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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-19

pair OF binoculars in the form of two quart wine
bottles lashed together, to his eyes and makes a
pretense of getting his bearings by scrutlnlZlng
the sailors about him. Presently he reports to
Sanity, who has deposited his basket of presents
on the quarter deck, "Sir, see we are now in the
Cannbal isles"
Sanity begins then to pick up presents and
read the names aloud, giving them to the crew OF
Der Prosit' and the admirals wife, and even to
the admiral himself, who distributes them accord
ingly cutting many ridiculous capers.
The presents are of type that bring laughter.
They are gotten up and made by the friends Of
those to whom they sent, with an idea to-
wards characterizng the ambition, the whim or
the standing jokes that mark the receiver II
the captain is four striper he will probably get
an admiraTs star, unless he has some other within
by which he is more properly known. When he is
presented with this he only blush in the
presence of everybody, and take his dose,
Sanity is supreme Christmas day.
But the greatest gift that Sanity bestow
falls to the lot of those who, through mis-
fortune slip, have come in line for punishment.
1t is customary for Sanity to walk boldly up to
the captain and ask him to "whitewash" the
books. In the face of everybody and on Christ
day the captain can not very well refuse this
request although some captains have been seen
to vince and cough before granting the immeas
urable favor The report book, in which all pun
ishabe acts entered, is swept clean and the
culprits are reinstated to frstclass standing and
enjoy all the privileges held by their more for
tunate shipmates who have not fallen before the
multiplicity of temptations that daily assail the
man-o-warsman.
The event which forms background for all this
merriment is the regular big feed, as the sail
ors call it. For the last week this has crept into
their conversation. Pie, turkey and plum dun
are the three great delicacies to the sailors and
they have more respect for them than for the
three graces.
What kind of feed is the commissary gonna
hand us?" one sailor asks of another During this
time of anticipation excitement runs high and the
commissary is very much respected person In
fact he is retired person, for his billet is
hard one to fill to the satisfaction of every one
who eats at the general mess. There is always
some old tar other who imagnes himself to
be sighted by the quality of his food and the
apprentice boys take from him the habit of com
planning with very little reason their side
Quarrels often result and have to be referred to
the mast, where the first lieutenant first lun)
settles the matter in favor of the commiSsary, SO
that the sailor arranges a private settlement with
the commissary later where the first luff has
nothing to say about it.
The burden of the repast falls naturally upon
the cooks and mess attendants. 1t is far from an
enjoyable affair with them, although they are an
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pose the sauting battery and heavy main battery
also, and are manned and fired by the boatswain
of Der Prosit" who is a ponderous man in his
official garb and daring in the way he approaches
the ships, whose throng the sides and an
swer the salute with revolver shot from the
poop.
The saluting takes place before Der Prosit" is
within Mailing distance, and all hands have
laugh at the tiny sounds strongly contrasted in
their minds with the salute of the big guns which
they are accustomed to hear Next che boatswain
gets up in the bows and resting one hand almost
on top of the foremost and lifting megaphone
as long as himself to his lips calls out at the top
of his voice Ship, ahoy!" The quartermaster
answers from the bridge. Hello, hello! Der
Prosit?" AYE, ave. the bOatswain returns.
Come alongside" calls the quartermaster. Then
the admiral of Der Prost rises in the stern,
some ten feet aft of the boatswain in the bow, his
head ON a level with the topmast and bawls out
through his megaphone. 'All hands fur-rl SAIL
With that the crew, consisting CT one man, who
also in the capacity of foghorn, gets amid
ships and climbs the mainmast, which sways to
and fro as if about to capsize the entire craft,
and pulls down all the sails. The vessel is
standing to-" he then calls out to the boatswain,
who reports to the admiral over the crews head,
WHO in turn reports to Santa Claus, sitting in the
stern sheets at the tiller. All these orders
given and carried out in the most solemn man.
ner, to the merriment of the ships crew looking
on from the rail above
The crew of Der Prosit' then gets out oars
and pulls alongside while on deck the real boat
SWANS mate pipes eight side boys to stand at the
head the gaugway and salute the admiral and
Santa Claus when they come aboard. The presi-
dent of the United States only rates six side boys
when he comes aboard, while Sanity has his
eight, besides bis are petty officers while the pres
dents are only good-looking apprentice boys. AS
the argosy draws alongside the boatswain pipes
the long, low tune and three short blasts char
acteristic of the coming aboard of great men.
No less person than the captain of the ship
meets the admiral of Der Prosit" his wife,
Sanity laden with huge basket full of presents,
the boatswain and the crew, while the bugler
sounds three portentious ruffles and the ships
company, assembled aft stands at attention In
deed the officers all present for they believe
in Sanity well do the crew. When the adj
miraIs wife, some fair faced sailor with Manila
rope hair and a tawdry skirt, swings aboard hold
ing her train high and exposing a generous view
of red stocking to the eyes of the Sailors great
laugh is evoked and shout goes up higher
higher" ooh, you Kiddo'
The boatswain in command of the crew shouts
to his one man for, Attention." then puts him
through series of gymnastics of a peculiar and
intensely funny character The admiral, as if not
thoroughly taking IL the landscape lifts huge
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-19
NOVELTIES SEEN IN PARIS
Imitation Rose of "oiIcloth" Is psuu
lar-Hats of White Taffeta lave
Not Lost Their Vogue.

Among the fashionable accessories
that Paris is offering in the shops
are flowers, or rather roses, made Of
cloth that resembles patent leather
and is called oilcloth 1t is soft and
shining and flexible enough to twist
and turn into well-shaped blossoms
Each rose has two or three leaves
and the ornament is worn with after
noon gowns, and especially with frocks
of white taffeta which lap over from
the late afternoon hours into theater
and restaurant gowns.
White taffeta has not lost its fash
ion, but it is not combined with black
unless one uses a single spot Of the
somber color, such, for instance, as
this black oilcloth rose.
Hats are made of the material, with
the rose at the side, and they are a&
mirable for motoring and voyages by
train and steamer. They fit closely to
the head, although none of the hats
are as small as they were, for il is
considered quite fashionable to show
the hair on the bright side
One sees coat suits trimmed with
belts of this new kind Of oilcloth al
though patent leather is really better
looking and serves the purpose as
well. Natural leather, dressed to be
quite soft, is used for turnover col
lars and cuffs on suits of khaki col
ored duvetyn
Another black ornament that is
placed on gowns and hats is huge
dragon fly of black tulle with Olack
velvet body. This is placed on
gown of black or white, and II one
follows the new fashion it is put M
the middle of the back, at the top Of
the belt, or at the point Of decoletase'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-19
Principle in Furnishing.

When furnishing room, or Dong I"
over, make the floor and walls 'ne
first consideration. They form la'
background. With a Powered or ns
ured wall paper, plain floor coverings
are good, and if the walls are pam
the floor coverings may have any PAT
tern and figure. If Powered cTetonns'
are used in covering the furni'u,.
the walls and floor should both W
plain in effect, in solid color 10
same principle applies to the curtains
figured curtains against plain wall
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-19
non,t overdo Rhinestones.

A little strass is lovely anu . 81
ems and illumines a gown Wonu. aaFior.
but it should be used with dlscl oislly
Lace is a safer trimming, esps ,Ia,ds
in the new tunics and peplums' p W. Of
lace, for instance, over wlite - -.couli
silver lace with rose moire. IN!
anything imaginable be more lg rroe
md one must not forget fur = t,Ils
bands OF skunk or chinchilia y ,isog
denure bands Of beaver on e 1nrey
dresses for the very young ana y sds
soft feathery bands of marapoa
ing ErccaGe and crepe and sa1iD
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bounty THAT CdH DG SOII0u w
gether are used as adorn-
ments and 40 end of work
is expended on the rig of the
boat to be used, which is
sometimes the wherry and
sometimes she punt.
In order 10 hold to the ira
ditional ssgtom used in the
time of Paul Jones and down
through the years, the boat
is rugged like a brig, that is,
with two masts and yard
arms crossing, with jib and
staysail and spanker out
astern. On the fore and aft
er quarters they arrange
large wooden tubes, in which
are inserted small arms.
These "spiggoty guns" COM
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In Lieu Of Hatpins.

A simple method for toasting marsh
swallows is given in the November
Woman's Home Companion. The price
Of both umbrellas and marshmallows
will soon soar: Remove the ribs from
an old umbrella, break off the cross
pieces, scrub the rest thoroughly, and
you have a set of splendid rods to use
for toasting marshmallows, either
around the campfire or at the fire.
place
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4NN|@ z Z - a-EI
AcS ZLYTY

affable lot. The preparation
of the potatoes is the work
of a dozen men, since they
must be extraordinarily nice.
The SINNERS" arrange.
themselves astride a bench
in range of tub where one
man sits and losses potatoes
continually. The tub is kept
full by another man VINO
dumps in from a sack carried
down from the upper deck.
So a cycle is made, the clean
peeled potatoes going con-
stantly into another tub,
which is dragged into the gal
lev and dumped into a great
urn through which water IS
percolating. These are rims
ed around by another mess
attendant and dumped into
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1913-12-19

sash end 1t is done in chroma =,
and the broad sash is of black s .=il0N
|. The same gown would ba a lug
handsome developed in one ~
raisin shades with full trimmin @
Australian opossum. = Wapbss q
Star. s0a
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panying sNe''n !,
The blouse, which
has a surplies
closing, is laid ID
a fold over tn'
shoulder. d. =
wide box pla !
thus formed i !
embroidered y
shades Of brown
ana Ieu' -.
cuffs are su
broidered; ana =
also is the sno ~
tunic or basq .I's
The front Of y,
skirt is trin nass
in red bqt' 1..
and silk l0o Il.
The neck Is ~ I,
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N "COPPER" oLoRED CREPE
Most Effective Teller Primarily W
signed for Wear at Afternoo"
Teas and Receptions.

A beautiful toilet Of copper-colOfsu
silk creme is pictured in the accom-
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1913-06-27

sided over the reception as Mas
ter of ceremonies. announced
that on the following Tuesday,
the ladies of Tupelo, under the
leadership Of Mrs. Van Kincan
non, has issued a call for the
permanent organization of a
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1913-06-27
First Annual Reception
Tupelo Y. M. c. A.

in the spacious LOBBY OF the locai
building Friday evening, June
20th.
The reception line was COM
posed of the officers and directors
of the association and their
wives. At $50 D. m. a constant
stream of visitors and friends
began to pour in and soon the
lobby was filled to it's' capacity.
A special swimming exhibition
was given by about two dozen OF
the younger boys which held the
center of attraction till the boys
were called out.
The punch bowl wasraslie d
over by Misses May Bibh Long,
Christene Robinson, jamie Troy.
Oline Coffee, Nell Kincannon,
Mary Horton McGaughy and
Elizabeth Robins.
The Comus Quartette delighted
the audience with several selec-
tions which were most heartily
enjoyed. Miss Erin Ballard with
her matchless touch, held the
audience as though enchantd
with a beautiful selection on the
piano. The duet sung by Misses
Linda Kincannon and Ola Gard
ner and the solo by Miss Erma
Harper finished out an evening
of music which will long be re-
membered by those fortunate
enough to be present. Mrs.
Anderson read a selection in her
characteristic and delightful
style which was greatly enjoyed
by all.
The Secretary, Mr.. W. T,
Nettles gave in a few chosen
words the aim and the ideals of
the Association and spoke OF
some definite things that had
been accomplished in the lives OF
the boys of the town.
Chancellor J. @. Robins was
then introduced and spoke as
follows:
My friends, it is a geunlne
pleasure to greet you tonight al
the Y. M. C. A. gathering. A
little more than a year ago we
opened this building with a simu-
lar gathering. Of course we
have not done all that we hoped.
If we had, we would know that
our ideals were too low; for IN
this life we do not attain unto
our ideals, if the ideals are what
they should be.
But we have accomplished a
good deal and have much to
felicitate ourselves over and to
,jubilate about.
Tn the first place we have this
splendid home for our young
men: a home not only comforta-
BILE. but one that has about it in
fluences that make for morality
and virtue.
We have provided through our
lyceum course, some instructive,
elevating and improving enter
tainments.
Through the. Gymnasium and
swimming pool we have provided
our boys sincere pleasure and
, have encouraged manly and
clean sport and correct methods
of thought and of life.
We have not usurped the
functions of the church, but we
have tried to supplement this,
!, and have as our General Secetary
a consecrated man, who loves
boys and loves to help them to
clean and manly living and to q
hi her and better life, and who
is devoting his life to this great
work.
We have attained much, and we
must patiently and presistenly
strive to attain our ideals, and
must consistently support and
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1913-06-27
TUPELo MISS. FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1913

on land to see as far and as we'll
as any one, but strain his eyes
as he might, it was always ten
or fifteen minutes after the ma
rine had given the alarm before
he could detect the speck of a
ship on the horizon. By habitual
use in searching the sea at
long distance, the eye of the
marine had adjusted it's vision
to seeing a long ways. The hab-
it Of looking had Strengthened
the vision for distant objects.
Let's teach ourselves and our
children to observe and see the
true. the beautiful, the good;
that our vision for these may be-
come enlarged and adapted to
them.
There is nothing so instruc-
tive and helpful as looking at
great men and trying to see
what made or marred them.
For the purpose Of considering
the effect of habit in character
building look at the two great
military generals of the civil
war.
| For one we will take Robert
E. Lee. He had no bad habits.
He had correct habits of living
and corrrct hadits of thought.
He was habitually true; habitual-
ly kind; habitually honorable;
habitualIy brave; habitually
clean and pure in act a n d
thought; habitually exercised
self control and moderation !;
habitually temperate in life, in
thought and in word; habitually
considerate of the rights and
feelings of others; habitually
just; habitually magnanimous
and merciful, and was always
! faithful and hopeful. He habitu-
\ ated himself to generosity and
charity to others as we'll as self
control and self denial. His
habits of life and of thought
were so correct, that he knew
no such littleness as hate, envy
and jealousy. There was no
room in his great soul for these.
In his victories he gave the
glory, honor and credit to his
officers and men. When he sus-
tained losses he took the blame
and censure upon himself.
When overpowered by num-
bers and when he must needs
sheath the sword he had so
nob!y and bravely borne in de-
fense of the right as he saw it;
his habit of thought in bowling
gracefully to the inevitable, and
accepting with calm and serene
faith the adversities of life, had
prepared him for this great re-
verse and overwhelming disas-
ter. He accepted the situation
with sublime and matchless
fortitude. He had taught him
self correct habits of faith, to
accept as literally true the as
surance that, !" All things work
together for good to them that
love God. !" Thus he arose high
above defeat and disaster and
universal gloom. and shone more
resplendent in this dark hour
than in his most, dazzling and
glorious victories.
i You may say, "Ob, he was a
genius" and so he was; there
have been geniuses before and
since. yet none have attained to
his perfection. 1t was not his gen.
ius that made him the inspiration
of the southern heart in this
hour of sadness and gloom and
overwhelming sorrows; but it
was rather his habit of absolute
self control, of perfect poise. of
self denial, Of moderation and
temperance, of manly dignity, Of
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1913-06-27

fathers, and thoughtful men and
women are likewise interested in
it. 1t is this Habit as an Ele-
ment in Character Building, or
to put it in the form of curry,
What has Habit to do With Max
ing character?"
By character | would have you
understand, what one is, and
not what he is supposed to be-.
By character we mean what a
man or a woman, or boy or girl
knows himself to be, and not
what his neighbors and acquain-
tances believe him to be, for one
may deceive his neighbors, (pos-
sibly, but not so surely but he
can't fool himself about what he
is.
If you are not true, you know
it. If your thoughts and actions
are unclean and impure, you
know it, though / may not. Of
course if you persist in your un-
clean and impure thoughts or
actions. the world will soon know
it, for it will show in your coun-
tenance' and be there written so
plainly that he who sees may
read.
If you are deceitful and insin-
cere in thought. word or act, you
know it too we'll If you are
covetous and stingy and mean,
you have seen yourself in the
quiet hour, and while others
may believe you generous, liber-
al and good, you know better.
So talking about character, we
are talking about what one really
and truly is. Now what has
habit to do with making us what
we really are.
What we habitually do, we do
with ease, and usual well, what
we rarely do, we do with diff
Guilty and usually poorly.
Regularity is essential to the
formation of habit, and forma-
tion of habit helps to form
character Habit long persisted
in becomes second nature. If
a good habit, it strengthens US.
If an impure habit, it requires a
prodigious effort of the will and
a tremendous fight to to over
throw the habit, and in many
instances, if we conquer in the
contest against the injurious
habit, it leaves bruises. sores
and scars on our bodies, minds
and hearts-sometimes incure
able bruises, sores and scars.
Some one has said that the
difference between a sorry man
and a successful one, is, that the
one does poorly his daily task,
while the other does them well.
Another has said, that the diff
ference between good man and
bad man, is that the one has
formed the habit of doing right
and the other the habit of doing
wrong. The one has habituated
himself to correct habits of
thought and action and the other
has habituated himself to vicious
evil habits of thought and action.
| use the word thought and
action" advisedly; for one may
acquire vicious habits of thought.
as we'll as vicious habits of action.
l have said that regularity is
essential to the foundation of
habit. If we would form correct
habits, we must regularly do the
correct thing. We may regularly
and habitually use one faculty
of the body. or of the mind, or
of the soul, and it will grow and
develop. We may regularly and
habitually neglect one Of these
faculties and it will not only
grow, but will shrivel and de-
cay. Let me illustrate: A travel
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1913-06-27

Let's look at another military
genius of superb and command
ing ability in this war. In the
quality of his genius his Pc
culiar field, he was not inferior
to Lee. In the intensity Of his
patriotism he was surpassed by
none. In his superb bravery and
undaunted courage he had few
equals and no superiors. He alb
solutely knew no fear. In his
ceaseless energy and tireless in
dustry and capacity for work and
power Of prolonged endurance
he was without peer. He saw
quickly and understood well.
He knew by intuition what 9TH
ers must spend almost a lifetime
in learning. He not only had
courage himself, but he had the
wonderful gift of being able to
impart that courage to his Off
GERS and men. Not only was he
brave himself, but his bravery
was of such a type that it in
fused his whole army. He saw
in a fash the weak points of his
enemy and was able to strike
with an effectiveness that before
and since has been unknown. In
extricating himself and his army
f r m difficult situations h e
seemed inspired with more than
mortal ken. His genius for war
was such. that it can only be de-
scribed by his well known appel
lation of 1.-The wizard of the sad
die" My friends, | would not
detract one iota from the glory
of Bedford Forrest, but if we
would get the lessons we should
from the lives of those who have
gone before, we must see them
as they were. If history is to be
a lamp to light our path. we must
read it Alright.
So in looking at Forrest let us
ask ourselves what was it that
marred his career? What is it
that makes him look so insignifi-
cant when compared with Lee?
Let's be frank and candid with
ourselves in the answer.
We certainly find it in the fact
that his habits of life IN d
thought were not correct. He
had not acquired the habit of
self control and of moderation.
He had violent outbursts of tenn
per and of passion, which he al
lowed to dominate him. He had
not acquired the proper habit of
self-denial, and of kindly consid-
Grafton for the rights and feel
ings of others. He allowed hate,
envy and jealousy to rankle in his
soul. He had not habituated
himself to a placid and quiet ac-
ceptance of the inevitable, but
he chafed and rebelled and fret
ted over these. He had failed
to acquire the habit of faith and
trust in the love of the Infinite
Father.
And so when the great test Of
life came in the disappointing and
disastrous end of the Confedera-
cy, he was in no way prepared
for the shock. Instead of ex-'
hibiting the sublime resignation,
splendid fortitude and boundless
faith of his great commander-in-
chief he sputtered around in first
one questionable venture and
then another in a vain effort to
make a fortune and lost much of
the glory of his military Prov
ess.
My friends, had General For
est had the habits of life and Of
thought of the great and immor-
tai Lee, his reputation, so we'll
won and established by h S
sword, would not have been tar.
nished by adversity and disaster.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1913-06-27

Get the Comus habit.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1913-06-27

At the close Of the reception,
Mr.. ]. H. Ledyard, Chairman of
the Social Committee. who pre-
Milford chronicle., 1913-08-29
POTATO AFFECTED WIN SILVER scURF-

POTATO AFFECTED WITH SILVER sCUBF
1.-THE lower part OF this tuber is affected;
the upper nOrmaLl
spotted with fine black points. This
fungus does not produce a decay or
the potato, but after the skin is killed
there is a rapid loss of moisture, and
the tubers shriyel and take on a sill
very appearance, greatly depreciating
their market value.
This fungus is apparently not killed
by seed disinfection; therefore all In
fected potatoes must be rejected.