have been noticed already this spring |
Where the really lovely poplars are to |
be saved, we should save them entire |
and not cut the tops off horizontally, |
producing a mOnstrosity in the plant |
world. They should be carefully trim
med SO that their intended, slender,
graceful forms will remain. "a
Just now the poplar tree is not in
high favor in Moscow, but if we do
lot make haste slowly in the matter of
cutting them all out, we may regret
t in short time. 1t is certain that
Moscow would lose much of it's pres
mt beauty and charm. Poplars should
lot be planted within twenty feet of
| sewer pipe, for they are very thirsty
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16

of the young men of the city and i!
prominent in. social affairs.
The coming interscholastic tract
meet will attract great many PEG
pie to Moscow Pullman will send {
large delegation and other Pa1ouse
towns are expected to help swell the
crowd.
A large number of university stu
dents took an active part in the allied
churches young peoples convention
held in the city last Saturday and Sun
day Several were on the program
which was an interesting one
The Occur d'Alene club will meet at
Ridenbaugh hall Wednesday evening
to perfect arrangements for entertain
ing the cadet battalion while in the
Lake City next week.
The issue of the Argonaut this week
VIII be in the hands of the law stu
dents of the law department Parker
will edit the sheet and Dwight Leeper
will manage the business end.
Four rehearsals of the junior opera,
The Pirates of Penzance will be held
this week.
Phi Delta Theta entertained Misses
Means, Tosney, Bolger, and McCon-
nell at dinner Sunday.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16
MANY ATHLETES COMING.
Boise, Pocatello, Occur PAlene, and
Genesee Will Send Big Delegations.

Boise High school will send seven
athletes to the interscholastic track
meet to be held here the I'd and Sd OF
May. Word has been received from
the ''preppers" at the capital city that
they have an exceptionally strong
team and expect to win. Pocatello is
another of the southern schools that
Will be represented and nearly all of
the institutions in. the north will send
teams.
The team from Genesee is expected
to be one of the strongest contenders
and Occur d'Alene, winner of last
years meet will send nearly a dozen
men, Medals will be awarded the
winners of first. second and third in
each of the events and cup will
be given to the athlete who gets the
greatest number of points of any one
man. The team that wins the relay
race wins a banner and the winner of
the meet gets the possession Of the
Lewis cup for one year.
There is talk about the campus of
requesting the business houses to
colse the afternoon that the finals are
run off and if that is done record
crowd may be expected.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16
Shock of q Doctor.

NEWARK, N. j., April 16. = An
urgent telephone call was received by
Dr.. Adolph Flachs of Newark, Tues
day afternoon to hurry to Ferry and
Bowery streets, where a child had
been run over by a trolley car. The
doctor paused only long enough to
learn that the victim was little girl.
There was large crowd at the $, enc
when the physician arrived The child
had just been taken from under the
wheels, which had passed over her and
she was resting in the arms o, one
of the car crew as Dr. Flachs eIbowed
his way through the throng.
The man holding the girl had Ii :
back to the physician, who before he
glanced at the victim kneit Il wn be-
ment case, then took the child in his
arms. His face blanched and he asp
ed in horror as he recognized his A.
year-old daughter Ella. DR.. Flachs
sprang to his feet and drew his chilli
close to him as she was breathing her
last.
The father gazed distractedly into
the face of his child for several min
utes. Without a word having been
said, the men and women grouped
around seemed to understand, and as
She's gone, I'm afraid"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16
On the Campus.

Work on the north wing of the adj
ministration building has been resum
ed and is progressing rapidly. TIL
auditorium which the wing will con
tain will seat 400 persons and viii
be completed by the opening Of schoo
next September.
The faculty committee in charge O
the annual campus day celebration. i.
at work planning for this years event
| Campus day is intended to be a time
when Idaho traditions are to have
sway and the custom itself will soor
be a tradition.
The cast for the sophomore play has
been chosen and has already begun tc
rehearse. 1t will be staged the oath
of May. Miss Irene Tosney will take
the leading feminine role and Steve
hero"
A number of the Junior and senior
mining students will leave for Ross
land and Trail, B. c., the first of next
week accompanied by Professor Nc
Caffery and several other members of
the faculty. The party expects to be
away week.
large number of the students of
the university are planning to spend
the spring vacation at their homes.
Those living in northern Idaho and in
Washington can do this but those
from the southern part of the state will
have to remain in Moscow The vaca-
ton extends over a weeks time
The law school will issue it's annual
catalog next week. The success of it's
students in the recent bar examina
ton at Lewiston, will probably bring
/ much larger attendance in the de-
partment next year.
The first games of the interclass and
baseball schedules were
played on the athletic field Saturday
afternoon The senior team won from
ity men beat the Zeta Delta nine 5 to
6. pink" Griffith umpired both
games.
Delta Gamma will give its. formal
ball at Eggan's hall the coming Fri
lay evening. Over fifty couples will
attend the affair which will be one OF
he prettiest Of the college year.
The Comus Club of Occur d'Alene,
he cadet battalion during encamp- |
nent week at the Lake City. The |
organization is composed of a number
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16

trees and will cause untold annoyance
unless properly planted and cared for
Bat in their proper place, and not
ruined by vicious whacking away of
their whole tops, they are a beautiful
tree. There is no justification for try
ing to make thick, bushy tree out of
poplar. In the same way the top
should not be cut off of pine tree
If it is not already too late to eau
ton you in regard to your trees, will
you not read carefully the timely ar
ticle by Professor Shattuck? And, if
you have any questions to ask in re-
gard to pruning, send them in to this
department at once. Professor Shat
tuck has kindly consented to answer
to the best of his ability any letters
that we may turn over to him. The
Editor.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16

the Rhine, a young man named Joseph
Strunk has been sentenced to four
years Imprisonment for shooting and
killing his wife.
The couple had been married only a
few weeks and were on their hon "
neon when the wife, an exceptionally
beautiful girl, scalded herself terribly,
completely disfguring her face.
She pleaded with her husband TO
shoot her, but at first he demurred.
Ultimately as she refused to take food
and was starving to death, he shot her
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16
SINGS AT ASSEMBLY
Pirates Primma Donna VIII Give Fav.
Orite Solo Wednesday.

Miss Maude Hines will sing the mos
popular and tuneful bit of the Pirates
of Penzance score at assembly Wed
nesday She has been selected to take
the leading role in the opera and
though inexperienced has shown q
wonderful amount of talent. Her voice
is one of the best ever heard at the uni
versity. Poor Wandering One" the
solo which will be heard tomorrow
morning is the hit of an opera which
is full of hits. 1t was more popular
in the days when 1.-The Pirates" was
new than any of the socalled hits Of
the present day musical comedies and
the fact that it is still sung after thirty
years of life is it's best recommends
ticn.
The music of the Gilbert and Sulli-
van opera is the most catchy and tune
full of any of the productions of the
famous collaborators and that is say
ing a good deal for it. When the
piece first appeared in the United
States it took the whole music loving
public by storm. Nothing that had
been written for many years ever
achieved such sincere and lasting pop
ularity The people of Moscow and the
student body will have the chance of
witnessing the opera for the first time
produced in the northwest at Eggan's
hail. the nights of May 3 and 4.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16
In Presidents Honor.

A number Of the townspeople oil
Moscow and The university students
were entertained last Saturday ave
ming by the Delta Gamma sorority at
a reception given in honor of Miss
Ada May Brown, the national presi-
dent of the organization.
The sorority home was tastefully
decorated for the occasion In the re-
ceiving line were Mesdames Denning,
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16
THE STAR=MIRR0R'S PAGE OF
UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO NEWS

Eldridge, and Hodgins and Misses Ada
May Brown, Helen Brown and Permeal
French.
Miss Brown and her sister whose
homes are in Rhinelander, Wis, are on
tour of the west visiting the chapters
of Delta Gamma in the schools of the
section. They left for Missoula, Mon
day.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16

deferring the time when it may be
made to fill the space and assume the
form desired.
c. H. SHATTUCK,
Professor of Forestry
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-04-16
The Pruning of Street and Shade
Trees.


The Importance of properly pruning
the trees on our streets and about the
home is not fully appreciated until
one observes the unsightly docking"
practiced by some of our well-meaning
citizens. LAS the twig is bent, so the
| tree is Inclined" This saying, ia
miliar to all, might be recast to read,
AS the twigs are cut, so the tree is
to say by this that intelligent pruning
may mold the tree into almost any de-
sired form. Even the despised Lom-
hardy Poplar, which, by the way, is
stately and beautiful tree when prop
erly placed and cared for, can be so
pruned as to produce pleasing effect,
l'if taken in time and pruned each year.
Pruning Should be Done Every Year.
The most common mistake made is
each year. In fact, the skilful tree
grower uses the knife (sparingly) ev-
en- during the growing season. In
terfering limbs are cut out at once
and those starting in the wrong place
are rubbed off, generally with the
hand, the slight wounds thus made
healing immediately and those limbs
starting in the wrong direction are sc
headed back i. e., the ends so clipped,
that a young lateral shoot may be
made to take the desired direction.
The Most Common Error.
The most common error is to neglect
the pruning until the tree has be-
come ill-shaped and then to attempt,
by the drastic method of cutting off
many large limbs of the entire trunk,
to give it the symmetry and beauty de-
sired. Such methods seldom bring the
desired results and generally leave
the tree so badly manned and disfigur- |
ed that it is only question of time |
until it is removed either by man or
by the destroying fungi which enter
the tree where the large pruning
wounds have been made.
Vigilance is the Price of Tree Health.
VigOr and Beauty.
One should, of course select his
trees with regard to their natural
growth tendencies; i. e., if the space
% be occupied requires tall stately
rec, one should not select a tree
which naturally assumes a short,
oushy habit In other words we
should understand, in planting, the
orm to which the tree most readily
ends itself.
Then we should watch the growth,
when the young shoots are
tarting, and insist that only those
irving promise of doing what we de-
ire are allowed to grow. These shoots
Will then be smooth and vigorous and
nder such management the tree will
axe on that natural beauty of form
Which we so highly prize but so seldom
O. If the tree is allowed to waste
is energy, often for years, in growing
ranches where they are not needed,
nd which must be cut off when larg-
+, not only injuring the tree more
han if removed when young, but also
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-23
BREEZING PRESIDENTIAL COATTAILS

President Taft is reported to have narrowly
escaped being run down by an automobile
In fact the breath of the car as it passed
him "whisked his coattails"
It is further stated that the President
thought that the occupants OF the car would
recognize him and slow down Hence his de-
liberation. The occupants of the car. on the
contrary, looked the figure in their front
as the ordinary species of fat man, They went
ahead In the end, the President OF the United
States exhibited unwonted and very novel
nimbleness
We forgot to mention in the record OF this
near accident that there a number OF
those OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES service men--n
attendance of the President. According to all
the rules, they should have thrown themselves
in front OF him and received the iuggernaut.
Did they do SO? They did not While the
President was renewing his youth, his guard
was standing in safety on the other side Of the
street.
1t has been something like eleven years
since we became accustomed to view Presi-
dent surrounded by professional policemen,
sometimes all too ready to make themselves
over into thugs Grover Cleveland and those
before him walked abroad without gun-hghters
at their elbows. Mckinley was familiar fg
ure in Washington squares pacing, with his
hands in his coattails, in meditation through
troops of children. 1t rested with Teddy to
inaugurate the practice followed in the Eliza
bethan period by those gentlemen who carried
as back reformed prze-aghter.
~ We have wished for long time to see what
this character OF gentry would do in time OF
danger. They are great on throwing women
out of the White House, knocking down too
enthusiastic cheerers on the occasion of Presi-
Dental parades. But they seem very shy when
their chief is about TO be run oyer
Then they very instinctvely side-step.
The value of the secret service guard of the
President win not be perfectly apparent until
some one of them takes risk OF being in
iured In protecting him.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-23
HOW TO MISS GENIUS.

Andrew Lang 8 dead Although he one
OF the mos, popular Of all writer's, she state
mcnt We suspect. Will convey little to the aver
age reader Lang WAS both scholar and mar
OF lnerature-and there is difference When
such dual. quality happens in an individual,
to DC Of real usefulness he must settle on one
or the other Langs insenhcance IN history
will be traced 10 the fact that he VAS esser-
TALLY he diUetaHtr
As an essayist as an occasional lyric poet.
as an international political reporter, Lang
attained what might be called professional
vogue That is 10 say. his stuff was. TO all
tntents and purposes practically perfect He
knew what to write and when TO write 1t.
Whatever he wrote had commercial value,
which publishers all over the world we're glad
10 realize for the author In addition. he had
the confidence OF the great and powerful or
the world Instrinsicsliy Andrew Lang was
doubtless success his failure lies in what
ne might have been compared with what he
was
Had Andrew Lang had the spade a spade
quality OF Kipling for instance. kplng would
perer have been heard Of. Had he known how
10 imagine life. like Zola. or portray IT, ike
Maupassant or. even, fake IT. like Jack Lon
don the powers that he held within himself
would have sua9ced TO make him OF the
inmortaIs As 1t was. he no more than
literary man on a salary albeit II was good
one He was put the woman's pages, HIS
stuff was sterotyped and sent out by the yard
~ lnotal--good stuff but in bad company,
Whether Lang chose it, or somebody chose IT
for him. his status IN the world was that OF
the man who could be depended upon TO pro-
snce rather than that OF the man who produced
because he could rot eseape expression.
In ever increasing droyes the American peo-
ple begin 70 think that they have something
TO do with literature. They confuse facility
for written expression with the spur that comes
10 genius Commercially, they examine the
novel from Indiana. the historical novel from
Richmond the vogue that this, that and the
other stealer of plots and fakir Of sentiment
has coined into dollars They forget that the
successful fakir is even more rare than the
real writer with a message. They do not re
member that to literary mountebankcy~ more
than TO any other sort Of make~believe. IS neces-
sary certain technique OF innocent deception
They spoil fine chances for useful work as citi-
z.ns in hopeless effort toward realization OF
themselves as public characters
We suggest Andrew Lang 20 MS crowd OF
nselessiy ambitious people as an example
more successful example than they can ever
rope to be Lang failed having tar better
equipment than many Vi no have succeeded lie
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-23

II vas 10 be expected that suGn On
body Of men the MaTylaho 0at as,ttta
onaitaed 10 take the full view of the proposleloi
for the recall of Judges, should oppose thar pre-
position as being wholly out of harmony WIN
tho interests of judicial processes and there'oie
o,1t of harmony with the interests Of the peopie'
This state cannot be swung for the heteFoooA
recall i,dicial decisions. The Maryland Bar as
gociat ton assembled at Cape May, has sad 10
the country @thaf the men az iegaf aeafssft's
Of this state have tolerance for the raolcai
innovation The resolution, adopted aiter ihe
address made by Special Prosecutor for the GOV
ernment Frank b. KELLOGG, upon the WORKING
~ the recall was distinct in its reputation OF
this political tenet,
This position of the Maryland men Will he
followed by associations of the bar the country
over and long before the campaign has been
closed the sound sentiment OF ali competent and
impartial persons will have buried the proposal
with its advocates. The Maryland Bar associa-
ton, being q non partisan body. has spoken for
the sound views of It's members, and its e1-
preston will carry much weight~-Baltimore
American.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-23

The mission study class Of unioh
Station church viii meet Friday after
moan at 4 O'Clock. All Interested in
missions both home and foreign. are
invited to attend.
Elmo Pearman spent last week in
Basic City.
Mrs Harry Frying, Misses Ruth
and Dora Barnhardt. of Concord, n.
G. have returned home after de-
lghtful visit to Mrs. Whiuock, OF
210e East Broad street.
Miss Merle Pond, of Fast Marshall
street. will leave this week to be the
guest of her aunt, Mrs. Newton Win
dell. OF Norfolk. Va. Later she Will
visit friends at Irmington on the
James.
Miss F,stelle r, Cockrell, of Semi.
nary Hill. Va, is the guest OF Mr. and
Mrs II. W. Stamper, Jr., of 4o7 North
Twenty-thrd street.
NJ iss Mary b. Rails, of Greensboro,
\. c., is the guest or her aunts. the
Misses Rails. of North Twenty sixth
street.
Mrs. j, w. Quarles Of iii North
Thirty-sixth street, Is entertaining q
house party at Edge Hill. Charles City
county. Va. Her guests are MIR. and
Mrs Il. A. Leiss ana children. Mr..
and Mrs W. T. Tuck. Mrs. Paul Jones,
Mr. Bennett Tuck. Miss Virginia Rob
ertson, Of Hyattsville, Md: Messrs.
Percy, Linwood, Harry and john
Quarles.
The unexpected death of Miss vir-
eie Stewart who died in the home of