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The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19
Do You Know
That

The safest railway line in the world
ought to be the Illinois Central. NO
other railway certainly has carried
its precautions against accident into
such minute detail. A general order
has just been issued prohibiting driv-
ers. firemen and conductors-every
one, in fact, who is concerned with
the actual running of the trains
from carrying on their watchfaces
pictures of sweethearts. wives or
babies. Such pictures. it is explained,
are likely to distract the attention OF
employees from their work.
Some suggestive experiments have
been made on German warships with
lighted projectiles. which it is thought
may take the place of the electric
searchlight. The projectile, which is
filled with calcium carbide. is fired
from cannon. and, since 1t is lighter
than water. after striking it comes to
the surface. During its immersion
water is automatically admitted and
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should unnecessary energy be ex-
pended and therefore lowered vitality
ensue? But the active girl is not
necessarily energetic. she IS not work
ing off an attack of surplus nerves,
she is simply naturally active and
needs unlimited space to move about
in, just as a flower needs the weeds
removed about 1t before it can grow
properly Otherwise the sensitive
temperament OF the growing girl will
find an outlet for its natural activity
in some other way. and that other
way always results in harm to the
individual.
Grace means everything to those
who would attain beauty. and grace
is a talent which is given to every
one alike. 1t remains with the indi-
vidual to develop that talent or to
smother it In the dreadful tolls Of
what fashion DEGREES. 1t is time for
every girl to be awake and on her
guard lest she be deprived of her lib
erty Don't forget about the parable
of the man with the 10 talents, girls.
you have the gift of grace within
your grasp. you may have poetry of
motion for the asking"
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19
A CRITICISM

]. NJ. Barrie, in his little. white
house overlooking Kensington garden
in London, was talking to group o6
American journalists about the failure
of his play, The Adored One"
Stroking his huge mustache, the tiny
playwright said:
I've rewritten The Adored One
I've whitewashed my heroine's black
record in order to please the great
public. But it's no go, and l feel like
the playwright of Tin Can.
I'm Tin Can, a town of your wild
west they produced play by a resi-
dent. A reporter from the Opener, the
local journal, dropped in at the end of
the third act.
DO you think the author of this
play will liver the reporter asked a
Tin Can litterateur.
Yes. I do. decidedly the Httera-
teur replied He's got a five mile
start and good hoss. and there amt
one chance in a thousand of the boys
overtakin' him.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19
The Family Cupboard
You Can Begin This Great Story Today
:; :; BY Reading This First =: :;
Dramatic Story Of High Society Life in New Yc
Adapted from Owen Davis Broadway Success.

Charles Nelson, a wealthy New
Yorker, ola coming home on a certain
afternoon, discovers his son. Ken
meth, drunk, and in the scene that
follows Kenneth accuses his father of
maintaining another establishment.
Nelson admits the truth of the charge
His wife, a society leader. hears the
discussion. and it develops that the
estrangement in the familyhas come
through the womans indifference to
her husband. Their daughter, Alice,
sides with the father, and Kenneth
takes his mothers part. Kitty May,
the girl who had broken up the Nell
son home, contrives to have the son.
Kenneth. fall in love with her. He
moves to an apartment house in
which she had lodgings There settle
upon the boy as leeches, Jim, Kitty's
father. whom Kenneth believes to be
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only her chauffeur. and Dick lie Roy.
Kitty's former dancing partner in
vaudeville. Kenneth learns from Kitty
that his father was the man who had
made her what she is. Kenneth. in
blind passion. strikes his father In the
face The blow is forgiven by the
father. Kitty May had witnessed the
attack Kenneth leaves the apart
ment looking for work; the girl
makes herself at home in the place
with Dick le Roy Kenneth has no
money, and he refuses to appeal to
his father for help. though Kitty oegs
him to. He Is refused loan by Tom
Harding, his sisters fiance- Bu'
Mary Burk, his mothers secretary
comes and offers Kenneth money he
refuses the offer.
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grace which ought to be second ma
ture to every sensible girl who ex
presses her ideas in her movements
with the freedom and liberty of a
young animal. But still this bugler
of society fourishes-the narrow
skirt Freedom has been given to
some extent in the slashing Of the
skirt, in the Introduction of invisible
side pIeatings. in cunntngly devised
draperies and other things from ths
clever brains Of those who would
maze us fashionable. But the narrow
skirt is still with US.
IF we would have proper lines we
must have the narrow skirt. and the
narrower the skirt at the bottom, the
more truly chic and remarkable for
daring originality is our costume. The
narrow skirt has come to stay We
hear the words on ali sides, but let
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me tell you something else that is
coming in the wake of the narrow
skirt. Wrinkles. How can woman
maintain a happy expression when
she is forced to mince along Fifth
avenue in an expensive gown which
will be irrevocably ruined If she hap
pens to take one step little longer
than the ordinary artificial gait that
she has been forced to adopt. And so
there is constant worry, constant fear
of accidents in which you would be
powerless to help yourself, constant
deepening If ever so little of worry
lines, which have come to stay. and
which are developing into genuine
wrinkles just as fast as they can.
And now, perhaps. you defenders
of the narrow skirt will say that If 1t
is possible 10 make anything habitual.
why not the narrow skirt2 Why
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Beauty
BY MAUDE MILLER

g<yVT E HEAR so much about
w beauty and what constitutes
it. Whether the beautiful
girl is the girl with perfect features
or the girl who possesses a clean and
healthy mind. But 1 maintain that
no girl. no matter how perfect as to
facial characteristics. no matter how
pure as to mind and soul. can be beau
tiful if she does not express grace of
movement and freedom to express
this grace
''oh. am heartily disguised with
all the absurd freaks of fashion that
we call our beautiful women" These
We're the exact words of Miss Florence
Moore of the Winter Garden company
when I asked her for her ideas on
beauty. The extreme styles that are
being worn by the ultra fashionable
set of today are spelling forever the
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19

produces acetylene gas, which burns
with an illumination equal to that of
1900 candles.
A gorilla flew as a passenger in an
aeroplane from Strasburg to Metz the
other day. The animal is the pet of
a German military airman, who acted
as pilot. The ape at first refused to
be tied into the machine, but submit
ted after some persuasion. Through
the flight he screamed and trembled
and when the machine landed he was
so paralyzed from fright that he had
to be helped out of the passengers
seat
The fercest shark will get out of
the seaway in very great hurry if
the swimmer, noticing its approach,
sets up a noisy splashing. A shark is
in deadly fear of any sort of living
thing that splashes in the water.
Beethoven. for the last II years of
his life. could not hear a note of all
the exquisite music he penned. and
suffered terribly from melancholia
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19
ACT As IF YOU DIDN'T CA
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am 90, and though I know
several young men have never
met a young man who seems to
care enough TO propose to me.
What shall 1 do in order to win
some one? SORROWFUL.
IF you let the men know you are
on a husband hunt they will
a carefully avoid you.
Be a little Independent; find such
happiness in the society of women
the men will be interested in know
ing what you are happy about. And
don't worry because no lover comes
your way. He will bring sorrow as
well as joy when he does come.
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MOST DECIDEDLY NOT

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
have been keeping company
with a. young gentleman for the
last year. He insulted me in
company. and we had quarrel.
and he has not apologized and
said he wouldn't. Should I make
up with him or not? LOUISE.
Do you want to be insu1ted again
hat is what reconciliation wi
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DEAR MISS FAIRFAX.
We are two very attractive
young girls and have many ad-
mirers, but both of US seem to
be infatuated with the same
young man. He is very BASH
full and shy, and for that reason
we can not tell which of us he
loves the more. ANXIOUS.
That is something he alone knows,
and the fact that he is impartial in
his attentions indicates that his love
for both is the same. When he
learns his own heart he will make
The discovery known, and there is
nothing you can do to hasten the
discovery.
The Moors of Arabia and Spain
were the first to display colored
globes in chemists windows
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19
PuRELY FRIENDLY

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
am very much in love with
young man five years my senior.
He has gone away to college and
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TN THIS costume on the left Paris pays reminis-
|. cent tribute to its "chanticler." The hat of
draped taffcta caught high on the left side,
suggests comb-and the haring tunic carries
out the chanticler line
The bodice is kmono blouse of black taffeta
with long fitted sleeve. 1t opens over vest of
white silk under fine Valenciennes lace and is
finished by shawl collar of black velvet The cuff
and the wide banding the tunic are of black
ribbon velvet The skirt is also of black velvet and
is plain rounding lines with its slight full
ness caught in at the height of the knees
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n friendly, keeping careful guard
h on your pen. Write nothing you
would be ashamed to see in print.
If he still loves you when his school
days are ended there will be many
opportunities for telling him that
which it is wiser never to write.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19
AdDice to the LoueLorn g By BEATRICE FAIRFAX
LET HIM DECIDE

amount to. Have nothing more to do
with him.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19

writes TO me twice a week. We
are not engaged. but he tells me
how much he cares for me in
every letter. Now I am undecided
how to answer his letters.
The San Francisco call and post., 1913-12-19
(NOvELIZED By
U1D2 D2a6daW57

tFrom owen Davis play now being presented
at the Playhouse by William A. BRADY =
Copyrighted. 1918. by international Ne~s
kersice.J
Continued from Yesterday
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
Will +. Lindsey Accepts Editorship
on Big Paper.

Will F. Lindsey of this city, who
resigned his position as editor of the
Decatur County Journal few months
ago after having been in charge of
the paper for nearly ten years, has
accepted the editorship of Producer
and Consumer, big monthly farm
paper published at Des Moines, which
has already attained a circulation of
5000 and is rapidly growing. The
July number of the paper is just out
and he had charge of the issue, al
though most of the work was done
here in Leon. We are pleased to
announce that Mr.. Lindsey and FAM
lily will continue to make their home
in this city, as his duties will not re-
quire him to spend all of his time
in Des Moines. He receives flatter-
ing salary on the paper with the
promise of a substantial increase af-
ter the first of the year. Mr.. Lindsey
is splendid writer, with good ideas
Of what the people want to read and
we predict that he will make big
success in this new field.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
An Adventure on the Mexican Border.

An Adventure on the Mexican Bor-
der, Lubin war drama in two reels
will be shown at the Idle Hour
theatre tonight (Thursday). The
story is a thrilling one and the pic
lures magnificent. On the Mexican
border line the United States soldiers
are camped on the American side
with the view of protecting their own
citizens, and on the other side the
Mexican soldiers are camped to do
likewise for their country. A dark
eyed senorita of the southern race
captivates two officers, one a captain
of her own nationality and the other
a lieutenant in the service of Uncle
Sam. The Mexican captain is the
favorite and a quiet rivalry exists
between the two soldiers. During
the thrilling scenes of the life upon
the border the U. S. trooper makes
false accusation against the Mexi-
can which nearly causes complica-
ton. Realizing the seriousness OF
the affair the lieutenant's better ma
ture asserts itself and he vindicates
his rival, takes him back to the
senorita and surrenders himself for
punishment.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
GOV. BUCHTEL COMING TO LEON.
Chautauqua Opens August 15th-In-
teresting Program for En-
tire Week.

Henry Augustus Buchtel, former
governor of Colorado, has been Sc
cured for an address at the Leon
Chautauqua on the evening of Tues
day, August 10Th. The people of
Leon and vicinity are fortunate in
having the opportunity of hearing
Gov. Buchtel. For many years he
has been considered one of the best
Chautauqua attractions, and where
he has appeared, record breaking
crowds have met him.
The program furnished by the
Leon Chautauqua Association is one
of the strongest and best that has
been offered in the state. If you be-
lieve in it, boost it. Attend every
meeting and tell your friends of the
good, things in store.
Chautauqua opens Tuesday, Aug
ust 18th. Buy season tickets and en-
Joy the full course of twenty-four
numbers
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
New Court Cases.

J. M. Harmon vs.. C. E. Mitten,
Mantle Mitten garnishee. Plaintiff
has filed Judgment transcript for
$23.S5 from the court of Justice A..
R. Warford and garnisheed Mantle
Mitten in whose hands are funds be-
longing to G. E. Mitten.
Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co. VS.. John
Johnson. Suit is brought on an ac-
count for goods sold and delivered to
defendant at Mercer, Mo-, amounting
to $107.2S. Defendant now lives at
Morgan in this county. V. R. McGin-
mis-, attorney for plaintiff.
P. l. Rogers VS.. Geo. w. Rogers
ct al. Suit is brought to quiet title
to lots 1, and 3, block l., College
Park addition to Lamont. S. Varga,
attorney for plaintiff.
Stephen Varga VS.. Benjamin Tur-
pen ct al Suit is brought to fore
close real estate mortgage given to
secure two notes on which there is
due the sum of $36.75. Francis
Varga, attorney for plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
TOUCHED A LIVE WIRE
Will Johnson, Employed at Lamont
Electric Light Plant instantly
Killed Wednesday Evening.

Will Johnson, an employe of the
Electric Light Co., at Lamont, was
instantly killed last Wednesday ev-
ening when he touched live wire at
the power house which was carrying
a high voltage.
A new wire had been strung to
connect up the new artificial ice plant
being installed at Lamont, and the
exposed ends of the wire had been
tied up out of reach. Mr.. Johnson
who was employed at the electric
light plant was working there We'd
nesday evening, and when drop
light cord was in his way picked it
up and looped it over the end OF the
tied up wires. This made a circuit
and he received the full current of
electricity. He fell over and struck
against the side of smoke stack
and one of his arms was burned to
a crisp before the current could be
shut off. Death resulted instantly.
The deceased was about As or so
years of age and had resided for a
of years at Lamont.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
"A Statement.

Grand River, Iowa, July IA, 1913.
Editor Reporter-Having nosced
in the Pleasant Valley No. 2 items IN
last weeks Reporter about the Wes-,
terville picnic they called it Father
Whites and Walter Cases picnic.
Now, was there nearly all afternoon
and Father White was not there, nor
do think that he ever heard Of It,
and as for being any fist fights, there
wasn't any there. 1t was large
crowd of as respectable people as can
be found in any community, and it is
pity that anybody would be so fool
ish as to write lot of rot like that.
deem it an insult to respectable
people and a malicious lie, and a
weakness on the part of your Fleas-
ant Valley No. 2 correspondent.
T. G.. CaShen, #
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
State Examiner is Inspecting Books
of Decatur County.

C. B. Ellis, of Des Moines, and his
assistant T. E. Brown, came to Leon
Monday to make an official inspection
of the books of the county officials as
provided for by the new state inspec-
ton law. There are quite a number
of state inspectors and every county
in the state will be checked up. The
examiners receive a. salary of $500
per day and in addition to checking
up the books of the county officers
will also examine all bills allowed
during the past year to determine
whether reasonable prices were paid
for supplies of all kinds purchased
by the county. The examination will
take several weeks, and is intended
to get everything in good shape for
the adoption of state uniformity in
keeping the books of all the counties
in the state which goes into effect in
1914
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
YOU MUST GIVE HALF THE ROAD
TO AUTOS AND TEAMS.
Even if They are Travelling in the
Same Direction as You are
Driving.

There is going to be some serious
trouble for some road hogs in Deca-
tur county, and when we say road
hogs we do not mean just people who
are driving team but some OF the
auto drivers. One of the new laws
passed by the lest session of the legis-
lature provides that when a slow 60
ing vehicle, team or auto is over
taken by faster going vehicle, team
or auto, the driver of the slower go
ing vehicle shall give one-half OF
the road to the vehicle which desires
to pass him, or the offender is guilty
of a misdemeanor which provides for
fine of from 500 to $500 and up
to a years Imprisonment in Jail, or
both. We had such an experience
Sunday evening while driving from
Davis City to Leon. We overlook a
Davis City auto and the driver who
was driving very slowly refused to
permit us to pass him or drive at a
reasonable pace, although we gave
the proper signal with our auto horn
and also called to him and told him
we desired to pass him, but there
was nothing doing on his part and
we were compelled to run our car at
a very slow pace until he finally
stalled on hill and we managed to
pass him. We presume we should
have promptly filed an information
against the offender and had him i'm
ed, but we are not counting trouble
with any one, but we will not permit
any driver of a car or team to delay
US again, or they will have to answer
to the law for their selfish hOggish-
ness.
In order that every one may be-
come acquainted with this new law,
we print it in full, as found on page
1923 of the laws of the 35th General
Assembly:
CHAPTER 131.
Regulation of Meeting and Passing
Vehicles on the Public
Highway.
Section 1.-Repeal-turnlng to
right-rule when approaching from
rear-penalty. That section 1869 OF
the code be and the same is hereby
repealed and the following enacted in
lieu thereof: persons on horseback,
or in vehicles, including motor We
hicles, meeting each other on the
public highway, shall give one-halt
of the beaten path thereof by turn
ing to the right Whenever a person
in any vehicle shall approach from
the rear upon the public highway
and desire to pass, it shall be the
duty of the driver or operator OF such
vehicle ahead to give one-half of the
beaten path thereof, upon proper
signal or request by turning to the
right. The vehicle approaching from
the rear shall turn to the left and
shall not return to such road or
path within less than thirty feet OF
the team or vehicle which has been
passed; provided, however, that
such vehicle need not give such
right-of-way when it would leopard
ize the safety of the driver or oper-
ator to do so. Failure to comply
with the above shall be deemed a
misdemeanor and punishable as such.
Approved April 16, A. D. 1913. =.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
Notice of Eighth Grade Examination

All pupils entering the High School
from the rural schools must present
certificates of qualification signed by
the county superintendent, and based
on the passing of the eighth grade ex-
animation. For the benefit of those
who may wish to enter High School
this fall, and who may not have pass
ed the examination, a special exam
ination will be held at the High
School building at Leon, Thursday
and Friday, July "a and rs.
Mabel Horner,
County Superintendent
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
Editors Met at keOkuk.

The. Reporter man attended the
summer meeting of the Southern
Iowa Editorial Association held at
keokuk last Thursday and Friday,
and had a fine time. There was a
good representation of the editors
from southern Iowa in attendance,
Decatur county being represented by
o. E. Hull of the Leon Reporter,
Wallace Blair of the Lamont Chron-
icle, Roy Hoadley Of the Garden
Grove Express and Misses Esther
and Era Tillotson of the Weldon
American. The meetings of the as
sociation were held in the Y. M. c. A.
building, in the basement of which
is the finest swimming pool in the
state, and nearly all of the editors
enjoyed several plunges in it. On
Thursday evening the editors were
guests of the Keokuk Industrial AS
sociation at banquet served at the
Grand Hotel. On Friday afternoon
the editors and their ladies spent the
entire day inspecting the dam and
power house of the Mississippi River
Improvement Co., being escorted over
the works by DR.. G.. Walter Barr the
publicity agent of. the company who
knows everything in connection with
the history of the great dam. In
the evening the visitors enjoyed a
moonlight ride on Lake Cooper, the
big new lake formed by the dam IN
the river on the steamer Blackhawk.
Saturday morning all of the editors
who could spare the additional DAY
went to Ft. Madison where they visit
ed the state penitentiary and We're
entertained by the local newspaper
men of Ft Madison.
The visit to the dam was one OF
great interest and we will not at this
time attempt to tell our readers OF
the wonderful progress of this work
since we visited it year ago, but
will try and have special article
about it for next week.
At the annual election of officers
the following were elected for the
coming year.
President-Harry Keller, Russell
Union.
Vice rPresident-k. F. Baldridge,
Bloomfield Democrat.
Secretary-Treasurer-O. E. Hull,
Leon Reporter.
Iowa City was selected as the place
for the winter meeting of the asso-
citation, the date not being definitely
fixed. The vKeokuk meeting was a
dandy good one, and every editor who
attended was we'll repaid for the time
and expense of attending.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
Fined for Violating Auto License.

James J. Smith, of Van Vert, was
arrested by sheriff Lorey Sunday on
the charge of violating the provisions
of the state auto tax law, the sheriff
filing an information against Smith
before Justice A. r. Warford. Smith
entered a plea of not guilty and his
hearing was continued until Tuesday
morning when he appeared with his
attorney Geo. w. Baker, the state
being represented by county attorney
ney Sharp. Smith withdrew his plea
of not guilty and entered plea of
guilty and paid fine of $40 and
costs. This is the start of a vigorous
crusade which will be enforced
against auto owners who do not COM
ply with the law.