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him and the question uppermost with
him was how much he could derive
from IT,
So astounding was the proposal that
DR.. White found himself a pigmy deal
ing with a colossus, and he could do
nothing more than to report to the
President the result of the meeting.
All the while MeGillivray was shuf-
ling with the Spanish authorities in
such way as to extort large sums
of gold from them. while he was dis
sembling with the American govern
ment for a similar reason, using mean
while the deluded Indian as an instru-
ment 10 promote his designs He would
nold the Indian in his grip by an af-
ieeted solicitude in his behalf, while
ne would promise certain results to
spain for given sums, and meanwhile
agltate Washington with a threat of
war. Men and interests, however sacred
were TO him as puppets to be en-
pIoyed for the profoundest selfishness
lie would create demonstrations of hos
unity on the part of the Indians in
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that God will not forgive him, and thinks
ned better go back to Washington and
clear his name. He writes, 'T am aban-
doned, with the curse of Cain upon me.
when, If the world knew my heart. that
one blow would have made me great"
linen 1olloWs. ---- mother;' an en-
try that does not concern us. Another.
II do not wish to shed drop of blood.
but | must fight the course" These en-
tries are enough. The journal was found
upon the body of the man who wrote it.
The writer was John Wilkes Booth.
then read to my visitor a copy of an
order issued by General Townsend to the
commandant of the old Capitol prison.
This order was written in response to a
letter received from the late Edwin Booth
asking that the body of his brother be
turned over to the family for interment.
The order required the custodian to let
any member of the Booth family, or
Mr.. Jacob Weaver, an undertaken, have
the body of John Wilkes Booth. Up to
this time the body lay in a cell in the
prison, under a long slab of stone. Only
a few persons knew of its whereabouts.
1t had been buried in the darkness of
the night, and it was generally believed
that it had been sunk in the Potomac.
Upon application the body was turned
over to MIR. Jacob Weaver. He had IL
taken to Baltimore, and in the presence
of the family and a few friends it was
buried in Greenmount cemetery in the
Booth lot, near the tall shaft that marks
the grave of Junius Brutus Booth, the
elder. and not far from a grave held by
me in most reverent affection
Before the body was committed to the
earth the coffin was opened. There was
enough of the body left for purposes of
Identification, and if all else had yielded
to decay, the head was sufficiently pre-
served to establish the certainty that
John Wilkes Booth was the man living
in the coffin. There was the same won
drOuSly thick, WaVey black hair A cer-
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tain person present leaned over the body
and clipped off a lock of that beautiful
hair from the decaying brow-"and here
1t is, madam, look at it, 1t is not as
black as il was once, you will observe
a tinge of brown; but it is soft and
silky Notwithstanding the many years
that have passed since beneath it throbbed
the wild brain of the romantic actor.
She looked at me with wondering eyes.
and was silent. After Il while she asked,
do you think he was erazy?" 'Undoubt-
edly. AS a boy Brutus was his passion
he would assassinate trees; he would stab
posts; he would stride as Brutus does on
the stage; and would quote Brutus in
dramatic tones, as his eyes flashed fire
from their dark depths. I have heard in
the family" but this Is enough, for |
said some things to her l do not wish
10 publish.
When | had finished my side OF the
story, my visitor sat silent for while,
then she said: "T have learned more to-
day about the whole case than | have
ever known, and more than tho people
whom | interviewed in Washington ever
seemed to know" | bade her farewell
at the door, and have not seen her since.
For many years after the assassination
OF Mr.. Lincoln ii was impossible to con-
vince people that Booth had paid the
penalty of his deed. Men would report
that they had seen him face to face in
foreign lands, long after he had been
killed. a newspaper published story to
the effect that a young lady, in Georgia.
was receiving letters from him. Some
one started the rumor that Booth had ap-
peared in Richmond, Va, as a clergyman
and was known by the name of the Rev.
Dr. Armstrong. They saw in DR.. Arm
strong limp the result of Booths acct
dent incurred as he leaped from the Pres
ldents $ private box to the stage, after
he fired the fatal shot. DIR. Armstrong S
hair was black. too: but if I rememher
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and prejudices aud of the husks of life
instead of the substance?
! A dreamer. was he? Mediocrity has
called every genius a dreamer. Isno-
rance has called every philosopher n
dreamer Blindness has called every
prophet dreamer. Sloth has called
every reformer a Dreamer or something
worse. The old, standing among it's
fetish worship and it's relics of the past,
has hurled its sneer at the open eyed
| new-"You are a dreamer
| A dreamer. was he? Yet his dream has
overturned empires and systems. The pa
! ganism of Greece, of Rome and of the
north fell before it. 1t spread over all
| the civilizations of Europe, found new
| land and new home beyond the sea and
| is just now winning it's way against the
| older religions of the Orient.
A dreamer. was he? Yet against his
dream the onslaughts of materialistic
| in vain: his disciples have been fed to
| wild beasts and burned at the stake; pro-
fessed followers have nisrepresented him
and loaded down his pure. spiritual faith
with mass of Journalism and image wor-
| ship. Yet despite all the opposition and
observation he has a firner hold on the
world than ever before.
\ dreamer. was he? Yet today the few
minds are just beginning TO realize the
wonderful meaning and scope Of his
dream; his healing is again being prac-
ticed; great forces are springug up to
put his social ideals into action; his truth
is being revitalized by a spiritual renais-
sance. and the world is just now gaining
| ravishing glimpses of a real Christian
| era ahead.
| A dreamer. was he2 Yet his dream was
! the sweetest and most beautiful vision
| ever brought before the eyes Of the hu-
| man race. and ii is coming true.
/ o Galilean. long hast thou heen mis-
| represented both by friend and foe De-
! spised and almost alone in Judea, thy
| faith has grown until its deyotees are
| laboring In all the earth At last through
| the long night of persecution and abuse
| ii has come to the dawn of its triumph II
has survived the attacks of its enemies,
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| rightly, It was as straight as an In
dams. This was all nonsense.
In regard to the case made known to
me by Laura Ida Booth, [ shall assert
what [ believe. The man who said he
was John Wilkes Booth was either of
unsound mind or was knowingly an i'm
poster. lie looked something like Booth.
for he had high forehead. black hair
black eyes and black moustache. In
condition of mental abnormality he could
readily conceive himself to be Booth
Thousands OF cases of misconceved per-
sonalty are reported by neuropatholo-
gists.
ON the other hand. if he were a sane
man, one may easily SEQ how he could
assume the name of a famous. or infa-
nous, person to whom he bore a rescm-
blance, for the purpose of gaining local
notoriety. How the mountaineers would
marvel at having among them the worlds
greatest fugitive! He would be perfectly
safe in asserting his scf-imposed per-
sonality. He could not be apprehended
by the government authorities, for they
know that Booth was dead. lie ran the
risk however, of being shot down by
some mountaineer Mare Antony, who was
an admirer of the assassinated Caesar.
When | think of the career of John
Wilkes Booth, my mind quickly springs
to tho tragedies of Hamlet, and King
Lear. In the first I recall these lines
and apply them to Booth; "The flash
and outbreak of fiery mind' Ills mad
ness is poor Hamlets enemy" 20, what
a noble mind was here oerthrown.Y 20,
lie is mad Laertes.
From Lear ! take the words and apply
them to Booths mind: AS mad as the
veNed seas" "Alack, sir. he's mad. 'Tis
the tmes' And | never read the lines
in Henry VIII, without thinking of
Booth:
Was he mad, sir?
20, very mad, exceeding mad
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, By that, of course, is meant the impulse
to spread the area of ones personality,
TO magnify ones Importance. Would you
call that insolent pride reverence? Such
tail-spreading by insufferable dandyism
Is the death of self-respect the denial of
social unity. You shall see "Lotzean
self-feeling'' in the child who plumes her
self on the possession of hat more
expensive than her sister James. You
shall see it in the fat man who balances
on his broad Uranium silk hat of ordi-
nary proportions, and who carries tram
scendentally a gold-headed walking cane.
There is 'Lotzean self-feeling' In the
young lady who endeavors to blind one
with phrenetic hatpin or with an exuber-
ant feather or ribbon, 10 inches high, on
a hat crown already six inches too high
Reverence, however, cannot abide with
these monstrosities. Reverence is not
pride in self-extension, but humble and
keen regard for others well being Rev
erence therefore, u a lamp of dress ar
chitecture. 1t regards the susceptible
| mystery boy, who is trying to
get acquainted with his own body and
to walk intelligently among others per-
sons. Certainly he it is whom Convention
| first entces and then seeks to slay.
The second lamp is Confession This is
| the confession that man is man, woman
woman. 1t is the tacit recognition of
| Physiological facts. Womans dress must
be womanly, mans manly.
| The third as | see things, is the canon
of Simplicity, the supreme virtue of DEM
ocracies. Here America breaks faith with
democracy and glores in expensive and
excessive things. Woman must save the
| spirit of democracy for America She
| is losing It.
| The fourth canon OF dress would be
| Reticence, very major rule of art. But
| the modern age is losing it's retcence, and
| is cropping TO regain what it has so large
| ly lost already. It's antithesis is osten-
tation, its sisters are modesty and sim
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plicity. ] am not writing of dress in It's
symbolism of rank and wealth and dig
nifty. These sporadic claims to distine-
tion vulgarize dress even in the pre-
tended effort to make it's evolution demo-
cratic. Rank and dignity are for the
pagent of by-gone feudal days, and they
may help us bear this drab and loveless
era of the compulsory and the common
place. The psychology of dress looks out
on pageants and historic wonder-periods
with most complacent smile. BY all
means let us have pageants but only in
play But everyday garb must exhibit
not the difference of caste but the COM
mon interest and unity of womankind and
mankind Something malicious cruel,
tragic, inheres in dress that symboIizes
wealth and rank and superiority.
Am | my brothers keeper?' Little
Sister. adventuring in these strange cross
currents of responsible being. it was not
you who first asked that question but [
wish you would ask it, now and then. L
wish you would ask it when you put on
your garments, when you select them,
when YOU eye the fashion plates. The
robe of righteousness' is always sprln-
hi1" "i.i tsdfs, DuL Is the most eN-
qulslte or gowns. 1t is the only one fit to
wear. lt is more likely to cost s. than
800 or $l55. These others are less able
than TINS one to express the larger and
truer self Between aspiration and de-
SPAR the fine lad may be driven to lose
himself, while you shine in raiment of
needlework.
simplicity. Retcence, let them stand for
the third canon and the fourth
The1fth is Graeiousness, the sixth Adj
equacy, and the last Serviceableness.
which is the belt or finishing touch
These are all more than self-regarding
virtues, and therefore they belong to-
clothing, which is the medium by which
you approach and influence the Others.
DO you not think the day is coming when
YOU Will be able. as an artist, to create
dress in obedience to canons like these
"a whole costume, from hat to heels?
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Owe rules the world. War, the
- conquerer. The lion of the
earth and the lamb Of God lie down
together. and the lamb is master. Non
resistance, the returning of good for
evil, is triumphing over force and vio-
lence. The battle songs are dying, and
the hymns of peace are swelling up 10
the very throne. The brute in us
grows feebler and the God in us grows
stronger with the passage of the years
The life and death of the Nazarene
are not forgotten, and the gospel OF
good will was not in vain. The song
sung by the angels over Bethlehem
1900 years ago is today re-echoed by
angels and men over the whole earth.
The dawn gives place to the sunrise
The childken of men look over into the
promised land of brotherhood. From
the heavens above to the earth be-
meath the souls on both sides of the
seeming veil of death are vibrant to
the thought of universal love.
At last, like little children, we are
coming to see. Love is the all in all.
1t conquers hate, it conquers war, 1t
conquers sin, it conquers wrong, it
conquers us, and only when we are
fully conquered by it do we really be-
gin to live.
Love ever gives itself, never exacts
1t ever serves, never enslaes. 1t does
1T ever serves, never enslaves. 1t does
bless its objects and gains it own hap
piness in the happiness of the one be-
loved. 1t denies not itself. 1t flows
out to all creatures. 1t is good Will
1t is comradeshp. 1t is glad in the
prosperity and well being of others
1t is innocent, trusting and joyous. II
Is good cheer in the heart, laughter on
the lips aud sunshine in the life II
Wearie9 not in well doing and fails not
at rebuffs. IT is as diffusive as light
as impcrceptiblc. as life giving, as all
conquering. The soul that has it has
solved tho riddle of the sphinx and
found the key to heaven
Love is the divine law of life.
When the Master would test one oi
hts disciples he did not PROFOUND a
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"A great sacrifice and by laborious
~ travel, the commissioners of the
= government under General Pick
ems. made their way to Galphinton, when.
loi McGillivray was not there. Instead
he had sent TO represent the Indians the
chiefs of two towns accompanied by about
60 warriors. As negotiations had been
conducted by Gilli*ray and as his pres
ence was necessary to consummate the
proposed treaty, th3re was not only dis
appointment on the part of the commits
sioners, but great indignation. Even
though every chief had been present. the
absence of their representative and COM
missioner would invalidate asay agree
ment. and this McGillivray well know
Nonplussed by his absence, the commits
sioners of the government merely stated
to those present that which Congress de-
sired to accomplish, and withdrew This
gave rise to fresh complications which
now assumed three-cornered aspect, as
the federal commissioners plans were OBJ
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~ PEECH was given us that We
might hide our thoughts" says
~ Macchiavelli, with fine irony
Initiating him, we may say that dress
Is given MS that we may reveal our sex,
our rank or office our occupation, our
personality. The more we cover, so
much the more do we reveal
Most people, taking cursory view
of clothing, would say that 1t has two
functions, to promote modesty or de-
cency. and to protect the wearer; also
that both these functions are served
by covering and hiding the person. But
We have found reason to suppose that
ithe first dress was a string around the
waist or shoulders, to serve as a pocket
Or belt for carrying a tool or weapon.
hAnd now we discover that the more
1--WE cover ourselves the more We re-
And personally the superficial judgment
proves its own shallowness
No sooner was the string around the
waist or shoulders than the woman and
the man hung leaves upon it, for dec
orative purposes. BY and by skins of
animals are employed the bark of trees,
presently woven material, and at last
the modern array of silks and velvets
and laces and ribbons, shoes for the
feet and millinery for the head But as
to decency, again I must insist that
the woman of the Dyak nation in Bor-
neo, who wears a single leaf, has her
feelings of modest decency as truly,
though not with such complexity, as
the modern western lady who inherits
the delicate soul of thousand western
mothers all eXpensively attired. Indeed
1t becomes Increasingly evident to the
student of anthropology that dress owes
far more to decorative than to utili-
tartan aims 1t began with no purpose
but convenience 1t developed by the in
terplay of a desire to decorate and a
desire to increase the conveniences Of
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am not fully satisfied. / am still prose-
cutting my Investigations, and having
heard of you, L am here to ask your as
sistance, for I believe that you are in
position to help me-"
I assured her of my interest and SYM
pathy, after which she proceeded to tell
me, that, she had always been taught to
believe that she was the daughter of
John Wilkes Booth. That Booth was not
the man who was killed in d barn in Vir-
ginia after the assassination or Mr.. Lin
coin, but that he escaped from Washing
ton and finally found his way to the
mountains of Tennessee, where he lived
for many years in secluslon under an
assumed name. 'In the course of time"
she continued, "he married mountain
girl, and about a year after the mar-
riage, l was born. My mother had never
known her husband by any name except
that by which everybody in the noun
tains knew him; but later he became
confidential, and divulged his real name.
He positively swore that he was the John
Wilkes Booth whom the world thought
had been killed; but that he had defeated
the secret service men and the army of
government detectives, and had gained
his hiding place in the mountains of Ten
nessee. My mother believed him. and has
always persisted that John Wilkes Booth
was my father and her husband. Yor
may see the Booth features in my face
Now. give me your opinion of my story"
AS the lady began TO recite her story, [
listened with a smile of incredulity upon
my face, mentally saying the while, an
other revival OF an old story; but | soon
saw that she believed most profoundly
the things she related, and, SO, [ heard
her with serious patience.
When she had finished her narrative
| asked her if she had any papers or
pictures that would tend to identity her
father with John Wilkes Booth Where
upon she opened the handbag that I had
already noticed, and drew forth mass
of letters, clipped extracts from news
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~ NE morning about four years ago
| was engaged in my study in
Birmingham, when my servant
came to the door with a visiting card an
nouncing
LAURA IDA BOOTH.
In few minutes l was in the parlor.
The visitor wanted to see me about i'm
portant business, she said and preferred
to be in a room where we should not be
subject to Interruptions. | thereupon in
vlted her into my study, motioned her to
a comfortable chair. and bade her feel
free to ask me anything, or to tell me
anything that concerned herself, if she
thought I might be OF assistance to her.
u was not long in deciding that the per-
son before me was lady of refinement.
She was tastefully dressed, and was quite
pretty. Her complexion was dark; her
hair was black; her eyes were large and
coal black with a brilliant sparkle; her
forehead was broad and high, and her face
was round rather than oval She would
nave been pronounced pretty woman
by any one passing her ON the street.
She had with her leather handbag,
whose contents caused its sides to bulge
considerably. After she had taken her seat
she began to make known the occasion
of her visit to me by saying:
i am an actress and have been on
the stage for years. I have been advised
TO come to you by one of the editors of
The Age-Herald who answered my oues-
tions over tho phone this morning. He
said that you could give me more infor-
nation than anybody else. by reason of
an old family friendship on the subject
that has led me to travel many hundreds
of miles. / have gone to Washington
and to other cities, and have interviewed
many prominent men who were formerly
employed in the service of the govern
ment; and while I have gained great
deal of knowledge on the one subject
that swallows up all other interests, yet,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-02-15
LITERARY PROGRAMME
Freshmen Girls Society Gave De-
liahtfuI Entertainments at High
School Yesterday.

The Erodelphian Literary society of
the Fargo high school gave another of
their interesting entertainments yes
terday afternoon in the freshman as
sembly room. The programmes: ..
Piano solo by Imogene Perry.
Debate-Resolved That Moving Pic
lures Are of Educational Value. The
affirmative side was upheld by Edith
Rusk and Dorothy Van Sickle, the
negative by Esther Heath n Flor
ence Qualey. The decision was given
in favor of the affirmative.
Reading by Frances Monsoon.
A little play was given by the
Misses Marjorie Trotter and Esther
Sullivan, This was very well given
and was also we'll received.
After the play the girls went down
to Miss McKay's domestic science
department where a splendid luncheon
was served, The luncheon vas given
in honor of the new officers who are:
-President-Edith Rusk.
Vice President-Agnes Nelson.
Secretary-Marjorie Trotter.
Observation-Disclosures Hoover.
Faculty Critic-Miss McLelland.
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UTILIZATION OF
WASTE PRODUCTS
THIS SUBJECT WILL BE DISCUSS
ED At THE GRAND THEATRE BY
PROFESSOR TRANSPORTER TO-
MORROW EvENING-oNE or BIG
PoBLEMs OF TODAY.

One of the subjects of paramount in
terest today is that of Conservation of
Natural Resources. It's most import
ant phase is that of the Utilization of
Waste Products. This subject will be
treated in a popular and scientific man
ner by Prof. Geo. 3. Frankforter, Sun
day evening at 8 o'clock in the Grand
theatre.
Professor Frankforter took his doc
tors degree at the University of Ber-
lin, Germany, some a ago, ana
since that time served as professor of
chemistry in the University of Nebras-
ka. and has been for a number of years
dean of the school OF chemistry in the
University of Minnesota. He has made
a speciality in the study of the use of
waste products, and is recognized as
one of the most eminent authorities on
the waste products of wood. Professor
Frankforter's subject is Of particular
interest to the people of North Dakota,
because of the straw that goes to waste
annually. H&
In order to make his theme more
readily understood, Dean Frankforter
has prepared some fifty slides, which
will be thrown on the screen Sunday
evening at the Grand. Admission is
free.
1t should be added that DIR. Frank
forter comes here under the joint au-
spices of the Chemical club of the A.
c. and the Grand Free Lecture associ-
alton. EH" .aasa Fri
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THE OPEN DOOR

To the managers desk is at 9 and II
Eighth street south. Hundreds of OBJ
serving, wide awake young people have
marched through tit is open day and
night. Scores of business men watch
it for competent Office help. The sign.
Dakota Business college," marks the
exact spot-enter now-publicity.
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MONEY TO LOAN

On first mortgages on good farm
lands and improved city property. J.
B.. Folsom Co.. 61S Front street, Far
go, N. D. 81. -Adyt,