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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-07-22

Courier.
Boating and other summer sports
are already getting in their deadly
work. What should always be a
most delightful and healthful pastime
is often made one of dread because
of carelessness and foolhardiness. 1t
seems to be particularly true Of
boating here changing seats and
rocking boats are responsible for so
many fatal accidents and consequent
sorrows. A man guilty Of the Grim
inal practice Of rocking boat de-
serves the severest kind of punish
ment.-Mankato Free Press.
The latest developments in the lob
by probe at Washington would seem
to indicate that before the work is
completed, even the most obtuse sem
,ator will be able to recognize the ex-
istence of an "insidious lobby" Pres
ident Wilson seems to have started
something worth while.-W aseca Her
aid.
Our northern contemporaries are
still discussing he incident at the
Southern Minnesota Development as
ISOLATION at Austin anent Senator
Stebbins' untimely remarks, referring
to some of the Northern Minnesota
boosters as "windjammers." That
this kind of talk was thoughtless and
out of place is generally conceded, but
evidently the remarks were a slip of
the tongue and since Mr.. Stebbins
himself frankly admits his mistake,
considering the circumstances the
whole affair should be forgotten. 1t
can do no good in any event to keep
up the agitation. Minnesota is one
of the finest states in the Union and
should not waste its time in small
chickering's and personal animosities.
st. Peter Free Press.
ST. Paul tried the scheme of sell
ling municipal bonds in small denom-
nations to its residents over de-
partment store counter and found it
surprisingly effective. There are
plenty Of small investors who would
put their money into municipal securi-
ties if he shares were not too high
and owning a city's bond adds to in
terest in the city.-Perham Enterprise
The law providing for non-parti-
an nominations of county officers has
several aspects. While it gives the
competent official the prospect Of sup
port among men of all parties, it also
deprives the incompetent official of
the support which would come from
party loyalty. The officeholder may
solicit support without feeling at all
restricted by party lines, and at the
same time the voter will not feel con-
strained by any feeling of party 10y
atty. Both will be free, but the free
dom will be of most advantage to the
voter.-Little Falls Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-07-22
THE SELFHOOD OF MAN
= UPERFICIALLY man is the M

~ UPERFICIALLY man is the most
self-centered creature in the
- universe. He arrogates divine
perogatives to himself; he destroys
complacently and is sublimely indif-
ferent to the cries of the tortured; he
erects personal God and endows him
with his own human attributes; he
makes the sun and stars shine for his
delight and comfort; he is the center
of the universe-The Great l am!
This bombastic self suficiency is
carried into his human relationships
With smiling assurance he gloats over
a less fortunate brother; condescend-
ingly offers aid to the wretched;
haughtily spurns the fallen; sneering-
ly browbeats the abject. In the little
ness of his heart he fawns upon the
superior creatures who deign to recog-
nize him. He stoops to hypocrisy and
lies to gain his miserable ends; he
cunningly shifts the burden of respon-
sibility and brushes his conscience
with a load of vice. He barters his
manhood and dignity for place, pre-
ference or position.
With startling inconsistency man
will fight to resent an insult to his sis
ter-and perhaps insult the sister of
some other man. He assumes dignity
but his assumption is mere swagger.
He clothes himself in the regalia of
Importance but the hideousness of his
reality mars the outward semblance.
He is rent and wretched between the
conflict of what he is and what he
wants to be. He has the upward look,
but his shoulders stoop to the earth.
The rainbow of his expectations ends
in quagmire.
Specifically, we said, Man is all
this. Humanity never came from the
wild state of ignorance into the glow
of enlightment with a burden of this
kind hung to it's heart.
Man is the paradoX-ever better
and worse than he seems. 1t was the
striving of this "better" that gives
him the upward tendency. Year af-
ter year he tramps a beaten path,
swearing and lying and lodging re-
suits, but always knowing the right,
always expecting some day to set his
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-07-22

r AVING become for the second
n time happy husband, far
L mer of Venango county, Pa,
feels it incumbant upon him to write
for the local paper some brief mention
of his new partner. The lady, we learn
"is fat, fair and forty" tipping the
scales at ITO pounds. She is a good
cook, does not yearn to shine in society
and has lived all her life in Oil City.
AS browning tribute, "She is just a
plain, average woman, who Always
tried to make home the pleasantest
place in the world for her family and
friends"
We have here, in Venango county
terms, the presentation of type Of
woman from which the world receives
much and of which it hears little. The
average man, the batting average, the
average yield of wheat, the average
cost of living, and such things, occupy
much space in the public prints, where
averages are staple theme. The av-
erage wife, however, escapes publicity
after a fashion greatly gratifying, but
when one pauses to think of it, not at
all miraculous.
She is not new woman. Seldom,
therefore, does she make news. She
does not parade with the suffragettes.
She does not smoke cigarettes in her
boudior nor dance the turkey-trot and
tango in cabaret restaurant. She
can mix the elements of good home
made bread, but the component parts
of cocktail are to her as an unsolv-
able picture-puzzle.
1t is because there are so many av-
erage wives around the country that
we do not despair when we see and
read so much of other kinds. They
may be unchronicled, unquoted and un-
sung. They are, nevertheless, the fem
mime salt of the earth. The vote may
in due time be thrust upon them, but
it will not spoil them. They will new
er neglect the kitchen for the caucus
nor the nursery for the nominating
convention.-New York World.
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amount almost to no skirts at all
and Paris is where this michievous
sprite fashion does most Of her plan
ming.
This is breathtaking. For one, we
are ready to cry "Enough!" fashion
has told US all she should tell. She
should leave us some of our illusions.
At least she should stop short of the
style that pevailed in Eden before
fashion, which then took the form of
a serpent, introduced the fig leaf
Duluth Herald.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-07-22
face to the east.

3
The big bully who expectorates on
the sidewalk and makes remarks a.
bout passing women, but who goes out
of his way to help little fellow or 90
a kindness for his mother is not quite
a hopeless case. 1t is true that he is
long way on the road toward utter
hopelessness but he is not yet arrived.
Some place in his composite makeup
there is grain of gold. Not so much
a any recording angel shall consider
worthy of attention and yet sufficient
to unite him with the human heart.
Grotesque and appalling, he is mere
caricature of a man, woefully distort-
ed. And yet he differs from other
men only in degree, not in kind.
Hypocrisy is the curse of the race.
Practically no one is free of it. The
minister who breaches words that
mean one thing to him and another to
his audience; the teacher who assumes
to know; the writer who distorts his
meaning, the merchant who deals In
policy-all are hypocrites. Over and
over it has been said that honesty
would not be tolerated.
But, for him who sees way and
follows it sturdily, who looks into the
night and catches a glimpse OF the
morning; for such a one, in the rectl-
tude of his manliness there are no I'M
possibilities. The world cries for sin
eerity and truth; thus far it has cried
in vain.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-07-22
FASHION is A MINK

r. ASHTON is tricky sprite. With
the wanton mischief of Robin
Goodfellow, she has been trif-
ling all these years with mere man and
trying to give him false ideas of the
anatomical topography of woman.
1t is clear that she has been playing
with US, and trying to give US false
and absurd ideas of how a woman
really is constructed.
And now, suddenly and without
warning, she strips away all retense
and with tight skirts, split and cling
ing so closely that man reels away in
terror from the consideration of how
much or little protection against the
elements there is beneath, she shows
us women as she really is-and, pre-
sumably, as she has been all the time
Small chance now for the youthful
imagination which pictured woman as
built from the waist down in the form
of solid pyramid with feet attached
at the bottom. Fashion leaves no
chance for such childish error now.
One time, with the Grecian bend,
fashion showed US women, distorted
and misshapen, cross between a
camel and sawhorse.
Another time fashion introduced
the hustle, and tried to make US be-
lieve that woman had rear eleva-
ton like depot platform.
Fashion introduced the rat, and
brazenly informed US that woman's
head was shaped like gloxinia bulb
or mass of twisted crullers.
Her next attempt was to have us
believe women look like slate PEN
ell.
And now fashion sweeps it all away
and puts before US womankind looking
like a collection of uncompleted statu-
airy representing goddesses of the per-
iod when hose ladies went about ap-
parelled in their beauty and q pleasant
smile.
From Paris come whispers of dia-
phanous skirts so filmy that they
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-07-22

sion. Summer gowns of radiant splen-
dor were in the panorama. Head
gear and parasols were in keeping
with the other adornments of the
women voters.
Scores who cannot afford automo-
,biles of fine gowns wanted to go to
the polls. They started bravely, clad
in shirtwaist outfits. Then they saw
the automobiles with their richly ar
rayed occupants. Many of them
thought of their own simple attire
and hesitated.
Some hurried home and donned their
best and then returned to the voting
places. Others did not think voting
worth all this trouble.
The automobiles were decorated
with the yellow of the suffrage cause
and bore placards, eve want Kind
ergarten." The women did not con-
fine their efforts to getting votes
among their own sex. Men were inn
portuned to vote for the measure,
and many rode to the polls in the
automobiles of the new voters.
There was little confusion. Most
of the women knew what to do. Many
left their babies in the army of friends
or husbands when they entered the
booths.-New York Herald. !.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-07-22
ADVERTISING RATE CARD

Display per Inch Column Measure
Space less than 10 inches. .12 to l5c
Space over that amount. ....... .lOc
Ads from Electros, special discount.
Other than ordinary display, addition
al charge for extra composition.
Reasonable discount to large yearly
contractors.
READING NOTICES
Local advertising, per line. ......6c
All church notices and entertainments
where an admission is charged will
be classed as local advertising.
Church notices and lodge announce
ments PERTAINING to services and
meetings will be donated.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1913-07-22
THE AVERAGE WIFE

r r AVING become for the second
n time a happy husband, far
L L mer of Venango county, Pa,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25

and vinegar. He not talkatve at his meals;
which he thoroughly enjoyed having constitution far
rugged than that of the United States, that
not open to promiscuous amendments. Nor
Mrs. Haggery troubled with the vapors of the fashion
able She silently and heartily her lord and
master. They finished off the meal with quarter slices
of rich mnce pie, washed the whole down with pints
of aromatic coffee, and then smiled the table.
Their admiration for each other mutual: it had
stood the acid test of eight years of propinquity.
Haggerty was real detective, postgraduate in the
virtues and denquencies of humanity, the detective
you and know in everyday life, who police
man on our block and winked when we broke window
playing oneoldcat. Haggertys salary might be called
handsome, if included the splits in frequent
wards; but the pay of who took his life in his
hands seven DAYS in the week and fty-two weeks in
the year. it was less than meager.
"Mlly, you've got EN- all kotowing when it comes to
corn beef an cabbage. Say, I'm thinking of buying
that little Of shack up Bronx way after all"
mol"
"Sure thing"
3But l don't like these mortgages, Will If anything
happened to you whered be?'
@Sh! It's going to be cash."
@And where you going to get three thousand dol
lars? They won't take cent under six for the place
leave it to me-" He pulled out thick black cigar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25

Had General 7 90 cent hoy If The Tab1eau
them to General Grant, there Vivid in ForH
wouldn't have been any Apo
mattox
Twill, you aren't taking any of
that graft stuff latter your promise to sixmonths ago
mix on the graft, Mily. amt handsome; but L
honest More'n that, amt the gink they think | an
down at Central"
you're smart man, Will"
HAGGERTY was worth looking at: He had a roun
- head, sign of combatveness. He had heavy, red
tanguar jaws sign of perseverance He had keen BLU
eyes too with enough between to satisfy the mos
critical of phrenologsts and physognomiss for who
the detective had the heartiest contempt). To SCI
things, observe and retain impressions it is not ned
essary hold university degree. Theory and logicd
deduction, written interested Haggerty Just abo
much as missionarys lecture the uplift of TIL
sinful Hottentot would have done. Crime to him wa
merely picture puzzle: there SO many pieces AM
only one way to put them together When he found
piece he laid it aside when he found another piece hi
tried to fit the two together If they did not fit he pro
ceeded to hunt for the other pieces By and by he 60
together, maybe centerpiece; in the end tn
picture unfolded. Nothing mysterious about this.
Haggerty not brilliant: he only slow AM
And because of this ability to wait he had nov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25

middle wonderful nightmare He expected MOTH
ing less than goblet Chinese bendae glass but she returned
For the second time he retrieved the bills This time she tossed
them the thousand dolrsas he would have
tossed taiors bill into the waste basket!
THEN in the woans father Jison and very pale
now cried Jilson; evening MS MeaIson
Mearsn Where had he heard that name befoe
hy that mbecie of boy there told me the third floor lett
q called up Sir; you you such
hurry. came on new today .. 49,. -, ~; ro
The bog % Hs enough the
No said Miss Nearson deermnedy at might other
the police or the newspapers to know any
thing the affair The box will be returned when he finds moth
Mearson jerke his shoulders; Jlson Forbes
then P M beg pa5dGn an FG friend ne am
had all this said Msarson decen L
downtown false telephone call
done replied lson locking his arm in Forbes
Goodnight Hope the box is returned when the thief hnds there
The girl smiled n a detached way
word about this and I'll never forgive you Did Mearson
Mighty good joke on yo though We've waiting
Cawords having his usual draws and all
that and a he tour 4e e n e B s unucky in
aob mink, There's Observation-Disclosures married man town.
and he wins about five thousand year. Only Crawford luck
aGood Crafty Mearsons' I've heard the
before
"tIes thorough going clubman"
1IIang it. mean girl! And all those pieces
aOh She's old codger Mearson the
AS the collection furniture lie
big ruby But don't set your
eve there nv boy the Frozen Lady JIlson flung
open "Hee Boys Got into the apartment
bring brandy There's chairand play EN- closet
LIS friends greeted bosterouy They had made sund
IL wagers had detained him. and the consensus OF
pretty WHICH
Indignantly denied.
Forbes Crawford who slapped him the Shout
der He liked of all his endsCrawford the
kindly silent the scholar who wrote brochures
herogyphics who but lived like sensible
always agreeable and charming whose eyes
the fought but he not of those
who call themselves haers He
why, knew. Many after him
money! sought him his sake; but he not
caught Forbes HIM alone and recount his
adventure; Crawford excellent judge OF
brsng amazing exploits that the writers
stumbled upon. He lived alone barn OF house IN
surrounded by and waited
always looked Forbes he had just stepped
of of the cartonnages
Strange baw-baw generally empty sucked
there the ondbad the
Sailor hng from Pooe Though Crawfords
Crawford had mysterious turning places Of
sailing advising friends of quietly though
he had been spending Connecticut.
He fond the artist knowing the real below the
egg froth and crumbly pie crust of popularity. .
awake old wake up rallied Crawford he raed in the
pot 4Ths wild tonight and aceu isn't worth the
the gane the night
o.b;p f1ad O uJor6'c rtunanf
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-25
CHAPTER VII.

NE of the greatest detectives the world lin his
~ and what remarkable STILL in that of his wie)
down to his evening meal He called supper as they called it
Immediately after the Stone Age when and began
form habits This supper consisted cored beef cabbage and
boiled Haggery heaped his plate proceeded to slice the
has spnled literally with salt pepper
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-09
A QUESTION OF NOISE.
oard'ner Shoe Factory Whistles Sc
we're Trial to Nerves.

10 blow or not to blow that is The
question. For several months the whistle
upon the factory OF the r. T. Hazzara
Co has been gettisg upon the nerves al
many OF GARDENERS citizens and others
nave developed case of NERVES" over
the same affair. Everybody recognizes
the fact that noise OF various kinds Js n
symptom of business activity and (;ardi-
ner Is partial to noise when il indicates
the above. IT'S said that over feastfng
maketh the heart sad and possibIv Car
dinerites have been overfed on whistles.
Every resident OF Gardiner recognizes
that the shoe factories are a valuable
asset to the city. and an Illustration was
had, dufing the week, in which the Haz-
Zard shop was closed and tile Common
wealth closed for three DAYS. Merchants
all along the street noticed a falling OFT
in their receipts and several mentioned
the fact.
Frequent complaint has been made to
the city fathers but none seemed anxious
to take the bull by the horns. At the
last meeting of the city council the fact
that communication was TO be received
by the council was mentioned and the
suggestion made that the city clerk write
Mr. Hazard regarding the matter but no
vote on the matter was taken. T. II.
Bradstreet and A. L. Perry are under
stood 10 be the movers in complaining
and others will undoubtedly conicide
Mr.. Hazard is reported to have met
the matter in just the manner one would
expect from this gentleman and stated
that il the matter of the whistle was
proven be a nuisance he would at once
consider some other way of calling the
help to the office. He cited cases where
the system was used in cities with no OBJ
lection and mentioned the fact that it
had been in operation in Gardiner for
several years.
The report has been current upon the
street Tor some time that system OF
inter- communicating telephones was TO
he established at this factory and TINS
would overcome the need of the almost
constant use of the whistle.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-09
SHOT NEAR PRESIDENT.
Believed Investigation Will Be Made
OF indian Head Affair

Washington. July while both the
officers OF the yacht ayiioWer aud Of
felals OF the navy department Were re-
tieent today. concerning the peril Ia
the vessel, last week, when a shell
from the proving grounds al Indian
Head, Md, was said to have narrowly
missed the ship. which Tad PRESIDENT
Wilson aboard. II is believed an lnVes-
tieatian If the affair will lie made
1t was declared. today, that the shell
itself passed over the MaytloWor at u
safe height. but that the danger WAS
caused by the dislodgement from the
shell OF the rotating band, a citclct Of
steel l. inches wide which fell close To
the vessel. So loud WIS the sef eech of
the sntt thai the MayfioWcr's crew are
said to have rushed on deck To aseer-
tain tie trouble.
At III" time President Wilson WAS
saia te be sitting oil the after deck
with Dr.. Cary y. Grayson. his physi-
c.ap. So far as Is known. the President
made no comment or complaint IN his
return to the White House.
Numerous protests have been made
in tile past against the firing of tile
big guns at indian Head. River cap
tains declare the lives Of their rassen
gers and crews are endangered by the
trials and although no accidents have
vet occurred. contended that there have
been many escapes from disaster.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-09
High Court OF
Foresters, Aug. So.

Plans for the nth annual session OF
the High Court of the ForeSters OF
America. which Is To be- held in this city,
Aug. and C. are progressing rapidly
under the direction of Henry J. Collins
and Luke Ivers, members of the local
lodge. who are laying the elementary
plans. Just how many delegates will n.
tend is not definitely known. but practi-
sally every lodge in the state VIII ne
represented New Officers will be elected
for the High Court and the action OF
the Supreme Court will be referred tn,
Four representatives for the supreme
Court Will also be chosen. Governor VIII
liam T. Haines. Mayor w. Il. Pattangail
and w j. McCurty. assistant supefinten-
dent chief ranger will address the dele
gates, at ~ A. NJ. on the morning of the
sixth, when the convention Will formally
open in the Elks hall. On the evening
previous. the high standing committee
will meet. at 8 o'clock, at The Elmwood
for the purpose of arranging the busi-
ness Of the High Court. The headquaf-
fers of the committee will be at The Elm
wood
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-07-09

FAIRFIELD.

Adjntant Davies and Ensign Van
note, officers of the local Salvation
Army, We're given a surprise at their
home in Benton, Monday evening, by
a number of their friends. The eve
ming was passed in social manner
Refreshments were served.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Ward of Sill
yer street are receiving congra tula-
tions upon the birth of pound
son. born, Monday.
Hon. G. G. Weeks and daughter
Lucy were in Skowhegan, Tuesday.
Mrs. Ann Ward of Waterville, who
has been visiting friends in town. has
gone to Hinckley where she win visit
relatives
Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Totman and
niece Miss Carolyn Wyman. have
gone to Peaks Island. where they will
pass few weeks at their cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Lawrence and
son have returned from Canaan, where
they have been passing a few DAYS
with friends.
The Younger Set was entertained.
Tuesday afternoon, at the home of
Miss Caro- Chapman, High street.
Mrs Viola Gray of Boston enter
'''i'iN' ~ VI ici iTitIluS ut Il
party at her home. The afternoon
was passed in sewing. Refreshments
were served.
Miss Gladys Totman, who has been
teaching in Bangor, has been in town
for few days visiting relatives and
friends
Miss Esther Drew and Miss Lois
Piper left Tuesday, for South Harps-
We'll, where they will be employed at
the Germania Hotel for the summer
Mrs Lizzie Cross and Mrs. Sarah
Rand of Waterville are passinc a few
weeks in town with Mr. and Mrs
WIN Henderson. High street
Miss AIzie Lane, one of the assist
ants in the Lawrence High school. is
attending a summer school at Column
bia University
Mrs. Bert Hopkins and daughter
Virginia. who have been passing a.
few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Preston Delano, have returned to their.
home in Skowhegan
Miss Clara Gibson. who has been
i'll, is able to attend her duties In the
store of G, A. Savage