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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-06
Petty spry'. Tr,.,.

Polly 0pry q been summoned 70 court.
Awaiting her are cats Of every sort.
Each with . terrible tale Of woe
Poor Polly Quakes from head I toe
Guilty or not guilty r. cries the Iudso -
awf0l tone
Net guilty" says Polly. ashamed Nor
olno 70 own
On. Polly. those twelve iur0rs KNOW:
tAok q this poor iittis pussy With ron
ribbon bow
Tat olTj pulls hes tat) - MAKE ~ m1eow
An4 yuDes hef fur the WroOe = 10
- 0tvae ~ tota ~ TWISTS and twfrN
{n6oo0.stooFoko MANY ei5ch 9etto 9frl6
~ epGy ~. Wh6t 11lgtAos - ~
81 eneA aanghU ~ ~ yoUf
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-06
Wsathsr Slime

A rainbow 10 the mOrning gives the
shepherd warning that IL. II the wind
BE- easterly t,e.Huxe It shows that Il
cloud y .s~pprDachinE the observer
a rainbow at night u the shepherds
delight This IL aiso 4 good sign pro-
vtded the wind be westerly. a. It shows
that the rain clouds are passing away
Evening red and mex morning gray
are certain signs 1T a beautiful day
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-06
Queer Cough Remedy.

WhOoping cOugh IL whooptng cough
the world over. but some races have
the Qieerest cures for It you ever
drea med Of The gypsiex. for instance.
fees certain thar n dormOll<e roasted
and eaten will bring relief. while In .
certain section OF, England ignOraul
people will pull several hairs from the
head Of q child III with whUOping
cough. roll them up Ia 4 bit Of meat
aud give the latter to u dog to eat. 0e
tieving that In this way the disease
will pass from the child to the animal.
Now what would you think Ut your
good. kind family Doctor II he "a We you
such treatment as that when you were
'barking your head Of" and strangiing
and choking 10 painful efforts to catch
your breath?
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-06

/. 0ae4o00 Il Little Poooto.
Many mothers are now planning t.
have . little garden for John and Mary
because this summer they will be bag
enough to profit by Il. says Jessie
Wright Whitc0mb In the. M0thar's Mag
sxine Many mothers are also ra,efIlly
remembering the crash Vt hopes last
summer. % far as the children's gar
dening was concerned. aud are wonder
Ing whether II will br worth while to
Try It again. They remember seeds
dug up or drained OR with excessive
watering. flower plants ruthlesaly Jerk
cd up and weedS left standing. dried
and parched and cracked little beds Or
tangles 0f' triumphant Unison. da0de
Hons and knot grass.
Or perhaps It may recall a0xious iit-
Tie workers and sorry disappointment
I'VE poor. spindly. doweriess plants
We have had all sorts OF experienced
IN q family. and | feel AZ though I
succession Ut summers had drilled into
me exactly what 10 what for a small
child'ss garden.
The main thing II to have 4 very I'm
tied variety OF seeds and those 0f \
strong. hardy. free blooming ort A
child Of three. four OF dve years can
have q satisfactory garden Ut thrp+
sorts Of seeds. no that Ne ran learn the
leaves Ut three plants and then we~d
ont everything elae
Children love flowers, but they do not
love disappointment. and the way to
make cOntented little gardeners. even
Of children who perhaps have but little
annuity With the soil. II to limit the ~.
rieties Of seeds you give them and to
have those varieties all bright free
blOOmers.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-06-06
WOMAN'S PAGE
Points
FOR
Mothers

Let the Baby Learn TO Walk Himself.
Please don't do it: There u probably
nOt n case In q hundred Of distress
ingly bowlegs that cannot be laid to
the fault Of u proud mother or some
eager relative who has not only allow
ed but encouraged the victim. when q
baby, to walk too soon.
One can sympathize with very par.
donable pride and eagerness with which
young parents watch the arst efforts
toward walking on the part of the
baby. but it is not easy to pardon the
ignorance displayed in forcing the fat
baby to stand and walk before the
bones are strong enough to bear the
weight Of the heavy little body
The baby allowed to learn to walk
and to make his frst experiments of
his own accord without undue forcing
or teaching will develop naturally. with
small legs sufficiently strong to bear
the weight Of the sturdy body when
walking time comes
It must be remembered that 1t il not
merely want of strength that prevents
IN infant from walking ut tirst The
natural shape Of the legs renders 1t i'm.
possible. The feet are turned In. 70
that the inner sides are upward When
placed ufpbn its feet while the haby IL
very young the soles will 0 rest upon
the ground. Rut this need o oss.asion
any alarm on the part Of the mother
In q short dine the position Of the feet
will change. and they will become 0t.
ted Tor the purposes Of tocomoti0n
Then each process in learning to
WALK shouid be allowed to develop
naturally.
Dr. Bull. the child specialist. said.
THE best method Of teaching . child
to walk u to let Il teach itseif." This
Il will do readily enough Il will 3rst
learn to crawi-a procedure which ex
ercises every muscle In the body and
does not fatigue the child The crawl
ing process has the additions, advan.
tage Of impartng vigOr aud strength
without throwing undue weight npou
the bones, The more upright creeping
follows the crawling
Them, ha vim the power. Il viii natu
rally wish 10 a. more. II will endsa .
~ HIT ttDeif upon it, feet BY aid al 4
chair, aud, though Il wilt faN again
and leain ii its atreupts. II viii per
sewers until 4 accUmplishea the feat
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-04
No Amount of Money Will
Turn Wanton Into
a Prude.

The learned commission that prObed
into the subject of the minimum wage
for women delivered itself of the
solemn conclusion that there was no
relation between what a girl earned
and her going in the strai light road, and
but of high moral principle.
1t is true that no amount of money
will turn girl with the soul of wan
ton into a prude. We read every day
in the papers of millionairesses who
tread the primrose path simply be-
cause it is the way of their desire
1t is also true that a girl may keep
herself pure in the stress of any temp
tation, however great. Tens OF thou
sands do. Among the unknown and
unsung heroines of the world are those
women who die of want rather than
take plenty that they must buy at the
price of dishonor
Once little vaudeville actress said
fiercely to me: Don't talk to me
about the good women who have al
ways had every comfort and luxury
about them. What do they know about
goodness? They've never been test
ed. l have kept myself good-and
I've been so hungry that the smell OF
food in a restaurant as | passed made
me sick. I've been cold and hungry.
and l knew l had just to say one word
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-04

She says that her family is desperate
~ poor, that her mother is a widow,
so crippled with rheumatism that she
can no longer go out to scrub, and
that her little brother is blind. That
makes this girl of seventeen the bread
winner of the family. A man, a fat,
elderly man with a house full of chill
dren of his own. not long ago got this
girl position with the firm he works
for. Now he demands his pay.
The girl writes, 81 am a good girl.
l want to go straight. feel that it
will kill me with shame if don't, but
what am l to do? If l resent this
mans familiarity he will discharge me.
and what will become of my mother
and my little brother then? 1t is so
hard to get another place when you
lose the one you have. | am afraid
we will starve. What shall | do?"
That is a real letter, and I get hun
dreds of them. just like that. from
girls who are willing to work, who
want to make an honest living and go
straight if only the world will let
them.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-04

and rich man would give me furs and
diamonds, and feast me on terrapin
and champagne. | tell you that it's
only the women, such as l am, who
know what it means to be good
Such women as this one have Cour-
age and great strength. They can re-
sst, but what of the others, the girls
who are timid and weak, and who
have no hope of lettering their con-
dition. no outlook for the future?
These girls are not very clever, they
are not very skillful or efficient, they
have never even been taught how to
do any one thing we'll by which to
make living.
They work such long hours-and
earn so little They are so poor, they
are hungry and shabby, and those at
homo are hungrier and shabbier still
They are so young, and they have all
of youths craving for pleasure.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-04

sell her soul to kee>Slife in her body.
And every one O. Us commits that sin
who does not pay our women employees
a living wage.
Look again at this picture of the
girl who is being forced into the NOR
ass of evil by poverty. Perhaps it VIII
open that close fist of yours and msaxs
you give some ill-paid girl in your OF.
flee or shop the dollar or two extra
that will keep her from being driven
into taking the wrong turn OF the road.
We can't fight much, you know, on an
empty stomach. Least of ALI can We
fight the tempter.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-04

without question. Saturday and Sun
day passed without comment, but on
Monday morning Della asked for her
money.
MIR. Curtis must have forgotten to
leave it," Helen answered camly. I'll
speak to him about it tonight"
But Warren had said Tuesday and
that meant of course Tuesday night.
Della must be put off one more day.
Tuesday morning, after Warren had
gone, Helen remarked carelessly:
Della. ] forgot to ask Mr.. Curtis
for your money, but | will certainly
remember tonight"
WITH A BIG SENSE OF RELIEF.
That night Warren gave her the
money and she gave it to Della with
an immense sigh of relief. She had
never before owed & servant and she
devoutly hoped she never would again.
Helen had an innate horror Of debts
of any kind.
The thought of Warren owing mon
ey he could not pay was always with
her. He had said he could hold the
payment off, But the feeling that it
She had wild thoughts of dismissing
Della and doing the work herself. But
with the baby, that was impossible
So all she could do was to keep the
household expenses as low as pos
sible; and this she did relentlessly.
But Warren did not take kindly to
warmed-over roasts and lack Of va
rety in his food. Several times he
had complained, and she had replied
evasively that it was "cleaning day"
or ironing day" and Della did not
have time to get much dinner She
had wanted to spare him the humilia
ton of being reminded that it was
necessary for them to save.
But that evening, when the lamb
croQuettes were served, Warren push
ed back his chair and flared out.
For goodness sake, can't we have
anything but stews, and croquettes
and warmed over roasts? What on
earth is the matter with Della that
she can not give us a decent meal?"
ut isn't Della, Dear; l have been
trying to keep the expenses down.
| thought we should just now"
well, that's all right-but there is
no sense in carrying a thing too far.
We haven't reached the stage where
we have to starve ourselves: | have
borrowed few hundred of Dalton-to
tide us over with. And | will bring
things around in a month or So"
Borrowed of Dalton! Oh, Warren,
how could you?"
why not? What's wrong about
that?"
"Oh, | never wanted you to borrow
of any one. You wouldn't let me
help you with my rings, and | had
thousand times rather do that than
to have you borrow
"LEAVE THIS TO Me-" HE SAID.
We'll, wouldn't. All business men
have to borrow now and then; but
they don't pawn their wives rings
Now just leave this to me, and don't
be eternally getting absurd ideas of
things you know nothing about"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-04

that of a young girl being pushed
down from the clean heights of vir-
tue into the morass of sin by want.
She is clutching frantically to every
twig of respecta bility, of effort, of
work that will stay her progress, but
they are not strong enough to hold
the weight put upon them, and they
break in her hand and she goes down.
down, down into the slime of the I'M
derworld.
This picture is not the flower of an
artists fancy. 1t is a scene from real
life, scene that we behold every day
of our lives, for all about us are girls
who are being forced into the evil
life. not by gidiness nor love of finery,
not by the perfidy of man, not by their
own hayward impulses, but by hunger,
and cold, and need.
Poverty is the Don Juan who has
led more girls astray than all the fas-
cinators combined who have ever ex-
listed. AS Becky Sharp said, it's
easy to be virtuouS on five thousand a
year. But how about being virtuous
on nothing a year when you SILVER
with the cold in the Winter, and per-
ish of the heat in the Summer; when
your shoes are rags on your feet and
your torn frock will not cover you;
when your mother coughs with
cough that never ceases, and your
little sisters and brothers cry for food,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-04
HOW TO IMPROVE LONESOMENE.SS

Make friends, make friendS-but be
careful what sort Of friends you make
Don't think, "Oh, we'll. they wouldn t
have done this at home, but it's all
right here. and get in with a lot of
silly, street-racing, giggling girls. A
goose is d goose whether she lives in
Canajoharie or New York. A fibbng
miChiefmaking, deceitful girl will do
you as much harm here in the big city
as she would at home-more for ev-
eryone knows you there. and she
your friends.
A vain creature who puts every dol
lar she makes into clothes is Just as
empty-headed here in New York as
she was when she left West Newton
to come and set the town afire with
what she thought was her glorious
beauty. Rather, like Cleopatra, she
thought she was-the tenor in the vii
laGe choir told her so once, when she
was in tableau for the benefit of the
flood sufferers-and she's been langu-
ishing for conquests ever since.
Poor thing, if she's lucky. she'll
marry some good, honest man and
cook his dinners for him the rest of
her life and be thankful there's a din
ner to cook
Beaux-why, Of course. you ought
to have beau. A girl isn't girl with
out a beau. But don't pick up any
kind OF creature that will smile at
you, just because you're lonely. You'll
wish you'd lived a hermt's life for
ever, if you do that. Don't be in too
great hurry. Wait a bit-wait a
bit. That's what the little clock that
alarms you in time for the days work
keeps saying, grille, don't you hear
it?-"wait a bit. wait a bit'-the lit
Continued on Page Nine)
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-04
They Would Like to be Good
But Poverty is Their
Ondoing.

They would like to go straight. They
would like to keep good, They would
keep as pure and sweet as your daugh-
ter and mine if they had the chance.
but their poverty is their undoing.
Their need presses them down and
down. farther and farther, until it
presses so many of them over the
brink into the pit
You think this an exaggeration
Listen: Here is a letter that | got
in this mornings mail It is from a
young girl only seventeen years old.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-04
BY MABEL HERBERT URNER.
Reducing Expenses in Which Della
Has to Wait For Her Money.

<(THE butchers boy is here,
ma'am," announced Della.
"He wants your order"
well, tell him we are not
going to order anything today.
want you to make croquettes out of
the lamb we had left from last night"
But there amt enough" objected
Della.
Eyes, there is-we will make it do
somehow.
Della went grumbling back into the
kitchen to yell down the dumb waiter
that, they didn't want anything to-
day"
The strict economies that Helen
was practicing now had not met with
the approval OF Della. Nothing was
left over for her to take home, or TO
give to the milk man, with whom she
was enamored. Every bit of cold
meat or vegetables was carefully put
away by Helen to be used in some
dish for the next day
II she could help Warren no other
way, Helen resolved that at least she
would help him by reducing the house
hold expenses. SO she saved and
@crimped in every way possible. Milk,
ice, butter, eggs, everything was or
dered in smaller quantities and closely
watched to determine on just how lit
tie they could get along.
Warren had redeemed her rings and
lad brought them to her with a curt
warning, "never to do anything SO
foolish again"
He had offered no further informa-
ton as to how he was to meet his
{ not wish to be questioned, so she
vas forced to remain silent.
NO MONEY TO PAY DELLA.
Fer several days she had been able
T. nav the current expenses herself
without asking Warren for the money.
Tut at length her limited resources
were exhausted.
They had been paying Della every
Saturday night, and when Saturday
morning came, Helen knew she did
not have the money herself, and War
rem did not mention it. Just as he
was leaving she said hesitatingly:
"You know dear, | always pay Della
on Saturdays"
We'll, can't you let her go this
tine until Tuesday? I'll have the
money then"
ooh, yes, am sure she won't need
it before then. l am sorry l have
worried you about such things now,
dear. But l didn't know what to do
about it,
"Oh, that's all right" impatiently.
] will have the money Tuesday and
you won't have to put her off again"
After he was gone Helen began to
wonder what she could say to Della
She certainly could not admit to her
that they did not have the money.
Ard yet what excuse could she make?
She decided to say nothing at ALL in
the hopes Della would let it go over
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-04
~ o YOU'RE lonesome, and you
want friends and you don't
know how to make them.

~ o YOU'RE lonesome, and you
want friends and you dom
know how to make them.
Well start in being a friend
t. sc mebcdy-that's good way.
You aren't the only lonesome one
in the whc!ecreat, big, lonesome city
whele you live.
That girl across the hall in the
boarding house is just as lonesome as
you are. Didn't you notice how red
her eyes were this morning when she
pretended to be drinking her coffee?
Crying all night, probably. because
she didn't get a letter from home.
Haven't you noticed what pretty
clothes she wears? Her mother made
those clothes. and every stitch sewed
d world Of love into the dull, ifeless
cloth. It's hard to be away from such
a mother fer the first time. And she's
.>nfuI, too, that girl is. No, it isn't
naughty she is, it's timd.
She's from village upstate, where
she knew every cat and dog in town,
and she's so afraid she'll do some
tling country" or green" that she
don't care to whisper.
Help her out, pass her the butter
and smile when you do it. 1t won't
hurt you a bit.
What if she doesn't smile back
so much the verse for her-but she
will, and it won't be long till you've
got a frend-some enc to care wheth-
er you're too tired for a little walk
these pleasant evenings or not, some
one to talk to, someone to tell when
the floor walker is cross, if the girl at
the next counter acts as if she thought
you didn't know much.
You can't live alone No healthy,
normal being can, and stay healthy
and normal-don't try it.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-04

~ HARE was a awful funny. CUP
pei calm 10 visit Pa s. MI
last mite. Thare naim wa
A. nEss-,.z
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-04
The objectionable Sin is Not
Paying a Woman a
Living Wage.

Old-fashioned preachers used to
find a favorite text in discoursing
about the objectionable sin. though
they never agreed upon what it was.
think the objectionable sin. the one
thing that God will never forgive, is
that one which forces a woman to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-04
WANTED-Maid to assist
with upstairs work. Call tele-
phone 2240. 4-tt

The value of the Turkish tobacco
exported TO the United States in
creased fro mss 900. SAB in 1910 and
ss,62O,324 in 1911 to Sl0.O1O.s52 in
1912
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-04
BY DOROTHY DIX.

OOK at the picture that &C
companies this article.
1t shows the saddest and
most tragic slight on earth
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-27
WOMAN is ACCUSED
OF KILLING HUSBAND

ing IL they had seen n policeman. He
said that he wanted an officer TO come
10 his home and mako Minor leave
there. He was advised TO go home, as
he had been drinking.
Later Minor. whose nose was bleed
ing at the time. sought the police. saw
ing that Mrs. Gill wanted an officer To
come TO the house and compel her Hus-
band to leave.
The next morning Mrs. Gill reported
that she had found her husband dead
Bruises were found on his breast and
Coroner Digby, after "a post-mortem
examination, found that there was "A
blood clot between the brain and skull
on the left side Of the head and that
death was due to cerebral hemorrhage
Both Minor and Mrs. Gill claim that
they are innocent.
Suspect Has Bad Record.
The coroners statement that the
man died from alcoholism. DELAYED the
police somewhat. as they paid no atten-
ton to the case until the blood cIot
was found. Minor has served a tern,
of years in the Kentucky State pen
itentiary- lie was a member of the
gang which assaulted Bertha Gleason
in Newport some years ago.
II Is alleged that he was a freauent
visitor at the Gill home. OH and
Minor have had numerous ouarrels in
which Oils wife il said TO have taken
the side of Minor The police think
that there was quarrel Tuesday night
and that OH was murdered
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-27
THE GOVERNOR IN GREENS
BORO.

Governor Mann scored a hit" in
Greensboro last week when, as the chief
speaker Of the occasion. he addressed
80 young men from the two Carolinas
at the banquet of the Interstate Y. II.
c. A Convention The Greensboro
Record declares that he said many
things which his hearers will remem ber''
and delivered a message bearing
strength and encouragement to the
young men" Further. the distin-
guished Virginian Is an unusually hand
some old gentleman. and, If he Is not
an orator Is some are judged. ne was
better in that he spoke ideas which
found Judgment m the memory Of his
hearers and gave food for thought.
lie declared thai men should not
avoid politics and that the temptations
% do wrong therein are not 80 strong
as some have thought. lie character
lied the man who lays the burden Of
government on Ms neighbOrs shoulders
a. an undesirable citizen. E.ditorially.
the Record praises the Governor as a
man Of parts and "a brainy gentle
man" in q onpliu entary review Of his
record as 20 local option and Statewide
prohibition. II Governor Mann had
made one more speech. IL IS not too
much 20 believe that the Greensboro
papers and people would have nomi-
mated him for the next chief executive
OF North Carolina and promised him
their unanimous support