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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
A1kn,ae EoeS r. Cedar EaIIs

Hdmes Goes to Cedar Falls.
CedAr Falls.-The Rev. Otis w.
HolmE,, for the past twelve years
pasta of the Congregational church
at ona, has accepted the passionate
of a. Congregational church here
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-01-15
HOSPITAL Patients In Fire,

Creston-The Park View hospital,
owned by DR.. J C. Mcdonald. caught
fire and twenty patients were hurri-
eddy removed. The loss is $1,000.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12
What the Government Is Doinp

/ spondent waited five days, then wrote
TO the superintendent of documents
stating that Director Harris had writ
ten saying that the bulletin would be
mailed from the printing Office. i. A
polite request was made of the super
lntehdent OF documents 10 hurry the In
formation, as the time for completing
the article in which the statistics were
TO be included was growing very
short. The superintendent OF docu.
ments then sent a form post card 10
the correspondent. saying that his
letter had been referred TO the direct
or OF the census. The correspondent,
whose patience was almost worn out
by this time, having expected the in
formation in one or two days at the
most after his original request was
made, brought the matter TO the at.
tention OF Director Harris, who was
surprised that the red tape created
/ ny the present law makes prompt dis
trlbutioh OF public documents almost
| impossible. providing the request for
them comes by mail. On personal ap-
lication document will be furnished
| Immediately. but only those people
living In Washington can have the
benefit OF this prompt service
Hundreds of cases similar to the
one which has just been outlined oc.
cur every month in the departments,
and according 10 chiefs OF bureaus, II
| is becoming harder and harder TO dis.
| seminate the vast amount of informa.
/ ton which Uncle Sam is spending mil.
| lions OF dollars 10 gather Bureaus OF
the department OF agriculture, which
! prints more bulletins than any other
branch OF the government, perhaps
suffer most by the delays caused in
! forwarding requests for information TO
| the superintendent OF documents,
who, in turn, mails the bulletins re-
! quested to the applicant Under the
old system a request for a document
would sometimes be filled the same
| day II was received Under the pres
/ ent system the time taken NAV be
anywhere fro mtwo days TO more than
a week In the case OF the request for
, agricultural statistics from the bureau
| or the census the letter was received
/ In the Office OF the director at o'clock
one Saturday morning, and the bulle-
tin requested was not received by
mail from the government printing
office until the following Saturday, a
delay OF a whole week
Last year an attempt was made TO
allow the agricultural department to
distribute It's own bulletins. but the
amendment TO change the law failed
in congress. Senator Smoot has in.
troduced a new printing bill In the
senate, which will simplify the dis
tribution OF publications. insure
DrOmptness and make unnacassarv tha
tremendous increase OF clerical work
caused by the indirect method OF send.
ing out publications requested by
mail The distribution to large mail.
ing lists will remain with the govern
ment printing office, under the new
bill, but the bureau will be allowed TO
I MI individual mail requests day by
day as they are received.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12

Baby-talk is a highly developed IAN
guage compared TO the jargon Ameri'
can housewives talk TO their Filipino
houseboys. But 1t usually conveys
the meaning when accompanied py
expressive gestures. At best. how
ever, the performance OF the cqn-
mand speaks we'll for native intuition.
Spanish construction OF English
words is another twist that our poor
language gets in the Philippines. No
got" In the islands is the most COM
monty used expression for " haven't
any" Similarly mo can do means
Il can't" and mo want" means /
don't want IT, Not only between
American and Filipino but among
Americans themselves, this twisted
construction has largely supplanted
the legitimate one.
With the soldier, anything that be-
longed peculiarly TO the Philippines
was described as bamboo Now
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12
From Another POM of Vlesv


Now why Is always referred 10 as the
o
visited the PAWN
again The point seems to be we'll taken
understood demanded Ior
msnted patients amounts TO any insane desire
public fountains they can drink muan the
Balkans coiuds
A Cemitzenz Swowzeowckz
with motion
flooded with limitations hadoias-as
q cantaloupe
Al his friends prob
ably, busy
a. -, =, j.
for the Tigers have been put under the head of
usele
Office
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The Detroit times., 1913-08-12
Challenging Religion

The admirers OF the perpetual pres
idential candidate, Eugene Debs, are
now making much of spectacular
performance OF his, which he an
nounces is a direct challenge to Chris
tian people and the churches TO imi-
tate him. He went out on the streets
and invited an unfortunate woman TO
become a member of his family and
demands that his friends and visitors
shall treat her In all respects as
though she were his daughter or sis
ter and a member of his family.
OF course his act has called forth
various comments, and created no end
of discussion among the sensation
mongers OF the modern newspaper
world. We are told on the one side
that his act has thrown down the
gauntlet TO religion and that unless
all who believe in Christianity at
once initiate his example they have
admitted the shallowness OF their
faith and the hypocrisy of their pro
fessions.
SO far as Catholics are concerned,
however, they have been practicing.
quietly and without any newspaper
notoriety, the virtue OF charity TO un-
fortunate women ever since its
Founder. Christ. set the example with
Mary Magdalen. Asylums and homes
for the fallen have ever been a fea-
ture OF Catholic charitable work, and
there Is no order in the church which
requires as high a standard Of per
sonalty among it's members as the
Sisters OF the Good Shepherd, who
demand not only that the Sisters
themselves should have always been
above reproach, but that they should
have come Of mothers equally pure.
The unfortunates who enter the
places conducted by the Sisters OF
the Good Shepherd and other orders
which handle such cases do not treat
fhe women they rescue as lower than
themselves. but as sisters and worthy
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12
4 Hybrid Tongue In the PHILIPPINES

all colonials use the term. The BAN
boo fleet" Is the one assigned To Phil
ippine waters and the bamboo gov
eminent" is the Philippine civil gov
eminent in distinction from the l
s. military
Among other soldierisms' or
may be permitted this contribution
to the new language were certain
pure Malay words. The list Is con
tinuaily growing and now there are
dozens OF Tagalog and Moro express
sions in constant use among the
Americans. For example there are
the Tagalog words "baguio' meaning
storm" ''carabao" meaning an ami
nal, "palay" meaning rice, and
tao" meaning man Moro terms
In common use are 'amok" meaning
wild" "dato" meaning chief. kris
meaning a wavy-edged knife and so
rong' meaning a garment.-FroH
American Review OF Reviews, for Au
gust.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12

of all care and protection: and 1t
would probably surprise some OF the
admirers of Debs TO know how many
or those who have been under their
care become good women, mothers or
families, and respectable and even
sanity in their after lives.
1t is true that Catholics do not make
a practice OF inviting fallen women In
their homes and while the greatest
sympathy should be felt for the un-
fortunates, IL Is not necessary that
such a practice should be followed 70
demonstrate that We believe in the
brotherhood OF mankind, and the help
ing OF the unfortunate. While posi-
| bly, In some cases the women might
justify the confidence imposed IN
them, in the majority there can be
| but little doubt that the result OF the
experiment would prove disastrous to
the life of the family trying 1t.
While we hold no brief for our nom
Catholic brethren, yet II Is only JUS
| tice TO say that they are very active
in the same direction and that they
| have many rescue homes and asylums
! for the unfortunates which are un-
doubtedly doing much good. There Is
no challenge TO religion In the per-
Torrance OF Debs, which we trust was
done for a good motive. though 1t APP
pears more spectacular than char
table. When those whom Debs rep
resents accomplish under the flag OF
irreligion and free-thinking one thou
sandth part of the good that Chris
tianity has achieved then, but not un-
| til then, will they be In position to
challenge religion on the score OF
lcharity.-The Angelus.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12
THE THIRD ARBITRATO TOR, NOT YET,
AND LESSON FOR THE PUBLIC

4 The subject of these few words is THE THIRD ARBITRATOR"
e. Perhaps THE THIRD ARBITRATOR AS DErRoI
KNOWS HIM"
There is difference Detroit United railway and the
and conductors the railway the matter
Of wages and hours.
The company and tried get together and failed
disposed cncede enough satisfy the other feO"
for arbitration automatically the next ~
existing between employer and empO
named its arbitrator Edwin Henderson one OF "
The men Phean friend of everybody
The conditions call for these the third arbitrator
And here THE THIRD ARBITRATOR AS DETROIT
know III hn o4'F AS'l'' WV : 81 '''''''
In the first place his address is unknown.
A search for him years was futile
r~ already strike charged up to him
responsible ior anone
The empty chase for this mysterious Detroit leads to the
conclusion that no citizen shutting of this mortal
coil than have said his stone He was once third ar0aa'o
in Q railway wage and hour dispute
This inscription would be equivalent to
afraid trust him to the extent
Ola sman loan his watch
II would mean that of famed for beatfc
temper compromising disposition bordering on the
Il would mean possible for him to have smiled sweet
and accept with thanks KICK
IoR the a funk the head with switch bar
again. this thoughtful enough AFTER
hsvng caught bear mind that the conductor
stood between order to hurry up and duty al nome WHICH
consisted Of supplying bread and butter .
inscription upon would that there lived man
who possible occupy the position of happy medium between
Charles
send type en-
kind few and far between at ALL
The attempt of Attorney Judge Phelan locate this
evasiye individual arbitrator awaits interest
ing watch.
be amusing not for the fact that vital issue al
stake city possibility of suspended street service
that emphasize phase OF human nature
which the same corporations it in individuals
The and the cannot get together on the hrd DaS
because LOOKING FOR THE LONG END OF THE BARGAIN
secret" said Poor Richard IF two are dead
third arbitrator easily enough you get him before you
select the other two. :,
taught that the state and the people should
decide quarres through maintained by the state and the
people.
arbitration elected by the people and
integrity settle these questions
which public the innocent third party
Wage disputes public corporations and their employees are
public should make them its business by
providing their settlement just and square basis
public should be while these
third arbtatora absolutely salts
factory sides thing to the impossible
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12
RAYMOND ". PULLMAN.


Times Washington Bureau, Metropolis
tan Bank Building
WASHINGTON, Aug. l2.-AHow TO
insure promptness in the distribution
OF pu bl Ca lions
Distribution Of continues 10 be
Public Documents. vexing problem III
the many bureaus
of the various branches of the gov
ernment. particularly in the depart
ments of agriculture, commerce, IN
terror and labor. These are the de-
partments which publish the greatest
number of printed documents Tor
which there is a popular demand The
government is spending millions oil
dollars on printed bulletins for popu.
lar distribution each year, the fund
for the dissemination OF information
through the medium of printers INK
i'm the department OF agriculture alone
amounting To more than Sl,00O.OOO.
At the present time all bulletins
are sent out by the superintendent OF
documents OF the government print
ing office This officials task would
be easy and his service most satistac-
tory II his work were restricted 10
the sending out OF bulletins 10 large
mailing lists. but, according to- the
law passed by the last congress. he
has to take care OF all miscellaneous
distribution. and all mail requests for
bulletins OF any kind must be filled
by the government printing office.
The object OF this law was etficien-
cy and economy. but chiefs OF various
bureaus believe that IL entails more
expense in the end than the original
system of direct distribution When
congress made the law, which has
been In operation about one year, II
did so on the information that at the
time bulletins were carted from the
government printing office 10 the In
dividual bureaus and thence mailed
ont over the country Because of the
fact that the government printing
Office is near the Union station IL was
/ figured that a saving in transportation
could he effected if the bureaus would
refer their requests for bulletins &C
the superintendent OF documents and
( ne should mail them direct TO the
! applicants The theory of the prac
! tice which was outlined and on which
: the jaw governing the present method
OF distribution is based was good. but
+ its working out has proved defective
! in many instances.
! Director William J. Harris OF the
! bureau OF the census had his atten
! ton called TO defects in the present
method a few weeks after coming into
Office. A correspondent wrote TO hi
( rector Harris requesting that a sum
mary OF the latest agricultural stats
tics be mailed him. A form letter was
written in the census Office TO the
applicant for information saying thai
! the request had been referred 10 the
superintendent OF documents. anC
! that the bulletin containing the stats
/ tics would be mailed from the govern
ment printing office The information
was wanted in a hurry; the CORE
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12

NEW YORK, Aug. l2.-For %
cents a week. Mr. Small Salary and
his wife may next winter hear all
the famous operas, sung In one OF the
finest opera houses In the world oy
artists second only 10 those OF the
Metropolitan and few European
houses
Mr.. Small Salary may reserve his
seats az the beginning OF the season
by paying half the seasons total IN
advance. For 25-cent seats, this VIII
be s4.50, as there are 10 be Is weeks
He will pay the other half Jan. IA.
His weekly seats will be his own, sa'
cred. private property, just as much
as are Mr.. Large Incomes twoin-the
aisle. down Al the Metropolitan, al
sl2 per evening
All this because several public-spir-
tied members OF the City CLUB, civic
welfare organization, decided year
ago that New York ought 10 have
grand opera at prices within the
reach OF the masses. conference
was had, with the big men OF the
Metropolitan Opera house. They
offered their cooperation. The Met
ropolitans scale is from IS down to
81. so and the demand for the limited
number OF 81 and $50 seats has for
many seasons far exceeded the sup
ply
So the Metropolitan directors were
for popular-priced opera, figuring that
Il would little more than take care
OF their overflow. A company was
formed with a directorate composed
OF several OF New York's richest and
most influential men. Otto n. Kahn,
head OF the Metropolitan board, Is
one OF them They are going 10
finance grand opera at % cents TO 81
seat.
The spacious and magnificent new
theater, known as the Century during
its past two years tendency by the
Lieblers, was leased, and Is now the
Century Opera house. Milton and
Sargent Aborn, long known as sue
cessful producers Of popular-priced
grand opera. in English, were en-
gagged as managing directors.
Milton Aborn has spent the sum-
mer in Europe. signing up singers
Not that the Century's artists are TO
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12

be all foreigners. More than three
fourths OF the people engaged are
American-born. but most OF them
were in Europe, where American
opera singers find the going much
better than at home
Four OF five prima donna sopranos
engage by Aborn-Lois Ewell, Eliza
beth Amsden. Florence Coughlan ana
Evelyn Scotney-are natives OF the
L. S. A. One. Ivy Scott. was born III
Australia. but is an American by
adoption. The tenors include John
Bardsley. England; Gustav Bergman
Sweden: Morgan Kingston, Wales;
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12
ELIZABETH AMSDEN.
LOIS EWElL.
KATHLEEN HOWARD.

OF the Century Opera Company
one performance-the concluding
one--ot each opera will be given in
the language I'm which il was written.
All others will be in English. Each
opera will run week. Orchestra
seats are 81. foyer circle, $50, first
balcony 81, 70 and so cents, entire
second balcony. % cents.
With Oscar Hammerstein building
his new house, in which he proposes
10 buck the Metropolitan at its own
prices. il looks like an open season
for opera fiends.
Standing Room only" is announced
early every evening at Hammerstein :
roof. where Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw is
dancing.
Twenty-word picture OF the Evelyn
of today Personality eyes,
dropping mouth, wan smile. stringy
neck scrawny arms. bony hands, com
utonplace legs Dancing
Total Observation-Disclosures.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12
The Money Question.

Here Is one that Congressman VIII
liam E. Humphrey, OF Washington
told during a social session the other
night which has an important bearing
on the money question.
Some time ago. the congressman
said, the teacher OF public school
was trying TO impress matters or
finance on the youthful mind. and
after questioning several OF the pupils
she turned 10 Jimmy Smith
James" said she, tell me the de-
nominations in which the money or
the United States is divided"
81 don't know, Miss Mary" replied
James. after much thought and much
sQuirming
Don't you know. James" persisted
the teacher. how the money your
father brings home on Saturday night
is divided
"'Tain't divided. Miss Mary" was
the prompt reply this time OF the
frank James mother takes II ALL
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Meat costs 30 much In Bavaria that
freight rates have been reduced and
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12
OdioIs Amt III

Odious, Amt II?
Bing-The way these colleges scat
ter around their degrees is absolutely
uauseating. Every Tom, Dick and
Harry with little cheap notoriety
can figure on getting one. The whole
system is absolutely indefensible.
Don't you think so?
Bang-Yes.. | didn't get one, eth
er-Cleye,and Plain Dealer.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12
An. a Clew.

Sherlock Holmes glanced around
the room The pictures we're torn
into shreds, the chairs were broken,
the table lying on top of the piano.
A great splash of blood was on the
carpet.
Some zone has been here he COM
mented with wonderful insight
Brooklyn Life.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12
In a Nutshell


III MINN n INV N1.
We heard with equanimity
That coal was soaring high.
We bore IL when the price OF meat
Went kiting TO the sky.
When eggs and butter followed suit
We stood IL like a sport.
But 10. the worst has come at last
The peanut crop Is short.
When sailing Coney Island ward
Across the ocean swells.
No longer can We leave "A wake
OF bobbing empty shells
And when 10 circuses and such,
We merrily resort.
We cannot feed the elephant
The peanut crop is short.
Oh, what is Summer time without
The tuber OF delight?
We ought 70 bust the peanut trust
We ought to make a fight,
We ought TO put our woe In print.
We ought to go 10 court,
We ought 20 take the war-path when
The peanut crop is short.
Wireless telegraphy now connects
he six state capitals of Australia and
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12

Walter Wheatley, American The
three contraltos are all natives OF this
country, They are Jayne Herbert,
Kathleen Howard and Mary Jordan.
The four bartones. all Americans.
are Morton Adkins. Thos Chalmers,
Alfred kaufman, an Englishman, and
one buffo, francesca Daddi, an ltal-
ian, from the Chicago Philadelphia
a
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12
The Woodpeekers Waterloo.

THAT woodpecker may be persist
ent, but think he's beaten this time
What is he trying to do?'
Drill a hole in an iron trolley
pole."-Pittsburgh Post.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12

Wireless telegraphy now connects
the six state capitals OF Australia and
will soon girdls the continent
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12

Meat costs 30 much In Bavaria that
freight rates have been reduced and
customs duties lowtred.
The Detroit times., 1913-08-12

Times Washington Bureau, Mefropo
tan Bank Building.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23

who said that he came from Whelk
street, There amt no such placel''
The i'll used fabricator of tanks and
reservoirs tramped moodilly home and
told of his experience TO the street.
It was then discovered that other Peri
winklers had undergone similar slight
| ing experiences. and not only they but
their tender offspring on the way to the
shops and homeward bound had been
sneered at and "booed'--most rudely---
with such remarks as Yah, Periwinlxle
street, Go back to your SHE'LL and
Lend us your winkle pin"
All agreed that this was carrying
the thing too far, hence the recent
petition to the municipal bg-wigs OF
Stepney
The solitary individual in Periwinklc
street who declined to sign the petition
Is an old man, once pedagog, but now
retired. who is stepped in the works OF
Shakespeare Therein he finds his ex-
cuse, and 1t is good one, for resist
ing what he calls the proposed vandal-
ISM of changing Periwinkle's name.
II is obvious. Of course, that Juliets
famous Query, What's in a name?"
does not apply in this case but this
elderly scholar declares, and moro en-
lnent men uphold him, that 'periwin-
kle' originally was flower and that
no other than the one mentioned in
"A Midsummer Nights Dream" 1t was
accidentally shot by Cupids arrow, you
may remember which
Fell upon a little western flower
Before, milk white, now purple with
loves wound
And maidens call it love-in -idleness."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23

whose life was devoted to ruthless in
ouisftion by would be funny men as to
whether he was fried. scrambled or
poached So the Periwinlxlers, with one
solitary exception have signed petit
tfon addressed to Stepney Borough
council, imploring that the name of the
street be changed, and 1t looks at pres
ent as if the thing would come to pass.
Now. a .'periwinkle. as the term is
used in these islands. is a small, edible
shellfish highly popular at the seassde
where it. rivals the succu1ent whellx In
favor with the masses. According to
webster we have the same creature in
the United States under the appellation
of plain twinkle" and it is thought
that the term penny winkle' original
lv meant something quite different and
Infinitely more esthetie. But never
mind that nowl
PerfwinlSle street, Stepney, has been
Perivinkle street for seventy years
or so-why goodness lSnows--and no.
body ever complained actively until the
other day when a respectable PERI
winkleite-a tank aker--wishing to
better himself, applied for more am
ple lob in the reservoir line. His ref
point of being engaged when slle fore
man happened to ask the simple and
natural question::
.sWhere do you live p
'.Periwinkle street. SIR replied the
tank fashioner blushing.
Instantly the foreman became pro-
fame and elected the maker of tanks
with violence. Informing him that he
had COME to the wrong place for lark.
ing
''The other day I half murdered a man