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The Topeka state journal., 1913-01-20
ST. MARYs BOY TO WEST POINT
John Shyne VIII Take Examination
This Spring.

tive Fred S. Jackson has nominated
for cadetship at West Point John
Shyne of st. Marys, Kan. Mr.. Shyne
will take the entrance examination in
April.
The Topeka state journal., 1913-01-20

| the Florence team. Williams did the
| stellar work for Florence, getting thir-
| teen field goals
The Topeka state journal., 1913-01-20

Poet-I called to see if you had an open
ing for me. Editor-Yes, there's one
right behind you, shut it as you go out.
please.-Satire.
The Washington herald., 1913-01-19


Ek" TILL you have a cigarettes, or
w is it too early in the morning
w for you to begin smoking?"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-19

Mime. Sarah Grand Proves To Be, Aside from Her
Cigarette, Mid Victorian Figure, Well Preserved Of
Body and Spi1t-Her Views Of Life and Of
Woman's Role Therein Are, However,
Not MidVictorian at All.

the rest, she was plainly clad in we'll
cut coat and skirt and furs.
But the thing which really astonished
me most about her was her youthful ap-
pearance. You and I know. dear ones.
that she must be on the far side Of mid
die age, but I give you my word you'd
never think 1t. and there's no way OF
finding out exactly, because the Who's
Who" which usually ruthlessly reveals
the number OF peoples years. does not
give Sarah Grand away; it merely states
the place where she was born. and never
mentions the date.
Well, any way, there sat the author OF
THE Heavenly Twins" at 10 in the morn
ing. brisk, alert and youthful, in her ultra
modern club. with her cigarette between
her lips.
II thought It would be better to see
you here than to drag you way down to
Tunbridge Wells" commenced Nine.
Grand. in a crisp. pleasant voice. ''and 1
had TO come up TO London anyhow. holi-
day shopping. you know"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-19

I thusiasm lighting her face 50 that II
looked younger than ever.
DO tell me about the states in America
where women have the vote" she begged.
Has 1t been successful there?'
All the contradictory accounts I'd heard
OF women as voters and lawmakers were
tumbled together in my head. but I said
that. on the whole, believed II had.
Mime. Grand sank back on her cushions
again. looking more like a Du Maurier
type than before. as she exclaimed: I'm
so glad. OF course, American women
have not been very Keen about going into
politics till recently. have they?'
NO: II they had. I think they would
have got there" asserted. a trife boast
fully. Our men wouldn't be likely to
keep US out for long"
IN DEFENCE OF ENGLIsHMEN.
This she seemed to resent as a slur
upon English manhood. for she hastened
TO assure me that John Bull was equally
kind and indulgent. but misguided.
Our men folk have a deeply rooted
theory as to women's weakness" she ex-
planned. "and for that they try to keep
us out of the labor market and the Do
litical arena. I really believe that is their
only reason, though. and think to have
any bitterness toward them for this IS
absurd. Sex war is not to be thought Of
and the suffragettes are doing US much
harm by their attitude toward men. And
yet in its way. their enthusiasm is good.
Here one Of the club servants entered
a very gorgeous person in an even NOR.
gorgeous uniform, and after a brief look
round the room he came to Nine. Grand
ana presented her with telegram on a
salver. She read It. and then said to me
with one of her pleasant smiles.
'Tt Is a good thing that you were abIs
to come this morning. for I find I must
return to Tunbridge Wells to-day, after
ALL"
do you like living in the countryr' I
asked.
WRITES BETTER IN COUNTRY.
Yes, very much, indeed. am an OUT
door sort of person. you see. and then I
find I can write better there. OF course
1 have to come up to town very often,
and as have my clubs, three of them,
can stay overnight whenever I wish"
Are you fond of gardening?"
] asked that because / rather pictured
this fresh rosy woman imbibing health
and strength from working among the
plants and flowers she helped to make
grow.
.'Um-no. not particularly" replied
Mime. Grand.
II have a theory" said I. that garden
ing is a sort of expression of the ma
ternal instinct-that her garden to a wom-
an who loves It is like her child"
"A beautiful idea. a charming thought"
said Mime. Grand, delightedly, and your
aultie metaphorically patted herself on
the back. But I'm really nothing Of a
gardener myself. 1 love flowers, but I
don't care to pick them. and can't
arrange them Indeed, / am not sure
that like masses OF them around a
house. The Japanese way pleases me
better-a single blossom In each vase.
"oh, I don't" volunteered. 81 like
quantities of them everywhere"
Il think Japanese simplicity and mod
GRAFTON in all things appeals very strongly
to me-" the novelist went on to say. 1T
believe in training children on those lines
1t is good to develop love of simplicity
and beauty In them. and the japanese
know how to do that. have spent much |
time in Japan, you know"
Yes, You travel considerably. don't |
The Washington herald., 1913-01-19
GOT QUERY MACHINE GOING.

It's a mere matter OF training" re-
piled your Aunt Kate modestly.
Then I pulled myself together and took
the reins in my own hands. dashinE
bravely into interrogation.
do you think women who work ar.
the happiest women?" 1 asked, skipping
all my earlier questions which were {;
lead up to this. and saying the first thing
that came into my head.
Nine. Grand looked a little disappointed
at not being able to 60 on interviewing
me, but she answered. with wholesom.
tolerance:
We'll, don't believe could reply to
that without reservation. I think women's
present-day independence is a blessed
thing, and I think the more they work
and support themselves the happier anc
better adjusted the world will be. But
husband home and children mean much
TO a woman also. and always will"
The Washington herald., 1913-01-19
NO NOVELTY IN CLUBS.

Now, as a matter OF fact. had been
rather grieved when our appointment was
arranged at the club. l quite like going
about into the country and seeing how
successful writers live in the charming
retreats they always seem to find. and
women's clubs have long since ceased to
be a novelty: but thanked Nine Grand
for her consideration all the same. she so
obviously expected It
Then, as she is most masterfrl
woman and I'm but a poor weak thing,
I found she was interviewing me How
long had been over here? How long was
1 going to stay? Whom had I inter-
viewed? Whom was I going to inter
view? etc, and all with a degree OF in
terest which pleased and flattered me SC
that I felt III like to tell her my life
story and not bother in the least about
any facts concerning her.
You American interviewers are 81
wonderful" remarked Nine. Grand at
length when she had ELECTED much In
formation from me. And the women
are really more able than the men, 1t
seems to me. You just come to see US.
talk on many subjects. never take a
note. and when the interview appears 1t
is absolutely accurate
The Washington herald., 1913-01-19

do you think women writer's encounter
more obstacles than mem"
| Not SO much nowadays. They did
once, of course But their lives are harder
than the ordinary woman's, for they have
double duties, generally those which be-
long to their womanhood and those be-
| longing to their art"
They have double interests Also ]
suggested tentatively. and double affec-
| tons"
TRUE" nodded Mime. Grand as she
| nicked the ashes from her cigarette hold
| ing 1t firmly between the fingers of her
plump. white hand. "One's work always
| does to me. And yet perhaps one misses
| other things because of it,
Did you begin writing when you were
a girl?" 1 questioned.
SCARED HER YOUNG AUDITOR.
oh" laughed Nine. Grand-and she
has a clear. ringing laugh that It is a
Joy to hear-'oh. dear. me, don't know
when I began my career as q story
teller. know I made up tales long be-
fore I could write them I used to sit up
in bed at night and tell my sister stories
so horrible that she says she has never
been able to be alone at night since.
Then. when I finally learned to write,
and had trouble in doing that. spent
all my moments stolen from lessons at
my desk"
The Heavenly Twins was your first
successful novel, wasn't it?''
As / asked this my thoughts flew back
to the time when my elders discussed this
49,
cause II was so daring" and I stole OF
and in the solitude of the apple orchard
read it, quite without understanding or
enjoyment, except the thrill which came
from doing a desperately outrageous and
wicked thing.
MINGLED PRAISE AND BLAME.
Yes, The Heavenly Twins brought me
both fame and contumely." answered
Mime. Grand. and she leaned back against
the sofa pillows and half closed her eyes
as II she visioned again the past. And
what time had with e! sent it first
to Blackwood. who had accepted two
stories of mine, and he wouldn't have H.
Indeed he was very severe about It. Not
only did he decline to take 1t himself, bus
he advised me not to try to have ii pub
hshed, and rather insinuated that he could
not bring out my other work IL The
Heavenly Twins appeared. And to con-
clude, he begged me to realize what pain
such q book would cause to many of my
readers.
Il assured him that most OF the mate
rial for the story had been collected in
the boudoirs Of ladies and was quite ac-
curate, and that the only unusual thing
about 1t all was that nobody else hap
pened to have written along those lines.
am afraid did not soothe the old mans
feelings, but i went ahead anyhow and
got It published. And he didn't send back
the other stories. In fact like Oliver
Twist, he asked for more. The rest of
the history you know. of course-how
everybody read the book, and 1t was re-
viled and condemned"
THE WHITE SLAVE" TRAFFIC.
Nowadays people write and talk about
anything and everything" observed.
Why, even the white slave traffic is a
dinner table topic of conversation"
And should be-" interrupted Mime.
Grand sternly. These things must be
known and discussed to be dealt with
properly. Some women don't realize whar
white slave trafae means, simply because
The Washington herald., 1913-01-19
LIVELY BUT ExTRAvAeANT."

Il think the Americans have done US
no end of good. They have certainly
livened things up. II is quite remark
able how they have broken down the
barriers OF British coldness. which ic.
made their way into the very midst OF
things. And it is partly thanks to then,
that English society is less stodgy and
stuffy than 1t was. On the other hand.
however. they have introduced extrava-
gance- Everything they do is done
lsvishly. and we try to follow suit Ou:
simple entertainments have had their
day. Now society Graves excitement and
luxury more than ever before"
| was longing to ask her how she kept
herself in such good condition. with such
rosy cheeks. bright eyes and erect car
riage. just so l could tell you all how to
go and do likewise; but It was a difficult
question to formulate. so. instead. ques-
toned her as to her recreations.
WE'LL travelling is one of them" she
replied, and then there is my music
What about walking and riding?'
''oh. don't ride any more now, but
still walk great deal There are charm
ing country roads where live. in Kent
1t is called the Garden County of Eng
l I'd. you know. and 1t well deserves the
name"
/ believe that is how these English
women do Il: how they keep fresh and
young. even when they arc middle aged
1 mean. They take plenty of fresh air
and more exercise than We ever do. and II
would seem to pay in the long run
The Washington herald., 1913-01-19
Writer Thinks Americans Have Done English Society
Much Good by Breaking Down the Barriers Of
British Shyness" The Feminist Movement
and Her Connection Herewith in Its
Earlier Stages.

| fancy Mime. Grand's train OF thought
must have been along the same lines.
for she suddenly cast her eyes on me and
said somewhat abruptly:
American women fade rather early.
don't they? They seem to me to have
generally a bleached sort of look. as II
they were dollhouse plants and did not
have all the fresh air they should 1
think 1t Is due to the overheated houses.
They probably do not get the proper
amount of oxygen"
There II was againI
On. dearI Oh. dearI Girls. II youd
heard this as often as have since I've
been in this chiIlsome land you'd have
been tempted to utter a manly expletive.
l didn't. though. only a hot nush Of
anger mantled my faded cheeks as 1
asked somewhat coldly:
Have you ever been IN American
"oh, yes" responded Nine. Grand
cheerily. quite unconscious that she had
wounded my U. s. A. sensitiveness.
Yes, I was there some time. and I en-
joyed it very much. particularly when 1t
showed and everything was wrapped in
a soft white mantle; but, Of course. the
heat Of the houses
THAT T.NY, FUTILE FIRE
I rose. l hope not too suddenly. and
looked at the two-for-a-penny little flre
in the crate on that cold. damp day. and
then at the ladies covering over 1t with
cloaks and woolly shawls on their shoui-
ders. and at Nine Grand. who had sat
for half an hour talking to me with her
coat buttoned up tight and her furs muf-
fled round her. Then my thoughts flew
to the theatres. where the women keep
their heavy opera cloaks over their even
ing gowns, so as to endure the atmOs-
phere. and the bridge parties. where every
one shivers, save those who have been
fortunate enough to draw seats by the
fire, and though I uttered no word of re-
proach sincerely trust my glance con-
veyed something of what felt.
All the old ladies looked up from their
papers as 1 took my departure. and the
blue gray haze hung thick about them.
Mime. Grand walked to the door with
me- and showed that she had the long.
free stride of the athletic Englishwomap.
Then she shook my hand with a hearty
grip. and the last I saw OF her she was
vending her way back into the room, to
have another cigarette and to read the
morning papers by whatever share Of that
infant fire she could Justly claim
Copyright. 1913. New-York TribunsJ
The Washington herald., 1913-01-19
SHE is MID-VIcToRIAN.

Nine Sarah Grand is rather mid-Vic-
torian herself. Rather like a Du Maurter
woman. Tall. with a fine figure beginning
TO acquire a certain heaviness. a long
face, with bright blue eyes and regular
features.
Her hair was done IN the fashion Queen
Alexandra introduced into Londou-that
Is, high on the head. with a light bang
well down over the brow, and a net hold
ing recalcitrant hairs in their appointed
places.
Styles OF coiffures have come and gone
since this was first worn, but Queen
Alexandra has never changed the ar
rangement of her locks, nor have the la
dies who adopted It out of compliment u
her when she was the first lady in the
land
Mime. Grand also wore an Alexandra
toque, that neat. ladylike, close-ftting
hat with its adornment Of feathers
which both English queens affect, and for
The Washington herald., 1913-01-19
RY Kate CareM.

London, January IL
SSV JILL you have a cigarettes. OF
W is it too early in the morning
w for you to begin smoking?' p
asked Nine. Sarah Grand, and she passed
me a robust silver case well stacked with
fragrant weeds.
Dear me, out I felt a woman of the
world at that moment! However, II was
too early in the morning and, any way. 1
don't smoke. So I declined. gracefully,
I hope.
Nine. Grand lighted her own cigar
cite, leaned back comfortably on her end
of the sofa We were sharing and smiled
benefceEtly upon me through the blue
gray haze.
We were in the smoking room of a
ladies' club; charming long. low apart
ment. with line of most comfortable
portly armchairs and little tables beside
them. with matches and ash trays
thereon.
THE oMNIPRESENT cHINTz.
need hardly add that everything was
chint--coVered as usual Really, girls II
were TO stray into chintzless room In
London I'd get nervous and think 1 was
somewhere else, so accustomed am I now
10 the gay flowers and brilliant hued
birds which cover and preserve the up
holstery Of plush and velvet chairs and
sofas.
Ihere were several other women in the
'roo having their after-breakfast cigar
cites They were elderly, for the most
part, and distinctly mid-Victorian in type,
except that they were putting away with
an evident enjoyment which would have
shocked Victoria the Good into violent
mysteries could she have seen them.
Ana 1 must confess II still gives me
something of a surprise when 1 90 to
clubs here and see elderly ladies smoking
as they do. In the ultra-modern young
woman 1t seems more or less natural. She
Is little masculine, any way, somewhat
slsnsy. very strong in her opinions and
severe as TO dress. and her silver cigar
ette case sort of goes with her general
get-up and manner.
But when l see dear old tabbIes. with
dovelike eyes, white hair and the softest
OF voices calmly smoking fat and strong
turkish or Egyptian cigarettes. as I say,
II makes me blink q little
The Washington herald., 1913-01-19

'I used to, once upon a time" smiled
Nine. Grand. Now don't quite so much
but / am going on the Continent very
soon to do some work on a new book"
do you like the social life in the coun-
try?" / demanded. I've heard it Is so
narrow and gossipy in English country
villages"
Social life is much the same every
where in England" declared the lady.
It's no worse in the country than else
where. OF course. II you are profes-
sional woman. they expect you to be &C.
centric, and everything you do is COM
mented upon; but that is much the same
in other places. The present age doesn't
care for intellectual men ana women.
Among fashionable people It isn't quite
the correct thing to be clever"
How has the American element at
fected society?"
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-05-21

Is a resolution to do something.
To resolve never again to lie is a negative method OF sell m
provement; but to determine upon honesty and truth ls d p2sltlV
step. 1t gives a real standard and impetus.
The way to avoid bad habits 81 to form good ones.
The moving picture tleater Is one OF the lost III cJlVe agehSs Q
responsibility that this new century has produced.
1t has put before young people and old, at a moderate price, M
famous scenes of history, the greatest stories OF literature and the
wonders and glories of lands far away. Ii cal transplant the H'ndoo
from India to St. Louis, and the gorgeous processlons of the Dnroar
or the coronation of a king it brings upon the wings OF magic to the
country village. In half an hour it tells more graphically than thu
pen of Shakespeare or Dickens, the most wonderful tales that ever
adorned the printed page, and IN it's vivid portrayals are tears and
laughter, horror and delight.
No fairy carpet ever carried genii to scenes more welrdo or remote
than this enchanted film; nor has the skill of the greatest artist ever
been able to put motion upon a canvas.
As a counteracting IL fuence upon habits OF ldeness and vice,
the moving picture theater is playing a part that ls yet but dlmly
appreciated. The pool hall boy and the corner loafer will be always
with US and we shall find the Young sport rubbing his chin against
the edge of a bar as long as our Uncle Samuel gets a good share OF
his revenue from she booze bazaars; but the motion picture has re
moved temptation from thousands of amateurs. 1t puts something
in the place of wee that is more attractive.
The moving picture industry has been chiefly dominated iron
the start by the Motion Picture Patents Company, which held the
first patent rights. This company with a practical monopoly asked
for and obtained an official censorship.
Think of that. 1t is like asking a policeman to follow you atont
and keep his eyes on you.
Whether this careful supervision of films WAS for moral or pure
ly business reasons, I don't know; but it is moral, and 1t is goo'
business. and it has kept the moving picture clean and decent.
Habits or changed from good to bad most easily and t11sctlve'H
habit il a good one.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-05-21
North Carolina Metals.

North Carolina in 1912 not only
retained first rank in the output
Of gold among the Eastern or APP
palachian States, but also in
creased its actual and relative
production. The gold produced
from North Carolina placers and
deep mines in 1912 was 5000 SO
fine ounces, against 1899. SO
ounces in 1911. In 1912 the
value of the North Carolina gold
output was s166 ,O13 of the total
of 1922, 1876 for all the Eastern
States, against $40, 282 of the
total of $156, $40 in 1911. The
gold was obtained from % gold
placers and IA deep mines (gold,
copper, and lead-zino). Many of
these mines, especially the placers,
we're of course small The bulk
CT the gold output was, as usual,
derived from the lola mine, of
Montgomery County, which had
a considerably increased produc.
ton. The silver output of the
State, recovered as q by product
from gold milling or smelling
ores of gold, copper, and lead,
was 1854 fine ounces, valued at
$2,985, against 943 fine ouncee,
valued at $500, in 1911.
In addition to silver and gold
there was q small output of cop
per, lead, and zinc in 1912, and
tn. total value of the output of
these five metals in North Caro-
lima was 1905, 214, against &c..
1872 in 1911.
From the IA producing deep
mines IN 1912 there were treated
16, O78 short tons of ore, of which
14,358 tons were siliceous golc
ores. with an average recovery Of
$40 81 a ton in gold and silver
and the remainder copper ani
lead-zinc ores.
The placers of North Carolins
yielded 1923 38 fine ounces of go]t
and 35 fine ounces of silver il
1912, and the silicious ores Z 1921.
95 ounces of gold and 1902 ounce
of silver.
Mine production of gold ant
silver in Rowan County in 1911.
was as follows. rs SO ounces o
gold worth 81, 585, and IL ounce
of silver worth $500, making
total of 1852.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-05-21
TRADING FORD.

May 19.-Warm weather and a
little rain is making the cotton
and corn come up.
Look out Mr.. Farmer, you will
have a job after awhile.
R. W. Freeman, the county
demon stration agent, spoke to a
nice crowd at the Trading Ford
school house last Friday night.
1t seems that farming is improv-
ing soma at least.
W. A. Wagner aid wife, of
Misenheimer, Stanly county,
were visitors here Sunday and
Monday. He reports good wheat
in Stanly.
No sickness this week. Every.
body looks we'll. Look out fol
black tongue later.
Sam spsnt Sunday at Granite
Quarry at a big children's day
exercise at Shiloh Methodist
church. Sam a speak a gooo
word for the brilliant children
of that place.
Quarterly meeting will convene
here at Bethel church June I'll
and 9Th, Let everybody attene
the meeting on Saturday.
Most everybody around her,
are in accord with the decision O.
the grand jury concerning tn
new court house. If any Of tn,
county officials is specializing ant
making money out of this worl
by trading with the county W
think it not more than right t.
stop them at once. We believ
in the first place that the peopl
of Rowan County should hav
had a voice to say whether or no
we want a new court house. w
believe IN the second place tina
they should see that the house j
not being built of inferior me-
tsrlal. But 10, what are We 20
ing to do? SAM SNORT,
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1913-05-21
AMBITION = TALKS al ),
Bad Habits are Broker
bv Substitution.

Resolutions not to do certain things rarely
mount to anything. The thing that counts